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10 PEACOCK; IS NOT GUILTY UtUDEH CHARGE IS DISMISSED Afior Hearing Lasting Many Hours 1i Habeas Corpus llwreillmji at Wilson, tuprK Court Judgo Con nor Kaoneratee Ouu-le Peacock, of SuUUineM. of Chargo of Murdering Alonxt Jot Verdict -Gljeo 1:30 O'clock Thia Morning ; Special to The Observer, : Wilson July !. Thta afteroon at !:S0 o'clock in the' court house Judge Connor, of the Supreme Court, heard the habeas corpus proceedings In the writ eued 'out by Charles Peacock, who waa committed to Jail, at Smith ' field yesterday after a two-weeks' In vestigation by the coroner's Jury, charged with the murder of Alonao Jones, also of Smlthfletd, the night of July 18th. Owing to the promi nence of the parties, both being high ly esteemed young business men, the trial la attracting great attention and nearly a hundred cltlaens of Johnson county mostly witnesses, are attend 1 Ing the hearing. The defense la rep . resented by Pou Brooks and Aben Narron. . while the prosecution li ' In charge of Col. Argo, of ' Raleigh, and John E. Woodward, of this city. -- Immediately after the Judge called the court to order counsel for the - ' prosecution objected to a hearing In asmuch aa the solicitor had not been ' notified. After this point had been ' argued, it being impossible to get So licitor Jones, of Raleigh, ovor the tnl- ephone. Judge Connor appointed the attorneys for the prosecution to rep v resent the State. At the suggestion of counsl the witnesses were retlr V ed, being called and examined sep- arately. . , -.William Holt and Isaac Saunders, tiegroes, were the principal witnesses for the State. Holt's testimony was 1 In the main as stated In to-day's Ob server. Counsel for the defense finally got from him the admission that' he could not positively swesr that It waa Peacock and Jones he saw ' . together near the scene of the mur der a few minutes before the shots were heard, but he win quite certain. Baundera was positive that he re con - " nlsed Peacock at that time. The de fense strove to break down Saunders' ' testimony with success, proving him . to be of bad character. Mrs. Peacock, mother, and Miss Rosa, sister of the accused man, tes- - titled that Peacock came home on the ..-slight of the murder from 70 to ten minutes twfore 10 o'clock and did not leave. W. I). Massey saw Peacock near his home snd going towards ,lt .it minutes before 10 o'clock 'and i knew that he did not leave. All thru Droved sood characters. Pca- - cock's home was about half a mile, according to evldpnce of Hhcrlff Kl- ' 1 llngton, from the scenr of the hotnl ' ride, which presumably occurred at . . 10 o'clock. ., ", The State Introduced evidence that Jones had a sum of money on his person that night, showing robbery an ' motive. There was no strong evi dence of roblx-ry. .'-r PEACOCK DIRC-HAltOKI). - At 1:10 o'clock this (Sundjiy) morning Judgo Connor dismissed thi - ' charge against Peacock on the ground Of Insufficient evidence. CKA6T.H llKSl'ITINti WIIXIAMS. Got. Jelks Quit Trying to Kobe Tan gle Created ti)' Interfcrctico of Judge With Kaerutluii to Permit hauler Imjulry. Birmingham, Ala., July 18. Oov - ' ernor W. O. Jelks to-day declared he will have nothing further to do with ' the case of John Williams and will leave It entirely to the courts. When Judge Kamuel Weaver, of the county ,' criminal court, ruled to-lsy I list ho had Jurisdiction to lnvestiKnt the j sanity of John Wllams, a nnin con- ; . vcted of murder and sentenced to he j - hanged yesterday n Cullen county, he apparently eel a precedent In Ala bama. "If Judge Weaver's position Is enr : rect," said Governor Jelks, "an Im possible condition of affairs exists. ' The Legislature doubtless will