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The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14
KING FOUND GUILTY
Of KILLING RANCHER
SENTENCE IS DEATH
Prisoner Hears Verdict
Without Least Sign
of Emotion

Kiowa Colo George King the first of the seconfessed
murders of Peter Jackson the Ramah rancman be tried
found guilty of murder in the first M Monday
night and the penalty fixed death John Fields
who said he entered into contract with King kill Jack
and divide the proceeds will begin today may escape
with lighter Assistant District Attorney Purcell and
attorney Clyde L. Sarre council Fields have agreed to
the jurors who tried King Judge Sheafor said they
could the jury until the gone back into
the box and they had been called second time.
When the vrdict read King showed whatever
filled with people including num-
Der of with babies in their arms
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14
He ELaERr COUNTRY
.ELBERTS WIN DOUBLE
HEADER FROM KI0WA

The Elbert White sox won doubl
header from Elizabeth last Sunday, IN
the Elbert grounds. The games were
marked with good pitching, B'akley had
little the best of Mcguire in the
first game, The second game was n
five inning contest and the Elberts won
by a six to 0 score.
FIRST GAME
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

Mr. Johnson Humes, Shupe Van
derhof and Ford from Denver
visited Elbert Sunday on their
Hardley Davidson motor cycles
They reached Denver in 2 hr:1 10 m
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

Battries:-- For Elizabeth; Mcguire,
W Peterson and Morgan. For Ebert;
Gatewood and j. Peterson.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

inning
Elbert -01020 000x- 3
Elizabeth -00000100O /
Second Game
Elizabeth, 10000 Q
Elbert O3O21-G
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

DR. Henderson will be in Elbert
two days, at the Cottage Hotel
Wednesday and Thursday, July,
26 and 27. Kiowa, Friday July,
%.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14
Gilbert Events
A BrIef Summary of Local Happe
ings During the Past week


Elbert, everybody is invited and
a good time assured to all
Mr. o Dell of Denver is the
new station agent at Elbert du-
ring the absence of Mr. Harmon,
who is enjoying vacation in the
mountains.
Miss Steidly of Fort Collins is
visiting her friend, Miss Evelyn
Cornforth at her home
Mrs Bashie Grebe is here Wis
iting with Mrs Gertrude Greene,
and looking after her property,
Mrs Grebe is an old timer in this
community, well known and liked
by all
Mr. Elmore Jewell was in Den
Wednesday to attend his brother
Tom
The Elbert County Chamber of
Commerce was well represented
at the Parsons cherry orchard at
Parker Tuesday.
The E. A. C. Baseball team
will play the Kiowa team Sunday
Albert Green, who learned the
typesetting trade at this office is
now employed at the Divide Re-
view office at Kiowa. He is a
product of the Tribune, and we
can notice a great improvement
in the appearance of the Review.
Adolph Johns, while out rid
ing in an auto, accompanied by
nine others, was passing through
the quiet little city of Elbert run
into the fence in front of the E.
E. Baldwin property, damaging
the machiene considerably. No
one was hurt except the fence
and the machiene.
]. A, Boston was in Kiowa 3
days the first of the week attend
ing court
Sheriff Paul Jones took the
Convicts to Canon City Wednes-
day evening, returning Friday
morning.
Mr. and Mrs H. H. Beckman
were in Kiowa Monday.
Mr. Anderson has completed
the cement sidewalks at his
residences.
Mrs J. R. Close and daughter
Vera spent the most of this week
visiting relatives in Elizabeth.
Mr. Dan Detwiler and little
daughter Minnie of Edgewater
visited friends in Ebert the first
Of the week.
Mr. and Mrs D. r. Burnside
and little daughter Ella were Wis
iting in Denver the first of the
Miss Esther Black returned
home from Edgewater, where
she was visiting at the petwiler
home for the past month.
Mr. and Mrs AL Cornforth auto
ed to Denver one day last week,
returning Thursday afternoon.
Mrs B. C. Jewell is visiting
relatives in Parker.
E. 7. Harper autoed to Eliza
beth and Kiowa Thursday.
A heavy rain fell in and a
roued Elbert, giving the ground
another good soaking.
After the first of August the
trains will only run as far as
Eastonville and back to Denver.
The track from Eastonville to
Colorado springs will be aband-
oned. This we understand is
the order sent along the line.
Mems Poros Knit underwear,
37c per garment at Reynolds
Store.
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

