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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Rain on th coast
and unsettled; probably rain or mow
In tha Interior Thursday; Friday
fair and warmar.
WATCH THE LABEL
On your Maar. It will tall you whan
yaup aubMrlptlsn anplraa. Renew five
save boforo aspiration, and you wan t
mlse an laaua.
"DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
ESTABLISHED 1868.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 21, 1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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I
MAW IS HEARD
SPECIAL PLEA
POHIBITIO
rees Presidential Pro
clamation Issue, Calling
for Abstinence.
rOULD EMULATE
FOCH'S ATTITUDE
Bays the "Plain People"
Laugh at Autocracy's
Claim to Privilege.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. High
ovei-nmont officials. Governors, i
jdges and members of Congress !
ere asked today by ltepresenta-
ve Upshaw, Democrat, of Georgia.
a speech in the House, to emu-
ite Marshal Foch, who "refused
touch intoxicants while on
drnerioan
K dry ci
U'No loni
soil out of respect for
constitution."
longer must the higher ups
ty go, shouted Mr. I pshaw.
They must say 'come.' Anything
ij9 than this would be a farce
uaA a scandal. 'Timorous souls
Vive never inspired anybody. This
'v I.fVio time for pussyfooting ut-
lemnces ana action on tne part or
rir Sti
State and .National leaders.
Upshaw urged that the Pres-
lssue a "ringing Christmas
.foclamation calling every citizen
jtni especially every official to total
Abstinence for the common good."
Beferring to the recont Governors'
nferenee, he said, "let these Gov-
irnors, led by the President and
loe-Presldent of the United States
rid all the members of the cabi-
walk out In the open and lift
ir hands before high Heaven
d take1 a new oath of allegiance
p the whole Constitution and the j
, merican flag."
"Let them sacredly declare." I
dd Mr. Upshaw, "that, regardless
f what their tastes and practices
pave been they will never again
build up a bootleggers' barbarlous
business by drinking any form or
my amount of illicit liquors at any
Jinner, at any function, or in any
ball room or any back alley.' Let
every . mermber of Congress and
very United States Senator follow
ult; let every State and Federal
udge and every prosecuting at
orney in America stand ur- like
tatriotic men and declare they
ivill never again personally trample
the Constitution which they have
worn to obey and defend,"
Declaring the "plain people"
augh at high sounding pronuncia-
nentos, because they believed that
many high officials believed in
hat 'hi-fa-lutin' autocracy which
laim the privilege of buying and
i rink inn illicit liquors themselves
whilB denying the privilege to. the
;oor devils down among the masses
. are foolish enough to want
hr-i oifjortunty 10 buy and drlnK
lillldit liquid damnation," .Mr. Up
shaw said that "if these Governors,
iv ho put their feet under the Pres
ident' mahogany at the White
House, really wish to get anywhere
mi their conferences for law en
fircement let them remember
-hat the beloved and immortal
Sum Jones said: "it you want to
reform the world, begin on your
vlf.' "
Mr. Upshaw, commended Com
mander Alyin Owsley, of the
American Legion, who, he said,
had declared he would not touch
a drop of liquor while head of the
legion and then launched an at
ark on Governor Parker, of Louis
iana, who, he said, had asserted
31 the recent Governors' confer
ence at White Sulphur Springs, W.
Va., that prohibition Is a failure."
"I cannot." he said, "close this
iionest, desperate Christmas exhor
tation to the Governors of America
and all other-.high officials wlth-
Init the inevitable observation that
he conference of Governors will
e in a bad fix and will leave the
President and his cabinet and the
vhole country in a bad fix if they
ire all down with the same com
Ulaint which afflicts that visionary
hero of wind mills, the frantastic
Governor of Louisiana."
ofessors Not Wishing
"Embarrass" College
Will Resign Posts.
C1T1SSS SEWB BCBIAQ
XARBOldTOH BOTSL
IB, SHOCK mKKLM)
RALEIGH, Dec. 20. A flare up
t State College that nrei repom-ii
described as a "noar scandal'
dwindled this afternoon into a
tiassinu row amnni -the college
facuy over alleged indiscretions
of four instructors.
The Instructors, C. W. Busbee,
f Louisiana, T. B. Parks and C. B.
