m .1; V WILSON Ml .1. "Hi : H ;! Ill : ! j. j Hi , v Mi n . 'Ml if SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1911. VOL. 17 NO. 118. AJUJ4H1 ; MUCH ENTHUSIASM AND NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED NOMINATE YOURSELF OR A FRIEND AT ONCE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ONE THOUSAND FREE VOTES PHONE 79 FOR INFORMATION HOW THE DISTRICTS ARE ARRANGED. 1st District includes Wilson county. 2nd District includes Nash, Edgecombe, Pitt. 3rd District includes Greene, Wayne, Johnston. 4th District includes all territo- ry outside of above. VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIP TIONS: THE DAILY TIMES. ' Price. Votes. Three Mos .... $1.00 825 Six Mos. ... ...... 2.00 1,875 One Year .. 4.00 4,500 Two Years . 800 13,437 Three Years 12.00 25,000 Four Years 16.00 40,000 Five Years 20.00 75,000 THE SEMI-WEEKLY TIMES. Price. Votes. One Year . .$1.00 250 Two Year . 2.00 500 Three Years 3.00 750 Four Year 4.00 1,000 Five Years . . . . , 5.00 2,100 By B. B. STEVENSON. Did you hear the noise, the tide of unbounded approval, the wave of public praise that greeted the stu pendous offer of generosity in the an nouncement Tuesday that THE ; DAILY and SEMI-WEEKLY WILSON TIMES would make a grand distribu tion of prizes consisting of automo bile, piano, diamond ring, scholar ships and gold watches? Everywhere, everyone was commenting on THE DAILY and . SEMI-WEEKLY WIL SON TIMES, offer. Nominate your self or a friend today. There aire two coupons in the paper, one is a nomi nation ballot, . which counts 1,000 votes for the first time it is sent in, and the other is a voting coupon for twenty-five votes. You may vote as many voting coupons as you like. Send or mail them to THE TIMES office, where a ballot box awaits them. The list will be published in a few days. ' . The Contest Editor was kept quite busy yesterday receiving the nomina tions. The list contains some of the best class of people in the city and the seven counties outlined else where. WE ASK NOTHING OF YOU. Cer tain there is a lady in your neighbor hood who would like one of the hand some prizes. It has been truly said that in no part of the State of North Carolina are there so many charming ladies, young or old, as in the Eastern. This is a source of pride and satisfaction to the public in general. The DAILY and SEMI-WEEKLY WILSON TIMES knowing- this, has decided to ascer tain who they. are. , This contest is one of friendly riv alry, conducted by the United Con test Co.. Inc., of Cleveland. It will be found, after the votes' are counted and the winners declared, ' that each lady will instinctively feel she has been truly blessed by having such respect and esteem paid her. Honestly now, wouldn't you like an automobile, a night grade plane, enuine diamond ring, a scholarship IN SEMI-WEEKLY TIES CONTEST COMING IN SINCE THE WAS MADE-NAMES IN A FEW DAYS or a gold watch? If so enter your name and see how readily your friends will rally to your support. No matter what your condition in life, all will have an equal chance,' for the public decides, as well as yourself by cutting votes from the paper. No one will be allowed to buy votes, neither can one buy pa pers in . large numbers. This gives every lady an equal chance, and the contest will be conducted on the high est plane of fairness and honor. No person connected in any way with The Times office can enter, and immediately after the contest the last night, the entire set of books will be thrown open for public -inspection. On page one is a nomination blank which entitles the lady nominated to 1,000 votes. Clip this out and fill it in with the name of a friend. Do it today. It may be the means of tha young lady securing an automobile, a piano, a diamond ring, a gold watch or a scholarship. Do you know of any young lady, married or single, who you think would like one of the above prizes? Then send in her name at once to the Contest Manager, Daily and Semi-Weekly Wilson Times. 