North Carolina Newspapers

-tew. r j J s H .r i SUBSCRIPTION $1 PER YEAR. WILSON, N. a, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1911. VOL. 18. N054. r POSTAL BANKS DOING LITTLE BUSINESS-PEOPLE DEPOSITING MONEY IN HOME BANKS SEWELL SUCCEEDS KENAN Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 28. Deputy StateFire Insurance Commissioner, W. A. Scott, who is in Greensboro spending the holidays .with his fam ily says 'that during the past three months fewer fires have been report ed throughout North Carolina to the department during any period since the department was established 12 years ago. With his shoulder blade and bone Iractured, Ms jawbone shattered ana five ribs broken, Mr. John Johnson, of Ridgeway, a station about 70 miles north of Raleigh on the Sea board, was picked up by Seaboard passenger trains-No. 81 at Manson, - between Henderson and Ridgeway, and brought to Raleigh today for treatment in Rex Hospital. So many and serious were the injuries that it -was impossible to say this afternoon whether the man could recover. The postal savings banks do not seem to he having much success in the south. None of them have been flooded "with deposits and a great mariy of them have received noth' - ing at all. The peopleMiave faith in j. the local banks and these pay a higher rate of interest than the gov ernment banks, they are patronizing the home institutions, v - - " n Captain Andrew Jackson Dougher ty, XT. S. A., has returned frim Lum v ber Bridge and Fayetteville, where he inspected the military companies and gave instruction in the new. drill ; rules. The Lumber Bridge company, Captain Dougherty said, is in splen did condition, but the Fayetteville company is handicapped by dissen sions. These dissensions, however, are rapidly being eliminated, it is ' thought and when the company is united it will be one of. the best in the state. The material is there. ' Joseph L. Seiawell, who twenty years ago entered the offic as a bare footed messenger boy, was today . sworn in as clerk of the Supreme court ' to succeed Col. Thomas S. Kenan who died Saturday. There were several applicants for the: place but no other name was considered by members of the Supreme court and the election was unanimous.. - For the purpose of attending a meeting of the directors of the Nortn ' Carolina Transcontinental Railroad -Company, E. C. Duncan left today for New York, this company owing the South Atlantic Transcontinental Rail road franchise that has now under . prosecution especially the construc tion of a railroad from Knoxvilie, Tenn., through the western Carolina mountains to Rutherfordton, N. C, and thence southeast with the ulti mate purpose of getting into South port at the mouth of Cape Fear, and ' pushing on across Florida for Pana ma Canal service- connections. Th directors are to meet in New York this week, Comrade Elijah Streeter,. aged sev enty nine years, died today' at the - Soldier's home. He was a member or Company B. Thirty first regiment an came to the home from Anson 6oun ty in, 1899. He was buried in the - graveyard at the Home. Complaint Against Rates. Washington, Dec. 28. The Augus ta chamber . of commerce petitioned the interstate commerce commission claiming that the railways and steamship lines operating along the South Atlantic coast make rates dis criminations against Augusta v in favor of Atlanta. The petition, cites the shoe rates from New York to At , lanta are, less than to Augusto, al though the distance is greater. MILLIKAN FEDERAL CLERK I Greensboro, Dec. 28. United States District Judge James E. Boyd today authorized' the announcement that James M. Millikan, at present clerk of the court at Greensboro will be appointed clerk of the court for the western North Carolina district and that Clerk Millikan will appoint tha following deputies: Miss Hattie C Causey, Greensboro; M. S. Hyams, Asheville; Henry C. Cowles, States