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VOL. 19.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1011,
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STORM KILLS FIVE
CHARLESTON, 8. C, CUT OFF FOR
DAY BY 94-MILE
GALE.
PROPERTY LOSS '$1,000,000
Eight-Foot Tide and More Than Two
Inches of Rainfall Are Features of
Southern Blow That Reaches Hur.
rlcane Proportions.
Charleston, S. O. Tula city w'aa
practically cut off from tho outside
world for twenty-four hours as the
result of a freak storm which reached
hurricane proportions that struck this
vicinity and Savannah.
Plvo porsonB are known to have
boon killed near horo and proporty
losses, It Is estimated, will reach
?1,000,000. All tolophono and tele
graph lines are prostrated. The wind
gaugo registered 94 mllea an hour he
ford it was broken.
An engineer on tho Southern rnll
way was killed In the yardmastor's
offlco by flying timbers, a motorman
and a passenger lost their Uvcb In the
collapso of a trestle and two women
were drowned before they could es
cape from their home. Several
negroes also are reported among the
storm's victims.
Eight or ten schooners and small
steamers wero either sunk or dam
aged. Tho rainfall was more than
two inches.
The tide was something over eight
feet during the storm, three feet
Bhort of tho record of 1893. Consider
able damage was done by the water
In the low sections of the city, neces
sitating many people being removed
from their houses. The waters have
oaused wnshouts on tho approaches
to the Union station, preventing Its
use.
Great damage is feared for the rlco
and sea island cotton Industries by
the rising of the tide.
SHIP SEA-CROSSING BALLOON
Monster Air Craft Is Ready for At,
tempt to Fly Aoross At-
lantlo.
Akron, O. Melvln Vanlman's
balloon, with which he and five oth
ers will attomp't to fly across the
Atlantic ocean October 22, will, be
shipped from Akron to Atlantic City,
having Just been completed In a local
rubber factory. As Boon as the frames-work,
of steel tubing is attacbedand
the balloon Inflated In the mammoth
hangar the airship will be christened
the Akron with fitting ceremony.
The Akron Is the only dirigible of
the first class ever built this side
of the Atlantic. It Is 268 feet long,
or about thirty feet longer than the
America, which was lost In the ocean
as a sequel to tho Walter Wollman ex
pedition last year.
WOMAN TO RUN POSTAL BANK
Chosen to Manage Savings Concern at
Los Angeles Because of Special
Fitness.
Los Angeles, Cal. When tho
postal savings bank opens in Los
Angeles It Is to bo In charge of Mrs.
B. C. Shelton, who for years has been
assistant superintendent of the money
order division. She was once con
nected with the auditor's division in
Washington. Postmaster Harrison
says ho solected Mrs. Shelton for this
responsible position because of her fit
ness for the place. It is said sho is
the first woman to be placed in charge
of a postal savings bank.
RACE TROUBLE IN MISSOURI
One Negro Killed, White Man Wound
ed In Fight Over a Pint of
Whisky.
Huntsvllle, Mo. Race trouble
1b fearod as a result of a fight over
a pint of whisky at a negro bar
bcouo seven miles south of here In
which ono negro was killed and a
white man and a negro were wounded
John and Robert Damoron, Roy Bur
ton and William Torry wore tho whlto
men in the fight Edwprd Kvanc, a
negro, was shot in the head and killed.
John Dameron was cut with razors,
Two of the whites and six of tho no
groes were arrested.
CAPT. WILLIAM C. BECK DEAD
Was Decorated for Bravery Several
Times During the Civil
War.
Pittsburg, Kan. Capt William
O, Beck, veteran of the Civil war,
soldier of fortune business man,
coal operator and ploncor resident of
this city, died here. Ho was 74 years
old. Capt. Beck was decorated with
medals on several occasions In tho
civil war for bravory and rlflo shoot
ing. Mayor Seldel Is 8ued.
Milwaukee. Circuit Judge F. a
Eschweller began a suit for 50,000
against Mayor Emll Seldel, In which
ho alleges that tho mayor slandered
him In remarks made during a speech
at Bayvlow In tho last Judicial cam
paign. Upton 8lnclalr Sues Wife.
