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'PAIR.
ASHEVILLE
CITIZEN WANT AD3
BRING RESULTS
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VOL. XXVII., NO. 306
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
THE
CITIZEN.
REULAH
DESERTS BEATT1E
IT THYMG PEHIOD
Qays That She Would Now be
Afraid to go on Street With
Him After Dark
BEATTIE SPENDS VERY
QUIET DAY IN JAIL
Commonwealth Has Complet
ed List of Witnesses Which
Totals Seventy-Five
RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 22. If
Hency Clay Beattie, Jr., Is acquitted
of the charge of wife-murder pre
ferred against him by tho common
wealth there will bo no further
friendship between h!m and iieulah
Ulnford, the girl for whose love the
prosecution charges that the crime
wa committed. Sitting in her cell
this afternoon on the eve of the re
sumption of the case at Chesterfield
court hou.s tomorrow, she not only
expressed the hope that "whoever Is
guilty will be convicted," but added
that she was afraid of Heart la and
could never be his friend again. It
was the frankest interview she has
granted since her arrest 'as a material
witness more than a month ago.
"I hope that he Is Innocent," said
tho girl.
Afraid of Him
"Once I would have gone through
fire at his word, but now I would be
afraid to go on the street with him
after dark. If he comes clear of the
murder charge I hope never to see
him again. Most of all I want to get
away from Richmond where I know
people will follow mo on the streets.
I know absolutely nothing about the
murder; I do not even recall that
Henry ever mentioned his wife's
name to me."
Beattie spent a quiet day in Jail, re
fusing to bpo any one except his young
alster, Hazel, and an aunt. He will be
taken to Chesterfield tomorrow where
the task of completing the Jury will
be taken up again at noon. Paul
Beattie, his cousin, who has sworn
,f- -hat he purchased the gun with which
TWrs. Beattie was shot, lounged in the
,jtil corridor, refusing to discuss the
'"j -.v Iesrt Him " '
Always pictured heretofore as ex
pressing absolute confidence of Beat-
tie's acquittal, the statements made by
the Blnford girl this afternoon. Indi
cated for the flm time that she has
deserted him. She kwp pictures and
(Continued on Page Three)
E
SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS
MOULD DECLARES
Chairman of Appropriation
Committee Says Saving
Has Been Great
NO SINECTJEES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. Chair
man Fitr.gerald of the house appro
priation committee 1'n reviewing the
work of the extra session today stated
that the eppropriatlones of congress
during the extra session aggregated
$301,182. He declared that no ses
sion of congress ha ever run for so
long a period and appropriated so
little.
Mr. Fitzgerald declared that more
thai $200,000 had been saved during
this session by abolishing sinecures
ano cutting off gratuities heretofore
granted congressional employe, and
that further retrenchment was plan
ned for the next session. Former
Speaker Cannon accused the demo
crats of being niggardly, saying that
In order to effect a petty saving, the
democrats had made It Impossible to
keep clean the quarters occupied by
representatives. He said that if the
v democratic majority had spent proper
f i& lumi In employing expert in framing
t.J'thelr tariff measures, they might not
have subjected themeelves to the
"'Just criticism of the president."
Representative Palmer of Pennsyl
vania, democrat, retorted that one
fourth of the house expenses had been
eliminated by cutting off petty graft
ani It was the Intention of the dem
ocrats to carry out similar reforms
In every branch of the government.
"No new office nor new employes
huve been created undor democratic
ausp'res." said Mr. Fitzgerald. "The
house has initiated a policy of re
trcm hmcnt and reform. which. If
Continued, will have far reaching 11
Csnclnl resources."
MAY VOTE ON" NEW CHARTER
ATLANTA. Ga., Aug. 22. Governor
Hoke Smith today signed the bill ro
vldlng for the subnYlssion of a new
charter to the voUrs of Atlanta at a
epeclal election to be held on Sep tern -ber
2" The Indication now are that
the proposed charter will be ap
proved by a larva majority.
