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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
WEST AND ms esSo SENTENCED

Lewis West VIII Re EIecsFocuted -
the states Prison Nay 5th--pur-
cell Must serve Thirty Yearw--seti,-
go MembcTx Of Gang Receive sesa-
eenoes FROM One to Eleven Years.
Wilson, ~. G. March Is.-The cur
tain rang down on the last act on the
Wilson stage 81 the West and puF-
cell trial this morning. when Judge
Adams passed sentence on the noto-
rioux prisoners. who yesterday were
found guilty. the former in the flrst
degree and the latter IN tbs second
Sheriff George Mumford in this city
Friday afternoon. February 3rd.
Judge Adams. IN an impressive
talk, passed sentence. He started
out By saying that this was the arst
time he had had tie painful duty Of
passing such sentence. He said the
defendants had fair trial: they were
ably defended and fairly prosecuted
and the evidence as TO West was over
wheIming; the vedrict as TO Stetson
the prisoners had not been brought
was mertifui; and that he regretted
up better men.
Judge Adams advised Lewis West
to seek immediate spiritual advice
for the life to come; that his counsel
were satisfied at the verdict; he could
hold out no hope for a new trial and
saw no chance for pardon by the Gov
ernor, owing to the nature OF the
crime. Judge Adams passed SEN
tence that Lewis West be electrocut-
ed on May 5th between the hours of
IL and o'clock.
Stetson was sentenced to hard la
Dor in the State penitentiary for a
term of thirty years.
West thanked the sheriff and his
officers after sentence for what they
had done for him.
The other members of the gang
were then sentenced. Matthew Me-
bane, alias Brodie, was sentenced to
eleven years for robbery here. and
carrying concealed weapons; Dave
Young got four years for conspiracy
to rob and carrying concealed weap-
ons; Will Lane and Wade Williams
were given two years each; Mary
Young gets one year. The trial of
Tom Smith and Jim Simms was con-
tinued.
After the sentences expire the pris-
oners will be turned over to Cumber-
land County to answer a robbery
charge.
After court adjourned, Judge Ad-
ans walked where West and Stet-
son were seated and told them good
bye. West and Stetson were taken
to Raleigh this afternoon.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Kenly, ~. c.. March 21.-The Are
which occurred here Sunday night did
about $1,000 damage. The Are origi-
mated In . frame building used for
hitching and feeding teams. Four
other frame buildings were also de-
stroyed. The buildings were owned
by Elias Barnes. Tom Watson. Jim
Davis and Jesse Jones. There was
no insurance on them nor was there
insurance on contents.
A spectacular incident was the lib
Grafton OF steer from q burning
building by negro. The animal In
the mad rush for liberty caught the
negro on his horns and carried him
about twenty feet, then dropping him
to the ground unhurt.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
CHANGE of HEaRT

Sevierville, TENT never did
believe in patent medicines" writes
Mrs. Martha Hown, Of this place, un-
til took Cardui, and II cured me.
Now | do all my house-work, and it
don't tire me. Doctors failed. but
Cardui saved my life." The benefit
from taking Cardui is not confined
to one part of the body. Cardui i'm
proves the whole womanly system.
1t helps headache, backache, falling
feeling, and female weakness. TRY
It. It will help you. Price 500.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
a Farmer Visits His Plantation in
Flying Machine.

Aiken, s. c.. March 18.-Probably
Tor the first time since the invention
Oh the flying machine it was put in
use by farmer to-day to visit his
plantation. This morning, as q pas
senger OF Aviator Coffyne, Thomas
Hltcncock few to Cedar Creek farms.
some sixteen miles, making the trim
IN twenty minutes. After attending
20 business matters. he again entered
the machine and flew back to Aiken
making the trip without accident
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
THE WAR DEPARTMENT BUSY.
Will Send 1900 Troops to the Phil
ippines-Some Big Guns Ordered
to the Hawaiian Islands.

San Francisco, Cal, March 49,
1t was learned here this evening that
transports had been engaged by the
United States to carry IL 900 troops
to the Philippines. The equipment
which will be taken is said to make
the increase in the post permanent.
The report Of this action on the
part of the United States has caused
renewed talk of the threatening mem
ace of Japan to the Western Coast
OF the dependent islands.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Former Insurance Agent of This State
Sentenced to Ten Years.

