COLUMBUS, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE . 16, 1904.
NO. 9
EUAS CASE DISCHARGED.
KNOX NOT AGREEABLE.
FOUR TAR HEELS ELIGIBLE.
CHRIST'S SECOND COMING. NOTED GEORGIAN DIES IN N. C.
A VERY QUEER CASE.
VOL. X.
Old Man Piatt's Memory Almost
Fails Him as Witness on Stand.
New York, June 11. Hannah Elias
was discharged late yesterday on motion
of District Attorney Read, acting for
District Attorney Jerome, at the con-
elusion of the testimony pf John R.
IMatt, the aged millionaire who caused
her arrest for extortion. ""Mr. Piatt
proved a- disappointing witness. The
( uestions bearing directly on the charge
on which the woman's arrest had been
know. " His helpless case and huappar-
those who attended his examination.
He did not remember whether he had
given Hannah El lias large sums of mon
ey during the past ten years, as charged
and did not remember feigning Vertain
of the papers in connection with his
charges against her. The ordeal was a
trving one for the aged man, and his
replies became scarcely audible toward
the last. As soon as he had left the
witness chair, Assistant District Attor
ney Rand said:
."Your honor,' I think
ti.p ofirties to this miserable scandal
ought to be allowed to stew in their own
grease. There is no evidence before you
that will possibly serve to hold this
woman on a charge of extortion. I re-
quest that she be discharged." The
magistrate thereupon discnarged tne
the
woman. Immediately afterwards she
was rearrested on a writ, in the civil
uit. originally brought against l or by
Mr. Piatt to recover $(8, 000. , iSp.o
was
released a few minutes later on a -20,
000
bail and was escorted by two detectives
tnrough the crowded corridors of the
criminal court building to her carriage.
Buncombe County Ticket.
The democracy of Buncombe county
held a largo convention last -Saturday
and ntmed toe following ticket:
For State Senator Charles A. Webb.
For Representatives J, D. Murphy,,
J. Frazier Glenn.
Board of Education Jason Ash worth,
Julius C. Martin, R. J. Gaston.
Board of County Commissioners M.
L. Reed. J. F. Wells, C." P. Weaver, M.
S. Glenn, R. C. Clayton. V , -
Sheriff J. Henry Reed.
Register of Deeds A. B. Fortune.
Tax Collector J. Kelly Chambers. -
Treasurer T. L. Duckett.
tloroner Dr. W. E. Hemphill,
Surveyor A. H. Starnes. .
Bar Assertion Meets in
June ao-22.
Charlotte,
The sixth annual meeting of the
North Carolina Bar association will be
held at the Colonial culd in the city of
Charlotte on June 20 to 22, 1904. The
association will convene at 8:30 o'clock,
p- m., oq Monday June 20, and will be
called to order by the chalrmain of the
. . -nti.a:. j I
executive committee, t. A woouaru, ui
Wilson, and the sessions
will ho
presided over by W. "D. Prudenof
Kdenton, president of the association.
The speech of welcome will be made
by W. C. Maxwell of the Charlot te bar.
The response, will be delivered by
ilobt, W. Winston of Durham. The
annual addres will be delivered by lion.
But ton Smith of Atlanta. Capt. Chas
Price of Salisbury, will deliver an ad
dres entitled, "What Constitutes a
Lawyer?" Robert C. Strudwiek of
Greensboro, will deliver an'address" on
"La at and Lawyers in Washington
State." Julius C. Martin of Asheyille
ill deliver and address entitled "Sup-
ervision of Quasi-Public Corporations,
Married Women. A. B.'s.
