IN THE 8TA1K
NTTMB2R lei.
YOUNG GIRL
m LIFE
Qofcfcfllrur Tmkem bj Do*I)a C ommty
(Mrl YtMiitby AftmoM. Dvwth
Followed Boo. Aflrr.
tnnn Praaa)
Kln.lgn, Jan. ? Daiajr, Wltaop.
whlta. snlclilad It the homfi of a
lamlljr unl William ion la Duplin
county lata raatardar, aan a raport
which urt few ot tba datalja. It la
aaid qulahaflvar waa takaa br tba
tlrl. who ?u about X .or It jaara
or at a. and that aha Aai attar pby
nletana. wha ?a tm halplaaa la th?
caaa, had arrtaad. 8h" waa a aattaa
af Wajaa ooutHr.,
Pafaoaa id Pin* Hill. tha aaaraat
tow* (a tha aea?a ol _th<| auppowad
xuiolda, haaw Uttlo about It.ta
day. Thar atatad that tha Wllllam
aoa family raafdad from
Plah Hill. Tha oaaaaa for Mlaa
WUaoa'a act haa lot 4Mb ascribed
?a far aa la known.
IUhlMilac Compwj Woe OwNt]r.
Jopllo. Mo.. Jan. li. ? A vardlot
of aat guilty waa rftnmad today by
tha Jury la tha owa ol tha llaaaaa
Publishing company of Auram. Ma.
and (our of Ita allaf'd oOcU'l. who
wara chariad la fadaral court hara
with mlaaaa of tha Wall*
KWRIOAN la
-a ?nw? IllVLI."
/ ?
Haahor OawH
LU MOHAN !? s.',-.
???OMK ;
MANY EXPECTED
#lae than with the MSNBt or oar
alllea to whom wft'ire bound. aot
|>7 Mpw but by a eincere friendship
and the tie of blood."
Emperor Nlchelaa in three words
addreeaed to one of hlanrmlee on
tie Ruaelao Weetern fro at dirlni
be week preceding the Roaaiaa
Cfciietmae, once more replied to the
maora of a separate peace In Rae
*hleh from tlm?> to -time have
run throughout the country and etea
reMbed the men la thy tranche*.
)RE WAR ORDERS
FROM THE ALLIES
SIDEWALKS
1aV<n><l?IC Kfffflmx, of (III
(B r hm/'
? An mkrronic
ordltwjpr^i rvnuUn Ml tk? ubla the
. o.mtfld ttiirtr a?n> 4r*fwxl >t but
ntgbt'i ?prcl<|. mwtlBi of th. CUr
IN CRAVE& JAtt
< ? -Vi.- - \ y/(Pi -~v*
shKKebter*
^ ' wmccpu* -
(By Eatin Frees) ' ^
"w B*r?. J*?- M-^Fpr the Ant
time in many years there are sow
confined te the Cr?T? 'tonnty }*il
two thJU men jrho in charged with
capital crimes. Thee^arn Claude
8ugga. of Ona!6w county, who i*
charged with shooting* down and
killing J. Jamca, his aged fathar-ia
law. near Jackson vills. on thaevea
ing of Chi*tma? Day and W. R.
Hopewell, of B rid rot on, who in
char sad with poisoning his wtfe.
Rifcecca Hopewell, laat J una.
Biff*, who ha* hero confined In
the Craven- no an tjr Jalletttoe the day
following the filling, claim* that he
it* Innocent of any Intent to slay.
The he are4rt? fatal shot whl!e In
great fear of bodily harm and white
he wm running away from J antes
and his son, whd ware panning him
He wlil he placed ?o trial for his
Ufa at the next term of Onalojr
county Superior eourt.
The crime with which Hopowell Is
charged is, if proven to have been
committed, even more heinous than
that o fthe Onslow" county man. The
evidence said to have been preeentej
to .the grand jury wlo lnrestlgated
the case, showed that' Mrs. Hopewell
whs poisoned with earn# deadly drug,
supposedly arsenle. This esse bids
fair to be one of the most aensatlon.
so ever tried In the history of the
oonnty.
.Also confined in the. county Jail
tfi two HB?r4oreri. both colored.
w?o have bean, tried and sentenced.
One of theae la Dava Bryan, who ?
shot and hilled Clarenoe Kennedy at ?
Jamee City on Chrlatman evo and
who waa given a aentance of thirty
fears and Joseph Rhodes,' who shot
and hilled Alfred Bryan, also color
ed, Jast outsldh the city limits sev
eral months ago and who waa sent
op for twenty yeara. Both of theae j
men will he carried to the State
prleoa today.
wm<" *> ' f ~r.
