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' ; ,:v 'v-v-:.-V'''t-i..s'---vS" 'vA -v.-. - ' ;, : . i - ' ; sosra ia rat jiictf hj trail. gji.SiiSr.'.'SS."1" ROCKINQHAM, N. C, THURSDAY, FLBRUARY 13. 1902. ILCrRf!SI!O.I3!0EIf.:: TRAGEDY IN NORTH CAROLINA. Story of Atroclo-S VurCir Corr.mitted 'In YaiVIn County. -Ralel?h. Feb. 10. Oe of the roost atrocions crirr.es that h.s cvor been worded !n th areola of it's state vti a murder eomalttcd rcreutly u Yadkin coarty. Tbe rlctin was wn 11am Kelly, who was not three timea In tbe back and hi body then thrown la a welL The murder was committed on the place of Mrs. Hunt, a rich widow of that county. Kelly was courting the daughter of the widow. William Martin, the brotbrr of Mrs. Hunt. Is accused of being the slayer of Kelly and the coroner's Jury has Mnmmnrfrf that he Le held for an Investigation of the crime. Martin s K.r.Knnf hnwwvpr ara unknown. ' Diligent search is te'ng made for him .and it is bclieTed be is In hiding at Jme friend'a house or has fled to Vir ginia, A person who was at work on the Hunt premises at the time of the crime baa been found and claims to hare been an eyewitness to the trag edy. The witness places the guilt up on Martin, the version as given being that two shots were heard fired and Kelly was .seen to fall. The witness claims that Martin was seen to run some yards and then return, and lean ing over Kelly fired 'a shot into the back of his head. It Is further alleged by this wit- ness that Kelly was then in an appa rently dying" condition and was barely able to gasp a plea to Martin cot to shoot him sjtiin. Martin. It is assert- ed. as he left i the scene was heard to say that dead men cannot talk. It Is claimed that two persons drag ged the body to the well Into which it was thrown and the tracks of a man mi) m. woman are nlaln. The home of Mrs. Hunt, where she and her daugh- ter now are. Is under a close guard.; The scene of this crime is near to the village of HuctsTille. i . r i FIRE IN WASHINGTON, N. C. ' . i Less ef $7000 FTreman Killed Falling Wall. Cy ' ' Washington. N. C... Feb. 10. One man killed, a losa of JJo.OOO in build ings and $20,000 on pools is the result of a disastrous fire at Washington. X. G, Saturday afternoon. The losses ereas follows: E. Petersen company. J2 1.003 on stock. Insurance $3.0 V); Mrs. Marga ret Hoyje. owner of Peterson's stcre, $5,000. Insurance fl.Pr: V.'. C. Dud ley's saloon $2.0W. no Ir?-sra3c; Tay lor's pharmacy $l.oj Icfs. Insurance not known; A. J. Mitchell, saloon, $100; E. IL Mlxon ??30; J. R. Moore & Son. damage to oOe. There are no figures as to tbe loss to the Atlantic Coast Line on depot and cars. The fire began at 5 o'clock in the ceiling of the Atlantic Coast Line de pot and the firemen could net cope with 1L' The freiglitvfIepot and seven cars were destroyed. Kegs of pon der were blown up. but no one was injured. A falling wall of one of the stores killed Ed Peed, a negro fireman, who was terribly crushed. FARMER FLAGGED TRAIN. Wanted Conductor to Get His Week's " Supply of Tobacco. V Charlotte. N. C. Feb. 7. A Chapel Hill special tells a most Interesting story of a farmer who Cached a train Just to be neighborly and to request the conductor to make a purchase for him. Tho story Is as follows: Between University station an3 Chanel Hill, while the train was run ning at usual speed, some one Jumped out on the trie as if the lives of all those on the train depended upon it, and fiarged down the train. The train was trousM to a stand still and the conductor asked the farmer what was the matter with. the road ahead. Wituout the least con cern the fanner said there wasn't any thing the matter with the road; he only wanted the conductor to be neigh borly and get hia week's supply of to bacco at University station. , Elberton Will Ce R-bullL Elberton. Ga. Feb. 11. Already plans are on foot for rebuilding the bnlness district of fTjerton. which