The question of the marriage of wo
men college graduates is constantly
receiving the attention of educators.
a tnMo nnmnliftd hv Secretary . Arthur
K. liestor, of the alumni
..k.inn nf
' . .uW. hit.
the univ
m". !!S"L,
for the past ten years, only
,ul v.r-J:.rC:i-. ...U.ioahlAtoMr. Crawford, who
rnCT T L n I'M I II 1 1 V 1.1 lUlvUVVU
uer cent of. tee total numDer ui wu-ucii
per ceni oi, uy v
graduates nave mumeu- . Il Z the place. But whenever Senator Bailey said that he did not dis
graduatlon. On . the. other hand oyer not desire the place Bat D J pnM ..jca whf.e ia New York, and that
mtv turee uei ueuk..Mc uwu". v-
J v . i u
i .
have become teach-
7 nrr,
'.J v ; - .
tne oercentaffe or marriages "r
ped to practically nothing, wnue
while the
percentage of teachers has increased m
limnnrh nn "hfl hPfit C aS8 OI lUO Kv-
men graduates out of a possible three.
The next highest is the class . of 1896.
with a total of thirty-three per cent o
lrm..i.iuL! 1 1 n rn 1 lion fhft iiereentage
has been orowing smaller. This may
be accounted for by the fact that theee
i a. i . i J 1 iMAnriinif.V t.Cl
jiiauuawe. nave uuu m'I
et married, but the number of teach-
ers has increased at enormous rate
It has been noticed that'on mov
ing day the Russians army was in
.van.
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Republicans Say Appointment Was
Influenced by Corporations.
Pittsburg,' June 10, The appointment
of Knox as senator, has raised a .storm
in western Pennsylvania. v
Charges are made here that corpo-
rations had Governor Penny packer to
make the appointment. It is rumored
that the Standard Oil Company, the
United States Steel Corporation and the
Pennsylvania railroad, dictated- the ap-
pointment. Hank officials say that the
Roosevelt. Manyrepublican , leaders
RURAL CARRIERS PAID BY MILE
Mr. Bristow Announces New Plan
of Regulating Salaries of the
R. F. D. Carriers
Washington, June 7. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow has announc-
ed that the salaries of the rural free dell
very mail carriers will be adjusted on the
baisis of toe number or miles traveled.
Further than this Mr. Bristow would' not
discuss the adjustment, which Is now being
made in the classification of the carriers.
The postmasters throughout the country
wi be notihed as to me adjustments iu
"Jeir rapwHre wluwl"g
statement
regarding the outside business
rivileges of the rural carriers was. issued
at thepostoffice department yesterday, and
the order will be promulgated at oue by
the postmaster general: - -
Under the law i rural carriers are not
"permitted to solicit business for person,
firm or corporation, and cannot duriug
the houis of their employment, carry any
merchandise for hirej except that they may
carry mercbandise for Hire tor and at the
request of patrons residing on their respec-1
tiv r,.iit rimvidAri thfl same Rliall nnt
J' " V ' ' : . :
lmcnere wuu me proper uiacuarge oi
their tfRcial duties, and .under such regula
tions as the postmaster general may
prescribe. . -
Under this provision of "law no maUable
matter may be handled by rural, carriers
while serving their routes, unless the proper
postage has been prepaid, with the single
exception of county newspaper, which
under the law, are permitted to be carried
free throughout the' county in which they
are published, to actual subscribers, resi
dents on rural routes, must be deposited at
the postoffice, the same as papers lor otner
subscribers..
The hue for merchandise carried on re- j
quest of the patron of rural free delivery
must be paid by the patron. Carriers wil l
not be permitted Ui receive any coin pensa-
tion from the seller of such merchandise.
Articles or packages that are not mailable,
which the patrons desire the rural carrier
lo carry, must be delivered to the carrier
in person, and in carrying merchandise
for bite rural carriers are not permitted to
leave their routes as officially laid out or to
ooont oiivtliiiior ihnt will lw anv wav deUv
k- -v""-" - -T - -
lue delivery or ine man or m wj wj
or in
interfere with the efficiency of the service.
Crawford for Elector.
