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VOL. 29 SM1THFIELD, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1910 Number 7
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PATTERSON PARDONS COOPER.
The Murderer of Senator Carmack
Turned Loose. Hot on Heels of
Decision of Supreme Court Affirm
ing Sentence of 20 Years. The
Governor Showed His Contempt for
Law and the Courts by Writing the
pardon for the Murder While the
Supreme Court of Tennessee Was
Confirming the Opinion of the Low
cr Court.
Nashville, Tenn., April 13.?While
the Supreme Court of Tennessee to
day was confirming the conviction of
Col Duncan B. Cooper for the slay
ing on November 9, 1908. in a Nash
ville street of former U. S. Senator
? Nv. Carma.k, Governor Patterson
wrote a full pardon for the defendant
declaring that in his belief Colonel
Cooper was not guilty. The Supreme
Court remanded for re-trial the case
of Robin Cooper, convicted of the
6ame crime as his father. |
The situation is tense tonight, be
cause of allegations by friends of,
Carmack that politics entered into the
case. It is probable that Robin
Cooper will never be retried, it is
said. Both Coopers had been sen
tenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
The court was divided both in con
firming the sentence of Colonel Coop
er and in remanding the case of his |
eon. It was while Chief Justice Beard
was reading a dissenting opinion in
the case of Colonel Cooper that Gov
ernor Malcolm R. Patterson pardon
ed the defendant, declaring in the,
document:
"In my opinion neither of the de
fendants is guilty and they have not
had a fair and impartial trial, but
were convicted contrary to the law
and evidence."
Colonel Cooper was still at the cap
ital when the pardon was entered in
the Secretary of State's office. He
was at once surrounded by a crowd
of friends seeking to congratulate
him. The reversal in his son s case
seemed to p'.ease him to the exclus
ion of his own freedom.
"I wanted Robin's vindication more
than I wanted a pardon," was his re-,
mark when told of the Governor's^
a tion. Leaving the crowd, he en
tered a carriage, and, accompanied
by Marshal Robert Marshall was driv
en--to the county jail, where formali
ties in connection with the pardon
were gone through with. Then he
was released. Robin Cooper is under
125,000 bond.
Col. Cooper Is the close personal
and political friend of Governor Pat
terson,who is the leader of the anti
prohibition forces in Tennessee. Car
mack was the chief of the prohibition
movement. Patterson was an import
ant witness for the defense at the
trial of the Coopers for the killing of
Carmack.
The Supreme Court room was pack
ed to-day when the various opinions
in the case were read. Much inter
est was manifested by many persons
who thought the decision of the Su
preme Court at this time might have
gome effect on the coming State Ju
diciary eelctlons.
The reversal in the case of Robin
Cooper was based on assignments of
error in the trial Judge in failing to
charge separately as to Robin Coop
er's theory of self-defense, linking the ,
defense of the two defendants to
gether, excluding testimony of Gover
nor Patterson as to talks with Robin
Cooper and advice given him as to
Col. Cooper before the tragedy and
the admission on cross-examination;
of Robin Cooper as to intent of cer
tain State's witnesses in testifying as
to certain incidents.
FIRST SNAKE STORY OF SEASON.
Reptile Acting as Mother to Four
Chickens.
Columbus Ind., April 10.?On the
farm of George Wagner, near here,
is- a nature misalliance, the like of
which has never before been known
In these parts. While strolling
through a strip of woods on his farm
to-day, Mr. Wagner came upon a
Bnake which was doing duty as a
mother to four small chickens. As
the snake crawled along it would dis
place the leaves and grass and the
chickens would follow In its wake and
pick up the seeds and insects, as
they "were thus revealed to them. Mr.
Wagner did not kill the snake, nor
did he take the chickens away, but
preferred to watch the outcome of
this strange attachment. He thinks
the chickens were charmed away froia
bis barnyard by the snake.
GENERAL NEWS.
A police censorship for bathing
costumes has been established in
Chicago.
Two men were killed in an ex
plosion in a powder-house at Colte
wah. Tenn., Saturday.
In a wreck on the Central-Hudson
Railroad, Fireman Michael Basset
was killed near Oriskany, N. Y., Fri
day. *
" The Insurgents are preparing to
reply to the administration speeches
and will lead of with Senator Dolli
ver.
New York Sunday experienced the
driest Sunday since the time when
Mr. Roosevelt was Commissioner of
Police.
