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UY .A3 AIHV, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, Wll
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RECORD SIZE STILLS
Rerenue Officers Geiie Biggest,
Blockade Outfits Reported in!
Great While. Georgia prison commission this
Raleigh, April 8. The biggest' morning recommended to Cover-
, , ,. .... ; i nor Brown that he grant an un-
blockade distillery seizures in .... , , B. ml
uiinivuo u j conditional pardon to Thomas
this State in a great while were , Kdgar stripling, the former po
reported lucre tolay by W. K. 1 lice chief of Danville, Va., who
Merritt. J. K. Cameron and other I killed a man in than state 14
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f fWr nn, heir. a still of 675
,.,. ':., J,;th full pnnin-
e&lU) C1PT y.Jl ?M. lJZZ
meut. seized northwest of Fre
wont, and the otlier a still of
225 gallons capacity within a
short distance of Kinston and in
350 yards of the Norfolk South
ern Railroad,
I he jjremont piani uu ir -
merly been a government still
and seized and sold two years
ago and then stolen from the
government, the off.cers never
having been able to get up with
, . . , i .. '
it again until now, With it was;stancos
full equipment, including a 2,800
gallon mash tub and a 380 gal
lon doubler or condenser. It was
on a 300-acre plantation in a
house built to imitate a tobacco.
barn and had underground steam i
pipe connection with a cotton
gin boiler, some distance away
by which the pbmt was secretly
operated when the gin was run
ning. The plant is on an estate
the executor of which, a brotheF
of the deceased, lives in Fre
mont. All parties now connect-
ed with the place disclaim know-;
ledffe or connection with the
plant
Officers say warrants are to
be issued at once.
The outfit near Kinston was
; Kincf anA rx nanu rtf:beinp introliicwf bv Attompv
whiskey were included along
with big quantities uf beer and
Ull UMWll UUtlViU) VA. '
corn mash. The plant included
a building and an inclosure with
125 hors. 40 cords of wood and
OTtfiTnitiiF. "ThJ3"p'am is
said to have been running for
nearly two years with the know
ledge of people. of that section.
Two negroes were at work there
when the officers came up. One
escaped.
Coca Cola Wins Fight.
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 6.
The case of the government a
gainst "forty barrels and twen
ty kegs of coca cola" was de
cided in favor of the Atlanta
beverage in the Federal court
here this afternoon. In ruling
on a motion for preemptorv in
structions Judge Sanford held
Jhat caffeine Is not an added or
deleterious ingredient of the
beverage. lie overruled the mo
tion Mints relating to the
mLsb...Jing feature of the alle
gation, but counsel for the gov
ernment moved to dismiss, with
out prejudice, the case on these
points. A verdict was returned
in favor of the defense. Feder
al counsel entered a motion of
appeal to the United States cir
cuit court at Cincinnati.
The coca cola case has been
one of the most important ever
tried in the Federal court in the
South and the cost of the liti
gation lias been enormous. It is
said that .t200,000 will not cover
the expenses. Uotli sides have
luxd experts from all sections of
the country, the most eminent
scientists, principally chemists
and physicians. The government
has spared no expense in the ef
fort to prove its contentions and
the coe a cola people have been
equally liberal in securing ex
pert testimony.
It Is Good to Be a Southerner.
We people in America are in
deed the favored of the gods
and none more so than those of
us who live in the South. There
is indeed much to suggest the
idea that here in the South, with
bur rich natural resources, kind
ly climate, democratic ideas, the
absence from us of a fashion
mad, idle-rich class of degener
ates, -iur old-fashioned ideas of
morality, and our growing free
dom from the enervating effects
of intemperance and idleness, we
shall grow leaders who will not
only make the South great but
win leadership in the Nation at
large. And in bringing alout
this result, upon no class does
so much depend as upon those
next to the soil. Clarence Toe,
in Raleigh (N. C.) Progressive
Farmer.
PARDON IS URGED
Giv. gtHT)liT,- T.ihrtv.
Atlanta, Ga., April 7. The
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' rers ao escapeu wnue oe
inK wen to me penitentiary.
Ilk fate now rest with the gov-
ernor. (eager eyes the graceful flights
The petition for clemency was and perfect control of the ma
based on the "unwritten law."jc"e displayed by the aviator.
