North Carolina Newspapers

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VOL. 1S.-NO. 25 THE PLAN ACCEPT COURT SAYS THE SCHEME Of DISSOLUTION OFFERED BY TRUST IS ALL RIGHT NOT SUBJECT TO REVIEW The features of the opinions are that the dissolution should be con summated without delay; that the request of Attorney General Wicker sham for the reservation by the Gov ernment of right to apply for further or other elief within a period of five years if the plan did not result in harmony with the law, is "declared not to be within the authority of the court to grant; that the court does enjoin for a period of three years the 29 individuals in the suit from ac quiring any individual holdings in the companies into which the trust is thus split; and that the application made by independents for dissolution ef the United States Cigar Stores Co. lay outside the authority of the court but that this did not preclude any independent action later, against the Cigar Stores Company as an indivi dual corporation. New York, Nov. 9. The United States Circuit Court in deciding the case of the dissolution of the Ameri- can Tobacco Company, expressly de- clined to sanction the idea of Attor-1 ney General Wickersham who j want-1 ed the trust plan held open for nve years, at the end of which time it .might he-subject to review and alter- ation. The court held that it held no power, under the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States J to make any such order. Also it refused to consider the ap- plication made by !the independents for the dissolution of the united Cigar Stores Company upon the ground that the power to take suca a step was not given to tne court in i the pending litigation. It was point- ed out that the reiusai did not pre- elude any independent action mat might later be taken against this com pany, as any individual corporation. The court enjoins for a period or three years Thomas F. Ryan, Antho- ny N. Brady and the twenty seven otn er individual derendants named in the action from acquiring any aaai- tional holdings m tne tnree companies The American Tobacco Company Itseil. as an operating cumpauj, be broken into three companie&.each . . i 1 .3 A-"U - ,3 f I COmmeteiy eqmpyeu 1U1 me cuiiuu..-. of a large tobacco business neither or which wiiiuwij any m lci coi m v i otner ana lemer oi wmu dominant m tne tooacco uauwu- er reierence De naa to we tion of sales in any branch of the business, or regard to be had to dom- mating ownersuip oi yuyuiai r uable brands or regard be had to the purchase of any type of leaf tobacco or regard be had to any other meas ure of importance in the tobacc trnflp " The other results of the decree, as .,1 stated by the company's lawyers.will be The tin foil business will be divid ed between two companies, each in dependent of the other, spenueui. oi txi The licorice business will be put in Zav:u win ED ine American o?B.c -"A" ",si". ter of the Daughters of the Confed he dissolved and its business dism ,g att5enance at the meet- tegrated. - in? Tin-inns'- hppn in Rir.hmond Several The American jigar v,oiuydu; uM n KvXtrT-atf.A and left without dominant position in the cigar trade. Tho Amorinan Snuff Company 1S divided into three, companies The trust, by distributing its sun nlna Incce control OVer 'tne aDOVt? uameu lines ui uu- . J3 T --. C- V..01M ACC It parte- with its interest in tne ..arJ- oi n nr,v TTnioH r?io-nr Stores Company Ti i i intorost in the for- . slveB "r rrori in it line of eign companies engaged in its nne M business. Castalia Officers After Blockader. Castalia. Nov. 9. After a surprise mid nn a Rtm which, omcers ' ... x 7. t?n,o shoviffi ueen waicnmg ioi - f ' , J not far from des royed the place, nol far from nre, nreu iwu biiota "" was operating it as he fled tor me woods, and brought the -still itself io town to take it to Nashville as ev:- denrp rrent ut)on the hide nut r.r hirvr.lrnn'ft runnea anu thought that ther were going to eaten ' "d-handed. He hajrt I tj-r-- Piuacu, uowever, auu "w fr-rv, it Twn snots " v-uirc! iic Dui6". . . "were fired, none or Wnicn, ,1L io eu.u- , i ne omcers nave a goou nuc . j i i: Vio-rj iueir man, nowever, anu ueueve "will have him within a short