uu ESCAPE -Ml
SUES
v- r: t h3
White Prisoners Ms
Break tttei:
Sl.rewd Trick Played Upon Unsuspect
i n g Jailer and Deputy. t and Prl so ti
ers Escape From .Wake County j'ajl
Were Not Charged.' With Serious
Offenses Jailer Was beaten. In . the
Fight for Liberty. ' -
Raleigh, N. C, May 2L Three
white prisoners escaped from jail here
il.is morning by overppwering-the
keeper and Deputy Norman Justice.
About 5 o'clock one of the. prisoners
t ailed Justice and '.said b!e was. sick.
The other , two prisoners in theme
sec tion appeared, to be 'asleep.' 'Justice
entered the cell to attend to the sup
posedly sick man, but when he reach
ed him, the man suddenly rose upl and
grappled with him, the other two . join
ing him. They overpowered the
jailer., took the keys and escaped.
They struck the jailer several titties
with their fists, but he was not hurt.
The men were all awai ting court' oh
petty larceny charges'.; V
BRYAN SAILS FOR ENGLAND.
Mr. Hugh O.. Wallace Institutes Suit
loramagesAflainsr H,im and, Aq
tion Wrif .Be Vigorously Pressed
Mf ; Wallace ;Arsb ; Issues v a Card
Branding - Mr. Covinoiton's i Aceusa-
tion as False and Making a Scath-
a arraignment ot .nim. " '
nm cm
Left Today But Said a Few Words on
the Democratic Situation Before
Leaving. ' N '
New York, May 21. William ' J.
Bryan sailed for England today on his
way to the International Missionary
Conference at Edinburg. He slipped
'iiboard the vessel alone, about five
n itmies before she sailed. The crowdl
lined up on the rail cheered him as he
v. nt up the gang plank: When asked
about the Democratic chances in the
next presidential f election, h:e said:
They are very good, but depend upon
what is done iu Congress. If a Demo
era tie Congress is elected this fall
raid makes a good record, the chances
will be good." When asked about the
candidates, he said: "There .were sev
eral good men,' but' it Is too
early to seriously discuss the candi
dates." Judge. G,ray, Pf Delaware, sail
ed on the same ship. : ;
The Cotton- Market.
New York, May 21.-Tbere vwas ac
1'.e. demand 'from llie llng bulls
;nul severaI laje:ommls.sipij haues
for old cvopi, at' tKa.OnligM' $git)i$ .
while new crops Hvere tjouglif'by to?)m
traders. Prices started unchanged, to
f.'poiaU higher. Opening, May, 14.92;
' M Mill - lllUVl V-' UUllIf -ii , J- 1 . S U
June, 14.90DJar Bjt56fPtdtik
Lev, i;.6ubct0ber,i 12&4.-4-?
Stocks Today.
Xew York, May 21. Vigorous buy
ins was noted alk around the room in
the stock market, with advances rang
iiig 'in. fractions to one point and de
mand sufficiently urgent in many- is
sues to cause a wicle opening. There
v.as active trading, in Steel common,
Reading. Union Pacific and Baltimore
and Ohio, and nearly everything mov
1 up to the highest point in' two
veeks. The tone continued extremely
strong..
'THE MERRY MAKERS."
It seems that thejseuuel to the sen
sational denouncement of Mr. Hnirh
Q, ,Wallace ;by ivir. C. C. Covington,
wueu uie latter at the mass meeting
the night before the election declared
the former a self-onfessed thief,."
has only, been slumbering. Today Mf.
Wallace 'played a "vital and sensational
card when he instituted suit for dam
ages against Mr. Covington. - The sui't
was instituted ' in. the Superior Court,
and it is understood that large dam
ages will be asked, while counsel for
Mr. Wallace stated that the case will
bo hard fought to the bitter end.
Counsel of .record appearing for Mr.
Wallace are ex-Mayor A. G. Ricaud,
B. G. Empie, Esq., and Walter P. Gaf
ford, Esq. ' -
The amount of damages to be sought
has nou been s "specified,- as only the
summons was issued. today. The com
plaint will be, filed Monday or Tues
day of nexjt week.
Following thoinstitution of the suit
Mr. Wallace made the following an
nouncement:
To the Public:
, At a mass meeting of citizens on the
night of the 17th instant, one' C. C.
