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WILSON, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1923
Vol. 27; No. 2,4
Peking Government Must Answer
For The Capture Of Americans1
UADfl MP
CApr
J i huL
THE PRINCIPLES
SERIOUS SITUATION
Reports from Shanghai Are to
the Effect that One Ameri
can Was Killed When Ban
dits Held up a Shanghai-Peking
Express Train and Car
ried off 150 Passengers; a
Large Number of American
Tourists Were Captured; the
Women Captives Have Been
Released it is Reported
WALL STREET UPSET
BY WORTHLESS CHECKS
NECESSITY FOR
MAKING OECSSION'
Says Southern States
Will Lead In Reform
IS
PUT
70
TEST BY
Washington, May 7. A situation
apparently regarded as seriously
menacing Bond relations between
the I'nlted States and tho Peking
government in China was described
today ly American Minister Schur
inan in tho first ttfBi-ial report to
reac;h i he stale department regard
ing the capture, of American citizens
ly handlls near tho Shantung bor
der yesterday.
Mr. Schurniati is said lo have al
ready made demands on his own re
sponsibility ii ml It Is understood he
will bo instructed by the govern
ment here to pursue tho most vigor
ous course to secure the release of
the prisoners unharmed.
The report was prepared by Mr.
Schurimin oil the basis of Informa
tion furnished him by American cit
izen who was on the spot when the
bandits attacked the tourists train
on which many Americans were rid.
ing. Ii was indicated ho far as known
none of lliu prisoners bad been
harmed.
Minister Schurman report waft
dated midnight. May 6th, and de
scribed the situation as very serious.
Should any American lose bis life
l!,.. (.,(,. ilnhiirtmiMil iu f.tu.lv
', '. . .. a' i... r...i. i home
lli,ei.e tiguiuun ui iiiflnun uii me; j ci-
ing authorises for restitution. Not
only will suitable apologies bo re
quired but Indemnity must be paid
and those responsible must be pun
ished if good relations between the
two governments are to continue.
In any rase the Culled Stales will
insist that more effective steps be
taken In the future to protect Amer
icans who are in China on legiti
mate errands.
New York. May 7. Prices oil I lie
New Yolk stock exchange wen: sent
tumbling today by read ion of heavy
buying started on a flood of orders
which it was disclosed was hacked
by worthless checks drawn on I'eiin.
sylvania Hanks. A number of worth
less checks were received by Wall
Street. One was for $l."i.O0U drawn
on the Keystone National JJank of
Heading, Pa., to cover buying or
ders in Wostinghnuso, Heading and
American Car and Foundry. Others
accompanied orders to buy New York
Central slock.
Keporis from Philadelphia and
lioston said brokers in those cities
had received similar bogus orders.
Tim checks in almost cverv case
forged ceiiilicalse which tricked i
some of the brokers into executing
buying orders for large blocks of
slock. Selling operations started
when the fraud was discovered sent ;
prices down, practically the entire
list being curried to new low levels.
DD FELL W
ABLY DISCUSSED TENNIS MATCH
nrniirru nnmp
REV. J. E. STUART, DLlllLLll UlUDO
There II is Been a
rrom the Cruel Executive
Who Timidly Awaited Ad
vice of Party Loaders in Con
gress Before Making Any
Important Move.
Change Friendship, Love and Truth,
the Three Links That Bind
the Hearts of People, and
Are the Foundation Stones
Stones of Society, the Church
and State.
New York, May 7. Posloflice in
spectors this afternoon when on the.
trail of a band of check forgers who
soul out. over the week end over one
hundred checks aggregating more
than a million dollars accompanied
by letters to stock brokers of New :
York, Philadelphia, Iloston and j
Chicago ordering large purchases of!
slock.
illy Da mi
(Copyright lie;:
Tim
Washington, M.
