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The News Printery 1 equipped to do your next order ot Job Printing promptly. Dont Mod your work oat of town we will do it o salt yoa. IEXUS CONVCfCKYOU- The Lenoir News. lit the very beet Adrertiaing ilediam, because it is read by the Largest Camber of the people of Caldwell County. : ONLY 91.00 THKYEAH Tri6a?5 EL C. MARTIN, EDITOR AND PROP. PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AID FRIDAYS. PRICE SI .00 THE YEAR. VOLUME XI. ' JLEISTOIR, 3ST. C, APRIL 1G, 1909. XO. 47 Rend Assaults Young- Woman. Arcadia. Fla., April 11. John 8mith, the negro who yesterday dragged Miss Mary Steele Ewing from her buggy, two miles from Arcadia, in an attempt at erimi dal assault, was taken away from the sheriff and his deputies at an early hour this morning and hang ed to a tree. The story of the attempted as sault is as follows: Miss Ewing, who had been to the city on a shopping tour, was returning to her home, four miles from the city, wheu the negro sprang into the buggy, seized Miss Ewiug and dragged her into ithe bushes, throwing her down aud choking her. The young woman begged, fought and prayed to the black fieud to let her go and offer ed to give him $100 in cash if he would accompany her to her home, but this did not stop the brute, who was about to forec his victim into submission, when Miss Ewing in her struggles, saw Will Knowles and his brother walking some dis tance from the scene. With re newed vigor she screamed and this attracted the Knowles brothers who rushed to her assisance. The brute made his escape and after taking Miss Ewing to her home, the men rushed to this city, spread the news and bloodhounds, follow; ed by a posse of three hundred men were soon on the trail. The negro was found at a turpentine camp, taken before his victim who posi tively identified him. Sheriff F re man and his deputies succeeded in placiug Smith in jail, but being afraid of an attack, attempted to spirit the black brute out of Area dia w hen they were met by an au tomobile party, held up and forced to give up their prisoner. The ne gro seeing that he he was doomed to a horrible death, pleaded for mercy, but there was none in the heart of the mob who carried him to the edge of the city, where they strung him up to a tree, where his body was still hanging this morn ing. Miss Ewiug positively iden tilled the clothing on the negro and pointed out the shirt she had torn in her efforts to escape. Voice of Niagara Mute. Buffalo, N. Y., April 11. The voice of Niagara was mute to-day for the second time in the memory of man. The first time was late in February when, following a severe northerly blow, the falls ran dry. Now, following a severe south west er, the river is frozen solid from bank to bank. On Wednesday of last week the worst gale of the season and the most violent in the history of the weather bureau for April was re corded. The solid ice fields of lake Erie were churned from eud to end and piled in a huge conglome rate mass at the lower end of the lake. At Niagara Falls there had been a heavy ice bridge in the pool be low the cataract since the middle of winter. Under the impact of the mass of ice from the lake above and the added Hoods brought down by the wind, the bridge gave ; way and began to surge down the rap ids, but before it could win freedom in the ample waters of Lake Ontario, the wind shifted again to the north . Instantly the moving floes packed at the mouth of the river. Each instant of cold congealed the pack more solidly and each hour brought added pres sure from above. Unable to escape by its natural channels the level of the river rose by leaps and bounds. The highest flood level recorded from previous yean is 28 feet above the normal. Friday night the river was 40 feet above normal. Conservative estimates place the damnge at $1,000,000. Birchfield, Slayer of Zeke Rob erts Taken to Jail. Special to The Observer. Asheville, Apr. 11. John Birch field who last night shot aud killed Yeke Roberts over a hack fare was this afternoon moved from the city lockup to the county jail. While no fear of attempted vio lence was entertained by the city authorities, yet rumors to this ef fect were current this morning and since the county jail was deemed the proper place for Birchfield his removal to that place was ordered. Roberts was the fourth of his con nection' to die violent deaths by gunshot wounds. His grandfather was killed by bushwhackers, an uncle was killed at Biglvey twelve years ago by a man named Whit temore, and a cousin, Charles Blackstock, was killed by a negro desperado here about two years Ncf ro Steals Grip From Traveler and Escapes to the Woods. Augusta, (5a., April 11. Em ployes of the Southern Railway here report that early yesterday morning at the Denmark, S.C., railroad crossing, a negro seized a grip containing S,000in currency, the property of N. G. Evans, of Edgefield, 8. C, leaped from the moving train aud escaped into the woods. Mr. Evaus was riding in a first-class coach and the grip was by his side when the thief snatched it and broke away from men of the train crew who tried to halt him. Up to this time no arrest has been made. The railroad people inti mate connection between this thief aud the railroad wreckers work on the Seaboard Air Line, near the same locality, Saturday morning. The wreck occurred about 1 : HO a. m. The theft ocenred three hours later. "Purchased" Press Country's Danger. Kansas City, April 8 Dr. Ham ilton Holt, editor of The New York Independent, and a member of The Hague Peace Conference, in a lecture here last night declar ed that the great danger to this country lay in the "purchased" press. 