Covington stated - that I had publicly
said "that it made tiov difference how
votes were cast, we nau tne elec
tion fixed," and characterized me as
a "self-confessed thief.' I never made
3uch a. statement, nor any other sus
ceptible of any .such interpretation,
and I hereby denounce the author of
it; as a wilful and malicious liar, and
liftlfil
Cases Set for Trial for
r M Term
-H im'
Bar Met This Morning and Arranged
the Calendar for; the Term'That
Starts Monday May 30th Number
of Important. Damage Suits Will be
Tried Demurrer to be Argued in
the Case of Gregg vs. The City, of
Wilmington. "
The calendar for the two weeks'
term of the Superior Court, which con
venes May SOthi one week from Mon
day, was arranged by-the bar of the
county this morning. A meetine of
the bar was held at the . court house
and the calendar arranged. Cases
weje set f qr ? trial for all days, .-save
fo Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
thfe second week.-..fh
moreuthatl enough ' cases already dock
eted to last throughout the term, and,
besides; the motion docket will, have
to be called upon one day of the term.
There are several important actions
set for trial,-4ncluding the cases of
Sloan & Sweeney vs. Etta Hart, et aL.
J. A. Burriss vs. the City of Wilming
ton, which 'Tias been tried twice -be
fore, a -mistrial resulting each time,
and Susan M. Gregg vs. the City of
Wilmington, et al. In the Gregg suit
a demurrer, filed by counsel for Mr
WITNESSES FINED
WWWWHIIIII iiaiiifc .m
.Tamps P Wnnl
Covington s attempt to injure me, andjparty defendant by order,of Judge
others through me, as cowardly and
contemptible. ' .
My only excuse for not thrashing
him, as he richly deserves, is that my
friends advised me that it would not
be to my credit for manifest physical
inequality, and acting 'on the advice
otfriends, both business and profes
sional, I have begun a suit for dam
ages as a lesson- to him and all other
wilful defamers of character and repu
tation as my only recourse, which 1
would more gladly subordinate to the
right of personal redress if conditions
could be equalized to the extent of
relieving me from the censure and
criticism of the public; which my
friends - assure me would attach, if I
should p'ersue the. course which every
right ininded man should feel impell
ed to pursue, if similarly falsely, ina.
Jieioutyrid " cyai;dytfa0ie.cl inti
jpubiic meeting ifiiis; tetiow citizeirs.
2Tst, 1910.V
CONCERT AT LUMINA.
DeHghtf ulV iVfusicale There Tomorrovy
Afternoon by Fine Orchestration.
A fine concert will be given at L.U
mina tomorrow afternoon. The 'con-;
cert will begin at "3:45 o'clock, and
the music" will be furnished by an or
chestra of seven pieces under the
leadership of Prof. Kneisel. The mu
sicians are some of those that will
play in the regular orchestra during
the summer. One of the features of
tomorrow's concert will be a horn
solo by Mr. Pierce, the Lucia sextette,
and a 'cello solo by M. Meutze.
COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.
Social Organization Formed by Num
ber of Young People.
At S:S0 o'clock yesterday evening
several young people gathered -at -the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Holmes,
on North Fifth street forthe. purpose1
of organizing a social clubr The club
vas organized and the name chosen
was the "Merry Makers." The follow
ing, officers were elected: Miss Ruby
Iiiggs, president; Mr. A. G. Wilder,
vice president; Miss, Mabel Woolard,
secretary, and C. C. Cash well, treas
urer. The organization being completed
"the meeting waff transformed from a
band or orsanizers to a crowd of
"Merry Makers." -At 11 o'clock the.
crowd dispersed, having unanimously
voted Miss Ethel Holmes, the charm
ing young daughter of Mr, and. Mrs.
J. W. Holmes', a very entertaining
hostess.
TWO FINE RESIDENCES
Interesting Reports From Washington
sAbout the. Contest for the Office.
Yesterday's Charlotte Observer in
its correspondence from Washington
had a report to the effect that ,E. C.
Duncan in his advocacy of Mr. king
to succeed Collector.' of : Customs : 53 F.
Keith has about lost out; that' several
hundred Taft Democrats had insisted
on Mr. Keith's appointment as had also
the business, men of Wilmington.
In addition to this appeared the fol
lowing editorial In yesterday's Char
lotte Chronicle:
"It appears that National Commit
teeman Duncan has renewed his fight
to have Mr. B. F. Keith deposed from
the office of collector of 'customs, at
Wilmington. This is in line with Dun
can's policy to rule or f uin. We know
nothing of the man Duncan wants tb
put in Keith's place, .but we do know
Cooke, will be argued this time, and
it is probably that an appeal' will be
taken from the decision, whichever
way it goes, to the Supreme Court. If
this is the case it will be months be
fore a trial is had.
' The "entire calendar is as follows: j
'Monday, May :- 30th Smith & Gil-',
Christ vs. D. K. Futch; C. S. Riley &?
