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• TWO MEN IN A WAGON *
ARE KILLED BY ENGINE
James 8. Bolick and Coleman WB?
Hams Mget Horrible Death Near
Malden.
Newton, Feb. 20.—. Tames ?J. Ho.’
Hek. aged 00 and Coleman
aged about 65. were instantly killed
at 1:30 this afternoon at the rails
road crossing on the Newton-Maidejii
hard suurface road about half a
mile north df Maiden by a freight
engine, tghich struck the wagon oir
which the' two men were riding. ' L
Nothbound, Carolina and Norths
western freight, In charge of Core*
ductor Turner Williams, with Pete
Fennell, of Hickory, at the
had passed the crossing a abort timf
ahead df the men and had’ gone ty
the top of a steep grade when the
engine was cut loose from the train
and was backing to the Maiden
depot to get the remainder of the
cars, when the terrible accident oc
curred.
Both men bad seen the freight
pass and being slightly deaf did not
hear the engine backing. They were
riding on a one horse wagon, the
property of Mr. Bolick, when the
engine struck the wagon, killing the
horse and making kindling wood
out of the wagon The body of Mr.
Bolick was found some distance
down the track while that of Mr.
Williams was cut in small parts.
Bolick was not mangled. One leg and
Shoulder were broken and several
s»vere bruises were fbund on the
body.
Both men were farmers and were
■ returning to their homes when the
| accident' occurred. Mr, Bolick live,)
i in the town of Maiden nnd Mr. Wil
| lipms about two miles east.
Mayor c. e. Houston
OWN THROAT
Also Has Knife Stab in Breast:
Found Unconscious in Bathroom
> of His Home.
| Charlotte, Feb. 21.—Mayor C. E.
I Houston, of Monroe, is in a hospital
l there late tonight said to be in a djy
[ ing condition, ns the result of
wounds which Officials declare were
self-in dieted this morning. Sheriff
Clfff Fowler said tonight it was S
i clear case of suicidal attempt.
Houston was found in the bath
' room of his home shortly before noon
with a gash across his throat nnd a
knife stab in his breast nnd in an
unconscious condition. He was taken
to a hospital nod attending physi;
; eians said later that there wds
i hardly a chance for his recovery. A
1 note on which he bad written in
| structions and information to his
i wife about his business affairs was
i found pinned'to his sleeve.
| He is said to have been in pour
i health for some time and it is re
i ported that he had worriej lately
| over business affairs. He had served
i about four years as mayor and was
1 serving his second term. He is a
| cousin of David Houston, former
l cabinet officer.
| Says Newspapers of State Above
Average. q
[ Kinston, Feb. 20.—Dr. Abram
i Cory, former president of the inter
-1 national convention of the Disciples
|of Christ, declares North Carolina
i newspapers are above the average.
The press is one of the four agencies
, which must co-operate to save “the
i soul of America,” be .contends The
1 local minsters thinks North Caro
j lina theatres, churches and schools
i are to be praised. He takes a fling
1 at local tastes for amusement, howo
J ever,
1 • RecehtJ; v ,apftiftMja£ to Dr. Gojff
Marie's'‘•frihetol#u*Girf”; light opeW
wassung herp 'to-, half a .hopaefij||!
About the. next girl, show* that carnet
.aloiig drew a ptfckedv Abuse. Aside
standpoint of entertainment.
THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE
HOLMES MORRIS NOT
DEAD BUT HAS ELOPED
With Another Woman Sheriff Fow
kr Makes Announcement to Hbf
Crowd/
Monroe. Feb. 21.—“ Holmes Mor
ris is not- dead. He has not been
iAtianeil and robbed. He is not groan
ing among the cavee and pits of the
Wynoma mipe area, nor is his body
sunk in the cold waters of any of
these deep shafts,” Sheriff Clifford
Fowler, who with his deputies, has
been working 0 n a clue since the dis
appearance of Morris ln«t Thursday
night became known, announced to
day.
The sheriff entrnued:
«The suspected has necn estab
lished. Holmes was lured by the
smllen of a vnmp. and from hie wife
and little children, sick mother and
.loved ones hns beeif wafted on the
wings of new love to parts, which,
in his opinion, are unknown. Morris
himself shot up his car, cut his hat
and then left tbio very spot in com
pany with ft woman, whose name I
may give you later. He left here in
a Ford roadster, the. motor number
of which is 0188050. It bears, or
boro, the license pjate N. C- 1045742.
