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i i v W K 1 In n : m -.Mri n i VOL. XIII. ' NO. 681i at aaisabeth City. N. O.. Jim. D. 1908 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1921. Published KTery Friday by Vf. O. Saonden at 505 E. Fearmg St. Elizabeth City, n" O. $1.56 A YEAR J UI M J UJ J ISiJt i'J UJ QnJl 1 Ji. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE BUSINESS OF FARMING Lever of The Federal Farm Loan Board Shows Farmers The Way Out In a Great Speech at Elizabeth City. : ; This Edenton Beauty Soon to Wed CLEARED LADS NEXT TO DRAIN WINDER CASE GOES UP TOTH Lawyers .on Both Sides Careful Not To Reveal Their Full Hands at Preliminary Hear ing in Recorder's Court. There is no sense in farmers forever remaining- tlie victims of speculators and going broke ev ery two or three years ; 'the farmer produces two of the three things absolutely necessary to sustain life and civilization and can command his own price for his products when once he determines to control those prod ucts and takes the control out of the hands of speculators. How the farmer can control the dis tribution and sale of his prod ucts : how he can secure a return for his labors that will make farm life so profitable and at tractive that his children will prefer the farm to the city; in a were, how the farmers of the nation may pool their resources, an ! finance themselves in any conting-enc3r; such is an outline of a remarkable speech delivered in Elizabeth City this week by the one man in America who knows the farmers' handicaps and how to meet theni. . The speaker was Hon. A. F. Lever of the Federal Farm Loan Board who came to Elizabeth City to speak to the ronvoiition of the N. C. Drainage As sociation. This newspaper has secured the manuscript of . Mr. Lever's speech and give it to its readers in full. By F. A. LEVER. The question uppermost in the minds of farmers js what has happened to bring about the present situation with respect to the value of farm products; what has occurred to justify a slump in prices of farm products ranging from 50 per cent to 100 per cent within a period of twelve months. Certainly, there are no less mouths, to he fed bow, of" bodies to be clothed now, than there were twelve months ago. The yield of farm products for the year 1920 was not unusually large. The need for such products has "undoutedly kept pace with the supply of them. This being true, the inquiry as to the cause for the slump in prices of farm products be comes all the more .important and in teresting. The Demand for Farm Products Never Greater Than Now. There are tens of thousands of men, women and children throughout the world who are on the veritable verge of starvation and who are moving from place to place clothed in rags. There are more of this unfortunate class of people now than there were a year ago which would suggest to the student of economy that the value of things to eat and with which to clothe the body should be higher than in 1920; and to find the reverse of it, presents a line of study which must develop the discovery of cer fain broad principles which govern in the determination' of prices. Plenty of Demand But Lack of Money or Credit. The very first thing that we come in contact with in the study of the prob- Iem is the fact that there is an unusual demand for farm products throughout the world but thare is a lack both of money and credit with which to make good the demand. The starving chil dren of Armenia need, your wheat and corn and live stock, but they have noth ing with which to pay you for it. The cotton factories of France, Germany, Austria and Russia could, if put into operation, make heavy inroads into the ix million bales of surplus' cotton now held in the South, but the difficulty here again is that the market of Germany, Austria and Russia are closed to the cotton producer, while the difference in f-xehange rates makes it almost impos- ihle for the factories of France to buy the raw material, manufacture and sell it in competition with American manu facturers and make a profit. The domestic consumer of farm prod '" ts is on a buyer's strike. He is re fusing to buy at the exorbitant prices 'leiiiniided by some retailers, except as Jlf! must buy to meet immediate .needs. This, of course, results in a lessened I' m. e stic demand which reflects itself in prices. The domestic manufacturer, the wholesaler and the jobber because of he uncertainty of the price of the raw roatc'ial and the demand for the finished product, are, as it were, dancing the hesitation dance, and they too are in the J1r;ct only to fill immediate demands. Restoration of Confidence. The problems and difficulties of ag-' ri"iHure at this moment are fundamen tal character. They cannot be solved y the application to them, of expedi te or nostrums The trouble M deep. seaiel