SUPERIOR COURT, CONVENES
Grand Jury Instructed to Make Prop
er Returns of Any Violations of
the Prohibition Law Cases' '
Heard.
The first day of the double term of
Xow Hanover Superior Court, whioh
convened yesterday morning, was feat
urtMl by the charge of Judge Harry
V. Whedbee, of Greenville, to the
sinnd jury, in which he declared it to
1h one of the duties of the jurors to
inquire into the violation of the prohi
bition law, regardless of the fact that
the Recorder has original jurisdiction
in such offenses. He declared that if
tho jurors knew of any crime where
in t lie Recorder had jurisdiction but
1:0 action had been taken against, the
offenders, it was their sworn duty to
make the proper returns to the solici
tor. What mode of procedure should
follow is not a matter for the grand
jury to determine, he said.
Heretofore it has been accepted that
the -srand jury had no power to make
investigations relative to the illegal
sale of intoxicants because the act
creating the Recorder's court gave to
that tribunal original jurisdiction in
snob matters. This is the first time
that a contrary opinion has been voic
ed, not only by a "Superior Coutr Judge,
l,u t by any one so far as is known.
Therefore, this grand jury is one of
the most important in recent months.
The, train from the North was a lit
tle late yesterday morning and it was
i:1 o'clock when Judge Whedbee
instructed the Sheriff to convene court.
The grand jury was selected -In shrt
order, sworn and empannelled as fol
lows: Oeorpe Harriss, foreman; J. F. Cas
leen, William Flanagan, J. F. Mason,
(. II. Rogers. D. J. Padrick, I. W. Sol
omon, A. L. Mott, Jr., W. E. Peterson,
.las. T English, W H. Register, P. P.
Greenberg, W. P. McGlaughon, F. A.
Montgomery, E. T. Whitehurst, C. W
Watkins, F. L. Huggins, Roger Schul
ken. ' '.
In beginning his very able and com
prehensive charge, Judge Whedbee
said that the office of the grand juror
was one of " the most important, not
only to the grand jurors 'but' to all
the people of the county. The court,
he declared, was powerless to admin
ister the laws without the hearty co
operation of the grand jury, .which '.a
not only a part but a very necessary
part of the court. It is not. the duty
of the grand jury to try cases, but to
receive indictments drawn by the so
licitor and inquire into the facts from
the State's witnesses. He emphasiz
ed the importance of entering into a
thorough and careful examination and
full v satisfying themselves of the
truthfulness of the charges before re
turning a true bill in any case, stat
ing that some times an injustice is
done ' a person against whom an in
dictment has been drawn because of
the far that the grand jury' did not in
vestigate as carefully as it might have
He said that no "true bill" should he
returned on flimsy and unreliable tes
timony. Unless the testimony is of
such a nature as to fully justify the
jury of the truthfulness of the charge
' no true bill" should 'be returned. It
is a reflection against a person for the
grand jury to return a true bill, there
fore it is of the utmost importance
that there be something tangible
against him when the bill is returned
marked "true bill." '
Judge Whedbee said that the act
creating the Recorder's court in this
county seemed to be very broad and
gives the court original jurisdiction
of practically all the very common of
fenses. ' But, gentlemen of the jury,"
said Judge Whedbee, "if you know of
any violations of laws in the jurisdic
tion of the Recorder's court which
have not been brought to that court's
attention, it is your duty to make re
port of the matter, bring it to the at
tion of the solicitor. Presentments
should be made, and the mode of pro
cedure after that is not a matter for
you to think about."
Judge Whedbee1 then enumerated the
various crimes, beginning with mur
der, defining the three degrees and
showing clearly the distinction; called
attention to lynching not because Of
any that has occurred in this county or
any that is anticipated, but because
he felt that if the people were mada
to see the seriousness of this crime
another lynching would not disgrace
the fair name of the State; he felt
it the duty of a Superior Court' judge
to preach against lynching in season
find out; many good men sometime
participated in a lynching, but they
wf je not so good afterwards, and then
he ran through the entire category
of crime, fully explaining each' as 'the
grand jury will have to deal with
th'im.