To insure a "safe and sane" Fourth
of July citizens at Hamilton, O., have
bought out the stock of local dealers
in fireworks.
Owing to the many important mea
sures to be considered the adjourn
ment of Congress is not expected un
til about June 25.
The Spanish Government has fix
ed May 8 as the date for the elec
tions of the Chamber of Deputies
and May 22 for the Senate.
The farmhouse where Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian
Science cult, was born, was destroy
ed by fire at Bow, N. H., last
week.
Over 100,000 Socialists were al
lowed to march through the streets
of Berlin Sunday without a policeman
in sight. There was no singing or
shouting.
Sulzberger & Sons Company, meat
packers, has been incorporated at
Albany, with a capital of $32,000,000.
The principal office of the corpora
tion is in New York.
Twon miles of buildings were burn
ed on the old Morris Park race
track in New York Sunday. The
buildings, which were of frame, had
been used as stables.
The French Parliament, which was
elected in 1906, ended its labors last
week. The general election will take
place iApril 24 and the new Par
liament will assemble June 1.
Former President Roosevelt opene i
a boulevard named in his honor at
Porto Maurizio, Italy, Sunday, and
accepted the title of honorary citizen-1
ship conferred by the Mayor.
Of more than 60,000 applications
for new free rural delivery routes
filed during the past month nearly
43,000 will be alowed, more than!
doubling the present number of
routes.
H. B. Alverson, of Fort Worth,
ninety-four years old, has been sued
for divorce by his wife, aged sixty
eight. The couple were married in
1880. They lived happily until six
months ago. The plaintiff charges
cruelty.
Joseph Hartwell Barrett, last sur
viving member of the Ohio delegation
to the convention that nominated Ab
raham Lincoln for President, died
at Loveland, O., Sunday. He was |
87 years of age and former political
editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. He
also achieved distinction by writing
a biography of Lincoln.
Rosa Trotter, a 13-year-old girl,
was arrested at Greenville, S. C.,
Monday afternoon charged with rais
ing a $2 bill to $20. The money had
been sent in a letter to a Chicago
firm, and Special Government Agent
Thomas worked up the case. The
girl was held on $500 bond. She is
from the mountains near Green
ville.
Fire broke out in the Julian Hotel
at 3 o'clock Monday morning at Du
buque, Iowa, while 600 guests were
asleep. A wild panic followed and
a number were injured. Sam Levy,
of Chicago, was fatally hurt. By jump
ing from a third-story window Chas.
Evans, of Philadelphia, suffered in
ternal injuries. The hotel was'
ruined. Loss is $500,000.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion has announced a decision hold
ing that it is "unjust and unreason
able" for the Pullman Company to;
charge equally for upper and lower
berths in sleeping cars, and has or
dered reductions in specific instan
ces, which ruling is recognized as an
opening wedge for a general readjust
ment of sleeping car rates. The
rates for a short night's Journey are
fixed at $1.50 for a lower and $1.10
for an upper berth. The Pullman
company will take the decision to the
courts.
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STATE NEWS NOTES.
The Post says 68 automobiles are j
owned in Sa!lsl ury.
Senator Overman will deliver th?
Memorial Day address In Henderson
on May 10th.
The aldermen of the town of Wil
son have levied a tax of $1,000 on
dealers in near-beer.
Mr. A. H. Boyden is a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
State Senator from Rowan.
Victor W. York, night watchman at
the Melrose Knitting Mill at Raleigh,
committed suicide Sunday night.
The State Sunday School Conven
tion, whi. h was In session at Wilson
last week, adjourned to meet in High
Point next year.
Leslie Godwin, a printer 33 years
old, was run over by a shifting engine
in Wilmington one day last week
and instantly killed.
Dr. J. C. Caldwell, president of the
Atlantic Christian College, has been
selected as Memorial Day orator at
Wilson on May 10th.
Judge E. B. Jones has resigned
his position as judge to enter the race
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Fifth District.
Grace M. E. church at Winston will
build a brick edifice to cost $10,000
on the site of the present church.
The seating capacity will be about
500.
Congressman Webb has introduced
a bill to appropriate $100,000 for a
public building in Morganton. These
little matters are largely of campaign
interest.
The first strawberries of the season
were shipped north last week from
Rocky Point by J. L. Bell. Until last
week there had- been no rain in that
section in six weeks.
