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WITHOUT REASON
Suit Brought to Compel Release
of Mrs. Frank E.
-i... Weathers.
PLACED THERE BY HUSBAND
Annual Meeting of Anti-Saloon
League Executive
Committee.
(Special to The. Tlmsa-Diapatoa.]
Raleigh. N. C. November XI.?Al?
iasing that Frank B. Weathers, s well
known Raleigh man. had caused his
wife to be coniln.-J in the Mate Hoa
pltal without cause. Mrs. Lydia W.
Rogers, a prominent Raleigh woman,
this afternoon sueo out a writ Of
habeas corpus before Associate Jus?
tice George li. Brown, of th* Supreme
Court, praying? for the release of Mrs.
"Weathers. The caes will come up be?
fore Justice Brown in the Supreme
Court room to-morrow morning.
Mrs. Weathers was placed in ths
State Hospital on October 31 la?t oa
the affidavit of F. E. Weathers ana
Or. Z. M> Cavineas. It la alleged In
the petition of Mrs. Rogers that the
commitment was irregular, that Mrs.
Weathers was ssne then and Is sans
now, and ought to be released.
Mrs. Weathers, who was formerly
Mrs. Ella 11 Peck, came to Kalelgh
two years ago from Uerlln. Ontario.
Canada, with her aged father, who
??as in search of health. He di??l bera
Then Mrs. Peck went to reside with
Mrs. Rogers, on Wilmington Street,
and made many friends, several of
whom are to appear aa wltnssses in
her behalf to-norrow. Mrs. Peck was
married to Mr. Weathers In January.
At the annual meeting of the execu?
tive committee of the North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League, Just held here,
the resignation of R. F. Beaalsy as
chairman was accepted, and Archibald
Johnson, of Thon-.aavllle. was elected I
in his stead. The report of Superin- ,
tendent R. I* Davis for the year was
read and his recommendations re- I
celvsd. Thea* are that the league in- i
dorss and urge the passage of the
Webb-McComber interstate liquor ship?
ment bill and send delegates to Wash?
ington on December 16-19 In it* Inter
cat; call upon the Legislature at Its
approaching session for the passage
of a Stats-wide search and selsure
law, with praper safeguards as to affi?
davits: an act to require the express
cump*nlea and other common carriers
to report to some county olRcer at
atsted Intervals all liquors received
and have the county officer publish I
these reports In the county press under
regular advertising contracts. He also
commended the Lincoln-Lee Legion
department of the Anti-Saloon League
to the pastors and Sunday school work?
ers and urged co-operation. He ap?
pealed for more liberal support for th*
Anti-Saloon League work. .Superin?
tendent Davls's financial report showed
an indebtedness of $1,27?. $S25 of this
heing due three employes. He re?
ported 15.236 outstanding in unpaid
pledge*.
The North C*rollna Supreme Court
baa taken under ndvlsement the noted
case of the State Board of Education
vs. R- C. Remick. Involving the title
to the 4S.O?0-acre belt of swamp land*
(hraBtvUtoU
' *?e "Ts?aaS east Iaaaga,
BtkMM'i AlUrwtlv* to ?ata? seed w1th
success la the treatment ef Tuberculosis la
all part* ef the coaatry Persons who have
taken It improved, rained weicht, exhal?
ing night sweets stopped, fever diminished,
and many recovered. If you are interested
te knew mere a beut it, w? win put roe in
teach with some who are aew well. Ton
eaa Invest teats aad Judge for yourself- Read
ef Mrs Oorert's recovery.
Ort tri th. lad
"Oentlsman: Thinking that perhaps a
short history of the remarkable recovery
of my mother-in-law (Mrs. Anaa Oovort)
might benefit asms other sufferers. I give
th? follow lag testimonial: About September
M. ISM. ?he was taken sick with Catarrhal
Pneumonia, and continually grew worse, re?
quiring a trained nurae. Night sweats ware
too bad that It was get lessees to change her
clothing eure or twtc* every night; her
cough increased and got no bad that every?
body expected that she would not live much
longer. In January, wh?n Hev. Win. Kerg,
of St. Michael's Church, at ?IUIIlls lud
prepared for her death, he recommended
that 1 get Bckmea's Alterative, and ate If
It would not give her some relief I then
requested the attending Dhyslrlan to give hU
diagnosis, and he Informed me that she hud
Consumption and tan beyund al! med lea ?
aid When I asked If be t'iought that it wa?
u*el**s to try the Alterative, he replied that
Nu physician could help her any and I rou d
salt myself about lt.' fo I lmm> dtately had
Hev. Wm. Berg to send for a esttl*. Prac?
tically without hope for recovery. I insisted
that she try the Alterative, whi' h sag did
j I am glad to say that she soon sagas to Im?
prove. Now she work* ax hard aa ever.
