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i - i fllMES Jlbll.-l.rJ Twiae tk Week by USE K U. GOLD l'l Itl.lSHINU CO Jumn d. Oui.n iacered at the Pw-tom. at V. ilsou, V -'., as Seconal claea luia.ll u. oiler. Css Ytir f-U iluUlb Fout lubtlik 51 bu .71 .Id A VHtv i k i: i 1 1 1 1: im k It is v-ry .tith.uli ui iiml'-i -i.im; tile illelalge llii.u.iliil -LiU-incnl , lull i-st in.tlit a a. l.-.i.l lli i. p. .n ill1 , Clt-lk HlUll.ilil I c-.il illlitl Itll i ill Lodgd e fii cii-atl. uiini-f.---i.-ii Vital its cWli-MN ami till- lii.lllliei V. ita w huh u n .i- pi. . lite, I in tin lioaitl ul Aldei li... a tin than appro v.ii, .iinl to tin- ni.pl.- lui- iiit-ir in ioriiilttllili II I- hlii-T ll'lllali!-: llil.il iiiiil Ion. Which l-l.-ll I II U. -II . ho.tl.l carefully peraise. and llunii mcr. i.ilii in I li : I liny l.-atii In mnlei t;i nd i-1 1 1 ap,ia-eiac. I li- ii-i v -. ni.i.iuiclil i i;i:l splt-inl lit iii.i1i.im .1 am ih win. I. Vie live, a Hi tli.ii n ii- aini ,.,u trois all ot ii- utilities ,,ii, I In- Hi. Stiiailtst liuiiiti il in,!. i,i -,in -ss ,,t am town in the slut.-, when tin- value of hs iru.-rt i- .mi i.i.-i.-il The luu lax law- t.f Wil-uu i.i.l.i 58 cents. ,-.,ijiii, t-nl it-ell in in. iconic mi the iiul-itlt- as ii.ll as tt, Uie people lit W ll-oli ll l- remark ed IllHill li llliis,- ul,,, coma- l.i Wll hull to In. all-, au.l will, .,niilt- ,,,ii,-r witii uliii-h in I in ii u,.- wlit-.-ls ui list i . in- l,av- here all i In- t.i.-i li(ies witli which h, Imil a . ny. ami we Bill litiw- mi.- ill lln- inrs'.-si in linn stall- in tin- v.nr-. i,, .-min-. Ii will lit' t lie lull, ..I I In- l.ii-!ii in terests ut Kusla-ln Xui-ili I'.n i.lina. Wilsuii is ah., lull ii nit.- in limine !i (."it y Clerk in il,, p.-imiii nt Mr. Hllllllllll. hill- . -.l t:- lir lias s.-l'lftl :li- town taithfulli and well, an, I limuis the town 1 1, mi i,n- -inl in iln- other tnd u uls tin- t'iti I'. ul,. -is in a-i.-rv luldiTtalun.". 11. is nut milv iis l-)i-rk, lull li- is alsn il; titiallrt.il agent, anil handle- all ,, its nun. I !.Ml-s, ,lli, ill-ii 1 111 l Mill, I,,,. , rc.l HOI'S ut' tilt- city. ill'. II iiinn in s ri-t iiiiin ii.iai inns legal ding Mil- liiiiU-i-t. ami Hut i- pelltlitiires slial! l- ;.,-i,t uiiliin the budget ait in ih,- in-In In,.- ,,t things. Nil uiit- know?, inn, Ii "trouble it is t.i si,.-iiiI ini.ri- il,.ni is .loritetnpluled llian he. I . r ultile othei's mav iln tin- spending ih-. man who has tu ui it witli in i s in ! tin money is the iiiir ,,i, v. h.iiu iln- bur den falls. i.tv i; a ri in ivhi.ist. It Is refreshing In null- thai money is cheap in this slait-. an, I ti,,l in Kaieigh a loan was ina.li- by tin fiiy at probably tin- lowa-st late ul' interest ever mail.' in tins stale. The loan was mu.lc by a mi vines hank, anil this means Ihal dunur the summer time wlnn inuiit-y is sh, lloseil to he ill ili iiiauil in iliis set Hon of the country, that tin haul. Mas seekini'. a way tu place it ; iie funds. When a saiini's haul; lias hh niv ut money to len.l it nut mily iin ans the section is il osnl mis, Inn it also means that the averai'e iiulii iilual is ' prosperous, tor the Mivinrs uf the community repi i-ent almost invari ably the niuiiey of the work ill'-' anil middle classe- SOMFTHIVti (,(i(il) is i. a i oi.i.irm: Senator La Follette may be social Jstic a rial 'iiintiiiinirtic in his make up, but be shows that in- is in funr of the ordinate proce; -a s of lav, and order in "nnounciiit' ihat h i-- op. posed tc Ihe methods of "le Ku Klux Klan in endeavoriiig to regu late the 1:. ni , Ij.. i ,! and '.:i', i prr t t he in alter I u. ir i ,v;i w a of thinkiiiR. mill a a t, i. their ;:a-:-1 ui'.'. There is alwavs i,o e for eve: party and every organization and all citizens, if in the order of then thinkirg they cling in the will of the majority, and in ihat way abide by the rule that the other fellow has rights as well as they. if we should have government by cliiiiies and clans it is well lo n r.iember that the same cause ihat makes n clique or a clan think .thai the country need- regulating, would ' rauRe some other cli.ine or clan to leel that the a foresaid clan also needed regulation. This has been proven in a number of communities where the Klan existed and exerte-l an ii.tliiencc. The leaders of tip. Klan In dialing; wtih themselves have deinrnsl.r:ii"d the fact thai iln v are not i-.hovi r-'proach and Iiav, s', far not been able to control iheni fcelves and lo that extent thai they tsnnot control others. , Every individual and every col lection of individuals should, about ?very week at least, turn the mirror on himself and analyze hitiself. by asking the quest ion. w ould I