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^ff. J.-. J. Justice and small daughBof
Clayton. Ga.. spent the week
ivith Mrs. Justice's mother. Mrs.
^ t... Miller. Pr. Justice joined them
the day Sunday.
Delia Faust was in Knoxville
the week-end.
Annie Mae Wilson left this
for St. Louis. Mo., for a months
^Kir. and Mrs. Herman Eliiott spent
iff first of the week in Atlanta.
^Klr. and Mrs. H. A. Barton and
^ff-hter. Sallie Kate spent Sunday
Mr. A. F. Barton of Mineral
Bp, Carl Henjrix who has been
^E,udy ill for some time has been
from his home in North Wilk^Ero
to the home of his parents,
B, and Mrs. G. F. Hendrixs at
^Echtree. Mr. Her.drix's wife is
him.
Bjli-s Glayds I'almer spent a few
in North W'ilkesboro last week.
Bjlr. Bill Bayless spent the weekBj
with his parents. Mrs. Bayless
^Erncd with him to Asheville where
will ,-pend a few days.
Bjliss Helen Warner has gone to |
Hlar.ta to enter Oglethorpe Cniver
W. Christopher who reently
^Eerwent an operation at Dr. Whit^Kd's
infirmary is resting comfortBjlrs.
Virginia Cobb spent the
^Bek-eiiJ with her husband at Cul Mr-.
J W. Thompson had as her
Bests the past week-end Dr. WilBm
Thompson intern in Atlanta and
and Mrs. R. E. Barclay and chilBra
of ( opperhill.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mauney went to
^Biaoun. Ga., last week returning by
of Chattanooga.
Illr. and Airs. J. B. Gray and
Ba;hter, Elizabeth and Mrs. I. C.
Bttmvton spent Wednesday in AtBita
shopping.
Mr-. Charles Carringcr and Mrs.
B stin. Smith of Hayesville were
town Tuesday shopping.
11. Hairy .Miller has been called to
ayaesville where he will be loi
itodo Public Health work.
Mr. ar.d Mrs. W. It, Pinkerton and
daughters spent Tuesday in
r.oxville.
Mrs. Dixie Palmer spent a few
HOOTING OF ELDER
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CHARLESTON. S. C.. Oct. 8?
hey still don't know who killed
rs. John Uavenel. Tney aren't even
ire that she was murdered.
They know this: That three years
po tne elderly widow, returning
om supper at the home of a friend
bout 10 o'clock at night, suddenly
urnped to the sidewalk in front of
tr fashionable home, a bullet in her
ody;
That when passersby reached her
* murmured only: "A man hit
ie."
Ar.d that she died from internal
leeding, caused by the bullet wound,
efove her own^ physician could reach
er side.
At first after the G4-year-old wid*
had been found dying that Slinky
night it was believed she had
een the victim of a hit-and-run
iotori>t. The bullet wound was not
0UB(i ur.til sometime later at the
utopsy. There was no one who would
jy he heard a shot fired: nor was
here any sign of the death weapon
I The autopsy showed that Mrs.
Bavenel had been struck by a .38
Balibre copper-jaketed bullet which
Bussed through her forearm, upper
Bnn into her chest below the armpit.
I The wounds in the arm indicated
Bhat the victim had raised the arm
B? thought to fend off a blow.
But there were no powder burns. |
Bhe shot must have been fired from
B?fae distance. The police investiBateti
three possibilities:
I 1. That a random shot fired from
B distance of a block or more accidentally
struck Mrs. Ravenel;
2. That a robber slew her.
B 3. That she was deliberately
Burdered.
They never reached any definite
B^uclusion concerning these theories.
W** deliberate murder theory had
ittle to indorse it, for they could
B?d no motive. The robbery theory
^ras minimized because no attempt
B^rofebery seemed to have been
B There wag^ however, some substantiation
to the theory that the shootwa>
accidental. Detectives found
H!1 ness*s who said they had heard
schieeching of a cat, then a shot,
eri a woman's scream.
The Cht
days last week in Asheville. Mrs. G. (
M. Flemings returned home with
her.
Mrs. Frank Ellis and Mrs. Wade
Massey spent Monday in Knoxville. ]
They were accompanied home by :
Mrs. George Ellis who had been vis- ^
iting friends. <
Mrs. Estelle M. Banner was a vis- 1
itor in Franklin over the week-end. *
Mrs. O. E. Madden and Mr. Edward J
Madden spent two days in Tennessee
la?-t week visiting Norris and Knox- 1
villc on the trip.
.Mr. W. A. Barber spent several
days in Atlanta last week attending
a meeting for ministers.
Mrs. T. S. Evans and daughter, '
Mrs. Harry Ferguson, of Sylva spent *
Friday in Atlanta shopping.
Mrs. Giles Covtr and daughter,
Eleanor, of Andrews, were visitors
in town Monday of this week.
Mr. Harry Bishop spent one day t
in Fountain City, Tenn., last week j j
visiting his father who is recuperat- j
ing from an operation. )
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Welborn are j
spending a few days in Waynesboro,
Ga., this week. 4
Mr. F. R. Baker representative of i
the Prudential Insurance Company (
was in town this week on business.
Mrs. Steele Foard and Mrs. Rob
Foard acted as judges at the Swain
County Fair last week.
Mr. John Armstrong of the State
Revenue Department was here on
business last week. I .
Mr. and Mrs. George Candle?- left | _
Sunday for a few days visit with ! j
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McBrayer in j
Anderson, S. C. j
Miss Leila Posey, of Asheville vis- j
ited friends here one day last week. !