OUTGOING TRAINS
CARRIED WEARIED
LAWMAKERS HOME
Exodus of Senators and Represent
atives Began Just After Adjourn
ment V a) edictbries From Sher
man and Clark.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22. The first
session of the 62nd congress ended
today at 3.30 p. m.. and Immediately
tho exodus of members began. Presi
dent Taft Joined with several hundred
tired legislators In the heglra and to
night official Washington compara
tively was deserted. Every outgolns
train bore senators and representa
tives on their homeward Journey aftei
an extraordinary session that stretch
ed over 121 days and set the liveliest
pace of any legislative session In
years.
Tho adjournment was featureless,
despite the strenuous activity that
had gone before.
The president vetoed the cotton ta
riff revision bill, Just ns ho vetoed
its two revision predecessors, the wool
and the free list bills.
Tho veto went only to the house, in
accordance with custom and there its
reception was marked by democratic
laughter and republican applause.
Insurgents Thankrd
Democratic leader Underwood,
amid a democratic demonstration,
formally thanked the few republican
members who voted with the demo
crats to pass the tariff revision bills.
Democrats ran across the aisles to
shake hands with the republican In
surgents. The cheering and pound
ing of desks on the democratic side
was prolonged. As soon as he could
be heard. Mr. Underwood announced
that as the democrats did not have the
two-thirds maorlty necessary to pass
the bill over the presidents veto, n-
would merely move the printing of
the veto anl accompanying papers
and their reference to the ways anil
means committee of which ho was the
chairman, the house agreed to this
fixed course. With the committee
the matter will rest until tho whole
subject of tariff revision Is renewed
at the regular session of congress
whlrh will convene on Monday, De
cember 4.
Everybody Happy
Every boriy was In a happy mood In
both houses, but the usual vaudeville,
nrrwoertlne that feature the few mln-
tites following an adjournment the
house for years were missing lousy.
The nearest approach was tho singing
of "Auld Lang -Soyne." by a group
of younger members, led by Heflln
of Alabama, Kin ken d of New Jersey,
iuth Carolina and Garrett
of Tennessee.
But their chords did not inspire a
COUPLE FROZEN TO DEATH
01 TOP OF PIKE'S PEAK
WERE FR0HJU11AS.TEX.
Friend Had Written Them
Not to Freeze to Death
on Pike's Peak
TRAGIC DEATHS .
COLORADO SPRING S, Colo. Aug.
22. W. F. Skinner and wife, of Dal
las, Tex., were frozen to death near
the summit of Pike's Peak this morn
ing. Their bodies, almost covered
with snow, were found itldeb y side by
a boy walking down the peak this
afternoon.
Skinner and his wife started to
walk to the top of the peak early yes
terday afternoon and stopped at the
office of the Pike's Peak News, about
three miles above the Half Wax
house, to regixter. At that time Mr.
Skinner, who Is about fifty-five years
old. doubted their ability to reach the
top of the mountain. Mrs. Skinner,
who was about ten years younger than
her husband, Is reported to have made
the rfmark:
I am from Texas and they're not
going to say when I get back that I
cculd not climb Pike's Peak."
The couple were last seen about
four o'clock by the crew of the down
ward brfund cog road train. At that
time Mr. Skinner repeated his doubts
to some of the passengers. But Mrs.
Skinner again insisted on trying to
reach the summit, At seven o'clock
last night a severe snow storm, which
covered the entire p'ak to a depth of
one foot on the level, accompanied by
a fifty-mile wind, broke on the peak.
From the position of the bodle
when found It is believed the couple
sought for shelter In the lee of a huge
boulder, a short distance from the
track. Both wore very light clothing.
Mr. and Mrs. Skinner are understood
here to have h.en employed in the
printing department of a Dallas
newspaper.
A letter wa found In Sklnier'e
pocket, dated Dallas, August 17, from
JT. H. Choice, In which are these
words:
"I hope you ere having the time of
your life in C6lorad8. I am grnaing
you an overcoat a per your order.
