The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-03-26

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engagements are now belug made 10
bring g damage suit against revenue
ofticzfs aud officers of the Eastern
district Of North Carolina tnAs
promises 10 be . litigation OF grea'
Interest. The suit vii! he brought
agaIns, Carl Duncan. ex-Coliecsor TOT
the Eastern district Of The State :
Claude IL. Doekery. United States
Mar.hal; John Nichols, United
States Commissioner, aud Deputy
Collector Adams. The plAinun Ia
this great suit will be The Haynor
Manufacturing Company. OF Nor
folk, Va, aud Thomas Ii. Hsynor,
president of that company. For the
plaintiffs Bramham * Brawley, oil
this city, and j. G. l.. Harris, oil
Raleigh, will be the attorneys.
The action for this damage suit
against officers aud officials for the
government In the Eastern district
il based Oh the recent arrest and
trial of Thomas III. Haynor, Of Nor
folk, for selling connections thai
were claimed to contain more than
the legal allowance of alcohol, bu'
who was subsequently discharged By
Judge Purnell, who held that ne
was innocent of the charge, as tn,
strffs did not contain more alcoho
than allowed by law. That is, Mr.
Haynor was declared not to b.
guilty of the charge, and the de
partment made ruling in the mat
ter that was in Mr.. Haynor's favor
1t is learned here that this sui
will certainly be instituted within
the next few days, and that Mr.
Haynor claims that by reason of tn
persecution of. the Federal office
holders, that he has virtually beer
driven out of business in Easter
Carolina that he was doing a gen
eral business that aggregated $3.50,
600 prior to his arrest, and that hi
business has fallen off to $50, 900 an
nually. He contends that the figh
against his preparations, consisting
of concoctiOn known as "Vim,
apple elders. with different ffavors
such as cherry and others, has lon
since developed into a persecutio
on personal grounds and withou
legal foundation for same. This, i
a few words, tells the story as you
correspondent gets it, and there
no doubt about the suit that is t
follow.
It is understood that the suit wi
be brought in the courts of Wax
county, at Raleigh, but it is the ger
eral supposition that the case will b
moved to the federal courts, or ths
an effort will be made to get in til
federal courts.
This matter began first when
number of small merchants and colo
drink dealers throughout the Stat
were arrested on the charge Of sci
ing "Vim" and other connection
sold by the Haynor Manufacture
|, Company, this being on the groun
that the connections contained MOI
alcohol than allowed by the federi
: law. The result was that a gre,
many Of these merchants throughou
the State were arrested and take
before the Federal and State court
for violating the laws. Many pal
their government tax in order [
keep out of trouble. ALI this Q
account of selling these preparation
of the Haynor Manufacturing Con
. pany. Then followed the arrest
the president of the Haynor Manl
featuring Company, and as a resu
of that arrest the big damage suit
now ON.
1t promises to be big affair b
fore it is all over with.