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ESTAISLISIH.D 1883 ' W ADESltOKO, N. CM .MONDAY, SI.PTOl WWW i. 1U1C ON LY SKMI-WKKKLY IX ANSON
rsiilCK ROUND OVER TO COIRT.
Agd CIU..MI of LUcwvllIc Wilt Have
to Plead to lha Charge of Anton
t tho Next Term of Anton Crimi
nal Court 111 Iloiul Pliued at
$730.
Thursday Capt. Samuel T. Usher,
an aged citizen of Ltlesvllle. had a
preliminary hearing before Esqs.' J.
II. Denton and J. A. Little on the
charge of burning a dwelling In
LUesvlUe township which belonged
to him. ' The burned dwelling was
known as the "White House" and
was located six miles from Wade
boro on the Stanback ferry road.
The house was burned Tuesday af
ternoon, August 6th. The house
was occupied by Mr. E, R. Llles and
family. Mr. Llles was working for
Capt. Usher as a wage hand. Mr.
Jas. Thompson, a brother-in-law of
Capt. Usher, roomed In the house
Mr. Llles was not at home when
the ilre occurred, ho and hla wife
having gone to Rockingham tho Fri
day before to visit relatives.
On account of the age and proml
nence of Capt. Usher the hearing
attracted a good deal of attention.
Mr. E. It. Llles was the first wit
ness examined, and It was brought
out that the house had caught fire
twice a short time before the fire
which destroyed It. The first fire
was early In July, Mr. Llles said
He and Capt. Usher and Mr. Thomp
son were sitting on the front porch
when Mr. Thompson went to the
well and discovered that the house
was on fire and gave the alarm.
AH three of the men rushed up
stairs, Llles and Thompson carrying
water. The fire was found to be
in the attic. Mr. LI lea said he'
threw his water on the fire and
pitched the empty bucket to Capt.
Usher and asked him to get more
water. The captain, the witness
stated, turned away and made no
effort to get the water. After the
fire was extinguished a quantity of
gashes that resembled ashes from
bottle wrappers were found on
plate of the house which sup-
Tjorts tne roof. The ashes were in
reaching distance or a scuttle hole
in the ceiling which was reached by
a ladder. The witness stated that
Captain Usher had been upstairs
during the morning before the fire.
The second fire Mr. Llles testi
fied occurred about the last of
July. Capt Usher was. at Mr. Liles'
and went up the stairs to the sec
ond story several times during the
day. About the middle of the af
ternoon Captain Usher said he be
lieved he would go home and hitch
ed up. Mr. Llles says he then
went in the garden to get the
Captain some vegetables and that
the Captain said he would go up
stairs and get Thompson's lantern,
He came down with the lantern and
drove off. About the time Capt,
Usher got out of sight Mr. Liles no
ticed smoke settling down in the
yard and ran up stairs and found
the hoiee on fire between the c?
lng and weatherboarding. There was
a hole in the weatherboarding and
he got a bar and prized the ceiling
off and put out the fire before any
damage had resulted. Cotton and
paper had been packed for a dis
tance of three or four feet between
the ceiling and weatherboarding and
the fire was in this mass.
Next day, Mr. Liles said, Captain
Usher came over again and told
him that it looked like the house
was going to burn down and ad
vised Mm. to insure his furniture.
Mr. Liles replied that he was not
able to pay for insurance, where
upon Capt. Usher told him he
would pay his first premium, but
not to tell' any one.
Mrs. Liles' testimony was about
the same as that of her husband
except that she said Captain Usher
went up and down the stairs at
least a dozen times on the day of
the second fire. .
Capt. J. C. . Marshall, of the in
surance firm of Marshall & Little,
testified that his concern. Issued a
policy on the burned house for $600
during March, 1911. Later Mb firm
received .the following letter from
Captain Usher:
"Lllesville, N. C.,'De.lS, 1911.
"Messrs. Marshall & Little,
"Wadesboro, N. C. '
"Dear Sirs: I have had my two
storr building alt fitted up nicely at
my J ek Smith or White, House
place. My mechanic Bays it is now
worth over $2,000. I would like an
additional amount of $400.00 insur
ance to expire with the other, March
8, 1914.
