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VOL. 2. NO. 47
Big Sensation in
JL >sistant Cashier
National Bank
. SEMI-WEEKLY.
Charlotte.;?'*'"orn,nB
ly he secure*.
. ot it during t
ofCharlottelweekB La?
Disappears
LANCAS
?? ??
months. Very like day a
1 the major portion to Mi
he past four or five keep*
summer an exhaust-1 goinj:
e ..11 ' i
TER. S. C., 'MARCH 23.
fternoon he gave h;s keyCarey
W. Butt, booker,
telling him that he waa
to Richmond, Va , on urI
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x 1MUU I 07 *
1907
: Two Boys Capture a
Charged with S
Clothing.
PRICE?FIVE CENTS PEI
1 Man Capt. J. C. Ro
tealing
The Gallant Co
fimr onrl TTr
R COPY.
Dings Dead.
nfederate Of>rinrV*f
Pifi'Tftn
with Sixty-eigh
Dollars of tl
Funds?Preside
Heath Issues
Showing Bai
dition to be all
T3 I r*?T
? |*wo CAdlll III 'I (
t Thousand Wa8 nia<ie by
tic Bank's nothing irrej
nt B. D. could be leai
Statement that the s
ik's Con- shortly after
Right;-Big There is li
i A U M V I miuu IA
( I'll Ul Mil HCUUUUtS gwnl
experts. There was not g
*ular then so far as ing M
rned. It is possible he wi
dealing commenced grip i
the experts left. board
t'le doubt but that 7:15
ouMnes8*ana that he might
et back in time lor the open
londav morning. With thie
ant home, packed up hie
ind went down t> the SeaI
depot.. He caught the
o'clock train for Hamlet.
1.1 OOO Illfir i nil . I- '
Chester Reporter : A
white man. giving bis n
1 Charlie Brown, is in the
' jail charged wiih stealing
of clothes from Mr. W. A
din. The young fellow
|Mr. Hardin Friday af
UI1U J.
young Passed Awa
auie ftS Night.
county
a 8Uit ryy. "TT"
? I he many frte
L* ,lF James 0. Rollings
came to , , , . n
learn of his deatli,
terno n , , , '
LWl -lot ...r
a 15UI viu^un ^
y Tuesday
nds of Capt.
1 will regret to
which occurr
v ivcwaiu uiicm
sconding Offlcei
From The Observer
The Charlotte
yesterday morning
announcement of t
A i 4 /"I LI
i?~?i nu- ? * . o . w
P. ulafing. I),
took a few
o( Thursday, the batik'* m
itional Bank trieve perso
made officid the P?'fit th
he fact that w',at '<? had
ii this and trie
? lrt> go ou IL1 ;
oublless at first lie It'
hundred dol'ars of er fl
loney hoping to re- c?mp
nal losses and with toapj
us derived pay back direci
borrowed. IJe lost ed to
d anain. ITe went in his
j,* w v ?* A AI' ur rii i\ c*is
s needless to add that, neith
le bank nor the bonding
anies will spare any effort
Drehend him. .The board ol
tors met yesterday and votoffer
a reward of $1,000 foi
?rrest. 'The two hotidine
and applied for woik. Mr.
sta'ed t'nat lie had no ]
> available, but would
young fellow a few ruld
' do until he could find a
position Saturday moruii
Mr. Hardin w v> 8 in t
' n * - 1
. vV4 JL UC7aua V
tJarclm , . *
home in Kershaw
position
was a S'?n ot the It
ive the ~ , ,
. lings ot Oakhurst
jobs to
, 70 years old. He
regular
. Lancaster county t
ig win e J
. ny ye?rs ago, wli
he city . J ,
. . . time he v-?s succe?
infill ilt IUH
county. He
ite Evan Roland
waa about moved
from
o Camden maere
for a long
Iftfullv oru'nrrful
^ Assistant i asnier
Jones had disappe
his accounts were i
sum of $08,000. C
the announcement
cation was the s
President B. D. h
haul; 'u nntwlilinn n
r r?nu n.
ared and that heaT-v> loa<
short in tl.e which "irere
Joupled with of weaUhol
the delal. and wilh U '
.tatement by whlch he h?
