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ASHE VI LLE, N. 0., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY V, 1910.
VOL. XXVI., NO. 84.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
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HEAD OF ATLANTA
STOCKADE FOUND
GUILTYBY JURY
Superintendent and His Whip
ping Boss Convicted of
Assault on Prisoners
EVIDENCE SUPPORTS
CHARGES PREFERRED
Many Witnesses Testified to
Brutal Treatment of
Unfortunates
ATLANTA. Jan. 12. 1. M Vlning.
recently suspended as superintendent
of the Atlanta city stockade and l'cle
Cornet, a guard at the stockade, were
found guilty In the Superior court
here late today on charges of assault
and battery growing out of the alleg
ed brutal beating of Floyd Green, a
iM'gro convict. Sentence was deferred
until tomorrow.
Follow Investigation.
The Indictment againt Captain
Vlning and his whipping down fullow.
ed an Investigation of the city pris
on by a special committee of the Ful
ton county grand Jury, which created
a sensation by declaring. In a lengthy
report to the court that tie filthy
condition and cruelty practiced at the
stockade were a disgrace to a civiliz
ed community. Jn that report it was
stated that the- prison ris ked with
filth, and vermin, that the food was
unwholesome, the clothing of the
prisoners and the bedding filthy, and
that men and women inmates of the
prison were cruelly beaten. White wo
men, for trivial breaches of the pris
on ulee, th report stated, were fast
ened to the wall with Iron rings,
their feet barely touching the floor
and left In that position until un
fainted.
Inhuman Treatment.
In the case of the negro Green. II
was testified that he was .placed in
the "bucking machine" and given
twenty-seven blows with a heavy
leather strap, the IMood from the
cut on his body running down Tils
fal te
sores.
Mayor Maddox nnd members of the
grand Jury testified to seeing the
sores on the negro's body, some of
which were three to four Inches in
length and an inch in width. This
punishment was administered becuuse
the negro had cursed and threatened
(Continued on page foiu.)
E
AFTER MARRIAGE WITH
CHAUFFEUR LEAKS OUI
Daughter of Kit h Familv
Prefers Handsome "Can
dy Kid" to Family
COliBETT'S FI I FN I )
NEW YORK, Jan. 11!. Miss Mar
garet G. Li-u-ltt, daughter of II. How
land I.eavltt. the 1-lushing million
aire, left her honi" yotorday morn
ing after confessing to h r f;imily
that she had seen-tlv married her
former chauffeur. Joseph Smollen. at
Jersey City on January fi.
Iist night at the I.eavltt home. No.
14,1 ltowne avenue, in the most aris
tocratic section of l-'liistiin. it was
stated that the whereabouts of the
daughter of the house were unknown,
tint that it is supposed she has Here
to Join her husband. The house was
a house of mournirie, and all t v nini:
friends were K"ing in and out to offer
their condolences.
Miss l.esvitt Is twonly-fivo yea -s old
four years old r than tile man sic
married and is an athletic js well as
a romantic girl, who has always taken
a prominent part in the social activ
ities of Queens Itomugh. Ib-r father
Is a director In several, birt" enter
prises the Atltriista-Alton Kai'.wav
and Electric Co. the North AukusI-i
F.lectric and Improvement Co.. the
V.'yckofT Water Co. tin- K.inl of l,..n::
Island, the Third Avenue Itailway Co,
and the Augusta Itailwav and Kleetri"
Co. He has offices at No p.road-w-ay.
Mrs. I.eavitt. who was a Miss
Milh-tts. hi lomrs to a prominent fam
ily. ne of tlo-ir daughters married
Cord Meyer, eon of the former chair
man of the democratic state lommit
tee
"Joe" Smollen was formerly chauf
feur to James J. Corbetl. anil bis
mother used to run a laundry at P.--y-slde.
He is handsome and so pr'n
tnhle that Corlo-tt made a personal
friend of him. at one time introduc
ing blin to the C.'reen Room club. He
was formerly a treasurer at the Balas
oo theatre. Hut he b ft that job. his
brother Hugh says, because "it gave
him no chance to meet heiresses, you
l:now."
The chance came eighteen months
ngo, 'when Miss Leavltfs father
(Contlnm on psr fiif.
