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THE LENOIR TOPIC. . f . SCOTT, Jr., Editor and PnMer, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1885. Entered at the Post-office at Lenoir as second-class matter. Subscription price, $1.00. , 53pAdvertising rates reasonable. jgp-All bills for advertising pay able weekly. j ' ' f3F"l 776 copies mailed July 15. ' There is no community thor oughlybad ; there must needs be, uin every civilized ''settlement," some "salt" left. Some are worse,. than others, however, borhoods where In those neigh illicit distilling thrives the consequent disregard of law and the ills resulting from the liquor, breed bad results and the tendency is to lower the standard of morality. Good .people and good , citizens protest and fight against this evil and recognize the injury done not only to them and their surroundings but also to the reputa tion of the locality in which they live. If blockaders are settled in a rough country difficult of access and ob tain control of public sentiment, they succeed in brow-beating all op- , posers and end either in driving them out or whipping them in to acquiescence in their lawless practi ces. Just in this condition are parts of, the Brushy Mountains which run V through Caldwell, Alexander and Wilkes. "We have charged that many of the poor; devils drawn up ' as witnesses against notable blocka ders are afraid to swear the truth against them. Of course itiff"fcrue. i It is a commonj and well known scandal. In the examinations here in Lenoir the trepidation of witness es has been observed over and over again and the fact that they stand up and commit perjury in the Fed eral Courts is a fact not to be con troverted. It is the foulest kind of intimidation which places its vie- i time not in corporeal bondage but ' enslaves the sonl and mind. Men -J? who can run informers out of the ,country by burning their houses and " . shooting at them are not above com pelling poor ignorant dependents who are under their thumbs to swear lies in their behalf. These bad cit izens seem to entertain a belief that . a false statement Jin a Federal Court ; is not perjury y but a man who is capable of swearing a lie in one in stance will not scruple to do it in . another- if it serves his purpose. This kind of lawlessness multiplies --all other kinds. In a portion of f Alexander county which is beset in ,.,this way these blockaders could not brook the restraints of the State Court and rescued one of their nu m- ;"ber who was confined in jail. The efforts' of the revenue officers to r break up the illicit whiskey business and of the Alexander county offi '" cials to arrest the- participants in the jail-breaking seems to have stirred up the animals, will be able to They think they bluster themselves through. This semi-threat that was " sent to the editor of The Topic f 'would be amusing if it did not in dicate a belief on the part of these men that the methods which crushed out Clippard will have the same ef fect when used io intimidate the : 'law,. . They must go and go quickly. . . We, suppose that the Alexander county officers are not relaxing their Efforts to capture the men who broke into the jail. If j they become luke ' .warm in this matter they will hear . from the law abiding citizens of this section. The Topic is informed that Marley has gone to Kentucky. It may or may not be so. There is . a well-known trail used by criminals ; from these mountain counties to Pike county in that State and he ; may have gone there. The honor of the county of Alexander ; demands .his Arrest and, if the commissioners i.will offer $150 reward for him, we will produce a man who will go after him and bring him home. .' The Ashevflle Citizen says that no blame attaches to the officers of the jail for the escape of Bay and . Anderson. Thai is an open - ques tion. The first thing said by every man upon Hearing of the escape, was "just as I expected." The papers hall forewarned . the authorities in charge of the prisoners, ; over a mtnth ago, that there was danger of a rescue. The Topic printed such a! warning five ' weeks ago. In the face of all these , facts and of . the natural apprehension ' which the jailer and sheriff should have felt themselves; a 'strong guard would (tiaye been the proper thing. We do iibi know who is to blame nor, if anybody