1 Wilson 7 1 MES. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 A YEAR WILSON, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1911. VOL.18.-NO. 28 E i MOTHER ROAD ILEMING'S MONEY MAA 60 TO CLEfiH OF COURT TO BE AP- PLIED ON ALIMONY APPEALS SUPREME COURT (By W. J. Martin.) Raleigh, N. C, Nov. 23. The 1 re Main ary steps for what is believed vill be another very important rail joad deal are in progress hre in l at Capt. J. Turner, general man ager of the Georgia and Florida rail road is here as receiver for the rtal crh and Charleston Railroad, Mar Jn S. C, to Lumberton, preparing Its' final papers for the discharge of t-e receivership by Judge Connor, in r-e Feaeral court. The affairs of the ieceivership have been practically t-osed for a long while but no dis charge of the receiver has been made 2Ed it is stated on good authority that impending transfer of the road to die or another of the larger systems ci the State is pending, either the Atlantic Coast Line or. the Norfolk and Southern at Lumberton this road t-oanects with the Virginia and Caro lina Southern which extends toward Fayetteville to Hope Mills and has a branch to Elizabethtown. Wilton McLean is president and it is credit ed to be allied with the Atlantic Ceast Line. It is believed that a deal is on to link up these lines in a di iect line, Raleigh .via Fayetteville to Charleston and that such a purchase i in line with the recent purchases "by the Norfolk and Southern of the Kaleigh and Southport, and other liaes and with the belief, advanced here that the Norfolk Southern, At lantic Coast Line and Norfolk and Western are a big co-operating dea.l if not plan of murger with the Penn sylvania whereby a gigantic Southern eystem for impending Panama canal multiplication of Southern business will be provided for: Another move in "the sensational divorce and alimpytfgation be tween Percy-' B. Fleming, former tell er of the,. State treasury; and his wife, who1 was Miss Nelle Claire Crouch, daughter of H. E. Crouch, of tke United States Treasury depart ment at Washington transpired to iaywhen an order was issued by Judge Peebles, for. Percy Fleming to appear before him at Goldsboro, De cember 4, and show cause why bankruptcy exemptions he is to re ceive verysoon now should not be paid over to the clerk of the court here for application to payment of alimony ordered by Judge Peebles to "ke paid for the support of Mrs. Flem Sg and two children, who are now with Mrs. Fleming's father in Wash: ifcgton. Suit for divorce by Mrs. Flem ing and counter suit by Percy M. Fleming are to be tried at the March term of the Wake superior court when the whole scope of the family troubles of the Flemings will be air ed. Cadet, Nathaniel D. Hargrove of -the A. & M, college here was for bidden early in the season by his parents, Mr. and Mrs: Arthur W. Hargrove, of Washington, to play on ike football team. He joined the team under the assumed name of Harris and gained first rank, as a player. His parents learned, of his playing and Mrs. Hargrove came to Raleigh and required his irement. However to ay permission came from Richmond for him to get in the game and he 's to be in the line-up "at Norfolk Thanksgiving. There were nineteen appeals in volved in the batch of opinions de livered by the Supreme court this weekly delivery day, one of the most notable being Ellett vs Ellett, . from Rockingham county, Jn which a ruling of error in the trial means that there will be a new trial in the tase in which F. M. Ellett procured in the former trial a decree of di Torce from his wife. Ellett lives at Spray. Mr Ellett being an expert designer of cotton cloth patterns for tfoe Morehead mills there. The lull list of opinions, follows: Vaughan and Barnes vs Davenport irom Pitt, action dismissed. - Horton vs Seaboard Air Line Rail way, Wake, error. Harden vs C. & O. Railroad, Wake, o error. Red Springs Hotel Co., vs Town of Red Springs, Robeson, affirmed. Sanders vs Sanders, Union jaiurm ed. , Brite vs Penny, Guilford, no error. Lexington Grocery Co., vs Philadel phia Casualty Co., Davidson, affirm ed. , . , Walker vs Cannon Manufacturing Co., Rowan, no error. Barnhardt vs Commissioners of Lexington, affirmed. ' " Osborn