Miss Fannie M. Hathcock, Miss j ]
Laura Overton, Mr. L. A. Lee and ;
Mr. Ray Moore motored to Atlanta j ,
Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. S. H. Long and!?
small son left Monday for Sanfo'd'
and Daytona Beach, Fla., for a three , *
weeks vacation. J1
..... U...1 airs. a. u. Regar and
Mrs. Thelnia Dickey attended the j 1
Cherokee Indian Fair Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Steele Foard went '
to Cleveland last week for a few '
days.
IMr. and Mrs. R. li. Wooten have!
returned from a trip to South Carolina.
Mr. James B. Ward and Mr. B. C. |
Moneymaker spent Wednesday in
Knoxville.
Mr. and Mrs. A. X. IIinter, and
LY WIDOW STILL
>AY SHE MET DEATH
The theory was that someone, annoyed
at the cat, had fired a shot at
the animal; that the bullet had missed
its mark and struck Mrs. Ravenel.
If this had been true, the naturai
expectation would be that the one
who fired the shot would come forward
and admit it; but no one did.
The theory also fails to take into
consideration the fact that Mrs.
Ravenel said "a man hit me," and
that she evidently had raised her arm
to stop a blow.
Several dwellers in the closelyshuttered
houses nearby were awake,
but none was found who had heard
a shot or any untoward sound.
The fatal shooting of Mrs. Ravenel
had every element of a "perfect"
crime. No one saw it. No gun was
found. Even the fact that the woman
had been shot was not immediately
discovered. Her purse and her jewelyr
were untouched; and there was
a complete absence of motive, so far
as detetives were able to learn.
In the intervening three years
every pistol seized by police has beon
tested to see if it might not have
been the one that fired the shot that
killed Mrs. Ravenel, but the weapon
still remains unaccounted for.
No fingerprint clues were available.
No hunt was made for prints
when Mrs. Ravenel was found, for it
was not until later that the possibility
of murder presented itself. Most
likely, there would have been no
prints anyway.
The crime was a shock to Charleston
society in which Mrs. Ravenel
was well known. None of her acquaintances,
however, was able to
offer detectives any leads that might
have helped in the solution.
In the absences of any motive for
deliberate murded, police came finally
to believe that the woman was
shot by a footpad bold enough to
kill, who became panicky after shooting
her and fled without attempting
to take her valuables.
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Do you like Concert singing?. Then
come to the Chautauqua at the School
Auditorium Friday night at 7:30.
You will enjoy this. It is sponsored
by the Methodist church. Don't for- |
get the date. Friday night of this ' >
?veek.
xokee Scout, Murphy, No
Clay Election Official
Resigns After Probe
HAYESVILLE. N. C., Oct. 8?An
iftermath of the investigation repealing
election irregularities in
Clay county in the Hoey-McDonald
unoff, was the resignation of George
Cherry, chairman of the Clay coun\
election board. He gave "ill
lealth" as his reason for withdrawng.
Mr. M. H. Alexander has been
ippointed as successor to Mr. Cherry.
A number of irregularities were
jrought out by a recent examina,ion
made by the state election
ward regarding the Clay county
."lection. It was found that no stani-Yilhemina
attended the Cherokee
ndian Fair Wednesday.
Mrs. W. J. Lowry and grandson,
Talmadge Lowry of Toledo, Ohio,
ire spending several weeks with Mrs.
Lowrv's mother. Mrs. W M. Lay. (
Mrs. Edna Hastings and Mrs. Bet- ;
Bettie Olmsted have returned from
i months stay in Washington, D. C. i
Mr. Tom Evans, Jr., left Thurs-1
Jay for Dahlonega, Ga., where he
will attend North Georgia Military
College.
Mrs. S. S. Christopher and daughter,
Frances of Atlanta, spent the
week-end here. Mrs. L. E. Mauney
who has been spending a week in Atlanta
came with them.
Misses Vera and Ressee Mount, of
Knoxvillc have returned home after
1 visit to their sister, Mrs. Mercer
Fain. Mrs. R. I. Mount who has been ;
with Mrs. Fain for a week returned i
with them. |
Mrs. J. R. McClelland, of Hayes?ilie
visited Mrs. C. B. Gennett on I
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Sellars and
Mrs. Lawrence from Hiawasse, Ga.,
.topped in town Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Kinney and
ons, and Miss Lois Sneed were week
?nd visitors in Gainesville, Ga.
Mrs. E. C. Mallonee, Mrs. W. S. ;
Dickey and Mr. Reid Mallonee attended
the South Eastern Fair at Atanta.
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SANFRAN'CISCO, Oct. 8?Samuel i
Frank 42-year-old mail order Loth- 5
ario, whom 13,000 women wanted to *j
marry sight unseen pleaded guilty
in federal court Saturday to a charge
of mail fraud. J
Women said he borrowed money ]
on the understanding he would marry
them as soon as he got his bonus ;
money. -j
Federal Judge A. F. St. Sure grant- ]
ed a defense motion that the case *:
be referred to the probation office
and ordered physical and mental ex- <.
animations after Frank told of hisj]
life and physical and mental condi- ?
tion. ]
Officials said the 13.000 letters!]
from women and girls 13 to 11 j *
years old. followed wide publicity .
given to a letter Frank wrote to ]
Gov. James V. Allred, of Texas, ask- *
ing for a "home-loving, true blue" , ]
wife, stating he was a veteran, a '
widower with two children, and the !
owner of a house and car. Frank ]
said Saturday he was the father of
i five children. j,
i dard ballot boxes were used in a
certain percinct, but cardboard boxes,
which ould not be locked were
substituted.
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