Co., vs. W. T. Sears Co.; Sloan &,
SWeeney vs. Etta Hart, et al. ; Susarr
M. Gregg, administratrix 6f E. M.
Gregg, vs. Citjr of - Wilmington and
Jas. F. Woclvin; J. A. Burriss vs.
City of Wilmington; Murchison Na-1
tional Bank vs. Dunn Oil Mills Co.
Tuesday, May 31 Mary E. Irving;4
et al., vs. Pehbroke -Jones, et- al.;
3. Davis vs. -Tidewater Power 'Co.;
Louis Schiff & Co., vs. 'E. E. Rouse;
Wilmingtaii, .Furniture ,Jo. . v. W. ,,Tff
Mercer ana rH . nancocK.
.' Wednesday, , June 1st Chas. Wes
sell vs. Wilmington, Southport and
Little River Co.; IX 1). Ilankins vs.
Tideyater Power Co.; JI. F. Boney vs.
B. S. Jones & Co.; Mary A. Lilly crop
vs. Sovereign Camp,. Woodmen of the
World; O. T. Hatch & Co. vs. C. D.
Gilbert & Bro.; I. J. Sternberger vs.
the National Cash Register Co.
Thursday, June 2nd1 Leger Meyer
vs. S. L. Smith, .et al.; W. H. Chad
bourn, et al.. .vf. BiTinswick Weod &
Coal Co.; John Oldfield vs. the River
side Lumber Co. and Ml. D. Bright;
Jos. McLaurin, administrator, vs.
Thos. McLaurin; Rebecca Comings vs.
W. J. King; Foster Williams vs. An
gola Lumber Co.
Friday, June 3rd Joseph W. Little,
administrator, vs. Frank Hill and the
University of North Carolina; J. F.
Johnson & Co. vs. TW. R. Barksdale;
Eddie M. Bryan vs. Hilton Lumber
Co.; Buckeye Stave Co. vs. E. P.
Brock; C. H. Keen and wife vs. City
of Wilmington; Buckeye Stave Co. vs.
Cape Fear Machine Co. and E. P.
Brock.
Saturday, June 4th In the matter
of the will of Zillah Fowler; J. E.
Cathron, et al., vs. H. Horowitz; Gib
son W. Evans vs. Waccainaw Lumber
Co.; Gill-Herman Co. vs. F. M. Mc
Koy; J. A. Taylor vs. F. M. McKoy;
J. C: Chestnut Vs. Waccamaw Lumber
Co.
Monday, June 6th Chas. Cra!ig vs.
Morgan Davis ;: Ten a Richardson vs.
Betsy Richardson; Louisa G. Wright,
et al, vs. City of Wilmington; Chad-
bourn Sash, Door and Lumber Co. vs.
C. E. Parker, et al; Alex Sprunt &
Son vs. J. B. Weatherley; Emanuel
Dismond vs. Ocean Fisheries Co.'; T.
F. Johnson vs. Theo. Empie ; Chad-
j bourn Sash, Door and Lumber Co. vs.
AT THE BIJOU.
The. feature film at the popular
Bijou Theatre today is called "The
Tongue of Scandal." This is a most
interesting picture and it will , please
the patrons of the theatre.
TENTATIVE OUTLINE
Of the Program for: the Annual Good
Roads Convention. (:'
The . program for the Good ;Roads
Association cdnventidii sto be held at
the Tarrymoore Hotel on Wf iglitsville
'iieachr June 8th and Sth has been out
lined. On Wednesday evehing, Junt?
8th; a ; public reception Will be lield
The : convention will opea Thursday
morning with ' the anhual address of
President R. H. Hanes, of ' Wihstoh
Salem. Annuel reports Will be Presen
ted by Secretary Jos, II. Pratt, of j
Chapel Hill, and " Treasurer Jos, G.
Brown, of Raleigh. An address will
be delivered by Mr. M. L. Shipman,
State Commissioner of Commerce and
Printing and short talks will be made
by a number of county commissioners.
At the aiternoon session there will be
short talks and in the evening an ad
dress by Mr. George L. Morton, of
Atlanta, Ga., formerly of this city.
llllHIHIIIIMHHIIHIIMIIIIIIllllllim
In Recorder's Court Today When They
. Failed to Put in Their Appearance
Jto: Testify in a Case Charges
Against Negro Alston Were Cohtin
lued Lffrtjl Monday.