Harding is a i h..i
nave tn en the e ;
the minding I
or it may Inn
of the I'm I tin
1 I.;
by The Daily . (
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Hive
s,-
the
his
pn
WALTER BETHEA
IE
WITNESS DIED
V ICC
live
lias
a lone
mnk
KILLS A NEGRO
MYSTERIOUSLY
he
ami
been a i liuticc
Utile who paci(
awaited the a
ers in Coni: res.)
iiiiini'laiii i.iuvi
wliu Initio 1 1 : : 1
lac k of fur,
ly set mil
ol
hern
I w iili all kind
i.iu-l lake lie
I'fi n c
Ii may
'til l I of
siiii'iiiy
g 1 1 i i i 1 1 1 1
i nl ad
mit ia-
Shot Him Saturday Night on Was on His Way to Testify in
Honda Convict Investiga
tion; His Wife Believes That
He Was Poisoned.
Farm of Mr. Benaia Scott
Four Miles From Lucama.
Claims in Self Defense
Kxi
icily,
leaih
any
dent
of a
erali
llis jllllglllell
tales and tin
diviiliialisin in '(ingress wo
Mr. Harding wn; 1 1 1 1 1 in
when Secretary of Siate
ca me to him with tile win
recommendation. "I do not
oils bill there
loin the Chief
iy, allium lim
vice of parly
before making
to lie, pivsi
r tlie criticism
ulii'x has (lidih
li" President as
Rev. .1. E. SI uarl . pastor of t lie
ristian church, delivered a very
aide anil eloquent sermon yesterday
morning. II" was inspired by lb"
presence of the Odd Follows of Wil
son and the singing class from Hie
orphanage at Ooldsboro that filled
of the regular choir and
tin: music of tho service
efficient and impressive
the chairs
conducted
in a very
manner.
There was
an
American Killed.
ShiiiiKliHi, May 7. An American
was killed by the bandit who held
up a ShanKhai-Peklns eprcan train
near the Shantung border and car
ried off the 150 passengers early
yesterday according to a message
from Nlsliii but all of the women cap
tives including Miss Eury Aldircli,
sister-in-law of Jobu 1. Hockefeller,
Jr.. have been released.
The men still held aru said to be
in great danger. The message said
Hie bandits had notified the authori
ties that all the men among the for.
eigu captives would be killed un
less troops were withdrawn.
Waller llethea. col., is in the jail
here charged with the murder of
il'ele Fields another negro of near
l.iieania.
The murder occurred Saturday
j0 might about eleven o'clock at the
iioioe oi iiciucas iiiiuer. ii.. li. i.e
llica. on the farm of Mr. llcuaja
Scott.
The following story of the encoun
ter is told by llethea.
It seems that lietliea and a negro
named .lames Stevenson had an argu
ment snniolimc ago, and Fields and
a crowd of negroes met Hellion at
I.ucama Saturday night and tried
to get him to light, and lie! lien wal
ked away from the crowd and went
to his father's home. Stevenson and
Fields followed him and Fields had a
gun, and followed him into the
house. When Fields walked into lite
room, P.ethea walked into a back
room, and Fields still followed and
jumped on him. When he did llethea
shot and killed him. The case was
tried as two o'clock before Magis
trate! YV. C. Pearson this aflernoon.
At. this writing we have
not been able lo interview any of the
witnesses. Itellin went to Rocky Ml.
alter Hie shooting and was caught
there yesterday al the home of his
sister Mary Wiggins by Officer Lloyd
Lucas and an officer from Rocky Ml.
Walter lielhen, colored, charged
witli llrst degree murder was given
a preliminary hearing this afternoon
before .Magistrate W. C. Pearson anil
Tallahasse, May (!. .Jerry -np-1 to pass upon I ho
noli, oriiicinal witness against two! of this." is what
Suite. He didn't con
Henry Cabot l.od
the Senate l-'orcii-.ii
miltee, nor Sena, or
nor any of Hie oilier leaders. He
went ahead on his own judgment of1
what c m i 1 1 1 to ho done. I
'Since thai event .Mr. Harding has
had this independence of mind j
hroiighl home to him in a friendly
though critical spirit by some of
those who feed intimate enough to
discuss these matters with him. One
ma ii who is sa id to Ii
of some of I lie pa ;au
Miss McFadden and Miss Corralli bound over to court w ithout bond.
