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ft n North ' Cerollaat ': , Skeeera. Saturday laaday : , fair : aad ,VOL.pqiLNO;99. ' HARDIliG'S EYE Fight To Obtain Internal Reve- : nue Commisionorship De- V toys The Appointment BOTH SIDES KEEPING" . CLOSE TAB ON PLACE '.I..., V- ' Wvjnwaa . - .r - . . Boosting " Party from North I Carolina Join National Com. mitteeman Morehead vIa Pushing Dave Blair's Claimi : for ; Oommiiiionship ; r Bick. r Ml . ett Visit Tit Capital , : . Th New tad Obeeiwer Bureau, '.(. 603 District National Bank Bid, By KDWARD RV BRITTON. ' - . (By Bpgial Luacd Viti) r WaaniaftM, April . T bear ar lot ( to r'' appear to k qaeitloa that , to a largo degree la dolajiag ahall I T koldinf op the appointment f In ternal Berraue Conimiaaioner, for m it to aeea ik Wuhingtoa the appoint aieat haa davaloped into a "tug of war' between- the "watt" and the "dry as to hih haa the etrongat pull with the Harding administration. Whit at Demeeratie ineambeat, - Comniiaaioaer William M. WUliama, haa been trying to' get ont of office for the las two weeks, fereo of ireamstaneee keep him oa the job, while pi hungry Bepabli etn an to aatsiOa-ar licking their f hops, lnd beateglng the Harding hand oat men to' get at the job. Both "wcU' and "dry" are kaaping cIom watch em the appointment as they ipeet from it to get at tha leaning of the new administration a to prohibi- . -tion. Th. man in ta running, for the position are Joseph H. MeDcnaott, of ' ' Weet Virginia, said to bar th solid ''"wet'' support behind him, nnd Col. Ed ward jClUord, . of Illinois, afleged a having th dry backing with Bobert r Blair, of Michigan, and Dave Blair, of : North. Carolina,' each with hia political lightning rod well op in the air .Th new boos regnlationa are now before v' Cobimissioner Williams and being asked about status of these revisions ha said: - f WlllUma Will Not Act . 1 am not going to act on them. I "have been trying to get put for the last ' , two veek. : I think it proper under ' . the 9rcamstaneca that I leave 'theae -Tpgulationa to . my ' aueeeaaor who , will liav to administer thenr ! Th Atti- ttatooa Leagu to trying to hat itrkkea , turn the sew regulations th reference '' 1t "wboleiale liquor dealer " that there ' it no provision in th JTobitoad Jaw for "wholtaal" dealers, though it ha hoes. -, e&atnvd. And- it Congress adopts ' a sntl-beei amendment then .there most be few changes id the rrgulatioB. There are other angle to he situation, ud it look now as if the appointment of th Commisalonsr or internal iteve nn to to iadieat th potitio of the Benublicaa admhiittration a to prohl tiitioa . nf oroement. , k Commissioner WiHiam resignation was tendered, on Varehath. ' BUIr Boosting Party "A special Dnve Blair boosting party ' came to Washington today and joined National Committeeman Morehead in urting eoaaidration of th Winaton tiilem man for th position of Commia- . sioner of Internal Bevanue. in the nartT were J. W. Cannon. Of Concord father-in-law of Dav; P; H. Triea aad J. A. Gray, of Wiaston-Balemi J. 11- ' wood Cos, of High Pointt A. J. Draper and Btuart Cramer, of Charlotte, under - th' chaneronas of Committeeman Morehead th party called on Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and then oa President Harding,, wher th need to th government of the services of Mr. ' Blair were told, and hi party services were set out. with th boost ol eaaorse meat for th position by th Republi can Btato machine, notn Deeretary Melloa and President Harding gar at tention to th application, and stated that as yet no decision, as to the ap pomtmeat had been reached. It waa a tsong delegation for Day and the member of it did the boosting in groat . ahap. All in the party bar hopes, for "hop spring terna!" or till th other . fellow get J0"' y Mr. Parker Anderson mad th ar ranaemasit and presented the party to th President. This waa to hav ben jni tiv Mr Jamea-T. Darden. of New York, a satire of .Edgecombe county personal friend of rrosiaent naming, hot he had been-called out 01 taa city ' by th dth of a nephew. As th party waa leaving Postmaster Central Will Hays greeted Mr. Morehea, was Intro duced to th others, learned their mis- ' aitn nnd his aid being aonghf he said! "1 will do it right now" and went in ta see th President On rejoining th party h told them that th President Wa DUsy ween n roeroa- our mat na had left a not of endorsement forMr. Blnir and asked. favorabl consideration. And then th North Carolinian took in a view of "Laddi Hoy - . - Biclwtt la Waahiagton Ther was another North Carolinian hare today, but ha was not on a mission of politic, for , i-Oovrnor - Biekett ' cam to preeent a matter concerning the sheotina of dnek lam duck in the grono but of th real kind to th biological section) of th Department- of griuatuti.WitkJilinwai6nttoi Swansea, of Virginia, oa th Sam mis sion, th third member or th party Do ing Thomas Dixon, aow of New York, but who winter hem Is on Currituck Bounds" four miles -from "Currituck courthouse, who maintains his eitisn- ship la North Carolina. 