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FEDERAL JUDGE JETER
Q PRITGHARD IS DEAD
j SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR
teth Early Sunday Due to
pneumonia After Several
Months of 111 Health
NOTABLE CAREER
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Began Life as Poor Mountain
gov, Educated Himself ; Be
come National Fugure
.chEVILLE. April 10. Federal
Jetrr Coney Pfitchard, of the
r!ted States circuit court of the
L, rh district, died here this morn
. , 6 o'clock following an illness
oral months. Death or the ia-
m,j jurist was due directly to pneu
"S whi' li developed Thursday and
ZJa to aggravate his previous phys-
of sev
monifi.
.prved
leal afflictions
JFor more than 4S hours previous, to
his death he had been unconscious and
hile medical experts exerted every
irnrt to save his life, the disease con
Ed to ften " rip. While hla
death was not unexpected this morn--'
it was a great shock to members
J the family who had "kept constant
viril at his bedside.
Judge Fritchard, son of "William SH.
PntrhaH.t was born in Jonesboro,
Tenn Auril 12. 1857, his father being
trkh and Welsh ancestry, and his
miiher .Elizabeth Browne, of Irish'
parentage.
Facing the problem of obtaining an
the. trvinsr days of
Kr.;rAt,:orwr,raat :'TIE-UP NOT SO ACUTE
,,. Ti mnthpr instills Into tils 1 ttm W1 HWI WW nUU I La
pile,
mind and heart those stern precepts
of morality by which he has, ever been
fovcrned. .Tudpe Fritchard, yet In'his
mt, walked 35 miles across the
mountains of east Tennessee and west
ern North Carolina to Bakersvllle.
there he arrived with ten cents and
nothing more save the clothes he wore.
Eking out his subsistence' through toil
in the print shop by day, a desire to
ichieve fame prompted him by night
a search such text books ss wero oh
tfinable. . ,
It was then that he received the at
tention of statesmen in North Carolina
md identifying himself with the-Jle-psblican'
party, began his public - ca
rter. Entering politics, he was" elected
to the state house of representatives
from Madison county in 1875 and again
in 18S7. Pursuing his method of home
udjr until he mastered Blackstone
and legal procedure, he obtained law
license In 1SS7.
In 1S8S he was nominated as Re
publican candidate for lieutenant-governor
of this state. He then became the
mucus nominee of his party for the
senate of the United States, and was
re-elected to the legislature In 1891,
Heas elected for a two-year term to
the United States senate in 1895 and
In 19S7 was elected to the six-year
terra, which he also served.
The establishment of the Farmers'
Alliance at this time and its coalition
with the Populist party brought about
change in the political situatio.n and.
lie succeeded in consolidating the fac
tions into a co-operative campaign and
the state went Republican.
April 1, 1903, he was appointed by
President Theodore Roosevelt to the
mpreme court bench of the District of
Columbia. Upon the death of Judge
Simonton, the president advanced
Judge Pritehard to the judgeship of
the United States circuit court for the
fourth district. April 9-, 1914, which
Position he held until his death.
As national onrnmitteA-mRTi And as
federal judge, the jurist received na
tional note and in the ramnaien last
was prominently mentioned - for
vice-president of the. United States,
'Id at ttp Dpmihlipan natlnnol rrm -
vntion was given a complimentary
vote.
"tighter, the wife 0f former Solicitor
inomas A. Rollins; three sons, Dr. Ar
"ur T., Solicitor George M., and At
orney UcKiniey Pritehard, and a sis-
ler- Mrs .J. T Harrie oil nf AVn-iH11f
The funeral n.;n v' ku TV. odo of.
'"noon at 3 o'clock from the First
.1 '-..I JL LUIS lllf f J i. TT
, fll5tinguished jurist had long been
tiding; member. The body will lie
111 State frnm it n m 1
n.,, - ii to i. p. -III. lucouaji,
- Dr. AV. F. Pnwell naatnr of th
church.
will have charge of the ser-
Vlo ... . .
ana ho will be, assisted by sev-
bein r Wf"U known divines. It is
planned here today to have all
minute
s as the funeral services beein.
m tok
en nf a- . . i . .
