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News the i L1ut;it VertB, Carolina rrlly tjlotiiy Banday lad Monday J HU.e change la temperaUr. 1 ie tVATCUUtLL o your paper. Sand renewal five day btfora expiration In ordsr to Avoid mining atngle copy. . - rrt wm vtrt in nrrMTV nrtrr DArre taiiav dai nru M r1 crtMriAV Arh Kitton ii twr oat inn TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY : PRICEs SEVEN CENTS V KJLt. WVIH.-- i'tvy." 1 I . . wuii-i-uunr muw iwuni,' ivr-ut-ivji i, m. uwniru mviumiv), juic, u, I7i, iirfinrtrnTiniii llhMHV mm 0 Given What They Went After In Senate Hearing, One of Them Declares LINNEY SURRENDERED TO THEM IN STATEMENT Pledge To Enforce Literacy Teit As Qualification For Voting Will Debar Many White Republicans In North Caroliaai-May Have To Do Some Tall Explaining There The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg., By EDWARD K. BR1TTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, June 25. That the ne groes who umi to Washington to op pose the confirmation of Frank A. Linney aa district attorney were pleased at the outcome of the hearing, even though they concede that Linney will be confirmed and have practically with drawn their protest, was evident last night after they had gotten together j and deliberated over the statements of Mr? Linney to the aub committee. ' ''We have secured what we really nine t:iT." v:'d one of thorn, "for it was t'.i dr. !. r:-:'-oii of State Chair man Linney, us tin' head of the Re publican party in North Carolina that we are iigimng. n u naa siooa as it was written, then there was nothing else for the negroes to do but to fight it. Mr. Linney having made the le:tr statement that as district attorney he would sea to it that we were protected in our political rights, that he would prosecute any registrar or poll holder who refused to register the qualified person, black or white, or refused to allow him to vote, we got what we were after. His interpretation was a back down from what waa clearly un derstood when we read his letter to the women of North Carolina." Sarrenders To Negroes. . Parties hero who have kept in touch with the Attitude of Linncy said today that Linncy had taken the back track." It was an abject and complete sur render to the negroes," said one man and the others in the party agreed with him. "Be played up to the negroes la h talk, to the committee. He boasted that hia father while in Con gress about 1890 bad introduced a bill for the enforcement ef the four teenth and fifteenth amendments to the Constitution, which was in effect the Lodge . force biO, and he likewise boasted that he had fought the eon atitutioaal amsndment in North Caro lina by which the illiterates would be prevented from voting, that he had spoken and voted against it." And smother party to whom the ne groes had talked said they were re joicing over the statement that Mr. Linney had made in eiplaining his let ter. One of them saying: ''It was a bitter dose for Linney, but he had to take it. He backed down and we got all we wanted." And their atti tude waa that they felt that they had won out, and that they could have se cured nothng more, unless it was the naming of a negro for district attor ney. When the negroes talked with me they said that with Mr. Linney declar ing that ha would see that if qualified they should vote or he would prosecute ejection officials who refused them they eoold have asked nothing bet ter. A Two-Edged Sword. But it is a two-edged sword which Mr. Linney is handling, and he will have to do some tall explaining to white Republicans, especially those of Western North Carolina, because of hia statement aa to his position on voting. He declared that he would prosecute -any election official who failed to per mit qualified persona to vote without regard to race or color. He pledged to enforce the law against registrars and poll holders who violated the election laws, ft- us just as much a violation to register and permit an il literate person to vote aa to refuse a qualified person, and nnder Mr. Lin ney's pledge to the committee, he wlil have to call upon the election offi cials to keep illiterate white men f ron voting just as he has pledged to see to it that the qualified negro is al lowed to vote. In Western North Car olina, there are many illiterate white Bpublican voter and nnder the Lin Bey threat of prosecution the regis trars will hold that these most not be allowed to register. It ia well understood that ia