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THE JOHNSTO THE JOHNSTONIAN AND JOHNSTON COUNTY SUN CONSOLIDATED VOLUME 1.') SELMA, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1932. NUMBER 10 Chief-of J^olice J. H. Howell Died Wednesday Had Been An Efficieiiit Ofliicer of Selma For Past Three. Years— Remains Taken to Goldshonu, His Former Home, For Interment. Chief-of-Police J. H. Howell die-i at hLs home here last night at 8:30 o'clock following- a .stroke of paraly s‘d on-- Tue.sday afternoo.n about 4 okdock. Chief Howell was sitting I."' the town clerk’s office warming a:'ter his return from a trip to -Smithfield only a short time before. Policeman J. L. Gurley entered the office, and noticing- that Chief Howell did not look exactly right, a-ked him if he was feeling- badly, ' .,t got no reply. He then noticed that his right arm and leg were - .iivering whereupon he went to ’dm and caught him by the. shoul- ■l“i-s and .continued to question him, ,:t still got no reply. Chief Howell would turn his head and look at ' m as though he understood his .lestions but not the slightest mo tion of the lips was noticed -which ,'ould indicate an attempt to speak. Hr. M. R. Wall, city clerk, went --.raediately for a doctor and se- •.-rred Dr ■ Geo. D. Vick who was .soon on the scene, and after prick- \g the skin of his right leg and ^ - ot with a needle, pronounced it •-ralysis. The deceased was then "oved to his home here where he .'mained in an absolutely helpless .-•ndition until the end came. So ‘.n- as we knowq he never spoke .. '.y more after dhe stroke. Chief Howell came to Selma om Goldsboro about three years . -n> when the town Commissioners ■K.mted a man as Chief-of-Police. -lowing Chief Howell and some- 1'ing of his work as a law en- i-rcement officer, they congratulat- theraselves upon being able to '--cure^ his seiwices for yiat import- .mt post in the town’s government. is needless to say that Chief -Jowell measured up well to thei.r . imost expectations, for his tact i.n -rindling- the breakers of the law .11 a mihr and friendly way, yet V. ith the full force and spirit of the r-.w, has not only made warm Pritchard Contest Soon To Be Taken Up! Storm Damage Was Heavy Last Sunday .Senator .Shoritridge, Chairman of Conimiftee In Charge, Rcturnes .After Illness. .More Facts May Be Sought. Eastern Part of State .Along Water Coasit Suffers .Most. Severe Gales Carry .Away Boats, Bridges and Other Craft. Ayden Bank Cashier And Woman Missing Mrs. Guy Stiinmerell and .1. Dixie McGlohon BeUeved to Have Left Together—McGlohon’s .Job Up. . lends of peace-makers but of the ■ w-breakers alike. The deceased is survived by his T.-:fe and three children, as follows: Mrs. W. A. Hinton and Miss Es- t-:lie Howell, of Selma,, and Mr. .-..ichard Howell, of Goldsboro. He --aves one half-sister, Mrs. John 7'helps, also of Selnla. The' decased was 5.5 years of age. -A short funeral service was con- ucted from the home here this s'ternoon at 3 o’clock, by Elder J -hn Gardner, of Goldsboro, assi.st- : ■ by Rev. D. F. 'vVaddell of the ' ca) Presbyterian church, and Rev. . T. Singleton, of the local Meth- ' .ist- church, after which the re- ■'ains were taken to Goldsboro '.’here interment was made in the . ty cemetery. The active pallbearers were: Carl Worley, 'ivlayor W. W. Hare, E. J. iasser, Ed Creech, Dan M. Hayes and Policeman J. L. Gurley. The Honorary pallbearers ' were; Hev. L. 'r. Singleton, C. P. Harper, .A. J. Holliday, Dr. J. B. Person and Dr. E. N. Booker, Rev. D. F. Wad- •ell. All business houses were closed ■luring the funeral hour through respect to the town’s popular chief. Ayden, Mai’ch 6.—Mrs. Guy Har old Summerell, wife of Dr. G. R. Summerell, was reported missing' today from her home. J. Dixie Mc Glohon, assistant cashier of the First National bank, of Ayden, was also reported missing and the be lief here is that the two left to gether. Mrs. Summerell left a note to her husband statin,g she had gone and was taking with her his .sav ings which it is reported amounted to about S400. The note was left in the safe at the home of the Suni- merell residence where the money was kept. She .stated that she did not intend to return but would com municate with her husband. McGlohon left his wife, formerly Miss Mildred Wilson, and one son, J. Dixie, Jr., without giving any in formation as to his whereabouts. McGlohon had been connected with the Ayden bank since last June wlien it w.as organized, but it was understood here today that the di rectors had notified him that his services would