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Ev MASG03). E V f Vol. 1. Statesville, N. C, Saturday Evening, January 2, 1909. . No. 378, "Teddy Gets HE MUST NOT TOO FRESH C. B. Hazard Writes 'Teddy;; a Hot Letter, Telling Him he Must not Accost His Daughter in an Angry Mood rSays he Hopes One Warn ing Will be Enough. Washington, Dec. 31. Carleton B. Hazard, a wealthy Virginian who lives on a thirty-acre suburban tract hear Rock Creek Park, where his young daughter takes daily rides, has sient the following leter to the Presi dent: '. "Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. i ;'Sir: My little daughter, Martha, fourteen years oldT came home about two weeks ago from a horseback ride crying and stated that she had been accosted by you while riding in Rock Creek Park. She informs me that she unexpectedly came upon your party and guard, and not wishing to pass you she simply rode slowly back of you until she should coma. to the road that would lead her toward home, whereupon you turned on her and asked her if she did not think able had followed you long enough, ordered her to take a side road which would have led her away from home She refused to do this, ad 5 promptly told you she could take the other road which led her toward her home, and did so. "I notice, from an article in the Evening Star of this city that you angrily turned upon some college wirlc VnnoTHnp- the font nf one of the AKI, 1VU.VS..U(3 young ladies from the stirrup and at the same time striking her'iiorse with your crop, for passing you. "Did you expect my little daugh ter to dismount upon. meeting you' I cannot comprehend how a gentle man could accost young girls unpro tected on a Dubllc road with fits of shall take her rides as usual, and if she should be so-unfortimater asrto meet you again I feel confident that this communicatfon from me will be sufficient to assure heir safety here after. .1 "CARLETON B. HAZARD In forwarding this letter Mr. Haz ard addressed it to Mr. Roosevelt as an individual and not as President or i the United States. j - '- ' , Mr. Bristol Lucky. Mr. L. B. Bristol has received the following telegram from the Crad-dock-Terry Shoe Company, of Lynch burg, Va Ir. L. B. Bristol, Statesville, N". C: Your account has been credited with $100 special prize for leading your division since' the 22 of Septem ber. We congratulate you in the magnificent Showing you have made. This territory was" divided into four divisions, A7, B., C. and D. Mr. Bristol was in division B. and in a ; contests with several other salesmen, he has won the special prize of $100 for sending in the largest amount of orders. Mr. Bristol has a right to be proud not only for the gift of the $100, but also for the distinction of leading in his division as a salesman. . - Jno, King Goes to Jail. John King, coloredr was tried be fore "Judge King" this morning on two charges to-wit, larceny of a hat and two bags of cotton;,' Hon. Z. V. Long appeared for the defendant. After hearing the evidence Judge King decided there as probable cause and asked for a bond of $100 in each case. King was unable to give bond, and was taken back to jail. King last , November stole a hat from Mr. A. "a. Turner of this city and made his escape. He was ar rested at Winston a few days ago and brought here by Sheriff Deaton. After being brought here a war rant .was issued for him for the lar ceny of two bags of cotton from the farm of Mr. J. P. Reavis, near Wal lace's Springs. Manufacturers Meet. A meeting of the North Carolina Chair Associatihn was held at Greens boro yesterday. Business relating to the manufacture of chairs was attend ed to. Mr. W. L. Gilbert, secretary and treasurer of the Atha Chair Company of this city-attf ided the meeting. fto MORE GASOLINE FOR AUTOS. Scheme to Make Air do the Work Will be Demonstrated in Chicago This Week. Chicago, Dec' 31. Honk! Honk! Look out for the vacuum producing propeller. It is going to revolution ize the automatic industry, it is said, by driving automobiles with atmo- 1 V . spheric prtessure. No more gasoline will be needed. If you doubT this ask John A. Wede, of Travers City, the inventor, who arrived in Chicago today for the m purpose of demonstrating his device. A public test will be made some time this week. To the unitiated the ar rangement for1 producing and utiliz ing vacuum as motivte power may ap pear complex. Mr. , Wede s descrip tion of the aevice herewith