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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
A WELL PLANNED FORGERY.
Bryan and Witty, of Scotland Neck,
Lose Heavily by IT.

Bryan and Witty, of Scotland Neck,
Lose Heavily by IT.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c.. January 10
Especially = A wcll-laid piece of forgery.
which was perpetrated In Scotland Neck
a week ago. has just come to light A
colored man. calling himself j. II. Battle.
went into the office of Bryan & Whit
ley, merchant brokers', on Wednesday,
January 7th. He said he wished to pur-
chase goods to open a business at Bethel,
N. c.; that he had been referred to them
as good men. He said he had a partner.
and that they had sold piece of land
to Mr.. G. a. Stancil. of Penny Hill. Pitt
county, and he had instructed that his
check be sent to Scotland Neck as he
was going to purchase goods here. He
called for his letter at the postoffice,
and sure enough, he. received letter
directed In care Of Bowers & Gray. a
firm which did business here three or
four years ago. The letter contained a
check for five hundred dollars; made pay
able to ). H. Battle, and bore the name
of G. "A. Stancil as drawer OF the check
on Tarboro bank. It was genuine
Tarboro bank cheek, and Bryan s. Whit
ley asked by phone OF. the Tarboro bank
If Mr.. stancil's check was good. and the
Tarboro bank answered that 1t was.
dIl cS SSI1lIlSyE tIIcIciOiS SOao ttlS COl-
ored man 500 worth OF goods. and gave
him their check for $400
The transaction was made on Thurs
day. the 8th, and the man left his check
of 500 by. Bryan & Whitley with Mr.. S1.
Hoffman and asked him to keep it in his
safe for him until Friday. Mr.. Hofr-
man did so, and that day colored man.
calling himself Battle, collected the mon
ey. 800, at the Scotland Neck bank and
went on his way. instructing that his $50
worth OF goods be shipped by Bryan &:
Whitley to Bethel at once.
Yesterday the Tarboro bank, on which
the 500 check was drawn. phoned him
that Mr.. Stencil had called and that when
he saw the check he said 1t was for
gerry, and that he did not know such a
.colored man as J.. II. Battle. Mr.. Stan
Gil Is a well-to-do citizen of Penny Hill.
and had good account with the Tarboro
bank, anG it was simply a matter OF
course that the we'll planned forgery sue
;ceeded.. Bryan & Whitley are making
every effort to apprehend the forger. but
they have no clue as to his whereab bouts.
Following Is the description Of the ne
gro, as well as they remembered: Med
.ium size. and seems to be about thirty or
thirty-five years old. is black. but not
the blacklist OF types: wore a blue cap. a
black suit of fcto thes.s bat not new. and
a long overcoat; weighs about $50 pounds.
and wears q mustache, but not a heavy
one. Looks like an ordinary farm me-
gro, who had come into possession OF
some money and wished start in bust
ness. Has rather a drawling talk and
uses broken English.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
FuNERAL OF Mr. @ANDREws .

FUNERAL OF MIR. ANDREWS.
Many friends and relatives attended thu
funeral of Mr. Charles Richards Andrews
which took place from the home OF hts
mother. Mrs. Julia B. Andrews. 167 west
Main street. at o'clock yesterday after
noon- The service was conducted by the
Rev. J.. Y. Downman and the burial wa:
in Hollywood. The grave was coveresl
with beautiful floral designs. one OF which.
was standing Tyre from the brothers
OF the young man. Other designs were
from friends and relatives
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
= q
HIS FATE IN doubt
GRAVE CHARGES pnEFERRED
AGAINST JoHN#BoYD, ooLoRED. .
NO ADDITIONAL Poll j: c EMEN:
Board Of Aldermen Refused to to
Adopt Resolution Providing for
1ncrea.e-Name. Of street. on
City Map ThatzN Never Existed.
70 ADDITIONAL POLICEMEN.

