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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR.
WIXSON, N. C, TUESDAY AP EH. 18, 1911.
101 THOUSAND EXTRA VOTES
FOR EVERY CLUB OF FIVE
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTIONS
DOUBLE VOTE WEEK IS NOW A
THING OF THE PAST. AND THE
CONTESTANTS HAVE STARTED
OUT WITH A RUSH TO AKE AD
VANTAGE OF THE 50 PER
CENT INCREASE FOR THIS
WEEK. :
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. ;,
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Another bonus offer is announced
lor the coming week' "which has
gladdened the hearts of those . contest
ants that have obtained all the sub
scriptions to the Daily and ; Semi-.
Weekly paper. "This offer, which -will
close promptly at nine o'clock- next
Saturday night, is ten thousand spe
cial votes for every club of. five
yearly subscriptions to The '"" Land
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mark that is received at this Office
tefore next Saturday night.
This magazine has an extensive
circulation throughout the United
States and especially throughout - the
surrounding counties which will put
new life to the work of the contest-:!
ants in the country as it will give
them a large field to work in that
is new and has as yet never been
canvassed xfor. The young ladies in
the
cities should hot neglect . to
take advantage of this offer as there
are many persons throughout the
cities that -will be willing to take this
paper. ; , .
The Contest Department nledsres
their ord that this is absolutely the
largest and only offer that will Te
made for -subscriptions to the Land
mark during the contest.
50:Per Cent Increase.
For the coming week each contest
ant will receive 50 per cent of an
increase above the regular scale of
votes. This is the only offer : that
in be mate- during- the week as
vthere will be no other special offers
made for single subscriptions to he
DaSy or Weekly paper. -" - '
Slaay have already taken advant
age ;tff the sliding scale offer the past
- hae. sent in their sub-
scriptiQEs when tthey count the most,
1 .u - . '
V"51 are un a few that are
iooking forward ig a better offer and
are holding out fcsr something -better.
To these re will -ajrain sav tttatthis
k-one -of the best offffers that will f
"tt kiring t&e entire . contest
and you ghosild bring in all the . sub
versions tht you an the coming
There is still plenty of time
rU one of the maay prizes and
Sf&7 is this true 4a' the outside
5atricts. The candidates to the third
d fourtti districts have not been as
y as would fee -expected and there
a fiEe chance tor some -contestant
ake up and by a little spurt -win
tt beautiful prizes that we
ertag la these districts. .
Advantage of Landmark Offer :
The
re has Keuvr- k. ... a ,w a
A me y the eontestanti- f of
serf oyeciai oner lor suo-
PUons to the Landmark, and' af--many
had requested us 'to o
0. Urn v.
K " ave finally decided to give
ELANDMA
ten thousand extra votes for every
clul of , five yearly subscriptions that
are turned into this office. The
price of this paper is $1.50 a year and
all subscriptions must be paid in ad
vance. There will not be any club
arrangement made on the Landmark
as heretofore when you could get, the
Daily and the. Landmark for $5.00,
but it will be $1.50 a year straight.
Letters To Friends.
The contestants should not over
look sending out the letters to friends
as they are a very important factor
in securing subscriptions to the pa
per. There are lots of people that
have in the past lived in the vicinity
of Wilson and will be pleased to re
ceive the paper so that they can
keep in touch with what is going on
amongst their friends. There has up
to the present been a respond to
these letters that was even more
than the most hopeful had expected,
and the advantage that these letters
give you is more than one worJd
think. '" '
Drawing To a Close,
The contest is now neariitg an end
and the winners will be the ones
that do not allow the grass to grow
under their feet. It never pays to
think that you have the prize won as
yet, as they are doubtful in every
district, and the successful ones will
bi those whordo ot 3oaf ,any for f h
next few weeks. . - - - '
Real Estate Transfers.,
"Silas Lucas and wife convey to the
town of Wilson a lot "of-land adjoin--ing
Maplewood cemetery and lying
between . the cemetery and - another
tract, owned by the town. Considera
tion,. -$S00,
.Western-Strickland-Yesterday
afternoon Mr. It. E.
Townsend, justice of - the peace,
united in marriage Mi". T. H. Wester
and Hiss Maudie Strickland. Both
the bride" and groom are residents -of
Nash caimty. -
DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN
REVOLUTION IN SESSION.
President Taft Addressed .The
Patriotic Body To-Day One
Thousand Delegates Present-
Warm Sessions Expected On
Account Of Two Factions.
