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r= 1 i^nihi A 1 VI 1 V-X ^ p u ITS E I =? Q From novi to buy goodi 2 goods. LIS1 (| 30 men's ? s 7 50. now 51 condition, oi Z Shoes at a si Q at 45c. Bes ?In fact the as we can't j ? jj kANC A North Carolina Horror Wife of a Prominent Greensboro Physician Dies in flnnvii1cir-?r*c T?#*<;n 11ir*or frnm ^ WW v ...www.v...fc> ..WW. Poison Administered by Her Husband in Presence of Three Other Physicians. Greensboro special to Charlotte Observer: Mrs. J. I'. Matthews, wife ot one ot Greensboro's prominent physicians, died at 7.30 o'clock tonight, iroin the effects ot a h\ | -dermic injection ot sGychn inn s i i in i m i nrni I 1*1/ i nr I.ii-Iiiii.I who was placed under arrest shortly alter midnight and commilled to j.u!, charged wit ii murder. A young railroad man who boards at the Matthews home heard heavy breathing in Mrs. Matthews' room this morning as he was prepating to leave t tie house. Starling into llie room he was con I routed by the husband who iold him Ins wile was ill and would be all right in a tew minutes. The young man, however, was suspicious and brushed past the physician. lie tound Mr '. Matthews in an unconscious and apparently dying condition. He at once summoned Dr. J. J*. Turner, who is the county coroner. Dr Turner called in Drs. M. II Farrer and Z. T. Moore and the three, finding Mrs. i\Ia'thews suffering from morphine poisoning, applied heroic treat-j OPP< CKSAT [NOCK^ r Until January we s. We have to mo TEN! Tnen come md youths' Suits, DO "Rio- Inf. mpn's WW A-r V AAAN/AA le-third off Lot n acrifice- Lot 54-in t half patent Flour i price is cut on ev< afford to move the: iAjStfER ments. The lliree physicians re-1 mained at the bedside through out the day and the patient re sponded to the treatment qnd hope was entertained that she would regain consciousness and recover. About 5 o'clock this afternoon Dr. Matthews requested the physicians to leave the room, saying that he wished to pray with his wile. This they refused to do The husband went to "his wile's ! beside lor the ostensible purpose! | ol feeling Iter pulse. I)r. Tinner, who had grown suspicious, [detected that ho had in his hand I a syringe and immediately look jit., not, however, until the litis hand had succeeded in giving Ids wile it hypodermic injection. An examination of the syringe rove dad enou'ih strychnine I 'It in it to kill three persons. Two hours ; later Mrs. Matthews died with! convulsion Tonight Mayor Murphy issued la warrant lor l)r. Matthews and j he was arrested at ids home and placed in jail, charged with niur I dor. Wl w?li minct Srwtnil o ?? I lw? I I ! iili.ur lio said that his wile 1i.mIi taken morphine an ! he had ad- I ministered strychnine lo counteract the drug. Dr. Mart hews has been in poor health for ome time and this, together with the fact that lie is a dope fiend, is believed to be responsible lor the terrible deed. m * * j * ~ ' ivirs. Man news was about 25 years old and Dr. Matthews is about 30. Tlioy move I to Greens boro four years ago from Durham 1 and he had built up a lucrative DRTU EVERY TGr AT 1 are going to offer ve January 1st. and see: were $6.00, now Hats 50 per cent. lens Overcoats ich Broadcloth at * 2 25; best paten erything in our st m. Yours foi practice. Both belong to pro-! ininent Durham families. A little six-year-ohl boy is the only child. Mrs. Matthews' brother, and Dr. Matthews lather and. brother arrived