tiA a Year, la Adraoc.
"FOR GOD, FOR COUNTRY AND FOR TRUTH. "
VOL. XXII.
PLYMOUTH, N, 0.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1911
NO. 27.
THE MAIN FEATURE
WAS CMPERATIOH
ilR. ANDERSON SAYS THE UNION
. HELD ITS MOST IMPORTANT
MEETING.
HE TALKS OF THE MEETING
.5 ' : .
Big Feature Was the Adoption of a
Business Plan For Having a Chain
of Warehouses Over 'the State For
Holding Crops.
Raleigh, Returning from the an
nual convention of the Farmers'
Union in Wilson there were in the
city a number of delegates on
their way home, and all reported
the'raeetjog as a most successful one,
.with sixty-eight counties represented
iby delegates from Henderson county
on the west to Northampton . and
Craven cn the east.
Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of ' Mecklen
burg, the president of the North Car
olina farmers' Union, who was here
6n his way borne, had the following
tb say of the meeting:
"One of the most noticeable events
of the three days' session was the in
treset manifested in the business of
the' convention. It was not a body of
men seeking pleasure. The personnel
of the body was far above the aver
age of an agricultural convention.
This was remarked upon by' all of the
men who have attended farmers' con
ventions. The meeting was. unusual
ly harmonious, there was a spirit of
community interest manifested in all
of our discussions. The farmers
seemed to realize that they had prob
lems in ccmracn which the individual
could not solve, but whiah must be
met by .-operative action of the
whole body. The absence of self-interest
manifested in the business' of
interest of toe union was remarkable.
1 do not think there were any self
seeking delegates in attendance. The
politcian was conspicuous by his ab
sence. '
"The most important action of the
convention was the adoption of t. co
operative business plan, and the ap
pointment of a committee.
Ruled On A New Point of Law.
Assistant Attorney General G. L.
Jones ruled cn a new point of law
affecting Col. J. J. Laughinghouse and
the state prison board. The point of
law in question is about the commu
.tation and pay of .prisoners who have
'violated the rules of the prison. Some
time ago a prisoner escaped and was
recaptured, but. under the rules he
lost ail the days he had been given
for good behavior. Since his recap
ture Govenor Kitchin has commuted
his sentence and by so doing gave
back to him the days earned for good
behavior before his escape. The pris
on boards acting in conjunction with
the governor's commutation, decided
to give back to him his commutation
in money.
Two New Compares Get Charters.
- The China Grove Club, of China
Grove, Rowan county, and the Caro
lina Company, of Tarboro, are the
titles of the two new concerns to re
ceive Charters. The China Grove
Club, of China Grove, has a capital
stock, of $1,000, but will begin busi
ness when $3 has been paid in. The
incorporators are: J. E. Cline, of
China Grove; E. C. Osborne, of Char
lotte, and J. T. Eddleman, of China
Grove. The CaroUna Company, of
Tarboro, is chartered for the purpose
of selling, dealing, aftd trading in all
kinds of real estate1, stocks, bonds,
etc. The capital stock ia $10,000 and
divided into 4,000 shares of $25 each.
The incorporators are: P. B. Lloyd.
F. J. Murdock and W. L. Speight, all
of Tarboro.
Money For Veterans' Pensions.
S. G. Mewborne, clerk of the supe
rior court of Wilson county, received
from the state auditor at Raleigh
vouchers for pensions due the old
veterans of the Confederacy. Five
thousand dollars will be dispersed to
one hundred and sixty of the follow
ers of Lee and Jackson.
Found The Skeleton of a Man.
Several days ago Sheriff Laugh
ridge was notified that the skeleton
of a roan had been found in the Price
Higgins mountain, between Dysarts
vllle and Glenwood in McDowell coun
ty. A trip by the sheriff and other
officers confirmed the report. A 5
number of citizens had gathereuj
the scene, and there were manjhe U
nt who could identify the Cout, d
as being that of John Allan, fwlth
well known in the southern r
the county and , in Marion. I
'evident the men was murderer vs .
- l o J.
THE GARB OF THE FELONS
With Few Exceptions All Will Have tc
Wear Stripes Others Will Wear .
Uniforms of Brown.
Raleigh. Shall it be stripes or Is
there a class in the state's prison
which is to wear another style of uni
form dress Is the question. The At
torney General decides there are two
classes and the state's prison board of
directors has decided that while all
felons are to wear the regular stripes,
the prisoners in under a charge of
misdemeanor are to be garbed in a
uniform suit of brown.
