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The News guild Ofoserver THE W EA TllLR . alt and tjatiaaed coU Mosw day Taseday (alt with r la lag temporatare. ' WATCULALZL en your paper. Band rwt rlv daye beforo avpiration lit order to avoid tntMing alngla nopy. VOLOqiLNO. 6.: TEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. Ci MONDAY MORNING, APRIL III 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY PRtCEn FIVE CENTS , "Nothing To Give Out, Nothing , to say," Slogan ui National Committeeman " high paint inn maV IIIWII Win I W aw START ANOTHER SCRAP Two Different Taction! Seek ing Favor for Postmastenhip In. Furniture Town; Oon- . gressman Kitehin Will Help In Fight On Sales Tax Bill; Blair Stock Looking Up The News and Observer Bureau, 003 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD B. BRITTOl. (By Speelal leased Wire.) Washington, April 10. A to what waa hla tpecial purpose in bit wisit to Waahington last week John Motley Morehead, Repuhliesn National commit teeman and head of tha pi dispensing "hog combine" of North Carolina, never revealed to the inquiring news paper men during his stay. Leaving last night for his home his only .answer to queries was: ""Have nothing- to give out, nothing to say. That he 'boosted Frank Linney for district attorney for Western North Carolina., and Dave Blnir for internal revenue commissioner is, of eonrse, a tertainty, and incidentally that he put l i . m .l. i -M . : in k nrn nr iwn nir 1111; fiLiirrn )! ills late goes withirat savin. But if he had cheering newa to take back home he was close monthed about it here. , And I heard no penis of joy from Mm as to the Colonel Meekins fat sal ary job as general counsel to the alien property custodian, as he had nothing to do with the handing down of that plum. Monkey Wrench la Machinery. As accounts reach Wahington a monkey wrench hns been thrown into the mnchinery which was expected to function in making; O. B. York post master nt F;rh Point, when Postmaster Farris hands in his resignation. It nppenrs that there are two factions in Republican rnnk in I"irli Point, the O. R. Tork and the J. Elnood Cox fac tions, and thnt Tork docs not stand in hi!i favor with the Morelirad-I..inney "machine, which takes the J. Elwood Cox aide. And that side has a candidate - for postmaster An the person of C. C. , Sobbins, who, according to inside re-' forts, now h' tho best look in for the Republican eoonty committee. When " iPostmastorTafris retires he will devote Jiit attention chiefly to the development his newspaper interests, represented ' ow by the if iarh .Poin News. War time, visitors to Washington who come these days see the tearing down in the place of goini? up. The "Billy Sunday tabernacle," Inter the "Y. M. C. A. Hut," that honscd many notable gathering just across from the Union Station here has almost disappeared, the work of the wreckers being nearly " ompleted, while out on Eighteenth ettect work goes along in tearing down some of the temporary build intra erected for war organizations. Later others of this cless are to go, but the big buildings kanwn as the Nnvy Deport ment bu'ldinT nndi the mnrltions build In; of the War Department will prob ably stand for many years to enme, being built of steel nnd concrete, fire proof and substantial buildings. A section of the Nnvy building is now be ing arranged fr the Chipping Board, which early in May will move from its present headquarters to the Potomac Pa,rk building. Oppose Gross Sales Tax. The fight in Congress against the ale tax hill Is not going to be left to the Democratic minority singte handed. Minority Leader Kitehin will find outside aid in his opposition to pass further burdens on to tho con sumers. Tho committee of measures nd merchants on Federal taxation hns established headquarters to tight the proposition which has the endorsement of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon and of administration forces, v which want to kill the excess profits legisla tion. The eommittee whirh is in 11, fight has in Jt now ever 23,000 of the most reputable and substantial firms in tha country, and the membership It re ported to be growing tt the rate of 200 day. Its officials declare: "Wo most emphatically oppose the groaa aalea tax because it is unjust, unscientific, expensive to con act, and will injure instead of benefitting in dustry. Ultimately it will be paid by tho consumer, and every handler of good will add tho tax to hit eost. Tho result, it it held, will be to discourage " buyingi just at the increased railroad rates discourage travel and harm