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VOL. XVIII. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1907. " NO. 18.
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Items Gathered from AH bections or the 5tete
MOONSHINERS SENTENCED.
Age Boyd Makes the Way of Tran
gressors Hard.
flrponshoro. SDecial. The prison -
h irmv5fifpd for illict distilling dur-
Vthis term of Federal Court filed
jthe court room to have sentences
fnncorl unnn them. It Was a tOUCli-
r sirht as thev were led in by the
Jicers, accompanied by their wives
d little children, all ol wnom were
tears. As sentence. was pronounceu
on them one by one their wives
IiIta down" and W'eDt.
feefore pronouncing any of the sen
dees, in a, snort tauc juage dou
d that while the matter or sentenc-
t.hfisn men was a painful one.be
id, nevertheless made up his mind
exterminate so far as was in his
wer. the lawlessness that had pre-
iled in the Smithtown section. He
d that he sympathized with the
Ivas nf the unfortunate men in that
fcir family ties must be broken for
had time in the future, hut sucu
intra nin st be disregarded when it
fnes to a matter of dealing with
eh characters as those before him.
Qd that he wished it were in his
'wer' to free them, but the law
Lid not termit such. However, he
Id that he would send back some
tell the others uo there of the fata
it hn hef alien those tried here.
The sentences pronounced were as
flows :
Williams, illict distilling, lo
fmths n the United-States reforma-
v f. Washine'ton.
John T). Wlliams same offense, 15
mths in the United States prison
Atlanta and a fine of $100.
iTohn Younsv same offense, 19
fnths in the prison at Atlanta and
Ifine of $100.
Vw.ar Smith, same offense one year
d one day in United States prison
d a fine of $100
fae United States prison and a fine
,100.
hn Williams, retailing was recog-
J.Uunder a bond of $200 for his
ipearJsveq at the next term oi reu-
ixl Court. Judge exacted oi mm
promise to tell-all the .other par-
s near bmithtown or vnat naa dc-
len those who were tried here and
warn them to obev the law.
jLogan Chambers, for illict distilling
5 piven 16' months in the united
ates prison at Atlanta and was tax
with a fine of $100.
James Sheltbn who operated a still
pnnnection with Chambers was sen
sed to a term of 14 months in the
lited States prison at Atlanta and
la .fined $100.
iVfter the prisoners had received
ir sentences they were led bacic to
' jail.
Lumber Men Meet. '
KVilminsrton. Special. An acfiourn-
Meeting or the JNortn uarouna
HVsociation embracing practical
art 1 AX 1 V, mnniifanr.
of the Carolinas, Virginia and
torn Maryland, was held at
jrighsville Beach, upwards of a
ndred lumbermen being in atten
dee. Trade conditions gefleTSTTy
re discussed and it was decided
present to mate no curtailment ot
r , . i 1 -
! production, a larga uumuer ox
i mills curtailed the output dur
An?rust and it is staled now that
J-ther curtailment i3 unnecessary.
lliam Godfrey, Cheraw, b. C; J.
Rrown. Chadburn. N. C: P. J.
firborough, J. McLaurin, Sumter,
C. . and S. W. Whitehead, of Wil-
ligton, were named as delegates t3
resent the association at a lumber
nvention in Philadelphia.
fcvHe of Eastern Training School.
ftaleigh, Special. A special from
enville says it i3 reported that the
tern training school located there
the State Board of Education will
,er materialize on account of trou-
over the legality of the bonds is
d for its construction and that the
tter has been taken to court and
1 come up on September 16.
Found By Road Dead.
)urham, Special. The body of M.
Thompson, foreman of the Gold
Belt Manufacturing Company of
3 city, was brought in from' a
ut some five miles vest of the city.
a body was alongside the railroad
ek and there was a hole in the
k of the head. The supposition is
( .thA man was killed bv a train.
t trWre are some suspicions that he
jDavil Nelson same offense, 13
Cis in prison and a fine of $100.