Buckner. both Of North Carolina,
and a Mr. Miller, of South Caro
lina, had been making wine In
their rooms located off the college
property, according to today's in
formation. College heads demand
ed their resignations.
The instructors appealed to the
board of trustees for an investiga
tion and the trustees found they
nad committed no act demanding
their resignations, according to in
formation obtained tonight on good
authority, although Dr. Clarence
Poe, chairman of the board, would
neither deny nor confirm that the
hoard had taken up the matter.
He announced.- however, that the
four faculty members did not wish
to embarrass the college so they
lad noi Deen tenaerea tonigni, asm
students at the college, 396 vil
whom issued a statement today,
i , i (i n .
"NEAR SCANDAL
OVER HOME-MADE
111 DIES DOWN
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A persons well informed on af
fairs at State College described
the difficulty as a controversy be
tween the "Riddick and anti-Riddle
k faction among the faculty
with the student body Joining in."
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SUIT TO COMPEL
LISTING STOCKS IS
LOST BY PERSON
i
Cannot Require Individ
uals to Disclose Stocks
Held for Taxation.
PRESENT SYSTEM
CONSIDERED LEGAL
Justice Adams Says Noth
ing of Value Held by
Corporation Untaxed.
CITIZI NBWI BCRlin
YARnoaorOH Hujmu
I H, unocs BAKKLBl )
RALEIGH. Dec. 20. With the
chief Justice dissenting, the Su
preme Court today dismissed for
mer State Senator Willie M. Per
son's suit to compel the State Com
missioner of Revenue to require
the listing for taxation of all stocks
and bonds held by individuals.
While finding that Col. Person
was in error In appealing to a Ju
dicial tribunal when he should
have told his troubles to the legis
lature. Justice Adams, in writing
the opinion and Justice Stacy, in
a concurring one, go fully into the
manner and methods of taxing
corporate stocks and bonds and
sanction the system as one in strict
compliance with the mandate of
the constitution.
Chief Justice Clark, "not concur
ring" as he designates his opin
ion, writes through thirty pages
on the burdening of the. masses
with taxes, sticks to his not in
frequently expressed contention
that the constitution is being
"clearly violated."
Judge Adams sets forth the!
contention of the plaintiff, when !
"shorn of verbiage" as follows: !
"That the constitution of North
Carolina. Art. 5. Sec. 3. provides
that laws shall he passed taxing
by a uniform rule all moneys,
credits, investments in bonds,
stocks,. Joint 'stock companies, or
otherwise; that stockholders
should therefore, list for taxation
In their own names all shares of
stock held byvthem; that all stat
utes purporting to exempt the in
dividual owner from the necessity
of listing his stocks in this man
ner are void and of no effect and
that It is the duty of the defendant
to enforce compliance wih this
construction of the constitutional
provision."
Adams Bays lawmakers Must
Give the llollef Sought.
Judge Adams points out that the
relief sought could not be obtain
ed in any event without exercise
of legislative functions and the
plaintiff was in faial error in the
assumption that --such functions
may b exercised by the court,
and this alone would be sufficient
grayods (r ,he dismissal of the
suit, which Reeks to have the court
force a state official to do some
thing that learly would be in vio
lation of the law under which he
works. .
"Albeit, the paramount impor
tance of a question which assails
the policy adopted by the legisla
ture for taxing corporate property
and continued with mijior changes
for well-nigh half century, de
mands an expression of opinion by
the courts, Justice Adams pro
ceeds to give him one.
Statute Says Double Tax
Shall Not Be Inflicted.
"The statute objected to simply
provides that, if the corporation
pays a tax on Its capital stock the
share holder shall not be required
either to list or pay a tax on his
Individual sjiares," he writes, and
then goes on:
"In his A-'eault upon this statute,
the plaintiff says in effect- that the
Constitution requires the payment of
tax by the shareholder upon his
Individual stock, even when the cor
poration pays the tax on Its capital
stock. This Is tiio 'Plaintiff's funda
mental and fatal error. In the Con
stitution of North Carolina there !
no such provision. It Is required that
laws be passed -taxing by uniform
rule oil moneys, credits, investments
n Donas, stock. Joint-stock comnan ea
or otherwise. It la the investment
CmffeuM i ia0f Tirol
ISSUE ORDER FOR
SPECIAL TERM OE
CHEROKEE COURT
Superior Tribunal Will
Take Up Long Standing
Land Suits Soon.
