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s r SUBSCBIPTION 1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. C.; FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1911. VOIk 17va 134, - TIN 117' VALTEn CLARii ENTERS RACE MIKES POSITION CLEAR IN A LET TER TO SOLICITOR A. HALL JOHNSTON OF THE I4T1I DISTRICT WOULD SERVE THE PEOPLE In a letter to Mr. A. Holt John son, Solicitor of the 14th Judicial Dis trict, Chief Justice Walter Clark an nounces his candidacy for the Senate to succeed Senator Simmons. Soli citor Johnson urged Judge Clark to make the run. Governor Aycock is also taking the matter under advisement, and if lie becomes a candidate there will be four in the field. Judge Clark's letter follows: Raleigh, N. C, May 17, 1911. Hon. A. Hall Johnson,, Marions, N. C. My Dear Sir: Your esteemed favor to hand. I have received many simi lar inquiries, both personally anil by letter, from other friends. The recent decision of the Federal Supreme Court, rendering necessary additional legislation for the suppres sion of the trusts, has transferred the decision of the question whether the people of this country-are powerful enough' to control them in the arena of the Senate, for the people have al ready captured the House of Repre sentatives. The same is true as to the tariff. It is in the Senate that the contest for the control of this govern ment must be fought out between the people and the interests. The choice of every Senator will be closely super vised by the special interests. The people cannot afford to be less wide awake. If we are to bring our gov ernment back to the people and are to save it from the continued control of selfish and personal interests, it is important that the voters shall know beforehand, with exactness, the views entertained by every candidate for ;the Senate, and shall feel confident that his past record shall be such that they shall feel confident that he will be as faithful and earnest In standing for those views after he is chosen as he was zealous in profes sing them before his election. Having decided, after consultation with friends, to submit to the people of this State the offer of my services - on their behalf in the great struggle which must take place in the Senate, I take this means of expressing my views for their approval. They are views which I . have " long entertained and often publicly expressed. ' I belong to what, for want of a better name, is called the Progressive Democracy, but which in fact is simp ly a return to Jeffersonian Democracy aad to the declaration of our fathers that all government derives its just powers from the consent of the gov erned and is created solely for their benefit. This idea is embedded in .our State and Federal Constitutions, but for the last forty years it has been generally treated as a mere rhetorical expression. We should return in en tire sincerity to" the idea expressed by Lincoln of a government "of the peo ple, by the people, and for the peo ple." v ' I advocate and have advocated for thirty years a tariff for revenue only, and am opposed to protection in any form under guise of a tariff for rev enue only. I earnestly 'favor amend ments to the Constitution of the United States by which 1) the United States Senators shall be elect ed .by the people. This measure, so long demanded by the--popular will has often passed the House of Repre sentatives, but until very recently has been, contemptuously treated by the Senate itself. (8) The Federal judges shouldalso be' made elective -by the people of . their respective districts and circuits, and for a term of years as our State judges are chosen. Nearly one hundred years ago Mr. Jefferson saw the tendency of the present un democratic system of the life tenure for the' judges and the method of their selection, and advocated the , change which I now propose. However hon est and able judges may be, experi-ence-Uis proven that men chosen as they are, and holding for life, are not in accord with the reforms and meas ures demanded by the needs of the people. Originally all the State judges were selected in the same manner that is still retained in the appoint ment of Federal judges, and held for life, but in nearly every State the evils of that method have long since caused a change to popular election and for a term of years. The evil is even greater when applied to Federal judges, and should not be permitted to continue. (3) The postmasters of the South have been appointed . since the war, with the exception of a few years, by the influence of local oliques of politicians of the minority party. The postmasters should be elected by the people in districts laid off by law for each post office for a term of four years, and be chosen at the same time and in' the same man ner as members of Congress, the peo ple of each locality electing their postmaster. This, as well as the elec tion of judges, is a much needed