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MEBANE LEADER AND RIGHT THE DAY MUST WIN, TO DOUBT WOULD BE DISLOYALTY, TO FALTER WOULD BE SIN. VOt" 2 MEBANE, N. C.. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1911 NO 30 fisONAL AND LOCAL BRIEFS pEOPl Items WflO rOME AND GO of interest Gathered by Oiir Repovtpr. Mr. Mr^. ('.arrison has moved to friends. T M. Outchfield is visiting re latives ami friends in Goldsboro. Corbette of Corbetts was here tlu- weok visiting Mr. John Cooper of Graham hei't* la^t game jl,. Will Hason came down Sunday niornine and spent the day in Mebane with frit'iids anti relatives. load ■liday attending of I'-ill- the was match \ Marriage Announce= ifient. The following inxi^.ation have been issued: Mr. and Mrs. Albert RufTin Holmes request the honor of your presence at the marriaso of their daughter Lula Jeanette to Ml. Benjamin F. Warren, on the eve lini? of VVetlnesday the 11th day of Octobor at seven o’clock Presbyterian Church, M(^bane, N. C. Miss Holmes is a sister of our towns man Mr. John Holmes of the firm of Holmes-Warren Co. She is a lady of unusual attractive personalty, and the center of a larp^e circle of admiring frieiuis. Mr, Warren is a member of the firm of the Mebanr Re klinp; ('•>. holding the responsable position of secretary and treasury. Bon as he is familiarly known by his friends is one of the most popular youiiK men in our town, a favorit of every one who knows him. John (colored) brought a oftoba- "> to Piedmont Warehouse last Friili'.y that weighed 1200 lbs. The .Mi'l'ane Hodiiing Company re- l^rt excvkMit business. They say the {ill traiU'is t'pening up unusually good. Miss Mabel Ellis daughter of Mr. C. K, Ellin 'if Burlington, was visiting Mrs. 11. I- Wilkerson the past week. J. M. llimnier and Clay King left of the at Monday to attend thi‘ session jlt. Zion -Association which meets Bered Chiuvh, in Durham County. Miss Bessie Foy after spending a couple nf month-', at her fatners at Meb ane returned to Salem Saturday to take charge of a school she teaches there Richard (^orbett colored who brought ti.bacco to the opening sale at the Fhnters Warehouse last Friday, says he will have8o,0()0 more pounds of li;ici’0 to sell. Depot at. Wendell Burnea. The Norfolk Southern railway depot at Wendell, was destroyed by fire Friday, together with freight valued at about $1,000. The depot was worth $3,000. A ft.torehouse near the depot also caught and was burned to the ground, the loss here amounting to $2,- 000. The tire is supposed to have been caused by rats, though persons in the city from Wendell suy that it is not unlikely that an incindiary had some thing to do with it. to- Opening ot Raleigh torium. Audl- Mra. H. E. Wilkerson gavii a recep tion last Thursday night in honor of her visiting guest, Mies Mabel Ellis. There were a number present, and a {lieaaant time to all. Delicious ref resh- Mieiits were served. Don’t fail to take note of the large and attractive advertisment of H. E. Wilkinson Co. which appears in todays Leader. They are directing attention to that beautiful shoe the Derotha Dodd which they carry in stock. The street that have been paved in Mebane seems to be of a good char acter, but we shall be glad when it is all com]>leeted, workmg on the side walks leaves them in such a very bad condition until the work is completed. Mrs. Hattie Lynch sold the best and highest price tobacco offered for sale at the opening sale last Friday at the Planters Warehouse. It brought forty one cents per pound She had several piles that brought from 16 to 25 cents. Among the prominent citizens at last Iriday’s tobacco sale, was Mr. lirice Warren, Corbett, Tom Mitchel, J. A- Mitchel, Watson, W. M. and G. H. McAdams, W. T. Vaughn, Moss Miles, Hill Brown, C. B. Smith and K. D. Lynch. Miss Kenedy a teacher at Graham, Mi3 Helen Simmons daughter of the Druggist Mr. J, C. Simmons, Miss ienie Roberson. Miss Bradshaw and MissKstluw, all of Graham were here 1 riday last lo witness the game of ball played between Graham and Mebane. The fiiior space of both of our big warehouses was crowded with leaf to- j tiaoco at last Friday’s sales, and all; Kiades seems to have been .sold at sat-} isfactorv prices. The farmers who j were here Friday will be sure to come a?ain, and so will a number of their frit'Dcls who were not here at that sale Mr. W. E. Harris returned Tuesday evening from Dunn with his family, and has taken up his residence near Crocket Fitches. Mr. Harris will now devote his entire time to his Ware house business, and will at all business hours be found at the Planters Ware house office, best prices paid for leaf tobacco. The Editor of The Leader acknow ledges from the Committee on enter tainment an invitation to attend the dedication exercises of the Raleigh Auditorium which event takes place on Tuesday evening at eight thirty o’clock October seventh. Elaborate arrange ments have l)oen made to