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WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1911
VOL. 17 NO. 109
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Times.
WILSON
9
BILL TO FORI
NBH01TY
PART OF WILSON WOULD GO INTO
PROPOSED RANSOM COUNTY
NEW BILLS ETC.
TO AID SOLDIERS WIDOWS
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 2. Hawkins, of
Vance, introduced in the Senate to
day a bill to form Ransom county
out of portions of Wake, Wilson,
Johnston and Franklin.
A bill to prohibit placing coupons
in cigarette and tobacco packages
was offered by Cotten. '
Thorne introduced a bill to encour
age the use of non-trust goods.
Many more petitions against near
beer and liquor came on into both
houses today.
The House passed the Quickel bill
to amend the hours of the labor law
of 1907. so as to relieve railroad em
ployees from being guilty of a misde
meanor for working over sixteen
hours. Its purpose is to give em
ployees injured while working over
time ground for damage suits under a
ruling of the Supreme Court in the
case cf Lloyd vs. Southern Railway,
where it was held one can't sue if he
is guilty of' a misdemeanor. It is
rlfli-mcr! that the oresent law con
serves the protection of the travelling
public from the mistakes by over
worked train men.
The Battle bill for the cities and
towns to amend their charters'at will,
adopting a commission or other form
of government was reported favor
ably from the Judiciary Committee1.
Five hundred copies - were ordered
printed. Many railroad employees
sent petitions today in behalf of the
Relief Association like that of the At
lantic Coast Line.
The bill for an annex for the wiver
and widows of Confederate veterans
at the Soldiers' Home was referred to
the Appropriations Committee afte
a favorable report from the Pension?
Committee. The bill carries a $5,00f
building appropriation and $2,500 for
maintenance. .
' W. J. M.
MAKE RECORDS AT TARGETS.
Excellent Work of Fort Caswell, Coasi
Artillery Corps.
The following froir the Baltimore
Sun will be read with much interest
in this section:
"The excellent record ; at target
practice made by a mortar battery at
"Fort Howard, when eight-hits were
made out of ten shots, has been beat
en, according to reports which have
reached the coast artillery headquar
ters in Washington. The reports show
that two new world's records have
been established. .
"Two batteries made nine hits out
of ten shots, each in less than ten
minutes. The first record was made
at Fort Caswell, N. C, by a battery of
12-inch mortars commanded by Capt.
Gwynn Hancock. The time was a
second less than 10 minutes and the
distance ' about 5,500 yards.
"This record was outclassed in time
by a battery at Fort Winfield Scott
guarding the harbor of San Francisco,
commanded by Capt. J. B. Murphy
which made ten shots, nine of which
were hits, in nine minutes and 53
seconds. The distance was abo
500 yards.
"In each instance the firing was
upon a moving conical target, being
towed at eight miles an hour."
Puerto Cortez, Honduras, Feb. 2.
The evacuation of Puerto Cortez by
tho Honduran government troops has
taken place and the town now is in
the hands of the American and British
marines who are awaiting the arrival
of the forces of General Manuel Bo
nilla, the leader of the revolutionists.
NEWS ITEMS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP
PENING THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY
Washington, D. C, Feb.' 2. Census
figures announced show that Hickory
has a population of 3,716 as compared
with 2,35 ten years ago and 2,023
in 1890. Wadesboro has a population
now of 2,376 as against 1,165 in 1900.
Washington, D. C, . Feb. 2. Rear
Admiral Charles S. Sperry, who suc
cessfully piloted the United States
fleet around the world in 1908-'O9,
died at the Naval Medical School Hos
pital here yesterday of pneumonia.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 2. The
First National Bank and the People's
National Bank of Salisbury have been
designated as depositories for postal
savings bank deposits.
Rocky Point, 'NN, C, Feb. 2. The
strawberry outlook is considered fa
vorable and though the acreage Is
smaller, the yield is expected to ap
proximate that of last season. Deeper
cultivation and more intense farming
is the order of the day. The weather
conditions are ideal for work.
New Orleans Feb. 2. E. L. Cam,
35 years old, of McComb City, Miss.,
committed suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid in a boarding bouse here
yesterday.' Cain left a note in which
he said "pride and whiskey was the
cause."
Fayetteville, N. C, Feh. 2. The di
rectors of the Cumberland County
Good .Roads Association met in this
city yesterday and went over by sec
tions the tentative bill for , a .good
roads $300,000 bond issue, which was
drawn up by a "committee appointed
for that, purpose. v
Raleigh, N. C, Feo. 2. Bishop
Joseph Blount Cheshire of the Dio
cese of North Carolina, "has just re
turned from Jamaica, where he parti
cipated in the consecration of church
es that have been rebuilt since the
great earthquake." En route back to
North Carolina the. Bishop stopped in
Cambridge, Mass., and delivered an
address on "The Church in the Con
federate States."
