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h JAS. G. DOYLIN, Publisher. v WadesborolMassenuer and.Wadesboro Intelligtncer Consolidated Juty. 1888. f PRICE. ONEZPOLLAR PER YEAR NEW SERIES VOL. 20.-NO. 10G TTADESIiOItO, N. C, TIIUKSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1908. WIIOLESUMI5ERl,10f; " 1 77T7TT7ZTn. ' ' 11 . y SHOT, MAN FOR TURKEY. Mr. Hardjr B. Stiller, of Lllesvllle Township, Take Pearl Cagle, of Klehmo.nd County, for a Wild Tur key and Kirn on HlmThreeHhot rack Cagle bat II I Not Danger onilr Wounded. A tragedy, surrounded by many elements- of mystery, was enacted at the Grassy Islands, on the Great Pee Dee, Monday afternoon. While ' hunting turkeys on the river Mr. Hardy S. Sellers, whose home is within one mile of the point men tioned, accidentally shot a man, thinking he was firing at a turkey. Mr. Sellers approached the epot near enough to see the man lying on the ground and then became panic strick en and fled for help. Two hours la ter parties who went to the spot found that the wounded man and his companion (there were two of the men) had disappeared. A representative of the Messenger and Intelligencer was in the section where the tragedy occurred on the day mentioned and, while on his way home, was overtaken by Mr. Sellers in front of the home of Mr. M. C. , Maness, who lives 12 miles from t Wadesboro on the IUdge road and three miles from the home of Mr. . Kellers.' At this time Mr. Sellers ap- p ;ared to be suffering the most ac cute distress."' He was almost beside himself and so great was his emotion that he could scarcely give a detailed account ol the manner in which the accident occurred. MISTOOK MAN. FOR TURKEY AND4 FIRED. 1 He stated that having a headache .Monday afternoon he decided to go ' out and see if he could not kill a wild turkey instead of returning to the cotton patch. He went to a sand bar on the river, opposite the Grassy islands, whfere the turkeys were in the habit of using, and lay in wait for the game to appear. Presently he not'eed through the undergrowth a ."back object moving about on the river bank. There was a little ' mound of sand between Mr. Sellers ' and the object and, not being able to see the body of the man, he fired at the object, which proved to be a black hat worn by a roan. ' j"J1V GOD I AM KILLED." A moment's silence followed the reverberations caused by the dis- ., charge of the gun and then Mr. Sei , lers, us de rushed forward to secure his prey, was almost paralysed by hearing a man crv out, "My God I am killed." He continued to run in the direction of the sound until he came near enough to see a man lying on the ground and then he became panic stricken and fled from the spQt. . He immediately went to his home and . hitched up a team and started but to procure help. ,.; Whiskey is illicitly trafficked up ' and down the river in the section .where the accident occurred and it was with souse difficulty that persons ' were secured to go to the scene of the tragedy. After the representative of the M. & I. had heard Mr. Seller's , story he volunteered to go with him to the place, while his companion went on to the "Mouutain," the country home of Mrs. T. A. Home, and phoned to Lilesvillefor Dr. Kerr, WOUNDED MAN DISAPPKA11S. Arriving at the home of Mr. Sel lers, and that gentleman being too unnerved to accompany him,1 the M. & -I. man, accompanied by uncle Henderson Smith, who knew the 'place well, proceeded to the point on the river designated by Mr Sellers as the place where the accident occurred. Arriving at the river the M. & I. , man suggested to Uncle Henderson that, inasmuch as he was familiar with (he section that he go ahead and find the place and then report. This ; he'did, whereupon the writer joined him, but Io and behold both the wounded man and his companion had disappeared. A search of the surroundings showed where & boat , had landed and the tracks made by two men in entering; the boat. At this time, which must haye been at least two and half hours after the shooting, nox blood was discovered. Later, however, Dr. Kerr and Mr W, H. Downer, who also visited the spot, discovered blood stains on the river tank' where there boat had been. Dr. Kerr and Mr. Downer hallowed for some time in a effort to attract the attention of persons on the Rich mond side of the river, if any were there, but received no response. TUB MYSTERY DEEPENS. Mr. Sellers was almost absolutely sure he had killed the man" He was shooting a powerful magazine gun, loaded with large shot for turkeys and geese