Bad Negro
HOW HE PLANNED CRIME.
Gives Shocking Details of Assault
on Mrs. PoweU -Was Identified
by Aged Victim and by James
Pope, Who ' Saw Him Leave
House. .
Norfolk. Va., August 16. De
velopments yesterday in eonnec-
Catherine Powell and the murder
of Policeman V iririingder both of
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which crimes occurred in Ports
mouth 'last Tuesday, was the iden
tification of Oscar Perry by Mrs.
Powell and J ames Pope as Mrs7
Powell's assailant.
Perry is the man arrested Wed
nesday night at Yadkin, near Deep
jCreek, in Norfolk county, by
Special Officer Culpepper.' Pop
is the grocer's delivery man who
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taw x cij.j' xuu. xiuju nxrs. ruweu s
hame, exclaiming as he went, "I
have killed the d d woman."
Both Mrs. Powell and Pope pick
ed Perry from : among other ne
groes without difficulty. The ne
gro had nothing to say when iden
tified." " You bruteu you came to
my house exclaimed Mrs. Pow
ell when she laid eyes on the man.
' Perry last night made a conir
plete written -confession g his as
sault on Mrs. Powell. Ere went
into, the shocking details, telling
how he planned and executed his
crime. he police are keeping
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me coniession secret ior, lear mat
the citizens of Portsmouth iVill
again make a determined effort fo
take the negro from jail and lynch
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It was at first decided to bring
the negro to the Norfolk jail for
safekeeping, but it was feared. that
this move would be discovered
ouu all cuuib iiiauc-WJ Laivu axv.
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gro f rom officers in the.street.-The
safer course, it was later decided
would be to keep the negro in the
Portsmouth jail and his confession
a secret.! The three companies of
state militia in Portsmouth are in
readiness for immediate call to
duty in case their services should
be needed. . ,
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Anotner auio ior oiKuesvine.
Mr. O. Wr Slane ,went over to
High Point last Week with the
view of buying an automobile.
While there He closed a trade
and started for this place yester
day morning with it.
He is expected here this after
noon, having spent last night fin
Salisbury. It is said he has pur
chased a handsome touring car of
the latest type: This makes the
automobile population of the city
number eight machines as follows :
Steeles, 4; WW. Cooper, 1 ; Will
Frye, 1; W. E. Sloan, and O. W.
Slane 1. ,
Several other gentlemen of the
city are thinking of buying at an
early date. ,
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Tn Cir North.
Messrs. J.-L. Sloan and Chas. E,
Mills will leave tomorrow for the
northern markets for their respec
tive firms. -
, They will take advantage of the
Norfolk excursion,, . in going,
spending some time on the coast
near vvasmngiou ueiure reuuiuuK
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here. They expect to be gone
about ten days.
Home Missionary Meeting.,
Rev. George Atkinson of Mon
roe, will address a meeting of the
Home Missionary Society tomor
row afternoon at 5 oclock,at the
First Presbyterian church.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
Some Happenings Among Those
Paople You Know and Others
You Don't Know.
Miss Clara Mills, of Mooresville
arrived in town Saturday night to
visit relatives.
Deputy Collector J. L. Council
returned today from Davis
Springs where he went for the
week end.
Mr. J. L. Arthurs of Trout-
man s was in town tln'c
on business. , r . .
Miss Jenie Bradley has return
ed to her home in Charlotte after
a visit with friends in the city.
The North Wilkesboro Hustler
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says: Congressman and Mrs. R.
N. Hackett and little daughter are
boarding at the home of Mr. C. F.
Morrison in Wilkosbnrn
Messrs. John A. Parker and
Samuel R; Parlr of the States-
ville Realty and investment Co.,
left Jjiis morning for a drive
through the mountains. While on
the trip they will incidentally do
some advertising ior v iremen s
week. . .1 ;
Deputy Collector C. B. Moore
has returned from a visit to his
home near Asheville. lie 'brought
a young son who will spend some
days here,
Mrs. SallieF. Watson who was
formerly Mrs. Lanier of this city,
is spending a few days in the city.
Mrs. Watson is now living in Hick
ory, where she has been engaged
in newspaper work, being connect
ed with the Hickory Democrat.
Billy Woodall.
The above is a very gotfcl like
ness of Billy Woodall, the black
face comedian that has pleased
hundreds of thousands of theater
Lgoers m aii tne Dig nonnern anu
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western cities. .
