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HOST PEOPLE Df AAHEBORO AMD RANDOLPH COUNTY READ THS . . COURIER—IT LEADS / 5,021 PEOPLE WELCOME YOU TO ASHEBORO, “CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA” : ISSUED W1 vbLOHB LVII lo;i LY PRINCIPLES. ftOT MEN Aaheboro, N. C, Thuraduy, January 12, 1923. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE NUMBER R Mrs. B.F. Bulla Is Claimed By Death AtAsheboroHome Death Came Monday Night After Long Illness, Ending A Moat Useful Life. Funeral On Wednesday Held At Charlotte Charch, Where The Family Has Long Held Its Membership. Mn. B. F. Bulla died at her home on North Fayetteville street Monday night at 10:80 o’clock after a linger ing illness. For the pant three weeks. Mn. Balia’s condition was known to be critical and her death was not unexpected. Mn. Bulla was the wife of the late Ben F. Bulla, well known resident of Randolph, who died fourteen yean ago. Before her marriage she was MUSS. Battle Redding, a daughter of the well known Thomas Redding and Elisa Redding, early settlers of Ran dolph Mr. Redding was a former member of the state legislature and ho and his entire family have long been prominently identified with the upbuilding of Randolph county. They lived in the Oaravray section. Funeral servioes were held at Char lotte Methodist' Protestant church Wednesday afternoon with a large number of friends and relatives pres ent to pay their last tribute to Mrs. Bulla. Rev. Q. L. Joyner, pastor of the Charlotte M. P. church, where the family has long been enrolled as era, conducted the servioes. Rev. R. C. Stubbine, pastor of the Ashe boro Methodist Protestant church, Rev. J. E. Pritchard, a former pastor now serving in Winston-Salem, and R. S. Trueadale, of the Asheboro First Methodist church, assisted. The choir from the Asheboro M. P. church and a male, quartet composed of friends of the family, furnished usic, while other friends served as bearers for the many floral trib Surviving Mrs. Bulla are the follow ing. children: Mrs. G. I. Davis, John son City, Tenn.; Mrs. S. E. Henley, Aaheboro, route 2; Mrs. John D. Far low, Sophia; Miss Kate Bulla, of and Lexington; F. M. Bui t T. Fletcher Bulto, Redding, of Asheboro, also sur rarious Scholastic Contests In Spring High Point College Aid Eny Contest Will Be First, With Music Con test Following. I High Point, Jan. 4.—The announce has just been made that contests may writing, oratory, and music be held at High Point College the spring. The successful will be awarded sqholar ranging in value from $50 to the entire expenses for the year. The first contest will be an oration my contest, to be held at' the March 24th. The oration or most be in the hands of the Secretary of the college not later than February 20th. All proposed contestants must register name, address, and high school him not later than January 15th. The registration date has been ex tended from January 5th to 15th. The music contest in voice and pi ano will be held at the college April fSnL Proposed participants in this contest must register with Professor E. B. Stimpscn not later than April 16th. The successful contestant in the •ratten and essay contest, winning first piers, will be awarded free room rsht, board, land tuition for the school year 1983-34; second place, $109 tuition scholarship; third place, $60 ackobfrship. The winner in each the voice and piano contest will he awarded free for the year 1988-84 1n the in which he participates. Point College is ohe of the A-grade institutions in North Carolina. The college has an unusual .record in its brief of eight yean. - p Colored Teachers To Hold Meeting Ramseur Saturday The colored teachers of Randolph county will hold their regular monthly meeting in the school building at Rpmaeur Saturday morning, January 14, at 10:30 o’clock. Being the first meeting of the new year, a large »t tmdanrr is expected. All ministers, welfare workers and community lead ers are asked to attend this meeting. The discussions will center around topics of welfare work, school im Tobacco growers in Durham county ill uae the research results at the obaoeo Branch Station near Oxford t their crop this year, re nts county agent W. 1. Smith. .