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mm booze is . SEIZED Jf OFFICERS Board Returning Excursion Train From Norfolk, Va. Several White Passengers, Who Had Their Liquor Taken, Reported to Contemplate Claim and Deliv ery Proceedings. THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N, C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916. V .. - '-'TV " 3 Five. ANNUAL MEETING WUmin-ton AswdattM to Meet tt Octooor 5 and Realizing- the temptations that beset many a visitor from a dry town when he wanders into a city where thirst quenching parlors are wide open, and knowing how apt he will be to disre gard the strict Tar Heel prohibition laws, in regard to the amount of tan glefoot that he may carry concealed on his person while within the bounda ries of the Old North State, a party of officers quietly boarded the returning excursion from Norfolk at the New Hanover county line yesterday morn ng. That bunch was quite a collection of booze finders, too, for It was composed of County Officer H. Mack Godwin, Plainclothesnian Leon George and Po licemen W. W. Lewis and J. S. Bul lard. Passing through the car occupied by the more dusky por tion of the passengers, they saw a husky negro man lying with his el bows on a suit case, which was on the seat beside him. That in itself was nothing unusual, but when Officer George came back through the car af ter the train pulled out of Castle Haynes, he saw the negro hurriedly turning over the aforesaid suit case to a negro boy, and making a quick get away into another car. "Whose suit case is thatT' demanded Mr. George. "Mine, there ain't noth- in' in it," replied the boy. The officer, however, decided to take a look at the contents, and, lo and behold, nestled among various articles of feminine wearing apparel, was a considerable quantity of "eye opener" put up in bot tles of pints and half pints. When this apparition burst upon the view of the cowering pickaninny he at once disclaimed it, and alleged that the negro man whom the officers saw bend ing over him was the real owner. This dusky gentleman, who gave his name as J. L. Lee, was at once taken into custody, and, although he vehemently protested his ignorance of the suit case and its contents, he drew down 90 days on the roads when he faced the Recor der a few hours later. When the train rolled into, the shed it the union station after this catastro phe had occurred, several suit cases, about a dozen in all, were thrown down and their owners unseen slipped away. The officers at once took charge of the ieserted pieces of baggage and found enough booze to stock a small dispen sary. This collection was at once removed to headquarters, and arranged in an orderly pile in the lounging room. Now it so happened that all of this contra band stuff did not belong to the colored portion of the train's passenger, and when these white victims of the police department's vigilance began to take counsel, among themselves, they asked each other this question: What right had the police to interfere if they de sired to take a little pleasure trip, and bring back a "wee drap" to their less fortunate friends? Or for that matter, what right did the police have to keep liquor in their possession any more than anybody else? The more they pondered over this question the more convinced they be came that the cops had overstepped their authority. With this view of the matter, they sought the advice of an attorney. What the barrister told them was not announced, but anyway, a short time afterwards the owners of the liquor appeared at police headquar ters and looked with longing eyes at their confiscated treasures. While no steps had actually been taken last night to regain possession of the whiskey, it was rumored late In the evening that the owners are going to make a legal effort to recover their property. It is likely that claim and seizure proceedings will be instituted this morning. In this event, it is un derstood that the police department can do nothing except submit and turn the liquor back to its original owners, provided they furnish bond. The ques tion as to the amount of whiskey that a man may transport into North Caro lina will be the point on which the proceedings will probably be hinged, i when the matter comes up .before the Recorder. This will bring up an interesting le gal question. While under existing laws no man can have in his possession more than one gallon at a time with out making himself liable to violating the law, the claim Is being advanced that this act does not apply to the amount a man may transport into the State for a friend, or even for himself, provided that he does not receive any remuneration for the act. The annual session of the Wilmington Baptist Association, which embraces all the Baptist churches of New