The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, May 20, 1909, Image 3
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RESCUED THEM
Two Norwegian Girls Rescued in
New York From
, THE HOLY GOSTERS
He Young Women Were Somewhat
Reluctant to Leave the Power
of the "Great Spirit," But Their
Relative* Kmplujred the Police and
Clot Them.
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The arm of the law and the "Holy
Qhosters" clashed In New York cltv
^ this week and the law won. The
rewult is that Hilda Johnson, ~ Norwegian
girl of Ii2, has been restored
.to her family, together with a friend.
Miss Sigrid Signrson, 18 years c^.
whose parents are in Norway. Both
had been in this country less than
two years and with the "Holy Ghostem"
more than five mouths. The
girls did not wish to leave the mission
where they were under the
guidance of the "Great Spirit," and
they -believed they wt^re '^serving
the Ix>rd." Both looked worn and
hungry, but insisted that self-deuiai
m the way of food did not seem a
great hardship in llis service.
The release of the two girls was
due to the offorts of Thomas Handue
to the efforts of Thomas Hanson,
and her brother, Peter. The
two men tried to persuade the maid ous
to return home, but "Shepherd"
Brother Jonah Sturtevant interfered
and the ladies lost their intentions.
Letters were received from the girls'
parents in Norway commanding that
they leave the "Holy Ghosters," but
the "Shepherd" told them they
are of age and need not heed the
wishes of "plain" mortals. Finally
detectives were called by the young
women's relatives and the dealings
with 1
n uu tuv k)iir|/iiv;i u ncit? UI lt*l UI1U
to th-e point, to the limit that the
detectives brushed the "Holy One"
aside and took the persons they were
looking for.
Hiida Johnson told the night matron
in the police court, that she joined
the "Holy Ghosters" last summer
while at \Lima Park. There ?he
heard "Shepherd" Sturtevant preach
and later became interested in the
strange manner of dancing, in which
the participants moved around slowly,
clapping their hands,, at the same
time, patting one another 011 the '
shoulders. She stated that the first
month after she joined the sect she
roomed with negro woman and when
her husband came home she and
"Sister" Sigurson had to go to
"Brother" Sturtevant'a house, where
they remained until the call by the
detectives. The girl describes her
life there as consisting chiefly of
working, praying and fasting. The
fasting at times lasted ten days.
r ^Brother" Sturtevant was a good
man and fasted the same as the five
sisters who lived in the house with (
*-> him. (
At the mission "Brother" Sturtevant
stated after being despoiled of
the maidens that their parents in
Norway were not opposed to the
religion which the girls were enjoying,
but they could not understand
how negroes and white folks could
wursnip lugeiner. iae gins nau noc
paid anything for their board, he f
said, and when asked how they all
lived, and paid rent the brother
raised his hands dramatically and
exclaimed, "The Lord provides, and (
we do not want. Many give, strangers
give in the streets as the sisters
walk to the open-air meetings. People
I have never seen have sent me
$50?the Lord provides," he declar 1
ed. 1
FOLK BISHOPS HAVE DIED.
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The Southern Methodist Have Met ,
With Big Itosn.
The Columbia States says the Sou- 1
thern Methodist church has suffered i
a great mortality rate among its l
bishops. The next general confer- 1
ence, next year, will be called upon to
elect successors to the following who
have died since the last conference,
three years ago: ^
W. W. Duncan, Spartanburg: A. (
Smith VnrfAllr Va T r? r* I
Tigert, Nashville, Tenn.; Chas. Betts
Galloway, Jackson, Miss.
All of these were well beloved in
Columbia. All had spoken here, had
j preached here on occasions and had
visited here. Bishop Coke Smith had
been pastor bore. Bishop Tigert had
visited Columbia several times before
he became bishop.
Bishop Galloway has long been admired
in this State and death causes
much sorrow. ,
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Killed in Auto Accident.
