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TOT y REIDSVILLE VOL XXIV, NO. 88. $1. PER YEAR. REIDSVILLE, N. C, JAN. 12, 1912. ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS TALKS OF DYNAMITE BALTIMORE WON OUT THE NATION'S NEWS MEETING OF MASONS EMBEZZLER IN TOILS RICHESON SENTENCED William R. McCoy the New Grand Master. One Man Has Had 30 Exper ieice With It. Democratic Convention Will be There June 25. Items Taken From a Great Many Sources, High Point Man is Charged With Big Crime. Unless Governor Interferes he Wifl Die May 19. Government Officials Seek to Bring Out by His Testimony Evidence That Will Implicate Others In Connection With Explosions. An Associated Press dispatch from Indianapolis says: Whatever Ortie E. MiMantgal. the confessed dynami ter, knows about the complicity of others besides the 'McXaniara broth ers in the blowing of the more than one hundred "open shop" structures in various sections of the country in the last five or six years, is believ ed to have been reflated by trim in b's preliminary story before the Fed eral grand jury today. Taken from has celii in the Federal tuifding, where he had beed lodged before daylight, after his secret trip in the custody of government of ficials from California, McManigal, the confessed accomplice of John J. and James B. McNamara. went be fore the jurors after his written confession had been presented in de tail. 1 That the prisoner will be kept in attendance on the grand Jury for ten days or two weeks was indicated by the intention of United States Attor ney Charles V. Midler to have him repeat his confession orally and to describe with minute circumstances his relations with others in his dyna miting expeditions, from the time he first blew up a structure in De troit in June, 1107. down to lids ac tivities in the same business on the Pacific coast. McManigail professes to have per sonal knowledge of at least 30 of the explosions which destroyed via ducts, bridges and other structures erected by firms employing non-union men. His testimony is to be taken not so much to show the complicity of the McNaniaras,since they already liave been convicted, as to bring out the guilt of others, Jf there are any, -who gave financial support to or participated in the crimes. The grand jury devoted much at tention today to witnesses from Tif fin, Ohio, where last April 740 pounds of dynamite were found by detectives stored in a barn in the rear of the home of James L. Mc Manigal, father of Ortie. This was one of the stores from which Ortie McManHgal and James McNamara re plenished their supply of explosives when they started out to do "Jobs" In Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, In diana or Illinois. According to a dispatch from Mat tewan, friends in the close confi dence of Harry K. Thaw, declare ha beas corpus proceedings will be be gun within the next few days to ob tain the release of the man who kill ed Stanford White. The friends are quoted as almost positively confi dent, and declare Thaw's release will be obtained within 30 days. Mrs. Thaw, the mother, has been in con sultation with lawyers in New York jug the last week. .ding herself and her mother lie attacks of a boarder in i.f in Atlanta, Miss Kate .us old, Tuesday night . W. L. ISankston, as i:er with a heavy oak ' fying the police she uiothei and two Vt'u: Your friends patronize this laundry establishment. They know we do high grade work and give them the most for their money. Why not follow in the foot steps of your friends and take advantage of the facili ties we have for turning out satisfactory work? HENRY HUBBARD. Agent Phone The Proceedings at Meetting of Democratic National Committee Was Without Bitterness or Cross Pulling. Washington, Jan, 9. The Demo cratic National Committee complet ed Its work here today with the se lection of Baltimore as the conven tion city. June 23th was fixed as the date for the national gathering when candidates for President and Vice President will be selected. The Re publican. National Convention is to be held In Chicago June 18th. The Democrats adopted a "permis sive" primary resolution in connec tion with the call for delegates, and such States as have laws on the subject, or desire to do so, can se lect their representatives in the na tional convention by direct vote. There are 1.074 delegates to be cho 'sen. Uamrony marked today's sitting of the committee, which was given over almost entirely to the argu ments of the representatives of the various cities bidding for the conven tion. William J. Bryan did not at tend the meeting. He had not fin lsaed his speech at the Jackson Day banquet until well after 3 o'clock this morning. Baltimore led in the fight for the convention from the very first, but two ballots were required before St. Louis succumbed. The Baltimore bid was accompanied by a certified check ki $100,000. The first ballot for the convention city gave Baltimore 25 votes and St. Louis 19. wlht scattering votes for Denver, Chicago and New York. The North Carolina vote went to Baltimore. P ettig rew-Stp hens. At the Methodist Protestant par- soonflge,' 464 Main street, on Tues-, day evening at 8 o'clock, Mr. C. IL Pettlgrew and Miss Lula A. Steph ens were united in marriage. