North Carolina Newspapers

petting Gun Prof. Hinton Fired It In -, Washington Last Week, The Campaign Is Now Oa His Speech is Abl and Eloquent And He Received Frequent Ap plause. Editor Bailey to Speak A large number of ladies and gen tlemen were at he operations last evening to hear the lecture on" tem perance by Hon. V. M. Hinton, of E. City, member of the last legislature from the county of Pasquotank.Since it . was announced that his - distin guished gentleman would ; address our people interest has been at fever heat from the first. The-jexercises of the evening opened with an appro priate hymn, the music being one of the. special features. The , song was followed with prayer hy Rev. L. E. 'Thompson. Rev. '. Mr. Crjiduo then arose and stated that Rev. G. WVLaw son was to have introduced, the speak er of the evening, but -owing to in disposition could not be present. Be fore the speaker was presented to the audience . Mrs. May Gulrkrn "de lighted those present with -a -vocal solo "Save my Boy." This is thej first time a Washington audience 'has had the pleasured of IieaTing VMrs. Guirkin. Her voice is sweet, under . perfect, control 'and was Tirghly appre ciated. - -' , After the rendering; 6f the, solo Rev. Josiah . Crudup presented - the ' speak er, Hon. W. M. Hinton, of - Elizabeth j City. Fromt he very first "he gained the close attention of nls Trearers and for over one hour poured Trot shot In to the enemy's camp.; That he is a speaker of magnetism goes . without saying HiSi thoujsere not only greatly enthused upon the great question of temperance and' on -last evening presented strong arguments His address was well received in the community. He left for, "his home in Elizabeth City this morning.! "While in the city he was th -gttest of "E. L. Dawson and wife. Another distinguished speaker wili A J J 11 - f vttt : i Auuress me cmzens oi 7W.asnmgion at an early date. Rumor says that Hon. J. W.1 Bailey, , the Tsrriffiartt 'edi tor of the Biblical Recorder, - will be one of the speakers before the election. The committee will be for .. tunate indeed in securing the servi ces of this brilliant young !North Carolinian. Gazette. HID IN A HUT.V Shuford, the Slayer of Auten, Cap tured in Catawba. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. ' 14. Charies Shuford, the .negro, who last Sunday .shot and wounded Alexander Auten, a prominent young farmer in - Meck lenburg county, was captured late "this afternoon about seven miles from Davidson. Shuford " was in a de3ert- ed hut and was unbounded by a small posse. ' Telephone messages were sent to Charlotte Davidson and other places, nad all the towns called upon responded. Sheriff Wallace went up .on' the noon tram and oined m the man hunt. Shuford was Surrounded and captured without blood shed.The hut in which -he was hiding is locat ed "in Catawba qounty.. Shuford's victim died late Wednesday night fronrthe effects of his wound. The trouble with Shuford occurred Sunday night while Auten' and a number ' of. neighbors were , returning from 'Rock Springs . , camp meeting. The- negroes four of them were drinking and disorderly and purpose ,ly -ran into; Auen'si vehicle. - 'He re monstrated and Shuford . shot him and escaped. Shuford - was brought 7rco Charlotte tonight. KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Mrs. Carie Butler was killed by lightning at- King's Mountain Satur day afternon at 5 o'clock. She lived just out of town on the farm of W. A. Mauney & Bro. We learn that the bolt struck a tree, came down the chimney tore up the hearth, killed Mrs. "Butler -who '. was sick in a" bed at the other end of the : room, : and set the ptfjow on Hre, The clothing was torn off a child betwen the hearth and the bed but the little one was not otherwise "harmed. - 7 Greenville, N. C, August 18. GB. Harden.a substantial farmer Of : Swift Creek, was killed yesterday in a row between his son, -Fred, and Freds father-in-law, Oliver Smith ; against Mr. Harde and another son, George. George tried to take a gun from his father, about which time George was struck with a rail, and the gun was discharged. "The load went through Mr. Hardee's shcmlder,7 making a flesh wound, catising death by loss of blood. Georc was snmpwliftf ; hfihind his father and part of the contents Of the 211 H SPirrolv wnii fi A arf tiim in the face. . - ? 