"Very truly yours,
8. T. USHER."
In response to this letter an ad
ditional policy for $400 was sent
Captain Usher, making the total In
surance on tho house, $1,000.
Messrs. E. P. Llles and J. J
LIndsey testified that they knew
the house that It was about 75
years old and very dilapidated.
They estimated that the house was
worth from $300 to $350.
Mr. J. J. x Allen, the mechanic
who repaired the house estimated
that the work, and material used
in its repair would come to about
$40. Mr. Allen gave It as his opin
ion that tho, house was worth about
$300. He denied telling Capt.
Usher that the house was worth
over $2,000.
Mr. B. R. Wall, of Lllesville, tes-
tlfied that Capt. Usher spoke to1
him about insuring Mr. Llles' fur-j
niture. On Saturday before the fire:
Mr. Wall says he told Captain Ush-'
er that the insurance companies
would not take the risk. !
Charlie Dunlap.a colored man who;
lived neur the burned building, tea-,
tlfied that he saw Captain Usher (
about the house at 1 o'rlock and a
little after 2 o'clock the day It was
burned. j
James Scarboro, a white boy, said
he passed the burned house about 3
o'clock the afternoon of the fire. J
He saw Mr. Thompnon at the wi)!.;
but did not seo anything at all of
Captain Usher. Young Scarboro al
so said he noticed smoke about the
rear of the house. An hour later
he came back the same road and
the house was burned down.
Captain Usher did
any evidence.
not introduce
Robinson & Caudlej representedthe
State at the hearing, and McLendon
& Thomas appeared for the defend
ant. The Justices decided thereatwas
probable cause and Capt. Usher
was bound over to the Superior
Court. The bond was placed at
$760.
The bond was signed by Messrs. T.
F. Stanback, R. T. Bennett, Jr., H.
W. Little and O. M. Stanback.
Polkton High School to Open.
The Polkton State High School
opens Monday, Sept. 2nd.
Young people far enough ad
vanced to enter the 8th grade, or
1st year of high school, have a
right and are Invited to enter with
out paying tuition if their homes
are in Anson county. Pupils below
the 8th grade who reside in the
Polkton high school district can en
ter also without paying tuition. Any
who are over 21 years of age or any
who reside outside of the district
below 8th grade must, pay tuition,
except public school teachers, who
also can attend without paying tui
tion, from any part of Anson county.
We will be glad to have any at
tend who desire a thorough Mgh
school education or who desire to
enter college.
The principal has a number of
years' experience in preparing
young people for college and life.
E. P. MENDENHALL, Prin.
Boy Falls 2,000 Feet,
Flint, Mich., Aug. 30. In the pre
ence of hundreds of persons 14-year-
old Chester Betts, son of Bert N.
Betts, of Flint, was accidentally
caught by the guy rope of a balloon
today and carried about 2,000 feet
in; the air before the rope untangled
and hurled. Mm to his death.
He crashed against the roof of a
barn and was still alive when spec
tators reached him, but he soon
died.
.The tragedy occurred at a county
fair and when the balloon and aero
naut shot upward many persons
thought the youth dangling at the
end of a rope was a dummy. The;
heroic efforts of the balloonist to
rescue the boy soon disclosed the
truth to the crowd below..
As the big gas bag went higher
and higher the aeronaut, in peril of
his own life,- could be seen working
desperately to pull the lad to the
trapeze.
-. Finally the rope swirled away
from the boy and the tiny form
dropped like a stone.
Economy.
"There's an economical girl for
you."
"As to how?"
"Eats a 5-cent lunch every day."
"Yes ; she's trying to save $ $ 3 0
to buy a willow plume.." Boston
Record. '
CRIMINAL COURT .NEXT WEEK.
Five Murder "" ami a NuhiIht of
Other ' ImNi1nt ' on the
Ikx-ket.
Anson Superior Court for the
trlall of criminal cases will be con
vened next Monday. Judge Peebles
will preside and Solicitor Stack will
represent the State.. There are
five murder cases on the docket, a
follows:
llarl-o
Little.
Mamie
Melton for killing Milan
Warfleld for killing Ed
Toney.
Arch Davis for killing Henry
Wall.
