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Volume 25; Number 118.
THE SUN-JOURNAL, NEW BERK, N. CM MONDAY, MAY 17, 1920.
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Commissioners Call Upon Sheriff
R. B. Lane to Come Across
1 With Balances in The Sum of
$6,911.72 Which Audit Made
By W. P. Hilton & Company
Says He is Due Latter Em
phatically Denies That He
Owes The County One Penny1,
Brings ' Accounts to Show He
Is Corrett and Stands . Pat
. Auditor Employed by Sheriff,
To Go Over His Books ' And
Straighten Them' Out And to
Endeavor, to Find If The Hil
I ton Audit is Correct.
Assuring Sheriff R. "Mhat
they had no desire to I
litically, , that they wer
ing after thb Interests of the people
of the county, the Board of .Commis
sioners tlii.s afternoon decided to de
fer the matter in which the county is
asking tlic sUeriif to come across with
a settlement of balances from the.
yen r 1910, 1917 and 1918 ,amdtoit
ip; to $0,911.72 until the- 24th of
"May'flaring wfuih time the 'sheriff is
to have an auditor come to this city,
pa over his books and verify his bwn
i;urs which, show that instead oi' be
Ii'jj itnlebted to the county, the latter
javcs l.un money.",'-' ' -v. '.-,'; .-,
T!ie meeting' between the, sheriff
i rtil t'e board of commissioners came
. - - .... 1 1 v wt- v.i;.ft;h v
, ,1 consil-rable circulation
i i tl.o tity and county during the past
IV iv ('.ays and there was a large crowd
on I i to hear the discussion.. Chair
isin Kafer opened the session with a
M . u "t to the effect that the' com
m' rs were on hand ' to .receive
a .si t'.I.v)nent from the sheriff, that
the audit made by W. P. Hilton &
Company, of Norfolk,, : Va.y showed
t hat there were balances from the
years mentioned and that thd board
was in receptive mood and ready to
'receive a settlement from the sheriff.
Commissioners Riggs and Jjamb
stated that if the meeting had been
called at this time for the purpose of
injuring Sheriff Lane's political as
pirations, that they were oppsed to
any such a method of doing business
and Mr. Lamb emphatically stressed
this point. Chairman Kafer asserted
that the meeting had been called aft
er due. 'deliberation 'and due notice
and that the loard was there for the
transaction of the people's business,
that the report of the auditors show
ed that money was owing to the
county from the sheriff's office, that
the people..vere demanding that there j
uc no isioiVi'Majy-tiaiiyiiig on iwxuuni
of playing yolitics and that he was
prepared to-go through with it, -
Sheriff Lane denied there was a
shortage and declared that he w as
right in his assertion that he did not
owe the county a penny; that he had
facts and figures to back him up and
that he stood morally, physicaUy
and mentally behind what. he had to
offer. .',-'; - ".. .' j -' ' .
Going into the figures; wliich he
had prepared for the -commissioners
he pointed out numerous items. He
declared that Jus books were kept
in a modern manner and that he was
.satisfied that he was correct In Ids
accounts , and that ho intended to
stand by them. He told the commis
. sioners .that he had employed an au
ditor to come to New Bern and look
over his books and that this gentle
man would, be in the city on Wednes
day. . f' ". ', . :: : - :, -'';'':: '. '
The board discussed the proposi
tion at length. The general concensus
of opinion on' the part of the mem
bers was that the Sheriff should be
'' given time in which to allow his au
ditor to come to, New Bern, look over
his books and ascertain whether he
- (the sheriff) or the Hilton auditors
were wrong. A rote was taken ; anil
the commissioners '-..will meet again
next Monday to hear: the Sheriff and
his auditor or to take ' whatever ac
tion they may decide upon.
" t Tliere is much interest being man
ifest in this affair and the outcome
is being eagerly awaited.
