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BURLINGTON, N. C. MAPXH 6.1914
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ROOSEVEm PROSITO
STATE niAIRMilN
ea Paiuuu Tolls Exeu-
ptiMH Win Weigh HoTlly—Tell*
^ Great Daintceta.
The Ncgr* K>owA to Hkve Turcstcii
c4 The Birher JoiKtioB Meniuat
U Captured.
O* Fmw or Hpose: Inue Preaenliac
> Bpcdal Meuk^e GonNpae> 0|ren
KepitbueaB PragreBSiTcs Not in Sym
pathy With HoTcment to Plaee
Him at the Head Again.
to Ficht
Columbia, S. C.^ Mardi 4.—^Wild
aeen«s in which Governor Cole. L.
Bleaue was the central figure mark
ed the session of the House this even
ing, the Governor at one stage throw
ing off his coat and saying he would
whip any man who tackled him. This
occurred on the floor of the House.
Members rushed wildly about and the
speaker called for order.
Perhs^ in the history of South
C^lina, since the memorable Car-
/^petbagger days there has never been
f ecacted a drama such as was staged
in the House of Represntativs to
night. Governor Blease started a pie-
csdent when he appeared on the floor
of the House to present a personal
message in connection with the state
ments made in the House this after
noon by Bepresentative W. P. Steven
son and others in regard to the recent
asylum investigation.
The Governor had got only a few
* moments into discussion when he had
words with Bepresentative P. T. You-
mans, which however, ended pleas-
f»nUy, Mr. Youmans apologizing and
the Governor accepting the apology
■with remarks as to Mr. Yountans’
Joining the benedicts.
Holding a copy of tho local after-
isoon paper in hi.*i hand Governor
started an attack on Kepresent&tive
S^venson of Cheraw, by saying at
Srst "the gentleman from Cheraw,”
anti then correcting “No, I mean the
member from Cheravir.”
Governor Hlesse had not proceeded
very far when Representative Steven
son said he was misquoted by the af-
te^oon paper and said he had been
leading irom the record of the asylum
investis^tian at a point where the
newspaper quoted him as speaking.
Governor Blease had said that if Mr.
Stevenson made the statement at
tributed to him “in his Bible” Mr.
Stevenson had said what was untruj.
The gos'emor used strang language
at times, and said he was prepared to
meet Mr. Stevenson or others out
side. The particular point reported
thsa affcftrnoon to whi^^h Governor
Ktease objected was the purported
statement that Doctor Saunders was
going to lie dismissed to make way
f!T Mary Baker Blackbum-
Mr. Stevenson explained tonight
that he was nmding from the record.
Following the esplanations during
which Mr. Stevenson asked the Gov-
(^mor to withdraw his remarks, the
incident eppt&red to l>e closed, iind
Governor BEesse stated that if Mr.
Stevenson was niisquated he was ready
statement-s made a short while be
fore.
Soon the clouds began to gather
ligain when the Governor started to
say something about Representative
Barnwell of Charleston, another who
spoke this afternoon on the asylum
nrntter. Mr. Barnwell arose and stat
ed that the Constitution gave the Gov-
crBV>r the tight to send mesages to
the Genera! Assembly on the condi
tion of the State end like matters re
fereed to in the Constitution, but that
the Governor was dealing in personal
matters.
At this point the Govemor said:
” *CowaTds hide behind technicaiities.”
Representative Barnwell started to
ward the Speaker’s rostrum from
. which the Governor was speaking
aitd for » few moments it looked a? if
a personal encounter would ensue. But
I the serKeant at arms and members in-
^ tervened, and this part of the night's
‘.ttormy events was a closed incident.
Then Governor Blease told the
S|9eeker he would laendh into hSs
Bteao«ee onder the ruling; asd then
tpok» of not having tii« opportunity
as he obi to present hin vie«r« to
that pftsple tii20ttgii tiie Mnrspejpen.
“I have stood just beyond the mtt-
fcg and heard uurcastie mmacfcii,
nnd ridicule heaped updn 'ms.
' »1 kitr* stood it as lonir «s I intend
Th* GoTiM-nor ctstcd tx had castm
tfaa House tonigM with.ttM'iAM.ttT
.Bvialc w Hat ssss;^
' or t« sad that he h*d read!
Sttfficieafly Progressive
msriw aboafe hinoelf m fslie sa IJm j.hfci sJ^rta. •—
Idng^ that swins: os tha
' Fioiabing his
the Bouse aiaie,
Oaatituwd «tt
Salisbury, March 4.~Sid Finger, a
iegrb, alleged murderer of L. Pres
ton Lyerly at Barber Junction Feb.
