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WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON", DECEMBER 30, 1TO9
/ NO. 125
m wbiuH
MIO HIS iff E
ARE MURDERED
Mystifies Authorities
V _>
Old Minister Was Thrown Down
Cellar Stairs" in Awful Double
^jCrime ? Motive for the Deed is
a Mystery.
? fi -i '
OFFICERS HAVE A CLUE
WashlngtonT Tnd., DccT-??: ? The
Rev. William Hitter and his aged
wife were found murdered in tboir
home near Elnora today. The wile
was lying dend on the floor, while the
body o^*the aged minister lay In the
collar In a heap. as:lf he bad been
"""thrown down stairs. It 13 thought
Mrs. flitter was choked to death.
They . were lasi seen allv* last Fri
day when Mllford Ketchum and his
wjfe, who lived with them and oared
for them, left fQr the holidays. Mr.
?nd Mrs. Hitter were then in good
~RealtlK Ketchum and his wife re
turned. lodaj and discovered the
bodies. ~ r""~~ ' -
The motive for iHe^crlme is a mys
tery. Apparently no attempt was.
made at robbery. Rittcr. although
well-to-do. owning 160 acres of the
' -beet land in Davles county, never
kept much money at his home, and
what littl* there, was In the house
was not disturbed.
Owing to this advanced years and
- olr^TTtMiTlirUur lie ragu
? -la* minjFLotlal '.charge. The aged
? rnupio had -?wo ohiUirani John. KiOer
of Indianapolis and Mrs. F.llza
of Klu4ra.
Oflicor* -who are inve^igatl.m; the
? ri tnn* an? lnfndir.tiippd b; ? u-amii uf
the long tithe intervening between
the killing and the discovery of the
1 r I" a vln-r in "ll't? finding of a glove
Km the cellar stairway. ? . !
NIAV Wl?KRAi- UQVOIt I-\>V.
New York, Dec. 2>. ? Thirsty perr
Kuna who do business here and dwell
In New Jersey. Connecticut^ or else
whore ouliilde this State. w"lt| have to
take home their "packages" of liquor
- tn ? their midst after next Saturday.
Or. If a man. ship* wine or liquor
? tram hare to his home anywhere ou$
? ?IUC iTT-TT I UL? uir"u>S^
tho package pfalnly with trts -name
alcholic' contents. A. new* Federal
U#,. section 240 of the penal code of
the l' iiitcd States, goes In effect next
Saturday which applies to all ship
ment from one 8tate to another of
packages containing Intoxicating liq
uors and It makes no difference
whether the packages are entirely of
Hqudr 6 1 ai&o cotuaining -pthfT nT
? tides.
Ttra jturposa -of the. law iklbree*.
fold:
? ?To prevent internal revenue frauds,
to help enforce the pure food law,
and. chiefly, to end the shipping of
"Wftf tn ".lrv"
banks to clohk.
"On ICC6UBT of ldg&l "flflffhay t
day, January 1, New Ycarj# day. all
the bankilSTTBC ctty^wttt be cluaed.
-Kl'OZKX TO CRAXXm.
Panllco river was Erosdn~to ttir
channel this morning. Washington Is
now experiencing the coldest weather
of the winter. 2 . v* "
SHNKATIOX IN OfUMT DRIXAIK,
Wlu/lnaaJe Theft of' Navy'* Wireless
? Telegraph Plana.
(londonr Dec. 28. ? The wholesale
tbeft wirAleaa. plans, models -and
sketches, which lp the hands of an
efoert would revesl all the working*
and Innermost secrets of the wlrfles*
serf ice of the British nary is charged
against Richard Knowlden wTfb was
placed on trial at Portsmouth today.
Knowlden Is a draughtsman attached
I .? the torpedo school ship Verrfon. 1?
his room were found' no less than
eighty 'plana for wireless Improve
ments and certain books of the most
tiifiBdeinlal iliaiaitw whlsh tra U.
sued to, officer* only.
