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VOL. XIX. PLYMOUTH, N, C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7. 19087 : NO. 10.
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences of Interest Gleaned From AH Secticus f the Busy
Tar Heel State
Negro Bank for Durham.
Durham, Special. Next Saturday
the Mechanics and Farmers' Bank,
a negro banking house, will open its
doors for business. This bank has a
paid-in capital of $10,000 and all of
the stock is owned by negroes. This
will be the third negro bank in North
Carolina. . R. B. Fitfcgerald is presi
dent; John Merrick, vice president;
and W. G. Pearson, cashier. The
bank is in a new building just erect
ed by the North Carolina Mutual and
Provident Association. It is elegant
ly equipped with quartered oak and
marble furniture. The vault is a
very large one and strongly built.
Next to the bank is a' new negro
drug store that was opened this week.
This business has a paid-in capital of
$2,500 and an authorized capital of
$10,000. Two registered pharmacists
have the management of this busi
ness. In this bunch of negro busi
aiess houses there is wrapped up more
than $100,000 and the business cov
ers about a half block. "The North
Carolina Provident and Mutual Asso
ciation, which is a negro insurance
company, owns all the real estate and
those who back the insurance com
pany own controlling interest in the
various business places there. It is
claimed for the insurance company
that it is the largest negro company
in the world and during the nine
years that it has been in business
John Merrick, the founder and pre
sident says that it has paid out more
than a half million dollars in bene
fits. With a very small beginning it
has now stretched out f.nd covers the
States of North and South Carolina.
Recently when a $10,000 bond was
needed in South Carolina the com
pany promptly deposited that amount
in cash with the treasurer of South
Carolina.
Mr. E. P. Wharton Resigns.
Greensboro, Special. Much inter
est in business circles attaches to the
resignation of Mr. E. P. Wharton as
. president of the Southern Life and
Trust Company, a position he has
occupied since the formation of the
v company. He retires in order to de-
voiens enure auennon 10 me
Amercan Exchange Bank, of which
lie is president, and other business
enterprises with which he is connect
ed. Mr. A. W. McAlister, formerly
vice president, becomes president of
Southern Life and Trust Company,
lie is succeeded as vice president by
Mr. A. M. Scales,-who has purchased
Mr. Wharton's interest in the corpo
ration. The Southern Life and Trust
Company conducts a life insurance
and a trust business. Mr. McAlis
terwill remain at the head of the life
insurance branch and the trust de
partment will continue under jthe con
trol of Mr. Scales.
Raid on Moonshine Plant.
Durham, Special. Revenue officers
have returned from a raid that was
a success in landing a moonshine
plant on one side of the town and in
getting a prisoner on the other. The
distillery captured was about nine
miles southeast of, Durham. It was
found running in full blast and be
ing looked, after by two negroes.
They made their escapes by running
as soon as the officers came in sight.
The officers then cut up the still and
other fixtures, cut down some ten or
twelve fermenters and poured out
about 600 gallons of beer. The still
was of 75-gallon capacity.
Live Stock Killed by Lightning.
Clayton, Special. Mr. J. B. Har
rison's barn was struck by lightning
-Monday. It killed two mules, a
horse, a cow, a dog and stunned a
mule colt. Mr. Harris is a well
known farmer living about two and a
half miles south of this place.
Increase in Charters.
Raleigh, Special. The fact , that
there is a notable increase in the
number of charters now being grant
ed by the State shows that there is
already improvement in financial con
ditions. Gaston county will continue
to lead the State in the number of
its cotton mills, these amounting to
almost 50, two new ones having been
chartered this week.
Buncombe Robber Bold.
Asheville, Special The Swanna
noa section of Buncombe county was
thrown into a fever of excitement
when it became known that three rob
beries had occurred in tlwt section,
ten miles from Asheville, during the
night and early morning and that
at one place, a home occupied by
two ladies, Mrs. Jones and her cous
in. Miss Chandler, the ladies were at
tacked by two negroes, a knife thrown
at the head of one lady and the oth
er dragged into thevard and strang
led and thrown Vy a wire fence
CRIME UNHINGED HIS MIND.