Continued on back page
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

The foreman OF the jury is Howard
Burnes. The other members Of the jury
are: M. Cordory, Elmer R. Morning, W..
B.. Meeker. Fred McIlhenny, W. E. Holt
A. III. Sexton, +. G AIbus, Heury Hoff
man, Arthur McCracken, Frank Edwar-
DIS Adolph Rinker.
The case was given to the jury at 7:50
Monday night, after a night session the
the court adjourned at 1890 o'clock
Monday night and at that time verdict
had not yet been reached. They stated,
however that the jury stood eight for
the death penalty and four for the
virdict of first degree murder.
| r1ob Violence not
| attempted by crowd
There was no attempt at mob violence
last night, although ranchmen neigh
oors and friends Of jackson came in
from miles around Rumah to see the two
prisoners. They were satisfied that
the two murders would receive the full
penalty of the law. according to the de-
gree of responsibility. The fact that
they were placed on trial SO soon after
the killing mitigated the lynching SEN
| timent.
jackson was shot down and killed at
his lonely ranch, two miles northwest of
Ramah. week ago last Friday, The
body was not discovered until Sunday.
On the Monday following, King, who
is one arm cripple, and Fields were ar
rested and charged with the crime. A
few days later they both had confessed.
Just one week to day they were brot
back here ani placed on trial, both be-
ing charged with murder,
The two prisoners under the guard Of
two deputy sheriffs, have had the liber-
| ty of the town when not in the court
room. They were taken to the harness
shop Monday night, manicled together
and allowed to sleep on the floor.
| Found guilty Of murder
In the first and second degree
George King was found guilty and
sentenced to hang sometime in October
and John Fields, the half witted youth,
who did the killing at the suggestion of
King was found ga;lty in the second de-
| gree and sentenced to life imprison-
ment in the State Penitentiary for the
murder Of Peter jackson, a wealthy
hermit by jurors in the district Court
Tuesday.
Confession Of Fields
| Here is his story as he told it = word
for word-with the questions as asked
| n nd tha ansuars.
Why did you kill Peter Jacksoni
George King told me to. he answered,
as though he considered that an all
sufficient reason.
You didn't have to obey the orders Of
George King, did you?
/ don't know, l was afraid Of him. He
told me to do it and couldn't help my
self was afraid to kill jackson but /
was more afraid of King, SO shot Jack
son.
What did you do with the money
that you took from Jacksons pockets Of
ter you shot him.
Me! didn't take the money. King
got the money.
When did you meet King first?.
1t was about two months ago, King
The Elbert County tribune., 1911-07-14

Two base hits; McKimmie. Oaks.
Three Base hits; L. Peterson, McKim-
mie. Bases on Balls. off Blakley one, of
Mcguire one. Hit by pitcher, Morgan.
Struck out by Blakley, six, Mcguire
five. Time of game one hour and
twenty five Minutes. Attendance 100:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

lubrity of the climate threw Chuzzlewit into a malaraI fever, which was the one unfailing crop in that fine agricultural region. He grew worse day by day, and day by day grew more exacting in his de- mands. Mark nursed him and humored his fancies, and bore his queru1ousness, and did the family cooking ,and the fam fly washing, and even, in perfect orgy of "coming out strong tried to till their land.
 But" he said to Martin one day while trying to amuse him. there ain't any credit in it, even here. I don't deny that the night we landed here it did look promising for being jolly; but what hap pens? There are all kinds of good neigh bors sick enough to be a-bed, too, that crawl out and help Us get to- rights. 1 guess that nothing but being very sick myself and seeing if l could be jolly to the last, will do me justice"
 Tn heavens namer' said Martin Don't talk of that. What should l do if you were taken ill?''
 MT Tapley's spirits were stimulated by this remark and he observed that "his glass was arising" MT. Chuzzlewit pug zled a little over the remark and fell asleep.
 Death came very near him before he was better-so near that only Mark Tap ley's desperate fight saved him. When he was able at last to move about, Mark tried one morning to get out, of his own bed and sank back in 1t again. "Floored!' he said to Martin, after making hard but vain fight to rise. ''Floored for the present, sir, but jolly!'
 Floored he was and heavily as any one, but Martin might have known.
 The spectral population of Eden came, and tried to ease him, and grieved; for Mark Tapey had been like sunlight, the first healthy influence that had entered their hopeless lives since they had ar rived at that beauty-spot. They showed Martin what to do for him, and it came Martins turn to work and sit by the sick bed, and listen through long nights to the melancholy sounds of the gloomy wilderness and to the rawlings of Mark
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