make of this As To That Embankment Mr. W. E. White in writing to Cap tain E. H. Coapman vice President of the Southern railway at Washington, D. C. says; Referring to your letter in regard to the removal of dirt from the right-of way of the Southern Railway Com pany in our town, I want to say that you probably do not fully understand the situation. The town has graded the street on each side parallel to the railroad and hare cut down the cut about 5 ft., leaving a strip of about 15 to 19 ft. wide on each side of the tracks. Your company has just ex tended the side track here which was to be used for the purpose of a team track for unloading solid cars, and for merly the wagons could get to the cars but above the door and it was very inconvenient to load and unload freight however, it was better than nothing, but as it now stands the wagons can not get to this team track at all for quite a distance so you can readily understand that this track will be of no use to your company under the pre sent conditions, and it cannot be used until this dirt is removed from immed iately in front of this track. 1 beard a shipper say a day or two ago it cost him $7,00 to unload 2000 brick from a car as the trains were continually shifting the car while it w^as unloaded as at present there is room for only about four or fivt* cars, but with a yery little expense you could provide for 12 or 15 cars which would save your com pany a gread deal of money in shifting in order to get the cars where they can be unloaded. I inclose an editorial taken from our local paper “The Leader” w’nich covers the ground thoroughly, and we agree that it is to the interest of your com pany that this dirt be removed. The Alamance Fair and Street Car Line, The Alamance County Fair at Bur lington was to have been formely open ed by an address from Senator F. M. Simmons Tuesday noon, but the in clement, and threatening weather pre vented only a limited attendance, and his speach was deferred by request to a Business Luncheon and Smoker given Tuesday night, to’which the citi zens and business men Jiad been in vited, numbering 250 or more. At this meeting Editor O, F. Crow- son acted as master of ceremonies Hon. Ned Parker a prominent attoriiey of Graham introduced Senator Simmons at this meeting in a felicitous, and elegent little talk. Senator Simmons responded in a speach of some length; but on highly instructive and enter taining grounds. The occasion served a double pur pose, for it was also in h onor of the opening of the street car line from Burlington to Haw River via, Graham in total a distance of six miles, and m recognition of the able, and eflicient services rendered by Mr. J. W- Mur ray, who was the pioneer of the sys tem, and who followed it with unfalter ing faith through all of its varying vic- itudes untill from unwilling fate he forced a crown of splendid success. Mr. Murrays efforts is eliciting un measured praise, and commendation from the people of these three thriving towns. The Luncheon, and Smoker held in the Masonic temple afforded an oppoitunity for the exhibition of a large measure of good fellowship, and a feast of reason. Simmons Satisfied With His Chances of Re=Elec- tion. Senotor F. M. Simmons spent sever al hours at Raleigh Friday and express ed himself to inquiring friends as sat isfied and gratified with the outlook ?nd gederal progress of this campaign for u„ty 51 years ago. He has resided in re-election. The Senotor was on his Durham for more than 20 years, hav Alexander Teer Dead. Mr. Alexander Teer, a well known me~chant of Durham died at the home of his brother, Mr G. W. Teer, last week. The cause of the death pellagra, from which the deceased been a sufferer for several years. Mr. Teer was born in Alamance was had co way to Mocksville v here he is to de liver an address Friday in connection with a orood roads meeting. He says that in every part of the State into which he has journeyed since the ad journment of the special session of Congress he has found conditions very satisfactory from the view point of his candidacy. Efland Items. Mrs. Joe Murray returned from Bur- an occasion of much interest, and plea- Saturday, Admiral tSchley Dead Drops The Austin Disaster. Laugh What a Simple Cost. ing been engaged in the mercantile business on Gregson street. He was never married and has lived with the family of his brother. He is survived by three brothers, Messrs, G. W. Teer of Durham; J. P. Teer. of Teer N. C.; J. R. Teer, of Swepsonville, and by two sisters, Mrs Julia Freshwaters and Mrs. Adelaide Johnson, both of Alamance county. Copying what The Landmark had to say about the unavenged murders in North Carolina, tlie Concord Tribune says: At least six murders have been com mitted in Cabarrus county within the past 10 or 15 years for which no one has suffered punishment. In some of the cases not even an arrest has been mrde. And countries not a few can equal