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PUBLIC UTILITIES
Fl
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Supreme Court Holds Agatost
Southern Power company
Jn Greensboro Case
UUST SUPPLY CURRENT
- TO PUBLIC SERVICtTCO.
g?roceedmjrs ; Involved ' Petition
) tot Mandamus To Compel
) Continuation . of Service Af.
ter Notice That It Would Be
Discontinued on and After
January 1, 1921-
The Souther Power Company, ai a
public utility, must continue to fur
- ish electric torrent to the North Car
liu Public Service Company, at
fjresnsboro and High Point, in spit
nf notion that thl crrie will be dis
continued January 1, 1921, nnleu the
United State Sdprem Conrt over
rate the Supreme Court of North Car
olina. The State court yestarday filed
a opinion, written by Associste Jui
tiee Brown, confirming the judgment
oa ft mandamua to thia effect giren
,'by the superior eourt in Guilford
county. Associate Juitlcs Piatt 1.
lot mandamus filed by ue worts
Carolina Publie Berriee Company, the
'City of Greeniboro and the City of
Hinh Point, and were heard before
September 14, 1920.. Oa the returi day
the defendant filed a petition for re-
moral of the proceedings to the United
mate District Jourr, juage nay ue
7 ellned the petition and the defendant
excepted,
"The motion to remove," ssys the
- opinion of the court, "in baaed oa the
contention that thia proceeding, which
is denominated a, petition for a writ
of mandamus, ia in fact ault of
eiril nature at eommo law or la
equity, ot which the federal eourt hai
jurisdiction.
It seems to be weH settled " aaid
vJdg Brown, "that a proceeding for
writ of mandamoa in a Stat eourt
ie not a rait of a eiril nntnra at law
er la equity .which caa bo rem ore a
from the State to the Federal eonrta."
ObligatloB of Berriee.
fadnt ia under legal oblgiation to
furnish them with electric current aa
- a pnblle aerriee corporation engaged
ta f nrnUUna electric current-The de
Alt. pwiiiwh m jwkvu
fendant haa aotified the plaintiffs that
it will eeaao thia aerriee oa and after
January 1,1921.. It farther cow
tended by tho plaiatiffa that it it the
duty of the defendant to continue tali
aerriee after January 1 and upon such
reaaonabl terma aa may be axed by
the Corporation, Commiaaion, ia' the
erent that theXparties are mot able to
agree among themselves. This ,duty,
vthe plaintiffs contend, ia a continuous
one ana tt pertormsnea may no com
veiled by a ' writ of mandamus.
The defense contended, oa the other
hand, -that a writ of mandamoa caa
only issue against a publie aerriee
eorporatioa to aacure the performance
oft a duty which it has failed to per
form and will not lierio compel pfer-
formanea of a eontinto jr duty.
Mot Mandatary Injunction,
suthorities," aaid Juatiee Brown in the
eourt a opinion, "and 61 the eoort a
ralinga ia the past, wo are satisfied
that the defendant power company'!
contention that the proceeding ahould
be eonitrned to. bo a mandatory in-
- junction and Aot a, maadamul it . un
tenable. ' The uniform procedure and
practice la our ' courts has reeogaized
the writ of mandamui at the proper
and appropriate- , remedy in actions of
thia character and it makes no differ
ence that the duty which , the defen
dants ows the plaintiff is being denied
; today or unmistakably proposed to be
denied tomorrow. Aside from the ad
judicated efses and the procedure of
our courts, the defendant ia letters
to the plaintiff publie aerriee company,
precludes it from eontrarerting the
r fact that.it has already denied and.
withdrawn any and all services to the
. rlsintiffs lis a publie aerriee corpora
tion, . It clearly aaaerta that the cur
rent which, it is now furnishing may
. be out off at any time alid that' it U
. only furnishing as a matter of accom
modation and not in the performance
a publie duty. : '
Has Already Withdrawn. - "
Thus it clearly appears that the
defendant power company while desig
nating January 1 next as the time at
which it will aerer all connections' and
errieo to the plaintiffs, it has in fact
asserted its present withdrawal f ronf 1
all obligations and duties owed as a
, pnblie ' err ice company to the plain
tiffs. --J." "'- ; .-V-,".
' The current which is now being
'furniihad aa a matter of right is not
furnished as n matter of right bat; a
- matter' of accommodation. This w
bold te be not only a denial, but' a
present withdrawal of its publie serr
tea obligation to the plaintiff and that
. this maadamaa is properly instituted
: to obtain and enforce the ' plaintiff's
.... m ... - . I ... 7i .... . .... ,
Jaoga Walker Diseeats.
