Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1903-09-10
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Kinston, Sept. Fire broke out
in the four-story tobacco prize house
next to the Carolina Warehouse tbs
morning about 2:15 O'Clock, ard
| quickly spreading to the Carolin.,
destroyed the two with all in then
also doing serious damage to the
American Tobacco Company's nam.
moth stemmery across the street.
Jonesboro, Sept. 7.-Mr. w. F,
Lloyd, of this place, tells of the cap.
ture of a turtle of such strength and
| dimensions that after it had been
shot once it carried man for some
distance on its back. The turtle was
caught by II. B. Godfrey at Neil
Dalyrymple's pond and after it had
been cleaned there was half bushel
of fine meat.
Kinston, N. c., Sept. 7.-After
listening to the testimony of Mrs. j.
G. Chestnut this morning ustice w.
F. Dibble committed Emmett Boy
ett to Jail without bail for the MUIR
der of his wife, Lena Boyett, last
Friday. The defense was represented
by Messrs. Land and Cowper, and w.
w. Clark, of Newbern. The defense
did not put any witness on the
stand and contended themselves with
listening to the testimony of the
leading witness of the prosecution,
Mrs. Chestnut.
Wilmington, n. c., Sept. 5.-Mrs.
w. j. Piner and two daughters, Hv-
ing near Kenansville, while alone
in their home Wednesday night,
discovered negro man under bed.
Mrs. Piner tried to shoot the intrud.
er with shot gun, but it failed to
fire, and the negro crawled from un-
der the bed and GRABBED the gun,
wrenching it from the woman's
hands, and running out of the house.
One of the daughters secured an
other gun and shot at the man as he
was running across the yard. He
fell, but got up again and ran off.
Wilmington, N. c., Sept. p
Labor Day was more generally OBJ.
served here to-day than ever before.
Hundreds of people betook them
selves to Wrightsville, where very
elaborate program of exercises was
held under the auspices of the allied
trades unions of this city. the chief
feature of the day was mastery ad-
dress by Governor Charles B. Ay-
cock along educational lines, the
chief executivet declaring universal
education one Of the strongest agen-
cies toward bringing about solution
of the problem between capital and
labor.
Louisburg, Sept. 7.-When at 7
o'clock this afternoon Chief of Po-
lice and Jailer G. D. High went to
lock the prisoners, fifteen in num-
ber, in their cells at the Jail here, a
concerted attack was made upon
him with such suddenness and fury
that for moment it looked as if the
brave officer must inevitably be
overpowered and the men effect their
escape. The jailer however was equal
to the occasion. Warding off most
of fhe blows aimed at him, he drew
his revolver and as the crowd press
ed him three reports rang out, and
one of the attacking party reeled,
shot twice in the arm and once in
the back. The others fell away from
the determined man. In the me-
lee, though, two burst from the
building and escaped. The others.
over-awed by the sight of the weap-
on, were placed in their cells with
out fuither resistance. The wound
ed negro is expected to die. The
jailer received no serious hurt in the
struggle. A telephone message has
been sent to Weldon, asking for
blcodhounds with which 10 pursue
the escaped prisoners.