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WK (TWA VOLUME XXVIII-NUMBER 14 LAURINBURG, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 28. 1910. bill to the Senate he made one of the greatest speeches of the session. MAY CUT REPRESENTATION. SNOW AND SLEET KILL EARLY COTTON settling in Newbern. In 1904 he AND FRUIT. ; was elected to the State Senate 'with 4,800 majority, and in the Blizzard of the Early Part of the Week ' session of 1905 took a most prom Ihrougliout the Southwest Produced the inent Part in a!1 imPrtant legis Worst Conditioa in 41 YP,r5..Mnrp lation- In presenting the Ward .. mmm Sm M M K &l V W Than SO Per Cent cf the Crop is Ruin ed in Many Sections. Charlotte Chronicle. With a temperature below freezing in the greater part of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, and with sleet or snow in the greater part of the cotton region where any planting has been done, last night and today suffer ed a loss that will amount to millions and millions of dollars. Associated Press dispatches from the region indicate that an enormous amount of cotton has been killed and, with the lack of seed preventing replanting, the crop will probably be curtailed from two to four million bales. Added to this loss is that of all the fruit, truck and other crops in the region afYected. The loss to the cotton growers in the region affected will prob ably amount to between $250, 000,000 and $300,000,000. The loss to the fruit growers, truck ers and growers of other crops that have been injured will run the total loss to Southern farm ers up to between $100,000,000 NEGRO KILLED IN WILLIAMSON, j REAL LIYE WASHINGTON GOSSIP. Feared That the Census Will Reduce the Number of Congressmen to Nine. Chartotte Observer. Washington, April 23. There is some doubt here as to whether or not North Carolina will have nine or ten Congressmen after the next census. It was by the smallest margin that the State got ten ten years ago, and, while cities have grown, some of the country districts haye lost in population. Every member of the North Carolina delegation was interest ed in a local storv in The Obser ver of recent date concerning a plan io redistrict the State. It is U iieved that something along the line suggested will be done. Henry Crosland, Colored, Shot and Killed by 0. K. Medlin, a White Man, Saturday Afternoon No Cause Known. Late Saturday afternoon on Messrs. J. A. and W. C. Fletch er's farm in lower Williamson township, Henry Crosland was srTot and killed by O. K. Medlin, a white man employed on the same plantation. Medlin used BY TAVENNER Washington, April 27.-Senator AMnch's announcement that he u not be a candidate for re jection is being regarded with increasing suspicion here in Washington as a manifest polit ical trick. It is doubtful if a single one of tne genuine progressive Repub ncan his Winchester rifle and shot the i " "T relieves that the lUnn WQC cit-1 xxnoae lsland boss intends to re UCiilU Willie li,l.J cw 1 t . negro ting in his buggy, be learned of the negro Nothing can linquish his control of legislation a moment sooner than he has to. up to the killing and the evidence j " " xeguiars" navepri- --v.ijf cAjjxes&eu ine oeiiei mat Aldrich j election, basing this conclusion brought out at the coroner s in quest which was held Sunday vovir rYioorrro Viovnnrl tViP strife ments made by the negro himself I "P01) what they characterized as to his wife and one or two others iaeu enormous pressure" which win no aouot be brousrht upon He died Sat after he was shot, urdav night after shot a few hours. The wife of the deceased testi fied that her husband went to McColl with her Saturday morn ing and returned a little after twelve and went up to Medlin havin- been ! Aldrich to cause him to change "to his mind. ! T . p 1 1 n i-jecctube 01 nis record 01 -un-derhandedness and trickery in dealing with the Senate and the public, everything Senator Al drich does or says should be to put up the mule and wagon. caref u analyzed before accept SOLOMON SHEPARD AGAIN. Solomon Shepard, Slayer cf Engineer Holt, Murderously Assaults Lewis Harris Guard Fells Him With His Billet. . and a half a billion of dollars. 