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A . J . 01 Four pr. f -.j, r IWs days bclora , In erdsr to avoid nn-..i.-lofl copy. . . . ClttuSf Hull fair la la teriar Ftiusyi taiardty aaw settled, probably showers. , f f RALEIIGH, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 3. PRICE; .FIVE CLI tt J . SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. VOL. CX1IL N0 1 34. use mm ' hemes ii 5 Senator Ernst Sets Date For - Formal Investigation and -. Makes It Open To All ; HARD SLEDDING AHEAD ; " FOR TARHEEL TO WIN Seasoned Party Leaders Expect - Hia Kama to Bo Withdrawn V. But Harding Still Standing ' ; Tim; Xepublic&ni Afraid of ' Hegro : Isant; Virginia Tor Prohibition Director. '- The New and Observer Bureau, " 603 District National Bank Bid. Br KDWABD B. BUTTON ' ' (By Special Leased Wire) ' Washington Juno Th dy la court at Friak A. Iiaaqr ia elos 'at band. Hii nomination (or dietriet at torney of the eaaUra district of North Carolina, onea rejected by tha Bepubh- ' cant at tha tha Senate iudieiary com mittee, and saved for a hearing only at ' tha instance of Senator Lee 8. Overman, Democrat, of JJorthjCsrolinu. ia to be fought out before the sub-committee appointed for tha bearing oa Wednes day, June 8. And ia telling methie afternoon of tha time of tha hearing Senator Ernst, of Kentucky, ehairmsn of tha aub-eommittee eaid that: lea, I havs decided ea tha-date of the hearing by the aub-eommittee in tha Iinney matter. It will be on Wednes day, tha th ef June. And I am going to have ea open, hearing. Beportera will be told that they can attend. P.rtiee who want to be heard, either for or against Mr. Iinney. will be heard. It wee to be an open, hearing-. If the hearing ia held with open doors then there win be something doing ia tha way of lively etuffoo both sides of the issue. Negroe are demanding the official head of tha North Carolina Bepubliesu Btate eommittee. Hia baee a .v. v.;... tha Worth Csro- liaa Bepubliesu party are booeUaf his cause. , rresiaeni nanus , i nanirhartv nrav standing pat aw the nomination, despite the fact that pressure swing "'a- v . .k. aAminatian withdrawn. IU T - . Ti. iiaa to Ahem say. that tha administration proposes to put him ever . . .v- VaitA ana fif the Clooe ABO Ha ' . , . .i -.. f noli tical events la the . . kana tha ins and outa af peUtiea, a, man wha has pUyed a big pat a W-gama t-" todaft '-A' . ' '' ', " - 1 "Unney wiU t be eonfirmed. . Hia -siUMa..' ant beeaoM of Iinney, but because, of Biablkana wao xear ie a him or agsiast him. They to Tote en the4nntter. Their otea, they fear, will rise p to haunt . nest election. The ahorteot and asreat way they see is to get the Preaideat to 'withdraw the name. And they expect to gain, this point. They are oiraia oi m aay form, and want to aide track, the As I atlll continue to see tha matter . T.t.n.T will be old feet en tha part of President Hsr4- ing and Attorney uenerai aoi.j. And the Iinney -forces eey that there will be no eoia xeev B. A. rulwiler, of etauaton. Va, was today appointed by i;ommiaaioer s superrWng Federal prohibition ajent for the Southern Department, effec tive June JO, and Charles A. Pendleton, of Gate City, Va., aa federal prohibl .i it ... l. Ba of Tinriaia. lion ajrwHir i - -The Southern district is composed or the states of Vinrinin, North and South Carolina, Kentucky nno iea. .nnntatmeat onatins! B. K- JU1.1 , . . . ..J Vnf iha head , isramo, oi ;i..v-., quartera remain at Bichmond. The po- .. v M(n.Mr. aafl tha Sition camea a K-' " ' -- , men who are said to hare put through 1)0 rulwiler appointmens awa o.n.w. . . j v.tilrv. Cona-reasman ui.. f Virsrinia. aad A. Tobiaa Hert, Bepubliean Natioaal eommittee- Under the preaent assignment of th Jobs Virgiaia and Kerth Carolina get tha Vest pickings, butjrith the ne, deal it is understood Keatucky Is to . - i v. . u V i inal from Virginia and North Carolina. It is th s which ia said to nave won wo auii . x- . .-a Vatinnal Committee- nenuiur w u . tr.t ...1 with the support ( man. - - ... v Congressmsn Blemp said to nave cinch -a ii- - l.w vit. In the district there are 170 field . m .v:t.Sina mfiirecment and Pireaia u, 30 for eaforcemeat of anti-nareotie laws, the prohibition agenta udder the preeeiR reitima oeinn ii:.. ha f Viraiaia. 30 for Tenneo i.. it .arh for Kentucky aad South i - :.v. . . .Ma faffa nf 13 em uarouia " - ployeee. It .can be reekoned aa certain that Nona taroiuin wpuuiraw v.u:.