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Man who Forged Loo ks for f;:r.:-:ri."-': art i ; v : - (New York world J - ' .A.-" Wood, vice president of ; the Merchants and : Planters' .-National Bank of Gaffney, S. ; C, ; was flat on hi3 back in a sanitarium at Charlotte. N. C. last January when a prominent Stock Exchange house of this city re--ceived the following letter, written on ' the stationery of the" Hotel Breslin: Gentlemen: . " inciosea nna aran or x,ovu which you will- place to my credit and open orders as follows t Sell 5 October cotton at 95(V but if not executed by 10.40 o'clock, Sell at : the market. Close out this cotton at 15 points decline and replace at same price. - ; ' ' Send all mail to this hotel. Am going to Boston tomorrow and " hope. to see you Saturday. If you- look up the bankers of S. C, you will see who I am. Being " Vice . President of a bank, never wire me anything. I am -not a specu lator but just thought would make . expenses while off in interest of our cotton millsb -Yours truly, A. N. WOOD, Gaffney, S. C. Signature Similar. . - With a natural prejudice against acceptance of speculative accounts from bank officers, the broker looked through the records and discovered " that" the National Park Bank was New York correspondent of the South Carolina institution. They took the check there and foundthat, though tbt signature did hot precisely tally with the signature card in the Park Bank, it was closely similar. The brokers then requested their bankers, the Bank of Manhattan Company, to wire the Merchants and Planters' or Gaffney and ask if Mr. Wood was -in New York. This reply was received: "Mr. A. N. Wood is in Charlotte, N. C, care Charlotte Sanitarium." Satisfied now that the check was a forgery, the brokers called up Police Headquarters and Frederick F. Franklin of the First Branch Detec tive Bureau was put on the. case. He found no A. N. Wood registered at the Breslin but kept close watch over the telephone in the hope that the writer of the check might call up. Martlet Not His Way. But" the cotton market ran counter to the orders in the "A. N. Wood" letter; else the brokers think they would certainly have heard from the writer with instructions to send back the A. N. Wood check and mail to him a check representing the profit on the speculation.' - For cumulative evidence of the spu riousness of the check the browers sent it to the South Carolina bank, asking that it be exchanged for a New York draft. The bank sent it back without comment on the genuineness of the check. but simply with the en dorsement "Signature not authorized." That the forgery was clever was also shown by a letter from R. S. Liscomb, cashier of the bank as follows:. 'Will you please let me know from whom you got the draft made on ua for $1,500, signed by A. N. Wood and returned to you with endorsement Signature not authorized?' I am a loss to know how you could have come into possession of this draft?"' The brokers heard nothing more from the police and had dismissed the matter from their minds until yester day one - of the partners raised his brows in pleased surprise as-there was ushered Into his office a tall lithe, square shouldered man, with gray hair, goatee and mustache, and wear ing a long, black coat, turndown col l&i and black string tie. As a South ern gentleman of the did school the broker knew his caller" even before he introduced himself with the sono rous drawl: ; "A. N. Wood, Vice President of tho Merchants' and Planters National Bank of Gaffney. South Carolina, sah." - - - ' : : ' . : Mr. Wood entirely recovered from his illness and with spring in his step sua Ufc u uib c, w as liei c iu iiui down the . man who Jiad ; uttered the forgery He saw the. false signature for the first time, for he had previous ly been unable to leave the South. He took the check and -letter away with him. : - "This has troubled be.no little" he said. ' T don't know who did it wheth er it was some Northerner or some cracker down in my. countryy. but I'll .TAPJcnn I find nut." .;-- ',..-. DISCOVERY OF CAUSE AND CURE FOR PELLAGRA -1 S ANNQUNCpbi Balanced Rations Cure for This Plague - ; ; ;. .Surgeons Anuhce. -f V i Washington, Nov. ll.r-Discoyery "of the cause of and cure for pellagra wa3 announced- formally . tonight by the public health service. The announce ment follows the recent publication of as report by Surgeon Joseph Gold berger on a year of experiments in co operation with southern state health officials demonstrating that the cor rectness of thejtheory that a one-sided diet lacking in proteide .would cause the disease and that a ''well-balanced diet would cure .it. -V : ""."' "The spread of this dread malady, which has been increasing in the United States at a' terrific rate "during the past few years, may now be