Governor W. W. Kitchin Will Speak at Smithfield, Saturday, October 12th, at 11 O’clock A. M,
VOL 31
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1912
Number 33
NO JOINT DEBATE
HERE TOMORROW
Nfr. Sanders Says He Has No Authori
ty to Make An Appointment for
Senator Simmons.
At a meeting of several of Gov
ernor Kitchin’s friends held in
Smithfieid-'one night last week, Mr.
I,. JL Allred, Chairman of the Kit
chin Canpaign Committee in this
County, was authorised to invite
Senator Simmons, through his County
manager, Mr. W. M. Sanders, to
meet Governor Kitchin at Smith
field on October 12, and discuss the
issues of the Senatorial Campaign.
This, Mr. Allred did in the follow
ing letter: ,
Smithfield, N. C. Oct., 3rd, 1912.
Mr. W. M. Sanders,
Mgr. for Senator Simmons,
Smithfield, N. C.
My dear Sir:
Gov, Kitchin will deliver a dem
ocratic speech and discuss the issues
involved in the Senatorial contest,
at Smithfield, on Saturday, Oc|pber
12th, at 11 a. m. By order of the
Kitchin Campaign Committee in this
County, and by and with the warm
Approval of Gov, Kitchin, I am dir
ected to extend a cordial invitation
to Senator Simmons to meet • Gov.
Kitchin here on the date named and
join him in a discussion of the issues
of the Senatorial Campaign. I, there
fore, respectfully and earnestly hope
that you, as his County Manager, will
take up the matter directly with Mr.
Simmcns and strongly insist upon
his acceptance of this challenge.
In your recent advertisement of the
coming of J. W. Bailey in the in
terest of Senator Simmcns, you say
that “Governor Kitch.u s friends are
having so many unkind things to say
about Senator Simmons ’ official re
cords,” therefore the above named
occasion furnishes a fine opportuni
ty for Mr. Simmons to refute the
“many unkind things” which you say 1
are being said about his record, and
if it will suit his convenience and
inclinations to' meet the Governor
here on the 12th inst., the Governor
will grant an equitable and generous
division of his time to the Senator ^
for a discussion of the issues.
I undertake to say for Gov. Ku
chin that he will not utter a word in
disparagement of Simmons as a man,
but he will confine himself to a chari
table but frank discussion of Mr.
Simmons’ conduct and record as a
United States Senator, consequently
you may assure the Senator that the
debate will be pitched upon a high
plane, and democratic harmony and
success cannot be threatened by
reason of a dignified discussion of
records and not men.
When Gov. Woodrow Wilson at
tacked James Smith, Jr. in the repent
Senatorial Contest in New Jersey on
the ground that Smith is not a pro
gressive democrat, no one was heard
to decry the--attack because it
might provoke discord among dem
ocrats or threaten democratic suc
cess. The so-called “attack” upon
Senator Simmons’ record and upon
his democracy as a progressive by
Governor Kitchin and his friends is
reprehensible to the same extent only
as that of Gov. Wilson’s attack on
Smith, and in the interest of de
fending his record and his progres
sive tendencies; this challenge is
•ssued to Senator Simmons.
Trusting that you may be able to
answer soon that Mr. Simmons ac
cepts, 1 am,
Very truly,
L. H. ALLRED,
Chairman Central Committee.
-a.
The following is Mr. Sanders’ reply
to the above letter:
Smithfield, N. N. Oct-, 10, 1912
Mr. L. H. Allred, Manager,
For Governor Kitchln,
Smithfield, N. C.
Dear Sir:-*
Your very novel letter suggesting
ft joint debate detween Senator Sim
mons and Governor Kitchin in their
candidacy for the Senatorial nom
ination, at Smithfield, on October 12
1912, has been received, and in reply
I will state that as County Manager
for* Senator Simmons I have no au
thority to make any appointment for
him, and I presume that your au
thority is assumed in attempting to
make a joint appointment for Gov
ernor Kitchin.
Moreover, you attempt to take an
advantage of an appointment already
made by Governor Kitchin to invite
a joint discussion, and after having
notice published in the newspapers,
and also publicly announcing that a
big barbecue would be tendered Gov
ernor Kitchin on the above date.
And after inviting everyone to attend
a Kitchin rally, now you come for
| ward and attempt to bring about a
joint discussion, which would be man
j ifestly unfair to Senator Simmons.
