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m I mm I ORGANIZED I BY GEORGE I W.PERKINS II Held Up Farmer*, ReI celved Rebates trom Steel I Trust and Railroads. J V TEDDY SUPPffiSSED flltlKVESTlCRTION ( Perkins Now Financing the P Roosevelt Campaign, as k ja Reward. tr spwl.l to tlx D*Hy Now'* R Washington. Hmr 1.?How oomM th'o L discovery that Burdette D. Townwnd one of Mr. Roosevelt's special trust Investigators. uran assigned. In 1?0 . |^to Investigate tbe harvester trust, |. and that ho reported It was a monopoly in every sense of the word; that it vas holding up farmers, receiving renaiea irom me ?tM trust sua railroads, and tliat the trust was organib laod by George W. Perkins, who 1s .now financing ths Rs?erelt cam. lit Roosevelt said recently that he never lad any reports suppressed. ^ But this report was sorpreased. The ~ public nerer heard of It. It died by the chloroform log process, as a resuit of hr. Rossevelt'B order to hla attorney general not to start suit ? against harvester trust. P^Koosevett was protect t? tru.t fr?? Dro.efederal government on Ara^ being driven I OkVhoma and Qther egal machinery was I domination of Wall i. ino jowuiend report showed that ths harvester trust controlled 90 7 P?r cent of total harvester Industry In this country, and stated thit "Geo. j Wf Perkins conducted the negotlations, and devised and executed the ^ plan finally agreed upon.". AT "The most effective weapons enfl^Kployed by the harvester trust," re ported Mr. Roosevelt's investigator, "are of the invlaable kind. It Is directly allied with that group of i * Standard Oil and commercial aggrtW gations commonly known as the steel K trust, the coal trust, the railroad : trust, otc. ReM bates* pilpus of raw materials, extending or refusal of bgaMqg credit, an all hp amnipulateC.'WiOi. a dlecrimiimttng favor which la Uuirderto the" competitlors of the Iuter'/ national Harvester Company, g ^ This, then, Is the kind of Information Theodore Roosevelt had on the L harvester trust when he instructed fc- his attorney general nto to start suit without letting him know, with the consequence that suit was never started. V Considering these facts, is It any ' - wonder that George W. Perkins, organiser of the Illegal harvester trust and directly of ths illegal steel trtiat. who might today he~ln the penitentiary If Mr. Roosevelt had ncq^lvcn k him Immunity from prosecution, spent $4 a vote la New York Clt7 in the hope of again placing Mr. I Roosevelt in the White House? ____________________ A man who had 71 sticks of dyna^ mite In a suit case has been arrested x in Pittsburgh Ws burs been assured that be was not on his way to the B With a temperature of 35 degree? below sero the Black Hills may, as I well give up any claims thsj. have I been trying to pot forth In their favor I as a winter resort I A Pittsburgh baby nine week's ol4. was operated on for appendlcttla The t monaster. of tbla enterprising age k are certainly the most precocious on recur* r> Kgc: r:^ ; a LIST OF NEW ADVERT1HE MBKT8 Of THE NKWH I. K. Hoyt. jjfi fi'.r | Igrtt Theatre.' MttfS ^ Uromtlaie.' . . ^ AAifr .' * - *. Poatum Cereal Companr A Southern Furniture On?|ur P f"V' . .... I JLJHL' BhmI * -* A ' * ' B81 The Bank Wash. Declares Dividend 8 Per Cent, The 19th annuls meeting of the Stockholders of the Bank of Washington, was held at their banking loupe. In this City yeBterday, 2nd tiBt., and the report shows that the justness of the hank bar been conicrvatlvely managed and its condl-lon Is most satisfactory. A dividend of eight per cent has been declared payable oh and after May ISth -which is equal to $4,000. and ono thousand dollars added to 3urplua fund and balance of proAts to undivided Profit Account. honlr hU. I-' dead# $66,000' to its stockholders! on its capital stock of $60.00. The Surplus Fund is now 438,600. the undivided profits account Is more than $1,800. JOHN HAWKINS COMMITS SUICIDE ATWAYCROSS, OA. Mr. Edward Hawkins received a telegram this morning from Waycroae, Georgia, stating that Mr. John Hawkins formerly