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FAILURE OF FLEMING TO FILE
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LAYS CASE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 17. Dr. W. S.
Rankin, secretary of the North Caro
lina Beard of Health, gives out a
statement showing that there were
seventy-two-foci of infection in small
pox in the State between October and
February last, that is cases that made
independent appearance in the State
and that from these there developed
915 cases that cost the respective
counties $9,775, or $150 per case. This
shows 12 5-7 cases developed from
each foci. He gives a tabulated
statement showing that in the cost of
small pox in the State, Wilson county
led with 17 foci, costing the State $2,
550, and Forsyth is second-with 16
cases and cost of $2,400; Wake is
next highest with 4 foci that cost $600
and the others of the twenty-six coun
ties included in the report show from
oiiS to three foci and correspondingly
low costs of treating the cases. Furth
ermore, it fs shown that Virginia cost
this State two foci and $600; Georgia
4 foci and $600. He says the most re
markable control of the disease was in
Gaston county where Dr. L. N. Glenn
had six independent foci of the dis
ease and not a single additional case
developed from either of 'them. Also
iifcGuilford county Superintendent Ed
mond Harrison had -nine foci of in
- fection and only 33 cases developed.
This, Dr. Rankin says, is especially
remarkable in that Greensboro and
Guilford are in such close touch to
Forsyth county which was next to the
most disastrous county in-the report
from the viewpoint of spread of the-
disease.
At the State Department of Agricul
ture the statement is made that there
t are still numbers of sections, especial
ly along the line of northern counties
bordering the Virginia line and in
some part of the west that continue
very dry, much to the injury of the
crop conditions. The rain, it is said
at the Department,' continue to be
very much in spots. However, taken
the State over, the crops are develop
ing nicely now.
The failure of the defendant, Percy
B. Fleming, to specify times and
places in his 'answer to the complaint
of his wife, Mrs.. Nelle Claire Crouch
Fleming, in her writ of habeas corpus
proceeding against him for the cus-
. tody of the two children, necessitated
ttie postponement of the hearing be
fore Chief Justice Walter Clark until
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. In
his answer Fleming charged that Mrs.
-Fleming is not a. fit person to have
the children, in that she has been
xfaithful to him. The demand that
acts and time 6f unfaithfulness be
specified eame from counsel for the
wife and was granted by the Chief
Justice. Counsel for Mr. Fleming inti
mated that his client preferred to re
serve this phase of evidence for a di
vorce suit that he . contemplate, but
agreed to give at the next hearing par
ticulars of the charges against his
wife that caused him to leave her and
take the children away, giving names
of alleged correspondents.
At the hearing Mrs. Fleming was
again accompanied by her father, H.
E. Crouch, of Washington, and her
sister. The two children and their
tionately with both parents before and
after court session.
After the election and installation
of the newly elected officers the
North Carolina Grand Encampment I.
O.- O. F. in session here the past two
days adjourned. The new officers fol
low: Grand Patriarch, Alf. P. Cling
man, Winston-Salem; Grand High
Priest, D. Gaston, Fayetteville; Grand
Senior Warden, E. B. Stradley, Asbe
ville; Grand Junior Warden, E. C.
AT SELMA
PRESTON BLACKMAN DIES FROM
HIS WOUNDS-RESULT OF
DRUNKEN BRAWL
YOUNG MEN INVOLVED
I.
Special to The Times.)
Selma, N. C, Aug. 17. Preston
Blackman is dead as the result of a
drunken brawl and two prominent
young men of this city are involved
as he result of the too free use of
whiskey.
The affair occurred at three o'clock
yesterday morning within a few steps
of the Merchants Hotel in this place.
Preston Blackman and his 'wife and
two young men, Messrs. Whitley and
Branch, were drinking in . the house
during the night and all were more or
less under the influence of liquor.
Blackman was found on the outside
of his house about four o'clock by
his wife, who. was looking for him.
She called a fireman of av Southern
train and asked him to help her hus
band in the house. He replied he
could and together they went in and
Blackman lay on the bed. ' The wound
on his head was not noticed at that
time until later when he was foundJ
dead and the cries of his wife alarm
ed the people.
Branch, one of the young men, says
Whitley did the killing. Whitley
staid around town until eight o'clock
when he left on a passing train.