24, was captured by ex-Chief of Po
lice J. F^ Miller, of Salisbury, Depu
by Insurance Commissioner W. A.
Scott, of Raleigh and Deputy Frank
Tolbert, of Salisbury, last this after
noon.
The capture was made on the farm
of Scott Shoaf, six miles north of
Salisbury,, where Finger was employ
ed. While stoutly protesting his in
nocence at first and attempting to
iisipUcate another negro before reach
ing Salisbury, Finger is said to have
:oade a partial confession of the crime
to Mr. Miller and the other olBcers
who assisted in the arrest. The keys,
watch and other articles identified as
belonging to Lyerly were found in
Finger’s possession when arrested. As
a matter of precaution by Sheriff Mc
Kenzie Finger was rushed off to
Raleigh in the care of Deputy Tol
bert.
Taking up a thread of evidence
brought out at the coroner’s inquest
held at Barber’s Junction in which
it was shown that Finger had made
serious threatis against Lyerly, Depu
ty Scott worked the case to a finish.
In this he was ably assisted by Mr.
Miller, who remained on the ground,
carefully noting every particle of evi
dence tending to bring justice the
roan who murdered the merchant,
robbed him of what money and jewel
ry he had and then fired the building
in which his body was burned to a
crisp. . , .
It was known that Finger had had
trouble over an accaant due Lyerly,
that in a magistrate’s trial he made
serious threats, was sent to jail at
Salisbury, gave bail and repeated his
intention to get even with Lyerly. It
was impossible for the officers work
ing on the case to eliminate Finder
from connection with the crime.
it was a clever piece of work on
the part of Messrs. Hiller. Scott, Tol
bert and Shoaf in catching Finger
today. By previous arrangemens
made by Mr. Miller Mr. Shoaf hired
Finger to do gome chopping on his
ptantation. Messrs. Miller, Tolbert
and Seott left Salisbury earl? today,
ostensibly to take a hunt on the iorm.
Shortly after noon the huntsmen
reached the place, found Hr. Shoef
at home and Finger together with one
other negro, So« Haxwell, chopping
cordwood.
The oflSeers were face to face with^
Finger before he realized he was in
the clutches of the law. He made
n move as if to run, but found him
self looking down the gun of Sir.
Miller.
The capture has .aroused more in-
tersst than any one thing in Rowan
since the murder. Leaving the negro
in the hands of Deputy Tolbert,
Messrs. Miller, Scott and Shoaf, visit
ed the home of Joe Maxwell, where
Finger had been staying. Searching
the house they found Lyerly's watch
and keys carefully wrapped in a shirt
and crammed into a crack in the
house. These articles were positive
ly identified by Miss Bertha Alex
ander, fiance of Lyerly„ as the prop
erty of the dead merchant.
Sheriff J.- H. McKenzie, Deputy
Krider, Deputy Tolbert and all the
other county officers have worked
hard on the caM since the crime
spending almost ail their tiote try
ing to run down the alleged mnrderer.
Much credit in also due Scstt Shoaf
for hia part in bringing Finder into
the bI^nd3 of the law.
Deputy Scott hut gpmt much of
hi* tinie in' Rowan nSnca tha Sre,
tracing every due
dble to' eapttini . guilty {tarty.
Fraak wU Icnotra.ca;
ex-chief of police of SaUabni?, s»-
centi; a^^inteiif for
wostem North Oairbntii^ 'with keen in
sight M
net the
ty saaetat ot
of 'n*ii bAB^'-^lUid just ftiiished .his course
tdb 'SM' taM
ilmit 'ia BO ana
M •■laSw.
Judging by their present attitude
progressive Republican Senators, no
less than conservatievs, will refrain
from encouraging any movement hav
ing as its ultimate object the nomi
nation of Col. Theodore Roosevelt for
the presidency in 19i6. With the sole
exception cf Senator Miles Poindex
ter, of Washington, the only Buii
Moo.'ie Senator in the collection, none
of the Republican Pro^essives is at
this time in sympathy 'adth the Col
onel heading the national ticket again,
and, of course, the average conset-va-
tire is decidelly against it.
The subject of Roosevelt’s relation
to the Senate has been given momen
tary life by Senator Bcrah’s sarcastic
reference in his speech at Columbug
last Thursday to the attitude of third-
party leaders and his scorching reply
to George W. Perkins’ criticism of
that speech. The so-called Progress
ive group in the Senate comprises
Senators Cummins, Kenyon, Borah,
Norris, Crawford, Clapp, Brislow and
Sterling.
