North Carolina Newspapers

the AUtdU Pi m? oiii pendent for the American Sugar Refining Co., who wm eoftfiettiof defrauding, the government by.U* falae weighing of sugar imtwtu appeared unexpectedly at the trial today of former Secretary and Treaaurer Charlea R. Helke, of the sugar trust, this morning a a a witness for tfee^ government with the announcement that he had it, pardon from President Taf t in hia pocket. 8pitser waa auppoaed to be In a.oeU. in Atlanta and hia appearance to the trial caused a aenaatlon. . Thf dofenae waa tak'en completely, by aurprlae. No tnklfng of Spltxer'a pardon had been given out. , ; Spltxer took the stand and teetlfled that he waa raadjr to tell ail he knew of the defrauding government. Tbla announcement threw tie-aft tomeya of Helke and the other fiv^gafandanu tito a ftate approaching lyqrie. ':f Spltzer waa senUnced to two yeara Imprisonment last IS^iruary.^ No aooner had he been called today than objection after objection waa raised by the defenae, but each wag Over ruled. Special Attorney Oenersl Henry -I* Stlmson .then began the queetloning aa to' the witness* knowl edge of falae welghta uaed to defraud the government of dutlea on augar. Before being aent to the Atlanta penitentiary, 8pltser gave out a state ment in which he aaid he knew of no frauds having been committed at the Wllllamebnrg docks. Tods* he gave testimony directly accuaing two of Heike'a Ave co-defandants of aiding him In Using scales ao that the-ahtp " menu otaugar would be nnder s The defense lost tn a struggle to hare this testimony stricken out, John B. 8Unchfleld, chief counsel for Helke. objecting that the American Sugar Refining Company was not at that time organised. Helke being then employed as an auditing "clerk by the Havenmeyer ft Elder Com pany. This contention waa over ruled. the teetlmony standing. Spitxer did not A\nk\r- connect Helke- with the corrupt mathajfr la bia direct testimony but aaaartftt tlufl the tricks of . the deck wm wirii known st the company's oAcdtr In" Wall street. Pointing to Voelker and flaHlgan. two of thf ro-de^pndants. he 'Identi fied them as men who uaed the spring In 1907, wheh the frauds were die* covered. The psyment of extra salary by the. truat to 8pltcer from the Ua*e the springs were discovered. In Noyemtxr THB.GRAlfD OLD HAN. I ' Washington waa honored yester day snd today by having Ei-Oover- 1 nor Thomas J. J arris, of Greenville, j 1n the city. He was here engaged In | a law ault. Thla distinguished North i Carolinian la looking well and bid a .fair to be spared many more years to j hia BUte. He is beloved from the hiountaina to the asa. May hia even ing ha hM brightest and beet. The only bad habit up la ITb dom't like to do It sa3%i??ssar. srop. will be considerable. The farmers In the county of t la to be b?Md nothing will later ] for* with their reaplag an abundant | barveat. . . w, ; TWO OAB8 OK POTATOES. Coast Line shipped I cara of Irish potatoes last Saturday to Northern trtfcrkets. At Its session on Monday lMt the Supreme Court of the United States Ixed November 14 aa the dgte for he rehearing of the Tobacco and Standard Oil cam. No deelaloa waa in no u need In the corporation U faaea and no Intiagtion waa. siren as :o when *ufth a decision is likely to ?e rendered. The court declared cOu itltutlonal the Kenti^cky statute of tfarch, 1966, levying a license tax oh lquors and held the law applicable to "double stamped spirits. 'V It also leclined to hold unconstitutional the itatute paased in Georgia in 185; re lulrtng engineers of railroad trains to blbw whistles and check the apoed if- their engines for a distance of 400 ranis before reaching crossings. The rourt refused to frant a rehearing of the Nebraskf elevator case, in which It held unconstitutional a law of the State requiring railroads ~ Co lay iwltches to all grain elevator* along their tracka wher^ required by the owners, the ground of the decision Ming that the law made no provision for compensating the railroads for the expense and gave no opportunity tor a healing. A recess was taken until May 31, on, which date It Is ex pected that the court *wlll adjourn till October. The case involving the eon stluttonaljty of the federal hours-of perries law Jo* railroad employes haa been set foi; reargument herorea full bench and --will probably be passed Upon next wall, aa will, it Is expected. 