. ' In- his dissenting opinio Judge
Valker aaidt i - r- -V-r..
TTh action of the plaintiffs is not
Bv anil mandamui. but on-tha Con
trary, is a suit for a mandator in
junction to compel th defendant t
ontinu to furnish electricity to ths
plaintiffs for th purpose stated in the
complaint ana twing sue a suiiy xne
United State District Court dearly
ha jurisdiction of it and His Honor
erred in. refusing te grant th petition
'.t remove.
Whea an applicant -for remoraf of
Ua ease to the proper Federal court,
complies with tie formslitie required
by 'Art of Congress, he i entitled to
here it transferred t that court for
trial and the jurisdiction, of th Stats
eourt where it is . pending,- thereupon
immediately cease and it has no right
t . stCat!a' On Psg Tw4 '
JRNISH SERVICE
Auto Hits a Post, Smashes
House, Fira Chief Injured
Goldsbora, Nov. 11. Driving at 60 miles an hour in response
to a fir alarm from an outlying section of the city, the lire
chiefs automobile, with Chief Yelverton and Fireman Hinson
aboard, ran into an iron "traffic cop" at the intersection of Oak
and John streets shortly before midnight while attempting to
pass another automobile, careened across the street and crash
ed into a small dwelling where a mother and her three children
lay asleep. . -
The automobile was smashed to bits, the dwelling was
knocked from ita moorings and partially wrecked and the
mother and her children more or less painfully injured. The
fire chief was seriously injured and the driver of the car badly
hurl The fire itself was forgotten in the excitement of the
wreck, but turned out to be not much of a fire. A small store
was burned.'
At an early hour this mqrhingr both the chief and the fire
man were still unconscious and had been carried to the op
erating table aKthe Spicer Sanitarium. Medical attention was
given the mother and her children in the ruins of their home.
. The car, a Dodge roadster, was being driven at its utmost
capacity for speed. ' When it left the street It missed a water
hydrant by an inch, and a few feet further cleared a telephone
pole by a similar margin. The little dwelling was crushed, the
wreckage of the roadster going completely through the outer
walls. ' '
r At 2 :20 o'clock this morning
dicated that the injuries of Chief Yelverton and Fireman Hin
son are Jess serious than at first supposed, and both will likely
recover. 1 '
Army and Navy Heads Issue
Personnel ot Army and Navy
- Also included In Armistice
Day Tributes !
URGE APPRECIATION OF
' SP,R,T 0F THE OCCASION
Head of American Legion Is.
snes Open -Message To Peo.
' pie of the Nation
Washington, Nor. 10. Joining in the
national obscrraaea of- the second aa
nirsrsay of the signing of the armis
tice, heads of the nation's military snd
nsral forces today issued messages to
the personnel of the army and nary
and to the reterans of the World War
now ia eiril life.
Today the tinny salutes its 'ows
its fallen heroes," Secretory Baker
said.
"It is for us tomblszoa their glory
in imperishable 'memorials; Jo east to
their derotioa in onr hearts and to
dedicate ibarselrea to a perpetuation of
the rindnle for which, they felL"; '
Daniel Stateauat.
Declaring that renta df th two
years Siaenths signing of th amis
tie had "caused many of us t loss
ths holy Joy ef that day," Secretary
Daniels aamonitnta tee nary to asai
est itself te tho 'same ideal which
gar immortal glory to our American
rontha of 1917-18."
"We lired on Norember 11, ldlS, oa
th stouniains ef gratitude and happi
ness because the Valor of onr best be
lored on land and sea had secured for
mankind the blessings of peace with
the fruit of rictory." -Mr. XJanlela'
atstement said. "In obserring the sec
ond annirersary of a day sacred ia
our memory let all of our people
eonseerat themselres to the spirit
high patriotism and sacrifice which
nude Armistice Day n national day of
rejoicing.
Aa Independence Day.
'General Pershing characterised
Armistice Day as the "80th century in
dependence day for ths world." Be
charged, the men who serred uader his
command in "the war to keep before
them in peace the ideals for whteh
they fought and declared that the in
terests of the nation would Da well
directed and' fully safeguarded by thia
March in BUteaeat.
Maor-OoneralTeytoaC. March, chief
Of staff, saidL
-ua tne seeoaa annirersary oi
Anniitiee Day we turn our thoughts
from the- strife of polities, from the
urge of business to acclaim again our
armyia tie World Wsr. I hare re
cently inspected . our cemeteries in
Franc with their raws oa row of hero
dead, and cannot conceive of aay dif
ference of opinion aaw;-the after
math of the war makiag us rrer for
getful of the splendid sacrifices of our
army -and th whole people during tbr
was. Their record ef achievement and
f self-denial will forever b a na
tioaal inspiration. v -.