The unanimous and spontaneous en
dorsement of Hon. W. P. Crawford in
the county convention last Monday for
Presidential elector for the loth Con-
irretsiooal district, when his friends
knew that he did not want it, ovincesfyouugest son, who is undergoing treat-
unmistakably two things. First, that
the democracy of Hav wood county has
that old time confidence in Mr. Craw-
ford as a man and as a leader, ai d that
he is iust a strong with that democracy
t0(jay as he ever has been. Secondly,
it shows that the democracy is looking
Mr. r-tvfnril to take the. lead. For
, i;K:
that his acceptance of. this
hn'nor and task, for i t is a task with
,.i.,m0nt.a fttt af.hfld would add
etnpnrt.h. to the democratic ticket. If,
however, the congressional convention
t Hftndersonville, June 21, should be of
.h. Anlnlon that it wooM be best tose-
man. it would be per-
I X-JV w - ' 1
icwuij .
PioCfcor before and who does
and wherever mau, u .-?
, .n nrA mill
i o.o..roi. TtAmnoracv's call, and Will
rerve" wmm in an, eapacit, whien
,jrtVmav desire Courier. . 1
F.J
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Speaker Cannon w in not
; ' i- cept. .
- rrrr,u'.r,rrtn Jnn 10. iI decline
V auifB"
the nomination. The clerk will call
the roll again for nominations for vice
f president,
This is a statement or wuai o
j to f!hicaffo convention, made to
dav bv Speaker
al
Cannon, wnen. asKea
, .,0ct?nT
trior ii i rfiL uuooiwf .,
uuw -
' jl ii ikA nAnoAnHnn
V v,m despite your objeo-
a. ..II tmi fill II l.lin LIUVl
nominates
tions?"
"Do the same thing again,
plied. . ; -
he re-
One Hundred and Twenty Candi-
dates Pass the Examination.
Montreal, June 7. Dr. Parkin has
received atMcGlll University the report
of Oxford examiners upon the papers of
candidates examined on April 13th and
14th throughout the United States. A1-'
together 120 candidates have passed
from the different Statesand Territories
of the Union and thus become eligible
' for selection as Rhodes scholars. They
Include: - -'.. - ..
Alabama James H. Kirkpatrick. . ,
Arkansas Nell Caruthers. - T f !
Georgia R. P. Brooks, T. H. Wade.
Kentucky Clarke'Tandy. . " ;S; ;
Louisiana Ralph C. Manly, A, K.
Read. - '. ". . ; : : I ' "
North Carolina William W. Arro-
.wood, Thomas P. Sprunt, Henry Tran
tham, J. Horner Winston, :
South Carolina Wilson P. Mills, Eu
gene S. Towler, W. H; Verner.
Tennessee John A. Harding, G. C.
I Scoggins, John J. Tlgert.
Texas Stanley R. Ashby, Louie N.
Bromberg, Newton J. Marshall, Harry
P. Steger. .
Virginia A. Paul Bagby, H. Lewis
Brown, W. A. Fleet, Beverly D. Tucker.
JJREESE FOR SENATOR IN34th
Transylvania Democrats Adopt
Strong Resolutions
Endorsing Him
The following resolution was adopted
at the convention of the Democratic
party of Transylvania County Ju pon-
vention assembled on June Jlth, I
'Whereas Transylvania is one of four
counties comprising the 38 Senatorial I
District of North Carolina and" - .
Whereas Transylvania County- has J
- ea-oi n.it. I
"vv B"" ,
for more than 18 years Dut nas given
Qer loyal and enthusiastic support to
the nominee from her associate coun-
tis and "; ' ; . :.: .'; ' X
.Whereas at last- senatorial con veer
tion a motion - waa made and carried
recommending the rotation of the said
nomination and acknowledging the
fairness of Transylvanias claim;
Therefore, be it resolved by the coun
ty convention of the Democratic party
of Transylvania county that we earnest.
ly appeal to delegates to the coming
senatorial convention for this Sena
torial district soon to assemble that
tney give the nomination to Transy-
ivaDia8 nominee, w. E. Breese Jr; of
Brevard.-' .' the unanimous choice of
Transylvania county for " the said
nomination, a man whose ability is
unauestioned and whose Democracy has
koonnKiinrtsint.lv tpfttpd and who is
capable of representing this district
with honor, benefit and dignity.
And that to further Democratic
harmony and to exercise a spirit of
fairnesa that the coming senatorial
convention arrauge for a fair and equal
ntaHnnnf t.h naminor nf thfl nominee
iuuuwvm .
among the counties comprising this
senatorial district.
