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TRAIN SERVICE.
NORTHBOUND
Lv. Kliz. (Hty daily (ex. Sun) 2:45, p.m
Ar. Norfolk, " 4. 25, p.m
Lv. Elir.City.Tue.Thur.&Sat 9:30, a.m
Ar. Norfolk " " " 11:00, am
SOUTHBOUND
Lv. Eliz. Citv datJy (ex Sunlil:? a m
Ar. Edenton " ' " 12:40, p.m
Ar. Belhaven " " 4 45, pm
Lv Eli. City Tue Thu.&Sat. 6:00, p.m
I-7Trains stop at all intermediate
Stations.
STEAMBOAT SERVICE.
Steamers leave Edenton daily (tx
eept Sunday) 1:00 p. m. for Plymouth,
Jatnesville, Williamstou and Wind-So-.
Leave Edenton Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday 1:00 p. m. for Cliowau
River landings; and Fyiday for Scup
pernon River.
Steamers leave Elizabeth City foi
Roanoke Island, Oriental and New
Berne, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day 6:00 p m : connect with A. & N.C.
R.'R and W. & V. R R. for Goldsboro
and Wilmington, &c.
For vScupyei noiig River Monday
12:00 noon.
For Coinjock and North River Land
ings Tuesday, Th irsday aud Saturday
3:00 p in.
For South Mills aud landings on
Dismal Swamp route Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday 6:00 a. in
Steamers leave Belhaven daily (ex
cept Sunday for Washington, N. C.
For further information apply to M.
II. Sno.vden, Agent, Elixobeth City,
or to the General Office of the N. & S.
R. R. Co.. Norfolk, Va.
M K. KING,
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TE MAN SHOT
TO DEATH FOR RAPE
Watts' Crime Wis
One of Peculiar
Atrocity.
HIS BASE INGRATITUDE
Assaulted a Lady Who Had
Given Him Food.
HE WAS ARRESTED AND
LODGED IN JAIL
Masked Men Then Took Him
Thence to the House of His
Victim and Then to the
Outskirts of the Town
Where He Was Shot
Newport News, Va., Jan. 5.
The death of William W. Watts,
at the hands of a mob between
the hours of 4 and 5 o'clock this
morning, marks the first sitting
of Judge Lynch in Newport
News. His taking ofi also sign
alizes the initial execution of a
white man for rape in Virginia,
legally or otherwise.
The crime that invoked mob
vengeance was peculiarly at
rocious, being blackened by the
basest ingratitude. The victim
of the wretch upon whom justice
was so speedily visited was the
benefactress of her assailant,
having fed him, a stranger at
her door, when he first appeared
begging for charity three weeks
ago, after reaching here penni
less from Lynchburg, where his
father is a policeman. Watts
was 28 years old, unmarried, a
professional gambler and comes
of a respectable family with ex
tensive relationship throughout
the State.
Yesterday afternoon he visit
ed the house of IvIts. Thomas
M. Simpsou, who had befriend
ed him when he was in destitute
circumstances, telling the lady
he was about to leave the city
and slating that he desired to
thank her before going away.
Watts had made a stake at his
calling his sojourn here and Mrs.
Simpson failed to recognize in
the well dressed man the miser
able medicant upon whom she
had bestowed alms three weeks
before. Her interest in the man
being awakened, she conversed
with him for a few minutes at
the door. When she retired into
the hallway, he followed her,
seized her by the throat, forced
her into the sitting room and
overpowered her after a desper
ate struggle.
Watts was captured on board
the special train of C. P. Hunt
ington while it was leaving the
ciiy yesterday afternoon, and
lodged in jail.
Three masked men entered
the station house at 4 o'clock
this morning and forced the jails
or at the point of pistols to sur
render the keys. Four compan
ions of the men received Watts
when he was carried out and
hurried him away, first to the
house of Mrs. Simpson, who
identified him, and then to the
outskirts of the city where a mob
of several hundred men were
congregated. He was bound by
the wrists to a sapling. His body
was riddled with bullets. It had
been intended to hang the man,
but the only iope with which
the party was provided proved
too short to go over any conven
ient limb.
The rope with which the body
of the victim was bound was cut
up and distrbuted among the
onlookers.
The identy of the lynchers is
a mystery, and there is little
prospect of any one connected
with the affair being detected.
The police are making the usual
inquiry into the case.