1 hat involving Uh* -^ppstftutlonaUty of tho Garmack amendment to < the Hepburn rate law. rid HOUSE OF NO WkATHO. I ? 4 ? ? ' . Ml The Gaiety offera a big program to night. jThe Unchanging Be a, a Bio graph. suggested by Charge Klngleys "The Three l^sta*V ^IM picture was released Marih 6. and la pi? of 1 tSe'sminent English clergy ?aan and poet. Charles JCIogglty, bet ter known than his trsgic poem, "The ] Three Fishers.*' It is so tersely 11 1 u?tra tea the lot of the honest flsher 161 k. While this ' Biograph subject was suggseted by the poem U uses It simply as a preamble or introduc tion to a story of sympathetic Inter est. The pcenic beauty of the ?V Ject is exception si. being taken at a fishing village of Southern Califor nia. The Lateet In Gartera Is a little farce comedy, clegn In Ita humor, full of funny inctdenfs, la a fitting reel mate for Flat To Rent, the entire reel offering a combination of clever com %?? ;.L Jtiiustanted song fpr tonight "Foxy | ATTEND SHOW. a Party left here yesterday afternoon for New Bern where on Ttat evening they wl^niesed the per formance, "The Mummy and the Huqpnlpg Btrd " The party returned this morning on the rejgulsr Norfolk and -Southern train. v - - V-j 1~r*" 1 A PRESSING OBLIGATION. "Patting off advertising," aays a, Vriter in Prjntera' Ink, "is putting off a debt that you owe to your husl Every day the interest mounts. Iprery day. because of added compe tition, the debt becomes harder to meet." Many non-advertisers no Houbt postpone 'the settlement of 01s obligation because they do not rea lise how easy it Is to discharge it In. small lnstallmeats. The little "ad" th* . daily newspaper leads by [fcradual.aad convenient stagesto the half-page and the full-page spread, paying ltaorwn way at it grows. The big sdvertleers of today sang small at the beginning. The sucoees they re tittered la < have achieved is open to. ? of every au>deraU capital who bach up brains and energy with regular (advertising i ft the Ihadiog newspaper. LADIES' SHEER PiMZ. lit su The Sheerest and Finest Hose at ?'jr 25c., 39c. and 50?. : ; 3 ey ate tue famous knowledge^ betat. 'J they ?? the S) * . - Swv s?3 i 50c. f5? /ZW ?V fy> ?m&tm ' ' '!iS ^7r: May*e Landing, N. J.. May 23 ? Ako?(. the picturesque Uttle3 eourt house of Mn/'s Landing, a heavy cor don of special guards was placed to day to frustrate any attempt at vio lence against William S*?ler, the de MMpPTi, the Million Dollar plor mystery accused of murdering his ?weetheart. Jane Adams, last Feb ruary. Brought by special tcaln automo bile and horse vehicles of every type, hundreds of persons came here today from Atlantic City and the surround ing country to attend the trial. The day was made a holiday, moat of the visitor* bringing their iuneheoM as If for a" picnic. So great-was the in flux that but a portion of tho crowds could squeeze Into the courthouse. Sheriff Johnson had ruled .that no faVoritlsm be shown, the first comers securing the coveted places, all re quests for cards of admission being turned down. While Prosecutor Goldenburg to day declined to outline In advance the prosecution's case it was learned that thestory on which the 8tate re lief tor the conviction of Seyler l? to be told b^Orvls, his younger brother, and 14-year-old Alice Adams, young est sister of the victim. Tho prisoner began to day with a conference with his attorney, "Ed mund C. Qaskill, and btft parents. In the crowd of oflcial*, witnesses and the curious about the rourt room today there were two, women pathetic in their position. They were 8eyler's young wlffc and Mrs- Charles Adams, mother of the*'glrl yfoose body washed ashore nearly four months ago. 81ace 8eyler and his brother 1 were brought back UNu^tPetsrsburg, ' Vv, aftfcr a Vide bean* , soon after the tragedy, the /defendant'* wife has never Whjverad in her defense of th\s accused man. Nor haa the victim's1 mother been lea* Insistent in