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nn Times 7, SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR. WILSON, N. C, FRIDAY, OCT. 6, 1911 VOL. 17 NO. 18. WIESON . . .-- . - - : i : ' ' 1 '. . a lATTLESHIP IS SUNK ITALIAN WAR SHIP REPORTED BLOWN UP BY MINE AT TRIPOLI TAL1ANS LAND TROOPS Rome, Oct. 5. Official confirmation of the occupation of Tripoli by the Italian forces is received. Officers from the battleship Garibaldi landed immediately after the bombardment yesterday and proceeded immediate ly to the garrison. Nearly all of the gune there were put out of commis sion the others being hauled away. London, Oct. 5. Sir Edward Grey, the English foreign minister is said to be taking the initiative in a move ment to have the European powers act in concert in intervening in the Turk-Italian war. Constantinople, Oct 5. The Ital ian battleship Cavour is reported blown up by a mine while entering the harbor of Tripoli. According to the report she struck a mine which tore a -hole in its side and immediate ly it sunk. Rome, Oct. 5. The Italian govern ment is undecided whether Italy's flag waves over Tripoli, or whether the Turkish garrison still holds out. A mass of conflicting reports has poured in but it is not authoritative ly stated whether the Governor Gen eral of Tripoli has ordered the white flag raised.. One report stated that after having decided to land a ex peditionary force pf four thousand. Admiral Aubrey deferred the landing of the troops until additional forces arrived from Italy to safe guard the possibility of the Turkish garrison and the horde of Arabs overwhelming- the comparatively small forse. It Is stated that the panic stricken Turkey soldiers raised the wbite flag without order from the commander. Syracuse, Sicily, Oct. 5.--Italian troops nave landed near Tripoli un der the guns of the fleet and are ex pected to take possession of the city according to advices received here. Djerba, Tunis, Oct. 5: Tripoli has been bombarded twice by the Italian fleet. The first shot was fired shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Shelling was resumed early this morn ing after a -quiet night. There was a steady but slow fire from the warships until dusk last evening and shots also came from the forts in the town. The French steamer Tafana took a delegation from Djerba to the. scene, of hostili ties. Among the party was the French consul general, M. Leon, who made several ineffectual attempts to land. The Tafana was stopped about ten miles from TriDoli by a boat from the cruiser Varez, which order ed her to return but she remained for more than an hour, even creep ing in closer to the blockaded town. The white buildings in, Tripoli could be plainly seen and the whole field of operations was unfolded be fore the watchers. Officers of the Varez explained that the battle had been delayed because Admiral Au brey, commander of the Italians had received a request from the Tripoli garrison for another day's grace and gave the garrison an extra few hours. The battle'shin Beneditto and armor ed cruisers Giuseppe Garibaldi and Franecsco Ferrucio drew - up in line opposite the harbor. There were no small craft in the battle line, und the "Varez stood off to' keep bc-ck in truders. There was no sign of life in the city, which appeared deserted but the Turkish flag flew from the castle and forts. The first shots were directed towards Charchatti fort and later Kerkerechre fort was. shelled. As the first shells burst over. Tripoli the garrison seemed to aw.ken, and returned " the fire with vigor and en ergy. A heavy canonade was kept up on both sides for a few minutes and then firing because desultory. So far as could be seen no warship was hit. At 4 o'clock"-the' ships'" were order V ed to cease firing, by the admiral, but j permit the -town j; to surrender, but no sign was given and after a few minutes the ships began again. This time great havoc was wrought. For tifications were razed, the forts s'uf- fered severely and the lighthouse to the northwest was destroyed . by shells from the Garibaldi. There' was no means of knowing what the loss of life was in TriDoli.- but ' ample op portunity was given the defenders to escape. When the Tafana left the scene no landing had been attempted by the Italians and it was feared that aur eing the night the town would b Pillaged bv Nomad Arabs, who nsr been hovering in the vicinity for some time. Raleigh," Oct. 5. Yesterday Judre Peebles Ronton ! T,. I. Norris to twenty years in - the:.