the last election the Linney position and thit ef Pr. Ike Campbell, who is ebntestin- we election oi congressman JJougbton, waa to let white persons, men and women, register and vote, without any worry about the literary teat, but with Mr. Linney declaring for prosecution t poll holders and registrars, these will doubtless take heed and there will be severer test for white voter. In thi eaae tie Republicans will get the worst f tttiinf, and white Republicans will offer becaase of the declarations ef Chairman .Linney and Dr. Ike Camp bell. The Linncy program will debar .:& vUf many whiu Bepablieeae 41 western north Carolina n well as ia , ether part ef the State. "What ia the of publishing a newspaper for a pertya Urge part of which cannot readf ia the reported saying of aa eminent Betmbllea some tears am. this at tmm lima mrmmm Ikan mrm t-lk t a Republican' daily being started ia ' Raleigh.. : r Desaeerata May Oppose Llaaey And there may be a aaag la Mr. Un ary reed' to aoaJraatioa which his declaration ana have placed there. TJp to this time the Democrat ef the Sea ate have been rather pleased with the liaaey aeelaraiiea that the Republican part proposed to keep the negro out ef politics, aad the outlook was that (Coa tinned ea Tag Fear.) THEY HAVE SCORED VICTORY IN FIGHT Tragic Triangle of Even ts In Sampson Stirs Up People Habeas Corpus Proceedings Started To Secure Release of Mrs. Cora Jernigan, Who Is In Jail On Charge of Killing Quinnerly Seawell; Fourteen Year-Old Daughter . of Woman Involved In Tragedy By O. J. PETERSON. Clinton, June 25. In a -quiet refuge in the eity of Richmond may be aeen a little fourteen-year-old girl nuraing a tiny babe, her own ; sweltering in tho Sampson eounty jail is a woman, seri ous, stricken, but gentle and utterly self -possessed, the girl's mother; dead from a gunshot wound at close quit ters and buried near the gently gliding waters of the Black, or South River Is Quinnerly Seawell, an elderly armer and widower; twenty odd miles from Clinton, equally remote from Fayette- ville, the rustic community of Gra ham's Bridge has been seething with excitement since the tragedy on June 8, which sent Seawell to his grave and Mrs. Cora-Jernigtn to jail. There is to be a show down. Judgo C. C. Lyon has signed a writ of habeas corpus, returnable Mondny June 7. The woman attorneys, Fowler Grump ier, Butler and Herring are seeking bail for their client. It ia expected that Mrs. Jernigan will herself go upon the stand and tell the story that her attorneys hope will not only induce the eourt to admit her to bail but will ultimately make her a free but broken hearted .woman. From Honorable Family. The name Jernigan is an honorable name in Eastern North Carolina. It is unlikely there has ever been a white person of that name in the Sampson county jail II Mrs. Cora Jernigan, was thrust into the wretched hole on the night of June 8, on the charge of wilfully murdering Quinnerly Seawell, a well to-do and respectable farmer of about sixty years who lived just on the Sampsun sido of South river, or as the people of the upper stretches of this longest tributary of the Black river call it Black river. AH who have seen and talked with the woman have bee impressed F Grand Jury Finds Recent Race Trouble Caused By Armed Negroes Tulsa, Okla, Jnne 25. Grand jury in resUgatioa. of the recent race riot here led today to the feturn of indictments against seven civilians, five of the eity police, including Chief John, ,Guste.f- seo. Previously, about ninety Indict ments had been retarncd. Attorney General Freeling, who con ducted the inquiry,- told the court he could not fully concur in the jury's, findings, believing that accusations ahould have been made against other officials and alleged rioters. Chief Gustafsen, and the four policemen are charged with conspiracy to dispose of stolen automobiles, aad the Chief in ad dition is charged with failure to en force the prohibition law, failure to suppress vice and failure to enforce the law against the carrying of fire arms. On request of the grand jury and at torney general, District Judge Valjean fiiddifon, to whom the Teport was made, immediately ordered the sus pension of Chief Gustafsen from office. Judge Biddlson announced that all the accused- -policemen stood sinipended pending trial. The final report of the grand jury was brief. It found that the race trouble resulted , from armed see roes. marching np town to defend Dick Row land, negro, from lynching; that