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VOL XXXII.
ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY. November 7, 1907.
No 42
THE
Financial Situation
Attracts Notice.
Republicans Are INow Face ip Face
With the (luestlou of Tar 111'-- Business
Prosperity and Kasy Money Not War
ranted by Republican Tar ill'.
Washington, D. C, Nov. 4, 1907
In spite of the declaration of the
last Republican National Conven
tion that a Republican tatiff has al
ways been followed bv business pros
peruy and similar fallacious boasts
of President Roosevelt in his letter
of acceptance and speeches, an un
fortunate panic is playing havoc in
our liuant'iai aiiairs. morning eisei mere is ;ft,UD-i,ooo or sunsuuary s;i
is being talken about in political I ver, and $1,551,078 of minor coin,
circl'-s. Secretary Cortelyou declar neither nf which items are classed
es i he woist of the storm is over, buW as available casn, for only $10 is
the news from the West would irid'-' legal tender. All these am nuns a 1
cate the worst may yet be to come, ; ded together makes $232,3:Ji 770.
The dosing of the chief Spring! So that the United Stales i'leusiny
Wheat market of the country at' instead of having an available balau
Diilutb, aud the phralysis of the1 ce, there is a d.-li.uetiey of $7,451,
market in Chicago and elsewhere, in! 430. That is the Secretary of in
consequence of the lack of money,!
nd tlie determination of the banks
o husband their resources is any-
hing but a cheerful prospect. 1 be
'armets will, of course, Buffer, and
heat, cotton and other agricultural
.duciS have already fallen in
I'hose farmers who are able i
hold thir crops until the panic
bsides should by all means do so,
r the demand from foreman coun
ties will lead to higher pricei for
wheat and cotton uext Sprint, if not
ueiore. luis eviuuiice., uuu pin
. duced, that the Rp iblican policies
of a high trust-protecting tariff, and
of giving every advantage to tne
bauks, have built up a bogus pros
peiity that at the first adverse wind
ia no mure stable than the child's
house of cards, is proof that Repub
lican policies produce panic instead
of being panic proO as biazenly
boasted. With fifty per cent, more
money per capita in circulation, and
the supply constantly increasing,
tne backs are unable, to pay their
jebts w heu called upon. The Re-
fpublicau policy of aiding the. Wall
Street banks with all the spare
money in the Treasury, except a few
millions to pay the current demands
upou the government, is not ouly
unlawful, but grossly unfair to the
more conservative baukers of the
South and West who have to bear
the burden of providing the funds
to move the staple crops. The ouly
excuse for President Roosevelt in
carrying out this policy is that he
has taken the advice of tnose mixed
up iu the Wall Street game, or has
allowed his New York birth and
training to lead him to the rescue
oi the freuzit-d financiers rather tbiin
ordering a "square deal" between all
sections. This favoritism to the
Wall Street interests is shown by
bis tffusive thanks to Secretary Cor
tely on, and the not hidden, though
unnunitd approval of Morgan and
Rockefeller for putting in their mil
lions to try and stem the panic.
Eow little those financiers deserve
the thanks of tfce Chief Magistrate
o' the country is at o'ice eetn from
the fact that they demanded usuri
ous rates for their money, which is
Said to have extended to 50 per ct.
He can hardly be called a public
benefactor who charges his less for
tunate fellow citizens usury, under
the most trying circumstances. The
pretence that the Rockefeller mil
lions were loaned at tf per ceut. cair
be easily shown to oe a fable, as tar
as any large amount is concerned
If the effects of the panic could be
confined to Wall Street there would
be but a few tears shed, but unfor
tunately all lines of husiuess must
sow suffer m constqueuce of the no
settlement of financial affairs in
New York and at all the large money
Centers. It is much to b? feared
that the bauks at Western money
centers are not so plentifully sup-
f'hed with cash as the optiuiisiic lu
oimation given out would indicate,
for the Secretary of the Treasury
has received calls from nearly all
the principal cities of the country
that it may be necessary to give
them assistance. To that end he
has called upon the disbursing
ag. nts of the government for $15,
000.000 of the $72,000,000 uow to
their credit that that Huiount may
be aded to the working balance iu
tie Uuited States Treasury. Tne Master Glenn, vmioij son of Mr.