HUNG JURY IN HOLLY CASE.
The Jury Took The Case Shortly Af
ter Two O'CIock and Had Reached
No Decision up to 9. O'CIock Last
Night.,
Wilmington, N. C. Feb. 2. Al
though the case in which J. C. Holly
is charged with the murder of Ed
ward Cromwell and firing the tRock
Spring Hotel to conceal the crime,
was given to the jury yesterday af
ternoon shortly before 2 o'clock, and
no verdict had been returned last
night at 9 o'clock.
It is a case in which only a verdict
of murder in the' first degree can be
returned, leaving no chance for a
compromise verdict. ,
Judge Peebles' charge was favor
able to the prosecution, and . many
who heard it thought it would have
the effect of causing the juryto reach
a speedy agreement. The opinion pre
vails that the jury will never agree.
Holly; has several strong personal
friends on the jury, and it is not be
lieved that they will favor convic
tion, as all of the . evidence was cir
cumstantials No beast so fierce but knows some
touch of pity. Shakespeare.
THE WEATHER W
Cloudy and Colder.
Washington, , D. C, .. Feb. 2. For
North Carolina: - Cloudy tonight and
colder ' in the west and ; central por
tions. ' Friday fair and colder," with
moderate westerly winds.,' ,
TERRIFIC
EXPLOSION
CARGO OF DYNAMITE EXPLODES
NEAR JERSEY CITY THIRTY
MAY BE DEAD
DAMAGE NEAR $1,000,000
New York, Feb. 2. A cargo of dy
nainite in transit from a freight car
to he hold of a lighter moored at a.
pier near Gommimpaw, jln. j., let go
at one minute past one o'clock yes
terday, 150 yards south of the Jersey
City terminal of the Central Railroad
of New Jersey and in the widespread
ruin that followed seven men are
known to have been killed, seven
more are missing, hundred were
wounded and varying reports leave
from fifteen to twenty more unac
counted for.
Thirty seems to be a conservative
estimate of the dead and property
damage will hardly fall below $750,-
000. The cause of the explosion fs
variously attributed to the dropping
of a case of dynamite and to a boiler
explosion on a boat. Just what was
the direct cause probably never will
be known. i .
The Jersey Central terminal was
wrecked; three ferryboats in the slips
were torn and splintered; lower Man
hattan across the river, was shaken
from the street level to the top of the
Singer tower;' severe damage was
done in Brooklyn and Staten Island,
and to the immigrant detention sta
tion on Ellis Island; the shock was
felt at' Amity viTle, Long Island, 35
miles distant, and in New Jersey at
Long Branch 45 miles away. The
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damage is so widely scattered that it
is impossible as yet to more than
roughly estimate, placing the damage
at about Sl.OOO.OOt).
The lighter receiving the dynamite,
the Katharine W., owned by James
Healing, of Jersey City, vanished
utterly with her crew of seven men,
including the master, Edward Traver.
Alongside was the lighter Whistler,
which was so badly shattered that she
sank with her crew of two', while the
Swedish steel barkentine Ingrid was
stripped of her. rigging and the lives
of two deck hands snuffed out. Frag
ments of one man's head was found
swinging high on a tangled piece of
rope..
The Katharine W. was tied to the
outer end of the pier, andj a crew of
dock hands was unloading a consign
ment of fifty-pound boxes from two
freight cars to the lighter when the
crash came. One report was to the
effect that the explosive was consign
ed to contractors up the river for
blasting along the Palisades; another
that it was bound for Havana.
With the explosion the Katharine
W., simply disappeared; not a splin
ter of her has been found. Only the
Whistler's flag pole has been found.
The freight car went up fn a puff
of dust. On the rear deck of - the
barkentine Ingril were, found a -pair
of iron trucks, that were also torn
to bits.
Fifty yards back stood another car
of dynamite. ; The explosion ' ripped
the roof off it and. broke in the doors,
but the dynamite itself did not ex
plode. ,
Blount Is Elected.
Pensacola, Fla., Feb. 2. That Wil
liam. A.- Blount has been nominated
for the United , States Senate is the
claim made last night by the Pensa
cola Journal and the Blount headquar
ters in this city. According to The
Journal, the returns show a vote of
35,000 with Blount having a majority
of 1,492. The Immense majorities
given Mr Blount in west Florida coun
ties sent him ahead of Bryan it is
declared, and the noro!ratioTV of Mr
Blount is conceded by about 1,000 ma '
jonty.
