AOCUST 24. HH
LEFT BY HERSELF
formerly a baaker of OrarBrUla, ta
charged with a violation ol tha white
?Ufa U?~%bb to the fact that the
plalatldf tB tha caw.. Mlao BulaJie
Dndloy. of Ma* Ban. apeat tki
"if" of July Jrd ta tMa e!ty. .
One of lb. clarka at tho Hotel
MURDER CASE
UP THURSDAY
KlnitOB, Aw. >4. ? Cooper Hill/
el) argot with hilling hi. wife fa La
?air eouaty about * month a (a. wtl'
to triad hora Thuraday atferuoon.
Tka dofoaae will ^ratably ba t?
aaalty.
* tka murder, aa roeoantad. was
oao of tha Boat bratal that hae eror I
IS DEAD
through
la a hard foa?ht (ante laat frt
day, tha (mail baaoball team de
feated tha aggregatloa from Beth
by tha oeora of l-t. Tha nana waa
played on tha Small diamond, tt
waa a eptrlted and ?aappr eonteet
throughout. Htwall played oaa of
aoo, aaklag oaly two arrore.
Small alao played Cdwards tiro
gamaa Batarday. winning both of
M wo copy aad enlarge
?a work wa tare oat It,
ba aakad for A trial
I foil, D?kw'? Slidlo.
ELEVEN CASES
IN THE SI
* .' * ?']
Will Be Carried Jo Higher
ty Nexi
Bleraa cuh. will ba brouibt ub
n lh.Supr.il. court' ..xt arcak j
rtta Saaofort wu.tr Aw* Uw
iaat laUraetUi oi tifta.it* th.
?aa. Of It. Board o{ B4^ilo? yjj
t? Board of Coaaty Cnm^flnjyr.'
lM tUt o! W. jE. ??4 -0. L Morton
* Wa.l.in,loo U*ht * lya^r Cfl.
tit Wl to b. triad, with (**'-?*
?cjra.ra lnurMted ^ them. wrft M
?J fo.lows: ^ (T ..?> ? ; 4
' (1) J. D. UlloU IH* Roanoke B
'i. aM Utakar Co -
. Daniel * -Warr.n tad 8-rwart A
Jry.n for. ?lal?um? QmM. _ Mac
"*an. BfWaw .A Rodman lor to
?adaat. ..
: m AUK**. A??v ??
Waaklaftoa Uc^t A Wat.r Co.
Daniel * Warren. Manning *
(lUhla for plalplftr email. Mm
/an, Bragaw * Rodman for da
'.ndaat -i J . i 4?' i ??
(I) II. 8. Naal 't Camdar Fairy
'oniDany.
Daniel ft Warr.n, Small. Mao
Van. Braraw A Rodman for plain t
It ; Ward A Ortana and Aydlatt A
llmpaoa lor -dafaadaat. *? ? :?> ' <
(4) Marr A. H. Cutler at all. va.
"i. C. K.'Qotl?(_et ?la, ^
| ( Ward - A. Crimea for plaintiff:
IHnl.l A Warr.n for defendant.
| ; -?) w. B. A C.~ L. MorW a.
Hooker.
Small. VkUu, Brifi* ? Bod
min (or pUUtl?; w. 0. Rodman for
defendant.
. (11) 1 H. Clark Ml Hanrr
Whitahorat.
; W?4 * OrlmM for . ?la(aU*;
Stewart * Brr??, HtUu i ItEIS
<br
DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS
CONDITIONS IN WASHINGTON
.7- -Vh- -!,0 V>T I ? ?" ?- -'??*'? >"
- io-. i : 1 ?" . ? i " t k ft-?
A Revival is Badly Needed. Observance of God's Laws
is Lax. Profanity Appears to be in General Use.
noticed U editorial la your very la
s nisertg.t ?hrd cmfw vbgkq
paper concerning a religi
ous revival la which you say that
'he time l? ripe for one, end thet
>on advocate ell churches In tike city
to Join toiotkar and employ tha ?or
leo of m? ro?atab!o
WMhtnUoo ? has a??ar?l churchati
wltk food paatora and thara are lot.
at Maple who prof am to bo ekrtf
ttav IB Ita border*. Why 40 poopla
rofuae to attend tka Mrrioo of tha
ehurebee eetabUdh**? U oatj tha
ehrytlan people of WuWilMi
TMld eoaoocrat? tkalr ilTao to Qod,
denounce Ma, the world (and the
doTll. ui look to Ood for bl> blosa
|la?a the roTlTo) would, ho here. A
rnlvtl maat>eome from Ood. Ho
aloa* w ekaaca tk? tult and fir a
e??r14?UB* 11(0.
