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dLtt hit VOL. I. NO. 23. RUTHERFORDTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1901. 81.00 A YEAR. thnt throbs, pains and E : 0?&'J& m 1lL INE P 1 aches, or fceb heavy, stuf- S a&aW C iy, ui:a or uizzy, is a poor F i V and stuf- J . 1 ! . 1 uv.n or uizzy, is a poor -j j i . i iwau to ul) Dusiness wwn. It irritates the temper, up sets the stomach, interferes with digestion and wears out the brain and nerves. Make the nerves strong, the brain clear and your head will be rio-ht. BY THOMAS Wzh P. MONT FORT "V 'Klt)HT' 1U01' HY THOMAS P. MONTFORT vr- "My head wo ild begin to swim and I would prow dizzy and so weak and numb th.it I would fall to the floor. Ivlnce iisincr Dr. Miles' Nervine I can wiir!; lo !iL.urs vi day :.nd fed good. I 5 believe it saved mv life and cannot 9 recommend it t.-o hi-rhlv.-' 3 V. G. White, McGregor, Texas. - 1 : fet-a quiets tiie irritation, stimu lates digestion and builds up nervous health and strength, Try a bottle. Sola by dnists on guarantee Ljt. Aides Medical Co.. Elkhart. Tni EraHBaaEaaagKi Dr. G a Sale of Town Lots, CHAPTER XYTI. MAKING AMENDS. Sim Banks walked slowly homeward. Since leaving Sain .Morgan he bad grown calm, very, very calm, but his heart was as heavy as lead. Ilia n-a: the calmness of hopeless despair ami complete resignation. "I see my duty," be repeated over and over, "an I'll do it if it kills tue." His face was white, bat there was a" linn, set expression there which show ed that bis mind was made up to a pur j pose and that there would be no wa veriug in fulfilling it. Like his class in general, he was slow to see bis duty, but once having seen it there was no shirking it and no faltering in its dis charge. lie believed all Sam Morgan bad te'd j him. In view of all he knew be bad no shadow of reason for doubting. It was true, every word of it. Vet before be acted be would bear it from Lou isa's own lips. He even hoped hoped against hope that she might in some way satisfactorily explain it all. What ever she said he would believe. lie would take ber word against all the world. When he reached home, be went di rectly to her. He noticed that she looked more sad and worn than be bad ever seen her, and a feeling of pity and compassion stirred his heart to the very bottom. In bis sympathies bis iht It ain't y. "Why?- " 'Cause it' ain't ri tice to yourself." "But it's jestice to Loueesy, all the jestice I can do ber now. God knows it's little enough, considerin all I owe her." The squire looked puzzled. "I don't understand about that," be said. "From what I've beard, it ain't your fault that things are the way they are." "It is, though. It's all my fault." "1 can't see how that is, Sim. I ain't never hearn cf nothin you've done to wrong Loueesy." noau sot mat a-way, an nothin ain' t a-goin to change it." "Nothin." "But, as I was a-goin to say, Sim. don't give all jour laud away. It ain't tight, an nobody can't expect you to do sick a thing." "I'll give it all, squire, ever" inch of it." "Jest think, though, Sim. You'll bo set out in the world without a home, without a dollar an" "I have thought of all that, squire. I've thought of ever'thing." 'V.cU suppose Loueesy gits a divorce nil ber an that other man You know what 1 mean?" "Yes, suppose they marry." ""Waal, Avould you want him to have what's your'u, while you didn't have nothin?" "If it is to be so, squire, so let it be. I'll have the consciousness of knowin that I've done my duty, as far as I could, toward Loueesy." The squire sighed and drew the blank toward him and took up his pen. "I bate to make any sich a deed," he said, "but if you will have it so. so let it be." The deeds were made, and Sim sign ed them. Then he went back home, . stopping at Hicks' store on the way to I settle a little account he had there. to the one suPjcet of absorbing interest ' "Seven squirms. Jason KoOerts." repeated that information over a.