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BEN RIGNEY MAY HAVE MET WITH FOUL PLAY Coroner's Jury Orders Body Exhumed For ExaJitination; Jury Meets Monday FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED SUNDAY AHmmj €■■>!■■! Furniture Warkmaa Wu Mwrdarwd Vital Or»ans SmI to HmUigk Far Analysis. his room at (to ton* of tar Uft hs eame to this dtjr tram op la enroll County later bought a houss In High land Park and had ranted It to ths Left wloh (anil;, reserving a room for his i mm. Saturday afternoon tto IsA wiehs toft ths city for a week end visit j and when they returned about supper ttew Unrtsy thsy found ths young man (tead la his tod. Ths strange circumstance* that sur- i rounded his death caused an Investiga tion to be started, although at first It Appeared he hid ettra tone pottongtf food. One thine thai Unprcmtid those who first entered ths room was the careful and deliberate manner In which his clothing had been placed on ths floor. There was his ooat. shirt, those, aad other apparel aad on top of all was Ms overcoat. Than lying on the bed j was the young man flat of Ms back, the cm* all straight and pillow hardly disturbed His head was resting on the | pillow. but had only buried itsslf Into ths pillow at the one plaoe and showed no signs of having been touched else where. It appeared that the young man had been placed on the bed and that he had not moved wMle in bed. His hands were folded across Ms body and there were no signs of any restle—nsss on Ms part wMle in the bed. TIM county neaiui omcer. ur. uw ham, ni called In and he found the mouth and stomach of the man badly burned from tome kind of poison. This named a coroner'« jury to be summon - ad and the stomach and vital ortani ware sent to Raleigh to hare an exam inttinw made tor pniior Rlgney wai Mm several times Satur day night and had stopped at a eat ing stand In this city about 11 o'clock. Soon the officers were tracing hi* movements that night and their Inves tigation revealed that he had paid • visit to a girl friend up In Virginia dur ing the evening. In nompany with some other young men. The coroner's Jury met a second time Wedneeday after noon and heard the wltnsssss tell of Rtgney's movements Saturday night but the young men who were last seen with him could not be located. From the witnesses It seems that there had existed sums jealousy between Rlgney and his companions over their atten tion to a young lady and the state Ik now working on the theory that these young men may know something of what transpired to cause Rigney's death. It was In evidence before the Jury that there had been eome blows struck between Rlgnay and his oom and this hat Pitiful an order to be made to exhume the body of Rlg ney and to examine the skull far pos sible Injury to his head. H. T. Rlgney, the father of the young man. has employed J. H. Folger to as sist In determining the cause of his son's death and after the Jury had adjourned Wedneeday after noon Mr. Felger stated that sufficient tykknw had been developed to eon vtnee him that the young man had keen the victim of foul play. The Jury will meet again Monday to hear what the result of the seo&od examination of the body reveals and also by that tUns It Is expected that the report on the stomach will be in from Rslelgti. Miaa Ruth Eppa Attacked By Mad-Dog Mlas Ruth Bppa, the eleven year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L M Cpps. of Newton, was severely bitten In the hand and leg Friday kg a dog affected with rabies She waa passing the home of the dog's owner when the animal Jumped the hedge and attacked her. she warded it off at first but. bsteri help could reach her. was bitten twloo. The head waa sent to Raleigh and the Hospital News • Mrs. T. B. Ash by haa returned to bar j home In this city tAar receiving Iml- I ment (or ieveral wmIu. O. F. nun at rout* 4 tu discharged 9» after •ubmlttlnc to a! I W J. Nixon of route 4 to a patient H. 0. Hawk* haa returned to hi* home at Lambsbury. Va., after being a f patient for treatment. Atty H O. Woltsof thU city vUl probably return home the last of this week after (pending several weeks in the hoapMal for appendectomy and complications. KiwanU Meeting Postponed The regular bi-weekly meeting of the Klwanis Club haa been postponed from Friday of this week to Mar. IS on Ac count of the Illness or Klwanian Charles Andrew, proprietor of the Blue Ridge Hotel where the meetings are held. Mr. Andrew la suffering with In fluensa and apparently threatened with pneumonia. His