VOL. is, NO. 96,
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA. ISATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1912.
Leonard -Deavens
(
Great Clean-up Sale of
Coats and Suits
$7.50 and $3.50 coats
now
. . ... $4.98
$15.00 Coats now . 9.95
$15 00 and $16.50
Suits now . . . 7.95
Leon
Co.
STORIES OF SUCCESS
JOHNS HOPKINS
J The road to fame
it a hill path,
thornbound and
rugged. The lag
r card bleeps in the
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y' f valley below be-
' L fQiicu n rn.n nnA
.rf-'T vVJ bloomed there.
y t'S if The wise man
L.J F plods on, upward
y I until sunrise on
. U h a h tnn
fcai- " crowns his suc
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cess. John Hopkins, the great nnan
cier and philanthropist, was a trudg
er. First a farm hand,, next a grocer,
he plodded straight on until he be
came one of the leading financial
men of America.
Two great institutions now perpet
uate his name, the Johns Hopdns
University ana the Johns Hopkins
Hospital, the total endowment being
more than $7,tK 0,000. - '
Seven millions is a big dividend on
a young man's savings
Do you want your future to de
clare a like dividend ?
Then bej) in a savings account with
us now, today, and you will stand se
cured with the type man of tomor
row. One dollar deposited in this bank
starts you up hill on the road to sue-
"a rolling dollar gathers Interest
Pennies even though a rolling stone
doesn't gather n.oss.
WACHOVIA BANK S TRUST CO. '
Latest ftylea in All
Ladies' Goods Just
In. All Goods New v
SKIRTS
SUITS ,
' CLOAKS
WRAPS
JACKETS
ETC.
Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Gents' Furnishings -
Call and see our stock.
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IVIHESEUE TRIAL RESUMED
Vllsack Testifies As To
Counsel On Both
A Hard
' CONCLUSION Atconclu
slon of argument Mr. Wines
kie was put under $5,000 bond
for appearance at court.
TODAY'S TRIAL.
The case against Frank Win
eskie was resumed tbis morning
at 10 o'clock. Bookkeeper Met
ner was put upon the, stand to
show that the barrels of waste
were shipped. His testimony
brought out that only one tenth
was waste. 1 Mr. Lynch as expert
witness among other things
brought out that the total silver
or whatever was used for several
years was $26,000 and that the
waste was only one tenth, which
would be $2,600.
Mr. Vilsack testified for the
prosecution as to the capitaliza
tion profits, etc. It developed
that in 1910 under Wineskie's ad
ministration on a capital of $60,
ooo, a dividend of 6 per cent was
paid and a surplus of $33,000 was
carried forward. Also that
amounts for bad debts, reserve
dividends and salaries would
make a total earnings of $58,000
or within $2,000 of the capital
Under McKnight and Vilsack th
following year the profits were
J only $15,006.
Motion Overruled.
When the prosecution reste
the defense made a motion to
dismiss the-caseclaimiiig that
the Recorder's Court at Hi
Point had exclusive- jurisdiction
This motion was oveiVuled by
Squire Collins,vwho continued to
hear the case.
The case was opened by .A
15. Kimball for the defense. II
was followed by Judge Strud
wick and G. S. Bradshaw for the
stale and the closinsr arsrumen
was by A. L. Urooks. ft was
hard fought battle from begin
nincf to end.
McKnight's Testimony.
Frank McKnight, president o
the Standard Mirror Company
and who preferred the charge
;!irint Wineskie, was the firs
witness called Mr. McKni;
is a rypical Irishman. and in an
swering questions . showed a keen
sense of humor and native wit
In the cross-examination he fre
quently became nettled and
crossed swords with the counsel
for defense, but in the whole he
held his temper and 'came out of
the ordeal without a serious slip
cf tongue or manner. Replying
In question of Judge Strudwick
who conducted the direct exam
ination, the witness told of the
formation of the Standard Mir
ror Company and the organiza
lion of a branch factory at High
Point and Winston, stockholders
oi which included both himself
and Wineskie. lie said he made
his home at Pittsburgh, visiting
the branch factories two or three
limes a year until the past year,
when he began to come more
frequently and to spend several
weeks at a time.
His First Suspicion.
In substance he told of becom
ing suspicious a year ago and
especially regarding! the lack of
returns from the sale of waste
silver. He went to. High Point
to look into the matter and upon
arrival, noticed five barrels of
waste silver in the shipping
room. He made no comment
either about these barrels or his
Uspicion, and later noted -' the
disappearance of the barrels and
failed to find any record on the
books of proceeds from the sale
of such. An examination of the
books.- he testified, showed no
records of proceeds from the sale
of waste silver during the period
of six years except in two In-
Profits of Company.
