CX a Year, la Advene.
"FOR GOD,-FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. "
VOL. XXII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C.. h RID AY OCTOBER 20, 1911
NO. 18.
COTTON iS BELOW
PHODUCTJDH COST
-A PROMINENT COTTON -BUYER
URGES THE NEED OF PROMPT
JOINT ACTION.
AIL TO ATTEND THE MEETING
Wold Cotton Fop Higher Prices is
Advice of Mr. Weathers Wants
Farmers, Buyers and Manufacturers
-to Be At Big Meeting Here.
Raleigh. The call for the meeting
egarding the present low prices o
cotton and at which it is hoped that
my s and means may be devised to re
store cotton to Bome figure commen
surate with the cost of production is
. the leading topic of conversation in
.cotton circles. The seriousness of the
.situation is not alone felt in North
Carolina, but over the whole South, as
. .shown by the prompt response, of the
cotton growing state- governors to the
.suggestion of Governor Colquitt, of
Texas, that the states involved hold
3. meeting.
The enormous yield of the present
.season is held to be largely respon
sible for the low price, according to
close observers of cotton conditions.
Local merchants are optimistic, but
urge a full attendance at the meeting,
,-so that the matter can be threshed
-out and thoroughly understood by all
nd that concerted and strong action
be resolved upon.
In speaking of the matter Mr. J .H.
"Weathers, of the C. E. Johnson Com
jmny, said:
"Concerning the meeting to con-
aider the low price of cotton, I think
that the main object to be achieved
Is to get the farmers to hold their cot
ton for higher prices. The meeting
should have the hearty support, both
"by presence and influence, of every
farmer, every manufacturer and every
business man.
"Cotton has now fallen below the
cost of production, notwithstanding
the enormous yield. In my opinion,
the farmer should be slow to market
lis cotton at the present prices. .
3hysician Fined For Violating Law.
The first physician to be fined for
-violating the law regulating the giv
ing of prescriptions here was Dr. Rus
sell of Fletcher, who was fined $500
on the charge og giving a prescription
to a man named Wilson when Wilson
-was not a bona-fide patient of the
physician. Russell gave notice of ap
T?eal. The case grew out of a prose-
-cution of C. C. Seawell.'a druggist for
selling Whiskey to Wilson without
"prescription and it was in evidence
that Wilson had a prescription from
Dr. Russell. Judge Adams then or-
-dered a warrant to be issued for Dr.
Russell aud he was' served with it
and appeared in court. Wilson test!
tied that he had asked for the pre
scription and that Dr. Russell had
examined him in the street by feeling
his pulse.
'Guilty of Murder and Arson.
In Rutherford county evidence Is
"being gathered to incriminate one of
Its former citizens, who has moved to
South Carolina recently, of one of the
most hideous crimes. , The accused
man, it is asserted, is guilty of mur
der and arson. It is charged that the
man, whose name will be given out
In a short time, did murder a yoing
boy several years ago near Island
Ford and alss burned a government
li,jhf warehouse, after stealing the
whiskey. The man in question will
ipt"bb?.bly endeavor to escape through
an insan?'y plea,' but steps are being
taken to prevent this. Detectives are
on the trail and a sensation is prom
ised soon.
Walter Russell Still at Large.
Although officers and citizens of
Statesvllle have been in search of him
-ever Bince the tragedy, Walter Rus
sell, who killed June Summers In the
northern section of the county) Is still
at large. It Is believed, however, that
he will be taken into custody within
a day or two.
Can Grow Alfalfa In This Section.
An experiment that Mr. Dermot
Shemwell, of Lexington, has tried out
with great profit is that of growing
alfalfa. Mr. Shemwell has one-third
of an acre in alfalfa this summer and
in spite of the drought he has cut
five good crops off of it and pastured
It down to the ground once. He was
so well pleased with the results ob
tained that he will try two acres in
alfalfa and he contemplates greatly
enlarging this acreage. Many farm
ers have the idea that alfalfa will
not grow in this section.
NAVAL RESERVES DISBANDED
Had Been Falling Beneath the Aver
age Require ' By the Commander-in-Chief
of Reserves.
