PUBLISHED IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
IB company with a number 0 } ot hers,
left Ufa city on Mr. J. C Butir1!
launch fbt it day'i outing daws Nnuse
rtnr. Erery OH on the lost wu
In th* beet of* spirits. Little did titer
think that ere their retvrn two of
the members of the party would be
peacefully sleeping beneath the era
SEVERE LOSS
' Mr. Walter Cradle of thii city. I*
celled Information yeaterday from
hi. brother-in-law. Mr. T. P. Cradle,
who reeldea at SladeaTlIle Hyde eocn
tjr, atatlnc that on Monday nl?ht laat
he met with the mlafortuue to loee
hla itaMaa, four head of honea, (anal
lax lmplementa, some feed atnff%M
about 75 head of chicken* by Bre.
Burriel Cmry And Wife Acci
?ed or Ki ling Mrs. Casey's
Former Husband
tn the m an u ,'ollowe: BuS
rill Caaar and Mrs Whlttj, wife of
the deceaaed. bad been vory tntlmete
for a number o( months trior to tha
iaatt of kar haeband. Several time,
tha defendant had rlalted the whlt
durln* the abeen-a of Mr.
Whlttr. and there eras oonaldarabla
talk among the neighbors to tie af
fact that lba. Whlttr thocfht mora
of Cheer than aha did oft her h'aahand.
In* the mlsalre. The letter wee
turned orer to the solicitor and lta
content, will doabtleee lure ?o me
bearing on the eaaa. Althingh the
reporter made an effort to find out
?hat the contents of the letter waa,
ha waa unable o do ao. the solictor
sot ha ring It in his power to maXa
u pubjto. 4 . , L . H ,
Mr. John Whltty, brother of the
deceaaed. la the chief witness for the
at?? and ha an tier hare a Strang
Tk?n ra a mod Interesting meet
lac bt the Cbubw of Oouawee Held
?t th?ir room* In the BauRbwa build
la* '?? er?aln*. a.r.r.1 mitten W
Importance mre considered
The following letter in mi br
the McreUor. Mr, A. M Dumer. (ram
Mr. B. K. Rice o< the LJLht
due trial Department of the Norfolk
Southern Railway, which explains It
aelf. f
Deer Sir:
.The Norfolk Southern ara plann
ing aome active work this (all at
Land Showa In the North and Weat.
We hare already contracted for apaoe
at Msdlson Square Garden. New
York and at Pittsburg, Pa
Last year farma around Waahlng
ton, N. C-, furnlahad aome of the beat
display Bam plea we had. One $?f
your Washington lumbMmen furn
iahed the tall eat and beat aample o.
oata I ' ever aa w. We a'.eo had a
wonderful exhibit of big anion*,
grown near Waahlngton.
I wtah yon would atlf a rout among
your farmer frfenda and ^svs aome
raluable exhibit aamplee collected for
me thla aummer. Anything yon can
find in the way dt graaaaa. grain.,
frulu, or vegetables. we will not on
ly greatly appreciate from a Norfolk
Southern standpoint, tot will gire
your district the advertlaing benefit.
Youra truly,
B. E. RICE.
Lend and Industrial TTnrsffaiest
man, J. F. Buckman, W. D. Grimes
|ndL,Oeor^T. jLafteh were appointed
alftbmmlttfp to look Into the mat
. a lS>"ei?S>^ * "? Or
t^e secretary over the *lgnatnre of,
fir. from Mr. Addison B.
|pck Secretary- treasurer of the, At
lafttlo Deeper Water Way Arocladon.
Mr. A. M. Dumay, City
Deer Mr. pumay:
At the aeatliif of tbj Waterway,
convention In Providence laat fall
Mr. Small asked me to pledge SO
namea for the Chamber of Commerce
+hlch I. did.
In consequence I hare receiyed a
Utter from the secretary, Mr. Buck.
