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Vol. 2.
Statesville, N. C., Monday Evening, April 19, 1909.
No. 86
IN THE MAYOR'S COURT.
Three Offenders are Up Two for
Fighting and One For Retailing-
"
hi .Mayor Grier 's court this
morning at 9 o'clock, two negroes,
Angus' Littlejohn and Henry
Sharpe were tried for a fight yes
terday. These negroes are em
"ployed by the Holland Dray Co.,
and it. seems that they were in the
stable of this concern in the rear
of the St. Charles hotel yesterday
turning currying the stock, when
in sMii'O way they became rinvolv
nl mit fnss over a mule. Sharpe
applied an epithet to Littlejohn,
which aroused the old nick in him,
whereupon Littlejohn threw the
curry comb he jield in his hand,
striking Sharpe upon the fore
so Sharpe claims. .
After hearing the evidence his
h .nor "decided the Sharpe negro,
having applied the epithet was
also guilty and he was fined $2.50
and one half the cost, all amount
ing t. 4.40. Littlejohn was put
under a $-5 bond for his appear
ance ;fT eourt on charge of using a
deadly weapon.1 (
After the above trial, Henry
Sharpe was arrested on a capias
charging him with retailing, and
h.- arranged his bond in the sum
of $100 for his appearance at the
next trm of court..
Turner Cain alias Turner King,
colored, was also tried befojre
Mayor Grier this morning on the
"rharge of retailing, the State's
.witnesses being Sam polvert and
Henry Owens, both colored. It
seems, from the evidence introduc
ed in the case, that Colvert furn
ished tfie money, 50 cents for a
pint, and that Owens went to
King's home and got the booze.
Hon. Geo. B. Nicholson repre
sented the defense and a strong
fight was put up, but the mayorj
decided he had a strong case
against King, and he was put un
der a $200 bond for his appeal
next term of court. '
SEEKS NEW JOB.
Private Homer W. Mason Visits
The City Today.
Private Homer W. Mason -off)
the T. S. Army recruiting service,
foinily of ,thjte city, nnv tof
Charlotte, was in the city today,
to confer w ith Col. L. B. .Bristol,
Major R. L. Flanigan and Capt.
J. E. Deitz relative to securing
the detail in the National Guard
in this state as instructor of the
militia. Mr. Mason had also
planned to see Adjutant General
Ar.mfield in this city but tliait
'gentleman being in Raleigh, Mr.
Mason left in the noon trfcin for
that city to see him.
Mr. Mason is a competent man
in the military business, and feels
pretty confident of securing the
position named above.
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"A Doll's House " Having vainly tried to warm
..! ' A Doll's House," Henrik lb- mp" his hearers, the general vas
s, u's magnificent poetic drama in just going to sit down, when the
whi,-h Miss Florence Davis will be 'chairman of the meeting plucked
s n riday night at the opera house him by the coat tail. "For the
wiU no' doubt prove to be that . Lord V sake, General, give 'em
splendid actress,'s greatest work some Latin ! " he hurriedly whis
ne may judge from the many ' pered in the speaker's ear. 'VThey
meritorious advance notices. In ' won't think you know anything at
th' eharacter of1 'Nora," Miss j all if you quit like this. Smith.
Davis trives a portrayal that will the opposition candidate, talked
rank; withjhe best achievements Latin to 'em half the evening.".
ftf her -already notable career. The , Old Hickory rose to the situa-
l)la.v is a veritable panorama of
Vwegian life, and Miss Davis
aSS 'o'lVCn H n mnrvnlMit. cattlTUT
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the
v
arious pictures being realiz-
pd witli a truthfulness and effee-
tiyeness admirable in every de-
iaii. There has bee na steady de
vm I
mand for seats and the indica-
llons point to a full house for this
special performance at any rate.
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Talentls generally a more nego-
tiabl
e asset than genius.
GAME FORFEITED.
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Umpire Morrison Gives the Game
to Davidson.
The game of ball played here
Saturday afternoon between the
A. and M. and DavTdson teams,
was forfeited to the latter by Um
pire Morrison. The reason for
this was because of a technicality
in the rule applying to the) coach
appearing across the line. The de
cision of the umpire caused the
Farmers to get hot over it,andfor
a while it looked aslf there might
be trouble. .
: At the begining of the eighth
inning the Farmers had complete
ly shut .out the Presbyterians, the
score standing at! 3 to 0 in favor
of the farmers.
Although the
Presbyterians dicjj
some very pret
ty flaying, they could not com
pete witlT the Farmers,as the latter
were evidently" too heavy for
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Although the day was most per
fect, the attendance was quite
small.