little eon James An drew Is recovering from an attack of lnflu Honor Roll For Rockford St School 1st Grade: Winifred Snow, Warren G. Hawks, Daniel Pardue, Hasel Scale*, Robert Thacker, William Ray Haynes, Margaret Bad (ret t. Margaret Roberion, Louise Poor*, Margaret Nichols, Sarah Jackson, Cecil Chand ler, Bobbie Lawrence, Maxine Red tad Orade: Nelson Allied. Warren Horton, J amen Norman. Jack Spain, Russell Wagoner, Robert Witt, Mary Inacore, Audrey Jeaaup, Elizabeth Perdue, Elisabeth Sargent, Mamie Sue Shelton. Dennii Edward*, Robt. E. Aahby, Jr., Wanda Daber, Sadie Wolfe Jamea Da via, Prances Cocker ham, Rachel Burcham. Boyce Watson, Mlllicent Whetstone, Boyd McKinney, Russell Shelton. 3rd Grade: Myrtle Moore Mickey, Rera Shelton, Glenn Butner, Marg aret Chandler, Edna Holloway. 4th Grade: Nora Binder, Vhrian Holloway. Joeephine Shelton. Dennis Moody, Ruby Moody. 6th Grade: Cecil Ambura, Thelma Inscore, Gene Riddle, Elsie Johnson, Grover Bee son. 0th Grade: Sarah Loo Kiger, Jose phine McKnlght, Lillian Creed, Viola Dougla*. Maris Smith, Beasie Morri son, Mary Engle Hoffman, Edith Binder, Loralne Johnson, Lucy Gold smith, Marvin Sparger, Charles Law rence, Haywood Sparger. 7th Grade! Mildred Jones. Mary Ruth Jonas. Besie Lou Bray. Evelyn Fawcett, Bishop Horton, Doris Cock erham, Bentley Hines, Carl Stewart, Bruce Teeh, Mary Brannon, Katha rine Gilbert, June Simmons, France* Lawrence, Scott Bowman, Dora Slaughter, Edna Roberson. City Election Call Soon To Be Made Commiaaionera To Issue Call At Specisl Meeting March 15th. This city la sebsduim Mrfcfl psl election on Monday, May dth when win be elected for a term of two years. The commissioners will hold • special Friday night. Mart* IMh, fee of Issuing the call, select iiw the . riding tar the epeotag of a( Aa yet there I eary little d?a aa (u> Somen I> After Sheriff* Office ■1 Wul T# b lMrttf Bmt Aaka Th.t Sk-riff nt to rant an offloe tar the nee of sheriff In Mount Airy, It was w ah the matter la deferred and will be | taken up again at the April meetinc of | the board. The board of presented with the report of Agent white at their monthly i which indicates that Mr. White is still | on the Job. In laeeenllin his report, Mr. White explained that be was tend-1 cring his services to the board until nine 10th the date his contract expires., and that he would be (lad to reoetve; any instructions or i he board as to what they wanted i In the oounty farm agent work. He received no reply from the board and M. White's report was left on the | commissioners' table without futher | The county faoes a shortage of funds with which to meet teachers salaries and other running expenses and had a bond buyer present at the meeting Monday with the idea of selling 000 of short term notes to pay off I and vouchers that are due and I Improvement Adds Brilliancy To Lights Resident* of this city have obsefired with a great deal at satisfaction the improvement of the afreet lights dur ing the put few nights Some time ago Supt O. M WhlUock reached the oon elusion that the street light* of the city were not throwing out a sufficient brU llancy and he begin an investigation While there had been no complaint from the town, jret Mr. WhlUock be-' lleved the lights ware not gtvli* their proper output of rays. Armed with special Light ray Instruments volt re cording outfit* and tMier technical equipment he started on his tour of Inspection and whan he rnmpkitsrt work the result was a considerable in crease In the brilliancy of the street lights. This was accomplished by add ing another circuit to the lighting ser ies. providing additional transformer serviee and Installing a more efficient bulb in the light sockets. A good plane to observe the great Improvement la In the lobby of the poet office where at night the rays penetrate, the darkness of the lobby and one can read from the light that Is suspended aeroas the street. Mrs. Allie Nutt Dies in Greensboro A massage was received here this morning announcing the death of Mrs. Allie Joyce Nutt, widow of Mr. John Nutt. deceased, a former reel dent of this city which occurred In a hospital in Oreensboro where she was carried Tuesday following a serious attack of poisoning due to diabetic oondltlon. Mrs. Nutt has for a number of yean made her home in Greensboro and has not been in goed health though she went about aa usual until a few days ago. having very recently returned from a trip to Florida. She is survived by her parents state Senator and Mrs. R. T. Joyce, two sons