SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR.
WILSON, N. C, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1911
VOL. 17 NO. 110
NEWS ITEMS OF
GENERAL INTEREST
LY COT-
TO-DAY IN THE
VEST SEE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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PLAN TO KEEP MEMBERSHIP OE
THE HOUSE AT PRESENT
NUMBER OF 391
LIKELY TO BE ADOPTED
Washington, Feb. 6. Fearing that
North Carolina ana Virginia will each
lose one member of the House if the
reapportionment bill fixes the number
at S91, Congressmen Hay, of Virginia;
Page, of North Carolina, and other
members of both delegations, are hard
at work lining up votes in favor of
making the number 433.
The natter is considered serious
here and the outlook is not promising
for the 433 plan to go through. In
fact it is stated that several members,
who had about decided on the 433
plan, are now in favor of holding the
membership down to 391. If the lat
ter plan is carried out," there will be
no alternative other than Virginia and
North Carolina each lose on member.
Such a plan would cause both States
to be redistricted. .
The Governor of a Western State
which would lose by this method of
apportionment, declares he will veto
any bill his Legislature may pass cut
ting down the number of Congress
men. Politics is at the bottom of the
matter and may result in- . serious
damage to the South, if the reduction
plan is adopted. , ,
Indications multiply that the Repub
lican majority will be able to pass
the new apportionment bill 'Si agreed
upon in caucus, leaving the . House
membership as it now stands.
Chairman Crumpacker, of " the cen
sus committee, told Congressman
Page he would call up the bill this
week as a privileged Teport. The
. whole Wisconsin delegation reported
last week as wavering is now lined
up for the bill. - ,
Stand of Tar Heels.
Langley, Cowles and Austin are
among Southern Republicans who are
expected to decline to be bound by
the caucus agreement, :but uncertain
ty is felt about Grant's probable ac
tion Congressman Morehead may be
considerably embarrassed over this
situation. ' He was a member of the
census committee that reported the
bill favoring " increased membership,
but he participated in the caucus of
his party. Manifestly, he must stand
by his committee report and oppose
the proposal to reduce representation
in his own State, or bolt his party
caucus." i .
A Possible Result. .
In the event the bill passes this ses
sion, as It now seems likely, the
legislature may, be asked to redistriet
the State at once, or, if this is not
done," the dominant party in the" State
may conclude to postpone such action
and nominate all nine candidate for
Congress for the State at. large, which
may be done under the Federal . law.
and ": which would insure the Demo
crats a solid delegation. Members
from the two Dakotas are now elect
ed by this method.
Taft Receives New Diplomats.
Washington, Feb. 6 Two -- new
members of the local diplomatic
corps were formally received by
President Taft in the Blue room of
the White House Saturday afternoon.
They are C'unt Johan J. A. Ehrens
vard, the newly appointed Minister
from Sweden, and Dr. Belisario Por
ras, who succeeds Senator Arosemena
as minister from Panama. Thexusual
congratulations were exchanged.
- Pinehurst, N. C, Feb. 6. Henry C.
Bridgers, of Tarboro, N. C, won the
fiinal of men's singles at tennis for
the February cup Saturday, on the de
fault of H. E. Avery, of Detroit. -
MATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP
PENING THROUGHOUTiTHE
COUNTRY
" Beaumont, Texas, Feb. "6. An
nouncement is -made from the head
quarters of the Southern Rice Grow
ers' Association that because of a
short- crop, the price of Japanese
grades of rce, one to four, would be
advanced fifteen -cents per hundred
pounds. The advance will be effective
February 13th.
La Libertad, Salvador, Feb. 6. Re
liable reports received here say that
President Da villa, of Honduras, is
suing for peace only for the purpose
of gaining time because war prepara
tions in the- interior are uninterrupt
ed. Elaborate plans have been made
at Tegucigalpa for resisting the revo
lutionists. Jonesboro, N. C, Feb. 6. Mr. Rover
Kelly, a prominent farmer and mill
man, who Hve3 seven miles east of
Jonesboro, dropped dead Saturday
morning at 7 o'clock while getting one
of his teams ready to do some haul
ing. Missouri Capital Burned.
Jefferson City, Mo:, Feb. 6. The
Missouri Capitol building was destro5 -ed
by fire last night. The total loss,
including the structure and many re
cords and State papers in the offices
of the Governor, Secretary of State
and Treasurer is estimated at 1,000,
000, with no insurance.
-Lightning, .which struck: the cjipola
of the. dome shortly after- 7. o'clock,
spread the flames to the', roof of the
House of Representatives : on the
north side of the tructure, and in less
than half ah hour it was apparent
that the building was doomed.
