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AND RANDLEMAN NEWS.
VOL. 10.
ASHBORO, N. C., WEDNESDAY;DECEMBER 9, 1914.
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NO. 23
cpE KER CHAMP CLARK
DRUNK AT DETROIT
Detroit Newspaper Goes For
Scalp of Democratic
Speaker.
Washington City associated
Press aispaicii iu immuay s pn
follows : I
Sneaker Clark is still con
fined to him home. He may give
,t a general statement abovt
his trip through the west lator,
U will not refer to his condi-
hut
tion at Detroit.
This is the information -given
out at his office at the capitol yes
terday by his secretary, Wallace
Basbford.
Mr. Bassford said that Mr.
rinrL- wnnlH icnore the upwrtw.
tnviM fVidf ronnrfarl V. of i
he vas forced from the lecture
platform at Detroit by the man
ager of the hall, who turned out
the light for that purpose.
The story referred! to was con
tained in the Detroit Free Press
of December 3, and follows:
In the middle of a lecture by
SDe?ker Champ Cleark of the
National
tives, after the speaker had i
shown evidences in nis action
and words of being under the in-' All our gram was exhausted," I
fluer.ee of liquor, the board of di-'he said Lbeeause it was rcquisi
rectors of the Detroit board oioned, the German army.
commerce Wednesday night sud
denly terminated the address by
turning out the lights.
Mr. Clark had been invited to
leave the lecture platform by
the board, but refused to listed
iJCVlttttl J J A t-O -XX. VJi JLlAA V.
lu mm. xnc "guts wcc
weo
then turned off and relighted, I
hnt tViA snpnkpr enntinned
cied in his
it Finaiiv fVio Ho-iifa
iltlllVllllg VltllV, A. V11V ttXl UtJ
nfF onri Mi-
Clark was led form the plat-!
form. . .
One-third Of the audience of
more than 1,000 had left their.
seats abruptly and walkea
from thp hall hpfnr anv attemnt
was made to silence the speaker. Rich and poor receive the same
Mnof nf Wo uff ur. wJamouiii Our supply of bread is
men.
From the first it was apparent
Speaker Clark was not natural in
his demeanor. His gestures were
unsteady and halting. The
greater portion of the time Ms
hand drooped palm inward and
his chin was sunk low on his
chest. His voice too broke noti
ceably after the first 15 minutes
and became a hoarse growl. The
longer he spoke the less coher
ent his speech and thought be
came. After Speaker Clark had been
taken from the building Mr.
Gitchell appologized to those of
the audience who remained! and
stated that any who had pur
chased special tickets for the
lecture could have their dollars
refunded at the door.
Spiaker Clark came to the
Boari of Commerce building
from his hotel half an hour after
he was scheduled to begin his ad
dress. The delay was due to Mr.
Clark's evident condition, and
the committee of Democrats
which had been attending him
during the day worked to get
him into shape for his appear
ance in the board hall.
When he came to the building
Mr. Clark was accompanied by j
Congressman Frank E. Doremus
cman Prt V. DnrPTTlllS
and Postmaster William J. Na
gel. His condition was appear
ent to those members of the
board who had charge of the lec
ture, but after a conference it
was decided to follow the pro
gram. Af ter it had been decided that
Mr. Clark was able to go onto
the rostrum he was taken up
stairs in charge of Mr. Gitchell,
Mr. Higginson, Congressman
Dore nus and Postmaster Nage.
Mr. Higginson assisted him to
ir.ourt the platform, where he
walkod to his seat, where he was
greeted with hearty applause.
He bowed very slightly in re
sponse. As Mr. Higginson finished his
introduction Speaker Clark rose
slowly and walked unsteadily to
the front of the platform. Mr.
Higginson taking his arm in an
intimate sort of way. Standing
with his left hand on the speak
er's table and his riirht fumbling
with his watch chaih, Mr. dark
'auiicnea aciiDerateiv imo in
speech.
Congressman Doremus was
the subject of the speaker's firsi
remarks. In a fairlv even voice
rnif TKrrMam.m
a heart v rnnt
But p h
on the floor of thp national house'
his thoughts appeared' to waver
and the point of the first exam-
dIp riarinU w..ov..
mgless, incomplete sentence.
