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T FT . ' 1HE State Libarion Vol. 1. Statesville, N. C, Monday Evening, August 31, 1908. No. 298 One Pardon Vas Granted IREDELL MAN REFUSED. Will Fisher Got His on Condition of Good Behavior Two Charg ed With Assault With DeadJy Weapon Two' With Retailing. One Case of False Pretense. Raleigh, Aug. 31. Go7erncr Glenn announced the following decisions in the application! for pardons before j him. Will Fisher The defendant .was ennvict.pd nf assault with n i deadly weapon November term, 1907, of Rowan superior court, and sentenced, to two years on. road. On recommendation of trial hid ere. and solicitor, and also on account of the crippled conSition of the defendant. I errant this pardon, conditioned on his remain ing of .good behavior. I do so re luctantly, as it was a bad case, else the judge would not have given a one-legged man so severe a sentence. Pardons Refused. C. E. Honeycutt Defendant was convicted! July term, 1907, Stanly superior court, of assault with a deadly weapon, and given four months on county reads. The sentence is not excessive, and no good reason being shown for par don, same is refused. Warren Bell Defendant was convicted January term, 1907, Pitt ' supeior court, of retailing, and sentenced to 12 months on county roads: Reasons given for granting pardon are not sufficient, and I cannot Bee my way clear to pardon a retailer who has been debauching the men of his com munity by selling them whiskey, for if released after serving only a short term he would probably return to his sales. Dick Johnson Defendant was convicted January term, 1908, of Iredell superior court of retailing, and sentenced to 12 months on county roads. 'Neither judge nor solicitor recommend pardon. The sentence does not seem to me ex cessive, and where a person is con victed of retailing and neither the judge or solicitor recommend the pardon, I cannot see my way clear to alter sentence. Pardon refused. Julius ; LogansDefendant was convicted June term, yu, 01 Cleveland 'superior court, of as sault with deadly weapon and sentenced to eight months. Frank Hawkins Defendant was conviciea iNuvemuci 1907, of Buncombe superior court ot talse pretense, ana to 1.5 monms oi service uu roads. He has only served nine months of his time. The evi- dence convinces me that he was guilty, and for the present at least, though he has strong appli cation, I must decline the pardon. COTTON 1XARKET. Local Market. Prices at wagon: Strict good midling .10V2 Good middling . . . . . 10 Middling ......... 104 Stains and Tinges. ....... . . .79 The market was steady. New York Market. The New York market showed a lower tendency today. Spots dropped 20 points and closed at 9.50. Futures closed as follows: August. . .........8.40 October. .... . December.. .. January. . . .. , . .... . . . .8.51 .......... .8.42 . . .8.35 PERSONAL NOTES. Some Happenings Among Those -Paople You Know and Others You Don't Know. " Mr. Ernest Simon is home afterJ a trip to Baltimore and Seaford, Del. Miss Sallie Minn Ellis, of Farm ington is visiting Mrs. T. II. Red man. Miss Ruby Deal of Taylorsville is the guest at the home of Mr. W. W. Foushee. Mr.. J. .Victor Heath visited home folks last week and return ed tjo Charlotte Saturday night. Mrs. James McConnaughey of Salisbury is visiting at the home of Dr. John F. Foard and family. Miss. Lillian Campbell of Tay lorsville, is visiting- Miss Mabel Laugenour at her home on Front street. Miss Stella Mize leaves for New York tonight in the interest of the neTi departmcnt of th- Lilly" Allison Co, Miss Kate and Mary Sloop and little Elizabeth Sloop have return ed from a visit to relatives in Rowan county and at Wilkesboro. Miss Bessie Smith has gone to her home at Charlotte to spend her vacation. She is employed as a stenographer by the French To bacco Co. Mrs. Frank Connor of Terrell, Catawba county, and Miss Pauline Stikeleather of Pulaski, Va., are guests of Mrs. A. A. Colvert on Race street. Miss Edith Conger, daughter of Mr. T. J. Conger of Chambersburg township visited here last week while on her way to Concord to resume her studies at Sunderland college. , V . ,o ' Firemen's Week. The big jevent, that annual af fair Everybody's Day, closed last Saturday night before the advent of the new week. By 8 a. m. Sunday the last of the Johnny J. Jones tents had been packed away on their cars at the depot and half an hour later, the special rolled out of the yards