The following explanation is
clipped from today's Charlotte
Observer concerning the game:
Mr.- R. II. Merritt, graduate
manager of tne A. and M. team,
called at Tfie Observer Saturday
night ancl in reply to questions,
made the following, statement re
garding the forfeited game:
''At tHe begming of eighth in
ning the umpire, Mr. Eugene Mor
rison, of Statesville, after a con
ference witK tneDavidson manage
ment, went to his position in the
centre of the diamond and order
ed Coach Thompson, who was in
an A. and M. uniform, off first
base to the players' bench. Thomp
son asked for the rule which gave
the umpire authority for such or
der, acTcTIng that if shown he
would go. The umpire therupon
left the field, wrent to the grand
stand and announced that he
would give the game to Davidson
by a score of 9 to 0. A. and M.
had not refused' to play, nor had
Davidson. Then the umpire left
the grounds and the crowd, think
ing the game over dispersed.
4 'The auestion came up in the
second inning about Coach Thomp
son on fne coaching line, and the
umpire then ruled that it was an
A. and M. man in an A. and M.
uniform, "and that he knew of no
rule wherjeby he could be re
moved. "The A. and M. teanrwas not
warned through its captain that
the game was about to be called."
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Saved His Credit in Tennessee.
Once, before he was president,
Andrew Jackson was makiug a
political speech -in some obscure
campaign in a backwoods Tennes
see district". His address was very
well received, but somehow there
did not seem to be exactly the en
thusiasm wanted for the occasion.
tion. Advancing to the edge of
the nlatform, he extended his aitn
' t t r 1 M
and thundered out: "J2i piunous
unum ! Sis sember tyrannis ! Ha-
beas corpus !"
The audience roared with ap
plause. The credit of the orator
was saved, and the Jackson ticket
won out in that county. :
No man is so selfish as to want
to keep all his popularity to him-
self.
DEATH AT MOORESVILLE.
Mrs. C. P. McNeely, Wife of a
Prominent Mooresville Man is
Dead.
A telephone message from
Mooresville today informs us of
the death of Mrs. Bessie Rankin
McNeely, wife of Mr C. P. Mc
Neely, cashieri of the Bank of
Mooresville. Mrs. McNeely died
at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.
To lend additional sadness to the
sorrow stricken family, the Grim
Reaper yesterday afternoon re
moved the tiny infant that nes
tledjat the motfier's bosom. The
funeral services took place this
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock from
the Presbyterian " church at
Mooresville, by the pastor, Rev.
W. S. Wilson, and the interment
will be in the family burying
gifound.
Mrs. McNeely "was formerly a
Miss Ifankin, and has been mar
ried about two years. She was
very popular socially and a mem
ber of the Prsebyterian church.
She was very influential in church
circles and was a good Christian j
woman.
SHORT LOCAL BRIEFS.
Dorothy, the small daughter
of Mr. W. A. Sloan, who has been
quite ill with pneumonia for some
time, is now btter, and her rapid
recovery is expected.
Attorney J.H.Burke of Taylors
ville, is in 'thee ity attending legal
matters in Federal Court which
convened in this city today.
Mr. W. G. Drumwright, form
erly iof this county, but now of
Danville, Va., was in the city to
day. Messrs. Chas. G. Armfield and
Cfias. Crawford returned to Mt.
Airy today, after spending Sun-,
day in the" city. -
Work is progressing nicely on
the new home of Mrs. L. M. Con
nelly on East Front street.
Annie Weaver a negro woman
living on East Front street, ter
rorized the colored inhabitants of
her neighborhood Saturday night,
by drinking a bottle of laudanum
and getting on the street in a half
dressed condition and acting the
bug house in general. Chief Con
ner went down, and succeeded in
punning her in her home and she
is reported as being all right to
day. Mr. Boyce Rogers spent yester
day m Mooresville.
Mrs. H. P. Grier was taken sud
denly ill on Saturday afternoon,
but is reported as being better to
day. Mayor H. P. Grier has received
a letter from the manager of the
20th of May celebration in Char
lotte, asking him to appoint three
marshals from this city to be pres
ent at the "celebration. So far no
one has been appointed by Mr.
Grier.
Mr. R. B. Sams of Asheville is
in the city attending the Federal
court.
Messrs. A. A. Whitner, J. F. Mil
ler1, C. F. Blalock,.A. T. Yoder
andW. A. Self all of Hickory
are in the city attending court.
Man With the Longest Name
Drowns in Kentucky Creek.
