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A LITTLE ABOUT FUMEROOS THUGS
The Pith of the World's New-That
Mla-ht ' Interest Our Reader. An
Item Here and There'
CertejrsTille, Q.i ?An?.- 22. The
condition or Major cnarte m Bmitn
remains about the same aa before the
operation of yesterday, excepting that
he la weaker. Hit physicians hold out
' no nope. . ; :" t Jv?.j " " v 4 v-
WrnneV Ark.. Aug.' 22. A deputy
; marshal has arrested eleven prominent
,-. white planters ot roynsett county, on
tne charge ox wnitecappmg. me pris
. oners will be taken to Helena to &r
pear before the United States '.district
( court. '' - . '
Chlcajro, Aug. 22: H. P. Ploketts,
editor of the Memphis scimitar,, was
1 found dead In his bed at the Kairser
, hot Hotel here today. Be had been ill
for several days and under the care of
a local physloian. His condition was
not regarded as critical and his un
expected demise is attributed to heart
- disease. . - - -
Paris. Aug. 22.One of the jrreatetl
. r criminal trials in the history of France
culminated tonight when the jury In the
court of assises rendered a verdict of
sruilty atrainst Therese and Frederic
. .Humbert afidTBomaitr and ' Emlle D
Aurttroac. After a brief , dellberattcm
: the court sentenced Thertse and Fred'
. eric Humbert each to five years and to
a fine of 100 francs? Emile D'Aurignac
to three years and Romain D'Aurignac
to two''yeara.-;;,i:.?v
Iondoo, Aa.fr. ?.LordSaUebuy
died peacefully at nia O'clock tonlirnt.
During the past forty-eight hours the
end was seen to be inevitable, the
' great frame of England's ej-premier
being sustained only by tne use or oxy
gea. Kven the administration of oxy
sren failed of effect as the evening ad
vanced, and soon.after the shadow had
crept up from the valley and enshroud-
ei the -dull red walls of Hatfield
Houses the .disting-alshed statesman,
making the last effort of his life turned
v slightly towards his favorite daughter,
Lady Owendolin Cecil, who was kneel
ing y beside him, and then ; quietly
. bxeate4 hi last.; . ,-...'--. -
Tobaccb is Low S
-JS
5 Meat is;High
l Take care of; your meat
by feeding International
1 Stock Food ; to , your
hogs. It prevents. and
cures hog cholera and '
puts them in fine condi
tion to resist all diseases
5;
-SOI.D BY-
J.E.Hobd;frC6.
I -B e
3 Delicious Refreshing Invigorating
trengthetis the nervtsK makes work easier; .
- relieves 'headache aud that "tired 'feeling. "
g AT;; ALL i GO DA
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OOOOOOOOOOOOO
Grand Auction Sale
rf Hirrh-Gmde Wntrhps
Diamonds, Jewelry
Thiss the most complete stock of Jewelry and Silver fl
ritrnw T- t" r-tA ttfrA ' A wwn m ,-1 AMna. . . . '
cvci ucuis uuacu, iduu uppunuaiiy to secure
high-grade Jewelry at your own prices. ' -:.siL-.:
: Ladies I
Special Sale for Ladies e-rery
60IE(
pnzes nll be given
All ooJ.3'cli unit
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StlrrtBr Heart Hmgr,
"The poor have hearts as" well
ell as
of a
stomachs,? said ' the proprietor
flower store the "Other dsy. Most of
my patrons, ft is true; are of the well
to do class,"' be continued, "but quite
ofterr I sell flowers to those whose out
ward appearances are loud in proclaim
ing them poverty stricken. One day an
old negro, clad in what gave faint evi
dence of having once been a khaki suit,
with shoes down at the heels and hat
Wtf which the,"crown..had, long:Tiutlived
the rim, stopped here long enough to
buy a twenty-five cent bunch of vio
lets. One of my regular patrons who
uo doubt never has knowo want aald
when -ha saw this purchasej
fThe'old fool! He needs , bread!
What right has he to flowersf i
"Quite likely none of the old darky's
family, ever suffered from the gout, yet
I contend that those 'violets did more
to banish the feeling of 'poverty from
his fireside than, all the food he could
have bought with the quarter. There is
a heart hunger that feeds only on senti
ment and its gnawing is not always at
the breast of those well provided with
this world's goodsNew York Times.