measure of decentralization, restoring local self-government and depriving Presidents of the power of using their office . to secure renomination. That the people may have he necessary control of their own gov ernment, I earnestly advocate the ini tiative, referendum and also the re call as to such officers, as by, law it may be provided. In the absence of a legalized pri mary for both political parties I advocate a State-wide primary to be held on the same day, for the nomination by the Democratic party of all State officers and also of a candidatevfor the XJnited States Sen ate, under:;ruleSr"and regulations - - to be prescribed by the "Democratic State Executive Committee, and with strict restriction of the purposes for which money can be expended by any candi date or his friends for him, and with entire publicity of all items of ex penditure, both before and after the primary is held. All good men .earn estly desire that vigorous and decided steps shall be taken to break up- an evil which threatens party supremacy, and which, if not checked, will ulti mately and inevitably place the se lection of all important officers in the hands of great aggregations of capital. If no candidate for Senator shall re ceive a majority at the first primary, choice can be made at a second pri mary between the two receiving the highest vote. ' Thanking you for the kind expres sions in your letter, I shall be grate ful for the support in this contest of all who agree with me in the neces sity of earnest steps to restore the government to the people and to purge our primaries and elections from the influence and the use of money. Most truly, yours, WALTER CLARK. . Washington, D. C, May 18. Sec retary MacVeagh has invited popular subscriptions to a $50,000,000 issue of government bonds to reimburse the treasury general fund for expendi tures on account of the Panama Canal. Treasury officials expect the loan will be largely over-subscribed, and in distributing the new securi ties the government announced ts intention is to give preference to smaller bidders. THE WEATHER Washington D. C, May 18 For North Carolina: Fair and continued warm tonight and Friday, with light variable winds. Weather Yesterday Over Cotton Belt Seasonable temperatures prevai' with generally fair weather. Loca rains have fallen In the Augusta, Sa vann'ah and Oklahoma districts. HOT OFF OF THE WIRES Need Jim Crow Cars. New York, May 18. John Cain, a negro, is in a dying condition. He Willed two persons and wounded six others yesterday for the reason that somebody hit him in the face because he was smoking a cigarette on an L train. He was nearly lynched and only saved by the police reserves. -Mrs. Taft Returns To Washington. New York, May 18. So weak that she was assisted at every step, Mrs. Taft with a trained nurse left for Washington this morning. Southern Presbyterians Convene. Louisville, Ky., May, 18. The repre sentatives of the Presbyterians of the Southern States convened in their fifty-first general assembly here4 this morning. This assembly marks their semi-centennial. Germany Demands Explanation. Berlin, May 18. Germany makes demand on Mexico for an explanation as to the shooting of O'Con Kater feldt, who was defending a ranch near Torreon. Wood Puly and Paper Free. Washington, May 18. While the Finance Committee was hearing the reciprocity measure, Senator Root proposed an ' amendment admitting Canadian wood pulp and print paper free only from Canadian provinces, which would place no restrictions on exports. Moved a Nolle Pross as to Steel Pittsburg, Pa., May 18 Assistant District Attorney W. I. Seymour, of the criminal court, moved a nolle pross in the bribery charges against Frank N. Hofstot, president of the Pressed Steel Car Company, Judge Frasier will announce his decision later. Atlantic City, May 18. The charge" of unorthodoxy has been brought by Dr. William L. McEwan, of Pittsburg, against the Rev. Dr. Francis Brown, president, and Dr. William A. Brown, professor of Union Theological Sem inary of New York, which will be threshed out before the General As sembly Prsebytery. Hot Weather Moves Wheat Up. Chicago, May 18. Hot weather in the winter wheat belt caused a higher market. Corn was a shade firmer. Provisions are higher. There was a drop of hogs in the stock yards. Lumbermen Oppose Reciprocity. Washington, May 18. The House resumed consideration of the resolu tion admitting New Mexico and Arizona to Statehood. Representative Willis, of Ohio, declared these terri tories will be admitted into the sister hood of States as soon .as' the recall of judges is divorced from the con stitution. ; The Senate Finance Committee heard the Detroit Board of Commerce favoring the Canadian reciprocity. Southern Lumbermen from Virginia and North Carolina Pine Association oppose the measure. Fell 200 Feet From Aeroplane. Paris, May 18. Capt. Dupuit is burned to deathand Captain Pierre - Marie, of the French army was fatal ly injured in a fall from an aeroplane at av height of two hundred feet at. Rnelm. v Mayor's Court. T . ' There were no cases today. Mayor Griggs was away at New Bern and here :were no cases on the docket. Mr, Nathan Bass,', of Black Creek, was here "today.