Insurgent Chief Put To Death.
Cape Haitien, Feb.6 -General Mon
lreuil Guiliaumo who was one of the
strongest supporters - of ex-President
Nord Alexis,-and was implicated in
the executions, at Port-au-Prince in
March, 1908, was captured by the gov
ernment troops near here yesterday
morning and shot to deah.
To JWark Graves of French Soldiers.
Washington, D. C, Feb.' 6. Neglect
ed for over a century, the grave of
the French soldiers and sailors, allies
of the United S'ates colonies against
Great Britain in the revolution who
fell in battle at Annapolis, Md., are to
be. marked by an -appropriate memo
rial. On April 18th a bronze, tablet
will be unveiled near the United
States Naval Academy grounds.
'.. The ceremonies will take place un
der the auspices of the Society of the
Sons of the . Revolution, which- will
hold'its triennial meeting in Washing
ton April 19th. The Daughters of the
American Revolution will hold their
annual meeting on the same date.
A Great Combination.
Randall What do you do when
you meet an irresistible talker?
Rodgers I introduce him to an im
movable bore. Life.
Mr. J. R. Barnes, of Lucama, was
in the city today.
COnON MARKET
The New York cotton market today
opened much lower: February, 14.15;
March, 14.28; May, 14.45; July, 14.15;
August, 14.34; October, 13.20. .
At twelve o'clock, the market was
still lower: March, 14.19; May, 14.39;
The market closed lower: - March,
14.14; May, 14.24; July, 14.43; Octo
ber, 13.00.
July, 14.40; " October, 13.32.
Spots in Wilson, 14 1-4.
Receipts in Wilson, 5 bales.
NEW YORK BROKERS SAY MARKET
IS GROPING INTO SELF CON
FESSED PERPLEXITY
TONE OF TRADE BETTER
The cotton market " is groping in
seif -confessed perplexity, the specula
tors contending the price is too hiy'u..
yet the bales are moving rapidly into
consumption at full prices.
To those who take a long range
view of the situation rather than
present stagnant speculative market
conditions, a statement of the actual
spot situation may be an index of. the
future. Assuming a cvmmercial crop
of 12,000,000 bales, there will come
into sight from now on 2,382,726
bales, there will come into sight from
now on 2,382,726 bales, and if to this
we add the net port and interior
stocks, there will be 3,813,785 bales in
America available for the balance, ot
the season. If from this we deduct
an amount equal to the exports and
takings by American mills after this
date last year, viz.: 3,595,040 bales'
there will remain only 218,745 bales,
and this mmakes no Allowance for
the census statement that American
mills hold in-stock 250.000 .bales less
than last year, and it can hardly be
expected that curtailment will be at.
drastic as it was during the latter
art of -last season.
It is fair, however, to note the ccn
tention of the bears is that the strong
statistical position is - apparent to
every one and yet it does not attract
speculation at current prices? but on
the other hand with bearish senti
ment and short selling so prevalent
prices recede very little, because the
-roUton is all being absorbed by the
trade. ' .... v.
The tone of the cotton goods trade
in this " country is distinctly better,
and more business is being done than
the published reports indicate. Busi
ness on the Continent is improving
and they are now taking cotton more
freely. In Lancashire, all reports are
to the effect that -the business is the
largest on record, with mills heavily
under, contract.
It has 'been 'said-that a speculator
might as well be wrong as to be righ
too soon, and perhaps - that spirit de
ters many ; from entering 'the marke'
at the present level of prives through
fear of a serious break, but such , s
break in prices is not imminent in a
market devoid of a scattered specula-'
tive long interest, and "supported by
an insatiate demand- for spot cotton,
and with the supply and demand situation-growing
stronger each week.
The developments in the western
part of the belt are . -being" closely
watched. The deficiency - in rainf all
has become a "most serious ; question.
The official rainfall reports for Janu
ary ara not yet available but very lit
tle rain has 'fallen during the month,
and in much of the ' territory .the
ground is -too hard for plowing. It
is expected that heavy rains during
February will relieve the deadlock
and. cause the spot .holder to loosen
his grip on the remnant of the crop;
on the. other hand, a continuance of
the dry conditions will strengthen the
whole situation, broaden the demand
for goods, and finally "attract specula
tion, "even at higher prices. .
Greensboro, N. - C.,. Feb. 6 .The
management of the Greensboro base
ball team has signed Frank Boyle, for
two seasons second basemaan - of the
Roanoke, Va., club, to be manager, of
the Greensboro ball team in the Can?
lina Association "A goodly sum was
paid R'oanoke for his release from ths
team therel Boyle will report MarcTi.
