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SIX Some Interesting Concerniiu v New York, Oct. 19.?When Bri Tio Richard Hauptmann dies i the little place New Jersey he built for death, he will leave b< bind him a trail of questio marks. Unless, of course, he elects c the eve of the execution to tall and answer the questions tlu still exist in many minds conce xiing the most famous murdf <case in American history. Did he really conceive and ex< cute, single-handed, the kidna] ping of the namesake son < Charles A. Lindbergh? A jury of New Jersey men ar uromen said so; the State's cou >f errors and appeals repeate it; and perhaps, before the swif lethal lightning is loosed into tl carpenter's body, the Unite States Supreme Court will stam its approval on ms tuunvuv... Yet?such is human naturethere will never be unanimity c belief in Bruno Hauptmann guilt unless by some last-minut statement he himself confesses i The letters that Governor Hai old Hoffman, of New Jersey, ha received during the past fe\ months show the reluctance o many persons to accept the jury' verdict of "guilty" as being true Many pleaders in Hauptmann' behalf have suggested that th evidence at Flemington prove! liim guilty of extortion in th< State of New York, but was no conclusive as to his guilt of mur der in New Jersey. The main counts against Haup mann as the State presentee hem in the trial at Flemington 1. J., last January and February nere: 1. More than ?14,000 of the ransom money which Colone Lindbergh and Dr. John F. Condon (Jafsie, the Bronx intermediary) paid to a man who claimed to have the baby was found ir Hauptmann's possession when he was arrested in September, 1934. 2. Hauptmann began to have stock market transactions a few months after the ransom money was paid. 3. Jafsie's telephone number was found written on a board in -Hauptmann's home. 4. Both Jafsie and Colonel Lindbergh said the voice of the extortionist to whom they paid 150,000 ransom?in marked bills -was identical with the voice of Jauptmann. 5. A government expert said the wood from which the kidnapper's ladder was constructed came from the house in which Hauptmann lived. 6. Handwriting experts said Hauptmann was the author ol the kidnap ransom notes. 7. Hauptmann had a criminal record as a young man in Germany. 8. There was testimony thai Hauptmann was seen in the vicinity of Hopewell, N. J., the daj <of the kidnapping. Against these points whicl were sharpened to pin Haupt mann into the electric chair there remained in the minds oi many persons after the tria these unanswered questions: 1. What happened to that par <r?f tho ssn nnn rnnsrim which wa' not found in Hauptmann's pos session? (The State claimed th? money was used in market tran sactions, but no trace has eve: been found of about $30,000 o the-actual currency that was pai< "to the extortionist.) 2. How did Hauptmann knov that the ianabergh's would be a the Hopewell house the night o March 1 when even the Lind bergh's themselves had not in :ended to be there? (The custor was to return to the Englewoo home of the baby's grandmothei Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, but th baby was slightly ill, and thi prompted a change in the rou tine). 3. Why did Violet Sharpe, maid in the Morrow's Englewoo home, commit suicide just whe police were arriving to questio her knowledge of the events c the murder day and night? 4. Why would a kidnapper ur der whose weight a ladder co lapsed as he descended, baby i arms, from a second story wii dow, take the time to fold th ladder carefully and carry it "i feet and place it carefully besic a bush at a time when speed i Jlight was essential? (The d' tense contended the ladder was "plant" and that the baby wi taken out the front door presur ably by some member of tl household whom the baby kne well). 5. Was the body found burii under leaves and brushwood n far from the Lindbergh home a tually that of the Lindbergh b by? (The defense did not chu lenge the identity of the bod but one section of the defen counsel was bitterly resentful these tactics, and had plac much hope for acquittal in a tempting to shroud the bodj identity in doubt). 6. From a criminoligisl standpoint, what significance a be attached to the fact that fro Questions [ Hauptmann Case l- the moment of his arrest Hauptn | mann has told virtually an unis [ changed story despite persistent 5* j questioning ? (The State explains 'n, this by calling Hauptmann a "man of steel," and one psycho,n' analyst said that Hauptmann's c; war experiences had trained him ltito be a man "without nerves"). r"1 Some commentators in their ir [ postmortems on the famous trial 'at Flemington have argued that e" I the defense should have attempP" i ted to prove Hauptmann was an ^ j expert carpenter and therefore I could not have made a ladder as ld crude as that used by the kidrt napper. (The claim was repeat:d edly made that Hauptmann was highly skilled in carpentry, but le no conceret proof was offered). !