not be needed long er than last Saturday. Officials of the bank could make no statement today as to the con dition of affairs of the institution. The vault is operated with a time lock and cannot be opened until Monday morning. Mrs. Summerell was married in 191f) and was formerly Miss The resa Stancill, of Roanoke, Va. She is a .graduate nurse and is attrac tive. ' Wtoin .she left home she was driv ing a practically new Willys-Knight eight sedan, a gift from her hus band. Dr. Summerell, one of the best known young praeticioners and I sportsmen in eastern North Caroli na, received a letter this morning from his- wife. It bore a Raleigh postmark. He and two sons are in great mental distress over the oc currence. Mrs. McGlohon today liad a war rant issued tor her husband and police throu,ghout the state have been asked to be on the lookout for the pair, believed traveling together. The doctor stated he knew no rea son for his wife leaving home. A BILLION DOLLARS. OUTER BANKS SUFFER WORST STORM IN YEARS Morehead City, March 7.—Ocra- ioke Island and the outer banks of the Carolina coast experienced the ■worst storm in many years Sunday -when a southeast hurricane which changed to a southwest 64-mile-an- ■;our gale struck between Cape lookout and Cape Hatteras.' It is relieved no lives were lost. Property loss by home owners and fishermen ■will run into thousands of dollars. Home owners lost their gardens and their fences. Their front ^ards were washed out and had not the shift ing wind cut down the sea tide that washed across the island many a. hoine would have been washed away. At Ocracoke a half dozen small boats and one two-masted bug- eye were destroyed in the storm or washed ashore. At Hatteras the mail boat was washed ashore and A few days ago .some one was heard to inqi^ire of unother if he could have two billion dollars given to him if he would count it, would he undertake the task, the condi tions being that he could not have a cent of the money until the job was complete. At first thought hi.s friend replied that he would take the job and count the money. But after figuring a little it was found that to count two billion dollars would require something like 62 years working 24 hours per day and counting one dollar for every second during that time. In order to count this vast sum of money working on a 12-hour day basis, it would require 120 yea^rs counting one dollar per second. This ended the argument and no one has yet been found who thinks he will live that much longer. Two billion is the amount that Congress has appropriated for the operation of the Construction Fin ance Corporation to help end the depression by putting more money into circulation, but if we have to wait for them to count the money we are afraid “the depression we have with us always.” fishing craft were lost during the hurricane. In some sections of Ocracoke vil lage the water reached a depth of three feet.* In other comrnunities it was a similar story. Kennikeet and Chicamacomico, lowest villages along the coast, were washed out but no lives were reported lost. -This dis patch is sent to the mainland by University of North Carolina stu dents who had come down for the week-end aboard a special boat to all along the coast, scores of small see Ocracoke. lYashin.gton, March 7.—Senator Sh q.-T Sige, of California, was back in \ie senate today after an lllnes.-i of two or three weeks duration. The senator is chairman of the commit tee on privile,ges and elections, and expects to call a meeting of his committee at an early date to con sider the contest brou.ght by George M. Pritchard against Senator Bailey. At the last meeting of the com mittee the claim was made that the petition filed by Mr. Pritchard was inadeijuate, that the alleged fact.s set out do not warrant the senate in spending further time and money on the contest. The ca.se was re ferred back to the committee at the instance of Senator Robinson, Demo cratic leader in the senate, and as a result of this and other develop ments the friends of Senator Bailey have been inclined to the belief that the senate would decline to take the case seriously in the future, and would spend no money in prosecut ing the in(|uir.v, althou.gh attorneys for Mr. Pritchard have contendeil that they had made out a more con vincing preliminary case than had former Senator Heflin and his, friontls, who have securetl from the Hastings subcommittee a report holding that there was no senatorial election in Alabama in 1930, and that for this reason the election should be declared null and void, that the seat should be declared va cant. 