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I MY(iijSADERS
' ARE HEARD HER!
Sfftte Superintendent UpchurcK i an
Attorney Ebbcrt Spoke in M. E
CKurcJi Thursday Evening T
Small Crowd
C. A. tlpchiirch, superintend gilt u
the North OtrtiltM Anti-S.tie.o
League. ar.it his co-worker, Majo
Y K. B. Fbbert, filled their engage
nier; here last Thursday evening i
the Methodist church, speaking t
a cretvd of r.boul' fifty persons.
Tin- meeting. unlike that of th
previous Sunday in Asheville, was
very tame affair, Mr. ijpehurch lie
daring that the Anti-Saloon Lesgui
vas carrying on the fight" it had bemaking
in North Carolina.during th
pa.-t twenty-four years, ami had ni
political significance whatever.. He
declared the Anti-Saloon League "i
made up of- decent, sober, patriots
Americans yvho fear Coil ami hai
liijuor." He declared that there \vy
r.o political significance to the driv,
row ticizig made Ui North Carolina
'.as had been, charged by cortain new?
papers, and ho only referred to Gov
eriior Smith in a very mild .
I.i introducing Major Ebheri, .n!r
I tchurch sjaid: "1 aim a IJjeinoeih
a. a Baptist. Major Ebneii ;s ;
: i i. (11i ii and a Republic in, bu? th'f
icihd of Republican -a a ado'.
Pennsylvania and campaigned ih<
state in the. last election for YVtHi&nr
B. Wilson, Democrat', as against Mr
VanRepublican.
Oj.o-ed to ModtfJcalion
Major Kbberl said jic did not know
whether he was a Republican or not
He voted for the matt and not the
; v. Should the Republicans re
nominate Mr Coolidge and tht
.Democrat's nominate an avowed drj
he certainly would oppose Mr. Cool
id are.
\T?;k? rut
i rjiiotve very earnest!; "
against modification of the l?tt
oaendmen!, saying he had much
rather see the amendment ripped
item the constitution than to inodifj
it. so as to allow the sale of light
wines und beer.
At the close of the meeting curdi
were passed around for donatio,, t(
the Anti-Saloon League and small
contributions were made.
WATAUGAN KILLED IN
VIRGINIA COAL MINE
On Wednesday evening of last
week. Vance McCoy Morris, son of
Sir. and Mrs. John Norris of Mabel.,
this county, was instantly killed by
falling slate in a Virginia Coal mine.
Tne remains were sent home lor
burial, interment being made neai
the home of his parents. Friday,
tiers. Ed Hodges and U. C. Eggeroonduecing
the funeral from Union
Baptist church, of which deceased
was a member. A widow Ut-.d, two
small children survive;
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RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Mr. R. C. Rivers, chairman of the
Watauga Chapter American Red
Ctoss, is in receipt of the following
telegram from John Barton Payne,
national chairman:
Washington, D. C-i Oct. 5.?The
central committee adopted resolu
nti; ui t:ic
United States to increase the national
Red dross membership to five
million for 192S. The resoiutien
states in substance: "Efecau.se ot
increased 'demand for service, particularly
disaster relief 'and despite
the most rigid economy of operations
national and international, the Red
Cross program requires each year an
expenditure considerably in excest
of annual income." With complete
confidence that Che American people
will rally to this cali, the contra:
committee urges each chapter and
branch take necessary steps to as
sure such increase. Suggest goal oi
your chapter be placed "St one hundred
members.
-John Barton Payne, Chairman,
Aciericar; Red Cross,
The annual membership roll eai
will be conducted frcrn Novmebei
i 1th to 25th, and it is expected thai
Watauga will easily reach its quott
of one hundred members. Plans fo'
the campaign by the local cha.ptei
are.now being made and will be an
llrtl-.no.l/) IT-, o -P/.w llulrc
GAS TAX BREAKS RECORD
Raleigh, Oct. 3.?A record-break
ing collection of gasoline tax wa
made by the automobile bureau o
the state department of revenue dm
ing September when this tax poure
& total of $816,115.23 into the col
feir, of the road fund.
