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THE CHARLOTTE NEWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1921. Errant Congressman Causes The President Much Trouble Wrote Oklahoma Constituents That the House Wanted to Make Him Speaker, But He Pitied Gillett; Stands Out "As a Tall Oak Among a Lot of Mushrooms.' By LEE LEWIS. Staff Correspondent of The New. Copyright. 1821, liy Nern mbllMhins Co. Washngton, Sept. 3. When Manuel Herrick, the best known young Iochin var in Congress, came out of the West a few months a?o, it was with the Intention of starting something:. Man uel Herrick can now look back on his brief career as a legislator with proud satisfaction, for he has started some thing. Oh, yes indeed. For one thing, he has the unprece dented distinction of having been the first and only member of either House, to date, to start a beauty contest in the nation's capital, with himself as the prize. His starting of a crusade against newspaper beauty contests, While incidentally running one of his own. and his numerous escapades, in volving interviews with feminine detec tives, narrow escapes from rvmriing afoul of irate fathers and husbands, and difficulties with his former land lady, have enlivened the drab days of the recess season in Washington. Oftentimes the pages of that prosaic publication, the Congressional Direc tory, give some very good inside stuff on the hopes, fears and ambitions of budding statesmen. Some years ago there appeared, in the biographical sec tion of that book, a most fulsome ac count of the career of a man who, evidently, shone by no reflected light, but with a rare effulgence of his own. The c-jytod covered approximately two full pages, and recounted at great length the distinguished man's strug gles and triumphs until he had at tained that pinnacle of fame, a seat in Congress. The directory, however, sheds little light upon Lochinvar Herrick, who has been discreet in giving his "life" for the public print er. About all one learns from it is that he was born in 1876, lives in that part of Oklahoma known as the Chero kee strip, raises Herrick's Giant Yellow Corn and Copper-Faced Hereford Cattle (both duly capitalized) and represents the Eighth Oklahoma District. FELL INTO HIS JOB. Herrick obtained the Republican nomination in his district through a somewhat unusual combination of cir cumstances, the moat important of which was the death of his principal competitor at a time when Herrink'is chances were most enhanced thereby. As the Republican nominee, he was duly elected and eventually arrived in Washington to take up his duties. J lis personality impressed itself upon his colleagues to such an extent, he in formed the home folks in a letter from Washington, that they wanted to make him speaker, but he thought Gillett was doing a pretty good job and that it would be right hard on him to throw him out practically with out notice. Moreover, it was his icka that, since he was relatively inex perienced, he would probably be able to till the chair better some time hence. This letter couched In a style high ly reminiscent of a noted "bush leaguer" of literature incidentally be rated Washington as a city "of no modern connivance" and paid Herrick's respects to his colleagues by a com ment to the effect that he would stand out among them like a tall oak among a lot of mushrooms, or something of that sort. He went into some rather intimate details as to the cost of room and board In Washington, and held that Eastern women didn't come up at all to those of his home state. When the speakership episode had become history, Manuel Herrick lapsed for a little while into relative obscur ity, but an epidemic of beauty contests Success Seldom Comes "By Accident" Only work and thrift will create the great things of life. It is shiftlessness and thrifthless that pushes the straggler over the edge. Failure to plan ahead leaves you behind. The man who is always waiting for some thing to "turn up" usually gets turned down. If you plan to save systematically you are sure to have ultimately. $1 or more will start a 4 per cent sav ings account in this strong bank. Remember success seldom comes by accident. Commercial National Bank Corner Tryon and Fourth Sts. Capital, Surplus, etc., Over a Million Dollars. in Washington, sponsored by newspa pers and social organizations, brought him aain to view. He fathered a bill to make beauty contests illegal, alleg ing that girls were"already vain enough and that such contests lured them to the stage and to the clutches of im moral multi-millionaires and other ene mies of the sanctity of the home. KI NS BEAUTY CONTEST. Within 24 . hours after his bill had achieved publicity, it developed that he had been running a beauty contest of his own. He wrote 49 letters to at tractive Washington girls, entries in one of the .contests, which had just been concluded, informing th?m iliat he was "The lonesomest. man in lowr ' and offering them "the love of a mar. whose love will be so great tha.t if that was the one and only price