Now York. Upton 81nclalr, author
and Socialist, brought suit against his
wlfo, Mta Fuller Sinclair, for divorce
on statutory grounds. Harry Kemp is
named as co-respondent.
29 DEAD IN WRECK
Q. A. R. MEN KILLED WHEN
TRAIN LEAVES RAILS.
Disaster Occurs Near Manchester, H
Y. Most of Passengers Were Re
turning r i oin VelentikB meet.
Rochestor, N. Y. The Chicago, Buf
falo & New York express on the Le
high Valley railroad, loaded with
Grand Army men returning from the
Rochester encampment, was wrecked
at Manchester. Twenty-nine persons
lost their lives and 60 were Injured.
The disaster was caused by spreading
rails. Two cnglneB and two cars
passed over tho rails In safety. The
third and fourth cars plunged over tho
bridge 60 feet below.
Tho disaster was duo to spreading
rails. Tho locomotives and tho bag
gngo car had passed over the trestle
when the tracks gave way. A dining
enr filled with passengers at luncheon
was tho first to plunge headlong Into I
the water. Two coaches followed, ono I
standing on end in tho water with
all its passengers hurled Into a heap, J
wnicn completely mieu two-tniraa or
tho car, crushing and
who were underneath.
Had it not been for
maiming
tbp almost
miraculous presence of mind of Vet
eran Frank J Pinner, in chargo of tho
U. S. Grant post, G. A. R of Philadel
phia, tho nine remaining coaches
would also havo plunged Into the
lake. Quick aB a flash when ho heard
tho first crush Mr. Fiuuet leaped up
and pulled the emergency brake. It
brought the conchas to a lop quiver
ing at the edge of tho shattered
trestle.
BEATTIE CONFESSED, SAYS KIN
Accused Virginian's Cousin Paul Qlvet
Damaging Evidence Against
Defendant at Trial.
Chesterfield Courthouse, Va. Paul
Beattle, cousin of tho man now on
trial for his life in connection with
tho murder of his young wife, made
his effort to Bend Harry Clay Beattle,
Jr., to the electric chair.
Without the least hesitation Paul
Seattle declared that Harry Beattle
had himself said that he killed the
bride of a year. This testimony cre
ated a sensation not equaled since
tho murder of Mrs. Beattle.
The prosecution sprung another sur
prise when It introduced aB a witness,
without warning, Mrs. R, V. Owen,
mother of tho slain girl.
In a taxlcab, the arrival of which
waB timed to coincide with the mo
ment Sheriff Gill exhibited in the
courtroom the clothing worn by Beat
tie on the night of the murder, Mrs.
Owen appeared and took the witness
stand.
Prosecutor Wendenberg questioned
Mrs. Owen as to her knowledge of tho
domestic life of the Beattles and
brought out a point Intended as rele
vant to tho alleged motive for tho
murder, namely that Seattle's physi
cal condition, due to dissipation, had
caused much unhapplness to his wlfo.
Tho witness said that on the night
of tho murdor she had cautioned Mrs.
Beattle not to go out alone with her
husband.
TRIMBLE IS CHIEF OF G. A. R.
Illinois Man Is Unanimous Choice of
Veterans at Annual Encamp
ment at Rochester.
Rochester, N. Y. Harvey M. Trim
ble of Princeton, 111., was unanimous
ly elected commander In chief of tho
Grand Army of the Republic when
Col. John McElroy of Washington, his
opponent, ended a bitter contest by
withdrawing from the race. On mo
tion of Colonel McElroy tho adjutant
gonoral cast ono vote for Mr. Trimble.
On recommendation of tho commit
tee on resolutions, tho encampment
Indorsed tho Sherwood pension bill.
Los Angolcs. Cal., was selected by
an almost unanimous voto for the
1 1912 encampment
DISHONESTY IN ARMY POSTS
Major-General Grant Recommends
That They Bo Managed by
Civilians.
Washington. The rovolatlon oi
irregularities in somo of tho post
exchanges in tho department of tho
east during the fiscal year, which
onded recently, has caused MaJ.-Gen-Fredorlck
D. Grant to recommend to
tho war department that poBt ex
changes be placed In tho hands of ci
vilians. Bad management and dishonesty
has been disastrous to two post ex
changes, ho says, causing tho loss of
funds and the trial of ono officer and
several enlisted men. Ho attributes
tho trouble primarily to tho fact that
L tho army officers, occupied with mili
tary duties, aro unablo to glvo the ex
changes the proper attention.
