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VOL. IV.
DUNN. N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH .6, 1395.
NO. 51.
judged by 'Lis home paper by tbe
world at large. 1
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p.-rc 'of imitation trade marks airi labels,
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bearing these -wor&s
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Wlieii UiO New Orleans Special
rin passed here tbe other day it
M to stop at the depot some en
r; fiftec i ratuute9. While Uiere
loraeof the -Yankees" got out and
In sauntering around the depot.
Vtra'.lr one of them said to another;
Kire we in North Carolina?'
lifwiknow," replied th party
JrMst d. -"Well aav." said the other
North Carolina is the State wLere
liat d d- fool Legislature is in fees
siin that passetl a resolution to ,ad
iirnin hon-ir of that d d negro
jj:ugia88. and it we are in it, y
iii-df let's pu'l mt from h'ere." See
lff As;ent Thompson and aseertnin-
rtg from him that they were in North
Ctrolina. tliej. gave vent-tjb lueir ais-
gtist hy urging the conductor
-ull out of I he d d State just
fat as possILl r " . It is hurailia:
llidei-eut North Carolinians, bat. w
isn't Lelp it. Rockingham R.c!et.
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NEWS ITEMS.
News From all Parts of tlie
World Gathered From
our Exohanges.
. Town Pirectory.
Mtyor A. It. Wtlioil.
l omm'wMonera--K. V. Younsr, J.
fcpt.lH. F.T. Moore, V. U. UooU.
3sriai H. L,. Wade.
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THREE LESSONS.
There are three lessons I would write,
i'hree word a with a golden pea
In tracings of eternal light
Upon the liearts of men.
Have Hope! Though cloui environ
round . I .
And gladness hides her face in scorn.
Pat thou the shadow from thy bown,
No night tut hath Us morn.
Have faith! where'er thv bark is driven,
The calm's disport, the tempest's
mirth, i
Know this: God I rules the hosts of
heaven
The inhabitants of earthl
Have love! Not loye alone for one,
But man as mtin thy brother call.
And scatter like the circling sun,
Thy charities on
nil.
I'h us gave these words upon the soul.
Hope. Faith and love; and thou shalt
lind
CRIME IN THE UNITED -.
I STATES. - r
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Cnroe is higher in the North than
in the South, so the censes of 1890
shows, i Tha Messenger gave the
figures recently.) The criminal , reo
ords, imperfect, ol course, for -1894.
show aty alarming increase of rauri
ders. There were 9.800 reported.
The North had t twentv-four lynch-
ings, and but I few execut'o: s by
c:irts. The South had 1C6 lynch-.
ings, and most of these were for the
unspeakable, insutfcrable crime.yThe
total number of legal' hangings' was
132 There were 9,300 known rhur-
i " " J ' .1 ' . I. .5
uerers, anu lao couus uuukcu
but 132 one j murderer in every
seventy.1 Shameful! The Tribu te.
prone to point its finger of censure
t the South, savs the 'default' in
ORIGIN OF THE DOLLAR
MA RK FIVE ' THEORIES.
A VERA SUTLER ESCAPES.
Light, wl.en thou else wert blind.
I Schiller
C1IUKC1IKS.
IMhoflidt Kev. C. W. I'aiM, l'a-
tdr. Servic at 7 p. ui., every nisi a;iu-
day, and 11a. m. anl 7 p. m., evi iy
faanh Sunday. PrayeMiieeting every
HViheUf night at 7 o'clock. Sunday
irlmol every Sunday morning at 10
o'clock: G. K. Granthain, Sup'riufed
dut. Meeting of bunday fcIumU -us-liiwury
Society every fourth 'Sunday
lirmon. Young ileu's prayer nitet
ii:t every Monday night.
;irehvtrUn-Rey. A. M. Hassell.
Paor. Services every hrst and tiftu
fcitiulav at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Simday
. i " j .
o'clock. 'J. .A Pearsall Suyciinttu-
dent. j
IbiwipUs Rev. J. J. Harper, Pastor
Services every third Sunday at 11 a. mi .
vd 7 D. iu. rfundav school at 4 o'clock
Ur; Ed JUlUuce, Superintendent,
l"Ttvcr meeting every Thursday night
it J o clock.
