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V A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the Peopl VOLUME XXXIII. SCOTLAND NECK, N. Of; TUESDAY, MAY 9, 1916. NUMBER 25. POLITICAL "DOPE" AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AT RALEIGH ut:mm:m ABLE SPEAKERS WILL DELIVER ADDRESSES COMMENCEMENT . " . if PillS!Fli(E"IMl -p;: Hi STATE DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IN SESSION TODAY AT THE CAPITAL CITY, CHAIRMAN WARREN PRESIDING. " BLUE SKY'' LAW AIRED IN SUPREME COURT. PRIMARY LAW NOT SO POPULAR. ' ' " '(Sjtecidi Cdvrespbiuienee.) itALEIGII, N. C, May 9. Drawn to Kaleigti largely by the meet 'iur here today of the Democratic State Committee, the presence of a large number of leading party men during the last few days has added much to the interest felt in .the outcome of the State primary three weeks hence. Opportunity was afforded through the views of some of these Well posted avuHemeu of learning something of the prospects of the candidate for nomination oi'sounding the depths" of the water drawn b.y the ert't with which they have been navigat ing the political sea. The meeting of the State committee today was called by Chair man Warren by the express stipnlaiioii of the party Plan or Organi zation which; ih plain terms required it of him in the following liuiguu.i'-e (quoted from Sec. 2 of the Plan of Organization), to wit: ' Sec. 2 Tli at as early as practicable after each State Convention the chairman shall call the State Democratic Executive .Committee to meet for.. the purpose of electing a chairman find a seerHi ry of fcuid Committee for the term of two .y'er'i and until their sucfiesors 'shall be elected., llavijij assembled the committee., the duty resting upon Chair mail Warren was discharged. The subsequent action of the com mil tee is the affair of the gentlemen composing it and for which the majority is responsible a lcspoiisibihty which they apparently very willingly nsiune, for they are xinqVuHomi h rtsjkuisible men. Talking with some of thV Visitors here this week I was struck vith the tributes "which they paid to" the ability and worth of the present Arsistant Attorney General T. II. Calvert, who has so brii ViaiU'iy performed his work in conjunction with Mr. Bickett, a -labor which has been valuable in flttino- him fVv M;c proinotiou which be asks, if tve pribiary Wbti. illihi him as the party's nominee for AUorno.y (iene)U Praise from Sir Hubert is -praise indeed, and tb st:lt:iiients voluntarily made by some of the greatest lawyers in Korth Carolina leave no doubt in the mind of a' layman of the emi nent fitness of Mr. Calvert for 1':e position. With Mich men ss he and the other three anbwu H:".pu'ijjr to of?iee, it docs look like the piii'ly co'iid m-ike no serious mistake. Kut experience is a big aeset 'to the- i-;tate in making a selection in this instance. Hdr, Calvert, who Vi a native of Chatham coutty where he married and rjdd for some years, is the author of r-Vrul i'hiportant law books and of wide pra ctice u J)e highest courts .charged with the conduct of .many ..1jTb.e baseball meeting last Prida tight brought out about fifteen interested fans. These fifteen persons -organized temporarily and ap pointed a committee of ten to arrange the solicitation of funds for tlis establishment of a club. A taking of this committee and ethers waslield lastnight and the presuiency of the club tendered Mr. A. Paul Kitchin and the office of treasurer to Mr. Jamie Tillery. Members of this committee for funds will see YOlf possibly. Arrange to help them along with a subscription if you love the game. fA detailed report of the variouaineetings will be published in this paper Friday. In the meantime: "PULL FOR BASE-BALL!" 1 it: $ ii INFORMATION RECEIVED LAST EVENING THAT THE ERIL - LIANT ATTORNEY-GENERAL IS TO DELIVER ADDRESS TO GRADUATING CLASS OF HIGH SCHOOL. DR. WHITE OF