was wiped out in Sunday's disastrous Are, All the losers by the conflagra tion -are been busy securing rooms in which to open business attain and to rebuild the ruined district. Cplonel Swift, one of the heaviest losers, has already made arrangements for erect lag five handsome storehouses. The actual loss by the fire Is now placed at $100,000. with Insurance of about hall that amount Brown Skips Thr?e Conds. ilcTrhy. N. C Feh. 11. SterifT Wil liam Riley, of Ln'ayettc. Ga., lft here yesterday mornlc.t with a prisoner narred Henry H. Crown, who Is want ed In Walker county on the charge of concealing stolen goods. Brown has skipped three bonds. His wife and baby accompanied him. Rrown came to this county lart September, sicce which time he has been funning a saw mill in the lower end of the county. Gorham Acquitted of Charge. Statesville. X. O. Feb. 11. J." H. Gorham. ex-law agent of the South ern railway, has received an acquittal in his trial at this place ca the charge of tampering with a Juror in a case for damages. Clnclnnatlana Searching for Gold. Murphy, X. C Feb. 11. Cincinnati parties are develop! tg some fire clay Property near here and looking for sold. Other-parti axe also aearch- caU. ! BREAKING; SCAFFOLD ' HURLS MEN TO DEATH , TJ. p u on pije xmji.Bi. of Jaggod Lumber. LIFE i LEE BAIuEY'S LEAP FOR New Eiseman Building In Atlanta Scene of Accident Which Results In the Death of One Man and Probably the Fatal Injury of Two Others. Atlanta. Feb. 17. As a result of a 1 broken scaffold I In the building ol that is being erected Wiseman uru on the Whitehall street viaduct three men were dashed a distance of 4o feet this morning shortly after 7 o'clock. . The onen who fell were Fred Cole, who lived on Windsor street near Woodward avenue; Henry Reynolds, of 42 PTatt street, and G. W. White, of Senoia. j ' The men were painters and were at work on a portion of the ceiling around the skylight. They fell on a pile of Jagged timbers that had been thrown on the lower floor directly under-, neath where they had been at. work. In a few minutes alter the accident Fred Cole was dead at the Grady hos pital j Reynolds is now at the hospital in an unconscious condition and White was operated upon shortly after reach ing the hospital. j Reynolds has concussion oi m brain, three ribs on the left side are fractured and he Is suffering from in- ternal injuries.! ' White sustained a" severe fracture) of the skull, a bad scarp wound and an ujly wound, on the left side of his head above the temple. His collar bone was broken and he has several contusions on the head. He is also in- Jured internally. " Lee Bailey, also a painter, who lives at 72 Decatur' street, was on the scaf- fold and had a miraculous escape from . i . T-- M dcatn. wnen me cra.su came jjai.cj was standing near a column at the nefithwest corner of the skylight. With a strength born of desperation he leap ed rr his life and caught, he knows not how. on the column nearest him. There he hung breathless, witlrnoth- J ing between him and the floor, nearly 60 feet below. All this had happened with the stort space of. a gasp of breath and the scaffold plunged down ward, carrying Its freight of humanity vrith It. Col struck on his back. Reynolds and White struck, it Is be lle veo. on their heads, as the blood was f owing freely from their heads and faces. Fred Cole was about 40 years old. He leaves a wife and one child. Rey- nolds has a wife and four children. White is about 30 years old. His home Is in Senoia and it is not known whether he has a family. The four men had only been on the scaffold a few minutes when it fell. Foreman W. Flindt. In charge of the carpentering of the -Jbuildlng thinks that the men must have all been stand In? on the same plank, which was unatle to support their aggregate weight j GREEK MET GREEK. Rival Church j Factions Have Fierce Fight In Chicago. ' Chicago. Feb. 10. Rival facjtions of