I spoke to Mr. Small shout the let
ter end he suggeated turning It over
to the Chamber of Commerce
I here tried twice to take ? this
matter up In pereon but on account
of hartag no istlwgs of fie Cham
ber theee lsst two meetiag nights I
here failed to do so. It might be
thst L will be out of town next week
so I hare taken the liberty to mell
you the escretary'e lettsr and %ak
you to preeent the matter to the
fthaaiber at.thair next meeting for
which X would thank you very much.
Youra rsry truly,
E. K. WILLIS.
I Philadelphia, April 26. 1911.
Deer Mr. v Willis:
At the Providence Meotlng of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa
tion you, among othera volunteered
?ot to aomhorm of th* ^Moctatlpn
?*??r equlralant dortniue com
Tt.. i-ocuUo7 *<~i. tha
monor which tho duo or thaw would
Pr"U. at* w? .h?,o,..t? "ou
-??*$*? ?
tnomborahlps. If wo cu of ,ny
"" nc. to ^oa la fnraila,' ut.
?mtur. or blMt .pp^X/ for
meroboratalp, pW MvWV
Wo or. r^ohlw .
wi?f hlrto^ * u* >TcU?<?
? "'"rt ??. tha En?_
J??5 K?n*r*1
project and then ?0 ourlfforta will
fears to bo directed to h*^nj: an sp
j>roprtatlon mode to haflA'Vhe work
To giro force to oar plea, we noed
money for tbo publication Of paper*
as woU os Increased tnemfceprahlp.
As Ton volunteered to lk^i> us wo
do not hesitate to call upojh you to
do your share of the work. |
VOry truly jours, . I
ADDISON B BWRK.
Secretary ,Ti eOsurer .
The chamber decided to pftdge 20
I members to the association.
I Mr. W. B. Hard Ins requeued that
his name bo withdrawn as a member
lot the chamber. On motion his re
quest was granted.
As to the question ol- presenting
a suitable altsMto the board of thist
ees of the 8Ute Feeble Vlnded Iastl
| tutlon when they visit tbfci town dur
ing the ?o.th of JIU Captain Loach
Mid that bla company wowU proaont
I for their oonaldaratlon the inhboll
property on the loath aid* *1 Pamli
co Htb^, altuato about two and hall
inUaa from thU city Th* tsact con- j
tain* about H( acr<"\ am. la won
a da ptod for th? neodi "W^o?ulr?
?^-8ffi5R5S1
adjacent that can be r -:u:ed If de
| sired. The wster fscU'M-i are fine.)
the elevation Is attract1"' and no1
doubt the committee will -*>t view a I
I more desirable site for i location
lot 41*0 school any where In this soo
Ulon of North Carolina.
1 The land 4s situated on the Waah
Ington and Vandsmere railroad.
Messrs. John K. Hoyt. George T.
Loach. C. L. Flynn. H. K. Willis, W.
jD. Grimes. T. H. Myers, Dr. H. C.
Carter. George Hackney. Jr.. A- M.
Domiy, C. M. Brown. ?. L. Busman,
Floyd J. Berry. J. H. Spall. Dr. Ira
Uf. Ha^. W. A. Thompson, C. H.
i Sterling, .W^ E. 8wlndell. A. 8. Ful
ford were appointed a committee on
I the part of the chamber to meet the
board of visitors on their arrival In
this city aad ttaay them over the of
fered Sits for the location of the
i school. Several members of tbo
.faeaebors of the rhsifthoc, Ust night
jlaUaaated thst no better location
jcofeld be found aaywhe-e than the
one offered by Captala I^each.
The next meeting of the chamber
will be the annual mooting at which
time the election of ofBcers win take
'place. After the usual tills being
allowed last sTo&tng fee chamber ad
journed. -
QCPnOAED'G PftllDT
IILfallHULii u UOflBl
The following cum were disposed
of before Recorder Crimea this
morning at tbe city ball:
Fred Cany won was charged with
being a vagrant He was given until
June 26 to show that he had obtain
ed ivork. % ? ^ !? .';{ ]
Wayner Floyd was charged with
obstructing the officers In their duty
In arresting one Daniel HoCer. Af
ter bearing ajl tbe evidence the de
fendant was discharged.
