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VOL. 5.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 27. 1905.
Shot to Death Annie Cannot
0. F. Gilbert Came ' Commission Firm
Economist and Made Beef Steal:
In Doorwav Preach on Streets
Out victorious. Failed Yesterdav
Tar Heel Merged With a Bri
Boy Mistaken for Burglar City Fathers Rule That He and Mr. J. W, Ballance CartwriKht, Parson- & Co.
Better Paper and Advertising And He Who Did it Devel
And Killed by His Annie Would Create Had to Shoot 28 Times Made Assignment to W. A.
. Medium to be Furnished
ed Distance-Defying
"Digging'
Best rriend. Nuisance iherebv. to Decide it. Worth J
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The full particulars of a tragio , condescending to accept
and deeolv deolorable sbootice
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cidentat Jarvisburg, in Currituck
county, reached this city today,
where its relation, even thought
parties involved are unknown,
causes deep sorrow and regret.
The victim of the accident, for
accident, terrible in every detail
m
is said to.be, was Ilezekiah Baum,
& boy of 12 years, and his slayer, "s J1U oaivauon Array naa Deen nrea, ana agreea to snoot as the inventory of stock etc., has
who is now almost prostrated, is prodigj&uffered an abrupt check at three times more, to decide it, but not been completed. All Ihe per
Mr. Hubbard Forbes, a well-known tue hand8 of the all-wise and provi- Mr. Balleuce never touched 'em at Ubable part of the stock is now be-
resident of the mentioned place.
Young "Baum had for sometime
hpen livino- at the home of Mr.
Forbes, occupying a room in the
main part of the house. Tuesday
i
morninir at about .-a o ciock ne ri
out of bed and made his way to the
yard without awakening the other
inmates. ! After a few moments
endeavored to re-enter the house
but this time using the front door,
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which was securely locked. He
loudlv shook the door, which
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course resisted his efforts, and . the
noise awoke Mrs. Forbes,-who not
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knowing that the boy had gone out,
was positive that the noise was
made by a burglar. ' 'She awoke her
husband at once, and securing his
pistol he went to the door and de-
ty an A aA urltt if naa Tla ra.toivarl
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no answer although he called seve.-al
times, but the rattling of the door
continued. With his pistpi in read-
iness, Mr. Forbes unlocked the
door and then Opened it suddenly
.and as a form was rushing in, he
. fired thinking that it was a negro,
he said. The shot was answered by
scream of pain and the figure sank
to the floor. Lights were 4 brought
nd young Baum was seen on the
floor in a veritable pool of blood,
welling from a wound in the chest
just below the heart. The realiza
tion1 of the awful mistake overpow-
ered them for. awhile and it . was
several moments before they acted,
Recovering, however Mr. Forbes
carried" the unconscious boy to his
bed and rushed for a doctor, who
was soon working 'over the patient
but it was evident that he was be
yond all medical skill. ' At times he
revived partially but continued to
sink and, yesterday. at2 o'clock he
' died, without the bullet ever having
" been extracted.. -
As mentioned before. Mr. Forbes
is almost prostrated, and, it is said,
uonstantly relates the shocking de
, tails of the accident, tor many
months' the boy bad lived with him
and was regarded imnearly the same
light ae a ion. : '.- - - -
He was burried today and around
the grave gathered the whole village
Everyone knew and liked him, and
the terrible mistake of which he
was the victim will always be re
garded as among the saddest hap
penings , in the history of that
section.
Identified Negro Assailant
DANVILLE, Va., July 27. Officer
E. L Stevens, of the Martinsville po
lice force brought thre negroes here
today who had been arrestel as proba
ble assailants of Mr. John D. Spencer,
who was recently shot in his brother's
house in Martinsville. The negroes
were taken to the general hospital
where Mr. Spencer is a patient, and
he promptly Identified one of the three
ames Watkins as the man who shot
him. The other two men will be re
leased. Mr. Spencer Is recovering
from the wound he received at the
hands of the would-be robber. :
School Teacner a Suicide.
CAMBRIDGE, Md., July. M$B.
Florence C. Lord, who has been for
-iy years a teacher in the public
H of the county committed sui-
the home of her sister, Mrs.