no attempt had been made or waa being made to lynch Rowland, and the erowd of whites asembled about the court house was largely a peaceful, one that, the armed negroes were responsible for the riot; that the whites who assembl ed at the court house and took part in the fighting there later were not to blame. Thry further found there were under lying causes for riot, notably the spreading of racial equality doctrine among the negroes for some time, by members of their own race and the storing of arms by them in a negro church and other places; that the ma jority of the negroea were not impli cated and were ignsrat of the true facta. It found that the police had not properly enforced the law, either in the white or negro sections; refused to place any blame on Sheriff William Mc Cnllongh for the riot, "deplored" re ports of the riot which , had gone oat through the newspapers, called on the citizenship to demand law enforcement and competent officers. The seven civil ian idictments were against alleged rioters aad looter in connection with the rcee trouble. ' E -- Jury' In Federal Court Out Onl Fifteen Minutes In Con- -sideling Case SU Byriaa merchants aa trial ia Fed eral eomrt aa the charge ef eoneplraey to defraad were acquitted yesterday af ter tta jury bad been oat ealy if tee a m inn tea. The merchants, among the fifty -three aader indictment, were Neil Jeeeph, Elli Kaaaar, George Farfoar, John Farfoar, aad Chlchry Hates. Immediately after the conclusion' of this ease, the court started late the trial ef George Shahia, aad 'V. 1. Ahead, charged with Being the mails to defraad aad obtaining good aader galea re- aei TULSA I SIX SYRIANS AR GIVEN ACQUITTAL with her seemingly good sense, quiet and lady like demeanor, and self pos session. She has neither gabbed nor be wailed her fate. She has not acknowl edged the shooting of Seawell, nor has she been heard to deny it. She has simply maintained a non committal attitude as to the alleged crime, directed but apparently unnecessarily, by her oounsel not to talk. However, she talks freely and easily upon other matters to visitors and tafes her lot with unusual equanimity. Though Mrs. Jernigan has not talk ed for publication, a well defined story of the events leading up to the death of Seawell has spread abroad, and is accepted as authentic so far as its acceptance as truth by the woman her self is concerned. Nothing has ever ben said for Seawell. He may have been innocent or be may have been as guilt as the wretched woman believed him. But she absolutely believed him tailty, and upon that assumption apparently acted with deliberation and unflinching purpose. Story The Girl Told. The daughter, a fourteen-year-old girl is a mother. She had Been sent earlier to I lying" in hospital in Rich mond. Apparently she had never re vealed the name of the father of her expected child before leaving home. When the dire day was imminent she wrote a letter to her mother telling her that Seawell was her debaueher and according to hearsay, going into de tails o' his treachery and baseness. The letter was received by the moth t on tho afternoon of Juno 7. She brooded over it all night. The next day, Jnne 8, when her husband and children had gone to the fields to work, she took her husband's shotgun, went to the field where Seawell was ploughing (Continued on Page Four) MILLION DOLLARS TO EXPORT COti War Finance Corporation Also To Advance Money To Fi nance Tobacco Exports The News and Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWARD "E. BRITTON (By Special Leased Wire) Washington, June 86. The War Finance Corporation announce that tt has agreed to make tho following ad vances: (1,000,000 to finance the ex port of cotton under contract to be ex ported at a later date to England, Ger many, tspain, f ranco, Japan, Belgium, Italy and China; (1,440,000 to finance the export of American built freight cars to China; l,o00,0CD to eiport American tobacco to China. It also announces that the Southern Railway lea, repaid to the War Finance Corporation $5,000,000 on account of the advance of 17,400,000 made to the Southern Railway in 1919. Still On the Warpath. While Senator Lodge finally recon- aidcred hia opposition to a selection of Secretary Hoover, for a Massachusetts job, Dr. Willis, of Ohio, is still m the warpath against the man named in Ohio by the President's friend, Walter F. Brown, for. a Federal job. in Ohio, and with hia war paint in flashing colors Senator Capper, of Kansas, aided