"racial. pr, c .
If. . ......ti oenaiur maiiun out-
Messa ne of the Pallbearers,
tofl nflv" been pouring in here
5ltes fxnr(1K.., .. .
Am?6 Prifchari's death. :
1 fnr,!1 ttln ?rfat number of messages
taino, i.-.-ivea oy ivirs. rmcaru
read. a J ,?m 1resident Harding whleh
I hav . . ... ' ' :
"fthe l "-'irnou with deep regret
""-He deaf, c , ,
I held Judge Pritehard,. whom
rd. p?.srrcat aspect and high re-
Knuinp awept assurance of very
of hiR , yn"'l,athy and know that many
sreat i' rynien el a share 'In the
ttate hls dpath brings to his
' ountry.
'Warren G. Harding."
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JI r(;R FRITCHARD
i.niRp iiv AVASHIJVGTOX
0f Jud JI f;r0N'- AMl 10. TI
The death
ri"f in i'v! ' Pritehard caused real
a 'ons i,i lnBton- Judge Pritehard
tekn,.""1 r.f"d thp leadine ReDubllcan
. ... " Ul south and his record
''"'n'on ' and on the bench is a
Dnt a ' resi,le"t Harding today
Tharr. ro f condolence to Mrs,
a' bn a7al0'; Marlon Butler.-who"
"HOT.... SRkp,1 to act as nn f tl.A
'J ny IV -
Tl 1 at i , uib
j miciary has lost one Of
2 T 0I"5 or J,,e8t JU(J and the
S. pL best and most-useful
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(CoiiM-7 . Pprmlt me, to extend
.h-
Said He KiUed Elwv
Now Says He Did (Not
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FEARS OF A GENERAL
John Bull Walks -Abroad jin the
Sunshine and Relaxes After
Strenuous Week
LONDON, April 10. (By Associated
Press.) Today was a day of relaxa
tion from the tension created Iby the
coal , strike and the possibility of-a
general industrial tie-up, and it gave
the cabinet ministers and labor (leaders
an opportunity to get Into the country 1
ror -a. .resior -r-:-..-- ; ' , - .. y -.
Opinion on the present aspect of the
crisis continues favorable, but mean
while all precautionary measures and
recruiting of volunteers are proceed
ing actively atnd will not b'e relaxed
.until the miners are back to work.
These preparations formed a grfeat at
traction for Londoners today who, ap
parently no longer haunted ljy the
fear of strikes by the railway men and
transport workers, crowded the.parks
and rivers, enjoying the brilliant sun
shine. It was a striking contrast to
Saturday, when fears of untoward de
velopments kept the nervous suburban
population at home.
Herbert Smith, president, and Frank
Hodges, secretary, of the miner1 fed
eration, addressed a formal letter to
day to the various branches of the or
ganization, urging all concerned loy
ally to accept the proclamation jwhich
is described as "not instruction that
our members should return to jwork,
but that those locked out should re
frain from obstructing any actiion to
secure the safety of the mines.'f
In a speech at Rugby, J. H. Thomas,
secretary of the national union of rail
way men, said the agreement was not
a victory for anybody, but Vather a
"triumph for a common cause."!
There is a general belief among la
bor men that something in the form
of a national settlement will fesult
from the conference tomorrow, or a
standard wage minimum .. with, jsome
system of bonus for districts where
exceptional conditions prevail. I
The government's anxiety not tj em
bitter the dispute is shown by the em
phasis laid on the fact that no soldiers
ar employed in actual pumping but
only In protection duties. It is uhder
utood there will be a -general resump
tion of pumps in south Wales, and this
will be just in time to prevent serious
damage to tne mines.
ROPER MILL. AT NEW BERN IS
TO SHUT DOWN THIS WEEK
' (Special to The Star)
NEW BERN, April 10. The John L.
