The news & observer., 1905-10-12
TAR HEEL BANKERS
A Large Number Now in
Washington.
The Nick Williams Case Will Not Wait
On the Health OF Mr.. H0ltOn.
News of Postal Ser.
vice.
(B, the Associated Press.D }

Washington Oct. 11.-Judge A. b
Hays, solicitor of the Internal ReVe-
nue. Bureau, who went to Greensboro
Monday night to confer with Uniter
States District Attorney HOlton about
| the continuance of cases of indicted
revenue officials is expected to return
| to Washington tomorrow, and upon
| his report it is stated at the Depart
ment of Justice, will rest the decision
as to WHETHER the case OF Nick Will
| liams Distilling Company, set foI
| October 24th viii be tried then OF
continued until January. Judge Boyd
is opposed to letting this and cases
connected herewith be longer delayed
for trial, but if Mr.. Holton does not
feel that his health will permit him to
handle this case at that time, with the
assistance of Judge Hays, Assistant
Attorney General Robb thinks they
must 60 over. .,-s
Millard West, who was sent 10
Greensboro as custodian of papers of
the treasury department. asked for by
Mr.. Holton for use in the postponed
| cases, returned to Washington today.
Carolina Bankers.
The following bankers from North
Carolina are here in attendance on the
meetings of the American Bankers AS
sociation as delegates: $50
r. G. Allen, president First Nation
al Bank, Louisburg, accompanied by
Mrs. Allen; VIM. Bailey. president
Farmers and Merchants Bank Louis
burg, and Mrs. Bailey; j. G. Brown.
president Citizens National Bank, Raj
eigh; w. H. S. Burgwyn, First Nation
al Bank, Weldon; T. j. Byerly, cashier
Bank of Davie, Mocksville; l.. s. Cow
ington, cashier Bank of Hamlet; w. S.
Dilling, cashier Kings Mountain bank
j. O. Ellington, Vice-preSident Bank of
Fayetteville; Col. f. II. Fries, presi-
dent Wachovia Loan and Trust Com
pany Winston Salem, wife and daugh-
ter; Thos. j. Gill, cashier First Nation
al Bank, Laurinburg, and wife; w. E.
Gregg, cashier Bank of Lincolnton;
G.. w. F. Harper, president Bank of
Lenoir; L. w. Norman, cashier Hert-
ford Banking Company; w. II. Old,
president Savings Bank and Trust
Company, Elizabeth City; Claude
Ramseur, cashier First National Bank,
Lincolnton; J. O. Ragsdale, cashier
Bank of Madison; Erucin Sluder,
cashier Blue Ridge National Bank,
Asheville; A. X. Smith, president Bank
of Smithfield w. r. Smith, cashier
Bank of Weldon; c. B. Townsend,
cashier Bank of Lumberton, and wife
w. H. White. cashier First National
Bank, Durham; w. H. Wood, treas
urer SOulnefn state trust company,
Charlotte
other North Carolinians in Wash
ington today are: Chas. F. Cline,
Greensboro; j. c. Braswell, Rocky
Mount; j. n. Wilkinson, Charlotte;
and A. G. Myers, Gastonia
Postal Service News.
VIM. A. Stroud has been appointed
postmaster at Ronda. Wilkes county.
N. G.
The postoffice department has or
| dered railway postal service estab-
| lished on the line of the Carolina and
Northern railroad. to be performed on
| trains and between Lumberton, N
| c., and Marion. S. c.
BY additional service on trains &C
and 67 between Fayetteville, N. c..
and Bennettsville, S. c.. double daily
! service has been ordered for Fayette-
| Vile and Bennettsville railway post
| office.
Mrs. Robert Brockett and Miss
Brockett, wife and daughter of 6
prominent High Point broker, are
visiting here this week.