time Postal Savings Banks. V inc. pto i, MfohitcihAd to in business Dec. 7th ai Davidson and Hamw v n ' MR. FINLEY IS RIGHT. His Expressions Are Exactly in Line With An Editorial in the Times of Recent Date. Washington, Nov. 9. Speaking of the present discussion ofc currency legislation, President Finley, of the Southern Railway Company, said: "The banks of the Southeastern States compare very favorably aS" to soundness and Ability, of management with those of any other part of the country. This was demonstrated in the panic of 1907 and the subsequent business depression. "In the South, as in the West, a much larger, supply of currency .Is needed during the crop-moving period than at any other time in the year. The effect of the present banking system is that, .during this crop-moving season and as a result of this larger demand for cash, interest rates tend to advance and credit is curtail ed, notwithstanding the fact that the farmers of the South are bringing to market hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cotton and other products, on the basis of which credit should expand rather than contract. "Speaking generally, therefore, any plan of currency legislation should not only be such as will stand the strain of conditions tending to create panics, but should also be so framed as to meet peculiar sectional require ments. This does not mean that leg islation should be sectional, for any plan that will enable the banks of the South, or of any other locality, to meet their seasonal demands for cash and to expand their credit with in safe limits will be beneficial to the entire country. "It is," I believe, to the interest of the entire country, as well as of the South, that the banking resources of each locality should be made availa- ble for commercial transactions in that locality, as . far as this can "be done consistently with safety and sound banking. In its own operations the Southern Railway Company aims to aid in the carrying out of this policy. So far as it can consistently do so( it allows the money it receives m payment for freight and passenger transportation to remain in the local- ities in which it is collected, in the shape of deposits in local banks, to be drawn upon from time to time as occasion may require in payment of wages and other obligations Rocky Mount Items, Representing the local chapter, the Bethel Heroes Chapter of the Daugh ters of the Confederacy, Mrs. 1 Mary Battle, Mrs. M, O. Winstead, and Mrs; john Thorp are this week in Richmond in attendance at. the Gen eral Convention of the United Daugh- ters of tne Confederacy, which open e(j its annual 'session at the Jefferson Hotel Tuesday night Mrs Battle who is nrosidpnt of th lnnl rhnntsr loft nh Twvmia-ir nftr- nnnti frttr RiVhmrmri while Mr Win. - 1 1 ,, t. train TTio nrvn- vention will be in session for about three days Today the election of officers for the coming year will be gone into. nTid it is ih rinr, nf n. number of . it,ti n,,,, QvQ the tr-p tQ Ricnmond among tne number b . M H E Brewer A Mrs. J n1 Mr T 0 ,v nraviv Of the gentlemen of the Confed eracy, Rocky- Mount claims only, one person in attendance, the genial Gen W. R, Cox, of Edgecombe, he lead er ul me last, cuaige at aupuuiaiiuA. w . tv5ur .Aggie at the er of the last charge at Appomattox. meetings of the Daughters that are held anywhere within a radius of several States, andwas a pleasant speaker at the State meeting held in s an ex-president 6t a Richmond chap- - , w "V vention. Not to be outdone by the boys of the school, the young ladies of . the Rocky Mount High School have or ganized an athletic association of their very own. A meeting was held . rr. a t 6'" J V - ago and almost every yound lady m the school was on hand when it be- came known , that the meeting nroaT1,lo Q Qthit,v was called - to organize an athletic asso- ciation. , Miss Lois Threadgill made a de cidedly clever talk on the subject of i nklAfnc TVTioc? "IVTqt-tt Qiviitfi WQO - ' r.7-' "a-M" vv a.on nroci n an t -t rr h n siunc i za i ii in. As soon as tne tennis courts on the- new athletic field are finished, the young ladies will start practice, TnemayS organize a basketball team v.,. i,qc n- v0 hoon ofintv decided A hunting party composed of Messrs. I. W. Walker, J. M. Mason, W. S. Moye, Abb Pickett and G. Jf Herring, left yesterday morning for . I xAlv.wn pT.a-.