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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16

The Ladies Aid Socity of the
Presbyterian Church will meet
at the home of Mrs. r. P. Beck
with Tuesday afternoon at $3.50
p. M.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16
PERSONAL AND
LOCAL ITEMS


Mrs. Mark Chandler and littl
son left Tuesday for their hom
in Portsmouth.
c. E. Mizell is at home fron
Raleigh where he attended tn
Pages Pharmacy School.
Mrs. Harvey Keen. who ha.
been visiting her sister, Mrs. S
J. Bounds left Monday to visi
her parents in Franklington.
Miss Mayme Fileschman, is
here visiting Miss Rosa Smith.
J. E. Wicker, of Franklinton,
spent the weekend here with
his daughter, Mrs. S. J. Bounds.
B. F. Williams spent Wednes-
day in Warrenton on business.
Mrs. Mary E. Daniel is here
visiting her daughter, Mrs. W.
P. Vaughan.
Mr.. T. j. Greer and sons,
Chester and Dewey, of High
Point, spent the weekend here
with his daughter, Mrs. H. M.
Taylor.
Mrs. H. M. Taylor is visiting
relatives in High Point, this
week.
Miss Blanche Brewer, of
Diamond Grove, Va, spent the
weekend here with her sister,
Mrs. Herman Matthews.
Messrs. Clee Vaughan and J.
w. Allsbrook, of Scotland Neck,
were in town a few hours on
business Tuesday. gt |
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Johnson,
of Tarboro, are here for a few
days visit to relatives.
Misses Maude Thompson and
Minnie johnson spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in Norfolk with
friends.
w. E. Froelich left Tuesday
for Wilmington, Delaware, to be
gone a few days on business.
Capt. T. E. Davis and son,
Wade, motored to their home
near Winston Salem, where they 6
spent a week, returning here /
Saturday. /
Rev. Mr.. Shelton the new pas (
tor of the Rosemary Methodist s
Church, filled his first appoint v
ment Sunday evening preaching 6
a powerful sermon of encourage
ment and inspiration to chris \
tians. A large congregation
had assembled taxing the seat
Ing capacity of the church.
E. w. Cox and family return Y
ed home Saturday after few I
days visit to relatives in Hendre- i,
BON. v
Mrs. H. T. Speight and Mrs. A
Hartwell Harris left Tuesday for j
Norfolk to be gone a few days n
relatives. d
Mrs. R. H. Craig, of Hender- "
BON was called here Monday on ~
account of the illness of her :
mother, Mrs. r. M. Saunders. o
L. G. Chase, of Richmond,
spent a few hours here Wednes- e.
day on business. a
Thos. M. jenkins left for Il
Hampton, Va, Monday from Il
where he accompanied his family 8,
who have been visiting relatives h
there for some time, back home il
returning Thursday. c,
]. J. Wade motored to Hall l
fax Sunday where he spent a a.
few hours with friends. IL
J. B. Young, musical director q, q
Of the Peoples Theatre. left this T
week to spend some time in the Il
mountains of Virginia for his
health. h
B. Marks and children are N
spending a few days in Rich fl
mond this week, fl
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1916-06-16
WITH THE CHURCHES
Rosemary Baptist Church
Rev. A. c. Chaffin, Pastor

Services every Sunday at II A.
M. and 7:30 P. M.
Mid-week services Wednesday
nights at 7::3OP. M.
The public is cordially invited
to all services.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
FAMOUS DAMAGE SUIT THE
JUDGE DELIVERS RATHER
POINTED ADDRESS COVERING
EVERY PHASE OF THE CASE.

At the close of the famous Youmans
damage case, after the arguments on
the motion by counsel for the defend
ants for a directed verdict, Judge
Kneeshaw addressed the jury as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen of the Jury, this is an ac-
ton in which the plaintiff, Grant S.
Youmans, seeks to recover judgment
against some ten defendants, includ-
ing Governor Hanna and the Banking
Board, the members Of the Banking
Board and some three or four other
defendants, for the sum of $225,OO0
as damages alleged to have been sus-
tanned by him by reason of certain
acts of the defendants.
The complaint states in substance
it is too long to read-it claims that
these defendants entered into a con-
federation and conspiracy to take his
bank from him unlawfully, and did
take possession of the bank, and that
subsequently, by, duress and coercion
he made and entered into a contract
for the sale of that property, and he
asks damages in that sum. He alleges
that the acts were malicious and un-
lawful.
Now, gentlemen of the jury, l will
take the question up on questions of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
PRETTY DECORATIONS
At THE FAIR
DECORATOR ARRANGES BEAUTI-
Full WINDOWS FOR SPRING
OPENING - STORE PRESENTS
FRESH APPEARANCE.

