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tfitE-DAlLY4BfcEC0N0MTj VOL. o. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. TUESDAY, SEPT. 19. 1905. Mass Meeting For Education fll II 11(1 II I IN I TTWI ! Ui BARKED 1! THERE IS A PERSISTENT RUMOR TO THAT EFFECT AND SHE IS SAID TO BE AMONG THE RE SPECTABLE CLASS A DISCOLS URE OF HER NAME WOULD CREATE SENSATION. Blind tigers now fortn one of the chief subjects for talk and among the different reports, "one of the most amazine and incredulous is that a white woman, always regarded to be of respectable character, is daily dis pensing whiskey and beer. It seems that the report is well-founded and many are almost ready to swear that it is a fact, regardless of how amaz ing it may seem. It is said that the officers know that some woman is selling liquor, but that they cannot secure the right kind of evidence to cause her arrest nor even learn her name. It, Is stated further that the report came to them indirectly, as others have received it, and so far they have found no tangible clew up on which to work to secure her iden tity and the location of her "speak easy." A number of prominent citi zens have had good reason, it is said, to become convinced that, such an un usual place is being run, but right 1here the information ceases. It has been known at all times that blind tigers were being operated in the city, but the idea of a woman of supposed respectable rank dealing out the booze" Is simply breath-removing. Such places have been heard of In other cities, but never before in Eliz abeth City HERO LOST LIFE IN VAIN. Mate of Lake Schooner Drowned Try ing to Save Woman. Sault Ste. Mario, Mich., Sept. 18. The schooner V. II. Ketchum, bound from Duluth to Cleveland, burned last night off Parisian Island, Lake Supe rior, and two members of the "crew were drowned while attempting to leave the burning vessel in a lifeboat. When It was seen that the fire was beyond control, the nine members of the crew, Including Mrs. D. Ames, cook, launched the lifeboat and pre pared to row to tho steamer Nottlng- ham, which had taken the Ketchum In tow. In attempting to lower the wo man into the llfehoat, the craft was fapsized. and the pine person. were thrown into the water. In the strug gle to save themselves, the eight men forget the presence of the woman, and she was carried some distance away. Mate Andrew Anderson went to her rescue as she was sinking for the third time. Seizing her clothing, Anderson attempted to return to the ship, but the high waves carried him away Tired out from his exertions and borne down by the weight of the helpless woman, he was unauie to mase any headway, and the two sank before the eves of the other members of the crew, who could offer no assistance, WILL BE HELD MONDAY NIGHT AT COURT HOUSE HERE AND PEOPLE OF WHOLE COUNTY ARE INVITED HON. THOS. W BLOUNT WILL BE THE SPEAK ER. Uncle Sam Nicely, if you had a few nest eggs like that you couM soon pay off any old indemnity that might happen alng. Rogers Found Not Guilty Of Stealing Whiskey FIERCE FIGHT FOR DEATH. Georgia Traveling Man Attempts Sui cide With a Razor. Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 18. J. O. Vaughan, of Norcross. Ga., in charge of the Southern district of the Spool SEVERAL ADDITIONS MADE TO CHAIN GANG THIS MORNING J. W. SYKES, GEORGE QUIDLEY AND JOE EISENBURG ALLEGED BLIND TIGERS, ARE BEING HANDLED THIS AFTERNOON. Cotton Company, of, New York, with All who speak of the matter seem headquarters in Atlanta, endeavored to be purposely re'icent, as If scared to commit suicide at the Orton Hotel, that some report will be traced to in this city, today by The crowds that swarmed into the -cutting hi. court room yesterday afternoon were tlfem. It is evident however, that throat three times with a razor. The sufficient to fill the seating caonrltv some careful investigation is being wound was three inches longhand if to its limit, despite the fact that the made, If it should prove correct and the cut had been a little deeper, death weather was unusually warm and the there were tweuty so cil'ed blind t'ger the name of the woman disclosed, sensation would be caused. Nags Head is Now Entirely Deserted would have followejl. The deed was atmosphere of the room humid to an done while in a spell of mental abe.