Kaiser Has Narrow Escape.
Berlin. The kaiser narrowly es
caped Injury In a collision botween
two trains, which occurred on the.
track adjoining that on which hla spe
cial was standing. The accident oc
curred al Luebec, Germany.
Lawson After 80,000-Acre Ranch.
Greeley, Colo. Thomas W. Imeon,
Boston financier, Is negotiating for
80,000 acres of land 45 miles north
east of Greeley. He Intends to raise
fancy cattlo and horses for exhibition
and racing purposes
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II DIE IN RACE 26 k,uedl1n paniu
DRIVER BUCK AND MECHANICIAN
JOSEPH KILLED AT ELGIN
AUTO MEET.
LEN ZENGEL WINS BIG EVE"T
Nearly 100 Persons Hurt When Grand
8tand Collapses Precipitating 2.000
to Ground In Terror-stricken Heap
Coolness Saves Many.
Elgin, 111. Tragedy raced with ths
record-breaking speed demons here
and overtook ono of the cars in which
two men were careening around the
road course. Just before Jbe winner
of the National trophy flashed across
tho finish line, one of the automobiles
of the Pope-Hartford typo, Jumped
into tho air and turned a
somersault Tho mechanician, Sam
uel Jacobs, was killed Instantly and
the driver, David Buck, suffered In
juries that resulted in his death a
short timo later.
Tho trophy 'was won by Len Zen
gel In a National car, who ran at an
average speed of C6.45 miles an hour,
four miles an hour faster than the
record of 1910.
Zengel sustained nn cnglno killing
speed for tho 305 miles. His car ran
In splendid luck, outlasting Ralph
Mulford'8 Lozler, Ralph De Palma'a
Simplex and Spencer Wlshart's Sim
plex, three of the most touted cars
In tho race. Every one of them fell
before tho tremendous pace, leaving
the trophy botween Zcngol, Grant
and Hughes, who finished in the or
der namod.
Tho crowd had a touch of excite
ment not on tho program at the end
of the first lap when the grand stand
folded up like a window shutter and
tobogganed 2,000 persons to the
ground They lit la a hysterical and
frightened heap, but there was little
or no outcry. For twenty minutes the
ambulances were busy taking care of
the injured. Then, with many of the
spectators standing on firm earth, the
race was resumed.
It was at first thought that there
wore soma fatal Injuries, but investi
gation showed that tho worst suffor
ors sustained nothing more Uinn a
broken limb Nearly a hundred per
sons In all sustained bruises and oth
er minor hurto.
Tho fact that scores' wero not fatal
ly Injured was duo chiefly to tho cool
ness of tho men and women who wore
sitting in tho collapsing seats. Scarce
ly n dozen rose to thnlr foet or tried
to Jump
CIGARETTE STARTS A BLAZE
Careless Smoker Drops Stub Among
Light Fabrics and Causes Fire
In Cincinnati Hotel.
Cincinnati. Tho stub of a light
ed clgnrotte, carelessly thrown into
an opon suit caso filled with light
fabrics laBt night caused a fire at tho
Burnet house, ono of Cincinnati's lead
ing hotels.
A ten-blow alarm, calling upon all
availablo fire companies, was turned
in, but tho Are was extinguished with
small loos. All of tho guests wero
taken from tho building In safety.
Kentucklan Kills Two.
Plnevillo, Ky. In a revolver battlo
near hero Calvin Mlraclo shot and
killed Matthow Jones and Immediate
ly after killed Mrs. William Gibson
Mlraclo killed Mrs Gibson to prevent
her testifying against him, It Is
thought
Fire Wipes Out Town.
Clmhurst, Wis. Flro practically de
stroyed this town, tho loss being esti
mated nt $200,000 A sawmill, ?100,
000 worth of timber, six stores and 14
residences wero destroyed
THAT'S ALL
FUSE BLOWS UT AT MOVING
PICTURE SHOW.
Dead and Dying Piled In Single Stall
way In Frantlo Rush to
Escape.