LARGER CHOPS THE COTTON TUMBLES ,,H
ONLY SOLUTION OF LOWER THAN EVER CiU
LIVING PROBLEM ON HEAVY SELLING hyftk) fHfM
Farmers Falling to Increase
Production Proportionate
to Consumption
NATION IS LIVING
FROM HAND TO MOUTH
At Present Rate Must Soon
Look to Foreign Countries
For Necessaries
HUSTON, Jan. 12. "We must In
crease production per acre by more
intelligent methods or we must fac
the relentless certain day when w.
shall not produce food enough to sup
ply our own necessities," said Presi
dent William C. Hrown of the New
York Central railroad in an address
tonight before the New Kimland rail
road club. The wages or laborer, he
declared, must continue to advance in
fair ratio Willi tin- steady inn-case in
the cost of living. Many n-pr scntit
tives of New England railroad Inter
ests were gathered about the banquet
tables at Hotel Somerset. Governor
Kbt-n S. Drajier. also was a principal
guest and speaker.
President Urown's km eoh, coming
as It does at the height of a new
flood tide of national prosperity, was
intended for a warning of the most
serious import. It ains added force
by its reiteration of the recent admo
nitions of James J Hill, another great
railroad man as well as those of visit
ing students of Our Internal affairs,
and it Is especially timely in view of
the fact that the employes of all the
railroads east of the Mississippi are
formulating demands for an increase
in wages, based on I he increased cost
of living.
t'ou.Hiiiiimutiiig I'Ul tH.
Mr. Hrown said In part.
"The most portcntious cloud
cernable upon the political or
nntnlc h-orizon at this time is
dls-
the
steady, relentless Increase In price of
everything that goes to make up the
cost of living."
Thnf' rrtrosfiaT hwnrmrwmw
Steadily rising values in the face of a
long succession of Imuntlrul crops if
ne of the most important us well as
Interesting problems that confronts
tlie political economist today. The
crop grown In 190X has been almost
consumed. The coal mined last year
has been burned, but the gold pro-
( Continued on pugo four.)
THREE IIS LOST IN
Several of Most Important
.Structures of Jamestown
Fair Destroyed
NARKOW KSCAl'KS
Xtlltl-'t l.k Va , Jan I
persons, two of them chlldre
Tin -
Wi re
tmrntM to death in ji tin- whit h t ;irl
tnlay d-stnyi'(l several if the Hinall.-r
lnil'linH mi the Jann'ft n exprthi
thii KrfMiinis
Tin tir" sl.iri'-'l in the Halt inmr
eily buildinK whieh was oenipiel by
II. T. Halsteaii, nf Maltimure, an a
rfHiih nee The nfcnrjiil urn- asl p
when the (Ire hoan. ,NVv;i and Wal
ter Halstt ad w-c- sitfTn. a te ;ind
hurned bi f-ir-- tln-y enuld b- n'tten
rtiit, antl l-.m K. MileH, pier fnre
n, ,in il tie Virginia r.nlway, who w
a -let-p mI xn in an upper room was no!
awak in (I until Hi" (ire h id Main, d
sueli hendwiiy as to cut off his seape.
The bodi.s of the thr-- ' i almost
cremated. Miles v.as from Warren.
.V
In an attempt to scape Mr.s, Ilab
.t ad. mot her of i fn- I o li i Id ren.
jumped from a second ry window
breaking her riht ankle and severe
ly injiirim; lei head I'.em ;i very
te -t y oiii;in her IiiivImioI otild not
move her i' kly and she was badly
burned v hih lyin : Ipb-s. It is
thought her sknl rs frwt nred. Slo
.'h taken to the Norfolk hospital as
was J. II Siimmerill, weiKhmaster
for the Virginia railway, a boarder in
the bmldinr, who wi''iirlot his ba 1.
in jumping from an upper window to
eseajK' from the flames. He was oii
sidera by hurried.