Hastily Mr. GitcheH and other
SUPERIOR COURT.
Convened Monday Morning
Judge Adams Presiding.
Randolph Superior Court con
vened. Monday morning with
Judge W. J. Adams, of Carthage .
I on the bench. The following
4k L s- - J 1
l Jury arawn :
i. n. lamoert. c. ri. Maner. J.
P. Marable, Thompson Siler. H.'in, 6.964:
1' camels, w. 5. Webster, J. b. .
bhaw w- Brady, W. W. Ken-i
n W D- s- Sumner, Hal I.
ivearns, i. w. Keacung, M. .tvsua; nood's majority, 2,315.
Lovett, A. F. Williams, S. H.I Fourth District: Edward W.
Free, C. M. Kennedy, Hugh Cow-;Pou, 11,141; H. B. Price, 2.
ard and W. L. Smith is foreman. I Fifth District: Charles M.
The judge's charge to the Stedman, 18,592; John T. Ben
grand jury was short and to the bow, 13,990; Stedman's majori
point, including only matters of 'ty, 4,602.
TOUtine
American flair in streets of
Liege Is Sainted by Lifted I
Hats of Grateful Belgians.
Rotterdam, Holland, via Lon-
don, Dec. 6.5:25 a. m. "For
the past fortnight American
food has saved us from starva-
tion," was the statement today
I of a Belgian committeeman dis-1
tributing American relief ship-
"s WVil"'v;
ixecpt ior a small supply ci
meat and a meager qqiiantity of
field crops we had nothing.
" 'The Americahs have saved
us from starvation,' is the cry on i
every lip. Every American seen
d as a tenefa -
. - .
a" iiiican nag y-
?s in tne streets the people tain
off their hats.
men iiiL&. .'neciallv desired. -AnvDerishable
seventeen tnousanas tons oi
wheat has
and 35, 000 people are being sup-
hed with nearly a half pound
each daily. It is not a great
quantity for a grown man br-t
" saving us irom sxarvaiion.
i . j j i
running out airway, yye are
UllJllllg iUtaVU liVLIX niUI
wheat and by this means we can
,iast ?I.1.,'"e.r w,xotl U1 AUU1 "tV'
Dy wmcn time we ,are Pn-,
'more American wheat will ar-'
ftft . 0 . -
daily. The only other food' we
are able to distribute is less
than a quart of soup and until
now about a pound of potatoes:
daily with a tiny quantity of
meat occasionally. Distribution
is difficultt because the Germans
commandeered our means of
transporation. In
heartfelt thanks to the Amen
can people we pray them to al
low their generosity to continue
for without them we should have
starved and without them we
must starve."
Atlantic Coast Whipped by the,10 was an" m"s Wtfie U1:
wM c in vlar ; cussed, and a letter was read
r i v.:x. 4- 4-1,
Atlantic coast for the last 60,Vuima. 5tatin hat sfd
hours abated in fury yesterday. worfd be most aceptable,
The storm almost paralyzed At- eL?i
lantic coast shipping and grad- l12S.St5
ually moved northward reaching .gSS
the coast of Maline. , ft and also Qtati that all
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1Ud,u" , 1 lAwl,- i
tiaKer iUay VtU AO iHC
oaseman ior tu u both railroads running out of
Amencans probably will be the h
next player to be 'rSfirthsr di-cussion as to
organized baseball in to the new , . . , .
baseman for the Philadelphia
JJM'tatiaii in which the entire
ne can uC CULUi-''m
according to announcement maae
last saiuraay. and organizations are asked to
. t- u t n co-operate. Miss Julia Thorns
Bud Fisher in N. C I j t d Chairman orthe
Bud Fisher ;the onginator ol c t Committee. All those
Mutt and Jeff, of funny papei -reseIft Wre imbued with an
fame, is hunting in eastern JN arnegt purpose to help do some
Carolina: Glad to have you, Bud for thig t cauge -and
old boy come again ana come to pledgedfthir hearty support.
Randolph county, hunter s para- of those on th ,
dise.
members of the men in charge
held a conference and it was de
cided to ask Speaker Clark to
stop. Before this could be done
fnllv a third of the audience had
left the auditorium. When Mr.
Lr.
