IS WEST
STATEMENT
AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF TRAGEDY
-EVENTS BEFORE AND AS
TER IT OCCURRED
WHO SHOT MUM FORD?
Below is an authentic statement
made by Lewis West just after his
capture, in the presence of Sheriff
Sharp, of Wilson, and Deputy Sheriff
Monaghan and special Deputies Smith
and Wallace, of Fayetteville, and
made public today for the first time
by the courtesy of Sheriff McGeachy
and Deputy Sheriff Monaghan, the
latter having turned the typewritten
copy over to the Sheriff:
"I have thought, Mr. Monaghan, of
what you told me many, many a time.
At last I have killed a man. I saw
you and Mr. Pate when you came
down the hill, I, Dave Young and
Broady; and we were dodging from
you and Mr. 'Pate. We shot at you
all when you came down the hill
towards home; then we went to the
railroad. The sheriff and Mr. Moore
were there. Broady says, 'Let's kill
the Sheriff and Mr. Moore.' Mr.
Monaghan, you and Mr. Pate were
1ack of us. Both were good shots,
so we backed down to the left of the
.woods in a dark swamp. Sheriff Mc
Geachy said to us, Ccme out here,
boys. Let's see what kind of guns
you boys have." Broady said to him,
If you want to see us come here
we are chickens of the old blue hen
Sheriff stood there 15 or 20 minutes.
Broady had a pump gun -drawn on the
Sheriff. He 'and Wade Williams had
rifles. Dave young had a magazine
pistol held on Mr. Moore. I told them
that Mr. Monaghan and Mr. Pate
would kill all of them if we killed the
Sheriff or Mr. Moore. I would have
given myself up to Mr. Monaghan or
Mr. Pate, but I was afraid they would
lynch me if I did so.
"I went to Wilson that night. Left
Fayetteville on 9:15 freight. Went
down Lutterloh alley to the depot.
"At the robbery in Dunn I stood
and watched while Dave Young, Wade
Williams, Tommy Smith, Broady,
Jimbo Taylor were doing the work.
After the work was done caught a
freight, went back to Fayet'eville
that n:ght; then caught a freight
back to Wilson. He (Lewis), Stetson
and Broady, after getting to Wilson,
went to Mary Young's house, laid
pump gun on bed. Stetson and Wade
Williams were in the house when the
shooting was going on. , Dave Young,
Jumbo Taylor, alias Tom Taylor,
Broady alias Matthew Mebane, and
two other men I did not know were In
another room growling over fifty
cents, but I did not see them. After
shooting at Wilson I came out of the
front door of said house, went to
.
wards the N. & S. freight depot down
a street into the woods. I was run
ning. I did not shoot Mr. Mumford
by the fence, but Dave Young did
with a 3S magazine revolver. I was
shooting a .32. I kept the woods
from there right on to Selma. I
slept in the woods that night. I went
to Selma and found Broady was there.
Talked with him. I left there, keeping-
woods all the time for Fayette
ville. After getting to Fayetteville I
knew that Mr. Monaghan and Mr.
Pate would kill me if they ran across
me, so I went on front Fayetteville
to Hope Mills to Wade Williams'
down on the farm; from there to
Parkton, McNatts, through the woods
to Lumber Bridge and from there I
struck up with a negro in a buggy go
ing to Pembroke. I paid ttie negro
for carrying me by giving him a
pistol. I was tired, hungry and worn
out. I went to Maxton and went into
a store that night and there the chief
of police arrested me.
"Jumbo Taylor was in the house
with me and was doing some shooting
with the .32 I gave him. Will Lane
was in the house. Fred Lane and
Simms were out on the railroad in
front of the house talking with eacn
other." Fayetteville Observer.
The Edgecombe 'Possum Law.
The Legislature has passed a law
to regulate hunting the opossum in
Edgecombe. Many people in reading
the adoption of this law smiled de
risively as if the law-makers had noth
ing better to do. But the law is not
a bad one, just the contrary.
'Possum hunting has cost the coun
ty more than all other game com
bined. The cost was more formerly,
than now, because the marsh bird is
hunted to a large extent with a lan
tern instead of a torch.
The damage by fires resulting from
dropping burning cinders from the
torches ran up in o thousands of dol
lars frequently.
The law is not to protect the "Taft"
bird but really the land. It is a con
servation law. Tarboro Southerner.
Willingham will treat you right.
King of Externals
Is the Original in the
field of external rem
edies for all forms of
inflammation such as
pneumonia, croup and
colds. Nothing can
approach Gowans. It
stands supreme.