. - Th CuHa Crlrle.
i J, D. Boehm, the sculptor, once met
Gladstone at a" country house and was
immensely impressed by the extent
and diversity of the statesman's knowl
edge, Ss revealed in his conversation.
Boehm was still full of the subject
when .the morning arrived for rjriyies
ajtUnrto"; ust and to thelphilosp
pher the sculptor poured forth,his ad-
mfrntlon for Gladstone's intimate ac
guftlntanee with subjects so faf apart
as; gardening and Oreek Carlyle lla
teued fot a time in scornful silence;
then he jsaidi "And., What did he ay
about your work V "OK. nothing."
la. Bohw.rH doeanji know, anje-
thingabout cniptul.''T,or urse.
srrowled Carlyle, "of course, and be
showed his knowledge about things
tbaf you didn't understand. No doubt
if . you asked Blackle he'd say that
Gladstone knew nothing about Greek,
and. the gardener would tell you that
he knew nothing, whatever of garden
ing." N ;
, The average young woman doesn't
wish to see her Jhirttcth birthday.-. Yet
When she has seen it she would like to
tee it again. Smart Set
Don't work o hard that when there
Is a funeral tn the family your grief is
tempered by the thought that itjneani
a day off. Atchison Globe.
Bars The ChUdran. ,
' Ninety nine of every hundred dls
eases that children have are due to
disorders of the : stomach, " and these
disorders are all caused by indiges
tion. - Eodol Dpsoepsla Cure is just
as gooa lor enuaren as it is ror aduita.
Children thrive on It. v. It keeps their
little stomach sweet and 'encourages
tneir growth and development. Mrs
Henry Carter, 70$ Central St., Nash
ville, Tenn., says: "My little boyris
now 3 years old and has been suffer
from Indigestion ever since he was
born. , I have had. the best doctors in
Nashville, but failed to do him any
good., . After using one bottle of Ko
aol he Is a well baby. A recommend it
to all sufferers." Koaol digests what
you eat and makes the stqmach sweet
Sold by J. E. Hood & Co. ' - -
FOUNTAINS g
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and Silverware o
Ladies!!
evening at 3:30. lland-
away at each Ladies' Sale.
r a FULL GUAIIANTEE. " Sale
to day vutil the stock is sold at
- b' - ci Z:Z0 p. m.
' ),' Rolia nr& Win Firt Rim. 1 ''.-
-New York, Aug. 22. In a splendid
12 to 15 knot breeze, over a windward
and 'leeward course of 30 miles, tne
jrallant sloop Reliance today beat
Shamrock III in commanding style,
In exactly nine minutes, actual time,
or seven minutes and three seconds
after deducting the one minute and
57 seconds which the defender concedes
to Sir Thomas Upton's third thai
leng&r, on account of the sailing plan
or tne measurements. . .r J"-
8ir Thomas Lipton said, fwlth a
smile, to the Associated Press corre
spondent: "We were beaten fairly
andsauarely. it was splendid weatner,
and Shamrock did not do as well as I
expected she would in the race to wind
ward ana return, i appreciate tne
splendid manner in . which my1 boat
was handled. My confidence in Sham
rock, however, is not shaken,' And I
hope she will yet make a much better
showing. ' , "Y'
A doctor, writing from Port of 8pan,
Trinidad, to a medical Journal, tells of
his experiments with mosquitoes. ' He
says that one of his childish amuse
ments when playing with his compan
ions in the early evening was to strike
a note that would attract the insects.
As he remembers, the most alluring
sound waa a continuous "oo," sung in
a medium key. which was quickly
changed to "ah" in a lower tone And
dwelt on In the "same way , The effect
on the mosquitoes was magical. Ttfpir
singing would quickly increase In vol
ume, and they .would immediately 'At
tack the faces of the children, who,
strange to say, enjoyed the sport ..But
the mosquitoes did not enjoy It iogg,
for their love of music afforded an ex-
, R Ka Hlataelf.
A friend once took a reformed gam
bler to a religious meeting-.The preach
er devoted a large part of his discourse
to remark reflecting, upon . the4st
life of the gambler. The man who had
escorted, the . gambler to the meeting
thought it incumbent on him to apolo
gise' for introducing him into a place
where be would bear himself abused.!
i "I didn't know that was the way this
preacher was going to talk," be aald.
or 1 wouldn't' bate, asked, yoytoj
come. ' '
, "Oh. don't worry about that was
tne reply, i nere never was a sermon
f - .1. i J. J,i LI,
wurvu h cusa luni uiuu i un uie bviuv
where.' . . -
f' As Od4 Advarilaaaaaat.
