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" r - . Eala and colder taadays Hob day fair aad cwldi Stroma northwest aad north , wlaa. on your piper. 6od rn. Bv day befnr ;on In ord.r to avoid nu....i. single copy. - VOL CXIIL NOT 107. f PIIYSICIAIIIILtS CHIEF 0F1LICE. Or. J. W. Peacock Claims Of ftcer Responsible For "Burn- N ' ing Of Garage HE WILL LIKELY PLEAD TEMPORARY INSANITY former Member Of Thoirasvilie City Council Fires Two Shots .j From Office At Oblef Of Po lice J. E: Taylor ! and Then Follows -Wounded Man Into ,' Store. .'CV-K . ' ! Lexinfton, April 16. J. K. Taylor, OF THOMASVlLLE Chief of Police ofTbmasville, was ehqt and killed on a principal atrtot of f .that eity about 9:30 o'eloek til mora ! luf by Dr. J. W. Peacock, well known physician and former, city councilman of Thomaevill. Two ahota were fired from Dr. Peaeock'e office ia the aecoad , atorr of the Finch Building) and struck " Taylor, wh was ataadlnf oa the ldeT '' walk oa He oppoaita aide of the ima , ' Taylor ran Into Peaee's grocery store, a f?w feet from where he waa standing. Dr. Peacock' left hia ffieeeroaaed ' the atrM, entered the front "of the ' atore and fiaed at least four mare ahota.- Four pistol ahota look effect, aeeora iug to Coroner Frank Hulin who ss , eribed deatt- to one of thce Either a atmy bullet or -woe of. the bullet that risked through .Taylor's body - . wounded Henry Sharer, who was ia the act of sdpporting the wounded man. tiliavera. Intestines were pierced and he . was reported late today to he In dee- 'perate eonditioa at a High Point boa pita I, where he waa carried following the uliooting. Dr Peaeock was brought to jail .here by Tl.omasville Policemen. . i According to officers h ' freely ad I wit ted .the killing amd claimed that be hnd reason to believe that Taylor murn d. hi. ham anA -A antamntill. hm- tweea f and 3 o'clock- this morning, 'in tl ia fir Dr. Peaeock was . painfully lrBed about the head, hand and foot, but sdid not-- receive treatment until after being. Drought here. 'He is alao quoted ' as saying fliat Taylor had threatened- to destroy lis home if h aid. not cenie mvestigatwn of the ora tor a record. The Ww firms qf Baper and Baper, . waiaes; Wauier awd Walaer, J. K. ilo Crary and Wade H. Phillip kaV been retained in Dr. Peacock's defense. ' It va indicated br eounael late to- "'"Jay that temporary insanity would be pleaded In extenuation of Dr. Peacoen'a act Dr. Peacock aaed a shot gua load ed with No. 4 back shot foe th two ' kot firet from hi offlcl window at the ' officer. Tha shots fired ia Peace a store - were from a German Luster pistol, ae . , cording to evidence brought "out at the coroner's Inoueat.. Two of the ahota i from tha pistol were fired after Taylor had faUen dying oa floor it la stated. One of theae1 penetrated the , head and entered tha floor: Two shots 4 passed entirely through the body and a fourth shot alao entered the head be - aide tha bridge of tha nose., N , ,- Two weeks ago Dr; Peaeock, who was a member , of the towa council of -" Thomasvjlle, is alleged ' to have pre . ferred -charges of irregularities" against "f Taylor, who had been police chief for about' a year. Two members votedto discharge, two to retain the officer, that fifth refused to vote either way and , Mayor J. C. Green broke the tie ia favor of the officer. Claim Officer Mad Threat i Dr. Peacock handed ia hia reaignation from the council the next morning. Ac coring to aereral eitizeas of Thomas ' villa this morning, Chief Taylor is si Irged to have mad th remark to sev- eral people that aniens Dr. Peacock - let up on him ha would take action to wreck the Doctor's home. ' Counsel - - tor tha prisoner quota Dr. Peacock as . declaring he received such messages. It Is alleged that Taylor waa aeea to -v pass the Peaeock home slowly about 0 o clock yesterday evening and to ap- peaf to be inspecting the premise Counsel for the prisoasr claim that the - officer waa also seen ia ths vicinity of V the Peteoek home later ia the evening. ' ' Officer D. E. Lamb,. who at tha ra juost of th prisoner took measure . ments of tracks leading through plow- , vid arround from tha rear of the burn ed building, stated this .morning that hs and tha chief made a raid about mm : sight and returned to town together about 1 o'clock thia morning, when . ''thev parted. . . What direct evidence, If any, exists Ia4his regard has not beea diaelaaed. A Mmjahf n npAmlmknt cittcMl. of , ThomaavUla were inclined to aeout th idea that the officer had anyuung to " do with tha burning th barn. Chief ' Taylor's methods of law enforcement and his record as an officer and man had been nnder lira xor a aumoer ox weeks at Thomaeville. 