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j-vr?. .cr. v- :-..? -t.--;-. 7--v ',;f: :";:VV--;;;. .i-.v"-.f.'".--.'.T v,; ;: Site announcement of our "Foru Student .1 nought" and aontV Correspondence in this 1 should; be addressed to StattTervice Bureau, tarter s Weekly, Raleigh, An yoL.;ra.' 'NO 36. President Back On .the Job---Secretary . of State Off fof HisLansing ;4 Bounced for- Alleged .Usurpation of -; .PresidentiaT;A'uthprity. i : i ;.Wahin;gtqil lis? Uterallydiuf oun'd ed by " the President's dismissal of his .Secretary of Stete.- is not the fact of Ir Lansing' ire'rpemnt tliat suri prise&--his .position has. been regarded as esseiitialIyA untenable since .his . re turn J rpnu;Paris lasisummer--itT is the gDundH upou ;Which:j tjie President bases his. drastic action. I : If Mr. , liansing ; had been released upon ,'an' intimation ; that his ' well known views; un j the peace treaty ahd.the Mexican vproblem . were embark rassing'to the administration," it never would have occurred ; to" anyone to question the propriety ' of the action; but.when lie is berated and driven out of office as a usurper, of - presidential functions, because of .his having called atnd presided over conferences of the - cabinet" during the disablingi sickness of the President, ne assuredly will re ceive a large measure of public sym- patny as tne victim ox a grievous m- ' justice, j ; . The President's indignation is not, easilv comnrehended. He was sick. V and it now conclusively appears' that for months he was totally: disabled. The business of the government had to go on, and the unfortunate situation, was that the . questions , which ; from time to time, compelled decision and action were of the most momentous .character. They involved the peace f the nation and of - the worldt-They involved the whole fabric of American industry and the very lives of pillions 1 our people. In the coal strike Slone, problems were presented such aa . few administrators have been confronted with. It was impossible to await the slow processes of the President's con valescence. A hard winter was on, and the people were in imminent dan- ; 'fTgrcif 'frerfn-gtLndrving.Some . thing had to be done.. There were three ways in which the supreme executive authority of the j government could function, only three, p 1. The; -Vice President could step into the breach and take charge, on ; the ground that the provision of the i constitution authorizing him to dis charge the duties of the Presidential ; f fice had come into force through the : obvious disability of the Presidents T 2. The thing could run at hapha zard, without common counsel or con certed action with every department 1 chief a law unto himself and free to antagonize every other department in matters of common 'concern. ( And it , is proper to remark in this connection that there is almost an infinity of such matters.) ' v ' - 3. The variolis departments heads could assemble in informal conferen ces and advise, upon their several problems, to the end that conflicts might be avoided, that vital decisions should " be taken only after, full dis cussions in conference, and that, pend ing the reinstatement of the providen i, tially suspended executive authority, ' the essential unity of adminstration might be achieved through the action f the cabinet as an executive council. The third alternative was chosen; and since that method of dealing with the unprecedented situation has so outraged the President's feelings, it is fair to assume that the second v ; method is the one that he would have advised, since it is not tcbe imagined that he would have preferred the first. Many common folk, for lack of the superlative virtue and oracular wis dom of the President, aire liable to think that Mr. Wilson mightwell fecrre shown a little more charity for the error of his cabinet in taking coun sels together4nstead of making, their decisions ; separately, seeing that the. underlying motive was to shield him in his helplessness an4 to spare him the humiliation of being susperseded as an incompetent.. , " ' The President says it was "uncon stitutional;'' but he fails to cite book r verse, article or section. "'. If it was, it looks like he has laid hold of the wrong hog'sear. The Attorney Gen eral is supposed to be the chief advisor i the executive department on ques tions of constitutional law. Having lunself ' rjarticinated in the anathe- - . uatized conferences, it is a fair, infer nece that he never suspected their un ' constitutionality. - . . - - ; As a good many people see it. there is only one aspect of "unconstitution ality in this "whole unfortunate affair, and that is in the nullification of the ; provision of the .constitution that de velops the duties of ' the . presidential j office uponine Vice Pswient intcase lliiiiiliii l .