j, v October 25, 1925
ftiuridJ' ■ .
iThe Indictment of Gaston B. Means
. , Voi'k Tu- _ < n o<‘ial agent
■ 'G4 itcC ’ ’ Ju-tuv iint'tirthed
••••mr « .nsjiira* y re
■ L corir'y, ~,:,;], •1 ]t of tlie feur
Hjti* i" 1 [ vi'ii.T-. ha-' been
!: a gigantic boot-
\ was disclosed
■LW « ,n ' s f'V.. 11 nil of four in
■\“j,,i-<l;iy Federal (srand
n .! u ',,' r..\ wliieli wt re placed
Kb” Judge John C.
H ' a ‘
Hpot ~M*d on motion of
■ fiw • | *v'M'oufo.r Hiram (’.
■ t’"'*' 1 i I;,«» evidence in the
■ *'*' idmer NY. Jar-
H |ir s? ii ;,i\ of Menus, al
■ t j...... imlictmeuts.
H(0 i* ® a!U 'l , ! n V ;ired in court to
H VTben accompanied by
■ wrt'i I1 "', * ■ I‘. Felder, who defended
ids trial on an in
■ #<s* :! ' : with the murder
■ dic!®' u ‘ ,\. lJ.'binsou King at
B,>f M*- . ip 17. Means was ae
■ qaittfi ei v ;r,.(i hi hail. .larnecke
H&y this morning.
■ means with lis
■ :T',n:d Sam Schmidt.
Hjtis tW '■ 1 \\ ci:ue, Chicago, out
■ I.5J* J,i ji.pior deal; with
HoD 1 ;'-. ‘‘ t v :l,c national prolii
■ tin* fraudulent witll-
I ! t ransporjit ion of
■ i ,iti'.|iiring to defeat
■ ' ielatidi' (’.'urged.
■ ~.spl»ly the bootleg
B'i V the tiie ' cuality liquors f-B>m
■ v -nvi ' ' M• :i n>. -larnecke and
H all* sa'tl to have prof
■ \pwt more than 8100.000.
■** .. ; u ,i- in tiic transactions is
H | .. v ,. j, • i v:lined at several
Hjb' a,,j; i e.t- transaction alone.
„ tin ; ; ,ir.;i:t transfer'of 700.-
■ f v.: > and another, in-
Mfff i"ih:o i-a'- a:d 12.700 barrels
H tiic magnitude of
■ admitted!* were :ts
tfi'.-i-
--•cinlaiits are not ac
j |., i; i-; ineli I. hilt they ap*
■a,i i,-,', , v - Federal Croud .Jury.
t1 ; 'lncuinentaly evi
lnii- allegations con
■' . consjiiiracy. The
l .» t !)•>■ inag in the case ni
■lt . .. \V .j.mason. Jacob Stem.
■3:.j |. i ■ -■Mi. liHirjso. l-\ Aukl.
■ ,■ i je> Stuiui. C\ L*.
> .cling. Harry Cold-
HIJ > s i: , i‘, v a:tid Sam Schmidt.
iii.tii-s iii"t.i cd in the indictment
->i, pniii. 'l'ommanj attorney".
vr ; . dt .ggi't. formerly from
; 1 »•. I. .betigirr. a man called
Hsg aii'i idioti.er "Kidder."
HSh (•Lin't'd :ti no indictments tiint
H|ie .•*iii'i>ivt<l to commit more TTn'tn
Hints unit' -'lt*'tises .in viidntion of the
Hfefw; I’ml.it iiion hnv. and that his
t\t' mii'c over the jteriod from
|$L 1. l!Ci. to March 1. lt»2K. de-
H'snii tl<* fact F.n from November 1.
Halt" S-i'di!l*«-r l.'i. l'.tPP. he vTas i*in
l|W u ->mo in 1 investigator by the
HSSrti:;**i:: - 1 ntic- to break the kind
HiifiiHp'rig .-nterpris«*s in which he
■ i> d>.'.' pan i'dpated.
■ l iHk Movements c.f Whiskej’.
■ fte ( tiic indictments charges
Ht»'a ci.;>-piiMfv ws entered into by
■ "}. Jn'-kc. Charles W. John son
HaiFto'li So hi in ihe period from Xo
l.-f-' 1 l!r_M. t,. I »t'c« inh* , r 51, ltlllli.
■ itlihiMh n-ic.'W from 3'.r.*wnsville.
Hfilti Fit sin,>o;i. tifiy barr*|s of rye
c,, tj„. warehouse of the
HijTiM’Flsxn I* -r i 1 1 «• r \ ;rt Itrow nsvilTe.
tin ltd the indictment
Br du; Me-,. .itUMiecke and John-
K.t i:j It. ('.. on I >e-
F l'.w'J. •pi;,discusstal the
ail*; c.irrj iug out the iiu-
a.i• 1 ■- e.ispiracy comhi
■p. ** -*u ami agreement, in
■ . iiii■ ii Johnson paid to
H|C.- -c sl.'.OPT.no."
trims;;'.-;'. :o-,-..r*!liig to Coverr.-
- oaUed hy the foliow
l:,Mu t.. Johnson by Jar-
M£ii‘i!<! poi: i.. i ;i tiie iudictnie:ii :
fr..in <\V. Johnson, the
sl.i.cpT.Ali !',.)■ tlx* purpose of tax
CIO e- ;; v fifty barrels of Sam
H - i\. from the Sam
■‘Pip'iti I’.rownsville. I'a..
