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Vol. 2.
Statesville, N. C, Wednesday Evening, February 3, 1909.
No. 21
Mascot.
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irvHST IS QHCKLV CONVICTED
Ward, Who Assaulted Mrs. Mol-
Vi
I uiuai v. fUth, to be Hanged Month
Moiii 'fix lay Stolid Indifference
Showi':y Prisoner During Trial
ii ;. it.-. lares His Mind was Mect-
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l 1 V UIOW
Once Received on thei !
H. ad Claims
to be Tart Indian
show Traces of That Blood.
(Tni Feb. 2. The trial of Will
W'nnl, t':' '' riniiual assault upon Mrs.
IcLcckI began here at
moon 'before Judge W. R.
niil ended at G :53 5 p. m.,
this a:
vlu-n-tiie jury
returned a verdict of
miliv: U'-'orge
E T Butler assisted
l-Y.liclior Duffy for. the state and
jj. nrv A. i.; raily was appointed by the
court" tJ n present the defendant,,
who was without counsel. At the
close ol the taking of testimony, the
case v.as submitted to the jury upon
tho eyidcuee without argument upon
the jinrt of the state or the defense.
Ward assaulted Mrs. McLeod on
Januai
'tli
and has been in the
state jirnit-'ntijary to prevent his be
;in's -'lynched.' He arrived from Ral
eigh tjii- morning under an escort
of a .detail of the local military com
pany, and th entire company is on
guard duty tonight. The prisoner
sat through the trial unmoved and
pivsenicd a spectacle of stolid indif
ference. When asked if-he had any
thing to say why sentence shoula
in. r . r iass upon him, he stated
-that 'he was once injured by a blow
on the Jiead' which at times affected
his mind, especially when he was
drining. Judge Allen sentenced
V.'anl I o l)e hanged March 3d.
Tlie trial Avas witnessed by a
jiacKed court house. All disinterest
ed spectators vacated the court room
while Mrs. McLeod was on the stand,
at the reijinvt of Judge Allen. The
crowd was at all times orderly. The
judae's charge to the grand jury and
his wise -counsel -in-open court had a
good (-fleet and encouraged letting
the
law take its eo'urse in this case.
Ward claims to be the son of an
ilndian mother and to have come
-from Oklahoma. His appearance in
dicates. a decided trace of Indian
block -
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Wellington's Plague Spots
lie in the low. marshy bottoms of the
iotornac, the breeding ground el
malarial germs. These germs ca
chUl.v fever and ague,, biliousness,
jaundice, lassitude, weakness and
general debility and bring suffering
or death to thousands yearly. But
raectrie Bitters never fail to destroy
tlieni and cure malaria troubles.
they are the best all round toni.
and cure for malaria I ever used,"
writes R. M. ' Jnmes. - nf T.nnpllp.n.
C. They cure Stomach, Liver,
ividney and Blood Troubles and will
prevent Typhoid. Trv them. 50c.
Vt and guaranteed by Statesville
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Something Nw.''
1 !"' har.her shop in the Hotel Ire-
' d .formerly run .by' Mr.. M. W.
'o'mson, ise continued, and Mr. R L.
'-i:.nhar(it of Salisbury arrived in
'tie city today, and commenced work
in the 'shop.. He is an up-to-date
"'irDor. and guarantees prompt ser-
.'vfe. Another barber will arrive
arrive- here from Salisbury Friday.
A lady barber, something new in
'Ins city, has been secured, and will
arrive here from Baltimore next
Wt'ls and' begin working in the
hh- The style of the shop will be
'!'Tiie -Hotel Iredell Barber Shop,''
:r'llhtlie trade of the public is so-
'Hted. ,
New Livery Stable,
r. j a. Davidson has rented the
stable next to the Associate Reformed
f!uirclT formerly occupied by Chas.
v. uuU uycucu up 1UI u usr
nop!;;- He will buy additional stocl
anfl run arTup-to-date stable.
Cotton Market.
Corrected" daily by Gregory and
Crawley.
good middling. . .
lJood middKhg. ... . ; .
Stlict middling. ... . . ,
Middling. . . . . .
Tinges. ... ... ..... .
Stains.
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Market steady.
A SUIT NEXT SPRING.
It Will be Brought by Isaac Ham
burger & Sons of Baltimore to
, Several People in This City.
A suit that will no ' doubt attract
the atention of the entire community
will be brought here next spring by
Isaac Hamburger and Sons, the cel
ebrated tailors of Baltimore. Their
representative will be in the' city on
next Friday and Saturday with the
Sloan Clothing Company and will
have their springy Tine of suitings.