MURPHY, Deo. 20. A special
order from Governor Cameron
Morrison has Just been received
here by the clerk of the court
calling, a special term of the Cher
okee County Superior Court for
the purpose of trying certain land
condemnation suits of the Carolina-Tennessee
Power Compnny
against the Hiawassee River Pow
er Company, involving riparian
rights to about 25 miles of the
Hiawassee River between Murphy
and the Tennessee State line.
There are fourteen suits docketed
for the special term involving aa
many parcels of land along the
river. Both companies hold land
and neither will sell to the other
and consequently the development
of the river has been held In
abeyance for a number of years.
These suits have been on the court
calendar for a long time but have
been continued at each succeeding
term of court for one reason or
another. At the recent term held
In November they were continued
again and the local bar, court of
ficial and the presiding Judge
signed a request for a special term
of the Superior Court to hear these
coses.
Upon the outcome of these suits
depends the right to develon sev
eral hundred thousand horsepower
now going to waste on the Hia
wassee River. That Carolina-Tennessee
Power Company has recent
ly made the announcement that
it la now ready to expend from
five to seven million dollars In de
veloping hydro-electrlcally some-1
thing like sixty horsepower if titles
to certain parcels of land held by
How Asheville's First
Skyscraper Will Look
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''f-'imW:' il finis;-
:.-rr lMtf ft i -iS -fis,
w f i; 1 1 1 iff til
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The handsome structure to be
L. B. Jackson. 12 stories high,
around $175,000, will be Asheville's
attractive office buildings in the state.
The entire building will be used
office is now under ten-year lease
Elevator service and all modern conveniences will be found in the
building, which will be started February 1 and in several months will
begin to rise above the skyline of the
NO AGREEMENT
YE
REACHED IN
HEDGECQCK CASE
Case Goes to Jury Late
Wednesday After a Pull
Day of Arguments.
GKEENSHOKO, Dec. 20. After
struggling with the Hedgecoclt
bank failure case for three an!
one-half hours late this afternoo-i
end tonight, a Guilford Superior
Court Jury was put to bed at 8:30
o'clock tonight. The Jurors will
resume their deliberations tomor
row morning.
The case, involving a charge
against Basil H. Hedgecock, for
mer cashier of the Homo Savings
Hank of High Point, which failed
!aet April, the charge being that
he made a false entry of J10.00O,
in an alleged effort to cover up a
shortage said to amount to over
1100.000, went to the Jury this aft
ernoon Just before five o clocK.
after a day of argument by attor
neys, topped off with a brief
t hnrge by Judge W. F. Harding.
Argument today was made by a
brilliant array of legal talent with
W. P. Bynum, R. C. Strudwlnk and
T. J. Gold pleading for tho de
fense; A. I.. Brooks, solicitor, and
J C. Bower for the prosecution.
Mrs. Ilcdgocnck Col In put's
Aided Out of Courtroom
During the speech of A. 1.
Brooks, when he dug Into Hedgo
cock, asking that a debt to so
ciety be paid because of the failure
of the bank, Mrs. Hedgecock
broke down crying, arfd had to be
ussfstted from the courtroom,
where sha ha sat through the trial
of the case, by the side of her hus
band, since It was begun Monday
morning. She did not come back.
In the main the solicitor and air.
Brooks stressed the fact of Hedge
cock having signed a paper admit
ting false entries and having ad
mitted entering a tIO.000 check
bearing the name of M..J. Wrenn,
IS days after it was dated, a check
that has not since shown up, and
which Wrenn and Mrs. Wrenn
stated that they djd not sign or
present.
The attorneys for' the defense
contended to the Jury that many
things in connection with the bank
were done in an Irregular manner
and that indictment and trial of
Hedgecock is an effort to make
him a scape goat. Thev declared
that the $10,000 entry was a true
one, and that he was trapped into
signing the alleged confession.
One very interesting, thing was
brought out in connection with the
check. Mr. Bynum told the Jury
that it was not strange that Mrs.
Wrenn did not remember signing
the check as he said she forgot to
list 1 70,000 on deposit for taxation.
