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MURDERER CONFESSES CRIME
Guilty Wife Then Admits To Of
ficers Part She Had In
Horrible Affair.
Macon, Ca., Dec. i8.- Mrs. James
King, 4i, was arrested at her home
near Round Oak, Ga., Friday after
Nicholas Wilburn, 15, in a confession
... to the police, is alleged to have ad-
. mitted that he killed Mrs. King's hus
band because she offered him $600 to
commit the crime and promised to
marry him after it had been perpetrat
ed. :. '
v James King, a prominent planter,
disappeared December lith. His body
was found with a bullet wound in the
heart in the woods near where he had
gone hunting. His bird dog was keep
ing watch over his body. Indications
.were at the time that King was re
sponsible for his own death. Investi
gation led to the, arrest yesterday of
' Wilhiirn anrl Tam Rarhpr a nntrm
la hi confession today to the po
lice, Wilburn, who is a farm and saw
mill hand, is quoted as saying: "Mrs.
King had offered me $600 to kill her
husband. She said she wanted to
get rid of him and promised to marry
me if I killed him. He had Si.OOO life
insurance.
"Oo December lith, I was passing
the King home. She callcrf" to me and
told me that Mr. King had gone hunt
ing and for me to go through the
woods, find him and shoot him. I fol
lowed him and when he stopped to
rest, I sneaked up behind him, grabbed
his Kim and then shot him just over
t-the heart. He begged' me not to shoot
him any more. Just then he fell over.
"I put his gun in his hand and ar-
ranged the body so as to" make ' it
look like he had shot himself, then
went back to the house and told Mrs.
King what I had done. She said I
was a good boy and she thought a lot
of me." ,
-Macon, Ga., Dec. S. Mrs, James
King, widow of the prominent Bound
: Oak, Ga., planter who was killochnear
here . December 12th, confesxed that
she had plotted with Nicholas Wilburn,
a farm hand, to kill. her husband, so
' tint she might marry Wilburn and se
cure $4,000 life insurance- carried by
her husJanb. ' ' ' -
The widow of the dead man was
arrested after Wilburn had confessed
to the police that he had sht and killed
King because Mrs. King offered him
$600 to commit the crime and pro
mised to marry him. ' ,
In her confession Mrs. King declar
ed that if it had not been for the $,-
000 insurance policy she never would
have planned to kill her husband.
For more thsn two hours! after her
arrest the woman refused to discuss
the tragedy.' Detectives related to her
details of Wilburn's confession 1 and
finally she collapsed crying. "Do you
think God will forgive me? Then with
God as my helper I will tell you all.
For I cannot meet rpy God with a lie
on my lips. Ask the people' to have
merry on me, not for myself but for
T1IV ( I '' 'll'll."
"I... 4 M irer,," added Mrs. KinK
"." k "i;!)iirn an.:' myself were sit -
1 ;,'! in my (lining room. Nick
t ! i t' it lie didn't have a fiiend in
i 1.1 p.. : i him on I he back
I 1 ! ! ii I oi,l I be liis fiiend. From
iti on our h i ll I'm were r.m-l
i . We ii i at fi i ipi'ii( iuier-
M.I' ', so ih .i J ,.,!.!
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away from home.
"Had it not been for the Si.OOO in
surance we would never have planned
to kill my husband. My first attempt
was to kill with strychnine. Stick
bought the strychnine rind we put it in
my husband's whiskey. When he be
came deathly sick he look an antidote
and recovered.
"It was then that we planned to
shoot him. Nick t' H me that we
would catch him but hunting and Kill
him with his own gun. The day of
the killing Mr. Kin was sick. The
doctor told him that he should not cat
pork so he took his gun and went in
to the woods to kill some birds. He
left home about 3:30 in the afternoon
and when' he had been gone r.hout an
hour Nick came. I told him my hus
band had gone hunting and he said,
'Now is our time," am! I said 'yes.'