Slrfon Crandall, Evans Anderson
and James Whitley," who were charg
ed with the larceny of lard and
meat from tbe firm of C. 0. Morris ft
Co., some weeks ago for wont of snf
flcent evidence were discharged.
'
Mr. W. H. Whitley a prominent
J ">' * *1
IS t CREDIT
JO THE CITY
BUILDING A MAMMOTH BARGK
FOB WASHINGTON CITY
CAPITALIST
? Mr. W. M. Chauncey la now cod
atructlng a mammoth barge at hla
ship yards for Mr. C. A. Miner of
Washington City. , The barge when
?? Dieted Will be 111 * 32 with
hole.
. % barge will be oaed by Mr.
7 r tn dredging on the Potomac
t ?
. Chauncey haa already con
?tructed aeeeral of theee bargee tor
Mr. Miner. This apeaka well tor
Waahlngton end lta ahlpyarda.
, Jtt. w. Bell Of N. C,
a(irr?4 in tft* cltjr totter o? bu.i
DR. I. L BLOIMT ,1
IS SERIOUSLY ILL
D*. W. A. BLOVBT TAiJBBSM
UKHLV 1IX LAST KXnSlr
M BOB ROKK. ~
Dr. WlllUm A. Blount the oldest
practicing physician la tJxia city and
(or year* One of oar leading citizens
wa? taken suddenly 111 at hla home
oa West Second atreet last evening.
AU during tlie night his condition waa
considered serious and today his con
dition Is such as to cause alarm. Dr.
Blount was taken with a kind of In
digestion.
Hla many friends, not only In
Was^itngton, but throughout North
Carolina will regret to hear of his
lllnesa and everyone wlahes him a
speedy recovery to Hxealth.
Fine Specimen.
Mr. A. C. Hathaway has just re
ceived another line specimen of tiie
Berkshire hog. All who have seen
him pronounce him one of the finest
hogs seen in this section or the state
In some ysars.
l/sual Services.
There will be the usual prayer
meeting at the First Baptist church
tonight.
The work of laying ^he carpet will
not Interfere with this service.
Arrived this Morning.
The Wilson Baraca Base Ball Club
arrived In the city this morning from
Wilson and as we go to press are
trying conclusions with our local
team at Fleming Park.
This Is one of the strongost In
Eaatem Carolina and the locala are
to look to tehir laurels foi supre
macy.
THEM
COURSE WILL
BE ATTRACTIVE
Ha Cit* WMjMtCasTaaicd Fat
Season Tickets at in
Early Day
ITfUMSCUEfllTSaECTEl
THE LYCEUM HAS BERN SPOKEN
OF AS BEING THE "PEOPLE'S
COLLEGE** ? SOME OF THE BEST
TALENT AVAILABTiK? GREAT
TREAT IS PROMISED OCR CIT
IZENS.
| The local management In arrang
| Ing for a lyceum course tor the com
ing season haa had but one thought
in mind, that thought being the se
curing (or the people a aeries of at
traction! which will make an Inspir
ational ind educational contribution
to the community life. U Is not ex
pec^ that any financial profit will
be derived from the propoeltlon. but
the <n*nt*l and moral profit ought to
be Urge.
No community life la complete
without entertainment, and
yet some entertainments are desruc
tlre In their nature. But the char
acter of entertainmenta which are
furnished by the lyceum are not only
not destructive, but are actually con
atructlve. They are of that kind
which contrlbutea to the higher In
stincts of man, and react upon hla
tlfo by mhk^ig him both < better cit
izen and a greater force In the world.
And becauae of the ideal which la
behind the lyceum it la becoming h
great factor in the social and civil
life of our people.
