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' ' Ev 1 TT"TTTr " a r- i ate Libari( ENIN Gr I El A, ft. 2A Vol. 1 . Statesville, N. C, Monday Evening, November 9, 1908. No. 359 Officers Check Flasher Mr. ElMns Horrible Sight Begs Judge Of Accidents Capture Still Has Defaulted Meets Husband for Death IT WAS GOING AT FULL BLAST. HEITMAN DID NOT APPEAR. J ROYAL WEDDING OR NOTHING- A COW BROKE A MIAN'S RIBS. HIS WIFE AXD DAUGHTER DEAD. CHAXCE WANTS TO BE KILLED. A Chapter Revenue Automobile Frightened a Horse and Carriage is Smashed Letter Car rier Day wait is Laid up for Re pairs Little By Has His Leg Fractured and There are Probably Others That Have Escaped The MascoCs Kotice. John, the fiveyear-old son of Mr. and Mrs."TrecT D. Johnston of East Statesville fell down stairs yesterday morning and sustained a fracture of his left leg Hit With a Base Ball While watching a crowd of boys playing baseball on the old'baseball grounds near the depot Saturday, lit tle Frank Pebbles . was hit on the side of the head by a ball and render ed unconscious. Some ofj the boys thought the lad had been killed and were greatly frightened. He soon regained conciousness but it is feared he will lose the hearing of one ear. He-ftouT and about today. LETTER CARRIER INJURED. Mr. J. D. Daywalt was Thrown Out of His Carriage Saturday Noon and sb Seriously Injured That he is Confined to Tfls Home Mr. John L. Millholland is Doing His Work. Letter Carrier No. 3, Mr. J. D. Day. wait, was seriously injured Saturday noon and as a result is now confined to his home. Mr. Day wait had just finished his Jinner ond was leaving his home at '";,:7 Kelly street, where his horse -k fright. Mr. Daywalt attempted ) control the animal but as it con tinued to shy he hit it a slight stroke with the whip. - The animal then made a plunge forward and the front wheel of the vehicle struck one of the gate posts with such force to throw Mr. Day wait out of the carriage. He was badly bruised about the side and back and medical assistance was required. Mr. Daywalt suffered much pain lut is resting easier today and his many friends hope to see him out in a few days. During his forced retirement, Dep. uty Clerk of Court, John L. Milhol land is carrying his route. Mr. MiJ holland is a substitute carrier. Internal Revenue Officer James M. Davis, Accompanied by Sheriff Adams of Alexander Locates a Moonshine Plant and Smashes the Outfit Two Men Run Into a Thicket and Escape. Deputy Collector "of Internal Rev enue James M. Davis of this city and Sheriff Adams of Alexander were out on a still hunt last Thursday and were well rewarded for their pains. When near Gwaltney township which is located near to the dividing line of thre counties tire officers came upon? a well equipped moon shine plant in full operation. Two men were seen at work about the outfit by theomcers but their ap proach was discovered and they jumped into a dense thicket and dis appeared. The gentlemen then made an in ventory of their find with the follow. ling result: One 16-galloh sheet iron still. One tin cap. One coper worm. One cooler Three fermehters. 100 gallons beer. Fifty gallons spent beer. One keg. - - Four gallons "whiskey. Two sacks. One ake. One hoe. A coat, vest and pair of overalls. The officers were on horse back and as they could not bring any of the confiscated stuff away with them It was destroyed. A brisk fire was burning beneath the still and the plant was in full op eration. Italian Royal Family Must Confirm The Engagement Soon Photogra phers Pursue The Senator, And One Caught Him at His Chicken Coop it is Said. Jim Oliver Who Broke Into Bill Gather's Refreshment Stand a$ the Carnival Gets Eighteen Months on the Chain Gang Sev. eral Retailers Are Before Judge Long In"the Superior. Court r l Tin -xr rtr m.r r n n-iKins, v. Ya., ov. y. ue Late Saturday afternoon the case "v "w'i'wft ouuuujcuw ( ii m. - A 1 . . - 1 1 of H. C. Heitman was called in the ior tne marcnetween nis aaugu superior court and the defendant who J ter and the Duke of the Abruzzi, is out on $300 bail, failed to respond The bond was declared forfeited. Heitman is the Lexington man who secured a sum of money from Mr. Eugene Morrison on a worthless and the notoriety which the af fair has received, have so dis gusted Senator Elkins that it wasfreDorted unless some defi- - m m. checlrlsome months ago. Lexington nice decision is reached by the parties are on his bond. v Other cases that have been dis posed of arenas follows: Bud Moore and Henry Bennett, eambline. Continued and bond of $100 required. - royal Italian I family before the Senator leaves for Washington he will break off the engagement. The Senator is getting sick and tired of having the name of Mark Hunter, retailing, plead not his daughter and other members MAY GO TO THE ROADS Frightened by an Automobile. Mr. Maxim pass ot MtoekshrjHle came to this city Saturday to spend the night expecting to return yester. day but his departure was delayed by circumstances over which he had