I weighs twenty pounds heavier than -he ever
[ did before she took slc-k. and i* In good
i health, she. frankly says she owes h-t ilft
and heelth to Kckman'a Alterative.''
(Sworn Affldsvit) JOS. 'iKIMMKR.
I Erkman's Alterative Is effective in bron?
chitis. Asthma. Hay Fever. Threat and Uskg
Troubles and In upbuilding the system Ixiei
not contain poison*, opiate* or habit-forming
drug*. For sale hy Owens A Minor Dry* Co
and either ksadsag druggUtr. A?k for book?
let telling of recoveries, and wrhe to Beh
msvn Laboratory. Pniladelpbia, Pa. for ad
| dltlonal evidence.?Ad\ertlssmoat.
known as Molly Shelter Pocosln. fn
Pender County. The State board sold
the tract to Remick, arks refused to
accept the deed on the ground that 1
It was defective, and the suit Ig to ,
settle this lesue. The state b>j?fit :
the lands for taxes in 177?. after It j
had been originally granted to Daadal
Wheat on. The Supreme Court > enter
day heard the argument by Attorney -
General T. W. Blckett for the State
hoard and by Rountree A Carr. ot
Wilmington, for the defendant.
?lea. Qeans. the young carpenter j
who fell through the elevator shaft yf
th* H. J. Brown undertaking -stab- j
llshment. died at Rex Hospital after
not having fully regained conscious?
ness at any time since the accident
Tuesday evening, when he slipped 'nto
the undertaker's through morbid curi?
osity to see the dead bodies of the
victim* of the Xyrllna wreck. Young
Deans leaves a wife, to whom he was ,
married a week ago.
[S;>-|?1 to The Time*-Dispatch j
Doswell. Vj,, Noreneber S.?Mis* Besals
Tnacker and William WlUlamson were mar?
ried at noon yesterday at the home of the
bride's mother. Mrs J. O. Thacker. Rev.
Mr Bremmer performing the ceremony.
After a wedding dinner they left for a
Southern trip, and on thetr return will re?
side >a Prederlcksburg.
Only Two Members Present.
The Council Committee en Streets fared
of a quorum yesterday afternoon. Alderman
Gunst aad Councilman Mills were present, '
bat no other members of the committee op-!
peered, and after a delay of a half hour
*!! sending business went over. Practically
the whole month's docket Is pending, as th* |
Iheetkng oa last Monday was nearly entirely
devoted to hearing from cltisens.
Building PerasM.
A building permit was Issued yesterday to '
I.trwood B Jones te erset a detached two- (
story brick garage la rear of 30*1 Grove i
Arena*, to east are j
5 Doubly Glad b
Glad to smoke this pure old Virginia and
North Carolina bright leaf?with its natural
tobacco taste. Aged and stemmed and then
granulated. Tucks quickly in the pipe?rolls
easily into a cigarette.
With each sack a book of cigarette papers
FREE.
And smokers are glad to get the free pres?
ent coupons enclosed in each 5c sack. These
coupons are good for a great variety of pleasing
articles ? cameras, talking machines, balls,
skates, safety razors, china, furniture, toilet
articles, etc. Many tilings that will delight
old or young.
As a special offer, during November and
December only, we will send our new iUustro
tot these presents
FREE. Jest tend m
roar name and add rest
on a postal. la every
tack of* Liggrlt <t H?tn
Duke's Mixture is one
and a half owe* of
?pleadd tobacco and a
free tjrreea* coupon.
Great Interest Already Being
Manifested in Municipal
Politics.
ALSO OUT FOR FEDERAL JOBS
i -1
Tu Days' Campaign to Raise
$75,000 for Y. M. C. A.
1 Begins.
Times-Dispatch Bureau,
5 Boiiingbrok* Street.
Phone 1846.
Petersburg, Va.. November 31.
There is almost as much interest in
mun'cipal politics In Petersburg to-day
as if an election were close at hand.
' instead of months away. There are
three candidates in the field for City
Treasurer, vir.: Wm. K. Ramey. the
incumbent; K. Geraud Stratton and C.
