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VOLUME X. r:;.:.-' :. LEISTOIR, X. C., MAY 15, 1908. STO. 54.
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Another Visit From Spook.
Correspondence of The Observer.
Asheville, May 11. The prison
ers iu the eouuty jail here were
ghen another fright last night'and
wheu Jailor Mitchell went to
"feed" the inmates of the jail
this morning he found the white
prisoners in a state of terror. It
was alleged that there had been an
other "visitation" last night; that
a "spook" entered the white man's
cage and sat on the bunk of one of
the prisoners for half an hour. One
of the white men told Jailor
Mitchell this morning that if he
was left alone in the cell he would
butt his brains out against the iron.
Several days ago the prisoners
alleged that "spooks" visited the
iail and a revival was held.
Sheriff Hunter is considerably ex
ercised over the affair and fears
that with slightest opportunity the
inmates of the jail would make a
break for liberty. He said to-day
that he would investigate thorough
ly the matter.
Oklahoma Towns Swept By Tor
nado. Charlotte Chronicle.
Woodward, Okla., May 11. A
succession of tornadoes swept over
the district lying 2." miles squth
west, south and southeast of Wood
ward last night, and seven towns,
all without telegraphic communi
cation, are reported damaged.
These are (1 rand, Arnett, Vici,
mutual, Kstelle, (Voley and Rich
mond. Casualties are reported at
each place.
The known casualties meat Ar
nett, one killed' six injund; at Vi
ci, one fatally injured, lranu is
reported whollv wreeken and the
towns of Estelle and Cooley deva
tated.
Moonshiners Arrrested And Com
mi t ted to Jail..
Winston, -Salem, N. C., May 11.
Deputy Collector S. A. Sides has
returned fiora a "raiding trip" in
the counties of Wilkes and Cald
well. He was assisted by Deputy
Marshals, Reyuolds and Haikra
der and Posseman Jennings.
The hrst raid was made near
Holsclaw, Caldwell county. The
office in found a 100 gallon copper
still, thirty gallons of beer and six
fermenters. The owners of thq
Dlant were absent when Uncle
Sam men called, bnt they took
the copper on to Wilkeslwro.
Near Osbornville, wilkes county
the officers made a bigger raid, cap
turing a 12f-gallon copper and de
stroying 1,800 gallons of beer
There were four men at the plant
but two of them got away. The
two arrested were father and son
and Deputy iyllector sides was
told that the old man was an old
offender had been blockading and
dodging officers for many years
The father ami son were escorted
to Wilkesboro. where they were
given a hearing on Saturday be
fOre a United States Marshal. They
were bound over to the federal
court and in default of f."00 bonds
each, they were committed to jail
More Irrigated Lands.
Exchange. ,
On June 1 there will-be open for
entry jjnder the terms of the Carey
irrigation act 75,000 acres of land
in Eden valley, in Sweetwater
county, Wyo. This is the remain
ing portion of a tract of 100,000
acres, o,oou acies oi wnicn Dare
already been advertised for entry
by the government. The tract in
question will be ready for water
during the season of 1909, but will
be open for entry June 1 next.
The entire" cost to the entrymau is
$30.50 an acre, which includes the
perpetual water right. An initial
payment of $3.25 an acre is re
quired when the entry is made, the
remainder beiug payable in ten an
nual installments, terms which en
able the settler to pay for his land
om the crops which he raises
thereon, Any person twenty-one
ears old or over is entitled to the
ight of entry if he has never made
use of the Cary act right. One can
make entry for the land without
eaving home and without having
to go upon the land until after the
water is turned on . Thirty davs
evidence upon the land is required
n order to obtain title. Further
information relative to the condi
tions under which the land can le
secured may be obtained by ad
dressing the register of the public
amis. Washington.
Modesty Its Own Reward.
Exchange.
A voung Irishman in want of
twenty-five dollars wrote to his un
cle as follows:
'Dear uncle: it vou could see
how 1 blush for shame while 1 am
writing, vou would pitv me: Do
you know whyt Because I have to
ask you for a few dollars, and do
uot know how to express my my
self. It is impossible for me to,i
tell you. I prefer to die. I send
Twin-City Girl Foils Burglar.
Daily Industrial News.
- Winston-Salem, X. C, May 7.