'Tapers in t'ie employ of special interests how can they be of service to the people!" said Dr. Hoft. "It is impossible. It is just as important for a paper to have character and intergrity as an individual. The independent pa per nowadays is the paper that commands confidence. The sucess ful newspapers are losing their allegiance to the political parties and that is the greatest and best thing that can be done to streng then our country and our nation." Portland, Me., April 11. Samuel Kline, 25 years old, recently of New York, and his bride of three weeks, Ida Branz Kline, aged 21, were found lying dead from bullet wounds today on the floor of their room here. While the coroner be lieves that it was a case of murder and suicide, he has not decided whether the man or the woman killed the other. The last two weeks of the honeymoon had been unhappy, is is said. Car Inspector Killed. Columbia, S. C, April 11. Car Inspector C. W. Sanders, of the Seaboard, was canght between a section of freight cars while at work in the Seaboard's Sydey Park yards this afternoon and instantly killed, a shifting engine knocking the cars together aud horribly mangling Mr. Sanders head. Mr. Sanders was a promising young man 30 years old. lie leaves a widow and one child, his home be ing in Columbia, He was original ly from Hagood Station. Former Caldwell Boy Kills Him. self. St. John, Wash., April 3. Tom Hagarmau Jr., the 16 year old son of T. Hagarman, Sr. is dead from an accidental pistol shot which he re ceived yesterday at noon. Mr. Hagarman lives at Willada, but the son was helping on the Bab cock ranch, 12 miles southwest of St. John, when the accident occur red. Young Hagarman was at the ranch house when the shot was tired. He had been placing blank rnrtridiws In thp nistnl unarminc I ,-e ... -- r- w..-., & the pistol to scare the girl who was cooking for them. Then he would place a regular cartridge in the pistol aud fire to frighten the girl. By mistake the boy, intending to load the pistol with blank caps or cartridge, placed in the gun a loaded shell He pointed the gun at the girl, it rs said, two or three times and suapped it to scare her. Then to show her there was no danger he carelessly pointed the pistol at his head and pulled the trigger The gun was discharged and the bullet entered the right temple aud passed through his bead. Dr. Douglas Mclntire was called but the wound was fatal, Hagar man dying at 3:30 o'clock this morning. (Young Hagarman was a former Caldwell boy and left this county with his parents several years ago. He was a nephew of Mr. John R. Hagaman, of Patterson. Child Burned to Death. Richmond, Va., April 11. A special to the Times Dispatch says that at Lawyers, Campbell coun ty, early yestarday morning the home of ArmisteadY'uille was de stroyed by fire and his 8 year old daughter was incinerated. Yuille and his wife were awakened by the fire and in the excitement of at tempting extinguish the flames for got the child, asleep in the building until the roof crashed in. Rescue was then too late and it was not until the (lames died out that the charred body of the child was was found undej the ruins. Youth Attempts to Blackmail His Own Father. Fairmount, W. Va. April 11 After being arrested tonight on a charge of attempted blackmail, Curtis Smith, 18 years old, of Wat son, near here, confessed having written letters to his father de manding money, signing a black hand society's name to them. W. E. Smith received two letters de manding a large sum of money and threatening if it were not paid to kill him and destroy his home by fire The second letter was answer ed by Mr. Smith asking for more time. The boy was caught by de tectives as he was mailing an an swer. Yadkin Valley News. Some of our farmers are planting com. Mrs. Powell, of Lenoir, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs J. H. Cottrell, returned home last week. Mr. J. II . Isbell, of Kings Creek, was here last week doing some sur. veying for different parties. Messrs. Francis Hawkins and W. H.Curtis made a business trip to Lenoir last Monday. Mr. F. P. Curtis, of Globe, vis ited in the Valley last Sunday and Monday, The forest fires here last week did a great deal of damage to the timber. Mr. C. 8. Brown made a trip to Lenoir last week. Eilky. Mecklenburg Celebration. Special to The News. Charlotte, April 15. All com. mittees of the twentieth of May celebration, which is to be held in this city next month commemora ting the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence, a.ie rapidly completing their programs for the big event. The several pa- j rade committees, including the! Moral, the colonial and others, aiv ! making preparations for the :not : spectacular affair in the history of: the city. The Daughters of the American Revolution, the Children of the Confederacy, the Colonial Dames and other historic orani- ' zations will participate in the pro j cession. The Chairman of the tlo- ral parade committe is anxious j that all