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WILMINGTON, N.X., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1911
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Murder Case on Trial In the Superior
Court Will Likely Be Finished Soon
er Than Was Expected The State
Rested Its Case Before Dinner and
The Defense Now Presenting Testi
many Grand Jury Hard at Work,
and Creating a Sensation Indict
ments Against Runge -Other indict
ments For Violation of the Prohibi
tion Law. ' .
Just what the grand jury is doing,
tit course, is secret but from the -witnesses
being subpoenaed and the num
ber of presentment blanks secured
something, is doing of an interesting
nature. It is believed that violations
of the clam law, and it is known that
violations of the prohibition law are
being investigated and from the num
ber of presentment blanks secured
there will be a lengthy docket for the
next term of court Judge Peebles
charged the jury in regard to makjng
presentments in cases where the Re
corder has not assumed jurisdiction
within sixty days, and under the new
act there is no doubt about the
grand jury having the power to make
presentments in any case wheth
er the sixty days has expired or not,
although it would be necessary where
the sixty days has not expired, to re
mand the case to the recorder's court.
Not in years has a grand jury in
New Hanover county been as busy
as the present one; that is; with busi
ness other than the routine work of
passing on bills sent in by the solici
tor. - t '..'
Yesterday afternoon three indict
ments were returned against G. W.
Runge, who ran a notorious place near
Delgado. Two charge himwith selling
whiskey and one with, being a nuis
ance. Three more indictments against
him were returned today." "Officers are
now looking for him. .
This afternoon indictments were re
turned against J. A. Riggs and W. G.
Baldwin for violations of the prohibi
tion law.
After examining but very few of the
large number of witnesses called byf
the State, in the case of Joe Stephens
charged with the murder of Ernest
Shields, today at 12:30 Solicitor ShW
announced that the State would rest.
The announcement came very much as
a surprise both ' to the attorneys . for
the defense and also the crowd as
sembled in the court room. While
there are phases of evidence brought
out in connection with what transpired
on the night before the tragedy that
look very bad for Stephens, it being
these circumstances upon which the
State relies as to premeditation, the
general opinion of those who heard the
case of the State in both trials is that
Stephens will certainly be convicted of
no greater crime than , manslaughter,
and not a few say there will never be
a conviction of any kind and the most
the State can hope for is a mis
trial. The prevailing opinion is that
the case against Stephens is not near
as strong as in the former trial. Not
a single eye-witness to) the tragedy
was put on the stand, the commission
of the crime being shown by the ad
mission of Stephens when he went to
"Judge" Bornemann's office to give
himself up. " I
When the Solicitor announced that
he State would rest attorneys for the
defense asked that they be given until
2 o'clock to confer and court w&s' ad
journed to that hour. It no wlooks like
the case will be concluded tomorrow
night.
Star witness for the State was W. A.
Russ, who heard the quarrel the night
before the homicide and testified to
the many threats made by Stephens.
First witness examined was Dr. C. D.
Bell, coroner of New Hanover county,
who, in response to summons, went to
the. corner of Sixth and Campbell
streets where Shields was lying in a
store. He was dead when he got there
but the body was still warm. The
wound which caused death was a bul
let wound between the fourth and fifth
rib over the heart. The range was
nearly square in. Shields, he said, was
lying upon his back and lots of blood
was around on the floor. 4
On cross examination4 said he exam
ined shirt of deceased and say slight
indications of powder. That he saw
Stephens on the following day and he
had a slight scar on his face which
could have been made by a glancing
blow. .
Willie Millan, a young boy. testified
that on the morning of the homicide
he was standing in the door of the
store on the northwest corner of Sixth
and Campbell streets talking to Shields
when he saw Stephens coming up the
street. Stephens, he said, went across
tne street and had feome words with
Stand This Af
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John Weller and then looked across
Georgia
Board
Dears
Case of Ex-Police Chief
Fate of Stripling With the : Prison
Commission of Georgia Hundreds
of Prfbple' Urge Thai He be Liberat-
ed. '
Atlanta, Ga April 6.7-The plea for a
pardon made by Thomas Edgar Strip
ling, formerly chief of . police of Dan
ville, Va., was heard by the Georgia
Prison ; Commission- today. Upon its
recommendation, Governor Brown's ac
tion will be determined.