Returning again to the- Recorder's
court Judge Whedbee said that not
wiihstanding the fact that the Record
er's court has original jurisdiction in
violations of the prohibition law, if
the grand jurors knew of any viola
tions of the law wherein the Recorder
bid not acted, it was their duty to
Tnake the proper returns. The sale of
any kind of intoxicating beverages is
a violation of the law regardless of
the fact that dealers hold United!
States license and are licensed by. the
Hty of Wilmington,, with the excel)
tion of cider, sold by the manufactur
er, and wine sold in the prescribed
'Piantities.
in concluding his splendid charge,
Judge Whedbee said that the law was
very careful that public officers per
form their duty and provides that any
omission of their duty is a misdemean
or and if corruntly he can 'be removed
trom office. He instructed them to
make a thorough examination of th
offiees in the Court House, jail county
home and convict camps and report
;uiy wilful neglect of duty.
Deputy Sheriff A. T.' Piver was
sworn as the officer in charge of the
jury which then went to--the grand
jury room and began deliberations.
Mr. J. R. Smith was excused, from
jury service because he is an English-
in;in and has not secured his naturali
zation papers. For reasons sufficient
to the court Messrs. J. W. H. Fuchs
and. II. E. Longley were excused. ,
The docket was then called over. I
tue case against H. Hocutt, against
whom the grand jury about a year ago
returned a true bill for false preten
ses charging that he misappropriated
runds of the county while in its em
no1 Prosed by the solicitor.
Ihfa i disposition of the case had been
anticipated by many, who did not feel
that the State had any case against
the defendant. The case now goes off
the docket. ' . .
When the cases against Mina Bes-.
sent, colored, charged with concealing
the birth of a child and the murder of
the infant, was called,' Solicitor Duffy
stated that he did not think that he
would ask for a trial of the defendant
on the charge of murder, but woul l
prosecute her for concealing the birth
of the child. ;
In the case of A.,C. Brown, charged
with abandonment, the solicitor an
nounced that he would take a nol
pros with leave. The first case to be
heard by the jury was one in which
Hannah. Nelson, colored, was charged
with assault on another negro woman,
a verdict of not guilty being returned.
Richard. Hay wood, colored, pleaded
guilty to the charge of assault on
another negro by shooting him,' the
case coming up on appeal from the
Recorder's court, where he was given
a sentence of 12 months on the county
roads. Judge Whedbee affirmed the
sentence of the lower court. Preston
White, whose color is not what his
name might indicate, entered a plea
of guilty to the charge of non-support,
which was also an appeal from the
lower court. A statement was made in
court yesterday that White is in bad
'health which caused the judge to split
the sentence half in two, giving six
months on the roads.
The trial of one of the three cases
against Jim Register, a young white
man, charged with the larceny of bicy
cles from the Queen City Cycle Co,
was ibegun yesterday morning, but
was not concluded until the afternoon
session. L. Clayton Grant, Esq., ap
peared for the defendant. After being
out about three- hours, the jury at
5:30 o'clock' returned a, verdict of
guilty. Mr. Grant then stated that
he would enter , a plea for his client
in the other two cases, all three being
practically the tame. Sentence has
not yet 'been pronounced.
The case of most interest yesterday
was the one in- which Mr. John R.
Turrentine, Jr., a well known local
broker, was the defendant, charged
with, embezzlement, the action being
brought last week In Justice Harriss'
court, by Mr. A. B. McNair, of the firm
of S. P. McNair & Company. IfTtook
about an hour and a kalf to secure a
jury, the 12th juror being selected at
5 o'clock. Mr. A. B. McNair was the
first' and ooly witness. He stated that
his firm bought 150 bags of meal from
the deefndant some weeks ago; that
some days later Mr. Turrentine came
to 'his store and delivered a bill for
150 bags of meal, the amount being
$228, for which he (the witness) gave
him check. Mr. McNair said that Mr.