Gitchell approached the speak
Uia latter turned' his head
'. listen, pausing in the midst of a
Sentence, out lmmeuiatci.y mx-
Pa a&ram w wc auuicm-i-
launched upon another sentence,
t? th switchboard in a
dreessiner room at the side of the
nintfnrm the stage lights were
first, turned off and then thai
the auditorium. A mo
later thev were turnea
on. but still the speaker pro -
' ceeded. A second darkening of
the house sent the speaker oh
riafnrm to the dressing
room at the right, where he was
niPt and escorted from the
place. V
FOR CONGRESSMEN
State Canvassing Board Counts
the Ballots.
The State Canvassing Board
announces the folowing vote for
Congressmen in this State
First District, John H. Small.
8,067; Wm. Bond, 20.
Second District: Claude Kitch-
W. O. Dixon. 879:
ivitchm's majority, 6,085.
Third District: George E.
Hood, 8,620 ; Buck H. Crumpler,
Sixth District: H. L. Goodwin.
8,392; Robt. W.Davis. 4.521:
Seventh District: Robert N
Page, 14,789; Theo. E. McRary
12,863; Page's majority, 1,926.
Eighth District: Robt. L.
Doughton, 13,976 , Frank A. Lm-
ney, 12,160; Doughton's maior
ity, 1,816.
Ninth District: Edwin Y
Webb. 14.495; Jacob F. Newell
.19 T77 WaVvU'c nl-U-.T O oca
iicuuomojwiij, i,,ow.
Tenth District : James M. Gud-
ger, Jr., 14,599; James J. Britt,
15,349; Britt's majority, 768.
BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
Randolph Begins the Work hi
Earnest,
jii i j
to e state.wid and
nation-wide movement effort
siation - wiae movement enort to
f , starvine. BfillriflTia. Cor.
?tributions of sheed -orn are es.
1: ,1 u..4.i. ..
gladly re
!ceived' and" exchangef Jr sta.
leg
Mr. W. R. Julian has kindlv
t ff , . . ,
supplies at his store. Cash con
tributions will be received at the
First National Bank and tho
Bank f Randol h
Do not hesitate to give b'
cause your gifts may be small.
Everv little helps so much in the
aggregate and only those are
k d t contribute anything
whogladly contribute, their liU
tie. All donations for the bene
fit of this fund will be acknowl
edged' in both: papers each week.
COUNTY COMMITTEE.
Beligan Relief Committee.
Sunday afternoon a meeting
was held at the Court house to
I j-l i T 1 . T ,
nffArinir oi:r organize a vounuy oeigian xw
unci ing uui .,- r, :i.j. rpt,.
nei vjuiamiLicc. im iiicLiii
was called to order by Dr. Em-mett-
Moffitt, chairman. The
needs of the call were not elabo
; rated on, every one present hav
ing some conception of the un
told suffering. Suggestions as
Hum mi. j. rvnuic iuuui, inl
gian vice-uonsui at iNorioiK.
railroads terminating at Nor-
folk had agreed to give free
- v,o orrvo tn
This includes
T r"!
county would be represented,
which aU individua1s
i County Committee are as fol
i lows :
Mr. W. R. Julian, Mr. W. J
'Armfield, Mr. J. S. Lewis, Mr. C
O. Cranford.
I Committee for Asheboro
Mr. Daniel Sharp, Mrs. Em-
mett Moffitt, Mrs.
mett Momtt. mrs. jonn reim,
John Penn,
r tCto Wm TTnri'erwood Mrs. Rev
to crL WWtYaker
lf'JM?rT; Thorns. Chair.-
Miss Julia' A.' Thorns, Chai
man.
Hugh
t riaiiAuuvuit
parks.
Caraway-Mrs. Emma Kearns.
Kemp's Mills Mr. Anderson
Barker.
Providence Mr. S
E. Coble.
Other names will be added to
the County Committee as soon
. as they can be communicated.
with-
j m
Fire at Marshville, m Union
C0Unty last Tuesday destroyed
three buildings, entailing a loss
of approximately $10,000
CONGRESS MEETS IN?
TTS T.AfiT fitiQQTrVK
At This Session Appropriation in Greensboro.