The mother of Whitley; who is a
most estimable lady, is prostrated at
the occurrence. "
Washington, Aug. 17. The cotton
tariff revision bill will come to a vote
in the Senate with the Democrats
pledged to accept the La Follette Iron
and steel schedule as an amendment;
the farmers' free list,bill probably will
bo disposed of by the Senate tomor
row, with all diff eff rences between the
two Houses adjusted and the wool bill
awaits the President's veto. This is
the tariff situation xin Congress at
present. '
. THE WEATHER
' Fair To-Night and Friday.
Washington,"1 Aug. 17. For North
Carolina: Generally fair tonight and
Friday, with light winds mostly south
west. V
Weather Yesterday Over Cotton Belt.
Tnere have been showers in all dis
tricts except the Charleston and Ok
lahoma with a few heavy rainfalls.
High temperatures have continued
in Texas and Oklahoma.
Chadwick, Kinston; Grand Scribe;
R. M. Ramsey, Charlotte (re-elected):
Grand Treasurer, G. T. Wood, Wii
mington; Grand Representative, W.
C. Allen, Waynesville.
A contract just awarded requires
that the seats for Raleigh's new audi
torium shall be in place by October
1st. The seats for the first floor or
arena will be movable so that that
section can be used for balls and
other events. Opera chairs with fixed
position will be in the galleries. The
capacity will be eight thousand. It
is expected the municipal section of
the building will be f runished and
ready for the variotts departments of
the. city government occupy them by
November 1st. The contract for this
equipment is to be awarded Septem
ber 1st..
Friends throughout the State wil
regret to. learn that J. W. Clark, son
of Chief Justice Walter Clark, was
brought to Raleigh from Durham to
day suffering from appendicitis. There
is to be an operation. He is connect;
ed with the Erwin Cotton "Mills of
Durham.
WILSON, N. C,
S ACTIV
ADDRESSING. MOBS ON STREET
CORNERS AND INFLAMING
PEOPLE
THE CHURCH AND STATE
Lison, Aug. 17. Anarchists are ad
dressing mobs on the street corners
and advising all women to strike and
nf laming the masses against thegov-
ernment.
The Radicals are urging all the anti-
government factions to unite . the
Catholics of the North and resist the
attempt of the administration to sep
arate the property of
church , and
state.
Three Have Been Arrested.
Coatsville, Pa., Aug. 17.- Three
men, one of whom the authorities as
sert, was a leader of the mob, were
arrested here tpday and charged with
murder in connection with the burn
ing Zaeh S. Walker, who was dragged
on his bed from the Coatsville hos
pital on Sunday night and cremated
alive. Those arrested were Joseph
Schofield, master mechanic . of -- the
Conestoga .Traction Company; Nor
man Price, a mill -hand, and. George
Stoll, who was employed with Price
in the iron mills. The accused were
taken into custody after they had
been closely questioned at the Coates-
ville police station and were then
rushed by automobile to the West
Chester jail. . ' y
Schofield Is 35 years old. while
Price and Stoll are each 22. Stoll i
accused of being one of those most
active in 4he lynching.' The police
declare that they, have .evidence to
show that he helped the negro to
his cot and that on entering the hos
pital he shouted:: "Come on fellows,
it's easy; there is only one cop.
Schofield is said to t have admitted
that he assisted to tie Walker when
the mob first entered the hospital,
and later to have untied him that he
might be bound for the burning
Price is said to. have admitted that
hewas in the hospital, but declares
that he was not present at the burn
-
ing. .
Kennedy Boyd, the lineman was
the first mjrfi to be arrested in con
nection with the lynching, was releas
ed after being detained in the Coates-
ville jail for nearly twenty hours. The
authorities admit that his arrest was
a mistake, and that they are unable
to establish that he -was a member
of the mob.
All is auiet in the Borough and
business has assumed its normal
state, '
Small Roasts Hitchcotk.
Washington, Aug. 17 A hot roast
was dealt Postmaster deneral Hitch
cock by Representative Small in an
interview today apropos of the at
tempt to abolish the offices at Bruce
and. Falkland, in Pitt county. The re
commendation of the Postoffice In
spector Goldsboro that the offices be
discontinued was blocked byr Mr.
Small. He said the Posoffice Depart
ment seemed to be seeking to make a
record for economy, even if it meant
the destruction of efficiency. A
. What the people wanted was better
service, he said, and they did not ex
pect the Postal Department to yield
revenue. He referred to the fact that
money given by Congress for estab
lishing new rural routes had not been
used.
Committee To Investigate Stephen
son's Election.
Washington, Aug. .17. Senator Hey-
burn, chairman,-with Senators South-
erland, Bradley, Paynter and Pom
erene have been appointed a sub-committee
of the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections to investigate
Senator Stephenson's election.