hsve ' to enact laws coverng the point. I shall issue no further respites. Tho , matter will havo to be settled In the vyt'OttrtB,' Judge Weaver set Aug. 8th for the . Investigation of the prisoner's men 4 tal - con4ltlort. ' Rowan Man Killed In Runaway. Special to Tho Observer. Salisbury, July 21. i-'rom Morgan township, one of the remotest places -t of the county, there whs brought to day the news of the killing by runa way accident rf Wiley Morgan, the -oldest eltlxen of the township, Wed nesday of this week. Mr. Morgan and . bla son, A. A. Morgan, were driving a team of wild horses and at Ihe mn- ment of the accident were removing ' a box from the wagon. This caused lh frlarht that stsrtnil th Inim snd the older gentleman waa thrown out with Injuries hat caused almost In stant death. Me was very old, (7, and waa a highly liked man In Mor fran, The funeral service were held Thursday and wero attended by a large crowd. A 6 6 And Its Author john cms. mcneill -. i IllblU-al Itecorder. . H'llralugton Star IlaMgh Cltrlstlao Adrm-ate H'lndiendon Kewa-outicr ... IVogmmlto Karnjer btmtou Herald " ' ' Grcoiuilioro Telegram ' Cliartty and Clilldrea '' 'Sarkbra Kiprms jjimiirw ih vuiHuiiuin nmvt oi ini out. . s nvnuis isnanwrsi "- - MAM' CHARTERS GRANTED, Capital of New Enterprises Commls- sionml in fciato a rwu-niaj rate Tbree ynartcrs of Million Commercial Trust1 Slaty, of Cliax lotto, Ha 813,000 Captlla, - . . , . Observer Bureau. - - v 'V 111 South Dawson Street. . ; " - Raleigh, July It. v - meetlna- of the council of State this afternoon Oovernor Glenn called a special meeting of the board of trusteea of the A M. College to be held next Thursday In regard to the reported unsanitary condltlona at the college. No action was taken this afternoon. President Wlneton and Commissioner Patterson are out of the city. ; Wake' county Republicans thia evening announced a mass-meeting of tne Repuniicans or inis .vi.iv next Saturday for a practical show down or demonstration of party um ber. This anticipates tip primary, which will be held Augu.i. 18th. Governor CJIenn to-day heard FV A. a ji.. a.kaviiim and A. C. Avery. Jr,' of Morganton, for the plalntina In the ault of Westfelt vs. . Adama pending In Haywood county. Mr. wai ter Moore, of Webater, appeared for the defendant. The hear ing before the Oovernor la In the matter of the calling of a special term raariHnr which thbre la such difference of opinion by the par- tlea involved. . ma rnrnnmtinn commission return ed this afternoon from Pittsboro af ter having looked over that specific section or trackage, a repon win most likely be made Monday. The State Issued charters to an un- i.aiiltalltntlnn ' tn-dav. that to tal having reached the high figure of nearly three quarters of a minion aoi lars. The Commercial Trust Com Charlotte, haa 8100.000 capital. Incorporators. It. M. Miller. Capt. A. O. Brenlser and J. A. uurnam; me Proctor Trouser Company, of Cor nelius, Mecklenburg county, will make skirts, trousers and overalls; Incor porators, J. P. Proctor, R. J. Htougn. J. B. Cornelius and a number of oth ers, who have subscribed 84.100. out of a total stock of 810,000. Greens boro leads all others In the day's Is suance with the Wright Automatic Saftey Air-brake Attachment Com pany, and a total authorised capital stock of $40 0,000; Incorporators, P. P. Hobgood, Jr.. J. T. J. Battle and C. K. Holton; Rlackwell Durham Tobacco-Company, Durham, with 8128,000, of which there has been subscribed $1,000 by James W. and (1. It. Black well. William A. and W. H. Guthrie; Burlington Heddlng Company. Bur iiniftAn tar IhA mnniifacture of mnt- tresses and kindred goods and furni ture; authorized capital stock 850.000; stockholders. J. p. Albright, W. K. Sharpc, W. H. Holt