Washington, April 17. With an ad
wress of . welcome' by President Taft
arid -the president general, Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott, the twentieth an
nual convention of the Daughters of
the American Revolution began here
this morning - in the continental me
morial hall. When Mrs., Scott called
the contention to order,, about rone
thousand delegates were present.- As
-usual there is to be a great : strug
gle between the Scott and Story
tactions for the presidency and the
convention -promises
-one. .
to be a lively
Thre Killed Today in Cyclone.
Plumers ville, Ark., April 17. Three
children were Jrftted in & cyclon
which." passed over this town during
last night. The house in which they
lived was blown nearly a quarter of
a mile and demolished.
IDE VEATDEO
' Washington, D. C, April 17. For
North Carolina: Fair tonight. On
Tuesday fair- and slightly warmer in
the Interior with; light to moderate,
and variable winds.
VALUABLE WAR MAPS.
Secretary Connor, of Historical Com
mission Announces Contributions
Made by Mrs. J. F. Mims, of Sa
vannah, Ga.
Raleigh, N. C., April 17. Secretary
R. D. W. Connor, of the North Caro
lina Historical Commission, an
nounces the acquisition of eight ex
tremely interesting and valuable civil
war maps of different sections of the
State. They were drawn during the
Civil ' War by Major General J. F.
Gilmer, a North Carolina officer, who
filled the position of chief engineer
of the Confederate States, and they
were for the use of the Confederate
armies operating in Eastern Carolina.
They are as follows: Northampton,
Hertford and Bertie counties; map
of Brunswick county, showing the ap
proaches to Wilmington; eastern
North -Carolina from Neuse river and
the Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
to the ocean; North Carolina between
the Neuse and Tar rivers; eastern
North Carolina; there being four of
the latter territory, making eight in
all. The maps come to the Commis
sion from Mrs. J. F. Mims, Savannah,
Georgia, she being the only daughter
of General Gilmer. She has written
the Commission that it is her desire
that the State own the maps and pro
vide for their preservation. They
will be filed in the best possible man
ner in the historical document de
partment of the Commission.
Kitchin Opens Tariff Debate.
Washington, April 17. -The open
ing arguments for . and against the
Canadian reciprocity bill were made
in the House Saturday in two strik
ing speeches. Claude Kitchiri; of
North Carolina, one of the: leading
Democratic speakers, addressed ' the
House, for three hours in favor of the
measure, arraignia.g the Republican
argument of plrotectifra fr the f farm
er and characterizing . it" as- "hum
bug."' r : ' " . " -; .'
Following him Asher Hinds, of
Maine, "for sixteen years the parlia
mentary clerk of the House, mad?
his first speech as a new member of
that 'tjody antl aligned himself in op
position to the treaty in 'an address
devoted to the support of protection
for the farmers of the nation. The
reciprocity treaty, he said, threatened
national -prosperity in threatening to
take away from the farming commu
nities the protection to their products
necessary to tbeir continued prospert
ty and -development.
It was a day full of interesting
debate and incident. Mr. Kitchin
skillful in repartee, drew frequent
interruptions from the Republican
side and kept the House in .a turmoil.
He paced up and down the" main
aisle of the House, arraigning the
leaders of the Republicans. who have
fought lor the protective principle,
jay ing particular attention to Rep
resentative .Dalzell, of Pennsylvania.
He pictured President Taft as com
ing to the Democrats , on bended
knees to -solicit-, their support. The
success of the President's ' desire for
reciprocity with Canada depenaea
upon the Democrats, he said.
"Oh, my friends," said Mr. Kitchin,
with eloquent gesture, "how the vicis
situdes of ' American politics hu
miliate the pride of even a Presi
dent. ' We are - impossible obstruc
tionists and re are utterly failed in
anything that was sensible; arid " yet
before the libel upon a great political
organization is eold upon his lips, the
desperate necessities of a discredited
administration send this President on
bended knees, begging before ' this
Democratic majority."
: Carter Harrison Mayor To-Day.
Chicago, April 17. Carter; H. Har
rison Is today on the job as mayor of
Chicago. : Jje.jwill be Inaugurated at
a giant celebration . of the united
Democrats,-tonight
Mayor Harrison will -completely
dean out -the City Hall and instill
new officers In every importan
place. '. ' -- :. ..
Mr. John : G. Cox, of Kinston, was
In Wilson yesterday. - -
ELECTION Oit
I RALEIGH
MUCH FEELING OVER THE DEMO
CRATIC PRIMARY-MANY NE
GROES REGISTERED
KEPT ON BOOKS BY ANT1S
Raleigh, N, C, April; 17 Saturday
was challenge day in connection with
the strenuous campaign for the mu
nicipal primaries that took place to
day, the Democrats only being in the
contest, owing to the fact that the
Republicans will not put out a ticket.