Senator Bailey for Parker
Washington, June 7. Senator Bailey oj
Texas has returned from New i ork where
heilas been for two or three days with his
ment. Senator Baily will leave for lexas
June 7, and will attend the Democratic
State convention that will be held at Hous-
ton June 21.
The senator expressed
surprise at the
repoits printed iq some of the New ork
papers oi yesterday, oescnoing me con-
ference held at the Holland House between
fl(nwwm,,, .,:fi,n smithnfN,w
Jersey, Col. Guffy of Pennsylvania, and
1 Senator Bailey.
Senator Bailey knows nothing about such
a conference. He said to-day tnat he was
never iu the Holland House, that he did
not see senator uorman- wnue in ew
Yorkilbatiie aw eijseDMor Bmitnjast
loDg enough to exchange greetings and
that he has not seen Loi. unity tor more
!.. .
than a year,
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if he had there would ' have been no de-
partu e Ungo
regaraing oe noituouua oi. rreuuM
candidate at St. Loute. Senator Bailey
has declared a preference forjudge Paiker,
thinkg TeXas should and. will be in-
structed for him.
In his last stump speech in-
y V g A. VUU m-M VA m m m. v W V - V W
clared that 'the hysterical cry of
im mi taai uoo ucou mugMcu u u v
- 1 court Dyltne people as unwonnYoi
i oi consiaeranon xxas idb -wuii
meen laueueu out :ui bikiii; mui.
i , .
1 imnArialiam hafl thnfl for roaf. t.lift
I llll L Mj A. A LAI A A.U UWW mm mm WW w vmm
peopW about $800,000,000 with no
i- t r j . j D...ui...n
i ui lucijus citiuci vu iivjumuwu
. preferred stock or 'Steal Com-
mon.
. Rochester Band Gets Ready for
the Millenium.
Firm in the conviction that within a
year or so Christ will again visit the
world, a band calling Itself the Society
of Christian Brethren has recently tak-
ea up its abode in Rochester, here to I
work and watch and pray for the mil -
lennium. ; -
: There are seventy-two persons In the
band, comprising thirty-one families.
The Christian Brethren have been work- i
loaf in the south and West for several
yers, although not very much'has been Quitman, Ga this afternoon, accompani
known about them in the east. ed by his brother, Vines E. Turner, of
The5 originate- and leader: otJthe Raleigh, whom he was visiting and by
Christian Brethren faith is Capt. L. T.
Nicholas, who was born Jq" Indiana in
184 He makes no pretense to divine
inspiration. He is tall and slender, and
has a kindly face, with a surprisingly
high forhead. V .
j Bushy, dark curly hair, turning gray,
covers his headv and a scraggly beard,
not eo patriarchial as Dowie's, conceals
his firm set lips. He talks in a low, soft;
well modulated voice.
The brethren have not started their
campaign in Rochester yet. - They are
waiting for the spring. - Then they will
begin work. They propose to so up and
down the canal, from ' one . end of the
state to the other, and sound the warn
ing to the people. New York city will
be visited, although Capt Nichols seems
to be a little timid about advancing on I
wicked Gotham, after the
hippodrome
performance of Elijah Dowie.
The band has rented a large, old-
4 fashioned house on East avenue, the
f most stylish residence street in the city.
it win remain nere until spring, when
it will remove to a four acre plot of
ground purchased on the outskirts of
cuy.
r W ' uia'UU3' . ulrV A3 u"
band, and thevwili erect the buildings
needed for their accommodation. That
foe brethren have money is shown by
tne fact that they paid $7,500 for the
laD(J and a8gumed a $4,500 mortgage.
