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The Washington times., 1919-04-21
SUBURB TO HEAR OF
WATER WORKS SALE

A mass meeting Of residents Of
Hyattsville has been called for to-
night by the mayor and common
council to explain the transfer of the
water and sewer system to the Wash
ington and Suburban Sanitary Com
mission.
Mayor W. A. Brooks believes there
are many people in Hyattsville who
are not entirely familiar with all the
details Of the transaction and the
meeting has been called to clear UP
any doubtful. points in the public
mind. Mayor Brooks and the MEM
bers of the council will answer any
The Washington times., 1919-04-21

reasonable. He would become abuS.
i've. 1 feared him; so 1 left him
while in one of his fts Of anger
several years before we were sepa-
rated he threatened to kill my
brother, Ernest Smitson. He was ar
rested for assault after he had pulled
a pistol and pointed 1t at my brother
Judge Baldwin fined him SO and put
him on probation for a promise Of
good behavior.
"I have not seen him for q year.
The last time we met he attempted
to quarrel with me. He used to carry
a small pistol, and people were afraid
he would shoot them when he was
drinking"
Was Good Worker.
Englehart was regarded as a good
employe at the Allen home. He was
particularly friendly with Emma AL
len. little daughter Of the murdered
woman. One OF the pathetic fea-
lures OF the tragedy is an Easter
card sent to Engiehart by the little
girl. The card was received by
Charles Englehart. brother Of the
dead man. on Saturday, the day Of
the murders.
Little Emma wrote:
Dear Friend-I wish you many
Caster greetings. Your little friend,
Emma"
Englehart never saw the card. He
seldom visited his brothers home,
although he worked for him in the
operation of a clay bank. The
brother took the card from an en-
velope when he learned OF Engle-
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search of Engiehart, who was sus-
pected Of the triple crime.
Charles Englehart, brother OF Mrs.
Sloates and Joseph Englehart; Will
lam Henson and II. g. Weiker, a
farmer, ran to a swamp near by and
stumbled over the unconscious man.
Englehart clutched a revolver in his
hand. In tho chambers OF the pistol
were a cartridge and an empty shell.
The other three chambers Of the
weapon were empty.
"He has "A chance to live. Rush him
10 a Baltimore hospital" suggested
DR.. w. +. Taylor, when he arrived on
the scene.
Englehart was removed TO the Uni
versity Hospital in Baltimore by
Clifton Graham and Policeman Mich
OILS. Attempts to rouse him to con-
sciousness were of no avail, and
Englehart died without making a
statement.
After swearing a jury over the body
Of Mrs. Allen, in the morning. her
body was taken to her home. When
Allen was told several hours later
that Englehart was dead. he de-
clared:
I'm glad Of 1.-THE scoundreI! 1t
would be a pity for him to live after
what he has done.
Mother of Nine.
Mrs. Allen is the mother of nine
children.
When told OF the death of her di-
vorced husband, Joseph Engelhart
and Of the triple tragedy, Mrs. ]. L.
Ray displayed no surprise. She could
not explain the accusation of her for
mer husband that a spell had been
cast" on him.
II left Joe Englehart seven years
ago" she declared. He possessed a
fearful temper, particularly when he
was drinking. He was crGel and un-
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hart's death in the Baltimore hos
pitaI. -...
Separate inquests will be held over
the bodies at o'clock tonight by
Coroner Baldwin. The coroner's jury
consists of c. H. Lilly. w. r. Strube,
w. H. Reed, NJ. L. Vogt, II. G. Weik-
er, c. c. Keyser, II. H. w. Thies,
Harry Friskey. Oliver Long, Herman
Rhodes, J. h. Selling and Harry
Knight.
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who met him when he arrived at Oak
Crest on the o'clock train.
Frank Patterson. another resident
near the murder house, also saw him.
EnglehRrt carried two quarts OF
whiskey and displayed the revolver,
explaining he had bought it in Balti'
more.
1T did not occur to me that Engle-
hart contemplated murder" declafed
Henson. "But about O'CLOCK my wife
called me an dsaid that Mrs. Sloates,
my aunt, had been over to our house
and said that Englehart had threat
ened to kill himself.
He had been drinking, Mrs. Sloates
told my wife. She said he was quar-
relsome and left the house. stating
his intention of ending his life. My
wife told me to go in search Of him
TO stop him from committing suicide.
But told my wife not TO wDrry-that
Joe would not commit suicide.
didn't think il was in him, although
realized he acted queerly of late and
seemed irrational, particularly when
he was drinking"
Shot without Warning.
Just what happened after Engle.
hart returned to his home probably
never will be unfolded as the lips of
all his victims are sealed in death.
That Smyth was shot unawares is
The Washington times., 1919-04-21
BALLOON ROPE KILLS BOY,

