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OHAKLOTTE, K a, SEPTEMBER 14 1883.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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. Arnial an! Departure of Traim
&ICHKOMD AM) O&HTIIXK.
Leve A.r Una Depot 8.80 a. n. sad 4-80 p. m.
, Arrive 2.00 a m and 1.60 p. u.
ATB LINK.
Leave 2.20 a. m. and 2 10 p. na
Arrtre 8 2U in, mm 4.10 p. m.
CHAKLOTTX, OOLUKBIA AND AUGUSTA.
Leare 2.10 p. aad azrlre 4-80 p. U.
C C. A. A. T. ft a DITI3I0N.
Leave 4.60 p. m.. and arrive at laoo a. m.
. CABOLISA CX71T&AL.
Leave R.4B p. m. and 7.10 a. at.
Arrive 7.00 a. m. aad 8 25 p. ra.
C a-8BKLBT DITI3ION.
Leave B.80 p. m.. and arrtve lft80 a. m.
ladex tm flew Advertiaeateata.
S 31. MeweU Goaheo batter, ete.
ladicaooaa.
South Atlantio States, generally fair,
slixbtlr warmer weather, westerly to
southerly winds, nearly stationary
barometer. ; -
liOCAX. R1FPL.K.
Only one case was before the mayor
yesterday. Wiil Cross for disorderly
conduct was fined S3.
- A little negro boy named Hoskins
fell from a pair of stilts at the old fair
grounds yesterday and broke his right
arm, besides dislocating the elbow joint.
Dr D O'Dunohue attended to his in
juries. The new cotton platform is now
ready for business, and wagons can ap
proach it from Fourth street. J is an
immense convenience. One t Tdred
and twenty-nine bales were rec id on
the new platform yesterday.
A. L. Walsh has returned to the
city, and is connected witn the branch
house at this place of Joues & liaburn.
Kock HilL Tbe house is represented
here by Mr. Hyder Katterree, a popular
and well known cotton buyer.
Mr. John II. Williamson, a young
farmer of Berry hill township, exhibited
a very fine stalk of Australian cotton at
our office yesterday. Be got the seed
through Senator Ilansomand intends
to sell the seed te the farmers of the
county.
This term of our Superior court ex
pires Saturday night and the people are
beginning to speculate on the possibili
ty of th eourt not being able to get
through with the big trial within that
itima. Judge Gilmer is required by law
Co open Cabarrus court next Monday.
Bens alem, Moore county, and Big
ltidge, Jackson county, are two newly
established postofflces in this State.
' Simon Seawell is postmaster of the
former and Thoe Wilson of the latter.
Francis A Ingram has been commis
sioned postmaster at Ingram, N C
On the 11th inst. a new postoffice
called Geneva, was established in Cam
den county, this State, with Jerome B.
Cox postmaster. A new office was also
established in Mitchell county, called
Trout, with John CDellinger postmas
ter.' John C McMillan has been com
missioned postmaster at Kenans ville
and Michael Davis at Trail Branch, n!
C -
. We can assure any countrymen,
who desire to come to Charlotte to mar
feet or otherwise, that he will be pro
tected from any bad treatment, and the
- fact cf some ro'ugh boys having once
indulged in conduct highly reprehensi
ble, was an offence that all towns might
.have been liable, and was no occasion
-.to attempt to make this an habitual
ipractice. Borne and Democrat. (Sit
down. Smith.)
Tae Hew Chareh at Darldea Cellege.
A congregational meeting was held
at Davidson College on Monday even-.
ing. when th committee appointed to
solicit subscriptions reported that they
" had raised three thousand and five hun
dred dollars in the village alone. A
building committee was elected aad
the work of putting up the new church
will begin . at once. The committee
. consists of the following: Col W J
Martin. Prof J R Blake, Captain J D
Brown, J Lee Sloan, James Allison,
John Sloan, Richard Hough and W A
Brown. ;The trustees elected are: H
P Helper, Frank Knox, Dr Dupuy,
Prof W D Vinson, S C Schofleld and B
X Query.
.jOraif e Bleueai Araii. '
At 7.20 o'clock yesterday evening, Mr
George G Shannonhouse, a well known
: And popular conductor of the Carolina
Central railroad, was united In mar
riage. In this city, to Miss Willie Moore,
sa ydung lady who stands In high favor
, . jmd esteem with this community The
varemony waa performed by Rev J B
Cheshire, pastor of the Episcopal
' church. The happy couple left on the
evening train on -the Carolina Central
road, for Baltimore and Boston, to at-
' tend the Oriole and the Exposition.
That joy and prosperity "may be with
them through life is - the wish ef their
large number of : friends in Charlotte
" and elsewhere. ' -" ' "' - - ' A V'- . " ,
; list of letters -' ': ' 'V. V;;
ii ; - temaining in tne postoxnee at i;nar
iotte for the week ending September 10,
: 1883: . ; , , ., .,; . , . .r-.':'- -JEttln
Alexander, P C Areson, Birdie
eSsocket, Mrs Amanda Coffey, Charles
B Cross, Mrs SaUie Card well, Charlie
JDowd, Belle Edding,. Alexander. Flow
ers, Mrs E Arose, Land Gowes, Mary O
- Graham, ' Mrs Adhne Hoi ton, Daniel
Hershey, E H Hinson & Sons, Mrs 8
, Harris, Buf us Si Jones," M , C Moore,
.Amanda Matthews, G G McBee, Mrs
XIartha McLean, Buf us Maccles, Mrs
' Ilary Orbens. Sam Bay.- Mrs Locinda
SievensotL, Mr Si me, colored. Duncan
' Spittle, Mrs J ulia Whitlow. Miss ME
ty Htlnson, It B Wedtfington.