I And the Kitchin howlers, after the
discussion is over, would spread the \
news that Senator Simmons took ad
vantage of a Kitchin appointment,
of a Kitchin crowd, of a Kitchin bar
becue, and of a Kitchin brass band,
to discuss his Senatorial record.
Again, Senator Simmons is dis
cussing the principles of Democracy,
advocating the election of Governor j
Wilson and the Democratic ticket,
while Governor Kitchin is discuss
ing ways and means to land himself
in the limited States Senate.
‘Permit me to further suggest that
if Governor Kitchin would devote as
much of his time to the advocacy of
the Democratic Platform, both Na
tional and State, and assist in the
election of the Democratic ticket, he
would not have quite so much time
to devote to the promotion of his owr
ambition.
Further1 assuring you that I am
without authority or advice to make
appointments for Senator Simmons, I
am,
Yours truly,
W. M. SANDERS.
Manager for Senator Simmons,
Johnson County.
NEW ENDURANCE RECORD.
A American Aviator Flies Contin
u~ww y for More Than Six hours.
Annapolis, Md., October 6— A new
American - recoid for an endurane
flight was made here to-day by Lieu
tenant John H. Towers, of the Navy
Aviation Corps, in a Curtiss hydro
aeroplan. He was continuously in
the air for six hours, ten minutes and
thirty-five seconds. The best previous
American record made by Paul Peck
was four hours, twenty-three1 minutes
and thirty-eight seconds.
The distance covered by Lieutenant
Towers was approximately 389 miles,
with six miles to a lap. When the
best previous record was made Peck
covered 176 miles. To-day’s course
was not a measured one, however, an
Tower's distance ' record is not offi
cial.
The flight to-day was quietly ar
ranged by the American Aero Club,
and it tvas not generally known that
it was to take place. towers rose
from the water in front of the avia
tion grand stand at
6:50 this morning and did not touch
the water again until thirty-five sec
onds after 1 o'clock this afternoon.
There was but a glass full of fuel in
the tank when he alighted. He flew
at a height varying from 200 to 1,200
feet.
TWO AVIATORS KILLED.
Death List Increased on Last Day of j
Johannisthal Meet.
Berlin, October 6.— Aviation week
at Johannisthal was concluded to-day
after two more deaths had been add
ed to the long list of fatalities a
mong European aviators during the
last two months. A monoplane driven
by Ernest Allig and carrying a me
chanician suddenly fell from a height
of 600 feet when a wing collapsed.
The mechanician was thrown from the
! machine at a heihgt of 450 feet and
his body landed on the ground clear
of the wreckage. Allig fell with the
'monoplane and was killed instantly.
The accident was witnessed by a big
assembly. Allig Qualified as an
aviator last May.
Rockbridge county, Va., has con
tributed $1400 to the Wilson fund,
approximately a dollar for every
Democratic voter.
GOVERNOR K1TCHIN '
HERE TOMORROW
Foremost Citizen and Orator-Friends
of Governor Will Have Brass Band
and Barbecue.
The friends of Governor Kitchin an
planing for a great day in Smith
field to-morrow. There will be a
barbecue and a brass band to en
liven the occasion. Governor Kit
chin is expected to be here and
speak at eleven o’clock.
Because the Governor has called
attention to the record of Senator
Simmons in the United States Sen
ate he has been denounced some
what bitterly in some sections. Let
those who are inclined to be bitter
toward the Governor come to Smith
field to-morrow and hear his ad
dress. He is one of the foremost
speakers in the State and will in
terest those who hear him whether
they agree with him or not. No man
can say aught against his private life
or personal character. Because he
has aspired to succeed Senator Sim
mons in the United States Senate he
is called a demagogue and many
other names by those who oppose hiir
But after all he has served his State
well whether he ever becomes Sen
ator or not. He will have a high >
place in the States history.
TRICK AVIATOR’S DASH TO
DEATH.
Fair Crowd of 60,000 Gasps as
Charles F. Walsh Falls 2000 Feet.