■ ci;~ cm t die.ites for live
■J? '‘ ; ic!i. ns t'nl'a.wj.; 4 Vrtiticates No.
■ >.lirj. -js.ipi ■_ , T.psit -jT.'.ivh. 27.-W.
I. *• Ui 'i o list attaidied.
H.J ! ir, 'l"'f pipers arc not furnished
■P§>t , t**n i|:p| ( | *(■,■. 1| for the re-
H • pa.' i*t<■ i,; stamps, above
lk« m ||,! mated to sail! (’. W.
I Ti
■ ni' iMtiirid charges that on the
■ J "«■' •i'*hns.,i l |,ui.| io Means
■ I i“IF c, other lneethigs in
■ ai.d Pin-hiirgli of the alleged
■ r asj . s ; ;1 iM) \llegtai Deal.
Btbt ii "'1 didic: ineiit it is charged
Bo -t'lCO III!.} .!.; -Ileeke COUSpil'ed tO
Bft&i !‘i": • , \ei through the
B 11 l-J'hit to I'J.mHO barrels of
■ • 1 so Sweet Spriugs I>is
■ "-elic.-se. I I.M i (cishurg. Ky.
■ iMisaei ion ii is alleged they
B-Wm ; . , ' t -' ild. Morgan. Stuart.
■ * s,l| *hLg ami Stein t/» commit
Bttfcr ■ IV,V !l "'■'importation of
B C "nek to a secret house.
Balb i'"’" 'hoVnchuits with other
■ l elm were not in
■ ’• the information given
BNp ■ 1; ■ fir.i. is said to have
■ •M.-tdia’tan on Nov. 1.7. 11)21
■ v indictment. Mo"-
B^ bv a contract for the
B<-4sk„', ( F' fi ' ni, 'M p> Auhl of oOIMKH)
■ I•• atrhoii. including the
r: siguiii his name
■ % i ß ,|: ’ •at fact: according to
HW f, “ :!:,i '‘Pans came to New
■S? mill, w , ..
■ t:th j!.,. , -Mm in connection
I 'lneV"-
■ a J" -**■ 11 1. names Means
| ? 'd'arge<l with con-
H ?^af '"n i■ '■ '' l ' ll ' *» wernuieiit in
f : of the Revised
■ h violatiton of the
H*y f-oliib,,, o'l-pired with Har-
h.„.', V : s - Siuiekroff. he-
H f, 't th.- : MtH-. h i. r.crc
H „ f ' ■ i."\;■ tof eighty-eight
Hr *'•' * '“Wberg in
H at \i, Meadville Histil-
H h furti ivi? *’ ! ‘ ;l J
H ihat alleged con-
Hounds Itirther says that
■L a llf "F 'T xi ■’ " n Cell. 1. H»23.
Hx-.*% .Mo a " :i ' an-. thai on the
H f * Hi i ' " I ‘pnid to Means
H !■> ii,- 11 - Coldberg, at;-
.‘“‘hetnc at. mad. a puy-
| The transaction by which Means and
| Jarnecke'are alleged to have used the
‘ mails to defraud Schmidt is covered in
the fourth indictment, which alleges that
Auld was also a party to the conspiracy,
and that it was fraudulently represent
ed to Schmidt that Moans, through his
Connection with the Department of Jus
tice. was able to obtain the withdrawal
of live barrels of whiskey from a Chicago
warehouse and deliver Tt to Auld for the
benefit of Schmidt, with 12.0(H) cases
and I.aOO barrels of whiskey from the
Sweet Springs Distillery at Harrodsburg.
Ky.
Nine Counts in Indictment.
The indictments contain nine counts,
each of which deals with correspondence
between .Jarnecke and Schmidt. Auld,
: who in March, 1022. was stopping at the
j *n u sylvan hi Hotel. tin* indictment
j states, got this letter from Jarnecke:
I CYotiU letter received Und
noted. J surely have noticed and read
the contract. If the money is plac'd in
your name isn’t it a guarantee, and as
good us a lettey of orodit. for the bank
■ has a continuous deposit of ,$140,000 in
your name’.' Once in your name who can
i take it away only yourself?
: ”J also know that it stands you $fk r >
per case, and as for paying anyone any
j thing, there is only ’Hither and Schmidt.’
j and that amounts ty 50 cents a ease.
I each, n That would leave $4 per case, or
about $2 per case, freight paid. What he
wants is two cars of what you have now,
and four ears ..f K. If you can furnish
rt per day they will take care of their
own goods. All they want is it delivered
to their warehouse, and there will he a
side track at every warehouse.”
A letter received by Schurdt, which
: was signed ‘George.’ ran as follows:
! e have signed a # contract and they
j are to put up Friday Melutire. a Taiu
mahy attorney, and A. L. Wilson, a drug
gist formerly from Fiftsburg. .Fa. They
Iwer.e introduced to us hy Dr. I,obeugi«r.
and hjL* says lie will hank his life on thi*m,
and we feel the same way. Had a wire
.from Jarpecke this morniug." ,
After the arraignment. William CT.il
vers. assQi iated with Colonel ladder as
et.unsd for Means, gave out the follow
ing statement:
j "In the latter port of June. 15)22. (Jas
‘ ton I>. Means came to the City of New
i York from W.-rshiugton to make a prelim
inary and general iuvtwtigatiou of the
prohibition situation in and around New
j X<wk City. He was given letters author
izing him to make this investigation by
1 Nobel Walker VViliebrandt. Assistant
Attorney (leneral. and hy Elmer Dover.
* Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. He
was also given letters of introduetion by
' Wayne 11. \\’lu*e!ej-. General Counsel of
i tlie Anti-Saloon league, and iutroductury
letbcrs by various other imdies, ami in
ad<lition to this Ju* eacried eredentia-ls
from two other departments of the Gov
ernment. ,
i "Mi* conducted this investigation from
June until October, and he was.instruct
ed- to lay these facts before Major John
Holley Clark. Assistant Cnited States
District Attorney, who wa> in ciiarge of
prosi-cuting the •■’hooth*gging’ eases. I
presume that Major Clark will -bear test i
• rrfouy as to the efficiency of the work per
fortmsl. • _ \
Tells of Work Done by Means.
”In prosecuting the investigation a
discovery was made which involved cer
tain liigii officials connected with the lo
iter ual Revenue Department. When these
I- officials learned of this they requested
I tlrat he be recalled to Washington and
ithat his activities along tln-se lines should
; cease. For reason which will be liereaf
| ter revealed these names are not now giv
jen to the public, but when < ’ongress con
l venes. if they •should so desire, ail of
| these reports will be handed to Congress
for investigaflbn of the fact*-. When
Means was sent to New \oi*k he was
given definite instructions to thoroughly
investigate-, the rich, aristocratie peopJe
who were engagef^l l thg. bCtftlegging bus
iness in and around 'New York City.
When he returned to Washington during
the early part, of November.
was given a 'fcecrot commission to CO in
ti mo* his investigation from an entire)?
different source of .authcVily.
"Among the important matte;-* inves
tigated in New York hy him was to -ohc
tain all < f tin* data concerning ;! formula
used by a German chemist in connection
with the production of concentrated ex
tract of grain alcohol and artificial fla
voring used in einuectioii with making
Scotch. Rye and Bourbon, not only u-ed
in this connection but- also .with, regular
alc hol. This data was secured by him
and the- production of concentrated- ?x
--iraet of alcohol was immediately sup
pressed. in addition he wyis charged
with ascertaining the circumstances in
connection with the production of poison
ous whiskies and poisonous alcoholic bev
erages that had caused the death and
also permanent injury to a number of
citizens who had eoftie into the possession
of'such alcoholic beverages either law
fully or unlawfully.
Assistant l uited States Attorney Ma
jor John Hoi fry (’lark. Jr., commenting
on tin- the statement of Mr. (’hilve.rs.
*aid : . , r
"Means did very efficient work tor me
’m several important investigations,- bl
inding the La Montague case and -the
R< public warehouse case.
Ghicugo. Oct/ 22. —The indictment <J
Gaston B. Means in New York in con
nection with allegi-d bootleg opeiutions
comes close upon the decision of the Il
linois (Supreme 4’ourt last Saturday to
iim w out the second will of James <>.
| King, millionaire lumberman, for whose
widow. Mrs. Maude li. King. Means act
ed as legal adviser until she was shot
and killed at C mcord/N. t\. on August
■2O. 1017. The second will, by which'
j Means and others would have benefitted,
I was called a forgery in 1020 hy the late
Judge Jesse Baldwin, and from that de
cision the case was appealed.
Sam Schmidt, who it is alleged Means
and Jarnecke conspired to swindle in a
$77,000 liquer deal, is a jeweler with an
establishment on Milwaukee Avenue. He
was reluctant to discuss tne case, and
when asked if he had paid money to
Means and Jarnecke, said:
••It didn't amount to much.
Take tlie Oath of Allegiance.
London, Get. 22. —A Central New* dis
patch from liobiu this afternoon says.
”Tln v Bavarian troops have taken the
oath of allegiauce to Bavaria until the
end of the present conflict, t
Ip Siam the eighth and fifteenth day**
of the moon are regarded as sacred, and
devoted to -worship and rest from
ordinary liilbov.
CONFERENCE TO MEET NEXT
YEAR. IN GREENSBORO
Many Overcoats Stolen, At Least a
Dozen Nabbed By Thieves.—The Ap
pointments
Winston-Salem, Oct. 22.—West Mar
ket Street Methodist church will enter
tain the next session of the Western
North Carolina conference.
The conference, which had been in
session here for five days, came to a
close ths afternoon at 4 :30 o’clock when
Bishop Denny read the appointments of
the preacher; for the coming year- The
morning session began at the appointed
time and was opened with religious
exercises conducted by Rev. J. Frank
Armstrong, of Concord-
Hugh G. Chayiarn, chairman of the
hoard of stewards, went before the con
ference. and stated that a number of
overcoats had been stolen from the
church during the conference session,
and asked for the privilege of repaying
each member who had been so un
fortunate ast r > lose one. During the ses
sion at least a dozen have been stolen.
One of the ministers found his in a
p an shop and hHd to pay $5 to get it
hack. Another one discovered a negro
man wearing his. The negro had bought,
it from at white man. It seemed to be
an organized gang for the purpose of
altering the church and selecting coats
and wa’kiog away with them.
The term of most interest to the con
ference at. tin* morning session tv as (lie
report of the statistical secretary which
is ns follows: Districts 11; pastoral
charges 257: societies b.TI: local
preachers 177; members 12J.882;
Adults baptized .’1702; infants 1750;
Epworth leagues members of lea
gues 11.411 ; Sunday .schools SOti; offi
cers and teachers 8081 : members 127,-
822: Woman's Missionary societies K7l,
members 11,708; orphanages 1: officers
and teachers 22. children 105. value of
property $750,000. Q’he conference con
tributed the amounts for the various
objects as follow's: Foreign Missions
$24,501 ; home missions $54.170 church
extension. $14,755: Education $2,140:
American Bible society $2,075: General
Conference expenses $2,212. For the
supjjort of the ministry; Bishops, 87.-
070 ; presiding elders $41,008; preach
ers in '-charge $470.742; conference
claimants 852.170. The grand total for
all purposes is 82.170,038.