8everal weeks aro ha knocked dowa th City Attor , pey, B. B. Viason on a principal atreeU. of tha towa following soma words Be tween th two ia regard to,amDarras- ing questions asked the officer the V Kitaess stand at court her oy aa at torney of this eity. . Cltlsen Cached U Officer. ' . At that thn aa effort 'waa mad to ' fiave the officer discharged, but a pe tition signed by over SUO eitixens wss presented t eouneil and no action was taken. Iavstigatioa eoatiaued, kow aver, it ia amid, and durinff tha past week or tea dsys a grett deal of tel . - tot hs. beea reported oa seeount of th stata of affairs. Taylor ia said to have beea a native Wf Wilbta eonnty .. and served four years ia tha Nvy. - Following- this b waa oa the 'Wiastoa - Bslem policf fores for about yesr and thea went t ThomasVilla, where be bad headed th polie force for a T7a . ..-...,1 .L '"' If. He waa at out 89 yeara old aad . married but had ao ehildrea. , . Or. Peaeock, who is a aativ of Stanly ; aohty, has beea practicing ia Thomas vilt for. 19 years.'' For a number of years be wss 1 prolhiasnt ia county pflilties, having beea' ehairman of the (Coatlaaed oa Page Two.) THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY. ' RALEIGH N. : NOTTENOR r Hi! Mm it First picture takes of Enrico-Caruso, world-famous grand opera 'teaor, sine hit recent serious illness. Th 'photograph was snapped, by Jim. Caruso oa AprH S at the Caruso home in ' New -York, wher tha grant aiager ia fast ieoveriof-hie healthy For sevenl days hia eoaditioa was so critical that haj lifa was feared, i - H S ; ' ! . -, Big Legislative Program t Faces Congress Th is Vfieek House Passes Emergency Tariff Bill In First. Week. Of , j. Extra Session ) C0L0M Bl AN TREATY TO BE VOTED ON .WEDNESDAY . . - . ..... t ( Immigration Tp Com Up Next In Home; Knox Xes6lntion In, Senate . " jWaihwgtonA'DriFl 1.-Iu. th rJ week f the extra' aissioa of Congrasj, iX 'Hia nna.il 'thai'cmarfanew tariff bUU wWl Ue .8eiuitieus4 tha CeVt lombiaa treaty, under ''agreement to vot Wednesday a ia ausrtloa. ef rati- ication. Leaders declared it would ba raUflsd by a margin .of half doxea Vote."'"' Delayed somewhat by - back of Oittee organisation,' the big legislative program will be- taken up with a rush neaVweek; with, the Immigration bilL as vetoed by Mr. Wilson, hanng right o( way in the House. . ' me Knox peaca reaoiuuoa ana ,im emergency tariff are awaiting eoa fideratioa by th Senate. The Knox measure is to be taken up Wedneaday by the foreign relations committee with plans for an immediate report. Chair man Lodge said, today, he hosed tol begin-debate -lat next week, probably after settlement of the dispute over committee reorganisation. '' l Long- discussion of -tha -mx resolu tion is not anticipated by Senate lead era. , A number of Democratic Seaators are expected to vt Tor it.- -.-w Tariff Before Senate. The emergency tariff bill is to be taken up Vooday'by the Senate ilnnnei eemmittee, which will ' begin limited hearings Tuesday. Chairman Penrose believes it will be impossible. - how. over, t report the bill to tha senate until 1st ia the week. After passing tha immigration bill the Bouse will begin work on th army and havy bills. Estimates by Secre tary week, for aa army of 175,000 are to be transmitted .Monday to Chairman Good of te appropriations committee. Th Benata judiciary committee will meet Monday for organisation and is expected, to consider tha question of loaas to tha allies. Abstracts of doeu mcntt FnbniittCTf to th committee by former -Secretary. Houston, eoatainlnr an tniormation regarding allied commit ments. and advances, arc ready for tha tommittec'a eonuderation. . -: rue, rienate was in session only an hour today aad the House had an off day.