of this town, had committed suicide in that town by hhO?ting himself through the bead. So other particulars were given. Mr. Hawkins Is well known in Washington and for several months wan in tho employ of Mr. John K. Hoyt. N AUTOMOBILE PARTLY BURNED LAST NIGHT Last night between seven and eight o'clock the alarm of fire was Bounded and the fire department rcadlly_responded. It proved to be an automobile owned by Mre. Mary P. Baugliaiu on fire at. her residence corner of Second "and Itespass Sts. The chauffeur in attempting to strike r match for the purpose of lighting tho Prestollte In some way caused tho Prestollte to catch. This getting Into the tank of the automo one caused u>e Ore. A great deal of paint and upholstery on the machine vrae damaged. Aggregating a loss of between forty and fifty dollars. ? : YYKIHHM. ASTNOUKCBMEXT MUe Victoria Cartler announces the marriage of her sister Marie Amelia Hoe^tte L i.V[&i *k*'.'r ' 'TVW-*^* ' ;A Mr. Joseph Chauncey iBuckman Thursday. May the second nineteen hundred and twelve . Norfolk. Virginia. At Home after Afay ^he fifteenth One hundred and fifteen Edat Second Street, Washington, North Carojjuu . StSS FOWLE ENTERTAINS H AJRIDGE PARTY Miss Caddie Fowle entertained at bridge laat night at homo oat-Wost [Main StreetJn honor of Mr. Thomas Dalton.^of Greensboro, N.'C. The jtywtesa received from 8:30 to 12. Delicious and tempting refreshments were served. Those present were: Misses Mar Dell and'Catherine Smell Isabella Carter, Francis Lacsy, Mat] tie Griffin, Jennet te Wet mo re, Mary Cly4? H esse I. Messrs William B Rodman Jr.. Walter Wlndley, Henry Moore, Jay. Hodgos. Darld Fowls and ffthnan Carrow. J.*D Callaie William Knight, Mndsey Warren, Roy] Kear, Tljo#.' Dalton. A ? ; ?; i \ \1' l*nly< u 111, Piayermceting * Will he Held Thl. Evening at Eight O'clock on Bonner Street. 1 The regnllr weekly pmyermeetlng being hold eicb week In Nlcholeoovllle by Rev. R. H. Broom, paxto, ot the Flret Method!,r Church, will be conducted thle evening at elghl o'clock at the realdeaee of Mr. Fen ner Atllgood on Bonner 3traet. A cordial Invitation 1* extended to nil to ho prevent. Whtch for that great aerial etory Bxcuta ma hy Rupert Hughe whlel will run In the Duly New* *aon, ;ta* 'a ' c' * * 5. c h * fcg|W < WASHINGTON NOR FAIR TONIGHT AN] ' |the harmoncl f (?*) EXPRESS TRUST lSJIIilE R. R. Clerk Being Prosei ruted for Carying Outside of Mails. Tho United States District Attorney at Denrer is prosecuting a railway mall clerk for carrying oustlde the mails a mailable packet, not first clasa for hire. The prosecution Is b^sed on the law which makes It Illegal for any parson engaged in carrying malls to carry any letter or packet for We. If the same attorney har read the next section of the same law he wonld have found this: "Whoever shall establish any private express for the conveyance of letters or packets, or In any manner provide for the conveyance of the same may be imprisoned for not more than six months." v 1 The express-companies violate this section of fhe law mlllionsYof times every year, but the District Attorney ts not prosecuting. MRS. MARY I KNIGHT , DIES ATJCOTLAND NECK Bearing with fortitude years of sufTernig, Mrs. Mary E. Knight, entered into the life eternal from the home of her brother, Qldeon Lamb. In Scotland 'Neck, on the afternoon of May 3, lSlH in the 76 year of her "I heard the tolce of Josub say. "Come unto me and rest." Mrs. Knight had many friends in Washington who will be grieved to hear of her death. She was the sister of Mrs. T. B. Haughton and Mrs. W. B. Morton who accompanied by Mr Morton left this morning for WiHlamston to attend the funertU ATTEMPTED^R0BBERY-OF J. R. WYNNJESTAURANT ' A thief or thelves attempted tb Wynne, situated on Market Street last night. All the lights and screens in the rear, windows were demolished but on account of the Iron bars placed in the windows an entrance to the building was not made. There is no clue as to the guilty par' tin. 1 REVIVAL SER?ICK~~ CLOSED LAST NIGHT 1 The evangelistic services which have been in progress at the First Baptist Church lor .the past two or more.weeks closed with the services last night. After the services last night the pastor, Rev. H. P. Dalton, administered th% Nte bf baptism to seven candidates. As a result of the meeting there have been ten additions^ the chnroh The meeting i has been one of the very best is the ktotorr of tb? church. 