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1 ,1 mi I E6e COURIER Leads IrvIBoth News and . Circulation. j Ge COURIER Advertising Columns Bring Results. 1 mmwmmmmmmmmwmm GOUR ER. Bsued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. $1.00 Per Year. VOL XXXII. ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1907. No SMITH CONVICTED. Murder In Second Degree For Kil ling Milton Bunnell. MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF THIR TY YEARS. Tried at Troy last Week Father, Make Smith, not to be tried until September Term The facta Developed at the Trial. JiiBt after dark on January 10th of this vear, Borne one killed J. Milton Bunnell, about one half mile south of Star in Montgomery county, while walking1 on the railroad track. The killing as done with an axe by splitting his head open by a lick from behind and by two other se vere wounds with the blade of the axe, one on the jaw and one on the neck uear the collar bone. Soon after the killing a north bound train knocked Die body from the track iiiul further mutilated it. Tin coroner's jury on the next day and a large number of people who viewed the body saw plainly that the deceased had been killed. On his p'-rsou was found $4 00 sewed ur in his cl it lies, but his purse, which contained four ten dollar Mils, two one dollar bills, two ten dollar s,old pieces, one live dollar gold piece, and some silver was mis sing.' It was clear that the deceased had been killed uud roboed by some one who had taken his purse, not knowing he had any other money on his werson, or had been fright ened away before making a thorough search of the body, as the killing was done in fifty yards of Thomas Leach's bouse. Suspicion soon rested on Charles Smith who was seen with a ten dollar piece of gold and said he got it about and about and knew where he could get some more. He had shortly be fore requested Nuuie Harris, a col ored man, to get him up some gold, but Boon after the killing told him that he need not get any gold for him and showed a ten dollar piec. saving. "If Make asks you where 1 got this gold, tell him you let me have it." Then Charles asked Nume to set him some greenback. Within tsix days enough evidence had been obtained .o have tho boy arresteu H was tdkeu by Mr. Frank Paae, Ruf.is K. Beit, and C. C. Oroeke- into h loom and was toid if trie fnCM iht-V knew of his having tue SO'd Mini wiis requested to tell the l.uib. After Hn,e latitat on Charles told that he had ieen Bunnell at bis grandmother, Dorcas Brewer's the day of the killing and that lie thowed hini some gold and other tnoiiev and that he tried to get Bun -sell to aijree to sell him some of the gold if he. ou1d get up greenback for it. That Bunnell left going to Martlt Smith V, south of Bisee and said he was going back to his sister, "Duck a, widow of the late Franx Burns, nf Moore county, and who lives auove btar. lhat when his latter, whom be and all the. family mil "Make." came home about dark, he told him that Milt, Bunnell had been at his grandma's that dav ati had oiisiderttble gold and ether mniey. Make picked up the axe and said "Follow me. ihey went along the dirt road near the i ail road toward Star until they got to a bridge in Tom Leach licld and waited a few minutes until they saw Buunell walking along the railroad trw-k. Make said, "Lake the axe and blip up I eh i ud and kill him." Ha did so. Then Make said, Hit h m ugiim'' and he struck two more h.-ks. Then Muke said iel in h'J pocket and get his uiOne;'. Tnju lie iok the axe in hU band )i I walked back along the railroad a. id the public road. Jiiit before get'ing t'Vrii with v here they lived, Mike came to bim and said to throw the ixc in a luige mud hole con tain ng yiuch water. When they got home. Make counted the money and it was $69.85. Make let him have oue of the ten dollar gold pieces, but bad made him give it back. Young Smith said, when asked, that he thought be might be able to find the money. They went to Make's. Charles looked iu the cupboard and elsewhere. Then they went to a small out house iu which was a large box containing Otton seed. He looked about and finally the box was prized up aud Bunnell's purse containing $59.85 was found under the box, oue of the te dollar pieces lie. ng gone. There wis n ' other pocket book uuder the box hen, but on Sunday following Ch ll?s' purse containing the ten dollar piece and some small change was found under the box. At the trial at Troy last week, Charles only was put on trial. His confession andjoth it testimony were in evidence. ine defease was placed on the stand and testified that he alone and unaided killed Bunnell and that his father knew nothing about it. He said that he had traded for the seven or eight pocket knives he had when arrested; that the large bunch of keys he had, he found in the road and that he had left his pocket book at home, but where he did