Roper Lumber company, large saw mill
concern here, will end operations at
the middle of this week, it is under
stood here. This announcement is; not
surprising In view of the fact (that
on resumption recently, following a
lay off of the men for several .weeks
before Christmas due to lack of finds
and hard times, .it was intended to stop
work and dismantle or sell the plant
as soon as the supply of logs fhen
on hand should be cut. up into lumber.
But for recent rainy weather this work
would have ceased this week: iThe
Roper company is the largest single
inHimtrv in tnis cny. uiDt.w;v
has-been made-of the plant.
ripiK Kinn WAS A PIKER AS
COMPARED WITH CASEY WATSON
:nMll to The Star)
NEW. BERN, April 10.--Captain Kdd
had nothing-on Casey Watson, local
police officers claimed after they had
"dug up" ten gallons of perfectly good
Craven county corn from his lot here
tast night.. The "bulled treasure'-was
rtiiJ? nt bv Joe Ablen. United
v nd his suspicions were
irZZXZiU nrrtct. . As a result the
negro plept In the county, jail. .. i v
HARRISON DEFEATS RAINWATER
AUGUSTA, ta., Apni
f Ausrusta; won th
Georgia amateur state eolj etoPjft-
Rainwater, , of -Atlanta, . 2 and ; I ,
JAY GOULD HOLDS HIS TITLE
TmrtiM Anril 10. Jay Gould,
n n nmra vuj - - i
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of
ma.da a successful de
fVnse of " hi. national amateur . coort
tennis championship today; defeating
C Suydam Cutting, of New York. In
r.'- BrZi," r-mmd .on the courts of
the Tennis ana xiuufc .7." f.
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PRESIDENT TO OUTLINE
DEFINITELY HIS STAND
ON PEACE RESOLUTION
In Message to Congress Tomor
row He Will State His
, Opinion at Length
CONVENES AT NOON
Sixty-seventh Congress Called in
Extraordinary Session Be
gins Work Today
WASHINGTON, April 10. The new
Republican administration will get un
der full headway tomorrow when the
Sixty-seventh congress convenes at
noon for the extraordinary session
called a few weeks ago by President
Harding:
The program tomorrow is expected
to be limited to the usual opening for
malities, including the adoption of reso
lutions providing for a jo'int session
Tuesday to hear the President's ad
dress and for organization work. Com
mittees of the leaders also will be ap
pointed tomorrow to notify the Presi
dent of the assembling of congress.
Domestic needs, including tariff and
tax revision, are expected to be em
phasized' by President Harding Tues-
aay, put he also is said to be planning
a considerable discussion of interna
tional questions. Republicans promi
nent in congress received reports to
night that ho would state with con
siderable definiteness his attitude to
ward the proposal to establish peace
with Germany by congressional ac
tion. Tomorrow's program calls for read
ing in both bodies of the President's
proclamation calling the extra session
and for the election of officers. Speaker!
Gillett is to be re-elected in the house,
after the call of the roll by states.
Committee slates also are to be adopted,
with Representative Mondell. of Wv-
oming, to continue as majority leader I
and Representative Kitchin, of North
Carolina, succeeding the late Champ
Clapk as minority leader.
The usual opening flood of bills and
resolutions is due tomorrow in the
house, but, not until Tuesday .n-the
senate, : , , y . .y x '
The flrsJUlflgiilatlx&rAsii
prorrflHea to -"be the7 enactmetof the
emergency 'tariff bill. vetoed at the
last session" by President Wilson. This
is to .be introduced in the house and
reported Monday or Tuesday. It will
be' taken up for debate Wednesday
and Republican leaders will press for
a final vote before the week-end. Sen
ate leaders also will press the meas
ure," hoping to get .it Into the Presi
dent's hands by next week.
.Work in the senate will begin on the
$25,000,000 Colombian treaty probably
"Tuesday. Taken up during the special
senate sessionlast month, the senate
is under agreement to reach a final
vote April 19, with ratification' gen
erally predicted. A hard fight. . how
ever, is in prospect, despite President
Harding's request for ratification. It
is planned to have most of the debate
in public.
