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Vol. 1.
Statesville, N. C, Monday Evening, December 28, 1908.
No. 377
'Mascot:
Cannot Aid
RUNAWAY HORSE LEAPS
OVER TWO CHILDREN.
Intelligent Animal Takes Care not
to Harm Youngsters, but a Man
is Injured.
New York, December 25. Mat
thew Smith, a liveryman . of No.
241" East Twentieth street, has a
bay horse that is as intelligent as it
is mettlesome. T,n.st, nicrVit, th&h
Appeals of the Labor Leaders Con- frightened in his stable, b o It e d
unues xueir a-se .ocivre ine thmiiorh t.ho lr
Mr. Gompers
PRESIDENT'S HANDS TIED.
Started to Kill j
Mr. J. E. Long
WANTED GOODS ON CREDIT.
Court and the President Has no
Power to Assist Them Has
Asked the Department of Jus
tice to Keep Him in Touch With
the Case so That in the Event of
a Settlement He Can Take Ac
tion.
Washington, Dec. 26. In an offi
cial statement issued at the White
House to-day in regard to president
ial interference in the cases of Presi
dent Gompers, Vice President Mitch
ell and Secretary Morrison, of the
American Federation of Labor, now
under sentence for comtempt of
court, attention is call to the fact
that the cases are still before the
courts and no matter what the Pres
ident's opinion as to the merits of
the cases.
The text of the statement follows:
"Various appeals have been made
to the President to interfere by par
dons in the case of Mr. Gompers and
his associates. Those making the
appeals are unaware of the fact that
the matter is still before the courts.
It is a civil suit between private par
ties andthere has been no way by
which the govrnment could have in"
terfened even if it had desired to do
so. Whether the President does or
does not think the sentence of Mr.
Gompers and his associates excessive
is not at preseut of consequence be
cause he cannot take any action or
Avar nnv nrinions while the case is
pending before the court. When
the decision is made then the Presi
dent can promptly consider wheter
the terms of imprisonment are ex
cessive orHnproper.
"But it is of course, impossible
for the Psesident to act while an ap
nea! is nendinff. for he has nothing
x- A.
whatever to act about.
ran east in
East Twentieth street.
Several children out coasting fled
to the sidewalk and several men
tried to stop the runaway. Their at
temps proved futile because there
was no harnessthe horse to seize.
At first Avenue, twb little girls,
both under seven ".stqod directly in
in the animal's path, paralyzed .with
fear. Several persons" shouted to
them as Policemen Hearn and Cahill
vainly tried to grasp the horse by
its name. It did uot swerve a foot,
but just before reaching the children
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it i leaped into the air and cleared
tneir heads with the ease and grace
of a hunter taking a hurdle. Per
sons who had turned their heads
away in horror heard a cheer and
could scarcely believ 3 their eyes
when they saw the children unharm
ed and the horse continuing on its
way.
The animal was not stopped with
out any accident. It ran into an ash
cart a Avenue A and knocked Mic
hael Callahan, an employee of the
Street Cleaning Department, from
ins seat with such iorce that he was
taken to Bellevue Hospital, suffer
ing from contusions and internal in-
iuries. ' The horse was? none tre
worse for its steeplechase.
More Arrests
DURHAM YOUTH IN TROUBLE
Pittsburg
BANKS BEING INVESTIGATED
PERSONAL NOTES.
Mr. II. W1- Courtney of Lenoir,
was in the city Friday.,
Mr. P. M. McNeelv of Moores-
ville, was in the city Friday.
Mr. T. J. Dotson oFMocksville,
visited friends here Friday.
Mr. Ollie Owen of Gibsonville,
N. C, was a Statesville visitor Fri
day. Miss Annie Sizer of Charlotte, is
visiting Miss Annie Alexander on
The courts Front streeV ,
must finish with the case first and jur.ei x x -
the defendants are at the paesent spent Xmas it the home of Mr. A .
moment liberty on bail. If the de- H. Crawford near town,
fendants see fit to abandon their ap- .: Miss Flora Taylor of Charlotte,
peal the matter then, of course, be spent Xmas at ihe home of Mr. J .
brought before the executive, in c. Dunlap 's in Bethany township,
which case it will receive immediate Mr. A. G. Foard of Lenoir vis-
and most careful consideration. sut . , , , . apentg iir auc Mrs.
returning
Richard Potts Wants Goods 6ii
Credit,, is Refused and Threat
ens to Kill Mr. J. E. Long at
Elmwood on Thursday Night.
Richard Potts, who is held for
the murder of Lon Summers at
Elmwood last Thursday night,
also threatened Mr. J. E. Long
who runs a Btore at Elmwood.
