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V 1 tv.ro siste; kworth fo 'unt, alio' -d for V allowed r for su ESTABLISHED I87( LINCOLNTON, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2S. 1922. B Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year, ffr 2 FRED ALLISON OF CHARLOTTE KILLED IN A LIQUOR CAR Sunday,' Christmas Eve. Night, ( A Whiskey Laden Car, With 50 1-2 Gallons of Booze Gets Into Hands Of Officers of the Law Coroner's :' Jury Verdict That Allison Was Killed by Companions During Fus silnde of 30 Shots Fired Between Officers of Law and Three Men In Automobile Dead Man's ' Com panions Escaped Leaving Him Wounded. " "' -"' ' ' ' ' The first thing heard in this com munity Christmas morning when "citizens reached the streets was that a gun battle between three men in a passing liquor laden car and Officers Baxter 'and Miller had occurred the night before in upper North Brook, at a point near or at Leatherman's store and that a man named Allison from Charlotte, had died at, the local hospi tal from- a bullet which entered the right side of his head, lodging in the brain on the left side. The body of the dead man had been placed in Yo 'der & McLean undertaking establish-' ment for preparation for burial; the ear was being held for court, and also the 60 gallons of corn whiskey was being held by Sheriff Abernethy. A Coronor'if jury was selected and 'a careful examination of eye witnesses to- the .tragedy were examined by the . jury, which continued its work almost .alijlay. S. Alexander, who acted as stenographer ' and as a member of the jury, took down the evidence of each witness and required each man testi fying to sign his name to his testi mony, and from the papers in the case filed with the clerk of Court- we give below the evidence introduced and al so a copy of the verdict of the jury. During, the course "of the coroner's investigation the 38 calibrj piatol found at the car occupied by the dead ,.. man, was examined by the jury, and v'tUcy" found the V ix sheila in die postol , nad been fired. ' ' "J J-Th lurv was asfolhJtvs: S.-R- Wii- lick, :"p.jriaJ fuwaeairLiHeliT tStttF' ty; D. C. Williams, G. CBeam, M tf. Hoyle, Sr.", E. C. "Baker, S. Alexander. The verdkt of the jury was .as fol io ';'; -';.:' ': ' ' . ' "Tha deceased came to his death from J pistol wound inflicted in his haaii'yyoiie of his companions riding jnh car with 'him, which companion s unknown The evidence shows that asinany as two companions were with him at the time, but all except deceas ed made their escape without their identity-being known, and the evidence f eiled to disclose their identity, and the whereabouts of said companion or'companions is unknown. W; D.f Baxter, deputy sheriff of Lincoln ecunty, being duly sworn, tes tified as follows: ''Don't know deceased. 9:30 p. m. Scott and myself stopped at Joseph Leatherman's store to warm; we were there about 20 minutes." Mr. Miller went to store door and said he saw a car coming. I went out. Our car9 were on side of the road. Miller cranked my car and run it beside his car. I stepped out five steps in road, raised my left hand up .approaching car within 100 steps. Some one in the car - hollered; they - were about even with me and began shooting. I stepp ed back, hit my car fender and fell down. As I got up I began shooting and they continued. I judge about 30 shots were fired. I was shooting a .41 Colts. (The car went on about 200 yards and I saw it stop. I got in my tar," fu'rned. it around and said to someone, "get , in here." My son got in and we drove down to car sitting on side of road. I got 'out. and went to car and found a man lying on steer ing., wheel. - I pulled him over and spoke to hint;' be did not answer and I got out of his car. The deceased was the man at steering wheel and in driving position. 1 found on ground a .38 Smith and Wesson pistol, full of empty shells; right door of car open. I put deceased in my car and sent him to hospital after Dr. Edwards had been phoned for and examined him. Deceased was driving five-passenger Essex. I found 10 five-galloq cans of whiskey and one half-gallon fruit jar of whiskey in the back seat of his car. I could see three men in the car when it passed at Leatherman's store. Scott Miller, Yates Leatherinan, Jo Leather man, Cline Baxter and Clyde Yancey were at the store." Or. G. B. Crowell, being duly sworn, testified as follows: ;- ' "Was ealled at 12:15 by Miss Mur- ray to .see a man who had been shot. The man was In a dying condition from pistol Wounds just interna and below right pariental eminence, bleed ing profusely from wound, brain sub stance oozing out of wound. Prepared him for operation and phoned for Dr. L. A. Crowell. Body now In court Is body of patient I asked him his name; he said, 'Fred Allison.' I asked him who shot him; he answered, 'James Craig. 