1 Harper, toda by swallowing
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m and car
IjO hft"! hr
acid. Mrs.
indent since
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ac - BmaIIe mouth piece that His lion,
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wruiayor ieigu, an eiunusiastio
rengious-oevotee, byname, Annie
the oKinner, ana aeciaeaiy 01 color,
appueq to tne aiaennen to grant
ner tne special privilege ot conduct-
cn lnS religious meeting on the streets
it at an7 Polnt wnere and when the
ep"l chanced to move her. ;.I5ut
- aens uny raiuers, ana u ene naa
chosen to be present to urge her
petition, sne woaia nave tood "re
buked, "even like unto the Phara-
sees" for publicity hi giving vent to
. offnilnns nf I i. irrnnii Lin1 a
""Dv""- "-y
Hgious ideas, etc., in . the wrong
wa7 for 60 rulecl llie "Fathers"
be BUUU FluueeuurcB aB "ie " ai
iaaed lo are wel1 calculated to re
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So during the week, Annie
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i Qu uuriUK Luc weeK. Annie i a . . . t.
mnat aZyZJSZ V evident that the shoot wag unin
of ine and emmittinor r'eliffious haran
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gues. and must subdue her over
flowing spirits until a meet time is
at hand.
Morton Succeeds Pres. Alexander
NEW YORK, July 27. At a two
hours' session of the directors of the
Equitable Life Assurance Society yes-
. terday the resignations of former
presldent james W. Alexander and
Nevada N. Stranahan as directors
were accepted. iaui Morton wag
elected president of the society re
taining, It is understood, the chair
manship as well. A special meeting
of the directors will be held today
at which additional directors will be
elected and amendments to the char-
ter of this society adopted.
At yesterday's meting of the di
rectors George F. Vietoe,.of this city,
and Ernest R. Kruttschnitt, of New
Orleans were nominated as directors
and will be elected at today's special
meeting. Mr. Vietoe is a prominent
dry goods and commission merchant
of this city, and Mr. Kruttschnitt Js
one of the leaders of the bar in the
southwest. Chairman, Morton report
ed to the directors that in pursuance
of his policy of retrenchment the sc-
ciety would effect savings of $500,000
r. year.
He submitted a financial report for
the first six months which was pro
nounced very satisfactory by the di
rectors. Attoday'g meetlngTt Is
quite probable the position of chair
man will be abolished . The - matter
of pensions to the widow of H. B.
Hyde and others were referred to...a
committe consisting of Directors Mo
Cook Whitman and Ziender, who will
probably report thereon tomorrow. '
It Is also understood that Mr. Mor
ton's salary as president of the socie
ty will be $80,000 a year. B. E. Thom
as was elected a member of the ex-1
ecutive committee, which has not yet
been fully reorganized.-
Held for Mail Fraud. '
NEW YORK, July 27. John Pow
ers, alias Ambrose Laprell, alias A.
Howard alias. Logan was arraigned
bafore Commissioner Shields today
charged by post office Inspector James
T Cortelyou of Newark, with using
the malls in a book swindling scheme
by which publishing houses .have been
buncoed out of thousands of dollars
worth of books. . .
According to the complalLant, one
of the gang of swindlers writes a let
ter to a punushlng firm, professing
to be a book agent, with a prospective
customer and asking for a quantity
of samples' This letter was purport
ed by others said to have been writ-
tenby member 6 fhrdleutohraldnmwf
ten by members of the crowd,- as If
from reputable persons, with elabor
ate letterheads and. apparently good
addresses. Thesei , lelters not only
backed -p the book agent's request
fo rsamples but ordered a large lot
of books for their writers also The
books, when secured, were immed
iately, soil and the gang removed to
another town from -which according
to the inspectors, they would work
the -scheme anew.
One of the letters quoted In the
comr'-' isks John . Morris & C6..
no Ine weekly snoot of the Albe-
marie Shooting Club was held yes
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terday aiternoon at tne trap on
marsh, and the trophy pin competed
for each week went to Mr. U. t
Kill bert by virtue K bis record
23 m a possible 28. Mr. J. W.
Ballance was second with 20 in
possible 28. These two were tied
up on 20 when the regular 25 shots
an. ...
Following, at the individual
- scores: W. H. Ureen, 6; J. W.
Ballance, 20; Claude Ziegler, 12
Ed Outlaw, 13; O. F. Gilbert, 20;
H TI-.k lf.'W T IMA
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J. T. Land, 19; L. D. Aydlett, 18;
Torn Hayman, 9; L. K. Old,
- jobuuu owuaeiy, i, a. i. utnn,
- Oapt. Harris, ie; ur. Blades, u.