1 .trlotte Observer. Raleigh, April 23. Solomon WARD APPOINTED TO SUCCEED GUION. shepard, the desperate negro convict serving 30 years for the murder of Engineer Holt of the ; Southern Railway at Durham, jmade a murderous assault on i Lewis Harris, a fellow-convict, V 1 . L used bv-Jie reskr Jadge of the Third indicia! District. First Term Begins May 2. Raleigh News and Observer. Governor Kitchin yesterday morning at 11 o'clock announced the appointment of Hon. D. L. Ward. c9 Newbern, 35. Judge of I'i vacan Ration of tge O. H. Guion. le was in the Senate of 1905 and was author of the Ward bill, which supplemented the Watts law, a temperance measure. Col. Ward was on Gov. Glenn's personal stall' until last October, when he resigned. He has for many pars been enjoying a large and lucrative general law prat-lice in Craven and adjoining cojnties. Every recommenda tion which readied the Governor from the counties of Craven, Pamlico, Jones and Carteret was a strong endorsement of Col. Ward fur this position, while the county of Pitt was solid for Hon. H. W. Whedbee, and the county of Greene was solid for Hon. L. V. Morrill. Each of the candidates receiv ed a great many endorsements from lawyers and other friends -outside the third district in East ern Carolina. Judge Ward will hold his first court in Nash on Monday, 2d of May. Judge Guion will return to the practice of the law with his two sons in Newbern, and his friends discountenance the report that m 1 A he will run ior congress, as a judge he has made an enviable reputation. He holds his last court this week in Franklin coun ty, at Louisburg. Col Ward is an able lawyer and has a splendid reputation m the North Carolina Bar Associa . TV 1 j -1 1 tion. ne nas practiced law m Newbern fifteen years. it nr 1 1 jjavia Jj. vvaru was oorn in Wilson county, October 24, 1860. He was educated at Wake Forest College, and on February 7, 1900, was married to Miss Louise Shollenburger, of Newbern. Since early youth Judge Ward has taken part in all political campaigns, and is one of the most effective public speakers in Eastern North Carolina. Soon after graduating from college he secured his license to practice lawT and opened a law " oxTice first atWcn?. aftewars uniy tne ract tnat in the barber shop of the peni tentiary this afternoon, cutting Harris' throat almost from ear jug3.ar vein a guard leaped 'from the top of a nearby cell and felled him with his billet, preventing murder. Shepard had a grudge against Harris and threw a brick at him out in the brick yard a few days ago. Harris is rather simple. Heivas being shaved and Shepard snatched the razor from the bar ber without a word having passed. That he then hitched up his o wn mule to his buggy and he and Medlin came down to the negro's house, stopped, got out and d down together at the colored man's table and ate dinner. While eating dinner, Crosland gave Medlin a glass of whiskey. After dinner they went back to Medlin's house and pretty soon Crosland returned in his bu alone and made the statement that he was shot to death, that Medlin had shot him. One of the witnesses testified that he heard the shot and in a few minutes Crosland (came back to his home and madej the state- Without any cause, .'Liiayiyviitix they got up to Medlin's house, Medlin called to his wife to bring him his trun and thereupon shot Q " i. n -3 S--3-- Bad N Babe Baldwin, well, but by no means favorably, known in police circles and in the criminal courts of the county, was on one of her periodic rampages last Saturday night. If Babe had only ben a man and had taken to baseball, she, or he, would have been a wonder as a pitcher, or at least such is the opinion of Dick Smith, the one-eyed individual who was, on this occasion, the object of her wrath. She can throw a brick or a beer bottle with a pre cision that never fails to create a sensation. She gave Dick a tre mendous jolt over the head with a brick while he was stending in his door and a little later tried the strength of a bottle against his shoulder. And all this be cause Dick remonstrated with her for cursing too near the white folks' houses, so says Dick. And again the same night she broke out and sent a bottle crashing into a squad of negroes in the pool room in Bloodfield. Babe is a terror, alright, and she has no" fear ot the jail, it seems, for the length of time she has boarded there has .had no influence for good on her. The officers have not been able to come up with her yet and if they are never able to find her in Laurinburg again, the town will have a cause for congratulation. him while sitting in his buggy. That they had engaged in no quarrel whatever and no words had passed between them. The gun used was a Winchester rme. Coroner Jordan went to the scene of the homicide Saturday night immediately after learnin?; of the occurrence. Deputy Sheriff Smith accompanied him. Medlin had left the country, how ever, and could not be found. The innuest was held Sunday morning with the following gen tlemen composing the jury: Messrs. E. T. McColl, H. R. McGregor, Z. B. Gibson, R. L. Wright, S- S. Jackson and J. D. Lockey. three witnesses were examined from whom the evi dence heretofore given wTas ob tained. The verdict was that Crosland came to his death from a wound inflicted by a gun in the hands of O. K. Medlin. The coronor and others who made an examination of the mat ter say that so far as they were able to get the facts, the killing was without any semblance of ea on its face value. Aldrich does not say anywhere that