" , State Lft wion
V TT'TT- J -
VoL 1.
Statesville, N. C, Friday EveningOctober 23, 1908.
No. 344
7
Mascot.
MVENIKFG
Federal Court
4
Has Adjourned
WAS UNIMPORTANT TERM.
Non Suit Was Entered in Case of
. .Fry Against the Southern Rail
road Judgment Changed in
Case of Negro Convicted of Dis
tillingJudge Has Gone Home.
The October term of the Federal
court which was held in this city
adjourned yesterday afternoon
and all of the court officers, except
those that reside in Statesville
left at once for their homes.
The term was one of the least
important that has been held here
for some time.
Most of the time yesterday was
taken up with the case of J. C.
Fry, administrator, of the estate
of Emeline Fry, against the South-
ROOSTER GAVE THE ALARM
I '
And Mr. W. E. Anderson Did the
Rest Armed Himself and Pro
ceded to His' Chicken Coop
Where He Captured the Intru
der jingle Handed and he "Vill
Pay the Penalty.
Late last night, probably be
tween the hours of 11 and 12
o'clock Mr. W. E. Anderson who
lives on West Broad street was
awakened by an unusual disturb
ance in his hen house.
. Mr. Anderson had retired for
the night but got up quickly and
hurriedly dressing, armed himself
with a bic stick and started for
the chicken coop.
Firmlv belie viner that a chicken
thief had entered his premises, Mr
Anderson laid plans' to capture
the rascal.
"When near the door Mr. Ander
son called out to
Gilbert
Said
To Be Insane
HE SHOT HIS SWEETHEART.
And is Now on Trial at Norfolk-
Conflicting Testimony of Insan
ity Experts is Striking Feature
of the Trial He Borrowed the
Revolver.
State Troops
On The Scene
THE ENTIRE STATE AROUSED
PERSONAL NOTES.
BOY STOLE BEEF HIDE.
Some Happenings Among Those Sold it to Morrison Produce Com
People You Enow and Others
You Don't Know.
Mr. P. C. Gray has returned
from Mooresville where he spent
Wednesday night.
pany But Theft was Traced to
Him and he Was Made to Re
turn the Money Gained his En
trance to Building by Force.
A yourig lad named Cloaninger
Mrs. P. F. Lancrenour and Miss is liable to be required to face the
Mattie Lee Nicholson are visiting serious charge of breaking and en-
Governor Determined to Break up -m t,al,sftury attending the lair, ,
Lawlessness by Night-Riders-1 , Mis TW MiUsThas retumed . mTf
Is Keeping in Close Touch With from Moorwvffle wEerohe was bntcher had come to the city with
v "& WiU,lt -i.wu.wj. fi, c ir: m. -m:ii snmo mpnt the hnv nriA1 n Inner
Ritimtinn 'Will TTaan QWfl.JUIC Sucai Ui Wdl'tt Jims. " "w "
I - 1 Annnn T T fl A 1
in Field Until Order is Restored.
Norfolk, Va, Octo. 22. Con
flictiner testimony by allecred insan
ity experts was the striking fea
ture of the trial yesterday of Ben
Mamin Gilbert, who m duly last
shot to death Miss Amanda Morse,
his sweetheart, who had jilted him.
Dr. h. I. Peter, once sunerinten-
dent of the Virginia Insane Asy-
might be inside the coop to come ium accredited to be an expert
out and show himself or he would lipon brain nervous diseases, said
be shot. ? he had been observing Gilbert for
No one replied to his demand, a -month, and that the latter is a
VSrtX except an old rooster that had first degencrat6) was sufferillg from
rauroaa. .as statea yesierudy nTiniin i ir AnwA wLionnko , , .... .
era
this was a suit brought to recover
$25,000 damages for causing the
death of Emeline Fry, mother of
the plaintiff, some years ago at
Hickory.
After the plaintiff had put in
its evidence, Lawyer L. C. Cald
well declared that he was ready
to let the case go to the jury with
out submitting any evidence for
the defence. It was evident that
no case had been made out against
the railroad company; the court
intimated as much and the plain
tiff was allowed to take a non
suit.
The judgment of the court was
changed in the case of ErwinGray,
the negro convicted of distilling,
etc., and sentenced toa year and
one day in the Federal peniten
tiary. He has been in jail four
months and he will be given his
aroused Mr. Anderson by his noise
He continued to keep up a terrible
racket and lighting a match, Mr.
Anderson entered the hen house.
He expetced to find a chicken thief
there and indeed, he Hid. But in(
stead of a two legged? villian, the
intruder proved to be one of a four
footed variety
The cause of all the rumpus was
a nice iat possum, xius
taken in charge by Mr. Afaderson
and is now confined in a barrel in
that gentleman's back yard.
