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SIMMERSON IX CHARLOTTE
TO SEE LAWYER
Talk es Investigation of Alleged At
tempts to Influence Legislators.
Charlotte News.
Ralph Simmerson, of ttiieueer,
youthful politician, fundamentalist
and alleged emissary of the Ku Klux
Klau, came Thursday to Charlotte
to confer with Tom P. Jimieon.
former minister and feauiir presi
dent of the State Federation of l.a
bor, who will he at
torney in any investigation which
may he made of the reeent disclos
ures of alleged attempts to improp
erly influence members of the legis
lature to oppose anti-Klan legisla
tiup.
Simmerson was named by several
members 0 f the legislature as the
man who suggested to them and per
haps others that it would Ik- profit
able for them to wpposq, billfi intend
ed to •'unmask" the Klau in North
Carolina. Simmersoni said he would
have, no (-oumieuWto make on those
allegations, inasmuch as he has re
ceived reports that further develop
ments In this matter are (lending, the
nature of which he did not disclose.
This Spencer youth was a page in
♦he Senate during the- recently ad
journed session.
No conference will be held !■ here
with M. S. Reiser, aetjng grand
dragon of the ICan in tuns State,
who recently established headquar
ters at Charlotte, Mr. Simmcnson
Nursing Mothtrs
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said. Her added that he conferred
Wednesday in another city with Mr.
Reiser. He declined, howevw to in
dicate the nature of that conference
or to say whether or not ; it was
related to the allegations Sos .at
tempted brils-ry, made by Represen
tative Nat A. Townsend, of Damn, j
and others imnn'dlalet.v after ad
jourmnmt of the Legislature.*■'
It is estimated that there are 40,-
0(K) users of wireless sets m the Irish
Free State, but only about ."VOOR per
-1 sons have complied with the' law by
' taking out licenses.
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with (l.l.'Mi.Obl) head. lowa ik steoml
with 4.031.000, And Wiscomdu third
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Six Charlotte People Claim to
Have Part m Mark Hopkins Estate
Charlotte, March 17.—jfix residents
«t Charlotte have revealed visions of
becoming millionaires via the Mark
Hopkins fortune in California. Thaae
are, namely, Mrs. 8. P. Dry, 308
South McDowell Street; Mrs. Julia
A. Stogner, 417 Savona Avenue ; .Mr*.
D. J. Sossoman, 113 Seversville
Avenue: B. D. Howell, 007 North
Davidson Street, a traveling salesman;
W. W. Carter, 1016 East Avenue,
contractor, and E. M. Carter, 1830
Pegtum Street, contractor.
These are believed to be the most
probable inheritors of a large portion
of the Hopkins' wealth in that they
are among-the nearest living relatives
of Mark Hopkins, being direct des
cendants of his brother, John Hopkins,
who was not recognised in the settle
ment of the estate following the dath
of Mark Hopkins. Mrs. Dry declares
that there are not more than one
hundred direct descendants, the bal
ance of the 232 persons in the United
States who • have filed claims being
tw distantly related to be given serious
consideration.
According to the estimates of some,
the Mark Hopkins fortune is now in
the neighborhood of a billion dollars.
It is reckoned to be the la'rgest state
now being claimed in the United States
today, but the largest inheritable pri
vate fortune the world has ever
known. The most conservative esti
mates place the estate at $350,000,-
000.
Samuel Jones, a Charlotte lawyer,
represents four of the local claimants,
these being Mrs. Dry, Mr. Howell, and
the two Carters, while Jndge James
H. Langdon. of San Francisco. GaL,
represents Mrs. Sossoman and Mrs.
Stogner. Both lawyers are said to
have tiled suits for their clients in the
Federal court at San Francisco. It
is asserted that the litigation to deter
mine the rightful heirs will have to
be settled before next Christmas, in
lieu of which the estate will pass into
the hands of the Federal Government.
A meeting of the several lawyers
and their clients has been called to
be held at Greensboro during the
present month to consider important
'matters relative to the trial. in San
Francisco. There are a -number of
relatives and near-relatives in North
Carolina besides those named, these
being scattered over the Piedmont sec
tion. in Randolph, Cabarrus and For
syth counties and in the neighbor
hoods of High Point and Greensboro.