'I'he attorneys for Mr. Pritchard have also made the point that if their petition is inadequate in any respect, the deficiency can be easily remedied and that there was a re port totlay that this would be done, that an amended petition would be filed. 'I'hese election contests, whether in the hMse or senate, are regard ed as quasi, judicial in character, but nevertheless it is difficult to prosecute such an inquiry with en tire freedom from partisan political consideration, and the final voting on such propositions is apt to run along political lines. "When the sen ate met today Senator Robinson directed attention to a report in an Alabama paper telling how a group of Republican regulars had assem bled for dinner at the home of Sen ator Hastings, upon which occasion the report of the subcommittee was agreed upon, which was adverse to Senator Bankhead, who was allowed to take hi.s seat when the senate convened, with the understanding that the senate would later seek to determine what had happened when Mr. Bankhead claimed the election over Mr. Heflin by a ma jority of 50,000. 'The report in the Alabama paper concerning the Hastings dinner gave Senator liobinson a pain, and he declarel it would be bad business for Democrats, Republicans and Pro.gressive.s, if sucli judicial (jues- tions were to be determined by groups meeting at the homes of members. He said if the Democrats got control of the senate, and he remained in a position of responsi bility, such improper things would not be pennitted to occur. Senator Hastings got to his feet as was expected of him, and ex plained that it was indeed true that he had entertained some friends at dinner, the family and the cook be ing willing, and he did not believe in so doing he had transgressed the proprieties. Senator Hastings explained that he had felt himself in need of advice, that as chairman of the subcommittee in charge of the Alabama contest he had been obliged to digest thousands of pages of testimony, and he felt the need of counsel and light. As a g'ood many people have guessed would be the case, the three Republicans of the subcommittee voted for Heflin, they having de cided that no senatorial election had really been held in Alabama, while the two Democratic members voted for Bankhead, and could see noth ing in particular wrong with the manner of holding the aforesaid election. Besides, Senator Hastings had been grieved by a rumor that the Democratic leaders of the sen ate had met—this time it was al leged luncheon—and had decided to seat Mr. Bankhead permanently, whatever the evidence might dis close. Senator Robinson denied that , While various agencies sought to I estimate damage done by storms in I the State over the week-end, crij)- I pled communications were being re- I pairetl hurriedly yesterday so the I extent of winter's first blow might I be known. The coast of North Carolina was I virtually isolated la.st night but bits ! of news filtered in from points still in contact with the remainder of th.; state. Gales that whipped seas into a fu ry damaged coastal highways, fer ries, water craft and causeways, and last night three coast guard.smen out in a picket boat on Oregon In let were still unreported. Captain N. B. Hodges and a crew of five men were rescued from the Washin.gton, N. C., oyster sloop Mildred Hodges, after they had ■spent Sunday night wrapped in sails with freezing water breaking over them. The craft stranded near the mouth of the Pasquotank River, then drag ged anchor and a stake stove a hole in the ship’s bottom. All suffered from exposure. At Nag’s head it was reported tue steamboat dock and three cot tages were destroyed; water sto >d three feet deep in Manteo’s street and damage to store stocks was heavy. Steam.ship sei-vice from Elizabeth City to Manteo was suspended. Ter minals of Mann’s Harber and East Lake ferry were swept away and the ferry was damaged. The beach highway and the causeway from Nag’s Head to Roan oke Island was damaged approxi mately $150,000, it was repoi’ted. .A bus was able to make a round trip to Manteo late yesterday for ^the, first time since the storm. Pas sengers reported Water which had filled the town’s streets was reced- March Term Criminal Is Underway Court Two Weeks Term Began Monday, With Hon. Clayton Moore, Special Judge Presiding—Hon. W. C. Harris To Preside Next Week. The March term of Johnston County Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases, began last Mon day, with Hon. Clayton Moore, Spe cial