By the scores appearing above
- tereBtlD8 unUl Me88rB- lia,,anoe na
I mi a j -l a:
- wioen, oommenceu suoouug w
break the tie. It was decidedly
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another day off for the whole club
except Mayoi Leigh, who broke
his old reliable seventeen
NEGRO MURDERIR '
LYNCHED BY MOB
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 27. A Com
mercial Appeal special from Glendora
Miss., says that a mob of fifty men
today took Will Harris, a negro from
a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train
at Black bayou and banged him -to a
tree about a quarter of a mile from
the railroad. Hfffia nd hla brother,
Henry, shot ana' seriously wounded
two white men, Barkesdale and Allen,
respectively on the Jameg. plantation
near Sharkey, July, 19.! A posse pur
sued the negroes and In attempting
to arrest them shot and killed Henry
Harris. The otheV escaped, but was
arrested last night at Heathman. This
morning and prisoner was taken to
Greenwood and' later ; placed aboard
a train and wai being conveyed to a
point in Tallahatchie county, where
he was to be turned over to the sher
iff when the ttob boarded the train
and secured him, , Little difficulty was
experienced lni taking the negro from
his custodians' and Harris was quickly
conveyed to i prearranged spot and
lynched.
JAPAN WELCOME8 TAFT
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Yokohama, J July 26. Secretary' of
War Taft and. party received a dem
onstrative welcome to Japan the prin
cipal buildings; streets and wharves
of this cityj and .the shipping in the
harbor being gaily decorated. A noisy
display of daylight fireworks along
the streets ' fronting the harbor an-
nounced the arival of the ateamshlp
Manchuria' at the quarantine grounds
at 7 o'clock this morning and contin-
ued until 'the vessel was docked.
..Secretary Taft and Miss Roosevelt
held an Informal reception upon the
decks. TJie party was then driven to
the railroad station through the crowd
ed streets and boarding a special
train, departed for Toklo.
Upon'' arrival at Toklo Secretary
Taft and his personal staff were taken
to Shlba where a detached palace
was provided for their accommodation
Miss Roosevelt accompanied Minister
Grlscom to the t American legation.
The voyage was uneventful and the
party arrived well.
,Thre Killed In Freight Wreck.
ATLANTA, Ga., July 27. Spreading
rails caused the derailment of a
freight train on the Central of Georgia
railway in the western . part of - this
city today, bringing death to three
men, fatal injuries to one and serious
injury to another.
The dead: John Woodruff, conduc
tor; Horace McGee, trainman;. Green
Colbert, negro fireman. The injured:
YardmaBter. P. M. Woodall, fracture'
of skull, right eye' torn out may die;
Sam Farris, engineer, severely scald
ed on arms and legs, will recover.
The locom"'1"-- "-"fh was hauling
about twent the track and
topplde ove, falling on one
side and ttr . the other side
Of the track. 1
which was at11"
peed of the train,
The firm of Cartwright, Parsons
- & Co. . cloned their doors yesterday.
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the not being able to meet tbir obliga
tions. The assignment was made
. to attorney W. A. Worth, who is
of now in charge of thejr store.
There is only one preferred cred
a itor. which U the Virjrinia-Carolina
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Chemical Co. The liabilities and
assets are not known at the present
ring sold. , ; .
This firm was atone time c
nosed of Mem-ra. Burt Parson aid
Walter Cartwright. Sometime ao
Mr. Cartwright withdrew and Mr.
lj.lr. , . I
, rarsons continued the business re-
taiuing the original name, and es
4; jtablishing in a new stand op Water
, street. I
Mr, W, A. Worth, the assignee,
it 8tatea that the a88ignment is due to
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- the failar of lhe track ,
which the firm dealed rather exten-
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givelypland to several other good
an(J gtron rea8one.
The remaiQaer 0f the stock will
be disposed of by the usual means
adopted in, such cases.
CRUEL DRIVER
SENT TO COURT
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Marshall. Jennings, it is Claim
ed, Mrly Killed Horse
in Sunday Drive. ,
A man named Marshal Jennings,
who lives out near the cotton mill,
was arraigned before Mayor Leigh
yesterday afternoon on a charge of
cruelty to animals and on being pro-
nounced guilty, was shoved on up to
superior court, 'securing his release
by giving bond in the sum of $50.
