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WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1911
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' contest department rushed
all day saturday handling
subscriptions turned in on
the big offer double
votes issued on all sub
scriptions turned in be
fore next saturday.
THE PRIZES.
Grand Prizes:
Reo 1911 Automobile
$400.00 Dayton Piano.
District Prizes:
4 Diamond Rings 4
4 Scholarships 4 .
4 Gold Watches 4
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By C. B. MARSHALL.
Double votes Saturday!
Today The Times announces anoth
er offer. It will" be known as the
Double Vote Offer, and is good for
one day only, next Saturday, "'.April
15th, and means that for each and
every subscription turned in ori that
day the Contest Department will issue
just double the usual number of
votes. This offer will be jn -effect all
day Saturday and until 9 p. ;m; -and
candidates should work hard all the
week for the big day of double votes.
, The. attention 6t : -eandidatex and
the announcement of the voting sche
dule for the different periods" of the
contest is asked. v
By glancing over the schedule 'else
where you will also note the an
nouncement of the divisions of the re-,
maining days of the contest into dif
ferent i-eriods with a vote schedule
for each period. - 7
Saturday the votes vare 10O per cent
oyer the regular scale, next week they
will be but 50 per . cent more than
the regular scale, the week after that,
tut 25 per cent more than the regu
lar scale, while the lastweekof the
contest the regular scale of votes will
prevail. .. v :
. We told you last week that never
again during the contest .would you
be able to secure so many votes for
a club of subscriptions. "When we
told you that we meant exactly , what
we said. We propose to keep our
vrord. This is not quite as .good as
the one last week.
Candidates should work as they
have never worked before.
- From this schedule it is hardly
necessary for us to point out the ad
vantages of securing every possible
subscription for Saturday.
Don't Go To Sleep. -
Now that the "Opportunity Days'
are over, don't go to sleep. This is' a
real danger to many. They are con
scious they did well during the time
their efforts counted for most and
ttey lose sight of the fact that all of
these efffforts may be wasted if they
relax their energies. V
A new offer has started. Make up
four mind that you will do as much
with the opportunities offered you as
you have in the past. :
If you have failed up" to this time
to the utmost diligence make up your
'aind to do still better than at any
Previous time. . r -
" The race is far from run; v indeed,
ess than half of the time has elapsed,
and there is not one of you. who could
not even if you were at the foot of
tne list overcome your present handi
cap in the remaining four weeks."
"Big Week" Offer.
The response to "Big Week" of The
TOnaes' contest on the part of the
ndidates was double what had been
expected by the Contest ' Department.
11 day iong Saturday, the success
BLAZE OF GLORY
ful subscription gatherers flocked to
The Times office and turned in the
business they had completed, then,
hurrying out again, they set out in
search of just one more, or two more,
or perhaps three more , persons who
might be persuaded to give a sub
scription to complete another club of
ten yearly subscriptions before the
office closed that night.
Very Successful.
To judge by the number who ; re
turned, they were most successful in
their quest. By dusk, things began
to thicken around us, and by 7:30
you would" have thought a reception
was going on in the Contest' Depart
ment. Much fun and laughter and
more good selid business went on.
The result was a bunch of sub
scriptions so large that the manage
ment is just now beginning to catch
up with it, and the spare moments
have been so few that we really don't(
know if there have been any at all.
The trouble is you can't know
where any one else' stands. The fact
that you were on the scene Saturday
night with a bunch of subscriptions
would be more reassuring if you did
not know that nearly every one else
was there, too. It was conclusively
proved that there was to be no walk
over Jn the winning of the prizes, and
that the 'ambitious candidates must
keep right at it if they .hope to keep
ahead of their rivals.
CONFER WITH PRESIDENTS.
Finley of. Southen" and Andrews of
Blue Ridge Expected to be in An
derson April 20 to Discuss Proposi
tion to Extend Blue-Ridge Railway
Over the Mountains to Tennessee.
Anderson, S. C, April 10. Presi
dent Finley of the Southern Railway
and President ' Andrews of the Blue
Ridge are expected to come to An
derson on the 2Cth, instant to confer
with a large . body of business men
about extending the' Blue Ridge Rail
way , over the mountains, thereby
completing a short line between the
West and Charleston. Invitations are
going to be - extended to all tovr.s
along the Southern Railway between
Walhalla and Charleston to send
representatives to this conference;
A mass meeting of representative
business men from six or eight towns
has "been held here and a strong
committee of twenty was selected to
go to Washington to put the matter
before the railway officials. This trip
will be deferred since it hasdevel
oped that President Andrews intends
coming here. An urgent invitation is
being extended to President Finley
to come at the same time.