Bills Will be Largely Con- i Mrs- Elizabeth Allred died
sidered last Friday night at the home of
On Monday the sixty-third ses- her daughter, Mrs. W. W. King,
sion of Congress convened' for at Greensboro, after a short 111
the third and last time. Presi- ?ess- Mrs- Allred was visiting
dent Wilson delivered in Inerson her daughter at the time of her
his message to both the louses
g, uii, iiuiiuuwwatwu piugxaui
This session will die on! March
u ,tt;ii -;ji:A,j
sen wm icniaiii uinuenuiieu, ca-
cept for the passage of the usual
annronriation bills whifh arp
likely to receive the first atten-1,
uon.
Leaders from all sides Uiok for-
ward to interesting develop-
ments over the Naval and Army
Appropriation bills because of ;
aiuatiuii icauiLiiig nvjiii uuc wcvi.
the first calendar before the
House was the cotton reHef leg-'
ioiojn iirxvnri Ktt Pwmoifafi'Tu
vHenry and others who almost
pervented the adjournment of
the last sesion by insisting that
the South demanded some ae- ciwuoh. now inuc-i,Lieutenant Commander Evans
tion on the measure. Tfr'tfen- longer are the good citizens of commending the latter f or ref us
eral understanding among che a r?nd old county going to injr to aihis men to sing "It's
members of both house that
President Wilson will p$sh the
l;h j?.. j. i
hill frvr tVio (rnvprnmpnf nwnnr.
ship of ocean steamshibs; the
measure to pave the way:for the
ultimate independenc of the Phil-
lipines and the measure Wopos-
ing a comprehensive plank)f deal-
ing with waterway . improve-
ment and conservation of natural
resources.
Franks Last Chance Goes Glim-
mering
The Supreme Court 'of the
United States Monday refused to
issue a writ to review the evi-
denceiin the Leo M. Frank case,
convicted of the murder of Mary
Phagan, an Atlanta girl.
History of the Flour QBag.
TVf-r "Rlrlitni" AHniiAJ. warsncft
Gen. Grant was president. There stand out as a lasting monument
was no possibility then, that?0 Democratic inefficiency and
there ever would be a Democra-
tic president. No doubt there
are people living in Asheboro,
now, who remember that, at that
time, the millers put up their
flour in 200 lbs barrels. In 18Y3
Mr. Tildencame so near bein
elected' president, on the Demo-
cratic ticket that a readjustment
became necessary and from that "siei ui meudut wewa- it that America will pass into in the arm breaking the boneV
time dates the 100 lb. bag of PaPjrs about business being the category of forbidden mu- so that they will have to be am
flour. Later Mr. Cleveland was ?r1?n a "f001 tne c.0ld un sic also" because its tune is notlputation if she lives. She is ex-
unfortunately elected president misname-iacis are in our only the tune of 'God Save the pected to die- Mrs. Darnels says
and you could go to the mill and P?ldst d L apPr?a5of King' but of 'Heil Dir Iria. Sieger- in her evidence that Lowe Dan
ur Q a q ik Korr flm.r TVia November, 1916, they had better i,rfln7 . mnlriTitr it a double viola- iels nsver moved out of his
country repented its folly four
LUV CX 1U AK KtCAKL. 11VU1.
years later and elected Benj.
Harrison president, who by the
way, was the most undejestima-
..ui; v,or rl
va n aq. iv fl.
f, vora
1 Ul 1 W LA A V VjUI KJ a '
Then back, like the dog to his
vomit, we went to four years
more of Cleveland and the size of
the flour bag dropped to 24 lbs.
The country was well fed and
and prosperous for years, living
on its little 24 lb. bag of flour,
till unfortunately in an evil hour,
fratricidal strife let Woodchuck
Wilson in for four year?, and you
can now go to the bis,- mills and
buy a 12 lb. bag of flour J By the
time Mr Wilson finishes his term
(and everything else) you. can
buy your flour like you !uy Ar-
buckle coffee in pound pack-
ages.
Yours respectfally.
ANTI-WOODCHUCK.