- ,r i HARVEY AND HERRICK NAMED AMBASSADORS Washington, April 10. Komlnation of Osorge Harvey of New Tork to be ambassador to Great Britain and Mrroa r. Heme or unto to be ambassador to Franc wer eohflrmed today by th Senate. . '. -. -' . " Tha vot on eonflrmation of Colonel Harvey's nomination' waa 47 to SO, , It waa announced. Senator 'Harrison. Democrat. Missis sippi, voiced objection to Mr. Harvey's confirmation and wa reported to have queationed hia qnthSeatioas. It waa said also, that Mr. Harrisoa - asked whether criticism of former President Wilson and tha Wilson admiaiatratien waa a factor in Mr. Harvey's aeleetioa. " cix Democrats voted for Colonel Har vey. They wer Ashurst ef Ariaona, Kendrick of Wyoming, : Pomsrene of Ohio, Walsh of Massachusetts and Wat son of Gforgia, Myers of Montana. One' BepublicsV Senator Norrie of Nebraska, voted against eonflrnutioa. - 4.There waa no roll aau oa coanrmar tion of Mr. Herrick's nominstion. SKULL OP MURDERE1T MAN.' - IS UPHELD AS EVIDENCK. Tallahassoa, Fhu, Aoril 16V-Th sub mission ss evidence of .th skull of a murdered man at tha trial of tha per sot. a-eutd of murderiag him fa proper evi 'en teeording to a decision handed do.- by th State Supreme court to day, in the ease ef Berniee E. Lannon. plaintiff, vs.: the 8tat of Florida, de feadaat, Leoa County, I . . , s RECOVERING f Philadelphia Delegation Gives Former Secretary ' Daniels ' . Handsome Clock Ths News, and Obeerver Bureau. 003 DUtrkt National Bank Bldf By XDWAKO S. BXITTOn (By Saeeial Leased Wira i . Washington. April 18r-Former Sec retary of th Navy Daniels waa here to day in speech .making trip west aad south ia aid of th educatioaal "drive" of th Methodist vEpieoopal Church, South, and tha fast that it had beea kaowa that ha wss: to spend four or fiv hours here gave opportunity for soma mea who hold him ia highest es teem to spring a, 'surprise party him. aad they did it in great shape. Th surprise that earn to tha former head Of tha Navy waa in the preeenta tion to him of th handsome lacquer ed brass ahip'a bell eloek that for eight years has stood 'oa tha desk ia th State, War and- Navy building used by him. It ia a Chelsea clock, of th "Admiral'' design, its dial sight incnea serosa. Mel low in ton H sounds ahiplik whan it strikes the balls. That ha waa pleased with the gift and th spirit that prompt ad it could B see a fa hia face, and he put it into words whsir-h declared that there was no other gift that eonia aavs olessed him greater. -.' The gift was that of tha men of the Philadelphia Navy Yard, a delegation of -offleinla coming to Washington e neriallv to make tha presentation. In the party were Messrs. Bert Crowley, president or the muaaeipnia navy Yard Development Association; Samuel W. Meredith, president of the uuarwr mens and Lssdingmena' - assoeiaUoa ; Irwin M. Knaffelt, president ef the Planters' aad Estimators' association With them came also Michael Francis Doyle, a prominent attorney of Phila delphia, who bss represented tna men of the Philadelphia Navy Yard in many matter wmen came oeiore mv mi; Dftnartmant. - Tha presentation toon piace in xne rooms of, the National Press CluB aad the clock waa arreatly admired. ' It had been secured through tha courtesy of Secretary of th Navy . Denby ,. by Edward E. Brittoni former private . . ci . . TU.l.t. m men of th Pblladelpkin yard,, a w clock of tha satiyt design. to repiayr it on tha desk of Secretary Denby. la ths party, that gathered wars .members of Congress from Nona-uarouna, pin cers and officials of the American Fede ration of Labor, men from tha Wash ington Navy Yard and other friend of Mr. Darfiels, among tfieVe a aumbea of North Carolinians. ' . Us clock was striking seven bells or half past alevea when the presenta tion began. Hon. M, F. Doyle, speak ing briefly paid, tribute to -th. services of Mr. Daniels si head ol tha navy and explained that tha mea of tha Phil adelphia Navy Yard had sent a dele gatioa to speak their views and to make a gift which they felt tha former Secre tary woe Id like; - He then introduced Mr. Crowey, who spoke of the high re gard' in Which the - men -of tha Phil adelphia-Navy Yard held Mr. Daniels; that it waa felt that, th greatness of the yard was due to tna wisaom ana foresight which he bad shown baec la 1914 when hs gava to it tha building of tha Henderson, a vessel later seed as a traasport." V' Ha told' of tha small personnel or the yard,' lens than a thousand, growing to over . 