Bristol, Tenn, March 17.-For the
betrayal of Lizzie Palmer, a pretty
orphan girl, ]. e. Hampton, who had
been prominent in the insurance bus
mess in southwest Virginia and at
Greensboro and Raleigh, N. c., was
to-day sentenced to ten years in the
Virginia penitentiary in the Corpora
ton Court in Bristol, Va. 1t has de-
veloped since Hampton's arrest in
Raleigh that he is a married man.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
MRS. ROYSTER ATTEMPTS SUI
eide.
Deserted by Her Husband, the De-
spondent Young Wife Tries to End
Her Life in a Greensboro Hotel
Had Been Married Only a Few
Weeks.


Greensboro, N. c., March 49,
Forsaken and deserted by the man
who a few weeks before had become
her husband, tired of searching and
inquiring for him, respondent, de-
jected, and downcast, Mrs. Farrar
Register, who was before marriage
Miss Sadie Mitchell, of Burlington,
attempted to take her own life in a
parlor of the Guilford Hotel to-day.
Guests in the lobby at lis o'clock
heard a pistol shot behind the cur
tains that separate the lobby from
the parlor. Thrusting aside the cur
tain, they beheld the woman lying
writhing upon the carpet, a gaping
wound in her breast, from which the
blood was squirting, and a smoking
Smith & Wesson 32-caliber revolver
at her side.
81 did it myself" she sale in an
swer to the questions of taose who
pressed about her. ST did it for the
love of man; he left me two weeks
ago, and I love him better than life.
Doctors were hurriedly called in
and they applied anaesthetics, and
an ambulance was called to carry
her to the hospital. The woman beg
ged the physicians to finish her life,
either to shoot her or give her some
thing that would take away the life,
which, she said, was misery without
the man she loved and had married.
The man. who the young woman
says is her husband, is Farrar Roy
ster of this city, member of a good
family and well-known in the city.
He is about twenty-three years of
age and has held several positions
about town, none of them, however,
long at time. He is now said to be
in Texas.
The young woman has a brother
and a sister living here, but her home
until the marriage was in Burlfng-
ton. She was a woman of rather
striking appearance, pretty and at
tracted attention in the hotel. She
wore brown coat suit, was we'll
dressed and her appearance and con-
versation indicated that she is a wo-
man Of refinement and education.
A report from the hospital to-
night is that, while the woman is Sc
riously injured, she has about an
even chance Of recovery.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
WOMEN WHIPPED OFFICERS.
Revenue Officials Forced to Retreat
After q Lively Battle-One Of the
Posse Fatally Wounded-Women
Arrested Later.

Knoxville, Tenn, March IA
special from Bristol says one officer
shot and fatally wounded with a fin
ger shot off and a third frightened
from the scene is the result of bat
tie between three women on one side
and trio of Revenue officers on the
other at Long Fork, near the Pike
and Letcher County border in Ken
lucky Wednesday afternoon.
Deputy Marshall ] Martin Potter
and Possemen Charles Smith and Car
field Smallwood, of Pikeville, enter
ed the Long Fork section to arrest
Charles Tackitt, aged twenty, charg-
ed with moonshining. Tackitt. though
armed, surrendered without resist
ance, but his mother, Martha Tackitt.
sixty years old, was angered at the
presence of the officers, and with fer
daughters Mamie Tackitt. aged
sixteen, concluded they would give
the officers battle. The aged mother
with a Colts pistol and the eldest
with a sixteen-gauge shotgun open
ed fire upon the men. After several
shots had been fired Smith fell NOR
tally wounded, being shot through
three times, while Smallwood lost a
finger and had the crown of his hat
pierced with bullets. Smith who was
fatally wounded, is a member of one
of the best families in the county
The boy was then taken in charge
by his mother. not an officer being
on the scene.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
for the Defence of Hawaii

Washington, D. c., March 18-Re-
doubled activity is being displayed
by the War Department, which is
making emergency preparations for
the defence of Hawaii with a view
OF preparing for possible attack by
Japan.
Two fthe first of fourteen-inch
guns to be finished are ordered to
hawaii and other guns are on the
way. 1t is proposed to have at Ha-
wall a full strength of five thousand
troops and also ten companies of
coast artillery.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Nevada Lets Down the Divorce Bar,

Nevada Lets Down the Divorce Bars.
Reno. Nevada, March 1.-THE
popularity OF the State of Nevada al
place to secure quick action in d.
yorce cases was increased last night.
The Legislature let the bars down
Iurlner than they have been when
Doth houses passed a bill making a
residence of six months the onIv ra-
quirement In divorce actions. The
privilege of leaving the State when
necessary" is to be accorded to ALI
who are establishing a residence The
Dill now goes to the Governor.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
General News.