Hanover and also a number of churches in Pen der, Duplin and" Onslow counties, will be held at Wallace Wednesday and Thursday, October 5 and 6. The pro gramme has Just been printed and cir culated. There will be morning and afternoon sessions on both days and a night session Wednesday. xne meeting will open with devo WILMINGTON TO HAVE NEW FISHING CONCERN Company Chartered With Auth orized Capital of $125,000. Thos. H. Hayes, of Newport, PL. I., and Me is. Davis and Poisson, of Wilmington, are Incorporat- Offleers. With an authorized capital of $125, 000. Of which $10,000 ha.s been alreadv 2SS ffci8!S.at t 'Plock on 0ct0" 1 subscribed, the Fisheries Products ber 5, followed by roll call of churches. organization and announcement of com mittees.gAt 11 o'clock the introductory sermon will be preached by Rev. W. G. Hall, pastor of Southside church, Wil mington, who will also read the report on Sunday schools at 2:18 that after noon, following devotional exercises at 2 o'clock. Mr. D.- L. Gore, of Wilmington, will read the report on the Orphanage at 4 o'clock the same afternoon, following the presentation of the report on State Missions, by Rev. C. V. Brooks at ! 3 o'clock. That night the report on home missions will be presented by Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor of Calvary church, Wilmington, at 8 o'clock, and the report on foreign missions by Rev. J. H. Booth at 8:45. On Thursday morning, following opening devotional exercises. Woman's Work will be presented by J. R Green; Men's Movement by C. E. McCullen, Esq.; Christian Education by Rev. Dr. J. J. Hurt, pastor of the First Baptist church of Wilmington; the Biblical Recorder, by Rev. W. B. Rivenbark, fol lowed by "Associational Topic," by Rev. J. A. Sullivan. This will complete the programme for the morning. Thursday afternoon, following a pe riod devoted to miscellaneous business, the report on temperance will be pre sented by A. D. Carter, the report of the B. Y. P. U. by Rev. E. L Weston and the Associational History and Obituary by Rev. J. D. Hocutt. This completes the programme of the session. An interesting and attractive feature of the .sessions of the association will be the addresses by representatives of the various departments of the Bap tist State convention work, such as an address by Mr. Archibald Johnson or Dr. M. L. Kesler in the interest of the Thomasville Orphanage; Dr. Walter M. Johnson, of Raleigh, corresponding sec retary of the State convention, for State missions; Mr. E. L Middleton for Sunday schools, etc. Big Snake Meets His Death at Comer of Tenth and Meares. Having heard of Wilmington's repu tation for hospitality, a five-foot rat tle snake who modestly admitted nine summers to have passed over his mot tled hide, decided yesterday morning that he would pay the city a visit. Now that part of it was alright, but Mr. Snake evidently forgot that he might not expect the same kind of wel come that other kinds of animals re ceive. So about 10 o'clock yesterday morning his snakeship appeared on the southeast corner of Tenth and Meares street. The very first citizen of Wil mington that he. happened to see was A. W. Covington, a colored insurance man. Mr. Snake promptly stopped to exchange the top of the morning with him, but great was his surprise when instead of giving him a jolly hello. Covington gave a yell of alarm. Surprised and mortified at such a re ception, Mr. Rattles was too astounded to move, so he simply lay perfectly still while a crowd began to gather. After the noisy crowd had looked him over one woman who acknowledges the cognomen of Jones, grabbed a stick and after two or three smashing blows sent the poor benighted wanderer to the happy swamp or whatever kind of an elysium it is good snakes go to when they die. However, it must be said in behalf of his assassins, that they did him the honor to hold an informal inquest over him and gave out the verdict that he measured 55 inches, minus his head and rattles. A number of large snake trails have been seen in that vicinity recently. TEMPERATURE APPROACHED RECORD FOR THE SEASON. Thermometer Showed ' Maximum of 92 Degrees Highest This Year, 05. You can't get ahead of the weather man. Get that down right now. Tues day when an unexpected storm stole a march on him and pulled a joke on him, the public thought he was down ed. But, that march the hurricane stole on him was quite tame in com parison to the one tbat he stole back on the people of Wilmington yesterday Since the month of September was ushered in with somewhat cooler wea ther, all Wilmington began to congrat ulate itself that the sweltering period of 1916 had passed into history, when suddenly like a bolt from the blue the weather man uncorked one of the hot test days of the year. The mercury yesterday took jan upward run that was so sudden that no one noticed what it was about until it had reached 92, within three degrees of the sea son's record. Evidently it is intending to stay there some time, for the local bureau last night predicted that today . would be generally fair and. warm. The- latest report of- Tuesday's hur - rleane.