Indications are that some time
tomorrow morning the Jury wi?
report beck the court.
erected on South Pack Square by
and representing an investment of
first skyscraper and one of the m'Ht
exclusively by attorneys and every
to law ni-ms or the city.
city.
SUPREME COURT
LETS CAMPBELL
E
Only Clemency Will Keep
Dillingham From Serv
ing Road Sentence.
RALEIGH, N. C. Doc. SO. The
North Carolina Supreme Court be
fore adjourning nine die for tlic
term at noon today, disposed of
appeals, granting a now trial to
John A. Bush, of Caldwell County.
Under sentence of death for the
murder of Will Cline. but finding
r.o grounds to Interfere with the
Judgment of death pronounced in
tho lower court of Buncombe
County against W. W. Campbell.
Bush was senteneed to die in
Aumist, 1922, for the murder of
Will Cline, the defense -having set
up a plea of self-defense. A ne,
trial was awarded according to tho
Supreme Court a opinion written
by Associate Justice Walker, be
reuse the trial judge errored ii
the charge to the Jury.
Campbell who wan convicted In
July, . 1922, In the Buncombe
County Superior Court, was in
charge of the police at the Oteen
government hospital near Asheville
when he was charged with th
liii'iiler of Mrs. Annie Smathers,
the Oteen telephone operator, hi;
sweetheart.
According to the evidence in the
face, on the morning of the killing
tne defendant stated to one T. 1'.
I'nrkcr: "I want to see her one
more time and ask her to marry
rne. it sno aon t, sue can t marry
any other man."
Eye witnesses testilled that Mrs.
Smathers was riding in the de
fendant's automobile on a road
pear Fairview that same afternoon.
that she jumped out of the moving
cor as ir trying to run away from
Campbell. Campbell, it was said
in the evidence, stopped his car.
ran after Mrs. Smathers for a few
yards then fired at her with a pis
tol. Whan she fell he stood over
hr and fired three more shots into
her body.
Edward N. Wright, of the firm
Of Wright and Craig, who defend
ed Campbell, said last night that
preparation would maae at once by
the slayer's counsel to appear be
fore Governor Morrison and ap
peal for executive clemency. It Is
understood that the attornevs will
contend that the former chief of
police at Oteen was not of sound
mind when the killing occurred.
SCOTT DILI. IG H AM
liOSES HIS APPFAL
L. Scott Dillingham, former used
car dealer of Asheville, convicted
in the Superior Court several
months ago on an extortion charge,
will serve a road term in the Bun
lombe County chain rang, the Pu-
l'ntiKtie4 ft ff TrJ
SENTENC
ST D
MEDICAL COLLEGE STRAITS CONTfiOLl?etoe Efficiency
COALITION P L A NIPACT MAY YET BE: British And American
NOT ACTED UPON IDE WITH TURKS1 mnmAmncan
Committee Named to Get
Sentiment in State Re-
garding Joint Scheme.
STATE TRUSTEES
NOT READY TO ACT
Special Committee Will
Report January Meet
ing of Trustees.
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TARHHROI UH HulKl.
I ft. mini A' milk i.i l i !
KAl.r.Hill. Dp,, m. Appoint
I mi nt of .i pei iul ciimmltten to
! li-i-l nut sentiment along the other
I lit noinilliltloiiul inHtltutliHin and to
lully lin estlKati- th"i I easitillity of
I the plan was as far x the unl
ersity trustees got towards any
i It-fin 1 1 c in -t ion tmlav on the pro
posal of 1'ieshlerit W. V. Few. ol
Irinitv I'olleee for fhv etti)M.ih-
I iiient anil maintenance jointly by
Mlie I'nh pmity iiihI Trinity t'ol
; lege of a .North Carolina Medical
i ( ollege
I The Tiinii.v president's an
nouncement of a plan whereby the
Mjle roiiM sharp in an eight mil
lion dollar medical hospital, the
lai'Kewt In the South, at a propor
tionate coat almost negligible was
a sudden liig piei-e of news for
Hie universjty trustees and they
were not prepared to act on it.
Although the appointment o( the
committee ws the sole outcome of
three hours of discussion, many
points were advanced, for and
against the proposal and tha trus
tees thrashed out many complex!-
I ties that the proposal gave rise to.