"When my husband did not return
I knew he was dead r.vA sent Johnny
Gordon and Frank Yi!V :rn, my son-in-law,
to hunt for him. After", they
had gone Nick told me thnt ll was, all
over. We didn't discuss the killing
until December 17ih, when Detective
Moore called to talk with me. Aftei
Moore left Nick told me he knew they
suspected him but I told him to brace
up and give nothing away even if he
was on a scaffold with a rope around
his neck. I didn't believe he would
give me away. When Nick was arrest
ed I made up my mind I would go to
to gallows before I would tell a word.
Later I came to the conclusion that I
could not meet my God with a lie on
my lips. , - , "
"I was a good Christian woman be
fore I met Nick'U'ilburn and had never
done a wrong in my life.' . I have been
a member of the church for 14 years,
am 35 years old and have six children.
The eldest is 18 and the youngest
four."
New Bern Company Placed Orderjln
' October for Sixty. .
The Hyman Supply Company yes
terday unloaded two 1913 mode! Cadil
lac automobiles, a touring model for
B. W. Lewis of Farmville and a tor
pedo model for H.' H. Grainger of
Kinston. Mr. Hyman states that in
October, his company contracted for
sixty 1913 Cadillac cars, and in a few
days sold forty of these cars to sub
agencies leaving them only twenty cars
to sell in this immediate territory.
During the' winter months the sa'e
of cars is limited, yet the Hyman
Company has orders for the entire
winter allotment, which proves the
popularity of this well known' car in
this section. Representatives of the
company, will be glad to show these
cars to any one interested before they
are delivered to the owners, Mr. Hy
man says the demand has been so
great that he has not been able to keep
a car for demonstration purposes.
DR. TURLINGTON COMES THIS
MORNING.
- Dr., JE'Turlinaton, "of Georgia.
who several wteks ago was chosen to fill
the towtio.'j!h,:6fj, principal . of the pro
posed . Craven County . Farm r Life
School to be erected at Vanceboro,
will arrive in the city this morning,
bringing 'with him a landscape gardner
from the A. & M. College at Raleigh
These gentlemen will' meet with the
Board of Trustees of the school some
time during the day and will discuss
plans for the buildings and the arrange
ments of the ground. ' '
SURPRISE WEDDING TAKES
..'.; ! PLACE.
A wedding that came as a surprise
to the many friends of .the contracting
parties took place in this city at 3
o'clock Wednesday afternoon when
Miss Emma McCoslcy, the attrac
tive daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mc-
Cosley, became the "bride of Samuel
Elliott Pitt man, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Pitt man, Rev. J. B. Phillips,
pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist church
officiating. Mr. Pittman is employed
at the navy yard at Portsmouth, Va.,
and he and his bride left on the after
noon train for that place where they
will make their home in the future.
ELKS PLAY SANTA
Give Little Folks Delightful Time
At The Athens.
The Elks of this city played the part
of Santa Claus to a large number of
needy children on the afternoon of
Christmas Day, when they had the
little folks as their guests as a special
show at the Athens theatre, after the
performance distributing gifts to each
child. .
The tots first enjoyed the moving
pictures and were later entertained by
the vaudeville teams which were ap
pearing at the Athens on Christmas
Day. Following this the curtain was
raised and their eyes feasted- on a
marvelous collection of toys and con
fectioneries. James B. Dawson took
the part of Saint Nicholas and he was
at his best. , V:
Many of those . receiving presents
would have otherwise not received a
visit' from Santa Claus. -Each year
the Elks remember the little tou'and
their entertainments are always looked
forward to with much anticipation.
BUS FOR THE JAMES.
The large two-horse bus recently
ordered by the management of the
James Hotel arrived in the city yester
day and was placed In commission
at once. " The new vehicle is cbm
modious and affords the passengers
every, comfort. It will undoubtedly
prove a very valuable adjunct to the
hotel's facilities. It is very attractive
in appearance. . .
DEATH OF L B. CROCKETT.
