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RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2J, t9J2
$1.00 A YEAR.
WEEKLY
WILSON WILL CALL
AN EXTRA SESSION
WILL CONVENE CONGRESS NOT
LATER THAN APRIL I5TH.
Wants To Redeem Party Pledges As
Promptly As Possible The President-Elect
And Family Leave For
Bermuda To Spend Their Vacation.
(By the Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 15 Governor
Woodrow Wilson announced toniffht
that immediately after his inaugura
tion as President of the United States,
he would call an extraordinary session
of Congress to convene, not later ttian
April 15. for the purpose of revising
the tariff.
The President-elect will sail for Ber
muda at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
for a vacation and will return Decem
ber 16. To set at rest in the meantime
speculation as to what he would do
with regard to the tariff revision, he
issued the following statement:
"I shall call Congress together in
extraordinary session not later than
April 15. I shall do this not only be
cause I think that the pledges of the
party ought to be redeemed as prompt
ly as possible, but also because I know
it to be in the interest of business that
all uncertainty as to what the par
ticular items of tariff revision are to
be should be known as soon as possi
ble. "
MANY FAVOR EXTRA SESSION.
Beyond this brief announcement, the
Governor said he had nothing1 further
to say. Most of the opinions he had
received from public men seemed to be
in favor of an extra session, he de
clared.
ine tjrovernor aid not intend to ex
press himself about an extra session,
so soon after his election. Although
he has favored the idea of an extra
session because the present arrange
ment would not bring the new Con
gress into session until 13 months af
ter its election, he had expected to
spend more time in ascertaining public
opinion. With the time to be consum
ed in discussion the Governor felt that
if an extra, session were not called, the
benefits of tariff revision would be
postponed for practically two years.
Throughout the campaign he reiter
ated that he desired an immeaiate re
vision of the tariff and that the Demo
cratic leaders know perfectly well how
to proceed about it. The Governor
was impressed by the argument also
that with an early announcement as to
an extra session Democratic leaders
in Congress could begin to take coun
sel at an early date so that much of
the preliminary detail could be- work
ed out before Congress convened April
15. The Governor was prompted inci
dentally in making his early announ
cement by the fact that many members
of Congress were desirous of arrang
ing for accomodations in Washington
for the extra session if there was to be
one.
LOTS OF WORK AHEAD.
Though the President-elect means to
rest while in Bermuda, he really ex
pects to give a good deal of time to
quiet thought about the political prob
lems that face him. He will sketch his
annual message to the New Jersey
Legislature and will do some active
reading on data of the tariff, monopo
lies, banking and currency reform,
and other issues.
The Governor came to New York
tonight to attend the dinner given in
his honor by his classmates, Princeton
'79. He expected to have no political
conferences while in the metronolis
and seemed fully confident that he
would not be disturbed by any politi
cal callers while resting in Bermuda.
All the prominent men in the campaign
just closed, the Governor said, knew
his intention of postponing the consid
eration of political subjects until his
return.
PAYS ELECTION BET.
"I'll feel like dancing a jier when I
get aboard that boat," said the President-elect,
as he left Princeton today,
accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and her
three daughters. Oddly enough there
was a special car on the same train,
en route from Philadelphia to New
York, carrying 16 business men, one
of whose number was paying a bet of
$5,000 which he wagered a year ago
jhat a Democratic President would not
be elected this year. Charles B. Pret
tyman, a real estate man of Philadel
phia, who won the bet. was, howe ver,
according to one of its conditions, to
spend $1,500 for a dinner in New York
for a party of 16 business friends.
The Governor smiled when he learned
of the affair.
The President-elect will sail on the
steamship Bermudian, one ot the reg
ular boats olying between New York
and Hamilton, Bermuda. Besides the
Wilson family, a stenographer and
three servants there will be 10 news
paper correspondents along-. The par
ty will arrive in Bermuda Monday.
The President-elect has leased a cot
tage on a remote part of one of the
islands, where many a season hereto
fore he has spent his vacation. Im
mediately upon his arrival in Bermu
da, he will call upon the Governor of
the Island and request him to consider
his presence in Bermuda entirely in
formal and unofficial.
"I'm going to try to be 'incog',"
said Governor Wilson tonight, "so
that I may have no functions of any
kind while there."
FROMKNOXVILLETO
RUTHERFORDTON
EARLY CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL
ROAD MAY BE L00KE0 FOR.
