Uitttd 8tot« officer J. IV. Wood
end R H Drummond, Jr., operating
oat from Pan illle, ami State nfflsess
I. H. Pugh and J. C. Wiitmarth. of
Ssheolfleid. had had information that
• Itad of blockade liquor wa« on the
mad Iradlng from Martlnaville to
Daaville The officers want In a ear ta
Laatherwnod Cloak, shortly before
daylight Thursday, • placed their ear
aaaaaa the ford and want up the road
ta wait for the hloekaders. In a few
minuten their ear came In tight aad
the officer* hailed them with a flash
light and commanded than to atop.
Tba driver stopped hia ear, throw it
ia reverse aad began to hack away.
OMeer Wood sprang upon the running
board and grappled with the driver in
an effort to gat control of the ma
chine. The driver, who proved to he
Hoaaa Thomae, jumped oat of the
car onto the bank of the road and, ac
cording to the officer*, fired a pistol
at Wood. Wood returned the fire and ■
the other three officers who were com
ing op, alao fired ia the direction of
the flaah from Thomaa' gun, aevan
ahota in ail being filed. Thomaa die
appeared in the darkneaa and another
mm who had bean with him in the
ear alao made hia eacapa. The ofllcera
said they searched some distance in
the direction Thomaa had gone and
net finding any aign of him, concluded
that he had made good Ma escape.
They took charge at the automobile.
Danville taming it over to the pro par
—Mmlllia. ft ia aaid they made no
rape it of the shooting bat want oat
Thoraday upon another raid.
Late Thursday afternoon re porta
reachsd Danville that a daad man had
bean found in a cornfield near Leath
enaod ford, a short distance from
the road. The man had beaa shot in
the chaek, the ballet U avowing the
brain and going oat at the hack of the
head. The body waa taken to Martins
ville where an inquest waa held and
prepared for burial.
When the officer* were appraiaed
of the developments, they admitted
that a shooting affray had taken
place and gave the details suhatantlal
ly aa outlined above. Warranto wars
iaaued for their arrest Saturday,
charging murder. It ia expected that
the eaae will be carried to the United
States court for trial.
Hoaea Thomaa waa a citizen of tba
Shooting Croak aectioa and lived near
the Pa trick-Franklin line He waa
• married man and leavaa a wife and
aavaral children. The papers reporting
the affair stated Thomaa' companion
on the night of the sheeting waa Lea
tor Keberson of Dodaao.
There are variooa theories and opin
iana expressed concerning thia aa ia
traa of all murder caaes. Sympathis
ers with the liquor men aaam to bold
that Thomaa waa foully murdered and
hidden away ia the cornfield; while
the officer*' frienda maintain that the
killing occurred while they were dis
charging their official duties and that
Thomaa met Ma daath aa a iwdt of
the toe frequent determination aad
practice of bootleggers braaenly re
stating the mandatoa of tba law.
The new Dodga car which Themaa
waa driving had been panhaasd from
Mr. Jim Packett, of Stewart, leaa than
a weak before its captors.
TW Tkoouu H.rtfai
Martiaarillr. Va July 22.—K. H
DnMMi Jr., J. N Wood. Marml
Sana afUr I tiM Mil dui|W tfca
rick m«Utf last Thtrrwlay had bt-4
««*wm4, H. C Uek. of Rx-h*" ■<!.
Ml 'far 'wil Datum Dil'u-d
Judge Dillard declared he wo»M ml
break jut* a civil action ikn goirg >n
la Imt wMhm on the queetion af
bond, after which Pack nM that ha
would ippur tomorrow before Judge
H, C. MeOawall at I.yrwhburg in tho
federal court, ta ask for the n aural
of tha caaee frem (lata ta fedeeal
Juiadiction and than apply for bail.
Tha four oMcera wot* than piaaad
la Ma call in the county Jail, a strong
modem Mldinf where they will re
main pending drvlopnn nti in Lynch
burg. Tha four man warp plainly dis
concerted by the trend of events and
had previously « ho wed discouragement
o ~r the failure to ppen- a tSo • "g
of S R Bruno, chief of tha 11 > me
etaff. who had been confidently ex
pected bare today.
