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V,'-'- y . i. - " a ESTABLISHED I87t LINCOLNTONY N. G, MON DAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 29. lD2a. 5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year. VII . 0 -----" z - I I I 1 i TRIAL OF BAXTER AND MILLER IS POSTPONED ' ... ' ; . . - Preliminary Hearing Waived Bond To Court Which Will Be held Later. Deputy Sheriffs W. D. Baxter and Scott Miller, of Lincoln County, charged with: the murder of Fred Allison, of Charlotte, on the night of December 24 in upper Lincoln County, who were to be given a preliminary hearing before Judge T. B, Finley at ''"Lincolnton last Saturday, have waiv ed the preliminary and will submit to be bound over to the superior court under bonds of $10,000 each, accord ing to Attorney C. E. Childs, of this city, who represents the defendants, . The January term of Lincoln Court has been postponed until the new court' room is ready for use, when it is expected to ask for a special term to clear up the Lincoln court docket Baxter and Miller were arrested recently on bench warrants issued by Judge Finley and Solicitor Huffman's, request, both charged with the Alli- ' son murder. Baxter had at first been held under 10,000 bond for the felonious slaying of the Charlotte mechanic, and this charge later was changed by the solicitor to murder, Deputy Miller being included as a principal in the warrants. ; Allison, in .. company with' Ed Owens and James Craig, of Char lotte, was killed during a gun battl between Deputy Sheriffs Baxter and Miller and the men in the liquor e at Leatherman's store, abou 18 miles" from Lincolnton, when the whiskey laden car he was driving was . intercepted by' the deputies and the men in the car fired on the two officers following which the officers and men in the car engaged in a fussilade of hooting. Allison was killed by a bullet that entered his head from th reat and right. The coroner's jury rendered a verdict after examining five eye witnesses to the shooting that Allfoon came to his death from a, bul let fired) by his companions in the ear, said companions being declared by the jury to" be unknown. , The companionSjgdQwens. 'and - James Craig, later "conferred wifh Solicitor Huffman 'in Charlotte,' and the ' Solicitor issued a warrant In which Baxterwas charged with the felonious slaying of Allison, the charge being later changed to murder tttid Miller included. ' The Attorneys for the defendant of ficers are C E. Childs, and A. L. Quickel of Lincolnton and 0Max Gardner and Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby. The ctatc f.nd the Allison family is represented by Solicitor' Huffman an attorneys K. B.. Nixon, C, A. Jonas. Lincolnton; D. B. Smith;; Charlotte, and W. C. Fcimster of Newton. PINEHURST GOLFER BEATEN BY LINCOLNTON PLAYER Pinehurst, Jan 25. Alex Ross, th petroit and Pinehurst golf profession al, disposed of the first nine holes of the championship course in 32 strokes . at Pinehurst todayand came home in 86 for a total of 68: Ross' great round was played in a match in which he and Charles F. Lancaster, of Brae burn finished with a best ball of 32 43-66, end won by 4 and 3 from Jack Jolly, of Newark, N. J., and R. C. Shannon, 2nd, of Broekport and Massapeque. Jack Jolly had an individual found of 35-39-74, and Shannon finished in - 79. '; v'"1 Lancaster helped Ross on the 12th yind 13th holes, but did not have much of a chance to assist elsewhere. Ross had five birdies on the first nine holes' and "gathered in two more coming in. He holed a 66-foot putt for a two on the n. -t : . The above is considered the best of pbiying, but a Lincolnton man some time ago in & game at Americus, Ga.. beat the above,' according to the Americus Times-Recorder. . That paper-published the following "some : weeks ago: ,: " . . "-. "la dome Golfer." ; l. 'Prof. D. Ward Milam, leader of the' singing at the Methodist revival services, pulled a real golfing feat yesterday at the Americus county clubv link when he played number 1 in S birdie four, making a phenom enal approach shot, and sinking the ba'i 'at 119 yards Rev Miller also wtnt over the fQ'xri j in 40," " " ENGINEER COMPANY WILL BE FORMED BY CHARLOTTE MEN Charlotte, Jan. 25, Charlotte ,to have ia 'new military company, en gineers branch, which will become one of the units of the North Carolina National guard. , , Authorization for the formation of the"' new cpmpany came Thursday morning from .the office of General J. Van S. Metts, adjutant general to Major Wallace B. Stone, of Charlotte, inspector of the North Carolina Na tional guard.