- a ha hona that Keatuck UIUI ai aj vsa w - r - will be able to awiteh but few of ths jobs wanted by the "faithful" of the . Old North Btate. ' P,tn I.laa Ts Sale. v.. tima areat nressure hat ' been brought ta bear upon Secretary of Wsr Weeks by Baltimore steamship j. ... ia.Mattnua tha aovernment uwrei w . . - barge line which Senator Simmeas last year wasHnstremeatsr ra navmg -abolished between New Bern and Baltimore Tha ihatter ha a now retched n solution , which will probably prove to be -ery Secretary - Weeks advised 8eaator Simmons this fteraeon that the War Department sold this barge line today - to Messrs. jsaraweu ana vaasw ap-Tm il. n.B.1 aaA TrManArtation Cor ma ... . - : portaiton of Nw. York. It ia understood ' that the lanal ana .-rrsnsponawn .ot .atina k.T a-tvca the War Denart' . ment assuraacea that they will continue deraood that tbo barge line win prou- a. . lit. Kana ltaa aaj it la an- ably be citeaded to Philadelphia, mnk- i it 1 1 nnni nnnn w numiuuui ' (Csatlauod aa Paga TwaJ PRESIDEI1T SPEAKS TO NAVAL ACADEMY GRADUATING CtASS Presents Diplomas to Two Hun- . dred and Sixty Graduating u L ,:: Midshipmen DISTINGUISHED GUESTS PRESENT FOR EXERCISES Preaideat " A fain Expresaee Bop Nation Will ' Not - Be . Called to War; Secretary Denby nd Admiral : Scales Also Speaker! ; Only Living Japanese QradaKte , Attenda r ' Annapolis, Xfd'June 1. President Harding today presented diplomas to tha Naval Aeademy graduate here to day with prayer that the newly com missioned officer! never would be called Into battle, but with aa admealtloa that willingneas.to. fight and die for one's country always must remain one of the most potent safeguard to civilization. Speaking In Dahlgren Hall before the midshipmen aad thousand of their relative aad friends assembled for the grsdustioa exercises, the Presi dent solemnly reaffirmed his faith ia a Strang and fearless republic, but added that he wanted it always a republic "of high ideal. The most desired of tioaal attainment, he said, would be medium between the spirit of main' tained institution and the spirit of the crusader. With his sxression ef hope that the nation would not again be ealled to war, Mr. Harding coupled a promise that so long as he remained President no American would be called upon to fire a gun except in n causa ia harmony with tha American conscience end for which answer could be made to God. anda Oat Diploma. The President's abort address was de livered after he had handed each of ths 200 graduating midshipman his diploma aad had personally congratulated eaen an hia completion or tne acaaemy eourse. Previously Secretary Denby, af tha Navr Department, had made the lormal commencement address, suvising the graduates that their beat assets r-a officers would be the respect ans love ef their men and counselling them to be truly "officers and gentlemen" ami never "anobsy' .M.viV'v- ,.- ; -:: Similar advice waa given the gradti' ates by Bear Admiral A. H. Scale, u aerihtendent jf tha Aeademy. -ia a fare well talk recounting their successes and vraisin them a " or. we, rsi tiaAiaa ml aian aavwhar. He touched briefly en the trouble pi the last year at the Academy, adding that ''the diffi culties were net ours, but the saccesaes ara-oare' .. . .. . Aecompanied by Mr. Harding, the President motored here from Washing ton aad arived shortly before 11 a. m, the hour eet for the commencement ex ereises. "Ths regiment of midshipmen, drawn up ia line of battalions on tut parade grounds, stood at present arms as he passed before tnem wnus a on terv boomed the twenty-one gun rresi dentin! salute. Mr; and Mrs. Harding want first to the House of Admiral Scales,' near Dahlgren Hall, and after the ceremonies were the Admiral's luncheon guests before starting the re turn trip to Washington. DlsUaniaft Uaests. Among the distinguished guests who sat at the platform during the com meneement program was Admiral Uriu, of the Japanese , Navy, a member of the class ef 1881 and the only living Japaaeea graduate of the Aeademy, Formal notice or ms presence was taken by Secretary Denby, who, in be ginning hia address, cordially bid the admiral welcome to American shores enee more. Both Becretary Denby and Admiral Bealea also officially welcomed the "sweetheart of the graduating class'' smid much giggling