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. Ej M. Raper. Mr. Pottigrew is one of Rel&s ville's hustling merchants ' and a highly respected young man. while the bride is well known and popular among many of out people. Mr. J. A. Pettigrew, a brother of the groom, and Miss Carrie Crowder, a close friend of the bride, accom panied the couple, on, their happy mission at the parsonage. Notwithstanding the weather was like unto the Nnorthern temperature and the ground was covered with snow and ice, the hospitable folks at the parsonage had everything in read iness for them to make the occasion a happy one. With the very bast wishes of those who witnessed the happy event they were soon on the sea of life a happy couple. Senator Crawford has introduced a bill to provide for the appointment by the Unitttd States of members of an international commission to Investi gate the general increase of the cost of living. The measure would pro vide for a general inquiry relative to the wages, the effect of trusts and the influence of the increased vol-. uim1 of gold. The bill is in line with suggestions at the present economy congress in Washington. i 26. Condensed News Items Concerning Matters of Interest Occurlng. Sine Our Last Issue. News of the World at targe. Mrs. Graver Cleveland has been chosen a life member of the America Forestry Association. A cable message from Christiania says the Cabinet proposes to vote $4,125,000 for the development of Norway's naval defense. The United States will send a bat talion of infantry, consisting of 500 men, to China to keep open railway communication between Peklnsr and the sea. . 'The Security Life & Annuity Com pany will erect a handsome 8-story sky-scraper building for home offices on the present site of the company's building in Greensboro. The Census Bureau's cotton, glnr ning report showing the number of running bales of cotton ginned prior to January 1, shows for the United States a total of 14,332,756. ' Dr. James McKee, for the past twelve years superintendent of the State hospital for the insane at Ral eigh, died Wednesday following a long illness with rheumatism. The Democrats gain another mem ber of Congress. George Neeley was on Tuesday elected to Congress from the Seventh Kansas district to suc ceed the late Representative Edmond H. Madison, Republican. Wisconsin's income tax law, enact ed by the last Legislature, was held constitutional by the Supreme. Court at Washington Tuesday. According to the law all persons having over $12,000 income must pay 6 per cent. Whether the Virginia - Carolina Chemical Company is a "trust"- in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law or the trust laws of Tenneeasee la one of the questions sought to be raised in a case filed In the Su preme Court of the United States. Governor Harmon derates printed statements that during Mr. Bryan's last campaign a young daughter of Governor Harmon wrote: to a girl friend In Texas that "Papa hoped for Mr. Bryan's defeat, because It would .make his own political prospects brighter." J. B. Bishop, who said he was a union man, placed on the stand at Los Angeles Tuesday in the Conners" dynamite conspiracy trial, said that he and Conner, with Maple and Ben der, placed dynamite in the alley be side the hall of records and attempt ed to blow up the building. The North Carolina Corporation Commission lias issued a statement of the condition of State banks at the close of business December fith, 1911. 