METHODISTS MEET
IN FURNITURE CITY
ANNUAL CONFERENCE iN SES
SION AT HIGH POINT.
but in keeping with the ruling of the
General Conference of 1910, held in
Asheville. every appointment now
must be read to the cabinet before an
nounced to the Conference.
There are 48 lay delegates who are
members of this Conference, four from
each of the districts.
Important Conference Of Men Interest
ed In South Atlantic & Western Held
At Greensboro Monday It Is Stated
Sufficient Capital Has Been Secured.
CRAWFORD'S STATEMENT.
The Ex-Congressman Had Nothing
To Do With Circular Letter.
A circular letter was issued and put
in circulation by the Jvitchin campaign
committee, containing an editorial from
Bryan's Commoner, and also a letter
from Mr. Crawford endorsing Governor
Kitchin for the Senate. The letters is
in such form as to convince the unsus
pecting that it was issued and circulat
ed by Mr. Crawford in the interest of
the Governor, when in fact he had
nothing whatever to do with it, as will
appear from the following statement
taken from the Asheville Citizen of
November 2rd :
Ex-Congressman W. T. Crawford ar
rived in Asheville last night from a
speaking tour through Henderson, Polk
and Transylvania counties, under the
auspices of the congressional committee.
Mr. Crawford speaks hopefully of the
outlook for Democracy in the district,
State and nation, and says he feels con
fident of sweeping Democratic victory
everywhere next Tuesday.
Upon being informed by some friends
that they had received from him type
written circulars, with tickets efnclosed
for one of the senatorial candidates, the
ex-congressman said that he had noth
ing whatever to do with the circulation
of the letter or tickets: that he had
written the letter in question to The
Reidsville Review soon after Governor
Aycock's death. In reply to an inquiry
as to his position in the senatoral conj
test. Mr. Crawford made it plain that
he had been giving his time strictly to
the general interests of the" Democratic
party and had not mixed up in the sen
atoral contest by distributing tickets,
campaign literature or otherwise ; that
he does not believe in a speech-making
campaign for a nomination daring an
election, or any other time; that the
policy is a dangerous one and if not
abandoned, it is only a question of time
till the party will be disrupted.
(Special to Charlotte Observer.)
GREENSBORO, Nov. 17. An interesting-
conference of men interested
in the construction of the oid Trans
continental railroad, now the South
Atlantic & Western, from Knoxville
to Rutherfordton for a connection
with the Seaboard Air Line, was held
at the Guilford Hotel here today.
Those in conference included Col. Sam
Tate of Asheville, Mr. W. E. Breese,
Jr., of Brevard, and Mr. Stay ton jot
New York. The gentlemen were in
close conference for more than two
hours and while it is stated that the
conference had to do with the perfect
ing of an organization for a construc
tion company for the early building
of the proposed road details of the
meeting were not made nublic.
It is reported that sufficient capital
has been interested in the project to
insure the building of the road and
that early construction work may be
looked for. The road will extend
from Knoxville to Rutherfordton for
a connection with the Seaboard Air
Line for a direct outlet from Tennessee
to the Atlantic coast. It is also stated
that since the South Atlantic & West
ern acquired the holdings of the Trans
continental, the company is negotia
ting with Messrs. Oliver, Patterson
and Chandler of the Greenville &
Knoxville Railroad with a view to ac
quiring their respective nroperties
Mr. H. R. Nickerson is president of
the South Atlantic & Western Rail
road and Mr. J. L. Counc'l is secre
tary with the main offices Asheville.
Important Changes Will Be Made This
Year On Account Of The Expiration Of
Terms Of Pastors And Presiding Elders-Bishop
Collins Denny Presiding
GREEN HILL ITEMS.
Mrs. Nettie King Teaching The Por-
trum School Personals.
(Special to The Sun.)
GREEN HILL, Nov. 19. -Rev. G.
G. O'Neal, of Rutherfordton, filled his
regular appointment at Mount Creek
Baptist church Sunday and preached
a very interesting sermon on the death
of Christ, after which communion was
held.
Mr. Brisco Rucker, who has been
quite sick, is somewhat improved at
this writing.
Mrs. Nettie King reopened her school
at the Partrum schoortiouse Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Cobb, of Ther
mal City, spent Saturday and Sunday
at the home of Mr. J. P. Jones.
Miss Ocie Bipgerstaff left Sunday
for Polk county where she will teach
the Double Springs school.