- Penitentiary Norris was convicted of killing J. B. Bissett. A Serious Cotton Disease. The North Carolina Agricultural Experiment station has issued the following bulletin: There is a disease of cotton which is yearly attracting increased atten tion throughout the cotton belt. It is. known as cbtton anthacnose. It is most easily reocgnized when on the boll, where it forms ulcer like spots, which, as they age, be come Pink in the centers. Tne spot may enlarge so as to affect the whole boll. The diseased part of the boll usually fails to open and often the contents rot. Enquiries from various sections of the State are being re ceived almost daily at the Experi ment Station concerning the disease It has also been especially severe in Alabama and Georgia during recent years, so severe in the latter State that the Legislature has made a large special appropriation for its In vestigation. Although the disease is seen and repognized most prominently the bolls, it also occurs on the leaves and stems. Cotton growers should know that this disease is carried from season to season on the seed, and that seed from a sick bool, even though very slightly diseased may raise a "diseased plant, and this fn may spread the disease to the whole crop of the next season. There is no satisfactory treatment and the - one point to be remembered is that seed from diseased fields is likely to carry to disease, in fact, almost sure to do so. Even seed from clean fields which has passed through a gin in which di seased cotton has been gisned is dan gerous. It is of utmost importance for the grower to be sure that his cot ton seed does not come from a. field or from a region where this disease prevails. F. L. STEVENS. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 5. It is stated authoritatively that the Mc- Namara brothers, the alleged Times dynamiters would be tried separate ly. James B. McNamara probably will be the first to go on trial next Wed nesday, according to a statement of one of his counsel. CONTROL OF YIELD ABSOLUTE LY ESSENTIAL. With improved farming methods arid ever increasing fertility of the soil, it behooves the South to at once inaugurate protective measures that the yield of cotton may be .controlled. , t -Smith -has within heir grasp the -foundations bf a ' tolrfiine. 'lTer cotton crop is the mainstay of the nation and if the yield and marKet- ing are systematically controlled an average price of 15 cents per pound may .be. obtained every year. For this reason it is well that the farm ers are organizing. In no other way can they control the acreage planted, the marketing and the yield. Of course, there will be lean years and fat years, some years when the earth will produce more than anoth er even from a given number of acres but if the surplus is carried either on the farms or in storage ware houses the surplus will not weigh heavilv upon the market and should prove an asset to be carried over and sold at a fair price the next year, when as a rule the production will be diminished. A study of the yield discloses that the earth produces a short crop, a mprliiiTn ctod and a full crop, mis has been the experience during the past three years and it will grow morfi and more this way as man comes to understand that while the seasons play an important part,that fertilization, deep plowing and thor ough cultivations are just as essential Especially do we regard deep plow ing as essential, since this supplies deficiencies in our drainage system. Deep' plowing distributes more even ly the moisture that falls, enabling the plant to reach farther after it when it is dry and the mellow earth will take it away when there is an Th0 v'plfl in 1907 was ia.d.uw bales, in 1908 was 13,432,000 bales; fn 1909 was 10,386,209 bales; in 1910 was 11,965,962, and this year it prom ises around fourteen muuou- Now should we take the three last years together including tne Crop at 1 Illllliuii uaira "v. 355,171 bales or an average i millions of bales each year, which the mills of . the worm can as simulate at 15 cents, -xnia nv mply : demonstrated for the past1 few years. - mno nni -ft Now the big crop oi xv ov.. 1908 sold for 688 millions,- of dollars while the large crop of last year m the hands of Soutnern speuuiyi -sold for 820 millions. Therefore -,the 36 million bales if sold at an average of 70 dollars per bale would bring $2 520,000,000 dollars, while