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The News aed! TUE WEATHER tt North AnUmi CWwdy and wrmr Tkarsdsyj Friday, fate u Mld& . rare LAZZL aa year paper. Send renewal f t day bsfer xplratlaa la order ta avoid missing a single copy. , . VOL. CXIV, NO. 181. . TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29.1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICrt: FIVE CENT3 JUDGE HULL OPENS 1922 CAMPAIGN FOR DEMOCRATIC PARTY THOMAS mLTER&CKETT STATE'S WAR GO VERNOR DIES 12 HOURS FOLLOWING STROffi UBS SAPIRO ATTACKS FRANCE PIAYING . WILSON TOBACCO r RETURN GAME At BOARD OFTRADE JIRMS CONGRESS New Chairman Contrasts Republican Record With ; , "Unparalleled Achieve- ; mentsn of Demo- " . ''' crats ' mIkes first speech since his election . AS PARTY CHAIRMAN further Belief for Firmer, Adequate AM for World '.war Veterans, Seduction ' of Taxes and t Berne for Tlood of Tax Ixempt Securities Among Bif J sues Outlined for, Demo cratio Party in Opening Congressional Pre-Eec , Won Campaign; Accuses Bepnblieans of Breach of Promise and Declares Bo cord of Democratic Ad ministration StlH Holds True: Bars - Time Has ; Come for Plain Talking HsshvM, Tsnu, Dee. tt. Deelsr tag that "th.tim haa com whoa pstrlotio eitisens and Democrats ! should iadalge la plain talking," - ludg Cordell Hall, ehairmaa of th Democrat! National Committee, ia hit int. pabll addre lnee oloe- ties to that poslUoa, tonight if viewed' tho Bepublles adniinistra- t tioa of national affairs sine March, IWlf.aad ooBtnitod. thl with tho "unparalleled enlevement' of tho , Democrat in tho previous, eight . . Tho .addreM wm delivered at dlaner girt by tho 6 tat Demo cratic executive committe la honor , (. Chairman Hull and: attoaded by party loader from oxer part af Abo) Btato. It m aeeeptcd tenor . ally a the opening of tho eongrea aloaal pro-election campaign by tho - aew ehairmaa, who wont Into th public auMtloa which b said aow ' faeed th govsrntnent, aad expiajaed th attitade which hi party would tak a the. - : . Dertl Alms, . ' - Farther relief for farmers, ds- ' juato aid for Wterani, tedaettoa at taxe to eompenute for tao pai conditio" aow -obtaining, and a remedy f of the aitnatloa resulting from th flood of tax exempt seeurt tie, were among th taeaee outlined -by th aw ohairaiaa of th Dema arsti party. ' i :" ' - "Democrat ar th loyal and eon Utent. friend f th i-ervie ," h decrsrsd. Taming to th fit nam condition, he added that ?vr aoliettoM of hi welfare, th Deaioerati party, whea ia power, did mta to adraae th latereeU M v th farm or thaa had boo don la all th previous history of tb -tioa and had planned to I mack is ore, if it had remsiasd la power. , Adlfel FhU Debt. "Th bnrdea of oar pabll debt eiou'.l be adjusted o as aot to be appresslva' to th AmoTteaa- tax rvt la bo rim vadar paala ondi- tiona, Th SUtc rathe thaa th federal gorernment ahoald b atged th growing ril of local tax exempt eecotitie. : '' Th rcsulta of th last national election, Jadg Hall artd, were eenred by "criminal malignity aad recklee falsehood" a th part of the Eepablieaa loader. "It waa aot maeh th Srai trati party, It wa th Amcrieaa people wh bar eoffered th coloaaal aad incalculable lone that resulted from Democratic defeat," he de clared. : 1 '; Democratl Ksaord. ; - :t U beyond th power of whole asU abas, falsehood, aad detraetloa long to dua the glory of th tight -J ll.la uUmmhIiI the aatlaaal Democracy. Tha work of onstracti, patrlotia rUtesmsa sbip aoMmplished by that party will stand ett ia eloarer perapoeUT dn ing th coming year. Th Dem crati party emerged from that al most auperhamsa ordeal with flag aataraished, . with doctrine son ad and par, with a record f aadying fsme, and with cheerful hop for th future ... "fandamntal principlo cannot ho assassinated, aad free historic rerd eaaaot leag be falailea." la ' wholeeal breach f olma tnd anqunliflod promiac to th p 1 constituted a statutory crime,' Judf Hall id, "Try reactionary I "Publican leader, Stat aad Na tiusal, would, ander a plea of guilty, be ia tha caitody f th law to Eijht." - ' "'':J Baaiaea Cradfled. 