The email courtroom waa packed
with people when the decision waa,
made, eenrae coming from Patrick ta
see what disposition would ha made j
of tha cane. The offlsera remained in'
a room ia the marshal'* office until
their preeencr In "onrt was required, j
Among thoee on the aeene were three
brother* of tha deceaaed, typical men
from Patrick, aluo their women folk.1
They came in haodaome cars and wore J
deep mourning.
Attorney Dillard Mid tonight that
h* would follow the raw wtuwvfr it
■mi and that )m would Hitn to here
the county officer* tried in the itate
and not the federal court, claim ing
they were not legally deputised offi-,
cere. No preliminary hearing waa
heard thia morning, thia being waived
hy Mr. Perk, who had the comfort af'
the officer*' caae In charge. Fully a!
•core of car* came here from Patrick
today They did not leave when the
caae of the revenue officer* waa dia
poaed of and at nightfall there waa
a fair crowd in the court hooae yard
diacoaaing the caae.
Relative* of the alain man aaid thia|
evening that the body of Hoeea Thorn
aa will be dtataterred in order that thai
bullet attlt in Ma head may be remov
ed. They claim to have information
that ana of the oAcen uaed a revolver
■ad by
the flayer at I
laid by the offUen while he waa |
hauling liqoor. /
Liquor Traffic Now "Cow Far
Salt Lake City, (Jtab—Abolition of
the liquor traffic ia juat aa much an
accomplished fact aa the abolition of
ulaverjr, according to Clark Ho wall,
publisher of tha Atlanta Constitution,
and Democratic national committee
man from Georgia, who was in Salt
Lake City recently on tha ardy to Ma
home in Atlanta, sifter attending tha
Democratic convention.
"Liquor has gone forever; it will no
mora return than will slavery," Mr.
Howall stated. "The great majority
seem to raeognise this fact," he added.
MAT PUT THE COUNTRY
ON 'GASOLINE RATIONS'
Representatives Of Rofimc
CompsMMM Diacuaa Matter
With Government Men
Washington, July 24.—The eastern '
sections of the United States, if not I
the entire country, may soon be pot
on "gasoline rations" which will cause
automobilee to cut practically all "joy
riding" and limit purchasers of gaao
line to a few gallons weakly.
A ration system for gasoline ia al
ready in effect on tha Pacific coast,
notably in California where one's tank
most be empty before he can be sold
only three to five gallons of gaa.
Informal conferences have been held
lis re between representatives of refin
ers aad large dealer and government
officiate. There la ao governmental
agency clothed with authority to order
a rationing system, bat It is admitted
that if (apply and demand make it im
perative the refiners will be able ts
bring aboot a voluntary aystena that
win ratioa all aateambUe (jeers Tha
shortage of oil and gasoline ia dsdar
ed to be getting ante, and both at the
federal trade commission aad the ba
rren of mines and gee logical snrasj
today reports indicate rather ssrtaae
mndittoaa
UtiTN of MTtttl of the Urp rrftohif
*)lit— informally wttk Imm of Um
offleidi of tfcc (orrnimmt, but it
waa nM in official eiiilaa today that
no voTtramont action ia to nn>Mt.
tka ihartaft of li»> oili and faaa
Talk about a land that flowa with
milk a>nd haaey. tbta la a eommtj <Hm
Han a'uald ba a plasty a# blaibbMif
brandy if It »■» aat far the peaky
raraaua offieera. Dawn la tka good
country a boot Shaale aai»» citisena
taat week aw to a Mr way to hara <
a mea mpply ot tkta kM of brandy,
and it waa to ba par* and goad. All
thing* known indicate that poaatbly
two or throe famtliaa war* preparing
to bar* on baad a Itttla private stock
aad war* making ntee iiiurm whan
noma fallow had to go aad tell depoty
sheriff A. K Aahhurn. And tha deputy
want on I aat Saturday night aad broke
up tka who la gaate. Ha found located
in a niaa secluded place dawn on tka
branch, right naar tha Methodiat
rburrh at flhoala, a wall arrangad
miniatur* distillery Tha hlarkbarriaa
war* fanaanting all right and tha tuba
and tha pipaa and tha •teaaiar wara all
in piara to torn out tha gooda in
pro par form. All nlgna pointed te tha
fact that operations had baan in pro
greaa ainca tha barriaa began to rtpan
aoma daya ago. Tha atill had evidently
baan going for aa muck aa two weeka.
