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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR.
WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1911.
VOL. 17 NO. 110.
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OF
Turn to Page Six and go Over the List.
There are Young Ladies There You
Know. Help Them Win One
of Those Prizes
THE COUPON TODAY ON PACE SIX
COUNTS FOR ONE HUNDRED
VOTES-SAVE ALL YOU CAN
FIND OF THEM--MUST BE VOTED
ON ONE DAY ONLY
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. -
5 Price. Votes.
Three Mos. $1.00 825
Six Mos 2.00 1,875
One; Year . . 4.00 4,500
Two Years . . . . 8.00 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
1C0 VOTE COUPON TO-DAY.
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Today on another page appears
the vote coupon which is good for
100 votes instead of 25.
Every reader of THE TIMES
shouid clip out this coupon and
drop it in THE TIMES' ballot
box in favor of one of the young
ladies whose names appears in
the list printed .today, j
Do it now and give her a start.
Then call her on the telephone
and pledge her your support.
NO EXTRA PAPERS WILL
BE SOLD.
They are off in a bunch! Are you
one of them? The first list of nomi
nations in THE TIMES great Automo
bile and prize contest is printed to
day. Look over the list and pick out
a favorite, or better yet, if you are
not a candidate, clip out the nomina--tion
ballot, fill in, and enter the race.
The prizes are worth your while.
Evidently the people of Wilson and
vicinity think well of the young
ladies of this vicinity at any rate
there's no dearth of favorites, and
the "one "best bet" would be difficult
to select. " '
The Best People Entered.
The names of the young ladies ap
pearing today are daughters of the
best families of Eastern North Caro
lina, Some have entered by them
selves or their parents, while others
have been nominated by their friends.
All have the same opportunity to win
one of the prizes. The winners "will
be the ones who hustle the hardest
and do not overlook a chance to se
cure a subscription. Be, a hustler, it
costs you nothing but a little effort
Then -just think of the valuable
HUNDRED NAMES
NENT LADIE:
ANNOUNCED IN
prizes. They are worth the effort.
Your friends will help you if you ask
them right away before some ona
else does.
From now on the contest will be on
in earnest, and interest will increase
each day.
One of the contest managers will
call on the contestants as soon as pos
sible, but with such a large list of
popular ones, it will take some time
to see them all, so, if possible, call
at the office and get one of the sub
scription books, also valuable infor
mation as to the best way to secure
votes. '
Start Early.
While nominations will be coming
in a month yet, you had better get
in at the start, be in with the early
ones. Join this live bunch cf hustler3
and have the time of your life.
There will be lots of fun connected
with the contest, and you don't want
to miss any of it.
The contestants '. vho enter in the
city must not' think that it will be an
easy matter to get ahead of the out
side candidates. They are a bunch of
live hustlers entered from the outside
and they are going to show the Wil
son contestants a fe wthings that
will surprise them.
If you enter the "contest with the
determination to win, and we assume
that you do, you should not waste
much of your time with the free cou
pons. It's the subscriptions you want
to hustle for. That is what get you
the most vo'es and in this ease it is
votes that you want. Start out by
asking for long-time subscriptions,
one, two, three or even five years,
but take the small ones also. Don't
let any get away from you. Look for
the schedule in the big advertisement.
Don't expect something for nothing.
While we are going to give away
prize advertised, whether the vote
be large or small, the wise ones who
enter the race realize that it will
take a large vote to win and will get
just as many votes to their credit as
they possibly can. And remember,
this is a short contest, eight weeks,
so it behooves you not to waste any
of the percious( time.
r The fact that, a large number of
candidates have already entered the
race should not frighten you. Simply
because the more candidates in the
fight the better chance you have of
winning. It will require less effort
on your part to secure a sufficient
number of votes to win if you have a
larrge . number of candidates to com
pete with.
Receipt Books.
Receipt books will be mailed or
delivered to all candidates. But mean
while get the promises of all your
friends' subscriptions. Subscriptions
are what 'count now and if you get
the promise now the other, candidates
will not get ahead of you. If there is
anything that you do not understand
call the Contest Editor of THE
TIMES at any time.
Call For Letters.
Have you seen the letters that we
are giving to candidates to send to
their friends and acquaintances?
. - Come to the Contest Department,
and we will give you some to send
to your friends.
Remember that you can get sub
scriptions from any plce. You are
not confined to your distri ct in
asking for votes.
ARE
THE CONTEST
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 suDscription 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
ancl special ballots issued oh paid sub
scriptions from old or new subscri
bers, according to published schedule
The Contest Manager reserves the
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 to 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 cr
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 prices.
Special ballots will only be issued
when cash accompanies subscriptions.
Any protest as to eligibility of any
candidate will not be considered if
votes havf. been cast for said candi
date for a period of thirty (30) days
or longer.