New Bern. News received ' here
stated that the Oriental division of
the North Carolina Naval Reserves
had disbanded. For a long time this
company has been falling beneath the
average Required by the commander-
in-chief of the Noth Carolina Naval
Reserves, and there was but little
surprise when it became known that
the company had disbanded. Several
weeks ago, when the time arrived for
the different 'divisions of the Reserves
to take their annual cruise and prac
tice with the guns on the Naval Re
serves boat, the "Elfrida," the Re
serves at that place refused to go on
the trip unless they be allowed to
go on to Norfolk and spend a day or
two there. This cruise was not for
the purpose of a pleasure trip, and
those in charge of the boat refused to
let the Oriental division do as they
desired. After this occurrence things
began to grow worse until the whole
affair culminated in a disbandment of
the company. All of the other divi
sions in this section of the state, how
ever, are making fine showings and
are higly complimented by the in
spectors upon each of their visit3.
Especially is this true of the New
Bern division. The officers in charge
of this company are experienced men
and know how to handle a company
of men to the best advantage. At all
of their drills and maneouvers, even
the novice can see that they are a
well disciplined company and they
deserve to be highly praised.
Farmers' Union Adopts Resolutions.
At a well-attended meeting of the
Farmers' Union of Cumberland coun
ty In the court house, the following
resolution was adopted:,1 "Adopted by
the Farmers' County Union, in regu
lar session that, whereas we know
that something should be done at
once to relieve the depression in the
cotton market and because our presi
dent, Dr. H. Q. Alexander, Commis
sioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham,
Governor Colquitt of Texas, the larg
est cotton-producing state in the
Union, and other influential men and
business interests see the urgent nec
essity of better prices, and to be
anywhere near in keeping with other
commodities, we most urgently so
licit the attendance and support of
non-union farmers, bankers, merchants
and others who are in accord with
our efforts to realize more for our cot
ton, thereby putting thousands of dol
lars more into circulation and into the
vaults of the banks, to pe sure to at
tend the meeting for this purpose.
Is A Remarkable Tribute.
..The good accomplished by the anti
tuberculosis committee at Winston
Salem, as shown in the last quarterly
report, is a remarkable tribute to the
organization, headed by Col. J. L. Lud
low .chairman, the visiting nurse, Miss
Fuller, and their associates, various
men and women who have given their
time and money to the work. Acutal
reductions in the number of deaths
due to tuberculosis are shown ever
since the committee's work began.
The educational value of the organi
zation's efforts has been Incalculable,
but specific reductions in mortality
indicate certainly the practicability
of the movement. Contributions to
the commmittee in dues and gifts ag
gregated $1,513 for the last seven
months, while expenditures have been
$1,317. .
Development Company Chartered.
The Raleigh Devel6pment Company
was chartered with $125,000 capital
for the development of the Raleigh
Academy of Music property through
the erection of a splendid new Acad
emy of Music and utilizing the pres
ent building for other purposes. The
company also has power to carry on
real estate development generally.
There is $50,000 paTd-in capital sub
scribed by H. T. Litchford, Dr. J. R.
Rodgers, R. W. Winston and the Ral
eigh Real Estate & Trust Co. There
is also a charter for the Union Dime
Savings bank of Wilmington, .au
thorized capital $125,000, by F. W.
Dick, C. E. Taylor, J. Holmes Davis
and J. L. Williams. A general bank
ing and trust business ia authorized.
Office of Chief of Police Vacant.
At a meeting of the Town Alder
men held at Benson the office of chief
of police was declared vacant by the
board, no charges being made public.
However, B. D. Creech, who is chief,
was present and refused to give up
Ms office, which pays $50 per month,
stating that he would serve as police
till he wa3 impeached and removed
from office. N. T. Ryals, who is
mayor, also refused to recognize the
action of the board, declaring that he
should recognize Creech as chief un
til he was regularly removed.
JUSTICE HARLAN
PASSES AM
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF UNITED
STATE SUPREME COURT
IS DEAD.
HE WAS 78 YEARS OLD
Justics Harlan Was Considered Great
est Constitutional Authority of ,
the Day.