by Senator Curtis of the snme Nluie, is hot on the trail of Major K. G, I'erk. seek ing to have his scalp, and keep him lrom being promoted to the position of lieutenant colonel, to which position he has been nominated by the Presi dent. Yesterday the two Kansas Senators called at the War Department and asked the withdrawal of the nomination if the charges that Major Feck had dis paraged the Kansas National Guard should be proven. Senator Capper has also nrged the President to withdraw the name, and is holding up confirms tion by the Senate. Ibt rostomce JJepartment announces that it has requested the Civil Service commission to hold an examination of applicants for appointment as post master at Lillington, Roseboro and Vfllkesboro. The l'ostoffice Department also announces that the location of the PostofSce at Crutchfield has been changed 1200 feet,, South. Congressman Lyon has appointed to the Nava Academy, J. H. J add, of Fayettevllle, and Marvin Coleridge Parr, of Hop Mills. The War Department announces the reappointment of ' Maxwell Mlehaux Corpenning, of Marion,. . as a second lieutenant. Congressman ef the seventh district has arranged with the Postoffic Do partment for the extension of Rural Route No. 1 from New Castle, Wilkes eouaty, a little over a half mile to ac commodate 19 families, and for the ex teaaioa of Rural Route from Hampton ville, Tadkia eouhty, for nearly two lire as requested by C. W. Goneh and and a nomber of other. The extension become effective July 1. L., Republican SlaU Chairman linaey and a number of the members of the delegatloa of ihite Republicans who came to Washington to back him np against the protest of he aegroee left tonight for their home. Bon of them who had expected to apeak' ia Mr. Linaey'a behalf had to carry back to ta State their aanttered eloqneace. Aaioag the N6rta Carolina visitors reaching Taehingtoa today were 2. C jir n nt.. . a.k.-nu. - vw.v . aumiM. h 4irsm, VI a.uc.UJ, W. A. Laeaa.'.af Wilaoa, aad & T, Tongue, Goldsboro, U Killed la Aecldeat till, France, Juae W.-The UUe- Paria expires train waa derailed this afteraooa near Albert and z3 persons r reported to have bcea killed aad 43 injured. - RE-ELECT GOMPERS FOR ANOTHER YEAR BY BIG MAJORITY President of American Federa tion of Labor Wins By Over whelming Majority AGAIN PLEDGES HIS -DEVOTION TO LABOR Veteran Labdr " Leader Moved To Tears As He Ia Returned To Office For Fortieth Time ; Election Attended By Dem onstrationi; Lewis Has No Apologies To Make Donver, June 25. President Samuel Gompers and hi entire administration was returned to office for another year by the annual convention of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, after over whelmingly defeating opposition for the presidency, and one of the vice presi dencies. Daniel J. Tobin, of Indianapolis, was re elected treasurer and Frank Morrison, of Washington, was ro-elected secretary. Cincinnati, Ohio, was selected as the place for the 1922 convention. Fort Worth, Texas, was the only other city considered. This sweeping victory, the labor thief said tonight at the clo?e of tho Federa tion's 41st annual convention, demon strated tint the American . trade union movement "will not submit to dictation from the forces' of corruption or greed neither the Hearsts nor the Giirys can chart our course or select our lenders." Movement la United. "Our movement is united. It is pre p:ircd to take the aggressive in defense of the, rights of the toilers. It will not be swerved from its course. It will be a sad"day for tho aspirations of the working people of our land when corrupt and intriguing interests ran cither divide our movement, change uor course or destroy its leadership. The vote to day has demonstrated to the world that we have not yet come upon that day. "The whole work of the convention, the resolutions and declaration's adopt ed, the policies indicated, mean for the future a united, progressive militant movement, following upon a progres sive, fruitful and militant past. "For myself, I may sny that the work of the convention and the result of the election fill me with satisfaction, gratl tude and pride, not for myself, but for our movement. "It is serions times but we face them undaunted and with confidence and courage." , Clean Sweep From Beginning The labor-chief's forces mad a clean sweep from the beginning, when Presi dent Gompers was returned to the presidency for the 40th time by over whelming John L. Iewis, president of the United Mine Workers, 25,022 to 12. 