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. ... t N " .7- - - DAL Y EXCEPT SUN DA Y THE OA 111 mm- 7 Z- i: ft MIR IBOE5 Hendersonville Stirred at the Unexpected Discov ery of the Body of Pretty Miss Myrtle Hawkins in waters of Osceola Lake Sunday Morning BROTHER- IDENTIFIES THE Testimony Taken at Inquest. Coroners Jury gives virdict of cause of death Un known. Jury undersided whether Miss Hawkins died by accident or suicide. -Another victim was added to the list of fatal occurences here this sum mer when the body of Miss Myrtle Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hawkins of . this city was found early Sunday morning in the waters of Oseola Lake All Hendersosville was startled when the news of the body having been discovered floating in the lake by two boys early Sunday morning. Crowds quickly gathered at thj waters edge and when the body was taken out there was no one present who could identify the person The body was re-"- v .movedto' the undertaker establish - . mnf of tnHehders6llvi4r& Uirniture Store. Here hundreds of people view ed the remains, various of opinions were "heard, not one of them is the least thought that it was the body of pretty Miss Hawkins who was so well known here where she has lived all her life and had scares of loved friends and relatives. t Body Identified. A. H. Hawkins, brother of the de ; ceased young lady was the first to identify the body as that of his sister. The news spread rapidly over the city . Wild rumors were heard on every cor ser but nothing definite was gained until after the coroner's inquest Sun day afternoon, of which a full report is printed below. Miss Hawkins was a very popular . young girl, hardly twenty years of age. She was a member of one of the most highly respected families in the coun . ty The sympathy of the entire com munity is extended to the bereaved family. W. H Hawkins and his scn? A. W. Hawkins, are proprietors of the Haw kins jewelry store of this city. No Evidence of Foul Play. . Evidence of foul play was entirely lacking at the inuest What is caus ing comment is that no public , report of the girl's disappearance preceded the findisg of the body and the jury's failure to designate a cause of death. The brother testified that inuiries had been made about the girl by him and made plain that the family was dis uieted by her absence, though her plans for visiting supplied some ex planation for it. Another feature in the case is that Miss Hawkins is said to have been a good swimmer and. fond of out-door Hfe. Coroner'g Inquest. The coroner's inquest took place at 3:30 pt yesterday in the undertak ers quarters of the Hendersosville niture Company. The' jury drawn con sisted" of six gentlemen: A F. Drake, Otis Powers, J V Blythe, Charlie ta- (turn, G; W. Brooks, A. C. Justice. A. H. Hawkins. The first witness sworn at the In quest was A H. Hawkins, who testified as to the Idenity of the dead body. He stated that he was positive that the body . was that of his sister. Miss Myrtle Hawkins who has been miss ing from her home since last Thurs day When asked how he could iden tify her he stated that it was her blue dress that the body wore. Also that ; there was a scratched place on her : finger that she had received while canning some fruit about five days ago He knew her shoe with rubber heels which also gave indications of having been worn while riding a bi cycle. Miss Hawkins rode a bicycle a great deal of her time Mr Hawkins stated that the last he had heard of ...his sister was Thursday, September 7th. She had expressed a desire to go visiting out of the city either to see her sister in Asheville or to Concord. She had made soe preparations but on Thursday morn ing only left the hcvise to visit friends, he thought From that time until Sun day morning when the body of the young lady was dragged from the wa ters of Osceola lake the Hawkins family had received no news as to the whereabouts of the missing girl. Mr. Hawkins stated that every effort had been jused.vin, trying. itoocatehis .s.is?! ter Ke had asked many people but received no information. He stated to the jury that he was perfectly sat isfied that-the dead body was that of his sister, Miss Myrtle Hawkins. Mr. Hawkins was excused. E.