7 - There had been bad feeiing ... be tween the factions for - sspme time. ?:: !HAS FASTED ONE YEAR. A Freak in the State Museum That , "Breaks allv Records. "One of the two rattlesnakes in the State' Museum will complete The time for 'the longest fast- on record here ! "week : after. next, when, if the snake 'lives, exactly one year will have ex pired since the reptile partook of any food. The mother rattler has . had a good appetite since his confinement 'in "the museum and has grown fat on "the ; English sparrows and other live "birds that have been dropped into his apartment. v . - ; ' ' -"The two snakes which have attract red sa much attention during the past year are from opposite parts of the Old North State and some interest is " manifested " in the total abstinence oh1 the part of the rattler Irbm the west, while his eastern kinsman is growing fat. The . snake from the mountains is believed by some, to be; accustomed to a greater jnumber of winter months in confinement in the earth and that he does not yet under stand that he is not passing throug that stage He is surely but slowly growing thinner day by day and it is predicted that unless the fast is &on broken there will be no neces sity of drying thekin. ' . The only other live snake in the museum never fasts and Jhas a capa city surprising to 'all. This is a bull snake and his neck is a little more than an inch in diameter, yet the rep tile swallows rats from an inch to two and a half inches' in dfameter.He He can swallow two in succession, and in a comparatively short time his body is normal again and the rats have been completely crushed. ' "For good reasons the snakes - have been removed from the main floor of the museum to the first' floor where they are- constantly on t exhibition. , ONLY A BOY. Oh! for. a glimpse of a natural boy 7 A' boy with freckled face; With forehead white neath tangled hairv --. . . : And limbs devoid of grace..'. : Whose vfeet toe' in with' his elbows' flare i -4 1?. ;: vvrhose knees are patched always ; Who turns as red as a lobster when ; You give him. a word of praise. A boy whose born with an appetite; Who seeks the pantry shelf. Who eats, his . piece with resounding smaek, ' . Who isn't gone on himself. 1 A "Robinson Crueso"" reading boy Whose pockets bulge with trash, Who knows the use of rod nd gun, 0 And where the . brook trout splash. It's true. heT sit in the easiest chair, With his hat on his touseled head: fTEhat his hands and feet are every where .For youth must have room ' to spread. "But he doesn't dub his father "old man" Nor deny his mother's call. iNor ridicule what his elders say, tr-thmfcthat he knows it all. A rough and wholesome natural boy Of a good old-fashioned-clay, God bless him, if he's still on earth, For he'l make a man some dav. DETROIT FREE PRESS. SWIMS NIAGARA'S RAPIDS. Successfully Swims Rapids But is Taken Out of Water Half Dead Badly Gashed on The Rocks -Was rn Water 20 Minutes. 7 Buffalo, N. Y:, Aug. 18. J. W. Glei nester, a New York athlete and swim mer, sucessfully swam the Niagara Rapids - at about seven this morning. He' is now at his hotel, in LewistonjN., Y., iri -a badly bruised condition, and was for several hours unconscious.He is badly gashed on the head, arms, back and limbs from coming :n con tact with the rocks. He entered the ranirls' ttt the antilevpr bridge from which he was to jump on Sunday, Wt was topped by the police. He was taken out the water 20 minutes later at Devfrs. Hole.lt the end of hte rap ids by CapL Peter C. Donellan of the life saving crew and a number of, Ital ian-workmen who were on their way to work on the railroad. He will be brought to "Buffalo this afternoon. BLACK AND