. - -r H Lf ty ?? a >r- ,>VT._
WILL START CLASS
IN BOOK-KEEPING
. WHk.umiwt.nktiiM.
?
+ 0?uu?n. Aria.. U*. 1?.? How
WO?H rw Uk* to W*+ f?rt? mllon
t*?rj tllo? you too*. ? botkt Tbtfa
?J?t itb? cltlatoa of (kit llH> hart
to doi Bilker m?t. or po^l* cuti
.? K.lfc* tar w.tar
Tk?;W(m?, boo?.l*>at<k<A( lh?
lo*? itof ?( tk* r?u ol About too
ptrtout OvdAy. Tko local ??tor ?u?
pl I k? li X 40UMA from Noodle.
Col., 40 ml 1m tgnj, Odo antarprlt
lug eltlara boa a loot that brlnfa
htm la t?I0 a month. Ho bu Inatalt
M fl(kt cot? wklth ha rnnta at II
?Cb nl?ht
1 Scotland No?*, Jan It. ? lit. I*
L. Brrokloy. roprtatototlto tho Man
Da^trtmtot ol Atrleolturo, and Mr
B. Hardlaon. raprtatutlnf thl
''lliflM ItaM DoportmoatAf A*rl
I culture. In hot* for tkt ptrpotn ,<
New Chmm to b? Started In Nljl.t
School on Monday Nlfht. Tench- {.|
m Hits Been 8w?td. yj
A class in bookkeeping will be
organised at the night school Mon
day night. If enough men are pres
ent to justify the undertaking.
Messrs. Buckman and Ayers "have
consented to teach thl? department
and It Is expected that a large num
ber will avail themselves of this op
portunity to acquire knowledge m.
garding the latest methods of book
keeping.
It will be necessary to purchase;
two or three books and the cost to I
each student in the class will be
about 91.00. A special request Is
made that ell those who dr sire- to
enter this ciaSa be present at the
school house Monday nlfTTT at 7:30
o'clock. Entry of. sttifdentc aft a
[later date will be an~~TnCmrre?lfnce
to both tcaehere and pupils.
MUST GO 40 MILES
TO GET WATER
WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFF
TO QIVE OUTSTATEMENT
HiniSThat'PeopTe of County Had Good Ptas< n i Be
lieve John Richards Would Escape Dea.h For
tes Horrible Crime
Goldsboro, Jan. 15w-*-"Yo'u might
Hate f to your pafe< rs." aald> Sheriff
Edwards this morning to*, a local
newspaper man, "that \ am prepar
tag.a slRtMMBt t6 WVMo eau^
cernlng this horrible lynclilftg,\ which
when C0mpl9ted,fjrilty be a sennallon
Ittlla of another nature, and will give
those, editor* throughout the > state
who seamed disposed to cling to
their bloods-thirsty cry that 'Wayne
county has pdaced.a black mark, up
on the fair name of the state,; some
thing else to talk about.
"1 haven't forgot my experience
fn Mt. Ollva. when 1 went to ' that
'own and pleaded for the llfa of a
negro there, assuring tlie food peo
ple of that 'section that the law
would avenge to the fullest extent
a horrible murdej^a^n^gro^i^ com
mitted In taking life of V. yoiyjg
marrle^whlte m^/a that^tpwp, who
was deliberately y,a^urdcred in cold
pUiiod-' ? - y . ' J
With Which to Do Work.
The charter for the Wtibttitn
Building and Loan Association. with
headquarters at the Writ, Hatlooal
Ban*, boa boon executed and soot a*.
As toon aa It is returned, a meeting
will be bald and tbo organisation
will ba pat on aa active working
NEED HELP FOR
CHARITY WORK
Associated Oharfttct Are Ibadlmp
pod Because of Lack of PoSda
|
An argent plea for flnanelal aid 'is
being made' by the Associated. Ofaar
Ities of Washington. Daring the
jiecent spell of slckncss, tbo treeoury
of the association was abaotatelj 1
'drained and the members are greatly
handipa^ned because id their laok of
fund?. /xhero are' nveral families
J that ace lp need or help and moger
? Is needed Ao prortds them with med
icine, a^d; food It la hoped that the
J citizen# of Waahlngton will respond
OVPf 1,000 HAVE
BOUGHT STOCK
"Now vhat happened In this cas<
vrhen prevented thi ne^ro from
being lynched? Everybody In the
Icounty kuows. # W>?n thc negro was
farfod ho got only U jptrs la the
| penitentiary.
