SEMI-WEEESLY
""TT -:.T
Wi
K
VOL XXIV, NO. 86. $1. PER YEAR.
REIDSVILLE, N. C, JAN. 5, 1912.
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
THE NATION'S NEWS
Items Taken From a
Many Sources.
Great
Condensed Newt Items Concerning
Matters of Interest Occuring Since
Our Last Issue. News of the
World at Large.
W J. Bryan will speak In Raleigh
tomorrow.
The Lutherans will probably estab
lish a big college t Salisbury.
The United States may possibly In
tervene in Panama if conditions de
mand intervention.
Dr. Cook, the man who claimed he
reached the .North Pole, . is scheduled
to Speak in Charlotte soon.
Both hoasea of Congress reassem
bled at noon Wednesday after a re
cess for the Christmas holidays.
Several government officials will
testify before the House Investigating
committee in regard to some of the
trusts.
The loom fixers of Lowell, Mass.,
demand an increase in wages of 10
per cent, and 20,000 cotton operatives
may be, involved.
Over 1,000 people attended the an
nual White House reception on New
Year's and it was the most brilliant
one cei'd in years.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, accepts
an invitation to 'speak before the
North Carolina Bar Association at
its atnual meeting in June.
President FaUieres, of Prance, in a
epevch declared he thought well of
President Taffs efforts towards the
rattfieatlon of the International treat
ies Governor bugene IV. ross was en
drsed by tbe Democratic convention
of Massachusetts for the Democratic
lamination for President of the Uni
ted States. I
J. B. Carraway, yto wae convicte
of emneziiteaiieni in iy 10 and sentenc
ed to a term of five years , in the
Federal prison at Atlanta, has been
par led 'and has returned to his home
in N"v,bern,
D-.iiii e; ai ic Leader Oscar W. Un
derwood will not intend the Jackson
day !aii(it:.'i a: Washington' Monday
uight owing to the fact that Bryan
is ( i) th i: :i -r; a, t- a i; a
dms which v.ould naturally 'go un-aiiM'A'-ri'.;.
A". New1 Yerl; Wednesday night tho
Kat:"'.!iiU Democratic ciuu launched a
2uov-.-:neut to make tariff reform the
paramount Issue of 'the. con.iwg l':o.
idei.'iul campaign at largely attended
diin.tr at which Governor Wilson was
the principal speaker.
'Nothing but death can keep me
out of the light , now." .; President
Taft is reported to have male this
statement to White House callers on
Wednesday. ;nd to have added that
Jig had no objection to the state
ment being made public.
William J. Bryan makes Hie fol
lowing very positive declaration: "I
cannot conceive any condition that
-would make it possible for me to
coupler the question of my becom
ing the candidate for the Presiden
tial nomination of the Democratic
party in 1912."
K-ar Admiral Rol.doy D. Evans,
"Fighting Bob" to an 'admiring na
tion, died suddenly Wednesday at
his home in Washington. Acute in
ilig' stion ended the career of one of
the most popular oflieers in the na
vy. Admiral Evans was born 65
years ago in-Floyd county, Virginia.
if
r
Your friends patronize this laundry establishment.
Thy know we do high grade work and give them the
most for their mom y. Why not follow in the foot
steps of your friends and take advantage of lhe facili
ties we have for turning cut satisfactory work?
HBNR-Y-HUBBARD-Age-nt-
Phone 26.
The Virginia' Corporation Coram Ls
vloa has issued a charter to the
Lynchburg. Danville and Carolina
Railway Company, which proposes to
build a steam road between Danville
and Lynchburg and touching the
Jamas river, line of the Chesapeake
and Ohio line near the latter city.
Authority to issue bonds to the
amount of $12,000 for every mile of
road was granted the officers of the
Elkln and Alleghany Railroad at a
meeting of stockholders and direc
tors of the company held at Winston
Tuesday. Provision for selling the
bonds already has been made. The
mioney will be used to pay for the
rails and rolling stock now in use
and to extend the line, The road
has been completed for a distance of
Uhlrteen miles from Elkln in the
direction of Alleghany.
The Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson
collamsed in his cell in Boston when
two of hia counsel. William A. Morse
and John. L, Lee. broached the sub
ject of his recent self mutilation.
! The subject had no sooner been op
ened that the former Cambridge pas
tor paled and seemed to lose all
strength, sinking back upon his bed,
Mfhlch he did not rise from again
during the conference. Mr. Morse
declared that Richeson would have to
improve very (much to be able to
stand trial within two weeks. Worry
over the custody of the prisoner la
said to be responsible for the death
of Sheriff Fred H. Saavey, which oc
curred Tuesday.
The defense of the American To
bacco Company in a wilt brought
against it for J50O.OOO damages un
der the Sherman antS-trust law is
characterized as Immoral in an opin
ion handed down Tuesday by Judge
Ward In the United States District
court at New York denying the
company's motion for a re-hearlng of
an order that It file verified answers
in the case. The company contend
ed that they had no officers' who coufc
verify its answer without tending to
irlmlniaite himself, and that If
e.leotetf sudli an off cer would be a
dummy, elected to deceive the court
and evade the law, which it contend
ed would be Immoral.
President Taft has commuted to
expire at once the life sentences of
Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer,
two negro British suspects, convicted
at Wilmington, N. C, in 190, of
murder on the high seas, in a con
fession before his execution, Henry
Scott, another negro, convicted of
and hanged for the same crime, com
pletely exonerated Adams and Saw
ver. Originally Adams and Sawyer
were sentenced to death, but. this
was com muted by President Roosevelt,
to life imprisonment. The' prisoners
v.-ere natives of the British West ill
lies and the British ambassador in
vrvenet! to secure consideration for
I h - pirns for executive clemency.
The Progressive Democratic League
of Ohio came into being at Columbus
Tuesday at a conference of Demo
crats of nearly every, county in that
State Although many of .the , , con-
f ores had. entered the gathering with ;
ti,a nvnu-pd Intention of declaring
aiinst the Presdieauai camuu- w , loriej where jt wa4 b6ll,LiJ aid that
Governor Judson, Harmon, the execu afterwarda tho mtles m 0)ellcJ
tlve's name to mentioned only l.u- at the botum by an electric nel-dle
directly, and the organization satis-; or 80me coritrivailCL. and that a h
fied itself with the adoption of n so- , of i)ure wh,skey wag akeu
lutinns urging the members to work ffom. the. fotUes-aud cheinicais sub
agalnst the choice o any delegare ( Bt,tuted therafor 0ue bottlu from
to either State or national couyen- j wnicll oftly a part of its co!lteuts Uad
tion wtio nan not- " v ...1
.a ...i trim Democrat, lhe name
of William J. Bryan, heralded as
ablest to represent the progressive
Ik-a Is of any party'
' was received
with applause,
and speakers wno
t .i,. iwmiocratle ardor while
i nil ii , .
awaiting tne report tuo - "
r-omm'.ttee maae auueicnu--
the filial test to a title to the pro-
gresalv Democracy.
A
TREED'-
"""" jt?
From The
Revenue Officers Trying
To Investigate New Way
of Adulterating Whiskey
A Review man was shown an as-1
sortment of whiskey bottles this
week which appear to have been
tampered with. The bottles had con
tained well known brands of whiskey
and were "bottled in bond" goods.
Some of the bottles had not been
opened and the contents of others
had been used. The unused bottles
i contained the usual government stamp,
w' 'eh had not been removed, but an
examination revealed that the bot
tom, of the bottles had been -cut, a
cricle being made, and then glued
back.
' The inference is 'that after the
government gangers had stamped tho
u li ! c liiv in Mil ii-llrjilmnodp i ,l;f.il
been used carried an unmistakable
odor of embalming fluid.
The party here who exhibited the
assortment of bottles which had been
tampered with had at some time
ago to investigate the contents of a
bottle from which half of the linuid
W'l .lU 11V
had been consumed, the party drink
iug it dying a few hours later from
convulsions. This happened in the
West, and the gentleman who made
the investigations found the bottle as
above stated, and he concluded that
the HiMiiiicals had been substituted
for. -the liiii(!' Hfit-r tun government
gaugers had stamped it and -approved
it.
