The Advance Extra.
THURSDAY,
May 21, 1 89 1.
ANOTHER PITT COUNTY Ml'KDEK!
Tip Moore Who Tried to Kill Ed. Hat
ton Jailed Mayor James Re-elected
Good Officers George Dudley .Stabs Red
mond Blow A Terrible Record.
(SPECIAL cor. the advance.)
Greenville, N. C, May 13th.
Tip Moore, the would-be murderer
of Edgar Hatton, was caught and
placfed in jail last night by our ex
cellent Sheriff Tucker. Only a few
hours after the rumor of his where
abouts and our worthy sheriff was on
his track. Moore 'was found at his
home hidden, safely as he thought,
in a large closet. But our lynx-eyed
Sheriff soon discovered his hiding
place and arrested him without
trouble or resistance. He is now in
jail awaiting trial and, no doubt, he
will suffer the punishment he so just
ly deserves. Hatton's condition is
still critical. 'Tis thought that he
cannot get over it.
Our town election passed oft quiet
ly and its government was placed in
the hands of good and true Demo
crats. Two of the Councilmen are
negroes, but the white Democrats are
in the majority, hence no fears are
entertained for the good government
A meeting was called on last Friday
night for the purpose of electing officers.
A fitting compliment was justly Farmville.
given the present incumbent, F. G.
James, by electing him Mayor by a
unanimous vote. No better man
could have been selected. W. B.
Green was elected clerk ; J-. R. Moye
Treasurer ; L. W. Lawrence, Tax
Collector. On the election of po
licemen the question arose as to
whether one man could do the work.
The result of the vote was a tie and
Mayor James voted against the ques
tion and thus decided that two should
be elected as heretofore. Mayor
Tames has held his position several
terms and consequently knows the
amount of work these men have to
do. Several nominations were made
and several ballots taken, but it final
ly resulted in electing the two pres
ent incumbents to succeed them
selves: J. T. Smith, Chief, and T. R.
Moore assistant.
Services at the Opera House
which have been conducted for the
past ten days bv the Presbyterian John D. Odom and
Evangelist, Rev. W. D. Morton, of: Pearce, the contracting:
Kentucky, came to a close last night
serious nature. Parties present said
that Blow fell on the knite and acci
dentally caused the wound. To this
statement Blow himself assented.
Consequently nothing was thought of
it until Friday morning it was report
ed that Blow was dead, and rumored
that the truth about the matter had
not been told.
Pete Clark, James May and Irvin
Joyner were arrested by the Sherift,
and their evidence proves clearly that
Dudley did the stabbing and is the
guilty party.
Dr. B. T. Cox, county physician,
assisted by Dr. James W. Perkins,
made a post mortem examination and
showed that the knife entered the
cavity of the body and injured the
intestines which caused inflammation
and peritonitis.
Several searching parties have
made endeavors to catch Dudley but
j all in vain. He is still at large. Gov
i ernor Holt has offered a reward of
I $100 for his apprehension,
i On last Friday night Messrs. Cad
I wallader, oYardly, Pa. ; John Rund,
j of Phiadelphia ; John Pender, of
j Norfolk, and F. L. Pittman, of "Wil
j mington, were in our city prospecting
1 concerning the Norfolk, Wilmington
j & Charleston railroad. Ex-Governor
! Jarvis is a director also. We are led
to believe that the road will be built
at an early date, and the probabilities
are tavorable for its running through
Greenville.
I learn that on last Monday even
ing an attempt was made to poisen
the family of Dr. J. N. Bvnum, of
After eating breakfast his
and child were taken violently
ill, and for a while the life ol the child
was despaired of. Some rice that was
left on the table was given to the
chickens and every one that eat it died.
It was a narrow escape. I could not
learn who was suspected of the crime
couples were followed by Mrs. A. E-.
Griffin and Edgar Hart, Miss Lizzie
Drake, of Nashville, and W. B. Spiers,
Miss Bessie Worthington and C. F.
Wilson, of Wilson, Miss Lucy Ar
rington and Albert Hilliard, Miss
and flowers standing out in bold re
lief, and whilst not the most massive
piece in the grounds, it unquestiona
bly ranks among the most beautiful
and attractive. Around his lot has
been placed a very heavy and sub-
Mary Arrington, of Ringwood, and ! stitial white marble coping with a
H. E. Brewer, Miss Kate Odom, of broad and well designed entrance
Battieboro, and John Arrington, Miss I way and steps. Nothing of this
Mattie rearce and h.dgar rarker, 01
Raleigh, who formed in two lines on
each side of the pulpit. Then came
the groom on the arm of his best man,
Henry Cuthrell, followed by Miss
Mary Pearce, of Weldon, Maid of
Honor. The bride came in leaning
on the arm of her uncle, Mr. A. Ar
rington. She joined the groom at
the chancel rail, just under the bell,
and Rev. J. O. Guthrie very impres
sively read the beautiful marriage
service of the Methodist Church.
The organ was presided over bv
character was ever before put in our
cemetery and it very naturally has
excited much favorable comment.
The work was ordered by Mr. Daniel
from Mr. John D. Cduper, of Nor
folk, Va., who sent experienced men
to properly set it in place.
Quite Romantic.
Last Saturday the train that left Wil
son for Fayetteville had on board Mr.