the place for which he had ben search ing. If ever a place looked like Adver- sity, Eden was that place. A slimy marsh, by the side of slimy river, it lay reek- ing and steaming, as if the waters of the deluge had only just receded from it, leaving behind it everything that was drowned and corrupt and hideous.
 There were some half dozen people on the rotting wharf when Martin and Mark were landed from the river. steam CT. These were what had been described in the real estate prospectus as the teeming and thrifty population of Eden. Their haggard faces and figures wasted by fever were illustra tive, no doubt, of the eulogies in that same prospectus of the salubrious air and absolutely un- surpassed healthfulness of Eden. There were some rotting log houses, most of them beginning to lean over from sink
 ing into the mud. These were the edifi- ces of the prominent citizens, again according to the prospectus. One log house, empty and showing that it had been so for long time, bore the sign Bank" It was the sole survivor, re- presentative and remnant of the hand some public edifices ornamenting Eden.
 One of the spectral population showed them where their purchase was. It was a baronial domain of watery land or muddy water, according to whether one viewed 1t optimistically or pessimistic- ally. When they entered the dwelling house mentioned in the deed of pur- chase-a log cabin, doorless, foorless, with unglazed window openings, he sank to the earthen floor and sobbed
 This is something like" said Mark, hurrying out to bring up their pos sessions q used to thinksthat maybe I'd have to go to a desert island Whats a desert island to this? And here I've got a partner to provide for and he's something like a man for the purpose want a man as is a-sliding off his legs when he ought to be on 'em. want a man as is his own great coat and cloak and is always awrapping himself up in himself And i've got him What a happiness"
 The delight of realization and the sa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

TT was qnite incredible that anybody
 who once was comfortably installed A in the Blue Dragon ever should wish to leave it-nay, ever should let anybody make him leave it, if he could help it. The only faded thing about the place was the sign, and even that seemed to have faded only through geniality, for it had faded the rampant. roaring, devouring, tyrannical old dragoon into a cordial monster whose clawed foot appeared to be held out not for prey, but in roistering demand for tankard of ale. Its very creaking seemed to be only the complaint of this jollily inclined blue beast against be- ing left outside while the rest of the company sat around the brightest fire that ever was reflected by copper pots and pewter mugs. Sometimes he seemed trying to jump out his frame, and if the smell of broiled ham and poached country eggs and rich saul sages and mulled ale and steaming punch had destroyed in him at last all sense of duty.
 If it was incredible that any man should wish to leave the place itself, what shall be said regarding the sanity of man who would leave not only it, but leave the dragons mistress? Mrs. Lupin was charming enough to prove definitely and forever the reasonable ness of the old fairy tales that always make dragons mistresses the most de- lightful of their delightful sex. All the dragon of the establishment was in the ri In 10 widow who had passed through her state of weeds and burst into flower again. There were roses on her ample bodice, roses in her cap, roses in her checks, and roses extremely well worth gathering in her lips. She had bright black eye and jet black hair. She was dimpled and plump. She bore witness 10 the excellence of the Blue Dragons larder and cellar. She was the most Deaming hostess that ever made a trav- sler glad he had arrived and wretched when he had to leave.
 Search through all England and you could have found only one person mad enough to leave these two presences; md that one man was MT. Mark Tap Icy.
 Mdrk Iapley was prime munster, high lord chamberlain, steward-in-chie and master of the revels for the Blue Drag pn-or, in simple, unassuming English, iostler. A weazened dysDeptic, sour laced, sour tempered, sour soulted cur nudgeon he should have been, to &C., count for his mad desire; but the aston shing truth Is that Mark Tapley was he very reverse of i'll looking, with eyes that were not a glaring green as hey should have been, but instead, shone with merry blue, out of an exceedingly merry face. He sang most of the time when he was not laughing. The very lothes he wore had free and fly away lr, from his free and fly away red neck sloth to his velveteen coat that always Eas ornamental with bright flowers or ,erries.
 The trouble with Mark Tapley was that e was jolly, always had been jolly and, apparently, couldn't help being jolly. It troubled him because he had comrlenced
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-24

Title of next Sundays article: Esther Sunlmerson'' Dickens finest woman character.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14