WATT'S FATHER IN NOR
FOLK.
Mr. Thos. W. Watt, father of
W. W. Watt, who was lynched
by a mob in Newport News yes-
! terday for having criminally as
WHI
saulting the wife of Thos. M.
Simpson, a shipjointer at the
Newport News shipyards, arriv
ed here at 1 1 :3o o'clock last night
from Lynchburg en route to
New.oort News for his son's
body. After familarizing himself
with the facts in the case the
heart-broken ather decided to
go no farther, and returned to
his home in Lynchburg early
this morning, Before leaving the
city, however, Mr. Watt arrang
ed, by telephone with a Newport
News undertaker, for the burial
of his son's body in Newport
News. At 12 o'clock last night
Chief of Police Kizer was called
up from Lynchburg by long dis
tance telephone and received a
message from Miss Watt, sister
of the dead man, through the
Lynchburg authorities, to the
effect that if the facts as to her
brother's death wsie as publish
ed in the newspapers, the family
did not want the body brought
home.
Mr. Watt, the father, who is a
member of the Lynchburg police
force, was at the police station
early this morning. He told of
the waywardness of his son, and
of the many offers he had made
him if he would only return to
Lynchburg and lead a sober and
industrious life. The father said
that in the last conversation he
with his son he warned him
against the life he was leadii'g
and told him that if he did not
change his course the worse
would certaiuly occur. Young
Watt is said to have been way
ward from his early youth. He
was of an excellent Virginia
family, being the nephew of
Alexander McDonald, twice
United States Minister in Persia.
It was learned from Newport
News this afternoon tha Watt
family had finally declined to
have anything to do with his re
mains, and that the body was
shipped to Richmond, via. the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway,
at 4:30 p. m. for dissecting pur
poses at one of the medical col
leges in the Captal City.
MRS. SIMPSON INTER
VIEWED. A representative of the Daily
Press last night went over to see
Mrs. Simpson. He found her at
home. After some hesitation,
she allowed herself to be inter
viewed. In reply to question, Mrs. Sim
pson stated that she was born
and raised in Portsmouth, Vir
ginia. Her father is George W.
Bland, of that city, and she is a
sister of Hon. Charles T. Bland,
one of the best known and act
ive members of the Virginia
Legislature.
She was married to Mr. Simp
son nearly four years ago in
Portsmouth, coming almost
directly to Newport News after
the marriage, and living for
awhile in the East End She
has, however, lived at her pre
sent residence for something like
three years.
"The first time I ever saw the
man Watt," she said, "was be
tween three and four weeks ago.
My husband was at home and
we were at dinner. Some one
knocked at the door. I went out
and found this man standing
there. He said he was an elec
trician, was out of work and was
looking for a job. He was hun
gry and wanted something to eat.
I went back and told my hus
band that there was a tramp at
the door asking for something
to eat. He said there was noth
ing stransre about that. I told
him that the man did not look
or act like an ordinary tramp;
that he said he was an electric
iau and was looking for a job.
My husband told ine then I
might as well give nim some
thing to eat. I carried something
out to him. He was polite and
seemed to fce thankful. I told
him that if he were really looks
ing for work, and that if he
could't find it and was hungry,
I would give him something to
eat should he come again.
"Next morning while 1 was
on the front porch sweeping,
and my husband was at the ship
yard at work, he came up to the
porch and asked me for break
fast. I gave it to him. He told
me he thought he was on the
track of something to do, and
hoped that the next time I saw
him he would not be begging'
He went away
more of him
afternoon. I
and I saw no
until yesterday
supposed he had
found a position, but gave the
matter no thought.
"The little girl you call my
niece is really no kin to me. She
has come to live with me, just
came yesterday, indeed, and her
trunk had just been sent upstairs
when Watt and another man
came to the door yesterday afters
noon. Miss Harris was upstairs
at the time. The door was open.
He knocked and I came to the
door. He was shaved and had on
good clothes. I did not know
him at first. He raised his hat
and said: I reckon you don't
recognize me; I am the man you
have been so kind" to.' 'Now,'
said I, 'I do recognize you '
Then he told me that he was
going away, but that he did not
want to leave the city without
shaking hands with me and
thanking me for my kindness to
him, I told him that he need
not have gone to all that trouble,
and I was glad I was of assist
ance to him.