-rvi TrhiT-i rtlapa thov will .Cr. flVnh aioui l7 mires fm Palmyra, where , ... . . orn1tt on ntner luc' X1L "J v, - I ,Tc tV,Q liiV. from oil nvfr rru ua fnr ton 1. 11C UtatC 111CJ" Will g,VllVy vii dajs and will hunt squirrels and . . 1 QUC rib. This is one of - the first hunting parties of the season, and it is ex pected that they will find plenty of game. London, Nov, 9. Lord Mayors Day here is being celebrated by-the i annual pageant THE GINNING 0FC0TT0N COMPARISONS MADE SHOW THAT NORTH CAROLINA MADE A . GOOD CROP THIS YEAR PERCENTAGE LEADS SOUTH Washington, D. C, Nov. 9. An ex amination of the Ginners report by States shows, that North Carolina has made a fine crop this year and that the percentage of c'otton ginned leads that of other Southern States. North Carolina has made a good crop for two consecutive years anJ when this is taken into considera tion the results are amazing. Florida, 20,974 bales, compared with 15,191 bales last year; 19,740 bales in 1909 and 19,064 bales 1 in 1908. . Gergia, 33,796 bales, compared with 22,490 "bales last year; 31,277 bales in 1909, and 21,802 bles in 1908. . South Carolina, 1,363 'bales, com pared with 2,823" bales last year; 4,220 bales', in 1909 and 4,613 bale in 1908. Ginning, by states, with compara tive statistics and the percentage cf the total cJrP ginned to Nov. 1st. in previous years, follow: t Alabama, 1,089,376 bales, con pared with 748,878, or 62.8 per cent, in 1910, 676,331 or. 65.0 per cent, in 19P9, 891,667 or 66.9 per cent. in 1908. Arkansas, 443,505 bales, compared? with; 324,769 of 40.7 per cent, in 1910, 476,252 or 67.7 per cent. 1909, 536,785 or 53.9 per cent in Uv08: Florida, 55,974 bales, compared vyit'i 38,924 or 57.9 per cent, in 1910, 45. 664 or 73,8' per cent, in 1909, and 43,234 or 61.2 per cent, in 1908. Georgia, 1,906,256 bales, compar ed with 1,241,825 or 68.5 per cent, in 1910, 1,384.913 or 74.9 'per cenz. im 1909, and 1,387,'641 or 70.2 per ceni. in 1908. Louisiana, 232,047 bales, compared with 154,634 or. 62.7 per cent, in 19 10 188, 112 or 72,8 per cent, in 1903 and 287, 885 or 61.7 per cent, in ljOS. " Mississippi, 585,021 bales, lompar ed with 576,641 or ' 47.6 per ceit. m 1910, 572,131 or 53.3 pe.r cent. In 19U9 and 893,148 of 55.1 per cent, in 1908. North Carolina597,959 bales, com pared with 686,096 or 51.3 per cent, in 1910, v370,891 or 58.5 per cent, in 1909 and 373,713 or 54.7 per cent, in 1908. i Oklahoma, 555,755 bales, compar ed with 585,237 or 63.6 per cent, in 1910, 412,631 or 74.7- per cent, in 1909 and 217,629 or 31.6 per cent, in 1908. South Carolina, 1.021,972 bales, com pared with 729,117 or 60.2 per cent, in 1910, 791,629 or 69.6 per cent, in 1909, and 821,608 -or 67.6 per cent, in 1908. Tennessee, 212,579, bale compared with izy,840 or 40.4 per cent, in 1910, 148,670 of 61.8 per cent, in 1909 and 198,783 or 59.5 per cent, in 1908. Texas, .3,210,318 bales, compared wiin z,4Uo,a7 or sl.o , per cent, m 1910, 1,920,188 or 77.8 ner cent, in 1909, and 2,502,862 or 69.0 per cent. n 1908. All other states, 57,511, compared with 24,835 or 29.3 per cent, in 1910, 34,437 or 59.9 per cent, in 1909 and 36,602 or 50.0 per cent, in 1908.- He Sang Farewell. Richmond, Va., Nov. 9. At 3 o'clock yesterday morning the corridors of the city jail reverberated to the sounds of a delightful tenor voice. Deputy Jailer Johnston was the au dience, and Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., was the man who did -tne singing The young man had been informed in the a f ternoon by Harry 1. Smith nis counsel, tnat tne chances were that he would be removed today, and after he had slept for sometime, he woke tip and began to hum familiar airs. , Deputy Johnston wandered around to the cell, and Beattie told him that he would sing something for him Mr. Johnston said all right. Beattie stood up . in the cell and began: will you miss me as I miss you. It was a sentimental song, and the young man sang it well. After the place had become still he broke out with ' "God be with you till we meet again"- That . was