North Carolina Newspapers

THS ASSOCIATED PRIZI dispatches LAST EDITION 4:00 y. ML Weather forecast: LOCAL RA1XS. vol. xvn., NO. 200. ASHEVILLE, N..C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 28, 1912. PRICE THREE CENTS TWO C APTAINS ARE ARRESTED LUTTEffl mat. up IIITEHIIIIII she ktpoiieo ASKS SUPPORT IN ALABAMA A 1 'T mm ma i Court Martial Will Block Re view of Augusta Killings y By Civil Tri rv bunals. TWO SLAIN; ONE HURT CROSSING DEAD LINE Military's Grip on City Streng , thened as Feeling Runs High Against the Guardsmen. . UOOSE 11(10 G.O.P. Fill! PLillED? Reports that Taft-Rooscvelt Men Will Unite on State Ticket. . Augusta, Sept. 28. It Is reported that the strikers havo agreed to ar bitrate and pressure Is being brought to bear upon the company to bring about a conference loc.klng to' the settlement of the difference. Cuptalna Henderson and Wett, In charge of tho troops at the power house under whose orders men were tired on have been arrested and will be court mar tialed, it Is understood, to prevent a review of the killing by the civil courts.' ! ' Full martial law prevailed here to day as the result of feeling aroused n.hn n.llnnal Iru n rflnm pn lunt nlffht shot and killed two citizens and round together in close conierence, wounded one in connection with the . yet with no apparent effort to hide strike of employes of the Augusta-Al- the fact that there was something ken Railway and Electric corpora close between them. At the progres llon. Five compalles of militia are on slve headquarters Col. Pearson was in cuard. tho llfth company arriving! his usual genial and optimistic mood, Uasctte-Nnws Hnrenu. Daily News Building, ' V Greensboro, Sept. 28. That negotiations or advances for a consolidation of the state progressive and republican forces in all mutters suve presidential electors have reach ed such a stage as to leave only mat ters of detail and pei'sonnel of the single ticket to yet be wdiked out and that Col. Theodore Roosevelt 'will give personal Indorsement to such a course when he comes Into the state next Tuesday is the substance of re ports discussed, here and which bear every earmark of authenticity. For instance, a newspaper man, who . went direct to republican headquarters here to inquire into the' report, witnessed the rather unusual scene of a proml bull moose advocate In close confer ence with the directors of the repub: llcan campaign. At other, places members of the two factions could be It Is Said that the Senate In- vestigators of Mexican Re lations Will So Report. MUNITIONS OF WAR SENT FROM STATES To Aid Madero from the Be ginning of His Revolution and Denied Orozco. from Waynesboro last night. Colonel M. J. Oleary, first Infantry command er has arflved in n automobile and with Adjutant General W. G. Obear, enrouto from Atlanta, will take charge of the situation. i I vet the very air seemed to breathe that a time of dissolution was rapidly approaching. "Walt 18 hours and you I can print something sensational," was ' tho answer of one of tho progressive I Inurifir In 1111 Innnlrv. . Thp mMiiinnji of the trnnns and of- I Secretary Gllllum Urissom, wnen fleers to the fore here waa made by asked directly about the report, re the special orders of Governor Brown 1 plied: "Something is certainly In the last night, who declared the city In air and letters we are receiving hqre a "state of Insurrection." Not until , daily clearly Indicate, that the people early Thu born and Robert Christie, business specifically regarding the presence of Wn amiUemiloysP by the j bull nxKisn readers Inside tbeTepubll- . mnimnv ultemiHed to cross a ' "dead . can iiroasiworKS. ne saiu, mi, nicy T.ns Angeles, Sept. 28. The United States senate, sub-coinmlttoe Invest! gating relations with Mexico has completed its work here and while the members are non-committal as to the subject matter of the report which ' j they will BUhnilt to the senate com- I mitten fin f.il'nllrn rolalinnn Sptmtnr William Alden Smith, the chairman of the committee, says It will embody evidence showing that since the be ginning of the Madero revolution large quantities of munitions of, war have been shipped Into Mexico across the American border. The report, it Is said, will hold that it Is necessary for the United States to Intervene In Mexico in order that Americans and Americun Interests there may receive proper