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The Times JLJJ SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 YEAR. "WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1911. VOL. 17. NO, 145, V v DRAINAGE OF LAND, NOT IR RIGATION TO BE ASKED FROM UNCLE SAM LANDSWAlf RECLAMATION Chicago, 111., June 26. "What the ration most needs is the intervention of Uncle Sam to remove to some ex tent some of the exceedingly abund ant blessings that a wise Providence has "showered" upon His chosen spot cf the earth the South." Guy L. Stewart, r agricultural and industrial commissioner of the Vt. Louis-Southwrestern Railway, former ly assistant to James Wilson, Secre tary of Agriculture, thus expresses his attitude toward the efforts of the National Irrigation Congress, to be of further aid this year in the reclama tion problems of thefSouth. The Na tional Irrigation Congress 1 meets : in Chicago .December 5th to 9th, and at this gathering it is not unlikely that some definite action concerning swamp and overflowed land reclama tion by the government will be taken by the delegates. Continuing, Mr. Stewart says: "Rice growing in" Arkansas and Texas and the reclamation of Swamp lands in Louisiana, which is just be ginning, are demonstrating to the country at large the agricultural pos sibilities of the long-neglected South. Rice growing is an irrigation indus try, but with the South as a whole development is not, of course a mat ter of irrigation, as Dixie has been granted the blessing of plenty pf rainfall. 1 "The South does need the help of Uncle Sam just as the West needed it. We want the government to take our water way instead of. putting it on to the soil. This is a simpler un dertaking and a million dollars spent by the government could accompiisn the reclamation of an area of swamp lands sumcient tor the estaonsnment of tnousanas or homes ana ior me production of crops worth each year several times the amount invested. If the National irrigation Congress can accomplish this, ana .i Know tne entire South will join with the or- ganization m its efforts to do so, tne whole, and, I.'aleh ls7890$.7890$ the South, especially, the nations as a whole, and, I might add, the entire world to a more or less extent, win again be benefitted by the deserving work of the Congress. The time rap- idly is approaching when every avail- able acre of ground in this country will be needed for agricultural pur- poses. Bo't believe that -this year. the South isro'ffered a means .of gaining help of infinite value through the Ir- ngation Congress, and. that the chance I or co-operation with the congress should eagerly be taken of. Depend upon me to share." advantage do my London's Horse Show Supasses All Others. London, June 1 26. The Internation al Horse Show at Olympia closed Saturday night. From a spectacular and practical standpoint it surpassed its predecessors. JViore tnan ou.uvu people attended. The value of horses and paraphernalia exhibited amounted to about $5,000,000. The continental officers did the most brilliant jump ing, the first five honors in the. jump- I . ing contests being captured by the tlcu. xvuoia.ii, ocigiau, xx&o French, respectively. The American officers eave a. srood exhibition, but did not carry off any prizes. Of the American exhibitors, Judge William H. Moore's , driving horses, from fours to singles, captured every thing six championships, 18 firsts. four seconds, two thirds, - seven fourths, six fifths, and one sixth. Paul D. Cravath's" three entries took sev eral prizes, while Alfred G. Vander- bilt's coaching teams made a fine dis play. . Walter Winan's won thirteen firsts, iime seconds, seven tniros ana sever- 4 al minor prizes. Boom of Foss For President Started. Lawrence, Mass., June 26 Placards bearing the legend "Eugene N. Foss for President in 1912." covered the pavilion at Canobie Lake Park, where the annual outing of the. Democratic clubs of Middlesex and Essex -counties was held Saturday afternoon. There were various speeches in sup port of Governor Foss, but others boomed Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, for the nomination. Senator Atlee Pomerene, of Ohio, wras a guest of the clubs. . THE WEATHER 25 Generally Fair To-Night and. To Morrow. ; WashiniHrm r n Tnrift 2fi. For O ''W" -J , . v m-w-w i,ullu Carolina: ueneranjr iair wiugui and Tueadav Mprtfi south to southwest NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST HATTERS OF IMPORTANCE HAP PENING THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY Avalon Mills, Mayodan. N. C, will invest about $350,000 for buildings, 18,000 mule spindles and accompany ing machinery, etc., to replace cotton factory destroyed by fire. Richmond, Va., June 26. The Ex alted Ruler of the Benevolent Protec tive Order of Elks in the State of Virginia will hold a meeting here to morrow, at which plans will be for mulated which are designed to pur suade the Grand Lodge, at the At lantic City meeting to retain the Na tional Elks' Home at Bedford City, Va., and to have an appropriation of $250,000 made for the home. New York, June 26.