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AILY.iGC ELIZABETH CITY, N. C WEDNESDAY. OCT. 1905. VOL. o. NO. Odd Fellows Will Besiege Tyrrell's Capital Tomorrow Skeleton Found in Woods; Evidence Points to Murde 0N0MIS1 OCCASION WILL. BE REGULAR L DISTRICT MEETING AND COL " UMBIA HAS MADE PREPARA TIONS TO SHOW WHAT REAL HOSPITALITY IS BUSINESS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS. To Aid Aged Man By Popular Subscription. Tbe second district meeting of the Odd Fellows will be held tomorrow at Columbia, Tyrrell county, and the members of that great secret order are in a stir of anticipation. The meeting will consist of two ses sions, a business meeting in tbo after . noon and a public meeting at night. The secret session will be held in the lodge rooms of the Alligator lodgj, and the public meeting in a hall of larger proportions in order to accom modate the great crowds that will at tend. The speakers for the occasion will be Mayor J. B. Leigh, of this city, and Mr. D. H. Tillett, of Shiloh, and highly interesting discourses ere ex pected from each. Besides the speech es, Impressive ceremonies will be held and the meetings will no doubt be the largest in the history of the section. Every lodge In the district will send a large number of delegates who will be accompanied by numerous others, and the thriving little city of Colum bia will be in the hands of the Odd Fellows. It is prepared however, for its people have done everything in their power to give the visitors an enjoyable reception, and are glad of the chance to sustain their well known reputation for hospitality. Both of the lodges of this city will send a full quota of delegates, and many will go who are not Odd Kei lows. The steamer Tourist will leave here at 9 o'clock in the morning and will arrive there in ample time ror the pas sengers to get a good, old-fashion?.! Columbia dinner. It will also return at a convenient time and as said be fore, many will take advantage of "the trip. The last meeting ofthis nature was held at Shiloh, in Camden county and was a tremendous success, but the chances are it will be surpassed by tomorrow's gathering and attractive meetings. Colonel Arthur Jones the aged min found Sunday night ciawllng helpless ly around his kitchen floor, when covering from an attack of something resembling mental paralysis, is now said to be gradually getting over the effects of the attack, and In a few days more may be able to take his cus tomary walks about the streets. Owing to his great age, however, and the fact that he is subject to such periods of sickness, his many friend:' who are familiar with the circum stances fear that at any time he may again be prostrated, and with fatal re sults. As previously mentioned, he Is the sole occupant of the house in which he lives and is therefore con stantly in great danger. Reali.in;,' this, a movement has been started to secure funds by public subscription to hire a servant to remain with him at all hours; that is, if Mr. Jones will acquiesce in the matter. It Is a most commendable movement and no trou ble will be experienced, it Is believed, in securing the requisite amount. Wreck Kills and MaimsPassengers FAIRMONT EXPRESS, ON B. A O. SMASHED THIS MORNING NEAR CONNELLSVILLE AND SEVERAL WERE KILLED AND MANY IN JURED DETAILS AS YET HAVE NOT BEEN "RECEIVED. . A , Young Etheridge Was Badly Hurt STUDENT OF A. C. I. WAS SHOVED AND FELL HEAVILY ON NUB OF ARM CUT OFF IN SAW MILL AC CIDENT ANDTAINTED SEVERAL TIMES ON STREET YESTERDAY. (By Wire to Economist.) Pittsburg, Oct. 4. Information has reached here to the effect, that the Fairmont express on the Baltimore and Ohio road was wrecked this morn ing near Connellsville nnn that sev eral were killed and a large number injured. Further than the reported injuries to the passengers, however, no details have as yet been obtained. Strongly Scored Liquor Traffic SKULL AND LEG BONES, WITH FRAGMENTS OF CLOTHING AND OLD SHOES, DISCOVERED OY HUNTERS WITHIN 500 YARDS OF NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN TRACK BODY HAD BEEN THIN LY COVFRED WITH EARTH AND STRAW NO TRACE TO IDSNTI TY. I'ncle Sam-opens? -I wonder if that question will agitate much when Congress Big Steamer Stranded bri Diamond Shoals AFTER NIGHT OF TERRIBLE that raged from sunset until tlhis I morning, ine crew or tnirty men were landed by the life savers, who managed to force their boats through the surf to .the vessel's side, this