In- - stead of helping the railroads. Blair Stock Looking Up The last of tho week report at to tho next commissioner of internal revenue it that the Blair stock la look ins; up, this being tht ehaneea appear better for Robert W. Blair of Wythe ville, Virginia, and Detroit, Michigan. Congressman Baaeora Slemp. and the other Republican Jeaders of Virginia r backing him. at alto Senators Town send and Newberry, of Miohigan, and Potndexter, of Washington. Bat the other aspirants have by no meant loat hope, and tho fight for tho job goes merrily on, tht "weta" and tho ?dryt lined np ont against tht other for their favorites. Tho commissioners of tht District of Columbia hava sate red tht fight against objectionable mo vise. Tho existing - regulations against indecent perform aneee of any kind are made to apply ta snsviss a odor tht jiew regulations. sad la addition moving picture art forbidden ia which ssx relatione art shown-ia a meaner tending to tht eorraDtloa of morale i or baaed upon . "white slavsrr" or tht protaromaat of womeaf or which leplet nurta persons exesct ahildron. or persona so nearly and at t skaeh ordinary seasibilitieer tan which ahw uadut dsmoastsntipa HARDING TO OPEN FIRST :. -V: SUBMARINE TELEPHONE President Of United States Will ' s Talk To President Meno. ; .. ' , eal, of Cuba ' . New York, April 10. Tha first tub marine telephone eable ta link tht United States with Cuba will bo for mally opened tomorrow night when President Harding talk from Wash ington to President Menoeal la Hava na.' . ;..'' , Tte Washington end of tho opening will be under the auspice of the Na tional Press Club and will bo hold U tho Pan-American building. Ia addi tion to tho President members of tht Press Club will entertain at their guest secretary Hughet, Secretary Mellon, Secretary Weeks, Secretary Denby, tht Cuban Minister and other prominent Washington officials. Addreooet will bo made by Avery Marks, president of tho Press Club, Dr L. 8. Bow, direc tor of tte Pan-American Union, and J. J. Carty, Vice President of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. . Immediately after sp opening cere mony tho cable will bo turned over to tht aervice of tht Public. . Tho new cable system hat beta In stalled by Cuban-American Telephone and Telegraph Company to connect tie systems of tho Cuban telephone Com pany and the Amerean Telephone and Telegraph Company. The system was designed and laid ander tho direction of the experts of the Bell system. USED HOAX TO PROVE WIFE'S LOYALTY. HE SAYS New Yorker Admits 8tor7 Of Implication In Swell Mur. der Without Basis Buffalo, N. Y, April 10. Boy Harris, held here ty the police on hit confes sion that he was concerned in the mur der of Joseph B. Elwell in New York last June, today confessed .that hit story is not true. The. prisoner had been questioned for two tours by Dis trict Attorney Moore at tho tnd of which time he made a statement ad mitting that hit original declaration waa false. Mr. Moore tent word to Charles S. Whitman and Captain Carey of the New York potiee, who were an their way to Buffalo. Tho development may cause them to change their plant and return to New York from Albany. Harris alleged aa hit reasont for the hoax that he had been separated from his wife and had met ber again only last week and deaired to know whether she would be staunch to him were ht in aeriout trouble. He said that if she had not Tixoved "loval and true blue" he would have gone to tho tleetrie chair Without regret. A. , Harris confessed the. hoax . J De- etivw-O.rwwM nf the New Yerir feret Saturday night, but tho latter did aot make public tha fact because he wished he said, to talk first with Mr. Whitman and Captain Carey. Ho placed a charge of first degree murder agaiast the prisoner and ordered him held in communicado. Under a few hours that charge was withdrawn. ' Oswald snyt it wat through tht wife that the prisoner's tale wat dis proved. He took the woman out to tht outlying police station where the man was locked up and let them talk for an hour or so. Harris had insisted that kit wife was at St. Catherines, Ontario, during tho planning of the Elwell mnrder, while she declared she was with him ia New York that week. She said the gave him a birthday gift of aoeka at that tlme.v-- "Did vou get a birthday present last yeart" asked Oswald. Why, yes, two pairs of socks, said Harris. "Whj gave them to you I" "My wife,'' said Harris, with hesita tion. 