The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-25
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FIGHT BY NJ ALL
Officers of North Carolina Ma
tional Guard Will lake Cor
reSponaence Course

ssneflils, y. G., Dece:1pGr ~ Much
interest Is helng shown here in the
announcement u the AdJutunt-Gene-
raj Oh this State That oiilcsrs OF tho
Nortn Caronna NATIONAL Guard Will
DC required 10 :aHe correspondence
course IN series OF studies rclulivu
10 tho drill ana conGrol III tnliltary
forces In the held The COURSE wiIi ue-
gin at once ana viii last uulIl neat
december, at winch tins All Gamma
tion VIII he held. II rs stated that
those officers who fail to make u
creuitabio showing on the tests will
lie gradually dropped from the service.
NUMBER OF the memoirs vi the
state militia OF TINS city wl.i DO al
iected by the uec.slon. II means mat
all commissioned onccrs must DC wcIl
prepared IN the WORK when they VIII
DC caiieu upon to perform and wnilo II
VIII require no little amount OF hard
work, 1t is believed that tao officers,
as rule. welcome tho announcement.
me sum of SlS,S30 was uIvided last
week among the veterans and widows
Oh veterans. This amount was appor-
TONED 10 Buncumbe county and was
distributed through the clerk Of the
court here. lne amount was
divided among 44I veterans and wia-
oWs OIL Veterans, although those PEN
sioherS OF the hrst class VINO receive
Slo per month were not inciuued IN
TINS list. IRey viii draw Their pen
Sons at later date.
News reached this city of an uu-
fortunate shooting affair, which occur
red at West Mails, i'll Macon county,
uurlnS the early part OF last week,
ana resulted i'll the death OF Miss Mary
West, the daughter OF former state
senator William West, and the wound-
ing OF Perry MORRISON. IT ia ailcg ed
tnat MIR. Morrison ana Miss West were
III store at West Mills. when the
iuther OF the girl entered and made
certain demands of the young man,
which the latter refused to carry out
II Is charged that MIR. West threaten
60 the young mans life and that Nor
rIson remarked that he would Kill
himself and the girl, whei cupon he
urew his pistol AMI shot Miss West
through the neck and intestlnes Mr.
west. II is charged. Immediately shot
the alleged muruerer uf has daughter.
although the wounds are no, thought
10 De iAtai Morrison is still confined
10 his bed, although he is being close
~ watched, and ii he RECEIVERS he Will
in all probability be charged with the
murder OF Miss West, who II is said
was his sweetheart
While at work grading and repay
street hands dug UP twenty mine rust
eaten watches which were buried be-
meath culvert on that street a num-
Der OF the watches were identified by
Al. w. Noblitt. VINO conducts a tewelry
store here which was robbed over
year ago. 1t is believed that the thief
grew frightened after burying the
watches at this place and did not re-
turn for them. The watches are worth
less now. although n number of them
were very valuable.
The Central Trust Savings Bank
Is the name of a new banking house
which will begin business in this city
the first of March with capital stock
Of $4,000 and a surplus of $4,000,
having been organized last week by
j. M. Chiles. DR.. p. r Moale, ]. Rush
Oates. c. w. Brown. w. s. McEwen
and other prominent Asheville bust
ness men. The bank will be situated
on Pack Square. in all probability in
the Legal Building. which is the prop
erty of Mr.. Oates. one of the stock
holders. 1t is stated that C. w. Brown
VIII be elected president of the new
institution. DR.. Moale. vice president.
and the cashier will be announced
within a few days.
Coroner E. r. Morris and County
Physician D. Z. Sewer have COM
pleted the autopsy OF the body of
Mary Webb. the ffteen-year- old girl
OF this county, who was killed last
summer, and whose brother, Ernest
Webb, Is bound to the Superior Court
charged with the killing. The exami-
nation showed that the physical con-
dition OF the girl was normal at tho
time that she was killed. This puts
at rest several rumors which led So
HECTOR Reynolds TO order post-mor-
TEN examination. 1t Ia said that the
State will in all probability esk for
no! pros when the case against the
Webb boy is called