CHESTER, Pa, April 21.-EdU1za
Lawrence, fifteen, was instantly
killed here when he fell 200 feet ernm
a balloon rope in which he becamam-
tangled as II shot upward
Milton johnson, the balloonigt, mads
frantic unsuccessful efforts 20 pm
Lawrence into the basket.
Thousands saw the youth dashed -
death
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shown from the position in which he
was found. He was sitting on q
couch, about to light his pipe when
shot through the heart.
Smyth was found in a sitting pos
ture on the couch, the pipe in his left
hand and match which he was about
to strike when he was shot in his
right hand. Mrs. Sloates, police in
vestigators believe, attempted to fee
and was shot down on the threshold
Of her home.
Whether Mrs. Allen was in the MUIR
der house at the time of the shooting
has not been established. However.
il is believed that she reached the
afterward fed. only to be pursued
and herself shot down.
Englehart and Mrs. Allen had been
friends. The dead man formerly was
employed on the farm of Mr.. Allen.
The scene of the shooting Of Mrs.
Allen was a mile from the murder
house. Near the spot where Mrs.
Aliens body was found were signs Of
a struggle.
shot At Close Range.
The bullet wound in her right ear
shows that the shot had been fired at
close range, her face having been
burned from the flame OF the revolver.
Mrs. Aliens body was found by her
seventeen-year-old son, William Allen.
The story Of the death vigil through
the night over the body of his mother
as it lay in the woods near the swamp
was told to The Times by young Allen.
My mother went over to see If il
was possible to employ Mrs. SlOates
to keep house for us during her visit
in Minnesota" said young Allen.
About o'clock in the evening.
when she had not returned, my father
became worried and set out to find
her. He could not locate her and
later in the evening he came back and
got my brothers and myself out Of
bed
I'VE started out again in the pitch
dark. finding our way with the aid Of
lantern. We searched through the
woods and the swamp for hours. We
had almost given up hope.
Finds Mothers Body.
Then l noticed something white
lying near the path. l took the Ian
tern and went over to the white OBJ
ject. knelt down. it was the body
Of a woman. 1 turned the face UP to
the light OF the lantern. 1t was my
mother.
81 have found her. / called to my
father and brothers. And she 10
dead
1--WE knew she had been murdered,
so We did not venture to remove her
from the woods TO the house. We
wanted to wait for the coroner. So
my brothers and / " atChcd through
the night by the side Of our mother
as she lay out there in the woods.
We put a coat over her. That was
all we could do.
About o'clock in the morning we
heard a pistol shot over the hill.
Englehart was later found there. He
had evidently fired the shot we had
heard, mortally wounding himself
80 all during the time we were
searching for our mother he had
probably been lurking nearby. It
was a wonder one OF more OF us had
not run up against him and been
murdered, too
Allen and his oldest son, Mason,
found the bodies Of Mrs. Sloates and
Smyth at midnight. The discovery of
Mrs. Aliens body followed.
Early in the morning the news
spread and aroused great excitement
Men left their beds and started to in
vestigate. They were in an ugly
mood when they learned the details
OF the tragedy.
For hours they beat the woods in
The Washington times., 1919-04-21
"California Syrup of Figs
For the Liver and Bowels
Consipated Children Gladly Take

Tell your druggist you want genuine
"California Syrup of Figs" Full directions
and dose for babies and children of all ages
who are constipated, bilious, feveriSh, tongue
coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on
the bottle. Look for the name California"
and accept no other Fig Syrup. beware
The Washington times., 1919-04-21
.ENGLEHART SLEW
8, SAYS CORONER
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CONTINUED from First Page)
f.; in the occult. He also Iabored under
the delusion that his divorced wife,
Mrs. ]. L. Ray. of Jessups, Nd. had
cast a spell" over him. Frequently
he spoke Of ''queer shapes" haunting
him and declared the spell" had de-
pressed him and caused him stomach
disorder.
Only several hours before the triple
! murder, Englehart had a seance with
a Baltimore seeress. His palm had
been read, but what the clairvoyant
unfolded to him could not be learned.
Pamphlets on fortune telling were his
daily companion, and he assiduously
read this sort Of literature.
Tells About HsPeILs
Englehart went to Baltimore Sat
urday~ morning with his brother,
ChaTles Englehart, who operates
clay bank at Contee and by whom he
was employed. He appeared nervous,
s1d as the train sped past Jessups
Bnglehart pointed to a yellow house
beside the railroad tracks.
See that little yellow house?p he
told his brother. There's where my
wife lives. 1t is she who has cast a
spell on me-"
Asked by the anxious brother as to
what he meant by a spell" EngIe-
hart declared that he was constantly
haunted by shapes which worried him.
They are responsible for it," he
declared with subdued excitement.
The house he referred to was the
home of his divorced wife.
So strangely did Englenart act on
the train that his brother ventured
TO tell him that he believed his mind
was unbalanced.
Joe" said the brother. according
20 his statement to The Times today,
'I believe you are going insane"
when we reached Baltimore" con-
tinUed the brother, I'VE went 70 q
lunchroom. Joe was much excited.
] sort OF worried about him and ask
ed what he intended to do.
- have an engagement to see
fortune teller he told me. 4 had a
sesnce with her the other day, and
she charged me SO. I told the for
tune teller 1 would see her again to-
day
Buys Revolver.
by the way he exclaimed, I am
going to buy a pistol I urged him
not to buy the revolver. but he did"
That Englehart contemplated sui
eide before the tragedy was the state
Tment of William Henson his nephew
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Buzz Revolver.

