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$: . CONCERNING MATTERS OF
STATE ANN NATIONAL
MAPrailMU.
Gathered Prut Omr Maay Exchanges
And 61t?H 1B a
- Cendenaed And Interesting
'a. Form.
'-Pitteharg, Pa., Dee. 18?Stockdale
Snyder, aged 28, ot Wilson Station,
near here, was using a oomb made
oi inflammable material while aitting
near a gaa . rate last night when
it oabght Are and communicated the
Ramee to his hair and clothing, barning
hira so severely that !ia died a
few boars later.
J- New Orleaue, Dec. 16?For refuging
te answer questions put up to
him by the Federal Grand Jmy,
which is investigating alleged irregularities
in sugar importations at
tbi6 port, Sidney Salvapt, a sugar
broker, was before Judge Foster today
on a charge of contempt. The
court gave Sal-rant until Monday to
comply with tha demands of the j
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Mobile, Ale. 14?Roe* H. Staplaton,
George Brooke, Robert Rob ,
ertsoo, J. F. Ptomey, Williem B, ,
Gdbh, Jeaee R. Gnan, of Beldwin \
county, Ale., were today ad judged ,
guilty of night riding, by e jury in ,
j. ' 4 f the United Stetae Dietriet Court |
r ViTf' bere. It is elleged tket on March (
28, >?0U, the perty celled et the |
j borne efp. R. Corntteek end wsrn- ]
|v ed him to leave the ceantry within (
| a stipulated time or take the eonee- (
) qneuoee. Eentonee has not been {
pronounced.
Beaufort, 8. C., Dee. IS?Private
Charjea Carroll, aged 24, a marine,
of the Paris Ialand naval elation, was
burned to death whan the town lock-up
and the boa# Mel heoae was destroyed
at Port Royal last bight,
t Carroll.ettlisned at, Dallas, Tezae,
' NovemW' 20 and gave aa next el-1
Stive Mis* Bridge Carrol, Ho. 113b
South' Went street, St. Loais, Mo.
He had been leeked up on a charge
of beinfj disorderly.^ The origin of
the fire ia. not known.
AsbviUe, Den, 18.?Judge Coun .
oil of Cetatrbk county haa completed t
hit w*rk on the emperior court (
bench ia North Carolina. After a |
ten days' aerviae Judge Coancil will, ,
1 , ' witliin'a few days, ba sueaaeded as
V judge of the thirteenth judicial dis- ,
/jPic^ JldfM-elqpt Cliac of Hick
cil JLin Bnncombe an J tho (
mernbrgg of the Aahvills ba^wsociaConcil
a? a judge and the lots tol(|?
State by hie retirement, adopted fit-V
?tuts reeolntions oa the laat day of (
the tertfe for the trial of oiyil cases '
ended, The reeolutiona, while 1
*rW,etfe? Ik in globing terms of I ^
Judge Council's aei viob to the State '
ahd the people while on the benhh. i
New York, Dec? 18?During a ]
straggle-on the Bowery Tor the poe. j
adaaion of a heary revolver, between (
FMiceratn Joeeph MeDoagblin, and
a yonng~man who gave his name as (
Fr^deriok Holmyard, of Winnipeg, ,
Cinada, Holmyard was shot through ,
the head early today and is in a (
ethical condition. Tbs policeman ,
was trying to get the gnn away from (
Holmyard after the latter had fired (
a shot at the offloei for no appareqt ,
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< . Washington, Deo. 17?Preaident
Taft today sent to the Satiate the
nomh*?g? Chaa. A. Oottrill, ^ of J
trill it a nugro and bia appointment j
A protest from Honolulu that a reai- j
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burned ItM yesterdav afternoon and
3ied a few hours later from the injuries.
The little tellow wee left
tleae in s room, and when the mother
returned a few minutes later she
found the child enreloped in flames.
She dashed a banks* of water over
the child and extinguished the blaze
but already practically all of it*
slothing had been Darned from the
body. Idedioal attention waa hurriedly
aeon red, but all the physiciana
could do waa to elevate the suffering
until the end came The interment
took place at Hickory Grove church
west of tke o?ty, this etterneon at
3 o'clock.