- S. Freeman. E. S Freeman was cailed to the stand and was sworn to testify before the jury Mr. Freeman stated that he was a guest at the Lake View Inn. "On Sunday morning about 9 o'clock a young boy came running up to the ho tel and exclaimed, 'Telephone the sheriff, there is a dead body of a girl down in the lake,' T immediately be gan phoning into Hendersonville and succeeded in getting some one out," sta ted TVlr.. Freeman to the jury. Mr. Freeman then went down to the lake and viewed the body which he stated he thought was that of a grown wo man When someone suggested to take the body he stated- that it would be better to wait until some of the officers arrived. .There were three parties with him on the dam at this time He stated that an automobile arrived soon after belonging to J. L Orr containing several gentlemen. The witness -was excused. : Dr. A. B. Drafts. Dr. A. B. Drafts was called to the witness stand and sworn. Dr. Drafts said that he was the family physician of the Hawkins family and that it was his opinion that the dead body was that of Miss-Mrytle Hawkins The wit ness, was excused. : - ; " Det Eeese. - Det Reese and Will Staton were sworn as witnesses ; Det , Reese was called upon and stated that he sug gested getting the body out of the lake. He said that only the back of the head could be clearly seen in the water, that the feet were considerable lower in the water than; the body. When the body was removed to land he turned it over but did not recognize the body at all. - ; Wm. Staton. , Wm. Staton said tjiat Reese's testi mony was the same as his except that he arrived on the scene before Reese. Staton assisted in getting the body from the lake. ' . v . " . Dr. W. R. Kirk. At this time the coroner? Dr. W. R . Kirk, began the post mortem of the body with assistance of J. V. Blythe, the undertaker,, and Pink: Case A most , rigid and thorough examination of the dead , body was .made . At the conclusion Dr.1 Kirk made his' report to the jury A part of the report which jWas made public was that there could be found no water in the HENDERSONTILLE, NORTH CAROL ISA, it. T CLOSES STORE A. L. Tabor who has been conduct ing a grycery store next door to the Palace theater turned his stock over to his creditors today. It is thought that; he has enough goods on hand to pay dollar for dollar. Among the creditors are several wholesale groc ery concerns and a few individuals Good Road Club. A good road club was organized at Ebeneza school house on the Edney ville road one day last week Several gentlemen from this city attended the meeting. Dr C. Few who was at the meeting stated that a great deal of en- thusiasm was shown by the members present and many of them expressed their desire to see the bond issue passed now being agitated in this county. MAINE ELECTION TAg Vote Looked For Hbson Speaks. Portland, M0 Sept." 11. 'Witnbut a few hours remaining before the ac tual voting begins today, the cam paigners for and against constitutional prohibition spent a busy Sunday. Last night both sides claimed victory. The no-license adherents were par ticularly active in the cities. Sunday school children parading the streets carrying banners inscribed with "Vote No' "Vote for. Us" and similar phrases . More than 30,000 children were in line In many of the churches prayers were offered for the reten tion of the prohibitory amendments.' In Portland today Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, of Ala bama, addressed two meetings and scores of automobiles toured towns and villages, carrying speakers who made short addresses . Captain Hobson will be in Hender sonville shortly to deliver an address, as part of the big Lyceum course. lungs of the body to signify that the deceased had been drowned. The young lady was found to be completely dressed. No apparent scars could be found on the head. A F. Dickmann One more witness was brought be fore the jury who was A F. Dickmann. Mr. Dickmann state that last Thurs day he was riding around Osceola lake in an automobile and when ar riving to the far side of the lake about a hundred yards from the dam he no ticed a young lady sitting on a pro-, jecting rock near the water's edge. He stated that he remarked to his companion that the young lady was In a dangerous position He could not see the person face very plain as she was apparently reading a book or pa per. She was a' short blue dress on, which Mr - Dickmann testified corre sponded with that of the one wron by the deceased young lady He said that the young lady had dark hair, but that he could not say positively that the two persons were the same. The wit nesss was excused after which the jury took only a short time in ren dering its verdict as follows: '- , ''We the undersigned jury being duly summoned' and s.wrn to set In the case of the death of a body found in the Oseola ; Lake on Sunday morn ing, September 10th, find according to the evidence as follows: 1st, The body to be that is. Miss Myrtle Hawkins. 