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The VOL. 3. NO. 36. SEAM-WEEK! Pathetic Case?Young Lady \ / While Deranged At- ( tempts Suicide. Gastonia fecial in the Char- C lotte Observer: News reached h Gastonia this a'ternoon of the fi attempt of Miss Belle Nichols, a b well-known youtig lady of Gro- n \er, a small town a tliort dit-- $ tance below King's Mountain J ri to commit suicide yesterday. The p effort at sell-destruction was due w to a fit of mental derangement ci to which she has been subject (or tl several months. Miss Nichols had been under the treatment ii of physicians for the past three n or four months, but recently returned to her father's home b near Grover, apparently very c< much improved. Yesterday T morning she borrowed her fath- b er's pocket-knileon the plea that fs she wanted it to trim her finger ? nails. A short time atterward o< she mysteriously disappeared L Irom the premises. T?e alarm was sent out and a searching j party consisting of about thirtyfive people \vaj organized and a search begun Alter several hours the young ^ woman was found late yesterday afternoon, wandering around in a patch of words near the town. She had cut her lelt breast open, stabbed herself near the heart and slashed herselt a number of * times on the neck. She ha 1 re- ^ moved her shoes and had wany dered around, apparently crazed, but thinly clad. Commander of Vessel Suicides at Sea. n e Mobile, Ala., Feb. 6.?Cap- ^ tain Smith, of ti e British steam e er Ashfield, which fell this port r, December 19th la->t lor Nipo, t] Cuba , committed suici'le oy \ drinking poison while 011 the \ high seas. The first mate took charge of the vessel and landed her at Manxanilla, Jan. 9s h, at which point the secon 1 mate was called to the command by ^ the mutinous crew. A letter from one of the sailors says tint trou Q ble broko out on ti e ship short 0 ly after she left Mobile and that the crew was on the verge of starvation when they mutinied. Rifle in Heart of tree. (l tl The bauds of Mr.O. I. Coum 0 mins,while cutting saw lo^a near Mcflhersonvillo last week, lound ( in the heart of a tree an old * r seven-shot rifle, with one shell in ^ the barrel. It is supposed that the rifle whs hidden by a Conteder g ate soldier in u small hollow in , r the tree, which gradually closed and concealed the gun entirely. The rifle is said to be in an al- 8 most perfect state of proserva- P tion, and, with a little oiling, would be fit for service. Ths * tree in which it was found stood ^ on the old Confederate camp ^ ground very near the village of n McPheraon.?Beaufort Gazette. J J* Let us do your Job Printing Lanc LEDGER J 852 I .Y. LANCAST Another School House Burn- Shoe ed in Davidson Co., N. C. j nn Lexington special in Charlo'te As tbsciver: Arcadia Academy, lotte )cated at Arcuiia, tee. miles day f om Lexington, was destroyed j other y fire last.;1 night- It is ? osh j ison lated that the loss is between Mrs. 1 'inn oiwl ?t i r?nr\ I j~. J-W C??IVA T * WltU UVJ Uliu- | IU UOJ ?nce. Prof. P. E. Parker was ed of rincipal of the school and itjmitte< as conducted under {"the auspi- messs es of the Methodist Church. gone rigin of the fire is unknown. don This is the second school build- from ij; burned within the lastpnonth Pai i this county. Liberty Institute, taina )Cafed at Wallburg, is to be re stater uiIt. and the new buildinz is to Roml ast $8,000 and will be of brick. ids fa iiis bas just been decided upon aftori y the board of trustees. Ill the quiry iture it will be known as Lib- Elinh rty-Piedraont Institute, as it is lives inducted by the Piedmont and home iberty Baptist Associations. ing hi after 'resbyterian Ministers to Leave Union Co., N. C. sollH' their Monroe Journal: Almosf a' ' " . tt . .from !ie same time union county 1 ) lose the tliree young Pre by- " C was < ll'llt n I.ilni : i <? 1? - HI IW.L'A ?t?/M'l' ?*..o .... i. ...nil ' < in ?? l.UOO nuin 11.1 D I . . . . .1 sons leant so much, not only to then ... pir6d \vu denomination, on t lo every i .1 it .. wcrd ood cause in the county?Kev. reorge ii. Atkinson of Monroe, lev. Geo. P. StevenR of Marsh- wlle ille, Iiev. J. L. McKiiiBtry of V axh aw. Rav. Mr. Atkinson will go to ikl .lioraa, where lie will have (iQ fierce ot the work of home jve g, lissions and evangelism for the tr, (|? nlire we tern Heetion of the (jie ( late; Key. Mr. Matthews, broth- cea]e r of Mr. Stitt Matthews of Mon- vj(jeg will do similar #>vovk foj Unjav lie eastern section of the Stat**. 