RALEIGH TO PREACH , . BACCALAUREATE SERMON. ROANOiiE HAP1DS WROUGHT UP OVER mr- w. 4-" nil wwm m mama rW.a I II I NAT Kl ill K UAWh", 1 PTTil SCHCOL TAX SL30TION IN ROANOKE RAPIDS EXPOSED METHODS ALLSGED What will tend to over-shadow all local news of the day and week is the information" received at the office of this paper last evening-, when it was definitely learned that Attorney-General Bickett will deliver the commencement address at the close of the Scotland Neck Graded School Tuesday evening, May 30th, at 8 :30. The school super intendent, Prof. 7j. Hardy Rose, together with the entire faculty, are gi jubilant over their extremely good fortune in securing the bright diamond of North Carolina oratory as the speaker for this occasion. It has been whispered about for some time that Mr. Bickett "might" be the speaker, but the faint rumor's strongest substantiation was fjjthe hope of every one hearng the rumor, for the popularity of this brilliant North Carolinian generally keeps him dated far into the future. Just who will introduce the speaker, has not been announced. but it is certain that some toWmman of no mean oratorical calibre will jbe allotted the pleasure. Dr. W. McC. White of the Presbyterian Church, Raleigh, will de liver the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class of the Scotland Neck High School ou Sunday morning. May 28th, at the school audi itorium. Dr. White is a very abb- and forceful speaker,-and it was only after repeated efforts of the s:Uool superintendence" to obtain him 'for this occasion that Dr. White decided to deliver the sermon. BY ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD TO CORRUPT ELECTION BRINGS LISL SUIT 027 THAT PAPER HE&&LB STANDS PR! FID AVITS INDICATIONS POTNTTO A BITTER FlGHt FLYING BOAT ATTAINS SPEEDXOF 10S MILES AN HOUR VHILE EKROUTE TO NEWPORT NEWS FROM BALTO. . (From the Scanoke llapids Herald of Friday, May pth, 1916.) - - - . , HERALD SBEVSO VITH HOTICS ! His idea bit Midi U takes to eoustii-j Patterson, 0. OF ACTIOS! rOS LtBHIi. i tu'te" libel is wrtitkiy flilP&fmi -ffoJrt 1.1, .W. House. ycho, W. L. Long, C-'taso. T. iT. Jer.- Following the jmhliration in the Her ald last week of tin' article headed 'Xcw Hope Elect! on Still b; Doubt" the Herald Publisbir.g ('oinpuny v.-as served viii ft iit5fs t'to; J. B. Vin cent, of hc district in 'question, thai lie" ours. -, . i , K r! s .. So the Herald's answer to Mr. Vin- j Alter is fnU d'iy.-to?ion of the action eent 's notice of action is the proof of j and an ox.-uniu&tioii iA1 t!;f arti'-ie cite;-, every word it printed! Whether tiie j and the evidence hold by tlifi itorsld, ! aflidavit in question is true or not is a jthe direclors ire:-:en jrnti?f tf y decided by a jury, not by j ly to make no retraction wlmtevev, an .i ind the HerSld Win rfisCfve ophiiou ; issued instructions- t Ht-rKlcl to secure i isijjvol-taiit i:'iis'cs. He is at present in Washington arguing a civil vvjs'i before the Supreme Court of the United States. lie announced his ambition to become the successor of Mr. Biekett a year ago, and, according to the reports which roach here, his candidacy is "popular with the voters all over the Htf.'- -; I failed to find any one vho tstVored a change in the present pei' Komiel of the State Corporation Commission. There is only one of them Whose term expires soon, that of Commissioner W.' T. Lee who now serving his first term. One candidate is opposing him in the primary, but he doesn't seem to be making 'much headway, as no good reason has been advanced for displacing the. present admittedly com petent and effective incumbent at the close of his one term in office. Mr. Lee's worth to the commission is largely due to his splendid equipment as a business man, who has made a success of his own busi ness. And with the average voter, who endorses the sentiment that "the horse who pulls the plow f-bouhl share in the