not know. He testified that he had been to Bchool a week aud two half days, would be 16 years old in July, had been to church did Sunday School two or three times, had never heard of Jesus Christ, thought he had heard of God, that Make hud read about him in the Bible once or twice aud thought it was God that had seemed to tell him to sttikc Bunnell uud to throw the. axe in the mud ho e. He hud n ver heard of Heaven or Hell, did not know what a postmaster or mail was, but thought he had seen mail carried in buggies; hid never prayed in his 'lie and never heaid his father or mother pray and had never heard of the Lord's Prayer or the Ten Commandments. There were several witnesses tesii lied lhat he had a weak nnild, ami while they thought he kuew light from wrong, yet his intellect was of x low order. Many others swore that his intellect wa that of the average uncultured and uneducated boy raised under similar influences Many swore they never heard of his being crazy until since the killing He pretended to make a profession of religion while io jail which was his reason for changing his state mentto his first confession impli cating bis rather. Under the statute in this state, anyone who kills another by poison or by secretly waylaying in the com mission of a felony such as robbery or larceny is guilty of murder in the first desreeand the penalty is death. Under this it appears the verdict should have been murder in the hrst degree or acquittal on the plea of irresponsibility because of insanity or imbecility. Yet under the learn ed Judge's charge who presided, in denuitg murder, he very properly SHid that killing with a ueadly weapon was murder iu the second degree, nothing else appearing, but that if the jury were satisfied that the defendant had committed the deed in perpetration of a felony, to wit: robbery of the deceased, that they should nod the defendant trinity of murder in the first degree. The Jury was out some three or four hours. At first they were even ly divided ou murder in toe first degree and murder in the second degree. Charles is probably 17 or 18 years old and has probably never had a strong mind, but he is clearly responsible for his acts and knows right from wrong. His father, Make Smith, is a brother of Jim Smith, who lived until five years ago near Biscoe across the county line in Moore. Jim Smith was known as the King of Black Aukle. Five years ago he ran away with Milton Bunnell's wife, who now lives at John's Stat;on, and after a few mouths returned. He has since moved his family to Rockingham. WE NEED STREETS. Contemplated Improvements in the IlusliieBHSectlon of Aslieboro Demand 'o-opertlii(r ol'Town Council in Mun icipal Ieclopmcnt. Would it not hi well for the people of Aslieboro to rounder street improvements iu connection with the county good roads move ment. The laws of the state provide for working the couutv roads at th county's expeuet bit when a road strikes the iucorp ir.ite limit of the town, the work muet stop. With the erection of many nice residences in our midst the town council should provide for street improvements, and property owners required to pave sidewalks in front of property where these improvements are made. Pro perty owuers may erect handsome residences aud business houses but unless these are accessible without jumping gutters and stepping down grade and miring on level ground in mud the town's progress will be slow. There is now just, time to secure t'i. n cessiry bisUtkn to avoid in . m ire lu mtmof disagreeable tr ROADS MEETING. Second Session of the County Good Koads AssoclaUonWill be Held Monday.' President C. C. McAliscer, of tbe Good Roads Association of Ran dolph county, has received a letter from Mr. J. Van Lindley, of Greens boro, in which he accepts the in vitation to attend the next meeting of the Association to be held at the courthouse Monday, February 4th aud address the people of the coun ty in the interest of the movement. Nothing has been heard from Prof. Holmes, of Raleigh, but it is hoped that he will also be present and de liver an addiess. Among other things that will be presented to tbe Association will be the bill to go before the legislature, asking autnonty to noia an eieJ tion for this ' work in Randolph county. Vice Presidents in several town ships are alsc to be appointed. Reports from mauy sections of the couuty evmce the strong favor in which the proposed measure is held and thj proSpct for perman eutly improved roads in the county is nright. Let. everybody come and help forwaid the work. BRICK BUSINESS BLOCK. Will He Hrected On Depot Street Work To Hegin In The Spring. The receut announcement that McDowell Bros, would erect a large corrugated iron building in the near of their place on Depot Street for their livery btninesi and the transfer of the property oc cupied by W. D. Spoon and Win ningham Bros., to J. L Norman, develops the f act that the old frame buildings on N irth Depot Street, will be replaced iu the summer by a handsome bri.