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VOL. XXIII.
PLYMOUTH, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913.
NO! 49:
ROOSEVELT WINS
HIS SUIT FOB LIBEL
EDITOR GOES ON THE STAND AND
ADMITS HE DID ROOSEVELT
AN INJUSTICE.
NOMINA! DAMAGES AWARDED
Roosevelt Told Jury He Didn't Want
Money, But Vindication Six
Cents Damages, Awarded.
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Marquette, Mich.-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt won his libel suit against
George A. Newett, who charged the
colonel with drunkenness, apd, hav
ing waived damages after the defen
dant had uttered a retraction, the jury
awarded the nominal damages of 6
cents, provided in such cases by the
laws of Michigan. Each party to the
suit will have to pay his own ex-
" penses.
When the session Obegan the air was
electrical with expectancy. Rumors
were flying that the suit would be
terminated. Attorney Van Benschot
u, for the plaintiff, however, resumed
the reading of depositions. It was
noticed, however, that he ignored the
testimony of some ' witnesses. The
next. "move was sudden.
The defendant,. Mr. Newett was call
ed to the stand and made a state-
ment.
The statement admitted that a
search of the country had been made
to investigate stories .of persons al
leged to have knowledge that Mr.
Roosevelt drank to excess, but in
every case the stories flattened out to
mere opinions on hearsay. ;
Leaving the stand, Mr. Newett look
x -ed In the direction of Colonel Roose
velt, but the latter was whispering to
his counsel. Attorney ' Pound then
said:
"When the court's permission the
plaintiff would like to make a brief
announcement."
The judge nodded and Mr. Roose
velt arose. Bowing to the court, the
colonel said he would waive the mat
ter of damages save for the nominal
amount provided by law. Speaking of
his purpose in instituting suit, he
.said:
"I wished once for all during my
lifetime to . deal .with those slanders
so that never- again will it be possi
ble for , any man in good faith to re
peat them."
FEDERAL MONEY FOR BANKS
National Banks in South to Get Nearly
$3,000,000 of the $11,581,500. . .
Washington. Secretary McAdoo an
nounced the distribution by states of
the additional $10,000,000 of federal
funds which the treasury department
will deposit in the national banks.
His statement also discussed the man
jier in which the banks had received
the recent order that 2 per cent, in
interest yearly be charged on! all gov
ernment deposits. '' "
Under the distribution of the new
deposits the thirteen southern states
will receive $2,902,00) in 159 banks
in 127 cities; the eight 'middle states,
$2,932,000 in 164 banks in 133 cities',
and the nine western states, $950,000
in 72 banks and in 60 cities.
Greeks and Bulgars Fighting.
Saloniki. Although Greek head
quarters have strictly enjoined all com
manders to avoid engagements,' the
Bulgarians are trying to push back
the Greek forces and several encoun
counters have ensued. The Greek
minister at Sofia has been ordered to
protest and to inform the Bulgarian
government that the Greek govern
ment declines responsibility for the
results of Bulgarian provocation. A
long conference has been held here by
the Greek minister at Belgrade, the
Servian minister at Athens.
BENNETT CLARK
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Bennett Clark, son of Speaker
Clark, has been appointed parliamen
tary clerk to the speaker, succeeding
Charles C. Crisp of Georgia, who was
elected a representative in congress.
YOUNG HEAD0F VETERANS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AND HIS
THREE DEPARTMENTAL OFFI-
CERS ARE RE-ELECTED.
Virginia Reel, Followed by Turkey
Trot, at Elaborate Ball Given
for the Old Soldiers.
Chattanooga, Tenn. Jacksonville,
Fla., was awarded the honor of enter
taining the Twenty-fourth annual Unit
ed Confederate Reunion, and Commander-in-Chief
General Bennett H. Young
of Louisville, Ky., with his three de
partmental commanders, were re-elected
at the last important business ses
sion of veterans during the present re
uion here.
The next reunion went to Jackson
ville, after more than an hour's delib
eration, in which the hospitality and
fame of that city, Nashville, Tenn.,
Houston, Texas, and Tulso, Oklay had
been proclaimed by eloquent orators.