Stripling killed W. J. Cornett,n
Harris County, Georgia, fourteen years
ago and was sentenced to a prison
term. He escaped while being taken
to a cell and went to Danville; where
he was known as Morris. He joined
the police force won promotion and
finally became Chief. Many thousands
of persons in this State and Virginia
have petitioned the Governor to par
don Stripling on the ground of his good
conduct, since escapeing. Stripling is
now in jail in Hrris county.
the street and saw Shields standing in
the door; that Stephens walked to
wards the store and stopped when in
about five feet of Shields. Stephens
said: "I thought you were going to
stand your ground?' Witness said
Shields stepped out 01 the door' and
witness stepped back into the" "fetors':
In a few moments a shot rang out and
Shields came back in the building and
went into the back part of the store
and fell; saw Stephens holding his pos-
tol pointing towards the door where
Shields had entered. When witness
first saw Stephens he had his right
hand in his coat pocket. This occurred
on the morning of July 9th, 1909. .
On cross examination witness testi
fied that he was in the store when the
shooting occurred and .knew nothing
of what tramrptred after Shields walk-'
ed out of the door.
J. C. Vereenwho was a very impor
tant witness for the state in the fornv,
er trial, said he thought he was
through with the matter after the first
trial and had forgotten much of what
occurred. He was in the back room of
the store at Sixth and Campbell street?
reading the morning paper when he
heard a pistol fire and going towards
the front room met Shield's who had
Lis hand against his breast. Shields
bad nothing to say. When he went
out of the store Stephens waa( still
holding the pistol and was asked what
he meant and he replie5 th&t he could
not help it. The prisoner had his pis
tol" pointing -in the direction of the
door. When he first went to the store
Shields and WillieMnian were stand
ing in the door talking.
William Holmes, who Jn July, 1909,
lived in the house next to the store
where the trouble .'occurred heard
quarreling late in the night and upon
going to the window of his" house saw
it was Shields and Stephens who were
talking about reliming ..certain work.
Shields had a stick in his band. Steph
ens told- Shields he had been reliming
his work and Shields said he had not
wherennon Stephens said, "You are a
d n liar. ' Stephens aavancea upon
Shields and he backed off and kept
backing to the corner of the street
and he coufd not tell wnat took place
after that:
On cross examination said the stick
did not. look; like an ordinary suck
but like a strip of lumber like it might
have come from the mill.
Foster Williams, colored, said that
tfn the nisrht of July 8th he was work
ing for Shields in the scavenger business;-
that he first saw Stephens that
nieht at Seventh and Hanover streets
and he told Shields he bad been doing
over his work, and told Shields not to
eo to the place where he had started
and relime his work. , Shields said he
did not see how both had the same list,
and Stephens said it might be a d n
duplicate list. Shields went toward
Sixth street bridge and Stepnens sain
that was limed and not to put .a d n
bit of lime oh it. Shields told Steph
ens to let his territory alone and he
would let his (Stephens')- territory
alone. Stephens replied: "If you, fool
with me I will beaUhell outof rypu.''
Witness said he noticed Stephens
change his weapon' from one side to
the other. That Stephens had nis nano
in Us right coat pocket; that he start
ed towards Shields who backed off and
kept on backing for about half a block.
In ' reply to question about stick,
witness stated that Shields4; had the
stick when he went" to work; that,
there were some bad dogs in some of
the yards. .
On cross examination said he work
ed for Shields. He was asked about
the stick and. also size of deceased.
Said that Shields might haye been as
tall as Constable Savage but not stout
like him.
i Relative to the size -of the stick,
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Another Sensational Scene Enacted
Today in the Trial of Camorr)ets
Vitozzi Impressively Proclaims His
Innocence. ",
Viterbo, Italy, April 6. Ciro Vitozzi,
the priest -who weepingly pleaded he
celebrated "masses for- the repose of
the soul of the. murdered King Hum
bert, was called in the Court of v As
sizes today to explain how misery had
acquainted him with such strange bed
fellows as Erricone, the gambler and
oth6r thieves and cjit-throats, consti
tuting, the Neapolitan Camorra. It
was Vitozzi who secured the release
of. Erricone and others when they
were first arrested charged with com
plicity in murdering Gennaro Cnoolo
and his wife, the "Beautiful Sorrenti-
na." The priest went to the authorities
saying he had; learned in confessional
the identity of the assassins and that
the ' men under arrest were innocent.
He was believed and not only secured
the freedom of his friends, but sub
sequently denounced De Angelis and
Amadeo as the murderers. These
men had trouble in discrediting the
priest. While testifying Vitozzi fail
ed to control his emotions and caus
ed such an uproar in court that Presi
dent Blanch suspended the sitting.
