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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 23, 1919. II. c. ILLS MAY SHUT DOVN IN WEEK Regional Director's Letter To Senator Simmons On v Fuel Supply INCREASED SALARIES FOR WARREN ANO HAMMER Thousand Dollars Per Annum Added To Pay of Two U. S. District Attorneys; Chair man Payao Bends Letter To Overman In Re further Shipbuilding at Wilmington Newt snd Observer Bureau, 603 District National Beak Bide By R. E. POWELL. (Special Loasid Wire.) Washington, D. C Nor. 2A Accord ing te iafonaatiea which was today furaiahed the North Caroliaa eeastors, it ia altogether probable that great nmUf f saaaufsetariag plant ia th 1 Bute arill be forced ta abut dowa. ait week bombs ( lack ef fuel. The advice from the rail road adminis tration with refereae ta tha eeal situa tion) U far frees eaeoaraging. Earlier ia tha week, tha admiaistratioa ad vised Seaator Overman that It hoped to ' -tahesere e th Eziaager Mills, Lettog ton, tad ether- plants, but at tha tana tima advised Senator Hiiamsss it would t impossible t discriminate in favor of any plant. Tba latest information in a tele-gram , recoived at tha offlcee of Bcn'ator Him Biont today from tha regional director ,v ia Atlaata. which tayti ' Your, data. Regret tltuation hat ao aneterlalkf changed for worse that oa MeaiUy but committee compelled de eliaa to make farther dclirerica to other j than f rat are afauaaa ia priority Uat. I While we fully appreciate gravity tbia j aetioa, faet rcmaiat that in 8rt fifteen ! day, aUxJu of coal ia haada fuel ad- asiautrstor enormously depleted and 1 actual production each day ia less than daily consumption of Drat live classes. It ia Imperative aa you will perceive, that tha committee prefer tboae in said laaaea including domestic ronaumera, atilitiei and public Institutions." ' j Increased Salaries. TM. 1.1.4 ... ... 1 ....i. , jiirorii narrcn and llam aner are each ta get a raise of 11,000 per aanrn on their present enlarr. the to become effective early after the 'I regular aession meets. The judiciary , winmmcs or uie neaato voted to in crease tha pay of several district attor ney, ia the nation anil the two North . Caroliaa proaccutora will draw aa large increase as any in the country. Mr. Warren ia now receiving 4,500 and Mr. Hammer $5,000, the difference, being due to the fact that the Western dockets are regarded heavier than those in the Eastern district. la Re Wilmington Shipyard. The Carolina shipbuilding company, f Wilmington, ia unsuccessful in get. ting the shipping board to rescind the radeellation order which cuts off four fubrirsted ships from the original con tract, la a letter to Senator Overman today. Judge John Burton rayuo, Chairman of the Board says: 1 hare been giving careful eonsid ration to your request for re-Instate-Kent of the four cancelled ships at the j Carolina shipbuilding company's rard 7 Wilmington, N. C. . ' . 'The grrntest difficulty is that the keels and the deliveries of these ships are so far in the future. It is eati anated tha keels (Rill he laid in June, August, September and October, respec tively, and the delivery cannot be made earlier, probably much later, . than API. June and July, 1921. We are hoping to close our toast ruc tion organization for the four ships. I 'eel that you have not fully realized 1 Otis situation." Lataat Sagar Silastics. The atignr situation refuses to get bet tar. grantor Simmons today received ! the following letter from the Bugar j Equalization Board in New York! "Vonr letter ef November 17 has btrn j received. We appreciate strongly all , your arguments. The Knstern interests i would be only loo glad to get North Carolina supplied by the New York reluert if the sugar available for dis tribution waa sufficient. Unfortunately it it not, and while we will ship all the tugar we can to North Caroliaa, it would seem that the good people it your state for the balance ef the year have the option of going on a limited supply, aa the people ta the North, aatera states will certainly do, or else of purehaeiag sugar from their Louis "ieaa friends nt the higher quotation de manded by them." CAPTAIN TERRELL IS BURIED IN 0AKW00D Large Crowd Attends funeral of faithful Engineer Who Died Friday With members of the Brotherhood of locomotive Engineers and Seaboard employee attending in a body, the