ville, Charlotte and Salisbury; Mil ton McNeill, Wilkesboro. The salary of the clerk is named at $3,500 ayear, while the deputies who have formally made from $4,000 to $6,000, will receive about $2,000. The reorganization of the Federal courts takes place January 1 under the judiciary act of the last Cong ress. The circuit judges hereafter will not have jurisdiction as heretofore, but their labors will be confined principally to the circuit courts cf appeals. The district judges will per form the duties in the districts here tofore exercised by both the-circu't and district judges. Under the new regime there will be but one clerk o f the district court in the district and such num ber of deputy clerks as may be nec essary for the proper transaction -of business It is probable that addition al deputies will soon be named to assist Hyams at Asheville and Cowles at Charlotte. CHILD LABOR IN MILLS y - An Act; to Regulafe and Restrict Child Labor in Manufacturing. Es- tablishments and to Regulate the Hours of Labor. . - The General Assembly of North Car-J MnHiTa tn onkrt " Section 1. That no child under twelve years of age shall be employ- ed or worked in any factory or man-i ufacturing establishment within this State: Provided further, that Sfter one thousand nine hundred and-seven no child, between the. ages of twelve anH tviirtoon vraro of nere shall be employed or work in a factory except in apprenticeship capacity and (only then, after having attended school I Lee county, Va., who have been in four months in the preceding twelve dieted for having sold their; votes- months, Section 2. That not exceeding six- tv six hours shall constitute a weeks i. .n c n,0.,,fa,.. turine establishments of this State, t . . , , No person under eighteen years or nee shall be reauired to work in such factorioe or establishments a longer 1, w vo,, 4 i-.no JJd lUaU QlJk.,J OIA , U.VU& I" week: Provided, that this section! shall not apply to engineers, - fire- men, machinists, superintendents, ov- erseers, section and yard hands, of. fifice men, watchmen or repairers- of . ' - breakdowns. Section 3. All parents, or persons standing in relation "of parent, upon hiring their children to any factory or manufacturing establishment,shall furnish such establishment a written statement of the age of such child or children being so hired, and certi- finofa nc cntinni ottondiiiiw nndl ; ji y. auy pareuis ur peisuu suuiu.uS m Tot; e cny nn or lclauuu Wi Val vu"'w children, who shall in such written statement misstate the age of such child or children being so employed. or their school attendance, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall- be punished at the discretion "of the court, rfny mill own- er, superintendent or manufacturing vt. cv,ii vwiTitrlv TOWuuBw ix " or willfully violate the provisions of ot o,on ho n,iitv nf a misdA mAnr and , mnn conviction shall 1 be Dunished 1 at the discretion " of the court. ' - SAotinn 4. After one thousand nine Vinn r? roil gnrl o avon n n hnv rT onrl lin dor fniirf Don VAara r1rl shall WOrk in v. i f 0irnt M. and five A. M. : ei.ft TMe fcii in fAr uovwvu . j j t Anal irpm auu aitei uituuaijr mow. frVtmenwT . nitiA hnnHroH .nd ieM In the General Assemblyrread. three times, and ratified this the 9th day of Jiarch, A; P. 1907. THOMPSON - . V . DROPS PLA IV SAYS HE IS NOT DESPOSED TO POSH THE COTTON HOLDING PROPOSITION .C IF THE FARMERS! OPPOSE Columbia Dec. 28. Col Robert V Thompson, promoter of ( the plan n. lend southern cotton growers $2o per bale on thi year's cotton crop the rest to be paid when the fartaci. wishes to sell the product, wrote the editor of a local paper, a letter stating that owing to criticism of nis scheme he was decided not to press it further now. . He hopes the farmers will eventu ally accept the plan. He declares he is not a speculator and 'never uv tends to be one The plan,, if adopt