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1 he Eveiq I Mascot. ' Vol. 2. Statesville, N. C, Friday Evening, February 12 1909. No. 29 ZTA A SHOT GUN OS HIM. V, s Shrlton, Colored, Becomes En-l raed ;it Hi Stepfather Lewis Mooi ami Shoots Him. A' Vhooting affray that happened u wvdni'-.lay night has just come .iiiht. At 7 the home of Leiws v(- (t,. lorcd, in Rabbit Town, a suburb southeast of the city, .,,,.. night mentioned, Wes Shelton 1 ,-nn:e enraged suddenly, and grab- up a shot gun and emptied the th iro load into Moore's forehead, . ;":!, in ir a . .vry painful wound. , : i.s the fU-yfather of Shelton. i nr ome-reason-the affair has been t "unusuciiy tiuiet, none of the . . is. and ony a few negroes :y of the shooting. A white ; who lives south of the; city, re i r l the affair to Sherin17ard this : nin 2, and" a search was immedi- riy begun for Shelton.. After a .-oarch he was finlaly found in Lurret of a house occupied by ii ..ry Nicholson, colored,-southeast i.',vn. He was - brought to the , . y ;.nd lodged in jail, to await a ii,-i miliary hearing on next Monday yo Judge King. Why the affair has been kept so ,: ;:, i is a mystery to the officers, 'i ll o general opinion however is that ri r falling out was caused either . t r a" "crap' game" or whiskey, or hull!. Lat fall some time, Shelton went ; Mr. Oscar Carlson with a pitiful i . : : , that his wife was badly sick, 1;.' needed two dollars and if Mr. (irlson would let him have it he wfn'i Id work for it the next wTeek. ;.'r Carlson accommodated him to tilt- two dollars, and Shelton failed in show "up.-and do the work to repay i!n- J vd dollars. An investigation showed that he had no wTife and a .111. .! I ! I! was sworn out for him, on of false pretense and this Is t time the officers have had a to pet him. " Later. ifice the above article was set up, i t put y J. v. Ward informs us that 'V isited the home of Moore this afternoon and that Moore says Shel t hi did not shoot him in the head, i ut hit him with a stick, and then shot at his .with the shot gun, but di inot hit him. 'The .)reliilinary hearing is set for Monday morning at i o'cio' : A:i ()i)lsan Girl's First Xew Dress. What would you think of a big -.:t i high up in her teens, who had m -v. . r had a bran new dress within er recollection? That situation de vi'luped at the orphanage recently wi , n one of the ''big girls,'1 said of a r. w dress that was ma'de for her iiiat. if was the first one she ever re- . !.!!. fered . to Lave had. It is this v 'ay.' She came to the orphanage a a tiny little girl and each year has inherited clothes from a girl a little; bigger than herself. Wliile -h- has. looked neat enough; she has net until now had anything that was !aade for her very self. She diu not 5- i it until she got too big to inherit from any . older sister." There is n.i discredit in this arrangement? ; '-u ly, for while it reveals a strict ef ' t for economy, it is also a fact, ' venture to say, that this young iaiss apreciated her pretty new dress i thousand times more than the girl v- " has all her life surfeited by hav ing as many as she wanted. Being 'h i'ilved of a blessing causes us to '"hreciate it al the more keenly wiun it is given. loO Negroes Were Arrstetl. IMttsburg, Pa., Feb. 11. In a raid ioday the police of Brownsville, Pa., ' rrested 150 negroes Who have been loafing about the coke ovens. All were discharged as the hear ing later and ordered fo leave town ? xcept six, who are being held pehd ing an investigation of their records 5 Pittsburg, Cleveland, Ohio, and other places. According to the Brownsville ail- 'horities. most of the negroes are" n-om Pittshnrcr- xuhiVh nlnpf thev lef t 'hen the police made wholesale at ists of, negroes on account of the 'iianyassaults against whitewomen, 4 Q A School Entertaininent. The Mascot is requested to all i.o ince that an entertainment will be r given at the Oak Grove school house ! near Bloomfield on Friday evening the 15th. The entertainment will consist of songs and plays and the admission will be 15 cents. Pro ceeds to used to beautifying the school room. HENRY SHAUPB A SUICIDE. Goes Out to Cut Wood and Cuts throat With Razor. A telephone message to The 5Ias cot late yesterday afternoon, from Harmony, stated that Mr. Henry Sharpe, a well known white man of Eagle Mills township had been found, with -'.his throat cut, a razor, supposed to have been- the instru ment ol destruction was found be side the .body. It was stated that Mr. Sharpe went into fUe woods yesterday morning witn his axe to chop wood. Some one who went into the woods about non, Was horrified to find Mr. SEarpe laying on the ground in a large pool ofblood with his throat slashed from ear to ear. ' Nearby was