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TARHEEL CASHIER A SUICIDE. Tragedy Follows Discovery of $50,000 Shortage in Tarboro Bank. * i Tarboro, N. C., June 14.?Cashier Luther V. Hart, of the Bank of Tarboro, is dead, and Assistant Cashier T1 T> TT 1 . _ _ J1 1 W n c. nuasei is in jan ueic wicu a. charge of complicity in the misappropriation of $50',000 of the bank's funds. This morning, J. K. Dough; ton, State bank examiner, arrived to inspect the bank, Hart died from a self-inflicted wound, and the exposure of Hussel followed shortly afterward. This morning Examiner Doughton called at the bank for the purpose of making his regular inspection of the affairs of the bank. The examination was deferred until this afternoon, and Hart remained at his post until the regular dinner hour. Going home for dinner, he went directly to his room and a few minutes later his wife was startled to hear the report of a pistol. Rushing to the room, she found Hart lying iv. 1 J UV ? 1...11/.4 hnln across luc ueu wnu a uunct uuic through his head. He died two hours later without having Tegained consciousness. The misappropriation, it is believed, will not exceed $50,000. Mr. Hart had been interested in numerous business transactions. Following the exposure, the affairs of the bank were placed in charge of State officials and they immediately closed its doors, pending fur ther investigation. The institution has a capital of $20,000. Its deposits aggregate more than $200,000. Hart was about thirty-five years of age and was a member of one of mAof nrfttninont families in TCjLSt. VUV UiVt9V |fivmiuvuv ? ??era North Carolina. How to Get Into the Spiritual World. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except ,a man be born again he cannot enter into the kingdom of God." "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; but that which is born of the spirit is spirit." "God is a spirit; and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth." These are the words of our Saviour to Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, who went to inquire of him concerning his soul's salvation. (See John ' HI.) He found it hard to under stand, so Christ said: "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, or whither it goeth; so is every one that is born ' of the spirit." Spiritual regeneration is known by its results. "A good tree bringeth forth good fruit." You may give a person minute instructions how to swim, but he will never fully understand it, until he puts his theories into practice. So it is in spiritual affairs* we must actually experience a change of heart, before we can get into this higher world. As descendants of Adam we all inherit sinful natures. This inclination to do evil can be taken away by Christ, and a new nature put in its stead. Is not that a miracle? It is a fact that many men are so thoroughly ruled by the evil one, that they rarely ever . have a pure- thought; this nature can be entirely changed so that he will loathe his old life, and will desire things that are honest, true, and of good report. It is wonderful to think that a man, after falling so low. can be made clean again. Sure ly there is not one who could object to such a change. The great need of our country today is not wealth but men?"men who know the right, and, knowing, dare maintain.'' First get the men straight and everything else will soon be properly adjusted. Is not this "a consummation devoutly to be wished?" To bring about this marvelous change, read your hearts, be truly sorry and earnestly repent of your wicked deeds. "Cease to do evil; learn to do well." Stop now, right about, face! Turn your backs squarely on the past; resolve, with God's help, you are going to lead a clean, pure life. Leave the broad way that leads to destruction, and get in the narrow way that leads to life eternal. Believe me, you will 1/VVTiMI if IIO<C1 Ityi VI, XV. Of the immortal trio, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the latter seems to have had less of the divine nature and more of the human. His desires were centered chiefly on this world's goods. To gain his ends he would resort to deceit and trickery. Consequently, we find he had to strive very earnestly, wrestling with the angel one whole night before he obtained a blessing. He made up for his shortcomings by his earnestness. After that he was given a new name, Israel, meaning prince. The degree of earnestness with which you strive will determine the measure of your blessing. Valuable things are not so easily gotten. Every difficulty you overcome makes you that much stronger. We must go at this business of saving souls, like any other, with all our hearts, if we would succeed. Listlessness and indifference will not s. . " - v-^r.