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TflE HUMBERT .TBIAL
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OOUBT AS TO THE OUTCOME OF THE
PROSECUTION. ,
Greateat wlftdlxCltalUd
FraaeV Fer ' $100,000,000 Her
Rle m4rmn.-,4:M;Jh
. Mme. Humbert, bead and front of
the fnoit marvelous swindle yer de
. Vised, Is f galaaubject of discussion
10 Paris 1y treasem of , the frtal of her
self and family. For twenty years the
- Bnmberts fooled the French courts,
-ndvtberar,ppso jfrhft think, they
may yet escape punisumeni. -
; ; M tie, I Thews i.vj -genejsajly , ; gift
credit for being the brains of the Hum
bert family. She It waa ' who " derlsed
and carried out the fraud. It is said
that n.tweD.ty.yea.r abe 4 parted, paper
to the face -veine- of fl40,000(QQ0 and
that her present actual Indebtedness Is
Mot Jess than fl&OO&OOfclAb? capital-
(ted" a ' dream and from the proceeds
lived at the rate of $600,000 a year fF
nearly a quarter of j century,
fc Mil. Tberese -d'Aurignac was born
n a farm .new Tnvlpui ,-Pvawy,,flf ty
yrars ago. She was hot exactly a peas-'
ht but ber social position was little,
above that condition. In 1878 she mar
ried Frederick Humbert ' son of. Gus-
tave Humbert-4, rrbq subsequently 'be
came a member 'of the French senate
and a minister of Justice in De Frey-
liThe position of , the elder Humbert
gave the family standing itf Pacla, and
soon stories becan to be beard of an
immense fortune to be inherited' by
Mme. Humbert from an old relative of
- 1he D'Atirignacs. This story seems not
; to have-peeir accepted by tbeParisianS.
- and thea-came the story f ithe,graw-
fordtpIIHenav- &:i;iM?s3!
; ' f According to thW story, there died at
- Klce 'ftt".lKn arleH ajBrteasr-nanWi
t Robert Henry Crawford, who JeftJJlie:
rese Humbert bis entire fortune of
' 120,000,000 in recognition of the fact
that some years before shebed-earedl
- bis life. The fortune was said to be lu
' French bonds. But somethlughad then
to be done to raise money on the.aiytu
-leal legacy. . . . . -
: Thereupon Mme.f Humbert Jntro
, duced to tbe game another will and a
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klMB TEZBES ffCUBKRT.
couple of nephews of the dead Ameri
can. The will Is still in tbe courts, but
the nephews areraoBreatN Ara-matter ;
of fact there wasHb0 'snth person ai
Robert Henry Crawford, and the neph
ews were also inventions.
- This second will was .produced by
. one 8 ta nepkewa.'WhO1 gavff-ttt aj Ha-
vrt lawyer" powerto' act as hl attor
ney. Tbls lawyer never saw his client
; but be received over 8,000 tetters from
him as well as large fees. Mme. Hum-
pert undoubtedly managed this corre
spondence. ..'
Then began a series of suits to deter
mine tbe ownership of tbe bonds. . The
120,000,000 worth of bonds comprising
the estate was by agreement placed In
A dose of Anwav'a Croun SvmD
given at first signs of croup will chang-e
that horrified expression on baby's face
to a smile. It acts instantly, is barm-
less and is made for baby's coughs,
colds and croup. 2oc at J. E. Hood's.
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a safe, in the Humbert mansion and
sealed,1 J t was not to be opened until
all the parties to the contest were pre
eqt and. 6na agreement was reached.
ur course wun sucn security, urn
Husaberfs -credit was good' fbralmost
ny anMnt and'the swindle' wa- i
run swing. or sixteen years tnis cou
tinued. one kind of litigation or notb
er bejng employed to keep the case uu'
settled. Various efforts were made to
recover, large loans from - the; Hum
bertSj bt these were nearly always un
successful. Then the cry of fraud wa
raised.' and 'tbe bubble was pricked.