Tha outfit for anch a plant waa wac-'
thing naw to tha daputy. Tha folka
down that way had dariaed a naw
and goad way to gat naolta. They aa-:
> ur«wi a 50 gallon tank u thay
us* with thaaa modem cook stoves
that have a waterhack and tank con
naetad to it. Thia tank waa built into
a furnace and in thia way steam could
ba generated and sent into a barrel
whara tha harriea war* thus boiled.
Tha steam from tha barriaa in tha bar-!
ral waa paaaad through a pipe that
waa cooled by water, and in thia way
a high grade of liqaor waa no doubt
produced. Tha intonating part of all
thia waa tha ahrowdneee tha fallows'
displayed whan thay located their'
manufacturing plant in a stone's
throw of tha Mathodiat church, evi
dently raaaoning that no one would
■uapact anything in that part af tha
moral vinyard. Any hateful officer
sr_srrjrs3!::^
sumptuous aa to expect to find one In'
the very shadow of a church. Aay
way, Mr. Aahhutn brought along the
stove boiler after turning out the her
riea that war* on the apot and juat
ready to be converted into brandy.
After Brit Flaming Again
Brit Flemijjj, • young man of thia
city has had more than his share of
court publicity during the ncnt
months, and again ha is before tha
public. This time hia troubles are to
ba charged op to a man from Winston,
one Mr .C4& Wilann. who was a visit
or hare some days ago. The story
goes that Mr. Wilxon came here on
business and gpt acquainted with Mr.
Fleming. Their acquaintance became
of such an intimate nature that Mr.
Wilson was willing to take Mr. Flem
ing into his confidence and acquainted
him with his personal needs, one of1
which was some liquor. And tha story
goes that Mr. Wilson thought ha need-:
ed more than any little quart, he I
needed s whole two gallons. At least
that is the story he wrote hack here
to the Chief of Police when ha gave
the information that brought about
Mr. Fleming's undoing and landed him
again in the city lockup.
Whan tha case was called Monday
the court warn presented'with ■ tele
gram from Wilson saying that so far
as he is concerned tha matter can be
dropped, that ha is too busy to come
all the way op hart to Mount Airy!
on this matter But the court sent
word to Winston for Mr. Wilson to
come along up her* else a caplaa will
h« aent to that town and an officer will
bring him along now that the matter
is in cant.
Part of tha story that was famish
ed to the police by the Winston man
«na that ha gave Fleming the neat
little sum of $40 and was aerer able
after that to hoar a word from Flem
ing or the liquor.
Girl Killed By Lifktmmc
TW Iwln yr *M <M|Mw af
Mrs. Jerry Ktof ni kfllad by Hffhte
tn* mar Wr hama in WaatfWd town
ship- Wednesday ruatng on the way
to attend ehvrrh at Mt. Harmon. The
child waa alone «Hk other mmbtn
of the family and It waa naraaaary ta
cruaa a wire fmn. Tla child waa haVI
in* op a all and of arira while anoth
er pel—u waa ittaf Hwinh. A thtm
dar dead waa paaainff at the time and
a stroke of KffMaiag canaad a hiaij
ckaift ta gat a* the wire, and It waa
thia rhanre that eaaaad the child**
They an jaat
in Gsuigia.
• few ynn ap. Tkl* ywr i
1H.0M itm art twin* grown.
than half of the crop haa baan
and wtH ba all rsady far tha
by Aug. la*. Tha Oawito
opened July 20th Hiti
auah ft no fields of tobacco. Many
growers wilt ataka 1,500 pounds par
aera and it is curing up tha hrlghtaat
I war law. Tobacco I* a naw crop ta
them and they Kara not learnad tha
importance of keeping tha suckem ntf.
I bare never aaan such fine tobacco
land. Thaae people do not realise the
value of their land. On wme farma I
aaw 50 to 75 acta* lytn* out that would
produce 30 ta 50 bushels of corn par
acre. Until three yean ago cotton waa
the principal crop but tha adven' of
the bell weevil made cotton a laaa
profitable crop and tha farmer* are
now growlng other rropa that are far
Tn addition to growing what they
need for their own use nearly every
farmer haa aeveral hundred boahels
of corn to sell. I aaw thousands at
acres of sweet petatoea. A fifty acre
field of sweet potatoes was not an un
uauai sight, f saw thousands of acres
of water melons. Some times my at
tentton would be called to a hundred
acre peanut field. r
The land in southern Georgia re
quins but little cultivation and a com
mon "plug" mule can cultivate more
acres than three good mules could In
this country. There are at leant eight
kinds of agricultural product-* which
are ahippad m ear leads to other parts
sf tha im— Uj. Thousands at grlloxs
of the famous Georgia cane syrup la.