that record, while many can surpass it. fure. The Anniversary Sale. Ready for business is the heading of an attractive advertisement appearing in this weeks Leader from the mont Warehouse. This concern is growing in popularity all the time. We feel quite sure that their Anniver sary Sale which comes otF the day the Leader goes to it.s sul'scribers will prove quite a success. Thov know how to handle tobacco. Mr, and Mrs. Wm. R. Thompson spent Saturday with Mrs, Thompson’s children near Hillsboro. Mis=? Isabelle Gray of Mebane visit ed her friend Miss Maud Efland Satur- Picd- and Sunday. Mi ss Mattie Shanklin of Durham is | spending some time with her mother Mrs. Walker near Efland, Mr. and Mrs. James DUiham and children little Misses Nannie and Lina of Durham visited Mrs. Fitzpatrick Sunday. Mrs. Tom Squires and daughter Miss 1 Annie and Mrs. Steve Dixon visited Mrs. Boggs Saturday and attended the j law’n party Saturday night: j Miss Alice Thompson and Julia Shoaf I of Durham visited Mrs. D. S. Mayes I last week. j Mr. W. E Thompson went down to I Chapel Hill on a business trip last Wed- ^ . j nes(lay. { Mr. and Mrs. Will Tapp spent last A New Brick Building. ] week in Gui’ford visiting Mrs. Tapps ,.r , , . r T , n 1- i ))arents Mr. and Mrs. Sid Smith. We have been informed by Post, ' Master S. Arthur White that he will; Misses Maud and Beu’ah Brown of erect a building between the Mebane Burlington are visiting their aunt Mrs. Drug Store and the present post office j H. D. Brown ot River Side Farm. 42x 60 feet two stores high, to be! Mr. Luther P. Sykes and Ma.ster built of brick with iron and plate glass | Herbert Gray of Mebane were Efland front. The building will be devided in | Monday afternoon, to two rooms, each having a frontage Planters Opening SalesJ The Opening Sale of the Planters Warehouse last Friday was well j at- roivized. The warehouse floors were c )vered with tobacco and it all sold at s.itisfactory prices. The Planters is destined to do a good business. Mr. Harris the proprietor is a clever man and w’ill do the right thing. Unrecognized by a single person in the throng that rushed to his aid. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, U. S, N , retired, fell dead in front of the Berkeley Lyceum on West Fortv-fo;irth street New York last Saturday after noon. As the admiral was walking through West Forty-fourth street a passerbyj who saw him stagger, grasped his arm and tried to support him. Despite the stranger’s service, the admiral fell helpless to the street and a physician who pressed his way through the crowd that quickly gathered pronounced him dead. There was a gash over his right eye where his forehead strupk the sidewalk. A slight fracture of the frontal bone had ensued, but surgeons who exam ined the body expressed disbelief that this injury in any way contributed to death. His identity was quickly est ablished by letters and papers found in his pocket and from an instription or his gold watch in which had been presented to the admiral by his native State of Maryland “For his heroism and memorable service in rescuring Lieut. A. V/. Greely, U. S. A. and six comrades from death at Tape Sab ine in the Arctic region on June 22, 1884.” Adverting to the fact that Dr. Wil ey has put a value of $540,000,000,000 on the health of the country, the At lanta Journal exclaims: “Why that is small. The doctors’ bills are more than that.” But many of them are never paid, and Dr. Wiley was perhaps fig uring on actual cash values.—Greens boro News. The Book Club will meet with Mrs Arthur White Thursday afternoon. Dissolution in Name Con. centration In Fact a of 21 feet running back to GO feet. One to be used as a post office. Brick for the constiuction of this building will be received this w^eek. Work on the building will begin at an early date. Graham v. s. Mebane. Mebane ball team played a match game with the Graham team last Fri day defeating the Graham team in a score of 7 to 3. One of Our Worst Pests. Announcing it as his conclusion that rabies in dogs alway comes from the bite of some infected animal, never originating spontaneously of from any other cause. Dr. A. M. Stimson of the United States public health and Mar ine hospital service communicates to Medical Association several recommendations for the control of this fearful disease. In the first place, all ownerless dogs should be destroyed. On all dogs there should be imposed a license . fee suf- , ficient to keep their numbers within j reasonable bounds. Dog owners should I be held legally responsably for damage Di-aHtnooain Burlington Tuesday j W'tf/y thoir dogs October 3, Mr. Isam Ashworth in the pubhc should be educated in iMt- ters pertaining to the case of dogs as regards the spread of communicable diseases. Rabies should be made re portable, as should also suspected cas es, with penalties for noncompliance. In rare cases State quarantine against the importation of