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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR.
WILSON, N. C. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1911.
VOL 17. NO. 121.
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Times
BOOSTER WEEK
AY IN TIMES' GREAT
AUTOMOBILE COKTES
AN ENCOURAGEMENT OFFER
MADE PUBLIC . IN ORDER TO
STIUMLATE AN EARLY START
IN THE RACE FOR PRIZES BAL
LOTS WILL BE MAILED TO ALL
CONTESTANTS FOR YEARLY
SUBSCRIPTIONS
TURNED IN.
A L READY
By C. B. MARSHALL.
On another page of this issue will
be found an announcement of espe
cial interest to all contestants and
their friends. It announces the in
auguration - of "Boosters Week" in
The Times' big contest. An offer is
made to encourage . an early start
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FIRST GRAND PRIZE.
Reo 1911 Automobile, Sold by Welfare Automobile Company, Wilson, N.'C.
among the candidates for the prizes.
The management believes in putting
the best offers at the beginning of
the contest instead of at the end and
the wise contestant will do most of
their work as early in the game as
possible. . " '
The offer is this: During the next
six days an extra ' certificate calling
for 15,000 votes will be issued -for
every yearly subscription turned into j
The Times for the Daily and Semi-!
Weekly Wilson Times. ' All yearly
subscriptions turned, in to date will
also be credited with the extra votes.
This is simply an offer of encour
agement and will expire Saturday
night, March 25th. So it behooves all
to immediately get busy and see how
many of ' these extra votes you can
secure during this short week. The
ballots do not have to be counted at
once but may be held and voted at
will. ,
See list of candidates and their
standing today and the ballot on an
other page. - -
The Extra Vote Offer.
However, the 'piost important thing
this week is to take advantage of the
great 15,000 extra vote offer. Quite
a number of candidates have been
wise enough to see the big opportuni
ty in. this offer, and are losing no
time in taking advantage of it.
The big contest is just swinging
into its proper stride. Candidates are
beginning to realize something of its
sise and the detail involved in : han
dliag the business. The Contest De
partment is making every effort to
answer all inquiries promptly and to
the point and asks contestants to read
the rules carefully before rushing off
a letter about some minor point that
is fully covered.
It makes no difference where a
candidate resides, the chances are ex
actly the same for winning the first
prize.'- .v '. '. -.
Flooded With Inquiries. ,
The Contest Department has been
overrun with inquiries from the con
testants whether we mean, " as we
have stated above, that this Is abso
lutely the largest offer that we make
during the contest.' and when we
stated this we meant Just what we
eald.
If you desire to be a winner,
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you must not neglect this offer. "'Tis
the early bird that catches the worm."
and such is the case here. The con
testant who takes advantage of this
offer will be the winners. Show your
friends where they can help you more
this week than at any other time of
the contest, then urge them to take
out a yearly subscription. Now is the
time so get busy.
To Outside Candidates.
You will have until 9 o'clock Sat
urday night to mail in your subscrip
tions so that they will count on the
"Booster Week." Any letter mailed
before 9tp. m. Saturday will count.
Ask your postmaster when he changes
his date stamp, then be sure you get
your letter in on time.
Call For Letters.
Have you obtained -any of the let-
ters that we furnish the contestants
to send to their friends? If not, why
not? You would indeed be surprised
if you only knew how readily your
friends - will respond, when called on.
Now is the time to use them 'if
you have not already obtained
bunch of these. Come in or write
tor them at once.
Home Of Diaz Stoned.
Son Antonio, Texas, March 20.-
Details of an attack on the palace of
President Diaz, in Mexico City, while
the residence was crowded with
guests, by a mob, shouting "Vive
Madero!" which had been suppressed
by the censor, N were brought- here
Thursday night by a party of Ameri
cans. The latter came from the
ca'pital of the Southern Republic by
train.
, The windows of the palace were al
shattered with stones, and the guests
fled in panic. President ' Diaz him
self, however, coolly sent orders by
an aide de camp to the police to re
store order. An American who has
an official connection with the United
States government confirmed the re
ports of the riot. He said that there
is strong likelihood that a report of
the occurrence is already in the hands
of the State Department at Wash
ington. " v
The stoning of President Diaz's
palace camfe so suddenly that the
police, utterly unprepared for the de
monstration, were unable to disperse
the mob before the damage had been
done. As the details were recited
here, the demonstration occurred
about 9 o'clock in the evening. The
streets centering about tife official
residence were filled with people.