checked and- eventually eradicated " says the service statement. "It is es timated that 75,000 cases of , the dis ease will have occurred in the United States in v191S and of this number at least: 7,500 will have died before the end of "the year. In many sections only tuberculosis and - pneumonia ex ceed it as a cause of. death." y . The final dietary tests were made by Surgeon Goldberger and Assistant Surgeon W. A. Wheeler at the farm of the Mississippi - penitentiary, where half a dozen convicts were given pel lagra by feeding them for five months on bountifuL meals - consisting chiefly of cereals and sweets and lacking in meats, milk, eggs, beans and peas. The victims' recently were pardoned by the governor and are now being restored to health through a corrected diet.: - :. - . ' - " In earlier,- experiments - about two hundred pellagara patients had been cured by . balanced rations,; and at the end of a year there had been a slight recurrence of the disease in only one instance. " . . GREAT WEST AND NORTHWEST. A GREAT CATTLE SHORTAGE. A great shortage of beef cattle pre vails throughout the world today. Re liable statistics show that since 1900, the number of beef cattle in the Uni ted States has decreased from 45,000 000 to 37,000,000,; while our population has increased from 75,000,000 to 100,- 000,000. In other words, where there were 60 beef cattle for every. hundred people in 1900, there are now but 37 beef cattle for every, hundred people. These figures cover the United States only. That the same relative condi tions prevail almost throughout , the world is evidenced by the constantly increasing price of beeft notwithstand ing the fact that facilities for moving an excess supply from one part of the world to another "were mever better The plans of Australia, Argentine, and Canada, and the valleys of -Mexico to vhich we : have been looking for an anlimited supply of cattle prove, to be as lightly stocked as are our own fields Europe has not supplied her. own needs for years and with the present war de vastating her supply, she must look to the rest of the world for a long time to come to supply her with meat. This shortage in cattle . cannot be quickly overcome as heyv multiply slowly. '- ' San" Francisco boasts' of 7504000 pop ulation. . Taking Into consideration Je admirable location and the ability of her people to handle big propositions, it . is little - wonder that ' the -United States Congress " .decided upon Uat metrbpol.tan city as -a- most suit able spot upon which" the completion of the Panama :Canal might be celc ; brated in a -striking 'and memorable fashion. - Here' it is - that the nations of the' world' have brought, for exhibi tion the best of their - products and all who 'have beheld - Viewonders ;there displayed agf ee'thatthe Panama-Pacific ExpositioiLis architecturally and ar tistically,' the' most beautiful they ham ever seen before, v -- - " f. i:. " it was . in this enchanted land that the "Sovereign ' Grafad -Lodge: Indepen dent Order TOf : Odd Fellows met in :its ninety-first annual xommunicationi, September 20 of this-good year. The usual divine - services preceding the sessions were conducted" on : Sunday morning.; September 19th at Cavalry-i Presbyterian Church by. the pastor, Dr.- Josiah- Sibley, who delivered an impressive discourse based . upon, the covenant between Jonathan and David: Many officers and, representatives" of the Grand Lodge were, in auenaance. On the following morning the first sesr sion of the.governoring body. 6f tho greatest fraternity the world has ever ; address. -- known was formally openea , ypi me Scottish Rite Temple. There were welcoming addresses ' galore and - a large concourse of people" applauded them vociferously. Acting Grand Sire Jtdge J. B. A. Robertson, of Oklaho ma, fittingly responded on- behalf o the Sovereign Grand Lodge. - -v: The first business transacted was the election of a successor to the la mented Grand Sire, Judge Robert T. DanieL of Griffith, Georgia, this dis tinguished honor going to Judge. Rob ertson by a unanimous vote.i.JTo fill the vacant chair of Deputy Grand Sire required only one ballot which result ed in the "election of Judge Frank 0. Goudy, of Denver, Colorado. In the -selection of standing committees, the MIHTAR Yr CAM P TO BE ESTAB-.-. - LISIIED; IN N. C. ; IN; SPRING, Major General Wood : Announces - Plan ' - But Fails to Designate Site. ' - V Richmond, Vai, Nov. llMajor Gen eral Tonard Wood, commander of the dPDartment - ot the - east, "tonight.. an nounced that a military camp of in struction f6r civilians would; be; es-ovii-cird in North Carolina early next 1 vr The :camn will be similar to the one.operated at .TOiuDurgoiv. ..; summerr--' :l'--'.-.'-.