Tr*l? WMklngtoo ooodo a rarTrml.
It IMI tbo rellftoo of tha Lord
Alleged to Here' Ratered P<>?t office
- Md Departed With Thirty
?toDoaan., jp,
Now Bora, ii|.
Iko foternmaat can or will prow
cut* a ali-iroar-old koj and JlJjoJ 1
round guilty of a aorlooo orlaio wkl t
will k* Aoao with him. la a qimtlota
tkat M attraction cousldtrablo at
tention $W*ad Coao City lllet at.th I
tiro*. ft I ow *6 oka aco.'flo It- I
clalmd*, a&foar-oM Waltar Wblto,
Aftor tha twit woa <M| ittWfd 4
aeareh ftt ikh money Wall 'rrxtotut 1
aad thlrteoa . dollar* oHjifejilrt -
? re wara found tao rrmalaiw'ka -
ln? koto apaot Mr eaadr iW'4 op "
Tha matter ka? koan turnad Mr
pMtofllca lfupactot !>. t. Varbifaofk
for toTaatlaatlovAAd'to M aaved 1 y
o> Whether tW hd will bo *K*d
undar arraat rattat*o IN 4* a
doe* also the probable penalty to t,
placed upon hla la a?M la la fco*4a
guilty and sentence passed upon hi v
. Bishop L. H. -Hglagr, .*
of the C. M. B chureh. *
ir. Washington tomamnr
pr art at the C. If, K, r4
the corner ef, Fifth and
?treat* tomorrow night* 1
i? ronlal'r nirliad to k* pt
h??r Md
CITY STIRRED '
OVER SCANDALS
our llttl. city ari too nun?r<raa
?cd OJUn M ?ueb a ??lar? that It li
almcm ?lMfHl to ttiok ot Oi?ia, and
|? p?? ? imi.wMH* ml*
ftiWl, Thla l? ? kroa< aMvrtloa an<
one Mint ?i bar* hoittttM to ??ko
&ttt, wt mpat
iWnrtt* ttot lopajf tlum ma/ ln<
thrtr Way Into th? pfaaa.tf >ou< a
H eontfouto aMk In ?? Wt, W, tat
*****
i RH5A "AND KOVNO THREATENED BY GERMANS
IWow ?... u, Kovno.
nm m ? nl j r? - _ the northern extremity of the new line of Rueaian defense which the Ger
mans Are Mfttpf to ekpml ? Akor*, the Diutaburger railway station at Rice, Rttssla's most Important port after
?ttrocrad, tllds also la lA;danker Of capture by tho Teutonic armies and whiob was attacked a few da?e ago by
? Oertnan float: Jhm' chapel la Irani of the station was erected In memory o( the oscape of Emperor Alexander 111
4?4 fcfa lw*nr from death at Barkl
i from diath at B?rkl.
MUCH BURIED TREASURE
| ISiFOUND ON OLD FARM
?*?> r-' - ? jjk
Four Mel oa Tiial for Series of Murders Said to Be
, Committe<l ]HaK ? Century Ago. Thrilling Details
j Bedford. Iowa, Aug. >4. ? Burled
Iraasures, three of them, on the old
Klondike farm near Bedford, werej
he principal theme of the procecd
ngs In the exanxUktec trial of Bates
| iqhtsman, 8am Bcrlvner and "the
; wo I^amewood brothers, the four
d "men ander arrest here for a mar
iJSDSWWfS
Starting with a chest containing
?0,000, testimony brought out
ihowad that another -of 980,000 and
V third pile of $12,000 were all bur
lad on the farm. Tha $90,000 chefltj
*aa believed to hare contained thn
proceeds- of- the alleged murder of 'a
'?man. the $60,000 package sup
jposodly came from Nevada and was
Sthe proer-eds of a crime committed
that State, and the package of
[ill, 000 ''just growed" there.
lart Story Only Is Lacking.
All the blood and thunder that
jtha most devoted dime novel reader
011I4 desire were revealed. Murder,
bnriad treasure, the destroyed key
o the place where ths cnests of gold
were burled, everything but a protty
girl and a love story was there with
whl6h to make a sensational Action
story.
Mrs. Maria Porter, ths principal
witness, was again on the stand. 8bo
iaid that Sam Scrlvner and another
man took the box containing $90,-1
000 after tho cattleman's death and
wen* down Into the ditch whore it
> wg* burled. Sam Anderson testified
that hf dug for the treasure for;
foore than ten years at the direction
of Bates Huntsman, who. he said,
told him that the money had been
buried and that the chart of the
place barned.
