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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
MAHONEY--GILLETTE
Pretty Church Wedding Celebrated at
n arndon.
Special to The Times Dispatch

LEESBURG. VA, Oct. 21.--The mar
riage of Miss Edna NJ. Gillette, daughter
of Mr.. and Airs. S. E. Gillette. OF Hern-
don, Va, to Mr.. u. c. Mahoney, of New
Market. Va. was solemnized this after
noon in St. Timothy's Episcopal Church.
at Herndon, Ithe rector Rev. Mr.. McNair.
officiating The bride was gowned In white
silk and carried Bride roses, the maid
of honor. Miss Laura Skinner. OF Wash
ington. D. c.. wore chiffon over pink. The
best man was Mr.. Charles Cooper, Of
Herndon. The ushers. Claude Grubb and
Charles NJ. A1ahoney.
After the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. ala-
honey left for tour in New York State.
They will reside In New Market, Va.
where Mr.. Mahoney has lucrative posi-
ton. I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Sco.tsyiILe's Personals.

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SCoTTSVlLE VA October 2,-Miss
Nora billiard spent Sunday night at
chester"
Miss Pearl Phillips, Of Red Hill, is
boarding al Mrs. j. II Daniels and at
tending tile Scottsville graded school.
Miss Kate Lee leaves shortly for Hunt
lngtou, w, Va,
j, G, Ridley, Of Baltimore, Is in SCOTS.
vile
Mr.. j. L, Pitts has returned to Ken
lucky after visit to Belle Haven
Mr.. D. H. Pitts has returned from the
Horse Show
MIR T., II. Farrow of staunton, is here,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
LYNCHBURG WEDDING
MIR. j. H. D. Mills and Miss Mamie Black
Married at ST. Paups.
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LYNCHBURG. VA, Oct. 21.-St. PauIs
Episcopal Church was the scere to-
night Of an interesting event. the occasion
being the marriage Of Miss Mamie BLACK,
Of this city. and Mr.: Fl. D. NILS. OF
performed by the rector. Rev. James M.
Owens.
Miss Mabel Norman. OF East Orange.
n j.. was maid of honor, and Mr. J, y.
Probst. of New York city. was best man.
The other attendants were:
Miss Katie Slaughter and Miss LuG,le
Watkins, of Lynchburg: Mr.. r. D. Mills.
of New York. and Messrs. Hans Suhling.
Sidney Strother and William King. Jr..
of Lynchburg.
After the Wedding. Mr.. and Mrs. Mills
left for a Northern tour. They will re-
side in EnglewOOd,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
A WHITE CHILD ON
MR.. BRUCE'S PORCH
Especial to The Times-plspatch.

ISpeCTHT 7 TrTeS-II5pHtC1T.1
ELLERSON. VA, October 21.-When
Mr.. Wallace Bruce woke up this morning
he found an infant white child on his
porch In basket with bundle of clothes
and bottle OF milk by Its side. The
child was left there some time during tho
night. and 1t is supposed that the parties
who left 1t came from Richmond. az the
track OF rubber tired vehicle was found
uP to the yard gate.
Mr. Bruce lives at Mechanicsville, and
his house is within fifty yards of the pub
lie road.
Mr. Bruce is caring for the infant at
present, and the county authorities have
been notified. and it will probably be sent
to the county poorhouse.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Rem = Hawkes..

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NORFOLK. VA. Oct, 21.--Ms7 Florencs
Hawkes.. Of Portsmouth was married this
afternoon to Mr.. Walter Lake Rem. The
ceremony was performed at Molume ltal
NJ e. Church. by the Rev. r. II. Rlwl-
ings, In the presence Of brilliant gather
Ing.
the groom. was maid of honor, and Mr..
Paul Waltz. OF Raleigh, was best man.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
ALEXANDRIA WEDDING
Mr., Hugh Milton Caldwell Marries Miss
Sarah Smith Howard.
(Snecial 10 THE Ttmes-Dispatoh,)

Especial to The Times-Dispatoh)
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Oct. 2l.--M!ss
Sarah Smith Howard. daughter of Mrs.
Eleanor Washington Howard. of this
city, and Mr. Hugh Milton Caldwell; Of
Washington. We're married at S o'clock
this afternoon in Christ Episcopal
Church. the rector, Dew William j..
Morcton, performing the ceremony.
The bride is we'll known in the circles
Of the Daughters Of the American Revo-
luton, her mother having been one OF
the high officials Of that society.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Sk,,Icum--RiIey.