He is a kind hearted man, is Mr.
Anderson but he has no sympathy
for a chicken thief, no matter how
many legs he may possess and it is
probable that -"a punishment to fit
the crime" is m store ior iui.
'Possum.
'
TOMORROW'S BABECUE.
)
A nol. pros, was entered in the
case against Quincy Privett, of
Iredell, charged with destroying
a rural mail box.
Frank Brown was indicted for
treedom. '. Wadv for the Bis: Event and
e gnd Jury finished rtsw, Ml off Kain or
ana was aiscnargeu vv cuixccv . nv.a nomino- From
the Nearby Towns.
It was announced late this af
ternoon that all the arrange
ments have been completed for
acute transitory epileptic insanity
and was not respesible for murder
ing Miss Morse. .
A number of witnesses told of
acts committed by Gilbert which
they said caused them to believe
that he was not mentally sound.
Incidentally, the fact that Gilbert
cannot write his name was ad
duced through the introduction of
the roll of the Fourth Virginia
Volunteers, to which he affixed his
mark. He subsequently was dis
f'harod from the militia "for the
good of the service."
Dr. 0. C. Brunk, present super
intendent of the Williamsburg
Insane Asylum, testified that in his
opinion Gilbert was not epilepti
cally insane ; that one so afflicted
does not plan a crime, but if he
commits one does so upon the im
pulse of the moment. Gilbert, the
evidence shows, premeditated the
murder, borrowing the revolver
used and seeking His victim.
MADE HIM STOP.
I - - nnH
distilling, etc., in a case from the big barDecua, speaks uu
Alexander county and a nol. pros, parade to take place tomorrow,
was entered in this case and also- The ladies have done wonder
in similar cases against T. E. Lip- fully well with .their part o the
pard, Lawrence Little, D. L. Pox program and it is assured that
and Millenlcenhour. aU of Alex- there will De pieu j
andercountv The event will be pulled off
1: . I! Martin, of Burke conn- rain or.shine. The barbecue
tv,a former storekeeper and gaug- be held in el wareh
charged with permitting a and Senior Simmons will speak
distiller to defraud, was also al- in the court house.
lowed to go, a nol. pros, being en- The parade will form at IP
tered in hi case. o'clock as all eady announced
la the cases against Frank d he speaking w follow
u - t xt i!v.v Maurice The barbacue will be servea
m
nmnken White Man Vho At
a V - -
tempted to Enter the Home of
Mr. Matt Overman in itocKy
Mount, Brought to a Standstill
by Receiving a Load of Shot in
His Shoulder.
Wilson, N. C. Oct. 22 -Parties
from Rocky Mount report a
shooting in that town just be
Union Gity, Tenn., Oct. 23.
State troops are encamped in the
lake region, where for months a
state of teror has existed on ac
count of acts committed by night-
riders.
governor Malcom R. Patterson
is keeping in close touch with the
situation, and says he will keep
the soldiers in the field until or
der is restored and fullest inves-
vestigation is made regarding the
assassination near Walnut Log on
Monday night of Captain Quentin
Rankin, a distinguished lawyer of
Trenton, Gibson county.
Governor Patterson expressed
determination to break up lawless
ness by) night-riders and will fill no
more appointments for speeches in
tne interest oi.ms canaiaacy ior
re-election until the situation in
the Rellfoot Lake country has im
proved. The law and order league has
offered a reward of $2,000 for the
arrest and conviction of the night
riders who killed Captain Rankin
and attempted to kill Colonel Tay
lor, in addition to the reward of
$10,000 offered by Governor Pat
terson. (
The authorities have decided to
hold a special term of court for the
trial of any night-rider cases that
may come up. It is certain that
the prosecution will be prompt
and thoruogh.
Attorney-General Caldwell has
beeii threatened with assassination
if he prosecuted night-riders, but
he says he is determined to, do his
I diit, regardless of threats.
Messrs. W. W. Cooper, Albert board off from the slaughter house
Cooper and Harry Gill spent last of M. P. Alexander & Brother,
night at the Buford in Charlotte. whic his located west of the city
Mis Sadie Poston went to near the Bloomfield cdtton mill
Mooresville this morning to be the and gained an entrance. '
guest of Miss Clara Mills. Two fine cattle had just been
Mrs R M TCnmr nrifV nln'lrlrPTi butchered for the barbecue to-
have returned
Mooresville.
A. H. Price, Esq., of Salisbury
from a visit to morrow and he proceeded to ap
propriate one of the hides.
He loaded the hide into a two
Jurney, Artifus Rupard, Chas.