When a vote was taken Jacksonville
received 1,528 votes, Nasjiville, the
nearest opponent, receiving 405. The
selection of the Florida city then was
made unanimous. )
Departmental officers who again
will serve under the command of Gen
eral Young,, are Lieutenant General
Theodore S. Garnett of Norfolk, com
mander of the army of North Virginia;
Lieutenant General George P. Harri
son of Opelika, Ala., commander of
the army of Tennessee, and Lieutenant
General K. M. Vansandt, of Fort
Worth, Texas, commander of the
Trans-Mississippi department.
Other features of the, reunion pro
gram were the Impressive ceremonies
attendant upon the dedication of hand
some monuments at Chickamauga
Park by delegations from Florida and
Alabama, and the parade of the Sons
of Confederate Veterans. A joint me
morial service in honor of the Confed
erate dead also was held in the audi
torium, at which representatives from
the veterans and all other organiza
tions attending the reunion took part.
Stilwell Sentenced to Four Years.
New York. Former State Senator
Stephen K. Stilwell, convicted of brib
ery by a jury, after he had been ex
onerated by the New York state sen
ate, was sentenced to serve not less
than four years nor, more than eight
in Sing Sing prison. Supreme Court
Justice Seabury granted a stay of ex
ecution, so Stillwell's lawyers might
apply for a certificate of reasonable
doubt. Stillwell, state senator from
the Bronx, was convicted of attempt
ing to obtain $3,500 from George H.
Kendall, president of the New York
Bank Note' company.
Hanged Himself in Orchard.
Roanoke. Va. W. J. Miller. 60
years old, whose home i3 near Bed
ford. Va.. committed suicide at six
o'clock in the morning by hanging him
self to a tree in his orchard. Hi3 body
was found by members of his family
before life was. extinct, and although
he lived for fifteen minutes after being
cut down, never regained conscious
ness. Miller's destruction was deliber
ate. He climbed to the topmost
branches of the tree, tied the rope
securely and jumped. He died, from
strangulation.
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HEROES UNVEILED
NEW YORK REMEMBERS THE HE
ROES OF THE BATTLESHIP
MAINE.
WAS IMPOSING CEREMONY
Impressive Ceremonies Mark Unveiling
of Memorial Shaft at, Entrance
to Central Park. 1
New York. In memory of the two
hundred and sixty-seven, officers and
men who were lost with the battleship
Maine in Havana harbor 15 years ago,
the National Maine monument was ded
icated here. From a dozen American
warships, units of the Atlantic fleet at
anchor in the Hudson river, a salute
of 252 guns echoed from the Palisades
as the veil was swept aside that re
vealed the country's tribute a pylon
40 feet high, that stands in Central
park, overlooking Columbus Circle.
Noted citizens spoke words of praise
for the dead heroes of the war with
Spain and for those who live. Former
President Taft, the secretary of the
navy, the governors of Maine and New
York, representatives of the Cuban re
public and others took part in the
exercises.
A military parade along Fifth avenue
preceded the ceremonies at the monu
ment. Headed by Rear Admiral Win
slow, the grand marshal, 5,000 soldiers
and sailors, including the veterans of
two wars, marched through a lane
formed by many thousands of holiday
sightseers. American infantry, artil
lery, navy yard marines, bluejackets
from the battleships, state militia, cal
vary, civil and Spanish. war veterans,
Cuban troopers and sailors from the
Cuba, the island republic's naval rep
resentative these and others were in
the line of- march.
Gen. James Grant Wilson, who pre
sided at the dedication, read a letter
from President Wilson.
"My thoughts will be very much with
you, as will, 1 am sure, the thoughts
of the whole counrty," the president
wrote. "All Americans must look
back to the tragedy of the Maine with
the profoundest sentiments of sorrow
for the fine men who then so tragic
ally and unexpectedly lost their lives
and must always feel that to have been
one of the turning points of, our con
sciousness of what was involved in
the struggle for human liberty."
NATIONS FAVOR PEACE PLAN
Responses From Italy, Great Britain,
Brazil, France and Other Countries.
Washington. Secretary Bryan signi
fied the day commemorative of the
country's hero dead by announcing that
eight nations have responded favora
bly to his peace plan, asking that sug
gestions be submitted in regard to de
tails. The nations in the order in
which they have accepted are Italy,
Gerat Britain, France, Brazil, Sweden,
Norway, Peru and Russia.