Corning to Reidsville he had cause
!o investigate another ease of a par
ty who had been made helpless and
critical by the use of liquor and he
obtained a similar number of bottles
from-which the party had been drink
i.H& as well as some which he had,
but which had not been used, and ma
king examinations he found these
bottles had been tampered with.
The matter lias been explained to
Cncle Sam's revenue officers who
have started an investigation. The
j doping of whiskey has become a com'
mon occurrence among tne dealers
who sell the sorry kinds, and ,here
are people in Redlsvllle who -'have
Ud that they had as soon risk
chances on taking a dose of unlabel
ed drugs as to take a drink of II-
j quor which comes from a Reidsville
t blind tiger, but the new discovery
shows also that the liquors bearing
the "bottled in bond" stamp are just
about aa bad. At any. rate, a Re
view man could make affidavit that
nap UuUle outi
balming fluid. Who would like the
idea at taking a dose of this stuff?
Now is the time to subscribe.
Charlotte (N. C.j Evwiin ciiruntcl
OPENING GUN IN RALEIGH.
Governor Kitchin Lets it Bs Made
Known He Has a Scorcher Ready,
Governor W. V. Kitchin, who
came here Saturday afternoon to at
tend the annual banquet- of the
United Commercial Travelers, at
Which lie was the miest. of honor nnrl
principal '--speaker, remained with
friends-", here until Sunday afternoon
and all! day he. was the center of a
group of admiring friends and politi
cal supporters. Though not talking
! politics while on a visit to Greens
boro, ti.nveruor Kitchin let it be
made- known to his friends that at
an early date he would, at a speech
to be delivered in Raleigh, make
formal and positive announcement of
his candidacy for the Senate. While
no date) has hewn set for this speech
It is -understood that it, will be de
livered toward the lattr part of
IVbrua.ry or possibly at. an earlier
date should circumstances warrant.
Governor 'Kitchin is apparently well
pleased with the political outlook
and prospects for Democratic suc
cess in both the State and nation.
Particularly is he pleased with the
shaping of the Senatorial race in
this State, the one in- which he with
Senator Simmons, Judge Clark--and
ex-Governor Aycock i.- contesting for
the seat now held by .Mr. Simmons.
In Guilford 'county Governor Kitehin
hits many warm inwi-loyal-supporters
and his v.siit. here has inspired fresh j
confidence and zeal in each. These
without exception feel that the Gov-j
crnor will.be successful in hU con-I
teaC for the Sena'e, j
That the speech- w-hich Governor j
Kitchin proposes to deliver in'Ral-i
eigh w ill mark , an important event i
in the r;Ke for the Senate is con-1
cediKl, as Is the fact that it will be i
a the nature ot a political scorcher.
. . .... . t
ConjtK'ture or specula; ton might be
indulg'Hl in with unlimited space as
to what -might transpir-', but tliere
will be intere.rang seuteiM-es in the
newspaper reports the next day for
tlu thr?e oUier candidates a Well as
r.ui'or Daniels, of the ' UaU-lgh -News
r.ti d Observer, . la eveu more certain
than ixle speculation. In fact,
friend l the Governor here declare
they will feel a bit of diHappointaneivt
unless some little persuuatltla are
indulged in regarding Messrs. Sini
uotis and Daniels. Greensboro New s
Four Southern States Ixu i s i a n a ,
Mississippi, Tennessee and North
Carolinahad no lyuchlngs last year.
But Georsia, Florida and Oklahoma,
with twenty-one among them, fur
nished very nearly two-thirds of the
for the Union, which was thir
ty-five, a decline of twelve Tfi
the year before and less than one
third as 'many as we reached about
ten years ago.
CITIZENS BANK HAD FINE YEAR.