Judge of North Carolina, pre siding over the first week’s session. Hon. W. C. Harris, Judge of Supe rior Courts of North Carolina, will preside over the second week’s ses sions. Hon. Clawson L. Williams, Solicitor of the Fourth Judicial Dis trict, was present and prosecuting on the part of the State. The jurors for the t^m are as farmer. deadly Joel B. guilty. Verdict deadly ant to months roads. aged 25, for a.ssault with weapon. Assault made of Lee. Defendant pleaded not Jury sworn and empaneled. Guilty of assault with weapon. Judgment; Defend- be confined to jail for 18 and assigned to work public State vs. Lassiter or Lester Capps- for larceny of lamps, pans, and ba sins in Bizzle Grove Church. A truer ■pill. State vs. Jaisper Wood, for assault with deadly weapon on T. C. Mc- Lamb. A true bill. Several fishing' boats were swept from their moorings and reported missing, all piers and wharves at the town were washed away, and a 100-foot barge stranded. Slight damage was reported from Perquimans and Chowan countie:-; with the exception of several auto mobiles capsizing on the Edenton- Elizabeth City highway. Damage to fisheries, excluding Dare county, was estimated' at a quarter of a million dollars. The storm began Saturday night and reached intense proportions dur ing Sunday. Snow fell in many places and abundant rain was re corded. Winds over virtually the en tire State reached high velocities. For the first time this winter, thermometers went below freezing in almost every section of the State. Yesterday low temperatures were still being recorded in many cities over the State with forecasts for last night and today of freezing temperatures but cloudless skies! In Dare county, practically ail nets set out by fishermen were swept away. Damage was estimat ed at $250,000 and fishing operations -were suspended.—News and Observ er, March 7th. MLSS GOW’H MOVES OE THREE YEARS AGO INVESTIGATED Vancouver, B. C., March 9.—At the reque.st of New Jersey author ities, Royal Canadian mounted po lice today questioned persons be lieved acquainted with Betty Gow, nursemaid for the kidnaped child of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh. Betty Gow was said by police to have been a visitor here three year-s URo. , the election case had been con.sider- ed at a social .gathering of his col leagues', whereupon Senator Hast ings said he stood corrected, and obviously relieved to hear that the Robinson luncheon had been kept on a high plane. There is a good deal of guessing as to ho^v this Heflin-Bankhead case will wind up. Some friends of Senator Bankhead said today much would depend upon the attitude of the progressive group, and these members have thus far kept their own counsel. There is a report that two Democrats will vote to declare the Alabama seat vacant. follows: First Week. Aquilla Byrd, Herman Jolin«m, Ayden Lassiter, C. H. Wellons, Wil lie Grady, W. V. Massengill, Paul A. Johnson, D. A. Austin, J. W. Parrish, Walter P. Brown, J. J. Mas.sengill, P. L. Barnes, Robt. I.. Powell, J. C. Evan.s, Condary Stan ley, Turner Vinson, D. E. .AdamS, G. L. Hinnant, H. T. Boyette, -H. E. Mitchener, Luby Batten, Hugh Ragsdale, R. ,A. Daughtry, Douglas Wall, J. D. Lassiter, Matt R. John son, James A. Johnson, Perry Al len, C. M. Hardee, Lester Hales, J. S. Richard.son, G. Hobert Lee, W. E. Norris, D. C. Adams, W. H. Turlington, W. L. Ellis, H. \V. Creech, R. B. Strickland, Delno Coats, Z. T. Bissette, Norman Langston, L. T. Ogburn. Second Wieek. Wissie Boykin, J. V. Lassiter, M. L. Marler, C. A. Johnson, Seba Creech, J. L. Ogburn, G.F. Vinson, Jesse H. Au.stin, J. T. Barnes, Geo. R, Langston, Jack B. Wooten, D. H. Price, A. E. Boykin, Edgar B^'bOTr, A. W,,., Mas.s.engill, J. lard Corbett;' A. L. Faulkner, J. Clyde Futrell, J. M. Stephenson, Jr., C. D. Kirby, Paul E. Johnson, T. C. Baker, .John P. Stephenson, Simon Allen. Grand Jury (Six Months) Beginning March 7, 1932. J. W. Parrish, Benson, Foreman: W. E. Norris, Benson, Route One; R. -A. Daughtry, Smithfield, K. 2; Robt. L. Powell, Smithfield, R. 1; Matt R, Johnson, Benson, Route 1; Turner Vinson, Clayton; Dauglas Wall, Clayton, Route 2; Candary Stanley, Four Oaks; W. H. Turling ton, Benson; W. V. Massengill, Four Oaks, Route 2; D. C. Adams, Pour Oaks, Route 2;-Willie Grady, Smith- field; W. L. Ellis, Smithfield; Paul A. John.son, Smithfield, Route 1; J. D. Lassiter, Wilson’s Mills, R. 1; P. L. Barnes, Smithfield, Route 2; Herman Johnson, Smithfield, R. 1; C. H. Wellons, Four Oaks. Jurors Excused. J. C. Eason, out of county. Jas. A. Johnson, dead. G. Hobart