F. E. Hashagen ordered a like amount
of meal and that Mr. Turrentine stat
ed after receiving the check, that he
would get check from Mr. Hashagen
and take up bill of lading and "order
down the meal." The meal was. not
sent down and witness saw the de
fendant on September 1st and asked
him about the meal and the money.
The defendant, he said, first stated
that the money was to his credit in
the bank; later he said that he had
most of the money in 'Ms pocket. Wit
ness saw the defendant again on the
5th ,X)f '.September, when Mr. Turren
tine said he used the money in paying
freight at the Seaboard depot. The
witness, in reply to questions of de
fendant's counsel, said that lie did not
threaten to prosecute Mr. Turrentine,
except in a letter written September
3rd, which was put in evidence. He
testified further that the defendant
told him on September 5th that he
would deliver the meal at noon the
following day, but that he did not
keep his promise. On cross-examination,
the witness was asked if he did
not know that if Mr. Hashagen did not
give a check for his portion of the
meal the bill of lading could not be
secured, and he was also asked if he
did not know that Mr. Hashagen had
stated that he never did give Mr. Tur
rentine his check. Evidence , as to
Mr. Hashagen's order was ruled out
by Judge Whedbee.
With the examination of Mr. Mc
Nair the 'State rested its case and the
defendant's counsel announced that
they would not offer any testimony
Judge Wedbee sent the jury into an
anteroom and then stated that he
would like to hear from the State,
as to how it could establish agency
from the evidence.
and L. Clayton Grant, Esq., represent
ing the prosecution, argued that the
evidence established the fact that the
defendant was acting-as agent for S.
P. McNair & Co. in the transaction.
Judge Wfcedbee took a contrary view.
Mr. Duffy then suggested the State
call additional witnesses to show mat
the defendant was a broker.. Judge
Wlhedbee said that this would only
complicate the matter, as they, could
not tell then whether foe was acting
as agent for the local firm or the firm
from which the meal was ordered.
Judge Whedbee ruled that to be guilty
of embezzlement the .Supreme Court
has held that it must be shown that
the person is acting as agent for
another1; that in this case no agency
was shown; but that the defendant
W! or.tine as if the meal was his
own. He therefore instructed the jury
jto return a t veraicx
tne aeienuaiiL wao uiau".. e--
us Kellum and A. J. , Marshall, Esqs.,
appeared for the defendant, uoun ivi.
5:30 took recess until this . morning.
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THE MOBNING STA1I, "W
TRUE BILL AGAINST HOLLY
Proprietor of Burned Rock Springs
Hotel Must Answer Charge of Mur
' der May or May Not be Tried
at This Term.
The Superior Court grand jury at
4:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon re
turned a true bill lor murder in the
first degree against J. (J. Holly, pro
prietor of the burned- Rock Springs
Hotel, who is cnargedtyith the murder
Of young Edward Cromwell, whose
body was found in his room at tne
hotel during the progress of the fire on
the morning of August 10th. , r
Whether or not Holly will e ar
raigned today or the case be heard at
this term of court uad not been deter
mined yesterday afternoon. The wit
nesses examined before the grand jury
were Dr. C. D. Bell, the coroner;- Mr.
R. A. Matthews, one of the guess at
the hotel on the nigt of the fire; Capt.
W. P. Monroe, assistant chief of the
Fire Department; Mr. T. B. Jackson,
an engineer of the department and Mr.
H. E. Robbins, local agent for the
GreensDoro Life Insurance Company,
in which Cromwell held an insurance
policy for $2,500 in favor of Hony.
There are a large number of other
witnesses, who will be examined when
the case comes up for trial. Ricaud &
Empie, attorneys for the accused, were
not present when the bill was returned
by the grand jury.
Probably no case in the State in the
last few years has excited such general
interest ae this one. Developments so
far have been received with great in
terest and this interest will not abate
until' the case is finally disposed of.
