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WILSON, N. C THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1921
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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,
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WOMEN REFUSE TO
ATTEND COUNCIL
Episcopal Women Decline
Right of Representation in
Council. fc m I
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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 '
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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
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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
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RAILWAY MEN
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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.
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(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
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