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 secure
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 nfcees
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.
American League Season.
' Chicago, March 13 The American
Association. Baseball season for 1911
will open in the Eastern cities of the
circuit on April 12th, and close on
October 1st, allowing 168 games on a
four-circuit bases. This was dec'ded
by members of the league after a Ion,?
discussion of the schedule drawn up
by President Chibington.
THE WEATHER
. Washington. D. C," March 13. For
North Carolina: Local rains followed
by unsettled and cooler ton-'ght
Tuesday fair and cooler in "the south
east portion with; moderate and varia
ble winds becoming northerly.
25 BURIED
IN AVALANCH
GANG OF TRACK WORKERS SWAL
LOWED UP ALIVE UNDER
AVALANCH
WORK OF RESCUE BEGUN
Virginia, Minn., March 13. Five
hundred thousand tons of iron ore,
rock, earth, ice and snow Saturday
night slid down upon and buried 30
track layers working in the Norman
open pit mine. Only four escaped
the avalanche and three of these are
in a hospital suffering of injuries
that may prove fatal.
Ole Johnson, foreman of one of
the three changes of men that were
caught by the vast mass, is the only
one whose injuries are not critical.
Arms and legs could be seen at
varying angles .as the great lantern
of the steam shovels swung over the
half-filled pit.
An army of men with shovels work
ed desperately to recover the bodies
The work was tedious and difficult.
Women and children ran screaming
to the pit and some fell in while look
ing early for lost friends.
It will be days before all the bodies
can be recovered and all the parts of
several may never be assembled. The
mass of rock and earth ground many
of them to shreds. The only four men
near theouier edgjs had & chanca Jx
run as the landslide swept into the
hole. So far as can be ascertained all
the men caught in the slide were
Finn's and Austrians. Many left large
families. Paul Paulson, whose wife
died a month ago, left seven children
orphans. The little ones formed a
group at the edge of the pit.
Mystery Surrounding Gibbs Murde
Deepens.
- Elizabeth City, N. C-, March 13
Some 'members of the coroner's jury
not being satisfied with the investi
gation made before a verdict was ren
dered in the Gibbs murder case,
Coroner Fearing has called the jury
to meet again this afternoon at four
o'clock.
It is understood that information
has come to members of the jury that
may possibly throw some light on the
case and a more thorough examina
tion of witnesses is desired. The
opinion constantly grows that Gibbs
was not murdered for robbery. Per
sistent rumors connect certain ene
mies of the dead man with the crime
but so far as can be learned evidence
is not sufficient to warrant any ar
rests at this time. No case since the
famous Nellie Cropsey murder has so,
stirred this community and citizens
are aroused with a determination to
remove the mystery surrounding the
case and perpetrators of the cold
blooded crime.
Heavy Fire Insurance Losses.
Raleigh, N. C, March 13. State In
surance Commissioner Young directs
the people of the State interested in
insurance to the fact that the fire
loss in the United States and Canada
for the month of February, as com
piled by the Journal of Commerce,
shows a total of $16,415,000, or near
ly $1,000,000 more than in February.,
1910. This makes an increase of
nearly $8,000,000 more for January
and February, 1911 than for the
same months last year. He strongly
appeals to the citizens of the State
that they should not only stir up
their city and town officers for bet
ter building and inspection, but be
more careful themselves.
Oh, fear not in a world like this,
And thou shalt know ere long
fCnow how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.; -
Longfellow.
CITY CROWDED
TEND LOUIS WEST TRIAL
INTEREST EXCEEDS ANY PREVIOUS
TOWN-WEST AND HIS ACCOMPLICES ARE PRESENTED
TO THE COURT
JUDGE ADAMS PRESIDES OVER DESTINY OF PRISONERS
Counsel on both sides have agreed
to defer the trial of West and asso
ciates until Wednesday morning.
A venire of 250 men will be sum
moned to appear here at that time,
since it is evident that the regular
panel would hardly furnish many
jurors.
The court is now engaged in the
trial of petty causes, and will so con
tinue until Wednesday when the trial
of the notrious criminals will begin.
The special term of Superior Court
for Wilson county, called by Governor
Kitchin on the request of the County
Commissioners, to try those charged
with the murder of Deputy Sheriff
George Mumford and the wounding of
Chief of Police O. A. Glover, convened
this morning, Judge J. S. Adams, of
Asheville, presiding.
Louis West, Stetson and Jim
Simms, charged with being connected
with the crime, and all of whom it is
stated were in the home of Mary
Young when, the tragedy .occurred ,
were brought to Wilson last night
from Raleigh, where they were sent
for safe keeping in the penitentiary
until court week.