dogs would be wise. —Charlotte Observer. A Protracted Meeting. Kegining with Monday night Octo ber tlie J)lh Dr. Beaman the presiding Elder of this district will begin a series ^ The Journal of the American of mixting in the «Iebane Methodist t'hurch. Dr. Beaman is an able devine, ^ mil lister of great power. Those who should try and hear him. He prea- t'heg an interesting sermon. Died at Burlington. Miss Mattie Thonrpson from near Haw River spent part of last week with her friends Misses Annie and Pearl Tapp. Ask “Harry” about the sick horse and the big collar on the lit tle mule. Mr. Herman Smith of the Southern Railway spent last Thursday at home. Misses Ada and Gertie Newman call ed to see Miss Annie Jordan Sunday afternoon. Miss Nova Pratt of Raleigh is visit ing her mother Mrs. Alice Pratt. The Ladies lawn party at Efland Sat urday night was quite a success. A I large crowd attended and all behaved nicely. The Ladies Aid Society are planning to visit the County Home Wednesday and surprise the inmates with a lot of nice things to eat. Where are the old writers for the Le. der gone? It seems that they are all taking a long vacation. Come back we are anxious to sae more from your pens. Good luck to The Leader and its read ers. Paw-Paw-Queese. 76 year of his age. Mr. Ashworth was father of Mrs. J Y. Holt of Mebane, Charles R. Carruth, counsel for R. D Richardson, Jr., & Co. of New \ork a subsidiary of the American Tobacco ^ Company, has filed a petition with the j United Etates circuit court asking that: the American company be enjoined I from interfering with the business of ^ i the Richardson company. This peti tion carries with it a complete denunci ationjof the plans of disintegration of the American Tobacco Company as now proposed. In his petition Mr. Carruth gives what is believed to be the details of the American Tobacco Company’s dissolu tion plans. These details, summarized show that the American Tobacco Com pany, is to be divided into three cor porations, each to have almost ultimi- ted capital and resources; that control of these companies will remain with the majority of voting stockholders of the American Tobacco Company so that if the Union Tobacco Company is to remain in existence for the purpose of paying off its bonds at maturity and that the American Tobacco Company will control $170,000,000 of the assets. Mr. Cyrruth states that the dissolution plan has no effectual safeguards to pre vent the companies created out of the elements now united fronr. being really though secretly, controlled by the same interests as at present. Two simple laughs, the unbelieving chuckles of a stenographer, sent the hundreds to their doom Her iconocla stic laughter stayed the note of warn ing two minutes and those 120 seconds wrung a death toll from Austin and Costello that cannot be estimated for a week. Miss Margaret Decker, her mother, numbered among the dead, waited the fatal moment. Today at her home, crazed by grief, and holding herself to blame for the catastrophe, the light hearted stenographer bravely tried to tellthe story, a story grim and horrible to her and a story of laughter at death that was re-echoed by another pessi mistic soul. The story of Miss Decker is the tale of a tragedy that has stunned a town and appealed to a Commonwealth. Twenty minutes past 2 o'clock the tin gle of the telephone bell disturbed the quiet of the office of the Bayless Pulp and Paper Company. The stenograph er idly took up the receiver and affixed the instrument to her ear, ‘ Hello!” shouted a voice, screaming in terror and fright, “for God’s sake warn the fown the dam was broken,” Miss Decker laughed, and in that laugh the lives of 500 men, women and children were due to ba snuffed out as one blows out the candle There was no response to that laugh rn the other end of that telephone wire. Again the voice, trembling with emotion and throbbing with all the terrible inten sity of knowledge, shouted its frantic note of warning: “For God’s sake,” appealed the yoice, “warn the town; the dam has broken,” HOW CHANCE WAS LOST. Once more that laugh came from the lips of Miss Decker, and that second moment lost all chance of safety for the hundreds. Miss Decker, still un believing the warning of the wire, menaged to stifle her smiles long enough to inform the book-keeper. j With him to hear was to act, he pulled 1more than 800 of I down the telephone in his feverish I haste, called up the car shops a mile away and sounded the note of alarm. One blast on the whistle and the sig nal was given to all who heiird its piercing note. Hardly had the last echo died away when a rumble like the sound of distant thunder was heard, and a great wall of water resembling a hu^ 3 mist cleft a pathwa> through the center of Austin and swept everything before its terrific sweep, men and wom en caught in the rushing waters were carried down the lane of destruction, trying with that instinct