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XV|| NO. 868. ^T\^.^>Djc>oU"w,M<;tttoUt. gg- ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FRlbAY, AUGUST 8, 1924. E??ry Frldtr by W. O. Btuadtre, SINGLE COPY S CENTS.
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AT (Hern .mil other got eminent
ho-pitals for r\-Nervirp men they
rail her "The l*oll> :miui Mother." or
"Tin- I.ittle Mother of the Polly
annnH." I.Mitral Secretary of the
Kami :i-riiil:itli**u Cnion of North
Carolina'and pi eminent in thr club
life of Western North Carolina, this
rntei prising nonun ha? packed a
rai^ulr th.it I:. winking wonders I
in the irjut citation and rehabilita
tion of diaeasril and battered ex
sen ire men.
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PLANS GROW
FOR BIG FAIR
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Contract Closed for Big Free
Attractions and Greatest
Midway Yet.
\\ In 1c plans go on for the
l?ig district fair this year, an
nonucemcnt is made of a mini-j
per of big free acts, and the'
closing t?t a contract for a
midway * which is said to be
the largest ever booked for a;
fair at thi> city. About $2,000
will be offered in purse-, at the j
races for which many oi the
taste-t teppers in three states
have been entered.
The Ilnrry i'opplnu-: Shows will !
fmiii-ti tli*' ;>tini-?-in*-lit for tli*' mhl
w;iy. The how rnrrie. two ImiikU, i
twelve how? ami r?u eoneessdoiis.
itii<I i< *b-? liiretl tt? la* the largest
iiiriilval ever T?? i-onie to this elty. |
There are >ix Ids fret* nets, inoltnl-1
liic tin- >|tet-tnciiliir iiimI thrilling
iit-t of III ret* |wo|?|f ritllnz motor- |
? vi-lcs iirouml the iii*ltle of n elr-1
tiilnr latti-l strut-tore kii*|kiiiImI
In air. /
Tin* rai lie pttr>es hnvc been III- j
? roii -t-t| .hue hi-t ynir. and pre-,
11110111. mi imiiiy exhibits will Ik*
larger. It is ttin- hoped to iittract I
n greater variety ami l?efter display!
of miliiy of the most staple farm pro!
iliirt -i. home neetlleworlc. iiiumifaet* i
iires .? ml other exhibits of general,
Intel *-r to Isith woiiieti ii ii*1 uieli.
TH1RT1 sk\ KN CARLOADS
EARLY SWEET POTATOES
Early sweet potatoes |?i the |
amount of :i7 carloads. or upproxl-1
mutely 7..">nn barrels, mostly from
tin- Powell' Point region were shl|e j
p? <1 thru this city lip to Tuesdaj'
night of this neck, and the move
ment was saining in volume. Prices
ranged from to Slit per lwrrel,
and were making money for the
growers. The crop this year will
total ts?\tmn Parrels, estimates N.I
Howard Smith, one of the leading
dealers of this city.
ANOTHER TRAFFIC COP
John K. Anderson, tarn of Aider';
man L. W. Anderson of Klizaheth 1
City has lieeii employed at the Willi
and pleasure of the Comity Commis-1
-mm r's to >cr\e us traffic officer for |
l'a <1" dank Comity, following the
resignation of F. M. (Juenstedt who'
was taken on hy the Hoard several |
weeks ago. Anderson was formerly
a driver for the Kli/alsdh City Fire|
l'e|sirtmcot. Supplied with the new
Indian iiudorcyele. he is ex|>ected to
>liow results.
l>r. .1. I). Hathaway has moved
to lliutou lJIdg. Take the
. leva tor. adrt.
PROSPECTS BAD
FOR SHIP BILL
Compromise Imminent I n
Special Session Opening
, Today; Other Live News
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By R. K. POWELL v
RALEIGH, Aug. 7:?Author- J
itv to a commission to con-i
struct port terminals on sites j
selected by competent engi-,
neers and experts and post
ponement of the power to put
the State into the ship busi-1
| ness seems on the eve of its
| meeting to he the compromise
the special session will agree
upon.
The constitution, which ha* l>oon
rnlscd up in nrsuuieut against the
propose*! I said Issue of $H,5nn,0tHi
will not Im? urged ugalnst terminals
Itecnuse, l?y h twist of the phrasing,
this Isn't lending the credit of the
Stste to business any more than the
building of storage warehouses.