WHITE SWUNG TO- Augusta. G., -Aug. 15. Infprmatkra was received Tiere today of the lyn ching last night of a white man and a negro from the same limb for cxim inal assault upon a white, woman.Last Saturday night a white man named Thompson and a negro named 'King Wriehtman. knocked at he-door of Mrs. Mathias a widow, living at Hart field, a village near Albany, when she responded the men seized her and dragegd her into the yard and com mitted the assault. Thompson said it was the negro who did the deed and a. posse started in pursuit. ' The 7-negro- took to the -swamps and was . captured 'yesterday. In his confession t he declared tha both assaulted the negro.; The mob went to Thompsons house . and took him out, hanging botn. . urn icocrsic t Historic Methodist Church at Columbia -"' r .4- '-v 4 HV,V ti - h i" MM - The Meeting of the Oid Soldiers of Tyrrell County Yester day, One Lonz to be -Remembered in the Annals of That County ; Qqlvt-Wm.lF.. Beasley, Who Made : The Prina ; 5 Testerday, August v2OthWill0ongiannals of all time. "The men of Le- De-remeraoerea ana cnensnea uyvi.nwmiQas. never, qispiayeu n.ore o ave peopleTof "TyrreU4;On?, thisrdayifche ljry than' did your fathva, Arix i -in iht battle" scarred soldiers 4 of the 3ost .ital$f:ini never" to oe lorgotten when th atLuiiTso' effort to7 reproduce Colonel Beas- era soldiers taught the . world a new ir. .inn? of tan '"svord eroi sir. ' Pr-.-ie and patriotism were written across the brow of the bid eoldier, as he re hear&eu the story of th tria's aud kpri nations, of those days to the Tsrel- lonian youth of yesterday. But while a new ;generation-ieagerly heard the pathetic story it was clearly noticed that he lofty, brow of "the old Vet", is aeepiy 'iurrowea wim me weigni oj years and telling only too sadly, the fact that it' is only but a few more years., before the last survivors ol that bloody struggle will ; be number ed with those of the dead. Not a few of the number have passed away since the last reunion twelve months ago, the Spartan sire never left a grander record than these heroes oi Tyrr'el county who followed Lee anc" Jackson across "the bloody plains of Virginia- more than a third of a cen tury a so. Col. V. Fr Beasley, than -iom North Carolirfa has never produced a more patriotic son, was the first and principal speaker, of the day. He came "with a message to the young, and that message was eloquent and fraught with the fervor of an exem plary manhood, worthy, of the emu- ation of those to whom he actDress- ed his remarks. He apepaled for a patriotic manhood, and ventured that it was eminently needed 'm these days when the commercial spirit Is ruining man, almost threatening the ' Saiety OI .me reyuunc vjieax ayyiausc followed his statement vnen he as sured the young men of Tyrrel county that hey possessed the richest herit age to be conceived,the Jieroic deeds of an ancestry thai vill : o?nain un surpassed and unappr ached i the RACE RIOT, NEAR NORFOLK, Razors and Pistols One Man Killed and Many Others 'Wounded. s.sy Norfolk, Va., Aug. 18. With mid night orgies peculiar to such assem blages at heir height,-4 a road chouse rail,partlCipatea m Dy mree umirev negroes, near Ocean .View, .broke up in -a fierce race riot early this morn Ing. Pistols, razors and clubs were vigorously used. Several are known to have been wounded, one, Samuel Brown, mortally. The riot , started overt a dispur betwen a man and a woman. The officers had planned to raid the placebutl the rough house started before their, arrival. A LYNCH MOB IN MONTANA. The Mob Gathers to,.Avenge the Mur der of the Kidnapped Boy . - - - . . - t . : Stevensville, 5font., Aug. 18.-r-Th? streets of this city have been crowd ed since yesterday, by hundreds of ranchers and others brought here by the reports of the death of Buck's boy whose mutilated remains were foimci Sunday by a searching party .After reviewing the remains of the dead boy the moved on to Hamilton,whero Walter: Jackson "Is confined, charg.il vritli murdering the boy. Talk Jsf lynching -is heard- on every side. .A resolute leader is apparently all that Is lacking to attempt 'enterance in to the "jail-". ' , - " ' ' Meet af Crtliimhil ' . 