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C. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1017. No. 21 FOUL PLAY IN THE BONE DRY LAW DECISION CONCORD SUICIDE jl "Pusher" Needed To Help Trains Over Steep Grades Mrs. King Supposed Suicide is Now- THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY The Mooresvilje Enterprise of the 6th gives the following account of the death of Mrs.

L. W. Sherrill: News reached the city yesterday morning announcing the death of Mrs. L. W.

Sherrill, which occurred at her home near Barber Junction at an early hour on that date. Believed to Hare Been Murdered. Concord, Sept. 7. Spurred into in creased activity by the startline enthusiasm Must be Your "Pusher? wh Outlook is Dull, it wr- "nu roll in Slowly in the Contest.

Win statements of a Chicago coroner's following a postmortem exami MALONE RESIGNS; PRO-" TEST TO SUFF TREATuIENT Dudley Malone, customs collector for New York, has tendered his nation as a protest against the manner in which tho suffragettes havo been treated, so it is alleged. Mr. Malone has taken a very decided lead in the suffragette causo and when the pickets were flountinsr banners around the White House and were arrested he expressed himself as feeling that they had been mistreated. In quitting the office of collector at New York, Mr. Malone leaves onss-of the best paid rlaces in the government services.

He is a son-in-law tome an lie -i i r-vT-rA HTF; wifli a liffl I vf-U Those Who Order for Medicinal Pur-Poses Must Show That It Is Needed for That Purpose, Many Statesville people seem to be of the opinion that all that is necessary to secure their regular allowance of whiskey is to just specify that same is for medicinal purposes and have a friend sign the permit. They should recall, however, when ordering these certificates are on file at the express office, open to inspection by all officers of the law. following decision might also be of interest to some who wish to those LA ftn inure extra votes after Close of this Week, Wednesday Sept. 12th. nation of the body of Mrs.

Maude A. King, killed near here August 29, and new evidence discovered since the coroner's inquest was held here, Cabarrus county and state officials Sherrill was a native of Iredell oun-ty, and until a few years ago lived above Shepherds, this county, ihv family having moved to Rowan! She wasj about 53 years of age and is survived by her husband and four children, two sons and two daugh- THIS IS THE "PUSHER PERIOD" I known as the camuaian there comes a time 'npr IVriod" a time it is hard to get overl the UP-GRADE TRULY. ROLL- Tffet YOUR CAMPAIGN REALLY AND txt mif(TTrC? TTn "HT A XTXTtriT About now KG ALONG IN A BUSINESS-LIKE MANN the "Pusher Period" in this race for tr Ford Auto and Grand Pnzes. avoid any trouble along this line: The United States Attorney for the eastern district of North" Carolina has issued to United States commissioners and others charged with the duty of enforcing the federal laws the following opinion: "The Reed amendment commonly known as the 'bone dry' law, as con tels. Also she has brothers and sisters living as follows: Mrs.

Ruth. Whinener, Mrs. Jay Howard, of Catawba county; Messrs. Waite, Pink and Frencis Sherrill, of this county, and Mitchell Sherrill, of Transylvania county. The funeral was held at Vanderburg church this morning, conducted by Rev.

J. C. Keever, the postor. 0 ENGINE OF POWER IS THE "fi USHER cn ti 1'cnnsylvania railroad between Johns own and Altoona is Horse-Shoe Curve." rid lamous graae, Known as ine StCC-p. V.O 1 ght trams over this polling me neavy passenger mm irei 1 Trt tained in act of Congress approved cn humped up place in the earth's surface! the March 3, 1917, makes it a violation Pennsylvania Com-of LOW SPEED Lv-maintains specially built, heavy, squat engines) of the federal law for any one to: great pushing power "'Order, purchase or cause liquors to be transported in interstate com A train glides into the Altoona yards, and the folk on the observation will, without doubt, re-open the investigation in the near future, in an cfTort to learn if there was foul play in the death of the New York and Chicago heiress, the guest here of Misses Belle and Kate Means.

