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CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER, NOVEMJ3ER GO, 1 --v rOLICLMA.N SLAYS liEGRO ,BO president.. . p. n,- vice ire, t. a. Adams. Any. 13 IIUSOXER HAI ASSA.CMTED HIMl , s : - . ws hwi... . That Is to say. set in the first aeries of the; MECKLENBURO BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, which opens Saturday, December ath, at 1 Eaat Trmda street, ' ; . - ' ' ? I" . . . , i 1 '. ,- Afin- Being Nearly Knocked Out With Ills Own Club Patrolman Von, of 1 Columbia, & C, Force, Puts Bullet Thronga a, Prisoner's LungaVIc .. ilm Wu Apparently Doing A'othlng Wrong and Mas on ilia way 10 tua Daiu work wa ahwwi-w oner's Jury Exonerate tlu Officer, - ' Put He la Jailed W Anw the ' (iiarre of MurdetwXegrw VRaa Some Distance Before Succumbing to ttoand and Office Was Ignorant . of Ballet's Xkffect. s ; " Observer Bureau, ' - 1I Berkeley Building. , Columbia, 8. C -Nov. II In ,a ;1' desperate midnight struggle with ' powerful negro, in a lonely art Of the city. Policeman T. J. Ton A. 0. CRAIG, Secretary and Treasurer, w ' ; JVfARRf AGES. Grgn-Gregory lavluthms jfSafc, "; Spedt.1 to The Observer. ' . Oxford, Nov. ; f I. Invltatlone have been received here to the wedding of MrFrank-a5 Gregory, of Oxford, to Miss Nannie Alexander Gregory, of StovaU, ; at , half-past .11 .o'clock, De cember leth, in 6t Peter' Episcopal hot and kined his assailant, Calvin chB-ew - tvn K,t.K- Bowers, ener sowers naa wresieame txUceman' billy from his hand, and aeai th officer -over the head and bit f Mr. Roger O. Gregory, of Oxford. him to the cheek. The negro's dead Jn wadding la a aouree of intereat 7 . .-.T .,, . to many In this community where ths cody waa found several h,urs Urtnottof parties ar. prominent in thirty or forty yaros irom ue P I social life. They wtU realde In Oxford, of the encounter. 4 I An elaborate reception at the home "A! the coroner's inquest to-day Po-J of the groom's parents had been er- liceman Ton stated that last night jw wu not taae piace on ec- w.,-w- I count of the recent death of Mrs. 1 Laura Gregory sag sum up xitucuiu uwk, hvm V, , "W Won't stay Downed- : New York Herald. --'--V- -; ; V- Old "It to 1 crops up again, this time in reports of campaign contribu tions of both parties 'Mr. Charles P. Taft's 11(0,000 to Mr. Herman Rid der's $10,000. : the Standard warehouse, -when ha met a negro running down the street. He rh. and ..iral him hl SP1! to Tne Observer. Peebles-Harris, at Seaboard. feaboard, Nov. 29. A marriage of very much interest to thla place and Northampton county will take place next Wedneaday afternoon at the First Baptist church of thla place when Mlaa LoUie Maude Harris, daughter of Mrs. sarah B. Harris, of thla place, and Mr. J. T. Peebles, of Jackson, plight their troth. The words that will make eth two one will be said by the Rev. A. Cree, pastor of the church. a l m a The policeman thought C . alOM UI iimmuua. an -lion. wainioul nd many out-of-town people will be in attendance. Imme diately after the ceremony the young people will leave on the northbound train for Washington, New Tork and otner Northern points. Miss Harris maid of honor will be Miss Willie Stevenson, of thla place. and the beat man will be Mr. C. G. policeman around the waist. aJraostl pty,, f Jackson. The bride will lie waa running. Then he saw that -the negro had his handa behind him ' under his coat tall ana he told him to raiee hie handa As the negro did so, he dropped a large rock. The oegro stated that fee was milker at the Taylor dairy, beyond tne state zau grounds, and that ha was on his way to work 1b a hurry; .that: he was car rying the rock because f some bad dogs on the place of Mr. T. J. Har per, which he had te pass on tils way to the dairy, the negro's and that he had probably been in some trouble up town, from which fee was running, and he placed him under arrest and suited to the patrol hox with him. having hla hand in the negro's overalls. After walking