will make it all sample, maybe. """" "The propelter is in the form of a tube built of steel and is placed on the flooring of the step,' said Mr. Wede. Jl "By means of electric fans the air is drawn f rom the tube, which, jlike the piston , rddT of an en gine, rushes forward. That sets the vehicle in motion, the speed being controlled by a lever connected with the fans. The propeller is perfectly, practicable and I have already been offered $150,000 from a Chicago firm for the machine. I drove yes- i terday ten miles in a buggy propelled by one of my'wooden models." LYNCHINGS INCREASE. The Lynchings for 1908 Total Eighty- . Eight Victims. Chicago, Dec. 31. The lynchings record for 1909 shows that the prac tice of taking summary vengeance on persons guilty of certain forms is in creasing rather than diminishing. The figures for the twelve! months begin ning January 1, 1,908, are larger than for several years past. Though the most of the lynchings occurred in the south, they were not confined, to that section by any 'means, Springfield, 111., was the scene of the greatest race riot of, the year, resulting in the lynching of two negroes and the kill ing and wounding ofa number of cii zens who participated in riots that lasted cevefal "days. " Of the other northern states one lynching is re corded of Indiana, while California furnished the only lynching in the Far West. ' - Misissippi, Georgia and Texas, in the " order named, furnished the greatest number of lynchings for the year. A quadruple lynching in Ken tucky increased the figures In that state over those of previous years. The record of Texas for 1908 was six fold greater than in 1907. In Ar kansas, Alabama and Louisiana there were fewer lynchings ithan in 1907. Oklahoma shows a clean slate ana so do Maryland, Missouri,' Iowa ana Ne braska, in all of which states lynch ings occurred in 1907. The lynchings for 1908 total eighty eigh. This number is exclusive o several who met death .whill'-e being pursued by posses of resisting arrest. Of the eighty-eight victims, eighty- four were n'egroes and four were white men. - ' KILLED BY GAS. r But a Mystery Surrounds the Tragt edy, for it Could Not Have Been Suicide. 3 Chicago, Friday 1. Mystery sur rounds the death by gas of two p'er sons, a man and his wife, found as phyxiated. The dead bodies were discovered by a son of the couple. He knocked, on the door and failing to arouse them went in and struck a match. There was ai blinding flash and he was badly hurt by the explo sion. 4 A BAD JOKE. - 1 It Knocked a Man From the Wate Wagon Towards Suicide. New York, Jari. 1. Because sent a card with practical joker picture of a drunken man nd a cat, Christopher Shefling tried to commit suicide today by drinking muriatic acid. Shefling had been on the water wagon for a year and; took it very hard that any one should have sent him such a souvenir" but he will prob ably recover. , 1 l ' - o ; ' Gov. Hughes Inaugurate!. New York, Jan. 1. Charles E Hughes was today for the second time inaugurated governor of New York. Very few old line party lead ers were in attendance their places being filled by those who have come mto prominence with Gov,' Hughes. Death List Reaches 300,000 SURVIVORS' FIGHT FOR FOOD Scores Besides Themselves With the Horor of it All, Suicide King Or ders 10,000 Troops to Sicily The Queen Aiding in the Rescue fThe American Battleship Help. Fleet May Rome, Jan. 1. The largest horror of the great calamity that hae ever taken Southern Italy and the Is lanis tla; reitioa is the sinking and complete' dis appearance of the Liparo Is lands, with there 28,000 inhabi tants. Ttlese.have been as completely swallowed up by the sea as if they had never exised. There is doubt if the tragedy that over took the people of these Islands was as bad as that which was the portion of those of Siciiy and South ern Italy; they were simply overwhel med by the waters of the Mediterra nean. There was no firej! no hunger, no cold to cause long drawn out sut fering; the horror was short. Rome, Jan. 1. The relief measures now in operation at Messina and Reg gio are proving inadequate , to met the terrible demands made on them, Reports from both places to-day say that every time food is offered to the hunger- crazed servivors. the soldiers have to stand gaud to keep the peo ple from killing, each other in the mad scramble. At , Reggio two of the soldiers ffiiardingr soma scant supplies were O C3 , kilted in a rnsh for the privisons Women carrying emaciated children joined in the fight and a nu nber of persons, were in juried before thwinob could be driven back. The American gunboat left Con" stantinople . to-day for Messina to aid in the work of rescue. 