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VOLUME FIVE; NUMBER 114
MASTERY MAN CLAIMS HAVE LIVED THIS CITY
VICTIMS OF SUBMARINE TRAGEDY BROUGHT TO LIGHT
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Unknown Stranger Cause
* Os Battling Mystery To
The Police Os Asheville
Well Dreased Yeung
Man First Declares
That His Name la Wil
son Later He As
serts That lie Wag the
Son of the Late J. P.
Johnson, of This City
—ls Now Under Ob
servation By Physi
cian#
Aaievißa, ~July •-—Ashe
vilW ku a bum of wystery
lateßifent, wall Soul and
• apparently nonoal in wry
who ho is, wharc ha Is from
way, ha h nnahlt ta tall
' or why ha la hare.
Tfco yams hub Bret
eascht Um sttantlan of lo
cal physicians whan he wan
daVed Into ana of the hos
pitals has© a few waska apo
and aaalod himself. Whan
oveetisood he «Sa unable to
«lya hb aaaM or aspbin
hb prananM. Ho paa kept
that night and while efforts
ware being nubs tk( folpw
iat day to identify him hp
•endued off so bobtly as.
ho had appeared. Nearly
three weeks later ha was
found on the streets by a
man who conducted him to
a local institution where an
examination was made.
He sari hu asm* Oral u W. R
Wilson but could not remember where
h|* home bed bees. He flnelly mated
that he had s brother end sister Us
ing st Duan, N. C., snd deduced they
bed placed him Is the state hoeptul
Is Raleigh. Investigation showed
that the hospital authorities had no
record of such s esse. He has told
Interested people thmt he Is a mem*
her of the W. 0. W. lodge nhd of the
Colby Springs Baptist church. H*
nays that bks wlfr ia dead and that
before her marriage she was MISs
Mary Huffman, of Newberry. B. C
He says that hla tittle girl Is with
her aunt. Mrs T. W. Mewborn. of
Raleigh. Subsequently be has glee a
hla name as William Ttadmes Johnson,
•on of the late J. P. Johnson, of
Goldsboro, and that he has a brother
Wallace Johnson, at Wallace, N C
Telegrams sent to the friends and
acenalalaaces be has named by the
authorities hare brought no rep I, no r
have letters to the mayors of several
North Carolina towns that he has
nientkonad brought replies tending to
clear up the mystery of his Identity.
The Inn name to which he has laid
claim la Osrlyle Moorefteld. of South
Boston, Va. Thone who may know the
man bnve been requested to commuul
cate with Boa 311, Asheville, snd the
poslogic* address of the organisation
that hu taken his cans In charge.
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Mother Greets*. Her
Son ,and Palis Dead
•W . . „ nere
Wllmlngroi. July Funeral ter
vh-e tier Mrs . Katherine Kllsaheth
)he*k fluuec, Unf3fr aia*l
lithe horn# of bet daughter. Mm
7». Cowan. 213 North Ninth street.
tXT|e held this afternoon at fIW
mu Rev. B. E. Petrea. pastor
Matthew a Evangelfbol l-uther
an church, oI which the deceased was
a member, will officiate. The body
will be -carried to Bargaw for hurlnl.
Mrs. Butler was In her fTth year of
age and at the time of her death, the
family had ben gathering for n re
nn'on. The aged Indy had Juet greet
M her son, Rev Georg* B. Bowden, of
Htrneeburg. Vo., the Inst one to ar
rive whew she fell dead According
t< members nf the family their moth
er had Men In apparent good health
and In a lively mood throughout the
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THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
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♦ LOCATED AT NO; HO SOUTH JAMEB STREET J N THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS SECTION
SONNERTOFACE
MURDER CHARGE
KILLED A WOMAN
Autkorilits Hava Every Rcauon
to Believe He la
Moyer '
Tryon ft July «\
Souher. Jr., after lingering at th*
point of death In a local hospital since
early ysnterday, today was recover
ins from two bullet wound* above,
and below the heart, la opinion ot
doctors he Will live to face charge*
that he shot sad killed Miss Jean
Braswell, IC, of ('harlotte and Tryon.
•nd than attempted to commit suicide
rhorjly after m'dnlght Thursday at
a secluded spdt ors the Green River
cove road, two mllea from Salute.
Pears Violence
Fueling against young Bonner, who
Is the son of a wealthy and Influential
resident of telsda. ran high here to
day. Sheriff Me Faria nc reported he
might be fons*d to prepere .against
mob violmce should word spread that
Voaag Sooner had recovered. £ ' ~
Pectef Knew* Mary
The authorltlee were making a
strong effort today to l«arn from I>r.
