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:i: ciai-riox price. . Daily. i V ,sr . . ., -..iitha ; i . e -mouth , Scini-Weekly.. " ' .f.00 2.00 a year .................. : X IDOtltllS ...i ii.rM months .........1.00 ........ .60 .25 very Pay in the Year, PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. No. .31 Fouth Tryon street Tele phone numbers; Business office, Bell . 'phona 78; city editor's office, Bell 'phona lit; news editor's office, Bell 'phone 2,14. - . --. Advertising rates ere furnished on . appJicaUon. Advertiser may feel sure ' Umt u. rough the columns of this . paiwr Uijy may reach all Cliarlott i and a portion of the bent people in , this state and wiper South Carolina, This paper gives corrwipondents ss - wld latitude as it thinks public policy permits but it is in on ease respon sible for their views. It Is much, preferred ' that correspondents sign their names to their articles, espo . daily in cases where they attack persons or institutions, though, this is not demanded. The-editor reserves ! , the rb?ht to rive t ha names of cor-, respondents whea they are demand- r etf for the purpose of personal satis faction.. To receive consideration a - ofniuunlimtion must tn accompanied by the trus naran of the correspon dent. - . - ? FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, MOT. KITCHCTS FOURTH EXPLOSION. Mr.,W. W. Kltchin, candidate for wnawmuQ nomination iqr uov ernor, is the, last man In tho world to ...talk about fairness and candor. His speech ve&terdav in this his three previous speeches which have been reported at length in these columns, abounded in Innondo and In tatements from which fake deduc tion? are to be drawn. He started with the proportion that he would discuss the differences In the Demo cratic party and discussed trust and railroad regulation, newspapers and ' himself, causing it to appear that all who do not support him for Gov ernor are opposed to trust and rail road regulation. Ho knows perfectly well that there are practically no "differences" in the party In North Carolina on either of these subjects but that It Is united, even the hated Charlotte Observer having as clear a record as he has. He knows that one State cannot control the trusts. He has been a member of Congress nearly ten years. Why has he not in all this time regulated the trusts? He ncet not come here talking to these people about them, for the peo ple are right already. As to the rail- vaun, wo ail siooa wun the state lh the recent controvert and the cases ,are now In the courts on their way to the Supreme Court of tho United States, which cannot be moved by his maledictions. What Is there In these . ''lasues'' except a possible nomination tot Governor for somebody? "I am In hearty sympathy with the great temperance sent ment that in o steauiiy conquering our State." Yet In his campaign for Congross against ex-Lieutenant Governor Rey nolds he got on Mr. Reynolds' liquor platform and favored each communi ty settling the liquor question for it self, thus flouting the Watts law which had been passed by a Demo- .jviiii: jji'jirtiure ana endorsed in a " Democratic nlatform Mr. Kltchin comes out strong on his opposition to the Taut mall sub- . SldV. thouirh ha i,.t,1 hi - y r r i.v " . , I'inv.'; 1I nine years while It was In every post , office sppropriatlon bill. Why did he sit still and permit this Iniquity Without a word of protest until his Indignation got the better of hlrn and he had to give voice to It? Mow many timed had he voted for It these nine V. P. rr r.froinAil ... . . i . gainst It? Representatives Page, of ' the seventh cliwtrtct, and Webb, of ., th ninth, alan vtiioA ..ciinut l. ,..,, . , .. . , , , . .. Pi '.'' i .tin l.ini , mall appropriation the llust time It Was before the House, thing' they ought not to have done, but neither was expecting to be a candidate for Governor arid neither made speeches, ..jot noisy or is trying to make politi cal capital out of a vote which he hould never have cast. The uuth ,eia precious mue. out (if the nation sit treasury. Other section of the country enjoy fast mall privileges. Why Should not we? It wan a sul- . itantlal benefit though nobody ever claimed that its discontinuance would ruin the South, but nobody ought to fee proud of having voted against It ; " But It Is Mr. Kltchln's nature to be tn.wr. ranij, no nount, in consequence of the fplrlt of oppnsl- tlon, which aroused a similar spirit toward him, ho has at Winston a government building which Is a dls- , grrace to the town and which was rldl- , oulcd