is to blame, what they are t$nsnrable for, but, looking straight ahead of us in j the old-fashioned way, we seehat thre is something Cof gear. . ; :, ; ' ESCAPE OF RAY AX D AKDEBSOM." Condsnsed Account of Their Daring Advsi- tsri tok:3 tSj- kSrCjSzrt : as i Tric:si. v; : p j ; , J : ; i At '9 ofefock on Monday eVehing of lasj jtrheiljewa8 thrown info a4 state df intense excitement by the ringing of the fire-bell and the circulated report that Sheriff Rich had been killed and five murderers escaped from the jail. A crowd quickly gathered at the jail located, in theJtottom 200 yards East of the Court house and found, that the 1 prisoners had escaped but; that the sheriff was not dead but tied,i hand and ioot,u and gagged in the jaij.?ff He and the Jailer, who was in alike predicament were re leased and immediately, organized a pursuing party composed in part of the military company but with no success up to last accounts. After geting through the wall llay and Anderson and all the parties es-, caped from town being fully armed and shot at, several persons whom they met on the way. Lambert, their fellow prisoner who did not escape and who was within 3 feet of them when they got through the wall, says that he saw , the pistols passed through the window to tbem Saturday night and that on, the night of the escape 15 men were on the outside and a negro man passed the axe through. h i , The Citizen says that three of Rays brothers two of them being from Texas were known to bo in town Monday evening and that a squad of six or eight Mitchell men came in the same evening. The Tribune says there is great excite ment in the town and that public sentiment is somewhat divided, a few being in sympathy with Ray and Anderson. f I The Governor has offered a reward of $400 each for the recapture of Ray and Anderson.! ( THE JAILER'S ACCOUNT. About 9 o'clock it night I accom panied Sheriff Rich in his accus tomed visit to thef cage in which were confined Ray, Anderson. Sluder, York, Calloway, Hensley and Hen son, all charged with murder. I unlocked the door of the cage, and Sheriff Rich went jin. I then man ipulated the lever, which opens the doors of cells leading into the main room of the cage. Sheriff Rich was in the main room, jexamining abun ble of newspapers, which certain friends had sent tc Ray and Ander son. When the doors of the cages were Opened, Anderson and one or two others came out to j the main room, and stepped toward Sheriff Rich. I was holding the lever with my left hand and leaning consider ably to the right, looking into the cage to see what the Sheriff was do ing. Suddenly Ray stepped from the cell nearest thfe main door, and before I knew what he was about, a pistol was gleaming right before my eyes, and so close as almost to touch my face. At the same instant I saw Calloway bring a pistol to bear on the Sheriff, and Ray said to me, "if you move I will kill yon' I asked him not to kill tn6, and he replied, "I will not kill you if you don't move." Immediately I saw some ne run his hand through the lever back of the cage and slide the lower bolt that secures the main door, and then run his hand through to the upper bolt and slide it I had re moved the hasp! of the lock , that secures the bolt, and held it and the bunch of keys in my hand. When the bolts were elided back, the jdoor immediately opened and Anderson came out with a pistol in his hand, and demanded my pistol. I started to get it from myj hip pocket, and Anderson seized it, and jerking it out with considerable force tore my pocket. Anderson then seized the keys and ran down the steps to the main door leading to the room in which are both the cages. I was seized by two or three, and dragged into the cage and tied. Sheriff Rich, in the meantime bad been tied, and a towel fastened jover his mouth. We were both tied to bunks in dif ferent cells at the far end of the cage. The prisoners then all went out and down to the lower floor. Two of the prisoners, Ray -and An derson, I think,r had gone down while the others Were securing the Sheriff and myself, and besran cut- Jing through the wall with an axe. 1 am sure the whole proceeding from the time it began until the escape was effected, did not last over three minutes. Everything ; seemed ti to have been prearranged, and moved with remarkable' precision: ;i Every man seemed to understand his busi ness, and did it with lightning-like rapidity. -This is all I know; about it from my personal knowledge. Henderson was asked his opinion as to means by which the prisoners came into possession of the pistols. He replied that they were evidently conveyed to thenf by means of long poles of some kind, poked through the windows of the jail, looking in to the cage room. This, j as he ex plained at' the time could ; have been done very easily by friends on the outside. ' !:H z.1-; !