; 44vi.rtb w -wM.-v.t-j
eerv Sunday morning at 10 o'clock.
lif G. Taylor. Superintendent. Prayer,
lin-etin everv Thursdav night.
11 V. Newton pa'son. 'Preaching every
yroitd Sunday, morning aild uiglit.
pFrre Will ''Baptist. -Kev. K. H. Jack-I'.i-iHir.
Services every Foui th
H'l i'hy at 1 1 a. in. Sunday ehoof every
Hti.i.lay evening at 3 o'clock, lirasmiis
hf, S ijx-i inteudent. i . j
M Primstixe Bptit Elder W. G
Turner. Past nr. Services evrv thirid
tsunlav at 11 a. in., and Siiturday be fore
jke third Sunday at 11 a. ui.
The Lueknow Lodo-e No. 115 I. O. O;
F nieetn eveiy Tuesday night at 8
O'Hock. B. G. Taylor, N. G.; J. W.i
Jordan. V. G.t . C. McNeill, Score;
tary. ' ;
Palmvri T.ndins. Vo. 137. A. F. & A.
communications every third
Saturday ami every first Friday 'night.
iV toting Masons invited to attend.
J. PKAUSAIX. Secretary.
At MlUon, Fla Asa Bailev, a
white boy. fell into the fire during a
Qt and was so badly burned that he
will probably die.
' Horses are cheap out West. In
Taco'ma it is said a fair borse can be
bought for $2.50 and a jam-up - one
for S5.00. This knocks the bottom
out f the lu rse stealinz industry
and also out of ncbing bees.
A couple in Hrotrkton, Mass., go
married the other day within an hour
fifier meetin? for the first time
That ws business. If 'hev ha
.. , .ft .1 1. tintt.M.
w:ilien unui inev ucuuu ucmci i
a-quainte l thej might not have - got, j
married at all,
A census by the police of New
York city reports that t ere are a
hundred thousand people who walk
the streets of t'-at city idle, and of
t hese fiftv th- uand are led bv charity,
wi'.ile Chicago reports 150.000 In
t'.i l city ttiere are 7.R22 females on
tlie regular -charity list.
John M.' Iltrres, a sl.oemaker of
Ho'zington. KmM on February 23th.
fatally stabbed his wife, killed his
four-yeawdl d wzhter Faanij and
then c)inmittcd suic de by cutting
his own tliroat from ear to ear, dying
almost instant ly. Herres was crazv
from wl-iky, and committed the sad
act with a shoe knife.
V
Government officials m de a raid
on the boundary between Randolph
and Cleburne counties, Ala., and
within a radius of four miles capt
ured five illicit distilleries. O ie was
Strength when life's surges maddest roll the infliction of the legal penalty for
murder in such an immense majority
of cases would seem incredible if
Uiere were not the figures to prove it,
THE MARRIED MAN'S RIGIITSl lh la9t Vear on,' ne. murderer in
seveulv has bee.i executed, and tlial
is practically the average of preceed-
iuii years. No such lax acmiuistra
Hon of criminal law prevails in any
other ciyilized country.'
In the'; North wilh a small negro
population there! are many rapes on
In
7,
"I say," said a" friend the other
day, "you are an old hand at- it. 1
have only just go: married, and don't
understand much ab ut the business
I should like to know whetter a mar
ried man has any rights left, when he whites reported by the negroes.