... When calliog for . the aDore please
;y :-t - - - ' W. W. jKNKura, PM.,'
XJiTLrr -Toot Bop Bitters have been of
freat
r for e r fontua and eould rt no Ki X
ita I f i ' i- a btnera, To tfi- . nC?n..
'aaiu. f r ene la reoie i eoi-
TAB RICUAlOn O 4t DAN VILLE.
I
Meetiag of tfce BtockholAers If ew Oi
. rectors Elected No Increase of the
Capital Stock Investigation Desired.
At the meeting of the stockholders of
the , Richmond & Danville Railroad,
held In Richmond on the 12th, Col John
McEnery was called to the chair. There
were 29,636 shares represented, being
4,635 more than .a quorum. The first
action of the meeting was to declare
against making any further issue of the
capital stock of the company. Messrs
M Bayard Brown, John 'A Rutherford
and jR Banian Gould were removed
from their positions as directors in the
company, and II C FahrenstockVSamuel
Thomas and John A McAnnery were
elected as directors in their places; H
C Fahrenstock to fill the place of M
Bayard Brown, Samuel Thomas to fill
the place of John A Rutherford, and
John McAnnery to fill the place of R.
Barrian Gould.
On motion of Mr George H Foster,
the directors were requested to -report
to the meeting why actien was not
commenced as recommended by the
committee to recover from William P
Clyde, T M Logan and Joseph Bryan so
much of tke 997,559 66 mentioned in
said report as waalost to this company
by their action, and that this meeting
instruct the directors to bring such suit
far the benefit of the stockholders with
out further delay. This provoked con
siderable discussion, participated in by
Messrs Foster, Scott, Baford, John
Scott and McAnnery .and the resolution
was' rejected.
Mr Beams, a stockholders, offered a
series of resolutions calling for the ap
pointment of a committee to ascertain
and report to the stockholders
1. The amount of the actual earnings
of this company and ot each company
controlled by it during each month
from January 1st. 1880, to the present
time.
2. The amount and nature (in detail)
of all expenses and charges of every na
ture of this company and of each com
pany controlled by it during each month
within the same period.
3. From what sources have the divi
dends which have been paid upon the
stock of this company within the same
period been obtained, and to what ex
tent have such dividends been paid
from the actual net earnings of tbe com
pany.
' 4. Whether upon the books of this
company or of any company under its
control disbursements properly charge
able to the expense account have been
charged to construction accounts, and
if bo in what instances and to what
amount, specifying each item; also
whether the system of keeping the
books of this company is such as to
show the true condition of its affairs.
Ac, &c.
The chair ruled that tbe paper was
out of order,aa it called for information
in regard to other roads which the
Richmond and Danville Road had no
power over, or authority to give. Mr
John Foster appealed from the decision
of the chair. Col Buford. opposed the
resolution on the grounds that he did
not think this was the time or the place
to present such a paper; that it only
tended to muddle affairs; that if any
stockholder desired any information in
reference to the condition of the Rich
mond and Danville Company .the books
of the company were always open for
inspection, and he challenged an inves
tigation. The chairman. At the request
of Mr WPClyde.withdrew his decision,
and the matter,af ter further discussion,
was referred to the board of directors,
the meeting deciding to take no action
in regard to it. This matter will be
-fully considered by the directors, and
will be reported at the annual meeting
in December. There being no other
business the meeting adjourned. j
McAnnery, one of the new directors.
Is, says the Richmond State, a Southern
man. and has many old friends in Rich
mond. He is now engaged in the rail
way supply, business j in New York.
Gen Thomas, one of the new directors,
is president of tbe East Tennessee, "Vir
ginia and Georgia. The statement that
had been published recently to the ef
fect that the controlling stockholders
had pooled a majority of the stock in
such a way that it could not be sold for
five years waa without foundation.
Every stockholder is free to sell any of
his stock whenever he chooses. There
Is no syndicate, but certain gentlemen
who have bought largely of the stock
say they have agreed among themselves
to operate the road in a business way
and to develop the property. Richmond,
it is said, is to be well treated. The
board of the Richmond and Danville
Railroad consists f of a president and
eight directors. The directors, in' addi
tion to the three elected Wednesday,are
Messrs W , P Clyde George. S: Scott,
George F .Baker, George I Seney, and
Calvin S Brioe. Col AS Buford remains
president of the company. tj n v j
JTrls-Tas aiB-tat aia-ku
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a vtalea ta tbe nlctat
WHICH etaUtod mi Moo alaioet;
Aad seared ma late dreadrol fiu
Aa atrial, fcemdgboeU-. -
WlUt turtle' head aad loBetafa daw a,
eao ataoe It plain to bm. i .