Lucy Smith for killing Mamie
Little.
Charlie Shaw for causing death of
child of Wash Hake.
The p.itti.'M to all these houio-lil-s
ar colored.
Perhaps the most interesting' ''use
that will be for trial will be that
of the State against Captain S. T.
Usher for burning a dwelling in
Lilcitvllle township, which belonged
to him.
There are quite a number of other
cafes to be tried of more or less
Interest, but the ones named above
are the most important.
ray Xckto Preacher leiul. . t
John Fisher, the crazy colored
preacher, of Morven, who was plac-
i ed la jnll here the flrgt of agt week
I for safe keeping, died Saturday
night about 9 o'clock. During the
time of his confinement he refused
utterly to take food, drink or medi
cine, and each day his ravings grew
weaker and weaker, till at laBt he
died of exhaustion. It is said that
there was no place in the asylum
for him, and he probably received
the best treatment possible, under
the circumstances. For Weeks before
his attack of Insanity he had been
holding protracted meetings, and
during his ravings, he preached
prayed, cursed and talked of fat
hens and "red meat watermelons,
mixing the different subjects in
pitiful manner.
Mrs. Thomas Visits the Southern
Industrial Institute.
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Mrs. Ethel Thomas returned last
night from Charlotte, where sh
had been to place. her son, Master
Bennie, in the Southern Industrial
Institute. Rev. J. A. Baldwin
President of the school, and in the
great work which he has undertak
en, in order that boys and girls
moderate means might obtain
of
an
education, he is to be heartily com
mended. la connection with the
school, a large truck farm is being
run, and students who cannot af
ford to pay their way are allowed
to work their way working so
many hours per day, or so many
days per month, thus getting phys
ical as well as mental training,
which serves to develop brawn and
muscle, and to keen the slu&ent
strong and vigorous.
Blind Timers in the "Brick Bow,"
Saturday afternoon. Constable
Autrey and Policemen Lineberry
and Dees searched the home of Ra
chael Ramsey, in the "Brick Row,'
and found a gallon and a quart of
booze. Rachael claimed that she
did not know anything about the
"stuff" nor how it got into her
house. The woman's daughter, how
ever, said that Blind Giles Cooley
left it there. The constable and
policemen then proceeded to search
all the houses in the "Row," ex
pecting to arrest Rachael when they
finished, but when they went back
after her both she and her daughter
had departed for other scenes.
Waftesboro Young Ladies Entertain
ed in Cheraw.
Miss Mary Stricklin entertained
last evening in honor of her guests,
Misses Minnie and Maggie Jones; of
Wadesboro. N. C. In a contest
which was participated in by all
present. Miss Lillian Tracy, and Mr.
William Stricklin won first prize,
and . 'Miss Pearl Coward and Mr.
Frank Davidson were the recipients
of the booby priae. Ice cream and
cake,, was served and at 12 o'clock
the guests departed lor their re-i
spectiva homes. - Cheraw Chroni
cle, 29th.
"WE ARE LAISORERS."
Strong K-rtuoii Preached YeMerday
by Rev. IS. I. Herman on Above
Mubjert llapine Ifctpemlemt
l'Mn IjitMr Civilization Depend
ent l'Kn I-alwir Ijilxir Mimt Hon
ornlile. "For we are laborers together
with God" I. Cor. 3:9.
Yesterday morning Itev. Geo. D.
Herman delivered the first of three
sermons on labor. The second was
preaciied Sunday evening, and the
third will be delivered at 8 o'clock
Lh it evening. Yesterday morning
Mr. Herman said in part:
There are three closely related
and highly Important thoughts con
tained In the text. 1 state them in
their natural order:
1, We are laborers.
2, We are laborer together.
3, We are laborers together with
God.
I must limit the discussion at this
hour to the first proposition We
are laborers.
The nble-bodled man who will not
work deserves to be klrked out of
town. . Paul says If a man will not
work, he ought to bo starved.
The servant girl who can cook a
meal to as to prevent the dyspep
tic from seeing ghosts In his dreams
is of more value to our race than a
thousand satin-robed Idlers whose
chief accomplishments are cards,
dancing, and gossip.