'I took this informa tion in writing. I warned him that be was going to die. I asked him how old he was in order to test his mental con dition. He said, "Twenty-two years.' I asked him how old James Craig was he said, 'Forty-five years.' I asked him where he lived; he replied. 'On North Church street, Charlotte. At another time he lived at Newell Station I asked him what he did; he said he worked at Charlotte Vulcanizing com pany. I asked him again, what hap pened to him; he said, 'A negro nam ed Gibbs hit me with a black jack.' At this time his mind wandered; I never was fully satisfied that he was wholly conscious of his statements. "While we were undressing him he vomited a bloody mucous which had no oder of whiskey. We found a blue steel automatic in inside coat pocket, magazine had full six shells in it. We have this at the hospital; also $9 in cash' in his pocket. Under the ether anesthesia a four-inch incision was made over right of wound. The skull was' fractured and part of a ball was lodged in edge of cranium at point fracture. Brain tissue considerably injured and very free hemorrhage. "Patient's breathing at this time became irregular and operation Stopp ed. He died i rt about two m inutes, death caused from pistol wounds in back of head and, from subsequent hemorrhages. Mr. Scott Miller and Baxter's, son and two other boys were with deceased' when body was brought" to hospital.- No statement was made by either, a we were busy with oper ation. I have- seen a lot of close range wounds while ,, in the United , States army: service -in France. No powder burns, shownig on wound. From, my experience it is my opinion that shot was fired in about 20 feet distance. Wound -was ragged and indicated that fatal bullet was spread from some im pact before strinking deceased. Tissue torn andN a large riot under- wound. We removed fragments of bullet in edge of craniuin.'y : Scott Miller, being sworn, testifiied to the same facts as Deputy Baxter with this in addition, Speaking of BaxteVa fall, he said, "I thought' he watw-t" BHtr. gftV up iKl XlnBrTfcphohe tfat the deputies '" were on tio-:was3MSr hurTTSfidTshotlar the tire jthe left, side of the car when it ubout 100 yards away. They drove on down the road and I seen the car ;top. ' I used a 32 caliber pistol sh-t three or four times." Three men in car, all on front seat until the shoot :ng began, then one got out on runn ing board. Five or six -shots were fir jd before I began to shoot." a Yates Leatherinan testified to practically the same as the foregoing witnesses. Joe Leatherman ' Joe Ieatherman testified to the same as the foregoing, with this' in addition: "Baxter and Miller stopped at my store to warm. Baxter told Miller to drive his car upon the left and turn on the lights. Baxter walked up the road some five steps the lights from Baxter's car and the approaching car could be seen for 50 or 75 yards. Baxter threw up his hands and hollered halt. Someone said something and about that time began firing. I went back after . first two shots were fired and there:, was 18 or 30 shots fired afterwards. The first shots from the car were fircl from the front seat to the right of the driver, across the car to left side of road where Baxter was star.ding." , Shuford Lingerfelt testified to the same as foregoing witnesses, with the following in addition: "The man behind the driver shot towards Bax- ter. Three parties in car, looked like two were on front seat and third person leaning over on batk in front! seat. Just neiore tney get even witn Baxter shot couple times at him past driver."".: ".7v '.':.