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1 0L. XXXII I M0UX7 AIRY, WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. AUGUST J J, 1912 XO. 7 I A 111 tm 1. sL ! ! -C FATE OF EDWARDS WITH or set of men. hut against tln HIS MOTHER j entire and Indestructible power' l of the Commonwealth, arnl the re- Twmj cf Compromise Are Ef - ICCTCC1, BUT. W AUViCC. Wythevilie, Aug. lo.--Thought-ful of his aged mother, who was waiting anxiously for news of her ( ,n in her Carroll county Ikmiic, Sidney Fdwards today re fused to decide between the chance, of a trial hv jurv and'" !" ,n. ""P' r","'"'I''n"- "i trie i, fifteen ver Heoten'ee io th P'" I "-t J a r v f there f, he i nea r-. State penitentiary until he had ,v,rilU f"f u of eighteen i t iik -d w if h his mother (Voars, unless sooner discharged ' The detail,' of the compromise; ' I'roper authority." j M ere worked out hv the attorney U ru " twenty-; kml the case presented to vonr, 1 T ?n "'b " , -e out F-dwards. He p-fucsd to accept ' ' 1T ": f 'f - ,:'t';f' ftt 1 or reject the term of tin- c.m-l' T.r. m,i;l l.'.w ...,fl,.... ..,.,,1.1 lt J 1 . flu,- ., i ,1 1 I ' ' ' k'ive him her adv'ne. Mrs i. I I'el - I wards was expected in W'ytheviUe thi.M evcririp, hut for w in. reas- tn 1 1 1 not arrive. She will ar- rive tomorrmv tnornint'. Sidnaj 'roliahly will he reidy with his; answer whin court cf nvenes atjTlie iJo.nioke Times. !:.') o'clock thi-i rnornin, as' Poor Senator Tillman, of South Mrs. Klwards is expected to ar- j ( 'a r..lina. writes the newsj)aers riv- hefon- that time. J of that State protesting aainM Victor Allen will he tried! the umlij'nil'il and disgraceful -Afouday. The venin men will he! conduct of the c.uiipaiifn there i .. . . . NiimiiKinisJ from the western end ' .(.. . of (irayscn counts. The sum-1 i i ' . Ilionses mvii lie..M u.,t- ..... i tuonses Iiave liien serf out and fifty will reiH.rf on the first venire. I Thi, us morniii.- when, court V 'P.'ll .fllit.VA Vtflt.l.to ,l!.'rMi., ' I,. r i. . ' ,r J1".' 'Ill I'lllll'IU CO ,. .1 1 V i and counsel for the prosecution ' and the defense immediately vent into consultation for a coin promi.se of Sidna Kd wards' case. A tep.ii j.f fift...... :.. i . ri I t f 1 t 1 !1 11 11'.. (. n.. ... 1 I j- Jin - nuni(l 111 nlrnl UlMMi j I..-. I ... . Juxi Mina r.ilwards was told the nooieii or ieoaucne(i ana oi an- result of the consultation audi other n.s coiisistitifr eh'ufly of :i .. !.... i;;.. i .i. iff , ...i " u.. ..v,. ;itn iiiii if iijiioiron il 1 rlioon i . t i i .i i . . ! Ii) ileciile Wllciner lie Will accept the fifteen rear term or insist, on ! trial hy jury. Youiijr Kd war-Is j w ished to have his mother to ad-! vise him airl site was sent for '' in oin urn- n.- -n.iit rur " ; ....... w. .............. , frimediatclr.' s Ui.ft..w..f ... r.,;.l. Should Sidna. Fdwards prefer a'M'itor, was struck while in his trial hv jii-v ani!ther venire will pho-e in the senate chamber by ; l 'i I. . . 1 e Mi- Til'nnin Mr Meh.ll'- n ! be summoned. It is not vit d f- -lr. lUiiiian. -ir. .ni4.u...i. .... i -i i i'i ! itturi.i.v in ne'iil if the State initelv decided from which covin- ut.orne jrtin.ai i U" t'" 4i n i ,11. ,.ii,l i. n-t i,f the Tillman L'liiird tv they will be summoned, hut it ' ""i pan oi im iiiimiui mi.ui, iii .i -n i r j ..;,i ,t.,Mv. j,.,.,.,. ,i h i.t.d is probable thev will be f rem ' ' ' 'luaiiy dHpr i a n a .iM ;r;vsol ' . r.