7 Th disappointed farm wow ' rods th tccount of hi indostrlal ruia by th light of am baraing trn. IHllion of laborar ar fre r g the sod p 1) on sea, bread line : It nuftloa bitx-k aa ia th day s f t ''el si?ery. Basiness has dis .:, d t!i it wa raeifld a th t"-i of politii." . .... I Indsr Sepablics leadership, the r'uirmsa 'said Amerioaa foreffs f ..71 mere) ."h si sniped elx billion rs la th last twelr BYntb' t in almost TsrVeal sluJ.p ta o ia America of from thirty to -y pr eeat and, ia purchasing ; iwfr ef farm pnxlucts, of iiity-eli I r cent, oifk y followed, for lo - ,n prior to hiarrh, I '-l, he mid. i o'y remedy offered by Bennbii r IraJrr for p-wsr eonrf tions i & st;Tn!fd h tar.J and r e i -1 ELECTED NEW CHIEF OF STATE DEMOCRACY i. DA VI MOKWOOD. Democratic Executive Com jnittee Passes Resolu tions for Bickett J. Dar Norwood, of Galiabary, banker, textile , maaufaetarer, chant and farmer," for fight, years member of the State Democratic Exeeutir . Committe from the Eighth Congressional District, wa named to aacceed Thomas D. War rea, of New Bern, as ehairmaa of th committe at a called aessioa held last night ia th haU of th Hons of Bopreaeatathre. But littl ceremony attended the formal resignation of Mr. Warren, and th electioa of Mr. Norwood. Much of the 'three quarters of an hour of th aeosioa ) devoted to ulorr of two dead leader at th people, Edgar L, former mem bet of the committee. BSd u tats T W. Biekett. farmer Ooternor of North Carolina. Resolutions ta memory f both were " presented. aad adopted by ruing rot.'. ' Eadora Wilson roaaaaOtoa Upon sugaeatloa'af Judge J Craw ford Bigg th . committe ' gar aaaalmoa endorsement -to th Wood raw Wilaoa t oaadatloa fund, aad pledged it active ee-peraUoa ia th coming campaign for Aorta Carolina's quota at th mUlioa dol lar fuad to ba devoUd to th per. petaatioa ef tha Ideal af th Demo- arati f midcato. Th cadorecmcnt wa pledged by a rising rota. - Solicitor B. Jt. Oattis -was eailed to Uchalr by th retirinr chair a, aad Secretary w. T. Joyner read tha formal mignauoa ab mittad by sir. Warrsn. Mr. Warraa epoke briefly poa th career of th party .dnriag tha pan loar aam- paign which ha haa. led, giving th tail . creait xor ta party a aouoi achievement to ta satin ted eparatioa at tha other membership. Oa th aaggeetloa of A- D. Wstts, committee was aamed to .draft auHabl resoluions.en Mr. warren's retirement, with himself, Jadg Bigg aad 0. It. Bellamy as mem bara,-.. .G' '' ,.'7 sUsamtiaaa for BlcheU WalUr Murphy, af Balis bury, reed tha following resolutioa to th memory of th late Governor Biekett, aad aeeoaded by a aeora at voice, it was passed by a rising vout "Whcrea wiu ta rorrew u Dmcrati ' ExeeaUve Committe ha learned af th death af Thomaf Walter xUeKMt, lax xoar years iae Govsrsor of th peopl af hi 8Ut aad th thetea af his party M Uecernor af North Carollaa aat for ight jar Attoraey Oeaaral, aad, "Wkrrsas am pntu . arr was arksi by fldality . to . principle., devotion t duty, rar aapacity for seme aad stateemsnship of aa or der which waa for him a high pita horn aad abroad aad reflected great credit a pea tha party which as aa test rams at, enabled him to make a deep impress ea tab times. Waeraa hi momory haa te la a souk f lasting pride to hi political asserts tos'aad especfal- te Usee eaarrod wit Ue man- agmai af tha Pemocrati party la North Caraliaai therefor aa it Beiolvod, That U Btato Dsmo- rU Exoeutira s Committee) af North Carolina sxprs U dividual- aal MlleetlTsly- h nsoet pro- foe sd at toe th Btato,. tt peopl thereof aad tha Demacrati Party have ustained. ' - - . "Beselved -farther. That w ex tend to his family, ear onosreat aympalky. - . . ;lv4. That a eepy af tteee mol'itioa be traamaitted to hi widow and .that bopie b Mat t th loading aawspsper ef th Stat for publicatioa.4 ... reaper Nosnlaatea Nerweaa.' IfiU lea thaa a doara