The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-18
KILLED BROTHER
WITH P|TCHFORK
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Unique Evidence Against a Jones
County Murderer.
IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOLS
.4srea' Activity OF tfse t'oman's Associa-
lions in a Nunhe, of the Counties.
Fors,the.s Presi den. Drives 200
Miles to Visit The Schools.
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Especial Dispatch % The Times.
RALEIGH. n. c., december l7.-News
has just reached here OF n homicide
which occurred Monday near Clayton,
IN Johnson county. TWP brothers. sam
and Bill Jones. negroes. became involved
in a dispute over a debt. owed by sam
to his brother, when Bill seized a pltch-
fork and jah5ed Il through his 5rohef S
body and then fed Deaih resulted al
most instantly. The plur5eHer has not
been captured. Both were weii-to-ao
negroes.
The Oak City Warehouse and Invest
nlent Company. of this cAHS' mas Pet-
chased variable property on which to
erect a mammoth leaf tobacco ware
house. ste!nmery and TWO or more pug
houses Work on these viii begin early
in the new year with We" 10 haSins
them completed by The opening OF The
next tobacco year
The Supreme Court mas ainTrneo tie
conviction and sentence Of John Dixon.
Jones county. to he hanged for killing
rosfrsv Weber from ambush November
70 ION However il is announced now
1ha- Dixon has broken out of Jones
county Jail. Evidence Of an unusual
character against Dixon was the find
ing OF The wad from the fatal shotgun
load, II being TWO pages. SOL and 5e2. from
the Fashion Delineator. and this maya
zine WIKI Llttts pass ifAi~SttAS vas SNA--o
in DiScn's hoine.
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT.
The Superintendent of Public Instruc-
.;oa is much pleased with work being
done II, many counties BIZ the County
Wonen's Association for the Improve
7leat OF Public Schools and Grounds.
Mrs. Lindsay Patterson. president Of the
Forsythe Association, writes that she
and Mrs Ebert OF Salem. have driven
-;c-i3 I,i, Of
the seventy schools in the county. all
but two having taken up the work of
Improvement. Equally as gratifying re-
ports come from some other counties
Fourteen additional rural public school
libraries were established and received
the State appropriation Of SO each yes
terday. Only about $50 remain to be
established now before The General As
serTbly meets
ALDERMEN WITHOUT AUTHORITY.
Last summer the Aldermen of Scot
land Neck passed an ordinance prolib-
fling all stores from remaining open af-
ter 7:30 p. N. during July and August
a test case was made up. with j. p Roy
ss defendant, and brought to the SUI
r~er7e Court and the court i, their opln-
io, Just issued holds that the aldermen
Of q town in this State have no authority
to enforce such an ordinance
Colonel George l. Morton member of
the 1908 General Assembly. from New
Hanover county, is spending a few days
in the city. looking after his interests In
the race for Speaker for the House of
REPRESENTATIVES he and ?. NJ Gratis. Of
Orange. are the most formidable can
df6ates. Morton is confident Of success
Mr. A ". TIunt1ey. for some time past
depot ticket agent for the Seaboard Air,
Line here, has been elected cashier and
director in the First National Bank Of
Sanford The bank is a new one and
viii BEGIN business January 1st.
The Carolia Feed and Fuel Company. Of
GoIdsboro. was chartered to-day. with
s25 900 capital authorized. The incorpo-
retcgrs are E T. Carter, NJ H Baller
and J. L. Ferguson. Jr.