vs Durham, Stanly, no er ror .. - Sexton vs Greensboro Life Insur: aace m. Davidson, new trial. Fulp and Linville vs Light and Power Co., Forsyth, ameal of Balti more Electric Supply Co., affirmed. Bailey vs City of Wilmington,' For syth, no error. ' ' Hopper vs Ordway, Rockingham, no error. - Fulp and Linville vs Light and Power Co., Forsyth, appeal of Greens boro Supply Co., modified and affirm ed. , Phifer vs Commissioners for' Ba hamas County, no error. - Wellman vs Horn, Cleveland, no error. TARBORO LETTER. Splendid Meetinn of the Masorf Fire at Captain roxnaiis meg-.ro Dies cn Train. Mrs. Nora Jenkins announces the approaching marriage of her niece, Miss Sallie J. Dupree,' to Mr. Sam Quinley Carlisle, which will occur in Howard Memorial church, Wednes day, Dec. 6th. What might have been a disastrous fire started at eleven o'clock yester day morning at the residence of Cap tain Foxhall in the county. About $400 damage was sustained. There was a slight accident when a ladder broke injuring S. A.Nichol'3. He was badly bruised but escaped without broken bones. John Williams, a negro, died on train No. 49 yesterday afternoon about 1 o'clock. He had been sick for several days in Tarboro and died a few miles on this side of South Rocky Mount. His body was taken off the train there and placed in W. S. Arm strong's undertaking shop! where it will stay until a death certificate can be made out, and arrangements made for the sending of his body to Dunn, where he lived. Repairing the engine at the pow er house necessitated cutting off the street arc lights last night. No im pairment of the house service will be made. The changes on the engine are made to reduce the coal consumption which is excessive at present anl will increase economy of service with out impairment - of its quality. Seldom has any body of men held such an enjoyable time as fell to the lot of those present last night when Concord Lodge No. 58, A. F. & A. M. celebrated her 100th anniversaryrt This Lodge was organized in Tarboro just , one hundred years ago last night and has been true and faithful to her teachings through all this time More than sixty were present when the gravel fell and more chairs had to be brought in to accomodate the brethren, - - ' Twtf lhcid'errts "SsBiettflnglSa ure ani enjoyment to the occasions were the presentation to the Lodge of- an engraving of Lord Edgecombe presented by Br). Jno. Cotton on be half of Bro. A. B. Andrews, Jr., of Raleigh. The speeches of Bro. Cot ton in presenting same and that of Mr. R. G. Allsbrook in accepting were gems and the only regret was that Bro. Andrews was not present. Bro. Gus Heilbroner and J, P. Keech were in charge of the spleudM banquet. As , the Lodge was being seated the orchestra commenced to play Auld Lang Zion- and all felt the inspiration of the occasion. Graco was said by Bro. C. J. -Austin and then . the supper was served. After this toast master R. G. Alls brook called on several of the mem bers for short speeches -and remarks were made by a good many of the Brethren Past-Masters, J. W. Cotton, Geo. Howard, J. R. Pender and J. M. Bak er made appropriate remarks and then a goodly number of the brethren talked of Concord Lodge and visiting lodges made remarks. Mr. Hugh Cobb has just accepted an attractive offer from the Roberson Ruffin Co., and in consequence will dispose of the stock . in his - present business. When seen yesterday Mr. Cobb said that he thought the offer of the " Roberson Ruffin people was too good to pass by; and he was therefore preparing to make the change by the first of the year. Messrs. Wilson "and Dawson Assign. The assignment of Messrs. Claude Wilon and Dawson, of Tarboro, con ducting a horse and mule business under the name of Dawson and Wil son and who leased the Wah Ree i Knitting Mill under the firm name of Wilson and -Dawson is announced. The liabilities of the two firms will aggregate about $75,000 and the nom inal assets of these two firms will aggregate about $74,000. Mr. Henry Gilliam their attorney announces that the embarrassment is due to the failure of the Bank of Tar boro. They have assigned all . for the benefit of creditor's. - THE WEATHER. Rain and warmer tonight and ' cn Friday