LIFE-BOATS POSITION OF SHIP j mornlngi and no liveg were lost owlng to their heroic efforts." This morning the storm had abated somewhat and an examination caused the belief that the big steamer can be floated, her position on the dangerous shoals not being so critical. The' crew gave accounts of terrible HARDSHIP, CREW OF THIRTY MEN LANDED THIS MORNING IN ON SHOALS NOT CRITICAL AND SHE WILL BE FLOATED. " (By Wire o Daily Economist.) Norfolk, Va.. Oct. 4. The big steamer Citta Di Palermo, engaged In experiences they endured during the coastwise trade, was stranded last j night. They left Hatteras nils morn night on the Diamond Shoals, on the j ing, the captain saying that wreckers Carolina Coast, in the heavy storm would be sent at once. Police Abandon Search For Captain George Midge tt. rev. asbury christian, of petersburg, heard by many at court House last even ing WHEN HE SPOKE IN OPPO SITION TO THE RETURN OF SALOONS TO THIS CITY. A friendly tussel of his school mates yesterday caused young Caleb Etheridge, a student at the A. C. I., to undergo the most excruciating pain "which was so Intense as to cause him to faint several times where he had alien on the street. . When school let out a crowd of lively students rushed to the street, and shoved and pushed each other in a manner extremely rough, but from which they were having a seem ingly good time. Young Etheridge, who had his arm cut off nearly to the shoulder last August in a saw mill, the wound of which had scarcely heal ed, was accidentally surrounded by tbe boys and a push threw him heav ily, the weight ot his body falling on the unhealed portion or the arm. He screamed with pain, and fainted, to the consternation of the crowd, none of whom knew what, to do.- He re gained consciousness several times, hut would faint away again at once, so great was the pain he was suffering. Finally he was taken to a physician who worked hard over him, but It was sometime before ho had gained strength enough to walk to his home assisted by several of the hoys. It is said that the end of tbe bone in the fragment of arm was nearly driven through the flesh, which had by no means solidified since the acci dent In the mill and the following operation. . ' v Further than the terrible pain, ho was not seriously hurt by the fall and in a few days will probably he able to attend school again. -y - Rev. Asbury Christian, of Peters burg, arrived here . yesterday on . the strength of an invitation of the local prohibitionists, and delivered a lec ture last evening before a large crowd in the court house, quite a number of ladies being among the audience. The lecture, of course, was in denun ciation of the liquor traffic and the literal antipode of the return of sa loons to the city. He spoke for about an hour, in a forceful energetic manner, and during the time arraigned every feature of the mentioned traffic in a manner so severe that any one of the sentences he uttered was sufficient to tell any one he is not a wet man. He recited every period of a drunk ard's career, from the first drink to the grave, and scored every part and parcel of the saloon, bringing out many -points that had been heard be fore and many that were new aid original. - Taken as a whole it was a strong temperance lecture and many of his illustrations and direct thrusts at the whiskey business and its supporters, were applauded. " Those under whose auspices the Iee iurc was given will make a strong effort to have Mr. Christian remain here at least two' nights longer, If not all the week, and lend his voice to tbe others in decrying the return of sa loons, but it has not yet been an nounced whether he baa consented to remain or not. J It Is the purpgse ot the dry peoplo to have him give an out door lecture, on the court house green, which would have been done last night had not the wet weather prevented. BODY -HAS NOT COME TO SUR FACE YET AND NOT A TRACE OBTAINED RELATIVES WILL ARRIVE TODAY WAS HE DROWNED? TALK PLAY. OF FOUL sur- The deep shade of mystery rounding the disappearance of Capt. George Mldgett in this city last Thurs day has . not been cleared a particle and many are of the oplrlon that it is now, all hope of finding Jim, or his now, all hope of finding him, or his remains, seemingly having be,n aban doned. The river has been dragged thoroughly at the point wnere he is supposed to have fallen In when suf fering from an illness thought to have overcome him, but without