If you are in need of a nice suit
for next spring do not fail to visit
this firm's store Friday or Saturday.
If you do not need a suit, go any
way and look over the samples, and
have your measure taken. You will
be treated1 by the widely
courtesy of that firm
known
Mr. Stafford Leaves Tonight.
Mr. Fred E. Statfrd, who has for
some time been running as mail
clerk on the Charlotte and Taylors
ville road, made his last run today,
and leaves tonight for Greensboro,
where, at his own request he ex
changes'Tuns with Mr. R. L Snow,
who has been running between
Grensboro and Wilkesboro.
Mr.- Snow will begin his work on
the Charlotte and Taylorsville run
possibly next Monday. ,
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To incorporate Hiddenite
Among the bills acted on and re
ported favorably in the legislature
yesterday, by the house committee on
cities', counties and towns was one
to Incorporate the town of Hidden
ite, 15 miles west of this city, on the
Taylorsville road, ' in Alexander
h county.
Hiddenite, is a hustling little town,
the chief Industry being lumber, and
is only one mile from the Davis Sul
phur Springs. -4
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To Take Prisoners to State Prison.
Sheriff J. M. Deaton states that he
may possibly 'leave tomorrow for Ra
leigh with Sam Carlton and Richard
Potts both colored to be put in the
Penitentiary. It will be remember
ed that Carlton was" given six years
for burning the barn of Will Mc-
Lelland colored last summer while
Richard Potts shot Lon Summers in
the abdomen at Elmwood last Christ-
mas eve. from the effects of which
Lon died Christmas day, and Potts
was sentenced to 15 years m the
penitntiary. '
Mr. Walton Resigns.
Mr. W. W. Walton who has for a
number of years been with the Ram
sey-Bowles and Company, has re
signed that" position, the resignation
taking effect the first of this month.
Mr. Walton "has not as yet decided
what business he will engage in.
Steven Gets Eight Months.
Steven Wallace, who was brought
here from Salisbury Saturday night
by Deputy Sheriff Ward was taken
before Judge E. B. Jones, who is
presiding over the civil docket of
court this week, and was given eight
months on the road for abandoning
his- wife.
Steven it will be remembered,
formerly worked at the barber's
trade- in this city and while here he
acquired unto himself -a better half.
After livTng -vyTth her for some time,
he finally left and went to Salisbury
to work His better half then
swore out a warrant for his arrest,
and had him brought here from Sal
isbury at the fall term of court. He
then promised to stick to his wife
and support her, but his promise did
not stick like it should have and
Steven left again.
Being called in court, last week to
show his good deeds done unto his
wife, he failed to appear, and he was
accordingly brought here and put on
the gang. '
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t New Agent Soon.
Mr B. A. Cowan, who has for
some time been agenrtor the South
ern Railway Company at Marlon,
has been appointed as agent at this
station, to succeed Mr. W. P. Maher,
who was last week" appointed general
freight agent, with headquarters at
Ashville. Mr. Cowan was formerly
at the station at Elmwood and is a
courteous gentleman, and will be
welcomed to this city '
Mr. Cross at Richmond.
Mr. W. M Cross who for several
years "held the position of superin
tendent of the Flanigan Harness
Company, and recently resigned that
position has accepted "a position with
the Benjamin Crump Company of
Richmond, Ya- anI has entered upon
the duties of his new position.
INVITATIONS OUT1
Announcing the Watts-STord Mar
riage, j
Anent the announcement by the
local papers, of the marriage ?of Mrs.
Mamie Watts of Stony Point to Mr.
Walter Pinkney Sifford of Salisbury
the following invitations were receiv
ed in this city last night:
I Mrs. James Franklin Moore
invites you to be present at the mar-
riage of her daughter
Mamie Watts,
t to
Mr. Walter Pinkney Sifford,
on Tuesday evening twentykhird of
February at four o'clock
at her home STony Point J
N. C.
At
Home, after March
Salisbury, N. C.
first
Mrs. Watt "Is a well known young
lady oT Sftony Point coinmunfty, and
is an accomplished young lady.
Mr. Sifford is a well known young
business man of Salisbury.
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Appointments to Organize Local
i Unions, i j
For the purpose of organiznig lo
cal unions, I will be at! the following
places at the times: mentioned:
Olin, . Wednesday, February 10th
at 2 p. m.
Tabor, Wednesday night 7:30.
Mt. Bethel, Thursday ilth at 2
P. m. - j . .
Chestnut Grove, Thursday night
at 7:3().