It had on it live new balloon tires,
which were traded for in lVadesboro
on the day before he took his flight
in the night. I thaijk you oue and all
for your assistance offered in clear
ing up this matter and for your dili
gent searching of this strategic point
to pull a sham murder. I withdraw
the if2so reward which I offered for
knowledge leading to the where
abouts of this man Morris nnd will
say to you that I have the dope
with which to catch him whenever
he is wanted.”
Uttered in Presence of 2000.
The above was uttered by Sheriff
Fowler, at 4 o’oloek this evening to
an audience of more than 2,000 peo
ple who had assembled at the Wyno
ma mine in further search to solve
the mystery of Holmes Morris’
strange disappearance. The scout
scene of the sham murder to receive
the announcement from the union
county sheriff nnd ns he spoke in
clear full tones in the deep woods
not a sound other than his voice
could be heard.
When the words "In company
with a woman” were enunciated,
hundreds hung their heads and many
were seen wiping tears. When the
sheriff announced that he could
eptch him when he was wanted, a
loud applause went lip on every side.
Thomas House, of Charlotte, next
spoke to the audience, nnd said that
he read in the morning papers of the
mysterious disappearance of Morris;
that he knew him and had attended
the same school; that he had come
down to tell the sheriff that he saw
Morris at 11:30 p. m. on the night
6ft his disappearance at the Tryon
case in Charlotte. All this corrobo
rated information which the officials
of Union county had assembled. 11l
further Corroboration of information
in the hands of the sheriff House
sgid that on that occasion Holmes
, Morris wore a grap cap, a gray over
coat, a brown suit and tan shoes.
, .Node of this Aothlng being sold
and the gray cap having been substi
tuted for the slit hat nt the sham
murder scene, was evidence that a
sham had been pulled. Morris on
this occasion showed his school
mate. House, two threatening letters
unsigned and his pistol and said that
he was expecting trouble. This
House thinks, was dqne to cover up
tracks in his get-away.
S Have the Right Solution.
rt SherlMlFoWlm. und his deputies, J.
’ S-JAnl JjjMinfcC: WilUams, B.
jjMnkitli mp/itol ,Green Whitley,
iripM' little time about the
BMt yoR the sham murder
wifi, ’ have encouraged
IH*l.iteww/' to i continue for' the rsa
sdh' thar.they.. wehe npt certain that
rujroer had | Men. committed, but
/silt all tße,while that tfcere with
P?*y., “Spiiß/efteTjff and, his dep(i
iu this
in|r said that there is absolutely
*<£;doubt that .they, have '.the right
'sjptW.,of‘ the riffafr. They have
,«wy ,'tftove oh Holmes Morris over
•tbSa'pdst two months. They thought;
■him an' 1 absolutely upright youbg
mfh, but proceeded on the assunln
tlqii thrit he was not and found their
assumptions to bo true. They have
the uhnle of the'woman with whom
hie left, arid a good photograph of
her. Thpy have her history for the
pftgt several years, also a check
.which she wrote a few days ago and
sigped Mrs. Holmes Morris at the
tinje ‘the real Mrs. Morris was in
bed, having given birth to a daugh
ter:
/The evidences In hand is sufficient
to/riatisfy that the man wno left
Monroe on the evening of February
18, to eee his sick mother, and whose
.car wna found ne*t day shot up in
'the. Wilds of the Wynoma mine sec
,tion. his hat out apd lying in the
road; apd. evidences *of blod which
Wi» : :»Uoiled by the heavy rains, and
.whjlfch is noyr believed to be the
hippd of a hen, is not murdered, but
tbht instead he ijas eloped with his
.secrind love. :•
Prominent Church Worker.
Holmes tforfis is 26 years otd. He
graduated from Welsey Chapel high
school In 1020, and for a long while
w#s tjie chief mechanic at the Ford
station in Monroe. He left this place
lOK spring- and went in the auto
mobile business with Robert Small.
Ht him an attractive ’personality,
arid reputation far business integ
jftfr.. Me was liked by all who know
Dim apd his services for auto repairs
wsre rpuqb in dpmand.
i k He .Wh# g leading, member of the
Lae Preahytoftan church, a-Hh
-1 er.hl giver to its ctuke and promin
] mem bar of the choir. He , was
eloo a- maqiber of the Park Quar
tet and of the local guards.
Trnttaea at Dav Moon Elect Five
Profmanrs.
