THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
DISPATCHES
LAST ETJITION,
4:00 P. M.
Weather r ore cast:
Fair; Rising Temperature.
V;XIV. NO. 178.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY. AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909.
3c PER COPY
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AMERICAN FLAG
i-HROUGH EFFORTS OF COOK
PLACED AT POLE
Statement from the Explorer
That He Had Actually Ac
complished Feat Ac
cepted in Paris.
USUT. SHACKLETON, LONDON
EXPLORER DISCUSSES STORY
Or. Cook, h Message to Mrs. J. Marlz
It Is Said Declared Ho Placed
Stars and Strip's at
the Polr.
San Jose, Cal., Sept. 2. Mrs. J.
Marts, wife of a Itod Uind capitalist.
Is saiij liy her father, Richard niecsou,
president of tho Santa Clara college
to hnve received a. eaoleirrain yester
clay from Dr. I-'rcderi'-k A. Cook, un
nouiH'Ing the success of his polar ex
pedition. Mrs. Marts came to Sun
Jose Monday and according to her
father, she telephoned her son to tell
him the news she had received. The
iiier-snge she read to him follows:
"Have placed the Stars and Stripes
on the North Pole."
She explained it was from lr. Cook
and had been sent In accordance with
ngrecinont with him that he would let
her have the lirst news of his expedi
tion. Mrs. Marts left on the mninlns
train and It Is understood nt the col
lege that she wan going to San I-'ran-lisco.
Creates Sensation In Paris.
Paris, Sept. 2. The new. of the
success of Dr. Cook when it became
fully known In Paris, created a veri
table sensation. The evening papers
publish long accounts of his expedition
and while there Is a tendency to await
arrival of Dr. Cook at Copenhagen to
secure from him proof and conllrmn
tory details, the press unites In prula
incr the hardy explorer and congrntu
Jn lions to America. . Tho best known
fcvlnttnt are" at present away from
the city either on a vacation or lead
ing expeditions.
All Honor to Dr. Cook.
The news was received with the
greatest interest by members of the
French tieographlcal society, one of
whom said:
"Dr. Cook apparently has succeeded
where others failed. His success de
pended on conditions of atmosphere
and the positions of the glaciers,
which up to the present time have
Jealously stayed tho advance of man.
Dr. Cook's record should determine
Whether or not there. Is a tlattciiiug
(Continued ou page 4.)
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RICH RELATIVES
INFLUENCE FAILS
W. H. Mitchell, Wealthy Man,
Assailant of Miss Linton,
Must Serve Term.
Atlanta, Sept. 2. liovornor lirown
yesterday after i announced lh.it
he would not improve the recommen
dation of lb..- ;:.,,., , iniiBsion dial
the sentence of William n. Mitchell,
a prominent eilizen ,,f Thomasville.
Gu., convicted or attempted assault
on Mil's l.ucile Union, a highly re
spected young woman ami a rclativi
of his wile, be changed rroin a year
on the chain nam; to a similar period
on tho state farm at MlllcdgcvUle.
SlnsilT Sini;leion of 'I'liomas county,
wa nolilii-d l.v telegraph to fake
Mitchell into custody.
The governor's ilcdsioii ends one in
the most r mark tide cases In Cci-r-gin's
legal histoiy. Mitchell's friendt
have exhanst.il every eriort to savi
him from the disgrace of eonvict
stripes and tlie ewcutlve ruling cam
as a Kt'cnt surprise ;. them.
In denying clemency to Mitchell
(lovernor Ilriw-n said:
"Should the cleme icy nskci. for in
tho present case be extended, then
Is grave thinner that it would beat
fruits of sorrow in every section ot
our slate. It would set an example
pernicious beyond compare, an exam
ple embodying a daily menace to c.eor
ft la 'a womanhood. It would say that
we have one law for the rich, another
for the poor; one law ror the highly
educated, another lor those too pool
to enjoy th" privileges and iiumituitir:
conseitncnt upon eduealloii; one law
for the classes, another for tin
masses."
Will He Tried Monday.
Atlanta. Sept. 2.- The court martial
to try Lieut. 1 W. llazelhurst ami
Private Ornver 101am on a charge of
"manslaughter, to tho prejudice if the
Rood order of military lisclpl!ne,"
growing out of Hip killing of Private
Kdward V. Coulter on August 7, will
bo convened at Fort Mcl'herson bar
racks Monday.