On motion of I)r. Dan Atkins the
committee on entertainment, of the con
ference was directed .to look after a
phiee for the converting of the con
ference session. It seems that the body
is growing so rapidly that there are only
a few places that Imvf adequate hoiel
facilities to entertain the body.
At 11:17 Bishop Denny addressed the
conference on the subject of Cuitication
of the two ktrg<> bodies of Methodism in
the United States. The bishop is one of
the strong opponents of the plans that
are being evolved by tin* two commis
sions for this purpose, and lie gave to
the conference rliis morning the advant
age of hir deliberations and conclusions
on the matter.
The Appointments.
The appointments read by the bishop
are as follows :
Asheville District.
11. f\ Sprinkle, presiding elder.
Asheville, Bethel—T. C. Jordan.
Biltmoro —W. F. Sandford.
Central—Ashley (’. Chappell.
Chestnut Street—G. Ray Gordon.
Haywood St reel-?*<’a rloek Hawk.
Mount Bleasant— J. M. Folger.
West Asheville —L. W. Colson.
Asheville Circuit —G. A. Tt. Holderby.
Black Mountain —(I. C. Brinkman.
Reward —IT. R. Welch.
East Biltmoro —1). Atkins.
Elk Mountain—J. W. Heunessec. sup
ply.
Fair View —S. W. Phillips, supply.
Flat XiocJi-Fletcher—ll. W. Dargan.
Ilendersoiiviih —Frank Siler.
Hendersonville Circuit —C. F. Tate.
Hominy- H. L. FmvelY
Hot Springs—A. A, Angel.
Leicester—A. L. Latham.
Marshall —J. I. Suinlss.
Mars Hill —G. NY. McClamrock, sup
ply.
Miss River —J. <>. ( ox.
Oteen —T. A. Groce.
Ttoseman —j. C. Rieliardson.
Suluda-Tryo,#—■Hi. I*. Kikes.
Sandy Mush —J- NV. Groce, supply.
Spring Creek-—NV. J. Hughes.
Swannauoa —J. 4). Banks.
Wen vei'villo / — 11. C. Ren vis.
NVeavorville Cireuit —A. J. Burrus.
General evangelist—Kf.ymond Brown
dug. Hendersonville quarterly conference.
Missionary Western Mexican mission
—R. J. Barker.
Charlotte District.
J. B (haven, presiding elder.
Apseuviile—D. S. Hiehardsnn.
Betiiel—R. E. Hun J.—
Bethel and New Hoim* Circuit—J. C.
Cmbei ger.
Charlotte—Belmont' Park—NV. P». Da
vjs.
Brevard Str< et—T. F. Iliggins.
Calvary—C. M. Short. t
Chadwick—B. F. Hargett.
Inhvorth —G. I>. Herman.
Duncan Nlemorial—A. R. Surratt.
Hawthorn Lane — L. I). Thompson. NY.
1,. Nicholson supernumerary.
Seversville —IT. P. Billups,
Spencer Memorial—J. H. Arinbrust.
Trinity— i. IT. Ahernethy.
Try on Street —H. G. Havdin.
West Charlotte —J. A. Smith, supply.
Hh-kory Grove —NY. M. Robbins.
I.ilesviile—l V. Carver.
Marshvtile —Elzie Myers.
Matthews— R. IT. Hinshaw.
Mi'uroe Central —C. f • NNeaver.
North Monroe —Iceuiorlee —J. R. NVar-
ten.
Morven —J. S. Gibbs.
Peachland- —W- R. Harris.
Pineyille—T. J. Iloiu-k.
J’olktori —I>. C. Ballard.
Prospect—W. S. Cherry.
Rural Trinity NY. Mann.
Thrift —Moores—L J. Edward*.
Cniouville —J. NN . Stridf-r.
NYadesbt-ro—NY. R. Shelton.
NYaxhaw —E. X. Crowder.
NYeddiugton—T. J. Huggins.
Missionaries to .Japan —S. A. Stew ai t,
X. S. Ogburn. .
Prof. Candler School of Theologj
P. T. Duilrftni.
President Southern Industrial Insti
tute —J. A. Baldwin.
Greensboro District.
NY. F. NVomhlo. presiding elder.
Asliobcro —NY. H. NYillis.
Coleridge-—J. H. Brendall
.> Deep River—O. P. Koutli.
Gibsonville—A. H. NN liisner.
Greensboro-Betiiel —J. N\ . ivennedj.
Carraway Memorial—T. V. Crouse.
Centenary—li- G. Tattle.
THE CONCORD TIMES
Glen wood—W. A. Barber.
Park Place —L. B. Hayes, J. %P. Can
ning, supernumerary.
Spring Garden —G. T. Bond, .J. NY.
Ling, supernumerary.
NValnut St. —NV. T. Albright.
NYest Marget—J. H. Barnliardt.
East Gi-eensboro —A. Burgess.
NVest Greensboro—E. E.. Williamson.
High Point-EaVt End —E. J. Harbison.
Highland—ll. NV. Howard.
Main Street .7. Rogers.
NVesley Memorial —IT. I\. Mei,arty.
Jaraestown-Oakdale —J. E. NVomach.