Sides Making
Fight
stances, these being
for small
amounts.
turned over to the defense for
cross-examination,
fr rirnnW
produced a laugh by demanding
the age of the witness.
"Well. I don't know exactly,
but certainly past 70," he replied.
Then in answer to questions
he stated that he came to Amer
ica July 4, 1857, on the old sail-,
ing ship "America," began work
as a gardener, later a milk wagon
driver, a coal driver, a clerk and
so on up the ladder to a capital
ist and man who spent the sum
mer at Atlantic City and winter
where his fancy willed.
Course of Defense.
By numberless questions
with frequent interruptions
and
Mr.
Brooks then directed
questions tending to
a line Ot
.. a
show that
from a small business Wineskie
built up the largest minor trade
in North Carolina, and could now
show resources of the company
to bo over $200,000. The state
offered frequent objection on the
ground that it was immaterial
how much monev Wineskie made
for the Standard Mirror Com
pany so long as it was shown
that he embezzled a part of its
rightful assets.
Chaiiirinaf his' course, Mr.
Brooks sought to show that the
prosecution was malicious and
thatMc.Knight. was.."ore", be
cause Wineskie had gently.
though firmly, asked him to quit
"butting" in at the High Point
office. It was shown tnat lie
Knight knew nothing of the
practical manuafcture of mirrors,
andthat Wineskie disliked his
visits and su"estions. This, it
appeared, reached such a stage
that Wineskie resented his in
terference and suggestions and
because of this action the defense
attempted to wring the admission
that the warrant against Wines
kie was drawn. Such suggestions
McKnight denied with display
of feeling.
umn 1 inc auditor nnu uic
books all right a year ago." ask
ed Mr. Brooks.
"Not until he made a number
of changes," replied the wit
ness.
"You disagreed, though, as to
how the business oujght to be
run, when as a matter of fact
you knew nothing about it," sug
gested Mr. Brooks.
"No, he told me one day: 'Mc
Knight, if there is anything
about this factory you don't like,
suppose you have it changed "' I
"Isnt this prosecution for the
sole purpose of getting Mr. Win-1
eskie out?"
Absolutely, not ; it's became
he wanted to get everything
out, replied the witness,
"You want to run the wliole I
thing, don't you?"
"What, want his job? God
forbid I" flared back the witness.
Then stand aside, directed Mr.
Brooks.
Bialas Collected Checks.
J.H. Bialas, an attorney and
stockholder of Pittsburgh, testi-
fied that he went to Glens Falls,
N. Y., and Newark, N. J., and
collected checks which had been
mailed Wineskie for waste silver
and later returned to the sender
endorsed and stamped "paid."
He produced letters from Win-
skie relative to the sale of this
silver and requesting that checks
be made payable to him person-
ally. He was. not cross-examio-
ed. I
I
iigh Point, identified the 5 en-1
dorsemcnt on the backoff checks
as that of Wineskie, and the Iff Winston, N, C, W. H. Pick-1
letters relative to the sale of ard and a number of other prom-1
waste as in the hand of Wines-Jnent men. -' 1
kie. These letters were on plain
paper and all written with pen.
Several other wrpnessss, in
cluding cashiers of High Point
banks, were called to substan
tiate (the mass of documentary
evidence, their service mainly
being identification.
.At 6 oclock Judge Strudwick
announced that tHe next witness
,or ine staie woul pernaps re-
I e .1. , - . . ' 1 ,
quire an Hour tor examination
and he suggested an
adjourn
ment until today at 10 o'clock.
This was done, the defense of
fering no objection.
Foundation For Civil Suit.
.. ;
W hue no statement has been
made by the defense, it was evi
dent yesterday that they believ
ed acquittal certain, and that in
tne examination , df witnesses
they were laying the foundation
for a civil action1. Once Mr.
Brooks asked McKnight if he
brought the indictment individ
ually or in the name of the
I " . ivjr.
McKnight answered adroitly,
1 rnn itrn nn3 u qriimtafi -I.
I uimnu mm lie
u,oufi'" 11 as president of the
Mandard Mirror Company. Fre
quently the witness would an
swer questions with " I don't
know," and each time Mr.
Brooks would shoot back, "But
' arc ginS 10 learn lots more
before
lore you hi
That the fie
finish with
this.'
ignt to be waged in
uriiau 01 mesKic anil 101" 111s
''recdom has been well planned is
evident, and his friends cling to
the belief that if nothing of a
more damaging nature than the
checks js offered by the state h
will have no difficulty in making
s satisiactory explanation, The
-tatcvit is said, is-', seeking to in
troduce as little evidence a- pos-
sible, hoping to off ;r just enough
to justify the mac titrate in hold-1
tug the defendant for the grand
jury and thereby not giving the
dwfense an opportunity to make
plans to refute such testimony.