The lyceum has been apoken of aa
being the "people's oollego." Every
thing la not learned In the achoola.
Some things are learned on the out
side. The lyceum platform la the
one upon Which the. university, the
conservatory, the genius, the self
made man, and many others meet, to
instruct, to entertain, to amuse and
to help 'n the atrngglee which con
front us aU. The lycoum la a great
institution and no community should
ever be without a lyceum course
The local management believe tn
the lyoeum* and that to why they
have undertaken it. They have care
fully selected the attractions for next
securing some of the beet
Ulent available, fnd promise the pub
lic their moon'* *** "ore
EITHER OIE
OR BOTH
Strain
the lory Investigating the Kil
Uag of H*rrj tUnfiog Have
Returned Verdict
TESTIMDIY m DAMAGING
VERDICT OF THE COROKhK'o
PURY IN HARDING MURDER
CASE ? JURY INVESTIGATING
THE KILLING AT MK8. MUR
DOCH'S HOME.
Norfolk, Va. Juno 13. ? The most
damaging testimony given a' the in
quest was Ida Bate man, housekeeper
at the I. X. L.. *-.t 221 Church atroet
Miss Bateman testified that Mrs. Mur
dock said she wanted to get rid of
Harding and that Charles .Merflle
said that he would fix It fni her.
The Jury ? which was presided ov
er by Juatlce Carmine, o'.r.Jitorl of
Percy Orr, foreman; C. A. li.gU? .n,
Harry Roche, E. B. Mlara, Percy Mil
ler and R. E. L. Andrews.
The flrat witness. J. W. Howlett.
added nothing to the case other than|
what he has said before. He told of |
Mrs. Murdock'a saying that Harry i
had been murdered somewi?ere in the |
woods. Th'a was told to him on
June 4th.
M. E. Green aatd that Mrs. Mur
dock told him that Harry had been
killed on the Southern Railway and
that the body was to be *birped to
her. He added that she *atd she had
no money for the funeral, but would
bury him on the property.
Ida Bateman then testified. She
awore that she was the housekeeper
at the I. X. Lk, where Merkle lived,
and that Mr*. Murdock frequently
came there and spent the nlrht with
him. She aald that on May 24th or
26th. Mrs. Mb r dock told her that
bhe was tired of Harding that he
JWU JMfcwJjr . no
a negro anyway, t and ;hat she was
going to get rid Of him.
She aald Mra. Murdock asked her
If she thought any one would find It
out If ahe killed him. Miss Bateman
?aid she advised her to aticl to the
mail, she loved and to let f others
alone.
Merkle came In Just then and ask
ed Mrs. Murdock If ahe really want
ed Harding put out of '.he way and
she anawered that she did
"?Very well," he aald "1 will do
It. I will be at Ocean View soon and
we will fix It."
She said that Merkle left on the
27th and began work at Ocean View 1
the next day. She aald :.<at Merkle
did not return to the I. X. L. until I
Friday night. June 2. wh?n Mrs. Mur
doch also came and spent the night
with him. In the next breath she
contradicted this statement and said
that Merkle and Mrs. Murdock were
put o?*t of the palce by the proprie
tor on \he Monday night preceding.
Joha Watd, the negro who dug the
grave, told oiHJmt work and the re
quest of Mrs. Murdock that he make
the grave four f6et deeper. W. H.
Stockley, one of the men who waa
working with Ward when Mrs. Mur
|dock employed blm about the digging
that he then went and saw the grave
and that he repdfted th-% matter to
Hayes who made the arrest. F. J.
Watts added nothing new.