by Secrotary Shaw when he was there last year. He voted agulnst the congressional loan to tho Jamestown Exposition. The fitate made an Sp propriatlon to it and North Carolina 9ias one of the hanHomout hiiiMlni , on, the grounds and the best exhibit. If Mr, Kltchin had been Governor he would' of course have used his in fluence aKalwt the yet tens of thousands of North Cato ; 3lnlans have been to the exposition, have had their State pride Atlirkenerl and the State's building and display ' have attracted tho admiring Interest ' of hundreds of thousands of visitors from other States. ' , 'We call the public to witness that ', the warfare which. Mr. Kltchin sup- poses to bo raging b"twcen himself ud The Observer la altogether of hts own making. He came to Charlotte number of years ego ind In a epecch In tho old ' opera house at tacked the paper and its editor' when TieSlher was raylngr ' anythlnis about him or ever had. Ire seeks to make it appear that this paper Is warring on him cow when he 1 warring on It. la fottr ?p'eecheshe haseroled i . ,, !t ' ) i ; t v, : ..a . : J j .' l.;;s nH p'.vcn 5.l.;i u- cIn--.n of com ment la all. IKs crliid.-aiis or' tho in accuracy of l;s reports of him ,iie puerile. One reporter is attacked be cause ho used "the" when the speak er said "a'f and imputed to him one word "notable,", which he denies having used; another Is ansalled for omitting the word "not" in an un important connection and for using a comma where ' the speaker says there should have been a period. This is unworthy of any grown man. At Morganton on the 6th he criticised the accuracy of Mr, W. D. Adams re port of him at Unioa church and Mint Hill as above set out, and on a Southern Railway train the 'very same night told this gentleman that his reports were all right and he had no complaint. He Is great on saying things in Speeches and so qualifying them and frittering ' them away in private conversation that little is left. So far as Mr, Adams Is concerned he has declared that Mr. 'Kltchin Is so childish and contentious that he will never report him again If he :an help it and that Is the attitude of another writer on the local department,. What Is the man driving at?. Is. he. trying to dragoon : the press Into his sup port, to Intimidate it or to pose before the public as a rowrtyr? t His campaign la too frivolous and unworthy to warrant serious i argu ment; but there , la one other fact that we notice: Yesterday, telling of how badly ho wants to he nominated for Governor he took occaaion to say that no great corporations are behind him. What candidate are they be hind ? Some one, surely, else there was no reason for this remark. HOW IT IS AT Mt'LDOON'S HOUSE. As newspaper readers know, Secre tary of State Root, who has been on the verge of a nervous break-flown, due to care and over-work, Is at the sanltorlum of William Muldoon, the ex-wrestler and all-round strong man, near White Plain. N. T.. where troubles of this class are treated. The regimen at Mr, Muldoon's Joint is thus described: "The govsrnmont Is military in Us exactness and discipline. On arrival tho patient is taken to his room, a small af fair, having a little table, a little chair, a little bcU; that's, all, Tho routine be gins each day at 4, when all hands are routed out and milk the cows. "Then a bath, a rub-down, and breakfast .com piling along, and at ft the squad, uiruallv about twenty-five strong, mounts horses and tekes a ride generally for two, or three hours. The suave Muldoon sug ts that the men take a stroll for a bit through the fields. When they re turn the horses are gone. A five-mile walk back home results. The novices sometimes kick, tlm vctttrans never. They h now better. There is dinner at 12, a walk across country In the afternoon, boxing, work in the gymnasium, and a short rest to fill the time until supper. At 9 o'clock every pno must, bo In bed." i And all it costs Is $60 & week. That system may be all right and may suit some people but a . man gets lighter exercise when he getsan as signment on the chain-gang. Whether or not that fact had any thing to do with his resignation of the- presidency of the State Anti-Saloon League, Mr. J. W. Bailey Is op posed to State prohibition but prefers to see liquor driven out by local op tion proeurpment. Charity and Chil dren, obviously referring to these facts, says: "Now, brethren, do not hand around the ugly slander that Mr. Bailey is op posed to temperance because he does not Ihlnk 1IH you upon the question. Ho is Just as sincerely opposed to the liquor traiTIo as