<* They argue, too, that the de'P fense was unable to build up a "reasonable doubt" to the State's ? evidence that the wood in the ladder came from Hauptmann's 3 home; and that the defense, :e though it struggled vigorously to do so, was unable to offer a plausible, provable explanation of 3 Hauptmann's possession of part v of the ransom money. Hauptmann ; f has persisted in claiming the , 3 money was given to him by Isa- j dor Fisch (who subsequently died i 3 in Germany) but he could not 1 e prove it. ] J Hauptmann, with death in the ] 2 chair becoming more and more i t certain as his legal hopes fade, | ] " remains unchanged, unbroken. j1 When in May, 1932, he heard " the news that the body of the i 1 Lindbergh baby had been found, a \ friend said to Hauptmann; 1 > "Now they'll make quick work ] of catching the kidnapper." ] ; To which Hauptmann replied: s 11 "Not it he Keeps nis moutn i shut." [1 Hauptmann is keeping his mouth shut. His jailers, watching | him daily, doubt if even the ceri tainty of execution in the electric chair can open it. Most faithful in her belief in , his innocence has been his wife, Mrs. Ann Hauptmann. Now she feels there is little more that can be done. There may be an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, and perhaps some other desperate, last-minute legal move, i "We have done all we can," she said. "Now it is up to God." Watauga farmers have shipped 875 lambs co-operatively during the past summer netting $4,960.15 : for the 83 men contributing animals to the pools. An increase yield of corn from eight to 63 bushels an acre has I been secured on the Alexander ! County Home farm during the j eight years a definite crop rota! tion, including lespedeza, has been I followed. j Fifty-five pure bred Guernsey r | cattle were entered by 35 farm- > ers in the recent Burke County! i Guernsey cattle show. , I So far, only one tobacco grow-' f j er in Columbus county has re1 fused to sign the new adjustment! '< | contract. j ] t 3 r ' i * ' j! Benthall Pea iill And I -IS ;||| BenthalPo1 e ' :!l Peanut 1! ? I! d If nii; 5 j j A Gomplet sill INTERNA l-1 I; | Farming Ii Sil BUILDING I IS ) ft- j j | ie j j ' ill WIL J; j ? S Implement Sjjj' (INCORP< ''"j!| Whitevill Ml ISS n!fct)i?XKK)CK)C)C)C)CKK)CM THE STATE PO ??? ? To Talk Turkey L Over The Radio; Discussion Of How to Pre- p pare Fowls For The Mar- tl ket Will Be Included On a Program Of Farm Fea- 11 tures a A discussion of the preparation of turkeys for the Thanksgiving ? and Christmas markets will be 11 included in this week's schedule f, of Carolina Farm Features, a daily broadcast of farm and home information over five North Carolina radio stations. C. J. Maupin, extension poultryman at State College, will give the talk Friday in which he will j point out the most approved prac-1 tices for handling the holiday | birds. j Judging from requests coming 11 into State College, more and more farm people are listening to a these daily programs, which are sent out by the State College Ag- e ricultural Extension Service. The talks on home demonstration are tl proving especially popular. The schedule for the week of tl October 21-26 includes: Monday, A. C. Kimery, "The Value of a Milk in the Human Diet"; Tuesday, J. H. Moore, "Factors In- q fluencing the Spinning of Cotton"; Wednesday, C. H. Hamilton, 'Adult Education"; Thursday, a Mrs. Estelle Smith, "Achievement Days"; Friday, C. J. Mau- l pin, "Preparing Turkeys for Market;" and Saturday, K. J. Shaw, p, 'Tobacco Contracts." Included in the program for the j je .veek of October 28-November 2,1 Mil be talks on "Getting Ready j for Hog Killing," by R. E. Nance, j Monday, October 28 and "Poultry ! Improvement," by R. S. Dear- j styne, Friday. November 1. D1 ? ? ,la Hunters Start L Forest Fires I j? I hi ?1 Carelessness On The Part! ti Of Hunters Is Responsi- J as ble For Many Destructive j kl Forest Fires Each Year | bl Careless hunters, dropping w ighted matches and failing to Jw )ut out camp fires, start hun-1 ireds of destructive forest fires fe n North Carolina every year. !al There is no harm in making j small fires to warm by, said R. jn< N. Graeber, extension forester at , P' State College, but