Trenton, Oct. 3.—Sixty thousand
people gasped, groaned and many
burst into tears this afternoon as
Charles F. Walsh, greatest trick avia
tor in the world, dashed from a
height of 2000 feet to instant death
at the Interstate Fair grounds. It
was the third serious miship of the
week’s show, beginning Monday with
the almost fatal dive of Shaw, the
high diver, and including the fatal
fall of Samuel Fouike, veteran jock- j
ey, on the trotting track yesterday
and who died tonight in the hospital, j
Every bone in Aviator Walsh’s body
was ap.orf ntly broken and physici
ans who were hurried to his wreck
ed machine ' in an automobile be- j
lieved that he was dead before he j
3truck the earth.
Walsh was the headliner on the
Fair’s vaudeville program, and when !
the time came for his flight, William
T. Taylor, the vaudeville manager of
the fair, megaphoned to the crowd: ,
“Mr. Walsh says it is very windy,
but he will attempt a flight.”'
A ripple of applause greeted this !
announsement and in a few minutes
the aviator was in the air. He dim- j
ed perfectly to a height of 5000 feet '
before lie began the spiral descent j
which has caused the deaths of all
of the world’s greatest aviators. The
first three turns in the air were per
fect, and then the biplane collapsed
like so much pasteboard, and came
whirling through the air.
SIX PERSONS KILLED.
Automobile in Which They are Rid
ing Struck by Train.
Dallas, Tex., October 6.—F. B. Cor
nelius, of Palmer, Tex.., his wife and
two daughters and his sister and her
child, were killed to-night when the
automoble in which they were riding
was struck by an interurban car near
the town of Arlington, twenty-five
miles from Dallas.
The interurban, traveling at a rapid
speed, struck the automoble squarely
in the center, throwing its six occu
pants directly in front of the car.
The bodies of those killed were
mangled beyond recognition.
Cornelius was Identified by a card
found in his pocket.
BADLY CUT IN GIN.
Mr. Ira Messer, while working at
the cotton gin of Mr. J. Clarence
Hardee, near Benson last Monday,
had one of his arms so badly cut it
had to be taken off. The amputation
was made by Benson physicians.
WILSON GREATLY
IN THE LEAD NOW
According to Poll Taken by New
York Herald in Twenty-nine
States—Roosevelt Secoiid.
The second forecast of the presi
dential election, compiled by the New
York Herald and printed in that
paper Sunday, not only shows the
Wilson vote to have made material
gains over that for Bryan four years
ago, but shows the New Jersey gover
nor far in the lead of his other op
ponents, the nearest one being Roose
velt, with Taft a poor third, while
■Debs, the socialist candidate, shows !
an increase in vote over his last I
race.
It is claimed that the president !
has made great gains in New Englanc
and that if the election were to be
j held now that he would carry both |
, New Hampshire and Vermont. That
however, is theory.
Straw votes taken by the Herald,
approximating 70,000, and gathered in
twenty-nine States, taking in only
Missouri, Kentucky and Oklahoma of !
the Southern group, put Governor j
| Wilson easily in first place. In j
; twenty-three of the twenty-nine States
he is leading, Roosevelt leads in five
and President Taft in one. The grand
total of ballots collected by the Her
ald up' to this time gives Wilson
30,261; Roosevelt, 20,748; Taft,13,
055 and Debs, 4,982.
The Herald states that its pre- I
pared table, which it prints, showing j
the indicated majorities in the twen
ty-nine States, is made up from the
best votes taken by its canvassers j
and is not meant as a guide to what
will happen in November. It states
that the campaign is now in its for- 1
mulative State and changes are oc
curring daily.
What' is Indicated.
Hollowing are the indicated plurali
ties in the States as shown at this 1
ties:
.New \ork tor Wilson, plurality, <8,
799. Roosevelt second.
Pennsylvania for Wilson, plurality, j
30, 710. Taft second.
F Illinois for Roosevelt, plurality, j
192,967. Wilson seccond.
Ohio for Wilson, plurality, 250,595,
Taft second.
Indiana for Wilson, plurality, 40,
643. Roosevelt second.
Missouri for Wilson, plurality, 180,
139. Roosevelt second.
Michigan for Roosevelt, plurality,
6,798. Wilson second.
Iowa for Wilson, plurality, 51,817.
Roosevelt second.
Wisconsin for Wilson, plurality, 61,
957. Roosevelt second.
Minnesota for Wilson, plurality,
64,274. Roosevelt second.
New Jersey for Wilson, plurality,
104,458. Roosevelt second.
Connecticut for Roosevelt, plurality,
186. Wilson second. 1
Maryyland for Wilson, plurality,
17,136. Roosevelt second.