This is the biggest monthly collei
tion of gasoline lux ever accornplisl
,ed in North Carolinn. and collection
of gas tax for the first quarter u
the present fiscal year are more Ilia
a quarter million dollars ahead c
collections for the first quarter i
the preceding fiscal year, oificia
said.
A Non-Parcisan IV
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Local Gli 11
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BOONE MKTH
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! FIND OLD PAPERS
ti HV A\Tf1if?\rTtrrDfTMi;
in i lnuiul
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S H. C. Ha.cs of Blcwinar Bock li
Owner of Rare Heirloom* Broach
to America From ?n?!asc! Prioi
to 1762
By RUPERT GILLKTT
Sum? time i?- the spring of 1762
I \vher the Seven Years' War wai
} dragging to a close," Admiral Saun
.'dev.- of the British navy, found i:
1 r.ccessary to punish the captain of ;
*[ frigate for firing on the fort a!
1 Passero without provocation,
rj \V( have this on the authority oi
. the London Public Ledger for Tvlav
5. 1702, several copies of which arc
~ pasted on the inside of an ancien;
. trunk, which is th' , prize heirloom ol
. H. C. Hayes of Blowing Rock. The
trunk is made of hardwood, covered
with the skin of some animal, per
t haps a cow. If has wrought iror
| handles and lock. When the lining
of the trunk wore out 105 year? ag(
the owner pasted inside several copies
of the London Public Ledger.
, The trunk belonged to some mew
| ber of the Fairchilds family w!u
lived on the island of Jersey in th<
English Channel.
it Was in the same family when
Ebeneser Fairchilds settled on How
aril's Creek near Boone,- just af'.'ei
the Revolutionary war. Ebcn~e?ei
died not long- after he took out hii
Watauga county land, and two worn
en of hie family remained in posses.;ion
of ail his goods.
These two oh! ladies found an or
i phan ehiid about four years old
j whose name was IVyntt Hay...- one
j adopted him. Or. their deaths, oris
; a: the age of ?0 and. the ork-i al
; SS, IVyatt inbetiteii their property
Among' their chattels were the oil
,! skin-covered trunk r. -.'---lit-i-M r
I of curious design. a brandy decan
j tav brought from the island oi' -Jersey.
? reel and & spinning wheal
which the Faircnilds women hao
u:ed. >:"" "; :/ ' ' '
H. C. Hayes of Blowing Rock ir
turn inherited these curiosities from
his father, and ir.hvas he who rtiseov
' erca the interesting; newspapers in
side the trunk.
The paper was published jusl
after the accession cf George III
anil much of it; contents has to dc
w.L'h the young king.
That Britain held cpr.imu.-.d of the
seas in that general European Wat
as she did iti .iic last, or.e is shown
by ttbs dispatch from Rooher.iort:
'Roche-fort, April 21:?The Eng'
lish continue on, tbis coast with
' forces much superior to what we
1 have hi the Chore trie: the number
of rhoir ships not always the same,
'! but they have r.over less then 15
hi' ? . I. ;: *r
| su.fi vi i,ns
\ i Eventually people in . those day;
i read their newspapers thoroughly
.1 and did no: have to have* the nevys
! called to their attention by .screech
ing streamer;, for the following
item, -presaging the or.d of . be of the
mc;t destructive of ait the great
. European war#, appear# in a column
of general -continental new# witr
nothing but' a date line to distinguish
it from any other item:
"Fetersburgh. March' 3G.?Wi
have received the preliminary an
swer of the King of Poland, electa?
' of Saxony, to this coiuVs aeelara
' t'.on of the 23rd of Feb., the sub
stance of which is:
" 'That the ting, having beer
- drawn into the war by-an unexpected
s invasion, for which he had given a<
? cause, His Majesty's most avden
wishes are to see peace reestabtishei
li upon equitable conditions, but tha
hi will hereafter give a more precis'
and positive answer in concert witl
- his other allies, and the guarantiees o
i the Peace q? Westphalia.'."
s The reel is the type used in th
>"? I mrtllnt\s*inv; tvhpn fjnv wr.c ,
nl here. It has a counting: device, s
if j that when the reel makes 100 revs
if! Unions ii: cracks, and the operate
Is'l does not have to count the revolt
I Hons.
