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THE CHAALOTTE NEWS. JANUARY 9. 1911 Revolution in baJcmg methocls which gave the world Uneeda Biscuit also resulted in a Revel&tion 'f Stage . Vvr, sold in bulk) in soda cracker quality* You realize this the moment you open the royal purple package and find soda crackers so tempt ing and good that they cannot be resbted. . ... :v , NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ‘W' t. Wr i rt V'h. >v wXi .'I m gpfi J'.t* ; ■i^5:>\-' :-’! w f l\lm* /' /• / / Principals in the Snead Murder Case. * Mrs. Ocey W. Snead 24 years old, * * the victim who was found dead * * in the bath tub of a house in East * * Orange, N. J. » * Miss Virginia Wardlow, aged 57, * * the spinster aunt of the victim, * * who, it is believed, held the key * * to the mystery. She was placed • * under arrest the day after the mur- ♦ * der, and committed suicide in the * * House of Detention at Newark on • * August 11, 1910 by starving her- * * self. ' • * Mrs. Caroline G. Martin, aged ♦ * 65, mother of the victim, who was ♦ * placed under arrest Dec. 15th, ♦ * 1900, on the charge of complicity • * In connection with her daughter, • * and will be placed fn trial tomor- * * row. * * Mrs, Mary Snead, mother-in-law * * of Ocey Snead and the third Ward- * * low sister, v/ho was placed under * * arrest Dec. 16 In connection with ♦ * the death of her daughter-in-law. * * She viflll also come up for trial to- * * morrow. * * Fletcher Snead, husband of the * * victim, who disappeared several ♦ * months before his wife’s death, ♦ * but was later found working in a * * hotel in St. Catherines, Ont. He * * refuses to return to the United * * States, despite the predicament * * of his mother and aunt. * « ♦ greatly weakens the prosecution. Un- les.s the unexpected happens at the irial, Ocey Snead’s death will remain as much a mystery as ever. Tlie piosecntion. however, base A prompt cure awaits every man or woman who takes Pape’s Diuretic for a lame back or kidney bladder trouble. The moment you suspect any kid ney or urinary disorder, or feel a dull, cottBtant back aohe or the urine is thick, cloudy, offensive or full of sedi ment, iregular of passage or attended by a sensation of scalding, begin tak ing Pape’s Diuretic as directed, wiih the knowledge that there is no other remedy at any price made anyw'here else in the world which will effect so thorough and prompt a cure. Pape’s Diuretic acts directly upon the kidneys, bladder and eutire urin ary system; cleanses, vitalizes ard regulates these organs, ducts and glands and completes the cure within a few days. Misery in the back, sides or loins, sick headache, nervousness, weakness, easily fatigued, rheumatism pains, Prostratlc trouble, heart palpations, dizziness, sleeplessness, inflamed or puffy eyelids, bilious stomach, lack of energy and all symptoms caused by sluggish, disordered kidnfys, simply , vanish. Uncontrollable urination (es pecially at night), smarting and dis- colorel M’ater and other bladder mis ery end.s. The time to cure kidney trouble is while it is only trouble— before it settles into Dropsy, Gravel, : Diabetes or Gright's Disease. Your p’nysician, pharaiacisf, banker, S0Lie HOME. THE EVERYTHING We have entirely too many Rockers as oiir inventory shows, and we ara going to give >ou the benefit. Large number ranging in. price from ?6.00 toj ?^t.GO. Your choice for $4.50. Anotherj iv t, $2.50 to $C,5u. Your choice for; These are REAL values, ^Vere not} high at original price, but In oider to' unlond quickly we are making the.