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PISTOL SHOT ENDS MBS, EO, JONES LIFE During Her illness She Uses Weapon on Herself, HER LIFE A HAPPY ONE The Body Was Taken to Her Old Home at Franklinton Yesterday for Burial, Accompanied by Sor rowing Friends. The sound of a pistol shot in the bed room, at five o’clock yesterday morning, and in a moment the horrow stricken husband and relatives of Mrs. Kate Cheatham Jones found her dying, a pistol at her side and a wound in the temple telling the sad story. Mrs. Jones was about thirty-three years old, the wife of Mr. E. L. Jones, collec tor for the Seaboard Air Line freight office. Their residence is on East Jones street, where they lived alone, having no children. Her body was taken yester day to her old home in Franklinton for burial. On Wednesday Mrs. Jones seemed well , and in good spirits when her husband j left home in the morning for his work. He returned for dinner at two o'clock, and a he found the door locked and the house closed, supposed that Mrs. Jones . was with a neighbor. Not being uneasy he came down town and took dinner. Returning after work was over for ( supper he was surprised to find the door i still locked. He found away to get into j the house and found his wife in bed, ill j and unconscious. At once he called on hie neighbors for assistance and sum moned a physician, who reached Mrs. Jones about 8 o’clock. I was found that Mrs. Jones had been attacked by apoplexy and that coina had resulted from this. The physician found her in a very bad condition, prescribed for her. and returned at midnight when he found that she was improving and was able to talk to him. He left, expecting ' to return in the morning. Mr. Jones had telegraphed to his wife’s brother, Mr. E. J. Cheatham, and to her sister. Miss Sue Cheatham at Frank linton, calling them here on account of the critical illness of Mrs. Jones. They reached here at 4 o’clock yesterday morning, and going at once to the house releaved the neighbors who had been sitting up with Mrs. Jones. Shortly after their arrival Mr. Jones lay down in an adjoining room to rest, while Miss Cheatham remained with her sister. Just about five o'clock, while Mrs. Jones was apparently resting easy, Miss Cheatham stepped into an adjoining room. She had hard’y left before she heard a pistol shot. She thought at first i it was a cartridge in the fire, but re- ! turning at one found that Mrs. Jones had shot herself. The wound was inflicted with a pistol. It was one Mr. Jones had recently pur chased and left with his wife for’her protection. Mrs. Jones had it under her pillow and as Miss Cheatham left the room, drew it out, placed it to her right temple and pulled the trigger. The ball entered the right temple, passed entirely through the brain and lodged in the bone of the left temple. The shock was a terrible one to Mr. Jones and the others. At once a physi cian was summoned. Mrs. Jones was barely alive when he arrived, and lived about ten or fifteen minutes after she fired the fatal shot. The home is spoken of as a happy one by the neighbors, and the only cause that can be found for the rash act. was that the apoplectic stroke and the suffering which accompanied this, had temporarily deranged Mrs. Jones, and that, not know ing what she did, she used the pistol which came to her hand as she passed it under the pillow. Yesterday at noon the body was taken to Franklinton for burial. With it went Mr. Jones, the relatives and many friends. On the caskett there wore numerous beautiful floral remembrances. Among the ladies Avho wont to Frank-. Jinton were Mrs. J. C. Ellington and Mrs. Ernest Martin. The pall bearers who accompanied the remains to the depot are Messrs. C. F. Lumsden. J. F. Jordan, W. W. Parish, Marvin Harris, J. C. Taker and Thos. A. Green. Rev. G. T. Adams, of the Central Methodist church, also accompanied the stricken family to the depot. Mrs. Jones, formerly Miss Kate Cheatham, was the daughter of the late Captain Cheatham, of Franklinton, and a niece of Dr. W. T. Cheatham. She has been married six years, but there were no children. She leaves three brothers, Capt. R. J. Chatham, a Seaboard Air Line freight agent in Atlanta; Mr. J. B. Cheatham, of Atlanta, and Mr. E. J. ( heatham, of Franklinton. Her surviv ing sisters are Miss Sue Cheatham, of J* ranklinton; Mrs. A. W. Austin, of Louis. PRIZE FIGHTER’S HEART. Coffee Shown to bo the Cause of His Weak Heart. Frank Wallis, the Illinois champion feather weight, says: “Nearly all my life I drank coffee, and It finally put me in such a condition that training for any fight was almost im possible. "My breathing was poor and slight ex ertion always made me very tired. I could not understand it, for I was other wise well and strong, until one day, in training quarters, a friend and admirer of mine askod me if I drank coffee. I told him. ‘yes,’ and ho said that was what ailed me. “This was two weeks before an im portant fight of mine was due. He ex plained how coffee affected the heart and nerves and told me of the good quali ties of Postum Food Coffee. I immedi ately commenced to use it in place of coffee. The result was wonderful. Mv nervousness left me, my breathing both ered me no more, my confidence returned, and I was as good as ever in a short time. “I returned victor of the fight, which 1 am confident I would not have been had 1 continued the use of coffee.’’ Few* Breakfast Luncheon.. os? Tea A few small biscuits easily made with J Royal Baking Powder. Make them small—as small round as a napkin ring. Mix and bake just before the meal. Serve hot. Nothing better for a light dessert than these little hot biscuits with butter and honey, marmalade or jam. You must use Royal Baking Powder to get them right. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. burg, and Mrs. G. L. Whitford, of Louis- I burg. Mrs. Jones was a woman of a lovely I character and was a devout member of the Methodist church. Her married life was a happy one and her stricken hus- I band is crushed by the blow which has darkened his home. She was a kind and considerate friend and neighbor, and deep grief is felt by all who knew her, ! while the entire people of this city feel the deepest sympathy for those who arc j bereaved. •TATE CBIHINAL STATISTICS. The Attorney General’! Beport Shows 17,610 Cases in Two Years. The report of Attorney General R. D. Gilmer for presentation to the Legisla ture has been completed, and from it is obtained some interesting statistical facts concerning crimes committed in the &tate and the disposition made of them. From July 1, 1900, to July 1. 1901, the total number of criminal cases in the courts of the State were 8,309, against i males 7,738, females 571. Os these 4,256 were against whites, 4,010 against col ored and 13 against Indians. The con- i victions, including submissions, were j 5,601, acquittals 1,055, nolle prossed 1.565, ! otherwise disposed of 88. From July 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, the total cases were 9,301, males 8,634, fe- I males, 667. Against whites 4.951, against negroes 4,339, against Indians 11. Con victions and submissions 6,418, acquittals 1,183, nolle prossed 1,594, otherwise dis posed of 106. An examination of the cases for these two years shows a curious coincidence, 1 as the numbers run very near together. The cases of capital felony tried from July 1, 1900, to July 1, 1901, were: Arson 6, burglary, first degree 22, murder, first degree 67, rape 18. From July 1, 1901, to July 1, 1902, arson 7, burglary, first degree 13, murder, first degree 40, rape 19. j RURAL LIBRARY PLAN In Eighty-Seven Couties With 408 Libraries. These Comprise 32,640 Books Costing $12,240 Besides Those Started by Aid of Pri vate Donations. The extent and growth of the rural library plan, as provided for by the last Legislature, as shown in the statistics prepared at the office of the State Super intendent of Public Instruction fully demonstrates the wisdom of the action in establishing these. Eighty-seven counties have taken ad vantage of the act by which, after $lO is contributed by private subscription, $lO is given by the county and $lO by the State. The only counties which have not yet established libraries are Alexan der, Camden, Carteret, Clay, Dare, Gra ham, Jones, Martin, McDowell and Pender. In the eighty-seven 408 libraries have been established on the fines indicated. In addition there have been established in Durham county through the liberality of Gen. Julian S. Carr and in other counties a number of libraries beyond the six allowed each county. In Durham there are now 27 libraries. In the 408 libraries established under the act. there are 32,640 books, an aver age of 80 volumes to each library, and these cost $12,240- In these there is provided the best of reading for thou sands of people who heretofore had no access to such literature as is now of fered them. The class of books in use is of the highest, and there is no doubt that there are a larger number of books in use than is given by the official figures. Those do not include the books in the j libraries established without county or , State aid. i The appropriation of $5,000 from the State is not yet exhausted, as there is still on hand a surplus of $920, enough to start 92 more libraries. Sixty of these can be established in the ten counties not yet having libraries and 32 in the counties not yet having six in each county. It is believed that before the Legisla ture meets the full amount of $5,000 will have been put in use, as applications for the library fund are coming in now al most every day. Ihe vote for a special tax in school ' district No. 13 in. Hickory township, last , Friday, was: For (he tax 11, against, 22. • Newton Enterprise. THE NEWS AND OBSERVES. SATURDAY kORNJNG. DEC. 13.1902. WILL MR JAMS GO? Pastor of Central Church May go to Trinity, Durham, If so, Rev. R. C. Btamai Would Remain at Washirg'or.—The Officers cf Central Cr.urch up in Arms Against It. It was reported in Raleigh yesterday that Bishop Coke Smith had decided to grant the request of the Methodists at Washington and re-appoint Rev. R. C. Beaman to the pastorate of that church. The same report was to the effect that Rev. G. T. Adams, pastor of Central church, Raleigh, had been appointed to Trinity ehurch, Durham, in place of Mr. Beaman. There were various reports as to who had been selected to succeed Mr. J Adams at Central church. One report put down Rev. F. M. Shamburger, ap pointed to Fifth Street chuch, Wilming ton: another Rev. L. E. Thompson, ap pointed to Washington, and another Rev. J. D. Bundy, new pastor at Hender- j son. It turns out that these reports arc all incorrect. The Bishop has made no change in the appointments announced at conference. They stood last night as read out at Wilmington by the Bishop. The News and Observer makes this state ment by authority. The earnest and vig orous protest of the. Washington Method ists against the removal of Rev. R. C. Beaman has reached the Bishop. He is giving it careful consideration. He has asked the advice of certain presiding elders, and in connection with the con sideration that is being given the mat ter, the suggestion is being seriously considered