MARCH 17, 1*11.
R PUBLISHED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
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I JBry be Would Hcntl
the Jurymen who are to da-j
clde the fate of the NeopoliUs Cam
I alayera and thun and an at
m tack on a photographer by Alfano,
leader, enlivened the trial today.
Aa aoon aa court opened the fore
man of the Jury presented a proteat
'rem Ha members against serving for
?mall pay la view of tha pilMgni.1 of
a loa? trial. Tha Jurors are to let
only ?? casta a day. Judas Blaachl
promised to seod the protest
to the offlee of tha minister of Jestioe
and the ^rlal then proceeded
The attack oa the photographer
.came while the prisoners were on
their way to eoait Alfano reoogntai
ad aiaoag the corps af aewspeper
are mm a representative of a Na
f newspaper which bad. . attacked
rleoaera. , The prlaonar triad to
away -from hU gaards but waa]
led after a abort struggle. Shriek
lag ant cursing, tha Cuawfs lead
er waa throat Into his saga after he
had scat in Us face of tha photoa
? rapber. '
Tke actual work of the trial
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The Indictment described la the
murder of Cqeccojlo V th/e, ft the
defendants, Oennaro, Oerrato pm*
Sort In e>. Thirty-two wounds vipMr fl
found /t>n his boc^r and ble head was
"battered alsaaatto a pulp. . V
Rising la Ma, cage and looking at
hla Wife who aat among the aba
tor*. Oenaaro cried. "I awsar /oa
?will atoaa top <Ma l ata fonocent '
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sum ?a -Jur ?? at 1ft Use cage wtaufc tn
AehOMar la Fori.
The schooner, Mary 8 of
^barter, Captain Thad Brown la ?
laand. arrived in port thU morning)
loaded wit* cklckena. eua. peas
Br,; * ' ''-V - T* ? *' 1
m^l.4 *<*?>? m**, i- v
*r: Heber McOowan. eon of W- J-|
C^-McGowan. residing In rtlabftaaa
Tllle fa coatoaJ to his kocae 'scar
ing from LaOrippe. Ha la reputed
%alta alck " T
la ta Port. n
Tha achooner J. r. Morris of Bath ?
Captain W R. White In command.
'? '? Port loaded with chickens and
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Pamlico Chapter Daughters of the 1
Con fed racy are, requested to meet
Baftvrday afternoon at ?:?# o'clock
at ttie real denes of' Mlae tana Wlnd
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of importance CAae (and
no your part. ' T a
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Washington's ,- pep
LADIES' SII .l
tractor 1b
rnlreralty or
f Richard Nnrtea, In itnnllou at
which to In I ho Turk Mi nro
r Banghail. In northern Afri
The crime the detalla of which
re meaner, <u reported to tha de
artment by Mr. Norton and tha
.merlcan embaaar waa directly to Im
tcdlately Inraetlgate. ? H
VEST DID STETSON
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TRIAL UNDER M
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i 0>w ud Clearing Weather En
Paiiar* to Gate
Fanoert to Work
Bain Admittance la
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Wllaon, N. C.. lurch 1*.? At nlne
hlrt# thla morning tlx trial ot I^nlaj
Vaat and Stetaon, charged wtth.the
aurdar of Deputy ShartH Oeorge
(umford. araa proceeded with.
Aa on rtgtardajr. tha court bona
'aa packad. bnt tha croah waa not
a great aa than and conaaqueatly
bara waa more quiet in court.
meat curloelty of many to aaa tba
ai? who ara on trial tor t
are an trial for tfMlr
irea baa b?a aaUafrad, and their
e,l~W< buMa^UU. waek again I
Tha nrat wltnea. rallc,-, thla mora-'
if waa . Sheriff Sharp*. Ha teatlflad|
bat ha ha* baa* sheriff twelve yean.
I* knew George MumTord. Ha
deputy (or ear en yean. Ha Man
IBod telegram reoatred from Sheriff
IcGaachy oo February 3rd. notify
?g Mm at Went crowd bala? head-]
d thla way. Told Mimford that'
hey ware bad fetlowa and to lat him
now If ha cotfld locate them.
Perry and other daputlea arreeted
tetaon In Balma. '
Chief Olorer than took the aland.
