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TWO Noted Outlaw Killed in Fight With Policeman sgggjw^MhWii ? Otto Wood, a headline!* in criminal news in this Stale since i923, shortly after be murdered a Greensboro pawn broker, was brought lo a sudden close in Salisbury Wednesday of last week in a gun battle waged by Chief K. 1.. Rankin and the out aw. The. daring man was attempting to perform another of his escapes that have attracted much attention Throughout the State when h?' met his death. Four times he had escaped from the State Prison in Raleigh, and as many times from other prisons in other states. If Otto Wood had accomplished his escape fiom the Salisbury officers Wednesday?and he would have out for the daring of Chief Rankin whom he had "covered'* with his pis lol?it would have been his most sensational getaway. Recognized by the Chief and Assistant Chief J. J. Kesler and another officer, who had been "tipped off" to Otto's prosene** in the town. Wood had his pistol out, was climbing into the officer's own car and had ordered them to drive "him to freedom Than 1 'hi. f l^?r?l in took a ehancc. ducked, pulled his own piu and began the battle which ended with the eleventh shot. the sh e that killed Otto Wood. Hunted throughout the country since he made, his fourth escape from the State Prison on July 10. Wood drove into Salisbury with a companion, Hay B. Barker, 'if St. Paul, about noon. An unidentified man told the officers he was in town and though the report was one that has been made in many North Carolina towns during Hie iast months ?usually without foundation ? the Chief and his assistant went to investigate. They found Wood and Barker on East innes Street a block and a half from the police station. The Chief, driving the ear. nulled op to the side of the curb. "Come here, buddy," he called. "'What do you want?" said Wood, cursing. "Let's see your other hand," answered the Chief, knowing Otto had lost a hand and suffered a leg injury when he worked as a railway brakeman. "I'm Otto Wood, here's my hand,'' ' .shouted Wood, whipping out a .45 calibre pistol. "Move and I'll kii: both of you." Wood ordered Barker into the rear seat of the car and with the pistol pointing at the officers, climbed into the seat beside him, ordering the Chief to drive him away Reaching for the gear lever, as if f-rd to..obicy 4;hp eomraand.^.Chie]L Rankin \l To the :; of Wati ?| County < We announce our < I GOODS SALE wh 4 Goods that you i < k Blankets, Ladies' < 'v other merchandise \ > PRICE. \ YOU CANNOT A < * THESE BARGA < I GIVE A PRIZE J THAT BRINGS 1 < STORE DURING J JANUARY. j; our sale cont :: januai < * Bring your friends ; i every day. We ha i ment now opei I \ FREE TUBE < J DEFIAN A; Remember Our SI For ! | BEI <; Departm < | Lenoii _? < made his bid for fame. He opened! the door, ducked and slipped from the car, drawing his own pisio! as he left. Using the car as a protection, be fired at Wood through the windshield. The bandit returned fire. The chief fired four shots, Wood thicc and Keslcr, who left the ear immediately after the Chief, two. Then came the finish which Chief Rankin described as follows: "I raised up from behind the windshield. I wanted to end iu As 1 j arised up I fired. Wood fired. We j both shot at the same time. Otto j missed. Mv bullet went home." Wood's leg had been shattered dur ! ;ng the fight but the shot which killed | him hit him near the mouth and ploughed a great, shattering wound i through the side of his head. He was ; killed instantly. Barker, who had an j unloaded pistol in his pocket, took no part in the fight. Wood was a native of Wilkes county, having been reared in the Delia plains section, three miles out of North Wilkosboro. -Miss Lois Stanberry left Wednesday tor Stalesville where she will ! begin training for a nurse at the Da' vis Hospital. OBITUARY On May 18, 11)30. it pleased our Heavenly Father to call home our dear sister, Mrs. J. R. Wilson, and we, the Woman's Missionary Society of Heaver Darn Church, wish to thank God for her life of usefulness j among us. j At the age of 10 years she united I with Beaver Dam Church and lived I a devoted Christian life. We hold in j our memories her love and loyalty to | her God and her church, and we pray that we may give ourselves and what I we have with love and self-sacrifice like hers. Keenly do we feel our \ great loss in her death, but "To live in the hearts we leave behind is not to die,*' and surely in the heart of Beaver Dam Church, many relatives and a host of friends our departed sister, Mrs. J. R. Wilson, will continue to live, i She loaves a husband, ten ehilj dren, father and mother, two brothers. one sister, and an unlimited ; number of fiiends to mourn her 1 loss. We commend them to Ilim who I says, "I am with you always," and we would remind them of the vetinj ion beyond the river where she waits i in one oi tru* many mansions. it stems that to give her up would be ; unbearable if it were not for remote i boring that God always knows ln:sl, | and that our loss is her eternal : gain Yvoinan's Missionary S-cnietv Committee. People : iiiga I j < y < > ANNUAL WHITE < J ich is now going on. < * need now. Sheets, Coats and various "C below ONE-HALF * FFORD TO MISS C INS. WE WILL J TO EVERY ONE > 'HIS AD TO OUR Cj THE MONTH OF *j IN11ES THROUGH I KY 31ST I ind come. Bargains 1 ive a Bargain Base n to the public! * > WITH EACH %j CE TIRE logan: "We Sell It ! ; Less" * >| .K'S ent Store <; , N. C. 5 THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EV The Log Schoolhouse And the Country Church By FRANK HOUSES Years ago the little old log school house and the church served as a nucleus around which grew and developed the little villages and communities. They served as the center of the universe and everything re-J voired about them just as the plan11i revolve about the sun. However, a tew years ago the old school house i was auctioned off to the highest bidder and large buildings were erected to house the children of several communities. Our system of good