; 'j , - Wants Commission I
': Iuiinst the! discussion si la wtieth
i ci' or not the sheriff tloew tor does 'not
owe the' county' ttienufh! six?cifletL
t'lia irman liafer.i asked one. question
which was of more or less interest
to the tax payers, this In regard to an
aet passed at the last session of the
I a sislature placing all the snerins
in North Carolina, except Buncombe
county's sheriff, on a commission
basis.,
Last year the commisions in Cra-
ven county amounted to about $9,000
this ' year the sum will be about
$1 1 ,0OO. Chairman Kafer inquired as
to whether Sheriff Lane demanded
the commissions, which does away
' wit h the salary of $4,100 per year or
whether he was willing to continue
on the salary i system. Sheriff Lane
replied that he wanted the jcommis-
: sion system now in effect.
This was brought tnto the discus
VERBAL BROADSIDE
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SECRETARY
Josephus Takes Aim and Fires
At Advocates of General.'.
Staff ' V " .
' (By Associated Press)
WASHINCLTON, , D. C, May 17.
secretary liamels today let go "a
verbal broadside against the - advo
cates of a general staff for he navy,
declaring that they sought- to "Prus
sianize the Navy 'Department and
make the civilian secretary a rubber
stamp:". He . told the Senate com
mittee investigating the navy's con
duct of the war . that one of Ad
miral Sims' chief objects in writing
his letter of January 7th and bring
ing about ; this investigation was tr
curtail the1 power of the ; secretary
and remove the navy so far as possi
ble from civilian control. -77-..'
About the only piece of advice For
mer Secretary (5eorge Von. L. Meyere
gave him when he succeeded him,-Mr.
Daniels asserted 'was the addition
that there were officers in the navy
who wished less power for the civil
ian" secretary and more for them
selves. V.: '.r , -
"Power lies- here" JVIr. Daniels' Said
Meyers told him as he pointed to the
secretary's desk "and it should' re
main here.' 4
. If congress wished to depart from
the traditiorral , American policy of
rtviHan -control' oft the' navy itlshoald
do' so promptly and clearly,, without
pretense said Mr. Daniels, by making
an admiral secretary, of the navy, and
a member of the President's cabinet.
The 'most' ardent advocates of the
general staff Bystem do not advocate
going to far, however, because they
wish to keep a :'rub.her stamp" civil
ian as a figure head in the secretary's
office, he declared. ' .
POWER AND; LIGHT CO. ;
; APPEAL IS DISMISSED
, '' (By Associated Press)
' WASHINGTON, D. C.May 17.
Upon motion of officials of Graham,
N. C, the Supreme Court today dis
missed for lack of jurisdiction ap
peals brought by the Piedmont Pow
er and Light . Company and bond
holders from Federal Court decrees
denying injunctions restraining town
officials, from granting franchises to
another lighting company; '
BROOKLYN MAN IS
ELECTED AS BISHOP
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(By Associated Press) v
DES MOINES, IOWA, May 17.--Doctor
Ernest G. Richardson, of
Brooklyn Was elected a bishop , of
the Methodist Episcopal Church on
a ballot taken Saturday evening and
counted today it was announced at
the general conference here today.
INDICTMENTS AGAINST
v BIG PACKING PLANTS
i (By Associated Press.) ?
NEW YORK, May 1.7. The fed
eral grand jury , in - Brooklyn tpday
returned; indictments against Morris
& Company and the Cudahy Packing
Company : of Chicago charging profi
teering m food stuffs. . '. ...
IS ON THE ROCKS
Newspaper Recently Born
? v Capital Has Many Dif
ficulties In
., (By Associated. Press.) ti
i RALEIGH, Ni C. May 1 7i CtiAli
R. Boone, principal stockholder, to
day was appointedi temporary 'fipcfvyj
ning newspaper organized here by
Edgar A. Womble about six months
ago which suspended publication Sat
urday following receivership proceed
ings instituted by Mr. Boone and oth
er creditors. Judge Daniels in Wake
Superior Court fixed June 3rd as the
date for a hearing to determine
whether the - receivership is to be
made permanent. The high cost-of
newsprint paper and other operating
expenses are given as . the reasons
for the newspaper's financial difficul
ties. v : .'' .. .:'..
sion todav. it was said, for thei mil-
pose of showing the tax payers just1
how i mutters stood us. to the oix'-ra- .
tiqn of the county and it finances.