Senator Cummins believes that the
Repablican party is sufficiently pro
gressive for the needs of the coun
try when its voters are given an op
portunity to control its policies and
nr minees. Senator Kenyon entertains
the same ides."!, expressed in rather
more radical language. Senator Nor
ris has declared the forn’.ation of the
third party to be a mistake, and has
been guillotined by the Roosevelt
Progressives in his State, so far as
they have been able to carry out this
patibulary substitute.
Senator Borah sent forth his opin
ions of Colonel Roosevelt and his
third-party backors in quite frank
farhicn in the Coiumbus speech, al
though he is thouprht to believe that
Colonel Roosevcit vriil make his next
campaign on lines more in harmony
with the traditional principies of the
Uepubiican party.
Senator Bristow was given the un
handy choice of lining up with the
Kooscvelt crowd or the Republicans
ir Kansas, «rid in atartinK his ceh:-
puign for re-eleciion he allied himself
with the Republicans.
Senator Cr&wford is now absent
from the Senate making a campaign
for nomination in South Dakota as a
Ptogreasive Republican and not as a
Roosevelt follower. Senator Clapp
is frankly opposed to the trust regu
latory .schemes proposed by the third-
p.irty platform. Senator Sterling was
elected &s a Republican and is still
iii the fold.
The third party movement is so
l.xrgely dictated by personal adoration
that it is believed the party would
fall apart if Colonel Roosevelt were
t:> turn Republican. Those voters
who would return to the Republican
party would be in a minority, and
therefore probably incapable of bring
ing about his nomi lation as a Repub
lican. His own party i.-~ manifestly
inc.upable of electing a Pre-sident «s
long as the Democratic hosts film.i?
together.
The Progressive Republican group
v/Quld oppose Colonel Roosevelt if he
appeared as iv c!>ndidate for the Re
publican nomination, their present at
titude indicates, and would oppo^
both Ihe Colonel a-d hia party if he
decide! to remain chief of the third-
partj movement.
^reral of North Csroliaa Setetatioa
Are Backing Thomas D. Warren
to SHC£«d Webb.
Telfcj of Great Baogers barren’s StroDg Backlog
tracfesS
gressioi
‘eign fell
’ quarters
Death of Mr. J. W .Slaughter.
Mr. J. W. Slaughter, .■'ne of our
oldest and most respected citizens ''f
West Burlington, £ied Friday morn
ing at his home at three o’clock H?
w^ on honest old gentiemsn and held
in high, esteem by his friends and
ije^hbors. He had jurt passed the
tfircc ssnrt, and ten mile post, being
^venty-one years of age\ having been
p4rmttt«i to live o?er .tvHce the aver
age .1^ of' man during the present
tint®.
H« the father nf a .large fam
ily,. there bsinjE. six boys ,and four
''One ol^ ^is apns, iSev. B. B.
ih%hdal and entersd the miniatry.
funelrai services will be conduct
ed Kt the honie by B«v. O. H. Tuttl«.
Washington, Mar. 6.—President
Wilson wect to Congress today and
pleaded for repeal of the provision of
the ParjU&a Canal act which ex
ampts American coastwise shipping
from tolls. He tersely asserted that
his reason for asking the repeal was
because werywhere raccept in the Un
ited States the tolls exemption was
regardedSas & violation of the Hay-
Pauncefote treaty and he further ask-
ed it in -Support of the Administra
tion’s gei^ral foreign policy.
That President’s request will
be grantf|d there seemed little doubt
tonight, Respite the fact tbat there
will be v^orous opposition both in the
Senate aiiid the House. Initiative ac
tion will iie taken tomorrow when the
House Iiiter^te and Foreign Com
merce Coiniinittee will nuet to consid
er the iniiBscge. It was said tonight
that this; Mmmittee 'would report a
bill to flictly- repeal the exemption
provisioni' In U>e Senata today Sen
ator Cbjlt^n, a Democratic member of
the Inte^oceame Canals Committee,
introducal an amendment to the ca
nal act t^ giv« ihe President sathor
ity to su^!Mnd.^or make tolls by prae-
lamation.rasd to prescribe tolls in
cases extibptedr This would put it
up diredJy to the President to elimi
nate the exemption. Aside from the
bearh^ iif tody’s message on the
Panama tolls question, some of the
phrases ^sed by „the President at-
idespread comment in con-
quartKTS as bearing on for-
in generaL In some
a dlBpositioc to
regard ^me 'of his statements in the
I nature of a warning regarding the
I difScultics involved in “other matters
I of even greater delicacy and nearer
! consequence.”