There was a qestion as to the
nir.nor plnthinff nt tVift InmatpR Cit the
J L Uri. 0 v J -
state prison and this matter was sub
mitted to the Attorney General by
Warden T. P. Sale of the state's pris
on. In reply Warden Sale received
a letter from the office of the Attor
ney General, this written by Assistant
Attorney General G. L. Jones, which
reK,8 follows: r"
"Answering your inquiry in regard
to the different kinds of uniforms for
different classes of prisoners, I wish
to say:
' 'The act regulating this matter is
Chapter 64 of the Public Laws of
1911. By section 2 of this chapter,
the slate prison board is required to
prescribe 'a uniform to be worn by
persons convicted of felony and a
uniform to be worn by persons con
victed of a misdemeanor, which shall
be different and easily distinguished
from the uniform of the felon.
"By virtue of this chapter I think
it is the duty of the state prison
board to prescribe uniforms which
shall be used in the various counties
of the state for the two classes of
prisoners, namiy, felons and those
convicted of misdemeanors. Since all
prisoners who are imprisoned in the
penitentiary are felons under the defi
nition of a felony, set out in section
3291 of the Revisal, I think they
would all have to ' use the felons'
stripes, with the exception of those
convicted under sections , 3595, 3613
1615 and 3763 of the Revisal."
Taxes Have Been Coming In Lively.
For the past few days Deputy
Sheriff Julian Griffin states that taxes
have been coming in lively. Since
the books were received folks have
been slow in settling, partly because
the farmers were holding cotton, but
there has now been received about
thirty thousand dollars on the 1912
books. It is interesting to note that
the totals for Union county are much
larger than for 1910, as the following
figures will show: The total values oi
property is $9,359,420.12; of this
amount the whites are listed with $7,
499.484; colored, $364,593. The' un
listed will aggregate about $2,000, but
the release upon valuation by the
county commissioners will nearly off
set this. The amount of taxes, there
fore will be $90,048.73, of this amount
$20,464.73 goes for general state and
pensions. This must be paid before
January 1st, or collected by sale of
property assessed which is usually
done in May of the following year.
Medical Society Elects Officers.
The Wake County Medical Society
met in annual session and the follow
ing officers were elected: President,
Dr. Albert Anderson; vice-president,
Dr. B. W. Burt, of Enno; secretary,
Dr. C. W. Horton; treasurer, Dr. K. P.
Battle, Jr. Dr. R. S. Stevens was elec
ted a member of the Board of Cen
sors, and as delegates to the meeting
of the State Medical Society there
were elected Drs. R. H. Lewis, J. D.
Whitaker and C. O. Abernathy, with
Drs. J. B. Watson, A. W. Knox and
Dr. Casterphen, of Wake Forest, as al
ternates. Have Demanded School Bond Money.
The board of school commission
ers of Charlotte have served a formal
demand upon Mayor A: C. Bland and
the board of aldermen to pay over tc
the treasurer of the board of commis
sioners the whole sum of $100,000 of
school bond money, and also ask that
it be derided whether the school
board is to have entire control of
the building and selection of school
sites or whether this function is to
be turned over to the board of alder
men. Greensboro. A convention of the
Laymen's Missionary Movement for
Winston-Salem is being planned by
the state executive committee.
Awarded the $100 Cash Prize.
Mr. P. D. Finch, the young farmer
who won out in the Davidson County
Corn Contest withh a yield of IBS 45-56
bushels of corn on one acre of land
received a letter from the director of
the Southern Corn Show, Atlanta, Ga.,
Informing him that he had been
awarded the cash prize of $100 for the
best yield of corn on one acre of
land in North Carolina. Mr. Finch
stood second in the South, a Tennes
oe man topping the list. This speaks
well for Davidson county and is a
high honor for Mr. Finch.
RUSSIAN TREATY
STIRS WASHINGTON
SULZER RESOLUTION TO ABRO
GATE TREATY OF 1832 CON
SIDERED INSULTING.
SITUATION IS VERY SERIOUS
Result May Be That Russia May
Sever All Friendly Relations
With United States.
Hundred Thousand Jews "
Ready to Fight Russia.
Boston, Mass. That one hun-
dred thousand Jews stand ready
to enlist and fight against Rus-
sia should . Insistence upon the
rights of American citizens
bring about war, was the decla;
ration of Rabbi M. M. Eichles
at a mass meeting at Fanual
hall.
