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REVIEW. 11 lnllc VOL. XXIV, NO. 84. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C, DEC. 29, 1911. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS .LLJh WASHINGTON LETTER Timely Topics Discussed by Tavenner. The Review's Washington Corres pondent Sends in a Batch of Matte That Will Interest All Readeers of This Paper. Washington, Dec. 28. Sixty of the Democratic members of the House of Representatives are utilizing the holi day recess to make a first hand study of conditions in the Panama Canal zone. Inasmuch as the canal Is eating up government money at the rate of .several thousands of dollars a day $he Democrats hold that it is their duty to see, personally, that this money is being wisely and properly spent. The question of fortifying the canal will come up soon, and as this will mean a large additional ex penditure, the Democrats propose to .know Just why and where this money is to be expended. Hence they are taking advantage of the temporary let-up In affairs at Washington to investigate. 1 Speaker Clark has urged all the Democrats to vist the canal zone at some time, and practically all of them propose to follow his advice. This is In line with the announced Demorat ic program to get to the bottom of everj- proposition which calls for an expenditure of government money. The Rooosevelt nomination talk, which was mire pronounced during a .recent meeting of the Republican na tional committee than at any time aince the former President's return from Africa, has died down again. .And now comes the report that this tahk was started by the old guard leaders anions the comniiieemen for the purpose of frightening Mr. Taft Into allowing them to have control of the preliminaries of the next Repub lican convention in Chicago. This con trol means a big advantage to those Who possess i for with it goes the authority in j;.u!e sea-ting arrange ments, admissions, distribution of patronage and committee assign ments; In short, it means control of the convention right -up to the time 1 balloting. The Roosevelt talk, according to the best Information., did not spring from the freincH of the former Presi dent, but fro:u his enemies. The plan was. by starting this talk, to discon cert and divi le the Insurgents. Then, with Mr. Taft deserted by all except the Souther:: . postmaster delegates, a deadlock couhJ be forced, which could be broken at the proper time in favor of a compromise candidate ac ceptable to the old guard leaders. As a result of these machinations it has been stated, apparently with some show of authority.that Mr. Taft Is so disgusted with conditions with in Ms party, that hs may withdraw from the race entirely. - - - That the men who control the big industrial corporations of the country are convinced that the people are de termined to break up these monop olies and that they are seeking a way to escape this mandate of the people, are among the. more important facts fcrought out by the Senate trust in vestigating committee. Louis D, Brandeis, the noted Bos ton lawyer, told the committee that the statements of Mr. Gary and Mr. Perkins that the trusts were willing to accept a price fixing law, were on ly apparent concessions. What the magnates want, Mr. Brandeis said, is the passage of the Aldricch monetary scheme, which will insure the con- Wi57 J 03 Do you know that you can get your laundry work done here in a manner that will prove satisfactory and you wra be inclined to intrust your laundry elsewhere. .Th'imosi delicate fabrics are laundered in suchaman ner thn they will not be injured or marred In the sleigfhtest way. If you have any such apparel, that requires attention, don't hesitate about entrusting its laundering wi h us. HENRY HUBBARD. Agent : .. . . ' Phone 26. " " MAMMOTH COMBINE Details of Proposed Merger of Meat Packers. Some Startling Information B rough Out at Chicago During the Trial of Meat Packers. Five Hundred Mil lion Dollar Merger. Chicago, Dec. 26. Details of the plan for a $300,000,000 merger of the Armour, Swift and Morris Inter ests la 1902 by which the government contends It was sought to control the meat Industry of the country .were revealed today In the trial of the ten Chicago packers before United States District Judge George A. Carpenter. The contract, which was dated May j314 1902, was read to the Jury and offered la evidence by counsel for the government. The orignal agree ment was produced la court by Al bert H. Veeder, attorney for Swift and company, who was called by the government as Its first witness. Attorney Veeder testified that the plans for the merger were abandon ed and that In March. 