I'd eaiaa rather late at nlctat. ,, ,
.. Men Ukao was coed lot ae." i i -
TOtreaajneaeooitf ttteaiurell voloe, '
i, - dear a a allvet belli ;
. naaU.takPerr-rjevla'a y t ;
fain Pilar aad be well, .-, , i
". WbAUMn.Wlaalevr ' I rj'
Aa tbla ooeeUon U frequently asked, we wtll lim
ply ear tnax abe ta a ladj who tot upward of Iblrtf
veen hae aaortncly devetea her time aad talents
aa a leraaie pbrsletaa aad norae, prlnclpaUr
ajaooc eoUdreo, - tbe baa eapedaUy euMUed the
eooatunttoa and tranta Ot tbla ntuneroue eUae,
and. aa a remit ef Uii aCort, aod praoUaal kaowl
eda. obtained la a- Ufeome apeot aa none and
fioalelaa, abe has compounded a SootMot torrup,
orebUdren teethlnff,. .U opetatee Uae aaaaia--alvlnc
rest aad baaith, and la- asoreover aura ta
iwgulate tbe bowela. la eoaaeqaenee ef tbla am
eie, am Wlnslow U beeoounc world-reoowoed as
a beoe factor ot her raes; eaUdrea eertaioly do
rise up aod Wees her; especially ta this tbe ease
la tbla eUy. . Vast qaaoUUea ot tbe Pootblna Smrp
are dally sold and seed bare. WetblnkMra Win
low Nt bseaertaUxed her mane by tbls lovalaa
CHe arade, aad ww alooeraiy beUevo thonsanrt of
eolldren have been naved from aa early rrave by
Ra pmely nee. aod that mlillooa yet notwra wti
share Ka beoaSta. and anlte ta eaUxsc ber bk"d
hm rnotber baa aiaaaanred her dty to bar n.ee
ln little one, in our ofriao, imul aba lsi nwa'
It uie tmn .t ef aire. W iaaoW 8c ' ' t. n? .
Try It. notai-ry S tow. Lf'Nf V r. iw
Tor d r. bald by aadruc, x Xwy-re
een'J a U-tUa. " - - t '
m m m ' - -
"'...' Cnxma ef fp& r;; a. . 'IT
J ant w-tl rib"? "i," i ocr f ' r
1 -istt .lif ?our i . n-t
. X I. $ (4 t M...I.A . .
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f EVIDENCE CONTINUED.
noon or ch aracter bt tile
DEPHSE AND REPLY BY'
THE UTATE.
Davldl Shielsls, the Brother et ThowmaA
Khielsls, Exasained as a 'VTltaeea
for the Stnte Other Witnesses t
. -Exaaalaeel To-Day.
The Superior court met yesterday ' at
10 o'clock and the evidence In the case
of the State vs Shields was 'continued
by the def ense sustaining their witness
es by -; ;;; - . J;
PKOOrS OF CHAJtACTKB. ;
JTW Neal was Introduced to ' prore'
the character of AC Shields and of
Mollie Shields. After some .explana
tion as to the meaning of general char
acter, witness said : I think I know, hie
general ' character; it is bad. 'It 'was
good before this occurrence.' I think I
know the general character of Mollie
Shields ; I think It was good prior to
this charge. On his eross-exami nation,
witness in reply to the question wheth
er her reputation for Tlrtue s not good
now, said: It is divided. ,
T li Alexander aald : I have known
A C Shields 85 years, X know his gene
ral character; it Is good. J know the
character of Mollie Shields ; it is good.
She stood very : high in tbe community
where I live. ,
Croes examined, witness said; 1 bare
lived In the same community With A C
Shields 20 years, except 4 years when I
lived In the mountain country. . I have
known his reputation for 0 years past;
have heard rumors of his being charged
with burning Parka' Kinhouse." Never
beard of his watering cotton till to-day -I
don't kntfW but what the character of
Mollie Sbierdsia good yet; I have heard
of her going to Mr Klrkaey-'s and Mr
Alexander's, who are respectable peo
ple. M t
E M Pucket said : I hs ve lived three
miles from AC Shields since .1860;
have known him SS years. - I know his
general character and know It is good.
1 know the character of Mollie Shields
it is good.
Cross examined, witness said:
heard nothing of bis watering cotton
till to day. I heard somethlng.of stock
being killed, but dont know whether
he or his sons killed, them. From gen
eral reports, I think the character of
Mollie Shields Is hardly good.
SE Bowie said: I live 1 miles
from A C Shields; have known hhn for
30 years, and know his general charac
ter. It waa good np to the time of this
occurrence. The character of Mollie
Shields was good up to tbe time of this
charge. Cross-examined, the witness
said: I don't think the neighborhood
talk is in her favor.
TE C Davidson: I live 4 or 5 miles
from Mr Shields. I know the character
of Mollie Shields. I think it is good.
W B Myers said: I have known Tom
Shields 0 or 7 years. ; I have had many
opportunities of knowing.' Cross-ex
amined, the witness said r I speak of
his character, la this ; community. , I
heard of his seducing a woman. lie
was proposed as a Republican candi
date on the county ticket in the last
campaign and it was objected that he
would net make an available candidate
on that account. I don't think that
beat him.
BMNormentaaid: I hay -known
tLe general character of Tom Shields
for 4 years in this community. His
character was good. - .
. Stephen Johnson said: Ikaew Thoe
L. Shields in the community .where he
lives about one year; I was working at a
mine near there. Cross-examined, wit
ness said: I don't khowthatlheard
any uung contrary to its being good; l
formed my opinion from bis aaaociatea
not from what I heard people aay
He was at Normeat's distillery; I was
in that community only a year.
Douglass said: I live IK miles
from AC Shields; his character is good
as far as I know. The character of
Mollie tfhields was good tin the time.of
this occurrence.
. Cross-examined, witness said: His
reputation waa bad with a good many
people before. the homicide. X can hard
ly tell whether it was generally bad.
