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IUBSCEIPTION 51.00 A YEAR.
WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER-15,-1911
VOL. 17. NO. 167
RAILROADS
fITHDRAW
THEIR POSITIONS AS TO DAVID
SON COUNTY-THOSE FROM
PIT AND FORSYTHE REMAIN
'THE CRY OF THE MOB"
(By W. J. Martin.)
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 14. "The cry
of the mob must not be mistaken for
the voice of the law" is a striking
comment of associate Justice Piatt
D. Walker, of the North Carolina Su
preme Court, in writing the opinion
of the court affirming the conviction
and sentence of .T. S. Davenport in
Gates county for forcible trespass in
the sensational struggle of the Rich
mond Cedar Co., against the Roper
Lumber Co., for the possession of a
valuable belt of Dismal Swamp tim
ber lands. Davenport and his forty
woodsmen in the employ of the Rich
mond Cedar Work,s had been direct
ed to hold possession of . the lands
and destroy the camps of represen
tatives of the Roper Lumber Co. Arm
ed with axes and guns the men went
to the groupes of shanties of the Ro
per Co's. people, drove the men away
and. burned the shanties. Justice Wal
ker devoted twenty-six pages to the
opinion finding "no error" in the con
viction of Davenport and his men in
the court held and making the point
that "It should be well understood
that individuals cannot use the law
and by their own precedure, and in
a violent manner either protect or
assert their right to property." And
that "the cry of the mob must not
be mistaken for the voice of the law."
There were nine other opinions de
livered last evening, this being the
first opinions of the fall term con
vened two weeks ago. The others fol
low: Owen vs Horrnthal, Washing
ton, no error; Sutton vs Lyons, Cur
rituck, new trial; Swindell vs Smaw,
Beaufort, reversed; Tayloe vs Ca
raw, Beaufort, reversed; Graded
school Trustees vs Hinton,- Pasquo
tank, appeal dismissed; Hinton vs
Hicks, Camden, new trial; State vs
Vaughn, Hertford, new trial; Grant
vs Mitchell, Bertie, new trial; Ellis
vs board of graded school trustees,
Oxford, Granville, error. ' y
Acquitted last night at Lillington
of the murder of Charrlie Ellen.nine
years ago in Harnett county, Zack
Marks is to be returned by the Har
nett authorities to the Florida au
thorities to be tried for immoral re
lations with his step daughter. He
had fled to Florida on account of the
Harnett affair when he was arrested
recently in Florida and a declartion
by his infuriated wife that he was
a fugitive from Harnett county for
murder brought about his delivery
to the Harnett authorities for the
trial for murder. Now that there has
developed lack of evidence sufficient
to convict, he will be returned to
Florida.
In connection with the fight the
Southern the Seaboard Air Line and
the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, com
panies are making for the' reduction
of the tax assessments against their
properties in this state on the
ground that they are excessive in
comparison with the assessments
against the real estate generally in
the counties - their roads travels, the
Southern and the Atlantic Coast
Line have withdrawn the affidavits of
citizens averring low really values in
support of the contensions of the rail
road companies. The Atlantic Coast
Line has withdrawn all its affidavits
as to low values in Wilson county
and Southern has withdrawn its af
fidavits as to Davidson r county. The
other counties from which there were
affidavits of citizens setting out low
valuations were Forsyth and Pitt
The
commissioners and county tax
assessors for all these counties have
"keen directed to appear before the
commission September 20 and show
cans why the assessments, should
not be increased if these affidavits of
citizens through the railroad compan
ies are true. It was these citations
to show cause that have forced the
railroad companies to withdraw the
affidavits as to Wilson and Davidson
counties.
Miss Jannie. Wetmore, of Greens
boro, was in Raleigh today on her
way to Washington, N. C, where she
has been elected a member of. the
faculty of the Washington Gradejd
Schools.
The final assignments of space in
the quarter million dollar fire proof
state - administration building the
erection of which by the state build
ing commission is to be gotten un
der way at once, includes the. appro
priation of the entire first floor to
state librarry purposes, the second
floor to the North Carolina Histori
cal Commission and Hall of History;
the third floor to . the Supreme Court
and the Supreme Court library 4 in
either end of the building and two
floors in pitch and between these on
the third floor, the offices of the jus
tices of the Supreme Court, the
clerk 2f the court and on the fourth
floor the offices of the attorney gen
eral, the state department of insur
ance and the state department of
education. The present plan is for
the present Supreme Court building
to be remodeled inside and adapt it
especially for legislative committee
rooms. Strong influence, however.are
insisting that the Supreme Court
room and library sections should be
equipped with fireproof vaults and
adapted for use as offices of state
departments that will need them bad
ly before a great while.
