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PST" THE SUNDAY CITIZEN Ihjbbss XXXVII. NO. 157 ASHEVILLE. N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. APRIL 10, 1921. Price 7c. On Trains luc. Billett to Remain Speaker OF 36 GUILTY OF FEDERAL JUDGE PRITCHARD DIES Of House and Kitchin Will Become Democratic Leader IN SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR AFTER USEFUL AND PATRIOTIC CAREER AFFBM I N FIND RATIFYING WOMAN CONSPIRACY TO 00 SUFFRAGE MEASUR AMERICA EXPRESS After Long Kest Kitchen Is Physically rit io ijajriy on the Work. ACTION IS TAKEN AT THE PARTY CAUCUSES fleoree White Asserts Dem- Aid President. WASHINGTON. April 9. Republi a jamruTsts. meetlnsr sena tes "u " " Irilfl.V, PUt '"'nB 1,1 Blll"l luuajr lui ,I,e organization or tne nouse 01 rep ntatlves at noon Monday. Speaker Gillett, nominatea oy tne rnubllcans. will be opposed for re- Llrttion by Jtepreseniauve Liauue iKItohin. democrat, Nortn' Carolina. I Mr. Glllett will bo elected and Mr. Kitchin by reason of his nomination will become democratic leader. In . .1.. i 1 hhe new nouse mo uayiauis iia ov. l,embersand the democrats 131. Back after a long: rest, Mr. Kitchin I uid he felt physically fit to carry on hii work as minority leader but at his Miurnt Representative Garrett. Ten- neec, was named as acting leader. At their nnai caucus repumicans ratified the action of ,the committee i committees and adopted the .-eport nil aiaiiuiuB W.......V... v The action of the general committee in glring representation to labor and ag riculture on the steering committee mi approved. Representative No lan, California, who holds a union ,ard and Representative Anderson, i Minnesota, long active In urging leg- I lislation designated to aid the farming I Industry, were added to the committee Ilonwith Representative, Green. Ver mont, who succeeds Chairman Wins low of the interstate commerce com- NORTH CAROLINA MAY NOT SECURE NEW CONGRESSMAN (By H. E. C. BRYANT) WASHINGTON, April . North Carolina may not have an extra con. gressman If the preaent plana of the laid Ins, congressmen ar carried out. A new bill reapportioning tha membera of tha houaa will ba prepared In a few days by tha houaa committee on cen aua. The meaaure paaaed by tha houaa laat session Increaalng the member ahlp from 435 to approximately 460 waa held up In tha aenate. A strong movement la being organized to hold tha total to 435, tha preaent member, ahlp, Increaalng by thla step the alze of tha average eongreaalonal district. Representative Theodore Burton, of Ohio, la one of those opposed to any Incraaae. A majority of the republi cans on the new cenaua committee. It la believed, favor an Increase to ap proximately 460 membera In order to prevent any of the atatea from losing xcept Maine. It will ba aome weeks before the controversy Is aettled. Tennessee Supreme Court ; Sustains Action of Governor Roberts. : HOLD NO COURT MAY ENJOIN GOVERNOR i Duty of State Secretary to ! , Forward Certificate of i Ratification. Well Known Citizens Are; Among Those the Jury i Adjudges Guilty. 1 HUGHES PRESENTED BULK OF EVIDENCE Conductors, Hotel Men, News Butches and Express : Mesengers Are Involved. 1 PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LATE FEDERAL JUDGE JETER C. PRITCHARD, TAKES SOME TIME AGO PRESIDING ELDERS BE APPOINTED Imlttee. Other -members hold over. Three Districts Vacant in Virginia Conference. Bishop Darlington Receives Class of Five New Ministers. . Tcague Gets Place The only fight In the democratic aucus was for a place on the ways mi) means committee which went to Representative Teague, Massachusetts, nbo defeated Representative Hayden. Arizona, by five votes. Members said Teague won because he. had opened lie Fordney emergency tariff which Hayden supported. Representative Mondell, the repub. fan leader, and Representative Knut jon. Minnesota, republican whip, will wrve again, both having been re- lenea. George White. chairman of the democratic national committee, who Is conferring here with democratic leaders In the senate and bouse on ;he eve of the meeting ef the new con. : frets, announced today that aside from, purely organization activity he.i efforts of the national committee 'oul4 be "intended to be helpful" to President Harding. He added that he Hi sure . that the administration 