b" (absolutely fair should my interests 1 and prejudices be at stake? L'nUi that time comes, which will he some time in the millennium, when the saving principles of our Lord have their sway over men, will we be 8hle to do as He did, namely, to I make a complete sacrifice for our i fellow in an . and love for Him and His cause. Until that time arrives yve shall be compelled to follow the law, that j natural barrier which prevents us from imposing and transgressing Upon the rights of others. GOVERNOR MORRISON'S PORT SPEECH Governor Morrison has given to the people of North Carolina a very good reason why this state should develop its ports and the reason is vry ably stated in the Times this afternoon, in which we reproduced bis address delivered at the opening of the special session of the legisla ture this morning. Governor Morrison at length foes Into every phase of the ques tion and treats it'in a masterly way. JH shows that some of our folks gasp ti eight million dollars expenditure lor p.,rt iwvelopment. and stand i.tlv hr while the railroaiU propose to in crease the rates into this siat by ten inillioiis dollars annually. Xoitli ("arolina is alreadv speml iii! : ".a, iiini, nun aniiually for nut' t,t jt we are payins iwelvc millioii tirs iin. re tor freight than am sla t in tlo- i.niou with eiiual luliiiaiic. fcVe are pavinn prohahli iwi-iili in Uu iliillais inure per year than Vile. m., which has much low. 1 I i ii-lit latt .- th.au this staU-. and uhull hi leasuli of these l.ltes i--. n.litit tivitiht Uito our slate an '. ,.1-u b lt.isoii of these low rates u iiii.ierselluii', our in. 'i, hams ami hn-ir.es- men. tin (.ucin.,r talis aiitiiiltin to I he l.i.t that the interests on blind wiil mil amounf to more - : -2 imi ii per year, and the char- at the ports will pay this intes'. char, t and also provide n sinlcv-' fan I Mai,v pt opie i'.i-p at this, av v t. il.ey will pav when the new raiV !,,a I rat.-.- no into etfeel some twi ti ll millions dollars more than otheci sl.i! ill,, le payini.' and that u h. r- til. in w, should pay. In Tin r ids liU Ih. tariff we pay and not inplaiii because we do lint se, ii. and .t il is leeching the finan cial blond finm our bodies lint it -otiie mi. shuuld kno. k them down and lake ii from their io. kets tic. wuuld understand In other words ihe separation is so painless that i du.-s ii ui hurl eccp! in a deplete. I on, kt-t bunk, and yet hii'.b 1 1 i i e I, rai. all'. , I .-very man. woman it, I child in the stale. Th- consumer i, i,s iii,. iroh'ht. and n falls ,n i!c-i,ii-ines- man. fariimr maniitaci in, i a: w.-ll a- all our people. The railroads earn a hither mile am in (hi- -late than any other il Hi. en inn. and vet iln v are canon.) liio' with the Interstate ('oinmeic i uiii in i ss ion and the Virginia Cities 'o chari-'e more, and simply In. ails' lie Will let tllelll do it. We will Iln np'-:i our ey.-s as oilnr suites hnve done, that have spout millions upo'i i heir pori terminals anil think ii i i i.'ond invest inent. The Covernor says that when h appeared bel'ore I he lniersiate Cum mer, ( oiiimis-ion ill his pl.adin.'i ,u rail cases from this stale that tin railroads insisted there was nn water , mi. pel il inn iii this state, and when' eiir water front was pointed out and iir naviiiable streams, they replied that was nut potential water eomp" Htioii. because we hail no bal line; in oilier words Ihe railroads had pit : I in1 boat lines out of business. The members of the leL'islatui-1 c ill have an opportunity to discuss ins question and examine it in ev i ii iiav. They will have expert ail , i, ,- and Ihe experience of other cit ,, - and cullliuullities. We believ, .itiei th.v have examined il care- lull, tbei will conclude that North ' 'audio. i has sintered for years frot.i l ln lad that our people have not iiitot uied themselves on the Hllbjea". M l. HIA. THE l.M VII.EKS The world regrets lo learn that Major Ma. Lari'ii. Ihe brave, itritish tiiator attempting a flight round II: world, was compelled to give up llii'hl. The major, who was on third attempt to circle the glob.' 1.1 in an airplane, met wiih many dis i uiirafeineiits. He had several acci d. uts and nine if it had not been for il.. aid loaned by the Americans Ah.n his plane was damaged tic liiilish. i' would have been forced lo qui! several weeks ago. Tin- Americans, the Japanese and the Canadians have all assisted Ma' l.aien and, in fact, gave him inor-' , I., nil in gi iiulii than he received Iioiii his home government. It is a h-, I, rv lo us why ihe liritish gin--' i linn-ill did not give the Hritish ill . ,iui mute assistance in his brave and worthwhile task. If the govern on nl had