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1 H State Libariox. SL- VoL 1. Statesville, N. C, Saturday Evening, November 14, 1908. No. 364 Brincefield Mr, Cox May Young Emperor Girl is Scalped oi China Dead By a Machine Crowds Gaze Farmer Robbed Wants Pardon Land Good Job at a Bathtub By a Bootblack BOLD WATER FOR WHISKEY. FRIENDS PUSH HIM FORWARD. KEPT IX THE BACKGROUNDS. HAIR WAS SEWED OX AGAIN. FOR T. R. ROOSEVELT, JUNIOR. PART OF MONEY RECOVERED. 7 Evening Then Attempted To Get Out of Jail By Forging a Bail Bond For Which He Is Now Serving Five Years on The Road Many People Think He Has Been Sufficiently Punish ed. - Mr. James Brincefield of Rowan county, was in the city yesterday morning in the interest of his "son, Charles Brincefield, who is now serv ing a five years sentence on the chain gang for forgery. Mr. Brincefield will ask for a par don for his son on Dec. 18 and he told a representative of the Mascot that he would have a big petition asking for the pardon of his son, when that time comes, ready to pre sent to the governor. He said that the judge who sen tenced his boy, the solicitor who pros ecuted him, many of the court offi cers and a heap of lawyers and well known citizens of both this and Rowan county had promised to sign the petition.: 3 In talking with a number of peo ple today the Mascot man discovered that there is quite a general impres sion abroad to the effect that the man has been punished sufficiently.- The pardon will be asked for on the ground that his aged parent who la nearly blind and in infirm health needs the son's support and also on the ground that no one lost anything by the forgery. The case against Brincefield is well remembered and at the time occu pied a prominent place in the papers and in judicial circles. Brincefield was first arrested about two years ago next May on a charge that he sold a couple of negroes a keg of water, having represented) that it was whiskey. While in jail he procured a blank form filled out a bail bond and sign ed the name of parties" in Rowan county wheTe he had once lived, to it. The forgery was discovered and it was on this charge that he was sentenced to the roads for sevn years. 1l4S Later the sentence was reduced to five years. Brincefield was a Rowan boy but married a daughter of Mr. Watt Says He Made a Remarkable Run for Governor and Now Want Him to Have a Place In Mr. Taft's Cabi net Not Known What Mr. Roose velt May Decide to do About the Matter. News of Death Suppressed Until Nephew Was Installed on Throne. He Was But Thirty-eight Years Old and His Health Had Long Been a Matter of Grave Concern to the Empire. - Miss Matilda Bterine's Hair Was Caught by Shaft Physicians Say She Will Recover and Her Treses May be Saved Few Cases Known. The remarkable run that Hon. J. Elwood Cox made for governor in the recent campaign has started consid erable talk among prominent North Carolina republicans in his advocacy as a member or .President-elect Tart's cabinet. They assert that he won the big gest republican gains in any south ern state and that his great party ser vice in this connection coupled with his great capacity as a business man and financier make him a "shining mark" for national cabinet appoint ment. Of course, all hands realize that the whole matter is up to Mr. Roosevelt, not Taf t, and what the president may think of the project only a" matter of coniecture. o PERSONAL NOTES. Mr. A. Gaithtr has been spending the week :n Morganton. Mr. W. W. Cooper returned today from a business trip to Charlotte. Messrs. N. W. Fox and N. Gill were in Charlotte : tsterday. Deputy Collector A. B. Freeman went to Asheville last night to spend Sii'day. Mr. James W. Forbes, an insur surance man of Greensboro, is in the city today. . Messrs. S. K. Myers and J. R. Johnson of Jennings were registered at the St. Charles last night. Mr. P. A. Bandy and Mr. J. A. Gabril and son Gilbert, of Terrill, in Catawba county, are visiting at Mr. J. W. Sherrill 's. Miss Clara Bowles has returned to the college after a visit with her parents in Hickory. Miss Gladys Purnell who spent three weeks here with her cousin, Mrs. J. F. Mitchiner left Wednes day for her home at Rockingham. She was accompanied by Mrs Mitch iner and her children . Mrs. F. A. Sherrill returned to day from a visit at Mooresville. Baltimore, Nov. 14. As the result of having her hair caught in the shaft of a machine used in the manufac ture of hats. Miss Matilda Lombard Detering, 27 years old, 1321 West Lombard street was scalped about noon yesterday while working at the factory of M. S. Levy & Sons, Paca wniie operating one or the ma chines Miss Deterings' hair became loose, and in falling some strands before the hair was all Miss Detering was Washington, Nov. 14. Official notice of the death of the emper or of China has been received at the state department here and at the Chinese legation. He died suddenly in the imperial palace and Lombard streets. at. Ppkini while operating The emperor was but thirty- lfVi C1ucu, were