The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-07
CLAIMED TOOMUCH.
FOR CORN WH|SkEY
Supreme Court Admits Potential
ity, but Questions Bene-
ficent Results.
Especial to The Times Dispatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.l
Raleigh. N. G., October G.---"Whiskcy
lis very potential at times, but 1t can
not be, relied upon to produce such
benencent results as is claimed for
1T in this case" Is the ruling laid down
opinion of the North Carolina Supreme
Court Just delivered in tho case OF
Thomas j. Newsome VI. Western Union
Telegraph COMPANY. from Sampson
county The jury in the trial below
for a failure through error in n tele-
graphed order of Newsome to receive
four gallons Of corn whiskey from one
Royal at Benson, N. G., the whiskey
making up a raft Of timber and rosin
to float to Wilmington during a GER
tain February freshet In transmits
sion the telegram had the signature
changed from Newsomc to Seasons. so
plaintiff claimed that in consequences
the raft hands ref-sed to go into
the river and make UP the raft, so that
he lost the benefit of that freshet
and rosin at Wilmington. and had his
credit seriously embarrassed through
consequent inability to meet obliga-
tons in bank there. The telegram
Ions corn. rush. raft hands" and was
In ruling that there was error in the
trial below, and that the plaintiff
instead OF the s524.1o. allowed by the
Jury. Judge Brown, for the Supreme
Court declares: "The fact that the
whisky was not sent may have caused
ter but 1T is a far cry between con-
structing Che raft at Thomas and mar
keting the product at Wilmington.
The whiskey. may have arrived, and
stu the raft remain uneonstrueted;
and loaded, and still never have
reached Wilmington. 1t requires a
stretch OF the imagination to conceive
that had the four gallons OF whiskey
reached Thomas. the. raft would have
been properly constructed. loaded and
safely conducted over heavy freshet
to Wilmington, and the merchandise
duiy and prottably mss nt Whi s.
results as is claimed 70: II in this case.
1t is n singular fact that in the county
where the four gallons OF corn whis-
key were expected to produce sucil
and its sale prohibited by law. 1t was
contraband. outlawed and dealing III
/. 1t made a crime"
/ c; b. Edwards. a prominent retired
down by automobile at the corner
of Fayetteville and Martin Streets this
| morning and painfully, though 1t Is
thought. not seriously Injured. He was
standing close by the curb when the
machine turned by him, the rear
wheel catching him and pulling him
| down in such way as to shake him
up and bruise him painfully. How
ever, he was able to drive home In
! q hack alone. The machine is owned
and was being driven by ID. f. Crink-
! 10y, department store merchant here
4 1t is of one of the very earliest pat
| terms turned out in the infancy of the
automobile industry, and is typically
/ tie old ''ramshackle onc-horse shay
variety, really the laughing-stock OF
| the town.
(. The Asheville Piano Company. cap
.tal $4,000. by. Charles Nichols. w. j.
Kincaid and others, received charter
to-day for the manufacture and sale
1 CT pianos. The Graham Milling Com
/ pany. Alamanco county, capital 10000
by c: P. Harden and others: tae Whit
akers Oil Mills Company, Nash coun.
ty, capital $4,000. by w. II. Braswell
4 and others. and the Grace Hospital
Training School. Morganton. Maria p.
Allen and others. incorporators. were
4 also chartered.
i The j. l. Case Threshing Machine Com
pany. of Racine, Wis. filed with the