Ihn Griffin same offense one year
k murdered. The dead man is a
ither of Road Supervisor Thouip
j, of this! county. Officers are
'iing inter tVrhatter.
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TOPICS
North Carolina Bate Cases. '
Asheville, Special. Three suits for
the recovery of damages as penalties
of the passenger rate law have been
instituted against the North Carolina
railroad in Alamance county. Fri
day attorneys for the Southern rail
road, of which the North Carolina
railroad is a subsidiary corporation
under a 90-year lease, applied to
Judge Pritchard for an order res
training the State courts from taking
action in the case. Judge Pritchard
will hear all parties in interest on
the 18th. It is expected that the
question whether the North Carolina
railroad is an integral part of the
Southern system will be raised at the
hearing. It is not unlikely that an
effort may be made to abrogate the
lease of the North Carolina road to
the Southern. The Alamance county
plaintiffs are represented by Jacob
A. Long, a brother of Judge Long,
who recently imposed a fine of $30,
000 on the Southern railway at Ral
eigh. Boy Caught Under Elevator.
Winston-Salem, Special Jim Caud
le, a white boy, was seriously though
not fatally injured at Bailey Bros,
tobacco factory by getting caught
under the elevator. The factory was
not running, being shut down on ac
count of Labor Day, ana! Foreman
Joe Whitlow, of the rolling room on
the third floor, and Caudle were
changing the elevator between it anl
the spring doors in the floor when the
elevator gave way. The entire
weight' of the elevator, 2,000 pounds,
resting on the man and boy. They
remained in this position untjl help
came to their aid,' The boy's back
is badly hurt, but he will recover. Mr.
Whitelow was not seriously hurt.
Preacher in Tronble.
Greensboro, Special. A case of
more than ordinary interest was tried
before judge oflvyo bylEfvia oe
before Justice of the Peace D. H. Col
lins here the defendants in the case
who were both eolered were Rev. R.
H. Bright pastor of the A. M. E. Zion
church situated in the eastern dis
tricts of the city, and one of his el
ders, A. Watson. The charge was
the above named church men had em
bezzled a sum of $24.90 from a fund
recently raised with which to erect
a new church building. After hear
ing the evdence in the case Squire
Collins saw that the charge was a se
rious one and well founded, so ho
bound the accused parties over to the
next term of criminal court under
bonds of $25 each. As the preacher
and his elder were unable to put up
the necessary coin, they were commit
ted to jail.
Health Report.
Raleigh, Special. In the review oi
diseases the bulletin of the Stat3
Board of Health reports measles in
24 counties, Avhopping congh in 27,
and typhoid fever in 72. Ashe, Cleve
land, Davidson, Gaston, Northampton
Stanly and Union have many case3
Malarial fever is reported in 21 coun
ties, with many cases in Alamance,
Davidson, Harnett, Hertford, Lincoln
Northampton, Perquimans and Stan
ly. Hemorrhagic malarial fever is
reported in only four counties, cere
brospinal meningitis in seven and
small pox in 17, 30 cases being in
Alamance, 18 in Guilford, 20 in John
son, 20 in Mitchell 14 in Wake and
9 in Watauga. Hog cholera is re
ported in Harnett and Hertford
counties and seven cases of hydro
phobia in dogs in New Hanover coun
ty. Special Court at Louisbnrg.
Raleigh, Special. Governor " Glenn
has ordered a special term of Frank
lin court at Louisburg for the speedy
trial of Tom. Upchurch, charged with
rape on an aged white woman, Miss
Lizzie Perry, last Sunday. The spec
ial term of court will begin Septem
ber 23rd. The county commissionerj
of Franklin asked for it.
McAnnlty Gets off Lightly.