1 i J ' i V, ... Hgi^ th carolina, friday afternox ) saturday. light to modkrj = ARKUNDERHEARJ rweim shall we T7?\ COODROHEM 1 THDRS1AY ' in. A petition is being circulated araong the business men of the city re questing them to close their respectIre places of business at Eleven o'clock on Thursday, July 4 next. The request is made for the pur- fl pose of affording all the citizens of E Washington an opportunity to attetld 3 a good roads meeting to be'held at that hour and day. Soofar about 90 e per cent of the merchants have con- q Ecnfflrt . Tr> rlf?u? thciir ^inrn. CI present. Those in charge of the pro- ' gram state that several speakers of pote and who are authority on good * roads and how to construct will be c present and make addresses. The 1 outlook now 1b that there will be a * large num?pr to be present. ? EXTRA DANCE 1 Given at the Elks Home Next Mob- 1 'lay Evening. The Halycon Club will give an ex- * tra dance at the Elks Home on next ' Monday evening. May 6. The music will be -furnished by the Torbes Or- . chestrn. Quite a number from other I towns are expected to be present. BANK OF WASHINGTON NftlESJTS OFFICERS Tbe iBank of Wakiington stockholders held their regular annual meeting at their banking house yesterday. Subsequently to the meeting of the stockholders the following officers and directors were elected for the ensuing year: President Jonathan Havens, Vice-president Seth Bridgman. Directors: William B. Rodman. John II. Sm$n, Judge G. It Brown. E. W. Ayers. William Bragaw, John K. Hoyt, T. Harvey Myers, Harry McMulten and Dr. John G. Blount.- ' The Idea erf having the Mancfau princes decide their own fate la decidedly Oriental, especially In view of the fact that any fate which they .may select Is going to be decidedly hard to take. There Is nothing so very strange in the fact that a Massachusetts minister I has left the pufpH to go info the cool business. , He la preaching the docI trine that it is "better to have a fire I here than hereafter. I It Is estimated by people who are 1 I clever at compiling population figures i I that there will be 300.0d0.000 people < |-in this country fifty years hence. 8till. I there Is no likelihood that St. Paul I will have succeeded In overtaking I Minneapolis. A man in New Jereey has refused * to accept the office of coroner be* I cause he cannot bear the idea of looking on a corpse. Moat office teekera are Jubilant, not depressed, over the prospect of landing such a dead sore ( thing. A millionaire is going to build his hens a $5,000 chicken coop; hut It is to be feared that even in such an environment they can't be persuaded to lay golden egga. In fact, he will be 1 hsohler ^han average mortale If they ' , MAY S. 1S1Z. in VARIABLE WlJiDB. 5T MINSTRELS. L _.-;K' V t \ /Art COUCOY W{ f jess s?**- 1 WJs I nAMSIL* "*> | r BP J DEATH W?0 / D? ocxesmj/ MHH. ' li nn 4aj. Rodman Issues Orders for Formation of Parade Memorial Day. _____ Major Wiley C. Hodman, post^comlanCer. has issued orders for the ormation of the parade 011 Memorial lay u follows : peclal Order No. 1. The parade for Memorial Day exrciacs. May 10, will form In front armory of Company "G." Secrm. Infantry, at JUAQ a. m. in the ol low ins order: Escort and guard of honor, band; Company "G"; Second Infantry; lolor Guard with colors; Naval Millla. March to the Episcopal Church ;rave yard and attend the ceremony ?f unveiling tablet to the late James Jonner.Colonel in the Revolutionary War. Prom the church yard the narch will be up Main Street to 3rld^o Street, across Bridge Street o the Public School bulldingr'"Ptorn :he school building the march will >e to Oakdale cemetery, where other jxerciees are to take