1903, the Na tional Packing Company was organ ized to operate certain independent packing companies that were pur chased with a view to Including them id tha big company. Under the terms of the agreement the three large packing corporations and! their subsdiiary companies, to geher with recent acquired Independ ent companies, were to be merged into one concern. Armour, Swift and Morris were to receive bonds and preferred stock of the new company In payment for value of their tangi ble property. Previous to Veeder's testimony the defense made an unsuccessful at tempt to. have excluded from the government's case of transactions prior to 1905 on the ground that the Immunity plea which freed the pack ers when they were Indicted seven years ago, should apply to that pe riod. Judge Carpenter, while reserv ing his decsion to give the govern ment time to reply, Indicated that he would deny the motion. Veeder ad mitted that the packers had some sort of an organization which met ev ery Tuesday afternoon in the Coun selman Building, Chicago, on the mme floor with his law office and that his son, Henry Veeder, acted as secretary in 1900, 1901 and 1902. He did not know the name of the association as it was not on the door of the office and he did not know that business was transacted at the meeting's. The government contends that It was at these meetings that the price oJ meat was fixed and plans discuss ed for the suppression of competition. tinuance of a centralized control of money and credit on which all busi ness depends. These magnates, the lawyer testified, are bending every effort to gain the enactment of the AldHoh plan into law, and on of their methods, ne said, was to blind the people to their real purpose by making them believe the trusts are willing to surrender. Jack Curley, of Chicago, manager of Jim Flynn, the Pueblo heavy weight.announces that he will guaran tee Jaok Johnson $20,000 for his share of the purse, win, lose or draw, for a finish fight with Flynn for the heavyweight championship of tiie' world. Heavy Voting a Feature of The Last Week of Morrison's Big Contest Miss Alice Da I ley again leads, but ';'"' ' ; . - Miss Carrie Burton went from bot tom position to third place today from 1,100 votes to 28,500 votes. Now, what do you know about that? Miss Bertie Waynlck went from sixth place to second place today. In creasing her vote from 13,200 to 33, 700 an increase of 20,500 votes. They are voting some, Just as te told you, and we will now give you this additional tip: The votes are not all In. Several of the contestants hav4 wads of them, and If all were In there Is no telling what the count would' show. ; We don't mind telling you more than this there are six or eight candidates who have an excellent chance of winning. Honestly, It is so exciting and so close and so volumi nous we don't know Just how it would stand If all the votes were In. And what Is more, we wouldn't tell SI we did know. We will say this much, however: Every contestant had better be stirring sumps the next two days. Do your very best and if you don't win, you will not feel bad towards yourself forhot having tried a little harder. 1 We have a number of accounts on our books which would be paid you If you would ask subseriers to let you hay their votes. Morrison has some you collect for him today and tomorrow.' Every dollar paid on ac counts gets a hundred votes, remem ber, Just the same as a dollar's cash purchase gets a hundred votes. The ballot box at Morrison's has been sealed. If your wad of votes Is getting burdensome drop them In, and be assured that no one will know anything about them. The box will not be opened again until Saturday night, Dec. 30, at 8 o'clock, when Judge Ira R. Humphreys, Capt. J. E. Smith and Mr. E. W. Staples will proceed to ascertain who have won the diamond ring, the handsome drop head sewing machine, and the gold watch. The prizes will be presented then and there. If the successful contestants are not In the store LOOKS BAD FOR RICHESON. Many Reports Indicate That Young, Virginian is Not Innojcent. The report from Boston that at torneys for Clarence V. T. RIcheson, the young clergyman held for trial on the charge of murdering Avis Linnell, his former fiance, have ask ed the court to so amend the Indict ment of Richeson as to change the charge from murder to manslaughter was construed to Indicate a recogni tion of the weakness of the pri soner's case and a desire on the part of his attorneys to save the man's life. : Couplod with this came a ru mor that the family of Miss Ed munds, the woman to whom Richeson was soon to be married, had with drawn their proffers of financial as sistance to him and that the lawyers were unwilling to work with no sub stantial fee In sight. A subsequent story, which appears to