324. The vote was taken among scenes of wild enthusiasm, rivaling tliuae of Ka tional political conventions. The gal leries were packed with spectators. The convention floor waa overflowing with delegates and their friends. Cheers and applause swept the auditorium at every vote. Sever! attempts by the Gompers' supporters to stamjiedo the delegates for the veteran during the demonstrations failed, as scores of delegates withheld their enthusiasm snd Temamed silently in their testa, unmoved by the urgings of fellow delegates. This was the first time that Gompers nad been seriously opposed since ISM when he was defeated by John Mc Bride, a mino worker, but he was re turned to office the following year. Election Brings Teari When hia victory was announced, the labor leader, who is now "1 yesr's old. could sesreely control his emotions and was on the verge of tears when he took bis piece -t the root ram- to thank the delegates for their support snd confl dence. ijewis, or the Wine Workers, arose from his place at Uo rear of tho hall and declared in a stirring address that he accepted the verdict of the Amen enn Federation of Labor without the slightest tinge of enmity in my mind adding: "I have used no dishonorable methods in my efforts to realire my aspiration for the presidency. "I have not been the candidate of William Randolph Hearst. I do not know the man. I stand more then ever before with the great trade union move ment of America and my voice and abil ity shall always be given to making the Ameiican labor movement greater than S.uii'lore." He was given a tremendous oration ss he concluded hh speech. Vote For Lewis Scattered. The official roll call showed that only five organizations voted solidly for Lewis. They were the United Brother hood of Carpenters and Joiner Inter national Association ef Machinists, Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers, Tailors, and the Draftsmen s Lnion The mine workers delegation split their vote Frank Farrington, presi dent of the II li sola district, Robert Harlan, president of the Wsahingtoa district and Alexander liowatt, presi dent of the Kansas district. United Mine Workers of America, eastingtheir Mai votes of lfism lor Wopes. Lewis, who, as a delegate held 593 votes, did not eaat his ballot. The election of Gompers brought to a close one of the hottest political cam paigns ever waged in the history ef or ganised labor. "The c lpalgaiag had gone oa rejratleasly aince tha eoavea tioa opeaed aad at time proceedings oa the floor of the eonrentioa were in terrupted by tha electioaeeriag. EXlFLOSIO.H OF A FRITATC OISTILLIRT KILLS OWXBI. . Wilkes Barre, Pa, June 25. The ex plosion ef a privet still ia Us cellar oa Wednesday resulted ia ta death ef Joseph A. Fryer, ef Farvena, Bear here, who wa showered with tha burning whiskey, it became kaewa bar today throogh t pbytieiaa'i report. Famous New York Curb Market Deserts Its Outdoor Quarters Nw York, Juae E5. -The New York curb market today gave up its out-door lira. When the chimes of old Trinity pealed the noon hour, the babel that for years ha marked the curb a operations on Broad street, died down to a murmur after a final roar. Monday the curb will have a roof over its head and four wall to shield it from the gaze of the eurious. But the final roar was unprecedented. Brokers multiplied the shouts, the furious wiggling of fingers, the waving of arms, the swinging of raps and the mad milling that have made the curb seem like a band of deaf mutca holding carnival with some acquaintances from a lunatic asylum. I p into the air went scores of vari colored caps and bizarre jackets curious habllaments by which brokers perched beside telegraph wires in win TO General Statements Made Not Sufficient For Extra Session of Legislature Governor Cameron Morrison and the Council of State yesterday definitely voted to ask the municipalities of the State- requesting a special session of the legislature for financial relief, to support their petition with statements showing their financial condition. It waa the aouso of the Council of State, as anticipated Friday, that the Informaiioh before the body, in the form of a rcsqlution from the North Carolina Municipal Association, is too general in nature to constitute the ex traordinary emergency required by the constitution for the summoning of tho Legislature into session. These statements, it was the wish of the Governor and Council, should be filed immediately so