Lucian Hadley, of this place. Arriving
in Smithfield he called upon Miss Ila
Graves", a voune ladv to whom he has
Mrs. George L. Parker, who played been paying attention for some time.
wife
the Wedding March. During the
ceremony "Home, Sweet Home" was
played soft and low.
After the ceremony the party, with
many friends, repaired to the home
of the groom, one mile from townv
where an elegant supper was served.
On Thursday the bride and groom
left for an extended trip to northern
cities.
The bride is one of Rocky Mount's
loveliest jewels, a woman of rare sweet
ness and womanly gentleness, accom
plished and lovable. The groom is
one of Nash county's most popular
and handsome young men, whose ac
quaintances and friends are legion.
They are all most cordial in their con
gratulations and good wishes and none
more sincerely so than the editor of
the Advance.
About ten o'clock he hunted up his
ffnd, Mr. Walter Radford, and dis
patched him in search of the Register
of Deeds. The license was procured
and at 12:15 at the Methodist parson
age they were quietly married, Rev.
W. H. Pucket officiating. The young
couple spent the night at Hotel De
Gurley. On Sunday morning the
groom's father was notified by wire,
l and the young lady's father was Also
informed of the occurrence. The latter
' sent for them to come home 4d they
' did so. On Monday Mr. and Mrs.
Hadley went to Raleigh. The groonr
arrived here yesterday. The bride will
j come next week. The couple are the
1 recipients of hearty congratulations in
which the Advance warmlyjoins.
Our Beautiful Maplewoorf.
Nearly every paper we pick up is
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complaining auoui uie conuiuoii 01 jor the ensuing year
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ir r.nvpmnr Inn-is hac hpPn an. i the town cemetery. w e nave no
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pointed by the Soldiers' Home Com
mittee as lady manager for the first
district of the State. Her Bert.
A BRILLIANT MARRIAGE.
Two Popular Rocky Mount Young People
Plight Their Troth.
Dr. Mark Braswell and
Bassett, had packed the
of the friends of Mr.
Miss
parties. At
8:45 the doors swung open and the
A number of confessions of faith were ; bridal party entered in the following
The Methodist church in Rocky
Mount Wednesday night of last week
was a soene of eager anticipation and j Wiggins
suppressed excitement attendant upon family shaft, and Mr. J
wedding ceremonies. By 8:30 o'clock a beautiful imported statue over the
such trouble here. Maplewood is a
lovely spot. The walks are clean and
well kept, and the whole is a beauti
ful place. It seems that the owners
vie with each other in an endeavor to
have the prettiest lot. There are
some costly and substantial monu
ments in its borders, too many that
would do credit to a city. We no
tice that quite recently Mr. J. T.
has erected a handsome
E. Clark has
the ushers
Mr. Lucius
building full
maae during the meeting, and on
Monday night a Presbyterian church
was organized. Dr. Morton is an
order
The ushers marched up the aisle
and took a stand on opposite sides
impressive speaker, eloquent at times, just in front of the chancel rail. They
having ever for his theme the love of I were followed by Miss Bettie Vaughn
Jesus. land Dr. George Wimberly, Miss
May 19, 1891. Last Wednesday : Maggie Tillery and Willie Thorpe,
night two negroes, George Dudley j Miss Lizzie Wilcox and Jacob Berger,
and Redmond Blow, while gambling, j Miss Laura Peterson, of Goldsboro,
became involved in a difficulty over ! and Capt. Henry Thorpe, who ar
ten cents, which resulted fatally. A I ranged themselves in two lines just
few angry words were passed between j behind the preacher, who stood at
tnem ane JJudley stabbed Blow in , the loot of the pulpit, just inside of
grave of his wife.
With the proposed Confederate
soldiers' monument, the brick foun-
Annie dation of which has been completed,
rising prominently from its elevated
position, and the various imposing
pieces of marble work erected within
the recent past, there is no reason
why our people, especially the own
ers of lots, should not take just pride
in doing all in their power to orna
ment and beautify those sacred
grounds. Nothing shows more plain
ly the character and sentament of a
community than a well "kept and beau
tiful cemetery
Honors For a Wilsonian !
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at
their session in Oxford last week elect
ed Col. John F. Bruton Grand Master
Wilson people
appreciate this high honor bestowed
; upon their talented townsman. A cul
! tured, refined, intellectual, christian
j gentleman, well posted and thorough
i ly versed in the lore of his craft, he
will honor the office to which he has
! been called. ,
Our delegation returned Saturday
1 enthusiastic in their praise of Oxford's
j hospitality. . They thoroughly enjoyed
j their visit.
j ' The order decided to establish' an
I Asylum and the location will be chosen
within ninety days.
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Attention is called to the adver
tisement of Mr. W. J. Bullpck. He
has opened on Goldsboro street, next
door to the market house, a first
class livery stable. He has fine
and nice, clean
the abdomen with a knife.
Dr. Zeno Brown was called, dressed I an arch which supported a flowery
the wound and pronounced it of a j bell with a calla-lily clapper. These
the chancel rail, between the posts of j monument, made from the purest
Italian marble. This monument is
most artistically carved, the drapery
horses, new buggies and nice,
A noticeable improvement has been , lap robes in fact an entire new out-
tit. " 1 he tinest in vvuson is ms
claim. . A call will see how near he
can demonstrate its truthfulness.
made in Mr. Willie Daniel's lot. Over
the grave of his wife, Mrs. Eliza
Daniel, was erected a very handsome
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