Suddenly there was a movement in
the crowd, and out of cafes and ad
jacent places there poured, as if by
preconcerted signal, several hundred
men and. young boys. "With shouts of
"Viva Madero!" they let fly first one
shower of rocks and then a second.
The whole thing waa over in five
minutes. There were several arrests.
Mr. Sledge who if -ers
Unions, will bf ;)
Tuesday night.
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ALL TROOPS
SCENE
THE MOVEMENT OF SOLDIERS TO
MEXICAN BORDER MADE WITH-
OUT A HITCH
A FIGHT OR A FROLIC
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udivcsiou, xexas, marcn zu. -wim i
the arrival at Fort Crockett of ap-
proximately 3,000 soldiers from coast
artillery costs alone the "Atlantic
"
seaboard, the .army's movement of I
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troops to Texas apparently has been
completed.
The men who reached here on the
transports Sumner, McClellan and Kil-
patrrick, after an eight-day voyage
from Hampton Roads, were keenly
disappointed when they learned that
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aa air of mystery still enveloped the
so-called .maneuvers. They came ex-
pscting their stay here to be of short
duration. :
A three and one-half mile hike to
the camp from the wharf w '.re they
landed gave the men
the first eex-
ercise they had had since they took
ship. They were packed in the trans
ports like sardines, 1,100 on the Kil
'Patrick, 1,100 on the. Sumner and 50C
on the McClellan. There were room
on the decks of the transports for
only 200 , at a time and they Jiad to
take turns in getting on deck for air.
However, they were entirely free from
sickness when they arrived. -
The transports brought 30 days'
rations ior 4,vuu men auu uau. a um-
. m rS J 1 1 X! w ill
lion rounds ot ammunition, iaca .iiwni
aboard ship was provided with two
pairs of strong russet shoes after
Ihey left Hampton Roads, indicating
that some hard field service is ex
p'ected of them.
JThe brigade to be commanded by
Brig.-Gen. A. L. Mills is now com
plete, the troops who N arrived last
forming the two other provisional
regiments. One regiment is in com
mand of Lieut.-Col. C. P. Townsley,
and the other as in charge of Col.
John B. White.
Work of drilling the men in com
pany, battalion and regimental for
mation will besrin at once. In the
held
meantime, the brigade will be
in readiness to move on a moment's
notice. '
Brigadier-General Galington, Inspector-General
of the army, has arrived
here from San Antonio and will
spend several days in the camp in
specting the regiments. He was .ac
companied by Maj." Herwarth Von Bit
tenfield,x military attache of the Ger
nlan Embassy in Washington, who
has been invited to observe the
maneuvers.
NO DECISION AS YET AS
TO NORFOLK SHOO-FLY.
.Raleigh, N. C, March 20. The Cor
poration Commission . has considered
for some time the petition forthe re
quirement for the Norf blk-Goldsboro
Shoofly to be continued . to the
Wilmington section of the road
which would give an additional
train service that would leave Wil-
mmgton in me eany mug - " -
rive there rrom XMonoiK arouna uuu
night. The Commission ,has reached
no decision in the " matter yet.
COTTON MARKET
The New York cotton market open
ed this morning a few points up.
March, 14.47; May, 14,56; July, 14.38;
October, 12.65; December, 12.53.
At twelve o'clock the market , was
lower. Marchl4.36; May, 14.50; July,
14.35; August, 13.85; October, 12.62;
December, 12.50. J
The market closed higher. March,
i.4.43; May, -14.1 j; July, 14.43; An
rust. 13.92; October, 12.67; December
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S--ots in Wilson about 14.50 for
.cod grades. - .
liOLDSBORO
MAN KILLED
A
WOMAN CALLS TO SEE HIM IN
OFFICE AND SHOOTS HIM
FIVE TIMES
SHE HAD BEEN BETRAYED
onreeport, ja., March zu. u. (j. I
Kornegay, railroad rate clerk employ-
ed..by the Vicksburg, Shreveport and
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t-acmc itauway, was shot ttve umes
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anH riiod, aimnst inetontw Iiaiv 3tnT. I
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uay. -a jars, nayme, wno says sue 1
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formerly lived at Greenville, Miss.,
surrendered to the authorities.
The woman called at the railroad
ofBce and asked to see Kornegay. He
went from his desk to a window at
the counter, when the woman opened
fire. After the man fell, Mrs. Haynie
turned the revolver upon herself bul.
tne cartridge failed to explode., xne
woman said she killed Kornegay be-
cause, after leaving her husband and
two children and coming with him to
this place, she learned Kornegay had
a wife and six children at Goldsboro,
N. C.
; Held In High Esteem.