The tire vva.s jv stubliorri one ;url
was fought with KT'-at difficulty. IV
fore the lircmt n had Kd ten t he
flame under emitrol ihe laliimoie
eiiy, buiidinK I'nited latiK:htra of the
i 'nnft dera' . (rrand Trunk railwa
and I'an-i't esi.yteriari but Id i nun had
h- n ib-atrnyed., The Daughters of the
been destroyed The I aughters
of the Confedoraey building
wan a duplication of " Ileauvair."
the former home in Mississippi of Jof
feron, Davis, president of the- Confed
eracy. Th- Virginia, Maryland and
pe nnylvunla tat and other build
Infra wera threatened. The. burned
butldinit coiH nhout $15,00.
Panic Stricken Longs all Over " , -. i Fill!!
World Dump Their Hold- Mi jJfW f gflf
Ings on Market pfT
COLLAPSE WORSE THAN ' MjM wMiP --"S
THAT OF SULLY BOOM (7J-&X P vST illf I ( T" )
Spot Cotton In Leading South
crn Markots Shows no
Woakness
NEW YolSK, Jan. 12. There was
a further big break In the cotton mar
ket today, making the third sensation
al slump in prices since the. movement
started early last week. Panic strict
en longs in all parts of the world
seemed to lo liquidating their cotton
regardless of prices, and the action of
the market showed such intense ex-
cltement ami demoralisation as finds
a parallel only in the series of serum
tional movement following the col
lapse of the Stilly boom.
For more than a year the cotton
market lm been steadily advancing
and toward the end of last month
prices had reached a level which
since the Civil war. had only bom
ro.ua.llod when Sully was at the'helght
if his fame, March contracts selling
it 13.17 and May at 16.41. Hut at
the culminating point of today's de-
Hne March contracts sold at 1 4. fit
md May 14.7H. a loss from the high
record ot troni . .: to in.tu per naie.
almost all of which has occurred
during the past week The decllnef
from the cloBing prices of Inst night
mounted to more than fS JiO per bale.
SMM-ulHtlve Move.
There does not ;tpper to have been
iny change in general trade condi
tions to warrant the almost precodent-
il slump In prices and In contnurt to
hi' Sully year no financial difficulties
iavo l(en precipitated,
it is apparent, however, that one
after another of the big bull elliiuit
.nub had been organizd In depend--"v
during the progress of the big
bull market have been liquidating
-Migbfttty : Ui' selling movement - wm
originally due to an effort to obtain
orollts on long lines owing to the ap
proach of the new planting son son
and expectations of greatly increased
irea, while the absence of any spec
ulative short interests left the market
with very little support. It was re
ported today that spinners were buy
(Continued on pngo four.)
FOR RECENT FIASCO IN
Head of Chapin and Com
jiany Killed Off Kxehange
for Two Months
WAS ACTING FOR REID
NKW VoltK'. Jan 11- Sumuel P
Chapin, head of the New York am
;ileaKo linn of s. H. ('hapln ami
corn pan y, w a suspended from t h
pri ibes of the Sfw York Htm k
eXehariKe tr.day for it peod of BlXtv
days for participation in the Hoei
Island tiHsco of I leeeinber 7 biHt.
when allecd ill-managed manipula
tlon sent the common shares of t h
lovk Island company from MJ to SI
and back aaiu in a period of twel.
m in u t e. ". I ( 'on nt ism, one of Mi
('hapin's partners, and the only oth
. r board member' of the firm, wi
also suspi uded for thirty days.
Notwithstanding all the pre-nt ru
f I : 1 1 . InvolviriK the name of Ianiei
; !;!d. chairman of ihe board (
dir''iors of the I lock Island eompan;
for whom, it is said, '"hapin and
i'Mini:iin ei up d ihejr buying or
decs, tie- -,erdi.t of the sjtoek e-x
chnm;e Kovernnrs ifdicateH that th
infractions of the suHpended mern
b rs arn not r n: rdej ry wnousl v
Th were found k'uilty as announced
of "acts detrimental to the w lfar- of
the cxi halite. "
I'oiiirary to 'lo ral e.p tation no
ot her un mli'TK id t tie ex ha nue a r
t'j be punished though H in known
that the in vest iiral ion "f ' be Hpeelal
eom in it tee a pp"inted ley the Kn'Tn
fir.s brought out fa Im :?iippoHerl to
have invoed several other firms.