'Th thre ap peured la oppotsitioa to -'. a regulation - whirh forbade motor boat rotrieving-f: 'killed or crippled duck. A decision to reserved. '. 1 ' tinvernor Biekett said In talking with SM that ha had bo new of any kind to narrate that "I am devoting my entir attention to the practice of law, and can girt full informntioa on chattel mort- ' gniee aad a ball yearlings, for I nm an authority oa that subject.'. Aa to crop condition h said ! do sot think there wiQ be half as much tobacco and cottoa i-lantcd this year as last. . Th t , (Ceatlaaoel ea Fag Ta';' 1" ' . -Lie. JXllrZ7 jL N VST sV V W XI ALVt'- W KM 7X1 ' V Y i MtlJ53!I.L-L. " ' ... ' -UJ11t1 it i i 1 iiiii Wi ' 1 11 r ,' ' imi ' 1 '1 11 i i' nMMMinii iiiiiimmm in run r 1 -f iTirPTrm TEN PACES HODAY. f VISITS AMERICA C I rtr; WITH HE ZIONISTS I Tat Prof. Albert, EisteinI famous Gorman dentist, who theory of relatvity to declared' to' b revolntionary, jeeently arrived in New. York aa a member of tha World' Zionist Congress delegation to tn unite, auto. aid to b a epochal Ha the neld of seienee s thoM of Newton aad hi law of gravitation, hav evoked world wide discussion ' BEASLEY STATES Tar Heel Oil boosters Send No Stock Salesmen Into State To Worry Wade la answer to the attack of Staeey W, Wade, Iararanco Cmmtoaioner, on the International Petroleum ,Cempany,' of j Baa Antonio, TesatvBoIaiid W. Beasley, former Commiasioner of Poblie ) Wel fare la North. Carolina. ' and now' -aa ociated with that cempuy, wired The Nwa andJObeervor 1at wighT thatth International Company ha mad fro of th Uaited Btatea maila in dis- tributto.of hteratare wit a knhwled,. that the federal government woald hold the offlcers personally, accountable for ray abuse of the privilege. ' ' "They have not knowingly violated any law," he declared. Iahia statement Commissioner Wade charged that "the company. to seeking to do business in North Carolina in open and! flagrant violation of the law and the-fact that two North Carolinians are officers of the company; serve to niak th company' criminal operation all the . , more - reprehensible." Mr. BeaaleyVi statement follow: The International is managed by a set Of men with a ek-ai record and they earnestly desire to eonduet the affair of the eompaay along honorable aad lawful line. They have aot knowing ly violated any law. They have mad free use of tha United 8tate mail in distributing literature with a full knowledge that the federal govern ment would hold them personally ac countable for any abuse of Hhe priv ilege. If they have violated any of the law of North Carolina it is en tirely by inadvertence aad ha aot been called to their nitention." Fareiy Mail Order Baoiaeaa. Monroe. April 8. Th Monroe Jour sal of thi afternoon says th Inter national Petroleum .Company, of Snn Antonio, Texas, the officer of which were subject to a bitter attack' from Insurance Commissioner Staeey ;Wade la morning paper today, ha never in tended aeading stock salesmen into this Bute, and was conducting a purely mail order stock selling cam naif a. it wa learned her today from authori tative sources. Th license tax, it was stated, 1 al most prohibitix. and this alone' has prevented hiessaV. Williams and Bean- ley, Monroe men, rom endeavoring to fcw,l.Lle.!rt,Si;.tfc!S refinery .and wells, which they con sider a legitimate buaineea. " Monro men familiar with the legal aspeete of the ease declare Commis sionsr . Wade' action a gross assump tion of . authority, pointing eu that there-can be no transgression of any North Carolina statute -aa, long aa the federal-postal regulations are complied with. And no attempt ts made' to sell stock th rough t aaleamca without nrst procuring, a state license. Th International Petroleum Com pany, it was pointed, out, to a legitimate corporation or. the postal authorities would, have -long age denied it the of the mail.' ft According to . . ' p I statement, .the Tt-l7ZliJ.il'. 