The" Humberts ' fled and evert 81X6810(11
to Madrid. The ,8$fd was opened. It
contained r nothing, of course. Now
ems tbe last chanter.- tbe trial
.But even tbls may come to naught
Politics may stand In the way of their
punubment. M. Humbert was at one
time deputy, and Mme. Humbert re
ceived at ber home some of the nost
eminent Of French statesmen .Premier
Waldeck-Itousseau, however; does not
seem to have been on their visiting list
He denounced them at a trial against
itheni an J897 in which lie appeared as:
counsel for the plaintiffs. - During bis
three years of power, bdweVerj -be took
oo active step against them, and this
fact" bas been commented on by tbe
ParUUaa $ewjpapers;f :rw
Only a few weeks ago It was openly
0harged;in be refiobjcbwnber of 'dep
nties that the Humberts were being
.protected by the authorities a,nd that
theyf woulf pepvn be;-contlcte Some
of the creditors, seeing ; that nothing
will be realised, will doubtless remain
flwut rfltser; than' proclaim themselves
dupes. Others, bowever, .are, eager for
"itevenge and -Wilt push the-cate,
Mme.
Humbert it la believed., bas plenty of,
money to secure the best legal talent
and will fight to tbe bitter end.
A.yonog womari living tn a suburb?, n
village turned ber graceful talent for
dancing to account by rrying.oo 4bev
instrucuon or tne young folks in
the
netgbWrtioed- ia-tha t ' art.- ' At tb be
ginning of the term ber class was at
tended by an awkward, overgrown girl
.who was foucb in need of such culture.
Shefwas e daughter of a local under.
taker! , After two lesson she discon
tinued att?nd3oce, and one of her ac
fiualntancea asked her-wbyh.lmd
given up her JessoneT ,;. -f.
"Wen,",aid ahe, -"MJsi Blank never
patronjaes my father, and so I won't
patronize her -school" Philadelphia
In buying gems always beg, buy or
borrow a microscope and examine tbe
stone carefully through the telltale
lenttFlawa Invisible to the' nailed eye
which depreciate or entirely destroy
the value of tbe gem will be easily rec
ognized. It U really, throwing money
away to invest Jn costly stones , without
this examination, as many jewel lovers
have found to their cost Oood House
keeping. . .
; Do you believe, there la anything
prophetic in dreams?"
"Believe ltl I know it, - Only the
other night I dreamed that I was at a
church; fair ttnd awoke to find that my
wife had been through my pockets and
taken my last sou." Baltimore News.
Pcrmtaalea.
JFodd Mother My .son, did not your
father forbid you learning to smoke T
Toung America No. ma. When I
asked him if I might smoke, be said.
"Not muchr ,
IMatast BctatlTM.
1 have only the most distant rela-
Svea."
"Has the family died outr;
"Not They have all become rich."
A. Remarkable Caae.
One of the most iemirl aile cases of .a
cold, deep-seated on tha lucga. caus
ing pneumonia, ls'inat oi Mrs. uer
trude E. Fenner, Marion, Ind., who
was entirely cured by the use of One
Minute Cough Cure. She says: "Tbe
cou ?hing and " straining - so weakened
me that I nm down in-welgrht from 148
to 92 pounds. I tried a number of
remedies to no avail until I used One
Minute Coujh Cure. Four bottles of
thlswonderful remedy cured me entirely
of" the cou ?b, strengthened my lun?s
and restored me to my normal weight,
health and strength." J. E. Hood.
Our Hew Serial:
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DR. JOHN A. POLLOCK
Discusses Coroners and Insnrce In
m Senate.
ATA DIIIEB II THE CAPITAL CITY.
The Interests-of the People Carefully!
guarded.: , The ( Senator la a Worthy
Representative of the Peopled '
The senator from Lenoir Is 3 taking
an active interest in an jegisiauve
matters coming- before the assembly
at Ralei?h. While ; nushin the' in
terests of Kinston and Lenoir county
he does not forget 'the good 'of the
State ,as -: a -' whole, The senator - is
always at bis coat of dutv. actlvelv
participating in the proceedings of
the chamber of which he is a member.
When the Insurance bill was before
the senate,' Senator Pollock said:
Mr: ' president : I aarree heartilv
with thfr senator from Chowan, and
I think this bill would be oppressive
to the people. : 4 p ;" ' v I
ucu questions as this should be left
to municipalities, and town oraclais,
in every well appointed town hare the
neeaea ana necessay laws relating -to
fire and insurance.; I am at onoe.ln
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oppositfOn to pas kny law -s that ,will
have a citizen arrested for ' a rnisde-
meanor oy insurance companies' and
have it placed in superior courts.
