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SUBSCRIPTION $f.00 A YEAE. WILSON, N. C. raiDAY; JANUARY 27, 1911. VOL. 17 NO. 107 BUTLER WAS DENODNG JEFF DAVIS GIVES MARY ANN A ' " RflAST""SOMETHING DEAD IN DENMARK" INDIANA BILL WAS UP ' Washington, Jan. - 26. Former .. United -States Senator Marioiv Butler, of North Carolina, was denounced on the floor of the Senate by Senator Jeff Davis, of Arkansas, yesterday." ; The denunciation' was administered in connection with afT'amendment .to the Indian appropriation bill offered by Senator -Owen, ' of Oklahoma, ; pro-: , viding for the payment of the fees . of attorneys for the Colville " reserva . tion Indians in the ' collection . of a claim of $1.-500,000. ; ' ': Making at point of order against tiae amendment, Mr Davis said: "I am advised that ex-Senator -Marion Butler is interested in this matter. I have seen ex-Senator Butler hovering around here, and I want to say when I see that gentleman here l at once form a suspicion that there is something dead in Denmark. He has secured more claims than any other man within my knowledge, and the fact that he has an interest in a claim is in itself enough to put the Senate on its guard." ' Senator Davis stated also that the claim had grown out of a contract with the 'Indians' procured 'by- Col. Hugh Gordon, a son of ex-Senator Gordon, of .Mississippi, and ex-Congressman Marsh, of Pennsylvania, But he said that in committee the .state ment . had been '' made that "when the' ,. contract was made Colonel Gordon La&giigSSfefijtary at - his- Senator. He said also that ' $0,000 had been paid the attorneys. , Defending the provision, Senator Bacon, of ' Georgia, said that th at; torney3 had been awarded 10 per cent on the $1,500,000. He added that $4, 000,000 had been collected by ' the Indians as a, result of the work done. He also declared that- no improper influence "had been used in connection i with the claim. - v - . ' , - The point of order was susutained and the bill carrying about $9,000,000 was passed. The bill is the first of , the general appropriation bills to pass Ihe Senate. !- Cotton Supply r 11,832,520 V Four Months. Bales For t Washington, Jan. 26. The census bureau's cotton" report 'shows the sup- ply for the-four months period, ending - December 3l 1910, to' have been 11,- 832,520 bales, made up of 1,040,040 bales of stocks at the beginning of ' the period; 10V"?31,504 ' bales ginned, and 50,976 . bales ? imported. 5, , , The. jaistributionwas: Exports, 4,6,73,940 bales; consump 'tion, 1,576,442 vbales; ktocksj at close of December, 5,582,138 bales. ;HO! Segregation o. stocks , at close of r December was r v Held by manufacturers, 1,356,436; independent warehouses," 3,027,210 ; held elsewhere, 1,798,492. ; v : - V p; , I V t U I' f-J -f I Bubonic Plague Claims Eighteen. L Pekin, Can. 26 Despite, the efforts at secrecy "maintained by the authori ties ifis learned that there have been at least eighteen deaths from bubonic ni9.ffnA,in this city within the paste 7 daysA r V" j?r -,: ? ' . ' h' : There are more than a score of cases of' real and suspected plague The districts where the iniection is Tveeen Isolated, but the authorities were so lax. in ' taking': ac ;lion that, hundreds were exposed to t before the Quarantine went into the quarantine 1 V effect. ' r . Sn RP.rious has the situation be- come at Tien-Tsin and Pukow that all railway traffic has been' suspend- ED ed. Governor and Mrs. Kitchin At Home , . -.. .To Assembly. ,.' ; ; Raleigh, N.C., Jan., 26 The. Gov ernor's Mansion presented a scene of splendor . a.nd brilliance last evening. the occasion being the biennial recep tion of the Governor jand his wife in Honor of the members of, the General Assembly and State officers. Gov ernor and i Mrs. Kitchin f had .' made elaborate arrangements for this event, which proved to be one of the mot elegant social functions ever given m this. city. Besides Governor and Mrs. Kitchin, those in the receiving circle j were, the various State officers anjd their wives, President Newland, of the Senate and his wife, and Speaker t v Dowd, of the House and Mrs. Dowd, During the evening the Mansion' was thronged with