ihe iwenimg Mascot;
Vol. 1.
Foul Deed
Stirs Stanley
Yl A ASSAULTLED IN HOME.
Left at Home With Only Two 'Small
Children, Mrs. J. R. Ross, Wife of
Stanly County Merchant-Farmer,
Attacked by Henry Young, a I
Ni'trro, uiio Attempts Criminal As-
...
siult Mrs. Moss Rescuers Have
Ihud l ight With Negro, One Hav-
hits a Finger Bitten Off Negro is
Uouml and Caried to Jail at Albe-
niarle, and Fear .-of Lynching Pre-1
vails.
i -oncer Dec.. 15. Criminally as
saulted in her own home this after.
nn at Moss sidine. near Whttnev
Stanly county, Mrs. James R Moss, a
hi-hir resnpeted ladv nf that -nino
ia "tonight in a precarious condition
on account of an attack made uDon
her by Henry Young, colored, aged
about 25 years, who was late this
afternoon landed in jail at Albemarle
charged with the crime.
Mrs. Moss, who is about 40 years
old, is the wife of J. R. Moss, a
well-known "merchant at Moss siding.
Together with a number of farm
hands, Mr Moss left home at one
o'clock this afternoon, leaving with
his wife only two small children,
aged 2 "and 4 years.
Twenty minutes after the party
had left, Young was seen seated on
a railroad track near the Moss home.
As soon as he learned that the men
were all out of sight he slipped up to
the rear door of the house and made
an effort to enter. Passing around
the house he tried another door
w hich had been locked by Mrs. Mos? I
when she discovered that the negro
was trying to enter the house.
ine himself lorVPd nut I
hrni-o nnon o minA ' hninAaA I
the room where he had seen Mrs. I
Moss, threw his arms around her and
attempted" to do his diabolical work.
Mrs. Moss screaming at the ton of
w vftf atnnt r rvc ft,ol
alarm by telephone, but she was held
fast in the clutches of the negro, de-
termined to accomplish his deed.
The screams of the wife and moth-l
1
half mile distant, who ran to nlslcty'
house, that
George Lefler, another
citizen of the-village, had also beenj
attracted by the; screams and was
fighting for his life with the negro.
The negro showed fight from the
start and it was necessary for Mr.
Lefler to break down a door to get
into the room. Fighting with their
fists It ronniroil a torlhlo offnrf fkf I
both Mr. Lefler and Mr. Moss to dragl'mouth. The famous cancer special
into the yard, where he was securely I
tied and held until Sheriff Green, of
Stanly county, arrived, two hours!
later and with' the assistance of sev-
eral dP.nnti starts with his tirison I
er to Albemarle jail, reaching there I
at a late hour this afternoon. Mr
Lefler lost a finger, which was bitten
off by the nefrro in the fteht.
Mrs: Mns hn is vorv delicate in
health is in 'a daneerous condition
from the shock and fright caused by
the desperate assault. Dr. J. A.
Allen was-hastllv sumoned from New
T nrA, -.11 n.cSMfl 4a ha. I
' J "uuuu U.11U. all Lllab lo puasiuiB j i
ins drvhA frt roctnrn
The MoRS fnmiiv iR hiehlv resoect-
ed and there is the intensest feeling
in the neighborhood against the he-
?ro and trouble is feard
When th shHff Cached Albe-
tr-i..- i.t , -.IHhArtv are now telling what they
"iai'w wiiu me prisoner a vi& uunu
follow tn nA .fiTMtement
runs hh t tat Th neCTO
was bftdiv htn nA-it-m thoueht
he wo,ii a f m thft
but later it was found that his
wonn . .t0i -
A telephone message from Albe-
marie tonieht at 10 o'colck stated
thnt cva.i.iHA ttb nniat thfii'A.lday, December xlit.
though a big crowd was on the
.streets. The jail is not being guard
f'ti. There is also a big crowd at the
Moss home. The telegraph and tel-
ephone. offices at Albemarle are now
viubea ana-it will De lmpossiuiw w
get further information from there
tonight. -
Kotice.
. uWWua u u. I e
mtnnmg genuine ior ine cust ux
something spurious then "Why
can't we "get together ' as to the
P.riee. See Bob Henrv.