-e, siiecial I'rices. . their hopes on the suicide notes, which or any mei’cantile agency will vou 'h were found among Mrs. Martin’s et- for the responsibility of Pape, Thumu- fects when she was placed under ar- son & Pape of Clnciimati. who pie- vest two Vv'eeks after tho murder, p^i'^ Pai)e's Dinretic—50 cent treat- These notes are almost identical with rnent—sold by every druggist in the t’ne one found i)inned to the young world, girl’s nia;ht dress. The unusual ; avnount oi insurance taken out on the ^ — victims life, and the fact that the suffering from lack oC nou- tlirce old women were namea as bene- fioiaries in the policies is another link Thanksgiving night, the doctor in the chain of circumstantial e\i- again snmmoned by Aliss Ward- dence. law. she asked him to give her a cer- What the defence v.'lll bo is a tificate of health for her niece. She terv. It was claimed for a time iiiat Mrs. Martin was insane, but after a lengthy hearing during which many witnesses were brought from different part‘d of the country Judge Ten Eyck der lai ed her sane. This decision as rendered on Dec. .')th. and confirmed on appeal a few T\eeks la^er. The h story of the famous “bath tub’’ mystery Ijears our tbe old adage that "truth is stranger than fiction." I No more mysterious story M’as ever reve-Jied within the covers of a novel than was lirought to light by the press j and authorities after the finding of I Ocey Snead's i)ody in the bath tub of came at a late hour of the night, and at first the doctor refused to accom pany her, saying that the follov.'ing day would do. She persisted, liovx- ever, and he finally consented. On a’ living at the house he examined the young woman and said ibat she was not in a dangerous condition, excej/t i’or her thinness and slight bronchial cough. On Nov. 2(>. Miss Wardlaw reported her deatli Lo the authorities. Accord ing to the police, the girl’s mother was in liast Orange the day before the murder, and left tiiat night. When ar rested, iVliss Wardlaw confessed that she knew of her niece’s iutcntion of Mothers, get Aloiher’s Joy and sav« your little child from suffcrlnr. with colds, and croup and pnc^umoiila. LEGAL NOTICES COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE. Under'and by virtue or a decree of the Superior Court of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, in civil ac tion entitled “Charlotte Bui?der&’ Sup ply Company. PlaintiiY, vs. E. D. C;‘.r- ter, Maria Phiter and oiiur/s, Uefend- ants,” the undersigned will sell, for cash, at the ('oumy ('■vir'^ Hi use JX'or in the City of Cnarlot+e, X. C.. at 12 o’clock M., on Monday, tho lUh day of February. JHll, thar. certain lot of land, with buildings ?nd improvements thereon, lying and bt-ing in the City of Charlotte in the settlement called “Greenville, ’ Ironting on Snowb".ll Streety, twenty (25) feet, anu run ning back in a Northerly dirocnon t> a small branch, v/hicb divides this lot from Forester Crane’s laud: being the same property In all resi>ec t3 v;xiich was ccnveved to Reuben I^hiler and wife by deed of Cjrnelia Barrin ger and Jane .lones. anted the "th day of Becember, is,ST, recorded in Regis ter of Deeds Office in Boole 61.,. page 564, Mecklenl)urg County, to which ref erence is hereby made. This the Cith day of January, 1911. E. R. PR!-:STON, J-o-30da Coiuniissioner. » j resoams iiusiEess ;des A Are bountiful, well cookcd and ^ ? seiwed and cost * 35 Cents ! I Every Day from to S:30. i her home in Kast Orange, N. J., on pon^-nitiing suicide and aumiited that Nov. 29th. 1909 The three aged sisters were mem- !)Ci-s of a i)00r i)ut aristocratic south- evn family, their father being an emi nent :\letbodist preacher in Georgia. All were well educated, and after sev- she had sat down stairs all during tbe night with the knov.iedge that the poor girl had dragged herself to the bath room. In the cold gray dawn of the following day, she stole to the top ; of the stairs and pushed open the eral vears experience at teaching door, saw the voung girl’s body in the \nrginia Wardlow. the youngest of the hroo. opened a fashionable schooi in 1 authorities immediately got ' " TTToi-it Ti o t)uay and on Dec. I-") Mrs. Caroliiie t. Martin, mother of the dead girl, was EXECUTOR’S SALE OF CITY REAL ESTATE. Under the .pov. ev couterred upon me by the will of ■Mrs. Susan A. McGuiag, I will on Monday the ICth day of Jan uary, 1611, at 12 o’clock, M.. at tho County Court House door of Meckloa- burg County, la Chariotie, offer for sale to the liirrhest bidder at public auction that cf'rrain lot of land sit uated In Ward Nc. 2, Sqtuire No. 118 Vi of the Cit.y of Charlotte, as shown on Butler’s Map of said City, and froi;i- ing 81 feet on South McOov,-eil street and extending back with, tnat width 175 feet to Crockett street; on said lot is located six houses, three whl.