the Greek Orthodox churctf had a fierce fight during a meeting, and when the trouble was over one police man was among the list of injured, while several Greeks suffered with bruised heads.' Knives were Cashed and fierce threats made during the en counter. I When the trouble began three po Jicemen attempted to stop It, but the oScers were pushed and nearly 300 men were fighting. One policeman was struck by a chair and knocked downstairs. A riot call was turned in, and on the appearance of a large body of policemen the rioters were panic stricken and Jumped out of windows and down stairways. The police charg ed Into the crowd and after several minutes of fighting succeeded in re storing order. 11,000,000 FIRE AT SPRINGFIELD. Senator Fairbanks' Great East Street Shops Burned. " Springfield, p Feb. 10. The great East Street shops built by William N. Whitley, the reaper king, at a cost of $2,000,000 were destroyed by Are t& day. the loss being over $1,000,000. . - The sbeps ' were occupied by the Sprln-fleld Foundry company. Prog ress Stove and, rurniture company. In; dlarapblis Frog and Switch company Kyle Art Glass company, Krell French Piano com par y. Miller j Gas Engine company. Champion Chemical compa ny and Owens Machine Tool company. The building was bought by Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, ten years ago. Water pressure was insufficient and the firemen were handicapped from Vie start 4 ...... Two Die of Heart Disease. Chattarooga: Feb.. 10. John Mor gan, an employe of the Rapid Transit company here, died suddenly yester day riomlng of heart disease. G. M. Tarbrougb, a prominent citizen, also died of heart disease at the same hour. Grist Mill Burned. . Evergreen,- Ala.. Feb. 8. Fire has destroyed the large grist mill and cotton-gin belonging to Fountain & Urqd bart at Mexia, Monroe county. Sev seed I km 1 eral bales of cotton and cotton were burned, entailing a loss of aoaw I 4LS00, sunlj ovared by HOUNDS ON WARREN'S TRAIL. , Thought Alleged Train . Robber Will Soon Be Captured. ' Charleston," S. C, Feb. 8. Since the caring train robbery.- ten days ago,; I '.l. ' Bartow Warren, alleged robber and murderer, who is supposed to have in- I stigated the deed. - Two years ago i WniTfii xrat jirrfRtpd for havlne held up an express messenger at the .same point, and when the Jury could not agree on a verdict the prisoner was released on bond. Inynediately after bein? baile out Warren shot and kill ed Thomas Watson, the chief witness . AW. - A 2 J I . n . V. jC swamps. Efforts nave, been maae to arrest him. and while it is generally 1 .1 . 1 . l r v county, the authorities have not been able to catch htm, j - , j When the nine men: held up the Southern train the otHer day there was enough evidence to connect War ren with the robbefXr and the sheriffs of five counties are now' on his tralL The reward tf 81,000 offered by Gov ernor McSweeney has acted as an in centive and private ' detectives are scouring the swamps with bloodhounds in the hope of running down the al leged murderer and robber. According to reports received here today from Orangeburg county. War ren may be caught within the next 48 hours, although he knows the swamp country thoroughly and has every ad vantage over the officers. Tears ago he was a cowboy in the west and is noted for his daring. DIED TRYING TO SAVE GIRL. wo Kaxers uose ineir uve wn ' cock, Va. , Richmond. Va., Feb. 11. Herbert nock ana miss fliae ueiger were drowned while skating at Onancock creek, near the town of Onancock. , The ice broke through, and friends nearby were not only: unable to save them, but several other lives came near being sacrificed. ' ; i Both of the young people belong to prominent families. Mr. Nock was a , son of N. W. Nock, a prominent cltl- ' zen of Onancock and collector of cus toms of that port under Cleveland. Miss Gelger, whose family went from Charlottesville, was a granddaughter .of Colonel Bowcock, of Albemarle. ; Mr. Nock and Misa Gciger were skating arm in afm and were on their way to a boat to return to dinner when the Ice gave way. .