Coroner C. L. Spears this afternoon visited the scene of the killing at Blackwelder springs, some three miles from Concord, and examined Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dry, wha heard the commotion at the springs the night of the tragedy and who did not testify at the inquest Thc Chicago coroner said it was improbable that Mrs.

King's death was accidental. Concord is in a foment of excitement following the Associated Press dispatches from Chicago today to the effect that the body of Mrs. King had been exhumed and a postmortem examination disclosed the fact that her left ankl-3 was broken prior to her death and that there were nr. powder burns about her head, which led the coroner in Chicago to disagree with Coroner Spears, of Cabarrus county, and find that she was killed by part'es unknown to the coroner. As a result many juniors are.

flying about; but investigation shows practically all of them to be groundless. Two Real Dovcloiment. n'ltfomi see one of these moguls stick its draw-head against the rear Margaret, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Richardson of Asheville, died Wednesday at noon.

The body was brought down on No. 12. Funeral services were conducted at 11 o'clock Friday at the home of S. W. Stimson, grandfather of little Margaret.

Interment was at Oakland cemetery. of" the train, and the journey up the mountain I begirts. of former Senator O'Gomiaru His letter of resignation said in part: "Last autumn, as the representative of your administration, I went into the woman suffrage states to urge your re-election. The most difficult argument met among the seven million women voters was the failure of the Democratic party, through out four years of power to pass the federal suffrage amendment looking toward the enfranchisement of all of the women of the country- Throughout those states, and particularly California, which decided the election by-the votes of women, the women voters were urged to support you even though Judge Hughes had already declared for the federal suffrage amendment, because you and your party, through liberal leadership, were more likely nationally to enfranchise the rest of the women of the country than were your opponents. And if the women of the west voted to re-elect you, I promised them I would spend all my energy at any sacrifice to myself, to get the present Democratic administration to pass the federal suffrage You have heard an engine putting up a steep grade it snorts, and merce, except for scientific, sacramental, medicinal and mechanical purposes, into any state or territory, the laws of which state or territory prohibit the manufacture or sale Dits out steam, and bellows forth black smoke, and crawls up the steep 1 1 1, t.

i t-r i 1 and seem? to say, siowiy "i t-n-i-n-K i can ana seen'- lu ssivwi j. i-n-n. au. ai w-n-x-n-iv a mu and when it gets to the top oi the mil, tne wneels bdgm to revolve fast- 1 XI J.1 1- tlx therein of intoxicating liquors, for beverage purposes. KNEW I COULD er and laster ana men uie engine iu say I KNEW.

I COULD." 'YOU CAN IF YOU THINK YOU When a p'-ivon thinks they can perform a service "It is the wish of the government that this statute be enforced wherever and whenever there is evidence VS." in most cases they Arthur Gales Combs, son of Win. Reed Combs, who lives on Lackey street, died Wednesday night at 10:30. Funeral vas conducted and interment at Stony Point Thursday afternoon. ired results if they apply their (JnerSy and time to c.esi of its violation. I am advised that i the task.

intoxicating liquors are being ship- The onl way to win in a contest is to believe in -and back nothing." vourself up with work for "Faith without work the hard time for then you need your faith your be ability. And the friends that are pen to parties in North Carolina marked for 'medicinal purposes, and that an impression prevails that this is all that is necessary for a person to obtain whiskey as heretofore. This is a violation of the federal statute, packing you at this. And the Ik-L in stasro oi u. -ame can act like the "PUSHER" aits for the train- they can hand you their subscription and get you act.

But the present policy of the over the peak of The two real developments in the administration, in permitting splen- doubt of uncertainty of failing belief in your own powers. case, standing out in bold relief did American women to be sent to EXTRA VOTE OFFER unless the defendant can show by competent testimony that he has in good faith ordered same 'for medical and that the same is The wise candidate will strain every effort to get Mrs. W. H. Haithcox died at her home near the depot about seven o'clock Friday morning, after a short illness.