The legal battle today over the
admission of evidence promises
to be a -sharp one, and the tilts
which have characterized the
proceedings up to this point
promise to grow even more fre
quent. The case is 'being tried
with all thev igor and evidence
of feeling that is associated with
regular court hearings, the de
fense evidently desiring to sfc-
cure the freedom of the accused
at this .time. and. thereby lay a
t. . ... i . t .. . ..
miii njuiiumion ior me civil ac
tion that is inevitable in case of
a" failure of the state to show
cause for the further detention oi
Mr Wineskie.
OPINION CRYSTALIZING.
Public opinion is crystalizing
into the belief that Mr. Wineskie
never used any of the money oil
the Standard Mirror Co. for his
own benefit. He makes no dc
nial of anything with his name to I
it and tells why 'the account was I
so kept. His methods have en-1
riched the company, not him. His I
salary was $4,000 and . his divi-
dends not less than $1,500, and
all the property he has would not
amount to a saving of one third
of this amount for 5 years, while
the earnings of the company have
increased a thousand fold. No
one desires to shield any wrong
doing in Mr. Wineskie, his friends
' te HM the situation sim-
ply believe in hint,
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ANNUAL MEETING.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders and directors of the
Southern Live Stock Insurance
Co. will be held in theiroffices
Monday, .January 15th, 1912, at
a p. m. Among the out of town
visitors expected are: Col. L.
Banks Holt, Graham, N. C, A.
G. Kimes, Burlineton. N. C. T. I
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11. Crowder, Raleigh, N. C, F.
C, Boyles, Greensboro, N. C, J. I
B. McCrary and W. W. Smoake I
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
Literature Department.
The Literature Department of
the Womans Club met in regular
session Tuesday afternoon at the
residence of Mrs. J. J. Farriss,
the chairman. Regardless of the
disagreeable weather there was a
good attendance and the follow
nig programme was given from
the subject of "American Liter
ature," with Miss Gutrude Law
rence as leader.
Topic Writers of the East.
"Irvings Sketch Book as a Re
velation of the Life of New Eng
land and of the Literary Ma
terial" of America. Miss Aunie
Laurie Council.
"Literary Landmarks of Cam
bridge and Concord," Mrs
Henry White.
Round Table.
After adjournment Mrs. Far
riss served dainty refreshments.
General Meeting.
The first general meeting
of
i ' r i. . T ...
1 mc icn j uai ui uie omau s
Club was truly a most interest
ing and important one. Full re-
ports ot the month s work were
given by the chairman of the de
partments of Civic, Constructive
Philanthrophy. Home Ecoiio-
mics, Literature, Parliamentary,
Music and Health. A most in
teresting feature was the pre
senting of the revised constitu-
tion and by-laws and while this
brought forth a most heated dis-J
cussion, yet the best of humor
I prevailed, and no one lost their
poise, and the constitution was
with a few slight changes, adopt
ed. Miss Vera Idol favored the
club with a vocal solo, and dur
ing the social pesiod the Home
Economics Department' served
lefreshments,
Bridge Party.
One of the largest card
par
ties in several weeks was
tite
delectable bridge party give
Wednesday afternoon by Mrs
Edward Peele Parker at her rcsi
dence on Lindsay street. That
it was something of a last call
party did not bring the usual
tinge of sadness of like parties,
because Mrs. Parker's new home
will still be on the same street
The game was so unusually in
teresting that the ardent players
lingered long. Mrs. Ottis Men
dennall made tne highest score
and was presented with the pair
of handsome hand embroidered
guest towels. Mrs. W ilhatn
Shipman was fortunate to draw
the cut glass bon-bon dish given
as consolation prize. A most de
licious course luncheon was ser
ved to the following players :
Mesdames George Matton, Chas.
Ragan, Samuel Davis, Y"m. Ship-
man, Gilbert Clark, Ottis Men
dcnball, Robert Brockett, Cecil
Prince, Mae Cook, Cyrus Corn-
stock, Bayard Cummings, Wni,
Parker, Clifton Cowenhoven,
Jacksonville, Fla., Dee Pdllock,
Misses Helen Brockett and Con
nic Charles.
Mrs. Mae Cook Hostess.
Southern hospitality was dis
pensed with wholesome gracious
ness Thursday afternoon when
the Entre Nous Club and about
as many more guests enjoyed the
pleasurers of Mrs. Wm. T. Par
ker's home, when her sister, Mrs.
