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WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1911.
VOLUME 9 NO. 104.
SUITS OVER
COTTON FRAUD
t
?L & N. AND SOUTHERN SUED-;
I AMOUNT INVOLVED IS OVER
$2,000,000
SAYS THEY CONNIVED
Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 16. The
first suits against the Louisville and
I Nashville Railroad Company and the
J Southern Railway Company brought
1 by English and German creditors of
Knight, Yancey Co., were begun here
by the filing of a complaint
against the railroads by Alexander
Eccles & Co., of Liverpool, and by
Knoop & Fabarius and seven other
merchants of Bremen, Germany, in the
1 Morgan county Law and Equity Court
i of Alabama, at Decatur, Ala. The
other English creditors of Knight,
Yancey & Co., are expected to file
similar suits within the next ten
'days. The total sums for which ac
t tion will be brought against the rail
I roads by English creditors is more
1 than two million dollars; that of
Germany is about $300,000.
, The papers are" voluminous, but the
I gist of the actions is found in these
allegations:
The firm of Knight, Yancey & Co.
had been in the habit of obtaining
1 money on drafts secured by spurious
1 bills of lading similar to those upon
' which the present actions are brought,
for the past five years.. A month or
two after each bill of lading was
issued, Knight, Yancey & Co. would
,' buy cotton similar to that called for
by the bill, and ship it forward under
' the same marks as those described
; in the bill of lading. When the cotton
jirrived at its destination abroad it
would, be delivered upon the sur
"render of the spurious bill of lading,
'despite the fact that the. spurious bill-?
. difiered in date and number and in
fcthei respects from the shippers'
manifest.
It is further alleged that this prac
tice of Knight, Yancey & Co., was
well known to the shippers and was
; connived at by the officers of the Vail-"
I roads, and that up'oh questions aris
ting as to. the propriety of a delivery
J of cction upon a draft secured by a
"i spurious bill of lading the matter
i :would be. referred to the railroad con
I cerned, and the railroad would direct
t delivery, thus preventing the discov
' ery of the forgeries and enabling
I Knight, Yancey & Co. to continue the
i course cf dealing which led to their
subsequent failure. It is alleged that
i more than 400,000 bales have been
i thus delivered on ' forged bills, and
? that when the failure came there W'as
' outstanding forged bills of .lading for
over 50,000 bales of cotton upon which
no cotton had ever been delivered.
The creditors suing maintaing that
1 this connivance on the part of the
: railroads renders them equally liable
'. with Knight, Yancey & Co. for the
losses sustained by the latter's cus
, tomers.
Timely Relief.
f There was an old woman who lived
in a shoe, '
. .She had so few children she ' didn't
know what to do,
i- -But just asy she thought she must
t surely -begin , : U ;
- To give up-to despair, Votes for Wo-
' men Game in.
-Puck.
The Individualist
1 "What is" Biggins' grievance against
the railroad company ?"
."He has two grievances; one is
that some of the trains don't stop at
his station and the other that after
he gets on board the train . loses
time by stopping at other stations."
Washington Star. ,
Battleship Arkansas Launched.
Philadelphia, Jan. 16. With the
traditional bottle of champagne
broken on her bows, the battleship
Arkansas, the largest warship ever
constructed in this country, was
launched Saturday afternoon from the
yards of the New York Shipbuilding
Company at Camden, N. J. Miss
Mary Macon, daughter of Representa
tive Robert B. Macon, of Helena, Ark.,
was the sponsor for the ship.
The principal dimensions of the
latest and largest addition to the navy
are:
Length over all, 562 feet; beam
over armor, 93 feet, 2 5-8 inches;
draft, 28 meet, 6 inches; displace
ment, 26,000 tons.
The contract for the ship calls for
a speed of 20 1-2 knots an hour.
When completed, the Arkansas will
have the greatest gun power in broad
side fire of any ship afloat. The main
armament will consist of twelve 12
inch breech-loading guns mounted in
6 heavy armor-protected turrets.
For defense against torpedo boat
attacks there will be a battery of 21
5-inch rapid-fire guns. There will
also be 2 submerged torpedo tubes
and 10 small guns. The total weight
of broadshide fire will be about 11,000
pounds. The armor belts will have
an average thickness of 10 inches.
The Arkansas will be turbine-driven
and will have , 28,000 horse-power.
The vessel will be fitted for a flag
ship and her complement will consist
of 85 officers and 1,030 men.
NEWS ITEMS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 16 Judge
Whedbee, in. Superior Court Saturday,
sentenced Claude Sanders to 30 years
in the penitentiary for murdering his
wife and two step-children and burn
ing theii bodies in a farm house. The
evidence was circumstantial, and a
plea of second degree murder was al
lowed. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 16. The
blockade on the Southern Pacific
Railroad which was opened today long
enough to let three Overland trains
through from the west, has again
stopped traffic as the result of a snow
Llide between Cisco and Crystal Lake.