The special stir, was an effort to as
far as possible purge the registration
books from the names of negroes reg
istered as -Democrats on the ground
that they should not be allowed to
vote. . : -. , :
The most ; bitter time was in, the
Icrwer - Third"-, ward. Attorney B. C.
Beckwith appeared for the Good Gov
ernment managers and Alderman and
Candidate George B. Harden made
the" fight for the other side. It was
necessary for two policemen to sta
right on the scene to put down dis
turbances 'that developed every few-
minutes . one ..while. The trouble in
the "lower Third" started with an ex
cited ... demonstration by "Sheriff"
Moore, a life-long Republican, who de
clared that jhe was on hand to see
that the negroes were not cheated
out of their right to vote. For a
half hour i or more he made things
lively and was finally gotten away by
the police. Then there were fre
quentMjuarrelfLjp'ver issues as to the
right to vote, with exchange of com
pliments too pointed to admit of be
ing printed. At opportune time3 the
policemen, who hovered around,
would step between the belligerents
and Insist on decorum.
There are estimated to' be one
hundred and fifty negroes registered
to vote in the Democratic legalized
primary. Leaders of both sides are
charging their opponent with encour
aging registration of negroes and the
contest is declared by on-lookers gen
erally to have assumed a most dis
gusting-status. A dozen or more ne
groes with Democratic records in the
past, had their names stricken from
the books rather than share in the
contest that Is ; on. "Good Govern
raent" workers claim these " would
have supported their tickets and they
asked them to take: their names off
of Democratic books because they
propose to spare . no means of pre
venting the voting of" other negroes
There was -an effort to force the
name of Col. J. C. L. Harris, many
years a prominent Republican, off of
the Democratic books, where he had
registered it, but the judges voted
that it remain, as he pledges to stand
by the party nominees..
Second Delegation of North Carolina
Officers For Maneuvers.
Raleigh, N. C; April 17. There has
come from the War Department the
official call for: five more officers of
the North Carolina National Guard to
report at the San Antonio, Texas,
Mexican border camp for field train
ing, this being . the second delegation
called.. They are 'to .report at camp
April 25th. Adjutant General Leinster
announces the . following appoint
ments, which had to be selected with
regard for .the ranks of officers called
f or by . Jhe War. Department : Major
T.S. Pace, Second Infantry, Wilson;
Capt. S. C. Chambers Third Infantry,
Durham; CapL W. A. Jackson, First
Infantry, Mount Airy; Capt. E.' L.
Black, regimental commissary. Sec
ond Infantry,, Charlotte;' CapL Don.
E. Scott, regimental adjutant, Third
Infantry, Graham. . v
Tobacco ' planting has" already be
gun. One planter today stated that
he had already put out two acres.
i-LS ARE
.. AiilNCING
.TllER BATTLE PROBABLE
NEAR AliGUA
PRIETTA
iilRMbnfcS IN PROGRESS
WKashington, April 17. Medical
-ipplies and red cross nurses are to
ay being rushed to Douglas, Arizona,
y directions of President Taft in
Anticipation of a battle -between the
VIexican Federals and the insurrect-
os near Aguia Prietta. President
Taft took this action because of the
request from Charles F. Toran, head
of . the red cross at Douglass who
telegraphed that nurses, and supplies
would be needed. The president aft-
er'a conference with Miss Board-
man of the Red Cross society direct
ed that $2,500 be telegraphed to Mr.
Toran and six trained nurses were
sent from San Francisco and the
head army nurses from Hot Springs,
Ark.
Douglass, Alizona, April 17.- The
insurrectos still hold the Mexican
town of Augua Prieta today, although
the Federals under Col. Reynaldo
Diaz drew nearer and skirmishing be
tween the outposts of rebels and the
regulars were continuous during last
night. .
It is believed that the Federals will
make an eff off rt to retake Augua
Prieta" at once, since it has " been
learned that a Mexican army- of in
surrecto forces under General Madro
is .marching toward the own. - -..
The insurrectos have .the .u tmost
confidence that they can repel any
army that the Federal government
can bring together in northern So
nora. - ; -
Balassaria Garcia, the insurrecto
commander-in-chief, is a picturesque
character. " He has a cripple right leg
and looks like the picture of the fa
mous general, Santa Ana.
Three rebels who were injured in
the fighting at Bacanuchi, near t;a-"
nanea, applied for permission to
cross the line into Douglas for medi
cal treatment. They were informed
that without arms they might cross
the line, but would be treated as
prisoners and could not return to.