49,
Mr.. wv. r. Sullivan, VINO TOT sseyeral
years has been assistant to dent
T. M Emerson of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company, has rendered
his RESIGNATION, effective January /,
1912. at which time he will go to New
4 York city, where he will accept re-
sponsible position with the hrm OF
Redmond & Co., international bankers.
Thursday morning of last week,
about IL o'clock, Mr.. Will Little, a
much esteemed young man of Anson-
vile, borrowed a friends pistol, walk
ed to the office of Drs. Dunlay & Shall
lum and shot himself in the presence
of DR.. Stadium. The deed was done so
quickly and Unexpectedly that the Doc
tor could not prevent it. Grave fears
are entertained for his recovery.
Only fifteen of the fifty-nine appli-
cants for licenses to practice pharmacy
in this State, who undertook the exam
nation before the state board at Raj
eigh Monday passed. Thirteen of the
applicants were negroes and five of
them passed, one negro woman, Ma
leria E. Dye of Charlotte.
Mr.. L. M Carpenter, well-known
farmer of Oak Grove township, was
at his home twelve or fifteen miles
Durham.
At the monthly session of the board
Of aldermen of Elizabeth City Monday
evening, a franchise was granted the
North Carolina Gas Company to build
and operate gas plant in that city.
Following closely the announcement
of the increase in salaries of the cler-
ical force of the entire system of the
Atlantic Coast Line, of a few days ago, |
comes the announcement that the fore 4
men on the line in the roadway depart
ment are to receive increased pay, ef-a
fective December 1. The schedule 1
Of increase, which has just been work
ed out gives a raise of 81 a motnh to
those who have been receiving $50 a
So to those who have been get
ting from $51 to $50 and Sc for those
who have been getting $50 and up.
With a brilliant reception that con-
inued through all of Saturday and
Saturday evening, the new Greensboro
Young Mems Christian Association
building was formerly opened to the
public More than two thousand per-
sons visited the building. The build
ng and lot represent an investment of
63, 900.
Col. r. S. Lee, a grandson of Gen. |
Robert E. Lee, has been invited by the
Stonewa1 Jackson chapter, United {
Daughters of the Confe1c"aCy. TO de- {
iver the annual address in Charlotte
n Lee-Jackson day, Jan. 10.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14
CLARK TEsTTFIES In
j. w. KNIGHT CASE.
New York Concerns Business With
the Bankrupt Brokers Amount
ed to S1.OOO.OOO.

Huntsville, Ala. December 9.-Hen
ry Suavet, a clerk in the office of f
VaEgerpen, of New York. was on thu
wittnes stand all morning in the cas-,
of the government against John w
Knight, the cotton dealer charged with
using the mails to defraud. He wa.
summoned by the prosecution Suavet
identified large number of drafts
bills of lading and other papers han
died by his firm for Knight, Yancey
& Co.
On ss-examination Suavet ad-
mitted that Vangerpen & Co., had a
great many dealings with knight
Yancey & Co., that did not grow out
of bills of lading, and that the deal in
one season on the cotton exchange
amounted to a vast sum, perhaps a
million dollars.
Religious Promoters Offered Wine.
New York, Dec 9.-That the, New
York campaign of the Men and Relig-
ed with the aid of corkscrew is no
fault of the Hotel Astor management.
When the two hundred diners took
their places at the tables at the open
ing dinner last evening they found
VINE glasses IN place, Wine llStS placed
where they could not be overlooked,
ash trays in abundance and match
boxes for every one.
= Someone had blundered; someone
had expected high time, to all ap-
pearances, and not few of the "key
men" of the churches, not to say min
sters of international reputation, were
startled when they saw the layout"
When wine orders were not received
he walters ostentatiously laid the
vine cards before the diners, a-hemed |
Ind asked
DO you wish something to drink?"
Not single order was received.
after the speaking began few cigars
we're lighted, but they were allowed to /
lie out when it was seen that smoking
vas not to be general
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14
SEATE MEMS.