1th its manifold and ronfllctlng ob- atlons" would need the help of all. "I am deeply gratified." said Mr. White, "at the record which has thus fir been made by our late political nemle, now the chiefs of the nation, In that they have by act endorsed the policies of the preceding administra tion, which formerly they so bitterly assailed by words. Xo Attempt to Harass. "To express this gratitude we re new our pledge to refrain from parti san machinations to harrass and ob struct and reassert our purpose to aid n every proper effort for the nation's welfare. The minority In congress "ill help build constructive legislation, hut will, of course, resist attempts to ilwoy good laws simply because they had democratic inception." Mr. White said that for the time he me the action of the democratic party "Id he confined to the mobilization democratic forces, men and women In every state, adding that the record "i.'tde in congress would establish the hasis for future political contests and that when the time came the demo crats would be ready to lay before the voters "an intelligent array of rafts." Representative Kitchin, of North rrolina. was elected 'today by house mncrats as the i-mrtv rnnrllrlate for iwnker and Representative Tague, of Massachusetts, was chosen to fill the iemorratiu vacancy on the ways and fan committee. "v his nomination, Mr. Kitchin be ""mes democratic leader of the house, """prling the late Champ Clark. In '""opting he declared he expected to ahlr- to shoulder the bulk of the '"'k. but -requested that should his trtiysirai condition cause his absence. Representative Oarrett. of Tennessee, official? designated as acting WfSdr. The rnurua nffrepit. NEW ROANOKE, Va., April 9 Announcement was made at today's session of the Baltimore conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, that presiding elders for the Winchester, Moorefield and Roanoke districts will bo appointed by the bishop at this conference. The Winchester post was left vacant by the appointment today of the Rev. D. L. Blakemore as conference mis sionary secretary, and the positions In the other two districts are made vacant by expiration of the four year terms of the present elders. Among the ministers most promin ently mentioned for the elevation to night is the Rev. M. D. Mitchell, pastor of a Staunton church for the last five years. Others mentioned are the Rev. T. J. Lambert, of Roanoke; the Rev. E. V. Regester, of Alexan dria: and the Rev G. D. White, of West Roanoke. - . . A feature . of today's session , waa tha .reoactlonf aiaaaesof ulna un- dergraduate preachers. These preaciv ers, who have been "on trial ' for tne past two years, were given" full con nectlon 'with the conference. At the request of Bishop Hendrix the class was received by Bishop Darlington, of West Virginia, who de livered an address and propounded the questions which are answered by the undergraduates before tneir ad mission to the conference. The class was composed of Clarence L. Beard, William W. Mclntyre, Samuel C. Stickley, J. Ames t. Early, Martin I. Fearnow, Nolan B. Harmon. John R. Woods, Clarence L. Shaw, and Burley F. Wright. Dr. R. R Blackwell, president of Randolph-Macon college, Ashland, Va. addressed the conference on what he said is the need for a better under standing between the wwhlte and col ored races, and the kind of co-operation that should be built up between them. "Negroes In Virginia." he said, "arc of a higher type than in many other; sections of the south, and the members of the conference should aid them and in maintain a h ichor standard." The Uev. D. II. Hepburn, secretary of the Anto-Saloon league or .Virginia, tola the conference that "the liquor traffic is still alfve" and insisted upon "the a-reatest vlellcnce on the part of all Christians"- In the support of the prohi bition laws. The secretary of the conference read a telegram from the committee on Sab bath observance in the Tennessee con- frence, urging Upe Hulttmore conierence to give "loyal support to the Lord's day alliance." The comcrencc, pledged Its support ! NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 9. The I Tennessee Supremo court today af- firmed the action of Chief Justice D. li. I-ansden in issuing writs of cer tiorari and supersedas in the womans suffrage litigation last summer, ns