Mr. Mack McDaniel, of Rutherford
ton, visited at the home of Mr. J. P.
Jones Sunday.
Mr. Cal Williams, of Rutherford
ton, spent Sunday with his parents
near here.
Mr. Morgan Rucker opened his
school at Pleasant Hill Monday.
Mr. Claud Metcalf spent the week
end at Dysartsviile visiting relatives.
Mr. Lee Jones, of Rutherfordton,
made a flyine trip to Green Hill Sun
day. Corn shuckings are the social events
of this section and are very numerous.
Mrs. Lovelace, of Ellenborn.
has been visiting at the home of Mr.
J. R. Lewis for the past week.
There will be Thanksgiving services
at Mount Creek church at 11 o'clock
on Thanksgiving day.
"TOO FULL FOR UTTERANCE"
Mr. W. J. Bryan Speaks At Raleigh On
''The Making Of Man."
(Special to Charlotte Observer.)
RALEIGH, Nov. 18 In his address
here tonight William Jennings Bryan
made only slight reference to matters
political. He was introduced by Jo
sephus Daniels. Mr. Bryan said, while
explaining his selection of theme, "The
Making of Man," that had he preferred
to discuss politics in any of its phases,
the fact was that he is just now alto
gether "too full for utterance" in the
great pleasure he feels over the sweep
ing Democratic victory.
His lecture was greatly enjoyed by an
audience that well. high filled the Audi
torium. He and Mrs. Bryan spent the
day here, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, who gave a luncheon
in their honor, for which the other spe
cial guests were Chief Justice Walter
Clark and Associate Justices Piatt D.
Walker, George H Brown, W. A Hoke
and W. R. Allen and Albert Cox, of
the Chamber of Commerce, J. W. Bai
ley, ex-Judge J Crawford Biggs, E. J.
Justice, of Greensboro, and Francis D.
Winston, of Bertie.
STOP TO CABINET GOSSIP.
President-Elect Wilson Says Specula
tion is Fruitless.
President-elect Woodrow Wilson
has not decided on the personnel of
his cabinet and he intends to keep his
mind open on the subject for a long
time before he takes office. His is ma
ifestly concerned about certain specu
lations emanating from Princeton
with respect to the probable make-up
of his cabinet. To put an end. if dos-
sible, to all gossip about cabinet ap
pointments, he recently issued the fol
lowing statement.
"Such speculations are perfectly
fruitless. I mean to keep my mind
open with regard to appointments of
the first consequence until final an
nouncement is possible. It will be
perfectly useless to resort to me for
corroboration of any report because I
have absolutely nothing to announce.
No announcement will have the least
authority that is not made over my
own signature. These are matters
which must be determined by very
deliberate counsel and not by gossip."
(Special to Charlotte Chronicle.
HIGH POINT, Nov. 16. The ses
sion of the Western North Carolina
Conference, to be held in High Point
next week, is anticipated with special
interest by the members of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South.
throughout the piedmont section and
the western part of the State.
This conference is rapidly becoming
one of the largest of the conferences in
the Church, notwithstanding the fact
it was organized only 22 years ago
and the session to be held next week
being only the twenty-third annual
session. This conference was organ
ized in 1890, from a part of the North
Carolina and and a part of the Holston
Conferences. The membership of all
the churches in the Conference now
reaches almost 100,000.
Last yeaf this Conference contrib
uted to the following named causes of
the Church the amounts here named:
Foreign missions, $19,063.36; domestic
missions, $16,744.45; church extension,
$7,483 OS; American Bible Society,
$531.13; for the support of presiding
eiders, $19,592 85; for the support of
preachers in charge, $161,580 44; to
the support of Dishops, $2,926 29; to
Conference claimants, $9,0o8.20.
The Conference will meet in Wash
ington Street church, High Point, on
next Wednesday morning, November
20, and will continue in session until
Monday of the week following.
A class of 10 young men will be
present as candidates for admission on
trial in the Conference, and should
they pass the committees on examina
tion satisfactorily, the clerical mem
bership of the Conference will then
number 287.
During the past year three members
of the Conference have died, and a
special service in their memory will
b3 held during the session of the Con
ference. Bishop Collins Denny, of Richmond,
will preside over this session of the
Conference, for the first time, and his
presidency is anticipated with interest.
He is a man who possesses marked
executive ability, in addition to great
intellectual strength and gift as a
preacher.