Salisbury, Special. City Enginofi
J. G. McAnulty who has been on trial
for the murder of Robit Owens was
convicted of manslaughter. McAnul
ty sought to establish an alibi, but
two witnesses identified him as the
man who did the shooting. Judge
Justice imposed the minimum sen
tence of four months in jail or hired
out. Accordingly the city will con
tinue McAnulty n the service and he
will return to- his former position
serving for four months as a "hired
out" prisoner. His victim was su
perintendent of the county hospital.
TRUSTEES HOLD MEETING
Reformatory Trustees Meet, Orgin
ize and Get Ready For Work.
Releigh, Special. At the Gover
nor's office the trustees of the Stone
wall Jackson Manuel Training and
Industrial School, which is designat
ed to be a reformatory, and which
was created by the Legislature last
March, met and elected J. P. Cook,
chairman, and Dr. Hubert A. Roystor
secretary. Besides these there were
present the following ladies: Mes
dames W. H. S. Burgwyn, E. Y.
Cooper, A. L. Coble, J. W. Faisoa
and W. N. Reynolds. Other trustees
reported that notices of the meeting
came so late they could not cancel
other engagements. A number of
letters were read and a report was
made by the legislative committee
which was appointed to visit various
reformatories and report by Septem
ber 1st. Of this committee J. 8.
Manning, R. B. Redmire, A. L. Younjj
and C. S. Bland were present. The
report was merely read for informa
tion as it was of no particular value,
no reformatories having been visited.
The trustees are not in any event re
quinred to adopt the report of thia
committee. It was decided to meet
at Greensboro at the Benbow Hotel,
when other officers will be elcted and
bfds or proposals for gifts or sale o
sites for buildings be transacted.
Stocking Pigeon River.
Canton, Special. The United
States Fish Commission has sent a
large lot of young trout and bass to
Wayneeville to be distributed in the
head waters of Pigeon River. Theso
fish were turned over to the Waynes
ville Gun & Rod Club to be distrbut
ed on the property of the Champion
Fibre Company and is the upper por
tions of Pigeon river. The Champion
Fibre Company is working in connec
tion with this club in an effort to pre
serve the fish in Pigeon river. Al
together there were 30,000 speckled
trout and California bass which were
distributed. The trout were put in
the east fork of Pigeon, while the
bass were put in the west fork of
Pigeon, on the Champion Fibre Com
pany's property.
Preacher Says He is Innocent.
Gastonia, Special. The Rev. J. H.
Arnold, a traveling evangelist, whose
arrest and imprisonment on the
chaingagn at Chester, S. C, is in
Gastonia, having come here last
week. Mr. Arnold says he is a much
maligned man and thinks the presa
has done him a great injustice. He
was charged at Chester with cruelty
to a young boy and fined $50, in de
fault of which he went to jail. Wed
nesday he was released on condition
that he leave Chester. In a lengthy
letter to The Columbia (S. C.) State
he presents his side of the case. He
has employed counsel and may insti
tute suit against the town of Chester
for false imprisonment and arrest.
He says he is an innocent man.
Madison to Have an Overall Factory.
Reidsville, Special. Badison is to
have an overall factory. The capital
stock has been subscribed and a site
will be selected within the next few
days. The name of the new enter
prise is to be the Madison Overall
Manufacturing Company and will em
ploy a half hundred operatives, most
ly female help. It is learned that ef
forts are also being made to build a
cotton mill and that a practical mill
man from eastern Carolina has noti
fied Mr. F. B. Kemp that if he will
put the movement on foot he will take
$20,000 worth of the stock, and Mr.
Kemp says that if Madison will raise
$40,000 he will raise the other-$40.-000
out side and the mill will be as
sured. Bold Negro Robber Arrested.
Winston-Salem, Special. The
principal of a series of bold and dar
ing robberies was arrested here when
Patrolman Thompson took in custody
Will Johnson, colored, shortly after
he had entered the residence of Mr.