MUST ACCLAIM DAT IN
"SPIRIT THAT MADI IT"
New York. Nor. lO.-Callinsr for ae-
elsmatioa of Armistice Day ia the
spirit that made it," f. W. Oalbraith,
Jr, national commander of th Amari-
i Legion, tonight issued an opea
meesax to th nation.
"Ths swift triumph el our arms and
moss of our gallant allies, which two
years sgo gave us the victory -the an
nirersary of which w celebrate tomir
row. mark the high light ef th pres
ent century ia American affaire," he
said. "Victories such ss Armlstie Day
commemorate are not ths. issues solely
ef clashes of flesh and steel. They are
f a finer quality. than that. They are
triumph as well Tjf an sneonquersble
spirit. ' - : ... - ." . .. . . "" ... :- '
:. "No-'rictory, howerer, complete, long
can surrire the spirit that eoneelved
it Th nnnalaof mankind arc replete
with exnmplesJS splendid triumphs ia
behalf o splendid causes, , that hare
tons for naught because the spirit that
ad ;thm -ceaaea to snonte
Mas Pemetaat 8pirit. '
'This Is oaly'th eecend annirersary
ef Armistice Dty a dsy destined, rf
wc will, to keep' company with th im
mortals ef ""the Calendar that mark
great moments of 1 history that shsll
aerer di. Succeeding generation will
acclaim. Armistie Dyr Jod grant they
always ahall.. -net lain, it ia tb spirit
that mad it and that thil spirit, like
the day, shall be imperishable ;
"With this prayer .ta our hearts let
f -r --
" (CewUaaed Oa lag TwoJ ,
reports from the hospital in
i. i t r l
REPORT SAYS ADRIATIC
QUESTION NOW SETTLED.
Saaea Margherlta, Italy, Nor. 1.
(By the AiiawcUted Prcwa.) It le re.
atoried that Aaton Trambitch, head
f the Jogo-Slav delegates, who hare
bwea eeaferring acre with repreaen.
(stives f the Julian gorernmlat
for a settlement of the Adriatic
problem, baa accetc4 all the Italian
claims. Certain, member f the
Jag8lar delegsithsn stated ' this
aftaraeea that aa agreement had
rirtaslly bcea ceacladed.
ClOLITTI TO COKFERENCE.
Rome, Nor. II Premier Clolitti
UnlgH left Borne frSata Mart Merita-
wher reptesentatlre f tsly
and Jago-SUria hsr boea eeaferring
la aa effoet te, aslr tb Adriatic
problem.. '
'' QUESTION SETTLED.
Leaden, Nov. 1- A dispatch U
th Load Times frwrn Ssata Mar.
chwiu says ke Adriatic t!n
, been m0t.Ji.vZ
According to theaw advicea the
principal ntointa In theaettleasent
are as fellows: : .
First, tbo Istrlsn frontier practl.
enlly decided m faro of the Jng.
aisrs; swewnd, Finm to h Jade,
poadeat with territorial watlgalty
to Italy; third, Sara a ne'er Italian
-emseralnty; fourth,' the islands Cher.
awe, Lussia sad Unto, granted to)
IUly.
Premier CielitU will sign the agree
meat tomorrow on bmkmf of Italy.
Tugs . and Fireboats Beach
Flaming Ship Following Ex
: plosion of Oil Tanks
Nsw Tork, Nor. 10. (By the Asso
eiabd Preea.) After a spectacular race
against time down th Hudson rirer,
surrouded by the puffing tugs and fire
boats and with flames licking about
her forward decks, the burning ( Mor
gan Lin freighter, El Mundo, tonight
lay beached on the Communipaw Fists,
near Ellia Island, out of) th way of
harbor traffic ;
Thonmadn of spectators' lined the
New York and Jersey shores and watch-
ad ths heroic fight of the tiny tugs to
rag tae Darning freighter out. of the
rirer, as she wss threatening to sink
and block th shipping channel. The
ahlp, a craft of IOjOOO tons, is almost
complete. Wreck with her side torn
by blasts and her forward superstruc
ture carried away by the fire.
All members of th crew of the ill
fated vessel, which arrired'here from
Galveston last Monday with a general
cargo hare bcea accounted for, police
Officials aaid tonight. Eight of the
deck handa war ' reported seriously
burned, one jirobsbly fatally.
