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r Wilson MES SUBSCRIPTION f 1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1911. VOL. 17 NO. 161 WARM TIMES IN VIRGINIA SENATORIAL CONTEST SEEMS TO BE AS LIVELY AS THE ONE HERE PROMISES MONTAGUE A RIP SNORTER Before an audience of 1,800 peo-1 pie in the Granby Theatre one of the largest political gatherings ilL Norfolk for years except the great "Congressional primary contest" meeting of last summer, former Gov- emor Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia delivered a powerful and .. . effective campaign speech in behalf I of Jones and Glass the "anti-ma- .. j.j.x.- tt.u.j cnme canuiuaies ior xue ciun-eu i States Senate. Hits at Martin and Swan son "These two men, Martin and Swan pnn. I believe, are the only two men ,. . . . . , I in Virginia who would remain in I their seats fin the 'JJnited States Senate and not return to answer the charges made against them, when their honor and integrity -are at tacked." "It is possible for an unknown man like Martin to beat a known man like Lee for the United States Sen ate in Virginia except by unknown means?'' "The Thompson letters are not pri vate correspondence. Don't be ae- ceived by this. They are public cor respondence about public business which the public should know about. No right exists when the gentleman-1 ly courtesy should be invoked when the liberties of the people are in-, volved." "Is it possible that the statute of limitation should be a bar to the Thompson letters? It 20 years a, bar? A man who seeks public office should instead ask that twenty years be an illuminating light instead of a bar. Hg should say take down that bar. ' Thousands of people of Virginia do not believe the primaries are hones- and fair. They will never believe it ing on his person while being seach as long as one faction has a mono- ed by officers yesterday afternoon polj of naming the judges. The rank when he was placed in jail charged and file will not believe it and I con't blame them." "If Martin and Swanson were .o He failed to cut the arteries and strongly, in favor of white surpre large veins in his assault upon him macy, why did they oppose the con self Init completely severed his wind sillutional convention? Why hae not piper rendering him speechless, and they raised their voices against the wag, close to death from the loss of putting of 800 negroes on the rigis- blood when the county physician ar tiation books in Norfolk count'" rived, who worked heroically to save The speech of the former governs? his life. Mills was taken to the hos :as a terrific attack upon the sr;te pital and at this writing little hope machine. He alto rapped Senator Mar tin and his connection with ih Thompson letters as well as his lead- ership in the Senate. He 'assailed Sen ator Swanson, his stock speculations which he held should bar him from office, and his extravagant adminis- tration. He drew a vivid picturre of - J. S. B. Thompson appearing in Wash, ington and trying to get Swanson ap- pointed to take the dying Daniel's seat before breath.had left the states- man's body. He described the reso- ration, offered in the last Virginia legislature to hold the session over until Daniel died in order to do him honor, as "ghastly, brutal proceed- ing." He charged that this, move was no other than to elect a certain man to office. - , He, quoting the Richmond, News- Leader, said that the machine in Vir- ginia is dominated by Senator Mar tin, Senator Swanson, Speaker Byrd and Congressman Flood, known as the Big Four" who control the of- fices of the State. . " Railroads Lubricated Machine The speaker, after paying a good deal of attention to machine politics touched upon the Thompson , letters, incidentally bringing State Chairman Ellyson into his remarks. He prefaced his remarks that he wished it under- stood that he was not anti-nor pro- railroad man. He declared - that in 1891-93 ther a'ilroads of Virginia" lu- bricated" the machine with a jackpot of $30,000 or $40,000. In that now fa mous Senatorial campaign he com pared the conduct of Fitzhugh Lee with that of Thompson and Martin. He said Lee went north, collected $7,000, turned every cent over to State Chairman Ellyson for campaign work. 'What did the friends of Martin do?" asked the speaker. "Their mon ey was given to various candidates; it was distributed not through the state chairman, as these letters show he said. 