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A blue f iark here means t!f it the siib- of The (fScws is be hind on fubscription. PleaBeAiake a pay ment Ji soon as con venient. poz. xxxm MOUJn AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER, 3, VU2. WO. IS MWhy l!v! ' WILLIAMS LIQUOR CASE. Much Litigation About a Big Let of Yadkin, Courty Liquor That Has Aroused Much Feeling- Statesville Landmark. The 25,000 gallons of liquor stored at Williams, Yadkin covin ty, since 1005, and which should lie ripe and mellow by this fine, has beeni a bone of contention for a long time and the end is )W)t yet. In fret the sitnatii n Inn heciine sennewhat tense. The liqiuT was made and stor ed at Williams in 1005 by 1). C. Foster. Mr- Foster dropped out arid Mr. N. Cdenn Williams be came the owner of the liquor1. The liquor was si ized by the government for some irregularit ies but was released on thfi m"' ter beinig adjusted. More than two years ago the liquor was again seized for other irregu larities discovered, and was libeled and judgment given m favor of the government for r.hout $1",0H), which was paid and the liquor again released. Then the question- arose whether the sureties for Williams prior to this stizure were still liable or whether new bonds should be re quired. The Commissioner of In ternal Revenue ordered that new bonds should be given. The order was not complied with and Collector Brown, acting un der orders from Mr. Cabell, the revenue commissioner, seized the liquor and advertised it for sale Mr. Willianns mad.? the plea that the bonds were still good. The case went before .Judge Boyd, who held with Williams and is sued an injunction restraining the sale. The government appeal cd ami Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Boyd When this decis ion! was handed down. Commis sioner Cabell again instructed X'blleetor Brown, to seize and sell the F':':or. ' The sale was to take . pi a t- ,1 1 Yafrtu - - aijupIicaTion to Judge Fritchard, dudlge Boyd being absent, setting forth that, he "was 'ready to give the new bond. Judge Pritchrrd issued an order restraining the sale bn4, when the bond was presented by Williams it was not executed according to the rcgu ! .( rs ard' Collector Brcwn L e lined to accept it. The case w. s continued from time to time. Tlien Commissioner Cabell made an order abolish ii'ig the govern ment warehouse at Williams at:d ordering the liquor transferred to Louisville, Ky- This order was made Wilder section :1272 of the internal revenue laws, which au thorizes the commissioner to or der such a transfer whenever in his opinion the goods are con sidered unsafe or liable to waste, and the owner of the liquor is compelled to bear the expense T transfer. Notice was given to Mr. Williams of the order, the expense of transfer was not met and again Collector Brown, under order of the commissioner, seiz ed the liquor anil advertised, it to be sold next Monday, 30th . This being another case, Judge Pritehard's injuiH'tion did not ntjply. Meantime the bonds f ; r the liquor weire properly cxecut-i-d but after the order of the com missioner had been made ah lisli ing tlw warehouse at Williams. Last Saturday at (Jre-'nsboro Williams' attorneys appear d be fore Judge Boyd and t'rked leave to file amended bill. Ju making the motion, Judge Bynum said, as npcrted by the Greensboro News, that Commissioner . Cabell bad refused to see Byriura and Strmlwick, attorneys for Wil liams; that when Willianns and R. II. McNeil, an attorney of Washington, called on the com missioner he refusal to sno Wil liams and told Mr. McNeil that if Bynnm and Strudwick entered his office he would thniw them out or have them, thrown out; and it is also alleged that Cabell made threats .of impeachment proceedings- against Judge Pritch ard and Boyd It is rc.jwrt'd that the commissioner's anger was kindled against Attorneys Bynum and Strudwick on ac count of cfitvi allegations they bad ma ie against him in connec tion with the linnds retprre 1 f Williams. In their ami i;b d m plaint Williams' attorneys charge that C'iimiiiioru r Cabell is actu ated by malice against Williams. Battle of Kings Mountain. Charlotte Observer. 