Southern Protectionists.
The protectionist sentiment in
North Carolina: indicates no conver
sion to a theory of economics but
merely proves recognition of practi
cal business men that a certain con
dition exists, and that it behooves
them to take the utmost advantage of
an opportunity. f The sagacity as
contradistinguished from the disin
terested sentiments of the employer
is naturally reflected in the employe
and a protectionist
"Pon value received in the form of
graft. Could anyone find a better
"lustration or a segment of the vici
oua fircle created by protectionists?
ine tariff question is not, when
considered by disinterested econo-
mists a local issue. Under th-3 sys-
tem that exists it is made so and we
have the sorry spectacje of members
of congress attempting to hold the
vote of their districts by catering to
zinc miners or turpentine producers
Pr owners of timber lands. This 11-
lustratea how tne lawmaking body is
corrupted by a system that rests
upon corruption
0f course Alabama iron and steel
interests areSlad to accept the bless
ml a umy un iron ana sieei. since
the wine is flowing, the orchestra
playing, tempting Hands spread and
the banquet beard a wilderness of
roses, why turn down an empty glass
or turn away from the feast because,
forsooth, some millions who are not
upon the invitation list are more or
less hungry? Louisville Courier.
Journal .
Wedding Today.
At 6 o'clock this evening, at the
home of Mrs. Leila Bogle in Taylors
ville, Miss Irene Mcintosh will wed
Mr. Ralph Sloan.
Both these young people are well
known in this city. Miss Mcintosh
is the youngest daughter of the late
Taylor Mcintosh, of Taylorsville
For some months she has been a
Find-lnurse at the Billingsley hospital, in
this city. She Is a young lady of
sterling qualities and well liked
among her large host of friends
Mr- sloan Is a son of Mr- w- R
Sloan, of this city, and is well known
He is at present on The Mascot staff
This marriage comes as quite a
surprise to their large hosts .of
Wends in the city, as this is the first
announcement made or it.
3 young couple nave tne oest
1 1 M J.1 I 1 X 4 ikln
Troutman Young Man v ictim of
Cancer.
Troutman Dec. 15 -Mr.--Laurence
Mills, a most estimable young man
of this community, has just returned
from Baltimore, Md., where he went
at the advice of the local surgeons
for treatment of a cancer In the
I ist of Baltimore gave him no hope
informed him that the cancer had
already entered his throat and that
human skill was now of no avail. As
yet the young man suffers very lit
tie, but he came home hopeless to
wait and to die.
Evidence Against Barbee Conclusive.
Spencer, Dec 15. Private Detec-
tive W. J. Ashburn, Who arrfested
Reuben Barbee af Durham last kreek
charged with the murder of Engineer
Fred Holt, of this place, returned to
Spencer today and will spend a few
davs with his family. He states that
"
the state has all the evidence neces.
sary to convict Barbee arid that ad
ditional-information tending to show
his guilt is being unearthed every
day, and that persons who were
afraid to talk when Barbee was at
-
know about the case. Mr Ashburn
who is spending much time on difn-
cult, cases of a similar characterwill
return to Durham this we 3k to look
after the interests of the case and
will assist the state in the prosecu
tion at the preliminary trial of Bar
bee, which has been set for next Mon
Dr. Hcathman Sick.
Dr. J. D. Heathman of Mooresville
9e hmneht to Long's sanatorium
. Dr. E. A. Bell of that
city. I
It is not known what his trouble
is, but he is in a very serious eondi
tion, very little hope being entertain
ed for his recovery.
Weather Forecasts
WmMtn. D. c. Dec. 16 For
Nortn Carolina increasing cloudiness
with probahly showers in west por-
tion tonight or "Thursday.
Statesville, N. C., Wednesday Evening, December 16,
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I W . . r. "" - " i - - " - f ' ' - i- i ' ,
A Little Mix-Up.
Early this morning there was a
little scrap on Center street between
Sam Freed man x.nd a colored man
by the name of Marshall White.
White is employed by A. Goldman
as delivery man, and as he was at his
work in the rear of the store Fried,
man made some remark to the negro,
which he did not like, and which
brought on more talk. After some
wrangling Friedman went back to his
place of business and the negro fol
lowed him and run him out of his
store. The negro then went back to
his work and Friedman, after getting
a weapon went to the negro and
gave him a couple of wraps with it.
