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v-' l) 1 1 If If i II 1 " , "" 1 ' 1 '" tx a Yr, la Adranc. FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. " Ua&m Cm&j Cta. VOL. XXII. PLYMOUTH, C.. FRIDAY, JULY 7, 91L 7 NO. 3. ...... ... - . . V V PARDON 8Y GOVERNOR CONCERNED WITH EARL COTTON AND RED HOPKINS IN MUR DER CASE. SERVED OVER TWO YEARS Was Sentenced to Ten Years But Was Pardoned Upon Condition of Good Behavior Reason , Are Assigned For the Action Taken. Raleigh. A sequel to the convic tion of Tim Holderfield, Earl Cotton and Red Hopkins in April, 1909, for Ithe murder of Dr. E. W. Smith, a Richmond traveling man, is a condi tional pardon by which Governor Kitchin allows Holderfield hi3 free dom during good behavior. It will be (remembered that Holderfield was con victed 6f murder in the second de cree and sentenced to ten years in the State's Prison, of which sentence he (has served something over two years. iEarl Cotton is still in the penitentiary, serving a thirty-year sentence, and IRed Hopkins has completed his sen tence. -. The Governor has assigned the fol lowing reasons for the conditional pardon: "Prisoner with the others was con victed of murder in the . second de gree. The principal offender was sen tenced to thirty years. Holderfield jwas in his employ and acted under his direction. The murder was the re sult of drugging for robbery. The prisoner got none of the spoils and had nothing to do with the drugging, The police justice who conducted the preliminary investigation, the twelve jurymen Who tried the case, the trial judge, the solicitor, the attorney who aided the solicitor, and many other reputable citizens recommend pardon, prisoners was not regarede as a vici ous man. "I pardon . prisoner on condition that he remain law abiding and of good behavior." Guard Shot Escaping Convict. Tom Browning, a young white man, who is serving a term of three years on the roads for stealing two cows, is at the county home with a bullet through him, the wound being inflict ed while he was attempting to escape. Browning chose the time to run when Guard Ferguson was lifting a bucket of water up to his head and had both arhs in position to be easily at tacked. But Browning decided not to do this, and made a break. He ran seventy-five yards through a picket, wfcen the guard caught sight of his body on the other, side and fired. So far as Mr. Ferguson could see, he did not hit his man, and he attempted another shot, when one of the car tridges caught in the . gun and he could not break it. Browning con tinued to run about 250 yards and fell. It was found that he had been struck in the "back and that the bul let went directly through, coming out an inch or so below his heart. New Division Counsel Appointed. Winston-Salem. The official an nouncement of the appointment of Messrs. Manly, Herndren & Womble as division counsel ' for North Caro lina of the Southern Railway, suc ceeding W. B. Rodman of Charlotte, was received here, the change taking effect July 1. The chief clerk, . Mr. John C. Wallace, who so capabily held the office under Cplonel Rodman, t will retain his position, together with his stenographer, and also the office force will be increased by two. Messrs. Manly, Hendr en & Womble have been for years assistant division counsel lor the Southern- and the general prac tice of the firm is certainly one of the largest in the Carolinas and Vir ginia. The new connection of the firm will in no wise Interfere with its genera practice. Raleigh There was a charter issu ed for the Stateville Gas Company of Statesville, captal $150,000 authorized and 5,000 subscribed by W. E. Webb, 11. N. Street and J. M. Tissell. Annual Meeting of Trustees. A annual meeting of the board of trustees of the State Normal and In dustrial College was held with Hon. J. Y. Joyner, as chairman, ex officio, entered into the matter of general im provements. No important changes were made, however. Those members 'of the board present were: T. B. Bailey, of Mocksville; A. J. Connor, of Rich Square; G. W. Hinshaw, of Winston-Salem; T. S. McMullan, of Hertford; R. T. Gray, of Raleigh; Joe Rosenthal, of Goldsboro; C. H. Me jbane, of Catawba. THE PLANS ARE TO BE DRAWN' State Building Commission Convenes in Full Meeting Hold Conference With Architects and Officials Raleigh. The State Building Com mission reconvened in a full meeting at the State Auditor's office. The fol-owing-members were present: Mr. Ashley Home, of Clayton, chairman; Mr. W. C. Springer, of Wilmington, secretary; General Julian Carr, of Durham; Mr. J. A. Long, of