4 'September 25th, meet iw at Sycamore Flats in the Watauga " The mountain menl We are coming, Carolina, coming! Here we are, boys! Colonel Shelby, 240 meni; Colonel iSavier, 240 mm; 1G0 men of McDowell and Hampton; and Colonel Campbell with 400 men of Virginia. A raised IiaihI and bowed hoiads a-s the blessing of God is asked on tlue mountaineers. Then the mountairs riiur with their patriotic shout, "The sword if the Loid and of Gideon," as they styurt on their long journey. Each man has a Doekard rifle, h horse, a blanket, a cup and a wallet f parched corn, mixed with maple sugar. "They go up by the mountains: they go down by the valleys to Quaker Meadows, the hos pitable home of the McDowells. Here, Siptunber HO, they are joint d by 1150 valley men under Cleveland and Winston. Sunday morning" dawns brightly as they march forth to catch Ferguson, but when they reach Gilbert Town tip; British "lion" hr.s fled. Thirty of Clark's men and twenty South Fork boys receive a joyous welcome on the way to Broad river. "Three huzzas!" and on they go. And hi re is a courier bring ing word where Ferguson is, and about daybreak. October (3, TOO meiK are inarching towards Cinv- piiis, 21 mile.s away. When they roach there soon after sunset South. Carolinianis under Hill, Lacey ami Willia.ms and Lin-coln, county men under Graluun a.l Ilambright. Bang! bang! and soon strips of Tory Sa winder's steak are slzzlinig on the camp-fire coals. In about 10 minutes 50 acres cf corn are harvested and weary men and horses are refreshed. Joseph Kerr, Mecklenburg's "erip5!de spy," has just come in ia.i Vtriii'At? -'c.9 v&fSsriX , .jiri ! o'clock the order, "Forward; march," is- given and 010 men, "the fittest," start "to catch FergusHHU." A dark, drizzly night settles in to a steady downpour b::t through the night they march, with only a few minutes' halt for a sniu-k proid d the walht con lairs one many, alas, no not. At i:e n, 'slieiliy refuses to stop, luit see, tlu rain is over aid' a fine- breeze is drivi;:;; the clouds away. And here is a girl pointing t the low spur of Kings Mountain, three miles away, saying, "He is on that mountain." Heretofore the men hav marched a.s they pleased, but now they are formed in two lines, two men, deep. CoLmel Campbell lead ing the right and Colonel Cleve land the left. Major Chronicle and Captain Ma.t.tockis have had a deer lodge mi the northeast end of this spur they find 400 men awaiting them, f Kings Mountain and they are telling how it looks a long, low mountain, running northeast and southwest, high and ra Inter wide at the northeast end, but sloping down to the southwest where it is so narrow a man can .shoot arrows it- They plan to surround this rid.re and take it, Colonel ('amp bell leading the southeast" side, (Vdonel Cleveland the northeast, nrut on they go so quietly up a branch between two rocky knols and there is the mountain top with thic cnnrny h cjtmp in . full view. "Three o'clock in the after iifxni!" and behind the trees and bushcs the order is given "Halt!" "Dismount and tie horses!" "Frofjh prime your guuw an1 every man go into battle resolv ed to fight till he dies. When we are ready to charge you'll hesar the yndl then, every man fne-e the hill, yell, audi at them." ( u r men are liidd 'ii br th" folia g until they r(.- within a qiiart'-r t f a mile of the enemy. Ah, I .there's Ferguson's sil ver whistle and his drum beat to arms. (umpbell hi charging up the hill, shouting, "Sluout like bell aid fight like devils" and the yell makes a circle round the mountain, while De I'eyster is sayintr to Ferguson, "These are the dammd yelling boys!" The Rangers meet our onset with, fixed bayonets and drive our men dwn the mountain ; but Shelby is conning up on the op posite sid shout ir.ig, "Now, boys, give thorn another hell of a fire I " The men have encircled tha mountain and the battle is rag ing all around the summit, arouruc its ba.-e, and ujon its sides .uu b,ng sulphurous bkie. I.--ten to 'Old Uound About" Vouder is yur emmiy and the mm .my of muinkiiwl, a little near er to them, my brave boys!" and with a huzza! they are up on the moun-tAin sitle. Chronicle and Ilambright are hviding thf South Fork boys up the sleep afx'ei.t of the iwrthiiust end cd" th." mountain. Chroniclo is sa'n:ur, "Face the hill!" and falLs struck by a whizzing but Ilannbright leads then right on. Here on the left Colonel Wil liams us calling, "Fur God's sake, boys, don't g'ive up the hill!" as he f ills mortally wounded in the thickest tf the fight Three timis the tide of battle has surged up and down the mountain sidis ami now Fergu son and his men are hard presstd. Ferguson cuts down the white flags of surrender that are being raised, refusing to surrender to such "damned banditti." But new Fergusm is making a d-.sperate ( f.fort to break through this living chain of 'yelling loys' and Invert Young, taking a sbarj sight, says. "I'll see what Sweet Lips cam do." Patrick Ferguson drops