Because she, a girl, unarmed add
at first unassisted, was able to hold
at bay, and then drive from her
a negro burglar, through sheer
nerve and presence of mind, Miss
Lizzie Ormsby is being rated a real
heroine today. The details of .the
attempt at burglary, Tuesday night,
as told by your correspondent in
this morning's issue of the Indust
trial News, has become public now.
Miss Ormsby, daughter of Post
master W. P. Ormsby, of Salem,
was awakened by hearing tier sis
ters, Misses Anna and Emma, call
ing her name. Upon opening her
eyes she saw this marauder in the
half-darkness, Miss Ormsby made
no outcry.
Noiselessly creeping to the foot
of her bed, she turned up the light
a little and springing from the bed,
demanded, "What are you doing
here?" Receiving no response from
the negro, who took several steps
toward her, raised her right hand
with the index finger extended to
ward the burglar, and commanded,
"Leave this house or I'll shoot
you.
House of Horrors In Laaporte
ind.
By United Preaa.
Laporte, Ind , May 7. Sheriff
Smuteer to day notified the New-
York authorities to be on the look
out for Mrs. Belle Guinness, owner
of the "House of Horrors," where
the remains of more than a dozen
bodies have leen found. She is
believed to be on her way to Nor
way or Sweden. The New York
police were asked to watch all out
going vessels. The Chicago police
were asked to watch the former
haunts of the woman in that city.
The Sheriff is today continuing his
search for bodies. He has ordered
the exhumation of everything' un
der half a dozen piles of soft dirt
in the yard. He tielievesthat twen
ty more bodies will l)e uncovered
before the search ends. Evidence
is piling up to show that Mrs. Guin
uess was the agent of a "murder
trust," which operated in Chicago
and shinned the lwdies of slain
people to her to be disposed of
States Attorney Smith today de
clared his lu'lief in this fact and
pointed to the many trunks receiv
ed by the woman lrom i tucago as
supporting the theory.
Q.W.F. HARPER, Prei.
wise man abhors waste and it is the worst kind of waste to let
your money lie idle when it might be earning something. When yon.
have some extra dollars that vou have no immediate use for, make
them work for vou. You had to work for them and turn about is fair
play. Bring your money to us and get a certificate of deposit. We
will pay you i'f on it. You are absolutely insured against loss. In
case your certificate of deposit is lost or destroyed, we will furnish
you with a duplicate.
this by messenger, who will
me,
wait
my
oliedient
for an answer. Believe
dearest uncle, your most
and affectionate nephew.
"P. S. Overcome with shame for
what I have written, 1 have been
running after the messenger, in or
der to take the letter from him,
but I cannot catch him. Heaven
grant that something may happen
to stop him, or that this letter may
get lost."
The uncle was naturally touched,
but was equal to the emergency
He replied as follows:
"Mv dear Jack: Console your
self, and blush no longer. Pro
vidence has heard your prayers
The messenger lost your letter.
Your affectionate uncle."
Policeman Serinusly Cut.
Murphy. Chief of Police J.J
McDonald, while arresting Clark
Jordan here this afternoon for some
small disturlwuice, got Into a scuffie
witj; him, striking Jordan down
with his club, when Bud Jordan, a
son of Clarke, ran in Rnd cut Mc
Donald to tne hollow in the back
just above the heart. Bud Jordan
The coolness and strategy work
ed as the nervy young lady had
hoped it would. The negro ap
parently mistook the finger in the
semi -dardness for the point of a re
volver, and backed toward the
door, followed by "the girl lhind
the gun."
Reaching the head of the stair-
. w . i : 11
way, .Miss urnisoy was joiueu uy
her two sisters, who, having heard
her words, had come out to in
vestigate, having first, however,
stopped to procure a curling iron
and a long-handled button hook as
the best weapons then available.
Miss Emma, who carrie1 the
curling iron, extended it toward
her sisters and said: "Here sister;
take my pistol."
"Mine well do," replied Miss
Lizzie calmly. "Keep your gun on
the prisoner." Miss Anna also
leveled her weapon the button
hook on the cowardly intruder,
remarking: "Keep him going: if
he stops all shoot ot once."
And three abreast, with the cul
pnt (tacking in lront, the young
women proceeded to the foot of the
stairs and to the front door.
