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Old Fashion Partisan Debate on One
Year of Democratic Rule in the
United States Senate.
Washington, March 6.—An old
iashioned partisan debate on one
year of Democratic rale today al
mo t completely sidetracked con
sideration of the woman suffrage
constitutional amendment in .the
Senate. Senator Works hurled
a broadside of criticism at the
Administration's record, while
Senator Simmons, chairman of
the Finance Committee, staunch
ly defended his party's legislative
cateer. He drew Irom Senator
Smoor a counter attack on his
tar.if remarks, the Utah Senator
basing his statements largely on
treasury statistics.
The arraignment of Democrat
ic rule by Senator Works, Repub
lican of California, culmim t id in
an attack on its Mexican policy
as hopeless. Senator Simmons
avoided stirring up this delicate
matter by limiting his reply to
legislative accomplishments. He
resented particularly the iemar.
that Congress had been d prive ;
of its function by Executive GIC
tation and caucus rule.
"There was a time when cau
cuses defeated the wiii of the
people." said Senator Simmons,
"but that was when Wall Street
and special interests controlled
them. Tne greatest achievement
ofWooJrow Wilson lies in the
fact that he has restored repre
sentative government in thiscoun
try; tiat he has taken the Gov
ernm3nt out of the hands of those
speci ii interests and laid it once
more in the hands of the people;
and that the people rule not only
at tne ballot box but in the Uni
ted States Senate."
S -nator Simmons suggested
tha: Senator Works' statement
abo it the American markets hav
ing been turned over to foreign
countries was an exaggeration
due to a disappointment on his
part that the lemon and the raisin
industries of California had not
been given a prohibitive duty in
the Democratic tariff bill. He
insisted the California Senator
had overlooked something in
stating in one breath that the
cattle, wheat, lemon an raisin in
dustries had been turned over to
foreigners and in the next that
there had been no reduction in
the price of these articles.
The Democratic party expected
there would be a falling off of
duties under its tariff iaw, the
Senator said, adding:
"We intend to relieve the peo
ple from the high taxes of the
Republican rule."
Turning to the Repulican side
of the chamber, Senator Simmons
declared that the only importa
tion that was injuring American
labor was the admission into this
country of ignorant foreigners in
response to the demand of Amer
ican manufacturers who had for
years appealed to Congress for
high protective duties to enable
them to "keep up the American
Btandard of wages."
He defended the currency bill,
stating that it had met general
favor, particularly with country
banks that had felt the "enslaving
grasp of Wall Street pirates."
Emphatic disapproval of the
Administration, the legislation it
has passed and of what he called
the "coercion used by President
Wilson to compel action by Con
gress'' was voiced by Senator
Works, in delivering what he
termed a "friendly review of the
achievements of the executive
and legislative branches of the
Government in the 'one >ear of
Democratic rule.' "
. The Senator reviewed the tar
iff bill and charged that but for
the "coercion used by the Presi
dent upon Congress it never
Would have passed."
Referring to the Panama Canal
tolls question Senator Works said
the people who believe in the
granting of free tolls for Ameri
can coastwise ships, will want
6ome good reason for this change
of front on the part of the Dem
ocratic party under the leader-
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ship of the President. "However
if the President is satisfied, for
good and valid reasons, that th«
free tolls clause should be repea 1 -
ed, his advice that it should be
done in spite of tha declaration
of his party to the contrary, does
him credit,* he added. "In such
a case, the President is for once
acting as President of the United
States and not &9 leader of his
party."
The Senator said the tendency
toward parternalism and extra
vagance in the appropriation of
public moneys was a marked
characteristic feature of the Ad
ministration. He declared that
it was evident to everybody that'
the Administration is opposed to j
granting suffrage to the women, i
"but lacks the courage to come
out openly and oppose it.'
Senator Works also sharplv
criticised the Administration's
Mexican policy. "We may be
forced yet," said he. "to inter
vene in some form in Mexico. If
we do, it should not be for the
aggrandizement of our country,
but in the interest of the Mexican
people, others resident there, the
restoration of peace and the es
tablishment of a stable govern
ment."