"Then he asked me if I would
not let his friend see my little
pug dog. The dog had run to
meet hun the first time he came j
and he seemed to have takea a
sort of fancy to her. He said he
wanted his friend to see her. I
calkd the dog out aud they pets
ted her for awhile. Then his
friend said h had to go. They
went together down toward
Twenty eighth street, Watt lift
ing his hat and bidding me
good-by. I never expected to see
him again.
"A little later some one called
my dog she is a sort of pet on
the corner, everybody about here
playing with her. The dog ran
to the door and I ran after her
to bring her back into the house.
"You're having trouble with
your dog,' I heard someone say.
I turned and was surprised to
see Watts standing there. I told
him that I had a hard time keep
ing the dog in. He picked her
up and put her on the porch.
While he was standing there,
Miss Harris came down aud said
she was going over town for
something to furnish her room
with. She left the house. The
man had been so polite and had
acted so much like a gentleman
that, of course, I never suspect
ed he had any evil design on
me. In a few minutes I excused
myself and went on b.ick to the
kitchen to my work. He follow
ed me, and when I turned, I
found him standing in the din
ing room. It was the hist time
he had ever entered the house."
The remainder of the story
Mrs. Simpson did not tell, nor
was she asked to do so. It has
already been published with
sufficient detail, as she stated it
to the police. To-days New
port News Press.
TRYING
1 can't take plain cod-liver
oil. Doctor savs, try it. He
might as well tell me to melt
lard or butter and try to taKe
them. It is too rich and
will upset the stomach. Buti
you can take milK or cream,
so you can take
Scott's Emulsion
It is like cream: but will
feed and nourish when cream
will not Babies and chil
dren will thrive and Crowi
fat on it when their ordinary
food does not nourish them.
Pornn have been known to Cain 1
0 a pound a day when taking an
ounce of Scott s tmuisioru 11 wis
the digestive machinery in working
order so that tne ordinary iouu is
properly digested and assunuaiea.
50c. and fi.oo, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOWNB, Chemists, New York.
DIXON LOSES
CHAMPIONSHIP
It Passes to Terry
Me Govern in the
Eighth Round.
After Holding Championship
Eight Years, Defending It
Against All Aspirants, the
Plucky Negro Yields
to Youth, Superior
Strength and Science.
New York, Jan. 9. Terry
McGbvern to-night wrested the
feather-weight championship of
the world from George Dixon,
who had defended it for nearly
nine years. To save Dixoii from
a knockout, Tom O'Rourke, his
manager, threw up the sponge
in the eight round, when the
negro was staggering helplessly,
bleeding and weak, but as game
as the dying gladiator. The
fight took place before a Ciowd
that packed the Broadway
Athletic Club, and the victory
decided the ownership of a $10,
000 purse. Dixon was on the
aggressive throughout.
A Frightful Blunder
Will often cause a horrible
Burn, Scald, Cut or Bruise.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best
in the world, will kill the pain
and promptly heal it. Cures Old
Sores, Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils,
Felons. Corns, all Skin Erupt
ions. Best Pile cure on earth.
Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guarau
teed. Sold by Standard Pharmacy
Druggist.
Cape Hatteras Storms.
According to Piofessor Garrott
chief of the forecasting division
of the Weather Bureau, the re
cord of the loss of ships aud lives
entered annually against the
treacherous coast along Cape
Hatteras is not caused by unus"
ually severe storms in that vie
inity, as is generally supposed
posed. The records of yeais
show that there is a greater
wiua velocity on the average at
Chicago than at Cape Hatteras.
In fact, Chicago is the windiest
point in the country The very
severe weather of Hatteras is
due to the fact that it lies in the
track of what are called the
southwest storms; that is, storms
that advance from the southwest
and move northeastward. They
are called northeasters on the
Atlantic coast, and are the sever
est of storms. But Cape Hatteras
is a dangerous place for ship,
ping, more because of its dam
geias coast than because of the
storms which pass in that vicin
ity. The wind velocity at Block
island, Narragansett, and other
places along the New England
coasi; is just as much exposed as
Hatteras to the wind force.
Their coast is not so dangerous,
however, because there are con
venient and safe harbors. Ves
sels off Hatteras are so far re.
moved from a harbor of refuge
that the masters haye no chance
but to run with the storm. They
Thdy have no places to seek
safety. At Hatteras the wind
has a gaeater sweep in almost
every direction to make a high
sea. Along the New England
coast, where the gales reach the
average velocity of Hatteras,
dangerous seas are not possible
of nearness of other laud. New
York Poit.