Readers of the papers will recall, the
burning of the hotel early on the
morning of August 10th; the finding
of me body of Cromwell in his room
at the hotel during the progress of the
fire, the arrest during the mornitjg of
Holly on a warrant sworn out before
Justice George Harriss charging mur
der; the evidence before the coroer's
Jury, including statements of firemen
that they found the bedding in Holly's
room saturated with kerosene oil; bed
spread upon which the body lay on the
floor also being saturated with oil;
testimony of others to effect ,that
Cromwell ae ice cream and a . banana
before' retiring; that of Dr. Bell that
he had found where Hnllv hnrl nnr-
fchased a 'quantity of strychnine with
in two months; that of Dr. Russell
Bellamy, called as an expert as to the
effect of strychnine poisoning, and the
report 'of the chemist who made an
analysis of the contents of the
stomach, finding strychnine sufficient
to kill several persons. Briefly stated,
this is the chain of circumstances that
have been woven about Holly, aside
from the fact that Cromwell had hi3
life insured for $2,500 in favor of the
prisoner, which is alleged to have fur
nished the motive for the crime. Crom
well, it will be recalled, was employed
at the hotel.
Solicitor Duffy was asked yesterday
if Holly would be arraigned today. He
stated that he could not say at that
time as he would first have to ascer
tain, whetner or not all the State's wit
nesses were here. He will know today
whether or not the case can be heard
at this term.
Mr. W. A. Scott, of Greensboro,
Dep'ity Insurance Commissioner for
North Carolina, arrived last night to
be present should "the case be investi
gated at this term. The theory of the
prosecution is that Holly, desiring to
recover the insurance on the boy's
life and" the insurance carried on the
effects in the hotel, both at the same
time, gave the lad poison; saturated
the building with kerosene oil and set
fire to it. Jfir. Scott has been interest
ed in the case so far as it had to do
with incendiarism.
PROJECT NEARS. COMPLETION.
Inland Waterway From Beaufort to
Pamlico Sound to be Opened.
Information received at the office
of the United States Engineer in this
city is to the effect that at the present
rate of progress, the inland waterway
project from Beaufort to Pamlico
Sound will be completed about Novem
ber 15th at which time the canal will
be formally opened. Citizens of Carte
ret county are planning a big celebra
tion on the date of the opening of the
canal and it will be a great occasion
for the people of that section.
The distance from Beaufort harbor
tQ Pamlico Sound is about 18 miles
and all but about 4.000 feet of the ca-
Solicitor DuffyMnal has been completed. Two dredges
are now busy cutting away rapidly the
4,000 remaining feet. One is on the
Adams' creek end and the other on
the Core creek end. going toward each
other just as rapidly as possible, and
if the present fine progress keeps up
the two will meet about the 15th of
November. The exact date upon which
the waters will be connected cannot
be , told yet, for unforeseen delays may
be occasioned on the work.
The canal that will connect the two
waters is 125 feet in width and at .high
tide will have a depth of. 12 feet and
a depth of 10 feet at mean low water
sufficient to float a good-sized vessel
and answer all the purposes for which
'the, big ditch is being dug.
Cant. Earl I. Brown, united states
Engineer in charge of this district, and
his Secretary. Mr. H, H. Ford, and pro
bably others from the Wilmington of
fice, will be present when the two
dredges meet and the canal is de
clared, completed.
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Grand Millinery Opening at Render's
Thursday aaa irraay. ,
ELIMTN'GTON, C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1910.
BIJOU THEATRE PROPERTY
Mr. James Howard Practical Closes
Deal With J. W. Murchison & Co.
! Lawyers are Now Searching .
TVie Title.
Announcement was made yesterday
that Mr. James Howard, one of the
proprietors of the Bijou, has practical
ly closed a deal with J. W. Murchison
& Company for the valuable property
on North Front street, upon which
the theatre is located, the considera
tion being in the neighborhood of $20,
000. Mr. Howard has secured an option
on the lot at a stipulated price and
he will take over the property within
a day or two if the title is found sat
isfactory by the lawyers who have
been engaged to search the records.