-t i-w-r General Wood delivered ' an address hfnrft the -Richmond s alumni" of Vir &Jnia Military institute at the observ-.nrp- rtf : th ' 77th anniversary of the foundation of that school. , He advised graduates - of J the school to De . ruj for service.in the United States arm when called upon, and discussed . the plans" to Increase - the number of -officers in .the regular- service.-- He stressed th. importance - of military schools and suggested : courses of ? . a military nature- in academic ; institu tions. Morer liberal support rpf. , the offrtTiii truard "and the adoption of the Swiss and Austrian systems of - mlh- tsrx training in the united btates ws urged;':" -i-''v - ; Representatives of - the press were barred ; while "General Wood made his Na. 10.734 .. . i ''-.: - TEEASUEY DEPARTMENT. - ' ; : ''.':-"v "" - ? Office of - Comptroller of the. Currency. 1 r 9 - Washington, D C, May. 4, 1915. p ."Whereas by satisfactory evidence presented to the undersigned it has been made to appear that the Citizens National bank of Hendersonvjlle inj the r city of .Hendersonville in. the county, of -Henderson -and state of representatives from.. North Carolina j North Carolina has complied with ail Governor Craig's - council yot state last week authorized State Treasurer B, R. Lacey to borrow $375.00 to take up a former loan thereby tiding "the institutions over the lean months i . tax collecting. Brief Story of a North Carolina Repre sentative to SoTreign Grand Lol-Ige Odd Fellows Recently Held in San Francisco. (North Carolina Odd Feilow.) : To the Editor: Pursuant to your request I shall attempt a brief outline of the pro-, ceedings enacted during the sessions of the "Sovereign Grand Lodge held In San Francisco last month. Columns could be filled with a description of the wonderful country through which our representatives passed, en route to "Frisco" and on the return trip. An adequate story of the great exposition there wofftd cover, every page of - tho Odd Fellow. . - . -... . ,: The pcenery may be described as wonderful," picturesqueV ; matchless, throughout te west and northwest but it does not surpass some sections of Western ftorth Carolina" for beau tiiul mountains or kindred attrac tions. The mountains along the Pa cific coast rise to greater heights than ours," but the absence of verdure robs them of real beauty. Snow-capped, U is true, many of them and vnaturally Interesting to - a Southerner in the summer time. They impress the trav eler as mammoth sand hills at the mercy of the windsa which sweep over the" arid sections of Colorado, Ne Mexico, Arizona and Southern Califor nia. - A number of extinct volcanoes were pointed out to us and thrilling stories touching their early eruptions fell upon attentive ears. The Cas cades in the State of Washington re minded us of home. Here are the big trees we used to read about and the historic picture jis not overdrawn. seme of tnem are rour nundred reet higbt three thousand ears old and their trunks of . sufficient - dimensions to admit of space through wnicn u team of horses and wagon may pass without difficult. It is needless to suggest that lumbering is one of the principal industries of this' section. Southern California" may" properly I be designated as a "fairy garden from j the white surf of its bathing beaches to the skirts of its hills.'-, The bright sniile of acres .of. carnations greet you frequently: along the way and from every side comes the Inspiring perfume of orange and lemon groves bidding one- to gaze -' with amazement upon fruit and flower at the same time. Here; too, flourishes "the famous Cal ifornia grape and other luscious fruit3 In almost endless variety, and artistic homes proclaim ; the existence of a happy prosperous "people. Evidences of the magical development of the en tire country from Los Angeles, Calo fornia to Seattle, Washington the widespread cultivation of the rich soil in farms impresses one with the won derful growth of the country, while the great wheatfield region of Eastern Washington affords interesting glimp ses of farming " on a grand ; scale. I shall not attempt a description of the many beautiful cities along the wes tern coast or the numerous points of interest visited. The Grand Canyon of Arizona beggars description. It is, indeed, one of the r wonders of tho world. Mount Shasta, the Cascade tunnels, Great -Salt Lake, the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas. Oliver- Pike's Peak, Garden of the . Gods, Cheyenne Canyon, Cave s of the Winds, Canyon i cfthe Snake River, Lookout Mountain (near Denver) and , Manitou - Gorge were deeply impressive of nature's I remarkable . . handiwork. The sur- 1 rcundings at each of these points were ; enchanting and the trip in its entirety t convinced us that this is a country of magnificent distances. as one brother expressed it i '-.' ': ' "Its a long: way to San Francisco, Its a long way to go ; " . T - - : Its a long,- long way to Frisco ' Its a long way to you know."'