'Phone No. 79. Full descriptions of the prizes wT.i be given. later. Who May' Enters Any respectable white womau, mar ried or single, who lives in the dis ricts named, is eligible to compete in the contest. Candidates may nomi nate themselves. Read over' the dis- 4 tricts, determine which one you are in, and send in .your nomination as early as possible. It costs nothing to enroll; it costs nothing to win. There are no strings attached to the offer. It is not necessary that candi dates be subscribers. The rules of the contest -are simple and the work to get votes is not hard. Get an early sart and ask your friends to help you. They will gladly do so. Begin now. - How Votes Will Be Issued. There will be two methods of vot ing. Each issue of THE DAILY and SEMI-WEEKLY WILSON TIMES will contain a ballot which, when properly filled out with the name of any regularly nominated candidate, will entitle the candidate to the ac companying number of votes. Votes will be issued on paid sub scriptionto the Daily and Semi-Weekly Wilson Times in proportion to the length of time such subscriptions are paid, in accordance with the regular vote schedule appearing elsewhere. Candidates are not restricted to their own territory to secure votes. Votes may be canvassed anywhere in the contest territory or out of it, " The coupons for the first two weeks will count twenty-five votes each, and five votes esch, coupon for the second three weeks. The coupons will then count .one vote thereafter. Rules and Regulations. Judges will award the prizes as ful ly explained elsewhere. In case of a tie for any of the prizes offered, in this contest, the value of the prize or prizes thus tied for will be equally divided between the candidates who tie for same. Combinations between any contest ants are prohibited. No subscription ballot will be is sued for less than $1.00. Balloting will be by means of nomi nation and ballots clipped from The Daily and Semi-Weekly Wilson Times and special ballots issued on paid sub scriptions from old or new subscrS bers, according to publish schedule The Con est Manager re erves the THE DAILY right to reject any contestant. . All controversies, will be settled by the Contest Manager, and the publishers of this paper alone and in accepting nominations each candidate accepts and contracts to abide by the deci sions. Votes cast or certificates issued can not be changed to count for another contestant. Candidates must be entered from the district in which they reside. They cannot move from one district to another and retain votes io their credit in former district. Candidates may secure subscribers anywhere. The Contest Manager reserves the right to withdraw the prizes from any district having only two actively com peting candidates or for any good or sufficient reason. The judges, selected by The Daily and Semi-Weekly Wilson Times and contestants, will - count the votes at the close of the contest and award the prizes. Special ballots will only be issued when cash accompanies subscriptions. Any protest as to eligibility of any candidate will not be considered if votes have- been cast for said candi date for a period of thirty (30) day.! or longer. Employes of The Times or members of their families will not be permit ted to enter the contest. Candidates may be nominated and voted for any time up to the very last day of the race. . VOTES WILL BE ALLOWED ON SUBSCRIBERS SECURED ANY WHERE. If an order for a subscrip tion is sent In together with the money, the votes will be issued In favor of the candidate who secured the order, whether the paper is to go to a resident of Wilson or elsewhere. Young ladies wishing to enter do not have to be subscribers of The Daily or Semi-Weekly Wilson Times in order to enter; all that is n?ces sary is to send in their names. The Contest Manager, B. B. Steven son, is in the office every evening and he invites all who are interested to drop in and talk it over. Do not for get that if your name is nominated at once you will be credited with the extra 1 000 votes. The Ballot Box A ballot box has been placed in the office of The Times and - will remain till the close of the contest, May 6th, 1911. Votes clipped from the DAILY and SEMI-WEEKLY WILSON TIMES, or coupons issued on sub scriptions, may be cast therein. The Office of the Congest Manager is on the first floor of The Times building. If you are interested in the contest call and , get acquainted, or call" 'phone No. 79, and state what you desire to know. Any inquiries ad dressed to the Contest Manager wvill receive prompt attention. The next time you are down town drop into this department and let the Manager explain the details of the plan and how easy it is to secure an automo bile, a piano, a cash prize or a dia mond, a scholarship, a goldwatch, etc. Mr. and Mrs. VJ B. Martin, of Ply mouth, were in Wilson this "morning. COTTON MARKET The New York cotton market open ed this morning from one to three points higher. March, 1403; May, 14.24; July, 14.06; October; 12.47; De cember, 12.34. At 12 o'clock the market was much higher. March, 14.15; ' May, 14.33; July, 14.17; August, 13.69; October, 12.62; December, 12.50. The market closed: March. May, 14.35; July, 14.11; Aliens1, 13.73; October, 12.62; December 12.50. ' ' . , --:'v : ..; ; ,-'.