no control and he was in the city this morning. - Mr. Pass started for his home at a little before noon and when on Davie avenue near the residence of J. E. Colvert, his horse became frightened at an automobile and became un manageable. The animal ran to one side of the street and the buggy collided with a tree badly demolishing the wheels. Mr. Maxim was thrown out but not badly injured. The horse freeing itself from the carriage ran on down the avenue but was soon caught. COW JUMPS ON HTM. This Xegro Slapped His Wife Be cause She Wouldn't go Home With Him, Was" Arrested and Taken Before Judge Sloan The Fine is $5 and Costs. For some days' the wife cf Robert Beltmore, colored, who lives near Troutman has been visiting her par. ents near this city. They live on the Robert Murdock place on Mud Row. Yesterday Beltmore came to the city and going to the place where his wife was visiting insisted that she accompany him home. She stated that she hadn't yet concluded her visit. In fact she Went on to say she didn't love Bob any more and didnt ever intend to live with him again. Then Beltmore got both mad and busy and proceeded to make things rather lively in the neighborhood. He cussed right smart, slapped his wife, threatened to kill her and to clean out the entire "shooting match " A wararnt was sworn out fox him and he was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ward. Before Judge Sloan this morning he submitted and was fined $5 and costs, or an alternative of 30 days on the chain gang. At noon today he had not paid "and . w j v . S , .-. J was in jail, unless tne nne is pain by tonight he will be taEen to the chain gang. . o guilty. Verdict was guilty. Sen tence was not passed. Will Hunter, a brother of the above, has also been tried for re. tailing and the jury has the case. Arthur White, assault with a dead- lv weaDon. Mistrial ordered ana jury withdrawn. Continued. Emaline Griffin, slander. Plead not guilty and such was the verdict. Hilliard Weaver, Will Wassan, Nat SmTRrand Maggie Smith, affray. All were adjudged guilty and judg ment suspended on payment of costs Fred Spradley, retailing; capias. There are two cases against this de f endant . Smith White, carrying concealed weapons; capias Fannie Jones charged with retail ing plead not guilty but was found guilty by the jury and the court im posed "a sentence of six months in the county jail. Park Byers, assault with a deadly -. m i - - wAfltinn. Jr'ieaa euiity ana was fined $5 and the costs. Jim Oliver, larceny. Plead not guilty. Verdict was guilty ana ae, f endant was sentenced to the roads for 18 months. This was the negro who broke into Mr. Will Gaither's restaurant at the carnival grounds during the Fireman's week. He was caught red handed in the act by Mr. Gaither and Officer McKay. The place had been entered and robbed the previous night and they were waiting for him, believing that he would return for more plunder. He did and his capture was affected. Andrew Copeland, affray, Plead guilty. Judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. j B. F. Stevens, larceny. Defend ant called and failed. Judgment nlci sci faand capias. Barrett Hymes and Floyd Keer, larrenv. Nol Dros as to both de fendants. These are the very young boys who broke into Wllhelm's store at the corner of Meeting and West Broad streets some time ago. W. S. Johnson assault with a dead ly weapon; plead not guilty and the jury so found. Found Murdered When he Returned at Night After Search the Son.in Iiaw Found in a Closed Trunk With a Bottle of Chloroform Pressed to His Nose Died Shortly After Be ing Discovered. He Tried Suicide and Failed East ern Shoreman Jumped From Nor. folk fridge, but Rope Broke and Failed to Hang Him Now Desires Electric Chair. Norfolk, Va ,Nov.9 Unsuccess- ful in an attempt to commit sui cide Thomas Chance,-about 40 years old who came here last spriog from the Easton shore of Maryland, yesterday asked Jus tice Simmons to seed him to the electric chair. He explained that he was "just Pittsburg,. Nov. 8. His wife lying on a bed with her throat cut from ear to ear; his sixteen-year-old adopt ed daughter on the floor nearby with htr head almost severed; a razor, dripping with blood on the bed be sides the murdered woman and crim son splashes on the floor and bed- clothing,- was the ghastly sight which confronted William Cassey when he I tired of living,", and he appered returned to his home in East Mc- to be perfectly sane and in dead Keesport, shortly after midnight earnest. He. - axplained that-tie- Saturday morning, after having tak en part in the republican jolification. The scene of the tragedy was a room occupied by George Hartzel, Casey's son-in-law, whose wife was misteriously killed a year ago, and cvho had beed boarding recently at the Casey home. if of his family made the butt of newspaper humor and subjected to annoyance by persistant re porters and photographers," said an old friend of the family. "He has studiously avoided pub licity and is beginning to blame