Cold Steel Or Death.
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the awiul paospect set before
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trying to cure her of a frightful
case of stomach trouble and yel
low jauudice. He didn't count
on the marvellous power of
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and Liver troubles, but she heard
of it, took seven bottles, was
wholly cured, avoided surgeon's
knife, now weighs more and
feels better than ever. It's posi
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Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles and never disappoints.
Price 50c at Standard Pharmacy.
TOLD BY AN ENGINEER.
The One Terrible Thing That
Jimmy Never Got Over.
"To run over a man perhaps
that's the only thing of all that
shakes me," quotes Leslie's
Week 1 v. "To see him on the
track within ten or twenty feet
of you; to know that you can't
stop to save him; to feel the
wheels of the engine go over his
body, crunching out his life a
man does not ant to experience
that more than once in a lifetime.
"It's worse with a child. There
was an old mate of mine in the
West, when I was riding in the
Tnion Pacific never mind his
name, he's dead now. As good
an engineer as ever stood in a
box, cool as the devil, nerve like
steel, had been throuah three
wrecks, a hold-up and a fire.
Well, one day Jim was a little
behind his schedule aud made
like anything for the next stop.
There was a crossing right in
front of him. He saw that every
thing was clear, as he thought,
and went right ahead, when all
at once, out of a clump of trees,
there ran a little golden haired
fairy right in front of the engine.
"It was all over in one instant,
and when the train stopped Jim
dropped like a log. It was two
months before he crept back to
work again. But he could never
come to that crossing but he saw
the little girl with her hair flut
tering in the wind, running out
from the trees. And one day he
just got off his engine, turned it
over to the second man and walk
ed away, never to be seen again
until his body was found in the
river."
When you cannot sleep for
coughing take Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. It always gives(
prompt relief. It is most excell
ent for colds, too, as it aids ex
pectoration, relieves the lungs
and prevents any tendency to
ward pneumonia. For sale by
Griggs & Son.
THE FAIR,
The Big Department Store,
Offers some very enticing Price Concessions.
Winter is here in dead earnest. Comfort and good healt ! re
quire yon to clothe accordingly. If you haven't done so already
now is the time to supply your needs at exceptionally low prices.
BLANKETS.
Now will you get
into Blankets?
Thought we were
going to have an open
winter eh? inter got
tired of monkeying
around and has now
started in in earnest.
Here are some prices
that will hely you get
into blankets.
All Wool.
10- 4 $2 75 worth 3.25
11- 4 3-5 4-5
Cotton.
10-4 49c., worth
o9
.85
1.25
1 35
104 69c,
10- 4 95c,
1 1- 4 98c ,
II
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COMFORTS.
Next to blankets
comforts are the warm
est bed coverings. Are
you well supp1ied?
These are all full
size filled with good
cotton and covered with
good calico.
At $1.19 worth Si. 50
At 1,49 r69
At 1.69 " 1.98
.1
If yon are in need of any of these goods you had better "watch
out" or some one will get ahead of you. uFirsljome first ser- ,
ved," you know. t
Cohoon Held Without Bail
(Norfolk Ledger, Jan. 9 )
. Winston rahonn. thp vrntna
man who passed a forged check
for 23 92 on Mrs. E. A. Hayes,
tl. ..- - r .. T? 4 vaT
, , .. I
street boarding house, was given
a preliminary hearing in the
Police Court this morning. He
was held without bail for the(
next grand jury. The check
passed on Mrs. Hayes purports
to be drawn on the First Nation
al Bank of Elizabeth Citv, N. C..'
t . 1 rry , ' .
hv tlit Tvrrcll fntintv H Vli
-j -j
phone Company, of Columbia,
N. C, H. M. Newberry, Secre-
tary. I he check is drawn in
iavor of W. E. Belauga, aud
hrnrs wlint minrf tn he the.
.. WW
endorsements of W. E. Belauga,
J. L. Sheldon, Spruill & Bros.,
W. H. Wilson and J. W. Cahoon.
The accused claimed that he
secured the check from Wilson
and didn't know that it was a
forgery when he tendered it to
Mrs. Hayes Cahoou is fiom
vt 1 1 , . , ,
North Carolina, and is said to be
of an excellent family. Mr. P. J.
