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The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-03-14
CITY CROWDED TO At
Tend LOUIS WEST TRIAL
INTEREST EXCEEDS ANY PREVIOUS OCCURRENCE In HSTORYOFTE
TOWN..WEST And HIS ACCOMPLICES ARE PRESENTED
TO THE COURT
JUDGE ADAMS PRESIDES over DESTINY OF PRISONERS

the following grand jurors were se-
lected for the term:
w. w. Sharpe, w. P. Ander-
son, A. 7. Smith, Wiley Webb,
Frank Pittman, John Rose, ]. A. Cor
bett, George w. Thomas, D. E.
Barnes, M. E. Whitley, W. B. Barnes,
M. G. Sharpe, G. C. Cobb, ]. Bruwen
Barnes, w. w. Whitehead, J. H. Gill,
J. M. Adkins, Ernest Boswell.
Mr. W. P. Anderson was appointed
foreman.
Judge Adams then delivered his
charge. Judge Adams was up all
night last night on account CT IL
wreck and stated he felt quite unwell
and would make his charge as brief
as possible.
Judge Adams devoted his charge
principally to capital cases, defining
each but giving the most attention to
the crimes of murder, and murder i'll
the second degree and manslaughter,
and of principals in the first degree
and principals in the second degree,
and accessories and conspiracies.
Judge Adams also referred to the
other crimes, such as false g,etense,
gambling, violating prohibition laws,
ETC.
Mr.. Golden Walston was sworn as
officer of the grand jury.
The docket was then taken I'D and
motions made for continuance in a
number of cases.
After calling over the docket Judge
Adams stated that he understood
there was case of homicide for trial
and that the defendants had no coun-
sci. He asked the Sheriff to bring
the prisoner West into court so that
counsel for his defense could be as
signed before he was arraigned. This
was done.
Solicitor Allsbrook, OF Tarboro, is
assisted in the prosecution by S. A.
Woodard, Esq, John E. Woodard,
Esq, and w. A. Finch, Esq.
On inquiry from the court, West
stated that he had no lawyer and had
no money to employ one, and the
court appointed W. A Lucas, Esq,
and E. J. Barnes, Esq, of the Will
son bar, to appear for the defense.
G. w. Edgerton, Esq, of Kenly, was
requested to aid them if he could re-
! main here, which he stated to the
court he was unable to do.
Court then adjourned until three
! o'clock this afternoon to give the at
torneys for the defense time to loon
into their case
1t is expected that by that hour
true bill will be found against Stet-
son, and it is likely that West, Stet-
son and Young will be tried jointly
Louis West, Stetson and Jim Sinnns
Brought Here.
Last night Louis West, Stetson and
Jim Simms were brought to Wilson
on the Norfolk Southern train arriv
ing here about eleven-thirty. The
train was stopped several blocks from
the depot and the prisoners taken off
by the deputies and were only seen
by a few persons on the way 70 jail,
as the hour they would arrive here
was kept secret by the officers.
CONTINUED on Page Four.)
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COTTON MARKET

The New York cotton market open
ed this morning a few points lower.
March, 1870; May, 14.51; July, 14.2Ss
August, 1888; October, 1854; Decern-
Der, 1885.
At IL o'clock the market was high
er, being: March, 14.40; May, 14.57t
July, 14.32; October, 1857.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-03-14
over TWO HUNDRED NAMES
Of PROMINENT LADIES ARE
ANNOUNCED IN THE CONTEST
Rules and Regulations.