place. IRS. R. B7C0WELUT ROME LAST EVENING Mrs. R. B. Co well entertained at ler "homo last evening from 8:30 until 11. Many games were played, After which the guests were invited Into the dining room where delicious ind tempting refreshments were served. Those present were Miss Ella Lee "Wright with Joe Mayo. Miss Latham Jones with Charles Mcekins. Miss Lucille Rhodes with Frank Mc Keel. Miss Ella Lee Chauncey with Albert Willis. Miss Stella Phillip; with Jim Weston. Miss Olivia Jordm with Harry Kear. MSATEURNICHT AT THE LYRIC THEATER The Amateurs will head the feature attraction on the evening bill it the Lyric. Last vFrlday night many applications. were turned down due to the Tact that the bUl was over-run, and onlght has all indication of being i larger bill than the preceding one. The motion picture program is au?ther feature that is worth mentionng, as they have some of the beet tomedles of the season. For the first three days of nexl veck The Four Mlnlstrol Belles will feature the attract^pn. This is conildered to be one of the most refln>d female acts that has ever visited ho city. In/to-day's ad of the Lyric will be feu ad some very Interesting pictures that will be exhibited at an early late. REPAIRS COMPLETED Repairs to the warehouse owned if William Bragaw end Co. damaged recently by the high wind, have been ^ j*"\r t " ' * ' ' ' yjf 1 | Hi m A i . r FIFTY IHOUSAilD> mi Georgia Town is Bending Every E Event Memorab: REUNION IS TH cumxin at UU\>l\/iU' i\l Special to the Daily News Macon, Ga., May 3.?Fifty-thousand visitors are expected in Macon next week for the annual national reunion of the United Confederate Vet-! eranu. Realizing that, bv the very force of nature, tuey will probably never again have the opportunity to entertain the soldiers of the "Lost , [Cause." the citizens of Macon are I bending every energy to make the approaching gathering an event long' to be remembered. Never In the history of the city have such elaborate preparations been made for the reception aud entertainment of people from abroad as are being made for this occasion. Today the work of decorating the city was begun in earnest. By Monday morning the downtown section will be a mass of flagB and bunting. The Confederate colors naturally will predominate, but the national colors will be liberally intertwined with the emblems of "the 6torm-cradiled nation that fell." The survivors of the mighty legions of Lee and Jackson, and the valorous followers of Forjrest. Hill. Johnston and others too numerous to mention will he enthusI ed by the pictures of their leaders? 'the leaders who won imperishable fame on many a hard-fought, field. The reunion of this year will be the twenty-second annual session, and will be presided over by lieut. .Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of Charles\ ton* S.- C., the coiumandar-tu-rhief. i Tuesday and Wednesday will be de! voted to the business of the organisation. and Thursday the parade of the old guard in gray will take place. The parade will be the climax of :h< celebration. Because of the advanced age of a great majority of the i marchers the route will be short, jThe old soldiers will be given tin jmost conspicuous place in the line jThe sponsors will ride in automobih ! and carriages. ! The commander-in-chief and hi) j staff, the Governor of Georgia ant | his start and many distinguished vis i itorg will review the parade from i 'I ? PERSONALS j Mr. and Mrs. \V. R. Morton lefi (on tue Atlantic Cease Line train, thii I,morning for Scotland Neclt. ij t t + t 1 Mr. C. H. Richardson of the Urn ' of McKcel-Rlchnrdscn Hardware ?