The movement to get the Blue
Ridge extended over the mountains
is now , taking definite shape. The
business meil here say that they are
ready to accept any reasonable prop
osition from the Southern to help
carry out the project.
New Orleans Editors "Mix Up" On
' The Street. ;" .
New Orleans, April 10. After
acrimonious articles in their respec
tive French papers, followed by a
challenge to meet in a duel, Editor
Armand Capdeville, of the Bee, and
Editor J. G. Debaroncelli, of the
Wasp, met Saturday on a street and
a fist fight was the result. The lat
ter received a blackened eye. Both
were paroled at the police station,
where the cases- were entered.
: TOEMTHEB;'
Washington, D. C, April 10. For
North Carolina : Fair and warmer to
night and Tuesday with moderate
northeast winds.
Trinity, 6; Wake Forest 2.
Durham, N. C, April 10. Trinity
def eated Wake Forest Saturday jn a
very slow and listless game by the
score of 6 to 2. Bob Gantt was on
the mound for. Trinity and pitched o
good game, fanning 15 men. In the'
fourth inning, with the bases full and
no outs, Gantt struck .out the next
three men. Underwood also pitched a
good game, keeping his hits well scat
tered after the first inning.
Farmer Boys Defeat Davidson.
Charlotte, N. C, April 10. The" Ag
ricultural and Meclianical College Sat
urday afternoon defeated Davidson by
the score of 4 to 2. The victory for
the Farmers probably devolved
around an accident which occurred
to Catcher Mattison, of Davidson, in
the latie half of the eighth inning,
when he suffered a severe laceration
of his little finger and had to -be re
placed by Dunn.
Carolina Loses To Virginia.
Greensboro, N. C, April ' 10. The
baseball " team of the University of
Virginia triumphed over the Univer
sity of North Carolina in the first of
the annual Spring series here Satur
day, the score, being 3 to 1. Witmer
was the main factor in determining
the victory, he allowing three hits
and his hitting a double and a single
at opportune times. Both infields
played brilliantly. -
Duls, on the mound for the Tar
Heels, pitched good ball with the ex
ception of the fifth and ninth innings
when triples by Blakeny and 'Driver
and a double by Witmer in connection
with an error sent three " tallies over
for the Virginians, ,.
-. We take the following r from Jthe
Goldsboro" correspondentof The News
and Observer: '' ' r-v v v
"In a recent issue of 'The Old Re
liable,' the Rocky Mount correspond
ent says, in regard to a four-club
league for Eastern North5 Carolina :
, " 'Goldsboro has had nothing to say
on this four-club proposition, much to
the surprise, of maey. in this city; but
still quieter yet have been the fans
in Raleigh, who will not even let one
word about baseball venture from
their lips ncr creep intothe papers.
Rocky Mount is ready and willing to
play organized baseball another year;
and while a. six-club-league is more
acceptable, four will do, and itwon't
take any coaxing and persuading to
place a franchise in this city.'
"Some rnistake - about the above
statement, for it has not only been in
print, but is an assured f acl that
Goldsboro is in favor of either a six
or four club league,' and are anxiously
waiting for some one to start the. ball
rolling, and the soonei the'DexTer, for
the time is drawing nearer and near
er every day.
"If Wilson and Raleigh want a four
club league, all. they have to do is to
get together and say so, nave a meet
ing called a.t an early date, and Golds
boro ""will" then- join hands in making
the circuit complete.
"But : the main point is to start
early, and get together. Much wore
must be done before the league can
be properly launched. A schedule
must be adopted, the four clubs form
ed, officers elected, and chief of all,
rules for the guidance t. of . the league
must be drafted.
"Once again we say it is up to Wil
son and Raleigh, for Goldsboro is
ready to play, ball." V
Wilson Won't Play Ball
The Times believes it can safely
state that so far as this city is con
cerned the - Eastern Carolina League
is dead for tliis season. Whether or
not .it will be revived next- year re
mains another question. But one
thing is certain. If - there is a. six;
four v or ' two-club - professional- league
this season Wilson will not be in-it.
Mr. J. D. : Bardin left for Nashville
thfs.mcrning..- .' : .; ' ' ' ' - -.Mr.