These -fire territorIe84,! these several
laws to have inspectors to oversee and
hale our people up to courts meets
with disapprobation at myiands and
I shall vote against it, and hope the
bill will be defeated. I have, no patience
with State paternalism. " ' : 1
: When ' the' senate was 'considering
the subject of coroners, the senator
said i-f- !.-, ? -r it ,,
Mb. PRESHENT,'hThis -bill intro-
Buncombe, I cannot believe hay been
arefully, considered -hy
nun. i ami
loath ..tUQkVtiha would jrUltngly
set at naught and largely make' nUga-
toryrmewisdpm and -experience of joint session to consider the matter of
men whostt ;life.-orlf, whos'ambitic-n, tsite , appropriation to? the i 'public
is to betjer the ebnditionoftte. human school, having befpre it two Mlls,,one
race, and even after deathi to, , place by Sehktor WhiSv tnothef Re'pre
aiwnd'intement op disinterment the sentative Smith. -jStata superintendent
This law, will practically set ashu the
BoirKunivD uuo-; w vtiiiucu ,-dji,!.ciio-i
wishe's of the jNorth'Carplina ..Mc
r ... st , . . - li,
society, this law. will be;' ah' et;n-
wedge to cripple 'the :u8el'ulness , of
country physicians; lJ do hope, sir,
the' ireotleman' will withdraw "bill.
I mOstfi respectfully ask him to "leave
these mstters with physicians, men who
aw .anxious tD tbrowf aaieguards
around every living being, and after
death to have his remains onlbandled
ty . those .ompeien -,an y lawruiiy
s, ,;um aatnausij i
ivfr . , i.L a ZAi r-'.
At a dlneout given by Judge Clark,
of Raleigh to a few of; his-fHends, 1
Febraaryi;28tb, '- f. imHmong the
fruerts were: - Col. Henderson, ' Judge
Graham and Senator Pollock, i of
Lenoir, -vf- Y:'; ''
Judge (fcuark not oniy sranKB along
side Aei first ,,iurista Jn . the .TJnitea
States hut he is also a charming, en
tertainer, and amiably . reflects tbe
chivalrio hospitality k of , ante-bellum
days. -
Yes.. all tbe -other women In the
KKit.k...A - t. k n l.l
cbaracter
'You don't.say! Why Is that?'
Bhe never gossips at aU." Philadel
phia Press. , i ' WJ1
t . . " , s71m Ovtteok.
JVbaf a the outlook for a newspaper
,to this townr' , . i .. '
f inest in jthe world. Editors up in
iatree,,,an.sees.. over. the. whole, coun-
try r-Alanta, Constitution,
- 4 M4ra. Ji:4aaatla.- -.
eha.wlth a g-eometr(i,ector.
!aa trap th radius. vector :.
jAadcka riv th aun's diameter la- feet; '
!. f- r.i.han.attaJys tas.-arum,' ; 1
i -- ClaaaUy tb coptio earura, '.,,. !'
But she anaot,U.a cabbatfrora ,s
- X'1Er'ii ckleate News.
j :Kew!Boarder-4yhe Jat that making
isuch a noise because he can't: find his
;neckueTht j- us Hivft
Landlady Oby tSat is iths gentlemap
iWho-;dresses so quietly Philadelphia
i Cures Caeer end illood loloii. i .-
If you have blood boUou producing
iruplions, -pimples, ulcers, swollen
glands, bumps and - risings, burning,
ftshing skin, copper-colored spots : r
rash on tbe 6kin, . mucous patches in
mouth or throat, ' failin? hair, bone
pains, old rheumatistn or foul catarrh,'
tuk Botanic LJlood lialm (B. B. B.)
It kills the poison in the blood; soon
all soes, eruptions1 heal, hard swell
ings -subside, aches and pains stop
and a perfict- cure is made of the
worst cases of Blood Poison. , , -
For cancer, ti'mors, swellings, eat-
In j sorts, vsly ulceus, persistent pim
ples of ail kinds, take B. B. B. It
dostroys te career poion m the
blood, keuls cancer of til k'nJs, cures
the - worst - Immors or suppurating
cun d
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GENERAL ASSEOBLY
I A Short Digest . of the Doings of Oar
Lawmakers.