and hand-clapping from the feminine contingent of the au dienee. Later President Harding carried the eunestioa forward into a eulog of the part women play in the greater affairs of the world. "The measure of highest achieve' ment ia the measure-of noblest man' hood," eaid the President, "and when I ssy that I mean also the noblest womanhood. Because, after all, nothing has ever been wrought ia this country, never a heroism worth preserving, never a striving for a high ideal, that was not somehow inspired by the love of mother or wife or sweetheart. I shsll not venture where the Admiral aad the Secretary have gone in dealing with that subject, but I wsra you of ons thing: Ton need not avoid the married state, but you will command less after yoa eater it than you did be fore." Cemmende Denby. The President also took occasion to evommend Secretary Denby and to drsw from his experience ss sn ob ject lcason for the young midihipmen. 1 was very much interested," he said, "when the Becretary made reier enee to his service as aa enlisted man aad aa officer in the Marine Corps and as sn enlisted ma sad aa officer in the Navy. That is why he is Becretary of the Navy. A man who ean get all the viewpoints is the man sited to lead, so I commend to you, young gentlemen in the pursuit of your careers today to tet all the viewpoints aad always bear ia tniad that he alway fights best who fight Jnatly." , , Commencement festivities st the' Na ral Aeademy were brought to a fitting climax teni'ght with Ihe "Farewell Aall" stives in honor ef the graduates by the class ef 1922. Dahlgren HaU aeene of the ball, was ablate with light and color. The guests were received by Mrs, A. H. Bealea.' wife ef the Superia Undent ef the Aeademy, assisted by Midshipmsa J. Beid Johnson, Jr., of South Carolina, chairman ef the ball committee. Etiglish-Sp&akitig oil i ij vbAiirm m Sir Auckland GetWea, Britiahj AmUmclr, , Epeikirii At . Centennial Celebration of Unlveraity of Virginia: Ufgcl . , : Leaderahip To Bring Nations To Era of World Peace j v - . r ' . ' ' ' , r ."tt Charlottesville,' ' Vs- Juno ' 8. The English-speaking people of the world ihOuld h "banded together in leader ship, of all the nations, to tha era. of world ptaee and, a a nrst etep to ta era ia which the war, which even now we can recogais a futile and nn heeessary, are done .with forever Sir Auckland .Geddea, the . British ambas ssdos, said in an address here today at centennial exereise . of, the Uaiversity of 'Virginias "The continuance indefinitely . into the future of peace between our people is so obvious a necessity oK our nation al lives Sir Auckland eaid, "that I da not dream of the contingency of its rapture. What I am concerned with is something that seem to mi tar greater and far aobler." - j- ' .. Jjepreeatea war. DeDreeating war as s tapper of the physical vigor nations and denying that "peace will rot the vitals of a nation,'' the ambassador expressed the belief "that now ia the time for the English-speaking , peoples with their greet and peculiar advantages, to re solve that never again will they permit this fair world, to b devastated by un necessary war if by standing firmly to geher they ean prevent it.' "what is to hinder their co-operation to this great end"! he ssked. "Nothing (hat I know of bat ignorance of eaeh other's ideals and aspiration and the uspieion that is the child , of ignor ance." . ' Horrera af war 'One again the , world ha passed through the furnace of wsr,' the am bassador continued. "One again the horrors ef the battlefield, made more horrible by science, ha bitten deep STATE BORROWS TMLLIOHS Sells Six Per Cent Notes to American Trust Company of Charlotte With a loan of 2,000.000 secured through the American Trust Company, of Charlotte, headed by Word H. Wood, former member of the State Highway commission, ine unaiuing oc iub mw a new nroaraiu.of highway construction tnd institutional ; improvement ha be- Turning wmae rrom proposal oi m syndicate of State Bankers headed by Thomas E. Cooper, or ui Aiercaania Natlnnal Bank, of Baleiah. to JoaB the State. 