I heard a great deal of talk about him
before and after the killing. ...The gen
eral run of people didn't think .well of
him.
David Bradford said ; I was at David
Shields on the morning Sitton was kill
ed ; dont know the boor exactly. Mr
John Sample was the only man in the
room when I got up Co 1L John Sitton
was coming out The body of Joseph
Sitton was lying on the bed with the
head lying near the foot of the bed ; his
head was feet nearer the foot of the
bed than his feet; he was lying" on his
left side With his left hand under him
and his right hand near his left; JC was
there when the body was moved. Mar
tin Allison, John Kerns and Mr Baker
were there. ' I assisted In1 raising hln
A book with blood stains on "if was
shown witness and he said that it was
the book which was found in the left
hand of ; the' deceased under the body.
Same blood stains onf It as then.! I
couldn't see that the fingers were inside
of the book,1' but' the forefinger was
against the outer edge and the thumb
and other fingers' held the book The
title-page of the book, "Young Arith
mtUcal Dictionary, or J book1 pt. refer
ence, comprising s system Of practical
tables, was then read In court. k' f
' Cross-examined, witness said: I'dont
know what time I got there, probably 0
or .7 o'clock; don't know how many were
there. I .went up stairs Immediately,
lit John Sample called . me t up. ; The
book was near his hip just above; body
was on it and the hand,'omuch so that
few would bare discovered it Al pulled
the book out i I could see the position
ef the nzrs and thumb . on the boot
The body was U!a outto be washed
and ixezzyi. : , In raising it, the body,
hand and book all west toother. I am
a carp?:-tcr; wrs laylrj tla track cf Mr
T7 B rrt:3' eit7 cUT , An cot fa Lis
esplcy now. .v lbs ren-e-n tt? I Trent
cp toDiTil LllJUi 13,T.:tJ: i TT-
Utzzi cr -3 t-i tc' I ri L . ! :" 3 tz.1
b . "3 t. 3
go up thereJ It was 4O0.or 475 yards to
Shields' house. I was busy when I
heard the calL On being re-directly ex
amined, witness said the body of Sitton
was rigid.' :; : ',-:t'-.
' John T Kerns : I was at David Shields
house at 0 o'clock on morning 5th June,
saw the body : of Joseph Sitton lying
across the bed, his head about feet
nearer the foot than the other part of
his body. I didn't see bis left hand, it
was A under the body. - The right was
acroaxthe body with elbow onL I saw
a Thole' in ' his bead . near the temple.
There was a scar on tbe left side of his
nose which : run down into his mous
tache. There was blood on the floor
and side of the bed. That on the edge
of the bed was about 18 inches from his
body. There was blood on the floor
under the bed directly under the held.
but no connection with this and the
blood on the 'floor in front of the bed. I
found the body with a sheet over' it
Dsve . Bradford, Martin fJlison and
myself dressed the body. -, Saw . the
wound on side of the face when I was
washing it. Couldnt see this wound
while it was lying under the sheet for
the left side was down. Was there that
evening when the coroner's jury met
was deputized to summon witnesses. '
saw Mr A C Shields that evening and
had conversation with him. f
Croes examined, witness - said : The
blood on the bed was between the body
and the foot of the bed, about 19 inches
from deceased's head and 3 feet .from
the foot of the bed. Don't know wheth
er the body had been removed. There
was blood on the sheet where his head
touched it. 1 threw the sheet off his
whole body when I looked at it. s The
blood on the bed looked like it had
ffnahed ant.
J ohn W. Sample, being re-called, said
I was the first to go in the room where
the body .was. ' John Sitton was with
me.' "When Mr. Bradford got there the
body had not been moved was lying
just as it was when I went in. Brad
ford waa there before the feet were re
moved. I was not there when it waa
moved. The letter written by Sitton
to Mollie Shields on the night before
the homicide was then shown to the
witness and he said: I saw that letter
in the tray of Sitton's trunk on the
morning be was killed. I was request
ed to go In the trunk by Mrs. Annie
Shields. Kev Jas Williams was with
me. I noticed the date and heading of
the letter, but did not read its contents.
. Cross-examined, witness said: I am
one of a committee organized in Hope
well, but it was cot organized to prose
cute this casev 'The committee employ
ed counsel in a case previous to this.
There are 17 of the committee. Witness
was asked to give the names and he
produced a list and read the following
names: J L Parks, C W McCoy. JW
Sample, W A Alexander, Wm Vance,
B D Whitley, B B Kerns, Wm Martin,
JohnM Carr. J W Moore, Tnos Keel,
Samuel Howie,' E A MeAaley,; Thoe
G lay as, H A GrayJohn Lucas, colored.
Charles Powell, colored. I nave
myself employed no counsel in this
case. I have no information of a con
tract, but was informed that a member
of the committee has talked to counsel
about the case, and that same counsel
has continued. I have assisted in get
ting np testimony; other membeis as
sisted. Mr Whitley wss not assigned
as foreman. I found two letters in the
trunk in the room where deceased lay.
I unlocked the trunk myself. Either
Mr or Mrs Shields gave me the keys in
the lower part of the house. I saw the
letter to Mollie Shields the next day
Tbe 'coroner left the trunk in my
charge. After holding the inquest at
David Shields, they moved to Long
Creek mills next day and I opened and
showed the letter to the coroner. Tbe
other letter was directed to the secre
tary, of the Hopewell and Charlotte
Mine and I forwarded that one. On
being re-dlrectly examined witness
said that T W Keel and S E Howie
were members of the : committee in
HopewelL - .'!