-- unpleasant degree. As stated hefoi-e , ration, and when the injured man wa however, the interest In this term is 1 carried to the hospital he had to bft something tremendous and It wo i!d ' hand-cuffed and tied. require something" far more stringent Tt required four men to hold him than hot weather to prevent the a;- j when he arrived et the hospital, and tendance of almost everyone who enn It was necessary to handcuff him possibly be present. remaining time. ( Shortly after it bad gone to the juty court adjourned lor Jthe day. Many y( the spectators wai ed in the court room, thinking the decision of the jury would be quickly arrived at, but hour after hour passed before the foreman announced that a verdict had been reached. At about eight o'clock, Judge Ward waa -sent for, and it becoming known, many of the former crowd again entered the court room, and ln.ntd a verdict o "not guilty" returned Many More Liquor Case-,. This morning K v. as announce! that. ., . , I again and tie him o the cot. He tore The first case called when eomt .Nags neau is now lu.h - , franticalIy nt the. bandages, as if en- carte to order was that of State vs. past until next secM.n. wu " deavorlng to open the wound. Vaugh- Heywood Dowe, charged with Jispos uy remains me. ..uw . Jg ft man Qf fam,lyi and ,g about jng of mortgaged prope!rty, Bov roar rrmnri. -t. i i . ii, . ... . . nrrv vaars rn w itm r-i hi r iiii v fin- i rm ainnn Qiim nmi noo nnrt t- i-w-v nne r. braced the Southern btates. v augn- occasioned quite a legal bat'lc. 1h an's physician says there Is some hope jury returned a verdict cf not guilty of his recovery, but his violence after a few moments delOera'J makes his case a most, critical oue. The past season was an exceptional ly good one at the historic resort; in fact, the best since the hotel was de stroyed by fire a number of years ago. At the height of the season there were one hundred and fifty people there, enjoying the. surf-bathing, fishing, hunting and magnificent, scenery, all of which were the best in years. It is the general belief that a hotel will be built there before next season by the stock company that has been proposed. It is claimed that much of the stock has already been sub scribed and that the movement is in the hands of a number of energetic business men who will not let. it fall through. DEAD BESIDE TRA.CK. Aged Warwick County Man Killed in an Unknown Manner. Newport News, Va., Sept. 18. J. B. Bryan, an aged white man, was found dead beside the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tracks near his city at day break today. The man had a. largo hole in the back of his head and was lying in a pool of his own blojd. It was apparent that he had been dead several hours. Dr. J. W. Aylor, the city physician, examined the body and came to the conclusion that Bryan had fallen against a railroad tie and had been instantly killed. From the position of the body it was Impossible to tell whether- the man had fallen from a freight train or had tripped - while walking'' beside the track. There was no suspicion of foul. play. : """ " Bryan nt"1 fn Warwick county. H: was reL ; homo when KtUe-t. Married at The Parsonage ion. A negrc named Hour McCleese was the defendant In the r.exr case and against him was the .rharge, new growing to be a familiar o;;j: of il legally handling spirituous lii.uors. It was claimed that he purchased a sup ply of the "fire water" from a Hebrew named Eisenburg, who runs a clothing store on Poindexter street. The de- Mr. Charles Ballard Fowels and rendant frankly admitted at once that Miss Violet Irene Wynn, a popular he did buy the liquor from Cisen- young couple of Newport News, came burg, and the case did not even go to to Elizabeth City last evening on mat- the jury. Sentence at the time was rimony bent, and met with the usual not imposed. success of the many young couples Loomer Rodgere Not Guilty, who prefer this city to their native The next case was also a liquor case heather to forever jein their destinies, but instead of buying or selling, the They had no trouble in securing the charge was for stealing. The defen- license and at eight o'clock repaired I dant was Mr. Loomer Rodger and to the Methodist parsonage, where the plaintiff, a nsli dealer named Free they were married by Rev. A. P. Tyer man, whose place at the time of the in impressive style. They were guests alleged theft, was located across the at the Arlington last night and re- street from the Norfolk and southern turned this morning to Newport News depot. This was the most Important where they will continue to reside. case of the afternoon and the interest shown by the crowds wag Intense Attorneys B. P. Aydlett and J. B. Leigh represented the defendant, So licitor Ward prosecuting the case un assisted. Mr. Freeman was placed on the stand and stated that on a certain MRS. TURNER ACCUSES NEGRO. Declares Charles Thomas, Under Ar rest, Was Her Assailant. Washington, D. C, Sept. 18. Chas. Thomas, a young negro, was arrested day, the defendant entered hts fkh by the police of the Fourth precinct market, while he had a quantity of If you healthy a ter'a Rocy, the whole friend. 