-J- a child's presence of mind.1' When Anderson seized the keys from the jailor and ran down to th,e main door, referred to in Mr. . Hen derson's account of the affair, it was evidently his purpose, to escape by that means. Nothing, having been said during the progress of .affairs up stairs that could have been heard by any one below he evidently in tended to pass the keys through, as the door could not be unlocked: f roni the inside, and, have some one of the i 'ail, employes to open it by making lim believe it was Henderson who requested it. , . The jailor's little boy was at the door, and, when Anderson handed him the keys wfth the re quest to open the door he (the boy) became suspicious that , there was something, r wrong , and seizing' the kevs ran with them to his mother. She ran to the door leading to the passage into which opens themain door and while in the act of closing it Anderson said to her : "If you do not unlock this door we will kill Dan." fmerainer her husband. ) She ! closed the door, however, notwith ""standing the threat, and running 6ut to the gate, opening in the plans inclosnre around the jail gave the alarm. This was the first alarm given. Soon quite a large crowd as- semoieu, out ioo late to uoanyiuiug towards preventing the escape. , , prisoner lambeut's story. Jack Lambert, from Jackson coun ty, who is under sentence of death having been convicted ; of murder at the late term' of Swain Superior court, was confined in the lower storv of , the cage, next to the side through which the prisoners forced their exit. He was all the while within three or four feet of the par ties, who were using the axe in mak ing the opening in the wall. He told substantially the following : j When Anderson failed ; to get through the main door, he ran to the window , by which the opening was made in the wall. Some one on the outside handed himj an axe through the window. Two pistols were handed in at the same time. 1 am positive oi this, because i was watching everything with the clos est attention, deeply interested to know if some ; provision would not be made for my escape with the rest. Anderson used the axe vigorously for about a minute, when the lower sash fell out. Ho picked up the sash and carried it away a few j feet and sat it down. Ray, as soon as An derson picked up the sash, seized the axe and plied it with all his might for about a minute. 1 saw distinct ly that some one on the outside was using an axe to a good purpose. (It it thought that .Lambert is mistaken in this, as all who have examined the opening, concur in the opinion that all the work was done on the inside). Several times while Ray was using the axe, Anderson ran to the window on the opposite side of the room and waved a lantern back and forth two or three times. Fi nally when Ray had completed the opening, Anderson ran to the win dow where the lantern was sitting, and seizing the lantern motioned it up and down perpend icularly three or four times very rapidly,1 and then dashed it to the floor. Uomg back to the hole by the window he said to Kay, "go ahead. Kay then began crawling through the hole, and when he had gotten about half his body through, he seemed to be able to proceed no further. Anderson siez ed his feet and pushed him with all his might. Kay was soon out and Anderson followed at once, and went through without difficulty. By that time Ualloway, York and Slu- derwere at the hole and Calloway . began to crawl through the hole. He met the same difficulty when about half the way through that Ray had encountered. York orSlu der assisted him, as Anderson had assisted Ray, and he was j soon out. Five had now made their way out and of course I saw no more of them. ,: Lambert was asked j what he thought Anderson meant by waving the lantern as he had described bis doing. He replied that he acted in his