Judges will award the prizes as full
ly explained elsewhere.
In case of a tie for any of the
prizes offered in this contest, the
value of the prize or prizes thus tied
for will be equally divided between
the candidates who tie for same.
Combinations between any contest
ants are prohibited.
No SUBSCRIPTION ballot will be is
sued for less than $10O
Balloting will be by means of nomi-
nation and ballots clipped from The
Daily and Semi-Weekly Wilson Times
and special ballots issued on paid sub
scriptions from old or new subscri-
bers, according to published schedule
The Contest Manager reserves the
right to reject any contestant. All
controversies will be settled by the
Contest Manager, and the publishers
of this paper alone and in accepting
nominations each candidate accepts
and contracts to abide by the deci-
sions.
Votes cast or certificates issued can
not be changed to count for another
contestant.
Candidates must be entered from
the district in which they reside.
They cannot move from one district
to another and retain votes to their
credit in former district.
Candidates may secure subscribers
anywhere.
The Contest Manager reserves the
right to withdraw the prizes from any
district having only two actively com
peting candidates or for any good CT
sufficient reason.
The judges. selected by The Daily
and Semi Weekly Wilson Times and
contestants, will count the votes at
the close of the contest and award
the prizes.
Special ballots will only be issued
when cash accompanies subscription
Any protest as to eligibility of any
candidate will not be considered if
votes have. been cast for said candi-
date FOR E. period of thirty 600 days
or longer
voted for any time up to the very last
day of the race.
VOTES WILL BE ALLOWED ON
SUBSCRIBERS SECURED ANY
w HERE. If an order for subscrip-
ton is sent in together with the
money, the votes will be issued in
favor OF the candidate who secured
the order, whether the paper is to go
to a resident Of Wilson or elsewhere.
| Young ladies wishing to enter do
not have to be subscribers Of The
Daily or Semi-Weekly Wilson Times
in order to enter; all that is neces-
sary is to send in their names.
The Contest Manager, B. B. Steven
son, is in the Office every evening and
he invites all who are interested to
| drop in and talk it over. Do not for
| get that if your name is nominated at
once you will be credited with the
extra 1 900 votes.
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THE WEATHER

Washington D. c.. March 1a.-For
North Carolina: Local rains followed
by unsettled and cooler ton =ght
Tuesday fair and cooler in the south
east portion with moderate and varia
bic winds becoming northerly
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Counsel on both sides have agreed
to defer the trial of West and asso-
ciates until Wednesday morning.
A venire of 25O men will be sum-
moned to appear here at that time,
since it is evident that the regular
panel would hardly furnish many
jurors.
The court is now engaged in the
trial Of petty causes, and will so con-
tinue until Wednesday when the trial
of the notrious criminals will begin
The special term Of Superior Court
for Wilson county, called by Governor
Kitchin on the request of the County
Commissioners, to try those charged
with the murder of Deputy Sheriff
George Mumford and the wounding of
Chief Of Police o. A Glover, convened
this morning, Judge J. S. Adams, OF
Asheville, presiding.
Louis West, Stetson and Jim
Simms, charged with being connected
with the crime, and all of whom it is
stated were in the home of Mary
Young when the tragedy occurred
were brought to Wilson last night
| from Raleigh, where they were sent
| for safe keeping in the penitentiary
until court week.
This crime which threw this city
in the greatest frenzy of excitement
in it's history, occurred on February
| 3rd. The morning of that day Sheriff
Sharpe was asked by the Sheriff Of
| Cumberland county to look out for a
gang of negroes which had robbed ths
| ing that they were headed this way
The sheriff notified the police of the
matter and Chief Glover, Policemen
Warren and Wynne and Deputy Mum
| ford went to work on the case.
About half past two o'clock in the
afternoon Policeman Wynne located
the bunch, approaching town from
| Five Points, and while he went to
notify the other officers, some OF
them entered the house of Mary
Young, situate near the Norfolk South
ern freight depot. On the officers
| learning that they had entered this
house they surrounded it and demand
ed that the door which was locked be
opened. On the REFUSAL Mr.. Mumford
| secured an axe to force an entrance,
and as the door was opened, Mumford
and Glover were met with a fusilade
of shots, both of them being shot and
severely wounded AS Louis West
passed by Mumford on his escape
through this door, he exclaimed,
Damn you, you are not dead yet"
and sent a bullet through this of
| ficer's brain.
Officers Warren and Wynne both
| fired at West, but although he was
struck he was not disabled and con
/ tinued his flight until he was the next
week arrested in Maxton.
| Stetson, who is also believed to
have been in the Young house when
| the shooting occurred, was arrested
| in Selma, and Jim Simms in Wilson
Many other arrests were made-Me-
bane, Dave Young and Wade Viii.
Iiarns, being charged with the Dunn
robbery or with being in Wilson with
| West and Stetson on the day of the
murder.
| At the February term Of Superior
| Court true bills of murder were re
| turned against Louis West, Dave
/ Young and Wade Williams. A true
bill against Stetson will doubtless be
returned by the grand jury today.
When court convened at ten o'clock
| this morning the court room was
packed and hundreds were unable to
cain admission.
| The jury list was first called and
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Turn to Page Six and go Over the List
There are Young Ladies There You
Know. Help Them Win ,One
of Those Prizes