Greensboro, N. C, Jan. 16.-Mary
Kaper, a young negro girl , was
brought here from High Point Satur
day to be placed in safe keeping for
infanticide, the alleged off ense being
committed Thursday night immedi
ately after the birth of the child. Of
fipora "HairntroT't'h onrl WTo1 rVi hrnn o-Vi f
the woman here. '
Washington, Jan. 16. Charles A.
Cline has been appointed assistant
general passenger agent of the South
ern Railway, with headquarters in
Washington. .Mr. Kline was formerly
chief clerk of the passenger depart
ment and , has been writh the South
ern about 15 years.
Raleigh, N. . C, Jan. 16. Col. W. J.
Hicks, for 13 years superintendent of
the Oxford Orphanage died there at
3 o'clock Saturday morning. Colonel
Hicks retired from ' the superinten
dency some time ago, but was still
there serving as "a labor of love," as
the Masons expressed it. He was -83
years old, and had been in feeble
health for quite a while.
Roxboro, January 16. The Roxboro
Grocery' Company, wholesale, -was
coiupletely destroyed by fire Saturday
morning about five o'clock. The ori
gin of the fire is unknown. The loss
is about $5,000 with $2,000 insurance.
The' .fire department did splendid
work. '.- ,' ,
THE VEATHER
; , Washington, D. C, Jan. 16. For
North Carolina: Fair tonight and
Tuesday; moderate north to northeast
winds. ' '
TATE SELLS
BIG LAKE
MATTAMDSKEET BROUGHT SlOf),-
000--DRAINAGE NOW TO
PROCEED
TO RECLAIM FERTILE SOIL
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 16. The State
Board of Education sold Saturday
North Carolina's interest in the Mat
tamuskeet Lake drainage district,
Hyde county, for $100,000 to - the
Southern Land Reclamation Company,
which was chartered last week for the
purpose of undertaking this drain
age scheme, declared by Chief Elliott,
of the United States Bureau Of Drain
age, to be the biggest drainage under
taking in the world. This lake bed,
which the State sells, is 15 miles by
6 miles, with an average depth of only
a few feet with a black soil under
neath, expected to make intensely
fertile farming lands.
The drainage district includes over
100,000 acres, half of it is owned by
citizens of Hyde county. The South
ern Reclamation Company assumes
the State's obligations in the drainage
undertaking and assumes $300,000 of
a $400,000 bond issue for the cost
of drainage system, which involves
a system of canals and an immense
pumping ' plant to convey the water
to the neighboring sound, the pumps
to have a capacity for 113,000,000 gal
lons of water per day.
The information of the drainage
district is completed with J. P. Kerr,
of Asheville; G. S. Mann and T. B.
Gibbs, of Hyde county as the com
missioners. The $400,000 .bonds are
to be issued within the next 60 days,
the work to begin very soon there
after and to be completed probably
within 18 months.
. The Southern Land Reclamation'
Company that assumes the obligations
of the State in the undertaking has
D. N.' Gaves, of Boston,- for princi
pal stockholder, with other' blocks
of stock held by C. A. Webb, J. P.
Kerr and W, T. Mason, of Asheville.
They have $150,000 authorized
capital and $25,000 subscribed. . In
purchasing the lake bed from the
State, the company not only pays
the $100,000 for the 50,000 acres; but
assumes about $14,000 expense that
the State Board has been to in the
preliminary work for the forming of
drainage district, the deal being
made possible by verification of the
drainage cost.. estimates and the
withdrawal of exceptions by the
Roper Lumber Company, a subsidiary
corporation of the Norfolk Southern
Railroad that has extensive interests
in the district.
Wright Will Enter Race.
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 16. The bat
tle for the senatorial succession will
assume a new phase this week when
General Luke E. Wright, of Mem
phis, former Secretary of War and
former Governor General of the Phil
ippines, shies his castor into the ring.
For" two weeks General Wright has
been looking over the situation and
quietly bidding his time. Well au
thenticated information is to the ef
fect that on Tuesday next the "name
of Wright will be- presented to trie
Assemblymen. It has been common
tilk in the lobbies for several days
that General Wright was not disposed
to interfere with ex-Governor Benton
McMillin's chances to win, but now it
is insisted by the former War Secre
tary's friends, that McMillin, having
failed to secure the. necessary . 67
votes, It is not unfair for their fa
vorite to get into the running. .
