9mmmrrt^Lt ts the
mmsmr of eastsrn
ttmrB CAROLINA. IT HAS
A FOPVLATION OF FOUR
TBOUSAMD, ONE HUNDRED
iND ONE. AND IS SUB-
ROXJNDBD BY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR ^E
HAVE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
WB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
fi.: 7:4 'C
J*"''”""" " “'•'■'.'"I- ».»1 N.Wi- ..
WB HAVE A 0JM0UEA-
TION OF TWELVE HW9>
DRED AMONG THE BBB9
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH CARO^
UNA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET
TER ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE aOOD PEOPLE IN
4 HU SI NESS WAY TO TAEE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
7A FE TO BRING TO THEIR
A TTKNTION.
0 VK AIJV E n T I SI .V G
^’ATES ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
VOLUME XXXIV.
«;i{hFNVIl,l,F, \. FUlUAY Al(;iM'20 11)1.',,
E
BIILS
T
lilayor ot Ullanla Up
holds Frank’s Murder I
foffflgr Sniilhlielii Mayor Iniiicted
Foi forpiy, Embiizz erne lit,
false ?relense-His 'Uliera
aliouts Uokfiown
Siuil liJii'hl, Aiik- I'' I’ll
jury III' dll' iiri'MTit tcrrn ni .hiliitshiii
Supcriou I'DUi'l iDilay ri'Hiruid l.iio
liillrt ;i|4aiu>l L. II. AUi'c<l lor cliibuz-
/.li’iiii'iil ill mu cases, I'alsi; lu
aiuillicr aiul nii'Ki^iy in a I'ouilli.
'riio I'uLDii in llu' raise iirelenso case
alli'Kos llial Allri'il ol)taineil a Ihoii-
shikI (lollaiH li’oni t? V.. I’itls, KiviiiK
as Kcciirity wliat |)iir|)ortc<l In be a
nuirtgaKe tin l.'iii acres of land bcloii.n-
iiiK 10 L !•:. Hrannan. If is saiil thal
IlK'i'e is tm siu li person as l<. I,’, iirau-
iian and that the land was imaginary.
One ol llu‘ enibi'/.zk'inent 1 liarge-
uri'W oiu of ii business transaction
Allrnl had with l>r, h. I>. Wharton,
it bt'iuK claimed that he apiiropriated
for his own use one thousand ilullars
thal Dr. Wharton bad jilaced with
him to be loaned as thi“ doctor s\ii
liosed. In this cas(> also a lictitious
iiiortnai^e is said to have liKuri'd. 'I'Ik
other enibez/.Ienienl case was in coii-
noction with !?T0|) \ilr(>d loaned I'ol
Mr. and Mrs. (V M Wilson.
Nothing has been heard from All-
red since lie left here a week at;o.
lie is said to have spoken of KOiHR
to Oklahoma. Another rumor has it
(hat he has sailed tor South America.
Mrs. Allred and children aro with re
latives at Selma.
The cases aKainst .Mired will be
I'ontinuod and capiases for him will,
11 is expected, be issued.
Hon. Claud Xilchen
fails lo Speak at larboro
Kinds Clmuibei' nf roiiiiiM-rce Vtteiul-
iim' Fir<*iii«*ii's and <iocs (o a
Kikll <*aui<‘.
.\ii amusiiiK joke on the Tarboro
chamber of ciimmerce cun»c to HkIU
today. It seems, from what could !)>>
learned, that Hoii, I’laude Kitcliin
started to Tarboro yestoi’ilay lo ad
dress the local chamber of commerce
but upoii arriving in that fair city
found that the chamber i>f commerce
wa.H out at tho racu traik l<i witness
the tlrcnien's tournament.
’I’Ik! honorable then decided that I o
would have a little sport, so awi-y he
wont to Itoi Uy .Mount to witne>s the
ball game. It is said that he was one
of the loudest ''rooters" present at
the ganni.
>>peiikiiiij III < aliiDriiiii ,Sii>» Kraiili
<‘0( ,lu’'t l)|IC'
Slaliiii,
Hau l-’i-aiicisro, ,\UK. I'. J. i;.