prizes. They are worth the effort.
Your friends will help you if you ask
them right away before some one
else does.
From now on the contest will be on
in earnest, and interest will increase
each day.
One of the contest managers will
call on the contestants as soon as pos
sible, but with such large list Of
popular ones, it will take some time
to see them all, so, if possible, call
at the office and get one of the sub
scription books, also valuable infor
nation as to the best way to secure
votes.
Start Early.
While nominations will be coming
in a month yet, you had better get
in at the start, be in with the early
! ones. Join this live bunch Of hustlers
and have the time of your life.
There will be lots of fun connected
with the contest, and you don't want
| to miss any of it.
The contestants who enter in the
| city must not think that it will be an
easy matter to get ahead of the out
side candidates. They are bunch OF
live hustlers entered from the outside
and they are going to show the Will
son contestants a fe VIKINGS that
will surprise them.
If you enter the contest with the
| determination to win, and we assume
that you do, you should not waste
much of your time with the free cou-
pons. It's the subscriptions you want
! the most vo es and in this case it is
votes that you want. Start out by
asking for longtime subscriptions,
one, two, three or even five years,
but take the small ones also. Don't
| let any get away from you. Look for
the schedule in the big advertisement.
Don't expect something for nothing
While we are going to give away
prize advertised, whether the vote
be large or small, the wise ones who
enter the race realize that it will
take a large vote to win and will get
Just as many votes to their credit as
| they possibly can. And remember
this is a short contest, eight weeks,
so if behooves you not to waste any
of the percious. time.
; The fact that a large number OF
candidates have already entered the
race should not frighten you. Simply
because the more candidates in the
fight the better chance you haye OF
| winning. It will require less effort
on your part to secure a sufficient
number Of votes to win if you have
large number of candidates to com
i pete with.
Receipt Books.
| Receipt books will be mailed OF
delivered to all candidates. But mean
while get the promises of all your
friends subscriptions. Subscriptions
are what count now and if you get
the promise now the other, candidates
will not get ahead of you. Ii there Is
anything that you do not understand
call the Contest Editor of THE
TIMES at any time.
Call For Letters.
Have you seen the letters that We
are giving to candidates to send tc
their friends and acquaintances?
Come to the Contest Department
/ and we will give you some to send
, to your friends.
i Remember that you can get sub
scriptions from any place. You are
not confined to your own district il
, asking for votes.
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Oh, fear not in world like this,
And thou shalt know ere long
Know how sublime a thing it is
To suffer and be strong.
-Longfellow.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1911-03-14

Today on another page appears :
the vote coupon which is good for
100 votes instead of 25. 3
Every reader of THE TIMES
should clip out this coupon and 3
drop it in THE TINES ballot
box in favor of one of the young :
ladies' whose names appears in
the list printed today.
Do it now and give her a start. :
Then call her on the telephone
and pledge her your support.
NO EXTRA PAPERS WILL =
*RE SOLD.
#* =
They are off in bunch! Are you
one Of them? The first list Of nomi-
nations in THE TIMES great Automo-
bile and prize contest is printed to-
day. Look over the list and pick out
a favorite, or better yet, if you are
not candidate, clip out the nomina-
ton ballot, fill in, and enter the race.
The prizes are worth your while
Evidently the people of Wilson and
vicinity think well of the young
ladies of this vicinity-at any rate
there's no dearth of favorites, ano
the zone best bet'' would be difficult
to select.
The Best People Entered.
The names of the young ladies ap
pearing today are daughters of thee
best families Of Eastern North caro-
lima. Some have entered by them
selves or their parents, while Others
have been nominated by their friends
All have the same opportunity to wiz
one Of the prizes. The winners VII
be the ones who hustle the hardes
and do not overlook chance to Sc
cure a subscription. Be hustler, l
costs you nothing but a little effort
Then Just think of the valuable
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The COUPON TODAY ON PAGE SIX
COUNTS FOR One HUNDRED
VOTES SAVE ALL YOU CAN
FIND OF THEM MUST BE VOTED
ON One DAY ONLY


HOW THE DISTRICTS ARE =
ARRANGED. X
s.
1st District includes Wilson $
county.
End District includes Nash,
= Edgecombe, Pitt. s
3rd District includes Greene, <
Wayne, Johnston. $
4th District includes all terrific :"
ry outside of above. *
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THE sEMI-WEEKLY TIMES.