-. The - young man might have saved himself, but lost nls life trying to res cue his fair companion. Four men broke in while trying to rescue the couple, but all were got out The4 bodies were recovered. LARGE STILL IS CAPTURED. One of Biggest Ever Found In South Carolina, Greenville,- S. C, Feb. 11. Revenue Collector . Aiken, assisted by several deputy marshals, near Sunny Side, Pickens county, has destroyed a large Illicit distillery outfit, consisting of a 200-gallon . copper still, 13" fermentcrs and 2,000 gallons of .beer. The still was in operation, when dis covered and the operators, Stanley and Conley; were aircMed; Officers say it was one of the largest outfits ever destroyed in this section of the state.. ' . . White Man Kills a Negro. Bennettsville, S. C, Feb. 8. In Red Bluff, this county, John Graves, a white man. shot arid killed Mark Jones, a negro. The negro drove a wagon on Graves' plantation for the purpose of moving a family therefrom. The men engaged in a heated dispute and the negro advanced on'Graves in a threatening and attacking attitude, when Graves fired, the fatal shot' The coroner held an inquest but at last ac counts Graves had not been arrested. Sudden Death of Salem Rowe. j Bennettsville, S. O; Feb. 5. Yester day morning Salem J.IL Rowe was found dead in his room in this town. Mr. Rowe was about 53 years'old and a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of this place.' He was unmarried and roomed alone, having his meals brought to him. His limbs and muscles were contracted, and it Is supposed he had a congestive chllL Will Manage Piedmont Track, j Charleston. S. C. Ieb. 7. President irtnur. Wall, of the' Charleston Rac ing association, has notified the expo sition company that he would surren der the management of the exposition track March 1. He also announced that he has secured 'a five-year Ieasa on the Piedmont park track in Atlanta and will open Dec. l'next for a meet lng ot 121 days. Petition for MrsCarson's-Pardon. Columbia. S. CV. Feb. 8. The.gov ernor has received very strong new petitions asking the pardon xt Mrs. Carson, who has been in the peniten tfarr aervinr a life sentence since 1S95. Mrs. .Carson, it will be remem-i lng the condition of the Russian re bered. was convicted of; participating 1 former, who Is in the Crimea. After In the foul murder of her husband in Spartanburg. Cotton Mill Increases CapitaL . Colombia. S. C. Feb. 8. Notice was yesterday filed, with , the secretary of! state of the increase of the capital' stock of the DeKalb Cotton mills of ' Camden by $100,000; making a total. capitalization of the company of $300.- 000. " - Anderson's Sewer Bonds. Anderson. S. O, Feb. 8. In the sew- r bonds election yesterday they ded hj US aaajoxitx. SAFE 'BLOWERS LOOT AGWORTHOA,, BANK . Building and Safe Wrecked by Dynamite. TH EY GET AWAY- WITH $5,0C0 A $5,000 Georgia. State ,. Bond- and a Large Amount of 8toc.k Certificates Were Also TakenTwo Strangers - Recently In TowrT fre Suspected. " Acworth; Ga., Felv lOr-Saf e blowers, , got in their work her yesterday morn t rr ' ? 1- i 1 adoui z o ciocii ine saie oi me w on Banking company, was mown ana about $5,000 In gold and currency, a $5,000 Georgia stale bo.Ad and a ;i-rge amount of stock certificates were taken. The loss rails oeavuy on tne bank and community. t, .While the-, work 6h6ws the parties knew what they were doing, yet the Job was clumsily done. - Things were terribly torn to pieces, between $45,- . 000 and $50,000 in notesand stock cer tificates and bonds being mutilated.