Negro Committed to Cherokee Counts
Jail as Insane Confesses Murdex
Done in Georgia 20 Years Ago.
Murphy, Special. Robert Brown,
colored, was confined in the county
jail, because of an unbalanced mind.
Brown claims that the cause of hi
becoming insane is that he has been
worrying over a murder he committed
ninteen or twenty years ago neai
Bold Springs, Ga. Brown says hia
right name is George Jones, and that
he shot and. killed with a shotgun a
colored man at a dance, whose first
name was Frank. He says he can't
remember the other name. He says
at the time of the killing Cross Me
Han was sheriff. Application has
been made for Brown to be adviitted
to the State Hospital for the Col
ored Insane at Goldsboro.
Two New Cotton Mills.
The Mount Holly Cotton Mills, of
Mount Holly, Gaston county, was in
corporated to manufacture yarns
cloths and all kinds of textile fabrics,
also to buy, sell and deal in wares
and merchandise. The authorized
capital stock of the company is $100,
000, of, which $50,000 has 'been sub
scribed by the - incorporators, II
A. Rhyne, E. R. Canon and A. P.
Rhine, all of Mount Holly.
The Adams Cotton Mills, of Mount
Holly, were incorporated to manu
facture yarns, cloths, etc. The au
thoized capital stock is $100,000 but
the company may begin business
when $40,000 has been subscribed
The incorporators are H. A. Rhyne.
E. R. Cannon and A. P. Rhyne, an"
of Mount Holly.
Contact For Dredging.
Wilmington, Special. At the of
fice of Capt. Earl I. Brown, U. S. A.,
in charge of the corps of engineers
for this district, bids were opened foi
dredging the waterway from Pamlico
sound to Beaufort inlet, the amount
available for the work under the ap
propriation being $358,000. The low
est bidder was the Maryland Uredg
ing and Contracting Company, of
Baltimore, at 10 3-4 tints a cubic
yard for the whole. There were eight
other bidders, including P. Sanford
Ross,. Jersey City; Atlantic Dredg
ing Company, Philadelphia ; Coast
wise Dredging Company, Baltimore;
John Anderson, Gulfport, Miss.; R.
G. Ross, Jacksonville, Fla. ; Atlantic
Gulf and Pacific Company, New
York, and the North American
Dredging Company, New York. There
were two classes of the work, but the
Baltimore company was the lowest on
both and the local engineer will re
commend that the award be to the
Maryland people.
North State Items.
A charter goes to the Duke Whole
sale Grocery Company, at Duke, Har
nett county, T. H. Webb and othei
stockholders.
Yet another charter goes to thi
War Eagle Hydraulic Mining Com
pany, at Golden, Rutherford county.
It is to mine and sell minerals, etc.,
and also manufacture chemicals, the
capital stock being $200,000, the chief
stockholders being T. C. Stone and
E. W. Carpenter, of Greenville, S. C,
and F. L. Plaissance, of Golden.
The State has re-printed volumes
88, 92, 121 and 126 of the Supreme
Court reports, all these having been
annotated by Chief Justice Waltei
Clark.
Governor Glenn appoints Capt. W.
I. Everett, of Richmond county, to be
director of the State penitentiary, in
place of Mr. W. E. Crosland, who
died a few day ago.
The Governor reappoints the direc
tors of the North Carolina Railroad,
these being as follows: Hugh G.
Chatham, W. H. Williams, W. C.
Brown, T. H. Vanderford, J. W. Lam
bert, A. J. Ruffin, S. C. Penn and L.
Banks Holt.
The Governor commissions C. D.
Bradham, of Newbern, a member of
the State board of pharmacy to serve
for five years from April 2Sth last.
State Board of Examiners.
Raleigh, Special. The State Board
of Examiners met in the office of the
State Superintendent of Public In
struction to pass upon the examina
tion papers of applications for five
year State teachers' certificates and
for high school teachers' certificates.