Liberty—A. L. Lucav.
New Hope—J. A. Howell.
Pleasant Garden—J. NY. Hoyle. Jr.
Ramseur-Franklinville —NV. h. Scott.
Randlemau—A. G. Loftin.
Randolph—J. IT. NYoosle.v.
Reidsville—M. F. Moores.
Ruffin —H. F. Starr, supply.
Cwharrie —G. NY. Clay.
Wentworth—C. I‘. Goode.
President Greensboro College—S. 11.
Turrentine. r ,
Treasurer—Greensboro* College— : NY. M.
Curtis.
Book Editor aityl Editor Methodist
Quarterly Review—G. T. Rowe.
Editor N. C. Christian Advocate—A.
NY. Plyler.
Marion District.
Z. Paris, presiding elder.
Bald Creek—J. D. Platt, supply.
Bostic—L. L. Smith.
Broad River —Elmer Simpson.
Burnsville—J. 71. Tabor.
Cliffside—J. C. Kenver.
Cross Mill—J. J. Gray.
Forest City—Parker Holmes.
Gilkey—J. C. Postelle.
Glen Alpim*—R. C. Goforth.
HeuriettejCaroleen—J. P. Hornbuegle.
Marion. First. Church—NY. E. Poovey.
Miron Mills—G. L. Wilkinson.
Marion Circuit—E. D. Ballard.
McDowell ('ircuit—lT. J. Poe.
Nlicaville—H. E. Stinson, supply.
Mill Spring—ll. C. Freeman.
‘Morganton. First Chinch—NY. R.
NVare.
Morganton—J. C. Gentry. J. M. Price,
junior preacher.
Old Fort—G. H. Christenberry.
Old Fort (’ircuit—J. N. NN’ise, supply.
Kutherfordton—J. (). Ervin.
Rutherfordtno College Circuit. — 11. L.
Hoffman.
Spindale—(>. L. Simpson.
Spruce Pine—,T. A. Fry.
Table Rock—NY. J. Hackney.
Conference Evangelist-—R. A. Taylor,
Connelly Springs quarterly 'conference.
Professors Rutherford College—*-J. NV'.
Bennett, R. M. Houss.
Student Boston Cniversity—A. P.
Brantley, Glen Alpiueq uarterly confer*
ence. ' -
Mi-u.it Airy District.
J. 11. West, presiding elder.
Ararat —NY. J. S. NYalker. supply.
Danbury—A. J. Bowlitig. supply.
Dobson —C. C. Totherow. supply.
Draper—NY. R. Jenkins.
Elkin —A. P. Rutledge.
Joncsville—J. J. ITads.
Leaksville—-NY. L. Sherrill.
Madison—J. P. Morris.
Mount Airy, Central —11. K. Boyer.
Rockwood Street —(J. NY. NVilliams.
Mount Airy Circuit—M. (j. Tuttle.
Pilot Mountain —,1. A. Cook.
Rural Hall—R. G. Canada.
Sandy tyidjjc—Orell Lineburger. sup
ply. r s , Hv'o
Saiein-Dak Grove— M. IT. Leftwich,
stiptily.
Spry—(’. N\'. Bowling.
. Stokesdale- —J. H. Capps.
Stoneville-Maymlan—W. M. Wall, sup
ply.
Suhunertield—NY. L. Dawson.
NValnut Cove—J. T. Rutledge.
Vadkinville-i-R. E. Ward.
North IVilkeslwro District.
J. N\’. Williams, presiding elder.
Avery fireuit—M. B. NYoosle.v.
Creston—NY. A. Thomas, supply.
Elk Park—F. NY. Cook.
Holton- — H. R. Cornelius.
Jefferson—J. *L. Reynolds.
Laurel Springs—To be supplied.
Nijrtli NYilkesboro—M. T. Smathers.
Roiida and Roaring River—NV r . .J. Nlil
lec.
Sparta—C. L. McCain.
Todd—T. G. Williams, supply.
NVatauga—P. 11. Brittain,
v NYarrenville.—F. C. NYest.
NVilkesboro—S. M. Needham.
Wilkes circuit—R. K. Brady.
Missionary to .fapan —NY. A. NVilsou.
Secretary lo Appalacltiati Training
Training School —J. M. Dowiuim.
- Jefferson school —E. M. Jon os, Jeffer
son quarterly conference.
Salisbury
T. F. Mai-r. presiding elder.
Albemarle, (Vntral—C. M. Pickens.
P’iist Street—R. A. Swaringen.
Albemarle, circuit—L. H. (H-itfith.
Badin—C. R. Ross.
China Grove—NY. E. llauss.
Concord. Central—NY. A. .Jen’kins.
Epworth—L. A. Falls.
Forest Hill— J. F. Armstrong;
Harmony-—A. C. Tippett.
Kevr Street —<’. R. Allison.
N Yest fi.cd —IT beuezet- M \ ei s.
Comord Circuit —Seymore Taylor.
Gold Hill—W. B. Thompson.
Kannapolis—J. 1-Y Moser.
Landis —J. C. Brown, supply.
Mt. Pleasant—M. A. Osborne.
New London—J. S. Folger.
Norwood-- F. O. Dryman.
Not wood circuit—G. G. Adams.
Salem —It. O. Eller.
Salisbury, First Church —J. F. Kirk.
North Main—-F. J. Stough.
Park Avenue—ll. H. Robbins.
South Main Street —NY. A. Rollins.
Salisbury Circuit—L. T. Cordell.
Spencer. Central—T. P. Jimisou.
