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.... i.. . .-' - AN INDEPENDENT DEVOTE D;TO TttkUNlMN a OF SOUND DOCTORINE IN BEHALF! OFlGOOD'COVEnMENT - ' 1 ' ' '' ' ' . - , -. . : ILl '. r "- . : VOLUME 3 NUMBER 32 CREEDMOOR, ORTHioEtN A, WEDNESDAY MAY 5, 1915. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR A DRUG STOR IN DRY OLD IS RAIDED CHARLOTTE Forty Quarts of Whiskey Found Four Men Are -Arrested. Charlotte. April 29. Following the trial and conviction of two'weli known white men of thetiity yester day and dteir " sentence" of Molfr months each to the county roads on the charge of selling liquor, the police department this afternoon ar rested four more men charged with the same offense and raided Bow en's drug store in the heart cf the city, where they found about forty quarts of whiskey of different kinds and a barrel with a small quantity in it that apparently had been used for some time as a storage tank for the goods The four men arrested, one of whom is a clerk in the store, will be tried tomorrow morning before Recorder Jones. The clerk is S. C Jordan. The other men" are-'L. O. Wilson, Robert Johnson, white, and Charlie Lindsay, colored: The case against the dt ug stored charg ing it witU keeping liquor for sale, will probably, be tried next Monday. CHAEOTTE MEN FINED FOR SELLING WHISKEY Charlotte, May 1. Six men were convicted before Recorder Jones this morning on the charge of sell ing liquor, and the case against one of the defendants was nol prossed,; while two more v. ill be tried on Monday. Of those convicted S. C. Jordan. clerk at Boweii's drug store, in tin heart of the city, who e pioprielor will be tried Monday for keeping j liquor for t-ale at this place, was "QedJlAoo; J. 1. Mullis was gven four months on the roads; Robt. Johnson was fined $150; I i en ry, an d Matthew Bairbee were fined $200 each, and Ike; Wood, the only col ored mana1fn6ng 'the defeiUfanis;' was given the option of paying $150 fine or going to the roads for four months. All the defendant gave notice of appeal. KINSTON'S INCUBATOR fiARY IS nniNfl WFI I 1 DAD I lu DUIllU II LLL ' Little Girl Now weighs 15 Pounds Pound and Half Boy Also Growing. Kinston, .April 29 Kfnton's celebrated incubator baby, accord ing to a statemeut by Ik r physician yesterday, at the age of seveni months weighs 15 pounds, a little in excess of the average seven, months oid baby's avoirdupois. Little Kathleen Parrott Poplin at the time of her birth was a child with a chance in dozen. Now she is perfectly normal, as the result of having spent some weeks of her young life in a glass box, taking artificial air and nourishment. She, like Dr. I. M. Hardy's re cently discovered pound and-a-half baby, promises to be a perfect spec imen. The locally famed pound-' and-a-half boy is the son of a prom inent family, and has increased his weight several times during tire two or three months that he has been in thecitv. He had .1 s immer chaiice even than the little crirl but now ! ithv l- i ;i hru-k nrettv and vain over the latter fact. -4- PAINT There are twM good reasons for painting often enough or even too J often. One, to look prosperous-,-two, to be so. Nothing does one more credit or gives ope- more cred-1 it than paint, supplented ol course by what goes-with it; . and cost nothing. " True, the first cost is. $5 or fe .-uu. nan that ,n the pr. perty ; "j.oor. kil,ess- to .... will .ver te f om slow gomg-dowu-not .alwajs cherish in OUr hearts. . slow-it drops w.th ' 4,?Y,ars,ectny, ' water getsin omwood and iron.; H c h z, ori-frc R Vxk1 Dry wood aod ifen cosfcmotf Huffl f f ' I .' h Iv kept dry by pat if 1 ? :W -fH" ' '" T" I ' Better paint when Jc needs it. --Burglars a -Reig'). last Sunday Paint never goes dwnjia tl.esence . higTitne?e"d Up office of the Oak of being more rofitafiiefneit'ycaf- City Steam;.. Laundry, dynamijted .