any of us, ami be has done a good deiil mow for the promotion of the temperance muse than most of us. Home folks cunnot bear for a body to lock at i.ny question except through their Hpectaeies; but such people are usually both narrow and conceited " There Is room for a good deal more of this breadth of view In North Caro linu. Mr. Bailey is th'ls week speak ing In Anson for prohibition. The election will be held to-morrow. As long as Mr. W. W, Kltchin Is such a stickler for 'accuracy it Is not amlsM to remind him though the matter is of no consequence to us -that In n newspaper Interview some months hko he "made the statement, which he has not since taken the trouble to correct, that The Observer had Huld that he had been decided upon for Governor by "the machine." If he linn more interest in this matter than wc hove he can have access to the flies of the. paper from which to establish liln allegation If he can. The Mountain Scout, of Taylorsvrtlo, referring to ffThe Observer's recent statement that Mil Teugue will lend the Alexander ftingsters in tho comlnf singing match between Alexander and Wilkes; says that Hill "Is sinking on I the other uliore," having been dead live years. What a pity about Bill! As The Nashville American would say, "He has laid wide his earthly lyre and Joined 41 choir Invisible." The observer didn't know It and herewith drops a tear to his memory. Bill was a master singer' In his time. . m lOvery paper tins Its own style of capitalisation and lis own style ah'ut other mutters of detail. Mr W. W, Kltchin threw (it The observer teport er at Dixie, yesterday, a typewritten copy of a part of hia speech. Ill captt'allxatlon, though no word, wai changed In this ollieo Just night, to conform to the style oif tihe paper, and In his next speech he will no doubt Attack The Observer for chans lng and garbling his copy for a slnis ter purpose. Ex-Governor James E. Campbell, of Ohio, returns home after a visit to New York and gives out the Informa tion which he says he has from an authentic source, that Judge Parker is considering being it candidate for the) Democratic nomination for Pre idtnt again, lit i$ a great man, a genuine Democrat and would make an ideal President, Hut he can't coma it. "It is reportedl" "it ' is said," "It has been stated',' "I have heard." "I am Informed" that whenever tho Hon, W. V. Kltchin hears the word "dema gogue" he. cricks an hi mm n,1 iuk quickly. .;. v'Whaf that?. vVi' I that talking about ma? ' III.; ! .1 X, A m :v. !-; r. mm: i.:; r.v Garon vti Ii"s Count Wtnleii, I,n niisraiiou t'onitjiissioiier Viatsou, Governor Hey ward, end Miw, Tompkins and iadiien Confer With Vice, President Culp, of the South ern I Sail way. Relative to Co-Operation Between Southern and New fctcayiMlilp Company to Handle Immigration- Result Very Satisfac tory, Though No tJclinite Agree ment is Reaclied--Foretgii Visitors Make Good Impression on Charlotte People d Like the Country. Bareji von Pills, of Bremen, Ger many; Count Weden, now of South Carolina; and Mr, E. J. Watson, Com missioner of immigration of South Carolina, whose presence In the city was noted in yesterday's Observer, spent the day quietly here yesterday. The prime cause of their coming waa to hold a conference with VIre Presi dent J. M. Culp, of the Southlrn Rail way, to discuss the question of the transpartation of trans Atlantic freight. , This waa held In the after noon, after which the visitors were entertained. They were Joined by Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, Mr. P. H. Culp, president of the Charleston etreet railway company and D. A. Tompkins, of i Chuirlotte. Baron von Kits, in addition to being director of the North German Lloyd Steamship Company,1 la engaged in a project which has to do with the for mation of a new .company, owned largely It not entirely by foreigners, to transport Immigrants and freight from Adriatic porta to Charleston. Since that -port has been made by the United States government the logical distributing point for the South At lantic States, it is essential that there be co-operation between the new com pany and the railways which run out from Charleston. It was with a view of coming to some . ultimate agree ment as to rates on freight and ipas aengers that yesterday' conference between all the gentlemen named and Vice President Culp in his "private car at the Southern station was held. MR, CULP INTERESTED. The conference lasted four or five hours and at its conclusion the state ment was given out that it had been a moMt satisfactory one. This was