35 Standard Pi t y -tar little ones strong. give them Hollls- ya Tea. A tonic for The children's LTea or Tablets. early yesterday morning on suspi cion of having assaulted Mrs. Ada Turner at the latter's home, 124 O street southwest, last Wednesday. When taken before Mrs. Turner at the Fifth precinct station house yes terday afternoon, he was declared by her to be the guilty man. According to the police, Thomas was seen walking ih rough an alley in rear ofthe Turner home a short time after Mrs. Turner said 3he was as saulted. When arrested, he denied having been in the alley, as weil as any knowledge of the assault whiskey for his own use, and taking possession of a quart, secretly made his way out as he had entereJ. Mr. Freeman's son was also put on the stand and his testimony was a rorrob oration of that of his father. Mr. Rodgers, however had proved an alibi to the effect that he was not in the city at all on the day he was charged with having stolen the whis key, but that he was down the river on a fishing trip. Four witnesses tes tified that he was not in town. Each of the lawyers in the case made a most able speech, which took u; the cases on tha dockel. Some of thes? however, were m'rly calling for Itu1 appearance of tho.ia con .'icf.e.1 at the last term of court on ifce same eftatge 1o prove iroo'l ti3ha"1or. lirrill then are about fiftn ilqttiir cases to lie heard, which fa.u Ui without prwedent in the court ar.tia.s of lit: county Beside th's.i "kmv an numerous other cases on the c.'rii-M docket to be heard, and as ihi lerm will last onlv one week, the li.iie f r Iiearing the civil docket will .jvideiuly h: short. The Morning's Proceedings. Court convened this morning at 9:15 o'clock and tho crowds that have been constantly in attendance had di minished somewhut, though they Were yet dense enough. , The jarm weath er had something to do with the re duction in attendance, especially when it was learned that none of the more important cases would be heard. After Clerk Jennings had read the proceedings of the previous day, work was started in earnest. The first case called was State vs. Weldon Sutton, the well known local "bad man." He was ' charged with assaulting one Charles Mitchell, and for carrying con cealed weapons. Sutton said he did not shoot at Mitchell, but Mitchell swore that he went to his house and called him to the window where he shot at him. The case was ably ar gued by the counsel, Mr. J, Heywood Sawyer appearing for Sutton. The Jury pronounced him guilty. The second charge against Sutton was for an assault upon Officer Swin dell. This case Was so plain that It w;as sent to the jury without having been argued, and a verdict of guilty was quickly rendered. The third case against the much-ar-restedi5utton was for carrying con cealed weapons. Ke was quickly ad judged guilty In this also. For the first two charges he was given eight months on the county roads and Judgment was suspended on the third. Guiy of Larceny. The next case called was State vs. Fred Jourdan for the theft of a pair of shoes, which were the property of ono William Morgan. It was proven that he stole them from off the steam er Thomas Newton. The defendant was represented by Mr. Wm. Bond, who fought hard for h!mKtut useless ly as it proved, for the Jury brought In a verdict of guilty. Hon. Thomas W. Blount, of Roper, has consented to the request of the secretary of the state campaign com mlttee. and will deliver an educational address In the court house In this city next Monday night. His con sent was received here yesterday and notices will be posted and word sent throughout the county. The Idea la to make It an education al mass meeting and as many people as can get within the doors are Invlt ed to attend, and a special invitation Is extended to parents. Although the speaker for the occasion is an excep' tionally good one, and will treat all who hear him to a choice bit of ora tory. the cardinal object of the meet in is to arouse enthusiasm In eduoa l.ional matters among the people of the entire county and not let It be confined to a few. A better speaker for the purpose and occasion than Mr. Blount could not have been chosen. His speech at Carnden court house last week aroused the Camden people by the indlsputed facts and figures he set forth, and it received highly favorable comment. Mr. Blount is a strong advocate of plain, "bread and meat" education, wbech is the founda tion upon which all higher learning Is built, and he knows how to set forth his Ideas strongly. In his speech here he will undoubtedly relate some facts and conditions known only to a few and it is considered the duty of every citizen to attend. Great stress is placed upon the in vitation to parents by those under whose auspices It will be held, and they are urged to be present, Marriage of Former Resident Mr. Joshua