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Pae Two LENOIR NEWS-TOPIC, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1920 LENOIR, N. C. Di MEMORY OF TWO MEMBERS OF BAR Lfres of Capt. Jones and Mr. Harshaw Embalmed in the Hearts of Associates APPROPRIATE MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD AT THE LAST TERM OF COURT Friends Pack Court House to Hear the Tributes Paid to Deceased Lawyers Saturday afternoon the regular session of the Superior Court was ad journed and services were held in memory of the two Caldwell lawyers who have died during the present year. Jud.ee Shaw was chairman and made a short talk, as did members of the local" bar and Mr. Huffman, the solicitor. The court room was literally pack ed with friends of the deceased brethren, all there to pay a silent tribute to the splendid lives and no bility of character and wealth of learning displayed so often and to euch good advantage in this arena. The speaking was begun by Mr. Squires, who spoke on the life and works of Mr. Moses N". Harshaw, and Mr. Lawrence Wakefield on Capt. Edmund Jones. The committee of the local bar association, Messrs. W. C. Newland, Lawrence Wakefield and Mark Squires, presented the follow ing resolutions, which were prompt ly adopted and spread upon the min utes of the Superior Court: CAPT. EDMUND JONES Capt. Edmund Jones was born on April 8th, 1847, in Caldwell county, N. C, in that section of the county known as the Happy Valley, and de parted this life on the 25th day of February, 1920, at his home in Le noir, N. C. Capt. Jones was educated at the old Finley High School, Lenoir, X. C, the University of Xorth Carolina and University of Virginia. He wns a veteran of two wars, having entered the Confederate army at the age of 16 years and served to the close of the war, and again in 1898 he organ ized a company from Caldwell, Bur',e, Watauga and Mitchell coun ties and entered the Spanish-American war as captain of the company he had organized and was not mus tered out of service until the end of the war. Capt. Jones was twice happily married, his first wife being Miss Eugenia Lewis, daughter of Co!. A. M. Lewis of Raleigh, X. C. Bv this marraige there were four children AugustUo Jones, now dead; Edmund Jones, Jr., of Clint, Tex.; Miss Sarah nom,.,r. T.,., ...U U..1.1. :. vavciiffuii tjuin , w iiv noma an im portant position with the department of agriculture at Raleigh, and Eugene Jones, who also has a position in Raleigh. His second wife was Miss Patty Scott of Petersburg, Va., formerly of Lenoir, daughter of Dr. W. W. Scott. There were no children of this union, and his widow survives him. Capt. Jones was very active in the affairs of Caldwell, especially in the political life of tht county. He rep resented the county in the lower house of the legislature three times, was mayor of Lenoir twice, was coun ty solicitor of Caldwell from thf for mation of the criminal court for the western district ot North Carolina until it was abolished; was at one time a candidate for Congress from his district, was a candidate for judge of the Superior Court in the old 13th judicial district, was a candidate for attorney general in 1916, was a mem ber and vestryman of the Episcopal church ; Now, the-fore, be it resolved, That in the death of Capt. Edmund Jones Caldwell county has lost one of its most distinguished and useful cit izens, the bar one of its ablest mem bers, a lawyer who was an honor to his profession, devoted to its best traditions, and who enjoyed the es teem of his brothren, a wide circle of friends and relatives. That in the death of Capt. Jones we have lost a friend, and his death is deeply and kneely felt and his passing is greatly mourned by his brethren of the bar. That as a token of respect and admiration we ask his honor, Judge Adams, presiding over Caldwell Su perior Court, to set aside a page on the records of the court for the MnrlQfiAn rf fVi.rt ...... ..1 .. i: I ..viuut.iisit jl meat i eauiuuuns, anu that the clerk of thist court be re quested to forward a copy of same to Mrs. Patty Scott Jones, the widow; to each of the children, to the Lenoir News-Topic and to the News and Ob server, Kaleigh, N. C, for publica tion. Kespectfully, LAWRENCE WAKEFIELD, MARK SQUIRES, W. C. NEWLAND, i Committee. MOSES N. HARSHAW Moses Newton Harshaw was born near Collettsville, Caldwell county, North Carolina, on July 6th, 1856. His early life was spent in the John's river country, where he employed his time in making a success as a farmer until, upon the election of President McKinley, he was appointed postmas ter at Lenoir and moved to that place. During his term as postmaster he was elected solicitor of the judicial district embracing Caldwell county and served in that capacity until De cember, 1906, when he was elected representative from Caldwell county and served with distinction and cred it to himself and his county alike in the general assemblies of 1907 and 1909. He received two further nom inations as such representative and would doubtless have been noriinated for Congress in the present year, having been at the time of his death already endorsed by the members of his party in Caldwell county. In all the offices he held whether as post master, solicitor or in the legislative halls of the Stater -in the discharge of his duty to his constituency he was always fair and allowed no partisan rancor to swerve him from his plain duty as citizen snd public servant In early life he was married to Hiss Michaux Miller, who, with one son and several grandchildren, sur vives him. He was a member of snd deeply devoted to the Baptist church land was. one of 4he most liberal con tributors' to it. He was progressive, and attached to the best interests of his town and county, and by the qualities of citizenship displayed he endeared himself unto all the citi zenship, being usually called "Uncle Mose." In the practice of his profession he was kind and considerate of his ad versary and just to the court. When he had no case he was always willing to say so and did not try to use his office as prosecutor to the embarrass ment of citizens whose guilt he deem ed to be doubtful. He was the friend of those in all ranks of life and as a neighbor was without equal. In the passing of this good man Lenoir has lost one of her foremost citi zens, the bar one of its strongest members and the State an excellent citizen. Brother Harshaw, though long a sufferer, was not thought to be in danger of early departure. Early in the year he sustained a fall on the pavement which occasioned great pain. Complications set in and he was taken to the