ed, Thompson thinks would save iite south fifty million dollars. . - Col. Thompson's plan has already been published in the Times.. It proposes to take the cotton of tae farmer and deposit it in the ware houses, and advance $25.00 per bats thereon. The "matter of calling the loan and - selling the cotton is , left optional wfth the syndicate advancing the money, exactly the reverse 5f what the farmer needs, and which, places him in the han'ds of the bears who could' drive the market to the. point where the cotton would of necessity be sold to refund the money advanced The only way is to store cotton 'a 1 1 oc.al - wflrrelio uatTtnd'tiorrow' monsb v thereon .from local banks, or what is better get in shape to carry it on the farm by raising your living and sell whenever you feel the prices Jus- tifies. : y Vote Sellers May Escape. I - Bristol, Va., Dec. 28. Thai through I a legal technicality the persons in may escape conviction and conse- quent fine and disfranchisement is the latest phase of the sensational iMt!0o 4r,t tho whnlpsa.le de- bauchery of the electorate in that i r -v I county. - It is stated by one of the promi - nent lawyers in Lee county that it is I Viic? nnininn na well ns thft oninionJ I mo ' - ' of the best lawyers of the Jonesville bar, that the vote buyers who have confessed before the grand jury un- der Judge Skeen's promise of immun- ity may be compelled to refuse to i testify at the trial or tne voie seners on the ground that it would incrim- inate them beyond the power of the I court to grant the immunity. If this proves true, no convictions can be made, as there is only one witness against each vote seller CarAns Handlina of a 1-MStol. Careless HandJina of a Pistol. I s ) " . ' ' -HnTYilPt. Dec. 28. While the board- ' ' v ers were standing and sitting around the stove in a boarding house on Bridgers street, Ben Brown, a young railroad conductor was fingering his pistol. Clyde W. Funderburg, ot Hamlet, a, flagman on the work train on the C and K. ballasting train, was r seated across the room. The gun was irfAn'tnllv dischareed and Funder- . burg was shot through the stomacn. - I Tirs. Kinsman and Fowlkes perform- ed an operation in a vain attempt to save life. The intestines were punc- I tured in several places ana aeauiitney were maKing iun oi mem. I ensued at nine o'clock this morning. - I , I '.: Staved in Prison. New, York, Dec.; 28-Three soK hi escaned from the 'military pris - - - ,. - vr. nnvoninr'a infaTin rriAn rn row - across the bay to Erie basin, Brook- I lyn in a small boat. Two of them lat - I er were arrested and say they -were starved.in prison. DR. SEN PRESIDENT OFDHINESE REPUBLIC-DELEGATES OF 18 PROVINCES TO MEET . AT NANKING ON DECEMBER 28TH Pekin, Dec. 28.-The throne - has formally accepted the plan of Yuan Shi Kai for a republic. Shanghai, Dec. 28. Eight thousand rebel soldiers left here for Hanking as a necleus for the standing army that will - uphold the new republics Nanking is likely to be the .capital of the republic. Shanghai, Dec. 28. It is reported that the delegates of : the J eighteon provinces of China proper intend to meet at Nanking on December 28th to elect Dr. Sun Yat Sen as presi dent of the- provisional government of the United Provinces The arrival of Dr. Sun Yat Sen nas mjectea. an entirely new forceful element into the ranks -and councils of the revolutionaries. Dr. Sen's ' residence is crowded from mnmi till PVPnin? with - renresen- tatives of all the provinces, generals and governors, with whom he holds nnnsnltations. ' , There- is reason to beiieve that they will meet on December 28th and ilect Dr. Sen president of the provis-' ional government by an unanimous J vote. After that has been done the lon tha fnrmatinn nf a cabinet by , the president who will Issiiea - proclamation ' setting forth 1 the terms and plans of the new7 gov- ernment. Dr. Sen evidently does not regard the ' peace conference here " seriously I and will proceed with his plants with out regard to Peking. No decision has yet been reached as I to whether the armistice is to be continued, COTTON TODAY. New York, Dec, 28. Jan. openei 8.76, March 8.91, May 9.04, July 9.15, Oct. 9.27, Dec. 9.19. At nnnti Tat, was 8.78. March 8.95. May 9.07, July 9.17. Oct, 9.31, Dec. I q oo 1 9.2.. . r . 