Davidson, Feb. 20.—The board of
tnfsteM/nf Davidson College at its
recent • meeting elected five new pro
feaeors to the Davidson faculty, and
among that number wgs Dr. C. M-
Rlhbards, pastor of the local Presby
terian church, who was elected to
. frill Bme professor of Bible, in which
mm h « has risen half-time pro
testor for some time. Dr. Richards
J5W»' friator of the church bore
tor ft years, aad should be accept
,«h)f ejection, ft .wjl] b* nec*o*afy for
bis resignation as pastor. •
GALLUSES FAD STARTED
, AT CONVERSE COLLEGE
Good While It Lasted, With College
Girls in Old Time Suspenders.
Spartanburg, S. (\. Feb. 20. —Gal-
use* have been banned at Converse
College after the fair students of thnt
institution enjoyed for a short time
the distinction of being the leaders
in what is said to have been a new
fad among college misses.
The banning is the result of what
college authorities claim is undeseir
ab'.e publicity. The college corre
spondent of a local newspaper men
tioned the fact that suspenders were
being wrrn by girls in a running
story of college news. A feature
writer was assigned to the case and
the story, filed with a leading leased
Wire news 'service, was carried in
newspapers from New York to New
Orleans.
“Horrors." cried some of the scan
dalized alumnae and college authori
ties Immediately issued an order to
"remove those gallusses.” The girls
removed.
However, it was good while it last
ed. The old-fashioned suspender
would have blushed with shame at the
brightly httrd gallus worn iby the
Converse girls. Some of them con
tained every color of the rainbow and
a lot of color that any respectable
rainbow would have been ashamed
of.
When the suspenders were on pa
rade the said old campus might have
been compared to the old-time settle
ment. If imagination could have
turned Dexter hall into the general
store and one could forget the pretty
girl* and see only the galluses, the
picture would have been tiypical.
With thumbs tucked daintily into
suspenders, the girls rooked from toe
to heel just as some of ttieir fore
fathers probably died in days gone by.
Everything was complete, even to the
chewing, but the ancient plug of
course had been changed to chewing
gum.
The girls followed the ways of their
elders as closely as possible. The
chief ally of their forefathers, how
ever, had no place in the equipment,
to wit, the trusty and very often
rusty nail that was used in olden
days when ma forgot to sew on a but
ton. The Converse lassies irned neith
er buttons nor nails. In their stead,
later days "safeties" attached gallus
to skirt.
The suspenders were ordered off
the latter part of last week. They
suns their swan song Saturday night
when the leading lady in a college
play took one last fling and appeared
with a neat pair across her shoulders.
Peace be to the galluses, say the
girls. Here yesterday, gone today,
and with them another ambition to
slip one over on the modiste shops
of Parse.
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FATHER GEORGE
WAS MIGHTY MAN
i Was s Good Wrestler and a Good
Jumper, Says a Kinsman.
New ffork, Feb. 21. —George Wash
: ington drank in great moderation, im
bibhing /wine very seldom because it
“disagreed with his digestion,” Wil
liam Lanier Washing, of Westport,
Conn., said today at a patriotic sym
posium in the church of St. Mark's
in-the-Bouwerie.
Mr. Washington, a member of the
first President’s family, defended
Washington from recent statements
of Bupert Hughes, novelist.
“This talk about his gambling,
drinking arid swearing is-rotten arid
without foundation," he said.
Drawing on family history, Mr.
| Washington made tB? following state
ments about Washington 1 '
“Me had a great temper, and swore
at timeh;’,’ but did'not iiabitually u«4
! profanity.’ sv '
He “liked-the -wojben and liked to
dance.” x‘i.
He “wasj very ntiitetic,' a wrestler
. of parts and a gqod broad jumper.” '
He - gambled for trifling' stakes as
’ was customary In the society of his
day.
His first Set of false teeth was madS
! by Paul ReJere.
His complexion was “pasty” arid
. marred by smallpox sears.
His clothes were once stolen by
two glals; as he bathed, and one of
; the offender* was sentenced to six
i months when Washington failed to
appreciate the jest.
I
- Wilkes School Ma’ams Forbidden to
Smoke.
Winston-Salem, Feb. 20. The
public school teachers of Wilkes
; county, male and female, are forbid
, den to smoke cigarettes. County Su
perintendent C. O. Wright, whose
i administration has been highly com
mended, ha* • issued a promulgation?
. by order oftbo Wilkes county school
i board, which says:
"It having come to the knowledge
i of the board that some teachera,
i both ladies and gentlemen have been
: smoking cigarettes, it is the order of
i the bard that in case such practice
doe* not ease immediately, such
teachers will be asked to resign.”