and C. U Wright. WAS XO MI.MSTKH OX JCRY. AM-al to Federal Courts Madfl for K.kliT Bawling" on H'ls tirouiul. He Being a Ireiu'lwr Snjw Ho Wants lo Bio and In Bitter Agaliutl His Attorney. Macon, Ga., July 28. John R. Cooper, attorney for J. G. Buwllnga and his sons, under sentence to han for the murder of the Curler children i near Valdosla. Ga., over a year ago. to-day llled a habeas corpus petition f JudRe Kniory Bpecr tf the United States INstrkt Court. Thu ground of tho petition was j tiiat the elder Ilawllngs was a min ister of the Gospel and thut there wns no minister on the jury wnicn irieu the case. Judge Kpeer took the petition under consideration and declined to sign the habeas corpus order, whereupon At torney Cooper prcHcntcd a bill of ex leptlons, which Judnc Speer certi fied. On this bill of exceptions the case will go to the i nlted .States Su preme Co', rl aguln. The elder ItawUnprs to-day tele graphed from Vsldosta to Macon, asking for a personal Interview with Attorney Cooper. The old man de clares that he wants to dm un I Is hlttr in his coynnents on his attor ney. MINING OI'I'M I.MS I'l lllSII I'sinl fate-In nl Colorado Mil l.lltlo IIoh Knterlnliieil. ury. Col.. July lift. (JiMieriil M:iniig.r L. A. Tliompson nd V. V. Mnlliir. of the Tempest Apex Mlnlnif 'inip:iny, hnvi h'!ii mlrslng t-lnci-yesterday morning, when thi'y went into tho Mickey I f 'en Mine. Hint It ffrl that thy bve voen en tombed by a ave-ln. A force of nu n Is searching for the two rm n. but up to noon lo-diiy no triu o of t In in had been found. Hyrnense. N. T.. July IS. A dls nsuli i elved bv . Thompson. of this lty. snys thHt his brut her. Ijiunt "liomi son. ami a man irinm I Vluther were lost In a cuve-ln or Tempest Apex Mine, nonr tturny, Col., and that tlere was n horrible fatality. Ijiunt Thompson was treasurer of 1 the iMiniiir.y it nil formerly lived lit j Auburn iind Ionising, Mlh. In Kouili FEW SONGS The nibllral Hecorder: "We offsr The Drudge' against any poems of recent date In the English tongue; and we offer hla poem 'October aa In Itself breathing out the very breath of genius. One must go across the Atlanllo to Stephen Phillips to And so tender a note or ao deft a touch as Mr. McNeill hers reveals." The Wilmington Star: "It Is a neat book and contains fifty-nine poetic gems from ths pen of Mr. McNeill and It Is a fortunate thing that they have been grouped Into book form, that they can bet ter be preserved and In that shape constitute a lasting and valuable contribution to North Carolina' literature." Interview In Birmingham, Ala., Age-Herald: "Mr. McNeill's verse has slresdy won wide and high recognition. Ills work la, I think, the "most ambitious and th "molt successful "of air Touthtrasrw-Trrrterg- ........ . . ... . . . I winsron journal: "lie is no newcomer in tne literary neiu: in race I - -- c.i. i the rtromiso or greai voeao aeveiopmonw ............ Efihu MIL HOOT HOLDS RECETnOW Iiendcm of Brazilian 8Kiety and Miinbrra of American Colony llironj; AbranUa Palace In Rlc No Keaoloa of Paul-American Con griaN. Rio de Janeiro, July 28. A recep tion was held by Secretary of State Root this afternoon In the Abrantea Palace. There waa a crush of mem-' brrs'of the American colony, Brazil ian dlplomata and leadera of Brazil ian society. Mr. Root, In replying to BANISH Lev- l-yii-jti- Mite THE WASH-BOARD rnnsisn the old wash-bonrd your Family Washing to us. There's no rubbing the clothes to "denth" by our Special Household I'lnn no wear and tenr. Our big rotary washer reduces that to a minimum meana life Insurunce for the clothes. Plenty of water nnd good soap produce the best results clean tnd white garments. If you want tho bust washing tit reasonable cost, this la the pluce to get It. ' H l CHARLOTTE STEAM LAUNDRY LAUNDERERS, DYERS, CLEANERS 219 SOUTH TRY0N STREET. P R E S S PllKMDENT ROOSE'EXT-"l HAVE HEAP AFTER MW. MC?yCTIX AND TVB EXJOTEP 1H3 WORK. . - , . ' . ; " hla 'Pan.' 