110,000,000,' it was the sense ef the'Couaeil M State that thr policy' of borrowing money aa short term note t the money ts needed, should be con tinued, pending the sal Of beads au thorised by the last session ef the General Assembly. . . The loan ef $2,000,000 at six per cent, with three per cent interest to tho State on daily balances, from the American Trust Company, waa . announced' by Governor Cameron Morrison yesterday. State Treasurer Lacy doesn't anticipate that tha balance will be heavy. i sWe ean use a million aad a half of this amount almost immediately, he declared. Co-incident with the Governor an nouncement came telegram to Baleigh stating that 3,000,000 North Carolina six per cent note wer on the market in Hew xork at a price w yieio six ana a half per cent. , . The first telegrams to arrive denomi nated the notes as "six and a half per eent notes." Governor Morrison and State Treasurer 'Lacy whose attention waa called to the matter, insisted that they were paying only six per cent for the money, and later telegrams eerreeted the imnressioa or Baleigh brokers. Prior to the announcement yesterday, the $2,000,000 note were advertised in "The New York Times" which resehed Bslcigh last night, by The National City Company, at n price, to yield 6 1-2 per cent. TEAGLE ELIMINATED AS : SHIPPING BOARD HEAD Washington June tv Walter C. Tan gle, president ef tha Standard Oil Com pany, of New Jersey, today eliminated himself from those under consideration by President Harding for chairman of the Shipping Board. Having learned that his name bad been pieced before the President ss a possibility for tho position, Mr. Teigle came to Washing ton nnd informed Mr. Harding he re gretted that etreumstanees made it im Dossibls at this time for him to eon- sider severance of hi connection with the Standard Oil Company. The development promised to delay again the submission of nominations for membership en the board to the Sen ate. The President had hoped to eloee the whole matter this week, but it was indicated after the interview with Mr. Teagle that there would be another delay. ' Mr. Teagle is the seeond prominent business man who ia understood to have read himself out of the President's list of available men for the board chair manship. The other is James A. Far roll, president of the United States 8teel Corporation, who, it is believed, waa seriously under consideration for the appointment but whose friends nave in dictated that he would not accept it. : Filling Many Needs "No mill ean grind again with the -water that la paaaaA" that's why tho mill of the .great world of bual 'nas turn anew each day to the Want Ad columns. . In the Want Ade each edition brings new power, new interests, freah energy, added opportunities now Impatua flowing Into the chan nels of business. - -The Want Ada are In many In stances tha means of adding new life to tha dynamo and activity they regulate tha supply and de mand and point out how to All the greatest need quickly and at email expanse. . . , into tha miadt of the nation. . Once gain for a time they yearn for peace but as ever, the human mind is forget ful of horror. Already the memories of the beast lions of war grow dim aad ths recollections of the fellowship, the courage, the glories of ths human spirit rising triumphant above the terrors of the body, grow-bright and brighter. Our minds are straying back to the old circular path that lead man to speak of ths horror ef wsr .and then of its glory and just before they again know it horror, of its desirability. "1 abate jot or tittle of what I have said ia the past, but abating no thing I think it is ae derogation to peak of hs gross., folly of war and to beg of this great university that It will see that its son' aad daughters, ere they go forth to their appointed place ia the higher or the subordinate leader ship of their nation, know clearly what is the cost of war." Sir Auckland declared Iwar between England and America was impossible. Dr. Caelidg B peaks , ' Dr. Archibald Csry Coolidfe, of Har yard University, a lineal descendant of Thomas Jefferson, the founder f the University , ef Virginia, assured his hearer that if Jefferson had been alive when the World War broke out, he would have spproved the aeading of troops to France to lay dowa their lives for America. Ths third day ef the Centennial end' ed tonight with a dinner in the historic rotunda, ones swept by fire and ones saved from destruction during the Civil War by a Northern generni. ! The delegates today visited Jeffer son's horn and burial plac at Monti cello. CAVEAT FILED TO University of North Carolina Seeks to Secure Halt Mil lion Dollar