ward, Thorn E. Cooper, vie president af the Mi re haa ta Katienal . Bank of lUleirh. Bkieed Mr. Norwood la aorni natioa to aecd Air. Warrea. The nomination waa seconded by 8. C Brawley with but few ssor werdi, and the , eerctary waa la- straetcd to east th satire 43 rotes present for th Bominee. Mr. Nor- wool wa presented to th eom- -I ea I - r ). jtateB ' i - cs- . Criticises Advertisemen ; Saying Market Will Open . in 19ZZ as usual SPEAKS TO FARMERS . - wjohnston coumn Champion of Oo-operatire Marketing Declares War On Those Who Lot Their "Selfish Interests' Deter mine Their Attitude To ' ward Marketinf Plan By B. W. CBEXlf; , Smith Held, Dee, f8v Action ef th Wilson Tobseeo Board af Tnd ia advertising th Intention af th Wil oa warehousemen to opea that mar ket Septembers, 1923, for th sale r lear tobacco- by auction wa sharply criticised by Aaroa Septra, champion ef eo-operstiv marketing. in ra address to Johnston county farmers aad business me ia tha opera house here todsy. After outlinlnf lust ha c-oterat- Ive marketing af tobaeoa n bring coae la entucy aad aow u will b done . la North Carollaa, Mr. &rp!re placed a copy af the New aad Observer, which eontninod th adver tiscment of the Wilsoa Tobacco Board of Trade, ath daik whr all could ea it aad declare,! war aa all thee -who let their nelfl.n la t vitte dtermln their attitud to co (iperatir marketlnc. ' "I Hk It," he said pointing to th advert iscmest, which etated that th tobaeea warehouse af Wilsoa will be opea in Beptember, 1922, to do oastness at anetioa aa for th pest thirty year. "Unless this - is lik another, rumor spread by Minsk, ta te rests, these warehoaeea caa opea for business bat tha business will aot ba thr . Carsfal to Dtoerimlnat. Mr. Bspiro wu earefal to discrtml nate betweea the merchant of Wil son aad tha warehousemen and de clared that the merchants, ander the leadership ef L. 8. Tom Union, were behind eo-operstiv -marketing, be cause they were big enough to scs that If th fsraer prospered they toa wouia prosper, u gold how ia tha begiaaiag of th movemast la North Carolina 1 & Tomlinson wa for eo-operstivw marketing, eve if it did aurt business, beeasse he wss tired af seeing th farmer ia oov- arty. ---.s Aa at OolSsbera Tweeday, Mft Sspir held hi udiene leaning for- wara an rn time, tt, it ws a differ- at tfc'3k tbi hi .',..,ia th great iovmtat and wht it means t th whol Bouth, Moeelallr ta tha womea and childrea aad social pro frraa, ia such a way that, area th mow aara neanea man ia th aadl- o ald aot resist him. I a Shaw Dan This mnemat Ik ehawlan rrow- n wh ara'thtir frioad aad aha ar uetr nemi. - a a -when, d Mnt , Bchaata ' aad haakr ar with th rwra, but her aad thr aa ar twe will fght to protect thlr graft. Bom 'Urns' merahaat are wafoMd aa e-prM Krkrting. ui a wai t assure all f nrm that any wh work with a will ast a penny, bat I aaa tua rants that thM wh- fght H wil Iom my Urn re Mr.' Bapira did sat derate all af it urn to axplaiaiag haw tha wra- hDMmra wh had opposed tit mvmant ia Jisabicky had blown p, aor how th barley rrewcr had take artr 100 warehouM a th Msocianon i awa term aad abtala- d millions f dollar af credit to tok ear f all aceds, bat h pal hi nsprt to Mrtela Johnitoa eouaty itlxcna, mtrehaate who, h alleged, wr endeaveriag to gold back Johastoa Maaty la tb rJg-on Mmpalga. - . A. hi. Johnson, president ef the Jehastet county focal aaseelattor. introduced Mr. Bapira aa -"aaothvr savioat om to help th Boathsr farmer, a wUe ma wh thl 41m Mm from th West. At th start f hi specchMr. Bapira rviwd te mga-ap- recer ar - doaastoa toaaty, deplored that U WU aot qual to that at th ther largs te besc atie, aad said that h aid aot aadsrstaad why grwrs da lot flght to alga tha e-ope ra ti v Matrasta. Oaa br a h took ap tha argamtata aad falM ramers that hav sms aireaiated to sear grawn sad demolished them with clear-cat statements, aad asked test if there ware aay msa whe appoaad ce-eperntive marketing la tha hensa, to some eat