1. .- ' 1 - - : . ' . - ' - - - " . . -. . mi 11 -rnmJStikm2mmm in Which Veterans' Meeting was Held toepch at Petersburg or when facing undT. shell at n Gettysburg.'' ley's remarks in , cold -type.;, could- do him justice. It was as eloquent as it was inspiring. Rev. W.'R. Carowan was the sec ond speaker, and, his description of the horrors of that war Were striK ingly patheticHe paid a justf tribute to te women of the Confederacy. and dwelt at some length on their import an$e-ln that great dramaHis picture Of the mother as she sent her boy from the parental roof to Lhq Ijattle field, - was 1 grand in its description Mr. Daniel S. Hooker, was the next speaker. Mr. Hoker is a . native of Ty-rell, but now a resident of Galv es ton J Texas. He is visiting bis native heath for the first time since he left here, more than -thirty years agc.Ilis speech was not lacking in iuterest.ile told of the wonderful fortitude of the Southern soldier under the . greatest privations and hardships.Mr.Hooker's speech was extemporaneous, and full of personal experience and observa tions, delivered in in altogether or iginal manner which mar! 3 it lighy Interesting. j lie music wets iTQpo ta?it among tlio cfatures of the occaf;io-i. SI ova tl.at! ;i dozen young la lies' composed tb rrcir which 'san? '-he melodies of ye olden time, the same melodies Thich their grandmothers had sung whilet hey went about their cares, and thinkink of the soldier husband on the distant battle field. The. meeting was held in the Meth odist Church, which was made neces sary from the' fact that he court ho;ise is not completed, and , the inclement weather made -.an open air gathering impossible. The next issue' of The Tar Heel will contain a detailed ac count of the reunion s NAKED AND ALMOST DEAD. A 12-Year-Old Boy Found Adrift on . The Ocean in an Open Boat, "New York, Aug 15. The Morgan line ' steamer Eldorado, which arrived here today from Galveston, had on oard a twelve-year-old boy who was found adrift in an open boat about 100 miles off the, coast of "Georgia,, on August 10th. He was naked and al most dead from exposure. After the lad had been revived he told Captain Prescott that with two other' boys be was fishing outside the harb6r of Havana, when the, boat broke adrift and he Was unable to row it ashore. Two of the lads see ing the land rapidly receding, plung ed into the water and swam for the shore. The other boy was unable to swim so far and remained in $he boat without food or water until picked up by the Eldorado. He says he i was adrift for five days. Captain Prescott thinks the boat could not have drifted 530 miles from: Havana to the point where it was sighted in less than six days and posibly longer. BOUND TO STRIKE OIL. Asheville, N. C, Aug. 15. Siddell and Stewart uave returned from Pen sylvania, and declare they re going to strike oil in the - northern part of Buncombe if they have to bore three thousand feet into the bowels of the earth. They have their machine and have erected a great derrick. THE YIYI. C. A." ANNIVERSARY. The Occasion Promises to be One of Much Interest. -2. i s , Cmri 1 ciation is -making extensive prepara-J tions for their -anniversary exercises1 crip v iiiniv vif-ii ; ,1 11 1 11 ' nnnwT i which will be held Sunday, AugustrSu ! one of the principal meeting of the day will be a mess-meeting for men, I to be held in the Academy of Music j at 4 o'clock. This meeting will no . dnnht: hft the fireatest. meetine ever 1 rheld for . men in Elizabeth City. We predict this, because Mr. L. A. Coul- ter, of Richmond, Va., will deliver hi wonderful address on "Chains That Bind." " Mr. Coulter is State Secretary' of the . Young Men's Christian of Vir ginia, and has, because of the above address, been made famous - through out the South as a public speaker. Every man in the city should hear Mr. Coulter. , SUDDENLY A MILLIONAIRE. Karkoy, Russia, Aug. .18. A Rus sian railroad mechanic named Doro- shenko, was notified . today that he had fallen, heir. to a-fortune.