Washington. "Goodbye; I'm ' sorry
I kept you all waiting so long."
With these words. Associate Justice
John Marshall Harlan of the Supreme
court of the United States, often ac
claimed the greatest constitutional au-
thoriy of the day, once a conspicuous
figure in national and Kentucky Re
publican politics, and long a leader in
Presbyterian councils, died, aged 78
years. He had been ill less than a
week.
With Justice Harlan's death the op
portunity has fallen unto President
JOHN M. HARLAN.
Associate Justice U.S. Supreme Court.
Taft to select during his single term
In office a majority of the members
of the Supreme court, including the
chief justice, a duty that has devolved
on no other president since Washing
ton formed the court in 1790.
Gossip as to the probable successor
of Justice Harlan began immediately.
Some persons believe his successor
will come from he cabinet, Attorney
General Wickersham, Secretary of
State Knox and Secretary of Com
merce and Labor Nagel begin men
tioned. Of these Secretary Nagel, 'a
Missourian, was most prominently
mentioned.
Others urged selection of a lawyer
with Progressive tendencies, Just as
Justice Lamar was appointed at the
request of Southern Democrats who
wanted a larger representation on the
bench. Senators Kenyon of Iowa and
Borah of Idaho were mentioned in this
connection. Another group was re
sponsible for the suggestion that
there should be another Democrat be
sides Chief Justice White and Jus
tices Lurton and Lamar. The names
thus mentioned were Solicitor Gen
eral Lehmann, who has attracted very
much attention as the successor of
the late Solicitor General Bowers;
Lawrence Maxwell of Cincinnati and
District Judge Gordon Russell of Tex
as, who was considered with the pres.
ent Justice Lamar for appointment
a year ago.
Justice John Marshall Harlan's ca
reer marked the development of an
ordinary country politician into one
of the greatest legal intellects of the
day. Born in Kentucky, June 1, 1833,
he graduated from college at 17.
Harlan was a colonel of volunteers
during the war. Later he became at
torney general of Kentucky, was
twice defeated as Republican candi
date for governor, defeated for nomi
nation as Republican candidate for
vice president and headed the Ken
tucky delegation to the Republican
national convention in 1876, when he
switched his delegation from Bristow
to Hayes, leading to the latter's nom
ination and subsequent election. Pres
ident Hayes, unable to accede to Har
lan's request, to be appointed attor
ney general, placed the Kentuckian
at 44 years of age on the bench, the
youngest man ever receiving such an
appointment.
Walsh Is Paroled.
Chicago. John R. Walsh, former
banker and former head of a score
railroad and quarry enterprises,
Daroled from the Fort Leavenworth
Federal prison, after serving part of
, term of imprisonment following con
intion on a charge of infraction of
the national banking laws, spent a
day at his home here, and he-outlined
his Dlans for the future The course
he has mapped out does hot comprise
plans for another fisht for financial
promnience.
"CLOUDY AND
SCANDALTOUGHES OFFICIALS
GOVERNOR O'NEAL OF ALABAMA
INVESTIGATING CHARGES
AGAINST OFFICIALS.
It Is Alleged State Officials Were
Given Valuable Stock
for Licenses.
Montgomery, Ala. From letters
made public by Governor O'Neal, it
develops that charges have been filed
against State Railroad Commissioner
Leon McCord, president of the state
convict board; James G. Oakley, state
tax commissioner; P. G. Bowman of
Birmingham, and Dr. E. T. Fields,
state prison physician at Ensley, to
the effect that they sold or offered
for sale stock in a gas and oil com
pany which they own to certain men
in Birmingham who had applied for
saloon licenses, and as a condition
to the sale promised to secure the
licenses for those who bought the
stock.
Governor O'Neal has been investi
gating the charges, and made public
letters received from the four accus
ed in reply to a letter he had written
them, notifying them of the charges
and asking their co-operation. The
names of the men making the accusa
tion are withheld, and Governor
O'Neal has appointed Hon. R. B. Ev
ins, his personal attorney, to make
an official inquiry into the matter.
Messrs. Oakley and Bowman make
vehement denials of the charge, and
Messrs. McCord and Fields informed
the governor that they want a full
and impartial investigation.