-- From appearances the money taken was badly damaged. " IJi the rubbiah pieces of bills, fromirexy small ones to one-fourth of bills,' wre found. One party had a box in the viult w'th a $20 gold piece in it whijeh hs beeii in th s box many years. This ras left. intaet. i Another person had oaf safety deposit ! a pocketbook containing money wnica ; was not taken. A - $2",50 gold piece ; was picked up mashedas thin as pa per. The parties entered the front ! door, which let them fnto this vault door, then the inside roor, which let r them into the vault to She safe? Here t they blew the safe. tSen the inside t fastenings of the safe.i They made four biasgs to reacn tne money, all of which ws successfully done and without discovery. . The' town marshal fed night tele graph operator heard the deadened - -n-r w r, A TirArit rnt tri tnirasti Pr!t hilt for soine reason were drawn in a dlf- ferent direction until -the blowers es caped. ' -'v' A day or .two ago two merivwere seen around town under suspicious circumstances. One was a small, dark complected, dark-eyed, man with ; black mustache. The other ; was larger, stout, with fafx skin and a light-mus tache.:. -: - - . 'There is no clew at this time as to the whereabouts, of the two strangers but every effort will be" made to effect their capture". LilVeral rewards are to be offered. '"' ,'' " i BLOWN OVER PRECIPICE. Mother aod Child Have Frightful Fall . at ureenporra; n. j. New York. Feb. lO.r-Mrs. Ellwood H. EJchenon, of Morrlstown, N. J tooic her 14-year-old daughter and Al berta Collins, a . neighbor's child, to Greenpond to see the j forest fires on Copperas mountain.' -They climbed steeo hill to get a, better view and stood near the edge pfa cliff with a sheer drop of 200 feet.!- The wind was blowing a ' gale and Mabel walked toward the" edge of the cliff. The child's skirts were -caught by a violent ,gust ofj'wlnd-and she was carried along despite all her efforts to escape. - r.;.V- ..' -Mrs. Fichenon saw her daughter's peril and ran after. fcerl Mabel was .blown over the edge of the precipice just as her mother r grasped at her skirts. Mrs. Fichenon could not recov-' er her balance and 'both fell to the rocks "below." V ' ' ' ' X ..The Collins girl Tan for help and men hurried to the foot of the cliff. The ' mother's' neck was broken ; and death wasr? instantaneous. Mabel's arms were -broken and she was other wise badly hurt, but she may live. T " ' r 7 ' ' : " Governor.'Odeiffs Mother Dead." - Newburgh, ti. Y., I Feb. 10. Mrs. Odell, mother of Governor Odell, died today. Death was the result of pneu monia. At her bedsife when she died were her husband, ier three sons, Gcvcinor B. Odell, Jrt ; Postmaster Hi ram B. Odell and Professor George C. T. Odell, of Columbia univerkity, and her .two . daughters. Miss . Ophelia and Clara Odeil." Mrs. jdell was born at Eookstaver and was married to- Mr. Odell in April," 1850.; ' Detroit Savings Bnk Suspends. Detroit. Feb. 10. Tiie" City Savings bank did not open, for business this morning. At.J o'clock; the following-notice was : posted on ihe door: ,ThIs bank is in the hands, of George L. Maltz. banking commissipner. The capital stock of the tnk is $150,000. According to the . sj&iement of the bank's condition prhited.;lec. 17, the bank had total deposits of $3,062, 15.30."" " r Tolstoi's Condition Alarming. -London. Feb. 10 -AVladimir Tschert kofiT, Count Tolstoi's agent in England, has received alarming advices regard- improving in neaiin v,ouni ioisxoi sui- fered a relapse, whicb has caused se rious anxiety. He is suffering from heart failure and Inflammation of the lungs. . ' '' 1 v- - ' ' V: Miners Crushed to Death. , -Butte, Mont, Feb.iO- In a cave-in In the diamond mine; one of the Amal gamated properties,. Jerry J. Conroy and Richard Williams were crusnea to I death." An Immense .mass of rock weighing over 1 75 tons fell upon the men, burying them completely. When car-zrecovered tbo bodaea of botA were feadly msaglftil FiL.NDISH CRIME OF NEGRESS.! Threw White Baby From Car. Window Near Monte, Ga. Swainsboro, Ga Feb. 8. Sheriff Flandirs brought to Jail here yester- day a negro woman, Anna