Nearly ten thousand soansa voted
in sehool election Gr Milwaukee
Wisconsin. Tuesaay.
The Legnkanf Banking Company.
the eldest hank IN Mobile. Ala. la
made an assignment.
The old battIeahIp Texas was sunk
Tuesday IT Fort Monroe. Va. IN the
firing tests Of which she was the sub
iect-
A portion OF the business section
Of Stanton. Va. was dre-swept on
Monday night The loss was about
$4,000.
Spirits of turpentine sold in the
Savannah. Ga. market a few days
ago al. sS cents a gallon and the
price is expected TO reach 800.
L. S. Naftzger. formerly president
OF the Fourth National Bank of VII
chita, Kansas. has been found guilty
Of buying and selling stolen postage
stamps.
The Cut Nail Manufacturers Asso-
citation of Philadelphia, which practi-
caIly controls the nail industry in the
United States, have advanced the
price OF nails $500 a ton.
Two persons were killed and four
injured at Buffalo. n. Y. Sunday
when a Lackawanna passenger train
running at high speed crashed into a
street car at a grade crossing.
w. T. w. Morgan. postmaster at
Huttonsville, w. Va, has been ar
rested charged with having stolen
nearly $4,000 Of the post-office funds.
Morgan admits guilt, but cannot ex-
plair what became OF the money.
A memorial tower. in memory of
Grover Cleveland, will be erected at
Princeton, N. J., in the near future.
A sum of 100000 has been raised
by friends of the former President
and the tower will be erected on the
plain on which the battle of Prince.
ton was fought.
Booker T. Washington, the we'll
known negro educator, was assaulted
by man in New York Sunday, and
had to be taken to hospital to have
his wound dressed. Washington was
walking to and fro in front of resi-
dence waiting to see party and the
janitor Of the house thought him
burglar and assaulted him with
o1,,
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Elizabeth City Men Capture Young
Bears.

Elizabeth City. N. c.. March al
Clay Foreman and party are tho
owners OF four cubs. which were cap
tured Sunday afternoon in a tract OF
lumber woods about SIX miles from
the city.
Mr.. Foreman, who Is president OF
the Foreman-Blades Lumber Com
pany, was inspecting some timber
lands with several workmen, when he
ran across bear with her brood.
Several shots were fired at the old
bear and she scampered away into
deeper woods, deserving her on
spring. The cubs were bagged quick
ly and brought to town.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Pitsburg. March 21.-Marching TO
the gallows singing, Steve Rusic. a
one-time Magyar soldier. was hanged
here to-day for the murder OF Mrs.
Belle Domboy on the night of Janu-
airy Is. 1910.
Early to-day Rusic began singing
and the weird Hungarian death-song
was taken up at intervals until the
black bag was clapped over his head.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
President Taft's Suggestion Received
Heartily.

London, March II. President
Taft's suggestion for an unqualified
Anglo-American arbitration treaty
was enthusiastically received by the
International Arbitration League to-
day. Sir Edward Gray's speech in
support of~the plan was given like
reception. Lord Chancellor Lore Blu
ron, who presided, declared that when
a man who held an Office such as the
Presidency of the United States said
what Taft had said. he raised the
hope of humanity.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Fire at Granite Falls Burus poe.
OfIice and Two Business Houses

Granite Falls. n. c.. March a1
a nre OF unknown origin occurred
here this morning early after mid
nlgnt. which destroyed the general
merchandise stock of league & Cline.
the post-ofice with all records and
mail matter. w. E. starnes' Job Once
anu the Bowman & Starnes store
building The loss is estimated at
$4,000, with little insurance.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Bristol, Tenn. March 18.--Bettie
and Mamie Tackitt, aged sixteen and
eighteen, the girls who joined their
mother in a battle with Revenue of
flcers at Long Forg, Eastern Ken
lucky last Wednesday in which one
man was killed and one wounded.
nave been arrested. Their brother.
whose release from arrest was the
OBJECT or the fight, made his escape
in the mountains.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