John Kimball on Main street and
stolen a pair of pants and other arti
cles. The thief was discovered as ho
left the building. It developed later
that he, during the last few days,
made several attempts to enter resi
dences, but at all places so far re
ported to the police he was fright
ened away. t
Lightning Kills Five.
Raleigh, Special Lightning struck
the power house of the electric plant
at Buckhorn Tuesday afternoon, kill
ing five men and injuring between 20
and 23 others. Owing to wires be
ing down, it is impossible to obtaia
The extent of damage to the proper
The extent of damage to the porepr
ty has not been learned, , ,
HE MADE BIG HAUL
President of Chicago Company
Skips to Canada
LEAVES WIFE AND CHILDREN
Defalcations Have Been Going on for
at Least Two Years He Has Lit
tle Stock.
Chicago, Special. The appoint
ment of a receiver for the properties
of the Belding-IIall Manufacturing
Company followed close upon the
heels of the discovery by the credi
tors of the concern that its missing
president, Jesse Judson Hall had ap
propriated to his own use at lea&t
$315,000 of the corporation's funds.
As far as can be discovered every
dollar of this money went into min
ing stock which was backed up with
no tangible property, theatrical ven
tures which made no money and other
securities which the creditors are
willing to sell in a lump for some
thing less than $4,000.
Indications were that Hall would
not voluntarily return from Canada
and that criminal prosecution would
be instituted to bring him back to
this country by the First National
bank, which holds notes of the com
pany aggregating $100,000.
It appears that Mr. Hall has been
"borrowing" the company's money
for at least two years. There has
been little effort on his part to con
ceal this fact. The money taken out
of the business was secured only by
promissory notes signed by Hall. As
he has no other property than the
$S0,000 worth of Belding-Hall stock
which is worthless until all out stand
ing bills are paid, it is expected that
the $315,000 which he "borrowed"
and the $40,000 which he lent to res
ponsible persons $355,000 in all will
be a total loss.
A pathetic feature of the case is
it. ..Ji: il. ; f
me uuuuuuii ui me missing man s
two children who are living at the
Hall home in Winnetka in charge
of & housekeeper. Since Mr. Hall left
Chicago they have heard no word
from him, neither have they received
any money with which to meet the
household expenses.
Charotte Observer Has Bad Fire.
Charlotte, N. C, Special. Fire or
iginated in the job printing depart
ment of the Charlotte Observer
Printing House at an early hour Mou
day morning did damage to the ex
tent of $100,000. The job print
ing and bindery department were
totally wrecked, and the news
paper plant was greatly damaged by
water. The morning papaer came
out from the presses of the Evening
News. There will be no suspension of
The Observer, not an issue being
missed. A deaf and dumb boy who
was asleep in the building at the
time, was burned to death.
Five People Injured in Railroad
Wreck.
Helena, Ga., Special. By the de
railment of and eastbound Seaboard
Air Line passenger train at Wilcox
creek, one mile from here five persons
were seriously injured and many
others slightly cut and bruised. The
seriously injured are:
Baggagemaster Siler.
Two colored mail clerks.
Colored passenger, name unknown.
The entire train with the excep
tion of the engine and rear coach
left the track and went into the
creek. All the cars except the first
class coach, which was left standing
on the brink of the trestle, were de
molished. The cause of the accident
has not yet been ascertained.
Drowned Herself.
Staunton, Va., Special. Mrs. Eu
gene P. Coiner drowned herself in
Meadow creek Sunday morning. She
left her home to go to the home of
her mother, Mrs. J. D. Miller, with
whom she was going to a picnic. De
spondency on account of ill health is
supposed to have been the cause of
the suicide. Mrs. Coiner leaves a
husband and three children.
Secretary Root Honored.
Mexico City, . Special. Secretary
Root has been elected an honorary
member of the Geographical Statis
tical society of Mexico City, the third
oldest scientific society in the world.