that definite ac tion may be taken thereon. No tetter will be dircted to tho various munici polities in this respect, and press dis patches of the sction of tho Council will constitute the notice. Winston Holem, facing a deficit of 1O0,OOO unless relief Is granted, yester day forwarded Governor Morrison, through Mayor James G. Hanes, this telegram : "Our Board of Aldermen in regular session on June 24, passed a resolution urging upon you to call a special ses sion of legislature Immediately to val idate municipal finance act. We be lieve the credit of Winston Solera and other municipalities in the State ia at stake, and all improvement must be discontinued, aa well as department efficiency cut. Our schools are SO per cent nnder required capacity and addi tional building cannot be erected un less bonds can be Bold. Wo urge you to give the aituation your serious con sideration." SUPERIOR COURT CLERKS WILL HOLD CONVENTION Judge John H. Kerr Will De liver Annual Address at Wrightsville Beach Wilmington, June 24. Judge John H. Kerr, of the Superior cturt, will deliver the annual address at the convention of the Association of Superior Court Clerks of North Canliua, which will hold the boards at Wrightsville Beach Wednesday and Thursday, July and 7 The convention program calls for another address by Willis Smith of Raleigh on the inheritance I i.' Other features of the program will be a blackboard demon- rat ioon on "school of costs," by W. II. Young of Durham, and a "seeing Wilmington" trip, under the supervision of Maj. W. N. Harriss, clerk of New $anoverJSu. perior court. Officers of the association are: Presi dent, John II. Cathey, Buncombe coun ry: vice-president, W S. Stephens, Johnson county: secretary treasurer, A. A. McDonald, Harnett county. These officers snd the following members are on th publicity and program ci unit te for the eonvention : W. N. Harriss New Hanover eounty; W. II. Boggan, Anson County; J. J. Barrow, franklin county; D. W. Bradsher, Person county; M. W. Gant, Guilford count. NEW BANKING CONCERN ORGANIZED IN MARION. Marion, June 23. The Giles Trust Company will be organized in Marion shortly. The organization will take over the present organized insurance and bond business of G. W. Giles, who will he administrative officer of the new organization and will have directly associated with him his brother, R. W. Giles, who has jnst recently completed his college-education. D. F. Giles wlil also be connected with the organfca Won. This new concern will fit into the business life of Marion aad McDowell eounty aad will take an aetive part in the town and eounty development. ANOTHER REDUCTION MADE IN PRICE OF GASOLINE. Chicago, June 23. The Standard Oil Company of Indiana today announced an average reduction of S eents a gal lon on gasoline throughout the eleven middle Western States in which it operate The m is- eff ertfvn ft eSeU. The new prices were not snnounced, the company stating they Varied throughout the territory. Gasoline has eeea selling ia Chicago at 22 coats. Premier George Urges. London, nne 5. (By the Associated Press.) Premier Lloyd George ha sent a letter to both Easionn de Valera, the Irish Republican leader, aad Sir James Craig, tk Ulster premier, declaring the British government .to be deeply aaxlont that King George's appeal for recoa cillatiea ia Ire la ad shall aot hart ba aaad ia vain. The letter appeal far a eoafersaee betweaa representa tives a th. goverameat aad. sonthera and northern Ireland so that ta op portunity for a stttlesaeai la laalaad shall not be lost. . ... ' C TIES ARE ASKED PRESENT DATA dow abote thi street In the past had been able to tell their representative frohv the other fellow In the scramble below. Nimble ' fingers, through which the men in the windows and the men on the street exchanged sign messages, sent their wireless orders for the last time'. Nobody agrees on the date when the business of dealing in unlisted securi ties out on the curb got its start, but 1873 marked organization of the asso ciation which left the open air today. Its membeas transacted business In rain or snow, sleet or sunshine, and, to the unknowing it seemed they were ever in"rhos. Manyof'tliirb1ebrokere now hold ing seats on the New York Stock Kx chnnge went to school on the curb. There it was, too, that some of the stock now listed on the large ex changes got (heir start. Formal Presentation To Dis trict of Columbia Court Without Incident Washington, June 25. Woodrow Wil son