Ail six of the Charlotte claimants
have made affidavits. Four of them,
Mrs. Dry, Mr. Howell and the two
Carters have further evidence that
they are among the rightful heirs in
she following letter, received ‘by W.
\V. Carter a short white'ago. which
alleges to sustain the claim that they
are among the nearest of kin to John
Hopkins, brother of Mark Hopkins,
who remained' in North Carolina when
Mark and Mose, another brother,
journeyed into the West:
“Mr. Albert Alexander Harrell, of
Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, has
made the following affidavit of recent
date, saying he knows all tbt»; Howell
and Hopkins families who once resided -
i.i Cabarrus and Stanly counties, which
reads as follows:
“I, Albert Alexander Harvell, states
that he personally knew John (Jackie)
Hopkins, who said he was a brother
of Mose and Mark Hopkins, who went
to California at the time of the gold
rush, the latter part of 1818 or former
part of 1819, and that he personally
knew the children of the said John
(Jackie) Hopkins to he as follows:
“Prudie Hopkins Teeter. Frances
(Fannie) Hopkins Howell, Rhodie
Hopkins, Jim Hopkins and Richard ,
Hopkins.
“The said Frances (Fannie) Hop
kins, married William Howell on Nov
ember 29, 1829. The children of the
said Frances (Fannie) Howell are as
follows:
“Sophronia Howell Moss, Mary
' Maggie Howell Hart sell, Traviji
, Howell Stowe, Adeline Howell, Carter
Howell. Edward Howell, William
. Howell, Jr,, and Emxely Howell.
“He further states that he knew
the children of the above and has
given the names of them. (These
names include Bruce D. Howell.
Charlotte claimant, son of the above
Kinsley Howell; W. W. Carter, K. M.
Carter and Mrs, S. P. Dry, Charlotte
claimants. Children of the above Ade
line Howell Carter). He also says
that lie is in no way related to aiiy
of these parties, and his statement is
purely voluntary.”
■ Mr. Harvell is now said to be 81
years of age.
“Weil get it if anybody does," Mr.
Howell said. "Then I’ll have more
. -money that I know what to do with.
Then, too (he added, pointing to his
- modest home), "I won’t have to live
in a place like that," intimating his
intention to adorn Myers Park with
another mansion of the Jurnes B. Duke
Variety. ,
Mrs. Dry remembers the following
tradition which tends to further pro
mote the cause of these claimants:
! She says that her aunt, Adeline How
ell; mentloml in Mr. Harwell's affidavit,
often told her before she died that
when a tiny child she and her par
ents, Fannie and William Howell,
met Mark and Mose Hopkins, brothers,
on their way west, in Tennessee.
There the two adveuturers secured
fresh horses from the Howells, and ;
journeyed on. For a while they wrote : 1
to the Howells, who bad then moved
to North Carolina, telling of their
hardships. They traveled West on
horseback. Their small savings were -
soon spent and they were forced time
after time to stop and work to secure -
mony with which to continue their jj
journey. Finally they reached C4l
- The last time they wrote (
I they were Hi the gold mining business. I
j The balance of their story is familiar
;to newspaiier readers. Mark Hopkins'
j prospered and accumulated untold }<
riches, and died without mukitig u will, li
At the time of his death he had lived p
for some years with Mary Sherwood, f
1 who became the mother, of Mb child Ji
HM is said .never lb- hash claimed her I
nsSjhis lawful wife, WhiHi; would haw*
i lkg«licsd athelr ’ union /(nmler) nn > oldtl
cSmo{H
entered cbuu *«’ next of kin.^Ms
k-ifeat?*. J, / HGL
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Carolina.
Investigation la said to have bfeen
instituted upon discovery that Mary
Sherwood wag never Mark Hopkins'
lawful wife. Later a descendant of
her son failed in an attempt to secure
the fortune. An alleged spurious will
is said to have figured in the litigation.
This document was denounced and
thrown out by the California courts.
It was not until two years ago that
the North Carolina descendants and
relatives of Mark Hopkins learned
of his death and of the unclaimed
fortune in the hands of the Govem-
Gelley 2 ol Hopkins este
ment. They immediately took steps
to file their claims as co-heirs to the
estate. AU who can prove the most
remote relationship to the millionaire '
are filing their claims. The Charlotte
relatives believe that their participa
tion is certain because of the fact
that they are the most direct heirs.