, Longshoremea and members of the
crew war unbsding the resosl at the
Soathera Pacific Line pier, when the
inei tann containing several thousand t
gallon of ail blew op without warning,
burling men in all direction and carry
ing away a eetioa af th deck. Plates
an the port aide were also torn out and
abip immediately began to list- -
Police .officials said tonight that the
origia of ths eiplosioa had not boon
learned. .. - . ; .,. .. j i ;' .
The ship wss fn command of Cap
tain H. E. Parker, of Jersey City, and
carried erww of S man. Th greater
part of her cargo of fruit and rice had
th ship begsa Immediately to list,
boon unloaded- ; -' .'
CAMDEN COUNTY MAN' DIES -
V T ; V Iff ELIZABETH CITT
HissbdUi 'Tjiy,7 KornflJohn T,
Vorrisette died at the home of his son.
L O. kiorissette, on North Bosd street.
snesusy night at SO. Mr. Morissett
was ,- years old and hid been seri
ously ill for three weeks. He was
bora In Camden County, but had lived
in Elirabcth City for about 80 years.
He is surrived by aa so 3, If. Q. Vioric-
tt, of this City by thre grand
children i by one sister. Mrs. Hsttie
Baaford, of Norfolk, and by one
nephew,' William H. Bright, of Waah
ingtoa, D. a. ; ...
BURNING VESSEL IN
SPECTACULAR RACE
DRY ENFORCEMENT
''iSclm
Must Retain Democrats In Of
fice If, Prohibition Law Is
"Made Effective
TURNING OUT OFFICERS
MAY NOT BE FOLLOWED
Congress May Undertake To
x Overthrow President's Or.
der Placing Postmasters Un.
, der Civil Service; Harding
I Must Have - Something To
Distribute to the Hungry
T&e News and Obserrer Bureau,
603 District National Bank BIdg.
By R. B. PO ELL
(By Bpeeial Leased Wire)
Washington, Nor. 10. One of the
most rexatious proUems eon fronting
the Bepubliean administration, dus to
take orer the reins of gorernment on
March , is the enforcement of ' the
Volstead law Is the face of the latest
ruling' of the United States Supreme
Court.
Particularly la 8outhera States is
this true. Tee dry agents in the South
hare been Democrats and if the law
is to be enforced many of them now
in serrice must be retained. North
in1 Dour
organization to admittedly confounded
orer th prospect of baring -to retain
Democrats In office or idly watch de
i nil mw pmmii uw..v..proTA gi me pisn m - urMnitmn
moralization ef the dry force in the
South. Officials of th internal Jters
nue Department hare bcea In conference-
today with Commissioner 'Wil
liams and Prohibition Commissioner
Kramer and ss a, result they are non
plussed orer the situation. "
Mm Revoke Wlleoa Order.
This, howerer. is nly one ot the
nnnT mi emtioni which must be threshed
out before President-cleci- Herding is
inaugurated. Another of perhaps more
far-reaching importance, affects the
poetmaaters -of North Carolina. The
sol hope of rewarding party workers
in the Htete lies in roe premised re
vocation of the executive order which
nlaeed all Tjostmasters under the civil
aerriee. It has been facetiously ssld by
Tar Heel' Bepubliean that Mr. Hard
ing would rescind this presidential
order so that b might appoint to office
nma aerrin BeDublicans.
Bepubliean newspapers, both in
Washington snd' New York, receaUy
.,,lntd a atorr to tb effect that Presi-
deal Wilson's sieeutlre order placing
Kitmaslers under tt eivU aerric will
invest igstsd by a, select committee
of th House in rder to lay th foun
dation for Presldsnt-elset Harding to
toko th action which nil Bepnblicsns
sre urging him to to, wnien woutu
plae Bcpublieant ta offte. - .
Two ef th largest postofflce ia
North Carolina r now raesnt Greens
boro and Winstou-Salent- A. "Wsyland
Cook, who- has rendered signal aerric
to hia city and prty as postmaster at
flraensboro aad BoV Galloway, at win-aton-Sslem,
the largeet eity of th State,
hare resigned to enter other business.
Postmaster Central Burleson has al
ready hold eiril serries examinations
for these two important positions and
it is a eommoa rumor around Washing
ton that N. L Craaford, former pub
lisher of the Winston-Salem Journal,
ha been selected for the Job in the
great tobaoeo city. Tom Murphy, for
mer mayor of Greensboro and more re
cently business manager of High Point,
is said to hare been selected as the
successor to ths retiring postmaster of
the Gate City.