1 Iiuter in the day the President him
self, t:ilking with callers, explained
that thefe phra.ses had no signific.moe
beyond their bearinfr on the need of
rigorous good faith in the Panama
tolls question as an evidence of un
wavering faith on all other questions
and that nothing critical was pend
inff' in foreign rei®tiftns. But the
language of the message continued lo
be comnxented upon as having an ap
plication considerably broader than
the Panama question.
Three points io particular were
noted:
First—The President’s statement
that no communication he had ad-
dresiied to Congress carried “graver
or more far-reacKing implications to
the interest cf the country;” second
'—that everywhere outside the United
[states the language of the Hay-
jPnuncefoe treaty was given but one
: interpretation; and third—the eon-
j eluding statement as to “other mat-
I ters of even greater delii^acy and
I nearer consequence.*^
j The President further told his call
jers that while he never hud recei%’-
j ed any jomrnl communications on the
) subject, he had understood tbat Euro
pean Nations generally took the Siime
view as did Great Britain, that the
Hay-Pauncefcte treaty was violated
by the Panama Canal Act. He point
ed out that in dealing with foreign
affairs Nations wh'ch believed toe
United States did not keep its promise
on so important a treaty as the Hay-
Pauncefote convention would not be
likely to expect sincerity on other
delicate questions.
Word has come to the President
of a general impressiosi in £urope that
the United States was "sailing as
close to the wind oa possible” ia in
terpreting promisee made in its trea
ties. No pressure had been brought
to bear by any Nation but the Presi
dent fei* confident that foreign gov-
ernme':ts had this felling on the sub
ject. In this eontiecHon, Mr. WsUon
revealed the fact that since talk
a year ago unth former Assembly-
a year ago iwth former Ambassador
Bryce which he gave assoiancc that
the tolls question would be taken up
at the regular session of congress, r.o
coimaunlcation, formal or otherwise
had passed between Or««t Bntasm
and the United States.
The President said no imrticular
thing had caused him to read the
meesag* exce|>t • doabt that had ex-
(ContiDa^ «o Page Kght.)
Washington, March 3,—Several of
the North Carolina delegation, it be
came known today, are backing T. D.
Warren, of New Bern, for chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee
of the State at its meeting in Raleigh
oQ the tenth. Those who favor Mr.
Warren predict that A.. W. McLean,
Col. P. M. PearsaJ, J. O. Carr and
possibly others who have been men
tioned, 'Will not care for the place.
1-OP.TCH WANTHS GOLDESOBO.
Senator Simmons called at the De
partment today in a further effort to
have Marshal W. T. Dortch’s official
rt-sidenc* in Goldsboro. The Depart
ment’s first ruling was that the law
prohibited the residence of the mar
shal in a town which has not Federal
court, but Senator Simmons main
tained that the department has dis
cretion. He ha-s hones row that the
Attorney-General will grant Mr,
Dortch’s request.
WIND BRINGS BROKEN ARM.
Alile Drake, secrrtary to Represen-
HaUfax Maa Low* in Apiiesl tm
Clemeaey—Sweetheart Writes
and His Mother Is Here.
Ceiiid Not Loose HIni
Raleigh, Mar. 6.—R. W. Cobb, the
Halifax murderer of Thomas Shaw,
dies today in the electric chair after
a long fight for commutation of his
ser.tence.
His mother has been here to mak»
personal appeal to Governor Ci'aig,
but mu^ have changed her mind. Sha
never appeared at the governor’s of
fice. His father has also been here
and Governor Craig has received from
his sweetheart a letter begging for
further indulgence.
Cobb’s case was the only one that
seemed to have no talking points.
HIf murder of the Halifax merchant
was assassination and was commit
ted to shield a robbery. Shaw was a
merchant who used to bring home hia
money after winding up the week’a
work. Cobb knew this and let drop
a suspicious remark that he knew
where “there was a good thing."
The young fellow’s accomplice, a
man named Gherkin, told enough of
the circumstances of the killing to
make impossible disassociation of
Cobb with the crime. The two rode
tative Gudger, is nursing a broken; bicycles the night of the murder ar.d
arm as the result of the blizzard Cobb’s wheel was rolled to the vicin-
which has just left Washington.! ity of Shaw’s house. 'When the mer-
While walking along Pennsylvania
Avenue at 12 street Sunday night,
Mr. Drake was lifted from the side-
chant came home, Cobb was lying sc
wait for him. The murderer was on
the front porch. As the man and the
walk by the wind and hurled into the . money appeared, Cobb drew his guc
street. Two tendons and perhaps a j and ordered the tradesman to throw
bone in his left wrist were broken. j up his hands. Shaw said; “Quit your
' foolishness,” and Cobb .shot him.