We have been Belling Gowans
Preparation for Pneumonia and
Colds ever since it was put on the
market, and have found it one of
our most satisfactory sellers.
CARPENTER BROS.,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists,
Greenville, S. C, July y, 1U10.
BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IN THE HOME
All Druggists. $1. 50e. 25e.
GOWAN MEDICAL CO.. DURHAM, N. C.
Guaranteed, and money refunded by your -Druggist
iff St TAO MMlf hi
REGISTERED tf 1
I That there is more to a Fertilizer than II
hat there is more to a Fertilizer than
Analysis is proven conclusively by the results
obtained every year from Royster Fertilizers.
They are made from experience obtained by
actual field experiments of what the plant
requires, and not from ready reference
formulating.
Every ingredient in Royster Goods is
selected for its plant f oocl value, and has its
work to do at the proper time, therefore the
plant fertilized with ROYSTER goods is fed
regular from sprouting time until harvest.
Ask your dealer for Royster goods and
see that the trade-mark is on every bag.
When you see this Wfgfc ypu know that
you are getting the genuine and original
ROYSTER Fish Fertilizer.
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THE TORRENS
BILL NOW UP
DISCUSSED WITHOUT ACTION
BOYDEN'S BILL IN HOUSE
TODAY
FOR NEW TOISNOT SCHOOL
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 24. The Tor
rens land title bill of Senator Cotten,
got an airing today after many post
ponements coming up on a report
"without prejudice."
In the House a mass of local bills
passed. The special order was the
Senate Boyden bill for a new State
administration building, but it was
deferred until late in the day, on the
motion of Mr. Doughton, who Is said
to oppose it.
Connor presented a new bill to
create a new school district in Tois
not township, Wilson county.
Senator Gardner, of Cleveland, to
day attacked the newspapers and
charged that some of them had pub
lished statements untrue as to the at
titude of the lawyers toward the Cot
ten Torrens land title bill and Senator
Cotten expressed regret that reports
of such character, had reached his
ears' which he hoped and believed
would prove to be without basis. But
the Senators asked, said they had
seen references such as referred to
only in the News and Observer and
the Farmers' Union organ. When the
vote is taken, the bill will probably
be defeated. It went over after a
long discussion to come up tomorrow.
When the Boyden Senate bill (dis
placing the Horn House bill) was
taken up in the House today, it was
evident that strong opposition' would
develop. Parliamentarians like Mr.
Doughton Mr. Turlington, and others,
are fighting it. The prediction at this
writing is that the appropriation will
be cut down from half a million to a
quarter of a million dollars. Horn's
long speech was written and read by
the clerk of the House.
The House finally adjourned till
tonight without a vote on the State
building bill.
The House Committee on Penal In
stitutions decided last night to report
favorably the bill to appropriate $5,
000 for the establishment of a refor:
matory and training school for ne
groes, tc be located near Charlotte.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
sets next Monday afternoon for hear
ing Senator Hobgood's anti-trust bill,
designed to prevent conduct interfer
ing with trade and commerce. His
bill to create two additional judicial
districts and his bill protecting em
ployes of common carriers and involv
ing relief clause in Atlantic Coast
Line relief department are reported
without prejudice from the judiciary
committee.
C.
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County Commissioners Meet.
The commissioners of Wilson
county met in special today for the
purpose of drawing the jury for the
special term of Superior court which
convenes here on Monday, March
thirteenth, called by Governor Kitchin
to try Louis West and his accomplices
charged with the murder of the late
Deputy Sheriff George Mumford.
The following jurors were drawn:
Wilson Township J. S. Collins, J.
G. Thorne, J. D. Taylor, J. Burwell
Barnes, W. P. Anderson, J. T. Cheat
ham, J. M. Atkins, John A. Corbett,
J. Bunyan Whitley and J. H. Gill.
Black Creek Township D. E.
Barnes, Ernest Boswell, E. B. Yelver
ton, Martin Raper, W. B. Barnes,
John Rose.
Cross Roads: A. B. Scott, W. W.
Campbell.
Spring Hill N. L. Barnes, Jesse P.
Hawley.
Old Fields John A. Bailey, D. L.
Glover.
Toisnot J. R. Braswell, J. C. B03
kin, C. M. Winstead, W. Whitehead,
J. C. Cobb, J. W. Hayes.
Gardners Geo. W. Thomas, M. G.
Sharp, Lafayette Pittman, M. B. Whit
ley, W. W. Sharp, Frank Pittman.
Saratoga Wiley Webb, A. T. Smith.
CHARMING HAIR.
Every Woman Can Have It By Using
Parisian Cage Guaranteed by
The Patterson Drug Co. .