--: ofl$31 000,000. The money is lodged in a London bank. The neuclus of the fund was deposited 150 years ago. by an ancestor, who stipulated that the money should remain there until now. BIRDS ARE PROTECTED. Mr. Pearson Says That the Audubon Law is Enforced. The Raleigh Correspondent of the Charlotte Observer says. "Gilbert Pearson, of Greensboro, the zealous secretary of the Audu bon society, is here for a day or: two, loKiag after the formation of a local bttneh. Iro is greatlv pleaol at y. h.v. is t ciicg done toward enfori '.ug this excellent- law. He said: 'It 1? ( puriiTse to ceat? a sentiment among ' all the people favorable to the-game . and song brids and the oth er birds that need ; protection. You willJjWiad tdknQt.thatiiX hear of no killing of bull bats this summer, and that the game wardens on the coast report no killing of birds. These coast wardens are doing well. There is one for Dare and Hyde, one? for Cartaret and one for New Honover and Brunswick. These are on the go every day, and have posted notice and spread wide the news about the law. In a few years we will have the birds back again on the coast. Ther is one rookery now that has one thousand and three hundred birds, of the kind known as "Skimmers." Several hundred of young birds were recently drowned at another rookery on the island by a tidal wave, i Mr. Pearson received today one of the printed notices by the very active local organization at Asheville, that he highly compliments." REMARKABLE SHOWING. To Be Made by The Famous Recycle Bicycle in Thi3 City on Saturday. On Saturlay, August 22, at the Bicycle store of Mr. Peter Spires, on Poindexter street, Mr. G. C. Warner,, the travelling agent of the Racycle Bicycle Company, . will -demonstrate the difference , between, the Racycle and any bicycle. He will make tests that will show some very rpmarkable' results. The Racycle manufacturers have had $1,000 posted for five yearswhich will be given to the first one that can prove their crank hanger does not save 27 per cent., 'in pressure on the bearings, and the tests to be given on Saturday will show very plainly how this saving is made. Mr. Warner will have suspended in a frame,a crank hanger of the Racycle make, and attached to it will be three scales; when, 100 pounds will be ex erted on the right pedal it will show 40 pounds strain on the left crank bearing, and 160 pounds strain on the frame. He will then remove the Racycle' hanger and apply a regular bicycle hanger to the same scales, it will show 160 pounds friction on hte left bearing and 320 pounds strain on the bicycle frame, as big increases as compared with the Racycle. He will also show1 by another scale the amount of strain that is on the different bicycle chains and frames, and -the Racycle will require 100 pounds less than any bicycle tested ; The Racycle is, noted for its . easy running qualities, and it will climb a hill with less exertion on the part of tne rider than any: other bicycle. 4- THE VALUATION t OF PROPERTY, Has Increased Near Half a Over Last Year.. Million The tax books for the year. 1903 are about-completed, and theyshow some interesting figures.The increase in 7 valuation is $467,440 over last year. The total valuation of all " per sonal and real property " of both white and colored is $3492,403. 7 , The valuation, of, property in Eliza beth City township is $2,075,538 for the v. bites and $116,717 for the color- ed with a total for both white and colored of $2,192,253. The increase ra Elizabeth City township .for this year it is observed is $305,314. 