The 1 priest has suffered physically
from long confinement in prison. Vi
tozzi. proclaimed his - innocence, ex
pressing - surprise that the fact .that
he was - the godfather of Erricone
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tf ;C0T1I SCHEDULE
Washington. April 6 The Tar
Board today began investigation of
the cotton schedule of the Payne-Ald-
rich law and will conduct the work as
far, as is practicable, simultaneously
with investigation of woolen schedule.
Agents of the board are gathering pre
liminary data at the offices of the, so-
called cotton trust in New York and
probably will transfer their work to
the cotton mills of New England and
the South within a few weeks. Tb
status of work on the wool schedule
now indicates the report may be ready
when Ctfhgress assembles in regular
session in December. The board's
plans are to clean up the pulp and pa
per investigation and concentrate ori
woolens and cottons. The investiga
tion of the cotton schedule offers a
less difficult problem than, the woolen
schedule, because raw cotton Is on
the free list.
Benefit at Joyland Friday Night.
The Children's League of Trinity
church, Ninth and Market streets, will
give an entertainment at Joyland for
the benefit of the playground .fund.
. Mr. F. W. Gergen will sing 'a solo,
"Call Me "Up Some Rainy Afternoon,"
and the .Peerless Quartet composed c
C. B Armstrong, 1st tenor; Harold
Pate, baep; Ed. 'Brewer, 2nd tenor;
William Beardsley, bass; will sing
also at each entertainment.
Mr.- P. W. Bonitz, the proprietor of
Joyland, has kindly consented to give
the youngsters a -good percentage of
the proceeds from the sale of tickets.
Bring the Children.
To See "April Fool" at the Grand,
they'll enjoy.it. Its funny. - It
Judge Peebles told the attorneys for
the defendant that he would allow
them to fix the size of the stick at
whatever they wanted it and Mr. Mc
Clammy said to put the length at five
feet and 'size, 4x4. !
J. W. Smith, who was a fireman at
the Fourth street bridge engine house
at the 'time" of "the tragedy, testified
that on the morning of the homicide,
about three hours before it occurred,
he saw Stephens and asked hinv who
was the other man collecting and he
replied that it was Shields. Witness
said he replied that' some one had
peen talking in a very insulting, man
ner to 'his wife, and' Stephens said
that was just like him, that he had
been . collecting his 'money ; and he
would fix or get him, witness, did not
remember, which. -
The witness, stated that" he after
wards learned It was not Shields who
had .been . to. his. house but this evi
dence was ruled out.
W. J. Eagles, also a fireman in the
city fire, department, testified to hav
ing. seeA. Stephens and Smith talking
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LaFollette Introduces Resolution to Re-
open the lorimer Case
Several Senators Come -Forward With
. Bills Calling for Election of United
' States Senators., By -.the Peopi
House Had Only a Short Session
Today Speaker Clark Presented
With a Gavel.
.Washington, April 6. For, the first
time during" the session the Senatorial
bill receptacle" was opened today- with
the result that several, hundred meas
ures were dropped ini Then the ses
sion was adjourned untif Monday. The
bills included .In the ? iit - were most
of the old favorites Of 'previous ses
sions and several of them , were pre
eented by more than ?one Senator
Senators Owen and Brown both pre
sented measures for approval of the
constitutions of New Mexico and Ari
zona, Senators Borah, c pristow and
Culberson resolutions tor election of
United States Senators, jby the people,
and Senators Lodge and LaFollette's
bills for the creation of : a tariff com
mission. -.f-
The first - bill presented was one
.creating thet Department of Public
Health, of which Senator Owen is the
author. - Senator Cullom . presented
bills regulating the.- Importation' of
opium and carrying into - effeet the
fisheries treaty with Great Britain.
Senator GalHnger presented a bill in
corporating the G. A. RV Senator Gug
genheim introduced a bill to pension
survivors of the Indian .wars, and Sen
ator Burton Tegulating jiiontrol of the
waters of Niagara. Senator- Heyburu
had one regulating the traffic in cold
storage articles; and os$ establishing
a land court and authorizing popular
subscriptions to- Congressional rec
ords. Senator Bankheadv' filed one for
improvement' of highways- and Sena
tor Bradley for' celebration -of 'semi
centennial of -the emancipation , proc
lamation, f Senator McCumbefc sent up
one for equalization, of tariff duties
and Senator Jphntson for proper cete
biation of the Sabbath in the District
of Columbia. Senator LaFollette pre
sented a measure increasing the 'Pow
ers of the Interstate Commerce Oom
mission, and Senator Lodge one pro
viding a statue to Alexander Hamil
ton, Washington. ' -
'After-W-orimer Again.