fodder," feels that Jiis long activity and faithful party service furnish no excuse for re jecting his claim on a renomination as an endorsement of the work done diving his first teiuu The "Bin5 !S?iy Laws," which were enacted to prevent fraud and tmposiiioH on the people of North Carolina have been upheld by the Hidts Supreme Court in a decision just handed down in the case of State against Agcy. Under these acts it is unlawful for any- foreign corporation to offer f,tocl?Sn boiids and other securities for sale here without -firt securing license from the State .Commissioner of Insur ance. By his rigid examination info, the character of the concerns applying for such license Comrr.k-sioiier Young has refused licenses to many questionable companies and corporations Which sought to unload so-called "securities," stocks dr.d bonds and policies ; and other worthless' "wld-eat" paper, in the above noted case and sev - eral others pending the defendants were, arrested for attempting to sell or for the sale of such "securities1' without securing the neces sary license and appealed upon conviction in the Superior Court. Commissioner Young lias probably saved more money to the (Continued on Fourth Page)"- contemplates action for libel against j it. this - company. ; IT Is notice cmts:p.iinj .OU . tins point, at present, the "sentences-in the artlcis "VfhiSli ft--; I - We 16 believe that ihe charges of thinks have libelled him is follows: j attempted tsriheff ml terrorism in the To Herald Publishing Co., Inc., j New Hope-Hockaday Schnitfi Eletim Roanoke Sapids. N. C. on April 25th should be thoroughly la- Oentiemen : J vestigated and the party or parties who You' will take notice the undersigned jhavo attempted to introduce the cow inteads fo bring- a civil action against j ardly fnethods of the. Italian Mafia in to tho law-abiding county of HaHlifax IN NEW HOPE- HOCKADAY DIBXBICT WROTE THIS LETTER? "You are eonimanded not to ' vote ,cu, tftsc-tbci' Vi-ith dthcr, or aKica5 y :! sc .:-f"" V, 'i;.iy cif"; f.or dam- should be ayes lor libel ny-i hie-.' ov rea-j punished. son of your publication in the edition f of April 28, 1916, of the Ro-uioke Rap- "WHAS? " WoMMf id ; -licrahl of -the following r.r-acle ua.l st:itf inc-nts therein, to-v.il: "NFAV HOPE ELECTION STILL IN "Those oppitliii triJ yptcUil Wr for improving school facliilies lir.ve, it xs charged, resorted to bribery and black hand methods in their eagerness to car ry thvr b"i'i' 'ot-fr ii the ilistrict has made .affidavit before a kliihxWil? S of the cotraty that he was offered a suit of clothes to vote against the spec ial tax, and this serious charge is al most Pi't.'Uii enc beforsj the grand jury of the June term bt i-hvt- "Various voters ' in the district fe ceived prior to the election black hand letters written in red ink threatening the lives and property of the recipients should they vote for better schools." Rosemary,-N. C. This the 1st day tit 3aa.y, 1915, J. B. VINCENT. The law in regard to libel" actions i iay of May, 1916 is that notice must be given the offend- j HANNIBAL SHEARIN, J. I ir-r nwjinnii(r of eo:'tei,llat('d suit for ! - . v reciliients of the bi to publish faeHiniHo copies of aftidavit, lotters, av.d the afti davit charging J. E. Vincci'.t- y-nih ntteumfod l.-ribery, in the next intone of t.h licrald, Newpor tNews, Va., May 8. The big flying boat arrived here tin. tiiorn ina: at 8:58 o'clock from Hawkiu 's I'oint, near Baltimore, having made the trip in two hour! find eleven niiiiutes, and in the course of the flight, which covered ia distance of 17;'; mifes; the boat established ten world's records for speed, hav ;ing attained the remarkable rat? f K) miles an hour while coming down the bay. The machine was working admin) bTy and as soon as the boat arrived it was I decided that a speed test trip should be made to Washington, and ia two hours' i tiaie the big boat