There is a reason for the phenome
nal sale of Parisian Sage in the
United States since it was first intro
duced into America, and the sales
this year are breaking all records.
And the reason is plain to all: Pari
sian Sage does just what it is a,dver-.
tised to do.
As the Patterson Drug Co. about it
and they will tell you what they rig
idly guarantee to cure dandruff, stop
1 r: ;
falling hair or itching scalp in two
weeks, or money back.
There is no reason whatever why
any man or woman should fail to take
advantage of the above generous offer.
But one thing that has made Pari
sian Sage so famous is its peculiar
power to turn the harsh, unattractive
hair that many women possess into
luxuriant and radiant hair in a short
time. Women of refinement the
country over are using it and it never
disappoints.
Sold by leading druggists every
where and in Wilson by the Patterson
Drug Company for 50 cents a large
bottle. The girl with Auburn hair
is on every package; mail order
filled, charges prepaid, by the Ameri
can makers, Giroux Mfg. Co., Buffalo,
N. Y. 1
FOR SOIL INVESTIGATION.
Senator Simmons has succeeded in
having t $35,000 added to the appro
priation for soil investigation in the
agricultural appropriation bill. The
work of the Bureau of JSoils is one
of great importance to the farming
industry" and the increase in the ap
propriation for it will be of great
benefit to agriculture.
HIDDEN DANGERS.
Nature Gives Timely Warnings That
No Wilson Citizen Can Afford
To Ignore
UAiNLriDK SIGNAL. NO 1 comes
from the kidney secretions. They
will warn you when the kidneys are
sick. Well kidneys excrete a clear,
amber fluid. Sick kidneys send out a
thin, pale and foamy, or a thick, red,
ill-semlling urine, full of sediment
and irregular of passage.
UAWiiiSK signal NO 2 comes
from the back. Back pains, dull and
heavy, or sharp and acute, tell you
of sick kidneys and warn you of the
approach of dropsy, diabetes and
Bright's d'sease. Doan's Kidney Pills
help sick kidneys. Here's Wilson
proof:
F. J. Winstead, 505 Vance St, Wil
son, N. c, says: I can strongly re
commend Doan's Kidney Pills, for I
have been greatly benefitted by them.
Backache bothered me considerably
and I had pains across my loins which
showed that my kidneys were disor
dered. Finally I got a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills at the Patterson Drug
Co. and they relieved me of my aches
and pains."
or sale Dyail dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milbum Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States. v
nememDer the name Doans- and
"Lame
Leg
Well
99
"I wish to
say that I
have used
Sloan's Lini
m e n t on a
lame leg that
has given me much trouble for six
months. It was so bad that I
couldn't walk sometimes for a
week. I tried doctors' medicine
and had a rubber bandage for my
leg, and bought everything that I
heard of, but they all did me no
good, until at last I was persuaded
to try Sloan's Liniment. vThe first
application helped it, and in two
weeks my leg was well." A. L.
Hunter, of Hunter, Ala. '
Good for Athlste.
Mr. K. Gllman, instructor of
athletics, 417 Warren St.","Rox
bury, Mass.; says : "I have used
SIOAM'S
LIMMEHT
with great success in cases of ex
treme fatigue after physical exer
tion, when an ordinary rub-down
would not make any impression."
Sloan's Liniment
has no equal as a
remedy for Rheu
matism, Neural
gia or any pain or
stiffness in the
muscles or joints.
Prices,25c, 50c. &$ 1.00
Sloan's book on
horses, cattle, sheep
and poultry sent
free. Address
Dr. Earl S. Sloan,
Boston, Mass., TJ. S. A.
THE REVOLUTION IN MEXICO.
There are conflicting reports con
cerning the revolution in Mexico. One
day the report reaches this country
that Madero, who is ambitious, vision
ary and wealthy, wins an engagement .1
over the government troops, while the
next "day another report has it that
Madero whose followers are describ
ed by tbe government as composed
mainly of a lot of mountain guerrillas,
and escaped convicts, outlaws from
society, who are not in jail, have been
broken and scattered.
How long before one side or the
other will accomplish something big
enough to register remains to be seen.
Though President Diaz is advanced
m years, ne nas given nis country a
splendid administration of its affairs
and under his regime Mexico has
made immense strides.
ISSUE OF PANAMA BONDS.