Attorney tJeuernl Manning has said
the Bowie railroad bill Is uncon
stitutional and be Is willing to go
1?efore the court for a decision. In
directly be has said the same thing
would Im? applicable to the State's
venture Into the operation of a |
tsint Hue.
With boats stricken from the.
program, there Is a chance for the
legislature to pass the terminals!
part of the recommendations made
In the re|s?rt of the State Ship ami
Water Transportation L'ommlsalon.1
There has never beeeu any serious
objection to the development of,
I torts through the hnlldlug of ternil-:
uals but the stormy opposition hasj
been fomented 'on the presuiuptlou ;
that the State Is going to buy n lot
of oceau golug liners, tugs, barges,
scboouers and 'slch-llke' for Its murl
tluie commerce.
While any forecast of what the
special session will do Is subject
to henvy discount, the compromise
siiggesU-d iipjiear* the most likely |
agreement Just now. There an- bit
ter coders who will never agree to I
any part of the program but they
are not powerful In either iifTiruia- ^
tlve or negative accomplishment*. !
Just how far the legislature will I
1 go in the consideration of other ?
I business than tlm terminals pro-1
, pusal Is of aliout as much concern
[outside of Strict administration elr
1 vies as what It will do with the hop-1
ed for capstone to the Morrison
program. There are several things ?
in the offing which it may decide |
to do soincthiug about.
IIiih I.iocs Frantir
III flu* emergency call of th?> gov- j
ernor Is yet Knottier?the sinking
fuuil amendment. I.ast yenr, while
Senate nuil House were torn usiinil-1
or. this hill imsseil submitting the
amendment pro|NisNl to the pimple. I
Itoiul men luive ipicst loucd the
! wisdom of it nuil others have lie-,
clnrcd it ulisolutely necessary. The
I legislature eontHiiis eX|K*rtH on Stole
credit mm well as the StMte House
a ml there Is every pro*|iect on' con-1
flirting opinions arising.
In the shii|H* of new legislation,
the promised hill to rcitulote the lots
lines will prohithly bring ou the sec-'
ouil stlffest fight. The bus uicii 1
know the ruilroiuls ore opposeil to'
it if the regulatory |s>wer Is given
authority to (swrnit imrallcl lines
with the railroHil lilies. This Is the |
rensoii they prefer the control vest
ed in a ImmIv other thau the Corpora- j
tion Commission.
The little fellows who o|ierate |
touring car style busses haven't la-en
heard from hut they are ap|a-allug
to their legislative friends to save
them from the octopus. There Is j
some merit In their pica that the ?
lilg fellows ought not to la> allowed i
to run away with the loudness. The'
big fellows are willing for the'
little olios to o|a?rate provided they,
too. pay their part of the increased
faxes and glvb the Isolds to run |
on rainy days as well as tuinsbliicy
ones.
Some sort of legislation will hoi
alined at the Ku Klux Klun and the I
Khin Is prewired to fight back. It
mndg n wonderful Nbowlng in the
Senate In 10*.2t but several Senators
have since declared they would vote
to unmask the hooded brethren.
When the regular session was slt-|
ting the Robeson outrages were un
known to the world and Judge
Henry Grady had not pulled off his
own mask, tin the other hand,
the Klan Is credited with having'
had much to do with the nouiluu-j
tion of certain gentlemen now In-1
fluentiuI In State affairs.
Fighting the Klan
Mr. Buggwyn, who has nmiounc-,
rd that he will Introduce the nutl
Klaii bill, Is u tenacious sort of'
fellow but be Is not an organizer, i
It will l>c difficult to find a Ncnl,
a Warren or a Cox to take the lead
eaebip in a fight on the Kluu and
(Continued on page six)
A Randolph-Macon
Graduate
MISS HELEN' WILLIAMS
AMONG the Elizabeth City giil*
who have qualified for positions of
murh prominence in the ??durational
field. U Mitt Williams who will he
head of the Mathematics depart
ment of the Hertford High Srhool
this winter. She graduated from
Kandolph-Maron College for Women.
Class of 1924, specializing in rhnu
istry, mathematirs ami rlvlrs. Miss
Williams is the daughter of Senator
and Mr*. I*. II. Williams of this rlty.
Zoeller I'hoto.
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300 WOODMEN COMING
TO MEETING AUG. 28
District Meeting Modern Woodmen
Conies for First Time to
This Section
About .MM Woodmen ore expected
to nttend the District i icct lug of
the Modern Woodmen of America
which will lie held lu Kll/nhcth City
on August 28. The visitors will lie
guests of Kvergreeu Camp No. 778.