When Governor Kitchin returns to
the city next week there will be
awaiting him. a knotty problem from
Fayetteville in that two military com
panies are contending for the rights
and recognition as the old historic
Fayetteville Light Infantry, one be
ing active recognized service under
the control of the National guard and
the other posing as an organization
under special charter with the right
to exist independent of the National
Guard. This company has called the
state treasurer for a $500 appropria
tion and this must be approved by
the governor before it can be paid.
His disposition of the matter is
awaited with much interest. There
is a probability that the courts will
have to finally settle the contest that
is on between the two companies the
complications being declared to be
woithy of the keenest work of a
Philadelphia Lawyer."
THREE NEW
FISSURES
DISCOVERED IN MT. AET
NA WHICH IS SPOUTING
FIRE, SMOKE AND LAVA
FIVE THOUSAND HOME
LESS. - Catania, Sicily, Sept.. 14. Three
new fissures have been discovered
near the crater of Mt. Etna. Five
thousand people have t)een driven
from their homes by the molten
stream. .
Chaloner to Settle.
New York, Sept. 14. -Sydney Har
ris, personal counsel for Rovert Win
throp Chanler, has gone to Paris.and
it is the understanding among his
friends that the mission is a last ef
fort to settle the unfortunate Chan-ler-Cavallieri
matrimonial fiasco by
means of a money offer and a di
vorce. With the consent of Chanler, who
has finally" given up the Diva, he is
prepared to offer her $70,000 in lieu
of all claims she won to his estate
throcgh the famous marriage agree
ment. But he will stipulate that eith
er she shall get a divorce In Franee
or- else agree that. Chanler may ob
tain one in some Western State with
out conieew
WAR
SH PS
GATHERING
ON THE YANGTSE RIVER IN OR
DER TO PPOTECT THE LIVES
OF FOREIGNERS
CONDITIONS DEPLORABLE
Shanghai, Sept. 14. A fleet of
foreign warships are gathering in the
Yangtse river for the protection of
the lives and interests of foreigners.
The news from the Scheu province
state that conditions are most seri
ous since the flood.
Shewdest Gold Brick Wan in World
in Jail.
Chicago, Sept. 14. S. A. Potter,
who is said to be one of the best
known gold brick and green goods
confidence men in the world, and
who is said to have garnered more
than $1,500,000 from the unwary of
two continents during the last few
years by means of gold brick swin
dles and confidence games, was lock
ed in jail here last night.
He was arrested by O. F. DeMoody
division superintendent of the de
paremtn of justice, after being
sought for a year by United States
secret service men and the police
of almost every city in the country.
English detectives of Scotland Yard
also ' are stud to have sought Potter
and his companions who were cred
ited with having extracted numer;
ons dollars from too credulous Lon
doners. Potter, who " also was known as
George W. Post, was wanted here on
an indictment for swindling return
ed in ."United States court' in July
1910. Potter and a companion, Ed
ward Starkloff, "also are wanted in
Philadelphia, where they forfeited a
$23,000 bond in the United States
court a year ago.
A cash bond of $50,000, offered by
Potter, was refused by federal offi
cials, who declared nothing less than
$150,000 cash bond would gain his
temporary freedom.
Starkloff who is said to have oper
ated with Potter under a score of
names, is in the city, according to
DeWoody and all of the secret ser
vice men and police - here are search
ing for him.
At Potter's home a great quantity
of evidence was found, including
what the secret service men termed
a "sucker list" of former and pros
pective victims. The list is said to
contain a greater number of names
of residents of cities than of rural
inhabitants.
After fleeing his $23,000 bond in
Philadelphia, Potter and Starkloff are
said to have opened an office here
and to have flooded the middle west
with advertisements of spurious mon
ey for sale at half price. The bills,
it was declared', were made from
plates stolen from the United States
mint at Philadelphia and were splen
did counterfeits.
The investor usually received a
package of blank paper, and, being
in the position of having sought to
defraud the goverment, he would not
dare complain to. the authorities.
WILL NOT DIVULGE CONTENTS.
Germany Considering France's An
swers Regarding Morrocco. .
Berlin, Sept. 14. The French note
answering the German reply . to
France's ultimatum to Morrocco is
being considered by the German cab
inet today. Its contents are kept from
the press.
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- Fair tonight and -probably Friday
with rising temperature on Friday
and moderate northeast winds. " , '''
KNEW
THE CAUSE
BUT C0R0N0R DID NOT DIVULGE
AT TIME OF INQUEST-BODY
WILL NOT BE EXHU dtD
HER INTENDED ARRIVES
Hendersonville, N. C, Sept. 14.