1 Liverpool closed from one to two points upfrom the opening with Dec. A 88 1.9, Mav-JnTiA 4.97. Julv-Aufir. 1 - f - - 1 v J oi 1-2, Dec-Jan. 5.03 -1-2. Jan.S.73, Mar. 8.90, May 9.01, July 9.12, Oct. 9.27, Dec. 8.92. PROVISIONS, v Chicago. Dec 28. Wheat opened I Dec. .91 1-2, Dec corn .65. J-.t noon May wheat was .99 1 Kc.com was .64 7-8. - - A 2 o'clock Dec wheat was .94 5.S TW onri. was fiS K-8. " - . .. I STOCKS. j I I - . I tmaw vt-1t I )pp The Merran- ' ' V tile Marine preferred was a feature 1 , . " at the bpening of the market. Nearly j all of the stocks moved downward dull. Americans fraction. The curb is m London are quiet j Lynching Narrowly Averted cn,,ti,0 TJiT n TW 98 A lvnchinsr was narrowly averted - . . ... ': when the shentt returnea witn Jus- I'tace Robinsen the negro who shot Francis Ruggles, a promising young DOv'"l XT" CD - of this nlace. simply because man I ; -i I Infant UlcS. I Sudie Williams. 2 years old. daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Connie Williams 1 who reside near the W. W. Simms I - ... 1 1 ;n . mm. it was Dunea vesieruay i i ternoon near WUbank's . fa- the. WH - 1 liams grave yard. Rev. Mr,. Sptegel I conducted services before the re pains left tbf city. r DEMANDS RESIGNATION Albany, Dec 28. Governor Dix demands the resignation of Dr. Alvah H. Doty, health officer of the port of New York as the result of an bives- tigation. Irregularities in his; office are charged. - . Ate Spoiled Herrings. Berlin, Dect 28. Eighteen inmates of the municipal night shelter died from, poisoning while eating ..spoiled herrings. Twenty others are A ill. ' Fatal Gasolene Explosion. Peoria, De6. 28. One was killea, six hurt and two fatally-by an ex plosion of gasoline in a tank pf the Royal Cleaning Company's plant. : heavy loss;; When the Houses. Where Patterns of Maryland Steel' Company Were Burned. w , "' ' Baltimore, Md., Dec. E8. Four storehouses for Patterns of the Mary land Steel Co., at Sparrows Point were destroyed by fifire this morn- inS- The damage is heavy, t BLIZZARD RAGING. Shipping Warned to Seek Port Mer- c"rY Near Zero in NewYork, Penn and Ohio. New York, Dec. 28. 'A blizzard is raging today in western New York, northwestern Pennsylvania and north ern hio- Lake-shipping is warned to seek a port. The ' mercury is near zero. , SIR ALEXANDER DEAD. H r Wru nd er secretary-to-mi-or. eign Official and an Able Engi.sh Deplomat, London, Dec. 28 Sir Francis Alex- ander Campbell, assistant Under Sec retary to the foreign office, died to day. He was fifty nine years of age. Rocky Mount Items. - There was an enjoyable meeting of the young ladie's Tongue and Neddie Club, held last evening at the home f Vr. J. P. Whitehead at the 'corner Franklin street and Western aven- ue, the hostess ot the occasionein fMiss Nannie' Walker, a prominent member of this social organization The event was one of the happie-it I i . of the Yule Tide season , and Mis3 Walker was assisted in the entertain- I inS by Mrs. J. P. Whitebead Following the usual program of the Tongue and Neddie Club, delicious re- f reshments in several courses were served Mr. Swift G. Nelms, formerly of this citybut now of Savannar, Ga., "u iVilBO i """ ' citv were married last evening ai o:xo cloCK aL ou -"" I -.1 -u T T TTtr XT ItTiltnn Vl CX cuuicu, xvCy. v. rector, officiating. The couple are mSuiy esieciucu auu vi"V . . . . . city and the event was ceieoratea in I Vactcrrliv mnrninp' Tn A TnATYinerS Or mj o l , , J,..i.f,.n rne 1Qie "our 1UU weitJ w u J i x 1 Tlfi T !c,n nnr-iT.i-h euieiulIueu uy the time being spent in various pleas- ant ways after which delicious re freshments were served. Last night at nine o'clock in the church of the Good Shepherd one of the most beautiful weddings of the I 1 . r. 3 4-V y" Antr-1f. i season was soiciuuiicu, wiC,v""vv S parties Deing jvirs. worente I- .