'The statement shows an in crease of resources for the year ag gregating $6,259,229; total deposits, $49847,158, this being a gain of about $7,000,000 in deposits. The statue of the late Dr. Charles D. Mclver in Capitol Square was un veiled for an hour Wednesday morn ing to give the committee headed by State Supt. Joyner an opportunRy of inspecting It. The committee approv ed the work and the statue was again veiled to so remain until the I unveiling ceremonies in the spring. After deliberatin in the Superior ! court at Shelby about an hour the 'jury returned a verdict of murder in the first degree against John Ross. Judge Webb sentenced the negro to j be eiectroocuted February 1G. Frank j 'Gladden, the white man who was ; "implicated in the murdo-r of Mr. and j , Mrs. John Dixon In Ross' confession j , as the instigator of the triune, is ; now being tried on the charge. Officials of the Department of Jus tice intend to keep a close watch oil ! the price of shoes this year in cn- j sequence of the report that the price j to consumers will ibe materially in creased. If the advance is made, the government will in a)l probabi lity institute an investigation to de termine whether or not it resulted from a combination in .-violation' of the Sherman anti-trust; law by manu facturers. In an opinion handed down by .'Judge llolllster, of the United States dis trict court for the Southern district of Ohio Wednesday ,he declared that the contracts entered into by the Hurley Tobacco Society with the purchasers of the pooled burley to bacco, were in violation of the Sher man anti-trust law in that part as concerns Interstate commerce. The opinion came after an argument in a suit against the Burley Tobacco So- clelv fui' 1 Uamiaees allgd to hn been sustained in the pooling and selling of the 1907 crop of Burley tobacco at Winchester, Ky. Long, Faithful and Enthusiastic Serfc vice is Rewarded by the CrarifJ Lodge. Sesions Will Come to a. Close Today. Raleigh. Jan. 10 William B. Mc Coy, of Wilmington, who has had long, faithful and enthusiastic, service in the North Carolina Grand, fuodge of Masons, through all the subordinate chairs, was rewarded last night by an almost unanimous election to the grand mastership to succeed R. N. Hacket, under whom he has been deputy grand master for the past two terms. When the elec tion Was SDIJOUDred, Masons ritahoH iit -trua to shower con gra tula ton and felicitations upon the new ly selects' grand master. Other officers elected are as fol lows: F. M. Winchester, of Char lotte, deputy grand master; J. T. Alderman, Henderson, senior grand warden; Frank P. Hobgood, Jr., sen ior grand deacon, and A. B. An drews, Jr., Junior grand deacon. The re-elections were John C. Drewrf, grand secretary; Lee D. Heartt, grand treasurer, and Rev. Plato Dur ham, grand chaplin. Yesterday afternoon there were elaborate ceremonies for the presen tation to the State of the marble bust of Governor Samuel Johnston and the unveiling of it in a niche in the rotunda of the State House. Past Grand Master Francis D. Winston presented the bust. The report of the grand secretary, wag read Tuesday, a gist of same having appeared in the last issue of The Review. The report for the 39th year of the Masonic orphanage at Oxford showed an enrollment of 316 and a year of especially gratify ing progress. There was one death during the year, the first in four years, and this was malaria con tracted before the child came to the Institution. One hundred and thirty-four of the children were success fully treated for hookworm during the year. Superintendent Brown recom mended that provision be made for erecting a fitting memorial arch on the grounds of the institution In memory of John H. Mills, founder of orphanage work in this State and that a suitable building for annual celebrations of St. John's Day be erected as memorial for Col. W. J. Hicks, lamented superintendent of the orphanage. The grand lodge will complete its work and adjourn today. OLD OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. Annual Meeting of Stockholders of iBank of Reidsville. The county's oldest bank, the Bank of Roidsville. enjoyed a very pros perous year in 1911, -as was shown 'by the report of the officres at the stockholders meeting held at Its. banking house Wednesday afternoon. The usual divident was ordered paid to the stockholders, and the rest of the earnings- were added to the un divided profits, making a total f un diviedd profits of more than. $28,000. A resolution of thanks was unani mously adopted by the stockholder felicitating the officers and direc tors on the splendid showing uiada for the year. Nearly all the stock was represented by the stockholders in person or by prooxy. Before adjournment of the stock holders the old directors were ro P. Richardson, Jr., E. .M. Redd. V. elected. Tht.se- are as follows: R. B. Wray, Julius Johnston. J. II. Bur ton. M. I'. Pinnix. J. F. Watllngton, Immediately . following au adjourn ment of the stockholders , meeting, the board of directors went into ses sion and elected, the following of-fieer.