THE REYEHDE BILL II THE SENATE.
Trustees of University of North Caro
lina Choaen, in Joint Session. Bond
Issue in the jHoute Monday.
8tardar. Februtr 98.
Bills were introduced in the senate
To incorporate Denton in Edgecombe;
to create a stock law in parts of Pitt
county ; to incorporate the Southport
wonneasiern rauway.
The revenue bill was made a SDeoial
order for Monday' at noon. The bill
was passed v authorizing s Wilson to
issue Donds. Bill passed authorizing
Williamston to .establish a graded
scnooi. t
' THE HOUSE. "V '
Bills ' introduced in the house as
follows: 1 i ,- - ? -.:..".;
To secure the taking of agricultural
statistics; to provide for circulating
libraries for publio schools: to tax
dealers in coca-cola; to prevent hunt
ing In Wayne without landlords, con
sent; ) td ' provide ' for registration of
I i vv viu?mo iifi j
I trade marks arid labels
Bills passed as follows:
To prevent overcharges In freisrht
and demurrage, and delay In handling
To regulate the sale. Inspection and
branding' of all Cotton seed meal, with
a tax upon u pi zu cents per ton,
The senate and house met in 'joint
session and elected , trustees for .the.
University. '
.Representative Gulon savs that the
proposed bond Issue is too small and
will leave the State with a deficit of
aiin nnn in th
ernor and others think the issue should
h ftinn nnn knA artvi nnn wnM
I nbtto 'too thtmh.' -T,.- -' .
h The cnmmtt nn HnAaHnn iKM
.invnor nmnipwl & hill whih
cented kaT aifbatittJte W the
was ao-
these ' bills'.
It appropriates lOO.OOOtor be ppor-
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tioneii percap'. and 4100.000 to be
given to bring the school term to four
months. Where schpols rr ceive money
from' a special tax.' this amount will
not' be countad in ' the esti mats of the
amount raised in the country.. . . .
mere was also a aiscussion before
isjTOmtBlttvse'pttibe bill by Repre
sentative Newland to establish atoach
apb' rPDininrr anrrr i rrw tntrnh AMtHtind
la nortnwestcrn north Carolina, in-
.i,,HinnoMwBii w., k
vVT T"y" " a
S jt-lttlefjelCs jMt of 80O Trusts. ;
Washington. D. C Feb. 28. It will
be difficult for the Republicans to run
away from the trust issue in future, or
it deny, as aid senator Manna in 1WX
that there are any trusts. One of their
leading songre48nenf Hon. Chis. E,
LiUletield, of Maine,, whom the admin
istration last year svtocd to present
the only .Simon-pure anti-trust .bill in
congress,' baa seltlcd this discuss'on
in his party. MortiBed, perhaps -be
Udliaa Vila K.1T wwa a BlAt.nk.f1,.lM..I.
which controlled his party', h resolved
to i hit (them ,and their .agents in con
gress a back-handed swipe which would
make them gasp for breath. He got
together and published in the Con
gressional Rc lord a "list of trusts "t
not corporations slmnlr. hut reil
trusts w!hich: fills more than six pages
of tbe Congressional Rocord. He says
Of this list Ibat-it "contains the grand
total of nearly 800 trusts, with -a total
Capitalization of nearly fourteen . bil
lions. These totals are fully S3 per
cent. . larger , than those . of. any other
list hflherto-'pobiished.'t -
Thl9 list butsVin the anade ,any list
publkbejd t by ihe LDem.ocrats,( oias-y ,
almanac br'yearboo'k, .It must make
senator tianna s -narr curi 10 see" inrs
list put into tbe Record by a great Ile
! publican. .Had the list Included rail
roads practically -ail -or- w-ticer are
now merged so that they 4o nott com
pete wiui eacn ouer, about c 11,000,-
000,000) more rot eatdul "would hav t
been dded making a . total of 125,.