0trioi saiment of the available and Mrs. N. N. Nelin, died at
Can balance iu the Treasury m the Rmdlenitii H.-mn-s . n. The funer
cl"ce ul hits ness on October 2v)i K is was held hnidn. The et'iul
giv. i. us 4224,881.340. Hut these
figuies aie vey dKseivinj,', fur 1
that amount $215,529,538 has al
ready been loaded to the banks and
far from being an "available cas h
balauce" it might as well be at the
bottom of the sea as far as any im
mediate availability to the United
States Treasury is concerned. To
demand its return would cause near
ly every bauk that bold such depos
its to close their doors. Another
item is $5,004,571 on deposit in th.
Philippines, that i.i certainly not
available; then t here i imc-i $!.23'!,
G5!), of silver bui i m, that c imior be
used as moiiev i n 1 1 1 coined; tneu
Treasury, wild tne approval of I're--
n'ent hooU-veir,, must, have taken 47,
451,430 from the trust funds lu to
Ire .any, or from the ''gold reserve
to deposit in the Wall Street bank-
in there great necessities. No won
der Secretary Coitelyoti is at his wits
ends and is calling upon the govern
uient islnirsmg oflioers to return
part of the money to their cretin,
And returiiiti2 to the Treason
about $15,000,000 of such bilauoe. is
robbing Pe er to ptv Paul, for it wili
take it out of the National Ranks,
which are government reserve depos
tories in the different large cities ol
t ie country either toioiritiuto h
Wail Street maelsrom or to depojit
it with other favored banks who aie
in a tight place. The fact is, the
Treasury is bankaupt, to all interns
and purpose; and existing con
ditions are similar to those under
which President Cleveland was
obliged to issue bonds in 1894. The
Republican party has had no ques
tion to contend .vith of the double
standard., The high tariff taxation
bas resulted iu a large surplus iu tlu
Treasury, instead of a deficiency,
with President Cleveland had t--contend
with under the McKml-v
tariff iaw, and iu consequ n . of t e
Supreme Court declaring tuc ni-joni
Ui section of the Wilson tar: if
unconstitutional. The Republican
leaders have deliberately turuei
over to the favored banks not mil
the surplus, hut even seven' mliiio .
more fiom some - ncc. Tins pai
his discourag d Ike most opt.m c
Republicans, us .ny feel ih.it .,
iiepublican named is likely to he
nominated can be elected, for all arc
committed to the Same financial and
ta.ltt' pb.'icy that, h is cre.ited tu
panic. Iu speaking of this a prom.
lneut Republican did to III':' I.i id t,
"your party will gam two great tul-
vantages by tile prc.-eilt distressing
conditions. The parly in pow. r
is blamed for the breakdown of
prosperity, am. as it will force liun-
cial legislation to the trout as an
issue.
Suffered Painfully to keep Promise.
A negro, who had moved a family
from High Toi.it to Denton Fiidav,
n-turred to High Point Saturday
afternoon, having driven 14 mile
through the country with a broken
leg. He was riding on the wagon
with his fed hanging down. One
leg caught on a stump and was al
most pulled from bis body. He
S lid he would have st. pped a
Thomasville for medical attention,
but he had promised to return tlu
team Saturday.
Suicide Traceed Back to Railroad Ac
rident.
Mis. C- nue rww. who was ln
iured bv an i. A. L. train near
Charlotte several yaers ago, from
and for which sh recovered $15.
000 damages in a a suit for damages
committiied suiciae at hT home' a1
Charlotte list Th'.ursday. It is
believed that her mind was affected
as a result of the and that she was
insaue at at tne t'me the rash act
was committed. ,
Death of Little Glenn Newlln.
na,l suffered f.n a -e with scarlet!
lever
MILLIKAN REUNION.
Maved from North Crrolina to Indiana
Duringthe KiltiesMany Relatives In
ThlxMectlon Attend.
By Andrew Joyner in News and Observer.
Greensboro, N. C, Oct. 26.
Home comings, reuuion of families,
are always interesting events, aud
North Carolinians, by reason of this
being one of the parent states, gen
erally connect such happenings
with ua i'.iea of the ptr;uipuits
coming U..ek to the State r the
county or t if eommiuiity wheiv the
dismal lle.i ot Ml- f.llllllv llllil hln
Sjian Ol ille eiel neil' ii. Ouaiiirgei
s-mI: like tne reunion in lir-ens-horn,
tlnee ye.H'S ao, id native mm
r- ide'itfi, i ne limne e'lini g 'v i.
e'llnected wc i Hi'' t l i:i;il' of '..ks
retuini:ig to old Xnti UaMiiii
f r nil tu- ne.V ' jintes as i h.-v :id
lint, rei'.'ii' iv 'Mi., in I ui ,n i i in-re
was lianui. ie-tininn, .uei ni.i'ii
tO SOIIle N H i n urOIIIII ill.-, II l 'III;
.1 delllu ill 1 1 ip t id v is.!, i i c
ver.sal of me llic imp i.; ti a ;. ce.