clearing and colder in the western portion with moderate east to south winds. Mexico City, Nov. 23.. A dispatch to Nevo Era from Caracas today says that Gen. Cipriano Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, has won a battle which, occurred in Venezuela day be fore yesterday -having entered, bis native country with some thousands of followers. : DIRECTORS E OFFER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TO TAKE A. C. LT THOUGH OVERTURES HAVE BEEN MADE JUST A QUESTION OF TIME Richmond, Va., Nov. 23. While the directors of the Atlantic Coast Line who met here on Tuesdav turnpd down the proposition of the Pennsyl vania read it is believed that jt is only e question of time when the Pennsylvania will acquire the A. C. u. m order to afford a direct line South for the develonm fint rtf Sou thern business and the trade which will pass through the Panama Canal. Nearly every great railroad system in the country now has its eye. on the Panama Canal ai tho influence it will exert upon future develop ment and growth of business not on ly for this continent but for Europe as well, since much of the European business must pass through the qanal. Mr, Henry Walters who owns a controlling interest in the Coast Line desires to lay aside his active busi ness pursuits because of advancing years and convert his holdings into cash. He defers, however, to his business associates of a life time who feel that the offer of the Penn sylvania is not what it should be and this is what is holding up the deal. The Pennsylvania owns a large in terest in the Coast Line and seeks a controlling interest. METHODIST CONFERENCE Kinston, N. C, Nov. 23. The Con-! ference convened yesterday at 9:30! with Bishop Hoss m the chair. Af ter the administration .of the sacra-j ment the names of the superannuates ! were called, some of these have an swered the roll call "'for 60 yeais. Many of their talks were very affect- ing. Each Presiding Elder, was them moHurnvhen the character of i each had been passed upon, the re ports t of the districts were given. The" year has been one of growth During the afternoon the various boards met and the routine work of the conference begun. - At 3 o'clock, Dr. A. J. Lamar, of Nashville, Tenn., preached a very im pressive sermon on the words of St. Paul: "For Me To Love Is Christ And To Die Is aGin." At 8 o'clock, Rev. A. McCullen.who was last year the Presiding Elder.of the Washington District, and is so favorably known to the people of this 1 section delivered the annual sermon to the conference. The Rev. Mr. McCulIen is one of the strongest preachers in the State. The conference quartette is pres ent and is rendering fine music. The delegates are charmed with Kinston Bishop Hoss has made aine impres sion on the conference as a presid ing officer.' His ready wit is a val uable asset in directing the business side of the conference: - The assistant secretary of the last conference, Rev. N. H. JJ. Wilson, called the roll. Most of the clerical members answered "to their names and the . following named " lay dele gates; W. P. "Few," W. E. Sharpe nnd R. L. Paylor, of the Durham district, C. W. Morgan, I. B. Midgett and W. J. Woodley of the Elizabeth City dis trict; J. B. Atwat'er, Dr. j. H. Jjdd and R. L. Burns, of the Fayetteville district; De Leon Fields, W. O. Dh:oi and C. P. Dey, of the New Bern dis trict; W. S. Stevens and B. B. Adams of the Raleigh district; J. M. Hoyle, and R. R. Covington, the lat ter an alternate in place of the prin cipal, O. C. Bruton. of the Rocking ham district; J. C. Hardy and Dr. D. B. Zollicoffer, of the Warrenton dis trict; T. J. Jarvis, J. C. R. Davenport and W. B. Wilkinson, of the Wash ington district; W. R. Newberry tiid J. E. Durham of the Wilmington dis trict. Mr. Thomas nominated J. C. Woq; en, but Mr, Wooten declined the aomi nation; N. H. D. Wilson nominated R. : H. Willis, and he was unanimous ly elected secretary. The following named members of the conference Mr. Willis named as his assistants, assistant secretary, J. L. Cunninggim reporting secretary, G. T. Simmons, statistical secretary, W. W. Peele. He announced that he would nama the assistant statistical .. secretaries later in the' day. On motion of B. F. Bumpass the hours for the meeting and adjourn ment of ; the daily sessions were fixed at 9:30 a. m.