of preserva tion to save themselves only to give up the unequal battle and slip away to death. Slander Suits. Hickory has been abundantly enter tained with scandals the past week. Two hotly contested slander suits have been tried in the city. Monday even ing Mrs. Nellie Propst was tried for slandering the good name of Mrs. Q. C Setzer and was found guilty, and, ow ing to her delicate condition, was re leased on payment of the cost. Last evening Charles Rhoney was tried for slandering Miss Cordia Burns and fonnd not guilty. People hesitate about entering slan- ber suits, but if more of them were pressed to a final issue, it would soon be learned that a current lie was not a proven fact, and some of the gang who are so fond of peddling filth and false hood, would get a taste of their own medicine. A Terrible Disaster. War Declare J. The trouble between Turkey and It aly which culminated in a declaration of war at Rome dates back to 1878, when with the making of the treaty concluding the Russo-Turko war, the powers are understood to have agreed to permit Italy a “pacific penetration of Tripoli.” Turkey claims that this right has been repected eyer since. Italy has colonized Tripoli until her interests in that African province are very great. She has asserted, however, that her subjects have been mistreated by the Ottoman authority and conJ stantly [discriminated against. Fre quent disputes have arisen but the prolonged negotiations have never re sulted satisfactorily to Italy. At the time that the Franco Ger man differences regarding Morocco were acute, Italy turned her attention again to Tripoli and in subsequent ne gotiations with Constantinople set forth that many outrages against her subjects had been perpetrated and for which no redress had been made. She assumed a decisive attitude and pres ently began the mobilization of her army and navy. ITALY’S STRENGTH. Italy’s standing army in 1910-1911 numbered approximately 225,000 men and 14,000 officers, but a far greater number could be put in the field in case of necessity. The Italian navy consists in vessels commissioned, built or build ing, fifteen battleships, nine armored cruisers, seventeen unarmed cruisers and gun vessels, thirty-six destroyers, an equal number of first-class torpedo boats and twenty-two submarines. In the naval force there are approximat ely 31.000 men. As a whole the Ita lian navy is generally ranked fifth among nations. As seamen the It alians are skilled and ingenuous. They have constructed some remarkable war vessels. turkey’s force. Naval lists show that Turkey has a fighting strength of nine coast de fense ironclads, five protected cruis ers, six torpedo vessels, one gunboat, twenty-one torpedoboat destroyers, twenty-seven torpedoboats and two sub marines. As compared with the greater nations this array is a negli gible quantity. The nominal strength of the Turkish navy is 929 officers, 30,000 sailors, besides about 9,000 marines. The empire is devided into seven army crops districts and there are two independent divisicons at Medina and Tripoli, respectively. The total fight ing strength is close to a million men and by the existing recruiting laws all Mussulmans are liable to militay ser vice. More Than One Thousand People Killed. For The Children. Millinery opening Friday October 6, from 2 to 6 o’cleck. Morrow-Bason and Green Inc. Burlington, N. C. A pitched battle was fought at Jack- soaMiKs. Tuesday between Strikes and ^tdke bleaker. An international ar bitration law would stop this dipgrace- l^utinesB. It will be gratifying to learn that George P. McCabe has gotten out of the pure food department. It is sin- cerily to be hoped that all such as Cabemay stay out. Me- Italy and Turkeys Embru- glio. Italy refuses to entertain the idea of outside intervention untill it has com pleted the annexation of Tripoli. Tur key even scoins the suggestion that Italy may be willing to take a cash pay ment for the province. Accordingly, the Italian fleet began a bombardment of the port of Tiipoli 'J’uesday. It is not yet definitely known so strict is the censorship, whether there was a previous bombardment Saturday, as repoiced, when the Tur kish gairison retreated into the interi or. Tuesday’s action is officially admit ted by the government at Rome. Newly-Discovered Eviden ce in Myrtle Hawkins* Case. It is whispered among the business men of Hendersonville that w’hen the grand jury meets during the first week in October the Myrtle Hawkins case will be presented to it with some new ly-discovered evidence to re-enforce the facts and circumstances adduced at the coroner’s investigations. It is not known how this evidence was discover ed nor what is its nature, but it is be lieved that it will be sufficient to war rant the return of a true bill against several persons. Forty Two Thousand. Forty two thousand is not bad, yet that is the number of pounds of leaf tobacco sold in Mebane last Friday the opening sales day. It is coming in in good quantities every day and bringing good prices. If it Comes. From present indication it looks like all Europe will be a seething flame of war in a short time. We can not help hope if it does come it will mean the dismemberment and partition of Tur key. If it comes it will mean much money to America, but higher food stuff. For The Children. Millinery opening, Fridsty October 6th from 2 to 6 o’clock. Morrow-Bason and Green, Inc. Burlington, N. C. List of Letters. Remaining unclaimed at this office for the week ending Sept. 30th 1911. 