- ' v'. In a purely humanitarian sense, our friends are still our best asset. IS APPOINTED DELEGATE TO GUARD ASSOCIATION Capt. Lineberger Appointed Delegate to National Guard Association to be Held at Indianapolis, Feb. 1 to 3 To Put On Membership Drive. Capt. A.; S. Lineberger, of Troop "E" Cav. received word from General Metts that he had been selected as one of the four officers of North Carolina National Guard to be delegates at the National Guard Association which the evening which was in charge of convenes at Indianapolis February 1st J. T. Mangum, inspiring songs to 3rd. J wore rendered by Mesdames W. W. North Carolina is entitled to four Akers, and J. R. Gamble and Messrs delegates at the association and Capt. 'Fish' and 15. D. Johnson, accompanied Lineberger was selected by Gen. I by Mrs. J. Frank Love, and addrea Metts as the delegafe to represent the by two Gostonians, Mr. R. Grady 10th Squadron because of the fact ! Rankin, Khumnis district Lt.'Governor that Capt. Lineberger has the best drilled troop in the 100th Squadron. He will leave Lincolnton on Tuesday the 30th for Asheville where he will join the other delegates and going dir rectly to Indianapolis, arriving there Jan. 31st. They will leave for home Feb. 4th. . -..- "J:. In a talk at the School of the Troopers at the Armory, Hall Thurs day night CajL Lineberger compared .ly, telling of the pleasure it gava him the present troop with the troop he to attend Kiwanis meetings at Lin belonged to years ago when the colnton; 'he passed the bouquets, say. National Guard was first organized . ing that thfe charter night celebration and put before, his men the advan-jwith the ladies as guests, was one of, tage the National Guard offered in if not the most elaborate affair of the the waV of promotion and military i trainine which will benefit them in, future years. Capt. Lineberger also stated that he was gojng to put on a membership drive to. fill the vacancies caused by the expiration of enlistment of a fev of the men. This doesn't mean, he futher said, that any and every applicant will be accepted but that only, first class men will be enlist ed. There wiH be three prises given to' the troopers who secure the most applicants, the first prize will be a ten dollar bill and the cecond and third fill be a five dollar bill each. The contest will etart Immediate. CATS ARE HIGH, VERY i' HIGH. NOW IN RUSSIA rAlip Hdmlnlatratton toiAv received a plea from its representative in Kiev for funds to purchase cats, which are bringing 10,000 roubles, with kittens at half price. Scanty food supplies are rapidly be ing depleated by a hoard of invading mice, and there is a scarcity of cats because of the number eten during last winter's famine. . BIG TEXTILE COMPANY MAY LOCATE IN N. C. Charlotte, Jan 25. The Sagamore j Manufacturing Company, mentioned as one of the large Massachusetts textile mill that has decided to start up in North Carolina and Ten- m fsee, already has Outained option i on two plants of 50,000 spindles within 80 miles of Charlotte, accord ing to a story published here by the Charlotte News. According to this account, which said the company had not announced any sites selected in either Tennes see or North Carolina, its intention is to transfer Its present spindles to Tennessee and to purchase and erect other plants in this state. f Lower costs of operations" were given as the reason for the move. ENGINEER DENIES ENO BRIDGE IS TOO HIGH Durham, Jan. 24. F. E. Scnepie, district engineer of the state highway commission, fourth district, vigorous ly denied tonight that any mistake had been made -in the plan? for the bridge over the Eno river near Hills- Loro or that the new bridge would have to be rebuilt. , .. "It was the most malicious lie I ever heard," he said when informed that there were reported to be rumors in Hillshoro of another engineering! mistake involving complete chrnge for a bridge costing between $30,000 and $50,000. , According to a report from Hills boro, rumors there said the big bridge which has recently been erected over Eno river was to be torn down and another built in its place. There was sajd to be a mistake, said the rumor, in the plans whereby $he bridge was built eight feet too high and owing to difficutly. in building approaches to such high bridge it would have to be