given su llii-ieiit aid in his la: I mishap MacLaren might have bet n able lo continue his jnimiev. When a man furnishes his skill and courage in an epoch making entei piise it does seem that his govern iiieiil would Ii- willing lo aid. The American goverjiment has certainly slooil behind her fine air men who are about to complete their ruuiid-the-wnrld trip. Lieut. Wad", t Ii 1 1 ni c Ii no fault of his own. losl hi", airplane in a wreck in the Ork neys and now a plane is being sent to Nova Scotia so that Lieutenant Wade may return hoin ' in a plane in .inpany with the other two air planes which, it seems certain, will successfully complete their flight a round the world. Every American, we are sure. s proud of the lad that the Allien,,, ,i govern mem encourages its brav.' men and offers assistance to thoce pioneers who are willing to risk their lives to accomplish sucu achievements as the round-thi-wom! ilia c- are accoinplisliiuK- WE HAVE GONE FAR ENOI (ill Tip' matter of furnishing power te neighboring towns came up last evening, uud Commisisoner Wood aid remarked that we have gone fiir enough in that direction. Th" Times agrees with him. The power plant is furnishing power to the surrounding towns in this county and some in the adjoin ing counties, but the plant is now of sufficient size, and bond issue is sufficently large, and after this ex tension there should never he any further additions to the plant exceiu to give the people of Wilson mor" power for the purpose of buildim this city, and furnishing power at as low rate n possible, that Indus tries may be attracted here. It is understood that the Southern Power Company and the Carolina Power Company lose a great deal of power and greatly increase their ov erhead by reason of the fact that much power is lost in transmission over a wide territory. Besides the upkeep of lines on th-? outside is great. Wilson is not In the business to make money out of her plant, but to supply Wilson with adequate power that the plant may be instrumental in building the city. The rate for both power and lights should be as low as possible ui only sufficient 1 charce for service should he mad- to retire its bonds at maturity, main tain the plant, toiiethur with a small sum set aside lor t'onTinttenl exp. n se. The mer plant has been ketipiiiii doc n the tax rate in this citv. and that is Well as far as i t'oi-s. but it the plain is to hi, Id ilowi, the ta rale ;u,,l at t lit; same time chai s'e -o Hindi tu- power as tu uiaue limit? e,eii.s,s luiih and pre t lit Uldu-ll ies V llsoil bet alist do. - M ri.15 ' iale.W..w .,s p Ur'.i.S is 10 bilihl 1 eoplr all the .1.1 Hum itiuiins! to if iii: h lates what We sluillld cut the ,.-slide for the main ,i i'it i . and e ive our antiU'i'S possible tl tile h.lt co-t. lllalioil. biisllit-s The Tllne- is. anoihi r tow i, to That will add iio;- 1.IX revenue. uitniseil in adding Hie list of those al- Iv h. i, c 3 il II, shed liower. We should i online ui iitsehes to the mi ni, and us.- the iu- bliildltii' ot W ll -ell poll, r lit uow have to Imild- illl' llii- t-.t. If Ml keep additl-' towns to the lisl. mi1 to ih- plant with p,,. i. and in Will keep adll- luriiish them If will be no end ),t i' hi awh.l. petises II. ide thill will soon and utter mi pay ex- In he top heavy . I ii iii cease to ev and lb. re will lie ii'itiilion ataiiist u.i.iiicii'al ownership. It is all ri" hi tor pr.iate plants to reach i, ut. hul n is not rip lit for the city In i'n in;., an eMeii-iive business of upidi .n-' poll. 1- In all the ueiehhoi in coil 111 rv. ill VI lUNhl it s ,l' i Tlu. .1 In1 a u ii in . uili" at the i' picnic ul liv Mr. Ilai--111 kl lit' Colli T: - II 1' Ce. t hll lllll bel- ul' spe; ih'lll'blflll Sillt r I. a I,, 1!'- of !h. I p. i ii v. t ha t her last 'it In ' pi',. II I'.tan pit hit s become all V.-ll limed. We i profession thai I each other hel- ' v. il Ii one ainil her IS caliliol in slioiild nn I. i . and c lllole , I 1 1, uf utir ,ui, The ban sponsible i i -1 ; liera . ntli il, an tin- bankers II p.v I lie t'l-.iMi a liv other must l'e iiiaiei'iiil class of wiihoi in, i standpoint lb, bus iness ii T! hold their i-i-.i iln l ii In -i lit 1 lit" -il. 'I hey inn its million bl.ii'd of I h, , oiuiiiiit retard or a, -eel, rat If n.uii- dot s nn: i ir Illllllill la in- ii 'idi-- l eu la te I he enm- ati.l l.t'COllieS lines the Will III I Slll't lids itself , -uiii iii ii nit v. a nd aiieaiiiic. v. hi!e if rich en i r. n. y bin t:vt the body ,,!' Il III.' pillelies:' uf n chahi'.-s iii i lb,- war of optimism. There is tin llle.