Washington. The Russian treaty
situation cleared materially, and the
administration plans for the abroga
tion of the 1832 pact with the St. Pe
tersburg, government became more
definitely- known. President Taft, it
is said, has indicated emphatically
that he woufd veto the Sulzer reso
lution instantly if it should be forced
through the senate without modifica
tion. Nothing that can be construed
as an offense to Russia will be per
mitted, if the president can help it.
A protest by Russia against the
abrogation of the treaty of 1832 with
that country in the form proposed by
the Sulzer resolution overwhelming
ly adopted in the house of represen
tatives was followed by the declara
tion of senate leaders that in modi
fled terms a resolution declaring the
treaty at an end would be put through
the senate. , ,
It became known that at a white
house conference Ambassador Bakh
metoff had expressed both to Presi
dent Taft and to Secretary of State
Knox the view of St. Petersburg that
the language of the Sulzer resolution
was objectionable.' The conference
was followed by a second between
President Taft and Secretary Knox.
This conference in turn -was follow
ed by one between Mr. Knox and the
Russian ambassador.
SOUTHERN SOCIETY MEETING
Speakers at Banquet Predict Bright
Future for the South.
New York. More than eight hun
dred members and guests of the New
York Southern society listened to the
speeches delivered at their annual
banquet by Champ Clark, speaker of
the house of representatives; Oscar
W. Underwood, chairman of the ways
and means committee of the house,
and Judson W. Clements, chairman
of the interstate commerce commis
sion. Judge Clements urged publicity as
an effective means for regulating vio
lations of the interstate commerce
law.
Mr. Underwood spoke on the tariff
and reiterated many of his well
known arguments condemning the
Republican theory of tariff making.
Speaker Clark confined his remarks
to the future of the South and pre
dieted that it would some day be the
most thickly settled portion of the
United States.
Seated at the guest table were the
presidents of most of the Southern
States' societies of New York City,
Gov. William Hodges Mann of Vir
ginia and many prominent New York
ers not affiliated with the society.
Won't Sell the Maine.
Washington. Efforts to authorize
the sale of the hull of the. battleship
Maine to private parties who desire
to exhibit at various ports of the
United States, and charge an admis
sion fee to visitors, were defeated in
the house of representatives. The ur
gent deficiency bill, carrying an ap
propriation of $250,000 to complete
the work of raising the Maine, after
a hard fight, passed the house with
out change.
Knox Talks of Cotton Tare. ,
Washington. Representative W. G.
Brantley of Georgia has received from
Secretary Knox a' highly important
letter dealing with the protection of
the American cotton export trade
against the high "tare" charged as
compared with Asiatic and African
cotton. The secretary says that the
way to remedy the discrimination is
to so improve and standardize cottBn
coverings that the product will reach
foreign lands in better condition than
it now does.
FOR THE CITY FOLKS
(Copyright. 191L
ARIZONA G0E8DEH0CRATIC
NEW STATE RESENTS PRESIDENT
TAFT'S DICTATION ABOUT,
THEIR NEW CONSTITUTION.
FIRST ELECTION IN STATE
Democrats Get Two Senators, One
Congressman, Governor and
Everything Else.
Phoenix, Ariz. The Democrats of
Arizona will place two members in
the United States senate and one
member in the house of representa
tives, a governor in the state capi
tol at Phoenix and, unless present
indications are materially changed,
will make a clean sweep of the state
ticket as a result of the first state
election.
The legislature from present indica
tions will be more than three-fourths
Democratic, insuring the election of
Henry A. Ashurst of Prescott and
Mark A. Smith of Tucson to the Unit
ed States senate. Carl Hay den of
Phoenix was elected governor.
Democratic State Chairman J. B.
Birdno issued a statement claiming
the election of the Democratic candi
dates by majorities ranging from 1,
500 to 2,000. He also claimed every
county in the state except two would
return Democratic majorities.
"The people of Arizona simply re
fused to endorse Taffs dictation as
to what kind of a constitution Ari
zona should have," Mr. Birdno said,
"and while they voted to eliminate
the recall from the constitution, as
they were obliged to do in order to
gain statehood, they showed that the
recall would be placed back in the
constitution as soon as possible."
Secretary Hayes of the Republican
state committee conceded victory to
the Democrats.
PREACHER USED DYNAMITE
Dismissed Chaplain from U. S. Army
Caused Many Explosions.