Hundreds of nominations are expected-
to be received this week by
the senate from President Harding.
Many recess appointments are to be
included. Among these is the nomi
nation of former Representative Esch,
of Wisconsin, to the Interstate Com
merce commission. The diplomatic list
is scheduled to be headed by George
Harvey, of New York, for ambassador
to Great Britain.
Committee re-organization of the
senate as well as the house is to be
arranged tomorrow, with Republican j
representation greatly increased. Few
chairmanships in .either iody,. however,
will be affected: Dozens of unimpor
tant senate committees, with per
quisitea of patronage, are to be
abolished. . Committee work is to be
begun . immediately on a .number of
subjects, including tariff and tax revi
sion and the American import valuation,
the anti-dumping and soldier bonus
bills.
To expedite the program, the senate
finance committee will start hearings
this week on 'internal revenue revision.
Bills to establish a budget system, to
re-organize the ' government depart
ments and to re-classify federal em
ployes also are to be pressed at once.
While the house is engaged largely
with fiscal legislation, the senate will
work on the Colombian treaty and
afterward", take up the immigration
bill, which was vetoed at the last
session. The Knox peace resolution
and oher proposals for bringing about
peace also promise much discussion,
and possibly early action. Stenator
Knox, of Pennsylvania, plans to Intror
duce hia peace resolution soon, - but
probably not during the first few days
of the session.
.The army and navy appropriation
bills, with their huge budgets, which
failed In. the last congress and must
be available by Julyl, are to be started
soon in the house. v t
Railroad affairs will be investigated
-soon by : the senate interstate com
merce committee. The inquiry, for
which Chairman Cummins, of Iowa,
will introduce an authorization reso
lution Tuesday, may begin late this
week. JAnother investigation whicji
wili continue is the senate Judiciary
committee's inquiry Into foreign loans.
The Republicans will start upon the
new session with commanding majori
ties in both senate and house. In the.
upper body there will be fifty-nine Re
publicans as against thirty-seven
Democrats, and in the house 300 Re
publicans to 181 Democrats.
All house members -will take their
oaths tomorrow. The new senators.
Nordeck. of South Dakota, and Bur
sum, of New Mexico, ' who were ' not
sworn in - during the - March," session,
also , are expected to be present to
morrow.; ' H '
NEW TREASURY CERTIFICATES .
' WASHINGTON. April 10. Secretary
Mellon announced tonight me offer of
a; new issue of treasury certificates to
th amount of about $150,000,000'. The
Lnewlssue7; ,will be dated - April 5,'
majuring. in i 8ix. monins ana rearing
interest at 6 '1-2 per cent. -- -;v
N. C, MONDAY MORNING, APRII 11, 1921.
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America Talies Over Part of the Population of the Netherlands
i ED? fl 1
When the gates swung wide on Ellis Island, N. Y., recently and let the Feyen family into the United States the
population of the country was increased by 15. They were from Holland. No nation can beat the Dutch in this
wonderful matter of human productivity. But it is well to state that the Feyen family beats even the Dutch record
of big families at Ellis Island in point of youth. The oldest is only 16, while the youngest is eight months.
Hendrik Feyen, head of the house, shown. at the extreme right, top row, is 45. Diana, his wife, just 32, aitd
radiant with health, is shown in the center holding the baby. p
A GENERAL SALES TAX
OF 1 PER CENT, SMOOT
SAYS, IS BEST METHOD
Members of the Senate Finance
Committee Will Present Bill
Embodying; Proposals
"RTpi? A T . OTTT FYR TT A "V
SMZl EjLj UlllTilV 1AA
He Would Abolish Allithe Irri
tating, Nagging, - Dis-
criminaryTftjes"
WASHINGTON, AprU 10. A general
sales tax was - advocated tonight in
a statement by Senator Smoot, Utah, a
representative member of the senate
finance committee who formally an
nounced he would introduce a bill
to that end in the" senate Tuesday.