was again on her way North, having left the water at ccei unanimous- i . . A . i with 1'ilot Macauiev. iiechauicians I'nmii L'tter, liert Acosta, leurei'aiit -sor- o the editor of the: man Hall, or. the coaat guard service, and Jona . v niey, presiueiii u nie jflidavits from th Chamber of Commerce, who takes greetings to the Navy League hcadui:;rier: at ck hand lottery and ' Vashiatoi:, and the Chamber of Counnerce ef the national capital. The party -will remain at the capital an hour and a half and then return to Newport News. WHOLE FAMILY DEAD AFTER EATING POISONED SALAD. EEWABB PCS -HIS ONE! Fifty Dollars Reward will be paid ferreted out and properly ! for information Jeadjrg to the arraf-t 'and coaviction of the party who wrote tins letter: By an order from the Lxecutlv council or Dark Street Devils, you ar Roanoke, Va., May S. The entire family of Isaac Samson, a Mingo coun ty. W.-Va., farmer, consisting of six persons, died suddenly several days ago at their home in Mingo as the result of eating a salad containing a poisonous weed mixed with greens, which Mrs. Samson had gathered for the table. Soon after ire eating the salad, it is said, the members of the famHy became violently ill, and heard of the Dark you do rif-ht you vv.-av from the" polling place ir. next Tuesday under penalty to be im- j Special Klvction on the 25th. As you ! posed by members of Rapids club of j are a colored man you will find it much I Dai'k t Devils. We will fix U -if j healthier to remain away. So take, this j you do. So take Warning and save j advice of the D. S. B's and, keep out. vourself trouble. j This thing must go through without - Warningly yours, j THE D. S. D 's CLUB, " By oi'acf J. Limbo, Ex. Council. ' ' State of N rth. Caraliua, County of - lalif ax, sS. .This is to certify that on the 24th day of April, 1916, :t -found the above letter ft bench in rront of my sho at my residence la said county and state. , - ' - his "Witness: JOHN X NEAL J. T. Stainback. mark' Acknowledged and sworn to' before j gauce eonimanded to find an excuse to keep j before a physician could reach the home, the six persons were lead. LITTLETON IS COMING OUT THIS YEAR A COTTON-SEIiD OIL HILL WILL BE BUILT THERE THIS SUMMEE; EE? GET. your vote. You probably have neve.- Street Devils and if iav never hear from us again, but if you do no you will need the atlent'.on ot your obey rodera or undertaker when our silent desper ate club' has jciveu ycu another call. You mav expect this call at or about one week after' you have broken our com mands or sooner.. T.Ve are a powerfully orga.ni.ed Night Riding Band who are Littleton, N. C, May 7. A movement for a. cotton seed oil mill for Littleton was started but a few days ago, and already more than half of the capital stock has been subscribed and from the headway that is being made the mach inery wd! soon be purchased and the erection of the building will be under way in time for completion for the fail crop of seed. Just think of it a cotton seed oil mill for Littleton. profit and the freight to the nearest mill added. Too the mill could sell to the farmers cotton seed meal at the price asked by other mills less the freight from those mills to Littleton. If the seller of seed is also a buyer of cotton seed meal he would thereby see two freight accounts and ,tv) agent's profits. That saving alone, would be sufficient to help pay for stock in the mill every year .vliich fihtiii!? io overthrow graft, extrava v. r in h.-. i tv. whetner lie luaive; and pol The cotton grower of this commum- ! would prove a neip ova bale or one---convenience -in me commun..; ...... should be inter- ielf and .1: .-1. l..fu at'en tl'i'-l !' 'AO me, a Justice of the Peace iu and for administration of ike affairs of this, hum red or n 7-;" J by the mid. !