. Bev Jas Williams aald: On the Cth
of June I was going to the .'postoffice
and before getting ' to jule Phillip's
shop, I heard screaming , and " Phillips
stopped me. 1 went ton to Mr ' David
Shields' and found Mr aad Mrs Shields
and Miss Mollie Shields all appeared
frantic with grief ; and were making a
great noise. Mollie Shields wss in the
front room walking 'up and J down in
tbe room just under the room where
Sitton's body lay, and seemed to be
almost unnerved with grief ; crying
Ohl Joe. I sat down and had a con
versation. Jnst as I was going to start
up to the room, I sawa buggy ; got my
buggy quick and tried to catch them.,1
met John Sample and told him what
bad happened and went on down to
Parks mill, where I met David Brad
ford, J Mc Sample and Mr Parks.' Took
Bradford In my buggy to Sample's store :
John Sample went to David Shields'
house and I went in the-store to write
m very uuponui note xor wo mau. j in.
flvevor ten minutes I went to '.-Shields'
house and found there Mr Shields, Jno
Sitton, John Sample, Jule Phillips and
Dave Bradford. Mr A C Shields was
not in the house, but was In the ysrd.
The door of the room wherethe body
was had been opened. Pound Sitton's
body lj ing., on the bed from his hips
down more on his back than the other
part of the body; couldnt see his left
hand;- right elbow wss sticking out-
ward. Thsre was t one blood spot on
.the front of the bed about 2K feet from
the foot and 2 feet from his blps ' Th
spot wss 8 or 10 inches in diameter, one
edge of Which extended to the edge, of
the bed and was longer up and down
than across. There was blood immedi
ately under that pn the flpor ; vwas as If
It bad run off the bed and was undis
turbed. .There was a broken, trail be
tween the spot on the edge of the bed
and the puddle where his head Iayj I
picksd np out of the spot on the edge of
the bed s small piece of bone and mat-
tar like brain., The place was depressed
tna blood would have had to raise if
c-! cot iseh In order to run over on the
Cscr. i-dvs o mies from the place ; au
anlrlricr cf the gospel, but owing to
tL3Cc-:;:::icr :t:y, tcn:t!V;taT3 not
' f Cross-examined, Witness said; Mollie
Shields seemed to be weeping while the
others were screaming . and- wringing
their hands. I got there about 7 o'clock;
left home soon after sun-up ; my home
is 5 miles from the place and .1 rode In
a buggy. - It couldn't have been morp
than five or ten .minutes from the time
John Sample left until, I went on to the
house. m It waa- half an hour from the
time I4eft the house ' till I wenl back.
It was when I was at the house the first
time that I saw the buggy., leave Tom
Shield's house.. I saw MelUe Shields
in the same room crying; the windows
of the room were open. I couldnt
swear 1 saw another wound beside the
one in the bead.: I'saw a dark spot on
tbe left side of the nose; saw the body
after it was moved ; was there till 2 or
ft hours by sun,; ; ...f..V' V
B M Allison said: on the 5th of June,
I was at home till 10 o'clock ; jrent to
Mr David Shields', and saw Sitton. I
helped to wash the body ; r saw a gun
shot - wound in the head and a wound
on the left side of ' the nose about an
inch long. Bone of the nose was broken
but skin was not. ' The wound cut half
through tbe Up. My bands were bloody
after washing tbe body but wiped them
on my handkerchief. I dldnt see a
linen duster. 1 The linen duster was
shown witness- and he said he had not
seen it nor had he seen anyone wipe
his hands on it. ; Clothes were shown
witness, who said .heecognized the
rest, as be had helped to rip that off the
body.- -"'' ! .-- -. i j
'Cross-examined, 'witness said : The
body was on the; bed as I went np with
several persons. -Some of the teeth were
loose but none of them out.' X cant ac
count for the'- wound on" the face ex
cept a stray shot glanced from . the
teeth. - : --,. i t
J James A. Wilson said: Shortly after
Sitton was killed I went up to David
Shield's. The back of Sitton's body was
near the bolster of the bed. An hour
after I went I saw blood under the ted
and wiped it up with a guano sack to
keep it from running through the floor.
1 raised the bead to see if the shot had
gone through, but could see ao place.
Saw a mark on the left side of the nose
terminating in the lip. I didnt more
the position of the body. I suppose it
wss 9 o'clock."' :;T.'Y; 1' ' ...
Cross examined, witness said: . Some
had got there before I did. His teeth
projected outward and the bones of the
jaw appeared broken.- I have seen Sit
ton carrying a pistol at times. He told
me if Tom Shields got a chance at him
he would kill him, but be never said he
was carrying It for Tom. He told me
Tom had cursed his sister and that he
had attacked him about it and Tom
apologized. I met him once in the
woods, between the houseand the cop
per mine, . shooting. , 2 tokL him be
oughtnt to carry a pistol, but ho said
he had charge of the company's proper
ty and ought to carry arms; that Tom
Shields would kill him if be got a
chance, but be didnt expect to bother
Tom. This was a month before.
Be-direct: This waa before the Wed
nesday previous to the homicide. J . .
. Mrs Kathan Thrower, a witness for
the State, having been shown the linen
duster, said : I aaw it in the window of
Annie Shield's room just as if It had
been carelessly thrown there. - It w
an hour after I got there till I saw the
duster.'- w - i
W B Parks said: ; Sitton borrowed a
watch from my wife on Sunday and on
Monday came back and borrowed a
valise.