t.u imt.o himself a wife ?" tha South whereithcre .are some
He- has a
A vera Butler does- not like tbe
Below I give, five theoiies of the "pen.' He has in him more than the
origin of the dollar mark ($), tl.ej j usual North Carolina yearDirig for
being se'ected from about twenty liberty, and nighr before last he made
seemingly plau-ible solutions : his second declaration of indepen-
1. Uuat it is'a combination of U. dacce. Butler Is from Sampson
S..V the initials of the United Stages. o.iunty. He killed his father, and
I 2,That it is a mudification of the though convicted or nurder, on ac
figure 8, the dollar being formerly count of his youth and mitigating
called a "piece of eight," circumstances, he escaped the gaN
j 3. Thai it is derived from ft repr. - ow9 and was sent to prison for a
sentative of the pillars of Hercules, term of years. -: HU father treated
consisting of two needle-like towers t tie family ia the most cruel wa', and
or pillars connecting with a scroll, when young Butler found tbU nn
The old Spanish coins marked with bareable he blew hi fathet's brains
the pillar device were frequently re. out. He ,wa quite a boy, and then,
feried to as "pillar dollars." sotcetime last summer, l e escaped
4. That it is a combination of"H. from a gang of convicts at workout
S.," the ancient Roman mark of doors, and was-cap'urcd a tbe West
money unit. ern part of the State only a few
5. Tnat it is a composition of P weeks ago. Since he was put back
and S, for peso duro, signifying "hard in the pen. he seems to have been
dollar." In Spanish accounts peso busy divising schemes fur escape, j
is contracted by writing the S.' over Tuesday niht he succeeded And
the P, and placing it after the sum. ie -is free, af er having played as
According to one writer the svmDoi neat a trick as ever loo'ea a prison
of the dollar ;a a uonograia of the guard.
letters V," 'S," and "'J," the dollar Mr. Jones was a new gu ird at . the
beng originally a "thaler," coined m pemt uitiiry, it seems, and was not
the valley of Sankt Joackim, Bohe- up to &oup as well as some others
known as a "Joackims Butler, as the ;tory goes, saw Jus
poor '
,w ,.. . 1 . - -- U .. 1
Rights? Yes lolS. He has a WUO.UUO lie-roea,; aau.n ur.. in-
oil Hip hills ' 1ss wiiita cht dren and women are
AtlSW W I J i fc
"Ston! I mean this. Let me. very frequent. Is it really surpris
give von an instance. livery b x, ing tiiat, Judge lyncu is
every chest of drawers and portmans
teau, and, in fact, . every available
recentacle of every description is
f . , b
stuffed full of ray wifes pioperty, and
when I want to put away a few cutfs But people say the courts are
and collars-" ! cient. Sufficient .for what?
' Hold hard. Ij know what 3-011 surely to protect life and the sacred
v . . TP I s i .l.i I . . a mnm an nrtt
moan .Kipn. vnnncr men. ii vuur ip n ns. n lub nunc Huujtu
. u , v ... J r . J It' J - 1
bedroom were two hundred yards girls. Wilmington Messenger.
long, lined from the floor to the ceil-
an active
1 a a. I A. i. ) nnlt Vx- ftnn
oinctai ana Lnab uiativ uiuvco
pay the penauy 01 iueir urnuu
crimeslj The courts fail to hang
or but oive in seventy of murderers.
suffix.
Not
means so much more than
7 voii imap-inc senou3 tna
J latal diseases result from
trilling auments neicciea. ;
Don't play with Nature's
rrreatest ?iit health, i
' loi inm.wwi.
nd f mwlly ex
hausted, nrvoBi, (
hse no aj;rtii
ard cant irortr, ,
b.-gn mi one tak
i.iff Kireiirtheftlr.a' .
f Browns
uron
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4,
mta,
and
thaler," and -the monogram tue game in the new guard, ana piaveq
tniTi.'iU if the wonts. "Valley bankt him fo all he was worth. 13utler is
Joach m." A writer in giving hi about the size and general appearance
opinion of "Reason No 3." as given Uf Guardsman Busbee. Tuesday
above, 8l3: night But'er. got into one ' of the
- "The American symbol for dollar rooms and put on a suit af citizen's
is taken from the Spanish dollar, and clothes. He then made for the new
he origin of the sign, of course, must guard, Mr. Jones. In his band j he
i lr.-. i e.. .ocnnioiiimi tf S'lan - carried a fclio of naner.