- her from his ket on the ':..! n i .t..P.1 ... sneakciN' stand. It is not ur - 1h,,ded guilt; to the murder of Comn.onealt'h's Attorney Wil-; liam Fosb r and on compromise ! was sentenced to serve eighteen ! rears in the peirteiitou v is be- I IHl .lllll, .1 llH I'll fi' 1' 1 i.i... i rail 111 I in ihii mini;, ing held until after thean ival ofjstjuid behind the gMrnor. jTe his mother toniiht. Mhs. Alb u j pared to do murder and assured Is coming to tell her sou good-1 bye before his removal to Kich - , ' i ' T.: f;.i;,r in Vr.A ce wa J in marked cvntrat to that of Mien V,. ,l..n,,nstr;.rn 41 i whatever occurred. lint fifty i r sevt iity fiv e people, besides the Ji.-dferd euire. were in the cour r eini. .lack Allen, father of Frie was with his sou when sentence was passed and he appeared pi. used and satisfied with the de- i . Clslnt,. . he (idiiv proceeding was of the briefest, most formal ami b-i-'.ii.ss like character. Then v ,is l ot even a suggestion oftlu draiiiiitie and no evidence - f fin t f .ii'y kin I. JuJge Staples' RemajrkB- Tudge Staples, iii sending Fri-: to the penitentiary, said: In sentencing you to the ! a.ppi akn.g to the iiiaekguaiM m J oilei-.fiiiry upon your plea ( f stincts f crowds. Involutions t-'-i'ity, I am relieved by the a-' m-vi r go backward. When we .'! ( ni lit of counsel from as-ej-; begin by teaching p.-ople t o liiining the term if votir impris-1 relish abuse and strong language ennieiit, and it is. theivf.-i-, un-' r.crs,.,ry for me to refer to that kind of thing to develop ,-h.the to tutt. is and th'-ir sup-1 language of c'vcry person Is more th-evidence or merits of this case "cl to bring demand for hotter p!i, , were exhaustesl, leaving I ,r less sotted w;ith such expres I earnestly hope that you will tuff and h ird r words . i d more them facing starvation in the j siona, and an original manner of take advantage of this adjust- reckless fander coarsest talker; wilderness- I expression conies easy to the no-nt and opportunity which it! catching the p iblic ear and ad- Tlie last twelve hours of the I peopb- of Arizona, offers to put the past behind you ' miration and following. 'pursuit was p i f ic-ilarly trying.: "San Francisco is a cosmopoli and lay the fout..I;iti n for a us ' Thanks be. to the p-ople of Vir The eh as.- led over a mount i-u i tan cttv," s:ii.l tne Arioiiiaii to f'd life. ; "You should Icirii the s- rlous i lise.j lehei s which aftiieh. wh.-n iiiiv in. in, or ncuiber of n -n, u - .lert; to constitute th-ms, !v.-s' judge of their ow n cause, to the '"tore of it. We do not n,-.. cr CXelilsiee of the constituted ar.-'wa.nt aoy Pull Mo.-se or P.efl Till thorit i-s. Courts are erected to man tactics in this old and hop.- right the wr.oigs and prcM-rvn the i ghfs of nun. aid whin, by viol-nee. fhe.. d-!'bi ratio! s are dis-i tin bi, end their judgments af-te.-ti 1, tliKse who take or teiiipt su h a course, are array ing th ins. !,-. not against ariy man' ; , ' i"'vitable. I I n ! von will Voil Will So (Jeuiellll j yourself that wlu-n your liberty is nsfnnd m ii mav hec( me a: good arn! useful citizen. it ii in.- judgment or the court that you he n mandril N' III. ' ,t ( a.iti .i t I ... 1 the custody of the jail of Wvthe cr unty, forthwith to lie deliver-1 ,l " 'r ,-,.,e. assum- 1 iri'F Mid 1 1 t 1 1 I .L..li,.i r. ... 'I'lllI'lI'M..! J r'Mll j p, ... . 