h sans, saeat^ potauta,'
tobacco and eo'ion are
all grown and are ahipped to the mr*h
in ear loade. Only • few yeori ago
they were dependent on the western
"smoke hooee" tor "heir m«-a'. Enough
is now being produced in aJdiiio.i to
their own needs to support rhre- pack
ing plants. In addition to 'his :>*m
loads of hogs are ahipped to the
Chicago and St. Leuis markets. These'
hogs are fattened on peanuts, tweet
potatoes and corn. A row of pear.uta
ia planted between every row of com
which does not lessen the yield of corn.
This is yet an undeveloped country.
Thousanda of acres of fertile land that
would grow anything is yet to be
rise red. Land values are increasing
and it ia only a matter of a short time
when southern Georgia win be the
greatest agricultural country in the
world.
They seem to have every thing a
person could wish for. They have the
best roads in the south. They have a'
splendid school system and a very
healthy climate. The water la pure
but not aa cold as our mountain water
A cool breese blows nearly all the time
during the summer. Thev saw it never
anowa and the ground seldom fraexaa
in winter.
But with all these advantages I like
Surry and Patrick counties better than
any place in the world.
C. J. Ring
Brim. July 1*.
Protracted Meeting
This in the season of the year whan'
th# country churches hold their pro
tracted meeting* and hare the privi
lege of hearing the visiting ministers
who come to sssist the pastor in
charge. Rev. M. B. Phillips reports
two good meetings that have sersntly
hem held in this section of the eoonty.
At Calvary, a mile west of this city.;
Bev J. H Haynes has just dosed a
meeting in which he was assisted by
Bev. G. W. Sebastian, of WHkas coun
ty. A number of additions to the
Bev. Mr. Haynca held a masting at
another of Ms thuntes. Mount Dm,
and was assisted by Bee. M. B. Phil
lips. This meeting resulted hi a Inge
number of cenwrttoa* and It addi
tions to the church. This weak Bev.
other pastors in Hi sir meetings.
LAUNDBT—1 have the agency for
the Winston Steam La—dij and
will collect from tW hussss en Wed
nesdays and Thursdays and deliver
hack en the following Tuesdays or
Wsdnssdasa. I gear—I as priees and
ff |§ tttitftttorr
W.H. Jordan tft
that allowed to bo kept by flifaj
for the needs of bor war my.
■II col thorn, fRn 77 mm. (fk-14 son*),
up to tho largest ultwi, having •'
•ion of control for <1—ti mtt—. m fp -
i rnd#r i n ( umImi, m4 mm R^N two#
boon destroyed, including tho— de
stroyed by tho ruin— aathorties
themsslvss before control was .am
menced and since tta coming lata ha
lag.
Tho armament subeummlssion,
which ia superintending tha work of
destruction, baa fta headquarter* in
Berlin under a Britiah taaeral with 11
committaaa working in tha chief cen
ter* in Germany, namely: BerWn, Otaa
seldorf, Frankfort, Stuttgart, Hanover
Dresden, Munich Stettin, Kilgtlisig,
Brealau and Cologne.
ObUgatioaa Palfllted
The value of Germany'a fulfilled ob- .
ligation in general, tip to the and of
May iaat, ia publiahed in the "Dntekt
Allegemafae Zettwng" at May >1,
tha figurae given below qua
from, hare haan tranamitted through |
tha wiralaaa atationa of tha
Go 111 nmtiif. The valuee total I
imately 22,000,000,000 marka in gold,]
which ia made op aa followa:
Tha sarrwnderad 9aar minaa,
valued at 1,000.000.000
State pmpai ty in regiona aep
arated from Germany tJtttfiGtJOtC \
The surrendered commercial
neat
f) .000,000 torn coal worth 22MM.fl
Machinery valued at ...... 8,400.0001
Dye. worth 4,400.000
Benzol, tar and ammonia
worth TO.000,000
Cables worth «,000,000
Railway material worth . 750.000,000
Army material left
behind S.000,000,000
Proviaiona and raw matarlala
for the reconstruction of
Germany 2.000.000.0001
Coat of the army of occupa
tion 200.000.000
Marka 21.9M.MMM
To theae sums should be addad, tha
"Deutache Allegemeine Zeitung"
points out, tha amount* which have to
be made Rood by the state aa a remit
of the liquidation of the German enter
prises abroad, aa alao the German'
claima on Auatria, Hungary, and Tur
key. ariaing oat of loana granted to
them In addition the cuatoma and
taxes levied by the entente in the oc
cupied regkma, are alao mentioned.