14,000 . during the war and that aow. there were 8,000 men at work there, while "-thousaads ef idle mea walked the streets, of Philsdelpbis. Ha as- pressed tha appreciation of the men of tha "yard to Mr. Daniels, saying that they hoped aa he faxed upon tha clock they sent they would be remembered. , Mr. Daniels voiced hi deep apprecia tion of tha -gift aad the spirit of it Hs paid high tribute to tha msa of ths Philadelphia navy -yard, saying that in , f (Coatlaaed en Fag Twa.) PRESENT GIFT TO 1 JFDRIV1ER NAVY HEAD C, SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 17. 1921. THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY ' ' ) fiO APPOIBIIT ORCOMMISSJOB MADE BY HARDiiiG Numerous Applicants For Read Of Internal Revenue "All Up ANOTHER CONFERENCE . WITH MELLON MONDAY Two BlaiftTannninf Keck and ' Neck Bat Keither Of Them Hear The Top; "Dry." May Concentrate fight To Secure Prohibition Enforcement Chief i L; Tha New gad Observer Bureau, ' 003 District National Bank Bldg., . fey KDWAKD K. BKITTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) ' ' Washington, April 18. Th numer oaa applieanta for tl position of com miaaioner of Internal Bevenue are all np ia the air . as to whether r not there is to be a business man or a poli tician who will pull wa th job. .As appointment was expected today, bat tha' latest word ia that after eoafer nea today between the President and Bebetary Mellsa tha matter gone over .11 t .1 A.J ... A I Vinaer tha report of oaa hour over lap tha aeat with contradiction. For initaace. Candidate Bobert W. Blair, of Virginia) and Michigan, told m thia afteraooa that "Ha wan-teaving for home tpnight, tknt Dav Blair Lad left last night,, for North Carolina" and said tha Virginia Blair, "non of as know anything of tha outlook. As I look at tha matter Col. Edward Clif ford, of Illinois, haa tie beat ehsace, J- J. McDermott, . of . West Virginia, cornea next, and with modesty I think I can aay that I am third." Harding Eliminates Heaver. That would leave our Ifyrth. Carolina uuur xoartB or peiow. . Ana later in tha day a newspaper man who makes a business at keeping doe to tl soil ing of th political appointment pot, declared that th belief aa he fiada it ia thatthe President would appoint neither 'Colonel Clifford nor Mr. Mc Dermott, and that Ex Oovernor Ben W. Hooper fit Tennessee, "waa under stood to ba aut of tha running. Ha was rigtt about Mr. Hooper for the Presi- pdent eliminated , him by appointing him a member of the United States Labor Board, to 'rep'sent tie public noun. . : . .. .... - - ... . al revenue bnreao may be a msa ho4 a for tia tax eolleetiac ability is talk that grow, for there arj -aaid t hi plana ia th making to separate th prohibition oaf orcein gat power from with th Department of Justice. This internal revenue bureau and tie up LZ .w" 71,, . V. . .7a.S,. 7 ia anMeted t. h. d... h r.f" 'P1'" ' former student of th gross in tie very near future, ana at tha same time it ia pointed out that the "Wate" and the "Dry" W turn their fight from ths commissioner , of internal revenue aad eommUaioner of the prohibition enforcement etief, who' it th wepartmeut af Justiee takss over th enforcement ef th Volstead net. Lwill ba a man selected by Attorney General Damgherty. But' it ia all a mix-up right now aad ens guess la aa good aa another. s ' Negraea to Held MW Meeting. The negroes are te get into actios Sunday afternoon, tie district branch of the association, for .the advancement of colored people having announced a' mass meeting st tha "Howard theatre, it ia called so tha statement says, to discuss th subject of anti-lyaching legislation, aad the general matter of the status ef th