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--..ft 1 H E MES SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR WILSON, N. C, SEPTEMBER 26, 1911 VOL. 17 NO. 170 H . J l PETITION DISMISSED i ? i- r . .... .' ASKING THAT ASHBORO TELE PHONE COMPANY CONNECT WITH SOUTHERN BELL SENATOR LODGE COMING (By W. J. Martin.) Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 25. Judge W. E. Allen, of the supreme court, has postponed to Wednesday of this week the hearing of the writ, of habeas cor puos in the case of Turner Smith, vrho seeks through his attorneys, CoL j. C. L. Harris, Chas. U. Harris and Aycock and Winstin, relief from the remainder of the two years sentence imposed by Judge Peebles for as sault on a young woman who was boarding in his mother's home. He has served thirty days of the - sen tence and claims that this is all the law permits instead of the two years allowed by the special act of the last legislature as to simple . assault on woman invoked erroniously, " his counsel claim, in this case. The specail committee of' ' which Wade R. Brown, is chairman, for the ceremonies that will mark the dedication of the great auditorium here during ' state fair week, is anx ious to hear suggestions from the various cities ofthe state as to what -noted singers of their respective towns should be enlisted in the great concert that is to be the feature for Wednesday night. This is to be a unique event in . that it will present the very best musical talent from every section of the state. The trials of three prisoners for their lives are scheduled for the term of Wake superior court that convened today. They are L. J. Nor ris, for the killing of J. B. Bissett; Wiley Austin, colored," for the mur der of Garfield Williams, colored at a negro church festival; Willie Weav er, charged with the killing of" Ed. Pearce a white man. The docket " has 125 cases scheduled for trial. In dismissing the petition of ( citi zens of Asheboro for the Southern Bell and the Asebo'ro Telephone Co. to be required to connect the Ashe-1 boro local change and the Bell long distance lines, a fight that has been pending quite a while, the corpora tion commission" sets out that ' the Bell Company has repeatedly tried to induce the Asheboro. Co.,to enter into an agreement for this connec tion on terms that have proven sat isfactory elsewhere and that if the Asheboro Company persists in refus ing the preposition the town can grant the Bell Co., a franchise for local exchange and thereby get this local with long distance service. The commission ' insists '; that the town authorities have ample power to , set tle the trouble there without inter vention of the commission and It re fuses too to allow the question of the power of the commission to force physical connection of lines of I com peting companies to be forced in this case. ' ;'. " :'. . ' :' r Edgar M. Hall, the new secretary for the Raleigh Young "Men's Chris tion Association, that is to. begin ac tive association work " whe nthe Y. M- C, A., building is ' reatly,; has ar rived and will impart new" impetus to the work. Upwards of ninety per cent of the initial "installments i of Pledges for the Association : building have been, paid in- and another In stallment will jbe , dueiT pctober l.. Th Plaiis for the building -wilt be ; defiV itely settled within a very short time and the actual work of erecting the building gotten under way as speed ily as possible. Mr. Hall, the secre tary, comes from Newport News and 18 an arsociation worker of proven orth. ..." ''The selection of P. D. Gold, Jr:, this city as president of The aerican Life Convention at Pittv Qrg. Saturday is a source of "xnui?h gratification here. Only 35 years oft, Aeroplane Carries Mail." :New.' York;' Sept:. 25 The first United States mail . ever transported by aeroplane was carried Saturday from the aiation field on Nassau bou levard, Long Island, to Garden City, a distance of 5 miles, by Earl L. Lovington in a Bleriot machine. His. flight for this purpose was the lead ing feature of the international meets opening day. " ' ' Lovington took only one bag pf mail, held it between his knees when he was over Garden City and dropp ed it on the signal of a man who waved a flag as prearranged. This bag contained about 75 pounds of letters and postacrds. He left behind fully 30G pounds of mail matterwhich was later sent by automobile to the Garden City postofnee, although it bore the special postofnee stamp of "Aerial Station No. 1, Aerial Special Service." The flying contests were medio cre, the most interesting being the search by a number- of aviators for a detachment of the Eighteenth In fantry United States army which had J been secreted in a clump of woods 3 miles southeast of the field. Six of the most prominent aviators including Tom Sopwith of England, Grahame-White, Eugene Ely, J. A. D. McCurdy and Beatty, scoured the countryside f or . an hour, but none was able to find the soldiers. Eugejrie Ely made a spectacular flight late in the afternoon showing the perfect ontrol of his machine. He dazzled