, The society Is uot organized on the
communistic principle. It is said that
there is nothing in common among them
except ideas and religious work.
x Eactkman bias his own-property and
tiiSTDwn ban lr account, tarns his own liv-
s ' i i I a a. i k . 1 .
ing ana is oougea io rciy upon nimsen
for a 1. velihood. -Each family has a!
room entirely to itself, and. as far as
possible each family has a cook stove
and a complete housekeeping establish
ment Of its own. :
The society hasstrict rules concerning
the manner in which its members shall
live. They may not use in any form
tea,' coffee, lard, ooik, pie, cake, tobacco
or liquor, borne of these things are
forbidden because they are considered
unhealtbful. others because tney are
luxuries and - others because they are
sinful.
They kill their own beef and mutton
and dress it, because they say that then
they know it is clean. .1 hey never buy
meat at a market.
The exact date of the besfinniner of
the millennium is put at iyi. iney
n-" r' and Vffed
kinsrdoms of the earth, so that accord-
ing to their calculations the Liord is now
apparently over due.
I But Capt. Nichols has discovered that
j in reality the world is now living in
I I8Q7. o.nri that t.hA rrisent calendar is 1
i , r r
seven years ahead of the truedate. Ue
9 w Qtotnnn ca va T.n a r. T.na m i i pnniiiTn win
becjin in 1948 by the present calendar,
although 1948 will in reality be only the
year 1941
v,o nioninm iw thfl Rihl. Tn fbn
rvi iihAifi actoh ichno hft notA e-r t
first nlace. the words of the Bible, "A
dav with the - Lorn is as a thousand
A.
vears. are pointed out. rne next rei-
erence is made to the commandment,
"Six days shalt thou labor, and the
seventh," etc.
The millennium, argues tne unristian
131 tiii du, is iu wuid im iud uwu ouu
t .1 i ,. ca,,.
day on Uod's calender alter tne creation
ofVnan. Tho nrohlem - then is to figure
out the exact time that has ela psed since
the creation of man to the present day.
Capt. Echols nas taken the aoceunt
of "Abraham begat Isaac" -straight
down through the whole narrative. He
has figured out the time that has elapsed
from the statement made of the dura
tion of these men.
The table of dates that the Christian
Brethren have finally figured out is as
follows:
;: .: Years
From the Creation of Adam to the
flood. . . . ...1,656
From the flood to the offering up
of Isaac....
422
From the offering up of Isaac to
the giving of the law. by Moses j
to the people on Mount Sinai, . i -
330
From the giving of the law of Mo
ses to the end of the wanderings
.tiH ii
in the Wilderness. .
: 40
the Wilderness to the close of
the few years of the subjugation
of Canaan. . .. . . , ;.. . . . .... .
5
150
From the subjugation of Canaan
to the end of the rule of Judges
From the rule of Judges to the end
of the reign of Kings .
503
From Kings through captivity un-
70
From-the year of the, re turn f rpm
captivity to the birth of Christ:;
483
, Total. . ,. ... . . , ... ; . t . V.
4,059
- Thus say; the Christian
i,u. vuuvmovui,
Brethren,
4,059 years is the time that had elapsed
fwm t.Vif nrpfthnn nf man
to tne birtn
w m- mm w mm mmwrmmm -mrm .
Christ, and 1,941 yeara after the birth
. c firm D ha k m
i vua.ov, uv j --,
that they have settled upon as the date
of the millennium.
Judge Turner Excongressman Dies
V While on Visit to N.C. .
Raleigh, June 9. Hon. Henry G.
Turner, who a month ago resigned the
justiceship of the Georgia supreme
court, on account of ill health, died
suddenly here, of kidney trouble, after
2o clock this morning, aged 65 years.
He was a native of Franklin county, N.