be fully au thenticated, that Richeson had at tempted suicide in the Jail, seems confirmatory of these earlier reports and will go a long ways In the direc tion of shaking the belief of many In the innocence of the young minis ter, who, it may be added, is a Vir- The report as to a request for the amendment of the indictment was by many regarded as indicating a deter mination by the prisoner's counsel to enter a plea of guilty of manslaugh ter. As we recall the facts and theo ries as to the crime, the victim was found dead In a bathroom of the Woman's Christian - Association, death after having been found to be due to cyanide of potassium poison, The theory of the prosecution is that the young woman killed herst If un wittingly In the belief that the poi son whose deadly fumes she inhaled was a potion that would relieve her of her physical ills, of which vsh-;. was known to be suffering. The al leged' discovery that Richeson had purchased cyanide of potassium jiut before the crime and that he was seen in the company of the girl, of whom he had formerly been a de voted admirer occasionally, were re garded by many as indicating that Richeson had taken this lnsidous means of ridding himself ol the oth er girl and of escaping exposure of duplicity and crime In order that he might marry a wealthier woman. Just; how much or how little evidence the authorities have gathered to sustain j the charge of murder against Rich-! eson we do not know, nor does the ; public, but his own attempt at self-1 destruction Is a damning circum stance in his case. An Innocent man would! liavw j gained for llfw i der to establish his Innocence and to clear his name from, a black stain of Judge Humphreys will make the pre sentation speech and the prizes can be had from him the next day. The next issue of The Review will give the names of the successful con testants and the names as welt of thosd whq have made such a good race as to entitle them to honorable mention. '. ."' Miss Alice Dailey, City 40900 Miss Bertie Waynick, Forshee 83700 Miss Carrie Burton, City," 28500 Miss Georgia Windsor, Reidsville 21600 Miss Minnie Walker, Mclver 16500 Miss Irene Ellington, Ruffle, 15900 Miss Edna King, City 155O0 Miss Lelia Stanley, Ruffin, R. 1, 15000 Mrs. W. R. Talley, R. F. D. 4. 13100 Dr. W. A. Johnston, R. F. D. 2 9700 Miss Lady Mitchell, Wentworth 7100 Miss Kate Burton, Reidsville, 6900 Miss Nellie Hutcherson, City 5300 Mrs. R. R. Mobley, Reidsville 5100 Miss Mary Walker, Mclver, 4500 Miss Sallie Carroll, R. F. D. 4, 4300 Miss Florence Moore, K. F. D. 4100 Miss Alice Duke, R. F. D. 4 8900 MissLucile Mitchell, City, 8900 Mrs.i-acy Fonville, R. D. 5 8600 Miss Jlnth Ferguson R. F. D. 5, 3500 Miss Maude Griffin, Benaja, 3500 Miss Ida Siddle, Yancey ville 3400 Miss Adna Glass, Rufflo R 2, 3200 Miss Cora Allen, Reidsville, K. 3 5000 Miss Ida, Apple, Mclver, 2600 illss IJE;izaarald, Reidsville, 2500 Miss Fannie Fretwell, R. 4, 2400 Miss Susie Wilson, R. F. D. 2300 Mrs. N. R. ileid, Wentworth 2300 Misi Myrtle Oliver, Citv 1800 C. A, Stokes, R. F. 1. 3 1000 J. H. Roberts, Stoneville, 1G00 Miss Martha Wall, Wentworth, 1400 Mrs. J. T. Smith. Wentworth 1400 Miss Annie M. Talley, City 1200 Miss Vera Gilliam, Mclver, 1200 Miss Kate Button, 42 Mont. St. 1100 Miss Ollie Wall, R. F. D. 3, 1100 Miss Clara Davis, Ruffin 1100 Miss Margaret Womack, City, 1100 Mtii Nannie Doggett, City, 1100 suspicion and open charge. It is usually a guilty man who seeks ref uge in suicide in such circumstances. Danville Register. Richeson's Condition is Encouraging., Boston, Dec, 28. The condition of Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson. who fa charged with the murder o Avis Linnell, Is encouraging, according to the report of Dr. Lothrup. He said: "Richeson's wounds are healing. He la abl-i to sit up when he so desires. I am entriely satisfied with the pro gress he is making toward complete recovery." SOMETHING NEW. Edison Sayi Concrete Furniture Will Soon Appear on the Market. Thomas A. Edison, who recently annouced that he would make It pos sible to build a concrete house for $1,000, went further and declares that In the near future he would put on the market concrete furniture. The inventor already has made re inforced concrete cabinet for the phonograph, and pieces of furniture in add in the new style are on their way to Chicago and back to show what they can stand in the way of resisting handling by freight men. At present the weight of the concrete furniture is about 33 1-3 per cent, greater than wood, but Ed ison eocpects to reduce the express to 25 per cent. The concrete sur face can be stained, Edison claims, so as to look like any kind of wood desired. -- - - "I am going to have concrete fur niture on