rebuilt. ; vv.. " y-O Mr. Schnepfer said there was not a word of truth' in the - report "The bridge was built under a separate con tract, he said, ."but the road wjll be built up to the bridge. That was the plan from the start. Contract for the road has not yet been let 1 think bids will be asked at thelettlnge after the February 1 lettings, or somewhere about March 1. I know how the ground lies there and it will not be difficult to .have a fill that will make the road as high as the bridgo.' AH that has been carefully considered and there has been no mistake in the plans." KIWAIflS CELEBRATES EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY Of Kiwanis International Also First Anniversary of Lincolnton - Club IJcut Gov. Rankin of Gastonia; and Rer W. A. Lambeth of Gastonia, Speakers.-.;;. V-.. The regular weekly luncheon of the Lincolnton Kiwanis Club held last Friday was a most enjoyable and helpful occasion. On the program of and by Rev. WUHam A. Lembeth, the brilliant pastor of the Gastonia Me thodist church . The occasion was in the nature of a double celebration of the Eighth An? nlversary Kiwatiis International, and the First Anniversary of the Lincoln ton club, which club was a year old on Jan. 27th. Lt' Governor Rankin, spoke brief- khid he ver stended and he was glad to have been here as a guest with the Gastonia Quartet, Mr. Rankin spoke briefly on the ideals of Kiwanis, and delivered a most helpful address. The address of Rev. William A. Lambeth, was especially enjoya'ble and helpful, " He gripped his hearers from etart to finish, as he discussed the Kiwanis motto, "We Build". He especially liked that motto he said. His wo4 picture of what it means to be a Kiwanian was most vivid, and bis addrfta tho brief was declared to have been one of, if not the best delivered before th club; following 4Journ meril he was the redpbnt of congra tulatlohs from the Individual members for. the pleasure that he kid given Other guests 6f the club included Dr. A. C. Hutcheson, medical missionary to China, Rev, W. W.' Akers, Mr. Jas. Thompson of Charlotte, and Mr. Ter rell, city, Next Friday night's meeting will be a good roads meeting, when there will be many guests, as many as can possibly be crowded into the club din er; 1lmong the guests will be the members of the Bqard of County Commissioner, Mr. Wilkinson of Charlotte, member ef the State High- way Commission from this district. and a number from town and coun ty. Kiwanians are with the citizens of the county in a desire to get its share of state roads and this meeting is for the purpose of encouraging good roads, hardsurfaced roa4s in Lincoln county, in cooperation with state, na tion and citizens of the county of Lin coln, and it it expected to tee a full turn out, because every body wants wants more good roads, knowing that a community is judged by its good roads progress.-: The program last Friday was: -1 The Blessing by J. Vf. Mullen. America ... ........The Clui Business ...... ....... Five Minutes Quartette, Mesdames Akers rnd Gam ble; Messrs. Fish and Johnson. The Kiwanis Check, Attendance Prize Duet . . . .Mrs. Gamble and Mr. Fish Kiwar.is International . .Lt. Gov. G. Grady Rankin "Kiwanis Will Shine Tonight", The Club. : , ' : What's in That Box? In Charge of AI. Webber, .Solo.,.. ....Mrs, Gamble "A Dash of Pep" .... W. A. Lambeth Quartette, Meadames Akers and Gam ble Messrs Fish and: Johnson. Booster Prisse M. H. Cline, Attendance Prize I. W. Lineberger. Program in Charge of J. T. Mangum FEW WOMEN FITTED FOR ; OFFICE, SAYS MISS ROBERTSON - New "York, Jan. 13. "There are very few women who, by training and opportunity, have become fitted for any public office,' 'Miss Alice Robert son, of Oklahoma, member of Con gress, declared in a lecture at Town Hall last night. "There is none who is qualified to be governor of a state or a member of the Cabinet. I don't be lieve women should seek office today. When they are fitted for such respon sibility the" office wllf seek them." She asserted that women of this eountfy "belong to so many clubs that they don't know what any one of those organizations doing." ... The money that is being spent on the wo men's congressional lobby, she said, should better be deverted to educating citizens, including Women, to a better understanding of government and pol itics, i It takes a wise person to know when to begin, when to stop, and what to say in between. " WITH THE JLEGISLATURE Raleigh, Jan 26. Opposition