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has not yet returned. Strict inquiry
has been made among the Bolshevik
prisoners as to whether Capt. Cooper
could have fallen among them, but as
yet nothing has been discovered as to
his whereabouts.
"Shine" Causes Death OF Two in
Velusia
Charlie Edmund and Charlie Fair
cloth. young white men, were shot and
killed at Seville Sunday at o'clock,
by Mr.. Rainer, section foreman of the
A. C. L. at Seville. Their companion,
Brice Edmund, was arrested at Cres-
cent City. Charlie Edmund, who had
filled up on shine, visited Rainier, try
/ inv to make him drink Rainier refus-
ed and words passed, leading to a
fight when Rainier thrashed Edmund.
Edmund left, threatening Rainer.
He got his two friends and about
dark returned to Rainer's house. They
were armed with two shotguns and a
revolver Rainier moved his family
of the front porch into the house and
the boys shot twice into the house
with their revolvers.
Rainier went to the front ooor, arm
ed with shotgun and shot twice, kill
ing Charlie Edmund and Charlie Fair
cloth. Brice Edmund then drove away.
Justice of the Peace Emmett Which
rendered verdict of justifiable homi-
eide
Both dead men are strangers, one
from Georgia and the other South
Carolina. Moonshine is responsible.
Henry Ford Causes Tumble in
Prices
Henry Ford, the great automobile
manufacturer has announced reduc-
ton Of prices on all Ford Motor Com
pany products to a prewar level as d
step toward restoration of business
/ to normal conditions.
In a statement accompanying the an
nouncement Mr.. Ford declared that
present business conditions demanded
that some practical effort be made
to bring economic conditions back
to normal" SO that the business of
the country may be stabilized" and
that the progress, prosperity and con-
tentment of our people may be restor-
ed"
Engineer L. p Nicholson, of Lake
land fell from his engine near Gaines
vile. and the train ran two miles be
fore the fireman missed the engineer
from his seat. Mr.. Nicholson sustain
ed only broken leg.
| Balbriggan, near Dublin, Ireland is
in terror and streams of refugees are
abandoning the town as a result of
an attack by the auxiliary police who
retaliated for the shooting of two
policemen Monday. Two civilians
were shot dead and several wounded.
Many houses were set on fire and the
largest hosiery factory in Ireland de-
stroyed.
! William Furman Hutchinson, son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Hutchin-
son, and brother of julius Hutchinson
of Sanford was among those killed
in the bomb outrage in New York
Thursday noon.
A New York woman, a former Red
Cross Worker, is now Captain in
the Arabian army.
Bar examinations will be held in
Tallahassee about the middle of DC
tober, commencing on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 10.
Peter Roe was instantly killed Mon
day at San Juan when a motor truck
tire exploded while he was initiating
it with air. The top of his head was
blown off and nearby brick wall
blown in by the explosion.
A DeLand special says: j. Rainier,
who shot and killed Jarild Edmonds
and Charlie Maircloth of Seville, was
exonerated today by coroner's jury,
which held that he fired in self de-
tense. A gun fight was in progress
in the street before Rainer's home and |
Rainer said he fired to protect his
family.
Mayor VIM Hale Thompson has
brought suit against the Chicago
Tribune and the Chicago News each
So EN- 0n(l 000 The Mavor claims /