The special committee, compos!
i of seven members, "after investl-
i gating the siihjoct matter shall re
I port to the January meeting of the
j trustees with Its recommendations
land shall confer with other Insti
tutions, including Wake Forest
College, and Davidson College, be
fore making such n report. 1 lie
members are Governor It. A.
Houghton, who offered the resolu
tion: 1". P. llobgnod, James S.
Manning. W. N. Everett, Edgar W.
i'hatr, H- P. Grier, and Julian S.
Can-. On motion of the board,
Governor Morrison and President
Chase, were asked tn sit with the
committee.
Morrison Acts A
I.x-Offtcio Chairman
Governor Morrison, who resided
as ex-offlcio chairman presented
IM-exident Few's proposal, which,
briefly provides for an eight mil
lion dollar Institution, the Univer
sity and Trinity furnishing a mil
lion dollars each a building
fod. Trlnitrf nroposes to endow It
.nu fn'rmm Minion drvnitrs through:
the Rockefeller FouaMatlon, jnd-
the State for the University, woma
guarantee an appropriation equal
to the inoome from three million
dollars. Trinity's million tor the
building fund, it is announced,
would come from James B. Duke.
The plan as presented by Governor
Morrison would be for tha forma
tion of a corporation made up or
the University, Trinity and other
denominational schools that would
share in the control of the med
leal college. Davidson, the Presby.
1 " nr1 Wake Forest,
the Baptist School, especially would
be asked to come m.o el
ation. This organization ou'
tabllsh and maintain the medical
college, which would be n1"1"1; a
state nor denominational Institu
tion but a North Carolina Medical
College.
n-i-it.- ...nuM insist on the col
lege being located In Durham and j
the Watts riospiiMi. it
probably would be used as the col
lege hospital.
There were doubts today that
the plan will ever go through.
Denominational opposition and
opposition on the ground that It
would be the too close association
of church and state began to arise
with the spread of news of the
proposal. Baptist leaders, partic
ularly, are reported to be strong
against the proposition aafl it Is
reported they would refuse to Join
In the plan in any way whatso
ever. ' , .
Unless the State can Induce the
other denominational colleges to
Join in the corporation it very
likely will dismiss the plan as one
into which ft cannot enter. Al
beit, Governor Morrison and the
university trustees, recognlxng Jn
Trinity's offer a great big chance
to get a great big medical college
for the State, purpose to investl
i .to iho feasibility of it very fully
and rea if Baptist. Methodist and
Presbyterian, Episcopalian, . nns
lian. Lutheran and all other de
nominational sentiment can be
hennirht Into favor with It.
KhmiM the denominations give it
a warm reception ine uuiij
would be willing to Join in. anouio
they frown upon it, the university
will stnv out. By staying out, how
ever, it might postpone for many
years the chance of getting a tour-
year medical course, pecause inn-tt-v
verv nrohahlv would go ahead
any way and establish Its medical
college and with the revenue avail
able for Its maintenance it would
overshadow the University propo
sition. So friends of the institution
think.
In presenting Dr. Few a proposal
today. Governor Morrison an
nounced to the trustees he fav
ored Charlotte over Chapel Hill for
the Medical School, and would be
willing to fight for the location
there, owing to the numerous ad
vantages of that city, but Trinity s
entrance into the movement gave
nrnmtsn of rlvlnar the Stale sucn
a great institution that be favored
using this opportunity it practic
able and reasonable.
EDMUNDS CONVICTKO
OP Bt'RNING UJ Biwitr
W1NBTOV.SALEM. Dec. 20 Af
ter a trial of four days In Superior
Court here H. D. Edmunds, charg
ed with burning his store in this
city In 120, was found guilty and
will be sentenced by Judge waiter
E. Brock tomorrow morning. The
State alleged that firemen, on en
tering the store, found goods sat
urated with kerosene and that he
waa over-Insured, carrying 135.700.
Edmunds firm waa known aa H. D.
Edmunds Clothing Company.
: Demilitarized Zone Will
Likely Be Exempt From
Control of Allies.
NEW CONCILIATORY
SPIRIT PREVAILS
Child Cannot Say if U. S.
Will Respect Proposed
Regulations.