protection. Smith said that ev ery Mexican Interrogated was certain that if Orozco had been allowed to receive munitions of war ' like Made rl, Orozco would have been in Mex ico City before now. ... Supplementary Bill Filed by Owner's Attorneys Alleges Persecution by Cabell. Ga7ette-NTews Bureau, Daily News Building. Greensboro, Sept. 28. Another chapter was Written yes terday In the famous N. Glenn Wil liams liquor casea cast Involving an effort on tho part of the Internal rev enue commissioner to sell for alleged warehousing taxes some 28,000 gallons of North Carolina liquor when Judge James K. Boyd during the afternoon signed an order continuing a tempor ary Injunction heretofore granted by Judge Pritchard r straining the Unit ed States commissioner through Col lector Brown from exposing for sale the whiskey next Monday, and, fur ther giving the government until Wed nesday of next week to appear and answer- the supplementary bill filed by counsel foe Willlama It Is under- Notifies Clapp Committee that He Will Be Unable to Tes tify on That Date. ORMSBY M'HARG MAY BE FIRST WITNESS Man Who Switched from the Colonel to Taft Expected to Be Interesting Witness. TO BE SETTLED Between Taft Republicans and Bull Moosers Latter Seek r ing Assurances. Roosevelt Says Flea Is to Men Who are Democratic Be cause Their Fathers Were. Washington, Sept. 28. J. P. Mor- stood that the, matter will be referred Ban has notified the senate commit to a referee and that A. H. Price of , tee investigating political campaign Salisbury will be named to take tef- j contributions and expenditures that timony and to pass upon the law and he would be unable to appear Mon the facts In the case that has been day. Another date will be . arranged tate of Insurrection. Not until ciaiiy cieany inoicaiu. mm nm prain today did the city become unlet, are desirous of getting together and e shooting occurred when Alfred presenting a solid front," Asked CQnViGT BEATEN S Oil DM HE DIED line" near tho eompany s power nouse, Ben K. Baker, who was driving a team for Dorn waa wounded. Both are' good fellows and we like to have them around." Mr. Grlssom was un questionably of the opinion that some- whipped Up the horses when ordered thing was In the air and that the dis to halt.' Chrlstlo waa In an automo bile and It Is not known whether he heard the order to halt Tho dead line waa established about position of what he termed the rank and file of the old republican voters was to settle their differences and get together in state and county matters. Wake Grand Jury Severely Criticises Convict Camp Progressives Assemble. the power house when It was learned j He thought that a plan which would that a mob of strike sympathizers was preparing to start for that vicinity. As the climax to rioting In this city and the shooting of three cltlxens late yesterday by state mlllait troops. Governor Brown, last night issued a proclamation do taring "the city of Augusnv to be in a state of Insurrec tion" and ordering the Immediate en forcement of martial law. be mutually acceptable could be worked out should It be the desire of the masses to tight together. . Jn the general discussions the unl vernal belief was that the state ticket would be redrawn and that It would Include nominees of both tho republi can and' progressive conventions. Ac cording to the slate being mapped out Thomas Settle would be the nominee Special to The Gazette-News. Italelgh, Sept. 28. The Wake coun ty grand ijury today severely criticised no" count? conTlrt mp because of ', the bonds tendered he seized unsanitary' conditions, and recom- , ho "if11" nU "dvertlscd he ,, . ,,,, K 'same for sale for failure to give the i.u ... i wmim n n'Ronr of the allied factions for governor and l,u, h.n ordered bv the governor to . would continue to make his light on a i.r,n,l here at ones from Atlanta, local option platform. Each party --.I .,m. KhKrcn nt the situation. I would maintain a Separate electoral Another company of mllltla also waa ticket, according to the reports being ordered here from Waynesboro to rc-' discussed here. It Is readily seen that it.,rn. ih rmir local comnanlcs un- " an agreement would be substan- der Cantaln Levy I tlally what the Roosevelt republicans Alfred Dorn was hilled and two contended for at Charlotte, nthr . itizon. shot. one fa- To give strength to tho reports va .iw ko mh.M t ih mate militia ! 