found the razor, which his son had bought only a few weeks ago. Mr. Sharpe wras about 55 years old and is survived by a wife and five children. He was a well-to-do man, a"nu" stood high in the community and the church. No cause is assign ed for his act, as there was no men tal' trouble, and his financial af fairs would not cause it. His fam ily states that for some time he has been talking of suicide of suicide and a great deal of uneasinesss was felt for him. j Mr. Sharpe was a cousin of Mr. Chas. WadsworthJ of Charlotte, who committed suicialn Greensboro. some days ago. "j -.' s AVork on the Doolie Koad Completed The work of grading a part of the new road from Mooresville to the river which the Doolie section obliga ted to do has been finished and one mile and a half of good road has been made by the people of this sec tion. This part of the road will connect with the part being graded by the county and which has been contracted with Mr. James Brown Mr. Brown will begin shortly finish ing up his part of it to make this connection and when this is com pteted there will yet remain about two miles of the road that has not yet been contracted for but there is no doubt but that some suitable arrangement will soon be made whereby this can be completed. As stated before the county is now ad vertising for bids to do the macad em on this road which will extend about four miles from Mooresville and with a well made road to the river Mooresville will be able to of fer good inducements to the resi dents of Catawba and Lincoln coun ties to come to Mooresville. Mooresville Enterprise. Mt7m,HY fovaD trrnnr; REV. MITCHIXER IX HAMLET. Spencer Safe Blower Gets One Year at Hard Labor. Geo. Murphy, the white man who He is The Considering a Call to That Field. following dispatch tunt f amet concerning Rev. John F m the barber shop or w., x. Howard, in this city was yesterday afternoon in the Rowan superior court convicted of conspiracy to blow open the safe of the Wacllbvia Loan and Trust Co., af Spencer last Septelnber. I The following dispatch from -Sal- Mitchiner of this city will be of in terest to many of Statesville's citi- t- zeni rom THE RIGHT MAX ARRESTED? 11. Rev! J. Hamlet, NJ C. Feb F. Mitchiner of Statesville. came to Hamlet this Jmorning to look over the field and consider a call as pastor of the Baptist church, the former isbury gives ihe sentence he received. Ptorhavin resigned several weeks naye been fQr agu. xvev. mi. iuitcuiuer win noiu ' .-L ', , , i . . . . I v- i service in itne cnurcn tonignt, at- Selisbury, Jack Wade in Florida Jail Charged ;. With Attempted Criminal Assault UiK)ii Miss Irnia Xewell Anoth er Xegro Xearly Lynched for the Crime. j Gainsville, I Fla., Feb. 11. Sheriff Ramsehr today arrested Jack Wade, colored, charged with attempting criminal assaun, upon Miss Irma Newell, near Lakeland, "Flai, Tuesday morning while she was on her way to school. Officers in the section REACHES HIS 62XD 3HLESTGXE N4 C. Feb. 11.- Con- i victed in Rowan sunerior court here today of conspiring to blow Open and rob the! Wachovia Loan and Trust Company at Spencer last Sep tember, George Murphy, well known in Salisbury,! was this afternoon Ben- fenced by Judge E B. Jones, to one year, at hard! labor in the state pen itentiary. I i -s i - - ' " The evidence in the case was com- -i ! 3ted this morning and the case given The jury at noon. Three hours later a erdict of guilty was return ed. The defense worked hard for the freedom j of Murphy, and Solici tor Hammer ;made a strong fifht for conviction, j Murphy was immediately tried for seriously cutting M. S. Bennett here five years ago and convicted. Four other cases against him were not pressed. 4 Q a ter which the board of deacons will probaly extend him a call. LIBERTY BELL PARTY WANTS CUT RATE. Wizard of Electricity has Passed the Osier Limit A Remarkable Ca reer.. New YorE; eb." 11. -Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of electricity, is 62 years old today. He was born in Ohio ebruary 11, 1847, and be came at the age of 12 a newsboy on the GTaud Trunk Line running1 into Detroit. He soon developed studi ous habits, and bgean making chem ical experiments while on the trains. Obtaining the sole right of vending newspapers on the road, he with four assistants set in type, printed and sold The Grand Trunk Herald, with his other papers. He became in terested in the operation of the tele- Chafley Crumley colored, who i graph, and applying himself to" Its was arrested Tuesday night suspect- study? rose to a high rank as an op- past three days, word haying been received here Tuesday that he was suspected of being the guilty party. The negro will be taken to tonigh Lakeland Alaska, Col- Yu- tion called at In