It is stated that the present excise
commission of Birmingham is not in
volved in the matter, but that other
men who were urged upon Governor
O'Neal for appointment were to be in
fluenced in favor of the stock pur
chasers.
PEACE MONUMENT UNVEILED
Old Guard Memorial Is Unveiled in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Atlanta. While veterans of the
gray and veterans of the blue, united
in a common cause, stood with bared
heads in a downpour of rain, the mag
nificent Gate City Guard peace monu
ment was unveiled at Piedmont park.
The unveiling of the monument came
as a fitting climax to the spectacular
parade through the streets of the city,
in which military organizations from
every section, of the country partici
pated. The parade was one of the longest
and largest ever witnessed in Atlanta
and was reviewed by Gen. Albert L.
Mills and staff of the department of
the gulf; Governor Baldwin and staff
of Connecticut; Governor Smith's
staff; Mayor Courtland S. Winn and
members of the city council; Adjutant
General Obear of Georgia; members
of the Atlanta chamber of commerce;
several ladies of the various patriotic
organizations and others. Governor
Smith was not present on account
of a death in his family.
Funeral of Cornelius Bliss.
New York. The funeral of the late
Cornelius N. Bliss, former secretary
and treasurer of the Republican na
tional committees, was held at the
Bliss residence.
California Defeats Woman's Suffrage.
San Francisco. With returns from
little more than one-tenth of the state
at hand, the indications are that Cali
fornie has refused to grant equal suf
frage to women, but had by an em
phatic vote made the initiative and
referendum and the recall, the latter
including the judiciary, part of its
organic law. Twenty-three proposed
amendments to the constitution of the
commonwealth were voted on. Of
these the three mentioned overshad
owed the rest in public interest.
UNSETTLED"
IT IS LABOR VERSUS CAPITAL
James B. McNamara on Trial for De
stroying Los Angeles Times
' Building.
Los Angeles, Cal. James B. Mc
Namara went on trial for murder
here before Judge Walter Boardwell
in the superior court amid circum
stances as austere and simple as pro
verbial Western justice.
District Attorney John D. Freder
icks, for the prosecution, elected to
try him for the murder of Charles G.
Haggerty, a machinist, who, with 20
other men, met death in an explo
sion and fire which wrecked the Los
Angeles Times building October 1,
1910.
This case was picked from nine
teen Indictments for murder found
against the prisoner, his brother, John
J. McNamara, secretary of the Inter
national Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers; William
Caplan and M. A. Schmidt, both at
large, and four unidentified persons,
specified as John Doe, Richard Doe,
Jane Doe and John Stiles.- Hagger
ty's body was that nearest the spot
where the explosion occurred.
The prosecution contends that this
explosion . was caused by dynamite;
the defense that it was caused by
gas.
The new hall of records, in which
the trial is being held, Is only a
stone's throw from the scene of the
explosion. .
AVENGES RUIN OF SISTER
E. W. Carol, Nashville, Tennessee,
Railway Fireman, Slain by
Weaver Smith.
Nashville, Tenn. E. W. Carol was
shot five times and instantly killed
by Weaver Smith, who charges that
the dead man ruined his 13-year-old
sister, Caroline Smith, who disappear
ed from Nashville and was found two
days later In a deserted house near
the city in company with Ed Turbe
vllle. Carol and Smith are both railway
firemen and had been friends for
years. Carol is 35 years old and mar
ried, while Smith is 22.
After the capture of Turbeville, in
company with Caroline Smith, Turbe
ville is said to have charged that Car
ol was responsible for the girl's ruin.
The story reached the ears of the fa
ther and brother of the child, and
Weaver Smith went to the railway
yards and found Carol preparing to
leave on his engine for Chattanooga.
At the point of a pistol Smith forced
Carol to accompany him to the Smith
home where Caroline was confronted
with the man and told that she must
tell the truth about her relations with
Carol.
Reported Turks Have Quit.
Berlin. The armistice between It
aly and Turkey for which German di
plomacy has been striving for some
time, it i3 believed here, has practi
cally been concluded, although not yet
announced officially. It is understood
that the transportation of the Italian
military expedition will not be inter
fered with, but that hostilities in all
quarers will cease. This is consider
ed by Berlin as equivalent to the end
ing of the war, or at least the war
like movements.