It was argued by Stripling's at- Mr. Beac.hy's assistants assem
torneys that Cornett had made Med the flying apparatus early
n.l ,.n ..,.,. n u: .1 uia vnstcrdnv morninc nnl n ahfirt
l8iatftr Mrs T IL Dunham, and
; thafc when ghot Cornett
through the w5ndow of the latter
home he diJ it Qu the iinpui(Se
dmjer wnicn any man would
v labored under likp pireum-
ouioutca iu xiuj yiiu aim ma
Affidavits were produced from
Mrs. Stripling and Mrs. Dunbar
to the effect that Cornett had
made improper proposals to both
0f them, and thai shortlv after
Stripling was informed of these
advances, the killing of Cornett 'Better between the judges box
followed. I Bnd the grandstand, on the race
Posed As Christian Martyr, i track, and Mr. Ik-achy had it
Attorneys for the opposition rolleti into the field enclosed by
branded Stripling as "a man tlie track.
vLo. has ped asVa Christian Tue assistants, having previous
martyr, butvho in reality is &'y thoroughly oiled the various
hypocrite of1 the deepest dye'Imrts of the machine, started the
and a red-hawded assassin, wlu
should feel thankful he iroes nn-
hung." i propeller, lhe propeller, anven
Editorial comment from the,by an eight-cylinder, 60-horse
Danville Register played a promi- Power engine, revolves at 3,500
nent part in the hearing, these , revolutions per minute and it
o - . t ,1
Cameron for the', opposition as
showing that sentiment in Dan-
Tille ia not altogether for Strip-!
hnar. as had beeai made to an-
Pear. v. .
wTi$e ' aVEofney aiso" offered" 'as
evidence a letter which he re
ceived from the editor of the
Register, in reply to a query as
to Stripling's standing in Dan
fille and the sentences of the
public regarding his case.
Danville Brought Into Case.
"This letter," said the attor
ney, "declares that few of the
leading citizens of Danville fa
vor Stripling's pardon. And it
states that Judge Aiken, a prom- ,ul 10 !, e rui- fe
ment jurist of Danville, con- lirKt , contact with the ground the
de.uned Stripling's record as 1 njHehme bounded and was car
chief of police and statt'd that ! nod 8,?'(ra,1 ards b.v th(! monlP,n'
even though he should be par
doned, he should not be allowed
to return to Danville." The
statement in the letter that the
men whom Stripling is accused
of shooting while in Danville
were all shot from the rear, was
vigorously attacked by Attorney
Miller, counsel for Stripling, and
lie produced certified copies
the proceedings of the coroner's
inquest which he declared show
ed that the unidentified negro,
shot by Stripling at the hitter's
home was shot in tho top of the
head from an ujwdairs window at
Stripling's home, ami that the
otlier m a n, KeynoUls, whom
Stripling is charged with killing
I . i I i .i
in uauvuie, was sni in un
ne(,k from the front.
The fi"ht i
over the application for clemen
cy was one of the hottest in the
records of the (JcorgLa prison
I tuiiuiun.iivu.
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Speaks Gets Thirty Years.
Greensboro, April 8. dtidgi
Daniels todav sentenced Moses
Speaks, who was yesterday eve
ning convicted of murder in the
Sl'l-ornl rlclTi'i' tn .'() vixirst in tlin
State penitentiary. This was the !
case for the killing of his wife
at High Point about two months
ago. In the case for the murder
of his son-in-law, Will Miller, at
the sajne time, the solicitor took
a nol pros with leave. ,Ind.-
Daniel and Solicitor (lattis will
recommend to the Governor that
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"ttic tin- Mil Wl ( V I (1011 IT
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lutnn to any
Thirty years
otlier prisoners. !
is the maximum
lciiaiLy lor me crime oi murder
. 11 t t
in the second degree. Speaks is
now 46 years old, so he will hanl-
iy live oui ins term.
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In few hours. Its action upon the
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It removes the cause and the disease
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FLYING EXHIBITION
Lincoln Beachy Had Perfect Con
trol and Made Safe Trips.
Greensboro News, Apr. 8.
All those hair-raising, death de
fying stunts in the upper air
were absent yesterday afternoon
at the aviation demonstration
given by Lincoln Beachy at the
fair grounds in bis Curtiss bi
plane. Instead of the large au
dience being excited or fearful
II..., ..1,,. ,..,...1.1 ftl 41.