tonight from Dur ' ham, to which place the body will be taken lor burial. Dr. Matthews will probably be given a preliminary trial within the next day or t wo $100.00 Reward. Ol'K M AN* DISCOVKI.'Y MF.MOIMH ' COMFANY of l.tmroiiM. s C , loss maunI'netured uud Hold thousands ot bottles ot l)FU NF.W IMSCOVKit Y within the lest three (!) yo ?r? \\ i li uu nlis* lute (?F A It \ N I I'd', with each lw>ttie for nil l)loo?l nn<l SUin LMsenKes, Nervousness, Liver and Kidney i rouhb s, and nil' rs $11111.CO reward to any person who will prove that lle y ha\ ev< r f died or r< fusel to comply With the terms f.| tile irallti' Sold by ('tawlord lines MONtY TO LOAN I am prepared, as usual, to nc-'otiuU? loans, | on improveit cotton farms hi sums of ftSun.OO an I upwards for live years. Interest at 7 per is i on - iins of l.neiioi and over I'mli-i (I .Uae.lM). s per cent, interest. No brokerage or txmmiM Son t'liaractl?onl.\ a reasonable f? ? for (instruct of lltln. If. K. WVI.IK, Attornovat-1/.iw. Notice to Taxpayers. Taxes w ill he due nod p lynhle with out penalty troin Octobif Into l>e-| cember HI, 1005. The tax levy for State purposes is ">'s mills, for ordinary county purpos. J es-l'.j mills, special county purposes I (I . A ' . It, It. bonds) 2 mills, consti tutional tax for school purposes mills, making a total levy of 15 mills on all taxable property of the county . In School Districts Niw. 5, HO, H2 and I It!, there is a sprcial levy of 2 mills! additional for school purposes; in | District .no. 21, :t mil's; I?istriots Nes. 12, 17 and HI), 1 mills; IHstrict No, 38, " mills; No. II, (? mills, and No. 10, 7 mills. Iii Cane Creek Township i l here is special local levy of 4}? mills for railroad purposes; Gills Creek, li j mills, and I'leasant IIill, 'A millh. There is also a tax of one dollar on i each male citizen between the atjes of1 twenty-one and sixty years, except ex-Confederate soldiers and sa'lors, or those who are so disabled that they B&nnot earn a support by manual labor. J. F,. BLACKMON, Treasurer Lancaster County. i NITY MAN'S D rouRS is 0 you the chance of We can move cash < 3.90 25 men's S on i-iot men s ann greatly reduced. ] 85c- Lot 54 inch ! t 265 t ore- We must sell * business, a.N*ik? t >||REEN PEAS s Mb?^11 vv i f h r\ fprtiln VV AV11 14 AVI tllll High percentage of ] to get the healthiest, "Truck Farming"; are two practical boo which we mail free o lipation to those wh< o iThey contain vaku truck-gardening as<i j: Address, OE11MAN lK Now Jfork?03 Nassau Blroot, or i | . .ui '-*'?'?*?St >11 I 11 III" 11 llHWWIMII II II I Southern the: ^outh^ ens Unexct lied dining Through Pullman on all through trai ient schedules on a Winter tourist rati effeet to all Florid full information routes, etc., consul ern Railway Tick BROOKS MORGAN, A.G.P.A. Atlanta, Ga. MMMMmBBBOBaHBDnRMi ? ~ j ?OOR | ?? S 9 rO W! g s a lifetime H easier than ^ I * uits, were R [*ts, in good ?5 r 1 _ _i 9 X .joi laaies 11 Etepellants g i l the goods k i = g 1 co. ? ?i 4hould be treated w Ler containing a Potasii, in order fullest pods. i . -i ^ * - - mil "riant ^ ood7' ks for the farmer, f any cost or ob~ a write for them. \ble facts about profitable business. AL.I WORKS, Uluutu. Qa.?US I j Bo. Brood Struck Haduxuj ATE ST' SVSTEM ?ITlBewPa?W<l1 HI \ car service. sleeping cars f ns. Conven11 local trains, es are now in a points. For as to rates, It any South- v ' * et Agent, or , R.VV. HUNT, G.P.A., jj Charleston, S, C. *