- .: .'v'.' Clyde Yancey testified the same as the foregoing with slight difference in wording. Dr. John W. . Sainej county phy sician: "After removing top of skull, examined brain. I found bullet passed through right lobe of cere brum and entered left lobe of cere brum and lodged about the center of left lobej which' would be sufficient within itself to cause death. Found no other wounds on body. Removed bullet end delivered to the coroner. Judged it to be 32 caliber-size. Ball seemed to have been deflected up ward after striking skull. It is my opinion that she shot was fired from right side of skull. From my exam ination of wound it is my opinion it was fired at short range, I found wound large and ragged, at point of penetration, which indicates short range." 7,-f;: Craig and Owens Arrested . , . Iii Charlotte; Then Released - The Charlotte Observer of Wednes day morning says of the above affair: Jimmie Craig and,- Ed Owens, re ported to have been in the automo bile with Fred Allison when the lat ter was shot Sunday night in Cataw by county, were arrested early Tues day .morning by the local authorities it wa? learned from Lincolnton that there waa no evidence on which to hold them, the release being upon instructions .from' Sheriff Abernethy Both men are reported to have de nied being in the party. Mrs. W. S. Allison, mother of the; dead man, was very ill at the time of the death of her son, but it was reported last night that she . ; was in much better condition. The body of Fred Allison was buried in El mwood cemetery Tues day morning, funeral services be ing held Vin the ; Harrv undertaking establishment on North Tryon street with Revi S. B. Lycrly pastor of St. Paul's Presbyterian church, officiat ing., Additional services was held at the side of the grave at Elmwood. The pallbearers were Ben Withers, Fred Bell, John Muse, Charlie Muse, Will Pitts and Archie Templeton. Mr. Allison was a native of the county, having been born in Mallard Creek township, near Derita. The family hai been living in the city for several years.'.. He is survived by his parents, four brothers and one sister. ' '.-. ' - For; more - than a year he was connected with the Rust Motor com pany, - acting :; in the capacity of a mechanic. He left that 7 concern about a month ago. Jfe is reported to 71 . havocs been an v exceptionally good mechanic and has. . borne a good reputation in this city, it is said. Lincoln Sheriff Talks Allison and three other men pass ed through 'Lincoln county Sunday aftcrboon, according to a statement over long distance telephone to The Observer last night . from Sheriff Abernethy, : of Lincoln county, and were observed by Deputies Baxter and Miller, who suspected that the men were ; going after whiskey". Sheriff Abernethy stated that the deputies; stationed themselves near a small store about 18 miles . north west of Lincolnton, and awaited the car's return. There were, he said, about eight or 10 men in the vicin ity of the -store when : the Essex driven by Allison appeared. Sheriff Aherntthv said aver. tK passed them, and that the shootin was begun by the men in the car, He also stated that -the bullet found, in Alliston's brain, according to the testimony at the inquest, was a 38-. calibre pistol bullet. This state ment was corroborated - in a state ment made to The Observer by long distance by. Dr. Gordon Crowell, of the Lincolnton hospital,: where Allison was taken after the shoot ing, and where he died, and by S. W. McLean, Lincolnton under taker, who stated - over long dis tance that he heard this' testimony at the inquest held Monday in his store. . ' ' ' Sheriff Abernethy state to The Observer that the deputies were armed with - 41 and 32 caliber pis tols. Both deputies, Sheriff Aber nethy said, returned the fire of the men in the car. - - - ' Sheriff Abernethy was asked by The Observer why he ordered the release f .Craig -and" Owens, w ho were held by Charlotte ; police as possibly implicated in the affair. He stated that the only evidence he had to connect them with the affair were the dying statements of Allison to the effect that "Jim Craig shot me," and that the two men were with him in the car, and after making this statement, Sheriff Abernethy ex- placed, Allison said that a negro had hit him with a blackjack, Craig and Owens were not held vv the Charlotte police on the re- ouest of Sheriff Abernethy of Lin- coin, but were taken into custody on the initiative of the local officers,. after a telephone conversation with the Lincoln authorities. Rumorfin Charlotte yesterday of the story of the shooting stated that Allison's car