-. Spots in Wilson. 14 25' tryl 3-8. Receipt s in' Wilson, 15 bales. ' HAYES TRIAL Dps ON STATE WILL ATTEMPT TO SHOW THAT MRS. HAYES KILLED FLOYD WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY Whiteville, N. C, March 9. The progress of the trial of Mrs. Rosa Hayes for the murder of Robert M." Floyd, and her husband and his broth er as accessories before the fact, was delayed yesterday afternoon owing to the illness of one of the jurors. Court adjourned shortly after 4 o'clock. This was the second delay of the afternoon, as the illness of another juror caused court to convene at a late hour at the noon recess. Some of the State's most important witnesses were examined, but it is not probable that the prosecution will consume the entire day today. Told of Husoand's Jealousy. By far the most important testimo ny brought out so far was that of Miss Mary L. Holt, a young woman of Conway, S. C, who had visited at the Hayes home. She spoke of a conversation she had with Mrs. Hayes last September when Mrs. Hayes told her that her husband was very jealous and that if he did not stop treating her as he had she expected to go to some other place, change her name and study to be a trained nurse and that Floyd would come to her. - -Later in the day she stated that she and Mrs. Hayes went down the street at Loris, S. C, where the Hayes' lived at the time, and on the way met Floyd. After saying -a few words to the witness he turned to Mrs. Hayes and said: "Rosa, are you going to do what you were speaking of this morning?" and she asked "Why?" Warned Her Not To. He then said: "Well, I would no if I was in your place," to which she replied, "It is just according, to how the future turns out." Floyd's departing reply was, "All right, then." Cross-Examination Strenuous. On cross-examination Miss Holt was severely assailed ' and her character attacked. She admitted having heard reports concerning her character, but said they were all false. The Trip to Southport. The proprietor of the hotel at Southport told of the trip of Mrs. Hayes and Floyd to that place. The two were not together at all, Floyd paying considerable attention during NOMINATION DAILY AND SEMI- GOOD FOR BALLOT WEEKLY TIMES 1,000 VOTES I nominate the following lady as a candidate for the Times Contest: Miss or Mrs.. . . Address . . Nominated by . . Address . . ...... Only the first nomination ballot received for each candi date will count for 1,000 votes. Fill out all of the lines of this ballot very carefully and send at once to the Contest Editor. Series "C." VOTING COUPON GOOD FOil 25 VOTES IN THE TIMES PRIZE DISTRIBUTION CONTEST. Name . ...... Address . . . . These coupons must be clipped but neatly, fastened to gether and deposited unfolded in the ballot box at Tke Times Office. Coupons of this series will be void after March 24, 1911. TAFT WIRES PRES. DIAZ EXPLAINS THAT MASSING TROOPS NEAR MEXICAN BORDER SHOULD CAUSE NO CONCERN NO EXCITEMENT THERE Mexico City, March 9. Setting at rest rumors that the United States is preparing for intervention in Mexico, President Taft has sent to President Diaz a telegram in which he said the military maneuvers being conducted along the frontier in Texas have no significance which should cause con cern to Mexico. The message was transmitted to the Department of Foreign Relations by Fred. Morris Deering, charge d'af- fairs of the Mexican embassy. Following is the text of President Taft's message communicated to the Department of Foreign Relations by Fred Morris Deering: "I have the honor to advise your Excellency that I am in receipt of in structions from my government di recting me to infornl His Excellency, President Diaz, through the medium of Your Excellency, that