The examinations Avere held through
out the State, July 9th and 10th. The
members of the Board of Examiners
are: J. Y. Joyner, chairman ex-officio;
A. J. Barwiek, Raleigh, secretary;
John W. Graham, Warienton; W.
W. Walker, Chapel Hill: F. L.
Stevents, Raleigh, and Z. V. Judd,
Raleigh. ..
PROUD OF BLOODY ACT
Sensational Shooting in Raleigh
The Murderer Flees But Is Run
Down by Members of His Own
Race and After a Trial Placed in
Jail.
Raleigh, Special. The combination
of a jealous negro, a gun and a dead
woman wa3 the sensation here Thurs
day. At 12:30 o'clock Simon Love
joy, very black and aged about 40,
who has been a hard-working fellow
and who for the past nine years has
consorted with Annie Martin, a ne
gress aged 35, and who has a son
about half her age, went to the wo
man's house, quarreled with her
about another lover and then shot
her, using a repeating rifle, in which
he had only one cartridge. ' The bul
le took effect in her head, making
a most horrible wound, and as soon
as he saAV his victim dying the mur
derer dashed out of the house and
made a run for the country. George
Lane, a well-known negro in east Ral
eigh, saw Lovejoy running and heard
the shot and he liaised the hue and
cry. He and other negroes pursued
and the man was chased through a
truck farm, where he threw away his
gun, presently getting rid of his coat
and he was next seen in the pond in
the old granite quariy. The quarry
wa surrounded. Lovejoy was in the
waiter up to his neck. He was forced
to come out by his captors, who be
sides Lane Avere Ernest Riddick,
Alexander Atwater and William Wal
ton, and those brought him in a hur
ry to the court house, followed by a
great number of other negroes, feel
ing being pretty high against Love
joy. On arrival at the court house the
murderer was instantly taken before
Justice Harry Roberts, who commit
ted him without bail and in a few
minutes he Aas in jail. The police
had been telephoned of the murder
and that a man Avas making his
way toAA'ard the northeastern part of
the city, so they Avent out on East
Martin street. MeaiiAvhile LoA-ejoy
had been taken on South street, about
a mile from the Capitol, after he had
run several hundred yards.
Lovejoy exults in his crime. He
laughed and said he killed the AA'oman
and Avas glad of it. When the sher
iff told him to stop talking and that
ho did not knoAv what he AA'as saying,
he replied that he had fed and cloth
ed the woman and that she had wash
ed, and cooked for him but that a
man had come betAveeri them and that
he Avas entirely Avilling to be hanged
for his deed.
t Gale Hits Wrightsville.
Wilmington, Special. The popu
lation of Wrightsville Beach, resident
and transient, had a oad fright with
the fuller development of the north
east storm that sAA-ept the coast early
Thursday morning. The wind bleAv a
gale for most of the night, many de
claring the velocity fully as high as
Avhen the raihvay trestle across the
sound-Avas SAvept aAvay and much
damage done to property in Septem
ber two years ago. The disarrange
ment of light and poAAer wires on the
beach early in the night added to the
general confusion there and no elec
tric cars -were operated across ihe
sound after 11:45 p. m. In order to
provided safely for all on the beach
in case of an emergency, the Tide
Avatcr Power Company, AA'hich owns
the traction line to Wrightsville,
chartered a three-car steam train
from the Atlantic Coast Line and this
Avas operated continuously all night,
connecting with the -electric cars on
Wrightsville sound.
There Avas considerable excitement
Wednesday night" and many people
came up to the city.
The storm did not reach the height
of its fury JioAvever, until betAveen
9 and 10 o'clock Thursday morning,
when the tide was piled high on the
beach by the strong northeaster and
the surf broke over the southern end
of the beach. The trestle remained
intact during it all, though the steam
train operated across it up to an
early hour in the evening had to move
with extreme caution. Practically
all the inhabitants of the beach Avere
off by 10 o'clock Thursday morning
and many of the visitors are quar
tered on the sound side of the beach
and at the hotels in the city. Thurs
day night there Avere only a few per
sons on the beach and these may ea-e
at any time on the train Avhieh is
kept in waiting in case of an emer
gency. It is belieA-ed, though that
the Avorst of the storm is over. Steps
and board walks about some of the
cottages have been washed aAvay and
a small cottage on the extreme south
ern end of the beach, occupied by the
family of Mr. A. A. Nathan since the
burning of the Ocean View Hotel was
blown down. The damage will not
exceed $500. The Tidewater Power
Company announces that the regular
schedule of electric cars along the en
tire beach front ill be resumed on
regular schedule in a day or two.