Senator Smoot's , measure, which he
estimated would yled approximately
$1, 500,000,000 in- revenue annually,
would place a flat tax of 1 per cent
on gross sales - above . $6,000 annually
of virtually all commodities, both raw
materials and finished products. The
bill carries a few exemptions, but ap
plication of the tax would be stayed
practically only on- such commodities
as now bear, a higher levy.
Early consideration of the Smoot
proposal is planned by the senate
finance committee in its study of the
taxation question. Tentative arrange
ments contemplate tne opening of hear
ings on the plan before the end of the
week.
In discussing his proposed sales tax,
Mr. Smoot said it would be simple
in application and easy -to compute.
He declared It would properly dis
tribute the burden of taxation, com
pelling each citizen to bear a share
proportionate to his ability to pay as
measured by buying or producing
powers.
"If the sales tax 'becomes a part of
the revenue" laws of our country," the
statement continued, "congress can re
peal not only the items provided for
in the bill as presented by me, but
can repeal all of the irritating, nag
ging, discriminatory taxes amounting
to hundreds of millions of dollars and
the excess profits tax, which has work
ed such havpc with business concerns
of our country,' who have in many cases
been compelled to-pay the excess profits
tax on paper profits."
Present taxes "on soft drinks, tobacco,
automobiles and some other so-called
luxuries would "remain under the Smoot
bill.- These commodities already bear
taxes regarded as heavier than the
flat one per cent tax. In addition to
the tax on sales, a levy having the
same application would be placed on
total amounts of all leases.
He contended that the sales tax
methods was one of justice to .all,
whether individual firm or corporation.
The actual added cost to the consumer
of a 1 per cent tax- applied at each
turnover of the goods would, he pre
dicted;, fall below 3 per cent. r-
The bill, contemplates payment of the
whole tax,' -accumulated through the
various resales, toy-: the ultimate con
sumer. Senator Smoot said, adding that,
there was no objection to the final
seller absorbing the tax if he cared
to do so. . t ' '
GREEKS AND TURKS RENEWING
BATTLE "ALONG BRUSA FRONT
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9. (By
Associated Press). Fighting has been
renewed by the Turks and Greeks ton
the Brusa front .in Asia Minor.-Turkish
cavalry is attempting to break through
the Greelc line running from Kestellek
to Aksu, to the east of Brusa;
, It r is -reported a" Japanese steamer
with athousand Turkish war -prisoners'
from .Siberia has been held up by
Greek iaval" units and taken to a Greek
port. The , sublime porte is preparing
to lodge a protest against the seizure
of -the vessel. ,
EARTHQUAKE "IS REGISTERED
WASHINGTON, April 10. An earth
quake lasting an hour and estimated
at about 1,800 miles. from Washington,
probably In Central or South America,
was recorded on the ,seimograph at
Georgetown university this morning,
The observatory described it as rather
severe. The- tremors began at 8:57,
reached their maximum , intensity j at
9:6 and ended about in a. m. -' "v-
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PRESIDENT HARPING AND HIS
CABINET MAKING GOOD START
Ail the Difference in the World When Executive and Congress
Are of the Same Party Patronage Proving a Pest to Mr.
Harding and His Chief Officials Administration's
First Month Reviewe d by David Lawrence
By DA.VID LAWRENCE
(Copyright, 1921, by The Star)
WASHINGTON, April 10. The flrHt
month of the administration of Presi
dent Harding has passed so rapidly
that to 'most of the cabinet officers it
has seemed like a week.
Viewing the work of the new regime
dispassionately and wltlv a recognition;!
-oiT:ne-iacT tnat mo me wasn:t DUAt-tn;
a day, even the most ardent partisan
will admit that a start has been made
on more problems in the last four
weeks than was possible in the 1 last
year of the preceding administration.