-.d j Tap quickly corrected; "seven squir- jvei uguiu iui iju iitiitTiauon or their I rels if th"v wo: one " less fortunate fellow mortals. In a little quiet place like Beckett's Mill, where but few things out of the common ever transpire, u murder is an event of supreme importance. It is suifieient to claim the entire and undi vided attention of the people for a day and to remain the chief topic- of con versation for a week or even a month. It fs an event which marks an epoch and from which time is reckoned. Lying in state in a little wareroom just off Hicks' store was all that ic luained of James Melvin. Jim Thorn in passing through Sim Banks' wood had found the body lying across a littlu footpath, in almost the same spct where Melvin and Louisa had met. Thorn, ia a mild state of excitement. Lad ap peared at Hicks" store to report Ids rind. Hicks and others had repaired ed to 'But I have, squire. I've done her a ! "Ever'thing must be left in as good wrong I'll never forgive myself for, I shape as possible." he said to himself, By virtue of power and authority vest ed, in mo by an orl;-r of the Superior Clm-.rr of Rutherford enrmtv. "NYvrth C;ir- oliua, in tle f.poeiul praeedings entitled own sufferings held the second place. "Mavgant Cratou and others against) His wife's were first. Eva Val tfeweir un-l others," I will sell j Even as Ise stood before her he hesi at public auction, on the premises in the ! tated to speak, but not for long. Duty town ot fcutuerrorclton, iNorth Carolina, wjtu tii ni was dutv. and it must be at 11 o'clock a. m., on Wednesday, the 10th day of July, lt)03 all that tract or parcel of land situated in the town of Rvitherfordton, comity of Kntherford and the. State of North Car olina, rVwribcd as follows, to-wit : Lots No. 2. :5. 4, 5, t. ?, S and. 9 of that tract or parc-l of kind knovm as the Andy IIo'iie lot, hoaudod by Alain Street on tin east, by Washington on the west, by tht? Miliar property on the south and by the second cro.-K street nort h of the Court Ilor.s'j on the- nrth, as laid down on a i:i;:p or plat of the same to be found on pa.:f. 54S cf the 'Minute Docket of Spe cial Proceeding and Orders and Decrees in the oitiee of the Clerk of the Court of yaid Ei'.th'-rford county, North Carolina, to vbi''h reference is hereby made for a perfect description of said lots. Ono-third of the purchase money is to be paid in cash on the day of sale, and the balance in six mouths, the deferred pari'.Nmts to be secured hy mortgage on the bits f cL"i or by with-holding the title deeds til! all the purchase money is paid, the purchaser to bear all the cost of se curing the said deferred jwyuienfs. The above, described tract of land will first be sold in lols according to one or more plans of dh isioa to be made known on th day of Kile, and finally sold as an en done, no matter bow bitter the cost. With a quiet firmness that was sur prising under the circumstances be spoke. "Loueesy," he said. "I'd rather be dead this minute than to speak the words I've got to say, but I feel it's my duty to speak, so that once an fcr all we may understand each other." lie paused a moment, and she glanc ed up inquiringly, then again bent ber head over her work. "Do you know, Loueesy," he went on. "Vvbnt all people are say in about you aii Melvin?" She shook ber bead, and he saw the color creep into her face. "They are tellin that you met that man in the woods out thar an that you Loueesy, it's hard to say the rest, cruei hard, but it's best to say it. They say you told that man you loved him." It was out, all out, and be waited for her to speak. Rut he waited in vain. Her head bent lower over her work and her whole form seemed to droop, but she remained silent. "Is it true, Loueesy?" he asked after awhile, his voice strangely gentle and the cruek-st. wickedest wrong ever any man can do a woman." The squire stared in astonishment. "Why, Sim," he said. "I can't under stand you. I've kuowed you all your life, an I've never yit hearn of you doin anybody wrong, much less Loueesy." "But it's so. I have wronged ber, as I say." "When?" "The day I married ber." "Sim!" "It's the truth, squire, the God's truth. I didn't know it then, but I know it new. I'd 'a' better 'a' killed her any day than to 'a' made her my wife." . The squire shook his bead. "I can't see," be said, "how you go 'bout makiu that out. Men have been a-marryin women ever sence the begin nin of creation, an I ain't never before hearn it looked on as a crime." "it ain't no crime whar the man an the woman love each other," Sim re plied, "an whar they're ekal ever' way an suited together. But whar them things ain't