The two minute questions to be call-
ep and answered during every session
of an annual Conference which are
anticipated with the greatest interest
are Question 22, "Are all the preach
ers blameless in their life and official
administration?)' and Question 49,
Where are the preachers stationed
this year?" No preacher can be ap
pointed to a pastoral charge until
question 22 has been answered in the
affirmative. Usually this question is
called first with reference to the pre
siding elders, and after their charac
ters have been passed and their re
ports have been submitted, they an
swer this question with reference to all
of the other preachers in the Confer
ence. Surmise as to the appointments or
the preachers, which constitute the an
swer to Question 49, begins far in ad
vance of the annual session, and in
many instances the guess work thus
indulged proves to be more than sur
mise. Regarding the appointments it
was an oft-repeated remark with the
late Rev. Sam P. Jones that the places
of the preachers in the "high steeple"
churches were fixed six months before
Conference.
No preacher in the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, receives an ap
pointment for a longer period than
one year at a time and no preacher
can be appointed to the same charge
for more than four years consecutively.
The fact that four presiding elders
in the Conference will have completed
four years - on their present districts
with the close of this year is another
fact that adds interests to the appointments.
The apointments of this Conference
will be made by Bishop Denny and
the presiding elders of the districts
included in the Conference. Formerly
a bishop could if he so desired, make
appointments and withhold them even
from the knowledge of his cabinet,
THE OFFICAL CANVASS.
Simmons Declared The Nominee Of
Th8 Senatorial Primary.
(Special to Charlotte Observer.)
RALEIGH, Noy. 14. With 47 mem
oers present in person and by proxy
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee tonight canvassed the vote in
the recent senatorial primary and for
mally declared Senator F. M. Sim
mons the nominee of the party to suc
ceed himself. The Avery county vote
is still out and the Stokes is unofficial.
With Avery figures omitted entirely,
and unofficial figures from Stokes
used, the vote declared by the com
mittee is Clark 16,418; Kitchin 47,017,
and Simmons 84,687.
The canvass of the vote was made
by a special committee consisting of
Chairman Charles A. Webb, Secre
tary W. E. Brock, A. D. Watts, E. L.
Travis and W. A. Devin. E. L Travis
reported for the committee, and the
resolution approving the report and
declaring Senator Simmons the nomi
nee was made by ex-Judge J. Craw
ford Biggs.
The committee adopted unanimously
a resolution offered by J. R. Blair,
of Montgomery county, urging upon
President-elect Woodrow Wilson the
selection of National Committeeman
Josephus Daniels as a member of his
cabinet. On motion of Mr. Watts it
was ordered that copies of this reso
lution be furnished to the North Caro
lina delegation in Congress to be pre
sented through the proper channels at
the opportune time.
Votes of thanks were tendered state
Chairman Webb and Secretary Brock
for their effective service during the
campaign and high tribute paid for
great victory won with the shortest
means and fewest available campaign
ers in the history of the party in the
State, including bisrgest vote for Pres
ident, for Congressmen and for Gov
ernor in the history of the party in
the State and largest majority in the
Legislature on record, 104 in the
House and 47 in the Senate.
By Congressional districts the sen
atorial primary vote was as follows
First, Clark 2,092; Kitchin 4,442; Sim
mons 5,889; second, Clark 1,154
Kitchin 6,629; Simmons 5,589; third
Clark 706: Kitchin 2,612; Simmons
8,594; fourth, Clark 2,018; Kitchin
4,946; Simmons 7,019; fifth, (with
Stokes unofficial), Clark 2.135; Kitch
in 11,524; Simmons 6,792; sixth, Clark
1,253; Kitchin 3,055. Simmons 8,499
seventh, Clark 2,614: Kitchin 4,046;
Simmons lt,SG5; eighth, Clark 894;
Kitchin 3,546; Simmons 9,833; ninth,
(with Avery omitted), Clark 1,554;
Kitchin 3,635; Simmons 10,434; tenth,
Clark 2,009; Kitchin 2,224: Simmons
11,239.
SIDNA ALLEN TAKES
THE WITESS STAND
DENIES THAT HE SHOT AT JUDGE
TH0TNR0N L. MASSIE.
Floyd Allen And His Son Claude Must
Die In The Electric Chair Friday
Virginia Supreme Court Refuses New
Trial Governor Will Not Interfere.
AVERY IN SIMMONS' FAVOR.
(Special to The Sun.)