David Shields said: I am a brother of
the prisoner, was a brother-in-law" of J
Q Sitton, who was my wife's brother
Sitton ,was killed at my bouse on
the fith ; of June. I was 150
or 200 yards from the house. That
morning when I got up I found no
matches in the hoTsse, and went down to
my father's store for a box of matches,
It was about clear day. As I went
around the store I found Tom Shields
sitting on the front steps of the store,
facing the road. Could see the back
door of my father's room from my
house, but not the front door of the
store. My father asked what got me
up so early, and I told him I found no
matches in the house and came down
to the store to get a box. Tom asked
ma when Joe Sitton was going away.
and I told him X guessed he'd go. that
day. After the killing I saw Mollie
Shields leave Tom's house; corns out of
the gate which opens towards the store.
She wore a split bonnet, holding each
side with her hands. She ran all the
way to my house and fell on the steps.'
This, wss 40 or; 13 minutes after the
killing. I asked her If what Tom said
about her wss so, and she said, "No;
ni swear It's not," and cried; "O. Joe
O, Joe T My wife told Mollie to go to
nun, that he might be living. .She ran
In the house and started 'up 'stairs but
a caught her aad brought her back to
the porch and shut the passage door.
She was at my house probably two
hours. Tom had told me when; I met
him in the yard that Joe had seduced
.aiuuie. it tun my wire came ao wn in
the field and told me Tom had killed
Joe, I didnt believe herC Tom met us
and said:,, "Jee has. seduced my siiter
and 7 nave killed hlnv When he told
me this I started to him and he draw
his gun, ssying . stand back, 111 shoot
yen too. - The gun was cocked and had
cap on the tube. He also said: There's
your I wife, defend "her, and I act' like
nrotner ana sister, said he had asked
Joe to marry Mollie and he had refused,
and he (Tom) had killed him. Dldnt
ssy. anything , aboutT Joe, drawinaj a
pistol; Asked what Joe wtj going away
for and my wife said he was going'on
a dip to Thomasvllle commencement;
Mrs' Annie Shields. was. recalled So the
stand, and the clotiqg with blood on It
was shown5 hex. - She said , they were the
clothes hex; brother had on when killed
Witness described MolUe' Shields' going
to her house-Just as- her husband had
done and said, when iMoHiaf Shields
went into the rooxr through ' the win-'
dow the followed' 'ner and asked her
who told her Joe was dead? - She said
she heard the - report aad ' Tea cone
down and bean to get ready to 'go
away, and tLa thon-ht sorsetliin tras
wrc23.,Tr-sI::dLcrrlf trtaS J:j t il
was true and she said it was not. I
asked her if she, loved Joe and she said
she did. ' I asked her if she would speak
.kindly of him when dead, she said she
would.' I then told her if she stuck to
that it would hang her brother, and she
said she would stick to ifc r - i ' i
-Cross examined, witness said: Mollie
wss' in " great trouble. I told her the
door was lockedbut she might go into
the room at the window. - r .
. , Be-directly "examined, she said: X
never had much to say to Mollie about
her anJ Joe's engagement after the 10tb
of May, ' Then she told : me about how
they loved each other.She came to my
house for a pattern. I Insisted on her
to take a seat and she said no I cannot.
I'm forbidden , to alt jlown in my
brother's house ever . again. i said,
never again And she said yes. She
said her Pa had forbidden her, and
turning, said: I must go. Pa is looking
at me now. - That was on the Monday
week before the homicide. ; ; ;
f Four other witnesses were examlnedJ
for the prosecution but we have "not
space for their evidence thiawnorning.
Tbe examination' of witnesses will be
continued t onlay and It is not yet cer
tain that the evidence will be closed
before late in the evening.
V On Call ui Fer ClreilillM. v.
WASHDJGTOJf. Sept 18. The First
Comptroller of the - Treasury - Depart
ment has prepared .a statement of the
gold and silver coin, legal tender notes,
gold and silver certificates and national
bank notes in circulation from which
it appears that the total circulation is
9 LS75J04.642. The paper circulation is
6831,757,069. and coin 74347.573. As
suming the population of the United
States to be A2,000gooo, the distribution
per capita erould be &30.29.
Arraaced VTlik Their Creditors.
Kew Yome. Sept. 13. KigHtingale
Brothers, manufacturers of silk at Ko
875 Broadway and Peterson, K, J,have
obtained an extension of three years
from their creditors.: Their liabilities
are estimated at from tlOfiOO to 880,000.
Henry F Hill & Co, manufacturers of
straw goods, who recently failed with
CI 50,000 assets, have compromised at 20
cents. : .": r , ;..r.-. .:
. . SteamerAthore. . ;' -s.
Fkeepobt, Ij I, Sept 13. The Italian
steamship Independent, Capt Pirandell.
from Palermo, drove on shore at Jones'
Point, at 430 this morningduringafog
and high sea. She is In a dangerous
position. The wife and child ef the
American Consul at Cadiz, Cpainjue on
board.., . - , v , f ;
The Ha Serugs aad Fort Basil Rail-
- road.- . -. ,
Ltttle BocirjSept 13. The projected
railway .from Hot Springs to Fort
Smith, incorporated last week, will be
pushed to completion. , The capital
stock is SljOOOjOOOiand shares are selling
rapidly. It will be among the most im
portant road In the Southwest.
m , , i
- The Preteas JLoef. '
- Wxshxsotos; Sept 12. Jno O Smith,
superintendent ot the Maritime Asso
ciation at Kew York, sends the follow
ing, addressed to Secretary Chandler:
A cablegram from St. John's, K F. re
ports the total loss of . the steamer
Proteus, of the Greeley search expedi-tion.-
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TVe BalttBMra inrtraa - lesnrks eattorlany
ttat tae raoewwed pfepararoo. at. Jaeaba OH. la
aoM la twwnty-atx differeat eoontrlee of tbe slob,
and la town aad praised fee tta great aaerlis In
rnln aiirsnn lanpiscna --. .
