The following story from Albemarle will be read with interest here, where Mr. Lowder is well known:
Edgar Lowder of Concord was killed instantly about midnight Saturday night in an automobile collision with Bud Nichols, who resides at Oakboro. The tragedy occurred about three miles south of Albemarle on highway number 80 when the Ford runabout in which Lowder and his young wife were riding was struck by the Ford touring car driven by Nichols. Lowder’s car turned over two or three times and in some manner Lowder’s head was crushed and death came instantly. The young wife of Lowder, who was a Miss Hatcher of Lilesville until five months ago, escaped with minor injuries. Nichols and a young man by name of Honeycutt escaped entirely without injury.
Officers rushed to the scene of the wreck and Nichols was taken into custody and was placed under bond of $3,000. It is said that both Nichols and his partner, Huneycutt, were under the influence of intoxicants and that Nichols was driving on the wrong side of the road when the collision occurred. It is also stated that Nichols has formerly been charged with driving an automobile while intoxicated.
Mr. Lowder is a native of Stanly county, being a son of the late Mumphrey Lowder of the Fork section in southern Stanly, but recently he had married and moved to Concord. He was in the employ of the State highway commission and had charge of the upkeep of the highway between Concord and Monroe and a part of highway number 27 between Albemarle and Charlotte and was considered a valuable man—a young man of splendid character and well known among a large number of friends and relatives. He was only about 25 years old. He was a member of the Lowder family which is one of the most prominent in the county.
From page 2 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, March 29, 1926
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