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Central IFkegillfcr su&d loves'
P. O. Box 612 See S. J. Philipson, Phone 668 Asheville, N. C.
Co
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
HAD LITTLTSCIf '
Sheriff Williams and 'Magis
trate Mclntyre Mix Things
Both Are Arrested.
Growing out of some costs that
Sheriff C. F. 'Williams claims were
due the county in the West Asheville
trespassing cases that were tried be
fore Magistrate J. A. Mclntyre last
Tuesday, Sheriff Williams nnd Magis
trate Mclntyro had an altercation in
he office of Magistrate W. K. Gudg
er yetserday. which resulted in
te sheriff submitting to charges of
.r-nult and payln? a fine of il and
the costs to Magistrate Gudser and
Magistrate Mclntyre. being sent to the
eountv tail bv Mr. Uudger, for tr -
days, on charges of contempt ot
court.
Just after the alterca'ion between
Sheriff Williams and Mr. Mclntyre,
the latter left the room and went
down on Pack square, A subpenna
was issued for hirr. to appear before
Magistrate Gudser, which ho failed
to recognize, accardin; to the testi
mony of Constable C. i:. Joyner, who
then asked for a capias for Mclntyre's
arrest. This wa3 issued and he was
brought before Mr. Gudger and
sworn and asked to give testimony in
the case against Sheriff Williams. Ms
Intyre absolutely refused to testify,
after he had asked that the case be
continued, which was refused. After
being warned by Magistrate Gudger
'. testify, Mr, Mclntyre till refused
and then a commitment was issued
lor him and he was sent to the county
Jail for contempt of court.
Mclntyre made a statement after
the trial that he desired to consult
his attorney before he testified in
the case, givng this as his reason for
refusing.
Before being taken to Jail Mcln
tyre had two warrants sworn out be
fore Coroner E. H. Morris, charg
ing Sheriff Williams with cursing and
abusing an officer and assault. The
warrants were returnable before Mag
istrate H. U. Lyd.-v.
In regard to the altercation, Sheriff
Williams said that the trouble occur
red about some costs due the counly
for work done by the deputy sheriff,
vhlch he said Mr. Mclntyie had col
lected and refused to tu.'n over. Sher-
Around
the World
AVhen the U. S. Battle
ship Fleet Failed round
the world, it carried
Grape-Nuts
FOOD
"There's a Reason"
Compact in form
crisp, sweet, and full of
true nourishment for
body and brain.
War in Europe hns sent
Amrioan food prices Roar
ing, but there's no ad
vance in price of
Grape-Nuts
Sold by Grocers
-everywhere
iff Williams stated that the deputies
had worked out the sum cf $10.14 lit
the West Asheville trespassing cases
and that as magistrate, Mr. Mclntyre
received this money; thac the magis
trate had failed to :urn this money
over to him and that yesterday he
went to Mr. Mclntyre and demandei
that the money be paid at once, say
that if it were not paid by night
he would have Mr.'. Mclntyre arrested
for embezzlement. On this a dispute
arose, the sheriff stated, and one
word brought on another until he
struck Mr. Mclntyre. He said he was
also incensed by Mr. McFiityre's rep
resenting to a woman that he (MY.
Mclntyre) was the sheriff. m
TO FORWARD TRADE
IN LATIN-AMERICA
Washington, Sept. 16. Secretary
P.edfield has named the rollowlng to
act with the committee of national
foreign trade council in working out
dans to forward trade with Latin
American countries and meet emer
gencies brought about by the Euro
pean war:
William A. Gaston, a Boston banker;
I tarry A. Wheeler, a Chicago banker;
Alba B. Johnson, president of th
tialdwln locomotive works of Phila
delphia; Robert lollar of San Fran
cisco; John Barrett, of the Ban-American
union; W. J. Simmons, of St
Louis; Fairfax Harrison, president of
the Southern Hallway; Louis Barker,
a cotton manufacturer of Greenville,
S. ('., and Dr. Clarence V. Owens of
the Southern Commercial Congress.
Secretary ISedlield was authorized
to name the committee at a confer
ence of southern diplomats and manu
facturers in Washington several day3
ago.
RAILROAD
WILL
NOT HftVE TRUST
Important Notice Received in
Asheville by Officials of
Southern Railway.