Took Foiaea in Beer.
,
I
BosTOX.Septl3 DCalette,amarief
about 35, wbp bad taken a room at the
Central .Vermont Hotel last Tuesday
evening, was found dead in bed this
.morning, having taken poison in a glass
ef beer. He left a note addressed to his
Bromerm xx awua. sa JJ, saying tnat his
inn auiaa, u, saying uasnis
s was the result of continual sick-
auiciae
ness.
- - - - -- - : '
Dr. A. Tj. Vlr Rhh ar -v r .
prescribed a erua m&ixed beoefit"la taXmaOom
aa urtaary troQblea. . . .,
1 w ' 9
' i-'- ABestoa Pailare. ; :,'.
. - -
ww.e awfw AttSw W AAaUaiAieii
dealer in school supplleevhas failed. His
i i& unities axe coi.ozo; nis unencumDer-
ea assets nominally 97,000.
' - - " ' ' 1 I r i .
OLs3TjrS STJXjPKKB SOAP puHSm Um almt.
: Send tn trif rnaTtTtfinf nVisvHa
Farrel & Co., 631 , Chestnut
street, Philadelphia, and get
Scarcely a day passes 'with
or&r receipt bfil. testimonials
from 'some auarter: . of' 1 tht?
clobeT "of , tfie . wondeifnl sue-
. . 1 T tv - . .
cess ox ine srsti ury unemicai
Filling, which generates car
bonic; acid-; Pas under' the ef
fects i.of , thoY-fire'. .itself,; and
sayes the contents of ;.the safe.
Julius O. Smith,", GpeenVillev
B- V- Wright & troppeck,
Newbury. iS. . Gl. the owners
of four . safes in the Kimball
House. Atlanta. Ga andmn4-
seus i5aKerv. unarleston; S.O:.
allr haying had recent fires
r -fiive nothinsr' but Draisa for
the; CiTAiiPioir. Sales in 'Ad
gust by Farrei;& ;Co;. double
those of flashy ear, and orders
to replace new wet iiUed safes
are; louring . in 'from.Gteorgia,
Ala bama. and ' . all o Southern
PtatesJ all-r6fswhichisTvki-
tiyii evidence Uiat cood drobds.
toseth with; tuelratiillmg,
UU VTAUCJA apglr.rtllltf Illgll 'imyfj
spent '''years ot studr. and for
which ; thousands of dollars
haye beensrbyus in se
curing' patents7n!iv wni ts
tltia EiTDand; he':layjfor
cheap itrasn and-r concrete or
.wetlUnislncar anend. In
tzfzs for lire. C3 well: as "bnr-
ClsVour'; motto forO ycrs
hrs bcen "Tha vcrv bentlis
Herring's Xhampion ) Safe.
nous tco:-ccd.: . i.-.J-: I
.rwrJjjapepala,
ColtlTCBtli,
Steal Hiada,
ChrsaU TMax-
1 dji!
rboaa, Jaimdlee,
Imparity of the
Blood, fever &d
Acne, Malaria,
snd all DImum'
caned by ' Xe-
oflirer, Bowels aad SMbaeya.
sTMPTOlB OF A DISEASED UVEK.
' Bad. Breath;- Paia ia tb. Side, aoaaeUiaea the
pain is Celt under the Shoolder-biaos, ststakea far
Khrnmrim ; general lose ef appetite; Bowels
featenUy eoative, fieri mri alteraatioc with las;
' the bead is troubled with paia, is dull aad liaj,
' with rm iilmlili. faaa ef aaeasory, accoorpajiled
withapairrfnlaertaatiowofleaTOigiiadom whii rhing
. which avght to have been dome; a slight, dry coufh.
aad Siahed fees is sotnetimra aa stTrnnaat, o&sm
': aaiatakea for eansaarptiaa; die patiet caafplaias
of weariaeas aad debility; acraa,easrly startled;
. trrr rnin nr rnrninc raniimi T Jfin Hi
. of the akia cxiatt: sairas arc kw and at
' aad. akhongh aatiified that eaerciae would I
AcuJ, yc one caa hardij op kstituAe to
try feia fact, distrusts ciui remedy. Several
- of the above symptoms aftmd rne disease, bat cases
, save occutiea wnea but few of then existed, yet
' fraTnmjtjon after death has showa the XAver rs
have beca Trtjaii vely deranged.
It ahwuld ke aae4 fcy all peraons, old aad
yoriac, wriesever any of the above "
' -' ' "-" syipptoma iifyinri-t'1. -
rivitaat fat TJav-
m (W, m -..i.lM
ally as keep the Liver ia healthy action, will avoid
. aS Malaa-ia, Blllona attach. Dixxiacsa, Maav
sea. Drowsiaeaa, Depression of Spirits, etc Is
win ta. inmate hha a sJ of wine. Vatt ia fo tm- -
- If Torn atavw ataten anytMnc atavrd 'aC
dlCeetioB, or fed heaTy after aseaia, or aSewp.