. ' ' Won't Confirm Demeernter
But according to leading Bepublicans,
none of these Democrats, will be eon
firmed . by a Bepubliean majority in
the Senate. All of these positions,
along with tb collector pf - internal
rerenuo at Raleigh, the marahalships
for Western aid Eastern North Caro
lina and other important federal posi
tions will be held for Bepublicans.
Ther will be at least two Congres
sional contests by th next Congress,
according to Bepubliean headquarters.
L. L. Jenkins, the rich banker of Aihe
rille, who was Bepreseatatlre Zsbulon
Wearer' opponent ia th Tenth and
Dr. Campbell who opposed Congressman
Bob Doughton ia the, Eight, havs noti
fied Republican Congressional head
quarter that they will eonteet the elec
tions of both Wearer and Doughton.
GOV. D0RSEY SILENT v
AS TO SPECIAL SESSION
Atlanta, . Ga, Nr. 10v-Jorernor
Hugh Dorsey today declined to affirm
or deny reports thst a special session
of th legislature will be called for the
purpos of investigating report that
m6ney and other influence bar been1
ta procure th passer of the
new county bills and other nets in ths
IcglilstUre
It became known that Governor
Dorsey" hae certain affidavit mad by
member of th legislature concerning
offers alleged to bar been made ia the
last legislature in connection with the
creation of the sounty of Lamar, with
Baraasrill a th coaaty neat. Lamar
ia an af the fir new counties crested
by th ratigeatloa of constitutional
amendments at th geasral election on
Norember S. ..' ' ; ' .'
DELAY INVESTIGATION
' )M SHEPARD'S DEATH
Maeoa, Ga Nor. lOThs next ass
sioa of ths cofOBerr jury inrsstigst
ing the mysterious desth of ; Frejk D.
Shepard. wealthy peach grower, ot
Houston county, will not b held until
inesaay i ness wees,- is was an
nounced hsr tonight by Solicitor Gen- I .
eral Charles
H,'G.rrett.: V.i...
. A report from the ' chemist srh is
making nnr ana lysis of the rital-or-gaas
ft ShepMd to jsesrtnin whether
or not there were trace of poison, will
not bo resdy by . Friday, when ths cor
oner'a Jury was neneduiea v.0 meet
Growers From Four States
Agree to Curtail Acreage
Representatives pf Tobacco Planters front .Virginia, ' the
Carolinas jand Georgia Organize Inter-State Tobacco
Growers Association, and Pledge Themselves to Re
duce Nexf Year's Acreage by One-third; Plan State
Organizations. '
BepTesentatires of tobaoeo growers of
Virginia, the Carolinas. and Georgia,
organizing ! the Inter-State ' Tobacco
O rowers' Association, pledged them
soiree her yestarday to reddeo the to
bacco acreage by S3 1-3 per coat in 1921.
'- There will in time come a rerolntion
in the process-of marketing tobacco in
the United States- based on the success
ful efforts of ths fruit growers in
California toward eo ope rati re market
ing, if the plans rf the lnter-8tste
Tobacco, firpwen' Asaoelation bear the
full fruit hoped for when -the repro
sentntires of the four State set their
hands to rgaaixatioa yesterday.
The preliminary structure of the or
ganisation, based largely upon the con
stitution and charter of the North
Carolina growers wss raised yesterday,
and s fepreaeatatire eonunittecu named
to go more thoroughly into the work of
organisation', and empowered to enlist
the services off expert who bar had a
hand in the rffeetirs eowratire mora
meats i other agricultural States.
People Are Detemlaed.
BepresentaUre of all States attend
ing the meeting yesterday declared thst
their people back at home are fixed la
their determination to Work out a to
bacco growers organization that wiU
work effeetirely, and are desirous of n
frdcisliscd organization composed of
Stat associations formed oa a uniform
worked oolHir the North Carolina grow
era since their initial meeting here in
September..
Members of the State association ars
preparing to go rery much further in
their, plan than the original program
wlieh dealt largely with the control of
acreage and the control ef the move
ment of tobacco from tho farm to
warsbouses. It would eliminate th
present system of selling tobacco to tho
iighest bidder, and substitute therefor
a scientifically devised system of mark
eting the wop which would ensure th
grower a fair return for hi invest
ment, v
Coaaty Ia Ualt.