There is hardly any doubt that the
title will be found entirely satisfac
tory, in which event the sale will ce
consummated.
Mr. Howard stated last night that
if the deal is consummated the prop
erty will continue to be used by the
Bijou, which is owned jointly by Mr.
Howard and Mr. Percy W. Wells. Mr.
Howard, it is understood, basbeen ne
gotiating for the property for some
time, but not until a few days ago did
he and the present owners arrive -at
an agreement as to the price.
It was reported yesterday that J. W.
Murchison & Co., is negotiating for the
valuable property upon which the
Rock Springs hotel is located, ton
Chestnut, between Water and Front
streets, directly in the rear of the
Southern National Bank but the sale
had. not been consummated yester
day afternoon, it was stated. The
property is owned now by Messrs. W.
L. and R, A. Parsley.
YOKE FELLOWS' BAND.
Semi-Annual 'Election of Officers Last
Night Mr. Corbett President.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Yoke Fellows' Band of the Y. M. C. A.
was held in the rooms of the associa
tion last night With a large attend
ance. It was an enthusiastic nieetine.
the feature of which was the election
of officers for the ensuing six months.
The nominating committee, compos
ed of Messrs. H. E. O'Keef, C. B. New
combe, L. D. Latta and H. G. Bowden,
recommended the following, who were
unanimously chosen:
President L. L. Corbett.
Vice President P. Heinsberger, Jr.
Secretary J. T. Sholar.
Treasurer H: G. Bowden.
' The following were named as thr
appointment committee for the term:
Messrs. W. A. McGirt. chairman; Eli
Kavanaugh, P. H. Murphy and R. F.
Coleman.
The committee suggested that the
retiring officers be made an advisory
board to assist the incoming officers
at any time where their services may
be required, which' was adopted. The
following are the retiring' officers of
the organization: President, L. D. Lat
ta; vice president, R. G. Davis; secre
tary. H. E. O'Keef; acting treasurer.
H. Q. Bowden, and the appointment
committee, composed of Messrs. C. B.
Newcombe, T. D. Meares and H. E.
O'Keef.
DELEGATES APPOINTED.
iThree From Wilmington to Attend
Southern Conservation Congress.
Three delegates to represent Wil
mington at the Southern Conservation
Congress, which will be in session in
Atlanta October 7th and 8th. have
been appointed by Mr. J. A. McGeachy,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, and are Messrs. Z. W. White
head, M. W. Jacobi and R. A. Brand.
Former President Roosevelt and
Gifford Pinchot, who have taken great
interest in conservation progress in
this country, will be the principal
speakers. This is the first congress
of this kind ever held m the South and
it will doubtless be well attended.
It is very likely that the. city of Wil
mington will be represented by one or
more delegates. Mayor MacRae is be
ing urged to attend and he stated yes
terday that it might be that he would
be able to get off at that time. He
stated also that Capt. Thos. D. Meares.
clerk of the Board of Audit and Fi
nance, had a. business engagement in
Atlanta the latter part of next week
and that he would appoint him a dele
gate. NEWS OF THE ShJIPPING.
f
CarVb Passed Crippled Clyde Liner
Schooner Clears With Lumber.
The Clyde steamer Carib, Capt.
Hale, arrived yesterday from New
York and reported passing the crip
pled Clyde liner Huron in tow of the
steamer Navahoe, Capt. Packer, which
cleared from this port on her regular
trip Saturday at nooii The Navahoe
was intercepted by a wireless message
sent from here to Beaufort Saturday.
The Carib met' the disabled steamer
near Cape Hatteras Sunday.
The schooner John W. Hall, Capt.
Bennett, cleared yesterday for Phila
delphia with cargo of 309,000 feet of
lumber from the Hammer Lumber
Company.
Capt. Thqmas M. Calder, master of
the waterlogged schooner Silver Spray,
which was towed into port Saturday
afternoon, is still very ill at the Marine
Hospital. The question tof salvage
has been taken up with the owners of
the vessel, but it will- be some time
before this Is settled. Capt. .Calder
is a member of Fellowship Lodge No.