000,000,000 of capital-in trusts -add
monopolies. . - ';",''. ';. ':
1 As tne total wealth of this country
,a mwutm fuv)Vjv,uw.vw cuiu h a,wub
two-thirds of All 4 in -real estate and
I. oa rwvt rwt .-w-,.a..-
improvements, and farm animals, t im
plements and pi-oducts,' it is "viderit
that the trusts have nearly completed
Ihelr.woikV, so far' as the , manufactur
ing and the natural monopoly indus
Jnies are concerned. Hereafter they
must turn to the farms'; the water and
the air, if the trusts wish "new worlds
to conquer." . ,,.'.
We now understand why tbe cost of
living is coii?g up and is greater than
eer befoie at this sewson of the year
-accoixiing to Dunn s "Ibdes nuuo-
lr" of commodity prices for February
1. The trusts are gradually pi'tting
o.t the pressure and ft vio vis all we
v ill stand. Tbev have t;ie power , aid
'-uld screw prices np. biylier bot tltey
li-efer to pstx red cuuiouly and jodi-
ously. G've tbem time sod i.iev will
-fiuee.e tbe last dollar out of us and
isve i's mo)l-":7rd so heavily Wiat
OJr cr,
ad su
Pi) ;f they sub.n't asmreLlv
ruicly es we cV) will Ip bope
1), d and cointIVd to pay
in1'1 t!vi., wlsich witl own all
- ; It -'o- t' i- sir 'j,- ( (
If. Worship Aaoasr Many Pco.1p.
i Figures of the moon as religions em
blems can be traced to a very tUgli an
tiquity. The ancient Egyptians had
two moon gods Khons or Kbonsu and
Tel or Thoth. The latter wore the
moon on his head,' either aa a full
moon or as a crescent, The: dlvlna
honors paid to the cat on the banks of
the Nile were probably due to its sup
posed connection with the inoon, as
shown by tbe changeable pupil of the
feline eyes. In Greece both Phoebus
and Phoebe were moon gods, and by
lsis the Greeks understood the same
planet ; The Eomans had many gods.
With them Luna was tbe moon, the
daughter of Hyperion and sister of the
sun. According to Llvy, the temple of
Luna stood: on thf Avertlne.V:W,:'?Kf
' 'The ancient Goths, Germans and
Finns' were all moon worshipers, Uhd
In ancient Britain the .moon, occupied
a high position in the celestial hier
archy of the Druids.' who were always
represented - as .bearing -crescents ' In
their , Jhanda. If is possible, too. that
Andraste, 'the goddess to whonTBoadf
eea appealed with outstretched hands.
Hi
- Jlekina rl4a 1m Old Days. -1
In a romantic and picturesque old
hall in Derbyshire, England, is ope of
iuobo curious TOura ui ufgoav uuiee
wlilch carry'tbe' mind back'to'th baB-
its and . cuatoms of iOPP great-great-lanVathers
A ' : handenff
strange uung to oe nzea to me screen
oTIhe banQuefiiig hall of a baronial
mansion, but one is there.-. When the
banquet had advanced; "toward ts
nlthY' if ny gentleman among' the
guests-refused to drink -the full quan
tity that was deemed the proper thing
at hat,tlmtf he ,wai merrily carried t
the oak sqreen and placed with bis a,ruj
uyrataeu uu aciureu auu wa,ou m
that fpbBttion y ,jhw Iron rlhg!4 Hli
sleeve, then wide open, offered a tempt-i
lag' receptacle tot fpe ine-'whlcli-1h
had' rofus to 'drink,' and the contents
of, the goblet,: wth,a maen-'mttttPaii
the roisterers thought t, were poured
"dowri-the nalucky victim's1 arm', knd
-woe be to.hlm ifhe did not take 4he;
joke in the spirit in which It was giv
en. Philadelphia Telegraph; - ;
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.v, , ' tm rihia t Stall. C 5 Hi'
, The pains(of being a dlrnltary In an
ancient country with a : tradition of
splendor la. illustrated by, this. anecdote,
from Indlau It Is related that. the. vice
roy's eye 1 lighted 7one' day ' ttpoh adls1f
at Which he gazed .for a moment with
Incredulity, What la thisnvhe de
mahded kt last "'A tienibling 'retains
'gasped that It Wak rice pudding. J 0
less a persSnige thah the ylceiloy's coW
sort, had .ordered, the, humble pudding
which eminent statesmen may be' "seen
eamg at their clubs with undlsgulsod
enjoyment any day of the parliamen
tary session." But the viceroy frowned.