-iKYVJS,,r s4r;;;""T " A. FrMoss sells ACAtDWELbFARMEll IS MURMEiFdfijNE)f filw Inoffensive Citizen r Found I n His Ho me Badly Bartered , Money Gone Lenoir, A pril 3 o J oh n Hice, a white man abOuifjjO yeattexjkl, was found dead in hisVirouie near the C a t a w I a-R'i v e r i n ' ' t fi "S6t l mv e s t e r n part of the county on Wednesday aftsrnooir about 4 o'clock. The ev idence 'points to "the fact that he was" unmistakably robbed. and murdered' some time Tuesday night. Ilice was last seen Monday afte'r- noon, when he waS' at The home ojf a. neighbor, a .Mr.Whisnant,. who lives about one mile from him, and made a r ra n ge in eh tY w i t h 1 1 Ve l a 1 1 e r to help him plant corn on Wednes day. As he did not show up on the day appointed Mr. Whisi ant went to his home about 4 o'clock that af ternoon. The door of "the. home was partly ajar and on the inside Jay-th-e-body of Hice, with the face and head disfigured and clotted" with blood. " "Several ngly wounds were found on the right side of the head above l the eye, while the back of the head was crushed 111 bv t lie blows frojn some blunt instrument. Neaibv the bod teas an oldfasliioned "stove shovel and a heavy rough chair wilh hair and blood on them leaving no doubt as to the instruments used in delivering the death blows. When discovered the body was dressed in a rough shirt and over alls, and the feet bare, indicating that Hice had retired, or was fixing to retire for the night whe attacked. There were many blood stains ou t lie floor and -'wall of the room. which leuded to siiow up'ii vafiant light for that lu be: pill Oil" 1 vananc nirnr tor nis i 1 f e was lii ally ov rcome. Hice lived alone, hisifii fe havin; died. about oiu; y ear-ago,.. in a small r t wo ropm house ayd as believed to have had on his person some $4 op or .ifcoo.--iL-.was known ttiat he us! iKrnyairfieitiSjm him and; ttre.-faet: ttiaft fcj issd.MQ. arid in a ra t he r secf tied :-place made Tiim an easy mark. His pocket book, empty and blood stained was found near his boy, testifying as to the cause of the deed Sheriff Triplett, accompanied bv Coroner Austin, went to the scene of the trasredv Wednesday Jan d an inquest was held over the bouy. The V! dicr of ht jury was murder, kut sufficient evidence was not se cured to justify making any arrest Hice was an inoffensive citizen, nev er doing any one harm. JURY TRIAL FOR HARRY K. THAW IS HELD UP . V . - Appellate Division New York Supreme Court Issues Writ Restraining Judge Hen dricks. y New York, April 29. The appel la e division of. the .Supreme Co:rt today granted the Attorney Gen eral's application for an alternative writ restraining Supreme Court jus tice Hendrick from empanneling a jury to test the sanity of-Harry K. Thaw. Argument on whetherythe writ should be made permanent vill De heard May 7 Justice , Hendricks decided that he had power to call in a jury;.' to aid him in detarmining Thaw's san- itv and announced he would do-so. S ate authorities, tvho are fighting to have thaw returned to., wan, "contend fh ' justice such power. , Mattea-had- no CARD OF f OANKSi We wii!r'to thaiik'mir neighbors and friends for the many acts?.; ot I lmlnPLc nnrl fur the niaiiv exnri;s ZVI IIUULJ ukjw - " - - , I sidnof isVinDlatliv extended tojus -"T.. ... . . -. duting? the dlness 1 ueacn 01 out uctu wn iv'j. "xi a'God in his infinite uisdoin, amply I -.f d;W ' tintO-Hf vrtti 1 wUf were en mindful of us in our aiflictsan.- thesatenacapeiJwiuiris.? casirtliat was-left.theie;Saturdajr. A WORD To Oii We have never tnade an appeal to our subscribers fo' help, we regret hav in tojdp so now, jbut we have gotten to the point Jhat jwe must have he'p from some sourceand as a reat many of our subscribersare in ai rears and many of the subscriptions have expir ed in the lastji' few weeks, this appeal is made top those to come for wrd and renew A or send it to us by mail. We are-having our mailing list set up with the date of the expiration 6f each subscription on the Iabl. Watch it and see how you stand? If you are behindox your sabscripttoa has exoired, letyour renewal come forward it will help us to tide over the dull season. W have just started on the mailing list and as it is a pretty good job to get sani any names in snap 3. We,-however,4 soon get it done and this will facilitate matters in getting the papers iri the; mails after it is printed- Ifemember lo w, if you owe us anything, that w need it. 8 J, 66 LQSTi BUT FOUND" 4 By crbert 3 it' fj-We t4rry, my brother, y Why .