This doesn't necessarily imply criti
cism of the officials who tried hard to
make progress in the fact of inevitable
friction between a Republican congress
and a Democratic executive. But t
proves than when all branches of the
government are of one political com
plexion, decisions can be made and
things accomplished.
' President Harding was looked upon
before his election as a man of more
or less leisurely ways. He hasn't
proved so in office. He. has worked
night and day. He has gone at his
job with a serious and earnest mind,
knowing full well that he must satisfy
an impatient electorate. - Mr. Harding
himself feels that he" has made head
way on many important matters but
if he were to speak what is in his
heart, he would tell the American pub
lic that the Individual who invented
patronage and the -distribution of
public offices for political activity was
really more of a serpent that the evil
genius of ancient Eden;
Mr. Harding is pestered day .and
night by the obligations of politics.
It isn't that he owes anybody any
thing, but members of the senate .and
house must- be kept happy and they
in turn are bothered by hungry con
stituents. Some idea of Mr. Harding's
feeling was given John Kendrick Bang's
the. other day when he dropped in , at
the white house to pay his respects.
Long lines of people had just passed
through the executive offices shaking
hands. Mr. Bans said to the President-afterwards,:
"It must be tiresome to shake, hands
with so many people." ,
"Not at all," replied the President.
"It is a relief and1 relaxation. All
day long most of nry visitors come to
me asking for something either of
fices or action in public matters. Every
body is askins for something. But
these people who come to shake hands
are - pot asking for anything. They
come only, with a smile or a blessing.
They come with cheerful faces and
good wishes. No, its a relief to get
their smiles."
And so has been the experience also
of cabinet officers. Some of them
haven't been able to ;ret very far be
cause of the amount of time they must
give to conferences on patronage. One
or. two of ,the cabinet officers who
haven't been in Washington before are
amazed- at the demands of members,
off congress. They have been told it
is not wise" to ignore congress. So
they yield their time with good natured
toleranee. "
If the entire membership of con
.gress Were sruilty of office-seeking the
government wouldn't set anything
done. But it is true of a relatively
small group who mahase to keep the
heads ' of the departments and their
subordinates worried all the time. It
used; to be the . same" way under the
Wilson administration and one could
almost hear the sigh of relief that
went up out of the white house when
congress adjourned and members went
home to mend political fences.
There can be no catalogue ' of
achievements as yet' nor can any list
be more than a cursory one. Yet
here, are some of the things that have
been' done since the Harding - ad
ministration took office.
President Hardin? has tackled the
railroad problem and means to put-the
full influence of the executive behind
A-isetUement of the factor in the busi
ness situation which is most disturb
ingtoday. It means a reduction in
waged and operating expenses but also
a drop in freight rates.
:---"TheT President has managed to tone
down the demand In the senate for th'i
passage or : tne - Knoj resolution anu
has' through Secretary of State Hughes
OLDEST
set forth the general ' principles
of
American foreign policy.
Mr. Harding has not yet formulated
a definite program on tax revision or
tariff legislation but he has ., created
a favorable atmosphere, ' .among . the
leaders an atmosphere tha.t probably
will lead, to agreement : rather . than
discord.-. - .. ;- : . - . .' . ' -., ;. v:V-' : -' -v.
vvTh Cabinet has. functioned as a unit.
Secretary Hughes .-; Jiaa graaje4-tb
prQbUrn ?f ."ih .pf atesaTtmeirtTwth
remarkable fepeed. He acta and thinks
quickly. Notes do: not lie:unahswered
very long. 'And the language of the
notes is not roundabout or ambiguous
but plainspoke-n and "unequivocal.
Secretary Hoover ' has laid the
groundwork, for co-operation between
American business men and: their gov
ernment particularly In'.-, ".respect of
foreign trade. He has moreover
initiated a movement to save the gov
ernment money "on its telegraph and
cable messages and has taken steps to
ward co-ordinating the communica
tions services of the United States.
Secretary. Denby of the navy depart
ment, has visited the Atlantic, fleet and
established a friendly and co-operative
spirit inside the navy.