handsomely gowned women and men in evening dress, the guests including many of the most prominent society people from- all parts, of the State. This reception will forva long time be cherished i.3 a fond' memory with all who attended. Jack Johnson To Go In Training Chicago, 111., Jan, 26. Jack John son, heavyweight 'champion, has ; re turned to "the city 4rom Pittsburg, where he closed . a week's theatrical engagement. . ' ;-";v-"'-'-:.'y - v The negro champion will leave for California on, Thursday to take two months' rest and ; incidentally begin conditioning, himself for a fight which he says is hanging fire with Al Kauf man, to be decided in London some time in April. . . - NEWS ITEMS OF "GENERAL INTEREST Trenton,' J. !Jan 26.4James jE. Martine was elected Senator : from New Jersey to succeed Jphn Kean. ile was supported by Governor Wilson and was Opposed by James 'Smith. The ' ibint ballot was: Martine ( Demo' crat), 47; Stokes, (Republican), 21; Smith, (Democrat), 3.' , , Washington, Jan. 26. In a state ment issued by the' Treasury Depart ment, .the. 75 ".national' bank3 in. North Carolina are shown to be in a healthy condition. They have lpaas ahd dis counts amounting to $33,364,753 and individual deposits amounttog iQ $26,- Washington, D. C., Jan. 26. Febru ary 20th, at 2:30 oolock memorial services in honor of the late Senator John W. Daniel vilir be held inithe Senate. The list of speakers ha si no " yet been announced, but it is, proba ble" that many of the members who served with Senator Dainel will attest their esteem for him with fitting re marks. Delaware Sailor Is Killed. f ; . Norfolk Va., . Jan. 26. WhUe en- gaged ia painting the battleship Iela- ware, a& sne lay ra me ary uocf fai the fN6rfblk'J navy yard t Tuesday jan unknownr ? sailof fell . from J tne scaf fold on 'which Jae was standing, to the bottom ,of the stone dock. He Iwas picked - up by shipmates v ad carried to l'th'e dispensary jn Vtii& yard, died within I axu hour. ; OnUb .btlB' but "v y , M att rri u skeet, o nf re nee. i Raleigh j M GlJan.jS.t-M Manlfey, treasurer of 'the Norfolk Souti ern .4 Railway, says thatthereis to bd a conference at. an early date of jail parties interested' in the' Lake" Matt muskeet drainage djstrict with the srlraiiSaee commfssionJ " consisting 1 of W. H. T. Gibbs of Hydet J. SMajih of Hyde, and J. P. Kern, of Asheville.' ine conierence is 10 . arrange for further details of the work to be done. J. TRkVEATHER We ashinetoni D. C. Jan. 26. For North 'CafoliHa: Rain, tonight and Frj day. Warmer tonight in the interibr. Moderate' . winds becoming southerly VA. BIQ DEBT ! SUIT ARGUED SPOONER CONTENDS THAT WEST VIRGINIA SHOULD NOT BE LIABLE FOR 1-3 . V" $33,000,000 INVOLVED Washington, Jan. 26. -Now praising and then condemning the commofr- , . - - - . - . - . i wealth of Virginia, former United 1 I i States Senator? John C. Spooner yes- terday argued before, the : Supreine Court of . the United 1 States that Wejst Virginia, should not be held liable for one-thinT of the $33,000,000. debt which hung , over , Virginia , when.. Wept Virginia became a State. He declar ed that neither . population,; area-nor wealth afforded a proper,, basis for j a distribution of the ,debt. His conten tion , was v that, Virginia; still t remaiin ing in existence, . the debt; should be borne substantially , according . to , lo- cality of expenditure. - ; yr , The attorney praised Virginia and the men of that State ;for espousing the cause they . believed was right in the late yar. But lie" condemned the State for its manner of attempting to apportion the debt. ... n . I- In view of ,the Constitution of West Virginia, to which . Virginia . agreed,'" argued Mr, Spooner t in . considering the latter subject, "and in view of the constitutional injunction) ; laid - - V. . -- t upon the the Legislature of Virginia, by constitution 1 of that commonwealth lof 187Q, this apportionment .by. ther Vr ginia Legislature of two-thirds of-tHe debt to herself, and - the other one- third to West Virginia and the issuing of' certificates reciting ( that Virginia had 2ar? daydisehargedt'her etitdtable proportion of .the debt, without con sulting West