G. T. Smith, of Pikeville, passed
brcr'gh - the city this morning for
j Richmond for treatment. ;
W IN SUIT
IMPORTANT DECISION RENDERED
IN MINNESOTA RATE
CASES
THE STATE ? WILL APPEAL
St. Paul, Minn., April 10. Judge
Walter H. Sanborn, -senior United
States circuit judge, eighth judicial
district, in an exhaustive opinion
handed down has decided the Minne
sota rate cases "against the members
of the Minnesota State Railway Com:
mission on the grounds that the ne
cessary effect ot -the reductions ' or
dered was substantially to regulate
interstate commerce, to create unjust
discriminations between localities in
Minnesota and those in adjoining
States in violation of the commercial
clause of the constitution and to take
the properties of the railroad com
panies without just compensation in
violation of the fourteenth amend;
ment to the constitution. The suits
v.ere brought by" stockholders of tha
Northern Pacific;: Railway Company,
the Great Northern Railway Company,
and the Minnesota & St. Louis Rail
road Company against v those compa
nies, the ""Attorney General and the
members of the railway r and ware
house commission - of Minnesota, to
enjoin the reduction of the passenger
rates in Minnesota from three cents
to two cents a jnile, the merchandise
rates 20'percent to 25 per 'cent and
the commddity rates 1,37 Ter cent.
The railroad cOmpaxiles had put all
these reductiOias ejeceptvthat on com
modity rates into effect, and the case.
were commenced and tried after the
effect of these reductions had become
provable. Full proof of the facts .of
the" case was made through many
months before Charles E. Otis, spe
cial master,, who reported the facts
and recommended decrees in favor of
the stockholders.
Judge Sanborn .rendered decrees
which affirm the report of the 'mas
ter and enjoin the enforcement of the
reductions after June 1, 1911.
Former Attorney General of Min
nesota E. T. Young, who started the
rate suits against -the railroads on
behalf cf the. State, says the decision
leaves the rate-making power, entirely
in the hands ofxthe railroads and af
fects the State Railroad and .Ware
house Commission so that it cannot
move without consulting the Federal
courts. .. V .
He says that the State will file a
notice of an appeal at once.
Ask Mail Clerks Not To Organize.
Washington, D. C, April 10. Sec
retary Frank Morrison, of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, has an
nounced that the Post Office Depart
ment is taking vigorous steps to pre
vent any organization of " the railway
mail clerks, by asking them to "sign
a pledge which reads, in part, as fol
lows:' "' ' " - ' -;i v
"We will not join any brotherhood
or labor union while in this service."
A letter received at the Federation
from a , clerk reports . that the postal
clerks were called into . the office of
the chief clerk at San Francisco an
asked to-sign pledges forbidding any
connection to be had with any labor
union or . organization. The letter
says: ' . ' -
"Almost all of the clerks in the San
Francisco and Los Angeles districts
are signing similar pledges. The
clerks resent this, but are afraid "not
to sign it. We are afraid to 'start
something1' but would like . somebody
else to do iL" v s .
Mr. John E. Woodard left for Nash--ille
thia morning. - : -
In Norway no one is allowed ',- to
?pend more than 6 cents two drinks
in any cne tavern.
emocrat:
HOUSE WILL GIVE REPUBLICAN
" SENATE IMPORTANT MEAS
URES FOR ACTION
NO RIDER FOR TREATY
Washington, April 10. Legislative
plans of the Democratic majority of
the House, made known from a re
liable source, indicate that the Re-
publican Senate will be given speedi
ly important measures for action.
The definite outline, subject, to
further caucus ratification, lists as fol
lows: The order of legislation to be
pushed forward by the Ways and
Means Committee as soon as the
House organization is completed:
Popular election of United. States
Senators.
Publicity before elections of cam
paign contributions.
Siaiehood for Arizona5 and New
Mexico- -
Canadian reciprocity.
Revision of schedule K., the wool
schedule of the Payne-Aldrich , bill.
Revision of the cotton schedule.
Beyond this the present program
does not extend, other tariff matters
and general subjects being left for
fruther consideration, dependent a
great deal upon time.
It has also practically been decided
that the Canadian reciprocity bill to
be brought - forward by Chairman
Underwood will be almost an exact
duplicate of the McCall bill. It will
carry no tarifCrider,
'.' Leading Democrat, ' when -asked
what they would do if the Senate Im
mediately passed ..the Canadian reci
prociety bill and then indicated Its
readiness to adjourn, declared that
the House would not adjourn. The
Democratic leaders, expressed confi
dence that the President would not
exercise his authority to adjourn the
extraordinary session should a dis
pute arise between the two houses of
the Congress over adjournment.
