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TIE' DURM Mi WPP a m S EM I-W E EK LY. VOLUME 8L DURHAM, N. G, MARCH 1, 1907. NUMBER 88. MAKING AND SELLING BOOZE G. S. Shepherd had Government Li cense Runs a Dispensary. SOLD WHISKEY WITH A HIDDEN HAND Bad State of Alrs Causes Investigation-$403 Cash Security . Unique filial Tiger. G. S. Shepherd, a well known farmer living west of the city. was arrested Monday ion the charge of making brandyin vio lation of the Watts and War J whiskey laws. He was arraigned before Justice of the Peace J. E. Owens, waived examination and was sent over to the grand jury under bond of $40. His bone! was first fixed at ?oU0, but wrs reduced on appeal of counsel fur Shepherd. He gave bond by lepositing the cash. Shepherd had gone into the usiness of making brandy in a wholesale way and open and above board, without any pre tentions at secrecy. His cider he ordered from other states in car load lots and he was protect ed so far as the federal authori ties are concerned with govern ment license. The manner in which the law was being openly violated came to the sheriff's of fice and Monday Deputy Sheriff J. F. Harward found Shepherd in the city and be was placed under arrest. Under advice of his counsel be waived examina tion and was sent to the higher court. This is not the first trouble that Shepherd has found himself in on account of handling whis key. There is now on the dock ets of the county a case in which he is charged with selling whis key, the case pending until the next criminal terra of court. Last fall when Solicitor Brooks was making it warm for a num ber of people who were violating the whiskey laws, G. S. Shep herd, commonly known as "Sam" Shepherd, was on the grand jury and in his investigations, the so-, licitor found that he had govern ment license to sell whiskey, this being before he put in his brandy still attachments to his business. It was after this that the solici tor caused the arrest of Shepherd on the whiskey selling charge. In this case the fact that hi had license to sell whiskey will be used against him, as the provis ions of the state whiskey laws are such that the possession of whiskey license from the govern ment is prima facie cvid mce of his guilt under the state law. Iteccntly, however. Shepherd secured license for the manu facture of brandy and revenue officers have been checking up and gauging his brandy just as another government still in terri tory where such stills are allow ed. In other words he was look ing after his fences on the gov ernment side but paying no at tention to the state law covering this traffic. Report from the neighborhood in which Shepherd lives and has been doing business tell of a bad state of afTairs. It is said by those who are frequently in that section that on Sunday crowds of people gather from Chapel t Hill, Durham, Hillsboro and oth- er places and they have thinea i their own way in drunken car- ousals. It could hardly be term ed an open secret that all the whiskey wanted could be secured Lin tnat locality and the gathering iwas such as to discrust the better class of citizens and make it very ! jiisagreeable lor people who obey the laws and live a sober and or derly life. Wednesday officers J. F. and J. D. Pleasants, armed with search warrant and warrant of arrest, i aided the store of W. A. Dezern, near Hickstown, and brought to light a unique blind tiger establishment. It came to the ears of Justice of the Peace J. E. Owens that whiskey was being sold at the store of Dezern and he had sev earl young men summoned to ap pear before him and testify as to what they know about this violation of the laws. From some of these witnesses it was learned that they could get all the whiskey they wanted at the store of Dezern, but they did not Vnovr who sold it to them. They then "old of going into a room adjoining the main store building. putting their coin in a pocket i ok th.'t was attached to a string,' give the string a "yank" p.rl in a few moments see a Uittle of booze slip into view, tied t-y the same string. A warrant was issued for the arrest of Dezern aDd the officers were kh j armed with a search warrant la 6rd?r that they might learn something c this invention this inanimate vhiskey seller. The search U.ey m ade revealed quite a uniqac Arratit'cments. Behind the joucterm the main store building ther was a trap door through the f.oojrand through this ran an endle3 cord, spools being used as pulleys. The cord went under the floojv to the ad joining room an A tEere was another trap doc r J Attached to the cord was pari e and all the man who