'Ions reasons for such an alliance mended that Investigation be made Into a report that a convict was beut- n the day he died by guards. The Jury wllf Investigate Monday. About 60 progresnlves had assembl ed In the auditorium at '12:30 to hear Iredell M pares speak and to form a progressive organization. i who had rormed a aeaa-nne aooui the Fifteenth street power plant of the street railway company to prevent at tack by strikers or sympathizers. The injured are Robert Christie, a busi ness man," shot through the lungs. Hnd Bob F. Baker, another business man. . The state troops were culled out late 1n the -afternoon after reports were current that the strikers pro posed to dynamite the compuny's power plant. A dead-line was estab lished at each end of the property and the soldiers armed with riot ' cartridges. All those fired upon by the soldiers, It is stated, were business men who were driving out Fifteenth street and who claim not to have known that a dead-line had been established. It Is said the militiamen obeyed orders In firing upon any one who attempted to cross the line. News of the shooting spread rapid ty and attracted thousands to the scene of trouble. At the same time great rrnwds were araembllnK in Woet Knd, the mill district, which was the scene of last night's rioting. Just before dsrk the west -end sympathiz ers Milked the long Broad street bridge, a double row of spikes being driven on earn side of each car rail the entire length of the bridge. There was no other attempt at violence In that section of the city In the etr!y nlr-ht hours. , Deeplte the announcement earlier In the day that the proposed mass meeting for last night had been called off by the labor leaders, great crowds arsembled st the court house. Union leaders reclaro, however, th would not permit any Inlbimmstory speeches end It was tho ai ui'iui'isl In.rnllon to iltHiuhM the meeting hTti-r urging the laboring men to cease violence lircon IH' tlun with the strike. Itcfiisrs to ArMtrale. The outbreak whs the dlrwt result of the refusal of the street railway company, through General Manager Peal, to arbitrate the troubles with the stifling men. This was announced sTIer It bail been' staled on behalf of . tlie strikers that they were willing to i"i 't srb.trntion. The rhiiml'.-r of cninuWre, (he M' n linriix' m il M.innfiu tMii'r' so 'iiitlotl n , , , n ,, . .!. .., m J.oiit were cited by local progressives and republicans. It was held that both could hardly hope to he more than minority parties, tind that by uniting and making a strong tight during the remainder of the campaign there would be a splendid opportunity offer mi two ant four years from now With a -.i.l'tfd effort. Settle's local op tlon plunk and the stringent ruling of the democratic committee In its deli nltlon of a democrat all brought to bear there were many who expressed a belief that Settle's prospects would be equal to those of ( ralg. It was the belief of those expressing this opinion that Craig's failure to meet Settle 1u Joint debate would also. at tract to Mr. Settle many followers. is an admitted fact that Settle pro poses to taunt Mr. Craig wherever he goes and that he will generally char actrrlse him as a "scared democrat,' a characterization which to the aver age democrat It Is believed will not be pleasing. ULSTER DAY BEGINS WITH OMINOUS CALM Unionist anil llome-Ttilcrs Alike Ap pn'hcn-lve of What Mya Bevel op Before Nightfall. Belfast. Sept. 28. Ulster Dsy forecast to witness the climax of the Orangemen's protest against horn rule, opened with a calm that render ed unionists and home-rulers allk apprehensive as to what might hap pen. The people of Ireland, even those responsible for today's signs lure of the formidable "league and covenant" look forward to the day happenings with mixglvlng. Iimih c Out as Manager. Chicago, Sept., JK. President Chs les Murphy if the Chicago Nations today .announced that Frank Chance. for scleral years manager of the tea would tint be manager next year. New York. Sept.. it. Frank Chsnc maimg-r of the Chicago Nations tir rff ully i peratd ui-'n here to re 1 1 eve preie'iire on the brain, mused bis being hit by a pit. lied ball I . , n.