The district meetings lire held
two or three times n year at dif
ferent towns in the District. The
Inst meeting wn> held nt Alexander,
in Bertie County. It whs nt flint
mi-etlng they decided to make Kll/.a
Iwth City their next meeting plnce.
The District lu composed of 1(1
Northeastern Carolina counties.
This Is the first time (tint such n
meeting has been held north of the
Alls'inaile Sound, according to T. T.
Turner, of the local lodge.
A. O. KID of A bosk lc U, the Dis
trict Deputy. He will l>e lu KlUa
Is'tli in a few days and make prep
arations for the meeting. Severui
entertainment features have been
planned by tie- local cauip for the
guests, including a large luncheon
and excursion on the river.
Mr. and Mrs. Ismls Sellg. Dr.
.1 til in n Sellg. Mis. .1. T>McCul?e and
Miss Margaret McCain- left this
week for a two weeks visit to At
lantic City. While awny. Mr. Sellg
will visit the diamond markets lu
New York. The party Is travellug
by automobile.
v OFFER CLOSES
i SATURDAY. Al'Gl'ST 9
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? t A* announced hud week,
1HE INDEPENDENT'S Mid
dimmer Subscription offer i
Will flose finally. Satun^jy.
August 9. Take advantaye of
the offer today and tomorrow
apd yet this interesting week- ,
If a whole year for $1.00.
JtOit yet a subscriber to send
atony with your*, and send
two dollars with your letter.
Both will yet the paper one '
year. But REMEMBER, one i
of the sulisrriptions must he
a renewal. No mattrr whirh
one, hut the offer closes to
morrow uiyht.
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GOES TO THE DEAD TO
SELECT A POLICEMAN
Keeper of the Graveyard is New
'Night Officer Selected by
Chief Gregory
Ttw solitary life ??f n is'inetery
keeper fits a mini niliulralily fur
the ElUahctli City |iollee forep, ac
cording to Chief of Police, Chnrles
A. Gregory, who hns selected I soils
Alexander to fill the place of A.
II. Davp)i|Mirt. resigned. Mr. Alex*
under was formerly kee|H'r of Holly*
wood Cemetery and his lonely life
proluildy has developed him Into a '
less valuable man that Officer Tark*
Ington who was-dropped from the
force, nfter he Is alleged to hare
said "the bootleggers of Elizabeth
city hud imiIIcp protection."
Mr. Alexander Is expected to lie
able to lend considerable nfd In np-1
prehemllng moral offenders of this
city, for its keeper of the cemetery, j
he should have n wide knowledge
of the |M'f>p|p who have Used the
cemetery weeds for spooning places, j
Tiring of n Job for which the city j
allows only a meagre $Hti a month, |
he was ready to take the better of
fer oT $H!*? on the police force. (
I?aven)sirf has gone with the
Klchmond Cedar Works at Ouui j
Neck.
LANDS JOB AS PAY CLKKK
tffTH COAST GUARD FORCES ;
Luther W. Cartwrlghf, of this city
who for the past two years has been \
resident mnnnger for the Eastern (
Cotton Oil Company hns recently
been appointed a |wiy clerk with
the C. S. Coast Guard, which pos|*
tlon carries with it the rating of
warrant officer. Mr. Cartwrlglit
received notice of his appointment !
last week, nfter having made high
marks on his examination, ami en
lers on his new duties at Phil-1
adelphla Monday. He Is ,'tt) yean |
old ami a native of Pasquotank |
County. During the World War
he was secretary to the Governor i
of the Snnionn Islands.
Dr. .1. D. Hathaway has moved
to fit.*! I Hilton Hltlg. Take the:
elevator. advt.
f. H?p ,
C/heJBANK ClEQK ?*?> THE SODA JCRKE.R
THOSE WIDE-BOTTOMED TROUSERS
"What do .vim think of them* wide-'
bottomed trousers so iiiiiny of the
boys nre wearlug now?" asked the'
Hank Clerk.
'"I reckon the trousers are all
right. but if you ask me to express
my opinion alwiut the fellows who
to,; themselves out in surh thing*.
I'll have to refrain tills morning,
because I aInt |ieriu!ttfd to say any
thing stronger than "dam" in T1IK
IN I >KPKM>KNT."