*o ' is out of the city 011 ? short buslnesi trip. f + | Mr George A. Crabtree. of Golds1 boro. a former citizen and clevei knight of the grip was on our street) yesterday. + f t + Mrs. Frank Scars, of Pat-tolus l< the guest of friends. t t t I Mr. W. A. Stephenson, of Nev ' Bern is registered at Hotel I^ouise. T T t i Mr. \V. L. Peace a business mm 'of Raleigh is In the ctty. + t t t , I Mr. C. D. Wilson, of Bnth. was i , Washington visitor today. t t t t Mr. D. W. Hawks, of New Hern Is In the city t t t t Mr. J. A. Wilkinson a prominent business man and capitalist of Bel haven, was in the city lastrnight. ttrt Assistant District Attorney Isaac j. Meekins. of Elizabeth City, Is here . today. t t t t Messrs A. J. Williams and H". W , Clark, of New Bern, were here to i day on business. t t t t Mr. L. H. Ross, of Edward was i passenger on the Washington and Vandemere train this morning. t t t t Mrs. Lissle Dixon and Mrs. W. H Hooker of Aurora are In the cltj tttt Mr. T. Litchfield, of Aurora, ar'T'T^lfr'-"'if* T C L / r k KQ 13* i nH nr v EONION KT ICON All Ready and is Energy to Make the le. ? E TWENTY 1NUAL SESSION ; grandstand at the intersection ' Third and Cherry Streets, la ^ reous cities aud towns within a ius of 10h miles the public s. Lie la will Rive a holiday and hundreds of school children will come to Macon to witness what they may nc>>r have a chance to see again?the v<>*Tans v$ who are left of the armies o; Virginia and Tenneesee. led by Lee. JacJtson. Johnson, and Hood, the old Sag. the old uniform, and to hear "L>:xle" ard the old Confederate yell fcr the last time. The old veterans will be the recipients of every attention during their I stay in Macon. Pood in'abundance ? jw and healthful lodgings are gratuitously awaiting those who conic and properly register. Thousands will find accomodations in the great tented city that is being erected in Ma'con City Parti, where many of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans will also be quartered. Scores of l'otr.ea r will be thrown open for the a? citr.odation and entertaiuinent of the laidies who-will attend the reunion. The general executive committee, 'having In charge all arrangement?, announce that no extortionate fees J will be exacted from visitors Vy the 'hotels and boarding houses. In addition to the business of *he 1 United Confederate Veterans ao?: of t the kindryd organtznlipus ,which ^ ..<-+~* . . i meet here?the Sons of the Ccafcd- ' [erate Veterans, the United DaushI tors of the Confederacy and the WoI men's Confederate Memorial ASeoc!| alien?tlitre will be an elaborate . program of amusement mil eaterItalnment. Of lat^ years the .vjiinl side of the reunions lies beto:. o.u* of the- n;cr? |M??piug and prominent :< .i;:.r<'- u: annual yamenity*. 1 TIim custom of appointing yottnc wo.men. generally daughitts cS i'o:ifvc3 'crate soldier*. bnt every division. ,; l?ri*:ado. regiment?in fact, cv-yy # 1 one of ifce 1.7 7 y camps appciuti a j rpciiroj and one' or two maids of i; honor. The sponsor* have proved lionr if the ..-.as? interesting i -l it res i of ti e reunion mid have Riven youth t and brightness to the gathering. 'rived in the city this roomier. A!!**' Carrol! Sharpe. of Be!haver.. 5,N. t\. Is the guest of Miss Maud Wind ley :r^tlie rorr.cr of Third and Market Streets. 1! * t + * AFr Uichnrd Tarklngtcn v-aa In 5 the city yesterday on route to his homo in Bath from Wilwa where h" lias been working for the pa.-t four -1 months. ' Air. S. II Cay. of Bath was a Washington visitor today. H t t ' Airs. Jack Nivhoiscn of Bath, passed through the city today ou route to Norfolk. Vn. Air. end Mrs. W. L. Yaugban havo t returned from Nashville N. C.. have returned from Nashville, N. C.. where iliey have been the guests of ^ Mr. Vatiglian'a brother. + *f + ~ jJA Mrs C. H. Powell and Miss Claudia Hollowed), left this morning for Washington City. N HR Oil ic ut- v<?t 1^ The Daily News In receipt of the following: card which explains itsself: Mr. Ed'tor:After reading the speeches of ExPresident Roosevelt. I draw one conclusion that he is the biggest p;i. triot that America ever knew, or . the completes! fraud America eJw grew. C ? ? O. K. 8TILLET. -M Edward. N. C.. April If. If 11. NEW STRAWBERRIES TODAV Snap Beans. Egg Plant, Squash. Fruits of all kind. Freak supply candy made daily. Prices reasonable. Salted Peanuts. Washington Fruit 8tore. Phone 4S0. Free Delivery. vdS ' .A: .iv.>v^- ,; 3
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