roads has made it possible to truck I children from one community into 1 another several miles distant. There i is no question in regard to the adj vantage in having several small schools consolidated in 1(2 a large unit ! where each grade is placed in a scp! a rate room and where there is a teacher for every subject. In a school ! like this the children enjoy the advantages of being housed in a modern building equipped with electric lights, running: water and steam heat. Consolidation has made it possible for the children to be under the supervision of teachers who have specialized in a specific field. All these advantages have been given the children not by increasing the burden of the taxpayers but byusing economy in the operation of our schools. In the consolidated school one fire will furnish heat for the children of several communities while under the log house system the taxpayers were forced to keep several fires burning. In mv way of I thinking, consolidation is just a big | word for economy wh? n applied to , schools. I have often wondered why we never tried consolidation of chuicnp i cs. In most sections it would be an easy matter to consolidate severa1 small churches into one big union j church. 1 know one community where if you would draw a circle with a radius of four mites you would include eleven churches in the circle. Now, most of these churches have preaching services only once a month because they are on a circuit when j one preacher selves several churches.! This arrangement is necessary be- j cause the small country church canj not nay the full salary of d preacher. If we would apply consolidation to our churches just like we have to our public schools every community could have preaching- services twice each Sunday. By uniting several churches in to a big unit \*e could employ better preachers hecause one man would then take the place of several. We could tribie the: salary of the preacher and then the! cost per family would-he less than under the present system. Consolidation is the only method by which the country Church will ever be able to keep pace with modern times. We must have churches that are attractive and inviting to the young people, otherwise they will finally lose interest in the church work. Wc know that some communities are not financially able to erect modem buildings but Several churches could consolidate and erect a building that would be c* credit to ;iny present day school building or any city church. WARNS PUBLIC j J)l<. GRACE K1RKLAND, M. D., well known woman doctor, warns against continued use of drastic purgatives. X* ' jL ^ A . -vl "Ten years medical practice has convinced me that persons suffering: from functional debility as indicated by pasty complexions, faulty digestion, pool assimilation*^ chronic *^r occasional constipation, acidity, gas, unrefreshing sleep, nervousness, biliousness and toxic headaches, should shun the frequent use of calomel, salts, oils or other drastic habit-forming purgative drugs. fjfflgAfter observing liic- action of Sargon and Sargon Soft Mass Pills in a great many cases f feel free to say I have never seen a formula as uniformly effective as the Sargon treatment for the disorders mentioned above. I have seen countless cases of wonderful results from the use of Sargon, and I consider it a real privilege to recommend this remarkable new treatment." Dr. Kirkiaud is a resident of Atlanta, Ga. Sold by Boone Drug Company (Advertisement) - 'jjfe; ? l-.l EKY THURSDAY?E09NE. N. a W 15 ^ ( Under this proposed system we i would haw better Sunday schools. J i Every child would be placed in all class according to ages. The cradle 11 roil would not be mixed with the teen 4 age group like they are in most of 1 the country churches. Also, everj ] child would be under the supervision t of the best teachers the community < could produce. You can easily see that we would have a larger group ? to select teachers from. We would be ; able to get teachers that are suited i trom the dittercnt classes, lhisjt would certainly stimulate the Sun- 1 day school ana would go a Ion.tr ways < in making it what it really should i be-. I believe that we have come to the place where we should use economy ' (u3mB) NIM Buyi We find the market in distributor of food stu LU Ciljoy I ULN-UL This year is a buyer s ing for new outlets MAPLE SYRUP PANCAKE FLOUR PINK SALMON BLACKEYED PEAS GRAPEFRUIT POTATOES, per poi HOMINY, 3 no. 2 can: TURNIP GREENS, N 2 No. 2 CANS PEAS 2 No. 2 CANS SWEE1 E an J. & t | j If You 1 | | HE, | : Any Tii I ! Ye H WC W A\/P ?? J * w ??? * M.*-*. ? ln< I WILL S = : i = S= * * 1981! I l Boone' = = = ii!illil!li!!liiHllli!!lllfll!liil!ltiillllllili!i in I ho operation of cur churches us ivel? is in our schools. To ivonorozc ;iy consolidating: the country churches ivoald not decrease the efficiency of he church but would afford the people of the community a better opportunity to carry on the work of .he church in a much bigger and finSrAvny. Since we have moved the school from the center of the community ind left the church alone. I can see 10 reason why we should leave it to snuggle along under present conditions when by co-operation of several communities we can put it on lie same level with our modern consolidated schools. Democrat Ads. 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Morrison and Fisher, tarmevA oi Kowan County, sold $3,200 worth of ( Korean lesnedeza seed from an 1?| acre field this past year in additioi. ! to obtaining an excellent supply of i roughage for winter feeding. rket advantageous as any leave our place of bupass on to our trade, esalers are out search>nly selling factor. 30c 2 for 25c 2 for 35c 9c 8c . 2c v 25c 20c 25c 25c STORE 2 | iliiiiliHiiiiijliiiiiSiiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiniiiiiiil cnase a * 1 LA I =r ? ? =: == xt Few | | m | I' i I I"HAT WE I GAIN. ! \ S 3: I '1: ?} mpany I | ? < ? ? imuiiiHiiisiuiiiiitiiiiiHitiiiiiimmuniM
Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)
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