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Monday, August 29, 2022

Commissioner Watts Improves, Gov. Morrison Paroled Charles Hanna, Governor to Set Coal Prices During Shortage, Aug. 29, 1922

Watts Returns From Hospital Much Improved. . . Will Resume Management at Early Date; No Idea of Quitting. . . Parole to Man Who Held Up Bootlegger. . . Prices of Various Grades Coal for State to Be Announced Today

By Brock Barkley

Raleigh, Aug. 28—Revenue Commissioner A.D. Watts, back in Raleigh after undergoing hospital treatment in Richmond and Baltimore, is greatly improved in health. He expects to leave tomorrow for Statesville for further treatment under his physician, Dr. Isong.

While the health of the commissioner has been the cause of concern to his friends for some months, examinations at Richmond and Baltimore hospitals revealed that his ailment is temporary, and he expects to return from Statesville totally relieved of his trouble.

The commissioner was interested in the “report” of “reports” that he expected to quit. He was as much in the dark as to the point of origination of the report that he planned to retire as he was in the report that these reports were abroad. He has had no intention of resigning and his great improvement in health leads him to expect to take up actual management of his department at an early date, it as explained.

Paroles Young Man

Governor Morrison today paroled Charles M. Hanna, young wake county white man, sentenced 18 months ago to five years in the State’s prison for holding up a gang of alleged bootleggers and taking their cargo of whiskey.

“The young man’s record is not good, but I believe that taking this whiskey away from the blind tiger crowd, for which he has served already 18 months, is the only very serious charge against him,” the governor said in his statement as to his reasons for the parole.

The solicitor who prosecuted Hanna recommended his parole, as did the members of prominent Wake county people, including Mrs. Clarence Johnson, superintendent of public welfare for the State.

Hanna held up the gang of alleged bootleggers and took their whiskey. Charges of highway robbery were brought against him, and he was sentenced to five years. No statement is made as to what became of the bootleggers.

Working on Coal Prices

State Fuel Distributor R.O. Self was working today on the set of prices to be ordered for retail sales of coal in the State. He expects to announce tomorrow the prices on all the various grades of coal. All dealers must comply with these prices to get deliveries and it is impossible for them to get fuel except under an order of the fuel distributor. The prices which will be fixed will be fair and just to both consumer and dealer, Mr. Self said.

From the front page of the Winston-Salem Journal, Aug. 29, 1922

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