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PATRICK CITIZEN
MURDERED. ''
.Body cf Will Lawscn Found ia
Field Near His Home Was
Murdered By Blow tn Forehead
With Axe His Sen Must An
swer to the Charge.
To be buried in I a ooffinless
vrnvn and; with no ihroud bat u
guaino sack wrapjd alsmt . tilie ; Lawson win ctrrying and -which
head and shoulders, with ho iiu-j r kni aJI to piece:-- when
istcr anl no prayer or ong to the Hit it. After that Char
lie buried at tin- dead of niht iu I bn I ''ft home and spent a year
An old field, with the cold rain j way during which time he trav
ixuirinjf down upon the wet. clod 'Id with, a show company. After
as tjhev were hurriedly pihd in :
tJie newly .made grave upon the
lifele.ss and limber form was the
lot of AYill lK. JiikWHon who spent
bus life on a lf) acre farm iiu Uie
eo u nit ry ten miles north east of
this city.
" Tlie News of last week earriinl
an initeresting story about how
Will Lawsou had disappeared
.from his hcmie about the (holidays
and how tbe neighbors had been
bunting for him far and near for
many duiys.
The iuk was hardly dry on
the paper tlwit told the story be
fore a id ue was found that final
ly loeated his dead body in a
newly ploughed ' field nnar his
.heme. The newly made grave
had been concealed by fresh
plowing over the gruesome mt.
An inquest was held Saturday,
morr.irg cf '.i t week and tilie
new rave that was ionium on r n
lay was oixuied and, the remai
of Iiw.son examined. The "or-
oner's, iu rv four A tlia , he -fame
to his death by a blow with an
:axe in the forejicad. His oldest
son, Charly Iawsuii, aged about
twenty yeais, was eifiimitted to
jail at Stuart, Va withoiit bail
li answer the charge of murder.
Lt is a longird a dark sUry,
1. ir ii ' iir 11 "" f" fnr ' Vd'- his-
juti j, innij mi rmm a,,
try. Th story rn- sonirtLiLjn
like this: Will S. Ii.iw.m tspeirt
the forty five years of his life
in the section of country where
he died. 1" early life he mairiid
iMUs Niunnie JesMip. the stc
daughter of Mr. llillery .le.ssirp
ami to them were born thirteen
children, tilie oldest beinjr twen
ty years of age and the youngest
;i child two years old.
Mrs. Lawson inherited money
from her (people with which .she
lioujght a hundred acres of buid
.Tiiul on this small farm the fam
ily luus livid and prospered as
well as moxt of their neighlxirs.
During the years at times the
family was hanpressed for means
sind .more tlmn once Mr. Ijawson
left the farm ami spejut several
jnoinths in the coal fields of
West Virginia where he made
tgood wages and saved money
with which he returned and paid
hi debts. Some years ago be
built on the farm a good dwell
ing house and he was as well
fixed for living in the way of out
Ivuildings, barns, faun tooU, .stock
etc. as mast well-to-do farmers.
Tho family had never been con
nected with any church. They
wen1 in faith Primitive Baptist,
but they attended no church ser
vice. only occasionally. Thev liv
l within three miles of a Mvth
odwt church but usually went, sev
eral miles away to a Primitive
Jiaptwt church win n tiicy went
anywhere.
During all the years of his mar
ried life Will Lawsoii had h-en
what would be called a hardwork
itrtr farmer. I.avt Sinnmer he
raisl eighteen barns eif tobac-o
and hail sold at the tini' of his
death alsjtit nine hundred dollars
worth of tfiliaeco and had yet on
hand several harms. lint he
drai:li' at times. And he was
quarrelsome when drinking. He
would Work hard for weeks and
then go off to 1 tow. 1 or to some
still place in the mountains and
'et liquor ai.d quit work for days
at a time. lie was iml a man
who would gi-t down drunk, but
Jie would drink en rgh to b-
quarrdsnne and unpleasant about
bis bTiie. I? wa.s h;s h-b:t t
ab)4. his wif- and children wh--n
y wniiM come home und-r the
uifliifti;ee f liqimr. After bi
sons ir"t old erinnjrh to pr?e.'t
their mother Ihey were im d'.