The lirst witness to lake the stand
was tjitecn Kll.i May McDonald, who
testified: "I saw Pete Fields sIhiiiI
ing in Hie door of the room, where
the other folks were: dancing. Tin
next time I looked nl Ihi' door Wal
ter had IVti' by the collar and had a
gun iu llis hand. Pete was pleading
with Walter not to kill him hut to
leave him alone."
"Walter was cussing and linally
pulled Pete into the room and shot
ihiin three limes. Walter limn left
London, May , A Reuters (lis- h(, r(Him , s.W )vi, ur(,r h W()S
patch from Shanghai says tho follow-1 sl() ,,,, , ,,.. ,s ,,.,.
ing Amuricuns wore on the train j someone took the bodv out of the
hold up by Chinese bandits near t he ,.,., uu, didn't see it again."
border. A. I,. Zimmerman, V. Haim- Eddie Mitchell, the next witness.
ovili h, 1. Friedmann, J. A. Ifi'tiley. jstati-cl: "I was iu the room where
1,. Solomon, Mr. and Mrs. l'iuger and they were dancing. Polo stood in the
wore released with Miss Aldrich the
report uddoir. Troops were pressing
Hit: bandits on both sides al latest
uihicea.
Peking, May 7. Robert Scripps,
the American newspaper publisher,!
is reported tun our the captives tak-j
en by (ho I rain bandits operating on.
theShtinlutig border. ,
Leon county officials iu the inves. i clared to ha
ligation iu the death of Martin Ta-.1"'1'" is w':""
bert, of Munish, North Dakota, al-M'ign Policy
leged lo have died in a private: con-: Without
vict camp in Florida as the: result I Hoover of ll
of brutal treatment, dii'el at. Quill-! any of the
cy. Florida, last night, it was learn-! Cabinet win
ed here today on the arrival of Mrs. reconcilable''
Poppell with llis body. Mr. Harding
Poppell's death was due to apo-iale the lolte
plexy, Dr. It. F. (loddard. of tJuin
cy, ( lie of the attending physicians
told the Associati'd Press tonight ov
er the telephone, Mrs. Poppell, how
ever, said that, shortly before ho died
lie luiillereil that he was poisoned
and she called attention to the fact
that he carried with him a bottle
of moonshine whiskey, of which he
drank freely. He had had the liquor
for several days.
Poppell was en route lo Pensacohe
to testify before a federal grand jury
in connection wit ha peonage case
developed during the investigation of
Tabi't't's death.
Circumstances surrounding Tu It
erl 'a death were tile subject of an
exhaustive legislative investigation.
As a result of the inquiry Sheriff
.1. It. Jones was ordered removed
from office by the senate, while Gov
ernor Hardee lias recommended sim
ilar action be taken against Judge it.
F. Willis of Hie conntv court. idiity
Mrs. Poppell said he rhiisbanel
was stricken suddenly just outside
of Quincy Friday night al a phec"
whi't'e they Intended to camp for I he
night. Suddenly lie fell from the
running board of the automobile
and exclaimed, "I'm dying." accord
ing lo Mrs. Poppell. llis features
swelled, she said, his mouth curling
to one side as if paralyzed. He wasieffecl. what Mr. liar
taken to a hosnilal and throughout having remarked. "
ycsliTilay vcimitecl given substances,
Mrs. Poppell said. He: was unionsci.
ems most of the lime, according to
the' widow, hut in one lucid Interval
inulloreil Hint he was poisoned.
eunsi'ioiico clie
lu'dieniy and in-
Id wish.
the test
Hughes
III court
attempt
edit ical expediency
'Jr. Hughes is ele-
0 said in substance "but
1 believe A nierii an for.
-.11(111 1(1 he."
consulting Seet'eta ry
lo P'o-li agile element or
oilier members of the
i lean toward tile "ir
' side of the argument
I rain-milted to the Seu
r of the Secrelarv of
ult Senator
chairman of
Relations Com
Junies Watson
li
Unrein!
a ware
I lard -e
few!