Virginia, was a grbss usurpation, ; arbitrary in its charkc ter and insulting to a sister State." -Mr. .Spooner went into a detailed analysis of the items in the ?33,0Q0, 000 Virginia debt. He said that m.uch of v the deb; had been incurred by he State in buying stock in international improvement corporations. Such kn expenditure, he argued; was not to jbe consldefed! as S general, but as a local debt. The fortunes of war made Vir ginias a ; pattlef ield and - either as a result of that, or-for some other rtea- son, the stock .became worthless, Mr. . . " .. ! - j . Spooner; said. . ; v : r j "If the stock had doubled in value," " . '" i said Senator Spooner, "Virginia would have remained Virginia as far as this debt was concerned. Now that 'the stock has ;i proven worthless they a re seeking to show that Virginia includes West Virginia," 1l; S J 0;t App rop r iatfo ns ? of $71 0,000 to 'Schob I s l!- '' f and Colleges; i' V j JNTew Yorkfr Janl 26.-Appr6priations aggregating $710,000 were made to en universi tie's! and colleges' at the eighth annual meeting of thp 'general I edup-: tion board' yesterday. J The , 'gifts . Are conditional ipon additional tsums- fee ing ' raised by the institutions.' Among the 'donations ' are : v Fisk-Universf ty NTashviJle- Tenn.. $60,000 andi Kan- dolph-Macon College, , Ashland, Va., A1 $50,000. , X, Xvverityj-Four Convicts Baptized i Raleigh, N. C. Jan. eNejws comes from the State; farm 4n,Iaiifj ax county that as' a result ofT the effort tjlf Edgai N. lie Blanc, who has. bejen chaplain, there since last August; tnat 24' convicts have, just ;been baptized Mr. Le Blanc, has organized a:brother hood among the convicts and they, are working -ot, the salyation or , the ( un converted, i , Mr. ,Le Blanc, whq 1? Episcopalian, is doing effective wot.-? t MaCny a nian wears'l??mselt. out try ing -to keep up with ; his t good inten tions. ' . . - t":i t.i-'t..--' DIVORCE LAW PROMINENT COHON'S DOG LAW FAILED ON SECOND READING--QTNER I PROCEEDINGS NEAR BEER IS HIT HARD t Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 26. There was a flood of xiew . bills in both . branches of the Legislature today. Among the more important of these were: ! r By Bellamy: To allow licensed pilot boats to sell fish taken, while at their stations awaiting incoming" yesselis. Also to regulate catching clams. Also one concerning .the shooting of coats and rice birds. - Another to prevent justices of the peace from acting as notaries public. One over-zealous Senator wants to nrevent the sale of matches other than of the so-called "safety" variety' By Boy kin :? For , the equal working of public highways. - . , 5. , By , Long : , Relating , to the expense of judges. , . . By Taylor, .of Brunswick: To au thorize the, town of Southport to.su o scribe to the capital stock of the. Wil mington, Brunswick and Southpdrt Railroad to the extent of fifteen thou sand dollars, , if ,the people so vdte' at an election to be . called by - tie aldermen. :. , t j : By Pace : Amendatory of Section 1105 of the Revisal and to allow. rail roads, toV give free transportation !;to ex-employees and. their . widows, ' ejtc. Also? one relative to the seizure . of stills.' .: ' ; , -v- , , Bv Battle: Relative to statistics of leaf .tobacco. : : A-;v ;'-h,- :r!&y,TSitertM ij.To. strengthen the h bility- of : the; stockholders of tSt4te banks... " -: :.'", ( j,-, " . ;"-'.J "By ; Mtchell : To allow the commis sioher of agriculture to get his prihtf ing done separate from the baianW of the State Departments. ; , , By Gen. Cafr: To extend State ! 1 to the "Daughters Bf , the Cdnfederascy, for! equipping the ; North , Carolina room in the . Richmond Confederate Museum, ,-. ;j k yim J: The geheology" .of : the canine tribe cut a figure -in .the Senate debates jtb--day, when" the Cotten bill to, tax dqgs was on' its passage. 5 .. ) ;.'