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^•"nlMPRAYER CORNER.
:; TEN YEARS LATER
Copyristit b7 Th« WhMtor Syndicate, Inc.
ONE of the first acts of William J.
Flynin after taking charge of the
' New Tork office ot the United
•States secret service was to order the
«rrest of two Italians, Vincenzo Lupo
«nd Guiseppe Horello, on charges of
manufacturing and passing counterfeit
money. But the Sicilians, anticipat*
ing such a move, had taken care that
their trails were well covered, and at
the trial they produced a flock of wit
nesses who swore to alibis which ef
fectually prevented a conviction.
As Morello and his companion
passed out of the courtroom, after the
case against them had been dismissed,
Lupo remarked in a voice loud enough
for Flynn to overhear: “Th^e pigs
of American detectives haven't the
brains to get the evidence they need.
They’ll never land usj
The man who later became the head
of the secret service said nothing at
the time.
It was three years before Flynn
Aguln came into contact with the two
Italians, and again the federal forces
bad to be content with the losing end
of the argument.
This time the case was the famous
one of the “Morristown Fives”—five-
<lollar bills printed in precise imitation
-of the currency issued by the National
Iron bank of Morristown, N. J. Flynn’s
men found that the trail led directly
into “Little Italy” In New York, right
up to the door of a grocery store
owned by Guiseppe de Primo. But
there, apparently, it disappeared into
thin aj^.
Flynn investigated the matter very
•carefully from the outside, but the
only suspicious circumstance that he
could discover was that De Primo was
Importing a much larger quantity of
•olive oil than his business appeared to
warrant. On account of the duty,
olive oil is, usually Imported in bar
rels and then canned or bottled on this
islde—the empty cans being shipped
Irom Italy ready for use.
Feeling certain that there must be
some connection between the olive oil
and the mysterious counterfeits, Flynn
first tapped several of the barrels con
signed to De Primo. But these were
iBlIed to the brim with oil of the pre-
•clse quality mentioned in the bills of
lading. Then, merely to make certain
that he had not neglected any possible
angle of the case, the secret service
man ripped open one of the boxes of
"empty cans.” InStimtly the mystery
was solved. The cans contained roll
upon roll of the “Morristown Fives,”
jDoanufactured in Italy,
V 3n the roundup which followed this
discovery, Lupo and Morello were
gathered in by the government agents
and charged with pj\gsing counterfeit
money. It was a moral certainty that
tlie two Sicilians had had a hand in
the plot—in fact, Flynn suspected that
tliey were the ring-leaders—but none
•of the others would implicate them,
'even to save themselves. De Primo
;and his associates went to the peni-
rtentlary, but Lupo and MoreJlo walked
rOut of the courtroom still sheering at
rfhe “brainless American detectives.”
During the years that followed,
.counterfeiting operations and Black
iHand murders, extortion ami black
mail of all kinds were almost traced
to Lupo and Morello^ahnost. Appar-
. ehtly they worked as far west as Chi
cago and south to New Orleans, but
■every time the police <Jr tlie govern-
,ment agents started to close in on
them, the pair slipped out through
_ some lesal loophole prepared in ad-
wance.
lit was nine years after the orifiinal
Lupo-Morello case that Flynn got wind
of the fact that the Italian colony in
New York was planning a big counter
feiting coup. The only thing lacking,
according to the Information which
reached government headquarters, was
M printer.
^ A. few days later, a young Italian
'aamed Comlta, Who claimed to be a
printing expert who had been forced
to leave Italy on account of participa
tion in a number of Mafia outrages,
applied to Lupo for a position. The re-
O^rult was put through a grilling cross
-examination, but Flynn had seen to It
'tliat he was supplied with the proper
jans'wers to all the question;-, and it
wasn’t long before the secret service
liad an operative planted in the very
■heart of the counterfeit plot.
( Comlto reported that the gang was
<x>pernting from a small farm near
Hir l 'iind, N. Y., and that thousands of
•do;La*.j In sijurious currency was ready
<0 t*c re!"ased.
' *^ut I po,” he added, “is prepar
ing to tak a trip to Italy and wont be
ck unti *he spring.”
Very .1,” replied Flynn, “we can
"wait. Ju ‘ lay low until he returns.
tThen we’i. ail the whole bunch.”