-and 12:30 p. m. No bar. was fixed". , Conference adjourned at 1:15 yes terday. Rev. T. N. Ivey pronouncing the benediction. Rev A. J. Lamar preached yesterday afternoon and evening, Rev. A. McCulIen preached the annual sermon before the con-; ference. Bishop Kilgo did not reach the conference yesterday but he is expected today. - REFUS FINANCES OF E COUNTRY DISCUSSED BY PROMINENT MEN FAMILIAR WITH BANKING ALBRICH PLAN ENDORSED MR. BHOWN'S ADDRESS New Orleans," Nov, 23, Finance has been ably dis.ussed at the Bankers convention here this week and it seems theae is an evident desire on the part of the members to pull this country out of the rut whenever public confidence is disturbed and the people panic stricken withdraw their funds irom the moneyed insti tutions. ' There is an impression prevailing among many that if the government would inaugurate some scheme to maintain the confidence of the peo ple by guaranteeing their deposits this plan would even prove more ef fective than the Aldrich plan, since it a recognized fact that panics are brought about by the withdrawal of deposits, which prevent the bankers from maintaining their reserves at crucial moments. This effort to main tain their reserves in face of the withdrawal of deposits brings about a fight for life, which results in a death struggle "when the bankers should be coming to the assistance of one another. Again this protec tion of the deposits will prevent the manipulation of the finances by Wall street who control xlarge sums of money and desiring to scoop a competitor as was done when the Steel trust absorbed Va. Tenn. Coal and Iron, will be rendered impossi ble. If " the depositors had felt pro tected, it .would have been impossi ble to have brought about the panic of 1907. ' The address of Mr. Joseph G. Brown of Raleigh, has attracted much attention.-He plead for the far mer ..sinSfcA prosperity of v the . f ar mer is the backbone of the resources of the nation. He showed that the finances of the nation should be so elastic that when the crops begin to move there should be ample money to move them, and that the old time methods of finance must give way to modern methods of expansion in the development of the business of the greatest nation on earth. ' There were other speakers who called attention to the difference be tween the monetary systems obtain ing abroad and in this country, how that by their , system when money became tight in certain sections of the strong European nations it was sent to this locality to ease up matters. This is the plan of the Aldrich mone tary commission With the most pros perous country in the world the cir culation should be arranged so that the -money, the commercial life blood may be sent instantly where it is re quired, and that every bank in the nation on a sound business basis may be amply supplied with funds to. dis charge its obligations to its people. ROCKY MOUNT LETTER. Social Items Woodmen Meet Other News. Miss Fannie Hales was hostess yesterday morning to the Idle Hour Club in honor of her charming guest, Miss Agnes Wacksmuth, of Washing ton. D. C. . A delightful salad course followed. The meeting was a thoroughly - de lightful affair, and Miss Hales was accounted the most gracious of host esses. :. Those present were: Misses Lou ise Corinth, Augusta Divine, Jennie Divine, Margaret Dixon, Fannie Hales, Frances Hardison, Margaret Newell, Alice Wynne, Clef a Wynne and Agnes Wacksmuth. The members of the Woodmen ot the World gave a banquet in tne Red Men's Hall, over G. F. Harrell's store on Main street last nightffi there be ing about 250 present. The hall was beautifully decorated, with flowers and the lights were decked with red white and blue paper. Barbecue and Brunswick stew : were served. Mr B. Lewis, of Kinston, State manager of the order, delivered an address, the subject being, "Woodcraft." After the banquet the manager of the Gem Theatre entertained the guests at the theatre. The Research Club met on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. M. R. Braswell at the magnificent and palatir home of Mr. T. J. Hackney on