so it's a crime, an they ain't so in our case." "But you loved Loueesy, Sim?" "I did. squire, an I love her yit. an I'll go on a-lovin her till I draw my last breath. How much 1 love ber no body but God knows. Thar ain't no words strong enough to tell." "Then it ain't vcur fault 'bout what's happened riflrht on" Sim. Louevy ain't done you tiri tract ; and the sale or sales by which ; tender, the laud is made to biing the highest say?" Trice will be reported to the court for confirmation or further orders. This first day of June, 1801. R, L. DURHAM, Commissioner. Tell me, is it all true, as they Motics. By virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Rutherford county, made in a special proceeding entitled "J. F. Flack, administrator of N. W. Miller, and oth ers, ex parte," I vTill sell at public auc tion at the Court House door in Ruther fordton, N. C, on She did not answer. "Say 'Yes' or 'No,' Loueesy," tie In sisted. "Yes," she said In a tone scarcely audible. "An is it true, Loueesy, that you do love him?" "Yes." Then after a pause she add ed: "I can't help it. God knows 1 can't I wish I was dead." Sim turned to leave the room, but at the dpor be stopped. Loueesy," be said, "I ain't blarnin "so Loueesy won't be pestered no more than can be helped." When he was back in bis room, he took a piece of paper and a pencil and sat down at the table and wrote a note to his wife. It was slow and laborious work, and it took him a long time to put down the few words he had to say. With each word his heart grew heavier and sadder, for that was the last thing he was ever to do for Louisa, and when it was finished bis life and hers would part, never to meet again. "I am goin away," be wrote, "an I'll never see you no more an never no more stand in the way of your happi ness. It is hard, cruelly hard, but it is best, for I know that I can't never make you happy, an mebby when I'm gone it'll le different. You ain't to blame for nothin, Loueesy. All the blame is mine. What you done is uat 'ral, an you couldn't help it, but what I done I could 'a' helped. I ort to 'a' knowed you couldn't never be happy with me. It was like draggin a bird down an tryin to make it live with a mole, doin like the mole does. I ruined your life by virgin you to marry me when I ort to 'a' knowed better, but I hope you will forgive me, an 1 pray that God will too. I've paid the debt at the store, an I l?ave what money I have. If you need any advice 'bout anything, go to Pap Sampson. He'll be glad to help you, an I know you can trust him. I've done the best I can for you. but I know it ain't much. All I want is to make you happy, an I hope j squeak.' the scene and had removed the body to town. Soon the news spread, and ia an in credibly short time everybody at Bo.-k- ctt's Mill knew of the Ira the people came to see and .nuns. v7i course every one, nam, wo man and child, bad to pass through q little warercom and look en the life less form." Then, having looked, they gathered in little kuoU to talk it ail over. Jim Thorn, having been the fortu nate one to make the find, occupied the pedestal of chief importance in the vil lage that day. Wherever ho went, whichever way be turned, there was au eager group about him, listening anxiously for every word that fell fn.m 1 Ids lips. Time and again, and always to interested listeners, lie repeated the ; story of the find down to the minutest , details. And the story Jim Thorn told I was this: "When I got up this morniu, 1 says to my woman, says I, 'Lucindy. I guess I'll jest step over to Joe Beckett's pas- ture an look at that calf of Joe's.' Joe an me's been on a trade for a right smart while, an he's been a-wautin nio to take a calf he's got over thar. ! Waal, I put on my hat an went over to ; Joe's, but Joe's woman told me Joe , wa'n't at home, but that he'd gno off , to lock for a pig that'd strayed away. , So I jest went an looked at the calf, i made up my mind Joe wanted too much for It, then started back acrost , the woods for home. Waal, I'd walked a right smart pieca an was a-goin along ; with my head sorter down, a-thinkiu j 'bout somethin, when all at once I kiud : er glanced up, an right thar before me, j not six feet away, laid that dead man." I "Lord, but 1 bet you jumped au hol ; lered!" scale one exclaimed, j