1 I. .1 :. l- ' hum- ii. r k'"hi oeii.it tor. I i . . i i . . oer nie paroie iysTein. tie may rox, mxpeetor -of Mt ntralla I'ro 8et out after eitrht veirs. with'vince who com;uuided the ex the ajpnval of the rrjthoriti s. Tillmans Sorrcw. . . , . , prehmiiiarv to the primary elec- . rr n i ic ! turn. Senator Tillman himself m- , ... ,i i.i I , i in, s,,iitli I iiriihn;k the j troduced into South ( arolinn tru U v. stem cf mihlic attacks on th. eharaeters of ... I i.;. opponents, until Ins 'V ,, 1, ... i of there. It w as . eon-'time unheard I ..... r. I e.ff...l.'i I.I e fr..fil t!lft :ill w...... . t i: ;-. TV,. ' join i II )! .ilHII' I unili;M. 1 n. senator ri se ti prominence and ........ m i.. i,t.. ,.t ;.:'" "I"'' """ ""K-ni , . " . ,i ' v., sinuations asrainst the honesty. ii e cc: ii. anil noiior ci oiiivi.u-. in- imiki-. .... t ... i .i .....; ,t 1 1 . t- ...... til.. 1 . IT Uk; 1 !k t I I . Urf liellM ha 111- i II r H I.. I .I II 1 ...... ....... ' 1 11 It I ! I f 1 I .i . i- .-. . "'i i' ' iii iii . i ..... ii. ii . i . . . i. if .. . . e t ... .. ..: .1. nejjaii uie jjisiim n oi iijmiii hii j him in his pohlk- dh:it.i aiii.,'' arm 'd jn-rHonal body puard. One member cf th'w was "hit tie Cur- 'ley Headed Johnny MeLaurm prising, therefore, that the pn-s- ent governor. Ph-av-, has with l'im on the stand the editor of one of his organs armed with an nitomatie pistol, always on fhe 1 pard.m by the p.wrnor H lo lo. s do it, comin-i, n.d by th. L'overnor and paid hv the .-; iti as special eoustubl, uth- ri.-d to "'. '' weapon. Senator Tilllliall's MlToW 0 , T th scornful commei.ts or CHI i,t- ions la South an lu.a In- a s he lii.a he . heats is too late- lie is seeing the fruit of the si i d he M.Ued lll.d the Ti-sillts of the political iiiethi. ds h- intn-luce l tweiity-twc M-ars ago. And it. is lo t surpris-' imr tloit ii l:irie mmiliee of the ,,f the .. i .... i .1. 'i cousrr iinr ,"wh' .1.1. ...... , . 1 1 C ... 1 I . ine ruaie s-iai.i i!o"i anu n-i Please and Jon.- fight it out and i denounce cm h otlu r to tin eon- 1 tent of their respective hearts and ithe gratification of their tat.s. Poth I'leas-- and .loiies were dt ; voted followers of Tillman and i Tillman w-'s tin f'.i t m iu to seek and get office by arousing and we can exp-ct the appetite for girna, with their good sense, in- hi rifi-d gi'.l t.ts'e and cb-ar judgement, have rebuked that kind of campaigning so ib isi ely t :; t W. e Oct ihielv t' Ut V ribh- and decent Commonwi-alth. ' I u:oi! of itiarrli'va ty or. !o.so of Chansherl.i'n'a CoMr, Cholera anif IMarrhoen Henie.!) U iites M. r. i.tvunar.11, ; nee, i n. i uere is r.i-:!.,iii; Letur. For hy AU Deal AMERICAN OUTLAW 13 FIN ALLY DEAD. James Ward Rc gen Killed After Lciiff Search. London. August If. Hunted jdown hv Pritish soldiers in the depth 01 tin jungles or i enmu Africa, where for vcfirn in defi- ! anee of all authority he hat: pursued the career of mi elephant poacnr an i mien ivory rr.mer. da rues Ward liogers, an American is dead. He was liot down hy a little force of troops wh ieh had been vnt into the wilderness in pursuit with order not to return wuhfout. the outlaw dead or "'T .u or u..r h .leatu e:,me r.. .. I .. . . 