aow aad fir their ra mbb aad aot watt aatU ha had goae adMuld aot anrwer Usm. - N QaeaUaaa Bateed If aay af yea have toa least b- jMtioa, tte It aaw," h challeaged, hat vca at u end el tee leag speech ther wer a qaaatioaa raia d. B reviewsd tha sneeeos f so operative market lag ta Callforaia and urop and told hie aadteaMthat ther was aot a - single problem which they faced ia marketing eel toa aad tobaeea throagh their ew assodatioa bat what hid bee met aad eonqnered ia Callforaia dloa. Ta movement ha, year af x ptrleaea behiad U which ia aow of fcred freely to fanner throughout Ue Booth. California aw haa 80,000 member in their M-prtiv as oeiatloaa aad there ha never been a failure at. aay ass oris Uoa argaa Ixed aa tha commodity plan lis Uoce ia North Carolina." Mr. Bapira eadsd hia talk with a touching appeal to alga ap for operative marketing for th ask af th wemea and childrea wha were speaking throagh him aad Wha de served to hsv sloths ta wear and ether com forte aaw joyed by fam iUee ia town. , Tender Wsrsli ia. - Tha director ef th farasrs r p Tf?t Twel May Wreck American Plan For Limitation of Naval Armaments '. PAYS BACK AMfRICrt .-FQR JREATY FIASCi French Delefates Game to Washlnfton Conference Ready to Share in General Disarmament Plan But Determined to Secure Certain Guarantees Jr FRANK H. 8IMONDS Washingtoa, Dec 28. hy ' did tha French do it!" Thl ia th Ques tion beard ea all aides toaia-ht. "Do ing It" meaaa substantially wrecking the American claa for a limltatioi at naval armaments, for almost everyone recognise that th rest competition of th future will b la aircraft, submarine, and auxiliary snip. --.Ti..' 0 Th answer 1 simpte but - ot wholly palatable. Th French have played th return game balancing tha Amerieaa wrecking of th treatr of Versailles, or mora exactly the treaty or guarantee whith Britain and the United Bute aara France ia rans aa .-.--- Three year sro Fraaes orortoiwl Mrtaia thing foUdwing tho' allied rletery among these the prrnaart eeeupatioa of tha left bank af tho Khin aad the aaaexatioa of th Brie Ban. Mr. Wilson opposed " these proposals aad ,1a company with Mr Lloyd Geo re; offered Fran in place of th possession ef the left baa a at th Khin aa Amorimn and British guarantee 'against Germas aggressioB. Seaato Bmched Tnaty Everyone knows that tha Americas Senate later refused to aecept thu treaty aad Iran, bavinsr aurran- dered her claim to the Rhine -barrier, was left to whistle for tha varmen f th price offered. More thaa this from th signing of th treaty of Pari onward the French claluw against Germany hav itoadihr been attached by tha British aad area by ta American. Francs Mm to th t resent eon foresee quite ready to shsr la I geaeral diurmsmcnt plan, but no ia th least wiUing to repeat her raria experMaea. xe persnsa isr to agn to limitatioa oa land- or water, armamenr ajva,jHUngsJ war kecesMry tb Srat of which was torn sort of cuaraatoe aninst fuarmaay lift that contained ia th treaty of insaraae signed by Mr. vviisoa ia rmn.-.r''v Fraac Befasm Ta Tletd. But aeither Mr. Kurhes aor his amoetate would accept this fact They believed French policy would prove smsnable to American public opuuen, enormously sumniBMa ay tha writing af British propacaadiit joaraaiista, Tka result M aow aa- aaUtekabl. France ha aot yielded Bad tha aaral limitatioa program wll alga ruined, whil the JapaneM asv aa opportunity to da aa they plesM la tha Far East siac the re sponsibility for any failara af the conference ia to ba saddled upoa th riwaea. - W are thaa right back ia tha sit- aatiaa af tha Pari eeaurenoe. Mr. Hughes s failed ia tha aabmarin matter ss did Mr. Wilsoa la the mat- tor af Fiume, boeauM ha haa totally failed te, analyse tha pabll wsU- Mat af a Earopeaa eooatry and rs- lied apoa tha reaetioa spoa aa Amer- ieaa aadiene to stamped a foreign populace. - Aa for th qwMtloa af aaothcr eonfsrescs either la Europe ar her to deal with tha submarla aad aex- iliary ship questions, there 1 a