-e in M'liinsin in iud.lv i nlul'ol tabl. in.K I ban iiKiney a halance in t In ll Ihe pocket and bank, and as the blood ai la Ilia t ,s ill I lie iiietcia! inter. -nurse, n ysit'in of com ma kes all in- dustry In. a k up and v.e can sav with truth thai lime- are bet ler. and I he condition of the country is excellent. Ilul to take .-are id' tliemsolvo; and oilier.- ami ihe cuiiiiounity a well, requires rai n guild j n. It- ineiit, a large knowledge of conditions bo! li nationally and al luune. and the rel ative inJJ ueiicc these Condi! ions have upon the ruin ii mi - and its business relations with Ilia- niusi.1.- world. Some bankers may ha. ion conserva tive. Some may he ion liberal an I we means as far as ihe ciiinmunil v is concerned. So an organization with its exchange of ideas, ami ida-als and its cxdiaui'o of knowledge covering all the ramificnt ions if their business, and its connection with the progress of Hie ciiuimuiil' .' as a whole, is vital to Ihe cod healUi of Ihe i oiniiiiinitv, and the flow ot good rich comnier. ial blond into th. veins of the community. We Iriist an organization may he shortly effected. The I, auks of Wilson have organized a Cleariin; House Association. Let all the hani.s of the cniintv form mi organ ization, and keep in .lose touch with cadi other and wnh tin Urn community. This article is not int criticism of the banker to us in watchiii!' ilm Utah's of I'ndi d as a Ii seems course of events thai no more deeply it of people could b" ii'iesieil. or mole vitnllv concerned, or plav a la raw part in liie affairs of this counirv. Oln of the best ami farthest de veloped in tin. world than mn bank ers, who are hroailiuindeil. sen: ibl" men. of rare good jiidj'iiienl and , business in IllUen. ItllMlS NOT LHtlll SHAPE Chairman Henry Lane at Ihe re i fittest of a number uf citizens of the lower Sara log roads of ihat purls they a shape. lie Messrs John I Sc. I hill w ent live' t lie sei I inn tuiliiy, ;i ml re-a- not in the best of was ar.uiiipanieil by Kaghs and Will Has... The school iU'oiis of the Saratoga led attention lo the fad that till' school Ifi iiis could not be run over the lough paths in that section, and .Mr. Lane told the peo ple Hint it would be heller to have one main highway tliruiigh that sec tion, and let the children in, el tie trucks on the highway. Mr. Lane hopes lo give siiini' re lief in the early fall. SIDE LIGHTS ON THE Tul'.Ai co MARKETS lily 11. W. Mc Farland) Fairmont. N. ('.. Aug. S.-- Since the Lady Nicotine inniinled her 1 throne Tuesday in SeuUi Carolina and the horderiiu' Xoiili Carolina .Markets lor lit r short fign of some thing like six weeks, many eyes have scanned the papers for news loitch ; ing the prevailing prices of the weed. Nearly every one hail read about the heavy rains this summer, not . alone in this belt, but in almost the entire bright leaf belt, which caused , great damage to the growing crop, i washing the leaf of its gum and i making it inferior in quality. Nearly all the markets reported heavy sales on the opening and still heavy sales at this writing. Some of them ' wir ed in" averages. Good Intentions to be sure, but those who have fol lowed the trail of the tobacco mar kets for years know how utterly im possible it ia to get an average, by merely looking at the sales, with prices ranging from $4 to $40 and 200,000 lbs. on the floor of every i - THE WiLSON TIME po-sihle description. Il is for this nason ihat your rorrc-pon.lent made no "guess" and wired it to von; preferring to wait and give you actual figures as to the averaue That your readers may understand the relative po-itioii Fairmont oc cupies to the tobacco world, will you permit ns to say. it is cine of ihe lartest markets of the South Carolina belt and we take ii the figures existing here as to averages are fully in line with the other mar ket. Tlie B.tual sales on this market -sit.ee tin- opening, to date are, Tuesday, Ails 5th. 215. US lbc. average $13.18. Wednesday. Ann 6th. l:)il.Slt lbs. average $14. US. Thursday Aug. 7th. 1S2.11S lbs. averane fH.ali. While these figures mirht indi cate an advance in prices, it is not ihat. The quality of ihe offerings are just improving. When all of the bot tom primings are sold, without the prices acumlly aihainiiig the aver age will gradually creep up. These same I'lound primings which con slituud over thiee-lourths of the sale, would not have hr'utgiit last season Ihis time within twenty-five peici nt or more, of what ihey are now bringing, on the few grades of good tobacco that is now bein marketed, the prices arc ruling no higher than they were last year. The following table will lonvjey koine idea as to prices on the various era des: Coiiion H u ill I Primings Vf to flood io medium priming? $T i l -i. Cood lo medium Smokers $12 