Junction City, Kan. Rev. Charles
M. Brewer, formerly a chaplain in the
United States army, now a pastor of
a Baptist church in Olustee, Okla.,
has been accused in a confession by
Private Michael Quirk of Implication
in a mysterious series of explosions
which have baffled miltary author
ities at Fort Filey for six months.
Mrs. Anna Jordan of Kansas City,
also implicated in Quirk's confession,
was arrested in Kansas City following
a telegram to the police.
Quirk, in his confession, said he
blew up the bridge across the Kay
river, June 24 last, and the cavalry
stable June 30, when twenty-five cav
ahv horses were burned to death. Ha
said a' so that he blew up the water
main which supplies the post with
water.
I IjUU K UCIW'CU i'V. v...." . .. .
Kcrimes at the Instigation of Brewer,
who sought revenge because he nad
been courtmartialed and dismissed
from the service for conduct unbecom-
m
ga gentleman.
St. Patrick's Day Ruling.
Rome, Italy. A decree by the pope,
issued in July, eliminated St. Pat
rick's day from the list of Irish oblig
atory holy days, on which Catholics
are called upon to bear mass and ab
stain from unnecessary work. On the
request of the Irish Catholic hierar
chy, however, the holy see has juu
issued another decree. According to
this the feast of St. Patrick wjl! con
tinue to be a holy day in Ireland,
without, however, being preceded by
a day of fasting or abstinence.
I fOM Vit C0OMTRV
true awT of iivwct
G. 0. P. COMMITTEE MEETS
The Nominating Convention Will Be
Held in Chicago on June
. - ' 18, 1912. .
Washington. With little trace of
friction the Republican national com
mittee . met here and formulated the
preliminary plans for the campaign
of 1912. The program agreed upon
was carried out expeditiously in short
sessions aggregating barely more
than two hours.
Chicago was chosen as the conven
tion city and the call was issued for
the assembling of delegates on Tues
da jr, June 18, to nominate candidates
for president and vice president. Act
ing Chairman John F. Hill, former
governor of Maine, was unanimously
elected chairman of the committee
after the acceptance of the resigna-
i : 6 T 1 i n7nl TTi-nnlr TT
Tntehcock, which went into effect on
April 1, 1909. William Hey ward or
Nebraska, was elected secretary to
serve until the new national commit
tee is-organized in Chicago in June.
The committee adhered to the con
vention call of 1908 and the primary
question, which had been the sole dis
turbing topic before the committee,
was left., as it was four years ago. The
champions of presidential preference
primaries and statewide primaries for
the selection of delegates to the con
vention in states where primary laws
are not operative, were defeated. They
were led by Senator Borah of Idaho,
who contented himself with a minor
ity report from the sub-committee on
call, of which he was chairman, and
with a brief speech to the commit
tee. .
The meeting v.'as unique in two re
spects. There was a complete ab
sence of bitterness and the proceed
ings were conducted with open doors.
Politically the meeting was pro
Taft. The president's advisors con
trolled the situation. Early in the
day it became apparent that Secre
tary Hilles and Arthur Vorys, nation
al committeeman from Ohio, were in
control.
The wishes of the Taft committee
men prevailed throughout the meet
ing. The Ohioans and New Yorkers
who had given publicity to the Rooser
velt propaganda, contented them
selves with the progress they have
made. . Walter Brown, leader of the
Ohio Roosevelt band, took no part in
the proceedings, while National Com
mitteeman William L. Ward of New
York,-whb did'not attend the white
house" dinner, "was in accord with the
program adopted.
There was practically no contest in
selecting the convention ciitf. Secre
tary Hayward announced he had re
ceived tentative invitations from Cin
cinnati, Buffalo; St: Louis, Denver and
Chicago.
Fear of a fight in the next conven
tion to curtail the Southern represen
tation seems well founded. Represen
tative Burke of Pennsylvania, who
led the reduction fight in 190S and
lost by a narrow margin, has again
been called upon to lead the move
ment. The Southern members of th. com
mittee were in session again, -planning
to resist any attempt at th next con
vention to cut down Ihe representa
tion from the South. .
Riot Disturbs Peajje Meeting.