John Brewer Pardoned
pVfl,0r oprvino- o s-M-i-
chin grng for having more than
one gallon of liquor in his posses-
inst wwk hv
k,mWr,r rmitr TT was sftrv-
ing a six monthts sentence. The movement up the stairway,
pardon was recommended by They made a careful search m
Judge Peacock, who tried the side of all the rooms, above ana
case bv W. H. Ragan and others, below. Unable to find their man
He had served three months of they came down and were about
the sentence. ' to. give it up and as an unlucky
, trip when another resolve was
Capture a Blockade Still. 'made to go upstairs.
Revenue officers made a raid
last wee
l T?o1lT-ih onr
. .
Davidson lines and the result
SfcaSe of a moonshine
mfit of about 10 galldns capa-
oifv The still was located a few
milps from Cid JNO arrests were
made and no beer or whiskey
Sa fnnnd at the still The still
was not in operation.
Ajrain and Yet Again.
Bnv a red cross seal a hun-
Hrfd of them and thus patronize
a most worthy charity. Red
rrnss seals are beautiful. They
ova anTMrrriat.e for' Putting
Ol
vour Christmas packages, ana'
then you have given your penny
or your dollar for a cause that al
ways needs all it can get.
ELIZABETH ALLRED.
Died at Home of Her Daughter!
ulness and subsequent death.
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fn.dfy where the funeral and
burial ncciirrpn. Rpv (I F
T.
Milloway concmcted the exer -
Cises.
Three children survive. They
"" 6v V r , '
Mrs. W; R- ftamlin - of Asneboro
township, Mr. J. W. Allred. of
-Kanresur.
rrom UWrgm iney VYllie.
mi a
MRS-
I
mi: uitoi . 'men now holding cabinet corn-
As ngye. Panct old j missions should be relegated' to
Lountv of Randolnh. I have been.i. 4-n
reading with-a great deal of m-
w;ieBl' "e varioua wmmems m
yur valuable paper relative to
?"ow tnese conditions to exist.
Why should the Democrats be
arrnin nf r, n hnnpst rnnnt nf Tna'
v,.
?.a1101 cas-r wnen sucn conai-
lonf as these exjst is it not con-
elusive evidence tnat tnere. is
something radically wrong some-;
wnere . inere snouia De no rea-
n wn citizens that desire :
10 d so j,0? ,,11, witness the.
count ot all ballots cast m any
election. The witnessing of this
co woula not cangf the r
suit m any sense of the word,
but would be an additional pre-(
caution against any errors that
"L otherwise unobserved.
J he Democratic party is now on
Jf11 perhaps for the last time in
this generation. The thousands
of unemployed men and women,
ftf,"11" innocen1 suffering
little children m our Great cities
incompetency. I iudgnient is sustained by the ex-:of
. lhf ldle maenmery, the nre-
opinion of a lieutenant com-
Jf s furnaces, the cold locomo-
and empty frieght cars ar jhis means presumably
fJSi he sfen reRmdrs.fi that, the Marine band mkst here-
theirrokenedges, ?na'altet1"t6"lriv-aid and com-
Piatrorms ana memcient govern-
meJit. . x, . , .
oiwunsxanain me oiow ano
. m sm x
prepare the flowers lor ine Diertion of neutrality. We regret
x.L"e y,
wm "e "ur1. u"uei
anche of public disapproval, tne
HKe oi wmcn tnis country iia .i.
not witnessed in its history
u Yours truly,
O. V. BRANSON.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29, 1914.
NUNNERY KING CAPTURED,
Officers Found ,Him Hidden
-n
Pile Ot lObaccO 5talKS.
Nunnery King, who has been
hunted by the officers for some.vice 0f the United States. Nor
time was captured on last Wed-'can we believe, that it will prove
nesciav night, rie is cnargeu
witlrblockading and has success-
fully evaded the officers for
something like two years pep-
uiy snerm onaw jmu mujj-
ly ana roiiceman crown ci
UreensDoro, togetner witn xep-
uty Marsha Kenette, of Pleas
ant Garden made the arrest at
the house of Harper Rayle, in
Sumner township, Guilford
county, where they had been in-
formed that he was hiding.
When they knocked on the
dxr of th house, a large two-
story dwelling, some oi tne ot-
ficers thought they heard a.
Deputy Marshal isoger oegan
sl SVSTiftmaXlC DUIlCmilK WiUJ llinior Un WUIH Ul a. uuica
i j V.?.-.