by the way he exclaimed. I am
going to buy a pistol urged him
not to buy the revolver. but he did"
That Englehart contemplated sui
eide before the tragedy was the state
ment Of William Henson, his nephew.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10
Program Third Division w. M.
u, Clarks Hill, September
20, 1919.

Song-"JesusCalls U.s."
Bible Message-Stewardship.
Prayer-That our Baptist women
may hear Gods call to stewardship,
Mrs. ]. j. Griffs.
Greetings-Mrs. S. T. Adams.
Response-Mrs. C. L. Harper.
Message from State W. M. U.
Secretary.
Song Message-Miss Gazzie Os-
borne.
Items from last years State Mis-
sion report-Mrs. G. C. Mcdaniel.
How to be an Honor Roll Society,
Mrs J. L. Minis.
Prayer-That South Carolina may
have the will to win Millions for the
Master.
Four minute talks on 75-Million
Campaign-Mrs. Mamie N. Tillman
and Mrs. A. B. Carwile.
How the s5,5OO,OOO will help
South Cardinals
(a) Orphanage.
(b) Hospital.
(c) Baptist Schools.
(d) Aged Ministers.
Mrs. R. E. Coleman.
Four minute talks on above sub
Ijects by ladies of third division.
Music.
! Collection-Goes to Clarks Hill
iSociety:
Business.
Adjourn for dinner.
Afternoon Session.
Sunbeam session-Mrs. Mamie N.
Tillman in charge.
Roll CallNof Sunbeam Bands.
Exercise by Modoc Sunbeams.
Plans for the year-Mrs. Mamie
m. Tillman.
Song-Parksville Sunbeam
Roll Call of Y. W. AS and G. AS
Mrs. A. B. Carwile.
Plans for the year-Mrs. A. B.
Carwile.
Address-Dr. R. G. Lee, Edgefeld
|Associational Organizer of 75-Mil-
lion Campaign.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10

For Philippi: B. T. Boatwright, E
L. Yonce, G. G. Holmes and A. B
Franklin.
For Long Branch: c. M. Rauton
L. C Clark and Joe Clark.
For West Edgefeld: ]. H. Rec.
and R. H. Nicholson.
For East Edgefeld: A. B. Broad
water, E. ]. Mundy and Joe Smith
Antioch: C. C. Jones, w. F. West
J. W. Qusrles and L. S. Talbert.
Golfers: DR.. J. N. Grafton, J. L
Miller, H. w. McKie, T. M. Adams
Flat Rock: G. W. Bussey, Jr., j
L. Bailey, O.. o. Zimmerman and T
W. Lamb.
Red Hill: f E. Quarles, R. M
Johnson and Rev. ]. w. Kesterson
Oak Grove: T. ]. Dorm, Lidie Dorm
and G. w. Sharpton.
!Hibler: J.P. Sullivan, G. R. Ma,
son and j. E. Reynolds.
Talbert: j. w. Morgan, ]. D
Hughey and E. P. Winn.
Cleora: C. M. Williams, P. w
Cheatham and L. R. Brunson.
Berea: F. L. Byrd, F. C. Watson
and ]. B. Minick.
Pleasant Lane: F. L. Zimmerman
S. T. Williams, P. A. Zimmerman
and F. P. Walker.
Limestone: DR.. j. 81. Self, M. B.
Byrd and E. B Williams.
McKendree: J. M. Shaffer, Whit
Harling and James A. Dorm.
Meeting Street: j. H.,Cogburn, j,
F. Payne and j. K. Allen,
Elmwood: M. B. Hamilton, M. A,
Watson and M. B. Ransom.
Pickens: L. C. Warren, J. Carol
Morgan and J. R. Scurry.
Moss: R. A. Wash and P. B.
Thomas.
Wise: S. B. Mays, G. T. Swearin.
gen, F. F. Rainsford and ]. N Fair
Washington: J. W. Johnson, M. A.
Adams and John G. McKie.
Fork: j. o. Scott, b. H. Scott, Sr.
and P. E. Thurmond
Meriwether No. 20: W. H. Briggs
G. w. Medlock and ]. A. Thurmond
Meriwether No. IL: B. T. Lanham
IL. w. Mundy and P. B Lanham.
South Meriwether: H. F. Cooper
R. W. Glover and J. P. Mealing.
Trenton: ]. D. Mathis, Walter W
Wise, B. R. Tillman, A. S. j. Miller
Frank Belts, Roper Moss and
Frank Miller.
]. H. CANTELOU,
County Chairman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10