- OH THE MEXICANS ANOTHER LEADER RISES TO DP SET THE PLANS-IT SEEMS THAT THEY ALL WANT TO BOSS WILL MADERO BE PRES. Mexico City, May 18 Notwithstand ing the armistice. General Figuerrao is advancing toward the capital. It is thought that Figuerrao will repudiate Madero nd proclaim himself presi dent. The present plan is for Dela Barra to be provisional president until the elections can be held. SAYS HE WED TO SAVE LIFE. Bridegroom of 16 . Seeks Annulment of Marriage to Stepsister. Frederick, Md., May 17. Claiming that his father-in-law, William Martin, who is also his stepfather, forced him to wed his daughter, Franklin Duvall, of Brunswick, a 16-year-old husband, has asked the court to annul the mar riage. On April 10 Duval was mar ried to Eethel Martin, aged 21. In his bill he claims that the father made him marry the girl under penal ty of his life. Martin is now on a trip into Penn sylvania, and the boy. relieved of his presence, has repudiated the mar riage. Duval is Mrs. Martin's son by a former marriage, while the girt is Mr. Martin's daughter by a former wife. All live at Brunswick. Durham, May 18. The contract' for the new medical building at the Uni versity of North Carolina was Satur day let to L. G. Lawrence of Dur ham, who, bid $17,000. It will be 117 by 60 feet 'and two stories high with a wing 32 by 60 -feet. It will stand near the Carr building on the cam pus. Its construction is to be of pressed brick and red tile roofing and work begins at once. The build ing is the creation of the last General Assembly, which appropriated money for that purpose. - JSase J2all Washington D. C-, May 18. At 12 o'clock today the Weather Bureau is sued the following baseball forecast: National League Pittsburg at New York, cloudy. Cincinnati at Brooklyn, clear. St. Louis at Boston, cloudy. Chicago at Philadelphia, clear. American League Philadelphiat at Detroit, clear. Washington at Cleveland, clear. Boston at Chicago, clear. New York at St.T-.ouis, clear. Officers Southern Baptist Convention. . ' Jacksonville. Fla., May 18. A com plete surprise was sprung at the open ing session of the , Southern Baptist Convention when Dr. E. C. Dargan, pastor of the First-Baptist church of Macon, Ga., was placed in nomination for president against Joshua Levering, who had been proposed for re-election to that office. When . the votes were counted it was found that T)r. Dargan had been elected. Vice-presidents were chosen as follows: Rev. John D. Mellrpf Georgia; H. S. D. Mallory. of Alabama; C. Carson, of - Florida. State Senator, and W M. Whetting ton, Greenwood, Miss.; Dr. Lansing Burrows, of Americus, Ga., and Dr Oliver F. Gregory, of Staunton, Va. were; re elected secretaries. George W. Norton, of Louisville, Ky., was re elected treasurer, and Wm. H. Har 7ey, also of Louisville, was re-elected auditor. , . . NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST HATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP PENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Springfield, 111., May 18. Holding that the election of Wm. Lo rimer to the United States Senate "would not have occurred, had it not been for bribery and corruption," and censur ing Judge Petit, of Chicago, for end ing the usefulness of the committee, the final report of the State Senate bribery, investigating committee was made to the Senate yesterday. Richmond, Va,, May 18. Delegates to the fifteenth annual convention of the American Cotton Manufacturers' Association are arriving here. The convention proper opened in the Jef ferson auditorium today. Jacksonville, Fla., May 18 The war in Mexico has greatly interfered with the mission work. Several mission aries have sent their families across the' line into Texas. A number of those who have remained have been in the midst -of the fighting and the work has been very much hindered. Aberdeen, Md., May 18. Former Congressman Wm. B. Baker, known as the father of the rural free delivery system, died at home here today. Mr. Baker was 71 years 'old. He served two terms in Congress as a Republi BURY ANOTHER FOR LAFAYETTE Mistake Made in Bodies of Actors Who Died in Theatre Fire. Edinburg, May 18. The body of the real "Lafayette the Great,", the vaudeville entertainer, was; cremated at Clasgow- and buried vSaturday A body supposed to have been that of the actor ' was incinerated Fri day, but it was later found to be the remains of another actor in Lafay ette's company, named Richards, who perished in the fire-swept Empire Palace Theatre Tuesday night. The mistaken identity arose through the fact that Lafayette's sword was found beside Richards' body. Definite