present prospect or hop for ueh meeting.. Aa long a th French hold their present ground there ta a pos sibility of coercing them aad a hop af success, therefor, for saea eon fare ace. Ia point ef fact tha qu tioa af tha submarine sew beeomsa aaa af tha item ea the agwada af tha axt : Angle-French ; meeting, pending whtoh all limitatioa ia thia craft must h post posed. ftaaaa Had Ka umbc Bat tha French delegates bad aa boea hra many hear before thsy dlsesec red that there wa a chaae af obtaining anything mv peeaibly permissioa to keep their arm lea. British propagandist f a WslU typ day after day aamited rraac tha Amerteaa proM aad Amort- aa aawspspera followed aait. Me- an iae siwmca inipum i it self Mbstaatially Ignored by Mr. Htighes, who interest waa onern- d apa British aad Jspana lssna. Loar age, whsa M.Brtaad wm Uaving tha country, h attered a half, jrculsr warning sboat aabma- rlnoe. Weeks ag th Amertess dsUgatioa received a foraeast of th French aaval proposals. Bat from Srat to last they sm steadfastly to hava rafased to admit that thl French wer la earnest aad to hsve eontlnsed ta Igatr tha : Frenck policy. It U aa eecret aow, for - mpla, that Tivlani weat horn be ef hi Indignaue ever the way FtM had been treated abent tha- fbar power treaty which was wholly prepared by thr power and referred to Franc for, eign. tar alone. Not cvea whea th Frsseh pal Ia their "ten battleship" proposal wu there say real appreciation aa th Americas sid af the act oil atate af facte. Mr. Hog he aad his ' saoi. tea costianed to believe that th r reach would aot dsr to hold ut agnlnt America pobli opinion ant relied apoa Amerieaa agitatloa te bring Fnaea aroand. . - - . rhlt Opinio Arsaasd. - ATI th time, however, Frtach pdbli opinio hsd beea nsoanting The Trench at tha Washing- ("onfinoel ea Fta Tour) i TRIBUTES POUR INTO HOM E Messages of Condolence and Sympathy - Come -to -Stricken Relatives SANTFORD MARTIN EXPRESSES HIS GRIEF Hundreds of Telegtams Re ceived at Hajes-Barton Xesldenoo of Gorernor Biekett Attest Esteem in Which He Was Held By Worth Carolinians Before death bad ensued yesterday morning, whea nows af th Former Governor's Illness had gone throagh- eut th Btate, mcasage of cheer and good wishes began to poor into the home her. Later In th day, whea nesw of hia death aad followed out on thrheeU. of Udings-af hU ill ness, the messages ekssged to deep est sympathy aadi condolese to th. grief atrickea rwlaQves. From every walk of life they hsve from hnmblo admirer af tb Former Governor, to' those who are great and powerful throughout the land, showing bow widespread was th lov of the" people for him,' and how deeply hi taking off had touch ed them, late into the night they were still being delivered at th houM where th Former Governor J, lay aeau. , Among th tint to rosea tn city ia response to aews of th Gorer nor' ilUess wa Bant ford Martin ditou of th( Winston-Balem Jour nai, and during ue iste aaramiaira tioa. private secretary to the Gov eraor. Mr. Martla wm very elose to the Former Governor, and wm deeply grieved. "Governor Bichetf sudden aeatn wa heart breaking to me and 1 aa irreparable personsl loss," said Mr, Martla. "Be wm a true friend. Th longer I knew and the closer I came ta him, th mor I admired,, appre ciated and trusted him. He had freatHatellMt; tnr artriggcT tieart B wa aot only a friend r aiaa, but also of men. I b"'!pv th resl secret f Wa.poe a a te4' at his deep lov for ona ,-uerouaa. Hia patriotism waa aot for aom thing abstract; ha lovtd tb folk that maha th State, and I believe wuld hav gUdly died rather thaa hnawinair te have beta a party to aa act ot Injustice to the ninety gad nine Who trusted, him. BememberlnnT a I do tb.acblT meat of hi Administration, I am convinced that aa msa ef his gtaer- atioa hss rsndsrsd th State larger servie thaa Ooovrnor Blakettr HI psMlag hu addd another same to memory list l anmss are wv mortal ia North Carolina f blstory. AUnaalde theM af Vu aad Ay- esek a