Don't frees to death on Pike's Peak."
common chorus. The galleries in both
the house and thflpf nate were crowd
ed. I President Taft spent half an hour
at the capltoi. making it a social af
ifalr as well as a business one. Oc
cupying; the presidential room In tt)e
! rear of tho senate chamber, he wus
j given an enthusiastic ovation Ly emu
lator of all shades of political coni
! plexlon as well as by representatives
: who drifted over fiom the house to
' meet him. Vice" President fiherman
' was among them and one of the !lrt
, to shake hands. The president later
busied himself with the task of sign
ing tho eleventh hour measures, ap
! proving all that were presented.
Rcvllrm Day
Tho senate spent a restless day.
Within thitry-flve minutes aftor It had
convened it took a recess until two
o'clock to await the vtlnn or the
house on the belai? veto of the
c tton bill. Thor. cntiio an execu
tive session to consider two minor
nominations and another recess until
2.4.1 o'clock. Senators gathered In
the aisles of the senate chamber dur
ing thlt recess and exchanged parting
greetings. Progressive and regular,
republicans and democrats, mingled
their hoarty good wishes.
In tho house there was the same
j confusion only moro pronounced.
Mr. I'nderwood of Alnbama, demo
cratic leader of tho house, shared
j with Speaker Clark congratulations
I of the party's achievements In the
i first democratic house In 16 years.
Republican leader Mann and oth
ers beamed with good will. The last
measure Introduced In the house was
resolution harking back to King
Louis XVI. Tt provided for the erec
tion of a tablet in the rotunda of the
cspltal In Washington In commemo
ration of King Louts' Intervention In
behalf of this country. The resolu
tion, like a host of others went over
to the regular session.
Both Vice President Sherman and
Speaker Clark delivered valedcltories.
expressing appreciation, extending
congratulation on good will ihown
ja a" strenuous session and 'bespeaking
h'-elth and happlne during the re
cess. Then officially at S o'clock but
ictus'ly two minutes later In each
house the extra session of congress
was declared adjourned.
Tho session record of measures In-
Continued on pape thrrv)
CAUTIOUS NOTE FROM
AS TO GERMAN AFFAIRS
"Franco Has Ceased to Re
gard as Impossible an
European Conflict"
SEMI OFFICIAL
PARIS, Aug. 22. A cautlou and
;firm semi-official note was issued by
tho government this afternoon, rela
jllve to negoitations with Germany,
j saying:
' "Ambassador Cambon will return to
i Berlin toward the end of August
'$!:' about the 2th. Meantime
he ,;; have In Paris several con
Ifere'weu with the premier, mlnlslr
; of :-i can relations and minister of
.'the ."! les concerning the sulr'ts
of riiM conversation with Herr von
;Kideriin Waenhter. ther (ierman inln
' Ister of foreign relations.
"Without endeavoring to prejudice
tho precise results It Is believed that
the difficulties will find a solution.
:U is however true that such solu
; tlon will depend upon two conditions.
fl rat that tho rights of France In
Morocco be recognized without dlniu
nltlon, on the part of Germany anl
regulated definitely In a manner to
avoid runner complications; and. scc
jond. that Germany reduce her terri
! torlal desires In French Congo which
appear to be manifestly excessive. The
Temps In commenting upon the Mo
j rocean dispute, says:
"Franco which sometimes has fal
len In with the Illusion of universal
! peace, has ceased to regard as Imjios
J slblo an European conflict. We are
convinced that nobody In Kuropo
j w ishes such a conflict which wsuld
i exceed In extent and horror those
j of past generations, but we also be
I llevo that certain diplomatic meth
ods founded on mistaken psychology
i may render a war which no on-j
1 want."
CONFEDERATES
HOLD REUNION
COLUMBIA. S. C, Aug. 22. The
annual re-unlon of the South Car
olina division. United Confederate
veterans, opened here today with a
meeting presided over by General
B. H. Teague, of Aiken, division com
mander. Addresses of welcome were
made by Mayor qibbes for the city
and by Governor B I ease for tha
stats. '
FAMOUS
PITIi
USA' LOST,
ART WORLD PAi
Leanordo da Vinci's Master
piece Mysteriously Disap
pears From Louvre
DETECTIVE STAFFS
WORK DILIGENTLY
Curious Feature Was That
Plctuie Was Cone Day and
a Half Beforo Missed
PARIS, Aug. -The art world
was thrown into consternation today
by the announcement Hiat Leonardu
da Vinci' masterpiece, "Moti.i Lisa."
or as it Is popularly known, 'La
Joconde," had mysteriously disap
peared from Louvre.