0jjjce Ir. Atkinson will remain in t lonroe till spring. Q Rev. Mr. Stevens, a? announc- aaj | (1 in The Journal sometime ufjjo, shall rill f^o as a missionary to (Jorea perm s soon as the foreign mission aons oard makes arrangmeuts. need Rev. Mr Mclvinstry has baen perm ailed t > the pastorale of the charj, hurcli at Ilamlet. for 8; perse Pleasant Hill Items. shall not li Mr. Melvin Cauthen left Fri- $^50' ay to aeeept a position with nbt 1< lie Southern Power Co. north than, f Rock Bill. 'lnpr Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Beckham, 'me ' f Pinewood S. C. visited the or l)r ormer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. P* i. Beckham, Sr., the past week. ^un''* Mrs. Mattie Johnson of Kor haw is visiting her son, Mr. E. ^ 5. Johnson of this place. Miss Ivor Rutledge of Ker. ^li , . ... h T naw visitea relatives ut tins " A. ilace the past wsek. '? ('a Mr. M. L. Beckham, one of he hustling citizens of our lit- rtl le community, slaughtered, on ''-Vl'1( Hflt Friday evening, his 11nonths old pig, which netted him HUt* ' 00 pounds of fine pork. letlei Somebody. _ _ I'leastant Mill, Feb. 6th. IS? IASTER REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE ED, S. C., FEBRUARY 8. 1908 king Murder of a Wo- Ten Thous? lan in North Carolina. by heville special ia t.he Char- Loudon, F VJOserver : a special to- news agency rom Marshall t ? 11s of an- patch from T murder.c mmitted in Mad- has been a I county last night when French and t John W. Rondon was done Morocco, ith. The husband is accus- Moors were the crime, which was com a,1(* 111 which d near Barnard's, and the amounted to tge staled that officers had 1,111 *our trom Marshall to place Ron- wi'h intrepid under arrest. The story r:ght up to tl Marshall says: f^uns until th rticolars of the affair ob- ln pi'es 011 th ble Jhero are given in a ?? nent made by one of John Divorced fr on's sons to the effect that Marries An .ther came home yesterday ioon and found, upon in- Durham sj , that his wife had gone to Joite Obsei\ a Rondon's, a relative who Newton, n nearby. Kondon left his now Mrs. No lor the purpose of bring- the distincii is wife home. A shoit time the bride ol < this the screams of Mrs. ed wife and 1 011 were heard by her two other man al who went to tbo aid ol During the r ) mother, anrl found her by which fame t roadside not f ?. distance ot the indi her homo, badly beaten. Webb, there tould not even pp ah. She on docket, th 3?rried homo by her two tou against h and ehor lv afterward ex- The hearii . without having spoken a up in the mo was gran'ed, tin Rondon claims that his now serving ; was lrczen to death. teutiary, and ? was united i Unique Pistol Bill. Noah*A. Smi marriage tli< Nannie Kllis lumbia Slate: Represent- b^njainin El awyer ot Georgetown has in- nortiiern pu ced inthehouse a bill against ^nsl>am carrying of weapons, con- ft|jd thft div()] d or unconcealed, that pro , in efftc', that it shall be vtul lor any save a peace ^tlicided on r to carry such weapons; inf however, a botrd con->istf the sheriff, clerk ol court Koanoke, treasurer in each county brooding oyo be empowered to issue negro last <J1 its to carry a pistol to per- mind was u entitled by character and with a dream to such privilege, s bd in which be its 'o be registered and a had killed, C *e of $1 each per annum Warden of Ci aid license to made; that blow his brai ?ns viola)ing this statute ver. Warden he punished by a fine ol olllcer. on CI a-s tnan $100 nor more than and killed A , or by imprisonment for in the discha ess than GO days or more '90 davs or by both (ineaud . . , . ,.. , .. Accidenta isonment?one-halt ot said to be given to the iaformer osecutor, the other halt lo Monroe Ji lid into the county school Seorest.ayo Monroe tow . ? J. D. A Set ,awyer Told to Leave. ttliy fihot wound thong srksville, Tenn., Feb.6 ?J. thought '? i ; 4 ,. hauling wooi yivi , n uiuiiiiiicui tuiuiucy. , . .. . tol to the w ,y received a letter warning to leave the country. The let H loot s<lu,r . . ... . , . , one, and wh ated that if he and his fam- .... , . ... I of stick in i not leave withintwo weeks i i u i i move, drop{ property would be burned ? ... . . ,ri fired from t io would be murdered. 