leaving them' ^ inquenched is dangerous. ! b< Even when the flames have jai lied down, and only a mass of i flowing embers remains, there is ' langer of the wind whipping j= sparks into inflammable leaves, learby, Graeber stated. If there is no water available j :o quench the fire, he continued, j :he embers should be buried be leath a small pile of earth in j vhich there is no combustible naterial. The danger of smoking in the ! voods will be reduced, Graeber j added, if hunters are careful not | to drop lighted matches, throw 1 away glowing cigarettes, or em-1 pty the ashes out of lighted pipes, j (3t?XIt3tKXKKKXI3tMjp| i s )( : t nut Pickers ]| Jarts I; tver Balers i i S Ij : Sacks III lit hi ' :e Line Of jjj lTIONAL | si nplements ]i ] | MATERIALS jj si ill SI SON Company j 3RATED) |j SI !e, N. C. . I! s | ' - .1 RT PILOT, SOUTHPORT, I Another bad practice is that of uilding fires to smoke 'possums r rabbits out of hollow logs or rees, and leaving the fire to urn after the hunters have gone. Similarly, the firing of a briar atch, as is sometimes done by iioughtless boys or adults to get rabbit out where they can shoot :, often starts fires which spread apidly through the underbrush nd woods. The difference between carejssness and a little precaution, iraeber emphasized, often means he difference between a good orest and a burned over wasteind. Weekly Quiz 1. In what city are the three irgest banks in the world? 2. Which are the three chief luminum producing states? 3. Who founded the Japanese Impire ? 4. What people first started he African slave trade? 5. What is the capital of Lihuania ? 6. When did the Pilgrims land t Plymouth rock? 7. Who is U. S. Secretary of torhmerce ? 8. What is arboriculture? 9. How many pennyweights in n ounce? 10. What is the government of - *?i? m anna: 11. What per cent of the U. S. opulation are church members ? ' 12. Where is Swarthmore Col- j ge? (Answers on Page 7) ABM QUESTIONS ANSWERED Question:?Is it advisable to j urn off the dead grass on my ,wn ? Answer:?If the lawn has gone > weeds and you plan to plow it p and begin a new lawn then it j safe to burn it off. Burning, jwever, is not advisable if the, d lawn and shrubbery is to con- j nue as the foundation. Wood j ihes, are beneficial when sprin-: led on the lawn and shrub beds, it burning will only kill the rass and in some cases the heat ill start new top growth at the rong season. Question:?Would you advise eding a moist mash to pullets 1 this season of the year? Answer:?If your pullets are in irmal production, or about 50 ;rcent for leghorns hatched in pril, the moist mash should not i fed. This is a stimulating feed id may be used to advantage r bi-inging late hatched pullets = RCA ^ It's Radio Headquarl music-loving, mirth-m less than many Au neither "Magic Brain formance of Powertrc With "Magic Brain" favorite programs < free from noise and of control that will d Hear Auto Radio at il edged best. Four mc complete with RC Colum * \ V. c. into production, to help ward c neck moult in early hatched pi lets, and to prolong the layii period of adult birds at the ei of the laying year. Too mui forcing may bring on a nei moult in the normal laying pi lets. . Question:?How can I rid n tobacco fields of the mosaic di ease? Answer:?A rotation of cro that allows a lapse of one ye before tobacco is replanted on t] land will control any infectii from the soil. If it is not possit to rotate the crops, the disea may be effectually controlled 1 disking. In this way the plan are cut up and decay more rea ily during the winter. Do not c and plow under the stalks. Ca in selecting the plant beds ai the use of clean seed will al tend toward better control. Can es of this disease together wi recommendations for conti methods are given in Experime Station Bulletin No. 297, copi of which may be secured fr upon application to the Agrici tural Editor, State College. By co-operative action, ten Cli county farmers filled their ti silos at a cost of $8 each 1 buying a silage cutter for $i and an automobile engine for ?1 The men said it was the cheape feed they had ever stored. School Teachers We invite you to visit Wilmington's newest and most modern Dress Shop. Beautiful new fall Dresses, Hats and Goats at Attractive Low Prices . . . THE ? Betty-Lo-Shop 213 N. Front St. Wilmington, N. G. ^AliTO RADIO fers' newest contribution to aking America. And it costs to Radios that incorporate i" nor the extra tube per>n. Auto Radio you enjoy your anywhere, >dels, each !A Tubes. ibus Mc Whiteville, N ? 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