- was to.the effect thftt it had spent itself on the invulnerable sur face of the ocean and was off the coast of New Jersey, a mere depression. Wilmington, however, was not the only city to feel the returning grip of heat, for abnormal temperatures pre vailed in the interior, the Lake regipn and the Northeast. Sunday will be the anniversary of last year's hottest day RATTLER COMES TO TOWN. Company, of Wilmington, was char tered yesterday by the Secretary of State at Raleigh. The incorporators of the new company are Mr. Thomas H. Hayes, of Newport, R. L; Thomas W. Davis and Louis J. Poisson, Esqs., of Wilmington. The object as stated in the application for the charter for the new company is given as being for the purpose of engaging in the fish and fish products business. Mr. Hayes, who is well known in Wilmington, has been in the city for several days past looking over the lo cal situation. He has made several trips down the Cape.Fear river investi gate gthe conditions under which oil fish or menhaden, are taken in local and adjacent waters. It is understood that the new com pany has leased the plant of the Caro lina Fish & Oil Company, one of the largest of the various local plants lo cated on the lower Cape Fear river. This plant, which is located in Bruns wick county, has a capacity for hand ling about 5,000 barrels of fish daily. The report that this plant has been leased was not confirmed last night. When asked what the plans of the new company were last night, Mr. Davis stated that the incorporators of the company were not yet ready to make public their plans. Mr. Hayes could not be reached by telephone, It being stated that he was on a trip down the river in the interest of the new con cern. Within the next few days the incor porators plan to hold a meeting at which officers, including a president and general manager, will be elected. Whether the new concern will oper ate steamers of their own or pay so much per barrel to the steamers that annually coaie s$uth to fish for men haden, coulaT"r?ot be learned. Officers of other local companies have found this method of securing their raw products more satisfactory than oper ating their own fleet of steamers. VALIDITY IS NOT DECIDED Recorder Empie Nol Pressed Case Charging Man With Carrying La borers Without Paying: License. JUMP IN PRICE OF COAL EXPECTED THIS WINTER. THE WRIGHTSVILLE EXCHANGE. Southern Telephone News Carries Pho tograph of Decorated Cottage. Under the heading, "Wrightsville Won Fine Comment," the September is sue of the Southern Telephone News, the shop organ of the Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, car ried an interesting article by Mr. I. O. Wortman, of Wilmington, who tells of the "Flag Day"- celebration at the beach early in the summer. The cottage in which the exchange is located was strikingly decorated by having a large United States flag nailed to the top and also with other appropriate decora tions. In connection with Mr. Wortman's article there is published a photograph of the building. The exchange is oper ated under the Wilmington staff which consists of Mr. S. D. Lucas, district manager; Mr. E. A. Woodruff, district plant chief, and Miss Sallie Justice chief operator. Mr. Wortman also gives interesting details concerning Wrightsville Beach, which he describes as "beyond com parison." SOLDIER LADS RETURN. At- Thirty-First Company, C. A. C, rives from Border. In a special train of two Pullmans and an express car, the 31st Company of Coast Artillery, formerly stationed at Fort Caswell, arrived in Wilming ton early yesterday morning, on tbe last leg of their long journey from Del Rio, Texas. The company was under the command of First Lieut. R. R Wei shimer. Major F. ,H. Cook, who was the former commander of the company with the rank of captain, and who was advanced, to the grade of major while on the border, accompanied his old command back, to Fort Caswell. After a few hours spent in the city, the soldiers embarked for Fort Cas well by boat. The return to the quiet life of the fort will be more than wel come to the men, who have for months been performing a never-ending guard duty on the banks of the Rio Grande, The Texas sun has left its mark on their faces, too, and their tanned coun tenances bear testimony of the strenus ous life they led on the international border. Their patrol duty was confined to guarding the bridges of the South ern Pacific Railroad, which at this point runs parallel to the Rio Grande. Shortage