! Stay in Key West and Spend the
, I Difference.
[ I Key Wiftt, Fla., Feb- 20.—Effi
,; cient customs inspections and not so
. efficient curbing of rum-running are |
combining to boom this southermoot
city of the United States as a tour
! ist resort at the expense of Havana,
r OubS.
, “What’s the use?” the discerning
traveler is asking, when he takes the
. trouble to smuggle back a quart of
. liquor that cost him $3.50 in Havana
. and finda its mate safe on American
, terra dnna for only $4.
He had returned to liis native vil
lage after an absence of some years
> and waa inquiring about his old
friends and acquaintances. “And
f where’s Cook?” was one question.
• "Dead,”
. “Oh,” mid the informant, “do you
1 thisk he’s gone there?"
A firn/ of Jewelers in Washington,
> D. C., fine the wedding ring free to
l every purchaser of an engagement
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t before they are in full blossom last
r longer than tho-e cut late in the
da/, • ;
FARMER KIIJjS HIMSELF.
HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER
C. M. Jarkson. of Wake. Had No
Motive Except Insanity.
Raleigh. Fob. 20.—C. M.. “Tinker" [
Jackson. well fixed farmer of Wake j
county, today wiped opt as murfi of
hie race as he could find in his own;
house, including himself, and tonight
he. Mrs. .Inksens and Miss Eldorado
Jackson lie in the Browp morgue j
,in Rnleigh.
Mr. Jackson, a deeply emotional |
and occasionally despondent religion-'
ißt, today slew Mrs. Jackson, their)
daughter and himself, according to the )
view of Coroner Lawrence M. War-)
ing, who spent the afternoon on the j
tragedy which took place ten miles |
from Italeigh on the Leesville road.
Every circumstance that supported a
theory of external violence, faded be
fore the inquest. There was money
all over the house, there was nothing
disturbed. Mr. Waring thinks the
old man of 69, after rising to make
the fires and fully dressed, just took
his axe, brained his wife, then knocked
his attractive daughter of 36 into)
the fire where she was badly burned |
in addition to the heavy blow given)
by sortie blunt instrument. Then the!
farmer poured a load of number four j
sf.iot into his throat, splitting his
head.
There could have been no motive
except insanity, Mr. Waring thinks,
for Mr. Jackson was a most reliable
and solid sort of citizen. By industry
he had bought two plantations, had
piles of money in the bank and owed
virtually nothing.
The death of the elder Jacksons
must have been instantaneous, but
t'acir daughter lived until mid-after- 1
neon. She died in the local libspital.
She gnve hope once of return to con
sciousness and she might have told
something of the trngedy. But she
1 was too badly burned to show any
! come-back. The three will be buried
in Leesville Monday.
The killing must have taken place
after considerable work had been done.
■ Mrs. Jackson was found in a pool of
overturned buttermilk near her churn.
Miss Jackson was pulled from the fire
into which she had fallen. There
was no souqd from the house and
neighbors knew nothing of the trag
edy until noon or later.
Mr. Jackson was a member of the
Methodist Church in his neighbor
hood nnd took an active interest in
: it. but no special concern in the
neighborhood activities. One thing
that attracted the coroner's attention
was flis meticulous saving of tax re
ceipts. These ran back fifty years.
MRS. ADELAIDE BAGLEY
IS PNEUMONIA VICTIM
She Dies at Home of Daughter, Mrs.
Josephus Daniels, at Raleigh, at the
Age of 83.
Raleigh, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Adelaide
Worth Baglay, mother of Mrs. Joseph
us Daniels, died at the home of her
| daughter this afternoon after a brief
illness with pneumonia.
Mrs. Bagley was 83 years old, a
. daughter of Gov. Jonathan Worth,
and the wife of Major W. H. Bagley.
of Raleigh. She was the daughter
and the mother of remarkable peo
) pie. Her son. Worth Bagley, noted
football player at Annapolio, was the
first tie die in the Spanish-American
, war, and another son-, David Worth
I Bagley, distinguished himself In the
, sen service of this country during the
late war. There are two living sons.
William Henry and David Worth
I Bggjey; three daughters. Mrs. Dan
iels,; Misses Ethel and Belle Bagley.
MrJ. lEi is. Moffit, of Richmond, is a
Rafcley was one of Raleigh’s
ratfe' women, ah octogenarian who nev
er grew old in mind. She made no
concession to the years but used them.
( .The', funeral Will take place Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock.
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Tuesday, Feb. 23rd
At 2:00 P.M.
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