and requires a major operation. I(: can not be cured by the application "f Poultices and? salves. The knife of e surgeon is necessary. The patient ,s 'ghty sick but he is more fright ened than sick and before we can hope to get him in a position to apply the remedy which will cure him, we .must first convince him -that he is not nearly so sick as he is scared. In these criti cal times there is no place for the pessi mist. This great country of ours is not headed in the direction of the "dimni tion of bow-wows." A nation which can mobilize within two years thirty billions of wealth, arm and equip1 five millions of boys and send . two . millions of these across the water to fight on foreign shores is not going to fail to arise to this emergency and to meet it and over come it. The- one big immediate need of this hour is the restoration of confi dence in all classes of people in Ithe fu ture of our country, coupled with a res olution that we are going to think and act in the light of the sun and not in the gloom of the darkness. The situa tion may be likened to a flock of wild geese that has been disturbed unexpect edly by the hunter. They are flying pell mell in every direction, each in dividual,, looking out for itself. But this will not continue long because pretty soon you will see the flock lining out in proper formation under the leader ship of one who knows his business and his destination. We need onlv some leadership, some stepping out as it were, in the direction of a return to normal, in order that the whole flock of us may begin to set ourselves in the same direction. And when this happens, manufacturing will begin, the jobber and the wholesaler will set their machinery in motion, retailers will take- on new courage and hope, and all of these things will reflect themselves in a bet ter agricultural situation. In the meantime, it is to be hoped that for eign markets will begin to right them selves with the aid of credit corpora tions formed in this country under the provisions of the Edge Act and .with the help of the recently restored "War "Fi nance Corporation. Out of the Gloom Learned Wholesome Lessons. But from the viewpoint of agriculture the mere restoration of confidence is not going to furnish a permanent solu tion of its. problems.- There are Reclamationists Discusses Many Problems. Affecting East ern N. Carolinsu. MISS HAZEL HOPE EDWARDS MISS EDWARDS will be married to Mr. Douglas Dewey Conkwright, of Greens boro, on April 23. The wedding will be in the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Edenton. Miss Edwards is the youngest daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ed wards, the popular hostess of the. Bay View Hotel at Edenton. Mr. Conkwright is assistant advertising manager of the Vick Chemical Co. of Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Conkwright will be at home in Greensboro after May 10. MEEKINS TAKES WASHINGTON JOB Will Handle Questions Involving Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. . CoL I. M. Meekins has formally ac cepted the . office of General Counsel Alien Property Ctfstodian IKviskxtt :Of culties that require for their remedy-1 the Department of Justice under the mg the concerted action of. the states Harding administration and entered up- and the nation as well as the farmers on tne active administration of the af- themselves. t fairs of his office Wednesday morning, The Facts. May 13. The office will pay him a sal- When it is demonstrated by the facts ary of $15,000 per annum, instead of that the country teacher, the country $7,500 as previously reported, preacher, and the farmer receive the Acceptance of the office does not mean lowest scale of wages of any class of that CoL- Meekins and family will re- our population, it must be admitted that move to Washington. They will retain there is something fundamentally weak their home in Elizabeth City and CoL in the system under which agriculture Meekins will be with his family here is operating. The existing system has every week-end. He said he wouldn't not only, eventuated in the fact just have the office under any other condi- mentioned, but it is responsible for the tion. fact The office which Col. Meekins has (a) That, more than one-third of our received at the hands of the Harding farm population is tenants. This means I Administration is one ot great respons- absentee landlordism, or to express it ibility and trust, calling for expert legal more accurately, inefficient farming and advice in the administration of hundreds unwholesome rural conditions. ot millions of dollars of alien property LECTION OUIET BUT DECISIVE Will of Elizabeth City People Is For Better Schools, Re gardless of Cost. (b) That, not over twenty per cent of siezed by the government when we went In one of the quietest elections, ever held