The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-28
THIS MAN POSSESS
YEARS AS GIRL; THEN
WEEDS GIRL OF CHOICE

| EAST COEINTH. Mo. AuE :I.--Mrm-
! hers Of the Union BAPTIST church ar"
about evenly divided over the expulsion
. OF Sister Cora" Norton following IN
discovery that the young person WIZ" mas
been passing us :. girl tlcrr tor iw'hiE-
three years, .;Ls actually MIR. Euson"
/! Cody Norton.
Tho village va; stirred |" lis depths a
few days ago when Cora returned
from II trip L. TIN Whit" Mountains In
romrImy with Miss Abby r.. Foster. 4
teacher in The East t"rinuh Acia'ln!
and straii;htway applied I'll tho town
clerk office for Il inarrlaE" license IN
, planning IL that aSI"niSh"d official lha'
III reality "Shr' was Il man.
The license was issued and norton ana
Miss Foster were married III governor
MllIk.nS nfric.' at thu state house III
Augusta There hay" ihccn NOISY sore
!. nadcs under the couples Wlnao" s'tSS
! their return. rhc indignation or the
church members extends to SoraS
bride because Il is asserted That Norton
had c0nfidcd the truth c"ncrrhInS MS
sex to Miss Foster hut that IN" latter
mad permitted him To he bapiIze ana re-
ccivtd into the church as Il sister.
Draft Board Interested.
Dozens Of PERSONS today arc d"clarinE
that they always had n"tirra !nhs
: Cora" ham an rNirHura iEtr'S oGrr
| tranrdinarily capable with Nv" ch"rrS
taking entire rare uf Il herd OF twenty
| Drar; mar6 officials arc interested in
rho DISCLOSE. Of 'iorA's" ScN. rs she
failed to register under tho .i"lccilNr
! law. II WAS in connection VITA ms thh'
! Norton ard Miss Foster went l" HuEGSI"
! l.. SET The governor. Nh't ln'h pIt,r
! in III" ;;ulcrmli"r!al office "n"r IMAM
! thar there Wis :. marriage ceremony mas
! not been disclosed. ,
| .Acra~Ging TO Mrs. Norton. her NUS
! bands mother X Responsible Tor tnc ~
| crptiun Ia has pr.tc;:c"I .nF years PC
cause when he was Il Young boy Sh'
| dressed ram in SIrlS clothing. Shr
| S;liL tl,;t. several times ~ had attempted
| 10 reveal his sr.rrt. hut that hc had be
, comic 50 accustomed II hi% feminine ro'F
! that he found II lmruSs bic.
! Always Discreet.
! - chulrlIGr any uIIr III Fast torlnth
TO show that hc la" ever been %ulily "l
i the slightest indiscrction; even n
! word" said Mrs Norton IT her husband
today. His character is Christian ana
! llamclcss. l know what the people
| here, especially the women are saying.
TO think that that man was among
our daughters nl school ana rI IN u
! nIIairs," But he has never violated the
J confidence. If amy person ana NJ Is per
| fcctly honorable.
Il am a teacher in the East Corinth
! Academy and Mr.. Norton VAS ono OF
my pupils. My r!"ll" IS To IAN u, ,nHI
with my pupils IN" nrsi day Of school
and never to fall out nt 10y" with thc'li'
! WAS fond Of him. thinkinE~Sc Was
/ girl. He boarded at my h"uS" alu "ld
! the chores among the farmers. Ihrr"
DAYS b"fcrc SCHOOL closed last Juno nc
came ~ IN" and told INC he WAS a man.
Then last week "" ntvd our marriage
intentions. md now W" are married.
Girls Knew He Shaved.
when did YOU fall III i"c WIN
. him." The bride was asked.
We'll. I don't think that is any 81
tho puhlirs business.
ON the day after Norton ana MISS
Foster lilrd their marriage intentions
tho former rrrntcd near riot IN tn'
village street by appearing IN Il man
suit. His hair, formerly long ana d"h'
M in a knot at tho back 1T his hHad.
was cut short. 1t WIS of inner texture
nnuarrnIIv than than of most young
rrn His hands were softer anu winter
,bon tho average masculine hahdS
Merton ~ still i'll at cast IN ms mhi,'
attire, and continues To sil ana VAIN
with feminine grace.
East Curinlh girls say now that thNH
hay, always known Cora was "Gugrr
'rhry knew. they declare. that Norton
shaved during the timr they th"uEh'
him uf their own s"N. HIS deep. mas
rulinc voice often startled th"ln. hu'
drsnitr all this il Is likely that u"
never never would have got INTO dllll-
cul,ir~ with tho draft hoard IT Ia. 1HS'
hadn't fallen III love with his t"a"h"r
FRurr-HEARTs for SWEET HEARTS;