A meeting of the Edge6eld
Cotton Growers Association
will be held on next Monday
September Is at IL o'clock to
hear reports from chairman,
now in attendance upon the
New Orleans Convection. Full
attendance earnestly request
ed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10
Officers and Committees for Edge
field County and its Sub divisions
for Conducting Contributions
to Memorial Campaign Fund.

J. H. Cantelou, County Chairman.
w. A. Byrd, Chairman for Town
of Edgefeld.
w. M. Sawyer, Chairman for the
Town of Johnston.
W. W. Miller, Oh Airman for the
Town of"Trenton.
Committee on Publicity.
]. C. Sheppard, Chairman; ]. VIM.
Thurmond, L. Wigfall Cheatham and
J. L. Minis.
Directors OF Collection for Edge
field.
B. B. Jones, J. w. Kemp, W. c.
Lynch, T H. Rainsford, A. S. Tomp-
kins, W. H. Harling, E. ]. Minis,
w. A. Strom, L. S. Kernaghan, L. T.
May and DR.. j. S. Byrd.
Secretaries of Directors of Collec-
tion for Edge6eld.
Mrs. Leila A. Grlttln and Miss
Pearl Padgett.
Directors for Johnston: F. S.
Bland, H. w. Crouch, ]. L. Derrick,
". E. Edwards, H. G. Edison, G.. L.
Hardy, J. N. Lott, W. B. QUITS, W.
wv. Rhoden, E. H. Smith, S. J.. Wat
son and 81. w. Dobey.
For Harmony: B. r. Smith, q. d.
Herlong and B B. Boulnight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10
Notice to the People of Edge
field County.

Our State is to erect a Memorial
Building in .commemoration of the
service rendered by our men and
women in the World War, and IN or
der, to raise the quota or allotment
apportioned to Edgefeld County, l
publish below a list of officers and
committees for the accomplishment
of this purpose.
I appeal most earnestly to the in
dividual representatives of this list
to unite with me in this patriotic
endeavor with that degree of zeal
and appreciation which patriotism
and duty demand.
May every man, woman and child
in our great county invest in the
construction of this building.
All officers and committees are
hereby requested to make prepara-
tion and be ready for the DRIVE
which will begin on the 29th of Sep
tember and end on the 18th of No
vember.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1919-09-10

County Chairman.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07
Arcade to Present
The Forbidden Room

Gladys Brockwell, who has become
famous for the emotional characters
she has put on the screen, will be
seen tonight at the Arcade Theatre
in the new William Fox production,
The Forbidden Room" No role
she has enacted has placed so severe
test upon Miss Brockwelrs ability
as does the character she assumes in
this play, if one may judge by an out
line of the story. Her part is that
OF an innocent young stenographer
who is put in a trying predicament
by men who hate her employer, the
District Attorney. To save her own
reputation and that of the District
Attorney, she devises and executes a
scheme whereby the corrupt "fram-
ers" are framed and are forced to
confess their guilt.
Miss Brockwell had a new director
for this picture. He is Lynn F. Rey-
nolds, who previously had made some
very excellent pictures with Tom
Mix as the star. The cast is es-
pecially good one, including William
Scott, ]. Barney Sherry and Harry
OunklnS00. ss-.s.<S---@ss---s- =
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07
B. P. 0. E. Elect Officer
for Nineteen Nineteen