■I . i in —— Mo urn trying to get along without sthssary stationery and other 4»rint Coroner’s Jury Refuses to Believe Mrs. John Hill Shot Herself; Husband Held A second tragedy occurring in Randolph county within three days Was discovered Tuesday night at the home of John Hill, a pula sooth of Trinity. Mrs. Lola Hill, 26-year-old mother of two children, was found dead; her head pierced by a bullet fired from a gun her husband says eras in her own hand. The first news of Mrs. Hill’s death came when Mr. HilT ran to the home of Mrs. S. G. Lohr shortly after 8:00 o’clock, awakened her by calling her through iher window that “Lula has killed her self.” • Mrs. Lohr and her son got up, called Jack Hughes, who lived across the’ toad, and went into the room where the body lay slumped against the stove. None of the trio saw the pistol at that time, but Hill told them that Mrs. Hill stood in the front door, shot herself in the mouth, and threw the pistol into the yard. He said he was on the back porch at the time. He spent most of the time while, the others were in the house wandering about the yarr as if look ing for the weapon. He followed up the group in the house, took hold of his wife’s arm, pulled up her head, slumped to his knees, and said, “Mapia, say some thing.” The woman was dead. The body wap covered up and all left while help was. summoned. Mean while Hill continued his search for the pistol in the yard while the other three wept in different directions for ■' "" .""r—"I■■■'■' .. Randolph County Draws Again (hi ^Government Fund Will Obtain $4,500 For Janaary From This Fund And $5,000 The Next Month. Amounts Are Larger ary' and February. The apportion ment for January is 8740,000 and for February $896,000. Previously $815, 000 had been secured for the months of October and November, and $571, 000 for December. Larger amounts for the two winter months was necessary because of the increasing number of families in need of assistance. County relief agen cies estimate the total number of families who will have to be helped in January, at 143,325 and in Febru ary 161,272 (as against 122J&81 in December) and that there will be a van able from local funds $606,281 and $357,273 for the two months res pectively. This means a relief load in. the State of nearly one and a half million dollars monthly. The Federal Emergency relief fluid just made available will be paid u> four installments, payment of first allotment for January being- made available immediately. Randolph’s part of this fund for January is $4, 600 and for February is $5,000. School Pupils Are Busy Taking Exams In Aaheboro School As announced in last 'week’s Cou rier, the regular mid-year examina tions are being given in the Asheboro schools this week. The superintend ent urges that all students study at night'and do their best on all subjects. This is especially important for mem bers of the graduating class, as well as other students. As is well known in Asheboro, the local high school now graduates two types of students. All those averag ing as much as “four plus” on all subjects for the entire four years re ceive diplomas that carry college en trance with them. Those falling be low this marie in any subject receive diplomas of the non-college entrance type. Such students are never rec ommended for regular college work, though they may sometimes enter college to take commercial courses or other special work. This being the case, Mr. Hilker thinks is is highly important , that all do as well as pos sible on the examinations. Randolph Medical .Society Elects Its Officers For 1933 The Randolph County Medical £k» sitey met Monday afternoon in the :ourt house. Aa the society did not meet in December, the main object of the meeting was the election of offl :ers for .1933. The following were dected: President, Dr. J. V. Hunter; vice president, Dr. C-A Tate; sec. treas., Dr. R. P. Sykes; councilor for two years, Dr. J. T. Barnes; dele gate to the state convention in Ral eigh, Dr. a a Tats, alternates, Dr. J. H. Soady, Dr.~f. R. Johnson. The former secretary-treasurer mad the financial report of the past year help. For something- like five min utes no one was about the house but himself, the children having been taken in by Mrs. Lohr. They had no sooner gotten into the house when the little girl, age eight, said, “Miss Lohr, papa killed our mama. He took her by the hand, and shot her in the mouth.” The little boy, age six, veri fied the statement. The children were in a nervous state and did not testify before the coroner’s jury Tuesday night but Mrs. Lohr told of what they had said to her. When additional help came, includ ing the sheriffs deputies, the house was entered again, someone at the window having said they saw a move ment under the sheet over the body. Investigation, however, showed the woman was dead. The pistol then was lying in plain view by the body. Members of the coroner’s jury studying the tragedy are H. M. Cran ford, R. L. Weibonu W. M. Wood, Claude Vunoannon, Gurney Clinard and H. C. Doss. Assisting Coroner Barnes was Sheriff C. E. King. Mrs. Hill was married to Hill, a furniture worker unemployed for some time, nine years ago and ac cording to evidence at the hearing Tuesday nightoften abused her. She was pictured as a patient and kindly woman. She was bom in Montgomery coun ty, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Morton. She is survived by her par ents, her mother living at Durham; one brother, George Morton, of Dur ham; and three sisters, Misses Bea trice, Robbie and Ruth Morton, all