grateful people hav written th nam tt Biekett, Aa tnsir ver dict will (tend tha tort ef Urn. Th farther wa shall becom removed from his sdministration m Attor- uv Oonarsl aad a Governor th mor ws shall apprscist hi work aad hi ideal for jMtter bum ia which to Uv." air. nfall'a Trlhata, Corporatiea Commlisioner I- Maxwell, devoted . friend . to th former Oovsraor, aad mor closely associated .with him. psrbaps, tw ay man la tha Btat. la oa af hi major aadMrtra,. Mid wis ,M tr Throoxh tha Blm ef ihoeh ana psrsonai grief it ta difficult to mak aa lnvntry i mru aaa acaiv meat It' th anspen years, fun of promise of opportualty and of la- Spiring fUwhip - aad , Irienaiaip that weigh apoa a. Th diitinetivi aot. la tha lif t Govsrsor Biekett waa tha bnadth aad, delightful quality af hi frUadshlps ssd fellow ship. It tnsw aa ar, rac r eonditlaa. Ia tha blttereet Mavsatloa held la thia State la tt memory f thlj rBratlo h waa elevsted to th Attorney Generalship by hi very radlaUoa af th,broadt spirit tt frateraalism. Tha pUn of hi : didaey for and hi policies u Oov- ernor went far to eliminate rverj traea that was left af th bitterness f factionalism. Ea am fortaaate his distiaetlv atribatla to th reeoneiliatioa af .different be tweea capital and labor. B pro moted better understanding betweea th race, aad va partissaship lost om f it edge daring hh ad. Hi as af tha pardoning pw?r wu mellowed with It thought for thoM wh .had ae friesas. Bit hsndllng . ' f war problem 'left nothing to b sird la mthd-r mMsura. Hi Irn th leadershln that placed the public school system ea it aew ad broader basis, aad laid tha foundation ia menu Mliete that mad possible th larr r program ef pabll rosd, duca- tioa. H Mtisfled smbitlon's de- msnd for hoaor. Th weslth and delightful, quality ef'hl publis chieremeate giv him aa enviable plaea la ear history.' ' ' KegtwM Bxprea Sernw At A special meeting ef the Exr enUv Cemmltte of thf N. C Negr Fslr AssaciaUoa held last IxUt th following atioa wm taken ia respect to the death of Goeveraor , W. kkttl . 'Whereas il) raeaat milt death (Contlnied aa Fsg Tear) ' North Carolina's War Governor 'Who Falls i .. , ; iJjl DiJ. At , His. Home Hcrt? 1 THOMAS WALTBR Thomas altei-' Biekett: : ; v . ; Record Of His Service ' By FBAXK SMITHUB8T l ':. ThomM Walfer 'Biekett wm bora Ja Monroe, February 8,1849, thl lea of ThomM 'W. and Mary A.' !IIckett Having received nlk Mfly raining la tha Monro High School U bgaa hi studies at Wake Forest College la 1886, leaving that institu tion witt aa A. B. 'degree ia 1890, ad aa annsoal record M a Mllrg leader aad debater, popular and abi. - J or twa yar thereaftcrj th fa tar War Governor f North Oaro- liaa taught school ia Wlastla-Seleia going to theiUnlvevaity ef-North Carollaa from ' Wintoa-Salm in 189S to study, law after preparation la th offic of hi akelc, d: A. Cov Ingtoa. 'It wm ia 1893 that h rs ird hi Hmbm aad first beg ss th practice af law ia Monro. , But hi practice in hi home tow wm inert After is months, h removed to Danbnry where he practiced for a rar, going from there to Loais burg la 1895. Ia Leulsbarg k was married to M1m Fannie Tarborongh a Kovsmbcr 28, 1898 aad it wm whil ha wss angaged ia practicing law ther that h began that aetiv psrtlcinstloa oa Btat affair that reached It climax IB ae election ud four years of Mrvie m Cover or of North caiwuaa. - - Ia tculsburg, h wm senior mem ber ef th firm of Biehett, White . Msloa aad a prominent figure la tb politic f th county ad Stats. Ia 1907. ha reprwated hi county, ia tha lower Emm of th G""ral Assembly nd ia ioe wm Suuunated ad MeUd . ArtorVcy Ocn- -si f Korth Carolina. ' U firs aomlaatioa to Btate af flea wa la tb 1908 - Demacrati Convin.loa'ia Charlotte. . Govsfne' Biekett, via, thea knowg for his rich ksmer, and hi ff eetiv rtory mtd th speech imttlag la aomisa tioa Ashley Horn for tt Demo cratl ' Gubernatorial ' Bomiiation. Horn wa defeated bat Biekett step pcd t the front M aa.f th ut itaading State figurM ad