ASHEVILLE, Nov. 18. State
Chairman Charles A. Webb today re
ceived a written report on the senator
ial primary from Avery county, the
only county not officially recorded in
the tabulation of the returns from the
State. The vote only served to in
crease Senator Simmons' majority
over both opponents by 98 votes, mak
ing his total majority in the State 21,-
357 instead of 21,259 as was at first
reported.
The official vote in Avery county in
the senatorial primary was Simmons
180, Kitchin 79, Clark 3.
BABY SHOT BEFORfTbiBTH.
Born With Bullet In Side, Little Fellow
Will Live.
(By the Associated Press.)
HONOLULU, Nov. 16. To come in
to the world with a 38 calibre bulletin
his side, is what baby Cavalho did
yesterday, and two hours after birth
the little fellow was successfully oper
ated upon by surgeons who now say
that he will live.
Two days ago Mrs. Juan Cavalho, a
Porto Rican woman, had a row with
her brother-in-law and was shot in the
abdomen. Within 20 hours the child
was born and physicians found that
the bullet had imbedded itself in the
little body.
The brother-in-law, whose name is
Ricas, has been placed under arrest
and will face a charge of attempted
murder, though lawyers say this will
be changed to murder in the first de
gree if the child should die. The doc
tors say, however, that as the mother
is in good condition and the baby an
unusually strong one, neither of them
are in immediate danger.
(By the Associated Press.)
WYTHE VILLE, VA Nov. 18.
Sidna Allen, on trial here for the mur
der of J udge Thornton L. Massie, to
day took the witness stand in his own
defense, outlining his movements from
the time of the tragedy until he was
captured in Des Moines. He spoke
clearly and without embarrassment
until he was asked if he had intended
leaving his wife and children. Then
the rugged mountainer broke down
and wept. He denied that such was
his intention and stated that they were
after him with bloodhounds and with
instructions to shoot on sight ana that
he intended keeping out of the way un
til things quieted down, when he would
have returned and given himself up.
The prisoner denied that he fired at
Judge Massie, stating that he was
standing talking to John Moore, a
stone mason, about some work, when
the firing began, and that he did not
fire until he saw Clerk Dexter Goad
shoot at him. Then he emptied his
revolver at the clerk, reloaded it and
keot up shooting, after he had left the
building.
During the morning Mrs. Sidna Al
len was examined and stated that
Floyd Allen came home with her hus
band the night before the shooting and
that they all sat by the fire talking
until bed time. Nothing bearing on
the next day's tragedy was mentioned,
she declared.
C. C. Westmoreland, chairman of
the board of supervisors of Carroll
county, testified that a few days after
the tragedy he had a conversation
with Clerk Goad and that the latter
said he thought the shooting was the
greatest thing that could have hap
pened because it would rid Carroll
county of the Aliens.
The defense also introduced the evi
dence of two traveling salesmen as
to bills of goods they had sold Sidna
Allen just prior to the tragedy, this
being intended to disprove the state's
contention of conspiracy.
(By the Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, VA., Nov. 18. A new
trial today was refused for Floyd Al
len and his son, Claude Allen, by the
Supreme Court of Virginia. The men
are condemned to die in the electric
chair next Friday for the murder of
officials of the Carroll county court at
Hillsville, March 14.
Floyd Allen was convicted May 17,
specifically for the killing of Common
wealth's Attorney William M. Foster.
Allen's son, tried on the charge of
killing Judge Thornton L. Massie,
was convicted and sentenced to 15
years in the penitentiary. A second
trial on an indictment for the killing
of Attorney Foster resulted in a con
viction for murder in the first degree.
It is believed Governor Mann will
not interfere with the execution of the
sentence-by the courts. The appeal
to the Supreme Court for new trials,
decided adversely today, had been
pending for some time, but the officials
have been proceeding with the arrange
ments for the execution.
The shooting occurred in March
when the Allen clan resented the con
viction of Floyd AJlen or a minor
charge, and resulted in the death of
five men.
Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Governor Kitchin has issued his
proclamation designating Thursday,
November 28, as Thanksgiving Day,
declaring that "during the year which
s closed the people of this State have
enjoyed generous harvests and great
progress and prosperity. On the day
above designated, let them cease from
their labors and have the opportunity
to gather in their accustomed places
of worship to return thanks to Al
mighty God for His manifold bless
ings. Let them charitably remember
the poor and the needy."
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