of Durham. Hill, still in an intoxicated state, was brought to Asheboro and placed in jail without bond. Sheriff Carl King, deputies Fred Hendrix and Cranford, with Dr. Tiffany Barnes, acting as coroner, were the officers in charge. The second session of the coroner’s jury held at Trinity Wednesday after noon, with Dr. Tiffany Barnes, acting coroner, rendered the decision that “Mrs. Hill came to her death by a gunshot wound by a party or parties unknown to the jury.” The little girl was questioned by the body and the child dung to her former statement that her father was holding her mother’s hand and that her mother was screaming. The child Was screaming. Hill is held without .bond until a preliminary hearing can be Bekl. This date has not been fixed. 15 Per Cent Cut In Salaries Of State Officials Is Made Was One Of The First Acts Of Hie New Legislature; All Officers Affected. All state officers who were in stalled in the formal ceremonies at Raleigh on Thursday, January 5th, will be affected by the new law that was enacted during the first days of the 1933 session of the state legisla ture. A joint resolution providing for a reduction of 15 per cent in the pay of all officials became a law on Thursday, January 5th, and while there may be a technical question raised concerning the act, it is an nounced that Attorney General Den nis G. Brummitt, who may have the last word ip the matter, will accept his cut without question. In 1929 the salary of the Governor of North Carolina was raised from $6,500 to $10,500, the increase to be come effective this year. Under the act passed it reverts to $8,925. The salaries of Superintendent of Public Instruction A. T. Allen from $5,000 to $8,260; that of Corporation Commis sioner Stanley Winbome from $5,500 to $4,675; that of Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt from $7,500 to $6,375, and those of the following from $4,500 to $3,826; State Treasur er Charles M. Johnson, State Auditor Baxter Durham, Insurance Commis sioner Dan C. Boney, Agriculture Commissioner W. A. Graham and La bor Commissioner A L. Fletcher. Ennis C. Spencer Seriously HI At Daughter’s Home Ennis C. Spencer, former Randolph county farmer and saw mill man, is seriously ill at the home of his dau ghter, Mrs. Tate McOurry, in Marion. Mr. Spencer has had a stroke oj pa ralysis completely paralyzing hi3 right side and at times is almost speechless. A number of relatives in cluding his children and grandchild ren visited him Sunday. Among these were Mr. and Mrs. Tate Mc Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stype and children, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Early and son, and Guy Morton and child ren, all of Marion; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Talley and children, Mr. and Mrs. Ashworth Macon and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Macon, all of High Point. Mrs. Guy Norton, daughter of Mr. Spen cer, was unable to attend. New Tar Heel Chief Thursday, January 5th, inaugurated Governor of North Carolina, succeed ing Governor 0. Max Gardner. Gov. Ehriirghaus in Us inatqpiral address recommended immediate^ revaluation of real estate, abolition of the pres ent state-wide school levy of 15 cents on the $100 valuation and expressed his opposition to any new forms of. taxation, but rather the cutting of expenditures in every department of government. Governor'1 Ehringhaus was elected last November by the largest vote and largest Majority ever given: a. candidate for governor or any other office in North Carolina. The new Governor comes from Eliz abeth City, in the Albemarle section of the State which preoents Mr. Eh ringhaus aa the first chief executive from that section in ajkuhdred years. Virgil Presnill at his residence in Charlotte Friday. His untimely death following an Shaass which began in June with a partial stroke of paraly sis and ended by his sudden death pro bably from drowning in a creek near his home, cast a gloom over his many friends in Randolph county, in which he was bom and reared. He was a son of the late Uriah Presnell, who lived in Cedar Grove township. In early life he was married with Miss Bertha Branson, a daughter of the late Levi Branson, also of the same community. Mr. and Mrs. Presnell were school mates, both of them being pupils of the late Mrs. Jennie Han cock at Rocky Ridge school, h mile west of Ulah. Mr.,and Mrs. Pa$*nell began their married life as fanners but within a few years moved to Asheboro, Mr. Presnell affiliating himself with the Randolph Chair Company, which was organized by the late G. G. Hendrix a year prior, which was approximate ly eighteen years ago. Mr. Hendrix sold his interest to C. C. Cranford and the business continued under the same management until 1921 when Mr. Presnell sold his entire interest to C. C. Cranford and moved to Charlotte where he was engaged in contracting until his health failed. By his honesty, his kindly considera tion with those with whom he came in contact, he made a host of friends wty grieve with his family in his passing. In addition to his widow he is sur vived by one son, Arthur Presnell, of Asheboro, and three daughters, Miss Enolia Presnell, a member of the school faculty of Asheboro, Mrs. E. F. Dermid, of Charlotte, and Mrs. W. M. Brittner, of Pittsburgh, Pa. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. O. R. Fox, of Asheboro. Among those from Asheboro at tending the funeral were Rev. R. C. Stubbing, Mrs. J. S. Lewis, Mrs. N. M. Harrison, Mrs. R. C. Lewailen, Dr. 0. L. Presnell, W. C. Page, Reid Hannah, M. H. Birkhead; and Carl Richardson, of Thomasville. Son Born To Widow Of Smith Reynolds In Phila. Hospital Announcement of .the arrival of the widely discussed potential heir to the $18,000,000 tobacco fortune left by Smith Reynolds, was made from a Philadelphia hospital January 10th. The announcement states that a baby boy was bom at 6:48 o’clock p. m., and that Libby ttolman Reynolds, widow of the late Smith Reynodls, condition was satisfactory. Mrs. Reynolds, former Broadway torch singer, has been .staying for some time with friends at Wilmington, N. J. Settlement of the estate of Smith Reynolds waa announced as ‘•begun" a month ago, hot the final settlement was delayed until after the birth of the child. Mystery Shrouds the Fatal Shooting of Wilbur Yow At Home Near Asheboro A shooting, occurring Sunday af ternoon, has baffled the officers of Randolph county and the people of the town and county. Wilbur Yow,' 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orlendo Yow, was found dead at the home of his parents a few miles south of Ashe boro. The boy’s body was found propped up against a bed with two guns crossed before him. The body was found by officers after the chum of the dead boy, Clyde Cranford, was found lying in a com field almost a mile from the house. Cranford, a youth between 15 and 16 years old, was wounded in the shoulder and was in a faint from loss of blood. He was rushed to the Randolph Hospital in an ambulance. Officers summoned to investigate the shooting of Cranford went into the Yow home and found Wilbur’s body in a queer position. The boys had been left alone in the home. The Yow boy’s head was tom al most from his body by a shotgun charge which struck him in the throat. A charge from the gun had been fired into the ceiling overhead and another into the wall above a door. On the floor near the two shotguns which were crossed before Wilbur’s body were two empty shells, a twelve gauge and a twenty gauge. Both guns were empty, but an empty shell was in the twenty-gauge gun. Clyde Cranford is a son of Lindsay Cranford, who lives in the same nei ghborhood. He is receiving treat Banquet Given For Employees Of Jones Department Stores They Are Guests Of High Point Overall Company At Ban quet At The Sheraton. Tuesday evening at 7:30, the High Point Overall Company, of High Point, gave a banquet in honor of the W. W. Jones & Sons Department Stores, in the private dining room of the Sheraton Hotel in High Point. All the stores were represented from the various towns except Liberty. Garrett Soles, manager for the High Point firm, was master of cer emonies, and Mr. Hudson, president of the firm, made a very interesting talk on “Why We Hold These Events” The first one’whs held • ,year ago, and it was voted then and there to entertain the local firm each year thereafter. Everyone reports a good time, for on these occasions the en tire force of the W. W. Jones and Sons organization really have a get together once a year. Many express ions were passed between the Jones employees and the High Point boys and everyone left looking forward to a happy meeting in 1934. Those attending and enjoying the High Point firm’s hospitality werej H. C. Jones, F. S. Perry, W. T. Den son, W. A. Jones, D. K. < Mu9e. and C. L. Shields, from the Asheboro stores; T. C. Henson, Frank Brooks and Grover Crutchfield, of Carthage; W. B. Perry and W. L. Norton, of Thomasville; R. L. Jones, Curtiss Fields and Lynch Hamby, from Meb ane; W. H. Jones and Penn L- Cheek, from Siler City; N. A. Mitchell, from Madison. United States Has Six Widows Of Its Former Rulers Living Of This Number Mrs. Wilson And Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt Are Best Known. There are widows of Presidents Harrison, Cleveland, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson and Coolidge. Of them all, Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Roosevelt have remained perhaps most in the public eye. Mrs. Roosevelt attended the Hoover notification ceremonies in Washing ton last August and later introduced the President to a vast campaign au dience in Madison Square Garden. Mrs. Wilson puts in an appearance at most Democratic party occasions of