f 17. Medium Cullers $2o. to $25. Cood Cullers f 25 to $:ifi. Itest Leaf tirades to $17. In closing this article we desin $7 to to to say ihat ive have never been on a more orderly market or better con ducted market than Fairmont, lis three firms of Warehousemen. Chambers ,i lieeves. K. .1. Davis ii Sous and Nelson, Neal ,v .tones, while each are working lo sell all the lobaico they can lor their own houses, yet each life working for. the interests of all, to the end that in the near future Fairmont, wiih I its il. ii hi,- sales and a company's buy er on each, may become to this hell what Wilson is lo eastern North Carolina, what Winston-Salem is lo the did Melt and what Danville is1 to the lobacco bell of Virginia. Britia hRel'ort Denie) the Rob j bery Motive in the Slaying j of Mrs. Evans. Mexico City, Aug. fi Federal forces under General Ho'uerio Cm.'., Child' of Military Operations in thn . Stale of I'euhlo. today began the dis i armament of volunteer and agrarian ! forces raised during the recent revo lution. The disarmament was be gun in Hie district of Sun Martin, a! Texinelucali. where Mrs. Hosalie Kvans. American born widow of n liriiisli subject, was killed and rob bed by a hand of unknown persons on Saturday night wln-n in route to Iht hacienda. While Ihe disarmament campaign, begun upon special orders from President Obregon, is proceeding, a : pecinl court of inquiry continued invest igations into charges that as I aria ii elements with whom Mis. Evans had long been nt war were re i potisible for the robbery and niur tiei . These elements had heen urg ing the expropriiit ion of the Evans harieiida for communal lands and an i.gricullural school. I'uder the general direction of Cosine Zafra Nava. Attorney General of Pueblo, Attorney Miguel Marque. Gamboos, Superior Court Justice, acting as a special inquiry Judge, and Attorney Francisco Vazquez spe'ial representatives of the De partment of .1 ust ice, today viewed ihe scene of the murder. They questioned the hacienda employes a? well as more than seventy agrar ians, mostly Indian farm workers, who were arrested yesterday at vari ous villages throughout the llnejo'- zini-o district in which the Evans ranch is located. Further arrests of those who 111:1 v hi able to throw light upon tic tragedy ara. expected. There is no confirmation of reports that four .'U'lurinns have been killed bv mounted police from Pueblo, undid' oidars of General Honorato Teiiti. who have been conducting a searc'i ' for Mrs. Evan's assailants. The in vestigation is being conducted a loin; lilies suggested in statements of nil -nierous residents of the Huejotzingo (listri.'t to the effect that the slay ers of Mrs. Evans had hnen seen to depart from the village of Tiunguis manaleo and that they consisted of agrarian followers of former State Deputy Manuel Montes, agrarian leader in that region. .lohn Strauss, manager of the Evans hacienda, who wus wounded at the time his employer was killed, has declared that he was unable to rive the number of the assailants. He is said, however, to have Identi fied one of them as a man living in the vicinity. According to advices from Piihla, where Htrniws Is bein1; treated at a hospital, he said that the assailants mode a rush for the 1 mone'y sack containing 2,000, pesos. ' which were being taken to the t hacienda to meet a payroll immedi ately after the shooting. Other charges which the special court of inquiry is sifting include ' one to the effect that Mrs. Evans re cently had a serious quarrel with one of the agrarian leaders over a . division of her wheat crop, part of i which, it is asserted, the leader hart demanded for the agrarian workers. Rodrigo Gomez, Keeretary of the National Agrarian 'Party, issued n statement today denying that formor riAGRARisio . 1 IN EVANS MURDER Deputy Monte- iuj any knowledge of ir connection with the attack on Mrs. Kisns. Monies, it was uiid. has been in Mexico City for Ihe past fifteen days defending his claim to a seat in the National I'hemher of liepnties in which he .asserts he was eliiied from the Huejouing.i district at the last ela'ction. Itiui-li l(a poll Itvnia-. Ilolilx iy. London. Ana. U. -The Hriiishl Ambassador in Washington has heen iiiloiuied by his government that the Mexican government should be made to realize its responsibility for the ( tranic death of Mrs. Kosulie Evnn. slain near her ranch on Saturday, , Prime .Minister .MaoDonald iledarpd in 'he House of Commons this after noon, answering Patrick Joseph , "Henry Haniion who ashed whether 1 further information had been re ceived from the American Embassy in .