was following two other cars, said to be Caddillacs, and it was tjlleged 'that all three were '..loaded with whiskey. The two cars in' front passed the Leatherman store, in Lincoln county, and when Alli son's car was halted by the deputies the firing began. When Allison was shot his car, it is said, ran down into a ditch on the side of the road, and two men with him, who are .at present unknown, left him and ran across a field in the darkness. They sre rumored to have secured con veyance to Gastonia over the Pisd niont and Northern railway. Allison also ia reported to have had a considerable amount of money on his person at the time he was shot Some reports have placed . the amount at near a thousand dollars. Paris, Dec. 26. France gained nn important victory in the alii ea reparations commission today, wnen tne commission by a vote of mre to one declared Germany in voluntary default in her wood dchv enes lor BETHLEHEM LOCALS: Mrs. L. J. Hoyle is-spending the Christmas holidays with' her son, Mr. Tom Baxter of Bessemer City. Mr. J. W. Hoyle and family of near Lincolnton. spent ' Sunday with Mi's. Hoyle's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dellinger. , Mr. A. M. Snider, teacher of North Brook'Consolirtated school is spending the 'holidays with borne folks in Dav?. idson County. Miss Madalean'- Dellinger spent Monday night witK Miss Mae Sorrels. . Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Sorrels artd dau ghter, spent Christmas day at the home fit Mr. Tom, Baxter of Bessem er City.. ' : Mrs. T, II. Baxter is right sick at this writing. : Mrs, S. S. Hurrelsou is spending several days with her daughter, Mrs. C. E. Carpenter. V- v Mrs. Claude Bijfgerstaff is right sick with influenza -.- STATE CAPITAli QUIET BE- FORE COMING OF SOLONS Raleigh, Dec. 2(?i4-Naturally at the state capital this year there is noth ing much after'Chrjp.trifas before the legislature, and life latter Is 'a full week 6ff from tomorrow,' ..The caucus is to be held on tlife night previous no one has heard whether Tam Bowie will again eject newspapermen and interested observers or hot but" the caucus is rather cut and dried save for the matter of. nfev assembly clerkships. Chief attention is; probably, being paid by the memte's-elect to the mattor of drafting regislatifm.some of which, as word of it drifts nt would appear to be including a part, of the holiday hang-over. . '. Reduction of the personal property exemption from $300 to 100 i coining bark, too. Burgwyn of Northampton is understood to ha,ve recruitetl some strength for his proposlti;n..:.in' the house and it j known that wie Jf the new senators-4-CastcUee of a third district is an out-and-ou r4'i-vnent district is anv out-and-ouy r4nent of freeing sQlurxeplJiitliij) ulation-front 'taxation..-'. FORMER PRESIDENT WILSON IS SIXTY-SIX YEARS OLD New York, Dec. 2(5. A delegation of five from the Woodrow Wilson ioundation will await .upon former President Wilson at his home in Washington Thursday to extend birth day greetings to him on the 66th an niversary of his birth. Those in the delegation will be Hamilton Holt, ex ecutive director; Rabbi Stephen S. Wise, Mrs. Charles E. Simonson, Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany and Mrs. Carolina Ruutz-Rees. NEW UNIT OF ARMY RESERVE CORPS Ashcvillc, Dec, 20 Another unit of the army reserve corps has been au thorized for North Carolina in orders recently issued from the headquarters of the 63rd Cavalry Division, Organiz ed Reserves at New Orleans. The unit how being added to the list of North State organizations is the 463rd Field Artillery Battalion which will constitute the 'divisional artillery of the 63rd Cavalry Division. Headquarters of the battalion will be at Charlotte. The entire personel, en listed as well as commissioned will be mounted to facilitate fast maneuv er. Equipment will bo French "75's" or-'.- the equivalant American 3 inch gun. .