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: : WILMINGTON,: N.7 C.r SATURDAY,- DECEMBER 19, 1900.
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SLAYS Hi!
f J 6 w H Today
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John C. Lumsden, the Slayer,; Well
Known in Wifmington and Had Befcn
Connected With the HojlowbuWoN
c h est ra JH ere -BrokerTOwed Lu iris
den M on'ey T-an d ' Shooting-Occurred
in thVlmerVbfae
New York, Dec. 19. Shortly before
1 0 o 'clock ; this morning Harry, B. Syd
ham, a curb broker, with offices at Nol
19 Broad street, was shot while about
to leave; the Ibuilding, -Sydham'.was
wounded . in the stomach and it is fear
ed fatally. TheJ assailant was i cajh
tured. vSydham 1 lives" ati, piainflpi
N. J.,ahd the man ho did? the shbotv
ing is ; an inventor . named Lumsden.
The motive'tor- the shooting1 is a mys-
tery: .'.yMy ':M:-M -::-Ky.yy
Lumsden has made a statement jbjijm
ing that . Sydham" ; owed him money,'
He went to;see Sj'dh&mand two other
men attacked him. 'He .shot to defend
himself, but had no ridea of shooting
when he went into tje 'office v:; :;
Lumsden a .Raleigh Man. ,4
Raleigh; N. C.. 'Dec. v 19. John C,
Lumsden, the niah who shot. the New
York curb brblcer. Is , f romj Jlaleigh.
His parents fintf several uncles - live
h&re. He has been away' from Raleigh
about six years.- Wwas marriedt his
wife being a Mlssv
" 'vr
of South
Carolina. He was at one tnneTa mem
ber of the First Regiment Band. lie
was popular here, ahd was ; rather
quiet; in no .sense rquarlsome'vaiid
friends here are unaeHo2a(kmnt;.;f
the tragedy of this. mqrnHe 1 Uv
in Birmingham' : five' . years.1; before ' go
s ins to. New YqrXiifiXfri .
N v 'iii-v- iff JfttAjv: tW vj-- ;
John s Iuinmleit ,T,was weli l town
here and-Jived la- Wjlmineton for som4
bush orel
hfrftcsrvieyeralYears.
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STARTLING EXPOoU
I Mrsi Anrus toi ResumeStand and Said
J .to - W ave a K Sensational j-etteri p;
New- -York, jbX4U7j'M'
Annis will . be recalled" to the- stand
when the.Hains' trial is resumed Mon:
clay, The widow of the murdered man
has now loomed-up" as the strongest
witness for the prosecution. She is
said to have a letter written by T.
Jenkins Hains . to her husband, which
is both a warning and a threat.- She
is expected to go back to the; time of
the conception of the tragedy and may
tell the whole story of the dissipation
and intrigues at Fort Hamilton, which
led up to the murder. It is said that
more than one high official in the
army will be exposed if this story
comes to light. If Mrs. ; Annis has
uch a letter it will go . hard . wih
Hains, ' butThard also wlthutbe others
who took part in the orgies at' Fort
Hamilton. , ..' ' --' ,. 1 . '
CARS TO THE BEACH
Tomorrow cars -to the. beach every
half hour In the afternoon.
i - Stocks Today. t
New York,; Dec. 19, Prices" changes
at the opening of the stock market arid
were very irregular sorae of th& Ac
tive speculative 'issues . showing" frac
tional , advance's at the start, while a
few important railroad shares opened
with the same amount; of declines:
There was less Interest in trade in ttie
American smelting, but ft showed bet
ter tone" on the first transaction. - The
market generally was steady -at ; the
end of fifteen minutes;- . v y 1 i t ft
The Cotton Market. .; ; . ,
New York, Dec; ;i9Busiriess; in cot
ton was active and prices ' firmer, at
an advance of two to four -points Open
ing, December, 8.90; ; January, c ; 85;
March, 8.C3; May; 8.70:: ;'-; '
The Grain Market, f v -Chicago,
Dec. 19 Wheat was easy,
prices off 3-4 to 7-8. Opening, wheat.
May, 105 5-8 ; cornV Majr. OO; oats; May,
bu 5-8; , pork,. May, id.au.
CHRISTMAS ENTE RTAI N M E NT .