a result of which Governor A. H. Rob erts sent a certificate to Secretary of State Colby of the ratification of the 10th amendment to the United States constitution by the legislature, following which the adoption of the amendment was proclaimed. Tho original and amended bills In the litigation, the court stated, were filed against the governor, secretary of state, the two speakers and tho two clerks of the legislative houses to enjoin the certification of the reso lution ratifying the suffrage amend ment upon the grounds that the legis lature had no right to ratify because' it was elected before the amendment was submitted and that the art of the legislature of ratifying and of the governor In certifying would be il-' legal. The petition for the governor, sec- I rotary of state and others filed by tho attorney general with the chief justice was upon the ground: First that no court could enjoin the' governor from exercising an ex ecutive function. Second that the secretary of state had no duty to perform and there fore could not he enjoined. Third that no court could enjoin the speakers and clerks because they were performing legislative and politi cal functions. Fourth that the writs of certiorari and supersedas were the only reme dies the petitioners had to correct the Illegal acts of the circuit Judge in enjoining the governor, secretary of state, the two speakers and clerks. The Supreme court sustained all of these positions. ASKSINMCTMENTS E 0 1 GAG Solicitor Doyle , Campbell Williams, Three Sons and Farm Boss Will Face Monticello Courts. by a vote, IV w Mummer, a memner OI ine m- ficlal board of Epworth church. Wash ington, addressed tho members In the Interests of collections from various pastoral charges who are pledged to subscribe to the fund being raised for rebuilding the Epworth church which was destroyed by fire. ... Tomorrow 34 pulpits in local churches of various denominations will be filled l,v members of the conference Hishpp Ilendrix will preach at tJreene Memorial Assignments of the preachers for the next four years will be announced Mon th e ,umn.,u mImw nf the! day by Bishop Hendrix "aS ;jnrl monna PAmmltt.0 will make mlnnriiy assignments to standing com "I'tees. the representations on. which ia been sharply reduced by reason 1' th increased renublican majority. Th list will not be completed until ""IT m eek. r W IX HOTKIi ROOM FOIl THREE- TEARS thev he: houuken, n. jr., April 9. A "eanda.1" developing from the theft h a u Mulcl linen irum wun;ii r.,c a bern cleared was given today by 'I". I'Himle Miller as the reason she It Hunt. Miss Carrie Sunderland '"fri themselves in a hotel room inren ve;irs ago and remained in se- : ""i'iii i npre unt vontorrlav when Were nrriArait . romnfArf hv the . 'he theft occurred in a New York nftel a i, rl after the exoneration the women came here. Mrs. Miller i they voluntarily kept to them th, . for one yar-nd that during . two years one or the other ... ' 1 sick and theF had taken er , "Jm.lr"inT Mh other. Miss Stind- r-rmrf IS ln a hospital in a serious ciiiosis. ufferlng from tu- "ERRIMAX WIJfS -NORTH AND SOUTH TOCBXET HPrHm.HURSJ' X C. April's. B. P. - "u wutn amateur colt cnam- nere t(?day. defeating GardJ- Wnit' . a n -Vt i .'u, w ana a. hii .mrn,"K and was eight up as - ITOK Hfl niS iliiV win m h nl A. ft-w i !A Merriman even for the 3j lh'n lr th afternoon, both taklnr on u ,0 the turn bt Merriman ?t . t tenth ,nJ match, when he Irov. il?nr t White's five.. White h trP "d hd to Ply hlt ORGANIZED LABOR IN NEW YORK TO FIGHT INJUNCTIONS NEW YORK, April 9. Organized labor in greater New York today be gan to concentrate its forces to fighi the Injunctions by employers in labor troubles. . The executive committee of the Cen tral Trades and Labor council, repre senting approximately SOO.OOa union workefs. at a conference addressed bv Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of abor, de cided to give Its entire support to the Movement to fight in the court, against the issuance of injunctions forbidding picketing. While the proposed plans or trie union leaders were not made PUb'p; i i- ..nrtnnd that the best legal counsel possible will be hired nd the full resources of the American feder ation of labor will be placed back of the fight. Appeals also will be tanen the tha United States