I'lie Uiiiili'i'i . - u 1 1 ' ' r.a ip,
ho moved to lell.uii in 1 !So U . i 1 1
in this year ot gi' ce oee.iine so
lai ge a m j n oi ; tut f i i,. .., i In
North Ca n 1 a iir.i.ie.li had t, go
O'H. i.h le ii . H -ill' -c lining . k, .i
i(0 vitlioil 1 1 1 1 v r.-u leMi i'' ne
l.o I, tee . iiS IVii.iz i i i . v r.
lienj uniii i hi. oi (i .tifor i
olieg ', fO' ill i, Oi tk.ii i ' , mi. l
III li s 77- i his . i'i, U.i.ted
S'aiiS Jill r . Jillli'S d. 'Ihnh.l .
d Ureeiish-T . and l. 'h likau,
of li.md. I, Ii .- u my, SO e rs i ag',
iett ten 'In- ig i tor laintm
county, liiii'.i'i, io attend .i leitu
loo of I he 'lit in finillies, repi'e
seining t' others, woo, w.tn
meii wires, ie t Raudolpu county
iu 1859 in C'iV",ed wagons and jom
ueyed over eight hundred nule to
the county in Indiana where, they
have since regee-d, and wheie all ex
cept one rf i!i-- brothers are living
L'nese two Vtn kaus were William
aud .lilton. William is uow dead,
nut his wido. eigut liviug ennd
f u and several giand-ohi dren Were
a part of i lie faau.y gathering
fpich was 'ii'i i at the lioin.-ot vlil
lon Milliki.i, vhige 82 d mrthday
as celetiiaicl 'during the nappy
reunion, in wife, seven e, ill li"ii
mil 19 gi'au I (Mildreii bel auioii
ii'- nappy Cee' ir itl S at. lue'ni idem
hoiu' In re- iu i"i flwin lh' nnviu,;
I, Wil of She i tin. For a .-, tlie
N' ii . Ii i;i in dillihans .-r jet
l. ii a.-q
ai. one il i o
ai'gest ii it n
one h 'Mi.
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ii .me oi i
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ai. tne rm a
l.saui ami
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Iivn, slid i
liidi.uj.i, ii
fi -.-t c.e;'iei
Ad are l ien
Mi I i.oii Mi i .
ous,p:iysic
aiiendun.
H -n j mi in in
.Vliliikini a '
and Wife, ol
. .viin tu-1.
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e oge !ier i
I" it v ot
bo -i
li 'i.i.i .
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lid l.'l-i.i
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lai-n al
Mill. Mt .
K. .u-i-,
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Whom they n . noi se -u
years. ii" I- U .lied S . - reisie
of the lan I oltice ui--.e.
I felt verv inuoii intt r . in . hU
famny reunion. I count im iiuhk
of these good Qii . . and
thiiryuuiig wives stttmg mu , iiir .
ceuiuiy tii;o t'l.r i,i, ii i.i ah
deiness of the VSesL, seea: .i le ne
sy from the scene ol . - m
alarms, I opini.' u j' i . t'rom
tin ir coni;,i .no i nfTlie ii ' . . li
ne s of hum in siavi i, i
rancid 'iritioi i ii ic ord i . s
tablished in the South. i t. . .,
I thought ot 11 I in in y N : i -
liulans ol IlKi ptu dy e.lia u - r 1 1 1
in that oiit pra'iie seiio.Mi r iii
por', uinl now i 'iey intil rti i . i mi
t'lere in trie i taOK less W. si. I h.ii.
nd lllm s , ii.iClpalii, '"' hi
most weallii. gnculi iii'in .'. ni
oii the fe. "t i he g i.ii I
thought, loo. i. 8 I'tUii" I a ,s
that during the war in- lidim
a id Illinois -oi ners were t i ti.m
ingest and the ititterest fo-s ye ha I,
aud after Hie wtr tney Kepi i u,i
louger tha' any other p. i i id i
American Uuion.
