The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-04-11
NOW he IS SELLING BEER
WILEY RLACK, PARDONED BY
GOVERNOR kITCTIN. OPERAT-
ING TWO JOINTS AND CITIZENS
PETITION GOVERNOR TO RE
WOKE PARDON.

Especial to News and Observer
Hendersonville, April 7.-~Infur-ated
almost beyond endurance by the de-
faint actions of Wiley z. Black,
keeper of two noicriOuS near-oeer
Joints here. the Law and and Order
League Of Hendersonville has petition
ed Governor Kitchin to at once re-
woke the conditional pardon given
Black some months ago and have i3im
returned to the Buncombe county
chain-gang.
On Sunday morning all the pastors
OF the different churches will discuss
the matter from their pulpits, a great
/ mass-meeting Of the people will be
held in the courthouse on Sunday at
ternoon for the same and
when on Monday morning the city
council takes up the question Of grant
ing Black his revoked licenses. the
same big court room will be filled with
saints and sinners, lawyers and lay
men, all interested in tn< outcome OF
this noted case.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the
Law and Order League held in the
courthouse last night, funds were sub
scribed and measures adopted looking
to the permanent abatement Of Black
and his Whiskey-selling activities IL
Hendersonville. His places have been
repeatedly raided by the OfficerS-the
most recent resulting in breaking in
the doors of his two joints and the
discovery Of Of over two hundred bot
ties of booze.
The town council Immediately re-
voked his licenses to sell near-beer
and during the week the joints have
been closed. Black. convicted in Bun
combe county and sentenced to the
chain-gang for selling liquor. later
gi en- a conditional pardon by lover
nor Kitchih, has said there is no pOwr
. NIL IL
from selling whiskey. and at the re-
hearing Of the case next Monday he
will be represented by an all-star cast
Of legal talent.
The re-hearing of the matter will be
held in the courthouse-the council
chamber being Inadequate to hold the
great number OF citizens who have ex-
pressed their firm determination to
let nothing interfere with their being
present. The Law and Order League
has engaged Mr.. Michael Schenck to
| look after it's interests at this meeting
and the expression may freely be
heard on the streets that Black mus
| stop his liquor activities in Henderson
| yille-if one method fails than another
will be adopted, although this is ordi-
| narily the most laW-abidins town in
North Carolina.
Raids by the officers on blind tigers
here are numerous. Convictions have
been none Invariably the witnesses
swear the booze was given them. They
| scorn the suggestion hat they paid
filthy lucre for it. It's the same way
with the keepers of the joints. They
| stand. according to their sworn testi-
mony, for a great moral principle.
They DO not sell mean liquor for profit
- erish the base and
thought
In this particular case of Black. it
is believed that Governor Kitchin. sat
isfied with the fact that great uuanti-
ties of Whiskey have been found in his
near-beer saloons. will return Black
to the gang without waiting for more
conclusive or more legal proof Of the
allegation that he has been violating
the laws of the State while ENJOYING
the clemency of the chief executive.
The fattening hog should not be al
lowed to root. as the exercise con-
too much feed and energy