Wooilw.uci, iiiajo!' <,r .\llani.i, Ch.. in
Hdiiie-,.-. iiri-,. h, I iiijilii, di-rlareu
lib'll l.co ,M. l-'i'ani; MiK'ei'cd ilic 'jiisi
|ii‘!iall\ 'or an uii^ieukahlc i-riHie."
1 In* iiiii .'I' at the :..iii:i‘ liiUf
joi iiji'r s'lucriior Slaion, jio\.
in t'.iliroi'hia, hot 10 i\'!ui!i Id vie.u .mu.
-■'laMu- \\'iioilwanr:^ adiii'cr-.i wa.-
Hri.ili' al a balii|ii ' 01' Hie Calil'ornia
Stiile ,\.'sessiil .\:-Mii iations.
l.ittle lu' no aiipiansi- Kreetcd hi?- v<"
Mraiid i marks, aUliuu.uh he ua.-, listi-iu'it to
ss'itJi close attetilioii. .\la,\or Wood
ward said:
*'I am KoiiiK to take oi'casioii loninlil
to ti'll of the eviius tliat have put
lieornia on the nia|) in a very uiiite-
sirablc liKbt. I am goinp; to ehiieavor
lo set you rinht. I“eoph> throuKUout
the I nited States have olituined their
Ideas ot the V'rank case fr<im a pois
oned and .subsidized press and press
reports.
"(’onmion ilccem y prevents me troni
tollin,tc you the revolting truths of the
murder of .Mary I'haKaii. I wish you
all knew tho truths as I luiow tlK-m.
I know then), for I have been with this
cast! ever since it started and ! have
reud every line of evidence that was
introduced. I know that there is not
a member of the jury that tried l.eo
M. Frank who would change his de
cisioii if (lilt to the test a^ain.
‘ lleorKia is the leading state of the
south. Its p<M)ple can not be rlas.'ied
with tramps, lioodhini.s', bandit.s and
lawbreakers, but thiuKs had come to
a point wtiere every avenue of the law-
had been exhausted and tiie jiulKment
o£ the courts set aside by one man,
and the piwitle felt that it was up to
tht!m to take the law into their hands.
“While we people of (Je<»rKia deplore
thi.s deed of .Monday night, we know
what is behind the feeliiiK that prompt
ed it, and 1 want it understood thal it
is simply emphasizing the fact that
when it comes to a woman’s honor
there is no limit we will not go to
avenge and lo protect.
Ignored All Appeals.
“There were only two people imiili-
cated in the death of Mary I'hag i'i. I
know the uegro did not commit the
deed, and am positive tliat TT. per cent
of the pe»')>le of (leorgia are convine<‘d
Heavy Flood
And Famine
in Texas Cities
funny P.ece oi inianiiy
Invaded llefiector Mfiee!
I tValked III >1illiiiiit hiii ckitig ami |
t'ilM- tile il" a liaiil (ner tlii'I
'i'hc It'.'lieclDi' l.U’ie I'a,i'.''vc! ui>
Number Of
Buildings Ran Into The
Thousand—Loss iil Be
Heavier Than In 1900—
Many Bales Cotton Lost
1 rh; ^ i-.
tuinif
I CM 1 u u h
\\ I’.lioat
!m)\v t
I'OST { \UU l»U I'l KHS
or H!VNK vui; uvinu:u.
! liniu> (K* (){/■ rail '■ i’tui i
j llie
jliUiil u\rr ilif it ; r.:..'.
jnuM'tvl o:l' aii'I Ik'iuh)** i-.u ; iy ;)! r’ ..
|iah With "ijriiit'-i-V ihvil/'
> \Ai-y yaiiii; iliai svvU'ilty u u-tiuf
iU.fJ tfllim: Jniii ihal h«' uuuii! ru vji ii
btiuml, llu' I'iiH*' ul’
|U‘^:iu lO t*‘il ill'.- pi’iSitfT l»*ty lutw ;
I i>ap'.‘r should 'h- i-.uUvn ui*.
! hi>> has siiU’c uxprL’sstul
|s('ir ill tiiosL* wonls:
mi lIEiM 8E
OF mm 10
E
Sofiig liiiiik h iiiUiS
fia:br Spiiniisfic n.t Ihsi
il u ossi Ufi
fitons.
that the man lynched .Monday iiigbt
committed the deed, and they are on
the ground and ought to know.