' With the entrance of , General
Wright, it is expected the Fusionist3
will endeavor 'to center on Frazier or
Fitzhugh. ' " . "
LEGISLATURE
AGAIN BUSY
MANY ABSENTEES TODAY-BILL
TO ERECT NEW SOLDIERS'
HOME
TO CHANGE DIVORCE LAW
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 16. The Gen
eral Assembly did not meet until noon
today.
The absentees fom the Legislature
did not put in their reappearance
very promptly today and there were
many vacant chairs. The work in
both branches was briefly dispatched,
and especially" in the Senate.
"The scholar in politics," Senator
Sykes, of Wake, presented a joint
resolution (also Battle in the House),
to pave the sidewalk on the square
surrounding the Governor's Mansion.
By Barham: . A bill to preserve the
records of Wayne county.
The other new Senate bills were
local in character or of no general
interest.
In the House Connor, of Wilson, of
fered a bill to amend section 419 of
the Revisal, relative to the venue of
actions.
Kellum, of New Hanover, Introduced
a bill to validate certain probates and
registrations.
Kellum : A "petition , concerning the
pensions of Confederate veterans.
Other bills bf "interest were:
To erect a building at the State
Soldiers' Home.
To increase the salary of the first
clerk to the Attorney General.
For the relief of the Appalachian
training school.
To permit divorce when either
party has been" insane as long as
ten years and confined in an asylum
that length of time.
The perennial salary raise germ
stalked Into the legislative hall again
today and set ' about the attempt to
inoculate the law-makers. Last week
it. was a left-over from last session,
going down with many others at the
hands of the Legislature of 1909, it
bobbed up with the superscription
"Resogam" flying with both wings
Today No. 2 joined the starter and
the procession is just forming. It. is
ah insufferable nuisance this salary
grabbing scramble that takes up the
time and attention of committees and
members on the floor. Days were
consumed last session killing off the
things, or at least. some of them, for
quite a number pulled through. Al
ready the cry is that of the . horse
leech for more clerks. At present,
however, it looks like this Legislature
is going to give these public servants
and opportunity to resign if they can't
be satisfied to perform, the light
duties most of- them are charged with
at the stipend they agreed to do it
when they sought the position.
LLEWXAM.
PLEAD FOR LENIENCY.
Advice of Counsel to Indicted Mem
bers Bath Tub Trust.
Washington, Jan. 16. Attorneys
for somefof the indicted members of
the so-called "bath tub trust" have
practically abandoned their efforts to
get the Department of Justice to con
sent to fines, and it was reported in
Washington that some of the counsel
had advised, their clients to plead
guilty and depend upon the courts for
leniency. . " .
The government's prosecutors ex
pect to get the case to trial in the
United States Circuit Court in De
troit . early in March. The indicted
ones have until February 1st to plead
guilty -'or demur to the indictments.
They have pleaded not guilty.
Husband -You. never kiss me ex
cept when you want money. .
Wife Well, isn't that often enough
Smart Set. ' .
Was a Record Year.
Washington, Jan. 16. Aggregating
almost $3,500,000,000, the total value
of the foreign trade of the United
States during the year which ended
December 31, 1910, was greater than
that of any year ever before and left
a balance in favor of the country of
over $300,000,000. It exceeded
the former high record of 1907 by
about $80,000,000. This great total is
the value of the combined exports and
imports of "the country as computed
by the bureau of statistics of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor.
Besides this new record, another
record was broken during 1910 in the
value of imports from abroad. They
amounted to $1,562,807,622.
The exports during the year were
larger than in any year except those
of 1907, the total being $1,864,411,270,
compared with $1,923,426,892 in 1907.
The balance of trade in favor of the
United States in its dealings with
foreign nations increased almost
$50,000,000 over the 1909 balance. The
excess of exports over imports for
the year was $301,603,648, compared
with $252,677,921 in 1909.
The share of the imports entering
free of duty in 1910 was 49.23 per
cent against 47.43 per cent in 1909
and 45.20 per cent in 1908.
Expert Opinion On Tobacco Fer
tilizers. The Tobacco Association of the
United States in carrying out a reso
lution passed at the instance of a
member from the New Belt tobacco
territory secured the services of a
representative from the Department
of Agriculture at Washington, Mr.
E. H. Matheuson, who, during the first
week in December, visited several
markets . in Eastern North Carolina
and South Carolina and made in
teresting and valuable talks as to im
prqvement of fertilizers for tobacco.
The objects sought are a better
burning cr smoking quality so the to
bacco of this section will compare
favorably with that from the Old Belt
thus increasing its popularity and de
mand. Also to get better yields and
improvement of character, which ha
been unsatisfactory during the past
year or so.