East J Silencer. Lona Street —R. C.
Kirk. *
Wood leaf—T. A. Fl.vler.
Ladkin—Y. O. Sutton, supply.
Missionary to Japan—l. L. Shaver.
Shelby jCMstrict.
C. S. Kirkpatrick, presiding elder.
Belmont, Main Street —J. E. Thomp
son: Park Street. A. A. Godfrey.
Belwood—John H. Green.
Bessemer—E, I*. Stahlcj-.
Chei-ryville Station—R. F. Mock.
Cherryville circuit—J. E. B. Houser.
Cramerton —C. I>. Kennerly.
Crouse—J. B. Fitzgerald.
Dallas—A. S. Raper.
Gastonia—Main Street, NV. A. Lam
beth; East End. C. M. Campbell; Frank
lin Aveuue; G. NY. Vick; Trinity. NY. NY.
Heckard : NYest End. D. NV'. Brown;
Maylo, R. L. For bis; C.
Jones.
Goodsouvilie—J. NY. Combs. ,
Kings ‘Mountain—R. M. Hoyle. *
Lincoln ton—NY. B. NYest.
Lincoln Circuit —NY. E. Moretz.
iLow’csville—tl. C. Fortenberry.
Lowtll—li. H. Keuuiugton.
jtfrUE ISLE OF
retribution
|| = ' EDISON MARSHALL
* .W, SATTEST I et.D ©UTri.t,BROw« ecOMPAMy,
1 REGIN HERE TODAY
Nt>d Cornel ts engaged to marry
-if I.enore Harden worth. They are
; = shipwrecked and with Bess Gilbert
r§ they take refuge on an island occu
% pled by a brute named Doomsdorf
Jf and his Indian wife. Ned and the
3= girls are made prisoners by the
13 master of the island and he telle
;§ them they are to be his slaves.
S Lenore is too weak to work, so
|= Be3s and Ned take up the burden.
|| Doomsdorf announces that "he means
H= to make his prisoners do his winter
trapping. They - are permitted to
= build themselves a cabin and
== Doomsdorf gives them an old stove.
II After the cabin is finished Lenore
3 is permitted to remain and help the
g squaw with the housework, but Bess
and Ned are started on different
2 routes to trap for their mnster.
I NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
g The beaver was of course not
II frozen; and the skin stripped off
H easily under the little, sawing strokes
H of his skinning knife. He was rather
H surprised at its size. It oiT
H nearly round, and it would stretch
s fully thirty-two Inches in diameter.
== Washing it carefully, he put it over
H ' his back and started on.
Other traps yielded pelts In his
§g long day's march,
ff Tired out, barely able to stand
M erect, yet wholly content with hte
s day’s catch, Ned made the cahin in
3 the twilight, built his fire, and cooked
H his meager supper. After supper he
skinned out such little animals as be
|J had not taken time to skin on the
3 trail, flekhed and stretched his pelts.
H then hung them up to dry. He was
§f almost too tired to remove his we;
El garments when the work was done
ff He hardly remembered drawing the
3 blankets over him.
s§ But in spite of the hardship, the
§§ wrack of cold, the fatigue that crept
ff upon him like a dreadful sickness,
g Ned had many moments of compara
f| tivo pleasure. One of these mo
= ments, seemingly yielding him much
=§ more delight than the occasion war
f= ranted, occurred at the end of the
y| second day of actual trapping.
-5 This day’s march had taken him to
H the Forks cabin; and there, as twi
ll light drew about him, he was
p amazed to hear the nearing sound
j§§ of-footsteps in the snow. Some one
=§ was coming laboriously toward him,
H with the slow, dragging tread of
If deep fatigue.
§t It was Bess, of course. At this
g point their lines, coincided. It was
H her third stop, and since she had
f§ left the home cabin a day ahead of
f| him, she was perfectly on schedule.
H He could .hardly explain the delight
if that flashed through him at the
s sight of her. In this loneliness and
H silence mere human companionship
s was blessing enough.
His appearance in the doorway
2 was not a surprise to Bess. She had
H counted the days carefully, and she
3 knew his schedule would bring him
H here. But now she was too near
ff dead with fatigue to give. him more
5 than a smile. A
§1 With scarcely a word he lifted her
3 to the cot, covered her with a blan
-3 ket, and In spite of her protests,
f§ went spefedily about the work of
|§ cooking her supper.
H They had a quiet hour of talk be
p fore he drew the blankets about her
2 shoulders and left her to drift away
Hj in sleep. He was unexplainably ex
§§ ultant; light-hearted for all this
H dread waste that surrounded him.
3 This little hut of logs home, to
ll night. The cold could not come in;
H the wind would glamor at the roof in
ff vain.
H He did her work for her tonight.
§2 He skinned the smaller animals she
3 had brought in, then fleshed and
§§ stretched all the pelts she had taken.
H After preparing his own skins, he
p made a hard bed for himself on the
H floor of the hut.
§§ It was with real regret that they
p took different ways in the dawn.
McAdenville—D. I*. Grant.
Mount Holly—(>. I’. A dorr G. E. lioa
zellc, junior preacher.
Polkville—E. M. Avett.
Rock Spring—H. C. Byrum.
Shelby, Central —A. Ij. Stanford: La
fayette .1. \V. Ingle.
Shelby Circuit—Beverly Wilson.
South Ford —.1. N. Randall.
Stanley-—Albert Sherrill.
District.
Alexander—A. It. 8011.
Balls Creek—T. W. Hager.
Catawba—A. C. Kennedy.