The authorities attach the^ greatest
imwrURM to the arrest of the ac
cused man, as they contend that If
the documents abstracted from the
Vernon had reached foreign govern
?.*??* j?U. :tb?. ISVll
system for F6e ^British n*vy~wmrM
have been rendered practically fruit
lew.
fK5T
: DQINS THINGS
Bld'g & Loan Assoc.
y. - -
Since Organization $20,000 Paid
to the Subscribers "and Over
30 Residences Erected Through
This Association.
MANAGER BY HOME PEOPLE
Ono of the most important factors
In \\ ashlngton lojl^ ? certainly one
that has done uiirGld good so far as
aiding and assisting it* growth and
extension. Is the Home Building and
Loan Association. The Dally -News
Is acquainted wltb no organization
within the city bounds that has ac
complished greater good. It liafe been
the foundation upon which ha n been
erected many substantial' and con
venient .residences by the oVners
simply saving a few dollars weekly
through the channel of this well man
aged and buslness-ttke" aKHoclatloir"
r Oh eveiy hand can be seen the re
sult, of Its labors People reside in
their own homen through its instru
mentality, they could never have
done so but for It. The Home Build
ing- and Loan Association la ono of
the monuments of growing Washing
*nn It has been a Uod-reml In mcfl
ways than one. The association was
organized in October." 1902. by home
people, and frpin that time Jntil now
TTfras Veen auccessftUly managed and
directed by home people and home
capital. The money It makvs Is kent
at h om* untl thcwu. it tn
reside hero. It believes In home in
dustry and enterprise and aids alouo
which it was organized and doc* bus
iness. Some of Washingion's best
are .stockholders and dlr^:tors. They
-L -r'.VTr.-Ttm.tt^ a mt>?r private
affair? and the work dbne tty the as
sociation ^tells In tio uncertain way
that they are managing this organiza
tion successfully and well. One has
only to walk over the city to see evi
dences of this fact. Since the organ
ization In 1902 the stock matured
and ppid-in to subscribers aggregates
$20,000. The net earnings li3ve been
six and one-quarter per cenT" por
annum. '
The association has been the me^ns
of ""about ~"30"nouseg being erected,,
that otherwise ? would not have been,
u is a moal InlporlAM lAclOi1 to llib
poorer class of people. One can join
this organization who does not intend
tofcrect a home, for It is the very best
possible" way to save your earnings.'
Just think of It. A citizen can save'
$2.50 per week tor about six and one- J
half years and draw out from the'
association $1.QQQ In cash. One can
also- nee to. -borrow mg^py !
or send his boy or girl to college.
"What a grand purpose and aim has
the Home Building and Loan Associ
ation. What a noble work* it is per 1
forming In Washington. What an '
excellent channel through which to
induce your Doy or girl, in Ifcct. HIP
head of the home. In the habit of sav
Lt->QpJy . fcqaLa_2j . cents
pex. sBarc inltltfllve.Tand than 25
cents per week untit four stok ma
.tur^s a member Is given the option |
of. drawing out his stock at any time.
he giving the association. .&0 daya no ,
tlce; Messrs. Jesse Rosa and Charles
Fleming are the efficient solicitors,
and more bfWkallnfetoiv'a citizens
wpuld do. well to Join an enterpriae
that means ?o much for them Indi
vidually an^alfo the community. A
home Industry, backed by home cap
ital, needs and should have, tire en
couragement of home cltlzene. There
will be a new !?sue Jannary 1, lt-iO.
The Home Building afliTXofir Aa
soclatlon la a credit to the city and
.the Dally Newa.takea pleasure In giv"
ing the work it Hi accompliahing
space, for the organization is worthy.
XMAR RNTKKTAIXMRXTS.
Tonight at the opora house the
Sunday school of the FJrat Presby
terlan Church will hare a Christmas
>wm nn it tha g.inrlnv flf
First Methodist. Church will hare a
Christmas entertslnment in the mal*.
ttuunuriuui m xutj courcn. A most
Interesting and entertaining program
has been arranged.
