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VOX. XXXIX, NO. 6 - ?
Early Spray for Apple
and Peach Orchards
Horticulturist Prophesies Bumperj
Crop nnd Advises improvement it>. !
Quality, to Secure Good Price |
There is every indication ol" a
large crop of apples and peaches in!
Watauga younty this year, thinks H.!
H. Niswoswcer, extension hovticul-i
tursst <>f State college, who was u.\
recent visitor here. The factorsj
which are responsible for this possible
for a normal, or bumper crop,
says Mr. Niswonger, are the short
production of last year in most of
the orchards and the weather conditions
this winter that have heldj
back the blossom buds. Market con-j
ditions following a heavy production j
from the orchard sections usually |
means low prices but the grower who |
Harvests a largo quantity of fruit;
per tree having good color, free from;
blemishes alid properly graded will
be able to make a satisfactory margin
of profit during a period of low
, prices. Bear this in mind and. strive
to the utmost to grow fruit- of this
kind by a thorough application of
summer sprays.
Mr. Nisvvonger recommends the
following sprays to improve quality (
and production:
Early Sprays for the Apple
Delayed Dormant?This is a spray j
put on just as the tips of the leaves
are appearing consisting of either!
the lime sulphur or oil sprays at the'
same strength as used for the dor '
mant application; that is, 15 pounds
of the dry lime sulphur 01 5Vi gallons
of the liquid?the oil sprays
according to the recommendation of
the manufacturer of the brand you
have been using. These spray ma
torials will get the scale insects and
frtnnv of the aphids and apple scab
which often appear at this time.
Pink Bud Spray
Begin spraying when the blossom
bud clusters are separating and the
xips show pink. Use lime Sulphur,
pounds of the dry or 5 quarts of
the lifiiiid Kit 'Pi,;--.
primary spray for tin: apple scab.
Don't miss it. If aphids are present
,-udd ane-balf pint of black leaf !0 I"
the SO gallons of water. Don't use oi!
sprays alone at this. time.
Calyx Spray
Pogiti spraying when the majority
?f tliu flowers hove dropped, using
the lime sulphur solution nga>? at
the stupe strength as for the pink
bud spray to which in added I
pounds of arsenate of load. This
combination of sprays will got the
apple worm or reddling moth arid
also the apple scab which is still
spreading to the fruit. Success in
control of the apple worm is dependent
on a thorough application of
this poisoned spray at this time,
using an extra amount of spiny solution
per tree.
Early Sprays for Peaches
First spray?When most of the
flowers have dropped. (
Second spray?When .the shucks
surrounding- the little peaches begin
to shed. .
Use for each spray 1 pound of
arsenate of lead in 50 gallons of
water, to which has beer, added
pounds of lump lime or 5 pounds of
h yd rated liuic. This gels the eurcu
lio or the peach worm that works in,
the fruit. Picking up the dropped
peaches later on and destroying
these will aid you in cohtroliiiig the
peach worm.
TUTORING DRY AGENTS
.
A school in methods of prohibition
enforcement has opened in Atlanta/
with Webster Spates of Washington;
an the teacher, and a number of dry 1
agents from North and South Cam-!
lina, Georgia and Florida are in at-'
tendance. The school, according to'
the director, ia for the purpose o;
discussing court, arrest and.evidence'
procedure.
RED GIRL SLAYS WHITE MAN i
i
,
Alturas, Cal., March In.?-CassieI
Turner. Indian giri, was called be-j
fore the white man's tribunal toj
answer for the slaying of Robert'
Declute. Her defense is that Bec-1
lute, after she had refused to marry;
him, asked her to shoot him, and;
Jack Sharp, attorney, announced he;
would contend that Deelutb knew1
enough of Indian psychology *to rea-,
Hze that the girl would comply^ with'
his strange request with the same j
willingness as she would give him nj
giass 01 water.
Lowjen and Smith in North Dakota
Fargo, N. D. March 20.?Thirteen
votes for Frank O. Dowden in the!
Republican presidential convention I
and ten for Governor Alfred Smith
ir. the Democratic were pledged by
the North Dakota electorate in today's
statewide presidential preference
primary.
Those two presidential possibilities
were unopposed and their in-!
dovsement- was merely a formality,'
incident to the selection of delegates'
'o the two nntiona'i conventions and"';
naming of Presidential electors.
/ATA1
A Non-Partisan N?
BOO
IPOUTKAL EVENTS'
OF THE PAST WEEK
i Highlights of Politic^] Activity of
1 Both Major Parties ^Summarized
From Recent News Dispatches.