SHERIFF IS GOING
AFTER C. SMATHERS be beforethe stockholders ror discus-
James H. Wood, division passeng
er agent of the Southern railway has
just received the following im
portant railroad announcement, by
wire from Richmond:
"The next annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Southern railway
will be held at the principal office
of the company in Richmond, on Oc
tober 13 at 10 a. m., will mark a
new era in the history of the railroad
company as It will be the first meet
ing in which the 12,000 stockholders
have had the opportunity to vote di
rectly, the voting trust. In existence
since the organization of the com
pany now being in progress of disso
lution. "An effort will be made to make
this meeting one more than of the
conventional routine which current
criticism finds to be characteristic of
the meetings of the American rail
way companies,' says President Fair
fax Harrison in a letter addressed to
all of the stockholders, 'and co-operation
of the stockholders Is necessary
to that end. The principal officers will
be In attendance to answer direct
questions directed to the policy of
the management or to any details of
Its business, and the report of the
operations during the past year will
Sheriff C. F. Williams left here last
sion.
I "The principal business to be trans
acted wjll be the election of five dl-
nlght for Washington, I). C, where rectors, four to fill vacancies due to
he goes to bring back to this city; the expiration of terms of the 1914
Charles Smathers, recently arrested in i las9 an1 among them Messrs. Finley
.i . -I... .ii .i . i. t .iana rainenmocK wno nave aiea aur-
thut city on information of the local . . .
! lng the past year, and one to fill a
county authorities, being wanted here , vacancy in the 1916 class due to res
on charges of false pretense. ! Ignation. It is expected that this
A message was received here several I meeting will be largely attended and
days ago that Smathers was under ar-1 that the gathering of the stockhold
rest in Washington and being held by! era of the Southern railway will be
the superintendent of police, pending come an annual event of great Im-
"BLACK JIM"
THE CONVICT
By M. QUAD
Copyright, 131 i, by Associated Lit
erary Press.
word from the local officials. He re
fused to return here without requisi
tion papers and these were forwarded
by Governor Locke Craig. Smathers
Is charged with securing money from
J. A. Porter of this city under false
pretense.
portance in Richmond.'
Sues Southern Hallway.
J. E. McDowell filed a complaint to
dy In Superior court against the South
ern Hallway company In which he
seeks to recover the sum of $3000 for
Injuries alleged to have been received
at the hands of the company.
Vessels Insured.
Washington, Sept. IS. War risk
insurance amounting to $3,222,000
hag been written on eleven vessels by
the federal Insurance bureau.
Applications for 13,000,000 more
pending.
DELEGATES Will ATTEND
1.0.01
B. Stradley Will Go From
Asheville to the Meeting
in Atlantic City. '.
r ADDITION Mj SOCIAL AND
PERSONALS. ft
n
Mrs. Robert F. Campbell of Pear
son's drive will be out of the city on
next Friday and for that rtason will
not keep her regular at-home day.
ft
Mr. R. C. Stevens, who ha been
quite III recently la much better, much
to the pleasure of her many friends In
tha city.
ft ft
C. Harry Hitea, News Editor of The
Citizen, left yesterday for a visit
to his mother and father at Johnson
City, Tenn. Before returning to Ashe
ville Mr. Hitea plana to spend several
! days with friends In Chattanooga and
Nashville. lie will be gone about ten
days.
ft ft
j John F. Turley of Memphis, Tenn.,
' la visiting In tha city.
Mis Mamie Young has gone to At
lanta and Savannah, Ua-, for visits.
E. B. Stradley of this city and D,
Ooster of Fsyettevllle will represent
the grand encampment of the I. O.
O. P. In North Carolina at tha annual
meeting of the Sovereign Orand lodge
of the order that meets In Atlantic
City next Monday. Charley Dewey
of Goldsboro and M. L. Shlpman of
Raleigh will represent tha grand
lodge of North Carolina at tha meet
ing.
Mr. Stradley - ill leave here next
Saturday to attend the meeting of
tha Sovereign Orand lodge and will
remain In Atlantic City for tha en
tire week. Ho will carry reports, to
gethcr with Mr, Ouster, of tha work
done during the put year by tha
grand encampment of thla state.