pro claiming hi* guilt Seyler Is accused, of having beaten pretty Jan* Adams' and Allee Adafhs. Leaving the hall the four walked down th* pier. / The gale drove the younger couple back. William Sey ler later returned alone, a few day* later he disappeared with hi* broth er. A week after the night of th* dance, Jane Adams' body waa found on the beach. i the head was agaah. which, ac ! coding to physicians, . caused her | death before the body entered the water. - Among the principal witnesses for the prosicUtlon are detective* Mai seed and Miller, who traced the Sey lera to Petersburg while the woods about Atlantic City were being best en* and who trapped the men in bed there. **- < According to the police Seyler con fessed being with the girl and^ know ing she was tilled, soon after his ar rest, -ball protested that -she waa the victim of an accident. Sen. Robert L,, Taylor, of Tennes see , says he has found the fountain of eternal youth. He says that he has discovered how he may live 100 or more years. , Jt ' "I am absolutely certain that with mtxe aid and consent of my constitu ents in Tennessee I can live to be 100 years old," eaid the 8enator. "it li Just this way. Time flies so rast*here In Wsshlngton that the cen tury mark is reached, or could be j reached, H should say, without a fal low knowing It. I have been here three years and It does not seem like, three weeks. I "Campaigns for reelection come iwlth the moft astounding rapidity. They say the term of a 8eim&0f Is six years, but I think it ts airs mistake, jl think the terms last frdm about Oe jtoher until May and thpn another "If my consUtjiMts^ust keep on "*Mu? m?W Ml* to Washing ton r--ehn*Ml*Vlr die. A aenatorshlp Is the fountain of eternal youth. Old Ponce d* LiWh came along too soon with hie quest. He ataould have been elected to the Semite and reelected continuously- so long ha he wanted to. keep on coming to Washington, and he vould hate located the fount ain of youth."? ."Washington Twin. v? i ' ?> ,j- ? - of the typical - **D* VflM A. Phillip* and Drunk and dlaor i'rft the University fit a great occasion. '?Maun o f the Unt lendar. University *rom week do not ilflcanoe. It U In to the four score ft to receive their aa. as a recognl of hard work, it !? significant State as a time ?en pan from the be University into tfee State. begins Saturday igh Tuesday. ?at u*d the .class eser Jerrsrd Hall Sat Hwslstatleae#~#til be feed by D. R. Krsmet. The seniors ifcen after sing lug Che college songs turn over the senior privileges as symbplised by the Davie Poplar precinct to the Junior class. Saturday night the an nual lnter-society banquet Is held in commons hall. D. B. Teague is toast mister. Y. L. Stephenson, of the Charlotte Observer, and B. 8- W. Damraeron, of Burlington, . are the alumul speakers. H. B. Stacy and J. A. Hlghsmlth speak for the students. Sunday Dr. James Y. Pair, of Rich mond. preaches the baccalaureate sermon and at night Rev. Plato Dur ham. of Ooncerd, speaks before the Y. M. C. A. Monday is alumni day. Mr. Junius Parker, one of the foremoet lawyers of the New York bar, will speak for the alumni. Class reunions will be held by the classes of 1860, 1870, 1885. 1890 snd 1900. These re unions bring back to the 8tate men from all over the coiintK* In the af ternoon the 8tudent Dramstic Club will present "London Assurance." The board of trustees hold their an nual meeting. At light the annual debate between the Di and Phi Socie ties will be held. .CK W. Thompson and C. L. Williams represent the Dl and E. W. Turlington and W. F. Tay lor represent the Phi. The president and faculty reception follows the de bate. Tuesday le commencement day proper. L. C. Kerr,' J. H. Boueball. H. E. Stacy and J. H. Johnson are the. class orators. The commencement address will be delivered by Dr. Chas. Foster Smith, of the University iff Chicago. President Venable makes announcements. Gov. W. W. Kitch en win awtrd . tke diplomas ? and Chief MarsfcaO J. 8. Cowiee Is tnak-j Ing every preparation for jnarshailng the crowds. Chief Ball Manager Avery Is expecting a legion of thu fair visitors. Managsr E. F. McCulloch Is bard at -work on his baseball schedule and with high aim has under considera tion games with Yale and Princeton. It Is an Interesting fact that half of tho student body of the University during the pest year oerned a pari or a whole of their way through. Al r.ofct two hundred earheJ thtlr ray through by such thing i as waiting on the table, washing dlshos, ' cutting wood, milking cows, sweeping rooms, setting type, clerking, typewriting, and a score of other ways. It Is a fine tribute to ,t!