1st, and begin organizing his team.
Mr: Steve Anderson. left for Sharps
burg this morning.
NATIONAL GRANGE AND OTHERS
WANT CANADIAN RECIPRO
CAL TREATY DEFEATED
TO GREAT A REDUCTION
Washington, Feb. 6. That the Can
adian reciprocal . agreement . must
otand or fall as a whole in the House
Committee on Ways and Mean3 was
made clear Saturday by - Chairman
Payne during the progress of hearings
that occupied the entire day.
Notwithstanding this fact, the pres
sure "brought to bear on the commit
tee has ; resulted in the granting of
rearmgs to all persons who appear
in Washington prior tf5 o'clock next
Thursday afternoon, February 9th
Farmers, lumbermen, barley raisers
and manufacturers of barley-malt
were .given hearings - Saturday. The
spirit of the committee was such
however, that the witnesses had dif
li"jlty in making a serious impression
in presenting their arguments against
ihe Canadian government.
The barley malt interests were rep
resented by Brun E. Fink, of Mil
waukee, who said that it would mean
the ,jyiping out of the Northwestern
malting and barley-raising industry.
.". Mr, Fink explained that the cli
matic conditions of eastern Ontario
would at once capture the barley mar
ket.; - ' . -. . ,
Representative George, R. Malby of
New York, attacked the reciprocity
agreement of its agricultural items
and its lowering of duties on lumbe
and wood-Dub and paper. Ho de
clared that the tariff board had spen
months accumulating all facts bearing
on the paper-making i btfsiness, bu
that paper was put on the free list
by this treaty without any reference
to what the tariff board had found
out. -'".'- ' - ' .
New York, Feb. 6. The machinery
of the National Grange, an organiza
tion claiming a membership , of 1,000,
000 farmers in thirty States, has been
started to defeat the ratification by
Congress of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty. The legislative committee ot
the Grange - at a special meeting at
the. Hotel Manhattan, adopted a reso
lution protesting against the enact
ment of the reciprocity bill, called
upon the membership to exert pres"
sure upon Congressmen from their va
rious districts to vote against the
measure,, and decided to go to Wash
ington to map-out a campaign there
-The : legislative committee is com
posed of ex-Governor Nathum J
Bachelder, of Concord, chairman;
Aaron "Jones, or South Bend, Ind., and
T. C. Atkeson, of Morgantown, West
Virginia. "
"We are not opposed to a general
reduction of the tariff," Mr. 'Atkeson
said, "but do it. all at once, and not
by a reciprocal treaty with" a country
which exports agricultural products
almost exclusively., . Remove the tariff
on steel and iron and manufactured
articles along with farm products and
we won't object.
"Acting along these lines, we have
decided to oppose the enactment ' of
the bill The committee issued a
statement which will be sent to every
one of the .7,500 Grangers in the or
ganization.' These have- a , member
ship of from 50 to 1,000 farmers. We
shall ask every member to write his
Representative to . Congress asking
him to vote against the bill. I-think
we can defeat it in this manner, - but
we are not going to take any chances
and the committee. Iras decided to go
to WWashington and work for that
end."
Rev. P. L. Lucas, of Lucama, was "in
the civ today.
MONDAY AS USUAL A DULL DAY-
CONNOR INTRODUCED WILSON
- COUNTY PRIMARY BILL
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 6. Representa
tive Connor arose in the House this
afternoon and asked to be allowed to
make a privileged statement.
In justice to the negroes of Wilson
county he desired to testify to their
good qualities generally as citizens,
who are as law abiding as in any
county of the State.
That the murder of the officers in
his county is not chargeable to them
because the crimes were committed
by negro criminals , who were only
temporarily in Wilson, while tramping
through ihe country. .
Mr. Connor today introduced a bill
to "Define political parties and nomin
ate candidate for offices in Wilson
county." Mr. Connor told me it hot
only provides for legalized primary In
the county, but is designated also to
better safeguard the honest ballot
and prevent election frauds.
Ewart presented a supplemental bil
to strengthen the prohibition law. It
makes a buyer of votes liable to pun
ishment when a seller reports him if
convicted just in the same ground a
purchaser can indict and punish a
seller. - -
The committee will take up the bill
this evening, r -
Among the new bills today are:
-To create a State Board of Trade.
To regulate fares collected , on
trains. ' : - .- , -
For. the relief . of members of mili
tary companies. " v:
LLEWXAM.