-.leinico City. Mr. Ma. Donald oui lined the ac tion which the American embassy had taken and added that a claim for suitable rompensation would etrr lainly he niiide in due course of time. The Prime Minister said that the liriiisli Consul C.eneral at Mexico ; City had informed him that a Hril- ! isli Legation officer, sent lo the ranch lo investigate the rTime, tad ; reported that the aioiive was noi robbery, but that the Mexican -Gov- : eminent was acting iiioirgeticaliy and had made a number of arrests. Tin' Legation officer said that le' I was being given all facilities for his 1 imiuiry. PORT BILL WILL UNDERGO REVISION CITY FATHERS MET ; I l inT rur-iimn Bill is Understood to Contain a Provision for -a Referendum at the November Election. Itiilaii'h. Aug. S . It became known yesterday the ship and water transportation hill, drawn by Attor ney General .laiin-s S. Manning will probably be revised before introduc tion in the General Assembly an 1 1 lit- prophecy was made ihat th1 bill will mil be offered iiulii Mon day. The hill is understood to contain a provision for a referendum at the general election in November and that action was foreshadowed in litnlemeiils by Senators Charles V. Harris, of Wake, Joseph A. Hrown. of Columbus, and Emmet II. Hell-liny, of New Hanover, who have been selected to sponsor Ihe measure in the upper house and all of whom personally favor direct action by the General Assembly. The practically unanimous predic lion of action of referendum, re gardliss of personal views, was greatly strengthened by the state ment of Senator W. Lunsford Long, president pro tempore of the Senute, thai he will support a referendum. "Personally, I believe in represen tative government and ordinarily 1 am opposed to referendum but in this ruse 1 see nothing else to do" declared Senator Long. "We are meeting in special session and our successors have already been nomi nated and 1. shall vole to submit IhiV measure to the electorate," he declared. Senator Hrown, who is a member of the commission recommending the legislation, deflated that, per sonally he has no objection whatever to a referendum and will Interpc.aC 11011 though prepared to vote direct ly for the legislation. Senator Bel lamy, the other legislative member of the commission, declared he per sonally favors direct legislative a.' 1 i a an , but predicted that the referen dum will prevail. "1 hope I am mistaken but I think the measure will be beaten by th- people by 11 majority of 75,000" de clared Senalor . Hellatiiy.. "I sa-e nothing to do. In view of the Governor's recommondaotion, but ask for a referendum," was th-3 view of Senator llarriso. All three Senators had intendfi'l conferring yesterday afternoon but were prevented by the exhaustion of the Chief Executive folowing his ad dress to the General Assembly. Many anxious inquiries were received at the Mansion and at the Capitol yes terday afieruoon but the governor was able to hold conferences with the friends of the bill last night. The hill drawn by the Attorney General was submitted to the Ship and Water Transportation Commis sion Wednesday afternoon but no positive action was taken by thut body, most of whose members left for their homes after listening t.i the Governor's address yesterday. Senator Hrown slated he would ask for changes before introducing the measure but would not specify the nature of his objection. How ever, the senator is known to strong ly favor the whole program of the commission. The bill submitted to the commission provided only for port terminals and ships. There has been a suggestion of a separate measure providing for an East to 1 West railroad but this was not pre sented to the commission. II IN TABBDBO Firemen Staged Fiive .Meeting in Tarboro Last .Night ; Very Enjoyable Meet; Several Fine Talks. Approximately two hundred fire men of Wilson, hocky Mount, Nash ville, and Tarboro, braved th terri fic downpour ot rain last evening and traveled to Tarboro lor the first meeting ot the Quadruple Allianoe staged this summer The jueetin? one of the most enjoyahle siaped simT the organization had hem i formed, was marked by the spirit of ' good fellowship that prevailed through the entire meeting. The Rocky Mount Department, under the stuidaJjoe of Chief Mahry, ' took their usual part in the event, by issuing invitations to all depart ments to havp their men meet in Hocky Mount at 3 oYolck and attend the Hocky-Mount Wilson hull game as the guests of Oie Rocky Mount company. At least fifty members of the various departments aceept d the invitation and were in atten dance at the game yesterday after noon. . The meeting last night was also' marked by the many inspiring talks made by the chiefs of the various departments, and the