opinion as if he were signalling to some one on the outside. The Boone Normal. ; Boone, N. C, June 17. . To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: V The Normal is increasing every day, numbering at present about 150. Every one appears to be per fectly satisfied with the school. It is in every particular a grand suc cess. I do not believe a school in the State has a more able faculty. It is to be regretted, that so few teachers are in attendance from Caldwell, only 11 being present. Two debating societies with Mr. Anson Howell as President, have been organized, one to meet on Mon day evenings, the other on Thursday evenings. Also an entnrtainment, gotten up by those attending the JVormal is given at the courthouse Thursday night of each week. ? At the first entertainment given recitations and select reading was rendered by Misses McDowoll, Moore and Jurney ; also by Misses Grace Dewey and Alice Lovill in a manner which created great applause. Hon. R.' Z. Linney was then called upon to deliyer an address to the large audience but excused himself in a few appropriate remarks. - Captain Duckett will deliver an address be fore the close of the school. It is also expected several other distin guished speakers will be here. Some excitement was prevalent in town on Wednesday evening when Mr. John Morphew ajrived and brought the startling news that Ray and ' Anderson; had . been released from jail by their friends. J-1 , Dr. J. B. Councill, who, by the way, is one among the best and most popular physicians in Western NV C., Bays there is not much sickness in the county. I ," It appears rather strange to one coming "from the other side of the mountains" tn i ... - ',r"v"4" m this section are lust now beirin- ning to harvest their wheat and rye. 11. Letter from Plsetop. 1 PiKETOP. N. O.J July Ifi. . To the Editor f TJie Lenoir Topic : i We are having very warm weather here now. , fThe prospects at present for good crops are excellent. We are having much sickness here now. , Nelia Watson. damrhf Ai" f Tfcao and Susan, Watsen, died near Pine- xop,; July U, 1889.: . ! f , A- f Also died on th 1 fW A Jrsv8. .Wellborn, wife of. Johnson ncuuorn, aii ner nome near Stoney Fork. EeubexG. Geebb, STATE TOPICS. H. J. Wolfe, Register of Deeds uf Union .county, d;ed at Piedmont" Springs last week. " . t The encampment of North , Carcv lina State Troops at Asheille, to couunue ly aaysr Defius today. rr, If that story about Ray and An derson stealing Senator Vance and .holding him as a hostage were true, . we would be, obliged to give ransom 'forhini r 5-x ' v- '-J: There is a little pull between Sen ator Vance and Congressman John ston over the Asheville postoffiee. each one desiring to name the new man. As it is a sort of deadlock the Administration allows the Radi cal incumbent to hold - over until they ian compromise 011 a man who will please all parties. j " ;, Mr. G: W. Williams, a Republican general ganger and surveyor at Asheville, was led by some practical joker to believe that he had been re-appointed by Collector Dowd. lie reported the fact to the Citizen and said he was "much surprised," and so was the Citizen, poor soul ; but it may rejoice, for Williams has not been re-appointed. - Rev. Dr. J. A. Lefevre, pastor of Franklin square Presbyterian church Baltimore, was electea President of Davidson College recently and ac cepted. His church declined to re ceive his resignation as pastor and appealed to the Presbytery of Mary land which sustained the church. So Dr. Lefevre is forced to decline the Presidency of Davidson and a new man has to be selected. We are sorry to learn of the sud den death in Lew .York, of Col. Isaac J. Young, of Hendereon. He had gone on to purchase furniture for his new house. He was attacked with apoplexy at "the Sturtevant House at supjier, and died in a few hours. He was a native of Gran ville, a gallant Confederate soldier being complimented on the i field of battle at Seven Pines by Gen. Lee, it is said and a prominent Repub lican. He was Collector of the 4f h Internal Revenue District for 16 years. ' timelyTopics. : The printing establishment of the Washington Pout and several '"other papers was burned on the ICth. Loss $150,000. i Russia is making demonstrations towards Herat and the news now is that she will demand possession of that fortress. In that