'Their excuse was the fear of ne gro supremacy," said the speaker. He declared such a political condition was impossible because the Gover- nor was a Democrat with the veto Power to kill such legislation; one half of the state Senate was hold-over and of the House of Delegates on ly three were republicans. Such ar- 8ment lame, he said. He declared that white supremacy never justified the secret distribution of campaign funds. He then ridi- cuiea me investigation of Martins - first election, referring to the com mittee as a body which Lorimer would have liked to have had. He read one of the Thompson letters, stating that State Chairman Ellyson would help "us", meaning the rail roads, this winter. Governor Montague denounced Swanson's stock speculations and said his "confession" is worse than Glass's charges. The peaker paid a tribute to Jone and Glass which was greet ed with wild applause. Mr. Montague was presented to his audience by James S. Barron. Na thaniel T. Green presided. SLASHED HIS THROAT Buford Miles Who Eloped With Young Girl From Goldsboro Goldsboro, Aug. 24. Early this morning about six o'clock, one of the officers in charge of the jail was attracted by the cries of several of the prisoners and upon investigating the trouble his gaze fell upon a scene which proved to be the prostrate form of Bnford Miles, one of the white prisoners Miles had attempted to end his life by slashing his throat, with a knife, which he had been successful in hid with eloping with a young girl about 19 years old from Chesterfield, Va is entertained for his recovery. Miss Sarah Bowles is the name .of the young lady who eloped with Mills and the couple arrived in this city yesterday on the early train from the North and later in the day were ar rested and placed in jail due to the fact that they answered the descrip- tion of a telegram from Virginia offi- cers asking the officers in this city to be on the look-out for the above cou- lie, who had successfully eluded the untiring search of the young girl's father, since August 11th, when they disappeared from home -, - Mr. David Bowles, the girl's father arrived in the city last night from Petersburg," Va., and identified the couple and was awaiting the arrival of requisition papers authorizing their being carried, back to Virginia , for trial. ' Miles is 30 years old and has a wife and three children living at Chester- field. Father Takes Daughter Home Goldsboro, Aug. 24. Upon being informed this afternoon- that Buford Miles the young man who eloped from Chesterfield, Va., with Miss Sarafi Bowles,, and who cut his throat in the jail this morning with a knife could not possibly live, the girl's father re- moved her from the jail this after- noon and tonight father and daughter j left on the northbound train for their home in Virginia FLEMING CASE AGAIN THE NORRIS CASE FOR THE MDR- IIFR fir RIWTT millFQ IIP ULiU Ul UIUUL.1 1 UUillLU Ul I TOMORROW FIRST BALE OF COTTON xtaieign, xm. v,., Aug. !4. litigation multiplies in the sensational family infelicities of Mr." and Mrs. Percy B. Fleming, whose contest .n habeas corpus proceedings involving the pos- session of the two children stirrea ttaieign ana xne state migntny tne I past week. Following the filing of summons in a suit for divorce from j bed and board Tuesday by Mrs. Flem- I ng against her husband there comes now an additional suit, the nature of which has not yet been given out by counsel, against her husband, Per- cy B. Fleming, W. H. Pace Frank K. Ellington, The Raleigh Real Estate and Trust Co., The Raleigh Banking and Trust Co. It is thought probable that this involves merely some finan- cial matters pef taming to the estate of her husband. I . I Friday is the day set for the pre- liminary hearing of the case against L. J. Norris, formerly of Portsmouth on the charge of the murder of J- a. uissett nere neany two weens ago. It Will be in the police court before Justice Walter Watson. In th' prosecution Solicitor H. E. Norris is to be aided by Col. J. C. L. Harris who has been retained by friends of Bissett for the purpose. It is a not- able fact that in the adjustment of (Continued on last page.) THE PRESIDENT AT BEVERLY He Is Playing Golf To-day Execu tive Offices Opened Beverly, Mass., Aug. 24. President iait arnvea nere mis morning, xic i 1 i - - TT.. remained at 'Parmeeta" only a few minutes, motoring out to the golf links, where he spent all the morn ing. Secretary Hilles opened execu tive offices in the Board of Trade Building THE GREAT BRITISH STRIKE ISISETTLED LABOR LEADERS AND THE GOV- ERNMENT ARE GETTING TO GETHER. London, Aug. 24. Labor leaders and government are now sure that the strike will be settled. Rioting was resumed at Liverpool this morning. AHA! MR TAFT. Already You Show Your Animus at the Success of the Democrats. Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 24. On the eve of the forty-days swing around the . circle on which Republican lead ers e-ynec.t. Tiim t.n define the issue - j.. - mm t . . for the campaign of 1912, President Taft last nieht announced- himself , , ,. . . nnalferablv otmosed to the "nostrums - " . . , , , of reform which he declared "dema , - , , . . gogues" and "theoretical extremists" . " , , , .. have advanced for the solution of the problem of concentrated wealth in this county. r The occasion was his address to . . , , ' x the veterans of the erand army at the encampment . here. THE WEATHER Fair in the east, local showers ir the West portion tonight or Friday, Light to moderate "variable winds. TO PROTECT E ADJUTANT GENERAL LOOKING INTn THF HIITTFD nc litlU I III limilL.ll Ul TROOPS AUTOMOBILE IN EVIDENCE . cnesierneia Court House, Va., Aug. 24. The automobile in which Mis. Seattle;. was carried from the Midlo- IJ f .T. ! ... vxuuu. wxo i to be placed In evidence. Beulah Pinforrt nnt brought - v-o I xrom menmond today. p A report was in circulation tliis morning that Adjutant General would come here to see if it would be nec- essary to detail troops to protect Beattie against probable violence. I ,The First Witness Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug, 24.The States Attorney has decid- ed tQ t on Thog Qw uncle or murdered Louise Owen Beattie, .is firgt witness. . mfioiri n.nn wn- vn a,,- 24. Owen stated that the Beattie's v,- eitin f ?rv, v,Q I JJLCIU J LI. f lOlUUg lillil CL , LllU J- I murden. He discovered the return of T,0Qtt,o.,.wll0T, v0 mta Vm-PA rrv. ta& My God, and gaw the defend- ant turning into his place with the automobile. ttl a wT,at WJ,R th matter and Henry replied. They have killed LOUise 0wen tn6n described the manner . which he found the body in the automobile. He said there was blood on Beattie's coat. Henry Clay Beattie maintains same iron nerve, sleeping all night quietly. Chesterfield Court House, Va., Aug. 24. The jury which will decide whe ther Henry Clay Beattie, jr., of Rich mond shall go to the electric chair convicted of wife murder was com battered old Chesterfield I r court house late yesterday. The bat tie for a ' human life began at 10 o'clock today. The prisoner was locked up for th night in the small jail here and will not be returned to the Richmond jail HEATH during the trial. His gray-haired fath- George W.Smith, of Ossing, New York Greensboro, Aug. 24. At the meet er embraced him and journeyed home was fOUnd dead in his room from ing of the city board of commission in a dusty public conveyance sur- over-exertion in .yesterday's parade, ers yesterday an ordinance was pass- rounded by the curious. Made up almost entirely of lean, brozed faced farmers, the jury as completed as follows the lines indi I i i r i , . . mi 14 catea Dy monaay s seiecuuus. au men as they remain after the de fense exercised its four peremptory challenges on the panel of 16, are: u- -1 vv- rdueJ' yuttU'mau' years old. No. 2 E. L. Wilson, 38 years old. No. 3 A. L. Fetteroff. contractor, j 34 years old. No. 5 V, W. Faqua, 27 years old. No. 6 W. L. Burgess, 52 years old. No. 7 M. E. Purdie, 27 years old. No. 8 M. C. Robinson 44 years old. No. 9 Thomas A. Hancock, 37 year old. No. 10 Lewis Robertson, 44 years 1" No. 11 W. P. Rooks, 48 years old. No. 12 M. E. Blafikenship, assist- I ant superintendent of a-silk mill, 38 y - years cld- I All of the foregoing are farmers I & & I except the three otherwise specified, c Beattie conferred earnestly witn his lawyers and studied intently the , faces in the full panel of 16 men before the defense decided on1 it3 I olimiiiairvnc Thon after .a TTIOTnent r " . j of whispered conversation with ti. al I Smith, jr., his chief counsel the pris oner nodded his head and the clerk announced that the names of four farmers selected on Monday were dropped from the list. In charging the jurors, who rwill be kept' during the trial at an" old tav era near the court house, Judge Wal- J ter A. Watson simply set forth the j law of Virginia as applicable to horn" icide. As the indictment covers all degrees from the first degree to In voluntary manslaughter he explained that the defendant might be found guilty accordingly. If you find' him guilty of murder in the first degree," said the court, you shall say so and nothing more, in which event the punishment shall ha dentin hnt if vnn finrt Yiim niilfv of murder in- the second degree, you sha11 say so and shall fix Punish ment by confinement in the peniten tiary at not less than five nor more than 18 years." Ue; - After citing the penalty for lesser uuiiciuueu. wim me woras, mat n you find the prisoner not guilty of any o tne offenses charged, you shall say so and no more." It was hot almost to suffocation in . "tU .00urtr00m "one or me witnesses was on nana ana those who came to see Beulah Bin- - - I lulu, tue gin in me case, were uis- i appointed. She will probably not be called to testify until late In the Week. - I rw Ma n tut t-,,.