to the administration's $15,00,000 road bill dwindled Friday to nine and Cowles, of Wilkes, and Coffey, of Watauga, casting their votes with the majority, repudiated the minority leadership of Owen, of Sampson. The bill passed third reading by 85 to 9, Speaker Dawson being temporari ly absent and Representative Warren, of Beaufort, presiding. Quickel, of Lincoln, led the opposition in a speech challenging the right 'of the majority to pass on to succeeding generations the duty of this hour. V He had offer ed an amendment providing a new tlis tribution "In those counties of the state which have no tK 'heretofore, re ceived their pro rata part of the rdad funds expended by the .state highway commission." In debating the main issue he said that shortly there will be approximately $ 100,000,000 ,: in bonds for this progressive and con structive work, but wepass it all on. Mr, Burgwyn, of Northampton, ask ed for an additional $1)00,000 for the first district and Mr. Coward, of Jack son, sought to provide a $3,000,000 equalizing fund for counties and dis tricts geographically ill-adapted to the present pro rata on the basis of population. All ' amendments were overwhelmingly voted! down. Mr. Coward supported the; bill, Messrs. Quickel and Burgwyn temained with the minority, "' ,,; The house reconsidered the state wide game bill by recalling the mea sure from the unfavorable calendar and sending it bck for a new com mittee hearing. Representative Pharr asked this for visiting delegations which had no opportunity to hear the arguments Thursday, -ji , In the rollcall vote , amending Kings Mountain charted Mr. Cowles, of ilkes, asked ta be recorded aa voting "no" because loial bill as it was, it involved : a principle in gov ernment that he couldf not indorse. Mr, Davis vw amajed, but the Wilkes man broke the 95 gentlemen hiving voted in the afljrmative and one in the hega,tivc" He got himself sfeflsJgJjt- ai-ha oJlwiitt .011; Here Mr, Quickel rose to send in his amendment to section 4 of the road bil) : "And ' shall be expended in thqse counties of the state which have nqt, heretofore, received their pro rata part of the road funds ex pended by the state highway com mission, including federal aid funds available to this state. That the pro rata part of all road funds desig nated above to be expended in each cortnty shall be that part of the total state funds heretofore or ' here by made available for road building by the state highway commission phis any federal aid fund allotted , to this state for such purpose- ascer tained on the basis of one-third in the ratio of area each county bears to the entire area of the state, one third in the latio of population each county bears to the entire population of the state, as determined by the last United States census, and one- third in the ratio of the licensed taxes paid under the provisions of this act on motor vehicles to the total licensed taxes paid wider this act by all the counties of the sta as shown by the last taxing lyeai'." Mr. Everett, of Durham, said he heartily favored the bill; but he could not fail to notice this tendency away from a state to a district and county system. One thing that had carried the bill two years ago was a map- of a state system, radiating through all County capitals, the capi- tol-to-capital route made regnant "We have found out now that to build such a system it will cost $180,- 000,000 to $200,000,0000," he said. "The people are entitled to know the facts. And to builS a state sys tem which completes barely one third of the program," he said, ia in defensible. The public should be informed whether this is to be the end of building.- Mr. Burgwyn sent his million dol lar mystery up and mentioned quite casually that in one western county road work done and to be done would run the construction to $110,000 and that county "has 250 automobiles, ... . UL ,! A t 'llrt wniw mine wun approximately i,uu machines gets $14,000." Mr. Connor. of Wilson, said he had that unfortunate disposition which believed that most folks in office are honest and do the best they can. He rever had buen able to find any con spiracy agnmsf Wilson, though lit tle roadbuilding hr.d been done there by the state. "When I have a suspi- "on and invetigaii' I find that in 99 and 99100 per cent o the time I am mistaken." The highway commission, he ob served has done Its workwell, that in nearly every section there are peo ple who think they have been