- . .- - I ? I ll ; i - 1 11 I t ' . , . V - ft I I 11 ' - I I . I ft n.c. I- w .Sio :J-ky,, vj w Independent Democratic Paper 4 V of ;, the inability; of ! the President Vto discharge' -the"f:powersfiind "duties'of xne said, ofhCe.7 ; But . the President IK passes over this clear violation of the received lere from, parties at.Yadkin cpnsBtution, ' tot condemn I that .: 8 one vile this morning that Sheriff Van of which he. was the chief ieneficiarv. Zachary, of. Yadkin County, was. killed v;..The harsher'critics of the President may be .expected uto discover in this, brutal humiliation of Secretary' Lansico,mty-..-'.;" : : . - v vljii t iuciivc ml au cuicgcu - autvT 7 ,( v - T i. cratic -disposition; while others more. Caudle, asr'a result of information gV charitably inclined, will deplore the in? en him,, went to a, blockade distfflery cident as k revelation of the-, persis- and? it- is; alleged found Rbey Baity tence of the infirmity that so lon has and. 'Cleve , O'Neal operating a distil disqualified :him f Or the discharge of lery. ' Sheriff Zachary and Mr Cadiile the powers and duties, of his high of- fice., . . . ! . : - I- . There is not a little remark inf con- gressional circles as to the difficultv of the position oi the other cabinet mem- bers, notably, the" Attorney General, all of whom appear to share fullyin the guilt that has brought down upon Mr '-Lansinfr tht awful W, fVoi ti A IT VJk V. chief, i Whoever may ' be" willing to save his official scalp by pleading tht baby act'Mr. . Palmer certainly camiot anord to do so. lc is his business , to interpret the "consitution for all thp" Lexecutive departments, and to suffer himself mislead by the wily Lansing on a point -of -constitutional law so familiar, to . the fayman President;' is tn-'mATOW8 nttT- -unfitness " as cfr legal, guardian of the administration. ' UThiS assumes, of course that the President's iewl tiosition is sonnd-- Which, of course, it "ain't".) ' - - ! But for all, that, 'the other cabinet members, who were narticeDs Criminis with - the Secretary -of State, are in an awkward fix. Secretary Lane makes" free; to 'declare that he con - - siders himself "just ' as much . respon- sible" as Secretary Lansintr for the calling of cabinet meetings during the President's, illness. He says Mr. Lansing called him en the telephone 0;. -i .-vf sa- lieteerthe firstineetmiaha presumably, secured the approvalof other cabinlt members also." But Secretary . Lane's resignation already has been accepted, to take oflWf Mn-rrtt 1 . - . To the same effect is the following """"w : statement by Secretary Redfield, aiso latplv rp;iirhd' "J accept Vy share of responsibility enough for bad men. Rev. T. A, Cau f or what was done. To my knowledge, dle' f a.lst minister, of Yadkin there was never the faintest sugges- county accompanied the sheriff to the tion in word or spirit that the cabinet except help President Wilson, during his illness, as far as we were able." But "mum" is the word", so far, wit.1i "t.TiA ntliPT n'hinpt. mpiWJwrS Til impression jseems 1k be that- they wm jsiit kigii b wiiiic uuat uauaiug . la driven into the wilderness as the bearer of the sins of all. -.v-Dealing with this phase of the mat ter, the Minneapolis' Tribune asks, "What would a lot of real American schoolboys do if the "'schoolmaster' should flog one of them for some thing in which' they all had a hand?" ' There are but few dissenting voices inthe overwhelming condemnation of the President's course, by. the news paper press of the United vStates. 