The arrest was made by Chief, of
Police Bell partly at the instigation
of Mr. A. C. Stokes, who told the offi
cer the circumstances and said he
would swear out a warrant if Jen
nings wasnot arrested byother
means. . . ,
The evidenc to- the case as ren
dered at the hearing was to the ef
fect that Jennings hired a horse and
buggy last Sunday afternoon from Mr.
A. C. Stokes and when he finished his
drive and' returned the same to the
Stables, the hors was in the- last
stages of exhaustion and bore marks
pf the energetic . application of the
hip ..and also other, signs that ha hatf
received rough treatment.
Chief Bell in investigating the case
secured, he stated, an ample amount
of evidence that the horse had been
driven hard for about five hours and
during that time bad been urged In a
cruel manner by whip and other speed,!
producers.
This calculated that the so far sue-
ressful prosecution of the case will
lead other horse dealers to swear out
Vraruts for . the parties returning
juJed and maltreated teams.
8TEEL TRUST'S NET EARNINGS
NEW YORK, July 27. At the quar
terly meeting of the United States
Steel corporation directors today the
regular dividend of 1 3-4 per cent on
payable August
30. V The financial
statement for the quarter shows a net
earning of $30,305,116. Unfilled or
ders on hand June 30 amount to 4,
829,655 tons. The earnings for the
quarter show an Increase of $15,814,-
391 ag compared with 1904, and a de-
crease of $6,337,191 as compared with
1903. Unfilled orders are 1,637,358
greater than a year ago.
The statement contains several un
usual features including an appropria
tion of 1.000,000 charged to "special
Improvement apd jre'placaent;'' ,
$5,000,000 on account o'f "expenditures
made and to be made for additional
proeprty," etc, an 1 V " A000 "specifl
caly set aside for plated appro
priations and ex,. res of which
The consolidation of the Tar Heel
and Economist went Into effect Mon
day. The Economist Publishing Go.
and the Elizabeth City Publishing Co.
publishing the Tar Heel, discontinued
business Saturday night and the Dally
Economist and the weekly Tar Heel
are now being issued oy tne uaronna
Publishing Co., duly Incorporated
under the laws of the State.
consolidation was brought
ut by - the mature consideration
the managers and owners of both
terprises, believing It to be the
proper step to give the people of the
Albemarle section a far better paper
than could otherwise have been is
sued. The officers of the merged company
are the following J. H. LeRoy, presi
dent; Dr. L. S. Blades, vice-president;
W. L. Smith, secretary and business
- manager; F. F. Cohoon. treasurer;
Colonel R. B. Creecy, editor in chief,
and W. L. Cohoon, managing editor.
The business and policy of the
papers will be governed by the fol
lowing board of directors: , J. H. Le-
lunaus u wi ui wwio. . . uc-
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J. Woodley. J. C. Snence. F. F. Cohoon,
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P. H. Williams, H. T. Greenleaf, Sr.,
ana w u. dduu
Within a very few days the busi
ness will be conducted in new quar
ters and until this is done, the office
of the business manager will remain
where It now Is, and all advertise
ments and notices and all other bus
iness com in gunde rthe head of the
business department will be there at
tended to.
Commencing next Monday the ed
itorial work of the papers will be in
harge of the above named editors.
The merger means the Issue of a
better paper, in all Its departments
and advertisers can take advantage
of a far more valuable medium, the
Joint circulations reaching all . parts J
of the city and section.
; Killed on Negro Excursion
NORFOLK Va. July 27. One man
dead and two wounded, one fattally,
are the results of a shooting scrape
on board the steamer Endeavor,
which carried a colored excursion
I from Portsmouth to Smithfiel l and re-
turn today. While the steamer was
on her way back fiomt Smlthfleld
Clarence Wright drew a rubber snake
from his pocket and began using it to
frighten a woman who was with
James Kitchen. Kitchen resented the
action of Wright and. a scuffle ensued
between them.
Kitchen drew a pistol and began
firing. The - first -shotBtruck" a7Byi
stander on the belt buckle and' glanc
ed off, inflicting only a Blight -flesh
wound. The second shot struck
Clarence Wright in the abdomen but
it did not cause him to relinquish his
hold on Kitchen. The latter contin
ued firing, the third shot struck Wil-I
Ham Wright, and severely wounded
hlm. Others then closed in on Kitch-
en and disarmed him.
Clarence Wright died half an hour
after being shot.' lKtcheri was car
ried to the pilot house, an don being
searched a knife was found on him.
He was locked up by the officers o
the boat.