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ROANOKE, VA. Oct. 21,-Mr. T. Skull
cum, popular machinist. and Miss Ka a.
crime Riley, daughter Of Mrs. Kate Riley.
were married at st. Andrews Church.
this morning. Mr.. John Skulc'm. brother
OF the groom was the best man and Miss
Mary Kelly, niece of the bride, maid Of
honor. The couple left on the morning
train for Richmond. Norfolk and Bal
tinore.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
More Ii ht for Gu peper.

CULPEPER VA. Oct, H.-Mr iIenry
Herbert of the Electric Construction
Company, of Richmond Va, is, here and
engaged with his corps. OF assistants In
tulpeper He is progressing well, and
says that the electric light works VIII
be ready for the current to be turned on
certainly by Thanksgiving Day in Mo-
Yember.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Sprouse-Napier.

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ORANGE VA, October 20,-Mr, Richard
sprouse. of Louisa county, and Miss Ethel
Napier, of this county. were married
I'm the clerks office here yesterday, Rev.
S. II. Johnson, pastor OF the M, H.
Church. officiating,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Fitzperald-Frier.

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SALEM, VA, Oct. 21.--Mr Joseph F1tz-
gerald. assistant postmaster here and
Miss Alice Frier. also of this place. We're
married this evening In Roanoke city.
Their marriage was quite a surprise to
their many friends.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
HORSE FELL IN WELL:
ESCAPED BAD HURTS
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liable horEs beionsng To- Dr. w a. BOYD
while grazing Yesterday. slipped into an
old unused well, A. crowd quickly gath
cred around the we'll and hauled the horse
hind legs and small lump on the side
is about all the damage done him. The
horse fell about twenty feet, being stop
ped by an old pump log. Had 1t not been
for this log, the horse could never have
been hauled out alive.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Shun,a.e--MlddIeton.

(special 10 The Times-Dlspatch)
rREDERiCKsBURG. VA, Oct, I;T7
Hr. Oscar " shumate, a prominent Cit
zen. OF Bcalcton in lower FauIuler tpt wv
Bealoton Preabvterian Church, to Miss
Edith r.. Middleton.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Cox-Ralote.

Especial to The Times ispatcho
NORFOLK. VA. Oct, I,--Mlss Maune
Belotc was married to-day to Mr.. WI
liam r., Cox. There were many attshu-
ants and tho event was very brilliant,
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peairo S wilt hire.

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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. yA,, Oct. 2l,-
Mr., James Peatros, q Caroline &c; county ~
jeft here on the morning train to-day
FOR Warrington. where they wero mar:
fipd
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
NEGRO MURDERER ENDS
OWN LIFE BY HANGING
fsnecial n The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ALss%s sS1Sjp K VA. oct. sl.-Enoch
Grayson, the colored man, who was want
ed BY the police for the murder OF the
negro. Charles Jones, here Monday, com
self in barn three miles from here IN
Fairfax county.
The police were hot on the trail and DIS
covered the body soon after death, HIS
victim was buried this afternol n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-22
Virginia thurman M.

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SHIRLEY, VA. oct. 2l.--Robert Brad.
leY, the we'll known Virginia turfman, is
quite sick at Hawthorne Race Track.
Chicago. He Is attended by two physi'
clans.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24