Thorn gave the speaker a look of j mild contempt. I "I bet I never," be replied. "I never ! moved a inch, nor I never give a It was a carious fact, but in the ex- citerr.ent of tha moment v.o one noticed It. that was the f'-st and Uio cn!y time Fan Sampson took nnv nart in the taik ' that day. lie. the oracle of the village, j the first always to give an opinion, lapsed into a silence from which noth i ing save the old force of habit of op j posing Jascn could arouse l;!;n. It was ! strange, passing strange, j "Behind that tree whar Pap Sampson ! killed the squirrels," .bison repeated : eonipromisingly. "b? the or.ly place whar the feller could 'a been." Then he tor-k a stick, to represent a gun, and wei't behind the tree and ! demonstrated jur-t bow the murderer I bad hid there and bow when Melvin ; came along down tic path the gun bad ; been thrust out and the faial shot fired. Everybody saw and readily adr.dltc.l the wisdom of Jason's conclusions, and two or three hastened to assure the others that they bad formed that snme A M M at i'.e. k- ; rjpy, i v .r-vi ri.'v. Tlu.i, : 1H rff it'S- ' l i nr&X'Lfl o b Sale of Land k Taxes! The following tracts and parcel.- of land, hen i'jj-frer i:an: d, lutvp Ltfii levied o:i for sr.r.i s er.c for tl.o year 1W', wbUh htlJi i-ieaii dae and unpaid; therefore, for th;' sati: f.-( tion of said tax due. I will j 11 a; ipe cor.it house dor in Rrtherf"iV;ton. oh Alou day, July 1st, !!.l, the ii-Uov-jn;: d sciiUd binds: K. A. Hautin. Tax Collector. -v- -4 1 V 1. - .1 V i I I II R Ill"T!inf:FOFITO TOWXSIilP II nrietta J?ri.-- 1 acre, RraiK bville, taxes and cvt, !::' ts. Tom Burntit two lots. C acres of land (Burnett iots) taxes and cofs Sicts. l?ok Bridges 3 aer-. of la:id on G! b.oru cr.-t-k, taxes an.l t ts, P4.T.0 Tilda CarjV-iiter, 1 town 1 :t. Court ftntt, 1.07. Henry I)i-k-y 1 atr;- V.n, Court sir'ct, tax;s and costs, S1.05. Bryant Kaves. '.. acre 1-t, Xi- 1Ki. ax .- and ct, .JiT. John Klii .K, 11 ncics lar-l on ' l.clby rnid. balantt on taxes and cost, 1.21. J. L. Eaves, :io wn s land U. F. II. taxes and co.-t. .1. A. llydir, St! acres Vorris la ml, tax es and cor't. -.(S. Gl-'Khi-rn tr you will be. Don't think 1 blame you for nothin. for I don't. It's all my own fault. But I didn't know. IV.r'well." lie placed the deeds on the table, then folded the note carefully and laid it on top of them. Then be took from his pocket all the money he had and placed it in a little heap on the note. When it was all done, he stood for a little while looking at it, then turned away, saying to himself: "It ain't much. God knows, but it's all I can do, an mebby Loueesy'll un derstand." After that be walked back and forth across the room for a long time, and his hsmmiay, loin uay oi June, iwi, ; you. It ain-t your fault that things nt the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, the lot : has turned out like this, known as the Miller Brick Store Lot, ' ain't." God knows it having a front on Main Street of about yfj feet, and running back to Washington Street, situate in the town of Rather-1 fordton. Said lot will be subdivided in to 4 lots fronting Main Street, and a number of lots fronting Washington Street and First Street. The various lots represented on a plat now in the hands of the undersigned, and may be seen by calling at the Commercial Bank of Ruth erf ordton. The said lands will be offered first in small lots, and then as a whole, and sold in that way that thoy bring the best price. Terms : One-fourth of the pur chase price to be paid on day of sale; one-fourth in 6 months ; one-fourth in 9 months, and remaining fourth in 12 months, the deferred payments to be se cured by note with 6 interest from dato of sale. Title withheld till the pur chase money is fully paid. Any infor mation relating to the property will be furnished bv calling on the undersigned. This May 15th, 1901. J. F. FLACK, Commissioner. -McBrayer & Justice, Attys. for Com. - XOT1CK. The undersigned having obtained let ters of administratian on the estate of W. H. Harrill, deceased, notice is hereby given all parties indebted to said estate to come forward and settle same at once. Also persons holding claims against said estate are notified to present the same propesly authenticated, to the undersign ed by the 12th