RALEIGH AMERICAN
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SH
WN THE
SCENE OF RIOTING
Londonderry Gets Excitement in
" ' Bunches Tension is i. ,
High
(By Associated Press)'
: LONDONDERRY, IRELAND. May
17. Londonderry after two nights
of, rioting, was again the scene of
riots and disturbances today. The
city was in a- state of high tension
and hundreds of, men remained away
from their work walking about the
streets where many individual t en
counters occurred between Sinn
Feiners and . Unionists. -There was
itone ' throwing by the . crowds to
iome extent and at one point Sinn
Feiners, the police reported, fired
shots at two union ex-soldiers' but
missed their mark. . ..1
.'iHundreds . of the . military with
machine; guns and police with rifles
were ordered to the usual danger J
point between' Bridge and Fountain
streets. . ' - . ,- ,'
Succumbed . To ' An Attack
s Pneumonia Funeral
Tomorrow
Of
Following an attack of pneumonia,
Mr. Joseph Stallings, who has been
residing oh a farm near Bridgeton,
died at a local hospital this morning
at 9 o'clock.; - " 4 -' ,
The deceased was well and favora
bly known in New Bern, having mfcny
friends in this city and the surrounding-
section and the news of his
death will cause genuine regret.
Surviving, in addition to his wife,
Mrs. Eva Stallings are four sisters,
Mrs. Ellie Barker, Enfield, N. C; Mrs.
Laura t Mason,- Norfolk, Va: Mrs.
Leslie' -Hawkins, Neb: Mrs. F. P.
Bryan, Neb; and' five .brothers,
Mesrs.' Robert, Durham, Early, Will
and Elisha.
The funeral . will be conducted
from the home of Mr. Durham Stal
lings, No., 52 Metcalf street, tomor
row mdrning at 10 o'clock: and the
interment ,'will be made in; Cedar
Grove cemetery. Rev. J. G. Griffin,
pastor of the Free Will Baptist
church, will conduct the service.
ENGLAND'S POLICY IS
A VERY DRASTIC ONE
WASHINGTON, May 17. Great
Britain s policy with reference . to
world petroleum supplies is reported
to exclude aliens from control of pe
troleum supplies within the empire
and in addition obtain some measure
of control over oil properties in for
eign countries, the senate was in
formed to-day in a state department
report transmitted by President Wil
son. . - ' V ' '
The report signal by Under-Secretary
Polk was furnished In response
to a resolution by Senator Gorer dem
ocrat of Oklahoma asking what dis
abilities were being imposed upon
American exploitation of world , oil
resources by other countries.
REPUBLICANS HAVE
CHARGE COLIESUM
CHICAGO, May 17. The Chicago
coliesum was turned over, to the re
publican national Committe this
morning and work ; started imme
diately on the aHernitions necessary
for ftrfcifeonT'GtHiJ June 8th. Of-
FflcWsVMie'.cMMIe and conven
tion leaders in the eoliesuni . annex
pare; ifearfycarfipjllt! And , will be
-1 . I . o , t. ' 4.1 ,
committee begins its sessions.
PUBLISHERS ANXIOUS
OVER PAPER SUPPLY
WASHINGTON, May. 17. Thirty
publishers representing approximate
ly eighty small newspapers east of
the. Mississippi met here to-day to
device means of insuring an adequate
supplv of print paper for their publi
cations. Tho"-e attending the meeting m
chidorl : , ... .
W N TVe'.-er of the Durham, N. 0.
n and J. i'. liawiey or tne Hign
t Point'' Enterprise.
DIEoS RNING
GOVERNOR OF VERA WAGE ADVANCE TO
CRUZ SAFELY GETS
Ill
Gen. Candido Agular Thought to
Be Trying to Join 'President
Carranza
; ..' (By "Associated Press.)