The famous paiifting hung In the
place of honor lit the salon Carre and
not A vestlga of a clue as left by
tho person or persons who took It
to aid tha detectlve a ml police In try
ing to trace It. A search of every
nook and cranny of the Louvre from
roof to cellar, only brought to light
the valuable frame in whloh the pic
titio hung r.nd the; glass that cover
ed it. Those were Intact on a back
staircase. Some persons believe that
a practical joke ha been played but
nevertheless, tha government has set
to work Its entire force of detectives
In an effort to recover tha painting.
Mnna Lisa I one of Prance's great
I est art treasures, ranking with the
I sculpture "Venn de Mllo" and "The
j Victory of Samothrare" and Muriollo's
painting, "The Immaculate Concep
tion," Not .MlxseU for Sometime
The painting wu not missed until
noon today, when visitors to tha mu
seum, among whom were hundreds
of American, were- quietly Informed
that the gallery was ubout to bo
closed for the de1)! and requested to
leave. After that time no one was ad
mitted. M. Caillaux, minister of Justice, was
immediately apprised of the disap
pearance of "Mona .LiHs," and after i
hurried conference with M. Pepine,
the purfeet of Par. M. Leplne et
off for the Louvre' accompanied liv
LM, ila.marq, ehlofc detectives,
neinrorcea Dy tne ennre taff of de
tective they remained until night In
dustrllously searching the Louvre for
the missing masterpiece.
The most remarkable feature of the
case Is that the picture appear to
.C'ontlnnert on Page Three)
LIVERPOOL ONLY POINT
OF LABOR-TROUBLES
Further Progress Made
Toward Bringing Dispute
in Kingdom to an End
LONDON, Auk. 22. Further prog-j
reBs was made to. lay toward bringing
to an end the labor disputes In the
kingdom by tlic appointment of a :
government commission to lnvstlgate'
the railway problem and settle tha lo- j
cal disputes of the Midland and ,
Northeast ern railway. The personnel i
of the eommlNMioM I considered fHlrly
to represent ab outenUing inn reals. ;
It will get to unrk In a fortnight ad
Is expected to Issue a report wtttiln a ',
month or sli werhs. The commission
Is made up of Nu David llurrell. for
mer un'ler ' cuiary for Ireland,'
chairman, 'I'liomn R, Kills and
Charles . I !..: for the railroad ami ,
Arthur I leuilei mhi and John Burnett
for tho men.
The tern .1 of t. reference of the
dlpimte to the commlKsInn are that II
shall "InvesiiHa:.. I lie working of the
coneHi.itl"n i,...l ;irldtratlon agree
ment of ln'iT and report what
changes. 1' am. at.- desirable. 1th a
view to a 1 1-. , . 1 1 ; . t ..rid satisfactory set- l
tlemenl of ul"'-i-noes."
The settieic ri t arrived at today
bring the No: 1 h-astern railway Into
the agre!!i. ni : luded at the ix.urd :
of trade confer. 10 lat Saturday for
the other railways. j
Liverpool now remain the only I
serious point of labor trouble, the
.whole port t':'-re being tied up owing,
to the dlffi" nil- 'hat Is being en
countered In settling the s"trlke of the '
tramwav men Parliament adjourned
today until ' letot.er, the government
having d' eided thnt it was not ne. es- 1
nary now to proic.se special leglsla- j
tlon to deal with the Industrial sltua-I
tlon, I
wm
WASHINGTON, Aug
-Forecast
for North Carolina:
Fair Wednesday;
'rllifllnsT Salrwat'
1 1IU1 nJ AT SSTfTTw
fair in east light to moderate variable
winds. ,
1
I i-l fJBMi if 1
BUCK TRIVETTSHOT
TO DEATH BY HIS
UNCLE,PITT BALLEW
Midnight Tragedy on Park Avenue
Follows Wordy Warfare Between
Uncle and Nephew Mother and
Grandmother Witness Shooting.