Supreme court in cases where tne lower cuuno rendered adverse decisions. JTTDGE MERRIMON IN SERIOUS CONDITION Judue J- H. Msrrlmen, ; 2M South Frsneh Broad avenue, ts In a Baltimore hospital In a serious condition, according to telegraphl messages received In the city yesterday. . ,A , Attorney James O. Morrlmon left 1m mediately upon receipt of advices tell Ing of the condition of Judge Morrlmon. CARUSO'S SECRETARY DENIES M 7 HIS VOICE WAS TESTED NEW YOHK. April t. Denial of re ports that Enrico Caruso had given his voice a trial yesterday to find whether It had been affected by his recent Illness . maita tnnlvht bv Bruno Zirato. his eeretary. Caruso will not risk any ".train on his too! chords for aome time, Zirato MONTICELLO. Ga.. April 9. In dictments against John S. Williams, his three sons, and Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, on the charge of the murder of a total of 14 negroes and indictments of several other citizens on the charge of lynching Eugene Hamilton, negro, will be sought at the grand Jury Investigation begin- ing next Monday at Monticello, ac cording to announcement tonight from Solicitor General Doylo Camp bell. Williams, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment to day at Covington, Ga., charged with the murder of one of the negro farm hands whom he is alleged to have feared as possible peonage witnesses was brought U Atlanta today for safekeeping. His motion for a new trial will be heard Apr,ll 30. and So licitor Campbell announced that if Williams is indicted in Jasper county he will not be tred pending the out come of the hearing April 30. Two murder indictments still are pending against Williams In Newton county but action on them has not yet been announced. Manning, self- confessed' accomplice and chief wit ness against Williams, also is under indictment in Newton county where the state holds three negroes were taken and drowned. Manning is to be tried later at Covington. "The law-abiding citizens will show to the world they believe In law enforce ment" Mr. Campbell said tonight. "A number of citizens are involved and we have evidence sufficient to indict six or seven. We have the lynchers on the run and will clean up the county." Williams to Atlanta COVINGTON. April . .lohn 8. Wil liams. Jasper county farmer, was taken to Atlanta and placed in jail today to await action April 30 on his motion for a new trial which was made here today Immediately- after he was convicted and sentenced to lifetime imprisonment on a charge of murder. He expressed confi dence he would finally be cleared of the charges.. The trial was the first one arising from accusations that Williams caused the killing of 11 negro farm hands after department of justice agents had started to Investigate alleged peonage charges on his farm February 18, last. Three of the negroes, including T.indaey Peter son. whm he was specifically charged with killing, at the trial ending today. were alleged to havo been brought into Aewton- county ana urownea. The other eight negroes were declared by Manning, negro farm boss and self confessed accomplice, to have been killed in Jasper county and Inquiry by the grand Jury with a view to Indicting Williams and three or his sons Is to open there Monday. Williams appeared to take his con viction calmly but when his wife and daughters broke Into sobs, their grief affected mm ana ne struggled to hide his emotions' as he sought to comfort them. He was allowed to remain In tho court room with them for 10 or 15 mln utes before being taken to Atlanta.' Date for trial of Williams on the other two Indictments here -has not been set nor has the court announced when Man ning will be tried, although It was In dicated the negro would wace a Jury before the regular July term. .Counsel for Williams hold that he cannot tried oft the Indictment charging murder of Willie Freston. wnose body was found chained to that of Peterson, but the (Continued on Page Fifteen) - MACON, Ga., April 9.