To speak of the relations of the
United States with Mexico, Sena
tor Works insisted was an un
pleasant task.
"It is a dark page in our his
tory," he continued: "for three
long years American citizens have
been murdered, their wives and
daughters outraged, their homes
pillaged and their property de
stroyed, and this Administration
has done nothing more than en
ter occasional mild protests and
submissive appeals, and to whom?
; To Huerta, whose Government
j we had refused to recognize and
who, according to our view, had
no power nor authority to act, to
Villa, not recognized as a belli
gerent, not even a soldier, but a
brigand and murderer of inno
i cent people; to Carranza, a weak
ling dominated bv Villa, and
; equally without authority."
Senator Works outlined the
events in the history of Mexico
leading up to the present diffi
culties and the refusal of this
1 Government to recognize Huerta
after the assassination of Madero
' "doubtless by Huerta, who suc
! ceeded him, or with his know
ledge and oonnivande. After the
1 withdrawal of Ambassador Wil
; son from Mexico," Senator Works
declared, referring to the send
ing of John Lind to Mexico City,
| "there commenced a series of
conduct of a kind wholly un
-1 known to diplomacy and so ab
surd as to make us ridiculous at
home and aboard.
1 "At last a prominent British
subject was brutally murdered
! by Villa or by his orders. Public
' indignation ran high, but the
State Department maintained its
; usual degree of composure, Ido
1 not know why the Imurder of a
1 cit zen of Great Britian has creat
' ed more feeling than the assassi
' nation of hundreds of our own
■ people, except that we have as
' sumed to be the protector of the
1 citizens and subjects of all other
nations and insisted that such
Nations should leave this duty
and responsibility to us.
"The poor widow asked for the
> body of her dead husband, buried
on Mexican soil. What did our
> Government do to secure this
» right? It humbly petitioned Villa,
I the murderer,to allow his remains
t to be removed.
' What should the Government
" have done in the case? Just what
- it should have done for one of its
5 own citizens**-sent our soldiers
1 into Mexico and brought out the
| body."
The Guilford Creamerv Com*
r pany, recently organized at
Greensboro, will be opened up for
r business by April 1. The cream
ery will be in charge of J. A.
1 Hornaday of Liberty.
i -
George W. Vanderbilt owner
■ of the Biltmore estates near
f- Asheville, died in Washington,
e D. C., Friday; He was born
l * November 14, 1863, and was the
'* youngest son of the late William
= H, Vanderbilt.
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HICKORY. N. C.. THURSDAY. MARCH 12. 1914
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE.
Between Hickory, Lenoir and Mor
ganton March 20.
The triangular debate between
the high schools of Hickory,
Lenoir and Morganton will take
place March 20. The query for
these debates is, "Resolved that
the Constitution of North Caro
lina should be so amended as to
allow the Initiative and Referen
dum in State-wide legislation."
Each school will furnish two
teams, one to uphold the affirma
tive at home, and the other to
argue for the negative awav.
i Hickory will debate with Mor-
Iganton at Hickorv. and with
! Lenoir at Lenoir.
The affirmative team of the
Hickorv school is composed of
Theodore Ingram and Oscar
Deaton, with Ewart Huffman as
substitute speaker. The nega
tive team which will go to Le
noir is composed of Henry Men
zies and Bonner Knox.
The debate will be held in the
graded school auditorium, and a
small admission will be charged
in order to defray the expenses
of the visiting team.
Col. D. C. Pearson Dead.
Morganton, March B.—Col. D,
C. Pearson, of this place, passed
away here this morning at 7
o'clock following an il!ness of
Bright's disease. Though his
death had been expected for
several days, it will be learned
by his friends and relatives with
much sorrow.
He had been confined to his
home for the past six months,
and a great part of that time he
| had been tmable to speak on ac
count of paralysis. He had
passed his 72nd birthday.
Colonel Pearson, as he was
known by his associates, was one
of the most prominent and in
fluential men of Morganton, well
known by every man in the
county, and widely known
throughout the state.
He served as a Confedei ate
soldier during the war, and after
I the war he made Morganton his
home. During the Roosevelt ad
ministration he was postmaster
of .this place, and filled the posi
tion in a most creditable manner.