A reoant uswa latter from Gas tenia
conveys tome information with regard
to cultivation of long-staple
cntton in that vicinity which is
worth eloas sites tic*. It is estimated
100 bales of this varietr were raised
this aeaaon in Gaston county. One
of these told ressntly, weighed 522
pounds and brought 24 "Bents, making
(12b far the lint; while it yieldad
S3 bushels of seed, part sT which
baa base marketed at ('2 a bushel.
Though, of coarse, the piedmerrt
region is not nearly to well adapted
lor the production of this long (tapis
it are lower lying lends, its cultivb^
Hon deserves careful investigation.
The tact that in the bale just men
tioned the staple measured one and
>V?aa ainKta seesatusaa eknwe (Kaf an
,uiv?-oigiiuj "?viid? ?uu n m i>uai au
txcellent grade csd bo pioducsd.?
Charlotte Observer.
Pittsburg, Dog. 17,?Ten thousand
wsrkmeii, impluT"!?by?the Hwt
>nd iron distriot of this oity, have
U,">arted for their horaoi, or prepardepart.
There is no encourtging
promise of employment should
hey again with to_ return to this
)ity at the beginning of the new
retr. The United States steel ooricSration
has already laid oft~ 46,000
nen throughout the country, and it
s believed that by the first of the
lew year 75,000 will be idle.
When asked for the reason for
this decrease in the employees of the
works, the Pittsburg, managers of
:he companies replied that the oonlitiona
were the result of railroads
withholding orddfc. They hinted to
the railroad offisials that unless
lomething warf-done by congresa in
way of relief, there would be even
greater reduotion and lesa work.
Waahington, Deo. 17.?A epecitl
meeting of the cabinet was called
ly the preaident this afternoon.
Secretary Norton declared that ony
routine' bnsinesa was ^ieeusaed,
the meeting being called to finish
tome of the departments ^matters
hat were left over from yesterday's
lession.
The meeting luted for several
lours, and it iaunderatood that ' the
matter of national defense was tak(Continusd
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FOIL DEED COMMITTED
Negro Montague taught
Terrible Triple Tragedy in Qranvi
Miss Mattie Saunders was
:r Father J. L. Saunders
Irene Overtoi
The House Burned to Hide the
Crime, But a Bloody Teli-Tale
Knife Gives the Clue Leading:
to Arrest oT Nathan Montague.
The Negro First Taken
i to Durham. Being Carried
to State Prison at Raleigh
* Durham, N. C., December 20th?
One ot the most atrocious crimes
in the history of the State was committed
last night near Hester, wheD
a negro, Nathan Montague, criminally
assaulted Miss Saundars, aged
20 years, afterwards- catting har
threat with a large jack knife, killed
her father, Leyton Sanders, and a 2
year eld grandchild, and than placed
the bodies in the honse snd barned
their home. A posse quickly gathered
and a lynching was narrowly
^verted, Sheriff S. M. Wheeler escaping
with the negro and bringing
himhi^thie city, arriving here this
morning at 7 o'clock.
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Mr. Sanders yesterday morning
took his wife to Oxford to visit
friends, returning tixjiis home ho as
His daughter and granddaughter
were also at the killing, as was the
negro who helped in the work.
Shortly after the members of thV
family returned home last night,
the young girl was attacked just outBide
of the house by the negro, and
from the appearanoe of the ground,
the girl put up a hard fight tor her
life. Blood was found all around
the house, and the knife that the '
negro had used during the day waa
found eovdrSd"'with blood. The
bodies of the three wore found '
huddled together in the charred
ruins of the home.
The first alarm given the neigh- |
bora of the awful tragedy wrs when
they saw the house ablaze. They ,
hurried to the scene to assist in extinguishing
the flames, when to their
horror they saw that one of the
darkest crimes in the annals of the
State had been committed. A
posse was soon formed ,and Sheriff
Wheeler waa notified. He hurried
to the home of the negro and found
hire there bathing. He was hustled
into a buggy and brought at break
neok speed to this city for safe keeping.
He is now lodged in jail here.
The negro is about 80 years old.
A large crowd gathered at the
aoena of the triple murder this morning.