^e democracy of North Carolina that the ..ien who work with their hands are among the leaders In university /life. Metft, worth, character, and enlevement conat at Chapel 11111. It Is truly a place "where riches "are not a pre judice and poverty is not a shame.'* to result ***7. He lm**r to Maful sp~ ?> loving In the n and un well have "But t?* sentlmont- it Invok ed, " cooMtaoN the ICIig. "hu made me rail* that It to a loas eonmon to mo and my people. TWr share It with me; 1 do not stand a tow. With such thoughts I take cawrage and hopefully look to tbe futoco, strong In my faith In God, trustl?e?r peo ple and cherishing the laws a ad con stitution of my beloved country," LIST OJ* WCITERS. ' The following list of letters remain uncalled for In this postolBce for the week ending May 21. 1910: Gentlemen? W. W. Andrews, J. 8, Amis, Wljllsm Anderson. B. H. Ange. John Adklns. John Bishop, Jones Clark. BUI Clark. E. W Davis. C. Gulaeppe. Leila Gray. Ora Knight, W. J. Langley. Mr. Masters. Chas. A. Olivet, William Spencer. Danle 8a raons. If\ C. Waiters. L^M~tMisses B. ft A. Cox. Miss Annft MtSs Annie Carter. Miss Mlnhl<*G?ri<6.' Mr*. Ltla Holland, Miss Llddte HopKlns. Miss Alienor Hatdea, Mra CM^W* Hays. Mrs. Maggie Jscksop, MTftf' Minnie Moore. Miss Kate Oddon. Mfss Easter Par ker, Mrs. Clarcy Yung. These letters will be sent to the dead letter bfltee June 6, 1910. If not delivered Mfore. In calling for the above.' i say advertised, giving date of lltt. -JULLS CONVICT ~ State's Prtoosi tiaanta Shoot Prieoaer to Prevent Kscspe. Raleigh. , May 23. ? State prison guards found It necessary tbts morn ing to shoot to death a convict in or ddr to prerent the escape of a num ber of convicts who had evidently conspired to break away from their squad even st the cost of killing a guard or so. The convict killed was J. L* PMt/tfho waa serving s 12-year sentence for manslaughter from An son coaiity. He escaped from the prison nearly a year ago by making up a dummy that h4 left In hla cell to | foel the gusrds while he msde good hla escape over night. The dummy | was tucked sway snugly in the cell cot. Very recently Fox wsa recap tured in New l.ondon, Conn., and brought back. He wsa a compara tively young man and nice looking when dreaaed In citizen's clothes. He ia said to have killed two men and was regsrded as a deaperate convict. He waa one of a dozen convicts aa aigned with three guards to do some grading work out at the rifle range that is being conatructed northwest of the city for the North Carolina Na tional Guard. They drove out to the range in a wagon and aa Fox atarted to get off the wagon be aelzed Guard Hoqeycutt'a gun, at the same time shoving him off the wagon and cut- 1 ting at him with an ugly looking doable-edge knife that he wan secret Iv carrying. At the ssme time a ne- < gro convict, Mcintosh, from Scotland county, aent up recently for man slaughter. aelzed Guard Hayea In an attempt to get hla gun. The third guafd, Smith, flred at Fox. inflicting a fatal wound. Hayes wsa equsl to th6 asssult by Mcintosh, and ordet was quickly restored, aome of the convlcta coming to the aid of *the guards in the atirrlng experience. Guard Smith wounded Fox twice and Hayea once, three ahota being flred. THRKE RRR1A AT THB GEM TONIGHT. The Gem program last night waa another pleaalng attraction, and to night the bill advertised, If anything, will far aurpastf that of laat evening. The Ducess DuBerry la a film d'art of great beauty. The staging and costuming being perfection. The story It well known to sll readers of Enjliah and needs no repeating. The "Bandit, melodrama. The Two Rallies. Comedy, and A Tragic Adventure