I hope all will understand why I
failed to fill the appointments at
thes place 6nT January 20 and 21.
We hope to meet a large crowd at
each appointment. I
W. B. GIBSON.
A Fiddlers Convention.
The colored folks of the county
have arranged to give a fiddlterss con
vention at the opera house in this
citron Friday, February the 5th.
Some old fiddlers among the- colored
folks such as old Baldy Gaither of
North Iredell will hold forth, and
the affair will be, no doubt very
comical for the colored man and his
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music are very funny together.
Tickets are on sale at the States-
ville Drug; Company's store,
and the
white folks are invited to
buy one
and come for. there will be plenty of
room reserved for tneni. The ad
mission will be 13 'cents for children
and 2 5 cents for grown folks .
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SEVENTEEN DD3 IN A MINE.
Explosion in Alabama Workings Ref
suits Fatally to Five White Miners
and Two Negroes- The Trouble
Brought About by a Windy Shot.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 2 Seven
teen men are dead as the result of an
explosion in the Number Two Shoi;t
Creek mines of the Birmingham Coal
and Iron Company this morning.
Five of the dead are white and 12
are negroes. I
The explosion occurred- between
11 'and T2 o'clock and is thought to
have been caused by a windy shot.
The mines are about 10 miles west
of Ensley on the Birmingham South-
era Railroad and are difficult of ac-
cess. The seventeen Domes were
taken from the mines this morning
and the rooms and passages are clear
tonight The mine itself isi practi
cally uninjured, i
Alex Bonneyman, general manager
of the company was the first to leave
Birmingham for the scene of the dis
aster although Mine Inspector Hill-
house and Flynn hurried! to the
scene to render what aid they could
and to make an inspection. Oni-
cials of the company I did not know
the exact number of men in the mine
at the time of the accident but they
state tonight that 17
be the total. :
fatalit
es will
Ambulances were sent from Ens
ley to the mines and late
coffins will be rushed I out to
tonight
the ill-
fafad TninQ ThO TOItlO WJ a Til n T11T1P'
oii short force or the death list would
probaly have been much larger.
At the Crystal.
At the Crystal this afternoon the
program will consist of the following
two pictures, 'Romeo and Juliet,
and "The Doctor's I Lunch."
The
admission in the.afternoon is 5 cents.
At the night session I the above pic
tures and the two following ones
will be run 'Gambling Demon or a
Gamblers "End." The admission for
the night session is ten cents, as a
double programe Is run.
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May Open Bottling Works.
It is rumored that the Coco-Cola
people oT Atlanta, will at an early
date establish a bottling plant in this
fcity. Statesvile Is a good place, and
of course they want to be here
FROZEN CROSSING MOUNTAIN.
John Ingle Victim of Intense Cold in.
Western North Carolina. !
Asheville, Feb. 2. John Ingle, a
white man. according to information
received here today, was frozen to
death Saturday night while crossing
Bear Walla mountain near the Hen
derson county line. Particulars rel
ative to the death of Mr. Ingle are
not obtainable further than it is said
he was atempting to cross the moun
tain 'by the trail when he was over
come by the -intense cold and was
frozen to death. The body was later
found -and taken to Fruitland where
the interment occurred yesterday.
It. is learned further today that
there was; much suffering here Sat
urday night jwhen two or three per
sons came near freezing to deathj
thrown And skull broken
Stokes Farmer May Die as Result of
; Fall From Mule's Back, j
! Winston-Sijdem, Feb. 2. Thrown
from a fine mule he was riding, Mr.
John Adkins a successful young
farmer of j Stokes county, is today at
death's door. Dr. H. T.
Bahnson, of
this city, was summoned
to attend
him..""- - - ! '
! A telephone message to this city
was. to the effect that Mr. Adkins
wasj riding "yesterday from his home
toward Danbury? five miles away,
when the mule, slipping, probably on
the frozen ground, threw him, frac
turing his sktill. the injured man is
30 years old, with a wife and one
c&ild. He s a brother-in-law of
Mr. M. C. Childress, clerk of superior
court for Stokes county !
ORIGIN- OF
THE SOLER SYSTEM.
United States Naval Officer An
nounces That After' Years of Re
search and Study he Has SoTvedV
! This Problem and Makes Public
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a Nffw Nebular Hypothesis.
San Francisco dispatch,50tb.