the royal relatives of the Duke for the notoriety which the pro- Dosed international match has received. "The Senator said to me Either the Duke wants to mar ry Katherine or he does not Wbv doesn't be have a mind of V his own? Iam determined that there shall be a royal wedding or nothing. "Why, I have no privacy any more, even in my own grounds, tbe Senator said. "Yesterday I was chased all over my place by a photographor who wanted to take photographs of the family, and he finally corralled me in the chicken coop. I am tired of this sort of thing and it has got to stop. I am used to the public life, but this sort of thing is.too much for me." It is said here that while the Senator is ia Morganton, where he will remain for the next few days, he will consult with his two sons, David and Blaine, who have . iJ A A L Charge oi nis interests mere, re- street, at 3:30 garding the proposed sale of the Dr. c. m. Richards. Morganton and Kingstown rail- "Mr. Richards was to have gone to road to the Baltimore and Ohio. Davidson SatuIday night where yes. , u j teraay ne was 10 preacn nis nrst ser auouci Uu mQn as pagtor of that congregation than $6,000,000 from the sale Dut ne remainder here to perform this of the road. Thts would give him sad duty, the last he could do for a the readv monev for the I faithful par ishoner. dowry in case Jhe marriage should be had no family and was not in love, but just had no desire to stay on earth. Chance Friday night tied one end of. a rope around his n6ck and attached the other to the Atlantic City bridge, from which Mrs. Hartzel was found murdered he jumped, but the rope broke. He was found by Policeman Caff ee standing waist deep in water. Chance was a fiahman during the summer, and it is 'said that his employers had not paid him for his services. 4 0 ; last winter. At the time her mother Mrs. Cassey, accused Hartzel of kill ing her daughter, and said he had confessed the murder to her. Hart zel denied his mother-in-law's story. He was for several days in the cus tody of county authorities, but final ly was released, as Mrs. Casey's stor-jyvas not credited against his denial. Hartzel was missing when the mur der was discovered this morning. Forty-five minutes later, "wben the county defectives and police of neighboring boroughs were on the lookout for Hartzel, the man was found unconcious in a trunk a few feet from where the multilated bod ies lay. . He had squeezed into the trunk; closed the lid, and with a bot tle of chloroform close to his nostrils had soon become unconcious. Physi? cians endeavored to revive him, but he died. Funeral of Mrs. Carlton. All that is mortal of the late Mrsi Pinkfley C. Carlton -jvas laid at rest in its eternal home at Oakwood cem etery yesterday afternoon with a Jirge attendance of sorrowing friends, relatives and neighbors The funeral services were conduct ed from the nouse, 5401A Center o'clock by the Rev. SOUTHERN OFFICIALS HERE. It is seldom that the floral tributes at the funeral in this city ase as num erous as on this occasion The house was filled with tear land, affray, plead not guilty and were so found by the jury. TURKE1 CROP GOOD. Mr. V. J. and he is Bed With and Many Unusual Accident Befell Evans Last Saturday Now Confined to His Some Fractured Ribs Bruises. Mr Y. J. .Evans .who resides on Western Avenue was the victim of a mosfunusual accident late Saturday afternoon. He has a cow that is, under ordi. nary circumstances, a most docile animal Mr; Evans went to the hack yard to water the animal and as he bent over to untie the halter rope Ihe animal leaped upon him. The weight of the beast bore !Mr. Evans tothe ground with great force and he was then trampled upon. Mr. Evans was carried to his home -anTT Dr. Sharpe was called, it was found thattwo ribs were fractured and that the unfortunate man was otherwise hadly bruised. , It is not known whether the strange actions of the animal were intended as marks of affection or anger. Mr. J. P. Watt of Loray is In the city on business today. Fuller-Co wles. Invitations reading as follows have been received in this city: Mrs. Mary Justis Fuller requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter -: Grave Truman to . Doctor Henry Clay Cowles, Jr., on Tuesday, the twentyfourth of No vember at half after three o'clock in the city of New York, c Fha M C shr shrdl on outaoa Dr. Cowles is the son of Col. and Mrs. H C. Cowles of this city, and is well known throughout this sec tion of the state. , He graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1901 and stud ied medicine in the north where he has since won high standing among tEeyounrer members of the profes. sion in" New York city. " io " Mr. TT. P. Carlton who was sum moned ffBm'Decater, 111., because of i the death of his mother7Mrs. P. C. Carlton, arrived Saturday and will remain in the city several days. decided upon. Close friends of the family- say that the Senator IS willing to stained faces and the procession to Will McLelland and Emma McLel- I provide a generous dowry for his the cemetery was a long one, extend Ar.L4- nnA Vir4- V. ntnminf HlOre man wtuwo The pallbearers were Messrs. N 1 LenCe. 