Shortly after Kitchen had been
taken into custody some of the excur-
sionlsts demanded that he be turned
over to be summarily dealt with by
them and but for the action of the
.ontoln and tthlat anHniiav 'if tfia
boat, who stood at the top of tlie
companionway and defended it with
axes the slayer would in all probabil
ity, been lynched. Kitchen was taken
in charge by the Portsmouth police on
the arrival of the Endeavor.
Lost
Hair WhJIe She 'Slept.
ROANOKE, Va, July 27. One of
the most singular occurances that has
been reported in this section befell
Miss Maud Giddings. an attractive
young lady of Rocky Mount, last nigfit
Miss Giddings had a very beautiful
suit of hair. The weather was ex
tremely hot last night, and she pulled
her bed near the window of her room
on the first floor of her father's home
where she dropped off to sleep. This
morning When Miss Giddings awoke
she was astounded to find her hair
lying, in heap on the floor beside
her couchi. ' -
some time during the nlgl some
miscreant crept to the windo and I
Len Sharpe, a negro, yesterf
killed a valuable cow with a bu
and at once hiked to parts unknoi
The negro was In the employ
Mr. Charles Grandy, who bad s
him- d to the Grandy resIderJ
corned Road and Matthews stree
to clean up the yard. The valuai
milch cow belonging to Mr. L.
Winder had been turned In an adjo
lng lot to graze and at the time w
near, the dividing fence. It is
known whether the brick was throj
through malice or whether It was
I accident but with great force it
hurled over the fence, striking
cow about the head and killing
instantly. Seeing the effects of t
throw the negro fled at once, b
mounting fences and other obstacl
as if he had well feathered plnlo
suddenly presented him. The la
vision of the scared negro was a dar
and uncertain streak whose veloci
was constantly accelerated, evident!
by visions of the much dreaded coo
which must have haunted him. H
employer expected him to return du
ing the night, but so-far no one ha
seen him, and it Is reckoned by thi
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time mat ne nas reacnea ine "wu
and wooly west" that Is, if he mail
tained his first head of steam.
The- deceased animal was deca
'i
tated, quartered', ettV, and today
choice slices of the remains grace th
boards of numerous beef eaters.
Fire Panic in Chicago Hotel
Chicago, July 26. Fire in thrf
building 63-05 Canal street caused
a scare among the guests of.the
Grand Central Hotel, Madison and;
Clinton streets, last uigbt. ManyV
women ran screaming . through thj
corridors of the hotel. One of th
wnrnmi wan-nirtriinlv' Ininrpd hv.
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fallinor from a fire escape.
The building in Canal street was
destroyed with a loss of $20,000 on
the structure and 130,000 to the
contents. The latter. loss was dis
tributed among about fifteen small
firms, most of whom dealt in small
machinery and novelties.
POTATOES AT
$1.25 TO $2.25
Mr. W. C. Glover, the local com
mission merchant, received the fol-1
lowingguotatIonsQa potatoes today: I
New York, $1.50 to $2 per barrel;
Pittsburg, 2Jo2.25 and Philadelphia,
$1,25 to $1.60.
As mentioned in a previous Issue,
the farmers In this vicinity are rapid
ly shipping the remainder of their 1
crops.
On- being asked concerning sween
potatoes Mr. Glover said that they arel
8eii ing very low bringing only about
$2.50 per barrel. He said further j
that the. growers could realize no pro-1
fit on sweet potatoes unless they sold
i for as much as $3.50 per barrel.
At these figures it is quite evident
that this crop Is also a failure, as well
as the Irish potato.
Jumped From Liner to Death.
NEW YORK, July 27. A desire to
escape deportation led to a tragic
suicide today on board ' the steamer
Grower Kurfurst-bound for Bremen.
vy iiiio iub meuuier was yacwu
through the Narrows one of a gr
of Immigrant declared unfit to e;
the nited States suddenly leaped
board. The liner was stopped,'
for nearly . fifteen minutes a lifj-uot
rowed back and forth over the eddy-
marked path where the unfortunate
foreigner went down. The sailors re
covered nothing eycept a life-buoy
which had been thrown out at the first
cry of "Man 'overboard."
The tug William J Mcaldln drew up
alongside the Grosser Kurfurst and
learned the details of the tragedy but
nbt the victim's name. It could not .be
ascertained whether the lost immi
grant was a man or a woman. The
steamer proceeded on her voyage.
Want to Get Next.
The Bee Hive is now holding its
semi- annual clean sweep sale and i
advertsilng the ever extensive'
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