LIST
FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 1911.
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IS SICK
PHYSICIANS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE
THE MALADY BUT BELIEVE
IT IS TYPHOID
MAY DELAY THE TRIAL
Richmond, Va., Aug. 17. The ill
ness of Beulah Binford is now almost
certain to postpone the Beattie trial.
Physicians are unable to diagnose the
malady, but it Is believed she has ty
phoid fever.
Judge J. F. West will be the trial
judge.
Owing to the critical illness of
Judge Watson's father-in-law, Watson
has withdrawn from the case.
State's Witnesses In Bad Shape.
Richmond, Va., Aug. 17. Beulah
Binford was taken seriously ill of
fever this morning. Fulmer Bright
was immediately summoned. Whether
the girl is suffering with typhoid fever
has not yet been determined. Her ill
ness is attributed in part to the ordeal
she underwent Monday at Chesterfield
court house. '
Beulah has been ailing ever since
her return from her trip to the Cues
terfield court house. Monday night
she was suffering with a headache
and general debility following th
nervous strain she was under while
in Chesterfield county. She secmei-
considerably recovered yesterday
morning, but had spent a restless
night. V
Last night she did not sleep well
and. did notappear bright this morn
ing She-did not arise, but remained
In bed. She complained of the heat
almost constantlyand it was discov
ered that she had considerable fever
about 11 o'clock this morning.
Since the indictment of Henry Beat
tie, conditions relative to the two
principal witnesses for the Common
wealth, Beulah Binford and Paul Beat
tie, have developed which may provt
to be a serious hindrance to the pr
secution, and which portend anything
but that the two witnesses on which
the Commonwealth side of the' case
mainly depends will bear up well on
the witness stand. Both of the pris
oners are now ill Beulah suffering an
attack of fever this morning, and Paul
sustaining a spell of intense weakness
yesterday, which was repeated today.
This illness on the part of the two
was caused by their mere presence at
the Chesterfield court house Monday.
At that time they were not called
upon to testify.
Prison life has been wearing on
both more than had hitherto been
suspected. Paul has been unwell
ever since he was placed in jail, but
it was thought that Beulah's apparent
ly great fortitude would save her from
collapse. It was not supposed, how
ever, that either of the prisoners was
as ill as reported today.
. Determined to be .prepared against
the possible contingency that Beulah
Binford, who is expected to give dam
aging testimony against Henry Beat
tie at the coming trial, will on the
witness stand retract much that she
has told the detectives and prosecu-.
tion attorneys, and will make her
words favorable to Henry Beattie, the
detectives have been busy from day
to day getting written statements and
affidavits from her covering practical
ly all that she has told them so far.
Should she do this it is not likely
that her testimony in the case will
not have much weight in court. In
this event the statements she has
......
made to the detectives and prosecu
tion lawyers in private will be intro
duced to impugn her veracity.
The jury would naturally be in
clined to more seriously regard her
first statements, which were made be
fore she had had time to think the
matter over.
Mr. ; Preston Bullock" is confined to
his room, we regret to learn.
IS VERY ILL
SUFFERING AMI ATTACK OF
ACUTE SiriGESTION-PLANS
ANCELED
IN THE ilTY OF BOSTON
Boston, Aug. 17. Admiral Togo was
suddenly stricken with acute Indiges
tion today. All the Boston plans for
his entertainment have been can
celled.
The Navy Department has been no
tified by Third Assistant Secretary
Chandler Hall.
Funeral of St. Broix Johnstone.
Chicago, Aug. 17. The funeral ol
St. Croix Johnstone, who was killed
when his aeroplane collapsed in the
air Tuesday, cast a pall over the In
ternational Aviation meeting here to
day. Services were held in the Boyd
ston Chapel before cremating the
body.
Pope Returns To His Bed.
Rome, Aug. 17. Pope Pius had to
return to his bed today. He seemed
unable to regain his former strength.
Congress Will Adjourn Saturday Night
Washington, Aug. 17. Senator Pen
rose announced a J the White House
that Congress will adjourn Saturday
if the legislative day on Saturday can
be extended Into Sunday.
HEARING IN
FLEMING CASE
(Special to The Times.)
' Raleigh, N. C, Aug 17. Chief Jus
tice Walter Clark began hearing the
habeas corpus proceedings of Mrs
Percy B. Fleming against her husband
this morning for the custody of their
two children.