eHf" route to Tarboro where the concern is booked for this week: Bad weather from the start in terf erred with the program and it was Thursday before anything could be attempted. Today members of the commit tee estimate that when all bills have been paid, there will be over $400 left to be added to the bene fit fund of the firemen. Q Pish and Eels in Tank. Spencer, Aug. 28. When the flood of waters precipitated by the bursting a 40,000 gallon water tank on the Southern Railway had subsided here a few a quantity of fish and , nt, u0 tela II cic xvuuu yju. inn v ttofundering for life. The fish had been raised in the water tower sixty feet in the air and were destroyed by the break ing of the tower. m ioi Dog Days Ended. According to Blum's Alamnac, which is a recognized authority upon all such subjects, dog days ended Saturday. The work which has been held in abeyance waiting for their pass ing can now be resumed, with the positive assurance that no evil re sults will follow Has a Position as Nurse. Miss Eleanor Clark left Satur day for Rutherf ordton where she has a position as nurse in the hos- pitai. For some time Miss Clark held a similar position at the Long san- itarium in this city. Leper Visited By Hiflife MRS. EARLY SEES HUSBAND. Interest in the Condition of John R. Early, Who the Doctors Say is Afflicted With Leprosy, Con tinues, and is Heightened by the: Arrival of His Wife. Washington, Aug. 31. Great interest continues to be mani fested in the poor unfortunate John R. Early, of Lvnn. N. C. who has been pronounced a lep er and is in charge of the health authorities out m a lonely tent under guard. Interest in the case is, of course, increased bv the arrival of his wife and child. Their first meeting was one of the most touching things that has occurred here in many a day. Mrs. .barly is a delicate: slen der woman with a pleasant face and ight chestnut hair, brushed back from her forehead. Even the sadness that naturally over casts her face since she has learned of her husband's misfor tune cannot hide the simDle beauty and natural refinement of her features. Her eyes have a clear steady gaze. There is written upon her indelibly the fact that she is the kind of woman who has made a- good wife "ana a good mother, and who even in the face of the most terrible impediments, will be a wife of the most wonderful and valuable kind until the end of her davs. Last night when the doctors came to take her out to see her husband they told her. in the gentlest manner that it would be inadvisable for her to go near him. Tney meant that after all the weeks of absence the one she loved would have to remain many feet awav, while her heart and soul hungry for caresses. wouli have to go without that srreat satisfaction that comes from happy meeting. bhe had said to the doctors that she cared nothing for her self, and if it were possible, would live with her husband to the end of her days, going with him to any kind of a colony or hospital. She would expose herself to the ) disease, and all through her in tensive lOAe and devotion. Yet there is her baby. - She has not the right to expose that lit tle one. And she knows it- And so she is placed between love and duty, with both tugging with ev er tightening grip. She wants to be with him And she knows that by doing so her child will never have even a chance in the world. So she sits in thei little sitting room civer the Salvation Army headquarters, never saying a word. She hardly hears the few questions that have been put to her; and, in fact, does not want to talk. The Wife Arrives. "My wife! My Oh, thank you very much. I shall be ready to see her." l "Mr. Early your wife is here. The doctor has just telephoned. He will bring her out in his auto in about an hour," said the guard to the leper late yesterday afternoon. Without another word the lep er went into his tent. There was water in a wooden bucket at the rear, ne wasnea nis swollen tace and hands. Then he smoothed out his rumpled shirt and reach ing into a box drew forth a col lar and necktie, which he careful iy put on. Then he combed his hair neatly, brushed his trousers and coat and went outside. Plac ing a chair near the door of his tent and a lantern beside it, b eat down and waited. It grew eo dark that without the aid of his lantern he could not distinguish his hand held at arm s length from his eyes There were no stars, and it was cold. But he did not go inside Twenty feet away the tired