New York. A rjeious outbreak in
terrupted a large 'mass meeting held
at Carnegie hall , n support of the ar
bitration treaties which President
Taft has proposed with England and
Franqe. 'The outbreak occurred after
Nichi B'Uler'had read resolutions
v.rgiuS.'iSh yap to ratify the trea
ties, anv r fciso G. Koolble moved
that the majority report of the sen
ate "coxn'mittee 'off foreign relations
adopted as a substitute for the
Butler resolution.
E IN PIECES
TO SURVIVORS
PORTIONS OF THE WRECK OF
THE BATTLESHIP MAINE TO
BE DISTRIBUTED.
URGENT DEFICIENCY . BILL
Cities and Patriotic Societies May Get
Souvenirs of Wrecked Battle
ship if Bill Passes.
Washington. Portions of the wreck
of the battleship Maine, now being
cleared of mud and debris in Havana
harbor, are to be donated to cities,
patriotic societies and the survivors
or heirs of the Maine under a plan
presented to the house in the urgent
deficiency bill.
The entire bill carries $2,270,000. It
authorizes an additional appropriation
of $250,000 for raising the Maine,
making a total of $900,000 for that
purpose.
The bill would authorize the secre
tary of war to "give some portion or ,
the wreck" to the republic of Cuba
for incorporation in a public monu
ment to be erected in Havana. It
would also authorize the secretaries
of war and navy to donate pieces
of hte battleship to any municipality ...
nf the United States, or to any mill-
Iciijr ui uaiai aaoumwv") .
in the United States, or to the. for
mer officers and crew of the Maine,
or their heirs or representatives."
The money now in hand will be
used up by the war department, De
cember 20, at the present rate of
work on the Maine, and department
officials have advised the . appropria
tion committee that if the wreck is
to be towed to the United States an
additional expense of $100 a. day will ;
be necessary. 0
The bill includes $300,000 for fur
ther work in the census bureau, a
cut of 50 per cent, from the estimate;
$350,000 to complete two revenue
cutters now building at Newport
vowa fnn whioh $150,000 was appro
priated last year; $154,000 for mile
age for members of the house; $47,
000 for mileage for senators; $65,916
for public buildings, and $417,320-for
the bureau of engraving and printing, ;
President Taft and his cabinet
were shown just how the battleship ,
Maine was blown up in Havana har
bor. Rear Admiral Vreeland and
Chief Constructor Watt of the navy,
both members of the Maine investi
gating board, staged the show.
A model of the Maine was placed
on the big mahogany table in the
cabinet room, and Mr. Taft and his
HdviKors watched closely while the
two naval officers explained.
First the Maine was shown ridins
at anchor in Havana harbor. Sudden
ly Admiral Vreeland pulled a string
or two and the model battleship was
a ruin in exact reproduction of the
Maine as she lay on the bottom afte1
the explosion.
JURY ACQUITS J. W. KNIGHT
Cotton Broker Declared Not Guilty
of Fraudulent Use of Mails.
TTnntBviiiA Ala. The iurv trying
John W. Knight, charged with fraud
ulent use of the mails in connection
with forged cotton bills of lading re
ported a verdict of "not guilty.':. The
jury was out seven hours and forty .
minutes. The Federal court has ad
journed and four other cases against
Knight, making practically the same
charges as the one qf which he has
just been acqumeu, wei uumuiurii
to the April term.
Knight was a member of thjf de
funct cotton firm ofKnighijancej
& Co. of Deeatur, Ala. Iwas charg
ed he issued forged bis 0f lading
for cotton and thj'iHlefrauded buyers
in this coutnj-y" and abroad out pi
millions of--dollars. It was after! this
failurethat Eastern financial inter' :-ests-fco-operating
with Southern cpt
ton handlers took steps to insure the
fcotlon trade against iorseu uiu ui
lading. : '. -:.
Knight admitted on the , witness
stand he drew bills of lading iwithouj
having the cotton, but stated tarffu
officials of railroads gave him per-
I .-. An Viia nTifl furnish the frit ,
V?IWWii2 1 '
New York. Lillian Graham a.nt
Ethel Conrad were freed late of crim
inal charges on which they had beer'
held since last June for snooting int
. 1 ,J nn '
mullUUiluo tjjuii'" '-
nr TT1 ClntrAd V ' fur. V
..,.d tta fprrliet in , flf tv-eifiht mia
icatuu vw " -
utes. Stokes was shot when he call ,
ed at the apartment of the show girl!.
on the night of June 7. He said hi J
had cone there at the invitation o?
Miss Conrad with the expectation oi
getting letters he had writtan
Miss Graham.