SHOT A YOUNG LADY
Popular and Pretty Teacher a
Victim of Insane Jealousy
BLOODY ENDING OF COURTSHIP
Miss Ball Said to Have Been Shot on
the Porch of Her Heme Little
Hope Entertained For Her Re
covery. Elkin, N. C, Specials Miss Mary
Ball daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Ball, of this place, has been teaching
a summer school at Mr. James Hoot's
residence near Benham postoffice, six
miles west of Elkin. Sunday a young
man named Freeland Sharp desired
to accompany her to church, but she
declined, having' a previous engage
ment with his brother. He then took
Miss Ethel Hoots to church. On re
turning home Sharp and Miss Hoots
arrived some time before the couple.
When the elder brother and Miss
Ball arrived, Freeland Sharp was on
the porch and as Miss Ball stepped
on the porch he drew a pistol and fir
ad at her, but she struck the pistol
doAA-n and the ball entered the floor.
She endeaA'ored to get out of his Avay
when he fired the second shot, the
ball striking the left berasf and pass
sd through the lung and out at the
back. Messages were immediately
'phoned here for aid. Drs. Ring md
Rcece AA-ent at once, also her father,
mother and sisters. All is being done
for the young lady that can be, but
at this writing very little hope is en
tertained for her recovery. Miss Ball
is a young lady of high standarcf and
unsullied character, and nothing has
happened in this community that has
so wrought up the feelings of our
people as this. Sharp was hurried
aAvay to jail at Wilkesboro early
Monday morning to await the result
jf his rash act.
Another Account.
Winston-Salem, Special. Because
she had repeatedly refused to marry
him, D. F. Tharpe, a prominent young
man of Demmette, Wilkes county,
seven miles from Wilkesboro, fired
upon and probably mortally wounded
Miss Mary Ball, daughter of Mr. J.
A. Ball, one of Surry county's most
highly respected citizens Sunday
night about 9 o'clock, while the latter
with her brother, Avas returning from
church services at Macedonia. The
brother of Miss Ball heard early in
the evening that unless she married
Tharpe during the night he would
kill her so he accompanied her to
church. It was on the return from
church that Tharpe fired upon the
young lady, the bullet taking effect
about an inch above the heart. Tharpe
tired the second time, but the young
lady knocked the revolver ' from his
band. The young lady has been teach
ing school for some time and is one
sf the most highly-respected young
women of the neighborhood. It is
understood that Tharpe will plead in
sanity. The occurrence created con
siderable excitement throughout the
entire community. The young man
was placed under arrest soon after
the shooting.
Bryan's Speech Short.
FairvieAV, Lincoln, Neb., Special.
The speech of acceptance of William
J. Bryan will be short. Mr. Bryan
said that by actual count it contained
5,300 words. The issues of the cam
paign will be discussed but not at
great length, Mr. Bryan's views be
ing reserved for more elaborate treat
ment in the several speeches he in
tends to make.
White Man Kills Negro.
Lynchburg, Va., Special. Near
Concord, ten miles east of here Sun-
:lav nieht Jack Lee. Avhite shot and
instantly killed Beverly Cardwell, col-
ared, and mortally wouiulea ms
brother Samuel, who died Monday
morning. The men, whites and blacks
were drinking hard cider arid had a
drunken misunderstanding. Lee Avas
arrested.
News in Brief.
According to a report from Berlin
the Sultan will declare himself Em
pexor of all Moslems.
C'ardianl Gibbons is resting in
Rome and will probably have an audi
snce Avith the Pope.
