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mm j f Three Cents the Copy. INDEPENDENCE IN ALL THINGI VOL XIII. Subscription Price, $1.00 Per Year in Advance. COLUMBUS, N.-C., THURSDAY, jjJNE 20, 1907. i i MYSIERI0U8 III ional Killing Wherein a ve Does Not Appear CAPSIZED LAUNCH DISCOVERED FAMILY TROUBLE IS ALLEGED . :;-vs Out of Domestic Diffi iifcont Which There is Con adeiible Idystery The Slayer an skin l:rother-in-Law. IVsiiby ;ic;u' 1 terras pe. ire us 'f komo Ove d lli tna A Special. Edward killed Dan Overcash . just over the Ca made g;ood his es- nossce with bloodhounds arsuit of the slayer, but at our at noght no word has the piuu3. -ubv were broLa- an r khev ar Asi:by . . i i me oi I BSD, tO Willi traduce acii ' it. il i how tl toatu-v y's 1 tomp&i iemu e k b fteppea rerca n lv and the tradegy grew out :; diffiieulty about which .lei able mystery. Per o have arrived here from the iod where the crime was tl tell the story of the crime e details are given for what worth. went to the house of Reese .unlay and accused Pethel 'a improper conduct with Over elaring that if Pcthel would him to the woods he would proof of his charges. Peth ipanied Ashby to the woods - said, Ashby was unable to husband proof of the aisebndnet. Pethel declared it the best way to settle the was to interview Overcash, hel and his wife went to Ash tiae after him. Ashby ac ied the Pethels willingly, but of stopping at Pethel 's home it had been agreed the con- as to be held, the lJethe's beyond into a thicket, ;by was secreted. Ashby if from his hiding place as approached and shot him immediately taking flight. is considerable mystery be 1 rime aud it will require ligation to bring to light ilh Ashby, it is said, had : I JMindav morning some rior to the tragedy to kill h on sight. Suspicion rests etbel and his wife for com :i a nlot to kill Overcash and resumed that they will be ar n that charge. iff Crowder of Rowan county formed of the crime Sunday tfternoon and tvith a nosse and Pioi).i!!M.inds undertook the search or Ashby but thus far without sue- pe t tire;! po Wil is restp a: t v Ashby has the reputation of be ag a desperate character. About roiir vears aero ne Killed nis iatner ai Ashby a noted whiskey trans- torter, because the father had bra il ly wjiipped his daugther, Edward Lshby's sister. The elder Ashby as known to have possessed a nt temper on this ground chiefly acquitted the son. It is said that the en n - which Ashbv used Sunday rtring is the same weapon with lifli he killed his father. cral of Senator Morgan. Ala., Special. With every House closed, with the in plants stopped andi their draped in mourning, in the of 5.000 citizens, 500 of i other parts of the State ion, all that was mortal of yler Morgan, Alabama's Sen more than 30 years, was rest here Sunday. As the lowered into the earth, 'ins of "Lead Kindly Light" on the air and tears sprang :; from a thousand eyes. :crei.a ar Sundav if. i y Taft at St. Paul. S. D., Special. Secre Taft arrived here from He said he had covered from his indispo- vcral hundred people call- reSpects. He attended a l 1 o'clock left for Fort 1) Senators Gamble and and Governor Crawford. Several Bodies Found, But on Ac count of Confined Space Their Number Could Not Be Counted. Newport flews, Va., Special. With canopy irame crushed, but canvass still tightly fastened down the missiug launch of the battleshin Minnesota JT ' ; was located in 27 feet of water, about 1,400 yards west bv south of Fort Wool Friday afternoon about 5 o'clock. Across the little craft n tell tale niece of towino- line sprvprl tn convince the naval Officers that they are right in their theory that the launch was run down by a float of some kind in tow of a tug. The diver who went down to examine the launch reported that the' heads and arms of three men were protruding from be neath the canvass covering: the men having made a desparate fight for life when they were carried down like rats in a trap. It is believed that certainly nine of the bodies will be under the canopy, but the