Ireland, L. W. Parlier, Bud Shoe
maker, DeWitt Redmond and
Winston Rupafef, all of Iredell
immediately after the speaking,
; With The Sick.
iss Bess Hudson of Moores
ville, is at the Long sanatorium for
treatment.
jtfrs. R. M. Mills was called to
Wobdleaf yesterday because of the
crtjcal illness of her father, LIr.
who has been attending Federal wheel push cart and took it to the
court in this city has returned to store of the Morrison Produce
his home. Company where he sold It for
Miss Theo. Terrill who is at- $2.90.
tending school here has returned When the butcher returned he
from a visit to her home in Coo- missed the hide andTlollowing the
leemee. tracks made by the cart soon lo-
Mrs. T. C. Eubanks who has cated it at the Morrison store,
been the guest of Mr. H. M. Eu- The responsibility for the theft
banks for some days left yesterday was soon placed on a 14-lear-old
for her home at Monroe. son of a man named Cloaninger
Mr. R. N. Shupling, of Shiloh and the father made the youngster
was in the city this morning, mak- return the money to the Messrs.
jing arrangements for the funeral Morrison.
of Mrs. Nancy Norris who died at The Alexander Brothers then
that place yesterday. came into possession of their pro
Miss Addie Hallyburton of Mor- perty.
ganton was a visitor in the city It is probable that the boy will
yesterday. She has been visiting be prosecuted,
in Charlotte and was en route to 0 . m
Ytay ViATvio A NEW HATlOHAli BAH.
turned to her home yesterday after A Meeting of the Stockholders of
spending a week here at the statesville ioan ana itusv wm.
home of her brother, liSland Har- CaJJd for Tomorow Af-
xernoon ai u wows.
Irs. D. M. Ausley and her At tnw ume me maiier oi or-
charming little daughter, Miss ganizmg a new national bank
Mary, went to Mt. Airy yesterday with a capital of $100,000 will be
for a month's visit with Mr. considered.
Thomas Fawcett, Mrs. Ausley's It is proposed to convert the
father banking business of theLoan&
Mr. f.rd Mrs. K. C. Conger who Trust Co. into a national bank,
have been occupying the home of the business to be conducted at
Mrs. D. M. Furchess on Walnut the.same place.
street, since Mrs. Furches' depar- It is not proposed that the
r, r,nv,tawn Trust company go out of business
IUIC uxx a ovu.K"v,xij. -ijf I ... i . . , i nt if
rooms with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. .V""""
t 1, TXTrtc-f HtaqH ctropt I , . . 1 . .
ris.
J. k Thompson who has been in
fore the shoo-fly started south- ill health for some time and who
ward. The facts as gleanea are ls aot expected to recover.
onranpo nnH nthfir fpatnrps .an ftfc
The Wilkesboro Chronicle says, : present.
"Mrs. L. J. Holman lett Monday oi -
I to. visit her old home at Cool An Old Soldier Dead.
Spring. Mrs. F. G. Holman ac- Mr. R. Mint Evans died at his
companied her to Statesville and home near Doolie Wednesday
will visit the family of Mr. Brad- morning. He was aDout u years
shaw ! at Hickory and her .uncle, of age and hag been enjoying very
7he condition of Mrs. J. D. Cox
wha has been critcally ill for some
time is much improved and her
many friends now entertain much
hope for her recovery. She is still
at the Bilingsley hospital.
Horse Droped Dead.
i?Qj-w ihU morninc: a horse
county, and all charged with dis- aroppe(j dead in front of the
uiimg, etc., m viuiatiuiA i residence oi ivov. u.xv.
ternal revenue laws a nol pros wab lfc wa8 being driven to tne city
as follows:
Mr. Matt Overman had just
leit his residence, which is oppos
ite the North Rocky Mount pass
enger station, for his place of
business, leaving no one at home
but his wife and son h rank, ine
father had not more than left
thfi vard before a white man be-
sotted with drink, stepped on TaylorSViue in a few days.
the ironu porcii auu autcuiijucu
to enter the door. Young Frank ' They Will Marry.
Mr. J. F. Spainhour, and other
relatives at Mor ganton before re
turning home.
good health until about ten days
ago he was taken with pneumonia
which resulted in his death.
He was recognized as one of the
best farmers in the Doolie section
entered.
V
Rally at Coddle Creek.
The Coddle Creek Democratic
Club is making arrangements for a
big rally on next Tuesday night
when Dr. B. F. Dixon will be there
and address the citizens on the
issues of the day.
There will be a torch light pro
cession and the Taylorsville brass
band will take part in the process
ion and furnish music.