Mr. Sanders waa. a man about
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STATE. THE UHIOH.
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IN GRANVILLE COUNTY^
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With the Bloody Proofs
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lie County Near Hester, in Which
Assaulted and Butchered,
; and His Grand-Daughter
ti, -Murdered
60 years old. He was a well-to-do
farmer and the citizens of Granville
county held an indignation meeting
today. .
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Hra. H A. Newell Dead.
On last Saturday night about
nino o'clock the death angel visited
the homo of Dr. H? A. Novell, one
of laiuisburg's most prominent pby-'
sicians, and elaimed for its victim
his beloved wife. She bad bean sick
for only a short while and hsr death
was a shook to the eniire town.
She was twenty-four yesra of age
and was generally considered a
model in yomag womanhood. She 1
poesassed a disposition that was I
worthy of envy from many and her 1
dailv walk in life caused all who <
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came in contaot with ber tojlove bar. 1
She was married to Dr. H. A. Newell
about two years ago and in her I
death is the breaking-ap of a moat
beautiful home. She was formerly I
Miae Janet Hayes,and waa the grand- 1
daughter of Major William Eaton, *
one of the moat prominent families 1
in the county. -Beaidea a hoaband
aha leftTW-a mother, thrae sisters, a
brother and a host of relatives and
friends. Her remains were laid to
rest at (he old Newell burying
ground near Mapleville on Sunday
Rfternoon and thefu.isral waa held
from Mtqile Springs Baptist church
and conditated by Rev. G. M. Duke,
the services at both places
both places being attended by an
exceedingly large number of friends
and relatives who had gathered to
pay their last sad tribute to the de- I
ceased. The pallbearers were J. H. '
Best, N. M. I'erry, Hugh Perry^-Jvy.
Allen. G. L, Aycocke, S. P. Boddie. ]
The floral tribute was indeed i
beautiful, but only spoke in a 'small i
measure the es teem in which she
was held by baa.many friends. ,
We jein the entire community in 1
axtefidihg the keenest sympathies <
to the deoeased husband and rela- ]
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Meeting Called Off
The regular meeting of the Farm- 1
ers Union At Monlton for the fourth
Saturday"nigjit in December has '
been called off on account of the '
holidays and the next meeting will
be on Saturday before the second
Sunday in January, at 2 o'clock, p.
m., at which meeting th?re will be a I
special speaker present! to address i
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the Union. All members are urged j
to be present st this meeting and
jre invited to bring with them their
wives and daughters for the purpose
of joining.
Schools Take Holiday
The college closed on Tuesday
evening and will open again en c
Tuesday, January 3rd. Many of j
the girls went to their respective
homes to spend Christmas.
The Graded School closed on 1
Wednesday evening,and will reopen 1
on Tuesday, January 3rd, te observe
the holidays. . '
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Beautiful Marriage. '
There was a beautiful home mar-,
nage-at the residence of Mr. S. B. 8
Mash, Wednesday morning at 10:30 (
O'clock when the lovely and aooom- '
plisbed Miss Mattie Belle Nseh became
the bride of Dr. David Liyles, I
a prominent young physician of e
Rook Hill, South Caroling. The d
bride was lastlully attired in a
trayeling suit of bins cloth' whieh
accorded well with the lovely parlor j
decorations of ferns, holly, marriage ^
ircb, wedding belli <ko. The ^
aioiner oi tils groom and Misa Ora
W. Lemmond, of Rock Hill, S. C.,
m beat man and maid of honor,
with a few friends filled the parlor
is Rev.R.W.Bailey,using the beaoti- fi
fel ring service of the Methodist h
Church, said the word that made I
them husband and wife. p
May heavens ridlest blessings at- it
lend tlm liappy couple. a
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Changes.
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From what we can learn the fol- j,
lowing changes of location will take
place on Jannary 1st, 1911.
W. E. White has purchased the
L. P. Hicks building now occupied '
by J. W. Hollingsworth, and will *
more his fnrmterg business there; e
J. W. Hollingswortii will move '
his fnrnituae business to the Clifton '
jorner after January lit.