100 VOTE COUPON TO-DAY.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-23
New Orleans Futures.

New Orleans, Dec. 22.-Cetton futures
opened steady at a decline of to II
points on lower prices than expected in
Liverpool Longs sold out freely, the
weaker almost showing a desire TO liqui-
date over the triple holidays. which be-
gin tomorrow. After the call the market
was somewhat steadier as scalpers on the
short side accepted their profits. There
was no news regarding Lancashire labor
troubles to encourage fresh short sales.
At the end of the first half-hour of bust
ness the active months were trading at a
net loss of to points.
The market was dull and soft all the
morning. Bulls offered no support and
moderate offerings were sufficient to hold
prices down. Bears were not aggressive,
although scalpers were inclined to take
the short side. Toward noon the market
wore a pronounced holiday look. Cables
from Liverpool said that it was rumored
that the weavers had decided on a lock-
out Wednesday. This stimulated bearish
sentiment. At noon prices were s to 3
points down.
In the afternoon the market was dull
and hardly moved At ? O'Clock prices
were to 8 points under yesterdays
close.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-23

Claremore-S50, 900 bank.
Hollis-$20,0 900 hardware company.
Oklahoma 200 plumbing com
pany: $4,000 publishing company;
$4,000 printing company.
Parkham-$5.000te telephone company.
South Carolina.
Charleston-$10,00 rally company;
$4,000 rally company
Cheraw-$25, 900 rally company.
Columbia-s20, 900 development com
pany.
900 rally company.
Spartanburg- electric com
pany.
Rhem-$5O,00O realty company.
Tennessee.
CleVeland-S20, 900 foundry and ma
chine works
Memphis - $4,000 manufa curing
company; $4,000 shade adjuster COM
pany; 100000 building company.
Tullahoma-S20,OO 900 bank
Texas.
Austin-$2O,OOo irrigation and mill
Beaumont - $4,000 storage and
transfer company.
Center-Oil company
DalIas-s10, 900 investment company.
Northumberland
Pecos- 500 machine company.
Seadrift-Electric light plant; $780,
600 navigation company.
Nernon-S20, 600 oil company.
Virginia.
Bristol-$1, SOC, 900 mine
Lynchburg-$10.0 900 rally company.
Portsmouth = $500 900 development
company; $4,000 orchard company.
Richmond-s50,00 900 amusement COM
pany,
West Virginia.
BuckhannO-$25,000 oil and gas
company.
Charleston-s25.0 900 oil and gas com
pany; $4,000 stave factory.
Fairmont-Furuiture company.
Hutington-$25.0 900 oil and gas COM
pany.
Moundsville - $4,000 railty com
pany.
Mt Hop@s50, 900 mine
Weston - $4,000 publishing COM
panv
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strength of article 1 of the treaty of
1892
Thus the United States has enact
ed very strict regulations seriously
limiting the rights of entry of for
eigners and there is no doubt that the
federal government would ward off
any attempt to dispute the legality of
these regulations from an information
al point of view"
The declaration then quotes textual-
ly article Of the federal immigration
law of February 20, 1907, and con-
tinues.
IF we take into consideration also
that the American law imposes a head
tax on the whole line of the foreigners
seeking American shores, 1T becomes
clear how stern are the restrictions
to which Russians arriving in America
are subjected. We do not question the
right of the federal government to
apply any immigration laws which are
dictated by reasons of state, but that
very reason that the motive of the
abrogation of the treaty of 1892 adj
duced in the resolution of the house
of representatives is unfounded."
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suit? A very small exhibit, indeed.
Mrs. Pleas said that it was such very
hard work and SO diseouraging when
they had to do SO much unaided that
it was doubtful about them trying it
again. But as they are very pro-
gressive people, and are devoted to the
interests of Florida, We hope that they
will come again and that Jackson
growers will do their part without any
coaxing.
There would have been personal ex-
hibits from artists and fruit growers
but the price for space was prohibit
tive. BY the time the exhibitors paid
freight on their exhibit, paid for board
and lodging during the fair ara added
to this the amount for S4aace, it
amounts to goodly sum-and when it
is just for the good of the country
there are not many who are patriotic
enough to pay it, especially out of fiat
pocket books.
The Lack of Flowers.
To the northern tourists, the total
lack of flowers, except a few Boston
ferns, and many artificial flowers was
matter of surprise. A flower depart
ment with a display of ferns and
flowers native to Florida, would have
been great attraction not only to
those from the north, but also to many
Floridians for there are many who are
n
fernery filled with the ferns native to
Florida would be a lovely sight. The
Florida orchids are famous-eutside
the state, the exquisite crinums that
grow in our Swamps are sold by the
northern florists and in Europe, they
are sold by the pound because the
bulbs grow SO large and are repro
duced SO slowly, a display of these and
other Florida products would be a
ending nf attraction
of profit for they could be sold for
enough to pay all expenses.
Thing of it? Florida the land of
flowers, the birth place of floral beau
ties and water groWths famous
throughout the world and vet not one
displayed at the Interstate Fair
Florida is not an ordinary state, her
flowers, ferns orchids and lilies, many
of them are not grown in any other
state except in private conservato-
ries, and in northern green houses for
sale where they bring a high price,
and a display of these things would
be great addition to the fair and
a fine advertisement for Florida.
While at the fair, 1 met Mr.. Tyson,
of the Union Land and Timber Co
This company have taken all the tur-
pentine from the trees and are now
experimenting to see what the land
will produce; after they have 1t under
cultivation and can show what the
land will really grow then they will
be ready to sell to homeseekers. If all
Florida real estate firms would take
this course there would be fewer dis
appointed home seekers and Florida
would not "get the black eye so often
This company are planting a large
number of tea plants as an expert
ment, and are also planting vegetables
of all sorts.
Mr.. Tyson was at the fair taking
jnotes and picking up all the informa-
ton that would be helpful to him in
the work in which he is engaged The
Timber company's land is near Rocky
Bayou.
Now that the fair is over it is none
too soon to begin planning for one
IN 1912 and to plan to have the biggest
and most complete fair ever held in
Florida.
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Prevent
Winter
Time
Sickness