"?this Is only on?/ caj? In man v
that hag happened in\\Va>nfe county
and we are not giving you thlB In
formation as a . comment, Lut sim
ply stating farts. In other woru
it 1b a vanguard to the .s;a' mcnt I
atn prepai ?ng. ' which also vUl cow
tain a paragraph of a lt1t?& hisu-.v
conocrnlng the actions of Goverr
Crate and a nc.i-o wit> a sori* t
all of nhich 'griU ;hc ' araRiul >6 >.]
pie of this efjunty soiu 'reas->TJ
; f ar iJin? th . nnr<JPrcr, Jolin PicV
ards, wou'.d escape death for hla
crime at tho hands of the law whMe
hie bloody work would soon be fbr
I gotten, bat not by a heart-broken
widow and eight children dependent
| upon a father's labor."
BUCKMAN BROS.
WILL SELL OUT
V?vn*?? Th .*1r 8(oi> on Februnry
Will Ik* Otxupird by Mcmhi-h. .
I ? liobbins and Davis.
/ According**"?* jnforrantlon gtvf-nj
out thi* nwrulng, a chango in tius'.-i
nesn will occur on the first of Fpb-1
ruary. wherein Buckman Brother*'
will vacate their store on Main street
and Tom Robblns and J- C. Davis
will start up a clothin* store In the
same location.
CRESCITE CLUB
M?l Thursday With Mm. K. L.
Brook*. Next Meeting to be
a Sodjil One.
The meeting of the Crfscite Book j
rM. ***. held Thursday, afternoon .
Iwif^Mrs. K. L. Brooks,
, Xfter the regular business meet
ing a d llgfctful Utecary. program
fallowed coiyUst Ipg, ,a( .two very In
teresting, papers. 1st. ;,Rod' Croas
fyofk at ^dme and Abroad," by Mi?3
Mif,- Bel'e Small Jnd. "Myths and
Legends yf Ouf Country-," by Mrs.
Frank Bpjrera.
After the roll call a delicious salad
course was served
The club bad as their Rueat Mlse)
Pagan of Arkansas, and Mise Chris, j
tine Ty?on of Oreenvir.o, N. C. i
The next meetlftf wilt be a social
cn?. at Mrs. 0?.K Hackney 'a on
Tllttredv Jat. tt.
1 Better not ml* the opening hill et
the Bfllaao Monday tflgfct.
HO PUNISHMENT
FOB MESS
SOW APPEARS CERTAIN THAI
i murderers otyimts rich.
N AR03 WILL NO* BE KNOWN.
WORK GIVEN UP
Oo
VM.UIYWW IKMlt of the 1 ITN
'b? brought to Justice now seems an
aa?ured-fact. Absolute'y oo progrode
has be? n made so far 01q secuii^
any evidence and work on the case
has practically been dropped by
officials. The investigation ? by the
coroner's Jnry, which. It was believ
ed, tf'ould result in sotoe action, has
been indefinitely postponed. : '
Thai a mob of over one hundred
men could come Into town and com
mit the act which thoy did and then
isot be discovered, seems almost lm
?losslblo. but as far?6* the county
?lilcials are concerned, such seems
? o be the acse.
There is considerable indignation
^pressed by some of the ettltens
;ver the unsuccessful results of the
nveitlgitlon. It is generally be
'?.evod that the Id ntlty of the offen
ders could be learned for certain of
the party have been doing conMder
All* talking since the lynching was
I 'Or . 1
BAkACAm 10 IiA\ t
"PICTURES TOOK")
onvw Morning .
for ricturo TTvkt U to Appear
in Hudjnmi Booklet*.
Members of the 54. E. Barjtca class
will have their "pictutes took" to
morrow morpUig Immediately after
.ie meeting o i the class. All mern
. rs are urged to bo present In or
k* tfc-it their physiogonomies may
be on record for future generations
to adm'/e. The pictures are to be
ir.. c.cu In a handsome booklet,
wtU^tho tlase Is planning to Irsu*.
>ein'~ proir'^e ha: boon given that
a ? bo '<]&? _? w!H not be sent to
jii ?ir ?* -nl.cry in the country.
m-. and stalwart mem
Nary" will be in the
' i-: i. ? . .. Jo ho lees prepoBeso.
.n^ mm m:?f a of the "Army" will be
gc it'.y t-ot firmly shoved into the i
background In ord*>r that a wrong
impression of the class will not be ,
formed by strangers who might hap
pen to see the picture*.
