The Washington herald., 1907-06-02
AT THE HOTELS.


is produced" said Mr.. David A. Gates.
the big and good-natured chief of rev.
enue agents. in answer to a Herald mans
question.
Nowadays more of the crooked article
originates in licensed plants than any
where else and constant surveillance is
kept on certain class Of distHlers who
are continually trying TO cheat Uncle
sam. OF course there is yet a good deal
Of 'moonshine' made. North Carolina and
Georgia being in the lead. and Kentucky.
Virginia, Alabama ana Florida following
in about the order named. There is "a
peculiar kind Of illicit business in Florida.
the offenders not making use Of corn. as
In the mountain regions. but producing O
very vile and potent liquor out Of sugar
cane skmmings. There is very little
moonshining in Mississippi and hardly
any in Texas. but Arkansas carries it ON
10 moderate extent. and now and then
we get after some l8w-breakers i'm Mis-
souri,
The moonshlners do not resist the
revenue agents as they did in former
years, when pitched battles with Win
chester rifles was not uncommon Last
year there was not a revenue officer killed
by them. and none has been killed So far
in the present year"
"One Of the greatest characters I ever
knew was John W. Wright. of Letcher
County, Kentucky. who was known far
and wide as the mountain detective. 30
said Mr.. B. S. Romuey, formerly Of Ken
u1cky. AZ the Arlington.
This man Wright was terror % bad
men, for be had no more seruu.as about
killing any one whom he Thought ought
% be removed than "a boy would have I'm
shooting a rabbit He confessed 90 me
that he had killed thirty-two men during
the course Of his career. and do not be-
lieye he was eXaEgerauug the record. He
was getting on i'm years when I knew him
ten years ago. and, If living now, he must
DE quite an old man.
AIr. Pearl Wight, of New orleans. who
is at the New Willard, told a Herald J-
porter yesterday that the matter of his
taking the Office Of Commissioner OF Iu-
terna1 Revenue vas not absolutely settled
and that he would not know rltiI Tues
day next whether he would fir that posi-
tion. Tn tho same connection Nr. Wight
said that Washington wa such uaaE-
ufui city that he was strongly tempted
70 come here.
The gentleman in question migrated
from Maine. his H-ive State. On New
Orleans when he was quite "a young man.
lie is now iu bis siNty-tEird year. ana
has long been recognized as one of tl4
leading merchants and bankers of the
Crescent City. The firm OF viii. -r ha is
member does business iu half "a dozen
States. and sells enormous Quantities of
all kinds Of merchandise needed hE the
planters. the mill owners. railways. and
sailing crift Although very busy man.
Mr Wifat has found time 60 5abh'e .g
politics. and is member or the Ba1ghF-
can National C0umittes. Ea is O. gentle
man of very engaging address, and has
the amiabla bearing that Is Characteristic
Of the men Of his section.
We are having I'm Louisiana the same
abnormal weather that prevails iu this
section" said Dir. Whit. "aud if # keeps
up much longer there viii he "a tremen-
dous shortage Of crops Already IL is
plain that the ylo-d of cotton viii Doe far
below the average. In many places the
farmers have already planted cotton
three times without any good results. Ny
impression is that a prediction Of lo111.-
N7 bales this year is a liberal estimate,
and that means spot cotton VIII be SELF
ing for Is or Is cents a pound
People ought to understand that II is
90
afflicted with tuberculosis 10 some such
Western State as Colorado, unless I'm the
very first stages OF the disease" re-
marked Dr. %. VI. Gilbert who occupies
a chair in the State Medical College at
Boulder, Colo.
"Iu most instances TO send one right az
the outset Of the siImaur does good. and
many cures have been thus effected. but
o. have patient migrate in the later
sta ges Of the disease is more productive
of harm than benefit some very p.tiahll
cases have come under nay observation,
where people with barely enough money
ta pay their railway fare have come u
our country in the hope that the climate
would restore them t0 such speedy health
that they would soon hg able % get back
90 their old homes iu robust physical
condition. I'm most cases of this kind the
poor creatures were the victims Of de-
fusion. often they would fail t1 Eet eu-
ployueut and also fail of finding their lost
strength. With broken hopes came broken
hearts. and am earlier and more miserable
end than they would have experienced
had they sought mo- new location"
The sight 0f Confederate uniform is
so rare i'm Washington that many people
in the New Willard lobby Yesterday
turned 90 look at am old soldier clad in
the gray habiimeuts that proclaimed him
"a veteran OF the Lost Cause. The Oh
soldier was DIR. j. B. Bailey. NJ Ui==.z-
sippi, who had come up from his Southern
home 10 attend the reunion gf Co0faI-
crate veterans at Richmond
mississippi" said Dr, Bailey, "nrs
been taking care of such of the old army
men as are In distressed circumstances.
The legislature appTuprlates about s-Hu".
/ believe, for pensions. which is brt
small sum, and Yet 70 helps "a good many
Of the old boys I'm addition. there is q
splenditly conducted home for them #r
Beauvoir, the beautiful estate ON tr.
Gulf coast that was formerly the property
'A oftLf- sun I'D Use mere |trsa" ...
Of the most helpless and INDECENT SUR
rounded with all that is needed tn make
their few remaining days happy and COM
Portable.
\ stancher Ohio Democrat never
breathed than Hon. James B. Townsend.
who in former days was the personal
friend and trusted lieutenant of that
grand old Roman. Allen G.. Thurman.
Mr. Townsend who was al the New
Willard yesterday, was a Lima man. and
was mayor of that noted town when only
twenty-0ne years of age
ut is not a good thing for the Repuh-
licans. said Mr.. Townsend. that the
campaign in Ohio should take tha shape
OF a personal fight upon Senator Foraker.
Certainly we have great enough issues be-
fore this nation at present 10 make tie
introduction of personal rivalrfes uuueceF-