fun eral servirm at tha Into Pant. Tk..,.. B. Terrell were conducted at eeiorc yesterday anernooa front the Dr. T. W. O'Keltejator r the ehsrth, assisted by 1. J. E, Welsh, of Durham, officiated over the simple but impressive service. ' Thebarial was In Oakwood cemetery where the laat rltct were ia charge, of the eagineers. It waa the hurial of a second faithful engineer that some of the engineers atUnded yesterday, Mr. Oeergo Oill having died ia Columbia several days age, Ia these two em ploys t, the Sea board havs lost valuable engineers. Numerous floral offering! attested the high esteem ia which he waa held in the community. The deecoaa of the l int Baptist church were the honorary pallbearers, while the active pallbearers .r mis nnnnni oi ids local ergani aatioa of the Brotherhood of Eagiasers. Those from oat-of town attending the funeral weret Mr. W. a TerrWI, ef Warrea Flaina, brother of tha doeeased, and Mrs. Terrell; Mr. Ben Terrell, of Warreatoa, and Mr. A. U Terrell, of I'ortamooth, Va, also brothers; Mr. and Mrs. 8. A. Tudor, of Norlina; Mrs. W, A. Fulford, of Durham; Mrs. - W.-C. liurk, of Durham; Mr. A. 1. Buggies, of Durham j Mr. B. T. Walton, Mr. Iti hard l'crkinaon, of Wise, and, Mr. li.il I'arrish, of Durham. WIRE CHIEF BADLY HURT BY LONG-DISTANCE WIRE A. L. Christian, of Durham, in Hospital As Result of Injuries By JAMES l. ROBIXSON. t iHirham, Nov.. ti.U, A. Locke Christian, wire chief ef the later-Slats Telephoae sad Telegraph Company, of this city, residing at 314 Last Main street, age 24, sad aaa of Vimie 8, Christina, of Mahgum street, wss called to his eftiee this morning a little tie fore 7 o'clock, on account of long dis tant wires of the telephone eonipany being crossed with tha high ' tension wires ef the Southern Power Company. Mr. Christian came down and discon nected the wires in his office. About half aa hour later, in testing the wiret for the purpose of re-oatablishing the service, lis seemed to have gotten the full fores and voltage whatever It a of the Southern I'owei high ten sioa circuit. The terrific shock knocked him out, apparently dead. Ha was entirely un conscious. The scene wss of such a suddea and terrible nature that it threw tha telephone escliangn into almost a paaie. One operator, Mis Clarice Car riagton, waa so overcome by tha inci dent that she suffered a nervous break down, and attention had to bo admin istered ta her. However, she it now all right again. The excitement ia the ex change waa great for a short time. First aid service was given Mr. Christian by the employes of the tele phone exchange. Doctore were immedi ately sallad who rendered al aid possi ble, aad the victim of the high tension wires was soma time thereafter esrriod to thu Watts UosnitaMa as unconscious condition. The news from the hospital at this writing is to the effect that ho Is reatinc very well, and is annarentlv in a deep sleep. Uu was not burned ia ny way about the bands and body. unless some unforeseen coaiulicationa set ia it ia thought that he will recover la a reasonable length of time. fflYSICAL DEVELOPMENT or BArirURD SCHOOL CHILDREN Sanford, Nov. 23. Superintendent Claud E. Tongue, of the Sanford graded schools, is laying special interest tins session ea Physical develonment. Quite a lot of playground equipment. waves, acting bars, twinge aad -basket ball equipment, have just arrived aad wifi be installed at both the last aad West Ban ford school buildings. The Mothers' Club of this city are etanding behind Superintendent Teagua I, pro viding these improvements. A eerie of class basket ball garnet among the student from the seventh to the eleventh grades have been arranged, aad quite a class spirit ha already been created. The purpose is to pro vide suitable ecrcie for every isdi vidual pupil. , rOLLOCKSVIIXX TO HAVS WATER WORKS AND 8EWERS Jonet County Enterprise. L PellocksVille citizen voted unani mously last week to issuo $40,000 worth of loads for the installation of water work and sewers, '.'he Enterprise wishes to congratulate the voters of Pollocksville for tbeir good judgment and civic pride. With an overwhelming majority the voters ef Jacksonville, Onslo county, r-csntly endorsed a bond issje ef S60, 000 for the purpose of installing a sys tem of water works and sewers. CAMPAIGN WORKERS TO ORGANIZE COUNTIES Mr. " M. noHcmaa. who ia asso