-k business block. This property is owned by Messrs. Ward, Cranford, McDowell aud Norman, and all havo signil e their intention of beginning the buildings in the early spring. The transfer to Mr. Norman cm braces the building occupied by W D. Spoon's grocery and lor. 20 x 100 feet; the consideration being IfcSO per foot front. The proposed block will extend from tbe corner of North and D. pot Streets to the Morris Livery Stable. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT. .Mr. Mauser and Miss Annie Tuullnson Will Wed Iu February. The folio ving cud received in AsheLoro will be interesting: lira. Allen J Tomli'ison reiiuMts j our presence at the inurriuge of let daughter, Auuio to Mr. Cliurles Merrimon Huuser Tuesday evening, February twelfth nineteen hun lied and seven ut Beveu thirty o'clock Friends Church High Point, North Carolina. Miss Tomhnson has a host of friends iu this city where she was, until the clo.ie. of the. fall term, a teacher in the As'ieboco Gralcd School. She is asocal favorite here as well as in many sections of the Btate where the is known. Anditoiium and Palace of History and Art, Jamestown Exposition. MR. L. D. MOODY. Viitin Relative n itandolph and Ad Joining' Counties. Each year North Carolina receives as guests hundreds of ir sons who have gone t distant S tea, where their worth has been rewarded with social and financial success. Among those who have visited friends and rel ir.ivejj in Uandolph and adjoining counties this fall aud winter is Mr. L D. Moody, of Indianapolis, Ind . who has beeu visiting in Asheboro this weik. Mr. Moody was born in Moore county, and was a sou of Ander son S. and Sarah Sham burger Moody. He received a public school education in his native coun ty, attending school until he was twenty years old. Upon leaving school he went into the mercantile business at Gray's Cross Roads, iu this couuty. He married Miss Mary A. Nixon, who was the daughter of Dr. Nixon, a well known physician of this coun ty. She was educated at Gtrlfordj College, aud is a woman of tine sense and takes great mteiest in i social and religious nffairs. Mr. and Mrs. Moody were married just before the war, and went to Kentucky by private conveyance, they remain ed there some tune before going to Indiana, where they have since made their home. He r-mtrhr. school for several y. ars ai.d in moved to lmlui-po'R Mr Moody be came 8peci.il a.ent for tile Aetna I i- MR. U 1. MOO BE. surance Company, of Hartford, Conn., in 18tio,, and after thre years he went with the Home In surance Company nf New York, serving it liv- years in the tame capacity. He then became special agent aud adjuster for the Franklin Fire Insurance Company, of Phila delphia, in which position he re mained for 32 years. Mr. Moody has met with success in all he has undertaken, entering into his work with a zeal that won for him the full esteem of hi com pany, and his genial disposition numbered all with whom he mec as friend r-'. He has retired from business with a host of friends in many States. Mr. aad Mrs. Moody have one daughter, Mrs. Palmer, who lives in New York and one son, who is in the Phillipines Islands m business, I Mi. Moo Iv has iini'iy friends who will welcome him to the place of his bir.b, "The Old N'orth Sbite." RANDOLPH'S REPRESENTATIVES. Alwav In Their Seats And Active Committee Rooms. Randolph has two Representatives at Raleigh, who are busy men, and actively engaged in work in the committee rooms. Despite the hard work, and Ion z hours Messrs. W. P. Wood and W'. T. Foushee are in excellent health. Col. Wood is serving on the follow ing committees: Imigration, chm; Counties, Cities aud towns; Pensions; Finance; Penal Institutions and Appropriations. Mr. Foushee is on tbe following committees: Health; Education; Agriculture and Internal Improvement. He is making a go id member, and is recognized for his excellent judgment. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. W. J. Sillier Id Prrnlilent of the llama Untitling At. Material Co., A. Koiili SrcrclHt y null Treaaurcr. At a call meeting of the stock holders of th Home Building & Matenal t'onipinv, held a few days ago. t hi' old i'fii ers resigned, having dispoed of their flck to Messrs. Arthur Boss nod W. J. Miller. The new officers of the couipeny are W, J. Miller, President an 1 Arthur Bo, Seiretary and Treasurer. Mr. D. Auman, who lias most successfully managed the affa'es of the company will devote the greater part of bis lime to the lumber busi iiess, operating a saw mill near Brower's Mills where lie has ex'en sive timber interests. MILL LOSS ADJUSTED. Insurance Men at Stateritle Investigate Los Caused by Uurniiig ol'Statevllle QQ Flour Mills' --Net L-m t Mill Will be S'iO.OOO. The insurance n tbe Statcville Flour Mills huihliiiov, ,)mi imtchin ery etc., has b.eii adjusted us fol low: On th mill building proper $4, 000; on the machinery. i0 500; on the elevator biiiblihg, $5 ooii; im (.. 