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Largest Number of Cases on
the Docket for the Past
. Several Years.
THREE MURDER CASES;
ONE CRIMINAL ASSAULT
weeks ago. According to the evidence Hunting and Driving club, who was
brought out at the preliminary hear- bound over to Superior court several
ing before Magistrate B. L. Lyda, weeks ago by Magistrate E. B. At-,
the baby was born about January 28,jkinson under a 700 bond, is on the,
at night, in the yard of the home ofidoeket.
the girls' parents in the Fairview sec- Eleanor Young, colored, charged
tion and the young mother took the; with arson will be tried at this term
infant to a nearbv laurel thicket and i of court. She is charged with at
threw it down. Hearing cries the j tempting to burn a house on Church
r,,nthpr ami si-tor nf. thr Cn rver trlrl I street, in which she was living, sev-
' searched and found the baby, but Itjeral weeks ago. Louise Redman, coV
lived only a short time afterwards. ored, charged with selling cocaine,
Judge T. A. Jones has been engaged ! la the only case or tnat nature on tne
to denfend the girt at her trial at"0Rket-
this term of court I Tne case &&&nst Gorman A. Dixon
Another murder case is that of!'h was ?lven a preliminary hearing
Willie Johnson, colored. aged 14, j'" P court last week on charges
charged with killing Hazel Campbell, : ot embezzling about $1,000 In goods
a colored boy his age. at the stable of;0" and other articles of value
Wiw r Rrrmrn rm Sm.th Tvinfftnn ' from the wholesale house of T. C.
Mnun, will uuuio up lur umi at una
term of court. Dixon was held to
Superior court under a bond
Seven Defendants Charged With House
and Storebreaking Two for
Highway Kobbery.
avenue several weeks ago. Johnson
claimed that he was playing with a
nistnl whfn it wnn flisnhnrprrl and
Intr rti.Ml nt tfio Missinn hnsnitnT. :
TV.O nnlv ' nrlmlnol xeonnlt fa n to ! SeCOnd term Of COUrt
that' of John W. Whiteside, colored, !'-aspa. since he assumed his office on
whn is iwi.d tn hnvo nm!t;Pll Jannry H "a een very busy
BURNED
AND KILLED TWO
Undentified Persons at Hender
son Killed Two Negroes;
Wounded Two Others.
This will be Solicitor J. E.
Henderson, Jtfarch 13. Two ne
groes, a woman and a ch!!d were kill-
of ed and two others were probably fat
ally wounded in a battle with uniden-
Swaln's tified persons who set fire to the home
for criminal
Superior court for the trial
criminal cases will convene here
of
to
criminal assault on a colored girl In
the Fairview section about one year
ago. Whiteside escaped at the time
and was only captured a few days
Sheriff 11. C.
succeeded in ar-
,ago, when Deputy
during the past few days preparing
the docket and arranging the cases
and stated today that he ' would be
ready in nearly all of the cases when
i court convened here next Monday.
on i Cooper of Fairview
next Monday for a term of two weeks j resting the negro. He is now in Jail
with Judge James L. Webb of Shelby
presiding and Solicitor J. E. Swain
prosecuting the docket.
" The docket contains a total of 143
cases; 67 of which are appeals from
the- Police court; 42 old cases that
Were continued for various reasons
without bond
Another murder case that wlil
come up at this term of court Is the
case against Volery Reed of Black
Mountain, charged with the murder
of Way man Johnson, colored, at a
lumber plant near that town several
weeks ago. Reed was given a prelim-
TROUBLES OF THE DM
18 IE POLICE GOURT
from the last term of criminal courtlinary hearing here and allowed bail
for criminal cases and 34 new cases! in the sum of. $2,500, which he made,
from the various courts of the mag-In. a. Sharn of Black Mountain was
istrates of the county. arrested sometime later charged-wlth
In this large number there are i being an accessory to the murder and
three murder cases, Jessie May Carv- was also held for Superior court, nt
er, the young Fairview girl charged, a preliminary hearing before Magis
with killing her newborn inrant; I trate T. F. Hunter.