Sunset Av enue. The program for the day was most interestingly and delightfully rendered. - Crew Hanging to' Ship's Rigging. Chatham. Mass., Nov. 23. A schdo ner went ashore off here this morn ing after being crippled .in a gale last night. Several of the crew have heen sighted in her rigging.J A high sea is running: - - " - Good Roads CongresesVill Endorse the National Hir ways Bill. Richmond, Nov. . The postoffice department interf . in highway Im provements was ade evident at the Good Roads Con ess today by Fourth Assistant. Postmaster General De graw, who represented Postmaster General Hitchcock. Degraw is the ac tive head of the rural free delivery system, whose carriers travel 40,000 miles over country roads every year. There is a movement in the con vention to ask the postoffice depart ment to spend some of its appropria tion on the improvement or nost roads. Officials of the department tmnK tms is impossible. Senator Cullom's bill calling for the construction of seven national highways between Washington, Buf falo, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin and Miami, will prob ably receive the unanimous endorse ment of the convention. The evidence of good roads prog ress in the south have surprised the convention. It is stated that during this year more than $30,000,000 was available for road building in nine southeastern states, which he pre sented 32 per cent of all the money spent in the country for good roads during the year. North Cardlina leads Virginia is a" close second while Ala bama, Kentucky and Georgia, follow ed in the order named. The convention today was turned over to highway engineers .and prac tical road builders. Fifty Dead in Wreck of the Paris Express. Paris, Nov. 23. There are fifty dead in the express train that went through the bridge of the Loire river, at Saumur today. Hundreds of Dead are Found. ; Tripoli, Nov. 23. The Italian forces have penetrated . into , the interior. Hundreds of dead Turks and Arabs have been found. Senator Overman Will Not Soeak. Spencer, N. C, Nov. 23. Senator Lee S. Overman announced last night that he will be unable to make the trip to eastern North Carolina thi3 week as previously advertised. He is kept at home pn account of a slight operation performed on .Mr, Overmariiv6strff ered ' an Injury by falling over a railroad bridge at Sal isbury two months ago. , ' ' The Senator was scheduled to, de 'iver an important address at a rail road rally to be held in Southport today and regrets . his inability to attend. New York; Nov. 23. John J. John ston, a bookkeeper, committed sui cide today by diving from the twenty-seventh floor of the City Invest ment building at 165 Broadway. As Johnston's body plunged down a shaft opening on to a three-story extension, it passed the windows of scores of offices and was seen by hun dreds of girls and men. Several girls became hysterical and others were so unnerved from the sight that they had to be sent home for the day. Johnston was recently discharged and became despondent. DEATTIE'S LAST DAY EFFORT TO GET SUPREME COURT JUSTICE TO INTERFERE UN SUCCESSFUL BEATTIE IT IS THOUGHT WILL NOT CCONFESS Richmond, Va., Nov. 23. This is Beattie's last day of life. There is an unconfirmed report to the effect that an effort will be made today to get a member of the United States Su preme court to sign a writ of cer teriori stopping the execution. It is not believed that any interference will be made. His father, sister and brother will spend a few minutes with the condemned man before the end. Beattie has only once spoken to the death watch as to how fast the time was going. It is believed that - Beat tie will be electrocuted with no ut terance of his guilt. -Grow Hostile to Americans. Santo Domingo, Nov. 23. The sit uation in Santo Domingo today as regards Americans is serious. It has developed that the plot which result ed in the assassinatpn of President Ramon . C.aceres and V. the death of General Tejara - was' inaugurated, by political malcontents of anti-American sympathies. News from Washing ton that the United States cruisers North Carolina and Washington had been ordered here has further kind led the bitterness " against ; American residents. The cabinet