Bystanders then interfered and the
police were called and took the scrap
pers in charge. At the trial before
the mayor each of them was fined five
dollars and costs, which was a fotal
of $7.65 each.
The negro has been" before the
mayor twice recently and his honor
warned him that the next appearance
would mean a sojourn with Superin--dent
Henry of the chain gang. This
warning seems to have been unheed
ed, however, as White went back to
his place of business and commenced
to raise a disturbance and make free
use of many "cuss" words, and it was
only a short time until he was again
in the hands of the officers. He was
locked up and will have to answer for
his last offense at the mayor's court
tomorrow morning. He has more
than likely got a chain gang sentence
coming to him.
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Mr Caldwell Back.
Mr. L. C. Caldwell who was in
Greensboro the first of the week, to
assist in the prosecution of Baxter
Shemwell, who it will be rememed
forced a conductor on the Southern
railway, at the point of his1 revolver,
to stop a train at Lexington and let
him off, has returned as Shemwell
failed to appear and stand trial. A
capies has been issued and Shem
well's bond is to be increased when
he is again served with a warrant.
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Another Recruit.
. Lieutenant Wi S. Sinclair, of Char,
lotte, visited Lieutenant Gilbert of
the local recruiting office here today
and accepted Alexander Ross, of this
city, for infantry service in the army.
He will leave tomorrow morning for
the Columbus, Ohio, barracks, where
he will be stationed.
Report on Farm Products.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 15
Production and farm value on De
cember 1st of farm products nam
ed according to vthe final revised
estimates of agricultural depart
ment follows.
Corn 2,668,651,000 bushels farm
value $1,616,145,000 ; winter wheat
437,908,000 bushels farm value
$410,330,000; spring wheat 226,
694,000 farnv value $206,496,000.
Figures for other crops include:
Rice 21,890,000 bushels, value $17,-
771,000 r tobacco, 718,061,000
pounds, value $74,160,000.
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Requisition Papers for Carlton.
Requisition papers for Sam Carl
ton have been made out and sent to
Solicitor Hammer, who will present
them to Gov. Glenn for his O. K.,
after which they will be sent to the
Illinois governor. When everything
is in readiness Sheriff Deaton will
make the trip to Chicago for the
v -w- m 1 1
negro, we wm naraiy start Deiore
the first of the coming week, how
ever.
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The Bazaar.
The bazaar to he held by the
Young Women's Missionary Society,
of the Methodist church tomorrow in
the court house will commence at 2
o'clock.
The young ladies propose to serve
meals and lunches and ask the busL
ness men of the city to take their
meals with them tomorrow evening
Many fancy articles will be offered
for sale, and '- they will make nice
Christmas gifts.
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Pensioners Coming In.
Clerk, of Court Hartness and his
deputy are giving out many of the
pension warrants now. There are a
good many on hand to be given out
yet," but they continue to go as they
have today all will be called for in
the next day or two. ' ...
PERSONAL NOTES.
Some Happening Among . Those
PaOple You Enow and Others
You Don't Know.
.? , Miss Annie Bell Barrier, of Mt.
Pleasant, spent last night at the St.
Charles hotel and left this mornine
.tor her home. She was accompan-
ed by little Miss Helen Misenheimer,
daughter of Proprietor Misenheimer
Of ther St. Charles, who goes to visit
her. grandmother at that place.
: J B. Lackery, of Newton, spent
yesterday in the city on business.
Mr A. Little, a merchant of Cor
elius, is in the city for a few days.
Mrs H. U. Miller and son of Chica
go, are in the city today, stopping at
the St. Charles hotel.
Mr. L. T. Barnard, of Greensboro,
was in the city last night on his way
to his old home in North Iredell to
spend several days with relatives and
friends
Mayor H. P. Grier is in Charlotte
this afternoon, on business.
Hon. J. J Britt, of Asheville, spent
a few hours in the city this morning
on his way to Charlotte.
Mr. W. H. Campbell, of Washing
ton, D. C., is in the city for a few
days on business.
Mr. C. L. Taylor will leave in a few
days to spend the Xmas holidays in
Washington. .