Secretary Bryan said that no na
tion to whom his peace plan was sub
mitted had replied adversely, although
some had asked more time
To each of the governments express
ing a willingness to enter into the
agreement, a tentative statement has
been submitted embodying details sug
gested by the president. The secre
tary, pointing out that this statement
was submitted for consideration, with
no intention of insistence upon any
particular detail, declined to make pub
lic its contests.
Thompson Minister to Colombia.
Washington. Thad A. Thompson, a
wealthy and prominent business man
of Austin, Texas, has been selected for
United States minister to Colombia,
to succeed James T. Dubois. Mr.
Thompson was a delegate to the Bal
timore convention and has been an act
Ivfi worker in the Democratic ranks.
He Is a personal friend of Postmaster
General Burleson. The controversy be
tween the United States and Colombia
over the partition of Panama frdm the
latter country Mr. Thompson will have
to handle. -Secretary Bryan declared,
after having had several conferences
with Senor Betancourt, Colombian mln
Ister here, that negotiations looking to
an agreement with the Scftith American
republic would not be begun until a
minister had been selected.
Cyclone in Virginia.
Norfolk, Va. Accompanied by rain
and hail, a cyclonic-like wind storm
passed over this section and a number
of lives are reported lost. Twenty
houses were blown down in Berkeley
and South Norfolk, but no lives were
lost so far as known. Mrs. George
Harper was seriously Injured when her
home in Holly avenue was blown
down and a number of others were
hurt by falling timbers and flying
glass. Scores of small craft were
turned over during the storm and sev
eral have been carried to sea.
MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS
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Mrs. Daniels, wife of the new see
retary of the navy, before her mar
riage in 1888 was Miss Addle W. Bag
ley. She has resided most of her life
in Raleigh, N. C.
WAR YARNURE DENIED
TELEGRAM APPEARS IN JAPA
NESE PAPERS THAT WAR PRE
PARATIONS ARE GOING ON
State Department Says Stories That
Preparations Are Being Made for
Conflict are False.
Washington. The following state
ment was issued by the state depart
ment: k
"The state department has author
ized the American embassy4 at Tokio
to deny a San Francisco telegram
which appear in Japanese papers the
effect that preparations were being
made for war and to the effect that
troops of artillery were being sent to
Hawaii and that the Phillippine gar
rison, was to be increased.
"A few artillerymen have been sent
to Hawaii in pursuance of plans
adopted before this administration be
gan, but-no increase is contemplated
in the Phillippine garrison. The chang
es that have taken place are only the
customary exchange of regiments.
San Jose, Cal. In a letter received
by Walter G. Mathewson, secretary of
the San Jose Labor council, Governor
Hiram V. Johnson declared the anti-alien-land
law enacted recently is one
of the most drastic laws on the sub
ject ever introduced in the California
legislature," and asserted "that any
who claims to favor an alien-land law,
that will sign a referendum against
this law is either an idiot or is bought."
"Every other bill that has been be
fore the legislature for the last eight
years," continued the letter, provided
in one fashion or another for leasing;
and the only two bills seriously dis
cussed during Mr. .Bryan't stay here,
provided not only for leasing of land,
but for the right to purchase and hold
for a limited period as well."
POSSE FIGHTS WITH BANDITS
Two Badly Wounded as Result of
Attempt to Hold Up Operator.
Cartersville, Ga. Deputy Sherift
J. P. Gaines of Bartow county, and
Frank Nation, an alleged hold-up man,
were seriously wounded early in a bat
tle fought between a sheriff's posse
and six men, alleged to be pandits,
who, only a few minutes before, had
demanded "the life of Telegraph
Operator Thomas Scorvells or $40. Na
tion and two other men were captured
after 100 shots had been fired in' the
running battle, which took place at
Hugo, a small telegraph station of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, six
miles from Cartersville.
Mrs. Wilson Fights Slums.