: leea at Tight, take a does aad yoa will be icfiavad.
Ttm f aad Doctors Bflli vrin do saved
. T alwaya karpfaar the Tfegnlstor
tathaBMt . .
- or, whatavtr the siliarnt aaay he, a ll aal lis
.. sate pnrfadv. alterattvo and tonie earn
x be one e place. The teaaear is fiarmlnsa .
aoi lmterfere vitb boataeas ear
. rr is PtmrxT vmrriwri!,
Aadhaa all the power and efficacy of Calomel or
. Quinine, without aay of the injurious a&er effects.
A Ooverisora Tostimociy.
Liver Regulator has bees ia ase la my
fiuruty a
vaasahle
x m u me, ana i am aata
satisfied aV is a
wu. Saosrraat. Covaiam of Ala.
I.ill l T - - - m
Have derived some beaebt froaa the use of
Urer Kesulatar, aad wish to give it a
Ml VMm . - rt a
' ""Z remedies far Dys-
;- CV "rvnrrjow ana ueotuty, out
anve found aayduor to benefit ma to the
- rtiairanns Liver Regulator has. . I fron
' aawota to Ceoiia fcr it, and would sead turtherfcr
sra-n a fnrirlini mwA .il i n t :
eUarty aSacaed as rrveit a trial aa it seeass the onir
1--Jmtt, sfhwirrhBlii. hCna.
nuts 1
Dr. T. W.
a the use of Simraon Lhrer Ri-giititor m
bee I kn. h. 4 . j
aad y escribe it as a parcati ve inrtii ini -
ESTaka oalr Uw Geiralme, which alwaya
has on the Wrapper the red Z Trade-ai&ra:
tadSlraataraaf V. H. 7JETU3C A ca
t SALE BYAjrpGGISTSj
Goshen Butter,
Rye, Cream Cheese,
PATXST STJLKDAHb "
DRY SIZED KMMINE,
"Ready for Use.-
n
IhuIilioBtMU an article that In the most
lrapeilenced - aandj cannot fall to jsodaee a
keepers wberever tried. .
It U ready for dso by tne addition of wsier enly.
It will doc rob or aesie from the wail. .
It erm work wen apoav aiaasueiii. or ernat are
known aa hot walla, and also on wood work.
It is tnvaJoabas to tieenatng aad dlalnf ectrQa
vsana that are latptecriated with rerme of alas ase.
It Is made of Uw ptueat White, and In grada
Uoos of the toaffirrg; aad fashronabha Xlnia,
ffhartrs snil Pnlnn
It is aohlfrora sarnple eard;an the Unta, shaded
a eokro an BHuraAte In ev repeat exo-
It arm keep for peers wttboot eaance bi Qoamy
or Color, and after being axtzed wlia water win,
keep for months. . . .
It tm pocked ta atroor tnsnTfla paper paekaree,
of box f oram, holding aut ponads aad one pound,
with roll dlrecstona tor oso. It Is also packed la
balk, to barrels of aooot&OO pounds, in half bar
rels ot aboat ISO poonds, and boxes of 25 and 50
poonda eacn; aad betng la a dry eondtUoo, tt can
be cbeaplj uaos potted.
A six potmd package wtH eover over 400 square
feet w&h one enat oo a hard finished wail.
It aaves the loos of tlste and waste of taatprl&ls
esaowwUhthooidaaodo oi amixlpg.tpxodooa
dealrable ttata, ete. - .
A pail of tola SsJsmritrrw eaa t aitxed ta five
SawUnOtrBflU - - - t
The people wiie wlab to besnfv taetf lioraee at
aaall eost, onr aUlaotaine and rreaeo nat axe
esjeelallT adapted,. . 2
- for sale by - '-.. t - - :
Wilson Bros
Ss,
WHOfiTO A T.Ti DBUGGISTS. s
Charlotte, 17. a
Shoes! !
-1
a''Air.scrzj.
imc ftGienthe
w. "' i oPst betrfn to look aroond v .
. and see where they ean buy f
CkiilJrcn; Sciicql Shits, f
svaouldreailna taen toat tm kaep the very -"st
makebat anbOSared la tUe saarket - ,
; - - - ... . .
E f -"- -3D-
tVjp2.thltf JO wnea too see
tne goous. . ... -.
.IIS
Give Uo 'a Call.
WZ 6TJABA5TX1 BAT f XCTIOta
Jane' 5-1883 w
School f0t4:Lancing
Kember of tie odty cf : Ror u-oa at XaactoA?
Kew Tork, win begin elass or sxHeslasea
on jaarors tsamraaj aneraoon. Eep?einber lSa.--St
8 Q o'clock. Class for rsrilamim aarrwa ' '
toe at 8. o'clock., cvtr 1. -lex's store, ca Trjoa
street. ' " ' , . ' .
-'Tne above classes ata be wenr ' -ajarj,-,.
TTieals7; ituTdaTs.aj1d Catarcjs, ad
eloekp. ra. Tbe a?atcttt Laze?. ' ,,"a,:s
Jaxtom" and Tesoia' 'q?..-: . . j r'l t -.
tassJitj ilao tie i;aw Tcrx CZi V i: .,- a "
GUasada," "Doutla euda. eta. . , .
: rcr fcrer tsTsjrm-oa r'as . Its f
says
aarther tri
Seed
tDnrjsuorjs'
Shoes!
saw m
frrT? raw, '3
NfflleT