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Near Salina, Kansas, A. P. Riddle, (
former Lieutenant Governor of Kan- j
sas, was killed Thursday in an auto- y
** mobile accident. j
Took Carbolic Acid.
fv** At Savannah Mrs. E. E. Bohnken
took carbolic acid in a local hospital
Friday, and when found by nurses ,
wa9 dying on the floor of her room. ,
She entered the hospital several days |
ago in search of rest. A negro wo- (
man obeyed her request to smuggle
the acid to Mrs. Behcken. *
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GEN. BOYD VERY ILL
THE AI MUTANT (i EN Kit A L SEIZEl)
WITH APPOPLEXY.
He Fell Front His Chair While Talking
With Capt. 1 tains in the Hotel
Aiken.
While on a visit to Aiken on Friday
afternoon Adjutant General
lloyd, of Columbia, was stricken with
appoplexy in the lobby of the Hotel
Aiken, and is now in a very serious
condition. Gen. Hoyd was in Aiken
for the purpose of selecting a site for
the encampment of the Third regiment
and making arrangements for
the encampment.
with several citizens ho spent all
the morning driving, and the hot
weather was noticed to have fatigued
the general somewhat. After he
had dinner at Hotel Aiken he was
sitting in the lobby with Capt. Rains
of Charleston. The general was noticed
to be in some way affected, and
when he was spoken to by Capt.
Rains he made no reply. In a moment,
however, he appeared to have
revived and answered.
His peculiar actions caused alarm
among those who saw him, but Capt.
Rains explained that ho often was
thus affected, and he thought he
would soon recover. However, in
another moment he had fallen out of
his chair to the tloor.
I)r. T. G. Croft was summoned
at once and In a few minutes the
stricken soldier was carried to his
room, where for nearly two hours,
he was in a delirious condition. He
has now quieted, and the attending
physician states that lie has
hopes of recovery. Tonight lie has
partilally regained consciousness.
The general's attack was followed
by a hemorrhage. A quantity of
blood was drawn from bis arm. *
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And One Hundred Hurt hy u Series
of Tornadoes.
A series of tornadoes in Kansas,
Missouri and Oklahoma a few days
ago killed a dozen persons, injured
about 1G0, devastated Mollis, Kans.,
wrecked a train and did great damage
to property. Twenty-five were
iu the suburbs of Kansas City.
At Mollis, three men were killed
and ten seriously injured. The
lOekstrom family of five persons is
missing and may be dead in the ruins
of the home.
Near Great Rend a tornado killed
two and injured 20. All wires are
down in that vicinity ami it is feared
that the death list may be greater.
Wm. Ackerly, a Sante Fe engineer,
was killed while working with a
bridge gang, between Great Bend
and Kinsley. Frank Nicholson, a
conductor, was also killed.
The storm spread over a wide
farming area and laid waste many
farm houses and barns. An estimate
of the rural casualties could not be
obtained.
At Moisinger, Kans., a tornado injured
a number f persons and greatly
damaged farm property.
At Pond Creek, Okla., a severe
wind storm injured four persons and
unroofed several houses.
Many washouts interrupted traffic.
Electrical disturbances crippled tele
grapii ana teiepnone wires.
TOOK TOO MUCH.
Captain of Steamship Dies From
Overdone of Drug.
A drug tawen to relievo Illness
caused the death at the Ilelief
Hospital at Boston Friday of Capt.
\shley Burroughs, of the Savannah
steamer Nacoochee. Capt. Burroughs,
in nursing an ailment, which
nade its appearance when the steamer
was one day out from Savannah,
:ook an over dose of a drug from
tiis medicine chest, and when the
joat arrived at Boston was in a dyng
condition. He was rushed to
he hospital, but died four hours
ater.
Mrs. Evans-Wilson's Will.
The will of Augustus EvanstVilson,
the novelist, who died Sunlay,
was filed Thursday at Mobile
'or probation. Her public bequest?
;onsist of $10,000 each to St. Franks
Street Methodist church, Protestint
Orphan asylum and the Nonlectarlan
infirmary, and $500 to the
if. M. C. A. library of Mobile.
Special bequests to relatives amount
o about $50,000.
Return of Rattle Flag.
The battle flag of the famous rifle
icouts captured at Selma on April
l. 1805. hv thf? Fourth Ohio
y, was presented to the Alabama
livision, United Daughters of the
Confederacy Thursday night at
Juntsvllle, Ala., by a delegation of
veterans from the Ohio regiment. An
mmense audience witnessed the proiensation.