"Then you don't think miuh of
our young sjiorts who have gone In
for trousers with a twenty-three'
Inch flare at the ladtoin and belt
two Inches wide?
"I think so much of thrill that one
comes in here with a girl and calls
for drinks I make him show the
price before. I give hini service.
Most of the chaps who go In for
these daniphool styles are tin horn
sports who nint got el'her brains f r
money and they grnli every freak
style that comes along to call at
tention to themselves. Noliody
would ever notice them If they
didn't stick something ridiculous oil.
They have to dress different so de
cent folks can tell 'cm apurt from
ordinary Jackasses."
"I guess there's some truth in
whnt you say." said the Hank
Clerk. "Over at the bank I have
noticed that most of the little bad
checks that come thru are given by
these chaps who wear cake-eater
trousers, our executive committee
has lieen considering sending out a
warning to its customers not to cash
or accept checks front any young
buck who wear? trousers with
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twenty-three inch Imttoms. When
n iiimn or lioy togs himself out In
such regalia It is self-evident thiit
he Is devoid of nil niornl, socinl and
men In I. as well ns fliinm-lnl respon
sibility.
"That Is the one redeeming thing
about these new tronsers; they lire,
ii budge by which busy business irf-n
may Instantly Identity every silly,
moron-minded, Irresponsible jack*
assicnl loafer and nincompoop with
out having to make further inquiries
about him. It would la> a fine thing
for the country if the Ku Klnx Klnn
would adopt these cow-boy trousers
as every-ilny wear for all their
members, so we could Identity the
Ktuckers as easily as we can now
Identify the younger breed of Jack
asses."
The old import, who hnd been list
ening to this conversation, broke iu
with nti observation of his own. "I
think you're too hard on the boys,"
snld the Old Sport. "They may look
like dnmphools lu their new fauglrd
breeches, but you must at least give
'em credit for still wearing breech
es. You prohnhly hadn't thought
alsmt If like I have, but if ls>ys were
half ns bold for new styles as the
girls are, they wouldn't be wearing
nny breeches at nil."
"Don't be too hopeful." sold the
Soda Jerker; "At the rate a lot of
these young%sports are going they
won't Ik* able to earn the price of
a pair of trousers when they have
to shift for themselves, and you may
yet Itve to see the day when going
without tronsers will Ih> the proper
style for a lot of 'em."
BRIDGE WOULD 1
COST $460,000
State Engineers Estimate Cost
of Proposed Structure
Across Chowan ,
The estimated cost ot bridg
ing the lower Chowan River
near Edenton is estimated by
'State Highway Engineers at
$460,000, according to R. C.
Job, of the Chamber of Com
merce. who received advices
this week that the State forces
have just completed a survey
of the proposed project.
The bridge specified would he n
(?resitted wood structure with as
phalt roadway.
The movement to bridge the
Chowan which Is rapidly gaining
Impcths and enlisting strong sup
porters every day, got n good Itoost
when the committee appointed at
New Bern several weeks ago, con
ferred with Chairman Frank Page
of the State Highway Commission
with the result thnt the force wns
sent to make n survey and estimate
of the cost of the proposed bridge.
On this committee are Senators
Williams of I'asquotalik, and Hag
gard of Jones; nud Representatives
Pruden of Chowan and Warren of
Beaufort, who work lu conjunction
with the officer* of the movement >
for the adoption of route 30 for the
coastal highway ferry. Among the
most active organizations support
ing this work. Is the Kllzabetb City,
Chamber of Con|merce.
There Is some encouragement that
the bridge matter will Ih* taken up
at the speclnl session, hut It will
lie.vond all probability ls> taken up
at the session of 1025.
Ferries are now o|N>ratlng across
the lower Chowan at the point where
It Is proposed to build the bridge
and Chowan county has spent about
$3,(XXI In Improving the approaches,
with the nsfcurauceJrorn Bertie that '/
that county will Improve the ap
proaches on Its side of the river.
Bearing on the question of bridg
ing the Cbownn is the viewpoint of '
an opiKMiont of the Ship nnd Water
Traiis|sirtatloii Bill who says with
reference to the proposed expendi
ture of severnI million dollars In
terminals and ships:
"Place this amount of money In 1
the hnnds of the State ? Highway I
Commission to construct great trunk
line highways of dependable hard
surfaced roads and bridges In the I
east to connect it with this and <
other states, 'lite east will put i ,
on a great advertising campaign |
that Is 'now in the making, that |
will cause the tourist to travel by j <
our doors to become entranced by (
Its historic s|K>ts of early colonial
history, uiipqunled by any on the ?