All of the North Carolina claimants
are married and have children to help
enjoy their good fortune should they
awake some fine moriug and find
themselves millionaires. Mrs. Dry
has five children; Mrs. Sossoman. E.
M. ami W. W. Carter have three each,
while B. D. Howell has two. Mrs.
Stegttar is a much older woman than
her niece. Mrs. Sossoman. She also
claims direct descent from John
(Jackie) Hopkins.
“When we get the money” is a
household phrase in these homes, es- j
pecially with the children. A char-’'
acteristic remark was made by little
Pauline Sossoman, when she said,
“When we get the money, I won’t
have to bring in wood any more."
However, Mrs. Sossoman declares she
raised her children in the fear of the
Isird, and is determined that money
shall not turn them from righteous- i
ness. She sends them to Sunday
School every Sunday. She was hor
rified at the suggestion that they have
their pictures taken on the Lord’s
Day. Floiinie Sossoman, eldest daugh
ter, admits that she has designs upon
the beauty imrlors and is even looking
witli some concern Upon the lipstick.
Mrs. Stogner. now 52 years old, shakes
her head at the idea of ever playing
the "Merry Widow” role, though she
concedes that the possession of a
little of the money would do “a sight
of good."
Time wil tell whether the Charlotte
claimants will ever realize on any of
the wealth left by Mark'Hopkins. '
In the meantime they continue to
labor energetically at their several
occupations. They are not counting
their chickens before they are hatched,
and there are many mouths to feed
in the meantime,; l}ut-' the youngsters
are looking forward with inii'ch optim
ism to Ae time when tlieir ship will
come in from the Mark Hopkins
Treasure Island in the Golden West.
BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
OF SALISBURY GIRL
Miss Lula Belle Paris is Bride of
Robert lleindel Scott, of Atlanta.
Salisbury; March 17.—sAn out
standing social event of the season
and one of special interest to hulls
dreds of friends in North Carolina
and Georgia was the marriage this
evening at 7 o'clock of Miss Lula
Bel'.e Paris, of Salisbury, to Robert
Heiudel Scott, of Atlanta. The wed
ding was solemnized at First Meth
odist church, Salisbury, in the pres
ence of hundreds of friends of the
bride and her parents, Rev. and Mrs
Zadok Paris.
Following the wedding n reception
was held at the parsonage Oil Main
street and the couple left later in j
the evening for a bridal trip ' that j
will include Bermuda and Cuba. j
Upon their return they .will live in I
Atlanta.
The bride was radiantly beautiful '
in white duchess satin with full j
length veil of tulle attached with j
coronet of pearls and knots of prange !
blossoms and edged with perab. She j
carried an arm shower of valley |
lilies and pink orchids. A«H*oinpc'nj- j
ing the bHde was her father who !
gave her in marriage.
Car Abandoned in Cemetery.
Mooresville Enterprise.
Elsewhere in this issue is a short
story concerning the attempted theft
of Con Johnson's car last Sunday by
parties who were driving a Chevrolet
coujie. The police authorities were
notified Monday morning that an
abandoned ear was standing inside
enclosure of Willow Valley cemetery.!
Tlie car was placed in a, garage aiidi
upon investigation it is found that thef
machine belongs to a party in Lex
ington, from whom it was stolen Sat
urday or Sunday. The tag found on
the ear belongs to H. M. Allen, of
Concord, and was stolen Sunday eve
ning. The Lexington part/ will be
here Thursday to secure his machine.
Coolidge, Wilson, 'Roosevelt, Mc-
Kinley, Cleveland, .Haynes and John
son were State governors before they
became President of the United Stnteß.
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LITTLE BOY KILLED
i BY TRUCK AT NEWTON
Three-Year-Old of Mr. and Mrs J.
W. Freeman Starts to Meet Fath
er and la Hit
Newton, March 17.—The three
year-old-son of Mr. and Mra. J. W.
Freeman was run down by a truck
late this afternoon and instantly
killed. The child, it is alleged, had
stared to meet its father, an em
ploye of the Clyde mills, as b* was
returning home from hih work. Eye
witnesses state that it started to
cross a narrow street near its home,
on Middlebrook street, at the same
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time the truck, driven by A.
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Hartsoe states that he wi
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