'Sundown,' Dawn. and - Root the speech of welcome by a delega tion of Parliament, said: "You apeak to me aa the Interpre ter of a nolloir. My visit here la for the Interpretation of the policy of . i my country. Tnat is wny i am After the apeaches the party retlr in the Dalace grounds, where the reception became There waa no session of the Pan American Congress to-day A twof the members of the congress attended Secretary Reot'a reception and had tea In the pavilion. Wh WHAT I WANT VMN I WANT IT i ; Is a new popular re frain! This is just as good as an old, old one when you want WHITE HOUSE COFFEE, get it! We won't accept any coffee to be just as good. to the rubbish heap and send In Retard To Progressive Fanner: "'Seems to Italelgh Christian Advoeato: ;.'Hs we have In tho South. Wlnohendon. Masav. Courier I "Hs :as a writer of prose and poiiry.--- naton ilerald; f'Ono of tho beat .South.- m ip nmn SMB " I President Roossrslt! "1 have read' after Mr. McNelU and 1 havo so- I joyed his wprk.H - ' -;'.",' ., . ;'.;;-!-i:V. .:.;; I . . .i. . t ia ha Iaa mK tA sa ht in ths realm of I CommUaloner NclII Re-Elcctcd frcsl rtmw' T,,W JTha Assnclatlon of Offlciala of Bureaua of Statistics of iJtbor, which baa been holding Its annual convention hero thia week, to day ra-elected Charlea P. Nelll, of Washington, aa president W. U A. Johnson, of Kansas City, waa elected secretary. - Jt waa dectaea xo noia me next annual eonvenuon at tne James town Exposition, r - l;---!---. Dolt Dceda Denth to Three in' Ala- Talladega, Ala., - July IS. J. I PhlUIpa, , a well-known,;, realdent of r'Bivili thia ennnt. waa killed te-darand bla wife and tho Infant child of Mr. ul an, . iioeey were fatally injured by a stroke of tlvhtnlvta, TKk narsntsbf tha child found the three dead or helpless In the Phillips home wnen xney canea for , their child, Both famlllea aro prominent .-....'. . V:'1 Tom Watson Working for Hoke Smith . Auguata. Ga., July 28. In speech t Thomaon, hia homo, Thoa. E. Wat aon, i Populist - leader, - candidate for President in tho last election, advised the Populists of Georgia to vote the v i . o. . & ,1,1.., am A,, 4 and not- put out a ticket . of their own.-;- ';., Application for 'Mandaunna ' Denied , .VVeUa-Fargo Company. ; . r New Tork, July t8. An applica tion made by stockholders of - the Wella-Fargo Company for a writ of mandamua compelling the officers of the company to submit Its books for an examination waa denied yester day by Justice White in Brooklyn. A Southern Rose MONDAY, TUESDAY and i WEDNESDAY NIGHTS AT THE PARK A SOUEHERN, ROMANCE COME. Will A. Peters Stock Company Get a He-Print Copy of the Original Lawson's Histoiy Of North Carolina Valuable to Any Libre ry. Formerly Sold for $3.00, Now Sells for si-JH. IHI 0BSIKV1R PRINTING HOUSt. 'CHARLOTTE. N. C ! The whole world is undergoing a widespread awakening In its estimate of beer. Science in its. relation to food and drink points the way by declaring beer to be heavy ' in nialt extract, light in alcohol, and in effect a genuine temperance beverage. request CSV i have in him tho making of a treat la ono of tho rarest Utsrary geniuses r Is a man Of acknowledged bUMjr known writers and poets In ths 1 T ' " mm ijBOMSBgsssSsBsssssssssssWsMsssspss BSSSBBS1BBBSSB1 7 ' ' '(" : -.