1 The Italian government is hoping that America will order her fleet of ifi hatt.leshin-? to stop over at Messi- andthe other devastated, points to to help in the work of rescue. Scores of suicides among the er- aezd unfortunates have been Report ed today. , Minister of Public Works Bertoli- ni telegraphed today jbhat there are 300,000 in the most object condition and that the world must respond to the appeals for aid more generously than up to- date, or thousands of these will be added8 to the already appalling death list. - o : : It Looked Suspicious. From the number of people going fnto the Commercial .National Bank today, some persons, not knowing what the trouble was, might have thought a run was being made on that institution. But that was - not the case, for there is no danger of a run being made on it. The fact in the case is that that institution has just received a large supply of beautiful calenders, and a largenumber of persons have visited that place today to get one. Miss Dotson Entertains. Last night at her home on Stock ton street. Miss Eva Dotson enter tained a large number of her young lady and gentlemen friends from 8 to 11:20 o'clock, in honor of miss Campbell of Rowan. Games were played and refresh ments served, and every one present had a good time. Brandy SStdred Avyay in Davidson. Lexingtonl Dispatch. . The nrandv makers of Davidson will not feet the force of prohibition, any way i not for sometime to come, until thes upply is soaked up. And there must be hundreds and phaps thousands of gallons of applejack ly ing back for the future, for last sum mer there was fruit in abundance, and from 15 to 20 stills run all the timA Many a lover of the juice of the apple and peach has barrels of it reserved against the season of dry weather that is at hand. BODY, NOT HUMAN'S . Strange Diappearance of Cumberland County Man Some Months Ago Loses Its Mystery Supposedly ; Dead Man Found in South Carolina Town by Detectives of Insurance Company. Wilmington Dec, 31.-r-Readers of the State paper will recall the mys terious' disappearance .some months ago and thj recent reappearance of a man named Hayes, of Fair Bluff, Cumberland county, who was for the time mounted as dead; a body fished out of the river where he was sup posed to have been drowned and the remains in erred, the family subse- quently f urnishifig proof of death and making claim to $5,000 insur ance hich he carried in the Metropol itan, Virginia and one other insur- ance companies. The two leading merchants of Page's Mill, S. C, where the father of the young man resides, were here yesterday and say that the body buried! and supposed to have been that of, the missing man' was ex humed by the elder Mr. Hayes and a close examination revealed that it was the body of a hog instead of a human. The remains were taken out of the Hayes family burying ground and buried elsewhere in case the insur ance companies desire to pursue the investigation any further. The younger man is understood to i ye spent the time he was away from home at Manning, S. C, under an: assumed name, being identified by a detective panies, who of the insurance corn had no further interest in him after it was found that he was still alive and the policies were not payable .It will be was takejn three weeks supposed to recalled that the body out of the river some after the drowning is have taken place and that the head and limbs were appar- entry gone as; the result of being eaten by "fish and other water creatures. The coat of Hayes was found button ed .-tightly around the trunk and the Identification of the body was the garment, papers, etc., in the pockets. i che younger man is said to have left. Page's Mill again and so far as is known there lis no effort Jy the com palo3 toward his prosecution.