Canonsburg, Pa. Twenty-alx per
sons were killed and sixty injured in
a panic which followed the explosion
of a moving picture film in tho
Grand opera house in this city. Of
the dead JthltteJi wr children un
der fifteen year at of ago and seven
were women. J
Operator John McCullough had Just
thrown the title qf the next series of
pictures on tho s"creen, "A Llttl Child
Shall Lead Them," when the film ex
ploded and his asbestos cabinet was
filled with flame.
Some ono yelled "Fire!" and tho
1,600 people In tho audience turned
In tholr scats, aaw the smoke and
made a frantic rush for tho ono door
way leading to tho narrow eight-foot
stairway, with CO steps leading up
from a vestibule Here they plica
down on 200 peoplo crowded into tho
passage, awaiting tho en of tho per
formance to take the places of those
who had seen tho show.
Immediately tho narrow stairway
was packed and Jammed ten feet high
with the dead and dying, tho shriek
ing injured and tho screaming un
hurt MAN OF 64 ROBS CHURCH BOX
Confesses and Shows Map of St. Louis
Edifices He Carried No Use
for Churches.
St. Louis. Caught robbing a
poor box in St. Liberius' church,
Harry Wallaco, sixty-four years old,
confessed, and says ho will pload
guilty. In his possession among other
articles wero a list of all Catholic
churches In tho city and a map show
ing their location. "This Is the first
Job I ovpr did," said Wallace. "I
didn't mind robbing a church. I havo
no use for churches."
TWO KILLED ON BATTLE SHIP
Seamen Lose Their Lives as Result
of Accident to Anchor
Gear.
Washington. Word reached thai
navy department that two sea-,
men William A. Oroecn and Wilson
D. Mlckoy had beon killed on board
tho battlo ship Ohio, as tho result of
an accident to tho anchor gear Tho
Ohio Is In Tangier sound, Chesapeako
bay, preparatory to participating In
tho target practlco of tho Atlantic
fleet.
KILLED IN A RACE RIOT
Deputy Loses Life and Others Aro
Injured at Indian Springs
Hotels.
Macon, Ga. In a race riot at
Indian Springs hotels ono deputy
was killed, another fatally injured and
other persons Injured. Tho Jackson
rifles aro being held In readiness to
go thero for duty.
Heiress Elopes Wht Athlete.
New Haven, Conn. Tho elopement
of Miss Rono Hublngor, daughtor of
Joseph 0. Hublngor, manufacturer and
turfmnn, and Alexnndor Tlmra.for two
years a mombor of tho Yalo football
uquad, became known. Miss Hublngor
Is heiress to $1,000,000.
Gives $100,000 to Japan.
Amherst, Mass. Mrs James, widow
of tho president cf Amherst college,
has given $100,000 to endow Ooshlha
collego, a missionary Institution at
Kioto. Japan
LABOR'S FEDERATION
FOURTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
SOON TO BE HELD.
LARGE SIIEKDSNCE EXPECTED
President of Organization Says Many
Have Wrong Idea of Its
Purposes.
Tho fourth annual
tho Nobrnska Stato
convention
Federation
Labor will meet at Ornnhiv on Sep
tember 12.
Secretary Ohrlsman roports that ho
has assurances of a larger attendanco
than over boforo In tVe history of tho
organization, thero having been a de
cided increase afllllatlons and moro
affiliated organizations requesting
reservations for dolegatos.
Tho foderntlon will doubtloss ap
point a coinmlttco to assist in tho in
vestigation of workmen's compensa
tion soon to bo undertakon by a com
mission appointed by tho governor
and provided for by tho last legisla
ture Its officials havo already eel
looted a mass of statistical Informa
tion regarding accldonta and tho
working of compensation acta In
Grent Britain, Oermany and Canada.
"A great many peoplo havo a
wrong Idea of tho purposes of tho
stato federation," said Prosldent Will
Mnupln "It la not an organization
whoso solo purpose is to shorten
hours and Increase wages. Indeed,
the ' organization cannot do anything
along thoso linos, nor would 11 con
sider such as being tho chlof duties
ovon if it woro posslblo to accom
plish them.