The Fair Store has an unusually
attractive window display, this being
Spring Opening week. The work was
executed by Louis Sitner, the stores
decorator, and is considered the very
best he has shown since coming to Mi
not.
The windows are more simple than
a year ago, which shows off the beau
tiful merchandise to better advantage.
The merchandise which is being dis
played, is a portion of the stock Sc
lected by the buyers on their recent
visits to New York, and are exceed
ingly pretty.
The artistic arrangement Of the
window is exceedingly clever. There
are panels with pretty bird designs,
shirred curtains, lattice work with ap-
pie blossoms. The color scheme thru
out is old rose and gray. The interior
of the store with the brilliant new
goods, presents a fresh, springlike ap-
pearance.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06

The undisputed evidence in this case
shows that these four defendants are
public officials and have acted in this
case as such, and the undisputed evil
dence shows that they have made an
order, which has been introduced in
evidence in this case, and in pursuance
Of such order, Mr.. Severtson, as the
state bank examiner, took possession
of this bank on or about the 18th day
of October, 1918.
I desire before going into and ex-
pressing my opinion on the question of
law to comment little on the evidence
in this case with reference to the con-
Quoting of this bank. The undisputed
evidence. in this case shows that on or
about the year 1908 or 1909, this bank
was Observation-Disclosures and started
by Mr.. Youmans, and his own testi-
mony shows that he did not know that
there was a dollar of actual cash put
into the capital stock Of the bank
when it was originally started. Then
about the month Of August, 1912, the
evidence showed that Governor Burke,
who was a member of the former
banking board, and his ssociates, the
members of the banking board, and
Oliver Knudtson, as the bank examin-
er, at that time, in August, 1912, made
an order compelling this plaintiff You
mans, to take out some 1000 of
notes that he had then in the bank and
that that board gave the plaintiff I'M
til the 1st day of November to comply
with that order.
Now then, the evidence of Mr.. YOU
mans in this case shows that on or
about the 26th day Of October-well,
the evidence shows in this case that
the $4,000 worth Of notes were taken
out and that they were transferred to
the Trust Company and made assets
Of that Company, and that in place of
them some $4,000 worth of notes
were placed in the bank-notes al
legged to belong to the Trust Company
(Continuad IN naUa ~
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
The Overland Gum.Shoe Campaign

In these days when the Bertillion,
the finger-print and the numerous
other systems of running down crimi-
nails of all kinds are at the hands of
our police and detective departments,
it is rather unusual to discover an es-
tablishment with real live thorough
ly organized "gum-shoe" department
of it's own.
Yet that is what the Willys-O Over
land company maintains for users of
it's cars, who suffer from thefts of
their automobiles.
1t is a simple system, but we'll
nigh infallible in it's ability to find the
missing machines, and often to appre-
bend the thieves.
AS soon as an Overland car is stolen
it's owner notifies the Overland dealer
in his district. The dealer in turn
notifies the factory. At once a de-
scription of the stolen car, and the
facts of the case, are dispatched to all
Overland dealers in the United States.
These are posted in conspicuous places
and the dealer and his employees are
instructed to be on the lookout for a
car answering the description. AS it
is certainty that sooner or later the
car will turn up at an Overland gar
age, the owner stands a good chance
of getting his property back in short
order.
Simple, isn't it? And effective, too
as the recovery of several cars recent
ly would demonstrate. In fact, auto
thieves must be learning to leave
Overland cars alone as reports of
stolen Overlands are diminishing
in number right along.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
NEST0S RESIGNS AS
STATES ATTORNEY
TENDERS RESIGNATION TO THE
COUNTY BOARD BECAUSE HIS
CAMPAIGN WILL TAKE ALL OF
HIS TIME 49, HERIGSTAD AP-
POINTED.