—:
Electrocuted Friday,
R. W. Cobb paid the death
penalty, Friday morning in the
electnc chair at Raleigh for the
murder of Thomas Shaw, a coun
try merchant in Halifax county.
The electrocution was at 10.30
o'clock after Cobb had written a
long confession addressed to
Governor Craig. The confession
also implicated Henry Gurkin, It
was to the effect that he had no
thought of committing murder
when he went to Shaw's house
and sat on the porch to await
his coming from the store with
the cash receipts of the store for
the day. He did intend to get
away with the money, which was
about S4OO. He also claimed
that when he ordered Shaw to
hold up his hands and Shaw ad*
vanced on him he thought he
saw a revolver gleaming in his
hand and that he fired really to
save his own life. Cobb fired
the fatal shot and ran without
getting the money he was after.
Resolutions ot Respect.
In his infinite wisdom the
Great Spirit of the Universe has
seen fit to call from the trail m
the forest of life our brother,
W. C. Keever.
No more will his voice be
heard around our council fires.
No more will he follow the hunt
in the land of his fathers. No
more will he be seen in the
haunts of the paleface nor the
tepees of his red brothers.
He has, we trust, paddled his
canoe safely into that undiscov
ered country from whose bourne
no traveller returns, into the
, Happy Hunting Grounds where
the council fires are never
quenched. Therefore be it Re
solved:
1 Ist. That in Brother Keever
the tribe has lost an esteemed
and much loved brother and the
Order a valuable member.
2nd. That we cherish his mem
* ory, strive to emulate his virtues
and bow with humble submission
to the will of the Manitau who
1 doeth all things well.
3rd. That to the bereaved
[ family we extend the svmpathy
of the tribe and of the Improved
Order of Red Men.
' 4th. That a copy of these res
-3 olutions be filed with the speak
-7 ing leaves of the tribe one sent
j to the family, and one to each ol
: the city papers,
c J. E. Hodges
5 G, A. Craig
Z. B. Buchanan, Com.
r Umatilla Tribe No. 34 Improved
' Order of Red Men.
j Hickory, N. C., March 9,1914,
I 1H SOClfll CIBOES~
March 4, the Hickory Book
. Club met with Mrs. Belie Ram
say. Very animated discussion
' of books followed quotations
from them at roll-call, diverse
opinions giving spice. The book
of the day was Within the
Law", by Marvin Dana, one,
which has the unique distinction!
of being written from the play
instead of as usual, vice versa.
Mrs. Ramsay gave a profitable
as well as pleasant criticism of
the book, explaining its purpose,
namely: the betterment of the
jury system and the improving
of shop- girls' means of supports. J
One of the interesting subjects
of current events was the dis
covery of "Steering by Wire
less." Rosy-candlelight, snowy
hyacinths, pictures of characters
from "Within the Law" for
place-cards welcomed to the din
ing-table, where delicious re
freshments emphasized the
social enjoyment. The next
meeting will be Mareh 18 with
Mrs. A. A. Shuford, jr,
March 5, Mrs. W. B. Menzies
was hostess of the Travellers'
Club. The seven visitors pres
ent were Rev. E. B. Heald, the
guest of honor, Mrs. Heald, Mrs.
E. B. Menzies, Mrs. John Hut
ton of Mich, Mrs. Geo. Bailey'
an ex-member, Mrs. McGili and
Mrs. Robert Love. Quotations
were from Landor. Miss Essie
Seagle opened the programme
with an able article on "The
Church of Santa Croce." Mrs.
W. B. Menzies then gave on the
piano with beautiful effects of
light and shade the Cujus Ani
mara," the great tenor solo, often
called the March of Rossini's
"Stabat Mater." One of the
events in the Club's history was
Rev. E. E. Heald's presentation
of the next subject, "St. Fran
cis of Absisi". Profound ad
miration for this wonderful char
acter, depicted with loving en
thusiasm called forth deep ap
preciation and the 'joy -that all
must feel in the contemplation
of such remarkable goqftoea*. "a
simple, living iilusUlwnof the
mind of Jesus/' Mrs. Murphy
gave pleasure by singing Tosti's
Venetian Boat-Sonar." Mrs. E.