X Vsed to .sit bv and see her alms-
. ' His .!- t son Ciir.rlv- i-
X (id to l:,ii frvl- express l b'm
Jfr If that un!, M his fnth, r qn't
JL i!p.nng !i;s mother he would
kill him. :
About three years ago 1) is old
est son, Charly, tlieri a boy of
tibout seventeen years," protested
vhw h wai trying to whip us
mother aiul .ii tlu row th.at fol
lowed (liarly shot him with a
pistol. The boy fired five (dtohs
at hut father, one of which made
a flesh wound1 in his lev and an
other would' havu caused his deatl
(possible luul the ball not been
Uti.ipW by a 1km yy watch
that
m-nig away some moniuis im re-
Turned home ana iiukK; a cnp
then' hist year.
About ten days ago the neigh
bors who live about Mr. Lawson
got to taikinig amojig themselves
t.h ait he had not been at home
for sonn time. Inquiry was male
aiul the family give out the news
that he left home on tho day be
fore (,'hrwtmas and that they
had not .seen or heard of h:mi
niiree. Mr. IILllerv de-suo, stci ;
ji'ather to Mrs. Laws,.,, told that!,nd ,,d .analyzed the fa,-ts
!'he h.::d seen hwu pass bis homejwlule they tnu-ii their dinner.
oji me 1;lv oeiore nrisnnas ami i
ioiu ikw .wr. liaw.M.n ,ua iuvw-.'h.ki
ed hijii to go with him to
the
'mountains where thev could
ifi'T
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The family pretended to ;nM ;
interested in finding him and in-
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quiry wi:is niaite hy phone about
over the emnitrv. but notliing i
eould be heard of him. Soon the I
im.pis-.s.sion got. abroad that the i
man had disa(jiieared ami that he
was possibly dead and his body
expikstid .somewhere alsnit the
neighborhood unburied. Mny ex
ee.lh'iit citizens began to take an
active, interest m the search and,; the neighbors nut at tho Laws'.n
firally, the whole eountry, fcrjho-me to begin the day's search.
'.' miha arouwl. ei:gaged iuj:Seme one said that thev luul bet
a s.vHfunatlu hiu;,t for the body Iter hunt over in the direction of
of the supposed dead man. Tel-! the field where the plowing bad
Tflrftlliig hvnK u. Ah-out h dis-h) 'nn .lone. And tli l.iiwf.ym a-m
tant towns and neighbors wetsf:
to Winston-Snlvni searching
fjr
hiiin.
During all this time the family
took som interest in the search,
contending all the time that he
was dead and that he left and
went towards the mountains.
They took enough interest in the
hunt lor rum to not arouse .sus
picion, but yet tile children kipt
gtfliHg to .seh 00 1 while every man
in the neighboi hood was
awav
from home seaivhing the hills
ami hollows and streams for their
father's bod v. Neigliliors got to
'noticing this, and the impre-sion I
'gradually -was crated that the; week, they began to go about over
familv was taking too 'little in-lthe newly ploughed lind and
terest in the seircJi. Old inau.iiressi them
JcoMfp repeatel, time and aaiii,
to the lMnghltoi-s how he had
seem 1j:iws)u g.i.iig towards the
Mountains on the day before
tli r 1st m as.
It got noised about the neigh
borhood in some way that the
family had had a row of some
mature on the. day before Chris
tmas Bve. It was known that he
had almut fifty dollars of his own was uncovered,
money and the'rijs) got abroad j This find was made about ten
tlmt he had collected from some j o'clock en the uieniin.g of Friday
of his friends iu the neighbor- j i f lat we. k. As soon as the
holy I as much as fifty dollars inun had dlig down to a point
more and was to nuik'e a trip to; where they saw that the body
the mountains just before Christ-1 was that of Mr. hawsim they
itimsi aid bring them liquor. The;.-iit for the Co aim Miwcaljli At
impressikm was thus made that; torney, l'.dgar Wo lwim , of
he had jus much as a hundred do iej Ktuait. "Va. who cime and In Id
la rs and some thouglit that, w
cauv of the family difficulties,
he had tajicn this ni 'iiey and
skipped' the country intending to
d'svrt his family.
All kinds of theori s wire ad
vanced as to where he m'u:ht be
t:lnd its tto how he could have loft
the country and left no trace i f
where he had gone. In the m un
til 11 e the interest in the se.ui-h
continued m.d i'liom Ui y to i i,v
iliundreds of men seaivlnd
through tlie fast ue.s cf the 11110111
t ains mih s away and v, and
d.own D.iu Kiver and all th. o'h
er strcJiims nf the neighborh'.ed.