1 1 i ... i t i I 1 'I III 'I 1 I V l MM.i I ' f III' I f I I I f ( i - - i . ,. . ii-ioin.ii oii.ee irolil ' apt I.. :,. p litioii. Although told in aa official report, the tory revealed is one of most dramatic in col onial annals. Traded Fcr Years. For years Kutrers had carried on hi.s lawless trade, which popu lar opinion credited him a fortune 1 lie reinole reu;i.n aioilir Mle j.a- . . iloeiieiave and ( onsn hmiudaries . . '. w-re tlie scenes of hi.s operations. ' l he remote region alonir the I lime after time I'ritish officials of the Soudan had tried in vain 01 llH N1'i'"-ui nail tried m vain . to trap linn- It w as this def ianc ' e cf years which determined the 'nnneiit to cruli the old man. Captain. Fox's report shows that ! ;., i,;., i :....-. t.. had done more than had heen . . oreatneil of liy the colonial ... ,, "Hirers. ii had establish..! aniffio"1 ideas, live up to them.". ' i'.iniii-iiiiiii uir . . W 1 . iraekiess country ami ; inoiur the natives was a virtual ; if uncrowned kine;. .. I of KUeees-, i f the outlaw ill Uiuhn his subjects and in f 0',,, ('i,SI,'t', ' t'ne pursuit ef his trade drew ox. in his report, the trihute that KoL'er's work l. ,c i . . V l?Vh. Wttep oaH- J gtory of Haniihrp. ! . -N"r "''e the explorer, Henry i Stanley, pierced the junb s m . t - . a1''' '"und Dr. hivnist; ne ,1;1S such a talc of hanUhips, i trials and da:iirers c m, out of Afr'u - Ca.t..;n Fox's report in l.w r-speet res, ,bl -s m- st near- !--haps the tab- of (..ral l'n,ton s di p-,! pnrs.ut of Ag-; irumaldo in the I lulippmes. '"i" purpose of tracking in" oimaw ine r.ugusu coinmau- ler was gieti a lion-commission-j ed subordiii ite and -ix Soudaiiez j s )l li. rs P.hIv carriers and i mules 1". r the t ra;i sport a ti n of supplies were part of his eUllip- liieiif. Ills instructions were plain !et to n turn unti outlaw whs cij'tnied. the j Willi a soldier's diMTirard fori red t.ie . Captain Fox. in his r- j port fails to mention dates in I describing the manhunt. Ai- i jMrently the junj; the aniiounccinerit ol drama came np'Mths : m":l!lis a TI o tl , ' - 11... . . I. T I, ...... ..I, i jnux noiMmn jungle tlmf ahnrst defied sage, l.ogers cunnin.dy b-a tin ui through the densest swamps, f .rests and across streams. 5, lore the outlaw overtaken he had crossed the into the Pielgian Congo. Face Stamition. Creeping up the 1'ganda bank i drawn from gambling are pb-nt-. of the Nib-, the expedition piling- f,jl. A parson makes a "high d forward for six weeks before ideal" with hi.s sermon, or a suc tln ouarrv M,s located. Fox j cessful speeulaior "draws a full an i his nn n had then worn their - witl gei-s' oid men only a! short distance in advance. As j tlleV lied, tlie ape-iiKe Il.lIlM S ol j the outlaw sent back taunts an.' 'gut my watch there." jeers at their pursuers. ', "Why, you could raise any Dramatic iii the e.tr hie i , thitig in that valley, said Pingh-i Captain Fox's deseriptioii of the, the , ugineer, to tirout. th - ranch .l.Mtli i.f lf.nri.rs In til- loe.l. info which had d,s.-cm front the moiiiifaln h -s party eim suddeiil.v a-iproicl ' j ipori tin m. A natlv 1 the llngl.s!: offie.-r "T! - c rue i:i. iniiYi-ik r wants you to He is sick a : i 1 c.ivn.of corn" out." Filtering the hut Captain Fo.x found himself in a room dimly lighted by a candle. A white man wm lying on a coio-h and beside him at a companion, al.no white. For a time there was a ih'jul silence, ('apt. 