R. A. Nestos, serving his fourth
year as States Attorney of Ward
county, rendered his resignation to the
board of county commissioners We'd
nesday and his assistant, .. b. Herlg-
stad, was appointed. Mr.. Nestos, in
the following statement, gives his
reasons:
Eyes, have filed my resignation as
States Attorney. Ever since making
the announcement Of my candidacy
for United States Senator, have been
requested by my supporters in every
part of the state to make visits and
speeches in their various neighbor-
hoods. l find that in order to comply
with these requests, l shall be busy
campaigning outside of Ward county
for the greater portion of the coming
months.
MY experience in the states attor-
news office has shown me that practi-
cally the undivided attention Of the
states attorney to the work Of the
office is required, if he desires to do
his duty and it seems to me that it
would not he fair to the taxpayers of
Ward county to be paying me my SAL
airy as states attorney while was
spending practically all my time out
side of the county. For that reason I
filed my resignation today.
With the many requests for visits
to the various parts of the state in the
interest of my candidacy, it will be
necessary to begin the campaign at
once. l shall accordingly commence
my campaign tours within the next
few days and from that time till l am
nominated shall purpose to meet as
many of the people Of the state as
possible"
Mr. Nestos states that the outlook
for the success Of his campaign is ex-
cellent. He is receiving scores of let
tiers daily and the support which he is
receiving from all sections of the state
is very fattering.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
JUDGE KNEESHAW DIRECTS
VERDICT FOR DEFENDANTS
law solely in the first place, under two
heads: LIST, as to whether or not the
defendants, Hanna, Hall, Miller and

law solely in the first place, under two
heads: 1st, as to whether or not the
defendants, Hanna, Hall, Miller and
board, are liable under the law in this
case, and under the evidence introduce
ed in this case.
Our statute has very wisely provid-
ed, as nearly all states have come
generally to be chartered in different
states-originally there used to be a
great many private banks, and now
only public banks are allowed to Or
ganize, under state control, or national
banks. Our law has very wisely pro-
vided a Board of Bank Examiners
and have provided that certain state
officials shall ex-officio be the members
Of that Banking Board, and that the
State Bank Examiner shall be the Sec
retary of such Board And our law
has provided certain rules and laws
laid down regulations and given that
Board certain power. Bank examiners
and deputy examiners have been ap-
pointed to examine state banks. And
these laws and the bank examiners are
there for the purpose of protecting the
public interests and protecting the de-
positors so that they will be safe in
receiving their money back when it is
deposited. And it is therefore moth
ing but right that in cases Of this kind
bank examiners and deputy bank ex-
aminers should have sufficient authori-
ty to see that the bankers do their
business in such way that depositors
will be protected.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06

taking copies from a photograph. He
calls his little paper "Bill's Bullet"
Mr.. White is some cartoonist. In the
first issue he shows picture of VOL
seth and in the second, the picture of
the delegation off to Minot to meet
the railroad commissioners. The lit
tie paper is filled with locals, an edi-
torial or two, good ad. for the store
aud some want ads. Here's sample
Of one of them: Highest market price
paid for old wash boilers and tea ket-
Ties, which can be remade into branch
engines. Apply confidentially to Pur-
chasing Dept, G. N. Railway"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
CrOckard ia Here.

C. H. Crockard, one of the publish
ers of Jim Jam Jems, is in the city,
looking as sleek as a mole. He says
that his partner, Sam Clark, gained
20 pounds while in Germany, on ac-
count of his pretzel diet. Mr.. Crock
ard is here in the interest Of the Royal
Lemon Washing Powder Co., a $780,
900 concern, in which many North
Dakotans are interested. "The bust
ness affairs Of Jim Jam Jems are in
such a fourishing condition, that they
run better when am away than when
present, so I am selling soap powder
on the side," Mr.. Crockard explained.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
HARDWARE STORE
OPENS SATURDAY
MINOT HARDWARE CO., WITH
BERTEL JACOBSEN MANAGER,
is ALL READY FOR INSPEC-
TON.