The c!:i.- lint led to the d:s-
1'iiViiv
11
lO V IS .'I S
in: "r-
estir'g as a
w.-rk. 'IV 1
pi -ee f det eet l e
Citizt I S who 1; e ill
the CHlllltr.V. but !Xt
. . '.1 T 1
tin.it part i the
1:. .ir em '-rh so
b.-cn tak'.'tg ar
i ! Ii. Wele 1 . 1 1
that they lia-l
: in the -laily
ing dinner in n
r s'.iurant
I'd we k.
tabl in tin
in th'
Wl.i
n-:
e'ty en - day
!e sitting a the
uirii'it t),e talk-
el
ibout the mi'i
efforts to hieati
man an-l
him. One
i lie
citi;
n remarked to the other j
that hfi was auspicious of that
iplownvg. I hen he toM how
iGrant nitbVneighbor to Mr.
Lawson, .bad seen' J the ' two
Lhwsoii boys,' plowing in a
iii in uu irteiij ; ianii -unTii' iKj wiiii him; a.e h ii miuie wuii
i .... a. e .ti.,i i.i , ..y. j :l
(Tnirslinas -mii iiWrniriff. This,
tlte firfA tirix- anyi'jO bad Hie skull, was cnwlifd into am Charly Law.,ti, the man in jail
thought f)-f the jJowiiu?, at lenwti;iari- a mxtem pi . k ' w thfrUvjw ,IIU,st anHW(.r for tne t.rime,
It w the first time it bad binn
diNeiissi'd as having any relation
ow the sulbjeH of th Lost nan.
Then tlfe citiztwi re.'alled how the
neighbor had said that he Kaw
the Lawson boys in the field and
lie rumenuwrcd that tbe neighbor
j.said that be kuv them plowing
about good diy -light. Tbeii tb"
two eitierm, whllv eating, reas -
omd a()oiit'the 'matter. One oif
tlu-m recalled, how the land was
too wet to plow. One reim rn.lK'r
t that the lay Jjeifon the ploiw
iatf,' was done it bad' rairJed all
day and then continued to rain
all night. They recalled how it
was slowly raining on the morn
ing of (.'hristmas eve. Tli lasnd
was tco wet to plow beyoijd 'f'
tion. Then why were the Law
hon boys out that enrlv in the
Jn"rnln? plowing?
Thus thev
- "ii iiils same iiay a eiTizen who!tlie irnue.st. Not a member of
i.e-:-n ia.K mg an jutivc j irt in :
.The hunt was here in town. The
IVV mplfc limn 'iti.l ti.I. I I,
' - ini. .i.i ...Li iLiiii :
,i. . p., i i- .. . . i
... t.u- uu.-i, ,i, ,,ivv
''d lu-en engaged in during their
"''d. One d them went o far
.... .. i ll ii . . i . ..
j'1" ieu uie ciuun mar u net
wouiu go lumie and search fihat
P'Wed hint he miglit fii d the
""-""i''g man. He reasoih-d that
that land was plowed for some
serious puix!.se and possibly In
cover irp some crime.
The citizen went home and tilie
next day. as was their custom,
al - at oneelfiKi sfrcrt rui re 'fr-
useless to hunt over there, for
the man had gone towards the
iiHinutains. I tut they went over
to the field anyway. After walk
ing about and seeing the nature
of the land and had eonslded the
unreasonableness of plowing there
ion Christmas eve ami as early as
day U.'ht, the n-igrinors went
home agreeing to return next
'morning" and every man bring i
"spud." the ame being an iron
tixd with which liark is peebd
from trees. With tlhese inm
" :iuds" the next morning
the
l:i-t
s inio In'irg on Friday, of
uown 111 me gr.-unu
1 .1 ..... 1
to see it the lar.d was lmwe teow
the plowii g. In a very short
time some man stuck his "spud"
in the ground at a place where
it appeared to be too soft. 'Then
they ey-si.inined and found that the
elay below the plowing was loose.
Then they got tools and duff
dmvn ami found a new grave in
which tbe ludv of Mr. hiwsun
an inqin t Saturday nnu-ninig at j
which rim.- the In dv was taken i
fn in the irroiud aid 11 post mor
t in ex t mination held. Hrs. Tins
d. .Smith of West t'i Id and D.-nt.
if i-'iuart, Va. made the examini
tion. It was biMiight to light
tJiat the bnd h. l be-n 'jilacid in
the giave with no cov rii'g of
any kind except a sack tied
about the he-id. The re I clay
!h::d been pihd in r ot 11 the b d.v
whirli w is dre-ed as (lie man ap-p-ared
the day b-t'(o-e his death
W it'll t in
t Act p
The
( 11 that he wore
i -t UU'i ti ei ex -
sh"Wt d th it tht
liis d -ath by .1
'he foreh-.ad nri 1
i'UI'l
I-a vy
w it'll
b.w
th,- I.