fact that uniform capes .f Midshipmen Ulrich and Stevenson were picked up in the roads indicates that these two must have succeeded in getting free from the boat before they were drowned. Aboard the battleship Indiana Captain Mahan confirmed for the As sociated Press the report of the find ing of the launch. He said that all the facts had been wired to Washing ton and that an official report would be given out later. Searchlights from all the American battleships are playing upon the spot around "which two floating derricks, the naval tug Potomac and half a dozen launches and cutters are anchored. A diver is at the bottom of the roads, placing the cables with which the derricks will raise the launch. Officers and men on board the Atlan tic fleet are waiting anxiously for the raising of the boat. The ill-fated boat was found by the launches of the battleship Ohio and Iowa. mm pi st mm Famous Southern Statesman Passes Away Mr.. iiit .... rrk ill Pay Visit to China, tile, Special. Mr. and Mrs. ' er and Mrs. J. T. Telford, nesday for the far-off China v will spend two months and Mist Carter's children E. Stephens and Mrs. E. L. who are missionaries in that Mr. and Mrs. Carter and Mrs. 1 go to China via Seattle, from which port they take Mr- and Carter have sriven their daughters to missionary Reamer. hi-,... 'Ml ... 111 Liiina Orchard's Story Upheld. Boise, Special. The prosecution 1j the Steunenberg murder trial Friday entering in earnest on the corrobora tion of Harry Orchard's testimony showed a continuous thread of evi dence connecting George Pettibone's store in Denver with Orchard at San Francisco while engaged on the Brad lev murder plot, partly developed an other direct line by which it is hoped to show that Haywood engaged and paid Steve Adams for the same des perate work, and added special touch es of confirmation to Orchard's gen eral story. Officers of the postoffi-? at San Francisco and Denver produc ed original records showing that it August, 1904, a registered letter was sent under the name of "J. Wolf" from the address of Pettibone's store in Denver to tT. Dcmpsey," at the Golden West Hotel in San Francisco Orchard swore that he stayed at tb Golden West Hotel under an alnu that was either "Demspey" or "Ho- gan," that Pettibone used the aliases of 4 'Wolf erf' and "Pat Bone" am that under the name of "Wolff,' Pettibone in the month mentioned sent him a registered letter containing $100 to pay his expenses while at tempting to kill Bradley. Three Women Died in Flames. Cincinatti, O., Special. Three wo men were burned to death and tw men were seriously injured in a fire that destroyed the four principa buildings of the Shaker settlement a Whitewater village, near Harrison Ohio. Mrs. Kuele Dear, Kathrine Rterr and Marv Middletown, thre aged women who occupied quarters ir the main building, were the victims They were burned to death before any one could arouse them. Charles Sten and Andrew Bass were seriously m jured in making their escape from the burning building. WAS AN OLD TIME GENTLEMAN A Terriflic Hail Storm. Millen, Ga., Special. A terriffic Uoil dnrtr, the nnth of which was ucui wvjij r four miles wide and 10 miles lo;ig has wronMit havoc with arowiu." crops in Jenkins county. The 10 horse farm of E. 'Daniel was com pletely destroyed and a seven-horse favTv, nf the Daniel Son and Palmer Company is practical!- a total loss The hail stmies killed grown chickens :nnanir rliees and went entirely i J' .1 jf- through watermelons. Negro Hanged For Murder. Milton, Fla.. Special Nathan Wnodnll a vounsr negro, was hangad here Friday for the murder of Walte Nowling, last January. He confess ed his crime on the gallows and spoke for an hour, advising the people o.f his race to lead better lives, fie was perfectly calm and assisted the sher iff in adjusting the noose. His neck vas broken. Distingished Alabamian, for Thirty Years a Member of the Upper House of Congress, and Prominent in the Affairs of the Nation, Passes Away at the Ripe Old Age of 83. Washington, D. C, Special. United