Uc llfUttC I I ' Jl ft 1. ftiwwui.inuii . 1 ' - ft- at i
ivh coins. On the reverse of the ' As he got to Jones that worthy
- ----- - I ' A
panish dollar is a representation of halted him in proper style, end ask
the pillars of Hercules. . and aro :nd ca uis oasines
I --'. : . t i i
Poh oMlar is a scroll with the in- "1 have a note.irom captain riem
scrintion Mdus ultra. This device iug for you," leplied the gentleman
i - -.- -. . . . .
n f limo l. flecrenerAtcd in citizen scioiues.
ill .1 111 I . V. r . . - - -
medH-'K'.wKich la M
b'own i I - i Bit-
t rs. A IkwI hot- I
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BIT Of? 4K t:t Ui
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.. It Cures
V 3f5pep-i
KiJiicy
Neuralgia , Trouble-,
Constiiiat-cn, Bad 1.UkJ
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Maiarij, Nervous ailments
, Wonien'i compliiinu. j
Get only .ie Rt-tiu'mvil tii:Kjsel rel J J
. ' lines Oft lu': VTt l1!'-1 jllollieis iti.ht'iJ- "
1 siitutcs t)u rcce'':. ot io;o nnmpi 7
' win scud set i-t lei'. fltrJioiil-l HiiJ'
i fmlr Vltw mi book. Itit. 7
f 3ROWN CHEMICAL CO. 2ALTlMORt MD.
STATE NEWS.
ing w'v h shelves and y u wanted a
(dace to store away a couple of shirts
vr.u cnu'dn't find a nook that wasn't
full of hair nins. old false fronts
DANGEROUS PRAYERS.
I want you to spend fifteen rain
for f
puffs, little bits of tape, so just ac missions," said a pastor to some
cept the inevitable: Wrap your pers young people in nis iongre-iuuun.
sonal property in an old newspaper 4 but beware how you pra . ior 1
and hide it under the bed." warn you that njis a very costly ex
He srinned ironically, but passed peri. tent." I
on a sadder and wiser man-Ex. 4 Costly f tuey asKeo in surprise.
',A, i josily, he cried. U ben
Carey began to pray for the convert
tioh of the world, it cost him himself,
and it cost those who prayed with
Professional Cards-
!Lce J- Best, ;
Attornet at Law.
Dunn, I ' - . N. C.
i Pnettcra In all th eoarta. Prompt atten
Hon t all buaioeas. jan. 1.
D. H- McLean,
I Attorney at Law,
Oflee nt 4oor to poatofflce, PDNN, N. C.
QfBrril Pntl-. Will ttn1 thp court
f Harnett. Cnrabrlaiul.J)ftnatoa andSaiup-
u coaoiica.
rim by steam and had a capacity of
150 ga'lons. A fight took place bes
tween the operators of the last still
and theoflijera. no one was killed,
aid the moonshiners escape 1. The
jllicers tnihk thoy have them located.
Facts of the robbery were tele
phoned into headquarters by the fire
man, who had to walk some distance
to reach a telephone. Detective Ar
nold and. Sheriff Cabell, with ten
,n..,l ..CR.prs nrined with " in
UJUUIl UVI aw- -
ihesters started in pursuit from po
I ce headquarters. The robbers had
nearly two hours' start of the pursu
ing party betore the latter reached
tha scene of the hold-up and plunder
ing. '
Railroad and express ofllcials and
employees declare that the robber
found no money, but the bef ef is
4 i
Vcne'al that a large sum was secured.
In running back to the baUnce of
his train. Mgineer Averitt had no
signals to guide him, and he crashed
Into the cars on reaching them, smash
in several sets , of bumpers. The
nassbPers had hidden tbeir effects
tha seats. The
sWk'to the car set watches, money
and miscellaneous valuables jinnling
l Hip floor.
and ciancriuji aiuu.v. .
WHAT GOD GIVES A BOY.
i
A body to live in and keep clean
and healthy, ai d as a dwelling for
his mind and a temper for his soul
A pair of hands to use for Idusel!
ai.d othera. but never nszainst otheis
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for himself.
