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IN THE MONEY TRUST INQUIRY
Raleigh District Congressman, Who
Figured In the Adjustment of In
tra-Party Differences, Receives
Congratulations from 8ome of
His Party Associates.
Washington, Feb. 28.—In the feel- i
ing of gratification entertained by
every Democrat in Congress at the
adjustment of the intra-party dif
ferences and the avoidance of the
threatened party split over the mon
ey trust investigation by the unani
mous adoption of the compromise re
solution Saturday, many party men
are expressing their gratification to
Representative Pou, ranking mem
ber of the Rules Committee, who
made the solution possible.
The Democrats of the House had
stood together upon almost every im
portant question since they attained
conrtol of the majority, but the Hen- |
ry resolution for the investigation of
the “money devil” precipitated a sit
uation that occasioned dire prophe- I
cles of party disunion among those 1
who saw the extent to which the 1
feeling of the different members were
aroused.
The matter wras not entirely set-1
tied in the caucus which referred the
investigation to the Banking and
Currency Committee and other stand
ing committees. It remained for
the resolution to be reported by the
Rues Committee and here a new
snag was encountered.
The Henry forces again made an
effort to have the resolution demand
a more drastic inquiry than they be
lieved would result from the Pojo
measure. The resolution w! •• h was
finally agreed upon i.y both Majority
Leader Underwood and l: -pre-sen-, a- ;
five Henry, and which was voted
for by every Democrat in the House
Saturday, was drawn according to the
suggestions of Representative Pc
Mr. Pou outlined the basis on whi.
both sides could get together and :
his friends declare that he more than ;
any other man is responsible for
the fortunate outcome of the con- i
troversy.—L. A. Brown, in News and j;
Observer. <
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CONTRIBUTION FROM DUKES. ,
Twenty Thousand For Completion of ^
Methodist Chuch at Duke. ,
Durham, Feb. 26.—The announce- i i
aent of a gift of 520,000 to Memorial
Methodist church by Messrs. B. N.
and J. B. Duke was made at the
11 o’clock service Sunday.
The *gift is for the purpose of
completing the new building, which J
was started about two years ago. i
The outside of the building has
been completed for several months, 1
and the gift of the Dukes is for the i
purpose of finishing the in
terior. The Sunday school room ]
has been completed for some time, *
and has been used as an auditorium
for conducting the regular services. e
When completed, the building wil
represent an expenditure of more 1
than $100,000 and will be one of the !
most beautiful church buildings in E
the State. The greater part of ^
this amount has been contributed by
Messrs. B. N. and J. B. Duke, who 1
are members of the church. The con
struction work will be resumed at '
once, and the building pushed to
rapid completion.
baby hangs self by cord.
String Over the Carriage Tangles
About Littlei One’s Neck.
New York, Feb. 27.—Mrs. Hannah
Offermann, found her 13 months old
baby, Helen, hanging by the neck
from a string suspended above her
crib In her- home last night.
xhe child was placed in her crib
*^t 6 o’clock. A few inches above
®r head was a nipple attached to a
string, which was suspended from the
wall. Often the child has played with I
the nipp1©, knocking it back and
® The mother heard her laugh
ing as she began beating at It last'
night and then all was quiet.
Entering the child’s room at 7
o’clock Mrs. Offerman found Helen
hanging. The baby’s face was black
and about her neck the string had
become tangled in such a way that
it formed a noose.
The mother cut the string and
screamed. Neighbors came and H.
M. Moreesjky of No. 145 West One
Hundred and Forty-third street was
called. He said the child had died
at least half an hour before.
Coroner Feinburg, after an investi
gation, said that the baby, which was
just beginning to walk, had pulled
her self to a standing position by
the side of her crib and then had
wound the cord about her neck in
such a way that the nipple had
caught and held as a knot. Then the
baby had lost her footing and, be
ing unable to clutch the sides of
the crib or scream, had strangled.