Mr. Dick Gregory is in Mooresville
this afternoon on business.
Capt. S. M. Moore, yardmaster at
the depot, and family left this morn
ing for Sumter,' S. C, to visit Capt.
Moore's brother. There will be a
family reunion and Capt. Moore and
family will remain there for a week
or ten days
Mr. J. L. Nelson, of Lenoir, is here
attending a meeting of the district
stewards of the Methodist church,
which was held here today.
Two car loads of horses were re
ceived by the Henkel Live stock com
pany last night.
Regents Meet.
The board of regents of the Ba
rium SpriBgs orphan's home met in
Charlotte yesterday, j 15th, and re
elected officers as follows:
President Rev. Dr. H. G. Hill, of
Maxton. . '
Vice President Rev. Dr. CM.
Richards of Davidson.
Secretary Rev. D. I. Craig, of
Reidsville.
Treasurer Mr. P. M. Brown, of
Charlotte.
All these officers were present and
in addition were Mr. J. C. Steele of
Statesville; Rev. George Atkinson,
of Monroe; Messrs. W. H. Belk, of
Charlotte, and A M. Scales of Greens
boro, besides Rev. John Wakefield,
superintendent of the orphanage.
The following resolution was pass
ed, in substance:
'."That no guests be entertained at
the Home without the approval and
authority of the superintendent."
The committee on electric lights
reported that the installation of this
modern convenience had been con
sidered and connection would prob.
ably be made with Statesville in the
near future.
Red Man's Lodge.
A movement is on foot among in
terested parties to organize, a local
lodge of Red men in Statesville. A
state officer of that order is expected
to come over in a short time and see
what can done.
There are all other kinds of local
lodges here and why not have a Red
Man's lodge.
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Marriage at Troutman.
T r o u t m a n, Dec. 15. Mr.
Floyd Johnston arrived here
Saturday night and is stopping
with his father, M. J. W. Johns
ton. He left today for Clinton,
S. C. were at high noon Wednes
day he will wed Miss. Ruby
Swearingen. He will return here
with his bride the latter -part of
the week and efter spending
short honeymoon will go to their
home in Bulls Gap, Tenc, where
he holds a responsible position
with the Southern Railway Co.
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Sherfft Deaton Buys "a Home.
Sheriff J. M. Deaton has bought
from W. X Poston his house and lot
on : West Belli street and will take
possession and move his family into
his new home in a short time. The
price paid by Mr. Deaton was $4,000
1908.
BULL BAT OX TOAST.
A Delicacy Served and Esteemed in
" The Tar Heel State.
"I stopped at a little hotel in
Iredell county, North Carolina,
when making a trip through
the Tar "Heel State, said a
New Yorker, "and among the
things the water announced they
were serving that day was bat
on toast.
"Now that was so mething that
might well startle anyone who
had been used to associatiog
bats with anything but a deli
cacy for the table, and 1 turned
my startled gaze on his and ex
claimed: .
"What's that?'
"The waiter repeated it and al
most every one at the table star
ed at me as if I was a cusiosity. I
was feeling very uncomfortable
when a good-natured native at
the end of the table spoke up:
" 'Reckon yo' as t ranger
'round hyuh Cunnel. They ain't
the mouse bats yo' got m yo'
mind, suh. They're bull bats
They mighty fine eatin, suh.'
"I braved up, and gave a or
der for bat on toast. Now I hart
eaten of the wood dove they num
b9r among the game birds down
there, and up to the time I tast
ed that bat on toast I thought
wood dove cooked in the slyl of
Capt. pill Tooley, of Beauford
oountyj was about the best thing
Tar Heel folks had set before me,
but the bat was better, I admitt
ed it on the spot.
"It was simply the night hawk
we see in its swift and erratic
flight at the close of the summer
days in the North. Why they call
it a bat in North Carolina I dont
know, but that is the name these
birds go by long-winged bats
and builbat8
"I believe that they h a v e at
ast succeeded in convincing the
Legislature of that State that
this bird is one of the greatest
destroyers of insect peats that
flies, and that the indiscriminate
killing of it should no longer be
permitted, and that the sport of
bat shoo tine: is now illegal in
North Carolina. When I was
there, however it was popular
and had been for some time
out of mind.