mayors of Tnr horo. Hocky Mount and Nashville. ' M. W. Lincke, Editor of the Nash ville (iraphic, was the main speaker of the evening while Chief Frank Uenneit of the Durham Eire Depart ment also delivered an interKiini? talk. Brunswick slew and barbecue wps served in abundance to those who ossemheld at the Klwnnis Hall for the event, while Ihe Tarhoro Sere nada rs, a seven piei-e ori hestra. ren ilered several selections during th.' Rvenine. The meeting was one of the most eiilliusiiisiic and most en- 1 joyed meetings the Alliance has ever experienced. The Wilson firefighters attendin? were, Messrs. Edwin Nadal. In Davis, Frank Farmer, Tom Noe, Joe Overman, Tom Wilson, Needham Herring. Wright Felton, Russell Criffin and Dirk Suggs. LA.M tVUW Contract for the Canal Let Last Night; Salary of Mr. Gran tham as Cemetery Commis-1 ioner Increased $50.00 Per Month; Reports of City De partments Heard. The city fathers last night held a very interesting meeting and tran sacted much business of importance to the city. Due of the important acts wus the giving the contract for the widening and deepening of Hominy canal in 1 order to prevent Ihe backing up of water after u big rain, and also 1.0 j gHJe easement for Hie sewerage which starts at liv 11 11 111 street ill the . western part of the city, and will run to where it empties into Coh lentnea Creek, a total distance of! three miles. The depth of the canal will he forty feet ut the top and twenty j wide al ihe bottom and ten feet j deep. Might of way lias linen secur-1 ed from property owners all along I the canal, it being understood by them that it will improve their prop-' erty by drainage, and also that it 1 will improve. Ihe health of the peo- I pie. The right of way will he 45 feet on either tide measuring from the 1 a-rniei 01 tue run. 11 in 11 in to ue begun at once. The contract goes to Mr. Court ney of Charlotte at $4J.uuu and the superintendent of the contract is Mr. Lawrence Hrett who was given the supervision of the job at five percent of the cost, or $2,100.0(1. Some are under the impression thai this canal will take care of the sewerage west of Nash street, which has a natural full down the Hom iny incline hut Mr. Gladding city ! engineer is of the opinion that it will require a larger sewer, the pres-1 ent bewer being only ten inches in sue, which has been found inade quate especially during a heavy rain, ' wliutt- it hacks water from the can-1 al. Mr. Gladding is of the opinion that it will require eventually an eighteen inch sewer and a disposal plant at the point where it goes into the canal. A disposal plant cleunses the water, and would turn it into the cunul in a healthy uud sanitary con dition. However the necessity for a deep ening of the cauiil has been appar ent for iinmetiine on account of the flood water that has backed up on the adjacent properly after every rain. Mr. Campbell will use a cater pillar dredge which will start in the run at the point where it empties in tin' creek, and with its shovel throws the mud on the banks of Ihe stream. The City fathers in recognition of j Mr. Grantham's work ns cemetory commissioner voted him an increase of $50,011 per month last evening. Complimentary remarks were made regarding Mr. Grantham's work as ' cemetery commissioner by members ; of the hoard. I Mr, George Warren for the Am- j erictin Legion and with the sanction of the Merchants Association appear-1 ed before the board with a request j to ullow the merchants to place flags for decorative purposes along' the sid walks in front of their I stores just on the edge of the curb-1 ing. Mr. Warren eloquently pre sented the matter, and the Commis-, sinners were fuvorable and referred It to the Street Commission for Its i consideration and approval. I Mr. K. K. Townsend appeared lie fore the board regardlug extension of wuter on Warren Street. The ex-' tentiims will he granted. I Mr. Harry Clark came before the! board with reference to a driveway: or easement through his property on the side, of 'Hominy swuuip canal up from ihe Co-op warehouse, A -resolution regarding same was ordered prepared. Hen Mincy the veteran chief of the Wilson colored -fire department came before the 'Hoard and asked for 11 donation to pay the expanse of the negro firemen of Wilson to the vouventiou which meets in Oxford. TUESDAY, AUG. 12rlS2i An allowance of Jlmi.ui. wia made. .Mayor Lucas wanted to he ser straight on the authority of over the police force, and was informed that the Laerd had vested thU author ity in the Chief of Police 1u accord ance with a letter which tws writ ten 10 Chief Horsey, and a " copy seni to every member of the -police lone advising them that