The sudden popularity some years
ago of Mr. Shortbouse's book. "John
InglesantT is attributed to an odd in
cident . "Mr. '.Gladstone," - says the
London Express, . "waa sitting to - a
photographer and holding In his hand
a copy. or, 'jonn ingiesant Tne goia
lettering on the cover caught the light
tograph.: The . likeness of, the great
statesman proved a very popular one,
and Its circulation broadcast over the
country led to a widespread demand
for the book." . . t, . , -
,ti; ,j : '"- Camrek If4a.
. "Didn't the minister reel it when so
many In the congregation fell asleep
during the sermon?"' , '
' "Ob. qo. , It encouraged him to keep
on.', , , ,'f u
'How so 7" ,
"Why, he was egotistical, enough to
think they were nodding approval at
what be said."
'. . Taaaa Treat.
An English gentleman baa some
trout in a piece of water close to his
front door. On one occasion be held a
worm near the surface of the water. A
large trout jumped at the worm and,
seizing bold of bis fingers, cut them to
the bone- with its teeth by Its own
weight. - " ' -
- i i inn ,
; Iflaa Peaa )a a pod. t,
When a maiden Is shelling peas, ac
cording to Sll ' old ' siinprRtltloti olio
should if she find a pod with nine peasl
u i va lur nvuae uuur. - X ueu
the first young man to enter the house
through the door will marry ber. '.
Holland' Dlkea.
Tne dlkes which , protect', Holland
from tti Inroads of the sea are from
ten ff-1 t iny ft In height;
Care Eeieaaa, Itchlnc Haaaora Pi lea and
: rarbonclr. oata Notbio to Try.
' n. a. a. ttotanic Blood ts aim lis a
certain and sure cure for eczema. Itch
ing skin, humors, scabs, scales, watery
ousiers, pimpies, aenmg bones or
joints,' bolls, carbuncles, " prickling
pain in me skiu, oia. eating sores,
ulcers,' etc. Botanic . Blood Balm
cures the worst and most deep-seated
cases by enriching,, purifying and
vitalizing the blood, thereby giving a
healthy blood supply to the-skin.
Heals every sore and gives the rich
glow of health to the skin. Builds up
the broken down body and makes the
blood red, nourlshirj. Especially ad
vised for chronic, old cases that doc
tors, patents cpdicips sod hot springs
fail to cure. Druggist, tl, with com
plete diretios for home cure. To
prove B. It. 1J. carps, sample sent free
snl-rreraid by wr;' ? blood Calm
" ! f 5 r !e!v: s -nt in t
WINTE0VIULE ITEMS.
: ;--i August 18, 1903
, Ernest Smith, of Florida, is visiting
relatives nere.
' Miss Addie Cox-left yesterday for
Seven Springs.
Johnie Matthews, of Dover, is visit
ing friends near here.
W, L. House lost a fine horse last
night from blind staggers.
Mr. I. A.' Sugg,' Jr., of Florence S.
C. is visiting friends here. . .
Rev. J. H. Griffith Jr., of Kinston,
has been in town this week.
What town will get the knitting mill
is yet an unsoiveu problem.
Mr. B. D. Tew, road master for A
C. L., spent Wednesday here.
Charlie McGlohon attended the big
meeting at Kocky Mount t rlday.
Order your wagons at once. A. G.
Cox M'fg Co. are turning out a lot of
nice ones.
Mrs. Evelya Cox who has been
spending some time at Seven Sin-inns
has returned.
Mr. A. G. Cox went to Baltimore
last Monday and returned Wednesday
night. A quick trip.
In some respects tobacco and Hun-
sucker buggies are alike. Both are
worth more than they sell for.
Fob RENT.0ie rood stall for mar
ket with adjoining- room for groceries.
App'ly to B. F. Manning & Co.
A. G. Cox Mf V Co. have some extra
bargains to offer you in Wire Fence.
uon't wait until you miss them.
Fob Sale. One pair nice young
mules, wagon aed harness. Mules are
well broke and nice workers. See A.
G. Cox.
W, S, Roach,, of Coxville. was here
yesterday and carried off a load of
Wire Fence, sample Back Band etc.,
purchased of A. G. Cox Mf 'g Co.