A committee of the most distinguish
ed scholars of this republic has becii
appointed to present Mr. Root with
' the documents of membership upon
( his arrival here. This honor is con
ferred only upon scientists, scholars,
ecclesiastics and statesmen who are
world famous.
HOW FAR IMMUNE?
Status of the Chicago & Alton
Railroad Explained
REGARDING STANDARD OIL FINE
Attorney General Explains the Part
the Department of Justice Played
in Connection With Alleged Im
munity Granted to Chicago & Al
ton Railroad Regarding Rebates
to Standard Oil Company.
Lenox, Mass., Special. Attorney
General Charles J. Bonaparte has is
sued a statement regarding the
Standard Oil case in the Illinois
court. The Attorney General's state
men is as follows:
"On August 11th Judge Landis
asked in substance that the Depart
ment of Justice consider portions of
the transcript of testimony in the
case of the United States against the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana in
order to determine whether the
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company,
its officers and employes, were en
titled to the benfits of an agreement
assuring it and them of immunity
against criminal prosecution in con
nection with the granting of certain
rebates to the Standard Oil Com
pany. "The Department, in compliance
with the desire of Judge Landis, ex
amined the above mentioned records
and carefully investigated the entire
subject, and as a result of such in
vestigation the Attorney General on
August 29th wrote Edwin W. Sims,
United States attorney at Chicago,
informing him in substance that the
agreement was shown to have been
made in June or July, 1906, by C.
B. Morrison, Mr. Sims' predecessor
in office; that Mr. Morrison's action
appears to have been duly authorized
at the time by the Department; that
in the opinion of the Department the
arrangement had greatly facilitated
the indictment and conviction of tho
Standard Oil Company, and that
while certain portions of the evi
dence might be fairly open to unfav
orable comment, the Departmenf re
garded the government as, bound iu
good faith, and also as a matter of
public policy to give the effect to
the agreement.
"Mr. Sims was instructed to read
this letter when the 'grand jury re
convened in September, and to take
such further action to the foregoing
end as might seem to the court and
to himself appropriate in tho prem
ieses. "TTIe Department learns that Mr.
Sims did not comply with those in
structions by reason of bis having
had called to his attention very re
cently certain new, and, in his judg
ment, material facts, which he
thought should be submitted to the
Department for its consideration be
fore its conclusions should be fianlly
announced. For this purpose he
asked and was granted by the court
a delay of three weeks. The De
partment is not as yet advised as to
what are the facts thus ascertained
by Mr. Sims. It has great confidence
in his sound judgment and devotion
to duty and it awaits his report be
fore taking further action in the
premises. Inasmuch, however, as the
circumstances of the case may be
liable to misconstruction, it is deem
ed proper to submit now the present
statement to the public."
Drowned in Can of Milk.
Washington, Pa., Special. Ray
mond Lano 1-year-old while in the
father's dairy fell head foremost into
a full can of milk while no one was
about. The child was wedged fast
and was drowned.
Storm at Fort Gaines.
Atlanta, Ga., Special. A heavy
wind and rain storm, with blinding
electric flashes, passed over Fort
Gaines, Ga., last week. All wire com
munication was cut off and no word
was secured nearly noon all day. The
storm prevailed over a wide territory
but no loss of life has been reported.
Great damage is reported to crops.
South Dakota After Lower Fares.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Special. A
movement for the reduction of pas
senger rates on all railroads operat
ing in South Dakota will probably be
inaugurated by the State board oP
railroad commissioners at its meet
ing to be held in this city. It is pro
posed to reduce the fare to 2 1-2 centj
per mile, the commission having been
authorized to put such a rale in ef
fect by the State Legislature during
its session last winter. The interests
of the various railroads having lines
in the State will be looked after at
a later meeting by their passenger
traffic representatives.