TAFT CHANGES
HIS PLANS
SOUTHERN TOUR IS CANCELLED
HOWEVER HE WILL SPEAK IN
ATLANTA ON MARCH 10TH.
MAY BE EXTRA SESSION
Washington, D. C," Feb. 2. Presi
dent Taf t's announcement that the
Southern tour, which he had planned
to take the early part of next month
would be cancelled with the exception
of the visit to Atlanta on . March
10th, started political - tongues to
wagging with rumors to the effect
that his purpose was to prepare for
a possible extra session of Congress
in case the " present session fails to
enact the reciprocity agreement be
tween the United States and Canada,
which the President is urging strongly
as legislation needed by both coun
tries.
Pressure of business and the fact
that numerous invitations to visit
macy places in -- the,. South were mak
ing the tour which had been planned
too large in proportions, are the rea
sons assigned at the White House for
the President's cancellation "of the
trip. It is believed in many quar
ters, however, that Mr. Taft is clear
ing the decks of all but absolutely
necessary engagements so that in
case , he should find it impossible to
get his reciprocity measure through
this session, he can be prepared for
an extra session. He has said that
he hopes to see it passed before
-Mjireh 4th; .; -f-v , , :
Fears have been expressed, how
ever, that the Senate will "talk the
measure to death" or kill it in some
other way,-although it is believed the
House probably with the aid of Demo-
crats, will pass It. .
If this should be the case, the
President will feel, it is said, tha he
can depend on a Democratic House
such as would exist after March 4th
to support him In his efforts to pass
this legislation, which he looks upon
as one of the most important the
present administration had urged. An
extra session would force action on
the question, with the chances appar
ently in favor of the President getting
his reciprocity legislation.
Having promised a long time ago
to address the convention of South
ern Commercial Congress in Atlanta
on the night of March 10th, the Presi
dent was unwilling to cancel this im
portant engagement, especially as it
would take him away from Washing
ton for only two days.
Good Roads Men Interested in Central
Highway Movement.
Raleigh', N. C. Feb. 2. Good roads
y
men throughput the State are, mani
festing great interest in the big meet
ing being planned to be held here on
February 14th for the 'purpose of
launching a campaign looking to
building a 'central highway from
Beaufort to the Tennessee line. It
is expected that the meeting will be
attended by delegates from all the
counties through which the highway
is to run and a practical plan will be
mapped out for. prosecuting the work.
The highway is to connect and link
up most of the larger cities of the
State and it is the purpose to. get each
county to aid in developing the pro
ject. . . V - . . , . ,
"Rebellion" Stricken Out.
Washington, Feb. 2. A dreary day
in the House, devoted to a discussion
of the Moon bill to codify laws relat
ing to the judiciary, was brought to a
dramatic close when by unanimous
vote the "words "war fr the suppres
sion of the rebellion" were stricken
from the bill on motion of Mr. Bart-
lett" of Georgia, and the words "civil
....... ..,,.
war" inserted.- - ."
FARMERS INSTITUTE
MET HERE TODAY
INTERESTING SESSIONS HERE AT
COURT HOUSE -PROCEEDINGS
OF GREAT INTEREST
The Wilson County Institute was
held in the court house today and a
number of farmers were present and
exhibited considerable interest by
asking questions of the speakers.
Mr. C. H. Hudson discussed the
planting and growth of corn and also
soil improvement. He . said that soil
is composed of sand, clay and vegeta
ble matter, and that the vegetable
matter furnishes the food for the
plant, while the clay and sand are
simply the foundation to hold the
roots. The plants are fed on the nu
triment furnished by the vegetable
matter. If you should leach out burn
out or remove absolutely all the
vegetable matter or humus, you would
not be able to raise a crop, because
all the food matter would be removed
from the soil, therefore the necessity
for turning under crops that furnish
humus or vegetable matter.
The speaker discussed the depth at
which corn should be planted and
urged deep plowing, which serves to
assist In the drainage of the soli.
Land plowed to a shallow dept, say
four inches, and planted to 'Corn, will
in dry weather quickly use up ar.
the moisture, but if the land is broken
deeply, the water is held in the earth
and tho roots find it In dry weather,
and sc does vegetable matter or hu
mus help to hold the. water and pul
verize the soli.