LAI'SANNE. Dec. 20. Illy Tin
Associated press. Tho Turkish
and Allie.l delegation relaxed In
their attltmle today anil dlscux.xcl
control of Hie Straits in such a
conciliatory spirit that there is
every indication pome sort of
Straits convention in iv bo signed
in a very few days.
The note or the I nlleil States
declaring it does not regard an In-
j ternalional
.m mission us neces-,
sary, undoubtedly bore fruit i
IOrd Cursnn gave careful consid
eration to Impel I'litha'j plea that
Turke.v would consider internation
al interference with Turkey's af
fairs as "worse than death." An
agreement likely will be reached
exempting the demilitarized zone
along the Straits from control by
the proposed international com
mission which will have Jurisdic
tion onlv over navigation of the
Straits leaving even the pilotage to
tho Turks.
lsmet Pasha also pleaded for
further guarantees for tho safety
of Constantinople than those which
would be afforded by the League
of Nations, and proposed addi
tional guarantees similar to those
given to the Aland Islands.
Lord . Cursnn, M. Bares, Baron
llayashl, M. Spallkovitch and oth
er speakers expressed great satis
faction over Turkey's conciliatory
attitude.
Baron Hayashi said he was
especially gratified to see the con
ference, which had almost reach
ed the stage of ultimatums aettle
down into such calm and reason
able consideration of the Straits
problems.
Lord Curzon after hearing Is
met's statement of the Turkish po
sition said that linnet's acceptance
of the general principles of free
psssage as outlined by the Allies
now made It possible to discuss
details of the practical application
of those principles.'
As it ta clear that the United
States will accept no seat on
Straits control commission regard
less of how much the powers of
this proposed international body
are limited, the members of the
American delegation were asked
tonight
would
feafidut'
igh whtthaj the United States!
aW4iir-NlJii1jf-bav.,lauBd til
peuf ttij&lations rfltpuse i bf i
f hod.irtid If the United States
thi Httd.rfnd if tha United States
would negotiate a treaty Im
mediately with, Turkey. To this
Ambassador Child made no an
swer. ROBERT M.0ATES
IENDERSONVIL 1 E
CITIZENJS DEAD
Former State Senator,
Well-Known Business
Man Dies.
1$Frinl Cnrt'flinfii'rf The Alhtttt rift)
HEXDEkSON VILLE, Dec. 20.
Just as darkness gathered over the
hills he loved, Robert M. Oates.
S3, member of the last session of
the State Senate and widely known
business man. lost a fight against
the ravages of Influenza and pass
ed away at his hnr here this aft
ernoon at 5:50 o'clock.
Gathered around his bedside at
the hour of his death were his son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
William Holt Oates. and his only
sister, Mrs. Hajf . Oates Pharr, of
Charlotte.' His wife has been visit
ing their daughter, Mrs. H. L. Ash
ley, of San Francisco, and was on
her way home when (he grim
reaper took charge of a life devot
ed to serving his fellowman.
A resident of Hendersonvllle
since 1903, Mr. Oates was a domi
nant factor in the growth of the
city, devoting his Interests, finan
cially and physically, to make the
metropolis of Henderson County a
progressive municipality.
Funeral services, which will be
in charge of the Masonic order,
will be held this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, from the Presbyterian
Church, Hendersonvllle, and his
body laid to rest at Charlotte Fri
day morning.
A life-long Democrat. Mr. Oute.
held the highest respect of politi
cal opponents as well as fellow
party men and Brownlow Jackson.
United States Marshal, although
one of the Republican leaders In
Henderson County, declared that
in the loss of Robert M. Oates,
Hendersonvllle has lost one of its
most respected and influential citi
zens, a man universally loved and
admired for his foresight and
ability.
Mr. Oates was born at Charlotte.
March 80, 1869, the son of David
W and Anna Blanks Oates. His
father was a cotton buyer and
manufacturer, and was educated
In the Carolina Military Institute.
Mr. Oates was prepared for col
lege by Captain William A. Bar
rier and finished his college train-'
Ing at Davidson College in 188 8.
After completing hie education, he
launched upon a strenuous busi
ness career, lasting throughout his
life and ending only when he an
swered the final call yesterday.
Death came at the home of the
Misses Peden, where he was Hv-
Ing while his wife was in Cali
fornia visiting their daughter.