Tho federation's chlof purpose is to
securo boneflclal legislation looking
to tho better protection of llfo and
limb, to eeure bottor working con
ditions to Indicate its membership
along social, 'political and economic
lines, and to do all It can to eradlcato
Injustice. It has no fight to niako
against organized capital save as It is
necessary to prevent injustice. Dur
ing tho itittl aerjolon of tho legislature
tho federation, by organized action,
succooded in securing several bone
flclal laws, notably tho factory In
spection anS uuildlEg" laws. It Trill
ondeavor to secure a workable com-1
pensatlon law and to strengthen tho I
fomalo and child labor laws. Wo bo--lley'A
that- our organization should
havo tho cooperation of all citizens
who aro seeking the best for tho gen
eral public. Wo may not agroo, but
wo may at least moot In friendly
spirit now and then and discuss tho
matter."
Tho Nebraska Stato Federation of
Labor was organized at Lincoln on
Juno 25, 1909. Upwnrds of ono hun
dred trades and labor organizations
aro now affiliated, with a total mem
bership of about 11,000. Tho duos
aro levied on a basis of membership
and are merely nominal, tho organiza
tion seeking only sufficient rovonuo
to pay incidental expenses. Thero
nro no salaried officers save tho bcc-rotnry-treasuror,
who receives tho
munificent wago of olght dollars a
month.
Primary Vote for Judges.
Returns from all of tho counties of
tho stato save Douglas aro now In tho
hands of Socrotary of Stato Wult.
For judge of the supremo court on
tho republican ticket Rose, with 23,
4"70, Letton, with 23,303 and Hnuier
with 21.37G votoa aro tho throo high
men. Tho lato Judgo Root stands
fifth with 18,897 votc3. Davidson,
Epporson and MacFarland nro bunch
ed with a fow moro than 13,000 votes
to each of their credits, On tho dem
ocratic sldo Dean leads with 19,394
votes; Oldham Is second with 18,400
votes and Judgo Stark of Aurora is
thhd man with 18,161 votes. Albert
is fourth with 17,138. West and
Everson occupy tho bottom of tho list
with a fow moro than 12,000 votes
each.
An Opinion Forthcoming.
It 1b expoctcd that Attorney Gener
al Martin will shortly wrlto an opin
ion In reply to (luualiutis fioin Stato
Treasurer George, holding that al
though stnto banks nro not roquired
to furnish depository bonds for tho
security of public funds that thoro
Booms to bo no way provldod for
them taking down tho bonds already
deposited with tho Btato treasurar
and that theso suroty bonds will
thoreforo continue In forco until ex
piration. Governor Going Away.
Governor Aldrlch will lcavo Sep
tember 9 for Spring Lnko, N. J., to at
tend tho nnnual conforonco of gov
ernors. Ho will deliver an addross on
intorforonco of tho national govern
ment with stato control of railroad
rates.
A Charter Issued.
A charter has beon Issued to tho
FHrmers nnd Merchants bank of
CrcKco, which has a capital of $15,
000 and which has paid a guaranty
fund of $C00. Tho officers aro J, L.
Winter of Wahoo, president; Alfrod
Peterson, vlco president, and H. E.
Winter, secretary.
Can Close the Station.
Tho Bell Telephone company has
boen given permission by tho rail
way commission to close Its station
at LeRoy In Adams county
FARM SCHOOL PLANS.
A Mooting to CoiulbV r.'ittar: Can
neoted Therowlth.
Tho Stato Bonrd of "Public
Lands
and Buildings is laying planB prepara
tory to mooting with tho regents of
tho stnto university about September
1 for tho consideration of matters con-
TOctod 'wltli carrying out thcr Tro-ris-:
Ions of tho Eastman agricultural
school net passed nt tho Into session
of tho legislature. At that timo it Is
tho purpose of tho Stato Bonrd of
Public Lands and Buildings to confor
with tho regonts especially upon tho
matter of signing bills incurred by
tho first named board in purchasing
ground fur tho building of the agri
cultural Bchool at Curtis.
In connection with tho discussion
of tho bill thoro is much talk that tho
validity of tho now law will bo at
tacked by influences not in harmony
'with tho act from tho time it was In
troduced -In tho lower houso, strongth
oncd, It Is Bald, by representatives
from Boveral of tho towns which woro
defeated when tho matter of location
camo up for decision Mny 30.