97, Odd Fellows, of Machins, Me.
Death of a Child.
FrioMs w'U tenderly sympathize
with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rodgers, of
Middle bound, in the death of their
daughter, Henrietta, 13 years of age,
which ccenrred Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the family home after a
brief illness of only a few hours with
hemorrhagic fever. She was a most
noble hearted girl and her passing is
indeed sad. The funeral services were
conducted by her pastor. Elder G. VW.
Shepard, at the home of her parents
at 11 o'clock yesterday morning with
interment v in the family burying
ground .
The French Millinery Parlors will
display an exclusive line of pattern
hats-Tuesday, Sept. 27th, se 25-2t.
Grand Millin'ery Opening at Rehders
Thursday, and tFrday,
SENT JO RECORDER'S COURT.
"Bud" Pigford Given Hearing Yester
day in Two Cases.
"Bud" Pigford, a young white man,
was given hearing in Justice Harriss
court at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon
on the charge of assault with deadly
weapon on Mr. G. E. Burnett and on
Owen Brinson, a white youth, alleged
to have taken place at the store ot
Mr. Burnett at Sixth and Dawson
streets Saturday night, shortly after
which the defendant was arrested by.
Constable Savage. The justice found"
probable cause and bound the defen
dant over to Recorder's court in both
cases, fixing bond at $50 in each case.
Being unable to give bond defendant
was sent to jail.
"Bud" Swann, a white man, was also
tried in Justice Harriss' court yester-l
day afternoon. He was charged wa
simple assault on Robt. Hansley on!
Saturday night at Sixth and Castle j
streets. He was adjudged guilty and
required to pay the costs.
Mr. Burnett stated last night that
the trouble did not begin in his store.
He said that as he understood it Pig
tord and Owen Brinson had some
words on the street; that Brinson ran
into his store and was knocked down
by Pigford. Burnett then remnistrat
ed with Pigford, whp attempted to
strike him, but did not. Pigford he
9 I
said, went out of the store and hurled
a rock, which struck inside the build
ing, breaking into several pieces, each
of which struck some one in the store.
STEPHENS CASE TODAY.
Comes Up for Argument in Supreme
Court at Raleigh.
In the North Carolina Supreme
Court at Raleigh today will be argued
the appeal of Joe Stephens, the young
white man who was convicted in New
Hanover Superior Court some months
ago of murder in the first degree for
the killing of E. R. Shields in the
northern section of tne city about a
year ago. following, a disagreement,
they being solicitors for rival scaven
ger firms. Hon. John D. Bellamy and
Herbert McClammy, Esq., appear for
the defendant. According to a person
who heard the brief of the Attorney
General read that official will recom
mend to the court that the defendant
be given a new trial, and it is thought
that the court will very likely take the
same view of the case.
THB MINISTERIAL UNION.
Dr. Wells and Rev. T. A. Smoot Made
. Interesting Talks Notes.
The regular weekly meeting of the
Wilmington Ministerial Union was es
pecially interesting and profitable yes
terday, having been featured by ad
dresses by Rev. J. M. Wells. D. D.,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, and Rew T. A. Smoot, pastor
of Grace M. E. church, in which tuey
gave some impressions of the great
Missionary Congress held during the
past Summer at Edinburgh. Both ad
dresses were highly interesting and
helpful and it was decided to hear
these ministers again on October 10th
along the same lines. Rev. C. M. Mor
ton, pastor of the Christian church,
and Mr. J. B. Huntington, general sec
retary of the Y. M. C. A., were received
into the fellowship of the Union.
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FALL
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Wednesday & Thursday
September 28th and 29th
On Which Days We Will Exhibit for the Finft Time Our
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ill
Our Regular
Interest Quarter.
Saturday, Oct. 1.
Deposit your money here on or be
fore that date and you will receive
credit for a full quarter's interest on
January 1st.