'in Fox hi I 1 - ' I 11 . iievirig "' """1 necn led into a trap Then he asked: "Which m Mr. nosers?" "Mr. Koer.s has heen sli d." replied the outlaw ' companion. "Ves." int rrupted Uotfers, "and hy your men." Pcirta Revtlvcr. "'iine star.d r:irht hefr -t, can look at ywi," Kotrers en tinned. His eyes were Mainf? and fr ia heneaih a hlauket he drew a revolver ami pointed at tlie officer. "I am a dyinu' iiian, I sruos." he said. "I didn't think tin' could kill old K' tf-rs, hut tin-;. (Tot him this time." "Still you are in llelaian t r ritory and yon stand more chance for arrest than I do." Fi.irinir that thf revolver th: f ni -naenl him tniht h" exploded at any time, 'apt a in l' X arvn e.l with the outlaw to irain time Finally Holers turned t his companion wlxin he aldresed as doctor and said: "I want you to witness what I say, d-x'tor. ('apt. Fox, I am a ilyinu' man so I would not lie aho.it anvfhinir. Tliis was in v show and all my work. I am afraid I have I'routrht you into trouhh-, doctor. Well, I had my tfoid tuin-.s, as well as bad. I can't st un religious p-ople. If you have re A noise m his throat interrupted, the old man's words. j "Say, did you henr that?" hA exclaimed, "That's the death! rattle. I ve heard that t!o loans i times to make any mistake." This proved correct, for these were his last word's. Throughout bin talk with Cap tain Fox, Rogers shielded hi.s vea Hi fs id.,r!nnr raT.taTiri- ox s reiort ah" is singularly silent wi this poij;t as he says lie did nt know the doctor. It is thought, however, that this was d i e to protect the man. Arizona Suing Arizona, like most, new coun- tries, is pc haj.s more charactens- ,tic mi its sj.eeeh than in iU clothe and domestic customs; and natur- auv, me tlllins ot speech are taken from the life and oecupa-i tions of the peo!e. writes Si r I (lilbert Parker in The Mctroin.li-; till! tor August. Ihe express-; ions most heard there an drawn j from the ranoh and the mining! i and tin- gambling life as it Uvd to be. "The whole outfit isn't w orth ! ten raw cents,", said a mining, man to me, of a handful of aer.-s j of land, a slouch of a house, and' a tumble-down lean-to called three ; stables. "Outfit" with a ranch man, with a minor, with a farm-1 spent, er, or any one else in Arl.ona, the would mean every thing complete . !'!' that belonged to his biisiru or! oling his life whatever it Wits. j of j In the same way, a speech, or! 1 p ' a horse, or a dinner, or a field: was , of alfalfa, or an orchard, or a Nib'; pair of boots will in thelanguage. j of miners " grade high," or be' j"loAv grade." j ! The illustrations which are hand" or ha ''a ldiif stack." The another- "Oh, it's eosuiopolitjin all Piglit. W.ls the rl I... r. i.U "T .ei. liiiiii. M "Hell, llilibrelh, on emndnt r.tis- an (J rout's there!" was reply . "If water rots bather, wlat will it do to your stom.ieliT" was the s'..'.-i in Coffee AT barroom at I'hot riix. p WOMAN SMASHED THE STILLS. A Mocit County Young Wcman j Pit Blind Tigtrs Out cf j BustncsH. j M'Kire County New, j Our reader will recall tliat last j October a story wiu goinif the ! rounds of the Stat - press, having f.rt. been sent ui.d r a Kah irh 'date line, that, there wa a young lady in Mix.re county who cut up h-r father's illicit whiskey .fiil whil- the family were at Cartha; ( attending the county fair. .At tlo; time of the publication of this story vve made all the iuvest'ga tioti we could but failed to find any one who knew atnthi'g about the affair. r : s. 1 1,. t!y we denounced the story as a fake However, w