of Cars is Serious, But Good Supply is on Hand. Although at the present time the coal situation in Wilmington is in good shape and no immediate shortage in the supply is looked for, it is the con sensus of opinion among local dealers that owing to an almost unprecedented shortage of coal cars on the railroads and the prohibitive prices charged by steamers engaged In the coastwise trade for the transportation of coal, the people of Wilmington are more than likely to have to pay a higher price for Some if not all grades of coal than they did last year. According to Mr. B. A. Merritt, a well known local coal dealer, the price of coal on account of this shortage of cars and shipping tonnage is likely to higher this fall and winter. He point ed out that the shortage in coal cars is due to the fact that most railroad companies are sending their cars to the West to get the Lake business be fore the water in the canals and other water courses freeze over when cold weather sets in. As to shipping coal by water that is practically out of the question, as ships have to almost be paid for every trip that is made. Rates on water are higher than they have been since the War Between the States. According to Mr. D. H. Penton, sec retary "of the Springer Coal Company, this firm is in a position to supply its trade for possibly three months, unless customers lay in larger stocks than Is their general habit. This company has placed orders for additional supplies of coal, but orders which were placed on August 4th have not yet been received. Mr. Penton emphasized the fact that there is a very serious shortage of coal cars on .practically all of the Easjtern railroads. A shortage which is more than 60 per cent greater than that of 1907. The shortage of cars this year aggregates more than 27,000 in num ber. The question of the validity of the recent city ordinance passed by COun-c- imposing a tax of $100 a day upon persons operating within the city for the purpose of inducing employes or wage hands under contract to . take employment outside of North Carolina, involved in the case of State against W. C. Perkins, which was set for a hearing before Recorder Empie yester day, was not decided. Counsel for the State, Solicitor George L. Peschau and City Attorney Ruark, announced that they would take a nol pros in the case. Thos. W. Davis, Esq., of the firm of Rountree, Carr & Davis, represented the defendant. - The defendant in this case was ar rested several days ago by Chief of Police Williams, just as he was in the act of carrying off about 50 negroes rrom Wilmington ana vicinity, on a charge of having failed to secure a license from the city. Counsel for the defense admitted that Mr. Perkins had hired the negroes here and carried them off. This, they declared, he had a perfect right to do. They challenged the validity of the ordinance passed by City Council on the ground that It sought to impose a tax upon engaging in a business which the State law makes a misdemeanor. They further contended that their client had in no way violated the State law, as he was employed in the office of. .the superin tendent of the Philadelphia & Reading railroad, and the negroes were em ployed to work directly under Mr. Per kins. This being the case, they con tended that Mr. Perkins could have carried off 2,000 or any number of em ployes, if he had so desired. The announcement that the case would be nol prossed followed a con ference held yesterday morning be tween Solicitor Peschau and City At torney Ruark, representing the State. The action of. counsel for the State did not come as a surprise as it has been known for some time that tiie County Solicitor had expressed doubts as to the validity of the ordinance which was passed by the Council to conserve the local supply of labor, a shortage being threatened by the action of per sons from other states who have been carrying off casual laborers in large numbers for several weeks past. Solicitor Peschau's doubts as to the validity of the law were based prin cipally on the fact that the ordinance sought to impose a license tax of $100 per day on persons or corporations op erating within the city with the pur-, pose of inducing employes or wage hands, under contract, oral or other wise, to leave their employment here and take employment elsewhere out side the State. In asking for a continuance of the case several days ago, the solcitor guardedly admitted that the State law made it a misdemeanor for persons to persuade or induce employes to, leave their employment while under contract, and that the ordinance appeared to li cense a business or methods prohibited by statute, and that he desired to exam ine its provisions more carefully. It developed yesterday from state ments made by counsel in the case that an effort was made at the time Mr. Perkins was in Wilmington to procure evidence under which to bring a charge against Mr. Perkins for alleged viola tion of the State law, but no evidence tending to show that he could be suc cessfully prosecuted or was liable un der the State law could be procured. Whether the action of the counsel for the State in nol pressing the case was due to the conclusion that the ordi nance was invalid as at present framed or whether they were without evidence necessary to bring the defendants within its provisions, was not an nounced. City Attorney Ruark de clined to express an opinion last night as to the validity of the ordinance. 