1-Z I offense is ths flooding ef th Stat with -.. I advertUlsg matter concerning it pros pect, - - right tt certainly - possesses it to pointed out . , ; TWO ALIENISTS TESTIFY - . IN UNION WILL CASE Monro April' S-PractkaHy taV en tire day- wa consumed ta hearing tvw witnesses-1' the Boss Will trial here. these, being, Drs. 4., BV Hall, ef .Bieh- iond,' Va- aad. Albert. Aadersoa, el Raleigh -summoned to answer a hypo thetical quest iou based. upon the jury Indies-' .Both doctors etatad that if these facta submitted by the caveators both doctors stated that if these facte are prorea to be true Maggie Boss did aot have mental-capacity-to make her VIOLATES I m RALEIGH. IS. Thousands of Students Gather -a . . a . " .. aw at a - in suningion ror Annual County Commencement EDUCATIONAL DAITIN . EVERY WAY BIG SUCCESS otrtainmant of in liiada Pro-i fded Indndinf , Pionio Dia. aara and.'Athiatio Zranta; ' - . Editor Joaephaa Daniala and President: W. A. Harper Speak, To Aasemblei Crowds Burlington, April . Thi was th I I biggest educational day la tha history f Alaataae country. Ther Assembled r- " " shoot eauaren u tha county in a pre- eeelon many squares long, bearing ban nera aad dtviees, aad with them earn all th teacher of th aatir county, with nearly all th school committeemen and hundreds of tha parent. It was beautiful eight, on long to bo remembered, and showed that Ala- manee not only heads the list of conn ties alpaabotlearry but stands among th f oremost in th educational progress of the county. Picnic dinner and ath lotto contests and piny )a tha large school grounds, with free admission -to all- the children 'from th country to tt morina ptotora howg. whoM geaer- "":' Pru"aBU specially in teresting films to pleas th school ehil dren. In fnct th whole community acted as host to thw children and th parent aad mad them all feel they were at home. Winners la Literary Contest Th following winner of prise wer announced: Dramatisation, third grade, Hawfields. Prise: Picture for eehool room, 'given by Beliabl Furniture Co Mebane. Beading contest, third and fourth grade; Clara Dutham, from Fair Ground Schook Pris: Two dollars, givea by Fitch-Biggs Lumber Co hfehane. ' Beading contests, fifth, sixth aad eeventh grade; Ifereod Jordan, from Eloa Graded School Ptise: Two dot lars, given by Mebane eitisen. -Kecitatioa: Evelya Tyson, from-hfe- bane Graded School. ?rise: ' Gold medal, given by National Bank of Ala mance. Daclanatioat Ernett Cud, from Frindshtp .Hiffh School. Prise t Gold medal, aivesr-vrBvBtoM--w Bpellinr contests, rourta ana intn grade i Palsy Ataudlln. from Mebane Graded School. Prise: Two dollars, JVV Mb. eitli'a. expelling contest, sixth and' seventh grades; Hurley Sheppard, from Oatipe Graded School. Prixe: Gold mxHi Mr. Daniel Sneaka Tha mJArm nf tha dav waa deliMnd hw Mr. Joaenhua DanleU. editor jf The Newa and Ohaervar. to nn audience that packed the large auditorium and ran ever into the corridor. Moat of the audience that remained for th address was composed of th larger pupils, th school committeemen, teachers and eiti sen generally. The auditorium-would not accommodate them and the younger children too. Alamance? Fine Record Dr. W. A. Harper, president of Elon College, introduced the apeaker, told of his leadership for education and temper anee la North Carolina before he went to Washington to advance these same causes ia the . Navy, and to direct the Navy for a longer period I than i nny maa who had previously . held the Navy nortfolio. Ia presenting Mr. Daniel today Dr. Harper said with reference to the eehool work fn Alamance that out of a school population of ten thousand mora than eight thousand 'nr actually ia school, aot counting those in .college nnd other Institutions; of the 235 school teacher more than 85 per cent hold State certificate, wherea only half th total teacher ef th State hold such certificates; that 28- local tax dia t ia th rural section plus ths four city school systems pay more money for education ia the county than the county and State leviee yield; that in rural sections more that six thousand dollars wai contributed this year to brine hbrh rrado teacher to the country schools as a aupplement to their salar- (Continued ea Page Two.) LEAVES BULK OF HIS ESTATE TO LEGAL