A pair of feet to do err nds of
'ove and kind..es9 j and charily and
business, but not to loiter in places
of mischief or temptation or 3in
A pair of lips to keep pure and un
polluted by tobSco or whiskey, a. d
to sneak true, brave, wnrds; but not
to make a smoke stack of, or a swill
trough. A pair of ears to hear the music of
bird a;id tree riT- and human voice,
but not to tve heed to what the ser
3iH says, or to w: iti li-U lors i d
or his mother. ' i
A pair of eyes ?o see thq beautiful.
tlie eo d and r-e tru1? u s fi icr-.
prints' in the flower vd -' field and
snowflako, but not ".to fe-st on un
clean pictures, or to blotches which
Satan daubs and call- pleasure.
A mind to remember and reason
nd decide tind ptore up wisdom and
i l
impart it to others, on not, n i e
turned into a chipbaskt-t "r rubbish
iieap for chaff and rubbish and sweep
ins of the world's stale wit.
A soul as fair as a r.ew fall n
snowflakc, to rt'e he impressions of
good and to develop faculties ofpows
era and virtues which shall" shape it
day by day, t-s. the artist's chisel
shepes the stone into the image and
likeness ol Jesus Christ.
him verj' much.
PETriNGlLL & CO., i
I Newspaper Advertising Agency,
22 School SL Mutual Ree, Bldg,
HB.itonIass. Js.Y, Cit
Brainerd prayed for
the darksskinned savages, and alter
iwu'vpara of blessed work, it cost
him his life. Two students in Mr.
I i
Vr.ndv'a summer school besian to
pray the Lord of the harvest to send
forth more servants into the harvest;
and lo I; it is going to cost our eoun
try five thousand young men and
women who have, in answer to this
prayer, j pledged; themselves to the
work I He eurel it is a dangerous
thins to pry in earnest for this work
ou will find that you cannot pray
and withhold your labor, or pray and
wiibnold your money; nay. that your
very lire will no longer be your own
when your prayers begin to be ao
sweredJ
"I have often said in my public
addresses that i it is a dangerous
thing to pray for a blessing uo'.ess
. ou v.'ant it. What a
thing when we are ready
ceive," Missionary , Review.
Salem will soon have
large cotton factory in
tion. ,
anothef
opperat
John King, c ilorcd. of Jones coun
ty, cut his ! wife's throat Thursday
nto the s'cm which at present stands ' Well, he knows I can't read." evening because she had left Lim on
fnr American as well as Spanish saiu wue guaru, grumj.
liur i Tha R(..rnll around the "Yes, and he told me to read it for
UVhuiw) Y . 1
pillars represents the two serpents u
ent by Juno to destroy Hercules in
ds cradle in .mvthologic lore.--St.
Louis Republic.
FEW OF FRANKLIN'S
CLAIMS TO GREATNESS.
No man had ever preached a doc
trine which more skilfully showed
how to set the best for yourself; and
no msn eyer showed himself more
ready than Franklin to do things for
t.'jprs. He envented an onen stove
Here is what it says: 'Mr.
Jones : You will let Mr. Busbee re
lieve you, while you come over to the
shoe shop and try on your new boots.
John Ml Flemminq. "
Now Mr. Jones was having a pair
account of crual treatment.
A tramp was found dead under a
freight car in Ra'.eigb last week. It
is supposed he was stealing a ri Te
and froze to death. He was removed
with difficulty.
The daily Sentinel s iys when In-
and formed that tbe House had adjourned
thank
of boots made at the shoe shop,
the relief came in good time. He I in honor of Fred Douglass, a
turned over the gun and keys to tbe at on Reoublican said : 44 1
, - w V
gentleman in citizen s clot es. who God that t did not vote for a
, i i 3.. I i r- . i . T 1 ...
was tne uouoia oi uuucuamuu uu' i memuer oi tue ueisnabuic.
bee, aDd went over to the shoe shop
to trv on his new boots. And thi
ontioman ,ih ii.A onn and kevs was Dora Nixon was trying to cot
s M V V aJfca - a v uw a . I - m w
master of the situation. A turn of the lure 8 y
Windsor
Ledger: While
single
off a
i lliaavtl will mmvMMii - -. - I
io give more heat witb less wood, but lockf tlie opening of a gtte and he Elizabeth Gurloy on Mouaay sn t
be refused to tae a patent for it, was free He took with lilin ; two made a misslick and nearly cloppet
Messed
to re-
WOES OF THE NOBILITY
BcUlen' Arairu Salve.