“I hope other mothers will take
warning by this accident,” contin
ued the coroner. “About half the
babies these days amuse themselves
with nipples and other playthings
suspended above their beds. It’s a
very dangerous form of amusement,
especially if the string is strong
enough to hold the child’s weight.”
“HIRED LOVERS.”
In the Bible we read where Ho
sea said “Ephraim hath hired lov
ers.” There is a good deal of this
kind of dealing in the world to
day. People get attention and con
sideration not because of real worth,
but on account of their money. This
is too often true. We have seen
men honored and followed on
account of their money, when we
knew that at heart they, were nothing
more than beasts and beasts of a
very low order. In morals they are
rotten to the core and everybody
knows it. We like to see people
rise in the world. We like to see
l!i .in have friends and admirers, but
we lit * t.o know uiis admiration
monies because of real worth. In oth
?r words \ • do not think much of
gut lovers. What is true of an
.ndividual is true also of churches or 1
rriors or political parties. Doc-.
rim-s and principles should count. •
; inches, lodges and political par
r non id not have to buy their
through the world with money,
people think that it is all right
0 hire lovers, but we can not think
,o. Hired lovers will turn from
ou as soon as your money is gone.
,Vhen men have to be hired to work
or certain men in politics it show’s
1 bad state of affairs. Some candi- j
lates even hire men to attend con-'
motions where nominations are
nade and then hire voters on elec-1
ion day to secure an election. A |
tolitical party must be suffering loss
vhen such methods are practiced to
my considerable extent by any who
vould lead it. |
HALES’ SCHOOL HOUSE ITEMS.
The many friends of Mr. Stephen
)river regret to know that he is very
11 with pneumonia.
We are sorry to hear that Mr.
^red Hales is suffering with neu
algia.
Mr. I. B. Richardson and Mr. Seba
lales, of Zebulon, were in our midst
0- day.
Mr. J. C. Bailey has recently erect
d a new dwelling house.
Mr. Ulmont Hood, of Earpsboro, !
1- as a visitor in our section Sunday.
Mr. William Fuller, of Raleigh, 1
pent Saturday night with Mr. Ruffin
i’uller.
Miss Crosia Fuller visited in Earps-1
joi'o Sunday.
Miss Matoka Pace reutrned Sun
lay from a visit .to her parents in
.Vakefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bailey, of
iear Clayton, were visitors at the
lome of Mr. W. D. Hales Sunday.
Messrs. F. P. Hales, Ruffin Ful
.er and W. H. Price have each
purchased a new horse.
There will be a box party at
Hales School House next Saturday
sight, for the benefit of the singing
ilass.
The ball boys of Hales Schoolhouse
ire looking forward with much inter
3st to the game of ball to be played
letween the Emit team and them, on
their ground, on Thursday afternoon,
March 6, 1912.
There will be an entertainment giv
sn at Hales School House at the
sloslng of the school, Friday night,
March 7th, 1912.
THE THREE SPECIALISTS.
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MR. ROOSEVELT
NOW IN RACE
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Will Accept Republican Nomination
If Tendered
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IS IN THE RACE TO THE END
Letter to the Seven Governors.—
Brief But Speaks in No Uncertain
Terms.—Hopes People Will Have
Privilege of Expressing Choice
Through Direct Primates.
New Yok, Feb. 25.—"I will accept
the nomination for President if it is
tendered me, and I wil adhere to
this decision until the convention has
expressed its preference,” is Col.
Theodore Roosevelt’s reply to the
letter of seven Republican Governors
asking him to stand for nomina
tion.
The eagerly-awaited reply was giv
en out tonight at Colonel Roosevelt’s
offices here during his absence on a
trip to Boston. It was unexpectedly
brief, but definite. It follows:
“Gentlemen: I deeply appreciate
your letter and I realize to the full
the heavy responsibility it puts upon
me, expresing as it does the careful
ly considered convictions of the men
elected by popular vote to stand as
the heads of government in their sev
eral States.