'How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth it, is iv.iiaic a xiiaiiikicBS viuiut When Uncle Sam belatedly, discover- ed that his business of one sort "and another required a canal across the Isthmus of Panama and set about his arrangements to build it, he found himself squarely blocked by the stub - born refusal of Columbia, onrhosej territory the canal had to be focated, I to concede the necessary right of way. But that., fortunately, was be- -fore' the .14-noint millennium of scruat- I ter sovereigntyso your Uncle Samuel turned his hand first to a little stunt m revolution and. secession, by which the Isthmus was ripped loose from Columbia and a two-by-four imitation republic was erected for the purpose of granting the required canal rights, And to make the maneuver good, the Uttle slip of, territory, with its handful of; "greaser" inhabitants ,had to be i-oTftt crniri 9 as a ispnarftW nationalitvl w nave thft RpnnWie of Pana- ma, associate of the entente allies m the World war, T signatory; . of .the Captain Milligan's majority, Chair Treaty of Versailles member of the man; Cole said, will be between 1?700 League of Nations, ajid so )on. and 1,800.. ; ; , . 1 Rut our present concern is not witih JThe election was to. choose a sue-; the - Oldo World relationships of the opera bouff e aggregation. This . is strictly a family affair-between par"- ent ana cnuu, as iu wwc , , v Via ctuTnrii-xr rvf Mfo ' arxiH -nmn of neacel " jr , -yi jr : ,x- j - . . r . . - and order, for safeguarding the rights V Charlotte; Feb. 18.7-rDr. C. Reg of minorities, and for other, high ser- ister, jone of the best known physicians roriHnued-on Paffe Four -i v cbMBiNEp wrrii the Designed Equally for Local ;and NORTH WILKESBOROi N.f S&ERIFF "VAN ZACHARYv- " : OF. YADKIN IS KILLED Shot To Death By Robey Baity It Is Alleged, While Raiding -Block- v ade Distillery." Men Arrested. . I ' ' : ' Elkin, Feb. ; 14. Information .-was msat &t 11 o'clock at a biocKaae distillery' neat Courtney in ;adlpn SlieriflF-7arliafv accomnanied by Tom -went : to-- the T distillery and Sheriff Zachary- attempted to" arrest Bajty and O'Neal, and according to Mr. cau die's statement, when the sheriff plac- ed his hands' on these two jparties ajid told them that they were.: under a rest, Baity shot Sheriff. Zachary with a Pisto1 at close range.' ' Sheriff Zah- 1 ary . is supposed - to have died in? a I I short. vtime, and Baity" and ' O'Neal made their escape. x " ' ; "V" " 'ti r A "reward of $500 has been :offered by the county , of Yadkin : for the Lt rest OI uaity. K. r " : . It is said that Baity was in;FrancefCTw industrv a success. Everv com. during the war and that the follow in& is.- a description of the. man:. He weighs about 170 .to.? 180 pounds,j is I about 23. years of age and has! dark I eyes V , - V: I The people of Yadkin county ire very much wrought up over this cold-.: blooded murder, as Sheriff Zachary na4"en Terv actiX in his efforts to stamp out blockading m his county4. Mr. Zachary was about 55; yearsof age and was serving; his, second term 1 as sheriff of Yadinn county. buryiv- lP're his wife and one son who has been" attending Bingham's : Military. J school at Asheville, Txr;4- ai. i'a di zee -- rt:y iVan Zachary. of Yadkin county, was uvli ?Z ? -Kl auc .ugnt i viue the county seat. Ihree men r flc V PA11W t" 1 A U , aiTested early this monnng' and 11 1-1. J- - 1.1- - T-l J.l.? 01 w W rorsym jau inis ai ternoon for safe keeping, the Yadkin J14 cuiisiuereu secure nsnine pian ana ne aeciares is tne party : who did the shooting. The other men at the plant were Cleve 0'; Neal and James Brown. According to the statement related to the coro- ner'by e baptist divine. Baity was nding close to Sheriff Zachary when the -former fired the fatal shot, the powder burns igniting the officer's overcoat and the blaze was extinguish ed by Mr. Caudle. Yadkinville, Feb. 15. The funeral of Mr. J. E. Zachary, who was killed while making a raid on a blockade still Friday night, , was held at the Presbyterian church here this after noon at 2 o'clock. .: The services were conducted by the Masonic and Junior orders, of which Mr. Zachary was an honored mem ber. The services were in . charge of Mr. M..P. Mersam and Dr. C. A. Harding. A large crowd attended the funer- al services, practically every , section of the county being represented, in eluding a number of people from El J kin and other nearby towns.- The services at the grave were very impressive and the grave was covered with flowers, i Interment was in Yad kinville cemetery. LEAGUE, OF NATIONS MAN IS : ELECTED IN THIRD MISSOURI I -. ', ' Excelsior Springs, Mo. Feb. 14. 