The bct salve in the world for Cuts,
ij BiuWs, Soresi Salt lthcmn. Fever Sores
'.jTetter, Chapped Hanks, Chillblains,
Mor8,id all Skin Eruption, and pos-
tivtty currs Piles,, or no pay. It is
'iK'wuntVl to 'rcprfect sulisf action
;j r money refuiuleib ,Pric 25 cents per
: ox. For sale by Harper A Hoo'l.
train.
I
press
tlie eng
Dallas. Tex., Feb. 23th.-Thc bald
st train robbery ever committed t ..k
.ilaee near this place last evening.
Fifteen well armed men held up the
The robbers cut loose the ex-
and baggage cars, compelled
tneer, to run down the r.ad
for about 4 or 5 miles. They forced
tie express messenger to open the
safe, and tlie robbers plundered it.
After they had finished with the exs
press car they shot out the headlight
n the enzine and th-n scattered to
the woods where it is supposed Uhey
had horses waiting.
'Take the lowest seat ard work
your way up. Let a man be cailtd
up always. Do yi ur work wherever
.yon are, and do it faithfully and so
contentedly that they will want you
still higher. The more you do your
work ell, the more they will want
you still higher and higher. Be
drawn up. Zo not foroe yourself
up. That leads to c'ncanerv.Jto pre
tence. to raist .ke. and even temp
tations and crimes." Henry Ward
Beeehcr.
i i .
Mr: Kin or Yes. my ciauguter
married a blscksmith, and she has a
nice home and is ge ting along nice
ly Jiilia married a shoemaker and
is very comfortably provided ff-r.
Alice married a butcher and is very
comfortably' situated.
Mrs.! Frazier And your daughter
Nicolelte?
Mrs. Kin?(sadly) Alas! she nv.
Tied a foreign prince. 1 send ner
five dollars a week, and by taking in
washing she manages to support ti e
familyl !
The Colorado Senate passed the
bill prohibiting capital punishment
in that State.
not mouren sensitiveness.
i
Somebody lias discovered the j
n.,fwma frt that the reluctance 'of!
va aw- w j
women to tell the r age is no pie e of
modren sensitiveness. It is as- o'd
as the"hi!l3. In' the Old Testament
although great numbers of women
are mentioned there is but one
Sarahs Abraham's wife whose age is
recorded. N. Y. Times.
Irlrl of an onnortunitv to serve his
-1 W
Neighbors; and this invention of
Frnklin's was tke beginning of - the
liseat American stove tradeof to day
jlle rounded the first fire company in
Philadelphia, and so made a begin
)iing for the- present fire depart
inen?s. He procured the reorgani
zation of the night-watch and the
payment of the watchmen, thus pre
paring for a regular police force now
established. lie started a philosoph
ical society. aDd he took the lead in
i t. I.
setting, on loot an academy, wmcu
still survives as the University ot
jl'ennoylvania. While he was doing
luiniis for o hersi others did things
for hi:n. and he was made clerk of
t.e General Assembly 1736, and
Postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737
In 1750 he was elected a tvember of
the Assembly, and in 1753 he was
made Postmaster General for all the
Volonies- Iu 1748 he had retired
from business, haying so fitted his
'practice to his preaching ' that he
had gained a competency when only
forty-two years old.