he will not accept a re election. He says he will not he a "candidate." It would be no surprise to Senators who know Aldrich if the words, 'T am ; not a 'candidate' for re-election" ' should turn out after the fall con ; eressional elections to have been but another of his famous "jo ikers," with which the Payne ! Aldrich tariff law is overloaded, j The corporation interests serv ed by Aldrich can best maintain the excessive tariff rates, which give them monopolies on Ameri can markets and frrake it possl-, hie or them to collect enormous a KmiuDiiean administration, il it-' is therefore but natural that Al dri cli's primary object at this time is to keep the Republicans n power. sidy grab. Although officers of the league testified, contributors to the league treasury wrere in terestsd in the passage of a ship subsidy bill merely as American patriots anxious to see the mer chant marine built up, a cross examination of the very wit nesses who made such assertions brought out the fact that two of the vice-presidents of the league were directors of the steel trust, and that another vice-president was the general manager of a Newport News, Va., ship-building company, concerns which might easily profit through the opening of the pork barrel by the passage of a ship subsidy measure. t t f The Democrats are nearer to electing a President of the Uni ted States than thev have been since 1892," says Gov. Claude A. r T" T 1 bwanson, 01 Virginia, who ae cently completed a tour that ex tended to the Pacific coast. "Not in years have the Democrats shown so much activity, so much desire to shake off lethargy, to hold harmony banquets and to get together, as is manifested in all sections of the country at this time. With such a spirit perva ding the leaders and the rank and file of Democracy, taken to gether with the dissention among Republicans, I can see no other result than a Democratic House and Democratic President in 1913." t t t President Taft still refuses to relent in his opposition to a Con gressional investigation of either the sugar under-weighing frauds or the sale by the government of valuable sugar lands in the sugar trust. The first resolution in troduced .by Representative John NX $1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE SHOOTING AT ROCKINGHAM. Keacham Shoots and Dangerously Wounds Cleve Ingram. Charlotte Observer. Rockingham, April 23. -Will Meacham, colored, tonight about 9 o'clock shot and probably fatal ly injured Cleve Ingram, also colored, in the yard of Albert Rankin. Ingram was under the influence ofjiquor and when he appeared at the home of Rankin began cursing. Meacham went out in- -to the yard and told Ingram that he ought to be ashamed of him self for using such language in the presence of a man's wife. Ingram, with an oath, replied: "What you got to do with it? I have been wanting a chance to kill you; you've got my woman." WTiereupon Meacham drew his pistol and fired upon Ingram, the ball taking effect in the abdomen. Meacham made his escape. MR. W. L. PEELE DEAD. i'or ah investigation by CoiJess, was smothered to death. Mr. Martin has now introduced a sec ond resolution. He alleges that j the sugar trust has been allowed A Prominent Citizen of Snead's Grove Community Drops Dead Saturday. Mr. W. L. Peele, a prominent and much respected citizen of the Snead's Grove community, died suddenly last Saturday af-: ternoon while cutting down va ' tree near his home. He was ef - v gaged in hiving a swarm 61 -S, bees and was cutting down "a tree in which they had pitched, when his wife saw. him last, f fore his death. He succeeded cutting down the tree and it thought that he dropped de'a immediately afterward. He wa, found at that place soon after ward, and he was then dead. The remains were- interred at j ' r. v i va Peele grave y.trtear Gibson pastor oi. tne ueceabec, 4 officiated. What move on Aktnch's part j to aCquire 55,000 acres of the could relieve the Republicans of j richest sugar lands in the Philip- 1 i -1 . i ii 1 ii. . P isofieavva responsiuiniy in uiuil)meSi ana that tne vuiiuuy in approaching congressional elec- j this transaction is open to most tions as the announcement of his ( serious question, in view of the retirement? Realizing that his ; fn(,t that the law of the Philip- , ,. e t - n . i i i ii i on or representation 01 ri mm- ninK pxnrcss y aeciaies mat o-h - - - o - - a L-"" J- " , ness has earned for him the en- m0re than 2,500 acres of land mity of the American people, and ; shall be sold to any single c that his name is to be one of the main issues in the fall campaign, it is but giving due credit to Al drich's resourcefulness to as sume he figured it out he could -o- ration. Sanction was given to the transaction in question by Attorney General Wickersham, who was a former member of the New York sugar trust law firm not serve the