-i tu i.iy Ih'it '.ie pl;Uinfd to leavi' banging Pre since 1905. Charges Persecution. The supplementary bill filed by counsel for Mr. Williams Is sensation al in parts. It, In effect, charges per secution on the pail of United States Ccmmlssloner Cabell with reference to counsel for Mr. Willlama and Judge Pritchard and Judge Boyd of the United States courts. The supplemen tary bill reclteB that the liquor in question was stored In Yadkin county in good and substantial warehouses; that pood and valid warehousing bonds were tendered and duly accept ed and that the time-for the payment! of the tuxes was extended from 1905 to September,- 19UJ; that the collec tor acting under orders of the com missioner of Internal revenue had de manded other warehousing bonds to IhoFe already given and that the case was appealed to the United' Slates Circuit court. The court held that the collector of internal revenue had a right to demand new and additional bonds. It Is then alleged that the complainants, Williams, Dart C Fos ter, of Ixis Angeles, Oil., a party to the conipluint, 'tendered good and suf- jAclent bonds'' and .' lial the collector acting under orrtcrij of the commis sioner of Internal revenue, declined to pass upon or receive the bonds, the commissioner claiming that tho said Dart Foster, the distiller, had forfeit ed his right to file such bonds because ho had failed to do so when first de manded, "thereby atempting to pun ish tho sri.id complainants because ! to suit the convenience of Mr. Mor gan. Ormsby Mctlarg will probably be the first witness on Monday. He wert I has been recognized as There are many questions to be settled between the Taft men and thu bull moose of this county. The bull moose are asking whether or not the Taft' men intend to; support the bull moose county ticket; and they do- clare they are not taking any abject position in asking this. They simply wish to know so they may guide them selves in the. future. They declare (hat unless the. Taft men support the bull moose candidates and there has been abundant reason to suppose they do not intend to the bull moose will slaughter K. H. Staton in his race for congress; that for every Taft vote the county ticket loses, Mr. Staton will lose 10 times as many. Mr. Staton Roosevelt THE COLONEL INVADES . CRACKER STATE TODAY First Stop Will Be at Augusta Goes Thence to Atlanta and Tenn- lnto -the south under orders from George W. Perkins and made the pr-e convention tight for delegates for Col. Roosevelt. He also prepared the con tests on behalf of the Roosevelt man agers at Chicago. McIIarg has swung to President Taf! since the Chicago convention, declar ing himself an organization republi can. He is expected to be an inter esting witness. His activities were not confined to the campaign' of 19U. ) Four years ago he was one of Frank H. Hitchcock's lieutenants In the campaign for President Taft. If Mcllnrg's testimony is concludeil on the lirst day, in time 10 permit the calling of other witnesses, the committee will prtfbftbly call Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., and C. C. Tegethoff, pri vate secretary of the late Kdward II. Harrlman. Mr. Bliss will produce papers left by his father, the late C. N. Bliss, former treasurer of the republican national iiimmlilrfc. which arc expected ' to show to what extent the Standard Oil company nutated th republican yrs- idcntlal Campaign In 1904. C6I. Roosevelt is scheduled to ap pear October 4. Congressman William B. McKlnley, President Taft's ante- convention manager,- will appear be fore the committee on the following Monday. William Ioeb. jr., who was secretary to Col. Roosevelt when the man, or ne was Detore ne wiu? nom inated for congress. Since then be has been keeping very quiet us to his sympathies and he is now looked on .... o .i-nH .f IH TnJ'l fnrrf.e The bull moose insist that the Taftltes will I fatl'er and grandfather voted that see the hand writing on the wall, and way. Tho woy for you to honor your through fear if nothing else will Bup essee. Montgomery, Sept. 28. Coming In to Alabama today, Colonel Roosevelt renewed his appeal to the south to support the progressive parly. He was still asleep when the reception com mittee called to take him to breakfast and it was 'nearly time for him to spenk when the committee came. In a speech '. delivered in the rain from the balcony of a hotel to a crowd In tin- sl-eet he id: ' "li you are against mo I have noth ing to say. The man I'm trying to reai U is the man who is for me, but wh votes against me because his purpose