L-. Barksdale; two candidates for Col?
lector of City Taxes?W:n. H. Camp,
the Incumbent, who has held the office
j for many years, and Councilman J. J. J
Xelms; two candidates for City Ser?
geant?John B. Evans, the incumbent1
for a number of years, and Robert
E. Gill, a well-known merchant; two
candidate for Commissioner of the
Revenue?Hugh It Smith, the lncum
j bent, and E. V. Goodwyn; three candi
; dates for High Constable?John A. -lai
lory. the Incumbent; P. H. Wells and
[ James D. Twynham. And. as may be
imagined, canvassing is brisk. Proba
! bly time will develop candidates for
other offices.
In the matter of Federal appolnt
j menla under President Wilson's ad
> ministration, there are two or more
applicants for each of the offices of
postmaster and collector of customs,
the only two positions of importance
to ha filled.
t Y. mV CU Mm Heese?
The ten-days' campaign to raise 176,
! 000 to build a Young Men's Christian
Association began this evening with
j a supper in the campaign head
[ quarters, at which the principal speak?
ers were E. R. Barksdale. a prominent!
j business man of Portsmouth, where J
I $100,000 was recently raised for a new
association home; General Secretary
Wm. K Cooper, of the Washington. D.
C association, and others. The ad?
dresses were short and to the point,
the Anal touch was given to tne plans
for the campaign, and the working
teams start out on their mission, en
I tbusiastlc and confident of s jccess. The
: feeling in the community is that the
! money will be raised and the home
be a certainty The campaign will
I begin in earnest to-morrow.
Death of Veeerabi? Wosaaa
I Mise Pattie Smith, an estiinable and
j much-beloved woman, died yesterday
I afternoon at the residence of Mrs. Ann
Smith, on Pine Street. She was the
daughter of the late Captain John
Smith, of Dlnwlddie County, and her
funeral will take place to-morrow from
Smith's Grove Church In that county.
She was upwards of eighty years old.
Hastlaga Ceert Ceavtetjoaa. .
The November term of the Hustings
Court was opened this morning, and
i the grand Jury brought in a number
j of indictments against parties charged
I with felonies. The case of Robert
I Brown, negro, charged with the mur?
der of Otis Curtis, colored, was set for
trial on December 2.
Albert Shands. negro, convicted of
a third offense of petit larceny, was
sentenced to labor on the public reads
for eighteen months.
Nat R?ffln, negro, convicted of lar?
ceny from the person, was sentenced
to three years' work on the public
reads.
Mott Valentine, negro, got a sentencs
of five years on the public roads.
The case of Edward Kemmon. negro,
charged with bigamy, was continued to
the January term, as were several
other minor cases.
W E. Black, charged with the lar?
ceny of $110 from Mrs. Howerton. was
discharged on a nolle prosequi.
Fereeaal aad Otherwise.
The United States government has
advised Colonel Asa Rogers that the
body of his son. Asa Rogers, who was
recently killed In an auiomoblle acci?
dent at Manila, will not re shipped to
this country until climatic conditions
are favorable.
Last evening at 7 o'clock at the resi?
dence of the officiating minister, the
Rev. F. W. Moore, of the Second
Baptist Church. Miss Susie Ruth Wil?
liams, the pretty daughter of Mr. and
SCra. E. W. Williams, and Charles
Hollow Williams, both of tats city,
were married. The only attendants
were Miss Ethel Williams, sister of
the bridegroom, and J. H. Nimmo.
Secretary Wat. M. Martin, of the
Chamber of Commerce, to-day announc?
ed that he will be a candidate tor the
post-office under the Democratic ad?
ministration. ,
Mrs. J. J. Faison. of Waverly. who
has been attending at the bedside of
her daughter. Mrs. W. F. Dsnforth. at
the Petersburg Hospita*. has returned
to her home, accompanied by Mrs. l>aa
forth. t
3f esjve Thief A f 1 estf d. 1
George House, alias John Harris, j
negro, was arrested last evening by j
Chief Ragland and Detective Heelan. I
*>n the charge of grand larceny. On I
the 14th of Novemb-r. Rosenstock A- J
Co. expressed on approval to Mrs. E. j
T. Williams, at Stony Creek, two dress f
suits and a fur. valued at ?:.l The j
paefcatre was takvn out <>f th< express t
office at Stony Creek by Mr. Williams. (
to be carried home, and was temper- j
arfly left in his buggy. ?-hile he at- i
tended to other business. It was stolen!
by th" n^cro, who bro ;ght the goods j
to Petersburg and pawn-d thetn. The}
goods were all recovered, and the n
gro. who js fr?:.i N"rth Carolina, bat)
who has beer, workinc on tCoast
line Kaiiroad n?-ai St?n- ?'reek. will'
he tri^d for the felonv here
SUPREME COURT
GIVES OPIHIOXS
Many Cases Settled by State's
Highest Tribunal on
YtMterday.