C, He served four years in the Twenty-
third regimnt in Lee's army and served
14 years In Congress from Georgia. The
body was taken to. his late home in
Colonel Thomas S. Kenan. Charlotte
Chronicle.1 :
Interesting Treasury Decision
The decision of the treasury depart
ment the other dav that imported
wooden legs shall pay duty as ''familjr
supplies'' is only one of several con
structions that place the humor of the
gentlemen who construe our tariff laws
beyond the comprehension of the
average voter. The law permits free
entry of animals intended for breeding
purposes, but a man who tried to im-
port a Plymouth Rock cockerel was
compelled - to pay a duty of 3 cents a
pound. The wise tariff adiusters nnn-
dered and studied over it. for wAftlrs .nA
enough red tape was unwound to fill a
bushel basket. But it was decided that
a chicken was not an "animal," there
i fore it could not come in free. This re
calls Secretary Shaw's 1 decision that
frogs' legs should be classified as . poul
try for revenue purposes. It may take
a long time to decide these little things
but when iron, steel or sugar happens
to want something the matter is settled
off-hand and usually in' favor of iron,
steel or sugar. - ,
Value of the Japanese Yeii
When the public "reads that 100,000,000
yen has provisionally been set apart by Japan
for war purposes it may perhaps put an
exaggerated : estimate on that, amount
Although Japan has a gold staodard. the
yep Is of silver currency, and fluctuates
with the price of silver, so that at the
moment 100,000,000 of them means scarce
ly more than 210,000,OOX. But even this
is an immense Amount in " a country in '
which the wages -of a skileiul artisan are
ofien not more than 3 yen a week. The
Japanese currency system is cecimal. Thus
the yen, dollar, is divided into 100 sen or
cents, the sen into 10 rin, the rin into 10
mo, the mo into 10 shu, , and the shu, fin
ally into 10 kotsu. Goverment accounts
do not take account of any value smaller
rin, but estimates by pnvate trades-
men often descend to mo andshu, which
are incredibly minute fractions of a varth
ing. No coin exists, however to represent
these lilliputian sums. London Chronicle.
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ADfier IVICMnleY UieS in New YOrK.
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New York, June 11. Abner, McKin-
ley, the only brother of the late Presi-
dent McKinley, died of Bright's disease
and a general break down at
nis sum-
mer nonie vat somerset, rennr whs
morning. He had been suffering from
...... -r- i
ah affection for two years and the end
was not unexpected, lwo montns ago
he became so ill he was compelled to
crive up an omce in JNew YorK .ana re-
I ' ' . . . -
t. .a fMm antivt hncinptsfl. Ha nns a.
, , us-' v- ha
lawyer by profession and had practiced
in New York since 1897, his office being
I at No. 52 Broadway. He was born m
Canton, O., and practiced law in that
w t Kain Vntlr
P'"J' wD Wl" -
John Alexander Dowie Refused
Lod-
- ing in London.
London June It. John Alexander
Dowie arrived this morning . with his
wife from Holland, He was escorted
bv his deacons in search of lodgings
and was met everye where with refusal
as hotel managers are afraid of reputa
f
tions of rowdyism which marked his
former stay here. Ultimately unable
to. find accomodations Dowie went, to
Zions headquarters which . have Been
connected with police hekkquarters, in
i anticipation of a possibld- jonslought by
mnh .: - : rO :
Welcome to, His Little Judgeship. ;
AGceensboroiaTofthenhtp
Raleigh News and Observer- says:
"Judge.T. J. Shawx is receiving; rhahy
r.rr.t.iiatinna nTinrTtbe advent to his
... f. u, "u t.-' .i,:ui.M .hi
uuoie, wuicu u "vc vu"Uito v"v
fifteen years of his married, life, of
sweet and beautiful little baby boy.'
mw-
, . . 0Q;ef T?rtT.
Patterson- and-Depaty CilleWr J.
or l se, yocurau oxi. c v
of declares that Senator Uauj.a was
I . - - - . -
norfl7Pn 1 1 a NHurHb nidi kud iu
l - t a tv 4- '' a
hire gold Democrats - to vote ana
Suit of Curtis Against.: the - Pyth
ians Attracts Great In
terest. ,
Asheville N, C. June I0.On the
night of April 4, 1904, District Depu
ty Grand Chancellor George L. Hack
ney, of the Knights, of Pythias, in corn
company with other Pythians, of this
section of the State instituted, a lodge
at Canton. " One of the candidates for
membership in the order was John Cur
tis, a lumberman of Haywood county.
Curtis had paid $10 initatioh fee, and
had taken his first rank and . was almost
through with the second , when he re
fused to go any.further and demanded
his $10 be" refunded to him before leav
ing the hall. - Little attention was paid
to the demand, as it was thought that
Curtis would either drop the matter
or conclude the taking of his ranks.