K M. Sally, who attended the wound
ed hoy yesterday, the statement which
Or. Sally said young Bonner made
to him regarding the tragedy. The
physician, however, refused to make
public the statement, saying he was
cot ready to divulge what the boy
told him. I
In the event Bonner recovers
charges of murder will be brought
against him. Sheriff McFarlane said
io<*y.
Knew Key Per Meath
Bonner, friends said, had known
Mlae Braswell for slightly more than
a month, during which time they bad
driven to numerous points around Sa
luda and TrYoh during evening hours.
The girl was said to hava been popu
lar among younger set.
Wednesday afternoon both were
members of a swimming party and an
automobile ride bad been planned
lor the night, in which friends were
to accompany them In a sedan. Call
ing at a hot*l at Saluda, where the
Braawelle were stopping, Bonner Is
sold to have arrived before the ap
pointed hour and left with Ml*s Bras
well. No Intimation was given by
either as to (heir destination
Mrs. Braswell and her two daugh
ters had lived In Tryon fur several
years, the deceased having return'd
here a few weeks ago from Faeatfern
School for Girls, Hendersonville: Bon
ner had been associated with bis fath
er In Saluda In a large store. He
had spent the past winter In N«Vr
York City.
- © Jrelaowy Motive
Following a thorough lnve*tlgatlon
of the Hhootlng. officers declared that
the Hhootlng was done by Bonner and
eot by ahoUtf r -man, as the Injured
Uh
Clarence Bradley, who live near the
scene of the tragedy. Jealousy was
ascribed by officers as the motive
for the killing of the young girl and
the shooting of Bonner.
Dr. E. M. Sally, of Haluda. and
ether physicians who attended Son
ner. expressed the opinion tbal Bon
ner a wounds were self-inflleted. as
powder burns were found on hi*
clothing and the bullets ranged In
such directions to lead them to be
lieve that they ware fired from a
pistol h*ld In the right hand.
Pta tel Fsoad
Benchers located-a .32 calibre pia
tol, In the mngaalne of which were
(OaoMooad Oo fas* Ton)
MAKES PLEA FOR
DELINQUENT GIRL
Mrs. Kate Borr Johnson Pkatb
* Bor Bettor Sox
Publicity
Juahlaeia. N. C. -July I.— UP)—
Speaking here tonight briar the Se
rial Serrite ■Cpntar-ace of the Metli
odjat Episcopal Church on -The Do
ltnqs*at Olrf Mrs. Kate Burr John
SOU. Comm lotions r of Public Welfare
for North Carolina, made a plea for a
nore bon»at. faarleaa and searching
attitude toward the whole problem of
•ritf since the mast difficult case* of
dellotaeacy among girl*.’ she saWI.
are those wblob have to do with s«x
problems. ’
’’We need mere thorough and aclen
tfUc sex In struct Iona: a mote Intel I•-
Im«t conception of morality and
staadarda of morality; more adequate
fact lit Isa In the -wav of trained so
cial workers who realise that every
offender, bees use of physical and pay
dholnglcnl make-up. preempts a dif
ferent problem; rood correctional in
etßations, and a more CbeteUaa at
ftsA toward those who would re
rnu struct a' broken life.” Mrs. John
be dons to help solve existing con
ditions.
The spqaker dealt 'largely pith thy
problem qf the , unmarried mother,
and gqve the histories jr>f several girl*
who had com# to her notice through
the Bute Board of Charities and Pub
lic welfare.
“Who shall fare b*»t before the
final Judge of all.” Mrs. Johnson con
tinued, “the girl wha la thk victim of
tenors nee. lack of training, biologl
cal ’nstlnct. menu! Incapacity or in
stability, or the persons who refuse
to give her a chance? lack of moral
ity Is nearly always m condition of
the mental defective psychopathic
Person or of the Individual who Is
mentally normal, 0 but hyperaexnal.
Immorality Is not ’original sin.’ but
psychological sickness." * * M
“On of the greatest virtues In this
world, otse of tha mark* of the high
est courage sad Intelligence." assert
ed the speaker, "la the ability to face
facts. One of the moet tragic things
aboqt our social life In the untold
misery, and the warped snd ruined
lives which havs resulted from lack
of this ability on the part of parents
to impart simple and scientific knowl
edge oa oei.“
Mrs. Johnson pat only a part of th*
blame on the iWbrld War for the fact
that n time of license and revolt ex
ists.
“It Is largely the result of onr ab
normal repressive attitude which
throws ob*Cßitli>* of pretense Ignor
ance snd hypocrisy around the mat
ter." te
nia modern frankness I* more con
ducive to w.orallty than the fe*llns
that aex la n kind of shameful mys
tery, the speaker 4oclar«d,
that decent reticence* ere commend,
ablo for they are tic characteristics
of th# refined and cultured.
Drwlng several comparisons h*.