May Ke-Opcn Mining Case.
Nhslivlllc. Tenn., Sept. :;. After go
ing over the records in Hie case of J
II. Poker, Jr.. ,the cadet dismissed
from the Failed States Military acad
emy on chargis or alleged complicity
In the recent hazing case. Secretary oi
War Dickinson Intimated that the In
vestigation of the case would bo re
opened. Hour.
I
PALK'S MUSIC HOUSE.
M. BlerioVs No. 22 Monoplane Nowa
Mass of Wreckage on Betheney Plain
5 l
TTHE I3UER10T MONOPUNK ' .,... J. ''NSt, Ly '
FLOOD'S VICTIMS. .fW
iW U SOOO feifdl
Stench of Bodies Amost Un
bearable C00 More May Ec
Added to Death List.
Monterey.
M.S.,
now tin
MontelT
recent
Sept. J. Three
official estimate
v who lust their
ierlltiv of lilt
and ti this tl:i I
il ,ri(ia when rum
lei. "rem ;tioi;;
thousand Ih
those in
ives in the
i 'aula t rum river
'ill probably he addi
idele rep'irl.s are rec
he aleys Htream and Us tributary.
tlie San .1 nun.
( 'udai'e t:i toihiy r p"i li d that 1.'.'
1 1 h h.i.l I ii ImIm ii fruiii I In' rivi i
Hid buried at Sau .In. in; Si, were
fiiuiid by nearclieis. In .Muiiterey S',:;
nmlies, many llUlilelltiliell. have III ell
liuried and the wink of tin- Henri-hern
s still far from complete.
Many bodies are undoubtedly liur
ied In the hiiiuIh of the river bed and
nil' never be recovered,
III .San l.ulKlto ii terrible condition
-onfroutH the authorities as the
aench from the bodies hall' buried in
he siinila is almost unbearable. I-'oi-i-i-n
-if prisoners under soldiers are work
in; cool iniioiisly huryine tlle.se I o i
ind by mornlim' it Is c-spi-eti-d lli.vt
most of Ihein will have been interred.
li.eiorl received from alomt 111"
l'ani;iieo branch as far a:i the tei--uraph
line has been opened indicate
that that seclbm has been terribly
laiaau-eil and that tile- l-i I'urilieaeloii
river has b it its banks, r;ni.iir; mil
lions of dollars damaKe to crops ant
dock llirotmhout its valleys. Hun
dreds of small vilhincs are reported
to I in vc been swept away and Irom
the village of I'hina conn- reports of
nre.it destruction by Hie rains and
II I In that vicinity.
Telegraphic service svilli l.n ruse on
the Tainploo branch was opened to
day and the lirst messam- over He
wires was report of the sally of a
n.'diiim parly of .prominent bu- iio ss
linn of lb i.i city, Willi left lore I I.-.I
Krldav for a week's end Itslnim trip
111 thai vicinity.
The foml situation is a llttl
proved but there is shortage of
beans and l.i'i nil. I'resh iie at
most unprocurable at any pric
fresh vec.etaldes are out of the
lion.
l.n -
CO'-ll.
is al-
and
ille:i-
CUT DDI EXPENSES
II POSTAL SERVICE
Poslofficj Department Shows Large
Deficit and Hitchcock Hurrits
to the President.
lievcrly, Mass., Sept. 2. roslmai..
ter Ueiii ral llilchcock had an Imporl
tint i-iiiil'creiice with rresident Tuft
yesterday afternoon reijardlnii the
plana he has formulated for rnttlnc.
dovu cxiielises III tho postal establish
ment. He told tho president that He
cording to tho latest i-Htiniates the
postolTIci) depurtineiit will show a ihi
liclt for tho llscal year i-ndlng June
SO last of more than liO,000,00. This
is tho largest deficit thu postal service
ever lias known.
T' di-nclt for tho flsrul yenr cnillim
Juno JO, 1908,i whs about $16,000,000.
Thi Increuso as nearly us can ho as
certained, was duo In part to i-xten-
jslons or tho wrvlce, to the business
! depression clarion thu llrst part of the
' nseul year and to cumhersomo and ex
' pensive methods or handllnu tho mall,
'and in other departments of postul
j work.