the crowd by turning his machine head down and dropping 300. feet and then checking his flight when near the turf and floating off. Miss Matilda Moisant was the only woman to make a flight in the 24 mile breeze which prevailed during the afternoon She circled the course several times in a monoplane and made a safe landing. Dr. Henry Walden, who had a bad spill this af- ternoon on the northeast turn when he tried to cut under Lee- Hammonds machine In the, finish of the cross country -flight. Walden ventured too close to the turf, 'the tail' of his monoplane struck and it turned 3 somersault. Walden leaped, and al though he sustained a severe shock, he saved himself from serious injury. Sir. Wilfrid Laurier '..to Lead Hfs Party In Parliament. Ottawa, Ont., Sept; 25J- "I will re main in Parliament as leader of op position for some time. I should be a deserter of my party if I ran away now," said Sir Wilfrid Laurier to the newspaper men today,. . - " Sir Wilfrid said that he had" in tended to retire and no doubt would do so otter some time, but not im mediately. He undoubtedly will go through the nest session as leader of the opposition and he may con tinue there , a ., good many seasons. Though 70 . years oid hjs health is good. The Prime Minister stated that the government - will resign as soon as possible to enable Earl Grey to leave - Canada and the Duke of Con naught to succeed him as Governor General. ? C " ; " 1 a native of Wilson, alumnus of the University. Of North Carolina, an en thusiastic - life insurance man, found; er of the Jefferson Standard Co., of Raleigh and its first vice president and general manager, Mr. Gold has a circle of friends throughout the south who hail with peculiar delight this advancement that has come - to him, the . most signal, ; probably , that a Southerner has - ever, received;, in the insurance" field JU - , Thepeorle of" Raleigh and the en tire state are looking forward with "-Pciaiinteresttcrthe t coming:"-of Senator, .Lodge ;bf Massachusetts,- to North . Carolina, as the; chief orator for the pnnual session of the North Carolina Literary and "Historical'-' So ciety in November. And also to the visit of Hon. Champ Clark, speaker of the House, who is to be one of the chief attractions for the , North Carolina tea chers assembly to be in session during the last week in No vember, using the great . auditorium just ,bh completed here. PRESIDENT IS PLEASED BY THE ASSURANCE THAT THE KANSAS DELEGATION STAND . FOR HIM " A HARD BUSY TRIP Balwin. Kan., Sept. 25. President Taft started on a hard, busy trip through. Kansas today. He. is schedul ed to make a stop at five towns be fore returning to . Kansas City to ltd dress the conservation convention there. His first stop is Corriville and then Coffeyville Independence and Chanute. From Chanute "he goes to Ottawa, and will then return to Kan sas City, accompanied by . leading pol iticians. He was assured the Kansas delegation to the national convention is solididly for him and is greatly pleased. Tar Heel Honored. ' Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 25. The Am erican Life Convention came to a close- Saturday afternoon after the annual election of officers. The time of the next meeting, which isto bo held in Chicago will be decided ty the executive committee. The following are the officers elect ed: P. D. Gold, Jr., Raleigh, N C, president; ,T. W. Blackburn, Omaha, Neb., re-elected secretary-treasurer; executive committee, T. W. Vardell, Dallas, Texas; W. A Lindley, Lin coln, Neb.; George-.A. Grimsley, Greensboro, N. C; legal section C. A. Atkins, chairman, Chicago and Em melt C. May, Peoria, 111.; medical section, board of managers, Dr. 'Am brose Talbot, Kansas City, chairman; H"." A. Baker;' chairman, vice chair man, Pittsburg; Dr. F. B. Jenny, sei retary, Chicago; Dr. H. M. Woollen. Indianapolis, Ind.; Dr. J. M. Stowell, Chicago. : During the afternoon session an interesting-paper was read by -Geo J. Kuebler, of Chicago. It cited many legal battles, with legal opinions, which the writer of the paper de clared was evidence that the great est care should be exercised When a policyholder had been reported as missing. He closed by admonishing the representatives of the life insur ance company to learn if there is a motive for the disappearance of the person and if there be. one keep it a secret for only the company which he represents. " f . The American Life Convention js composed of seventy-eight of the legal reserve old line companies lo cated throughout, . the United States. The combined assets of the compan ies represented- in , the.. convention aggregate $127,00,000 and insurance in force is over $1,000,000,000. 'Many important - subjects including matters of national importance were discussed. . ' . - ; ' i Mr. laoia s ciecnon r-iccnuy . . Friends. . 