. ' ; Once there, you find yourself in one of the prettiest and .wealthiest cities ov. the American" continent. " Inclusive 0 the. cities in the immediate vicinity drew important assignments. " one chairmanship ' going to your humble' servant. v ' "',?- . Much of the routine I am not priv ileged to disclose.. Perhaps the most important action taken was the adop tion - of an entirely new revised Code o? Laws prepared by a committee com posed of Representatives Rhinehardt, of Florida, Eastiri of Mississippi, and Troutman.of New York; It Is said to be one of the most complete codifica t.ns of the laws of the Order ever pub lished. The legislation of almost a century. wa3 digested with .'extreme care and all existing statutory provi sions placed in a form that will easily be possible to all. This new code becomes effective , on January 1,"1916 at which time copies are expected to be available. Few, if any, changes iu the present laws-were .enacted. The proposed amendment relatives to age was not passed upon, being ruled out on a point of order. The proposition relative to qualifications of represent atives of the Sovereign Grand Lodge met a similar fate. Both of these sug gestions will be considered at the an nual conclave, which Is tobe hei in Chattanooga, .Tennessee, next year. By ,far , the. most interesting event of the session was -the anhual-parade oa Wednesday, when the five-mile Jong pageant moved through the rcityrpxo- per to the exposition grounds. - A con servative estimate placed the number of participants at 20.00Q and many of the local people who "Witnessed the parade pronounced it the largest and most creditable exhibition of - like character that San-Francisco hadtexr perienced since the, exposition began. Numbers of beautiful floats entered by local organizations were in evidence. There were tally-hos bands, drum corps patriarchs militant in full dresa uniform, and other attractions -too numerous to mention. One float that attracted the Interested observer was a minature representation of the Cal ifornia Odd Fellows Home; another the insignia of the Order In the shape of three flower' links with a little -gin in the center of each link. A car was provided for each state delegation and these moved forward in alphabetical order. It was an inspiring scene, one worth going hundreds of miles to wit ness. , - 1 . But my story is already too long and Itmust stop right here. While the trip was. highly Interesting arid -enjoy able I. anx deiignted to be oack in tne Old North State again which, after, all is in a class to itself and Hard to beat. . ' ' 7 Fraternally, -; . " .. m L. SHIPMAN. Raleigh, N. a, Nov. 1915. ' . v. CITY STATEMENT- V X ; In this issue can De found the regu lar quarterly statement of the finances of the city of Hendersonville which is required by law to be published In the local newspapers. - rme prime object in having the statement "published four times -a year was to make It of more in terest to the readers and citizens of Hendersonville. Heretofore the state ment " appeared once a year - and the items were of such far date that very little interest was taken in the report. WILSON WOMAN CONFESSES ; TO KILLING HER INFANT Wilson. Nov. 4. The discovery of a dead infant in the gardens in the rear of a house on East Nash street late this afternoon led to an investiga tion. Sudie Bryant living in the house, conferred, it. is alleged,: to be ing the mother of the child, saying that the child .was- born last night. The head of the infant was crushed and after the examination of the body by a physician who said the.child wa3 killed after -the birtHthe woman ad mitted that she had killed the infant She is under guard until she becomes able to be taken to jail. - ' , .' - '". Financia frj''-v " ' v; V ."Money Is the root of - all evil.' V and grafting doesn't - Improve the fruit Smart Set, . ; .: . : :: . the provisions of 'the: statutes "of tho United: States required to be complied, w.th before an association; Bhall be authorized, to commence the business of . banking; now therefore, I, John Skelton . Williams,. Comptroller of ; the Currency, do - hereby; certify that ' the Citizens National bank -of Henderson ville, in the city of .HendersonvIlio,"a the .