of maintaining what they conceived to be their rights In the premises." Tho complulnt then recites that af ter the commissioner had refused to ROOSEVELT'S SCHEDULE OVER SOUTHERN LINES Arrives Here at 6:50 A. M. Tuesday and Will Remain 20 Minutes. they had resorted to the courts for tho colonel was president, will follow his former chlor, on tne siann ana win robably testify on Saturday, October if tho committee concludes witn Col. Roosevelt by that time. Senator Pomerene. who Is armed ith a long list of questions which hc will propound to Col. Roosevelt, will have charge of tho cross-examination of the colonel. The hcrlngs 111 be held in the judiciary commute rnoniln tho senate ottiee building 'hewh-graph companies are busy in stalling wires leading directly into the room In order that the sensational testimony expected to be developed may bo Hashed to all parts of the ountry. Word was received here that t ol Roosevelt will submit to cress-ex mlnation by tho commitee wlthou anv assistance of counsel. Under the erms of the Penrose resolution au thorlzlng tho investigation all the witnesses have the privilege of be ing represented by . counsel. Col Roosevelt Informed friends here in answer to the telegraphed inquiry whether he doslrd counsel that that would not be necessary. Senator Penrose Is expected to ar rive Monday and will ettend ull th hearings. Division Passenger Agent : J. II. Wood received Information from tho passenger headquarters of the South ern railway at Washlnefton this morn ing roncernlng the movements of Col. Theodore Roosevelt from the time of his arrival on the lines of the South ern at Chattanooga tomorrow until he leaves them at Rulelgh on next Tues- ln night. He will I here from 6:50 to 7:10 Tuosifoy morning. The colonel's party Is traveling In two special Pullman cars, the May flower ami Sunbeam, and these will arrive In Chattanooga at 9:15 oVJnck tomorrow night over the lines of the N C. & SI. U, ami will leave there for Knoxvllle Monday morning. The party will leave Knoxvllle on train No. 38 Tuesday morning at l:3ft ano sill arrive here at :50, remaining 10 minutes, during which time the Big Pull Moose will address his followers of this section. t After leaving here a special ar rangement has been male ny ine Southern to have J detained for nvs minutes In Hickory fnr a rear-car talk hv Mr. Roosevelt. This is tho only sooclnl delay that will be made be twecn Ashevlllu and ureeninoro ior talks; but In a letter from Moose Chairman Walser received In the city today It was slated that the colonel mi make such talks at all Impor tant stops, la taken to mran that' hx will have a few words to say wrterv ever a crowd Is gathered to meet him, The train will arrive In Greensboro nt 1:30 thst afternoon, and th two cars carrying the party will be Otken oh a special, leaving that city at o'clock, to Raleigh. stos having been arranged at Hutllngton and Durham .if 20 minutes each. Arriving at Hal elgb nt 5:J0 o clock Tuesday after noon, the sie. lal cars III l turned i.iver to the Keiibimrd Air Line rull- sald bonds, on the 12th day of July, 1912. The complainants then prayed for an Injunction and Judge Pritch ard on July 1. 1912, signed a restrain ing order forbidding the sale of the spirits and referring the matter to Judge lioyd. It Is then alleged that immediately upon receipt of the re straining order and ''to evade the sub stantial effect of the said Injunction" the commissioner Issued an order at tempting to discontinue the ware house at Yadkin, where tho liquor was stored there was liable to great loss house was unsafe; that the spirits stored there was liable to graet loss and that numerous frauds had been committed, ordered the removal of the spirits to a bonded warehouse In Uiulsvllle, Ky., on or before August .". 