-' Captain A. D. Chipman, Cavalry, U. S. A. whose headquarters are at Ashevillo has bttn de3igr.aM by the division Commander e,4 the acting ex ecutive officer of the battalion with instructions to complete its organiza tion. Twenty-nine artillery officers are needed to this end and these offi cers will be selected for their know ledge of gunnery and horses and they must have the speed and endurance to' keep up with the fast work of a moun ted division.' Former world war artillery-- offi cers wishing information relative to securing commissions in this division should get in touch with the acting executive officer in Asheville. The ar tillery is just being organized and the main call is for artillerymen but there are still a limited number Of cavalry vacancies in the grade-of captain and first lieutenant. --' The Officers Reserve Corps of the Organized Resorves now constitutes over eighty thousand offiicers and is rapidly growing as new "Units such as the 463rd Field AVtillery Battalion are organized. A reserve commission according to Captain Chipman offers the reserve officer a definite com mand and the assurance of early ac tive service in time of war and none of the worries or responsibilities of a peace time establishment in time of peace. Until November 11, 1923 for- mer world war officers arc commis- snnod in the reserve corps on the has- is of their official records in Wash- Ington. HIGH SCHOOL " . ALUM LUNCHEON The First Annual Alumni Luncheon Enjoyed" by Large Number of Young Graduates of Lincolnton School. The first Annual Alumni Lucheon of the Lincolnton school nroved a most enjoyable affair to the more than 75 present, last Tuesday night at Kiwanis Hall. The members of classes of each year back to 1908 were introduced to the banquettevs and. enthusiasm ran high. The banquet was presided over by Miss Roberta -Love and the Menu was prepared and planned by the members of the 1923 class, : Menu and Program "Make the coming hour o'erflow with Joy" ' Shakespeare. ,1 Grapefruit "They eat, they drink, and in com munion sweet, Quaff immortality and joy." ' Milton. Creamed Chicken on Toast Green Peas Creamed Irish Potatoes Sliced Ham, Hot Biscuit Coffee Butter "The daintiest last, to make the end most sweet."' Ambrosia . , Cake ; Why wish for more? "Wishing of all employments is the worst." Dr. E. Young The program: 'No pleasure endures unseasoned, by variety," ' . , r. Syrus Welcome to the Clafs of 1923 President of Alumnae Association Miss Roberta Love Response - President of the Class of 1923 Mr. Alton Wood. The Alumni Association Dr. Gordon Crowell The High School . . . . . Mr. IL F; Krauss , RECEIVE SEVERE KNIFE .. . . ,:-a-.: W0UND jjf pig- NECK f.---- ' -" Gastoma, Dec. 20. N. G, Cloniger, supeiintendent of the Gray and Park dale mills here, is in a local hospital suffering from a severe knife wound on his neck inflicted by Bob Pearson, a well-known character of Kings Mountain, about 8 o'clock last, night in Dallas. ' .-7". It was first thought that Mr. Cloni ger's wound might prove fatal, hut re ports from the hospital today are to the effect that he is getting along nicely and barring possible complica tions his recovery is expected. GOD LOVES YOU ! Weary, tired, gloomy, glad or cheerful, look up and smile. God is love. God loves you. Think over thee things with something more than thoughts. "God is more near to our souls than our own bodies," "The "Lord thy God is in the midst of thee,, a mighty one who will save; He will rejoice over thee with joy. He will rest in His love; He will joy over thee, with singing. "A root set in the finest soil,, in the best climate, and blessed with all that sun and air and rain can do for it, is not in so sure a way of growth to perfection as every man who may be whose spirit aspires after all that which God is ready and infinitely de sirous to give him. For the sun meets not. the springing bud that stretches toward him with half that certainty is God, the Source of all good, com municates Himself to the soul thai longs to partake of Him," "Be quiet, look, up, smile back , to God His love smile: We are all of ,us the offspring of God, more nearly re lated to God than to one another, for in Him we live and move and have our being. Rev. John T. Wilds. Nearly 500,000 English Words "The English vocabulary has gown to great r.ize," says Professor Clark S. Northup,' of Cornell Uni versity, one of the contributors to The New Universities Dictionary and goes on to add: 'the number of words found in old English liter ature does not exceed thirty thous and; recefft dictionaries have listed more tnan lour nunnreu inousana, mostly of foreign origin. ,Yet most writers use mainly English words. Shakespeare used ninety per cent of English words; the English Bible contains ninety-four per