about twenty ate pa, the negro suddenly at tempted to- Jerk away, grapoed tne THE WEATHER. , - . ,. Washington,. Nov. US. Forecast: v Virginia. North Carolina. South .Caro lina, generally fair Monday, and Tues day; light south winds. Georgia, (air Monday and Tuesday; light east to south winds. East Florida; fair Monday and Tuesday: Lllght to fresh east winds. West Florida and ' Alabama, generally fair Monday and Tuesday; light to fresh south winds. Mississippi, partly cloudy Monday, probably . local showers end somewhat colder in the interior; Tuesday (air, cold er in north portion; light to fresh south winds on the coast. Louisiana, fair in north, local showers In south portion Monday, somewhat cold er; Tuesday fair, light to fresh south winds on the coast. East Texas, fair Monday except show- era and colder-on the east coast; Tues day talr; variable winds. . Tennessee, Kentucky, generally fair Monday and Tuesday, colder Tuesday In west portions. West Virginia, partly cloudy to cloudy Monday, probably local rains; Tuesday generally fair. . aqneeslng the breath out of hla body, . and at the same time dug his teeth into his , cheek. HIT WITH HIS OWN CLUB. "I reached for my club," said Mr Ton. "and as he saw what I was do ing ha grabbed the club too, as I pull - ed it out. and Jerked it out of my fcaad. I waa still holding him by the overalls. I then reached for my ttlstoL but' he had naa around ths waist and around my pistol holster. When I get my pistol out. he Jumped Dack and came down on my neaa with the club. Blinded by blood, ths officer fired. l could not see htm at ail after the slrat shot." said Mr. Yon, "but fired where I thought he waa He ran oft atnd I did not see htm any more. Weak from the lose of blood and . the struggle, the policeman went to nearby store and sent a message be given away by her brother, Mr. F. R. Harris, of Jackson. Ths ushers will be Messrs, H. R. Harris and An drew Jackson Crocker, of Seaboard. Mias Corlnne Wtnfleld, of Washing ton, will prealde at the organ MIsa Harris is a daughter of the lata State Senator W. E. Harris, of Northampton county, and is a mem her of one of Northampton's best families. She la a likable young worn an and numbers her friends by the hundred. "For a number of years she has held a high place in the social life ef Seaboard, and the well wishes of host of friends will go with her to her new home. Mr. Peebles Is one of theVJeadlng plantera of Northampton county and has hundreds of friends In this part of the State. He ia member of one of the most promln ent families in eastern North Care toy 'phone to headquarters and was una. He is a nephew of Judge R. B. Tou uniiiai. . j "- resuiea m wis judicial aisinci. The young people will live on Mr, Peebles' plantation, near Jackson, where Mr. Peebles has an elegant country home. Here they will be at home after December 16th. SEABOARD NEWS NOTES. ar. brother policemen were on the spot and under the direction of Lieutenant Bwearlngea made a search for the ns- cro The vicinity is a busy one by day tut lonesome by night, a region or manufacturing plants and cotton yards, of. trusties and sidewalks and - it waa only after several searches toad been made that the dead body , of Calvin Bowers was found under th Seaboard Air Line trestle, which runs no Lincoln street It was then 2:10 o clock and the negro had been dead some time. He was still clutch ing the policeman's club. Coroner Walker Aaa at once summoned and r negan his investigation. INQUEST HELD AT NOON. The Inquest was held at noon to day at Van Metres undertaking es- tabiishment. The policemen wno naa . erone to the scene, the watchmen in . the vicinity who had heard Ton -call for help and Policeman Ton himself were examined. ur. w. to. iruimer, who made a postmortem examine' tlon. teaUfled that the bullet. S call tre. had entered the negro's breast lust below the left collar bone and had penetrated the lungs, lodging In ths right of the body, near the fifth gib. Thla wound, he said, had pro