VER'a ; CRUZ, May 17. General
Candido ,Aguilar, governor' of the
state of. Vera Cruz and son-in-law of
President," Carranza who has been
virtually a prisoner of the revolu
tionary forces for the past week,
escaped last night. : It is believed
he is - trying to join Carranza who
fled into the mountains on Friday
and Who -?so far as known has not
yet . bee filocated. , General Aguilar
has with him about 300 of, his fol
lowers. ...
Pursuit of Carranza is being vig
orously pushed by the leaders of the
revolutionary forces which fought a,
great battle with Carranza's army
last " week. . They have a superior
force of cavalry and are searching
the mountains for" some trace of the
fugitive president. , General Medina
left here to-day over the Inter-Oceanic
Railroad for the purpose of inter
cepting . Carranza if he attempts to
reach the state of Vera Cruz.-
' Lack of food and water lowered
the morale of Carranza's men so that?
their defeat at the hande of the re
volutionists was a comparatively easy
task tays a -dispatch from an Asso
ciated i Pjsst. correspondent '. in the
battle zone V " " ':" -;' ' -:
ERMANS
S TO PAY IS FIXED
Thirty . BUior? Dollars Amount
-. - The Huns Must
, 1 ' Pay
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PARIS, May 17; It is Anderstood
in official circles here that the Anglo-French
conference at Hythe
which closed yesterday decided that
the sum total which Germany should
pay as reparation would be fixed at
one hundred twenty ' billion marks
gold (approximately 30 billion dol
lars). "'
It is also understood that it was de
cided Germany will be permitted to
issue 'bonds., covering her indebted?
ness to the allies payable in annual
installments. i
Such action it is pointed out would
enable. France to ; discount part of
her claim on Germany and permit
her to settle her debts to the United
States and the allies. .
JOHN N. PARKER IS
GOVERNOR LOUISIANA
BATON BOUGE. La. May 17. At
noon John N. Parker of New Or
leans was inaugurated as governor
of Louisana. succeeaine R. G. Pleas
ants. ':
Governor Parker delivered the
shortest inaugural address on record
consisting of threes paragraphs.
ARGUMENTS ORDERED
BY THE SUPREME COURT
WASHINGTON, May 17. Argu
ments of the government's dissolu
tion suit against the Lehigh Railroad
Company and its subsidiaries was or
dered to-day by the supreme courX.
T
IS TO TAKE PLACE
Secdad in Series of Recitations
Is To Take
Place
Next Wednesday morning at 11:13
o clock, m Griffin auditorium,1 the
second of the series of contest in;
recitations will be held. The "speakers
are girls in the local high school. The
medal at stake is known as the Ruth
Watson Pinnix medal, offered by Mr.
W. M. Pinnix.
The reciters, together with the
titles of their recitations, are as fol
lows: Too Late for the Train Daisy Mayo
The Rival Singer Vivetta Crabtree
The Blacksmith's Story Violet Wade
Psychology and Spreads Audrey Gas
kins. A Hero of Duty Allie Pipkin
The Wrong Train Mary Davenport
Mam Tildy Marv Ayers
Poor Little Will Mary Sullivan
Pn the Other Train 1 Leia Jones
The piblic is invited to attend the
(ontest.
AWAY
SEARCH!
ANOTHER CONIES
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RAILWAY WORKERS
IS NECESSARY NOW
Railroad Labor Board is Shown
The Necessity For In
creased Salaries
(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO, May 17. Wage ad
vances should be granted to many
railroad workers to enable them to
meet the high cost of living, the As
sociation of Railway Executives de
clared today in its opening.' state
ment before the railroad labor board.
The board began hearings ; here to
day. , ' , ,
E. T. Whiter, Chairman of the
conference committee or rail man
agers of the executive association,
told the board that some part pf the
wage demands being made by the
two million railway employees prob
ably would be found to be justified
by the rise in the cost of living."