BURGIN FOR WEST POINT. i The dead man lived long enough to
Representative Gudger has recom- talk about the shooting, but did not
mended Kardy M. Burgin, of Old recognize his slayer. His little son
Fort, to stand the examination for with him did not. The money bags,
We.st Point in March. Three from holding $400 or more, were on the
the State have already f.ii!ed to quali
fy for this place.
STEADM.'vN’.S COTTON
CHANGE BILL,
EX-
ground. The murderer did not .r?et
his treasure. He fled and mounted
the bicycle. The bloodhounds trailed
him, wherever there was a track and
several were made on the road where
Representative Stedman introduced the machine stoppe.i .".nd ihe rider
a liili in tlie House today to require h;td to get otT. .\fter joining Gherkin,
all cotton exchanges in the United Cobb changed wheels and the hounds
States doing an intersstate or foreign were lost completely,
trade, to keep a record of all salec i Cobb’s defense wa.s ineiteeiive, cne
made, and to require buyers of cot-, circumstances being so thoroughly
ten lo ajie-rify the skn.’e.-r they ire lo-!;r:ked tcgether to f-ive the jury
receive, the seller t.o deliver the grade ^ no room to doubt. The case is one
specified by the buyer. The bill is that has recommended itself to the
one of many that have been propos
ed to regulate the cotton exchanges.
YOUNG’S RURAL CREDITS PLAN.
Insurance Commissioner James R.
Yeung, of North Carolina, has filed;aticn Commission, assisted
a letter with the Joint Committee on ! prosecution, which was conducted oy
Banking and Currency of the Senate Solicitor John H. Kerr.
sympathy of very few. It was a mur
der for robbery, a slaughter in com
mission of another felony. Judge H.
P. Lane tried the defendant and
Chairman E. L. Travis, of the Corpor-
in the
and House in behalf of a plan for
rural credits. The plan urged by Mr.
Young is an adaptation of the prin-
-•ipl’s of building and loan associa
tions for use in farm loan associations,
the fanners to be backed by a rural
'.-redit reserve association formed by
the government.
TV/0 ON STALLED TRAINS.
General Julian S. Carr, of Durham,
and Vice-President Marshall both in
tended guests of Mrs. Dimmocks at
I di:'.ner in Washington last nigh't,
were on stalled trains and each fail
’d to arrive. General CaiT was com-
ii.g North, Mr. Marshall coming south.
Judge and Mrs. W. B. Council, of
Hickory, passed through Washington
from New York today and are on a
isit to their son in Annapolis.
Business Meeting and Social Hoor by
Organized Classes of M. P.
Oiurch.
The organized classes of the Meth-
■)dist Protectant Church met in their
-espective class rooms Thursday liighi
for B business session, after which
hey asembled in the Philathea room
for a social hour.
Light refreshments w»re served.
The Baiacsi and Philathaa Hatinn-
« Hyna-. ■vrsrs •’•r.j. A w»»
■endered by the Baracas,
About forty pn#s«snt tfc-enjoy
■;he occasion.
Ki» BelateA iHcsovery.
An AteUaon man 7^
a hi^ row to tiM hat Jovtifo^d
oiit that the only the nMttar iB
hat ha doesBt like to Ium.—^Atdtison
Globt.
The electrocution will take place
this morning at 10:30. Governor
Craig has not said he will not inter
fere under any circumstances, but he
decree of the courts. He gave Coob
has not seen any way to change the
a respite in kindness to his attorneys
who had hoped to bring out some new
matters not developed at the trial. . li
will be the first execution under the
Craig administration.
Sacred Concert With Connective Read
ings.
The church choral class of tiie First
Baptist Church will give a sacred con
cert with connective readings in the
church on Thursday evening, 'farch
12, which promises to be a treat for
the music lovers. Both music and
readings are grouped arorind a story
of the ti:ne of the Christ which ia
deeply touching. The choral class
consi.-;l3 of some forty-five voices who
are under the instruction of G. Scott-
Hunter. The reader for the evei^
ing will be Mrs. A. M. Woodaii, teach
er in alocction at Oxford college, Ox
ford, C. Miss Elizabeth Hancock,
a graduate of tl^ same eollcg«i wUl
be the soloist for the evening. Mr*.
;^ttrHunter uriil .pr^ide at .the pi
ano and Mrs. J. I^, Scott wiU be tha
or^:wist for the. concert. Th« concert
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ih^ diarjgB for admission-:bat «p>
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