T. T. Terrell has purchased the ^
f urgnrRon Bros, building on Main g
itreet and wiil move in same the
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iew year.
Dr. A. H. Fleming has leased the t(
oom occupied by Alston <fc Yarboro,
isrbera, in the hotel building and
sill fit np an up-to-date dental paror
therein. tl
Alston <fc Yarboro, barbers, will
xseopy the room undor the Clifton y
sorner, now occupied by K. A. Per- p
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K. A. Perry?will move his near n
>a?r saloon to the Harry Dnnstoo e
juilding on River street. n
It is rumored that E. 3. Ford will 9
conoy the rooms now occupied by v
W. E. White Furniture Co., and will
It up a nioe buggy and vehiale ot
store therein. , al
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UBSCR1PTI0N *1.00 PBR YEAR
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rwt W8Y1WC PEOPLE
THEIR MOVEMENTS IN AND
OUT OF TOWN.
Those Who Have Visited Louisburg
the Past Week?Those
Who Have Gone Elsewhere
for Business or Pleasure
Mr. S. A. Newell, of "Wilhametoa,
vaa'in town the paet week.
J. W. Hight, of Robersonville,
fu in town the put week.
Capt.4'. G. Alston returned Tuesa
visit to Norfolk.
.VMra Mattie Nash returned
j^me from Sdnth" Carolina the past
MJu Ore LemonJ, of Rock Hill,
S^^^visited'at Mr. S. B. Nash's the
fast week.
Messrs. J. E. Thomas, J. H. Peren
and T. G. Boddie spent Sunday
it Norfolk;
Mr. O. R. Smith, of .Henderson,
vas a pleasant caller at the TiWas
rffice Tuesday.
Messrs. Frank and Edward Alton
are visiting their sister, Mrs. VV.
I. Pleasants.
Mrs. Clarence Strmpson left ths
tast week to spend Xraan with her
leople at Statesville.
Miss Ernestine Hayes, who has
leen teaching near Asheville, reamed
home Monday.
Mrs. Priestly Mangum and little
laughter, of "Wake Forest, visited
ter people here the past week.
MiBs Nonie Ayoocke attended the
narriage of her brother, Mr. E. D.
kjcocke, at Rowland last week. $
Mrs. Lacy Early and daaghler,
lluth and Mias Sallie Pleasants, reurned
this week from a visit-to their ,-tx \
nster at Aberdeeti^T - 1 -\'
Walter Wsddel!, ivho is attending -A.
ichool at Mara Mill, returned home
me day last week to spend tlis
Christmas holidays.
Mr. and Mrs, Wm. Bailey went ts
taleigh Monday to attend the funral
of Mrs. Dr. A. B. Hawkins whs
ied in that city on Sunday.
Among the Movers
Mr. J. H. Johnston has moved his
imily to the residence near the
Iraded School recently occupied by
fr. Gontber, and Mr. Gunther" has
sturneS to his hems in Maryland.
Lion, por uurnamHer.
A. J. Parker and hie good
amily left here on Saturday lost for
is new charge at West Durham.
'or the past year he has filled tha
osition of Financial Agent for l.oaiburg
Female College and haa dona ?great
wotk for the inatuution. Ha
i a zealous worker and he and hit
amily made many friends here who
rish for them much success in their
iome.
Came Near Being Serious
In walking down Main street
Jonday afternoon a college girl, by
topping upon a piece of orange
r banana peel, had a very severe
all on the pavement. Several who
rere standing near rushed to her
d assisted her in rising, after
rhioh it was seen that the fall was
iainfal if not serious. People, in
ating such things, should., be more
areful and throw the peeling in the,
treets as they are very dangerous
o step on.
Holden?Winston
We acknowledge the recent of
tie following invitation: J;
''Mr. and Mrs. Janadus Calvin
Vinston, request the honor of your
resence at the marriage of their
anghter, Martha Edith, to Mr. Sid- ey
Cleveland Holden, Tuesday ev- __ .
ning, December the twenty-seventh
ineteeo hundred aodten, at eight
'olook, Chrietian Church, Youngs-.
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Enclosed with the invitations were
trds reading as follows: "At Home
iter January third, Louisburg, N C.