-Hdkve Lliij;jpn:oiP .way, While the tide of Life is flowing On towards the Eternal Day? Oh why do we linger by the way side Moments all spent in vain; Why not unite with our Father- - And through Him, the Heavenly Man- -sjpns gain? - 3 - -- - - . . Ah, .why do we tarry in the darkness, Shipwrecked by the hand of sin, While from out the gathered darkness Someone is calling ailing the lost one in? Then why are we waiting, my brother, Oh, why do we tarry, so long, When the Angels are tenderly inviting us With Heaven's own sweetness a song? Come, let's' tarry no longer by the way side Let sin feel it's own disdain Come! Come! My dear brother , Before it is all in vain; Hark! The Angels are calling us! J Go, any brother and be bathed In the Love of the .Bussed Redeemer And through His Love be saved. NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS. ' We will meet the tax pajvrV'pf Dutchv-ille ' township at .the fol.low ingplaces; and dates, for the pur pose of listing .your faxes and as scssi ng ymi r rea estate. : r Knap of; Reeds Thursday; May 6 Lyons" Friday " .' May 7- Hester Saturday 11 ""May-$f BennehaniT4iesday "- : , May f 1 Creedmoor Juesday and . K . ! VfiesdlJ ; : itayil'nii'-f G?cS feni: List itak er! arid 'assessor iLEijGreen assistant assessor, " "Tf date of either of above ajjpoint mensndapU 4 ng seasonrv we . wi ILftl l3h e appoi n ilientv:the:f6lJ6w t .. . . .... SUBSCRIBERS 15- Utlcy. Stella,"', six year-old"' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Elliott, of Ire dell County, "while playing with her little two and a half year old broth er, cut off two of his fingers with an axe, while a third finger was barely, hanging on. Jt was an ac cident, the children being unable to telllidw it happened. The phy sician hopes to save' .the third finger. r Mr. "George B; Jactice, Assistant Commissioner of Labor and Priuc ing, Halergh, has just received from the United States patent office a patent Jor a: tparceirpost weigh i ng scale which he has iuented. It is fiani'this4scale wi'lfgreatly "simplify 6 ffice lCalculatf o nsj w pa rttcu larly where greatnuraberii of.; packages ar0 sent by parcel post. ESCAHED JAIL BIRDS STEAL THREE AUTOS And Have To Abandon Two, Break Into Store and Get Guns and Ammunition Raeford, April 29. TwTof the negroes who bioke jail at Fayelte vdle and stole Mr. Sam Davis Cail- ilac cat drove within a mile of Rae ford. Tha gasolinegave out and they left the car on the road aiuJ hit the woods for shelter. The car was found and returned to owner. Last niht they became active by breaking into Mr. J. A. N'ivens' garage and leaving in his Overland. Mr. Niven was awakened by the sound of the car and getting Chief Cockman gave chase, the negroes avoided main streets of town going toward Wagram, twelve miles dis tance, where they broke into a hardware store, takinir "tins ami unmunition and throwing shell box es in the street as challenges 01 de fiant e. They also took Mr. S. T. Thrower's Ford and started .n their way. The store breaking kepi them loir; enough for Chiet Cock man to put in his appearance. He came np.ui the Overland car in tlu road where it had been abandoned because it went bad from over heat ing. The gang made their escape in the Ford. It was repotted that the two negroes had been suirmin -ed near Huffman late this afternoon. DEPUTY SHERIFF OF RICH MOND COUNTY IS KILLED Posse Trying to Apprehend Theives, Accidentally Kill One Ol The Party. I 1 . 1 n 1 1 1 1 April : o . - ( 1 1 1 1 j i in fi)imal:uii that the pntirs wlio had stolen the automobile of T. 1. . Tlir wer of Wagrani were on ilirn way in this direction, Chief of Po lice Braswell of Hamlet with a posse Oil yesterday afternoon found the automobile, which was a Ford rat No. 2i 16, N. C, hidden i 11 a Mvanip about one mile south of Hamlet. The c ir had been driven off the man) 'oad and through a small woods in an eftort to h.de it. Tin car was brought to Hamlet and the search continued for the criminals. Thursday night the posse, joined bv Sheritf Baldwin of 'Richmond County and Deputy Sheriffs S. I. Baucom and M. J. Brown loca'ed the three men supposed to have lieen the theives at a small railroad station named 'lower, 1 2 tmies north of Hamlet. They were wait ing to catch the til rou i? h Seaboard train whicii passed about midnight 1 11st as the train was slowing up at the station the three ( .one out from hiding and some one in the posse fired on them and the shots instead of striking the criminals struck Deputy Sheriff Baucam, killing him almost instantly. In the excite ment following the shooting of the deputy the huntod men made good their escape. Mr. Faucom had been deputy Sheriff and jailor for four years and was a very popujar official. His funeral was held at Rockingham this afternoon. The men for whom the posse was searching are the same ones which recently broke jail at Fayetteville and the automobile located at llan et was the last one of the three which were