Prnsiilrnt. Castro feels insulted by
the sending of Dutch Ararships and
Save several Dutch Consuls uwir
walking papers.
John Mitchell; former president of
ihe United Mineworkors, has been ap
pointed chief of trade agreement de
partment of the National Civic Federation.
HYDROPHOBIA TREATMENT
Announcement by the North Carolina
State Board of Health, Under Sig
nature of Dr. Richard H. Lewis,
Secretary of the Board.
Raleigh, N. C, Special. The North
Carolina State Board of Health has
issued the following bulletia on the
prevention of hydrophobia:
The General Assembly, at its last
regular session enacted the following:
An Act Authorizing the State Board
of . Health to Provide for the Pre
ventive Treatment of Hydrophobia.
Section 1. That the State Board cf
Health is hereby authorized and em
powered to provide. for and have eon
ducted under its direction the pre
ventive treatment of hydrophobia or
rabies, whenever in its judgment cir
cumstances, financial and other, will
justify it. To meet the expenses of
this treatment the said board is here
by given authority to supplement the
revenue derived from fees for the
treatment by such sums from the
treasury of the State Laboratory of
Hygiene as may be neccessary:
Provided, that the usefulness and
efficiency of the said laboratory is
not thereby impaired.
Sec. 2. That the benefits of said
treatment shall be given free of
charge to all residents of the State
Avho shall present to the Secretary of
the State Board of Health, or its
representative having in charge the
managment of this special AA-ork, an
affidavit of inability to pay, dVy
sworn to and subscribed before a
justice of the peace, or, if the case
be a minor, such an affidaAit by the
parent or guardian. To meet as far
as may be the expenses of this spec
ial works, the said State Board of
Health is hereby authorized and di
rected to demand from those able to
do so the payment in advance of a
reasonable fee, not to exceed in r,ny
case the usual eharge made by the
reputable Pasteur institutes of this
country.
The Board of Health, at its recent
annual meeting, decided that circum
stances would now justify the treat
ment. The following extract from the cir
cular of information issued by the
Laboratory of Hygiene gives the nec
essary details:
Rabies. In no other disease is an
early diagnosis of more vital import
ance. Fortunately, a diagnosis can
in most cases be made from a micro
scopic examination of the brain of
the rabid animal. The suspected ani
mal, or its head and neck, should be
sent at the earliest possible moment
to the laboratory for examination.
The head should be packed in ice to
prevent putrefaction, and should be
sent by express, prepaid. A careful
account of the animal, Aith a full
history of the. cause of suspicion,
should be sent in every ease.
The treatment will require the pres
ence of the patient in Raleigh for
about three AA-eek3, but residence in a
hospital is not necessar3 The cost
of the entire treatment will be $50,
or Avill be furnished free to persons
unable to pay, upon submission of
"an affidavit of inability to pay, duly
SAvorn to and subscribed before a
justice of the peace, or if the case
be a minor, such an affidavit by the
parent or guardian."
Attention is called to the fact that
the laAv requires the fee to be paid
in advance. It should be said also
that, if after trial it should be found
necessary for the support of tins
special Avork, the fee will be increased.
This work will be in charge of Dr. C.
A. Shore, Director State Laboratoiy
of Hygiene, and all communications
on the subject should be addressed
to him, at 'Raleigh N. C.
Another Ice Factory.
Wilson, Special. There is a move-
ment on foot for the organization of (
a company for the manufacture of
ice in Wilson. Some of the most
substantial business men of the city
are interested in the movement. The
fnotnrv is to be of ten-ton capacity
and will be ready for business by the
opening of the next ice season.
Lumber Plant Destroyed.
Elizabeth City, Special. A large
and spectacular fire occurred here
Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock when
the Charles Creek Lumber Company's
saw mill on Charles Creek Avas re
duced to ashes. Dry kilns adjoining
the saw mill Avere saved by heroic ef
forts of the fire company. A large
number of laborers are thrown out
of work, a number of Avhom reported
at the mill as usual, not being aware
of the morning fire. Forty-six hun
dred dollars insurance Avas carried on
the propertv, but this does not cover
half of thek.s.