cent; Milton eighty one per cent; Addison eighty- two per cent; Tennyson eighty-eight per cent. Most of. our shortest and simplest words are of native (frigin." Getting Him Told. A real small man was seaterd in a crowded car, when a very large wo- man squeezed in beside him. He said "Gee, I wished they would charge according "to size,', the large lady turned, .r,? said, "If they did, they to pick you up." THOUSANDS SAW LINCOLNTON DEC 23 GREAT CROWDS OF HOLIDAY SHOPPERS SATURDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS Saturday before Christmas the larg est crowd of holiday shoppers visited Lincolnton in the history of the t"w i. That Lincolnton is a shopping center and draws big crowds was demonstra ted on Dec. 23 to the satisfaction of all. It was a throng of folks f -om all over this section and they spent the day, or the lavpest portion of it here shopping and in the afternocn the crowd gathered at the east front of the court house to see the awarding of the gifts by the committee of business men, or the judges, and this event was the center of interest for about 2 hours, during which 9 presents were awarded to the following . by the judges under the rules as published last week. The lucky persons were: Ford Touring, Mrs. Plato Miller, 5-Piece Parlor Suite, D. P. Rhodes. Eagle Range, Hinkle Beam. , Kitchin Cabinet, J. A. Mattheny. New Home Machine, M. L IToyle. Floor Lamp, 1). A. Williams. . .Art Square, Jack Mauney. White Iron Bed, J. T. Kepver. ' Set Bluebird ware, Jatk Gopdsor.. j Following; the judges' awarding, which was carried out in the best of order, the great crowd dispersed and finished their Christmas hopping, and during the balance of the day tha shops were literally packed with Christmas shoppers bent on making friends and loved one, especially chil dren happy. . , The shoppers bought not only use ful presents but great quantities of toys, various stores having stocked heavily of toys, and buyers cleaned up most of the Christmas goods, to the satisfaction 'of the business men, who had anticipated their every want. NICKNAIuES OF STATES. JUustioiLpftcn askedin.TiirJs'..i Vftt 'arc the niok'names of the states? Following is a complete list, taken from The World Almanac. Ala. "Cotton," "Lizard." Ariz. "Sunset," "Apache." Aik. "Bear," "Bowie." Cal. "Golden," "El Dorado." Co!. "Centennial," "Silver." Conn. "Nutmek," "Freestone." Del. "Diamond,'.' "Blue Hen." . Fla. "Peninsular,'' "Everglade." Ga. "Cracker," "Buzzard." I.laho"Gen." 111. "Sucher," "Prairie." Ind. "Hoosier." : Iowa "Hawkeye." Kan. "Sunflower," "Jayhawk." Ky "Blue Grass," "Corne-Crack-er." La. "Pelican," "Creole." . Me."Pine Tree," "Old Dirigo." Md. "Old Line," "Cockade." Mass. "Bay," "Old Colony." Mich. "Wolverine," "Auto." Minn. "Gopher," "North Star." Miss. "Bayou," "Eii!?le." Mo. "Ozark," "Iron Mountain.":' Mont, "Stub Toe," "Bonauz-i." . Neb. "Antelope," "Black Water." j Nev. "Silver." "Sage Brush." N. H.."Granite." . . $ f g N. J. "Jersey Blue", "Garden," "New Spain" v N. H. "Sunshine," "Spanish." " N. Y. "Empire," "Excelsor." N. C "Old North," "Turpentine," "Tar Heel." N. D, "Flickertail," "Sioux." Ohio ."Buckeye.". Okla. "Boomer." Ore. 'Beaver," "Web-Foot." Pa, "Keystone," "Steel' "Coal." R. 4 .-- Little Rhody.V "Plantation." S. C "Palmetto." S. D. "Sunshine," "Swigecat." 'Tenn.-TT-"Big: .Bend,' "Volunteer," "Hog-and-Hom:ny." Tex. "Lone Star," "Beef." Utah "Desert." "Mormon." Vt. "Green Mountain." Va. "Old Dominion," "Mother." Wash. "Everftreen," "Chinook." W. Va. -"Panhandle." Wise "Badger,".'.'Copper,". . . Wyo. "Equality" (Suffrage Pio neer.) The same publication contains an account of the origin of the names of all of the States, complied lrom ol- ficial sources. The Lutheran, The Fast Train. One day an argument occurred t over a fast train ana one man saiu, "I rode on a train that went so fast that telephone poles looked like fence rkils." The other man said, "than ain't nothing, I rode on a train that went so fast that when we passed . that truck farm down yonder the tomatoes, cabbage and the other vege - tables looked like vegetable soup. .-'.'