7 v Both Jett and White Convictedl ' J v-r , Qf Murder, . - 7-. . . . "". Tpv KcV Pftr 'NPW Tri3l 1 11 v T XXl x ui 1 vn iim ; ' 1 Probably The End of This Celebrated' ' Murder Case Which Was The , Outcome of a Kentucky Feud Cynthiana, Ky., Aug. 14.The jury in the 'case of Curtis Jet and Thomas' White, 7 charged with the assassjna- LlOn Ol tlillllCS D. maiUUl, ot uavjuauii,;- Ky., returned : a verdict . of , guilty sto day fixing the punishment of each at" lifeimprisonment. i . , A - ; 1. . v T-fe Tl r . . n 4 lAAlrPAtV JCLL ICCC1VCU U1C VCIUlvt tiivu wi. parative indifference and calmness- , white, who nas oeen unaer an appar ently great strain, during" the trial,, flushed up and his eyes filled with, tears. The verdict occasioned little surprise The only question which! caused the delay, it is said, was whet her to make the punishment death. , or life imprisonment. The case has been" on trial almost three weeks. Laving been begun on July 27th. Atlhe first trial at Jack son the jury disagreed and it believ ed that the verdict today ! was a com promise with a jurror opposed to cap ital punishment. Capt. B. J. Ewen, and other witnessess for the Com monwealth who have suffered great ly, and were' living in fear of their , lives, . are greatly relieved. ' There has been twenty-seven "lives "lost within the past two years in the Hargis-Cockrell feud in Breathitt county,) and this is the-first convic-: uon.xNo arresis or maicunents nave -been made until last May, when the troops were ordered .to Jackson to protect the grand jury and after wards the trial" jury . and witnesses. Jet is still , under, indictment charged Ttrifh trilHno-- Tntirri TTo Jet said last -night -the rope ha-never er been made with which to hang him but he made no remarks today. 1 A STORM OF LOVELfNESS. A Party of Pretty Girls from Shaw boro, Visited the City Tuesday Ev .ening. ,i ; t-!1.!'?' ! Elizabeth City was' the objective point of a very lovely party of young: people last Tuesday evening. The quietitude of our . stretes was suddenly resolvedj into excitement and scenes of loveliness fnlers'ed by repeated peals of laughter which up- uu. no .uaim apuiuav;u, icvcaicu jolly crowd of charming young ladies and interesting gentlemen enjoying the popular pleasures oft the rollick ing talliho, with -Mr. J. T. Woody, an experienced hand with the whip, and member of the Gentleman's Driving. Club of " Baltimore.in the box. Coming down Poindexter to Mairr street they there dismounted and macy tor refreshments. The ladies gowned in snowy Wjhite suits of duck and the gentlemen in a happy i combi nation presented a handsome partv which together with the lovely anima tion, attracted the attention of many wistful eyes, notably among which was a grass widower of a few days. After an hour of eriertainment the party remounted and returned on-the-way rejoicing midst the admiration or onlookers. The party are the guests of the Misses Morgan," of Shawboro, who are enjoying the delightful access sions of the old time house partyand. consists as follows: Misses Mary O. Lamb. Williamstoa Rosa Battle, Raleigh ; Alice Makel v Edenton; Mildred Dorch, Gbldsboro ; Francis Culpepper, Norfolk; Sallie Jernigan.Bessie Morgan Mollie Shaw and Annie ShaW,. Shawboro: Dr. J.L. uevuruiaa,. messrs. u. u. Morgan W.. K. Rankin, Boston; J. L. Grandy, Norfolk; J; T. Woody,' Baltimore; J. Lamb, Jas. Lewis, U. S' A.; J. Walt Nixon, . Norfolk; G. Raymond Acton. Washington. D. C, D. D. Shull, Stras bery, Pa. Chaperones;,Mrs. Morgan Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Shaw. GRAND ARMY ENCAMPMENT. San Francisco, CaL, Aug.-18. The-thirty-seventh encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was form erly-opened this morning with a mon ster military peageant with all bran- i ches of the regular, and" militia ser vice as participants, and- Civil war veterans as spectators. , The parade formed at Union square, and moved shortly, after 10 o'clock through the principal stretes oif the city. In line wede detachments ? of United States troops from, the Presidio; Marines and sailors of the United States -Navy Yard, the National Guard of Califor- nia, Sons of the Golden West and a number of other military and ' semi-' ' military organizations. The r crowds were enormous and the weather was? all that could! be desired.