Near Yanceyville. ^Caswell county,
last W ednesday, John Richmond shot
his broher as the result of a quar
rel. the latter dying in a short timo.
John Richmond is in jail.
Last week in Guilford superior
court Wade Coble was found guilty
of the murder of John M. Staley and
given a sentence of twelve years in
the penitentiary. Manslaughter was
the verdict rendered.
Last week Wadesboro decided to
issue $10,000 of bonds for improve
ments, the vote being 180 for and 44
against. Owing to the fact that many
believed the bonds would "call for in
crease in polltax, the vote was light
er than usual.
A young man named Bivens, who
killeu a young man named Fowler,
in Granville county several weeks
ago, has surrendered to the officers.
Before surrendering, however, he
consulted and retained lawyers, who
will defend him.
Rev. W. F. Fleming, a colored
minister, was convicted in Moore
county Superior Court last week of
attempting to burn a dwelling he
owned, which was heavily insured,
and was sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary.
The town of East Spencer voted
Tuesday to issue $25,000 in bonds for
the purpose of building a waterworks
and electric light plant, not a vote be
ing cast against the issue. Steps are
being taken to install both water and
light at an early date.
Editor John B. Sherrill of the Con
cord Times has bought the Concord
Tribune. He will consolidate the
Semi-Weekly Tribune with The
Times and continue the publication
of the Daily Tribune. J. B. Hurley
was editor of The Tribune.
The debate between representatives
of the State University and Wash
ington and Lfee University, Va., at
Greensboro Thursday night, result
ed in a victory for the Carolinians,
H. E. Stacy and W. R. Edmonds rep
resenting the Chapel Hill Institution.
At the meeting of the Association
of Southern State Superintendents
at Little Rock, Ark., last week Hon.
J. Y Joyner, our worthy State Sup
erintendent of Schools, was elected
President. Mr. Joyner is President
of the National Educational Associa
tion. The next meeting will be held I
in Jacksonville, Fla.
Squire John M. Stant, who lives in
the south-western part of Alamance
county, celebrated his 100th birthday
last week. He has been a member
of the Flint Ridge Methodist Protes
tant church for 76 years, a member
of the Pleasant Hill Temperance So
ciety for To years, and has all these
years been an active Sunday school
worker.
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.
The Standard Oil Company lias an
nouncrd a reduction of fifteen points
in the price of refined petro
leum.
There were 240 business failures
iu tile I'liiled States during the week
ending April 7, against 229 the week
before.
Six deaths within four days, all ap
patently from poisoning as a result
of whiskey drinking, are to be in
vestlsated Ly the authorities of Wes
terly. R. I.
Thos. F. Walsh, millionaire mine
owner, died at his home in Wash
ington Friday night after a protract
ed illness. Wa sh was born in Ire
land in 1851. He came to this coun
try when 19 years old and located in
Colorado, where he made a fortune
iti mining enterprises.
A Washington dispatch says that
for the first time since the Payne
Aldrich tariff act went into effect,
August 6, 1909, the net ordinary re
ceipts of the government Friday i
showed surplus over the net ordlna-j
ry expenditures. The day's total
amounted to $122,000. of which $100,
000 came from .the new corporation
tax.
At Pa'm Eea h, Fla , Saturday E.
V. Pierce shot Mrs. O. W. Wey
brecht and her 12-year-old daughter,
Louise, and then committed suicide.
The girl died later and the mother
may not recovt r. Pierce was from
Portland, Ore., where he has a wife
and child. It is said the shooting
followel Mrs. Weybreoht's refusalj
to endorse a check for Pierce.
A. C. Shaw, the North Carolinian
recently dismissed from the forestry
service and disbarred from practice'
before the Interior Department, will
settle in Portland, Ore., for the prac-1
tice of hli profession. The Presi
dent has been urged to revoke the1
order as to practice before the Inte-!
rior Department, but refuses to take'
a tion until the Dalllnger-Pinchot
case is concluded.
' At Coal city, III., Wednesday
night robb; rs blew open the safe of J
the local bank and escaped with I
$2,000, having tirst tied the night!
watchman. The watchman managed
to reach a telephone and notify a
point some distance away, where the
robbers were fired on. r^ater three
of the men, wounded, were captured
at Morris, 111., but the money was
not found. Two of the party escap
ed with the loot.