Funeral services were conducted at two o'clock Saturday at the home. Mrs. Haithcox was a Miss Olo Boovey before marriage. She is survived by her husband, her father, four sisters and three brothers. One brother, Charlie Boovey, who is at Camp Sevier, is expected home for the funeral.

She was about twenty-eight years of age. as many of the ex-I the close for the tra votes as possible for they will count up fast in necessary as any medical prcpar Grand Prizes. If you want to ride. in the car bought your spare time, and would win YOU MUST WORK. A REAL LIVE WIRE COULD ENTER TODAY AND WIN SPECIAL OUR RURAL CORRESPONDENTS CLAIMS PASSED BY DISTRICT BOARD jail in Washington, not for carrying offensive banners, nor for picketing, but on the technical charge of obstructing traffic, is a denial even of their constitutional right of petition for, and demand the passage of tho federal sufTrage amendment.

It therefore now becomes' my profound obligation actively to keep my promise to the women of the west." The letter then goes into a lengthy discussion of the history of the fight for equal sufTrage in which tho writer urged the enfranchisement of American women not only as a measure of justice and democracy, but as an urgent war measure. He concludes: "So in order effectively to keep my promise made in the west, and more freely to go into this larger field of democratic effort, I hereby resign my office as collector of the port of New-York, to take effect at'oncc, or at your earliest convenience. ation would be necessary for him. "In prosecuting such cases, the government is only required to show that the defendent ordered or caused tv intoxicating liquors to be transported, and if he received 'in Ids own name, this is sufficient evidence that he caused such liquors to be transported. The burden of proof is not on the government to show that such liquors were not for medical purposes, but the burden rests on the defendent in this respect.

Wherever there is an exception in the statute which is not a part of the definition or description of the offense, but simply withdraws certain persons from its i provision, the burden is on the defendent to show that his case is within the exception: "United States vs. Cook, 17 Wall. 168; Shelp-vs. P. 81 Fed.

694; U. S. vs Nelson, 30 Fed. 112; State vs. Moore, 166 N.

284; State vs. Connor, 142 N. 701; State vs. Burton, 138 N. 577; State vs.

Norman, 13, N. 226. "It seems clear that the government may successfully prosecute any party for ordering or causing to be transported into the state of North Carolina intoxicating liquors, unless such parties can show in good faith that they were ordered for medicinal purposes and the burden rests entirely on him in every case." POSSE SEEKINU NEGRO WHO ASSAULTED WOMAN We feel very grateful to our correspondents that have helped to make The Sentinel 'sc interesting for the past year and j.s a special incentive to encourage a larger list of weekly news letters from the different sections we are going to offer a special monthly prize cf $2.00 for the first prize and $1.00 for the second prize. These prizes aru to be given just as a reward to the correspondent sending in the best news letter for the previous month. Checks will be mailed to the winner on the first of each month.

If there is no correspondent in your neighborhood we would like to have some one let us have the news from that section and at the same time stand a chance of winning this li tie monthly reward. We realize the importance of a good news letter from each neighborhood and we are very anxious to get a letter each wee! In sending in your letters we would ask that you write on one side of the paper on start each item with a paragra leave a "small space between ach item and write all names and initials with care. Send your correspondence in for the Thursday is: ue so as to reach us by Wednesday I morning and we The Hardest Blow of With a heavy blow to the jaw old whiskey went to his knees Saturday night when the new Food Conservation law went into effect prohibiting all breweries and distillers from making any article of food into intoxicating beverages. Food Administrator Hoover noti-fied all breweries that 12 o'clock Saturday night was the hour when they must cease. This law is a Uni-ted States law and applies to the manufacturer of whiskey in every section of the country, the mountains and Wilkes sections included.

Of course there is going to be illegal manufacture of whiskey, but the fight for the blind tiger is growing harder and harder. We understand that there is gome brandy being made out of the apples this section and it is a well-known fMt that this product has been on sale in Statesville from time, to time, during the last month. It is hard to apprehend these walking blind tigers, out the should use ejrery 'effort to locate them and then proper should be meted out to hem. From now on the risk these win run will be doubly great account of having to face the uera! court, as well as the county court. CARRIES CASE TO PRESIDENT WILSON The District Exemption Board adjourned Thursday night to meet porbably next Tuesday.