It seems that Potts ran an ac
count with Mr. Long lat his
store, and would not pay what
he owed.
Not being able to collect the
account in any other way, Mr.
Long had him cutting wood and
doing other work to pay this account.
On Thursday evening Potts
went to Mr. Long's store, asking
for some goods on credit, Mr.
Long refused him, and Potts
with an oath said he would kill
him and walked out of the
store.
Later he was seen btanding
peeping through the window oi
the store with his hand on his
gun in his hip pocket, but a
large crowd was in the store,
and he did not do the shoting.
Reward For Potts.
Before going to Elmwood,
Potts formerly lived at Hunters
ille, Mecklenburg county.
White living there he seriously
cut his wife and was put on the
chain gang of that county for a
long term.
Warrant Issued for His Arrest for
Theft of a Horse and Buggy.
Durham, Dec. 27. Mr. J. T.
Fowler, manager of the Fowler
Stock and Livery Company,
last night at midnight issued a
warrant and a reward for Kid
Morris, well known as a printer
i i j e . rri
op fnvtw T3U,ft0' ana a local .reporter ior ine
Are to be Apprehended for Part ueraia sometimes, cnarging mm
in Affairs.-Efforts Being Made wllQ sieailDS a corse ana uuggy.
to Find Out Truth in CoWec- Morris went tne ?tale yes
tion With Reports of Cash Pay- morning ana nirar a
mont, W the WanHHTiir nf the paying m auvaiiue ior me
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Claos Screak
les is Dead
HE LEAVES MANY MILLIONS.
Succumbs After a Brief Illness ofl
Pneumonia Was a Native of
Germany Left an Estate Val
ued at About $50,000,000.
City's Funds.
Pittsburg, Pa , Dec. 26 Con-
trary to expectations, there were
San Francisco. CaK. Dec. 26.
turnout. He returned at dinner, clau8 Spreckle8, widely known
as "the sugar king" of the Pa-
had the horse fed and ordered
it sent back afternoon. He
promised to return at at 6 yes-
cific coast, died at 4:30 a. m. to
dav at his home in this city in
no additional arrests today in terd ay evening; but six hours his eightieth year. The '.immedi
councilmanic bribery cases, later, failing to come in, Mr. ate cause of his death was an at4
which have furnished i Pittsburg owier issued tne warrant and tack of pneumonia, which had
with a number of sensational attached $100 reward fur the developed with alarming syinp-
developments since the arrest uui be, uuggy auu mau. toms during the past few days.
Monday night of seven council- m orris was m trouoie oi some ciaus Spreckles was;botn in
men and two former bankers on Kma yesTieraay, dud me omcers Lamstadt, Germany, in 1828,
charges of corrupt particies.
However, an authoritive state
ment that other persons will be
arrested was made by Attorney
A. Lao Weil. Dresident of the
Voters League.
These additional arrests (the
number is estimated at from sev
wouia not indicate wnat it was
Mr. Fowler did noi at that time
know of that trouble else he
would not have allowed him to
use his horse. The turnout is
worth S300, hence the big re
ward.
Morris is a cripple and when
not on a whizz is
and came to the United States
in 1846. After being employed'
some time in Charleston, S. C,
and New York, he came to San
Francisco, reaching this city in
1856. j He established a store
here and later conducted a brew-
tt - Ann m n i -w-v
ery. in looo ne duuc tne nay
e, very likaDie
teen to forty) are not expected fellow. He lives here and belongs Sugar Eeflnery and began the
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ana prooaoiy not uutu tne ursi
the defendantg have a pefect right
to prosecute their appeal, and if un
successful as long as they are prose
cuting an appeal the President has
noihing to do with the matter.
"The President has already instr
ucted the Department of Justice to
keep him fully informed as to the
nt fViP raiaft so that in the
event of its becoming proser for him
to act he may have at his disposal
.all of the facts which will enable
him to dicide whether there was jus
tification for some punishment,
whether the sentence isr is not al
together too severe. But at the
present the President has no more
to do with the case of the $25,000,000
fine imposed by Judge Landis on
cunraWl Oil f!omnanv. which is
also on n,rneal and concermg whicn
also been repeat
uuu J- ivoivu . i
tfirfere bv well
s who did i not Know
Hint, Via nmild not interfere while the
till before the courts
on appeal.
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Was She to Blame.
"Was She to Blame," at the
opera house, one big night, Satur
day, January 2, 1909.
Itching plies provote profanity,
but profanity won't cure them.
rkn. ninfTTidTit cures ucuwsf
bleeding protruding piles after years
of suffering. At any drug store.