L' ^ yr] ly. OfiaXAnn vsfXwxt&K&nsDG&'tT&J* ,?4T gzsL
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iewspaper. Devoted to the
>XE. WATAUGA COUNTY. KOXTH C
relies Unite in
ODIST CHUKCH
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REV. R. G. <
'I pastor of the fir.-: Baptist ehttrch of
| reputation, who will preach at the Bs{
j being put on by the local churches :
, at the Baptist ar.ti Methodist chut nes
'} t>itarne<J missionary and evangelist o>.
| fist the pastor, Rev. M. B. Woosi -y. i
j isters are men of force antl nnw >?
I them during: the campaign. Services t
Prayer services have been held i
|i nary to the reiigiou. campaign A tin
I church Wednesday nigh: of last week
The plaii of holding these /neere
'Ipnstor.- to be the very best thing to do
"J audd'Ortum large for un.io
town not pictured, above are expedLec
I services.
\ Three Forks Missionar y j
Union Meets Oct. 11 j
1 Following is the full program oil
! the Woman's Missionary Union, of j
" Three Forks Rapt'isf Association j
" which will be held with the Gevej
Creek church on Tuesday, October!
i nth: j
^ Morning Session '
| Hymfi: Jesus Calls Us O'er the
Tumult.
Devotional-?Mrs- T iv R^.?^
( Welcome?Air;. Enoch Swift.
Response?Miss Blanche Williams, j
Roil call of societies.
! Reports of societies as follows;|
Boone W, M S , Mrs. .1. L. Quel's;|
, Blowing Rock \V. M. S . Mrs. Hodges;j
. Bethel, Mrs CRira Farthing; Beaver i
'! Dam, Mrs. Lee Swift; Cove Creek.)
j Mrs. D. F. Horton: Cove Creek Y.)
; W. A.. Mrs. Sam Horton; Boone V.I
1 v,. A.. Mrs. P. A. Hicks: Bocne C.I
1! A.. Mis. Floy Mas'.'; Boone K. A...
.j Mrs. Cliff McConueil; Boone Sunbeams,
Airs. Emma Moore
Report of personal service chairman-?Mrs.
Smith Hngamun.
. Report of Young People's leader.
Report of Mission Study leader.
Superintendent's report.
Ope.; conference for questions cu;
.! Reports, Standard oi Excellence
'j Personal Service Anuortionnier.t.
a Ruby Anniversary, etc., conducted by
'! Mrs. Edna R. Harris of Raleigh,
ji Appointment of commit'tces.
J Address; Dr. Lumpkin, superinteh
i uenc 01 tne Baptist Hospitai, Vvin,
fton-Salem.
Afternoon Session
Devotional?Mrs. G. A. Wilson.
Obituaries?Mrs. L. A Hurst.
Gifts?Mrs. P.. D. Hodges.
God's Plan of Giving?Have You
i a Setter One??-Mrs. D. D. Doughl
erty.
> Address?Mrs. Edna E. Harris,
t Raleigh.
1 Program by Cove Creek Y. W. A.s
C or Sunbeams.
2 Reports of Committees,
i Adjournment.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEETING
8 There will be a meetinga-of the
d American Legion Auxiliary at the
0 Commercial Hotel next Friday night,
' All members are earnestly requested
r to be present.
i-1 MRS. SMITH HAGAMAN, Pres.
| MRS. FAE HODGES, Secy.