was d s4. passingly dry had to da was l go into the smaller room, put 'his money in the purse, give the cord a pull and it wouS 1 be pken into the next room. Trw noise made by the trap dooTattracted the at tetitfow ot'tha one on the inside, hi would take the money, attach a t.ottle of whiskey and the cord w juld again be pulled, this time by the one in the store, and the person who had just parted with Kb coin would find a bottle of whiskey in front of him. The transaction was made and yet not a word had been said and neither of the parties had seen the other. One young fellow, who told under oath of what he knew, said that he placed one dollar in the purse and received in return a quart of whishey. That was all he could tell. When the information as to the arrangements was secured the officers placed Dezern under arrest. DRANK 2 OUNCES LAUDANUM Thomas Browning Attempts Sue Ye Wednesday Afternoon. NO REASON GIVEN FOR THE RASH ACT Three Scull Fires. Tuesday afternoon late fire was discovered in the building on Church street occupied by L. D. Rogers. Prompt work on part of those around Jprevented a serious fire. Two alarms of fire were sent in Wednesday. The first call was about seven o'clock in the morning and the department was called to the Seaboard Air Line yard on Dillard street. The caboose of a freight train was on fire and the car and the contents were destroyed. The second alarm came from box 44 calling the department to the old Roa noke Inn. The services of the fireman was not needed, and very little damage resulted from the fire. The Alaska Packers Association give the heartiest support to the Pure Food Laws, and guarantee their products to meet all the requirements. Physician's Timely Arrival Saves Him Given to Gloomy "Spells" -His Home In Edgemont. Thoma3 Browning, a young man who looks to be some 23 or 24 years of age, attempted sui cide late Wednesday afternoon by drinking two one ounce bot- j. t . i i mi lies oi lauaanum. mere is no doubt but that he intended to end his life and the only reason that he was not successful was the prompt arrival of a physician. For sometime he lay in an ex tremely dangerous condition but later he was moved to his home in Edgemont and the last heard from him was that he would sur vive his attempt at self destruc tion. Just why Browning attempted to end his life is not known. He gave no warnings of his inten tions, other than to quit work and say he would work no more in this life, and during the day he did not seem out of the ordi nary frame of mind. Some of his friends suggested that he fre quently had "spells," this being said with a view of framing an excuse lor nis eitorts oi self murder. Browning held a position with W. R. Herndon, working at the Parrish street stables. About 4:30 o'clock Wrednesday after noon he left the stables, telling the men in charge that he did not have anything against them, but that he was not going to work any more, for him or any other person. He was told to go home and rest and to report for work this morning. From there he went to the Or ange street stables of Mr. Hern don and asked Mr. James Green for his time. This was refused and he was told to go home and rest from work today. He then asked Mr. Green to loan him 40 cents. This was done. He ap peared to be half crying, and as he walked away he said: "Good bye." Mr. Green says that he was not under the influence of whiskey. A little later he came back to the side of the stables, at the blacksmith shop, and one of the men saw him empty the con tents of a bottle into a dipper and drink it. He called to one of the men in the stables and another went after some one to tell them of the act. When they were returning they saw Brown ing empty a second bottle into the dipper and before they could stop him he drank that also. Then the bottles were taken from his hand and it was seen that he had drank two ounces of laudanum. A physician was quickly called. When Dr. Calvin Hicks arrived Browning was practically uncon scious and a little later he was unconscious. The stomach pump was used and after this he was given antidotes.