Rabbr for ene of the darkest deeds ever com- mitted in Emanuel county. , Night before last the woman got on the train at Garfield, Ga,, with a white baby 3 weeks or a month old. She was asked what she. was doing with the child and she said it had been ' left in her care and she was going to take it to Stillmore. At Monte, on the iiiilen and Southwestern railway she , was left H in the car alone. She then -raised a window and threw the baby out The fall did , not kill the baby, but it froze to death' before daylight The little thins left Its sign where it crrntrhprt onrt IrirtrAd In-fit a Rflnl . The wotoan wect on to" Stillmore r and t.,ok the t?ain for. Adrian. The Enerlfl wag notified after the baby was . fouad- IIe went to jjonte to get the - , particulars and took the train for Adrian and caught the woman, who says the mother of the baby, is a gypsy and left It with her severar days ago and she doesn't know where she went. She denies throwing the child from the, train. he says another woman did It, but there was no other , woman on the train. " . 1 - Steel Bridge Across Oconee. ; , Greeneshoro, Ga., Feb. 7. At a spe cial meeting of the county commis sioners and the special coramittee ap pointed by thejast grand Jury sealed bids were opened for the construction of a steel bridge across, the Oconee river at tfie place in this county known as the Bob Woods place. The success ful bidder was George H. Crafts, of Atlanta, and the contract was award ed accordingly. " This bridge will con nect what is knpwn as the "fork" with the rest of the county and marks the beginning, of a' new era for that favor ed section of Greene county. . .-. Slew Attacking Convict ' Savannah, Feb: 7. Willie Lopez, a white convict 22 years of age, was shot and killed at' the county farm yesterday afternoon by Guard C. E. Fetzer. The convict "attempted to as sault the guard with a shovel with which he" was working. This was his second attempt of this kind, a similar effort having been made on , the Tues day before. Lopez was from Tampa, but had relatives in Savannah. He was sent up for 12 month's for vagran cy. He was very unmly and is thought to have been mentally unsound. . New Georgia Postmasters. -Washington. ' Feb.; 7. Postmasters appointed: Brown, Franklin county, L. J. Greene, vice P. C. Holbrook, re signed; ;Cole City. Dade county. Jimp- sie Farmer, vice H..W. Dea, resigned; Gilmore, Cobb county, L. J. Manor, vice- Rosa Gahtschy, resigned; . Hersh- man, Screven county, H. M. Hill, vice T. D. Rackley, resigned ; Savoy, Wilkes county, W, K. Branham, vice S. L. Branham, resigned; Wilcox, Coffee county, H. P. .Wilcox, vied John Mc Lean resigned. - ( " '-'"X." . Whitney and Bride In Georgia. Thomasville, Ga., Feb. 8-Payne Whitney "and uis bride," formerly Miss Helen Hay, daughter of Secretary of State Hay, arrived in Thomasville yes terday afternoon to spend their . hon eymoon. They win be the guests of Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne at his mansion, Glenwood, near this-, city. Colonel, Payne is an uncle' of the groom. ; Tne wedding party went im mediately to Glenwood. Georgia's Oldest Odd Fellow Dies. Savannah. Feb. 8. Charles Gross, the oldest Odd Fellow in Georgia, and probably in the United ; States, died yesterday, age 64 years, at his horns on Harris street The deceased was a native of Baden-Baden, ' Germany, and landed at New York 69 years ago. He enlisted in the United States army and took part tin the Florida Indian war and afterwards located In Savan nah. ' -. i s , Baker a Raving Maniac Atlanta. -.Feb. lr James L. Baker, who shot and killed his wife in At-, 4anta in the spring of 1900, and oref whom a celebrated legal fight was waged,' is now confined in the state in sane asylum at Milledgeville. said to be a violent maniac. - Baker was sent to the penitentiary last year to serve a life sentence for his crime, but he remained months. in the pen only a few , - Horse's Kick Kills. Savannah. Feb. 8. Philip C. Melts er,! Jr.,-died at Tybee Island from the effects of a kick . on the head by a" Horse. . Tne Doy .was teasing the ani mal when he received the kick, which crushed his skull and resulted is death later. - . . - t Postcffice Receipts Heavy, Columbus, Ga., Feb. 7. The Jan uary receipts at the Columbus post- office broke all records for any month during Postmaster Garrett's 4-year ad ministration. The postal receipts here are steadily increasing all the while. Atlanta's Population 135,735. J Atlanta,. Feo. 10. According to the city directory published by - Thomas J. Maloney, the advance sheets Of-which have Jtiet been issued from the press, Atlanta, incluuing Its immediate vicin ity, has a pbpulatibn of 135,735. Big Land Deal. . Way cross.- 6a-, Feb. 8. O. Iamp Lowther, of this city, has executed and fnrxr1Lraed to the Sanford Lumber corn- ,n jnorl&a a deed to 15.030 acres udlnea connty. . t BIG BLAZE AT ELBERTON. Two Business Blocks Go Up In 8meks Less f 104,00a , " Elberton, Ga Feb. 10. Fire broke out In the heart of the business sec J uon oi uns city at an eariy nour yee- terday morning and before the flames i '""r checked oVer $100,000 had gone ' tin In cmnV The loss Is estimated at $104,500. Of this less than half was covered by In surance, the total amount of Insurance on the burned buildings and stocks amounting to only $41.7501 : .Hon. T.. Swift was the heaviest loser, not being protected by Insur ance - at alL The Tate block, which was burned, was one of the handsom est buildings In Elberton, having been erected only three years ago. v The fire was by all odds the most disastrous In the history of the Gran "e City. - The buUdings burned were on Mcintosh street, the principal bus! ' street Of Elberton. and the partlo I ular section on which they were locat- ed is known locally as the "Spoon handle.' KILLED FELLOW STUDENT; Two Young Men Have Fatal Encoun- -, ter at Atlanta Dental College. . Atlanta, Feb. 11. As the result of a taarrel which occurred Saturday night and which was renewed yesterday morning. W. Jesse Pope died at the hospital last night at 10 : 30 " o'clock from a knife stab near the heartland T. J. Granade is held at the police bar racks to answer.. for young Pope's death. . i-- The difficulty took place in the clin ic room of the Atlanta Dental college, on Marietta street yesterday morn ing and was witnessed by a number of students and patients. . Both young men were dental stu dents. Granade lives in Washington county, AUl, and Pope is a son of J. C. Pope, of Americus, Qa. v The difficulty seems to have occur red about a young lady. ' Granade claims -that he acted In self-defense, but there are conflicting opinions re garding the unfortunate affair. BARROOM TRAGEDY AT KYLE, GA, Drunken Man Snoots Two Others Fa tally and Escapes. Kyle, Ga., Feb. 10. As a result of a drunken row in. Grant Plowman's whis ky shop at Paristown, 1V4 miles north of here, on Saturday afternoon about 5 o'clock Vestal Stepp now' lies dead with a bullet hole through his head. and John Wilson is In a dying condi tion. Both men were shot by Joe Weaver, a young man 21 years old. Both Weaver and Stepp had been drinking heavily, but Wilson had not Weaver and Stepp got into a dispute over a trivial matter and when Stepp reached for. his pistol Weaver fired at him, the ball entering his head to the left of his nose. v Seeing Stepp was shot Wilson Jumped between them and told Weaver not to shoot again, where upon Weaver shot him, the ball pene tratin&r the abdomen. . Duncan's Chances Slim. Atlanta, Feb. 11. The condition of Policeman James M. Duncan, who was shot by his wife Saturday night in a family quarrel, was slightly improved last nigh V but the physicians , would hold out no hope for his recovery. Yes-' terday morning he appeared to be con scious at times, and in the afternoon he talked to Sergeant Moon, who call ed to