the market." said the in ventor, "that will mako it possible for the laboring man to put furniture In his home more artistic and more durable than is now to be found in the most palatial residences in Paris or alon? the Rhine. "If a newly wed, say; now started out with $450 worth of furniture on the Installment plan, I feel confident that we can give him more artistic iv. I more durable furniture for $200. I'll also bo able to put out a whole bedroom 'set for $ or $(i." The financial affairs of Harry Kendall Thaw, an Inmate of Matte wan asylum, and tl e slayer of Stan ford White, were wound up Wednes day wheti the referee in bankruptcy directed that checks, for 22 per cent, of the amount of the claims against Thaw's estate be mailed to his cred itors. Thaw's liabilities were about $300,000, The principal claim was that of his mother for $209,674. l uu iiij iiuni mil wan prwJiuuu with a new dress of paint for Christ mas. THE NATION'S NEWS Items Taken From a Great Many Sources. Condensed Newt Items Doric om I no Matters of Interest Occuring Since Our Last Issue. Newt of the World at Large. An aeroplane firm is being organiz ed In Winston-Salem, "progressive Republican," Is cam paigning In President Taffs State. Senator LaFollette. now an avow ed candidate for the Presidential nom I nation on the principles outlined as There will be no executive clemen cw for L. M. Sandlln, wife murderer of Wilmington, who Is under sen tence to die In the electlc chair at Raleigh today. A dastardly attack occurred near Shelby Christmas night when Wil liam Kendrlck, a white man went to his barn to feed and was assaulted by two negroes who pelled him with rocks and set fire to his barn. The negroes have been arrested. Colonel Robert M. Thompson, of New York, head of the syndicate which proposed to advance $50,000,000 for the purpose of handling the Southern cotton crop, blames the Southern planter for the delay in putting the scheme Into effect. New York woke up last week and is making a pull for the Democratic convention next year. The last con vention of the kind held in that place was In 1868, and while Sey mour carried New York State and a numbers of others North and West, the party was badly left. Joseph Lomax, organizer and first president of the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad .newspaper publisher and the oldest Knight Templar In the country, celebrated his 102nd birthday at his home at Indianapolis the other day. Mr. Lomax was born in Stokes county, North Carolina. The Russian government has decid ed upon stern measures to suppress disorders at Tabriz and other disturb ed Persian towns. The dislocation of the telegraph lines makes H' impossi ble to get a reHbale narrative of the outbreak, yet It cannot be doubted that a situation of the gravest com plexity has arisen. Admiral George Dewey celebrated the 74th anniversary of his birth at Washington Tuesday. Twelve years after all other naval officers are by law retired from active-rvlce the admiral was as busy at his desk in his office as he had ever been. He received a few old friends at his home at night, among the callers being President Taft and Secretary Hilles. , Rev. P. R. Law, editor of the Presbyterian Standard, died sudden ly in McCall, S. C, Saturday night from an acute attaok of asthma. He had gone to that place to be present at the marriage of his daughter. Dr. Law was an able man and as edftor of the Standrad he made a success. He had suffered from atshma for a long ttime, but refused to abandon his work. An operating amalgamation of the Bell Telephone interests in bine Southern States will be voted upon next moiithl by the directors of the companies involved. The proposed change is in line with other recent changes for greater economy and ef ficiency made by the American, Tele phone and Telegraph Company, and embraces the creation of a new op erating district. George Dredle and his son, Man Brendle, were killed in Swain county In the afternoon of Christmas Day by Jesse Upton, son-in-law of the older man, and a wealthy farmer-"Of that county. The latter succeeded in ma king his escape. The alleged kill ing, It is said, grew out of a family faiid, bad blood having existed be tween the two families for a number of years. The dead men had been notified, .It Is reported, to keep away from the premises of the man who is charged wth the double mur cler. Haunted by visions of his victim Jbhn Henry Martin surrendered to the police at Baltimore Tuesday, de claring that he was the murderer of Willi? m il. Mickie, an old Washing ton storekeeper, on November 17th last. Martin, now a nervous wreck, said that he entered the store, struck ih man over the head with a wrench, took the contents of the