'But you said your wife was in St. Catherines at that time," aaid Oswald. "Oh. well, you ve caught me. The whole thing it n fake," said Harris, with a hopeless gesture. DANIELS AND. DENNY TO SPEAK AT COMMENCEMENT Lenoir, April 10. Tht program just given out by Dr. J. B. Craven, presi dent of Davenport College,- announces that Hon. Jrttephns Daniels, of Raleigh, former Secretary of tho tavy, will de liver tho annual address at tho col lege Wednesday, May 23, and tht an nual sermon will be preached by Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond. Va an Tuesday morning, May 24. This annonneement Is received with a great deal of eatisfaetion among the patrons of tht school and tht com munity generally and it ia considered quite aa honor to be able to get Mr. Danitlt hero. Hit record in tht war hat made a warm spot in tho hearts of all tho Southern people for him. Bishop Collins it also looked for ward to with much pleasure, and this it hit first trip to Lenoir. ROPER LUMBER COMPANY TO RESUME OPERATIONS New Born. April 10. The John L Roper Lumber Company, large taw mill eoaeern hero, will end operations at tht middle of next week, it It vnderttood here. This announcement It not sur prising ia view of the fact that on re sumption recently, following lay-off of the men for several woeka before Christmas due to lack of funds and hard timet, it waa intended to stop work and dismantle ar tell tha plant as soon at tht supply of logo then oa head should bo cut ap into lumber. But for recent rainy weather tnis work would have ceased tola week. Tht Roper company it tho largest tingle in dustry In this city.' No disposition hat been made of tha plant. Saww Pant In Rlehmosvtl. Siehmoad. Va April 10. 8aew fell here for aa hoar or mora thia after noon but melted ao fast aa it fell. To day's snow established a now record locally for 'the late sees of taow storms. ' . Lasher Qalta After M Move. -Havana. Anril 10-la tha tenth rams for tho chest thamplonship of tht world, Dr. Emanoel Laske tonight EXTRA SESSION OF MS 10 GET STARTED AT NOON New Republican Administration Will Get Under Full Head- way In Washington ORGANIZATION OF NEW CONGRESS FIRST JOB Senate Will Take Up Colom bian Treaty While House Will Likely Pass Emergency Tariff Bffl Before Week-End ; Hundreds Of- Nominations Expected This Week Washington, April 10. Tht new Re publican administratioa will get under full headway tomorrow when the atary. seventh American Congress convenes at noon for tho extraordinary session called a few weeks ago by President Harding. . ' v Tha program tomorrow la expected to be limited to tho usual opening formalities, including tho adoption of resolutions providing for a joint ses sion Tuesday to hear the President's ad dress and to organization work. Com mittees of leaden also will bo ap pointed tomorrow to notify tht Presi dent of tht assembling of Congress. Domestic needs, including tariff and tax revision, are expected to bo em phasized by President Harding Tuesday but hs slso it said to be planning a considerable dieentsioa o (international questions. Republicans prominent in Congress received reports tonight that ht would etate with considerable defi nitenest his attitude toward the pro posal to establish peace with Gerasay by congressional action. Stark Machinery Today. Tomorrow's program calls for read ing in both bodies of tha President's proclamation calling the extra session and for election of officers. Speaker Qillett It to bo re-elected in tho Honse, after tho call of 'Jie roll by States. Committee slates also are to be adopted, with Representative Mnndeu of Wyom ing to continue a majority leader and Representative Kitehin, of North Caro lina, succeeding the ' lata Champ Clark aa minority leader. Tha usual opening flood of billt tnd resolutions ia duo tomorrow in tho House but aot nntil Tuesday in the Sonata. The first legislative achlevsmens) promises to bo enactment of tho emer gency tariff bill, vetoed at the last ses sion by President Wilton. Thia ia to be introduced in the House tomorrow end reported during tht day oa Tues day. It will ba taken np for debate Wednesday and Republican leaders will press for a final vote before the week end. Senate leaders also will press the metsure, hoping to get it into the President's hands by next week. Senate Ta Take Up Treaty. Work In the Senate will begin on the 25,000,000 Colombian treaty, probably Tuesday. Taken np during tho special Senate session last month, the Senate ia nnder agreement to reach a final vote April 19 with ratification gener ally predicted. A hard fight however, is in prospect, despite President Hard ing's request for ratification. It ia fanned to have most of the debate in public. . Hundreda of nominations