Washington. Washington's slum
will be cleaned out if the Influence
and active work of the white house
family count for anything. Mrs. Wil
son has made several quiet trips of
inspection through the capital's un
slightly alleys, and she has joined
other prominent women in attending
a meeting of the Woman's Department
of the National Civic Federation. There
a letter was read from President Wil
son approving the movement for wip
ing out disreputable alleys and provid
ing sanitary homes for the poor. '
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
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RESTRICT PROGRAM TO TARIFF
.CURRENCY AND EMERGENCY
BILL.
WORK OF THE COMMITTEE
Caucus Chose Representative Shack
leford of Missouri as Chairman of
New Committee on Good' Roads.
Committee Assignments Adopted.
Washington. 'House Democrats in
caucus restricted the legislative pro
gram of the extra session to tariff,
currency and emergency appropria
tions, election cases. Committee as
signments as submitted by Chairman
Underwood and his colleagues of the
Ways and Means Committee majority
were adopted by the caucus without
change.
"The program as presented by Rep
resentative Underwood was made
binding on Democratic members of
the House standing committees. The
resolution by which this was accom
plished provided that no standing com
mittees except the committees on
Ways and Means, Appropriations,
Banking and Currency, Elections,
Printing, Accounts and Rules shall
report bills or resolutions to the House
or have them placed on the calendar,
without premission expressly grant
ed by the Democratic .caucus. The
caucus chose Representative-Shackle
ford of Missouri for chairman of the
new Committee on Good Roads and
named Representative Dickinson of
Missorui to succeed him as a member
of the Way3 and Means Committee.
While the committee list was under
consideration, Representatives Boehr
of Missouri and Trlbble of Georgia
complained that Representatives ,Ma
her of New York and Hensley of Mis
souri had been "jumped" to make
room for Representative Lewis of
Maryland as chairman of the Commit
tee on Labor. Mr. Lewis was ranked
by the other two members on the
committee in tfye last Congress. Rep
resentative Tribble said "If organized
labor was to dictate the selection of
a chairman of the House Committee
on Labor, he would Uke to know why
bankers should not dictate the chair
manship of the Banking and Currency
Committee, farmers the Agriculture
Committee and so on.
Japan Accepts Peace Plan of, Bryan.
Washington. Viscount Chinda, the
Ambassador from Japan, called upon
Secretary Bryan with formal notiflca
tion that Japan had accepted in prin
ciple the proposed plan advanced by
the United States for universal peace.
Signers of the treaty proposed in Mr.
Bryan's plan, would agree to refrain
from hostilities for a period of at least
nine months while any conflicting
claims were under consideration by
an international joint commission. In
the case of Japanese, as with the 10
other Nations that have received the
proposal favorably, the response ap
plies solely to the general principle
involved.
Meats and Flour on Dutiable List.
Washington. Meats and flour wili
not go on the free list in the Demo
cratic tariff law if recommendation of
the Senate Finance Subcommittee In
'charge of the agricultural schedule is
acceped. This important alteration
of the Underwood bill, as it passed
the House, was determined upon by
the subcommittee composed of Sena
tors Williams, Sbively and Gore. It
was decided, in carrying out the deter
mination lo perfect the Underwood
bill by equalifying raw materials and
their products, that it would be wiser
to levy nominal duties on meats and
flour products than to put livestock
and grain on the free list.
Harrlman Merger Plans Received.
Washlngon. Atorney General Mc
Reynolds received from the Union
Pacific copies of its plans for dissolu
tion of the Union Pacific-Southern Pa
cific merger. He will begin an analy
sis to determine the Government's at
titude.
Study of Balkan Campaign.
Washington. Military experts at
the Army War College have complet
ed their study of the Balkan . cam
paign. Hundreds of reports from all
sources were scanned carefully, and
the campaign of aggression by the al
lies, together with the defensive tac
tics of the Turks were scrutinized for
military lessons. The experts are
agreed that in fighting qualities the
troops on the two sides were evenly
matched. Turkey, however, fought a
losing fight from the beginning, be
cause of her unpreparedaesa.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
"Has Been Condensed For People
of the State.
Statesville. Mrt J. W. Nicholson,
well-known, citizen and veteran of
Statesville, died recently in Chatta
nooga, Tenn., where ne had gone to
attend the 'Confederate reunion.