From Over the Country
RcpuMieans Miet Saturday
'j he Watauga county Hepubiican
convention will meet at the courthouse
here Saturday at noon for the
purpose of electing delegated to the
.state, congressional and judicial
conventions.
Smith Only Hope For Success
Some rattier noteworthy developments
in the interest of Governor
Smith have been noted during- the
past day or so, says a Washington
Specie) of March 17 to the Greensboro
Daily News. Colonel Robert N.
Harper, president of the District
National bank, told the Daily .News
today that there could be no question
Concerning the entire availability
of the New York governor,
that his nomination would be both
wise and logical from every point of
view, and chiefly for the reason that
it would afford the Dmecorals a
real chance to win.
Democrats opposed to the nomination
of Governor Smith concede the
effectiveness of such arguments as
nuie by Colonel Harper, long a close
friend of the late W. J. Bryan. They
say that if it should be needed that
more- money could he raised to prosecute
a Smith campaign than has
been employed in running the campaign
of all the candidates for pves
lc.ent since the foundutiof- of the republic.
II gives weight to the contention
of the pro-Smith forces that
the nomination of the governor of
the empire slate would give the party
a chance to put a man in the
White House *' '
Though a dry, Methodist and a
Republican. Dr. Edward T. Devinc,
graduate dean at American university
here, declared today that A1
Smith i-' his first choice for president.
"1 admire Governor Smith,"
said Dr. Devinc, "l>eoaur,e I lived in
Nev; York for many years, and hud
an opportunity to study both, the
mini and his work. He has a genius
for government that is probably unmatched
today. He thoroughly understands
the problems of government,
especially in thc-ir social aspect
In isiv mind there >\s no doubt
that ho would make a great president.
I say this not 03 a politician,
but as a student and one who has
no active association with politics or
politicians. 1 say it despite the fact
that he is; a wet, a Catholic and a
Democrat, and i am none of these.
"I am a dry, but it is absurd to
rhir.k that Governor Smith would
break clown prohibition enforcement,
or that as president he could affect
this question at all.
"Prejudice against him based on
religious feeling is not to be thought
of. but I can say this; 'fheve is not
an nance of bigotry in Governor
Smith, us his reply to Charles Marisdvall
showed. That was a masterly
document.
Stys CaniKdr.tr: Must Speak Out
Lancaster, Ohio. March J 7. ?
With what appeared to be an indivpii
shot at Herbert Hoover, prohibition
was Ki aught to the tore in
Of,in':; Itepublican primary campaign
here today by Senator Frank B. Willis.
who declared in a speech- that
the voters this year will stand for
no dodging on the issue by presidential
candidates.
"Campaigns cannot be won by
evasion," said the senator, who is
fighting it out with the Commerce
secretary for Ohio's 51 delegates to
the Kansas City convention. "Consequently
in the contest of 1028, it
may as well be understood at the
outset that the people will demand
and are entitled to receive definite
and unequivocal assurance of the
position of candidates regarding the
ISth amendment and the enforcement
of the law.
"Voters will respect candidates
or parties that clearly state. their
Position, but thev will -not- cove tlion.
support to those who seek (o equivocate,
to evade and to camouflage.
Partial answers will not do. The
statement -of principles must be
definite and courageous; otherwise,
defeat will come. It is too late in
the history of the Republican party
for it to tread the oaths of cowardice
or nullification."
Catholic* Have No Interest in
Smith Candidacy
Route, March 18.?The campaign
of Governor Smith of New York for
the presidency of the United States
does riot, interest the Vatican, Cardinal
Mudelein of Chicago said tonight
in the first interview he has
aororded to American newspaper
correspondents since his arrival here,
."During my whole week's stay in
Rome the subject was not broached
once to or by me in either of my
two audiences witli the pope or any
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MIS. WATAUGA COUNTY. XOltTH CA1
Sim Tate Acquitted of J
Bank Robbery* Charge
i Evidence Was Thak Watauga Boy
Was Forced Into Episode by
Noted Cvimiual Fi
j Attorney William E. Lovill returnj-fd
Monday night. from Vega, Texas,
where he went to defend young
Simeon Tate j?l" Boone, accused ofj
! complicity in the robbery <*f a bunk
| at Wiilboro, Texas, a few weeks ^
: ago, and brings back the- news of the r,
i acquittal of the local boy by the rH
; Texas .jury. Mr. Lovill was iccom- >)(
panied on his return by Mr. F. C. 7.