The annual election of Morgan
City B. P. o. E. Lodge ll2l, was held
Thursday night at their lodge rooms.
The follwing members were elected
to serve the ensuing Lodge year.
c. E. Jolley, Exalted Ruler; M. P.
Palmer, Esteemed Leading Knight
Prof. L. A. Law, Esteemed Loyal
Knight; w. A. Broussard, Esteemed
Lecturing Knight; Jos. L. Fisher,
Secretary; F. p. Winchester, Treas
urer; DR.. A. Wilson, Tiler and L. A.
Law, Trustee for 3 years. Charles P.
Lynch (Retiring Exalted Ruler) was
elected representative to the Grand
Lodge, with Sam Blum, Alternate.
Messrs. Winchester and Fisher
Treasurer and Secretary, were re-
elected for the twelfth consecutive
year to their respective offices. The
officers elected will be installed at
the first meeting in April.
Morgan City Lodge has under way
a drive for membership, the initia-
tions which will take place the fourth
week in April. Indications are that
there will be large class. There
are twelve teams at work selecting
timber for this initiation. Teams re-
porting last night, indicated that the
class will be larger than was at first
anticipated.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07
Police Jury Forms Parish
Into Road District In
Guiding All Munic-
ipaGhes
Fourth Ward Only is Omitted
from Parish Proposed Bond
Issue of $650,00O. Or
dinance Adopted

The Police Jury of ST. Mary Par
ish met at Franklin, La, Wednesday
for their regular March session.
After the usual reading of minutes
and filing Of reports, the Police Jury
t TX up the matter of forming the
Parish into a Road District in order
issue to build good roads throughout
the parish. Because it had already
arranged its own bond issue and is
now building its own roads. the
Fourth Ward was not included in the
I. new district which was formed. The
Police Jury voted unanimously for
what is known as Road District No. l,
comprising all the wards and nlunic-
ipalities in the Parish with the ex-
ception of Fourth Ward The
amount agreed upon to be asked for
at the election for good roads was
$650OO0. All the Jurors, from all the
Wards, have approved this amount
and voted for it with the exception
of the President OF the Police Jury,
Hon. c. N. Frost, who advocated a
smaller amount than the amount de-
cided upon The regular meeting of
the Poice Jury was then adjourned
and the jurors, who constitute the
board of administrators to govern
the road district formed by the Po-
lice Jury Immediately convened and
entered into permanent organiza-
tion to carry out the plans for which
the road district had been formed.
The following is the proceedings of
fha adm nj icfr nf ha PnoA NE
trict:
The Police Jury sitting as Board
of Administrators or the Governing
Authority of Road District No. l,
met this day and proceeded to organ
ize.
On motion of w. N. Gooch Sec
onded by Sidney J. Wolford and
carried, Charles N. Frost was elected
President.
On motion of T. B. Kimbrough
seconded by Gabriel Haydel and car
ried, T. Aucoin was elected Vice
President.
On motion of E. A. Calm second
ed by T. Aucoin and carried, R. EN-
met O'Niel was elected Secretary.
And on motion of W. N. Goocf1
seconded by T. B. klmbrough and
carried, R. L. Sigur was elected
Treasurer.
Moved by T. B. Kimbrough Sec
onded by T. Aucoin that the Presi-
dent ask for S65O,0OOO0 to grade and
surface all of the rs miles of road
asked for in the Parish. A roll call
on this motion resulted in its carry
ing unanimously.
On motion of w. N Gooch Sec
onded by Sidney ]. Wolford and car
ried the meeting adjourned to We'd
nesday, March 10Th. next at II o'clock.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-03-07
! im;ted Supply and High Cost Of Gravel
Encourages Use Of Shell for Roadbeds

five parishes exclusively.
When the foregoing facts are con-
sidered. it appears that if gravel
alone is depended upon, it 8 likely
tia. the road building program Will
fall short of being carried out. by
reason of the restricted deliveries,
and particularly since it is under
stood that the national road building
program will cause heavy demand
for open cars everywhere. 1t is be-
1ieved that the people Of this sec
ton should quickly avail themselves
Of any satisfactory road material tc
supplement the restricted supply Of
gravel
Mr.. w. D. Haden of Galveston
Texas, has stated to both the high
way commission and the police jury,
that if given an initial contract for
10000 cubic yards of she'll, he will
establish a plant at Morgan City
with a daily capacity of 1000 cubic
yards. or about Is carloads per work
ing day. AS plant of this capacity
represents an investment Of about
S250,00O, and its movement here from
Texas entails heavy expense. an ini-
tial contract Of this volume seems
reasonable.
began operations in Apriu, n-triast
Mr.. Haden further states that to
begin operations in April, contract
must be closed before March 31st, as
with April he will either
operate here or resume operations in
Texas, where heavy road construc-
tion is also planned.
All circumstances considered, it is
believed that the highway commis-
ion should be authorized by various
police juries to close such contrace
with Mr.. Haden, as this will assure
the supply of needed material.