Estate Winston-Salem, June 8. Ia a caveat filed today by counsel for : the Uni versity ef North Carolina Forsyth Superior court ia asked to declare null and void the alleged will of John Neat, who died in Nebraska last year which disposes of sn estate valued at $(50,000. Ii is affidavit Joseph Cheshire, of Baleigh, allege on information aad belief Cket-Moha Heal diea intestate; that ha was aa illegitimate child; that hia mother is deadt that he was never married, and has ae children,- Mr. Cheshire thews to court that under eon'- stitutlon of North .Carolina all assets ef estats ef said decedent should ac crue ts and become vested in University sf North Carolina. ' Citations hav been issued to bene fieiarie of the will to appear at next term of Forsyth court ia September to see proceedings la esse and msks them selves parties to issue, if they think proper. The caveat asas tnst a jury pass upon the issue, "la the isid paper writing or any part thereof, aad if so what part, the last will and testament of ihe aaid John Neal or nott The University contends that if ever executed which is denied, it was not in existence at time of death, but had been destroyed previous to death with intent to revoke earn and was thereby revoked and all proceedings attempted under it should be declare null nnd vol. ' NO VERDICT RENDERED IN CUMBERLAND TRIAL Five Members of Law and Or der League On Trial For Aa aault on McOaaldll Fayettevllle, June Z. The case sgsinst five member of the Gray's Creek Law snd Order League for as sault on Earl MeCaskill with intent to kill was given the jury at 6:30 this af teraoon after a day consumed by heat ed argument by counsel. No verdict had been returned late tonight . Judge" Daniel charged the jury that if they found that the defendant be ing duly summoned by deputy sheriff, hsd due cause to believe that Aieuae klll had committed a felony, the could find the defendants were within their rights in arresting him, but to F. L. Holeombe and Arthur Sherrill they would have to go further and find thnt they did not use unnecessary force, be fore finding them not guilty. As to the fifth defendant, Cslvin Mae Neill, MeCaskill had declared en the stand that he hsd nothing sgsinst Mae NeiU and the Judge instructed the jury thst 'they "might consider thst.", . Seven speeches were made to the inrv. two being delivered yesterday, The ease hss been an unususlly hard foustit one and hss attracted more interest thsn any aetioa tried ia this county recently. , WANT POSSES TO HUNT FOR TWO MURDERERS Knoxville, Tenn., June 2. Attorney A..ml Ttntrram. af Huntcrsvills. haa requestod ths authorities at Nashville to authorise the sheriffs of Anderson, Bonn and Seott counties to summon a posse of 23 men each to hunt for the two ntea still si large, wno ura cnargeo :tk biiiiaa nnraa lamia aad aeriona- ly wouading Arthur Crumley, near Clinton the night of usy . Chief of Police Boberts, or Hstrimaa, tonight reeslved information thst Tom Christmas aad Harry Wilson, the tw men sought, hsd been seen si iear aiaat. a rW station en tha Southern Railway sight miles out of Harriman, ea the road to jluoivuic.' ,, 4 nlaf Knharte immediately ttaraalxad a posse sad started for the scene in automobile. ,. JOHN NEAL'S WILL cpniimv Aim fILUUUIII I MHU CITY OFFICERS FOR 0 UTBREAK AT TULSA Nine .White Persons,- Twenty- One Negroes Known to M; Have Been Killed , ; , BEGIN INVESTIGATION " v OF DISASTROUS CLASH - " I t j. 11 11 1 1 .1 1 t ' Special Grand ' Jury Called to Open Iavegtittion; -Trouble Incited By "Impudent Xegrb, a Hyiterical Girl and a Yel low Journal Reporter','; Of ficials Are Condemned- . . Tulsa,' Okla, Juae 2. District Judge Vsljeaa Biddisoa called a special grand jury today as tho first step la aa in veetigaiioa of ths Tslsa race riot, which, breaking out Tuesday night and extending' well into Wednesday, result ed ia asany casual ties aad aaueh prop erty damage. Ths grsad jury, calling ef which followed the receipt by Judge Biddisoa ef a letter from Governor J, B. A. Robertson, will convene June 8. In hia letter asking .that aa- investign tion bo started, the Governor also asked thst the conduct of the police depart ment and the sheriffs office, which ho condemned, be inveetigated. According to the latest authentic re ports, nine white person nnd twenty- one negroes are kaowa to have been killed during tho race clash. Aa