The postmnster itencrol has now at
. work In WashliiKton a commlilon of
'some 40 experts examlnlnii thu retfls-
try depsrtment. which has been show
Ins: a growing delict your after year.
When the registry commission has
finished Its labors Mr. Hitchcock Will
summon another commission of money
order experts to make a similar ex
amination of the money order di
vision. ?
XHe'taxoR. and
I.i tie lley Avllll'..
tin- machine h vv !
an 1 i sta bllslied a v n
tiromids. Sept.
ell lie llcw ill tin
Id's record lor I.
a-.-c --ii Cethcnoy I'lains.
. I.leriot Stan.
Willi the Intelitii'll of lllakllli: th
V de I.I Vilese. Am "ill- llilil made
vvali-hed with illteiisl. Klvini; lo
Hi.
eollti'St for till' I'l :'
'a h ' pro.i:ress w a-,
the t inier's bo . vv . ;
ill sab-lv roiiiol
I i be course. Tin
I be course. 'I'll- I is a din ill
'led from ' it v.. is imagined In ;i
V w mlniiti a I
'pi bad oecinti
V le II Pll ailt'aM
-I ia ii bine, i
a and Ibe i
sii t lie rudib i
v . rt urn the a
ii". burst lib !
I'el 11 III I! i l
a In d up
nh .ilnst :
il w'..nld .
till"!
VV I'l .
plaa
ami
lb,
Ilia III.
e I.iiiK
.-in. i k,
In
Ii
w mln mi.
nl and i a i
llallle
tll'la
r. .lin
d vv i
S. A. L. Machinists
Went on Strike Today
Norfolk. a..
Hie Seal.o.iul
el ,il shops -it I'
I lll."e of I l.
lloll-lllliolHSIS. '
shops hav- al-
HlellC Still I .
tile ottlv Iti ill il
lv o bo.v s v. bo I
t. S.--M i. b
Line r.ulu i
isiuoiith lia v
II. ired enibl.e
i. blacksin it b.
Hone on a
. a board nil a i
."ills! etvinbe '
-I leal lie. I He
August Postoffice Receipts
Smash A11 Former Records
Imrim: th"
pa -it. I lie l-eeclp
ollu-e broke all
i-.iith of An
- at the Asia
I H'Violls re
tin; rush a
n is limes.
,.i
eVell I'Xeeptilll'. "
pl'i V ions ( '111 I' I'd
eeipts for AllKi- '
While till' lei' I'l
were Ji;.'ii:i J : i'i
I he col'i spoil. 1 1 ii"
$Ti.H.r,2. w lii. b
12. Ii P"l nt. li
the fact that V n
ri' ",ardeil as a n
eltv was in II i ll
,11 -
I :
' 150!. Wen
bis for Aui,mi-!.
ia kliix a m l i.'. i
time la.s!
is roinel liim:
iiierease. ruin
"list, a year a:
1 1 ' . ll I tl in wlii.
lb"
lb.
a p-
I Willi bun i
siKuillciini e nl ilu-se Hkiiics
parent.
They show ii"l only thai lln
Unit Ashevill.- bad more visit"
Inn Atiuust of ibis year Hum '
dor-
. . I'M
T
BE RQYftLLY RECEIVED
Kl I'lisu, Si nt 2. I'reiiileid Tall
and Presideiil Minx will be received
In this city and .Inures on their arrival
October 1, not only by a mnnmliee!il
military display but by J0.OHO school
children bIiikI'ik nutloiial iinlliems of
tho two countries and by the two most
famous bands "f Mexico and by at
least two spb ndbl military bands of
Ibo I'tllted Stales army, iiceorditu; to
an'iouiici-ment lodny. ,
Incurs nt Warernton.
Warrenton. Va., Kept. 2. A InrKC
crowd witnessed tho Juiluinu at the
Warrenton Horse show and winners
in various classes Were roundly ap
plauded. There was close competition
In horses In the harness class and
honors were were carried off by
"TwIllKht," driven by K. I, Hedmond.
In the saddle class "Jester. ' owned
and ridden l.y Mrs. D. II. Henderson,
took llrst prise with "Ixird Uolden,"
ridden by Miss C'herbonnler, second
honors. "Trlxle," helonglna- to Dr. B.