A flrHt class shoemaker Is better
than an Idle king; and the faithful
old colored man who shovels dirt
six days in the week deserves more
respect than the young man whose
only ambition is to spend his fath
ers hard earned dollars.
Most of the world's trouble comes
from Idlers, and that class who are
trying to live without honest work.
The Idle rich and the Idle poor are
of the same stripe they live off
of some body else's sweat, and make
trouble for the honest, hard-working
part of mankind. Crime is the child
of Idleness. We need a law to put
all able-bodied idlers and loafers
and spongers, both rich and poor,
white and black, on the chain gang
io make good roads for honest men
to ride on. The able-bodied man or
woman who eats bread, but earns
none, is a rascal.
lne worlds progress is the re
sult of labor hard, every day, com
mon-place, labor. All real progress
must be paid for in much toll,"
sweat, and weariness.
The world's happiness is largely
the product of labor hard, honest,
constant labor. If all labor should
be suspended for five days, the
want and misery which wouldl en
sue would be appalling. I would
rather be a faithful washer-woman
at the judgment seat of Christ than
the millionaire who lives in idleness.
The world's wealth is the product
of labor; and any system which
robs labor of its just share of the
world's wealth is under the blast
ing curse of a righteous God, who
will finally render unto every man
according to his works. That sys
tem which is not founded on equal
justice to all cannot stand the tests
of the future.
The most contemptible humbug
on earth is the inflated snob, who
by chance has come, into the posses
sion of wealth without sweat on
his part, then turns up his nose in
scorn at the honest poor, who eat
bread by honest toil.
The condition of society called
civilization is the product of infin
ite! toil. The diference between civ
ilization and savagery is determined
by intelligent labor. It is intelli
gent labor which changes the face
of nature, and converts the barren
desert into the fruitful field. Every
honest day's work makes this world
a better place in which to live.
Labor is honorable. 1 It is God
like to labor. God is the infinite
worker. To make the universe what
it is, God has been at work millions
of ages. The universe as known to
astronomers is made up of two im
measurable streams of stars moving
in opposite directoins. How long it
took God to make this amazing uni
verse I do not know. But this I
do know, when Jesus waB among
men to teach us about God .and show
us how we ought to Uve, He was a
great and constant worker. Before
He entered upon His public minis
try, He worked at the carpenter's
trade. He has thereby forever dig
nified honest toil. Alter He entered
upon His public ministry. He went
about doing good., :
Whatsoever good thing any man
doeth." God will reward him. There
In nothing more honorable than do
ing) the thing that ne, ui be done,
and doing it well. Shoddy work
means a shoddy worker. It In as
honerable to dig potatoes a to dig
the Panama Canal, provided you do
it well. Every thing God iUrn He
does well; and, If would please
Him, we must do our. work well.
Everybody honors a genius; but gen
ius la nothing more than the capac
ity to do more and better work than
others do.
Labor conquers difficulties. Ii
makes hard things easy. H con
quers Indifference and unbelief -man's
two worst enemies. It beget n
admiration and enthuMatini among
those who oppofe us. The world
will always give the right-of-way to
those who are doing something,
and doing it with an energy and Joy
born of enthusiasm. To please tiol
you must put heart and brain and
conscience Into your work. Hut It
Is religious work which counts for
f. 1.. 1 . . . . . ...... 1
than to save dollars. If you have
saved dollars, use them to bless'
men and God will bless you. As(
church members we must labor toj
save the world front Ignorance, un
belief, and sin. This is the work
which will abide.
God saves men through the ngeti
cy of other men. Xo man can do
your work. If you fail your work
must remain undone, it may. be for
ever. Work with your hands, with
your head, and with your money. He
a man on whom God can depend for
good work whatever may be your
lot in life.
Work today.
Work in faith.
Work for the glory of God.
ltemarkable Georgia Chicken.
Editor of The M. & I:
In your issue of 2Cth Inst., I no
tice a local telling of the clever
ness of a pullet, the property of
our good friend, Mr. Seaborn A.
Benton. This was a very energetic
bird, but our Atlanta chickens have
set a record surpassing that of Mr. I
Benton's. j
During the last week of, November,
last, I had a brood of chickens i
hatched. Five of them were ' a'
cross between White Leghorn and
White Rock, a cockerel and four pul
lets. The pullets began to lay dur-
ing March of this year and one of
them had hatched a brood of chick
ens before the middle of April.