negro under the Hard lag administration. It ia the under standing that the meeting will also have quite a deal to ssy about Federal otV fleea' for negroes, and will back an the call for a negro register of th treasury, a negro assistant seerersry or s grim I tore, a negro assistaat secretary of labor. , The author of the bill to look ing to Federal legislation on tl lynching question BeDresentatilva Le onids O. Dyer, of the St. Louis dis trict, will be the chief spesker. There wss a h carina todnv in tha dis trict supreme court of the'Vaee Capt. Trry A. Lyon, of FaysttevAle, United States army, now with tha office ef tha judge advocate general her, ' has brought to compel the Secretary , of War te make a new list of promotions ia the army in the grades of captains and lieutenants. Ilia contention ia that there should be" a list made separate for each, grad and that the two fhoul! not b linked. Th attorneys repre senting him and other officers who havs joined wjHi him ia the auit which af fects about 1,200 officers express them selves as confident that the decision will be ia Captain Lynn's favor. Ap pearing for him were Major Je.no I. Miller and CoL Easy Smith while th Secretary off War was represented by Assistant District Attorney OXeary, Colonel Graham of tha judge advocate . (Coatlaaed an 'Pag Two.) SAMPSON'S HUCKLEBERRY CROP RUINED BY RECENT SPELL OF COLD WEATHER Clintoa, April 1-Calaalty has befallen .add Sampson. There weqj&r asoat prasalalag crop ef haekleborriee aeea la a quarter ef a peatery aad they were wonder felly advanced for the season. -It as probable that the crop .weald have breaght late the ewnaty nearly a qaarter ef a million doDara, bat thia hep ef aa tnflpa t epriaf aad aamaaer ansa ay - la lighted. The freet ef Monday alght last simply wiped eat the whale prospect and dead berries eawld be gathered by the haadfal a Tneaday aad Wednesday. The peach crop si ems net te have euffer. ed ae complete a lose, yet It la prob able that, a great part ef thee that appear to survive the ordeal will fall off before . maturity. LUuswlae the grape have Ssaffered Irreparable disaster, the viae In many jraasa ap pearing as If acocchsd by are. ' TIGHT FINANCES V1LL NOT DELAY 1 Trustees Will Advance Credits - IU Bonds Don't Sell Readily EMPLOY ENGINEER ANLT - BEGIN ON CONSTRUCTION i v ni fin Thomas .0. AtWood, Who BnUt Yale Bowl and Camp Merritt, Betained As Conetruction En (inear and Work Will Begin Immediately On New Build. infs "At University Betainicg 'Thomas C. Atwood.ne of th best known construction engineer In the TJinted State tb .b Ja direct eksrge ef tha work of extending th plant of th State University, th bund ing committee of the board of trustee of th Institution yesterday embarked upon the program of building author ised at tha last sessioa of tha General Assembly. 4 Fiaaadal aneertainties that may da isy th State Treasurer ia diaposiag of th bonds aathoriasd to pay for tha work, or tha inability to place short term notes ia lien of selling the bonds, will not deter tha bulldinr committee from , its. program. Adequate aasar aneee have bean given, by member ef th Board that loans sufficient to keep th work going will be syadicated among the bankers of the State. Mr.- Atwood wUl take charge Mob-. day morning, aad from that day ths work of making required expansion of th University's equipmeat ia expected torooeedapace.-Ths beginning; of tha college year next September la ex pected to iad new - dormitories, new class roossa, and new faculty residences sufficient te take ear of several hun dred additional students. . Alamnl Went -Walt. . . Sessions ef both th Building Com mittee and of tha Executive Committee of th Board wr held in the effie of th Governor yesterday morning, -th former meeting first and the Executive committee fctor ratifying tha recom mendations of the Building committee for the retention . of Mx. Atwood and. the immediate beginning of building operations ' determined upon, at the meeting held la Chapel Hill, Marsh SO. . Member of , th board ia the eity yesterday were highly gratified at th DWPtet ef n,0iding the seemingly fan SSKr?iiS. J ZjS!S!f I. i