to pur chase your soul's salvation, he would ransom your soul out of hell at the price of his own." Some of these letters had been turned over to the Postofflce Department by the recipients, it developed, and postal Inspectors questioned the- Oklahoma Congressman about ''em. He said he had written the letters to get evidence in behalf of his --bill; he wanted to show that the girls were ''ready to fall for anything. The publicity he gained in the press inspired the Representative to issue a statement, which read in part thus: "Let the Mur writers rave, the fact remains 'and can't be gotten away from: 1st, that Herrick has been in Washington since February 25th and in all that time He has done no running after Wimen in the sence that the term is commonly Understood to Mean; 2nd hp employes no wimen rlearks in his office, but on the contrary has a full force of Men Ulearks; 3rd he has about a Peck of re plies from the siley and gidey girls which they sent in answer to his decoy letters that he sent out in order to geather evidence in be half of his bill. ... He defies the Social Hyenas, Moral Reprobates and Moral Lepers to prove by any evidence worthy of a Moment's consideration in any court of rec ord any wheare in the world -that he has ever been quilty of an act of Mjoral Turpitude in His whole life, so he is willing for the Moraly Unclean to Howl as long and as loud as they like it disturbs him not." Herrick also asserted that two pretty Washington young women, one of whom is married, had come to his office and signed statements apologiz ing for having turned over his letters to the postal inspectors, and that he had given them 25 cents to buy ice cream and turned them out of the office. The sequel came to August 50, when the husband of the girl and the father of the other made an. attack in force upon his office and Herrick saved himself from a beating by seek ing the intervention of one of his colleagues. It developed that two wom en detectives of the Washington po lice force had visited his office im personating the girls and taken his quarter for ice cream. Herrick then retained detectives of his own. UNBOUNDED CONFIDENCE. y 1 Herrick has unbounded confidence in, his own abilities, and some of the letters he. has sent to Washington girls express the view that, within seven years, he is going to be Presi dent of the United States. But the OKJahoma delegation is not so keen about his prospects, and Presi dent Harding is said to have conferred with some Oklahoma ns as to what should be done about the errant Congressman. M Have You Seen This agnificent French Chippen dale Diningroom Suite? - , 9 This exceptionally handsome suite can be had in brown mahogany and American Walnut. We are also featuring a "Modern Italian" 10-piece Suite in American Walnut that has prqven a big seller fro m our new fall line of patterns. The price is $395.00. A visit to this department will please you whether you are ready to buy or not. Our attractive new goods and low prices combined with our conven ient terms make buying a pleasure for those who appreciate the better kinds of home furnishings. MAN REFUSES TO BURY SON'S BOD Casket, Draped .With U. S. Flag, Rests on Chairs in Parlor of Home. Statesville, Sept. 3. The keeping, of a dead body in the home is a very unusual and exceptional occurrence. John P. Speaks, of Union Grove tow i ship, refuses to bury the body of his son. Thomas B- Speaks, who was killfd in France in October, 1918. The re mains of the dead soldier boy were shipped from France to the United States, arriving at the home in Iredeil county on the 13th of August, 1921. The report being circulated that Mr. Speaks was keeping the remains of his son in the home and would not con sider burying it caused an investiga tion on the part of County Welfare Officer W. W. Holland. Yesterday morning Mr. Holland, accompanied by County Physician Dr. Ross McElwee and Sheriff M. P. Alexander, drove in a car to the Speaks home, 20 miles north of Statesville. The box in which the casket was shipped was seen lying under a shed near the house; the casket, draped in a United States flag, was resting on chairs inside the home, where it was placed by the undertaker on its arrival three weeks ago. The-"e was nothing offensive about the casket and the mother and other members of the household were moving around looking after the duties of the home as though the casket were a piece of choice furniture in the best room in the house. The deceased. ThomasB. Speaks, was born. March 3, 1901. Before he was six'teen, he volunteered for army service, becoming a member of the Iredell Blues. He was later attached to the regular army and was sent to France, w-here. he was killed in action on October 4. 