-;-v -v, - DEES AS HE FORETOLD. Man Apparently in Good Health Prophesies Death a Month Ahead. Just as he predicted more than a month ago Frank Lugar of Lambertville, Pa., died on Thursday at noon at St. Francis hospital, in Trenton, N. J. The case is one of the most remarkable that has ever come to the notice of local medical practitioners. Lugar was in perfect health apparently when he solemnly told his relatives that at noon on May 25 he would breathe his last. They only laughed at him. Then he was taken ill with some minor trouble and went to the hospital. His ailment was slight but his prediction had been made known to the doctors and nurses, and Lugar's oase was watch ? '' 1- A -J. TT? ea wun mucu interest. nc icuciated time and again that at noon on May 25 he would die. May 25 arrived and Lugar was seemingly in good condition. At 11:30 o'clock he was talking with the a/ttendants, apparently in the best of spirits. They were watching him with the greatest care at this time. At 11:45 he began to grow pale and weak, and at 12 o'clock the man breathed his last. Death was due to acute dilatation of the heart, an entirely different ailment than the one from which the patient was suffering when admitted to the institution. TALE OF GRAFT IN NEW YORK. t ^ New Man Demanded $500 and Might Have Had $15,000. This is a little story of New York graft, according to the New York' correspondent of ^he Cincinnati Times-Star. Unfortunately, the names mav not be used. But it has been the custom of a corporation in this city to pay a sort of retaining fee to the holder of a certain political office, just to be let alone. The corporation heads did not ask anything else from the officeholder. They merely did not want to be prodded by crusades which presumably had an origin in a desire for reform. The graft payment for years had been $10,000. "We'll likely have to pay more, now that So-and-so is in office," said they, when a certain man was elected. "He has the name of Koine rorv crucnine " mv*440 ? v* j o- oSo they sent an intermediary to the newly elected officeholder, with power to negotiate. They were willing to pay $15,000, if necessary, but not a penny more. The usual preliminaries were gone through. "Your company will have to come over," said the officeholder. "I'm no cheap man. I know you've been paying right along, and you'll have to pay me more than you have been giving up to this office in the past. When I go grafting I go right." And he swelled up and looked very important. The intermediary was fright ened. He asked very humbly , how much the officeholder would demand. "Not a penny less than $500 a year," said the officeholder, sternly. The sum was paid, and it was not until the officeholder had been out of office for months that he learned the scale on which previous paymonto Tio/1 Kdqti trioHo Tho infnrm? U1VU wo UUU MVVU lllUrVtV* A AAA*. VA tion actually sent him into decline. He grieved so over it that he actually lost his health. If one mentions a large sum of money in his presence nowadays he's apt to burst into tears. win crowns. Can we consistently call ourselves a Christian nation, when we consider the enormous amount of liquors consumed by the people of the United States? I tell you it is a misnomer. We are Christians in name only, because we are bringing forth evil fruits. It is a shame on us that we are lagging in moral reform when China, a heathen nation, with her teeming poulation, is making such rapid strides in stamping out the opium traffic. She is succeeding beyond her most sanguine expectations, and is teaching us a lesson. Yet we have had greater opportunities. Beware how you abuse them! Although China is trying to make amends for her past, still she cannot escape the consequences of sin, and she is now undergoing the horrors of a famine, with thousands dying daily. What fate awaits us? We must reap what we sow. Each day we are adding to the bitter harvest of woe ahead. A man cannot take poison into his system and escape the consequences. Beware lest the kingdom of God be taken away from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. Hear this ye thirsty ones. Drink of the living waters and you will never thirst again. The devil promises much, but gives little; give him a peremptory dismissal, and invite Christ, the rightful owner, in. "If the Son make you free, then are ye free indeed.'", How can we escape if we neglect so great salvation? "Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer." "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." PRO BONO PUBLICO. Olar, S. C., June 3, 1911. % '' ^'r ' vV.