posihls 'delay toward teorgaaixation ef S bqudinf machinery after th abe- litioa f the State BuUding uommia sioni and the further delay occasioned by the unsettled state of the bead market. Much was said in appreeiatioa institution who are ready to finance the building program nntil the State id able- to make advantageous use ef it credit. Member of th building committee present yesterday were Col. J. Bryan Grimes, ehairmaa; C. T. Wooleal secre tary, President H. W. Chase. Osorge Stephens, vloha Spront Hill, and James a. Gray, Jr. Bembsrs of th Exeen tlve Committee attending the sessioa were Charles Whsdbee, Dr. B. H. Lewis, Dr. Charles Lee Smith. James S. Man aing, Dr. E. C. Brooke, Claude.Doekery, W. N. Everett, aad Major Jean (era: ham. ' Haa Notable Record. The bow construction engineer is I graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and for ths past quarter of a century has. beea engaged in saaay notable enterprise. Beginning his professional career ia Boston. he waa engaged oa the monumental pumping station ia the Metropolitan Park sys tern, later on the construction of the filter plant, in Philadelphia and Pitta- burgh. Seven years were spent by him, first as designing engineer and later dlvisioa engineer ia the construction of Now York eity's great water eystem Outstanding among ths pieces of eon traction Jn Mr. Atwood's career is the Yale Bowl, which waa built by him, aad in the earlier years of the war, tha direction of the construction of Camp Merritt and aa supervising en inner Tor the Navy department in building tha Squaatum Destroyer Plant at Boston. Later ha was Division Plant Engineer ' for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, ia charge of the district which Included Baltimore on the North and Wilminxton on the South. He aunervised' ths, construction of tho great Fuller plant at Wilmington. For a year past Mr. Atwood' has beea anaued on tho building of new fac tories and" the model mill villages con structed bv the Durham Hosiery Mills in Durham, representing so outlay of several million dollars, tie is regard ed by the' Executive Committee as ono of th cmost eapa-ble - engineers in America, and splendid results are anticipated from his adminlstrstion at the University. FOOTE, ASSIGNED TO ' . COMMAND JHE SALEM Former Personal Naval Aide 'To Daniels To Begin New Duties May 1 Wsshlagton, April 18. Commsnder P, W. Foote, for several yesrs personal naval aide to former Recrstary Daaiele, sad at present aeting in a similsr capa city for Secretary Denby, has been as signed to command "ths seont cruiser Salem, Of the Pacific fleet. He will be relieved of his present duties about May 1 and will immediately join lis ship at Rin Diego. Secretary Denby has dot selected Commander Foot' successor and may not do so for some tlm. During th war Commander Foot was captain of tiro trr,prrt President Lincoln, which wss sunk by a German submarine while enroute to New York. For hia -conduct n that oeeaeiou he received tl distlingnished service cross and several foreign decora tlena. UNIVERSITY WORK WBVDSTORMS CAUSE APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BODY OF FKOMINENT -- WOMAN FOUND IN KITES New Bera, April lArtr drag, ring all day. .searchers tonight at t found tha aedy ef Mr, lame M, Reward, member ef a prominent family here, la Nenae River ebon en half mil from Xast Front street. Mrs. Howard had bean daapoadent for a leag time, Beceatly aha re. tamed from a aaaaterlnm In Rich mead. Ya- where aha had aaen- ra. celvlag treatment ' .:.: Ntae dlaapaeared from her here faring last night. Two reporfad te th police today' that they asW a .wetnaa' la) her night (lathea Walking along the river treat shortly after midnight last night, ; She had bean suffering with - a nervosa disease. She retired last night apparently In a cheerful mssd aad waa net missed astll thia Burn ing. Jury Decides Every Issue In Favor Of Original Benefici , aries Of Will ; Moaroa, April 18. At a quarter paat twelve today the Jury in the Boa wilT ease called for tha' Judge aad returned a verdict far th propound rs en every Issue. Th jury was out only 45 min tea. Attorneys for