Will be Given at Middle Sound Advent
There will be any-entertainment and
rhriatmaa ftr00 the -Advent ChrisH
.u.r. JiA Cv,,tw1 TXfonAs-
day nighty December 30th The affair
J:.: :. .,,,,... the
"in ue kivcu uiiuci mc ouok'vv -
Sunday School, but anyyone';wishing
to put presents on -s the tree f or i the
fHpnds; mav do SO The
exercises will begin' at -, 7 p. m. 'Ad
mission wrlll.4)e free arid 'the public
is cordially invited
CARS TO THE'BEACH
Tomorrow cars to the beach cyery
half hour In the afternoon. C
TIdewate.Pqwelr ; Company Secures
: Victory In a $10,000 Damage Case in
5Samiort?ContyoU
jrtesse9jWent ;Frorti ' HereJ'tQ---thisyim-
portant Tflal. i
The; Tidewater"' Power" Company, of
Ihis city, K came ; out i victorioua . this
week in a big damage suit tried in
Clinton. Counsel, and witnesses fron
Here have just returned from the, trial,
which was - an t ImportanJ; Tone and , in
volved $10,000 alleged daipages. I The
accident f which it - was alleged odcui
red in this city and oif account of the
negligenbe . of the - defendant company,
dates back ?to;ApriI6, 1906. Almost
at midnight of that :day C. P. MtsMll
Jiatt,r. of.i Sampson, county, . was a pasr
senger on one of :the -cityv line trolley
cars and . alighted while the , car i Was
on Fourth . street, between Swannand
Nlxoh , He. fell and Internally -injured
himself; heclaimed, and charged that
it: was due to' 'i negligence of em-!
pldyes ot :tbe company In7 starting the
car . too j sqop. . Tie - company investi
gated ftteattrptf bnce placing; thq
inquiry InUhei hands' of :Capt.itW; Fi
CorbetC and ; ;f Qund that ' their r men
. w:n$ 'laiiDtef Stwheii
Milliai intithtyed sui Wni'Sampsbh
county, for, $20000 the company v pre
paredito: flgbt'thfci ?case. - Capt Corbett
wof d-up; ; - the X. evidence! . in f?mash
teriy r, manner, and Mr. Thos.
Davis, Esq.vjof counsel for the com
pany, was ; assigned to ' the;case.v. So
when j the trial was held this; week in
Clthton the" Tidewater Company dealt
the prosecution . a knock-out blow At
the end of the. plaintiff's testimony
counsel ;for the . company" made a mo1
tion to non suit the plaintifT, and the
court : allowed : the ; motion, as v the
plaintiff had failed to show ;negll gen ce,
had - not -proven that ie was injured
and was not certain as to the time and
other details - of the accident; ' So "a
big , victory was secured in he case
by the'Tidevater : Power Company; the
ca&e heinj; virtually thrown v out of
court; rlt j'Xt';" :yp
Thosef 'rqm ' here who Ettended the
.trial were ;Thos. -W. pavis, Esq., who
ana conductors rA. J. Flowers and :u.
VyoMAKING UP T44l 1.1 ST
Delinquent Tax Payers ' Now Run the-
Risk of Having to paytne' costs.
The sheriff isnow, according to the
direction of the law, making up the ad
vertising list of property upon which
taxes have not been fpaid.: This list
will be made public by January 1st, so
it" behooves those who; do not want
their names to appear - on the list , and
who i do not vwarit to pay - cost in the
matter to come across with the "long
green
within the next week.
ACADEMY NEXT WEEK.
Popular Price Engagement Will Com
i -All " next week.- the Academy will
nanaiea , inft,aeren8e id vorituani man- !,, "'mw;f : wioftv'i'-r Wat-d-i
uiaueitan .exawjaanoa 01. . jucaiiuiau made hundreds of
offer a fine popular price attraction . in4 practiced lAWMfirst iariWilmingtpn; He
Teengagementtof iJembres: Coui- mm iapBatedjtateibrarianin 1872.
edy Company, ve opening bill Mori-' afttwasiiriirepresenjtaUve; and.. Senator
foyi iilghilf 'dU the latest sueces ifcfflTO Wanft a, jlTnited' States ;Com
"The Miner's Daughter," and betweei "Hsionerory several years. . f lie was
acts will beeleld a cle
specialties. "- ;r;y ' y :: '.
