Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-04-12
STATE TREASURER
HARMAN IS DEAD
Passes Away at Home of Son-in-
Law After Brief
Illness.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS URNER
Chief Clerk in Office Is Named
for Unexpired Term, End
ing February /.
GOVERNOR APPOINTS URNER

urcr Tor AN unbrokcn I,criod of thirty
one years. Cieu yesterday morning at
l1:20 O'c.oci; at the home OF his SON
in law, W. r.. Berry in Barton Heights
following brief illncss OF diabetes
Though sickness had kept him from
his office To- yearly two weeks his
friends and associates had thought he
was growing better until two days ago.
when his condition became decidedly
worse. lie had been unconscious since
carly Tuesday morning.
As successor To Mr iiarman >3os.
ernor Stuart upon his return TO the
city last night appointed Clarence II.
Urncr. who has been chief clerk in the
office for number Of years Mr.
trncr will qualify at once and take
over the duties Of his new position this
morning. His service or more than
thirty years gives him an intimate ac-
quaintance with every detail Of the
office He will serve for the un-
expired term. ending on February |,
1915.
The death of Mr.. Harman had the
effect yesterday of bringing the finan-
"ial machinery Of the State TO a stand
still there being no statutory pro-
vision for an acting treasurer between
the time Of the vacation OF the Office
Governor. Attorney General John Car
land Pollard. To whom the mnttcr was
referred by Mr.. Urner and Second
Auditor Roswell Page. made this de-
cision. and all offices having to do with
the handling OF the States funds were
SO informed.
NEW TREASURER HAS
BEEN IN OFFICE THIRTY YEARS
The new treasurer was born at New
Market, Va. in 1855. and came to the
Office OF Treasurer Harman more than
thirty years ago funding clerk. He
WAS soon placed at the head or til.
force. "A position he has retained ever
since. For several years he laugh:
bookkeeping at the Mechanics Insti-
tu,c. and is now librarian and treasurer
OF that institution. He is also clerk
of the First Baptist Church.
Mr.. Erner received his; e4f7ys educa-
tion in the Valley OF Virginia. later
receiving technical training at the
Eastman Business college. Pough-
keepsie. y. Y. After finishing his cdu.
cation. ne taugh; in New York. liar-
risonburg and other places. He has
decided literary turn. and is recos-
nized poet of ability.
In honor of Mr. Hartman, the flag
over the Capitol Building flew Yesterday
at half-mast. and will so continue
until after the funeral. The body wil
leave Richmond this morning At 10
o'clock for Lexington. where funrrul
services will take place tomorrow
morning AT II o'clock from Lee Me-
mortal Episcopal Church. Interment
will be in the family plot.
TWO tN0WED CANDIDATES
ALREADY IN FIELD
The death of Mr.. Harmon leaves in
the field two avowed candidates for
state TreaSurer--A. O. Burks trca snrer
of the City of Buena Vista. and Charles
y. Johnston of Christiansburg. once a
member OF the Finance Committee of
the House Of Delegates
Mr.. Iiarman was born in Staunton,
Augusta County. OH September 6. 1850.
and was the son of Colonel Michael q;
harman. of the Fifty-sccond Virginia
Infantry. His mother was Caroline V.
stevenson He obtained his primary
education in the schools of Augusta
County. later entering the Virginia Mil
itary Institute. from which he grad
uated in 1872
After graduation he began the active
work of life as manager of stage lines
in the Valley Of Virginia. and continued
also engaged in the business OF rail
road contracting and president for :,
time of the James River packet line
from Richmond to Buchanan and Lcx-
inGton. During ali this time he was
actively engaged in the business Of
farming in Rockhridgc County.
WENT INTO OFFICE
ON JANUARY =. 1854
He was elected State Treasurer by
the General Assembly. and went into
Office for the first time on January ..
iSS6. He was continuously re- elected
by the General Assembly up TO the
time Of the going into operation %
the new Constitution in 1909 Since
then he has been reelected from term
&c term by popular vote.
A1r. IIarman married on December II!
1872. NJ. EuEenia Cameron. There we're
by this marriage twelve children. OF
whom eleven survive, Mrs Harman
died in 1897. The children arc: Mrs
j. Layton Mauzc, of st. Louis: Michael
CARRIER lIarman. of Pittsburgh: George
Cameron iIarman. Of Jacksonville. Fla;
Mrs. William Roscoe Berry. of Rich
mond; Mrs. Hunter McClunG. of Lex
inEton: Alexander Harmnn, Of Jack
sonvillc. Fla: Andrew Warwick IIur-
man. of Jacksonville: Miss Matte Har-
MIA. Of Lexington: Arthur Cochran
Harman. Of Richmond; Douglas ,lar-
man. Of Lexington; Miss Lilly !iarman