1 The election of Captain J. L. Milligan, Democratic candidate and league of nations advocate, over. John-E. Frost, -RepuDucans, ana league opponent aa representative in Congress for .the third district, was conceded atS:30 o'- clock' tonight by W. 5 L. Coles, chair- man of the Republican state commit tee cessor in Congress to Secretary - of Commerce J oshua Alexander, ana he league of nations waa the dominant is- ' Dr. Register. Dead. of the south, is dead. V V icric i , v wilkes journal General State Circulationv-State C.FRIDAY,n FEBRUARY 20, 1920 STOCKHOLDERS OF NEW INDUSTRY TO MEET; TUESDAY On Saturday, February 14th, a few of our citizens met with Messrs. A. V. Foote and C. J. Gate at the Wilkes Commercial Club roonSvin the interest of starting a steam laundry in North Wilkesboro, and adding a new and much needed industry. A i complete outfit of steam laundry machinery: is now available at onehalf original cost and this fact, together with the grow ing demand of housewives for some convenient method of ' solving , the weekly wash question is the reason why : immediate action should be taken. . : I -; . .. i ' The object is to establish a com munity laundry . and have 'the . work done at . a s jprice within reason and still 'derive a substantial "margin to pay dividends . on the . stock. So far about $7,000 of stock has been sub scribed and it is expected that the . re mainder of the $10,000 needed will have been subscribed by Tuesday, the 24th, upon7 which: date a meeting of the coming stockholders-will be held at the Club rooms at t 4 o'clock to de cide. upon the organization. There are to be no large stockholders, and it is, hoped that a majority of the families will finally subscribe so that aU will fppl interested in mnino- nnr ing stockholder should be present at the" meeting Tuesday afternoon- at' 4 o'clock. COMMERCIAL CLUB NOTES. r An important roadjneeting will be heldat the Wilkes Commercial. Club rooms on Saturday, Feb. 28th. Rep resentative$ are : expected from the counties of Ashe, Alleghany and Cald well, to push the work in the interest of good roads connecting the several county seats. Every person in the Wilkesboro's, interested in their busi ness . wellfare and f therefore in good roads should attend this meet-, ing. It is expected to be held at 10 o'clock a. "m.,Nbut in order totake care pf ' the v dele gation J rom Ashe and adjoining countieltf may be neces sary to put the meeting off until a later hour. The nextissue of the lo cal paper will indicate the hour of meeting if any changes are made. As delegates are surely coming from Jef ferson and Ashe, we should have a large and representative delegation of citizens to meet them. - . The connecting roads to' the north are very important .to the business life of the Wilkesbbros and the connecting roads in that direction should be built without delay especially in view of the fact they can be built Hrrgely with State and Federal aid. -It is the county's part to take active interest in these projects and act quickly.- ' H. q. LANDON. Sec. A-letter has been received from Mr. W. yR.- Bauguess, of, Jefferson, who says he wil bring jr. big delegation from Jefferson on Saturday, Feb. 21st, in tne interest of a good road between the county seats. At the request of the Jefferson delegation the- meeting hour is placed at 3 o'clock in the after noon. If necessary the meeting can be continued into a night session. Let everybody turn out and welcome our neighbors to the north of us. ; DEPUTY COLLECTOR CRANfiR TO HELP MAKE TAX RETURNS , Deputy Collector C. M. Cranor an nounces that he will' be at the follow ing places on the daes named below for the purpose of assisting in mak ing out income tax" returns for the year; 1919: ! , . . Jefferson, Ashe County, Feb. 23rd, 24thr 25th, and 26thV ... Wilkesboro Feh.1 27th and 28tlu ; Sparta, Alleghany j County, March 1st, 2nd,v3rd and' 4th. : North Wilkesboro, I March 5th and 6th. i ; ' ':1;p ' " : Ronda, March 8th and 9th. !t From March. 10th until March 15th he' will be in Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro. Farmers who : are " sub ject to income tax can obtain blanks by writing Collector Crarior whose of fice is in Wilkesboro A single "man whose income exceeds $1000 per year, of, a1 married man 'whose annual in come exceeds $2000, are subject to this tax,: and those neglecting . to e port same place themselves liable to a penalty. . COLONIAL STATE BANK OF NEWPORT NEWS IS CLOSED - Newport News, Vai, Feb. 12. The Colonial State bank of this city, with deposits of $1,500,000,) closed, its doors this morning and was placed in ' the hands of a receiver by the state cor poration commission in Richmond. Service; Bureau. Raleigh; N. C. RED CROSS