'ill to
would
point, the
s im pa i ience
i President of
rgod wiih I lie
foreign policy
:. and roe omoieiiil
proiocols for the
Senate lo act upon he should have to
submit each step lo the parly load
ers for I heir ad, iee 1 1 1 1 1 on the I rea
lies themselves hut Hie political ex
pediency thereof.
"I'm tired of bi'ing lobl I
consult this man and thai,"
Among
ing s speec
days befor
New York
ing thai lie w,
of the men in
think annul il.
President iwea
with the idea t
the I'nileil Stat.
i.-aaes in Mr.
tlie eel i I ens ;
1'1'esidelll wc
rkeil to Mr.
Sldeteil what
the Senate
A I this
clia
of devol
of the I'nil
ing treatii
Veloplllg II
d St.-lio..,
should In
shall b"
two children, J. P. Powell, Major
Allen with Mrs. Allen and child.
Miss L. T.vAldricli, Miss McFaclden,
Miss SchonTierg, Messrs. F. and 10.
F.lias and li. Oeiisburger.
;e
REVISED LIST OF
RELIEF DIRECTORS
There Will be a .Meeting of
the Board of Directors of the
Wilson Relief Association
This Evening at Eight
O'clock.
doorway and he and Walker was
talking I coitliln'l understand what
they said Hut Waller grabbed Pete
and pulled him into the mom and
shot him three limes. Waller left
the room and stood on the porch a
few minutes then disappeared.
"Some of the folks hail been drink
ing, but i don't think Pete and WaHiron
ter mm." i stale
vi:.tni:i:.
For Noil 1 1 Carolina, lair loniglil
ami Tuesday, little change in tem
poral uri', gentle variable winds.
nCUT.VIJOX TAX
ox ii:ox oi;i;s.
I llis,
that
on."
On still anolln
who on ios l he
President bin w
ordinate po-iiinii
purl moiits asked
w ore true I hat
with Secreiari
or Willi Poslmasle
Now before Ii" mai
commit him. -ell in
hug I
I'm t
uri and
llelil led
must
is in
quoted as
Id if I eio
if I eln
and so
I rain,
ed an
head.
sum
ellee
man.
I he
sub-'
Washington,
occupat ion lax
May 7.
on (he
Minnesota's
valuation of
There will be a meeting of tho
board of directors of the W ilson Re
lief Association this evening at eight
o'clock in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms. Kvery member is tx
pocled lei attend.
The following; Is a revised list of
the mumbera of tho board:
Klder H. H. Donny, President.
Messrs. Elmer Octtinger, V. Pres.
Edwin Warren, Treas Mrs. J. 10.
Ilarretl, (ieneral Sec. Mrs, 11. E.
Pillars, Recording Sue.
Messrs. T. A. Hlnnant, Cily Clerk,
K. F. Killed. Mayor, A. N. Daniel,
Chairman City Hoard. J. W. Dalley.
J'res. Chamber of Commerce, A. It.
Carroll K. M. llrldgcra, Pres.Kiwanls
Club, l')lck Grantham, l'res. Rotary
club, Mrs, A. A. Basye, Pres. wom
an's Club, Mrs. V. A. Lucas, Pres.
HusinesB and Professional Woman's
Club, Mr. J. Edward Woodard, Mr.
Thomua J. Hackney, Mrs, AV. T.
Clarji
Lester Harris teslilied: "I had a
truck at the house and 1 heard some-;
one say there was going to be a big'
fuss so I decided to leave. About the:
time 1 got Ihi' truck started I heard a
couple of shols tired. When we reach-'
ed the road somebody hollered for
us to wait for them. One of lite boys
on the liacU of the true:k said it was,
Walter lietliea, lie got on the Irucki
and told mo lo take him to Rocky
Mount and get there as quick as I
could, that he wanted me to gi'l him
there before sunrise. 1 told him I
didn't, have any gas and couldn't
take him there, but, ho said Ink" him
as far as I could. 1 tried lo pull the
primer to stop the truck hut it
wouldn't work and I tried again and
linally slopped tin: truck. Waller got
out and went on down the road and
as soon as he was gone I turned a
round and went back to Luciiina."
