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?A.- ?_ : URSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 16, 19X1. ER PUBLISHED WltacB. N. C.. March 1^-Th. third du of the .PMUI Urn. o t an-1 perlor court called to try (he mur-1 derera ot Deputy Sheriff C.oorge Mumford began today When the trial ncuially started %Uh the aelectlon of The Brat wltaae. r .tiled wa? Dr. K., T. Dlckeneon. who waa .'laralned Vr Bolfcltor AUsbrook. I>r. Dicken son qualified as an expert 3? *?ew George Mumford. deputy sheriff who Pfc,;- died February ?rd. He was called to M* bin on that Mumford wee carried to Wtlsdp* Sanatorium 8a if him there anfr4aw on first aiRht h<> was aertoMifF examination j be had two tfa *&to\ shot wound* through hie and tiro thro^h the abdomen, ?bore ear and one near top of I n "the toad. ' Didn't e! <ept to ae.1l he could be of ae^l?; % found ^ 1 reulj not atad tVn demen' entered from right aide and | one from front. Didn't look far oth er wounda aa he ??> practically deed .?(??? Theee bullet wounda canaed Me death. Either of fonr wa. wu -liable to cauae death. Dr. DlcUa PMWftililftiliiaiMHHBHH Dare Younkwaa next : put an the wltoeaa ataod. He teltUM tkal'W II red In WUeon with hu mother. Mary Voting. Wan In WlUon about * February lit. Lett WUeon day aUfht: * train, We*< aoiath. (Here the Jury waa aeat from the c?n't room while the retelancy of tome teat I m on y waa a rnHC ' l*\ J. E Woodard. for the atate. Mr. Lacaa for defanae. Thla evidence re ferred to waa tor the purpose of allowing tljpt Young left here, with W eat aad to connect Ma wit* a crime comMtte* In another county). The teetlmony waa declared mtx com petent by the court at the pteeeet time, and Young wu atood aalde. and flhectsMeOMchy. ot Comber laad, j called to the wltneea aunt). H? ?m examined by 8 A. Woodard, ?a*. He handed a telegram {the one notifying oncers here of Dean robbery,) Thla ulepram read he fot Famternie. N. C . Feb. ?, -U 1 Sheriff of Wllaon county: 1 J : WASHINGTON'S :: DEJ SPECIAL Where you c? Or short aprons lF*~Vu_.? Look Interruption was Anally Th? qqeetlon w coo tbe fifloay to which the tel? grem referred and propoeed to no back or the lime ot the telagram. Sheriff McOeaehy teitlfled that ha knew Ixiuta WM. Saw him laat la Maxtoa when he wu arrrtted 8m him before them on Thufcdny after noon about duak-on outeklrta of F*jr etteville. (Tbla drill en re Mr. Wood ard Hated to the Jury <u only again.! l.oul? Wait not 8teteo0.) Hf waa behind railroad embankment with two othera. Aakod them to gtT. themaelree up. Didn't know wheth er Dave Young waa In the crowd. ? Weat made voluntary atatement at Maxton to aereral oncer. In guard houae 1n preeenae of SbeVlff Sharps and other oSlcera hoon after dey. Weat waa ajrake when he aaw Mat mih I Pew people were on atreeta. Didn't know whether or not Weat waa requeeted to make etate Cpunael (or defenae objected to Bhertr McOeachy repeating Wear, statement, aa he waa not HaiWt at beginning of the atatemeat. State objected to-wifa a U Mutton batag given b. Objection arerrulefevM Weet aald he waa a guard at Du?a Hardware robbery while ether* wen la the atore That , he waa imt to the atore blmaelf. i Sheriff McOeachy waa not croaa ?KfaiJS ter nightly are apeaklac. la the hlgh eat term, of the mualc belag ren dered by the Forhea' Orcheetra. Thla mualcal organization la a credit to the cltr. U C ? ? On account of low water In the rlrer today due to the high wind laat night boat, are haTtag dlfflculty in reaching the city. , > ? The conditio* of Mr. ?on MOW confined ia the Fowle Me moriel Hoaplui la Sported to be The pared aldetraek aad ? treat la front of the city hall U quite aa Im provement It will he of conalderahle aid to the Are department In leer ing the atatlon l,ouae to <*ae of alarm of fir*. camped la the department of will Invade the southern repo| This la the mo*t significant made since the soldleTs ram pa Port 8am Houston lor "Matto^ on the border. Officers In com of Major Oeneral Winiam W< ?peaking unofficially I) likely meant that Isterventl Mexico la not only contaatpla* the United! State* government Is an assured (act. 1 r' ."Sijl The mimic aUaok on Oalv wjtlch wan to have been the prti feat-are of the War saa?. nM abandoned; at least for the tim <??? Tb, oni, mwoeuvBs^HB* leather gotten underway this morning wltB a nerjee of experiments In wireless communication With a view to test?! in* the accural of the wireless in sending orders. The officers1 in the amy gathered shout San Antonio are virtually unanimous In the opin ion that Intervention in Mexico was the motive for the mobilisation o{ troops In Tens. Every day hrtogs forth new Indications of the wscurs cy of this belief, The camp Is the Mecca for visitors and hundreds of strangers are pour tug lattMaeHy dally: V'J Several carload* of hiary proiec tllea for uae b? the artillery arrived Is San Antonio thla morning. Instasd of bain* unloaded the can were plac ed upon a aiding and a heavy military guard placed bear them. t,' This was anwnTgs another tadlea-j tlon that Invasion of Mexico la mere ly a matter of tlmrt It tfaa believed (hat thla ammunition would be tram ported to the lines running into Mex ico. __ Later In the morning a train toad of provisions arrived for the soldiers The food was not unloaded bat an armed guard was placed about the cars, which ware left standing on switches in the railroad yarde. ? Fair tonight and Friday. Hlilag temperature Friday Freostng weath er tonight. Moderate northwest Chattanooga, Ten a. Much 14.? The esse of the Doited States against "Forty barrel, and tweaty kf|i of Ooco-Cola," wait continued In tlis federal court today with the hearing of the testimony of several gorera tnent toltnea.es. The voTMen<lo to a large extant was purely technical. The expects who testified were Dr. H. Q. Fuller, of-*he Bureau of Chem istry; Dr. Emery of the Laboratory of Agriculture; Dr. H. H. Busby, of Columbia University Dr. ?. A. Ruderman of Vgnderbllt and F, P. Morgan of the department of Agrlcul ture. Dr. Busby, one of the principal ex perts for the United States told of his study of the leaves of the kola plant. He had visited South Ameri ca tor t|ils purpose he said, and had ?written^ several authoritative books upon ^ilbjecta relative to materia agfrflfr fr, '-V ; ? ?" ' ' ; i - ' He told of several Incidents ta.'t had come- under hi* personal obser vation lit*. which he stated the <?fre"?s of drinking" Cocoa-Cola had been harmful. ri-i , " Yesterday afternoon at the resi lience of the brlde'a parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. B Mixon, residing about 2 miles In the country, Mrs. Emily C. Mitchell of this city and Mr. 3. D. Shorn t>f Bayslde. N. C., were united In marriage. The ceremony waa lw preaslvely performed by Rev. R. H. Broom, pastor of the First ^Metho- 1 dlst church, this city. In the presence of qu|te a number of relatives and friends and the contracting partlee. The fc&me was attractively deco rated in pafms, ferns and evergreens. The bride was attired in a greay cloth traveling suit, with hat and gloves to maich. She also wore a handsome caiheo brooch, the gife of her brother. Mr. S. R. Mlxon. Miaa Unit Mixon, sister of the bride prpalded'at the organ and play ed Mendelssohn's wedding march. The consummjrtlon - ot the marriage vowa were aald under an arch of. ev ergreens and flowers. Immediately after ' the ceremony and amid the congratulations and *?11 wishes of all present Mr. and Mrs. Eborn left for thela future Ijome In Bayslde. N. C. Quite a number from this dty and 'elsewhere w ere present. "Mrs. Eborn is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mixon and sister of County Treasurer EL R. Mlxon .^She Is a woman of attractive personality anil enjoys a wide circle of ftUnto As a church worfcer she tea bean in the forefront. ?