-\ . ' * BOOZER CONVICTED; HIPP FREE Death Sentenoe Pronounced on Newberry Negro. Newberry, June 14.?"Guilty" as to the negro, Sam Boozer, and "not gu;lty" as to John C. Hipp, was the verdict of the jury this afternoon in the case against the two defendants, charging them with murder in the killing, by Boozer, of James S. Gilliam, Hipp's overseer at old town, on March 3, last. A motion for a new trial was noted by Boozer's counsel, and b>; agreement this motion will be heard by Judge Gary during the Laurens court nex;-. week. Boozer was sentenced to pay the death penalty on the third Friday in August, the 18th. The jury retired at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon and the verdict was returned ntty minutes later. Should there be no interference with the sentence imposed to-day, the execution of Boozer will be the first legal execution in this county in about fourteen years. During Sheriff Buford's first year in office, in 1897, he hanged Tony Lyles for criminal assault. Self-Defence Pleaded. The testimony introduced on behalf of Boozer to-day was laTgely that of negro eye-witnesses to the killing. The plea of self-defence was interposed, and the fact that Boozer's wife and daughter had been slashed by the deceased were also urged in mitigation. The negro witnesses testified that the deceased put his hand in his hip pocket, as he walked towards Boozer, when coming ' out of his house, and then turned1 around to go back in the house, telling Boozer to wait until he got his gun, when Boozer fired. Boozer's wife ?nd daughter told of tneir aimcuuy wun vxiiiuuxi auu t. on cross-examination the State directed its efforts towards showing that it was only after Mrs. Gilliam went down to the home of these negro women that Gilliam became incensed at the women. Deny Being Tattlers. The negro women, when pressed by Solicitor Cooper, strenuously denied that Gilliam accused them of being carriers of news to his wife. BOMBSHELL AT LEXINGTON. Grand Jury Makes Sensational Report in Magisterial Mnddle. Lexington, June 14.?The tide turned to-day in the magisterial muddle in the fourth district, when the Lexington county grand jury completely exonerated E. H. Addy, the primary nominee, of having committed any wrong, and presented H. Z. Adams for offering bribes tp secure affidavits, and George E. Caughman for perjury. The finding of the grand jury is as follows: "That one H. Z. Adams did offer bribes to certain parties as an inducement for them to sign certain of the affidavits now before us, and thait D. -H. Price and A. P. Jumper are the witnesses to prove this fact. "We also find that George E. Caughman has committed perjury by swearing to a certain affidavit now before us, and that Bron D. Shealy, A. B. Jumper, J. Z. Taylor and J. Ansel Caughman are the witnesses to prove mis utcu "We, therefore reccmrnend that bills of - indictment he preferred against these parties, charging them with these violations of law. "We also conclude from this in- ' vestigation that E. H. Addy should be exonerated from the charge of participating or engaging in any irregularities in the conduct or management of said primary election for said magistrate, or in any manner violating law and rules governing said election." H. Z. Adams is one of the largest planters and merchants in the county, and has always been prominent in the community where he resides. George E. Caughman is also a "farmer and is well connected. These par' ' * ? J flrrV.* f Vl a 116S Will, It l?j UUUCISLUUU, ugui luv case to the bitter end. The finding of the grand jury means thart; E. H. Addy will now assume the duties of magistrate in the fourth district, as Gov. Blease will doubtless issue the commission as j soon as the papers in the case reach the governor's office. The sentiment of the general public has been with Mr. Addy all along, because of the fact that he was elected only after a third primary had been ordered. Much feeling has been engendered in the case, and the hottest part of the fight it seems has just begun. It is said on reliable information that a warrant will be issued at an early date, charging an outside party, who is also prominent, with "treating" with whiskey on the day of the third primary election, which will be the first case of the kind ever tried in the courts of this State. Court adjourned for the term this afternoon. Acquitted of Killing Xegro. Aiken, June 14.?H. W. McMillan, Southern Railway freight agent here, was to-day acquitted of killing Joe Miller, a negro, whom he killed at his boarding house several weeks ago, shooting the negro as he was fleeing. The jury did not move from their seats. | ACT QUICKLY. Delay Has Been Dangerous in Bamberg. Do the right thing at the right time. Act quickly in times of danger. Backache is kidney danger. Doan's Kidney Pills act quickly. Are for distressing, dangerous kidney ills. Plenty of evidence to prove their merits. D. J. 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