A Farmers Union for wilson
County viii be organized IN Wilson
Saturday.
The State Sunday School, Conyen-
ton will be held in High Point April
goth TO 27th-
Mr.. ". c. Hurst, Of Durham, died
Tuesday from erysipeias, which had
followed a severe attack OF small
pox.
The annual address at the State
University will be delivered this year
By Governor Woodrow Wilson, OF
New Jersey.
The Women's Missionary Union OF
the Baptist churches of North Caro-
lima are holding their annual meeting
In Wilmington this week.
In the election held at Asheyille
Tuesday on the commission form OF
government, the proposed new char
ter was defeated by the close margin
of twenty-three votes.
The Hotel Lafayette, of Fayette-
Vile, has been sold to ]. p. Sanders.
of Charlotte, and Robert Irwin, OF
Greensboro. 1t Is understood that
improvements will be made on the
property.
The Spring Hope Banking Com
pany, of Spring Hope, Nash County,
was robbed some days ago OF about
5000. It is thought the money was
stolen by the janitor. He was ar
rested and $1,000 was found on his
person.
Wilmington adopted the commits
sion form OF government by de-
cisiye vote, and will hold primary
April 18th and the election first Mon
day in May to elect the three COM
missioners from those nominated in
the primary.
At the request of the Salisbury Bar
Association, Governor Kitchin has
called a special term OF Rowan Su-
perior Court for a weeks term, be-
ginning Monday, April 10th, for the
trial of civil cases, the docket having
become congested.
The executive committee of the
board of trustees of the State Uni
versity will award the contract for
the erection of $4,000 building
on the campus for the Schools of
Medicine and Pharmacy. 1t will be
known as the Caldwell, in honor Of
DR.. Joseph Caldwell, the first Presi-
dent of the University.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Entire Faculty Of Presbyterian Col
lege at Charlotte Resign.

Charlotte. NJ c., March 21.-The
entire fact ty Of the Presbyterian
College for Women, located in this
city, and leading institution in the
Carolinas, has resigned, and the new
IL elected president, Rev. ]. L. Cald-
well, DID,, has accepted these and
new members will be secured for the
fall term.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

I tried to cure this for eighteen
nontns' but 1t gradually got worse. A
ooctor advised me to have my tonsils
~. OUT Out I did not like the idea
Anotner doctor examined me. and told
.a1 me same thing. I finally got bot
11 VI feruna.. and after had taken
o1le bottle my throat was better. 1
bought and used dozen bottles. and
saW was going to set well. and ] did
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
The SpellingBee.

Amos: 1--WE had a spellin'-bee in
tn church parlors last night and I
wuz in tn contest"
Silas: "Haow did We come out?''
Amos: Il got stung. &C. G. NJ.
in Woman's Home Companion for
April.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
BAD CASE
OF GRIP
Caused Sore Throat and Ton
silitis. Restored by
Peruna.

Mr.. W. II.
II o u s y,
Stony Point.
T Tennessee.
writes:
Five years
ago / took a
very severe
cold which
resulted In
Ia grippe. I
never w az
SO bad OF. I
was In bed
Q e v e r a l
weeks. and
when I did
get mp I had
tonsiIitis
and 8 . re
THREAT
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Flying Machines for the Army
Maneuvers.

Washington, ID. c., March IT,
Three army officers trained in avia-
ton and two aeroplanes will be add
ed to the "maneuver division" at San
Antonio within a few days.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Wheeling. W. ". March ai.-The
SOC miners who on Sunday voted To
work and ignore the sympathetic Or
der issued BY National President Lev
In decided to change their tactics last
night and to obey the strike order
AS result. all the mines affected
are closed to-day.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

~sYskwsx Thrwzses 60 III sssz~<~ -
assrsnrz - Hrtnra te ua~s
Tvuun~ ssvzs~xrz Oms-

Cggss.ese. III. NARA H..
- 8An NAtsosai CsassA are arvsuzss
hvgw CO esssY train se-aAs - a.
tie = zee Iale nIneFs~ Aao a<s tsrw.s.
enanw physse@l vsesenee Ia Az e sass.
Ewssow- wcxAsws wko fe<aTa - -.
wovd Fsz<heA here se-SAy "a.
Depatf she<sz knamIIssr as4 sssAs
deputies frosa CATisnsslIs. wAa ~sa,
tn Bcnid % fsrnlsh prOseetipx q .
sAsft Of Ealners who scaght 20 ssszr.
10 work caeoantsred three hsssr.s
miners armed vtfa skut-wusx a.
were ordered 70 leave tcss sasx.
penalty Ct death.
KnAmiler and htz depati.@ ssH=ssss.
ageiy left. The troueac ealmsnatiss
in the preseat situation originates "a
. dispute ~ 20 tae amount of ooal %
be loaded on naine ears
One % the local unions xosed 10 -
turn 20 work. and the ineaz se.x "
the other local naions Immediately
began 90 arm.
Half q hundred miners. Araase
with revolvers. rites and sAos-wuHs.
were parading the streets swearing
that no men would return 10 work
without trouble Many Of the riders
were the worse for drink. and saerss
Etter decided 10 call for assistance
Governor Dineen Immediately order
ed detaehmsnts aggregating three
hundred men 20 the scene.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
State News.