cavsh drawer and fled. He said that he went to West Virginia . and did not know that the man he assaulted was dead until he read It two weeks ano in a Washington newspaper. He also saw that some one else had been arrested for the crime. The .memory of his deed and the thought that an Innocent iiiinnii iniwU tiuffr fur it, drova him to a catholic confessional, where he toll his story to a priest. , NAMED A RECEIVER For the American Warehouse Co. at Spray. J. El wood Cox and E. D. Pitcher Appointees of the Bankruptcy Court Court at Greensboro. Four Other Names Were Urged. Following the formal adjudication In bankruptcy Judge James E. Boyd yesterday afternoon appointed .J El wood Cox, of High Point, and E. D. Pitcher, of Spray, as temporary re ceivers of the American Warehouse Company, requiring a Joint bond of $30,000 and authorizing the receivers to borrow money not exceeding $25, 000, giving receivers' certificates to keep tbe mill runnng and to pay em ployes pending the election of a trustee at a meeting of creditors to bd held fa 10 or 15 days. The appointment of the receivers came after a long hearing, the initial move being made by the American Warehouse Counsel, whea counsel, Jones Fuller, of Durham, appeared and filed a waiver of notice and an admission of ' Insolvency. It was then that Judge Boyd Issued the formal order of adjudication, refer ring the matter to Referee In Bank ruptcy G. S. Ferguson, Jr., of Greens boro. . Present at the hearing to deter mine who the receiver or receivers should be were a number of Interest ed lawyers and four men were strong ly urged by attorneys representing various creditors. Mr. Pitcher, who Is treasurer of the bankrupt corpora tion) and who was receiver for the German-American Mills, was asked by Marshall Field and Company, the largest creditors, and Mr. Cox was urged by attorneys representing un sewredi creditors to the extent of about $20,000. Other requests to have James S. McAllster appointed were made by petitioning creditors in bankruptcy, while creditors In State receivership asked that W. L. Clement, the appointee of the State court, be continued under the bank ruptcy proceedings, i With these names presented, Judge Boyd continued thuorjUng.-saulaa until 2 o'clock, saying he would then, name a receiver or receivers, and for. all parties to submit In writing the amount of claims repre sented. These amounts, as handed in In the afternoon, were as follows Marshall Field and company and James R. Gilliam, $594,000, wify re quest for Pitcher as receiver; R. R. King, representing $20,000 in credits, asked the appointment of J. Elwood Cox; A. M. Scales, representing $6, 000, asked for J. S. McAllster, and E J. Justice represented $3,500 and asked for the State receiver, W. L. Clement. ' The American Warehouse Company was placed In the hands of a receiv er by Superior Court Judge Oliver H. Allen, who appointed Mr. Clement receiver. Since that time Mr. Cle mentt has given practically all of his time to the corporation, going to Spray Wednesday afternoon to pay off hands for work, the aggregate amount being about $3,500. It was on these grounds, coupled with the fact that he was a creditor, that his name was urged for receiver. That the litigation Involving the Spray mills Is yet In Its Infancy, how ever, lg generally admitted, the American Warehouse Company hav ing been a holding company for stocks and securities of a large num ber of mills. Greensboro News. An Advertisement Party. One of the most charming events during the Christmas holidays was the Advertisement Party given by. Miss Bessie Lambeth on Christmas niKlit. The house was beautifully dec orated with holly, and mistletoe and potted plants. Each guest was dress ed to represent some well known ad vertisement, and the costumes were most Interesting and original. Pro gressive games were played and after the score was counted Mr. Paul Fet zer was found to be the lucky one and was graciously presented a beau tiful coat hanger by the hostess. He then presented U to his partner, Miss Blanche Venable. Mr. Clifton Ra3 coe was given the booby, a burnt work placard. Delicious refresh ments were served by Master Charles Smith and Mis Blanche Callahan, drassed as the Gold Dust Twins. Miss Margaret Young presided at the punch bowl la the spacious ball. Be fore the guests departed Misses Ruth Rawley and Marion Oliver served hot chocolate and nabisco wafers. The Reidsville Masonic Lodge pre sented the Oxford Orphan Aspluui with a Christmas gift of $67.96, and received a letter of thanks from Superlntedent Brown which made thia nhr vnfrlhntfti1 Kr tha fund glad that they had made some sacri fice for the chlldrea there. , 1
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