Positive announcement was made to
day by Coroner W. R. Kirk, that
Myrtle Hawkins, whose body was
found in Lake Osceola Sunday died
as the result of an unlawful opera
tion. The coroner's jury which gave a
verdict of death from "unknown
causes" knew this fact at the time of
the inquest but made their finding in
definite in order 'to allay suspicion
of the girl's slayer and make easier
the detection of the criminal, Coro
ner Kirk stated last, night.
It was only after a storm of criti
cism from the general public that the
coroner revealed the true situation,
and announced that' another inquest
would be held Friday.
Miss Hawkins' body will not be ex
humed he said, as this is considered
unnecessary.
There were rumors last night that
an arrest would follow Friday's in
quest, at which additional evidence
will be adduced. Coroner Kirk last
night admitted that the autopsy re
vealed the,, true - conditions which led
to the ' young woman's death. After
a conference; with Dr. A. B. Crafts,
of ;12.,'i"wno. assisted- In. the au
topsy it was decided then that an in
definite verdict should be given in
order to lead to the slayer of Miss
Hawkins and thus assist In the cap
ture of the guilty.
Mr " Hal Cooper the affianced hus
band of the murdered girl, arrived
here yesterday . from Johnson City
Tenn. He was met at the depot by a
married sister of the dead girl, who
strenuously objected to Mr. Cooper
talking to a newspaper man, and
was driven directly to the family
residence. He will appear at the cor
oner's second inquest.
.Mr. Cooper expressed a perfect wil
lingness to tell all he knew, but
his frank answers to the many ques
tions asked him shed no light on the
mystery.
He said he came to Henderson
ville aa soon as possible after the
killing of his fiancee.
He earnestly opposed the theory of
suicide and naturally appears highly
wrought up over the terrible death
of his sweetheart.
The day's developments are these::
The operation was performed, not
in the woods surrounding the lake,
but was performed in a residence at
no great distance from the lake
where the body was found and the
detectives believe they know the
house.
The operation was performed in
this house, the body was removed
to the woods where it lay exposed to
the sun for two days and then placed
in the lake not more than eight
hours before its discovery.
Maggots were found in the girl's
soft hair, - thousands of them when
the body was pulled from the water.
Sensational developments more
startling than any yet made public
may confidently be looked for within
the next twenty-four hours..' The
clues leading to these developments
in nowise conflict with- the evidence
already in hand. The state of pub
lic feeling is intense. The tragedy has
never excited such bitter reeling as
this which resulted in the dreadful
doing to death of Miss Myrtle Hawk
ins by some murderer or murderers
almost on the eve of her wedding
day. ; -
At least, two men, one physician,
one business man " are under suspi
cion and their movements are being
watched. No names have yet been
disclosed or arrests made. One" de
tective came yesterday but this" morn
ing he refused to work on the case
for reasons unknown.
Another is said to be working on
the mystery now.
Citizens continue raising funds as
an inducement to ' apprehend the
guilty party or parties. Pressure is
still being brought to bear for anoth
er inquest, but many consider it un
necessary as they believe there is
sufficient evidence already if it will
be used.
Under Influence of a Woman. .
Charlotte, Sept. 14. Mrs! Benja
min Williams Ellisor of Shelby, the
bride of three weeks whose husband
deserted her Monday morning and
followed another woman registered
at the hotel as Mrs. A. B. Anderson,
cf Charlotte, and supposed to be hi3
other wife, had Sheriff Wilkins yes
terday to withdraw the warrant charg
ing Ellisor with bigamy. The young
bride, who was Miss Katherine Wil
liams, a pretty girl of Shelby, has
had letters from her-husband since
he left mysteriously with the other
woman.
These letters tell that "Mrs. An
derson" is his divorced wife, who is
following him for alimony the court
did not alio wher when the divorce
vjis granted.
The letters were written from High
Point He says he is in conference
with his attorneys and will be homo
2D a few days to straighten up mat
ters. On the strength of this infor
mation the forsaken bride requested
the sheriff to withdraw the warrant
against her husband for bigamy.
Mrs. Ellisor says she knew her hus
band was married but that his ftmt
vife wras divorced before he married
her and she has a letter from a
E-rominent lawyer in this State dated
May 16, and saying he had filed the
complaint for divorce at Scotland,
Connecticut, where they were mar
ried. .
Vvh ether Ellisor and his first wife
weie divorced or not remains to be
seen. His first wife has a powerful
mti ence over him and enticed him
away from his second wife without
his making any explanation what
ever until a letter was received yes
terday.