- Two thousand labor union men in massmeeting Sat urday night commissioned Congress man Victor Berger to read to the House of Representatives a lengthy protest against the alleged kidnapping of the McNamara brothers. The pro test is in the form . of a resolution adopted at , the . meeting where one of the principal speakers was. Mr. Ber ger. - Boston, June 26. Many of the cot ton, mills ' in New England and the Southern States will - be shut down during the first week in July, accord ing to information received in mill circles here. The unsatisfactory state of the market and the Independ ence Day holiday are given as rea sons for. the further stoppage of machinery. Kiel, Germany, June 26. Einperor William, accompanied by Admiral Von Turpitz. secretary of the. admirality, and a large number of German naval officers went aboard the flagship Lou isiana of the second division of the United States Atlantic fleet, as the guest of Rear Admiral Badger at. a luncheon Saturday. At the Emper or's express request the luncheon was infromal. no toasts beinsr exchanged. jThe officers wore undress uniforms. Raleieh. N. C. June 26. Graham Herring, vouns: telegraph operator, wh0 wag terribly injured at New- Hill nearlv two weeks aero in attemntin to board a movine Seaboard train to reach Apex, where the fire was ragin; that destroyed nearly the entire busi- ness section, died Saturday at Rex Hospital, after lingering between life and death for several days. Washington. D." C. June 26. Sen tor Swanson. of Virginia, has accept e(j an invitation to address the Kan- sas city (Mo.) Commercial Club at its annual dinner, which will be held this Vear on the 14th of November; Speaker ChampClark, of the House Df Representatives, Secretary of War stimson, and other distinguished guests will also make addresses on the occasion Taft's Classmate IruCeH. San Francisco, June 26. In a cell at the county jail in Oakland, Thomas P. Wickes has received a delayed in vitation from his old college friend, President Taft, to attend the cele bration of his silver wedding. Back" of the invitation lies the friendship of student days in 1887 at v , h T ft d wickes were classmates. Wickes has had , a varied career since he left Yale. For years he was a. noted lawver in New York. Then .After a time he went West and practiced law. in San Francisco, He was arrested in Oakland last month at the instance of a restaurant man on the charge of passing a bad check for $15 Many Injured In Explosion. Memphis, Tenn., June - 26. Five negroes blown into the Mississippi River and drowned and a.sixtn so badly scalded that he died before reaching the hospital, and from fifty tto sixty roustabouts, passengers mo rf th boat iniured. are the net resuits of a boiler explosion on the Mississippi river packet City of St. Joseph whiles abreast of F resi dent's Island, six miles down the river Saturday. The packet burst- into flames and was saved from ' destruction by the mntoin nf tho fflrrvhnat Charles i-. who ran his craft alongside the burning vessel, manned his pumps and etinguished the blaze. Cruiser Pursues Ship Which Attempt ed to Land j&n Portugual s coast. Lisbon. June 26. A mysterious ship is cruising off the northern coast of Portugal, me vessel, wmtu nreo the' German flag, appears to bethe steamer Poluto, loaded with small arms and artillery, destined for the Portuguese, monarchists. The government cruiser Adamastor and the gunboat Sao Rafael interrupt ed the operations of the steamer while she was " endeavoring to land hand on the coast off Al garve,-the soutnernmost pruvmue bUVi xjv-. - . I , i "". . . . f The Poluto put to- seaat full speed, with the warship in pursuiu Yale and Harvard to Meet Thursday. New London, Conn., Juno 26. -The Yale and Harvard crews today began their final tapering process for the big rowing race next Thursday. Col Samuel" Apperson Dead. " Little Rock, June 28. Col. Samuel Marshall Apperson, the famous turf judge, died Saturday and was buried today. " Police Killed Escaping Murderer. Chicago, June 26. Jealous over Miss Igna Bjorkan, Thomson Erick eon today shot and killed . Harry Rocke. Erickson was killed by the police as he fled through the streets. . Murderer Electrocuted. Auburn, N. Y., June 26. Joseph Necoc was electrocuted for murder at the Auburn prison today. He col lapsed on his way to the chair. Nococ killed Anna Candida, with a poker in 1909. Parr Offered Big Bribe. New York, June 26. Richard Parr, who discovered the sugar frauds, de clared today that he had been offer ed a $30,000 bribe-to assist the jew elry smugglers. Stanley Hotel Wrecked. Estes Park, Col., June 26. The mil lion dollar Stanley Hotel is a wreck from a gas explosion. Eight persons were injured by the explosion. . Paper Box Trust Fined. New York, June 26. The United States grand jury today returned in dictments against the officers of the Eastern Box Board Company, the pa per box trust, in violation of the Sher man anti-trust law. Thirty-nine cor porations were fined $88,000. WHERE THEY PLAY TO-DAY. Nat renal League New York at Brooklyn. , Cincinnati at Pittsburg Boston at Philadelphia. American League Washington at New York Detroit at Chicago. Philadelphia at Boston. Cleveland at St. 