There was a wholesale fininp nr
witnesses in a case in the . Recorder's !
court today, no less than four having 1 F
been tavpri with tho
Iars for not appeating- in W case to
give evidence. . The matter involved
was a charge of assault with a deadly
veayun prererred against Mary 'Ons
low and Mamie Hollins. Tt wn i.
leged that these two women assaulted
Matue Cameron with a pitcher. The
preliminary investigation of the mat
ter was held before Justice George
Harriss. He found probable cause and
sent the two defendants to the Record
er's court. When the "case was reach
ed the names of the absent witnesses
were called. None of the four re
sponded and each was taxed with a
""c as uameu auuve. ine ttecoraer
stated if the fines Were not paid that
the witnesses should be : sent to jaiL
Judging from the absence of all the
witnesses, it was stated by a denntv
that there was evidently some misun-
uoiouuiug as lu ineiime sex j;or tne
trial. -
The cases against T. H. Alston, the
negro preacher who attained local
court celebrity by dashing away frpm
an officer several nights ago, were
continued until Monday, tt Was
thought before the session ' of court
today that Alston was sufficiently in
trouble However, it never rains but
it pours. When" the "cullud" gentle
man with the long coat appeared in
the prisoner's bar, four additional war
rants issued this morning were read
to him. These warrants were sworn
to by negro men who allege larceny
by trick, in. that they ordered clothes
from Alston which he failed to deliver.
Alston was remanded to jail to await
the investigation Monday morning.
T. B: Walker' and G. A. Raynor,
charged with being drunk, were re
quired to pay he costs.
FRESH
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Shelled Pecans, Walnuts, Almonds
. Filberts. ye sell spotless Snow White Meal
enter Grocery
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OF mLtniNGTQN
Offers' to Depositdrs the Security of V5
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
DEAL WITH A STRONG, SAFE AND MODERN BANK.
Carol
ina Insurance Co,
OF WILMINGTON, N. CJ
r
ANNUAL COUNCIL
To be Erected by Messrs. George B.
Elliott and D. C. Love.
T,,;l,H,r nnomitci llOVO hPPTI ISSUed
u o-.!!.? t r,r. T?r,T1i7 fnr two PTifinffh to secure his retention in or
handsome residences. One of these . flee, if there were nothing else to the
j 1 i Tr-SJ.l, V.rr Vi'- .nilnnni't Cit OH T1PT !
cent of tj .bu"fBfl Tuesday, June 7th-Patience M
mington, that his administration of r., . Burnett e al. j. E
the Office IS pertectiy saUSiactory - virHnin-ParnHna Ghem
that no political charge can be brougnt
against him, other than he "is not a
Duncan hand-licker." Keith's great
work in securing the new custom
house-for Wilmington, ought to De
Of the Diocese of East Carolina Will
Start This Evening-
Everything is in readiness for the
opening of the 27th annual Council of
the Diocese of East Carolina. Dele
gates have arrived in the city today
by every train and it is expected that
there will be fully more than' 100: in
attendance. A full outline of the pro
gram for the convention has been
given in The Dispatch. The first pre
liminary meeting will be held at St.
John's Church this evening at
o'clock. Tomorrow there will be
Morning frayer and Holy Communion,
with the Manual Sermon to the Coun
cil by Rev. "John H. Brown, rector- of
Christ's Church at New Bern. At
5 : 45 tomorrow "a quiet hour" service
will be conducted1 by Bishops Strange.
Business sessions - of the Council
will be held' Monday morning and af
ternoon. "
LIGHT INFANTRY
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mimm
ass
DO
YOU
Insure Your Automobile with
WALKER TAYLOR.
v IF NOT, WHY NOT?
Ask the Wilmington Motor Car Co.
credit of his very creditable record.
permits was to Mr.' George B. Elliott
He will erect a three story brick resi
dence on the lot he recently purchased
n Third between Orange and Ann
streets. TLe estimated cost of the
residence is $10,000? residence
will contain 18 rooms. ' t.
The second permit is to Mr. D. C.
Love who- will erect a fine residence
on Front between Orange and Ann
streets. The estimated cost of tms
structure is $5i000.
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To Operate Excursions.
Thomas H. Knight, the well knowtf
colored excursion mnaager, , ff..'!TVr a ntnr of St
noimced that he will operate his first Dy ev. w -
excursion of the season to Wilming-! Paul s Lutheran church.
ton Irom Florence, S. C.,' on June Isti - . ' nF ..,1
He will also onerate an excursion I For the opening game of baseball
from Wilmington to New Bern June, at Wilson, N. U., May Z6ra, .ue
Cth. A cheap rate will prevail and
large crowds are expected" to partici
pate in the excursions. ' .