Now ? -today? Is the best time to.
clean up stock? to get rW of aVl Utt
orers-fU make roOm for the band
snmp up-* Spring goods that'll BOOn
H r llrL i [ ililu'l
FAtE ElECTIOH
FRAUD CHARGES
Has Nothing to Say
Attorney for Francis Dolan Says
He Will Apply for Warrant
Within 24 Hours for the, New'
York Journalist.
CHARGES ELECTION FRAUD
New YorkT DecT 287 ? Louis A. Cul
liver, attorney for Francis Dotan,
who Is charged with having aided in
the alleged Tammany theft of the In
dependence League machinery in the
September primaries^' said In court!
today'that he would apply for a War
rant for the arrest of William Ran
dolph Hearst within the next twenty
fou i nuunr :
Cn I liver declared that the charge
would be election fraud 1* - that
Hearst failed , to obey the mandatory
injunction of the election law. which
specifies that delegates chosen at pri ?
TOaries must be summoned to the
convention to which they are elected
oven though the convention 'd
nothing more than adjourn sine die.
II cm st i? Silent.
-gnii FranciBc'o. Cal.. I)eti.^2S. ? Wm.
II! Itcarst last night declined .to make
any comment, about the statement of
Attorney Louis (fitllLver tjiat hd
would seek, the^ari'est of Mr. Hearst
wiLHin 24 hours uu-c^umu <>? oie<
tion frauds.
-Mr Honrs! f,-,..., v.,?- v?,i,
an Friday *
Gave Good Show
-v ? -? ? ? ? .
Blty of North Carolina presented "The
Indian" Tuesday night at the opera
TunisiTTo" a good size crowtfT TRe"
boys of the' club deserve much, credit
for'preaentlng such n good show. The
parts "were hard, but well played.
Under the circumstances wq think
they did exceedingly well. The im
personations were the best ever seen
here.
The opera house was not suffident
lz=3i?_aiM jind lite mnjifjice _was~rest^
leas on account of the cold. ^The
manager should see that there is a
sufficient fire JU keep TTTP audience
warm.
Another thing that the people of
Washington have to learn that is to
be on time. Tuesday night all dur
ing the first ajet people were coming
in. It interferes with the actors as
well as the aiidionce. Tl.ose who do"
?coiqtpgjn. IJ^they are_going to con
tinue to come in late the manager 'of'
~ttre~ftouse should boo that thojr re
main !n the rear of the building unTtrj
the act then being played Is over. |
iij; WITH .ippkxiwstis.
Miss Mabel Kelly, of Ilinderson.
gij? *? the gneat or the_Hjs8es_.giqi
taontf; on llasf S^con.T" "street . wa ?
taken suddenly itl on Tuesday night
after ""Ore" dance and "TTre~physifTari
pronounced the attack to be appen
dicitis. Miss Kelly's parents were
wjr?d to and came to the city at once.
Aa yet no operation baa been "per
formed and Mrs. Kelly Is remaining
with her daughter until danger is
passed. Miss Kelly Is a most charm
'ng young woman and her Illness la
regretted by everyone.
_ YIE4B11 TO -
- END THE WAR
Refect Overtures"
Rcvoluttpnists Say That Seeking
of Peace By Madriz'is a Cloak
for Treachery? Marshaling His
Forces in Secret.
ATTACK THE CAPITAL.
Bluefields, Nicaragua', Dec. 29. ?
Preparations for war are being rtreir^"
ed by the provisional government, In*
spite of the peace pegotlatluns. ? In
the belief of tho insurgent leaders,
JJie seeking of peace by Presidert
Madriz is merely av cloak for treach
ery and advices receited here today
from the Hfprpt rahnl flffonl.: i' Ala,
nagua declare that the government is
arraying its forces.