“I absolutely agree with you that
this matter is not one to be decided
with any reference to the personal
preferences or interests of any man,
but purely from the standpoint of the
interests of the people as a whole. I
will accept the nomination for Pres
ident if it is tendered to me, and I
will adhere to this decision until the
convention has expressed its prefer
ence. One of the chief principles for ,
which I have stood and for which I
now stand and which I have always
endeavored and always shall endeavor
to reduce to action is the genuine !
rule of the people; and therefore I
hope that so far as possible the peo
ple may be given the chance, through
direct primaries, to express their
preference as to who shall be the
nominee of the Republican president
ial convention.
“Very truly yours,
“THEODORE ROOSEVELT.”
The Governors’ letter follows:
“Chicago, Feb. 10, 1912.
"We. the undersigned Republican
Governors, assembled for the purpose
of considering what will best insure
the continuation of the Republican
party as a useful agency of good gov
ernment, declare it our belief, after
a careful investigation of the facts,
that a large majority of the Republi
can voters of the country favor your
nomination, and a large majority of
the people favor your election, as the
next President of the United States.
“We believe that your candidacy
will insure success In the next cam
paign. We believe that you repre
sent as no other man represents
those principles and policies upon
which we must appeal for a majority
of the votes of the American peo
ple and which, in our opinion, are
necessary for the happiness and
prosperity of the country.
“We believe that in view of this
public demand you should soon de
clare whether, if the nomination for
the presidency came to you unsolicit
ed and unsought, you will accept it.
“In submitting this request we are
not considering your personal inter
ests. We do not regard it as proper
to consider either the interests or
the preference of any man as regards
the nomination for the presidency.
We are expressing our sincere belief
and best judgment as to what is de
manded of you in the interests of the
people as a whole. And we feel
that you would be unresponsive to
a plain public duty if you should
decline to accept the nomination,
coming as the voluntary expression
of the wishes of a majority of the
Republican voters of the United
States, through the action of their
delegates in the next national con
mention.
“Yours truly,
“WILLIAM E. GLASSCOCK,
"CHESTER H. ALDRICH,
"HERBERT S. HADLEY,
"JOSEPH M. CAREY,
"CHASE S. OSBORN.
"Robert p. bass,
"W, R. STUBBS."
FOUL PLAY IN CASE
OF BENSON MEN
Coroner’s Verdict Causes the Holding
of Goss For Grand Jury
CUTIE MOSELEY ALSO IS HELD
Jury Reports That Death Was by
Gas, Caused by Foul Play—
Cutie Moseley Held Under
$1,000 Bond. Grand Jury of March
Term Will Act.
“We, the jury, summoned to hold
inquest over the dead bodies of
A. R. Johnson, Fred Jernigan and
H. T. Porter, after viewing the
corpses and examining into facts
and circumstances of the death of
three deceased, and hearing all testi
mony, find as follows:
“That said parties came to their
death from gas poison caused by
foul play and recommend that the
coroner hold L. W. Goss without
bond for the grand jury, further re
commend that Maynard Mosely be
held as an important witness.
“Signed by J. R. Norman, S. J.
Betts, E. M. Bledsoe, T. W. Brew
er, F. A. Watson and J. H.
Weathers.”
The above was the text of the
verdict returned yesterday morning
by the coroner’s jury after four
separate hearings in the investigation
of the death of Johnson, Jernigan anc
Porter. It was not a surprise, but
came as a relief of the long wait
on the part of the. public for a ter
mination of the investigation.
As a result of the coroner's ver
dict young Goss is now in jail to
await the action of the grand jury
at the March term of court. “Cutie”
Mosely was arrested some time la
ter by Chief Stell at the Raleigh Auc
tion House on Wilmington street.
Senator Barbour and Mr. N. W.
Porter, of Benson, came to Raleigh
again early yesterday morning and
both were on hand at the hearing.
The coroner’s jury assembled at
10: JO o'clock and only thivee wit
nesses were examined. T ; was no
one to identify the pistol as belong
ing to either of the dead men; also
no witness to further tell of it be
ing pawned in Durham.