The following claims for exemption in Iredell county were passed on: Bustle James Morrison, exempted; Dr. Vance Hasty, claim allowed on condition registered is accepted and qualifies as first "lieut. in dental officers' corps; Fred Hyams Deaton, exempt, physical disability; Ralph Reece McNeely, exempt; William Pinkney Harris, exempt, agriculture; William Logne Hobbs, exempt, dependents; DeWitte Parks Elliott, exempt, dependents; John Lloyd Elder, exempt, dependents; William Smith Thomas, exempt, dependents; Flake Lundy, exempt, dependents; Emory Harmon Dellinger, exempt, dependents; Charlie Hampton Henry, exempt, dependents; Ernest Oscar Sig-mon, exempt, dependents; Earl Eugene Gibson, exempt, dependents; Hugh Ivey Tomlin, exempt, dependents; John "Reuben Myers, exempt, to Jan. 1, 1918, agriculture; Charles Franklin Foster, exempt to Jan. 1, 1918, agriculture; Roy Bratton Whisant, exempt to Jan.

1, 1918, agriculture; Ray Eugene Gaither, not exempt, agriculture; George Ivey Wooten, exempt to Jan. 1, 1918, William Andrew Cash, not exempt, agriculture; James Edgar Hoover, not exempt, dependents; Richard Mitchell Anderson, exempt, to Jan. li 1918, agriculture; J. Dexter Holland, not exempt, agriculture; William Durant Hussey, not exempt, agriculture; Harvey Walker, not exempt, agriculture; James Logan Young, not exempt, industry; Neal Singleton Brawley, not exempt, agriculture; Roby Frances Lackey, exempt to Jan. 1, 1918, agriculture; Clyde Lee Austin, not exempt, no claim.

Hilliard Sinclaire Byers, the negro janitor for the First National Bank does not wish to yield to the decision of the local or district exemption boards and has taken his claim for exemption from serving under the draft to President Wilson. Hilliard is married, but both exemption boards after looking, over his claims for exemption feel that he is no mora entitled to exemption than some of the white men who arc being drafted into the army. Both boards have disallowed his claim for exemption and he is the first man from this county to try to carry his claim to officials higher up. above th rumors, are the statements made by Chart js Dry and his wife, who live within a short distance of Blackwelder springs, where King was said to have been shot, and the fact that a man representing himself as a member of the New Yory police department tcUphoni to the home of L. -A.

Wed ding ton. the local 'not Hiding him there, left a message with Miss Sims, who was in the home at the time, requesting her to teli Mr. Wcddington to remain with the body until a full investigation M-as made and not to allow it out of his sight. This occurred a short time after Mrs. King arrived in the hospital where she was rushed after the Mr.

and Mrs. Dry whose home is on the brow of the hill overlooking Blackwelder springs, made a signed statement to the effect that on thi night of the tragedy he had just come from work and was ittini on the front porch with Mrs. Dry. He stated that he heard vioces at the spring but paid no attention to them, as many people stopped there for water. Presently he heard a pistol shot and then a voice calling, but not very loud.

"Captain Bingham, Captain Bingham, come here." Mr. Dry said the evening was and he heard the call plainly though no loud tones were employed. The voice was then lowered, he said, and he could not tell what was said but heard a considerable amount of low talking. He could hear people moving about the spring and It sounded as if someone was walking about in the underbrush about the spring. Was Second Pistol Shot.

After 10 minutes Mr. Dry an outomobile approaching rapidly from the main road. The spring is off the main road on the old road, used prior to the establishing of the new grade. He saw the headlights of the automobile and said it was driven at a rapid speed up to the spring; was stopped and then turned around. After a few minutes he heard the door of the machine closed.