Tate, father of Simeon; the trip fa
having been made by motor. m
The story of how the seventeenyear-old
boy happened to be come
entangled in the bank-robbing epi- rc
socle is interesting and is not unlike
some pages from Horatio Alger's sl]
novels. Young Tate had gone, to At- a
lanUi, G&., in quest of employment. ^
He had failed to secure work, had ^
used all the money he had taken
from home ami wis beginning to get
pretty blue when he iyas accosted by
a feliow giving his name as Aubrey n.
Ray. who advised Tate he could find ^
a job for him without difficulty. tj.
Young Tate told him be knew of u,
work 011 an oil project in Texas, but | fr
was broke and would have td stay in a)
Atlanta for the time being. Whereupon,
Ray flashed a considerable roll
of money, pointed 011 this automobile
and assuring Tate of his willingness
to help a boy in trouble, suggested ^
that they go to Texas together. The
young man found in Rny an excel- P1
j lent companion and the two enjoyed j le.
a pleasant journey to the Lone Star
state. However, when thev arrived
at Willboro and parked the car near ^
| a small bank, the demeanor of the
genial' Kay changed. He told Tate l-1
They were going to rob the bank. P'
The youngster absolutely refused to! 6
have anything to do with the deal, j ^
Kfit his protests were without avail, j ^
| He was made to get from the car} <*'
l and at the point of a gun march in &
j front of the criminal to the bank. I
i Once inside Pay quickly covered the!
: cashier, reduced a gecoiui pistol and j di
I ordered the frightened by to ' hold*. ??
him" a rain lite, lie looted the vault, i * ?
i turned quickly and found Tate gone, < M
* only to return in a monnyat under (
shotgun guard of two citizens. Kay
he! dwho .coshic-i; with an automatic ^
in his chest and told the new arrivals .
i> they made a move he would kill tthc
cashier. Protecting himself -M
with the iife of the official, he ;ii
j forced Tate to drive the car audi *1
t they took speedy leave. The cashier' vc
| was freed h short distance out olnj
J the highway and the couple proceed-} ^
. fed to a neighboring village whore a j r
'stop was made at it "garage for ro-j al
j pair work. There Kay was accosted j
t by an officer who inquired Jis to ihci
| ownership of the car. Tate \\ us j P I
j some distance away and the officer!
! was cited to him. Quick as a flash j ?
j Ray was gone and Tate was nrrgst&d j
and placed in jail.
"Mot satisfied with the day's work j
the notorious robber proceeded to} ^
rob two other banking establish- j ^
meats within live period of :t few j ^
days and was fumllv ,?n reeled in > .
! Oklahoma City. He proved tr. be
i an eseoped convict from the Austin t
j penitentiary, having been sent ttii-rr v
; for 03 years, He has already been g
! tried for the last two robberies and (l(
given two sentences of ?!? years
Young: Tate is remaining in Texas asj p.
i witness, against Ray in" the case in j
which he became innocently involv- w
ed, and will return to his home as p.
soon as the hearing is over. jji
Attorney J-ovill hail little mlfient- ,pty
in securing the acquittal of Tate ;l
] when hi;; evidence was presented to iK
the court, and says public senti- 'tl.
merit was overwhelmingly in support u]
of his client.
STATE S. S. CONVENTION
MEETS IN CONCORD IN APRIL ?r
Beginning Tuesday night, April 10
and continuing through Thursday .
< night, the 12th, the annual State j,
! Supday School convention under the p
j auspices of the North Carolina Sun- j
! day School association, will be held .
j in Concord. General sessions of the ^
| convention Will be held on Tuesday (l]
I night, April 10, and Wednesday and *
I Thursday mornings and nights, the !
| 11th and 12lh, in the First Bani.isi
church, which will he the convention (j
headquarters. The afternoons of
Wednesday and Thursday will he de- ~
voted to departmental conferences,
which will be held in the First Pros- ?
hyterian and Central Methodist ?
churches.
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The price of horseradish has ad- fv
vanced 300 per cent to 27 cents a M
pound on the Chicago market as one
i of the results of the Mississippi
I floods. The Illinois chamber of
| commerce reports whole counties of
j horseradish wiped out. Wild horse- j'
radish, which has a fearful kick, is
being substituted in the boiled beef ^
industry. r?
, w
We do not print this for its wit hi
Nor its poetic grace. in
! We don't, care what it says a bit SI
It's jus! to fill the space. ih
" .