Presbyterian hos pital at Charlotte, where, on the 20th day of March, 1920, our friend de parted this life, being almost 64 years of age. Therefore, be it resolved, That we hereby enter our token of apprecia tion of the life and character of Brothr Harshaw and his many vir tues, and, in a slight manner, record our sororw at his departure from our midst. To his family we extend our sympathy and join with them in their bereavement. Resolved, further, That a copy of these resolutions b sent the family of our deceased brother, another pub lished in the local newspapr, and that th Court be requested to order them spread on the minutes of the Supe rior Court. MARK SQUIRES, LAWREXCE WAKEFIELD, W. C. NEWLAND, Committee. LENOIR PROOF Should Convince Every Lenoir Reader. The frank statement of a neighbor, Ulan the merits of a remedy, I Bids you pause and believe. . The same endorsement By some straager far away Commands no belief at all. Hnra'a & Tnnir oase. ' A Lenoir citizen testifies. Read and be convinced. 3. W. Sudderth, brtckvmason, says: About a year ago my back was la pretty bad shape and I think the trou ble was due to my wort at which 1 have to bend over a great deal. I think Doan's Kidney Plus are the only rem edy for kidney trouble as they cured me of the backache and strengthened By kidneys." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't imply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Sudderth had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. all of the cases embraced by the pros ecution order were turned O' er by J the war department, but there were I indications that similar cases would , De received from ether government : departments. ! The contracts upon which action : wili be pressed were said to involve i amounts "ranging from a few thou sands to a few millions each2V They include agreements for the furnish 1 ing of supplies of nearly every com- modity which the government pur- chased for war purposes, as well as i construction of camps, cantonments and warehouses and other facilities ; for the training of the army. ! N. C. GETS $2,279,053 FEDERAL ROAD MONEY During the next two years the Fed eral government is ready to match Xorth Carolina dollar for dollar in the construction of good roads, and for that purpose there is available in Washington the sum of $2,279, 05:.80, says Theodore Tiller, Wash ington correspondent of the Greens boro News. That apportionment will round out the Xorth Carolina quota under the Federal good roads act. The bureau of public roads, de partment of agriculture, has pre pared a final statement of the sums allotted to the various states o be expended before July 1, 1922. Thos. H. McDonald, director of the bureau, said that all states shouldf exert ev ery effort to utilize the Federal ap propriation or to make agreements with the department of agriculture for its use before that date. Figures at the Fedeal bureau showed that North Carolina is en titled to an additional allowance of $569, 763. 45 under the original good roads act of 1916 and that of the amount authorized in 1919 the state is entitled to receive as a final al lowance $1,709,290.35, making more than two million dollars available during the next two years. These sums must be matched with equal ap pror. u.tions by the state. This is the last allotment of Fed eral appropriations until Congress authorizes additional outlays from the treasury. A grand total of about $100,000,000 for the entire country is to be advanced by the Washington government during the next two years. 'I FIGH1 THE BOILS Use Gentle Remedy to End Constipation Some "physics" fight the bowels. 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Atq you bilious GO TO COURT SOON OVER THE ABSENTEE VOTER'S LAW That vrey early steps will be taken by the Republican party to test in the courts of the land the validity of North Carolina's absentee voter's law was the statement made by Gilliam Grissom, secretary of the State Re publican committee, says the Greens boro News. Mr. Grissom declared a brilliant array of legal talent will handle his party' scase, among them Judge W. P. Bynum of Greensboro and A. E. Holton of Winston, Re publican nominee for the United States senate to succeed Senator Lee S. Overman. The Republicans have long con tended that the law is invalid, and leaders in the party point to decisions of the supreme court to prove their claim. They contend also that it gives the Democrats an unfair advan tage at election time. In what court and where the fight will be started is not yet known, but that it will be a battle to the last ditch goes without saying. Liver clogged with waste, no doubt. 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Our money -back guaran tea protects yon. ; At your druggist NO LONGER DOUBT AS TO FATE OF CZAR'S FAMILY All possible ' doubts that former Emperor Nicholas of Russia. and his family were assassinafens the base ment of .their prisoii home at Ekater inburg on the night of July 16, 1918, seems to be dispelled by the accounts of two independent investigators which are published in London. One. is printed in the Times and was writ ten by its former Petrograd corre spondent, Robert Wilton. The other appears in the magazine Nineteenth Century and After, and is from the pen of Capt Francis Mcullagb, of the British army, who before the war was a widely known correspondent. Both spent several weeks at Ekater inburg, and talked with natives and soldiers who witnessed the affair through the windows of the ill-fated house. Both writers agree on the important details of the story. The victims of the massacre, they say, numbered eleven, being the for mer emperor, his wife, son and four daughters Dr Botkia and. .three, .ser vants. The assassination was ar ranged by Yurovski, the jailer in charge of the deposed royal family, and was carried out by twelve sol diers. The Times account says these men were Letts, but Capt. McCul lagh declares they were Magyars who had been placed on duty instead of a Russian guard because the bolshe viki feared a Russian could not be trusted for the work. Capt McCullagh's story says all the doomed party, except Nicholas, were on their knees, crossing them selves, as Yurovski shouted the order for the execution of "Nicholas Ro manoff, the bloody, and all his fam ily." The former czar then stepped quickly in front of his wife and chil dren, saying something which could not be heard, an dwas shot by Yu rovski. Then the remainder of the party, was, shot down with revolvers ana later me soldiers payonenea ine bodies, he said. 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