Commemoration of Lincoln. TOstmaster J. W. C. Long receiv ed yesterday a large lot of I postage stamps, to be placed on sale only to- lay in commemoration of the one hundreth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, which is today. The stamps bear a splendid engraving j of the martyr president and makes a beau tiful design. The day will be cele brated pretty well throughout the entire country, especially in the north and some parts of the westJ Many of the city and country 'schools, pro ducing appropriate exercises. Those Who Will Take Relic Across Continent do not Care to Pay Full Fare. '.' " j . Washington, Feb. 11. Josiah lins, representing the kon and Pacific Expos tne White House this morning to en- list the president's aid in getting the i i i i interstate Commerce Commission to agree to a reduction in railway rates for the Liberty Bell across the conti nent. . . i . - i. i i Mr. Collins! was presented by Rep- resentative Humphries,1 of "vTashing- i i i t V l ton. The Philadelphia authorities i - t i i have agreed to lend the historic bell to the exposition, but tnere has been ed of jail at he crime, and who is now in Lakeland, had a narrow es cape Horn mob violence Wednesday morning when he was taken from the Lakeland jail and bound to a. stake, oH poured upon his body and everything in readiness for: applying the meltch wrhen he wras rescued by the sheriff and others who begged the infuriated citizens to give Crum ley ani opportunity of establishing his innocence, as he asserted he could do. I I Two "companies of state troops were sent from Tampa to Lakeland last niht to protect Crumley against erator. He Invented an automatic repeater, capable of transferring messages trom one wire to another without the aid of an operator, and in 18 ff-T conceived the idea of a du plex teregraph, which he perfected in 1872, he accepted the superinfen dency of the Gold and Stock Com pany, inventing the printing tele graph for gold and stock quotaions. He opened a large workshop in New ark, N. J., and devoting himself en tirely to inventing. RIGGERS MIND IS RETURNING. th( arrangements for t to Seattle because of a hitch in transporting the interstate commerce ruling the re- further efforts of the mob him. II I - ! I to lynch i against reduced rates under conditions which the bell, will be moved. Mr Collins to Vice President-elect i . i Speaker Cannon to The Starts Tomorrow.; big sacrifice sale of Mr. as. of cloth- extended invitations Sherman speak at and the opening of the exposition June 1st. 4 0 PRESIDENT MEASURED FOR HUNTING SHOES. Brawley's enormous stock ing, shpes and gent's furnishings will start to morrow, and continue until March 15th The stock is afT new and of the latest style I and Mr. Brawley will i conduct the' sale him self, no one; being imported here from ''furin'l parts to conduct it. See the big ad on the third page of this paper and act accordingly. Q ' ' To the Public. The Postal Telegraph Company which now has an office in this city wishes to call the attention of the public to the fact that their tariff book or 1909 contains 80 more pages, and shows the names of 4,249 more places, than the 1908 book. It also shows that the "Postal" and its connections maintain exclusive offices at 2,310 places not reached by any other telegraph company. The "Postal ' system handles for 29,756 places. The continues 'Active and Progressive,'' and deserves the support Of every person who believes in competition. . -4 -0 ' ' r Reception Last Evening. At the beautiful home Of Mrs. .P B. Key, on Sharpe street last night, a reception was given in honor .of Mr and Mrs. G. E. French, at which about 20 0 guests attended. The home of Mrs. Key was beau tifully decorated and.the affair was Fair Play in Sports. I believe in work, and I do! not be- ! i lieve in sacrificing Work to play; but I most emphatically believe also in play. A bay or girl who hasa- healthy tody will be all the better fit for serious work, and if the health comes through vigorous sports pur sued in an honorable, straightfor- . i i ward manner; not only the mind but the character, is benefited. To the boys I wish to say a special word. I emphatically believe in manliness, in courage, in physical address, but I believe quite as much in good comradeship and a spirit of fair play. I hope that whenever you entc:- a contest you will do all that Bootmaker Takes Precedence Ovr the! Lawmakers. Washington, Feb. Ill One of Th( A "Miekel" Mine. i r 1 I- first callers at the White House yes- texday was the president's shoemak er. Neither senators J representa tives nor cabinet officers preceded m. The president was measure! for a nair of heavy hunting shoes for Shis has been ion from African trip leather and