Kansas for Wilson, plurality, 87,
1150. ^Roosevelt second,
j Kentucky for Wilson plurality,
97,742. Roosevelt second.
West Virginia for Wilson, plu
rality, 38,704. Roosevelt second.
Nebraska for Wilson, plurality,
43,167. Roosevelt second.
South Dakota for Wilson, plurality,
38,063. Roosevelt second.
Washington for Roosevelt, plu
rality, 1,968. Wilson second.
Idaho for Roosevelt, plurality, 25,
223. Wilson second.
Delaware for Wilson, plurality,
15,475. Roosevelt second.
.Oklahoma for Wilson, plurality,
40,477. Roosevelt second.
Utah for Taft, plurality, 10,960.
Wilson second.
Wyoming for Wilson, plurality, 1,
910, Taft second.
California for Wilson, plurality,
32,238. Roosevelt second.
Arizona for Wilson, plurality, 4,
641. Roosevelt second.
New Mexico for Wilson, plurality,
4,079. Taft second.
Nevado for Wilson, plurality, 1,686,
Roosevely second.
Colorado tor Wilson, plurality,
14,464. Taft second.
nine young lives snuffed
OUT.
Philadelphia, Oct. 6.—Nine young
men lost their lives early today when
I an automobile in which they were
joy riding crashed through a railing
on the side of the new 33rd street at
| Master avenue and fell into the coal
yard 75 feet below. The machine, a
big touring car, turned turtle in the
descent and the occupants were fount
crushed and mangled in the hood of
the machine. The body of the car
was smashed to splinters. The dead
are:
Robert A. Boyd, 27 years old.
Gordon H. Miller, 21 years old.
Wm. M. Lawrence, 25 years old.
Edgar M. Shaw, 19 years old.
Thomas Nevln, 18 years old.
Daniel J. Wilks, 25 years old.
Jesse Holmes, 23 years old.
Ernest Schofield, 27 years old.
Robert Geisel, 22 years old.
All were from Philadelphia.
Edgar M. Shaw, 19 years old, a
son of James Shaw, a lumber mer
chant, who owned the car, was taking
a party of his friends home after an
evening spent in various cafes and
saloons. Nine young men were in the
machine and six others were in a
smaller machine when the party came j
at teriffic -speed down 33rd street, j
In turning to avoid the smaller auto- I
mobile, which was in the lead Charles !
I. Spayd, who was driving a car in \
the oppositte direction collided with i
the rear of the Shaw machine. The
heavily loaded car swerved and crash
ed through the iron railing of the
bridge. When those in the other ma
chines had made their way to the j
oal yard, only one occupant of the |
ill fated car showed any sign of life
and he died shortly after at the
hospital. The others were all pro
nounced dead when the institution
was reached.
Thomas A. Lawrence, brother of th
Lawrence who met his death was in
the smaller machine, lie started out 1
with the party fn the Shaw machine, !
but as it was overcrowded, asked to
be transferred to the other car. He
says the automobile in which he was.
riding was abor.t 50 yards ahead of i
the Shaw motor, when he heard the
rash and asked to be let out as he
feared his brother had met with an
accident.
Lawrence said he did not know any
of the party and had met them only
last night through his brother.
giants lose to red sox.
More than 35,000 People Witness
First Game of Baseball in
World Series.
New York, October 8.—The Boston
Americans overcame the New York
Nationals by a score of 4 to 3 to
day before more than 35,000 people in
the first game of the world’s series.
The contese was nip and tuck all the
way. The Giants made a thrilling
rally in the ninth inning when they
nearly tied the score, but “Smokey”
Wood’s bewildering speed thrned two
Giant batters back to the bench on
strikes for the last two put outs, and j
the Red Sox carried off the honors.
When victory perched on the ban
ners of the Red Sox post, the Boston
delegation marched across the field, i
and Mayor Fitzgerald, of Boston, who
was a guest of Mayor Gaynor, led in
the cheers for the players of both j
teams.
Total paid attendance, 35,730.
Total receipts,$75,730.
National commission’s share, $7,
513.
Players’ share $40,568.
Each club's share, $13,523.
Governor Eugene Foss, of Massa
chusetts, and Gq»ernor Tener, of
Pennsylvania saw the contest.
Long Distance Avitation Record.