The spirit among the chiefs of the
Revolution today show, that there is
'little prospect of war's being called
off unlSss Madriz yields all. All
plans for the Advance of the reoel
"troops on the capital, attacking Grey
town c>h the way, have been complete
ed and the advance guard is believed
ta bd~well ow the Journey. ?pwatd the
San Juan river. "H
attack of tho capital ? one force pro
ceeding by watef; via the sea. the
San Juan river, and Lake Nicaragua,
and the other striking out 'overland
t.n Lhc Itainii liail.
?"Onl^' the absolute. capitulation of
-Liu: ? \lat1ri7. tfnwrnmnnt ? nan. bung
ber of the provisioual government tcj
day and this is the attitudo of 'thfe
rank mm lii.^ ati wall as oi the null-'
tary and administrative leader.?.
Reports from scouts sent into the
? i uteri of rccctireijjat thf frqj^ftvarlara j
here declare that fhe spirit among
the people aa a-whote la decidedly in .
favor of- Estrada and that Madriz is1
looked on as -doubly unworthy
piesiduiil, liecauee of his reputation
as a Tool of Zelaya and of his. action
in throwing over the formal leader
now that he has the reins of the gov
ernment fn his own hands. It is ex
pected that the rebel forces will he
greatly augmented by volunteers, in
their course to fhe capital.
T.I .n> V ?
AND MCAHAnt V
Washington. Der. ? The State
Department Is now playing a "wait
ing game" regarding Nicaragua, with
several of the more Important cards
still concealed. Contrary to the gen
eral opinion, the American program
will not* be shattered If Estrada tails
to overthrow the renfnanttf" of the
Zelayan "reglmel Secretary KiTox i?|
-prepared -to accept Madriz. as presi
dent if he caiinot dQ lieiter. believing I
-that with the mlschief-maker.-hi-< hief t
banished, conditions will -soon i in
given to understand that the United
States will permit musonsense.
An for Estrada it is believed her*"
that he is far 'too -shrewd to accept
xfrf' pnircef ctt? Tuaarnfr
dependent on the insurgents surren
der. Should he do so, it is evident
tflat confldence In -his judgment as a
revolutionary leader has been *erl
SOCIAli POSTPONED.
. On account of the deatli of Mr.
Frank G. fc>aul, the Elks soelal, which
waa to hare tajten Vlace Friday night. |
Is indefinitely postponed.
N. & S. Again Active in
Affairs of Mattamuskeet Ry.;
v< m
Convicts About to Be Released
Tlib Mattamuskeet railroad propo- >
sltlon la again brought to the front
by algttar frnm rrmlrtrnt Mann tti,
9?w?or Kltchln announcing -his in
dention to' deliver the conrlctsi to
State authpritlea about January 1st.
This announcement -is made after ad
vising the Governor in November
that they would need the convicts for|
mmmm MuNife**
Mattamuskeet railroad,
?st has he in ltf .
It loofcn a h If ?ha
What rKTer
. ? ? .. < ha VMh lngton peo
pie. have been *orfc?4 to the limit,
and are now being thrown down by
those supposed to be friends.
A "tuft rftnr?nn???li-0 ?f
hud the pleasure on yenUrday of at
tending a meeting of the Council of
Sute railed by the Governor to dls
cum the matter vblefc t"*jVn . mi
tlon, and was agreeably surprised at
the attitude of the gentlemen com
posing the. Council of State. They
can appreciate the necessity for the
ETttE STORM
. HUE OISGLOSEG
12 in Watery Grave
The Wreck of the Stii-.irmcrDa
vis Palmer Discovered at Her
Home Port ? Chelsea Has An
other Tidal Wave.