-Secretary Weeks has slowly healed
up many of the sores in the war de
partment growing out of war time
friction and personal jealousies among
the higher officers.
? Secretary Wallace has shown the
farmers of the country through a series
of public statements that he is their
friend in the cabinet. He has re
vealed himself as . the principal
champion of the farmers' tariff.
Secretary Davis has had a measure
of success in settling the packers'
strike but, more significant than anv
thing else is his manifest anxiety to
gain the confidence of union labor by
fair dealing.
Secretary Fall has busied himself
with the Alaskan problem and a multi
tude of other task's in the interior
department which may not make in
teresting 'reading, but have a great
deal to do with the development of
-the west.
Secretary Mellon has distinguished
hiniself ty. the splendid way in which
he has gotten the confidence of the
officials of his department. He has
Bald he would not turn out one set of
"employees simply to 'make room for
others on political grounds. He has
moreover nriven valuable advice on mat-
Hon onrl fl ana 1 rn-l i i-tr TT
is.'a distinct asset to, the Harding ad
ministration.
Postmaster-General Will Hays with
characteristic zeal .has busied himself
with the huge organization of the
ppstoffice department. ' He doesn't find
it, as incompetent as the public had
been led to believe because of its
peculiar antipathy toward Mr. Birrle
son. But nevertheless he is going af
ter the mail service with an enthusi
asm and energy which ought to spell
results pretty soon.
' .'AttorneyGeneral Daugherty has had
the hardest job of anyone in the cabi
nit. Not onTv -han'-hn a. Wc- admlnlatra.
tive task in running the department of
justice but everybody seems to have
picked . him out as the man throi-h
whom the President can be reached.
The -office-seekers have been crowding
the corridors of the department of
justice. Mr. Daurherty has had his
hands full. '..'...'
No analysis wduld be fair without
recording what the' critics are' saying.
Criticism centers - mostly thus far on
the appointment, to important diplo
matic posts such men-as Colonel Har
vey who is to be ambassador to Great
oriiaiu. me uigumeiu is mat me Ite-
publican party contains many able men
who were more deserving "of selection.
Another criticism heard is that Mr.
Harding is making appointments to of
fice too rapidly and without sufficient
consideration. . Perhaps , this is due to
the pressure 'for appointments, and an
Impatience on the .part of the executive
to get rid of as much of that pressure
as possible. The only other criticism
of " importance' comes from pro-league
Republicans who voted for Mr. Hard
ing' ue'eause they believed, he would
enter the present -league of nations
and ratify the Versailles treaty with
suitable - reservations. -Their disap
pointment's not-yet as " widespread 'as
Iti wfll "bet when ; they read - Mr. Hard-
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DAILY IN THE STATE.
TO INVESTIGATE SCORE
OF REPORTED MURDERS
ON FARM OF WILLIAMS
Jasper County, Georgia, Grand
Jury Will Today Begin Its
Inquiry Into Deaths
PROBE A LYNCHING
Solicitor Forecasts Sensational
Developments When In
vestigation Is Finished
, MONT1CELLO, Ga., April 10. The
Jasper county grand jury will con
vene here at 9 a. m. tomorrow, in ex
traordinary session to conduct a rigid
nvestigation of the John S. Williams
farm, where it is alleged, approximate
ly a score of negroes have been killed
to conceal peonage conditions.
Sheriff W. F. Tersons will leave
Atlanta early tomorrow with Clyde
Manning, the negro whose confession
involved and convicted Williams of
murder in the Newton county superior
court last week, and a number of other
witnesses. The party is expected to
arrive here at 10 o'clock and the negro
will go before the grand jury imme
diately. Solicitor Doyle Campbell, of the
Ocmulgee-circuit who is directing the
probe, said tonight that? in hisopinlon
the evidence he has in his possession
will be completed by the grand Jury
late in the afternoon. - . v
One of the first matters , to be con
sidered by the grand jury is the lynch
ing of Eugene Hamilton. Solicitor.