We initial meeting of representatives of the companies and hence so important a matter, Involving so minute a study of details, could not be settled with any degree of Jlnality or even definlte ness. Vice President Culp, however, assured the Baron and the others that he was much interested In the field of immigration and would do all In mt power to aid them. ' The steamer line which U is propos ed to establish -will operate probably not less than four a year at the start apd the number will be Increased as the business grows. Each vessel 'has a capacity of about 1,000, though ca pacity loads could hardly be expected at the atart. An Information bureau will be ostabllshed at Charleston, so that all who deeire laborers may place thellr applications and thoso who come In imay be actcomunodated aj fast and as soon as they land It fie city by the sea. Seventy thousand dollars has already been appropriated by Congress tor an ImtnlgraU.)'-, building there. " - CHARLOTTE'3 VISITORS, , Though Charlotte was gliu o? loft privilege of en.tertninln ei- of the 'gentlemen who formed ths party, most local Interest, probably centered around the foreigners. Though the baron can speak Eng lish only slightly, Ms companion, Count Weden, who since coming to America In the famous Wittekind,, has been living near Columbia, has an ex cellent command of the language. Fortunate as he Is In the possession of a competency, the attractions of the New World have brought him here at the age of 35 o try It, for a time. The subject of immigration has for him, too, a deep lnt).'?t and ho Is well Informed. Baron von Pills was miv.'li impress ed by his visit ftom- Ura-mvillo to Charlotte," said Governor Keyward to an Observer man last night. "He be lieves thHt in view of the industrial future which is awaiting It, the South off era splendid opportunities It im migrants of the right sort, and that tlm result of its growth will be a de mand for labor which Immigration can satisfy." i THE BARON'S SUCCESS. The Interest which Baron von, Pills feels In Immigration and everything relating thereto has led him to make a deep study of it and this aide! by hi close observation has made h'.m' an authority. He is to-day pramln-mt- ly connected with three trans-Atvm-tic steamer lines. He it was wh es tablished the line to Galveston, Tex., three years ago. 'The illrst vessel which made the trip icarrled 40 peo ple. In June of this year 2,000 land ed on the Texas shore. During the past 12 months no less a number than 1 2,000 hjivo been transported from the Old World to the New by this line. This past success Indicates a similarly gratifying termination ; of his present efforts, which are being put forth in a Held even better adapted to the pur poso. Both th Baron and the Count ev idently enjoyed their stay In the city. They arc. agreeably mannered, and made an excellent Imprewsion on those whom they met. Neither ia'past mid dle age. Count Weden being probably 35. Nearly all the members of the party left last ntght. Governor Hey ward, Ommt Weden and Mi. Gadsden' went to Charleston, vhlle Baron von Pins leaves to-day tor wosning.on, where he goes to confer w'th tho of ficials of the Untted States Bureau of Immigration. AN AERONAUT DROPS l.OQ Ft. In Parafhute He Iam!s on fVnc I'(wt lUick Terribly Torn and Ift Arm Rndly Injured, Hut H Will Probably Jtecovcr. . Barnstable. Maa., Aug. 28.Nearly 5,000 persons at the Barnstable county fair, saw "Professor" Maloney, a baloonist. drtrp a thousand feet to earth; strike on the top of a cedar fence povt and escape probably with his life. Maloney made his ascent beforo noon, aud a the visitors at the fair grounds gazed upfard they saw that his attempts to cut hia parachute wore fruitless. A ahsrp eusterly wind 'tiad blown the rope which connects with the knofe amongst a mass of cords and out fit reach of the baloon ist. ' '... For fully two miles Maloney floated, the gas-was rapidly leaking from the big bag above him, and he prepared for the long, drop, Maloney and the baloon come earthward rapidly. As It neared the earth the canvess fell bout the body or the aeronaut and prevented him from seeing where he Was railing. He struck In 4 half standing position on the top of a redar txat used by a farmer to mark off his field. His back was terribly torn and his left arm badly InjuroL1 tA long line of automobile headtM by one rarrylng Governor Guild, wh was a visitor to the fair,' rushed i the spot where Maloney had faUin. Then man was picked up In A sC'ni consclous condition and w. hur let to his hotel In Barnstable