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' IN THE TOILS OF THE LAW. TRAVELING SALESMAN CHARG * ?f v IC QV. ED WI1KI DIU/lin i??w? RIO (JSLY ILL AT HOTEI. Kingstree. March 29:?A W j Phelps, a traveling salesman for the International Harvester Company, lies seriously ill at the Kellahan hotel, in this town, while Sheriff Graham holds a warrant of arrest, charg'ng him with bigamy, and which will be served as soon as Phelps is sufficiently recovered to be removed to the jail. Three marriages were performed here on Easter day, one of which was that of A W Phelps to the daughter "of a respectable farmer, living a few miles from Kingstree. The couple took the train at 9:12 on Sunday night, going to Lanes, and. spent the night there. On Monday they came back to Kingstree, Phelps! having suffered a slight stroke of - - * * i I paralysis, and put up at tne noiei.; Meanwhile the Rev W E Hurt, of the Baptist church, who had per-i formed the ceremony and to whose 1 congregation the young lady belong-1 ed, received information that Phelpsj was not legally entitled to contract a marriage, as he then had a wife lfving in North Carolina. Mr Hurt promptly began an investigation, which uncovered facts sufficient to1 warrant him in going to Phelps and i charging him with having practiced i a gross fraud, both on the minister and the innocent girl. Phelps admitted that he had been married, but wa3 divorced at Greensboro, N C. When the minister, however, 'offered to wire the clerk of court at Greenst&ro for proof of this statement, Phelps objected, saying the clerk of court might be dead and please to wait until he was recover-: ed from his attack, when he would straighten the matter. Investigation further disclosed the fact that Phelps had told other parties here that he was married. These facts unfoi nately only came to knowledge Monday morning after the ceremony had been performed. The w- father of the young lady was communicated with, and came at once to the hotel and laid the facts before jL.. Ws daughter. The poor girl is, of cqurse, crushed and mortified, as[ are also her parents. , She returned home with her mother about sundown, and on the advice of the So? licitor her father swore out a warrent, charging Phelps with bigamy, and he is at present under the supervision of Sheriff Graham. The Sheriff this morning wired ^-^the clerk of court at Greensboro to; t know if Phelps had been divorced j there. as he claims. If he cannot; set himself straight before the pre-: liminary, which will be held later, | he will have to face a Williamsburg jury on a charge of bigamy. The foregoing article clipped from j the News fjid Courier gives the salient facts of a sensational and v unfortunate affair which has stirred : up the people of our peaceable and law-abiding community more than i anything of the kind that has trans-1 pfrad here in a long time. Out of j consideration for the young lady! and her family, who live near town j and who are new-comers to ourj . county, we withhold the name of! PLEA Individuality i ^1 Ati I picaMj _yuu uui um ter of style, for ne^ EVERY ( , is here and you wi P the victim of the lamentable occurrence. Mr Phelps is an expert machinist and has been making periodica! trips here for several years and his friends are greatly surprised at his conduct in the light of present appearanees.at least. A telegram was received yesterday morning from ar attorney at Ashboro, N C. who Mi Phelps said represented Mrs Phelps No. 1 in the divorce proceedings, stating in substance that nc such proceedings had been instituted. so far as he knew. It being reported that Mr Phelps' wife was living in Greensboro, N C, Sheriff Graham wired the chief of police there, stating what had occurred here and asking for information. Up to this time (Wednesday afternoon) no reply has been forth coming. Meantime Mr Phelps is confined to his bed at the Kellahan hotel, with one-half of his body paralyzed and a warrant pending for his arrest. There is no doubt that he is a very sick man and the excitement and worry attending the affair has not helped his condition. Certainly unless he improves he is in no condition to be taken to jail. From several stand-points the situation is painfully embarrassing. The people of Ringstree have tried to be humane in dealing with this case, having given the man charged with the serious crime of bigamy every opportunity to clear himself, offering to communicate by wire with any one who could vouch for his innocence, but it now seems that the coils are tightening about the unfortunate man and that he must pay the penalty of the law. In response to an inquiry tele?l? J Alrxwlf nA?**t nf r.nil. Krapuru UJC turn* ui umu v^.? ford county, N C, (of which Greensboro is the county seat) Sherifi Graham received the reply: "Nc divorce granted A W Phelps ir Guilford county." Notice to Subscribers. In transferring the names of subscribers from our subscription lis to the galleys of the mailing machim we nave recently installed, there ha; been some confusion of names anc postofficesand a few subscribers,wht are entitled to the paper every week complain of not getting it. We asktherefore, every subscriber who faili to get his or her paper to notify u: at once? a postal card will do?s< that we can rectify the error, if suet there be. Don't fly off the bandh because you happeu to miss a eopj or two of the paper, but drop us i eardaud we will promptly look int< the matter. It is no easy task t( transfer 1,S(K) names scattered amons 50 or 7.5 postoffices, with a different date to each name, without making a few mistakes, (iive us a little time, please, to get our mailing nia chine working smoothly and we hop< there will be no further trouble. Tributes of respect,obituaries cards of thanks and all communications of a personal nature, nut news, are charged *or at the rate of one cent a word. When you come to town put a copy of The Uecord in your pocket and consult its business directory?the advertising columns in making your purchases. tf SINC s the keynote in o y in the hat but ii /er before have w< :onceiy ill find it a pleasui s. % Summed Up. He was a lion tamer, but the man ' who ruled the king of the forest I was in turn ruled by his wife. One ? night lie was entertained by his ; friends, who refused to allow him to depart until the small hours of the morning. As a result on his I i homeward wav he had a presenti- I 1 i inent that his better half would not ! receive him as cordially as he de- ! ; served, consequently he spent the night elsewhere. In the morning he tried to slip 1 into the house unobserved; but, 'J alas, a voice from the top of the j stairs greeted him coldly: I "Where have vou been all night, ' John?" . | "Well, mv dear. I was afraid of i j disturbing you, so I slept in the j " I lions' cage." | There was a moment's pause, a i j gritting of teeth, then down the j stairs tloatcd one word: "Coward!" 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