Lester Jones, won llrst place In the
pony harness class. In the matched
pairs of harness horses "WhoKes" and
"Howies," driven In superior style by
Richard Wallaces, easily took honors.
PRorevceR.
M. I'.li ii. in No. -J Moiiopl.iiie.
raee for the l oiipi I uteruat iouab
ii kll'iineti-rs. is novv a mass nl vvreak-
.'Mi k ilocieti r in
re, old I:. si Sal
M. Idi-riot j.ass-
tin- lint
pe-i and i-i'id over the loin:
here. an. I vvli.-n M. Hleiiol
hiildi hind u bill. i. k.
iiii:n :.! n that a serious
tin- land
ani"! -
I o Ii i tit lie la .-.la nil I lu- beside lliso'.er-
itit bl I. I 'l-oiu an i-a minal to of lln-
J.,. t- that sunn tlllllu broke ill the real
ai'l-aratns lo ;. I i ke t he meiiinl ! ill III I V
w lui h, i arrieil uilbin lln two sin I'aei s of
alloM III:; Hie lllel to joW OV. I- tile llol
ed tin- In aiilifiil liver to a mass of
witb. lb-' road: that lb
I lo eompl , vv lib a ;: en
strike
Ill", to
up en
i-s failed
have nil
i. b d 11. T. in i-k tak-'ll
id .settled
Ibinu'li
with In a
Hi it ..I
bib, ,V
lliat onh
is's and
.- truck.
In ir
l-larli 1
lie ulb
In i s.
I per
but s:
llee I'Olllllliltee.
Savaunall, ntid
r places will be
staled onieiallv
of (be ma. hio
iel,.' mil lis have
till
II I'
.II
V b
.lllel. . I.
n he
lion, la
ale inn
bill also that
n-lriil eonill
vliiK A.shevllle
h In tier lll.lll
In lie I a
II Ibis
. v,.,.
! ii"
in
He
h.tv. be.
Ii
to
time.
'lie- In ileal apploaill to I he AllKllflt
. r, .-mi ,1 iv as inailo 1. . i inb.-r. 1 :iii. the
i...;ir . e.-i eilllli; the i.lllii- when Hie
! teeeipts le.nili d solnetllin over li,-
' 1 i;nn. Hut liiristmas time Is always
! ta l lb' I aa Hie time when the most
mv IS taken ill bv Hie postal de-
i .i 1 1 iti. iii and Hie t u t that August
ii.i-.- . . e. ib d Dial is ind. i d a Rood in
iilieatinii ill conditions in these parts
Tin. oalKoim; mall at Hie Asbevllle of
ilinsibie iliilimr Hie past iiioulh has been
i tin- heaviest in the history of Aslu
Vllle.
REPORT IS MADE ON
Washim:! Sept. 2. The imrleul
lure ib partmeid reports the i iindll Ion
of cotton Amtusl Z' as CI. 7 per cent
ot ii.irni.il as compared Willi Vli.l per
n nl. on A in: list 2a, I'.HIS; 72.7 on All
Kiist 2i, I 'Jo i , o till 7,1.0, the iivi-niKf
of the past ten years on Aumtst 25.
I 'ompiirisniiM of conditions by slates
Inllow:
Auk. 2,i, Auk", ia. 10 year
STATKS l'JO'J. HtOX. aversitc
Vlritlnia . . . 73 87 81.
North I'arollna 7S KO 7.
South Carnlliia 71 74 75.
lleorula. ... 73 77 76.
I lorldu . . . . 7i KO 71.
Alabama . . . r, 77 - 7J.
Mlsslsslipi . ..61 7 77.
Louisiana. . . H 3 74.
Texa u 75 69.
Arksnsas. , . 0 SI 74.
Ten nessee , , , 7 ii . BR S 1
Missouri . . . K0 90 SI.
Oklahoma . . U . 70 7S.
United States . 63.7 7S.1 7J.
(iermaii Yacht Wins.
Marblohead. Mass., Sept. t. The
flermnn yacht llevella won the third
race for sonder yachts today In an ex
citing contest, : . ,
HABEAS CORPUS
FOR BEN MO IS
Counsel for Mortis Wei l to Brevard
Tottay t Have Writ Signed
by Jurigo Adams.