in this city citizens went to the polls last -y 'andf'oeJpVripi selves a bond issue of $400,000 for pub lic schools. Out of this sum it is pur posed to spend approximately $180,000 in the construction of a new High School Building equipped with a big auditorium, gymnasium, library, research labratories, etc. A building for the colored people is to cost about $75,000. The present High School building is to be made over into a grammar school building. The rest of the money will be expended in paying off floating indebtedness, acquir ing grounds for the new high school building, etc. , The vote for 1 school bonds was 732, with 57 votes against, out of a total registration of 1,033. The vote by wards follows: Registered. For. Against '1 he - eleventh annual convention of the North Carolina Drainage Associa tion which, met here Tuesday and Wed nesday, April 12 and 13, brought to this city an assembly of notable men for the discussion and working out of serious problems that affect the health, happiness and prosperity of eastern North Carolina, he discussions de veloped at this meeting by CoL Joseph Hyde Pratt, director of the N. C. Geo logical and Geodetic Survey; Hon. John H. Small, father of drainage and friend tt every agiicultural endeavor; Eton. A F. Lever, of the Federal Farm. Loan Board; Dr. T. H. D. Griffits of the U. S. Public ' Health Service ; S? H. Mc Crory, drainage engineer , of the Tl. S, Department -of Agriculture; C. G. El liott, of ' Washington, D. C. ; W. A. Mc Girt, Manager of , the North Carolina Landowners' Association and others will result in incalculable benefits to the state. , Before human beings can do a thing, they must think and talk about it. Hu man achievements ome not haphazard, but by studied plans. This convention of . notable engineers, reclamationists and health experts got their heads to gether here on many . things . of monu mental import. A few years ago "they thought and talked only about the drain age and reclamation of swamp lands. We have seen thousands of acres of lands reclaimed ' according to dreams. Wonders have been wrought on what were once, waste lands worth barely a dollar an acre; now worth two .-';,- ;;' COMMUNITY SING ON COURT HOUSE GROUNDS j THIS EVENING. ' At 7:30 o'clock this evening Elizabeth City will have jts first open air Community Sing. The Sing will be staged on the courthouse lawn and a stereopticon will- be After Tiearingf only two wit nesses for the state in the case against L. L.. Winder, the Eliza beth City real estate man charged with immoral relations with young girls, the Recorder's Court of -this county bound Winder ov er to the Superior Court, bonded 4.. fl.-L XI I - r I on a screen. The 'singing will be lin the sum ot directed by Roy. L. Hoffmeister of Community Service' and the public will be given an opportunity to see what has been accomplished in the development of local song leader- ship as well. Let everybody come down'" town to-night. There'll be lots of fun and cheerfulness. , TO INTER REMAINS OF WORLD WAR HERO IN COURTHOUSE SQUARE The remains of Corporal Seth Ed ward Perry, the only Pasquotank coun ty boy killed in action in the late world war are expected to arrive in "Elizabeth City to-day and it has been planned by the American Legion, with the consent their I orPral Perry's mother, to inter tne .remains on tne courtnouse lawn on Main. St:. Corporal Perry was killed nar Bel- V I Tcrr. - OQ 1010 ' A cr three hundred dollars an acre. But .. ' . ,. . v ,.. .7? , .. . . .. . , I portion of his company threatened with now these - reclamationists have another I , Ai , , vision. ,. A great part of the discussion in the convention this week related to the drainage of our farm lands that are thought of that long ago. Right here "dangerous mission and fell under a counter attack ; and one runner: from headquarters ' who attempted to teach them .with orders to fall back,; had been killed. .. Corporal Perry volunteered for in Pasquotank county we have thous ands of acres of cleared lands in culti r - ican region was Earned Seth- Edward years because there is- not sufficient I , . ...1 ,v,i.. heavy fire while crossing an open' field. Bps mother is jtfrs. Mary Perry, of Okisko. The Jocal post of the Amer- Perry Post. The , remains will-; be laid ALLEGED HOSIERY THIEVES CAUGHT AFTER MANY MONTHS erty. MOYOCK VOTES $25,000 " BONDS FOR SCHOOL Progressive Currituc!