WRECK ON VA. COAST
' Boston. Mat's., Dec. 29 ? The wreck
01 me nve masieci schooner Davis
Palmer was located today JuhI out!=
aide of Devil's- Back buoy, north of
Commlssiotfeir'B T*cdg~ea " at the en
trance to Bread sound, Boston har
bor. The big vessel lies submerged,
but the mastheads project from the
jwntnr It l? thnngl.l Ihnt Iho
touched a shoal spot early Sunday
morning, the_Suas during the terrific
storm sweeping the decks clear and
carrying the crew of twelve men to
their death. The-Palmer was< bound
from Xewport News for this city, with
a cargo of coal and carried a crow Qf,
jLyelve men. Th^ vessel lies in the
channel "?nd Is a dangerous menace
to other vessels. The loss of the Prfl
mer became known yesterday when
wreckage * bearing her ?amc . was
found on PuH Beach-.
The probability of -further i'uv. i
life in the recent storm became ap
parent this afternoon when Captain
Kemp, of the tug Ariel, arrived -with
the report that he sighted the rhrec
top masts of a large 'schoomu
lies one and a half miles northeast
ul L Li LLii Bt;rrr ? or ? Ite ? Craves
Ledges in the outer harbor. Nothing
was ?eou \ty which the Vossel <-oti1d
lie :rtentltJec|. -
Another Wreck Reported.
Boston. Mass.. Dec. 29.,-The dis i
.trover* today of the wreck of the fivr^
niatfed schooner Davl* Palmer,
yrhich sank wtth 1? mcnt Sunday
'morning ait the entrance of Broad
sound -wan-followed by the reports, ot,
another wreck in the outer harbor.
Thfs second victim of the great storm
which swept New England Saturday
night and Sunday was reported hv
Captain Kemp. of the tug Ariel, who
assorts that he saw three masis of a
schooner projecting above the water
near the shoals knowu as the
-'Graves." ^ . .?
vessel three miles cast of the wreck
of the Palme;* pcme maine authori
ties think that he ?av ? havw ? been
mistaken in Ins hearings and that he
saw the Paln:e.'.; masts.
"fct*a faring men . who believe that
the tug boat captain is not In error
about his bearings are discussing the
possibility of_a collision between the
Palmer and the unknown schooner. '
/ Probatly the last" person to sf"e th"
Palmer before she bank was Captain
Sookamp. of the oarge Hopatcong.
which i!<v. kfd :it Lynn today from Ho
boken. lie .reported passing the I?al
mei^ofr Cape Cod late Christmas af
ternoon. At the time the Palmer's
Bailors were on' ticefc singing and cele
bratl".g the l.oliday in true sea fash
ion .all unknowing of the flue? ?tuU
the entrance to their home port.
Yesterday's roll of wreck? was in
creased today. The schooner. Ada R.
Damon, the sole support of her aged
York. Me., went ashore near Ipswich.
She will be a total Ipss. Her crew
managed to reach shore safely.
In Chelsea where a tidal wave
broke a dyke and flooded the homes'
of 2,000 people, a high tide today op
ened two now breaks.
ground which had been pumped out
by Are engines were again flooded
It will be- weeks before the people
will be able to return to their homes.
Wreck on Ylrglnln Const.
Norfolk. VrTWc. 29 ? Capt. Dunn,
of the British. Bteamer Radiance,
from Savannah, reported he're having
poised 85 miles off Capo Henry yes
terday aftefn'Son the derelict three
misted cchootor Neu'.e C amnion, I
Capt. Lloyd, of Somers Point, N. J..
TTotn S' or folk?_- December l' z io is'^w
York, /timber laden. The crew was
missing Vlth their fate unknown.
The Chftjnplbn's stern davits were
turned outward with the fall straps
dangling, sh rearing the crew of or
more had j^one off in their jswl
which wfc> fcteO missing. 6h0rt of
9~f cotton, the Radiance could not
tow in the prise.
NKV YfeAR'S HKVnQS.
' There will be a large formal recep
tion gtren ay Country Club to
morrow night. ~fr6to t to 12 o'clock.
| The bo^fd of go re mors will recehriJ
USEFUL CITIZEN
? PASSEB MAY
THIS MORNINGi
Mr. Frank G. Paul
Operated on at Washington Hos
pital Christmas Day for Appen
dicitis and Gradually Became
Worse Until the End.