caught about the shaft. In the had long been a matter of grave 1 twinkle of an eye Miss Detering's concern to the Empire. I hair was being wound about the ma nnrino tho Pntirfi nprinrl of hita cnine. A lew revolutions only were reieri his mother, the dowar necessary Amnresa I zn-H no was thn virtual I . . . . .. . .. . .. . , r . i pinioned to tne snart, ana it appear- ruier hdu sne Kept ivwane ou, (i ht. hpr Rir,iii wmiir? nmsha who appears to have been a moral and metal weakling:, in the backgronnd. The news of the death of Kwa- ns su was suppressea unui ai - - w a V I ter iiis nephew, Tince ruyr, wno the machine. Before she succeeded is only three years old, was tak- the skin about Miss Detering's fore en into the palace by the dowa- head broke, and in an instant her j . 1 1 j ,i lanuu wao uaid xuc .00.114. ut. uac thrown. The Prince is a son of Prince Chun, brother of the em peror, and was designated rocen tly as the heir presumptive. The emperor suffered from ne phritis, complicated with other ailments. The foreign legations mg De taken to the Maryland General in Peking offered the services of Hospital, A private ambulance was their skilled physicians but their obtained and the run was made to offers were declined by the em press dowager and her son was treated by the native doctors. -i One of the last acts of the em- peror was to issue an edict pro- Miss Agile Davidson, a nurse in Morgan, of this city and lived there ftho Ronkv Mount hosuital is at the after that until his arrest. His wife is 'now living with her father In this city and is said to be an invalid. before the machine could be stopped. Her screams attracted several em ployes, and when they saw what had happened they became terror-strick en, one operator, more composed than the rest, made an effort to stop was about the ears and around the neck. Dr. Louis H. Seth, of the Maryland University Hospital, was sent for and found Miss Detering in a highly nerv ous state. Dr. Seth gave her tem porary relief, and Dr. Sydney Cone, the company's physician, was notified. Dr. Cone suggested that Miss Deter- tbe hosDital in a short time. All the while Miss Detering was conscious. Notwithstanding that she was bereft? of her scalp, she lost little blood. It did not take Dr. Uone and the physicians at the hospital Order for Modern Plumbinc Was Given by His Landlord After He Had Upset the Tin Basin He Bathed in and Soaked a Valuable Rug Quentin Starts on a Hunt. A" Well Known Surry County Farm er, With Two Much Booze lmbiB ed, Loses His Money and May Also Lose His Moustache of Which He Was Very Fond. Winston-Salem, Nov. .13. By an unusual circle of circumstances a rather well-known farmer from Sur ry county, who came here to market installed by us ia his apart-Ihis tobacco had $69 stolen from him and, what is more, may be compelled to temporarily part with an abund ant titian colored mustache, "of Which,' in the words of Miss Mattie J. Peterson, poetess laureate of North Carolina, "he were fond.'? The man shall be nameless, be cause of his humiliation. Having Springfield, Mass., Nov. 14. "These tuith fixtures are for Tbeodorn Roosevelt, Jr., and will be ments in Thoinpsonville." x This information is more or less artistically conveyed by a large placard in the window of a Harrison avenue plumbing es tablishment, and attracted an all-dav crowd that gave rise to rho imnrpssion that a harmin disposed of tobacco at high prices - v . . . at one of the warehouses, he felt sale was m progress m that nor- that he was entitled to recreation mally quiet thoroughfare. and sought it unwisely by partaking From unquestionable sources of too much 'white lightning." it was learned that the Presi- outing in a nttie obscure restaurant, he was stroking his red mustache n ntin.j I r.ofh in o tin hoin o I maxima, ouvu portuned him for business. He let serious dibcomfort in learniig them shine his shoes and then gener ihe carpet business from the top ously inquired if he could throw any n UDiLUiu. ; lioiii- ckixic Lur . . s .jther momiug whea Theodore, Jr., fell over toe basin, thereby precipitating a deluge which played ha-voc with the only really I lost. fiibC-clties rug in Thompsonville. The news of the Harrison ave nue display wss telephoned to Thompsonville and a delegation of enthusiastic townspeople came "Boss, yoh mustash is mighty fine, but hit oughter be black, lack yoh ha'r,' ventured one of th boys. . The farmer reflected a moment and was "Polish it up," he commanded. The boys did a good job of it, from their standpoint. The mustache, as shown to the police this afternoon, was black as ink, but shinier. After the hirsute polish, however, to Sprinfinld on the first trolley I the farmer discovered he had been robbed, one of the boys having pick ed his pocket. Several hours later the boy was arrested at his home and $68.70 of the $69 was recovered. Tue farmer 5s now seeking to re mising constitutional goverment lons to sew tne scalp and its hair to ner neau. The case is being watched with it cut off. To Build a Reservoir. Mr. J. A. Ordway has received a contract to build a large reservoir at East Monbo for the Turner Mill Com pany. The reservoir will be located on the hill just above the plant of the company and will be built for fire protection. The walls will extend 50 feet above the roof of the build ing and the reservoir will have a ca pacity of 200,000 gaUons. Work will begin at once. The Ordway Company, which Mr. Ordway represents, is already doing considerable work for the Turner Company. It has the contract and is at work on big dam across the Catawba river and the mill building all of which are nearing completion. 