Roxboro, and Mr. J. Elwood Cox, of High Point, Commissioners W. L. Parsons, of Rockingham, and A. ,S. Rosccer of Bertie county, were absent. The ' full commission met having been representee! the previous day by. a sub-committee, which conferred with the architects and the state of ficersin order to go over matters thoroughly with the architect. Al lotments of the various state depart ments were agreed upon these mat ters having been pretty .thoroughly gone over at the Monday session and all changes necessary for each department were communicated to the architect, to be embodied in th plans which are now to be drawn. The commission further made an agreement with the architect Mr. P. Thornton Marye, of " Atalnta, with whom Mr. Frank B. Simpson, of Ra leigh, is associated as consulting architect that full details and blue prints should be reported to the com mission within ninety days. When this is done, the commission will, be ready to advertise for the 'Construe tion of the building. Entitled tos Foreclosure. For non-payment of interest on an unredeemed mortgage held by J. W. Perry and others of Virginia, Judge y. C. Pritchard of the United States circuit court signed a decree at Ashe ville ordering the Navy Yard Home Corporation of Charleston, S. C, to pay to the clerk of the United States circuit court the sum of $82,935 within the next ten days. The com plainants according to the decree are entitled to the foreclosure of the mort gage, a sale of defendants' property and a Judgment for any deficiency after the sale. Railroad Holds Enthusiastic Meeting. The annual meeting of. the stock holders of the Statesville Air Line Railroad Company, held here, was one of the most enthusiastic gatherings of the railroad promoters ever held and the attendance were good. The stockholders from Yadkin and Surry counties, who had not visited , the scene of the work on the road, were taken for a drive over the portion graded and - were much elated over the progress being made. The reports of the officers of the road were very gratifying. It was shown that pearly five miles has been graded, the work being first-class and permanent, at a cost of only $10,000 to the state, which is furnishing convict labor for stock in the road. The officers were urged to make every effort to secure more convicts for the road. All the directors and officers were 're-elected for another term, and D. M. Ausley, of Statesville, and T. L. Adams, of Beth any township, were elected additional directors. ' L. Roads Macadamized by Convicts. Sinee December 1, 1906, there have been 77 1-2 miles of macadam roads placed in Mecklenburg county to con vict labor. Some time ago. Chairman W. M. Long, of the board of, county commissioners, , asked County Engi neer Sam T. Stowe to compile a state ment of the work which has been done and of the roads which have been macadamized, during his ad ministration. Slim Fruit Crops Expected. Assistant Horticulturist S. B. Shaw, of , the State Department of Agricul ture, returned from a tour of horti cultural inspection in the Brushy Mountains. Mr., Shaw reports that while the average yield of apples in the state will not exceed a 30 per cent crop, there is to be a fair apple crop in Yancey and McDowell counties. The peach yield, says Mr. Shaw, will not exceed 5 per cent of normal. Raleigh. Mr. J. C. Allison, who at tended the meeting of the State Build ing and Loan association in New Bern went to Morehead for a short vaca tion, is expected in Raleigh. Commission Issues Statement. As a result of the hearing that Com missioners McNeill and Lee gave at Lexington two weeks ago, the Corpora tion Commission issued a statement to the effect that if the town of Lexing ton will provide the proper approaches for a new railroad crossing at Lexing ton for the Cotton Grove road the commission will then order the Sou then Railway to put in the necessary bridge and other approaches on its right of way in order that the present dangerous grade crossing can be abolished. IRE COMBINE IS HALEDJO COURT CHARGED THAT THEY ARE IN RESTRAINT OF COMPETITION. MANY HAVE BEEN INDICTED Many Individuals and Associations Are at the Bar of. Justice. New York. Nint indictments charg ing restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law were re turned by a Federal grand jury here this afternoon against as many as sociations and a long list of Indivi duals comprising the so-called "wire trust," affiliated with the steel indus try. Prominent among the defendants are Herbert L. Satterlee, president of the Habirshaw Wire Company, Yon' kers, N. Y., and