.Atlantic Seaboard, to enjoy the
splendid scenery thnt floods our '
coastal plain, and to realize' the
Investment opportunities thnt swarm '
lu every nook and corner of this '
section. The tourist will become '
a prosjHHtor. and the prosjiector an '
Investor. The east will flourish as '
South (teorgla and Florida have '
flourished under the same stimulus;|'
hulk cargoes will rise lu the pro-1 *
gross to demand terminals to which '
crowding ships will he moored and
the streams ploughed alt the day 1
by busy craft. Create the tonnage 1
and the ships will follow." 1
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COUNTRY CLUB ASSURED
AND BOOKS ARE CLOSED
Camden County Promise* Help on
Road from Club Site to State 1
Highway
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Following hard on tho promise
till* week of the Camden "County
Highway Commission to build a
road from .Arneuso Creek to the
State Highway across Camden coun
ty, comes the announcement that
more than 150 shares of stock have
hccn sold In the Elizabeth City,
Country Club, and there Is no prob-l
ability that the plan will not la* a i
success. In fact the Club is now
exhibiting a beautiful picture of
the proposed building, and having
limited the mcml>er?hlp to 150. has
closed the books. A few member-'
ships will la* offered to non-real- [
dents, however, and this jilau Is
expected to make the city more In
teresting to many northern sports
men who visit here annually.
The drawing of the proposed
clubhouse represents n massive
white structure with colonial porch
two stories high. The- building'
would huve spacious reception'
rooms, dressing rooms, dining rooms,
etc. It will face a gentle rolling |
sIojm* which will be Improved aud
converted Into a golf course.
The stockholders will soon gn.
ahead with the work of Improve
ment. aud the golf course will be
made by .launary I, one member of
the club said yesterdny.
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I)r. J. I). Hathaway has moved
lo .'115 lliutou Illdg. Take the
elevator. Jltivt*
Landed in The
Pen At Last
JOHN B. LOWRY, JR.
SHORN of the tliln ml mustache
lip is now wearing, John Lowry, '
Ihe desperado captured by police
liere Saturday afternoon, would
!c< k very murh like this photograph '
of lihf from the.Norfolk rogues gal
k ?y. He is r.cmewhat thinner now,
lout h (lin same John, resembling
rrry much his father, J. B. Lowry,'
Sr.. if this city. He is 29 years old,
mil s'arted on his career of crime
it an early age, some ten years ago. j
NOT ENTHUSED
OVER imiiTlES
Aldermen and. Business Men.
Divided on Taking Slimy
End of Crooke's Stock
There seems to be little en- 1
thusiasm among the Elizabeth ,
I'itv business men and the i
Roard of Aldermen, over the
proposal to buy the privately
mvned water and sewerage
systems, and leave the profi- i
table electrical business to the J
sxclusive use of the utilities j
:ompanies for a period of five ?
rears.
The Aldermen will hear a propo
>iiI from the associated utllltleH
eompiiiiies of which Howard E.
['rooko of Baltimore Is president,
Friday afternoon nt 2:30. Mr. ?
'rooko'* crowd have been Invited,
o submit their proi?osltlon to sell:
he city the water nnd sewer sys-,
ems, If the city will give Mr. Crooke
he privilege of selling electrlclt}
'or n period of five years. It.Is tut- '
lerstood that $125,000 will la- asked <
or these plants, J?ut one prominent <
m-mta-r of the elty colnnell, declnr- 1
?s that no offer In excess of $73,000 1
von Id lie Considered.
At least three of the members of >
he city council nre against buying '
lie plants. Aldermen Cohoon and 1
Inches will fight It to the lust! I
lltcli, Alderman Weatherly has ex- ?
tressed his disapproval of It. and <
me other member of the Isiard. It Is '
?elleveil will not favor It. In this <
?veii|. only Mayor Ortodwln can <
irenk the tie. nnd the Mayor Is I
isually very cautious. '
The proposed purchase does not '
ippeal to the business viewpoint, la--! <
nn*e It looks like the utilities com-1?
mules having lost every round In J <
he courts. Is now nt the end of Its, t
o|k> and Is making a last stand to <
add on Its profits while unload- I
ng the unprofltnhle and slimy end 1*
if the stock on the city. Iv
Muny citizens express the opinion 1
hat the city should hny all the,
limits, If they can Is- bought for a
easonnble figure or not buy at all.
rhose who have fought hardest for -
uiinlcipally owned utilities i?olnt (
mt that they have been profitable _
very where they have been tried. ,j
'eople In towns owning an electric j
limit, get current for ten cents a
llowntt .and sewerage free, where
ii Elizabeth City current costs 12 *
ents a kilowatt and sewerage $1.25 J
month. An example of municipal
wnersblp Is shown In the Kllzuboth ?