This young entertainer must be
seen to be appreciated. His re
cord of "long runs' in otlie?
cities is a guarantee of his ability
as a. fun maker.
Manager Gregory has secured
young Woodall for this week's
special attracticV at the Gem thea
ter and the patrons of his popular
place of amusement can consider
themselves in luck.
In addition to this star attrac-
tion there will be the usual number
of moving pictures and illustrated
songs. 1
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Qdd Items From Everywhere.
All the boys in Australk are
drilled and the elder boys belong
to the cadet corps. Nearly every
school has its corps and the boys
are uniformed in khaki and carry
liffht rifles. Every year the
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schools have shooting matches and
some very creditable scores are
made.
An apple tree, 150 years old,
on the premises of Jeremiah Case,
near Bally, Penn., is bearing a
good crop of f olle-walter apples.
The "farm" of Don Luis Terra
zas, in the state of Chihuahua
comprises 8,000,000 acres, 150
miles east to west and 200 miles
north to south. It contains 1,000,
000 head of cattle, 700,000 sheep
and 1U0,00U horses. TUere are
200 horsemen, cow punchers, etc.,
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employed on the place.
oiaiesvme, IN. C, .1 Ylonday
James Pool
Sent to
TO PACE SERIOUS CHARGE.
Damaging Evidence That he As
saulted Mrs. Will Smith Was
Brought Out in Trial Before
Magistrate Jones Who Holds
Him Without Bail. ,
-High Pointy August IGTim
Pool," a ilumber, charged with as-
tsault on the person of Irs. Will
Smith, a mill operative, was tried
before Magistrate W. E.- Jones,
Sr., and sent to jail withdut bond
to await court, which convenes in
Greensboro September 21st.
The woman says the assault was
committed Friday afternoon while
her husband was away and that
she struggled to prevent the foul
deed. T. J. Gold represented the
defendant and C. C. Barnhardt
was counsel for the prosecutrixj.-
The trial was held behind closed
doors and developed damaging ev
idence against the defendant. Mrs.
Smith lives with her husband on
the outskirts of the city and j was
alone with her infant when pool,
who she says committed the crime,
come' to the well while she was en
gaged in washing some clothes.
He inquired about a girl, the sis
ter of Mrs. Smith 's husband, whom
he called, to see in times past.
After hanging around for some
time upon the .porch and when
Mrs. Smith went into a room
where here baby was Pool f ollow;
ed and there assaulted her after a
struggle. i r, '.-3.
. ,Mrsr Smitn appears to be ratlfer
an ignoimt kind of person in
fact the witnesses who testified to
her good character said a? much,
and, therefore, she did not make k
good witness altogether. She was
excited but apparently told a
straight story of the affair. Dr.
Duncan was called in for private
examination and his testimony
before the court was damaging to
the defendant, and was one of the
strong points in sending Pool to
jail, . as the magistrate remarked.
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The trial lasted until after 1 11
o'clock and excited no little local
interest,"
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Missed His Vacation.
The face of Lawyer L. C. Cald
well, usually wreathed4n smiles, 1
wore a sad and disgusted expres
sion this morning.
Mr. Caldwell had planned to
leave this city today for a well
earned vacation, and greatly need
ed rest, it having "been several
years since ' this able exponent of
Blackstone has enjoyed such lux-
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uries.
When he reached his office, how
ever, he discovered tb.at the pro
posedholiday must bj postponed.
There was a call there for his im-
I mediate presence in Taylorsvjlle
on important legal business ana ne
left! at once for that place'.
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Opens" the Campaign.'
By the invitation - of a large
number of residents Mr. R. V.
Tharpe went to Catawba county
last Saturday where he opened
the campaign for the republicans.
Mr. Tharpe is reported to have
made an eloquent appeal to a large
audience which gave him its undi-
vide dattention.
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i Mr. Long Detained.
Hon. Z. V. Long was to have ad
dressed a Union Sunday school pic
nic last Saturday at Leonard's
school house.
Just as he was about to leave
for that place an important matter
of legal business came upland he
was unavoidably detained in the
city much against his wishes.
Jiiil.
Evening, August 17, 1908.
TWO RUNAWAYS.
Horses of Dr. Albert Burns and
Mr. Louis Anderson Run Away
Injuring Kcth Men Miss Lizzie
Foster Has a Narrow Escape as
Horse Falls at Stable Door. -
Mr. Louis Anderson better
known as "George," was slightly
m.inrM ,in a runaway late Satur-
aay aiUi iioon.