William Parker testified that
Mrs. Murdock told him on Sunday,
June 4, that Harry had been killed
ion the Southern railway. Jobr Hayes,
the constable, testified that he had
gone to the Murdock place, had found
the grace, had felt In th* earth and
found a mas'a head, had then gone
to the Sand's hovse and arrested the
woman. 1
The record of Merkle'* sojourn In
the state reformatory at Laurel. Va.,
has Just been received here Instead
Uf being placed in the lnalltutlon by
hla relatives the young man was sent
there for housbreaklng In Alleghany
county. Merkle says lb-it he waa
there from tt?2 to ltM. The rec
ord shows that he only left there
about a year ago wban he waa dis
charged because ha had ret chad the
lie of 21. He escaped twice and
waa captured each Usee.
Yesterday ha ad reds of people vr?
lted the scene of the mnrd-r in UtUe
WIU PICRIC
H BMSIK
THE OWWUH CHUHCH 81MPAV
(KHOOt, PICNIC TAKEN
PLACE THURSDAY
The Christian church 8un4fty
school wllf har? their annual picnic
to Bayslde and Bath tomorrow. The
- school and members of church wUl
leave on the steamer Hatteras frqm
the Norfolk Southern dock promptly
at 8 o'clock tomorrow. The d*y
promisee to be one of pleasure and
enjoyment and no doubt a large
number will take advantage of the
day.
The Christian church Sunday
school is one of the largest and most
flourishing In the city.
SCHOLAR LOST GAME
AND 1)11) NOT ROB J
Helena, Mont., June IS.? Mrs.
Charles V. Holmes playel seven up
with a burglar in her heme to see
whether he should carry rut his in
' tentlons.
8he won and the burglar did not
take a thing.
ItoHMBe of Season.
On account of the dullness of the
season the steamer Hatteras will dis
continue her regular run to Belhaven
and Intermediate points on Wednes
days and Thursdays.
She however, will make her regu
lar run on all other days. Parties
desiring the steamer Hatteraa for
moonlight sails, picnics, etc. can con
f?r ^ith Captain Herbert Eonner.
Alarm of Fire
This morning between eleven and
twelve o'clock there was an alarm
of fire and It was reputed tc be on
Blount's roadf Before the depart
ment reached the scene it was re
ported extinguished without dam
age.
Pray e i mooting
There will be prayermeeting ser
vices in all the different churches of
the city this evening at the usual
hour to which the general public I#
cordially invited.
Plcslcklsg Todv.
3 imyum >eat on ihe
annual picnic of the M. E. Sunday
school to Bayalde and Bath today on
the stealer Hatteras.
Hm Returned Home.
Mrs. A. E- Cheatham who hu been
visiting her daughter, Mi. J. A. Sul
livan, for soma months past, return
ed this morn Ins to her home In Vir
ginia.
New Carpet
Workmen are now engHRed In lay
ing the handsome new carpel at the
Fixpt Baptist churoh on Msrket 8t.
Those who hare seen It pronounce It
a very attractive design.
Meeting Friday
There will be a meeting of the
Board of City Aldermen at the City
Hall on next Friday evening. Mat
ters of Importance are to be consid
ered.
Pleasant Occasion.
The moonlight sail on the steamer
tfatteras last evening under the aus
pices of the Ladles Aid Society of
the Christian dburch wss much en
Joyed. Quite a nice sum was realised
by the society and they deelre to
thank all who attended for their lib
eral patronage.
WAS TOO OLD TO RUN
HE HAP TO SHOOT
Lexington. Ky., June U. ? "1 was
too eld and stiff to run so I had to
shoot," said James Willis, a 70-year
old farmer today. In expl&tnins why
he shot and killed Dock F.lng, a ten
ant, who bad attacked him.
Bay district. The crowds wece not
permitted to go into the house and
were kept at a distance. The grave,
open as it was left after the body
was dislntered, wa? the object of the
greatest interest. ? It is plainly to be
seen from the road. *
Probably no mUrder ever occurred
In this section where so mich official
Information of a theatrical character
was available. None of tho theories
about other bodies being buried on
the let mad about Incentives for the
crimes h as materialised.
Mr. J. H. Corey of PlnevKJe was a
Washington visitor this owning on
business.