neM and ne 4 of seL sec 22-17-5-$16O
Ma Wooding ct al to G D Hurd, lease
OF building on ely1a lot s, blk 43, Original
plat Aberdeen, years at $65 per month
G E Black to H Barker, lease OF furni-
ture-$227
JH Pittenger to Phoenix Savings 3 4
L Assn, mtg on lot 4, blk AZ, w u BIS
Second add Aberdeen-$2658
u kaufman to Mrs E + Wolf, lease
OF furniture-$157
XII Hatch to f L Harrison, mtg on lot
2, blk 3, Bayview add Aberdeen-$250
BIZ LaDue to NJ Finn. mtg on fracl blk
f, w & BIS add Aberdeen-$40O
RI Philbrick to d 6 Dannell, agree
ment to make quit claim deed to lot Z,
blk IA, Campbell's add Hoquiam-$!35
CIV France to G ID Hanson, sat OF mtg
on VIZ of nwE sec 29-20-1O
Olympia Door Co to w E Kindred,
cond sale OF machinery
H Foster to Geo Abel, mtg on e1a OF
sea Of neH, e% of neH Of seq, and e
Of sea Of seq, sec II; VIZ of VIZ OF swI
Of nwL, VIZ Of VIZ of nwA of swI, W
10 acres lot l, sec II 17-7-$1OOO
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24
MisC0llane Gus.

II Cook to G Matteus, lease OF furni-
ture
Same to O'Rourke & Case, same
SW Gaskil vs. NJ g Denton, lis pen
dens to forecose tax lien on lots to 10
and II to 20. blk 10, W 4 B's add Elma
| Same vs. + l. Remer, same on lots l. to
l6, blk 10, Elma
| PM Newbury to Fl NJ Harding, rntg
on sw4 OF nel4 of swI sec 8-20-10-$195
! Il Sell to Il + Turner, mtg on lots g
and Z, blk IA, & DIS add Montesano-
$500
CIV Heath to The Public, notice OF log
brand, F2
Tx Sproule to T Katon, rel of chat
mtg on logs
Law to Montesano National Bank,
mtg on lots to 10, blk 3, NJ L & Ms add
Montesano-$1000
FL Campbell to Vance Lumber Co.
rel Of chat mtg
Peoples Furniture Store to w + Kin.
dred, lease OF goods-$56
0 Guinness to B Morse ct al, trustees,
sat of mtg-$9O0
Aberdeen Brewing Co to G G Burke,
rel of chat mtg
&c Fenton to A Hess, rel of mtg on
lots and 3, blk 8, Karr's Hill add Ho-
quiam-$100
l. B Haley to same, same-$150
A Hess to Trustees of Court Evergreen
No "a Of A, mtg on same lots-$4OO
A J Minkler to The Public, certificate
OF log brand, A j NJ
10 Sergeant to Mrs d johnson, mtg
on lot 6, blk Is, Campbell's add Hoqui-
am-$lOOO
Kinnaman ct al to Hoenberger,
rel OF chat mtg on machinery-$40O
NJ r Sherwood ct al to Michigan Lum-
Der Co, contract for sale of part OF lots
and and sea OF nwN, sec 16-17-9-$1
II McFadden to Ninemlre & Morgan,
chat mtg on horses-$35O
p Goggin to w A Dickey, rel OF mtg
on nwL, sec 34-17-7
d Wilmington to w S Shattuck, sat Of
mtg on SO Of eH OF sw4 of nw4, sec
34-1S-6
Smith to M A Brooks, land contract
lot 2, blk Is, Elma-$30O
Burke & Gotta to N Gamer & Co, bill of
sale of saloon fixtures-$2542
r H Wade to Burke 4 Gotta. contract
to sell W % # lot /, blk 3, Elma-$160O
N Gamer & Co to Columbia Brewing
Co, chat mtg on saloon fixtures, Elma-
$1,000
Columbia Brewing Co to w w Bush,
cond sale of saloon fixtures
w P Fuller & Co VS. S NJ Reyes, me.
chanic's lien on house on lot 7, blk 20,
w Il BIS add Aberdeen-$113
J Bramer to W Maize, mtg on sea Of
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24
Real Estate Transfers.

