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VOLUME FIFTEEN
WILMINGTON, N.-C, WEDNESDAY, - MAY 18, 1910
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Dr. Pinson Succeeds Bishop-el ec!' tarn-
beth as Secretary of the Board of
Missions br. Ivey . EdUdr; of ; The
Advocate Vanderbijt' Matter Com
promised. . ; '
Asiuuillc, N. C, May . 18 The elec
tion oi' connectional . officers -; was re
vnini'd ;it today's session of the geu
e.nil "fourorence. Dr. W. W. Pin son,
i.ouisvillc,V was elected" Secretary
,.r !!;c Ijoard of Missions to siirnpf..?
Lambeth. Dr. H. M.
ary of the Epworth
r;miH aske not to be considered.
iMMl i A. Imker, assistant secretary
was clfctcd to succeed him. Dr. T
N. Jvcy, of Raleigh, was.' late" yester
l.i y Hoc ted editor of the Nashville
.(lotat( The Vanderbilt matter was
irttl.d today by way of a compro
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H0BNOEBING WITH ROYALTY.
Doctors Turn the Kurnel Loose To-
day.
London, May IS. Theodore Rbose
vdt liulmobbed with royalty today,
v.hilo not resting. He was allowed by
liis physicians to go into the open for
the first time in two days. He 'Visited
Kins Frederick, of Denmark, who" is
staying at Buckingham Palace," but
ho v.-as cautioned to exercise care and
o far for the most part -has remained
in doors, attending to correspondence
and makir g final preparations for his
book on his hunting trip. The book
has bem written, but there are 'still
corrections to make and v details to
look after. -"
'SHERMAN FIRES A "G UN'--
Upholds Taft, Takes a Fting it Roose
velt and bends ' the TaViffi "
Kalamazoo, Mich., May 18. Anoth
er Republican gun in the Congression
al campaign was fired here today by
Vice President Sherman. He defend
ed the tariff and answered the critics
of Taft and held-up the Payne-Aid rich
measure as protection of labor and
industry. 'He even sounded- a warn
ing against the revision downward in
that measure, thinking that the coun
try had gone too far in the way of
downward revision in the -present
laws. He thinks it would give ade
f.niate protection to our own pro
dneers. He took a mild fling at Roo
sevelt, saying "Taft is less spectacu
lar and, ostentatious than any Presi
dent for many terms.'
Held at : CourtHpMse La$t Night by
ftns'. Association f Preparatory to
Primary- 'Todayensational , Fea
tures Fight for Better Governmwt
: Will be Carried to the' Legislature;
A final great rally wasi. held in the1
court house last night by " memoersS
of. the. Citizen's Association. This
body was formed for the purpose of
purifying-local political conditions and;
for securing better enforcement of the
.vrThe-meetiiig closed with a de
termination bythe Association to con.
tinue the fight, even if the election to
dky' is won ' by the opponents of the
Citizens' Movement. It was deter
mined to go to the legislature next
year and show local conditions in their
true light and ask relief from the mem
bers of the legislature.
: The meeting last night was featured
with ringing speeches -by several citi
zens. Sensational Features.
There were several sensational fea
tures. One of thfe. aldermen was
openly charged with being a solicitor
for , a whiskey house, it was charged
that he is now taking orders for
whiskey in the 'city. Mr. C. C. Coving
ton' stated that Mr. II. CX. Wallace, an
employe of William E. Springer (the
latter being styled as the "unhonored.
chairman .of the Police and Fire Com---ipission"
by Mr. Covington) made a
remark esterday morning on a train
to the effect that if the reform move
ment won today's election that the op
ponents had. things fixed any how. In
reviewing this remark, Mr. Covington
branded the persons concerned as
self-confessed thieves.' The "position
of the chairman of the County Com
missioners and his supposed connec
tion with the Recorder's court bill was
also touched upon. It was stated that
the Recorder could only be impeached
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liet primary: UghtVotei
Polled So Far
For the Annual Celebration at Moores
Creek; Battle , Ground Military Fea
ture Will Probably be Added to the
Occasion Names of Speakers to be
. Announced Later. , '
Australian System is Working Well,
Save That Some Voters Have Mark
ed Their Ballots Incorrectly This
May Cause Many Votes Not to be J feature which has never before been
Counted Dummy Tickets in the
Fifth Ward Second Primary is As
sured Notes of the Election.
Polls Close 7 P. M.