the aaveatora lm f medlstely msdr sr motioa to verdict aside, which waa- denied, aad tiey gave notice of appeal. Thus ends the tearing which commenced at aoon on Thursday, March Slat, and occupied 18 days time. By the terms ef the will of yth late Margie Boas, the resldus of a large estate goes to' three negroes. .The ee tatc consists of 7,600 acre of farming lands and about 839,000 la money, sev eral thousand dollars of which is gold coin found , about th premises after Maggi Boss' death last summer. Specific bequests ia the will are as follow 1 Presbyterian hospital, Ctar lotte, 81,000 Piedmont - industrial ebool. ; , Charlotte, . . $8,000 1 Barlant Springs orphanage, 82,000; ' Western North jTnvollna Conference, M. E. Church, for Home Missions. $1,000 Norttl Carolina Synod, Presbyterian Church, for' Horn Missioas, $3,000. Bond's Grov Methodist Church, near Wsxhaw, $3,008; Maxrla Methodist ChureU 8900 1 . Beaks' Preabyteriaa Church. $1,600, and. $ljOCO as a trust fund for maintenance of cemetery 1 Banks' Church also gate th house and three acre lot at Marvin. R. A. Had son wsa bsqueatelcf $1,000, R. A. Hud' soa, Jr $1,000,' Will Garrison, Mra. Maggis Moore, Mrs. Harriet Taylor. and Margaret Jackson Crone, $900 each. Two Ysrboroogh boys, tenants oa the place,' 8100 each; Mra. Fannie Ferbis, $200, and small bequests total ling $1400 te sundry negro tenants oa the Bos farms. Th remainder oMhe estate, real and personal, goes te Mittie Belle Houston, Hobsrt . Boaster rstt.er, and rior ene T. Houston, her daughter the old home place ef 808 acres is devised to Bob Boss and Mittie Belle Houston jointly and st their death to Florence Tucker Houston and the ott er laads aad property either devised te them or provision mad for it sale and th proeseds to be paid them. When this will, whicl' was mads 1917; was filed for probate shortly after tha death of Miss Maggie Ross, 1 May of tan yesr a caveat waa mra by a num ber of relatives, which number led In creased to 10V when the case cams to trial. , Maggie Ross waa unmarried and there were no surviving brothers or sisters or elildren and no first cousins, a the Csvestorsere second and third cousins. The esse waa ono of the hard est fought ever hesrd in, this county, in entire Monroe bar and E. T. Cansler and Walter Clarke. Jr. ef Clarlotta being retained by one tide r th other. HARDING NOMINATES - LABOR BOARD MEMBERS Walter L. McMenimen, Samuel Hlf-gin and Governor Hooper Are Selections Wsshington, April 8. Nominations to fill the three vacancies on the Bail road Labor Board, considered partieu larly important because of the con troversy between the .roods and their employes, were sent to the Senate to day by President .Harding. As labors representative on the board the President named Walter McMenimen, acting president of the Brotherhood ef Bailway Trainmen , add prominent figure in recent negotia tions between the rsilroad unions and managers. Samusl Higgins, of New York, a former general manager of ths New York; New Hcr-q and Hart ford railway, was named to represent the management group, while former Governor Ben W. 'Hooper, of Tennessee, was given the vscsnt place allotted to representatives of the public. All three of the nominations caused more or lees surprise, none of the men named naving figured prominently In gossip, about the vacancies which occurred yesterdsy st the expiration of the term of three members, who were one year appointees, when the board was organized. ' Another ele ment of surprise waa the fact that Mr. Hooper s name hsd been known to be prominently under eoneiderstion for the vaeaat commisaionership of Internal revenue. , , Second Annual April Harneao Bsc and Flat" Races. Piuehurst, Wedaee- dsyc-)Adv.) .. PROPOUNDERS Will ; UNION WILL CASE I PRICE; SEVEN CENT3 Over One Hundred Persons - -Dead and Several Hundred r - Injured From Northeast r Texas To Georgia. " PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL RUN INTO MILLIONS OF .' DOLLARS IN 7 STATES V .. . -ecwssean-eat . . , , Two Arkansas Counties', With1 Fifty Dead Keported, v. lest ' Sufferers ; 'Torrential Bainav following; Serial Of Tornadoes Interrupt