Paducah, Ky.. Apr'l 18. Di.trh
by drowning came to the man who
is said to have the longest name
in the world. He disappeared
Friday and confirmation of the
drowning was obtained today by
finding the body in Hawkins creek
near' Paducah. His full name was
Arthur Hugh Thomas T. DeWitt
Talmage Hamlin Eddy Lane Ar
land Linnie, Marion Branch Chi
les. The deceased was the son of
Mr. W. R. Chiles, superintendent
of the Rescue Mission of Paducah
.and each name was some preach
er of note.
BARKLEY-GRAY.
Tne Marriage of Mr. Barkley and
-Miss Ethel Gray at Gastonia.
-The following special from Gas
tonia to the Charlotte Observer is
concerning the marriage of Mr.
Fred Barkley, formerly of this
city to Miss Gray of that city:
Gastonia, April 18. The chief
social event of the coming week
inGastonia will be the marriage on
Wednesday evening at 9 o'clock
in the Main Street Methodist
church of Miss Ethel Carolyn
Gray and Mr. Fred D. Barkley.
The5 .wedding will be one of the
most elaborate of the spring and
summer season in Gastonia. Miss
Gray is a daughter of Mr. George
A.Gray, president and treasurer of
the Gray Manufacturing Company
and one of Gastonia's wealthiest
and most prominent business men;
She is a charming young lady, and
is one of the most popular mem
bers of the younger social set.
MrJ Barkley is a prominent young
wholesale merchant of tne town.
Following the wedding Mr. and
Mrs. Barkley will take an extend
edh wedding t!r. .Miiss Grace
Brown, of Concord, and Miss Nell
Hearne, of Albemarle, members
of the bridal party, arrived yes
tfday and are the guests of Miss
Gray at her home on South street.
Mrs. E. S. Green, of Monroe, tnd
Mrs. Charles Tripplet, of Pine
Bluff, Ark., will arrive tomorrow
to attend the wedding and to be
griesfs of the bride. - .
Avmong those who will attend
from this city are Mr. and Mrs. C.
Wigoshamer, Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Gou'ger, Mrs. "J. M.' Barklev and
Mrs. J. E. Murphy of Jacks-onville,
Fla.', Mrs. Murphy arrived in
this city this morning and the en
tuaboyeparty, .-will leave tomor
row evening for Gastonia. Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Deitz are unable to
attend on account of the sickness
of their daughter.
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STILL DESTROYED.
Deputy Collector Davis andDep
uty Sheriff Ward Make a
Raid.
Deputy Collector J. M. Davis
and Deputy Sheriff J. W. Ward
made a raid on a blockade still in
Eagle Mills township Saturday,
destroying all the fixtures but
not finding tfie operators.
The officers found a 150 gallon
still and all the fixtures, 600 gal
lons of beer; 30 gallons of sing
lings ancl 7 bushels of meal, all of
which was destroyed. It is the
offieeife opinion that the still, was
being run at night as no one was
seen about the place.
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IRISH HOME COMING.
Fifty Thousand Sons and Daugh
ters of Erin to Journey to Kil
kenny in 1910.
Washington, April 18. "Ire
land for lhe Irish, 1910 meet me
at Kilkenny."
With this as their slogan, the
friends of the proposed "Irish
home-going" movement in 1910.
want noTless than 50,000 sons and
daughters of Erin to make the
pilgrimage" to Ireland then for an
industrial revival of that country.
The occasion promises to be the
greatesTepoch-maTring even in the
history of Ireland.
The principal motive underly
ing the proposed pilgrimage is the
development of the natural re
sources of Irjeland and the up
building of its industries.
The moving spirit in the move
ment is Francis J. Kilkenny, con
fidential clerk to the Comptroller
oithe Currency. Within a short
time he hopes to establish here na
tional headquarters, with branches
of tEe Irish home-going movement
in the principal cities of the
country.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
Altoona, Pa., Man Finds Wife
With Another Man and Prompt
ly Shoots the Other Man.
Altoona, Pa., April 18. Ed
ward Russell, aged 26, was shot
late last night by J. E. Craig, who
surprised Russell and Mrs". Craig
together in the latter's home in
this city. Russell died In the
hospital today. Craig, who is 25
years of age, is a locomotive fiife
man in the Pennsylvania Railroad
yards here. For some time he has
suspected his wife, the informa
tion coming from his brother, who
boards with the couple. Last
uight the husband went to work
as usual, but at 9 o'clock returned
and finding his wife had goue out,
hid in an upper room. About mid
night Mrs. Craig returned home,
accompanied by Russell and an
other young man and woman.
Mrs. Craig put her 3-year-old
daughter to bed and then joined
her companions in the parlor. A
few minutes later Craig slipped
downstairs and hearing voices in
tne unlighted parlor, went in and
found Russell in Mrs. Craicr's
company. After Craig had shot
Russell he sent his brother for
Dhysician and remained with th
injurect mari until the police and
ambulance arrived. He was then
arrested.