special interests 0f Strong & Cadwalader, which better at this time than to an- j firm Mr. Martin declares was di nounce his retirement, if such ' rectly concerned with the alleged an announcement would help the 1 illpo-al sale. President Taft's Republican party over danger Wntkins, of Laurel Hill, Mr. Peele was a son of the late William Peele, who resided near Gibson. He was one of a large number of children. He was born on the 25th day of Septem ber, 1858, at the old home place between Gibson and Boy kin church, became a member of . I Boykin Methodist church at the age of 17 and lived a consecrated Christian life until the end. He was at the time of his death, " a member of Snead's Grove Meth odist church. He was one of the most prom inent citizens of his community, a good citizen, successful farmer, active and consecrated Christian and was loved and respected by all his neighbors. ; ( .'.' 9 r 1 JtJ 1 i 1 ous shoals. brother is still a member of the firm. Whether the President can an excuse or reason. However, there may be another side to the matter which may come out if Medlin is apprehended. Aldrich is taking no chances in j mUch longer prevent a sweeping announcing that he will not again investigation ot the entire scan- be a candidate. He can change ; dal is extremely doubtful. his mind easily, or he can have 1 7 pnhliVnns 1 "j: it virr. Offices of standpat hepuDiicans re-election forced" upon him. Should the next House be Demo-; b!S de- cratic, however. Aldrich might , , w not care to come back to the Sen If you neighbor, think. woul Pase your say less than you Building at Gibson. Mr. Z. V. Pate, a well-to-do mercnant of Scotland county, is erecting a mammoth department store at Gibson, which will be 275 feet long- and 75 feet wide, two-story, and will have the latest improvements. The North and South Carolina Railroad Co. has .completed a siding to pass this store for the purpose of un loading cars of goods. Gibson is in a prosperous condition. It can already boast of one of the nicest dme- stores in the State. Pee Dee Advocate. It's all right for a woman tfo an ate, for it would then be obvious that he could put through none of his own peculiar style of leg islatiun. t t t The ship subsidy bill is beaten so far as this session of Congress is concerned. It goes to destruc tion on the rocks of scandal. The Merchant Marine League, tnck rwrvn-nZrm-t-l-, -.ttVi JVi is rWifk- ing the bill providing for the an- j 01 The man who trades a load of tmiiMp fr n Innd of chean wViicl. vhvp an onen countenance, but key, makes a poor exchange. J she should occasionally shut it.- pof tA stanr nntters are uui dening the mails with millions of j tamment packages of garden seeds, iarm ers' bulletins, maps, speeches horse doctor books. Not a few of the regulars are uneasy as a result of the recent election in the Thirty-second New York dis trict, in which Havens, the De mocratic candidate, changed the 1908 Republican plurality of 10, 167 into a Democratic plurality nual payment of $5,000,000 of Maxton Residence Destroyed by Fire. public funds to a few private, ntfo OKoprver. ship owners, is being exposed be-j MrtT1 Ar)ril 22. About 4 fore a special investigating com-1 0,clock tnig morning the home of j ington; Transportation, ti. C. mittee of Congress as being w rhalmers Currie in the Parsons; Music E. H. Aycock; Country Bankers Convention. The Executive Committee of the Country Bankers Association has met and decided- upon Rock ingham as the place and May 19th and 20th as the time for holding the Country Bankers Convention. That Rockingham is making ready for the enter- of her guests on this 1 p j l occasion, can oe seen irom ine following copied from the Post: For the coming fourth annual convention of the Country Bank ers Association to be held in Rockingham Thursday and Fri day, May 19th and 20th, the fol lowing gentlemen have been ap pointed chairmen of the various committees: Finance, Claude Gore; Recep tion, W. L. Parsons; Entertain ment, Robt. L. Steele; Program, W. L. Scales; Invitation, M. W. McRae: Banauet. Jno. W. Cov- backed by men who would profit nor'then e(jge of town was dis creetly or indirectly mrougn tne , CQVered -n flames and betore as Passageof the proposed legisla- sigtance coUld arrive the fire was tion. These men, most of whom fe nd confrol. The family had are millionaires, have contributed t;TTieto get out of the burn- tue IundS OI tne icacuv, inD-hnilding clllvl o " , j?.,-m-fi-va ir io on l-i turn "itx 7h furniture. auiius nave uct um i vi f n An , rombrs a have caught from a de- ciLtacK anu texxixj - yuocu -- n of Congress opposed to the sub- fective stove Ladies, W. C. Nichols. Among those attending the Rockingham District Conference in Rockingham this week are Rev. N. H. D. Wilson and Messrs. R. R. Couington, T. J. Gill, Rowland Covington and J perhaps others.