H3 had been to the country, do
ing some advertising work rf or
Mr. C. I.-. Murdock, who has taken
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lover he stock of T. M. Mills Co.
It seems i hat ay he was coming
into the southern portion of the
city the shafts on the buggy
came loose and fell to the ground, rior court bench to fill out the un
caushig the horse to take fright. expired term, rather until the next
As the horse started to run Mr. general election, of the late Judge
naoTson puiiecl very hard on the
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line s and the shatts being loose
f rom. the buggy, he was thrown
over me aasii board, landing m a
mud hole.
vHcwas cut slightly on the head
and leg, and his side was bruised.
He was covered I with mud from
head to foot, nearly
suit of clothes
ruining his
He has plenty , of grit in his
craw however, and .quickly pick-
ing himself up he came on to town
on foot with, his whip in his Hand
and bjod running down his face.
Hewas not seriously injured
and he is ableto be about as usual
today. .
The hoBse continued to run leav-
inp the shafts on the street and
m time reaching the stables. "As
it turned to enter the stable, ! it
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tepped on the concrete walk
causing it to fall very heavily.
When thfi animal fell Miss Liz-
vi: Foser who was sanding by
tne stable door had a narrow es
cape from being hit by it.
The team belonged to Moore
Bros., and they report -that no
damage was done excepting to the
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shafts and harness. 1
New Doctor Injured. ,
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Dr. Albert Burns was injured in
runaway Saturday night at
t
about 8:30 o'clock. -
As he was returning to the city,
some one passed him on a. bicycle
causing his horse to take fright
and run.
Dr, Burns was thrown from the
buggy and received a very bad
sprained arm.
Dr. Hill was immediately sum
moned and gave the injured.mem
ber proper attention and at last
reportjs Dr. Burns was resting as
well as could be expected, al
though he is is suffering consider
able pain.
Dr. Burns has recently located'
in this city, coming here from At
lanta. His offices are with Dr. A.
Houcke on Broad street.
He is a young man and Very
popular in his rjrofession.
Valuable, Property Sold.
house, Mr. J. E. Westmoreland
j.z noon toaav at. ine court
k a 1 1 . At X
as
commissioner and McLoughlin
and Nicholson as attorneys, sold
the Margayjt Mills tract of land in
Barringer township.
It comprises 200 acres and was
sold to C. F. Mills for $4,500.
At Davis Springs. j
Among those from this city to
register at -Hiddenite during' the
nast week were the following :
II. T. Steele, .Mrs. D. J. Kimball
and daughter, .Master Leonard
White, Jr., A. A. Colvert, W. E.
Webb. C. R. Johnson Miss Viola
Yonn? Mrs. C. R. Gaither. Mrs .
J. E, McLaughlin and daugh -
ters and E.
E. Gilmer.
Graveyard Cleaning.
All the residents and others in
terested are requested .to meet at
Loray on Thursday next to clean
up the Concord graveyard.
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Locke
Craig
Declines It.
WHEN OFFERED JUDGESHIP.
Found it Imnossible for Him to
Accept Vacancy on the Bench
Caused by -Death of Judge
Moore and so Wires Governor
Glenn Funeral of Dead Justice.
Asheville, August 16. Mr.
Locke Craig, of Asheville, hair de-
clined the judgeship on the ,supe
Fred Moore.
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Mr. Craig was tenedered the va-
eancy by Governor Glenn, but to
day wired the governor that it
would be impossible for him to
accept.
Funeral of Dead Judge.
Asheville, August 17 . The body
of the late Judge Frederick Moore
was laid to rest yesterday after-
noon on the summit of a green hill
overlooking Webster,, with all the
solemn writes of the Masonic order.
The last rites were preceded by
funeral services in the Dillsboro
church, four miles away. The
Rev. Dr. Rowe, pastor of the Cen
tral Methodist church, preached
the funeral sermon. He paid
glowing tributes to the memory of
the deceased, whose life, he said,
I would live as a shining example
to young manhood. North Caroli
na. said Dr. Rcwe ' had sustained
a loss wmcn ms would be well
night impossible to replace. , .
A majority of the membership
of the Asheville bar attended the
funeral. Following were the pall-
I bearers:
I Honorary Judges G. W. Ward.
I Judge J. C. Pritchard, Judge J. II
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I Merrimon, Col. V. S. Lusk, Kope
I Elias, Judge G. A. Shuford, J. S,
I Adams, Locke Craig and J. M.