are all Itbod pictures. While The Sleep er and A Convenient Ump Poat are both comedies that are very amusing. Be sure and see these If you want a good laugh. The entire program will b? well worth your' money. I Louisiana will ?tpr*r Washington I th la week In the Interest of an expo sition for New Orleans? and if they choeae tffey ll walk on the grasa. J Sk&V : : : ' -SwfeV M .. SE league opens all reports la evt- 1 dene? la Wilson. Now as to which | side th~7 leaned In ttalr enthualasai. the News man is not able to say,*uf flce It to ur the/ ?r? home again, | feeling good and longing for the op- 1 portunlty again of seeing Wilming ton and Wilson strive for the mastery | on the diamond. Washington is very much interest ed In the success of the Rallegh club this season, from the fact that one of its players, Lester Simmons, Is Washington boy. He gave a good sccount of himself In the contest yea terday, making the bit that scored the winning runs. In the exhibition game in ftnlelgh with Chapel Hill it was this same Simmons that saved the reputation qf the "Red Birds" snd he will do the trick again If the Dally News is a true prophet. Added to this is the fact that "King Kelly" Is managing the boys from the Capi tal City this year. "The King" served In this capacity several years % ago right here In Washington. He has man;- friends down in this section that &re squeezing their rabbit's foot for him good and hard. May Itock be his all through the season. The Elaatern Carolina League has never started under more auspicious circumstances. The interest In the contest bids fair to be more exciting aQd thrilling than ever before In the hlstofy-of baseball In this section of the State. The boys from Washington who I saw the game In Wilson state that | the 'game* was snappy, full of ginger, and c!can throughout. The umpiring was as Impartial and fair as could be. and the fact?there was no kicking or wrangling during the game shows that both sides were satisfied. A large crowd was present from all the sur rounding towns. ? The game , was opened by two of Wilson's most attraotive and popular little lad iee toastng the first' ball dyer* the plate, and the ""Eastern Carolina League opening became a reality in Wilson. From now until the close of the season interest will not lag in the outcome. RIYKR ROAD STATION NEWS. The comet has been observed here several mornings by many persons who are habitual early risers, and was seen quite plainly last Saturday evening, bat there has "been no fear or excitement exhibited, and we think there has been no sleepless nights on account of It. We observed the eclipse of the moon Monday 'night, but it was oc casionally obscured by passing clouds. Verona, the little child of Mr. and Mrs. 1^. M. Sheppard. who ha* been very sick is better. M rs. l>ewls Alligood spent last ?Thursday at Broad Creek with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Kespess. Mrs. O. W. Woolard and child, of Broad Creek, are visiting her mother and sisters at Belhaven and Pantego. Rev. Mr. Dixon conducted services at Asbury church last Sunday. Mrs. A. B. Alligood. of Red Hill road, was a guest of Mrs. L- Carraer Alligood last Thursday. Mrs. H. A. Alligood. of Red Hill road, was a guest of Mrs, John Con gleton, last Thursday. Mr. L.. M. Sheppard shipped an other lot of beets from this station last week. Mr. Ira Congleton and family of Washington visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Alligood and Mr. and Mrs. L. Carmor Alligood last Sunday. Mr. Nelson Sheppard. of Bunyan. has been very ill for the last week. Mrs. J. B. Tetterton and children, of Jessama, spent Saturday night with her parents, Mr. and Mrs/Nel son Sheppard. at Bunyan. Mrs. StMbbe and child, of Pine town, have been visiting her sister. Mrs. A. B. Alligood, Jr., they ffcturn ed home Monday. Miss gillie Alligood was a visitor In Washington last Ssturday. Mrs. Ellen Alligood and grandson. Master Herbert Alligood. of Wash ington. were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Sheppard laat Sunday. Miss I^ena Wlllia. of Willis vine yard and Miss Annie' Write, of Wssh ington were guests of Miss Lillle Alli good last 'Sunday, Mr. J. B. Sheppard. 