HEIRS . . .... . . , t . . ii s I jqnn CUlOll wno uommiwee Suicide Eecently, Learea $10,000 To The Church FayWevllle. April J. Th will of John Elliott, who committed suicide at his horn near this eity Tuesday, whicU has been filed in the of flee of Probate JJudge W. M. Walker by the executor, lesvea 110,000 to the Fayetteville Pre' byteriaa church, to be used la home" or foreign mission, or bott', as th ruler ef tl Presbytery may deem .best A Bumper Ul pvfwnii wimii , mmy htadeTthe remainder of the estate be- in( jft to Mr. Elliott's legsl heirs. The executors of the will ar Thomas J. Purdie and H. 8. Avaritt, of thi eity. Th executor etfimate th estate at 100.000. . Among th bequest ia 1,000 left to Jeff Williams, a faittf ul negrh servant who had been with Mr. Elliott fori many years. " 4 - All the, lands ia 71st township owned 1 by the deceased are left to William H. Elllottt, a couaia who lived with . Mr. Elliott The other bequests are flflOO ia cask er gbooy securities, to Miss Uls 8. Love, his housekeeper; a3,000 la cash or good securitie , to Uss Annie K. Evans, ef Fsyetteviell ; $3M0 ia cash to Miss Lola Jones, - of-Midlothian, Texssi flJMO la cash to Mary F. Pat tersoa, of Lsuriahurg; 11,000 ia cash to Eunice Elliott, of Linden ; snd I IflvQ la good aotes to M. F, Bedsola. "blanB saMaaaaABBum jbb1baw,aw4 I A ftMArJ k inLniunnuL iiunuiiu Mni JlHILORFIJ I OF ErfflRE COUNTY C. SATUlY MORNINCV.APRIU9. 192!. bess curt VOTES f 1400,000 in Bonds . ' 1 ' ; ? t ,v'w Eliiabeth City, .AprU 8- Elizabeth City voted a school bond; Issue ofT00,000 -to day by an overohelminaT Ma jority with a total registra tion of 1,033. 1 The vota wai 7S2 for bonds - and - 58 l?180 I wsamwjsnnannBnnaBamasaBTBn a Tl Owners of Railroad Securitie; I . t iatAi ! - a Join With Five Railroad Labor Union. I : , 1 Waahiagton, April . Tt National Aaaoeiatioa of owntrp of Bailroail a' euriti joined today with fir railroad labor Unions in proposing" that Prcsi J a ttj; ..n . . j L .a u I raaantatiwaa f lutk anin mwm. niore to dtoeu th Railroad problem, particularly as it af feet wages aad working condition now la dispute be fore the Bailroad Labor Board. & Daviea-Warfleld, president of the association ana . uarwrin f . sunirsiey president of the New Tork life lasur me eCpmpany, conferred for aa hoar with the President on the general trans portation situation and auggeetod tie conference of th at sans for adjusting th difficulties the road face. Th request from the anion war ta tths form of a telegmm from B. M. Jewell, head ef the Bailway em ployea department of the Ameri Federation of Labor. Coincident with the conference the Wlfte House and the seceipt the telegraVii Chairman Cummin the Senate Interstate Commerce Com mitte announced he had drafted a re so ration far introduction sent week au theriaing ' general aad exhaustv - In- reatiamtion ef railroad - affair.' He 'plans to begin the inquiry about April 15. Means for bringing about a reduc tion in rate, operating costs aad th question of efficiency under private ownership of efficiency under private to be gon into. ... ' Bail managers will b eard and labor repreaentstives will follow. No - ex meat oa the conference today was -made at the White House but after th meet ing a memorandum left' with the Presi dent by the Representatives of th securities owners wa mad piiblie" by them arina- the eonfarenees "covered a wtde field." ' After suggeeting that "properly call ed meeting between the men sad these representing .the railroad be' held ander the aunrieee pf the ciiirtlng vovftrnmeju mi -mjjcuuiuw Mtv tiiur jhmh iqo.ini Interstate Commerce Commission,' th memorandum said:- , - a - W are oa roeorl that wait adjust ment is only part of the problem,"' and expressed th view that tMs "should be attained uadar eireumatanees carry- inn; assurances ro railway worsen snas whatever may be brought boat ,1 reaeoiiadlle aad just." The ceuritie owner H is Mid, felt assared that in eases in which aa agreement cannot be reached with aa individual railroad management, tha employes would eater into immediate discussion of tt.eir ' differences by regional boartls, equally divided, form ed by each ef the four groups of rail way a now arranged by th com merea eommissioa for rate making pur pose The telegram to the President from the labor anion proposed that all wage dispute be held in sbeyanee sending th eoaterene and settlemest of the question nf rule. It