Uader th constitution adopted yes
terday, tR county will become the unit
ot organization, comprising nil growers
rTr6utatDVfer Count of Official
- Vote Appears To Tiave
- Simmered Dyvn
Asharill. Kor. , 10-Th Jsckson
county riot orer th count of th offi
cial vote by eaarasslnr board, which
broks out in all it fury mat Thursday
when a Bepubliean mob ran Walter
Haynes, Aihevills Dsmoeratie . lawyer,
out of Sylra, aimmerea down today
whea the board reconvened. Bepublless
Attorneys J. J. Britt, editor Asherille
Times, and T. J, Harkitis, appeared oa
the scene to sdrise with Bepubliean
but owing to the fact that Governor
Biekett was unabl to get any iemo
e ratio Asherille lawyer to go there, the
lawyer did not spftear bat or tb board.
Pacifl speeehes-wsrs mad to me erowu
in eourt room, when th .board convened
by C. J. Harris, George W. Button, Be
publiean, and Chairman J. J. Mason,
of th botrd, and Thomas A. Cos, Demo
erts -The big siowd was present, quiet
but obserranU An unwise mor might
hare been dancerouv but nil desired
peace. Though no formal motion was
adopted to go behind the preeinei re
turns, the board adooted a motion
which is tacitly taken to mean the came
thing and it will past on individual
rotes. Ths board will not throw out
any votes- owing to Illiteracy, holding
that non-residence and failure to- pay
poll taxes is tb only thing thst counts.
Both Democrats and Bepubliean agree,
according to report received here, that
Hayn remark tut iuu uiiieraie
woman voted in Barker's Creek, esussd
th trouble, some saying he magnified
the umber. Demoerata say tt was aerer
their idea to reject any woman roter,
but they objected to M Indians voting
in Quail township, all ef -whom Voted
except three. Thia ia th first timt they
bar voted in years.
CONGRESSMAN'S CAR
INJURES YOUNG LADY
Tennssses, Representative Is
- CharjredVita DriTinf Ma- '
ohina Whila Intoxieatsd
Waahtagton,' Nov. lOAAer spend
ing the night in a precinct police sta
tion, Bepreeentativs Garrett, of Ten
nsssee, was -ir police court this morn
ing to answer' ehnrgee of colliding and
opersting, an ; automobUe - whil under
the influence ef liqusr. , Th Congreas
man's machine, tie- polle charge,
knocked down Mia Olive M- Sehofiald
of thia city, laat night, At'Seett Cir
cle, resulting ia a compound fracture
f her kip. .V
Kepreseatative Garrett, "was arrested
immediately afterward. Th police
said tho Congressman's bail was fixed
at $500, ' but '.that 'he declined te
furnish, it. - ' . - t
' Bepreseatativs Garrett aaid after his
cpnearanee ia -eourt that th accident
d unnerved me thst qnestion f bend
did not occur to me until later la the
night and the elsrk who arris gas
bond bad gone horn." It then, . ht
aid, was impoasibl to' obtain bond.
-iL-Alrpune lareatee Arrtrear-
New Xork, Nov. lv-A. H. G. Tok
ker, lareatoraad builder f war-tim
oml)at 'airplane,' arrired her today
from Botterdam oa the at earner Noor
dam. 'The Fokksr wse the swiftest
pursuit plane used by Germvs , air
JAB BOARD
RESUMES ITS YORK
-Jghters on th western front.
within tb coaaty, aad from these win
be selected lepreseatatives which will
eotap is th Stat association. Under
ths plan af federalisatiea, embracing
all tobacco growing States, each State
will be entitled ta representation la
the national, body, -
- Membership fas arc based aa th1
aereag of th number, th present no
sessmert being ti cents for each acre
plant) ia 1930; .Official representatives
of th Stat and Natioaal departmoate
of agriculture are allowed to be elected
to membership. Tb wrtul officers art
provided for with th riaeurir com
mittee aad n governing ward. Amend
ment to th eonsMutiou aa b effected
only through the two-thirds rot of ths
eonnty rwprcicatatiT.
Th North Carolina association will
became a duly chartered organisation,
nit? powers to extend te aay state r
trritcry in th Union. At present It
will Im formed without capital stock.
Other State will rery likely obtain
charter, aad th fedsrslised assoeiatioa
will la tarn obtain a charter probably
ttrdo th law - af North Carolina.
The detail will b worked out after
th committee named yesterday makes
it report early in -January at a meeting
to be called her.
Th pro visions of tho rules and by
laws adopted yesterday art bricly aa
follows!
nMiirsf4tlxii;KMl
dues oUectd by coanties shiiFb re
tained by the county organization.