dis criminated against. In the far west It is the east which "gets all .the money; in the cast it is the west. In (Continued on page four.) YANKEE SOLDIERS ARE EII R0DTET0, AEIERICA Unknown Woman Presents Modest Tribute From People of Belgium To The Departing Soldiers of America. Antwerp, Jan. 25. Moving slowly down the river Scheldt tonight on the way home aboard the American trans port St Mihiel is the last contingent of the troops who represented the Unit ed States in'the world war. The troops arrived here this morn ing from the Coblenz bridgehead and embarked on the transport, which started her voyage for Savannah at 5:20 o'clock this afternoon, - Willi soldiers lining her rails the transport cast off her lines from the Siberia dock. The doughboys sang farewell songs and shouted messages of good bye, while groups of friends ashore standing in the-dim light of the early darkness waved their adieux. The formal ceremony of departure took place at 4:40 o'clock, when a company of the 26th Belgian infantry with its band lined up alongside the St. Mihiel. The band played the Bel gian and the- American national an thems.' : Among the many tokens of affec tion presented the departing soldiers was a most modest one from in UU' known woman. Timedly she left bouquet of flowers in the bridge cabin of Captain Oliver, It was not in her own name, she said, but pn behalf of the humble people of Belgium who never could forget the aid the Ameri cans had rendered during the war time needs, ' The center of interest to those on board ship was the wives and children of soldiers who had exercised their constitutional right to marry, Gather d on the poop deck of the St. Mihiel. they formed an attractive group. One couple reached the ship only after some tribulations. Private Ralph Bailey, of Maine, married ft girl just before the. troop, train left Coblenz. His bride decided that she did not de sire to proceed to the United States immediately.-,. -Bwley gave .has.- the I marriage Jwpky.-'-togned by Chaplain Easterbrook, badV'rherT.fSrewerf n'StS went aboard the train. Within a half hour .there was a hurried' call to hold the train, for Bailey's wife had chang ed her mind and decided to make the voyage. Tonight she is one Of the party on board the St. Mihiel. Lincoln County Man Opposed To "Trading on Time" Cites Reason Why Lincoln Doesn't Expand, That the fanners of the south, and especially, North Carolina, in which he is personally interested,, should raise their own meat and vegetables i the opinion of Mr. D. W. Deltingeiy stere keeper and. farmer of Iron Station, who was in Charlotte Thurs day, says the Observer, Mr. Bellinger came to town on business. He lives In one of the historic centers of old Lincoln coun ty near the old iron furnaces, near old Macpelah church, near the homes of the Brevards and Gra hams. V. . ... "We have, good lands, said Mr. Dellinger, "and we ought to mak all we cat. . We grow wheat, corn, cotton, and could raise our own meat. - ' . . .. "The reason our section does not develop and go ahead . with sur rounding parts of the state is that the people who own the land won't sell a bit of it and it stays in the same families from or.a generation to the other.- In this ( way we can't progress." It is trade and exchange that makes cour.tr life develop into town life, ard town life , into city life . .....' :,,: "I am als3 opposed to trading on time. The' so nun" the farmer got; to paying cash -fr his groceries , and the merchant cash for his stocks the better off we wllfiM- On the ." time system the f armor,-filially-gets the worst of the -.bargain, for he-pays for the final of several profits de rived from the, 'different ' bundling of cotton. -' " "We have, an endless chain of credit which in the end bears on the farmer more than tha merchants,".. Dr. Dellinircr's family h one well known In Lincoln and Mecklenburg, and he, a representative citizen of the section. London, Jan, 25. Rufus McCall died Monday "night in a Hickory hos pital as a result of injuries sustained when a horse kicked him on Sunday morning about 10 O'clock. Mr! McCall was Dorn m leon ana meo on tne same than 35 miles an hour on the roads of she arrived, at the corner where they place on which he was born. He was Madison or Buncombe counties, which had arranged to meet he' ventured a' ' the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob McCall barely squeezed through jts second remonstrance. ' " and lived about six