At the age of SI be was super
intendent of the Charlotte Cotton
Mill and at the age of 22 built
the first knitting mill at Charlotte
and established the first dye house
in the South for fast black cotton
dyeing.
In 1901 Mr. Oates sold his Inter
est in Charlotte and has resided in
Hendcraonvllls since 1903. estab
lishing the first light and power
t'mii'4 n r rst
iwvy causes concern
! nt Kux flnJ
State Fleet Bills
Head Legislation
Appear Among Moat Impor
tant Laws to be Prencnt
td to Assembly.
Ii A LEIGH, lec. 20. (By The
Associated Picks.) With the
opening of the annual season of
the North Carolina General Am
seiiiibly only a few weeks away,
revision of the State's tax laws,
Senator John It. Hagsett's antl
Ku Klux Klan bill and Governor
Cameron Morrison's proposed
State-owned shipping line appear
to be the most Important measures
schedule, I to bo Introduced.
The large decrease In valuations
since the "local self government"
plan of allowing entitles to llx their
own tax 'Hies and values "and the
need of more money by the sohools
nre said by political observers to
be the chief reasons advanced In
favor of legislation which would
re-establish In full effect the re
valuation law of 1920, with added
equalization features.
Senator Raggett's antl-Ku Klux
Klan bill is designed to make it
a felony for any persons to appear
off his -fWli premises disguised so
as to distrov Identity. He has
announced he will Introduoe the
measure early in the session, and
a bitter fight over Its passage is
being predicted.
ER
SHIPPING BILL
GROWS TIGHTER
Five Hours of Debate in
Senate Does Not Relieve
the Situation.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Fits
Kours ol debate, nd parltamentary
maneuvering- in the Senate today
served only to tighten the dead
lock which nas existed for threj
a.v. between., two opposing snJ
lmn eauat groups, one flehting
to keep tbe.adrr
pin; bill vtim'
eh ehe-to ''J
ure. ,
U keep" th.adm.nl.t1tion in.
n.... urns' rate "and distinct ef
forts were made during the day
to break the deadlock through "
unanirrfoui consent agreement to
vote at a designated ttme upon the
tending motion to lay aside the
snipping till and to take up the
Norris agricultural financing meas
ure, but each time an objection
nulllned the attempt. After tha
unsuccessful result of those effort
the debate ran far afield, ranging
from a discussion of the disposition
of the Muscle Shoals to charges
that Ambassador Harvey St Lon
don, through his recent statsments
on the European situation, had en
deavored to affect the cotton and
grain markets In the United States.
Shipping and agricultural relief
legislation were discussed and
when, tho Senate adjourned ad
ministration leaders were frankly
pessimistic over the possibility of
a vote within several weeks upon
the shipping hill.
General belief was expressed
that the Christmas recess would
come and go without a break In
the struggle for dominance be
tween those trying to keep tha
shin bill before the Senate until
rural credits legislation can be re
norted from the banking and cur
rency committee and those mem
bers of the alliance formed be
tween foes of the ship blU and
advocates of the Norris agrlcul
rural hill.
The initiative In the effort U
bring the question involved in tho
deadlock to an Issue was made
today, as on yesterday and Mon
day, hy Senator .ones, jcepuDiica'i
Washington, in charge of the ship
ping bill, who proposed an agrei-
men to vote at 3 o'clock today
ni tha motion before the Senate.
Unanimous consent was refused by
Senator Fletcher, of Florida,
leader of the Democrstio oppo
nents of the shipping legislation,
ar.d Senator Jones thereupon pro
posed a vote at 4 o'clock.
Senators King, of Utah, and
Williams, of Mississippi, Detno
crfits, oblected.
Pointing out that the banking
and currency committee chairman
had predicted that rural credits
Ugislation might be expected from
his committee early next- week,
Senator Harrison. Democrat,
M'eslBslppi, later proposed that n
vote be taken next Wednesday.
Senator Jones efused to assent to
this after the opinion had been
expressed by Republican senators
that agreement to he proposal
would have, the effect of prevenr
uig any action on the shipping bill
in the meantime.
DRUNKEN NEGRO KILLS
EMPLOYER IN V.IDKIX
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. Dec.