Ladies will be -accorded the-
free courtesy Momiay night and tsliPortemoutVo,;. Mrs xMcKee and
are now oh sale ' at Plummers. f
I MET WITJH DISASTE R.
Hole Stove Jn6tvtrrinient:n.Tug and
' She ; Had-to bej; Beached.
Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock
ithe (vernmenttuiCntliia work
down the river' met with a disaster,
which ,now causes , her to.Jae on ; the
waysy The tag ran (against her anchor
arid : a hole was knocked into her. She
Commenced lHa fill ?wlihf wafer and the
crew beachedr her This morning she
was I nulledl offiarid towed to the city,
where she Is now-on thetwJiys. The
accident happened 'in the vicinity of
Big Island,, ? -. . . f ;
SPECIAL SE RVlCE TOMORROW i
WilV be of Much Worth for the Work
at Southside" Baptist Church. -- i
. Southside - Baptist Church : has ar
raneed for a special Service tomorrow
morning at 11 o'clock, at which time
the pastor wilt . read and 1 explain the
church covenant Following this there
will -be short talks by; Messrs. J. F.
Littleton, R. B: Moore, John Thomas,
j.1b ; Fales, T W. H. Peterson, J. H.
Holton and A.'. LTVahri, on' different
t phases of the work of the church.
It.is hoped tnat aa memow ul
' - . ... ... -1 iUA t
urchwlll attend ; as ;this meeting
meansf much vtor the future of e
f church.: There will be preaching again
- - -mill
l L l.ou m. m. .
be given all.i.
Vv CARS TO THE EACH ;
Tombrrow cars to the beach every
half hour In the afternoon-
Phone your. Baaggage 'orders to dr-i-Ait
TJverv' Company Transfer meets
all strains, v Phone Nor 47.
UlluUIL LUUIL IIGlu till'?
GimirncsinHinDmnrut
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-riff itm
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Died This Morning In" Raleigh Frortl
itUncithe Myer9asrifi:
;t VVftming
Coy. Dudley Was a . Brave Confed
erat& Sbldierand; Had Been-. or :-trve'
BPsin597i
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; The news of the "death of Judges
Thos. R. Purnell, of the. United States
District., Court, was received with
nraeh sorrow here this morning. " The
sad. announcement was- hot - unexpect-
vea,;Baye;5as :6 to t the- p?ecise?Htlrqife;
wheh -it iwould 1 cpme? becaus
4 u us e : . rurn eii uaa . Dee.n - novering otv
tWeen,life aria deatfor the, past sevH
ralvaysS; Tjpon tfie
tJnite; Stales GlitrCrls.iinor
mg District .Attorney Harry ? Skinner
!feeligvfmpeaiunce the
Waddiil, ; pfesidiiil, thendjOurne
court ?, sine tdie : In niemoryof the de
casedThl made a mistrtaii in; the
suit of Ti M, ThompsonrJr.; vs; Major i
M V. Harmon, which , had. beenvpccU
pying the attention of the court'since
last .Thursday and which was destlised
to .go welllnto next week. Judge Wad
dill f could; not take a recess , to some
specified time and resume hearing the
case, because he was only commission
ed .for this district on account of the
sickness of Judge Purnell and with the
death Of this jurist his commission' ex
bired.V : The case will jhe called' at the
hexrterm ortht
-L.aj Viii'-ji ill; xii ''iJiLr-i?-Vijl:ii.-iJal'inltlieiiTsiwptivA rnstTt .Walla and
' Judge y Pnrneii was? born in this, city
' admirers Hira8-60;- xMignt;
tdley; 6f this State, Tese - pictures - will ievterpte
son of GbvernOr 'Dudlev
His had been -a p;romiiient life aiid:'ti4tfilee Weryf?Hfliiwft? sei?
was a brave Corifedefafe soldier.