J. B. Crockett of . Hampton, Va.,
father of Mrs. W. K. Styron andW.
F. Crockett of this city Jiell,yes4erday
at t he, home'' 6f his daughter, MrsvJ.
E. Rowe in Hampton, Va. Mr. Croc
kett had often visited here and news
of his death will be heard nilh regret.
WAS FROM BEAUFORT
Mrs. Lillian Scott, Deaid In New
York, Was Miss Robinson.
Thursday morning Chief of Police
Lupton received a telegram from a
detective in New York City stating
that the body of Mrs. Lillian Scott,
nee Lillian Robinson, supposed to be
from "this city was lying in a morgue
there awaiting a claimant. .
Efforts were' made to locate some
relative of the woman but although
the police visited every person of that
name in the city directory they failed
to find anyone Who knew of any such
person. '
Yesterday it was learned that the
woman was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Robinson who have
resided at Beaufort for a number of
years. Several years ago she married
a man named Scoit 'and a short time
later moved to New York where she
has since resided.
C'liii f Luploii yesterday sent a tele
gram to the New Yoi k detective telling
liim where the woman's rel.itiv.-s could
Mr.s Country Merchant, try an
advertlsment !n the Semi-Weekly
Journal and Increase your business.
This thing of getting down on the
floor and playing with the children is
alt right for those who never had the
lumbago. . -: -'. .
MORTGAGEE'S SALE OP , REAL
-AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
;
Pursuant to powers of sale contained
in two certain mortgages ,one executed
by J. B. Hooker to l C. Carroll on 29th
Sept., 1910, and transferred L- C Car.
roll to T. D. Warren, "and the .other
executed by J. B. Hooker aud wife Caro
line Hooker to T. D. Warren, executed
Jan. 2nd, 1912, said mortgages recorded
in Registry Craven county in Book 65
p. 499 and Book 187, p. 509 respectively,
default having been made in payments
of same and for the purpose of foreclosing
same,'the undersigned1 "assignee and
mortgagee will on the 30th day of De
cember, 1912 sell for cash to the high
est bidder at public auction at Court
House door at New Bern, N. C, at 12
M. o'clock the following described real
estate and personal property, viz:
FIRST. - Certain tract of land lying
and being in No. 5 township, Craven
county, N. C, being part of a grant to
T. T. Gooding dated 15th Oct., 1906,
recorded in Craven County in Book 194,
p. 434, and described as follows: . Be
ginning at a pine and runs N. 69 W. 48
p. to C. C.Reels line, then N. 23 1-2 E.
74 poles, then N. 6 1-2 W. 52 poles, then
N. 17 1-2 E. 98 poles to Neal's first line
for 300 acres (now Taylor's) corner,
then S. 81 E. 96 poles to Neal's or Tay
lor's, then S. 30 W. 30 poles, then S. 70,
W. 277 poles to the beginning, contain
ing 325 acres more or less and being
same tract of land conveyed to J. B.
Hooker by T. T. Gooding and wife.
SECOND. Also the following per
sonal property: One white horse 9
years old, oue open buggy, five cows
and five calves, .marked in J. B. Hooker's
mark and knows home cattle of said
Hooker, on bull and t'bht yearlings
of ism mirk and stoik.
This 2lh day sf November, 1912. j
, T. I). WAKRKN,
t Asst'inn of L. C. Carroll.
. T. D. Y.'ARP.r.N,
SYSTEM GHAHGED
BY PARCEL POST
Two Principle of Postal Service
Lona Adhered to Will Be
, " Abandoned. .
TO ABOLISH FIXED CHARGES
Discontinue Previous Practne ol
Honoring All Stamps
E.Mially, "' ;
Washington, D. C; Dec. i8. The
Panama Pacific commemorative stamps
bearing the likeness o the Gatun Locks
and the Golden Gate,' wil' not be the
only ;new, stamps placed on sale M
Umlc Sam's post-office on January,"
The new parcels post stamps t.vt
varieties of litem, accoritig to value
will be ready for distribution tit all
offices on the same date. ' v.