'Louis. All clear. Another Cholera Suspect at New York New York, June 26. La Provence, of the French steamship line, is held at Quarantine pending investigation of a death in the steerage while the vessel was on the voyage from Havre. Two of the passengers on the Laura, from Trieste, whose sickness caused that vessel's detention at Quarantine, are out of danger, but the microscope shows that they are cholera carriers, and the steamer's detention time will be extended correspondingly. A fifth case of cholera in the steer age of the Duca Degli Abruzzi has developed, and her detention time must also.be extended. She has about 200 passengers aboard. In -all there have been "four deaths from cholera and two cases are still in doubt. . Cruiser To Restore Order. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, June 26. The cruiser Antoine Simpn, lately acquir ed by the Haitien government, has left here for Cape Haitien with a large quantity of. arms, munitions and artillery aboard, and a strong force of troops under command of General Syl cain. The- purpose of the expedition is to re-establish peace along the Dominican frontier and to 'put down the revolutionary movement which has been active for the last two months. Suing Georae W, Vanderbilt For Breach of Contract. Asheville, June 26 Evidence is be s ins- tflfcpn neiore JViarK vv . uiuwu, referee, in the $2,500 , suit of R. O. Patterson against George W. Vander bilt. The suit was on. the calendar for trial at the last term of Superior court, but upon consent of the liti gants the issues were referred to Mr. Brown as referee to near and tase the evidence in the case and report his findings to the court. The suit is for alleged , money due the plaintiff by the defendant on a . certain con tract. The' Dlain tiff alleges that he enter ed the poultry business in 1908 .with Mr.. Vanderbilt upon the terms that he was to receive a certain per cent of the profits of the business, and that upon the terms of the contract tne defendants due him $2,500. The de fendant denied the allegation and de clining to settle, suit was' brought. Salisbury Boy Killed In Wreck. . K Salisbury, N. C, June 28. Ralnn Johnstone, 16 years old, is dead, and his half brother, Samuel R. John stone, is dangerously injured at a hos pital here as a. result of the wrecking of a freight train which the boys had boarded Saturday afternoon at Ma-' polica, eix miles west of Salisbury, on the Southern Railway, for a ride back home after a fishing trip. The de railing of a car caused the wreck. The Johnstone boy3 belong to a prominent family here. V : ' " P's better to stay out than to . get married and fall out. CHAMP CLARK DEFIES PRES. TAFT SAYS TARIFF SHOULD BE REVISED LABOR LEADERS GUILTY Washington, June - 26. Speaker Champ . Clark has issued a defiance to the administration on learning of reports- that President Taft purposed to veto any general tariff legislation at the extra session of Congress. The Speaker, m a formal statement, de clared, that the whole tariff ought to be revised and that the Democratic party would rest its case -with the country. "The tariff ought to be revised from top to bottom," said Mr. Clark. The people of the land so decided last November. That is their latest mandate.. The House decided that it is best, to revise it schedule by sche dule. We have made a good start on that plan. We will continue as we have begun. The country endorses what .the House is doing. If the Re publican Senate beats our bills or the President vetoes them, we will ap peal to the country and it will sus tain us. We believe we are right. We are not afraid of a contest." Washington, D., C, June 26. The Commissioner of the General Land Office today issued an order can- ceiling the Cunningham Alaska Coal Land .claims. The international seal conferences was resumed at the Department of State this morning. The members of the World's Bap tist Alliance, which was in session last week at Philadelphia, today were here and carried greetings to Presi dent Taft. Ministers of all nations were. present, - Clarence S. Funk, manager of the International Harvester Company, was the first witness before the Lori- mer investigating committee- today. He told of the talk with Edward Hines, who wranted a $10,000 contribu tion from the Harvester Company to help reimburse the donors of the $100,000 fund spent for "putting Lori mer over." John D. Spreckles was the first witness before the sugar trust inves tigating committee. He described how his father Claus Spreckles, after the rate war with Havemeyer in 1891, combined his interest with Havemey er. Joseph F. Smith, head of the Mormon church, who will testify this afternoon or; tomorrow, created a commotion among the women who had come to the hearing for the first