guard sat beside his lantern look ing off into the night. "When did you say she was coming? The guard looked upnurriedly. "The doctor said in an hour,' ) Dress Suit Case Gone. Mr. W. D. Goodman, a brother-in-law of Mr. Sam R. Brown of the Statesville Realty and Invest ment Co.. come to this citv Satur day night. He had with him a well filled dress suit case. He left this at a refreshment stand near the depot while he went to attend to a maatter of business and when he returned it was gone. A small boy who was in charge of the stand sd an elderly man had taken it away. The matter was reported to the policcTand Officer Tom Kerr soon had the contents of the "grip" located in a cornfield. Nothing more is published at this time as it might interfer with the guilty party who is supposed to be a white man. Another dress suit case, the property of the gentleman from Hickory who exhibited a new fire escape here,"also disappeared un der similar conditions and this theft may be traced to. the party. 4 o - Miss Bleecker Neill, who has has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Ervin Chesterton Webb street, returned to her home at Amity, N. C, Saturday! hb replied. "It has been longer than that already." "Yes, it is nearly nine." , A few minutes later a light was seen bobbing down the road to ward the river. It was an auto modile that was bumping over the rough places in. the road, picking its way slowly. The lep er stood up. A woman and a man fdighted from the machine and advanced toward the tent. Your wife has come," said the doctor. A frail little woman .clad in a long coat hurried toward the tent. . It is certain fehe would not have stopped until she reached the leper had not the big guard in- teifered. , "Theso trees, Mrs. Early. You cant gp any further." But she hadn't heard. She was ooking at her husband. His. lhands were raised before him He was moiteniDg her back. It seemed almost as if he was say ing: "Unclean! Unclean!" "Lottie," I am glad to see you awfully glad bnt do not come nearer." V The doctor placed a chair un der the tree. The guard put a lantern on each side of the chair. Mrs. Early sat down. Twenty-five feet away sac the leper on his chair. His lantern tvas in his hand. The doctor took the guard by the hand. Together tney walked down the road and turned their backs. In wenty minutes the interview was over, terminated by the doc tor. Mrs. Early was too nerv- ovs, ne tola ner nusoana to stand the strain any longer. Besides it was very damp, and she might catch cold. "John, good-bye." "Goodbye, dear. Dodt worry about me, mind you." And it was over. Wants to Care for Him. This morning the leper told your reporter that he expected to see his wife again today. He did not know that she was too pros trated to come to him and that the doctor had ordered her to rest un til tomorrow, when she might pos sibly be able to visit him again. All the leper would say about the brief interview of last night was : "She wants to come and take care of me. She doesn't think about herself.'1-, But, of course, it is impossible. I would not think of it for a moment." He' hesitated a moment, and then added: "If I have to stay here, I think she and her mother and the ba bies will come and live in Wash ington. I would want them to, for I like it here." uf Firemen Were on Deck SHOW MUCH APPRECIATION. Of Many Kindnesses Shown Them xast Week Brave Lads Leave Their Work and Save Atha Factory From Complete De struction at Hand -of Firey Fiend. Jt was only a few minutes after the whistlu on the bis: Atha Chair Company's factory had sounded its welcome notes of wzmmig to its employes that it was 12 o 'clock, time to "knock off and" that the same whistle this noon com menced to blow again. A brisk fire had been discover ed in the finishing room. Near here are huge tanks, usually filled with combustable fluids as gasoline varnish, etc. The alarm was sent in. Mr. Walker got it ever the n?ver fail redel! Telephone wir and in less time than it takes to tell it every volunteer fireman in the city was on the scene. When they first arrived the roof was ablaze. -I Chief Connor who is as good at fighting fire" as he is crime and blockaders was there. Had it not been for the direc tions he hurled to the men under him, telling them just where to turn the hose it is more than probable that the entire plant would have gone. Mr. Walker and his son, Bu rette, deserve a heap of praise. Just how they got there so soon is something