Paris, October 6.—The French avia
tor, Pierre Daucourt, to-day won the
Pommery cup for the longest straight
away flight between sunrise and sun
set. He covered a distance! estimated
at 570 miles, a new world’s record
for a single day’s flight.
Daucourt started at 5:59 o’clock in
'the morning from Valenciennes, near
the Belgian border, and flew directly
to Biarritz, near the southwestern, ex
tremity of Grance, arriving there at
5:38 P. M. He made three stops to
replenish his tanks.
£ cash prize of $1,500 goes with
the cup.
TRIAL OF HAZERS
AT HILLSBORO
Great Interest in First Trial of Its
Kind Ever Held in North Carolina,
Strong Array of Counsel.
Hillsboro, Oct. 7.— Although it4
court records of the past are a re*
velation of numerous criminal and
civil proceedings of State-wide con*
corn, embracing a period of a century
or more and dating back into th«
abysm of time when men fought for
might and main,'” the courthouse at
Hillsboro, a village so rich In hH
toric lore, is during next W'eek destin*
ed to be the scene of a criminal trial
—the trial of four sophomores of the
State University charged with the1
killing of “Billy’ Rand, of Smith
field in the early morning hours of
September 13—that bids fair to
eclipse all former criminal proceed
ings. A trial strikingly unique in the
first instance because it will go on
record in North Carolina as the first
direct death-blow directed at the im
memorial custom of hazing as insti
tuted by a State court; in the second
instance the case will excite more
than State-wide notice because of the
prominence of all the parties in
volved and of the promising young
man that was claimed as its vic
tim. Lastly, the brilliant array of
counsel employed to wage the trial
will add decided prominence to the
case. A glance at the complexion of
the counsel engaged by both defend
ants and State will admirably serve
to furnish an insight into .the inter
est that the trial will evince.
trie list ot attorneys constitutes the
names of men that have prestige
wherever they have occasion to be
mentioned and the strong personnuel
of counsel will attract crowds to wit
ness the trial of Ralph W. Oldham,
of Raleigh; A. .C Hatch, of Mount
Olive; W. L. Merriman, of Wilming
ton, arid A. II. Styron, of Wilmington
all charged with manslaughter. A
partial list of the attorneys and their
clientage follows: For Arthur H. Sty
ron, of Wilmington, the law firm of
Keenan & Stacey, and Louis Good
man, of Wilming: c;:: for W. L. Merri
mon, of Wilmingu . , J. O. Carr and
.Rountree, u Wilmington; D.
P. Stern and . Duncan, of
Greensboro; lor Ralph W. Oldham,
of Raleigh, and A. C. Hatch, of
Mount Olive, Victor S. Bryant and
W. J. Brogden, of Durham, and Law
yer Weisberg, of Durham, will also
appear for Hatch. The proceeding at
torneys for the State, Solicitor S. M.
Gattis, will be assisted in prosecut
ing the "four boys by E. J. Justice
and E. D. Broadlrurst, of Greensboro,
and J. A. Wrellons, of Smithfield.
Other counsel in the case has been
mentioned, among the names being
A. L. Brooks, of Greensboro: C. W.
Tillett, of Charlotte, and J. W.
Graham, of Hillsboro, but these
names lihave not yet beeu confirmed.
Solicitor S. M. Gattis stated a few
days ago with some confidence that
no intimation had come to him to the
effect that a postponement or remove
to another county would be asked for
Consequently, the trial will come in
its order on the calendar at the con
vening of court next week, the first
day of court coming on Monday, Octo
ber 14.
The fierce clash that must inevita
bly develop as the trial is put to a
test by the two contending forces is
in strong evidence when an an
alysis of the two points of contention
is each alike scrutinizingly examin
ed. On one side a loving father of
a loving dead son, is seeking justice,
I the State will demand it for the sake
S of the University itself, for the pro
I tection of the sous of other citizens,
and as an obligation owed the dead.'
The other forces that will come to
life as the trial progresses will be
the contention of the fathers of the
defendants and the attorneys of the
defendants that “Billy” Rand was
simply the -victim of a system that
has existed in the schools and col
leges since time out of mind, and a
custom that has been engaged in
more or less by a majority of stud
ents. Hence shall their sons suffer
the consequences in its direct as
pect? The fight will be on, and the
trial gives promis of being a long
drawn out one.—News & Observer.