DEM<
est Intere ?^of Northw<
JO UNA, TF 5* DAY, MARCH 2!
ILOWVa ROCK'S
C fC. TO MEET
rcsj- H. C. Martin Requests
Fu. ktlendance, as Plana for
Summer Advertising Are, To Be
Discussed
By RTJPFRT GfBLETT
Blowing: Rock, March 22-?H. C.
aviil'i Wftolrldni I-I?A
, j,, vi mg uiv/tviuj;
ock Chamber of Commerce, iin>ur>?cd
Wednesday that the ehnmkr
will meet next Tuesday night 'at
30 in the school auditorium to
acuss important plans for the sinner
season.
"This meeting/' Mr. Martin said,
vill be of particular interest to
toming house owners and to all
.her business men who cater to the
ircmer trade. We are to consider
plan for placing the names of
lowing Rock rooming houses anil
isiness firms before summer visors
who might otherwise never hear
: them,
"To do this, however, we shall
?ed the entire co-operation of all
ho wish to have the advantage of
te advertising plan that we have
ruler consideration. We arc, thereire,
requesting a full attendance by
I who are interested in having a
>od summer season."
The play, "Unacquainted with
"orkt" which had its premiere in
lowing Rock two weeks ago, was
resented last Friday night before a
rgc audience at the Cove Crock
gh school. The 'proceeds, amount-'
tr tl> will K.V .r.,rw1? 1
to school and the Blowing Rock
and, which piTUejpjated in the
logram. Those in the cast of the
were Glenn Coffey, .Jay Knight,
ynum Crisp. Fred Spann. William
olshouser, William White, Lucy
lillianis, Klixahcth Suduer.Lh, Lule
Keid, Lucille Coffey and Rubv
it: hards.
Yh? play, 4.;S\mshi?ie,** under the
ivoction of .si; :- Pottrlo Webb, is
?iw\i rehearsed by a local talent
-.si for presentation at some date in
ic future.
? kc i 1 gj|| | feti
Neavly evcr.s boy in the Blowing
ock high school who has reached
\c mputo.l age is making applivao?
for admission to the Citizen*1
[iliinry Training Camp to be held
Fort Brugs this summer. Among
ose 'yho are making application or
msidcrhsg it are Fred $pah?, Wii
\m Lent:-:. William Hnisbouser,
ynum Crisp Paul Foster and Glenn
of toy. Several others intended tti
)|>ly. hut they learned that they
mid not be accepted unless they
e seventeen' before the camp
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GUNTY FISH AND GAME
n.im nrit.n<5 fjnf mpptimc
A lacy..- mihrber >f sportsmen of
it- I'.i.ty and county at large, attendt
the meeting of the Wat a OCT
uurrty Game ami h'iah Chib SaturH
evcWi.'K- Tin; gather-rhp was at
ic Daniel Boom; hotel ami jr.uch inpcrf
was manifest a- discussion:-",
ere entered into. Mr; .1. \Y.
cyan, county game and fish war
Ml, who during the nasi year noted
that fish from the local hatch
y did not seem to thrive, arrivotl
the conelasion that when the fish
ere planted they were too small to
rve a chance with the snakes and
g fish of the larger streams
Irereforc-. it was agreed upon that
number of brooding pools should
i constructed and that the young
out. should be eared for in these
rtil about sis inches long. The
ub proposes to feed the fish and
r, Bryan thinks practically 100
c cent of the output of the hatchy
would survive if handled in this
anner.
The proposition of a-deer park
50 came up for consideration. Hon.
A. Liriney offered to furnish the
ub one hundred acres of land for
period of ten years, provided a
itable fence shall be placed around
c boundary. This the club proises
to do with the aid of the cottuThe
fencing should cost npoxinrately
$1,001). Dr. J. M.
niHypg filerr yrvjfi.a fi? nf^nv rrt 1 llrt
re? of land for a deer preserve.,
ride H. Phillip?, head of the deirtinent
of conservation and dedopment.
in a letter to Warden
cyan, has heartily endorsed the
evament for the park and promises
s support. Young deer \yiil be
imished from preserves in the Mt,
itcheil section.
Will* Fortune to Pet Dog
Denver, Colo.?Shep. a shaggy old
>g. need not worry about the lure.
He has inherited part of a
rtune of $110,000. Fred H. Forster,
an eccentric Denver resident,
tiled almost his entire fortune to
s pet dog- Shep and to other canine
habitants of the state of Colorado,
iep had been Forrester's pal for a
-cade.