-h ^ face on South ^McDowell street, bsiiig-^ 'I & Gresham’s iers Are a triumph of good catering, good cooking and good service, From 6;o0 to S:.‘5D. Basement of Realty Building. on Crockett street. Terms of sale. Cash. bid of found living in a cheap hotel in New j $1661.00 has i'.een made for said prop- York, arid Was placed under arrest, | erty and the bidding will commence at and on the follov.'ing day Mrs. Mary Sneed, tlie mother of the girl’s hus band. v;as also apiirchended. Fletcher Snead, the missing hus- that amount. H. N. PHARR, Executor of the will of Mrs. Susan A. McCuiag, deceased 28-to 1-lG Murfreesboro, Tenn. All went well liutil the arrival of Mrs. Caroline G. Martin, the eldest sister, with her f^a’-shter, Ocev. Then strange rumors oot" int() circulation regarding tiie '■vdiool and a number of parents v.ith- (!rew their daughters, which finally restiiied in the bankruutcy of the in- stituiior.. _ 1 band, was located in St. Catherine's, _ li, vva.3 about this time ibat the al- through eor;es])ondence found j TRUSiEE'S SALE. Icged insurance mania look hold of , Under and by virtue of authority the th.oe old women, which finally : j^vfite-; on j conferred uiioii me in a certain deed of resulted in Ocey Snead s ie^.th, tlie plea that he had l)een in some le- corditi'.': to the authorities. Althoug , , ti-ouble in Tennessee. It also i)ut a niero child at the time, a heavy r^at the women had inter policy was taken out on her life and letters fiom young Snead to his ^ wife in order to keep her under the ibis voas followed by another MRS. CAROLINE B. MARTIN. r Martin who with her sister, Mrs. Mary Snead, was placed on trial today (Jan. 9th) at Newark, for t.e murd^ro' her daughter Ocey W. Snead, whose body was found In a bath tub In a deserted houw J Nov 29th, 1909. The Snead case is one of the most mptenous affairs In the history ^nce, N. J., (NOV. Virginia Wardlaw, the spinster aunt of r:':r;;H; dTX .rr2 nndT;;r tvI^o^ M^Wmand Mrs. Snead, charged with th. mu. pi.if.ea ® that thev killed the Qtrl or forced her to commit suicide in or- ’o ,,.'.'n th.'$32 0M tor^'wh'ch her life wa. Insured Since ‘h' '"'^o d«lr ingest of the three, committed suicide by starving herself to death. our u 'mi . 5^ -When two t'.i'ii ai d emaciated Piiti(l (»f impiisoii- u'u-rit; ' and shacliled I ori' tomorrow , ! for lives, i' ^■Inning uf the final ' I. ih mot* n'vsterlotis . i a > o in criminal .t. Tti© two &ged i ' irollue G. Marlin I ;•{■ M.t:-', Snoad, sged 'i an* rbarged v/lth ! .‘J rmirder "f Mrs. Ocey dKU"h*er and daugh- • lio was found drowned In 1: a hoiiHo in Hast Orange, a VI ai ■ vfiiJ of mystery which 1 tl,c3 t!,4 rdy and its prln- b1mo« tie ix'ginning, re- i ■ ' lonalilo a.s over, and • (d tliat tho trial will go ' "■ u iiif, i> n Burance money, straitened financial circumstances. According to Miss Wardlo-va testi mony at the inquest, she had fil ed the bath tub with water for her niece to take a bath, and then had gone down stairs and remained there for twentj- foui- hours, while she knew her niece was sick and helpless on the floor ' rsor licllfv.