from his horse many .Sweet Lijis sei.ding !nm a death kiss' alM)i:t the same time. They carry him to the southeast sle of the -mountain where lie soon breathes his last. His followers arc huddled to ITether terror-si ricken, and De I'eyster is raising the white flag. "Now, my brave men, close up around tht prisoners four eir- iKsA veiin .l"'NvotrTr.x-1 huzzas fop Liilerty!" The welkin, rings and the hill re.stri 'ditis with their shouts of victory. A strong guard is placed an iiiid the oOO prisoners, and what a sight as we. hwck a round 150 dead men scatteml over the hill and 2. of Hum are ours. Com rules are doing their best but marly 200 men are writhing in agony. L'wry "yelling boy" who is vble to crawl makes his way t;, where the "British lion" lies low in defeat and death, ro-blnd o,f his ghnv Ah! Patrick Ferguson, you dar ed say, 'Almighty God cannot drive riie from this mountain top,' ami lo! His puny yelling boys" have laid you low forever. In that far away homeland of yours tlil ytii never read in The Book: "For (Jid is King of all the earth: Ills fouidation is in the holy mountains: the strength of the hills is His also." Night with her stillness and stars envelop tlw mountain, but how the stillness is broken and what sleepless bonis of suffering! Morning ctiu at last aid people from tlu; neighborhood are etymi'iKg in wagons to carry the wminded home. Litters are made ami by 10 o'clock' the army is starting with its wounded auxl prisoners on the march towartl Gilbert Town. Colonel (timpbtll and some men stay behind long enough to bury the dead and then the "Mountain of the King" is left with its newly made graven and its glory. Progressives Sweep Deck in, Burke County. Moiganton, Sept. 22ml. With the holding of the Progressive or Koosevelt convention here yester day the last vestigtr of the old stand pat K'-publican organiza tion was swept away and the Bull Moose rs have absolute control of '. the party organization a.".d nam- -d a full county tniket The convention was marked by the conspicuous absi nee of the domination of two or three poli- ;tieiuis that have fonio rly run ! things. Four y ars ago President Taft carried the county by a : small majority while at the pre.s- env time the most conservatie estimates give him le-s than 50 supporters in tlie entire eounty. TRESPASSERS WARNED, KEEP OFF THE TRACKS. More Than Half the Total Num ber of Persons Killed on the Different Lines Were Trespass- A. A. Coult in Harpens Weekly. Tlbere is hardly a eity or vil lage in the Fnited States which eaiuiiot point to a tomibstone in it.s cem'ttery marking the last rest irigfplaeo of some former inhabi tant who was killed while tres ixissing om railway property, or to some cripple 1 boy or man who is a living exa.ni.ple of the danger attendants i!'Hn going on raiil way property not provided for use by the company. The Interstate CtMiinwrce) Com mission reports f0,70S tresspass ers' lives sacrificed and .l,ls: trcsiassero maimctl ami mangbtl frtm dun M0, !K)1, to June :'.0, 1911. The total number of rail way passengers killed during the teji years was 4,."'40, less- than the number of trewrmssers killed dur ing any one year of that period. The number of railway em ployees killed was ltws than two thirds tf the number of trespass ers killed. Fourteen trespasser killed and fourteen injured every twenty four hours has been the average casualty roll on railway right-of-way and rolling stock1 in the Fnited iStates during the last ten years Thousand of dollars have been spent by the railroads in erect intr nr.d maintaiaiing svgrs along their property, warning trespas sers to keep off, which relieved the eofmpajiies in some instances from daimage suits, but luv.s not lessened the lies of life. Very few of the States have adep:ate hv.vs for the iui:'"l iment cf t r ' pawner.'?, iU'.d the railway officials h,"tve lniJtl great difficulty in, pros ecuting the offenders suecessfully iii th.e'wrtfv..,i. , , .. . 'Of, thefrespa.sers k i 1 1 e t and injurul durirg the last, decade, 1:1,000 were under the age t f fourteen years, and 20.000 1 tweHi!. the ages of fourteen and twe,'ity-( ne years. In other winds, there have been enough minors killed and- injured in the I'nittd St a to in the past ten eyars to mnke in. re than, enough mile posts for the mileage traveled in a tr'p arouiul the world. The prsei!ii:t of m f the ni'.lrords has recently written U the i'overnor of each State tra versed by his road a-shing him to hflip to put a stop to tres passing. In. part he says: "All that is neccsary to stop it, is to recognize the fact that, the prcrpcrty of the railways, ex cT!tii!