Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-30
Comment Oil Testimony Before
the U. S. Court.
REV. INSURANCE Law
The nioonshiner nnd His Friend &c,
4" Their O"r-No Moro Federal
Convicts to Some TO RnIci~h-rhe
Shell Fish Commission Litigation
-Grcemsboro Female CoIIcgo =
Trinity College.

lNulelSn, N. u, May .J-Ol the tcStl-
mony adduced in the United States
Court Saturday, the Morning Post has
the following to say of some OF it:
If men were struck dead for lying
In this prosiac age Raleigh would to-
day be in the throes OF the biggest lot
of funerals in the history of the town.
OF all the tall swearing heard in
court that done by some of the Wit
nesses put on the sand in the United
States District Court by the defend
ants in ''moonshine" cases Is just per-
simmon or two the talest.
Then there are others whose laoses
of memory are so remarkable US to
warrant their commitment to an idiot
asylum if the subjects were as big
fools as they pretend to be on the wit
ness stand. Then don't know nothin' I"
and Il heap less.
But the moOnshincr and his friend do
net regard Illicit dlstiiing or ones own
corn on fruit as an infraction of the
law as it should be. ana they are not
bNEAbened afterward by any qualns of
conscience over the white lies tney icTT
TO escape the clutches of Uncle Sans
uiircrs
80 MORE FEDERAL CONNECTS.
y week ago 1t was published in this
correspondence that no more convicts
would be sentenced to the North Caro-
lima penitentiary by the United States
Courts. and that the last Federal pris-
o:cr had been received at that institu-
ucn. me Department of Justice having
made the formal announcement that
no more United States conVicts VIII be
sent To Raleigh.
The decision is no doubt based on the
report made by Major Strong who came
"A 81 s.l.s.
ly made by certain Federal convicts in
the particularly. 1t is presumed how
ever IN the absence of any statement
To the contrary. that those now in the
prison Will remain there until their
terms are completed.
y REFUSAL LIKELY
Hon. II. NJ. Simmons has returned
from Pamlico. where he appeared In
the case OF Admiral 1'heophilus White
against Clayton and the Shell Fish
commissioners. As was stated in our
dispatches. Judge Bowman rendered a
decision in favor of the plaintiffs.
whereupOn the defendants in the ac-
ton appealed to the Supreme Court
Mr. Simmons has the utmost conf
do0cc that the Supreme Court will re-
verse the decision. He is of the opinion
tina, the Supreme Court Will sustain
Whites claim without reversing the de-
cision in the Day case.
While the new Shell Fish Commits
sioncrS arc in possession of the steam
or The Lily. they will acknowledge OK
ecution and turn over the vessel 10
Admiral White. The claims OF neither
side are recognized by the State Treas
nrer. and will not be until the Su-
prcme Court renders Il final decision
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
The following is the program for the
annual commencement of Greensboro
Female College:
Annual seirmon-Tuesday May soth.
in the chanel, ut II a. IN. by Rev. John
j. Tieert. u. -, OF Nashville, Tenn.
Address 10 Alumnae-Tuesday, Nav
3oth. in the College Chapel, AT 80 n. m.
Icy Miss NJ. T.. csrier. OF Chester, Va.
originating Exercises - Wednesday,
May 3lst. in Cnllegn Chnnnl Mt 10 y n,
diplomas delivered by Colonel ]. S.
Carr. :"
ANIMAL OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Nav
3lst. in College Chapel. at $50 y. m.
art EXhiblt-MOnday, Tuesday and
Wednesday.
TRINITY COLLEGE NOTES.
=, The annual alumni address of Or. e
- Wh!tc' VIII De delivered at 1 o'clock
T. M as given on The program card
TINS change was made on account of
the change of the baccala1lrente sou
mon by Bishop Duncan.
immediately after the address of DIR
w me- me craven Memorial Hall will
ne formally presented To the trustees
by Fey. \. NJ Jurney. and accepted bv
Hon James II. Southgate. president or
the board OF trustees. The Craven hou
has seating capacity of about Com,
teen hundred persons. One thonsond
ana thirty-siN opera chairs have re-.
Gently been placed in the han ANA
there are one hundred chairs for The
Stage. In addition to these chairs tbero
Is SPACE IN the aises ana vestibuIer
for some two or three hundred moro
The college parlor has recently bear
fitted UP i'll magnificent style bv SOM
ladies of this city. The walls have