( Community To Build a Modern High School. arm nnmoQ n n VP - in rnPTTI - PlrilPr I 1 running water the burden lifter of the et to be made of most of this PrP" housewife or artificial lights; the av erage daily labor of the average farm woman is from 12 to 13 hours. The isolated life of the average farm woman presents the amazing and inde fensible tragedy of American life. The farm woman is the crux of. the rural j problem. When she is happy and con tented witn ner surrounumgs, you Wm M &n election held in Moyock school find her boys and girls likewise to be district Currituck county. Tuesday, Ap happy and contented, but it is the re- rfl 12 a bond issue of $25,000 for a volt of these boys and girls against the high gchool buildmg wag voted by a life of drudgery which their parents lead handsome maj0rity. The actual results that has resulted in the increasing drift of the electi0ns were as foUows:' of the population from country to town, Number of voters registered 132 resulting, s disclosed by the present Voting ,for schooihougg bonds 89 census for the first time in our history, Voting against schoolhouse bonds 36 in their being a larger per cent of peo- Not voting , 7 pie in towns and cities than there are Majority of egisteed'votes'calt in the country. It may sound ridicu- for bondg i 46 lous, and by the unthinking, be called Jt .g purposed t; erect" a modeTn high foolish, to venture the assertion that schooL building; , Wiih Btate m the Henry Ford in supplying the world with building wiu cost -upwards of $50000 a cheap, quick method of transportation, &nd m fee tfae handsomest school homfi is exerting updh rural Ufe a more pro- Currituck county. The Moyock school found influence than has ever been ex- district has made great educational pro- erted upon it Dy any man living ox u.,.g withm the pagt few yearg and (c) That, the farmer is without ef- , . .i,nnl in Ktn Wnrti, fective voice in the determining of the Carolina where teachers, students and price of his products. parents work together more harmoni- (d) THat, as a resun ul . or mQre zealously for school bet. First Ward 285 Second Ward 320 Third Ward 1 225 Fourth Ward 203 199 233 175 125 732 10 26 4 17 57 x. x-Vn ooka Af on OTfOCClVfl UiauiOKC ttV iaac vaxt vx cvxx a.v. . i , , i . rainfalL Now we have the best thought " and energy of the state, directed toward this problem by the N. C. Drainage As sociation. The thinking has been done, the . talking has been started ; it , will .be , Bly-inktte great canals miles in lengtn wnr trarr erse every section of this coastal coun try and drainage of all lands will be a fact. Worth Much To This City, , i.Patti riteitard aiid Qsca Parxniele twd frygmiionmexf theft of about $200 worth of .hosiery from the Pasquotank Hosiery Mills, were arrested in High Point, N. C, this week, and will be brought to Eliza bitb Citv lo-dav for trial. They were The Drainage Association Convention employeg of the Pasquotank Hosiery was a great investment in goou wm Co Two casea o hosiery were taken upon the part of iilizabeth lity. xne f pnm th. mill t nit,t and the men at. delegates to this convention were de- tempted to disp0se of it to Mike Met- hghted with the hospitality ana gooa- treyj a pomdexter St. merchant. Met will accorded them, charmed with the L. put the police wise and the men city and its people, and they went away skippedt leaving the hosiery with Met ro boost Elizabeth Jity ana speaK a tr ieaving a Ford car on the good word for it as long as they live. street. The theft occurred last fall. The Chamber of Commerce did itselt proud in handling the convention. It came Just at a time when the Chamber had taken on a new secretary who is unfamiliar with local conditions and customs. But the new secretary, iticn nrA P. Job wasn't at all nut out.- He EDENTON PUT IT ALL OVER ELIZABETH .CITY, FOR A CHANGE Totals 1,033 The fact that 250 voters stayed away from the polls and didn't vote at all was due partly to apathy and partly to lack of faith in the prospective school ad ministration. Some openly opposed the bond issue because they were not sure who would spend the $400,000 provided But the will of the people was unmis takably registered. Elizabeth City wants the best in public schpols and is willing to pay the price. WINEKE BUYS SITE FOR ICE CREAM PLANT Pays $7,000 For Matthews St. Site Has Plans Also For His Apart ment House. iti thp average larmer ui xuiaauun -' willr not realize from his . 1920 crop more than sufficient to pay his taxes and the interest upon his capital invest ment. What Causes Have Led to Such a Sit uation. What have been the underlying causes resulting in such an unwholesome con dition? (a) The farmer has been taught to walk the furrow and produce and per capita he is the best producer in the world. We have taught him to become an expert with his hands and have left him as a child in the use of his head '1 x - l.?a - nffniva rtf flOT in tne management ui mo ouuo than production. t (b) The .farmer has . never regaraeq himself.