A minute or more passed and they heard a second pistol shot. They saw the fire from the pistol streak out in the darkness, and it was close up under the top of the car, they said. The machine then left the spot, traveling at a rapid rate of speed back towards Concord. He explained that he did not testify before the coroner because he did not know that a tragedy had occurred until a neighbor returning from Concord on the afternoon of August 30, told him what had transpired. It was then that the happenings of the previous evening, for (Continued on Pago 8) would prefer that they reach us on the Monday issue mail so as( to reach us by Saturday morning and wb would prefer that riday.

it reach us by In awarding COMMERCIAL CLUB SOCIAL TOMORROW NIGHT TOBACCO 1JRIXGING HIGH PRICES le monthly prize we the quality of the shall judge by news items rather than by quantity. The winner wil be published each month so that yc may know who the lucky correspondent is. ur'McEhvee Planters Warehouse Tl 1 VoM thoir first tobacco sales Wilmington, Sept. 1. A hunt that was begun this morning for an unidentified negro, who assaulted and robbed Mrs.

M. Lance when she entered a vacant house near the city for inspection of it with a view of renting, was being kept up tonight. Fully 200 citizens armed themselves and joined in the hunt, automobiles and horses being employed. Feeling partly subsided when it was learned that the assault was not of criminal nature." -The sandhills of the southern part of the county were scoured by searchers and one negro was hemmed in and taken this afternoon. Policeman Kernon had to be brought to the city, giving up the hunt when he became overheated.

and owing. to the. high prices Vaihncr nnrl 1 j. -e CHICAGO MAYOR SUES FOR OVER MILLION AND HALF 7. Mayor Thomp Sept Chicago, son filed precipes in more libel suits AN AMERICAN OFFICER KILLED IN GERMAN RAID The Commercial Club social and smoker will be held tomorrow night-Last month quite a few took advantage of this social hour and it is to be hoped that a larger number of the members will be on hand tomorrow night and make the evening a profitable one as well as a social one.

Clay Gaither Taken Suddenly 1IL Clay Gaither, who has not been well for some time, was seized by an attack of weakness Saturday, while in his store on East Broad street. He was taken home by his physician, and was resting easily when last heard from. His condition is not thought to be serious. J. A.

Wcisner, who works at the Mint-Cola plant, had a painful accident Thursday at Davidson, when a bottle exploded inflicting a long gaih on his head, which required several stitches to close. Dr. Walsh dressed the wound. today. He askis $500,000 damages from the Chicago Tribune, $250,000 from the Chica ro Daily News and Victor F.

Lawson, its publisher; $200,000 from Jacob M. Dickinson, former secretary of war, who has made vigorous comment on the thi- past recoru ux gettinS topnotch prices farmer will no doubt bring any wagons of tobacco for the 0PeMng sale. Tobacco is bringing the highest and a large corps of toKo mSUre a11 who their market Statesville the teP the w11: th.is connection it is nothing" mtereM0 to the great firm I at Mr McElwee of this try of611 in the acco indus' tried C0UIltJr- Last year he 'ine in mterest the farmers in plant-nigh tobacco and told them that "predlr" WGrf SUre to prevail and noneV ins have come -true. fe dealings the far-to'thi V1 6 n( wistake in coming Place with the goods. Court Items.

Joe Eccles, colored, for assault on colored girl, found guilty, fined $5.00 and costs. Henry Mayhew, assault on Joe Eccles fined costs, and discharged. mayor's anti-war attitude, and H. Hemck and Ar- 000 each from fepectively president nold Joerus, re London, Sept. 7.

The 'Germans yesterday made an aerial attack upon the American hospitals occupied by St. Louis and Harvard contingents, situated in a coast village, killing one officer of the American army, medical corps and wounding three others severely, neuter's correspondent at British headquarters in France telegraphs today. Two others of the rank and file were killed and in wounded, live or the latter beinj Americans. the local chapter of and secretary of the National Security league Yesterday the i mayor sued the and James Keeley, Otic Leagues Meets Tomorrow. The Civic League meets tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock at the Commercial Club rooms.

It is a Very important meeting and all members are asked to be present. Chicago Herald publisher for $250,000. The total of damages claimed now aggregates $1,600,000. li.