--Thirty-six out of 45 defendants in the trial nf persons accused of conspiracy to r'! the American Railway Express com pany were found guilty by a jury here late today. The 36 persons were convicted on all flvo counts of the indictments. The list of defendants Included not only express messengers and agents In Georgla'and Alabama, but also con durors, baggagemen, news butchers, nogro porters, garage owners and hotel proprietors. The conductors were some of the best known in tho southeast and were held In high es teem, some owning plantations. W. A. Hughes, messenger, furnished the bulk of evidence for the govern ment. Ho was on the stand for nearly a week and told of transactions. The government's case was based largely on his testimony, a story that lawyers for the defense charged was "framed. Those found guilty are: C. H. Raker, baggagemnster. Albany, Ga. : W. V. Rarbe messenger. Albany, fia.: O. H. Baldwin, flagman. Albany. Ga. ; Henry Rarlow, news butcher. Macon; M. K. Bowdoln, messenger. Atlanta: V. K. Brunner, messenger, College I'ark. Ga. ; R. C. Chancey, express agent, Hart ford. Ala.; Walter Crittle, negro porter, Macon; ij. K. Dlx. baggagemnster, Ma con; E. E. Dunaway, expres agent, Ogle thorpe'; Troop Floyd, negro porter. Ma con; William Hackney, baggagemaster. Montgomery, Ala.: King Hurdy. conduc tor, Albany, Ga. ; J. O. Hood, agent, Cuth bert, Oa. ; Charlie Hunter, baggagemaster, Macon; A. G. Johnson, agent, Stnlthvllie. Ga.; J. L. Johnson baggagemaster, Ma con: Charlie Johnson, conductor, Albuny; O. C. Johnson, transfer clerk. Smlthville. Ga. ; M. V. Klmhrell, baggagemaster. Al bany, Ga.; C. E. Langford, messenger. Warrenton. Ga. : J. C, McArthur, mes senger, Amerlcus, Ga.; N. T. McKlnnon, conductor, Dothan, Ala.; Dan Mol.endon, Conductor, Floral, Ala.: R. S. McMlchael, i messeneer. MontEomery; U. v. McMillan, messenger. Woodward, Ala.: W. G. Mixon, agent, Ozarfc, Ala.: J. v. Morris, flagman, Albany, ua. : C. W. Pierce, messenger, Macon; J. N. Smith, conductor, Macon; O. L. Smith, flagman, Albany, Ga.; W. W. .Wood, baggagemaster, Macon: Eugene G. Stovall, messenger Union Springs, Ala.: R. J. Gardner, messenger, Hampton, Ala.: E. D. Knox, negro, ex press helper, Arlington, Ga.; 11. L. Rocker, messenger. Millen, Ga. Those found not guilty are as follows: Charlie Burgees, garage proprietor, Florala. Ala.; Walter Driggers, garage man.- Florala. Ala.; O. E. Hall, con ductor, Albany, , Gt; L. Knight, bag. gagemaster, Macon; W. V. Meek, con ductor. Macon; B. L. Rogers, transfer man, Albany, Ga.; hi. H. . Sheppard. Depot agent, Albany, Ga.; W. G. Simp son, agent. Union Springs,, Ala.; M. F. Stokes, messenger. Boston. Ga. Not guilty by. direction of Judge Bev erly l). Adams: j L. C. Carson, barber, Florala. Ala ti C. M. Crosson, Florals, Ala.; W. P., Hosey, merchant, Atlanta: Marvin i Prestwood, hotel manager. Florala, Ala.;! W. T. Prestwood, Florala. Ala.:- Kd. Redding, merchant, Macon; Joshua Stewart, Florala, Ala. ; J. R. Radney, express ' agent, Columbia, Ala.; Carlos Jordan, Florala, Ala. On plea of misnomer .fudge Evans nol prossed the case against W. W. Hodge. Those who pleaded guilty at the be ginning of the trial: E. M. Alsabrook, express messenger, Etifaula, Ala.; It. C. Brlnson. mes senger. Millen. Ga.; C H. Condrey, messenger, Atlanta, Ga.; W. C. Greene, messenger and agent at Eatonton, Ga.; W. A. Hughes, express messenger, At lanta, Ga. ' Those who were Indicted buU never arrested: J. A. Bradshaw. messenger; Ernest C. Fields, messenger; R. E. Stalcy, mes- senger; James KcnciriCK, negro express messenger. I o v : x- I s" Vji- , EXULTED JUDICIAL? POSITION ATTAINED BY GREAT ABILITY Elevated to Judgeship OS U. S. Circuit Court 0 Appeals in 1904 LONG PROMINENT IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS Known as Administrator oj Justice and Friend to All Classes of Men JUDGE JETER C. PRITCHARD Striking British Miners to . -Confer With Mine Owners MAY BE RELIEVED Bankers Expect Assistance From Finance Companies. Meeting in Atlanta Next Month Will Decide ' Working Plans. STATE FIRE LOSS MONTH OF MARCH PLACED AT $432,000 (Special to The Citizen) RALEIGH, April . Estimates from reports made during the month of March to the state Insurance com missioner, show the total fir loss for March is 1718,155, against the Feb ruary total loss of $432,000. Firs loss statistics of the Insurance department, however, show an Im provement for the first quarter year over that of last year's quarter as follows: Total fire loss, last quarter 1820, $2,940,000; total fire loss, first quarter 1921, $1,757,155. Tha heavy fire losses during th month are as follows: Wlnston-Salsm, $71,955; Henderson, $45,030; States vllle, $16,100: Roxboro, $11,500: New Bern, $59,000; Greensboro, $27,000; Stoney Point, $22,000: Rocky Mount, $56,000; Loulsburg. $110,000;; Apex, $11,000; Blltmore, $25,000; near High Point, $ $200,000. Coal Workers Will Refrain From Action Endanger ing the Mines. GENERAL STRIKE IN WAY OF SETTLEMENT English Labor Dispute In volving 2,000,000 May Yet Be Averted. COTTON SITUATION BOY HARRIS HELD ON MU D E R CHARGE LONDON". April 9. (Hy The Asso ciated Press.) An agreement was reached tonight between tho striking coal miners and the mine owners for a conference for the purpose of cn denvorlng to settle tho strike. The executive body of tho miners has Instructed the miners to refrain from any action cndungerlng the mines. Frank Hodges,- Hucretary of tho minors union, said thu conference with tho mine owners had boon ar ranged without any conditions being stipulated. , The strllto of the coal miners, which threatened to curry with it u general strike of tho rallwaymen and trans port workers, seems now to bo in u fair way of settlement through negotiations. i r j , Hjr,-J, ' ! Tho dbputo throughout has been OOnieSSed 10 MUraer. Ofi fruitful of urprlseH. and another one Joseph Elwell. Governor Whitman Will Question and Decide on Situation. , NEW ORLEANS, April 9. Relief j of the cotton situation in the south; through substantial assistance on the' part-of the w-ar flnance corporation; BUFFAIjO. N. V.. April 9. Hoy Harris, whoso confession of complic ity In the murder of ,Tos-b. Ft. El welll, New York sportsman and card was expected to oe orougni aonni expen,. nas puzzicu dui.- u uim shortly, in the opinion of represents -: New York police for two days, had larroSJir nrst degree murder charge placed pany and the federal reserve bank against him for four hours tonight, of Atlanta, who tonight announced j The charge was placed opposite his after an all day consultation that theyj (ne ,jpe b)ottcr of the Nl- would meet again in Atlanta the lat- ',.i... a. ter part of this month to take action ! agara street station at o clock. At along those lines. I 10 o'clock Police Chief Higgins an- Th federal international banking nounced the charge would bo with- company's headquarters here will se- drawn and the man would bo held on' memoers or tne an open Federal Judge Jeter Conley Prltch. ard, Judge of the United States ,-ir-cult court for tho fourth district, recognized counsellor of the repub lican p.'irty for many years, and na tionally known as an administrate, of Justice who knew no classes, passed away this morning at :00 o'clock, following an Illness extend ing over several months. Death of j the famous Jmfclst was due directly to pneumonia, which developed Thurs day and served to aggravate his prev- ! ions physical afflictions, lie waa In 1 ins sixty-fourth year. i' or several days, since the grave condition of the eminent legal au thority became known, inquiries have been numerous from friends and ad mirers In all parts of the country, and while his death this morning was not entirely unexpected, hit passing was h shock to members of the family who hud kept a constant vigil at his bedside. Throughout the past 48 hours the ' deceased had been unconscious u greater pai'. of the time and whllo expert medical aid udministored nv ery remedy known In the science of medicine, disease continued to fasten it grip. As tho condition of he. whoso exalted position made his Ju dicial decisions of great import throughout the nation, becarrJ k'newn to bo giavo and heralding tbil approach of death, the city of hla choice for home became enveloped lit sorrow. Conquered Adversity Born In adverse circumstances and educated solely through a desire lu achieve greatness, while self-supporting Judge l'rltchard eked out hi subsistence as a young man ' by his toll, by day In a printshop during Kiiv uyus3 uttya y iwvumtuuMmKlu j the southland, and by night through searching such textbook were ob' . tainable. In early youth he received atten tion by experienced statesmen, and identifying himself with tho republi can party, began a career, the promi nence and limitations of which could only be estopped by his being called to a reward for services rendered humanity. Judge Pritohurd was a consistent member of tho First Baptist church, and an activo member of the