Tho orlglnnl onnctmont provided
that whllo tho board should make tho
Bolecllon of tho slto for the now stato
institution and should provide for tho
building of tho school nnd all ex
penses rolatlyo to Its establishment,
tho Board of Regents would havo to
certify tho vouchers before tho money
would bo paid out of tho stato treas
ury. After tho institution is in run
ning order tho Eastman act provldos
that tho school shall bo under tho
control and establishment of tho
Board of Public Lands nnd Buildings.
Want Unearned Premiums.
Sheriff Hoagland has received from
tho district court for tho Fifty-third
Judicial district of Texas a summons
and copy of a voluminous petition for
sorvico upon somo officer of tho de
funct Farmors nnd Merchants InBur
nnco company. Tho plaintiffs In tho
action nro a half dozen parties who
havo rocclved from sovoral hundred
policy-holders in tho Farmors and
Merchants Insuranco company as
signments of their claims for uncarn
od premiums and flro Iosbob. Implead
od aB defendants with tho Farmors
and Merchants company are tho
United States Fidelity and Guaranty
company of Baltimore and the South
western Surety Insurance company of,
Durant, Old a. It is alleged that tho lat
ter companies rolnsufod .tho Farmers
and Morchanta company, and. SUtiratti I
toed to protect poUcy-holuera.
Terminal Figures for State.
Thn vnlitntlnn nf Bkaintrnl nronnrtv
and rolling Hlock"ot all ofths prlnci
pal railroads in tho stato, for the pur
poses of city and village taxation, or.
terminal taxation, Is somewhat higher
this year than last year. Only the
Minneapolis & Omaha and tho Mis
souri Pacific show a decrease In thin
kind of proporty. Tho grand total of
tho taxablo proporty for city and vil
lage purposes of all tho railroads In
tho sluto Is $10,851,102.
Approved by tho Governor.
Tho recommendations of the advis
ory board of pardons that Alfrod T.
Staley, bigamist, and Harry Spenco,
convicted of tho tlioft of $80 from his
omployor, bo paroled and that Calvin
Harris, colored, sorvlng eight years
for a statutory crlmo, bo not found
an objoct of oxocutlvo clemency, woro
approved by Governor Aldrlch.
Does Away With Bonds.
According to an opinion, rendered
to tho county treasurer of Lancaster
county by County Attornoy Strode,
banks designated bh county doposltor
los and which havo complied with tho
now effective bank guaranty act will
not in tho futuro bo required to fur
nish a bond for tho county funds
which thoy havo on deposit.
Products of State Grounds.
Tho fourtcon ncros of potatoes
planted at the soldiers' homo in
Grand iBland will probably yield 100
bushels per acre. It is said that the
potato patch at tho Lincoln asylnm
will yield moro thnn Blxty bushels per
aero
Nominated by Threo Parties.
Judgo Bruno O. Hostetler of Kear
ney has Informed Socrotary of Stato
Wnlt tfct ho nnpoptB tho republican,
democratic nnd pooplo's independent
nominations for tho offlco of judgo of
tho district court in the Twelfth Ju
dicial district.
Crops In Nebraska.
Tho Chicago Record-Herald con
tained tho following on Nebraska
crop conditions: "Nebraska corn Is
being offered hero moro froojy slnco
tho rains havo lmprbvod tho now crop
outlook. Sovoral lots woro purchased
In that stato by local houses. Evi
dently crop conditions In Nobrnska
aro much moro favorablo. Tho Bur
lington railroad issued a roport esti
mating tho condition of corn In tho
stato at 75, as compared to 60 two
weeks ago.
Expenses of Candidates.
Judgo F. G. Hnmor filed his primary
oxponso Btatemont with tho socrotary
of stato, stating that ho spont
$022.77. Judgo Humor Includes more
In his statement than most of tho
candidates, slating that ho received
no money from corporations and dis
tributed no cigars or other presents.
Judge Dean, democratic candldato for
supremo Judge, spont $189,30; A. O.
Troup, candldnte for Judgo In tho
Fourth district, spent $228.10, and
Howard Kennedy, for district Judge
in tho same district, spent $180.77.