The first 'witness called was young
Lafayette Goss and he was handed
the pistol by Solicitor Morris. He
received the pistol with shaking hand
and seemed very nervous the entire
time that he had the weapon in his
hands. He was asked if that was
his pistol and stated that it belonged
to him at one time, but that he
pawned it to Mr. Curtis Godfrey, of
Durham, who conducts a restaurant
on Main street. On being asked
when he pawned the gun, stated
that he pawned it the Sunday morn
ing before he came to Raleigh. He
Baid that he bought the pistol from a
negro in front of the theatre in Dur
ham about three weeks before. In
reply to a question he stated that
he did not know the negro from
whom he bought the pistol and had
never seen him since.
The verdict of the coroner’s jury
was undoubtedly delayed for a long
time on account of the lack of prop
er evidence until that developed at
the hearing Monday. The evidence
developed at the first and second
hearing did not satisfy the jury and
they asked for something additional.
This was presented by Solicitor Nor
ris, Constable Byrum and others only
after some hard wTorlc. There has
been no let-up on the case since Mr.
Norris has taken a hand in it and the
damaging evidence against Goss was
the result of the consistent work on
the part of those working on the
case.
The case will not attract very
much attention now until the March
term of Wake court, at which time
the grand jury will make their inves
tigation. Should the jury then find
a true bill against Goss that young
man will be placed on trial for his
life. It is understood that he or
his relatives have already procured
the service of Mr. John Hinsdale and
probably others in the young man'*
behalf. There was a rumor late
yesterday afternoon to the effect
that habeas corpus proceedings will
he started by attorneys to procure
the release of Goss, but it could not
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j be ascertained that such would bo
the case.
During the afternoon there were
notices sent Solicitor Norris that it
| was desired to give bond for “‘Cutie”
Moseley, but it was at a quarter to
I eleven last night when a cash bond
j of $1,000 was put up for his appear
jance at court as a witness. Mr. W.
|B. Jones; attorney, with Mr. H. I.
; Hicks, a clerk at Wilson’s Chop
House, came to the office qf Sher
i iff Sears, and the bond was signed
by “Cutie” Moseley as principal and
Mr. H. I. Hicks, the $1,000 in cash
being put up by Mr. H.I. Hicks
as the surety on the bond. After this
“Cutie” Moseley was released.—Yes
! terday’s News and Observer.
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Clayton Loses by Dojath.
Mrs. Julia Avcra Robertson, of
Clayton, widow of hte late Dr. J. B.
Robertson, died last Sunday, Febru
ary 25, at Hygia Hospital, in Rich
mond, Va., from a complication of
! diseases, after an illness of about
four months. The funeral took
place Monday afternoon at Clayton
Baptist church, where she held her
membership, the services being con
ducted by her pastor, Rev. A. C.
Ilambv. Rev. C. W. Robinson was
present and assisted in the services.
She was buried in Clayton cemetery
in the presence of many who knew
her and loved her. She was nearly
sixty-seven years old, having been
born April 29th, 1845. She was a
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. John F.
Ellington and a sister of the late
Sheriff J. T. Ellington, who died
in 1910. The sons and daughters of
Rev. John F. Ellington wero all ta
lented and cultured and highly es
teemed, and sho was the last one
of them to depart this life. Her
death brings sadness to many
hearts for she was truly a noble wo
man. She was widely known, hav
ing had charge for many years of
the Robertson Hotel, which added
many to her acquaintances. She con
ducted one of the best hotels in eas
tern North Carolina. Two or three
years ago she and Dr. Robertson
sold the hotel and built a fine home,
but lived in it only a short while be
fore death took them both away.
She leaves two sons, Mr. Will Rob
ertson, of Goldsboro, and Mr. Jno. A.
Robertson, of Richmond, and two
daughters, Mrs. J. B. Blades, of New
Bern, and Mrs. J. J. Young, of Clay
ton.
RECORDER’S COURT.
Among the cases tried in the Re
corder’s Court Tuesday, we note
the following:
State vs Severn Mason. Assault
with deadly weapon. Judgment, guilty
Fined $20 and pay the boy he shot
$20, and the cost in the action.