For the week ending December 10. comp lied
from the records by the Washington Abstract
company. of Aberdeen:
Aberdeen Cemetery Assn to H A Ben
aam, lots 2 and 3, blk so, Fern Hill
cemetery-$2O
w Fl Fadden to w Fadden, lot 3, sec
s; lot 8, sec 7-l7-6-$3OOO
Elma Lodge 90 f to T A Ray ct al,
lot 2, blk 81, Odd Fellows cemetery-$5
Same to I A Ray. lots 1856 and 8.
Blk 81, Odd Fellows cemetery-$2O
E Lindsay to VIM Moore, 1880 #
OF swA OF lots - and IA, blk l, w & BIS
add Montesano-$60
W Bum to II B Elder, lots 4 and 5,
blk 4, Martins add Elma-$15O
B Chilcote to T G Chilcote, neL of
sel4, sec 20-l7-6-$1OO
O Watson to f Watson, tract on "
side Of Satsop street, Montesano-$6OO
Treasurer to d Dupuis, lot l, blk % ;
IOI 8, blk 10; and lot Is, blk 33, Broadway
add lot 90, blk rs, First add; lot 5, blk
81, and lot 26, blk 66, N P add South
Aberdeen lot 3, blk IL, and lots Is and
IA. ok 20, Benn's Central add and lot
u, blk II, Frances add Aberdeen-Tax
deed
J A Banks TO J 0 Sergeant, lot 6, blk
16. Campbell's add Hoquiam-$3OO
Inter State Savings & Loan Assn to w
RI Smith, lot 5, blk Is, Ocosta-$75
Harbor Land Co to East Hoqliam Co,
jot %, blk 2, Campbell's add Hoquiam
81
East Hoquiam Co to Harbor Land Co,
MY part lots II to %, blk 2, Campbell's
add Hoquiam-$l
Harbor Land Go to G M Baldwin, lot
10, blk Q, Hoquiam-$2OO
Montesano Natl Bank to H H Carter,
nnd4 int in lot 4, blk 81, Benn's Original
plat Aberdeen-$l
D. ? Goggin to G G Vaughan, d, sec
s4-'T-7-$1S0O
2 Vaughan to st Johns Lumber Co,
same-$1
NJ Murphy to A Fisk, lots 8 and 4,
blk 8. Brewers add Oakville-$SO
M A Brooks to Smith, 81 OF e11a of
sw4 OF nw14, sec 34-1S-6-$25O
y Z Horr to + Sapp, WHY u lot 2, blk
2, Psyview add Aberdeen-$3OO
J. Sapp to X Hatch, same--$275
v 5 to Montesano State Bank, swL of
swN sec 20-1S-6-$20OO
5 to A S Hoefer, receivers receipt,
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24

nwA, sec 2l-21-1O-$4OO ---
5 Benn to Aberdeen Mfg Co, lot I blk
81, Aberdeen-$l
Aberdeen Mfg Co to S Benn, lots and
2, DIX 2. f e Ms add Aberdeen-$l
r W Hoffman to f Olson, lots and s,
blk SO, W Il BIS add Aberoeen--$15
VI Payette to A Goss, NJ tract 4,
Riverside add Melbourne-$1
A Goss to G II Clemens, NJ OF fracl 10
acres tract 4, Riverside add Melbourne
$40
N Minor to same, blks 81 and 20, Mel.
bonrne-$20
] A Simpson to same, ne14, sec o6-17-
S-$1S00
l. W Leavenworth to + G Patterson,
lots l and 2, seq Of ne q and neA Of sea
sec l-24-l2-$l
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24
Boats and Boat Building.

N. A. Springer is again in business at
his new place foot Of Wishkah street.
Estimates on and contracts taken for
building boats of any description. Boats
for rent. Parties wishing them on Sum
days will engage in advance. Tim
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24
Al COURT HOUSE
LIST OF INSTRUMENTS FILED
WITH OFFICIALS LAST WEEK.
Anutes Of the Superior Court. and List Of Real
Estate Transfers and Miscellaneous lnstru.
ments Filed with the County Auditor.
SUPERIOR Court,

The following is the record of business trans
acted i'll the Superior court for the week end
Ing Dec. 10. 1903.
Vioto Selvagio vs. N P Ry Co. Dis
missed
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1903-12-24
NEW CASES.