Lee, out of county. Ayden Lassiter, teacher. Court then got under way and the following eases were disposed of: State vs. Arthur Haynes, viola tion of the prohibition law. Judg ment of former term stricken out. Case dismissed. No cost to attach. State vs. Claude Dixon, assault. Remanded to Recorder’s Court. State vs.' Bonnie Sanders, viola tion of prohibition law. Called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Capias instanter. State vs. Gaston Everette. Called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias instanter. State vs. T. E. Talton, fornica tion and adultery. Called and fail ed. Judgment ni si sci fa and ca pias. Continued. State vs. E. V. Alphin, violation of prohibition law. Continued under former order. State vs. W. O. Hicks, for non support. Capias instanter. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. State vs. Osborne Starling, for larceny. True bill. Motion to calen dar for Wednesday, March 9, 1932, and to consolidate with case of State vs. Lester Capps, and so or dered. Capias instanter. State v.s, Herdie Temple, white farmer, aged 25, for assault with deadly weapon. Enter plea of nolo’ contendere. Discharged upon pay ment of cost, $40.09. State vs. James Terry, colored State vs. John Brinson and Geo. Parker. Larceny of automobile. Plead not guilty. True bill. Jury sworn and empaneled. Verdict as to John Brinson: Guilty of larceny and receiving (auto). Judgment: Defendant to be confined in jail for 12 months and assigned to work on public roads. Verdict as to Geo. Parker: Guilty of an attempt to steal an auto. Judgment: Defendant to go to jail for six months and work on public roads. Sentence sus pended for 2 years during good be havior, upon payment of cost. State vs. Howard Godwin, Alton. Godwin, and S. C. Godwin, for house-breaking and larceny. A true bill. Property of Bat McLamb. State vs. Howard Godwin, S. C. Gotlwin, Alton Godwin, and Floyd Lee. House-breaking and larceny. A true bill. Property of N. H. Benson. Due to conflict of courts in this district, Hon. W. C. Harris, one of the Judges of the Sueprior Courts of North Carolina, is unable to hold, the term of Superior Court for thia county, beginning March 7, 1932, and Governor 0. Max Gardner haa commissioned Hon. Clayton Moore to preside over the entire term of this Superior Court. State v.s. Victor Barbour, white farmer, aged 19. House breaking- and larceny. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Jury sworn and empaneled. At the close of evidence offered by the State, the defendant went o'n the stand and certain admissions made by him resulted in a verdict, against him of receiving stolen property amounting in value to less than $20.00. Judjuinent: A twelve months road sentence, suspended, during good behavior for two years, upon payment of cost, and defend ant may have until December term, 1932 to pay cost. State vs. Mansley Beasley, Mil- ton Beasley, and Alton Barefoot. Assault with deadly weapons. Date December 24th and 25th, 1931. Jury sworn and empaneled. .At close of evidence each defendant entered a, plea of guilty. Judgment; On the count of forcible trespass, defend^ ants to pay cost and a fine of $76.A each. On the count of as sault with deadly weapon, each de fendant given suspended road sen tence of eight months during goodr behavior for two years, provided they pay fjne and cost by Decem ber, 1932 term of . court. State vs. Arthur (Monk) Haynes.' Order: This cause coming on to be heard upon motion of J. W. Moore bondsman, to be discharged from the judgment heretofore ordered upon ni si duly issued and it ap pearing to the court that the de fendant was thereafter again plac ed under bond and attended court for trial of his case, which was con tinued by the State, and that the defendant is now serving a sentence imposed by the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, it is ordered that J. W. Moore is discharged from said bond and judgment thereon. Clerk of court directed to cancel judgment. State vs. C. H. Daughtry, forgery.; Defendant pleaded guilty. State vs. Lawrence Me Lamb. Nol pros with leave. No cost will attach against county. State vs. Felix Woody, violating auto laws. Clawson Williams, Esq., ofr State; E. J. Wellons, Esq.; for defendant. Jury sworn and empan eled. After deliberating about three hours the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Heated by electricity, a new port able device has been invented to steam upholstery, clean clothing and exterminate insects. I f ■ f 1 vr’: r ■ '-i I I .L sl Ik!