' Agreement of the railroads them
selves that at least a part of the men
should have more money is expected
to go farther toward expediting the
settlement of the .controversy which
culminated last month in strikes by
disgruntled employees."- :
The demands ''. now before the
board aggregate more than a billion
dollars a year in: addition to a bil-
hon dollar advance during the war
and three hundred million dollar ad
yance in Jhe two years prior to gov
ernment control according to Mr.
Whiter. :-'- .: .. '
Following the reading of the exec
utive's statement the railroad board
adjourned until tomorrow.
GERMAN TOWNS ARE
EVACUATED BY FRENCH
' (By ' Associated Press).-.
MAYENCE, May J7.r French
troopi -which hare;-been, in 'the beca
pation of Frankfort, Darmstadt and
other cities on the "east bank of the
Rhine, evacuated those cities this
morning, it. is announced here. .
BERLIN, May 17. French and
Belgian troops which have been oc
cupying Frankfort and Hanau evac
uated those cities thi3 morning; . No
untoward incident has been reported.
ARE STRIKING BACK
Fiercely Fighting Polish And
Ukranian Troops, It Is
Reported
(By Associated Press)
' LONDON, May 17. Russian bol
sheviki forces are striking back at
the Polish and Ukranian troops
which occupied Kiev about ten days'
ago, according to official statement
issued in Moscow and received here
by wireless. . V ,
The statemenU said the Soviet
troops had started an advance and
were engaged about 10 miles north
east of Kiev.
A '.
SUPREME COURT FAILS
DECIDE "PROHI" ACT
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 17.
The supreme court failed again tpday
to decide the validity of the prohibi
tion amendment and the enforce
ment act and recessed until Jupe 1st.
FAMOUS LOG MANSION,
BURNED TO GROUND
LEAKSVILLE, N. C, May 17.
The famous log mansion for fifteen
years the home of George W. Fraker,
hut used lately by the Carolina Cot-t.n-Wollen
MiUs as a club house for
northern salesiatn and visiting mer
chants, was buiVed to the ground
here yesterday. loss is estimat
ed at $35,000 fulV covered by in
surance.
New York Tonsorial Artists
Walk Out Seek More
Pay
NEW YORK, May 17. Fifteen
thousand union barbers in New York
City were ordered to strike to-day to
enforce ctemanas ur uiguci na.6co.
fhev ant a minimun waee of $30.
00 a week and one half of all the
monev they take in over. $40.00 a
week for each barber. , l neir 'Pr.eBeni
scale is $25.00 a week, an dcpmmis-
BOLSHEVIK FORCES
MBERS ON STRIKE
sions.
RELIGIOUS ORDERS
SHOULD FOOT BILLS
Opposed To Receiving Money for
Their Own Work From
Outsiders
(By Associated .Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. ..'. May, 17.
Amendment to the . constitution to
prohibit the use of public funds for
the support of sectarian Institutions
is recommended in a resolution unan
imously adopted today'.by the South
ern Baptists Convention.
Introducing the resolution Doctor
Gambtell, President of the conven
tion declared that the .Baptists were
opposed to receiving-money for their
own work and every;; religious order
inthe world ought tqfpay its own ex
penses. "." ' .:,..,' : : . :
The convention was addressed to
day by Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of
the . Methodist Episcopal Church
South. .
The south must stand like Stone
wall Jackson and not let the enemy
push it back, Bishop Cannon declar
ed, endorsing the convention's' pror
nouncement for the maintenance
and enfortement of the prohibition
amendment., "With 'south erh Metho
dists and Baptists standing together
in the south, that settles it." . .
The proposal to appoint a commit
tee to. 'study the advisability of es
tablishing a Baptist newspaper was
made the occasion for an attack by
Doctor- Ben Cox , of Memphis, Tenn.,
against , the American newspaper in
general and'the Associated Press in
particular. Seventy five per cent of
the 'blue pencils in American news
paper offices" he charged were in Ro
man Catholic hands. . y
Frank E; Burkhalter of Nashville,
Tennessee and Rev. Alex W. Beler of
Georgia, both resented the attack and
declared that the Baptists had al
ways received fair treatment from the
Associated Press. The proposal to ap
point 'a committee to study the ad
visability of establishing a Baptist
newspaper was adopted. -v. . .'