IGudger, Jr
I Active Marcus Erwin, Mark
I W. Brown, Frank Carter, R. M.
Wells. W. E. Shuford, T. S!. Rol-
lins, L. M. Bourne and Judge II.
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In the Mayor's Court.
J ene vive Hart and Ella Knox,
two colored damsals who have
long been "on the; outs" over a
man, engaged in a hand to hand
encounter at the colored rink last
Saturday night. !
Friends parted them f but after
a while they 'got together" again.
There was wool pulling, scratch
ing and kicking.
A big crowd was present ana
some yelled, "part 'em, oh! part
em. ' ' while others shouted "let
'em. have it out." i i
Both women were in the may
Lor,s court this morning and both
Pad guilty iney were assess-
ed $2.50 and
one half the costs
each. -i '
There is another case to be
heard against the Hart woman and
that was continued till nextThrus
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At that time she will be tried on
a warrant tnat cnarges ner wiiu
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assaulting the Knox woman with a
knife last Christmas.
Teachers' Examination.
An examination for - a high
school teacher's certificate will be
1 held at the court house by Supt.
White on the 11th and l2th of Sep
tember. ' , .'
! Applications should be made di
rectly to the state superintendent
of public instruction, and notice of
same given to the county superin-
tendent. !
No. 286
COTTON MARKET.
s. Local Market.
Prices at wagon : i
Strict good middling. . . . . . . .11
Good middling. , . . . . . ... . . .10
Middling ...... ...... -.10 "
Stains and Tinges. . . . . . . ;89
The market was steady.
New York Market.
The New York market
con-
tinues about the same.
Spots closed at 10.50.
Futures closed as follows :
August.... .... 10.10
October ........ .......... 9.42
December. ... . ... . . . ..... 9.13
January. ...... ... . . . . . . 9.10
The Late Israal Waterhouse.
The Quincey, Massachusetts, Pa-.
tnot says:
"News comes from Statesville,
. C, of the death of Mr. Israel
N
Waterhouse, formerly a prominent
resident of Wollaston, who died on
Sunday, in his 76th year. He had
been a great sufferer for four
years past, and had be en confined
to his bed for a year! His son,
Frank P. Waterhouse, of Wollas
ton, was with ,him when the end
came, and made arrangements for
the shipment of the body to his oldl
home in the North. I
"Mr. Waterhouse was one of
the earliest residents of Wollas
ton, dating back to 1873, ove r 35
years. He was a prominent mar
ket man of Boston for years, and
at the age of 17 jivas or e of the
"Forty-niners" wlio sought riches
in California."
Judge Sloan I1U
Magistrate W. R; Sloan is con
fined to his house on East Front
street with a bad cold. He is,
also suffering from a bad attacF of
catarrh.
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Miss Ball Continues to Improve.
The condition of Miss Mary
Ball, shot by Freeland Tharpe,
continues to improve. She was re-"
moved to her home, at Elkin last
week and suffered no ill effects
from the trip, .
. Funeral of Mrs. Troutman.
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ine iunerai oi iuxs. xx. xj. xxuui-
man who died Saturday morning
at the home of her son-in-law, Mr.
H. B. Woodward was held at 5
o 'clock from ihe First Baptist
church.
T?ntr TVfr .Tnlrinc ilno riflatnr nf-
ficiating and Mr. G. C. Critcher
wan funeral director.
A large number of relatives and
friends gathered to pay their last
sad respects to the deceased and
follow the remains to their last
resting place at Oakwood cem--
etery. . . f .
There were many floral offerings
and these were very handsome. ,
Mrs. Troutman was a woman of
many noble qualities 'of heart and
mind and was held in deserved
esteem by a wide circle of friends.
She was 63 years old raid had
been sick yfth typhoid fever and
troublesome complications since
July 8. .1
Her maiden name was Rhoda A.
Leonard and! -she was born in
Fallstwn synsip. Besides a
number of other relatives the de
ceased is survived by throe
brothers as follows : Ir. Joseph S.
Leonard of this city, Mr. Bobert
R. Leonard of Barium Springs
and Taylor Leonard of Texas.
The pall bearers were as fol
lows: Messrs. Lee Eazenby, J, DJ.
Wilson, W. W. Turner, E.I D .
neppera, j. Kj. roaru auu x. xx,
Redmond. '
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, With the Sick.
Mrs. J. D. Cox's . condition
changed for the worse a little io-
day.