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DCR^
sst North Carolina
J, 1928
i Nearly Million in
j State's Public Schools
I Figures for 1926-27 Disclose Chert
j Were 824,151 Children in North
Carolina Schools.
| Raleigh March IS.?There were
I 824,151 public school children in
| North Carolina in the school veai
: 1926-27, according to tabulation?
? just completed.
j 'Of this number 571,056 or G9.3
j per cent an- white children ? and
125*1,005 negro or Indian. Or divided
according to school location thereare
015,488 rural children and
1 208,005 city children enrolled in
I each resneetivo tvne of stfimftl In
other words, there are about three
rural children to every city child.
The enrollment in public elemental
5 and secondary schools of the
state has increased from 135,181 in
1900-1001, the first year of the
period under consideration, to 824,151,
the last year for which statistics
are available. At the present
average rate of increase of more
than 150,000 annually, the state department
of education expects within
three more years the enrollment
to be double 1900-01.
The most recent statistics available
for the nation is for the year
1*925-26. During thai year there
were more than 30 million children
of school age. that is, from-five to
17 years, inclusive. Of this number
25,000,000 a. or approximately 82
per cent, were enrolled in school,
and 20,000,000 on an average atitended
every day.
; In the 16 southern states theic
fare neatly 10,000,000 school chilIdren,
Texas having the largest number,
1,210,127. North Carolina the
j second largest number. Maryland
I- has the smallest enrollment of any
southern state, 263,249.
511 Mnvt.li Oin Afliiiiil nrin
.skis im-Iudos ail between the a#es of
r. mii?l , inclusive,
I WILL TAKE CENSUS OF DEAD
j CAME BIRDS AND ANIMALS
| A II I..-us of til ' dead, thi first
I undertaking of this vha'ractei to he
j tried in North 'Cavoii'ia. has been
iuunrhed. The dead in this ease will
be tin* number of gajne birds and
annua1.:-: taken in the state during h<
hunting sS'n just closed, Ik
Wyke, deputy game and fish comiftissionoi.
announced yesterday.
The census will ho in the nature
of a survey of ganje condition*
the state. it win be carried on by
. means 01 : return postal card mailed
to every hunter in the state on the
number game birds and animate
killed during the season.
One hundred and tv. emy-H . e
thonsnnd return cards, Mr. Wyke
said, are being: mailed out ifom the
department of conservation rvnri development'by
Dir?_t tor Wade H.
Phillips with requests that the blanks
I be filled in and mailed back to-the
i department nnmedtnt; y.
I " Tiii' report," r< minuet! the depu!
ty commissioner. "is one whirh every
! biiui ;n I.:: .pplieafioo for :: !i:
tin- nerved to make at the vlose of
i the season. )t is important thst
j every '. '.inter make this report in ori
-.lev that accurate information iiiay
i In- obtained regai'dins game coo
j iiit ions in tlio state.
'liiiormaUon complied from the
| survey win show definitely the sup'
Ply (if various types of {nunc in thcdiffevent
sections of the state or.d
! will provide a basis "upon Which will
rest many of the solutions of game
nrobletns in North Carolina. It will
help to show how the supply ran be
increased for the benefit of every
hunter."
"fn your sworn application for license
under the state same law you
agreed to report at the er.d of the
season the numbv and kind of bird#
and animals taken by you were
taken," says the report blank. "The.
! (V.... - ,
ov ^atitc! i-?i mil jny yc 11 j;i wt
help in solving the problem.- of came
conservation. Will you, therefore,
kindly fill in. sign, ami return the
attached postal card at once" The
information so sent cannot be used
as a basis fov law violation."
SAYS IT'S ALL FALSE
! Tire editor of The Democrat is in
I receipt of the following letter from
jJohn II. Taylor of Newland:
"1 hold yon responsible for the
piece printed in the Watauga Demo]
crat paper until you give the name
1 of the other. In regard to the late
John Dula and myself, as it is all
false."
Mr. Taylor evidently referred to
the following paragraph which appeared
in The Democrat, ot March
16: "Information from Newiand is
to the effect that a coroner's jury
returned a verdict that Dula came
to his death dpe to an accident. It
is thought that he missed his footI
ing and fell over the cliff, death
| resulting. It is also reported that
, warranty have been issued for a
: tan by the name of Taylor in connection
with the case, Taylor being
the las! ioan Dula was seen with."