Mae Cook was hostess. This
spacious and beautiful home has
not long since left the finisher's
fingers and with its well chosen
furnishings enhanced by a choice
setting of plants and the hostess
assisted by Mrs. Parker, and the
gracious mother, Mrs. Mary
Hayes, the afternoon could not
have, been otherwise than one of
ever nleasure. ' " The crame nlav
a - . ; o I J
ed by the thirty guests was clom
Inos and the prizes were won bv
Mrs, Albert Tate and Mrs. Ba
com Hoskins. The club prize
was an exquisite cake plate with
trie old historical Tackson Sana re
with Jackson statue and the St.
Louis Cathedral burned in. The
work which was done in Eng
land by order of W. H. Holmes,
of New Orleans, was an exquisite
piece of art. The handsome bon
bon dish was given as guest prize.
The collation was of the same
daintiness that characterizes Mrs.
Cook's parties. 1
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LOCAL BRIEFS
We trust that High Point's
coal supply will he sufficient.
Not many people were looking
uir'the ice man this morning.
See if you cannot be of some
help to the needy.
A large number of High Point
citizens are in Greensboro today
attending the Wineskie trial. -
You can afford to buy a suit
when you can buy it at the prices
we are offering this week. Allen
Bros.
Our carrier boys have had a
hard time during the bad weath
er, but they are doing remark-
auiv wen under the circum
stances.
Bad weather does not interfere
witli the sale of High Point real
estate, (jeo. 1. Penny, secretary
and treasurer of the Carolina
Loan and Realty Co. has just sold
the following: A choi- vacant
lot on Howell street to II. E.
Montsinger, who will prolbably
erect a nice dwelling in the near
future, an da small farm east of
the city to W. I. Ragsdale, of
Jamestown.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Page, of
Biscoe. were here today.
,A,fU,4,eMin.
home with his mother and
friends, George W. Lowe left last
night on train No. 38 for West
town, Pa., to resume bis school
work for the spring term.
Miss M. L .Hanes of Winston-Salem,
who has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. J. Winn Caf
fey, returned to her home today.
Just received by this morning's
express a shipment of the new
spring dresses, in cream, black
and white serge and silks. Allen
Bros.
Miss Emily Winn, oi Ashe
ville, is the guest of Miss Nan
nie Caffey. Miss Winn sails for
Korea in February, accompanied
by her brother, Dwight Winn,
and other Presbyterian mission
aries. It will pay you to buy a long
black coat if you don't wear it
before next season. You can buy
them at almost your own price.
Allen Bros.
You can buy any suit in the
house at 1 i pi'ic Allen Bf '-.
WHITE SALE.
Ncwlin-Brooks Co. beghv their
annual January "White Sale anil
Embroidery Week" Tuesday,
January 15th. Be sure to read
their advertisement in this paper
and be, on time to get your share
of the special values. Offer com
plete exhibits of embroideries,
aces, robe patterns, white ma
terials, ginghams, percales, under
muslins, etc. Some very special
values in table linens, sheets.
pillow cases, towels, white
spreads, etc. We advise our pa
trons to take prompt advantage
of their offerings. The decora
tions will be done by an expert!
and you are cordially invited to l
attend .-this white sale and em- I
broidery week.
Newlin-Brooks 0
'.- o '' - . -N
It will be hard for you to real
ize what values we arc offering '
in coats and suits until you see j
them. Allen Bros.
Does this look interesting?
$10.00 Suits now $5.00
$15.00 Suits now $7.50
$20.00 Suits now $10.00.
$25.00 Suits now $12.50. V ?
Coats at prices that wilt
surprise you.Allen Bros.
WE'; WANT
To help every person
striving for a musical
education to secure an
artistic piano For
that reason we open
our own warerooms
and sell direct to the
home, thus eliminat
ing all in-between
profits.
Write STEIFF if you
are thinking of buying
Clias. M. Stieff
Southern Varercom
5 West Teade Street
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
C. M. Wilmoth, . . Mgr.
Get The Best
...THAT'S...
"The Coal of Quality"
IT COSTS NO MORE THAN THE
OTHER KIND
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First payment to be made
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once
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GRAND OFENIKG AKD
DISPLAY OF
Spring and Summer
Wool
ens
From the well known
Hopkins
Tailoring Co
Of Baltimore, Md.
Friday and Saturday,
Jan. 12 and 13
Call and have your measure
taken for a Suit, Top-Coot or
Trousers for immediate or fu
ture delivery. Fouliundred
styles of Newest and Snappy
Patterns to select from
GB. Mattocks
High Point, N. C.
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