hobnailed following notice the sen this paper for publica near Taylorsville: A Word from Larkie Joiner and nickie Meredith- we have found five Mickel mines in wilkesl one in elexandra hear taylorsville. "hit is the fines Mickel glass we ever saw. We ar going to wrorkin the taylors- They will be of thick will re- to fail by any mind in a grand success every one "fortunate i enough to be present. Many nandsome gifts, given to Mr. and Mrs. French, were displayed in the siting room. The gift Of Mrs. Key to the bridal couple, was a beautiful silver service. is in you to win, and yet you member that it is far better than to win by unfairness, underhand trickery. Keep that it is only by persistent effort in the face of discouragement that any of us ever does anything that is real ly worth while doing. The fellow who gives up when he is onco beaten is made of mignty business poor stuff, and if he does give up. as Postal" I soon as he is beaten in a sport he does not stand much chance of suc cess in the' serious conflivcts of after life. The true spirit, the spirit which wins victories in after life, is the spirit which fights "hard to suc ceed, but which takes defeat in good nature and with a resolute determi nation to try again. j It is a good beginning for this se rious work of after life if on the play-grounds you learn how! to co- operats with your fellows and to do and enjoyed by Tour best to win while at the same ol of 44 i 1 Apple Wine; i i . There is a 'new industry which promises to figure in apple sections this section. Mr. H. C. Walker 1 i ' tltsx Prneloa "hoc Q nrnPOCQC ViV wpich he manufactures pure apple wiiie and those who are judges say that it is fine wine, equar to the best scjuppernong It is a secret process and if put in use, the apple wine in dustry will be a big thing. With the wine and cider made of apples in this I i i section, the west can't argue tliat the ea!st is favored by the prohibition Wilkesboro Chronicle. ' o time erating your own interests with fairness and courtesy. Theodore i Roosevelt. i Go where? ace Minstreel joke hits of Don't Fail to Go. Why to the White aw ville Mjine in the morning. I we want this in the statesville paper.' I this from Larkie Joiner and nick" i i Meridith to . Rroke Into a Flood of Tears When Mounting the Jail Steps. The firsfsign of any reason to the mind; of Mr. Will S7 Biggers was shown yesterday when he was taken, to the jail. Biggers has shown great-suspicion heretofore when any one entered his cell in the police sta tion tombs. With the clicking of a the lock or the first putting of a foot inside the cell, he would rouse . up, glare often leap to his feet, and sometimes reach into his pocket as feeling for a weapon. Officer Elliott has been able to do a good deal with him. The officer spent half an hour with him in his cell yesterday trying to draw "him out into conversation- and getting into his good graces. Finally he said: Let's walk out and get a ITttle fresh air." The cell door had been, left "open and Biggers, accompanied by the offi cer, walked out. They were joined by Officers Black and Squires and taken in a conveyance to the jail. Biggers did nottfight or resist and as tell us bout this 'Mickel Mine. county he was mountine the Rttvna nf tho MayTje the Taylorsville Scout can jaU he geeined to come t0 the firgt realizatiop! of his situation, and broke into a flood of tears, wailing out: "I'll ever see my wife and children agaiix ' This morning he became calmer and more tractable and recognized his brother for the first time since the tragedy. There is no doubt that Biggers has suffered temporary aberatlon of mind. There could be no slmmula tion in the fierce glare of the eye and the madman's grip of that single hand; the shaking, as a cat does a A Convict Sick. Milas Lawrence, a convict, on the roads,; was brought to the jail this afternoon for ; treatment He Trasi contracted pneumonia, and physician, Dr. M.- R. Adams, county says he is 'in as the attack a very bad condition may be acute. Milas was seijt to the roads atj the last term of court for abandoning his wife, the judge giving j him six months! j I tonight and hear the day. Every he ar rangement has been completed, and this promises to be one of the best Sheriff jDeat on Gone to Washington. Sheriff Deaton left last night on No. 121 for Washington, D. C, to i f j - bring to this city, Ernest Wallace, Sheriff Deaton, as stated in yester- ainateur shows ever given in the city day's Pf Per received a message that of Statesville. Any churcn ; mem- Wallace had been caught, and he was requested 10 secure requisition pa pers and come for Wallace at once. Later, however, Mr. Deaton re- ber can go, for the ministers or the ciiy Eave endorsed it, saying it