( Hicks took the position that dogs should be taxed according-, to their value1 as property valuation --He 6p posed taxing house dogs; of the farm ers i and poor niggers at the . same vfigure that-thef.dogs of high degree that cost : their ' owners all . the way from ten to oe hundred dollars eabh, II: and some; times even more. : c Senator .Cotten claimed his bill would add one, hundred thousand, djoi lars annually to the schoel funds. N Johnston, of Duplin, said it would be at the possible expense-of his life if he voted -for the' Cotten bill.. Some Senators believed the Dill 'would .'result - in annihilating a 1 large percentage of the worthless f breed ! of curs." Kitchin disputed that statement, and "ciaimed; that ' thV;:niggef ' would iis' the last1 dollar he had to pay1 the taV before seeing his dog killed.1' 3 - ' l' Finally "the 'first dog bill c 'oi 1 he session" tb " ei-'si arin"'y,w:efitV h-e way" of lli; pre'decesors'. 1 " - Barnes moved to' table iton" the' second read ing. Motion carried by. a. vote of 22 to.TL.6...r. i. In the House much; time was con eumed in the discussion of the Devin bill i to f amend the ; divorce la aind place man and woman on equal foot ing as to adultery. , r . . i. '' ; .: ; : ; After a. protracted debate in . he House on the bill to amend ihe !di yorce law,; the minority substitute Re ported .by the committee was adopted. Then several amendments were; voted on. I Gay moved to amend so .as , jto mke the . Temarriage of - either . pa r y unlawful during; the. life of -theotrier party. The . amendment was , lost. I j ' Turlington offered an amendment thaS -ctual illicit Intercouse' shall be pro "-5 d when a wife sues on the gro' d of. adultery. He said this was des aed to prevent blackmail ' and coL Ion. This amendment was lost byf - vote of 70 to 25. :) J vote was then reached on the ma ..' question. The divorce bill was then placed on its . second reading without amendment and passed by the, vote of 68 to 22. Objection was made to the third reading and a mo tion to suspend the rules' and pass failed of three-fifths vote. ' A discussiori op the proposed dog tax laxv consumed' most ot the time in the Senate. The Cotten bill faileid on . its second reading. The bill creating Hoke county out of Cumberland - and Robeson, gets (a favorable report by "the Senate ' Com mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns, the vote being ten to six. The joint nance committees met last night on request of the bankers of the State,' who desire, to be heard on 'proposed legislation affecting banking interests. The, Committee on Propositions and Grievances, of the Housef yesterday af ternoon gave another lengthy hearing on the Koonce bill for a legislative committee to investigate the conduct of , fire Insurance companies' in .Norjh uaroima ana tne matter is still open. ,The House Comnvttee on the Regu lation .," of the Liquor t Traffic, ' with' 4l most a unanimous vote, only two vot ing against it, ordered a favorable" re port; on Dr. Kent's substitute to his own bill, which forbids the sale in North Carolina of near-beer, be,eri4e, or like stuff under any ' name, the first of March of this year. The Senate by an . overwhelming vote yesterday ' afternoon passed Senator Gardner's bill increasing tjie Governor's salary from $4,000 to ' $6, 000 per year, the bill to become fef feclve at the beginning of the term of the next chief executive. .Senator Graham's amendment to increase the salary- to $5,000 was lost, he" and Senator- Sigmon casting the only two votes against the Gardner bill. j - V. -v ?:. ::;LLEWXAMj .Wendell Items. : Wen4ell, N.J C, "Jan. 261 Mr. H High, of Middlesex, Vas in town yes - '. ' t ' . ' ..vi - - ! terday to attend thei quarterly meet ing at the M. E. Church;' Mr. Frank Scarboro, of Zebulon, wai in town yesterday. -r . Wendell continues to grow. Two large brick ' stores and a humberibf dwellings are nearing completion. Let the good work go oh P. H. Rbbertson left yesterday for Wilson and Elm City on business. Mr. J. E. May made a business trip to .'Zebulon yesterday, . Mr.. J.- D. Johnson; of Raleigh, Was with us yesterday; on business c Mr. J. Bryant Eason, of-the Archer section. spent Saturday might and Sunday in town. . v 1 r Miss .Rubie Richardson, of Selma has been yisitig relatives 'and friends of this . place. -C .... , , Rey.Mr. I-ove filled his regular fip-. pointment .at-, theMethodist ! ehuch Sunday i mornJng. i V. ; j I .,:k - rt' Mr. .W. G Moss left yesterday Greenville. . ' . . or Todd ros. are now occupying the iiWrttii mftMrt&; fnrmerlv run . Dy ssreu ana jacuus. , v Mc. Edmon Sides accepted a t6; ,sition with J. E. B. Dayis In, tbe hard ware business, of this place. 