are ex pected to be received thit week by the Senate from President Harding. Many recess appointments arc to be included. Among these ia tha nomination ' of former Representative Eseh of Wis consin to the Interstate Commerce Commission. The diplomatic list is scheduled to bo hesded by George Harvey, of New York for Ambassador to Great Britain. ' Committee reorganization of the Senate at well at tht House is to be arranged tomorrow, "with Republican representation greatly inereased few chairmanships in either body however, will bo affected. Dozeas of unimportant Sonata committees, with perquisites of patronage, are to bo abolished. Committee work la to ba begna Im mediately oa a 'number of subjects. In cluding tariff and tax reviaion and the American import valuation, tht anti dumping and aoldier bonus bills. To Start Tax Hearings. To expedite the program, the Senate finance committees will start hearings thit weak on internal reveaae revision, headed by tha tales tax proposition. Bills to establish a budget system, to reorganize tha government depart ments and to reclassify Federal am ployeea also are to bo pressed at enee. While tho House ia engaged largely with fiscal legialatioa tho Senate will work oa the Colombian treaty and afterward take ap tha immigratioa bill, whieh wat vetoed at the last session. Tha Knox peace resolution aad other proposals for bringing about peace also promise much discussion aad possibly early aetma. Senator Knox of Poena, plana to Introduce hit peaea resolutioa soon, bat probably aot during the first few days of tho session. Tha army aad navy appropriation bills, with their huge budgets which failed la the last Congress aad must ba available by July 1, are to be started toon in tht House. Railroad affairs vlll bo Investigated soon by tht Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. Tho Inquiry, for whieh Chairman Cummins of Iowa will intro duce aa aathorizatioa 'resolutioa Toes day, may begin late thia week. Another Invoatigatinn which will continue la the Senate Jndieiary Commlttoo'a inquiry Into foreign loans. Tha Republics as will start apoa tho now aeesiea with commending asajori tiee la both Senate aad House. I the upper body there will bo 69 Republicans as against S' Democrats and la the House tOO Republicans to 132 Demo crats. All House members will take their oaths tomorrow.- Tha new Sena tort, Norbeck of South Dakota aad Bur sum of New Mtxieo, who wort mot sworn la during tha March Marian, alt $i EARTH QUAKI KlGtSttttO ' Of AX MOUI'S DURATION. Washington, April lo. An earth, enakrr lasting aa haar aad eaci mated at about tjm nallaa from Waahlagtan. prehear In Central ar Saath America waa recorded en tha relaaegrauls at Georgetawa Calvsrs. Hy thia aaeralag. Director Tenaerf of the ohssre, story described It aa. rather aeworo. Tha tromece begaa at S: It, reached their saaalmnaa Intensity at iM aad ended about 19 a. m. OUTLOOK GOOD FOR SETTLING STRIKE General Relaxation Over Sun day In British Industrial - Crisis Situation ' London, April 10. (By Tho Associ ated Press.) Today waa a day of re laxation from the tension created by the coal strike and he possibility of a general industrial tie-up and gave the cabinet' ministers and Ichor leaden an opportunity to get into tho country for n rest. -Opinion on tho present aspect of the crisis continues favorable but mean while all ' precautionary measures and recruiting of volunteers are proceed ing actively and will not ba relaxed until tho miners are back to work. These preparations formed a great at traction for Londoners todsy who. as- parsatly ao longer haunted bv tha fear Pef strikes by tho railway aad transport woraere crowded the psrks and rivers, enjoying tha brilliant sunshine. It was a striking contrast to Saturday whea fears of untoward developments kept the aervont suburban population at horns. Twa Important Views. Two Important views were apparent today. The first wss tho confident be lief among the labor leaders thst, now thst aa unfettered conference is assured a greater number of pumpers will re turn to their duties, nlthough nnder tha terms of tho agreement they are required only to abstain from molest ing volunteer workers. The second was that tha government while firmly oppos ing a subsidy, It willing for a limited period to afford some temporary aasist aaea to tide tho Industry over tho diffl tult stage. It also is believed that the whole wage basis recently proposed by the mine owners, which originated the dispute, will .be discarded and a new basis formulated for the miners' consid eration. Herbert