miles west of Le- reading on Wednesday was yesterday, "Darling, you are late," he said noiron a farm. Early in life Mr, Mc- . treated to "slow death'' when it was mildly, ' ': ' ' Call joined the Baptist church and all referred to the committee on publie j f "Only a few minutes," she protest through his life was an active and roads at the instance of Senator Sams ed In an Injured tdne, u said I'de be consistent member, chairman of the committee, who ob- here at 7 o'clcok and it's ' twenty ' ' ' :' -. tained a majority of the Senate on his minutes past." ' The Germans seem to think that proposition that laws effecting the "Oh," sighed the young man, "then " the French dun 'em wrong Washing- use of the state's system of highways ' you most have mistaken the day, I've " ton Post, should be uniformed. ' been waiting here since last night." I.IANY SCHOOLS BEING BUILT IN THE STATE Director of Schoolhouse Planning Says They Will Cost $25,000,000. , Raleigh,' Jan. 25. North Carolina now is engaged in a school building program, which, when completed, will add approximately 800 hew structures at a cost of $25,000,000, according to the report of J. J. Blair, director of schoolhouse planning, made public to day... .. V..- '.,.-. "The interest of the entire public in providing better accommodations fbr their; children is phenomenal," stated Dr. E. C. Brooks, state superin tendent of public instruction, in dis cussing details of the report. "The people are engaged in the construction of buildings .which when completed, will cost over $25,000,000, In 1919, the total valuation of all public school property in theNtate Was barely $15, 000,000. ; "The old log schoolhouses and the small frame buildings, heretofore used are rapily disappearing and the peo ple of the country have enthusiasm for education that even the towns and cities did not have 10 years ago. Li the place of poorly lighted poorly equipped schoolhouses may be found today, 8, 15 or 18-room brick buildings with auditoriums, located on the grea highways that are now spanning the state, .:-. ;-' -, , '.' -- . "The report shows that during the past generation, the entire school plant has been built and then rebuilt a sec ond time. -.. - . "It is necessary, therefore, in order to avoid waste to build permanently, and this is the idea that the people seem to have in mind.- Committee men and boards of education 'are showing better judgement than ever before in the selection of sites for their new- school buildings. They are securing sufficient grounds to provide recreation and playground centers for ;he children and one. of the moat noti jeable evidences' of progress is -the are With which buildings are'eing located, jrThe njBW.buMng :akete4't 'CooK j iemepD'avleco'unlyy piewinviia ?a the report to& a type of model for in terested citizens to study, . It is very zte&r that the chief purpose of a school building is to provide classroom space for pupils, and all other parts of a building are necessarily related to the classroom. ; ' .- ' -' - -' "Therefore, if one buiWing is so con structed that only .50 pr cent of the floor spaee can be used for classroom purposes, whi;o another devoted 75 per ' cent-to classroom pui-poses, the cost of the building per classrooms will be 50 per cent more in the former than in the Uttir. "It is very clear that 'rem 25 t 50 pet cent of the cost of a building may be saved to the taxpayers when the people understand that the floor area may be so arranged as to provide a larger per cent of it for classroom uses rather than to have it cut up in to unnecessary hallwa vs. stairways and rooms that cannot be used slu. ! cessfully as classrooms. "Of course, provision must be made For cloakrooms ami the like. But the Cooleemee building, devotes- 76 per cent of the floor space to classroom uses nnd provides for the other neccs-j sary features of a good school build- manager Of Gnssom's drug store ing. A few buildings have been here, who is in Jacksonville investi erected in which the floor space used "fating, is sure ' that Grissom is for classroom instruction is less than dead. He believes that he has been 50 per cent of the entire floor space. This is such an unwise expenditure hat every citizen should study the bis', plans in" order than the greatest advantages "-may be derived from a fair expenditure." - - . A study of the number of new build- ings either completed, under construe- hon, or planned, shows' that an aver- age oi ?ou,u iu ue Bpeni. un eacn structure, according to Dr. Brooks. BOAT BILL ..'Raleigh, Jan 24.