He is an excellent shot and aimed directly at the black ob ject he saw through the thick under growth, and could scarcely (believe that the shot had not been fatal. Yet the man disappeared tand the condition of the river bank "'at the boat landing showed conclusively that a dead man had not been placed In the boat. Inquiry was made throughout the neighborhood, but not until Tuesday did the identity of the wounded man become known. Ail sorts of conjectures were rife, most people believing that the per son, whoever he was, was engaged in the whiskey traffic and would en deavor to keep the matter quiet. PEARL CAGLE THE MAN SHOT. Tuesday it was learned that Pearl Cagle, whose home is Just across the river from Mr. Sellers, Is the man who was shot. He was stiuck by three shot in the back of the head. Two of the 8hot,on striking the skull, were deflected to the left and one to the right,infllcting only flVsh wounds. Pearl was accompanied by his elder brother, Eb. Cagle and at first thought he had been accidentally, shot by him. Later they concluded that the shot must have been fired by some one hunting turkeys and see ing no one about they returned to the boat and went home and summoned a physician. Pearl Cagle is the man who, sev eral years ago, shot and killed John M. Murray, of this place. Cagle, who was only a youth at that time, was tried for murder and acquitted. An Enthusiastic Educational Rally. A large and enthusiastic crowd at tended the educational rally, at Dia mond Hill graded school Saturday. Appropriate addresses were made by Rev. T. W. Chambliss, pastor of Wadesdoro Baptist church, Messrs. E. F. Thomas and J. W. Gulledge, ol this place, and Prof. Huggins, principal of the school. Excellent music, made b the Diamond Hill string band, enlivened the occasion and a splendid picnic dinner was served. The object of the meeting was to arouse the entire neighborhood on tue subject of education, to the end that every parent in reach of the school would make sacrifices, if necessary, to have his children on hand at the opening. session. That the meeting did good was attested by the large number of bright eyed boysaud girls who greeted the teachers, Prof. Hug gins and Miss Grace Hyatt, Monday morning when school opened. , Razors lu the Air. Tuesday night the colored people had a "festible" at the home of Wat Dunlap, not far from the depot. A big crowd was in attendance and the affair ended in a big row, as is usu ally the case. Mose Clinton seems to have been the wielder of the razor on this occasion, both Calvin Wat kins and Andrew Hlammondceceiv ing severe cuts at his hauds. Wat kins was cnt ou the head, an artery being severed, causing him to lose a great quautity of blood. Hammond received a long and deep gash in the face. Will Taylor's arm was also dislocated during the trouble. The wounds of Watkins and Hammond" were dressed by Dr. Bennett. Prize Winners at (lie Chrysanthemum Show. ' The annual chrysanthemum show of the Daughters of the Confederacy, last Friday, was a great success in every particular. The flowers, which were unusually large and pretty, were displayed in the handsome new Episcopal rectory. Every exhibit re ceived a prize, given by the mer chants of the town. The first prize went tq Mrs. R. E. Little, the second to Mrs. T. J. Fetzer and the third to Mrs. M. E. Paker. The lucky "13" plays a .clever trick at Gathings Furniture : Co. Thanksgiving week. Read about It in next issue. PEACE REIGNS AT BLEWETT FALLS. Contending Factions Are Resting on Their Oars Pending the Outcome of The Hrarlng of the Restraining Or der Issued bjr Judge Long, Before Judge Webb at Charlotte Tomorrow. Sweet peace has reigned at Blewett Falls this week, a truce having been declared between the contending forces as to criminal indictments un til the more important matter of the ownership of the land in dispute could be settled. The order of Judge Long,restralning both factions to the controversy from Interfering with each other until the entire matter could be investigated by the courts, was to have been heard at Monroe last Thursday, but for some reason the hearing wrs postponed until to morrow, at which time it will be held in Charlotte. The formal title of the suit to be heard by Judge Webb tomorrow is as follows: Harold' M. Chase and John P. Jones against the Rock ingham Power Co., Lockwood, Green A Co., the Federal Construction Co., J. C. Addcrholt, W. A. Leland, W. H. Browne and W. P. Snow. It is clear to those familiar with the case that Hugh MacRae & Co. are behind