The Daily Times TUB WILSON DATtY TIMES, AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM THAT GETS DIRECT RESULTS FOR ITS USERS, FOREIGN AND LOCAL i i THE TWO EDITIONS OF TBS WILSON DAILY TIMES COVERS EVERY SECTION OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. T Five O'clock Edition Price: Five Cento WILSON, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921 ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES Vol. 18 No. 22a FARM BOSS TELLS HOW HE HELPED ' KILL ELEVEN MEN WAS IMPELLED BY FEAR Clyde Manning-, Negro, Star Witness Against John Wil liams on Trial for Life in j Connection With Alleged ; Killing of Eleven When In vestigations Were On. Covington, Ga., April 7. Evidence in the trial of John S. Williams charged with murder of one of 11 negroes who met death after an in vestigation was started on his farm Into alleged peonage was concluded here today. The only witness for the defense was Williams himself who told the jury, "I am as innocent as a man can be." The last two witnesses for the state corroborated the statement of Manning who stated that while em ployed as farm boss he assisted in killing eleven men. Williams took the stand to make a statement in his own behalf. "I have never had any kind of criminal charge against me or my boys" was Williams' first statement. He said his four grown sons were among the first. in the country to an swer the country's call to war. "Like most of the farmers I have bonded out negroes and " worked them." He said he paid these men wages He then told of the Federal investi gation which started last February, He then asked to be told exactly what peonage was and said on being told that working bonded negroes was what he told the agent he might been technically guilty and that most Georgia farmers were guilty of such actions. Covington, Ga., April 6. Fear for his own life was the motive that prompted Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, to help kill eleven negro farm hands en ployed on the Jasper coun ty planti on of John S. Williams, the negro told the jury trying Wil liams in Newton county superior court here today. Manning asserted on cross-examination he did not want o help kill them, but was afraid to disobey Williams, who, he declared, was trying to do away with the negroes fear they might testify regarding peonage conditiorf on the Williams farm. j "They wasn't ahothering tfljie," said Manning, a coal-black, stoe.ily' built man of about 150 pounds, (Continued on Page 8.) WOMEN REFUSE TO ATTEND COUNCIL Episcopal Women Decline Right of Representation in Council. fc m I I Eden ton, April 6. Episcopal. women of the Diocese of East Caro-. lina today declined with thanks the intimation tnat tney may De given representation In the council and be accorded the privilege of particlpa- tion in the deliberations. The second day of the council was marked by strict attention to business, most 01 the matters of importance before the body being disposed of. Legislation designed to meet the requirements of the Church pension fund in a more efficient manner was sn acted after mucn discussion. Tne Council disposed of this matter by or tne, evening was Mr. S. G. Mew tirectlng the vestries of the differ- DOnif president of the Branch Dank eat parishes and missions of the Dio- J jng an(j Trust company, who talk cse to accept pension assessments a part of the minister's salary, and clarglng the ministers with the duty o remitting their own assessments, Tlig action was taken after several . 7.rs ,.o misunderstanding and In Tifer of tbe fact that some ministers i of the Diocese were In danger of lQSnv ihofr Ingnranro ' o " . THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET BRILLIANT AFFAIR SPEECH OF MR. DANIELS Most Pleasing. Drew Picture of His Boyhood Days When He Lived in Wilson and the Town as It Was Then and Held His Audience in Rapt Attention. The banquet of the chamber of commerce last evening was one of the most successful and most bril liant affairs of the kind ever held in Wilson. Of course the draw ing card was Hon. Josephus Daniels, ax- secretary of the navy, who has returned to Raleigh to take person al charge of the News and Observ er. But that was not all. Every fea- tnre nt tVio nrcaginn won mrct fie. lightful. The ladies had done their part eminently satisfactorily. Three long tables had been pro vided the length of the spacious hall nt thf V TIT f! A rnnmii'anH rirs- orated with beautiful floWa ' around which were seated neanyi i 200 guests, which made a scene not,ne aepenaea tuiw aeuu m soon to be forgotten. The menu of,SettinS nis