"Take-It away,M he iald... "Never let
.me see such a, thing again." This. Is
how the orient differs from ;the Occi
dent 'Bice pudding might have ruined
the .dignity; of the vice . regal .table in
native opinion. . , T-, t v
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;kJaa-Tnuiartmtka Methods.
A The cheapest, method, of, transpofta-
pon in me woriq's, max ,jDy voinese
Junks, that .are dra'cged up and' down
their winding- rivers ,' by ; strings of
drweatingf ! menv who ar paid only . 8
cents a day for thejr ,worki4and bare to
pay theif board out- of -that small -sum,
Next in cheapness to, trausportatiori by
junk is transportation by Camel team;
This i method ' Is ' -used In diatrlbutlng
coal- Great numbers i of J Mongolian
camels, led by a string through their
pierced noses and tied one to tbe other.
each: carrying two baks'f. coal airung
cacros,their backs between- the ,humps
jire to. be seen, winding their way. from
tbiTcOkl mine td the lafgerlrlrlel Id
notthern"5 3h!na' arid" covering ': with
their orwlnging - .steps j about - twenty
miles a day.
rr,
Trw.iwrer.',st'"S'T'
.. rPrlsoner;" said xbe Judge, "you.ar
ednvlcted of bigamy.'of having married
twJ wives. Have you Tsfly ; plea r for
paercy before' the. sentence of the, court
is imposed on youT. " " ' J. V
"nreg. Jtras'3.,aid the prisoner. "Give
me-as big ,a sentence In jail as yoa
can." f , '.,',;; j i ' . i i
vrirant te keep out pt the clotcheof
those two drives ns long aS' I can, and a
long jail sentence' will be true mercy."
-Baltimore Herald. ' , , j -
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- ?"-;An t laaealvaale Place. f I
, Weary Wraggles Heyl 'Too- won't
git nothln decent in dere. Dem people
la vegetarians. '.';. - - i. i:
Hungry Hank Is dat right? -
Weary Wraggles Teh." an dey got a
dog w"at ain't Philadelphia Press.
Letter to N. J. Bona -
'! . Kinston, IT. C.""' '''
Dear Sir: The late rrjsident. of the
Crot on F.i ver B ank, at Ere wstors, N. Y. ,'
built tbe flneit house in all that region,
in lJt'l, and pa'nted it with lead - and
oil at a cost of tlOO the house cost
t:;i,hH. -
In 1 '.!! -e rears he rppa'nted it
i . 'j I1 vt ? at a t'"t cf j V In 1 7
NORTH STATE HEWS
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CUpped and Colled From Osr Kortk
CaroilnaExcnanges..
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ODD AID IITEKESTIHG HAPPEKIXG1
Gossip Gathered- from
Manteo of Importance
." ' Heel Readers. -
Murphy lo
to Our Tar
Fayeteville Observer: On Wednes
day night, at a negro festival near
81kes' sawmill, 71st, Tom Harrington
and Robert Gilmore. two rneirroes.
wbo got a little dru nicer man some ot
the merrymakers, oecame involved In
a quarrel and aoon began shooting at
eacn otner. isacn was struct several
. , . , ... r . . . . ... a
umes. unu uuui are iiiaio oe laiaiiT
wounded, v In addition to : nistol
wuuuus anniujiiuu was uouiy cut. , ' ,
AshevllleFeb;a 2S:"i-Will Watson.
was shot and instantly killed last
night t Tipton," a ;. mountain Milage
in Cherokee county Dick Birtchfleld
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Watson was shot Just' over- the heart
and died almost instantly'. Both
Birtchfleld' and ; .Nelson made their
escape and haye not been captured. It
is said .that the shooting was the out
come of a remark made by Watson
concerning Birtchfteld's sister";' 4
; .'. W! iTfcA SWa a lit
son of .William Oglesby, colored, who
Uvea on r. y Frank. E. Alexander's
place, about five miles from Charlotte,
was shot and instantly killed- yester
day "afternoon ' by J ohtf Walker,' a
negro Wboy, ' 17 years old. . - Walker
was brous-ht to Charlotte this morninsr
'ant) preliminary hearing was, held
oerone quire d. tt; -union, mm
facts ai brought 'out at the" hearing,
pro ve beyond a doubt that the ; killing:
was accidental , , , .