Cut in His Hod.
At Jacksonville, Fla., O. N. K<>y,
i well known express messenger, was
3ut to death in his room by his
friend, E. J. Johnson. Key was undressed
and in bed when he was
killed. The knife wound severed
his heart, causing instant death.
AWFUL TALES
Heartrending Accounts of Tragedies
in Armenia
MAKES CLEAN SWEEP
Of the Country of the Armenian.
Men Are Murdered, Women Maltreated
and Carried to the llarems,
tlnniuw. ?
iw *i-u unu 11it'll liumnl
ami Fnnu Animals Driven Off.
Dispatches from Marash, Asiaflc
Turkey, say that most distressing
account continue to be received there
from the couutryslde of the Armenian
villages assailed by bands of
Mohainedans, who, acting on tko supposition
that the Armenians were
rising against government, were
quick to strike the tlrst blow.
Men were killed whenever found
within reach of knife or bullet.
Girls were ofteu maltreated, and
some of them were carried off to
become the wives or slaves of rich
men.
Houses were ransacked and then
burned. Farm animals were driven
off and small parties of horsemen
rode through the country "cleaning
up the Armenians."
The whole country is ruined by
the destruction of the farms and the
homes of the people, thousands of
whom were killed by the blood-thirsty
Turks. Everything portable has
been stolen and carried off by the
thieving and murderous Turks.
Families are completely brokeu
up, and it is estimated that at
least one hundred thousand people
haw been murdered or carried off
into captivity, which is worse than
death.
No one was spared. Even infants
at the breast wore torn to pieces
by the demons, and women were
reserved for a worse fate than death.
Half of the stories of the horrible
butcheries have not reached the
outer world because the Turkish
authorities refuse to let many of
them pass the telegraph or postofllce.
KILL EACH OTHER
While Trying to Shoot and Kill
Another Man.
Win. Bailey and it. M. Young, two
young men of prominent families
of Lee County, Va., shot and killed
each other while trying to kill
another man Friday night at a
school entertainment at Dryden.
Young and Bailey had an altercation
with Win. Jones over the matter
of tickets of admission. Young
and Bailey abused Jones and the latter
struck one of them. Jones
and Young clinched, and Bailey in
an effort to shoot Jones shot Young.
As Young was falling he fired aimlessly,
the ball killing his friend
llri <1
ua i iuj .
Jones was shot in the side and
another man was slightly wounded.
Pandemonium reigned in the hall,
where the entertainment was held.
Women fainted and others screamed
hysterically, and it was many
minutes before the frightened audience
was pacdfled. *
. THREE MKN KILLED.
And a I>ozon Injured by a Accidental
Explosion.
In an explosion Friday on the
quarter boat, No. 3, at Codjoes
Keys, about twenty miles from Key
West, Fla., on the Key West extension
of the Florida East Coast Kailway,
three men were instantly killed
and twelve others badly injured. The
injured men were carried to Key
West for medical attention, and it
Is believed that others were blown
to atoms, as seven hundred pounds
of dynamite went off. The injured
men are now in the Ix>uis Maloney
Hospital with Drs. Maloney and Warren
attending them. Most of the
men are Americans. *
DEOOED WHILE SHE LIVED
T"
Hut Left Over Twelve Thousand
Dollars in Dank.
Searching in the home of Mrs.
Mary Cleary, ninety years old, who
has died after living for many years
on the charity of her neighbors,
found bank books secreted about her
Brooklyn home representing bank
deposits of $12,800. For the last
quarter of a century Mrs. Clcary'a
only companions in her little hovel
were four cats. When well euough
she solicited aid from residents of
the neighborhood who were almost
as poor as she, and when ill they
brought food and ministered to her.
If she has any heirs they are not
known to the police of Brookln. *
Restored Name of Davis.
By the end of the present week the
name of Jefferson Davis will have
been chiseled again Into the stone J
in the famous Cabin John bridge six
miles west of Washington, President
Roosevelt having given instructions
to this effect previous to his retirement.
SENT TO JAIL
(iOOl) WAY TO llKFAK UP T1II?
UNLAWFUL TRUSTS.