-s- Tf vnn want, nn esteu 111 navmu - " lie mill and to have it ' ' ussmg tne mm a ie " - .v I . . . " t l T J . -.1 1. K-nt..T the r: farmer lie saui: - j irei son- t--- 1 i the said county and state this second SUMMARY OF THE GREAT WAR AS TOLD BY THE DAILY PAPERS libel and if, during the ten days i'odow iog the receipt of this notice, the news paper shall retract the statement claim ed to be libellious no suit or action may W. 33. HiiLB SWEABS THAT J. VINCENT ATTEMPTED BRI ; BERY. State of North Carolina, ;. To have !.-tac k K- Hrmicdifc. ' . i Halifax County, ss: Libel is a serious crime and if through Before me, a Justice of the Peace, in ; This inadvertence we had printed state-; ami for the said county and state,, per- j 4y of lock for the XXX. .'Yv'arr.ingly yours. Till: PARK STRHliT DEVILS, J. LI2dH, CoimeAi Cri-iul. State cf Norlh Cfirtiliua, County of Halifax. ss: with in o- the much to cert:ty mi, ioj e, 1 ments derogatory to any iersou. which j EOnal?7 appeared W. B. Hale and be-; the attached Jstter, . j. ,,i--Tr. f It ' 1 1.. r.,.jl i-ovc' iliirir'f tnv..ii i'f-.ifl ' r; - were not true or uot suacrycj-M .- ing iy me uuiv bvvu, j vuuia ....... proof, we wo eonntv and eise-wherc. It vou .wain, an ,.,i.;..t,Mi.j . nf a clntiw nature, iust : nere. r.'ii--ci-iiv.'j.v v ... - 7 - - 1 ... ' . ... it , nnafoiiil to the best .Usooey us. we vsiii gc. xou " , ., ,.;.l on meal together with ,..1 4-1.: o i n-ore stoeKiioKiers mere air '-t i' 1 - ' " ; , j...,:,.:.ii ..fttml The. ! freiirlit every year amount to stockholders would, of -car.se, - dictate j as one share of stock costs, f-e luanag-ement of the mill and if they I It is true the Cotton Seed d -dibs proper to operate it as an inde-jof the state are now paying a ...vi MOM.irnt mill could have its purchasing ! dends but a Cotton Seed Oil .:11 to. acci-t pav the seller the enrrent price .Littleton will mean much for the cotton of an agents ; growers or our mm: turn a hat on the 24ti Id not hesitate to re- Itheh week of April .the 10th to the iotii , ery mail box tract'such statements and to- apologize.! A.' D. 1916, J. B. Vincent of said eoun- j and state. for their having been made. In the case of .1. Burkett - Vincent, lb J. Mavo. fouiii si.'jued "J. Liaibo, !;- rural free deiiv tora in sail county Ii. .!. MAYO. voru to before for seed with the cout tv and state offered me a nice suit of j Ackuowledgrd and,. clothes to vote against the special j me, a 5. P., this 2nd day of May. 116. the id ' The Germans are - contimihrj; the furious offensive at- Verdun which gained them important ground both east and west of the Metv-ie t.gj before a magistrate" tluit 3-esterday. They made no further advances during their attacks of ;he.was offered a suit of clothes to vote :i; i.,'.., p;n fi.',,T.1-.c nrA in fan lrk nart n.f tbo forri- Unofnrf this snecial tax. We reproduce ltol llliit, liu v. c: v i 1 , 1 aLiii (um in a.vo w v. t.j-.. -A tory Avon at the outset of their renewed drive. The principal .German gain Sunday was northeast of Verdun, where a footing-was gained in the French first line on a front of 500 metres between Ilaudromont wood and Fort Douaumont. During Sun day night French attacks drove the crown prince's forces from one 'of the occupied trenches south of Ilaudromont. Near hill 304 north west of the fortress, the Germans were ousted from a combination trench occupied during yesterday's drive. ' There is a lull in the fighting on the eastern front,. according to Vienna, which announces that the situation, is unchanged there. Like wise there is comparative quiet en the Austro-Italian front, vith. no advances by either of the opposing armies reported. London reports-the sinking-, by' a submarine on May 3 of tfcfJ French.' bark Marie .Molinos' of 946 tons. There was; no casualties j ' however we -regret that we can retract j s?hcoi taxation now pending in nothing.