day of May, 1902, or this notice will be nleaded in bar of recovery on such claims. This May 11th, 1902. PINK HARRILL, Adm'r. of W. II. Harrill, deceased. MoBir.rt i' & Justice, Attorneys. Then he passed on and went to bis own room. He picked up bis gun and examined it and saw that it was in perfect order. He set it down where it would be handy to him, saying to him self: "That's all I'll need, an it's all I'll take." Then he took some papers from a lit tle locked tin box and went out He walked down the street until he came to the office of Squire Beeson. the jus tice of the peace. In all his move ments he was as calm and deliberate IHf Is "TJnUlrm xmiirr..n Sim sprang to his feet and helu his band up warningly. j "Hold oa, squire," he said. "Don't I you go an say nothin ag'in Loueesy, not nary a word, 'cause thar'll be bavd j ness betwixt us if yon do.- I've alius I iiked vou. souire, an I like- you jit, an ! I want to go on a-likin you., out won't j if you talk ag'in Loueesy." I The squire shrugged bis shoulders ! and turned back to his desk. A little j curtly, it seemed to Sim. he said: "leu me wuar you want m ruis ueeu. an I'll go to work an make it out." Instead of replying. Sim drew nearer to the squire and placed his hand on his shoulder. "So nire " he said pleadingly. "I hene I ain't eone an made you mad. God "It ain't much, butit's all I can do." knows I never meant to do no sich a i head was bent in deep thought. There thing, an I'm sorry if I have. 1 don't as though nothing out of common had I Yant .t0 CaUS.G ,D mre hard feel,n'8 man l can ueip, iui tspv-ciaiiy now. NOTICK. The undersigned having obtained let ters of administration on the estate of W S. Hill, deceased, notice is hereby given all persons indebted to said estate turned around, facing Sim." He took transpired, and there were no outward Indications of the fire that was trying his soul. Appearing before the squire, he placed the papers on the desk, saying quietly: "Can you make out a deed for me right away, squire?" "Shore," was the prompt reply. "Been sellin some of your land, Sim?" "No. I want the deed made out to Loueesy." The squire, having heard the talk about Louisa and Melvin, thought bo understood the situation, and he was not surprised at Sim's words. It oc curred to him at once that Sim and Louisa were going to separate and that Sim was going to divide his posses sions with her. "All right," he said, bringing out some blanks and preparing to fill in the deed. "What part of your land are you goin to give Loueesy?" "All of it," Sim replied. "All!" the squire exclaimed. "All." The squire laid his pen down and tolf !::1!' oracles off, wiped them slowiy A NO l t'laUlia llVJAUJHtt v.viiiin itwiu.-ic fXU'i . 4i . , ,. . . . . t-teart berbvr quired to present snch ",U1 u,s I LU to"ou nandkercmet, then claims properly authenticated on or be-, put tUem 00 again. fore the 12th day of "May, 1902, for pay-1 "Sim," he said slowly, "it ain't none ment. or this notice will be pleaded in of my business, of course, but if I was bar of recovery on such claims. This 1 you I wouldn't do that." May 11th, lfiOl. J. P. FLACK, "Wouldn't do which?" Sim asked. Adm'r of W S , HiU . deceased. i wouldn't give Loueesy all the McBrayer & J Obtxce, Attorneys. kind." when I feel like I ain't got no friends on earth." The squire softened immediately. "I ain't mad at you, Sim," he replied. nor 1 ain't a-goin to git mad at you. was one thing more he longed for be fore he went, but he was afraid it might not be best. It was this of which he was thinking, and at last he de cided. "No, I'll not do it," he said. "I'd give the world to see Loueesy once more. but I dasn't do it, I dasn t, for 1 ni j w ith his head down, just ) "Waal, I bet you was skeered any- how." j "No, sir, I wa'n't skeered. not nary a '; grain more tian I am this minute." I "Did you tech him?" somebody ask ;ed. j "No, I didn't tech him, but it wa'n't ; 'cause I was a f card to. I 'lowed nieb 1 by it mougbt be ag'in the law, an I wa'n't liggeriii on gittin into no trouble "vj .1. . There was a short pause, after which some one said impressively: "Lord, jest to think of a feller walkin up on to a dead man like that! My bind. I wouldn't 'a' done it for nothin on earth! I bet I'd 'a' been skeered, an I'd 'a' jumped an