The session of inv sliKatin eom
mittee were exeintive and the "In
side" of t he entire tranwaetioriH ia
thus kept from the general public
Atf Wail street ha-s analyl thu sit
uation h'WV' r, S. H. ''hapin ati
company at ted for Mr. Kejd or oth
ers in the purchase of Iork Island
stock, while a looked for eing r,r
der was not forthrornlriK. thus nlp
idriK" an ititenied "match sab-" which
wrnibi have threatened a corner.
The firm of S. H. Ohapln and com
pany wan . rri$anized in the latter part
of 1901. T hi r main office are 1 n
Chicago and there connection have
aiwayw twn of a powerful and profit
able character.
i "
. . .. I
LOCAL POLITICAL M UDDLE
RANKS
"Discretion Being Better Part of Valor", Grant Adherents Saying Little. McKee's
Friends Do Not Like Casual Way Local Bosses Are Trying t0 Shunt Him Aside.
Has Strong Backing.
The eitlwn Bureau,
Washington, V. C, Jan 12.
OutKldo the itlltrtmr postofflro
row, IntcrpBt amouj- North Carolina
visitors now hoi renti-rs In thf ef
fort lieliia-Mged l)J; frii-ndu in Ix-half
of Mr. Dunn Mclvv who scoks tho
appolnlment of I ft K. niarsluill for
th Western district. It 1h said Hint
powerful inllui'ncr are at work for
Mr. McK, but honu more lmtrnt
than those of Mr. Hi ncrol Hates, Mr
McKee's rnoUier-in-raw. No woman
In Washington e ouUhlnn Mrs,
Bates wh ft eomes to diplomacy.
WhH sh 'ohrtrisH PrwrtoVnt
Taft as she was to ills proii&eossor,
Tho-odoro Rocsaevelt, sho knows tin-
Innrr worklnirs of ihe cabinet and Is
well established on the vlaltlnK list
of the foreign i inhasslen. Pp-aldi-nt
'liHsenHt had surli contldenre In Mrs.
.leneral Palis tli.il when fieneral Ma
;oon was mini'- wuvlHlona! governor
if Cuba she nnd her husband, flen
'ral Puti n, lati ly deceased, were
urged to bi to Cuba with Magoon
nd take up n-sidi nee In the exeeu
llvc manalon. :-neral Magoon was
a bachelor, and If the ttovernment
Miannion at llui inna whh to be a min
iature white house, it was neci-Hsary
that some ' llrsl lady of the land" ad
minister Its affairs Ho (ieneral Hates
ind his uri-nniiliah'd w)fi wi-nt to
BUST OF GOV. GRAHAM
UNVEILED AT CAPITAL1
Distinguished Ptioplc (J;dh
eicd t Honor Famous
Son d' North Carolina i
KAl.KIGII, N C, .fun. 12 In (In
lireHenie of a ni"-ii iliHtiiiKUlHlied rum
liany. iinloiliiu: ibe urand lodge of
,'lasons, a mnl'N bust of William A
Grabani was !" - u'-n!eil to the state
by (be stale li is I . ib a I assoilatlon to
night, and tie bust nnveileil with
Itlinw rerenion', :rabam was gov-j
rnur of Nnrtli I'arollna and Cnlteil
Slates seTrilfir. will a member of I
I'resplr-rit Kiimi'.m's cabinet, as Mei.-re-
lary of thenar. I le ri signed to ta k- '
bo uliig iimuiii illun dr ii-e prirs-
blent -in the I'I.et il, (ieneral
Heolt. 1( was lllle siivlni; In III.
(ate nf 'iri;ini.i as rneinbr-r of lh
onimiKsjoi) tn -'Mle tlii iHspiile as i"!
'In. Virgitil i M ' ' land liouinl.ir tb.iil
i nnl i a. I i li.s fatal Illness in!
mr..
Crank Nash.
aiblriHN "ii
I llillboro. deliver,.,! ,
I be Iiersotlilllly ami !
I Governor Graham I
on, of N'ort ba ni pi un.
on "Th Value r
till III je Servile
rhouia- W ,M..
Htiolie eliMllen'l
HiHlurt' Ml Muii 'iin in u Iii idm' i;iii
Slate."