“Ah mayor of .Atlanta. 1 have rc-
i-eived tons and tons of letters and
1>! titions and requests asking that
something be ilone for i<’rank, and tliev
have all gone Into tho waste basket,
for like all (ieorgia peoiile who are in
a position to get at the truth, f know
i):i- I'acts.
“I know Jack Slaton, have known
him for thirty years, ever since he was
a young win. 1 havobof'n friends with
I'itii. ;"id wbi|i“ I hale In s:iv it. 1
would not a<lvi:;o him lo renirn to
{iPora:ia fora v<>;ir if fvcr
Atlanta Aug. is Pdj^i ca"' )•
tures of the body of Kmnli. lianMuig
from a tree, today were barred from
the mails by local iiost otlice authori
ties. Action was taken under tlie sec
tion of the postal regulations forbid
ding tlie mails to "libellous and inde-
ceni matter im post cards."
Several huiulred ol iliese rarils,
which were sold freely on tlu‘ streets
here last night, wore destroyed by ilu;
authorities, who announced that under
the law the si'iiders may he prose
cuted.
<io\('inor Harris aiinoiniced later
tlial he would offer "at the proper
lime’’ rewards for the arrest and con
viction of members of tiie inoh. lie
said he had not determined the
anioiiiil.
.M {lovernor Harris' otlice ii was
said that before taking detinile action
the governor would confer with uiem-
ber.s of the state prisim commission.
This conference is expected to take
plac^ tomorr»>w when all of the mem
bers of tho contmissioii will bt* here,
^'eantime, it was said, tfip governor
would endeavor to obtain, fr<na otli-
cials and t'uards at Milledgeville. de
scriptions of the men wlio abducted
I'raiik.
Firemen’s lournameni
Closes at larboro loday
llodk uitd l.itddcr »fri‘ lielil
VeNterUii) and C'uii(*«>r(i Took the
Kil'st Tri/f »Hh i'arlmro Close
t Special to the Ki flector. i
i'arboro, Aug. lit. Yesterday was
the feature day for the colored tourna
ment being held here this wei'k when
lb" hook and ladder couil>anies had
their race.
rnusually large ciov .'- w.-re pies
'll M’. STI V^II I.'N \l!i:
l*IM Tl»!*S II
\ TOIMI * O >1 * liM I'.
l.Snecial to Ihe lleflci tor.)
riuelops, Aui.'. If. 'I he openil'g day
of the I’iiietops tobacco market cauie
yesterday with the selli’iK of
pounds of tobacco. This is the first
opening ilav 1‘inetops has e-i r I'.-i.t,
and Ihe liu al market here feel.-< that it
will 1h> il success. j
This i.H the onlv totiacco market in j
I df.'.''<'om!)o county. j
j ’)t av.l the tiremei: dispi.n d a large
I amount of interest in the races. Fol
mlts i)f t!ie book ;iiid
(ial\l.Vug. |s, liy uil',..
h.s.s from t niii'd Slate:, transport l!u-
?ord. Then- is cousidera!i!(> sul'fering
in ilu' cUy. 'I'lie water .•^y:-teui, ligiit-
jng system, gas and street car sy.iiem?,
are out of coniniission. 'I’iiere is no
driniiing water in the ciiy.
Three hundred feet of I lie i au>eway
has been destroyed.
.\ll ollicers. classi!i(>;l ei|j|>li)yees. eii-
Hsti'd iiK'ir anil their faimlie- al i'ort
('roi kett are sale.
wui i Ki:i» i(ni.im«.s
IM \ TO I'llOl >AM)S.
liousloii. Texas, .\u.i;. 1^. via 'I'eiii-
ple and leleph.oiie to iiallas. The
iioii.li’ii (,’lironiile prints tiie foUow-
iiig intervii'w with J, li. ^loiiigouieiy.
Jlou.slon corresijondent of tiie Calves-
ton .N'ow.s. who got as far as Virginia
I’oint. the north end of the causeway.
Tuesday, and vie\M-d the wrecked cilj
of Calveston:
I am coutident the numher of dead
in Galveston is largo. I could not see
an elevator on the poi t side of Ilu-
city and my (>pinio;i is that the lumi
her of buildings destroyed will run
into the thousands
“1 believt' tiie proi)erty lo'is will be
greater than that of li'OO."