la the urn eenveatloa WM aaminated At torsey General ' " : . ' " ' IfeC Sdddea U It wm aot a uddea - leap tat prominence. HI lif' la Loalsburj hsd beta as sf steady growth ta which h established himself ss a leader at th bar, e splsndld advo cate, a wis eoanseller and a re oarecful friend. His elcetie ss a member af th legislator la 1907, th first tin V had llowd- his asm to be used for public- ffice had been followed by flxty day ef diatinguiahed servls la which h fathered aarl fought for menvuref to regulate lobbying, te give the Btat n eqnal number of chsllerjes with th edafeadaat, to allow th dfaing f a Jury from another county Where there would ba troUnl in gttting Jury. A sa active memlwr -ef tie committee 'en silur a'ion, he worked for the tabn,hmnt of th E44 Csrultea Teachers' Training Brhnol whil th bill appropriating -'jQft4 for th pvrchas of lasd and th con struction af aMary huudir;! te 1 1 J5TT.- tare for all af tha lama, opyleptics and daageroa Idiot tu drawa by aim ana aor aia nam. Ba it wss that ha carried witt aim late th office of Attorney General ta 190 a fine legal aad legislarjv xperteae.' It wm the beginning af eight year of tratntnr for th tor raorship. Bar, h Mm lata cIom aad Intimst touch with all Stat department. ' He learned their liml tatloaa, aadrstood their aeed. ia- terpreted th .law govsrning them. On alt sides, hi eommoa scbm, breadth ef andentanding, aad ready sympathle Vith aay movement for the promotioa of th good af .th people brovght to him a trsmsadoM reacuoa of friendship, and apprwehv UOa. ';',''' A Attorney General, i waa mor tbaq a proaeeator af But cases. B- peatedly, hia iaterprelatioa af th law wm m bodied ia Buprm Coart opinions, and ' ia aa case, waa h waatlng la that sound eomvoa tha foaad It expression la illaml anting rsfcrcne at pointed applica- uaa. . ' .... , , , Befor Fodsrnl Trlbaaaai ' -j Bcor th Buprsm Csnrt at th United State, h appard ia not able mm, prominent among thm wing th -Bed O. UU Cass to tha summer af 1911 wha h mad what waa characterised M ae af th three beat epeeehM heard by that court In twenty years, aad tha Tea- M-North Carohaa Bowadary mm which was decided la favor of North Caroliaa. - la th aa wale went toth Supreme Court involving repudiated North Carolina) - Carpet bag bond which found their way ia to th posscMioa af Caba, Attorney General Biekett preps red a brief which, it is beliwMd. for all time answer tha quMtloa oi 6i validity of thee vUiatcd obllgxtiona, Bfr ha appMred bafora tb United Bta to Court with hia argument, the action wm withdrawn ssd th Stato wm given stsurnncM that tha atti tude af tha State raaM b rospected by Caba. .-' - Ja addition, h wm aa abl adva- cat for north Carollaa laterceta ia freight rata eases before tha In terstate Commsre for shipper aad rreiver f freight N less val usbl wrra hi ervicM a counsel la tha thru months hearing befor th Just ir Freight Bate Commmsiea ia !U4 eat of which cam a ettlemat highly attisfactery to thr peopl af th Btat. ' - It I a notable fact that th Btate si Korth' Carcl-'n wa fieterloaa la every ess la which Biekett M attor ney geaeral ppered before a fed- era! tribunal ..'-J i- - - It wm during theM eight gMra h wu called apoa ta apeak ia virtually every county la the- Bute)' Caea tion,' school Kinies, sommeneements, fraternal g.itHcrings, good roads as se ml bites all sf them sought him Ia' fact, eom ef hie political oppo nents mad frequently th admission that h could aot be beotra tor of fice, bee h had spoke la every (CeaUaaed ea Fs Two) 1 Passes Away Quietly VVeJi nesday Morning at 9:15; -Night of Struggle, With r Flickering t Pulse and : : Slowly Ebbing Ufe, Al ' Hope for Recovery - , Having Vanished 4 With Physicians';; ' Diagnosis . 