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tii- Ww. Wpctmnreland. the
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liveryman has issued one of the
most beautiful calendars seen m
the city in a iollg time,
Geo Foard's Friday,
home Saturday.
Mr. F. L. Page of Greensboro,
came up Thursday night, and
spent Friday with his wife at Mr.
of the year.
According to the officers of thf
Voters League, they have plenty
of evidence against many other
persons, who, it is stated, will
surelv be taKen into custody,
but when this will be the investi
gators are reluctant to say.
Many rumors were in circula
tion, and a few interesting devel-!
'opments occurred today. Among
the rumors was one to the enect
He escaped from the gang, and that a number of national banks
his arrest here was the farst the were undergoing a tnorougn ex-
Mecklenburg authorities h a d amination in . connection wi;h
heard from him. the report that certain nnanciai
Thev have applied to Mr. Ward institutions had paid $176,000
deputy Sheriff, for him but it is for the privilige of handling the
not likely he will be turned over city 'sjuncia, out tne government
to them as the case here is too officials refused to either to con
firm or deny the story. -
It was also claimed that the
accused councilmen knew they
were being investigated and were
simply playing a game of poli
tics for the purpose of seeing
how far the detectives would
deal with them. This, it is said,
will be their defense. 1
LOCAL BRIEFS.
strong against him.
Was She to Blame
The beautiful pastorial com-
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edy drama, "Was She to liiome
as presented by Jed and Lmma
Jean Carlton and company at
the opera houe on January 2nd
is a story that for dramatic in
fcif.vri onil nnwer has never
uciaoxvj I -
been excelled. With speciai seen
ot-v and a carefully selected com-
The old town clock even had to
take Xinas by stopping yesterday
morning at 5:15 o'clock.
Application has been made to
get Emma Keaton, the crazy col
ored woman who is in jail, admit
ted to the insane asylum at Golds-boro.
License have been issued to Will
Rankin and Cora Miller, Rome.
Ladd and Loney Moore, white,
and Andrew Carson and Marj
Lee Young, colored.
Mr. L. B. Bristol has bought
from Dr. J. J. Mott the fine straw
berry roan saddle horse ' 1 Riddle."
Mr. Bristol is very proud of his
new possession as it is the finest
one in tjie state.
Mr.C.M.MiMller, a civil engineer
of Salisbury, arrived in the city
this morning and went to the con
vict camp where he will survey
an extension of the macadam road
and estimate the cost of extend
ing it to the river.
Mr. Lawrence 'Mills who went
Pops Sees Vision.
Rome, Dec. 27. The
importation of raw material
from Hawaii. Prospering in this
busine8,he established other re
fineries and. promoted the beet ,
sugar industry by establishing
refineries and engaging in the
farming of beets on a large scale.
The will is in the possession of )
the widow,, Mrs. Annln Spreckles
and will be .opened Monday. It
is said that all of the dead cap
talist's children are mentioned
in tne win ana eacn given a
share of the estate, the value of
which is variously estimated at
from $40,000,000 to $50,000,
000. ItT was stated in court
that the income from the estate
exceeded a quarter of a million
dollars a year.
Among the Sick.
Mrs. Mary E. Rankin is very ill
at her home in Mooresville. Shet
is 88 years old and very little hope
is entertained for her recovery.
Miss Lillian Sharpe, one of the
Bell telephone operators has been
very ill with appendicitis, and was
operated on at Long's sanitorium
today.
Italia
has
An pnterLaiuiiieui; cttueeu oaicuuwu
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npvpr to be fdrcotten. cai circles, mat. doau oi mu
Before signing the contract cently appeared in a vision to
7iMi thftonera house manager tne uupe auu auuiCo0tu
to present this play in this city, solem words of encouragement,
Mr tw f.bft advance asrent pre- exnorting nis uujiuim w
vfli'lpd on him to. place more tinue his present policy, which
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stoves in the opera house, so she promised would dishortiy oe
fv,ao cftpnrlincfian rest assured crowned with triumph.
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from
Mr. J. G. Gray who has been
to Baltimore last Saturday week very ill with appendicitis for some
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for treatment, was operated on at weeKs was operated on at uong s
mHn.. Conger Uny, tbe iotenniBK.log of pa- publishes .
thos make
OI Hie OUUUCiiauu oviiwwi
cord are at the home of their
father, Mr. T. J. Conger for the
holidays,.
Messrs. J. E. Nichols ot Mari
on, Chas. E. Piatt of Charlotte,
Jno. T. Walston of Asheville and
Allen Holt of Oak Ridge were
at the Iredell yesterday.
negro
Negro Located.