The inauguration of the parcc's post
cn next Wednesday will murk the
abandonment, of two principles wh eh
have hitherto been cardinal point? in
the posit al system of thi United State-,
one iA'- them' is the employment
of the json system, abolishing the
former xeif charge for all'diutances.
. The second is tho introduction of
the separate etsmps for parcels, which
discontinues the; previous practice of
honoring all stamps equally fcr the
transportation of all matte", .It so
happiiny that the Panama stamp; and
thejWrtMs post stamps are placed on
satesU (he. same tiim-, but the fo'mer
are commemorative , of an event, while
the lajtti; are an event in themselves,
v A-'efiiriiifient regulations have been
prescribed by'the P-st Office Depart
ment Hot the us.-, of. the'parrels pom.
-.tanip.-Thai will be good only. when
atfiixed . to parcels, and fourth-class
matter ill be mailable only when it
bears; the' parcels 'ooct stamps.. All
Fouftb-class matter . mailed alter the
commencement of the new system with
irdinary -stamps attached will be ht-ld
for poslatrt?", - It will not be delivere
unless, the" address furnishes the nee
essary parcels post stamps.
REPAIRING FIRE DAMAGE.
A force of workmen are now engaged
in repairing the damage caused by
the hre at , the Ucm Hotel a few weeks
ago. The, insurance appraisers have
completed; their work and have sent
J. W Moore, the proprietor, a check
to cover the loss. Altho.igh the build
ing was', considerably damaged, the
quests of the hotel have not been in
convinced : in any way since the fire.
T.F.IIARGIS DIES IN POCOMOKE
:;S ; ' city.,,, v
' The LedgerrEnterprise of Pocomoke
City, Md-i tells of the' death of Thomas
Fletclic Hargis of that; toyji. j He died
of hear)t trouble Wednesday of last
week. .Years ago he was a frequent
visitor New Bern and was well
known to a number of the older peo
ple here. At the time of his death he
was conducting a large department
store in Pocomoke' City, and was one
of the 'most successful 'and popular
citizens tf that place.
Want Sunday mail,
A movement has been started by
the traveling public to regain the dis
tribution of mail on Sunday by the
Postoffice Department , so that all
hotel patrons will not suffer delay and
inconvenience. At air of-the local
hotels petitions have been placed in
which the traveling -men set forth their
complaint and asking for signatures.
When filled, out 1 these-Jists will be
gathered jn 'from all over the country
and sent to the Post master-General
by an (organization which has been
formed for this purpose. . ,
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Missouri it sighing for a State song.
Won't they , quit kicking her dawg
aroun'? , ,
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"For many years 1 was troub'ed, in
spite of all ao c .Uled remedies I used.
At last 1 four, d (julck relief and cure
in those mllJ, ct thorough and
really Voiuiertal
AdiJii'a ficluDROck, EuTslo, N.Y.
fS CENTS ri.R BOTTLE ATALLDRUOCISTS.
CLOSING
iOUT SALE
CHANGE IN BUSINESS;
Our Closing Out Sale will
continue until Jan 1st.
Everything in the store to go at
cost. Ati lis in a great opportunity to
- i
save money. - r
CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, HATS,
. CAPS, SHOES AND GENERAL
MERCHANDISE,
all included in the sale, If you need
anything of this sort you will never
get a better chance to buy them at
as low cot a now. Don't delay,
come now and take sdvantsge of tint
unusual 0 ; rt unit y.
H. M. Bonneyr M. D.
' DISEASES OFj THE
EYE EAR NOSE and THROAT
- GENERAL SURGERY f
Phones: Office 720 , Res dence 220
R' oms 300-6 Elks Temple, New Bern
George t. Willis
ATTORN EY-AT-LAW .
Praotioo Wherwer Bei
tMoa lift Required. ,
SO Craven St. New Bern, N C.