Jennie Juel vs. David Juel. Divorce
H III Cook & Go VS. G w Nelson. Col.
lection OF debt
Same VS. Grays Harbor Electric Co.
Garnishment
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-01
CIRCUIT RFApY FOR TaMMAEY AID.
Republican Leaders Say BE Should Get OFF
Fusion Ticket if Tammany Names Him.
(By The ASSOCIATED Press.

New York, Sept. 29.-Edward NJ. Grout,
nominated for comptroller on the fusion
ticket, with Mayor Low, announced to-
day that he stood ready to accept a Tam
many nomination for that Office He said
he considered such step the strongest
help he could give to Mayor Low
Mr.. Grout said that he would feel free
to accept Democratic endorsement, il
it were made unqualified and without any
conditions.
Mr.. Grout declared himself in favor of
Mr.. Lows election and reiterated his
former statement that the coming cam
paign will not be conducted on National
issues, but on the record of the present
municipal administration.
The Evening Post today says:
1.-The Republican leaders appear to be
unanimous in the opinion that Grout aud
Tornes should retire from the fusion
ticket, if they accept Tammany nominal
tions. If they do not retire, Uney will
probably be asked to do so.
Senator Plat declared squarely today
that Grout and Fornes must retire from
the fusion ticket if they take the Tam
many nominations
Charles f. Murphy's determination to
place both Grout and Fornes on the Tam
many ticket precipitated an open revolt
of the Kings County Democrats, headed
by Hugh Mclaughlin. At the meeting of
the city committee at the Democratic
Club tonight James Shelvin and Patrick
A. McCaran notified Mr.. Murphy that if
he persisted in the nominations the Kings
County Democracy would place in nomi-
nation a ticket headed by Louis Nixon for
mayor. Murphy declared that Tammany,
being in the majority organization would
nominate Mcclellan, circuit and Fornes.
William s. Devery today filed his petit
ton signed by 1000 names for mayor as
an independent candidate.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-01
TWO SUSPECTS DISCHARGED.
No videnco to Hold Supposed safs-crackers--
The Fourth Man

Yesterday afternoon in the mayor
court the three men suspected of being
the safe crackers who have operated at
Frank Williams, John Dailsey and Mathey
White. were given hearing. AS no evi-
dehce could be obtained against them the
mayor discharged them, and gave them
thirty minutes in which to leave town.
They made good use of their time.
The fourth man, who was thought to
have been in Raleigh is Frank Duncan,
for whom the sheriff at Burlington, Ala,
offers $500 reward. Duncan is known also
as Edwards and Winston, and his name
among his fraternity is Dayton Slim .
He is an Illinois man, but married at Chat
tanooga He is fire feet eight and half
inches high, weighs 16S pounds, has fair
complexion, light brown hair, small nous.
tache, beard lighter than hair, medium
blue eyes, chin rather protruding, nose
rather long and slightly turned to the
right, small scrofulous scars on the neck,
under the right ear. He is a professional
burglar and safe-cracker and is also MUIR
derer, his victim being a police officer,
who was a brother of two locomotive en-
gineers.
Lora Height. colored, was given her
choice of paying $625 or work thirty days
at the farm for being disorderly.
annie Hunter. colored, was fined for
ng drunk and down.
seorge Dowd, colored for larceny, was
md over to court under $50 bond.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-01
NINE MEN ARE UNDER
ARREST,
Troops Leave for the 500.
Comparative Quiet
Reigns There.
(By the Associated Press.)