1 Raleigh, N. C.,v Sept. 25. Admiring ' friends here are rejoicing over the election Saturday of P. D. Gold; Jr into the house he saw Hmnant sit first -vice president of the-Jefferson ting with his back to the door. As- Standard Life -Insurance Company, as president" of - the American Life Convention . in -session at Pittsburg. J ing until he had discharged the load. The honor toMn Gold is declared Then he" ran remarking that he killed to" be one of the biggest" that everyHinant by: mistake and would kill came to a? Southern life" insurance jKerby as soon as found. . , , manTandHe " attains It;" too, at 35 Hinnant was buried yesterday :and years of age, backed, however, by a phenomenally successful, though briaf business career. ' - ' f 0 ' 'V . :-" '- - THE tWEATHEB 0 0000 Generally . fair ' tonight and ; Tues day light variable wtads. f; OBILIZIi 1 - m TROOPS TURKEY SENDING REINFORCE MENTS TO TRIPOLI TO AUG MENT GARRISON THERE ITALY SENDING VESSELS Constantinople, Sept. 25. The war office has ordered the mobilization of the first army corps. A regiment of Turkish troops will sail for Trip oli to reinforce the Turkish garrisons The government is collecting all avail able transports. Rome, Sept. 25.- The Italian fleet composed of the battleships Napoli, Garibaldi and Roma and the armored cruisers, Pisa Amalfi, Vires and Fran cesco, Ferrucio and two flotillas and torpedo destroyers are reported ."as having started for Tripoli. Paris, Sept. 25. With Italy mobo lizing an army of one hundred thou sand to back her African demands and. Turkey rushing reinforcements to Tripoli and threatening to expel fifty thousand residents of Tripoli at the point of the bayonet war it seems is inevitable. The first move will be on the part of Italy and the opening of the conflict is likely within 24 hours. Taking advantage of the Franco-German dispute over Moroc co, Italy has rushed her claims to the point of war. -The public mind of both countries is inflamed . by the report that " a Turkish gun boat has sunk the merchant ship Regima Mar gherita. Hopkins Machine Wins. New' , York, Sept. 25. The first in dividual to. own a Curtis biplane, Mr. Lindsey Hopkins of Greensboro N. C, 9 nd Atlanta Ga., entered his mahicne in the Nassau - meet here Saturday. Lieutenant Ellyson of the United States navy was echasen a3 pilot and was successful in winning the principal event of the day. This was a cross country flight against time. The distance was 22 miles, which was covered in 23 minutes. In eluding two stops to take on mes sages. Due to carelessness on the part of the timing judges the official victory has not" been given to Lind sey Hopkins and Lieutenant Ellyson but' those in "position to know de clare - there is little doubt that the contest committee will sustain the protest entered. ,Mr. Hopkins claims o have had the personal assurance of Timothy L. Woodruff of his support and aid in the matter. The work of Lieutenant ! Ellyson was easily the feature of Saturday's meet. . - SHOT THREE TIMES. HasseN Joyner Fills Garner Hinnant With Lead. About six o'clock Saturday after noon nasseii juy liei . x ucwu lcu. noon Hassell Joyner, a negro tenant on the farm of Mr. James Burnett, I m uia - t ieia s , townsnip snoi anu instantly killed Garner Hinnant. Joyner was looking for Joe , Kirly whom he alleges has been intimate with his wife, : and when he walked suming the man was Hinnant," he opened fire and did not stop shoot- the officers were on a hunt all day for Joyner but up to the present time have failed to locate him. 12 DEAD I N CHICAGO. By a Fire in the Ghetto Inhabited by Foreigners. . v -Chicago, Sept. - 25. Twelve people are believed to be dead and several missiig as the result of a fire in the Ghetto tenement district which is in habited by foreigners. Says Mains H J Winston-Salem, N. C, Sept 25. x-Governor R. B. Glenn, , is in re ceipt of the following letter from Mr. Wilbur F. Berry, of Waterville, Me., Superintendent of the Christian Civ ic League of Maine: "Your letter of September 19, is received, The announcement made by the Governor to which you refe was a preliminary announcement based upon the returns received at his of fice, but errors have been discovered in the returns in several towns, the clerk reversing the vote on the of ficial returns made to the Secretary of State and the Governor and Coun cil. "The Governor and Council will give ample opportunity for the cor rection of- these errors and. I am confident that they will see to it that the will of the people as ex pressed in the legally cast ballots on September 11, shall be finally an nounced as to the election. "Mr. Davis, Secretary of State, told me Saturday morning in the presence of witnesses that it was certain that the drys had won and that the Gov ernor and every member of the Coun cil were anxious only that the vote, as legally cast, should be finally an nounced. "Mr. Pattangall, the State's Attor ney Ganeral, also is quoted in the morning papers as having admitted a no' victory by a big majority. The errors committed by town clerks were by reversing the vote. Lime stone voted-12 'yes' and 175 'no' but the town clerk in the report an nounced it just . the reverse as 175 and 12 noes. "This error alone will make a -big difference, more than enough to change result. "A like mistake was made in the returns, from Athens, Westfield, and Mantincus Isle," and the correc tions of these errors will make a ma jority for 'no of at least seven hundred.