I'ol. .1. Hran i.rime.x pri-senled ih
biisi, -md i;M'inor Kitehin. in a
lillllK It, paid bis high tribute to
Governor Grab un ami to Graham's
family.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Korpoaat
for Nofth Carolina; Increasing cloud
iness; raia. by Thursday night and on
frrlday, modern-Us temprrntn llht enst
to southwwrt winds.
DEVELOPING
Cuba, and those who know what they
are talking about uniUi In sayluu
that the diplomatic efforts and sun nil
cxjiiunon sense of Mrs. Hales Iliad
much lo do with the straightening of
the Cuban muddle.
Ho with "the general." as Mrs
Hates is known lo her close friends,
enlisted In his tight. Mr. McKee's
chances are regarded as decidedly
rosy. Other Interests, too, are pitch
ing their business In the Mi-Ki-u camp
and the pot Is boiling merrily.
it la asserted by Mr, McKee's sup
i&orters that th ligan stock , has
waned considerably slnrv Mr. 1nn
has been dragged Into tha Orant
Keed affair. Hefore the Mi-Kee
strength developed Mr. Iogan was
regarded as an elfc,y winner.
Hire nnd there, however. the
statement is made that Mr. McKeu
will not get the appointment.
Lull In right.
No news was received here yester
day by the adherents of either Con
gressman Grant or Mrs. Heed from
Washington, the seat of war over the
I'lltmore postoffleo.
However, this fact was simply re
garded us a lull between the blasts
of the storm which Mr. Omul's affi
davit a'-tlons havo raised, and further
developments are exported as soon as
SWAIISOIil URGES BETTER
ROADS AND STATE BANKS
fn Strong McH.sag! to Lein-
Inturc Iteeonnneiid.H That
Doth lc Improved
ItlCllMMM, Vh.. Jan 12.Tln
Virginia DkihI.ki ro oimtic! i noon
!oi!h with Hi" uiriKil tf-fMo-t nt f- tnn
torlly In lolh hoitru-v oriit pi rferl
pwrty harmony pr' ;itliriK. It ft Imp)
'ivlyn livid, or Win lnHtcr, ( hoHon
Ktknr iff thi! hoiiHe at 1 h oVmo ntt
lc fau'iiH lat nlht, wum duly cl('f:tf'd,
jlh wen- other o(I1alH niirn-d hy th'
(ailf HH. fji-iiti-nattt liruflfinr J. Ttfi.y -
Inr Kllv wtTi i-Hidd o' -r th wmtif
Th- I--W r'-piihli ariH hav named
John ' Not I, if I an th lr floor
l' .'d-r In (he Heiiiitc and H ln
dl' ton, of ,S oM, ii Ihhikc fjmr l"Jid'r
I ( cu. illation of hIiI" hanttH imd th'
J -1 j 1 1 1 1 r i u; f off ro:uln an- two of
In- ?ri"Mt i m poi t ant i c om rri'-rida I lonx
in o'lmriior Swarmon'M taw ttf-nnnK'
, id- 1:1 fi-r;il atHi-inlly read ht-for
'hat hnd V t '"la y.
"Th'- rriny h.'H, th- u;r-at ilHtrH
: nd tin- IhipIiii'MH d i t Im n't h ouir
mn in many ' omi rn h ri i t ) on a rn tj Tit
h.tnt. failiinw fanned hy r-ck I'-ftK
h;(rtkin.' fraud and d'-fa -a t Ioiih. loud
Iv roi l;urn tin iirK'-nt ro HHit f
h -k itsl i t inn providmif raMirist hh rnu -la
t in for the on I rol nf Mta t- han k i
-nd fi'-'Mo rtt (xanttnatlonH to that
t J I r. i, ;, M,M flf I ' li( f'( , " Sa H
f ; pvrriior HwattMon hi Iiih jii'-kwik
'I'fi pr'i'h anniiall-.' ;t furnl of
$ '.,o.iHMt ff.r tfad iruprovfirif tit in
Virginia. ti' o.vfrnfr KutrK'H that
Mo- h-H 'd thf r'iiiif d'-rivt! fjm
III'- f ran luff tax upon t hi' ht'kh
fa r nini;H of Mm Ht-a in a nd fh-'-tri'-railway.1
of th- utatf. h. nt awtd"
llo r omrnffnlM t It- polfry fd working
'onvhtH nnfl jail priMonT upon th'
puldlf highway.