Cool Springs—J. E. M»*Swain.
Davidson—it. 1.. Foster.
Dudley Shoals—J. M. Barber.
Elmwood—J). A. Lewis.
Granite Falls—X. C. Williams.
Hickory, First Church—ll. H. Jordan :
West view—J. It. Walker.
Iliddenite—l >. A. Oakley.
Hudson—M. 11. Tuttle.
Huntersville —To be supplied.
Lenoir—First Church—T\ W. Tucker;
South Lenoir—J. E. Hipp.
Maiden —Ira Erwin.
Moorosville. Central—L. B. Aberne
tliy; Broad Street —G. W. FinfeT. Jones
Memorial—l. L. Roberts, supply.
Mooresville Circuit—D. I*. Walters.
Mount Zion—J. 11. Brady.
Newton —W. B. Shinn.
Oliu—-W. N. Until burn.
It hod hiss—To be supplied.
Statesville. Broad Street—J, \V.
Moore. Race Street—E. W. Fox.
Statesville Circuit—R. L. Melton.
Shepherds—Fred A. Price. "
Stony Point—T. E. Wagg.
Troutman Station —J. A. Peeler.
Student Trinity College—Robert M.
Stafford. Mooresville. Central.
Conference Educational Secretary — XV.
U. Goode.
Way uesviile Dutrict.
K. S. Howie, presiding elder.
Andrews —D. K. Protit.
Bryson City Circuit—J. A. Sharpe.
Bethel—J. B. Green.
Ned's last office was to prepare
kindling for her use on her next
visit to the cabin four days hence —
hardly realizing that he was learning
a little trick of the woodsman’s trade
that would stand him in good stead
in many a dreadful twilight to come.
The trails of these two trappers
often crossed, in the weeks to come.
They kept close track of each other’s
schedules, and they soon worked out
a system whereby they could meet
at the Forks cabin at almost every
circuit.
No longer did Ned go about his
work in the flimsy clothes of the
city. Out of the pelts he had dried
Bess helped to make him garments
and moccasins as warm ajid service
able as her own, supplied through
an unexpected burst of generosity
on Doornsdorf’s part soon after their
arrival on the island. They brought
their hardest problems to the Forks
cabin and solved them together.
Day after day the snow sifted
down, ever laying a deeper covering
over the island, bending down the
limbs or the strong trees, obscuring
all things under this cold infinity of
jP yvvC*
>UEX MAJ> A yUIET HOUR OF'
TALK.
white. The traps bad to be labori
ously dug out and reset, again and
again.
When the skies cleared, an un
dreamed degree o! cold took posses
sion of the land. The fingers froze
in the instant that the fur gloves
were removed, and the hottest fires
could hardly warm the cabins. And
on these clear, bitter nights the
Northern Lights were ah ineffable
glory in the sky.
bodies built up to endure
even such hardship as this. The
fact that the snow at last packed
was a factor, too: they were able
to skim over the white crust at a
pace even faster than the best time
they had made in early fall.
The result was that at last the
companionship between Bess and
Ned, forgotten in the dread horror of
the early winter months, was re
vived. Again they had pleasant
hours about the stove at the Forks
cabin, sometimes working at pelts,
sometimes even enjoying the un
heard-of luxury of a few minutes of
idleness.
Very naturally, and scarcely
aware of the fact themselves, they
had come to be the best of com
panions.
Ned’s hours with Lenore, how
ever, gave him less satisfaction than
they had at first. She somehow
failed to understand what he had
been through.
Slowly, by the school of hardship,
and conquest over hardship, Ned Cor
net was winning a new self-mastery,
a new self-confidence to take the
place of the self-conceit that had
brought him to disaster. But the
first real moment ox wakening was
Canton —A. E. Ayeoek.
Cullowhee Circuit —A. W. Lynch.
Del I wood—J. G. W. Holloway.
Franklin —W. M. Smith.
Franklin Circuit— K. A. Truett.
Fines Creek—A. A. Summers, supply.
Glen ville—'To be supplied.
HayesvilLe—F. J.. Setzer.
Haywood—P. L. Terrell.
Highlands—To be supplied.
Hiawassee —T. L. Noble, supply.
Jonathan —K. K. Whitten.
Judsou —T. G. Smith, supply.
I.ake Junaluska —ty. B. Clegg.
Macon —Van I». Harrison.
Murphy—D. H. Reinhart.
Murphy Circuit —C. E. Steadman.
Itobbinsville —E. A. Blanton, supply.
Sylva—O. J. Jones.
Waynesvi 11 e—T. J. Maugum.
Webster Circuit—C. S. PJyler. supply.
Whittier Circuit—H. A. Bryans, sup
ply- 1
William Korubucgle, junior preacher,
supply.
Wiuston-Sainn District.
XV. A. Newell, presiding elder.
Advance—J. M. Varner.
Cooleemee—P. L. Shore.
Davidson —It. F. Honeycutt.
Davie—Jim Green.
Denton-—S. F. Barber.
Farmington-*—*C. M. McKinney.
Forsyth—John Okie.
Hanes —Gleinmons —J. C. Cornett.
Kerucrsvilie —E. O. Cole.
Lewisville —/. W. Vestal.
Lexington. First Church—W. L.
Hutchins.
Erlaijger—R. A. Smith.
Linwood —-J. W. Campbell.
t Mockaville —A. C. Swafford.
Oak Jlulge—W. G. McFarland.
Thomasville. Main Street— A. C. Gibbs.
Trinity—.!>■. U. Church.