Governors Asked to Help Farmers.
Austin, Texas. Governors of the
cotton growing states will be asked
to meet in conference either at Mem
phis or New Orleans within the next
three weeks to devise means to up
hold the price of cotton. Governor
Colquitt of Texas, who proposed the
conference, announced he would is
sue a proclamation setting the date
and place for the meeting. Southern
bankers and cotton planters will very
probably be asked to participate la
the conference.
REPUBLIC IS BORN
ill m en
WITH SPREAD OF REVOLUTION
ARY ACTIVITY FATE OF RUL
ING DYNASTY IS SEALED. !
A PRESIDENT IS CHOSEfl
Chinese Revolutionists Have Elected
Li Yuan Hung President of
Republic.
San Francisco. Advices were
received here by the Chung Sal
Yat Po, the Chinese, ; Daily
World, that the revolutionists In
electing Li Yuan Hung presi-
dent.
-fr
Pekin. China today faces an unpre
cedented crisis. With the spread of
revolutionary activity, opinion is now
gaining ground that the fate of the
ruling dynasty hangs in the balance.
The revolution is no longer confined
to the central provinces, a thousand
miles away from the capital. Pekia
itself Is threatened.
Members of the cabinet admitted
that the garrison Is known to be hon
eycombed with revolutionary senti
ment. The same condition exists la
the two great military posts which,
guard the capital, Pao Ting Fua and
Tien Tsin.
There are still official attempts to
minimize the gravity of the situation,
but reports reaching the capital give
little basis for hope.
San Francisco. Fearing that the
present anti-Manchu rising in China
may develop into an anti-foreign
movement, the Sui Nan Hok Sher,
the young China association in tho
United States, is preparing to peti
tion .Washington to instruct all the
American officials in China to see
that missionaries and other Ameri
cans there maintain absolute neutral
ly. The petition will be forwarded sim
ultaneously from the young China as
sociation and the Gee Konf Tong, the
Chinese Freemason society, which Is
affiliated with the Revolutionary par
ty. It is said 90 per cent of the
Chinese in this country are members
of the Freemasons.
CHOLERA FIGHTS FOR TURKS
Dread Disease Has Broken Out in the
Italian Army; .
Tripoli. General Caneva, comman,-
ln.injhof -if tho Italian o-rnorUtivn
has decided to act quickly, and it is
believed that the troops under him
will march immediately against the
positions occupied by the Turks.
Although the utmost precautions
have been taken looking to he per
fecting of sanitary arrangements.
cholera has broken out, and it is re
ported that four deaths have occur
red. General Caneva has addressed . a
proclamation to the inhabitants assur
ing them that they have not; been en
slaved by Italy. On the other hand,
they have been liberated from the
yoke under which they have beea
laboringing for years. They will be
ruled by their own chiefs under the
patronage of the king of Italy. Re
ligious and civil laws will b respect
ed, and taxes will be reduced or abol
ished. :
ELECTRIC TRUST DISSOLVED
Dissolution of General Electric Com
pany Ordered by Court.,
Toledo, Ohio. In. the United States
district court for the northern district
of Ohio, Judge John M. Killetts ren
dered a decision In favor of the gov
ernment In the case brought byy the
United States attorney general last
summer in Cleveland against the Gen
eral Electric company and about for
ty subsidiary companies controlled by
the General Electric company under
the Sherman anti-trust law.
The decree, in effect, orders the
General Electric company to conduct
all its business under its own name,
and the dissolution of the National
Electric Lamp company and about
thirty-five subsidiary corporations.
Bath Tub Trust Loses.
Baltimore, Md. In the United
States circuit court here Judge John
C. Rose rendered a decision favoring
the government in its dissolution suit
against the Standard Sanitary Manu
facturing company and others, the so
called "Bath Tub" trust. The decis
ion is most sweeping in its charac
ter. Federal counsel declared that
the decision supports the govern
ment's contention in every point. In
case of an appeal it will ro direct to.
the United States Supreme court