Huntsman, eo Anderson testified,
tried to frighten him by telling him
ihe place was haunted, but when
Anderson brought oat his rifle the
ghost disappeared, never to return.
For. years Anderson, so be te&Ufted,
ttoe Klondyke farm fof the
fnmtmi lim, . _r
J^rally he' round it. but V*ture he
could open the bor, HuntimM, Vtth
a gun. forced him to l?ave and t<R>k
charge of the mon?*y box, telling
Anderson he wotlld give him1 his
rhar0 for finding it later. That was
twelve yearn sgo. but Anderson re
ceived nono of the money. Hunts
man telling him It had not bren di
vided.
Other witnesret testified to hav
in* been employed by Huntsman to
dig. but none of them discovered
anything with, the exception of
H nry Anderson, who found a bone
of a human leg. which he gave to
Huntsman.
A portion of the story told of a
waihtub of monny. $43,000 !c all.
found In the old 6hack of A. M. Gol
llday, of Dedford. upon his death,
several years ago. The mnney was
of an issue prior to the murder and
robbery, ?30.000 of lit being thf
Hplaner cuironcy, wl^ch bad .not
been In general circulation for forty
years. Golllday was ono of the men
whom Mrs. Porter testified to hav
ing seen on the night of tho murder
caxry one end of tho blsnket In !
which the body #aa being taken te
the old well. Into whleh It was
dropped.
MLAKVBU) BEAT OUT
INVINCIBLKM AGAIN,
At Washington Park yeaterday
evening, the Marvel* made it three
straight over the Invlnclblee by de
feating the latter, 7-8. Pegram
twlrjed for the Marvels while Prl
vette. formerly with the New York
National*, worked in tbo box for the
Iftvlntlblee. I. Morris, who lead the
Houaton teem of th" Texan league
In hitting last year, played ahort
?ton for tbb Invincible* The com
plete line-up* war* aa follows:
.Marvel* ? Pegram. p; O. T. Mayo,
lb !. M. Harrington. lb; 1^1 ham
Tanfleld, Sb and rf.
Invincible# ? Prl vet te, p: Fiynn.
lb; Jordan, tb; Morris, n; Shaw,
"
10,000 POUNDS
SOLD TODAY
L< c?l IViInuxo Wir(4ioUMa H?ul
Day'* Hale*.
The three local warehouse* en
joyed a good day's aftlr? toaay; two
of them disposing of 4,000 pounds
each and th? other 2,000 pounds.
The prices are ?ald to have averaged
clone to ten cent*.
One of the local tobacco men
stated today that thrf largest sales
Of the week would probably take
place on Thursday and Friday Many
of the farmers hare stated that they
roiild hare their crop* In the olty
by that time.
SAVE SOMETHING
- Economy and Thrift are the
% pat-gnu of Independence and Re
spectability.
SAVINGS & TRUST CO.
Oft c \STAbJD3 FOR SERVICE
OLD RESIDENT
PASSEDAWAY
KLDKR BENNETT OF SMALI.
DIKI> FRIDAY. WAS WE},!.
KNOWN IN OOl'NH.
83 YEARS OLD
Wm Mlnl?trr for 60 Ve?n, Bdored
Iljr All Who Knew Htvn. Muy
Friend* Left to Mourn HIn Dmtli.
(Special Correspondence)
The entire community of Small,
ah well an all of the surrounding
CounXcjr, wu* deeply saddened Fri
day flight by ft le death of ~TUHr. BK"
der Jetae Bennett Ho died at about
midnight on hi* eighty-third birth
day, af?er a serious illnean of only
a few days. However, he had been
more or lesa confined to his home
sine- he met with the sad accident
of breaking his leg ab~>ut three
year* ago.
The remains were iuterred In the
cemetery near the Free Will Bap
tist church at White Mill. The fu
neral iHer\41ces were conducted by
Key. Mr. Toller. A large congrega
tion of sorrowing frlrnda was pres
ent.
Elder Bennett was born in Pam
lico county August 20, 1832 I*
was born of peor parents. lac> ? 1 th'
financial advantage* of - uduc.Vion,
but being nature iv a vrty ae -ju*
and pious youth, |.> rap' lly pic* >d
up the ru I'mcnta of rxn o. lary ed
ucation a; d al-rays ilrlcg k.i clon
communion with bis- Heavenly Fath
er, he see; "J to be endowed from
above with ijlrltual wisdom.
lie entered the ministry when he
v an a young man of only about 23
y nrs of age. Ho ban given slJtty
full years of his life In the service
of the Lord. He was married to
Mies ItTlisa Phillips Just before the
Civil War broke out- Six children
wore born to them, Ave of whom ,
still live. Eld^r Bennett proved
himself a devoted and affectionate
husband and father, loving and car
ing for hla wife and children with
the name devotion and real that
characterised him In hla love and
service of Ood.