the last song in the jail that came from his lips. He talked a few moments and then lay down,and in a short while the gentle breathing of the accused man indicated that he was sleeping the sleep of one at peace with the world. " k Late yesterday afternoon, about 5 o'clock the-s aged father of Henry Clay Beattie called at the city jail with his daughter, . Miss ' Hazel, re maining, for half an hour. It wa a call to sal farewell to the son and brother, and as they left the tears were coursing down their faces. They left the prison - and went to their homes towed down with sorrow and grief. , CLARK AT RALEIGH SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REP RESENTATIVES WILL SPEAK THANKSGIVING DAY JUDGE ALLOWS BAIL , (By W. J. Martin.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 9. A telegram from Hon. Champ Clark received to day by 'Secretary R. D. W. Connor, of the North Carolina teacher's As sembly is to" the effect that he will certainly fill his engagement to de liver an address before the Assembly here qn the evening of November 30, Thanksgiving Day. This will be in connectibn with the annual session of the Assembly and federated organ izations of teachers to be held in the big new auditorium November 30 to December 2. Thursday, is Educational Day with the Davidson county fair at Lexihgton this week and Dr. J. Y. Joyner, state superintendent of public instruction, has gone to Lexington to' deliver the.iricv ghe did not. diSr.,,ss thfl5nri euucauouai auuress. xie win go iroiu j a r i j j tt mi I iexmgton to Gaston county to mane unai campaign in tne interest oi pnoposed tarm lite school lor uaston county. The people vote on the ques- tion Saturday and Dr. Joyner is es- pecially anxious to carry the election or vn-3 scnooi Dy ine Diggesr possi- ble majority, especially on account or the effect this election and its result may .have on farm life school move ments, in other counties. " Judge Feebles has allowed $10,000 bail in the case of J. H. Pearce, of Franklin county; charged with the murder of Alex Macon, November 1. earce is 20 years old and, his victim 21 years and they were close friends. iney roomed togetner and were scuffling together when they arose next morning and in a tustle over the ossession of a shofgun the weap on nred and-juacon was killed. Judge Peebles holds that there- is no ele- ment of first degree muruer that would preclude bail.! 'lhe contract is awarded for an ex- tension of the Durham and South j Carolina Railroad from Bonsai to Fu- quay Springs where it will make con- nection with the Raleigh and South-1 port road. It is believed that this is one of the proposed links that will ultimately link up the Raleigh arfd j Southport, the Elkin and Alleghany J and other roads for an important new system in this store. that will top the Norfolk and Western in Vir- J ginia. Christ Episcopal church was throng ed last evening at o clock with a splendid audience of Raleigh's best Deonle assembled to do honor to the marriage service of Miss Juliet Crews and Mr. William C. Harris, two of c muoL yuyuiai juuu6 pie. The bride is an accomplished and exceedingly attractive youn; woman daughter of the late W. J. Crews, for many years manager of the Postal Telegraph office here. Mr. Harris is a prominent young attorney. He serv ed with, marked credit quite a while as police justice for Raleigh. They received many handsome presents. After a bridal trip they will be a home with Mr. Harris' parents, Col and Mrs. J. C. L. Harris on Fayette- ville street. On account of the absence from the city of Associate Justice Piatt D. Walker, attending the funeral of the late Col. Henry C Dockery. at Rock ineham. the North Carolina Sunreme Court delivered nb opinionsWednes- cay, announcing that the delivery for fhf wtKilr is rlof orrorl until tli i a oiron- ing. y ' Kev.