< ' Indee* Vtg'X'f *1 *
reuirs ago, Mrs Jnan*nfrep<>tnt«<t out
that stride* have been made toward
Acquiring sane, ((instructive and
satlafactory attitudes, m*ibods and
standards
“|f we are really concerned about
th* matter and gaining to face the i
IsautA and problem* at hand." ahe
concluded. *te’e may gain a aolhtUm
In that clean, dear, re,emit attitude
of m'nd which God Intended u* to
hare."
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MKW YORK t'OTTOY
New Yurk, Jety •—Cotton future*
rloead firm at a net advance of
to M point*. July 10.02'; October 17 22.
December 17-10; January. 17 20; March
17JE
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GOLDBBORH, N. C* SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 10. mu
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Bodies Os Eighteen Men Are
Taken From Their Steel Coffin
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JHiffh Water* Cause Much Suffering In Germany; Thousands
Os Acres Os City and Suburban Property Been Inundated
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/ , Flood . vatcr « to the Elbe aad other rivers' of Germany hare iowrfMad baadrods of
f of ,cre * •( cit J •°d larm load tad here caused greet damage. The Future are b-w.-r-- h mala I
bowever, and Prestdeat Van Hiadcabarg he* *te rlad i relief fund dee It tied ta aid these wha
nifSEVALUE ON '
DOG’S LIFE THAN MAN
Fire Houm Bull Dog Altadu and Injures Loral Resident, Sub
jecting Him to Possible Case of HydropbobU nod Ownerg
of Coaine Spirit Him Away Wit bout Eveo Giving
Veterinarian Opportunity to Observe It for Few
Ibtya—Mayor Faila to Act
Mr. A. L. Pate, who hold* a posl
tlon with the Wajrne Shoe Wore, la
probably one of the most perldrbed
tram In ffrddsboro thU mo.nln* and
w.tliout « doubt h* has a rl«ht to be
In such a state of mind aa he la fac
ing a possible attack of hydrophobia
unless the Pasteur treatment, which
he will start today, has the desired
effect.
Last Tuesday evening Mr I'ate was
bitten 1$ a bull dog which Is aald to
tie tl|e property of Hiemb*ra of the
(ioldaboro Fire liepai incut. the doit
belli* ni tile station at the llnir ami
Mr. Pate huvtnx si rpped there t< (free!
one or more of tht men whom Ii«-
Inew
Ai soon ni ponaihle >lr had
•be v ound cauterized by Hr. T. K.
lilvxtll who advised him to have Me
dog tonflned dor observation. Vr
Pale suys i railed on Or T,**
W. Corbett, county pliyslcli n. wh» told
him ibai he would ace to it that tin
canine was confined and closely watch
hi
* fat+ef «*&****'• - t% fe. Jfr £&&&..
that the do* had lint been confined
and he confer*cd With Mayor It- 110-j
well and Chief-of Police Tew in re-|
■ard to the matter. He aaya that
Mayor Hollowell assured him that the
d « would be plated lu charfe of Hr .
Monk, veterinarian, for eibservstlon.
This was not. and yesterday Mr.•
Pale learned that the doy bad been
taken away from the lire station and
was acerslcd In «>e near the clly
and that no effort had been made to
have the animal observed lo determine
whether It was afflicted with rabies j
The only course left open for the
young maa was le lalaarupb lor tlu
ftrat of this. Ho la hopeful
tbut It prove* effective.
Considerable erltkltoi of (ho mn
ntr in which tho city official* have
handled ibis cam has boon board. II
ha* hem pointed out that tb« dog w*a
owned by on« branch of tho rlty*i de
partment* and that tho uffciala, taking
(hia Into < onelderati ei, ahould bar*
mado It certain that the dog was at
Icaae confined for a suitable period
during which tiihe It would be clueely
baerved. It la atao pointed out that
iho life of a man la at ataka tor toe
e..ke of a dog and that auch a condi
tion la deplorable.
Juat what farther actibn Mr. rate
wilt take In tho matter la not known
but It waa Intimated laat night that
friend* had adviced HUn to go furtliar
with It. He told The New* last night
that he had acted fairly and aqtorely
In the matter and had given thoee la
r rented i X i jMtoum to do some! Mag
| regarding-the came hut that he had
!m < iired no reaponaa and that be waa
i greatly worried over the atatua of the
■ maltbr.