The Democratic primary election is
being held throughout New Hanover
county today. It is quiet, due to the
new system of voting, and also un
certain. Just how the vote stands and just
who wilf get nominated today is a
matter of mere speculation even at 4
o'clock , this afternoon. The Aus
tralian ballot, system is responsible -pleasingly
so for this state of affairs:
This rigid system of secrecy, isolation
a"hd protection for the voter madei its
debut here today and while it is 'giv
ing trouble to many people, who do
not understand its workings yet with
thought and the exercise of a little
care ( there is no reason f6r a voter
to mark his ballot wrong. (Some con
fusion has arisen over "Noting for
county commissioners. Two have to
be voted for for a 4-year term and
three for a, 2-year term. There are
two candidates for the long . term, but
four for the short, and as all the
by the County Commissioners, and j names appear under one heading there
that the brother-in-law of the chair-) is some confusion as to which five to
vote for. However, care is all that is
needed even as. to this.
The voting up to four this afternoon
had not beehas heavy as generally,
due to the new system, and it is not
expected ; that the total vote cast will
ONE THOUSAND STRONG
Vil! be Philadelphia's 'Welcoming
Committee at New York.
Xwv York, May 18 Secretary Crps--by.
of the Roosevelt reception com-,
iiiittee, announced today that the
J'loladelphia Roosevelt reception com
mittoe, with 1,000 members, will come
to v York to help welcome "the ex
President. Many other cities will be
j line with large delegations for the
moustoi; welcoming ' celebration.
man of the commissioners was the
clerk of the court, the appointee of:
the Recorder. The danger of this con
dition in relation to the better inter
ests of law enforcement and control
were touched upon.
Meeting Called to Order, J,
The. meeting "opened a tew ..minutes1
after 8- o'clock and the court house
was .filled -to its .capacity. The repre
sentatives of the press were requested
to serve as secretaries and to keep an
accurate and true account of all that
was said and done.
The meeting was called to order by
Mr. C. C. Covington. He stated that
the Association had deemed it wise
to hold another mass meeting -and he
called upon J. O. Carr, Esq., to state
the policy of the Association and to
outline what had been done.
Mr. Carr's Speech.
, Mr. Carr made a most powerful
speech, fearlessly- discussing condi
tions here, just as he did in his me
morable speech in the court house two
weeks ago. Mr. Carr said that vhe
had had no intention of making a sec-
equal thevote of, the last, county, pionspifca-0us part in theoriYention
mary. v
There is a pleasing absence of
ward-heelers at the polls today and no
tickets are being pushed in a person's
face. However, a shrewd political
scheme is being wfirked in the Fifth
Ward. .One side, apparently the sup
porters of Recorder Furlong, Mr.
George H. Bellamy for the Senate
and Woodus Kellum, Esq., for the
House, have workers on the outside
with dummy tickets. They get a voter
and. mark a dummy for him and the
voter carries the dummy inside the
booth and marks the official ballot to
correspond. ;
Many ballots will likely be found in
correct at the count tonight and, ac
cording to the construction placed
Arrangements . have practically been
completed tor the annual basket picnic j
ana, celebration to be held at: Moores
Creek battle ground a few miles from
the city. The date selected for the oc
casion is July 21st and a gala occa--sion
is anticipated. The committee
on arrangements is now engaged in
preparing the, program for the occa
sion and a number of interesting fea
tures are under contemplation. A.
attempted is a military idea in. con
nection with the celebration. If pres
ent plans are carried out a number of
neighboring military companies will
be invited to participate, in ,he cele
brati(p. It is believed , that the sev
eral companies will accept the invita
tion. . .:.
The Moores Creek- celebration is al
ways, a fine occasion and it is partici
pated .in by thousands of people liv
ing; an .the vicinity as well as by;
scores of i Wilmingtonians who go to
share in the pleasures of the day. The
speakers for the occasion will be an
nounced later.
AT THE BIJOU.
The feature film at the popular Bi
jou Theatre today is called "A Ro
mance of the .Western Hills." This is
a most interesting picture and it will
please the patrons of the theatre.
AT PIANO CONVENTION.
Wilmington Well Represented at the
Big Convention in Richmond.
Richmond, nVa., May 17. Piano
dealers, piano ' manufacturers and
piano salesmen from all over the
United States and Canada are here
attending the Seventh Annual Con
vention of the three associations.
That Wilmington is well represented
here is shown by Mr. J. B. Wilson,
one of the prominent piano dealers of
Wilmington, N. C, 'who is taking a
He is scheduled for prominent part in
some- of the important debates to
come up on the floor of the conven
tion during the session. Mr. Wilson
has always taken a prominent part
in the work of the association and is
one of the most popular men attend
ing the convention. He is known by
his colleagues for his high ideals of
honor and ethics in business deal-
ings and, as a result, is very much
respected in all the meetings of the
association.