- : 4 A Corner Stone Laying. The corner stone iaying of the new graded school at Stony Point took place yesterday atternoon, Mr. C. B. Webb formerly Of Statesville now of Salisbury7 being master of the cere- j mony. The corner stone laying, the pre sentation of a flag and Bible was done by Mr. Webb, with a short but very appropriate speech. Last- night in the building, Mr. Webb and Prof. L.'O. White of this city, made a speech each, to a larg audience. ' A box supper was - also held by which about $15 was raised for put ting desks in the school building. The new building which is modern in every respect is very handsome and has three class rooms and a1 large auditorium, j It was built jointly by Alexander and Iredell counties, it being situated just over the line in Alexander county. ; ' The school will open on next Mon day and ProfJ Jas. lendren will he the principal, with Miss Lula Fergu son of HaywSod county' as his first assistant. I . The school promises to have a large number of scholars on opening and it is indeed a credit to Alexander and Iredell counties and Stony Point, which is a most enterprising little vil lage in these parts is indeed lucky in securing village. the school in their little "Goober1 Parcher" Burns. 1 . - - Several people were attracted to the store of Turner and Miller this morning, by the cries of a little, ne gro who delivers goods for that firm. The coon was attempting to get the roaster in shaDe to "parch'' some "goobers" when in some way he ac cidentally turned a cock on the ma chine, the ttasoline running on nis coat sleeve. ' The blaze from the torch under the rnnRfine' annaratus iumned Onto mS coat sleeve, burning very rapidly. The little negrro set up a warhoop that could be! heard above all the other noise, as if he was being mur dered. - v - S5everal centlemen on the street seeing his flight ran to him, and smothered out the blaze, but not be fore it had burned his coat and shirt sleeve from, his arm. His armwas burned a little, but not enough to cause him any incon venience. - HOG'S BucK Deer lis Hunter HUNTER'S BODY IX MILL POND. F. R. Swindell, a Prominent Citizen of Beaufort tk)unty, While Deer Hunting Gets Separated. From Party and Wounds a Big Buck The Infuriated Animal Turns on the 1 Hunter and His Dead Body, Cut and Bruised, is Located in Three Feet of Water by Searching Party The Wounded Buck Found Nearby. ' x Washington, Jan. 1. Mr. FR Swindell, o! Pantego township, about twenty-seven miles from this city, while but deer hunting Broad creek Wednesday, sudden- ly disappeared and has been miss ing un till to-day, when his body was found in about three feet of water and a large wounded buck deer nearby. The facts in the case as neariy as can be ascer tained, are as follows: Mr. Swindell, with a party of several men. was but huntii & and while the others were stat ioned behind he went ahead with the dogs and before very long struck a scent, i Sometime after wards the dogs came out of the woods and the other men, after waiting a while for him to return, started a searching party but after hunting all day failing to locate him, A posse of 100 men searched all day yesterday with the same result, and yesterday afternoon Sheriff Ricks received m m a telephone message . a s k i n g blood-hounds. Mr. Ilines of Greensville, was engaged and with his bloodhoundsr immetlia tely went to Pantego. The dog9 located the body of Mr. Swindell about 12 o'clock today lying in the Broad creek mill pond in about three feet of water, and a large buck deer nearby. A lury OI twelve men was sum. m . . I moned and viewed the remains, criven out a virdict that Mr. Swindell was, killed by the wounded deer, as thftro were a number of cuts and bruises on his head and body. Mr. Swindell was a very prominent citizen and a brother of ex-County Commissioner G. R. Swindell also of this cnuntv. He is survived by a wife, who is prostarted with grift over the sad affair. B. Y. P. U. Entertained. At the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Burke on East Front street last night, the members of the Baptist Ymmsr Peoole's Union and friends were royally entertained. A large number of young people were present, and games of all kinds were played. ( The feature of the evening, the cake contest was largely enjoyed and Miss Ducie Swan was the winner of the prize, a handsome picture, while the booby, a box of cakes, fell to Mr. Ralph Austin.) 