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r iaroo, d by carrier ,t per month, , in advanoe, IS per year, or ,--n. ' J appearing In these f x". the ezpreeaione of of the eorranon1nt ,lme,nd they alone are 1 nam Jon that mnt tlmi aii . all orders and eommanloa f JO W. tt. BUOWV, Sr., Raleigh, N O VI.. "I ii i j ii . " ucuia per nuo eacu insertion. Office Upstairs over vir. .T. Hal Bobbin's Drugstore, 2d floor. Lvb 83r "J.?r GmaiLvrio (lALEIGtl, DEC. 8. 1893. SAVED BY A JUROR. Bo he is dead I I looked at the newspaper which I held in my hand and read: Jethro Died near Mobile, March .'8 1893, Emanuel Jethro, aged 57 years. He is dead after all these years, and at list I am free to reveal a terrible secret of a jary room which has been a harden to myself and 10 other men unless they, like Jethro, have passed over the river. In August, 1875 there was a mur der trial in Mobile, which perhaps the older citizens of that city still re member. I was the third juror chosen. Of jurors No 1 and 8 I remember bat lit tie, except that they were both elder ly men and well to do citizens of the county. Jurors No 4, 5 and 6 were merchants of the city, at least two were mer chants and one a clerk. After J uror No 6 was told to pass into jthe juror box the court clerk called the name of "Emanuel Jethro " I bolieve etery one in the court room was struck with the man's ap pearance. He walked briskly and in a peculiarly nervous m inuer which could not fail to attract attention. He answered the solicitor's questions eagerly. In fact, one time his an swer came before tin question was concluded. The solicitor said: '-'Prisoner, look on the juror Juror look on the pris oner" and he probably expected the defense to strike, but the defense did n-t. , Juror No 7 was told to take his Beat in the box. His residence was given in the jury list as Bayou La Batre, and he evidently cam 3 fro n a very secluded p'ace on the coast. The rest of that day was taken up in securing the other five jurors. The nxt morning the examination of witnesses began. Th evidence was short, and it was conclusive. Karl Beiderman, a German youth employed on a truck garden near the bity, was charged with murdering his employer by splitting open his head with an ax. He and the gardener had lived alone. One morning the boy came into the city, and while drinking freely had shown a large sum of money. A day later the gardener was found lying dead upon the floor of a room in b's house, with the bloody ax, which had done the work, lying near him. The German youth was arrested, with some of the money still in his possession. There was proof that the boy and the gardener had been heard quarreling about an increase In wages, which the boy had asked for and did not get. ; To offset this strong array of cir cumstantial evidence there was noth ing bat the prisoner's statement very badly told by an interpreter He denied knowing anything of the killing and said the money he had was given him by a man the night before as a bribe to leave his em ployer, that he knew nothing of the ki'Mngor who did it. When we reached the jary room, there seemed bat two things to do elect a foreman and bring in a ver dict of gllty. ?ha first we did with little trouble. Then we took a ballot, m 'rly as a natter of form I counted the vote, and It stood: For guilty, 11: for ac quittal, i. : "ho Is the twelth gentleman who does not know murder when be sees UT" one of the jurors asked saroasti cally. "1 am," came the reply, calmly spoken by jaror No 7-Emaoael Jethro. Then we begin to ague the ease itb him H looked out the window most ot the time and mtdeno reply to any of our telling argunrents. Fi nally he was asked if he had any reason to advance for voting as he did. "None at all," he repliel qui tlj, " xcept that I don't wish to see an innocent man hanged '' There were some more convincing arguments by It, an we took an other vote: Fortrurder, 11; for ac quittal, 1. And that was the way the vote stood next morning after breakfast. We grew desperate. Finally the whole manner of Jethro changed and be exclaimed excidedly: "If each of you will t ke a solemn oath before the God that made you not to reveal what I tell you until I am dead, I will give you the reason why I do not agree to the verdict of guilty A iter some consultation and glances at the clck, which showed that the Vour for reconvening of court was at hand, we, one at a time, took the oath. In low, half whispered tones the juror told his secret. Fifteen minutes later we went into the courtroom with a verdict of " not guilty." I remember distinctly the Cluster nation on the judge's face and the look of disgust on that of the solicitor. The newspapers criticised us se verely an I went so far as to write editorial op account of a failure of the courts to adequately punish those detected in the commission of crime Well, Emanuel Jethro is dead, and i believe I am now absolved from the oath he made us take. ' hat German boy did not kill that old mau," he told us ia his dry, husky voice. "On the night before the murder a msn met him and paid him to leava the farm early next morning gae him a large roll of money which was enough to tempt him to give up his situation. Aid the man who did this watches the boy as he left next morning and slip- ped into the room and killed the old gardner as he was preparing to rise- killed him to pay a debt that only his blood could wipe out. " And gentlemen," he concluded, " I am the murderer." We looked upon the man's ashy face as the words fell from his lips, and each of us knew the story was true.' . ' Tvno L'ves Saved. Mrs. Thoabe Thomas, of Junction Civ. 111., was told bv her doctors she had en;i su caption and that there was no npe tor h t, but two bottles of Dr. King's New Disco ve.