included twelve point which were described as "labor's Lif - eTi6nt and insflennble risMa1 wbieh. would have to be" aettled at th snggeeted conference. It further epeei fied that the National agreement should aot be discounted in any way pending the outcome of the -conference. The twelve point included th igtt hour day, collective bargaining and pay for over-time work, .1 STILLMAN WILL PUSH DIVORCE CASE TRIAL New 'Tork Banker Payi Over Alimony and Lawyer Feea In Order To Hasten Action. New Tork, April 8. Reports that Jamas A. Htillman, president ef the Na tionnl City Bank of new Tork, was anxious to press hi divorce suit to rapid conclusion were eonflrmed today by hi attorneys. They turned over to Mr. Still man eouniel 662,000 for coun sel fees snd alimony, which they had njiM aic.n it n t 1 1 luav a ui mi ia n - - r i stallmesas. With A check for that amount wa a letter saying Mr. Htillmaa "desires a prompt trial of ths issues aad is aat disposed to furnish aay excuse for delay by staying the ' proceedings, pending an appeal Previously it had been announced that an appeal from the order granting, ali mony, counsel feee and expenses would be taken, and the letter today set forth that the payment was made ""without prejudice to aur right to appeal from the order within the 30 daya allowed by law. TENSION BITWEIlf TWO , COUNTRIES BECOMES ACUTE Stockholm April I. (By ths As. soclated PreecH-The teaalea which s heea aetlceahle roe nth be. twoea jBassl aad Flalaad to he cemlBg more scats. Botehevlkl have Invaded the, Kesole snd Perajearvt dtotricta, to whkh the Bsmsa-riaabm) c treaty had gasraateed aatexw amy. . The laaasitaats or tae ate. trtet are- teeing Into the interior of rtalaad. tVraaoa, April . The Greeks have evacuated Alea-Karshlsaar, the jaacttM aelnt- of the Bagdad rail, way awath ef Eskl-Saekr, aad retir. ed to Temalbaaar forty - hUesaetrea to) th w, aay a- Reetor dispatch, freaa Smyrna. , ' t r URGE CO FERENCE 0 DISCUSS ROADS FATE OF WILLIAMS RESTS WITH JURY WHICH TAKES CASE No Wrd From Twelve ' Men Sitting in Judgment On Man J Charged With ICurder TWO BRILLIANT LAWYERS FINISH UP ARGUMENTS -( '1 ' nnwmHBWa Itronr Appeal - Made Both Af ainst And In Behalf 6f Man On Trial' For Xjinf Eleven ' ' Hefroea ; Unaored Bj Plea For Aoqnittal And Oompoied Darin f Denancation ' Ceviagtea, Ky, April The Jary trjT, g Jeha ft. Williaana ea a charge ef murder of eleven farm haada, went to bed at 11 ill a. aw today witaeat having reached a verdict after nine beers detlber. tteoH The delibetatieas will he r. asd aftes breakfast Itaa. today. Before "retiring the Jary had areeaed Jaebj Joha B. Batcheeea from hod abort ly before aaldalght sad had hlsa, repeat hla entire charge.. After a abort deliberate sad apsarositly saotber : ballet. Foreman T. B. Starr saewaeed the juror weald retir. Covington,. Oa April 8. Th fate of Joha William accused of the murder ef eleven negro farm hands, to bids peonage conditions, went to the jury here late today but the early hours of ths -night wore away Without word a to it decision. - Judge Joha B. Huteheeoa, presiding charged the Jury oa three verdicts Murder, which, under Oeirgin law would carry th death penalty j murder with reeommtndatioa for mercy, which auto matically carried life imprisonment, or aequital. Spectators sad court at taehes . discussing the probable ver dict, also talked of th possibilities of mistrial. Th' losing arguments , that occupied the day, admittedly powerful efforts by two attorneys with brilliant legal repa tatione, drew a crowd that filled every inch ef. the Newton county court room The spectator maintaining tha mod or der of previous days, slleatly listened, but they Bowsd no less emotion than the defendant ' . - Rhewe. Little Ceacera. y William, surrounded by his wife snd family watched attentively aa h heard himself denounced aa the aathor of one et 'th State's most atrocious crimes," aad' ?e aa httle affected, outwardly, at !, by th pieerier an aeqnmai. Anrumest and chafe ever aad the ess ) ta nana or u jury n s:oi p. n4 th Jasper eouaty punter re mained in the eeart room, chatting 8 rat with his wife sad family, his thee wreathed ia Smile st somethiag that was said. Soon he wa one of a group et men who drew their chair together ad talked aa friend do when thev , T gather around the general itore at the county seat William wss placed on trial here tor murder of one of three of hia employe drwhed