%rontgomery made his way lo the
drawbridge of the (’■alveslon cause-
Hvay. and owing to the fact that this
slruclure was swept away he was
forced to return to llousioii The man
(made the trip in an automobile.
“We encountered indescribable con
ditions," ho said "'I'iie road liriduo-;
at (Tear I'reek and Hirkiuson were
washed out ami we ran our autonui-
bile over the railroad l>ridges and
acro.ss the ties.
“We saw thoii.samls m' hales of col
ton on tho prairies all the way from
\'irginia I’cdnt (the m.iinland end <>f
tho (J.ilveston caus< wa> i lo tho town
fni La Marnuo. far inland. Those were
washed from tialve>ion docks by tli >
great tidal wave.
"Tho water must have been several
feet over the cau seway and serious
damage must have been done lo it by
Ihe washing out of large iiuantilies of
linings in the center."
The railroad drawbridge ha.^ been
■Viih know, I wi.'li ) liad handed I
that giiv a spiel ihai uoijhl have tinuh'
him see why tli' do|)e he was tr.’. i.'i’ lo
srill in this ottiee don't count I'er tv.o
biis." 1 i'at was lunv the "devi!'' i'elt
about it.
It could not be learned upon jusi
what mission the tihenotnena was en
gaged. hut i' was generally supposed
that he was either a book agent or a
solicitor for correspondence school.
i lie qlU’.'IIUII llou .-lllll.- !l' in. -....l
jllir >v;.ie.'rtay iniilt iiuui lo
him- Itireenville be wonli me itio- i^y tha: .1
twill ta.ke ti) niaUc :t I r;iM isa*'l<
.■-^uine lliilili dial ;( will he a gooii
plan to have ilie wuti.i \vay construct-
ed. wtiile oti'.ers seelii ’.o lie ratiii r op-
i.ii{<;k ( immvks uk>t
ro ui>K> t<um\.
large number of people went troni
here loday to be present at the Ala-
sonic fete held in that city today.
tiniistie over its outcoiue.
'I'ili^re is one thing ceriain. ami !liat
is. that it \U11 not tienelit llreouviliv'
from a standpoint of furnishing power,
(.JreonviUe already has a uell eiiuipped
power plant that is e.,pahU of fnvnis' -
ing al! the power that is ro()uired. and
besides ihat, can fiirni.'li even more if
■' i-' i.ee’cd
’I'he power [I’.'irit lu re is now in a
position to furnish s»'vcral hii'iilro-.!
if.ure liors'.'-power
Viewing Uie I'ruposed \ilan from a
standpoint of transportation, it nrf’ht
'<■ ■>' value to tl;e farmers living on
Iri'.rge portion of the peol'lo went b\ i-iv(>r from between here and Tar-
:inluniobile. while Minie wem later I'y ; K;ieh ot th‘'se could li ive b's
train. j.-uiall boat to bring his produce to
>ii I I im; \r mt. im,f \s\nt i
.s'nr.i. rovTiM I s.
The niei'tim' ai Mt. I’lea'iant beint:
ronducted bv 1! W. Sfancil, of Ohio,
will contitiiie through Sunday night.
There have l>een tweiuv one conver
sions to date.
Snloeets for remainder of wee'iv'
.Amcusi 2I>. “The Ttettor l.ord": Ancu
21. "rnfini.sbed Work al the rios(> of
tho I)a.\": Sunday niorninc. "Thv j
Kinirdom Como’’; Sundav niglif.
Working Over .fei usalon! "
Creenville or !al;e it to 'I'arher-.i. a*- t o
It «lll. ill all <'Vc;ns. lie a goi'd
white before tho [dan will be tried, if
ever, and several local citixons express
■':.’-M>elve ■ a-' hoping tlial i’ w ili not
be tried out.
i.ISales H*ere lijhl
Here liiis \forniflg
Me.'-n
Or. Frank W. Wilson
Made Urmy Surgeon
' !!KI*<H!’l'i:i» -INK.!’" I'
r
,1 Concord, first prize. i-iade (h
{.uticJon. Auk- 1^- J . ,
* »Mti fri 'J.-., siHomls.
liUMu>r(» soroiul pn/A*. m II
iiilti Ua- SinPii.h foai.'ii r !'i {«’.o -.‘Ml i
* I st*(*oiuis.
tons gro.-,s. have been sunk. Twenty-j OM'ord. third
j washed away at Seahrook.
twenty miles trom Houston.
about
Thri (•
one of tile crew o;’ Ihe form"'
leiuht ol tho latter wt>ro picke.l uii.
pri/e
Time
..11 1 M.r.e. al ha'.e hot. a Miti
crews wer»‘ saved.
