VOL. XII. NO. 50
Death of Mrs. Simon Manning
.Death came to Emma Louisa
Manning, wifAvf Mr. Simon Man
ning. at her home on Church Street,
Thursday morning at 6 o'clock.
The week previous she had become
too ill to be about her household
duties and a physicain was called,
who found her suffering with
anaemic poison, which her
deatk.
She was borned near Wi'liams
ton on November 17th, 1847, er
parents being the late Kli Hoyt and
Fannie Robertson. Iu early life
she married Zebediah Bateman of
Jamesviile and four children werej
born to them, one onlv living now, I
Mrs. J. C. Crawford of this place.
Some years after the cleath of Mr
Bateman, she wedded to Mr. Simon
Manning, who with three children
survive her, these beijhg Mrs.
Robert Brown, Mrs. Orpheus Clod
ard and W. Lewis Manning. Mrs.
Wilson Hodges, a sister, with three
brothers, J. L-, Ceorge and .Theo
dore Robertson also survive her.
Mrs. Manning was a devoted
mother and kind neighbor and
many friends will miss her kindly
smile and cheerful words. She
had never connected herself with 1
any body of Christians but had :
faith in the Primitive Baptist ;
Church.
Mrs. Wilson Hodges, Miss Mary!
\\ v . Coburn, Mrs. Joseph Manning, j
Mr. Theodore Robertson are here |
today to attend the funeral which
will be at 3:30 p m., Klder Sylves
ter Hassell and Rev. Rufus Brad-
ley to officiate. The interment]
will be in the Baptist Cemetery.
At Rest
*
The sweet little bal>e, Julia Scar-,
borough, lovelv in form and fea- j
ture breathed out the fragance cf
her life at fifty minutes past fire ■
o'clock Wednesday morning at the j
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I
J. Paul Simpson on Main street,
after months of intense suffering, i
She came to bless the lives of all |
who loved her so, on December 17.
1910. Though always delicate, 1
she responded quickly to the lov- j
ing attentions of parents and friends !
and so like the little flower she was,
gave joy and comfort. But the
tender Shepherd stilled the deir
lamb's brief weeping and took her
unto Himself.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the home on Thursday
morning at 10:30 by Rev. M. K-
Bethea and Rev. Rufus Bradley.
The flower-strewn casket was borne
to the Baptist Cemetery and the
little body interred in the grave
which faith teaches us is itself a
garden, wh£re loveliest flowers
grow arose *from that
holy * 4
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An Infant I .toad
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(Report#*!^
Oil September 20th, Emmi Eli
zabeth, the infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J? T. Smith wick,'depart
ed this lifelo'; a life beyond. On
August ina, Ifhe "first saw fight of
day, and for for five weeks was the
delight of her parents. Then au
attack of jaundice weakened the
little body until death came t» re
lieve and took it to Heaven.
The babe was the firstborn of its
parents, and they lovod it with a
strong devotion. But ©od, who
doeth all things well,, took it tg
dwell with him.
The funeral services were con
ducted a£ home by Mr. J. L
Holiday, of theChristain Church,
and loving bands interred the little
kody in the family plot near the
home of Mr. W. E. Tice.
the- neighbors sympathize 1
with the bereaved parents, and the
God who gave is the God who took
and wUI be the God to console.
3 UU btttT •
THE ENTERPRISE
: The Performance Enjoyed
\
1 "'The Man on the Box" was the
offering at matinee and night per
formances at the Academy of Music
yesterday, and the verdict was that
the performances were very clever.
The play is a clean one, humor a
prominent feature in the develop
ment of the plot, the players win
ning applause by the rendition of
the various roles. The play was
well staged.
Bert Leigh, a good looking
young man, appeared in the title
role, aud did this with spirit, his
work predicting a bright future in
| light comedy roles. Miss "Billy"
| Long, as Betty Antiesley was
charming and highly pleased her
audiences. She has good looks and
a personality that is most attrac
tive. Harry Roquemore, a happy
good natured chap, in the role of
the newspaper reporter, pal of
"The Man on the Box," did ex
cellent work, his laughing and his
jokes winning the andience. The
others of the company crediable
work.
The performances were attrac
tive and were enjoyed, 'worthy of
the nice sized audience present yes
j terday. The play is clean aud
i wholesome aud will be enjoyed by
! all who attend. —News and Obser
-1 ver.
| The Value of Clean Plays
By Bert Leigh
"The Man on the Box"
Not long ago, someone jollyiugly
said that my plavs were like a cer
j tain brand of soap, ninety-nine and
j two thirds.per cent pure.