- county of Henderson,State of North Carolina is authorized as pib vided in section fifty one hundred and sixty nine of the revised statutes of th United States. - ' : : - In- testimony whereof witness my hand and seal of office, this the A ih day of May, 1915. " '' - . . . JOHN SKELTON WILLIAMS; : - Comptroller of the Currency. .' Seal of J : : ; ; Comptroller of the Cuirency. - 13. I : MORTGAGE SALE. ; -By virtue of tht Mortgage executed by Gallambre and Wynne -to me as re corded" in Book-39 at page 173 of the Records . of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust for Henderson county. .North Carolina and to satisfy a note for $2 000,1 Interestedricost :and expenses l will on;the 23Td-day of Novemberk"19t5J at tne court house door In. said county at -12 ,octock: Nrnffer for, sale.to the highest bidder the following "describ ed real estate to-wit: - Beginning at a stake in the south margin of east College street, now third avenue,-atthe N. W." corner of an one acre lot conveyed by H. G. Ewart and wife to Mrs. T. J. Blythe by deed dated 'Oct. 9th, 1886 and registered la Book No. 22, page 133 of .the "-records of Deeds for Henderson ' county and runs thence S. 10 deg. E. with the line of the aforesaid lot-174 feet to a stake the S,.W. corner of the said T. J. Blythe- lot; .tnence-N. 80 deg. 70 feet, a stake the S. .W. corner . of a lot retained by-DD. Henderson; thence N. 10 de. W. parallel .with the lines first men tioned above 174 feet to'a stake in the South margin of said College street, now 3rd avenue, at the N. W. corner of the lot retained by D. D. Hender son;, thence S. 80 deg. W. with "the South margin of said avenue 70 feet to the beginning. This being the lot con veyed by Mrs. M. E. Pace to the Gaila- mo re-Wynne Drug Company. -Tnis the 23 day of October, 1915. - 4 : C. E. DODAMEAD, -.1 0-28-4 tc -; - Mortgagee. - TOBACCO KILLS A - COW. An Incident worth note to-llvestock men occurred , southeast of town.; on' the Statesville road Saturday evening about sundown Jim Transon, a colored man stoppedlaC Henry ;Feimster's for a few minutes on jiis way home from rMr. C. C. GambiU's.; Henry had Just fin isbed milking his cow and they went into his backyard together.-; His . 40 : milker got hold of-and ate' two hands of tobacco and died ih a short time.-o coughs, colds and bronchitis. North Wilkesboro Hustler. - ' r JUSTUS PHARMACY, - BY PUBLICATION. NOTICE OF SERYICE OF SUMMONS VT State of North Carolina," . V - County of Henderson. In the Superior Court.' ' ; -; November. Term, 1915V y :V Bessie Gibbs (by her next friend J. M. ; r 5 Dermid) vsT. W.Gibbs. v 'r The defendant above named will take,. notice , that an , action-entitled as above has been commenced in the Su perior court- of Henderson- County, North Carolina, to dissolve the bonds of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant, and for a de gree; for anabsolute "divorce on the ground of fornication and adultery on the . part of the defendant; and th said defendant will further take; no tice that-he is required to appear at the term, of the Superior court of sai county to be held on the 15th day of November, 1915, at the, court house of said county in .the - city of Henderson Yille, N. C.and answer or -demur , to the complaint in said action, or " the plaintiff will apply to the court fG the relief demanded in said complaint. ; c m. pace, a s. a Henderson County, North Carolina. J. F; Justice; -. ? Atfy .. for the Plaintiff. 10-14-4tc .iandiii other's f? Gdinf otter INGEmegota tion Heater? Grand- fiieffie day conrtabl and easytbear and-d it is the : most th The1 Perfection gives you ten hours of comfort on a gallon of kerosene the most inexpensive form of heat White Oil to obtain .best results in Oil Stoves, Lamps and Heaters. TANERIbxfGOM :-c: rvj;--M--(New Jersey) -- WBhinton. D. C ' :. , : Chmriotte. Norfolk. Ya. Richmond, V. Charleston. ' Charleston, : IkDk for the TVile Treriiark. ' Sold in many styles and . sizes at all. hardware and general stores.; - .' KshtstkuxtriPa 'Pacific Expotiium w.vb i mill s-o-l BO stem '. I ft. . I I U m - w V mm mm v mw I . wju f IF - y t - NOTICE. ? ' State- of North -Carolina, c ; County of Henderson. ; In the Superior Court. Nannie J. Mytchell. -; ; : vs. . - .!--;,- -: -John W. Mytcheil. . To John W. Mytcheli; defendant: ; : ; Take notice that on the 30th da of October 1915jt 3 o'clock. p. xn. and th ereofter in. the law . offices of .Webb & Mull in the city ot Shelby, eounw of Cleveland and state of North Car-: olinavJ before J: F. Ledford, Notary Public;. the deppsitions: of fc Mrs. -Mary Waitte Robinson ."and Mfss . Mary M. Robinson will be taken; to be- read as evidence for the 'plaintiff in. the Above entitled; action, which "is now pending in- the Superior' oourtr of Henderson County, State, of North Carolina; , and you: will further take notice, that, if the taking of "the said depositions is not begun and completed- on the said day, same will be continued from day. to . day until completed. - : ; This , the 2nd day of Oct. 1915. . -- - : J. F, JUSTICE, : , and MICHAEL SCHENCK, 10-7-4tc Attorney for r the Plaintiff : V: O F. TANEY v Raw f and Dressed Lumber We make a specialty of Lathi ? 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