la Newton county and the tet arranged ia veat of hi aeqaital to hold him ea the other two indictments. Death f the eight killed ia Jasper county are to be investigated next Monday and department of Justice agents announced if he were acquitted of all the murder charges, tny wouiu arrest him on peonage warrant. Described aa Flags Spot. ' The death ef the eleven negroes took pine between February 25 and March S. followiic a Federal investiga tioa into alleged peonage there Feb ruary 18, snd former Congressman Howard termed the place a "plague Dot" Only the eleven negroes who had been paid out of Jail ana were workinc out their debts to William wer subject to the "dreadful contagion of death he declared. 'Th others," he (aid. ''seemed t be able to liv aad mov freely without being affected by thi contagion, thi dims of deaths. Th lawyer aaid phyiieiane . always soaaht th cans of a pestilence aad added, "w must do th am." Turniag from this Into s discussion of peonage, h aeemed to leav it 1 th jury to draw it own'eoneluslon. Denying that Clyde Manning, the negro farm boa, who said he helped Williams kill the mea had any motive for the killings. Mr. Howard accused Williams of being willing to "sacrifice (Continued oa Page Three.) SLASHES THROAT WITH RAZOR IN FLORIDA JAIL Thurston Vaughn, Who Eaeaped Chair On Insanity Flea, Commits Suicide Tampa, Fla., April I. Thurston U. -Vaughn, arrested here a few days ago for the authorities st Columbia, 8. C, committed suicids ia th murderer's sell at th Hillsborough county jail her tonight. H slashed hi throst with a- rssor, almost severing his head from his body- This sueeeesful attempt at eulelde by Vaugha was ths fourth sttempt since hi srrest Mondsy at Tampa City where ke wss assistant principal, ia a public school snd going under the name ef T. Earl. The man had aot admitted that a waa Vaugha, but hla wife to alleged to have elated to officers here, after the arrest, that her husband was Thurston Vaughn. . ' Vaugha wa former superintendent of the Odd Fellows' State Orpbunage at Oreeaville, 8. C. Ia 1913 he -was con victed of the charge of assaulting four ins girl iamates of the orphaaage. 1 wa sentenced to die December 20, 1912, bat before that date apparently became inenn nnd was committed to th Stat insanee asylum for observa tion. - H remained ther - uatil , hi escape September 18,4919. Tho wohiaa wheNras with blue her is said to lavs heea a aurae in the asylum. They came her several month sgo en! Vere mXrH-Ces ried ia this city. TEN PAGES tODAY ENGLAND MAY GIGANTIC STRIKE TUESDAY MIDNIGHT NEGRO DIES AFTER AN EVENTFUL LIFE James . H. Jones, Who Served As Body Guard For Davis Lived In Raleigh Th Nswa aad Observer Bureau, 003 District National Bank Bldg., By KDWARO B. BRITTON (By Special Leased' Wire.) Washington, April ' -There died here today James H. Jones, a aegro, whom life brought Lisa to contact with great affairs, for ha waa aarriage driver aad bedy servant to President Jeffer son Davis ef the Confederate Statea, aad lived to be 90 year of age. H was a aative ef Warrea county, coming to Raleigh after the capture of Presi dent Darvia, aad doing contract work. Be was prominent la Republican poli ties snd along in(the early seventies wa an alderman of Bnleigh. Be wa well liked aad was devoted to the ser vice ef General William B. Cox, who ia 1803 while Secretary of tie Halted State Senate found s place for Jones im u dc 111 arauonory room, oome rears ago there was aa effort mad ,to throw him out of th job, and Senator Joha Sharp Williams cam to hi rescue and saved the place for him. For soma L time Jones has been in failing 'lealth, due t bis advanced age, aad ha lived with his aon7Y physician here. At many time he waa' aa attoadaat at Confederate reunion. Jones always -resented the charge the last days of the Confederacy, driv ing the carriage, being witb Mr. Davis la the -Aepurtore from Blehmond, dur ing his stay in North Carolina, and nt ths tints of his capture by Federal troops 4n Georgiaj. Joae always resented thee chsrg Mat President Dawla was ia woman' cloth wten captured, thief he would sooner have died ia his tracks. Hi statement wae that there wa rain at th tin that Mr. Davie waa token, that the Southern leader had stepped out of th tent aad tad thrown a long water proof covering over hia shoulder to protect himself from th rain. Thi has been ths accepted fact except ta tha most biased of 'minds, and