Smith, president, aad Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners' federa tion, addressed a formal letter today to tha various branches of tha organlsa tion urging all concerned loyally to aeeept tho recommendation which it de- fvarthed ws nut 'Inffti action That oflf members ihoold return to work, but that those locked eat should refrala from obstructing any action to secure tha safety of tha miaee." Na Victory far Anybody. In a pooch at Rugby. J. H. Thomas, secretary of tho National Union of Railway men, aaid the agreement was nt a victory for anybody, but rather "a triumph for a common cause." There is a general belief among labor men that something In tho form of a national settlement will result from the conference tomorrow or at least a stand ard minimum wage with some system of bonuses for districts where excep tional eenditiona prevail. Tha government's anxiety not to em bitter the dispose Is shown by tha em phasis laid oa the fact that ao soldiers or tailors are employed in netnal pump ing, but only in protective duties. It it understood there will be a general resumption of pumping in Sooth Walec tomorrow, and that thia will be just ia time to prevent serious dtmsges to the' mines. It Is said 23 pita already are flooded, mostly small oaea. The position of the Triple Alliance ia that the strike aoticee for Tuesday midnight are still operative and will not be withdrawn until the conference ia la aetual cession. ABERDEEN HOME IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Child Had Seen Father Liffht Pire With Oil and Did Likewise Aberdeen, April 10. Dallis Taylor, the three year-old eon of Mr. aad Mrs. Henry Tsylor of this place in play, tot fire to their home Saturday after noon, destroying the house and all its contents. Mr. Taylor said tht child had teea him poor oil oa wood to start fire, and trying to do likewise emptied a can of oil la the kitchen aad touched a lighted match to it. Tho fire spread rapidly aad before help could arrive had destroyed tho house and all the clothing, furniture, meat, lard and !5 in eaah thst was ia tha honse. The child was burned about tho heads, arms aad head, but aot seriously. Mr. aad Mrs. Taylor have five children, none of tha others were hart. All that was saved from the fire waa the clothing that they were wearing. Mr. Taylor ia foreman of the Blue fertiliser Com pany. The family is being taken care of lor the present by neighbors. SNOW, SLEET AND RAIN REPORTED IN TENNKSSEK BrintoL Va.-Tean- April 10 Snow, sleet aad rata fell la Bristol and nearby section todey. Reports from several towae near, hero aaid that the mountain tone see re covered with a layer of anow carry thia morning. At 19 o'clock to night a heavy enow wat falling hero. Reports from tho surrounding eonn- trry eay that tha fruit crop hat enfftred heavily in tho last two days from tho cold. . - CHAMPION FLOCK OF WILD ' GEESE FLT OVER LA GRANGE EJnstoa, April 10-A LaO rears hotel proprietor taw L000 wild geese pass directly ever hit place at o'clock oa a reeeat morning. Tie floek waa eae af tho largest teen In tho vicinity. They were flying so low that a parson with a rifle must have barred a number of them by hooting point-blank into tht mass. Patrons of ttt hotel missed aa Busual dinner because tha proprietor had na gua at MaV 19 peat war LARGE STOCK OF REPORT INDICATES Decreased Exports Leave Much To Compete With New : Crop Says Parker ALL RECORDS SMASHED IN SALES FOR MARCH National Averages Show Conn, try Got 103 Million Dollars For ISO Million Pounds Greater Crop; Indications That Acreage Will Be Be. duced 40 Per Cent Tor 1921 "A large atock of tobacco isNon hsnd to compete ( with the 1921 erop," eon eludes Frank Parker, director af the 8tate Crop Reporting Service in the conclusion of hit report of 31,000.000 pounds of tobacco sold a Nrth Caro lina markete in March for an average price of 114.17 per hut dred pounds. March broke another reccrd for to bacco sales in North Carolina, and served to swell the record established by the 19S0 crop .fhieh exceeded even government estimates by fifty million pounds whea it went to n total of 430, 000,000, cold for an sverage of 21 rents per pound. No such amount of tobacco has ever been'faised In the 8tnte be fore, end March has never seen to much on tho market. Wilson Biggest Market. Individual reeords of sales went along with the State record. Wilson heeds the list of markets in point of pounds sold, with 82,000,000 pounds. Winston Salem runs a close second with a little mora than 00,000,000 pounds. The let ter sold nomewhat, more during the month" of Mareh