Jrad |n Wllaon on February ird.
raa thief at polite alnce Jane ' I.I
?i?. Saw M umford (rat In morrf
?c about It: It oa Spring etreet.
raa there with Warren looking for
agraata. Saw uamford later la the
torn Ins telling him of telegram from
?ayetterllla. Saw Waat and man
bout alaa of Stetaon at Monde Blah
p-a. near Mary Touag'a. Waat had|
? red aweatar and kIMk cap.' They
tent towarda Mary Young's stopped
hare a minute and tamed up ?oath
treat towarda Greene street . Whan
a aad Warren got to comer coulda't
aa them. Saw waat age la la after
irhen rrtenaara wera' located In
tary Toung'a home. Weat to Mary''
re Wegroee
naked her where Wegroee wera
?Id who had on red aTteater.
aid the hadn't aeea aay of- thorn,
'old bar there waa no nea lying aa be
?w them come In. Opened door aad
aw Ink McLean nnd Otheca. flaw
[umford In back door. Ue aald look
ut Olorer they are In thla room,
feet alammed door. Pnrtlae Inalda
afueed to open It. Threw gun on I
Im aa ha alammed door. Mum ford
?eat OB came back, at ruck door and
booting began. Hired at Waat he|
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Cleveland, O . M?irh..l?.
Sllw Spray. of Erie Pa..
Jured (n Cleveland and
Uk. tottai. f>?5Fh
?rt?. PH.. March. H, ? in addition
to the surer Sprar that w<mt down
otf Cleveland thla morning, four Erie
|??* ?* It I* thonsht
that the, ha?. met the ..me (at. ?
Captain Pttrdr-. Silver Spray.
?"<>?? "<"*? me m ahouldar
I changed handa and .hot a#alal Com
to apW blood and went off and
?t dew. on porch of not hot*;
C.ll^ ix.nn!. Ijron to haaUt kteia
| interstate meeting of the farmers
[.Unions of Virginia and North Caro
Una met here today for a Wslon
of two days.
At a public meeting ^addressee
wer? mad*-by D. M. Oanaway, presi
dent of the Vlrgtala union: Dr. H. Q.
Alexander, president of the Nftorthi
Carolina union: May^r Harry Wood
teg. of Danville and othere.
At a secret meeting hel dhslt
At a secret meeting held this af
ternoon a committee was appointed
to Investigate tobacco conditions In
^Virginia ind 'North CsrolinA. This
Committee the names of whose mem
bers are not divulged, will report at
another secret meeting to he held to
morrow.
Yesterday atternoo^ at the Tonng
Men's Christian League rooms there
Was as usual a most enthusiasts
meeting of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. This tasad of
women continue to meet every Thurs
day afternoon 'and lnsplte of discour
agement and unjust, hurtful crltlclam
they labor faithfully, knowing their
cause to be Just and right. There
was an excellent address by the pres
ident, among other good things said,
she quoted from a Wilson letter in
the News and Observer, on state
prohibition in which the Hon. W. W.
Kltchin. governor of North Caroline.
Is called as ftrst witness and says:
Prohibition has now been in force
throughout the state for two years
This is a short period with which to
measure thq effects of a reform move
ment. We have done little more than
ssra as; zs&ses
tlons. ,
And already the results fully Jus
tify the adoption. Then has been a
marked dlmlnatlon In crime, busi
ness haa Increased prosperity, moral
ity, Industry and frugality hays la
cruaaad and politico and government
have been to a great extent relieved
of one of their moat corrupting Influ
ences. Again ah* quotes from Hon.
T. W. Blckett, attorney general, who
?ays In hta report to the leglalatniw:
Tha la* requires every criminal case
triad or In aa* war disposed of In
the euperlor courts of the state to
be reported to this office. The re
port ending for tha yefr. July J, 1*0*
shows a grand total of 11,141 esses
for the year ending July 1, 1910; a
grand total of ?.S0S cases a de
crease of 1,644. Aa a third witness
there cornea Chief Justice Walter
Clark The testifies aa follows:
Since th^ law went Into clfect two
Team ago crime haa been reduced 50
-per eent: murder In the arst, degree
haa destined 11 per eent: burglary
It per cent; attacks with deadly
weapon *0 per eent; larceny 4* per
cent.; manslaughter I* per cent.;
Murder la the aecond degree tt "per
eent: minor crimes frbm It to 16 per
of the aatl-ltanor laws of II per cent.
Sorely these encouraging facts are
worthy the considerate of all
i thoughtful men and wfcisn and
when the or J torn up prohibition
does not prohibit, there la mere whls
siways eotea from the whiskey side
an^*crws the weakness of their po
sltlon. --tf such were the owe every
one of the liquor dealers would de
sire 1 1 ?&/?
lirs. H. W. Harris of Newark, N
J? agsln delighted the anion by s
meet beautiful tslk on charity and
gave some ?sry timely suggestions
With the Break -ot/ Day all
Anxiety was Relieved
Washington, March 16. ? Formal
notice of th f action ot the Mexican
congreaa afcopandlng constitutional
gu.ranteea waa received and publish
ed at the Mexican embaaap today.