this faithful negro servsnt, an eye witnee to th taking of President JJavis, Ud avr declared this to be th truth. - Aad bet i another nuttefjOf. inter- eat The report aa bee that wbea matter were at low ebb with the fat ef (ta Confederacy asd its creel dent thai by inetruetioa of Mr. Davia his body servsat buried some effects of til, and among them the official seal of the Confederacy. Besought many times to revet1 its hiding place Jonea is said always to hav refused to do so Ta myatery ef the whereabout of that seal, so far .aa known, must re mam a mystery, for with the death of Joae silence ha eloaed the Up of th only persoa who knew where it had bee hidden tmay. Firm and labor officials of North Carolina art to take a prominent part ia th farmer-laborer conference called to meet tore April 14-15 by the Peo ple Reconstruction leewue. B. W. H Stone, of Preeaiboro. President of th North Carolina Farmer Union, Dr. J. M. Templeton, of Cary, Vie president, and W. h. Bagwell, of Bal eigb, Hecretary Treasurer, will repre sent their organixation at the confer one. The State Federatioa of Labor ia a loo expected to aend representatives aad President Moody, of Raleigh, will probably attend. There will be many other farm aad labor organiwton from th country generally. The purpose of the conference ia to phvu n cam paign for tL enactment of a program of legislation favorable to the farnier, the laborer,, and the public generally Among th ubjeet to be discussed are the railimr criais, the need for abort time credit for farmer, packer con trol legislation and a national taxation policy. Th Democrat of th Hon will eaueue tomorrow, beginning at 11:30; and Congrenrfntar Claud Kitchm, of North Carolina wil I be mad tt rank ing minority member of tt way and mean committee and floor leader for th Democrat. All tha member of th North Carolina delegation in th Hous ar her bow, excepting Represent tives Brinson, Doughton and Weaver, nnd these ar eipeeted either Saturday or is time for the 'opening of the see ion on Monday. The new members from North Carolina, Beprentatir Hallett 8. Ward, Homer L Lyon, W. C. Hammer and A. 8. Bulwinkle have all established themselves in their offi ce and ar ready for the work of the session. Congressman Bulwinkle1 oft fic force consist of Mia Mary Pharr, of Charlotte, Snd J. J. BudUUI, of Ca tawba county. In an interview with the newspaper men today President Harding declared that he was opposed to It Federal government (pending any more money on road building until th states pro vided for their up-keep. that hundreds of millions of dollar war wasted be cause of th lack of maintenance, that aow good road cost twenty-five thou sand a mil a againat thre and four thafesand aom year ago, making it ab solutely necessary that ttere should be State maintenance policy. The civil service commission - aouseee that there will be as examina tion at a date yet to be fixed for poet master at Hickory, a presidential of fice, ottmuoter BagVy recently sent in hiii resignation to take effect ia August. Among visitor to Washington today from North Carolina we're Mr. and Mrs. 3. B. Brown, efOreeasbore. Messrs. Harry Lstta and Mario a Cobb, of Ral eigh, were here this week making the trip by automobile. Mr. Lee H. Battle formerly efr Durham anoV Preeaabore, bow head of the Lee H. Battle Audit ' ef Chattanooga, is now.., visiting Waskibgtoa ea a busiaeee trip. On ronr paper. Sand renewl v 6 ay before expiration fat ordsr to Avoid sniseina single eopr. .. . - PRICE: FIVE CENTS FACE Railway and Transport Work- . ers Join Coal Miners After. Breakdown in Recent. , " . Neotlat'0f , A ACTION OF THE WORKERS CALLED INTIMIDATION v BY PREWAR GEORGE Two Minion Men Involved In Great Labor Strtg-gla, Which ' Threatens To Include - All England; Arguments of Min-' era Find No Support On Part Of Tha Newspapers Zzoept - Extreme Socialist . Ones; -' Railway Workers Consider right Of Miners Aa Identical ' With Their Own London, AprU 8. (By the Associated , Press). Tuesdsy midnight, anient thr ' to som aew development ia the meaa--time, will ace the commencement ef the greatest labor struggle ia the eouatry's history. ( - v - Approximately 2,000,000 worker thea will have ceased their duties ia protest" against whnt they eonsidr to be aa d: organised attempt oa the part of th employers to eaforee a geaeral redae- -tioa ia wage. This to ths central fact of the labor' situatioa ss It