esti mate place property damage st (l,- 500,000. All this, according to General C. F. Barrett, commanding the Btate troop called here to maintain martial law, was incited by "an impudent ne gro, a hysterical girl and a yeiiow jour nal reported. OsUlals CeademnesT. Benreeentativo citizens of Tulsa met todsy aad condemned tho eity and county law eaforcemeat officials, bold ing them responsible for tne disastrous outbreak. In addressing this meeting. Genera Barrett eaid that while he waa orderinig tho withdrawal of the is a tional Guard from Tulsa, there was no intention to remove tho anartial law edict until such time ss It was shown ths eity eonld euro for itself. A eommittee. on which Mayor T. D, Bvana was denied a plaee, was appoint ed to ears for tho helpless negroes, esti mated to number more than 3,000, aad to expedite the work of rebuilding the burned negro quarter. ' wait criminal . ."Mast of this damage was deae by white erimtasls who should havs boom shot and killed." E. J. Martin, format mayor, said after be was selected chair man of tho emergency commutes. HAs the final outcome wo must re build these homes, see thnt these ne groes get their Insurance, aad get their elsims against tho eity and, eounty," tho chsirman aaid. A final cheek of the morguei today definitely established the number of white dead at nine.- Among these, most of whom were residents of this city, is Erneet Austin. 39 years old, form erly of Houghton, N. Y- im which eity sn aunt. Mrs. Carry WOrdea, lives; Walter Daggs, manager of the Tierce Oil Corporation of Tulsa, wu also numbered among the dead.' Identify Negro Dead - Five of the negro dead have been identified. Among them ie Dr. A. U, Jackson, shot to death while ruaainig from his burning horns. He wss one of Tulsas prominent negro physicians sad surgeons. . Many negroes left Tulsa today. The Red Cross offered to provide transpor tation for any destitute who wanted to leave, although no effort waa made to have the negroes leave. Bain today added to the diifficulties of the homeless negroes. Linemen were busy in the mile square devastated area today restoring power aad communica tion wires. The downtown eeetion to night will be patrolled by the regular police force, according to General Bar rett, and troops which are stationed out ia the country. To Bcbnlld Bonseeu A eubseription of oOO,0OO will bs asked, the eommittee announced to night, aad tha houses owned by the negroea will bo reeoastrueted. oe al terant will be made to rebuild the business buildings, msny of which were owned by white persons - or houses which were rented, members ssid. The committee, slso voted to employ immediately as extra policemen fifty members of tbo American Legion. A sum for their pay for thirty days was appropriated after which efforts will be made to continue their, employment with eity fund. Thirteen bodies ef negroes were buried ia the city cemetery here to day. The set waa without ceremony,, it being ssid thst feeling might flare up if the burial were attended with any ostentation. Tho bodies were interred in plain wooden boxes. Tslsa Again Normal. Tulsa tonight had regained its normal appearance, the regular policemen patrolling the downtown district, and the martial law declared yesterday relaxed sufficiently to permit business houses snd theatre to operate aa usual. About SS0 .National Guardsmea were returned to their home stations tonight, leaving approximately 300 men in con trol of the area. Several thousand negroea todsy were released from supervision of the mili tary, givea badges inscribed "police protection,' aad scat about their ac customed duties. .Whereabout of Dick Bowland, 19 year old aegro boot-black, over whose safety white men sad negroes elsshsd initially, still was withheld. The aegro was spirited away during the rioting. There ia a police charge of assault against him in connection with alleged attention, to a young whit woman elevator operator here. . Thirteen white men arrested by the military this afternooa were released after General Barrett 'examined them aad concluded that they had not been looting aegro homes. DIAM ULMI GEPjJERAL OF COTTON MILLS - x - PROMINENT FIGURE IN ' BUSINESS LIFE DIES K. (. SOGERTOX. n AT Well . Known Business Man Passes Away After Brief .Illness Following aa illness of little more than a week, N. E. Edgerton on of tk best known business men in this part ef the State, died shortly before midnight Thursday at Mtry Elisabeth Hospital. Monday, a week, ago, Mr. Edgerton beeame.il, aad his condition waa re garded aa serious from the first. . Bich mond specialist were celled hers for consultation with Dr. Barold ulaescoei his physician this weak but an affected heart struggled for a few days and last night gavs way. The story of Mr. Edgerton' life 1 story of ths business .'access of a man who found time and had tho energy and interest to participate iu nil thou activities that build, aad bless a eem- munity,:;c.