In th^ latter yearn of hla life.
Elder nennett continued, whenever
possible, to preach the gospel. H*;
attended hla old church at White
Hill Juat one week before bis death
and aaalated Dr. St. Claire In con
ducting the eervlces.
A better and more faithful and
devout follower of Christ has never
been known than Elder B'nnett. He
was spoken of by all who knew him
u "til# Good Old Man."
OLD (t)lxmKI) Nl'IWK.
WELL KNOWN IN CITY,
DIED LAST JIIOHT
Phyllis Mitchell, an old negro
woman, who has been employed In
half of the famlllea of Waahlngtoo, |
died last night Phyllle wee well I
known throughout the city and her
death will be mourned by a hoet of
White friend* In Washington. She
baa been employed in practically all
of the prominent famine? of the city
Her faneral wllj take plaoe tomor
row afternoon the lea res six chll
Mflfc
GERMANY
^ V ?5&tj -t <5tmfV.iJv .- i
APPEARS
DEFEATED
TUASCXY SAID TO BK EI.
HAOTKD. XAVAL LOMBg
BAVX ncBN HKAVY OUIUKO
v RBCKKT KNOAOBMRTT9.
MAY SEEK PEACE
(Jcnnan Chancellor Reported to be
I'rglng Tlut "Pence With Honor"
IVopoaate Be Made. Intro**, ot
BontU Would Oimm Nation to go
Bankrupt.
i London. Aug. 24. ? Germany's
natal loase* In the fight In the Gulf
of Riga and In the Baltic were "or*
'of the most powerful dreadnoughts .
of the German fleet," two crulaers
and eight torpedo boats, according
to : Ite Rusalan admiralty statement
today. It had been previously an
?jounced in PetrogTad that the biff
rets 1 sank was the battle cruiser
Mi like, torpedoed by a British sub
marine.
The only Russian lose mentioned
by P*>trcgrad was that of the gun
ho.it Sivntch. ?ur*k After a Jfight
.vith a Oerman cruiser and torpedo
raft* after disabling two German
orpedo boat*.
A German torpedo boat destroyer
was runk off Ostend Sunday ulght
oy two French torpedo boats, Paris
announced.
Araaterdam, Aug. 2 4. ? At the
jecret conference of cabinet minls
ert>. political leaders and Influential
writers, CSJlcd by tke Gorman im
r ?rt?l chancellor - be/ore the-.; re**
temtjlng ocf the R^chstag last
Thursday, the Tolegraaf says, Karl
Helfferlch, secretary of the treaeary,
.?xplalned that the new German war
loan would completely exhaust thu
empire's financial resources and that
the Increase in exchequer bond*
would cause bankruptcy.
Therefore. Or. Helffsrlrb urged,
i; was needful to prepare for an hon
orable peace.
London. Auk. 24. ? The British
sorernmert issued an official denial
jf t'.se report that the steamer Dun
ilc . torpedoed shortly before/the
sin v ;-j of the Arabic, was an un
rwtd vatrol. She w?* an unarmed
nd n-aeeful trader. It Is declared.
PlaLi: for joint military action by
Italy, England. France and RusMa
against Turkey were arranged in
Tuly and can Immediately be put
into execution advices from Italy
loclaro.
flank Without Warning.
I/ondon. Aug. 24. ? The Ilrltlnh
government officially Mated today
that the steamer Arabic wa? sunk
without warning and that she neith
er attempted to escape nor to attaek
the German submarine. The govern
ment prevteualy bad declared tho
Arabic was not und'r convoy.
TWO CANE8 RROl'GKT
BKTORR RECORDER
Umufll Bird, charged with being
intoxicated and having too much li
quor In his possession, was flood
costa of court In both cases.
A. Willis, charged with soiling
I cigarettes to a colored boy andsr
!egal eg*. waa fined coats of court.
The boy, who was a big. burly ne
gro, stated that he wait aeventeen
years of age. but upon investigation
by the police, It waa found that ho
was only sixteen.
New Theater
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ToiflOMT.
"EXPLOITS or Ftf -A INK
Two Reela
"THE TRAPDOOR"
Two Reela
"THE NEMESIS"
Two Reela
"PATH? NEWS" ?' i
One Reel
"THE JONOUI STOCKADE"
One Reel
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