developed today la a K breakdown in ths miners' conference ' nnd a consequent decision by the triple -alliance mad up of miners and rail-' way and transport workers for the I ret ' tim sine tt wss organised, that its sa tire membership, roughly estimated at lflOOpX miner and 600,000 sack from the Bailway aad Transport worker's or-' ganixatlons should quit work ia support of ths striks of ths miners. Regard It aa Intimidation, . : The government' standpoint voiced by Premier Lloyd George la a brief -speech ia the Hons of Common thi . afternoon la that tho aetioa of th min er nnd othr members of th triple alliance ia aa attempt by direct aetioa to intimidate Parliament aad th aa tioa, , Th Premier announced the mili- ' tary aad other measure which the gov- : ernment intended to take to defeat thi ' attempt.' - v';:;'', The argument ef th miners fad aa i the sudden removal of eontroL of tha ' seal mine! la th remltjf. pact Iw twa.thav government aad the mine' wner to ensble the owners to enferre an vnjnotiflable ; reduction ia wage. , wages. Th attitnd of 1 the railway , mea to that anle ther to support of the miners st present, a similar dilemma will face thev railway mea wkca the " railway ara released from government v eontroL , . - The refusal of the miners i yield aa -the question of permitting pump men to -return to th mm had aa it motiv a conviction that th withdrawal of the -pump mea ia the only weapon ia their hands. They argue that a few week' - eeasatioa of work will aot really injur th min owner, who, considering the depressed condition of industry, hava ample stocks ef coal oa the surfs, -They declare that the mine owner hav brought this fate upoa themselves by including th pump ma among tho wjios eontraeta will be cancelled sal they accept new wag term a, mad, aot through joint discussion but by ths mint owners themselves. Ne Support From Papers, i The argumeate of the owners find as . support except oa the part of the vex- , treme Socialist newspapers. All th vv. other newspapers condemn them strong ly, and general regret ie expreeeed that the miners refused to listen to the sd vtcs of men like Herbert. H. Asqulth, . John B. Clynee nnd Arthur Henderson. In this conclusion Mr. Clynee, who is chairman of tha Parliamentary labor party, made aa interesting statement on the adjournment of the House of Com mon this afternoon. While expressing regret over the decision of the miner, ha aaid ha eouallv rea-rotted that Pre mier Lloyd George had thought it propel ' to max imputation against th motives of th leader of th miner. H aaid th actual damage don to th mine ap - to tho preeent had been so small it did not justify this fact being mads th . cans for interfering with negotiation which might lead to a settlement of th dispute. He concluded by declaring that the coat to tho country through th ' trik likely would be far greater than ' would hav been th ease if the govern ment had continued to control the mine a little while longer until the wage quee tioa wai settled. , NAVAL VETERANS OF THE 5TH DIVISION TO MEET Naval officers and men of the Fifth Division, comprising the counties of Wske, Johnston, Franklin, Warren, Vance nnd Harnett have been, ordered to meet in the Balelgh Chamber of Com merce rooms st 8 e clock Tuesday night, . April 19, to proceed with th formatioa of a Naval Jfeeerv organization, lieu tenant Ernest V. Peechau ha been desig nated commanding officer of the divi sion by Lieut. Commander J. Kenyoa Wilson, of Elisabeth City, eommaading , Sub district E of the Fifth Naval Dia- '' trlct. 1 ' " ' All over the country the naval vet- eflh are being organised aad it to hoped that North Carolina will form many live and vigorous unit. All the North Csrolina boys who were ia the navy during the war with th Central Power ar urged to joiu. Lieut. Peschau ha sent order to re-. port to all of the officer and mea ia . the sit eountle of hi district." . " " '' Major Pterc Oat For Mayer. Ooldsboro, April 8. Maj. Wentworlh' W. -fierce, who fought ia the world war, and prominent lawyer aaaouaoed ' hia candidacy (or -otnee of mayor ta th - December primary which - take ' place April 14. Major Pierce was late ia entering the nee,but ha man . friends. - .,.. ; Y vv " ' - V--'
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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April 9, 1921, edition 1
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