"Here in the North there has
never been a time when we would
have not held in questionable es
teem the man who would shoot
these birds in wantonness, and
thought still less of him if we
knew he was going to eat them,
even a Northern man would have
though better of it all if he had
ever gone South and tried it once
hi mself . I never knew a N or ther-
ner at home that had the heart
to shoot a night hawk, but I
known more than one of
them "in the South to become en
thusiastic shooters of bats.
"Bat shooting was in season
from the time the birds began
flocking to the South in the fail
from their summering and nest
ing in the North. As they were
shot only on the wing and who
ever saw one of then anywhere
else to be shot at? and as their
constant and sudden turning,
twisting, doubling and zizagging
in the air required great skill to
make a creditable bag, the sport
was much more exciting than
field or cover shooting. - A man
who conld select his bat and
and wing it Jas it darted about
in its erratic flight was well flitt
ed to be the winning contestant
at a prize trap shoot, with the
most capricious of the old time
blue rock pigeons as j targets,
and they were about as hard to
hit as a flash of lightning.
"Sulden appearence and dis-
apearance of the night hawk in
the North has awlways a matter
curious comment. In North Car-
No.376
New Witness
For Court
HISTORY OF A PHONOGRAPH
The Talking Machine in 1 Court Re
produces a Quarrel so Exactly that
the Man is Held on the Charge of
Striking the Woman
Pittsburg, Dec. 14. For the first
time in the legal history of phono
graph was accepted as a witness to
day. Largely because of the talking
machine's clear and convincing test
imony, Magistrate G. H. England
held C. A. Rumstay on the charge
of assaulting Mrs. John E. Hinds.
The phonograph's testimony, deliv
ered in three voices, with a piano
prelude,. ran like this:
First, music on the piano then a
pause wherrrrN o, I will
not give up the phonograph You
shall not have it I bought it and
paid for it I will have it let it
alone Oh my heavens let go of
me, oh oh coward, did you strike
a woman? Are you "hurt, Mrs Hinds
wher r r r Oh, he's killed me
run get a policeman."
Mrs. Hinds lives in Taggart
street, North Side. A Mrs. Rhine
hart used to live in the same house.
Rumstay either sold a phonograph
to Mrs. Rhinehart or left it in her
care; she sold the instrument to Mrs.
Hinds. A blank record waa. put in
the phonograph to reproduce a solo
which Mrs. Ella lRittenhouset a
friend of Irs. Hinds, played on the
piano.
"While Mrs. Rittenhouse was play
ing Rumstey entered the apartment
and demanded the phonograph. Mrs.
Hinds testified and Mrs. Rittenhouse
corroborated her, that she explained
to Rumstey that she bought the
phonograph from Mrs. Rienhart,
Mrs. Rittenhaxtswore that Rumstay
wanted to take the machine away.
Mrs. Hinds refused to give it up and
they alleged, Rumstey struck her
and knocked her down. Mrs. Ritten
house sprang from the seat at the
piano to help Mrs. Hinds, and did
not stop the phonograph, which con
tinued grinding and recording the
excited conversation and the wo
men's screams.
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- Salisbury Woman Shoots at Thief
Salisbury, Dec. 15. Mrs. A. L.
Smoot supprised and shot at a
hall theif at her home near the
court house yesterday evening.
Hearing some one in the hall she
spoke and getting no answer
picked up a pistol and going in
to the hall shejdiscovered'a negro
man m tne act of leaving with
her umbrella. Grabbing the um
brella from the man's hand, she
threatened to shoot him and he
ran. Calling to a man who was
passing to catch the negro and
getting no response, she shot
twice ac the fleeing figure, the
bullets having no other effect
than to make him run the faster.
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Day after day; he walked the
street,
Looking for a presnt for "wifey
sweet
"I know what ll please her most,'
said he;
Tea.' , Statesville Drug Co
olina they come in just the same
way, remain exactly to weeks to
the day and then disappear as .
mysteriously as they came. Con,
sequently the bat stooting seas
on was short, but it was lively
while it lasted. Tne bate sold
readily in market for from $1 to -125
a dozen. This was eviden
ce of how highly they were held
in favor for the table, for the
plumpe3t of quail couldbe bought
for sixty cent a dozen." ...
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