The next witness was Ed. Lewis,
who stated: "I heard Walter cussing
Pete and then heard three shots tired
quickly. When Pete and Walter were
fussing I'ete had llis hands In his
pockets. Several had been drinking
but 1 don't think. Pete and Waller
had, at least they were not drunk."
John Richardson said: "I heard a
yellow man offer Pete: a gun when
Pete: first came up to the house,
about ton o clock, the shooting no
cured soon afterwards. I heard the
shots tired but didn't see the shoot
ing. I saw I'ete after he was shot."
Several other witnesses were put
on the stand but their testimony
failed to bring out any other facts.
ores mined or produced in Dial
w as declared const il lit ional and
valid today by the Supreme Court.
lie of llle de
ll ihe Pre: idelll if il
lie had not consulted
s Weeks and Donhy
(loneral Harry
' up his mind lo
1 1 1 e world court
The President replied
ni" and that i he lirst
of his Cabinet knew of
except ion of Secretary
wlon the Idler to the
the world court was
i;X(il,AXII IIISAPI'KOVIOS
p.i ;p. i:tiox proposals.
London, May 7. - Croat llriiain
will dispatch a nolo to (lerniaiiy with
in .'!li hours expressing disapproval
of the latest reparations proposal
and urging (lerniaiiy to present more
practical and liberal solution of the
problem.
Wll.l. IX I'.STKiATi:
DEATH OF
MIT. NESS.
Tallahasse, Flu.. May 7. Kepre
scnlnlive Fn'd Davis of Leon slated
today that he would introduce a
concuring resolution iu Ihe house'
this aflernoon looking to an autopsy
on the body of Perry Popell, slar
witness in the Tulii-rt Investigation,
who died suddenly at Quiiicy Satur
day night.
I proposit ion.
that, il was I
the members
! il Willi the
Hughes was
Sen, He about
given to I lie pre--.-,
j "And wh should I consult these
j men." Ihe President is reported to
;hnve said. "I esleein Hiein highly
but I wouldn't he apl lo consult the
Secretary of Navy or the Posi master
(li'lieial on some development in Hie
! Deparimonl of Sialo and I do lie il see
i that there is anything unseemly in
j relying on each cabinet, ollicer (or
! rei'oin meiiiia I ion-- on llle mailers in
his department."
! The answer lo Hie lor
1 course, is i bat Hie w oriel
I posal is mil simply a I )!
egoitlg, of
court prn-
iniliinnl of
State affair but alfecls the Republi
can parly politically. If llieu the
Cabinet is lo render political advice,
tlie President erred in failing lo
consult bis colleagues. To admit
that the world court proposal is a
political subject is somel liing Mr.
Harding doesn't relish, lie has felt
(Continued on Page ol
STAMPS SOLD I'OK CHARITY.
Vienna, May 7. The Issuance' of
posluge slumps for charity, having
proved successful, is to be tried
again.
The postal department has brought
out a limited set of charity stamps,
In denominations from Kill to 1.
(MI0 crowns, printed on Japan pa
per signed by the designer and the
engraver, mounted in a handsome
album, and for sale to collectors at
six times their face value.
CLUB WOMEN
IN ATLANTA
Atlanta. Ca.. May 7. A cling
of the hoard of directors of the
Cioni'ral Federal ion of Women's
Clubs, delegates lo which are gather
ed here for their miil-biennial coun
cil was held today. The delegates rep
resent a membership of about two
million women and are from all over
the United States.
also ihe regular com
munion and the service was most
saiislailory and, one 'of tliouc: in
which il seemed the heart of Cod
and man met as we looked over
Ihe little ones bereft of parents,
eared for by the sturdy Christian
men of the world.