Hunsucker Carriage Co. keeps a nice
lot of Harness on band all the while.
Don't matter whether horse is fat or
poor, call and select what your want.
Rev. C. W. Blanchard's manv
friends here resrret very much learn
of the serious illness of his father at
Fuquay Springs and sincerely hope
for him a speedy recovery. : '
Messrs. - Elbert " Smith and G. R.
Dixon, employees of A. G. Cox M'fa
Co., turned respectively 745 & 726
back- band rollers yesterday, Either
aumbev Is more than were turned lva.
day before. i
. , The West Indifferent.. . '
-,v,:!.Vj i'-y: t-f .'-- .....i '; "" M?rx ' ,
Oyster Bay,- Aus. 25.-.Ex.Senator
Thos. Hi Carter, of Montana, was the
only formal caller on President Roose
velt at Sagamore Hill today. He came
to discuss witn the president appoint
ments in his state in which he is inter
ested, and also to - talk over some
details concerning the Louislaca Pur
chase exposition, of which he la one
of the national commissioners, s ,
Senator Carter told the president
the general buildings of the expo-
o' exhibits
ould then begin. The completion of
the exposition buildings proper will
release a- great army of workmen, who
s It 1 i a s .i . . . . .
""j '? uu.kruca
oi me various state ana loretgn ouua-
ii t.,.ij- t,ij
IT8 '.afd1! uVdiltDgcolpSklaandi
ready for occupancy by March I at the .
In reply to a Question of President
Roosefelt . Senator Carter said that
SdlKrS toLSffsSi7 1
IndiJiernt tO Currency legislation, 1
The people of our western country.
said he, "are more prosperous than
ever . before. They have abundant
crops and money In plenty; in fact, for
tne nrst time in tne commercial History
a M ,L1. i . l . a ,
S '.ri LT. mrK
money to the east. I know It to be a
taci mat uutie (Mont. ) Danks are
rvnf 1 KAnlj.d - I
discounting , Phlladelpla . . and New
York paper. ' . 1
I thlnlT thAfSCI Will hAin nn.
Of money In the west to move the crops i ! r ' Potent Pill Pleasure,
and that our people will not find lt f The pills that are potent in their ao
necessary to seek a dollar in the east. ) tlon and pleasant in effect are De
Naturally, under these circumstances. Witt'a Llttl Rarl'v Rlum. s
they are not thinking much, about finan
. f . . . .. . . .
ulatian largely local in its nature.1' .
Secretary Cortelyou of the depart
ment of ,. cmmeree ' and labor, re-
. - v - i- - t
mained at Sagamore Hill during the j
day, not starting ' for Washington
until this afternoon, Mr. Cortefyou :
passed some time in New York enroute
to Oyster Bay, going over with the.
officials of the American Society of
Actuaries the details of the approach
ing international congress of actu
aries, which is to be held in "New
York, beginning on Monday. Aug. 31-;
and continuing during that week. Sec- j
retary Cortelyou will preside over the'
deliberations of the congress,
Letter to W. D. Roqa, Sr.,
Kinston, N. C-t - -
Dear Sir: This story cuts two wars.
and teaches two sets of people.
Father Galvin. Westerly. R. I., had
his church and residence painted.
Good job; and this Is how he went at it.
Measured all carefully seems to
have known Devoe.
Then got bids from the painters.
paint to be supplied by them and by
him, - I':.: -,- '
Saved t70 by using Devoe.
One of those painters ought to have
got that money.
Yours trulv
F. W. Devoe A Co.
P. S. B. W. Canad v & Son sell our
ciat jegisiatipn. ine neuer is gen- ring a bilious attack I took one. Small
eral in the west that the financial as it was it did me more good than
stringency in NewYork particularly, calomel, blue-mass or any other pills
is due to disorder of trade or of snec,I ever took and at the same time it ef-
LENOIR TEACHERS' Vn8T(TUTE
Convened Today at 1 0 OlctockJro-
grm for the Two Weak,' Session
Mapped Out. J
Reported tor Ths Fail Pass
Lenoir . County Teachers' Institute
held Its opening session today at 10 a.
m. Rev. C. W. Howard, county sup
erintendent of public instruction, pre
sided. The devotional exercises were con
ducted by Dr. R. H. Lewis.
Rev. C. W. Howard then gave, in
strong and earnest words, a general
outline of what may be expected to be
taught. He urged punctual attendance
and close attention of the teachers.