Clarence Potter Banished From State.
Bristol, Tenn., April 10. Clarence
Potter, a young man once banished
from. Watauga county, North Caro
lina for his part in bloody feuds but
who returning when the time limit ex
pired to find himself again in a
shooting affray in which a shot from
his gun shattered the bone in his
aged mother's leg, making her a
cripple for life, has just accepted the
alternative of banishment ' from
North Carolina for life in preference
to a sentence of 2 .years in the State
prison. The judge of the Watauga
county court gave Potter the privi
lege of a choice. Potter made his
escape after wounding his mother,
but was recently captured in Ken
tucky. He wa.s implicated with Boono
Potter, it is charged, in the killing of
Sheriff .Howard in ' Western North
Carolina a few years ago.
Blease Vetoes Act For Distribution of
Dispensary Fund Among Schools.
Columbia, S. C, April 10. Governor
Blease Saturday vetoed the Stevenson
act requiring the . distribution of the
$300,000 State dispensary fund ataong
the common " schools. The Governor
left it to the State Board of Educa
tion to say whether he should approve
the measure and the board, b3f ore ad
journing, unanimously voted against
the aq,t on the ground that enrollment,
as designated by the act, is not a
proper basis for apportionment of the
fund, even if there was a way to as
certain the ; real : enrollment. The
fund, therefore; remains for the pres
ent intact. :Next January a substitute
for the Stevenson bill will be pre
sented to the Legislature by the
State Board of Education.
CHINA
MANY FOREIGNERS ARE IN DAN
GER AND SEEKING PRO
TECTION MUCH DISSATISFACTION
London, April 10. Many foreigners
near Canton, China, are in danger of
death as the result of the mutiny of
the Chinese soldiers of the northern
military zone, and are today either
in flight to Hong Kong or are seek
ing the protection of consulates.
The uprising is so serious that a
large section of the city of Canton is
threatened with destruction.
The mutineers have seized the bar
racks and threaten to barn the city.
The dissatisfaction has spread to
outposts and thousands of soldiers
have joined it. Loyal soldiers are be
ing sent to quell the mutineers. The
trouble was started by the self-appointment
of Prince Regent as com
mander in chief of the Chinese army.
LORIMER WITNESS
IS FOUND DEAD
Edwardsville, 111., April 10 Mitchell
S. Link, one of the chief witnesses
against William Lorimer, and who ad
mitted that he had accepted a bribe
to cast his vote for Lorimer, was
found dead in the bath room of his
home this morning. jj p , .w '
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- Laurinsburg, April . 10.- Scotland
county is soon to havo another rail
road operated within its borders. The
Rockingham Railroad Company wilk
at an. early date, have completed its
lines extending from Rockingham in
Richmond county to Gibson, in this
county. This line will, extend across
one of Scotland's finest melon and
cotton sections and will wory won-"
ders toward further development.
Mrs. W- J- Graham, of Florence,
S. C, who has been visiting relatives
and friends in our city, returned home
this afternoon. - -
TODAY'S MARKET
COTTON.
New York, April 10. Cotton open
ed firm today, prices higher. May,
contracts were up five points. July
five and October three. Cables were
steady, reporting futures firm and
spot in fair demand.
The opening was: January, 12.72;
March, 12.80; May, 14.63; July, 14.-51;
August, 13.92; October, 12.87; Decem
ber, 12.76. " , - . ' '
At noon the market stood: January,
12.71; May, 14.61;. July, 14.52; Octo
ber, 12.83; December, 12.74.
The market' at three o'clock stood :
May, 14.61; July, 14.59; August, 14.10;
October, 12.89; December, 12.81.
Spots in Wilson, 14.50 for good cot
ton. Chicago Grain and Provisions.
Chicago, April 10. Strength in
Liverpool caused a bulge of from l-8
to 1-4 c in wheat at the opening to
day. Trade was fairly active, but
prices declined slightly in the first
few minutes. Corn opened rather
weak, but steadied up some. Oats
steady. The opening was: May wheat
87 3-8, corn 49, oats 31, pork 14.90.
New York Stocks.
'New- York, April 10. Railroads
were leading the market today, with
Northern Pacific and St. Paul excep
tionally strong, the fprmer quoting a.
gain of 1-2 and the latter 3-8. The ex
pectation of decisions in the tobac
co and oil 'cases held most of the
stocks at the closing prices of Sat
urday. General Electric moved up 5-8.
Canadian Pacific also moved up 5-8v
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