than' did Wilson, but Wilson paid a little mora for the to bacco. Roxborb's market led the State with aa average of $10,117 per hundred. Only ill per cent of the nation'a crop of one and a half billion pounds wss exported last year ss against 52" per cent of tho 1,100,000,000 raised in 1019 which wa eblpped out of the country. The conclusion of Mr. Tarker is bsaed on theae figures thst there is still s vast quantity of tobacco stored sway in warehouses in America to compete with nny that Is raised by the farmers this year. Last year tho billion and a half crop sold for a national average of 19.N cents per pound, or a total farm value of ,29J00,Q0O. .in 1910 tnaetnairer e averae-ed 8&J cents per Bound for In 1910 tha.e alter eropJ farm- value of $403100,000, or In other words thr country got SIOSWO.OOO less for 1.10,000.000 pounds more or tonaeeo, The 1920 crop wss Inferior in quel ity," ears Mr. Psrker, "and with the decreased exports the decline in price is reasonable. Exported cigars In creased four per cent and cigarettes decreased two per cent. This means that a largo stork of tobn o is on hand to compete with the 1921 crop. "Mkrrh prospective plantings indl eate a fortr per cent decrease in acreage in North Carolina, but wit'i the decline in fertiliser prices, and the gradual loosening of financial conditions, this will perhaps prove to . toe mucn at dine." Thirty-One Markets Report. The tabulated salee follow. Market Burlington . . Durham Enfield Farmville . . . Fuquay Springe Goldaboro . . . Greenville . . . Henderson . . . Kinston Louishurg . . . Madison Mehane Mount Airy . . Oxford Pinetops Reidavflle . . . Rocky Mount . Roxhoro . . . . Spring nope . . Rtatesville . . . Htoneville . . . Tarboro . . . . Wallace . . ... Warrenton . . Warsaw . . . . Wendell . . . . Williamston . . Wilson Winston-Salem . Toungsville . . Zebulon . . . . Balee Price 149.910 $17.4 l,0t,74& 13.00 26092 14.02 3512 14.02 81,601 17.92 1,20fl 9.70 299,002 14.14 911,75 14.0 106,909 17.02 111,477 11.42 1H.1,1fl1 11.14 171ifi 16.7R 405,174 11.62 1,0824 15.00 29A12 14.7.4 917,M 12.11 2,276,211 14.10 392,870 19.67 74.212 11.65 72,040 8.71 86,110 9.93 281,654 11.01 41 .890 8.85 742,756 11.22 64,259 7.11 !9,111 16.15 82JS10 16.05 1,130,055 15.20 4,749.086 13.61 170O97 14.25 87,218 12.22 PARENT FINED BECAUSE CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOL Naw Bern. April 9 Melvin and Elvin ' Cutler, sons of D. W. Cutler, were convicted before Judge 8. R. Street this morning of Juvenile delin quency in connection wifb complaints of loitering made against a number of youngsters by the school suthorities, and their father was fined twenty five dollars in(each case for evasion of the compulsory school Isws. The formsl eompUiInt in the esse was made by Mrs. Leah Jones Stevens, wel fare worker, who snnouncee that otler children of school age and who are not attending school are being watched and that otbef esses will be made against their psrents unlese they are forced to attend school, as the law re quires. FLAT REDUCTION OF 50 PER CENT IN CRAVEN New Bern. April 10. Tha board of couaty commissioners of Carteret eoun- ty at a meeting of the boara or ap praisers ar- Beaufort last Tuesdsy beard Bombers of land owners oa tho subject of revalnstion and decided to make a recommeadatioa of a fifty per cent flat cut oa all lands ia ths county. Tho bosrd also appointed George J. Brooks, county engineer and W. L. Staneil, county auditor, aa official rep resentative! of tho board at tht good reads meeting to be held ia Oroaaaboro JUDGE PRITCHARD DIES AFTER LONG FIGHT WITH DEATH JURIST'S (DEATH CAUSES SORROW IN WASHINGTON Washington, April It. Dssp re. grot la sxpreesed hero hy those who have learned ofthe death af Jadge Jeter C. Pritchard. When Prcol dent Harding received a telegram today telling him of the paaslag away af Jadge Pritchard bo at aaee cent' a telegram of condolence to Mrs. Pritehsrd. Farmer Seaator Marlon Batter, who' served In tha United Statea Senate with Jndga Pritchard, waa Informed af hla death, and waa aeked ta serve aa oaa of the' honorary pall-bearera, he accepted and tent the following tofegrass to Mrs. Pritchard. "I am deeply distressed at Jadga . Prltchsrd's desth. Ths Federal Judiciary has lost ana af Its purest and nebleat Jadgas aad the State one of ita beat aad most asefal cltlsens. P trass permit me to ex. tend my heartfelt sympathy' for yonr great loss. I will arrive la Aaheville Tuesday morning.'' Rumored Tha. Harris and John son Will Head North Car olina Road Two well known Tar Heel editore will secede 'to the headship of the