The speaker gave a list of the le
guminous plants that take nitrogen
from the air and store in the soil:
1 Alfalfa, .vetch, crimson, clover, cow
peas, soy bean and red clover.' He
would not advise the. growth of alfalfa
because that requires so much tinv;
and patience that It might, be dis
couraging to the farmers to attemp
it. The time is coming, said he, when
it would be found profitable here. He
urged the farmers to plant vetch
which should be planted with oats
both crops making fine hay. Vetch al
ways grows higher than the crop it i.-
sowed with. He also urged planting
crimson clover, explaining that vetch
crimson clover and the soy bean re
quirea inoculation, and the proper
way to inoculate the land is to .plan
a small patch of each and with 1
a M
soil from these plats inoculate the
plat of ground to be planted. Thi
done by taking a wagon load of Inocu
lated soil and spreading same over
the land to be planted.
The speaker then discussed the
great value of the cow pea for hay.
stating it is worth 2 times the value
of fodder, while the fodder if left or
the corn, improves its quality and
adds to the weight. It really does
not pay to pull fodder because "the
farpaer who "does so wastes his labor
since the pulling of the fodder de
stroys the corn to the extent of its
value.
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The paving of pea-vine hay, not or7
pays from the hay standpoint over
(Continued on Page Two.)
COTTON MARKET
. The New York 'ootton market open
ed this morning a few points lower:
February, 14.55 ; March, 14.67; May,
14.85; July, 14.86; August, 14.56; Oc
tober, 13.53.
At twelve o'clock the market stood:
March, 14.67; May, 14.86; July 14.87;
August, 14.57; October, 14.52.
The market closed: March, 14
May, 1.4.84; July, 14.85; August, 14.54;
October, 14.50.
Spots in Wilson, around 14 5-8.
Receipts in Wilson, 30 bales.
Receipts at the ports yesterday, 40,
386 bales' against 28,115 last week and
5,969 last year. For the week, 180,000
bales against 215 265 last week and
76,808 last year.' Yesterday's receipts
at -New Orleans, 2,493 bales against IV
341 last year and at Houston G."
bales against 2,391 last year.
YLIUS IS
CONVICTED
SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN
JAIL FOR LIBELING
KING GEORGE
THE CHARGES FALSE
London, Feb. 2. With the demand
that King George be brought into
court, Edward F. Mylius, charged with
seditious libel, was arraigned before
the Lord Chief Justice in the King's
Bench Division of the High Court yes
terday, and the most sensational liti
gation of its kind in a century was
begun, which resulted in Mylius being
convicted and sentenced to one year's
imprisonment.
Mylius published in the Liberator
an article declaring that the monarch,
while Prince of Wales, had morgana
tically married a daughter of Admiral
Seymour, and that several children
had resulted from the union. He was
tried on three counts and was con
victed on all of them.
There was an immense crowd pres
ent, and hundreds about the outside
of the court clamored for admission.
Public curiosity was at fever heat
because of the likelihood of sensation
al evidence, which Mylius has threat
ened to introduce to establish his
claims that King George while' the
Prince of Wales, was clandestinely
married to the daughter of an ad-;
miral at Gibraltar, and that several
children were born to this morganatic
union. 7 The attack upon, the morality
of the King was printed- XtT a paper
called the Liberator, ' published in
Paris, and the issue 'containing the
story came from the press late last
year.
Many women were in the crowd
which ' surged about the court, at
tempting to break by the guards andi
enter.
It required the efforts , of fully a.
score of policemen to keep back the
people who tried to fight their way
into the room after it was already
filled. ' . . j
Mylius conducted his defense iZ
person.
Demands King's Presence.
Immediately after the opening of
court he petitioned the tribunal to
compel the attendance of King
George.
He gave three reasons why the
King should be present, summing up
his contentions in the following
words :
"I demand the presence of King
George, first, because the accused has
the right to be faced by his accuser
in court; secondly, because in a libel
action the accused must be in court,
and, third, because without the ac
cused in court there is no proof that
the prosecutor is alive."
Mylius also' demanded the return
of private papers which he declared
had been seized.
In pronouncing sentence Lord
Chief Justice Alverstone said that the
punishment was inadequate for one
who had chosen a v weapon for a pei,
sonal attack upon his majesty, from'
the use of which every honorable man
would recoil. ,
Chicago Girl Wanted To Wed Indianw
Chicago, 111., Feb. 2 Miss Madeline
Sullivan, the pretty Chicago girl who
wants to marry Plenty Hawk, a Crow
Indian, was expected home from the
Crow reservation yesterday.
In Wyoming Miss Sullivan found It
was impossible for her to get a li
cense," much less be married.
When she broached the subject her
red-sMnned sweetheart "was arrested
and thrown into jail and she . was or
dered to quit the reservation.
"The delays are only temporary,
she said. "Sooner or later I will be
Mrs. .Plenty Hawk."
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