see . him. The patient's eyes were bandaged : and if he should re oncer it is believed he may lose his eyesight Duncan may live for days or he is liable to die at any time from a sudden collapse, say the physicians.' Depot Burned at Fayettevllle, Ga. Fayetteville, Ga., Feb. 10. The de pot of the Southern railway, here, to gether with Its contents of freight and 30 bales of cotton that were on the platform, were totally destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. All records ia the depot office were saved. Ser- eral negroes were smoking on the plat form and from this source the lire is believed to have, originated. , Three of the negroes are nofr under arrest - New Hotel To Be Built Eatonton, Ga FebN 10. The late Dr. J. T. DeJarnette had made every prep aration before he died to have the ho tel at Oconee spring that was recently burned rebuilt The legatees of bis estate," after considering the , matter, have decided' to carry oat his plans la this particular, and will let out the con tract as soon as practicable. Two Georgia Towns Burglarized. ' ; Carrollton Ga., Feb. 10. Whites- burg and Banning, towns in the south eastern part of this county,. were bur glarized Saturday night The postoffice at Banning was broken Into, the loss at present being unknown. , The store. of J. H. Lipscomb at. Whitesburg was entered and $ 200 in cash, . besides a small check, was takea. Acworth Bank Resumes Business. Acworth; Ga Feb, IL Tbe S. Lem on bank opened yesterday morning at the usual hour for business. The to tal loss Is $4,300. , There will be so cessation of business and depositors will in no way be affected by the re cent burglary. Negotiations have al ready begun for an improved and up-to-date burglar proof safe. " j Georgia postmasters. Waahington, Feb. 1L Postmasters appointed: Goodwill, Franklin county, D. IL Pulliam, rice T. L. Adams ; Hart, IL Hunt,' resigned f Rainer, Dooley county, Isaiah Williams, rice IL A. I Smith, remoradk 9 lfrV'ri "All well -all . happy lots f fun". That is the regular c port from the monkey . cage f Barnum's Circus ever since v c keepers began dosing the onkeys with Scotts Emul- ' 'on. , Consumption was carrj'- J cfT two thirds of them cry year and the circus had buv new ones. , . . " :" . ; J v .One day a kepper-accident- v 1 roke a bottle of Scott's ' ' mulsien near the monkey ; igc and the monkeys eagerly ipped it up from the floor. Iiis suggested the idea that it -ght do them good. Since .en the monkeys have received x jgular doses and the keepers port-vvery few deaths from jnsumption.' Of course it's " hcapcr' to buy Scott's Emul Ion than new monkeys and at suits the circus men. Consumption Jh monkeys )d in man is the same'discasc. ,;, vou have it or are threaten ed with it can you take the hint? This picture repretcrr the Trade Mark of Scoti Emulsion and in on (. wrapiK'f of every bcttie. , Send fur free sample SCOTT & nowxr, 499.1'carl St.. New Yo:l . coc and $i. a!l drugiat ,. Futi line bf Pickles, To, ma to Cjt (sup, Pepper Sauce Olives, Preserves, Mixed Sweet Pickles in keg, Raisins, Dates, Cur, rants, Prunes, Dried Ap pics and Peaches 2 2 IN CANS. PINEAPPLE SUced sod GritcJ PEARS VerjroJce PEACHES Dt$ttiaod Pit) APPLES TOMATOES SUGAR com SUCCATASH Corn tod Bans TOMATOES -r ANDOKRA TRIPE SALMON DSIEDBEbF CHIPPED BEEF HAmLOAF MACKERAL VIENNA SAU SAGE SNOW FLAKE HOMINY with Country Sausage CORNEDBEEF SAUERKRAUT OYSTERS SEAOUODS V SARDINES CONDENSED MILK " rgU er Dime Brtodt ROYAL. REX AND GOOD LUCK BAK' ING POWDERS , CORN SYRUP ' The above la a), partial list ot the good things to eat which J have la stock. ' , Call ana make selections, or phone your or der Free delivery in town, Mm ''V';!i'-i'''"" 1 SEASONABLE GOADS. iiuriiiiii, uii, il c. - - - j
Rockingham Post-Dispatch (Rockingham, N.C.)
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Feb. 13, 1902, edition 1
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