v Raleigh ,Pp8t:, Newa , has reached
the city of a horrible accident which,
occurred ai Holly' Springs'" Thursday. ..,
A negro boy by the name of Leander
Boone, who- was'employed as ' feeder
n.t t.hft u mill of the Hoilv Snrinca
Land Improvenjeni company was the
victim In "the accident which proved
fatal. While attending to his" diitiea'
ne jumpea upoo.uiv. Kriig,: . iuv ms r
bafanee and, was precipltat id into the
Sawi Hisj left leg and right arm were '
'sawed off and his body horribly muti
lated. He died In' a - few hours. He
was 14 years old, """- " ' r-.
Greensborot Feb. 28. -John Archer,
John Way and Clint Breedlove, white '
prisoners In' jail bere'inadeT an as- '
sault on the Jailer at 10 o'clock this
tnofning'.'the' -flrsf'twd ' escaplng' 'but
were soon captured. 'Thd?.all was -bejng
swept by Breedlove, and when -
jauer.iyiay openea tne aoor tor irasn
to be awept out Breedlove threwMown
his. broom and grabbed the ; jailer.
Way and Archer joined sforces and
f:ot the jailer's pistol and keys. Leav- ;
ng him and Breedlove to fight it out
they, made their escape;' Thejaller
soon pad ureediove msaoiea and tne
alarm of ' the escape 1 beng' v gfven
Archer waa caueht by a policeman '
One block away, and Way by another
officer In less time than a quarter' of '
ad hour 1 ' 11 "-
Washington correspondence Raleigh .
Ppst: Citizens of Wilson are making .
an effort to prevent -the appointment
of Dr. B. T., Person as postmaster , at
that v place. t Communications have
been received at tbe. postofflce, depart
ment from persons in Wilson . assert
ing that Dr, Person Is a man of violent
temper and uoHtlsd for the position to
which he aspires. Not only are these
charges on record, but the statement
that Dr. Person, 1$ not a bona , fide
resident of , Wilson lias also, been put
in Bvldoncfl hv eittznnn of the cnmmiinl.
ty.i.Ex-Senator Buttleru iwho"'sis '
sponsor for Dr,' Person's candidacy,
has taken up his cause. " He discussed ,
the charges with Postmaster General "
Payne ndj agreed to write to citizens
of Wilson for the purpose of securing '
testimony with reference td the charges
tha( Dk Person is a non-resident, and
this Is the Information upon which the
poatoffloe department expects to act " .
ft Clinton,; iFeb; iJ7.-Fudge Peebles, .
who closed a two wek!s term of Samp
son court today, .created '. a .sensation
in tbe last .hour of Jhe terra by sen
tencing a juror, to jail for thirty days.
S. Si. Odom, party tq a. land .sut, j in
vited two of the jury .trying his. case,
E..S. Herring, and. 4. , B. Matthews,
to go home and spend li ,! night with
him. !'"' Herring went, ' Lut ' Matthews
declined. ;i The Jury brought in a ver
dict contrary to the instruction of the
judge, who promptly set Jt aside and
dismissed the jury ' and : sentenced ;
Odom and Herring to jail for thirty
days. v Matthews was fined twenty
dollars for s conversing, with Odom
pending tbe trial of the case. An ap-
peal was made to Judge Peebles to re-"
duce the penalty of Herring to a fine,
but he positively refused to do . so.
Herring is a farmer, a member of one
of the most prominent families in the
countv. It is said that he accepted
Odom's hospitality without realizing
tbe impropriety, and his confinment in
jail is considered a harsh penalty.
Public sentiment here does notendorse
it, and it is the subject of much, ad
verse criticism.
What' In a atnef
Everything is in tbe name wl-fn it
comer to Witch Hazel alve. 1.. C.
DeWilt & Co., of ft vy --, c'.-'ov-