20,000 bushels of wh'iit in the e'e- va'or, f li.i'00. a id in iidditio.i c?"0 will be paid t ir d.ittwop 1 1 ' h ware-hous-' building a-id $1,600 fur'd im age t the s'ock in th' w neli Mi-. , This makes a total of $4:5 o"i , ujii there is to be added the damage to the. boiler and engir emid ilieainm .1 of the salvage. w:,k-h will be seveial thousand dollars, it is estimated thit the net loss to the mill will he $20,000, but the greatest lost will, of course, be that from stopping the businesss. Subscriptions Paid. W. B. Fields. R. M. Bulla, Thos. L. Kussel), H-O. Vestal, Mrs. C. M. Vestal, E. W. Callicutt, Miss Ida Guy, L. D. McMasters, D. C. Cox, W. V. Dunn, L. B. Saunders, B. F. Reynolds, A. A.t Blue, E. L. Moflitt. I'. M. Riley, J. F. Trogdon, A. B, Steel, E. L. Callicott, A. L. Crotts, 0. I). Bean, O. R. Teaaoe, R. ole. r,'m-is Brooks, R. Ha .s, L. W. Wi.,e. RALEIGH LETTER. Members of House and Senate Hear Dr. Kllgo. TERM ONE-FOURTH EXHAUST ED. Railroads Receiving Close Attention High Officials Appear Before Com mittee Rate Will Probably be Re duced toi'woand One-half Cents. ' Gormau News Bureau, Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 28, '07. The biggest part of the Senate and House went to E leuton Street Methodist Church yesterday and agaiu Sunday night and listened to Dr. John C. Kilgo, the president of Trinity College, deliver two power ful sermons. Every seat iu the big church wns occupiid. No man especially the well read ai.d well educated man, can listen to sermon preached by Doctor Kiigo and leave the church with out having been benefited by it, aud if his heart is right and his religi on is the genuine article he is bound to be made the better Cnristian for it. Tho Legislature today entered upon tbe fourth calendar week of the session, or the seventeenth work day, jj the session of sixty days is more than one-fourth exhausted alre idy. Considerable work, was ac complished dnring the past week and the machinery of legislation ia now iu full operation. AmongVthe bills that were defeated (aud there .JUII.V a uuuuu Ul UiUlC or 1COS 1 importance) were the Douglass anti- soft drink measure, especially aimed at "Coca Cola" and cuttins- ont. most of tbe popular Bcft drinks; ' the bill requiring court Judges to open courts promptly on Monday mt ruing 01 tne nrst week or pay to the clerk of the county $50 fine; the Dickey bill ostensibly trained ou the moonshiners of some of the; - western counties, bat which Mthorfe,-"; ed the 'searching of the private V -premises and . home of citizens to "5?. see if they had more than one gallon of spirits in their possession for home consumption or otherwise. While this latter bill is practically dead as far as that particular pro vision arm a tew other objectionable features are concerned, it has beeu recoiiimiit d t th ' commiitee. The ,.pearante before ttii Leff- illative joint committee on 1 ail roads of a immtier i-f the leading railro.d ollie'als of the country during the list lew days was the teat ure of tbe week. The presidents and other high officials of Snitheru, t.lm Setboard, the t o. t Lie nl otber coinpiniei itre greajy inteicsled m tne pending legislative affecting the interests of railway companies and regulating the rates ot freight aud ouai-enger transportations. An stated in these letters last week it looks as though the pafr -eager fares will be reluced to to and half cents a in le. None of the most important m'Hurej will bd finally disposed of till Lite in the session us iieHilly 'u the cast rhe revenue bill generally beius! about, tbe l ist bill of greater iiiijporl.ii.ee pia.-.ed. J.iijt 'icottv what willle dtn? about providing additional means tor thw care of the the indigent msaue does not jet fully appear. ROUND DOZEN. BooU Club At Kandleman Kntcrtalned uy ilrc. Aicladeii. A most er.ioviilile iind ititerpstiiKT meeting of t he Round Doz.-n H,nt ('lub, nf U.i,.dlcin,ui, was held Fn. a i iiliei no in ut tlie hoiiK of Mrs. I'.i'.ll It McKdeli. For some'iiineTlie cffih has been" HtudMllj K. u ish llisiorr. and this i.i.ig Wiis ui unusual interest aud p- !:' Miss Annie Johnson i a siroiii article on "Thfl R- giuijiusi of the War's with Scotland" while Miss Louise Dicks gave a pa per on tne ".Magna Charta" of England. After the library and business program, a verv liiterestiurniiotit.inn contest was enjoyed, in which Miss Louise Dicks was awarded the prize, a box of Lowuev's bon bons. following the contest, daintv and delii i uis iefreshtnent3 were served by the clever hostess, after which the club adjourned. Wesley Wilkie, escoea and con- de .in el murderer of Gate City, Va.. was arrested at Salisbury I wi week. IT.- is sentenced to hang February Slit.
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