Four pistol shots ringing sharply on
the midnight air, and a mother' wtl I
shriek as she saw her first born fall,
pierced with fou bullets, llrvd by her
own brother hand, presaged the
death of Allen Trivett, familiarly
known as "Huck" Trivett, I . . 'J,.1
at the home of hi uncle, W.Vitt Bal
lew, who shut lilm at 12.30 this mo n
Ing, at 17 4 Park avenue. Trivett died
two hour later, while his slayer, a
fnlght engineer on tho Southern rail
way, wus being taken to the police
station by the police.
No tragedy in local history ever had
a more dramatic setting. The shoot
ing occurred in the sick room of tho
Ballew home, on the first Hour, where
lay Mrs. Martha Ballew, grandmother
of the ded boy and mother of M
slayer. Sitting In a rocking chair
niar Hie door wa Mrs. Laura Trivett,
while near the sick woman's bed tood
Miss SiilIUi Stlne, a nurse who ha
had charge of Mrs. llallew for several
week. The principals in the mid
night tragedy, Bnllew and Trivett, the
latter Mrs. Laura Trivett' on, were
facing each other when the
ratal shots, four In all. were fired. Bal
lew, It I said, wa sitting; while Triv
ett was standing.
Knnk to the Floor
Tho wounded man sank to the floor
exclaiming, "You hove 1(I1UJ me,"
while the vlntlm's mother, Mr. Tri
vett. rushed with piercing shriek to
her boy's tide. The nurse, Mis Stlne,
had fallen across her patient' bU
when the first shot whs fired, In n
effort to avoid the flying bullet. This
young woman displayed fomarkabl
coolness and gave a most intelligent
account of the shooting to the police
and newspaper men. i
"It all happened o quickly," Bald
Miss Stlnes, "I cannot remember -nctly
the words thi.t passed between
;hem. I know that I dropped aero
tho la d with my face down to avoid
tho bullets. After It wa over, Mr.
llallew walked from the room. , I
thin Mr. llallew said that he wa go
mt; to give himself up to th herlff.
Wa carried the bleeding;" form of
young Trivett Into Iho adjoining bed
if a4. tlphn4 -ttnt. XWAsjOteMJ
I he vi been nursing Mr. Ballew line
last Juno."
llal Word
Tho acutal tragedy wn preceded
by a wordy warfare between Mr.
Ballew and hi nephew, Allen Trivett.
It 1 said that hard feelings had ex
isted between the two men for some
ANTI-JEWISH OUTBREAKS
DF ILESTJHABICTER
Causing Authorities in Eng
land Great Concern, Be
ing New Phase of Lifo
LONDON. Aug. 22. Anti-Jewish
outbreak of a violent character
have now occurred for three day In
succession In Monmouthshire and are
giving the authorities the greatest
concern, as they are altogether a new
phase In British life. The Jewlsn
community here as mude strong rep
resentations to the home f fie and
Home Hecretary Churchill today
gov) them tho assurance that no
precautions hud been overlooked to
prevent a recurrence of the disor
der. The riots and looting of Jewish
shops wero of a desperate character
rind tho riot net had to bo read and
tho military culled out beforo the
mot.s were cowed. Additional sol
diers weree drafted by F.bbw Vole
from Cardiff today, but similar
scenes to those enacted last rlght,
v hen Jewish shops were wrecked, oc
curred Bnaln tonlc:it In F.bbw Vale,
'Ire I)'gi)r Ithymny nnd Hryn Mnwr.
The pre'ehce of the troops pre
vented looting on such a large scale i
bh Monday n'ght. but the police and
military bad to be continually chas
ing th rioters with their batons and
swords. In these charge raitny per
nors were Injured and large num
bers v.er.. orrested. The rioter at
tacked women and drove them
shrieking In terror from their
houses. The only motive for the
outbreaks Is alleged to be that the
.Ices have been guilty of charging
high rents to the workmen and rals
Inx the price of provisions since the
recent strike begun.
wi le kwhot mmirs
f MP rFlRllY, O , Aug. 22.--The
rrnichrs of the National Ftlfle ss
soe.aHi 11 caino to a close tonight af
ter a day of record bresklng scores
In the, Herrlck trophy match and a
clopely contested race In the presi
dent's matrh. Tho Ohio team won
the derrick with tho score of 1732
which breaks the world's record for
long range rifle shooting with any
rifle r:nd ammunition on the "00, 910
and 1,000 yard ranges. The score ex
ceeds the record score of the all
Amerbon team in the Palma mtch
In 107 by twenty points and Is
greater than the record of the com
bined English Elcho Shield match,
whleh t ht undo similar conditions.