-nor have the people, anything but a producer. He is more than that. He is " a manufacturer and a merchant as well. , It. would not be wise in my judgment for him to undertake in him . . . (Continued on Page 8.) terment and educational advancement. Hatfiawav Says If you wear glasses, have your eyes and glasses both examined from time to time, and go to the place where you can afford to pay a reason- . able price for real professio- - nal work.. Remember your eyes are your bread-winners. Take care of them. You have your teeth ex amined twice a year. Why not you eyes? They are more important. Dr: J. D. Hatha way Opfometrist Phone 999 Bradford Bldg. Frederick W. Wineke of Baltimore and Elizabeth City has purchased the property formerly occupied by Over man's stables, on Matthews St. between Poindexter and Water streets and will establish an ice cream manufactory and cold storage , plant on the property. The site is 20 feet wide by. 195 feet deep and was owned by B. S. Banks. Mr. Wineke paid $7,000 for it. Mr. Wineke will remodel the build ing at once and is negotiating the pur chase of ice cream manufacturing and ice making machinery to cost around $3,500. ' He expects to get the proposed ice cream and cold storage business unr der way this summer. He is a man of action and loses no time doing a thing. Besides investing in the business in dicated, Mr. Wineke has plans for a three-rstory apartment house which he will erect on West Church St. The plans, call for a handsome and thoroly modern structure and will make an im posing architectural addition to that rapidly developing and fashionable exr tension of the city. Contracts for. the apartment house will be let at once. THE NEWLAND HIGH SCHOOL ' GRADUATION EXERCISES APR. 23 (A " communication.) That much "tooted" Edenton baseball team whitewashed the "all star" Cubs took hold of the work of entertaining of Elizabeth City on the Edenton dia- this convention just as if he had had mond iast Friday evening, and it didn't months to prepare for it. take anv "jazz" music from the "Mouth A Delightful Banquet. olian Band" to do it. The "Regulars' The visitors were 'given a delightful simply played with the visitors and the banquet Tuesday evening. The banquet rooters requested the management of was at the Southern Hotel which is still the local club to hurry Elizabeth City nndenroine a remodeling and where ser- up with that "Search Warrant" for that vice is not functioning just as the pro- fast team hid in the back yards so as nrietnr would like to have it.' But tne Edenton could entertain them with a ET 1 I banquet went off in good shape. The fast game. The score, 20 to 0, we are menu .was well chosen and was indi- j ashamed to announce for fear of f right- genous to the locality. There was JNorth ening off some other teams, but the Carolina shad, our own barn yard chick- others needn't fear Edenton just because ens and peas, May peas grown in bur j they walloped .the "braggadosia" Cubs own wardens. las the Cubs made a mistake and' left And for entertainment, the guests the ' old bears" at home. The Kegu had something . new under the sun in lars" are ready for any amateur team Elizabeth City. A double quartette at any time when they have open dates, from the colored State Normal School j and would like to play some qf the "big eave the diners an unusual program of I League stuff" for exhibition games, as Negro spirituals and folk songs, such as I the "Regulars" are in the game to play many had never been permitted to hear, ball whether defeated or not. xo lose Those colored singers made a distinct one or two games -will not discourage ViU and a rnnri imnression. them. Get busy, Elizabeth City and Following the colored singers' recital Hertford! Leslie Waldorf, Elizabeth City's pre mier jazz artist loaned by the Alkrama Theatre for the occasion, and Roy L. "Hoffmeister. Community Service Song Leader kept the banqueters entertained for an hour. There was speaking, short and snappy and there was Judge Frank Winston, of Bertie, full of fun and other things. The Judge did his part in entertainment and had a good time for himself. TTia convention adjourned Wednesday afternoon after three busy, hard work- tion price of THE INDEPEND- ing sessions and many committee meet- NT to the old price of $1.50 a ines to meet next year in Goldsboro. n ll'l remained over Wednes- year, I am now prepared to make day afternoon were shown the country j this introductory offer of a little round about Elizabeth City. better than eisrht months for Send your check, Pi O THE INDEPENDENT 11 .00 UNTIL JAN. 1, 1922. Having reduced the subscrip- ON CASH BASIS. Another big Elizabeth City store goes $1.00. Money Order or a Dollar Bill, on The graduating exercises of Newland High School will- be 'held Saturday even ing,' April 23rd, in the school auditor a cash basis, beginning Monday, May and get . THE INDEPENDENT 2. Thiri time it is Morrisette & Raper, until Tan. 1. 1922. 