memlcrs of these organi-i zations who do uot live in Char- ; lotte shall be present on ''Taft Day" and take part in the parade. ' Definite plans have been made; to erect an immense reviewing I stand on the Mecklenburg County! court house grounds from which President Taft and his party, in cluding Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Stone wall Jackson, will review the pa rade. Negro Girls Burned Barn. Special to The Chronicle. Stateville, April 10. Mary Lee and Nannie Bell Smith, two negro girls, aged about 12 and 10 years, respectively, were placed in jail here yesterday afternoon to await Iredell Superior Court for burning a barn in Cool Spring township Wednesday night. They have conj fessed their guilt and will plead guilty when the case is called in court next month. Wednesday evening about dark the barn, granary and ice house of Mr. N. E. Owiugs, in Cool Spring community, was totally destroyed by fire with practically all of its contents, consisting of a horse, two head of cattle, a wagon, buggy, harness, feed, etc. Mr. Owings had recently had some trouble with the two negro girls, daughters of Al Smith, colored, who is a tenant on Mr. Owiugs' farm, and it was suspected that it was these girls who had fired the building. War rants were issued for the girls and Deputy Sheriff Blalock arrested Nannie Lee at her home Thursday afternoon. The girl was badly frightened when taken into custody, but did not hesitate to confess that she and her sister fired the barn. The younger negro explained that her sister had run away when she learned that they were suspected of the crime, and told in what direc tion she had gone. Officer Blalock and others took up the trail of the missing girl and arrested her Thurs day night at the home of a relative several miles away. The two girls were taken before a magistrate and hearing their confessiou the justice of the peace sent them to jail, in default of bond, to await the dis position of their case by the Super ior Court. To Enforce Prohibition. Asheville, N. C, April 12. As a direct result of the killing Sat urday night of Zeke Roberts by John Birchfield, who, it is alleged, was under the influence of whiskey obtained in Asheville that night, the Asheville ministers' associa tion held a largely attended meet ing today and decided to call a mass-meeting of citizens for Thurs day uight, April 22, to discuss ways and means of the better en forcement of the prohibition laws. It was also decided at the meet ing today that every minister in in the city preach a special sermon on law and order next Sunday. The killincr of Roberts bv Birch field has aroused the prohibi tionists of the town, who say that th time Has come tor tne eniore ment of the law. SpringTime is PastureTime Are you going to need some new Wire Fencing If you are, we just want you to drop in and see the splendid line we are showing. It's the PITTSBURG make the lxt that fine material, wrought by skilled hands, can pioduce. We have it in all desired heights and priced, too. most attractively. lie wise let us supply your field fence needs you will get a 1 tetter grade fence at a less price. :',. inch Special Fence, for 10 Rods $3,25 4ti inch Special Fence, for 10 Rods 3,75 Horse Sense as the term is generally applied, means good sense plenty of sense. Have you horse sense! You haven't unless you look over our new Saddles when you treat yourself to a new one. The other fellow has horse sense if he can show you letter styles, fit and finish than our make. "WHEN IN DOUBT, BUY OF PRICE!" PRICE - CLINE HARNESS & TANNING CO. CORN PLANTERS BUY THE 66 The Rival Gordon Plows Call and R. H. SP AINHOUR & CO. Spartanburg, S. C, April 10. Since the construction work of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio road was begun in this section there has been a regular carnival of crime among the negro laborers. With in the last few weeks there have been several shooting scrapes and four or five murders along the line of the road. The court of General Sessions will convene Monday. There are nine murder cases to be tried, most of the defendants being negroes from the camps of the C, C. & O. road. Permanently relieves constipation and indigestion. Regulates the bow els, builds up waste tissue. Makes pure blood. Yon grow strong, healthy and robust. Hollister's Rooky Mountain Tea, the safest, nicest Spring tonic. 35 cents. Dr. Kent's and Granite Falls Drug Stores. . V-t r iw mwni wwwhhiib irfT m RIOHT KI7SO : Daisy 99 See Them Wilmington, April 10. A solid car load of berries was shipped to day from Chadbourn, the first of the season. Requisition is made for six cars Monday at that point and from now on the movement is ex pected to increase from day to day from Eastern Carolina. Although heavy frosts occurred this morning throughout the belt and indications are for frost again tonight, it i3 not expected the damage will be great. Children especially like Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, as it tastes likes maple sugar. It not only heals irritation and allays inflamation, thereby stopping the cough, but it also moves the bowels gently and in that way drives the cold from the system. It contains no opiate. Bold by Lenoir Drug Co., J. E. Shell and Granite Falls Drug Co. Subscribe for The News.
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