An explosion on the steamer Cairn
rona, on the Atlantic Ocean last week
caused a panic among the 900 pas
sengers. Men fought women for pos
session of the boats, but were driven
back by the crew. Several persons
were pushed or fell into the sea. The
passengers were rescued by two
steamers and taken to Dover. Scores
were injured by the explosion and
during the panic. The Calrnrona was
en route to Portland, Me.
The Manchester Master Cotton
Spinners' Federation has voted in
favor of a 5 per cent., reduction in
the wages of operatives and has call
ed a joint meeting of employers and
operatives to discuss the matter. The
step was taken owing to the depres
sion In the cotton trade. It is be
lieved that the operatives, who al
ready are suffering from the effects
of the curtailment in work, will
strongly resent the proposed reduc
tion in wages.
Two battleships were authorized by
the naval bill passed by the House
last Friday. This action was taken
by the decisive vote of 162 to 110,
thirty-three Democrats voting with
the Republicans for two battleships,
while twenty-four Republicans voted
with the Democrats for one battle
ship. The House adopted an amend
ment by which the two battleships
and two fleet colliers authorized by
the bill must be built by firms opera
ting under the eight-hour alw. As
passed the naval bill appropriates
about $138,000,000.
An animated debate occurred In the
Senate Thursday of last week on a
suggestion by the special committee
on the cost of living, looking to the
expenditure of $65,000 for the exten
sion of the work of the committee
in gathering Information regarding
wages. Senator Halo suggesting that
these facts should be supplied as
speedily as possible to be used in
answering questTons in the coining
campaign. Senator Bacon depreca
ted such use of the information. The
committee suggested a time limit on
jail foods placed In cold storage.
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.
Ex-Governor It. H. Glenn is billed
to speak on prohibition in Charlotte
on April 24.
The average condition of winter
wheat on April 1 was 80.8 per cent.,
against 82.2 at the same period last
year.
The Hickory Presbyterian church
is engaged in raising $1,300 to get
an additional $750, to make $2,000 in
all for the purchase of a pipe organ.
Carnegie offers the $750.
Congressman Morehead asks con
gress for $50,000 for the Guilford liat
tleground, half to go to a monument
to General Greene, and half to monu
ments to other patriots who fought
there and to beautifying the place
still more.
A beauti ul new home, costing $10,
000 and belonging to Joseph Edwards
at lioldsboro, was almost destroyed
last week. The structure was only
recently completed and furnished.
The loss is heavy but is partly cov
ered by Insurance.
More than 300 saloons were voted
out of business by the people of 19
Michigan counties. Elections in 35
counties resulted in 16 voting wet
and 19 voting dry. Ten had been
dry for two years and two voted to
change back wet.
Art lovers and collectors paid
$162,220 for 43 pictures of the collec
tion of the late Charles Yerkes at
the opening session of the auction by
which the New York man's treasures
will be' disposed of. The highest
price paid for a picture was $22,600
for "Spring," painted by Alma-Tade
ma, Henry Kelnhardt. of Chicago,
paying this.
Elections in 240 Il.inois towns and
cities last Wednesday show a rever
sal in some cases of the vote on whis
key of two years ago. Numerous cit
ies having large populations which
had been dry, went wet. Two score
dry towns went wet, while 19 wet
towns ewnt dry. The saloons in 72
wet towns were retained and 110 dry
towns remained dry.
Expert medical men say that the
number of school children who up- j
pear under the influence of wine and j
beer is startling, and that is, to
gether with the increase of cigarette
smoking among women and girls is
gradually but surely bringing about
the decay of the human race?in New
York. New York does things the
rest of the country don't do.
Fire which started on a farm be
longing to Miss McDonald, of Cum
berland county, where land was be
ing cleared, spread^ to adjoining lands
last week and gave the farmers of
71st township the time of their lives
to save their very homes and other
property. Before the flames were
checked several thousand acres had
been burned over and not less than
$10,000 had been turned to ashes.
The house Friday by a vote of 162
to 110 authorized the construction of
two new battleships to cost six mil
lion dollars each. Thirty-three Dem
ocrats, including Pou, of North Caro
lina, voted for the bill. The other
Democrats voted for one battleship,
and 24 Republicans voted with them.
Hobson wanted three battleships at
least, and would have liked four, or
four hundred. The naval bill appro
priates $128,000,000 in all.