The Minot Hardware Co., located in
the new Ringo block, South Main St.,
will be formally opened to the pub
lie Saturday.
Manager Bertel Jacobsen and his
force of genial clerks have been very
busy for week installing the new
stock and fixtures, and the store is
without a doubt one of the very neat
est in the state. What is better, Mr..
Jacobsen will sell his merchandise at
live-and-let-live prices, which, consid-
ering their high quality, ought to get
him nice share of the business.
Mr.. Jacobsen cordially invites the
public to call and inspect the new
store. He is an Al hardware man, a
hard worker and a genial fellow and
will be heard from in the hardware
game
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
william Benton
IS RECOVERING
AFTER SUFFERING CONCLUSION
OF BRAIN AND SPINE, RAIL-
ROAD MAN IS RECOVERING
UNCONSCIOUS FOR ELEVEN
DAYS.

St. Paul, April 4.-Slowly recover
ing his health at st. Joseph's hospital,
w. L. Benton of Minot, N. D., assist
ant trainmaster of the Dakota division
of the Great Northern railway, is fur
nishing physicians with a remarkable
case Of medical history, particularly
where the story of the long period of
Inconsistencies is known.
In charge of DR.. J. A. Quinn, gen.
eral surgeon of the railroad, Benton
was carried unconscious into St. Paul
four weeks ago on special train.
Directing the work of snow plow
crew, Benton started out one night in
a blizzard about five weeks ago in an
attempt to open up the Rugby branch
line. 1t was bitterly cold and Benton
had donned two pair of socks, top
coat, an overcoat, sheepskln ulster,
scarf and cap.
Half way up the line the train stop
ped, and Benton, swinging lantern,
started forward, ostensibly to inspect
long trestle. A few minutes later
the signal to 60 ahead was given.
"As we plowed through the snow
and on the trestle," the engineer later
said, II saw light ahead. Then it
described an arc down into the gulley
twenty-seven feet below"
There. lying fiat on his back, Benton
was found. The ground was so hard
that not even an imprint had been
made. But Benton had struck fiat on
his back and was unconscious. He
had seen the pillow coming, railroad
men believe, and had jumped rather
than be struck.
For a time he remained in a coma
tose state at Minot. Then DR.. Quinn
ordered him to st. Paul. A consulta-
ton with DR.. Arthur Sweeney follow
ed. Benton had fallen twenty-seven
feet to what amounted to solid rock,
had suffered q conclusion of the brain
and spine, had been unconscious for
eleven days, yet lived.
Slowly he regained consciousness
and was no longer compelled to take
food through stomach tube. Now he
even answers some questions, altho
he cannot construct straight SEN
tence, is unable to write, and knows
nothing Of the PARTICULARS Of the acct
dent. He is not paralyzed in any man.
ner.
"And now" said DR.. Quinn yester-
day." we have every reason to believe
that he will recover. 1t has been re-
markable case, and there are many
queer things about it, but the patient
is recovering slowly but surely"
Only Benton's thick clothes, rail-
road men believe, saved him from in
slant death. Benton's wife, daughter
and brother have been constantly at
his bedside.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
MINOT AUTO co. MAKING
AUTOMOBILE HISTORY.

Minot is certainly becoming a large
automobile shipping point, and I'M
questionably stands first today as to
the number of cars distributed from
this point, of any city in the State.
The size of the above check is an in
dication of the future of Minot as a
distributing center. We understand
that among the 5000 dealers who are
handling Overland cars, the Minot
Auto Company today stands third in
the list west of the Mississippi, and
second in organization, according to
the WHY'S Overland records.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
No Depot for WOlsteh.

O. J. Kulsethmo, Bert Bursau, Geo
Holman, John o. Hanlon and w. R
White of Wolseth, were in the city
Wednesday meeting with the railroad
commissioners. They asked for de-
pot at Wolseth. While the commits
sion did not grant the request, they
have hopes Of getting it later. The
railroad company presented figures
showing that $4,000 worth of bust
ness was done at Wolseth during the
last three months in 1915, but fol-
some reason failed to give figures on
business done in 1916.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06

worked Franklin in the penitentiary,
arrived q week ago, and he said he be-
lieved that Willis and Franklin were
the same, but evidently he was mis-
taken. The crime for which Franklin
was serving time was that Of murder
ing a policeman in Joplin, Mo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
Rescuer Buys an Overland.