Ieath of .he that not a
'brouch (lie
iing up on stocks c?mi
d brilliant j rospects 'ng (
The market broke a,,d t
tvent all the margins pany
<1 posted. It is said bondi
small sum passed spen<
hands of b-okers in pr?ci
rj
>aoies, the American Bind
Jompaiiv, of Baltimore Md
lie Americm Surety Com,
ol York, who ha#
e<l him for $20,000. wil
i any amount in onler t<
ire his arrest. The de?ec
? oriwn io'>k aivantage
absence to purloin the e
' The logs was soon discov
' Mrs. Hardin and info
^ phoned to Mr. Hardin, w
^ his little son and a 'ittle
^ i irx one direction to ii
I t.tick I Liaf it'liilu liu
Of (118 . r
Ioiliing "le '""caniile
'ered by "n< electe(1 mav'
r ma don '"r 8 ve),al
/bo sent r"r"l",Wllh?
darkey "rCr ?' K<"8ha>v ?'
atercepl 6 r -1'
in e?l in him}
.. o?fc,
business. lie
or of Camden
and for several
office of treasountv.
lie was
e trusts repos
ble showing. T
Heath's statement u
Versonal guarantee
tors lliat all deposil
paid in lull. This
President Heath an
tors' guarantee of
. President Fort 81,11 ftn
i as added I he Theb"lk of
of the direc rie'1 away
tors would he '''^delate
statement by e<1 e,lrl>' Mo
d the deposi- ''??r? of
the directors ed'Mr" Jc,,<
?l Hock Hill, S. C. }iRe '
it probably was car- "olifi
aturday night. Fran
jalion was discover- Mi
nday morning. When ,,urg
lhe bank were open- ^r- ^
is, who was acting sider
igencies huve already beei
ie 1 and from this tune 01
c Jones is a marked man.
Jones is a native of Louis
He is a son of the l.it
IS. C. J'ones, who was a re
it of Charlotte years ago
v w n Jiiio ??c OCi
1 another. The two little
1 met Brown near the Wv
and brought him on to tl
" where they turned him
e Sheriff Peden. The cap
" their hands full of roc
were evidently nreoared
Milt 111
, ,, (- apt Kolli n<rs \\
fellowH 4
. .. .. gallant Confedert
lie Mill
. . was captain of coi
"I' 12ih South Caro
over to ., .
. . lie was despora'e]
tors had . /
. . the second b.?ttU
R8, and .
being shot, in ill
to carrv
ras a brave and
lie soldier. He
npany 1, of the
Una regiment,
[y wounded in
> of Manassas,
le mouth. He
are reproduced in
follow :
"Charlotte, March
,kA shortage of
cash of the bank w
. Monday, the 18?h i
sistant cashier, Fr>
lOto. They c?9hier ill tl
H. Twittv,
. 20th, 1907. TI"iikinK .
68,000 in I he w"y> 0omeo1
an discovered to discover
net. The as- ?P?"?e'o ill
mc H. .loues, rcce,v"'i wa
le absence of Mr. W. lle c
did notr show up. /eari
nothing out of (he w'th
ie called up his home ,er H
he trouble. In re- ?"OV<
e query, the reply the f
s that Mr. Jones had did i
.V i__ .
ame to the city some 2(
s ago to Hccept a popjtioi
E. M. Andrews & Co. Al
residence of six years h
3d to Newbern to go int
iirniture business there. H
tot stay there long tor b
1 i %
' out Mr. Hardin's orders i
11 Brown in dead or or aliv
r
" came across him.
0 Ycung Man Shoots hi
and then Kills Hin
e
to brinjt was greatly belov<
'e it titer ra,les-aml lhey
be pained to hear
Capt. -Rollings
is Wife ri'?' but he is
following brother:
1Se"? M V f is .