States Senator John Tyler Morgan, of Alabama, for 30 years a member of the upper house of Congress, chair man of the Senate committee on inter- oceanic eanals and prominent as a Bri. General in the Confederate army, died at his home here Tuesday night. Senator Morgan had been in bad health for a number of years, but had more or less regularly attended the sessions of Congress. He suf fered from angina pectoris, which was the cause of death. He passed away at 11:45 o'clock. At the bedside were his daughters, Miss Mary Mor gan and Miss Cornelia Morgan, both of this city, and his secretary, J. O. Jones. Mr. Morgan was a Democrat and vas born in Athens, Tenn., June LdC 1S24. His home in Alabama was at Selma, where the funeral will take place. Morgan Funeral Committee Washington, Special. The commit tee appointed by Vice President Fair banks to represent the Senate at the funeral of the lafe Senator John T. Morgan at Selma, Ala., is as follows: Senators Pettus, "Allison, Frye, Cullom, Daniel, Simmons, Mcfeaur :n, Culberson, Perkins, Bacon. McCreary, Elkins, Tillman, Gallinger, Rayner, Mallory, McEnery, Clarke of Arkansas; Nelson, Stone, Proctor, White, Taliaferro, Overman, Foraker, Crane and Scott. The following were named to rep resent the House of Representatives at the funeral: The entire Alabama delegation: Bartlett, Georgia ; Livingstone, Geor gia ; Gillespie, Texas, and Brownlow, Tennessee. No funeral services will be held at the Washington home. State Mourns Late Senator. Montgomery, Ala., Special. The State ceased business Wednesday to mourn the death of Senator Morgan. The flag on the Capitol is at half mast and the Governor has issued a proclamation reciting the Senator's virtues, his service to the State and long public career. The death of the Senator was reported to the Gover nor by Senator Pettus, his colleague. By primary least summer ex-Congressman J. H. Bankhead was nomi nated for any vacancy that might oc cur by death or incapacity of either of the Senators. The endorsement is for appointment to an unexpired term and does not apply to an election, as the platform of the primary stipulat ed such appointment would be only to the next regular or adjourned term of the Legislature. II AFFAIRS t Items of Interest jFrom Many Parts of the Stale MINOR MATTERS 0STATENEWS Happenings of More df Less Import- ance Told in Paragraphs The Sot- ton Markets. Many New Eharjiacists. Lake Toxaway, Special The North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association convened here in the hll of the Tox away Inn, with its president C. A. Raysor of Asheville in the chair. The address of welcome wmade by Mr. J. L. Alexander of Toxtviy Inn, and was responded to by -Mr. C. R. Thom as, of Thomasville. At fthe session the the reports of the offiersand com mittees were made and new mem bers received. The iforth Carolina Board of Pharmacy passed out of a class of 43 the f ollovihg successful applicants: J. G. Aberlhany, Lenoir; J. T. Abernathy, Gosonia ; Charles M. Andrews, Chapel lll; D. G. At kins, Durham; D. S. Chapman, Green ville; A. D. Currie, Jr Salisbury; 1. I. Davis. Jr.. Morgan ton: A. G. El liott, Durham; C. T. Edridge,Greens bero; T. L. Farrow, Jr., Winston- Salem; John W. Fu Salisbury; H. P. Keni ored), Greensboro; R. ganton; H. C. Lutz, W. A. Lane, Newbern Elkin ; Earl Marrow, Moody, Charlotte: J. Hf Patterson, Jr (Colored) Durham; JR. R. Palmer, Warrenton; J. L. Robfnson, Lowell; J. L. ivanson, Charotkl; A. M. Sec rest, Monroe; E. L. Wbb, Roxboro, J. B. Whitington, East 33end. 1 Horrible Self -Destruction. Lumberton, Special, M A most hor- Fraziei 1 r'e tragedy occurred two miles east ' i - 1? 