We Want Your Business
The People's Savings Barik
That Big White Building,
Corner Front and Princess Sts.
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CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
First Fall Meeting Held at St. Pauf's
Church Sunday.
Members of the Christian Associa
tion of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Church gathered in the Luther Memo
rial Building,' corner Sixth and Prin
cess streets, Sunday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock for the first Fall meeting of the
organization. Mr. A. D. Wessell, th
president, presided and Mr. J. D. Klan
der, the secretary, was at his post. The
president made a short talk in which
he outlined the work it is hoped to do
during the Fall and Winter months,
and others joined in the discussion.
It was a very enthusiastic meeting and
augurs well for the success of the or
ganization during the Fall and Winter.
The annual election of "officers will
take place at the October meeting.
PROF. BAROZZI TO TEACH.
Instructor of French Language and
Literature at High School.
. Prof. M. Bianchi Barozzi, who has
been making his home in Wilmington
for a year or more, has been tender
ed' the professorship of French lan
guage and literature in the High
School for the coming session.
Prof. Barozzi is a descendant of an
old patrician family of Venice, and
was born at Nice, France. He studied
there, in Germany and Italy, where he
was graduated at the University of
Pisa, and taught modern languages in
Switzerland for a number of years. He
has traveled extensively at various
times, having visited Asia,. Egypt,
Nofth and South America and spent
many- years in Europe, perfecting his
knowledge of several languages.
French Millinery Parlors.
The ladies of the city will be inter
ested to be reminded that today is
the. date for the annual opening of Fall
millin'ery at the French Millinery Par
lors, third floor of the A. D. Brown dry
goods establishment. The ladies have
a most cordial invitation to be present
and inspect the new and pretty styles
for this season.
The French. Millinery Parlors wiU
display an exclusive line of pattern
hats, Tuesday, Sept. 27th, se 25-2t.
Grand Millinery Opening at Rehder's
Thursday and Frday
"THE STORE THAT'S ALWAYS
OPENING
Dress ep, Coats,
Coat Suits, Furs,
Dress Goods, 1
Silks and Trimmings
We will show a fine selec
tion of French Patterns and
Creations from our own
work rooms. Miss Cham
plin, who was our head de
signer lasl: season, isiagainin
charge this season.
W. Polvogt
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FLYNN DURANT NUPTIALS.
Miss Emily P. Durant the Bride of Mr,
W. P. Flynn.
In the presence of a number of rela-r
tives at the home of Mr. H. M. Durant,
in this city, Sunday morning, Miss
Emily v. Durant and Mr. Wharton P.
Flynn were united in marriage, Rev.
J. C. Mizzell performing the ceremony.
For the next few months Mr. and Mrs.
Flyiin will make their home at
French's Creek, and later they will go
to Whiteville, where Mr. Flynn will as
sume the management of a. large firm.
Both have many friends who will ex
tend congratulations and best wishes.
Inspecting Harbor Craft.
Messrs. Rice and Borden, govern
ment steamboat inspectors, were here
yesterday inspecting craft of the local
harbor. The steamer Rosa, a river
boat owned by Capt. Cnas. Wessell,
has been changed by . the inspectors
from a passenger to a tow boat and
the papers were filed at the custom
house yesterday. The tug Blanche,
Capt. Sanders, which recently return
ed to port from Brunswick, Ga., where
she was equipped with a new boiler
and otherwise overhauled, was also
inspected. I
Grand Millinery Opening at Rehder's
Thursday and Frday.
FRECKLES
September the Month to Get Bid of
Tt'iese Ugly Spots.
Now that the Summer is over, the
woman with tender skin finds her face
covered with ugly freckles and she
fears that she has ruined her complex
ion. -
Fortunately for her peace of mind,
the recent discovery of a new drug,
Othine double strength, makes it pos
sible to have a skin clear and white.
No matter how stubborn a case of
freckles you have, the double strength
Othine will remove them. Get an
ounce package from J. Hicks Bunting
Drug Co., and banish the freckles. i
Money back if it fails.
BUSY."
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