result, the surface has been eagerly scanned each day by those who have doggedly main tained the search but the body has not been seen, and not a etnfiivord or indication has been secured by the search conducted elsewhere. It Is now considered by all who have followed the strange circumstances to be a mystery. If he was drowned or dinarily It Is believed that his body would have come to the surface be fore this, and dark suspicions of foul play have begun to creep Into the dis cussions of the disappearance. It la known that he had about fifty dollars In hia pocket when he left the Osborn that afternoon and this fact has caus ed some uneasiness among his friends. but they hardly know what to suspect or believe, the facts eonnected with the movements of the man after he had sent the telephone message to the physician being so obscure. It is the belief of some that he has already come to the surface of the river and that even now tne body is floating across on the marsh side pwjVjoly- many yards from the point at which the dragging was done and to make such a search may be the next move to find him. The vessel of which he was the skipper Is expected to return from Iluauoksj lelar.cl tolay. aud on lior will come a number of' Capt. Midgett's rel atives who will do all that can be done to find him or at least establish, the manner in which he disappeared. The local police have exhausted ev ery means in the search and have practically given up. It Is the greatest mystery of the year in this section. Cylinder Exploded; Fi rema n Bad ly H u rt Yesterday when the steamer Guide was leaving Norfolk to make its reg ular trip to'this city, the high pressure cylinder brusted, - a fragment of it striking R. W. Cofleld, the fireman, knocking him unconscious and badly cutting his head In several places. The steamer arrived here today sev eral hours late, the machinery oper ating under only one cylinder. Y. M. C. A. Hakes Splendid Report For Ending Year. The local Y. M. C. A. has now is sued its annual report and aJdress to the public, in which It gives figures expressive of Its work during the year in all its departments and tells of its work and accomplishments generally. It has been a most successful year and the report has been issued with pride. It gives the number of visits to the building for all purposes at 44,776. It gave 4,884 baths, the basket ball attendance was 652 and the number making use of the gymnasium attend ance at 1,678. MILLINERY SPLENDOR. A visit to the millinery storo of Morgan and Company would be highly entertaining and beneficial at the present time, for there the ladles can get wise aa to what all fashionable ladles consider the latest creations In femenlne head gear. The k'nfe woodsleadlng Info; (ho famous tract known as the desert, has now produced a tnystery that will without' a doilbt "remain a" mMoi-y until 1 he-en iT of -time. -AH that exists of what may have been a foul murder or a cas? of untold suffering from ntarval Ion,-wa brought' to this city this morning In a paint Bucket and consisted of the' well-formed skull of an adult and a couple of leg bones, to ftether with several rags of decayed clothing and a pair of old shoes These significant relics were first found lift" Saturday morning by two wegrc boys. -who were' hunt fog squir rels in (he woods, of I.owry Harris, In the Corinth district, and besides near ly breaking their necks to get out, they turned several shades lighter. So ba.lly were they scared that' they kept their find to themselves until riext day when they confided In a colored man, who went to the woods, secured the skull and carried it to hlf home. It then became generally known and yesterday Mr. J. R. Bright gathered the other bones, the clothing, etc., and got the skull from the n gro and this morning reported It here. Mr. Bright said it appeared as If the body had been lightly covered 'with turf and straw and had been unearth ed by carrion birds or bogs. "'-He '.made a complete search butjio other Ernies could be found. The spot was only about 500 yards from the Norfplk Jind Southern railroad and the finder gave as hlB opinion that it was some tramn who had entered the woods and died either by sickness or suicide, but tba body had been thinly burled computes such a theory and the general opinion Is that It was the place where gomo; I murderer harl hid his victim, fjiit who was It? No ofie was missed at the time the body was placed In thf