2nd The cause of death unknown." G; W." BROOKS " - C. G. TATUM . A: C. . JUSTUS . , OTIS POWERS .. V ,A F. . DRAKE j ' j u- J. Y4 BLYTHE. ' ABOR M05TDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 19 11. CAPTAIN WZ APPLE ORCHARD "Essewah," the Indian name for Jump Off mountain is the name Cap tain M C. Toms has given his magnifi cent apple orchard of over 3,000 trees on this-mountain. Captais Toms takes great pride in raising some of the finest apples in this county. . "Weneed a cold storage plant' re marked Capt. Toms to a Herald repre sentative. Every year Henderson county ship8 thousands and thousands of dollars worth of apples North and East and these same apples are shipp ed back here later in the winter at an enormous profit to the middle man. If there was a cold storage plant in Hendersonville it is of the opinion of Captain Toms and -several other men who aTe interested in the growth of apples" that it would be a paying in vestment. Lisbon (via the frontier), Sept. 10. With, a desire to know the exact strength o f the positions and the in tentions of the Royalists, the govern ment recently gent Luz d'Almeida, chief of the carbinarios, a secret po litical society, to the frontier to make a thorough investigation A report from this official has Just been receiv ed. He says the Royalists now con centrated in the neighborhood of Orense are preparing slowly to ad vance They number from 4,000 to 5,000, comprising nfantry cayalrj and artillery.' They ; have about 40 pieces of artillery, for the most part uick-flers They also have two aero planes, which are constantly flying over the camps of the soldiers of the republic, especially at Chaves, and the troops and the inhabitants are in con stant fear that they - may drop bombs. t " AT The musical concert to be given at the Auditorium this evening at 9 o'clock promises to be one of excep tional quality. -V The artistg who are to give the concert have splendid reputa tions as musicians of rare attainment. Mr. Edwards has made several suc cessful tours In many states . Miss Kinne, violinist, gave a recital in Dur ham not long ago about which the fol lowing wag said about her: "Miss Marion B KInne's playing was the palm of the evening, and the reputation that preceded her coming to Durham wag fully sustained by her work last' evening. Her interpreta tion is excellent and her technique is fine The tones produced from the old soul-stirring instrument was never heard to. etter advantage than last night. She has' won her way to her Southern atidiences , '' Morning Her ald, Durham, NCl Flat Rock- N. C, Sept. 11 What is thought to have been an attempt to rob three trunks belonging to a guest of Highland Lake Club was stopped by Ernest Drake, :an employee of a local livery firm. A negro giving as his name James Lewis was held by Drake until a deputy sheriff could arrive from Hendersonville The affair took place near the depot Saturday night about 9 oclock. Ernest Drake driving a dray wagon arrived ' at the depot and prepared to take the three trunks to the club house. A negro stepped up and remarked that they were his trunks and t made several threats. Drake had a few words with the negr andlateW armed himself and succeed ed in taking into, custody the "would be"nbber,,The negro"ls thought to have TiaC the Jntentfem of robbing the trunks. He Ig now in the county Jail. AODITOH TONIGHT AO CROWDED CHURCH LAST Ml DR. HUlTENS FAREWELL SERLll HAW S LAID TO REST. The funeral services of Mis& Myrtle Hawkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.W H. Hawkins who died from an un known cause took place this morning at 11 o'clock. Interment was made in Oakdale cemetery. Quite a number of friends and relatives of the deceased young lady were present at the ser vices conducted by Rev. J. W. Moore pastor of the Methodist church. The pall bearers were: W. C. Brannon, C. E. Brooks, J. O. Williams, A. D. Brown, Columbus Morrison, C. M. Pace, Jr. SHORT LOCAL HOttS Oitne Edwaids has returned iivme from Highland Lake Club where he hag had charge of the orchestra this season Dr. H. H. Hulten left this morning for his home in Charlotte after con ducting a very successful series of meetings at The First Baptist church. Mr. Vance Norwood returned" Sun day from Wilmington, where he ha been for the past week on business. Mr. J. A. Brock returned Saturday from a trip in South Carolina. Mr. Brock reports -that the crop outlook In that state Is good this year. C. H. T. Bly returned yesterday from New York state where bo har been for the past two weeks visIMuii his eld home Mr. Bly says thai paid close attention to all the rcs.v; towns along the way back and f.nl i'ia. Hendersonville has more pr-c In proportion to it 3;C:iulatioi than iny oi the resort towd.s he vi?itid. TVOrld Congress Against Alrohnlhm The Hague, Sept. 11. Note-! physi cians, scientists, jurists and variout other representatives of the leading countries of the world were present today at the opening of the Thirteenth International Congress Against