who
111a !
h;i ve
Utlde
had
t ail :i:
The man
.'nick the blow could have
it ill no other way than to
-teed behind h's iet im and
t it- li'k h i!e the in 1 u's
uas noting on some liarl
Mlh!;i!:ee. Th,
blow was d li-
er d in a way to sink
of tlie axe d-'ep into tin
the ..-!!
head m
the
of
-In
1 and tne d.'-jest
wound was r'ht at
bone. For a man to
th
the frontal
stand', behind 'another, asleep on
the floor, and trikv bun in the-
head 'with an' axe Vouli make
just the wound" found on the
deaiWium j Tlfe' blow in- the- fore-
w'nueh foiVe'-tfiat the baeik fiart ofld'-w Kliiah. Hartlett and (Jilbt-rt
opiruon (i Mm loet,ors wno m.iie:m anout tu.,.tv v.Hrs flf aj., 1
tho examinut ion Chat thA onlv
way ;f hkull eould be ernsjied
in tb.M ease Woitld be for the
sku! to le re.stin.ff on some banl,
j firm, ?Jctatiir,'e at the tirn
tbe
' blonv w;u made.
- X!ln- n-sidenee was srarehed to
Urt. if evide,i-e i nnv kiiu.1 eould
il)(. found tlhat would' throw lk'ht
oi the .situation. . IMood win
found on the floor ami about the
rum in more than one place. It
had been, washed up and White
sand covered the place when" it
had been, yet the stain was in
the planks of the floor. Itbwxl
was found on clothiig alwiut the
house. Mrs. Lawsoii undertook t
.aecount for tji 's bhx d by natural
aiiffi's, and her story if believed
would aci-onut for the blood.
ni i
J1,,Hut ,dl tJ,e t,,3t
!,.llM jM, Mvllr, at tJ. liilIlc
i lie aixive is
the storv and
the familv would admit a thinir
tjlat ti nde.l to incriminate anv
fin . . E-
lu.r u i An. i t-ti. I . . I.. .. a
'ei" -"" i a
j niU,-h m the dark alnHit the
Uiiole sad affair as anv of the
j ii.'bbors
.
Hut the string of circumstan
tial wideiu-e has caused m.uiy
ptiople to reason something like
the following, and without know
ing- positively who did the kill
ing the opinion of the neighbors
h?w fixed the guilt on the family
and espeeially o'U the oldest son,
Charly. Here is the war they
have reasoned it. out from the
facts that are known: Charly
went, to u (Christmas entertain
ment at Fricndis Mission on the
night before ( Christmas eve. There
Wjev "S UtstlirhMliet df ,-vinto b4.l
and this k krwiwri liwaus'e Mr,
Iiawwm remarked before some of
the neighbors during the day
about it being had ty be run
away from home.
They thin'k that when Charly
came hunie at night frmi the
entertainment he was possibly
drinking and found that the old
nun ha I been raising a further
disturbance. It is must likely
that the old inaui had pulled off
his shoes and was asleeji bofore
..fire. Charlv is supposed to have
gtme out and secured the axe
and cone back determined to jmt
h stoo once ami for all to the
nhiuse iff the family. I hen lie lSjOeeu tom T.nat Mr. llillery .les
.simnosed t have stood bchiriAl his sup. wince the body has been
victim and with one heavv blow
sunk' the jntll of tlie axe deep
into the skull, literally breaking
it to pieces. All this is supi
s'.tien, but it is the . way many
people are accounting for the
facts in the ease.
After he wa dead the question
was what could be done with the
body. It occurred to them to
take it out to the phWed field
ami bury it and then plow over
the m-wly male grave. lief ore
the dawn of day the bloody body
was placed three feet deep under
the sod with a fertilizer wack
ab u; the head ami the cold, wet
clay pili . I hurriedly about the
!::'.-o s and 1 inh.'r form.
From then until the morning
light the matter was discuss d an
it wis- decided that if some pIoW-
s ft' lie it Would cover ll'libloid and nibbed. After his
a. 1
trakh. The bdy Irul been
ii d in a field a quarter of a
e !'r m the In me and s 'ine of
! n: 1 V d already bei n pb: w-
Th l . either en iunose
: h a.-id : t. had be n idaeed
in the . :!l'c i !' the in-wlv plowed
! md. Anwa th two Liws
b.vs were out in the rain phw
ii I' liy 1 1 1 light next m rtrii'g.
a-i'd, in the rain, continued to
o!r' until t licy had mad sev
eral r .urds aid c vcied the m w
!' in ide grave.