Senator . La ' Follette introduced a
resolution "providing for another 'in
vestigation 61 Senator Lorimer's case,
It names a committee of investiga
tion,' Sepators Wsrks, California,-. Mcr
Lean, ' Connecticut; l ownsend, Michi
gan T- Kern, Indiana; and Pomererfe,
Ohio. No action was taken. Senator
La Follette intends to speak upon the
resolution another day.- '
The resolution recites : """That wit
nesses not calletTby the Senate Com
mittee, appointed to investigate the
Lorimer charges, have appeared be
fore the Illinois State Senate com
mittee and have given important ma-
RAIDS HIS. PLACE
Sheriff and Officers-Break Into Runge's
Place Arrested Woman and Found
Beer Made Rafd at Judge's Direc
tion. ' ' - '
Acting under orders of Judge Pee
bles, and after a fruitless effort to gain
admission to a house near ' Delgado
formerly occupied by G. '.W. Runge,
Sheriff Cowan this afternoon broke
the door of the house open and search
ed the premises. He was in search of
G. W. Runge against whom five true
bills were returned by the grand jury
for 'selling whiskey without license,
and one, for a nuisance. Runge could
not be found and is saidj to have skip
ped last night.- In the house, however,
was a white woman, Louise Evans and
Sheriff Cowan swore a warrant ouf
against her - upon charge of retailing
spiritous liquors without license. The
woman was arrested and carried to
Justice (Harriss' court where she isat
the time this is written, the time of
her trial not having) been decided upon
When the sheriff, firsi went to the
house no one answered knocks on the
door.' Upon returning tie second time
a- negro .boy was seen with a wagon
and . evidently preparing to ,moye ar
ticles from the store bu when he saw
the officers he took to the woods and
has not been arrested.! In the house
B . .". IV; -K
was iuuuq a quantity oi Deer.
Serial testimony tending to prove - that
?100,000 was corruptly . expended 'to
secure the election of William Lori
mer to the .'Ufiited States Senate."
After naming the special commit
tee to conduct the new inquiry the"
resolution gives to it full authority to
subpoena persons and send for papers
and administer oaths.
It Is expected the adoption of the
resolution will be opposed by the Sen
ators who voted for Lorimer at the
last session. . .-
In the House.
In; order to give Republican leader
Mann time to prepare the minority
selections - for the various . standing
committees, the House of Representatives-,
after a brief sitting today ad
journed until Monday noon. It had
been expected that Mann might have
some committee lists ready, but he
announced there had. been too short
a time for such - - -
The minority members, as well" as
those Of the majority party, must be
elected , by the House, under 'the new
REP. JAS. R. MANN, OF ILLINOIS.
New Minority Leader, of the Republi
can Party in the House of Repre
- 1 sentatives.
rules adopted yesterday. Representa
tive Sherley, . of , Kentucky, made an
effort to scure adoption of a resolu
tion continuing the special joint com
mitteev of the House and Senate for
codification of laws, but objection was
raised to consideration of a matter
now and it went over.
" Gavel For Clark. -The
business of the House vas In
terrupted today to permit presentation
of a gavel to Speaker ' Clark. The
gavel is a- gift of the Speaker's con
stituents in- Ralls county, Missouri,
and is made' of oak cut from an apron
log of the dam of the first grist mill
built north of the Missouri river, in
1817. The mill , was built "by Enoch
Matsbn.in Pike county, and the old
log, it was stated, was pulled out of
its-place by a team of Missouri mules.
Accepting the gavel Speaker Clark
said he hoped his constituents would
be as . enthusiastic about him when
hqhaid'the gavel down as they seem
ed to be at present. .. (
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Disaster Overtook the Clifford EarlyJ
Last? Night Up-the River- Owned
By Mr. M. H. Croom and No Insur
ance. The naptha launch, Clifford, a sturdy
little craft of this port, owned by Mr.