. . . : .r,- -Ltr
suck into a pne oi wuaccu iai
which .he, had-punched on the
former trip, This time he went
at the - business with system.
rreseuuy, "u,v
fobbing" down through the
sticks it struck something that
gave away. ine swa,iR. wcir:j
brushed aside and there lay
Nunnery King.
"I'm no outlaw," said King, as
if expecting some violent treat-
ment.
He was asleep in a chair when
me omcers,iusi juwa,m:u hu ih
up the stairs at once.
Mr. Percy Jidrce, of Sophia,
spent Sunday iff town.
SECRETARY OF NAVY
IS N. Y. WORLD TARGET
In a Warm Editorial They Have
Much to Say Concerning
Joe Daniels.
Parker R. Anderson, corre
spondent of the Greensboro
News, sends the following story
to his aper last week :
Why should a navy that ha-
-III-.." T-kL-r. -t J i ii - 1
blllg BHUt Ul ail CUlUUliU 111 IU-
days New York World, the most
-j-i. :-iL... V i i
arueni, supporter oi jrresiuerr
. Wilsdn has had since he became
TirdBiHoniQl anrKrloxs. Thu
, Worid , however, believes thatJ
Mr- Wilson has a Weak cabinet,
and judging from some of the
hot shots firfed at Secretary or
State Bryan and Secretary of
Navy Daniels, it intends to
nrnvA fhnf cmn of Wn rronla
Today's editorial in the World
has suggested because of the
ietter of Secretary Daniels to
a LonK Way to Tipperary,
SOT1g that has become the'rag
nu j -.j n i
7 n M.TTfriunn nnn nT-nnrf nun i m
menSely popular in the national
capital. After printing a car-
toon "Victory After Victory," !
which shows the "lord admiral -
of the navjr" standing over a j was a young woman 17 years old
champagne bottle with a sword sister of Lowe Daniels and lives
jn jg handf the cartoon shows ' with her father, Will Daniels,
he former North Carolina edi- in Stanley county, and Lora Lu-
tor tearing to shreds "It's a longther was a daughter of Ransom
Way to Tipperary," the editorial Luther and sister of the wife of
says: LoW Daniels. The facts a& stat.
"Secretary Daniels agrees with ied by Mrs. Roella Daniels at the
Lieutenant Commander Evans preliminary hearing Sunday aft-
a. js a violation of neutrali-1 ernoon are in substance ns fol-
t,y for the men in the navy to! lows: Lowe Daniels left home
sing Its a Long Way to Tip-. Thursday before the shooting
perary." We had never suspect-
'j Amnnn noiitrstlitv w
such a delicate and easily locat-
institution but. wp arp hound
to take the secretary's word for 'Saturday night and appeared to
it especially when hia. civilian! be sober. He came to the door
fort to the German-Austrian-j
Turkish alliance by playing the,
fiIue Danube waltzes. We take
(alsd to report tnat certain goa-
ly but saaly unneutral church
, folk in singing a hymn
4-V mucin r-f ixrl-l I f V i2 tVlO miisit
oi 'Uott Hirnaite rranz uen ivai
ser, as well as the 'Deutschland
iUber Alles.' This must be stop
ped lest it prove a temptation to
naval chaplains.
Dedicated as he is to noble!
rlppHa wp are sure that Secreta-
,ry Daniels will do his full duty in
lomiplVinr hath uneducated and
contraband music in the sea ser -
a difficult task. Why snouia aithe floor dead. Lowe Daniel?,
navy that has Josephus Darnels, and Ransom Luther laid tho
for a secretary want to sing?" idead bodies on the floor, said
Annual Meeting of
Union.
Farmers
The Randolph County Branch
of the Farmers' Union hew tneir
1 annual meeting at vthe Court
House last Saturday. The pur-
( p0se of this meeting was the
'election of officers for the coming
vear and to discuss matters fori
the betterment of the farmers of
the county. Officers elected
were:
Lee Keafns President
Fletcher Humbel Vice Presi
dent.
W. R. Julian Secretary.
E. W. Brown Chaplain.
S. L. Adams, Can.
G. C. Boling D. K.
J. L. Moore County Orgam2
er and Lecturer.