AN EXAMPLE OF ENERGV
A halo o? sadness hongs over th??
entire community today, for one of
Washington's most useful and Influ
ential citizens lu the p^tson of Frank
Gordon Paul, has pafeqed Into the
Great treynncTr^ The end cime (his
morningat Washington Hospital ai
2 o'clock^ Up until last Friday Mr,
Paul wffn In npuargmly_good health.
Some time during the day he "was
taken with a se\fere ram* of colic, so
diagnosed by his physician. Although
in Hpvere pain he waa-?4U able to-ttt
tend to his business. During the
IHfclil. lie Krew gradually worse, whyn
at 5. o'clock. Dr. D. T. Tayloe. his
famity- piiyBician. was hastily sum
moned. On -examination it was found
Mr. Paul was suffering from an acute
attack of appendicitis. Saturday af
ternoon. t'tvrltft rrMs day, hp was car
ried to the bo:<i>+t?4-*heto he was 1m
awMitflj ? ?ini:,:iTiTd on. ? mim rmn
tlmo up t? yesterday his condition
wa?*w?h that strong hopes. could be
ejilCtUuiiLil ?uc ? his raiov^rvi ? A
change forthe worse developed yes
tentax mtrrntiTE and Ifc gradually'
weakened untjl^jast nfght. when he
t>ll tin sleep. ' .
The remains worn taken to his laTc"
home. East Main strain, thin more
ling. This afternoon tl??y were taken
| to GranisbtTro. Pamlico county, his
?-i2d home, where the interment will
Hake* pl3?:iv Tfie dfrrased w'fiT TTorn"
1 !i- Pamlico county, near (1 rant shorn,
forty-etfrht years ago. Most of lil<
young life was spent on*, the farm.
Rer?? if whs lie dei eloped those- tTnit-*
of character and determination of
purpose, that in lifter xears made him
the idc.tl business man, useful citizen.
I devoted hesbnnd and affectionate
father.
In T.S92 he and his brother. Mr.
Tillman -Patil. came to this city and
went into the grocery business in the
store now occupied by Mr \V h
Hardfing. They began busTness on"a
capital of ?so?j. By close attention
to business the young firm began. to
grow and broaden. Soon 1 hey 'dec Id
ed their place of business was inade
quate, so they had to seek larger
quarters.
In 1901. Mr. Tillman Paul with
drew from the Arm. being succeeded
by a younger" brother, Mr. Hujhr
From a small beginning the firm of
F <;. Paul & Brother today occupies
ope of the largest stores in the city
and they do a large wholesale and
retail business throughout this east
err. section of the State. They ore
large ot dealers in flak. ju,
North- Carolina.
Mr. Paul was a Republican iii poli
tics. J_n lu urlm-iples and tenets he
"always gtorledT'ancT foF ffs "SfieePss j
an?? prowess he worked assidiously.
-By his party was extended to him
many gifts of trust and honor. For
| the paht ten years 4ie has been the
chairman of the County Executive
Committee and during the last cam
paign was made his party's candidate
for county treasurer.
He was a faithful member of the
Elks, the Charitable Brotherhood and
the Heptasophs.
Mr. Paul leaves a grief stricken
Wife and six children; three brothers.
Mr. Tillman Paul, Mr. Smith Paul
and Mr. Ifu^h Paul; thr#e sisters.
Mrs. Alex l,ee. Mrs. Walter Brinson,
of Belhaven. and Mrs. Joseph Wiley J
of Grantsbor*.
For years ht? lias b*?en a momber
of the Christian Church, being one
of that denomination's most, 11 bora! 1
contributors thus rlof.es a life full of!
fruition and ufMilness to his home '
his community, his State. His l'fe If
an exampln of what effort aj?d energy
ran nprfnrni ? ^rnm ? ??n" Win
ning In life, carrying with It those!
vicissitudes and^ uncertainties that
befall all that are mortal, he rose to
Whfle fortune seemed to smifle on
hltn at the very Urst rune, he never
'or'got to remember thoee less- for
*r- ^-.V r*.n
DEBAUCH ENDS :
IN MURDER -
UNO SUICIDE
' *.