From actual experience i-
that an increase of (sulphate) potash
will not only help the smoking quali
ties, but it will increase the yield, an
the extra expense is very small com
pared with results. The formulas
suggested and advised are based on
the amount used per acre.
1st. To the 3.8.3. goods so mucn
used, add 100 pounds Of potash in
every 800 pounds per acre used, cost
ing $2.50 to $3.50. Compared to the
3.8.3 a fertilizer analyzing 3.8.10. c
3.8.7 12 would be far preferable.
Better results, however, can be ob
tained by either having the following
formulas put up or mixed at home:
2nd. 250 lbs. dried blood (16 per
cent ammonia)
400 pounds 16 per centacid phos
phate. ;
150 pounds sulphate potash (50 per
cent, potash.)"
800 pounds (costing $14.00 or $15
to be applied to one acre.
To those who wish a less expensive
fertilizer: ,
3rd 150 pounds , dried blood (16
per cent ammonia)
400 pounds 16 "per cent acid phos
phate f .;
150 pounds sulphate . potash (50
per cent potash) V'
700 pounds (costing $11 or $12) to
be applied to one acre.
The experience of the best farmers
was found to be along the lines pro
posed above. The sulphate of potash
increase was strongly , advised, also,
a fair per cent, of ammonia preferable
from dried blood. t - . v
It is believed that under this plan
of fertilizing that satisfactory, results
will follow both to ' the farmer and
buyer. v " '
' The Maiden's Bonnet. .
My bonnet spreads over the ocean,
My bonnet spreads over the sea;
To merely spread over the sidewalk
Is not enough for me.
Chicago Journal.
TAR iiLELS
FOR HARMONY
SIMMONS SEES TAFT ABOUT POT
ASH TAX--N. C. DELEGATION
MEETS THURSDAY
CAPE LOOKOUT HARBOR
Mr. Thomas J. Pence furnishes the
News and Observer the following In
teresting letter:
The members of the North Carolina
delegation in the next House will
hold a meeting here Thursday after
noon. Representative Thomas, the re
tiring Democratic Congressman in
the present Congress, will also be .
present. There is no urgent reason
for the meeting, but the next mem
bers of the delegation will be here
for the Baltimore banquet and the
Democratic caucus, so Congressman
Small, the chairman cf the delega
tion, decided to have the old and the
new get together.
Committee assignments will be con
sidered, and it will be definitely de
cided what each member wants. The
candidacy of ' Mr. KitcLin for Ways
r.nd Means and Mr. Pou for Rules and
a chairmanship will be endorsed.'
Necessarily the older members will
fare best. Mr. Page will be endorsed
for appointment on the Appropriation
Committee and Mr. Small on the
River3 and Harbors Committee. :
. Senator Simmons went to- the White
House and discussed with the Presi
dent the discriminatory tax imposed
by Germany on . American importa
tions of potash that is used in fer
tilizers. Mr. Taft said he was doing
all that he can to have the German
government withdraw the discrimina
tory tax. Secretary of State Knox is
openly in sympathy with the position
of the independent fertilizer manufac
turers, who are the complainants.
The administration will not go to the
extreme of a tariff war to prevent the
discrimination against the United
States..
Monday a delegation is coming hero
from New Bern, Morehead City and
Beaufort to urge the construction of .
the harbor of refuge at Capt Lookout.
The report authorized by Congress
for a survey of the proposed harbor
has just been completed, but as yet
it is a confidential document and
has not been made public. It is
known, however, that the . report is
favorable to the construction of a har
bor of refuge at Cape Lookout, but it
does not take a strong stand for the
improvement for commercial reasons.
Charles Latham, of Greenville, N.
C, who is consul at Cartgena, Colom
bia, is here on leave of absence.
When Senator Simmons was at the
White House he called the Presi
dent's attention ?to the fact that he
has not made a decision of the Cliff
Shaw case. Mr. Taft said he had.
theease-in mind and would pas's upon
It as scon as he is able to take it up.
nnot 7890$.. ..6... 6 7890$.". 1234513
"An heirloom," explained the farm
er's wife ; to her 13-year old boy, "is
something that has been handed down
from father to son, and in some In
stances is greatly prized." .
"I'd prize these heirlooms I'm wear
ing,'.' remarked the youngster, "a good
deal more if they wasn't so long la
the legs." F body's.
COM MARKET
The New York cotton market open
ed this morning from seven to, nine
points down. January, 14.54; March,
14.78; May, 14.96; July, 146; August,
14.65. At twelve o'clock the market
was . practically unchanged. January,
14.55; March, 14.78; May 14.9 5; July,
14.93; August, 14.65. .
The market closed a - few ,. joints
lower: January, 14.52 j- March, 14.74;
May, 14 93;. July, 14.93; August, 14.G?.
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