(By Associated, Press.) ; -'
WASHINGTON, D. C; May 17.
Moving pictures, lax laws and intem
perance are; blamed for. the numerous
dlvorcds; in- the United States by the
committee of . temperance5 and 'social
service In Its report to -the Southern
Baptist Convention today. Enactment
of a uniform code of marriage and di
vorce laws are "recommended as the
remedy. v; ' ):-' ,-'v'.
Quoting from government statis
tics on the number of divorces obtain
ed annually in the country, the re
port shows that in 1916 when :the
last figures-were gathered there were
112,036 divorces.' " v i ' '
Were" later figures available, the
report continued "the figures would
doubtless be larger still," certainly
this would be true of 1919 owing to
the larger number of hasty and fool
ish marriages contracted during the
war." :. "' V ; :. ' Ft; -'-. ,; :- ' : yi. W ' : ,'-V , v -.
As a primary cause .of ''this sad
condition" which is characterized as
an "ugly specter which looms up on
the horizon of our civilization", the
report denounces the motion picture
as now produced, declaring that
"nearly every film" put upon the
screen contains somewhere some evil
suggestion." Many of the films are
based on the "eternal triangle,',' and
contain suggestions of; disregard if
not an open breach bf the martial re
lation. ' .';- .;-,-. t: v ";'?.'V
FIRST OF ITS DEAD
More Than One . Hundred And
Fifty Flag-Draped
Coffins .
. NEW YORK, May 17 The navy
brought back to the homeland the
first of its dead to perish overseas
during the world war. The naval
transport Nereus docking at the
naval supply base in Brooklyn car
ried below deck3 more than one hun
dred fifty flag draped coffins. As
each casket was borne ashore it pass
ed through a double line of sailors
and marines' standing at salute.
Among the bodies was that of
Ensign Edwin S. Pou, son of Repre
sentative Pou' of Smithfleld, N. C.
whiclfc will be sent home.
Sun-Journal Publishing
Com-
pany Has Been Incor
porated RALEIGH, N. C, May 17. The
New Bern Sun-Journal, recently pur
chased by John A. Park, publisher of
the RALEIGH TIMES and the Fay
ettevllle Observer. Saturday .filed a
certihcate of incorporation wh , tne.?
oeuemi ui oiaic. ud.m ui
j re-organized corporation is The Sun -
Journal Publishing Company, the
authorized capital stockylp'f, which is?
$50,000( with $40,000 subucrihed. '
The stockholders are: John A- Park
George B Hellen, T Lily -Pair 1 pjik,
C.m,. Park, O. J.-CbfTin,' ahd Robert
M.Duckett. ) '
NAVY BRINGS BACK
NEW PUBLISHING
IP'Y CHARTERED
rs PEOPLE
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III SNAPPY ADDRESS
Candidate For Governor' i Heard
Here Last, Saturday Night by
Large Crowd
. ' (By. Brock; Barkley) ; "
After, stirring:, an audience that
filled the spacious courtroom of th
Craven , county courthouse Saturday 1
night by eloquent and forceful argu--ment
in behalf of the democratic
principles of government, Cameron Z
Morrison, ohef -th' gubernatorial
aspirants, was given a robust round
of applause. when he declared that he.v
does not seek the office as a reward
for 28 years of service to the demo- . ,'
cratic party nor to gratifying any vul
gar desire for honor and distinction
but. in order that, he might be afford
ed greater prestige and power to bat
tle the harder for "the great demo
cratic principles ,of : government for
which I have given the greater part
of my life." ' - . -V ,
Practically all of Mr.- Morrison's
address' was devoted to a "democrat-
ic speech," his candidacy, being men
tioned only in concluding his dis
course which apparently had a mark
ed affect upon his audience and forc
ed the realization that the record of .
the democratic party in the state and
nation had been a glorious one and
one in which all- democrats , should
feel pride. .. . v.