- The statements', we .mode, to i proposed district of New Hope which he objects, are literally tree. ' Hockaday 's school houses in Roanoke j One voter in the district nas roaue i Rapids townsnip, wnereiu an , HANNIBAL S1IHARIN, J. P. LOCAL ITEMS OF LATE NEWS CROWDED OFF PAGE THREE i BAP-AC A' CLASS HOLDS SPECIAJ, absent .lifferei.t Sundays irca the of the class, i-rugi.uii w...- the affidavit in question on .cis p ige and front its perusal one may ea sily gather the reason for J. B. Vinec:at 's exhibition of spleen for he is the man charged therein with the attempted bri bery. Various voters, .and by "various" we meant and mean two voters, in the 25th dav of April A." D. 1916. W. B. HALE, This April 24th, 1916. HANNIBAL SHEARIN, J. P. Witness :( J. T. Stainback. ' -. e.rn ars or tne c -to furnish entertaimuent a! for the class. A Secret 'Vnunittee whose business i . N.o f inn At 'S DViig WOTK lur ll.u aanei.w vice vvoul i he tl'.C un- f ! MEETING. i-rrwrwlAroTN & 1.TTPT. A sne-in! iueetin:r of the Baraca class ; mittee- I,. i ..i ' At .n.,.. n, 1..,)-; Riniilav Schfio! here was i ways .. . w-iii. r,- r"r ic .- ill 'v .iu- .in- . iil Ltll. '.ii. .- is to be voted on by the people on ue ' V " , ,:. r. 5 ..in ,-nnn, of the iel o' Spotiailu x ecu S'.Ul iutss iiauu , ne: ni&ni. - - Lee hunter, or t-anem, were married ouuuu v. th ,.iflss. The last i Enfield bv Rev. Mr. Dowd. Tne wed ; Mr. W.. Ji. ivieiwweii i : ,n,, v.at Sn -clme a, cite a surprise to the nu-led on by the president that the object one-no comini teew, -mc,. Lemons friends of the young couple.' of the meeting was to more perfectly all wno -shed onlv a few frievds were ..resent at the organize the already organized Baraca. Rev. R- A. tta 1 ' . , , ... i....... Tho':-f Alienor eemmittees were : on for expressions concerning ...... marriage, n.e ora.iu .u uu r'T vvuni. ! n.ittee said that a well known Slr.raca the 12 o'clock tram tor- wastungtoi! laouiiru . - . ,,.ork ot HESALD'S DIBECTOB'S. STAND PAT. 2.EFTJSE TO BACK DOWN. . pt.ieable after the re- ri-o Dvw" r - district did receive biaek hand letters, ceipt of notice of contemplated action and we reproduce the letters in ques: for libel by J.,B. Vincent the directors tion on this page, in the full belief that ;0f the Herald Publishing -Company held by so doing the .writer will bo-, appre- j a special meeting to discuss this ae- hended aid indicted. Just why Vincent should threaten to bring suit against the Herald it1 ie3s o; Uc. lie h time he g r.'Q, us notice. ti-iiaiw. l!io o mwr - Wn-vliinort.fuv fid vices state tha.u many has been practieaiiy .completed and will go forward 'today tion and the steps to be taken by the Herald in connection therewith. This meeting was held in the office of the . ...- o .-,-!: .TTfvrnhl Publihine Co at. 10:01) A. iu.. ..... i tTo v- n.i fresiaem; j. j.. vbjjo o.v.- - : .-. - . -J .. . j. ii 1 n-icliM tUerri mii.-h liant'll x .. . , -i-- t i .t rrh-iinnan. tne louowwg u ii lie vv uuws-tu v--.jtion.- that' every wora- oi .e- v -nf - r--j - ... '-, 0 U...;.j . ihbel cited in hi complaint uas rt-eJbeing present: Dr. 1. W. . inB, - . . '-:-in for- Washington j anvointed by the President: , j.i i,av 1. vr I V. omraittec wnose uusiuto, ..'j. S Scotland Neck where the groom that-every member ofthe class knew jthe slogan: -Won by One. will Uke up Lia work as manager of the every other member. jin . f,, n AHS, finnter was mittee whose business would be to put; ' ..' ,. ' !.i;M-f..'fP.Baraca movement in the public eye; the wt one or tne T.oTuiir uu:ig i-i-. o ..' & & & n menus nc. - b ,.n ,.1T hnvc rhr.e of b-in- --. :(. a.-- ,t - .' . - - ' . t :' n-bw. Scot': hers CV.Mi.. T.O:i WlGTPi. Hal- A Fl.iA - - -'V ess in theirj who woiua,-a. reuort why various persons lit.to : monthly meet- . were iv i tit Mr. W. E. Marks of Tillery, spent teek end here visiting his family. n.':-:t'.r b-bert earey, arc .vibi'.'1'':; htr .parents, .Hon. and Mrs. Claude Kitchin iiii Washington. rx. v-
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