Mr. Smart paid his respects lo
Ihe Odd Follows who have under
ilieir care the orphanage at Colds
hoio, where the children left alone
in Hie world have been placed by
Heaven in good hands to rear and
ediieale, thai they may become use
ful men ami women, the very besi
work and the very best service lo
which any man or any organization
can devote their time ami attention.
Mr. Smart began his sermon by
saying that he personally, and every
nieirtlier of the church were delight
ed lo have the Odd Fellows will)
them and also the class from the or.
plumage, anil that Hie class would
have charge of the song service. The
music was very fine under the direc
tion of Mrs. Taylor accompanist
from the orpha nam.
Mr. Stuart spoke generally from
lite litis chapter of Hebrews, a won
derful chapter on faith. II describes
the way lh.it Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob David and others had failli
ill Cod and ri'i'eivecl llis blessings.
He used this lo illustrate Ihe faith
that the Odd Fellows hud iu Cod
and iu their institution, which en
abled 1 1i c -in with an eye of faith to
see tin result of their effort, and iu
their vision lo see those splendid
boys and girls making useful men
and women, an honor to Cud, the
church and the state. This is an im
mortal monument, which will last
through all eternity he said.
Dr. Stuart said that his opinion
Willi reference to organizations bad
greatly changed in the past few
years. At one time the though! the
church should cover the work of
service, anil helpfulness bit! since
lie had Holed Ihe splendid cffnrl put
forth by such organizations as the
Odd Fellows ami others, and filled
places that Ihe church could not
possibly tfll and said he wauled In
give I Inn. Hi" praise In which tiny
are justly due.
He then went into Hie nioaiiiur.
of the symbols, Ihe "All Seeing Eye"
and Hie Ihreo links, "Friendship.1
Love and Truth."
The All seeiim eye of Cod which
Ids nothing e.-cape Htm. lie make
up llis cslimale of men and of
groups of men, t heir designs and
purposes, and rewards according lo
the way in which Hieir hearts un
moved lo llolde deeds. The basic
commandment, "Thou shall Love Do
Lord thy Cod with all thy heart and
soul and strength and thy neighbor
as Ihysclf" is taken care of ill Ihe
splendid work of lliis great organ
ization. The symbol of llle Ihreo links
that bind our liearls togdher, with
Hie central link, "Love which holds
t ll i 'in logelher, and makes men of
one: common brot lo-rhood. was very
interestingly and eloque.'inly stress
ed. lie gave a number of illustrations
to prove the value of such an organ
' izatioii. Ho recalled an iiii idoiil in
, (he life of a man w ho had a ifc
, ii ml three children. The man lost his
w ifc, and I hen became ill, and losl
his position, and the home vas
niorlgageil, and later be died, and
the children were lltrown on the
resources of a cold and cruel world,
but not so. He was a member of an
; organization like this ami Ihe mom
lieru slaved around his house, waited
on him during his illness, comforted:
him and ministered in his wants, and
i when he was uneasy about the chil-i
dieii, Ihe members said, "Don't
worry about them, we have an in-1 t icm .
st it ul ion in which they will be cured I Tin
for. Could any thing be finer than
this'.' Could there be a filler -spirit
than this. Is there anything that will
appeal at a throne of grace, more
Ihaii this he asked'.' He proved it. by
quoting from the scriptures.
He thai glvdli a cup of cold wa-
ler in my name, who visits the
widow anel the orphan, will ho not
receive his reward. The scriptures
accent uali this in no little, degree.!
Take the work of the good Saniari
i,ii, e,, u-1,1,,1, el,,, UuvIm,,,, i,i.,,..ifi
,,,,,, ,,, ,,1,111, ,I1V. 111 IIIOL-I I.
referred.
No man can live by himself alone.
The people and the n&ttuna of the
world are so intimately associated in
Messrs. Arthur Ruflin and
Bryce Little Will Represent
Kiwanis Club, Rev Love, Mr.
Borden or Mr. Patrick Will
Represent Rotary.