Sault Ste Marie Mich, Sept. 29.-The
arrest of nine men charged with being
implicated in the riot at the Canadian 500
Monday of mob of discharged employees
OF the Consolidated Lake Superior Com
pany and an attempt of a number of the
men forcibly to resist detention by the
concern at Wilde Station on the Algoma
Central were among the developments IN
the situation at the 500 today. Numer-
Gus requests by employment agencies for
many of the large number of employees
thrown out of work by the closing of the
concern and its various affiliated com
panies to which they are responding and
the absence of destltution have given the
men hope and with the exception of the
incident mentioned everything was again
quiet today.
Mayor Pummer up to today has with
the sanction of the municipality readily
aided the needy who are declared to be
few, but he announced in statement
tonight that with the arrival of a detach-
ment of the militia tomorrow all unem-
ployed men of the company who have
refused to accept the offers of work else
where will be forced to leave. Tonight
and since the attack by the mob on the
company's office yesterday the local
militia REINFORCED by the police, has
guarded the plants and industries of the
company, but order has been observed to-
day and communication between the two
Secs, which was ordered stopped last
night was resumed today.
1t is planned also to start the street
cars on the Canada side tomorrow. There
are 500 woodsmen in the camps of the
company, but as a measure of protection
the company according to William Coyne
assistant to President Shields, will not
allow them to come in until tomorrow
when all of the $40 troops EN- route Will
have arrived. Although they are said by
Mr.. Coyne to be well provided with food
and to have been given good sleeping
quarters, the men, We're dissati
which caused them to. protest against be-
ing left at Wilde Station. This ended
in a demonstration similar to that which
occurred here yesterday but not SO Sc
rious. The men, MIR. Coyne said, be-
came angry when told they would be
held at the station overnight and began
to throw rocks at the engine crew. The
fusilade of missiles became so heavy that
to escape with their lives the crew under
pretense of switching the train after an
engine and two coaches had been I'M
coupled started down the main track on
the Algoma Central road, leaving the
foreigners behind. Some of them, un-
willing to stay there, have walked to the
500.
Toronto, Ont, Sept. 29.-Twenty men
of the Royal Canadian Dragons with six
teen horses and eighty infantrymen I'M
der command of Colonel Buchan, left
early today for the 500. They were fol-
lowed later by 210 men and three off
GERS from the city regiments.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-10-01
A MILLION DOLLARS INVOLVED.
The Celebrated Copper Mine Case in Haywood
Superior Court;
baskerville Citizen.N !

Haywood county Superior court is IN
session in Waynesville this week and at
this term the big copper mine case OF
Westfeldt against Adams is to be tried.
The Asheville lawyers who appear ii.
the case are j. G. Martin and F. A. Sond-
ley for the plaintiff, Westeldt, and Merri-
mon & Merrimon and Judge Charles a .
Moore for the defendant
The property in controversy lies on
Hazel Creek, in Swain county, and on ac-
count of the rich bed of copper ore it
contains is supposed to be worth some
where in the neighborhood of a million
dollars. The case is one of the most iu-
teresting on account of the value of the
property and the course of the case, which
has ever come up in this part of the
State.
Some twenty-five years ago Mr. West
feldt, who since died. purchased this prop
erty at a bankruptcy sale which was
made by order of court The property
belonged to David Cunningham After
the purchase nothing was done with the
land and it remained idle for many years
The people in the neighborhood maintain
ed that there was copper ore in the neigh
borhood but Mr. Westfeldt was incredul-
Gus and did not develop it. Several years
ago Mr.. w. S. Adams, of Boston, was led
to go there to investigate the reports
about the copper and soon became salts
fled that the copper was there in vast
quantities. The land was of course I'M
fenced and the boundaries were indicated
only in a general way by marked trees
He purchased a large tract of land from
persons in Swain county and proceeded to
open mines on a large scale on the lana
in controversy. But what property he
purchased is the question. The plaintiffs
claim that the property lies quite dis
lance from this mine property. He claims
that he purchased the mine property and
that the plaintiffs do not own it. Much
of the controversy relates to the State
grants originally issued. These refer to
such boundaries 1.-The chestnut ridge
and as at the time of the issuance of these
grants there was hardly any one living in
that section there could be no reference t.
the property of other people which would
clearly indicate the boundaries. There are
several chestnut ridges in the general
neighborhood and there has been consid-
cradle difficulty over the question of
which chestnut ridge was the one indi-
Gated The people of the section were
greatly interested in the result. of the trial
at Bryson City and almost all were at the
court house when the case was called. The
trial was highly interesting. 1t was in evil
dence, whether true or not, that boundary
trees had been burned and another tree
had been marked IN manner to indicate
that it was the originally marked tree
Expert evidence was introduced to show
that this tree was much younger tree
than the original tree could have been and
cross section of it was introduced in evil
dcncc to show the rings in the tree to
prove its age.
One side maintained that the other had