Al negro by the name of David New
i kirk, 40 years old, was struck by
street car in front of the Y. M. G. A
building at Wilmington early Thurs
day night, receiving injuries, from
i which he died at the hospital half an
hour later. He was attempting tc
cross the street when struck by the
car.
The county commissioners of DaV-
idson county have decided to make a
very important change in regard to the
county home. The board has decided
to do away with the old system and
employ a. superintendent that knows
his business He must be an expert
farmer in addition to knowing how to
manage the home. The county owns
one hundred and twenty acres Of the
best land in the county and the board
is planning to make it a model farm.
Davidsonais said to have the best coun=
ty home in the state, a handsome
structure Of brick and tile, equipped
with steam heat, water and sewerage.
1t cost more than $4,000
The North Carolina Fish Convention
will meet in Newbern in December Is
and IA This convention is called by
the North Carolina Geological and
Economic Survey, the North Carolina
Fish Commission and the North Caro-
lima Oyster Commission.
4 one-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. r. Davis, of Salisbury, was burned
to death while playing on the hearth
at home Thursday afternoon, death fol-
lowing some hours after the burning
The remains of Mr.. Willie 0. Stuart,
one of the early inmates of the Odd
Fellows State 0rphanage at Colds
boro, who was killed in a railroad
wreck near Atlanta, where he was
employed, arrived in that city Thurs
day afternoon for interment, beside
his brother Sam, who was drowned at
Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington
some years ago.
The Spencer Methodist church was
the scene on Wednesday night of de-
liRhtfuls welcome extended to the new
ly-appointed pastar, Rev. H. G. Sprin-
kle, and his family who have just NOV
Cd to Spencer. The exercises were
presided over by w. H. Burton, chair
man of the board of stwards, and the
attendance was was large, all denom-
nations in Spencer being represented.
Pursuant to an order of Judge Boyd |
Of the United States district court, in |
the case of the bondholders against the |
German-American Company, the big |
cotton mill at Draper, Rockingham
county, owned by the defendant COM
pany, was sold at public auction at
Draper last week. The Thread Mills
Company of Monticello. Ind, was the
only bidder. It's bid being $435,00O for
the real property, including the land,
buildings and machinery, and $4,000
for personal property, including stock
on hand, cotton, contracts and sup
plies. az
There has just been filed for record
with the register of deeds for Wake
a deed of trust by the SOUTH
ern Railway Company for $1,5O0,00O
for the purchase of rolling stock for
The Southern service.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14
To Audit State Books.

Shelby, Dec. 9.-Senator o. Max
Gardner leaves tomorrow for Raleigh
to serve on committee with Senator
Rascoe of BERTHE, Representative Cab
mess of Wilkes and Henry Stubs Of
Martin county to audit the books of the
State, including the State Treasurer,
Insurance Commissioner, Corporation
Commission, and Auditor. The wUrl
will take a week or more.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14
WHERE TO LIVE.
Mr.. LaFoIIette, Says Judge, Should
Come to Ghatty-nOega
(From Judge.)

5, The very beautiful Lillian Russell
1 should live at Butte, Mont.
The osculiatory Richmond P. Hop
ison should take up his abode at Mt
/ Kissco, N. Y.
The talkative Senator LaFo11ette
/ should try season at Chatty-nOoga
4 Tenn.
The members of the Cabinet should
| flourish at Council Bluffs, Ia.
! The motorist auto try Mobile.
The cyclist should do the same with
Wheeling.
The average coal dealer might profit
from season at Fulton, N. Y.
The surgeon out of job might set
at Lansing, Mich.
A Bostonian in exile might find
comfort at Lima, 0.
AS between Lockport and F'reeport,
the average jailbird would probably
prefer the latter.
A bill collector might find the eli
mate of Dunkirk, N Y. more OF less
salubrious.
The unappreciated old maid might
stand a greater chance if she moved to
Manchester.
The emperor of Germany sent into
exile might settle at Williamsburg.
Under the same circumstances the
king of England might go to George
town, although his illustrious grand
mother, would have been happier at
A Romeo under sentence. given a
choice of penitentiaries might choose
Joliet. 4 ga ~ 4saA - s6ssg
am Bernhard might spend the |
last year of her life in Saratoga.
A chronic kicker might find relief |
rom season Oh the Kickapooh res
ervation.
A frstclass home for an amateur
Walton ought to be found at Fishkill |
T.. z. Ga
II you want to try puppy farm,
Why not try Youngsters, N. Y?
Retired Tammany leaders should
njoy the breezes of Boston.
For a stenographer, Carbonate,
ught to prove good field of endeav-
r.
For an opera singer, there should be
ew places like Sing Sing or anywhere
n the high deep seas.
For the author of a thing like this
yell, Tombstone would seem more ap-
ropriate than Yuma.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-12-14
Makes a Ten-Strike.

Mr.. Andy Brown was here from
Gap Monday. Mr.. Brown this year
sold $500 of tobacco grown on one
acre of ground. Mr.. Brown says the
thing for the farmers to do is to stop
cultivating so much land, and work
that which they do use, better. He
plowed that tobacco every week, he
says, and it responded to his careful
treatment with hard dollars-Dan-
bury Reporter.