event the war-cloud begins to rise again. Zachariah P. Ilalpin has been ap pointed postal note agent in New York at an annual salary of 2,500 per annum. The appointment is said to have been made at the re quest of the President. The Republioan State Convention closed in Richmond on Friday after nominating John S. Wise for Gov ernor and a full State" ticket. IMa hone bossed the whole concern, though Riddleberger, at the head of about a third of the convention, kicked. When he found it was use less to fight the "Boss" he and Ma hone publicly embraced and kisse.l each other on the stage of the the atre. On the second of April, Howard Cooper, a negro, outraged a Miss Gray in Baltimore county, Md. He was arrested, tried, convicted and sentenced. An appeal was taken to the Supreme Court of the State which affirmed the decision of the court below. An appeal was then taken to the Supreme Court of the United State?. The incensed neigh bors of Miss Gray felt that the mat ter had been : delayed long enough and, on the i night of the 12th, a band of masked men took Cooper from jail at Towsenton and hung him to a sycamore tree in the jail yard. Their action is not condemn ed in Baltimore. Pleasut Words ibout I3r. Jones. BUteavllle Landmark. The Washington Post thus takes note of the appointment of Mr. Ed mund Jones, of Caldwell, as chief of division in the customs bureau of the Treasury Department : Col. Edmund Jones, a well-known lawyer of western Noith Carolina, on Saturday last was appointed a chief of division in the customs bureau. Senator Ransom called up on the, Secretary of the Treasury and secured the appointment. Sen ator Vance : had also recommended Col, Jones and had written to Sena tor Ransom in his behalf. Col. J ones is a personal friend of both Senators, and as a member of the General Assembly of North Carolina has supported each of them for the 'United States Senate. It is an ex cellent appointment. " Mr. Jones is one of the best and truest men in all North Carolina. He has all his days" been an earnest, working Democrat, and deserved re cognition at the hands of his party. We congratulate him upon the hon or wnich naa been done mm, and: take occasion to add that the gov ernment will have in him an honest ; and capable servant ? ; ' - Persons holding claims against the ; town for work, lumber or material, : for which script has not yet been is sued will present the same ; before: Ang. 1st, '85 or become void.: i ; , J..M. Bpainhoub, Treas. - 1 For all . kinds of : tin ware, and iheap call at Harper & Bernhardt's. A car load 'Of saU cheaper than ever, at . Harper a isernnarars. Wanted To sell 130,000 worth o Furniture within the next ten days. For bargains call on v. v. iirvin, ijenoir, jm. u. Letter from Wilkesboro.i Wilkesbor6,N. C., July 17. To the Editor of The Lenoir Topic: It may interest some of your read ers to hear I from "the State of Wilkes so I will give you a few itemFof news. . T I There is a better prospect for a big corn crop than has been for many years ;.in this county. Fruit trees are very irnitful, apples abun vdant and peaches superabundant. Our people are about to change . their minds, in resrard to railroad matters. Those men who, hereto fore, have beeu raost friendly to the A. 1.. & U. extension, having be- icorae UishearJened and disgnsted at the diUii-dallmnti style of the Char- llotte, Columbia & Augusta Co., and Ithe manifest opposition of their bosses (the It. & U. syndicate) to' our roan, are now turning Humi- atten tion to the C. F. & Y. V. Co.. and are writinsr letters to Julius A. Gray and his colleagues, inviting them to visit our beautiful valley, and see for themselves how much to their advantage it would be to extend their road to this point at the earli est opportunitv. It is now thought that the sub scription which the county voted to aid in the extension of the A. T. & 0. road, will be transferred as soon as practicable, to aid in the exten sion of the C. F. & i . V. road to this place. . r Will W.' Barber left this place yes- 3 terday en route for the mountains. lie seemed to have mal(ice) in his heart when he Jeft, said he would make a trip to Ashe and Watauga, and eveu go so far as to gaze on the beauties of Haywood before he re turns. (He believes it the prettiest. county in the Mate anyhow). Dajuck. I -.'' The best line of mens and