This crime which threw this city
in the greatest frenzy of excitement
in its history, occurred on February
3rd. The morning of that day Sheriff
Sharpe was ' asked by the Sheriff of
Cumberland county to look out for a
gang of negroes which had robbed the
Huske Hardware store at Dunn, stat
ing that, they were headed this way.
The sheriff notified the police of the
matter and Chief Glover, Policemen
Warren and Wynne and Deputy Mum
ford went to work on the case.
About half past two o'clock in the
afternoon Policeman Wynne located
the bunch, approaching town from
Five Points, and ' while he weiit to
notify the other officers, some of
them entered the house of , Mary
Young, situate near the Norfolk South
ern freight depot. On the officers
learning that they had entered this
house they surrounded it and demand
ed that the door which was locked be
opened. On the refusal, Mr. Mumford
secured an axe to force an entrance,
and as the door was opened, Mumford
and Glover were met with a fusilade
of shots, both of them being shot and
severely wounded. As Louis West
passed by Mumford on his escape
through this door, he exclaimed,
"Damn you, you are not dead yet,"
and . sent a bullet through this of
fleer's brain. ,
Officers Warren and Wynne both
fired at West, but although he was
struck he was not disabled and con
tinued his f light until he was the- next
week arrested In Maxton.
Stetson, who is also believed . to
have been tn the Young house wheh
the shooting occurred, was afrested
in Selma, and Jim Simms in Wilson.
Many other arrests were made Me
bane, Dave Young and Wade Wil
li? TDs, being charged with the Dunn
robbery or with being in Wilson with
West and Stetson on the day of the
murder.
At the February term of Superior
Court true bills of . murder were re
turned against Louis West, Dave
Young and Wade Williams. A true
bill against Stetson will doubtless be
returned by the grand jury -today.
When court convened at ten o'clock
this morning the court room was
packed and hundreds were unable to
?ain admission.
The jury -list was first called and
TO AT
OCCURRENCE IN HISTORYiOKTHE
the following grand jurors were se
lected for the term:
W. W. Sharpe, W. P. Ander
son, A. T. Smith, Wiley Webb,
Frank Pittman, John Rose, J. A. Cor
bett, George W. Thomas, D. E.
Barnes, M. E. Whitley, W. B. Barnes,
M. G. Sharpe, G. C. Cobb, J. Bruwell
Barnes, W. W. Whitehead, J. II. Gill,
J. M. Adkins, Ernest Bos well.
Mr. W. P. Anderson was appointed
foreman.
Judgo Adams then delivered hi3
charge. Judge Adams was up all
night last night on account of a
wreck and stated he felt quite unwell
and would make his charge as brie
as possible.
Judge Adams devoted his charge
principally to capital cases, defining
each but giving the most attention to
the crimes of murder, and murder in
the second degree and manslaughter,
and of principals in the first degree
and principals in "the second degree,
and accessories and conspiracies.
Judge Adams also referred to the
bthef crimes, such as false jf.e tense,
gambling, violating prohibition laws,
etc.
Mr. Golden Walston was sworn as
officer of the grand jury.
The docket was then taken up and
motions made for continuance in a
number of cases. ,
After calling over the docket Judge
Adams stated that he understood
there was a case of homicide for trial
and that the defendants had no coun
sel. He asked the Sheriff to brins
the prisoner West into court so that
counsel for his defense could be as
signed before he was arraigned. This
was done.
Solicitor Allsbrook, of Tarboro, Is
assisted in the prosecution by S. A.
Woodard, Esq., John E. Woodard,
Esq., and W. A. Finch, Esq.
On inquiry from the court, West
stated that he had no lawyer and had
no money to employ one, and the
court appointed W. A. Lucas, Esq.,
and E. J. Barnes, Esq., of the Wil
son bar, to appear for the defense.
C. W. Edgerton, Esq., of Kenly, was
requested to aid them if he could re
main here, which he stated to the
court he was unable to do.
Court then adjourned until throe
o'clock this afternoon to give the at
torneys for the defense time to looff
into their case.
It is expected that by that hour a
true bill will be found against Stet
son, and it is likely -that West, Stet
son and Young will be tried jointly.
Louis West, Stetson and Jim Simms
Brought Here.
Last night Louis West, Stetson and
Jim Simms were brought to Wilsor
on the Norfolk Southern train arriv
ing here about eleven-thirty. Th
train was stopped several blocks from
the depot and the prisoners taken off '
by the deputies and were only seen
by a few persons on the way to jail,
as the hour they would arrive herei
was kept secret by the officers. -(Continued
on Page Four.)
COTTON MARKET
The New York cotton market open
ed this morning a few points lower,
March, 14.30; May, 14.51; July, 14.28 J
August, 13.83; October, 12.64; Decem
ber, 12.55.
At 12 o'clock the market was high
er, being: March, 14.40; May, 14.57
July, 14.32; October, 12.67.
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