New ordinaces, resolutions and petitions
presented at the meeting of the Board
OF Aldermen last night, pertained in one
way or another to- the streets Of Manches-
yer. and were favorab1y considered after
some OF the facetious members had made
4 lew ludlcrous remarks concerning the
Iesa slblllty of bringing about such changes
as We're contemplated. A warm and
lengthy discussion S precipitated over
the resolution providing for the employ
ment OF two additional policemen, but
the. proposition was defeated by vote
or to z The body @concurred in the ac-
tlol1 OF the City Assembly, in sending to
sne Finance Committee the resolution
sWn Ech provides for an increase of SO "a
month In the salary of !. superintendent
w. NJ. Allen, OF Maury cemetery. The
oody adopted the ordinance offered BY
Mr.. j. Z. Abbott, which is to prevent in
reference with the electric lights of the
city, and the disfiguring of any of the
stores or buildings or the writing Of i'm
proper signs in any public place. The
penalty for violation of the ordinance is
$50 and not more than $25 The ordi-
nance was unanimously adopted on mo-
ton of Mr. Patram. On motion of. Mr.
Abbott the body adopted a resolution re-
questlng the Southern Railway Company
to have train No. 10 stop at the Manches-
ter station. Mr. Barrett's motion to re-
quest the city. engineer to draw an ac-
cura tie map Of the city brought out the
TACT that the names of many streets APP
peared on the Old maps. which never ex-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
MRS. KNOX DIED YESTERDAY. /

Az 40. IAASOlA. IIE1D Ed EftD<AI.
Mrs. Georgia Anna Knox died yester-
day at noon at the residence of her hus-
band. Mr.. J. r. Knox
Mrs. Knox was In the Goth year OF her
age. She was the daughter OF the late
Mrs. Otto Morgenstern. She Is survived
by her husband, son. and four sisters
Mrs. Ellis BEDFORD, Mrs. William krousc
Mrs. John Sellinger, and Mrs. Peter
Stumpf, all of this city an
The funeral will tase place Tomorrow
Sunday. at $50 P. NJ, from Union Sta
ton Methodist church. The interment
will be made In lakewood.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

sfAGB HANDS ELECT OFFICERS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

Mr.. Rudd: Talking about a moral
town. dc not think that Manchester is
SO moral after all. II all hear is true
I say it is not as moral as 1t should be.
Talking about streets, I am in favor Of
improving them, but Il want police pro-
lection if we have to wade through mud
~,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

The funeral will occur tomorrow fSun-
day.. at P. NJ, from Mortuary chapel
in the Hebrew Cemetery.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

NJ Bryan was tanen completely by
5ptpFise. He rose to his feet and with a
poce trembling with emotion said he felt
Eat this was the ,,appiest moment OF his
lie and that he was overcome by this
c6rte from those with whom he had
soFked for ten years. He said it was as
Unexpected as it was undeserved and he
'lsned ne could claim the merit to de
ssFVe the generous gift. He ended with
ae Expression: Il thank you, my friends.
sao would to God were better able
express my feelings"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17

With vocal selections from the '.Arnay.
Songster,' hearty welcome. the best Of
good music, mem bers in evening dress.
fragrant Havanas. rooms brilliantly
lighted, roaring fires in the spacious old
tireplaces, President Curtis in splendid
toll Il, 7=7s. -
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

New York, September 26.-The event of greatest interest is, of course, the we'd ding of Miss Goelet to the Duke of Roxe- burghe. and there is some anxiety among sadly affect their social status. Will Miss ssdly affect their social status. Will Ms Goelet be good or will she make others feel those sensations to which she was no stranger twenty-five years ago? There is a great gulftbetween the Mrs Ogden Gee let of today and the pretty Miss Wilson. of New LonGon days-ah, but time works changes'
 Well, the grand event that brings sec ond foreign connection into the Wilson family and makes Mrs. Orme Wilson, who was Caroline Astor, and Mrs. Cornelius vanderbilt who was Miss Grace Wilson, aunts of duke, will take place in one of our largest churches.
 It will be a chrysanthemum wedding,
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BY pIEDRIcH kNIcKERBockER.

and thousands of these flowers will be used to trim the interior of the big edi- flee. At the Marlborough-Vand nuptials and just after the Paget- Whit ney event three big arches of the Japan ese fringed variety spanned the middle aisle of St. Thomas church. So great was the display on these occasions that 1t will not be easy to surpass them. Chrysanthe- mums are the November flower par ex- celence and far ahead of any, others in decorative effects The ceremony will be performed at noon by Bishop Potter and the Rev. Dr. William H. Greer, the rector
 The bride will walk up the aisle with her grandfather, R. T. Wilson. who will give her away. Her costume will be combin- ation of white satin with chiffon point lace and clustered orange blossoms. There will be some heather in her corsage bo- quet, as well as the one she carries. out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
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NOTICE,
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
 Company.

Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Ala bama Great Southern Railroad company will be held at the office of the company in Birmingham. Ala. on Wednesday, Oc- tober ', 1903. at 10 o'clock a. m.. for the election of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.
 R. D. LANKFORD. Secretary. September 8. 1903 9-s-to-10-6
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27

H. Chairsell, d ealer in choice feed, straw, rock salt and wheat for chickens a speciality, 1913 and 1915 First avenue. The building is now for sale cheap. After Octo- Der Ist, 22l9 Morris avenue. Both phones No. POL
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Mrs. wInslow,s s0othlno svr,,n.

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cred meal and various ceremonies are performed with them in the khiva. l "On the day of the dance the priests 1 takes the reptiles to the plaza, where l the dance is held. All is now ready foI
 tho great religious ceremony of the EIopi
 The dance is performed with great rap
 idity. and the priests, as well as the entire tribe work themselves into a great frenzy. Each of the priests comes with a snake in his mouth, proceeding together across the plaza company front, I the attendants meanwhile waving feath- CTS to keep up the illusion Of hypnotism.
 It is rare that an Indian is bitten during l the ceremony After the dance the snakes are returned to the place where i they were found. and the Indians offer profuse apologies for any annoyance that they may have caused
 "The snake dance is purely a religious ceremony" said MT. Wright. ''The In- dians believe the snakes are their grand fathers, or, as we would say, their an- cestors. and that they have become pow erful spirits, taking the form of rattle snakes The dance is a form of wor- ship to these spirits 10 induce them to give rain. Rain in that desert country is the one thing needful for food As the month of August is the time when the summer rains come. the prayers of the priests are generally answered favora- bly,"
 Religious Customs.
 Concerning the religion of the Hopi. Supervisor Wright said: Nature wor- ship is the religion of the Hopi. It closely resembles the nature worship of the Canaanites, into which the Hebrews were so prone to fall, as shown in the Old Testament. The nature worship exs, presses itself in methods which to us would be obscene and revoltng, but which to them are sacred in the light of their religion.
 "The Hopis are more open in these practices than the Pueblos, who were forced by their Spanish conquerors to suppress their obscene ceremonies"
 Remarkable tales are told of the sprint ing ability of the Hopi Indians. They are said to be the best runners in the world and able to withstand great hardshlps When l was at boarding school at Keams Canyon" said Mir Wright, "a boy 13 years old ray away. He left the school at night. travelling over the des- ert to the village of Orab He went to his home to get some peaches and melons which his father had failed to bring him at school. He stayed there until after noon. when he started back. He arrived late at night, travelling seventy miles within twenty-four hours. Shortly after that l visited the school at Blue Canyon. The teacher of the day school at Orabi, forty miles distant, sent an adult Hopi to Blue Canyon for a physician. The Hopi started at 10 o'clock at night, reaeh- ing Blue Canyon at o'clock in the morn- Ing. He rested for an hour. and then began the return trip. following on foot the team driven by the physician. He thus travelled forty miles between 10 o'clock at night and o'clock in the morning, and returned the same distance. keeping up with the team. reaching Orabi early in the afternoon"
 Agriculture was followed by the tribe
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long before the white man came to America. This tribe raised products by irrigation, and subsisted by agriculture centuries ago, according to the best evil dence obtainable," said Mir. Wright. 'rhe Hopis, by their language. 1t is pre- sumed, are related to the Shoshones and other tribes of that stock. But long ago they abandoned the wandering hunters life for a settled agricultural existence The Hopis are industrious and peacea- ble. They take excellent care of their farms, which are far re- moved from their villages. The only work animal of the tribe Is the
 burro. These animals are trained 10 keep out of the fields, which are fenced, but occasionally a burro is tempted by the green verdure and lets his appetite run away with his discretion. If caught 1 in the act he has piece of one ear cut off and is then known a thief burro." If caught second time another piece of his ear is cut off. When both ears and tail is gone the burro Is killed and eaten. Nothing in the form of food is ever wasted by the tribe.
 Women May Pop.
 There is nothing in the family life of the Hopi that differs materially from other tribes.' said MT. Wright. "The women are generally faithful and duti- full wives. The young girls select their own husbands, and the young men have little to say on the subject. One pecu- liarity is that the manageable girls wear their hair in two great wheels, one over each ear. But the Hopi girls have grown bolder with the passing of time. They do not wait until the question is popped. as do their white sisters. and, accordingly. they marry when they are inclined to do so. The wheels not prov Ing effectual to attract suitors has proven a mere custom without reason. Now, when Hopi girl wishes to select a husband, she sends her mother to the mother of the young man she has se- lected. and the deed is done The young man is bound to marry the girl. whether his affections are centered on another ob- ject or not"
 MaIc3 Are Small.
 The Hopi tribe is better known as the Moquis, a term of reproach used by their enemies. Hopi Is the title recently adopt ed by the Indian bureau. It means peaceful people. The Hopi is probably the least attractive of all the Indians The males are of very slender physique. the average weighing about 100 pounds They are very lean and wiry and do not carry any flesh. as a result of their un- usual activity. The women, who lead a sedentary life, are of the normal size and weight. The Indian bureau has had a little more success during the last few years than formerly in inducing them to send their children to school, but they are more or less antagonistic to the idea.
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MaIe5 Are Small.
"Reminiscences.
Frnn pnck