Alco holism, the sessions of which are to continue for one week. The gather ing promises to be the most Interest ing of lta kind ever held. The ad dresses and discussions will deal with the educational, scientific, social, econmic and remedial phases of the alcohol question. Among the dele gates from the United States are Mrs. Edith Smith Davis of Wisconsin William J. Pollard of St. Louis, E. N. Sherrington of Ohio, Prof Charier Scanlan of Pittsburg, Prof. P. J. Lennox of Washington, D. C, an" Rev. Peter J. O'Callaghan of Chica go, president of the Catholic Tota' Abstinence Union. OLD STATES. People Who Live on Ruing Are Ad mitted to Statehood. Admitting New Mexico and Arizona to Statehood is somewhat like Intro ducing one's great grand aunt to the family. How old civilization In this part of the new world Is nobody can even guess Intelligently but compared to: Sante Fe and other settlements of the desert our one-time oldest cltr St. Augustine, ig only of today. Be fore the Spaniards came In the 16th century there were the Pueblos whose arts and culture may have been 1,000 years old and they lived on the ruing' of other peoples whose potterie" and burled citieg may have been coe val with the pyramid builders or'old- er yet Irrigation works are going to deliver valuable finds to the archeol- ogist?an dthe history of mankind will be changed. Knox vi lie Sentinel . X. 69. There was hardly standing room at the First Baptiht church last evening when Dr Hultcn a noted divine of Charlotte gave his farewell sermon. Dr. Hultcn has been holding for the past ten daya one of the tnogt success ful series of meetings ever held In Hendersonville. He has been ably assisted by the pastor Rev. Cawthon, The sermon last night was msrked with eloqucsce and thoughtful pre paration by the speaker He took his text from Pgaling and In a masterfully manner pictured vividly the love which parents should have for their children from the cradle to the grave. The church was crowded until chairs were necessarily placed down the aisleg Most intense Interest was ihown during the entire sermon. Rev Cawthon thankc&Dr. Hulten In behalf of the congregation for the wonderful work he has done In Hendersonville and remarked that the gcrvlcrs had been well attended both by the local people and visitors. Porch Partr at East TIew. Clowned In chic lingerie dresses, a partyoC ladjM rnJoyd the niornlng breeze o nthc porch of the cottage at Kast View, on Saturday morning as a farewell to Mrg. Frank 11. Arms pau&h of Mobile, Ala and her alslcr. Miss Kate Parker. As a.dlvcrsi(n from tho usual round oi ccrds, the ladles brought their sew ing bags and much dainty work was accomplished A bouquet of beautiful double dahlias and greens decorated the table form ing a fit setting for - the cut ula bowl. Refreshments were served by Mrs. fames Lee Lytic and Mrs. Frank Iradley Woodcock both of Jackson ville, Fla., assisted by little Miss Heanor Lytle. . Farewells were said with many wisbea that all might meet again. PLAYKD HEItt: LAST SEAHOX. Oregon Wakes I'p Three yearg ago "Honey's Boys' we're excluded from playing in Oregon by a fanatical construction of a new child-labor law, even against the en dorsement of Judge Ben Llndaey, the "father of tho child-labor laws" of this country, who championed Mr. Honey's;' work with boys In a strong letter to the Oregon Child-Labor Commission. The Utah and Pacific coast papers also took up the matter vigorously and at tacked the commission for Its Incon sistent decision, especially after Pres dent Roosevelt had given them his en lorsement. The agitation caused by this un fair treatment resulted In an amend ment to the law, and Mr. Honey Ig ad vised that the way is clear, and that a great reception awaits them on their tour next spring Kansas. If now Uiei .,'; only state that excludes "Honey's . ' Boys" through an exceptionally strtn-. if' gent child-labor law. : Only those who attended the "Holey Boys' concert here In Ilendersonftlle last season can realize what Oregon , and Kansas have been missing The same Lyceum bureau which manage this famous Boys band will furn!b ; our coming Lyceum course. - f? Mrs. Sallle Boettcher of Elizabeth? City, Worthy Grand Matron of th Or$ der of the Eastern Star has been spending the week end with Mrs. Cora Ransler, Ransler Place, this city. Mrs, Boettcher - will return to Henderson ville next week to Inspect ths fjlar chapter at thlg place. In the taCfval Mrs. Boettcher will visit Dry sonTplry. Franklin, AsherlUe. Mart Hilt Wmv erville. Murphy, Sylvia, Waysesrllle and other points ' ' '. ' U i 'C, . I i-v. 'J. . 1 . . . -'V' ' s V' " Si: ; m t - ..tat'- . ' . 4 . ". . . - .... . .. - -. ; i r- ' -. -- .
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