S The acreage a hall be determined
from yea to year. Th acreage for
1021 ahall'b reduoed S3 1-S per' cent,
calculated oaHhe beaia of the 1920 acre
age. i Landlords ars mad responsible for
the dbserranee of th rules by hi ten
ants. Infraction are te be reported
te th county assoeiatioa.
4 Complaints against member tr
to be inreatigated by the county execu
tion committee and such step a may
b necessary taken for adjustment.
The county eeeretary shall make
a list of all tobaoeo grower la hi
county, aad publish a list of all growers
who hare joined th association aad of
those who hare not affiliated with it.
Presidcnt-EIect As Proud As He
; Was Last Tuesday; Mrs.
Harding Shares Honors
I'sint laabsl. - Tex, Nov. 10w By
:u3 Asseciastd Preee.) President-elect
Harding landed hia first tarpon today
and came beck from th Point Isabel
Calling grounds looking prouder than
he did whea Just a week ago tonight
late election figure confirmed hia erer-
whelming majority for the Presidency.
The catch measured four feet and fire
Inches, a fair-eised pris tarpons
go, and Mr. Harding handled the . reel
unassisted while the big fish raced
back and forth through the water in
it furious attempt to get away. It
was pulled in just flfteea minute after
it took the bait. '
Mrs. Harding shared the honor a th
day, for ah also hooked a tarpon. It
was almost a six-footer, howerer, aad aha
did not try to land It. Shs passed th
rod over to Senator Hale, a guest ef the
President-elect, ud hi wife, en their
vaeatioa trip heseaad he brought it
ia after a struggle af more than a half
hour.
Senator Harding- again cpent the
whole day sa th tarpon fields, three
mile off shors. panning ap aa ideal golf
day to darote himself to th sport to
which h wss introduced yesterday. Hi
tubing will be Interrupted, tomorrow
however, when he goes te Browns villa,
tO 'anile away, to dclirer aa Armistie
Day apeeeh. He will probably gtr
orer'tba.wkole dayta the trip, playing
game of golf at the .Browusrill
Country Club before delirsring his ad
dress. v
TIES BETWEEN FRANCE
AND U. S. ARE TIGHTER
Premier Leyfnes liinrn
Americans of friendship .
of ths French Peoplo
Paris, Nor. 10Xm th ova of the
celebration commemorating tho 60th an
niversary ef the republic and the sec
ond anniversary f ths Armiatiee, Pre
mier Ley gate made the following state
meat to th Associated Promt
' Tea ask me what are the centimes ta
t the Trench republic toward th
United States of America at -th mo
ment we are celebrating the fiftieth -niveresry
ef th republic and the ee
oad anniversary af the Armistice. The
Preach, govtrnment aad th whole
French, nation feel that th tie of
friendship and esteem binding ear two
aations ars becoming tighter. Oar two
democracies, wmbaed with the name
ideal, hare alwayo-been found aid by
aid whenever liberty -and right aave
been menaced nt all-daeisivs hour af
(ha Svlatnrv At the worMv -: -
"Our two asuons aalut In Joint trans
port, admiration aad gratefulaesa the
American aad French heroes who fought
oa th battleflttds of Brandywia and
Torktown, a well a on the bank of
the Marne, tae nlope of Moatfaucoa
aad the i la ins f the Meuse.
"Never shell we forget the magnifi
cent moral, material sad military as
sistance watch the United States breaght
to a during th great war aad which
contributed ss powerfully to the victory.
The earn culture., independence and
human dignityi animate ur twe nationa,
always resolved to guide - th world
toward better 'destinies to consolidate
peace and repair th disaster af war."
HARDING FINALLY
HAULS Hi TARPON
liREEiEKF
ALLEGED GRAFT IN
AFFAIRS OF BOARD
bhairman Benson and Other (
Officials of Shipping Board
Will Testify
ADDITIONAL CHARGES -
OF IRREGULARITIES .
Benson T.Ilg Walsh That
Board' Offleera and Znu
plojes Irs at Disposal of
Committee at Any Tims ; Eli.
nols Association Stands By
Shippinf Board
Nsw Tork, Nov. 10-Additional srl- '
dene of alleged Irregularities snd
miamaaagement in the affair of the
United State Shipping Board were In
trod need here today before the Con
gressional committee lnrestlgnting the
affairs of the board bv J. F. -Biehard.
BOB. asaistnnt SSCMtar nl mtmttM.
eian ef tha committee, la eenclnding
hi direct teatimonr. " Tha lnMtimili
is bssed largely upon report sub
mitted by Mr. BichardsoB and A. M.
Fisher, eeeretary nnd sUtiatieian of .
the ommittee, after a yesr's work.