. mu ju, uc wa-
jorUy of them watched with
e
while after the noon hour the
crowds begun pourmg in eager
to see the queer kite-like ma-
chine, which, though heavier
than air by 700 pounds, could
vet rise from the earth bearing
a man aiul soar like the eagle
far "P m the clouds. By 3::50
o'clock in the afternoon there
were about 1,500 people in the
grounds and Mr. Beachy came
forward and took charge
'lne biplane had been put to-
cn?ine .by getting behind the
aviator s seat ana turning tne
lairly sings as the blades cut
. . . . .
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fed efforts of several men to
kP the machine from leaving
grouiiu
At last all was ready. Mr.
fieahy'tuoTr-ntS- SeaC tuffle'd on
the gasolene, dropped his hands,
his assistants turned the ma
chine loose. It sped gracefully
down the inclined field, while the
crowd held their breath. At a
bout 150 feet from the start Mr.
Beachy tilted his rudder and the
oiplane rose slowly, but steadily,
sailed like an immense bird a-
round the race course at a height
01 ,H,,?U,1 ?w l?n "iea uaca
urn. At tne next contact the
machine ran about 100 feet up
the incline and stopped within
a few yards of where the start
bnd been made.
As the aviator stepped from
his biplane a loud applause was
tendered him from the enthusias
tic and interested spectators,
()ery few of whom had ever seen
the flight of an aeroplane and
to whom the flight of several
minutes at a 4oo-foot altitude
was little short of wonderful.
The second flight was of much
longer duration and at a higher j
altitude than the first. This time
the birdman sailed west of the!
grandstand and was gone sever-j
id minutes. Then circling about:
t'.lt' grounds and making a pretty j
dip, ine aviator again nrougui.
his machine to the starting place.
In alighting the second time
some difficulty was experienced
with the engine that made fur
ther flight during the afternoon
impossible. It had been the in
Mention of Mr. lieachy toper-
form several difficult feats in
front of the grandstand, and,
then, without any warning hit a
l'"e for Winston Salem where j
ne gives a uemonsirauon uus hi - j
ternoon. Owing to the defect in j
his engine, he was unable to;
carry out his original plans and
the machine was dismounted,!
acked in two large boxes and j
will be shipped this morning fori
the fwin-City.
Mairv who saw the two flights
were disappointed. The whole
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thing looked so easy and many
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the whole machine could be 1111
" nvi illicit iiiv -'iv u v
proVpa on an d how oaav it woul d
hc to builJ oue iikethat. To
tlwte, however, who were near
enough to Mrs. Peachy to see
the strained expression on her
faec when Mr. Peachy was in
flight and to see what a look of
relief came over her countenance
when he alighted safely, the
tiling took 011 a different mean
ing.
WANT PARDON REVOKED
Hendersonville Citiieni Infuriat
ed Beyond Endurance By De
fiant Action of Wiley P.
Black, Keeper of Near-Beer
Saloons.
Hendersonville, April 7. In
furiated almost beyond endur
ance by the defiant actions of
Wiley P. Black, keeper of two
notorious near-beer saloons here,
the Law and Order League of
Hendersonville has petitioned
Governor Kitchin to at once re
voke the conditional pardon giv
en Black some months ago and
have him returned to the Bun
combe county chaingang.
On Sunday morning all the
pastors of the different churches
will discuss the matter from their
pulpits, a great mass-meeting of
the people will be held in the
court house on Sunday afternoon
for the same purpose, and when
on Monday morning, the city
council take up the question of
granting Black his revoked li
censes, the same big court room
will be filled with saints and
sinners, lawyers and laymen, all
interested in the outcome of this
noted case.
At an enthusiastic meeting of
the Law and Order League held
in the court house last night,
funds were subscribed and meas
ures adopted looking to the per
manent abatement of Black and
his whiskey selling activities in
Hendersonville. His place have
repeatedly raided by the officers
the most recent resulting in
breaking in the doors of hia two
places of business and the dis
covery of over two hujfv -.bottle
o booze. Tins towntouneil
immediately revoked his licenses
to sell near-bere and during the
week the places have been clos
ed. Black, convicted in Bun
combe county anil sentenced to
the chaingang for selling liquor,
later given a conditional pardon
by Governor Kitchin, has said
there is no power in North Caro
lina to prevent him from selling
whiskey, and at the hearing of
the case next Monday he will be
represented by an all-star cast
of legal talent.