Chase and Jones, and that the defen dants are, to all intents and purposes, the Rockingham Power Co. Hugh MacRae & Co. own large in terests in the Rockingham Power Co., and are doing their utmost to ti ke the Power Compauy out of the hands of the interests that now control it. The fight for the possession of a tract of land at the Falls, which is the mat ter to be settled tomorrow at Char lotte, is only a side issue in the etrug- gle for control of the great property. Hugh MacRae & Co.'s trump card is the proceedings brought by them some days ago before Judge Lyon for the dissolution of the voting trust which now controls the Rockingham Power Co. This matter will be heard at Kinston next Wednesday. In the hearing at Charlotte tomor row Hugh MacRae & Co. will be rep resented by the following attorneys: Col. Fred J. Coxe, of Wadesboro; Maj. John D. Shaw, and A. S. Dockery, of Rockingham; Davis & Davis, of Wilmington, and Bur well & Cansler, of Charlotte. The attorneys of the Rockingham Power Co. are Robinson & Caudle, of this place, and Judge Shepherd, of Ra leigh. Apropos of the above, it may be stated that the Rockingham Power Co., through its attorneys, Robinson & Caudle, has entered suit in the Su perior Court of this county to compel Hugh MacRae & Co., and the interests acting wita them, to convey to the Power Company a tract of land pur chased from Mr. S. G. Wall, Jr., of Lilesville, and the Ingram mill prop erty, recently acquired by Hugh Mac Rae & Co., or by their agents. Mrs. Robinson Entertains the Tuesday Afternoon Club. Communicated. Mrs. L. D. Robinson was the charm ing hostess of the Tuesday Afternoon Club and of a number of visitors last Tuesday afternoon. As ytu entered the door a ido-as-you-please air per vaded the house. - After some time of pleasant con versation, the guests were invited into the dining room, which was filled with soft light from candles arranged all around the room. The beautiful cut glass and silver reflected on the exquisite china,painted by the talent ed hostess, with the background of chsysanthemums, all lent beauty to the occasion. BRAS WELL-SMITH. ' Invitations reading as follows have teen issued: Mr. aud Mrs. C. W. Smith invite you to be present . at the marriage of their daughter Cornelia Maude Mr. Victor Brant Braswell on the evening of Wednesday the second day of December nineteen hundred aud eight at five o'clock . At Home ". Wadesboro, North Carolina. Impure t blood runs you down makes yon an easy victim for, organic diseases. Burdock Blood Sitters purifies the blood cures tbe cause bstlds you up. GRADED SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Fiwt Graph Mary Hums, Mar garetColson, Elizabeth Coward, Hen ry Coward, Andrea Covington, Etlie Wall Cox, Alton Everitt, Kathleen Hicks, Sarah Home, Nellie Huntley, Mary Kathleen Lilts, Enos Jeans, Charley Lowe, Jessie Mills, Pauline Rainwater, George Singleton, Mar garet Redfearn, Bertha Tarltou, Wa terman Towers, James Tarlton. Uppkr First Grapk Leona Ed ward , Georgia Muy Forte, William Hanna, John Gray, Willie M. Haw kins, Clyde Lockey, Paulina Moore, Sue Kate Pope, Clt yton Livingston, Adsie Martin, Dan Saylor, Robert Redfearn. Lower Second Grade Bennett Williams, Ray Coward, Tyler Ben nett, Parker Hanna, Alice Leak, Rosa Moss, Rebecca Ritch, James Redfearn, Clyde RatcliflV, James Grower. Uri'ER Second Grade Marie Colson, Murr Crowder, Lillian Gray, Barringtonllill, Charlie Ingram, An nie Lowery, Parker Rhyne, E. V. Fenton, Forest Lockey, Hallie Strick land. Lower Third Grade Lois Cov ington, Pearl Colson, Reese DeBer ry, Mamie Gulledge, Chapman Hill, Paul Home, Saylor Troutman, Lou ise Williams, Laura May West, Myr tle Redfearn. ' Upper Third Grade Harriet Hardison, Lucile Covington, Owen Saylor, Kathleen Huntley, Lacy Threadgill. Fourth Grade Lila Hill, Vir ginia Home, Augusta Little, Helen Ashe, Annie Bee Boyette, Rossetta Deese, Ransom Home, Manning Coward, Henry Huntley, Jessie Bos wtll, Claude Huntley, Astor Gray, Earl Hendley. . Fifth Grade John Bennett Al len, Flora Brasington, Minnie B. Huntley, Russell Singleton, Emma Smith, Francts Hyde, Mary B. Ash craft, Clare Allen, Robert Tomlinson, Margie' Gulledge, Martha Living ston, Oreine Covington, Robert Mann. -Sixth Gradk. Hattie May Cov ington, Annie Coppedge, Pauline Crowder, Ida Flake, Louise Gaddy, William Gray, May Hendley, Annie B. Home, Eleanor Horton, Kate Leak, Bessie M. Pinkston, James Rogers, Amy Smith. Seventh Grade Rone Lowe, Elizabeth Home, Shepherd Leak, Lovice Chambliss, DeLuke Pinkston, Dora DeBerry, Pauline Pinkston, Sallie Crawford, Louise Ross, Louise Beverly Mary Clifford Bennett, Herman Hardison, James Hardison, Benjamin Covington. Eighth Grade Clive Chambliss, Herbert Dockery, William Leggett, Elizabeth Ross, Ilrnest Brasington, Annie Miunick. Ninth Grade Angelyn Fetzer, May Singleton. Tenth Grade Fred Gray, Janie Gulledge, Iua Winfree, Preston Mc Leudori, Bessie Led better. Entertained In Honor of Miss Elinor Murr. Newton Correspondence Charlotte Ob server. - -i- ' : .