M. H. Crodm, of this cityt was burned
.to the water's edge last- night.-- The
boat, a lighter, was 'at , Horse Shoe,
about eight miles above the city, when
the fire occurred. A youth, standing in
a doorway of the boat, lit a lamp . and
tossed the match down. There Was
evidently a leak somewhere, because
the" match ignited gasoline on the floor
and soon the craft was ablaze. . The
flames quickly - consumed It, but tthe
lighter was saved. The crew got from
aboard s'afely and arrived back honie
last night about 9 o'clock. . . '
There was no insurance on the Clif
ford, GUEST OF HONOR LAST NIGHT
Mr. W. A. Tener Was With the Y. M.
C- A. at Supper. . k
A delightful social affair was a sup
per given last -night bw the Young
Men's Christian- Association' in honor
of Mr. W. A. Tener, general secretary
of the Manila P. I. Y. M. C. A., .whq
is. now. traveling, in this' country. .Fol
lowinjj; the supper Mr. W. M. Cumming,
whe? presided, in his usual charming
way presented Mr Tener, who deliver
ed a splendid address. It was both
'entertaining and instructive. . ,
To See1' "April Fool" at the Graid,
they'll enjoy it. Its funny. -
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Found Dead Today
Hej he PP"1? House in Phil-
adelphia Meets a. Tragic End Mys
tery Surrounds His Death Son
Claim Vlt -Was. VAccitftntal, WJiile
Relatives Declare It-Suicide Police
Are Probing.
: Philadelphia. ADril 6.--Oraier T.inniti
cott, .head of J. B, Lippincott Co., pub-
iisners, one of the most prominent
men . In financial and social circles
died mysteriously early today .at his
palatia--home, 218 West Rittenhouse
Square, Philadelphia's aristocratic sec
tion. According to the police his
death was due to a pistol wound. How
he received the' injury, whether by
accident or design, is-not known pub
licly. The coroner is making, a rigid
investigation. Lippmcott's son, Jay
N. Lippincott, made a sworn state
ment that.it was, his opinion that his
father died as the result of accident
Deputy Coroner McKeever informed
the newspaper men, thaj Lippincott
was snot Detween i and 8 o'clock this
moaning, having been found. . on . the
noor of his bedroom by his valet.' Os
car Stewart, who went to his apart
ment to shave him. Lippincott was
sixty-eigh years old, of highly nerv
ous temperament and always feared
finding burglars in . the house. His
friends' thus deduced that he became
alarmed,, by a noise and accidentally
killed himself, while in a state of nerv
ous excitement. The first information
the coroner had came at '9:30 o'clock
when ; some ' one called the -coroner's
office on the telephone, informing him
of the suicide. Later it developed
that Dr. James C. Wilson, who was
first called after Lippincott's body was,
discovered, was the person who in
formed the coroner's office that the
suicide had occurred! When Deputy
MeKeever Me? t the t4ppincott?home
he said he felt the case was' one of
suicide. Oscar Stewart, the valet,
found . Lippincott laying half dressed
on the floor with a bullet wdund In
his temple. Near him lay", the' revolv
er, Efforts to obtain positive state
ments as to the manner .of his death
were "unsuccessful.
The tragic death of Lippincott has
caused a sensation. . Whereas there
is a strong dispositon, on the par of
relatives and friends to doubt he died
designedly by his own hand, his son is
making a sworn statement giving 'his
opinion that his father died by acci
dent. - It Is declared that neither Mrs.
Lippincott, jhe widow, nor their son
in r adjoining rooms, heard thesbotsv
The tragedy occurred only a few hours
after the return of Mr. and Mrs. Lip
pincott from, the- Metropolitan 'Opera
House. At the opera Lippincott greet
ed his friends with his usual- good
humor. .
Detectives Say Suicide; 1
Detectives Tate and Wood, who were
assigned to the case, after several
hours investigation, reported to the
coroner this afternoon that without
doubt,'. Lippincott committed suicide.
They further reported theydid not
know why he took his life.
The following authorized statement
by an. officer ofie Lippincott Co. was,
given later this afternoon: "During
a period of 1 temporary aberration,
Craige Lippincotto, President of J. B.
Lippineott Co., shot and killed. himself
at his residence, early this morning.
The business of the publishing house
will not be affected Jjy Lippincott's
death." ,- , v
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OF
v" Aberdeen, . Miss., April 6. C. H G.
'Linde andK' C. Steele testifying fotf.
the prosecution, today substantiated
the allegation . that -bogus cotton bills
of lading were Issued by the suspend
ed cotton firm of Steele Miller Cjp.", of
Corinth, Miss. Linde and SteeleTand
J. H. Miller and John H. McKnight,
other members of the firm, are on trial,
charged with misuse of the mails. Both
Linde and Steele testified that Miller
engineered the transactions and vowed
they were in ignoranc of. alleged for
geries until the company was deeply
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;;; ; "April Fool.".