appeared in person today in the chambers of Chief Justice McCov of the District of Columbia Pilprerrio Churl to be admitted to the practice of law before that court. A special session of the court as called foT the purposo of admitting Mr. Wilson, the ourt having previously amended its rules so that former presi dents and vice presidents of the United States who are lawyers, might be ad mitted to practice without application or other formality. Mr. Wilson was accompanied to the court by his law part nor, Bainbridge Colby, former Secretary of State, and by Joseph P. Tumulty, formerly his private secretary. The admission of the former chief cxecutivo was moved by John Paul Earnest, chairman of the cxnmining committee, and the usual oath was ad miniate red by Morgan 11 Beach, clerk of courts. At tho con elusion of the ceremony the chief ju tire briefly nalcomed Mr. Wilaoa to the membership of tho bar; To avoid photographers, the time of the ceremony waa kept quiet. Mr. Wil son reached the courthouse shortly be fore noon in an automobile and walked the short distance from the ear to an elevator, which carried him directly to the chambers ef Justice McCoy. The ceremony and reception were brief and Mr. Wilson returned the name way to his waiting automobile. Court attendants said 'the former President appeared in better health than when he retired from the White tt l t. .;ii l - j .L - , uouae, aumougn no aim uau uie iuui ance of an attendant in entering and leaving hi motor ear. During the brief ceremony, Mr. Wilson stood, leaning on his cane. He also seemed to depend much on it when walking. Following his formal admission to the bar, Mr. Wilson shook hands with mem bers of the eourt and bar and court attaches. BOARD INJOINED FROM HOLDING EXAMINATION State Board of Accountancy Bestrained By Court Order Charlotte, June 2.1. A temporary in junction to restrain thu North CsrtttlTts State Board of Accountancy, Created by the legislature in 1917, from holding an examination for applicants in Wash ington, D. t'. this week, was .signed by Judge F. L. McElroy, today. The in junction was issued npon petition of D. H. McCollough, who in the com ptulntV BrtegVj that ' a1' meeting of the board was held ten days ago In Raleigh when applicanta for license aa public accountants, were examined and that it ia now announced that the State board will conduct another examination in Washington June 27 29. Mr. McCollough alleges that to the best of bis knowledge and belief ap plicants at the pending examinations in Washington will hav had op portunity to ascertain what the ques tions are that will be used in Washing ton. He stating that to the best of his knowledge, the questions to be nsed in Washington, are those used recently, in this State. Mr. McCollough also states that it was not the purp.se of tlio General As sembly that any of the exaininstions would dbe held ontside the State of North Carolina. The State board held an examination in Washington in 1917, but no objection was raised at that time. Copies of the restraining order were mailed to the sheriff of the coun ties in which the other members of the State board reside. CLAIM CHILD KILLED BY ALLIGATOR RECENTLY Kinston, June 25. Capt E. D. Springer, postmaster t South Creek, N. C, for asny years, haa learned that the reported killing ef a three-year-old child ia the tidewater section recently occurred oa South river, at a point opposite Finer Point lighthouse, and not at South CTeel, as originally reported from tidewater points. The child is said to have been swallowed by a 12 foot alligator ad the body to have been recovered : intact following the shooting of the big reptile. Cap tain Springer front hi knowledge of alligator "doe aot doubt th story ia the leant." HARDING TO JOIN. RED MEN ON JCLT TTI . Marloa, 0., Job 25. Warrior aad Chief degree will be eoaferred apen President Harding at th White House oa July 7, by Ohio Bed Mea, aeeordiftg to aaaouaceasrat today by J oh a I Byers, of thit ityt ineeial greed lodge rcpreeeatative. President Harding way mad a member at th order ia Califor nia, bat aaa aver received a ay d- - - WILSON ADMITTED TO PRACTICE LAW HOOVER OPPOSES ArinhfiniTiMii . IMUKAIIUN M- AIDING EARMERS Secretary of. Interior Tells Committee Private Credits Are Being Mobilized ECONOMIC PLIGHT OF FARMERS RECOGNIZED Would First Undertake To Pre- " vent Forced Selling of Com modities Before Having Got ernment Talc Over -" Pro -ducts; Concedes Situation As To Cotton Out of Ordinary