State vs Severn Mason. Carrying
concealed weapons. Judgment, guilty.
Fined $20 and costs.
State vs Jno. Bradley. Assault with
deadly weapon. He was adjudged
guilty and fined $20 and costs.
) State vs G. S. BIzzell. One case
: for selling liquor. Defendant enter
ed a plea of guilty and was fined
$100 and costs. In two other cases
he was adjudged guilty and judg
ment suspended upon payment of
costs.
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I GOOD PROFIT IN CHICKENS.
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$44.70 Per Month Profit From For
ty White Orpington Hens.
The sum of $44.70 per month was
cleared off of 40 White Orpington
hens bred by Edgar O. loder of
our city.
Mr. Yoder tells us he has ' just
balanced his books for ihe year
and the total sales are $701.40. His
feed bill cost him $165, which leaves
him a clear profit of $44.70 per
month for the year. He has had
eggs every day and used over 100
young chickens of which no record
was kept and has about 50 breeders
left for his year’s business.—Hickory
Democrat.
Wilmington is ore of the cities
which is making the South "realize”
itself. Wilmington is the world’s
fourth cotton port and has helped
wonderfully in the work of Increas
ing the exports of the United States.
Wilmington’s commerce keeps on
growing and Justifying every dollar
spent by the government for river
and harbor improvements at this
I port.—Wilmington Star.
POSTAL EXPRESS
BILL INTRODUCED
—
Senator Gardner, of Maine, Explains
the Purpose of His Message
WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF HAUL
Want* the Government to Take Ov*
er the Express Companies and
Operate Them as a Part of Pos
tal System.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Senator
Gardner, of Maine, to-day introduc
ed a bill under which the government
would take over the properties of
the express companies and operate
them as a part of the postal service,
extending the service to the rural de
livery.
The measure indicates the probable
cost of taking over the properties as
follows: Real property $14,932,169;
equipment $7,381,405; materials and
supplies $138,210; advance payments
on contracts $5,836,666, and franchis
es, good will, etc., $10,877,369; a to
tal of $639,165,819.
While the balance sheets of the
companies show other assets of near
ly $150,000,000, Senator Gardner ar
gues that these are not devoted t*
express service and that this pro
perty might be retained by the
corporations without impairing its
value.
It is proposed by the authors of
the bill for the establishment of the
"postal express” including members
of both branches of Congress, that
rates charged for express service un
der the government shall be based
upon weight and length of haul ra
ther than upon the system in effect
for the carrying of mails. The
power to fix rates would rest with
the Postoffice Department, subject t*
appeal to the Inter-State Com
merce Commission.
FOUR IN SENATORIAL RACE.
Aycock and Clark Will Make It In
teresting For the Other Two.
Raleigh, Feb. 25.—Declaring that
there is a manifest studied effort on
the part of the I'C'^hin and the Sim
mons forces in the campaign now
on for the United States Senate
to Ignore and as far as they ca*
make it appear that there are only
the two, Governor Kitchin and Sena
tor Simmons, in the running for this
high office, ex-Gov. Charles B. Ay
cock insists that he will prove to be
i very much in the running and m^lnca
the definite announcement thai he
will open his active speech-mating
campaign about April 1 in the Au
ditorium here. He expects to makat
his second speech in Charlotte and
during the next several months in-*
tends to go into every section ot
the State carrying his campaign ev
en to the women and children, ai
he expressed it.
Governor Aycock left to-day
an absence of a month that he
Bpend out of the State for
purpose of further recuperating
health. He says that he has
begun an active campaign earlier
cause he wants to save the people
long as possible from the distractW
and turmoil of a strenuous campaign
such as this promises to be.
He says he wants it understood
that he is in the contest to the
finish and cannot be eliminated othi
sr than through the vote of tbf
people at the primaries. If thef
turn him down, lie will bow to their
will, but will fight to the finish, and,
if elected, will serve the people in
the Senate with the same fidelit;
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that he has in the past when e
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