1912: that the order was extend ed to September 15, and 'upon said date the said defendant (Collector Rrown) acting 'under order of the said commissioner (Cabell) seized the suld spirits and notwithstanding the premises and the fact that tho order of this ejurt forbidding him to sell the said spirits was anu Is In full force and effect, he advertised the same for sale on September 30, 1912." Threats anil Malice Allege!. Then comes the allegations of threta malice, etc., on the part of the Inter nal revenue commissioner. The com plaint recites that Williams was ft nan daily unable to remove the whiskey to lioulsvllle. Ky.. and that he and one of his counsel. R. H. McNeill of Statesvllle, went to see the commis sioner, to ask him to revoke or modi fy his order of July 12 ordering the whiskey removed; that Mr. McNeill sought an interview with the commls sloner for himself and Mr. Williams to present the request snd petition personally and to present proof that the commissioner was misinformed In the premises and that order was "tin proper, unjustifiable, oppressive and unnecessary. Thn-alcnol Personal lolencT The comphvlnt or supplementary bill then recites that "the honorable commissioner arbitrarily, Illegally Improperly and maliciously and ang rllv refused and In an Insulting man uer to rant the said N. Glenn WIW Ham ail Interview or to see htm per sonally or at will, or to hear any evi dence. He threatened the said v it Hams and his attorneys who repre sented him In the said Injunction anils with personal violence In case either of them should come Into his omee, ooiindlng on his desk.' rurrlng and otherwise conducting himself In a vl oleiit, outrageous and vlndlctlva man ner. The- said commissioner also threatened with Impeachment th indues of this court who had Issued the restraining orders as aforesaid That the sold commissioner In act I ni: wns Influenced by nnreaiionabl iir.ludlce. suiter and malice to sue (Continued on pao 6.) port the moose men. On the other hand the Taft men are looking out for tho Imprests of their gubernatorial candidate, Thomas Settle; and there have been some threats on the part of Taft men that Taft county ticket will be put Into he field unless the bull moose agree to vote for Settle. However, the Roosevelt men do not alio this threat seriously. In fact, they go so far as to laugh at it. In he lirst place, they say that the Taft men are not numerous enough to fill slate, since most of them are federal officeholders or otherwise unavailable; further, that there Is not money nough in the county to get the Taft men to show their sterngtn in Bun combe. - - - - It is expected that some decision will be reached In regard to all ques lions before very long. forefathers Is to face the Issues of the day fearlessly. I want you to read the progressive and democratic, plat forms and compare them. Don't com pare the progressive platform with the republican platform, for thai parl-y is dead. I ask for your support only to the extent that you think It responds to your Interests." Roosevelt's first stop in Georgia will be' at Augusta, where he speaks about noon, proceeding thence to Ma con, and arriving in Atlanta at 7 o'clock!, delivering an address at tho auditorium there tonight. He remains over in Atlanta Sunday, leaving that night for Chattanooga. MILLER IS CHOSE! FOR IWftllCI Succeeds Lotspeich and Nich olsNo One Chosen in Har kins' Place. HIGH COST OF LIVING HAS WTO 5M Declares Agricultural Expert- Warns Against Back-to-Farm Movement. Chicago. Sept. 28. The high cost of living has come to stay, according to Professor Eugene Davenport, di rector of the agricultural college oi the Vnlversity of Illinois, who spoke yesterday to the national association of vocational art and Industrial colleges. "It Is owing to the great advance In the life of the country. The far mer Is tho last man to be nffectod by hlsh prices In the cost of living and the last man to be Interested. Great harm Is being done by the Irrational crv of back to the farm. Only persons who should leave the cities are those actually Intent upon- becoming rar mors." About 15 members of the bull moose county executive committee met this morning in the office of Col. V. S. Lusk and decided to nominate Arthur Miller of South Hominy for the place of tax collector, twice made vacant by the failure of John A Nichols and J. B. Lotspeich to run for this place. The committee did not choose a man In place of Ralph Harkins, who has Just made known his decision not to run for the general assembly on the moose ticket The matter was left in the hands of a sub committee composed of the following: J. If. Patterson, J. M. Morgan, W. J. Benchboard and Ijifayette I.uther. The committee was In session for a long time. It was not a public meet ing but there were several present other than committee members. Mr. Miller Is a merchant and farm er of South Hominy, Is an old line re publican and one of the original RooBevelt men. The