! Prison Term for Violators of the
Trust I>uw 1 in|M>se<l by a Judge
at Savannah.
Judge William B. Sheppard knows
how to break up trusts. At Savannah
on Friday ho overruled the motion
in arrest of judgment offered
uy iaw ueienco ana sentenced the
live men found guilty of violating
the Sherman anti-trust law, and for
the tlrst time so far as is kuown,
jail sentenced in two cases were imposed.
The sentences follows:
Spencer I*. Shotter, chairman of
the board of directors of the American
Naval Stores Company, three
months in jaii and a fine of $5,000.
Edmund S. Nash, president of the
company, $2,000 line.
J. F. Cooper Myers, vice president
of the American Company and president
of the National Transportation
and Terminal Company, three
months in jail and a tine of $2,500.
George Mead Hoardnian of New
York, treasurer of the American
Naval Stores Company, $2,000 tine.
Carl Moeller of Jacksonville, Fla.,
apt nt of the American and general
manager of the National Transportation
and Terminal Company in
Jacksnville,, $5,000 tine.
Shotter and Myers were sentenced
to terms In the Chatham county
jail. Judge Sheppard imposing the
punishment upon them because they
had been before the court two years
ago, entering pleas of guilty. At
that time Judge Emory Speer, who
was presiding, stated that a term in
prison would be imposed if thev
should come before the court again.
Nash was excused on the former occasion
when the grand jury returned
a "no bill" as to him, as he was
a witness before the grand jury.
Moeller's sentence was made heavy
because of his connection with the
terminal yards in Jacksonville,
where regrading and rcgauging were
allowed to have taken place.
The case will be appealed to the
United States court of appeals just
as soon as the bill of exceptions can
be prepared and certified to by the
court. In the meantime a motion
for a new trial will not be made before
Judge Sheppard. A writ of eror
citing 53 grounds was tiled by
the defense Immediately after sentence
was passed. Council attacked
nearly everything the court permitted
to come before the jury to which
the defense entered protest. It begins
with the court's Indictment and
ends with an exception to the jury's
verdict.
Ilonds In the sum of $20,000 was
given for all the defendants jointly
and they were discharged pending
the determination of their appeal.
The costs they must pay if the
conviction and sentence stand will,
it is said, reach $17,000, which in
the event the sentence stand, will be
apportioned among the five convicted
men. The defendants were sentenced
separately. Judge Sheppard
made no long address, but merely
gave them an opportunity to say
why sentence should not be nrn
nounced, a privilege of which they
took but small advantage, and then
passed the sentence. Shottor was
the last to bo sentenced.
Judge Sheppard made his longest
speech then, probably 100 words.
The defense was represented by
W. VV. Mackall, Former Judge Samuel
B. Adams and Gen. Peter W. Meldrlm.
With Mr. W. M. Toorner of
Jacksonville, the government was
represented by Assistant District Attorney
Alex Ackerman. The case
will be fought by the defense until
there is no power to which the defendants
can appeal further before
the jail terms will be served or the
fines paid. (
DIED FROM BLOOD POISON.
Han n Nail in His Foot Which
Caused Death.
Mr. A. J. Howe, of Marion, died l
at the Highsmith Hospital at Fay- !
etteville, N. C., Friday night at 8
o'clock, after a lingering illness. Mr. 1
Howe had the misfortune to stick a
nail in his foot last fall, and since 1
that time he has suffered from the I
effects of the wound. A month or *
two ago his foot was amputated, and '
it was thought he would then recov- J
er, but for the nast. <
, wv. VIWI nccivo 1
ho has been growing worse, and his
wife left Marion on Thursday to go J
to Fayettevllle, intending to take
him to his former home in Penn- <
sylvania for treatment. A few mln- >
utes after her departure from Marion i
her daughter received a telegram an- <
nouncing his death. Mr. Howe had 1
been living in Marion only a few 1
years, and was an architect.
Had a Close Call.