of sending Rev. Mr. Adams to Trinity church. Durham. It is under stood that the congregation of that church, when it became necessary to have a new' preacher, expected that either Mr. eaman or Mr. Adams would be sent to that church, and that the appointment of either would have been acceptable to the congregation. As far as the reports as to the successor to Mr. Adams at Central is concerned, that was mere guessing. As soon as the officers of Central church learned that there was a sugges tion that they might lose their pastor, they began to protest as vigorously as the Washington people are protesting against losing Mr. Beaman. They declare that Mr. Adams has done a great work at their church and that peculiar condition:- demand that he fill out a full four years’ term. He has already been on the work three years. They recognize that in the matter of salary the change would be of great advantage to Mr. Adams, but they insist that for the best interest of their church, as well as the church at large, Mr. Adams ought not to be taken from them. They do not merely protest; they are deeply in earnest about the matter and have made known to the Bishop and other church leaders their unyielding and l determined opposition to giving up their pastor. They do not go to the length of saying they would not receive another pastor, but their opposition to the con templated change is none the less deep seated. Meanwhile Mr. Adams has nothing to say. He. of course, appreciates deeply the manifestation of the confidence and esteem shown him by his flock. He says he is a loyal Methodist preacher, ready and glad to do whatever the Bishop, in his wisdom, deems best. Every year since Mr. Adams has been at Central ! church, he has been in demand at other charges that pay better salaries. NO REFLECTION ON MR. THOMPSON. In this connection it should be stated that the action of the church at Wash ington in no sense is a reflection upon Roy. L. E. Thompson, who has been as signed to that church. Headlines in this paper gave a misleading impression. A j letter written by a leading official at Washington to Mr. Thompson expressly disclaims any feeling of unkindness for him. The whole difficulty is the unex pected removal of the pastor of the Wash ington church and the consequent disap- I ointment. The Washington people have r.o purpose or desire to reflect in any manner upon the ability, character or fitness of Mr. Thompson, who is a wise, prudent and conservative man, who is held in the highest esteem by the peo i pie of every charge he has served. The Washington people would noon learn to esteem him as highly as they now esteem Mr. Beaman. j WASHINGTON COLORED METHODISTS ALSO DISSATISFIED. The negro is an imitative creature. The Washington white Methodists, objecting |to losing their preacher say they “will not receive the new preacher as signed though they have no objection to Wtn. The negro Methodists go their white brethren one better, as the follow ing from yesterday’s Washington Messen- j gcr and Gazette show's "Rev. N. D. King, who has been the pastor of the Zion M. E. church in this city for four years, w'as removed at the recent session of the conference and as signed to another field, and a new pas- : tor sent to Washington. He arrived last week and preached his first sermon Sun day, and this w T oek the officials of the church have notified the Bishop he is not acceptable to the congregation and de mand his removal.’’ REWARD FOR BISHOP The Governor Offers 8400 for the Capture of the Man Wanted in Charlotte. The search for Arthur L. Bishop, the travelling salesman, who shot and killed Mr. J. T. Wilsonu in Charlotte, goes on, and there will be more searchers for him as yesterday Governor Aycock offered a reward of S4OO for his capture. Bishop is the man who killed Wilson, when the latter, after ordering him to leave, was putting him out. Mrs. Wil son had found Bishop, her daughter and another young woman sitting on a table in a front room, drinking wine, and Bishop refused to leave when ordered and then shot Mr. Wilson while at the door. Mayor P. M. Brown, of Charlotte, and Mr. J. H. Weddington. chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Me ck lenburg county, wrote the Governor . stating the facts in the case, and suggest ed that a liberal reward he offered for Bishop. Moros Didn't Catch Them Napping. (By the Associated Fross.) Manila, Dec- 11.—A force of Moros at tacked Camp Vicars, Island of Mindanao, I on Tuesday, after seventy days’ in activity. They were repulsed without loss on the American side. The Moros approached stalthdy at midnight, but the Americans were not surprised. The en tire force were called to arms and drove off the attackers. It is believed the hos tiles were from the country east of La mao which Captain Pershing has not yet visited. Praises Mr Hardy. Mr. H. Ben. Hardy. Jr., has returned to the city after being for some time with the company controlled by Mr. J- O. Atkinson, which has been touring the South. Mr. Hardy is here for Christmas with his parents and will rejoin the company when it resumes work. r i he Gainesville (Fla.) Times says of his work: “Mr. Hardy's amusing songs were one of the best features of the j I evening's entertainment. He has no su- i perior in his line.” uDSTETTERX”.-'- CELEBRATED Belching, Heartburn, or tors. Hundreds ’ Try ** a,,< * ,,e c '° n Our 1903 Aliua nac j g now ready . STOMACH &> Get a copy from vour druggist. It j j is free- Appeals to you on its merit. Its reputation costs you nothing. A Sure Cure for Gonorrhoea. 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