1 he , ,, ot. .. i i , kt i . i> i ' brt1'? a r was sighed "Night Rulers. . . , right side, rs ^ ribs and th< ws Ad a | near the bac . New J891 PRICE?FIVE CENTS and Moors Killed Cotton Associ; French. j Mee . . . I ~~ et>. o. ? A ljondon Columbia R5*1 publishes a dis Carolina Cotton angier, saying there t|,js mornin; irtttlo between the chamber ot Hie 1 he Moors near Set- (iwnt p d Smit in which !0.000 Treasurer F. 1 killed or wounded ^ered his report the French losses tine business 1 160 men, includwere seve ral die ieers. The Moors, to wareh<>uses; bravery, charged jgb0uldcell his c io in >uths o'- the President Sir, eir corpses lay dead , jie a9sociat son f e ground. a\ organizer to j v;"U(n ios 1II IdlC om One Man and warehouses; to i other Same Day. faei.ities a u purpore of on >eoial in the Char- Smith Rated the rer : Mrs. Nannie merR hucl agree ee Nannie Kilis, certain point, II ah A. Smith, has 9ell and this do on of having been nose of the a?MO< >ne man, his divnrc- sired thut such I then the wife oi an- doned. ! in the same day. The meeting 1 ecent term of c urt, pd. o an end on accoutr sposition o! Judge vjood R.oads was a divorce suit is Mis. Nannie New Oolumbi i Ke or husband. Roads associate ag of the case came lina met t is riling, the divorce council chumba a* cho husband is and the meetir a term in the peni-t tended. LTesdo' tliat evening die presided and al 11 marriage to Mr association, th. Trior to the llrst Governor An 9 bride w*s Miss ent and in his s , daughter of Mr. some valuable h lis, who lives in the ions to the coun n ot iliis county. Mr. B. F. JTa 1 got into trouble the chamber of :'ce suit followed. ?o Hie associat.ic - ? * lowed the tranai Account of Kill- business. I Negro. Death Ot the lie Member of tt Va., Feb 5. ? Alter Conference. r tIlo killing of a The Rev. W. Iiristniis until hi illness has beer nbalanced, coupled columns, died i a few nifihi's ago at the home of saw the i.egro he Mr- Geo. W. P lnef oi Poi.ce E. emacle section fruhnm, Va., to-day sick for some cs out with a revol- ever Binco the 1 , who was a popular ?f the Soutl hr'stmas day shot odiat Conforenci lex Preston, colored, was a member. rga of his duty. failing health \> to his appointn ,, r,. After the adjou Lily Shot Himself. f<jreuce Gafl I V f _ I>1 1 ) _ i ivar. i iy 1^1 a, w ournal : Mr. Blair until his death, ting farmer of North Mr. Gibson v nship, son of Esq. Be v. T. F. Gibi srest, was accident- her of the Meth yesterday and the and was ahout ;! dangerous, is not hie was a young be latal. lie was promise und hi: :1 and took his pis- away will be < oods with him to by his numeroi rels. IIo had shot quaintances lile throwing a piece Stale. lie lei the tree to make it was Miss Minn led the pistol. It cornpliahed dai he ground and the W. Blvler, to \ olts, iiit him in the ried ahont four mged up against the'remaina wore b doctors cut it out afternoon at 3 k of the necK. nacle. f TS L I ; PER COPY. ation's Annual I 1 cord : The Sou! li y l association met j in Hie council v( city hall, Preuh presiding. H. Iivatt render- ; and other rouFollowed. There ussiona in regard when the farmer ottont e<c. liili urt;e,i th.?b ipp int a gen r go through the inter *8t of f he *, nvestiga'e bit?ki for the general ionization. Mr if after tbe larl to hold for a no holder would ? leafed the pur3ia?i>n. Hadetactics be abau* fl ivas well a'tend- fe ; C onvention | c rd: The G od n of South Caro- , morning in the r of the oily hall was well atin F. II. Hyatt t>ly addressed the - H sel wa9 also presjjeech, threw out ints an l suggest- >? t'y superv'sors. ylor. president of commerce, sp >ka m and then folaction of routine v. ft", ft. GlbHoUt fie South Carolimi B. Gibson, whoso i nole 1 in these Thursday night, his father--'n-law, lyler, in the TabHe had been weeks?in ast, annual ?r? 1 Carolina Aletha, ot winch iio On account of ras unable 10 go lent for this year, rum 11 i of Coaney he c icie t > hero he remained v.?r 3 ras a son of the son, also a mom10 list Conference, 30 years of age. minister of much * lintimflv takirirr b leeply lame 11 tod is trienda and acthroughout the iveR ft w idow, w lio ie Ply lor, the ac* lighter <>f Mr. (I. vliora he was m ?rmont.ha ago. The buried y cater I ay o'clock at T jer... JM