woods, which must have neen all of two years ago, who was not aeeounte-J for. The rural district in which it was found has had no mystery at all, no one disappeared from the city at that time and from no other part of the section, which fact of course estab lishes that it was a stranger The evidences that murder 'was committed aro strong, the partial bu rial, only enough to Jiide the 1)ody from view, and all the other particu lars pointing direqtly that way. The most plausible theory Is that It was the remains, of a tramp killed proba bly in a fight on the railroad and dragged into the woods. The doctor who examined the bones said they were evidently those of white man, but expressing some un certainty, retained the skull at his of fice for further examination. The ghastly find Is causing no lit tie excitement In the Corinth district, where much speculation Is being done and many have gone to the woods to view the spot where the bones were found The doctor may ascertain whethef the bones are those of a white or black man, but It will never be known who the victim was or in what man ner he met death. Great Will Be Fight of Monda WILL BE LITERAL HOLID WHETHER CONSIDERED 80 NOT AND ATTRACTIONS Will BE VOTING, TALK, CIRcU TALK, PICTURE SHOW An TALK. . . ' . The fight ". for and agai v snloons which has been 1 progress, here for. .two ye; Is now Intense) enthusiast1 energetic. Only four days remain i! fore one of the contending sides v receive a quietus for a month i longer anyhow. To say that both"!1 wets and the drys are taking advs age of the remainder of the time 1 them would be a modest assert i They are getting busier, wiser, n: determined and more confident t half minute, or as quick as they think and act, and the whole cit;. immersed in the controversy. , I: useless for a "conservative" to ; solve that he will h6t talk It mat constantly develop which compel to. During these fast minutes ev thing else has apparently been thr to the jwinds and a maze of "we dry" overspreads all things. E body talks It and works one 'we the other, though some do so un 8clously. . '.. Every twenty-four hours prod one or more prohibition meetings,; issue of the dry paper, which warmer as It alludes to the boai aldermen and its actions, and prr tlon canvasses, both tndlvidually collectively. ' The same lapse of tlme.." nesses the greatest exertion a the ranks of the wet advocates they can be seen "transacting ness" in all sections of the cl once. , About the final skirmish in th tie before victory peijes on banner will be th.e further Jmi challenges, It being understood not a few will be served day, some among both a d Jf&st Privy Council Approved Treaty (By Wiro to Economist.) Toktoy-Octr-4. The Privy-council this morning approved the peace treaty, after days have been devoted to its consideration. By this It is be lieved that the last barrier has been removed and that the Mikado will also accept the same at once. While discontent yet prevails among the uneducated classes, the accept ance of the treaty will be hailed with pronounced satisfaction throughout the Mikado's domains and festivities will be arranged. the drys will hold a meeting a Sunday and a part of tne n!g! when the sun rifles next morni rays will fall upYiti one of ;the sturdy fights in which the ball, ever'' received the "fors" "agalnsts." ' In the meantime nearly eve son whose vote has been chal will submit his case to the .' to be turned down or accepted. ' Monday is apt to be a 1 whether It is considered bo and the attractions will be "t the first place, followed by mo votes, the circus and the mov ture show. " . Lip Split Ope: In Rough lit YOUNGSTER WAS SL AGAINST- SOME CONV OBJECT WITH AN. AC DATING.ROyGH.EDGE TEETH WERE NEARLY ' WHEN HIS MOUTH WAC This morning a boy nam Need ham sustained painful about tbe face as a result t ing match into which he ha with numerous otho" boys on grounds ot the Albemarle XII;. and a visit to the doctor w sary. The boys were, roughing if kind of a game of which t was to see how hard anl couli? shove the o'.hr witl the undertaker a Jib,' atd combined push elaranied against some convenient a rough edge, and his 1 through directly across it ' teeth were nearly vlslbl mouth was b15uL Other cuts of minor Importance ed and In this condition ferred to a doctor who us sary means In staunching blood and closing the r the lip, and be was sent ly recognizable.
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