The Model 83-B Overland automo-
bile received another very gratifying
mark of endorsement several days ago
when Captain Louis L. Lane, the man
who found Vilhijalmer Stefanson, the
Arctic explorer last summer, purchas-
ed an Overland car Of that type, after
thorough investigation of its merits.
Steffanson had been given up for
lost when Lane, heading searching
party in a government vessel, discov-
cred him CHARTERED on Banks Land,
and was the first to bring back news
of the explorers discoveries.
Captain Lane, by reason of his peri
lous calling, is an expert mechanic, as
we'll as a daring navigator, and that
he should choose an Overland after a
rigorous examination Of it's engines,
equipment and construction, is good
proof of it's stability.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
Symphony Concert Great Success.

Symphony Concert Great Success.
The concert given by the New York
Symphony orchestra at Bismarck Sat-
urday night was attended by a large
crowd, SO people from Washburn
alone being present. Mrs. w. F.
Cushing, who had charge Of the bust
ness end of the entertainment, de-
serves much credit for it's success. The
next attraction will be Skovgaard, the
great Danish violinist, and his New
York Metropolitan company, who will
appear at the Bismarck Auditorium
Saturday night, April 20.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
John Willis Not a Murderer.

John Willis, proprietor Of the VIII
lis restaurant in Minot for five years,
who was arrested suspected of being
an escaped convict named John Frank
lin, from the Missouri penitentiary, is
not the man wanted and Tuesday he
was set free. Willis resembled Frank
lin in many particulars, even to GER
tain scars on the body, but after the
Bertillion man had arrived from the
Jefferson City institution this week, he
declared positively that Willis was
not the man wanted. A guard who had
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
Stampede Elevator Burned.

Stampede Elevator Burned.
The st. Anthony & Dakota elevator
of Stampede, N. D., caught fire and
burned at 8 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing, together with $4,000 worth Of
grain. The total loss was $4,000. A
farmer living quarter of mile away
discovered the fire, arose and ran in
to the town, arousing the inhabitants.
A box car standing near the elevator
was burned.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
Late Snring.

The weather remains cool There is
great deal of snow on the prairie
and considerable in the valley. Farm
ers have given up hopes of getting in
to the fields much before the first of
May, altho if the weather should turn
warm at once they might do some
work few days earlier. The spring
is late and with little blowing done
last fall, it will be hard to get all of
the land seeded.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
New Hotel Planned.

The Independent learns from good
authority that plans are being work
ed out for the construction Of $780,
900 hotel building in the heart Of the
city, to be built during the summer.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-06
"BilPs Bullet" Latest Paper.

w. R. White, who conducts the only
store at Wolseth, is a genius. There
is no newspaper in the town, but the
merchant does not let that deter him
from advertising. He is issuing a
publication Of his own weekly, making
the first copy on typewriter, then
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Continued on page A.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-30
Republicans Plan
 Committee With
 Woman At Head
FORMER PROGRESSIVE IS CONFIDENT COP. WILL CARRY KANSAS BY A MAJORITY OF 80,000.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S. - James R. Garfield, of Ohio, in charge of the woman voters department of the Re publican national committee today began planning woman's Republican national committee to be appointed and a Western woman chosen as its chief with headquarters in Chicago.
 Henry J. Allen, of Kansas, former ly leader in the Progressive party, but who is now supporting Hughes and Fairbanks, was at Republican headquarters today and told Chair man Hertz of the Western campaign committee that he believed Kansas Republicans will elect their entire delegation to congress this year and that Hughes will carry the State by 5000 plurality. Allen is on his way to Maine to campaign in that State for the Republican ticket.
Weekly journal-miner., 1916-08-30
STRIKE ORDER I ISSUED; WILSON ID G0 BEFORE CONGR}ES,
Latest War NeUs Causes Price Of
 Wheat o Tumble
GENERAL RUSH TO SELL FOLLOWS RUMANIA'S DECLARATION OF WAR STRIKE AIDS DROP.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S. - Rumania' s declaration of war smashed the wheat market today.
 Opening prices showed fall, in some cases amounting to 5A cents a bushel. September delivery, which closed Saturday at S1.5lA, started to- day at S1.46 to Sl.4S1l. Other options also broke wildly.
 General rushes to sell took place, which were increased by the increas- cd chances of general railway strike in the United States.
 Before the descent of prices could be checked, losses that reached to S1E cents bushel were shown for the principal trading month, December, which sold as low as Sl.451I, as com pared with $l.54 at Saturdays finish.