It was c . ly in the following year—
ien years : ter the first arrest and re-
Meftse of tlu Lupo-Morello combinatio;i
.—that the secret service sprung its
itrap and rounded up 16 Italians. Dur
vtng the trial which followed, physi-
Mans and other witn: .les swore to
^fibis which had been previously pre-
ipored. But the gover Ment, aided by
^Cfitnitto's flrst-haad eviJence and the
'ifeslimony of thJ . who had been
trailing the Italiana, ’ >ved every point
In its case, though 1
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**TB» GOD OP T*ip6E WUO WAJU*
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TINl God pi tilt Bibl« If tfie^Qod
of the weak and the unfortunate.
The Bible is a book of love and sym
pathy. It is like a mother’s bosom
to lay one’s head upon in the time of
distress or pain. It’s pages teem'with
cheer for those who are discouraged.
It sets it’s lamps of hope to shine
in darkened chambers. It reaches
out it’s hands of help to the fainting
and to those who have fallen. It is
full of comfort for those who are in
sorrow. It has its many special pro
mises for the 'needy, tte poor, the
bereft. It is a book for those who
have failed, for the disappointed, the
defeated, the discouraged, the crush
ed, for broken lives.
It is this quality in the Bible that
makes it so dear a book to the uni
versal heart of humanity. If it were
a book only for the strong, the. suc
cessful, the victorious, the unfallen,
those who walk erect, those who have
no sorrow, those who never fail, the
whole, the happy, it would not find
such a welcome in this world, where
on it goes.
The Lord upholdeth all that fail
and raiseth up all those that be bow
ed down. Wherever there is a weak,
fainting, stumbling one, unable tc
walk alone, to that one the heart of
the God of Heaven goe out in to
der thought and sympathy, and the
divide hand is extended to support
him and keep him from falling al
together. Whenever one has fallen
and lies in defeat or failure, over that
one the Heavenly Father bends in
gentle pity to raise him Up and to
helo him to begin again.
A PRAYER
Our Heavenly Father, we thank
Thee that Thou art the God of the
weak and the unfortunate and Thy
Book is a book of love and sympathy
on which, like a mother’s bosom, v
can lay our head in time of dis
tress or pain. When we are dis
couraged it cheers us, when we be
in darkened chambers it’s lamps of
hope shine upon us, and when we are
fainting or have fallen,it reaches out
it’s hands oh help to us. It is full
of comfort to us when we are in sor
row and when we are in need, it’s
precious promises are our stay.
Thou upholdest us when we fall
and raisest us up when we are bow
ed down, whenever we are weak or
fainting or stumbling and cannot
walk alone. Thy heart goes out U
us in tender thought and sympathy
and Thy hand is extended to support
and keep us from falling altogether.
And when we have fallen and be in
defeat or failure over us, our Bdess-
ed Father Thou dost bend in /gentle
pity to raise us up and belp «s to
begin again. Help us to remember
that Thou art ever near, a very pre
sent help in every time of trouble
a refuge from the storm, a covert
from the heart, the shadow of a great
rock in a weary land. For Jems
sake. C. D, C.
USMAN
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LET US HAVE A GOLF COURSE
DR. CHESTER D. SNELL WILL
SPEAR IN THE BREVARD HIGH
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Dr. Chester D. Snell, Director of
University Extention Division, Chap-
ol Hill, N. C., will address the teach
ers in the Brevar'd High School Au
ditorium £ 10 o’clock A, M., Satur
day March Etrerybody in the
County wh is interested in public
education ; d the' extention work
of the Univ s5ty of BT, C. is most
cordially inv: !(f to attend the meet
ing.
As this is the last regular teach
ers’ meeting of t&e session of 1921-
1922- all teachers of” the County arc
cxpected to be presents
Very truly yours,
A. Fv MITCHELL. Co. Supt. o^
Ribiia’ loBtrBctioa
The demand for diversion in this
age is so great that .the people of this
section can not afford to ignore it.
Brevard boasts a combination of
air, water and scenery that is un
rivalled, and yet all this does not at
tract a certain class of tourists that
would be a great benefit to our town.
This class demands out-of-door sports
as. well as climate and scenery. We
have plenty of the last two and little
of the first.
The great out-of-door game of to
day is golf.
Why can’t Brevard have a golf
course? Thousands of desirable tour
ists are attracted to neighboring
towns and cities because they can
play golf there. Why can’t we offer
them the same inducement to come
here? Many people, including the
parents of our camp boys and girls,
gladly spend their summers in Bre
vard if they had some diversion left
them after they had made the rounds
of Caesar’s Head, Connestee, Looking
Glass, Maidenhair, etc., ^tc.