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I Declaring (that after continuous
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study and investigation extending
over a quarter 'of a century he had
solved thepfoblem of the origin of
the solar system, Prof. T. J. J. See,
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United States navy,, the officer in
ofaafgo Of th! observatory at Mare
Island gave tonight to the Astrono-
ocietyi of the Pacific the first
anonuncement of a. new nebular hy
-
pothesls, which he believes is destin
ed to permanently supplant that of
Laplace. ; promulgated at Paris in
1796.
,He denies
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that the planets were
ever
that
detached
from the sun when
globe was expanded into a nebu
la, filling; the
planetary
orbits, and
shows mathematical" calculations to
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show that all these masses have been
captured. OriginaTly the system was
...
a spiral spiral nebula of much larger!
dimensions tlian at present, formed
by the automatic coiling up under
mutual gravitation of two or more
streams of cosmical dust which met
in such a way
ing motion
as to produce a whirlr
about a certre vortex.
As the nebula
coiled up under its own
mutual gravitation the spirals were
gradually drawn nearer together and
the nuclei Formed in these coils re
volved in elliptical pain's j of Targe ec
centricity, T iese original nuclei in
the coiling streams were the begin
ning of the planets, which became
i i i ,.
larger by gathering up more cosmical
: . ... '... . L a ai a
dust, wnne atjj;ne same ume meir
orbits were reduced in size and
rounded up uhcler the secular action
of the resisting medium against these
bodies revolved. The resisting me
dium is the true secret of the round-
ness of the orbits of the planets and
satellites. The nearly perfect circu
larity of the orbits Has always ex
cited the wonder of the greatest
matEematicians. I
This nebula's
resistance has greatly
diminished the size and eccentricity
01 tne "Sma "
that our. so
lar system was inlEe begining much
larger than it is Known to be today.'
But as Neptune's orbit is almost an
exact circle, Proiessor"See feels con
fident, and so announced! to the soci
ety tonight, that there' still exists
I many unknown planets of considera-
Die size j aoove xseptune, some ui
which may yef be "discovered. If
Neptune were! the outermost planet,
he said, JHhe orbits would not be so
round, for this circularity of the or
bit indicates pat Neptune revolved
for a long time against great resist
ance, andt therefore, the nebula at
that distance was dense enough to
Have aflVrded matter I for several
other planets jbeyond.
So that with
the most powerful telescope we have
as yet by no means reached the outer
limits of the solar system, ' - f
FROZEN TO DEATH IN BOAT.
Edward N. Wright Accidentally Hurt,
Skull Being Fractured, and Dies of
Injuries and Exposure to Weather.
Washington, N. C, Febj 2 Start
ing news was received in this city
his morning to the effect that Mr.
Edward N. Wright, the eldest son of
Mr. M. F. Wright, of this city, had
been frozen to death while in a gas
boat on Pamlico river last night en
route for this city. Searching par
ties were immediately organized and
started down the river looking for
he missing man, his father leading
the party. The gas boat Lena' was
ocated near the Black buoy about 1
mile from this city and was towing
a raft of logs to this city. I
JJpon boarding the boat the search
ing party found young Wright lying
in the bottom of the bost with blood
spattered all over the interior and I
nis Dooy frozen, his skull being
crushed in. His body was immedi
ately brought to this city and 'Coro
ner Joshua Tayloe viewed tjie re
mains but decided no Inquest was
necessary as there was no evidences
of foul play. ' !
THE NORTH CAROLINA COW.
Her Marvelous Fighting Qualities as
Reported From Asheville.
Washngton Post
The North Carolina cow represents
a strange type in evolution. From
being a duii-eyea little beast with
cruffipied horns, a coat rough as
cockleburrs and a spirit as listless as
a munen staiK's. sne nas develoDed
esthetic ideas. She has particularly
asserted an aversion to the Piano.
Most eminent example of this sur
prising renaissance in the bovine na
ture was the Asheviliecow which re
cently broke her way into the music
room of one of Asheville 's homes
and assaulted the piano with such
excessive violence thaCshe broke off
her horns in the attempt to abolish!!