eiate- with Mr. C H. Mebaae, of brewnabore, la the direetioa of the T.rlti Carolina HiMiuim ... ur-.ia Preaibitioa Movement, yesterday made kikuoii or traveling repre tentative whoso duties will be to organise the counties for the move ment. Fourteea mem are wanted. Mr, Hollemaa met a aamber of applicant yesterday and. selected eight. These wiU report to Mr. Mebaae at Greens, boro Monday, and if acceptable to him will go to work Tuesday. Sis other will be chosea from the fl rmn ahn rn aectioa. It is planned te have an or, gaaisatloa ia every county ia the Bute. Janasnr lfl 4 k. Anm ---;,..: i prohibition goes iato effect, will be aude a great Held day throughout the counarr hv th. tni.;k;i. ' - Tweaty-tve hundred thousand dollars in hukw saai oay lor world pro hibition and law enforcement. State hcadnnaH.r. m k morrow at SIS South t'l. at a bore. Mr. Hollemaa, after a abort viplt at his hem ! A n ul. m ui lw uraiiooiv. rioay ae waa Ja Rich mend for a eealereaee wjth seme el the national representative of the move' menu Mm Coith at Reeky Meant. Bock Mount, Nov. 23. Miss Edna F. Ceith, state supervisor of vocational education, addressed tke Bone Eco nomies department ef the Woman' Club at the T. X. a A. auditorium yesterday. Besides a unusually large attendance, of the departmental mem ben, the audience iaelnded a especwb ly invited gneeta Snpt. F. 8. Intcoe, of Nash County, Supt. B. M. Wilson, of the city system of schools, Mr. T. H. Battle, ehairmaa ef the eity beard ef edoeatioa, gad repreoeatativee from the Bed Oak farm life school. Miss Coiths talk, which' Was based hipoa the tnpie "Home Making A Vo cational Training" contained many helpful suggestions to both the club members and the city and county edu. entor. Before returning to Raleigh, Miss Coith visited tke community house at the Bo cay Mount Mills, the domes, tie science department of the local high school, aad inepeeted the work that is being done at the Red Oak aehoel near thia city. sVJUXURKOTRIK.I AGAINST cpeneer, ev, SLTlua, the third day ef the lock out agaiaat forty elerk employed ia tha storehouse department of the Bouthera Railway (t Spencer, brought nothing mi for either side. The elerkc rentals out and it ia said the railway official remain Arm ia their original demand that the employe 'check" oa a time eloek a a matter of record of service. The railway rep resentatives take the ground that they bsv a right to establish gay new aad reasonable rule that may be desired for the interest of the company, aid that the aew rnle that clerka must cheek Is ia keeping with this policy. The elerk rely oa an article ia thelt agreemeat with the United Bute. Bail- road Administration, effected gome month ago, stipulating that they-will not be required to do anything or Mr- form any dutie not heretofore cus tom or practice, stero the nutter rest awaiting the arrival ef officers of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, ef which Mr. 3. 3. Forrester, ef Washing ten, 1a president. Only. the division storekeeper, the assistant , division storekeeper and chief elerk remaia ea duty ia thia department at Speaeer. Wonderful New Coats, Suits, Dresses - Perfectly Lovely Garments Just Received from Miss King Nqw Buying in the New York Market THE COATS Fashion's latest decrees, in different plain tailored and fur-trimmed mod els;1 developed in Tinseltone, Silvertone, Bolivia, Duvet de Laine. and Duvetyne. Trimmings of such pelts as Beaver, Hudson Seal, Opossum and Fox. A Varied and Beautiful Collection Smart Tailleur and Sumptuous Fur-Trimmed SUITS of Late Mode Superlatively lonely are the; new "Suits, achieved-iitf ashion's fabrics,' Duvet Superior, Velour De Laine Tinseltone, Rayoneer, 0 x f 9 r d s and Silvertip Bolivia, in very ' jaunty models, in which smartness is v blended with youthful' grace, each model distinctive in its indi vidual appeal. ' Afternoon and Evening FROCKS of Charming Beauty . , ' ..... : v.;' .- t Dainty frocks of' frail colors with' new crystal trimmings for formal and semi-formal wear to which are added stunning and attractive draped fro.cks for afternoon. One particular model being a combina tion of Tricotine and Satin, reveal ing the long-waist Russian lines. 1 MISS SAIDIEM RALEIGH KING 1 1 ' . - w.mw, m ,ti.. k - tve l. se the believci ia loag ei V
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