Hut I wauimi u htr fi-in
reiihiou, so when I learued in.i
Marshal Millikitn had ietu
Tnursdav utght, I s ugnt h' n ..
early Friday mouiiug to get i
port.. Af'er t"i'ii! "lit" 1
(Cuiuiuticd uu linli ;
INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION.
Organization Perfected Officers and
Co m m Itteex--M em bersh I p Growing.
The Asheboro Industrial Assoiu
ation met at the court house Friday
night arkl completed organization
by electing the following officers:
President, 1). 13. McCrarv; 1st
We President. 0. C. Cranford; 2nd
Vice President, H. M. Robius; Sec
retary, Henev l'. Martin; Treasurer,
S. . Laugliiin.
Piesident McCiary announced
the committees at a second meeting
held Monday night as follow.-:
Eiiteribinnn nt, A. Ross, .1. O.
UeddiriK, I'. II. Morris, W. J. Aim
liehl, E. M. ili'.r.
Membersi ipJ. T. Brittain, U.
v Hayes, Ii l. R ,ss.
! lhiiuee 1. II. Ionis, two ot!i
eis o be app 'in led later.
The e.xei.ii'ive ciimmittee is com
posed of the eliiiiriii tn nf these cun
iiiittees an. I t'ie ollieeis of the As-.o-i
ii ion.
The membership of thp aasoci
iiiou now numbers twenty nine.
U the in eimg Monday about
sixty itize;- were present and m.inv
matters iP'ni"g to the up huild
ini,rof tto;nlr i v re discussed and
much etn.ji la.iin :s being manifest
ed. The sun', ss of the association
is assured and Ashebor is expected
to forge nte i lily to the front.
CEDAR FALLS MILLS SOLD.
O. R. Cox Dispose of Cotton Mill In
terestsHas ot Decbleil to Leave
Arhebot-o.
Mr. 0. R. Cox has closed out his
interests in the Cedar Fall Cotton
dills to J. O. McAiister and otheis
of Spray. The deal was consu mated
a few day ago and today vir. Grant
Estlow who has been with the Holt
mills at Graham, takes charge of
the mill for the new owners.
Mr. Cux recently moved to Ashe
b ro and is now making his home
here. When seen by a Courier rep
resentative he coi.firmed the report
of sale saiig. '
"It has been said that I have re
tired from business. This is un
true" Contuuiiig he declared that
he has not decnl-d what he would
attempt in th- future, except that
he would devo'e his time to private
mutters until spring.
When asked innit the report that
he hid tlecided o have A heboio
a id Ramlolp Vl i . Cox declared that
it was iiiifnund d. That he would
not con si.ler th- matter until Spring
when he would then probably re
eiiiet i lie hii-iuess world.
Our i"0)le nill note this with
pleisnie Hi it. tne report is untrue.
ii Ci.v h a mill of ability and en-lrp:-iv.
vi I such men are valued
ALBEMARLE SUFFERS
FIRE.
BY
Xc -laii i- Ollit-e and I.ivt'i'v Stable Co
l'p in Ma me-.
Fir.- on' iii pie I ivry sta
ble of ,1. Ii E i'd, a' A b marleSun
dtv, ent' i ly ib'St rov i'4 tne tiuildin
a . i eon lis i he fir occurred at
2 .('clock in 'h" morning and whs
ioi t'.ir inlvanced when discovered to
.iiii-r tie bii'dmg atall. Eight?eu
head ot Ii i's-'S were burned to death
besides nil venieles, feed, etc. The
loss to lr. E tin I was about $4,500
Cue I'liilili ij; was owned by Miss
Srtllle I'dalock.
I in- 1 i vyowiud carried the llames
nib., i e biiildina of the Stanley
K ' p "''. and with the ex!etion
i . . ..r .nice j (I) presses this e-
ii- ,i
I), i.i.
v.io desi toyed. Editor J.
ia't just, completed the
i i- ai' i o nis plant, there and
.(S li"' on 'he second floor. He
ad 'i tine . qiiipnieiit. The loss of
Kd "if t ivi is is near $7,000. He
mired "ii'v $2,3'lt i.isurauce ou his
id mi ' er a no insurance on
the milt !'iij, which wis one of the
li'e I a - t i.. Ubemarle The total
will ..liiMm.i," ,i i ast. $10,000.
Ilrady-Ferree.