The rehearing of the matter
will be held in the court house,
the council cliamber being inad
equate to hold the great num
ber of citizens who have expreas
od their firm determination to
let nothing interfere with their j
being present. The Law and Or
der League has engaged Mr.
Micliael Sehienck to look after
its interests at this meeting and
the expression may freely be
hejtrd on the streets that Black
must stop his liquor activities
in lleindersonville if one meth
od fails then another will be
adopted. Although this is ordi
narily tlie most law-abiding-town j
m North Carolina, raids by the 1
officers 011 blind tigers here arej
numerous. (Jonvietions have been!
none. Invariably the witness'
swear the booze was given them.
They scorn the suggestion that1
they have paid filthy lucre for
it. It's the same way with the
keepers of the joints. They j
stand, according to their sworn i
testimony, for a great moral;
principle. They do not sell;
mean liquor for a profit perish
the base and unworthy thought!'
In this particular case of Black,'
it is believed that Governor Kit
chin, satisfied with the fact that
great quantities of whiskey have'
been found in his near-beer sa-!
loons, will return Black to the,
gang without waiting for more;
conclusive or more legal proof of'
the allegation that he has been!
violating the laws of the State!
while enjoying the clemency of'
the Chief Executive.
Mother's Morning Prayer.
"Edith, do you say your pray
ers every morning!" asked the
Sunday school teacher.
"No, teacher, I don't pray ev- j
rry m;riiui, uui my mamma
does," said little Edith.
"And what prayer does your
good mamma bay V asked the
teacher.
"She says: 'Oh, Lord, how I
hate to get up.
RECEPTION
Interesting Vi3ita and Visitors
A Drunk Man, a Near Beer
Dealer and a Lawyer.
Lexington Diwpateh.
Wednesday afternoon The Dis
patch office was visited by three
very angry citizens who vented
their rage in language all of it
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heated, much of it disgusting '
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and not a little ef it unprintable.
The first of the triumvirate was
drunk. He had apparently been
on a protracted debauch, judg
ing from th inri:ila tKi!if intnTi.
INVOLUNTARY
BY EDITOR.
. , , , ' ,. ,. !the reason that through inadver
cants had made on his ordinar-L . T . , ....
ily decent appearance. It is
certainly more charitable to as
cribe his appearance, words and
actions to temporary aberration
caused b y over-induleence in'rurt nf tha Stota or,J an ffrt
booze, than to say that he waa'will be made to get an early
"cold sober" Wednesday after- opinion.
noon. This gentleman had beenL The importance of the case can
. , 1 1.1 . . , . 1 be appreciated when the fact is
reported slightly injured in a ' if Judge Danicl.g de.
iigni in a disreputable joint on
Main street.
The second citizen was a near
beer dealer. Two months ago
the Dispatch had reason to roast
the joint operated by this par-
maa LCi iaui u.pcu-, mcrpaseu tne tax rate Z cents on
ings that were a disgrace to ththe $100 valuation for scliool
town. His particular hell hole
has all of the ear marks of a
blind tiger and the Dispatch did
not hesitate to say so. It is a
menace to the welfare of the
town and is doing untold injury
to the boys and young men of
th community. Wednesday af
ternoon the proud i possessor of
this doggery threaU'neti to whip
the Editor of The Dispatch and
when invited to wade in and do
it. that ho xeAA J. racing
catch him outside of ' the city
limits. So, there is a licking iu
store for the Editor when he
gets outside the corporate limits
maybe.