T TVII T LUX. an he got me so worried that loaded his gun with blank cartridges"
 You did eh?'
 "Yes. It was just the same to him an a good deal safer for me"
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of the season took place. Foxhall Keene is still master of the hounds.
 Three of the most admired young wo- men ever presented here will be seen about again this winter after a long period of mourning. They are Elsie, Edith and Ethel Crder, the lovely trip- lets. They have been in mourning for the past two years for their only brother, who was killed in a railroad accident, but during the past summer they have light ened their mourning to delicate and sheer white gowns worn with black ribbons, and have been seen at a number of infor- nal affairs al Southampton. They have also made several visits to friends in that locality. Very few people have ever been able to tell the Crider girls apart, and they are always dressed just alike and very charmingly.
 Mrs. Hugh Tevls the young California widow, who spent the summer at Bar Harbor, Is now in town with Miss Bax- ter. The sisters will remain here until after the Horse Show, if not for the en- tire, winter.
 MT. and Mrs. Edward J. Berwind are still at Newport and will have as their guest this week the Countess von Walder- see. who will shortly sail for her home in Europe. Mir and Mrs. yerwlnd will entertain some friends Of the Countess et dinner
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-27
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HOpi Indian Customs


An antidote, known only to two mem- bers of the tribe, is said to be the secret 1 of the freedom with which the Moqui Indians handle rattlesnakes in the cele- 1 brated snake dance. which will b. held l this month in the desert country of north eastern Arizona. This at least says the Washington Post is the story brought here by MT. A. o. Wright, supervisor of Indian schools, who has just returned I from a prolonged tour of inspection in the southwest
 ''The Moqui, or more properly speaking, the Hopl, is one of the most interesting l of American Indian tribes" said MT. Wright. '"These Indians show little evil dence of years of contact with the white man. They retain all the old customs and practices and still continue. the bar barous methods characteristic of the re- ligious ceremonies of nature worshipers. ! The Hops are opposed to education, and had to be forced to send their children to the government school. The tribe had many peculiar customs, but is best known to the world through the famous snake dance"
 How t,.e Snakes Are Produced
 The snake dance, according to Mir. Wright, who has witnessed it, is not at tended by torture, as is the case with the old-time sun dance and like ceremonies in other tribes. It is a part of the re- ligion of the Hopis, and is enveloped in great deal of mystery "The snake dance of the Hopi," said MT. Wright, lis pie turesque in the extreme. It is the big festival of the year. The active par ticpants are the venerable priests of the trite. This affair occurs some time in the month of August. according to the phase of the moon and the omens dis covered by the priests, and is held alter nately in each of the three tribal villages.
 'The snakes are procured by the young priests who SCOUT the country for miles around in seach of the reptiles. When the snake Is found it coils itself, of course, in an attitude of defense. The Indians claim that they effect the cap- ture by means of hypnotism but there Is a well-authentcated story that a secret antidote, known only to the old crone and the patriarch of the tribe, and by them communicated to their successors. is the explanation of the fearlessness of the Hopi in handling dangerous rattle snakes At any rate the young priest, after finding the snake proceeds. as IS explained by the Indians to hypnotize.
 ''IIe does this by gently moving round and round bunch of long feathers until it becomes hypnotized, finally relaxing it's coil whereupon the priest places one hand upon the neck and with the other hand lifts the body. In this manner the snake is carried to the Indian village. where the dance is to be held. Prepara- tory to the dance the snakes are placed in an underground khiva, where they are cared for by an old priest. who keeps them in condition by waving bunch of feathers above them and gently stroking them at intervals. Just previous to the dance the snakes are sprinkled with sa-
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