(g. pla.ces provided for the public, use, can never be other wise than a plaee of danger for thoM who have no business on it, and to p;uss and enforce laws for the punishment of those who intrude uiixm it- This is ibwie in foreign count rus ami one tvf th" main reasons why the number of fatalities on foreign railways is less in pro'iKirtion than on the railways of the United States. Representatives of the railways have rejeatedly appeared before Legislatures to ask appropriate legislation dealing with this mihj.ft and inniMneriible tinus tluy have hail trespassers arrest ed. But little progress seems to have been made in securing th? passage and enforcement of prtHpcr laws. The fact has been well -jntblLshed over the country that in the year ending dune :0, 1911, 10,.'!)fi pe ph' were killed on the railways of the United States. How many jeople know that if no trespassers hal been killed the number would have been only "i.ll'J in other won Is, that of those killed, .r,2.S4, or 51 per cent, beltuged to this class? "Under these eireuiiusfiiices. it would therefore see,m entirely prtrper (hat serious1 consideration should be given to this subject by every public officer in whom is r pes. tl any pmblv duty r reMiLsibii!ty relating to the regulation of our railways, and I feel justified in asking that you j trive thin important subject your; earnest consideration and up-; jMkrt so that something may be : dor" to cormt these condit ions." j Stniie figures compiled by : Frank V. Whiting. General1 Claims Attorney, New York Central Lines, ami published in The Railway Age Gazette of March. 8, 1912, are very instrue- (ive regarding- the eause cf death to trespassers, their socnal stand in gr, etc. "It is a significant fact that of the n timber of trespassers killed, pr.'.cticaljy 80 per cent., or 4,125, last year, a.re shown to have been 'struct-, iy engine or ear, in ol.w word were walk ing r standing upon the tracks; 120 were killed in 'getting on or off ears and engines'; 52:1 'while on trains'; ami 116 from 'other causes, ' " hp writes- ' 'There fl.re many trespassers on the traces or railroads who are regularly employed and who make it a practice to use the right-of-way between streets or highways in going to cr from their work. The tracks are also us, d to a considerable extent by pedestrians when public high ways are wet and muddy or dif ficult to walk upon. "We found that cf 1,000 ,por swis killed while trespassing, 489 resided near the place of ac cident, :121 resided at a jJaee dis tant from where the accident oc cumd, aid the residence of the balance, 190, was not ascertain ed." , ExSheriff Edmund Marshall Passes. Edmund Marshall died at his home, near Mayberrv, Va. Sept. 27, 1912 aged 9 vears, 8 months- He haid been in ins usual health until a few days before death. "Uncle Ed" was a his re- markable man. His was liimitcd but b- hard t . i . and elose observation he acquir - .i ., i ...c.i . i ' .. l lliiMUtUUI Silllt' HI Know ledge. He was sheriff of Carroll Co., Va. twenty-two years. lie was electtd to tlmt' office durjng the War between the States. He filled that office during" those times of terrible, strife bravely nn.l fua .!.. ..) 'Tii.oi. ,..,;f Eh I ,--f-f-rl? 1 1 e r years tell of his many and varied experiences while filling the office of Sheriff and otlier .iMKitio.w oP tnut. tl. the pit-pie if his county had conferred upon him. He retain ed a, keen intrrct in the gov ernment i f his country until the very last d.'iys ,'f his life, read ing the Congressional Records ami daily papers. He is survived by four s ais ar: 1 four daughtus, who we trut may live long to hi ess his memory- He was buried at th c I family burial ground beside his faithful wife who preeeedctl him to the farther shore sevt ral years ;go. Many wire the relativi ' " fin. Ci.:.rti.l ..-li.. r... I ..... .1 4.. i.- I,-! . ! grow tui poor upland w u re only li H a l.tid to rest among the1; ,.' . 