At the eenelnsion ef today scuta a
Kr i . l . . . . J.
vawiuu nun aanounesa znsi vom
msnder A. B. Clements, siccative ss-
ip --weiiray hw 'lwi
Wslih , rcsd a teiegram from Admiral
Besses, whioh stated that the board .,
wouiu noi -oojeci to. commsnder UKm-
ents testifying snd thst ''the records,
officers and employe of ths board were
at the disposal of the committee at
aay time or plsee the committee de
sired.
Others to Testify.
Chairman Walsh said Admiral Ben-
con and other officials of the bosrd, ss.
well as manes Jd. tjeawsb rtirt Charles
E. Pies, former heads of the Emer
gency Fleet Corporation, may be asked
to appear before the committee. The
hearings will be eontiaued in New
York for two week 'and then it -i
likely, said Chairman Wslsh, thst ftis
eommitte will go to Philadelphia and
Washington to. continue ite work.
Croes-exumlnation by Representative
Henry J. Steele ot Mr. Biehnrdso took
up a considsrsble part of the after
noon session. Characterizing ths wit
ness previous testimony aa a "general
indictment." Mr. Steele .. nought te
bring eat speeift Intsnec--ot alleged
"political Influence," fsvoritiam, etc -
The witness -prefaced hi reply to
the-ire (jostnoa naked with th state
meat that his report did not seek to
prer any illegsl net oa the part ef any
aersou.
'Th purpose, ef nor. criticism," ho
aid, '"Is, ws hope,' to bring out x- i
isting conditions so that they may be
rectified by the Shipping Board it
self. I want to giv full credit to the
fmerd for its achievements, it hsd n
gigantic task en ef the greatest ever
met by men."
Specific Instances.
Answering questions ss to specific in
stances of alleged politlcsl influence, he
recited that hs had been informed
. i i r, j .. A i w I. - A
snip uuiiaiiig arm hbu
"threatened" te appeal to a Bsnstor
from that Stats to bring about whtt
wss claimed by the compaay to be sv
demy ia a settlement of an account.
He added that he had no knowledge as to
what, if anything, th Senator did.
Th witness sine brought out in his
testimony Incident of what he termed, .
carelessness ia th handling and pre- ,
serving ot Shipping Board records. In .
one of the Southern district, he said, ,
iJkm mmd Ala aahiKata ware disnosod of -
without - the contents being removed
and that these records were scattered
and many ot them destroyed.
He also charged sales of materials
had hm auda without nrooer inven
tory. He aaid he had found instance
wher there were many thousands of
dollars difference between accounts
readored to the Shipping Board and
those rendered to private or municipal
bodies of th same properties.
Liberty Beads Matter. , .
The sale of liberty Boad also csme
into th testimony ef Mr. Biehsrdsoa. t
Bonds were bos get, h said, by some
of th eompsaies' with advance funds
had afterwards sold at discount.
Operators who ran their own ressels
in addition to ship of the board, ssld r
Mr. Biehardsoa, usually send the gov
ernment ships oa the least favorable
routes. They feer confident, b added,
that although th government shared
in the profits, it wai required to pay
all the losses. .
nmvst a Jin rnsntnic ITT
BBPOIT MADE BT TWO MEN'
Philadelphia, Pa, Nw. 10.-J. N.
Barde, aeeretary-treasurer ot the Bardo
8tael Products Corporation, mentioned
in th graft charge of A. M. FUhsr
snd J. X. Biehardsoa ia their report v
en United Btatea Shipping Board op- ,
entioaa as trying to purehaa under n-'
blanket contract alt supplie and storea
of the Emsrgeaey Fleet Corporation,
today disclaimed any kaowledge of ir- v
regularities ia hia concern's dealing .
with th Shipping Bosrd
" Referring to th graft report, , Mr.
Bard Mid: ' ' .
IB aU my dealing with tb Shipping ,
Bosrd Z knew of nothing that is irreg
ular. An a matter ef fact, all my e ,"'
gotiationa wsr carried ea direct with
f Admiral Benson and Judge ray,
who headed th board before ths n
miraL It Was because I feared some
thisg out f th ordinary would de
reloD that I always refused to do busR
ness with my nnw tha-ighst ofc ,
Barde. declared that B. a. wearer,
srereUry at hi firm who, he has mid,
was th man mentioned ia the Fisher
Bieherdaea report ns being n adviser
to ' th Shipping Board' - cancellation
ant daiama board, did not bar any
thing to ds with th sale of surplus
materials. Wearer, hs added, left the
Shipping Board, with which h serredl
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