Campbell says he has In his possession '
the names of six or seven citizens of
Jasper county,' furnished him by Gov
ernor Dorsey, and a mass of evidence.
The solicitor has forecasted sensational'
developments in this investigation..'.
"When the investigation starts,"
said Mr. Campbell, "we are expecting
no trouble. The people here are de
termined that law and order shall . pre
vail and I could ask no . better co
operation , than 'I am nony getting.-'
"If ,WilUam Is Indicted, he will be
placed ?on trial here "just as soon as"
we, can -secure him . from official of
Newton county' i ..'..;.: Lj. c- a:H ' M ;i
,w imams, rsaid tonight . he had "Just
begun to' fight." He denied the rumor
circulated Saturday that he would
withdraw his motion for a new trial
In the Newton superior court.
NEGRO ASSOCIATION PRAISES
GOVERNOR DORSEY'S ACTIVITY
WASHINGTON, April 10. Apprecia
tion of "the efforts of Governor Dorsey,
of Georgia, in seeing that the law aa
to murder is enforced in that state,"
was voiced at a meeting here today of
the National Association for the Col
ored People, when alleged peonage con
ditions in the south were discussed.
"His example is worthy of emula
tion," it was said, "and we do not
hesitate to recommend it to the one
who is soon to succeed to the place
now held by" Governor Dorsey.
"It is the duty of the negro." the
resolutions added, "to seek by every
peaceable and civilized method to de
fend himself against the invasion of
his civil, political and economical
rights."
THREE SMALL RUSSIANS WERE
HEROES IN ANTI-RED ARMIES
CONSTANTINOPLE, April 10 Three
little orphans, who served three years
in the "anti-bolshevik armies of south
Russia, and who were for a time
among the Russian refugees here,"
have been admitted to the military
academy of the Jugoslav republic at
Sarajavo, through the personal efforts
of Baroness Wrangel, wife of General
Wrangel.
The boys, each wear the Cross of
St. George, earned for bravery on the
field. Each has distinguished himself
as a soldier and each has been wounded
two or more times. Since their arrival
here in November, when the Crimea
was evacuated by General Wrangel,
they have have been living together
in one of the Cossack camps.
Their names are Serge Fomenko,
aged 16, son of a Russian colonel, who
was shot by the bolshevik!; Constantin
Brussilovsky, 15, of Odessa, whose
father was also a colonel and killed
during the war; and Boris SimlnoV.
aged 14, of Kiev, whose father and
mother perished under bolshevik rule
in Kiev.
Little Fomenko, who was not a "play
soldier," but served in the machine
corps of the Kornilov regiment, risk
ing execution if captured, is partly
blind, due to a wound in the head.
His last deed of bravery was performed
when the Crimean forces retreated be
fore the bolsheviki. At that time he
lay in a hospital in Simferopol. When
the hospital was evacuated and all had
fled, he left hls bed, found a carriage
and horses, and saved with himself
two officers too badly wounded to
help themselves, taking them, to Se
bastojjol. The three boys are bright and" cheer
ful and still full of readiness to help
others. Young Brussilovsky, while in
the Russian embassy hospital here, re
covering from a wound, insisted on
surrendering his bed to an old of
ficer, too sick to stay in the camps.
NEGRESS REPUTED TO BE HO
v YEARS OLD DIES IN CRAVEN;
(Special to The Star)
NEW BERN, April 10. Phfllis Dixon,
negress. died at her home in James
City, Thursday in her 111th year. She
was -born In Craven county, February
121811, and was 110 years and two
months old. Her death was caused
by old age, no doctor attending.
The old woman was a slave in this
county many years before . the Civil
war and had served many of New '
Bern's most prominent families since
then. For the last few years she has
done no active work.. Her hus-band
died many years ago and there is nor.
trace of : her father or mother. She
is the last of the old-time 'mammies"
in this section and her nasslne- la -'
reminiscent of a past age of slavery. - -.
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