Raleigh, N. Dec: 19. Judg
Thomas-; R'0?wrrfeli; tpsitfe fUfe4
States Court 'ibeffchp' fifed , here ! early
this morning:"! Hehaa been sickT fo
several months,1, with cancer of the
liver and also digestive troubles. He
had not been able to take solid food
for -two months." He was appointed a
judge of the Eastern District in 1897,
He y leaves one son and . three daugh
ters. ' . - v-:v. "-V"
v 'Judge Purnell was born iry Wilming
ton in 1847, and was a son of Thomas
R. and Elizaa Purnell, and a grandson
of Governor Dudley. He entered-, the
Confederate army, in '63, af the age ! of
16. He graduated from Trinity College
in 1869, and married Miss Adelia
Zevely, of WinfitflnrSalem, in ,1870. He
Wlfe 4ied'injiS07. ?f Heaeayes:fouc chil-
tdren MrstPrewry .and Mrs., Ridley' of
James McKee Purnell,- pt-RaJeigh. The
deceased was . a man of judicial mind
and .temperament, and a . hard - student
of the law. a He was fair, and just in
his rulings. A Republican from his
first vote, he was true to his party. I '
CARS TO THE BEACH;
Tomorrow cars'; to; the' beach every
half tioiir rn the afternoon. -" v -
OFFERED INSULT TQ A LADY.
3 j Ugly Affair on Greenville Sound Last
v Report comes this afternoon from
Greenville Sound bf any3ugly -affaif
that occurred there during ? the early
part :-: of the ; night. A negro - man of
fered an Insult to a. Mrs. Oldham,; while
she was in the roadway: She reported
the matter to her husband, : who was
so infuriated i he : went alone after, the
negro, who made - off down" the road.
He overtook, the miscreant, .but "was
xat oCilWtt, iuC luicau., ""-.league to be played between the Han-
forced to retreat. at the point of, a 'lBnrJd t teams and the. Mc-
pistol. He returned 'J CUiOau .wdA Steve teams.-. - - -gun-and1-,
-with -assistance went after.,,- m . mooHn tnTTinrrftW ,nPr
the negro, but this : time . he -could, riot
be found, and which was indeed lucky
for the negro. V - - -v- ';'
WARNS PREACHERS.;
Not Discuss "Nighr. rRiders"
Must
' - "Trials' Tomorrow.'
Union City; Dec; 19. Judge Jones
threw --another bomb J;his morning,
when - he warned the preachers not to
discuss the "Night Piders" trialEL to
morroWi. - -The reason given wasV that
prospective jurors'might be mflu-enced.-
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, : Patent Leather Pumps for ?Xmas
-.2t festivities at.P.eterson & Rulfs. ;w s-m
ISIDI1I
f Ijron. Loiige, KnlghUof ; PytKiks
x$M5fr'n$tk S Srll liant Tree En.
4 tertainment IntereEting w Exercises
-jjand a Happy 5 Occasion all 'Round
onirnittee-Novarlatorll
.One .of the iabst delightful; as well
Interesting,, of -the Christmas eater-
fcuamentSiand one Q thatwfllhave
oKdCilthe. :warmestbf-rf eeiinlhai
arranged ; by i -ciareodon. Lodge"
of Pythias, of this ity. This
lodgei f oye pasthasi made a prac
ticepf "gathering together Its 'members
ahd Hh'eir families at - soijie timer dur
ing the lYnletide season: and tnerii en;
dyfnr festive spirt tottfie?timeS
gs? a unlt: No departure will be? made
ffom; this for 1908, save that the time
frllhieVchristmas entertainment ? will
be more opportune; Upon -the very eve?
theTglorious Christmas ; day will o
cur the. lodge's Christmas' sociable this
year, being an Xmas tree at the Castl
alirnext'Thursday venihgtThettn-;
ealnffleh will commence at Vlckl
mu the evening and all , meriib'ersiiof
the: lodgei and; their families arid e
felall the f ainillea of departed , br
attend : the entertairimenti v. The : tee-
twill beia? glittering peclesandf ill
e joaded down rwith presents , for Ibe 1
PyJhianchlldnTa
it delightful rcria
ieluding addrsine hjry bflhie
clerf byirV1 HugnsT a-recitation-,
by Miss Fales,; another one by
Miss Eunice Tucker, s weet music arid
qtlier featuresi Refreshments will also
be served, and there will be a hu'mber
of happy informal talk. The commit
tee having charge ofthe affair' will
have its -finar meeting Tuesday night.