1T is easy to do. Colds,
- sore throats and many
slight ailments which fire.
quently lead to pneumo-
MIA and other serious
sickness can be prevent
ed easily. How Air.
That's all. Air-and COM
mon sense, of course.
Common sense and a lit
tie knowledge of the dan
ger in artificially heated
room particularly
steam-heated rooms. J
You can get the knowl-
edge from an article be-
ginning on page e of
Parsons Magazine for
January. And you'd bet
ter get it. That article
shows the simple way in
which the danger can be
ofset-as simple a thing
as a piece of string will
help a lot, If you will
read that article and heed
it, you may save many
dollars in doctors bills.
What may be done about the
ever-increasing cost of living is
explained IN another article. SEN :;
ator Albert B. Ctnnnins, in an
other article, explains which he
thinks is better for business
competition, or combination reg
ulated by the government. The
story of how the Vanderbilt fam
lily got into the -Four Hundred is
also in this magazine. Alfred
Henry Lewis tells the last story
of " The Apaches of New York"
Anthony Partridge begins a re-
markable novel; and there are
seven other complete short stories !!
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Russia Will Adopt
Tariff War Schedules

Continued from First Page)
enforcement Of the general Russian
laws in regard to foreigners Of the
Jewish religion, in the case of Ameri-
can Jewish citizens. constitutes an in
fringement of the treaty, the house of
representatives voted a resolution for
it's abrogation.
There cannot be any doubt that
this view is unfounded. The Russian
government and it's representatives
abroad cannot but fulfill the require
rnents of the Russian law contained
In paragraphs 21S to 235 of the pass
port statute of paragraph $40 and the
following ones of the law on social
rights. as long as these remain in
force.
ION the other hand the question of
the admission or non admission into
Russia of categories of foreigners be-
long TO the province of international
legislation upon the general principles
of international law as we'll as on the