Heretofore a large number of for
eign delegate have always attended
the meeting of the Sovereign Orand
lodge, but owing to tha great Euro
pean wur now in progrena la thought
that no representatives will be pres
ent from any foreign country.
- , nMpinea.
If w tautiot lire mi us io b bappt
we enn at least live tut n tit deserve It
- Heine.
Tickets now on sale at Mclntyre's
corner, for Fair, October 11-17, It 14.
Please buy today and help charity.
Phone 30 or &. Il5-2t
Jayne, MacCutcheon & Cannon
AtlITOH8 AND ACOOl'OTAKTI
The man known as "Black Jim" had
been sent out to the penal colony of
Australia for forgery.
They sent him up to Woona Wally
after his first two years of Imprison
ment, and he fell Into the hands of
George Stebblns. In those days an
Australian cpnvict was bid off that is,
a settler in want of help would bid a
price for so many men, and they were
turned over to him for a certain length
of time. He was responsible for their
feed and care, and his word was law.
He could work them as hard and as
long as he wished. He could starve
and beat them and there was no ono to
come between. In case of insubordina
tion he could shoot them down, and
the government simply accepted his
statement of the affair. All convicts
were glad enough to get away from
prison and out upon the ranches, and
In most cases they found good masters
and were decently treated. As a mem
ber ot the mounted police I knew that
Stebblns was a hard man to get along
with. He had been a tavern keeper
and a bully in England, and his wife
bad committed suicide, and bis two
sons had been taken away from him by
the law on account of his cruelty.
Black Jim came up to Woona Wally
with six other men, and the gang were
up at police headquarters for the night j
It fell to us to take their pedigrees and
post thm as to their new master and
what would be expected of them. In
our district we always gave a convict
fair start He was told what would
be required of him, advised to do his
best to please his master and given to
understand that if be went straight we
wonld see that he had fair usage, f
was Interested In Black Jim at once.
The law had made a convict of him,
bat It hadn't degraded him.
I had an Idea that Stebblns would
be down on him from the first because
of bis superior looks, ami I went pret
ty thoroughly Into details. When I
had finished the prisoner said:
I thank you, sir, and shall do my
best to please."
Things came about a I feared. As
Stebblns Inspected his gang bs picked
Black Jim out for special attention,
ne had little to say to the others be
yond making bloodcurdling threats of
what wonld happen If tbey didn't toe
the mark, but to Jim he said:
"So they have sent me a gentle
man, have they? They thought I need
ed somebody to teach me manners per
hnps. Mebbe the idea was fur yon to
it on the veranda and give me dally
lessons. Well, yon've come to the
wrong shop. Look, now, I'm gotn
to keep an eye oa yon! Too think
yourself head and shoulders above the
crowd, but I'll tako the conceit out of
your
Not one convict In a thousand would
have stood the Insults and degradation
put upon Black Jim the next yenr
I know b tried his beat, bnt there
was no pleasing Stebblns. He was
always boasting that be had a gentle
man convict and that be was bound
to "break" him, and be spent a good
bare of bis time worrying the man.
One day, as I was returning with the
troop after bunting down a false alarm
of bushrangers, my born shied and
threw me almost in front of 8tebblns'
bouse, and as I it ruck on stone and
bad several ribs broken I was carried
In. He was not glud to see me. but
nnder the circumstances was obliged
to give me a bed. On the fourth night
of my accident four men and three
women arrived for an evening visit
Wben dinner had been finished and
the drink bad gone around Stebblns
sent for Black Jim and ordered him to
daoc for tbe amusement of the 'com
pany. The convict respectfully but
firmly refused, and bis master cried
out In Indignation:
"Ton wou't' dance, eh? Too much
of a gentleman to give as a hornpipe!
Mebbe thla company isn't swagger
sough for the likes of a bloomln
murderer!" .
"The charge agalo't me was forgery,
" "I don't care what it was. You are
insubordinate, and up you go by the
thumbs! After hangln' till daylight
you'll probably be a little more hum
ble." Tbe man had been hanging ten min
utes and the agony had almost
brought unconsciousness when the
door was kicked open and bushrangers
crowded In. It was a complete sur
prise. The women screamed out and
began to cry, but the men, with tbe
exception of Stebblns, took it rather
coolly. The bully and coward went
white as death and fell Into a chair,
and It was almost pitiful to hear him
beg for bis life.