- -Senate commit- tee on water commerce and trans-; portation this afternoon gave unani- mous report in favor of Governor , ment nouse at Mayence, consisting of Morrison's steamship line, but when"8ix three-room apartments and a plot the main body will get the bill for,of land. , There were two. pre-war debate nobodv knows.""" ." -The house committee on counties, cities, and towns voted to report fa vorably a bill which would incor porate Kingt8 Mountain and East King's Mountain into one city. - The bill imposing a fine of not less! than $50 nor more than $500 on any- one operating an automobile at more SHORT NEWS iITEEIS Essen, Jan. 25. The crowds in the streets of Essen have grown bigger and their mood uglier since the re turn of Fritz Thyssen and his fellow industrial magnates, who at Mayence yesterday were convicted by a French court martial and sentenced to pay fines for disobedience of the orders of the Franco-Belgian authorities; For a time today it seemed as if seri ous clashes between civilian mobs and French machine gunners , were inevi--table. Ashboro, Jan. 25. In one of ' the most pathetic and tragic scenes ever enacted in this community, J. L, John son saw his son, Charles Johnson, aged 25 years, meet his death tonight about 7:50 o'clock, when he came in contact with an exposed electic light wire carrying a high voltage. The father in attempting to rescue his son was severely burned. Mr. Johnson was saved from death" when his screams attracted Tom Wood, promin ent merchant of this city, and neigh bor to the Johnson family, who Suc ceeded in releasing the father from the wire.. Washington, Jan. 25. The house. by a vote of 204 to 77, approved to night the action of its judiciary com mittee in giving Attorney General Daughtery a clean bill of health on the impeachment charges brought against him by Representative KellerJ Republican, Minnesota. London, Jan. 25. A Reuter desDatch from Essert says'that after their de cision to isolate the Ruhr, the French are taking complete control of the railways, but so far as possible, are leaving the Germans to operate the trains". The French declare, however, that should the Germans decline to continue their work on the railways, there are sufficient French drivers in the region to maintain the principal services. Six hundred French drivers, and firemen have already reached the Ruhr, and more are arriving daily. . Jefferson City, Ma., Jan. 22. A bill making U a felony punishable by from Veirs tteejviintiirjr . to wear roWf; masks'," tooda or any paraphernalia designed to conceal identity . was introduced in the state legislature today. This does not ap ply to costumes for balls and other social functions, it was explained. WIFE THINKS GRISSOM STILL ALIVE Greensboro, Jan 25. The wife .of H. A, Grissom, of this city, mys teriously missing in Florida, declares that she believes that he is alive; de spite the fact that nothing has been heard from him .since last Thursday. "We just can't believe that 'Buddie' is dead," her mother said, speaking for Mrs. Grissom, who is in a state of nervous exhiustion from the strain It may be that he has been beaten doped, or is wandering around 'in a swamp near Jacksonville, they think, but the fact that constant search has I L I.J , ,. 1 1 . iiul reveaieu nis Doay gives inem hope. Thomas creek, where his r.u- tomobile was found, has been dyna- mited, and parties of searchers have been-tireless,-but the water has not given up the body. -,.-m.r.,:.:,:: On the other hand, L. W. Jenkins, murdered. Last Thursday morning Mr. Jenkins, in .answer to a wire from Mr. Grissom, telegraphed him $150 at Clearwater, Fla. The money was delivered. . f NE 50-ROOM CASTLE FOR $1,000 CoblenZ) Jan 22.A fine fifty room castle 0 the Rhine opposite Coblenz with ifa fin..;Bi.;nIn, J 1 acres of. vineyards is advertised for sale at $1,000. F. Mochau, of Chica go, an army official who will depart--with the American troops, has just recently bought for $65 for his wife's: father a farewell present of an apart- mortages- on the house for 43,000 marks or the equivalent of $10,000, Mochau pajid off the mortage for $2 the present equivalent of 43,000 marks.- '.-.1, THE MISCALUATION (Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph:) He was very patient and long suf- ! feting young man, but when at last
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