Imprisoned by a fall of top-rock
for thirty-six hours, Thomas Buscvage
and John Master, miners employed
at the Morca colliery, near
Pottsville, Pa., were rescued uninjured
late Monday night. They
saved themselves by improvised
props made out of their picks and
slflJvela. I
HELD UP TRAIN
Six Murderous Bandits Cut Engine
and Mail Car
FROM REST OF TRAIN
Take Them Several Miles Ahotul,
Hitln the Mails of an I'nrrnlAln
Amount uml S??ml Cur and Knglue
Buck to Truin ou Wild Itun, Hurting
Sr?er?l Persons.
Followng tho hold-up of a Great
Northern passenger train by six
bandits between Colbert and Mead,
Wash., Sunday night, twelvo persons
were injured when the locomotive
and tho mall car, cut on
from the rest of the traiu, were
run back wild by the bandits, aft?*r
they had rifled the mails of an unknown
amount, and collided with
the rest of the train.
The conductor saw the wild cars
coming back at 25 miles an hour,
lie and another trainman placed a
lie on the track, but the cars, though
partly stopped, plunged Into the
coaches, throwing passengers from
their seats, cutting them with broken
glass. A trainman sprang aboard
che locomotive as the collissiou oourred,
and shut off the steam, stooping
the havoc.
When the train reached Colbert
late in the night, while the crew was
busy with some switching, two men
sprang into the cab and thrusting
revolvers against the breast of the
engineer and tlreman, ordered them
to do as commanded. The engineer
and iireman complied, and the mail
cars were cut off from tho rest of
the train by four other robbers. The
locomotive and mail car then ran
up the truck a few miles. Then the
engineer and his fireman were forced
to leave tho cab. Two of the robbers
went to tho door of the mail
car and ordered it opened. Their
command was obeyed by Benjamin
F. Stumps, mail clerk, who was hurried
away from the cars with the
uuguieman oy a dozen revolver shots.
Manning the locomotive themselves,
the outlaws took the mail ears down
the tracks and looted the registered
mail. Then they started the locomotive
back toward the rest of the
train and escaped.
Conductor C. N. Robertson cut in
a telegraph wire to send word to
Spokane. While he was telegraphing
about a half-hour after the locomotive
and the mall car had disappeared,
he saw the powerful locomotive
careening towards the coaches
in which many 'wore asleep.
Many of the passengers knew nothing
of the hold-up until awakened by
the collision.
As soon as Conductor Robertson
realized that a collison was imminent
he called on the brakemen and porters
to aid him. While the conductor
and another brakeman stood
ready to board the cab as soon as the
shock of the collision checked the
impetus of the wild locomotive.
None of the passengers was fatally
hurt.
Two special train-loads of deputies
and doctors were brought from
Spokane. No traco of the robbers
was found.
While is is reported that the bandits
obtained as much as $20,000,
railroad officials and mail inspectors
sa the amount is not known. One
of the bandits who entered the cab
was more than six feet tall, and evidently
an experienced engineer. a?
the two robbers entered the cab this
man said to the engineer:
"You have heard of us hefore,"
indicating that they had been involved
in similar hold-ups.
SIXTY CAKS OF MAIL.
One Firm Mails Six Million Pieces
at One Time.
The Chicago postoflice has just
broken the world's record for mail
handling at one time from one
source, according to James N. McArthur,
superintendent of the Central
station.
"The Chicago ofTice has just handled
6,000,000 pieces of stamped mail
from one Chicago firm," said Mr.
McArthur. "This represented an expense
of $60,000 to the firm in
stamps alone. The matter was handled
under the new canceled stamp
arrangement by means of which a
lirm buys stamps already canceled,
io as to save that work being done
it the postofllce.
"The mailed matter weighed 125
tons and filled sixty cars. I understand
that this is a world's postofllce
record. In the last year the receipts
of the Chicago postofllce were $14,DOO.OOO,
and the expenses $5,000,0000."
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Arrested in Florida.
Sheriff R. G. Causey, of Berkeley
has received notice from the author!-I
ties 1n Jacksonville, Fla., stating ]
that Jas. Edwards, wanted for murder
in Berkeley, has been arrested.
Sheriff Causey wired Gov. Ansel of
the fact and at the same time wired
the Florida authorities to hold the
prisoner for requisition papers which
will be forwarded at once.
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GANT IS CAUGHT
UK IS SAID TO HAVE DEFRAUD*
ED SEVERAL PERSONS.