R. L. Watt Added to Board of Di
" rectors and Made President.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of Citizens Bank was held at
their banking house yesterday, and
the report of the officers for the
previous year were altogether grati
fying. Resides paying the usual an
nual divldent of S per cent., $.1,000
of the earnings were carried to the
surplus fund, making a total sur
plus of $3v,OU0, which with the cap
ital stock of $75,000. makes this
the county's biggest aud strongest
bank.
The report of Cashier Irvin., sub
mitted to the stockholders meeting,
showed that the bank had enjoyed one
ol the most prosperous years in its
history, and a resolution of thanks
and commendation for the wise and
faithful management of the bank's
affairs by the officers and directors
was unanimously adopted.
The following directors were then
re-elected ' to serve for the ensuing
twelve months: Robt. Harris, C. H.
Overman, A. J. Wbitteinore, Jas.
Robinson, J. B. Pipkin. C A. Pnnn,
R. B. Chance. J. N. Watt, W. J.
Irving .R. L. Watt.
Following an adjournment of the
stockholders meeting the board of
directors went into session and elect
ed the following off leers:
President R. L. Watt.
Vice-President A. J. Whittemore.
Cashier Eugene Irvin.
No bank in the State has enjoyed a
more consistent growth than the
Citizens. It was established more
than a quarter of a century ago, and
its capital stock of $12,600, which It
had in the beginning, has been In
creased from time to time to $75,
OUO.and it enjoys the confidence and
esteem of the public and has great
ly increased the number of Its pa
trons from year to year.
it will seem natural to see Mr. R.
L. Watt in harness again as presi
dent of thie Institution. He has
been actively connected with the bank
since its incorporation, and served
for several years as president, re
tiring a year ago to take a much
needed and well earned rest.
The public generally is delighted at
the fine showing made by the Citi
zens Bank the past year, and con
gratulates Cashier Irvin and the
other officers and directors and
stockholders ou the. splendid " record
It) lias made.
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Albert L il lard, Caswell County Maty
Commits Suicide. ;
Albeit Lillard. a well known busi
ness man of Quick," Caswell coumty,
committed suicide Wednesday morn
ing. The rasli act was couiiuitted at
tho tinio he had gone out to his
stable to see about his stock and cat
tle. Ilu slioi himself and died al
most, instantly from tho injury.
Mr. Lillard had recently returned
from tho-. State. Hospital at Mor
gautou, where he had been receiving
treatment for somo time. It was
thought that his condition was great
ly Improved, and since he has been
at his home ho had, been discharging
his duties as a clerk in the store of
'li. II. Itlackwcll. The news of his
tragic death, therefore, came as a
great shock to his freinds.
Ilia wife was a sister of Mr. E. 11.
Bla.ckwell, a succesM'ul merchant
and farmer of Quick. Two children
alo survive him.
Mr. Lillard was about oS years of
age. lie was an industrious, hard
working anan, and he was held in
tho highest esteem by the people of
his community.
The funeral services were con
dueled yesterday, a large concourse
of friends- attending to pay a last
tribute to the memory of the' de
ceased. Further developments are expected
hourly with regard to the mysterious
shooting of Mrs. Wesley Jones, which
occurred last woeit near Martinsville,
Va... while she was en aged in dress
ing a .rabbit in the rear of her home.
it is aunosi certain tnai mere win te
three arrests- made, although the
mimes of those who will be appre
hended! has not yet been disclosed
for very obvious reasons. Common
wealth's attorney is ordering the ar
rets to be hiade, and as soon as the
suspected parties have been,, appre
hended they will be, brought for a
preliminary hearing. J. M. Davis,
the sheriff .'of Henry county, is now
oi the scene of the murder, and the
Baldwin defectives have been fol
lowing every available clue which
might result in the capturing of the
guilty parties.
Carrier Lasley Givee Thanks.
Editors Review: 1 desire to ex
press my thanks and appreciation to
my .many '.'patrons for the n'lca pre
sents and boxes of goods things to
eat received during the Christmas
holidays. Wishing one and all a
nil pi op
remain, Yours to serve,
J. C. LASLEY.
Carrier Rou,re No. 4.