47 weeks, be- . . x I - ' . ' thfl Main: St. grocers. Announcement ot . . ... ' mi tne. . f. . - , a - ginning with the next, issue all their new policy- is made elsewhere in &, : . ......... tH3 newspaper this week. . ' . for $1.00. Old subscribers whose - time has expired may avail them- MR. COX RE-ELECTED selves of this offer. Dollar bills W. D. Cox, of: Moyock, was re-elect- i . . . . . . of Cur- T r C . " . ed superintendent of Education rituck County at the meeting of the Board of Education of that county held on Monday, April 4. 1 ' ' W. O. SAUNDERS, Publisher, ' Elizabeth City, N. C There v were three charges against Winder: 1. Criminal asr sault upon a 15-year-old female ; 2.. having carnal knowledge, of a f emaje under 14 years of age and "over 12 years of age; 3. pros titution. , The charge of prostitu tion has been dropped, indicating that the state is confident of con- rviction upon one of the more se rious counts. r Winder was given a preliminary hear ing in the Recorder's Court in this city Monday morning. Elizabeth City never witnessed a more disgusting and naus eating spectacle than this trial. The courthouse was packed by morbid, por nographic curiosity seekers. The aver- Rep. run of humans likes srnTnInT AToro than 500 men quit all productive labor Monday morning to spend a half day in a stuffy court room to hear something nasty. They, heard it. ' .Women heard it too. : There was a delegation of a dozen or more prominent women rep resentine the Woman's Christian Tem perance Union. A lot of these good I women had an idea J:hat their presence at the trial would serve notice on the, court that the citizens of this town de mand drastic punishment for any man guilty of the, crimes of which L. L. Winder stands accused! The women thought their presence would' have a wholesome moral effeet Some , of them too may have wanted to hear what was to be ' heard. . After they heard ',; what they heard they wanted . their ; names kept, out "of, 'the-. papera?i The trial of fj&eswKpce been no women preseidt." '; A spade' was called a spade and physiological desig nations "were reduced to terms under- standable to children and simple-minded adults. I ' ' Matthews Testifies. The first .witness on the stand was Geo. B. Matthews, of Richmond, Va. Matthews is an artist.' He is a man over 60 years old. He spent about three months, in 'Elizabeth City this spring. . His studio was in the Hinton buildmg, adjoining the offices of L. L. Winder. There is a ' door between the two offices. There is a crack in the door; also a nail hole. Matthews testi fied that on or about March 10, 1921, his attention was attracted to a scuffl ing of feet and the excited protestations of a ehild in Winder's office. He looked thru the crack in the door, then thru the nail hole and saw Irene Woodard, a girl of 15 years, struggling in the em brace of Winder. The child was crying, "Stop it, Please don't," and pushing Winder off with her hands. Winder had his hands in her clothes; he had forced her into a chair : the child fought him off, ran from him and Matthews could see no more, they having passed from without his line of vision. This is Mat thews', testimony. Matthews then went on to say that he rushed to the office of E. E. Clark, a typewriter repair man with whom he . was friendly, whose office was only a few feet away. Clark was not to be found. Matthews went back, knocked on the door of Winder's office and then returned to his studio. In a few min utes the Woodard girl came out of Win der's office. Matthews says he called her, told her he had seen what had gone on told her not to go to Winder's office again and told her he would not tell what had happened. Matthews says he later told Clark what he ' had seen, without mentioning the girl's name, and asked Clarb to keep an eye on Winder's office. Matthews left the city on Mareh 16 and turned his keys over to Clark so that Clark could the better spy on Winder. Matthews told a clear-cut, convincing story and he has the appearance of a man of reliability and good character. But the defendant's attorneys would not . admit so much. They went after the witness with gloves off.' They wanted to know if he hadn't .entertained young girls in his own offices and Matthews admitted that children came often to his studios, often attracted by his exhibi tion of paintings, often because he ws friendly with them and gave them money to go to the Movies. Attorneys for the defendant attempt ed to make Matthews admit that he himself had had young girls in his rooms with the doors locked and Matthews ad mitted that the Woodard girl had 'come V to his offices ''One Sunday morning. He said she 1 explained that she had come dowtt town for the Sunday papers which are delivered at the Hinton bunding. Winder had a . formidable array of counsel. There were Col. L M.'Meek-. ins and ..P. W. McMullan, :: Everett Thompson and J. . Kenyon Wilson, and : P. G. Sawyer. . Five of them. Col. (Continued on--Page 5.)