'f UNERAL TO TAKE PLACE -IT CHRIST CHURCH THIS MORNING 11:30 O'CLOCK odj .WiU Bs la;UU la . Eotuad of Capitol , Tor Two HowsiTUs Morniajr ' Prwctdiaf leraj; Burial WO Bo ' ia . IQisbarj;, , "yuBorsl Psxtj Croiaf Bx iBtoaobDooBi j.lChriit.1 "'Chirenrt udSUf Kounis for' Tomer "Chief txocntiTt Whfla; Scores ef Keistfes of BTmpftthj; - 'XP001Ben 'Tiv. ;- -j By- BEX DIXON. htacNIIU. ThomM Walter Biekett, Oeveraof ef Berth CareUna from MIT to 1W1. died at hia hem ta Have Bart.. yesterday morning at SilS, a little . mere inaa tweiva houto after ha had? bMa atriehra with paralysis Td MBlBg. Haiicd witeeut regaiainr consciousness, with all mmbr ot hi family at hia bedside except hia' sister, Sir. F. B. Asbcraft, af Mon roe, wh reached Kaleigh twa hour tater, , .... . Th going af th War Oownor wm poaceful. Throughout the a ight' he traggld for each bnath, buti toward morning tt flieksrlag puis ftew WMk.r, tha labored breath: Water. From thl.aMma ..they? rchd aim physieiau held aat aa hop and aa dawa draw a, the fam Hy realised that be would aot livsi At aiaa a'clock tha breaUIng waa aM most imDcreontible. the nulaa W almost gone. Presently h eesstl tc2 mruggia. , Naru CaroIiBa belove tuwa aad Mead m dead. ,-. ' Fnhll htow Bs. Bias -Thia meraiag tha body will U re move grom th resldencs to tt Botuda af th Btate CanltbL th.r te lis ia ttate for tw hoar m thaa th thoBMnd wh would took fuej th hut Urn ap hi fu may mot him. At 11 aVtoek tha cartage wilt' ba removed , to Christ Church, ta cmm tha Capitol grounds, where tha, Former Governor wm a member, an-B otifi raarvai serriees will a hel M 11 d0 e'ekek. ' The hadw will the; b taken to Lealabarg, hia. forme home, for latermsnt. . . v . Hoaorary , pallbearer win V Member af tha Council of Stat who. are ia. tha airy. But Audlto Baxter Derham, State Buperiatea dat of Edacatioa E. C Brooks. At taraew Goneeal J. ft liaBninr. Chiefi Jnstic Walter Clark, Associate in tie Beke, Adam, Walks and' Stacy, aad Former Secretary tt tha! Navy Josepsn Daniels, and meirJ bora af tha. Waka Caaty Bar. Ac-1 tiv psil hearers for the serviee her' will b W. B. Drahe, Jr, K. F. BUI, WilHant Bailey, Ba DUoa Jtae,: scui, John Davis, Murray Alloa, Dr, W. S. Bankia, aad B. H. Oriffia, . Tea Btato la Staaaed - ' Tha Btate i ataaaed bw tha tnv.! ribl uddcnaeM With Which death hM struck dawa tha Forms Govcr- aor. Xsaterday ha wm to hava start d a- littl Jaaraey avar its South Carolina, to rierenee, where, with hia dose aad lifelong friend. Dr. C'W. Sik, h wm to addre tha Berth Crsolina tWeicty f tha Palmetto Stato. But yesterday ba wm aaad, aad taatoal sf journeying to FiarenM with him, Dr. SihM waa hastening aloma to Baloigh to ataad besid tt bier f hi friend. A stranger withia the antes af the Capitol City Bsodsd aot to ba toll yesterday that Mrrow had laid heary haad apoa it poopl. It wm writ tea la every face, Mem aad womesl moved along tha streets mora (lowly. They stopped to greet aa tha ther la hashed, Mrrowful vole. Bat yertrrday they htj) a him just ydr, malllag, keeary happy, ver Bowing with that spoataniety af oy that waa back to him a thousand fold tha lev that a had for vrr Urlag thiag. -. Jlaga at Balf Mat J . . . Ia tha pal December MBshln,' very flag la th city haag limp and still at half mast, N breath af wind stirred them, aad they clung to their masts, seemingly thentselvcs stunned by aatversal sorrow. To ward evsaing tha Man '.hern fa- 1 v af tha Capitol Building, ander which, tha Governor had worked for fo- r year, wu draped with heavy slum af mourning. EveatheMhu- T limp aad BtelsncheV airainst t:. gray Ken walla af tha Capitol. Wherever mea paused la their g--iag tha aaa thought that wvKrd i ta their naiad wm that f sorrr , deep personal sorrsw at the g ef the Wm Gvraor, aad ef - -pathy for the wife wha wae still 1 swMtheMtV ah wh had smilingly bcid him thron;h s i i full flowing year af his csrc r, who, though Mmetime s-f f him, wss ever . with t n i t thosghta. The whole p -,. Mraiing, touched ta ' hav, aot word where-. . . grief. Esndreds of T. From earJy wiomi-- th t hun-lrc ' at ib ri : m's wi:i e '. ;
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 29, 1921, edition 1
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