Nothing that has ever been said
I®f me or my wojjk has pleased me j
jas much as this tribute. I'm fori
j the clean play, first, last and all I
the time, and what's more impor- j
I tant, I know tb« public is too. The)
| temporary pooularity that has come
j to certain managers who have this
season presented plays which—oil,
[ well what's the use of naming them
j —everyone knows that there are
two or three salacious comedies
1 now before the bublic, which have
j won a certain measure of financial
success. That that success is one
of the most ephemeral kind is as
sure as deith and taxes. No play
j that is not wholesome can have any
real value and without real value
there can be no success.
Tde day is past wheu the theatre
going publie will go to the theatre
just because it is opeu. It is no
longer the "show business". The
public insists upon knowing what
it is going to pay its money .for.
I hate to talk about myself, but
I've had the most phenomenal suc
cess » a season of failures. I am
perfectly suae there is a reason for
it. People know that I've always
given them perfectly clean enter
tainments. My motto is clean plays
; for clean people.
So we are ail happy—the public;'
because it is getting clean whole- 1
some fun? a»*d I because in am able
to give it to them.
It's a remarkable thing how sel
dom the theatre-going public asT
whole goes wrong. It's verdict is
nearly always the true one. All
this talk about plays being over the
heads eft' Uie audiauce is rot, pure
and saxajjStd; good plaVs never fail,
aad bad plays uoarly always eome
to grief, and that's about all there
is to it. Certainly the great amuse
; ment loving public is a fine healthy
cleaa-aninded public and will have
nothing to do with vile, unclean
plays. The small element which
cares for that sqrt of thing gives
such pieces a fictitious popularity
which does not mislead anyone.
"I have a world of confidence in
9hamb*rlain's Cough Remedy for
"1 have used it with perfect suecess,"
writes Ms*. M. I. Basford, Pooles
viMe, Md. Fey sale by All Dealers, j
WILLIAMSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER ag, 1911 SI.OO a Year in Advance
BRAD BAGLEY SENTENCED
TO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
Jury Returned Verdict of Murder of Captain W. R.
White after being out one hour and forty min
utes—-Elevefi for conviction at frist vote of
Jury—Judge Winston for defense fought
for second degree verdict—Put no
witness on stand—Prosecution
ably managed by the Solicitor
TO BE ELECTROCUTED NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH
*
The trial of Rrad Bagley for the j
murder W. R. White end-,
ed on Saturday when the jury ren
dered a verdict of murder in the
first degree. For the first time
since the trial commenced Bagley
exhibited a slight degree of emotion
as he stood facing the jury. his'
hand dropping and lip falling
Tuesday afternoon, he was brought!
into the court and Judge Cook 1
after telling him that he had had a
fair trial by his countrymen, had
been found guilty and must pay
the peualty which the law required. -
He then read the seutence which
comdemned Bagley to, die in the
electric chair on Friday, November
17th. 1911.
Judge Francis Winston, coun
sel for the defence, put no witness
on the stand but relied wholly upon
bis appeal to the jury to get n ver
' diet of murder iu the second degree
He spoke for two hour-, and more,
seeking to impress upon the minds
of the jury that pircnirstanHt#
evidence is no; sufficient to convict
j a man of murder in the firrt degn e. 1
I The prosecution needed no stronger
lease and so the verdict was easily j
Very few cases on the docket
here have aroused greater interest
land the jury was heartily thanked I
for the verdict which the publicr
desired. The crime was dastardly [
and the name of the town
was at stake and the murder of an
honored officer had to be avenged
"" r ' ~~
Bert Leigh, in The Man on the Box
Henry K. Dixey production,
"The Man on the Box,'' the New
York Chicago comedy success with
Bert Leigh occupying tae stella
position will be the attraction
the Opera House Mo'idiy Oct. 21 i
No Need to Stop Work
When your doctor orders you to ,
stop work, it staggt-rs you. "I
can't" you say. You know >011:
are weak, run down and failing in j
health, day by day, but you mu*t i
woric as lonjr ns yon can stand. .
What you need is Electric Bitu r-.
to give tone, strength, and vigor to !
your system, to prevent breakdown
and build you up. Don't be weak, ! j
Bickly or ailing when Electric I
ters will benefit yon froui the first
dose. Thousands bless them for !
their glorious health and strength. • '
Try them. Every bottle is guaran- j c
teed to satisfy. Only 50c at Saun- 11
ders & Fowden. j
'
Scene in Act 11. The Mta'on the Box, Opwra Utuse Monday Oct. 2ut
». ,i_. , .v : i '■ \.A. *.£_ « Aifci " - .