Every one is invited.out to take
part in the procession and to hear
that eloquent old soldier's ad
dress. He is a fine speaker and
will furnish the voters with much
valuable food for thought.
Mr. and Mrs. 'A. M. Turner have
MoriTftsville after a
asked him what he wanted, but The engagement is anonunced in
a t1tt TTo thpn nrrW- ArIipviIIa nf Miss Nancy Jane
bv a man namedBaker who lives ed tbe ieiQW to leave the prem- Weaver and Mr. James Gudger
in the country and ieii wiluuuu iges but instead tie drew a Knne stikeieatner.
the slightest warning. ail(j again tried to enter the door. Mr. Stikeleather is a son oi
At noon the animal lay wuere Qnce agam the fellow was order- Capt. J. A. JStikeieatner, oi umi,
it, had fallen and some 01 tne ed from the premises, but paid this county, and is a promment
no heed to the warning, and con-
' Mr. Loner at Mooresville.
Hon. Zeb V. Loner addressed the n j ha
had AP.p.nnmlated durinff
voters of Coddle Creek township I u time Rome nronertv. He is
It. is nrobable that Mr. E. C. Lt Mooresville last niffht. wn rnilf?rp.Tl. lIrS-
w X , - " OUL i T vv J w w J
Slcan who is at the sanatorium Owing to the inclement weatner Effie an yjt Evans,
wiJl oe removed 10 ms nume m theaudience was not as iais oa he making his home with tne lar
A Viqvo VPAn Tvnt. I .
it uiiiciwiac nuuiuoiutv ter.
the fair sized audience present The remains were interred
gave Mr. Long the closest atten- Thursday in the burying ground
tion and frequently interrupted at Vanderbefg church, of which
the orator's remarks with their he was a member,
applause. ' 0 ,0 -
He' was introduced by Hon. Zeb Have Leased the Furches Home.
V Turlineton I -air. ana airs. u. iucia auu
neighbors were asking when the
Jpsightly object was to
moved.
tinued to advance, men tne
rniiTHr man. to save ms muiuei
J ..r-l " . ' r i kt
unrt himselt irom Dlirui, uauiiut
up a gun and fired a load into
rnfi inr.riiutJi o ouuuiuvi.
last heard from the fellow was
unconscious.
voung business man of Asheville.
Miss Weaver is a sister ot Mr.
Zeb Weaver, a member of the leg
islature from Buncombe,
s The marriage will take place
November 4th.
-40
Seized Brandy Still.
Last Wednesday Deputy Collec
tor Davis seized the brandy distil
leryof D. S. Uoble in -lexunuex , Qn a Deer Hunt
COUniy. r nV T A PnrW nf tllP StfltPS-
With the outht he also seizea - 1T. n, Uwn week, on a bridal trip return- Gf.t -ilp
n f llMTir Vllie licaiij auu u.vow - - -
iranuiio ui i , . e t I tn thPir wpstftrn nome vesier
Ir Davis had the property pany leu yesicru nu
. , . . .i x. A r.s.rt.l own v I LiaJ
brought to tnis city uuu -y
Coble was conducting his place There ne win join .
Mr Lone- sava the democrats of Itwo daughters . of New Jersey,
the Coddle Creek neighborhood have rented the handsome home of
are thoroughly united and in fine Mrs. D. M. Furchess on Walnut
shape for the coming battle of bal- street for the winter. M
The family came here tor tne
benefit of air. Myer's health which
has been failing for some time.
lots.
Have Returned Home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Eagle of
Benld, 111., who have been here-for
License to Marry.
The register of deeds Has issued
a marriage license to Mr. Charles
W. Millsaps and Miss Mary L.
Pool.
Both are residents of North
Mr. James Dixon who is criti
Whn a Wa thftv were the guests cally ill at his home on Hills street
. " I i . . i -T5-.- .
Coble was conducting m i Easle. the 1 was reported to be tailing at noon
Goble was conducting his place 1 ram and a party .nu , uu u : : on tntlav ' d it is feared that he will
; a ha hd not lived a deer hunt - Mr. regram nas oeen p u. -. ,
11 is ciaiiucu. I . i . . , xi v V form nPftr tnwn . . - nui. recuvci.
.. xi'-n wfln5rpmpnts. there since tne nrst oi-m i -.
Never can tell when youll
mash a finger or suCer a cuv
bruise, burn or scald. Be pre
pared Dr. Thomas ' Eclectrie Oil
instantly relieves the pain quick
ly cures the wound.
4 o
IMr. W. McRee Anderson of Lit
tle Rock, Ark., is expected here at
an early date to visit his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Anderson
visit in this city. a , i .
up iu an iuu iv"v-
X,