identification was made through a ring found upon a finger of Lafayette's body. His ashes was placed in an urn and were buried as originally planned, between the jaws of his favorite day, "Beauty," CABLE NEWS OF TODAY First Event of Coronation London, May 18. The first great social event of the coronation will be held tonight at the Avery Hotel. It will be a royal fancy dress ball under the patronage of Princess Christian Schleswig Holstein and Prince and Princess Alexander of Teck. More Camorrists Turn State' Evidence. Viter bo, 'Italy, May 18. TommassO Deangles and Gaetano Amedio, of the , Camorroa, who have turned state's evidence, thrilled the court with their testimony today. Great crowds gatt ered anticipating a stormy scene. SMITHFIELD VOTES FOR $25,000 GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING Smithfield, N. C, May 18. The election for Smithfield graded school district bonds to build a graded school passed off very quiietly Tues day. There were 187 registered .voters of which 120 voted for bonds and thirteen against. Of the four districts seeking annexation, three voted to come in . without dissenting, and one voted to stay out. The trustees will proceed at an early date to sell the bonds' and , begin the erection " of a modern brick graded school building. The trustees have been authorized to issue bonds not to exceed $25,000. Navaf Board Examines Puritan. Washington, D. C, May 18 A naval board which examined while J dry dock the monitor-.Puriitan, sunk some months ago by high explosives found two large holes in. the hull about 8 feet below the water line. As the explosive charge was located above the water line it is supposed that the holes were casued by the sudden " blow., of a wedge of water driven down from above. It also was found that the valves connecting the watertight copartments of the ship were . not closed, thus accounting for her sinking. - Material Is being hauled on the sit' for the new residence which, !Mr. J W. Sheeley and Mr. C. L.: Perry wil erect" onPine street. .. , Attempted Suicide. Late yesterday afternoon Robert Woodard, an ex-police officer of Ltt cama, who served our neighboring town in that capacity some two years ago, also a resident of the place and at present holding a position as se tion hand on the Coast Line, attempt ed suicide, -or pretended he was try ing to end his life by drinking the contents of a ten-cent vial of lauda num, usually found in a country store. The attention of Dr. A. F. Williams was called to the man and the physi cian led Woodard into the Sanatorium for the purpose of pumping the drug from his stomach. Woodard informed Dr. Moore that It had been four hourse since he drank the laudanum and the physicians af ter learning this did not deem it necessary to use the pump. Woodard ' left pretty soon for home. There is some question whether hft emptied 'the bottle of the contents into his system. Others are of the opinion that the laudanum,, was ti poor quality "or adulterated and' that Woodard drank the stuff while in a mood to gather sympathy for himself. His note book was found where he had written the following letter: "My name Is Robert Woodard, of Lucama, N. C, and I have been im . trouble for three long months, and I don't know but one way to get out and that is to kill myself and I will do so, and If I die I want chil dren sent to Sunday school. and church after I am gone. I want to be buried in the Lucama' grave yard. I want to be buried as I am. My clothes is good enuff." From what we could gather Wood ard is considered a fairly good hand. His wages are $1.10 per day. TODAY'S MARKET -1 COTTON. v New York, May 18. There was un usual activity in the cotton market. Prices were higher, ranging from 2 points on August to 15 on November. Futures and spot were firm in Liver pool. 3 The opening .was: May, 15.91; June, 15.93; July, 16.00; August, 15.54. At noon the market stood: Mayi 15.88; July, 15.95; October, 13.40; B1 cember, 13.21. Liverpool , closed four points Up" from yesterday. The. market at three o'clock closed as follows: May, 15.91; July, 16.00; October, 13.28; December, 13.20. NEW YORK STOCKS. , New York, May 18. Copper wad strong. There was a general, advance in prices and trade is strong because of ' rumors of pending consolidations Standard. Oil also gained. Reading was up 1t2, Southern Pacific, Atehi son, St Paul, Steel, and Pennsylvania each 3-8. Union Pacific, American Smelting Brooklyn Rapid Transit each 1-4. The curb was strong. Am erican stocks were strong in London. Mexicans were finmV GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Chicago, May 18. Wheat opened: July, 89 1-2; September,! 88 1-4; De cember, 89 7-8. Corn, May, 52 7-8; July, 52 7-8. - Pork, September, 14.30. 1! ii 1 1 : -H f l - V 1 4t -1 7i - I. h i i 4 ' i " ii: 3; 5r I'll 1 4' if I." I. .2' if! hi ' ! i I !.!-," is; if1 i: ft: Jf
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