TO ASK RE M
NG
Standard Oil Cases to Be Gone
Into Again By the Court
ATTORNEY-GENERAL SO DECIDES
Attorney General Bonaparte, After
a Long Conference With His At
torneys, Announces That a Move
Will be Made to Have a Revision
of the Court's Decision in the
Standard Oil Case.
Lenox, Mass., Special. After an
all-day conference of the leading gov
ernment prosecuting officers and
Frank B. Kellogg, of Minnesota, one
of the special counsel for the govern
ment in certain civil suits, it was an
nounced by Attorney General Bona
parte that every effort AA-ould be made
to secure a reA'ision of the recent de
cision and opinion of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals in
the case of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Indiana, and that an appli
cation for a re-argument of the case
and motion for a modification of the
opinion would be submitted to that
court. Although no time is fixed, this
action by the government will be
taken at the earliest possible moment
while the pending prosecutions against
the Standard Oil Company and. all
other prosecutions in which the giv
ing or receiving of rebates is charged
AAill be pressed for trial. The dicis
ion to take this action Avas unani
mous. Attorney General Bonaparte call
ed to the conference Solicitor Gener
al H. M. Hoyt, of Washington ; Ed
Avin M.. Sims, of Chicago, United
States district attorney for northern
district of Illinois; James II. Wilk
erson, of Chicago, Mr. Sims' first as
sistant, and Frank B. Kellogg, of
Minnesota. Mr. Hoyt, Mr. Sims and
Mr. Wilkerson arrived here and had
a conference in the afternoon with'
the Attorney General. Mr. Kellogg
arrived and participated in the tAA'o
conferences which AA-ere held later
and Avhieh ended Avith the giving out
of the folloAA-ing statement by' Attor
ney General Bonaparte:'
"The goA'ernment Avill make every
effort in its poAAer to secure a revis
ion of the recent decision and opin
ion of the Circuit Court .of Appeals
for the seA-enth circuit in the case of
the Standard Oil Company of Indi
ana, either by the Court of Appeals
itself, or if necessary by the Supreme
Court of the United Slates. The
gentlemen who have been in consul
tation Avith me, all unite in my opin
ion that in the interest of the impar
tial and effective administration of
our laAA's, such action on the part of
the government is imperatiAely de
manded by the circumstances of the
case and the possible consequence if
this opinion should stand as authority
Avithout question by the government.
To this end an application for a re
argument of the case and a motion
for a modification of the opinion will
be submitted to the Circuit Court of
Appeals on behalf of the United
States at the earliest possible mo
ment, t
"Other appropriate steps will be
taken aftenA-ard, their character to
be determined by the court's action,
upon this application. The pending
prosecutions in which the giing or
receiving of rebates or offenses of lik
character are charged will be pressed
to trial and judgment by the govern
ment with all possible energy and as
promptly as may be practicable. In
the view of the goA'ernment's "legal
advisers the reversal of the judgment
in the case recently decided in no
way affects the merits of that contro
versy or the necessity and duty of
bringing to punishment if possible in
this and any other cases, any indi
vidual or corporation shown to hae
evaded or defied the laAvs."
Coal-Laden Steamer on Rocks.
Port Arthur, Ont., Special. The
steamer Mechan, owned by the Tona
wanda Iron and Steel Company, and
laden with 9,000 tons of coal from
Port Arthur, went on the rocks at
passage island in a fog. The peak
and forward tanks of the A-essel are
full and she lies in a most exposed
position. Wrecking tugs have gone
out.
Wales Leaves Canada.
Quebec, Special. While the guns
boomed out a fareA-elI salute in his
honor, the Prince of Wales sailed
for England, after a week's stay in
Quebec which will long be remember
ed as the most notable visit of royal
ty to Canada. There will be addit
ional parades and pageants, Thursday
and Friday, but the departure of the
Prince marks the beginning of the
end of the tercentenary celebration
and in a ftw days the ancient city
will have returned to its ' customary
calm and quietude.