Masonic order and Knights of Phythlas. He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Airs. Thomas A. Rollins; three sons, Dr. Arthur T. Prltchard, Solicitor Oeorgo M. Prltchard and Attorney J. McKlnlcy Prltchard, and a sister, Mrs. J. T. Harris. Funeral arrangements have not been considered but It Is goenraily believed services wll be held where the great throngs of friends and ad mirers may gather to -pay their last mark of respect, and that orders of which he was a distinguished mem ber wll participate. Among the ".Makers of America" some men whose attainments and the development of whose career, have been made possible by the gen ius of their native country. Such was Jeter Conley Prltchard. Left an orphan, after a war whtcn nud stripped his mother of husband and home, and had deprived her of all resources Judge Prltchard advanced to a height that exemplifies the fact that opportunity to develop strength of character and to rise in station are denied to none In this great anil free land which wc cull the United StateM. An incipient fixity of purpose and determination of will, doubtless his inheritance from his Welsh ancestors and tho quick perception and keen with of hl Irish forebears gave im petus to his natural ambitions. These, fostered by his mother and Intensi I was sprung tonigut wiien urier con I fcrences and interles between tho .t ...............1 1.. t.. II .1..., In..n- jmi uc.i tl'in ,1 in u mnviiiK an uj ii'i,, and when It was supposed tnal all efforts to niovo tho miners hud prov ed ineffectual, it wb.i suddenly an nounced that the miners had yielded and that n conference with the mine nu-ners hnrt heen r-nnvenpfl for Moll- day to discuss the riuestions Involved, ! fied by the struggles of his rhlld- while notices were nerit. to the mining hood for the bare, necessities of life, districts urging absentation from any havo all produced a character unique action that would interfere with j in Its -completeness. It is said that necessary- measures for the safety of the dwellers in the valley receive the miners. (wonderful inspirations from then The only explanation yrt available I constant uplook to tho mountains as to what inducements were offered which rear their summits above the to the miners to remove their rooted I clouds. Bo this as it may, it is cer- objectlon to assenting to steps assur-i tain that Judge l'rltchard from the Ing the safety of the mine owner's property Is tho somewhat sryptlo statement of Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners union "tlio conference was arranged unconditionally." Whether the rumors that the gov ernment Is willing, that tho wage FORDNEY TO INTRODUCE - SOLDIERS' BONUS DLL WASHINGTON. April 9. A soldiers' bonus bill will be Introduced in the house early next week by Chairman Fordney of the ways and means committee who Ini tiated the adjusted compensation meas ure that was passed by the laat house but failed to receive senate approval. Mr. Fordney aald today he had not der termlned whether the new bill would contain the seme Ave main provisions carried In tha oM measure, but Indicated it would bo essentially toe iMiei. frnm thd 1 3flO memhers nf the un rtrtpn rhnrffp corporation, recently organized un-! The charge of murder against liar-j question should be adjusted on n n der the Edge act. data and statistics ria was a mistake. It was stated, dtioitlonal basis may bo held to explain touching all angles of the. cotton ; to the faulty transmission of a tele-tho change lit the situation Is tin trade. These statistics will be indexed 1 gram, which advised Chief Higgins Unknown. If. as Sir. Hodges suggests, and studied at tho Atlanta meeting I "hr.l.l" Harris. The telegram, from the government and mine owners after wheih It was expected definite plans would be made for organiza tion under the weon-pomei-eno set of a company able to thanco and move cotton. The meeting here today was pre sided over by R. S. Heeht, a director of the federal -International banking company. Among those active In the relief plans were Eugene Meyer. Jr., managing director and Dwlght F. Davis, a director of the war finance corporation and M, B. Wellborn, gov ernor of the Atlanta federal reserve bank. All directors of the New Or leans branch of the Atlanta banq also were present. - Cotton exporters of the south