Cards lime tieen issued by Mr
and li-. d. C. Ferree, of Ramseur,
a ii.oiineiiii4 the mal tinge ef their
'i m a ii ' liss Ylary Pearl Ferree to
leio.er' dradv. Tne marriage will
o -n euiinzed a' the home of the
. i V uivur,s Mon lty night.
i s l-'i" ree ' is one of Katuseui's
iios "pnlar vonnrf ladies. The
hi is a fine v..ung man. He
I i ,i position with i he Crescent
ii.i'c Co. i't Kniiseur and is a
.-. ll oi C.i'viu JJia.iy.
Horrible Crime
at Thomasville.
MALTREATED CHILD.
Mr. and Mrs. Shoaf Indicted at Thomas
Friday. II. H. Shoaf and wife, of Thom
asville, have been indicted for whip
ping a child t of Mr. and Mrs.
P. C. Fields, of High Point. The
child was four yenrs old and was
visiliiing ilr. Mioafs's children.
The diferilJants Hum that they
whipped the child for b.ing unclean
about the hous.'; the child was badly
l .Uen. being gasned iu many places
and by some mea is its arm was
bioken. It Was also slated that the
eli'ld w.is tie I up in a s.ick and dip
ped in a ! u I o' cold water. Shoaf
chin 1 that he tied the child in a
sack the night before to keep it from
seraLchiic its face while it slept.
Mr. linf has given bond in the
sum of .-JioUO for his appearance at
cmrt. Mrs. Shoif has not been
has not been able to attend a prelim
inary harii)!j lieuriDg on account
of illness.
Mr. Shoaf is superintendent of
the Cramer Furniture Factory.
Honor Roll For Ortaber.
FIKST GRADE.
Clef a Rich, Sidney Wood, Be.u
Bui hi Garnetce Allen, Mary Dick
ens, Ruth Cox. Robert Jones, Hazel
Spoon, Clifford Hall, Dona Lee
Laughlin, Irwin Hooker, Henry
Rich, Haunah Lewis, Dexter Low
dermilk, Alice Huusucker, Elsie
Presnell, Margaret Rich, Blanch
Steed, Alva Betts, Stanton Skeen,
Frauk Redding, Ray McPhersou.
William Dickens, Lucv Beck, Lola
Beck, Leunie Bean, Edith Brown,
Shafter Free, Ira Kennedy, Frank
Kivttt, Autbur Birkhead, Jim
Birkhead, Fannie Ingram, John
Kivett, John Spoon, Jesse Robins,
Clyde Williams, Teete Miller, Wil
laid Wright.
SECOND GRADE.
Colon Spoon, Kate Nwby, Urslie
Clark, John Brittain. Hazel Kivett,
arne Burrow, Curr Loflin, Banks
Ritdiardson. Howard Dickens, Grace
Pn snell, Roy Allred, Carl Uogers,
Colon Bunting, Edith Betts, Eva
Lewallen, Tern Ferree, Etna Glas
g'.. Lillian lluiisnc er. Ruby
Wright. Novie Styres, Lucile Ward,
Faye Fiee, Lt'tui Williams, Bula
Webster, Mai-v Mollitr, Lucile Mor-ri-,
Martha Evelyn Vurris.
TH I KD GUADK.
Lih Slack, Eflie Cit.kor, Prvn j
Webster, Minnie Puisli-v, Jewel ' las
gow, Ruth Mcl'beison, Nettie New
bv, Dorothy Heiley, Ethel Piesnell,
t'l.d" Cux, Joe Hendricks, Rtisit
La-siter.
FOUKTH GRADE.
Je.-S'e Wood. Lela Hay wort h,
Grace F-'iree, Kate Walker, John
Swain, Fleta Lewallen, J-.-si1 Ward,
Clara Presnell, Nannie Plummer,
Rilla Spoon, Edith Huusucker, John
T. Muffin-, C'eou Spoon.
FIFTH GRADE.
Carl Aumau, Eertt Kendall,
Fred Slyres, Lester Routh, Willie
White, I la Aiken, Connie Aurmn,
(iertrude Ferree, Louella Lowe,
Cora Siowe, Hilda Slack, Coma
Wall.
SIXTH GRADE.
Mildred Burkbead, Maud Hall,
Madeliue Penn, Myrtle Ridge.
SEVENTH GRADE.
Vinjia Dickens, Fanuie Hannah,
Bciilah Laughlin, Euolia Presnell,
Mattie Kelley.
MONEY STOLEN.