Mrs. /. L. Rob
I* V .
ed by his comes
pecially will
of his death,
was never mar*
urvived by the
* and sister6:
inson, Messrs
ie missing. He is I
strong surety comj:
aggregate of $20,00
' The total loss
will be upproxiina
which will come 01
vided profit s and pi:
a a ; ^ oeen called
)onded in two
. , Richmond,
tames for an
q from Mr. ?)<
in tlift bank 088hi,"r of.
lelv $18,000, B?nk'oltl"
. . .. ,. ed lhat one
it ot t lie 11 mil ,
e , , bank pre Pen
irplus fund of 1
;? / it,
i unexpectedly 1% rt?,ui
Va , by h telegram .VeHr
Mm M. Miller, Jr., in til
the First. National tion*
fc city. It so happen* I'"'6
of the officials ot the 'ie w
it knew that Mr. Mill telle
,?-l, i.i - I i Un n I
nierio unanot'e the nex
life accepted a position
le Merchants & Farmers Na
il t)ank as bookkeeper, i
more than tour years age
as tendered the position a
r in the Charlotte Na'iona
Ir nrlri/alr onoai?t^-l PUi
t Lynchburg, Va , Mai
> Otis Thompson shot ]
(wice and then killed
V about 6 o'clock Mondav
S were married December
s had quarreled and si
d two weeks afro. Il is
\ 21. 'wnsom, L?ewis a
liis wife linMh Mrs John
himself Millard Duncan, .
They lin8p and Dr. Joli
1 sfc, but of this com:
aparnted Mollings, who is
thought Kenfucky.
u l Lomue KolStover,
Mrs.
Miss Sallie Rolti
\V. Rollings
ity, except Dr.
a resident of
the bank, leaving
cajjitul of $125,00<
but in addition a si
S $50,000.
''The business w
ued without intern
tkB. I
cl ? itn III i;
not only its
r. , , quested to
.) untouched, 1
i ? a i bank, Wl
irplus tuna of
a*ked about
ill be COl.tin. Ile had 8ent
jptiou. . : wi,at r
). Heath, ) M,ller
fliin cr#t r\ Vtr
i?rnm?. ne was restep
down to the
len he came, he whs whei
, the message which 'er?
Mr. Jones. Rosh
nessage?" aske?l Mr. M'
haven't wired any a?e?
Tnnoa A Mr! oo r.yr VOllI
inv>> ?iv rtvv^tjnru, I. Ill
he he!d until last Januar
1 he w as made assistant casli
Mr. .lones married Mie
i B. Smith of Wilmington,
r. Jones is about 40 years r
although he looks five year
mer. He is small ot stainm
? mat mompson went to tl
>' where his wife was boa
urge her to live with hit
lfi .and that she refused.
shot her twice in the fac
>f ting two critical wounc
,fl rushed out of the room
? I * i._ * ~i ^i.~ i?
he house
,rding to Sduthern Powei
tn ai;ain ing to Devel
He then Broad River.
e, inflic
Is. She Yorkville Enquirt
and into pleted its work
II_ U~ LV. 11 _ 11 . n
r Co. Freparlop
Plant on
/
?r: Having corat
Great Cataw
I
"M ar
%
uTo the depositors
lotte National
lotto, N.C.:
"We, the und
hereby personally
['resident.' "
ch 20,1007. xuromoning
of the Char- 1 n'veT "'?
liank, Char- "You had
his books, i
. i continued
ersigned, do
, .1 . has told you
guarantee t hat J
e .1 . ? cHteg Homet
U UUV/O i l ??14 (in IWI J
him lo Richmond. ftbou
light. of such a step, blacl
better get busy on
SI lLlll
f such is the case" |
Mr Miller. "It lie uj]v
i that story, it indi and
hiim wronr?." mt-ai
it 5 (eet, 7 inches tall, wit
< huir and black eves. 11
s classes and walKs with i
it stoop. He weighs abou
pounds. His face is unnsti
thin and his eyes deep sf
ne e prominent. His dt
tor is nuiet and his habit
' iiiu/liiri |# ?l t Ui tNtr IIUl
It followed, ami when in
e turned the pistol to his
11 fired, and fell dead. T
1 ner deemed an inquest
,t es^arv.
1 \
S TP inol
isf. iae ;? runs, me Qi
the hall coftipany is now i
forehead lire working fore
he toro tion plant from
nnnec to Ninety Nine is
of t lit? proposed B
is about four ra
r>**4- /-v s 1 ! H I i f t It ?> i y lio
outnern rower
moving it-* ene
and construcCatawbfl
Falls
lands. The site
road River dam
idea below the
W.IK, Hf......
i lie exi ting ueposn
will be paid in full
"B. 1).
" Vinto
"C. Va
"C. F.
"K. II.
is oi i nns nam*
From tl?a
.. . were stirrin
1Ieath, f /M
of the Char
n Liddell, . ...