importance. Mrs. Taft remained active in the capital’s social life until the death of the late chief Justice in 1930. Mrs. Harrison lives quietly in New York city. Only one former first lady, the widow of President Cleveland, re married. In 1913 she became Mrs. Thomas Jex Preston, Jr. She lives, with her husband, professor of ar chaeology at Princeton university,,in Princeton, N. J. This is only the second time since the death of George Washington that the United States has been without a living ex-President. For a few moments between the death of Gro ver Cleveland and the retirement of Theodore Roosevelt, there was no former President—a situation com parable to the present since Herbert Hoover retires March 4. Long Time In Service The Laurinburg Exchange observed its 50th anniversary and the Red Springs Cttisen-News its 36th anni versary by publishing illustrated edi tions in December. Both newspapers ure to be congratulated not only upon their specials but also their weekly editions. Heron Crossman, of Wilmington, N. C., won a sliver trophy and a thousand dollars as winner of first in the Daytona Beach aerial heM in Mi .'7V ; iiimurstlnn ra ■* "*■K M ment at the Randolph Hospital where, under orders of Sheriff Carl King and Dr. Tiffany Barnes, who acted as coroner, he has been allowed no vis itors. It is understood, however, that the boy has made a statement to the Sheriff and the Coroner that will be used Thursday afternoon when the inquest is reopened. An inquest was held Sunday night soon after the shooting, but it was impossible to proceed further without a statement from young Cranford who, apparently, is the only witness to the affair. Rumors have been wild and reports flew that the boys were shot by an unknown assailant. There are no facts obtainable, how ever, until the coroner’s jury meets Thursday to hear further facts and render a verdict. Calvin Coolidge, Former President Of Country, Dead Suffered A Heart Attack While Alone In His Room At Mass achusetts Home. Hold Simple Funeral After Which Body Of The Ex President Laid To Rest In Vermont Hills. While the nation mourns the loss of their former leader, Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth President of the United States, a simple service will be held at the historic Edwards Congrega tional church at Northampton, Mass. This service held Saturday morning was followed by burial at Plymouth, Vermont, where the body of the late President rested beside his father and his son, Calvin. News dispatches re veal that many foreign countries, es pecially England, mourn with the United States over the loss of the simple, silent citizen who once held the highest office the United States can offer to a son. President Hoover attended the simple service, Congress ional leaders, groups of distinguished men from Washington, Boston, New York and other places will join the small family for the service and to pay their last rqspectej^JfeJ&oL Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were living quietly at their home, “The Beeches,” at Northampton, and Mr. Coolidge had been to his law office with his secretary and trusted friend, Harry Ross, earlier in the morning. Mr. Ross waited down stairs while Mr. Coolidge went to his dressing room and his sudden death, from a heart attack, was not known until Mrs. Coolidge came from town where she had been marketing for the family. It was Mrs. Coolidge who found the body lying on the floor, apparently lead for an hour. New Funeral Home To Open At Siler City January 14th A new enterprise for our neighbor, Siler City, is a funeral home, opened this week by T. L. Smith and B. B. Buckner. On Saturday, January 14th, the Home, which will be known as Smith and Buckner Funeral Home, will hold open house, inviting the pub lic to visit their new quarters. While there has been a funeral establish ment carried on in connection with a furniture store in the town, this is the first independent funeral home to be opened in the town. Mr. Smith is formerly from Liber ty, where for six years he was con nected with Curtis Funeral Home, later going with Marley Company, where he continued the same line of work. Mr. Buckner is a native of Siler City. Farmer Consolidated School Opened Jan. 9th For Spring Term Farmer, Jan. 9.—Farmer consoli dated school opened this morning: for the spring: term. The roads in this section of the county were so bad that it was thought impossible for the trucks to bring the pupils in. After the clear weather of last week the roads were much improved, but if the rains continnue they will soon be im passable again. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Bracldn and Mrs. W. E. Kearns, of Troy, and Mr. and Mrs. Neal Kearns, of High Point, visited friends here on Sunday, Miss Verbena Priester, of Allen dale, S. C., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Claude Dorsett. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cooper and children returned last week from a visit to relatives in Graham and Ral eigh. E. H. Johnson, of the Bombay sec tion, spent last week with his niece, Mrs.-Fred Bingham. Dr. A. L. Plummer, of Denton, is a patient in High Point hospital, hav ing fractured a kneecap by a fall. His health has not been good for several weeks. Mrs. T. W. Bingham is also in High Point hospital taking x-ray treatment for a skin infection of the feet George Keanu and family, of High Point spent Sunday wtth hit parents, Mr. and Mis. J. O. Kearns. I Dr. George Sumner Is Again I acted As Heal! . Officer Unanimously Re- J^ed Offfe er At Meeting S' County HealthJ,|*;3. Annual Rejf |I Read Giving In Detail Vul^ous Phases Of Health Work In County The Past Year. The Randolph county board of edu cation met in the court house Mon day with all members present except T. F. Bulla, who was absent on ac count of the illness of his mother. The annual report of Dr. G. H. Sum ner, county health officer, was read, discussed and adopted. Dr. Sumner was unanimously re-elected county health officer, and it was voted that the health board meet quarterly in stead of monthly. Health Officer’s Report Following1 is the statistical report of the past year’s health work in the county, made to the board by Dr. Sumner: Communicable Diseases Communicable diseases reported and quarantined either by visit or by mail, but mostly by personal visit by the county health officer. Diphtheria, 23; Gonorrhea, 50; Measles, 1508; Poliomyelitis, 1; Scar let Fever, 31; Syphilis, 14; Typhoid Fever, 6; Whooping Cough, 96; alt others, 199. Listed under "Others” we find the following: Septic Sore Throat, 3; Chicken Pox, 41; Typhus Fever, 2; Influenza, 74; German Measles, 1; Pneumonia. 41; Pellegra 37. Control Practises Cases of Diphtheria released with out culture, 3 (two died). Diphtheria cases released on one negative culture, 5. Diphtheria released on two nega tive cultures. 3. Laboratory examination for Ty phoid carrier, 2. Laboratory examinations for Ty phoid carrier in milk and food hand lers, 7. ' Diagnostic consultations to com (Please turn to page 8) Essay Contests Get Praise From Head Of Buies Creek School Buies Creek, Jan. 9.—John Ousley. who won $50 in cash and a scholar ship to Campbell College last year by defeating 7,000 other contestants in the essay contest sponsored by the North Carolina Cotton Growers Co operative Association, states that the experience in writing and public speaking he received from the contest was "even more valuable than the fi nancial assistance.” "Each day I am realizing more and more the worth of the student essay contest,” he said. “With the scholar ship offered me I am able to continue my education in college this year, a teal boon to a country boy during these hard times.” Ousley has distinguished himself at Campbell College where, although this is his first year, he is president of the Philogian Literary Society, a candidate for the intercollegiate de bating team, and is representing this school in the American Legion ora torical contest. Dr. J. A. Campbell, president of the college, commended the essay contest as “constructive, built upon the firm foundation of public en lightenment, and should be productive of even greater harvests of good in, the uprising generation.” “Lassoo” Not Real Language Of West, Says Geo. O’Brien Unless you want to be branded a a a tenderfoot, never use the word "lassoo,” is the advice of George O’ Brien, noted Fox Rims actor whose latest picture, "Robber’s Roost,” is the attraction at the Sunset Theatre Monday and Tuesday. “A cowpuncher," O’Brien says, “us ually talks about his ‘rope.’ Some times he uses ‘catch-rope,’ especially if he is from Texas, and occasionally he may mention his ‘lariat,’ but that’s all. “The word ’lassoo’ was invented by some of the early writers of Western fiction—mostly men who had never been west of Hoboken. From them the term spread into popular usage, much to the annoyance of the real cowmen, but it is not, and never has been cor In “Robbers’ Roost,” O’Brien proves himself an expert with the object in question, using it both to get rid of a drunk who is bothering the heroine, and later to effect a daring escape from the rustlers’ retreat where he is held a prisoner. Grief over the loss of his wife, was given as the reason for the suicide of Representative Samuel A. Kendall, 73, republican from Pennsylvania. He ended his life sitting in a chair in the House Office Building, January 8th, by shooting himself through ♦be head with a pistol. Benton lCclCillin, 87, former gover nor of Temneesea, twenty years a re presentative in congress, minister to ' ; Guatemala and Peru, died at his home in Nashville, T«nn., January He waa known aver the country as ‘w*k, hem of Tennessee, D—MCracr*
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