. ... - FIVE
CENTS A COPY
'WIGNERGETS
25 TO 30 YEARS
: Sentence of Slaying Dexter S. Byrd,
However. Will Run Concurrently
. | With That tor the Slaying of Earl
! Moody; Verdict Friday
; In Wilkes superior court last Fri'
day morning, Judgb Michael Schenek
! sentenced Hub Warner to serve not
j j less than 25 nor move than ol> years
in the state prison for the murder
,j of Dexter Byrd at Foscoe on ChristJ
mas day, 1920.
' Wagtner was sentenced last An;
pcust to a term of not less than 15
| nor more than 20 years in the state
i wcmtcuciitiy ior cne 51 aying oi itfari
j Moody, his victim. The sen!tence
imposed Friday is to run con!
currently with the former sentence,
, so Wagner's actual minimum time
of 25 years and his maximum time
thirty years. If he is a good prisoner
he will likely serve the minimum,
but at that he will be 57 years
I old when he is released.
I \V, C. Newland 01 defense counsel,
made a touching final ?>lea in behalf
of the prisoner just before the sentence
was pronounced.
The jury received the case late
Thursday afternoon and deliberated
an hour and a half before bringing
in a verdict of second degree murder.
Wagner on the Stand
Wagner took the stand Wednesday
and told his own story of the
shooting. He did not state that he
shot to kill. as he did in the Moody
triah but he stated it was "in defense
of his own life. His story remained
unshaken in the main and his poise
upon the witness stand indicated
that lie still retained the nerve
which gained for him a dangerous
name in his own community
The bloody underclothes and shirt
worn by Bvrd when lu- was killed
were exhibited by ix witness, Kalph
who helped t" take them from
Byrd-s lifeless body. The binding
fit' I'Hn ??i ??r 1 K,.
bullet, showing tin* deadly aim
Wagner used, ami another hole was
m the underwear at. the spot revering
-the right groin. Then was ;i
| tiftiu in the left shoulder of the
stiiirt, which the ?t*ie stressed, contending
that the last, shot was fired
int.-. ByrdV body after it had slowly
CO ikipred to tiie ground.
Mrs. Judd iS'.ienci. mother of the
, i defendant, was a tolling witness in
' her son's behalf. She Saw a part of
! the first homicide and was out in
h. front yarn when tier.son shot
and kiilid F.vrd a short distance
away. It was Mrs. Wagner, who
. i swore at the trial of Huh for kilting
Moody that she saw a small object
ill Moody's hand, arid site r.estiiiod
that later she found a leaden
blackjack with a string to it in
: Moody's rap. In her testimony
' Wednesday she told practically the
> same state of facts about the actual
I killing of ByeI as that told by her
json. .She said she saw tlyrd raise
slie- shotgun and thru saw her son
swing his pistol around-, end start
i shooting.
Mrs. Wagner took l'yrd'r fingers y
from the shotgun, she testified.
Uuby Taylor, who was with Wagner
as he walked up the railway
j tracks from the scene fof the first.
; jailing;, was standing ay his side
i vihi'n he shut. hyrt!. helped to pet the
! shotgun from under the prostrate
! form.
| Wagner himself testified that
I liyrd asked. '"Wagner. ,v'l:at is ail
' this trouble about?d? you, I am
| giong to kill you," and started to
| raise the shotgun. Wagner said
j Byrd waited for no reply. He then
i shot in self-defense. pulling the
J trigger as fast as he could. He shot
three times, ail of the bullets taking
effect. Kyrd carried an automatic
shotgun which was found to,
be fully loaded when it was oxami
ihed. The Taylor girl threw the
i gun in the Wagner yard when it
I was finally extracted. That was done
i .i, 1.. *1?
auiiuov \> H.II buc mcipowering:
and disarming of Waged.
The state's inability to shake the
testimony of the defendant, his
ijiother and the Taylor girl prob;
ablv saved Wagner from the extreme
j penalty of first degree murder.
' CONGRESSMAN HAS KEPT
! CIGAR GIVEN HIM BY GRANT
i
Wethershold. Conn., March 21-?
i Hart Fenn, congressman from the
i first Connecticut district, has a cigar
that is pretty near half a century
j old. He keeps it in a tin box. It is
one of his treasured possessions, as
it was handed to him by President
U. S. Grant,
j The representative. a former
newspaper* man, was interviewing
: Grant, during the Garfield-Hancock
campaign when the general lighted a
cigar ami passed another to his interviewer.
Fe.r.n quickly substituted it for
one in his rocket sSnd has preserved
to th;.- present day.