(,; tVi'''.'' ' "v' Among hi varied htislness eonaee tion ia Baleigh: Mr. JSda-erton we a member' of tho board of directors ef the North Carolina Home Insurance Company, the Citixen' National Bank, nnd until - receirtly president of the Baleigh Cotton Mill. During the ad ministration of Governor Craig, he was a member of the State Prisoa Board. Fifty-three years ag), he waa born in Lowell, Beulah township, Johnston eounty, the son of Cabrlel Edgerton. Thirty-odd years .ago, le was agent for the Seaboard Air Line and rJonthern railways' at Bel ma. Liter, he engaged in business for himself in Selma, saw the future of cotton warrfacturlng and in a few year bad made for himself a substantial plac in the industry in North Carolina. Four years ago h moved to Bsltigb, selling hie holdings in Solmn cotton mills, and taking up his residence on ,Hillsboro street. Many business con nections in Baleigh uscvpicd his atten tion, but just as in his native eounty, he found occasion lostske an active part ia church and -ivie life, , He was a Methodiat acd a member of Kdenton Street Methodist church. Hs is survived by u. widow and one son, Edwsrd Kdgerto'i; snd by four brothers, John Edgerton,. president ' of the American Manufacturers Associa tion, of Lebanon, Tenue'iee, Henry snd Jsrvis Edgerton, of Kenly, nnd W. A. Edgerton of Wilson; uhi s sister, Miss Bons Edgerton, of W.laon. Mr. Edgerton was married in 1406 to Miss Alma Wynne, of Baleigh. METHODISTS RAISE 15 MILLIONS IN 4 DAYS . Nashville, Tenn, June 2. More then $16,000,000 has been raised ia the lsst four days, according to estimat.es an nounced today by .officials of the Chris tiaa Education Movement of the Meth odist Episcopal Chsrch, South. Of this smount $8,500,000 hss been officially reported by twenty-eight of the thirty annual conferences of- tho church. Approximately 1.1,000,000 is in the form of lsge gifts obtained before the opening of the campaign. The ob jective ie 933,000,000. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW DIES WHILE ATTENDING THE FUNERAL OF N. A. BLUE. Aberdeen, Jene t. As prepare tioaa war being mads ta hold the faaeraf af N. A. Blue, who wss hilled by n Seaboard passenger trsla hare yestardaj-, Mrs. Herbert - A. Bine, a daaghterJn-law of tho de ceased, wha had come ia attend the services, dropped ta ths floor ssd died almost Instantly. Dr. Bias, s relative ef ths family, who waa also present ta attend the fsaeral, pro noanred deeth as being dae to heart fallare. Oa aceoant af the death. It was necessary to have the funeral of Mr. Bias at ths cemetery lastead of at the residence aa originally planned. Mrs. Blae is survived , by her husband and fear email children.. Miss Margaret Blae, a daaghter f tha deceased. Is reported ts be Is s serioas condition from the shock of the oadden death of her father. Mr. 'Blae, wha was Tt years old, hsd been s resident of Aberdeen ell his life snd wss sf tho best known snen In - Moore . end Hoke eosntlsew ' ! A I y L EDGERTON DIES HOSPTAL HERE CLOSING Employers Expect to Let Plants Remain idle and Will Em- ploy No strike Breakers GASTONIA MILLS NOT : AFFECTED BY STRIKE OF TEXTILE EMPLOYES . Eight Thousand Out in Char- ' lotto and Concord, Accord; ing to Estimates; Manufao. turers Consider Strike) a "Blessing In Disguise"; Cut of Nearly forty Per Gent in -Wages Declared to Be Keces. aary; No Disturbances He. ; ported r;' Charlotte, June t-Only three textile ' mills were operating in Charlotte to day. They were the Fidelity mill, em ploying between 75 and 100 men; the Atherton mill, employing about 100 tho Bobinson Spinning Co employing only SS or 40, sad the Savons towel ; mill, a part of whoso employee walked out Wedaesdsy. Ninety per eent el tho employees were reported still nt . work there. About 8,000 employes In ' this