1 Several vocal selections were ren dorwf bv narties present, and the quarteeteof the Union sang several selections, very much to thefpleasure of the parties present. - Miss Foard Entertains. . mirh Clara Foard entertained a large number of her' young lady and gentlemen friends at her home on Sharpe street on1 Thursday night. The young people played games and were served refreshments, and all had a rood time. Miss Foard proved herself a model hostess. Mr. Goldman-Sells Out. Late yesterday afternoon the Dixie Club Grocery Company took over the stock of Mr. L. A. Goldman, who ran a grocery store on Center street, near the postof&ce. j The Dixie Club Grocery Company will continue to run the store in Mr. Goldman's old stand until the room in the annex of the Iredell building is complete, where it will be moved there. , T Mr. Goldman has not yet decided what he will do, but it islikely that V he win locateEere in sOme business. EVIDENCE NEARLY ALL IN. Testimony kon Both Sides Will 1e . Completed by 3fonday or Tuesday. . Union City, Tenn., Jan. 1. The de fense in the trials of the eight alleged night riders for the murder of Capt. , Quentin Rankin spent today piling up alibi and character testimony, which the state in cross-examination tried, to demolish. Witness . after witness swore that the defendants bore' good reputations, but ea.ch admitted that that the defendants were generally believed to be night rders. jne witness wno swor ffe that the state's witneses were men utation, admitted that he of bad rep was a con- tributor to .a purse to defray (the ex pense of the defense. Not one of the twenty-six.' witnesses examined today developed a new fact. I It seems probable now that the tes timony on both sides will all be in by Monday or Tuesday. ! . o 1 PERSONAL N OTES. FOR RENT Hall and 3 rooms over N. Harrison store. Apply; to T. D. Miller agent. de28 6t Mr. H. C. Payne, of TaylorsvlUe, is ' in the city today. Mr. W. A. Thomas was in Charlotte yesterday on business. !!. C. B. Webb is in thecity today. MivH. E. Everhart of Taylorsville, is iu the city, j Mr. J. B. Frix of Charlotte, is in town. - , ' Mr. William Houck, of Birming ham, Ala., arrived here today to visit his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Albert Houck. .. " " Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Frazier return ed this morning from an extended trip north. They visited their son, Ray at Philadelphia," also visiting New York "and Baltimore. Mrs. L. O. White is visiting rela tives at Shinnville, near Troutman. 1 Judgmesitl in the Case of C. S. Hpl land. The Mascot has been asked to pub lish . the folio winc.BtatemenLU--- On Christmas day Mr. Holland was riding a horse on the streets of the . city, and exceeded the speed limit, or In other words broke ordinance 187, against fast driving through the . streets, which Is the charge in the summons, which were served on Mr Holland. Nothing waVsalcr in the summons concerning disorderly conduct. The jAdgmenC"Tn the case reads as follows: , After hearing tFe evidence In this case, it is adjudged that the defend ant has incurred the penalty fixed in ordinance 187. It is adjudged that said penalty be discharged on the payment of fifteen dollars and the costs of four . dollars and thirty cents. This statement. Is published at Mr. Holland's request, as he wanted justice in the matter. Assaullted WiQi Deadly Weapon. Mr. Lee Albertson was tried this afternoon at 2 o'clock, before Judge W. W. Turner for drawing a pistol on Mr. Chas. Miller. !j ' Mr. H. Burke appeared for the f state, and Messrs,. McLaughlin and ' Nicholson for the defendant. From the evidence In the case It seems'that Mr. Miller and Mr. Al- ( bertson had been running, a meat market in "cahoot, in the latter's " -store on depot hill. - Mr. Miller decided to remove the meat tools and fixtures from the market and Mr. Albertson did hot .' care" to have the meat, of wflch there y was only four Or five pounds and a pan of tallow, removed' from the t place. It seems that Mr. Miller was going to remove It whether or ont, and had handed the pan to a boy who worked for him to be put in a wagon . ; At that moment Mr. .Albertson ap peared on the scene and demanded that trie tallow be not removed. Then, the witness stated, Mr. Mil ler drew a large butcher knife on Mr. Albertson whereupon the latter pulled a pistol from his pocket, de manding that the tallow be left alone. Working at Salisbury. - Mr. Grover ITritcher has f orthe past week been at Salisbury, where he Is packing the household furniture of Messrs. Emile and Sol. Clarke, who are moving to Richmond, where they will engage in the whiskey business. Mr. Critcher will return there next week and finish his work. r ; t U- 1 7 r. U: A r i t ; i I i 4
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