- ' ' ; ."We aye- all much T gratified., with this- majority and had the stay L at homes in the rural sections and small towns voted, the 'no' majority would have been easily from 10,000 to 12,000." : Caught in Fraud Scheme. New York, Sept. 25. In a raid' on the stock investment offices of Jared Flagg on West Fortieth street today Flagg and seven other men were ar rested one a charge of fraudulently using the mails in a species of end less chain scheme to defraud inves tors. Among the prisoners were for mer United States Treasurer Daniiel N. Morgan, of Bridgeport, Conn.; James K. Schock, said to have been a minister of the . Dutch Reformed Church; F. Tennyson Neely, former ly a publisher on Fifth avenue, this city; Joshua Brown and Harold Jack son, brokers;" Alivin M. Higgihs, law yer, and Edward L. Schiller. The prisoners when arraigned pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed for Flagg at $25,000,' Assistant District Attorney, Smith asking for high bail j fatally cut Mamie Bridges, aged, 17. because he said, he understood that also colored. The Williams woman, Flagg had $1,000,000. Neely, Morgan who is now in jail uged a razor Thir and Higgins were required to furnish quarrel is 8aid to have been the out bail to the amount of $10,000 each, I , while Schiller's bail was fixed at $5.- 000, and that of Brown, Schock and Jackson'at $2,500. They will be given a hearing next Wednesday, when they will answer fo the charge of .violat ing section 215 of the United States penal cede. Change of Schedule of Norfolk Southern Railroad. iEffective Monday, Sept. 25th, train No. 18, w$ll leave Wilson at 4:37 P. M. for Washington instead of 5 P. M. Sept 23 lw. " Atlanta, Sept., 25. W. H. Johnson, mayor of Oakhurstj a suburb of At lanta, 'was beaten to death witn a scrhtling yesterday evening by T. W. Zuber after the "latter had been shot aiid mortally wounded by Johnacn. Zuber was rushed into Atlanta for medical attention, while Johnson died at his heme about fifteen minutes af ter the fight. The dispute, it is stited grew out of a small bill which Zuber claimed Johnson owed Kim. FRANCE EXCITED BY THE DESTRUCTION OF ONE OF HER BEST BATTLE SHIPS OVER 500 LIVES LOST Toulon, France, Sept. 25. The bat tleship Libert, one of the biggest an newest of the French navy was sunk today in the harbor by a series oT mysterious explosions. 600 of ther crew and marines are reported toV have lost their lives. The vessel waa torn as under by the three explo sions, believed to have been caused by fire in the ammunition room. The vessel split In halves and sank to" the bottom at six o'clock this morn ing. The first explosion occurred at five o'clock, and while the crew In consternation were fighting ther flames, two more detonations fol lowed. The bay was filled by uni formed sailors : some of whom were packed up by the other ship crews; Sentries on the Libert detected a; blaze near the ammunition hold be fore the first explosion. The fire alarm was sounded and the men sprang in formation and the fighting: of the flames began. The fire spread rapidly when there came a deafen ing roar. An hour later two terrific? explosions followed in quick success sion. The ship arose clean out of the water and sank In two halves. Libert launched in 1907 and cost eight mil lions of dollars. It represented the France at the Hudson-Fulton cele b ration in New York. Paris, Sept 25. The naval officers was thrown into consternation by the report of the singing of the Liberte. Minister' of " Marine 'Ueilasse' Imme diately ordered an Investigation and demanded a lisj of the casualties. Paris was thrown into a furrose of excitement by the wild report that a foreign egency was behind the ex plosion. There is scarcely any ground , entertained the reports. ; BOGROFF DIES. For the Shooting of Premier Stoly pin of Russia. Kieff, Sept. 25. Dimitrey BegrofC the assassin of Stolypin was hanged in the court yard here today- He? was found guilty, in a court martial on Friday and condemned to death. Asheville, N. C, Sept. 25. While Dr. William R. Kirk, coroner Of Henderson county, was receiving the jury's verdict in the Will Fletcher inquest Saturday night at Henderson ville, another, killing was in progress a bloc!r from the debtor's office. Ani na Williams, colored. 28 years old. come of jealousy. 0 - - 0 0 TO-DAY'S MAEKET a a " - 0- O0 ffr WtW M9 m m9 W COTTON. . New York, Sept. 25. Jan. open ed 10.40, May 10.69; Oct. 10.34; Dec 10.43. 11:45 Jan. was 10.34; May 10.6J; Oct. 10.27; Dec. 10.39: ' Liverpool closed five points down from Saturday's closing. " Spots' Wilson market - 10 l-4c. At 11:30 Oct. cotton was 1027r Dec. 10.39; Jan. 10.35; Mar.. 10.48. At 2 o'clock Dec. cotton was 10.41; Jan. 10.35; Mar. 10.48. PROVISIONS. Chicago, Sept.-25. The opening la wheat was Dec. 99, Com, Sept. 68 3-ST At 11:30 Dec wheat was 99 -34", corn, Sept. 68 1-2.- At 2 o'clock wheat was Dec. 98 3-8, Cera,' Sept. 68 1-2.