Program adopted. The delicious barbecue and fixings, with! governor is anxious that the publ c salads, pickles, olives, and cake and , understand that a special session, if cream for desert served with weli;ne snould cal1 together, would be timed despatch by a number of the powerless to ,do more than levy a ladies of the city was all that could be desired. , Mr. Calvin Woodard again dem onstrated his superb ability as toast master, and gave a program for the evening that was hard to beat. Prior to the address of Mr. Daniels there were a number of five minute speech es by leaders in their respective lines of calling and these gentlemen in terestingly presented facts about Wilson which were not only illum inating to Mr. Daniels but to our own people as well. That Mr. Dan iels appreciated this information was apparent in his address, for he used much of this to refresh his memory as he covered the past as he remembered Wilson as a boy,( and went to the Wilson Collegiate Institute where he was educated, and helped his mother keep post office, or was captain of the Swift football team, which he declared was the greatest honor of his youth and one that he appreciated the most. Prior to the banquet, Mr. Daniels was presented to the guests of the evening by Mess Calvin Woodard and Graham Woodard, and to the other members of the receiving line com- posed of Mr. Louis Tomlinson, pres Ident of the chamber of commerce and his wife, Mr. Johnson King, vice president of the chamber, and Mrs. King, and Mr. and Mrs. Gra ham Woodard who entertained Mr. Daniels while in the city. Mr. Woodard was also chairman of jthe entertainment committee. He was assisted in this work by Messrs. Craw ford, Scott and Gold. I The speakers of the evening and directors of the organization were seated at a cross-table at the head "of the roomnd this placed them ln piain view of all the other guests! The occasion was enlivened with j excellent music from the Wilson theatre orchestra. Mr. Woodard introduced the speakers with fitting and appropri- ate remarks, and confined the j speeches to a maximum of five min- , utes. They stayed very well witnin bounds and covered their subjects t with short, snappy speeches, full of interesting matter, The invocation was delivered by r6v. p. g. Love, pastor of the Meth- . odist church, and the first speaker e(j ot Wilson and her banks. Only a few years ago Wilson had only . two banks with a capital and sur- j pius of $250,000, and nowthere are eleven In this county, with a capital ' anj surplus of more than a million ( dollars. He paid a tribute to the DDSiBeaa acumen of the people of I n 11 j rr iuuuuau uu umii i MORRISON SAYS THERE WILL BE NO SPECIALSESSION SALE OF BONDS TALKED If Five Per Cent Ad valorem Tax Should be Added It Would Not Bring Into Treas ury More Than Million Dol lars, and Collections Would Fall Short of That. (By Max Abernethy). Raleigh, April 7. There will be no special session of the General Assem bly during the present calendar year in the" opinion of Governor Cameron Morrison, who is probably as well qualified to speak on the subject as any since his excellency and no other would issue the call in the event it was thought the legislators I ought to assemble before 1923. Governor Morrison has made this lain to newspaper men and has ask- ed that the reading portion of North Carolina be disillusioned as to the "special session talk." The suggestion has not reached the governor from any of his advisers in the council of State nor from the men upon whom J J , nve cent aavaiurem iu siucts iub con stitution limits the, levy. This five cents tax on property, the governor points out, if levied would not bring into the State treas urer more than one million dollars and at the present rate the county boards are authorizing horizontal reductions in land valuations the total amount collected would fall far short of that amount. Nor will a five cents advalorem tax overturn the money market within 24 hours It is the opinion of Governor Mor rison that the five cents advalorem tax is worth more to the State in (Continued on page 8) RAILWAY MEN T Miners Leaders Refuse to Or der Pump Men and Engi neers to Resume Work. London, April 7. The national union of railway today unanimously to support coal miners in their strike The leaders of the Miners union who conferred with Prime Minister Lloyd George refused to . order the pump men and engineers in the mines affected by the coal strike to resume word pending a settlement of the strike . As a result of these refusals the miners and employers will not meet today. KAUFF RULED