The government proposes to issue
shortly $500,000,000 in bonds with
which to complete the big ditch
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Secretary MacVeagh wants to make
the issue a popular one. Recent sta
tistics which were gathered for him
by Assistant Secretary Andrews show
that more than four-fifths of the
bonds of the United States are owned
by the banks and that , only 20,000
individuals of a population of 92,000,
000 are registered as holders of gov
ernment securities, while France, with
a population of 40,000,000, has more
than 5,000,000 investors. Treasury of
ficials interpret the demand in some
parts of the country for a system of
bank deposit guarantee and the re
sponse to the establishment of the
postal savings system as indicating a
popular demand for government-secured
means of investment such as
would be presented by bonds avail
able to the public. Secretary Mac
Veagh believes that can be- accom
pplished only byy withholding from
future issues the circulation' privilege
which has tended to keep United
States bonds in the hands of the
banks. j.
Paint Lick; Sick Lady.
Paint Lick,. Ky. Mrs. Mary Free
man, of this, place; says: "Before I
commenced to take Cardui, I suffered
si much from womanly trouble, 1 was
so weak that I was down on my "back .
nearly raU: the timef Cardui' has1 done
me: .morgood . than ' any medicine I
ever took in my lje." You need not
be afraid f to take Cardui. It is no
new experiment. Composed of gentle-
actin," herb iS -ingredients, it has been
found to safely relieve headache,
backache, and similar female
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STATE SHOULD HAVE
COMMISSION.
TAX
The Legislature should by all meair
pass the Tax Commission bill which
seeks to equalize the taxes on aij
property and raise sufficient revem-"
to meet the demands upon the suu
treasury.
As we see it, the question of taxe
is the most important measure before
the Legislature, affecting, as it doe
the development of the Common!
wealth and the prosperity of the peo
pie. It has been shown conclusively thar
assessments and valuations for the
purposes of taxation are not equable
that some counties are paying more
than others, that even in the caseyjf
farm lands the valuations are out of
all .proportions.
We can readily understand why the
counties with large cities should be
paying into the State treasury more
than a county with smaller towns,
and we can understand why some
farming lands are assessed at a high
er rate than others. That is fair, as
a general and broad proposition,
since some land will produce more
than others, but we cannot under
stand why there is so great a differ
ence, and we are inclined to believe
that the whole matter of assessments
Is in a chaotic state, for the reason
that no plan or system has heretofore
been followed, but rather that the
matter in some counties has been
left entirely to the individual giving
in the taxes and to the several coun
ties to regulate within themselves
without due regard to equities or the
needs of the State. Since there is on
one hand the necessities of the State
to be provided for and the counties
as well, and on the other the fact that
charges should not be made a hard
ship on either the individual or the
corporations, for if the impression
goes abroad that the levies here are
beyond reason, it will certainly affect
the influx of capital into the State,
the valuations for purposes of taxa
tion are, therefore, matters requiring
much care and involving great respon.
sibilities, affecting all classes of our
people, alike and therefore should be
studied and worked out minutely and
systematically, and the Tax Commis
sion board of the State, or those as
signed to this work, should be men of
great ability, possessing a wide rangQ
of knowledge. These men should tate
into consideration the earning power
of farming lands, town property and
corporation stocks, and again the
value of the properties held by the
corporations for the purposes of
equable adjustment. It would, of
couse, be necessary for the commis
sion to visit a number of the counties
to properly determine the values of
city and country realty. The value
of the corporations could be more
easily arrived at, however, by and
through the corporation commission
to whom they are obliged to report.
Having ascertained the amount of
tax money required . by the State to
discharge its current expenses and
anticipating a reasonable amount for
the development and care of its in
stitutions, it woild not seem difficult
to divide this sum among the several
counties and adjust the rates upon
the corporations upon a fair valua
tion of all properties.
We have seen ' It stated that the
corporations of North Carolina pay
less taxes than any other State in the
South, and cite figures to show that
the telephone companies of North
Carolina pay $17,528, while in Georgia
they pay $98,470.25. So you see that
this question is a matter that requires
much time and thought to work out,
since while the cities of Georgia are
much larger than those of North
Carolina, yet they cannot be nearly
six times as larg, or the busi
ness in Georgia six times more pro
fitable than the same business to
North Carolina.
It is a self-evident fact that North
Carolina' is sufficiently prosperous to
provide for its obligations, without
issuing more bonds, and since the peo
ple must eventually pay these bonds,
why not make an equitable distribu
tion of the taxes, and if this does not
supply the deficiency this Legislature
can easily empower the Governor to
sell 'sufficient bonds to meet the ob
ligations of the State.
This morning Sheriff W. D. P
Sharp appointed Mr. W. P. Lester a
J deputy sheriff of .Wilson county to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of 'Deputy Sheriff George Mumford
Mr. Lester for some time has been
constable for Wilson township and &
well qualified to fill the important position.
take no other.
troubles. Try it for your troubles.
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