Frightened and trembling, the
negro was slow in unlocking the
door to depart, and one of the
young ladies inquired why he was
so tardy. The negro then spoke
for the first time since entering the
house, but his words were so low
that they could not be understood
Thinking that the man was pre
tending that he could not unfasten
the door, the Bistxr who had asked
him in regard to his delay, stepped
forward to open the portal, but be
fore she reached it the man swung
it open and dashed out on the run.
A Cure for His Trouble.
"Doctor," said the woman whose
husband owed everybody in town
".Inhn in n verv Imii war. I've
Nerro Childern killed Their
Father.
Special to The Obwrvtr.
Carthage, May 12. Saturday
night at Cameron, Tom Kelly, a(
colored brick mason, well known in
this section, got into a drunken
row with his family, and two of
his sons pearly gpown and a daugh
ter in her teens jumped on " him
with all kinds of crude implements
of warfare and . flogged him ' so
awfully that he died ' yesterday.
The young patriciders are now in
jail here!
is in jail and his father under heavy trying to get him to come to
see you, but he's so obstinate, you
know, and so I 'ye made up my
mind to see von myself and ask
whether you think you can do any
thing for him."
"What are his sympjomst"
"Oh, he's awfully nervous. He
never seems to settle down to any
boud. McDonald s condition is
serious and his recovery uncertain.
A Boy on Clerj ymen.
Bishop Potter, at an ecclesiastical
dinner iu Mew York, read a
Cooperstown schoolboy's essay on
"Clergymen." The , essays 'which thing."
created much amusement, was. as "H'm! That's bad. That puts
follows: , " him in an awful predicament
"There are 3 kinds of clergymen hen a man gets so that he can
blshups, rectereand curates.r the neither settle down nor settle np,
bishops tell the recters v to J Work J the only thing I can recommend is
and the carats have td doMt, A ttavel. Better take what things
curate is thin married man,- but) you can move conveniently and
when he is a recter he gets 'fuller I start oq pi long journey sometime
and can breach longer sermons and! when nobody's looking. I won
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became good man." 1 let on.''
J.H. BEALL. Caihler.
WXShEU,A-Chler
ASSETS AND RESPONSIBILITY OVER $300,000.
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Home Trade Philiosophy.
Kxch ane.
If you cast your bread upon the
waters it may return to vou after
many days, but it vou cast your
dollar into the mail order maels
trom it never gets back to your vi
ciuity.
Seeing is believing, and when
ou see au article before you buy it
vou are entitled to believe that it
is worth buying or to let it stay un
bought if otherwise.
farmers who send their money
nto the big cities to buy goods
which they might just as well buy
at home will find their sons follow
ing the dollar of their daddies into
the great trade centers as soon as
the boys grow up and will have to
compromise on hired men.
If you don't like the community
you live in well enough to do your
trading in that community why
don't vou move into some commu
nity thai you like better! In that
case maybe somebody would take
your place who would help to make
it a better community to live in by
helping to build it up.
Thousands of men in this
country are howling down the idea
of centralization of government
while at the same time thev are
promoting the centralization of
trade by spending money with the
catalogue houses, which are rahid
y growiug more and more power
ful.
A development in the religious
world that is soon going to cause
much discussion, is the movement
toward Roman Catholicism started
in Philadelphia by Rev. Dr. Mc
garvarv. Halt a dozen or more
Episcopalian clergymen in that city
have resigned to embrace the Ro
man Catholic faith and in Chicago
it is the same way. One of the
Catholic priests in Philadelphia
speaks of the movement as "a con
certed effort to join the Mother
Church." We will soon le hear
ing much about it in both press
and pulpit. Charlotte Chronicle
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We will give away to the family who has the
oldest White Sew ing Machine a "?". K Rocker,
and to the family who has the oldest Sewing
Machine of any kind a 4.00 Rocker, a 2.0U
'docker for the next oldest. Hither come to
our otlice and register giving your names and
Postoftice and age of Machine or drop us a pos
tal card giving the information.
I WE SHY WE DO, WE DO DO.
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The Happiest Hour.
The Catholic Mirror.
He "Do you remember that
night I proposed to you!"
She "Yes, dear."
lie "we sat loronenour, ana
you never opened your mouth."
8he-"Yes, I remember, dear,'
He "Ah, that was the happiest
hour of jny life."
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