B. Menzies read "St. Francis'
Sermon," by Longfellow. This
was followed by Mrs. G. N. Hut
ton's skilful rendering of Spin
tiler's arrangement of the
famous quartette from "Rig
oletto." Mrs. E. B. Cline closed
the program by reading 'The
Little Crow of Paradise," by J.
H. Pearce. Current events and
dainty refreshments brought to
close an evening of unusual
pleasure and profit.
The Round Dozen Book Club
met March 4 with Mrs. F. B.
Ingold with every member
present except Mesdames Elliott
and Allen who were out of town.
The book for the afternoon was
A Song of Sixpence," by Freder
ick Arnold Keummer, who, by
' the way, is a cousin of Mrs. In
-1 gold. She read a very interest
ing letter from the author and
gave "little bits" about him and
his books which were enjoyed
more than the usual newspaper
clppings. She also read a story,
a continuation of "The Walden
Avenue Mother's Club," which
 we read at last meeting. After
> current news Misses Margaret
and Constance Bost assisted the
. hostess in serving a delicious
luncheon. Mrs. Super and Mas
i ter Bernard Ingold were guests.
. The next meeting will be with
t Mrs. H. M. Doll.
>
I
! The Thursday Study Chib was
entertained March 9, by Miss
i Mayce Black welder. Current
. events were given at roll-call,
t The readings, "A Low-Land
» Lake-Valley," "Matterborn" and
s "The Rosegg and Bernina Val
r leys" were given by Mrs. Roy
. Abernethy, Mrs. C. C. Bost and
Mrs. Harte, After adjournment
r to meet next with Mrs. Worth
I Elliott, dainty refreshments in
s two courses were served. Mrs.
J. B. Gibbs assisting the hostess.
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LENOIR COLLEGE NOrES.
Anniversary Debate Monday, Marchj
16 at 8 O'clock.
The public has always shown a
great deal of interest by attend
ing the exercises at Lenoir Col
lege. The chief features of the
year are the Society Anniversar
ies. The debates are on some
live question of public concern.
For the last few years govern
ment questions have been discus
sed, such as pertain to the pass
ing of laws and taxation. In
order to have a change, the
speakers for the Euronian Anni
versary have selected a new sub
ject, one which is of interest to
j everybody, especially to the
i schools. College acbletics have
for some time been a cause of
much agitation. In order that
the public may better understand
the real situation, the subject has
been thoroughly studied, and will
be debated here in the college
auditorium next Monday night.
The exercise will be of a high
order throughout A program
is here printed so that the public
may know what to expect.
The Program is as follows:
Address of Welcome—W. L,
Taylor.
Music by Orchestra.
Oration—"The Modern Hero"
—J. A, Frye.
Music.
Debate-Query,"Resolved that
Intercollegiate Athletics Should
be Abolished."
Affirmative—N. D. Yount, S.
W. Hawn.
Negative—J. L. Deaton, C. N.
Yount.
Western Editor's Report of a Mar
riage Ceremony.
A Western editor, who believes
in telling the truth, printed the
following, says an exchange:
"Willie Shortdike and Annie t
Bloomers |were married at the
church last evening. Tht
church was very prettily decora
ted with flowers and potted
plants, borrowed promiscuously
over town from people who didn't
want to lend them. The decora
ting was done under protest by
some of the members of the
chutch, who were asked to do so
by bride and couldn't well refuse.
The ladies are of opinion that if
the couple were so bent on hav
ing a stylish wedding they should
have been willing to have paid
some one to chase all over the
town for a day getting flowers
together and then taking them
home again.
The bride wore a handsome
Paris gown (made at home,) and
the groom was decked in $lO
hand-me-down, borrowed for the
occasion. Sallie Potts was maid
of honor, and the consensus of
opinion was that 3he was two to
one better than the bride. The
young couple took the morning
tram for St Louis, where they
' will spend more money in a few
days than Willie can earn in three
months.
i "Willie says that now he's mar
ried he's going to settle down.