RELIEF WORK DUR ING THE INFLUENZA. - Fortunately, the city of North Wil kesboro. has had' but very little in fluenza and that of the very, lightest type. " A;Red Cross nurse came to North ' Wilkesboro on Friday, in re sponse to. a wire that had been sent about- ten days previous when there was apparent necessity for a Red Cross nurse here, -v A hurried confer ence took place to determine the pres ent necessity of a RedOross nurse in Wilkes County. - After telephoning to Pores Knob where there had been sev eral cases of influenza and to other points in the county and after! can vassing the whole city, it ,was not found necessary to retain, the nurse here. This conference took place a bout 10 o'clock Saturday morning At about 12:30 o'clock,, Jphn R." Jones re ceived a letter from Mr. G. W. Se bastian, indicating that the influenza situation in his; territory near Hay- meadow was very serious and that abou 20 families were about out of business andv unable to help them selves. Thd letter' was a very - strong appeal for help. Mr. Jones handed the letter to the chairman of the Red Cross to read, and -'-as that 'situation showed the immediate necessity- of a nurse in that locality and-the imme diate need ;of supplies, the order re- leasing the nurse was cancelled and she was hurriedly sent to Hayineadow district by automobile with instruct- tions to' snare no expense in the re lief of the buffering families in tkat section. Rev. J. i). C. Wilson also happened to be in "that district about the same time and the nurse was aid ed by him in canvassing the situation and he returned Monday morning and . .r .1 reported to the chairman that cer tain supplies and food were needed especially medical supplies. These supplies were purchased immediately and sent to the suffering families the next day. On Monday report "was made to the secretary that these fam ilies were in need of food supplies and the chairman of the Red Cross Chap ter ' directed .;Mr.;G. . .WxSeba?tian to furnish food for; the suffering families and charge same to the Red Crosjs and the bil would be promptly paid A relief nurse was also .furnished a number of days at Mountain View and arrangements for suffering . f ami lies at F.airplains -are being made to day. This indicates that the influen za is more prevalent in the country than in the town, . but it also shows that there is no "red tape": in the Red Cross method of taking care of families in distress, and this is more to call the attention of Wilkes county to the fact that the Red Cross organi zation should be maintained if it is possible to do so, and that it does do real .work. The people who thought that the Red Cross work ended when the war was over, were mistaken and this is written in order to interest the people in the country that the Red. Cross is for them and has been more usefu to the people in the country than has to the towns. I want to urge the former officers of the various Auxiliaries to re-organize them and see if the Red Cross' organization can not be kept up and maintained sue cessfully. - . . : . It- - H. C. LANDON, -- Publicity Chairman, VETERANS AILROAD MAN DIES AS RESULT OF HARD FALL Stepping from axdash of.his train as it moved slowly into the- Greens boro station yesterday morning short ly after 4 o'clockCapt. Orville Loving, veteran railroad man" and one of the most popular conductors on the main line of the Southern, either slip ped or caught his foot and fell ;f was dracrcred aloner the crossties between "the concrete walk-; and the rails for some distance . and sustained injuries from which he died at St.. Leo's hospi tal several hours later. Greensboro Daily News Feb. 12th. " WANT MAXWELL APPOINTED ON INTERSTATE COMMSSION Charlotte, Feb, 13-A lelegram sent President Wilson tonight by the Char-; lotte shippers and manufacturers as sociation and chamber of commerce urged the appointments of Allen J. Maxwell of the state corporation com-J inisdon,' to membership; pn . the -Inter? state- Commerce commission. - -. . ' yThe, telegarm "recommended Maxwell as a ,vejy .able man and. expressed the belief that his appointment would be acceptable to the southeastern' ship? ping territory: of which ; North Caro lina is;a pairt. ? : -'.; r - ,. .. . . ; ; Topular BioCTaDhy"." shortly to be .inaugurated as a continuing feature. correspondence V in . this Department shouldJe addressed to State Seryice Bureau, Carter's Weekly,' RaIeigh,NX. 5 CENTS