Several days after ; the incident at
Canton, and after Mr? Hackney had re
turned to Asheville, he receited a let
ter in which the writer etated that the
$10 mustf be returned or there would
be trouble,-but nothing has since been
heard of the matter until today, when"
Mr- Hackney was served with a State
warrant, charging him, with assault on
Curtis, and with taking and carrying a
away! with him and still retain
ing the sum-of $10. 'Mr. Hackney,
in company with Alf. S.: Barnard, who -will
represent the grand lodge in the
matter, will leave Asheville Tuesday "
mornipg and will reach Canton in time
for the . trial, which is set for 10:30
o'clock. : - T "
The serving of ' the papers on Mr.
Hackney this morning upon the charges -of
Mr, Curtis soon leaked out and has
caused a considerable stir among ' the
Phytians of this city. It is the first oc
cur a nee of this kind that has ever been
noted in Noted in North Carolina, and
in view of the fact that it has to do
with the largest secret order in the
country, the outcome will be watched
with a great deal of interest.
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CONVENTION OF BANKERS
The Stfite Association to Meet at
Asheville June 14th The Strong
hold I of the Moonshiners
- Revenue Officer Make ' '
r:v., Raids ;-
Asheville, June 6. Active preparations
are being made for the eighth annual con
vention of the North Carolina Banker's
Association, which will meet here on June
14. for three days' session." Among the
prominent financiers who will attend the
State convention is Hon. Ellis H. Roberts
Treasurer of the United States. MrlRoberts
will address the convention on Wednesday
June 15. A reception committee will be
appointed bv President Kerr, of the board
of trade, to-moi row jnoruing, and this
committee will have charge of preparations
incident to the convention. The session
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i tne Dooy win oe neia in me oau room oi
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the State ooonciotion are: Lee H. Battle.
of Greensboro, preslder
Winston-Salem: Andre
nt: F. H. Fries, of
Winston-Salem: Andrew - Moreland, of
Wilmington,' and J. C. Braswell, of Kocky
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Mount vice president; O. N. -Evans, of
charlottes secretary and treasnrer. The
exCutive committee is comcosed of the fol
inwDe. Geo, W.Montcaslle, of Lexington;
John F."Bruton, of Wilson; R. L. Watts.
f nwHawiiif.; and W. H. Twktv. of f'hp.
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There are many sections in western
North Carolina where blockade liquor is
made,' but the stronghold of the moon
shiners would seemio be in and near that
little place designated on the map of North
Carolina wth & dot and called Talmage.
The little' place was ' teamed after the
distinguished Presbyterian divine, but there
are those who aver that the name should
J be changed. Every few weeks revenue men
invade thOprecints of Talmage and when
I they finish with their work of destruction
j the records invaribly ' show that thousands
- 1 of gallons or lUicit'Bre water' have been
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destroyed, while in the wake of the reve-
nucrs may be f ound heaps of chopped up
j copper! , Three, successful raids were made
at Talmage the past .few days by Deputy
Collector .vf kv ter;.and 8pecial
j Gauger BL SamsW The raids were all
- made tne same, osy-anti asaae irom tne
captumxnoee--TAiuaoie appartus, 4,ouo
.ml Ions of beer. 40 bushels of meal and one
bushel 'of ' malt' Were destroyfed. Near
8aine still, "and in the raid . captured and
destroyed 600 gallon8 of beer, two bushels
of -meal, and captured Ted-handed'' a
moonshiner namsdT. C. Hutchinson. - At
Eulalia and Wolf mountain
a captured two moonshine outfits, but the'
rereniiA nnwn
: I operatois bad gotten, wind of the approach
lot uncie cam's men and.. carted their
- "Btnfr awav. At EvelVn Denutv Col-
m.- Davis ? captured v an . illicit still and
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destroyed 60 &Sfr3itL
vv"" viuft.i
I ti w 78mne's captured a still " in the
Bshy m0untains of Wilkes county and
destroyed the apparatus.
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