-d to liave above. • rnizan; win the tragic she foimd the body of the gnl m the| suicide. Miss Wardlow’s death, however, re moves the possibility of extracting any information from this source, and end of Ocey Snead, was Miss Virginia bath tub, with a note pinned to her W-iardlow, spinster aimt of the victim j nightgov-Ti, saying she had committed and Blsler of the two prisoners, wdio' * '"- starved herself to death In the New ark prison last summer. She was the onlv one In the house with Ocey Snead, when the ix)or girl met her death and was the first to be placed under arrest. The authorities alleged that she exercised an hypnotic Influ ence over the girl, and compelled her to end her own life. They hoped to prove that the three old women had planned the death of tho you^e gin in order to secure the $30,000 life m- and relieve their women ixd.it adding policy aftei' policy hypothecating one to pay the pre- niiunis on another, until they had about SoO.OCO insurance on ihe young girl's life. ^ , A few years later, when Ocey had grown to womanhood, she was mai- ried to Fletcher Snead, her first cou- >^in who had already been divorced from bis fiist wife The match was anan^ed i)v the old women, who ex ercised a great intittence over their children. ^ . ,, With no prospects of making tueir living in the south, the family moved to New York in 1907, bringing their SO-year mother with them, v.here the women hoj)ed to obtain mone> ftom Mrs. Russel Sage on Mrs. Andrew Car negie, for the purpose of starting a girl’s school. ' They were unsuccessful in their quest, however, and were com- l^elled to move from the Manhattan Hotel, where they had taken up theii residenco, to more meagre quaiters. Things went from bad to worse. The heavy insurance premiums were con- tinuallv falling due and there was no niopw with which to meet them. In the spring of 1909, the family moved to a house in the Flatlands, which plaved an important part in the trag edy. Here many mysterious events occurred, .^nd on account of its dark and forbiddiit appearances the neigh- i)ors named iS the “house of mystery.” About this tini.' Fletcher Snead drop ped out of sight, and the young wife was informed by her mother and aunts that he was dead. In August, 1909, the girl became a mother, and no sooner had the child been born than it was snatched from her arms and Bent to an orphan asylum, despite the advice of a physician to the con trary. According to a physician who at tended tho girl at this tim.e, she was shamefully treated, half-starved and her prescriptions rarely filled. Then came the culmination of the tragedy. The spinster aunt selected a humble house in East Orange, N. J., in October, 1909; where she brought the unfortunate girl, weak and emacia ted from lack of proper nourishment. A doctor was summoned and he sta ted that the girl was not seriously ill impression that he was dead. But tho tragedioE in this family did not end v\ith the death of Ocey Snead. Last summer the little child, which was born in the Flatland house,, died ill an orphan asylum and a fev: weeks later, the spinster aunt. Miss Virginia Wardlaw. j^assed away in the Houso of Detention, at Newark, N. .L, having literallv starved herself to death. Have you a reputation as a cake maker—is your pastry your pride? Then you are the woman who will appreciate William Tell Flour. One bakii:g day will convince you that no ex pert cook can afford to waste her skill on ordinary flours. am Tell goes farther than most flours it is also an economy. Order a sack today. YOU FOR trust, dated October 18, 1909, which said deed of trust is recorded in Book 255, page LM) in the office oi! tiie Reg ister of Deed.-. c:f MGClieiiijuig County, and on accouttt cf defaint In the pay ment of the df bt therein secured. I will expose for snlc at public auction far cash to the highest bidder at the court house in the city of Charlotte, Mec’t- lenburg County, State of North Caroli na, at 12 o’clock M., on Monday, Jan uary 23, 1911, the follov ing described property: Being lot No. li In Block No. 15 as shown by C. A. Spratt s I\iap of “Villa Heights,” dated -A.])ril 10. 