The quartette from the Vanguard
class of the Presbyterian church will
be present at the meeting of thn
Caracas tomorrow morning and will
render * voral selections during tho
Sunday "chool exercises.
fa IN PECTING
NAVAL MILITIA;
NsvAVfi in New Bern Are firing |
\'.HUffht Fine Point*.
(By Eastern Press)
New Bern, Jan. 16. ? Lieutenant'
E. H. Conner, Inspector-Instructor
of the Naval Militia of North Caro
lina, arrived in the city yesterday
morning and spent the day conferr
ing with the c/"~?re of the 4ocal dk
vision.
Recent change* In the system eon
fro'Hng thn natal militia of this1
r r v r i i- ? ? ? -fi It n f'nr'ery for the
olF.^ors to be thoroughly versed In
rait tsry lore and It Is Lieutenant
Conner's duty to quls thcita along
: Tt?t* ? ne. . ? . ?*? ? ?
CUT OFF TOES
WITH AN AX
WlMiamaton, Jan. IS. ? ?' TcM?rd?y
the eeven-?jear-o!d boj of Mr. and
. Mrl. Javab Rodf ercon at Bear Omar
[was playing with a companion on
the woodpile, dnd In handllac the
?xe, he cut four toee off hla left
foot. It la not definitely known
wb'etV r he did It hlaeelf or it waa
the aecldeat*l atroke of fclft llttl%
oojnpaalon. Dr. Saondera waa veil
ed 'M ldtnltitat* <?. <M H ?W
ill MIME
FOB FlflHERS
MEET1N08 TO Bll HELD AT ft*.
aO AND PIHBTOWN ON (EB
Kl'ARY 4th AND Sth.
* FOR ^VIVES TOO
Ab9 Bprmk er to bo Prwrot at Meet,
lag*. Topics of Intcrrvl to bm
Pi? wed. Public Invited to b?
Prpmu and Spend the Day.
auspices or the State Department of
Agriculture to ro-operation witW-tfee
Farm re" Institute Committee of
Utaufort county, will be het^- at the
Jiang 3 "schoolhouse, Pike road, Fri
day. February 4th, and at Pliietown,
Saturday. February 5tb. The Insti
tutea will open at 10:30 o'clock and
will be conducted by W. N. Nutt.
S?at4 horticulturist; Dr. F. D. Ow
ens. v terinary Inspector; J. F. La
ham, county demonstration- agent, "*
tftd others.
+ t the eam^tlmi/and place, there
ar'.T. aUo be held a Woman's Instl
lute, conducted by J^ra. W. H. Natt
to which women are Invited to come
:ind Join Id the dlscunion of
Jecta pertaining io household ?eoc
nomics. home conveniences, heilth f
in the home, the education of chll
drrn and other topics of infttsst to
no'.bora and home-makers, ^
Everyone in Beaufort ^(AlUi la -
?r.rltfd to thesp .meetings and- are
requta.ed to c?n!e rsrly, brtfcg their
lunch- y r,ud sped the day. a qn*s.
?T-V. " J!t will uu opened And the
,,ctt'vne arswrfcu la a round tao'.s
??cu:. ou /in tu" afternoon.
A Farmers' _ jte, un&r the
5500 IN tt
Verdict of Jury for WOO Set A?kk.
N'o A|>peAJ to be Talun from
Final Agreement.
After the Jury brought in a ver
dict of $300 Id the case of C. A.
Ormond, administrator for B?a Or
'iioid, vs. Joshua W. Mills, counsel
'or th*. plaintiff moved that ttte
dictVo set asldo and sBggeifed thU
an auount might be agreed upon
and a Judgment entered to settle' the
caee so that foe appeal would fee
taken.
After a discussion by both eldee?
it was moved that the Terdjftt
J Jury be a^t aside and that the aum t
toOO be paid to Ormoad in 0ha! eat'
tlement of the affair.
HsaKtott, flood Prvdi<4M.
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 15'.- ? What
was predicted would be ttifc moat
dangerous flood In the history of the
White Rlrrr gottoma was forecast
Id Little Rock today to a 'Srarning
liuwd by (he local United States
wrath ht bureau. The While rtver
will rearfft a stag? ef 24 to *30 feot
between Saturday night and Mon.
day. The )eree? which were de
stroyed In the floods of last August
have not been replaced entirely.
FINE WORK
I? the foundation of j#>
putatioo. . , 'v- y\
Cleaning, preuJ&g anA rat*to*
in* clotfcaa la ottr besttUee.
CAN WE 8BR\ K YO#f
WniflHTg STBAM
PRESSING WORKR
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