-y completely cured her aiid she says it savjJ her life. Mr. Taos. Ejgers. 139 Florida Sr. , ban FrnncUco. suffered from a dreanrui cold, appoachine consumption, tried With out result everything else men Dougntone bottle of Dr King's New Discovery and in two weeks was cured. He is natural! thank ful. It is sue' i results, of which thtse are samples, that prtve the wonderful efficacy of this medicine in cough and colds, free trial bottle at John Y. MacRae's drugstore. iteguiar size rue ana ... Georgia lays claim to the meanest man. He is said to jump the fence every dy for fear that frequent opening of the gate will wear oat the hinges. 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It was pacel by the last Ifg'sUtur and ii known as "An Act tn prevent FfAadu'eot Assignments." Upouthe rxeeution of a volun'ary deed of test, all debts of the maker thereof beeoin dae and are payable at once. The aesignor will be required to file a verified schedule of preferred debts in the office of the clerk within five days, and the trustee mast file a veri fled inventory in the office of the clerk within ten days The clerk of the Superior eonrt is given jurisdiction to remove an i sol vent trustee, under certain provis ions. The assignee cannot sell any of the property within tea days from the registration thereof, nnless the prop erty or FOiue rert thereof be perish able Every three months tne trustee must file with the clerk, a verified ac count of receipts aod disbursements, and mast file a final account within twelve months reditors n ost file a verified statement of thair claim with the clerk Th credi'or who knowingly swears falsely will le guilty of a misdemea nor, and the trustee failing to file an inventory will also be guilty of a mis demeanor. The clerks of courts are to receive the same fees for their ser vices that are allowed by law upon inventories, accounts and proceed ings of executors and administrators. The latest statistics of the Salva tion rinv show that their work is es tablished in twentv three countries, in twenty orte different languages, has forty newspapers, with an annual circulation of 43,000,000 copies; they also report 8 7) stations, 10,618 offi cers and esHm t e that they reach not less thao 7,000,000 persons every week. Charles Bretsch, BAKER Confectioner AND CRACKS MANUFACTURER All varieties Cakes and Crackers baked daily. TELEPHONE 102. v Free delivery. WEDDING CAKFS A SPECIALTY. Don't forget the plao. No. 103 Fayetteville Street, K LEIGH, W. C. NOT BROKE BUT Somewhat Strained In conspquence of our inability to collect Our accounts a d within-; to give more Mention to our shoo work we will sell for the next 30 days our entire stock of new and fresh Charaj ber Sets. Sideboards and Hall Stands at prime cot, and other goods for sTall profit. Oak Chamber Sets, large Land scapes Glass Extra Trouble Com" modes $10, $13 50, $14 M), $15, $'8 and $25. 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Tet people know what yoa have to sell. THE VISITOR will sell it for you. One dollar spent ia advertisingjoften makes a hundred. Don't wait. Don't hesitate. W-A-WT-E-P ! An unlimited number of people ae wanted to call at J.Hall Robbitt'g, DRUG STORE, Corner Fayetteville and S. Market Sts , JRalexgltL," JST C, to purchase at lowest' price FOR CASH what ever MAY BE NEED ED in The Drug Line. PHYSIC1AHS PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY. I,4N1 IN ST. M ATT lit W TOH'NSHII TO BE SOLD to It iJiVlSIO. On Monday, January the 1st, 1 94, ac 12 in, at the court bouse door of Wake county under an order of the Superior Court of Wake county, made in the cape . of Henry Lassiter and others ex parte, I will sell by Huction, for cash, a tract of land containing about 47 acres, situate in St Mat thews township, Wake county, ad joining the lands of N W Pool and others, being land devised to J S Las siter By Henry Lasaiter, decease 1 and known as the "Surd Lassiter" tract. J H FLEMING, no28 td Commissioner Auction sale of Real Estate and Otber Property. By virtue of power conferred on me by a certain mortgage, executed by Edrii B Ro gers, which is duly recorded in Register's office Wake county, in book No 125, at page t23, 1 will offer for sele, at the court house door in the city of Raleigh, N 0, to the high eat biddei for cash, on Monday, Deo 11,1893, at 12 o'clock m, ail the interest of said Bo- fers in and to a certain tract of land in New iight township, said county, said land hav ing been allotted to Clary C! Rogers, wife of Peleg 8 Rogers, as dower. (See office Supe rior Court Wake Co Book of RecoHs, No 34, page 322) said interest of said Edris B Ro gers being an undivided fourth interest, Said tract said to contain one hundred and sixty acres (160 acres). Also a lot of per sonal poperty, all ot which is definitely de scribed in said mortgage. B K MOiU'AGOE, Mortgagee. Raleigh. N 0. Nov 10. "93. Ice. 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