The Charlotte Democrat., 1892-04-08

Juuge meares presiding.
Segle announces q grand Spring opening,
Store full to overlooking, with the choicest
Spring goods. We call attention to advertise
ment and vouch for all therein stated
The body of Bob Pharr, one of the prisoners
who broke Jail last week, was brought to the city
Monday. He resisted arrest at Spartanburg and
made an attack upon the officer with knife.
He was shot three times and died on the train
just before it arrived in Charlotte.
Of the SIX prisoners who escaped from the Jail
| Thursday, all but one have been recaptured.
The prisoner still missing is John Boyd, the
| negro charged with the train wrecking at Bostian
| bridge.
John Boyd has been captured and is now in
Jail
Friday night while Policemen Moran and
Killough were on their rounds, they encountered
two suspic ious looking negroes at the corner
College and Eighth streets. They undertook to
to arrest them, but they resisted and one of
them shot Officer Moran in the breast. He shot
at the negro after having been shot himself and
Officer Killongh gave chase to the other negro
but failed to catch him.
Policeman James Moran, who was shot by an
unknown negro at the corner of Eighth and
College streets Saturday morning died at his
residence on Monday morning.
OFFICERS ELECTED.-The annual election of
officers of the Hornets Nest Ridemen was held
Tuesday night and resulted as follows: Captain,
T. r. Robertson First Lieutenant. B. Seigle !;
Second Lieutenant, T. G. Keesler; Secretary,
Herbert Hirshinger; Treasurer, J. L. Besman !;
Color bearer, L. A. Blackwelder; Chaplain, Rev.
A. G. McManaway; Surgeon, DR.. R. L. Gibbon :
Solicitor, 81. Clarkson. The elections were
made by acclamation.
For the Republican State Convention at
Raleigh, the Richmond & Danville Railroad will
sell reduced rate round-trip tickets to Raleigh,
N. G, and return at the following rates from
points named below; intermediate points in
same proportion. Tickets on sale April 18th,
18th, and 18th, limited April 18th, 1892 Char
lotte $7.45, Greensboro 81 80, Lincolnton $40
Rural Hall $5 95, Winston Salem IS 60, Durham
$1.65, Goldsboro $2.75. Marion $9.4O, Selma
$1.65.
For the Annual Convention of the Methodist
Educational Society at Charlotte, the Richmond
& Danville Railroad will sell reduced rate round
trip tickets to Charlotte at the following rates
from points named below, intermediate points
in same proportion. Tickets on sale April 11th
to 14th, limited April 10th, 1892 Durham $6.75
Greensboro $3.50. Marion $5.4O. Rural Hall Sc. 80,
Winston-Salem SIS 95, Goldsboro 50 90, Hender-
son So 80, Raleigh $7.45, Selma $500
The negro who shot policeman Moran was
Nelson Murdock, and is not more than sixteen
years of age. He made full confession when
arrested At the preliminary trial here he said the
confession was wrung from him by torture, the
officers stringing him up by the thumbs He
gave an account of his movements since the day
before the tragedy and was remanded to Jail to
await investigation of his story.
The First Presbytery of the A. r. P. church
assembled in the Charlotte church on Monday
night. Dr. R. A. Ross, the retiring moderator,
was not able to preach on account Of sickness,
and the opening sermon was preached Ly Rev.
D. g. Caldwell Trial sermons we're preached
by the theological students, J. M. White, W. c..
Ewart, E. F. Griffith, J. s. Grier, 8. W. Reid, Jr.
The church of Statesville presented a call for
the services as pastor of Rev. Mr.. Pressly, which
call was decided regular and forwarded to the
Second Presbytery in session at Barlow, Florida.
The pastoral relationship between Rev. G. E
Mcdonald and the Steel Creek church was dis
solved by consent, MIR. Mcdonald having ac-
cepted call to the pastorate of the church at
Winnsboro, s. c. Mr.. J. A. Smith was received
as student of theology.
Rev R. NJ. Stephenson, of York, 8. G, was
elected moderator for the next meeting of the
Presbytery, which convenes at New Perth, Ire
dell county, the first Monday after the last
sabbath in September next.
The board OF Aldermen met in regular monthly
session Monday After reference to the finance
committee with power to act, Mr. e. W. Butler
was employed as engineer for the term of one
year at salary of 5000. He will also make
maps of the city.
motion was made by Alderman Springs,
and unanimously adopted, that the city defray
all the funeral expen ses of Policeman Moran.
The following resolution, offered by Alderman
Hall, was also unanimously adopted
"WHEREAs On the night of the 1st of April,
1892, James Moran, one of the regular policemen
of this city, while in the discharge of his duty
policeman, was shot and killed by party re-
sisting arrest it is duly resolved by the board of
aldermen.
THAT the treasurer be directed to pay all dues
to the Mutual Building & Loan Association due
from said James Moran, in payment of his lot in
the city. until the said mortgage shall have been
fully satisfied, thus relieving the property from
| embarrassment, and securing home to the
family of faithful policeman"
Alderman Clarkson moved that the board and
police force attend the funeral of Policeman Mo-
| ran in body, which was unanimously agreed TO.
The honor roll of the graded school for the
month of March shows two hundred and ten
pupils have obtained an average Of 90 per cent.
| and over in their studies during the month
AVERAGE 100 PER CENT.
Margie Donnelly.
| AVERAGE so.
Fanny Moore, Ella McAden, Sallie Kelly. Neil
Bason, iottie Mafitt. Daisy Oates, John Henry
McAden, Fred Walker.
AVERAGE 90.
Bertha Donnelly. Elsie Culpepper, Kstei Dolby.
Mary Price, Jno. Donnelly, Minnie Gray, Annie
Terrence, Lily Dolby. Ora Montgomery. Lomsr
Russell, Annie Auten, Ollie Culpepper, Charlie
| Hamilton, Thomas McAden. Connie Guion, An
ME Munzler. James Honeycutt.
We have only space to publish the three high
est grades. This month we expect the whole
list will come into the "three highest" and then