-i:'- Vice-President W. 11 Wray. Cannier ---.I. F: Watllngton: Assistant Cashier W. A. Trotter. Friends 'of this old financial In stitution and the. public generally are delighted to know of. its splendid showing for the past year. The Bank of Reidsville was' organized in thirty years ago, and has an un broken, record of success, conserva tism and faithful attention to the Interests of stockholders and patrons alike. McComb City, Miss., which wit nessed some turbulent scenes at the outset of the strike of the Illinois Central Railroad shopmen lu October, has been placed tinder martial law. The action taken was based on re ports that strikers, who had evinced a desire to their ..former imployment, had 'been 'intimidated and threatened violence. The Illinois Central di- tlsiuu suwus aip lwatH at McGomb City and several hundred of the em ployes have been on a strike three months. ' Alleged Operations Stretch Out Over a Period of Eight Years, and That His Investments Have Exceeded His Salary and Commissions. High Point. Jan. 11. Charged with the embezzlement of $30,000, Frank Wlneskie, manager of the High Point branch of the Standard Mirror Company and also general supervisor of the Winston plant of the same company, was arrested here yesterda afternoon by the county authorities. Later he was released on $10,000 band tar ill appearance before Jus tice of the Peace D. II. Collins. The basis of the charge is that Wlneskie applied funds from the sale of "waste." a formation of sil ver used In the back of mirrors to his personal use. It la alleged that his embezzling operations extned ov er a period of seven years. When he came to High Point, eight years ago, t is charged that he had no property but that he is now worth from $25,000 to $40,000, and that his Investments in this city have exceed ed his salary and commissions. It is charged that in making the sales of this "waste," he always instructed that the checks be made out to him personally, and that there be no rec ord of these cheks having been made1 over to the Standard Mirror Company. A deputy sheriff drove over from Greensboro in an automobile and made the arrest. He took the arrest coolly, and straightway began ma king preparations to secure the $10. 900 bond required of him. . This he easily did. Wlneskie Issued a statement last night in which he declared the prose cution is inspired by malice and that (he, can prove such to be the case. He declares it is an effort to keep him from, securing promotion in the Standard Mirror Company. NEWS OF LEAKSVILLE-SPRAY. Some Items of Interest From Acfost the Dan. Leaksville-Spray, Jan. 11. Mrs. B. Frank Mebane has been spending some time, in the North. A recent issue of the New York Sun contain ed the following: "Mrs. B. Frank Me bane, of North Carolina, the grand daughter of the late Governor More head, was the guest of honor " at a bridge party given yesterday after noon by Mrs. P. A. Carter at 12o West Fifty-eighth street. The guests included Mrs. Lyman Short, Mrs. Har ry Cushlng, Jr., Mrs. Arthur Ketch urn, Mrs. Frank Corbet t, Mrs. John D. Ryan Thayer, Mrs. Edward Clark, Mrs. Francis Roe, Mrs. Richard Bald win, Mrs. Taylor George Lawton, Mrs. Sorrell Jerome, Mrs. Clifford Beach, Mrs. W. W. Parish, Mrs. Pat Massey, Mrs. Voninayhoff and Mrs. Henry Belt. Presiding at the tea table was Mrs. R. P. Hart." Notwithstanding somo of the cat ton mills have been thrown into the hands of receivers they art working full forces right along and se far none of the thousands of employes have been idle if they wanted to work. A shut down is not. antieipa teis.1, for it. is a foregone conclusion that there are too many syndicates eagerly awaiting an opportunity for .grasping control of any or all of these money-making 'enterprises. The consensus of opinion hereabouts is that Marshall Field and Company will ultimately win Hip fight, but the home interests and stockholders will not come out at the littie end of the horn when the day of reckoning rolls 'round. The, Leaksville tobacco - market, your correspondent learnt,' has done "ore business this year than for many years past. The warehouses, 1 learn, have had splendid breaks all along.- That man Ed, Anderson, for merly with one of the warehouses at Rehlsville, Is a live wire here.. He has--a. knack for drawing trade that has heretofore apparently diminished from ii well-nigh giveii-up market.. . Several new students have entered Leaksville.