hollered, too, an I reckon I'd most broke my neck a-glttin away from thar. Lord!" "Land of gracious," another exclaim ed, "if that had 'a' been me in place of Jim Thorn. I'd 'a' been skeered plumb out of my skin, an I'd jest 'a tore the .earth up an knocked the bark offeu all the trees round thar a-2'tt;n cut of them woods." If the truth bad been known, the only reason Jim Thorn didn't knock the bark off the trees getting out of those woods wa3 because the bark was too tight to be knocked. oil. But that was something no cue save Thorn knew, and he had no idea of mentioning it. Thco Jim Thorn had to go out tn Sim Banks' woods and show where the body had been found and explain in j detail just hov to show the exact the feet and the full the precise 1 body. After that he had to show just how he had made the discovery and bow he had acted and what he bad done and everything about it. All this be did by going through a rehearsal of his move ments. s . He placed a stick across the path where Melvin had fallen to represent the corpse. Then be wept n little way off and, turning, walked back slowly. as he had Wrtite listened tn'7i interest. conclusion the moment they arrived on the ground. These last belonged to that class of ready liars wh j abound hi every community, that laige family of "1 told you sos." While the interested crowd was still talking a stranger appeared auur.ig them. It was Mr. Waite. No one there knew him, for none of tbem had over seen hint, and the Moment be appear ed all conversation ceased, and every body stood with bis eyes fixed Incjufr-in-i!y en him. Looking co.diy r.r.unid. ; be asked: "What's the occasion of all this ex ! citoiaent?" I There was a momentary sileiu-e. dnr j ing which every cu; turned Ids eyes e:i .Ti:n Thorn. That worthy, understand i ing what was expected of him, stepped forward and said in turn: "Whv. stranger, ain't you beam?" "Heard what?" Waite a:-ked. -Why. Lord, 'bont the murder." The stranger shook bis bead and look ed surp: i:-ed. 'Murder!" be exclaimed. "Why, have yen been having a r.oudor here?" "Mv land. I'd soso! I'd 'lowed ev- er'body Knowed "bout !t befor? this. An yon ain't hearn a word cf U?" j "How sbcubl I when I just arrived ia j th.' neighborhood?" "Ch. you jest now come, did you?" ! hero a few days ago and engaged j board with Mr. Jenkins. Then I went i on down the country and am just now I getting back. But about this murder, j Who was it that was killed?" I "it was a feller earned Mel via." I TLoru answered. I "One of your citizens. ! presume V" j "No, he was a stranger. Ile'rl only been here a few weeks. SioppcJ over to Jonathan Turner's an claimed be was a-prospect in for r.i:i:eral." "Ch. that's the man. eh?" "Yes. Did you know b:m?" "No. 1 didn't know Mr. Melvin. but that day I passed through here I stri ped at Mr. Turner's, and I leaieuder bearing him Fpeak cf fcim. Bo mat's the man that was killed?" iltoit urns if land, i k. tax' s cot .'i.'iK S.is:.n Wad.- Hill a, .-. s ,,t u-v.., iax- . es and e:st ik-'l Sarah Leaven huriv '., acre of land. New Hope, taxes a:-d cist .?! i' Jake Logan 2 :;e:. l.i,d, Nc. Hot'. tax s ami rvl ! -. Martin V. Jbil- r 4 :. ns. New Hope, 1 tuxes a:u cost Lhu Martin i u rc land, Jr toiio ."ut ter, taxes and co-: ?.. John M:e'. I acre land (J. B. C.) taxes and e.-.-t 7?cts Llia Mcb:ovt il I town lot taxes and cvt Eict. Thomas '.tiller 1 town lot Court Mn t taxes and coft five. Wat :! T'ii'.ii r acres of bind. 1 ir-ogfiii land, taxos ;:id !:.?c(s Vba VAlls 2' , acres bind near O. C. II. tax- a-id cosr 1.11 IsKio Miel-.. iii 2 :;eis hind, (V. II.) taxes and cst !.'. ?.Iarv E. r.iicbeal acres land (V.'. ii. tuxes and o.t i A 1 S. T. McCravey . iov.n lot, Mitchell Aveiino, taxes ai:d v-:4 f;.7- Will "dcLov.eli i2!.. acres laud taxes and c.sst 1.45 V. iny & GitfTiuy 1 :'. Liiid 0:1 Ftone CVtte r. taxi s and 00.-; ;-;.. .). J. liol-eris 4i r. 10s hind n Twilty road, i;'!.b5 Nezer 11 vis ?a i.ere land. Now Hope, raxos and cost tl.r.7 V'. R. Sh-admr.n '3 ufiv land, Tibia C. land, taxi s ar.d oi.t. !.J: licl.KCii .'-co!t 1 ufie Liiid, Ivw Ho:', ta s an 1 est U'M t s Fraii-is Tiiylor I sw.ro land, New Hope t:;:-:e--. a r.-l c t "M M;evy Tv.it ty 1J', st's land near 2 C. Ii. 11. ia:i s at .y X i.