Hallway ,' TraffloJ and' Cause Other, I Damage; Belief Parties Be ing . Sent To Storm Swept Districts; Heavy Bain ; In V Western Carolina; freakish Pranks Of Wind Reported From Many Plaoes; Started In Texas and Swept ' Xast. ward to South Carolina Memphis, Tenn., April 16 Tornadoes which swept east' ward from Texaa to South Carolina last night and today; claimed a total oi approxi mately 100 lives, injured sev eral - hundred and . damaged -property and crops to the ex tent of millions of dollars, according to reports filtering to points of communication- tonight from sections of the rtonn swept area of half a lozen states.' Arkansas, with fifty persons reported killed in Hempstead and Miller counties, 'suffered the heaviest toll. In Alabama the number dead was estimat ed at ten. Seven were killed in, Texas and six in Mississippi. In Tennessee, the other state which felt the effect of the storm, oio fatalities were re ported. Owlngto Interrupted wire communication, . o a 1 y ..frag mentary report! have been re ceived thus far from the sec tions reported to have suffer ed the greatest loss of life and property. .!-;:. ,, .,.;-,''' Relief parties tonight ' still were ..searching the storm swept areas and until thejrre- porc Tne complete death list will not be known. Storm TeU la Uvea. The storm toll in Uvea, indicated Jn dispatches received ap to saidaight, was as follows: Texas: Six dead at tha towa ef Avia ger, one dead at Atlanta aad several other reported kU)ed near O'FarrelL J Arkansas: Twsnt dead Bear tha lam ' of, Hope, eighteen ia the vicinity ef Texarkana, fifteen near Preseott, ene at Gravely, YaU county, one at DeUght, Pike county, three near BusseUwille,. Pope county. Several ottmr dcatha mea reported in isolated sections of Hemp- - stead oountyrbut th reports had act been verified tonight, , Mieaiaslppi: Five persona kiHad at ' Steen, near Columbus, eae at Soataa-. one at Bpral Hill, near Aberdeea, ea auiea in aa aceuieat nsar jLaureL Alabama: Fiv dead at Car Bptinars. ' near Tuseumbia, four at Ralpa, Tusca loosa eounty, three at Sulligeat. Lamar county, one in Dallas eonnty. In Tennessee property damage waa reported at Newport, Lynnvilla ' aad ' Connersvill. In Memphis a torrential rain atom damaged roads and bridge to the extent of approximately $10,000. Daaug At Birmingham Ia Alabama tea ' persons war ' la. jured at Birmingham. Property daasage at that city wa estimated at $900,000. Other towns ia Alabama where property damage was reported included Waverljr anq upeiixa. Ia Mississippi considerable daasage ;;' was reported in Jsekson due to a roe- ord breaking rainfall and the towa ef Sum rail was flooded by the breaking of a mill dam. At Rome, Ga., property damage wa estimated at $225,000. The storm damags In South Caro lina, so far reported, waa confined to the wrecking of several buildings near Anderson. . No nceurate estimate of tha onmbe), injured ia Arkansas, where the storm apparently wrought the grentest havoc, was available tonight but indication, wera that the total would be a hand, red or more. . The storm was followed, by a de-, elded drop in the temperature ia Tan- - nessec, Arkansas, Mississippi, ana Alabama, and frost1 waa expected . la some aeetiona tonight. The cold wave, following th rsia aad wind, are ex-, ported to increase the suffering of these whose homes have beea acstroyeq- , Broke la Texaa. Tha storm apparently broke la Smith eounty, Texas, swept sections of taeod, Gregg, Jasewaa snd Bowie couatiee aad passed into Miller and Hempstead ' counties Arkansas, where the reported . dead list tonight hsd reached fifty. Bit of the aeven person killed in Texaa were crushed to deatl. when taut hone ' a the villsge of Avinger were wreck ed. .Another death waa : reported at : Atlanta,' Texas. .-'-''-;-;:'- - ... . ' . Crossing into Arkansas, ths stoma skirted the eity of Tsxsrkaua aad eat -a swathe half mils -wide through a leavily wooded section ef Milter aad Hempstead counties. ,. . Leaving Mississippi, tn storm swoop- "XCeatlaaed ea Tag Ten-) J- v. I
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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