the same amounts cotton if sold at an aver age of $50.00 per bale would yield H.800.O00.CC0" or 'a difference or.yrzo, ; - .v, n mirrTinsft all OWMii'V he SouuTand the cotton mills of the boutn, ana sum amply sufficient to'carry enmiiia mtton of the South, and build '. storage warehouses in which to keep it. - Surely it will pay our Southern people to think on these things and our bankers and financiers -to get in close touch with the farmers and work out the details so that -the r-prgy : and the P substance of- the South may not be wasted to the four corners of the earth- , - NEW GRADES FOR COTTON GOVERNMENT WANTS PLANTERS TO GET BENEFIT OF NEW SCHEME OF VERY GREAT BENEFIT Washington, Oct. 5. An effort to seccre higher ' prices for cotton by an improvement in the methods of handling, grading and marketing the crop is to be made by the govern ment this year In co-operation with prominent cotton growers. The plan is designed to bring to the cotton raisers the full benefit of the increase in value that can be secured by a careful grading of the crop to correspond with the new gov ernment standards. The standards have been in the hands of the cotton exchanges for some time and are recognized as official standards ot the trade. Officials of -the Agricultural De partment are planning to take the crop from plantations selected as experiment points. The government experts will use the most approved methods of . grading, handling,- baling and selling, and will make accurate returns on each operation, for the benefit of the cotton growers. It is believed that if the cotton raisers can be trained to grade the crop carefully in its initial handling its value can be greatly increased by putting the crop into grades that command higher prices. Efforts are being made to induce farmers' asso ciations and local bodies to purchase sets of the government standards for use in preparing the cotton for the market. The price of the standards has been reduced from $35 to $30 for the benefit of farmers' associations and the department is recommending that "half series" be purchased which will give f armers a facility to grade their cotton, r It is believed cotton raisers ot the South will benefit- to thes extent of . millions of dollars if the improvements in handling and marketing methods can be made gen eral. " ' . Dr. Wiley Now In Control. Washington, Oct. 5. Headed and controlled by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the chemistry bureau chief around whom the pure food controversy cen tered, the pure food and drug board of the department of agriculture, which passes upon matters of vital concern to immense manufacturing interests, will hereafter have largely augmented authority. From the com plication that grew out of Solicitor MnPahfi's admitted control or tne work of the board, the friction be tween McCabe and Dr. Dunlap, as sistant chief of the chemistry bureau on one side and Wiley on the other, the three constituting the board, the fight for official supremacy aired be: -4vnr Congress. Attorney General Wie.kersham's recommendation for Wiley's exoneration by President Taft there developed today a clearer view of nr. Wilev's enlarged powers Dr. R. E. Doolittle, of New York a veteran chemist named to succeed Solicitor McCabe on the board, was personally seletecd by Dr. Wiley. The two will act as a wormng majonw the only other member being Dr. Li." Dunlay who aligned with the so: licitor 'and who will remain away on a vacation until after the President's rptnrn . The official order of Secretary Wil son issued yesterday transferred to the food and drug board many of the nnwws' that have been exercised Dy Solicitor McCabe since July 1, 1910. the chief cause of the antagonism. It gives the board authority to detrmme what cases shall be pushed to pro secution, but. Secretary Wilson, ot course, will exercise the right of ap proval or - disapproval. To Present Portrait ef Raleigh. The entertainment committee an nounces, in addition to the fact that the dedicatory prayer at the Raleigh Auditorium will be made by Bishop Joseph Blount Cheshire and the sub ject of the presentation will be by Col. Charles E. Johnson and the ac ceptance by the Mayor, that Chief Justice Walter Clark, has secured a portait of Sir. Walter Raleigh, cost ing between $500 and $1,000 which he will present to. the city. Editor Clarenee H. Poe, of the Progressive Farmer has been selected to make the speech of