- . .-mm- -It. .11 ' I inHrovs' th a daughter . of ' Mareurito , V I Jvluse naut duu mi. SpraUl, one of the most popular con- doctors of the A. C. L. system, of this city, a brother of our fellow towns man, Mr. Frank P. Spruill, the cere mony being performed by Rev. R. B. Owens. . -, , : The happy young couple left last T nQa clues iu" I wishes of a host of friends through I . fto i'V. tV.AV ori'l 1 Trr I .reslue wls Miss Ruth Sauls, came in today from Black Creek. E II WILL.THROW ARMY INTOrPERSIA TO PROTECT HER INTERESTS J AND TO . STOP RUSSIAN ATROCITIES Teheran, Persia,' Dec. 28. England is preparing to throw an army into southern Persia; as the .result of th attack on the British Consul, W. A. Smart, near Kazaran. Smart wa? first reported killed but was found wound ed. Fighting is still going on be tween the Persian constitutionalists andy Russian soldiers at Tabriz. ' "The English will be welcomed for it is quite certain that the acrocites committed by Russian soldiers will cease when the-English are on- the ground. . A BARBAROUS NATION. Russia's Idea is to Wipe Out the Persians Without Mercy England Sits Supinely. London,' Dee. 28. As reports olt Russian progress in Persia and stor ies of the indiscriminate killing of natives Nin Tatriz and Resht and ot the destruction of Persia's constitu tional : government under Russian menaces continue to reach Englandt the people aro , becoming increasing-, ly disquieted at the British Govern ment's complicity which the foreign secretary. Sir "Edward Grey, thinks isa matter of. policy .and compelled ; by the" Anglo-ttusYan'agrecmehir"" Doubts have also been, increased i to whether Persian independence ever will be restored or- even tue feeble status it had before this last assault by Russia. If Parliament were sitting there would undoubtedly be severe questioning of the government on this subject and an arraignment of foreign office. The Persia committee, composed -if prominent Englishmen interested in Persian affairs, has received the fol lowing telegram from the Provincial Assembly at Tabriz, sent through the Persian Society, of Constantinople: ( "On December 21 Russian troops attacked and seized the administra tion buildings. They trampled school children under foot and killed and despoiled innocent men etnd. women. They also looted the shops. Reign of Terror Contemplated. -St. Petersburg, . Dec. 28. A Semi official statement says that the Ru3-. sian government, in view' of the actJ TO RESCUE of. foolhardy aggression committed , - against the Russian forces and insti- times followed by brutal torture - of. ; V ; v the wounded and base outrages again ' the wounded and base outrages against the dead, has decided that the severest punishment of the guilty its merited and Russian commanders ' in conjunction with Russian consuls are instructed to adopt the most stringent measures. Treasurer General Opposed to Shus- " ter's Plan. -- Teheran, Dec. 28. It is understood y that the regent and cabinet desire the appointment of the American, P. E. Cairns, the principal assistant of Mr. Shuster, as the new treasurer general of Persia. La Follette Starts Battle Against Taft. Youngstown, O., Dec. 28. The real battle of tfiev so called progressive wing of the republican party against Taft's renomination started today, with speeches by Senator Robert M. La Follette in Youngstown and Cleve land. .. , . , Amoy, Dec. 28. A plot has been discovered to assassinate Governer Yuan - Gen Chey by the Imperialist soldiers. The rin leaders , Were d capitated. - y' -! ,4 -. "i i v ..4 J.' -- i v. - ,I fx