The discussion of arranging
j? Ail n tJiiman rT In.
.-. v. j;,.
-iorraauwi was uiavu. uu. .
; committee for working out plan
.and to correspond with, othe
1 sources for information ior tnis
iwuiw" ' " "f"'"- . "
, the near future more mforma-
tion will be given along this line.
Thirty-five deaths and 918 in
juries were caused Dy Daseoau
; during the-past year, according
,to figures made public last wek.
, Of thep layers who died fijoA
injury 20 were hit bypitred
uctno, u - . .
four were m collisions, iour o, ei -
exerted themselves, one was hurt,
sliding a base and one was killed
in a figKt. .
DANIELS WILL BE
TRIED NEXT TUESDAY
Case Is Continued to Next Week
Oh Motion of De
fendant. Monday afternoon the case vZ
State against Lowe Daniels for
:the murder of three persons, and
i-pbssibly his wife, who is living.
but may not recover, was called
' fi' .-tX!'' f . i . .
m Kanaoipn county Superior
Court arid upon the motion of
the Appointed counsel for the do
feridaht, Messrs. "Brittain anc'
Brittain andJ. A. Spence, the
case was allowed to be continue !
to next Tuesday morning.
Judge Adams ordered the sheriir
to summons a venire of 75 mer.
From the motion of the de
fendant's counsel, it is likely
tnat a plea of insanity will hi
set up by the defendant, and it
was stated in the court that
febme of his people had died in
the asylum.
The details of the tragedy
show it to be the most horribl :
affair that has ever occurred in
the county. "
Daniels, it is said, denied thaL
he warned his victims that they
wbdld be shot.
Edgar -Varner, Lora Luther
and Ethel alia "Coon" Daniels
were the victims of Daniel's gun.
Edgar Varner was a neighbor
not far from the home of Dan-
!iels.
Ethel or "Coon".Danieb
saying he was going up to Dav
idson county where he lived
when a small boy. He took a
mule and buggy and returned
the small room, about 14x14
feet, where his wife, her sister,
and Edgar Varner Were fitting,
He went into an adjoining room
and got a gun, came back to the
partition door, ami -htt Edgar
Varner through the head, who
never moved but died sitting in
f the chair. He then shot his wif V
j tracks in shooting Edgar and
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herself. He came from the. pav-
tion door, to the east side of the
room and shot Lora Luther, his
wife's sister. He was not more
than eight foot from her who-i
he shot her. After shooting th
Luther girl, Danleis said, "Coon"
come here," and Ethel of 'Coon'
Daniels as shefe called, came to
the partition door and he shot
i her through the head as he ha,f
all the others except Mrs. Dan-
ipls Mrs Danipls statpH thp I;
' she saw "Coon" fall and saw Ed-
; gar Varner lyins back in ihs
'chair dead ano:' Lora Luther on
Mrs. Daniels, and she heard
them nut the body of "Coon
Daniels on the bed. Lowe Dan
iels married Roella Luther,
daughter of Ransom Luther,
i eight years ago
Will Hurley was another wit
ness examined at the prelimin
ary hearing before J. S. Ridgo,
Sunday afternoon. He said he
, at Lowe Daniels'. hom
(.about 8 o'clock Saturday night,
November 28. He said he knock
ed on the door on the west side
and Lowe, said for him to come
to the door around on the other
side, and he did, and Lowe Dan-V
iels invited him n: : on going in
Hurley said he patted Daniels o:i
the shoulder and said: "Whu
does this mean?" thereupon
Daniels said, "come and see."
Edgar Varner and Lora Luther
were lying on the floor d'ead.
Mr, Hurley asked if he had not
better get help from the. doctor
and Daniels replied and said,
you gee what r ave done.
ivansum -luuici lcsuii. -i uiat
,he lived in the lhouse with LowG
;DanieIs his S6n-in-law. He said
jne was a quarter oi a mne away
- . when Ae heard four shots fired
at 7 0'ciock . on seeing the three
dead persons anfi his crippled
lighter, Luther said, "I ask?d
-Lowe what ft meant He rft.
im T do not know Lutber
,aiso statea tnat ne neara ivxrs.
, Daniels say in the presence of
Daniels, that her husband-
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