Produced (beat Excitement
Autumn les iu millinery .ire in
full swing, the summer season just
I gliding away, as it were, in 'the
stillness of the starry The
I display here Tuesday w.is artistic
[to the eycE of tho-e who study the
styles as sent out from the center
lof the ' fash'ona-ble world. Mats,
I both large and tall, fßshiored-frora
I velvet, felt and ether material of
I u bich women'are fond, were 'dis
played to excellent advantage at
the stores of Harrison Bros & Co.
|andC. D CatMarp'uen &. Co. The
[new Velvet hats are. lariy rather
than SUIHIT, and can be- worn with
!ni dsummer s of white lace,
| hastiste, cotton voile", etc. Tiie
j ints were trimmed high and a'gret
11 s dtcor&ted man v. 3 ofr wings
( md l.reist features we;i: shown m
the more popular the
ipactica l trimmings of Autumn,
i The new cclftrs areTirvlliont Mecca
Mogul pink- a: d :ei;. nnd
| East Indian yello v>. T'lese with
i the st&rdaul shades in ui a I eauti
ftil array of colors from which the
i
; in'cs! fa-tidious ran el'oose that
| which becomes Mi l attractive.
I Women cam. find thestt c'«v art-
I men Is al! that .s netdel •• > give
them the air of king well d:ev'.uj.
Mr*. LMIIS C Hn:;ison r:d Mi«s
Irene Ander.-on ar»: in chj-.rge ot
the titpafimtnt at H irsi n - nn',l
Mrs. Annie Peel sd:i i.d Mbs
Daisy Wynn >.if C>.t *tar*» I ;en'.«.
These t rim met r are ;.:ep-ared. to
serve the shoppers who le>.re the
swell est stv!e>.
Card (>f Thanks
We e to tbanT; ti:e . tizens
of Willtamston fcr their, kindi;e-i-;
•9 bs thi.i week when, w- ''jo'ight
our loved one, Harry H. Latham,"
here for interimi.-t. W: shall i:ot
forget the kind acts :i 1 .«.>rapathe
tic viords of tHi•> people.
Mr-. H. B. Lit ham,
. T. J, Latham,
W. H. Latham.
Diarrhoea is ahvivs more or less
prevalent '.ti>ring September. Be
prepared for it. Chamberlain's
Coli'*, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy is prompt an 1 effectual. It
can always be depen id n;on and
!« pltisaut to take. For sale by
All Dedt
Met Death on Engine
Harry B. Latbaci, formerly of
i Williamston, having lived here a I
number of years with his parents, i
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Latham, was !
• killed on his engine near Vaughn j 1
early Monday morning. He had i
been in the employ of the Gieen- i
leaf Johnson Lumber Company!
only J* bout two weeks. i
Sunday some person stole an en- i
«ine belonging to the company for 1
a joy ride and left it on the track. >
Monday Engineer Latham was sent 1
out to look for it. In going around t
[ a cutve hisenginestruck the lost one J
- and Latham was thrown between
the tender and his engine and was |
crushed through the groins. Mr. t
, J. j. Gillis with Dr. Vaughn I
[ ed with the injured ram to the 1
hospital at Raleigh but deiith came
at NoTlina The body was taken |c
on to the city and prepared for
bural and was brought here that
evening by Mr. Gillis. Friends |
bore th%c.tsket to tiie res ; dence ofji
Mr. J. B. Walters, uncle of the j
p deceased, to await the arrival of J
. his wife, who was in Elizabeth i
. Cilv. !,
1 , I
Mrs. Latham arrived here Tues-1 1
day accompanied by her sister,'
Mrs Stella Scott of Norfolk, T. J. h
Latham and Mrs. George Crage, j
of Washington City, fathtr andi
! sister of tbu dead, and brother,!'
Wade Latham, of Portsmouth, Va., i
Siv«uel Latham and Mrs. C R. j
Allen, of Washington City, brother I
and sister also, couli not be here.
Harry Latham was born May
6th, 1882, and for s evera i years
had served as engineer oa the l
I Atlantic Coast Line and other j
roads, being a member of the Order j
lof Locomotive Gugiueers. On Oc-
I robir 24th, 1910, he married Miss
I Edm Lamb, of Elizabeth City. }{»•
was familiarly.kno.wn here and had
many warm friends ar,d acquain
tances who remetober with pleasure
.his unfailing gpod humor and
frii/ivllincss.
Wednes lav afternoon the funeral
servi *es w.r? conducted at the
| home of J. W. Wa tiers by Elder
Sylvester Hnssf-11, of the Primitive!
Baptist Church, and the interment)
was in the Baptist Cemetery.
The active pall bearers were: W.
H., and K. B. Crawford, Dr. J. D.
Biggs, Juliui Peel, J. S. Cook and
Herbert Ward.