DEM<
Best Interests cf Northwes
AKOLIsk. 7Kfe.S!>AY..OCTOBER
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BOONE BAPTta
:AftiPEtELL
Hickory ami a Utvirc of s"afce-?'iur
ltisc cnuren during 'he religious drive
imuiteneously. These services start
Sunday morning. Re " R. J. Parker,
the Methodist, church. South,-will as*.t
the Methodist church. These aiind
ail church goers are urged to hear
hioughuut the week at ":30 ar.d 7:30. j
r. every section of the town pveiimi
ion service was held at the Methodist | '
igs simultaneously is deemed hy the J
, in view of the fact, that we have no
r. meeting. Other churches of Che |
1 to participate also in this series of '
i
Motorcade to Leave
Friday for Twin-City
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Members oi Che local Oivitau club. :
with citizens from Mountain City f
and North VVilkesboro, will ioave j
Friday moriiiog for Winston-Salem . ,
The tour is being made largely in j 1
the inteiert of the Boone Trail high-' ;
way. It is e.xpect'od that about 50
cars wilt compose ?be motorcade.;
They will spend several hour.-, in the i
Twin-City, giving from there to 1
Charlotte The Winston-Salc-m Civi- '
tan Club has appointed a committee
fl"> djrpnncr/t -a nhA/vi>?? ^"u " ? 1 <
--r ,Ufr^i-ttax i'/v -vuc - 1^5
tuincnent of the party. Tentative) ;
plans call for a short session at the|
Robert E. Lee Hotel. Tin. visitors ;
will be received by Highway Commissioner
Alex rlaiies, and will also '
be guests of the Forsyth County 5
Fair association.
V. '
GOV. PLAY OF TENNESSEE <
DIED SUNDAY EVENING j
Nashviiic. Tent;., Oct. 2.?Governor
Austin P'.-ay, hijf executive of!
Tennessee since 1&2.". dried at his J
home here at; 8 ?5 p. in.
The 5 J-year-old executive, the i i
first governor in a hundred years i.oj '
attain the office the third rime in! J
succession, succumbed from the ef-|,
feet of a cerebral Hemorrhage whichj t
he suffered just before 5 o'clock' f
this morning. I
Senator Henry Horton. speaker of \
the senate and next in line of sue- t
cession of the gubernatorial office., s
was on his way t'o Nashville from bis t
home in Marshall. He was among the i
first notified when idle governor's; ;
death seemed hut a question of j <
hours. I i
Governor Peay never spoke afterj
the initial attack, which caroe as heii
lay in his room, taking' an afternoon j
liap after a meal at which he was 1
"every bit himself,"' according to i
servants.
Wrong Field
"That girl, Mary, you've bocn|
taking out lately, has a reputation,
for being a clever little gold-diig-!
g er." I
"If that's true, then she must' he:
, a darn ^ood geologist."
3CRA
-t North Carolina
l>, U>2T
Campaign v
>T CHUKCH
o 1/n T vn ac r At>
?* mijLi?L7 Ad liill
LEAVES TRAIL!
Walter Tailey and Lniand Hunl of1
Johnson City, Mtret Death When
Car Plunges Down Mountain Be
tweer. liinviUe and Blowing Hock
Driving through a thick fog. noarl
the ton of Grandfather" Mountain,
between L iVs: iit? a .'id Blowing. Rock;
on the 'Yonh'a lessee Tra:\ Friday
in- :nh6\li oVoO' o'clock. Ltd
Hunt jintl Waiter Taiivv. i\y< Tokn
son < iiy m< 5 . v. ere killed a
wovnar. companion vvai. slightly- injured
whet* the automobile in which
fchvy were riding left" the road a-ui
overturnvd four or five times down the
mountain side; The accident,
occurred near -Coffey s Gap,
It is said that the heavy fog was
largely responsible for the accident .
as it was stated the car had been ,
driven for about 50 feet along the,
wigfl "Of the road before making the 1
fatal Dhirura The woman am - rlvmv?
to the fiili' of the gorge us the machine
turned the first time; the two
men being pinned in the ear during ,
the first smash a:; their remains
were found in the tangled mass of
the automobile. They were believed .
to have been killed instantly. .
first information of the crash was
received at Blowing Bock early Fri- ,
day mottling when motorists along- j
the highway noticed the wreckage of
the machine and after investigation ,
finding the two men dead, notified ]
Blowing Rock authorities.