'0. Henry F. Shore, white, suc
cessful farmer, of near East Bend,
Yadkin County, was shot and dan-1
gerously wounded late today at!
Ms home by a negro. Boots Shot- -,
who fired from his pocket at at
distance rf three feet, after Mr.
Shore had refused to let him have
any of his wages. Mr. Shore'g re
fusal is satd to have been due to
me negro oeing unaer tne innu --j
ence oi nnna. rtotjis nrru jusv as
hia employer told him to v-ome the
following morning and ho would
get his pay. The negro escaped
and officers are now searching for
him. According to a statement
after the preliminary examination
of: Mr. Shore by doctors, his
chances tor recovery are slight.
He was brought to a hospital here
tcnlght.
Mr. Shore is the father of Ernie
Shore, formerly with the pitching
rtaffa of the -Boston Americans and
New York Americana and now ln
buainers in Winston-Salem.
DEADLOCK
MILLIONS NEEDED
FOR MODERN,!
AMERICA1SHIPS
British Ships Have Great
er Range of Firing, and
More Protection.
swr nntn? Tl T a m
Are Provided With Bomb
jrrooi jjecKS ana wun
Anti-Torpedo Works.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 0. (Bv
The Associated Press.) Relative
fighting efficiency of British and
American battleships, particularly
at long range wore understood, to
have been called sharply t the
attention of tho Senate Naval
officers are known to be greatly
concerned on the point, aa the
British have virtually completed
post-war modernization of their
15-Inch gun ships and no start on
similar work has yet been made In
the American Navy.
The effect of the British post
war Improvements, It was said to
day In naval circles was to give the
entire main British fleet a range -of
30,000 yards against a maximum
of about 20.000 yards for all Amer
ican battleships, but the Tennessee,
California, Maryland, Colorado and
West Virginia, in addition, as per
mitted under the Washington
treaty, the British ships have been
equipped with "blister" anti-torpedo
construction and their decks
armored against airplane bombs,
and high angle fire. .
A rough estimate of the cost of
modernizing American ships in tha
same way, so far as Increasing
gun elevations, and strengthening
decks Is concerned, is approxi
mately 0,000.000. In the British
program aa much as 14,000,000 Is
eidto have been, expended on a
f'i V -"-v
"Hfiett-navat estimates, were un
der consideration In the budget bu- '
reau and later before the House
appropriations sub-committee, it
w.
(.at ,n( yiiti, jotc wt i, inning; v.u
oauiesiiips n or 'tw re uaixetl -nfler '
the treaty. The items as presented"
ailed for conversion of coat burn
Ing battleships of the 14-inch gun
type to oil burner and the install
atlon of five-Inch anti-aircraft bat
teries to replace s 11 present three
inch guns oh the big ships. The
Items went out both before the ,
budget and In committee, but
there are indications that more
IOmMhwS m Tw
ROSE ADDED TO
FOURTH CIRCUIT
DISTRICLBENCH
Confirmation Comes in '
Senate Wednesday, Will
Be Here in July. -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Tha
nomination of Judge John C. Rose
to be circuit Judge of the Fourth
Circuit, whlc hincludes the States
of West Virginia, Virginia, Mary
land, North and South Carolina,
was confirmed today by the Sen
ate. The nomination failed of
confirmation at the recent special
session.
Confirmation of the appoint
ment of Judge Rose as a member
of the United States -Circuit Court
of Appeals will give the Fourth
Circuit an additional judgeship and
will ' eliminate the necessity of
calling upon district Judges to sit
with the court.
Judge Rose will come to Ashe
ville upon the opening of the Cir
cuit Court In July.
The present members of the Cir
cuit Court for this circuit sre:
Judge Martin A. Knapp. senior
Judge: Judge Charlee A. W"ods. of
Mnrlon. S. C. and Judge Edmund
Waddlll, Jr.. of Richmond.
Upon the death of the lata
Judge Jeter Conley Frltchard,
senior Judge of the Circuit Court
of Aepeals, Judge Knapp was ap
pointed as senior member of the
court and Judge WaddiU to fill
the vacancy.
Only three members of the court
are on the bench at one time, but
heretofore, in order to allow the
members rest or In case of emerg
ency, a district Judge has been .
called upon to take part In the
sroceedings. The court? meets in
Asheville annually.
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