4 0 Improvements at the St. Charles. Since Mr. T. F. Misenheimer took charge of the St. Charles hotel, a large number of improvements have been made. Not the least of this Is the "tone ing up" of the hotel office, which has Just been completed. The room has been given a new suit of wall paper and a large clock and new stove have been lnstalledj also new furniture. With the numerous guests, some of them ladles, seated around the warm fire and table, the room this In home of her father, Capt. T. A. C. Davidson, near the city. Q Is Drilling Wells. Mr. R. A. Barkley formerly of this city, but now of Asheville, is in the city and will remain here for some time. . Mr. Barkley recently engaged tiiA waII horeine business. He has invested in some recently patented machinery for this work and this en ables him to drill to any depth at a cost lower than most people ever dreamed of. He would be pleased to quote prices on his work and if he can ob tain enough work he will locate here permanently. A letter addressed to the Statesville postoffice will reach hinvand he will bepleased to reply in person. A Child Loses an Eye. The Concord Tribune says: Blanche, the l-Htle two and a half year old child of Mr. and Mrs. Rich ard Sloop, of Iredell county, is in a hospital at Charlotte, where she Is be ing treated for an injury to her left eye, sustained while at play with an older sister. The children were at their home by the fireside and the older child had in her hand a pair of shears. In some unexplained way she stuck the points of the shears in the left eye of her little sister put ting it out entirely. The little suffer er is quite pitiful and the loss of her eye is aepuruo. 4 Q : " and ordering administrative and financial reforms, 4 0 Superior Court Adjourns. Judge Long spent this morning in entering and signing up orders and at noon adjourned the November term of the Iredell superior court. Fannie James who is serving a six months sentence in jail for retailing asked the court to be transferred to the chain gang where she proposes to do the cooking. The court ordered that the matter be left at the discre tion of the county commissioners. Will Hunter wno is serving a sen tence on the chain gang had it repre sented to the court that he was phys ically unable to work on the roads and the court referred the matter to Dr. Adams, the county physician. If the doctor finds that the claims of Hunter are true he will be removed to the jail to serve out the remain der of his sentence. In the case of Rich Pearson vs the Southern Railway Company, the plaintiff was allowed to take a non suit. Make Watts and Sarah Rector sentenced to the chain gang and jail respectively for fornication and adul try, were allowed to enter an appeal and give bond for their appearance before the superior court. 4 o much interest by the hospital author- itie-?. Few a'milar cases have been known In local hospitals. Whether the skin will grow on the head is problematic. At the hospital it Is said that so few cases were known that they had no statistics on the sub ject. Boon after the accident Miss De tering, fearing she would die, sent for Rev. J. A. Boyd, pastor of St. Peter s Catholic church He arrived in less than 10 minutes and adminis tered the last rites of the church. While it is doubtful whether Miss Detering's hair will be restored, there is little doubt but that she will re cover in the opinion of the physicians. car to view the immaculate en amel equipment, which is fitted with the latest push-button ap pliances, and the only discordant note in the verdict of unanimous Istore the titian color of the mustache. approval was the comment of anHe fears it may be necessary to have incorrigible youth of fourteen: "Gee! They'll have to build a new house to go with Teddy, Jr.'stub." Quentin Starts on Hunt. Washington, D. C, Nov. 14. Qaentin Roosevelt, whose broth er Kernit is to hunt lions and tigers in Africa next year with his father, the President, started MOSES IS HAPPY. Popular Janitor of Stales vffle Loan and Trust Company Building Is Rid of a Bad Egg and Can Now Hunt up Another Wif e if he Wants to. Moses White, who happens to be man of another color and-janitor of the Statesville Loan and Trust Com- off on a hunting trip of his own pany was all smiles last night. yesterday without notifying his mother, but was intercepted by a peremptory telephone message from the White