Thirty-four teachers were present at
the opening, 20 ladies and 8 gentlemen.
The hours of meeting and closing
were arranged as follows:
Meet at 9 a. m. in the court room of
the court house. Devotional exercises
for 15 minutes. Then follow periods
of 40 minutes each each period used
by one of the lecturers for discussion
of his peculiar subject Adjourn at
12:30. Meet again at 2.30 p. m. In
the afternoon, the time will be devoted
to the discussion of many and various
items Of special Interest to teachers.
The morning subjects will be geog
raphy,, language lessons, arithmetic
(primary) and history, Prof. E. P.
Manffum. fror. A, J. Harwlck will
have advanced arithmetic
Dr. Lewis will have Ensrllsh gram
mar, civil government and physiology
and hygiene. . -v. - '
Supt Howard will take part in the
afternoon lectures on general subjects.
The nrst speaker, this morning was
f ror. Manirum, wno
necessity of looking upon their work
very seriously and using heart and
mind always in their daily school
work. He finished his talk this morn
ing by some introductory, remarks on
the teaching of geography. We should
use this subject as a tool, to be used
according to the necessities of the case.
Dr. Lwis followed with some intro
ductory remarks on teaching physiol
ogy.. '
Mr.. Howard then took the names
and residences of the teachers present.
'. Prof. Barwlck gave an outline of
what he expected to lecture u pon in
advanced 'arithmetic, illustrating his
methods by some examples. His sub
ject for tomorrow will be "factoring."
Prof.. Mangum then gave some intro
ductory remarks on his proposed
method of teaching primary arithmetic
I Dn. Lewis announced as the subjects
for the lecture on English grammar
tomorrow, to be found in the first two
Cj;ters of Buehler's grammar.
Adjourned to 2:30 p. m.
Took Out Girl's Heart.
St Louis OUpatcb. .
Surgeons at the Clay hospital today
removed the heart of Alma Tooney, a
! 13-year-old girl, who had been stabbed
by her aged lover, Thomas Barnes. It
, was laid upon her breast, examined.
t found uninjured - and replaced. It it
2 said to be the eleventh operation of
i the kind in the annals of surgery.
i " Fearing that the heart of the girl
had been injured by the knife. Dr.
Doyle, assisted by Drs. Riley and
Clark, removed It with a pair of
ceps, elevated it to Tiew and examined
it foP lwo minute8. No iniurv could
u ,k. i. . n
uuuu, uu vim uci wmm yui dock
n0 PP-ntury to
T& operlrton' was- accomplished by
1 , "5" ":'J" ,??u.
SI
'afte7 gbout a h;if
- lnf,h mnnt. aeverW Arft1 mlnnr
arteries, the heart was ready .to come
out. . . - -
' Dr. Doyle handled the forceps. The
heart continued to pulsate regularly
while it was exposed. After the heart
Pu bk h arteries which had
ha aatwhnnnA nn. ,
" ' r" -
Barnes was arrested today, and is
now locked up. It is feared that the
girl will die. , ,
Phil not nt Alh&n. n "tw
- J r , - j -
fected me pleasantly. Little Early Rl-
sers are certainly an ideal pill.
wvi iv .aiui nu iudm uiu, . uviu
tl j . in. nooa & vo.
. ' Safonica, European Turkey; Friday
Aug. . 2L The villages of Bouiie,
Raicoro and Armesko, near Fiorina,
have been bombarded and their insur
gents' barracks annihilated, AtBouoe
alone 500 Bulgarians are reported to
have been killed. The women and
children escaped to the mountains: .
r Good AAvtoe.
-The most miserable beings In the
A . u , m , m t-.
pciBtn uu uicr cuiujiaia. mure
than seventy-five per cent, of the peo
ple in the United States are afflicted
with these two diseases and their ef
fects: such as Sour Stomach,' Sick
i Headache, Habitual Costiveness, Pal
ipitatlon of the Heart, ' Heart-burn,
I Waterbrash, Gnawing and Burning
1 Pains at the Pit of the Stomach, Yel
: low Skin, Coated Tongue and Dls-
agreeable -Taste in the Mouth, Coming
: up of. Food after Eating, Low Spirits,
I etc. Go to to your Druggist and get a
I bottle of August Flower for 25 or 75
f cents. Two doses will relieve you
iry it. - - - ,
CAG'
on i a
HORTH STATE MfS
Clipped tod Culled From1 Oct
Carolina Exchanges.