Goldsboro. N. C. March 20 C. G.
Kornegay was of one of the best and
oldest families in this section , and
formery held a position of trus: in
the businSS world which ' he lost
throne-h dissipation. He was 35
' ar6 old and leaves a wife and five
rlliidrfin. hn hold the . esteem of
.
th community. His brother is
casllier of the First National Bank.
Since he left Goldsboro to start life
anew esewnere Kornegay has sent
monthly remittances to his family.
Fatal Auto Accident At Asheville.
' Asheville. N. C, March 20. The
first fatal automobile accident m
Asheville occurred Friday night when
Carey Lyerly, the four year old son
of Capt. and Mrs. W. R. Lyerl, struck
by an automooue driven Dy uananu
Cathey, expired at the Menwetner
Hospital, where it had been taken.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Phillip and urove streets ana wdb
E, T. Coyner.w The - child was at-
tempting to cross the street when the
automobile coming along the street
Its speed being a debatable question
struqk the child, and crushed its ab-
domen. - ,
Foreclosure on Plant of Neuse River
Cotton Mill.
Raleigh, N. C, March 20. ine
Neuse Riverr Cotton Mills, near Ral-
eigh, having defaulted in interest m-
stallment of $1,875 due the Trust
Company of America on a $75,000
bond issue, proceedings were started
in the Federal" Court here Saturday
for a foreclosure of the mortgage se- is attached to the coming of Liman
curring bonds. tour, who is credited with a mission
The mill has paid the interest
since 1901 until this year. A. A.
TTircrtrnRnTi - its Tiw.i dealt, is also DreSl -
- frent - 'oC the Raleigh and the Carleigh
Mills, end: both were understood to
be in good condition. Commissioner
Wills was named by the court to sell
the plant of Neuse mills.
CAPT. KNIGHT IS ACQUITTED.
Not Neglect of Duty When Monitor
Sank, fcourt Decides:
Norfolk, Va, March 20. That the
verdict of the court-martial whicb
tried Capt. Austin M. Kniight upon
charaes of neglect of duty in the sink
ing of the monitor Puritan, following
explosive tests, will be an acquittal
was me unofficial announcement " 1r
n aval circles after th members o
the court had signed its findings.
Nothing as to the details of the re
nort. or any possible recommendation
will be given out here.'
IS PEACE
NOW
IN SIGHT?
IT IS THOUGHT THAT LIMANTOUR
IS HURRYING TO DIAZ WITH
' PROPOSALS
AWAITING HIS ARRIVAL
""ui acacu, lviaiu u. jusc
Limantour, financier, diplomat and
possible future president of Mexico,
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neu wnuugu una taty oaiuiuajr
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route to Mexico Citv. where he may I
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auout peace ui tue reiium..
Air. limantour, nis wue, son ana a
private secretary, composed the party
which left San' Antonio in the private
car Hidalgo. Immediately preceding
it -W-Km -m 11 A S
cne maaigo in me tram was me pn-
vate car of Vice-President C. R. Hud-
son, of the National Railways of
meii, w sd-mc umCl -
served on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande river. During the journey
from San Antonio, Senor Limantour
refused to see anbody.
Leonardo Aguilar, J. Madero Aguil-
ar and J. Gonzales Trevelo, members
of the Madero family, -of Monterey,
came in this "morning to interview
Senor Limantour. They were unsuc
cessful, but got a promise of an' au
dience as soon as the train reached
Mexican soil.
The only visitors received by Senoi
Limantour on the United States side
were Mexican Consul Miguel -E. Die
bold andrCollector of Customs james
J. Hayes, while the audience granted
on the Mexican side of the river wa?
confined to a few of the army, Fed
eral and municipal officials.
Leonardo Aguilar, a member of the
non-combatant branch of the Maderc
family, said he knew the Maderos ie
New York had received cable advicer
of' the coming from New York oJ
Senor Limantour, and that later a con
ference had been heldjn New York
He .also declared that telegrams had
been received by the Maderos now ir.
Mexico which indicated there would
be a change of conditions within the
neit three weeks and that their
enforced expartriation would end.
While in the station in Cotulla,
Texas, where representatives of the
Madero family boarded the Liman-
tour train for this city, they met and
talked with a large number of Mexi-
can3 and several persons from the
United States, among whom was
James -Walker. : the American 'who
acted as guide for Francisco II. Ma-
dero . during his flight to Cotulla to
I
Eaele PaSS. "
A coincidence attaches to the re-
turn of Jose Vves Limantour to
Mexico at this time. He is due in
Mexico City 'Sunday night, March
19th Tnat Sunday is known as St.