' Latest Edi&on , comedy that will
make1 you laugh Grand v Theatre- to
day. " . i'" - It.
"Suspicion.",
Great VI tagraph drama. Grand The-
atre today ,
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fttFile fSSr Petitions
By Midnight Tomorrov
-Candidates for Councilmen Must File
Their Petitions With the Board of
Elections By Then Public Notice in
Newspapers Required by Law Ten
Days Ahead of the Election Satur
day Last Day for Registration.
In little over twenty four hours now
it will be definitely settled just who
and how many will be in the race for
the commissioners' positions, or coun
cilman's .jobs, designated by the. law.
After midnight tomorrow the entrance
time will close and all who have not
entered by then, entered, too, in the
porrect manner prescribed by law, will
be .barred. After midnight tomorrow
the voters will have a chance to sur
vey the list, without any thoughts
about if so-and-so comes out, or that
some person now not thought of run3
in. All the present candidates had
better realize. now that they must file
their petitions by the time mentioned;
otherwise they will be barred. They
had better also see that their petitions
are made-up according to the specifi
cations in the new law, because if 'they
are not they will be barred. Both are
necessary, especially tcrsave any tech
nical point that may be raised hereaf
ter, and which might bar them from
being candidates, or subsequently
might bar them from holding office.,1
The members of the board of elections
today ; calculated the'-, time necessary
and found that the law calls for the list
of candidates being made public, in all
of the ; daily papers . of Wilming
ton ten days,,, before the ejection.
So this ' necessitates closing - the
time for entrance tomorrow night at
midnight, because tf such is not closed
.then , ten days' , notice, ten .full days,
and the "Jaw calls for ten days, which -means
ten days,- and 'not nine days or
Tribe ' days, and als.fraetio! 4o- an- ,
other , day, cannot .be - given. As
yet many of the . petitions ...have, not
.been filed, though . they. , will : be, no
doubt today or tomorrow. - For in
stance although there are three candi
dates in the race from the t Second.
Ward, ex-Mayor William E.1springer
and Messrs. J. -D. Smith and W , F."
Wilder neither of the three had filed
his petition up to this afternoon. How-'
ever.this does not mean that all three
will not be filed, because each petition
has been made-up and. is ready for
filing., v' -.1.-.,
'The faw-calls not only for the list
of the candidateato be 'published, but
for a, fac( simile of the ballot, so vot
ers may understand before hand what
to do..". - .
-It 'fa' also' well to understand that m
the primary election, which will be
held - the 18th, of the present month
each voter, will have the. privilege of
voting on ten candidates - two from
each ward. The ten getting the high
est number of votes, are .the nomi
nees for the election, and at the elec
tion each voter has the privilege jf
voting on five of , these, one from each
ward. .-
The registration- books for the pri
mary close Saturday night at 9 o'clock
and this is an entirely NEW REGIS
TRATION. The voters should not over
look that vital port. -
For the electiop, which is Tuesday,
May -1st the Registration books will ,''
open Saturday, 'April 15, and remain '
open foreight days.
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"Jhe Lass Who Couldn't Forget". .
' Showing wonderful scenes along
the Norwegian coast. Grand Thea
tre today;-' . ' It.
MARRIAGE LAST NIGHT.
Was Celebrated at Dizer Home Near
, '; Wrightsville. - .
A: pretty marriage was celebrated
last" evening at 7 o'clock at the home
of Mr. W. Gv tiizer, near Wrightsville.
The contracting parties were Mr. Wil
lis F. Webb,, of Cape Fear township, .
and Miss Sadie A. Dizer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Dizer. The at
tendants were Mr. H. Webb with Miss ,
Delia Taylor, and Mr. B.'A. Blake wijth
Miss Elizabeth Westbrook.
Mrs. Gi W. Westbrook presidedat
the organ, and rendered an appro
priate selection as the bridal party en
tered. The decorations were tasteful
and beautiful. A number of friends
were' present to witness the ceremony
which was performed by Rev. E. C
Sell, pastor of A Trinity -f Methodist .
church. After the ceremony refresh
ments' - were served, and - the .hapy
couple left for the home of the groom
followed by the congratulations of
their numerous friends. ,
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.''Th'e;Las8 Who Couldn't" Forget."
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