'ltv murkethouse which is paying ^
or It.ielf and making a profit for -
he city. 1
It Is pointed out that the electri-;
ill plant If operated by the city
roiild throw no burdens on the tax
flyers, and would support Itself. ^
'he biggest consumer would pay the
lost, and If there were any taxes, -
?
(Continued on page Four)
FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE
TRAPPED AFTER 6 YEARS
John Lowry, Jr., Slips Back Home in the Dark
ness; is Shot and Apprehended, and
Taken to State's Prison
Slipping back home under
cover of darkness prowling
around in the old town, visit
ing familiar scenes, getting the
lay of the land, and probably
plotting for more crimes,John
Lowry, Jr.. convict and fugi
tive from justice came to grief
here Saturday afternoon, after
evading*the law for more than
six years.
Lowry was taken by a squad of
police after they bad fired a bullet
thru the calf of bla right leg.
Driven from the home of hla mother
where he was In biding when poll o
luting on a tip. surrounded the
house, Lowry was desperate and
made n hasty flight thru the back
lot, followed by a fustlade of bullets
from the guns of policemen who
have been hungry for months for
something to shoot at. Making his
way from the I'eart Street home of
his mother Mrs. John Lowry, across
the yard of Geo. Hmltb on 1 oln
ilexter Htreet. and suffering with a
bullet hole clear thru the calf o;
Ills leg,# he dived uuder the bouse
of Mrs. C. C. Clark on Burgess
Street. . .L , in,.
Policemen dragging the rat-like
figure forth, and started with hlin
to Jail. A wild barrange by Lowry ?
ngultist a Pearl StreeWgtrl who be
alleged had Informed the police was
nit short when Chief of Police
Charles A. Gregory struck the ou ?
law a telling blow on the forehead
with his blUy. The bravs act which
has lieen the boast of the Chief i f
Police all the week, took place wblli
Lowry was handcuffed, held firm,
by a policeman on each arm, nud
limping his painful way to Jail
with a long 4B-callbre bullet-bole
iH'urlng an upward course thru the
muscle of his right leg- A dirt}
trick." declared several of the by
slanders, who, In spite of being
bitter against the dirty career of the
desperado, think an officer of the
law, thus strike a helpless ereuture.
should be dealt with and that
severely. _
Hut there has nothlug crestfal
len aliout the desperado who once
with his brother Pulton Lowry.
were the terror of the -citizenry and
the pest of,the police, for many
months uutll they were captured.
While sitting In the Jail yard wait
ing for n physician to dress his
wound, he was at first defiant,
boasting of the strong friends he
bad made In this town and olse
where, promising 'but someone
would pay dearly for, bis capture,
but later calmlug down, hud In
(ovlal mood proclaiming to all about
bim that he had led ? straight life
In the six years he had beeu a fugi
tive from the law.
A Globe-Trotter
With bis wound dressed, Lowry
itood on one foot before tho bara
if his cell and told a lengthy story
jf his adventures since he made bis
way out of the Jail In March. 1018.
lie bad gone to Canada, enlisted lu
lie Canadian army he declared, and
icrvcd on the battlefields of Eu
?ope. He said he had been pursued
from Germany across the bonier
nto Holland, and mnklng bis way
.nek to America, he had spent much
>r his time trapping In the lludsou
my region, making a good profit
'rom the hunting and buying of
urs. Ills earning lust year had
men more than $4,000 he said, and
vlth these, he had come to Haiti
uore, where he met an EIIzaImjIIi
Mty girl of his acquaintance In a
Itiestlonnble house, and thero dls
?ussed with her the possibility of
'oiulng home to sec his folks. II?
leclarcd tbut thru her connivance,
ic hnd quietly returned to Elizabeth
:tty. and that following a dispute
vlth her, she had told the police of
its wherealKjuta.
Doubtful Statements
Dowry's statement that he ban
(Continued on page Slx>
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