1918. His body was buried in a French cemetery, and at the reo.uest cf the father, was trans ferred by the Government last month. HAD CASKET OPENED. Immediately following the arrival of the body at the home, the father, who has the reputation of being a man of very peculiar and uncompromising ideas and convictions, first decided that he wanted to satisfy himself that the casket contained the remains of his own boy. He therefore had the casket opened and found little more than a mere skeleton. The shape of the teeth and the dental work, with which he was familiar, the length and size oif the bones of the body all g.ve Mr. Speaks good hope that the re mains we,re those of his son. He then announced his purpose to keep the body in the house and not bury it. During the jfast few days, however, he stated that he meant to build a special room in or near the house in which to keep the body and he is now arranging to have timber cut for that purpose. Mr. Speaks treated the visitors with special courtesy and consideration. He manifested no stubborn or rebellious disposition in regard to the request of the officers and friends to have his boy's body buried, stating that he would bury only if required by iaw to do so, or if it was found necessary from a sanitary standpoint. "I do not want to bury my boy now," said Mr. Speaks to a news paper man, "but I will bury him if I have to, or if it is unsanitary to keep him in the house. I am expecting another son. who is in Germany in the Unit?d-StaK.9iArmy, to come homo in a few; months "alndi we might decide to bury him then. 6 prefer to lix a place for him in or near the house, since he has already been buried once, and keep him until I am dead and have his bones buried with me. I do rot want my body left out when I die, and after I am gone I do not want my boy's body left out. as the term might change haijds and I would not want his body neglected or abused in any way." WON'T COLLECT INSURANCE. Mr. Speaks refuses to make appli cation to the Government for the H0, 000 war insurance which his son had taken on entering the war. Another peculiarity of Mr. Speaks, which was learned through a neighbor, is that, while he does not go to church him self nor permit the members of his family to attenS church, still ho is said to be a constant reader of the Bible, conducts family worship n the home and can quote the Scriptures freely and accurately when the occa sion demands- "What will be done with the body of the dead soldier?" was asked the officers yesterday on their return to Statesville from a visit to the Speaks home. The reply was that nothing could be done. If the keeping of the body in the home was found to be unsanitary, .'le man could be forced by law to bury it. The county phy sician does not find that it is dan gerous to the health of the family and the offices are therefore at the end of the row. The members of the Speaks house hold do not express and dissatisfaction over the trend of affairs. They freely yield to the wishes of the head of the home and state that what he does is satisfactory to them. So, for the present at least, the body of Thomas B. Speaks will rest undisturbed in the modest home of his parents among the scenic hills of northern Iredell. RECORD CROWDS ENTER SCHOOLS Figures Are Not Tabulated in Final Way, But Esti mates Show High Markx Charlotte public schools opened Sat urday morning for the 1921-22 with the largest first-day enrollment in their history. Superintendent Harding was unable to obtain exact figures as to the number of pupils at . all of the schools but he expressed confidence that the enrollment is greatly in ex cess of any previous year. Promotions were made, book lists is sued and the pupils assigned to their rooms Saturday. They will . have a holiday over Monday, Labor Day. an J take up school work in earnest Tues day. Further additions to the enrol ment is expected Tuesday as it ha3 been found in past years that many students fail to report on the opening day for assignment to grades and rooms. Figures at the office of Superinten dent' Harding on the opening-day en rollment at nine of the eleven white schools were as follows: Third Ward, 194; South school, 705; First Ward. 597; Belmont, 72; Dilworth. ,356: Weslpy Heights, 260: Junior High School, 586: Fourth Ward, 49 . Mr. Harding is expecting the enrol ment for the year to reach 9.500 nz least, 500 more than the enrollment of last term. The annual increase in enrollment for the last few years has averaged about 500. Principal E. H. Garinger was in charge of the Alexander Graham hign school for the first time yesterday. He came here the first of the week from Nashville, Tenn., where during the summer he has been teaching in the Peabody Normal summer school. Mr. Garinger succeeds as principal Fred B. McCall, who resigned following the las.t lican majority that something i. ,,lr cally wrong. The interests which ;l;(V(i appeared and the testimony pres. , illustrate very clearly that th(; j-,,m(; diate future oi me uepunucan ,,, hangs in the balance- The Fo i, measure meets with the approve no one except perhaps Mr. Fordncy self and even that is doubtful. j only unsatisfactory with relation t--, duties proposed but its American i tion theory seems pregnant with i ; tunities for fraud beyond the con.