Protracted Intoxication
He Wounded His Mother-in-Law
and While Dying Tried to Shoot *
the Policeman Who Came Up
Killed His Wife.
DAUGHTER ESCAPED HARM
Macon, Ga. . Dec. 2k. Despondent
and in an uglr~niood following exces
sive Intoxication, Kdward B. Alford
I last night shocanu* instantly kilTed
hi a wife, seriously injured his moth
er-in-law. .Mrs. Martha Exum, then
turned the pistol 011 himself, firing
ope bullet into his right temple and
another into his right lung, in Ilk-ting
death.^
Attracted to the place by five sue
c#???lve shots, OfflceT R. 1; Thomas
would have also fallen victljn before
Alford's gun exoepfTOr the (ai that
all five cartridges had been previously
fired. As the officer walked up th?#
bank to the place where tlfe, bodies
lay beside a fence, Alford prostrate
upon the ground and groaning with
pain, turned and snapped his revolver
in the policeman's fcee.
the Mn< on hrm;vi:ii .it niidTtight
the surgeons staled that Mrs. Exum
would recover. She was shot, through
through tlie^neck. Alford's death i*
.but a matter of a few hours. Alford
was f?n employe or the .Massee Fel- ?
|T071 ry;ij||miiy a;.i! v. a> a steftd>*~iJTOrtts
man.- lie was under the inlluence of
liquor for several days recently, but
had become eober.
Two months ago he attempted sui
cides by taking morphine. Several
yuactt. r>ga he. alyn attempted -to take
h;s,own lite in u like' manner. "
After abusing his wife and her
mother lie drew, his pistol and slated
_to them he w$$ going .Lo kill. ahem
and himself. They fled from the
house; He followed and fired upon
Mrs. Exum. shooting her as she ran.
The wife ran toward her husband
j after he had shot her mother. He
4U'o4? -upott? h?r-4u>d -*4>en turned bfa?~
gun upon himself. -The husband f?01
across the body, of his wife and in
jJiis position -an officer found the
! <> ..-n' *? ?
, year-old daughter, the only child,
was absent from home when the trag- i
,CibL_i)?Curred. _I
LATK DAXCK SlPPUIl.
After Tuesday night's danrp Mis?
?Julia Mayo pave a late supper at her
residence 011 West Second street to.
-a - party of -young friends. Covers
\ypp' |ntrt for Ipi- and a. mart <jn)i.
clour, repast was served, to the fol
lowing guests: Mas Mabel Kelly, of
Henderson: Carrie and Rebecca Sim
mons. Olive Bnrbank. Plum Crawley,
-Adeline and Julia Mayo; Mwsr*. Joe
Bell. Cliff Blakely. Baxter Bell, Hen
ry Moorn, Wm Hum ley and Clayton
Moore, of TnTIIaWsTtfn.
A small park age ' of ? food for.
tnmTgrtt 'win -orren Tnippiy maiiy per?**
pie.
ment. His home misses him because
he was a devoted father and lovintf "
| hu&b&nd. tiece it was that his mag
netie traits embellished themselves
|>ad ahone forth a* no where else. -
But "the vacant chair sits in the
corner and the mourners go about
the streets.
Mr. Paul during his business ca
rreer accumulated. considecaJjl?.jj?p^v,
erty.
The death of this estimable cltlaen
is to be deplored. Sad indeed to re
cord the going of those who have
just mounted, the summit and gaze
through the vista of th? coming years
with so much promise. We know not
the day nor the hour when the "Pal*
horse and his rider" will loiter..
To his bereaved family the Dallr*
News Joins the entire city in extend
ing sympathy, aud to them we would
say. darker the night, the brighter
the atari, l
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