Valcry Iteed of Black Mountain andj a larger number of defendants
Willie Johnson, the young negro boy j charged with house and storebreak
charged with killing Hazel Camp-ling are on the docket for the ap
bell, another negro boy. One case of, preaching term of court than for any
criminal assault is on ' the docket, other term for the past several vears.
John W. Whiteside, colored, of the j there being a total of seven defend
Fairview section being charged with: ants who will have to answer such
this crime. charges. They are as follows: John
- The other cases are divided as fol- Ramsey charged with breaking In the
lows: larceny 18; assault 7; retailing! uptown office of the Southern Ex
1C; abandonment 3; disorderly con-1 press company; Stokes McCrary
duct 18; assault with a deadly weap- charged with breaking tn the resi
on 16; keeping liquor on hand for ttence of Miss Glillam in Grove park:
sale 5; violating! city ordinance 2; Jerome Roberts charged with enter,
embezzlement 4; perjury 1: forgery 2; ing a store near Smith's bridge;
non-support 2; vagrancy 3; drunken- (Jeorge Aiken for storebreaking;
ness 4; disturbing public worship 2; Robert Williams charged with enter
affray 2; gambling 1; 'false pretense Ing the home of Representative Har-
The following ca?es were called in
Police court yesterday:
Zllla Taylor, colored, on a charge
of disorderly conduct, drew a fine of
$5 and costs with appeal bond fled at
ft Oft.
Alice Webb, colored, was found not
guilty on a disorderly conduct charge.
Mildred Taylor, colored, faced a
chargo of the larceny of a watch and
continued prayer for Judgment until
March 26, waa given.
Bertha Watts, colored, on a charge
of larceny, continued prayer for Judg
mont until March 19.
i). M. McAllister paid the costs in
an assault case and continued prayer
for judgment until June 1.
The case of J. It. Davis, charged
with maintaining a sanitary nuisance,
was continued until March 13.
Frank Fellow, charged with violat
ing the city peddler laws, was taxed
with half the costs of the case.
'of the negroes and then fired into it
The dead are Mrs. Joe Ferry and her
Infant. The wounded are Joe Perry
and his brother John.
According to meager reports of the
affair received by Sheriff Royster, the
Perry home was fired shortly before
dawn. The occupants were awakened
when several shots were fired Into the
house. Perry and his brother got
rifles and returned the fire. The were
so seriously wounded that they could
not rescue the bodies of the woman
and child and they were cremated in
the burning building.
Sheriff Royster and a posse of depu
ties have left here for the scene. The
wounded negroeos were brought here
yesterday.
ASHEVILLE HIGH TO
PUT MAES Hill It!
4; Interfering with an officer Z; car
rying concealed weapons 6 and beat
ing board-. fill 2.
There is one case of highway rob
bery, Jeter Crompton and T. C. Iove
ry Settles on the Hendersonvllle
road: Walter Drymer charged with
breaking into a store owned by H.
J. Olive In the west end section;
Paul Thompson arrested in the store
having been arrested by the police of J. 8. Foster in the denot section.
several weeks ago on charges of: All of these men were given prelim-
holding up and robbing a man and
woman near "mud cut." Probable
cause was found In the cases and the
teen were held to Superior court.
The case that has attracted the
greatest attention, perhaps, is that
gainst Jele May Carver, the young
Fairview girl, who is charged with
killing her newborn Infant several
Inary hearings and held for Superior
court.
Two eases against C. C. Willis, In
which he Is charged with usury are
on the present docket, although It l
not known whether they will be tak
en up at this term. The case of W.