-. ' oi any one Having capchcuw wim toms matters. NOT UNDERSTANDABLE Then again the bill has destnv. precendents of years in its motlv handling various commodities bor. phraseology and method. One :.- euished Republican from Pennsyh. HOUSE TARIFF I SDEAD ISSUE Admitted That the Senate Will Rewrite the Measure Entirely. By PARKER ANDERSON Staff Correspondent of The JVev Washington, Sept- 3. The Senate Finance Committee as forecast on this correspondence sometimes ago, has laid the tariff measure aside and begun its work on the revenue bin. Admittedly the latter measure takes first prize as the chop suey of legislative enact Tha wava and means commit tee under the direction of Mr. Fordney : testifying before the senate com m of Michigan has done nothing construc tively with its presentation of the so called revenue measure. Under the whip of the White House, the House merely substituted one figure for anoth er of the existing law and handed the puck to the senate for the next chuck ker. BUSINESS IN DARK No game of polo was more uncertain as to outcome than the revenue meas ure and American business which had been waiting expectantly for the Hard ing administration to point a way to normalcy is still as much in the dark as it was a year ago. Certainly the senate will have to bring forth an en tirely new measure and no calculations whatsoever can be based on the make shift House bill. Mr. Penrose states with great emphasis that his commit tee will have the revenue measure in shape for presentation tp the senate when it reasserribles Sptember 21. in the meantime business will have to content itself with conjecture. The hearing on the tariff before the senate finance committee, begun on August 15, have convinced the Repub l ic o; iin. not on the last day of the hearings congress took a recess stated that . sometimes in the past it had been ;,, sary to employ attorneys to inu.. tariff meanings yet if the Fordney xn ure should become a low the pr. bial aggregation of Philadelphia lav, en masse would be required to gc; intelligence as to intent or workiiL the Fordne5r bill. So much disturbed are the maj. members of the senate finance conj, tee that it is certain' the senate will be practically a new measure also that there will be no tariff placed upon the statute books; after the snows of 1922 have falli u hopes that the Elizabeth high school and the neimont-isorxn nanone vj term to study law. pler Many new teachers have be 7n cational school will have been erected added by the school board, and Mr. j and tner TZntiT w? E Harding considers it one of the ablest j made so that Charlotte will have Scuttles the schools have had. Before I among the best public school facilities another term opens the school board j in the South. NEW OFFICERS WILL BE NAMED TUESDAY New officers will be elected airl coming year's work outlined at a i mg ot tne Alexander uranam School Parent-Teacher association the school auditorium Tuesday niri; Airs. B. F. Dardine, secretary, in ca!,.. the meeting urged that all parents Students in the. High school atteivi a number of matters of extraordin importance are to be taken up. E. H. Geringer, the new prin -:.,.. will be present to meet the parent? a. confer with them in plans for the ,. ing j'ear. The meeting hxn been .! for 8 o'clock. w. M cCoy & Company Get It At McCoy's. ' ' DERITA FARMER TO SERVE 18 MONTHS Found guilty in the superior court of assaulting Rural Policeman C G Brown and Deputy Sheriff Mack Hun ter with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest. Geore-e KVnnl-rlir. t: o -.vm, a, jjcima iann- f er was sentence to 18 months at hard CT labor bv .ludae Ria po,r cot.j.. .i.S? ternoon. Franklin was found not guilty of an assault with intent to kill The case went to the jury Friday after noon, the verdict having been returned m 30 minutes. rrHf3 r-VlO vera rP - . . i -I weapon was preferred by Franklin's y", miuuiw u jator. Accord ing to the testimony, Franklin got urunk on tnma.tn , . ... ""re aim cnasea v., mm a. sum gun officers were au.nmonea to arrest him, and when thev arrived Franklin baccicaded himself in a small building on his farm and open ed fire on them. He was captured only when his ammunition gave out. NEW PASTOiTtAKES UP HIS WORK TODAY ReV' B McI1waine, the new Min ister of Westmister Presbyterian church will preach his first sermon ag he church pastor at the Sunday morning services He also will occupy the puf Plt,Tat dhe evl"g services PUl' Air. Mcllwaine and hin wife .iST children reached CZtTHsS. ?y'iAFPt to accepting the call to the lcal church he was pastor of V pah Presbyterian church of ' rU f thelast two months , on a vacation inf he has reached Charlotte ref7h 2 prepared for enterinVctfvkeW the work of the church. acuutely int - JnODDQDDQOIX3DQDODDDQOOOODDQuDDnDnPOuDuuuO In all the 100 stores of G. R. 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These are free to exeryone. All concessions will be open. Good order will prevail as usual. ' ; ' W. S. Orr Manag er EXTRA CARS AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY. f
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