The remiart- of the two men were .
parried to Johnson City for over .,
inert. j
news of week; in the
COVE CREEK SECTION j
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Sugar Grove, Oct. i.-?On Friday gj
night, October 7, chetv wai he a pic : -,
supper at the Cove Creek high j
chooi. The patrons of the school j
and the public generally are cordial-, i
ly invited vt. attend. The proceeds I <
-.1 the sale of pies will be used to-1 I
W'r.rds putting into the building an i ]
adequate water supply. (
The average attendance for the .
first month of the high school was! ,
lit ami for the grades 168. This;
ieair. the record of last year by 1.4 i
n the high school and 30 if. the;
pi-ades.
Mr, !>- T. Banner has been rather
;ick for several days but is :mprov-j j
ng now, ]
IT ,. 11 V tr.,?i - 1
!/. J. .. itm iui: na> ueen i]ui5p i {
sick fov the past two weeks. i ;
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Curtis and 1 <
Vh -. W. M. Phillips of (Jsffney, S.! E?'\vcre
week-end guests of Mr and; j
\li-s. S. Ft llorton. ;
Mr. Wi T. Payne has recently pur-; ihased
the Horton lots of Sheriff L.j ,
M. Farthing. Ho plans to build 1st J t
he near future;y: . f. : ;
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PROFESSION Of RELIGION
MADF. BEHIND PRISON BARS
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What the authorities think likely-i
B, a case of the oirf-i.'inie religion, j
iroke out in the Wataiijja county jail !
i few days ago, the preXeisor of the! o
'aitb being Dewey1 Harmon, who is It
low free on bond ior the robbery of j I
he Vallt Cruris Bark, .assault wichi f
ieadty weapon and forgery. Rev. J. '
... Watts had visited the jail and had j ?
vcrked earnestly in an effort* to rec-j k
ify the shortcomings in Harmon's!
pirituai being. It wasn't long be-j r
ore the jailer and sheriff were wit-j t
losses to one of the most earnest i J
irofessions of Christianity they had' i
sver heard, the hold-up man <iee'iar-j t
rig he would employ no lawyer,
vouldn'f want, a pardon, but would
gladly serve all the rime the court 1
rave him and would spend the re- J
naindey of his days in the service of j
:hc Lord. Those who talked with s
Harmon took his profession with eon- 1
riderable credence. \ <
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Careful Chestir 1
Jeweler: 'G course you want ,
tlie girl's name engraved on the '
ring?"
William: "Sorely, but?'-ah?hot
tcjo deep!"
FIVE CENTS A COPY
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CLUB WOMEN
GATHER HERE
Third District Meeting Saturday Wa*
Lar^eJy Attended and ^interesLinif
Program RendrtPed? Meet Next
Year 121 North Wiliceshcro
Tjw- Third 3>K-iKct cr/e;A:ng of the
F- . ?!?-: .'th?.. of V,v?ict;':. C^ubs
-'?< ho:?: ir. '.'ho Ad^*':huildr.j?
at" th- '.%"?>?raai All
:;vunt:es ill i;u d. At Uft b-ii two V.'O.'C
>( !'ts<l and \ rit 1- 'say was
nt es? the lie.-- . at-.-t in "el e.-t>'r.g
ntetiiig".* c-ver heiti in the di.-ir.-ct.
The meeting e.: - vre.-ttitu over by
Jfrs. Ai Mr-ret.:. 01 Eootu-. third
iistrict prt-idc- ,t. The invocation
\ a- made by Ttsv- AI B- V.'ao.-iey;
Mrs. J. A. VVriijamt., Jliss Afi'ile
Stannary hou Ot. B. E. Dougherty
Vtelenrr.e.-i Tin- visi-tve. tvi.'l thn
pons-e was by 3.1 os. K: :id- ipfc Har:w,
of Lenoir.
M r?. G'Berry Spvaks
The ???; : or tn.; Krrth Carolina
FoduiiiHor. of. Vomer's Clubs is
threefold. said Sirs'. Thomas O'Ber'y.
of Goitlsbero. stats president,
ivr.o ..eiivered tin- principal address.