-'W, C. Richardson, who served the past, five years as assistant pas- tor of Tabernacle Baptist church, de- Vntiiicr cnaiinl attention tn tTio fin cm- ces of the church, and who resigned a, few weeks ago, has acepted a call f-st -church, Tennessee, and will take! rr his new pastoral duties DecenDel 1st. . THE GROWTH OF SOCIALISM Has Made Rapid Progress in Missis- . sippi. Jackson; Miss., Nov. 9. Complete returns show that Lieutenant Gover - nor T. C. Bilbo, a Democrat..has re - ceived twenty thodsand votes and Lester the 'Socialist candidate seven teen thousand. , STRIKE IN STREET DEPARTMENT Endangers Health of the People of . Greater ' New York. New York, Nov. 9. The health of five million people in greater New York is endangered by a strike - m the street claning, department. - They have struck against night 'work. The removal of the garbage is impossi- ble. " ' - Rain tonight or Friday, cooler in the1 extreme eastern portion tonight with light to moderate and variable winds. i Death of Miss Hedrick Believed to be Suicide. Lenoir, Nov. 9. The deepest mys tery surrounds the death of Miss Laura McXeely Hedrick of Salisbury at , Blowing Rock Saturday morning, but from all information obtainable the general belief is that it was a case of suicide. The story as given by people coming here from Blowing Rock is about as follows: Saturday morning about breakfast time Miss Hedrick was found in her room in a dying condition. She was lying on the bed with a bullet hole in her breast and on a chair nearby was a pistol with the handle of the weapon turned ' toward the door . of the room. Physician was sum moned immediately but death ensued before he arrived. It is said that no one has. been found that heard the pistol fire and as the physician and those in the room when' he arrived . thought it was a case of suicide and no investi gation was necessary, the coroner did not hold an inquest. The body was prepared' for shipment and brought to Lenoir Sunday morning and later taken to Salisbury for interment. Miss Bessie Hedrick, sister of the dead woman, accompanied the re mains. , A message was received here Sat urday by a local liveryman, Mr. T. L. Holder, for a conveyance to bring a corpse to Lenoir from Blowing Rock Mr. Holder responded and was ac companied down the mountain Sun day, morning by Miss Bessie Ded- - o w death of her sister and was not in- clined to talk about the sad affair. The ohvsician's certificnt for transportation of the body stated that death was from a wound, but did not make any statement as to the nature of the wound nor how it was inflicted ARABS KILLING RED CROSS SURGEONS IN REVENGE FOR THE SLAUGH TER BY THE ITALIANS HUN DREDS OF DEAD BODIES THE WOMEN ARE-FIGHTING. Tripoli, Nov. 9. Fighting has been resumed about the city and Fort Ham idieh. The Italian cruiser shelled the Arabs back of the city. Hundreds of bodies are exposed in the desert Among the bodies are Italian Red Cross surgeons who were slain by the natives as reprisals for Italian cruel- ty. The Arab women, garbed as men are fighting against the Italians. Gen. Caneva, commander in chief of the Italian troops is using this fact as an excuse for the slaughter of women and children. According to Caneva the women are so disguised that the Italians did not suspect them of be- ing women. Jo MARKETS. i x x x k x W W VP W W VP W 'SP COTTON TODAY. New York, Nov. 9. Jan., cotton opened at 8.90, March 8.99, July 9.18 Oct. 9.18, Dec. 9.13. At 11:45, Jan. was 8.95, March 9.05 May 9.15, July 9.23, Oct. 9.23, Dec 9.16. i Liverpool .closed two points up from yesterday with Jan.-Feb. 4.90 1-2, Aug.-Sept. 4.99, Dec-Jan. 4.89. Spots Wilson market. STOCKS. New York, Nov. 9. Settisational strength was shown at the opening of of the stock market as the the direct result of the approval of J the American Tobacco Company's pian or uissoiuuon. ine gains weit American smelting 1 3-4, Erie com- mon o-S, Kne Facinc o-, boutnern I Ry 3-8. Atchison 1-2, Reading 1 1-2 Southern Pacific 1 1-h, The curb wa dull-and irregular. Americans in Lon- PROVISIONS. Chicago, Nov. 9. Dec. wheat at the opening wa3 .93 3-8, Dec. corn 63. Chicago, Nov. 9 At 11:30 Ders wheat was .93 3-4, Corn, .63 3-4. At 2 o'clock Dec. wheat was . 94 1 1-4, Dec. corn .64 1 New York, Nov. 9. At 2 o'clock December cotton was 9.26, Jan. 9.04 March 9.15, May 9.25. Close of the market, Jan. 9.04, Mar. 9.14, May 9.24, July 9.30, Dec. 9.24. 600 Daucbters Present. Richmond, Va., Nov. 9.