Laurlnburg. Mr? L. D. McKinnon,
who is perhaps the 'best posted j man
in the " county on agriculture, says
that, owing to the cool," dry weather,
crop conditions at this time, so far
as, he has observed, are not favorable.
Asheville. Merlda Williams and.
others have just brought suit against
the "county, which involves an Inter
esting point of law;,. Th suit is for
a mandamus' to compel the . commis
sioners of the county to. paythe sum
of $175 recently awarded by, a Jury
on account of damages . to property
caused by the construction of a, road.
Salisbury. A blaze'tof unknown or
igin destroyed three dwellings in Sal
isbury,, entailing a loss f ll.'BOO or
more. .The houses were occupied by
C. L. Yountz, Horace Zimmerman and
M Linker., The fire was discftyered
in the home of Mr. Zimmerman, whose
family was away from home atae
time.
Salisbury. Two negro women are '
being held in jail because of their
suspicious actions. They were seen
to throw an object from a bridge into
the Yadkin river arm when they saw,
their action had been seen they ran,
in recent years several dead infants
have been found in the section from
which the women hail.
Washington.-T-The Senate confirmed
nine postmasters in North Carolina:
They are J. H. Weddington, Charlotte;
Mrs. Nettie G. Rowland, West Ra
leigh; George L. Whitfield, Franklin
ton; W. E. Gray, Henderson; Ira T.
Hunt, Kittrell; J. E. Ligon, Lillington;
Elijah B. Perry, Jr., Littleton; M. M.
Faison,., Roanoka Rapids,., and, R. S.
Galloway, Winston-Salem. . , ' . V
Waynesville. The movement, for an
interurban electric railway line con
necting Waynesville, Canton, . Clyde.
Hazlewood, DellwooA is meeting with
great enthusiasm. Captain Alden Ho
well, president of the Bank of Way
nesville, John P. Swift, president of
the Waynesville Telephone company,
and many other of the most promin
ent business men of this city are
among the subscribers for stock;
Statesville. Fired by lightning dur
ing a severe storm which crossed the
southwestern corner of the "county,
the barn of Mr. W. B. Gantt M the
Eufola section was destroyed with
all its contents. A mule, and a horse
lost their lives and a colored farm
hand who was in the barn -at , the
time was stunned by the - lightning,
but rallied in time to get out- before
the flames reached him. - - - -
Washington. D. J. Kerr, of Canton,
whose nomination for postmaster has
been held up pending an Investigation
of charges brought against him, by
friends of one of the . defeated can
didates, called at the PostofBce De
partment with Representative Gudger.
He succeeded in convlncingthe; Post
master General that the charges were
groundless. It is understood " that
Kerr's nomination will go forward in
the near future. "
region is said to be very short. s
Asheville. Secretary Houston, of
the Department of Agriculture; Secre
tary Lane, of the Department of the
Interior; Secretary Garrison,' of the
Department of. War; and Congress
man Lee, of Georgia, and Graves, Geo
logist Smith and Assistant Forester
Hall, of the National Forest Commis
sion, arrived here several days ago
for an inspection of the famous tim
ber lands of George W. Vanderbllt, at
Pisgah ; Forests, a portion of the
Biltmore estate. -
Laurinburg. Two monster cabbage
have been marketed here within the
past few days by gardeners that have
created quite a good deal of "com
ment among vegetable growers. One
grown in East Laurinburg tipped the
scale at 19 pounds and was sold-to
Mr. R. P. Lane, grocery man. The cab
bage brought only 25 cents in money
and was sold by Mr. Lane to: Mr.
Mark Morgan of Laurel Hill. The
other was also a town product and
weighed 23 pounds and 13 now on dis
play in McLaurin & Shaw's window.
Winston-Salem. District Attorney
Holton returned from Wilkesboro,
where he attended the regular term of
the Federal Court, which convened
there recently. He reports that over
10$ case were disposed t of. Five
young white men were sent to the
penitentiary.
Lexington. Mrs, Laura Hinlu'e,
a retired capitalist, prominent social
ly and the mother of six sons, com
mitted suicide at her home here by
hanging herself from the baniut.-1-a
while members of the household war
absent, Continued ill -health U ? t
igned as the caus tor ths art