Joseph day in Mexico, and St. Joseph
j the patron saint of Mexico. xIn
view 0f the fact that great importance
j 0f conciliation, his arrival is, looked
I forward to as an omen, of peace by
. I thnnsnnda of XTpTriftans.
j protest Against Tonnage Charges of
; Railroads.
Raleigh, N. C March 20. Corpora
tion Commission will hear Tuesday,
March 21, the petition of the Drum
monr Transportation Company ana
j others gainst the recently inaugui:-
J ated practice of the Norfolk and
Southern Railway of imposing 20
j cents per ton wharfage charges for
J freight delivered by steamboat lines
I tQ. the railroad at Elizabeth City,
j Washington and New Bern. The al
I ration is that the tonnage charge
J V 'tended to shut oft "vater competl-
j . in freight carried out of Norfol
I . points Involved. Shippers
j vhout Eastern Carolina are 'in-
1 to be , deeply interested ir
1 ' -"'ngs.
BIG FIRE
ATKENLY
FIVE FRAME BUILDINGS WERE
BURNED EARLY THIS
MORNING
THE LOSS ABOUT $8,000
Kenly, N. C, March 20. A fire
waicn originated in a frame building
used as a general Pitching and feed.
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ing place for teams consumed that
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u & BVCUlus. uiBcuier wim
four other frame buildings adjoining.
I
There was no insurance on the build-
ings owned by Messrs. Elias Barnes,
Tom -Watson, Jim Davis and Jesse
JoneS) neither was there a dollar's
worm of insurance on the contents.
I
Th building adjoining the one in
whicll thQ fire started was occupied-
by-Mr. J. D. Farrior, of Wilson, who
was USing it as a depository for ve-
nicles Mr Toler, a sewing machine
agent jVvras aiso using the same build-
ing as a depository for sewing ma
chines and had some 15 or 20 stored
therein. His loss was severe, having
no insurance on his stock whatsoever.
Mr. Farrior's loss was probably $400.
Mr. James Davis lost his stock of
merchandise valued at $1,000 in the
third building. No insurance.
The International Harvestering
Compony lost $300 worth of machin
ery stored in one of the buildings.
. A negro restaurant keeper lost $50
; worth of fixtures. - .v,. .-; :;... .
" The entire loss on" "buildings and
3tock will probably total $8,000.
Y The buildings will be replaced at
once with brick structures.
An incident out of the ordinarry
occurred during the progress of the
flames. A steer that had been traded
for last week, and from Mr. Peter
Bailey's mill, was tied in a box stall
and the flames were scorching his
hair when a negro heroically ran in
with a knife and cut the halter that
5ound llinu The steer smarting un.
der the sting of fire and f rightened by
nash of flamef sprang OUt and
?aught the coloed man ou his hornfl
J bearing him 20 yards and dronmn
him unnurt to the ground. His steer-
9Mn nn at a MT1?, 0
twA nf-tPn miioQ n
Lomei never stoDDin ' until he reaehed
there. j
Parties coming into Kenly were
compelled to get out of his way, and
smelt the halr of tb t rhose
hip
jured.
rra.- fir ,a annsol tn y,VOL
I v iU'v,
(HnotoH tr-nm o motnli tV.f
was dr0pped in the unoccpuied stable.
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ATLANTIC FLEET IN PPRT.
Eleven Battleships Reach Hampton
Roads From Guantanamo. '
Norfolk, Va., March 20. Eleven
battleships of the first, third, and
fourth divisions of the Atlantic fleet
commanded by Rear Admiral Seton
Schroeder, have passed in the Vir
ginia capes from Guantanamo, Cuba,
and anchored in Hampton Roads.
The warships will engage In pre
liminary practice, subsequently reas
sembling for further practice on the
Southern drill grounds, off this coast
In May.
The vessels which came in today
w.ere the Connecticut, North Dakota,
Michigan, Minnesota, Vermont, Mis
sissippi, Idaho, Georgia, Nebraska,
Rhode Island, and Virginia,
Town politics is now being gener
ally talbed, but thus far no candidates
nave openly announced themselves.
THE WEATHER
Washington, D. C, March 20. For
North Carolina:, Fair tonight and
Tuesday. Moderate temperature;
ight to moderate westerlay winds.