Some of our merchants think it
would haye been better if he had
settled up first. The groom gets
1 a salary of $27 a month which is
, about the allowance Annie has
been used to for pin money. We
• wish for Willie's sake, that the
, old saying that it takes no more
t to support two than one wasn't a
i lie.
"The bride sent us a shoe box
; full of a conglomeration of stuff
i supposed to be cake. If this be
\ a sample of Annie's cooking *we
• feel sorry for W illie. Our jani
, tor's dog fell heir to the c?ke,
i and now he is lying in the cold,
old ground. But this is none of
our funeral. If Willie and Annie
are satisfied, we got no kick com
-1 ing."
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l
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in their drug store by papering
the room, and have fixed one of
the prettiest ice cream parlors to
be found any where in the State,
This is arranged with show
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L mirrors on the wall which makes
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Democrat and Press, Consolidated 1905
Claremont College Notes. J
! The anniversary of the Colum
i bian Literary Society will be held'
on Monday night, March 16. An
I interesting programme is being
prepared. The public is most
cordially invited to attend.
Miss Anna Haitman, member
of the senior class, who was call
ed home sometime ago on ac
count of the death of her father,
has returned to school and taken
up her work.
Tests for the third quarter
have been held and the reports
will be sent out this week.
At the coming commencement
the alumnae association will
have one evening. An interest
ing program will be prepared.
Mrs. Em mitt Fisher, of East Flat
Rock, is the president, and is en
thusiastic over the proposed
meeting. Mrs, Lester Russell is
the vice president and Miss Mar
garet Ingold Bost is the secre
tary.
Work is being done on the copy
for the new catalogue which will
be ready for the printers soon.
Some important changes will be
made. The course of study is
being rearranged and the stan
dard raised. When completed it
will be the best that can be of
fered for the work which Clare
mont expects to do. Mrs, Nel
son, who recently came from the
University of Missouri, is,, chair
man of the committee and with
the assistance of Misses Sour
beer and De Grange is giving
much time to this work.
Miss Elizabeth Perkins Hol
brook, of the Music school, will
give her graduating recital in
piano on thenight of April 6.
Claremont is justly proud of
Miss Holbrook as her entire edu
cation, literary and musical has
been received at this institution.
The class in Domestic Art is
enthusiastic over the work being
done. The young ladies have
I learned to make dresses and at
the coming Commencement hope
to wear gowns made by their
own hands.
One of the interesting places
about the college is the art room.
It is possible that Hickory dees
not really know the superior
work being done in this depart
ment. China Painting seems io
be the most popular with the
girls and the work done is the
very best.
Orphans' Singing Class.
In the summer of 1873 there
could be seen winding its way
over the public roads of Gran
ville and adjoining counties a
very robust man with a wagon
full of children. This was Mr.
John H. Mills with a group of
children from the Oxford
Orphan Asylum* This constitu
ted the first Singing Class from
this Institution. It was the be
ginning of a career which has
made the organization one of the
most widely known in the State.
This Class has also been a means
of stirring the hearts and enlist
ing the sympathies and co-opera
tion of the citizenship of the
State in the Orphanage work.
This Class makes a tour of the
State each year, touching nearly
every countv and most of the
towns. Because of the character
of the work and the merits of
the concerts it has grown in fa*
vor with the people more and
more each year.
The Class has just started out
from Oxford on its first or Morth
Eastern trip for this Spring.
During the Summer the time
will be spent, for the most part,
in the Western section of the
State. Later in the fall the trip
will be made through the South
Eastern section of the State.
The Class is starting out most
auspiciously this year and we
predict that it will receive even
a more hearty welcome than
ever before
About one-fourth of the whole
of a negro's scalp was mailed at
the Raleigh post office one day
last week. The package was ad
dressed to Barbee & Aycock, Eton
College,N. C., and bore no name
of the sender.
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starting up with terror and grinding of
teeth while asleep —The sallow com
-1 plexiou —The dark circles under the
5 eyes —Are all indications of worms.
' Kickapoo Worm Killer is what your
child needs; it expels the worms, the
cause of the child's unhealthy condi
tion. For the removal of seat, stom
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. effect adds tone to the general system.