Finding herself thusf oiled and dis
armed in the presence of her enemy,
the poor cow gave up the struggle
and died, presumably of a broken
heart. I
Contemporary literature does not
rewnl the fundamentalcauses wnich
have led to the extremeaversion ex
hibited by North Carolina cows to
ward pianos. Whether it be the
stolid legs and grinning keyboards of
the instruments themselves wnich
give offense to the staid dignity of
the cow or that the animals have en
dured too long "the particular 'brand
of popular song "executed ''j upon the
piano by North Carolina maidens is
a question which the nallve lsycho
iscientists in cow nature have not yet
fettled. But at all events , the cow
Of those regions has proved heself a
fierce creature with wofish appetite
and a singularly hypersehsitized in
telligence, j
Twentyy earsag othegrandmotherfl
Twenty years ago the grandmoth
ers of theses Gorgons among the
beasts ot the pasture were content
to chew the cud uporTTh-amble briers
and pine needles. In summer they
leaned against old fence corners" and
and slept, standing knee-deep amid
daisies and wlregrass. In winter
they rooted with the "razorbacks"
for acrons and frozen j nubbins,
(When they gave any milk at all, one
used a microscope in skimming it
on? moito Vmfsr rtnf rvf Tin pfod m tinf
unlike the kind tried out from the
loins of the razor-backs. Old "North
Carolinians used to call it cow lard.
When they were butchered one had
to boil the ribs fb loosen the mejaty
sufficiently to cut"lt from the bones.
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But they were kindly gentle animals
without ambitions for "eelfdevelop-
ment. " !
Scariet Fever StiU Prevails at Kewi
bem. i .
Newbern, Feb. 2. The city
schools are still closed on ac
count of scarlet fever. The situa
tion remains about the game.
There has been about 25 or 30
cases in the past five weeks, and
every lew uty -
velopes. The cases are nearly
auvery muaD ey buu cuu
to develop and there is no tell
mgwnen tue cuiiui.iuu x x
prove. ratuer ywuuar icou
ore is that the disease is confined
altogether to white people and
has not so far as known been
among the colored folks at all
The negro school did not close.
Is Varne An
Assumed Name?
BELIEVED HE ASSUMED NAMJS.
Man Registering as RB. Varne, of
Virginia, Shoots Himself in Greens
boro j Hotel Wore a Charlotte
Lodge Emblem . and Charlott6
Clothing.
Greensboro, Feb. 2. A strange
, who had registered at the-
Cle& Hotel as tt. B. Varne, of
viginia, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the
head last nio-ht. ITa wo.
in an unconscious condition in
his room soon af ter 10 o'clock
and was hurried to St. Loe's
Hospital, where he died a few
hours latter.
The suicide used a 38-calibre re
volver, the bullet entering the
right temple and passing entire
ly through the head.
The stranger arrived in Greens
boro Sunday and spent al of yes
terday in hi room.
. 4Ctu mofBBS 01 any
kind to identify him. He wore
a Ma80nic emblem bearing the
words, Charlotte Chapter, No 39
IP a m nin 1 xu
name of the little Longompany
of Charlotte.
There is doubt as to the iden
tify of the man and some believe
he is a Charlotte man and regis
tered under an ussumed name.
Later reports say that the above
mentioned man was Charles F.
Wads worth of Charlotte.
Wads worth went to Greensboro
Saturday ori" a business trip. Last
night a stranger who had registered
at the Clegg hotel as "R. B. Varne,
Virginia," shot himself through the
head with a pistol, dying a few
hours later at a hospital. The
suicide left no message and the only
means of identification was an emb
lem of the Charlotte chapter, Royal
Arch Masons. Late this afternoon a
former Charlotte citizen viewed the
body and identified it as Wadsworth
and this identification was finally es
tablished by close friends of the dead
man who" werewlred for to come to
Greensboro tonight.
No cause can be assigned for the
deed. The deceased was with two
brothers at the head of a large and
successful business enterprise and
had amassed considerable wealth. He
was a popular club man;and influen
tial in business circles. He wai
about forty-two years old and is sur
vived by a "wife and child. .
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STUDENT'S SKULL FRACTURED
Ferdie Whitaker Injured in Runaway
Near Durham.
Durham; Feb. 1 Ferdie W hit- -aker,
. a second year medical
student at the University, is In
Watts Hospitrl here with a fract-
ured fikul, caused b7 a runaway
accident between Drrham and
Chapel Hill, late last flight.
Young Whitaker was rfding in a'
carriage with five boys, and when
T num a
it was near i;akewoua Park the
A.
borses began to run and the
ariver toia nis companions man
he could not control them. The
bovs iu japed and young: Whlt-
ajer was thrown on his head,
his skull being broken above the
ear. He was brought back to
the hospital for an operation.
The young roan, who has been
four years at Chapel Hill, is a
England and is a member of a
well-known State family. His
father and brother are here with
- him both greatly fearing the
- ym be laMt theugh his
- condition U nofc helpless.
Mother do you hear that rat
tling in your babies throat f Put
a little Mothers' Joy on it and stop
J it at once, j