■owrr awt.
Couple H
Await Result of F
So He
and Mrs. Oder Could Wed
night m the mail train
crew «u taking the train up to the
T to turn around they paassd i man
lying by the side of the track new .the
the depot they (topped the train, got
out and helped the man to his
At tint they thought he
and when he waa helped to hi* feet
he started walking off The crew and
■ train went on to the depot, but a mes
sage waa aent to the police station that
* man waa over about the mirror (riant
who perhaps needed looking after. Of
ficers Brannock and Melton found him
against a post near the mirror
factory about 10 o'clock that night
His (ace and shoulders* were covered
with blood and he could give no intel
ligent answers to questions of the of
ficers. He would ask where he was and
«hy he was so stok. His
sen to be serious god the
officers carried him to the hospital. It
<was »«—■ found tit* he had met with
Jowl play in son
m .■■■■■
m In the
susiy
that the woman blewed him out good
for not havtng made • good Job of
putting her husband away. Be says he
■ranted to make good hi* eaeape light
then, but she cried and took on ao that
be w« be could not leave without
everything being found out then. He
thought be might make his war ferae*
the ""H1*" border «M into the
lumber camps of the forth wood* and
ehMto w i*hrnrf that might be start
ed. But he bad only an hour of tine
In which to make his plans and by
that time the officers had him under
question and afterward* In the Jail.
Coten baa made a lengthy statement
to the pfftom of the detail* of the
crime and voluntarily signed a written
aeoount of all that took place. He baa
no attorney to l apment him
hi has no money to hire one.
He volunteered the Information
to aNewa rsperterthat about *18 was
go far. ha aid. He says he haa been
(US a day. but bad no
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J. D. Smith. Jr., Malm Fir*
Holt in Oiw
the m with a i
la tmat ef * .
totT* U» 11
Lions Club Formed
For Mount Airy
at d> unity, a <Me
The Executive I
club I* at this
tng the few i
sary before they win have their first I
meeting at which time the charter for |
the new club wig he delivered
The club to composed of public I
spirited young business men and It u|
the purpose of the
any and all things leading to the bet
ter tnte(-a*t and future development of
Mount Airy and Surry County
The New» it glad to have the oppor-,
tunity of anmuMtai the organisation
of the new dak and to know that we
will have a club composed of mostly
night at sta thirty there will j
be another banquet at the Blue
Hotel at which time Mr. Mlllllran. the |
District Governor of the Ucms
will M present, together with
visitor* from Winston-Salem
Greensboro This meeting will bg
for the purpose of announriiqt the full
m ■ <**>••<
hr the charter i
of which will be set
carry a full Ust of the wiwnhm of the
■■HMHHBIhI
ALEX GRAHAM TROTTER.
JR • IS BURIED HERE
V • . ;i
$25# Reward For
Capture of Ben
Rigney Assailants!
cuh bond of «3M was U
1th the Clark of the
Oouft m Doheao by tlw I
non who are
for the capture and eaavteUan of the j
of Ben Rlmf. Nat in the |
of the prcacnt g«
there been * crime committed in thli |
section which hu to baffled the offl
At no time hat there been the I
to follow a course with any degree of
wall found dead in
to. with hia akull fractured, but
who (truck him the fatal Wow has
of the
ha* ported Me bond an effart will fce|
made to Induce the Mate to forma it.
Why All the Fir« In
Empty Horn—T
for the fourth
the local fin
«•
ashes
Plate
Window
Offices MmJ
Attorney Om. K Snow bu moved
Welch N*h» on w«tn street, no
building which waa flatted Or* om
the fire ta the Welch Heck.
Death Claims Popu-'
)ar Young Lady 1
heartTdf the payte^of tST «£jTto
ot Mm Asms Oallawajr had Mm lis
(Uflht to ttae «Mt world
OLD LANDMARK GIVES
_WAY TO NEW BUILDING