The leisure thus acquired he used
in the study of e!ectrical science, then
m us infancy. He soon mastered
a
ntw experiments wilh his wonted
ingenuity. He was the first to de
clare the ident'ty of electricity with
lightning. Using a wet string, he
flew a kite against a thunder cloud,
and drew a spark from a key at the
end ot'a cord. The lightning rod
was his invention. Of his mvestiga
Hons and experiments he wrote re
ports that were printed in England
and translated in France. The R y
al society voted him the Copley
medal; the French king bail the ex.
peri-Lents repeated before him; and
both Harvard "and Yale made Frank
lin a master of Arts. Ex.
friends gentlemen confined without her wrist in too. The wound i
out their conseU .
And while Mr. Jones tried on his
new bjots the three comrades were
making the dust fly.
One of the guards on his tour a few
minutes afterward found the gate un
looked and sounded the alarm. Bui
three bird3 jail birds had fiawn.
Guards hunted for them all night.
quite a bad one.
A young married couple, balling
from Lynchburg, Va., came to.
Greensboro. Thursday, very j much
intoxicated, to enter Keeley InstU
tute, Deputy Sherifl H. C. Uwen.
of Rowan county, while attempting
to arrest Whit Farron, a .colored .Ue
nerudo, was . shot and Instantly
but they found no Jail birds News kUled by the Utter.-Goldsboro
and Observer.
31 AIL ROBBER. L
Charles Murphey, a natiye of
Snow Mill, is inixil at Wasbivstdn.
N (!..- chr.rged with' atealing money
from registered letters which passed
throujU bis hand as route agent, j
He iia i a "run" from Tarboro to
Washing" on- and was thought j to
be a perfectly bone3t official. I'or
several months, however, money was
missed from the registered letters
which passed through his hands.
The letters were not stolen outright,
but money was taken from then..
There are several raatl clerks, or
Headlight.
As the west bound "Southern"
tram pulled out for Greensboro yes
terday afternoon a colored
about fifteen years old swung (bn fVr
a ride. The tiii: i gave a lurch and
threw him under the cor.vl eel J which
ran over Lis ngi t foot. If Me had
fieei' thrown' with les fu'c:. Lelmiht
have been pulled . out s ; rrii,i;j-ld.
corpse. '
( 'in ton : i Democrat : His old
friends will be pained to learn of the
death of Rev. Hugh 31cA!pin wLicu
occurred at his home in Williami'oa
county, HU, ou February 20tbJ Hi
route agchts, on tuai pari oi e une, & f Dtrm,T fc Ha
died at the advanced age of seventy
four years, ripe in appearence knowl
edge and goodness. H left Samp
and suspicion fell on them all. Then
11 that was known, and then he made i that old but - effective government
son county abount seventeen
a"o to make bis home in I Hi no
years
Advertise your business
TiWRs.
ia The
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A woman has been discovered ' in
Wilkes county who is more than 115
years old. She has seen her fifth
generation. The old soul is pretty
chipper still.
plan of sending decoy letters was
tried. .Money was missed from tbero,
Murphy arrested and two marked
five dollar bills found in his posses
sion. He was put in jail at Wash ni,ari0tte News : Tne people of
ton in default of heavy bil, charged CnarioUe were greatly booked thU
with embezzlement. morning to bear of the death of Mr.
Murpbey'a plan was to open the payter H Moore. He .died last
registered letter, take from them a (!jght t 11 o'clock at hs hne one
part of the mo-ey and get a receipt nilJ ejRj of thc ci.Vf of ueart dueas-j.
frcm ihe agent next to bira. in tnat y tfi1ore relre at ten o'clock l i
way be was enab!ed to shift tbe re ujg u9Qal g.KI hea th bat in about
sponsibility on sjme one else, as he J5 njjnnt be sprang from beuTiu
had a receipt f r the package. It is greatpaq and made hlf way to a
rumored that he has confessed his uair Mrs. Moore was quickly by
crime. News & Observer, j, gi(ie an a9isted him to tlje bed.
The smaller ,.per puKUhed i .SbelUen died for
im(.r Mi,,idto he the Weekly tbe MrnU nl dupatched s-taet.
Star, of Decnta. Cal. .11 me,.ore. "ener to the cty r
V ' Moore passid away,
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