Notices have been sent out by the
board of directors of the Hocking
Valley railway calling a special meet
ing of stockhoders in Columbus May
11 for the purpose of increasing the
capitalization of the company from
$11,000,000 to $26,000,000 by the issue
of $15,000,000 new stock. The new
issue will take the place of the $15,
000,000 preferred stock, which will be
retired by the cotapany April 30, so
that the total capitalization of the
company will be unchanged from that
at present.
Continuing demands for a thorough
probing of alleged legislative corrup
11ion in New York seem to be wear
ing away the stone of opposition, and
' definite action by the Legislature is
1 promised in the near future, possibly
this week. It is expected the legis
lative leaders will seek the advice of
j Gov. Hughes and Superintendent of
I Insurance Hotchkiss before reaching
a decision. The Governor favors rip
ping off the cover of alleged legisla
tive inquiries, and he will be asked
whether, in his opinion, this can be
best accomplished by two committee*,
one of which shall confine its activi
ties to insurance matters, or by a
single committee wlt'j no restrictions.
BLIND TIGERS ARE ORGANIZED.
Sentenced to Six Months on the
Roads, M. L. Winner Declares That
"Association Number Six," to
Which he Paid Regular Dues, Had
Agriei to Protect Him.
Wilmington, April 12.?Marlon L.
Winner, a middle-aged white man,
[onvicted in superior court Saturday
nUht of selling whiskey and senten- '
red to six months on the roads.
Judge Cooke sustaining the judgment
of the recorder's court, to-day made
a sensational affidavit In which he
made full confession and declared
that there are more than one hun
dred holders of government liquor li
cense in Wilmington; that the "blind
tigers'' have a thorough organization
known as "Association Number Six;"
that he has paid regularly Into the
coffers of the association $5 a month
to be used for political purposes and
otherwise; that the members had
been given to understand that if ar
rested and carried before the record
er the severest punishment would be
a fine and costs; that In case public
sentiment was such that It would be
necessary to give road sentences the
members were to be warned in ample
time. The affiant then sets out that
he was not warned nad that he has
been made a scapegoat of by his
former pretended friends.
In conclusion the affiant says that
the confession and exposure of those
he says have deserted him is made
for the sole purpose of aiding him In
his effort to have his sentence
stricken out or reduced.
Winner's attorney will go before
Judge Cooke tomorrow and ask for
it hearing of the matter. It is under
stood that many rank prohibitionists
will give Winner their moral support
in view of hi* af idavit.
Swal'owed a Table Knife.
I os Angeles, April 11.?Seventeen
physi ians a sisted at an operation
yesterday for the removal of a table
knife 9 Inches long from the stomach
of Mrs. Sarah Carlson, an insane wo
man. The operation was successful,
and Mrs. Carlson is recovering. The
knife had teen in the stomach of
tlie woman for several hours before
the physicians could be induced to
believe that the woman who told of
having swallowed it was not joking
nbout the matter.
Couldn't Find Trace of Cook.
Fairbanks, ^Alatka, April 12.?The
Fairbanks expedition to Mount Mc
Kinley, the tallest peak in North
America, reached the summit April
3, after a climb of one month from
the base it was announced to-day.
No traces of Dr. Cook's alleged as
cent were found.
AGE NO BAR TO WEDLOCK.
Married Three Times, Man of 87
Weds Woman of 85.
Nashvl!)e, Ind., April 11.?John Po
ling, a veteran of the Civil War,
wealthy and eighty-seven years of
age, and Mrs. Rebecca Graham,
eighty-five, have entered upon anoth
er matrimonial venture, Mrs. Graham
having been marled six times and
Poling three times.
Ten People are Drowned.
Saint Breiuc, France, April 12.?The
pilot boat Hlrondele has been wreck
ed off Cape F'rehel in the Egyptian
English channel, 10 persons were
drowned. After striking the vessel
turned turtle.
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Transfer of Rural Route.
Washington, D. C? April 8.?Rural
route No. 3, Selma, Johnston County,
has been transferred to Middlesex.
Nash county, and designated as route
one.
Cargo of Double Eagles.
New York, April 122.?The net
amount of gold to be exported to
London tomorrow on the Mauretania
has been raised to $4,000,000 all in
double eagles. The Hanover Nation
al Hank withdrew $1,500,000 from the
subtreasury to-day for shipment to
the {tank of England, and Kidder,
Peabody & Co.. engaged $2,500,000
for consignment to the same Insti
tution. This makes a total of $11,
500,000 shipped to London since the
beginning of the present export move
ment.