1 l'l H T n " T-i : 1 oi iiere in wnicn ivirs. r rancis rnu Iips aged 70 years ws the vistim. Her mind had been bmbalaneed for some time and she had repeatedly threatened to take hjjf life. Two weeks ago she attempted to drink con centarted lye. At another time she was taken from the irailroad track just before an -approaching tram. Arrangements had beej made to take her to the asylum and! when Deputy Higley and Mr. E. "D.f McNeill went for her she had disappeared Search ing the.j' found her a short distance beyond the house lying dead in the road, with her clothing burned off her. A box of matches was lying near by. The inference is all tooplain that she took her life. 1 er, (colored) dy, Jr., (Col- Kibler, Moi- Iranite Falls; J. E. Marion astonia..,R E. Convict Chief Witness. Chattanooga, Tenn.. Special. On the third day of the investigation of the charge of contempt of the United States Supreme Court by Sheriff Shipp, Arthur Walle a convict, now doihfl time for manslaughter, was the principal witness. He testified as to a conversation with the day jailer n the day of the lynching which it is charged should have been prevented. Two other witnesses were called, their evidence being unimportant. Doctors Hold Final Session. Morehead City, Special. The North Carolina Medical Association met in its final session. Papers were read by Drs. Jones, 'of Newbern; Headen, of Morehead The report of the house of delegates! was received and resolutions of than&s to the local committee and the Atlantic Hotel and Col. Frank P. Morton, he genial pro prietor for the courtesies shown the society. were passed.;- Dr. Howell Way the new president! was then in troduced to the so'ciey which ad journed to meet in- "Jrinston-Salem, the date to be fixed latfr. The meet ing was up to the .average scientifi cally, but numerically if was not. Roosevelt Children on the Sylph. New Haven. Conn. Special The president's yatch Sylph was in this harbor over-night and during ue morning Masters Quentin and Kerinit and Miss Ethel Roosevelt, with a gov erness, came here from Farmington and were taken aboard. The Sylph then sailed for Oyster Bay. The chil dren had been on a visit lo Mrs. Cowles their aunt. Cleve Richardson Arrested. Monroe, Special. (Sieve Richard son the negro who shft and almost fatally wounded Bob Brewer in a fight over a woman here last November and then escaped was arresfed at Chester, S. C. last Monday just Softer flnishiag a term on the chain galhg there. He has been brought to Mnroe and will have a preliminary healing in the re corder's court this weef. At Washington and Lee. Lexington, Ya., Special. - exercises at -Com mencement dav exercises at v asn- inoton and Lee University were held in Lee Memorial over by President were conferred on which 28 were in Hamilton Wrigrht York, delivered the annual address before the Literary Societies. The "law class oratiOrf was delivered uy Dnvid Scott MacDonald, of lveyser, Chapel, presided Denny. Degree 66 graduates, of the law course. Mablrf , of New The Rowland Case. Raleigh, Special. Although the chemists have reported!; that no evi dence of poisoning hae been found against Dr. Rowland, the cas.es against him will be tJjried in court His friends now believe him innocent of the grave charges, ut that he is In a few days there is to. be a vote on the new county of which Jones-boro-Sanford will be the county seat. It is said that only three votes will be cast against it. . Both the North Carolina Senators and Congressmen E. Y. Webb were appointed to attend the funeral of Senator Morgan, of Alabama. At Federal Court at Charlotte, Franc F. Jones plead guilty of em bezzlement. He returned $5,000 cf the stolen money to the bank. The North Carolina State Veteri nary Medical Assocm011 meets m Charlotte July 3-4. The S,tafe Board of Veterinary Medical Exomimn-s meets there on the 3d to examine ap plicants for license. Petitions have been received for five new Masonic lodges. The Ma sons are growing rapidly in North Carolina this year, and it is believed the increase in membership will per haps exceed that of last year, which broke the record. If it reaches 2,000, the figure expected, the total membar ship of 20,000. a victim of circumstances. 