.' , , . A new issue of stamps for the Bri- tish West Indies shows " -Columbus holding a telescope 100 years before it was invented! Pittsburgh Dis- patch. SHORT NEWS ITEMS New York, Dec. 26. Battered and scarred by heavy weather, 14 ships . plowed slowly into quarantine, from early morning until late afternoon to day, the skippers of them all report, ing a vicious never-ending battle with a scries of lashing hurricanes which seemed to shake the Atlantic to the bottom. Gastonia, Dec, 26. Four of the five - -white prisoners at the Gastonia coun ty jail, this city, while being allowed, freedom in the runaway at 7 o'clock Saturday night, escaped from- their bonds by sawing bars from a window. N . One prisoner, a young man named Wright, who v:v amiitf a iwiutunee -. for forgery gahtinp his freedon, went to the home or his father in onth- west Gastonia. Tluoiivh the iuflueace -, of the parent the ytung nun returned. . Winston-Salem," ''Dec.' 26. William " Mek'hor, aged about 40. years, was fatally injured about 2:30 o'clock this afternoon when he was struck by the propeller of an airplane as the ma-' chine landed on the aviation, field on the Lexington road, a short distance south of the city. His shoulder was broken and his left leg severedust , above the knee. Death followed an hour later. ' :' . " v . Baltimore, Md., Dee. 2G. Dr. B. M. ' McKoin, former mayor of Mer Rouge, La., who is wanted there m connec tion with the Morehouse pa'rish kid- ' naping and the finding of two- hiuti lated bodies in Lake La FourcheTVas arrested here today at the Johns Hop kins university Brady institute,. where he is taking a post graduate course. The arrest loiiowea receipt ol a teleprani from Gov. John M. Par ker, of Louisiana, requesting the local police to arrest McKohn on a murder charge. After questioning by pQlice officials, Dr .McKoin was locked up to await further action 'by Louisiana au thorities. ... Gastonia; Dec. 26. Announcement is made today that the contract for GairtonfcrV1'mrrr MaSonTc empTcTwiU,,-' he let within the next few weeks and that work on the temple will be rush ed to an early comoletion. The tem ple will be a handsome brick three story building to be erected on proper ty owned by the Gastonia Temple as sociation, a corporation which receiv ed its charter some weeks ago. The authorized capital soUk is $100,000. The 'movement for the building of the temple had ist origin in Gastonit lodge, No. 369, A. E. and A. M. some years ago. A lot on Marietta street was bought. It. was recently sold at a handnome profit and a larger lot secured on South street adjoining the residence of Mr. W. W. Glenn. The lot is 60x220 . The-temple will be 55x175. New York, Dec. 2(5. Charged, with" failure to warm the homes of his 72 tenant families, Jacob Sc'oHiroff, owner of four East rfidv apartment rouses, today v.v.v snt-.-wed to the Tombs for 60 days. w!en he was un able to pay a $000 fine - imposed by , Magistrate -George. W. Simpson. The magistrate "refused to, : .entertain the ""rr landlord's plea that he had been un able to buy coal. Reckless Temcrty. "Have you over stopped to think how many thousand germs there are on a dollar bill?" "Oh, yos" replied Mr. Jobson, sigh ing deeply, "but whonovcr I see a man With a big roll of bills in i.'.i hand I long to share his peril." Birmingham Age-Herald. . Johnnie was to have' a party, and his mother insisted on his inviting a boy whom a disliked. After tnuc'h urging, Jhnnie- promised. The party came off, but Willie did not appear. "Now, Johnnie , did you invite him?" anked Johnnie's mother. "Yes, I did! Yes, ma'am, I in vited him!" answered Johnnio, "I in vited him,' he added reflectively, "and I dared him to come." Ex. Everywhere in the cotton belt the farmer . is studying "ways to combat e boll weevil. One general remedy that is being considered, and wisely,. i, t0 depend -aa-little as possible on the crop that the boll weevil attacks. In dealing with'the weevil discretion is the better part of valor. THE OPENING FOR HIM . Fresh Youth You told me there would be an opening here for me in the fall and now you say you don't care to employ mc. . . ... 5" f : Banker There is an'opening for. - you, right over there the door, j : 1 Trickling Down Street, ; A teacher explaining to her class, that "trickled" meant "run" and that !'tale" was a narrative, 'asked John to give her a sentence using , both, This is what John said: "The little dog trickled down the street with a tin can tied to his narrative," '. it it r ''-' r: ---' ;:!'v.." - .7:7' : r , :V . . ' '"v :
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