1900, recorded In Book 14fj, page T>9 of the office of the I?egiHter 01 Deeds of Mocklenburg County. Said lot front ing 50 feet on jillsworth A.venu.', fiinl extending bock with that wifltli ir.O feet. Together with the right to u?'e the streets and alleyways shown on j said map in common with the other lot I ov/ners, reserving ajaVi excepting a| strip of land five feet in v/idth extend ing across the front of said lot to be use tor purposes of a sidewalk, which strip is not hereby conveyed or in tended to be conveyed, and that the said lot shall never be «;wned or occu pied by a colored perron. This 22nd dav of December, 1910. T. W. SIMS, Dec 28-30da Trustee. 19 11 Calendars One lot displayed tn our north window, formerly sold from Tic to .W.OO. Now 35c eech; 3 for $1.00. In our lowor window Calen ders formerly sold at 25, 85 and 50c, now 17g each. Come early and get the best T) bargains. Stone E. Barringer Company ^ 22 South Trycn Street. CHARLOTTE, N. C. BETTER BRICK FOR LESS our magnificent New Brick Plant is now in full operation. We ere making brick of concrete and crushed stone that are practicaS^ indestructable. Is perfect, with sharp, square comers and they are absolutely uniform in ohape, length and thick ness. They are beautiful In appearance and despite their vast superiority are in us© Write or ’Phone for Prices. CHEAPER THAN COMMON BRSCK. Immediate Delivery. Every brick Carolina Brick and Tile Company Charlottt, N. Q PAUL CHATHAM, Prea- Then* 232. Qreenvllla, 8. C. COMMISSIONER’S SALE OF LANO. Under and by virtue of an order of the Superior Court of Mecklenliui'g County made in the special proceed ing entitled S. K. Hilton, Executor of the Will of Emma Brevard, deceased, vs. Hamp Brevard, Robert Brevard, Thad L- Tate and Anna Alston, Ad ministratrix of P. P. Alston, deceased, the undersigned cominissionei, v/ill on the 26th day of January, 1!)11, at twelve o’cloclv', ?-I., at the County Court Houst door in Charlotte, N. C., offer for sale to the highest bidder that certein lot of land lying and being in Charlotte tov.-nsbip. Mccklrnburg coun ty, N. C.. and more pa^-ilcularly de scribed and defined as follow.^: In Ward No. 3 in the City of Char lotte, N. C.. being the East one-half of lots No. 12 and 13 of the Schcnk and Tool land which were sold by Jas. A. Bell and C. H. Duls, comiaissionei s. under an order of th-' Superior Court and purchased by said Emma Br?vard, bounded and described as follows: Be ginning at a pta^e or po.st at the 3. V,. Intersection cf a 25 ft. street and an 18 ft. street, being the N. E. comer of lot No. 12 and runs with the 2~> It. street 45 ft. in a Westerly direction to a stake; thence in a parallel with JS ft. Sti'eet about 91 1-2 ft,, to the line of lot No. 14; thence with said lino and parallel with the 25 ft. Street 4rj ft to the 18 ft. Street; thence with same about 101 1-2 ft. in a Northerly direc tion to the beginning. Terms of sale: One-third of the purchase price to be paid when sale is confirmed and the remaining two- thirds in nine months, deferred pay ments to bear interest ai, sis per cent from the date- of the confirmation of the sale vmtil paid. This tlie 2t)th day of Dscember. 1910. W. M. SMITH, 26-4t-mon Commissioner. 1 16-room house, comer Davld- aon and 14th Sts. 1 10-room house, comer Tryon and 12th Sts. 1 8-room house, N. Clarkson. St. ^ 2 6-room houses, E. Vance St. 1 6-room house, W. Fifth St. 1 5-room house, corner Graham ^ and 3 2th Sts. 1 4-room houso, E. Oak St. 1 4-rooni house. N. McDowell St. 2 4-room houses, E. Liddell St. 2 4-room houses, N. Brevard St. C. McNelis No. 33 East 4th St. X ’Phone No. €04>J. ^ SI9HTH SLEETRIC CP. IS ana IS vtfMt Bth 81. INJECTION ROU Gives Prompt s«d S£ectual Relief wk’riout lnconve:il;EC«, in the MOST OBSTINATE CASES ^ Ko other treaune»t required. / SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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