immediate section have walked out. Cottoa aillla ia Charlotte aad - Cos- eord affected by ths strike aad - ths number of employes are! sjhadwkk-Beeklns chain. Char. lotto, see Blghlaad Park. 1 aad 1, Char. lotto T99 Cannon mills, KsnnnpoUs ....x,5M Cabarrss milts, KaaaapoUs.M. 1,990 ' Hartahell mill, Concord. S99 , , Brown snd Norostto mill. Con. 1 , eord 4S9 ' Franklin saill, Coneord.M.,.v ITS . Ca harms mill, Cfcacord 309 ' Cannon mill. Concord .,.!. SS9 Gibson mill, Concord ,VTsf.,s 4S9 H . Brancard, Concord j M Locks snd Buffalo, CoBord...t 990 Total r....i...f.... va.MTI ; No Strikebreakers. , There will bo no eployment of strike' , breaker and no move snnde to operate -tho textile mill of Charlotte aad viola. Ity where workers walked out Wodaos day in connection with the call from ' tho National Assoeiatioa of Textiie Worker as a protest against wage re- dUWPtUUS. -.i, .--.' i.'?.-. BUtcmenta to thla effect were aaad today by mill owner. Tho attitude- sf tho mill owners will bo that of waiting indefinitely before taking- amy steps to , resume operations, it Is stated, 1 Moat of tho rail) havs beta running aa aa aecommodatloa to their employee aad la tome eases at aa actual loss, ths owner clsim. Tho mills have- been operating to give their employee work V nnd to hold organisation together, it U declared. ' u, ( - ; , A feature ef the ituaUoa ! that la Oaaton eounty, the largest textile mill i center ef the South, there hs boon an wslkout, although ths wage eut there has boon more extensive than in this county. The organisation, of textile workers hss not proceeded there to the same degree ss here. Exteasive Cut la Wages. The wage ia th Highland Park mill here, all of whose employe have walked out at North Charlotte, Bock Hill and at Huntersville, are still 120 per cent higher thsn the normal of 1016, aceording to aa official of thst company . There has been a eut of only SS 1-2, per eent there since - the ascending prices of ths boom period havs begun to descend, it was said. The Chadwiek-Hoakins system of mills slso has been paying from 75 to W per eont higher wages than ia IBIS and has reduced wsgee only is a relative ' way, the owners explain. Tabulations Thursday showed Meck lenburg eounty to have eut something lesa than 2,500 workers. At tho Savons mill some of the worker ar ssid to have been Intimidated to a degree, but thnt this action was stopped. At all the other sections, the mills were closed, the workers staying quietly st home. Consider It n Blessing '. '. Mill owners have taken the attitude that the etrike is a - blessing ia ' dis-i guise. It is manifest that tbsre is no great upset in plant among the owners.. While they could run on fomethtnig' like en even basis, they would not. worry with all mill dosed dowa with their warehouses well stocked. Na tural competition made it advisable to keep running as long as other mills ia' the seetion were open, but the closing; of sll the mills put the plants ea ths' - same plsne 'snd could not "do sny great' harm. - ' All of the mills of Charwick-Hoskins system and of the Highland Park eys- tern here have joined ia the wslk eut it was learned. This Includes the Anchor mill of the Highland Park system at Huntersville and a mill ef tha Char -wick-Hoskins system at Pineville. Cat Of Forty Per Cent From the headquarters of the Ameri can Cotton Association, which are lo- ' rated here, the following statement was - made today in response to a request for : a comparison as to wages paid ia 1914, ;. in lum and now: "Generally speaking the average 1014 ' wage waa nine to ten dollars per week. -maximum increase brought thst up to -$35 or (20 a week. Average rate to- ' . day 91ft- a. week. "In, addition to each of abov I prae- ; tieally free house rent which should be valued at three to four dollars a week additional, according to circumstance. Increase in Souther wages greater than Inereasa in Northera mill wages aad Northern mills hav no house for rent. Their operative hav to pay four -to : five dollars a week house rent - - . "Couatias everything Southern opera- " tivee with sa average wage reduction of ' 40 per. eent are better off than North ern operativee with a reduetios of only , 22Vs P" cent. - As a rule Bouthera eot- (Ceatiaeed, aa Pago Two.) .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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