OUT. Chicago, April 7. Benny Kauff outfield with the New York Nationals today was declared ineligible to play in organized baseball by Commission er Landis, because of the indictments returned against him in New York, charging him with the theft of an automobile. SHOWERS. For North Carolina: Unsettled weather tonight and Friday with pro bable showers in the east and cen tral portions with not much change in temperature and fresh northeast winds SUPPOR MINERS fllPit WSm WILL NOT ALLOW REDUCTION WAGES UNSKILLED LABOR BOARD DENIES REDUCTION Railroad Recently Requested Permission to Put Cut of 17 to 31 Per Cent Into Effect April 1. Labor Board Re fuses Such a Reduction on New York Central. Chicago, April 7. Permission to make provisional reduction of wages of unskilled labor on the New York Central Railroad was denied by the Railway Labor board today. The Railway recently requested permission to put a cut of 17 to 31 per cent Into effect on April 1. The dispute was taken to the labor board after the railways and employes had conferred COUNTRY HOME FOR EX-PRESIDENT WILSON Philadelphia, April 6. Former President Woodrow Wilson will have a handsome country home near Washington, it was learned today. FAYETTEVDL.LE WOMAN COMMITS SUICIDE Fayetteville, April 6. Mrs. Stella Wade Maultsby, wife of Vernon Maultsby, well known transfer man of this city died in the Highsmith hospital this morning from the ef fects of seven bichloride of mercury tablets taken Saturday. 111. health is said to have been the cause of her suicide. She leaves three chil dren. - YIELD OF WINTER WHEAT. Washington, April 7. The fore cast of the yield of winter wheat is 621,000,000 bushels was made today by the Department of Agriculture basing their estimate on the condi tion of the crop April 1 which was 91. WHISKEY BOTTLE CAUSES A PANIC Explodes in Pocket of a tective and Breaks up Court. De the New York, April 7. New York's night court was busy as the result of the police state prohibition law and adjourned temporarily in disor- der when a quart bottle of confis cated liquor exploded in the pocket of a detective. The detective stood before the mag istrate reporting a man who with bowed head was confessing he was euiltv of dealinsr in whiskey. "Where's the evidence" asked the, Court. "The detective's hand moved to ward his pocket. Following a loud report some one shouted "bomb" and ings in the stock market today show a rush for the door ensued. The de-jed no definite tendencies although tective was hurled to the floor as advances outnumbered the declines, was his prisoner. The magistrate and There were goins of from 1 to 2 Ma acoiotants returned to the court only after being apprised of cause of the explosion. the TWO PERSONS KILLED " SEVERAL INJURED IN WRECK Lexington, Ky., April 6. Two per, killed and several injured sons were in a wrecK on me nujai jraim lim ited below Somerset, Ky., about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, acrtrd ing to word received here tonight by H. C. King, division passenger agent of the Southern railway. The train was bound from Jack sonville, Fla., to Chicago. IN ERUPTION Naples, April 6. Mount Vesuvius is in active eruption. The eruption is most violent , la 15 years. It Is, accompanied by Internal rumblings. DEPARTMENT HAS ISSUED WARNING TO ALL BUSINESS WARNING BY DEPARTM'T, CounVy Should Take Notice of "a New Day and a New Way" and Those Who Have Been Guilty of Illegal Prac tices and Should Not "Close Their Eyes to the Law". Washington, April 7. A general warning to business that the depart Lent of justice will countenance no . violation of the law was sounded today by Attorney General Daught- ' ery. 1 The country, Mr. Daughtery said should "take notice of a new day and a new way" and that those who had been guilty of illegal practises should "not close their eyes" to the law. His statement he added was "a modest but emphatic warning to those for whom it was intended and could be regarded as opportunity for all of those who should mend their ways to do so." The Attorney said the department of justice did not intend to barrass business in any way but did intend to enforce the law. Daughtery pointed out that while the Leverage Law was incompetent the department could still proceed under the Sherman anti-trust law. MARINE AIRPLANES ARE ON THEIR WAY Washington, April 7. The two air planes piloted by marine aviators now making a' blaze-making trail from Washington to the - Virgin Islands arrived at Guantanamo at 2:40 yesterday afternoon. MR. HUGH DORTCH SWORN IN. Mr. Hugh Dortch of Goldsboro a prominent young attorney of that