The tennis teams of tin- Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs will hold a tour
nament al lie- f 'mi ii I ry Chih Wed
nesday alieriioou al l:.';u. The KL
wanis Club will bo represented by
Messrs. Arthur Rnllin and Hryce
Lillle. Two players will be selected
lrm Rev. F. S. Love, Messrs. Syd
niii' Honleii or li. L. Patrick to re-pre'-ent
Hie Rotary Club.
Mii'-h interest is being shown in
this muloh and doubtless are large
numbers of Rolariaus. Kiwanians
anu oinor lriencis will he present lo
witness the game's.
Repiesenialives from the Lions.
Kiwanis and Rotary (Tubs will form
baseball loams In play "inter-club
games here. It is understood the
teams will ho ready for play next,
week.
CONFESS TO
KILLING GIRL
Detroit, iMeh.. May 7. Max .No
vak. 111. and Edward Trzybylski. 17,
confessed loday the police announcc
'tel (hat Ibcy killed lleln Vesh 17,
in a vaeanl lot hero late Saturday
night choking her when she
their advances.
They an
girl on Ihe
said lo have
street.
resist i
accosted the
(.Oi l I RS OATH PR
AT
PI V Ell I P.ST.
EXPERT ON PRISONS
Dr. Hart Will Probably Take
Part in Investigation of Pris
ons in North Carolina;
Sweeping Reforms Have
Been Instituted in a Number
of Southern States Accord
ing to Dr Hart; Conditions
in Mississippi Are Said to be
the Worst J
Wlm,. Plains, N. V., May 7. Pre
diction of a now era in which the:
Sunt hern .-tales would lead the coun
try in Ihe humanitarian treatment
j of prisoners was made today by Dr.
Hastings Hart, a member of the lttts
sell .Sage foundation and former pre
sident of the American Prison Asso
ciation iu announcing that, he
j might accept an invitation to in
vestigate prison conditions in North
I Carolina.
I Mr. Hart who has investigated
; prison conditions in various south
; I'm slates notably Alabama, Mis
souri, West Virginia, Florida, South
i Carolina and Virginia declared that
in a large number of these states
there had boon sweeping reforms.
Alabama and South Carolina have
: clone more in the last few years to
: hot ler condii ions I han any two
stales iu the union.
1 Tin North Carolina slate pi'iiiten.
Hay and the jail at Durham lie said
i are about the average. The convict
lease system recently at lacked ill
Florida is the result, of the novei'tv
i of the soul hern states after tho
i war.
Slaves Dr. Hart continued were:
'treated by the nwnirs like valuable!
1 horfes but tin attitude under the
: convict lease system js if Viill
cine convict we can get another. .The
, road cage one of ihe greatest evils
lot' the lease system, Mr. Hart said
, is fast disappearing.' It was in this
cage he added that convicts spent
the night and conditions closely rn-
isenibling those of Siberian prison1.
, camps. Conditions in MississippiV
were worse than other stages he had
: investigated.
j There. he; dei 'lured murderers wl'ie?
! hud been sonle'iioed for life acted as
'guards and were armed with hich
of these mur-
I'iu. hiir.-l, .May li. -Colters lreini
country clubs of the two Carolinas
are assembling here tonight for the
annual loiiriiamonl of the Carolina
Coif association. Teams from most
nl 111" North lat'oliint edlllis sincl llnmoreil rilled If
no iii me iiiiei- .-Mima ( aroiina cluiis ! cierers killed h fellow convict who
armed during the clay and thelwas trying to escape the murderer
emu lesion, v., team lieade'i ' tiv
Lii'Uleiiaut Commander E. K. Pat
ton is expected ill the IllorniiiL
those who registered to
day are .Miss Dorothy
Fred M. I'axion, both o
and holders respectively
man's and men's lilies.
iotg"t- and
Charlotte,
of the wo-
COLORED MAN
WAS INJURED
Alh.-ri Kim., colored, an employe
of Hi" Express Company, suffered
severe injuiies abnui noon today
whdi he atlompted i jump from an
Allamic Coast Line iiain near the
stalion here and fell under he
was granted a, pardon according '1o
Hi. Ha.fl. Dr. Hart said the New
Kilhy penitentiary at .Montgomery
is in better condition than Sing
Sing prison. At Columbia, S. C, are
two prison farms, a state industrial
school for whites and a negro re-
lorm .school he said. Since ho
dueled an investigation there
years ago I hey have been
ported by the slate and
nmg to pay liac km results the mon
ey expended on them.
con-two
well sup-
are begin-
I A THKIl I OR THE WEEK.