The first team of the nay finished
second with 1130.
I time and only yesterday morning, Mr.
liullew took out a warrant for young
Trivett charging him with trespassing
when he had been forbidden to enter
tho house. The room in which
tho tragedy occurred wa occu
pied by Mrs. Martha Ballew, the
aged mother of VV. P. llallew
and Mr, l-aura Trivett, the mother
of "Buck." Mis 8allle Stlne who
tins been nursing Mr. Hnllew for
xeveral weeks whs in the room with
her patient when Mr. llallew entered
and took his stond near tho bedside of
his mother, with his arm over thrf
back of a rockor. Buck came in and
sat down in the rocker, It Is said, af
ter which Paul Trivett, Duck' young
er brother, entered. Buck and Mr.
Ballew beian quarreling and the lat
ter. It Is said, ordered the other from
tho house. Buck, according to re
port, declared that he wa not afrld
of Ballew and It I claimed by Bal
'ow, made a movement toward him
In a threatening attitude, whereupon
lie drew hi pistol, a thirty-eight cali
bre Smith and Wesson, and began fir
ing, one bullet piercing Buck between
the eye and ranging backward Into
the head, another entering the right
shoulder, another Just under tha right
arm and another about an inch below
the right nipple. The wounded man
fel and wa taken to an adjoining
room, Dr. Eugene B, Glenn having
been called to attend him. Tha pa
tient, however, waa beyond human aid
and died at 1. 26 o'clock, as hi grand
mother, aged "t year, lay In the ad
Joining room little realising that her
grandson had been alaln within a few
Inehe of her bed, hi mother pacing
the floor above him walling and faint
ing. Hurirndcr to Police
Ballew Immediately after the hoot
ing went Into hi back yard whera
he wa arrefcted by member of tha
Ashevllle police force. He declared
to a Cltiien reporter that Buck had
Imposed upon him tor aoraa tint and
had been wart,. to stay away from
his home. He stated that Buck call-
4, Wnv bad ni.tna and cajna.j,eward
mm in a mreatening mannr-Ti'h!cb
lad him to believe that It wa a ease
or hoot or get shot. When, he wa
nrrested he handed hi pistol to tha
policemen although ha begged them
to return It to him when he eaw
Buck's younger brother leave the
(Continued on Page Heven)
THREE WEEKS' PLAYTIME
KOW FOR PRESIDENT TAFT
Then He Starts Upon One
of Hardest Trans-Continental
Trips Ever Made
WASHINGTON, Aug. Presi
dent Taft left Washington for Roches
ter, N. Y., where tomorrow he will
address the national encampment of
the Grand Army of the Bepubllo, and
then win proced to hi summer home
In Beverly, Mu. He waa accom
panied by Major A. W. Butt and Sec
retary Ifllle.
With only three week of playtime
left before he start upon one of the
hardest trans-continental trips ever
undertaken by a chief executive, the
pnsldent left the capital to be gone
until November or even later. It Is
probable that for the first two weeks
of hi stay In Beverly the president
will deny himself to all callera and
get Just as a complete a rest as golf
ing, motoring and gnerally doing
nothing consistently, win give him. At
the end of that period of seclusion the
president expect to set to work on
some of the speeches he will d. diver
on his forty dey' trip. The declhn
In the Wiley case also may be forth
comlng from Beverly.
Nominate a Candidate
Nomination Blank Go od for 1,000 Votea. ' '
The Ashevllle Citizen $5,640
Subscription Contest
Candidate
Address . .
Telephone No. . . . . . .. . .