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s. C. ,fl Wt KNOW THXK
Washington. July 9. - Governor
■ Mclean. of North rdrollaa mtr been
advised by the War Department that
H will he necasary for him to, forward
an abstract title 1 and deed before It
can formally accept North Carolina 1 *
I rift t«j the government of thirty acraa
of ground, comprtalng the battlefield
|of Moore'a t*r«ak. g
in:ritt ftHKiurrN -not iirnTT
<_*h eater. H. (!„ July 1.-W. OUd
d«n Dv* and J. C. fl. t'eldwell. deputy
sheriffs. charged with Ihe fatal shoot
ing of SJId t'lvburn at laado laat
Noveeaber yatarday w era found not
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NO TRACE FOUND
SPEEDING DRIVER
Off item Fall to Local# Drtvor of
Car Which Flvarod hi
Near-Fatal Crash
A report fro* Bplc-tr saaltorium
laat eight waa to tha atect that the
ctMdltlon of Maanra. Cary Jartte, of
Mara Hill, aad William Ow*a, es thl*
city, who were tnlured Wednaeday
night while coming to Oeldahoro ftwan
Crescent Laka on a motorcycle which
woe struck by a big touring ear drtv
eo by aagraea, waa somewhat Improv
ed
Mr Jervia Buffered a broken thigh
had lb# report from tha aaaHnrluoi
Um night-wga to tha affaot that It
woulJ be necessary to pertrm an or
tffaUoS* In order that the bone could
bo put into place aod held there ae
eurely. Thla will taka place tbl*
morning.
Mr, Owea. while oot no badly Injur
ed a* Mr. Jeywta, eu fared from vart
owe cuts aad bruises and will proba
My be abla to laava tha sanltortam
within a day er two.
Wbii* officer* bar* made every es
fort Li ks-ate the driver* of th* car
which aped on tto way following toe
Occident, they bare toe# far bqeti -ua'
aj)lc to <to nor »
!»KW (O-OP. I»KP tMTMKNT
• j jV-» - Stow .- , »■<»*.« ,
tv to carry out liie Vo dperntlV# mar
hetlng law algncd by Prealdeat Cool-
Wf* Juat before adtuorament of non
gr*a». Secretary Jardlae has eras ted
a division of co-operative marketing
In the Agriculture Department amt
Has placed at ita head Cbrla U Chris
tansen, who has been In charge of the
depart meal » cooperative marketing
work fur two yeorn.
INHERIT* HjMtffgQ *
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Weal Palm Bench. Fta., July -
Duff Pi sirr. prominent of
Palm Bench and Now York, will rw
cetva the bulk us hi* mother** tfi.MO •
Odu estate under h#r will filed tor pro
bat* to the county court beno today.
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PRBSS , ku «
DISPATCHES '
raramra own
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After Nine tenth* At
the Bottom aMlte Sea
Submarine 6-51 Is
Taken Fiem tfce Wa
ter and Docked At the
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Where Bodies of Cr« 6
Are Taken Oat—Theftr
Deaths Believed Have
* Been Quick #
N#w YtertTSily '
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tho ra*o hum’s MtflMr. *
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UDm Maty tkt wMch
bmt tha mm to tha Ufa
frw« which they ware ee
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Oae «f its to«N rsiimtt was
that of a sailor who Mraattgatora ba
ilor# ted fehfht far Mfo to «w MM
—w* th. Mr/ wm wteate M
oosm pipes a* da ta* of a iW|t»
aiaat ate the tetlof waa irprmmf
that m tho water Mat tko sailor had
cllmbte a labor and higher oaiy Ift ha
drowned whan bo aa«h|> oltaab mo
am to tho manor of tie death of ' s
tho aadlort aa » whotat neither Safer
Admiral Plsakott aor Secretary Wil
bur would axyte aa aMatoa boy wad 0
remarking that tho time muat haoa
booa vary abort aad that daath |W>I
bly came upon moat of tba maw alfeMM
laataytly. catching thorn tear a ter
tbajr happened to ha.
Tba aaral board of t«)uiry so opaa
od today and dpoat tho day tq aa as
sort to place tba Mamo for tho
l rounding of tho 8-ftl la Bast' Hirer
aa It waa bring tow #4 ,« tho aary
yard, from tho,, placo. wtero It waa
•mill taot September, with a km* as
' blrty-lhree Itroo. This quest loa will
< rcupjr tko board again tomorrow add
after that tho main question of Maaao
for tho •inking 'off Block talaad will
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Warsaw. July 9. Deputy WafMail
ITorfantr. aai lona list lapdaf.
waa Injured with seventeen othora pad
two pereone worn kttted la a eollMaat
hotwoou two ogpraou trains today
near Rogaw Mr Korfaaly waa token
to a hospital whom It was feafcte that
hla injuries wora not aartoaa.
mxkb niiM Arrrt>it.BT <
Whiapor, I*lll., 4/efy ‘ n«n
tohpaon. »• welterweight boggy, of
this city, known to tho Has M »aoay
ihKhdMM JinJ Ute - • —a. a n_ aa
jonowwii, n'w n»»t* issi M|R( nHliw-
Ina a prteo right la which ho wm
knocked oat la the fourth round HU
opponent WOO tea tetrlafc. _y