A- Mrs. O'Eetry ov.vlin -I tr. work
if the federation for the ':o-.einjr
year, it Is w. perform greater service
its welfare activities .vc-rk for
I elder eit:z,en-h!|> foster better
i- It.:i-.-ittonal methtfds.'
O. Bet'.-; I . '.Sowed by
Mrs. W. J Br ydon of Ourhara,
f t -. chairman of dislVicj. who led
. a\ itc'ral dtsvnsA. of r-iuB work
ar,-: answered i.jgSrih . t ut ! ; in.mbers.
Crossncrc. Wins Pricr
The youngest cist? in tile district,
and possibly the yonntr- -fc in '.he si ate
?the Crn-stio:.- Vvo.-ih While ciub
?won the attendance prize with
CfrV it nitwit- rj/xln/r.at-rcc? ??*?< T.li;..
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;luu was tii-ganiiccS -oat year by Mis.
M'.'i-i'ti:. district, pres-Aiem., and Mrs.
Carrie Gamble of HickoVy. past
president.
Lavge delegations were pvesentslso
'rem Lenoir, -Statesville, Hickj;..
Oohover. North VVUkesboro ami
l'ayiomilie.
Only two counties In the distrait
fcro without clubs, Ashe asid Alioiiiahy.
and Mrs. Mdretr said that
effort.- would ho made to organize
dubs in these counties before the
next annual meeting.
Among the promuiea; women who
sua rested thf giitHeriri v- v Mrs.
E. M. Land, rha.rrotta of the Sa'.iy
aouthai) rottotl Lour For.:!, who explained
the operation of the ?uud,
vliieb is intended to aid worthy girls
n an effort to secure an erlueation;
lies. Eugene Davis ol Greensboro,
itot'e treasurer, who discussed ftranees;
Miss "Wallasey of R-ileigh, B
ihdirman of the home department;
firs.' Anna Re,we. home demonstra\6v.
agent of. Catawba county, and
Vies B. F. Long, of StutesviUe.
The JeleR'ates were entertained
vith musical luitnbers by the Normal
puaitet, by A . R. Smith, accompanied
sv Hist. Lucy Aloretz, ami by folk
ore songs by Prof, and Mrs. L. 6.
"t?Jsl ' : . -.-Ar.,
North Wiikesboro was selected as
:he place' for the next meeting.
CORNER STi.NE TAKEN
FROM PiLOT MOUNTAIN gig
C? II Winkler, represeatative of ,
iie Pilot lusuvujvre Compafiy in
ioono, bar- received announcement
hat the corner store which will go
n'to the main building of the Piiot
yjinpany'i- group now being erected
it Sedgefioid will be brought from
idiot mountain, the peak from which
he company's name and trade mark
rare taken. The records of a prpdteers'
contestyoonduct'ed in cortnecion
with the ceremonies, copy of
Slot policy No 1. rod a history of
ho organization will be sealed in
he corner stone.
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jPECiAl. TERM OF COURT
FOR WILKES COUNTY
P.veigk. Oct. 2.?A special verm ,i?j? I
f Wilkes county superior court, to
>e convened iW second Monday in ft
Jeeemtier for the trial of Me Wilkes
,'eur.ty Bank cases was railed by . -j
Jovernor McLean at the request of
lolieiter John It. Jones. Judge Barnlil!
will preside
Sevecai indictmeuts have already
teen returned by the Wilkes county
jrand jury following the disclosures
rielded by an investigation into the
ssue of forged notes on the Wilkes
:ounty board of education.
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Greensboro. Oct. 3.?Firing five
mllet's fronihis 38-eaiiber pistol,
'hillip D. Trice, 23, killed his 17,'ear-old
wife; and himself as the two
sat in.their automobile on the Groomown
road six mile ssouthwest of this '
:ity today. The police and county
officials hold two theories, the deaths :
were either by suicide pact or they :
occurred only after Trice had forced fi
his young w.fe to drive, our, into the Jfir
country. The only clue offered for
the suicide was the deformity of the jEfiw
husband.