I0UTHERH EXPRESS BUIXDIHO i "
' ci:": cmg P-:..
Simmons & Ward
Attorneys and Counselors
at Law ;
Office. Rooms 4C1-2-3 Elks
Building,
New Bern, N.s C.
Practices in the counties of Craven.
Duplin, Jones, Ieooir, Onslow, Carter
et, Pamlico and Wake, in the aupremt
and Federal Courts, and wherever set
vices are desired. . i
DR. ERNEST C. ARMSTRONG,
Osteopathic Physician S
, (SBGISTRRKD) 'h -:';' , I
Rooms 330-321 Elk's Temple. : T .
5 Hours: 10 to n, a to '4 and 7 to o."1 f
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Ten years experience jn treating chron
ic diseases. . ; .
Complete Electrics! Equipment. 1
Do ycu wear a truRs? :. If so, let -me
show you my special make. For all
ages, from babies up. .-, " ;
PHONE 704. -..-.'
D..L W1RD
ATTORNEY AND
'COUNSELLOR AT LAAV
Hughes Building, Craven Street
NEW BERN, N. C.
Practice In Ktate and Federal Courts,
Circuits Craven, Carteret, Jones and
Pamlico and wherever services arc
desired. . ..-.'.-'-::
.. ROMULUS A. NUNN
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Omro 50 UsAVBif Strew .-.
Telephone Nos 97 and 801 ;
: NEW BERN, H. C. ,.
Carl Daniels
. Attorney and Counsellor
: At Law
Practices wherever services
axe required.
Office in Masonic Buijding. - -
. BAYBORO, N. C. '
Local and Long Distance Phone,
T.D.WARREN
; ATTORNEY AT LAW -
Office, Rooms 405-406 , Elks Tempi
NEW BERN, N, C.
Practices in counties of Craven, Car
teret, Psmljco. Jones and Onslow mo
in the State . Supreme and Federi
Courts. : -i.' ;-
W. B. Pricie
Consulting Engineer'
County Surveypr
Room 316 Elks Temple
New Bern, N. C. '
; Raymond P. Eagle
CIVIL ENGINEER AND
: SURVEYOR .
' Elks Temple, New Bern, N. C,
.Drainage Surveys a spec
ialty. - Municipal work,
Land Surveys, Maps Plans
and Specifications.
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Our Name i3
V A T E R S.
We are first rmis'ii to
the Atl intlclKiun. If
you ever mme firor-id
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1 --Useful gifts for the home things that will bring comfort, joy an
pride to the entire household, are the sensible presents to bestow, ana
are becoming more and more popular every year.
. Wbcn we selected our stocks of Christmas offerings, we had in in
the essential requirements quality for no gilt should lack merit its
making, if , the donor would have it remain a lasting remembrance. -
ANDASYOU GO ALONG NOTE THE PRICES
:jyS; Miller Furniture Co.
99-101 MIDDLE -STREET, PHONE 220,
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NEVER before in the history of the
. country has the. farmer had such a
II fcood 'opportunity to make money.
Of course he must exercise good judg
ement, and employ the very best mod-;
- ern methods in order to get thejnost
benefit from the soil. -, At any rate, this
is a good time for the farmer to save a
I little money for the future. . This bank
invites the savings accounts of farmers
paying 4 compound Interest onjthe
money. ; ,- . ;V"-:,-;
DEPOSITS ACCEPTED BYJMAIL !
lm BERN DAN KIMGTRUSTG
CAPITA! 100.QOO.O'
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Xmas Gifts
of the more servicable
kind to be found in our
Dry Goods r
Department
HAGKEURiN .
YOUR ACCOUNT DURING 1913.
f The choice of a bank through which to trans
. act your financial affairs during 1913 is a matter '
' which should receive careful consideration,
We invite you to make this institution your
banking hoihe, assuring at all tirfles prompt and
' carefulattentionto your needtand unquetio
' ed security for your funds. Vl
. Both checking sad savings accounts are received.
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