4 Tar Heel Notes. A special order issue! from the of fice of the Adjuntant General accepts the Beaufort division l naval mili tia and also a companv mi infantry of the First regiment at Shelby. Anoth er order disbands Company M of the 3d regiment at Sanfort upon recom mendation of the inspector general, who found in April thif: the company did not meet the requirements of the law. 1 ' State Auditor- DixJh says that Acquitted of Peonage Charge. Macon, Ga., Special. Paul E Wheeler, a farmer of Putnam countj was tried here in the United States commissioner's court on a charge -A peonage. It was claimed that Wheel er returned and held unlawfully, one Henry Smith. After hearing- the evi dence, Commissioner W. E. Martin re leased the accused man. grreat numbers of corporation reports -.A .II r-r-i . I j W. Va. and the valedictory address j, are now coming in. ljie entire time by Carl Converse Crockett, of Wil- j of one of his elerks is devoted to eor more, Ky. - poration matters. Memphis Firemen Stop a Very Bad Blaze. Memphis, Special. By one of the most remarkable fights ever made by the Memphis fire department a dis astrous conftagratum was prevented and a loss ibat might have reached into the hundreds of thousands was limited to about $10,000, when the fire fighters subdued in an incredibly short time the conflagration in the Hil! cotton shed Madison avenue and Wellington street. The blaze Avas one of the most spectacular ever witness ed in Memphis and drew a large crowd. Dispatch From Secretary Metcalf. Washington, Special. A dispatch was received at the Navy Department at 2:15 o'clock Wednesday afternoon from Secretary Metcalf. It was dat ed at Fortress Monroe and made some inquiry about departmental matters. The officials here are noAv satisfied that the Secretary and party, whose vessel, the tender Maple, was long delayed in returning from a trip to Jamestown Island, is all right. NO.' 8. JONES GIVEN SIX YEARS Judge James E. Boyd Sends Self Convicted Bank Embealer to the Atlanta, Ga., Prison for a Term of Six Years Jones Makes Sen sational Statement in Which He Tells the Story of His Fall and Implicates Several Others in His Wrongdoing. Charlotte, N. C, Special. Much interest has been felt in the trial oi Franc H. Jones, the defaulting as sistant teller of the Charlotte Nat ional Bank, who on March 16th left the city, having stolen approximately $80,000 of the bank's funds. Judge James E. Boyd Monday af ternoon sentenced him to serve six years in a Federal prison as a meas ure of punishment for the crime. The ending of his much-talked of case was dramatic in the extreme. Jones himself took the stand and, in a statement full of sensational utter ances told how he had come to fall and detailed the history of his oper ations from first to last. Demands made upon him by his distressed mother for needed funds for his in valid father he said had led him to take the first fatal step. Once start ed he could never recover, sinking deeper and deeper in debt and' ever striving to recoup. His losses he estimated at between $70,000 and $75,000, Among those to whom he had lost money were Messrs. C. Bell, Belf & Fonville. D. A. Hurley, and V. P. Randolph & Co. He im plicates Percy G. Fonville, the ex Charlotte, Rock Hill and Fort Mill, S. C, stoek broken whom he declar ed was his partner in business. As a result of his disclosures, another arrest was made last night, that of Mr. Boyce Bell, who will be called upon to answer the charges of "aid ing and abetting'.' in this embezzle ment. In response to qustions, Jones de clared that there was much specula tion going on around him, and that this means was the only one which appealed to him as one by which he could get-rich-quick. Two Killed; 11 Hurt in Wreck. Washington, Pa.. Special. Two were killed and 11 injured in a wreck on the Wabash road one mile east of Hickory near here, when the Toledo Express, westbound, crashed into a coal train on a siding telescoping the smoker and a Pullman car. The flag man of the coal train, who is said to he responsible for letting the passen ger train in on the siding occupied by the coal train, disappeared immediate ly after the crash. Are a Necessity j in the Country Home. 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