Morris defended him at the trial
to day.
PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISS
IONERS OF CAMDEN
COUMTY.
Camden C. H., N. C.
Jan. ist, 1900.
Hoard of Commissioners met
to day. Full Board present.
Proceedings of last meeting
were read and adopted.
Ordered. That G. L. Mi rrisrtt
j be allowed $1.05 as witness in
case of State vs Camden Tel.
I Co
Ordered, That Thos. Staples
be allowed 95c. as witness fee in
ise of State vs. Thos. Barnard.
Ordered, That W. D. Jones be
granted retail liquor license for
six months.
Ordered, That C. S. Williams
be granted retail liquor license
for six months.
DRESS GOODS.
We have done the
largest Dress Goods
business on record.
Why? Because we have
given the best value
for the money. In some
cases w e practically
gave away goods Could
not buy them at whole
sale for anything like
what we sold them to
you for. You appreci
ated the fact. That's
why we sold so many
Dress Goods.
Ve have a few pieces
yet to close out. Some
we carried over. We
don't want to doit again
Some are new goods,
bought this year. riVre
they art :
36 inch Brown Bon
cle at 35c. yd., was 50c.
36 inch Plaids quite
an assortment at 30c
yd., was 50c. 36 inch
Knotted Checks at 25c.
yd., was 35c.
These are only a few
items: It will pay you
to examine our stock.
THE FAIR.e
dlowe I
00 as benefit.
Ordered, That C S Will
is
-e
K 'lC11 1 r 11c
foi m.v months.
Ik-tsey Hther Ig
$2.00 as benefit.
1 s alio -d
Elm Deal was allowed $;
M benefit
" Hcnj Dunfor(1 was ,
$l20 as keept i as h
J. M. CaUtwright was alio
$4.8$, pait of which being '.
fees, as constables
tate cases.
1
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JI!- B- rloi
Ills DOl tdX 3S ICiJ.l'vl'
1 . . -
nil...
'Ci .".si
, mhriiii v
- Williams was alio, l
j, so M mc half witness lee n
case of State vs. Sinit i Gun tt
et al.
Luther OIK'S
a m
was
allow
J
5 i . 50 as one halt w ".n s u (
St ite vs. Smith Garrel el al.
Speed Ferebee wa allo
$2 6 1 is rebate on dou le tax.
The following v i e dt
from the jury box as ,ui;
the Spring Term of tin m Su
ior Court :
las Gilbert, Coston S.iw
v-. i . ra w y r i , v r . 1 nun,
G . Gartcttf Gco. W. Bumham
Elvah Forbes, L. V. 1 oieli
C. P. Sawyer, M nilett,
N. P. (iregory.G. L Mortis
J. T. Gregory, J. S. Forbes,
J. Trafton, C. L. Gordon, Urn
Eason.A. B. Forbes, B. H Jam .
W. S. Berry Sr., Jas. Whit-, .
S. Harriett, E. S. Wa ton.
K., Jones. Elijah Staph s, K.
Sawyer, Sam 1 Hodges D .
Harris, A. T. Whitehui it, Rul ;
Jones li. C. Jones N, I" Squin ,
Simon Munden, B. J Fori
Jno. W. Taylor. W. H Win
hurst, L. N. Sawyer, K T. Ihi
gess.
There being no fm iher bu
ness the Board adjourn d till tl
first Monday in Febru v 1900
G. C. BA1 ( Cl I'm.
C. B. Garki tt, Clerk.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Chil lren.
The Kind You Have Always Bougi
Bear:; th
8iguuturo of
Shirt Waists.
We have Quite
a
1
number of Shirt VVai
left. Sold lots of them
Of course. We ;.:
going to close the bal
ance. All
white
with
braid,
wool flan
yoke, trimmed
white soutache
well lined and
well made. Thro -ors,
red, blue, black.
Price was $2.50
Now, , 1.50
All wool flann 1,
black, :reen, blue, yoke
trimmed with soutache
braid.
Price was $1.25
Now 100
Heavy flannelette,
assortment of colors.
Price was 75c
Now - - 69c.
Heavy flannelette,
large number of pat
terns. Price was 50c
Now - - 4ic.
Odi; Lots, Chil
dren s' hosiery worth
8, 9 aud ioc. pair, all
at 9c. a pair
1
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afli Skies.
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