A SAVAGE MURDERESS
jnaxreling With Her Husband, Jos
eph Peeples a Farmer of Belford
County, Va., Edmonia Peebles Kills
Him in Savage Manner and Then
Hitching a Mule to a Wire Tied
Round the Man's Body, Hauls tho
Corpse to the Woods and Hides It
In the Brush Body Was Dicov
ered Sunday and the Murderesa
Arrested.
Lynchburg, Special. Details have
just reached here of the shocking
murder last Saturday night of Joseph
Peeples, a Bedford county farmer,
aged 40, who lived in an isolated sec
tion ten miles from Lynchburg. Tha
man was killed by his wife, Edmonia
Peeples. The woman alleges that tha
deed was committed in self-defense.
The particulars indicate that Peep
les returned from Lynchburg, where
he had been drinking and a quarrel
ensued. The woman secured a shot
?un and it i3 alleged shot her hus
band in the face. He fell to th4
ground and while in a prostrate
position his wife rushed to him and
with a large rock beat his head int
a jelly. When life was extinct it is
said she tied a wire around the body
hitched a mule to it and dragged tha
remains to the woods where the body
was covered with bushes.
The crime leaked out Sunday af
ternoon, when the body was discover
ed, and Mrs. Peeples was arrested,
being taken to Bedford City late at
night where Bhe was locked up.
Commonwealh Attorney Humph
ries of Bedford county is at work ot
the case and the woman will ba
given a hearing next Saturday.
The son of the prisoner sides with
her, but an 11 year old daughter who
was at home at the time, claims not
to have seen the crime.
Trans-Atlantic Wireless.
Halifax, N. S., Special. Plana
made by the Marconi Company for
the establishment of a trans-Atlantin
wireless telegraph service have now
been practically completed and it is
definitely announced that the first
message will be sent this. month. Th
stations are located at Glace Bay,
Nova Scota, and Clifton, Ireland.
The Glace Bay station has been much
improved to meet the demands of
trans-Atlantic business. The com
mercial rate will be five cents per
word and the press rate half that
amount. Exhaustive tests have re
cently been made in the transmission
of trans-Atlantic messages, and tha
promoters are confident that the ser
vice will meet all requirements. .
Japan Takes Island.
Manila, By Cable. American res
idents of the Philippines are much
perturbed over the Mikado's seizure
of Pratas island, close to the Philip
pine archipelago. Officialdom is dis
creetly silent, but men connected with
ranches ot the insular government
openly express a fear that the step
is but the first of a contemDlated ser
ies of aggressive movements against
tne United btates colonial interests
in the Orient. Hopes are still ex
pressed that the Mikado's
of the government, but by an explor-
meni win repudiate the seizure which
was not by accredited
ing party from Formosa.
Jews Shot Down.
Odessa, By Cable. The Black
Hundreds began rioting here alleging
that the Jews wre responsible for
the explosion of the bomb in tha
courtyard of the central police sta
tion here Saturday, resulting in
deaths of an artillery officer and four
mi ...
iiuucmea, me rioters ran through
the streets inhabitpd hv
promiscuously right and left. Threo
men w.ere killed and from 50 to 60
wourdtd. The mob indulged in oth
er Drutai excesses, and beat down
many victims with flexible rubber
sticks.
Newsy Paragraphs.
The rapid increase of the negro
population in Philadelphia and New
York is making the negro problem
acute in the North.
Labor unions are vitnllv
in the anti-boycott suit now before
tne united btates Supreme Court.
Sovenir hunters looted the Swedish'
cruiser Fylgia of whatever they could
Jay their hands on.
Stndard Oil Hearing Postponed.
New York, Special. The hearir.jr
scheduled for in the inquiry designed
to revoke the charter of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey, the par
ent body of the Standard Oil Com
pany is postponed until Thursday at
the request of the Standard's attor
neys. The specific charge is that the
company and its subsidiaries "en
tered into a conspiracy to monopolize
and restrain eommerte in petroleum
and its products in" violation of thi
Sherman anti-tru-t law."
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