time to see him. Labor leaders Samuel Gompers, Frank -Morrison and John Mitchell are in contempt of court n the Buck range case unless they apologize. If they ; do not -they run the risk of im prisonment. So a commission report ed today to Justice Wright, who has issued an order returnable on July 17th. -v General Wood today told the House committee investigating the War De? partment that half of the army posts should be abolished. The Senate is to vote on the Root amendment to the Canadian agree ment before adjournment today. It will be overwhelmingly defeated. Copper Mines Can Merge. Detroit, June ' 26. United States District Judge Henry H. Swan has issued an order denying all injunc tive relief in the case of G. M. Hyams, of New York, who asked an injunction to prevent . the merger of the Calumet & Hecla, Osceola and eight other eopper mining companies. Judge Swan vacated the restrain ing order that has been in effect since February 28th. The merger had been approved by the majority interests, but opposed by certain minority in terests. The suit has been the sub ject of litigation for , years, and the fight was several times taken into the State legislature. The plan, of consolidation that is involved in the case decided by Judge San, embraces the following compa nies: Calumet &r Hecla, Osceola, Tamarck, Ahmeek, Seneca, Conten nial, La Salle, Allouez, Superior and Laurium. The companies can now-merge, un less further proceedings are taken. .Pensacola, Fla., June 26.While bathing in the bayou Saturday afters noon ten small negroes were caught by the tide and carried beyond their. depth. All were drowned. The chil dren ranged in age from five to eighteen years and all met death be fore help could reach them. The bodies were found in a. heap by the searchers: Washington, D. C, June 24. Se cret service men have found a new counterfeit five-dollar silver certifi cate circulating" in New York. It is a zinc etching, and thought it has many defects apparent to the trained eye, they would deceive the ordinary handler of money. The printing on its back -is larger than the giauine, and the imitation silk threads are twice . too large. CABLE NEWS OF TODAY International Yacht Race. London; June 26. Nine nations are to be represented at the international yacht races at Clyde oh August 8th. Torpedo Boat Sunk. Portsmouth, Eng., June 26. Torpe do boat No. 86 collided with a cutter today and was sunk. The crew was saved. King Alfonzo Seeks Ear Treatment. Madrid, June 26 King Alfonso goes to Bordeaux today to consult physi cians. He has a painful ailment of the ear. Six Birdmen Start on Flight. ' Hanover, Germany, 'June 26. Six arimen of the German aviation cir cuit started in Muenster stage of flight this morning. TROOPS BACK FROM TEXAS. Transport Kilpatrick Arrives At New York With 1,500 Men Aboard. f New York, June 26. The United States transport Kilpatrick has brought. 1,500 soldiers .who left here last March to participate in thb maneuvers along the Mexican fron tier. : , ... The transport anchored off Tomp kinsville Staten Island, after having distributed the soldiers among their stations at Forts Hancock, Totten, Wadsworth and Hamilton. NAVY MEN ODDLY STRICKEN. Two Sailors of the Delaware Paralyz ed, Supposedly by Germs. Norfolk, Va., June 26. Naval hos pital authorities here are . puzzled by the cases of D. R. Shackford, warrant machinist, and G. B. Sheldon, oiler, attached to the Delaware, whose low er limbs were paralyzed virtually sim ultaneously while they were working in the bilge of the battleship several wreeks ago. Germs in the bilge are supposed to have caused the attacks. . Tobacco Crop To Be Short. Richmond, Va., June 26. J. J. Owen, crop estimator of the State De partment of Agriculture, reports that the tobacco crop of Virginia will be 25 per cent short this year because of the drought. The State's acreage last year wras 180,000. Both bright and dark sec tions are affected equally. May Be Moved From Richmond. Richmond, Va., June 23. Though the rumor has not spread beyond dis- tilling and revenue circles, it is per sistently circulated within these limits that Col. William H. Chapman, in ternal revenue agent of the Second Virginia and Fourth North Carolina districts, is to be transferred from this city to Baltimore. In case this is done, E. C. Yellowly, now revenue agent with headquarters at Jackson ville, Fla., is said to be the man who is wanted in the revenue agent's of fice here, by certain interests. To Select Site For School For Feeble Minded. Raleigh, N. C., June 26. The selec tion of a site for the School for the Feeble-Minded, the new State institu tion authorized by the General As sembly of 1911, is to be made this afternoon at a meeting of the commit tee charged with this duty, the meet ing to be held at three o'clock In the office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The committee during the past week has made -visits to three places making bids to secure the location of the school, the General Assembly hav ing