ROOSEVELT VS. TAFT
Prpif?pnt'c Fripnrlc Saticfior!
vviuvut w a uvuutf UUIIUUVU
Roosevelt is Candidate.
Many Things Have Conspired to
Crystaljze Suspicion of Long Stand
ing Into Definite Conviction. Taft
Says He Will Fight.
Parker R. Anderson, Washington
correspondent of the Greensboro
News, writes that paper a9 follows:
Suspicions of long standing crystal
lzed to uefinite convlctioa among
all factions here tonight that Theo
dore Roosevelt is a candidate loa
the Republican Presdiential nomina
tion. The conviction exists in Mr.
Taft'4 Immediate circle at tho
White House, but Taft answers that
ha will flight.
"U death should lay its hands on,
the President's shoulders," aaid on
of the President's closest advisers,
"that would settle it, but let no one
entertan for a moment that any oth
er contingency will remove him from
the field."
Many thing have coo aspired to
bring about the crystalizaton of opin
ion upon Roosevelt's attitude. These
were created yesterday by the ac
tion of the Republican progressive
at Columbus, O., who, with Gifford
Plnchot and James R. Garfield pre
sent, adopted a "gee whiz" insur
gent antl-Taft platform, but refused
to endorse La Follette for the Presi
dency. They made it clear that they
were not for Taft, but also whila
they acclaimed La Follette a great
progressive leader, they were not for
him. The personality of Roosevelt
loomed up in the background of that
convention as plainly aa a thunder
cloud In an otherwise clear sky.
It is even rumored here in Taft
circles that the Taft crowd have
themselves sought Roosevelt to re
move all doubt about hia attitude and
that he has refused.
FALSE PRETENSE CHARGED.
Man Alleged to Have Wrongfully Se
cured Horse and Buggy.
Greensboro, ' Jan. 2. J. H. Nun-
nally, a white man, was arrested yes
terday on a warrant charging falsa
pretense, the charge being formed
from alleged attempts by him. to se
cure a horse and buggy from a local
livery stable with the intention of
not paying for them. Officer Mc-
r'arlund made the arrest. At
hearing in the municipal court
morning Judge Eure dismissed
case, it being found that the
the
this
the
man
is mentally unbalanced.
Nunnally's first offense, according'
to the Information given out today,
was done some days ago, when he
had a horse and. buggy secured from
a. livery stable, and was driven to
Reidsvilile. It Is claimed that ho re
ported that he was in the employ of
tlno telephone company, and that af
ter he reached Reidsville he dodged
the driver and did not pay him.
Yesterday he telephoned to another
livery stable to have a horse and
buggy 'delivered for another trip to
Reidsville, and, it is claimed, gave
his name as being with the Southern
Del Teh-phone Company. The liv
eryman called up this company and
learned that they did not have the
man in their employ, lie then called
up the liveryman from whom the
turnout had been secured before, and
together they laid their plans.
Policeman McFarland was called
Into the plan-making and the three
;then drove to the place where the
team was to be delivered, the officer
taking the man Into custody.
May Affect Small Markets.
Coi. G. E. Webb returned. yester
day from a trip to New York and
tWashingtoii in the interest of the
Southern Tobacco Journal, of which
he is editor.
Cot. Webb states that as a result
of the dissolution of the American
Tobacco Company there are evidences
that there will be many changes and
that some smaller leaf markets will
have to go out of business. Here
tofore, one buyer haa been able to
represent the different branches of
the American Tobacco Company ou
these markets, but under the new
plan this is not allowed and it is
figured that each separate concern
will not .maintain a buyer;- at these
places owing to the , small aonouut
of leaf sold-there, hence the tenden
cy will bet, so it Is said, to eliminate
some of the smaller markets. Winston-Salem
Sentinel.
'. Another confession, the fifth that'
she haa made since her arrest for the
murder of her son-in-law, Fredericks
Wasserlaben, last Saturday, came
from the lips of Mrs. Mary T. Godau
day afternoon.
in the latest confession she admit
killing Wasserlaben while ha was in
bed with his eyes closed.