The third irate citizen was a1
lawyer. Just why he should
cnwwe mm, 01 an umes, 10 veni
his rage for a fancied grievance
is hard to say. It certainly look
ed like he was mighty careless
about the company he kept, to:0jtj 4:1 cents ad valorem
say the least of his performance
He followed close on the heels
of the near beer man and his j stitutional the old rate must
was the only part of the sbow;preVail and the State lose . the
that was "worth the money." tWt (.0tji 0n the $1Q0 and 6
The otlier performers were dis- j (.t,,lUs ta. poll. The case, was
gusting. His part of the show I j, on i,timlf of Governor,
was excruciatingly funny and his ( Kitchin bv Assistant Attorney
audience howled with apprecia-i (t.,UTal G h. Jones and Mr. B.
tion. By the time ho opened upjp Dixon appeared for Auditor
there was a large audience pres
cnt including two policemen. He
demanded strenuously, earnestly
and vociferously that his fair
name be kept out of The Dis
patch for ever and ever, and the
Boss Man issued orders on the
spot that the gentleman's cogno
men should never again blacken
the pages of The Dispatch and
it will lc even so. Storms may
sweep over the gentleman's de-1
voted head. Judicial gubcrna
torial, or even presidential light
ening may strike him, but never
a word of it will find its way
into the columns of The Dis
patch. The gentleman may not
know it but he has relegated
himself to oblivion so far as
Davidson county is concerned
ami whatever may be his deeds
of prowess in the future, even
his friends will know not of
them unless he becomes a men
ance to public welfare and dire
necessity compels The Dispatch
to use his name, he will remain
forever in the obscurity which
ho has chosen as his ortion
unless he repents. However, he
is a fairly safe and reasonably
sane individual and it is not at
all l:::tly that he will be "call
ed out"" in these columns.
Thus passed the afternoon.
There have been afternoons more
pleasant but never one more in
teresting. Admonition.
The wife of an old Quaker
peeked through the keyhole one
day and saw the husband kiss
ing the hired girl.
She gently remonstrated with
her liege lord.
He promptly replied: "Wife,
if thou dot not stop thy peek
ing though wilt cause trouble in
the family.
NEW SCHOOL TAX VOID
Legislature Fails to Maintain
Constitutional Equation By
Omitting Increase of Six
Cents in Poll.
Greensboro, April 5. After
listening to argument of coun
sel, Judge F. A. Daniel tonight
sustained the defendant's de
uiuntr til iilv ciis
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Kitchin, Governor,
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murrer in the case of W. W.
vs. W. P.
Wood, Auditor, and thus held as
unconstitutional the increased
ad valorem tax of 2 cents for
school purposes in the State for
tence the Legislature failed to
maintain the constitutional equa
tion, as between the ad valorem
and poll tax. The case will at
once be carried to the Supreme
cision is sustained by the Su
preme Court, the State school
hool
fund will suffer a lass of prob
ably $400,000, this being a spe
cial appropriation for two years
made by the recent session of
the General Assembly when it
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purpose of the Legislature to
increase the poll tax 6 cents,
but in some way this was omit
ted in the machinery act, and,
if a former decision of the Su
preme Court is followed, this will
invalidate the levy, and the a
mounts levied in the machinery
act of 1909 will still obtain. The
State constitution requires that
in levying State and count y
ia. ic iutr'berrrrvt?""
time the tax on $100 of pro-
! perty.
The case came on for a hear-
Nng before Judge Daniels upon
proceedings instituted by the
Governor against the Auditor for
: mandamus to compel the Auditor
. to caji on tiie counties to levy
for State purposes a tax of .45
cents on the $100 worth of pro
perty and $1..1a on the poll. The
and $1.29 poll tax, and, if tin
section in the new act is uucon-
Wood.
A ease very similar to this
went before the Supreme Court
in 1S97, instituted by Governor
Russell against Auditor Hal. W.
Ayer. In that ca.se the Supreme
Court held the increased rate un
constitutional for the reason that
the constitutional equation be
tween poll and ad valorem tax
had not been maintained, rol-
lowing, this decision, Judge Dan
iels said he felt lmiH-lled to sus
tain the demurrer filed by the
defendant to the Governor's
complaint. In the original case,
Chief Justice Clark and Justice
Douglas filed strong dissenting
opinions and the plaintiffs think
perhaps they can have the opin
ion in Russell vs. Ayer reversed.
Wearing Qualities.
During the progress of the
morning bath of a few-months
old infant, a little neighbor girl
came into the room, carrying a
doll which she had received for
a Christmas present, and stood
watching the operation for some
time. The little girl's doll was
much the worse for hanl usage,
being minus an arm and a b g.
Finally she said to the mother
of the child: "How long have
you had your baby?" The child
was informed, and looking from
her doll to the baby she said,
"My, you have kept it nice."
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makes walking easy. Takes tbe
sting out of corns and bunions.
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