A COPY; $1.00 A YEAR SECRETARY LANSING RESIGNS AT INSTANCE OF PRESIDENT Scretary Had Desired To Resign For Months But Was Reluctamt To Do , : - So Accused of Usurpation u. Washington FeB. '13. Robert' Lan sing endedhis career. as secretary of of state today after President" Wilson had accused him of usurping the pow- ' ers ef President by . calling meetings of V the cabinet during j Mr. Wilson's . lilness. ' . - - Mr." Lansing denied- that he had : sought or intended to usurp the Presi- ; dential authority. He added, howev er,. that, he believed then and still be- L lieves that the' cabinet conferences were V'for the ' best interests of the republic";that they were "proper and necessary", because of the President's condition and that he would have been ; derelict in his duty if he had failed;; to act as he did. .v: - X "The ' record stands, Mr. Lansing : tendered his resignation and Mr'Wil-l son accepted. The resignation was of-1 fered,lhowever, only after the Presi- dent, under date yof February 7 had -written asking if it were true - that Mr. Lansing had cafle'd cabinet meet ings and stating that if such were the case he felt it necessary to say that , "under our ; constitutional law . and -practice, as developed hitherto, : no ) i one but the President has the right to summon the heads of the executive departments into conference.". ". Mr. Lansing answered, two days la- '. ter last Monday saying he had call- ed the cabinet conferences because he and otHersof the President's : official family, "felt that, in view of the fact . that. we. were denied communication with you. it waswise for us to confer informally together on mat ters .as' to which action , could not be ; postponed until your medical advisers V permitted you to pass upon them." . . . The secretary concluded'' by saying that if the President Relieved .he had failed in. his "loyalty" to him and "if : Mr. Wilson no longer had confidence jn him,hewas rady. ,tp : "relieye; you of any embrrass resignation in your hands." ; The President replied last Wednes- ' day tha.t he was "much disappointed" by Mr. Lansing's letter regarding "the so-called cabinet meetings." He said he found - nothing in the secretary's letter "which justifies .your assump-: tion of presidential authority . in . such a matter," and added that he'J?must frankly take advantage of you -kinoS suggestion" to resign. ,.-yV t-i'jfM-. . "I must say," eontinued the Presi dent, "that it would relieve me of em -barrassment, Mr -Secretary, the em barrassment of . feeling ' your reluc tance and divergence of judgment, if you would give up your present of fice and afford me an opportunity to ' select some one else whose mindVouloT ! more- willingly go along with mine." v n1 ASSESSMENT OF REAtTESTATE K TO BE FINISHED THIS MONTH i., i . ' ' : : - Supervisor Frank D.' Hackett, .who has charge of the assessment of real and personal property in the county,,; announces that the assessment of real estate has been completed -with the ; exception of Antioch and Wilkesboro townships. Messrs. W. M. R. Church and J. E. Howell, of the reassessment board are engaged in listing all real estate in Antioch township this, week and some work is being done in.Wil- .. kesboro township. - Supervisor Hack- ett states that all real estate will pro bably be listed this month and that - he hopes to-be well, along in listing personal property before the expira- : tion of the month of March. . C - INFORMER FEE RESTORED FOR REPORTING STI The United States goernment, . in the internal revenue department, has restored the informer's fee ! fori re- ; porting blockade distilleries This fee,rwhich was removed about a'year ago, is $10. 'If parties, operating the distillery, are convicted by the assist- C ance ef the inf oraier ah 'additional $40 will be ""paid the informer. Reports - should be sent to the nearest? Federal prohibition agent, r I ' : ; ; t j - .' -V: f. V " ' r :l , RAILROAD STRDXE NOT LIKELY IIP PRESIDENTS PLAN WORKS Detroit, Feb: -14w The , strike : of. 500X)0 rnembers of the Brotherhood of Maintenance, of; Way Employees for next Tuesday, was tonight indefi nitely postponed by Al E. Barker, in ternational president -of the union, in accordance; with, the request of Presi dent Wilson that action be ; delayed until after the general 'conference of r railway union committeemen on Mon- day, ..February -23. -,; .-.:, . : . ., '; LS : "4 Ml 4 'i Is ;- a li i i t .'-7" 1 . i . 1