The event' besides carrying out the
beautiful custom of Clarendon- Lodge
comes also in accord with; a circular
issued by- Grand Chancellor Thos. H.
Webbof -T4ke, N. t5 calling upon the
Pythians bf Athe State to -assemble at
Ujou. .4.
klaimlfetehhmati the Bijou
TURKEYS TOOK A DROP.
WiartM -.Weather ; B,roug ht Down
i itA -i-j-vii. i iRrice. Today! v ;
the
Tpilay ' warm weather . forced down
the price in the turkey market; that
is so far as the dress fowl was con
cerned. The price went as low as 20
cents per pound for dress turkey, as
dealers who had a number on hand
found it wisdom to let them go at that
price than run the risk of carrying
them over . until Monday witlv such
weather The price of dressed chick
ens also took a tumble.
ANOTHER ROCKINGHAM SUIT.
Hearing Before Judge Webb Today in
' - Charlottei , , i-,
Another i 'round! is tibeing IfdUgbtKi
the ifbwj.well!khqhiRcfeMnh
er company' or itJiewetf:; Faum matte
today In Charlotte.; knhearlag'' takta
case- of Harokl ;'M CHlaisl JdlttO JH.i
Jones1 vb: iDe 'JvucwuButiiu 1 ru ww -wui-1
pany - Rockingham -Contracting 5fcft? te,t , r
al. The plaintiffs ' are being! repTiBBeAt-.
ed by Thos; j W; DavisEs 'oftt tfiis
eity, who went to Charlotte Jfedterday,
as did also Messrst ; M P. iaH GrOUTer-neur-
andt H, M Chase -
PRONOUNCED FINE'WATER.
Splendid Analysis of Water From Well
at t Front' and Chestnut Streets. :
Ah analysis by. the State Chemist of
the water from the well, at F)ront!and
Chestnut streets i shows that the water
is of ?fineC quality. ; .The analysis has
also' been passed upon . by (tfee health
authorities here and- the water 3 pro
nounced 4 excellent : v - 1 1 &
-NOTES OF TH E Y. M. C. A. :
Basketballs Game Tonight and Men's
Meeting Tomorrow :
An interesting ahd- exciting basket
ball "game iwill be played atthe ?Ti- M.
C. A. tonighL beginning at- 8 o'clock.
There .are : two -morjs events in .the
noqa at-S o'clocfc will -be addressed by
Rey;. C.rFiv Whitlock; pastor of Brook
lyn Baptist- Church. . ; . j -
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.j" Appointments Announced. -
- Presiding Elder iW.; Li. Cunninggim,
of the Mtehddist Church for this Dis
trict;, has announced-hls appointments
for the succeeding "quaVter. , .iHis- as
signment- for Trinity ' and Bladen
Street' -Methocftst Churches; Bre-morn
ing and evening,; Dec, 27th, for Grace
and: Fifth" Street Methodist; Churches,
morning and evening, Feb, 28th.
J . CARS TO TH E BEACH f ' :
.'Tomorrow cars to the. beach every
half hour in the, afternoon V - - 'y'y
HAVE YOU
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IS; OFFERING ?
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' books -as a depositor and we 'are going
to,..hay!tjf;.poyte
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onservatisni,1 security and" strength
carilfluence ?Ut Ik; the
riiattieirbVen? with t youv; .NOW' ls th
best time to open
New Year.
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At 1H lofie i BaineKv fcHiivembdr.27; 1831 U301X 3 OVJI JTH A 7
; 5 , ; . Resources: t LlabTTTtres: ; . ' - y i;
IaAaBisount.$25a4.92?Cap
N. 5State: andVothr ,;.-,:- 1 Surplus anJ I Net Profits 298,134.69 f I
X Botids ,si;V"-:fria 88,044.25011011" ;; : . 550,000.001
Tr.aBonua.(at par):.;.. CSdOOOiOOiJ S; Bondr Account. . 100,000.00 i . 55
Bank Buildings.. .. .. - 65,000.00 Deposits . . . . . .1 . . 3,098,102.66
CashrVr ..-.. .. .. 1,228,698.18 - :-J
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$4,596,237.35
H. C. McQUEEN, President.
Js W. .YATESi Vice Prelsldent.
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