The next instant Stebblns toppled out
of his chair with a bullet In his head,
and the leader said:
"Sorry we have interrupted the fes
tivities, but It was our calling night
We were after Stebblns alone, and the
rest of you need not fear. Come, Jim,
we want you."
Two of them helped the forger-convict
out of the house and upon a horse,
and that was tbe making of the most
notorious buRhranger in all Australia.
He hod a career of five years and then
died from a bullet, and It was two
years after his death before It became
publicly known that he had let the
law make a convict of him In order to
shield n brother. I hnd always be
lieved film lnnocentof tbe crime, and,
knowing how he had bean persecuted
nd abused by Stebblns, I almost re
joiced wben the bushrangers carried
him off to make a leader of him.
A Few Beat Sailers.
The principal character in the fol
lowing dialogue was not engaged In
flirtation, but merely requisitioning a
few novels:
Young Lady (reading from list)
"Engaged to Be Married?"
Librarian (referring to shelf) No,
madam.
Lady 'Thou Art the Man?"
Librarian Yes, madam.
Lady Thank you. "Two Kissea f
Librarian Out madam.
Lady-" After Darkr
Librarian Yes, madam.
Lady Thanks. "Love Me Foreyerf
Librarian No. "Wooed and Mar
ried r
LadyNo, thank yon. "Under Love's
Ruler
Librarian No, madam.
Lady "Goodby, 8weetheartf Thank
yon very mac b. Books of Today and
Tomorrow.
Father and Son.
A certain Chicago business man Is
thefather of a youthof ajnaostjiteral
tendency. Lust spring, when tt.
tber left for Europe, when he Z
spend tbe entire summer, ht n
the lad that If he were to aw,,,
tain mark In his studies bis m
would be a continental trte m
father.
Tbe prospect of such a tntf
lated the lad to auch a degree thit
attained a mark even higher thntj
set him by his parent He cablei
father tbe one word "lea."
It would seem, however, that Ik !
ter had forgotten his offer, for t
thinking over the message he s.
back, "Yes, wbatr
Then, In turn, the son wu perjt
Finally, after due reflection, he cr.
to his father, "Yes, slr.H-DetoltFi
rress.
. From the Reader.
Prospective Subscriber On odd;
the Weekly Whoop) Dont pn i
any clubbing; propositions?
Editor and Proprletor-Oh, n
awhile, bat horsewhipping ud
lng propositions seem to be the a
ltes around here! Pack.
IP TOXJ notice that some turn
person 1 a persistent advertise
the classified columns, miki i
your mind that he I making g
out of it and write the DortU
yourself. I
The lest of -Merit
Is Success
The great success of PROGRESS STOVES, RANGES AND HEATERS and the
growing popularity of the Lorain Steel Range proclaim them merituous. These tvo
lines, our leaders, may be justly called "the aristocrats of Stovedom."
Just a
Word
About
Lorain
Steel
Ranges
"On
Legs"
They Carry an Air of Rich Perfec
tion and They live up to
Their Looks.
Porcelain Enameled the stove you
have been looking for. All steel
parts subject to the hardest use are
coated with a porcelain enamel bak
ed on at a temperature ot 2,000 de
Kres. This terrific heat fuses the en
amel so that It actually becomes part
of the steel lUtelf. Enamel Loralnes
are not fragile they are practical
and durable. They are highly sanita
ry they wash like a puddlng-dlah.
Think of having a ranne that you can
keep as clean as a dainty piece of
china. A moistened rag removes all
grease and dust Soap and water will
not rut it Ian't that delightful. No
amut of blacking no dirty work.
The drudgery of cooking become a
Joy. YOU WANT THE BLUE LO
BAIN. I
Progress Eanges .$27.50 to $50.00
Progress Heaters .'. . .$3.75 to $12.00
Progress Hot Blasts .- $12.00 cp
Cook Stoves . .$10.00 to $30.00
Large Assortment of Oil Stoves at Reduced Prices
Beaumont
Furniture
Company
27 Diltmore Aver
sir quietly replied lie man,
4
Paragon Bldg
Room 4.