A Farmers Union for Wilson
County wlll be organized IN Wilson
Saturday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

The State Sunday School, Conyen-
ton will be held in High Point April
goth to 27tb-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Mr.. W. c. Hurst, Of Durham, died
Tuesday from erysipelas, which had
followed a severe attack OF small
pox.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23
Farm Topics
LIKES rsn>s Torsc~-

May nlr Made "a Ins<ww~tsm& ard sas.
sadie Feature 81 sasr FMgrF--faF-
sa~ws ~hould aAkw Iaas~ n~F~sxsza~af
IAseay.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

The annua! address at the State
University will be delivered this year
By Governor Woodrow Wilson, OF
New Jersey.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

The Women's Missionary Union OF
the Baptist churches of North Caro-
lima are holding their annual meeting
In Wilmington this week
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

In the election held at Asheyille
Tuesday on the commission form OF
government, the proposed new char
ter was defeated by the close margin
of twenty-three votes.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

The old battIeshIp Texas was sunk
Tuesday IT Fort Monroe. Va. IN the
firing tests Of which she waa the sub
iect-
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

Nearly ten thousa1d ,sosnsa voted
in . school e1ectIoa Er aGIasakee.
n lsconain. Tueaday.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-03-23

l.. S. Naftzger. formerly president
OF the Fourth Nationa. Bank OF WI
chita, Kansas. has been found guilty
Of buying and selling stolen postage
stamps.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
anniversary is Observed

The celebration Of the fiftieth an
niversary of the founding Of the
University of Washington was car
ried cut according to program and
was, probably the most notable
event Of its history. Scholarly adj
dresses on educational topics, re-
unions Of college alumni, parades
and banquets made up the main
features Of the occasion, which last
ed over a period Of five days.
The three important occasions
were the meetings at the University
Auditorium on Monday and Tuesday
college men and state officials being
the speakers. The representatives
Of the state government were Gov.
Hay. State Supt. Of Schools Dewey
and Justice Chadwick Of the SUI
preFne court. Their addresses,
along with those Of the educators,
are Ill to be printed by the univer.
sity authorities in pamphlet form,
and will prove Of special interest to
educators.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
Cream. 40 Cents

This is tt e price have been pay.
ing since the 18th of November.
was told by a merchant this week
that the reason one party was ship
ping was because they could get
more elsewhere. / want to correct
this idea at once, for this is not the
case, nor has it been the case for the
last three months. | have paid the
highest Seattle price since l have
gotten fully started here. and any
one who has sent cream away, has
done so at loss. To cut all this
short and to satisfy the merchants,
as well as the farmers, that / will
continue to do so; l will agree to
put up bond Of enough to cover
any discrepancy between prices re-
ceived from any outside point and
mine. 1t is an easy matter for out
side shippers to come in here just
before butter goes up, or as soon as
it has gone up, and compare the
higher price with what / have been
paying; but if the farmer will stop
and think, my prices 60 up on the
same day as theirs.
This is why they select the fall Of
the year to drum trade.
". L. Chappell
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-11-17
DEER HARBoR

Chas. Merritt of Seattle is visiting
at the Norton home.
g. L. Herschberger returned
home from Seattle Saturday.
Miss Hope Brown is visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Douglas.
Misses Anna Lawson and Carrie
Loos returned home form East
Sound Saturday.
A good program is being proper
ed by the Deer Harbor school for
Thanksgiving Everyone is cordial
Ay invited.
Miss Anna, Palmateer and Mrs.
Tiff Of Friday Harbor have been
visiting friends and relatives here
for the past week.
Deer Harbor is not SO slow - n
spite of the snow storm and wind
Saturday night. the. dance vas fairly
well attended. Although the musi,
saans failed to arrive, good music
was furnished by some Of the youne
folks, as we have instruction book,
and are easy to teach. !.
49,