Mintz vs. Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Co.; A. G. Ricaud vs. Helen Coving
ton; The. WorthCo. vs. Gorton Pew
Fisheries Co.
Wednesday, June 8th H. L. Leon
ard vs. C. D. Gilbert; J. W. Harper
vs. Marlon Winner, et al.; North Caro
lina ' Home Building Association vs.
Chadbourn Lumber Co. et al.
JAMES J. JEFFRIES
J Funeral-Held Today.
PiVhnrd Haeehornr a Norwegian
oniinr was drowned yesterday at the
foot of Grace street. 'The man at-r At "Joyland" Monday, May 23rd
tempted to jump, from a boat along scenes, from ; the Jeff ries-Sharkey ?
Ja the 'steamer 'Santiago to a board
tied to the side of the" vessel. He lost
his balance ' and fell - into the river.
The body was recovered a short time
after the accident occurred and was
prepared for burial, at the funeral es
tablishment of Mr. James F. Woolvin.
The funeral was held this morning at
Bellevue cemetery, Deing couuuucu
tic Coast Line announces rate of ?.&u
for the - round trip limited to morning
train May Zn, leaviug vviiu"u6tvU
8-40 A. M.J returning, leave
i imima thniyhT on special train about 6:30 P. M. or
LlMINA TONFGHT. on v . Dont miss
Tomght Dancing at Lumma. Kne.- o.4H A- ; 21 It
contest at 5 Coney ' Island the' only mo
tion pictures showing Jeffries, the un
defeated champion, in action. Also
scenes from the Johnson-Burns fight,
.giving an . excellent - opportunity to
comDare the two great pugilists. The
film ends with a still picture of James
3 Jeffries in fighting pos6. An eight
piece orchestra will furnish music af
ternoon and night. Mr. Frank Sehirch
will play a cornet solo at each per
formance. Owing to the added cost
nf nrocurinc these nictures and the
Kneisel orchestra,' the admission will
beside Monday, May 23rd, rain or
shine one day only. "Joyland" is the
plate.
Held the Annual Outing Yesterday Af
ternoon at Lumina.
The annual outing of the " Wilming- j jj
ton Light Infantry was rield yesterday
at Luraina in celebration of the 20th
of May. The company shoot was held
in the afternoon. Messrs. Paul L.
Cantwell, C. K. Davis and It. L. Mer
rttt, tied for the medal on the-' first
shoot. On tne second trial Mf . Cslrit
well won over his competitors:
The reserve corps won the squad
shoot from the active members. The
company was represented by Messrs
Louis Merritt, David Loring, L. Orrell,
C. K. Davis and P. L. Cantwell, and"!
the Reserve Corps by . Messrs. E. Pr
Willard,' Col. W. F. Robertson, Major
T. R: Orrell, Messrs. Ed: Hejnsberger
and J. H. Davis.
I The competitive drill for a silver
loving cup was held at Lumina in the
eVening and the trophy was won by
Mr. E. F. Peschaii. This wks follow
ed with a souvenir dance which was
participated in by a number of young
people. .., ..
Boys' Meeting Tomorrow.
A meeting for boys will' be held at
the Y. M. C: A. tomorrow morning at
Ittl o'clock. An address will be de
livered' by Dr. E. J. Wood and a eor
dial invitation is extended all boys
in the city to attend. ' -
, "Never indulge in Extravagance Unless You Want to Make a Short cut
to the Work HouseV'
Facts Speak Louder Than Words
About two -years ago, appreciating just4 what a convenience It
would be to the merchants and jobbers in this city, a number of well
known and leading business men organized . .
E Al R NATIONAL
of Wilmington; n. c.
Just how the business men and the ladies of Wilmington appre
ciated this action is evidenced by the progress mad by the bank. Its
r growth has been and is the talk of the town. Its increase in, deposits
its surplus its progressiveness its safety its accommodating
snirir.iR recoenizea on evei.iae. - , ...
t IT SOLICITS YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT.
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Elbert Hubbard Says :
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LUMINA TONIGHT.
- Tonight Dancing at Lumina.
sel's Orchestra. - ' ,!
Knei-
LUMINA TONIGHT.
, Tonight Dancing at Luroina. Knei
sel's Orchestra. "
e "The man with the -savings bank habit is the one who neVer gete,
laid off,; he's the one who cai get along without you, but you cannot
get along without him. The sayings bank habit means soun 1 sleep,
good digestion, cool judgment and manly independence. The most
healthful thng I know. of is a savings bank boos 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
ij.u xNonn rronc street. :
The Bank with the Big Capital and Surplus.
IheiiWon Sayings WM
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