-!. utlsfvina volume than this has been published In I Ten Gross, or 110 Dozen, or 1,4 40 Bottles of Mrs. joe Peraon'a Remedy haa been aold thia week. Everybody Ought to take Mra. Joe Peraon'a Remedy who need tonic Now la the time you need It -You ought to keen It In your house all the time. Read ' tho following: " For about eight or ten years Z was aublect to ' severe attacks of scsema, which would last for several weeks. I would try loca treatments and doc tors' medicine, which would relievo for a while, . but it would . always return, and everything; failed in per manent 'effect .' X then determined to try Mxa. i Joe) Person's Remedy two years ago. X took It - regularly for six months, using a doten and a half bottles, and It. made a perfect euro of me. Xt has been over a year since t atenned taking the Remedy, and i havo never had a touch of .the trouble since, and my general health la excellent. - ,' " ' T.. MRS. J. H. WILKINS. -Bessemer City, July !, 1801. ' XCnow a thlnjt or two ; To The Model tho Chappies aU gortheir col lars, cuffs and ahlrta must bo all right or the dear fellows won't be happy. ' v 'Phone 160 and let one of our five wagona show yon some good ' laundry work. . Model Steam Laundry IS quid Bread Swelll Guys WESSSESSSSSSSSSSSESSSk . i r-From tht addref of a German scCanKsf. Pminacle Beer ' e , is a perfect example of beer-excellence heavy In malt,' . ;n aiasvIi1 Triorla rf nnrA mmintaJn Rnrmflr water. and is thoroughly aged and sterilized. Sold at all cares, saloons, buffets and hotels. Delivered at homes on by mail or pnone. XIW SOUTH 2RIWIRT ICI CO. Wdlosboro, By. ' Athvnie 11100, IJqor and Sods Water Oo Plstrlbutora. - PINGS Clarkton Expreas: "Mr. McNeill Is writers of the South." , ' ,, - v'. ; ..7 Greensboro Telegram'. 'Tho publlahsd poems of John Charlea Mo Nelll aro said to bo meeting with a ready sals. Ths fact Is a compli ment to ths good literary taste of North Carolina people." ,' . - Charity and Children! ."Ths delicious Southern flavor and tho ten dor touches of tho old plantation life make It especially refreshing to our Southern 'people. Mt Is tho -very cream of tljo work of tho famous young author, covering the past four or flvo years, and whlott, has brought him tho favor, of tho publlo In so great a measure. It Is per fectly fits from affectation and tells its simple story ao naturally as tho prattle of a child; but It Is couched In faultless English and reveals , the highest gifts of tho poet W do not hesitate to say that la all our 'acauainunco" with tho poetry" written by-North Carolinians, no book has been published which approaches tms in mo sirengm r . w ... . ... ..... .14. a a H .... . ' . i i . Stylo and In the promise oi great poena aeveiopmonw t - - ; THB EXTRA NICBJ EITTDS. , We make a peclalty of the .better , grades, styles out of ( . the ordinary and at. much less . prices than tho aame aro aold -. at In the largo centres. - The new President Bag la the . , latest and best thing In the' "Kit" atyle. Tho Secretary Is a very large, deep combination ' bag. French Hal Boxes, Unjt Trunks. B urea a Trunka, Jief . ket Trunks, IJgbt Can Siflt , , Cases, etc Everything tho . ' traveler" needa; ordinary thlnga rou can get anywhere can, get hem of us, too, andall tho , good thlnga that you can get . nowhere else. Alwaya see ua. G1LREATII : & CO. "SaTin Money by ; Mtvll" on retpiest IQUITAMJI MNKINO LOAN Ctt LOOK FOR THE NAME ;: ) '.! ' In baying Cut Glass It pays to get the best XJbbey'a name Is engraved on each piece and It Is known to be the finest . made. . Wo aro agents for Lib bey and keep a full assort ment of libbeyav as weU as other standard makes. Not ' tho cheapest but tho ; BEST for tho money. , . " . . ; Garibaldi & Bruns:, Vn - f'-i.w- ' (Uc) . t fast becoming ono or ino leaaipg I ILJ- V - -i 1Vlnton Journal , ... , he Is pretty well osUbllshed In poetry" . ths Vnlted Slates In a decade." v . . , ' ' ' n,n , ! " If j ,
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