Hundreds t' j -oole
In- fi. hi at the in. pi- -t
tend il the r liminary
t hr irged
.-i-d at-lie-u-ing
I ,a w - 01
. I i ll.l ;iis
'. k to efo
or to at
!.! intrr-
til
l-.
lid
t.. e.
afternoon. Mr.
' to look upon th
K Up
!. lolled to be too
- grave in the fie!
th,- funeral and 1
m.-nt.
Tin.
r.-maiiN were prepared for
burial in th
we iv found ;
on at oner
ho:m of th
1 1 II i lo r
I d pi. iet d ill
and carried
d-eceetl's
thev
a wag
to the
fat In r-
Mr. Jolwj Iiwson, who ' lives
about njni in ) away ami near
the family burying ground where
the remains were, laid t rt'Mt
Sunday nfternoon, the ' funeral
servjciH be.injf cciiduf-ii-d by El
w ratlier heavily built, weihijrn
passible lbO lbs. JI has" the re
putation of l'ing a tough citi
zen for one of his age, Je drinks
at ftm ami Is con-sidercd a
rowdy, don't-care f. lh.w.
It seems to be t,hi general
opinion that tie whole family Is
i'ully awtire of the facts of the
deikth of the father aiwl have done
all they etm to cover up tho
death and burial in the field. At
the inquest every mrmber of the
family discjaimitd any knowledge
of the death Had burial 3ind un
dertook, to an.-'ount for the plow
. Jg by saying that Mr. Law.sn.n
luul told the. boys that they must
plow the field before Christmas,
and if they did not get the work
ilme before Christmas they bid
to iilow it dtiriiHr the holidays.
They 1i;kI already turned seme
of the land and they cla'm that
they desired to finish the plow
ing on the day before Chri-ittu'is
ami thus hive 710 trouble with
1. .. 4.. l. ..l a. 1 .1
.Mini i.uner aiMin u niring lllf
holidays. They say that they
went out. early in the morning
and would have finished the Land
if tin; rain had not prevented.
There is no positive proof of
the guilt of any one, but the
above chain of circumstantial evi
dence 1ms caused niopt penj.le to
lay the crime at the door of the
family, and the general opinir.71
of the people seems to be that
si.nie one of the family struck the
Mow that caused the dentil. If
Mils blow was rnade in the house
'then it is reasnnetl that the older
members e.f the familv are klww-
ing to the burial of the body in
t! the field.
Hiu' f'iol.l
told how he had seen Lawson
pa Jiis home on the afteriKK'n
if (Tin is." mis ee the Ja
the
plowing w-as done in the morn
ing, has broultrht him under sus
neion as knowing something of
the death ami burial, and that
he was giving out this informa
tion about Iiwson passing his
house with the intention cf mis
leading these wlui might hunt for
his body.
All of the alve story is gath
ered frm various soun-es and is
igiven as the current rumors that
eonie from that section. We have
loiimi, ilernes thar he ever gave
out a statement that Lawson was
seen to pass his home on the a.f
terriooii of Christinas eve. .les
sup is (0 years old 'and a man of
good, property.
There is another version of
the sad affair. There are; those
who th'mik that Mr. lawson went
to buy liquor as he is said to
have promised some of bus
friend? that he would do. It is
saw! that a loal ot liquor waa
hrought into the neigniiorlKni uie
1 night that he w;s killed. The
sijpjMisition 1. si me is that Law
son went to buy the liquor ami
let it be known that he had mon
ey. He was drinking and a row
nigLlit June been brought on that
resulted iu ids ibath. Or he
! luigh thave be n munlered in col
l.i ith, if it was brought about at
the lij-iuor wagon, the nidi who
murdend him took advantage of
their knowledge of the differ-
1 enee between him and hs lamily
; and brought his body ami bur
! i d it 011 his own land, thinking
nithns to lay the burden on his
own neonle should tlie grave be
1 i
foii?d.