it wiauv nec essary in ihe furtherance of ia-ns and order lo vest .in one person lunple authority. This followed an investi gation of the police force about the lime Chief Horsey assumed charge of the department. Mayor Lucas said that he had been acting under au old ordinance, which vested the au thority in the Mayor and "simply wanted to be set right in the. mat ter. Mr. Gladding brought lip the mat ter of the extension of lL2 brick store over the curb line at h.cor ner of Stantonsburg and Nash streets. This is the property of S. H. Vick, and Mr. Gladding siij that he had called Vick's atlentiaiuio the matter. The matter will be taken up with the latter, and straightened out. .Mr. Gladding seld that hi was about ready to pour miuretu and that it would be necessary to have the matter attended to shortly. Mr. Gladding called attention to sewer line authorised on Kast Vance street, and askid that the trench machine he allowed to dig that ditch for the sewer, while it was waiting for other work to do in order to keep it employed. Mr. K. J. Grantham read his re port ns Water and Light Superin tendent. The plants are making money despite the dull season of the year. Chief Horsey read his report for the month of July. There have been 1G7 arrests, and fines totalling $2.021. IB collected. Mr. Graham Woodard announced that all the folks had signed up per muting the digging of the cauiil and the right of wuy except one or two people. Mr. R. .1. Grain hum stated thnt it would cost $1,621,011 to chaug'e the sprayers at the reservoir, and this Was allowed liv the hamt-ri . . At the suggestion of Mr. Graham Woodard secouded by Chief Horsey and Clerk T. A. Hitman!, the salary of oliicer Smiley was increased from $110.00 to $125.00 per mouth. Mr. Charles Killetie brought up the malter of emptying the swim ming pool ut the High School build ing. Mr. Grantham explained that if the size of the pipe was sutticitnt, it would uot make any difference when the wuter was let out. Mr. Gladding s id ihat if tt wiis not of sufficient size dial it would over crop the sewer. Mr. Killette reported that th,e carts handled 160 loads of gal huge in lour days, and lie expressed biiu fi'lf uk being proud of the accom plishment. Mi'. Hex Fanner appeared before lite bu'ird and wanted permission to have a iKirede and street dunce 011 Nash street when the Hokie cere monials is held here the 21st of August. He was given permission to li.iv," (lie parade but not the dunce. Mr.j Fanner said that 200 Dokies of the Knights of Pythias wluch eor lesjonds lo the shrine in Musonry weie erpected. There are seven mem bers o' the Dokies in this city. Will Again Lead the Demo cratic Party to Victory in This State This Fall. The Committee Unanimous in its Re-election. Mr. John G. Dawson of Kinston will again lead the Democratic hosts to victory in November. The Demo cratic Executive commitiee of the stale held a very enthusiastic meet ing last night, and also named Miss Mary Henderson of Salisbury, Vice Chairman, W. C. Coiighenour of Salisbury, Secretary and nominated Chief Justice W. A. Hoke and Geo. V. Connor of the Stale Supreme court bench. Mr. Dawson was given an ovation when he arose to speak, and was nominated by Mr. H. G. Connor, Jr., representative from this county. Mr. Dawson in accepting stilted that he welcomed the position despite the drudgery necessary in advancing the iuteresls of the party in whose suc cess lies the only hope of the suc cess and advancement of the ;eople of the state. Chief Justice W. A. Hoke, who was appointed by the Governor fol lowing the death of the late C)ief Justice Walter Clar kand Associate Justice George W. Connor, who was n u m.ed to succeed Judge Hoke, were named on the party ticket by formal' resolutions introduced by O. Max Gardner, of 8helby, and Henry UoiiMie, of Tarboro. Nomination by the committee was made necessary on (ir ,iou nt of the fan that' the va cancies occurred after the date for filing for the primary of June 7 had expired. Present In person or by proxy were : 1st District: W. T. Coatt-n, Cates vllle; Mrs. R. R. Cotten, Bruce; Mrs. J. G. Fearing, Elizabeth City; K. A. Daniels, Washington; W. J. ' Boyd. Kdeutoq; C. U. Thompson, Elizabeth City; L. W. Tucker, Greenville. Beeoud District: John G.' Dawson, Kinston; J. Paul Frizeelle, Snow Hill; W. A. Finch, Wilson; W. L. bong, Roanoke Kapids; Mrs. M. B. Gilliam, Windsor; Mrs. J. B. Steph enson, Severn; Mrs, J. K. Garrett, Ahoskie; Mrs. S. C. 8ittemVJ, Kin ston. wnc Washington (469) 7 pianos 7:15 taVk; 7:30 violin; 7:46 songt; ulk; :15 trio. UN G. DAWSON ; AGAIK CHAIRMAN
The Wilson Times (Wilson, N.C.)
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