will' be called upon to nave representa tives at the Atlanta meeting. It was announced. Mr. Meyer, In an expla nation of the views of the war finance corporation stated the best results for the south would do -compnsnea Dy "the proper spirit of co-operation among cotton exporters and bankers, acting In conjunction witn tne. lea eral International banking company." Both Mr. Meyer and Mr. Davis as sured' the bankers that any practical Slan of co-operation devised by the ankers and exporters would meet with tha hearty co-operation of the. war flnanca corooratio- Acting Chief Inspector Thomas Mur- have really agreed to an uncondl phy of New York, said: ; tional conference, that would bo suf- "Hold Hoy Harris on his confession j fir-lent to induce the miners to yield nf the murder of Joseph H. Elwell; tho pumping point. In any case, the here in June, 1920, penning iunmr Investigation." When it was transmitted over the telephone to tho police at tha station house where Harris is held, it was construed to mean that a muruer charge was to be placed against the mi"arrlsv wife was a visitor at the Niagara street police station tonight. She was taken there from another police station where she has been held . notorial witness. Although news. nnnermen were not allowed In the through a window and u was seen that the woman wss pieaaing nn Harris earnestly, while Harris, ges ticulating, kept insisting on some point. The meeting lasted an hour. Then detective Harry Oswald, of the New York detective bureau, joined them. Mrs. Harris was smiling when rhe emerged. She avoded newspapermen who sought to question her. "It wss Just a little family party," Detective Oswald said. "Nothing alavalnne unexpected agreement gives tho live liest hopes that the struggle which would have swept through, will be averted. FIREMEN STILL FIGHTING COTTON OIL PLANT FIRE MACON, .J., April 9 Firemen were still at work at the Buckeye Cotton Oil company's plant tonight where. 300 bales of cotton fibre have been burning for 21 hours. They checked the blaze late to day, but the fire will "mnolder for several days. . A concrete and structural Iron room, the couple were tn pwin 'S"li.d tl high. In which the cotton was stored, collapsed from the- heat. loss Is estimated at )13.i,n00. SHEHIgF Tire WILL BRING VAUGHN'S BODY HOME TAMPA Fia.. April 9 When Sheriff T. A. Heis, of Columbia, Richland county, S. C.. leaves here tomorrow for horn" he will take with him the body of Thurston t". Vauchn. who committed suicide In the Hlllshoro county Jail here last night most straitened circumstances lu tho mountains .of east Tennessee ad vanced to an exalted Judicial position little lower than the highest within the gift of the government. William H. l'rltchard, the father of the Judge was of Welsh and Irish ancestry, tho name being sometinvs written "Prltchett." He was a car penter and bulkier of Jonesboro, Ten nessee, pursuing his vocation with an earnestness, energy and honesty typical of his race, lie was well edu cated and fond of books, devoting all of his spare time to reading. He married Elizabeth Browne, who was of Irish parentage. His son. Jeter conley Prlli hard. whs born July 12. isr,7. The father was entirely south ern in his sentiments, and. when the civil war broke which wan to bring disaster to his comfortable home his home which he was destined to never see again he enlisted In the armv of the Confederacy. His regi ment was the tsoth East Tennessee; his colonel, John If. Crawford. This regiment, at the seige of Vlcksburg. was most highly praised for Its brav ery and endurance. After the surren der at Viekshurg, Mr. Prltchard died at .Mobile. Ala- ot diseases contact ed from the exposure and suffering of four long years of continuous fight ing. , . The boy was not yet eight years of age when the end came and the mother could scarcely support, much less educate him. No doubt hie mother taught him to read, but at 1! years, he was not able to write." With maternal Intuition she had long seen tha nromise of her son's career, and she labored to instil into his heart bv slashing his throat with a rasor. prerirt eis arrived lonigni wnn rwiii- . sltlon paper for Vaughn, to find hed Jan1 '..-'ulS't. JSEX"
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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