KMJ I l HIS I IUKND.
8T. M-Gt-KrtNK. I'"ls . 3iM. 12
Whib- playinif wrlth un tintomatlc
pistol In un effort to (i-b It to work,
Rex White nerldcntally killed his
friend. Archie Holt, yestMrday at V"
pancola, near here. White thought
the cartridge hnd been removed from
th pistol.
IN G. O. P.
BITTERNESS
I Prank Carter, Mrs. Reed's altornef.
reaches the president and relates to
Mm Ihe highly serious charges which
have been made, not only against the
congressman, rut which now Includes
Chairman W. U, Logan, since tha lat
IT went to making alildavlts and car.
rylng tha affidavit of Cliinf tiroenwoml
to Washlngtort for uso In bolstering
up the Grant affidavits that Mrs, Hoed
tried ti) bribe him.
The Giant forces sevm In hut
gotten .tonguft tied, Nons of them
hava anything to, ssr stimut tht case
snn wniio ha Is rffilng tongue lushed
hy hostilities he And ho defends.
Tha Grant people, when asked what
they think, reply that thoy don't know
n-unh about the matter, or that they
have not talked with Mr. Grant The
friends of Mr. Luther, Hlltmore post
master, are making a stand for him
nnd Insisting that he ought not to be
held responsible because of something
in which ho was not concerned, that
as Mrs. Reed was removed from the
office there was no reason why he
should not be appointed, especially as
ho makes an excellent postmaster,
which everyone admits. Home say
that Mrs. Reed was not so very effic
ient as postmistress, but It Is rccog-
( Continued on I'age Four)
COHEN PINCHES LITTLE
1BEHOTECHEEK
Hhv ProtfHts That She Doo.s
Not Think More of Her
Jo than of I for Ixvc;r
'MIICAiio, Jan. 1 a. -Kohcria I
J anon, tlw rhlhidrlphla h"lrciis nnd
rr- rh-rh k t'olu n, walti-r with whom
nhn i Ifipf'l on ivvvnhvr 2, Iff t for
I'hlladt -Iphla today with offlcir
wlwro th y atf dm at G.S7 p. m., to
morrow. The (l't'ctl vn ohsrvd thu
Kreati-rd ' f rccy In KMiIng tin ( lojt
th out of tin- city. They were taken
lo tin Hlathm In a cloHt'd farrhiK'
with th- curtalriM drawn, nmuKgl'l
Into thf hautfaic" roimi and takn to
lh train Hh'-d In a frrdtfht fdi-vator,
Th' y w-ro hiirrj"fl a hoard t'n train
and th rurtalriH of th drawing room
v i-rp dra wn ,
'fdi n'M ph-lii-f iin'l nif nurf mf iiIb
hv thf hf-rlillon MVHtrn wto takdi
hffor tin- party hft 'hlra.K,o.
f'dun w;m takfti to tho HarrlHftti
Hi i t poliff Htat Ifiri durltiK t In day
and not MImh O" Janon for Ihe flrnt
Hrrif hi in h- w;i)i h rtf td. 'oliii ii'm
ptnfh'f hf r h'i k and nald:
"I hy thf pajH-rH that you ap
pear tn think mor of yfuir rloK than
you do (ff nif "
"Why, that Im untrue," replied Mls
I hi Jnnori. " Vou know I don't.'
"I Hiipp'tKf thf-y will lv' yc ahotit
yi-ara" Bald 'fh'n. "hut I don't
car'. I had tht pleafturt of makiric
yo'i happy for a whilf anyway. Wlu n
you K'd hack luurif don't tell anything
hut thf truth; that tn all I ran do. I
KU'mk fvf'rythlnx will corno out all
rlKht, I trcat'd you llkx; my own
dangM" r."
ji i.i: hi-:ki ii:ad.
.MONTGOMKKY, Ala., Jan. 12.