Mr. lieorge Cagle Is Robbed of Betw een
S2(M and 30O.
The Courier correspondent from
Gray 8 Chapel writes that the home
of .VI r. Geo. Cagle was entered one
day last wees: and robbed. The
thnf secured between $200 and
$300, which was in the house. The
family was away from home attend
ing a corn shucking. No further
information is given.
Buggy Deal Clotted.
Ticket No. 85253 wins the
Fie Buggy. Tne holder' o(
tbt- ticket coupon will present it to
l:H i"d net t he finely
. Leach & Sons, Star, N. 0.
Child of. Mr. and Mm. C. I". Fields, ot
Ilifrh Point, Cruelly lleaten by a
"Friend" at Thomavillc Pare n t
Formerly Lived In Randolph.
With each day the horrors f the
terrible crime uncovered at Thomaa
ville last week, grow darker, ancj
the entire citizenshipjf the State
is touched byth j dotVdi.
Mr. John M. Fields, of Rmdle
inati, the grandfather of the inno
cent little victim, was iu AaU-b.iro
yesterday and declares tint words
cannot express the awful situation.
Referring t'j the case he o ii 1.
Fot 3 weeks Mr. and Mrs. Shoaf
have tortured the bright ey.-i inno
cent foiir-ycar-oid daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. l.C. Fields, of Hio-h
Point, almost every day coiitinuinsr
the torture and increasing the suf- .
feriug, permitting the bruises and
cuts over the body of the child to
become complicated with fatal gan
grene poison.
Articles have been written but
unless one sees with his own eyes,
language cannot depict the awf ul
ness of the situation.
Neighbors of the Shoaf family de
clare the merciless abuse of the
child for weeks, which was not dis
closed until the father went for his
little daughter, ouly to find it near
death's door from the brutal treat
ment of supposed friends.
The body of the child was a masa
of sores from head to foot. Great
whelps covered the legs and nack of
the child and blood had Qowe i free
ly from the wennds inflic'fd. Oa
the head a gash four inches in.
length has developed into a poison
ous sore; its face is also a mass of
corruption; its sides and legs also
carry bad wounds, and its toes mash
ed as if trampled upon. One arm;
is broken and the physicians declare
that it had been dot. ten days, anct '
was without medical attentioi . -It
was a pitiable eight, and strong men
and loving women wept when thej
beheld the intense suffering of the
innocent child.
At the preliminary hearing wit
nesses told of the torture which had
been going on for days, but no one
suspicioned that the "little life of the
victim was slcwly being tortured
awav.
Eli Cosset, watchmau at the
Cramer factory, a short disUnca
fr m the Shoaf home, said that
when he began service as watchmau
two weeks ago, he heard the chihi
st reaming while undergoing a heart
less whipping by Mr. Si oaf who
swore viiely at eiich lash of the
whip. The child screamed until
it was almost ?xhansted and that ha
veut to the other side of the bmld
'"" and wept so pituhle were the
cries.
Other neighbors stated thar perse
cution was contiBiious from sun to
sun, and that they had been it roused
by the pleadings of the child in the
deau hours of night.
These are only some of the facts'
in brief and partially convey aji idea
of the henious crime.
Tae Shoafs aud Fields were
fiiends. La6t summer Mr. Fields,
who is a brick masan, spent Several'
mouths at Thomasville and wag.
impressed by the cleverness of Shoaf ,
This developed into frieu ship and
their families visited each other.
Mis. Shoaf, expressing devotion for
the little FHds child puisuaded the
mother to let ihe little girl visir he
jat Thomasville. It had been there
a month. A few days ao Mrs.
Fie ds wrote for her little daughter,
and in reply Mrs. Shoaf said the
child was enjoying itself and t dii
them not to wcry. Lau-r Vfr,
Fields went for the chi d to find ii
li. the above condition.
Stioaf and his wife were arrested
and are now in jail, being denied
bond. The people of Davmsoo
coanty are enrayea over the affair
and Monday the Lexington Militiary
Company was called out to pruect
the prisoners iu case of an atuck
npon the jail by a mob.
CapC Jenea Married.
Capt. M. L. Jones, the successful
cold miner and railroad promoter,
wus married last, week to Miss Je
mima McGefhee, of Cul Tne
bride is a S'S'er of Mr. Jones' first
ife, who died mure than a -ar
g". J. R. Nkeeil, J. P , pert'irined
ihe cermionv.
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