- Supplied as a candy confection—chil
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r Guaranteed. Buy a box today. Price
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HfIPFEKINCS IN
MLDWEII COUHTY
H. B. Lingle Dies of Pneumonia—
Walter Allen Gets 12 Months on
the* Roads.
Lenoir Topic, 4fch,
Mr. H. B. Lingle died Monday
morning at 10:15 o'clock at his
home at Hudson, after an illness
of five davs with pneumonia i He
was in Lenoir Thursday and was
taken ill soon after leaving town,
Having had a premonition at the
beginning of his illness that the
end was near, he made due pre
paration for it. His remains were
buried yesterday afternoon at
230 at Sardis church, Hudson,
services conducted by Rev. J. 0.
Fulbright.
Deceased was 36 years of age
and leaves a wife and four child
ren. Four brothers survive;
Messrs. J. M., W. A., J, A., and
D. A. Lingle, all of Hudson; also
four sisters. Mrs. John Freeman,
Mrs. Lary Freeman, Mrs. Jack
Lingle and Mrs. Jones Curtis.
Mr. Lingle was born at Hudson
and spent the greater part of his
life there. He was successful In
business and accumulated a val
uable estate. For hospitality in
his home and honest dealings
with his fellowman, he was well
known.
The cases on the criminal dock
et in Caldwell Superior court last
week which attracted most atten
tion were those against Walter
Poovey, Walter Allen and Charlie
Barnett.
Topic readers will recall that
Walter Poovey killed Pink Ward
at the residence of Mr. Pink
Sherrill in Lovelady township on
the night cf Nov. 26,1910. Young
Poovey, who was then 18 years of
age, escaped into Canada where
he secured a position and remain
ed there until a few months ago,
when he returned to Lenoir and
voluntarily surrendered himself
to Sheriff Triplett, expressing a
desire to stand trial. His case
came up Thursday morning and
the evidence and argument were
completed by 5 o'clock p. m„ Fri
day when the jury took the case,
returning a verdict of not guilty
on Saturday morning. The ver
dict was rendered on the ground
of self defense. In the prosecu
tion Solicitor Thos. M. Newland
was assisted by Messrs. Lawren
ce Wakefield, W.C. Feimsterand
Clarence Whitener. The defense
was represented by Messrs. W,
C. Newland, M. N. Harshaw and
D. L. Russell. Miss Gertrude
Hall, court stenographer, report
ed the case.
The next case of interest was
against Walter Allen for criminal
carelessness m shooting Effie Tea
gue at Rhodhiss on Feb. 21,1914.
Allen, who had spent the night at
the Teague home, was handling his
pistol carelessly in the presence
of the two daughters, when the
pistol went off, the ball striking
Effie Teague below the left eye,
ranging downward through her
neck and shoulder and inflicting
a serious wound. The girl's fa
ther brought suit against Allen,
who was given a sentence of 12
months on the roads.
Charlie Barnett, colored, who
shot Mr. M. I. Cloer in the arm on
Sunday Jan. 11,1914, inflicting a
serious and painful wound, was
tried in two cases, being given 28
months on the roads.
Dr. G. B. McNairy left yester
day for Baltimore and other cities
to visit schools for the feeble
minded, in order that he may se
cure information to assist him in
the management of the Btate in
stitution at Kinston. He will
return to Lenoir before going to
Kinston.
While cutting wood in a for*
est near Shelby last week Mrs.
Mary Dixon, a white woman,
suffered a peculiar death when
the tree which she was felling
twisted on the stump and fell
across her body and broke her
neck. Her husband, WilUam
Dixon, was hauling the wood to
the house and was making a trip
when the accident occurred. No
one saw exactly how it did hap
pen but when Dixon returned to
the forest and found his wife
dead, he calmly lifted the tree
off her body, loaded another
\ load of wood and took it to the
house, where he got some planks
, and returned to haul her home.
r Collector Watts has issued
i what will probably be the last
• liquor stamps issued from the in
• ternal revenue office at States
i ville. They are for the remain
i derofthe N. Glen Wjlliams li
. quor which was stored in ware
houses in the state 'has been
. "tax paid out", the Williama
s liquor being the last to go, and
- for this reason there will be no
. occasion for issuing. liquor
, stamps,