WARRANT FOR REARREST ISSUED
on ArriOAvir of r, j. cafps
Allinnt lle,;es thill lie Has I'.videlur
That III Hiibstaiilinte
( ImrKC of Murder.
I'.en V. Morris, Jr.. who, ai a onllim
to his own lesllinoiiv at the coroner's
inipiesl. said that he shot and killed
Jim T. t'apps. a man unknown to htm.
whom he lonud destroytni; the furni
ture in the Morris home on the road
between Asbevllle and Wenvervlllo on
AllKust 2.1, wns late vesleribly after
nonnarrested by liepnty Shi-rilT Jordan
upon a warrant Issued by Magistrate
W. A. Jaiiu-s. Jr., eliniKlni; Morris with
tin- niurder of I'npps. 'the warrant
Issued by Magistrate James upon
the atliilavit of It. J. 1'apps. a brother
f the dead man. which sets forth thai
Morris, who was out on a llalia bond,
had. aeordim: to ev Meic'i- which the
i Ilia n I had been utile lo obtain, mar
red t'apps and that he i.hould be
taken Into custody to await an Inves
tigation. Vouin; Morris was placed in JhII last
flight and was still there today. JiiiIki-
Spears Itoynolds, of counsel for the
lefetlHe, left this lll.'l llillk" for I'.revnlil
to sue out a wro of habeas corpus be-
e .Indue J. S. Adams, who Is hold-
iiik court at iirevaril tuts week.
At the coroner s impicst before I'or-
ni-r I'.. I:. Morris, tlie ili-reiiilanl was
the onlv witness, with tin- exception
f Hie i iironer, w ho corroborated Mor-
slatemenl as to tin- condition of
house Iiclni; torn up. and the half
p.
lied razor, which M
rrls lesfila-d
1 w it h, w In-ii
iroiier's .iury
e brought In
.ps w as ma klm; at h' -
lie lireil the shoi. Tl
Iter hearillK the evidenc
verdiii that Morris had acted in self
reiise. I.nst S.iturday t'apps' father swore
nl a warrant before Magistrate James
hat-Kini; Morris with the murder of
bis son. t'pon leariitnu thnl Ibe solic
itor would allow bond, the miiKistrnte
fixed the sum at $ I noil, which w as
readily nlven by the boy's father and
elallves. Yesterday I;. ,1. I'npps, a
rotber of the deceased. lllllie to
so ille and nfler i or.rtiltat loii with
is attorney, Col. V. S. I.nsk. made nn
lllilavlt. III. nil which Hie in iKlvlrnle
-s'led Hie new warranl and committed
Moi-ris to J. nl. The preliminary henr-
Hot was set for liiesilav, Septeniher i,
ill should ludee l;.-v linliK- secure the
krantitiK of the writ of habeas enr
ols, an earlier bearlni; will In all
probaliitilv be hud.
Helatlves of the deceased have
ell very active since Hie MhnntlllK.
mil while no evidence was offered at
the coroner's impiest. they claim that
they have diseovered ilamai;liii: evi-
lenee since that time, mid evidence
which tin v claim will lie sulllelelit to
slahlixh Huir chiirKe that murder
was committed. I-or Hie hearliiK n
iriie numlier of witnesses have been
summoned.
"BIG RED APPLE"
Spokane With the Apple Will
Seek to Outdo South
and the 'Possum.
Spokane, Wash., Sept. i. Spokane
is preparlm; to Rive I'reshb lit Tuft a
dinner that may become ua famous a.s
the 'possum dinner of Hie south. In
one of the ilncht bamiuetiiiK rooms In
the world, tin- president will In lin-pro-Ht'il
with the fact that Spokane Is
the home of the IiIk red apple.
I neri a siil iiiMrls and I.XHtrls,
Wasliinuton, 8e(it. 2. Ther"e was
in increase In value of both Imports
mid exports of the I'nlti d Stales diir-
IliK the tnoiith of July over that month
of last year, aeoorillim 'h" nmnlhly
slatenient of tlie country's fnrolKii
commerce issued by the blirenii of
Ktiilisllis of tho department of com-
mrreo and labor. Tho value of Im
ports for July was $1 12,4Kft,3M, an
Increase or $2A.0CS.tlfi t over July one
year nito, tniiklnK the total Value, of
Imports for the seven months endlna
with July t830,4Kri,fi40, which Is nn
Increase of J22 1.D9K.90II over tho same
period for 190.
frei-anllonnry Measumi Taken.