ladies ! shoes, sandals, slippers &c. H. & B. i Now is the time to buyour plows ; for breaking wheat ground, and at Harper and Bernhardt s is the place to hnd a large assort m en t.. For the cheapest and best sewing machine on the market buy the Koyal fet. Jopn of Harper and Bern hardt, j -STOP AT THE- CENTRAL HOTEL, XENOIR, N. C. FIRST CLASS HOUSE, $1.50 and $2.00 per day. W. H. Ramseur, Prop'r. TJTVnTTAIfSCI EsUbliBhed is the only DlilVJllnm O in 1793, Pcboo. for By in the Kou.h with OAS LIGHT, firbt-claxs GYM- wabium, sou nrst-cias HATH IKIIISE Special teruiu to yciina mn f wiiia' tueana. The 183r Seaaiou iK-inn Auu t 25th. For CatafoKue, uddreas Maj. U. BINQHVM, Bingham School, N C. DAVZHVFORT COLLEGE. A Ha Grade Home School for Girls. L : l.Kxoin, Caudwell Oodhtt, N. i , Term Opens Thursday, Sept., 3rd, 1885, with a full corps of Teachers. Charges for Day Scholars. Kindergarten alone, per term, . $ 5 Primary and Kindergarten, 10 Preparatory from 12 to $18 Music from 15 to $30 Art from i flO to $25 Higher English, $15 The charges for the next session have been reduced and the advan tages increased.' This ; school is Pre-eminent in Point of Lo cation, in Higher English, Irlusic, Art, and in Reflnins Mneuces and Home Life. A new Chapel i 8 in process of erection and the equipment and out fit will be largely. increased. ;'.. Will H. Sanborn, Pres't. Globe Academy, Globe, N. C. : - y -'. J. F. SPAINHOUR, Prill. Rer. R. IiPatton, A.B., Amherst College, Mass. v , 5 j. . Prof, of Latin and Greek. Mrs. S. A. Spai.nh.our, Music and Calisthenics. , Tuition, $1 to $3 per month, Music, $2.50. Board, including everything, ; ,.; $7 per month. : . . j Table fare 15. Contingent fee 50 ceats per term. ' Large boarding house for girls, kept by the Principal. Rooms for - boys rent at $1 per month. - Fall Term opens AuoJ 31, 1885. Address the Principal. , ' Wilson Academy. ; High Grade School for Boys,; ' LENOIR, CALDWELL CO., N. C. Term opens Monday, July 27, 1885. - Course op Study will include i-.. ) the branches usually taught in a, First Class school of high grade. Terms Tuition will ! range : from ' , $2 to $3 and 14 per month, ' according to the course taken, . j whether it be Primary, Intermediate -- or Academic. ; ; - - ; ' For further information apply to the undersigned, : E. F. WAKEFIELD, Principal. GLAD TIDINGS -FROM tiie- i Tie New E Our-busincss is steadily increasing ! i y.'f :: . :j . '. " ' ' . ( We More Onwari and Dpwari ; By our ever watchfulness of oitr patrons' interests, our honest treatment, our low pri j ces and reliable goods. Lookers become Purchasers, Purchasers become Friends, Triendg, our Beet Advertisnment. Onr Facilities arev Unequalled. If you -ssraiit to see or buy anytning in the ..!'.-'','; i .1 ; Line, Call on J. B. ERVINv Lenoir, N. C., June 23. , ! ' Read &; Remember ! -That we want all the Blackberries We can buy this Season And will pay the very For : the same that the market will allow. Owing to the "hard times" we are now selling our ! LARGE STOCK -OF- General Merchandise At Extremely Either for cash, or good, ,! ;,. , ' merchantable produce Special attention is -called to the following seasonable goods : :p:, ; Grass Scythes, Mason's Improved Fruit Jars, V, '.j ' "Oriole" and "Gold Medal" Apple Pealers, ; 1 Corers and Slicersi ' l , ' " ' ,. !' i ' .. , t Bear in mind we offer ho 'batea" to catch trade,, but sell each article ..: f or, what it is worth ; ; and ; pledge ourselves to give our - j .";; customers both in Buying and Selling , i.s ..: . ... I.' ' Every legitimate advantage : of tho market. ; Hoping by honest effort s aoa xair uealincr to "; merit your ; continued patronage, 't:: ::-: r ;i ' - ,xre 'are,: .. t t is a i i x Eespectf ully, Vj r n , oJ'. ! i 'i ill . XtYy.sj CL0YDA1ID NELSON. ntern Boometi T F. WIESENFELD, T' i. " , rfU'ot ffa ving.time tolVrite out an Adirertiseinent And one at Length,' would say that he is ready for Every Hind ofTrade in its . Season. - .'.Oil V Will, Give Good Prices and Sell G00D.G00DS r At Reasonable Prices. '' I' t!lili3. . X ' r. ah ' Watt Plows, SEWING MACHINES, V. -v -yT fMways1 Hand. Eespectfully, li :' if" 4. .. .3 VI 1..J C 3 3 3 . :; ' L-.:TU.'(3'J!jU ii. vvWicscnfeid,.. 7 i i . .v j 1 1 .i -i r r ; .0 M ,I0HZX : - i ' ' ' i : ' ' ' ' co, c&0 cco9 !
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