North Carolina Railroad when the time comet for the Governor to provide successors to the present incumbents, sceordlng to persistent rumor that apparently has its source very near to the Executive offices. Wade H. Harris, editor of the Charlotte Observer, is slated for presi dent, and Archibald Johnson, of Charity and Children, for the secretaryship. Two months intervene before the ap pointments are due to be announced by the Governor, but eloso friends of both the Governor and the two editors "de clare that he has definitely made up his mind to have newspaper men to wear tho titular honors that havs long been recognised as the chief Tewards that lie in the power of the Governor to bestow. Both journalists sro among the "orig Inal Morrison men," and were tha first to hoist the Morrison standard over their ditarial eojumnt daring tha open- ing oayt or tne primary campaign. Both have labored hard for the success of Morrison as a contender for the nomination, of Morrison the candidate, and for the success of Morrison the Governor. Editor Harris will succeed Word H. Wood, who hss been named aa State Highway Commissioner from the Sixth District, Even before the inauguration of the new administration it waa generally conceded that the secretaryship of the railroad would be given to Editor John son, but the presidency of the railroad has been varloualy reported to have been set npart for sundry friends of the Governor. Colonel A. D. Wstts, re cently named as Commissioner of Reve nue, was a candidate for the place nntil the Revenue berth loomed up, and he switched his objective. Editors Johnson, snd Harris loomed large in the primary campaign laat aum mer after the former had made I vigorous exposition of the merits of the Charlotte candidate and the Char lotto Observer had declared that the Johnson article would bo "worth rTO.000 votea for Morrison. Mr. Morrison led in the primary with a little more than 60,000 votes, and he has made no secret of his profound appreciation of the Baptist editor's assistance. Although the State no longer has direct control of the operation of Ita railroad properties, the organization is maintained for the purpose of enforc Ing the terms of the lense by which the Southern Railway holds the lines built by the State during the past century, The officers and members of the board of directors are sppointed by the Gov ernor, snd snnual meetings of the stock holders sre held. Under the terms of the lense the Southern Railway pays $280,000 for the use of the lines in which the State owns stock. Private stockholders are paid regular dividends, and the re mainder, after deducting expenses, la paid over into the general fund of the Ht.tte treasury. The vnlue of the prop erty owned by the State ia variously estimated st from three to five million dollars. The Htato owns 75 per cent of the capital stock. START WORK TO BUILD NEW CLUB BUILDING Corthago, April 10. C. T. Ballard superintendent of construction for the C. V, Tork Company, of Raleigh, spent the past week at Knollwood preparing for starting work on the Mid rines Clubhouse. He hss been making ar rangomonts for the housing of the men and for the transportation of the ma tcrials from Southern Pines, three milet distant. Mr. Ballard will have four foremen on the job this week and expects by the 1st of May to have 60 or 70 carpenters snd bricklsyers and 100 or more laborers at work, if enough honset ean be found at Southern Pines. . - i MUCH TIMBER BURNED AT WALLACE SAW MILL Walla j, April 10 Fire broke out at the Camp Manufacturing Company plant early last night. At the time the wind waa so high it seemed that the entire plant was doomed. No time wss lost in getting the fire pump snd the several lines of, hose into operation. Nino dry kilns and ft hundred thou send feet of lumber were destroyed, be sides many trucks, etc. The damage was no less than $7S,0(X), well covered with insurance. Good fighting of Wei laeo people - and company employes saved the nv mill aad rarda. iUbulld- BPS .SLATED TO RUN RAILROAD Asheville Jurist and Statesman Succumbs To Pneumonia At tack After Long Illness FUNERAL SERVICES IN MOUNTAIN CITY ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON Starting; Life Without - Money In Days Of Reconstruction Through Grit and Determina tion, Presiding Jadge Of United States Court -For fourth District Rose To High Place Ia Affairs Of State and Nation; Career One Of In. piration and Orea Useful ness; Educated Himself In Chosen Profession While Working For Living , Asheville, April 10 Tha body "af Federal Judge Jeter Conley Pritchard, ; senior