It is conteml -d that Charly
Jawson went to .see his sweet
heart on the day aftt-r the deat.li
ami buri-il of his father. He
rt;d .several miles in the country
to lit r heme ;;! d vpel't the day
there. Now it is admittid that a
inui nii
to ; s',
conrail-t
lee,!d
gir! the
L'h teorm
.re or ;i
to t
.-ii
o-.1l
p!ae
or go 1
e after
'.'at he
lis li.s!
ii -g iiiiinl-r.
f 1 r go to
ll t d iv ,-if
man away in the d -ad h u:
night is in-t prt -ha V
It Is said tli.it (! report
Ci.arlv and S.nn Lav.'s,.;i , ,
that
the
that
ibwiiitr is" ri"t correc'
but
the plowbig was ilne be their
: two umaJh r brothers. No effort
as in aile to explain, why tho 1'rt
tle Isiys were allowed to go out
j ami plow land th,it-wa-i soaking
I wet, and at a time w hen it was
rjunui. ' They are said to haVe
'plowI the land ,beeaiw.- their
father told them it mut be i(nr
e.l before the holidays. -
It is further contended tha all
the talll that brings Mr. llillery
dessup info the affair Ls due to a
confusion of dati s as to when he
said Lawsovi rxtvsed his home.
There h this .about it: if the
Iiiw.s..n family is wA guilty of
the crime it is very unfortunate
for tln-m that so many things arc
pointrng- to their guilt. It ih un
fortuii.it ' t,!iat the oldest son had
made threats against his father.
It is uinfortirnate that blood was
found iu the home at the time
of the inquest. It. is unfortunate
th-at the little boys plowed over
the new grave the mowing after
their father was buried. It in
unfortunate that the wife, w-as so
unwell that she could dl-play n
more interest in the finding of
her husband. All of which has a
bearing on the ra.se and yet
proves no nir guilty. It is fi
tune wheu the Law.son fuirly
couM w.-dl afford to spend a few
hundred dolhirs and g.-t a ib--teetive
to ceme th re and unravel
the tangle arid place the gui.lt.
where it b'dongs. It Ls a fact
that many good citinw are not
im-Lined to think that the Tinw
son family is resionsible for tie
deafih.
Tho next term if court at
Stuart is some time in next
month at which term the ease is
suppostil to be heard.
Prcf. Turlingtcn Hcncrtd.
Smithfield, dan. 17.-Ira T.
Turlington, now sirperiut : k! nt o
Mount Airy Kchools, wh frr 2.1
years yas the leading educator
of Johnston Cornity, was paid a
beairtifill-triluite bv his farmer
ijuririk.i, 10 iii.cr Aniiio
ed School of this plare ttxlaj-.
Mr. S. S. Holt, a prcrninent law
yer, mad - the presentaticn speech
He spokie of the wide iuflueince
of Mr. Turlington as the founder
of Turlington Institute, which
was for a number of years one of
the best prep;ir;itory .sxdiools in
this part ef the State but was a
few years ago supplanted, by a
graded school muned in his hon
or, and his work as county super
intendent of sclmds.
Little Misses I lose and Nellie
Grantham, nieces of Mr. Tur
lingtom, unveiled the portrait.
Superintendent A Vermont accept
ed the portrait for the scheol.
Trustee T. K. Holt added his ap
pn elation mf what had been done,
and County Sifpt. L. T. Koyall
made a few remarks.
The audience then called for
Mr. TurlLnt3i, who expressed hi
ajjririation of the hoitor slirnvn
him.
The portrait was painted by
Miss Matt Dowd of Cluirlotte, and
will lie hung on the walls of the
school auditorium, opposite- that
Charhs 11. Avcock.
Tired of the Game.
Recently a man blew his brains
out at Kvansville, Ind. He was
"just tired of the game."
He Avas 4." years old ami a
bachelor. He was a high liver.
He had traveled extensively ami
knew p-ople and customs, hw
tory ami p oints of interest, ami
wn.s still traveling.
Was he tired of the game?
Why, he wasn't in the game." He
lived for himself an-l had noth
ing mure to live for.
The real gain of life consists
in living as part f a d ."Uimunity
ami doing 011r share of the so
cial service.
This m, hi had r-tdy money
aid livid about .'is h,' phased.
His h .'ih nas fair, jet he w;s
tilxl of life.
II,- h i 1 e o:n- to b lh ve that
th- g;m eoi.-t.,l of a sejf'h
life, an I he naturally grew 1 ir d.
He hadn't taken the trou!. !e t-
t,
n a
heme or
plav
witb
i chihlrt n. unking tln-ir hearts m r
ry. llis own e!fis!mss ina.b life
a f lilure. Wiieton-Sah m Sentinel.
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