1 . J ,,- ,,4; i i it I ten or fifteen have been grown mountains thst he so tlearlvi' e m 1 .,. i p, 4i- t m former vearw. The important lovetl. tl'eace to his ashes. . ,. A, . . . ' Virginia Has Made Good. Baltimore American. Virginia has juid $12,500 to d tectivt for the capture of the Allen gang that sift up the court at Hillsville last Mareli. All d' the men charged with the. crime have been caught, the last two having been captured in Des Moiiu a week ago- Two have been, sentenced to thei death cluiir, illicm to tenns in, prison, skiiu' iu wilted, and the two last found remain to be tried-. Few tragedies in the count ry'B his tory were more shfM-king than this, few bnni-ght about such a wholesale murder of men who were wekiiiij to carry out th" law. Jt was a murdero'w defi-, ancc of the court's authority, a manifestation of outlawry at its j Roanoke, Va worst. ! The folhywing directors were The money paid the detective j elected from Roanoke: Messrs K. can only le a small jwirt of the! A. Thumian, H. B. Pace. (ieo. W. exjK-nsi' to which the Common-! Payne, C. (j. Ogilen, and L. C wealth luis 1m en put for the cao- Stewart. From Mt. Airy. Mesr tiire, imifrisoiMiient, transjort'i-( Thojnas Woodroffe, and .J. B. tion, trial and punishment of i Sparger. Th" President ia also th-e inelit. Virginia luu by this j a no ir.de-r ex-'dfVio, The t"tal outlay tb-miiLstratetl to lite conn-j !M-mher was changed to nine try that its laws cannot be tl f r in twelve. f'u d. It Ins taugh its mountain i We sinet n ly hope that with gangs that they cannot defy aijl the present organization we sioot uj its courts without pun-' may be able to keep things mov-isl.nu-iiit- It h;w put the fi;m on ; i'fg rapidly-, as to result in tlieir distill-b'tr "f illicit whisky, . something more tangible than wliwl) was the primal cjium f:the(,ry by the i nd of the y, ir. the tragedy. j The stoekhold. rs instructed tie Virginia has cnule gi.l in the Seertary ai d Trcasiin r, Mr- L. Ili!Ls il!i' c..s'. The whole counr C. Stewart, to t uUi rt tin- b.d try will honor iIk Okl Dominion anee t.f ui-pu'xl u!.M-riptioi. ia for its fiiie work. It ha given jdO d. s. Sim'I. (J. Pate, tlie law a m-w meaning to those j L. (J. Stewart, Pns, who had it in cotitmiiit. Victor A Tine Visits Roanoke. Roanoke Times, 28th. Victor Allen, who recently was acquitted ttt Wytheville of ne wporisihilkty for the murder of court officials at llillsville, March 14, is in RoanoQce for sev eral days to visit his relatives in the dity ja5L He arrived in Roanoke at 5:40 oVlotik last evenirjf ami went immediately to the jnil wjlere his father and brother, Floyd and Claude Allen, under death sen tence, are' imprisoned, and where his uncle, .Sidiua Allen, ami h'm cousin, Wesley Edwards, are awaiting trial. Tlie visitor shook hands with laiiler Allen and had a conference with dudge H iii-stim- When ask- 1 t . i .lit eu wiutiuT cr r. i ;ie nai s'Oi his relatives and what c ui;s- I SJidna Allen. would secure, he r.--piied tliat he did ut kn w. He has regained his pi siticn as rural mail carrier in Carroll coun ty and apparently was much, plcastd that his pa Ii;,h Immi increasl. He spent the nf.ght in a room at thw jail. Die Expaimcnts at Corn Grow ing. Last spring" when the farmers of this county began to experi ment with growing corn under the directions of tlie Dtijiartment -"' .re ius gnen out i thr0Ugh je County Demonstrator T j things t& of Agriculture, as given out the effort. The season was too ' dry to get the best results from corn on any kind of land. But eiitivtlv too i ""ne me s n was ! t,r l r !iai lvaij nceortling to directions has made a yield th-at has astonished the farmers. In the Coeland ' sec tion of the county about three farmers cultivated as much as an acre each- The work' they did convinced their neighbors that it will pay to follow . the merit. Mr. J. H. Doss, a farmer from .that section, was here this week ",,u ''I'"' i uit oea,j nr7 .,.! 1. 4, i. I.. f v miw.ii 4 1 l L nrtii-a , i u i i i v i tii i tit x, hi- n ii j rt w pian- , ning to make corn next year af jter the approved metlnxl.. .Where three fanners were trying the j now plans last year ilozens of his neighbors will be in their ; class next, lie says that many ' farmers are swajfpiug work and 'helping each other subsoil the land before they sow a cov r jeirip this fall. Many of hs ! neighibors are jitann'nig to get as jnueli as ten acres subsoiled aiul own in rye before Christinas- It is somethii ig of an cye-ojv i , er to see fiftv bushels of corn pan or rnis worn is inai. a cover crop of rye be stvwn on the land to protect it mouths. It during the winter is also necessarv that the land be suhsoiht gotnl dejitli to get the results. to a bttired Roanoke and Mt. Airy South- tm Railway Co. At a meeting of the above Company, held in Roanoke, Va., Sept. 2(Jth the following officer were elected for the ensuiirg year. Sand- (J. Pace, President, Mt. Airy, N. C.; S. B. Pace, Vice President, Roanoke, Va. ; R. L. Haymore, 2nd Vice President, IMt Airv, N. (,.; C. (!. Ogdim, eneral Maiuiger, Roanoke, Viuj 1 1- C Stewart, isec. and Treas. & Treat.
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