Judge of the United States Cir cuit Court of Appeals for tho Foarth District who died here thia morning at 6 o'clock of pneumonia in hie aixty- fourth year, will lie in state at tha First Baptist church Tuesday between tha hours of 11 and I o'clock. WKh. fellow jurists of tht Federal bench, other prominent local fignroa and land ing eitisens of the commonwealth and civie and fraternal organisation . of this eity will in a body attend tha funeral services to be held Tuesdsy afternoon at , 8 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr. W. F. Powell, his pastor, at which time ex-Congressman Jamea J. Britt will deliver the memorial address. Mayor Gallatin Roberta tonight Issued a proclamatioa requesting the spon sion of ill business for a period of ten minnlM a l- M 1 1 iniiMHiMi VU LU. 1 UnOIRI hour. ' . i - , Among the great number of messages of condolence received by Mrs. Pritch ard was one from President Hsrding which read as follows: "I have learned with deep regret of the death of Judge Pritchard, whom I held In great respect andiigh regard. Please aceept assurance of vary genu ine tympathy and know that many at hhj country en feel a share la the great loss hit death brings to hit State and I country. - , tor more man a flonrt prevlout to his desth he had been unconscious and while medical experts exerted every effort to sava hla life, tha J!..... tinned to fasten its grip. While hla death wat not unexpected thit morning, 1"r great shock to members of the family who had kept constant vigil at his bedside. Bora In Ten assess. Judge Pritchard, son of Wm. JL Pritchard was born ia Jonesboro, Tenn April 12, 1857, hit father being of Irish and Welch ancestry and hia mother,, Elisabeth Browne, of Irish parentnge. Facing the problem of obtaining aa education during the trying days af Reconstruction ia the Southland, had following the death of hit father at Mobile, Ala., his mother instilled lata his mind snd.hesrt those stern precepts of morality by which he baa ever beem governed. Judge Pritehsrd, yet in hia teens, walked 35 miles across the moun tains of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina to Bnkersvilte where ha arrived with ten cents and nothing more save the clothes he wore. Eking his subsistence through toil in tha print shop by day, a desire to achisvo fame prompted him to by night search such text-books ss were obtainable. It was then that he received tha attention of statesmen Jn North Care lina and fndenttfring himself with th Republican party, began a career tha prominence' and limitations of which were only estopped by his calling t a reward for services rendered hn msnity. Entering polities he was elected fa the North Carolina House of Represen tatives from Madison county in 188S snd sgain in 1887. Pursuing his method of home study until master of Black stone snd legal procedure he obtained law license in 1887. Prominent Ia Polities. In 1888 he was nominated as Repub lican candidate for lieutenant governor of this State. He then beeam th cauens nominee of his party for tha Senate of the United States aad was re-elected to the Legislature in ,1891. He was elected for a two year term to the United States Senate ia 1895, which l.e served, and was elected t th six year term in 1897 whieh he alto ' served. The establishment of the Farmera Alliance at this time and its coalition with the Populist party brought about a change in the political situation aad he succeeded in consolidating tha fac tions into a co-operative eampaiga aad -the State went Republican. On April 1, 1903, he was appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt ta th Supreme Court bench of th District of Columbia. Upon the death, of Judge Slmonton, tht President advanced Jadga Pritchard to the judgeship of th United States Circuit Court for tho Fourth District. April 9, 1904, whieh position he held antil hia death. As aational . committeeman aad aa . Federal Judge the Jurist received na tional note and ia the eampaiga laat fall was prominently" mentioned for vice-president or tae Lai tea mate ana - at the Republican national convention was givea a complimentary note. ,; Ho ia survived ' by hia widow,' a ; daughter, wife of ex Solicitor Thome A. Rollins t thro sons, Dr. Arthur T- Solicitor George M. and Attorney M Kinley Pritchard, -and a tiater, Mr. J. T. Harris, all af Ashsvilla. ,,, lOentinnod pa ftn TweJi ugnaa after an now mssmytssFsai BsJI 99 AftHUIaM, la mill bagaa $ omo. IKSwIUaad m faa 1I CI
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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