duced death and any man with sucn - wound could not live more than five or ten minutes, And even then only great excitement could keep him alive ghat long. The Jury viewed the body of, tl.e dead negro. He la atockiiy ouut, - short but powerfully muscular, with magnificently developed arms. Thourh v ti-tir.i nraoir t rtMth Policeman Ton is himself a man of I ?sto wlrUDanocd Herself to Dentil. than average strength and epeciei to Tne uneerver. Renerd - Sales of Peasrats Made Last WeekHigh School Doing Good Work. Special' to The Observer. a Seaboard. Nov. 39. Seaboard Is one of the best peanut markets in North Carolina and every year the sales run away up In the thousands. Last Wed Deadly waa a record-breaker . and more than ,5,000 worth were bought One firm. R. W. Edwarda A Co., bought 1700 worth. Eight car loads were ahlpped away that day. or nearly X.S00 baga Ths crops in this part of the State are good, and the farmers are prosperous. Ths farmers are holding their cotton for a better price. but peanuts, the other money crop, are a good price- and they are being sold oy tne car loaa. The seaboard High School, under the princlpalahlp pt Mr. Horace Stewart is moving along nicely.- Miss Capps, of Point HenVy, and MIsa Winfleld. of Washington are the assistants. The Seaboard ethool Is one, of the newly established high schools and a num ber of oui-of-town pupils are In at tendance. The teachers ars doing most exdbllent work. more weight but of average height the aagro was easily his superior. EXONERATED BT CORONER. - The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the negro was killed by Policeman Yon while in the discharge of his duty. Coroner Walker re- Anderson, S. C, Nov. 2). A case la ldom recorded where one h danced one's self to death, yet such was the fate of Mary Martin, colored, of this city. Last Thursday night. Thanksgiving, her beau called at hef home in the southeastern sec mended Yon to the custody of Chief I tlon f the city and aaked her to ao f Police Cathcart and bound him company him to a dance. She had ver for trial on the charge of mur- bees7 out the night before to a similar oer at tne r-eoruary term or ins uourt festival, and had not turned In until of General Sessions. Ball will be ap- th- wrly hourfc Mary answered the 5!ea xor to-morrow i juus. ,utnmons and was leaving the plasm -a .h... ntiX. iim Z ' J0"1 ber mmn- who vras waiting at iitr it ZtZZZZ at nd fell. Death resulted in a very t5f lMt P ' " was stated that the The tale which the negro told the ,"d had come as the result of over policeman when accosted seems to be exertion. The reaction had eet in true, v Calvin Bowers lived on Wash- and the strain was too much for the system. She died from dancing. The coroner was summoned, but there waa no one te whom blame could be at tached, and he dismissed the case. Death, he said, had come from natural causes? following the night of revelry. fna-ton street, this city, and has a wife ana three small children. He was employed as milker at the Taylor dairy, was due to go to work shortly ly after midnight and he was on the nearest road from bis home to his work when accosted by the policeman. Probably, thinking that he would be neia aa nignt at ine station nonse. and miss his work, and probably then toeing late, the negro made bis deeper m-im cuuii w .... Kja iw mner hand the policeman was undoubtedly discharging, his duty in investigatlna the negro's suspicious actions and In doing so he cams very near losing his own pre. On bis right cheek Mr. Ton bears the deep marke of the negro's teeth, where ha hung on like a bull dog. while he was clinching with the of ficer to keep him from drawing his club or piatok . wver nis right eye, the physician took- eight sUtchea. where the Bgrd with the policeman's own club tried to brain him. " The wonder is that the blows inflicted with the strength which the negro Tossesaed did not render the officer at once insensible. On the contrary it seems probable that the first shot from the officer's pistol hit the negro end caused his death, there being ab other wounda on. hi body, i i -v' .. ... , r.' . x , .... CTjlnamen Held in Detencloas Shed . - .