The Supreme <>.ort handed de WS
yesterday the follow las opinions
fly Jamee Keith, DJ seid? at:
Johnston S OomiiiH Brothers va
Dana * Motiteir? C|re?n Cown nt
Wise Cewaty Ivrree affirmed.
Interstate Kir? lasaraiH-e CVewtawny
vs. hVFall. Ctrrait Court ef Wise
County. Decree sssrsiel aad aliased
John Dough?
raised on
Fleischmann's
Yeast
Here's Good
Advice to All:
EAT MORE
LIGHT BREAD
as
??s?*
IMPROPERLY
fermented bread
is difficult to digest. It
is the foundation cause of
a great many m stomach
troubles." It is especially
hard on children's stomachs.
Eat More Light Bread
Light bread is not only easy to digest, but is the
most nourishing, wholesome and economical of all
foods. Accustom your family to eating more and
more of it
Eat More Light Bread
You and your children can eat your fill of well
fermented, thoroughly baked light bread and feel
no bad results. Begin today to eat more of it
rTJ^CHMANN'S YEAST
is the rhost perfect leaven for making
healthful bread. Your baker uses it. Ask him. ?
Light Bread
don Corporation Coart of city of
Rninok' ludicm. ? ? affirmed.
Flint re. Commonwealth corporation
? onrt of cltT of Boen? Vista Jud*
ment affirmed.
Milton et als r? Kite et ?I? nrctilt
?""onrt of Pace <"<Minty Itecree affirmed.
Oie?apeake and Oslo Railway Com?
pany es. Mat hews. <imilt Csnrt oil
AtiKuata <"..tirt" .lurisment affirmed I
Sensenys Administrator* sn, Boyda
Admlplstrator*. Cirmit Cosrt of Prod, j
erlck Cosntjr. Decree affirmed.
Kpannler r* Askweil. et ska. Cjrcait !
? otirt of Bedford Contity. Decree re- I
versed.
McLis ?t sis vs. Kkkmswd, et als
Clrcnit Csnrt of La* C?sstr Decree
reversed
fry Jsdr? PL If. C?<WW*tl:
Tn* Qasjisf PnrnKnr* Oisapawy v?
Bhe. et at* ClrrsH Coart ef Tana at iB
r*ownty. Decree affirmed
sfuOnaW* *t aas. **. ffirswa, aaar
dtaa. et am. Csrcait Coart sf Tasswali
Ceaaty. Deere* affirmed,
J^wntnanx wan sose, o*r_ en l^ssa *
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Tacewell County Judgment affirmed. ,
'"hesapeake and Ohio Railway Com - j
I pany va. MrChrthy. Circuit Court "^i
Botetourt County. J?d*-m. nt ?fnrme.l
Taylor t*. Johnaon Circuit Court "f .
piff
f PIANOS
. l-layara?tha ft neat made, aft
SIMM, $1.00
A1JKRJ STEIN
Augusts rountr Decree affirmed I
Sc?tt Ts. James. Secretary, etc. Lew I
.->?. : Kqtiitr court of city of Richmond I
Perree affirmed. {Decided at Staunton.
September.
B>- Judare John A. Buchanan
Darl? ts. Marshall Circuit Court ?f
;.<>? kiiigham County Decree affirmed.
Citr t Lyn-hbera rs. Mitchell.
al. Circuit Court of Ambe rat County
Judgment affirmed.
Tuen of Basic Citr *a> Ball. Circuit
Caart of Augusta Oeuaty Juisrnieal
rewerwed.
Br Judge George M WalIIUI.
Soot hern Railway Cstags ay TS Tr?
iers administrator. Circuit Court of
Assberat Ceealy Judgrment assrated
Chssagishs aad Ohio Raitwsy Corn- j
party we, Rucksaaa. Circa ft Court of
Aaaaata Cownty JudasJMSl affirmed
Sowrtbem Railway Caaipaay ts Dar?
nell b administrator. Circuit Court of
Shenaadoah Cewaey Jtrdgsnent ef
Srared.
mr Jadge at afford a whittle
Ramsey ts. Dodd. ChWult Court of
Xeleoa Couaty Der-ee reodlSed and
assi med.
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5?unJ?r? ts. Link. ;rmll Ca. art et
Olles County Decree r- ssrsSC
Clinchfleid <?,.,! Comsaay ?* ?utb
erlsnd R*h?artas; refssssl
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