- In something more than an hour he showed some signs of reviving and two or three hours after the occur rence he was taken to his home inEdgemont. While not out of danger later in the night it was thought that he would recover. Browning had gone about his attempt at self destruction in a deliberate manner. One bottle showed that it had been pur chased from the drug store of C. E. King & Sons and the other from the Thomas Pharmacy. DURflAH THE PLACE OF MEETING. Jane Tcacters to Meet Here From ; , 11th to 14th. The annual meeting of the North Carolina Teachers' assem bly will be held in Durham be gining June 11 and holding through 14. This is the decision of the special committee appointed to selectj the place of meeting. This committee, as will be re called, met in Greensbor last Saturday night, at which time several invitations were given to the teichers to hold the annual meeting at various places Dur ham, iCharlotte and Morehead uny raaKing oners to tne com mittee! After carefully consid ering tjiese invitations and care fully canvassing the entire situ ation the committee decided that Durham was the best place for the neit meeting. The citizens of Durham, cham ber of Commerce, the teachers of the city schools and the faculty of Trinity college all joined in extending the cordial invitation that went to the assembly, and the people of the city pledged sufficient financial support to pre pare a programme that will con tain some of the most distinguish ed educators and lecturers in the country. Superintendent W. D. Car- michael, through whom the in vitations ( from Durham people were extended, nas received a letter from Secretary R. D. W. Connor , expressing the thanks and appreciation of the commit tee for the interest and support by the citizens of our city. The assembly last year met in Raleigh and more than seven hundred teachers were in attend ance. It is confidently expect ed that even a larger number will attend the Durham meeting. It is probable that a special teachers' train will be run from Durham to Norfolk to carry the teachers in a body to the James town exposition and this feature of the season will be a great drawing card. The people of Durham will co-operate in every way possible with the officers of the assembly to make the meet ing a great success. The officers of the assembly are: Prof. J. A. Matheson, of Durham, president; Superintend ent T. R. Foust, of Greensboro, vice president, and Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh, secretary. There is no article of food more nutritious or healthful than Argo Red Salmon. As a brain and muscle builder, it is far ahead of beef or other meats. This showed that he knew what he was doing and that he knew that he could not get more than a small bottle from any one drug gist. Browning is the son of Henry Browning, is about 23 years of age and married. He has no children. He lives in the Edge mont section with his wife, who was a Miss Smith before her marriage. He had been work ing for Mr. Herndon for some time. Modem Progress In Kew York. Office buiMitiKe 36 storie high, con tnining a thousand office; hotels cover ing city block, containing 1,400 room; many, very many, minted with the I.. & M. Machinery produces L. & M. Taint nt to times less cost for labor than if made by hand. 4 gallon L. X M. mixed wttu 3 gallons Linseed Oil, liought fresh from the bar rel at about 60 cents per gallon, makes 7 gallons of paint at a cost of less than f i.jo per gnllon. ' If any defect exists in L. & M. Taint, will repaint house for nothing. txmatiotts of L AM. made to church es SoUl by Hackney Brothers, Ihirham. to to ik 1I1 to m to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM. Officers and Directors. B. N. Duke, Pres. i. S. Manning, Vice-Pres. J. B. Mason, Cashier. J. B. Duke, President American Tobacco Company. Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company. C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & King, Druggists. J. H. Southgate, of Southgate & Son, Insurance. R. H. Rigsbee, Capitalist. Q. E. Rawls, Merchant. B. N. Duke, Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist. J. S. Manning, Attorney-at-Law. N. M. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon. J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens National Bank. DEPOSITORY OF THE PEOPLE, THE COUNTY .OF DURHAM, THE CITY OF DURHAM ' AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA This Bank Opened tor Business May 1, 1905 Is Young, but Growing Statement of Bank at Close of Business Jaa. 26, 1907i Liabilities. Resources. Loans and Invest ments, $58,954.9o U. S. Bonds, 150,000.00 Premiums U. S. Bonds, 5,OT.9.69 Banking House, 13,000.00 Cash and due from Banks, 293,129.81 Redemption Fund, 7,200.00 Capital, Surplus, Undivided profits, Circulation, $100,000.00 60,000.00 14,272.25 100,000.00 Deposits,- "81,657.23 Dividends unpaid, 15.00 $1,055,941.48 $1,055,944.18 WE SEND these Reports to our Depositors and Stockholders on date called for by the Comptroller in order that they may be informed of our condition. 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