4 0 Paid On All Accounts We Invite Your Business $1.00 Will Start You. ""PeeeseeeeSsssssssspesssseesseeeeeees Old and Strong THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK CORNER FRONT AND PRINCESS STREETS What It Means 1 A SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNT IS: ' , I 1 A RAINY DAY fund; A FUNERAL fund; I A life INSURANCE policy; An OLD AGE pension; A SICK benefit; A COMFORT now and a Joy An ENDOWMENT; hereafter. 1 B 1 We Pay 4 on All Deposits. One Dollar will Start you. V I The Wilmington Snninjs & Trust Company I 110 Princess Street m PREPARING FOR CONVENTION Local W. C. T. IT. Appoints Committees to Take Charge of Arrangements 1 For State Meeting. VACANCY FOR FILE CLERK AT ENGINEER'S OFFICE HERE. DARKTOWN AMAZON USES KNIFE Lillie Johnson Carved t'p By Janle Weeks Yesterday. Having, after due deliberation, reach ed the conclusion that it was radi cally unfair for the police department to receive their pay without doing more work, two colored women, Lillie Johnson and Janie Weeks, decided to give the department a little diversion yesterday afternoon at Seventh and Nixon streets. Consequently, after exhausting their supply of complimentary epithets on each other, and having as yet succeed ed in doing nothing more than attract a crowd, Janie decided that it was high time to prove by demonstration that actions spoke louder than words. Suit ing her action to the word,' she drew from somewhere on her person a knife and began a great drive against her adversary. That drive ended the first reel of this episode, and the second showed Lillie being carried to the hospital, where her wounds were being pronounced as somewhat serious, while the police were makirg a search for Janie, who at a late hour last night had not been apprehended. Other Attractive Openings Under Civil Service 200 Stenographers Wanted. In addition to a number of desirable positions under the civil service' regu lations, which are open to residents of Wilmington and elsewhere, and for which examinations are announced during the , latter part of this month and October, there is a vacancy in the office of the United States engineer for the Wilmington district for an exper ienced record or file clerk, for which the salary is $75 a month. A tempora ry appointment can be made to this position without examination, but even tually whoever is given a temporary appointment will have to stand an ex amination prescribed by the United States Civil Service Commission. Ap plication in person or by letter may be made to the chief clerk at the Wil mington postofnee. Open competitive examinations at Wilmington for stenographers and typewriters, for men only, are announc ed by the commission on September 12 and 26. By reason of the fact that more than 200 positions of this kind have been recently created by Congress, it is .expected that appointments will be given to approximately that number of persons provided they pass the pre scribed tests successfully. The usual entrance salary, is $900 a year, but a few appointments are made at $1,000 and higher salaries. Appointments at $1,200 will only-be made in case the person qualifying In the examination makes a percentage of 85 per cent or over. MANY RESPONSES RECEIVED Wilmington Glad to Help in Providing Aid For Blind Soldiers of Europe. Many responses were received yes terday by Mr. F. W. Dick, local treas urer of the Permanent Relief Blind fund for the unfortunate soldiers of Europe, who have lost their sight while fighting for their countries. The cause is an exceptionably worthy one as it Is.. planned to train these soldiers so that they may" become useful citizens in spite of their misfortune. , A list of the Wilmington contribu tors to this fund will be published soon. All desiring to help should s"1 their contributions to Mr. F. W. DuV at the Peoples' Savings Bank and he will forward them to Mr. Frank A. Vanderlip, in New York, the latter be ing treasurer in America for the fund. Committees were appointed to take charge of the general arrangements for the annual meeting Of the State W. C. T. U., which will be held in timing ton October 4 to 7, inclusive, at the regular