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WHY NOT
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Phones
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WALKER TAYLOR.
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Ask the Wilmington Motor Car Co. v ,
"Never indulge in Extravagance Unless You Want tp Make a Short
Cut to the Work House." :
Facts Speak Louder Than Words
About two years ago, appreciating just what a convenience it
would be .to the merchants and jobbers in this city, a number jof well
known and leading business men organized s I f. v
THE AM
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BANK
OF WILMINGTON, N. C.
Just how the business men ami the ladies of Wilmington appre
ciated this action is evidenced by the progress made by the bank. Its
growth has been and is the talk of the-town. Its increase in deposits
its surplus its progressiveness its safety its accommodating
spirit is recognized . on every side. . -
iT SOLICITS YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT, -
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upon the law by the Executive Com-j
mittee, such ballots, will have to be j
ond speech but that new facts caused ; thrown out. In other words, the
AT KING EDWARD'S BIER.
"iu'.'it Concourse of People View thei
Bcdy Today.
London, May IS When the doors
at ' Vo:;t)iiitister had opened today 1,-P'-oplo
were in line waiting to
Pciss i.otorc the bier of King Edward.
-Al;"iy of them had stood in Jine all
"'"'it, .so as to be sure of an oppor
tunity of seeing the body. '-There will
; ' onstant stream of people pass
lv: tit..' body all today and tomorrow.
him to want to let the people know
what had transpired recently. He
stated that one year ago Mayor Walr
ter G MacRae had been caljed by the
people to the office. The mayor had
started out with an idea of having -a)
clean city government. AH decent
minded citizens wanted to uphold the
mayor. Mr. Carr stated in reply to
repbrtstarted by some persons that
he was being paid out of the city fund
of $2,000 for ferreting out "blind
tigers" that he was receiving not a
penny of that fund for his services.
The fund" is intact yet and not a cent
of it has been spent by Mayor Mac
Rae, but the mayor has gone into his
own pocket and hired jnen to do some
work. Mr.; Carr said the present cam
paign is one to convince the think-1 Bellamy and Fred W. Bonitz, and the
ing men of the community and that it! race looks somewhat close at this
fanaticism " He said that i hour
the campaign is one for the enforce
ment of law. At present the law is
being violated in such a notorious
wrong marking of any ballot will make
the entire ballot void.
It is an assured fact that there will
be a second -primary and. as noted in
The Dispatch yesterday, Woodus Kel
lum, Esq., will likely be one of the
condidates in thisx primary, which
will be held Friday, and Mr. John
Haar, one of the candidates for regis
ter of deeds -will also be in this run
ning. There is no opposition to Sheriff
Cowan, Clerk of the Superior Court
Taylor,T-reasurer Green, Coroner Beli
and Constable Savage, and therefore
their nominations are assured. There
will, of course, be no second primary
as to Senator, as there are only two
candidates in the field, George H.
BAR MEETS TOMORROW.
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A meeting of the bar of the
county will be held at 10:30
o'clock tomorrow morning at
the court house to arrange a
calendar for the next term of
the Superior, Court, This will
be a fortnight's term, com
mencing Monday, May 30th.
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Elbert Hubbard Says :
"The man with the savings bank habit is the one who never gets
laid off ; he's the one who can get along without you, but you cannot.'
get along without him. The savings bank habit means sounl sleep,
good digestion, cool judgrnent and .manly independence. The most
healthful thing I know of is a savings bank .booK there are no mi
crobes in it to steal away your peace - of mind. It is a guarantee of
good behavior." . (
Open a Savings Account NOW with
itmington Savings and Trust Company
110 North .Front Street.
The Bank with thfe'.Big, Capital Surplus, . ,
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DECREASED TAX RATE
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Stocks Today r
,l- York, May 18. Continued
':vi!Mss was displayed at the ontset
;i" in the first few minutes with
ll,i0 iu a majority issues showing
''"'''lies ranging from 1-8 to 1-2 from
the r-in-e. Reading, though, was again
:ui ('x,,,,!tion to the generaP tendency
'n,fl v,;;is in persistent demand, start-
"nelumged and making moderate
-"tiotuti gains in the next few min
ute:;. .
GOES TO THE CONVENTION.
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manner as to cause Wilmington to he
a source of reproach to the entire
State. All that if desired is to see
the law enforced in decent manner
and notjto have it flaunted in the face
of the"'-"State that Wilmington is no
respector of law.' "Several days ago
a member of the present Board of Al
dermen was heard to make the threat
that he was going to investigate that
fund of $2,000 appropriated by the city
against "blind tigers", and find out
where J. O. Carr was getting the
money for his services. While it is
PLEASANT RECEPTION
Given Last Even Complimentary to
Wilmington Baseball Team.