authorized the issue of $60,000 In bonds for building and for equipment The places visited are Kinston, Wash ington' and Lillmgton, the members of the committee attending being Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Dr. L. B. Mc- Bray er, - of Asheville State Senator J. R. Baggett, of Harnett; L. E. Al ston, of Albemarles; Mark Majette, of Columbia; Dr. I. M. Hardy, of Washington; William .Thompson, of Aurora, and Dr. A. . A. . Kent, of Le noir. Newton Hard Hit by a Cyclonic Storm Newton, N. C, June 26. A storm reaching at" times the proportions of a cyclone visited this place " Saturday afternoon tearing the roof off the Fi delity Hosiery Mill and damaging the stock on hand. , The box factory was also considerably damaged and trees were' uprooted and chimneys and fences blown down. Crops n the country were considerably damaged. Six-Pounder i"ound In The Wreck of The Battleship." Havana, Cuba, June 26. A small pump -maintains the water a.bout the Maine at the level of 12 feet below the water outside the "cofferdam, while the work of calking, piling and balancing the cofferdam ' continues.; At the same time the exposed part of the ship is being cleaned. A 6-pounder has been found -amid ships, with sundry swords and other articles. No new developments . are expected for several days. ANOTHER AIR RACE FALLERIES TO FORM NEW FRENCH CABINET NEW DIRRIGIBLE SAILS SHIPPING - IS TIED UP Amsterdam, June 26. All of the shipping here is tied up on account of the dockmen's strike. Falleries To Form New French Cabinet. Paris, June 26. Minister of Fin ance Joseph Gaillau has entrusted the formation of the new French Cabinet to President Falleries. Zepplins' New Air Ship Flies.- - Freiderich-Shaf en, Germany; m ilunfl 26. Count Zepplins' newest j'dirrigi ble, Schowben 1st, today started oB its maiden flight with him aboard. Panama Canal Exhibits To Show French Failure. Washington, D. C, June 26.-ThG - first contribution, of the Panama Canal to the exposition to beJheld at San Francisco in 1915 in celebratiOE?- of the opening of the Isthmian we ter way, will be specimens of the machine ery used by the French in . their at tempt to dig the canal, it was anx nounced here. Asks Federal Aid. Washington, June 26.--Governof ' Clark, of Alaska, has appealed, fof Federal aid to prevent the epidemic or smallpox in Dawson City . from spreading south into Americanr terri tory. Oflicers of the public health ser vice in Alaska have been , instructed immediately to establish quarantines at Eagle City and Skagway. The outbreak is regarded as seri' ous at this time of the year, when prospoctors are coming from the Ytf' kon territory into Alaska at the rat of 800 a week. Governor Clark fears that the Dawson quarantine is inef fective. ' Surgeon-General Wyman. of the public health service, thinks the of' ficers now in Alaska can handle the situation, but has instructed them to ask for reinforcements if they, arc needed. Washington Gun Club To HoldSHoof- Washington, N. ?., June 24.There will be an open shoot. of the Wasting ton Gun Club Wednesday, June28th, There will be 100 targets -for each shooter divided in four events, qf.. 25- targets each. There will be a beau tiful silver cup worth $20.00 awarded to the highest gun. - A contestant to be eligible to the cup must shoot through all fout " events. . , . ..; It will be optional for . every coil testant to pay an entrance fee of $1.00 for each event, ; proceeds ' of ' which are to be divided anaOngo the contestants entered in accordance with the percentage system. If a con testant does not desire to shoot for money, he may shoot for target only in any or all events. Visiting shooters will be most wel-' come. Asheville, N. C, June 26. Lon Har per, a lineman in the employ of the Asheville Electric Company, was run over by an automobile near, the , pas senger station Saturday afternoon, and seriously injured. Just -"how-1 the accident occurred is not madeplaitf except that the machine , was going at a rapid rate of speed arid HarpeC was unable to get out of . ttie- way. Harper recently suffered a brokefl leg and had just started to worK again wrhen the accident sent him' back to bed. But the wage-worker has a boss to blame it on. & TO-DAY'S MARKET COTTON. - New York, June 26. Cotton open' ed steady, . July was off 5 pofns, Au gust 3, September 2, October 1, and November up 1 point. Futures steady in Liverpool. Spots were active. The opening was:. Juiy, 14.60; August, 14.55 f September, 13.42; ' October, 13.10. Cotton closed lower. July, 14.38; August, 14.39; October, 13.07. . NEW YORK STOCKS. New York, June 26. Stocks today opened strong. Union- Pacific was up 1 -1-8. All of the Harriman stock were strong. Steel was unchanged The curb was steady. Americans Ii London-was active.. v. - : GRAIN AND. PROVISIONS . Chicago,; June 26. -The opening of the Chicago market was: July wheat, 88 to 3-8; July Corn, 55 1-2 to 5-8. f -The closing was: July-Wheat, 89; July Corn, 56 '7-8. 9-t 7;
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