House to the local terminal station of the elec trical line to Baltimore. It is the country between Washing ington and Baltimore that is Several years ago a clergyman pronounced some words that made him very happy. That was when he was married to "the only gall on earth." But the words of Judge Long yes terday brought even broader smiles to the ebony face of Moses. They were words which annuled the mar- Never can tell ?vhen you'll morning presented a very home-like masn a finger or enter a cut. appearance. I kw?oa Knrn or scald. Be pre- ' Electric Oil Dr. Prslev Has Returned. . I instantly relieves tne pam quicis- Rev. Dr. J. H. Pressley has return- msiauut fro of th Associate tv cures thewound. . vru W m v o ' - - . ueiormea synoa at wewuerry, d. w His little daughter who was re cently quite sick with scarlet fever has now fully recovered. Dr. Pressley will conduct his usual services tomorrow. I Bristol's Big Bargains. A big sale is in progress at Mr. L. B. Bristol's store on West Broad street and will continue for some time. All of this Immense stock of goods has been reduced in price and a nov elty in the shape of a "Bargain Counter" has been established. This counter is true to its name and has become the talk of the town. It will be well to keep your eye on this counter. 4 o COTTON MARKET. Local Market. Prices paid at wagon : Strict, cnod middling . .. . .9.05 most popular with Washington divorce longed, for, which made sportsmen. him a free man. Quentin, the youngest son of Moses' married life has not been a the President, reached the ticket Pleasant one and in court yesterday window just as the agent was made most serious charges against . t it. the one he once loved so fondly and answering a query from the . . . . , ,! " . . T& so-proudly led to the marriage altar. White House as to whether any- He told the court that one 'Arthur thing had been seen oi tne laa. l White had entered his home and Good middling . . ...... .9.00 Middling.. .... -.8 Turning to Qaentin, the agent! stolen his wife's affections and that .67y2 Stains and Tinges. Tha market was firm. New York, November 13. Spots closed quiet, 10 points lower, at 9.25. December 9.03 January. .8.84 March ....... ...8.80 May .... .8.77 . 4 0 Is your name Rooee- Mjs. Brawler Gets Punch Bowl. Mrs. R. V. Brawley has been awarded the punch bowl in the Gold man gift distribution. Her ticket was number 1495. Dr. Richards at Davidson. Rev. Dr. Richards went to David- son tms morning wuwe wiuuuun vio win nreach his first sermon as pastor of his new flock. He "will move his family to David son early next week. 9 IQI - Mr. Clvde Wagner of Troutman was a visitor in the city yesterday. There Was no Show. When the time came for the cur tain to go up at the opera house last night on the first act of Peacefown it was announced that because of the small attendance no performance would be given. The few who had invested in ad mission tickets received their mon back. 4 IOI North Carolina Conference. The Western North Carolina Con ference of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, will meet in Asheville next Wednesday. The Methodist pastors are closing up their work for the conference year and will leave for the confer ence on Monday or Tuesday. asked: velt?" "It is, sir," said the boy. "Your mother wants you to come home immediately." Quentin turned away with a i itmi i grin, rem ii King: "ine macer must be sore," and hurried home. Further deponent saith not. i Ot Gone After Game. Mr. Will M. Westmoreland left Thursday night for Apalachlcola, Fla., and points on the Gulf of Mex ico for a hunting expedition. While he is away Messrs. J. Will Mills and E. H. White are In charge of his livery business. Southside Pastor Returns. Rev. W. A. Kennedy, pastor of the Southside Ajciate Reformed Pres byterian church returned today from the general Synod at Newberry, S. C. While away he visited relatives at various points in South Carolina; He will preach for his congrega tion as usual tomorrow. the two had been guilty of very wicked and unlawful conduct. Her name was Annie mit Moses says its Mud now, for he's got a divorce in his Inside pocket and says he don't expect the whole thing will cost him more than fifteen dollars. Counting In the small amount he paid the preacher for marrying him, he figures it out that his matrimon ial experience hasn't been so very ex pensive after all; although Its rather 'tryin " on a fellow's nerves to have another man run off even with your no account wife. Moses i3 a young negro, very re spectable and is well thought of by his employes and the tenants of the block where he tends "the furnace, cleans out and makes himself gener ally useful. Some of his friends Intimate that Moses is about ready to take another sail on the matrimonial sea but he indignantly denies this and says he knows when he's had 'nuf' of a thing. Mrs. Julia Cannon of Charlotte, is a guest at the home of her father, Mr. J. W. Sherrill, west of town
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