-, frt i,nn,fl tiPTirv hrnnpht a Qi0 - .M-i M.w,,n fir,r ir,t otmn. bile from the roadway, likely will be the first witness called for the com- Uonwealth Forest fires sweeping through pine and scrub oak were burning tonight awmnA cm!,ii i.ii er wrv Clay Eeattie, jr., is held. iMCnmaviv cto ta oftnnnn X. iCOUUiailJ ObUl l.gu CUXO UltVlUVvu 1 by a match thrown outside by a spec- fntnr at tn'a nropnira more than half a mile of underbrush, 200 yards wide, had been burning tonight and farmers were fighting the blaze to nrntect thpir homes. TBolntert us 1t is n the rear of the court house lawn, the jail where Beat- tie is confined is in no danger, but tewrh flnd telenhone wires.strune especially for the trial are threat- ened with destruction. THIRD FATALITY OF G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT I LOS ANGELES GETS THE NEXT I I G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT BUSI NESS SESSION TODAY. Rochester. N. Y Aug. 24. The third fatality of the G. A. R. En- campment was recorded today when a business session was held today. LoS Angeles was decided on for the 1912 encampment Wilmington, Aug. 24. Walking with two friends on the railway Ires tie that connects the sound with Wrightsville Beach, N. C, at mid night last night, M. R. Walker, 27 years old, of Burgaw, N. C, a lum ber mill superintendent shot himself with suicidal intent. 0 under the terms of the National bank act, can permit national banks to O TO-DAY'S MARKET 0 own interests in other banking In 0 0 stitutions. 0 00000000000 Attorney GeneraTWickersham and COTTON New York, Aug. 24. Cotton open- ed as follows: Aug. 12.36, Oct. 11.25, Dec. 11.34, Jan. 11.26. At 12 o'clock the market stood: January 11.32; May. 11.53; Dec. 11.37. New York, Aug. 24.-2 p. m. Cot- ton closed Dec. -11.36; Jan. 11.32 Dec. closed at 11.38. New York Stocks New York, Aug. 24. Stocks open ed with sharp declines.- Pressure on the Harriman stocks caused them to sell off. Curb was weak. Standard Oil and Tobacco were off today. GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago, Aug. 24. The opening Sept. wheat was 105, Sept. corn, 64. Chicago, Aug. 24. At 11.30 Sept. wheat was 90 1-2 .and Sept. corn, 63 1-8. Chicago, Aug. 24. The closing on spot wheat was 90 ;3-8, Sept. corn 64 1-2. WILL FINISH FI5HT TODAY '. ' ATT' 70D NOW ON HIS WAY DOWN HE HUDSON VALLEY -113 . MILES TRAVELED THE WORLD'S RECORIL Castleton, N. Y., Aug. 24-Harry N7 Atwood,' left here at 7.38 in southerly line down tne Hudson Valley for New. Yory He ia8 , and passed over West Point, Chelsea, Pouehkeensie. and Cnld Rnrintrs - o Distance to fly to New York today 134 miles. Distance already flown from St. Louis, 1,131 miles. Total time in the air, 25 hours and 8 minutes. Days flying, 10. Portions of States passed Missouri, Illinois, Indiana. st- kus Chicago, Toledo, Cleve- land' Buffal and Albany. He beat the world's long distanca record at Rhine Cliff, when he was 13 miles more than present record of 1-164 miles- Expects to reach New York thU afternoon when he will be 1,265 miles from Ms starting point. Our villages and cities, disregard ing all offers of money bonuses to land in places where great crowds awaited him, Atwood sailed through the Mohawk valley in the fog and ringing of bells had no inducement for him' for eenerally e detourned around cities. Atwood landed on the property of an irate farmer, who protested against the appearance of the "man bird"' and its consequent inrush of the peo ple. The more the farmer protested the greater became the crowd and soon a nearly'apple orchard was half denuded of Its fruit, NEWS ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST d permitting the farmers to kill at &onae and sell any animal raised at home and sell on the Greensboro market, provided the heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and head of the animal be subjected to inspection by the city meat inspector. The ordi nance makes it unlawful for any one to attempt to pass an animal known to be sick at the time it waa k'Ued, or three months prior thereto. Washington, Aug. 24. President Taft will decide if the Government J Secretary MacVeagh have disagreed on the question, which was raised by tne Attorney uenerars investigation f the relations of the National City Bank, of New York to the. National City Company. As a result all the PPapers in the case were sent to the President at Beverly today. Washington, Aug. 24. The Demo crats, the progressive Republican? and the regular Republicans . will have their own program for tariff re vision legislation when Congress re convenes in December. This much was clear today. All three elements in the Senate will engage in a great battle on the general subject of re j vision the fiiost important feature of I the contemplated work of the regu- I lar session. Much of the trend of the fight will depend upon the report of the . Tariff Board and the recommen- dations of the President, .in connec tion with that report. . . i. h
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