hae re w been in formed that the sane wa n. true story and the young lady h.'U this time performed a feat whVh outdoes her of her b ed of daring If seems that lat year her fath er wa so much in love with the ardent that lie had to keep a liff'e gin mill of hrscwri, but after lr.s daughter cut up when he was in Carthage he desist d fn in making his own and depended on the supply of neighboring tigers. .Vow the young lady ha.s three brothers, two of whom walk the straight and narrow, while the third, who is only lb. belongs to the Morally Stunt.il and was beeoming so from associ ation with his father around the ; tiger's- lair. This did not .svt very well with thf young girl, who had pirtially st.oppd the thing once by flitting up the old' man's co;tier. When .t Indian was asked oiiff where h gi f his whiskey he replied: "Maybe in- find him behind stump, maybe we find him in the sard." so when we speak of the ere-k it may be in the smd hill vet i n or it may be in the clay, butany way this wa, on a '"al I rr4'fa- The young dayn ago, picked up her trusty axe and marched single-haded and alone to the scene en the ; bank of the stream. The mill wa in full blast and one or two' hangers-on were lounging around. Put the young lady did n t for-j get the business which had brought her forth but inumd lately cuiiiiiirriced to wit Id her; live in true Herculean style- The men threatened to shoot her down but she told them to shoot and kept on cutting. She cut up the beer stands and then waded in o-i the stiil. Th -y say when si e got through with that piece of copper the amount if water you can carrv in a sieve would be a , !! th I- w la would hold. And it was beyond, the k n or .skiil ef m. to a r. , II r task completed she leaned Upon the helve of her axe and . ii". i.oii need to th- tiger that de .ild he put up his kettle and go stewing again. the second Willi!, meet the s inie fate, fop s'-e' dwl riot propi s.- to see him mini h.-r brother's, life and her f t h-r , fritter away his time arid money! and soul at the still. She then j .shouhh'i'i d lor a-e and returned; home. j There was another blind tiger in the fork of another creek near-, by at which her loved oio-s were; being debauched and. she served j notice on him that unless he, eh-artd out bag and baggage, his, outfit Would 111' ef a like fat . We : have not yet learned the effect f the warning but we dare say that; nfter such proof of her determina tion "a word to the wise. Is suf- fieii nt," even il" it was spoken .h a tiger- j You need not ask us for oiir'j authority for this, but then- is inn question about its being also-j lutelv cornet. What Mske A Woman? One hunilrci! pn.t twtr.ty j.o,tn !. ' more or lo, of hone anil iaaef; iton't make a woman. Its gixnl : fotin.littlon. I'm lrm.i it health ii,l !riDKtii ai.J slio may rule a kli.K.Iom Hut tti.'U'n jat lor Kte. tile Hitlers rive her Tlif isanils biesB them for dUpclhr. vn .ikiiess. t.ervoasn. s. tavkai !. an ! tire !, list J-ki. worn out fe.lirK. -Klei ir e flllielS li.tV ilotie i;.. ii iir'il of rov-l. rues Kiiia 1't.H.l. lN-.e. Okla.. '!. d I thank you, with all rny heart, for in.tk.iit; im h a eoof !iiiilli ine." Ouly fee. (;uarantet4 by I'topli Drug Co. j WOMB OUTAGE STIRS HICH IOINT. Distrirticr cf Ixicmal Machine ; That Exploded in Expreaj Of I fice High Point, Aug. 11th. Thin busy manufacturing town is stir red up over the "dastardly in-f-'rual crime," as it h isn't bc-n ifor years. It is now- known def initely that th-r- was a go-id-sied stick of 'vnarn'-e in, th inrn r ! ox besides the )-ir'; a rnount of powT. Py so!iie m -ans the p";'e.isi( n cap g't nep araf. d fr rn tie !