Robert and John Nutt. one sister Mrs. Carrie Oallaway and one brother Oti mer Joyce, of Oaatonla. Her daughter Mies JoyAa Nutt passed away several years ago and is burled in Oreensboro and It Is presumed that Mrs. Nutt will be burled there also. The eldeet son Robert Nutt is en route from Califor nia to Oreensboro The Joyce and Nutt faaalliaa are »—the old and nqiinliil fam ilies of thi* community and have many relatives aM Mends here. Local Young Man Is Suicide Victim CUmdm D. Mtfc Tuhm Hk Ut*\ tmmmd Im Hfe Ston With Fatal PM Wmmmd la Hm4| Wh Hot* showed that he ted taken hla Ul«. Ha waa Urine on Ma back and had fir* spread out hu overcoat and mom Meki on tha floor before lying down. Ha had takan a S3 calibre pistol'and holding It •nltti tha ridi of hi* head with ana hand, had fired the fatal ihot with the other. * Hi# frtendi haw been unable to de termine any reaaon for the act. hie home Ufe wai Ideal, and hla bueinaae Affairs were not In euch a condition to give him any treat concern It waa Known however that he waa aubject to severe headachea and at timae he auf lered conalderably from them and thla might have brought on a eudden un of hit nwntil (acqHIm. Ito waa a cheerful young man. liked by a large circle of frienda and hla death waa a great ahock to all who knew him. The dooeaaed waa the aon of Crockett Smith of Patrick County, waa M yean old and la aurvlved by a wife, the daughter of Sheriff A M. Smith, and two little glrla. He waa one of the first boys to go to France from this section and aerved II months in France and Oermany He waa a snnter of the famous third division and saw hard service In the battle of the Marae and the Argonne Forest contest After the armistice he waa stationed for aeveral months with army of occupation on the Rhine river in Oermany. He waa a member of the Junior Or der and of the Friends Church of thla city. The funeral aarvtoee were con ducted by hla pastor. Rev. John Far mar. aaalsted by Dr. J. T. Smith, of Westfield. life-long Mend of the fam ily Burial waa at Oakdale cemetery W. B. Partridge Heads Royal Arch The regular election of officer! for the Royal Arch Mmohi *u held in the Maeonic lull Tueeday night with the (election of W. B Partridge aa High Meet of the chapter for the en ■Mini jpttr, luccwdlnj M A. Pvndlftoo, the retirtng High Priest Other officer ■ elected to eerve with Mr. Partridge were C. Binder. King; J. W Parker. Scribe; A. B. Council. Bee., and J. B. Kaynee. Treai. J. C Penney Store Will Open March 15 Delay in the arrival of fixture* ha* cauaed a postponement of the opening of the J. O. Penney atore In thla city and the date ha* been moved up to March 15th. by which time everything will be In readtnm for the formal op ening of this new department (tore, ac cording to announcement made this week by ■ H. Locke, manager of the lo cal atore. Mr. Locke ha* e«el*tlng him In the atore O. L Hill, of Weetfleld. who la well known In thla section. Earnings of the wewpany for the t»jUlillM after preferred stock divi dend* of tl.0Vr.7M. Earnings for the previous year were (7JM2J31J1 after ptefei red dividends of BBIB. The portion at 1M «"»hhc to the no par common stock 1* equivalent to *14.11 per share aa compared to IUJ1 for previous jrnr. At a meeting of the Board of Di rector* on February 1*. 1(3*. a divi dend was declared at 17.00 per (hare on the outstanding common stock of the oompany payable March IS. IMS. 1 the cloee of business March t. JB. The total salee of the J. O. Penney, Company for IBM were tlTOJMJM.U. as oompared with total sale* for 1«S7 i of *151JS7MBJD ' Important development* during UB ! Include the erection at a new ware | house in Bt. Louis which serve* a* a . V; . ■ ■ ... . LEGISLATURE SLOW TO CHANGE PRESENT LAWS Dr. Bernard Finds It Hard To Interfere With Democrat Officials in Old Son? Mrs. E. M. Taylor Dies in Florida at MMp, Via., where Mr. and Mia. - - - , ||„| - | hi , ||U>.aa — « ■ infiw imvini wtumf, fWMrii ftrranie* moti have not bun maoe at tMo will Mrs. Taylor was about tfktr years of ■•o and bad boon enjoying bar stay in Plortda until a low days ago whan ate Nifforod a hemorrhage of bor ojro aad they planned to return bono accord ing to a letter rsoolvad this attorning Death sosam to have ooeurred sudden ly Wednssday night though no details Mrs. Taylor was before bar marriage Miss Sarah Jane Oox, of Virginia, and was a loyal msrnbsr of the First Bap tist Church. Che Is survived by bor husband, two sons Bob somewhere tn the south and William, who reside* near this city