A quiet in
."er/ , mediately ii
Wadswortn, . .
r , were haulei
Jordan.
' gone over.
o
t moment on, tin re re^u
H times in the fli^es
lotte National Bank. Bro
ivesti^a'ion was im- E
istituted. The books is
1 out and the accounts -ii
The cash was.count
lar.
ther Kills Man Wh
loped With Sister am
Shot Down by Brothei
n-Law.
-A. lliui A\V^p
Cotton for the Yeai
O Washington, Mir. !
J ' final census report on c?
_ the year issued today sli
13,290,677 hales of c ittn
ing round hales as ha
D1 I VJI1 "v " ' ""u
fact tiring compai
struct ion folks ar
20.? 1 o it>?? c|tii?e a little
Dttou for ,,t the dam, and
icwf that is that, the statei
in, count-: number between
If bal? s. | hunilre 1 souls.
.* ^ .* 'ii in m aiiu*
ny. The cou e
rapidly buildtown
at the site
the prob?bi!ity
nent will soon
four and five
Ilavincr fynt.tp.n
'j no iv
Nothing has hap]
lotte in recent
created such a stii
stood high in publ
held the esteem a:
his employers. 11
i* ed and the <
pened in Char- ftvery item
years which la'ed.
Mr. Jones It requin
lie favor and dim-lose the
nd regard of man whs a
e had heen a had stolen i
leposite checked up. . A
was carefully tabu- umr
outl
id but a little time to the i
fact that the missing llell
defaulter and that be in
fi large part of the L>ut
shland, Ky., Mar. 20.?T\v
tiers and an avenger made a
aw were reported to day, i
result ol one tnan'S act t
ier, Ky. In an old villi*
Soutlieru Virginia, Fran
ton and Alcene Hose tin
'O including linter-, luu
n ginned. The number o
ginneries this ye;?r is 28
it The 1006 crop is c
:e with 10,725,602 lor 1
k 13,607,310 for 1904. 'J
el age gross weight of the
yo beeij dam building do^
f active point, it is not tli
,702. Southern Power
orapared be a great while
905; and present work.
Hie aver- > bale
for t o:h l
? "r> o " ~
n to a very fine
lought that the
company w.ill
in finishing the
... *iT. J TV
resident lor years,
aidered as one c
leading young bus:
had been connec
Charlotte Nationa!
years, holding first
ble position of tell
and was con- bank's casli
if Charlotte's tion of the
iness men., lie the situatio
ted with the worse, Iron
I Bank for four ficit awellet
i the respond The reckon
er. day showed
i. As the examina- and
accounts proceeded, ing.
a grew worse and folic
1 thousands, the de in p
1 to tens ol thousands, and
ing at the close of the wan
that the missing man Dut
loved, an elopement follov
,8am Rose, brother of the gi
?wed them to FJellier, whe:
istol duel lie killed Dutt<
almost immediately afte
is was himself shot by Kin
ton, brother of Frank, dyii
v 1906 is 510.7 pounds,
rl crop, expressed in 5C
re bales, is 13,576,226. T
>n entering the totals for
r of 1906 are 13,099,92
as baies; 266,795 round I;
ig 352 vSea Island bales; a
, , , j-fcua omen L
and the
10 pound ?
lie items Marion special
the crop State: Little J
Y square the live year-old
ales; 57,- Mrs. John Hog]
nd 321,- the Campbell's 1
>y ivxau ijog,
I in Thursday's
oe Stackhouse,
son of Mr. and
li Stackhouse of
bridge section of
I hp missing ijih
bis accounts $68,0(
became of the n
knows for sure,
have gotten it di
n skipped witn naa made
[)0 short. What The deficit
loney no one er.
He could only Mr. Jone
iring the past ing any of
away wun *b?j,uuu. besi
t may bo even larg- ton
pOflf
s left without notifythe
directors. Satur- Do
de his sister's doorstep. L>u
took to the mountains and
J6 is in pursuit.
you take The News?
it- 160 (inters. lhe qua
a cotton estimated by nil
delintors as remaining t
ued and included in t
? of 1906 is 155,704 bale
mtity of this county, was
iners and dog Saturday, i
io he gin- the lollowing da
he report for treatment at
a. ' etitute.
bitten by a mad
and was taken
,y to Baltimore
the Pastuer in*