- On Friday night Miss May R. Williams entertained the Whist Club in honor of her friend, Miss Elinor Murr, of Wadesboro, but now a member of the Statesville graded school faculty, who was spending a few days with her. The spacious parlors presented a merry scene as the young people played and pro gressed from table to table. The for tunate winner of the lady's prize, a gold hat pin, was Mrs. Adlai Oi borne, while the gentleman's,a silver match case fell to the lot of Mr. Her bert Stewart. The guests present were; Mr. and Mrs. Adlai Osborne, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Witherspoon, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Long, Misses Isa bel and Marie Bost,and Annie Foard, Messrs. Herbert . Stewart, Burgin Coon, Dr. R. A. Little and Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Williams. V. LOST Child's Locket, bearing initials M. S. Finder will please rt turn to Gem Cafe. Save your money for the mam moth Rug and Rocker sale to be polltd off Thanksgiving week at bathings Furniture Co. BETTERMENT WORK. Important Meeting of the Women of Wadeehoro-oAddrets bf Mrs. ( has. D. Mclver. An important meeting of the ladies of the town will be hdd ai 3::$0 o'clock Friday afternoon at the gradf d school building. The purjoxe of thi mwt ing will he the organization of a local chapter of the Woman's Association for the Betterment of Public Schools. Mrs. Chas. D. Mclver, of Greens boro, is state organizer of the Better ment Association, as it is called, and one of the principal features of the evening will be her addr.ss. Mrs. Mclver has been intimately connect ed with the Association since it or ganization, and is fully prepared to tell of the work in its several phases and many localities. Aside from the fact that she is an interesting tqeuk er, Mrs. Mclver possesses a magnetic personality, which niver fails to im press those who see and hear her. The ladle3 cf Wadesboro have not been slow to recognize the importance of betterment work, and several of them will speak briefly on our local needs. Formal organization will then take place. Believing that they are acting in accordance with the wishes of the people who are interested in the school, a committee of the faculty has arranged for this meeting and urges the ladies to attend., Rena G. Lassiter, Ch. Com. on Arrangements. Missionary Institute at Baptist Church An interesting and helpful mission ary institute was held at the Wades boro Baptist church yesterday. The program covered all phases of wo man's work in the various missionary departments. The speakers were the state workers who are thoroughly equipped for the work in'which they are engaged. Miss Fannie Heck, of Raleigh, the president of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention, was the princi pal speaker and her addresses were most inspiring to those present. She was ably assisted by Miss Elizabeth Briggs, of Raleigh, the leader of the Sunbeam work in this state, and Mrs. Hight C. Moore, the State secretary of woman's work. The church was decorated with plants and cut flowers and the local society presented all delegates present with note hooks and pencils. Mauyf the churches in the Association were represented. The interest in woman's work in the Baptist churches of this Association has greatly increaserfciur ing the past year on account of the constant effort of the Assodational Vice President, Mrs. F. B. Henry. Mr. F. C. Parsons Klected a Town C0111- mlssloner. At a meeting of the board of town commissioners last Thursday after noon, Mr. Fred C. Parsons was elect ed a commissioner, vice Mr. Thos. C. Coxe, resigned. At the same meeting, Mr. Jas. T. Williams was re-elected chief of police and city tax collector for the ensuing year. Mr. H. H. Redfearn also remains on the police force. A night watchman was not elected at this meeting, and Mr. Daviu Crawford is acting in this in capacity for the present. Consternation Among Wilmington Liquor Dealers. VVilniingtou dispatch, 17th. Some consternation has been caused in the ranks of