presentation, while, the nortrait will.be formally accepted a, by ex-State Senator William B. Jones aij i1tmi t.h audi- j-' -,tr' Governor W. W. Kitchin has ac cepted the invitation to speak and will make a ten minute talk in the nature of an expression of the State regarding Raleigh's progress r Fair Tonight and Cooler. Fair tonight cooler in the central and eastern portions. Friday fair, moderate north to northeast winds. NEVSOF N. C. CAPITAL JUDGE MONTGOMERY MOVES TO RALEIGH--FAISON FUNERAL TOMORROW SHOOTS IN CAR WINDOW (By W. J. Martin.) j Raleigh, N. C, Oct. 5. As the Southers train due here from Golds- boro at 8:30 o'clock was nearing the Raleigh station a 22 calibre bullet creashed through the window of a passenger car and inflicted a scalp wound on A. J. Thompson, of this city. Just back of him was Hon. Ash ley Horne, of Clayton, chairman of the state building commission and there -were number of other well known people in the car. No clue to the culprit has been disovcered.The force of the ball was well spent evidently before it struck the car window.Since no one at all suspicious could be found near by it is thought probable that the bullet was from a long range rifle and may not have been intended. for the train at all. Announcement is made that the funeral of the late William E. Faison will be held Friday morning at 11 o'clock. It will be. under the auspices of the Junior Order United American Mechanics with the other secret or der of which he was a member par ticipating, the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Red Men. The Junior order are given preced ence because' he was a past National. Councilor, the highest office in the gift of the order for the United States. The will of the late W. E. Faison shows his estate to be worth upwards of $5,000, he left $500 to the First Baptist church, $500 to Raleigh Lodge of Masons (this being Grand Lodge Temple bonds) $300 to Manteo Lodge of Odd Fellows. He left bequests of fromlOO. to $300 to a number of close friends, including W. W. Wilson J. ..E. Bridgers, O. D. Green and others. He left $500 for his brother, Ben Faison, who-was last heard from at Greensboro but who has not been gotten up with since the death of Mr. Faison. Petti t vs Atlantic Coast Line Rail road Co., from Edgecombe county, just decided by the supreme court through a ruling of no error was the occasion of the filing of a dissenting opinion by Chief Justice Walter Clark, conccrred in by Justice Hoke. It was a suit for damages for the killing of a twelve year old boy on the tracks of the railroad at Rocky Mount, and it was non-suited below dn the ground that the boy had en tered the employ of the company at a hazardous task and assumed risk The dissents from this . are on the ground that the boy being only 12 years old he was not capable of as suming the risk. Furthermore he had gone to work only four days before his death and had not been instruct ed or warned as to the conditions, he was delivering messages and pick ipg his way over and between fif teen or eighteen l-ailway yard tracks to do it. He had a step father and his mother had never consented for him "to enter the railroad service. After lingering for over two weeks Walter Armstrong passed away at Rex Hospital last night as a result of the injuries he sustained by being knocked from the Southern railroad tracks on to the Seaboard tracks where a passing Seaboard train ran over him, cutting off an arm. A skinging door on-a Southern freight train hit him as he was walking be side the track and knocked him over on the Seaboard track. Armstrong was about 40 years old and leaves a wife and child. After spending a year in Washing ton, D. C, ex-Associate Justice W. W. -Montgomery has moved back to Raleigh with his family. He is again at home on east Eden ton street. He went to Washington for the special purpose of examining records in the national archives at the National Capital in connection with his work of writing his forth coming book "The ' Civil Administration of the Confederate Government and Its Dip lomatic Relations" He has this work well advanced no wand expects to have the manuscript ready for the printers in the early spring. It will be published in two .volumes and will be the only work of the kind yet issued Mr. B. W. Kilgore. state chemist, who is secretary of the Southern Ag ricultural Worker's Association has just completed the program for the three days session of the association to be