Three staters and three brothers alao survive. They are H. P. Oox. Cold Creek. Vs.. Will Cos. Wood lawn. Va.; Marshall Oox. Oalax. Va.; Mrs. J. L. Hawks. Bluefleld. W. Va.: Mrs. Violet M. Lamb. Lambeburg. Va ; and Mrs. Oena Bolton. Akron. Ohio. Cooking School Clmw With Table Demonstration The cooking school which »u eon ducted by Mia Sue fUinaey Johnston under the auspice* of the Mount Airy Woman'i club end has. for the two wetki endin* lut Friday, occupied the chief place In the mind* of the club women and other*, came to a cloee Fri day night with a table demonstration in the home of Mrs. J. Bruce Yok ley with about forty women In attendance The demonstration began with the breakfast table where the hoeUet. not ■uppoeed to keep a maid. stu ted from a tea wagon. having the daughter to *a*l*t by brii«ii« the hot breakfaat and breakfaat plate* from the kitchen. Tit* luncheon table wa* arranged In the dining room and here a more for mal meal wa* aenrod and a maid brought In the aervlee and removed the used dishes. The teacher dlaoouned on the grac ious hospitality as evidenced by the af ternoon tea. and demonstrated serving this refreshing beverage from the tea table on which were placed the tea ■ervtoe, an extra pot of hot water, plates of mndwftches, bonbons, cake*, napkin* and a nail rase of flowers. The (ervlce wa* very simple and vary Informal. The last demonstration wa* the for mal dinner with a variety of courses and strictly formal aervlee. Mia* John ston explained that between the strict ly formal and the vary Informal meal would be found all she das of more or lees formal meals to suit every hoataaa and to conform to her home and the ability of htr maid. A rising vote of thanks was extended to Mia* Johnston for bar very fine aervlee, during the two weeks aba waa here, and for her helpful auggeetttna. Will Repeat "The Duet of The Broadway Theatre Being Remodeled YADKIN SENATOR ENTERS CONTEST ! Hard Fight Cmtkmwm Onr Mouat Airy'* Court mmd Km Put PiMadal Ti»|U b rroving EaWnrinh|. ■tent of this countjr perhaps Um lat Mt move on his part waa when Um ef fort to oust Judge umum from Um nsocrdors Court ¥H transferred to Um hands of Senator Joyoe And after meeting with failure in every more made. Dr. Bernard has now pinned his hope on his co-worker Senatnr Joyce. But here again it appear that he has met with poor success for Bane tor Joyce's measure*to elect the reoordsr has beoome loet among the mass of bills that are on the Senate calendar. When it became apparent that Sena tor Joyce would not be able to taring to Ufe his bill the aid of Senator Williams of Yadkin «u solicited. when thay brought in the Yadkin gentleman they without a Question enlisted the aid of the leading Republican nniB^r oS the flfrnift.fr* and one whom the Democrats recognise as being able ^ astute. Senator Williams now has before the Senate for the satisfaction of Dr. Bar nard a bill entitled "To establish a re corder's oourt in Mount Airy." Just what this means has not been given out. but It Is supposed to have as Its prime object the ousting of Judge UeweOyn This measure will be fought out In the eonunlttee hearings In the next few day*. After tailing to abolish the office of county pure hating agent Dr. Bernard la now artrlng for a bill to provide for the election of ttfe officer and this will be heard before the committee Friday. And here again la opportunity for a contest in the legislature for crata opposing the doctor's point to the danger of keeper of the county's funds, as the gent to also the county They point out that the leal two offlooals who were selected by elec tion were short 060,000 in their ac count* with the oounty. while with the preeent arrangement there has not bsea the toast hint of any money or wasting of funds. All this foroefully pi muted to the the legislative committee will hard for Dr. Barnard to show committee the advantage or wtodoa of giving up a good thing for the county for a method that has proven ao costly to the county in the paat One meaaure of Dr. Bernards has met with no oppoaitlon—that of li« HOMO in bonds to pay off i introduced asked for a bond 1131.000. but for aome reason It has been reduced to HOMO. The toglalature to due to ooas to a close next Monday, but all bUto are yat to b la expected that the tinue for at toast a ww bill providing for a 1 fund to still It appears that the will be i ent Mil a fund of six million ■ over this feature ef the ■ are fighting to have the oM i
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