Imagine yourself a tourist in Bre
vard. After seeing the wonder na
ture has to offer in this section, what
is left' to do, but sit in a rocking
chair on the veranda at your board
ing place and listen to an ‘‘organ”
recital as “Mr. Jiggs” so nicely puts
it?
Men and women of Brevard, if we
try hard enough, we can have a golf
course, to take care of the idle rich,
the over-fat, the restless ones and the
fresh-air-fiends.
Let us have a popular meeting at
an early date and discuss plans .for
the samev
Some Brevard Business \)V^omen.
THE FLIVER
The Ford is my car; I shall not
want another. It maketh me to lie
down in wet places, it soileth my
clothes, it leadetli me into deep wa
ters, it leadeth me into paths of ridi
cule for its name sake, it prepared
a break-down for me in the presence
ct mine enemies. Yea, thoxigh I am
through the valley, I am towed up
aSttt hill. I fear great evil when it is
with me; its rods and its engine dis
comfort me. It anowiteth my face
with oil; its tank runneth over. Sure
ly to goodness, if this thing foilows
me all the days of niy life I shall
dwell in the house of the insane for
ever—Contributed by G. N. Vicars.
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ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrate::
of the estate of J. E. Duckworth, de
ceased' late of Transylvania Coim-
ty, N. C., this is to notify all person'^
having claims against said estate tc
present same to undersigned, or tc
her attorney, on or bef«re the 25th
day of February, 1923, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery
All persons indebted in any way tc
said estate are hereby requested and
reqtrired to make inunediate settle-
m&tt. z
Feb. 25th., 1922.
MOLLIE J. DUCKWORTH, Ad
ministratrix
Estate of J. E. Duckworth, deceas
ed.
Welch Galloway, Atty.
April 7-c-W. G.
APPLICATION FOR PARDON OF
REGINALD KITCHEN
Application will be made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
pardon of Reginald Kitchen convicted
?.t the November 1921 Term of the
'Superior Court of Transylvania Coun
ty for the Crime of Seduction and
cTitenced to the jail of I'ransylvania
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all business relations between them and this
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In fulfilling thb mored obligation, we like
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If you wish soimd advice in seeking
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County «nd assigned ta> be worked
the publi< roads of smd Cmmty for a
term of^ twenty-six monl^
All persons who oppose the grant
ing of said pardon are cntiiaed to for
ward their protests to thte* Governor
without deby.
This Feb. 27th, 1^22.
2tp. E. H. KSTCHEN.
APPLICATION FOR PAKDON OF
EPERIM OWENS
Application will be made to the
Governor of North Carolina for the
pardon of Eplfarim Owens, cnnvicted
at the July term, 1921 of the Super
ior Court of Transylvania cowity for
the crime of distilling and sentenced
to the roads of Transylvania county
for a term of twelve montBs. All
persons ivho. oppose the grai^ng of
said pardon are' invited to jQurward
their protests to the Governor witb-
oot delay.
This Feb. 16th., 1922.
2 t-pd. LAURA OWEN&
NOTICE
North Carolina,
Transylvania Ccunty.
The undersigned having been ap
pointed and du^ qualified as Amini-
Btzator of the esstate of IDiry A.
England (deceased) all persons hav
ing claims against said esfate are
notified to exhibit the same before
said Administrator in Brevard, N. C.,
on or before Dec. 31st., 1922 or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make imme
diate paymeai.
This 1st. day of February, 1922.
T. D. ENGLAND, AMministrator
MARY A. ENGLAND, Deceased
March 24-pd.-6t.
, NOTICE
State of North Carolina,
County of Transylvania
This is to notify all persons that
one, Alfred Cantrell, has filed a pe
tition in this court in whic% he asks
for restoration of citizenship.
Said Alfred Cantrell was convicted
of larceny in the year 1898. And
served on chain gang in Henderson
county.
This matter will be for considera
tion at the next term of Superior
court, in this dbtinty.
This January 1st., 1922.
N. A. MILLER, Clerk Superior
Court
. RALPH R. FISHER, Attorney
for Petitioner
April 10.
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May mean weeping in smoke or in sadness viewmg the
ruins of your home.
But Insurance shows business ability. Means sat
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Insure while it waits — tomorrow may be too late.
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T. H. GALLOWAY, Manager
Brevard, N. C.
THINK OF YOUR EYES
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Even if they do not bother you, it pays to watch them.
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when the trouble first appears, may prevent serious results
later.
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