Thouiasvjlle Circuit—T. B. Johnson.
Walkerfowu —H. G. AJlcn.
Welcome— J. W Fitzgerald.
Wiueton-Saiem, Burkhcad —J s
PAGE SEVEN
also one of peril—on the trapping
trail one clear afternoon toward the
bitter close of January.
He had been quietly following that
portion of the trap line that followed
the timber belt between the Twelve-
Mile cabin and Forks cabin, and the
blazed trail had led him into the
depths of a heavy thicket of yoang
spruce. He had never felt more se
cure. The only hint of danger that
the Red Gods afforded him did not
half penetrate his consciousness and
did not in the least call him from his
pleasant fancies. It was only a
glimpse of green where the snow had
been shaken from a compact litUft
group of sapling spruce just beslder
one of his sets. Likely the wind had
caught the little trees just right;
perhaps some unfortunate little fur
bearer, a mkrten perhaps, or a fisher,
had sprung back and forth among
the little trees in an effort to free
himself from the trap. He walked
up quietly, located the tree to which
the trap chain was attached, bent
and started to draw the trap from
the small, dense thicket whence
some creature had dragged it. He
was only casually interested in what
manner of poor, frozen creature
would be revealed between the steel
jaws. The beauty of the day bad
wholly taken his mind from hia
work.
One moment, and the forest was
asleep about him; the little trees
looked sadly burdened with their
loads of snow. The next, and the
man was hurled to the ground by a
savage, snarling thing that leaped
from the covert like the snow demon
it was; and white, gleaming fangs
were flashing toward his throat.
XXII
EXCEPT for the impediment of
the trap on the creature’s foot,
there would have been but one
blow to that battle In the snow.
White fangs would have gone home
where they were aimed, and all of
Ned Cornet’s problems would have
been simply and promptly solved.
This was not some little fur-bearer,
helpless in the trap. It was no lees a
creature than that great terror of
the snow, a full-grown Arctic wolf,
almost as white as the drifts he
hunted through. Only the spruce
trees knew how this fierce and cun
ning hunter came to snare his foot
in the jaws of a marten trap.* No*
could any sensible explanation be
made why the great wolf did not
break the chain p*ith one lunge of
his powerful, body, Instead of slink
ing into the coverts and waiting de-
The ways of the wild
quite often fail of any kind
of ah explanation; and it ts a bold
woodsman who will say tthat'. aqy
particular creature will do under apy
particular condition. When he saw
Ned s body within leaping range, he
knew the desperate impulse to fight.
The chain of the trap broke like a
spring as he leaped. The steel leash
that is often used to restrain a savage
dog would have broken no less quick
ly*. There was no visible recoil;
what little resistance these was
seemingly did not in the least retard
the blow. It did, however, affect its
accuracy. That fact alone saved Ned
from instant death.
But as the wolf lunged toward
him to complete his work—after tho
manner of some of the beasts of prey
when they fail to kill at the first, leap
—an inner man of might seemed to
waken in Ned’s prone body. A great
force came to life within Him. Ha
lunged upward and met the wolf In
the teeth.
A great surge of strength, seem
ingly without physical limitation,
poured through him. In one great
Jjound he overcame the deadly handi
cap of his own prone position, spring
ing up with terrible, reaching,
snatching hands and clasping arms.
Some way, he did not know how, he
hurled that hundred pounds of living
steel from bis body before the white
fangs could go home.
But there was not an instant's
pause. Desperate with fury, the
wolf sprang in again— a long, white
streak almost too fast for the eye to
follow. But he did not find Ned at a
disadvantage now. The man
wrenched to one side to hurl the
creature away, but he had already
caught hia balance and had braced
to meet the second onslaught
(Continued in Our Next lama)
Centenary—Z. E. Barnlumll.
Centra] Terrace—J. A. J. Farrington.
Grace—J. P. Hipps.
Green Street —G. A. Stamper.
,(>bguin Manorial —noo. B. Clcmunr.
West End —It. 11. Daugherty.
Conference Missionary Secretary—lt.
M. Court m>y.
Missionary Evangelist— P. E. Parker.
Superintendent Childrens Home—C.
A. Wood.
Squire I’uryear.
The Fplifl.
The geuitle spirit of Henry Shepard
Puiyear took its eternal flight at 8:30,
Tuesday morning. October Kith, 1023,
having to his credit in the flesh eighty
two years, six months and live days. A
mast honorable' citizen lias fallen; and
hi« passing is a source of great|sorrow to
scores of lmndreels, who enjoyed his
friendship and esteemed him.
A gallant soldier of the War Between
t!ie State’s, u brilliant scholar, an able
lawyer, a soul-of-hoiior citizeu of the
strictest integrity, a delightful coinpan
ion. an exalted example of true democra
cy and a man with chflddike faith and
trust in the goodnesd anel mercy of tin*
God of the universe. This feebly tells
the story of the outstanding qualities of
heart and mind of “Squire Hal Puryi ar,”
whom we all mourn.
Devoted to his friends, blind to the
frailties of his acquaintances and just in
hi« estimate of all. Mr. PuryeirV chief
glory, as a representative of the old
school, was his exalted esteem of noble
womanhood and his beautiful love for
childhood.
Again, another one of the choicest
spirits of the community and a brave
Confederate soldier, passionately true to
its every memory, has crossed the rives.
. f
Mr. Halbert Webb returned the first
of the week to istate College, after spe< d
ing several days here with It is patents,
Prof, and Mrs. A. 8. \Vebb.
Hiatt.