- - f - .ite ' and thus a 1 s i ' ';'.- - , : te I. I Had tlo fn'i-xr . sion, t.ikeu p!ae as ri' trcd ' ' r five y oiii.g h . v ' ft. I,, r f , . i r .. a ..,..;i!.l V. ;d' j ' bability have hi en blown ii to eternity besides eeniplcte! V, 'e - ing the express office at :t. V.".' liable content. Dcscript'c!i cf Mcx're. Flo machine i now locked up in tin vaults of the police sta tion and th')se that have seen it say that no one but an ingen ious mechanic could construct such an affair. In thf inside box, nic lv bronzed ami covered with covered with a hinged and buckl ed lid, was a revolving fylir.der stuck full of match heads like the teeth in a thrashing maehiuf cylinder that would ignite the powder when turned around by the opening ef the ho lid. Still another device at the side of the box, made out of small band saws was so adjusted that the opening of the box lid would grate these saws against another row of match heads fast cried to the sides of the inner box. There is enough of it pres-rv-d to 'how a'l its complete construction- It must have t iken its maker weeks to perf-'et if. There was not on.' chance in a thousand to avert an explonm when the lid w-s opened. The y.t f r, ; , sr,ne unknown cause the fuse that wa to- fire the cap oji the stick of dynamite filled to do its deadly work. J If is now known that Chief Kidge and hi assistants hi-.d the verv best evi brice, both direct and circumstantial, within a few hoars after th- explosim Satur-i!a- a to th.- suspect but f r good re a ns the real facts m thf case were withheld from the Dllb'ie. Who Melntyre Is. Much sympathy lind regret is felt here for the aged parent of Melnty re, the alb-fed s.-ndi r of the bomb. He is a rath-r quiet, w.-ll-behaved fellow, having charge of his father's me'lt mark et in this city. It was known that considerable of his spare time was given to work and experiments ab-ng the line of in -chanieal inventions and it is said that he had intended to make application to the patent office at Washington to get cer tain of his inventions patented. He is f a somewhat reserved disposition, sandy haired, smooth shaven and 1 as n fairly good f ice and address. Miss Hoover, his alb'gid ict'm, is rather good -bw k ing. holds a lnod position in the off a es of High Point Review and is c-n-si 1 'red a good stenographer- lb r friends shudder when they think of tic narrow escape she h A from a terrible death. Rev. S. D. Swaira Dead. Statesville. Aug- H.-lb-y. S D. Swaim a well known PaptLst minister, died today at his home in Lexington. T'n- ; mains will be brought to Stat.sville tomor row aft ruoon on train No. 21 for burial. Mr. Swaim had. be. n ill for seeral we. ks. s:f. ring from cati.-er of tl - stoma eh. and his death was ii,.; unexpected. He was about oil years .-Id and a native of Yadkin county, .-som 1 or cars ag he married M"ss Wi.fVl I.e. 1:1: f d , d";-' f T Of Mr fid Mrs. .1. S. I. ln1 f SX St ti : an - wif. eliii lrin ! rive him. Mr. Swaim was rdue:.t.l at Wake For st ge a d . th rnijjistrv when a y ou;.g man
The Mount Airy News (Mount Airy, N.C.)
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