- The Girl and the Tramp
A great many traveling theatri- '
cal companies have fallen into, th* :
h 1 bit of refusing to use their spe- '
cial scenery when playing small i
cities where the stage accdtuoda- !
lions are limited. But when The I
Charles Inskcep Attractions, pro- 1
ducers of the laughing comedy sue- 1
cess, The Girl and the Tramp, turn 1
the show over to the company man-
ager they gave him strict orders to j 1
use all the scenery wherever the (
played.
The directing manager is so ex
acting on this point that lie has the
local theatre manager in each city ]
report to the home office in the J-1
smallest detail, the party resporasi- 1
ble receives a reprimand in the way j
of a heavy fine that is not soon for-!
gotten. So our local theatre gosrs
may look forward to a full and
complete scenic production when I
The Girl and The Tramp comes to a
the Opera House Sept. 30th. Seats )
on sale at Biggs Drug Store, 25, 50 1
and 75 cents.
Not a Word of Scaodsl t
marred the call of a neighbor on '
Mrs. W. P. Spangh, of Manville, f
Wyo., who said: "she told me Dr. v
King'rf New Life Pills had cured c
her of obstinate kidney trouble, and a
made her feel like a new woman."
Easy, but sure remedy for stomach, q
liver amd kidney troubles. Only fc
35c at Saunders & Fowden. At f
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T he North Carolina All Right
The following article will be in
teresting to the people of this cotii
munity who know Midshipman
Donald £lark Godwin, the sov of
Mayor C. F. God win, who grad
uated at Annapolis in June cnd
was later assigned to duly 011 the
Cruder North Carolina " The
movements of the sftip will be
watched with interest because it is
his shi;>. Like the State for which
she was named, her place will be,
110 doubt, in the forefront among
the ships of her class in the United
States Navy.
The Army and Navv Journal,
published in New York, printed
the following about the I*, s S.
North Carolina, which wi 1 Iv reid
With a gre U deal of interest:
' Capt. C. C. Marsh, U. S. N., in
command of the U. S. S. Ncrth
Carolina, which arrived ia New
York a few days ago, is justly
proud of fiis ship aiul its officers
and men. I,n speaking to a New
York. Tribune reporter Captain
Marsh was quoted as follows: '"The
men under my command have ".iad
no leave since last November. We
[are trying to pive them leave now.
We hive had VHTM. fou>
|since we left Hampton Rcad.s.
! There were eleven men mi;sing at
roll call at Hampton Roads, i.ut
l eight of the eleven men .missing
answered at roll c ill I do not
I know wby this is except that the
men take pride in their ship and
jibe work that tbey do. We have
been down on the Suiithein drill
grounds, and the Noitli Caro'.iua
I his made a record for lurselt which
may hv p?6nd Without a
Ise irch-light our guns have hit
ftoty- two per cent of tlr- targets'
tbeVliave fired at Wr bave only
6ii'-' hip wr.ich has unde a tetter
record, but we hope to txcei her
perform .sice at the next test. I
wishtoca'l attention to \he line
'.vurk I Rsmert M. >1 uiii at , euv.gu,
11. S A*. Tue guns u idcr his
charge did remarkablv well, and I
tr'.ink Mr. Mtmr-.'t ?-1 •0.1 ]J have
some credit for his perform..uce.
| He served Irs guns admiiablv, and
| their record for hits is a credit, to
the Navy."
Died in Richmond
Die 1 at id- home in Woodland
Heights, South Richmond, Ya.,on
the nig "tit of September 6th. S.-.rreul
Lafayette Hyman, in the sixty
sixth year ot his age. Mr. liyaan
was a native of this county, spend
ing the greater part of bis life here.
Ten years ago he removed to Rich
mond r.itb his family, wlteie they
have since resided. He is survived
bv his wife, who. bi lore her mar
riage, was Miss Sallie K. Whitley,
also of this county, and four chil
dren, Herhest T., Annie L,, Mary
S., and Susan Walton flyman.
His remains were buried in Maury
Cemetery, South Richmond, Ya.
Tact.
Taet is not a Rift, but nn acquisi
tion, and yet there is something tem
peramental about It. It is like a
slngdr, Some liave voices easily
trained, others voices difficult to sub
due, some each as Mr® hopelessly re
bellious J ' *
Forced to leave Home
Every year a large number of
poor sufferers, whose lungs are sore
and racked with coughs, are urged
to go to another climate. But this
is costly and not always sure.
There's a better way. Le* Dr.
King's New Discovery cure you at
home. ''lt cured nie of luug trou
ble," writes W. R. Nelson, of
Calamine,- Ark., "when all else
failed and I gained pounds in
weight. Its stirely th&king of all
cough and lung cures." Thous
ands owe ],heir lives and health to
it. It's postively guaranteed for
Coughs, Colds, LaGrippe, Asthma,
Croup—all Throat and Lung trou
bles. 50c Trial bottle
free at Saunders & Fowden.
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