The trawler t!eor
Her cievv was savc l
■|''i
I stated.
I With today liie :.’.'illi annual colored
I liri'UieM's tournament comes lo a
) ejii^e and alter sevei al towns bidding
, persons are reporli'd to have lost tlieir
j lives at that imint.
I State otricials at .Austin were busy
I Knlay Irving lo communicate with Cal-
i veston. In tho meantime tents, blan-
I kets and cot^ were ready in the adju-
llant gonoral's department for sbip-
, meiit to lliiK.ioti or Oalvoston for the
I use of siorni refugees as soon as llio
needs of the snff<Ters <•;)» he ascer
also was siiaV.
I for II IICM year. Washington niamiged tained. The assistant
l <ir»"er (.rtt inilic l{e«e!>«'> I’lisi-
tiiiii <>»er Seieiitj Oilier Vpiiiiciiiit'.
Wednesday evening Mr. W. I!. Wii
son receivtd a tetej.;rain from iiis son,
la'. Frank W. Wilson, in \\ a^hin.m on
city, announcing his promotion to
army surgeon witii the rank ol iir-;t
lieutenant This was a conipeiiiivo
jiosition for which tiioro were seventy
applicants, and Dr. Wil.-son was among
tlu^ ten who passed suci'e~>fully. It
is a high honor to him atid his lux^j of
friends at home rejoine with him over |
ti.is dist iiu’tioii.
This makes the t'ourth sun .Mr W
n. Wilson now has in the army sorvln
of the government. Mr. 1>. S. Wilson
being a second lieutenant now in tho
riiilippitio Isl.tnds. Me-srs. W. U. Wil
son and ('. 1! Wilson being cadets u
West I’oint. and Or. !■' W
t'iil,' Mnail Nuiul'erof !‘iiuii<)>- l>r(>iit‘.i!t
In, Imt U Urmmlit a Verv »iooU
I'ricc Fanners IMea'cii Mitli I’his
Market.
I^en if ihc .sabs were ve-'v small,
tlif price paid tor t!io toii.icco nrouglit
lii'fe today a.s e.v.ie[ttionaiJy high.
The local warehousemen say tl.at the
reason such a small amount is being
bri'ught in is due to the fact that tho
I'at uiers ha%en't got their t roji graded
anti rv’ajy for Bvarket yet.
It is very noticeable that the farm
ers ot Pitt county, and other counties
too, are ’.ringing their tobacco to
I il 1 I nvillt.. and tho mo<( of them say
that ilio^ are doing this because the.v
know that the prices here will he .iust
as hii-'h if not hiithi'r than thi"^p paiii
oil other markets.
«;«»>/UTS \u\K u.
I SF OF KOUFICN FI U.'<,
A!<xi' <i City. Aug. 1 S.—(let.oral I’ab-
h' <.;on.;a!es, ctminiar'der of the Car-
AVilso'i, lir-t j I'.. ...I f.irces here, w ill issue a docreo
j warning all foreigners attempting ti)
I to secure (he foiirinuiieni for
r
lieutenant. !is army surgoon
- iprotect Me.xic.m properties under for-
lleriiiosillo raphireil. j 'ign flags that they will be liable to
-\ogalos. .Ariz.. .Vii.g. IS. Hcrniosillo, j. Mnilsinn as "periiicioiis forei.gri(‘rs."
(.apital of Sorona, has heoti oapturod ; The decree also will warn Mexican.^
i f •' U'O tif foreign flags wi!I hJ
six uiunlhs
adjutant gon-jby tieneral ('’alles. a Carranza coin
ne\i era! dci iared ' iipplies w ill be rushed j maiulor. according to reports reoeivod , punished by at least
under guard to the coast. j here today. Hctails are lacking. j p-isoniucut.