-10 (iof-.ilh Whiteside 1 i.ci land lcv ! Hope, taxeji ii;d -st S?S-ts si Liiirn K?';tixis iowxship Win. Pntler 17 acres land, S. S. P'g, taxes and c:t s.i!l C. ?!. Champion fd acix-s land, Jarre.- en , k. taxes und .; t -- ('( L. zj. Duncan '2 acr.-s Lik1 (B. 11.) taxes and cost ."52.70 R. L. Pit:- Iti a- iv:; land, P.. enn-k, taxes and e'st J, i;ud, HI .1- fiv. re (B. It.) taxes Jll. Lilies So aes s taxes ;'.i!il r.'.-t ifilAo A. v". ili.obius K! fi-ns la si." taxes ioi.l eo.;t. l-;;bl':ee iflAU I'billip l(.bbin bl sicjcs land and cot ;:;..! A. L. Bobbin:; XM aert-s land taxis and cost Mini rvu Smith M acres land, McIC. creek taxes and vmX ISA V. . L. .Ic.'-.es I'.st. -') acres hind taxes and eosL J;.") G c:h t"jiK?-".'i T(iivxs:tic. ComelioriS Cli'ioitns, 12." acr'-s hind en ILiir Cav.-.p cre !, tax and cost. ").'.',. Ji- K. Xor:"y. TA cs 'mtm! n li'g Caii:p creek, tax and (, Luke M.;"r , 52 ';:, lii.nl on Cat bey's env's, tax and C 5.10. A. Y. . ;tt r. !7 ::ei-s Liil'l ".vi Secoiid Bnod liver, tax and t-t, (Jeo. I- i,.'-k. S aeji s la iid o-i Williiiis' creek, tax :;ni kvi, ".2.". liutt Harvey, Z'i acres land Mill ctwk, tax and co.-t, sfl.Jii. Ha'.vkiiis .!e:hu.!n, .14 r.cns land Un ion Mills, tax and o.-t, fl,'.1). 1 AMINOS TOVVSS.iU.'. I J. B. Envo", 157 aei'- s land, tax and 2.75. "lhat s the man. Icost, f 22.7 5 "Y'ell. well! Do you know cnylbins mi-s. u. II. llili, acres h.nI, Isx of the particulars of tbe murder?" jand est. v'l.Os. Then Thorn etnbiaced tbe opi'oitui-.i- 1 il. toi Humpton, 1 acre kind, tax and m found and explain 111 ty fjr vAilvU Le ,;ar, U,VQ wai,jr.g ao,j ;ci.:-t, M cuts. iw it bad lain. He had " cr-Jel tn rfr,,at tll Rtory ,,e Iiatl 1 J. W. Washburn. 1 acres Lmd, Juxoh sact position of tbe head. L m d w,.llt a:.-, cost, .44. he bands and describe in ,,,",., ,,,,.,, r 1,1. ..iw,, J- x' ''""r' '. (''4 se attitude of the wbo'e tJ!C,'1, l,e l;in,oraff cr hi, cisoov- J L - t A t v,. . -r- 1- , ;--.:. j. liv.niitce, a-n r..;i'i, hew calmly be had viewed it and bow j tax a:d cost, tb.ihn'v on lavs) ;::.;':. fearlessly be bod passed by it on bis p. I). vn:n-.v, 1 t i.vn lot. tavji and rray to tbe store. To all this Wa:te lis- loost, (balance r;t t:i:e) -;1. ;'.. tencd with ee: niingly the greatest of J hm:; ; v,-. i s ;f.v. !iii'. interest, end Jacou Roberts was id- j Widin.- .!i- town lot balance, couraged by that to demonstrate for on lax susd :st.$J.H bis bcnetji just bow the murderer roust - .-zr have fired i:e fatal shct from tlie sbf I I CI ! z i.-.Vi'w. t t , ii TC;.. :-od bv I l! d , ter of the big tree. I 1 If any on-.' bad been observing the j Btrnngcrs face closely. Ik I jest can't make out no jestice in your j afeard I'd give way to all this 1 feel, j been walking that morning. At a cer way of reasonin; that's all." "An yit it's jest, for all that "Mebbv it is. I dunno." You know, squire, Loueesy an mei don't suit. You know that, don't you?" "Yes, ever'body knows that now." "Ever'body knows it now. an I guess a good many knowed it 'fore we mar ried. That's whar I done wrong. I ort 'a' bad sense enough to know . it then, an mebby I would if I'd 'a' keer ed enough to stop an think. Loueesy was young, an she couldn't know, but I was older, an I ort to 'a' seen that she couldn't never be happy with a man like me. I done wrong to urge her to marry me, an that's whar all the fault lies. I've ruined her life an destroyed ber happiness, but I wasg!o blind to see it till it was too late." "So now" "So now I'm a-goin to do what little I can to make amends. I'm a-goin to give ber all I have, then take myseif out of her life." The squire was silent and thoughtful a long time, and when at last he spoke he said: "Your reasonin may be jest, ini, but whether it be or not b ain't a-goin to argue with you 'bout it, 'cause it wouldn't be no use. You've cot vonr and that might give her somethin sad tain point he raised bis bead. His eyes to remember. No, I dasn't see her no more, never ag'in in all this world." He took up his gun and went out. An hour later Sam Gordon and Jason Roberts, returning from Jonathan Tur ner's, heard a gun fired off in Sim Banks' woods. "Somebody's shot a squirrel, I guess," Sam remarked. "Reckon so," Jason replied. "Seems like it's kind of late to be sbootin squir rels, though." - The next morning James Melvin was found dead in Sim Banks' wocds, with a bullet hole through his heart fell on the stick, and he stopped short In his tracks. For a minute or so he stood there, looking calmly on the stick, then quietly walked by It on his way to the village. All these things the curious crowd drank in with open mouthed wonder. .s as.