Bull Moose ap pear to be very glad to get him to make the race. They declare he Is one of tne strongest men m me county and will draw votes from all.1 parties. Mr. Miller was present at the meeting of the committee and he considered the matter carefully be fore he consented to make tho race. It was rumored yesterday that Ralph Harking would not make the race for the legislature. At that time he Bull Moose lenders had not heard that he had decided to resign, but there was talk that he might be ask ed to resign on sccount of incom patibility. If had been reported to the Bull Moose leaders t!ut .ir Hark- Ins had expressed th' Intention of supporting Thomas 8f ttle. It was wild to lie the Intention of tho com mittee to nsk Mr. Harklns directly if lie meant to do this. It Is presumed that Mr, Harklns realised this Incom patibility and decided to retire. TOBACCO SALES LESS Decrease Is Shown Compared With ,' Last Year Christian Mission Board. Special to The Ganette-News. Raleigh, Sept. 28. The corporation commission today ordered the South-' i-rn railway to erect a suitable wait ing room in tho town of Mount Airy and submit plans for the same at once, r. '. The Home Mission board of the Southern Christian convention, incor porated, with offices nt Elon college, was chartered today. There Is no cap-. lial stock. The Incorporators are J. K. West, Suffolk, Va.: J. O. Atkinson. Elnn college; J. W. Holt, Burlington, and others. Winston-Salem led by 13,000.000 pounds all the leaf tobacco markets In the state for the year ending Au gust 1, according to a report of the department of agriculture today. Win ston sold oer 20,000,000 pounds, Greenville and Wilson coming next with nearly 9,000.000. During the vear 112.863.467 pounds was sold, as against 157,628.493 tor the year before. WATERSON ILL Famous Kdltor Wlmse Condition Was Thought to IW? rk-rliMis, Kliows Improvement. New York, flept IR. Col. Henry Watteraon, editor of the Ixmisvllle Courier-Journal, Is still confined to his bed at a hotel here today, but his condition, considered serious a few lava ano. has Improved. He Is 71 'jcarg old. Durham Koosevoltlans Put Out Tick et. Durham, Sept. 28. The bull moose have become very active here since the announcement that the Colonel would iiiahe a speech In Durham. They have Issued a call for a mass convention here October 19, and have announced that Iredell Meares, the candidate for ' the governorship on the. moose ticket, would speak at tho county court house tonight. 'The convention is called by Major W. A, Guthrie, as a member of the central state committee, and although It la a mass convention the cail Is not sign ed by any other leaders of the new party In this county. It Is stated that the purpose of the convention Is to or ganize a progressive party In this county and alao to nominate a county and township ticket Wife's Illness Frees Htm. Speclul to The Gaette-News. Raleigh, Sept. 28. Judge Ferguson today stuck out the two months Jell sentence of I). Bryant Harrison, the wealthy farmer who assaulted Rev. C. R. Sorrell, a Wake Forest ministerial student with a knife becsuse Sorrelf assisted his daughter In eloping. The .id ion was taken on account of the bad health, of Mrs. Harlson, her doc tor saying thst the sentence probably wmild kill her. Snc4tl Denied Freedom. ATLANTA VICE RESORTS MUST CLOSE TONIGHT Atlanta, Sept 28. War from now on will be waged by tho police against Inmates of houses In tho restricted district ordered closed by tonight, tin less they leave the city. Plain clothes men will patrol the streets watching "Joints" where telephones ars popu lar, and cheap hotels which for mar.v vears have been run loosely. Chief of Police Beavers said the surveillance would be relentless. He said the hous es must be valated tonight. A mar II lo, Sept 28. Judge Brown In the District court hers today de nied the habeas corpus petilion of J. Hesl Sliced charged with killing A. K. Hoyce, Jr., here last September anu Sneed must remain in Jail to await trial. Strike (JneMlon o IV Settled. LawretKP, Sept., 28. The qucdi of terminating or continuing the siili In the textile mills mm a protest again the Imprisonment or KlUr and i; vannettt, organisers of tin' In. In Workers of tho World. Is i"l"" '' ' bo settled nt a rows meeting II,. ternnon. It Is esilnis'.ed H'mii tlves are today Hie Tin ' ' trouble. J f !"(:!' . ) t"l. M. ' 'i