Tha embaasr thereby warn* Ameri
can dtliona wha,n?; be tempte<uto
Mat '(? (Kale .lak . V - J . - ?
: It la believed that such Americans
as were captured by the genersls be
fore Its promulgation will probably
'be tried aoclrdlng to the ordinary
procvedure in time of peace.
El Paso, Tex., March 16. ? Juarez
spent a sleepless night w'.th t he
streets patrolled by double forces of
guards and practi<;aly the entire gar
rison under arms in front of the bar
racks and the. head qu^rrs of Gener
al Navarro and of Colonel Tamborel
the commandant. At daybreak sleepy
gunrds posted on the housetops swept
the country for signs of lnsurrectos.
hut If they are In the vicinity they
kept wel lunder corer.
The coming of daylight materially
lessened the anxiety aroused by last
night's attack upon the barraeks.
whan a small band' ot lnsurrectos
most of these who had planed to
tske refuge on the Amjgica* side
changed their minds this morning.
It lnafet thought t&s lnsurrectos
aro near the city In any grsst num
bers. the small band under Captain
Crelghton, the American being the
Msdero with one hundred men is
farther south, where he Is ssld to be
wsltlsg to effect a Junction with
Orosco's force of 8001 after which. It
Is reported, the Insurrecto leader will
begin a march northward to the bor
der.
New York. March if. ? The armor- 1
ed cruiser Washington sailed for the
Otllf of Mexico today after s brief,
stay here to take on men. mall and'
WMmlltoa.
| Southern Pacific officials today
waited to eee If the Mexican insur
rsetos wosltLjsrtk? good s thrsat to
blow up si ihrldges entering their
esuntry.*- Business In ths state oi
Chihuahua already has besa greatly
curtailed sad her food supplies threat
eaed. iA* complete rupture of com
plete rupture of clmmunlcatlon from
this side would be very serious.
1*1 tSk a22leVII/I.K jail
Aahevllle, March It. ? Handcuffed
and shackled and in custody or War-,
den 8ale, of the elate penitentiary,
O. P. WMtfon. who escaped from the
penitentiary years ago. while serr
lng a Jife sentence, wa* brought here
thte afternoon and placed in jail.
The trip to Raleigh will be resumed
tomorrow morning.
Whltson talked freely tonight of
the affair. He attributed his escape
to the connivance of a guard, and
says he has 11 red an upright life In
Kentucky, where he married hla sec
ond wife, railed a family and amass
ed a considerable fortune. He says
his exposure and undoing came about
through a trick of a business rival.
Ha will ask for a pardon and believ
es ha will soon be Tree. He ssys the
killing of C. C. Byrd near Bakervllle
Mitchell county, occurred over hla
foimer wife.
Creditable Pictures.
The pictures that Baker, the pho-r
togrpaher la exhibiting as samples
In front of bis studio on Main street
sre certainly creditable. Washing
ton never hair a better artist.
Choi* Practice.
All the members of the Eplseopal
church choir are requested to meet
at the church th!s evening at the. us
ual hour for practice.
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SPENT EIGHT YKARS
MAKING TROIHSEAU
Boston, March 16. ? Eight years
were spent in preparing the trous
seau which Miss Gladys Underwood,
who will become a bride tlrte week,
exhibited yesterday as an example of
her own skill and* industry to Beven
ty-ffve girl friends to whom she gave
a tea at her home. ,
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Adams dsipwy Work
New York* HarcJi^H.? Practically
j >hi> 1IIHW rti ilriB nf the Adams Bi
I press Company was put in operation
|*a 4ay, aho?t 10# #agoas being mann
ed by crews of strike breakers wh"
bare tdtcn the places of the regular
drivers and helpers who have rbeen
on strike for saveral days. There'
'was no little disorder.
COTTON MARKJCT
Lint cotton, ? 14.00 .
Cotton seed, per ton, $28.00.
E.K. WILLIS
PHONE 76.
We will make the
following special
prices for.Thurs
day, Friday and
Saturday of this week
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Granulated Sugar (25 lb. bags) Sc lb
Sugar Cured Hams 17e Ih
Best Tub Butter .9c lb
8noW Drift Lard i . . ioc lb
Fancy Irish Potatoes 28c pk
Frehch Roll Wafers 2SJc ca?
"Delmonte ' Asparagus Tips 28c can
Fresh Bread, h*ked dally . . 4r leaf
It wiK pay you to
put in a big sup
ply at these prices
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urday f orMooday- W ed
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