a son-in-law of J. Palmer, president of the American Steel and Wire Company, a subsidiary of the1 United States Steel Corpora tion, and Frank Jay Gould, of New York, president of the Old Dominion Iron and Nail Works Company, Belle Isle, Richmond, Va. "What this suit charges," said Dis trict Attorney Wise, "is a trade agree ment in restraint of trade." The most prominent individual de fendants in addition to those ' above named and a full list of the associa tions in which they are members fol low: William P. Palmer, president of the American Steel and Wire Company, Waukegan, 111., and Worcester, Mass, Charles F. Brooker, vice president" of the Ansonio Brass and Copper Com pany, Ansonia, Conn., and member from Connecticut of the republican national committee. Harry G. Stoddard, president of the Trenton Iron Company, Trenton, N. J. Erskine Hewlett vice president of the Trenton Iron Company. Frank N. Philips, president of the American Electrical Works, Phillips dale, R. I. Ferdinand Reebling, president of John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton, and Roebling, N. J. Phillip H. W. Smith, second vice president of the Standard Under ground Cable Company, Pittsburg, Pa., Oakland, Cal., and Perth Amboy, N. J. The Horse Shoe Manufacturers' As sociation William P. Palmer and oth. ers. Bare Copper Wire Association Wil liam P. Palmer and others. Weatherproof and Wire Magnet As sociation William P. Palmer and oth ers. . Lead Encased Rubber Cable Asso ciation William P. Palmer and oth ers. ' ' . Wire Rope Manufacturers' Associa tion Edwin E. Jackson,' Jr., and oth ers. Fine Magnet Wire Association Ferdinand Roebling and others. Underground Power Company. Cable Association Phillip H. W. Smith and others. Telephone Cable Association Frank N. Phillips and others. Rubber-Covered Wire Association William P. Palmer and others. The general charges in all' the in dictments are the same, allowing for the difference of the business in which the defendants reads: "Because said corporations, at all such time, have been, and in fact each other, their said interstate business should have been conducted by each strictly on a competitive oasis, ana would be so conducted but for the un lawful conspiracy hereinafter men tioned." It is set forth that the various as sociations organized under their asso ciation names and each elected a sup ervisor, and adopted rules aand regula tions. An arbitrary rating was de termined, it is charged, by the ratio of output for an agreed time; each member was obliged to pay $5,000 or less into a fund called "the general deposit" and in case any member fail ed to abide by the regulations his de posit was forfeited. Seaboard Gets Western Outlet. As a result of a meeting of the rail road men, held recently in Spartan burg, S. C, definite arrangements have been made whereby the Carolina and Clinchfield and Ohio- railway will be leased by the Chesapeake and Ohio and the Seaboard Air Line. Thi3 means through trains from Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburg and intermediate points of the middle west, via the Chesapeake and Ohio, Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, and the Sea board Air Line, to points on the south through to the gulf. THE SANE AND THE INSANE FOURTH (Copyright. 1311.) City Street Spectacle of Today "GREEK AGAINST GREER" JOHN D. SPRECKELS BEFORE IN VESTIGATING COMMITTEE ON SUGAR TRUST. Describes Methods Employed to End Sugar War in the Early ' Nineties. Washington. Details of a great su gar war in the early nineties be tween Claus Spreckles in -the west and Henry O. Havemeyer in the east, resulting in an alliance between those two sugar sovereigns, were related to the sugar "trust'1 investigating com mittee of the house by John D. Spreck els, son of the Pacific sugar magnate, and president of the Western Sugar Refining company of San Francisco. "When" Claus Spreckels met Henry 0 Havemeyer in that old sugar war," asked Representative Madison of. the witness, "it ' was a contest of Greek against Greek, was it not?" Mr. Spreckel3 then described how, during the sugar war, his father in vaded the eastern territory and erect ed a great cane sugar refinery in Phil adelphia. That brought about the cul mination of the fight. "Who was the first of those two masters to throw up his hands?" Mr. Madison resumed. "I think it was Havemeyer, ' said Mr. Spreckels. "When we entered the east in that fight of course both father i and Mr. Havemeyer realized they were losing money. They came to their senses, and, in short, came together. It resulted In a -consolidation-of the plants in the east and the formation of the Western Sugar Refining com pany in California, which took over the American Sugar Refining compa ny plant and our plant there. The American plant in the west was closed down. Each side took a half interest in the new company. The entire Phil adelphia Spreckels was eventually sold tx the American Sugar Refining company. That was. I think, in 1892.' PURSUES LABOR LEADERS Wright Seems to Be Anxious to Pun ish Gompers, Mitchell, Et Al. - Washington. Justice Daniel T. Wright of the district supreme court issued a rule against Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison and John Mitchell, the labor leaders, requiring them to show cause on July 17 why they should not be judged guilty of contempt of court. This action followed the filing of the report of the special committee of at- j torneys appointed by Justice Wright to inquire into the matter of con tempt proceedings in the Bucks Steve and Range boycott case. Mr. Gompers is president,. Mr. Mor rison secretary and Mr. Mitchell a vice president of the American Feder ation of Labor. The contempt pro ceedings against the labor leaders re cently were passed upon by the Unit ed States Supreme court, which set aside jail sentences heretofore im posed by Justice Wright. The Supreme court held that the contempt on which Justice Wright formerly passed was of a' civil nature and against the Buck Stove and Range company. Disastrous Fire in Texas. Port Arthur, Texas. Two lives were lost, half a dozen or more men were injured, some seriously, three oil barges and one tug burned to the wa ter's edge, about ten thousand barrels of oil destroyed and two large ware houses and over five hundred feet of wharves burned in an explosion fol lowed by a disastrous fire in the Port Arthur harbor and water front. The loss is estimated at about $300,000. Capt. Frank Weber and a man who is as yet unidentified lost their lives in the explosion. and That of a Few Years Ago. SHOW GIVEN INDORSEMENT Estimated That $10,000 Will Be Needed for Fulfillment of , Plans. j . Atlanta. Realizing that the boll weevil is a menace that threatens the financial interests of the entire state, and agreeing that all business classes should unite to counteract its en croachment, members of the Mer chants and Manufactures' association, at a meeting held, gave their endorse ment to the corn show , as one of the most feasible methods of making war on the pest. Several generous dona tions for the support of the show were given and a committee was ap pointed to solicit further contributions from among the members. The corn show i3 thus receiving the support of many classes of business men. The fertilizer interests have raised $1,000 for it, the retail mer chants about the same amount and the agricultural Implement people be tween $1,500 and $2,000. The Mer chants and Manufacturers' association at first thought of raising $1,000, but the general opinion seemed to be that this would be too small a sum, and it is probable that a much larger sum will be donated. It has been estimat ed that at least $10,000 will be nec essary for an adequate show. Statements were made during the meeting that Atlanta jobbers are al ready feeling the effects of the pres ence of the boll weevil in southern Alabama. However, Doctor Stockbridge point ed out that in spite of the fearful havoc wrought by the pest to Lou isiana's, cotton, the cash value of , the state's aggregate field products had been greator than ever before. It is to obtain a similar result in Georgia that the corn show is being planned. "The corn show is to show the peo ple, that they can get money; out of other things," he said. MOB LYNCHED TWO NEGROES Crowd, Lynches Allen and Then Storms Jail. Monroe, Ga. Two negroes were Jynched in Walton county ,as the result of the fury of crowds of Walton citizens, who sought to avenge the criminal assaulting of a prominent white woman in this county some, time ago. Tom Allen, who was directly charged with having committed the assault, -was hanged three miles out from Social Circle early in the day. Later a crowd stormed the Walton county jail at Monroe and secured a negro named Joe Watts, charged with having acted suspiciously about the home of Mr. Bud Haw, who lives in Blasingame's district, this county. Tom Allen, colored, charged w'th having committed criminal assault in the eastern part of Walton county some time ago, and who had been for some time in Fulton county jail for safe keeping, was taken from the officers from Atlanta on the midnight train to i$ial (Circle, and carried about two miles north of the city and hanged to a telegraph pole. His body was riddled with bullets. There was a large, orderly crowd at the scene of the lynching. Blind Boy Leads Class. New York. Benjamin Appecillo, a blind boy, is the leader of his class of more than ninety pupils in public school No. 110, with an average of 97 per cent, in all his studies. He will enter DeWitt Clinton high school here next fall. The boy's ambition is to become a lawyer. Since he has been in No. 110 he has been the pre siding justice of the boys' republic. He has hrard the testimony and sen tenced the culprits for their derelic tion of duty and infraction of rules of the republic. PROCITY . DAJN SENATE IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS ARE OTFERED TO RECIPROCITY BILL. NO SESSION OF THE HOUSE The Bill Would Admit Free of Duty Agricultural Products, Says Cummins. Washington. With a continuation or the debate on the Canadian reciprocity bill, the speech of Senator Cummins of Iowa was the fixed event of the senate. Senator Borah of Idaho, whose speech was interrupted by the storm that swept over the capitol, -caused a quick adjournment of the senate because the proceedings could not be heard, expected to continue his remarks if Cummins yielded the floor. The session was figured as an anti- , reciprocity day Irom the Republican Insurgent standpoint. It was expected that Senator Owens speech on the commission form of gov ernment would be delivered if opportu nity offered, but he Is unexpectedly ab- sent. . Referring to the consideration of the Canadian reciprocity question as the "drama now in progress in the senate of the United States," Senator Cummins of Iowa delivered a speech on the reciprocity bill and offeied im portant amendments to its agricultu ral provisions. - No attempt was made by ine Re publican leaders at the opening of the session to fix a date for a vote on the bill. Senator Cummins said it was appar ent Republicans and Democrats favor ing the bill had determined to submit to the repeated statement that the president will accept no amendments to the Canadian agreement. The bill, he said, would accomplish only two important things: Admit free of duty the agricultural products of Canada, and admit a small quantity of wood pulp and print paper.- i'- - After the passage of the bill Senator Cummins said the Democrats expected , to make a combination with Republi cans who favor tariff revision to pass other bills. THE INSURGENTS MUST ACT Upper' House Will Sit Early and Late to Get Something Done. , Washington. In a few days the screws will- be applied to the senate Insurgents who are preventing a vote on Canadian reciprocity and they will be forced to talk or vote. It has been decided to hold early sessions and sit late, which program will keep Lafol lette and his small but noisy band tol erably busy. "I don't see any sense in letting matters drift along as they are now going," declared Senator John Sharp Williams.' "The senate has an antiquated piece of machinery that pays too much def ence to senatorial courtesy. I am m favor of sitting early and late and compelling senators to either talk or vote. The senate wants to pass the reciprocity bill without amendment, and ought to be permitted to do so.", Advises Against Barbecue. Macon, Ga. Announcement in the newspapers that four prominent plant ers of Pulaski county who were re cently acquitted of peonage in the United States court here, were to cel ebrate their acquittal on July fourtn with a big barbecue and that an in vitation had , been extended to the twelve jurors to be the guests of hon or, has provoked from Judge Emory Speer of the United States court a warning to the jurors not to attend. The judge takes the position that it is against the law to tamper with a jury. He says that the names, of the jurymen are in the box yet, they are on the - jury list and may be called upon to try a similar case. Several of the jurors announce that they will attend the 'cue despite the remarks, of the judge, John M. Whitnan Retire. Chicago. John M. Whitnan, vice president in charge of construction of the Chicago and Northwestern ran road and one of the oldest railway officials in the country, is to retire from the service, so it has been an nounced. Mr. Whitnan is 74 years of age, and has been engaged in 'railroad ing and engineering work continuous ly for 55 years, of which the last 31 years have been devoted entirely to the service of the Northwestern. Ivir Whitman said he had no definite plans except to erjcy himself from now oa.