-Although I the two business sessions . of the 1 Daughters of the Confederacy, whicn opened its 18th annual convention I here today, were devoted to the con- J sideration cf reports and a discussion ,of rules to govern the -body, the six hundred delegates in attendance from 1 32. States, showed marked enthusiasm . . I in the proceedings and the entertain - I ment features provided by the peo - pie -of Richmond. , KILLED THEIR GENERALS REBELS FEAR QUARREL MIGHT ENDANGER DISCIPLINE-WANT GOVERNMENT PATTERNED AFTER OURS London. Nov, 9. A dispatch receiv ed here states that the baby Emper- pr of China and the Dowager Em press are in flight. They made their escape In a cart in order to escape detection. Shanghai, Nov. 9. Two rebel leaders, Generals Chia and Tseng, have been murdered by their own troops following a quarrel between the two. The troops killed them fear ing their bitterness might endanger discipline. Tien Sin, Nov, 9. Fortifications have been thrown up around the Vice roy's palace which is guarded by; royal troops. Hong Kong, Nov, 9. Great Britain. is sending more warships to Chin fearing the gravety of the situation. 1 Marching on Pekin. Pekin, Nov. 9. A battle between! the Manchu troops and the rebels is expected at Feng. Tai. The rebel troops are marching toward Pekin. Manchus Fear Massacre. General Stiao Tsin, commander ct . the rebel army favors a republic di viding the empire into states. Ha refuses to entertain the throne's note asking for the establishment of a limited monarchy. The Manchus ct the capital sent to him for help fear. ng massacre by the rebels. Hankow, Nov. 9. via Wu Hu, - The city of Hankow has been de stroyed by fire, over two thirds of its extent. Te lowest estimates of the loss is $50,000,000. Four, hun dred thousand people are destitute. Hundreds of half-burned bodies lie among the ruins. Many of them are the bodies of women and children. The customs house, the postoffici 8. The city of Hankow has been. spared. The city has been looted, the Imperialists taking a hand in the pil lage. Imperialist officers tried to check this work and executed a num ber of the soldiers. Refugees were deprived of their loot on entering the Britism concession, cart-loads of val uable furs, silks and jewelry beins seized. On Friday afternoon the consul3 appealed to the Imperialists to cease burning the town. A proclamation, which was issued immediately, de clared that the rebels were responsi ble for the fires and ordered that these be checked. The following day new fires started in various quarters. The David Hill Mememorial School for the blind, connected with thar Wesleyan Mission, has, been looted, while, in r contrast, all the mission property in Wu Chang, which is heli by the revolutionaries, has been pro tected. On November 3rd, there was con siderable gunnery practice, beginning before daylight. The Imperialist bat tery behind Hankow moved to the southwest, in belated -fulfillment of the promise to shift the line of fire from the concessions. This batter, and another stationed on the plains engaged in a heavy duel with Han Yang Hill. The Wu Chang forts used powder occasionally and joined f ri the defense of Han Yang. TRIED TO KILL MftDERO Mexico City; Nov. 9. Manuel Jimi no, has been arrested for attempting to assissinate Madero with a ' bomb, in the fort, at Chapultepec. Furniture Men Want Better Rates. Winstcn-Salem, Nov. 9. With s. view to inaugurating a fight before the Interstate Commerce Commi-.sip for the purpose of securing better freight rates to the Pacific co3t ror the Southern furn'ture manufactur ers, a fund aggregating $1,325 waa raised by private subscription among the members in attendance at the annual meeting of the. North Caro linaFurniture Manufacturers 'Ass ciation held here today. After the Ticket Scancals. ,; Cincinnati, Nov. 9 The National Baseball Commission meets today. President Johnscn ha.3 reiterated a determination to probe the tic!set scandals of the world's scries. . : : , President Taft Dedicates Lincoln Memorial. Uod?;erisvill?, Ky., Ncv. 9. Presi. dent Taft in an eloquent address des criptive of the .-ideals tbnt actuated President Line-;" hi' dedicated -thn Lin j coin memorial which consists of t 'fsrm where 'he distinguished war, .President wes born. I 8 11 ' -4 i '( i1 it S . - a"i Si,: 01 si M i-.x ! ,j