This is remarkable, in that my
poultry yard is the back of a small
city lot situated on Peachtree St.,
in the center of the city. I do not
use any of the newfangled methods,
but stick to the country style of
mothering my chickens with hens.
Youns very truly,
J. E. McLAUCHLIN.
Craig Wednesday Xight,
Hon. Locke Craig, Democratic
nominee for Governor, will address
the voters of the county in the
court house Wednesday night. Al
ways a powerful orator, it is said
he is surpassing himself in his
canvass this year..
Wadesboro Loan & Ins. Co.
OUR SELLING POINT.
When we ask you to insure with us:
WE DO NOT SAY. "Insure with us. because .we
used to go to school with you."
WE DO NOT SAY, "Insure with us. because we
are just starting in, and need the business."
WE DO NOT SAY, "Insure with us, because w
have the largest agency."
BUT WE DO SAY, "Insure with us, because we
can place your business with the largest and most
liberal companies in the world at the same price you
are paying for protection in an inferior company."
AnInsurancePolicyls Like a Watchman
And money spent for insurance is not wasted if you
have no fire any more than the watchman's wages are
wasted if no burglary is attempted on your property.
For in the first place you are pying for PROTEC
TION, the same as you are in the last.
You hire a watchman because you have confidence
in him and for the same reason you buy insurance be
becausof the confidence you have in and the experience
of the agency .
PHONE
littler to P- AoHtloa.
Co-workers f the Pew D- AocU
Hon: September l here and with it a
number of taaks loom up be for as.
It is difficult to know which to
mention first. It U nice to 'begin
with prai; o before I go further
let us stop a moment and thank our
kind Heavenly Father -that he ha.
called another North Carolina girl
to devote her life to th better
ment of humanity. Aug. 19th, Mia
Valeria Green left Rldgecreat for
her far away post of duty at Can
ton, China. Miss Green was accom
panied by her mother, Mrs. Geo.
W. Green, who for many years ha
had charge of our girl ml-loa
school In Canton.
Now our duties seem more help
ful, and so we will begin mor
cheerfully.
First, the last 'quarter ha closed
and tho hard question confront, us.
have wo reached our aim? Twenty
five blanks have been arranged by
your faithful secretary. Miss LilUa
McRae, which will show you your
aim and help you to see yourselves)
as others see you. These blanks
will leave my desk Monday, and as
soon as you can, fill and return to
me.
At our association la Laurlnburg,
Oct. 3rd and 4th, we are arranging
for a now member campaign. Every
society that has gained in member
ship will bo entitled to wear our
state ml.ssion colors, white and
gold.
We now begin our efforts to de
velop our own beloved North Car
olina. September Is our regular
state mlsnJon month. I trust every
society will write to Miss Blanche
Burrus, Raleigh, N. C, and get the
excellent program prepared for tho
observance of this special offering.
The Wadesboro W. M. S. will
meet Sept. 9th, with Mrs. W. J.
McLendon. Mrs. Colt Redfearn is
the capable leader of this meeting,
and I am sure she will give us much
Information on the work of state
missions. '-
Miss Cora Atkinson, of Hamlet,
has sent in her report of her Sun
beam sSociety, $3.00.
Mrs. J. A. Burns, of Peachland,
has sent her report, $3.25.
A number of requests have come
to me for report blanks. These
are to be obtained from our state
secretary. Miss B. Burrus, of Raleigh
When you write ask for a year's
fupply. , ,
Eegin now to push, plan and pray
for the annual meeting at Laurin
turg. . :
Your Vive President,
MRS. LI LA L. HENRY.
FOR SALE Any one wishing to
buy a nice dwelling house, nine
rooms conveniently arranged, and
four acre lot, good well of water,
in town of Peachland convenient to
three churches and good school, sea
J. B. Covington, Peachland, N. C. j
. Brinj? it to thp M. A 1. office and
weive reward Elegant four biaded
Keeo Cutter Koifp. Was lost or
mislaid last Tu-Iy moroioe.
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