city was sworn in this evening by Judge Connor who is holding the federal term of court here. MARKETS COTTON New York, April 7. The cotton market opened barely steady at a de cline of 11 to 14 points owing to less favorable labor news and disap pointing late cables from Liverpool which reacted sharply after early advance. July sold off to 12.22 after the first call. New York April 7. Cotton fu tures opened barely steady. May 11.75, (July 12.25, October 12.85, December 13.10, January 13.18. The market at noon was as fol lows: January 13.30, May 11.72, July 12.24, October 12.80, Decern I ber 13.12 The market closed at 3 p m. as . follows: Jan. 13.30, March 13.40, May 11.78, July 12.32, Oct. 12.90, Dec. 13.22. Spots Wilson market 10c. STOCKS New York, April 7 Early deal- . Doints in Mexican petroleum and i United States rubber which were the outstanding features. The rails were inclined to ease and recent pressure against European oils were resumed EARLY STRAWBERRY ukasux ai xisak t nvmriiiniirTi. Anrii 6. Tnrea ear- Chadbourn, April loads of strawberries left for north ern points last night, being the earliest-shipments of any considerable quantity from the berry section In several years. The season usually opens around the middle of April, though it has been known to open as early as April 1st. Indications are that the present fruit and veg etable crop in the Wilmington and Chadbourn districts will be a record breaker. The recent cool weather did no damage of any consequence to these crops. i -- - (POLICE CHIEFS V. STOCK PEDDLERS WADE ISSUES WARNING. State Department of Insurance; is Contemplating, an Inten-. ive Campaign to be Waged! Against Activities of Unli censed Stock Salesmen. The Warnings Sent to Police' Raleigh, April 7. An intensive campaign contemplated by the state department of insurance, aganst act ivities of unlicensed stock salesmen. began when Commissioner Waxi& sent telegrams to 34 police chiefs that watch be kept for "alleged wild cat" stock peddlers. The telegram authorized the arrest of any person offering any wild cat stock for sale saying that no license had been issued "blue sky" salesmen. URGE WILSON FARMERS TO RAISE COWS AND HOGS Mr. B. T. Ferguson, farm demon stration agent for Wilson county, staged a worth-while meeting at the farm of Mr. L. P. Woodard this af ternoon with Mr. A. C. Kimrey andk Mr. W. W. Shay of the department of agriculture at Raleigh as speakers. A number of farmers and their wives were in attendance. Mr. Kimrey urged every family In the county to have a cow. The pleav for the cow was brought home by talk of Mr. Kimrey on the value- of milk as a food. Mr. Kimrey said,. milk was the one perfect food na ture had furnished,. It was healthful.. and especially nourishing, and yet' too many fail to provide this necessj- ary food for their table. Mr. Kimrey - says if he can get the householder to realize the importance of milk as a., food he will be able to see every--' householder in the country the own er of a cow. Mr. Shay spoke on the subject ot hog, good and bad. Hogs as well as cows should be raised in Wilson, county to a greater extent. The farm er should raise his own fooct hla. milk and his meat. Therefore itt d dition to the family cow there should: be the family porker. Mr. Shay told how to raise hogs to seeure the best results, going into the details of the art of swine breeding. ATTENDING, KIWANIS MEETING Messrs. Albert Oettinger and Need ham Herrings representing the Wilson Kiwanis Club left this afternoon to attend a meeting of the Rocky Mount Kiwanis Club tonight. FOUNTAIN STORE WAS DESTROYED Fire Probably of Incendiary Or igin Destroyed Store and En- tire Contents. The store, building and contents of R. A. Gardner and Company at Fountain was destroyed by fire last night probably of incendiary origin. When the fire was discovered about 4 o'clock this morning, the roof was falling Jin, and nothing: could be done to save the structure or contents. 1 The building was worth $12,000 Its contents were estimated at- $45,000.. There was insurance, the exact amount of which could not be learn ed today. The store carried on. at. general mercantile business.. he origin of the fire has not been determined. However, it is stated? that durin gthe night a noi?e was heard at the store, and: there is the suspicion that robbers set fire to the building to cover their theft. No other buildings In Fountain were damaged by the-fire. Nine bishops and heads of the principals of 'the INon-Conformist chcrches in Great Britain haver sent a reqaest- for peace- In Ireland:. WARNED TO WATCH -'4 s - ...