Only One Nomination Blank for Each- Candidate
Will Count at 1,000 Votes. ', v f .
Cut out-anxL hringir Bend toThe CitiieiL. -
LEFT ASHEIIE
TO MEET DEATH
ON HIGH ROM
S. A. Pruett. Public Autolst, cf
Hendersonviile. Killed by
Overturning Machine
WOMEN IN PARTY HAVE
CLOSE CALL FROM DEATH
Sad end to Auto Outing Which
Had Ashevllle for a Start- f
Ing Point r
HENDKRPONVILtJfc. N. C
22. Death and disaster perchet, br
the aeata with e Ilendersonvill au
tomobile party ' which," left here thl
morning at five o'clock for Spartan
burg, u1 which ended with tha in
stant death of the driver of tha ma
china and tha injury of two of hit
passengers. - Vi
8. A, Pruett of Hendersonviile, drlv
Ing hi public service tut was instant
ly killed this morning at lf ht o'clock
between her and Spartanburg, tn
the car with Pruett wars Mr. Rod
gers, of Macon. Oa a wealthy widow,
Mr. Meanly, of Richmond, V.! Mrs,
Hegaman of Black Mountain, N. C,
and C. P. Harnett of Lake City. Fla.
They were all registered at tha Lak
View hotel hers, with tha exception
of Mr, Harnett Tha party left Men- .
day night in a machine for Ashevllle.
They returned to H end eron villa
about four o'clock Tiiisdsy morning.
Tha driver of th public service, ear,
they had been using declined to carry
them to Hpartanburg. They then
summoned Pruett; machine and at
five o'clock . thla morning -left ,for
Spartanburg, ' v ..".';!
The dead drive wa forty" years
old, leave a wife and two children) .
and ws counted a very careful a nil
competent man. II lost control of
his csr In trying to swerve It from
a ditch on the out off between th
national highway rout and Greer.
8. C. Tha machine turned completely
over, crushing Pruett to death.
Mr. Harnett, Mr. Meanly and Mrs.
Hegaman escaped with m few bruises
Mr. Rodger Is at Oreera, g. C, sut
,rlng.iea senlned bflk, but her
Injuries are not Regarded as serious,
nr associated rnEM -
OHEENVILB, S. O. Aug. tt.-.
A. Pruett, of Handereonvilla, N, C.
Is dead and three woman and a man ;
who refused to give their names to
tho coroner or tho sheriff of this coun-
ty ar mora or less Injured ss the.
result of an automobile wreck, . on
route from Aahavlllo, tt. C, to Spar
tanburg. S. C tho car turning turtle
seventeen miles from Greenville at
S o'clock this morning.
Tho party left Ashevllle ome tlm
Monday night for Hendersonvillo.
Hera they changed automobile and
continued their Journal, toward Bpar
tanburg thl morning, While travel-.
Ing along tha road near Qreere, 8.
C, the driver, Pruett. t-an tho maehlno
Into a ditch. On of tho women suf
fered a bruised knee and another had .
her back sprained,. but not seriously,
8he and one of tho other women la
the party are confined to their room i t
a farm house near tho soena of th
accident. . ; "i .
miK ROtMJEHS BOCIETir liEADEU
MACON. Oa Aug. 21. Relatives
here stated tonight that Mrs. Marshall
llodger. a wealthy widow of loading
social promlnense, It at present sum.,
merlng in North Carolina near' Hen
dersonviile. Mrs. Rodgers daught
er, Minnie. It years old. Is With her.
One son, Marshsll, Jl years of aga, I
tore and ha received word that hi,
mother is Injured. Ho will go to
Hepderqnvlllo at oncsj. ' "
NORTH CAROLINIAN
KILLED IN MEXICO
BKTHANIA, N. C. Aug. I-Tolo-gram
were received her today tell
log of the death of Lindsay O. Bar
iow, mining engineer, formerly of
this place. In the state of Chihuahua,
Me.lco, last Friday. Beyond stash
ing that Bartow was killed, wh'.lo
riding on a railroad construction
train, the message gave none of th
circumstances of his death.
Mr. Bartow I at Elpaso whero
she went several weeks ago to Join
her husband.
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