t'er.ter. Physician , who attended Maloney. say that he la not Internally, Injured ana win recover, cj: 1 i i ; ; '! Titrnv of iU:V . Ct.uivlt Turm-d Oi.t tot ! '1,'win ( i:y. Special to Tho Observer. ' Wlnston-Salom,' Aug:. '29. A youn; white-man giving his name as Bob Ferguson, waa arrested by Patrolman Hartnass yesterday afternoon on sus picion that he Is the man wanted in McDowell county West Virginia, for; murder. He was locked up and Is be-i lng held. . ; . , The young man came dwn on the train from Roanoke yesterday after noon and was on his way to Wilkes boro to visit relatives. ' The arrest was made upon - information given, Mr. liartness by a passenger on the train, who stated that the news "butoh" told him that the young man arrested filled the description of the party a. Ealdwin detective was looking for tte day before. VR aeems, Irom state ment ot the passenger, that the Bald Win man came down Tuesday, He was en route to Wilkes boro, where he expected to find the party sought Af ter; v The 4ttective gave the , news "butch" a description of the man wanted. The hews boy was sura that Ferguson fllled -the description of - the man wanted by the detective. v :& " Patrolman ' Hartness wired '. 'the' Baldwin Detective, Agency at Roafi ok and received a reply to the effect that a man by the name of Ferguson was not wantpd, but that a letter giv ing full description of the man, wanted would be sent by mall. He also wired tho sheriff of McDowell county.' It Is believed by the officers , that Ferguson to the man wanted. He1 says that he got Into.a fight in West; Vir ginia, but denied , being charged; with murder. ":', f -5 A amaltslzed sensation Was created in the city yesterday when tt wa made publlo thit 30 members of the Fourfold Gospel church, better known aj the. Holiness church, were oxcom munlcaied "at a meeting of ie officers last Monday night The charge pre ferred against the excluded members ware that , they were affiliating with the "Unknown Tongue," now form of religion, which made its advent here about threo, months ago. The ex communicated members were not ad vised of the action of the officera n tll they read of it, but they wt not surprised for they had been expecting this coursa for some time. It Is stat ed that the officers are considering the ""J1? out bout ,.; correspondent . Interviewed several mMiibers of the consTegatlon of the Fourfold Gospel church -with a view of getting a,t the foundation .of the trouble between the memberf" of the Church. ; .V; ; j ' - . :i V ' ' '. NEWS FROM HIGH POINT. Postal Operator Rofuses to Quit Her Key Church to Run an Excursion . Masked Skating Carnival." To. Night Party Attends Ingram -Webster Wedding at Sfadlsoiu Special to Tho Observer. ' High Point, Aug. 2A-Mr. L. C. Bagwell, who Is a candidate for the nomination of railroad commissioner to succeed Mr. Bcdingfleld, was Jiere yesterday shaking hands with his friends. He is enthusiastic over hia prospects. ' IV . ... : The new pews and the stained glass for the First Presbyterian church are on the. ground and will be placed by the first of September, when Mr. Siler the pastor, la expected back. Notwithstanding the repeated re quests from strike headquarters that she walk out, the Postal telegraph op ertor remains firm and ays she will do nothing of the kind. The young lady is not a member of the union and refuses to Join. It is quite probable that South Main Street M. E. church will run an ex cursion to Jackson Springs about the 11th of September, if plans now form ulated work out all right. Mrs. Dr. Tomlinson, who left here last week to visit relative In Chicago and Ohio, will probably go to Mexico before returning to her home here. Mr. Dodge, an expert skater as wed as an engineer, has promised to ap pear at the auditorium rink here the night of September 2d and do some of his fancy skating, Mr. Dodge was here the other night and highly en tertained a large crowd with his fan cy skating. To-morrow night at the skating rink a dressed marked carnival will be pulled oft, in which a' large number of consestants will take part. The af fair will draw a large crowd. f Rev, D. E. Bowers, i the popular pastor of the First Reformed church here, leaves next Tuesday with. nine other ministers, as one of the party to Jamestown Enosltlon and New York. sent by The Lexington bispateh., He will be gone 15 day ' during which time all expense will be borne by The Dispatch. Mr. Bower la looking for ward to a big time. ' , The-stock of groceries of the late Tdeat Grocery Company, purchased by