9* Washington, visited his parents, Mr. snd Mrs. Nel son Sheppard. .at Bunyan, last Sun day. Mr.'-J. F. Fulcher, of New Bern. Mr. Charles Alligood and Mr. Jartts Alligood and family, of Washington, wer^ guests of Mr. and Mrs. Augus tus Alligood laat Sunday Mm. H. B. piakham and child, of Plneto^.:. are visiting relative* in this vicinity. KOCOMI8 . ? bMr. W. B Berry loft this am^in* the Norfolk and Southern for ttahnrf. Pa. Precisely such a conflict has devel oped over s comparatively insignifi cant esse thst recently was brought Defore the Interstate Commerce Com mission. It was thst of E. E. Ssun ders & Co., of Pensscols, Fla., igainst the Southern Express Com psny. The complaints sre flsh desl ers and shippers fit Pensscols. In the ordinary bourse of their business, they operate largely In the State of Alabama, shipping flsh In quantities Trom Pensacola to points of destina tion In that State by express. Recently the Rsilrosd Commission of Alsbsma fixed an express rate on flsh from Mobile. Als., to other Inter stste points thst was far below the express rate from Pensscols to the Rime point of destlnstlon. This rate the express company was forced to put In effect, although It protested against It. Mobile flsh shippers, by resson of this rste. were given an ad vantage over the flsh shippers of Pen sscols to points within Alabama, al though In msny instances the dis tance from Pensacola to points of destination was less than from Mo bile. The Southern Expreas Company re fused to make the same rates from Pensscols to points In Alabama as It wan required to make from Mobile, Its refussl resulting in a complaint filed against it with the Interstate Costfqerc* CojnmliWow. Xtoic commission* opinion la tbm case was hsnded down today. It was prepared by Commissioner Harlan snd Is the unsnlmous Judgment of the commission. It Indicates clearly the lines of conflict between the na tional commission an<} the various State commissions, In the regulstlon of freight shd express rstes; snd, In thst sense, In one of the most impor tant decisions rendered by the com mission for msny months. While the case directly Involved may be consid ered ss Inconsequential,. comparitive ly, the principle enunciated by the commission is of country-wide appli cation. as it opens, at once, the ques tion whether the national or the State regulating authority Is to be paramount In the fixing of freight rates. The commission states its postllon In these terms: "Upon general principles of com ity the action of a State commission in fixing rates on State traffic must be treated with all due respect, but this commission has never felt Itself bound to accept a State-made rate as a necessary measure of an interstate rate. Without criticising the State commission rates from Mobile, this commission, in the light of the record and Its own Investigations, finds Itself unable to accept the Alabama rates as a fair and reasonable basis for fix ing the defendant's rates to the same points from Pansacola." The situation and the testimony are discussed thoroughly In the opinion. MRS. H1NTOX DEAD. News reaches this city of the death of Mrs. W. H. Htnton. wife of Prof. W. M. H In ton, superintendent of the public schools at Bel haven. The end came yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Hlnton was taken suddenly t|] Saturday night with spinal menin gitis and never rallied. The deceaaed was an active member of the Meth odist Church and was noted for Christian virtues and circumspect^ ness of walk. The remains will be taken to Elisabeth City today for In terment. The Daily News extendi sympathy te the bereaved. annual picnic. .The Sunday school of the Pint Presbyterian Church are having their annual picnic at the Mlah Villa today. The flat left Fowle's wharf promptly at 9 o'clock. A large number went and the day promises to^be one of pleasure and enjoyment. ? NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ? ? Gem Theater. 4 ? Gaiety Theater. ? ? McKeel - Richardson Hardware * ? Co. ? Sfcreen Doors. Etc. + ? Washington Horse Exchange Co. ? ? _ P^ttiea and Harness. *