1 I ! V,' r'lerponi morgan Digycai ranvi. . - m a f- : M. T7 I .i New York,- Jaiji 26.-FiguresAgiVen otit byi a'i financial bureau today show thatJ.J Pierppnt Morgan controls . 2)0.5 tier -cent of . the aggregate .$9,730,518 630 of .the. entire country through ills four National; Banks and seven trust companies' In I this city ; and , two life insurance cbmpttnies.j ; The figures pej monstrate that Mr. .Morgan is v the real dominating Napolepn in . iAmerJi can finance. - - - " ;. ! .-. 1 : .' -'..vV yy -.'' ..;,With Just enough of -learning misquote.- Byron. - .. . . . ; ,: to h The, funniest thing about a-big man is that he. is, ant-to have a little wife. DEADLOCK!: UNBROKEN -y - .. ,: THE BALLOT FOR A NEW YORK SENATOR 13 UNCHANGED FROM TUESDAY SHEEHAN MAY BE DROPPED Albany, N. Y. Jan.' 26. Evidence of a break in the deadlock over the elec tion of a United States Senator, which has existed for tOe past two weeks, appeared last night in several quar ters. Although there was no oreant- Ized movement, individual members were more open in expressing dissat isfaction with the prolongation of the present situation, and developments are expected soon-that will set some new figures on the tally slips of the joint assembly. No one, however, , would predict that the situation would show any outward change this week) ' "' '' ' '" ' 1 ,-;' , Until yesterday, prospects of a break were based on the efforts made by, the , supporters of William F. Sheehan to win over enough votes from the twenty-six Democrats who refused to attend tlie Democratic cau cus to elect Sheehan,.. But after Nor man E. Mack, the national Democratic chairman, and Winfield A. Huppuch, the State chairman of the Democratic organization, had tried in vain to bring the "insurgents" Into line, some of those who had voted for Mr. Shee han.'.mainly because they considered it their duty to do so under caucus obligation, : began to look for. another solution ot the problem. ' ' , ll is acKnowieagea. mai me leaaers Of the New York county organiza tion arev!the only ones qualified to speak with authority on this subject, and hitherto they have Insisted that the party was bound by all party prin ciples to ; elect Mr. Sheehan. Last night, however,- ar prominent Tamma ny man acknowledged that the possi bility of abandoning Mr. Sheehan for another candidate was under discus- sion. The" epparent' hopelessness of the situation as it now stands was Illus trated ' when the seventh joint ballot gave ;the eleven Democratic candi dates exactly, the same vote as' they received Tuesday. - ' The prevailing impression : Is that tbe leaders have not given up hope that the opposition may .weaken; ; but Ihe number ' and variety of the ra mors of a- new deal could not be ig nored. ' s Several up-State I Democrats, who opposed Sheehan In the caucus, but ' accepted Its decision today dis cussed a plan to serve notice on Mr. Murphy that if the deadlock continued much longer they' must call for an other candidate. . t; f 1 1 ' r ' ' ; CdTTON 'MARKET t The New ,York cotton market cpen 'edj". . this morning: January,. ; 14.65 ;! March,' 1.78;ay,; 14.97; July, 1498 Auu?t,( 14.66; . October, 13.39. r At 12 o'clock .the market was. practically', tm chapged. j f , January, ( 14.64 ; Marcai .JjyOS.ijliDt;. August. 14.65; October, 13.391 , ., r;1 3 .; , The, market; close:,, Januaryr 4 14.67;! March, 14.79 May, 14t97;( July,. 14.99;' October; 13.39, A f!.-r!;.jj V; 'y Spots,, in Wilson, ground 14 5-8c. , Receipts in WilsnH12, bales. , , , , Receipts jat the ports yesterday, 2L 43a bales against 28,390, last week and 15,397'last year. - For, the" week 200,v 00j() bales against, 22,49 5 last week and 114,649 last "J year; '. Yesterday's re eeirjta at . New; Orleans.' 5,518 bales against 4,176 last yer. . Judges are but men, and are sway ed like ether men by vehement preju dices!. : This' Is corruption" In t reality, giv it whatever other -X name .you please David Dudley , Field. f- A" -J