Mr, Steele,, of... Greensboro, has, been shipped to that pblpt ': snd the : siore room vacated is being fixed -up -for a moving picture theatre, which opens for business 8ptember 10th. - The Ingram wadding party, consist ing of Misses Kate and Frances I n pram, Fred P. Ingram. ,W. J, Arm field, Sr., P. tVord Eshelman nd Lawrence White snd Fr"ed Hauser, left last night for Madison, where to day Mr. Ingram was -united in mar riage to Miss Kate Webster, of that place. Mr. Hauser acted n the ca pacity of best man. BIG BOAT HITS PIER ARCH. The Oorndn. TiCaHn Fleet From New York. I Badly-Injured and Crew Nnrrowlv Facape Drowning In Hrimpton Roads, ; s rf ; i f Norfolk, Va,V Aug3 2.In passing beneath th arch of the government Pier at the Jamestown. Kxpositlon, to day, the big nietor boat Zorada. own ed by C-pt. Ahthony Schneider, Col umbia .Yacht Club, New York CKy, was seriously dmaaged. , The boat barely missed being. sunk lit Hampton Roads,' and the1 crew , narrowly es caped drowning. ''.. Almost all the superstructure of the yacht wa swept away by the collision, Including mails, atanehlonit and a part of the .cabin. , It was thought that the an was high enough to permit fhA passage of the boat. The miscalculation wa due tq failure to take lnt account th tlde. i x The oat - was- heading - tha-- fleet that .hd arrived from . New 1 York, maktn' the run down h S days and 5S minutes. , " '" Tie ollowlng boat arrived at the exRMltton yesterday: Itampant, own er,:. L. Sarrelt,. New York City; Ted San, owner Waiter Bolingp, New "fork City; Rambler, Df. A. U Rowe, Wew York Oty, fcll calling direct from Th'ousand Islands. , ' ,' ' ' Rills Klier n Suicides. ' rottsvllle. Pa.. MhjwnMi If vellc, prominent hotel keeper pr Olrnrtlvllla, near here shot and Instantly killed his sister, Mary, while she was sliwpinsr enrly to-dny end then sent a bullet Into hi own head which wllj cause his death. Jt Is believed that Lavelle ws temporarily Insane, when he com mittal Ihm act Th alster WHS found Ut JbsvUh,, bullet In th left t"mpl f la i; .:, ci h t ' . 4 ' I;..; -,i 1 . f 1; ''. i.-1'- jc 1 1 u.-- : Mate Kcils t " S j v I . ' ,. r . i . r i . 0 .Nc,..ro I vhrr 4:'Ji afl l'ffcr.-e I'ocse i v'.l..-l. tn 1 use, lit ou ti.e A; t: at Prut-eecis ilrs. Woiiihu in the Stand and Given a Fierce Ex . aniliiation. , . Epifcial to The Obaervr. Salisbury, Aug. 29. K( Ashbywas this jrnorning placed on trial for his life, charged with having slain Daniel Overcash Sunday, June 16th. The defendant was represented: in court by Senator Whitehead Klutta and T. Frank Hudson, and the State wa aided by . ex-Senator R. Lee Wright and P, S. Carlton. It took and hour and thirty minutes to se lect the Jury, which fs composed of unusually Intelligent men. - ( The defense made use, of 1 of its 23 i peremptory "challenges, many of the. talesmen freely admitting that they ' had formed " and k expressed opinions that the prisoner is guilty. The case has" attracted - more .t tchtion than would have been known had not 1 the fact come out that there has been pretty - general discussion of the homicide throughout the county.-' i"''' - ' : A-v-;. " ; The first witness for the State was Coroner E. Rose Dorsett . His testi mony was as to the range of the shot which -was fired from a shootgun. The coroner believes the wound was made from a aide shot, not directly in front,, ss the defense contends In its theory Of Overcash' .aggressive ness and its contention of self-defense. The w itness declared the wound was of such nature a to cause - Instant death, A collar button was found Imbedded In the neck of Overcash. but. the witness said he could not tell whether' it came: from the shirt front or nof, as the shirt had been removed.' r t - DEFENSE' STAR WITNESS. - Reese PetheJ waa called second for the State.' He was an eye-witness to everything but the' actual shooting. It was about the alleged intimacy of Overcash with pethel's wife that, pro voked the homicide.' jPethel said that On the morning of the killing he, his wife and his brother, Arch Pcthel, went to the home of Ashby to see him and discus the story of Ashby relative to Dan Overcash and Mrs. PetheJ. Ashby was at a negro bar ber's being shaved and when ; they in-d w'hz:!:t& place where Ashby .' declared he had seen Airs. Pethel and Overcash. - He showed the track of Dan and him self. - Coming down to the real facta in the homicide, Pethel said Overcash buckled a belt around bis. body,' put a pistol ln.it and on the way loaded it. It Waa a blue steel weapon. When they arrived at the thicket, Ashby said he could face Overcash1 tn their unpleasantness and Dan said, '"Take It back, take it back. Overcaaa continued to advance and Ashby said, "Don't you come on me, Dan," twice before he shoot pethel said he and his wife' then went home. On cross-examipatlon Mr. Kluttz made Pethel the star witness for the defense. It being known all the while that Pethel lis biased, even being charged with a conspiracy against Overcash; but the State hid to prove the killing by htm. Is, testimony was extracted by the Starfe by the most patient pumping, while he answered very glibly, at time almost Intelli gently, for the defense. He was transformed. .