-i'rr.ee r: v. it. ii.'v.- rn.ct l,im rviri'jO OI 1 ho iKr.- '-j-. nun ;u se i noticed that it became quite pale as Ja- t , ' ;. ,. " '. , V v" r . .. ! Lore--. t:i,: m i;tt :er!nrdt.s. .. v., :i son proceeded with his csylaoatio!, it ho first M !: v in Jub. it I-in,r but attention fc.1V. son procceueu wiin r.ia explanation, it no iirsr .i'iu!:y m u:y. i-;:. o 1 but Jason was claiming everybody's ill--1. 1 day 4 f kvA iv.t;(!i ; I v.ib il o-r ittctition at that uioravut. so "no oiie . t;i; ii to tho I;ir;iies bidd -r, ti.r.-- liy i mv,. . ii lan.1, the tir.-r on Cumn ere. k udji.-.n- "What do you think?" Jaou asktd when he bad fnii.-:h.d. " I jr. n't J'ou b'lieve I'm light, stranger?" Waite gave a little start. I leaning eagerly forward and craning ' ., " xe .oioeo. tl.nir reel s in order to entrh the s-m.nll- 3 right; yCS-S. Very bkely. est and most unimportant detail of the movements. I ing - b .f Cie;. f lis. the CHAPTER XVIII. A MATTER OF INTEREST. Never since that day on which the battle of Lexington was fought had there been such intense excitement on Possum Ridge. The people, forgetting their everyday duties, collected. in little groups and all day ltmg talked in low, hushed tones of the terrible thing that had happened. A thousand questions Mere asked, many of them of a most frivolous nature, but propounded in all seriousness; a thousand surmises were made, and those who happened to pos sess a frasiaent of information relative Then, having absorbed the last par ticle of information Jim Thorn possess ed, the crowd fed to speculating re garding such things as Tiifcru could not explain. Sam Morgan started it by ivir.av." adiuittei. 1 Alb a s km-, ..as. -.miiy r n.i otli- r.. o.i."jin:g -s "B; i nd to be," Jason said. "Ain't no other way it could 'a' becu dfine." "I guess that's so." Wall "But what was the object of the ur.r dcr, do you think?" I'ap Sampson, who had followed the crowd about all day in silence, li.-ten- 1110. f. nil t'int in i :fii.t l !:!.-. 1 f.;:-- T wonder whnr the fpller thnt lonA arii ano v.a!lii. fAi-wm., l... w..- uanip n answer to uos iiuesuou. "I don't know." Jascu said. no notion. - ;lii:ul s'.i'A -tln rs. i i'.uu:iii i . ..... 1 1 ............ r - (it:1, i .i;- i i i .'.i. : i olS bV .-. i i b".iT.V aui Idced -f ib- 2bih of J ..n 1 ict r.diu tie. Ri. t.iV o:! "fore.lou. N. C , in B":.-: 'M j The. v:-csn.l .T.er . ntiK-J!, ,vs:?i!ij.5!.- : .-'jinb:ilou Ui Wis, A. H. Na- 1 l": n''d in iii d r K " U.itla r :".. i4 . v.u-i-- of ,0.,-ef J P. .nyVj-'ae.' r j- -r ' 't r ;:: H U - V i-.'-ito ,-. i iii BvC ! -v- it:.. I.;.- -f'.l o n t :fr-r.:- .... ....... , . ...... Irliisn' ii. I tr. .': .'. i : x:k 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i " " ' --J i tbe killin was when he fired the shot." Then everybody looked around in searcn or wnat mignt ie considered a ..Do on supi)OSi. x was robb-ry? liKeiy piace, ano iwo or iniee were on the point of hazarding a reply, but it was Jason Roberts who spoke. "Thai's - only one place," he said, "whar the feller that done the sbootin could 'a' likely stood, accordia to my way of figgcrin it out." "Whar's that?" somebody asked. . "Behind that big tree whar Tap Sarunson killed the six sauirrels Is" I bvs, i ully . j ni in n '. 'iLiin Forney t. A. il. N.il . ;f P-c-v.ib' r-'M, i ryi-t Mill. Xo. S2. I T'.e third tra' lvi:igJi 'be v:i:fe:f of 4ei:iTv: S l.:ii-"i ';o:u f.i'lv fu -ri'r.e-.l in Ib'ttu-u . .iii: touched. "Humph: lie couldn't have Ir.d an enemy ia this fectioa. Ila w.-.s a an ger here, 1 believe you euid i" IV,,. " jit). "it .2CE3S to be rati".; r a ttism.? en.ve. (COMIXITD CM K LUTH PAGE.) I aiu'i (froir. fannn 1 .o..urry to A. ..s.i-'is, ifbiitd Dec. i!,bi r . !;$:., ami mt -n d in i -)k 't at A . vi, ai:". couoiw:.;t re;; lnoi-c- or !'. : r-i.t-.' Jon.- ?rd. Ui"t As.-i : -e. i j K-niiZ- r3Sr -Lrc 11
Rutherfordton Tribune (Rutherfordton, N.C.)
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June 13, 1901, edition 1
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