GIRL ELOPESWITH
HER PAS PRISONER
DAUGHTER OF SHERIFF WED
"MOONSHINERS WHO RETURN
TO " CO (VI P LET ifatNTfcNCfc.
IS FORGIVEN BY HER FATHER
Clandestine Distiller of Georgia Corn
Juice is Shackled by Cupid While
Awaiting Trial for Violating th
Revenue Laws.
Dallon, Ga. A real life romance ot
tho kind rarely found has been con
summated horo by the runaway mar
rlago of Tom Manley, a "moonshiner"
serving a sentence in tho Whitfield!
county Jail, to Miss Llzzlo Gilbert, the
daughter of Sheriff J. H. Gilbert
Making "moonshine" whisky and, in
cidentally, eluding tho United State)
rovonuo officers Involves no moral
turpltudo in this part of Georgia. Be
tween tho makers of illicit whisky)
and tho agents of the governmentrr
who seek to break up this hillside In
dustry thero has been ceaseless war
faro for 100 years. Tho capture and
Imprisonment of a "moonBhlnor" I
classified as tho "fortunes 'of war"1
and public sympathy is likely to bet
with tho man who is caught
Over in Murry county Tom Manley;
made whisky in the mountains' "bC"
which tho family farm was a part;
Hn mnd it partlv because he.and-hli:
klnfolk preferred their corn proparedj
bo it could bo taken out of a bottle in
stead of having it made. Into poses,,
and partly becauso the Manleys had
boon making their own liquor for ,one
genorntlon after another, in defiance-"
of lnws to the controry,and youngi
Tom Manley believed, as did his an-
cestors, that ho had on inalienable :
right to do anything he pleased with,
hla own corn. V-
WHh duo precautions the revenuer
offlcers crept up close to ManleyV
prlmltlvo whisky factory and when h
turned to respond to a friendly greet
ing ho was looking into the barrels of1
repoatlng rifles.
Although a. federal prlaoner.Jt-wa
decided there was no use ofBendlngrT
w.
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Mrs. Qllbert-Manley.
Manley to Atlanta, whore there Is al-1
ways a delegation of moonshiners,
sorvlng sentences. There was a good)
Jail in Dalton, in which he might a.-,
well serve his sentence bo it was de
cided to keep him horo. Here Is wher
Gupld scored bis first point, for while
Manley was waiting for trial Llisie,
the sheriff's daughter, became greatly
interested in him. '
After ho had been sentenced, Man
ley becamo a trusty, which Jail dis
tinction Is attained by nearly all moon
shiners, for their word Is a matter oJ
honor with these mountaineers, and'
any sheriff feels safe in allowing them,
to havo a reasonable amount of lib
erty. In thin particular case the sher
iff was doubly oafe though he didn't
know it in letting Manley have tho
freedom of tho promisee, for by the
time his trial was ovor Manloy
couldn't havo boen driven away from
tho Joy of basking in Miss Lizzie's
smiles.
As a trusty bo was ofteneentjpH
errands to tho store, and he
nWivly obedient In lttlng'iaround anar-
walting for something to do, the sit
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ting around being mostly done In the
vicinity of tho kitchen door, wherel
glimpses of Miss Lizzie were eastlyi
to be had.
One morning Sheriff Gilbert missed,
his daughter, but ho did not worry
thinking sho had probably gone to
spond the day with relatives In the;
country. During the day he did not)
notlco Tom Manley, but Tom waft
such a trusty fellow the sheriff did)
not worry until timo came that even
ing to lock him up for tho night
Even then he did not pay much atten
tion to his absence
Tho noxt morning the situation ap-'
peared differently to tho sheriff, for a
telegram camo from Murry county
the homo of Manley. It was from the
sheriff's daughter, and read; "Torn,
and I aro married. Ho wants to come
back and make his word good."
Now, as has been said, "moonsbta
Ing" In Oeorgla Involves no moral'
turpitude, and, as that was the only,
thing against Manley, tho sheriff ac
cepted tho situation philosophically.
Manloy was accompanied back to
Jail by a cavalcado of 50 klnfolk a4
frlendB, all of them proud of him for
winning a wlfo under adverse elreua
stances, and proud of the bride ier
stealing her father's prisoner. ,
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