the Presi dent of the United States wishes to express the hope that no misappre hensions will result from unfounded and sensational newspaper conjee tures as the military maneuvers abou to take place in Texas and elsewhere and to give to President Diaz assur ance that the maneuvers have no sig nificance which should-cause, concern to the friendly neighbors of the United States to the South.". To the foregoing, General Diaz re plied through Minister Creel and tho American Embassy according to o pressing gratitude "for the courtesy ol explaining in such terms" the situa tion. A calm and dispassionate view ol the mobilization appears to have been taken by the Mexicans. No excite ment followed the appearance of the (Continued on Page Two.) the stay to the daughter of the pro prietor of the hotel, whom he had known and visited for several years When the brother of Mrs. Hayes came to the hotel the Sunday after noon of the day they reached there to leave on the boat she did not go but remained at the hotel until the following day. She did not eat any dinner the day she was there and did not appear to be enjoying herself She left Monday on the same boat as Floyd. COMMERCIAL CONGRESS SOUTHERN ORGANIZATION MEETS AT ATLANTA FOR THREE DAYS SESSION SOME NOTED SPEAKERS Atlanta, Ga., MaVch 9. If forecasts made here yesterday come true, the next great movement of settlers will not be toward the West or Northwest, which heretofore have been the mecca of persons seeking new homes, but to the old South. This statement was expressed at the first session of the Southern Com. mercial Congress' three day meeting. This organization, formed a little more than three years ago, stands sponsor for that expected tide of im migration by advertising the advan tages of the country south of the Ma son and Dixon line, and correcting false impressions prospective inves tors may have formed. The session was devoted to speech making by well known men of the country and individual debates from the various Southern States. Each pointed to the increased prosperity Jn store and the multitude of natural ad vantages are hardly begun to be util ized. A Series of Addresses. John M. Parker, of New Orleans, president of the Congress, in a gen eral statement, explained the aims of the organization and its conventions. Speeches by Governor Joseph M, Brown, of Georgia; General Julian S. Carr, of North Carolina, and United States Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, of Florida, were followed by a series of addresses on the general topic, "External Views of the South," by men of national prominence in the business and professional world These speakers included James Wil son, Secretary of Agriculture; George W. Perkins, formerly with J. P. Mor gan and Company; Arthur Kavan augh, cashier of the National City Bank of New York City. The night session was given Over to a "Symposium of the South," a delegate from each State represented making a short talk on the- opportuni ties in his particular section and what has been done toward a business awakening. These speakers and their States included: Albert P. Bush, Mobile, Ala.; Col. S. W. Fordyce, Hot Springs, Ark.; F. P. Conroy, Jacksonville, Fla.; J. S. Davis, Albany, Ga.; Logan C. Mur ray, Louisville, Ky.; J. W. Porch, New Orleans, La.; B. Howell Griswold, Jr., Baltimore, Md.; B. W. Griffith, Vicks- burg, Miss.; Cyrus P. Walbridge, St. Louis, Mo.; J. Elwood Cox, Higb Point, N. C; Prof. Charles N. Gould, Norman. Okla.; E. W. Robertson, Co lumbia, S. C; Leland Hume, Nash ville, Tenn.; Oliver G. Beans, Wheel ing, W. Va.; and W. H. Sanders, Dis trict of Columbia. Addresses For To-Day. Col. Theodore Rooseveit Is expected to arrive today and will deliver the principal address at the night session on the subject, "The South's' Obliga tion in Statesmanship and Business Endeavor." Other speakers of pronv inence on today's program are Ber nard N. Baker, president of the Na tional Conservation Association; John Barrett, Director General of the Pai American Union; Charles H. SherrilJ, Minister to Argentine; and John Temple Graves, of New York. THEiVEATHER Washington, D. C, March 9. Fear North Carolina: Fair tonight and Fri day; rising temperature; light tar liable winds becoming moderate southerly. V . s V i 1 h If. i i I; -i! ii ii '4 .'V 1 4 ...J ' 1 i :( ---v , I