stolen. MANGUM-MOSS Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of the brides parct.U, Mr. and Mrs. Prior Moss, near thi place, there was celebrated a pretty home wedding, when theirdaughtet Miss Irma was united in the holy bonds to Mr. Elmer Mangum, the ceremony was preformed ff Rev. J. L. artin of Stem. Immediate ly after the wedding the happy young people boarded the train at this place for a tour of several days duration to northern cities. These young people are very popuhr among a large circle of friends who wish for them a pleasant journey through life. Joe Hoelscher died at Violet, Texas, last week aged only 85 lef: twelve children the combined weightxf whom- is 3060 ; pounds or an average " of 255 pounds eacli j TneLe twelve heavy ; weights-, have 85 children and 65 . grand children. ;IREOELL:WflMAN:KlLtED ' OYFALUNG -ON 'A' SAW Aged Woman Hejpin Son. Falls On Saw And t Fa tally Injured, Death Soon Follows. Stalesvtlle. M.iy 1 A irrnblr accident oicuned seven or eight miles southwest of Sutcsvillr today when Mrs David fl .rtlinc, an agrd lady, fell on a saw mil was badly injured that she dud in a slmtt 1 1 me. Henry Hattlinr, a son of Mrs Haitliua, was operating a gasoline lathe saw in the vaid of thru home and seeing that tier son nrrded ;v sistem e in handling the lafhes the mother went to help linn Rrlm t antly the son agreed to allow Ins mothei to Ik ', in the work. Ir . -ently a piec t of timl.er which Mrs Hartline had in hrr hand aught in the machine and tausd her to f.ill on the saw. The ageed lady ltd arm was sawed off and her body ten ibly ia eiated Mr Hartlmr pulled his mother from the saw, cai 1 led her into the house ami 1 al, ed assistant e. Dr. Tally of 'Front mans was summoned by telephone and answered the tall in his auto mobile but Mis Maitline was dying w hen the doctor arrived. News of the tragedy spread rap idly and cast a gloom over the ru in e neighborhood Mt Hattlinr was about 74 years old and is sur vived by a number of ( htldrrn. - -- a- ASHEV1LLE WOMAN IS FOUND DEAD IN RIVER It Is Believed I hat She End ed Her Lilc lu A Fit 01 Melancholia. Ashi ille. Aim i I 2j I lie body ol Mrs. Allir Owenbv lodav a found in the Fieiuh Ilro.ul Kiv r after officers had dragged it several hours upon the request of relatives who reported to members of the polu e department that she hd do appealed at an eaily Ihmii tins morning She ( d home s(miii aftei eating bieakiast, going in the di retion ol the river, and itienittcr s of the family be( anie alarmrJ win n six- did n it ret in n Appeaiair es indu ate thai the de ceased i ithei fell into the river ac -culentally or (otnnnfled sulfide. I he body was evailiiued by urmii r R. Moms, wIhiis iimI,ik1 to the belief lh.it the dei eased jumped in to the river to end her h(r. , No inquest was held, relatives Iwdiev ing that Mrs (Kxeuhy ended hrr life in a spell d melam ho' a Mir body was taken to a local uud 1 takers. THREE IIORSlTs KILLED. Tuesdav morning during the rain that visited tins section, light ning struck and killed two valuable horses belonging to Mr. W H Daniel, who lives a few rmlea wt of (Ins plae. Mr. Djiik I wav m the barn lot with his horses and was clipping the fetlo.ks, o our informant tr-lls us and was under one of the hordes when in w.m struc k and killed, how he ecax d being killed also is miratulUH C)ne of the annuals killed, a mare, was the mother of a coll a few week old which was also killed with its mother. I fie annn dg wrre valu able pair of liorKew and the lo.s thu sustained by Mr. Daniel is a he ivy one, especially coming right in the busy crop if.11011. ReprescntMi ve Frrdrrb ti Hryr, of Philadelphia, in the Ix-gislaiilre of Pennsylvania, hat prcrarcd a series of bills in wlmh he will pro pose that special tie tious be held ecery three years in each county to determine whether the exhibition of moving pictures, manufacture and sale of tobacco, licensing of public garages, selling of liquor in 1 bar tered clubs, the manufacture and sale of -chewing gum, the Hate of coffee and tea and the eating of pork or meat on Fridays would be per mitted. Mrs. Florence Conklin Carman was placed on trial Mondat Mine bla, N. Y.f the second time on an indictment charging her with the murder of Mrs Louise 'DY Bailey at Freenbrt.viThC'Jary- iot tUe Tit tri a I d i $a gree 1 , a n d .M f.. Cmn.jn has since been at liberty under bond. "S A, J i '
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