monthly meeting of the local chapter of the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union yesterday afternoon. It is expected that there will be at least 100 visiting delegates present at the convention and they will be enter tained In the homes of the Wilmington members while they are in the city. Plans were also outlined for the night meetings of the convention which will be of a nature to be of Interest to the general public. On the first night ad dresses of welcome will be made by representatives of the different organi zations in the city. The feature of the session on the second night will be an address by Dr. Anna Gordon, president of the National W. C. T. U. On the third night of the convention there will be a demonstration showing just how the W. C. T. U- has been instrumental in rendering great serivce in the field of temperance. The committees appointed yesterday afternoon to take charge of the differ ent features of arranging for the con vention are as follows: Entertainment Mrs. M. H. Shepherd, Mrs. D. W. Bulluck, Mrs. W, M. Cum ming, Mrs. O. A. Osborne, Mrs. R. E. Williams, Mrs. F A Muse, Mrs R. A. Montgomery, Mrs. W. A. Sanders and Miss Lizzie -Mulford. Reception Mrs. B. A. Robeson, Mrs. Charles Perry, Mrs. James Howard, Mrs. R. D. Tucker and Miss Mary Belle Taylor. Programme Mrs. R E. Williams, Mrs. F. A. Muse and Miss Lottie Smith. SEPA GROTTO WILL MEET AT THE HOUR OF MIDNIGHT Ceremonial Session. Will Be- Held Next Friday Night at 12 O'clock. By order of his royal highness the supreme monarch o' Sepa Grotto has come the order signed by yours truly, A. S. Holden, the highly esteemed and most obliging secretary of the afore named organization, that a short cere monial session of this Mystic Order will be held in the Masonic Temple on Friday evening, September 15th, at the hour of midnight to make a quick trip through the "Rapids" over the river "Styx" to the Grotto of the Enchant ed Realm, for all Master Masons who may present themselves at that time. The reason for having this ceremo nial session at the hour named, the deponent knoweth not, but only has It on the word of the honored prophet, who directs the affairs of this dark and mysterious order, that every member of the Grotto, who is in the city at that time, is expected to be on hand with a smile and wearing the fez, the emblem of good fellowship. All who have the good fortune to pass into, the enchanted realm will be rendered fully capable of giving advice to others and probably the first pieoe of advice they will have to give will be that midnight is a good time to be at home, particularly for married men. Be that as it may, the ceremonial ses sion will be held and rumor has it that a goodly number of Master Masons are going to be on hand to be inducted into its mysteries. TRIP TO SEA SUNDAY, SEPT. 10th. Steamer Wilmington will make one of her usual de lightful trips on the ocean. Leaves: IOiOO A. M. Fare, Round Trip. . . .80 Cents MEETING AT CLARKTON. Rev. J. A. Sullivan Conducting: Services in Baptist Church There. Rev. J. A. Sullivan, pastor of Cal vary Baptist church, who is assisting Rev. J. D. Howell in a very successful series of evangelistic services In the Baptist church at Clarkton, spent yes terday in Wilmington, returning in time to hold services last night. He was accompanied to Clarkton - by Mr. Odis B. Hinnant, city boys' work sec retary here, who will aid in the meetings. First Trip to Sea. With the opening or the fall season, Capt. John W. Harper, of the steamer Wilmington, promises his friends and the general public. the first of those de lightful trips to sea oh Sunday, leav-. ing the city at 10 o'clock, touching at Carolina Beach and $outhport both on the down trip and returning. The steamer will leave Southport at 3 P, M on the return, reaching the city early in the evening. The fare for the round trip is only 50 cents. Some Styles That Will Reign Supreme in Fall Millinery WHILE elaboration of shapes is carried to the extreme in the new Fall Millinery, this feature of itself has necessitate the use of simple trimmings that the smartness and cleverness of the lines may not be lost. A multitude of new ideas have been evolved and when the season gets fully under way many more are promised. We shall show them all, without, how even including the tiresome, commonplace and "over popular" features. Despite the great variety of charming modes and effective shapes their distinction and "class" we have arranged as an opening inducement an admirable and special line at the humble price of $5.00 and $5.95 each. No two are alike, and hence the opportunity presented is most unusual. Ready to morrow morning ready for the woman alert to rare values BELK-WILLIAMS COMPANY j - v r , . m
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