Craig came here: from New York
State about 7 yeras ago. He was
married four years ago to Rose
Stabel. of Elmira, N. Y
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The New Census Important to the
South.
Wilmington Star.
The census of the whole country
is to be taken next year. This is
a very important matter to the
South. The census is something
more" than a mere enumeiiation of
the population ; in fact that is one
of the least important f eatures.
The census is intended to show
the industries, the progress and
the wealth of the country. In
these reports the South wants it to
be shown what she has and has
done in the way of development
and increase of wealth since the
last census year. To have this
done accurately the work must be
in the hands of competent per
sons. If this is to be doae the
taking of the census must be tak
en out of politics. - Heretofore
such appointments were entirely
political. The offices were given
to men purely for political pur
poses without regard to their fit
ness for the positions, and because
of this fact the South has suffered
greatly at the hands of incom
petent census takers and supervi
sors. President Taft, we are glad
to knowT, will corerct this abuse in
so far as he is able. For this pur
pose he has instructed Director
North to disregard party lines in
the selection of men for the vari
ous offices. What he wants is
suitable men men competent to
do the work properly and thor
oughlv. That must be the ruling
idea in making appointments. If
the president's wishes are carried
out to the full the returns from
the South will astonish even the
people of our own section of the
country. It will give the South
hrj proper position, which has not
ben done in the previous census
reports. If the President forces
his, desires into xecution he will
do the South a great benefit and
deserve herratitude.
Wormwood boiled in vinegar
and applied as hot as can be
boriie on a sprain or a bruise is an
invaluable remedy. The affected
member should afterward be roll
ed in flannel bandages to retain
the heat.
Mr. J. B. Harty, of Charlotte
was in the city today.
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COURT CONVENES.
Fedral Court Convenes in This
City Today.
Federal court convened in this
city this morning in the Federal
court room in the postoffice build
ing, with Judge James E. Boyd of
Greensboro on the' b ench. Dis
trict Attorney flolton of Winston
assisted by Assistant District At
torney A. L. Coble is mnaaginj:
the prosecution. This docket is
not very large, but several very
interesting cases are to be tried
here this week " .
Only one case was disposed of
this morning, it being the case
against. Thos. Kineaid and John
Beeker, both charged with retail
ing etc. Kineaid was sentenced
to one year and one day in the
Federal prison at Atlanta and a
fine of $1 00. Beeker was sentenc
ed to fifteen months in the Feder
al prison at Atlanta.
This afternoon the following
cases have been tried
Wade Fulenwider, distilling;
verdict guilty, sentenced not pass
ed.
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Joseph Huffman, distilling; ver
dict guilty, sentenced not passdd.
Earl Dillon, breaking into post
office ; verdict guilty, sentenced
to two years in the National train
ing school, at Washington. This
boy is 13 years old, and is the son
of well to do white people of Sal
isbury. Some weeks ago he broke
into the postoffice at Salisbury,
and stole several newspapers.
Owing to his age he was sent to
the training school. He has al
ready served sentence on ie
Rowan county chain gang. His
parents could do nothing with
him and he had to go his way.
CO-OPERATIVE LIVING.
Productive Industry Reducing the
Burden of Housekeeping.
Everybody's Magazine.
Each passing decade sees a
larger and larger share of the life
of the child transferred from indi
vidual to co-operative influences ;
in other words transferred from
within the home to outside the
home. We have already observed
that the same law of development
exists in respect to certain other
elements of home life. We have
seen how productive industry,
once located largely in the home
has almost entirely departed from
it. We have observed how the
arts of housekeeping have begun
to die in the home. "and to be re
vived in domestic science courses
outside.
Simultaneouslv, naturallv, there
has ariseii.ii great demand on the
part of housewives for food al
ready eookedr This applies not
onlv to cereals and breads and
canned vegetables and canned
fruits, but to meats and fish.
In one of the Chicago depart
ment stores, last year, the mana
ger of the grocery department
sold more than $200,000 of chicken
croquettes, salami sausage, serve
lat sausage, Southern: hash, mut
ton stew, veal chops,fr&ed perch,
f riea frog legs, combination sal
ad, boiled ham, beef tongue, fried
oysters, baked white fish, bologna
sausage, "deviled crabs and so on,
all ready to eat. V
Of course, even $200,000 is a
small amount compared with
what a city as large as Chicago
spends a year in food, but it shows
jn which direction the tendency is
setting. There is probably ten
times as much cooked food sold in
Chicago todav as there was ten
years ago.
All these changes tend to con
tract the escape of the home, but it
does not follow that they tend to
destroy its vital principle.