Regret We Omitted His Name. "
We regret we failed in the rush of
copy .to mention Saturday the fact
that Mrl W. F. Woodard was called on
by Colonel Bruton and made a few
remarks at the good health meeting In
the Methodist church Friday nigh
when Dr. McCormack delivered his
splendid address on conserving . the
health of the people. We expecto to
see that meeting, bearing good fruit
and we alao desire to congratulate the
local physicians and the Chamber of
Commerce, of which Col. Bruton is
president, for their progressiveness in
having Dr. McCormack to visit and
address us on the most important of
all matters. -
ONLY 24 APPLICANTS FOR LAW
LICENSE HAVE FILED NAMES,
Associate Justice W. R. Allen Will
Enter on His Duties and "on Tues
day the Cases From the First Dis
trict WiHe Called.-
The Supreme Court of North Caro
lina convened this morning at -ten
o'clock for the spring ' term, and the
first business was the examination of
applicants for law licenses. .
Associate Justice William R. Allen,
of Goldsboro, elected In November,
entered upon his duties as one of the
members of the court; the other mem
bers being Chief Justice Walter Clark,
of Raleigh; Associate Justices Piatt
D. Walker, of Charlotte ; William A.
Hoke, of Lincolnton, and George ' H.
Brown, Jr., of Washington.
Only twenty-four applicants for law
licenses have been filed. . :
Mr. Cecil Hales, of Spring Hope,
who spent the day in the city yes
terday, returned home this morning,
spent the day in the city yesterday,
left for his hoine in Nashville this
morning.
THE WEATHER
Washington, D. C, Feb. 6. For
North Carolina: Rain tonight or Tues
day; warmer tonight; ... moderate to
brisk east winds becoming variable
Tuesday.
NEAR
ENLY
SHERIFF WITH SQUAD OF SOL
DIERS GO TO SELMA WHERE
NEGRO-IS HEADED
JIM SIMMS ARRESTED
All clues as to the whereabouts of
Louis West, the negro who murdered
Deputy Sheriff George Mumford Fri
day evening, and who it is believed
perhaps fatally shot Chief of Police
O. A. Glover, have failed to lead to
his arrest, and he and Dave Young
and Wade Williams, the other two
thieves the officers went to arrest, are
still at large.
Saturday night it was thought that
West had been located near Kenly,
but this proved to be a mistate. Last
night a telephone message from Fay
etteville stated that West had been
seen at his home a few miles from
:hat city, but if so nothing more has
come of it.
Yesterday it was reported that a
negro answering the description of
West had been seen in Spring Hill
township,, but this morning a contrary
report was received from Maccles
field, in an opposite direction that
West had been seen' there. Sheriff
Sharpe notified the officials of both
sections this morning to get posses,
ind start on a hunt and to kill hint
if seen. West was outlawed in Cum
berland county Saturday and In Wil
son county today.
F- Lest night Jim Simms, a Wilson
county negro, was placed in jail. It
is said that he was in the house of
Mary . Young when . the shooting oc
curred. Simms denies it, but the of
ficials have good reasons to believe
he was there. Simms recently was
pardoned on condition., of good be
navior after serving six years" for
killing another negro named Deinpsey
Poole at a dance with an axe in this
county seven years ago. 5
Several other witnesses are also la
jail.
Negroef were arrested In Rocky
Mount for robbery, having automatic
jistols (the kind the thieves wanted
lere stole at Dunn), but thus far they
have not been connected with the
naurder here.
Demos Harris, the negro who made
-.he remark Saturday that he was glad
Mumford was killed, was this morn-
ng sent to the roads for thirty days.
Will Young, said to be a brother of
Dave Young, is also' in jail. He is a
Fay etteville negro.
The squads of the Wilson Light In
fantry have been searching all trains
sassing Contetnea junction for mem
bers of the gang, but without success.
The operator in the tower there
3tated that Saturday morning as a
freight passed there he saw a negro
run out of the bushes and attempt to
get on the freight but failed and that
the negro ran off rapidly through the
field.
Chief Glover's condition is consid
ered better today, states Dr. Dickin
son, of the Wilson Sanatorium. He
idded that Mr. Glover is resting
well. "
The total rewards now offered
amount to about $1,700: State, f250;
County, $250; City, $250; Citizens,
$800. '
All points in large radius have been
notified of the '-crime and furnished
descriptions of negroes and " stolen
pistols, and it believed that their ar
rests will follow. .
The following from the Fayetteville
Observe!', shows the character of
West: -. . -;' ...
"Lewis West, and his band of des
peradoes, who, it is thought, robbed
the Huske Hardware House, carrying
away many rifles and pistols, and
who, on Thursday afternoon, terroriz
ed the negro colony near the water
works" plant, and .were trailed form
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