Wilmington liquor dealers, many of whom have arranged to move to Norfolk and Portsmouth after the 1st of January, when State prohibition goes into ef fect, by press reports that both those cities and . Suffolk, Va., are now launching a movement toliold a local option election for the purpose, on the part of the anti-saloon leagues, of ridding the tidewater cities of Vir ginia of the saloou evil. One of the dealers who announced several weeks ago that he would open a mail order house in Portsmouth after the nrst of the year said yesterday that he sup posed he would reach Virginia in time to be called upon for another campaign subscription to meet the effortsbf the anti-saloon folks. Read the pain formula on a box of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your ' Doctor ir there is a better one. Pain meaus conges tion blood pressure somewhere. ! Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets check head pains, womanly pains, pain anywhere. Try one, and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by Par sons Drug Co. FOR SALE Old Papers. The M. 4c 1. has a large number of old papers to d ispose of and w i 11 do so very Chen p ly. 25 papers for 6c. PERSONAL MENTION. .Mrs. J. I). Home is visiting in Baltimore. Mrs. T. Cox went to Monroe t(Kl.iy to visit her ister, Sirs. R. I!. Red wine. Mrs. Emilia L. Hunter, of Fayette ville, is smling a few days here with relatives. Mrs. Robert Singleton i attending the Natioral meeting ot the Daugh ters of the Confederacy in Atlanta this week. She Is accompanied by her son, RusNell. Mrs. M. L. Ham, of Morven, jient Tuesday here with Mrs. E. W. Martin. Mr. John W. Green, of Converse, S. C, is visiting relatives and friends in Ansonville township. Mr. Green U a native of Anson, but thhj is the first time he has been in the county in eleven years. Mr. U. S. Ledge, superintendent of the furniture factory, has returned Iron Thomasville, where he spent several weeks. Mrs. C. A. McAulay, of Rocking ham, and Mrs. John K. Wood, of Biscoe, are visiting the family of Dr. J. M. Covington. Misses Rosa Moore and Berta Mws spent Sunday in Charlotte. Miss Berta Creps spent Sunday in Rockingham with relatives. Mrs. J. M. Billingsley and Mrs. Jas. Crowder, of Peachland, are vis iting Mrs. H. H. Redfearn. Miss Mamie Ingram, of Lilesville township, is upending some time here with the family of her uncle, Mr. J. 1). Home. Mr. H. II. McLendon spent yes terday in Monroe on business. Miss Ellen Terry has gone to Lit tle Rock, Ark., where she will make her home with relatives. Mr. W. L. Wilhoite.directorof the New York Life Insurance Co., with heademarters at Charlotte, is here to day in the interest of his company. Mr. G. W. Huntley went to Jones boro yesterday. Mrs. Huntley was already there and it is likely that both of them will spend the win ter at that place. Rev. J. H. West and the other Methodist preachers with charges in this county will leave next week for Asheville to attend Conference. Oroek Failed To Have Xiw York For Bryan. Marshville Our Home. When Mayor Brock, of Wadesboro, refused to let us pump some of our discarded Populist speeches into him before be left for New York, we thought he was making a mistake, and the election returns from New Y'ork indicate that we were correct. Unless Mayor Brock makes a satis factory explanation why there was such an unprecedented Republican landslide i that section of New York where he spread himself for Democ racy the honor isn't going to be piled upon him in as thick layer as was first predicted. Without a meaning of any reflection upon our young friend of the capital of Anson, we give it as our opinion that the next time New York Democracy wants help from North Carolina they should get a married man and put him in harnest oue that has fought domes tic battles at hoae and knows what it is to overcome difficulties. A man like this can concentrate his energies and will not be keeping one eye ou tbe feminine portion of his audience when he's talking ou important is sues. Catarrh Cannot be Cured. with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as tuey cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or ooustitutional disease," antTin order to c jt you must take ia terual remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, aud acts direetly'dn the blood aud mucous surfaces. HalTsCatarrh Cure is not a quaek mediciue Is was pre scribed by oue of the best physicians in, this country far years aud is a regular prescription. 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