DtunuaMt the Flnt Cn<lll«i
The disarmament of Germany was
the first condition of the Peace Treaty |
to be fulfilled. The winjleee communi
que from the German Government
states that the State Defenae haa been,
reduced to 200,000 men. aad the tem-l
porary volunteer* and eWe ruardi
have been dtaaolved. Available army
material haa bean destroyed, au-ocd
inr to the nmsnunigue, in the foltow-'
iif quantities: 5,000 guna. 14JI00 gun
barrel*, 8,100 (run carriafree. *,400.000
loaded artillery (bells. 31.370.000 fua
es, 4,880 tons of powder. 32.140 tern,
of explosives. 1.318.000 hand ansa,
24.600 machine runs. 94,300,060 rounds
of hand-am and machine gun ammo-1
nitWvn. 4*8,000 hand «»■■■<-, 1487,
000 swords, lancea aad so forth.
Furthermore la It stated that oa
May Mh there were ready fee destruc
tion 12,000 H*ht rune, 217 sntl-air
eraft rune. 2,500 heavy runs. MM
mine throwers. 21,070 machine run.
15.500,000 artillery shells aad 28500,
000 rifle cartridree. To tMs should ha
ad, however, heen caticfactory AuMi
M of tto Peace Treaty f n itdee that
aU aeronautical Malarial which had
purpaeee jhall be ileM»ewd te A*
Alltee.
mT. t irurrniii runnar n««
st the time of the armistice 'ier
poeaeeeod senmxtmately II
"d iiJbtM aitoplanM. Ha
that tha proceas of
being carried not wit hoot
■tiuittoa. though Ha could not
pnnrtnally or willingly
and tha Interallied
Rhino wan tha
for GamMfi
I tared that tha
Germany's war
in tha Treaty, would
completed.
Gtrmar !*a Peeier
Tha "Deotaehe Alt«»—mln<
tun*," which Is quo tad la tha G
that neither with regard to tha
ioa of reparation nor tha
thought of playinf tha role of a I
rapt or a usurer.
Indicative poaeibly of a
heart, though more likely aa a I
atloa, if latsat, of tha
tion she finds herself in,
what* As ex parted to be at the end «f
the war, the newspapers
Germany should be ti sated
conference with <
this
ent upon might."
Typhoid F«mt VicdM A Trf
Tha best neolti hm bM obtained
in the DitM Mataa A nay. wheia «fce
. I-,* fwk ■ I J * 1a
varcinsuon iifiiniv i/pmna if»w w
nquiiW by the wnw—t.
Dulnf 1913 the army had only twa
cases of Typhoid favar in the enlisted
force of over 80,000,000. One of thwa
occurred in a man who had not been
vaccinated; the other *(• imof tha
troop* in China. He had imaraalnd
is 1911. There waa only ana death
from Typhoid fever in the United
Stataa Army.
Since North Carolina has been niny
tha vaccina; vaccinating thoae pea
pie that wanted to be vaccinated free
the death rata from Typhoid fever
haa been cat half in a period of fear
years.
If everybody would ha vaccinated
and with the proper unitary environ
ment, then it would be that we euald
have no more Typhoid fever. Year
County Health Department is at all
times rfed to help yon out in pnatt
in* better health conditions.
L. L. Williams. I
Comity Health Officer.
Sugar Prica
New York, N T.—A decrease tn re
tail npr price* may be expected nw
according to autboritiee, if pftaart
wholmlt prices continue. One of the
the price of refined sugar S
cents • pound, to 21 cento for (Mo
ments in balk. Other refiners quote tS
and 22% cents. The Cuban taw «p
piy warn quoted at 18.66 cento beta, m
compared eitli 9H cento when the
shortage was acute in Mar.
Increased sopfHss of raw n«sr