-Spray Institute' this week. The institute is in fine condition with a steady increasing .enrollment. Miss .Marguerite Wray, of Red Springs- Institute, has been spending a few days with her mother at the Hotel Hopper. . MUs Eva Preddy has gone to Rich mond where she will take a course of instruction. Miss Gertrude Fagg has resumed her studies at Raleigh. iWn. W.i it,. Lj.ui.li i. vi-iifing rfl- atives in Tennessee. Miss Elizabeth Foard is visiting friends in Concord. His Attorneys Will Have Petition) Preesemrted to Governor Foss WHf Ask That the Minister b Given Life Term in Penitentiary. t A special from Boston saye: A plea ot guilty of murder in the first degree was made by Rev. Clar ence V. T. Richeson in the Superior court. He was sentenced by Judge Sanderson to death by electrocution May 19. Richeson had pleaded not guilty When arraigned after his in dictment on the charge of murdering Miss Avis Linnell, his former fiancee. Following a written confession made public Saturday he retracted that plea and made a formal plea of guilty. Richeson heard the death sentence with little apparent emotion. When brought into court he walked with slight assistance from the officers escorting him. He was not required to enter the prisoner's cage and re mained standing. District Attorney Pelletier read the minister's written confession and added that the government had suf ficient evidence to convince the Jury Richeson waa guilty of first degree murder. He then said it became bis solemn duty to move for sentence. Judge Sanderson read the statutes bearing on the case and asked if he realized the gravity of his ac tion in pleading guilty, if he had consulted counsel, and If he had act ed voluntarily. To each question. Richeson said. "Yes. sir." , The conrt gave the prisoner every opportunity to realize what hi ac tion meant and to make any state ment, but the prisoner expressed no desire to make further explanation of his decision. The court then pro nounced sentence. Richeson immediately was taken back to the jail. Rlcbeson's counsel declared after the proceedings that an appeal for executive clemency would soon, fol low! and that every -effort would b" made to obtain life Imprisonment in stead of death as the punishment. Upon what ground the petition will be based has not yet been decided. Some well known attorneys re marked tonight that Judge Saader-son's- action in accepting the plea and ordering it spread upon the rec ords of the court might have an echo in the Supreme Court, on the ground that a jury alone could accept such isj plea. Richeson's appearance in court to day differed but little from that at thq time of his arraignment, but his face was pale and there were notice able lines on either side of his face. His words were evenly modulated, although at times so low that Judge Sanderson had to request him to re peat what he had said. Throughout the proceedings his hands gripped the wooden rail before him. "Of course we shall 'petition Gov ernor Foss for coimn utatlon of the sentence," said John L. Le, of Lynchburg, Va., when questioned as tjo the fciture plans of counsel for Richeson, following the minister's plea and sentence. Mr. Led said that he and Mr. .Morse would present their arguments for commutation to Governor Foss and to tho executive council if the Governor submits the case to that body. "The nature of these argu ments, nor the grounds upon which the plea for commutation will bo bas M, i eamiot, of course, divulge at the present time." The Supreme Court of the 'United States has ''affirmed "the' decision' of the) lower court for the Eastern dis trict of North Carolina in the case of RimI C Oil Manufacturing Company, appellant, vs. the Board of Agricul ture of North Carolina. The case Hie oil company rested on two point. That the oil inspection of Xorth Cf olitia is a burden on Interstate com merce and that in' the passage, of tc act the Legislature failed to P7 scribe a standard, but. left it to tho Board of Agriculture.;' The suit was brought to test-the .constitution ality, of the State law and certain rules of the board. The Circuit court upheld their constitutionality and the Supremo Court affirmed the de cision! . Woodrow Wilson sent his message to the New Jersey Legislature on Tuesday. It deals exclusively with eeonomy and necessity of co-ordination; he recommends a commission to consider the' whole question of sim plyfylng and co-ordinating adminis trative agencies of the State; ; dis cmse hwilth methods and declares every infection should be guarded against; certain railroad legislation is also recommended.
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