A pleasant recepti6n was held at
the Boys'" Brigade armory last eve
ning .complimentary tp Jhe members
of the Wilmington baseball team. The
reception" was attended by quite a
large, number and a most delightful
evening was spent. Col. Walker Tay
Recommended to Aldermen by
Audit and Finance Board.
At the meeting of the Board of
Audit and Finance last night the
budget was not considered owing - to
the position taken by the Board that
it had not been submitted by 'a ma
jority of the aldermen. - The board re
fused to' discuss the developments
Monday afternoon when a number of
the aldermen remained away from
their meeting to prevent a quorum.
An appropriation of $500 for adver
tising, in connection with the visit of
the State Press Association in June,
was authorized. ' "
A back tax matter presented by
W. P. M. Turner, Esq., was satisfac
torily adjusted.
Alderman Willard was heard with
reference to an appropriation of $3,000
for street improvement in the south
ern part of the city and the matter
was approved.
FRESH
Shelled Pecans, Walnuts, Almonds
Filberts. We sell spotless Snow White Meal
Carpenter Grocery;
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lor presided and" the baseball players The budget for the police and nre
were, cordially welcomed to the city departments was presented. M was
by Mayor Walter 6. MacRae. At the adopted , with the exception of an ap-
men. This was stricken out:
conclusion of the address a program
of unusual merit was observed. Mr..
the sworn duty or mat mem uei Ed Smith, owner of the Wilming-
Boandiof Aldermen to help enforce the tQn basteall ranchise, expressed the
of mimiNGfoN
Offers to Depositors the' Security of j
Capital Stock., $ 550,000.00
surplus ... 400,000.00
Stockholders Liability 550,000.00
-. $1,500,000.00
WE SOLICIT THE BUSINESS ,OF THOSE WHO' WISH TO f
DEAL WITH A STRONG, SAFE AND MODERN BANK. :l
The if!
Tonight Mr.
U1 the First Pantist Church.
of th0 First Baptist Sunday School, w.ork:"
law, I charge that he is a solicitor
for a whiskey house ana mai u
taking orders for whiskey in mis city
today. I know whereof I speak. The
citv official in question aoesn i wuv
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World's Sundav Rrhnnl Convention.
ueorge ju. jjeiiwica, - AAA rttft fnh him m his
Mr. Carr then torn or au m-
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thanks of the players,1: for the cordial
reception tendered them and responses
on behalf of the team were made by
c hief of the fire -department receives j
an increase of salary to $1,550 per j
annum, the assistant chief from $900
to $1,000, the foremen and engineers
I $5 per month, and the firemen from
v'ill !k
one
u man was Mtin2 a drink in
Sixth Sunday 4wnei a " - - hi, drink the
U"1 the World's
uiii., T,oc1-tPted vto leave. The keeper
an immense and important 1 "a" . viT1, TOnv hfi did not
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xueie win oe repreesnraxiv.es - 7" The I.eply was that there was
t from all M-trlllKAri rnnn tries . SO . . - -. An v,
I'11'1 rotable work will be done. Mr.
tit p f W1H be the fficial repreSen"wered "go on out,' that official is only
t.Uie from Wiimiio-trr, tmmh nthorff swerea-i u, , . . -
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inr"' "m al1 civilized countries, official ' standing outside the
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"so on out,' that official is only
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ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY.
Players Hyames, Doak and Guerrant. $2.50; to $5 per month, conditioned up-
, The salary of the clerk for -the
Street Commission was made $50 per
mnntli TVio ncnul Wile: wpffl AUcWif.fV'
Six Piece Orchestra, Wjll Play at Lu- The board recommended to theal
rnina" Friday Night.1 j def men that the tax rate be decreased j
Upon the occasion,, of the celebra- j from $1.40-' per hundred valuation to
self.
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tion at Lumina Friday night by the
Wilmin gEon.Light Infantry, . in honor
of the 20th of- . May, the, .Tidewater
fool," was an-, power Companywill have' a 6-piece
orchestra on hand to, render , music.
The' orchestra will furnish'a fine pro
gram for, dancing and will be a big
additional attraction.
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$1.30 valuation, it being felt that such
a step could be taken with proper rer
trenehments. v. '' 'lv
It wis thought the jreduction' could
b made for the benefit of tax-papers
without interfering materially .with the
balance on hand'at the end of the fis
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