Chartersvllle, On., Sept. 2. Kolow
Ins reports Inst nlsht that an nttempt
proliably would bo made to lynch
three white men and n negro ronnned
In the county Jail here nn chanies of
criminal assault, this place Is unlet
today. Humors of threatened violence
from the section In which the crimes
were committed continued to he heard
and steps have been taken to guard
the Jail.
THE) totMTHKR,
Forecast until S p. m. Friday for
Ashevllle and vicinity: Fair weather
tonight and Friday, with rising temperature.
DINNER TAFT
PRIZESJFFERED
Contest Man Tells Abuut the Gather.
ing in of All Those Hand
some Presents.
BIG RED TOURING CAR
HEADS THE LONG LIST
The ramus I'crlod lias Arousril the
t'audldalcs Ijist K offer
of ontcsl.
ijoxrs Din:it ov 4.
ai-: M list HIITIOX
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t
in-w ' eiiiiy subscriptions ,
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lo be delivered by mail, be.
tvveeii WcdiicMluy, SeplemlMT
1st, Mud luidniKht Wednesday,
S pteiiihi r Mil. will In- award
ed a voting ceititiiate for 35,
0 an votes additional to the
roKtilnr scale, line two year
subscription will be counted aa
two yearly subscriptions, and
each candidate may secure as
ni inv of these clubs as possl
ble. Two six-months subscrip
tions will be counted ns one
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t'utll about eight weeks niro Tlie
Uarette-News contented Itself with
Kivini; its friends and subscribers ac
curate, clean tradable sei-oonls of
tire-it events, h,ip.iliiKa, and ever'
tliiiic whli h Is roiisiilered to have any
news value, incliulliiK deaths, births,
ili-eiib-lils. etc., ele.
Not content with kIvIiir; value re
ceived The Oiisette-N'ews decided to
develop nnolher generous scheme to
do s.inietblliK real handsome for tho
lienellt of its patrons and Incidentally
to provide a little excitement of its
own which It Is firmly convinced has
become a inlnlitv big nffnlr.
Just about the time above mention
ed Ibe hip noise of one of the largest
mid most reliable contest companies
In Hie eoiinlrv happened In Ashevllle
and after talking mailers over with
Mr. Messier, malinger of Tho fiiisette-,
N.-ws and Mr. l.-iw, the purchasing
in-, nt. they w-i'iil out one morning and
aft. r "dickering" with Mr. Sawyer of
the Ashevllle Cycle and Auto, eom
panv, district representative of tho
Chalmers - Detroit and Hub k Car
maiiufncliirers, they gathered In the,
big rid Hulck Touring Car and
a Hulck Koadsb r of which there
ere severnl In these parts, and
which require no particular eulogy In
thl.i vliinltv, or, In fad. In any other
part nr these Culled States. Every
body knows the Htucks, and with
these ns Inn. I liners In the long list
of ib a-lnihle prlx'-s to bo given by
Tin tiarette-News, the reader can at
once gather a pretty fslr Idea or the
dimension of this grent enterprise The
Oaxette-News has launched.
The purchasing agent proceeded on
his merry way to the Dunham Muslo
house and arranged with It. A. Dun
ham ror r-v-e nt those ncatiiirui ana
weet toned Story ft Clark pianos, val
ued at IJTiO.OO each. These are un
doubtedly the flnest to he found any-,
where, and of which there Is nt' so
lid. iv no better nt the price.
Hy this time, his mingling with th
crowd had lent fuel to the name, so
he "went shopping around among the
merchants," but In the meantime it
dawned upon him that f 100.00 bank
accounts would be very t4ce and ac
ceptable District Second prises so ho
at once proceeded to the American
National Punk and Immediately ar
ranged for a deposit of two $100 ac
counts; thence lo the Halt cry Park
flank and arranged for a deposit,
thence to the Pillions Knnk and
thence to the Wnchovla I.oan and
Trust company. There are nve of
these accounts and one of them must
go to each district
Next he acquired those beautiful
brass bed outfits, valued at $75.01
from Burton ft Holt, who arc well
known In Ashevllle and vicinity, and
where anything in household good-i
(Continued on papa S.)