Washington, June 25. While expres. sing disapproval of the Norris bill to create a one hundred million dollar corporation to aid in' farm exports, "fY retary Hoover told a Senate committee' today that the administration reog nized the economic plight of American farmers and was engaged in "mobiliz ing private banking credits to prevent the fo reed liquidation of farm coin modities, particularly cotton and sugar, ''I.t us first attempt," he said, to prevent forced liquidation of thca commodities by mobilizing private earn ital, as had been done already in the cattle industry and then if we fail, thero will be time enough to get th government to take up the burden dis rectly." Pointing out that the United fitntoaf had sent to Kurope "a billion dollars' worth of foodstuff in the last eleven' months," Mr. Hoover said it "wss evi dent that the governments and pvople thero find money for foods," but con reded that the aituation as to cot toil waa worse, '"because they tend to i n duco thoir normal requirements of tex tiles." "'One wishes to make many mental reservations upon the possible recupera tion in Europe," Mr. Hoover said iit tho course of a general discussion ofl the economio situation overseas, ""but1 the mritirr possible to obtain eau mi t be classed as A-1 chairman Norris referred to the nd filtration bills which Congress ha a asked to pass, empowering general ieps to fund nil of the war debts which, the United States holds. "The object of that bill is to get these loans in ome sort of shspe for handling," Mr. Hoover said, and when pressed for a statement aa to whether the Treasury Intended to permit ex ehang of German reparation aecuri ties, he said i "Well, it is quit possible that the Treasury eoold get better securities by exchanging some of th securities of new nations for German bonds." ' "England owes four billion," Senator Norris said. "Do you mean to say we would be asked to take German bonds against this debt snd that they would be better." "Nr," Mr. Hoover responded, "I said exchanges might be made which would give ua better security. No one proposes that the United States should exchange good securities for less good, so far aa I know." NEVADA JUDGE REFUSES ' TO SET ASIDE DIVORCE Reno, Nev., June 25. The effort of tho State Attorney General to have th divorce deesce-of Mary Piekford front Owen Moore set aside failed at MindeaJ thi aafternoon when District Judg Langan granted a motion to quash tha summons in the Attorney General'! pro ceedings. The court held that while tt was tru the State was a party to all divorces, a-contended by thr Attorney General, yet the State was represented by the trial judge and not by the Attorney General. As the decree had been ae cepted by the plaintiff and defendant, the judge decided, the State waa estopped from proceedings to set aside the decree. Many of the members of the bat; from all Western Nevada were preaent at the Mindcn eourt this afternoon, when the decision was rendered. GET OUT INJUNCTION AGAINST AUTO TAX Lumberton, June 25. Temporary Isrt junction against the town of Lumber ton, restraining the town from eollee tion $5.00 license from automobil drivers, has been signed by Judge J, Bis Ray. The ease will be argued be fore Judge C. C. Lyon at Elizabethtowaj on July 5. The town eommUaionar paaael ta ordinance at a recent meeting provid ing that each person living ia town! who drives an autnmnhile nuit tiiv a $5.00 license. A number ef citizens ordinance nnd employed counsel to fight the matter oat in the courts. As a result of th injunction Mr. tm P. Russell, town clerk aad treasurer, has refunded the tax to those who had paid it before the injunction waa signed by Judge Bay. t TRAINMEN WJLL HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE Raleigh Lodge, No. T4l, of th Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen aad Old North Stat Lodge No. M0, Ladle Auxiliary ef the Brotherhood, wilt hold joint memorial service tonight at S o'clock at Edenton Btreet Mcth edlst chareb. Rev. W. W. Peele, pastor f th ejuireb, will preach th (eraon. not a vrganunuoaa wui anon as a. u. O. F. ball at 715 p. and anarch ia a body ta the chareh Th pabll ia cordially invited. . - - ' Jadge Pitney iUlla, V r..i.:.-.w t-. im.l.i tie Pitney ef Us United State 8apm. Court aailed today for Europe. Ha plana :to visit England, Franc, Belgian nd pessibiT BwitiemadV,
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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