is doing its utmost to allay the growing hostility. The chief grievance of the seditious politicians lies in the fact that the United States Government,by agree ment with a pro-American, regime, supervises the customs receipts, the richest source of Government reven ue General Jiminez, General Morales and General Vasquez have announced their candidacy for the presidency. Haiti is massing troops on the fron tier n anticipation of a revoluntion- WRECK AVERTED TOWER MAS THREW DERAIL AND ENGINE WENT OFF THE TRACK THIS SAVED THE NORFOLK-SOUTHERN The prompt action of the operator in tne switch tower at the crossing the Coast I.lno an,1 J,.fn, of iwiium ttuu southern tracks on th mitoM,n WUVSAll.iJ IJi. tne city this morning saved Norfolk and Southern train No. 5 for Raleigh due here at 5.05 and probably a num ber of lives. By throwing his derail on Coast Line train No. 82, the en gine of that train went off the trac about the time the engineer Tempe one of the oldest men in the Coast i-aue-service applied the emergency brakes. Fortunately the engine and tender only left the tracks and the passengers received a slight shaking up. The accident ftpnrrni ni,A,.t --Vi ttUUUI, I.U'J this morning and was due to the fa-t iu. uue at z:20 was 2 1-2 hours late and so was SG due at 1:30 both northhnnr.rJ isin so been given right of way over 86 and Lebw trains were running a block ahead of one another. Engineer Tern ner krvs Via el down when he cam to th fii cf . . . , j ' ' "ov ICCII. light denoting caution and in this he observed the rules whth .... " 'ULCUUCA to enable him to keep his engine un- 51 coairoi mat no may stop should the switchment maintain his second red light. He says however )ia by a white light and did not observe mC owuuu rea ugnt until right on it when he applied the ememency brakes, but he was too near the open derail and his engine and the tender went off th ti-h- th. occurred within about 60 yards of toe WUOiua- -ie conductor of No 8i was instructed to take the cars of No. 82 on the other track to Rockv Mount where the train was sent on as usual and little delay was ex perienced. The engine of, No. 82 was left where It was until a wrecking crew placed it on the track about 11:15 today. The engine was not in jured. It simply went off the track, but if the engineer had not applied ms emergency Drakes when he did in all probability it would have in the ditch. WHOLESALE MASSACRE MANCHUS ARE SAID TO BE STIRRING UP ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING THOUSANDS LYING DEAD ON BATTLEFIELD. Pekin, Nov. 23. The wholesale massacre of foreigners is imminent in wankow. Twenty thousand Mahchus have already been killed. Foreign massacres are nroeressintr in Shp.nsl province. Five thousand are left im- buried on the battlefield. In Yn Nan province it is believed the Manchus are trying to force foreign interven tion. The Manchu agents are said to be stirring up anti-foreign feeling. MARKETS. 5 0 & & 0 COTTON TODAY. New York, Nov. 23. Jan. onened 9.10, March 9.20, May 9.27, July 9.32, Oct. 9.38, Dec. 9.27. At noon Jan. was 9.07. March 9.19. May 9.26, July 9.34, Sept. 9.33, Dec. y.z7. . Liverpool closed 3 noints nn yesterday's close with Jan.-Feb May-June 5.06 1-2. Julv-Aue. 5.09, Lec.-Jan. 4.99 1-2. Spots Wilson market 9 1-8. Receipts at Dorts vesterdav -wrfl 90,000 bales, aeainst 52.059 l&st. wsek and 62,301, last year. For the week 450,000 bales, against 456.123 last week and 397,498 last year. Yester day's receipts at New Orleans wera 19,005 bales, against 18,133 bales last year and at oHuston 19.081 bale?. against 14,320 last year. . ( At 2 o'clock cotton was Jan. 9.07. and March 9.20, Dec. 9.27. , STOCKS. New York, Nov. 23. Widespreap profit taking caused a lower range of prices, the copper erouD lead in sr the decline. The following were threo iourtns off, Amalgamated Utah and Anaconda. Union Pacific was weak and all business was comparatively quiet. The curb was dull and irregu lar. Americans in -London were Irre gular on adjustments. PROVISIONS. Chicago, Nov. 23. The opening in wheat was Dec. .95 3-S, Dec. corn was .64 7-8. ' At 2 o'clock Dec. was .94 7-8, Dec. corn was .64 1-4. A 11:30 Dec. wheat was .95 1-8, Dec: corn was .64.1-.2. 1 V