In answering the complaint of. the
wife that Fleming is not a fit person
to have the children, he admitted his
unfitness and claims he has "property
provided for them in the care of his
brother in Louisburg, Mr. A. H. Flem
ing. He make reply further that his
wife is unfit to have the children be
cause of misconduct and intimacy
with other men. He pleaded he was
worth $10,000, and that her extrava
gances have made him insolvent. He
specified intimacies of his wife with
M. W. Tyree and John Winder at dif-
efrent times. Mrs. Fleming,- he as
serted, was driven to the Tyree studio
at night, remaining until midnight,
Fleming being out of the city.
As to the John Winder instance, she
was driven to the Caraleigh phosphate
works in Robert Dawkins hack, where
John Winder took her in. Us buggy
and drove away, the hackman waiting
for them.
Robert Dawkins, the hackman, was
the first witness.
. The taking of evidence is now a
progress. .
Prospects For Farm-Life School For
Warren County.
Ridgeway, N. C, Aug. 17 The pros
pect of Warren county getting a farm
life school is good. The people of
this county realize the necessity of
training the boys and girls in practical
affairs. Dr. J. Y. Jdyner made a fine
speech on why we should have a
farm-life school at the court house
Saturday. The election is to be held
September 30th. It is certain that all
of the farmers will vote for the farm
life school.
VOL. 17. NO. 15
LIVERPOOL
TO PROTECT SHIPPING AGAINST
STRIKERS-MUCH PROPERTY
DESTROYED
PITCHED BATTLE FEARED)
Liverpool, Aug. 17. Three British
warships have been ordered to Lirer
pool to protect the shipping interests.
Rioting still continues. Much proj-
erty has been destroyed.
A pitched battle between the sail-
diers and the mob is feared.
Negro Found Dead.
John Whitehead, a negro, was found?
dead in the station house yesterday
morning. Whitehead was sick the-
day before and unable to go home. H
asked permission of the authorities
to let him stay in the station house-
aid next morning was found dead.
A physician pronounced death frotcn
natural causes.
Was Norris on Back of Hack?'
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 17. Arraigned'
before Police Justice Walter Watsons
yesterday afternoon, L. J. Norris. the
man charged with the murder of JX
B. Biscett on the edge of the Fool'
road, near Raleigh, on last Saturday
night, thrbugh his counsel, Mr. B, Ml
Gatling, plead not guilty. With Mr,
Gatling there also appears for Norrfsn.
Mr.sW. C. Harriss.
The State has declared that it has?
evidence ready to have Norris bound:
over. It has heretofore been stated'
that it can show that Norris had a .32
calibre pistol as late as last Tuesday
It is the rumor that It has also evl-
in"
dence to show that after the hack:
that carried J. B. Bissett and Adat
Yerby to the woods a half mile be
yond 'the Soldiers' Home ..had left
Swain and Davie streets that a mam..
with broad sholders, wearing a oat-
was hanging on behind the hack as if"
passed beyond the Soldiero' Hornet
Ada Yerby has said that Norris, wht
was in his shirt sleeves had a coat on.
his arm, and that she believed a mart
was on the back of the hock. The
rumor is that beyond Gattis' store the;?
man dropped off the hack and waa
seen walking after it. Ada Yerbyj
says that the man who shot Bissett
wore a coat or-had on a dark shirt.
She has said she believed the matt
who shot is Norris, but she will not
swear it was him. It fs known that
the State feels confident that it wasv
Norris. ,f
Miss P. W. Dunford, who has Teej
visiting relatives in Kingsboro andET
Rocky Mount, has returned home.
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COTTON.
New York, Aug. '17. Coiton open
ed as follows: January, 11.25; Aprils
11.41; October, 11.21; December, 11.29Z
At 12 o'clock January was 1i.19; May,
11.39; October, 11.20; December, 11.25-
Liverpool opened at 6 pence and?
closed at 5.95 1-2.
Cotton at 2 o'clock was as follows i
October, 11.20; December, 11.28; Jan
uary, 11.18; March, 11.26.
NEW YORK STOCKS.'
- New York, Aug. 17. Stocks declin?
ed today. Tiiere are losses jn Unionr
Pacific, 1 J Heading 1 5-8; Steel, com
mon, American Smelting and B. and:
O., 14 .Southern Pacific and South-
ern" Railway gained 1-2.
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS '
Chicago, Aug. 17. -'September wfeea S
is 84 1-4; September Corn, 64 1-4".
.At 1130 a. m. September wheat was
89 58; September corn, 64 5-8.
At 2 o'clock wheat was 89 78,.anc
September corn 64 3-4.
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