1 Letter for Mr. M. Feriss 1 Letter for Miss Liomion Treas 1 Letter for A. B. Ray 1 P. C. Mr. Harry H. Woods. Dead Letter Office Oct. 14th 1911, if not called for before. In calling for the above please say “Advertised” giving date of ad. list. Respectfully, S. Arthur White, P. M. Austin a town of 3,200 residents, in the northern part of the State, Pa, was swept out of existence last Saturday, its people w^ere killed by a flood which followed the breaking of the Bayless Pulp and Pa per company’s dam a mile and a half north of the town. Almost 500,000,000 gallons of water rushed over the place in a wall ten feet high, wrecking every structure in the path. Fea.. that the towns of Costello and Wharton, also in the path of the flood had been destroyed was expressed by those familiar with the topo graphy of the country. Reports that Costello was wiped out and 350 persons killed there were prevalent during the night, but the destruction of all tele graph and telephone wires leading into the town made confirmation of these reports impossible. In Austin the bursting of scores of natural gas mains as the buildings were swept away added fire to the gen eral horror of the flood, and hundreds of those imprisoned in the wreckage were burned to death. THE STORY IN BRIEF. The dam of the Bayle.ss Pulp and Pa per company burst one mile and a half north ot town. Five hundred million gallons of wat er rushed down on the town. Between 850 and 1,000 persons were drowned, crrshedand burned to death. Hundreds ot others are believed to have been swept away by the great torrent. Fire follows bursting of natural gas mains. Scores of persons caught beneath debais and slowly cremated. Over 1,000 buildings wrecked. Heavy rains of past two weeks caus ed reservoir to fill for first time since erected two years ago. Food supply has been swept away. Physicians, nurses end supplies being rushed from surrounding towns over the mountains to Austin. Gov Tenor has ordered State health and charity officials to the scene, to gether with Adjutant Gen. Stewart and a large force of State police. Austin has populrtion of 3’200. Costello, town of 450 population, low Austin, also swept away. Two-thirds of citizens believed have perished. This is the Medicine. Pittsburg grocers are waging a cam paign against the tariff on sugar that ought to prove efiective. On every bag in which sugar is deUvered they are putting the following inscription: “The tariff on sugar benefits nobody but the sugar trust. Were it not for the tariff and the trust this package would cost you two cents a pound less. Urge your congressman to vote for the removal of the tariff on sugar. If he doesn’t, don’t return him to congress It isn’t our fault.” be- to A Number of Grand Jury Indicted and 60 Others. The grand jury late Thursday after noon I'eturned true bills against sixty persons for selling whiskey in vio lation of the prohibition law the lar gest number to be indicted in Wilming ton at any one time since the law wen t into effect. The action of the body did not occasion any surprise because there has been an air of expectancy for several weeks, even before the grand jury cenvened. One member of the grand jury, H. T. Duls, is among those indicted. All those indicted conduct stores or soft drink stands. Twenty-five of the number went to the sheriff’s office to night and gave $500 bond for appear ance for trial next term of court. The others will be arrested tomorrow^ The bond fixed by Solicitor Shaw is the heaviest ever required in this county in such cases since prohibition law went into effect. The indictments brought differ in a nother respect from others which have been made from time to time. Those who are known as “the big dealers” are included in the batch. Practically all the dealers of consequence in the city are indicted. It is currently reported that the grand jury held a rather stormy ses sion just preceding the finding of true bills in the cases and it is reported that one or two others, members of the jury will be indicted tomorrow on a similar charge. Five members are said to have United States whiskey license. FOR SALE, three pet squirrels, caught when quite young. Apply at Leader Office. FOUND, a single barrel shot gun On Rfd, No 2. Owner can have same by proving property and paying for this advertisement. G. L. McAdams.