ODD AID IHTERESTUG HiPPEIHCI
Gossip Gathered from Murphy Tm
Manteo of Importance to Our Ta
' Heel Readers.
The Anti Saloon league, of Golds
boro, have decided to call an election,
in that city for straight prohibition,
and will not vote on a dispensary.
Miss Bessie Harding, of Greenville,
an honor graduate of the State Nor
mal and Industrial college, has ao
cepted a position to teach In the graded
school at Greensboro, and will bq
consigned to a grade of prominences
Carson W. King, in Concord, wass
driving a team, with a load of wood,
along the street Saturday and fell
headlong to the ground and was so
severely hurt that he expired in a few :
minutes. Intoxication appeared to be
the cause. , ; . ,
A charter is granted the Moore
county Educational-Industrial com
pany, of Sanford. It Is to encourage
education aud habits of study, Intelli
gence and Industry among the negroes;
and to foster the cause of temperance
and morality. It Is to have fairs and!
meetings. Arthur Cox and others am '
holders. -Ar. , , t
Thomas W. Gardner, an English.
man, went to jail Saturday in Wash
ington, in preference to paying a fine
for violating the revenue laws, v Gard
ner canvassed for dress goods and:
delivered them. He had no license.
He wired the English vice consul at
Wilmington for aid, and will test th
law. in the courts. v;v- f'V-''iri ; s
Dan Teachey, charged by the cop-
ner's jury with, the murder of - Rob
Rlvenbark near Wallace, Duplin
county, on the 7th day of last March,
and who escaped jail at Kenans villa
on the 24th of April, surrendered him
self to Sheriff Middleton Saturday
morning at 9 o'clock, at his father'
home, near Teachey, and - was plsoedi ;
;
Linvllle, Aug. 22. The Interstate , '
and International Golf match today- -was
won by Springland, of Liverpool '
England, in 88. Other results were;
McRae, of Washington, 96: Warrlner,
Memphis, 100; Rountree,,, Wilmington,
iui; uaas. jmsw . . x one, iv jbuoaa,
Memphis, 108; Shepard, Wilmington,
110:; Haas, - Atlanta, 111: Coleman, '
Shreveport, 119; Gilipin, Ann Arbbr,
122; Reese, Havana, 130: Short, Hel
ena, 132; Eaton, Knoxville, 145. ,
: Statesville Landmark: An eel, mea
uring 37 inches in length, 8i ? lnoht-a
around and weighing five pounds wast
caught in the reservoir at the pumping'
station when the water was drawn oft -Saturday.-
There were no other flsb .
in the pond at all and how the eel got
in there is a problem. There , are no
large streams above the pond and to
fP lit0'$ J0ZtTu ,Ide
it would
nave to ciimo tne mgn rocic dam or
get out on dry land and crawl around!
the dam. 'How come" the eel in tho
pond? ; -v.-. : vV?;..;
Charlotte Observer: When the csse
against William Reedy was called in ;
the superior court' yesterday, Judge.
Neai ordered that all women and per
sons under 15 years of age should
leave the court room. A large number
of persons filed out. . "And I ; request
though I may hot order," said Judga
Neal, "that all gentlemen In the room
who are not connected with the case
shall leave." Then the sickening case
was tried and Reedy convicted of
incest with his daughter, Emm&Reedy.
and waa sentenced to serve a term or
five years in the penitentiary. If it
had been ordered that h- should be
hanged the public would have consid
ered such punishment - lenient; but
Reedy got the limit of the law. '
. Maxton, "Aug. 22. Sham Bullard
was fatally shot by Willie Dial, near '
Pates recently. Dial claims the shoot- .
ing was accidental. Bullard has since;
died. ' The parties are Croatans. It
is the opinion of those best acquainted!
with the alaln man that he is none
other than the noted Lowery, wanted
for killing the chief of police at Shelby ,
a few davs ago, and or whom a re
ward of $800 has been . offered. The
gold fillings in the front teeth corres
ponds, except the filling has been re-.
moved. This man, who is closely con- '
cected with the Lowery s, returned to
the neighborhood, so we are now In
formed, a few days after the . Shelby
killing and was heavily armed, and
remained in hiding for Quite a while.
This has all been revealed since the
man was shot.: He is said to com- '
pletely fill die description of the Shel
by murderer, as given in the news
papers. . - --:-',-, . V - :
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