Tt. ia renorted that the
who so severely shot up Policeman
Uol'orth at Newton some months
that they will not suffer
cold.
ago
Six Injured in Wreck.
Lumber City, Ga., Dec. 27.
has been located at some town Six persons were injured, none
in Kentucky. - fatally, wnen, a specie u -s-
The Mascot is unable to get the train on tne soutnern xmiwoj
rticnlars about the piace nc numpea tne wtu;
L-nU. nf but it has the in- fore daybreak today and rolled
formation that the negro made ms mown a nign emuau.uo r
, munn XtWYms- a policeman come a mass of wreckage within
back in North Carolina m a iowu a Iew yaru ui iuC
called Newton, and king mS believed to
escape. have caused the accident. Traffic
He was immediately arresieu, delayed over the road ior
and Goforth of Newton was noti- many hours
fied and will go for him this week
i - ' Negro Shot.
Oaiuruay uiiiuu an xuui iuuuiu
colored was trying to make an
escape from the chain gang, An
derson Gaither colored was accl-
l!v shot, the ball from the
gun inflicting a serious wound
ii r Frank Tharbe dres ed the
wounds.
Moore was captured .
the University of Maryland last
Wednesday by Dr. Wilcox, sur
geon of that college At Hast re
ports he is resting well.
Dave Hunt Sent Up.
Dave Hunt, colored, was sent
up to jail to await court on Satur
day in default of a $100 bond for
retailing, by Squire King.
It seems that one Pork Warren
became intoxicated on whiskey
sanatorium today. -
Jim Gant, who was hit on the
nose with a brick by Bob Follet in
Alooresville last week is in a seri
ous condition.
Legett, the small son Mrs. W.
B. Blythe of Huntersville, who is
visiting at Mr. R. L. Sloan's, fell
from a see-saw- yesterday, strik
ing his head against a fence, in
flicting a wound which required
one stitch to sew it up.
Mrs. H. Scott is critically ill at
purchased from Hunt, and was ar-
l m
rested,, At his trial he was put her home on Western avenue. &ne
on his oath, and asked where he
Lawrence Put in Jail.
Mitas Lawrence, colored, who
i-3 "ViVvTao-tMllA last
was arresteu m -'
1 ainnrinnrnent. 1 was
and lodged in
Mother do VOU hear tnai rat- uiuu8u, .v n
w Ibja 4 . 1 -IT . U'Al I III! II I I I I I
tling in your Dames .rr Z- Wnre Snmre A.
a little Mothers' Joy on it ana stop -Z": ' '
License were issued this after
nnnn tn lr Cha Lacy Morrison
and Miss Connio Bell Morrison.
Ir. W. E. Sloan has purchased
a handsome lot from Mr. A. F.
Heath, adjoining Mr. Sloanls pro
perty on East Broad street, the
consideration being $700.
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Builds you up physicaUy and
mentally, keeps your digestion or
gans hi condition, regulates the
bowels, cleanses the blood, gives
rfect health. Hollister's
T?ftW Afmintnn Ten nr Tablets.
jnyjrj iiiuuun'" -
35 cents. Statesville Drug Co.
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A happy heart is better than a
full purse. Itallian
got his "licker.'
He stated that he had got two
quarts from Dave Hunt paying
him cash for it. It resulted in
Dave being arrested and sent to
jail.
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A Correction.
In last Thursday's issue of this
paper a misiaKe avhs mauc viiiix
A. J.
would have been corrected ere
now but for the the break down
in our linotype machine Saturday.
In announcing the marriage of
Miss. Ladd to Mr. Edison, the op
erator of the machine made a mis-
is sunering
stomach..
with cancer of the
. John King Caught.
Jno. King, colored, who was
wanted here for larceny, was ar
rested at Winston on Thursday,
and brought here Saturday morn
ing by Sheriff Deaton. -
The offence was the larceny of
a hat from Mr., A. A. Turner of
this city, and it was committed
on the 27th of last November. j
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Free Lecture Tonight.
Tonight at 7 :30 o'clock at the
court house, Mr. Enos Mills of ithe
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in reading the copy and set Forestery Department oi
liss Ladd's name as Miss Todd. United States, win aeuver a
Mothers how can you take The man who read tne prooi nut leciuit uu iuC v,
chances keep a bottle cT iloth- knowing the .parties, let ine name uur rorewa. -
erS iov in vour house. You need ! co as Todd, and hence the mis- - This is free and a large audience
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TVfntliers .Tnv rverv dav. 1 take, for which we are very sorry, is requested.
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