Argua Prieta." They declined to sur
render their chance for another fight
and made arrangements for surgeons
from the United States side to go to
Agua Prieta and treat them.
In the rebel ranks in Agua Prieta.
are at least forty Americans. ..The
personnel of the rebel army also in
cludes Yaqui and Miami Indians, Chi
nese and Japanese. The insurrectos
have one machine gun, which proba
bly will be manned by Americans.
TAFT IS COMMITTED.
Practically all the tariff ff bills pro
posed by the Democrats have been
already endorsed by President Tatt.
He has characterized the wool
schedule as "Indefensible and he has
admitted that the cotton schedule did
not. meet with his approval. Minority
Leader James R. Mann introduced a
bill lasr. session creating, a long free
list, ,and . while he . did so merely as
an incident to a filibuster,, it will be
hard for him to explain now that
he was not. in good faith. Thus it
will, be difficult to justify a- presi
dential reto for any of these bills.
Fatal Shooting At Zebulon. '
Saturday night a f tal shooting oc
curred In "Zebulon - when George
Baker, alias John EdwaVds, and who
formerly resided in Wilson, shot and
killed another negro whose name is
not know, and escaped.
Baker was known in Wilson under
the name of Shina. " ;
The telephone line to Zebulon was
out of order today and particulars of
the. shooting are not. obtainable.
TARIFF BOARD
VERY BUSY
WILL REPORT ON PULP AND NEWS
PAPER IN ABOUT TWO
- . WEEKS
ITS i WORK OUTLINED
Cincinnati, O., April 17. That the '
final report of the Federal tariff
board on pulp and newspaper print
paper will be laid before the 'Presi
dent for transmission to Congress in
two weeks, and that the board will
be ready to report comprehensively
to the next Congress on ,the cotton
and wool schedules of the tariff law,
was the announcement made here by .
Henry C. Emery, chairman of the
board.
Mr. Emery spoke before the Com
mercial Club of Cincinnati at its an
nual d'nner, the -affair being given
over to tariff and reciprocity subjects.
The other speakers were William M.
Howard, of Georgia, a member of the
board, and Nicholas Longworth, Rep
resentative of the First Ohio district
In Congress. Mr. Howard discussed
extemporaneously, "the business uses
of a tariff board," and Mr. Long-
worth defended the proposed reci
procity treaty with Canada.
Mr. Emery outlined at length the
scope of the tariff board's Investiga
tions and reviewed the work it has
accomplished thus far. He said in
part:
"We laid out our, work for this
year with the expectation that tariff
legislation would not be introduced
in Congress until next December. The
necessity of an extra session was not
then anticipated. , V
"We have had prepared by experts
here and in Europe reports on sep
arate schedules, analyzing the differ
ent items In each schedule, the re
lation of the various tariffs to each
other, the system of classification,
with . critical comments on the oper
ation of the different clauses. We
have made, further, a searching ex--amination
Into the cost of production
of the pulp, news print and some
other forms of paper in this country
and Canada. These figures have been
taken directly from the books of the
company, ana represent all factors af
fecting the industry.
"On cotton and woolen goods we
are collecting samples of foreign and
domestic products, with relative
prices here and abroad and with esti
mates' of foreign experts as Mo the
cost of making the American fabrics
there. The collection of domestic
costs is being pushed by agents aI-:
ready -in the mills." v
COTTON.
New York, April 17. Cotton open
ed easy today with June up four
points and other positions unchanged
to six points lower. Sustaining-' -orders
prevented a serious break, al
though a great deal of pressure was
exerted as the result of . favorable
weather conditions.
The opening was: January, 12.72;
March, 12.77; May, 14.69; July, 14.68;
August, 14.27; October, 12.87; Decem
ber, 12.75.: At noon the market stood:
May, 14.69; July, 14.68; August,
14.28; October, 12.86; December,
12.75. ...
The market closed higher. May,
14.79; July, 14.79; August, 14.30; Oc
tober, 12.91; December, 12.82.
Spots in Wilson, around 14.50..
NEW YORK STOCKS!
New York, April 17. The stock
market in Wall street ruled fairly ac
tive early in the trading today but
without a feature. In most instances
stocks were quoting fractions under
thQ closing of "Thursday. Steel, com
mon, lost 3-8 and jref erred 1-4. Later
the latter moved. up 1-8. Reading wa
off 1-S. , Union Pacific 1-8. TBen?
was a large supply of Pennsylvania,
on hand with the price of a fraction
off. - Missouri Pacific moved up fractionally.
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