Mr. Morrison arrived in New Bern
Saturday evening, coming here from
Trenton, by way . of Maysville and
PoJlocksville. He was a guest at din
ner with a body of New Bern men at :
the Gaston hitel Saturday night He',
spoke four time Saturday, cand said
Saturday night that ho had . spoken '
twice daily, each , day of : last week,
and. that his schedule calls for one
of two speeches a day from now un
til the night of June 4. He delivered
the ; commencement address at the
Trenton High School Saturday morn
ing before a large audience of men
and "women; en route to New . Bern
he made short talks to his supporters
at Maysville and Pollocksville where,
was .reported,, he , has prac! I
unanimous support. "' A
' The gubernatorial aspirant
introduce to his.audichce; con :
of '" representative New -; Ber
Craven county citizens, by Coi .:
A. ' Bryan,, who paid hi ma high tu
bute, referring to him as one of Nortl;
Carolina's' greatest: statesmen, s.. ,
: Mr Morrison mad' exceedingly
complimentary remarks in beginning
his address, about Senator , Simmons
with,. whom he served back in the
days of the '"red. shirts,", when Sim-
mons, Morrison, Aycock, Craig and.
other, great Statesmen redeemed the
state and made it safe for the whie
women. ;He i referred to .. the distinr "
guished son of Craven county as . "
"that great Organizer of white man's
victory;- that old nightmare tf re
publicanism," and the : "greatest
statesman that North Carolina ever
produced." , . '. '.', . ,
In his ' discourse, Mr. Morrison
warned against class government,'
against government by the Socialist,
the Bolsheviki, the Soviet and all the
other hosts of error, declaring that -the
only answer to these false doc- !
trines is the "fundamental principles "
of our government," the constitution '. '
of the country and state. ".Old
fashioned Southern democracy"' was .
the type of democracy preached " by
Mr. Morrison, who declared that the,
old ' Southern democratic statesmen ,
are the men who, have kept the. faith
of the fathers, the upholders of the
old constitutional principles, while
others have gone, off in serving .
Mammon.- ,, . .,. k- - ,--"
He began his address with a brief ;'
review of the demoralizing condi- "
tions existing .in North Carolina" 20 .
years ago when 40-odd pf the fairest ;
and noblest counties of the state .
were under negro and republican de
nomination. He. told of the organi
zation of the "red shirts" and of the
redemption of the 'state , and the es- ,
tablishment ,of a "white man'j gov
ernment -in every township ,in the
state for the first ; time since the
adoption of the federal amendment
enfranchising the negro." Vociferous
applause greeted the declaration. '
Conditions of those - days were ;
contrasted wih the North Carolina
of today, "the strongest state in the
south and the i wonder , of the . en- -tire
republic." , The North Carolina m
farmer of today leads all ; the far- '
mers of the. United States; the peo
ple pf-. this statei pay. a lower insur- .
ance -rate thaniwthe people of any t? '
other state . .inim the ?iBouthcastem
group;vmiteraciri9 lowt the death
rate ..is far belo?! the , average; tho .
state 4 prosperous as it was never
before in all historyhe declared... . '
; , sOontonnds Ite)nblicans;
Mr, i;Morrison confounded the re
publican f party, which he declared .
-hanterfid away thai people's govorn-
4iea).tjtQ(-fkifow pri,vatei.grups of ftifn,
When ,iiu waa,in powen.We reierreu
to hard - times and paniCB prevalent
in those days, and contrasted con
ditions then, with the Condition of
the nation today when it is enjoying
unprecedented prosperity. He consid-
ered the administration of WoodroW .
Wilson a wonderful one, and thff
winning of the war an achievement A
most remarkable and one which could.
not have come to pass under the oh J ;
riniihiican form of government with
out wrecking every business instju-
... . , tn e Unitcd States. .. V
Mr Mmrlson detenaea tne pnarge
)f 'me that the democratic party
i wasted money in the prosyJtion of
tj,g war with the declarftion - thxl,
haa: this country not gone into the
;trtig?le with the stoeep and scope
thlt it did, turowin . ail unuer ine
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