in progress in Nashville, Tenn October 11 to 13. Dr. Taite Butler, formerly North Carolina State veter arian. and now associate editor of the Progressive Farmer, in charge of the Southern edition, is president of the association. Major W. A. Gra ham. North Carolina Commissioner of Agricclture. is vice-president. The workers in the agricultural depart- meats colleges anjl experiment sta- , ii. w- tions in the Southern States about 500 in all, are members. Dr. risman state veternarian is down r a pa per on the prevention and- .?eatment of tuberculosis in cattle a Dr. Kil gore will present a pap' on fertili zer experiments. Other .Jorth Caro linians will participate in the pro gram in formally. Lonnie Chamblee has been acquitt ed in the superior court of the charge of stealing a mule at Neuse, this county, the jury rendering the unique verdict first that he was guilty in the opinion of the jury but innocent under the charge of Judge Peebles. The jury retired again and came back with the verdict that the de fendant was not guilty of stealing the mule but guilty of embezzling the mule. The court did not consider the conviction worth a sentence on Cham blee so judgment was suspended with the understanding that he be held for the Durham county authori ties, he being wanted in the bill city for selling whiskey. Governor Kitchin grants a pardon for William Kirby, sentenced lasti month in Caldwell county for selling whiskey, his term being three months on the roads. Kirby has become entirely paralyzed since he began his sentence and the county physician says he will have to be carried home on a cot and that another and fatal stroke may come at any time. The pardon is conditioned, as usual, on good behavior. Fire Prevention Day. Mr. J. D. Taylor, president of the Retail Merchants Association of Wil son has received a letter from Mr. J. R. Young Insurance Commissioner regarding Fire Prevention Day which has been designated, Oct. 9th. Mr. Young says in part: "On this day let the property own ers personally examine their premises and see that all rubbish and debris ikely to cause a fire is removed.Let them examine their chimneys, flues, pipes and furnaces and see that they are safe for the winter fires. I ear nestly request the mayors of our cities and towns and the chiefs of ocr fire departments and their men, and in fact all business men and good citlzess, to spend one day at least in the examination of our cities and towns, learning their fire conditions and dangers, and having every men- a eacnd condition, which will bring about a fire promptly remedied. - Preventioij of fires will result not only-in lower, insurance rates but al so to protection of lives." Fires have caused the death Tof seventeen per sons in North Carolina during the present year. It is to be hoped that the citizens of Wilson will observe Fire Preven tion Day as intended by the author! ties. Another Revolution for Mexico. Mexico City, Oct. 5. Plans for a new revolutionary movement with ramifications in Oazaca, Morelos, Pachuca and in the National Capital directed against the supremacy of Madero, are said to have been dis covered by secret agents of the pres ident-elect. October 15th i3 the date said to have been fixed for the beginning of hostilities. There have been discovered in this city, according to one who has the confidence of Madero, the existence of secret caches of arms which were removed through connivance of a po lice official before they could be seiz ed. A shipment of arms is said to be en route to Salina Cruz intended for use by one of the parties to the plot. The campaign it is alleged, is to be directed from San Antonio, Texas. Reports from San Antonio alleging that a junta had been established in that citv In the interest or Keyes were published in El Pais today. They allesred that a combination of Diaz, Reyes and Magon had been formed. Rodclfo Reyes, son of Gen. Reyes, and Jose Peon Del Valle, the latter's erstwhile campaign manager, declar ed Reye's going to San Antonio had nothing to do with any political movement. Cowboys Amuse Taft. Rawlins. Wvo.. Oct. 5. The Presi dent spent yesterday in Wyoming and left Rawlins after a ten. minute stop last nieht for Salt Lake City, Utah, where he will spend today. During the day the President stopped at Cheyenne and Laramie. At Cheyenne Charlie Irwin, of the reception com mittee, had arranged a minature re production of the "stunts" made af- mous at the annual frontier