1 r Mm llr T. TTnrrill TP. .T Axlev. Friends who are on intimate w. w. Walton. J. b. Glover and J. Birds Will Soon be Seen on the Local I social terms with the family here H. Hoffman Market. Anticipatory of Thanks- declare that thev are confident eiving ahd Ready to Undergo the .a:f ; f n,, TW Alleged Moonshiner Arrested nr-i . A Tr,-.- I - r I. - i Wni-rl ronrhPrt this pi rv at 110011 I.O- taneiung riwcss. 1 . , K " The month of his majesty, the gob- PS iu.,..4&c,uuuCu,cl- day tnat Deputy Sheriff Albea had bier is at hand ahcTvery few days re. come Dy Tine size oi t.n& aowry arrested r75Tter Snow at Turners- main until his stately presence will and that an announcement OI burg and was then bringing him to be observed "on the Statesville mar- Ujjg weddiDg may be expected tnis city"' ket. Although the day of hia doom Is nearly three weeks oft, it is a custom rrnwn old with the usage of many years to have him appear on the mar ket in good advance or the time oi his beheading, not merely for appe. tizing purposes but to give the pur chasers a chance to add a little in the way of fat to the already plump body of the bird. - Cranberries, celery, malaga grapes, and all those edibles which serve as a background for turkey flesh on the table, are already on the market awaiting therTivaI of their supreme lord. The life of the gobbler has about run its course. Mr. J. G. Sheltoh has returned I from a busines strip to Charlotte. within a week. 4 4 Internal Revenue Collections. Cashier R. B. Roberts, of Collec. ter Brown's office, reports the follow ing collections for the month of Oc. tober, 1908: " Lists ....... 296.86 Spirits. 54,791.33 Cigars. . t. .. 36.08 Tobacco. . ... ..... 150,145.28 Sneclal tax.... ....... 689.38 Total. ..... ....$245,958.03 4 0 Mr. and Mrs. S. L Colvert went to High Point Saturday morning to visit Mrs. Colverfs parents. They were accompanied by Miss Carry Col vert. When he arrives with Is captive. the prisonerfTl be arraigned before Magistrate W. W. Turner, charged with manufacturing whiskey. It is claimed" that he was the owner of the still ca"ptured by Sheriff Sum. mers and Deputy Sheriff Ward near Turnersburg some time ago. 4 io New "Fool Room Opened. Mr. C."t3. Holland has purchased two of the best and latest type off pool tables and is having them In stalled in the basement under Mr J. P. Phifers grocery store. The -management expects to make this- a pleasant place for the pool players of the city. Mr. O. M. Marvin who spent sev eral days in Charlotte has returned. General Superintendent of the North ern Divisoh and a Party of Other Officials Arrived in Statesville Yes terday anu Inspected the Station and Yards. A special train of three private cars arrived at the depot in this city yesterday at about 10 o'clock and remained for a little over a half an hour. AboarcPwere Messrs. E. H. Coap. man, general manager of transporta tion; A. Stewart, general superin tendent of motive power . G. W. Tay, lor, general superintendent of trans portation; Dr. W. A. Applevate chief surgeon; J. H. Conley, chief special agenf; D. W. Lum, chief engineer; A.. H. Westfall, general superinten dent; J. M. Bennett, superintendent Winston.Salem division; W. N. Rore acre of Charlotte and others. These officials "are on a tour of Jn spection of the road and the object of the stop here was to allow them to Tnspect the property of the com pany at this place. ' It goes without saying that they found "everything under the supervi sion of Capt. J. Edward Deitz, ticket agent and Capt. Samuel M. Moore, yard master, in excellent condition. While none of ' those concerned could be seen, it Is understood that this trijrof inspection i3 in anticipa tion and preparation for the evival of business about which President Finley'tias had much to say. - The special cameere from Char lotte and went to Winston.Salem. From There it will continue further south. " " 4 0 The Cotton Warehouse. Those members of the Farmers' Union who are stockholders in the new warehouse project Held a meet. ing at the court house this morning. President W. C. Gibson or the County Union occupied the chair. It was voted to go aneScl at once and procure aeharter and the neces sary Incorporation" papers, A com mittee to prepare this work was chosen and is composed of PresL dent Gibson and Messrs. J. Clap. Turner and J. M. Robeson. The "new company will be known as the Iredell Farmers' Union Ware i house Company. OI Arch Deacon is Here. Archdeacon E. A. Osborne of Char. lotte who conducted services at Trin ity EpIscopaT church on Walnut street ' yesterday remained over In Statesville today has been calling upon the various "members of the parish. . ' o Mr. John Moore was home from the A. and M. college at Raleigh over Sunday and left this morning to re- sume his studies. s . I'. i I!: y x
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