. Yesterday morning he (told his
wife that he was to meet a man in
Charlotte. He went to the Southern
station supposedly to catch a train
for Charlotte and while there, he re
ceived a telephone message from
"Mrs. Anderson" from Waco, four
miles from here, asking that he catch
the Seaboard train and join her
there.
This he is .supposed to have done
shortly after flre train left this city,
the mother of the bride swore out
a warrant for the man, charging
him with bigamy and the wheels of
the law were immediately set in
motion. Chief Christenburg, of Char
lotte; was notified but the. message
reached him too late for him to do any
good as the train had passed that
place. Last night, at a late hour, it
was learned by the authorities here
that Ellisor and the mysterious wo
man had been at Gastonia and from
there had caught a train for High
Point where the other woman is sup
posed to live.
Ellisor was formerly a traveling
salesman for a soap concern, but lost
his position some time ago.' He is
said to be a native of Kentucky and
his courtship and marriage of Miss
Williams was very romantic.
It may be some time before the
real "facts of the story are learned,
as "Mrs. Anderson" told several con
tradictory stories in the course of
her conversation. There is much
speculation here as to "who she real
ly is, and numerous theories have
been advanced. -"
She first said Ellisor was her hus
band. Then, that he had been her
husband and was divorced She- ad
mits signing a fictitious name at the
hotel. Her influence over the man
was strong enough to take "him away
from his bride and there is a lot of
sympathy felt here for the latter. :
Chicago, Sept. 14. In a struggle
which cost several lives and millions
of dollars to buildings was settled
when the plumbers and builders re
turned to work. - '
DIFFICULTIES
OF AVIATION
WARD HAS TROUBLE! WITH HIS
MOTOR AND CANNOT
PROCEED
FOWLER AWAITS MACHINE
Patterson, N. J., Sept. 14. Avia
tor Ward, who started froxo New
York, for San Francisco yesterday
and got lost, set out today for Elzni
ra. After sailing fifteen minutes he
returned owing to motor trouble.
Resumed Flight at 9:15.
Patterson, Sept. 14. Ward resum
ed his flight at nine fifteen. He pass
ed Ramsey, N .., at 9.30 and landed
at Tuxedo at ten o'clock.
Fowler Awaits New Machine.
Towe, Cal., Sept. 14. Aviator Fow
ler who fell 1400 feet here in his at
tempted flight from San Francisco to
New York is likely to await the ar
rival of a new machine efore start
ing again.
A REJECTED SUITOR. -
Kills Girl of 22 and Disappears Fol
lowing the Shooting.
Kento, Ohio. Sept. 14. A posse Is
searching the surrounding country
for Jesse Newman whom It is be
lieved shot and instantly killed Miss
Delia Halsey, aged 22. Newman Is a
rejected suitor and disappeared fol
lowing the shooting.
Newman fearing arrest shot himself
In the head dying instantly on his
mother's farm at daylight.
Towns Wet The Country Dry
Augusta, Me., Sept. 14. Secretary
of st - Davis-has officially announced
reports from all but a few towns
which give the wet a majority of
155. Other towns do not offset the
figures either way. The country gave
the majority for prohibition.
Damagfe One Million Dollars.
New Haven, Sept. 14. It is con
servatively estimated that the dam
age to tobacco and late crops of corn
by the killing frosts will reach close
to one million dollars. The chief
damage is to the standing crops.
Several Seriously Injured. V
Detroit, Sept. 14. Three were ser
iously injured and six others hurt by
trolley and electric light wires which
fell to the street. Many horses were
killed.
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COTTON.
New York, Sept. 14. -Jan. opened
11.39; May 11.62; Oct. -11.31; Deo.
11.42; 12 o'clock an. was 11.38; May
11.60; Oct. 11.31; Dec. 11.39.
Liverpool closed two points down
with the opening with an. 0.088 1-2,
March 6.10 1-2, May 6.12. Oct. 6.08
1-2.
At 2 o'clock Cotton was Oct. 11.33;
Dec. 11.41; Jan. 11.49; March .11.52.
Spots in Liverrpool declined 3
points. . -
Spots in New York 11.85.
Spots in Wilson 11.50.
STOCKS.
New York, Sept. 14. Pronounced
pressure; in .several issues depressed
the :stoe$rfarket at the openingr.be
ing the nowe3t:'the " ppresent month.
There was heaVy selling front 'the
continent mosflyjBeflin.' The curb
was dull and eayt"- ' ' -
PROVISIONS. ,
Chicago, Sept." : i4 The opening
In wheat was Sept. 92 1-2, Corn Sept.
68 7-8.
At 11:30 Sept wheat was 92 1-4,
and Sept. corn 68 5-8. '
At 2 o'clock Dec. wheat was 96 1-2,
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