day cei ebration. Mr. Taft watched the buck ing bronchos, the races between the cowboys and the roping of wild horse with great interest. He reviewed sev eral thousand soldiers from Fort D A. Russell, inspetecd the town from an automobile and spoke on his tariff vetoes in the opera house to a good sized crowd. The frontier day. show at Cheyenne was as near a reproduction of' the annual affair as Irwin could make it There were about 60 cowboys, cow girls, "broncho busters" and other western types "In the east. Mr. Taft wa.tr. had the nerformance from the iudge's stand with United States Senator Warren and Governor Carey and appeared to enjoy exceedingly the riding of bucking and outlaw horses. Brought $60,000 The Wilson cotton mills which wer sold Monday were bid in by Mr. R. G. Briggs for $60,060. TAFT IS AT SALT LAKE lARES BIG SPEECH THERE THIS EVENING-MEETS OLD FOLKS WELCOMED BY CITIZENS Salk Lake City, Utah, Oct. 5. 'resident Taft ramn hor tnrfav f - his only stop in Utah. His big speeck of the day is scheduled for the state iair late this evening. His special train arrived here at 7:55 And was met by a committee of citizens who escorted his to the New TTtnh hAfpj for breakfast accompanied by troops. Aiier DreaKrast the President rested until noon when he met the "014 folks" in a handshaking feast. He re mains here till midnight. Mr. J. B. Rountree Goes With British American. Formerly of Wilsos Mr. J. B. Roun tree, who has been with the Commer cial National bank of High Point has resigned to accept a position with the British-American Tobacco Com pany at Lynchburg, and enters upon his duties at once. This is a very ie- siraDie position in every way, an! t comes to a man who is both com petent and worthy, as there are lew accountants moro skilled than Mr. Rountree. Mr. Rountree went to High Point rom Durham to ro with the Globe- Parlor Furniture comnanv as secre tary and treasurer about two years ago. He went with the Commercial National bank as bookkeeper, whlc3i position he was holdincr when tha offer came from the British-America 0 & m HOT FROM THE BAT. 0 0 fc Q 0 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New York Clinches Pennant. Brooklyn, Oct. 5. New York "clinch ed the pennant bv defeating Brooklva yesterday 2 to 0. Should Chicago wia all of its remaining games and the Giants lose theirs the New Yorks cannot be overhauled. The game was a pitchers duel between Mathewsou and Rucker the latter having been recalled from his wedding trip t pitch. He. was to have been married October 12th, but the ceremony was advanced to Sunday last. Rucker pitched as well as Mathewson but two errors following a hit by Doyle in the fourth inning were responsi ble for one tally. Rucker retired tn the eighth to let Daly bat for him and the New Yorks scored their sec ond run of Knetzer in the ninth on DeVore's single, a steal, a wild pitch and an infield tap by Snodgr&ss. The game was further signalized by a triple play In the ninth when, with Doyle on second and Snodgrass odi first, Murray poped a fly to Stark The hit and run was under way and the runners were going full tilt. Stark threw the ball to Daubert doubling Snodgrass and the triple play was completed when Daubert threw to Tooley, nailing Doyle. New York .. ....000 100 0012 8 0 Brooklyn .. 000 000 000 0 7 2 Mathewson and Meyers; Rucker, Knetzer and Erwin; Time 1.36; um pires Klem and Brennan. Ct00000000 0& MARKET O 0 000000000000 COTTON. New York, Oct. 5.-Cotton opened today from three points down to six up. Oct. 9.97; Dec. 10.11; Jan. 9.96; May 10.21. At twelve o'clock the market stood Oct 9.89; Dec. 10.06; Jan. 9.94; i.ay 10.20. The market closed Jan. 9.88; May 10.10; Oct. 9.82; Dec. 10.00.-. STOCKS. New York, Oct; 5. Weakness on x excessive supply and a narrow de mand featured, on the opening of the stock market today. St. Paul being ilar declines' in Canadian Pacific Reading and Union Pacific. Steel list, dropping point. There were sim mder the heaviest pressure of -the common declined 7-8 They were de clines of 1-2 to a full point through out. The curb was quiet. Dealings In American stocks In London were narrow and prices mixed. Grain and Provisions. Chicago, Oct. 5. The opening of the market today was: Wheat Dec 97 5-8, Corn, Dec. 64 3-4. The market closed Dec, wheat 98 1-4. Dec. corn 65. "Mr. T. A." Taylor of Rocky Mount was hre last evening. I 1; ti !; v. 1i r j' f! ?! ! it' I i I; I f.i J.'. . r t V : ; M p it ' i ' '