Raleigh, May 7. For Smith At
lantic and East Cull' Slates: Cener
ally fair with temperature near or
slightly below normal.
llis h
I h" n
fool was ha
hod injurm:
1 1 1 ' crush
about the
After
hrd
il pliysii ia
Ihe man
y .Mount.
is had roudei'
was taken
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! UNCI E JOE HAS
His Eighty Seventh BfrU.day is
Celebrated by His Final
Homecoming from Congress;
Will Rest F ern Now on
Wilson Was Being Favorably
Considered as Next Meeting
Place of Federation, But
Raleigh Was Anxious for it.
Wil'ou almost suci led in .sc
ouring Hie next meeting of the Fed
eration of Women's Clubs which will
convene next Spring. The invitation
In the Federation lo meet next year
in Wilson was extended by Wilson
at Ihe last session of the Federation
eonvi'iiiioii which closed Friday iu
Winston. Salem, am( cine recognition
was given the invitation. However.
Raleigh was especially anxious lo,
entertain the Federation as Mrs.
Palmer .lermun of Raleigh had jusl
been elected preside!! I , and Wilson
delegates approved Raleigh's in, na
tion and this invitation was ai'cept
' 'il- Put il was generally n ndersl ood
: lli.it hlid il no! been thai Raleigh
I'Xii'tided a special invitation Wilson
1 would have been la-lecleil as the
next, itii'i-ting place for the Fedora
Wilson delegates lo the Fed
eration have returned home. These;
delegates were Mesiliimes Eugene
Davis, president of the Wilson ilnhj
P. I,. Woodard, It. H. Pal lerson, IP
C. Connor. Jr., .1. ,1. Clark, ami Miss
Mary llaclley Connor. j
Danville. III.. May 7, "I'licle Joe"
Cannon w ho serv-d Congress through
two goncralions wiih a record and
display of personality that lias made
bis name ami black cigar as well
known to se hool boys as In politicians
today is ci'lehraling his S7lli birthday
and his home coining from his final
session of Congress.
Joseph Carney Cannon for years
autocrat of ihe Republican party as
speaker of Ho house is going to rest
for the remainder of his life. Ho is
going to sotiie down in Danville, ait
back in an eas chair in his homo
and let a younger man take his placo
in politic-. r
'I'lnliT Joe'" bn his return homo
from tin, last sc'Ssiwi said, "! am
tired. I'm gning. lome to rest..,".-
I'RHCEAM
roi:
Tin:
EVEMNU. ',
every way thai
I'd. Wc cannot
a shell siti.l kiiv'i
til (lo Willi III
we must be intorcsl-
draw ourselves into
we will have nolhing
rs. We must help
them and comfort them, and place
the orphan children on a level with
those more fortunate, otherwise we
are not doing our duty to them, and
this is what these God blessed Odd
Fellows are doing. ') ,.
Mis. I.iiIh l,ovci.,;:'l Shop,
bard il Salt Lake ltj, I tali
will speak tonii-iit lit K '''
(lock at the Mist, Methodist
chui'cli on "Tho Mormon
Menace."
The boa ci I of directors of
the Wilson Relief Association
will meet this ivriiiii(j t
eight o'clock in the Chamber
of ommci'ce I'oooi.s,
Program, ul the Wilson
theater, Dorothy Phillips in
"Unci icane inl;" a, l wo reel
comedy ; ITank Cornell's
vaudeville company.
I'rogi'iuu nl. Princess thea
ter, Eugene O'Brien In
"Worlds Apart;" "Around
the World In Eighteen Days"
featuring W'ni. Desmond. ' '
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