-',' DEAD . MAN'S SON TESTIFIES. Ernest Overcash, the 19-year-bld son of the dead man, was put up next. He was present the morning of the visit from the Pethel , contingency and heard Ws father Bay he would go over and talk the matter? with the Interested people. The boy declared that on Thursday preceding - the homicide of Sunday he and bis father neard Bcreaming at AsnDys nouse and they went over there. Mrs. Ashby was Overcash'B youngest Bis ter and when they went in the yard Dan asked "Ed, what is tne trouble?" Witness declared that Ashby replied, "My business is my business and you haven't got a G d thing to do with it." The Overcash men did not go in the house. The boy testified further that Ashby told him a day later that he would kill his father yet. Going then Into the homicide, the boy swore that his father had no pistol but a little 22 and that this weapon was left at. home. The younger Overcash heard the shot and was the first to see his dead father. Ke was lying face down and-, his hands'under him. Mrs. Overcash, hi mother, and a eister corroborated him In this. NEGRO ON STAND. The best State witness was Jess Russell, the negro who shaved Ash by the day before the killing. He said Ashby had been down to his house and tried to borrow or " buy shells, saying he meant to get Dan Overcash, "the o b ," yet. Russell said Ashby had told him that he was so anxious to get the shells that he was ; about to break down Russell's doors and tried to get them from the children. ' The negro an swered all - Impeaching questions. H. M. Leazarwas one Of the first men to. see . the dead man after he was shot. Ha did not see any pistol or belt There were a few character witnesses and at 4:35 the State rested Its case. .- '!:..t THE WOMAN IN .THE CASE. . The defense first Introduced Mrs. Reese pethel, the woman in the case, She made a good direct witness and as ; the .husband was 'the wife was, though he waa far the more intelli gent. She told identically the story that Reese did, but ; owing to sub jection to cross-examination ' was given an awful spurring, v he was drven to Yadmlt that she aaw; the man shot dead and did not even inquire whether he wa hurt or not. The State I trying hard to make out eventually a casa of conspiracy and had the ooor woman constantly In the iir. -' A 'r' --v . Mrs. Vergie Overcash did better and took care of herself in the scrap with Mr. Wright. She had, been., a witness for the State ' and heard threats from both men. On Novem ber of 1905 .she heard Dan Overcash ay he. would kill Ed Ashby If they ever got Into quarrel and she told Ashby this Saturday before the shooting. Mr. Overcash testified that aha saw the dead man shortly after he was killed and there wa plBtol belt unbuckled, and the Over cash women asked where Dan' pis- tol was. .. She sald, Ernest : had told them that-wa alt rlgnt about, this. Witness also said Mrs. Overcash Bald Dan had a pistol. ' The matter rested here " after fierce contest between Mtv Wright and Mrs, Overcash. Colonel Edward Still Sick. . Special to The Observer. Oxford, Aug. 89. Th aged lawyer, Col. L, C. Edwards, who has been ex tremely ill with Thctwnatiamtfor ev enal weeks,' is still very Mc. ' Colonel Edwards is It year of age and his continued suffering give little hope ot hia recovery. v , A -' 1 ii iih - I Mr. A- D. Gaston, of Chester, S- C. was registered among th fuest at the Selwyn last nigit, - TT T7 WW' 'FALL The New Are ' micHAELS.STERM FINE CLOTHING , -. ioNn, awa" - ' . ' ' " '?':'- . A":r'"'X""!; !"' . ' O0S' . ' jr ' -J' ' '-'V' r'y:" ifr. ':'-' : '"';''; ,: :'.' iv?,i,.'.VV,i .': ..ji.i Those nobby styles and swell fashions in fabrics of the ' ; latest production. 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The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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Aug. 30, 1907, edition 1
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