K. Tuttle, of Berkley, am! Miss Nannie M:ie Williams, also of Berkley, but formerly of this city, were married today at noon by Rev. A. P. Tyer. at the Methodist, parson age. They returned on the next train for Berkley, their future home. Tho brld" is a (laughter of Mr. Elijah William:-', the well-known hack driver of this city. A. G. I. Openec With 235 Stud STUDENTS WILL CONTII ARRIVE FOR 8EVERAL FACULTY COMPOSED ABLE TEACHER FOR GRADE GREATEST 0 IN ITC HISTORY. Yesterday marked the beg' the 27th annual session of t tic Collegiate Institute, one j beth City's modern schools, ' of which the entire easterr the State feels proud. Nev. history of the institution h perlenoed so successful and a an opening as It ha J yester ery member of the faculty U and thoroughly prepared for I in hand. Principal Sheep In ulatlng himself on having ' such competent Instructors, j dents will be taught from th mary grade up to the regu! preparatory course. During the last three or students have been arriving the surrounding counties, ai! til the present time about I boarding scholars have r Charles Baxley Not Guilty. The next was State vs. Charles Bax ley, charged with carrying concealed weapons. The defendant had no law yer, hut tooK tne stand and swore tnat he did not have a iiistol as the State's witness testified. The affair in which he was involved happened several weeks ago on the Norfolk and Southern roadmbotit four miles from this city. It was proven In the hearing that BaxTey tried to pick a row with some workmen anJ for this ho was arrested. The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty. Got Six Months on Roads. At the conclusion of the above case sentence was passed on Fred Jourdan for stealing the shoes. He was given six months on the county roads. The next case was State vs. John Sylvester and John Scott, who were indicted for cutting and otherwise abusing cattle, the property of a Mr, Jennings, living a short ways from town. The case was resumed after the noon recess. More Blind Tiger Cases. For this afternoon bills are in the hands of the solicitor against Joe Eisenburg, George Quldley and J. W. Sykes, all for Illegally handling liquor and again the court room is crowded which number will be Inc fifty within a short time, l will enter all during the j eral weeks. I Tho total enrollment up tc ent time Is 235, which in the grades. From Indicate can be relied upon, at least f will come In before the Preparation has been ma school for 300 students ajid ber will undoubtedly read fore the end of the first mo Each grade will be hand experienced teacher who specialties of them. Beside ular academic course, musi and the other fine arts will I besides special work In elo Yesterday was devoted t. rangement of the students f pective grades, which ent.t hard work, but it was Com: the regular work Is being with today on a full scale. Principal Sheep offers an to the public,, but. especla' ents, to visit the -school a and see the various systi which it Is conducted. j Too much cannot be said terest of this school. It isj in the section and as Eliz has developed and grown,! grown and Improved, and tj is- larger and more comr ever. j. '. to the doors. You will need to prepare your sys tem for the coming cold weather, get your organs to wor like clock work. HolHster's Rocky Mountain Tea taken this month will do the business. 35 cents. Tea. or Tablets. Standard Pharmacy. Gardner's Fruit Cakes. Plain cakes and Fresh bread at Rollinson's Tues day and Wednesday, and Friday and Saturday. 604 Main street 18-2L Elkins Backs Cole Yoi Kansas City, Mo., Sept. Younger, promoter of the el ley line which Is to pass t) old home counties of tho . Younger brothers and the' ferson City, with a probabii being extended to St. Louis the money to finance his j being furnished by Easte ists. It is understood, hov Senator Elkins. of West A the real backer. I Why Senator Elkins shou the ex-outlaw is a story back to the time of the when Elkins was a residi h-ouri. When the war be enlisted in the Federal ar'n time tho Younger boys and Jesse James- were memb Quantrell band. Elkins ft hands of the guerrilla clr the order was given to "t. the rear' which in Quantnj meant death. Cole Younger! James overtook the squail Elkins to his death and ui Ise to be responsible for c Quantrell's orders secured ; of the prisoner. About th guerrilla band engaged a tr eral soldiers, and in the I Younger and James a'.lov who was an old friend,? to kins never forgot the kit inlater years frequently gratitude to the ex-outlav strumental in securing Co pardon from the Minnesi tlary. L . As It Was. There was an old fellow Who got tangled up in a And he said to the J "I- can larrup you c! "No, Czar!" said the T - thufi.
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