past comprehension. One reason is that they are ' 1 al -.ways there." Another is ihat they have the handsome horses well trained. . The entire plant, one of our best known institutions, might have been a complete loss and it probably would have been but for the work of our volunteer fire de partment. Howeyer, they were Johnny on the Spot" and the flames were soon conquered. The roof is a total loss and Chief Connor's directed that this je torn away so his men could get at the. flames. Much damage was done by water. The loss will probably aggre gate $2,200 of which $400 will be on tne DUiiaing anu (piw uu stock, all of which is covered br insurance. The Atha Chair Co. The buildings occupied by the Atha Chair Co., have been built for twelve years. The Key Tobac co and Whiskey Co., first occupied them, the frame building being the whiskey house and the brick building the tobacco and snuff factory. . When the whiskey and tobacco business was discontinued tne buildings were converted into a furniture factory bythe Key Fur niture Co, Mr. Ned French being the manager. After the failure of this com pany about four years ago the Atha Chair Company was formed to manufacture chairs. Mr. W. A. Thomas was elected nresident and Mr. W L. Gilbert Here From Oklahoma. Mr. W. H. L. Campbell of Ard moreV Oklahoma, is visiting friends in this city and the country. Mr. Campbell is clerk of the supreme court of Oklahoma but is a native of Sharpesburg township. His home has been in the west for many years. secretary and treasurer. The company was named The Atha Chair Co., after Mr. Thomas's second -came, Atha. Mr. Gilbert has since been elect ed superintendent, in connection with the office duties under his management the company is en joying a prosperous business. This is the third time this and the Key Furniture Co., have suf fered loss by fire in this building. Saturday's Crowd. How many people were there in Ins city On Saturday? That is a question that will never be answered correctly. John Lowlow, the.veteran clown told the writer ' night that there were 8,700 ickets taken up at the main en trance to the big tent at the first performance. The attendance at the night per formance was small, probably not over 2,000. Nevertheless there were many in the' city who never attended the circus.yThe business men as a rule think it was a mistake to have located the. main feature so 'far away. The crowds were kept from the J"vvvw vii. J. XX LA.X. &KXiXJ j Friday and Saturday nights while a big crowd was on the outsides, - where they could .hear Johnny Jones "snlenrHrT hafirl thpv wpw " . not down among our own business men, who pay the taxes and wno, had the shows been put on the some of the, money the outsiders . carried away with them. - Here is a pointer! We all love our firemen. They are noble fellows! Most of them are working for nothing, and every time they do this they endanger their lives. All fln'a io Could the crowd have been kept down here by the Square, or the court house, the Firemen would nof Tin vp Inst a ppnt Everybody with an idea that way, would have paid for seeing a I tigsr eat meat from a man's mouth, or niggers dance and talk funny; all of which was done well. Then Messrs. Henry who sells watches ahd clocks, Knox, Pos- ton & Co., the Gem theater, and a heap more of our old standbys could have captured "some of the , money that was carried home. This is no criticism, but with The Mascot it's the fellows who k,ay.the tax, first last and all the time. Circus Pleased All. That good old amusement en- prise so dear to the hearts of all, both old and young, John Robin son's circus, is a sad memory to day ; for it has come and gone and it will be a month or more be fore those who know a good thing when ,they see it and yearn for more of the same article will fully realize that at least a year must elapse before this old favorite visits this city again. To say that a heap of our people who visited the circus here on Saturday journeyed to Salisbury this morning for another visit to its wealth of wonders, gives a very general idea of the impres sion made by the show this year. There were so many new features among them the opening ballett by 50 or more handsome young ladies; that it is useless to attempt to enumerate all. Rug3, all our fall stock now in. See our 9x12 AXMINSTERS AND BRUSSELL $15.00 full sine. Small sizes. STATESVILLE HOUSE FURNISHING CO. v
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