-. Escape .v;:-,-S jiX-f- Fas Francisco. Nov. 21. Twenty ore out of ll Chinese held at the J aclflc Hall pier pending the decision 1 the immigration officers as to hether they are entitled te enter the f r:i,a taW. escaped from the de- .oa shed last midnight Four of - n were recant urd la Chinatown --lay. The Chinese cut the heavy -i ntt!n? over a win low, sawed t'.i t tt iron bars rtd eHd dows r r ; Laft -mbpf four a ""'nr dr""'-H ion sawed r v 7 t i : Jirty th:o' a;'i the roof. Tllley Released on a Peace Bond. . Correspondence of The Observer. Durham. Nov. It. After spending the nlghfvln Jail F. W. Tllley, who wanted Miss Salli Ashley to be his "cook and wrote her a threatening letter when she refused, was released npon a peace bond and made to prom- lae to keep the peace six . months. Tllley doesn't admit that he has sin ned any and tnalsts thafnhe note is a put-up Job. He was arrested yes terday at a com shucking and brought here without changing his working clothea For that reason he couldn't offer any testimony -and was not In much plight for .the defense. , The lawyers are certain' that they - can shew him te e a harmless man, one who really can't write and a great chum of John Ashley,' who- is the father of the girL . He sent (or those cartridges that figured in -the : court by John Ashley, who spent the money and didn't buy. the cartridge But the girl says tie has worried her snd been after her a long time te be his "cook.".-. -,.,"0'-?-''- v S LOCAL OFFICE, U. 8. WEATHER BU REAU. Charlotte, Nov. a Bunrtse 7:11 a. m. sunset 6:12 p. m. TEMPERATURE (In degrees). Highest temperature .. .. Lowest temperature .. .. Mean temperature Exoesa for the day Accumulated excess for month .... Accumulated excess for year PRECIPITATION (In inches). Total lor U boura ending I p. m..... Total for the month l.8 Accumulated deficiency (or month ... 1.06 Total (or the year 1. ...... 60.31 Aocumulated excess (or year t.01 Prevailing wind direction S. W. W. J. BENNETT. Observer. Tl 65 S IT K 1S9 laiiiii HiB BBS FOR SALE 100 Crompton A Knowles box looms. 7 Falea & Jenka Twisters, 114 spindles each; t" ring. 10 Fales .A Jenks Twisters. 180 spindles esch. 2" rlnc. 13 Tompkins Reels, 10 spindles each. 6 Lindsay A Hyde Co. Reels. 60 spindles each. 1 Globe Denn Warper, 2,tM end. 1 Entwistle Ball Warner, too end. 1 complete set of Dye House Ma chinery. Some spools and bobbins. FOUNTAIN INN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ). Fountain Inn, B. C. F. D. K It sure Is a privilege to live, yes,: even to have lived far better . to have lived ' useful to your fellow creatures than not to have lived at all. Be a helper there's a day and place when each of us can help another with his burden. You'll find oppor-l tunlty at band. F. D. A. 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NURSES' REGISTER S5Ea5t Trade St.- - , capital. . .$200,000.00 ; Surplus and ProfltsTlV, . ;.$135l6o0.6o " y- ' V ; ' -. i: neeoiwrs INVITED GEO. E. loiTPre'sident: -: hid. B. HOBS, Vice President. ; t ' '. W.-' 0. WILKINSON, Cashier, BUSINESS LOT We offer for sale a business lot on Tryon street,' near, the centre of Charlotte. Here is a safe invest ment, and it "will be well worth your while to h estigate. Call at office. . ' i Em MurpHy Qo. ' IS N. Tryo Pbooe MX. WOlls Brown, President 9. Vance MoGougan, L. Shaw, f. V, Mo- Canaland, Vice Presidents. SCOmSH FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CHARLOTTE, N. C. SCOTTISH FIRE POLICIES PROTECT. Ask your agent forgone. J. FRANK FLOWERS, Vice Pres. and Mgr., ' 304 North Tryon Street.- Our Motto: "North Carolina for North Carolinians." ' . . : ' ;.r y- American Machine & Mfg. Co. CltARLOTne, N. c Manufacturing Machinists and Founders sssMbMbbbbbVbSNbbIbsbWbMbBsbbbM Ctttoa lotf Cettoi 03 Kaclicery. 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