Once Wum Very Popular fn Columbia,
Hut <?ot Into Had OompMf
and Fell.
The State says C. K. Gantt, a
young man well known in Columbia,
who has been wanted by the
jxilloo since September, 1908, was
arrested Friday In Greensboro and
arrived from that city Saturday in
the custody of the Greensboro chief
of police. Gantt will have to face
several charges of breach of trust
and grand larceny.
It is alleged thilt Ho
?, - ? ?..-v ..v i/viv4 * ?o naui*
pies while traveling for Strauss Bros,
of Richmond, Va., and he is also
charged with passing worthless
checks and robbing a young woman
of Charleston. He is said to have
secured $25 fraudulently from the
Bank of Lexington and to have taken
S7f? from the Charleston young woman,
telling her he would put it
in the hank for her where it would
draw Interest.
lie left for parts unknown last
September. At that time his sample
trunks and other goods that he
is charged with disposing of were
secured by the police. He was supposed
to have gone to Texas, and
Chief of Police Cathcart has been
following his movements ever since
hut until a few days ago was unable
dellnitely to place GantL
The fugitive was discovered at
Rock Hill a few days ago and later
at Charlotte and Chief Cathcart proceeded
to put the officers in several
North Carolina cities on the lookout
for (Jantt. The arrest in Greensboro
followed.
Gantt, who is quite a young man,
was once a resident of Columbia
and was well known and popular
in the city. Before becoming a traveling
salesman he had charge of a
department In the Olympia Mills
store. He made good so rapidly in
this lino that ho was offered a good
position as a traveling salesman. Ho
made friends easily, and his largo
circle of acquaintances in Columbia
will regret to hear of his trouble.
Gantt was released from custody
Friday, the charges against him having
been settled on his arrival from
Greensboro with an officer from that
city. It Is understood that prosecution
will be dropped on the several
counts, as he has settled the
charges to the satisfaction of the
officers by paying the amounts ho
is alleged to have secured by improper
methods.
(Iantt was born at Wagoner, a little
town over in Aiken county, on
the Batesburg-Perry line of the Southern
railway. He began his career
as a clerk In the store of Gantt fk,
(Iantt, at Wagoner, later going to
Columbia. The fall of a young man
is a sad affair, and as (iantt has got*
ten out of this trouble we hope in
future he will keep out of such
scrapes.
BARREL OP PITCHERS.
Wil lite Sent Senutor Tillman by
Senator Scott.
Zach McGee in his letter to The
State sayvS Senator Tillman will before
lonir. have si )isirr*>l
^ r . v M MM* I vt v/l 51a Od
pitchers. To could have had a carload
If ho had wanted them.
Senator Scott of West Virginia
owns a glass factory and he gave tho
senate a lecture the other day on
common glassware. He said ho sold
pitchers at wholesale at 9 0 cents a
dozen, but that retailers sold them
for about GO cents a piece. Senator
Tillman, who was inclined to subscribe
to Senator Kayner's doctrine
that there was something about tho
tariff which made liars out of all
people Interested in it, threw down a
sort of dare to Senator Scott to sell
him some 60 cent pitchers at 90
cents a dozen.
"I'll send you a carload," said
the West Virginia senator.
That was too many for Tillman,
who said he would not know what
to do with a carload of pitchers any
more than he would know to do
with a West Virginia coal mine.
"Well, I'm going to send you a
barrel, anyway," said Senator Scott.
So if you want a nice glass pitcher
cheap just let Senator Tillman
know. He may have some to sell
when ho gets back to Trenton thu
summer.
COL. KELLY DEAD.
Was a Oullant Defender of the
"Lost Cause."
Rev. Dr. David Campbell Kelley,
colonel In the Confederate service
and commander of a brigade in Forrest's
cavalry, died at Nashville,
Tenn., Sunday afternoon of heart
failure. Dr. Kelley was 7 7 years old
and one of the most widely known
ministers in the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South. His services in
the pulpit covered nearly 60 years.
A number of years ago he was a
candidate for governor of Tennessee
on the prohibition ticket, but
i was defeated. He leaves a widow
' and one daughter.