is all right, and given for a good purpose rat, of one of his friends who had ventured into his cell the first day of the killing. So said a physfcian who has examined Biggers. Not until yesterday, It Is said, did he ever Inakej any inquiry about his wife and children. It is leaned that Mrs. Biggers had been up With Biggers for three nights previous to the tragedy, and The curtain will raise promptly 8iSu, and no one will be seated while any song is being sung, so you had better go early. j oi r?y"at ceiveu" telegram stating that Wal- her first Outcry on hearing of the Home Coming of Big Fleet. ; Kew BaTber Hre. Mr. R. L. Earnhardt of the Hotel Iredell Barber shop has succeeded' In getting Mr. R. S. Wilson, a barber Of 1 6 "Tears experience, Of Augusta, Ga., to take a chair in the above mentioned shop. The public is in vited to call and get work done as there will be no waiting. Mr. Maried Yesterdayi Julius Lee Sharpe of Olin township, 'and Miss Mary Anderson of Wilkes county were married yes terday afterndn at the. residence of Rev. J. G. Weatherman, in North Iredell, Mr. Weatherman performing the ceremony. . Ministers Endorse the Minstrel. The Benevolent and Relief; Associ ation of Statesville, Mrs. A. L. Coble presiuent, has been caring for the poof and suff-ering of our c .ty with such Christian care and oversight since fie organization Of this arm of charity, that the churches and indi viduals of.th ecity haev gladly help ed to furnish the necessary funds for the prosecution of the work. Miss Martha Moore has undertaken to 1 raise funds for this work of charity and will give a play at tm5 opera house tonight for this p"urpose. The p3sPTrial Association endorses this effort of 3Iiss Moorft and I hereby urges the people of the city j to Tiber ally patronize this play and; thereby relieve the congregations from any speciat effort to supplement this fund. W. A. LUTZ, Pres. Statesville Minister al Ass'n Washington, point of pub! coming oftne promises to In D. C, Feb. 11. ic interest the home- great battleship 'fleet lace would come without requisition news Of what her husband had done papers. was to say, ''Do not let him nave i any weapons. He may kill him self.'' Charlotte News. More Double Track Opened. Twelve miles of new double track will be put in commission In a few railway be- A Common Cold. We claim that if catching cold could be avoided some of the most dangerous and fatal diseases would days on the 'Southern de- m 7 -a I It exceed tne notaDie parture of the same vessels. men have died on S the fleet since it left Hampton Roads in December, 1907, up to the time the fleet left Gibraltar, according to the figures. The ratio to deaths to 13,000 men, composmg crews and ! officers of the fleet is never Sycamore Va. j be heard of. A com oiten tween Clarion and forms a culture bed for germs or in- Tnl3 wiU gIve tne svgtem about fectious disease. Consumption, UwAntv-fivP m(1p nf nMroviT,rf betw'een Lynchburg and Chatam, Va. pneumonia, fevcer, four or the most oangerous For some time one of tne tracks had and fatal diseases, are of this class. b6en UBed and a few days ago tha Thee ulture bed formed by the cold otheP was mif in oTYiT.nMw favors the development of the germs putting the other Out of commission. IT of these diseases, that otherwise find lodgment. probably lower than in the ordinary Httle dangerf however, walks, of life. would not i ' There Is i of any of these diseases being contracted when a good expectorant cough j medicine like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is used lit cleans out these culture rp scaldad by overturned kettle cut beds that favor the devepdpment of with a knife bruised by slammed the geimof these diseases. That Is door-injured by gun or -many Other w remed nag OTed s0 unl. ISkten'S & Salve "o suMt-e '"sally successful to preventing 4 0 '' ' y M ' ' Seared With a Hot Iron, iTiflftmation and kill the uain. I It's earth surtreme healer. I Infalable for pneumonia. cold qiiickly Fftver sores. Eczema Jrf , v- - 7 1 ana I'ues, Nrrice cov. oum ouu easess j guaranteed by, Statesville Drng Co It not only cures your but minimizes the risk of contracting these dangerous dls- For sale by all drugistt. As soon as the forces can make a few changes both of the tracks will be used, and this - will give a new double track from Durmld to Syca more, with teh exception of a link of a few miles j which is still being worked upon.- Grensboro Record. lchtf Stops earacno in two mmurea; In five minutes; hoarseness, On a hour; muscl each, two hours? Ore throat, twelve hours Dr. TVotoaa Eclectrlc OIL monarch over pain, toothache or pain of burn or scald L -1 w 5 u k 4 j f i h. J 5 I :1 -
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