Jinljce .John Calvin Heed, of Atlanta,
(in., noted as a lawyer, author and
xi Ivilnr died here today aed seventy
three. Ho graduated from Princeton
In the class of '4 and saw service
throughout f.he Civil war In ths
eighth Georgia volunteers. Hs Was
an netlvn lesder In th Ku KIhk
Klatl. 1 . J '
GRANT SAYS THAT
Gl
Leading Democrats of Bun
combe he Claims. Signed
Petition For Him
SAYS CHARACTER IS
ABOVE REPROACH
Blltmore Office Now Assam,
os Interesting Phase and
Both Sides are Working
(Hy 15. K. V. Brjant.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. J3.Th
Washington correspondent of Tho
Chailotta Observer will say tomor
row:
Representative Grant, who Is be
Ing severely criticised by the demo
crallc press of th slate for using tha
affidavit of Chief Greenwood In coi
nectlon with th fight over th Bllt
mora postoffleo, threw out a llv wira
today In -political circles, "Wfoy" ha '
says, '' have In my possession peti
tions signed ty soma of tha loading
democrats of Hunoombs county, tea
tlfylng to the good character of Mr.
Greenwood." This said Mr. Grant
produnud the original. of tha follow
ing paper: - ' , w r
"We, the undersigned cIIIssm 'of
Ashevllle and Uuni'omhe county, take
great pleasure In testifying to tha
high character and standing ln; thla
community of Mr, C C. Oreenwood,
Wo have known Mr, Greenwood for
miuiy years, and have always found
him to be a gentleman in avery re
spect, honest truthful, nnd a man
whose character is above reproach."
Thla was signed In their own hand
writing by William J.-Cocke, R. M.
Kltspatrlrk, W. K. Johnson, J, J.
M ac key, Lock Craig, T. Kc Hunter.
tit. Krwln, and D. (J. Nnland, Mr. '
arant drew from side .pocket ..
second petition, worded exactly Ilk ,
the foregoing, and signed by Dr. I),
K, Sevier, chairman ot the democrat-
nd county superlntemlunl of health;'""
3, M. OudgiT, irj and other,
"Mr, Grant said It wa his purpose
to file these at the white house ann
with other matter bearing upon the
case. Mr. Frank Carter, attorney for
Mrs. Fannlo Julian Reed I making
a desperate fight for hi client, nd
will carry the case to th White Jtous
This afternoon, accompanied by Ijen
ator Overman, he called on the post-
master general, Mr, Ultchoock, and
presented the farts, as h has them,"
FOR BACK INTEREST ON
Committee of Bondholders
Requests State to Bring
Suit
HAVE HALF MILLION
IMto VI DKNOK, It. I., Jan. 12
Pmposlns; that the statn of Khode Is
land should take legal action to re
cover from th state of North Caroli
na payment of coupons on bonds Is
sued by the latter In 1 869, thn bond
holders committee of North Carolina
today sent to Governor Aram J. Poth
Icr, bonds amounting to 1511,000. The
orlxlnal issue amounted to 113,000.
00" and is distributed among Individ
uiii,. In various parts of the country.
it Is understood mat th state paid
the coupons for only three years.
A few years ago the state of North
Ifctkota secured Judgment against the
state of North Carolina for the
amount duo individuals In North Da
kota, but the dwlsion In the case was
not broad ennough to cover hold
ers In other states. As an individual
cannot bring suit against a state, the
bondholders now desire the state of
Ithode Island to take the matter up
and endeavor to have final payment
niHiio In all cases.
Governor I'othier referred the
proposition to the general assembly.
aVKN TO STATE.
NEW YORK. Jan. 13. The bonds
upon which Khode island will demand
payment of North Carolina, though
held by Individuals, have bsen given
outrlKht to Khode Island for the pur
pose of collection nnd If anything la
realised on them the proceeds will be
used for public Improvements, -
New York city Is the headquarters
of the "North Carolina bond holders"
and through Kdwsrd L. Andrews, .
their secretary, they made public to
night s letter written to Governor
Pot bier, saying among other things:
"Willie the holders of these bonds
have no intention of restricting lit the
slightest manner the uses to which
they should be applied, they would
be gratified If their proceeds were
utilised Xor tho public, snd enduring
oucjet .of-them. etropolltiiri park. Im
provements. , ,.
no is
RIGRLY ENDORSED
RHOOE ISLAND f.f AY SUE