>' 'P/i*' -~Mr. Eborn Is one of the county* moet successful business men, being for many years the manage'* of the Roanoke Railroad * Lumber Com pany's Isrge mill plant at Bayslde. He Is also a* large faratar to ; that section. As a business man he oc cupies a high place and socially en Jays the esteem and confidence ot, a bpst of friend. *k*r**er knows. The Dally Sews joins the many STRIPPED ISclST m BOBBED HIM V_ ! Bandits Tortuc Mu in N. Y. Restaurant 'VMfe'.? W AND TOOK ILL OF HIS MOIEY Slash <he F ace of &wiaginjc Coe* ? Be Trip* to Prevent SteaaguUHon. In sertou-n condition from tons Of Blopd ? Came Prepare for the . Crime. ?ew York, March IB. ? Entering a restaurant on Cherry street early to day three hfeld-up men strangled Dle^ go Laeaia, the cook, strung him up by the neck with a noose which they attached to a meat hook, and slash ed his face with a knife as they went through his pockets and robbed him of |186. After robbing the cash drawer of ten dollars the men fled, but Laeala nearly strangled to death before he managed to free himself. He was taken to a hospital In a se rious condition from loss of blood. ? Returned From Northern Cltlen ~ Mies Beeale Stokes, milliner 'fo: the Arm of T. ^\T; Phillips and Com pany has returned from northern dtles where she studied the latest fatta and styles in Headgear. . ,? QIBB'8 Minncit is en BTILLi,^ MYsifkhv V * ' ? ? . t. ? ' . Coroner's Jury Silent, But Vague Ru mors Afloat Elisabeth City. March 14 ? Noth ing can be learned from the Coron er's Jury In the case of Captain Ed ward E. Glbbs, who was found mur dered in the sand of the river shore Wednesday afternoon, March 8. Va rious rumors are afloat at ail times; but there seeniB to be nothing new developing. The cause and the perpetrator (of the horrible crime Is sealed in clos est mystery. Aeroplanes for Border. Washington. March 14.? A. D. McCurdy. the Curtias aviator who will teat the aeroplanes which is to be sent to th6 Mexican border, will! report at Washington tomorrow and confer with oflcials of the war de partment. I Three aeroplanes are to be sent by the department to the border for pouring purposes. I *.v COLfc VVORAGE, -4 The Crystal lee Company Now Co*. ?tructin? this Feature The Crystal ice Comytn^ U now engaged In making great Improve menu to their Ice plant by the ad dition qt a general cold storage de partment. It is to be hoped that the addition will be ready (or busi ness on or aboc! June l. When completed Its capsclty will be four thousand cubic feet capacity. This is an enterprise that has long been needed. ; ' Is Quite Sick. / J . The many friends or Mr, Samuel R. Grist will regret to loam that he ?till remains Quite sick at his botaJ in Chocowlnlty. ^ He has been confined for seveital weeks suffering from rheumatism. Received an Automobile. Mr. B. W. Ayera to in receipt of a handsome and late Improved Automo bile . It to being much admired. Schooner in Port. ^ ?The schecser J. Manco, Captain William R. Pedrlck In command, to In port loading with fertilisers con signed to W. F. Winstead and Bro., of Winateadrllle, N. C. LK. WILLIS PHONE 7*. We will make the following special prices for^Thurs- - day, Friday and Saturday of this week Granulated 8ugar (16 lb. bags) Sclb Sugar Cured Hams 17e lb Best Tub Butter 29c lb 8now Drift Lard . 10c lb Fancy Irish Potatoes 24c pk French Roll Wafers .... . . 22c cam "Delmoqte Asparagus Tips 88c am Fresh Bread, baked daily. .4c loaf It witt pay you to put in a big sup ply- at these prices Watch the News Sat urday forMonday-Wed nesday Specials. Gem Theatre Tonight THE EDICT OF THE PODEST A? Eclipse THE TENDERFOOT MESSENGER Essaoay Weaiefn ComWy/ ANOTHER'S GHOST- -Pathe FORBES OCHESTRA PLAYS FROM 730 TO lft-30 P. M. J J ^ I | Washington's ? 1^' rlU Y 1 Gre?teatStore ; Novelties in VELVET, MOIUE and SUEDE BAGS NET\ BELTS AND DELTING ? i SEE :;r J. tL HQYT|:? FIRST I H mm will open my stoie to show you
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