Clyde Smith, charged with running a
gambling house at the Swannnnoa
RUSSIAN FLEET TO flTIK
FORTS OH THE BOSPHORUS
London, March 13. lit Is learned
through diplomatic sources that the
Russian Black sea fleet Is expected
to start bombardment of the Bospho.
rus fortifications and to actively co
operate with the allied fleet which Is
attempting to force it- way to Con
stantlnople through the Dardanelles
from the south.
SERB IANS OPERATING CZAR'S GIFT GUNS.
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Russia, as Serbia's "big brother," has come to her aid In the European war. The Czar of Russia hai
shipped hundreds of machine guns and quick flrers and several batteries of field" artillery to the Serbian
troops. The photograph shows Serbian gunners training their pieces on the Austrian trenches.
It is significant that on receipt of these supplies and munitions of war from Russia, and other material
from England, the Serbs turned against the invading Austrians and hurled them back across the border.
The Asheville High school baseball
team will travel to Mars Hill this af
ternoon to enrage the pastim
era of that institution in. the opening
game of the Beason. The local squad
has been practicing for the past
three weeks and claim to have one
of the very best aggregations of ball
tossers together that has 'represented
the High school in a number of years.
The men trying out for the team this
year formed a pretty big squad and
several cuts had to be made In the
number of candidates for places be
fore the mont likely material was
discovered. The men taking the trip
to Mars Hill will be Roberts, catcher;
Allison and Morris, pitchers; C. Par-
ham, secd base; R. Parham, left
field; W. Adams first base; M.
Brown, third base; H. West, short
stop; Benson, center field and S.
Brown, right field. Carl Brown, Ren
ter Walton and Raleigh Allen will he
substitutes for the Asheville team.
North Carolina negro tailors' asso
ciation, Is In receipt of a letter from
the president of the association, In
forming him that plans have been
perfected for the meeting of the asso
ciation in Asheville in July. R. L.
Brandon of Savannah, will deliver
the opening address.
CARGO FOR PRIZE COURT
Negro Tailors to Meet In AshevUle.
M. Kye Tyson, of Greensboro, tem
porary secretary and treasurer of the
London, March 12. The American
steamer Antilla from New York, Feb
ruary 9, for Malmo and Copenhagen,
Is now at Dundee discharging that
part of her cargo, which is to go be
fore the British prize ourt. The An
tilla came Into Kirkwall February 26
and was detained. She reached Dun
dee March 10.
Graphite Questionable
New York, March 12. A consign
ment of 50 tons of graphite is the por
tion of the Antilla's cargo questioned,
according to Phelps Brothers & Co.,
who loaded the vessel here.
Let V Know Your Wants. Phone 209
GREAT BRITAIN AOOS TO
CONTIIItBRIIID OF WAR LIST
London, March 13. Great Britain
has added the following articles to the
contraband list:
Wool, woolen and worsted yarns,
woolen tops, oils, tin, tin ore, tin chlo
ride, castor oil, paraflne wax, Iodine,
lubricants, hides and all leathers suit
able for military equipment, ammonia
and salts, urea, aniline and aniline
compounds.
Federals Reach Fayetteville.
report from their homes, lnclnflial
George Suggs, of Kinston,
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tt JAPAN CHANGES ATTITUDE.
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H Pekin, China, March 1J.-JM
? pan has definitely modified her
t attitude toward China In (Mi-1
it nection with her demands pr-
t sented after the occupation by 1
t Japan of the German concesiloii I
! of Kaio Chow. '
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Special to The Gazette-News.
Fayetteville, March 13. Dtto
Knabe and the main body of his Bal
timore Federal .league ball players
arrived here on the Palmetto limited
Thursday to go into spring training
for the Federal league season. Among
the players, who numbered 14, are:
"Chief" Bender, , formerly of the
Philadelphia Athletics; "Mike" Dun
can, Carolina's old star outfielder;
Frank Smith, who pitched for Ral
eigh In the days of the Virginia-Carolina
league, and Jack Qulnn, who got
his start with Richmond In the Vir
ginia league. Seven other men will
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