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ROXftORO, NORTH CAR<
-VQJL-No^XI .II.
T. ABROAD NEXT
51.50 PER YEAR IN ADV/
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Wednesday Eveninor. Or* 14 I O?4*
W. B. COLE
JIS ACQUITTED
ON CQUNTY JURY FREES
okAYOR of w. w. ormoxd
*tayer Wil App?r BMVn Jade*
Fin lay tar Sanity Hearing
Taaaday. Co> Still hi Jail
Rockingham, Oct. 11 ? W. B. Cole,
wesjthfr qottoa maauftict w?r, w?4
acquitted of murder today for tba
killing laat August 15 at W. W. Or
mond, one time sweetheart of his
24-year-old daughter, Elizabeth.
The jury returned its verdict at
9:56 o'clock, 21 1-3 hours after Judge
T. B. Finley had read his charge.
Fewer than 40 persons were in
the courtroom when the verdict was
returned. Contrary to expectation
no signal was given and Cole, his
son Robert, and members of the
prosecution and defense, with news
papermen, were in the courtroom.
Next Tuesday Cole will appear at
Wilkeboro to show cause why he
should not be committed to the state
hospital for the insane. The hear
ing will be held under provisions of
Uie state law regarding the acquit
tal of persons pleading insanity in
defense in capital cases. ? "*?
Under a state law a defendant ac
(pjittcd cf a capital crifae with in
sanity a defenfo must sh'w cause
why he should r.ot be committed to
u state hotpital for the Insane.
Pending a sanity heftr'r.f* next
Tuesday, at Wilkeiboro before Judge
T. B. Finley, the trial judge. Cole,
will be held in jail:
Jtimo* A. Pou, rhit f of deftrtse
csunscl. said tonight that ho ?nti
ctfkteA :io difficulty hi obt'iininp
: , y. Cafe's' freedom. Quotations from
..rgum?!>rs- in- -,b? jurv by pi?j?ru
to the CP ttrt. Col? testified HI
trial that he Is 'in his "right mind." I
The family of the dend mon was
"not represented when the jury filed
in. The Rev. A. tL. Ormrnd. his
*>n, Allison, and two daughters,
Myra and Ophelia, left they court
loom late Saturday and did.n-t re
turn.
<\ O. Ifcv.rvrd. thrt' typ'ftV r^r! to'
join the jury that today returned
Cole tc> the managership of the.
Hannah Pickett . Mill, Was selected
after he told the court he had fum
ed an opinion that Cole wa? guilty
of some crime.
The jury took three polls, C. E.
Rushing, their spokesman, told The
Associated Press;. On the first , poll,
taken soon after the deliberations
began, eight stood for acquittal and
four for cfcnviction. Howard was
one of the eight."
Late Saturday night another pall
was taken and nine were for ac
quittal and three for conviction
Sinee the first poll the purv had
asked for additional instructions^
and after hearing them the juriors
retired for the night.
"We prayed four times/' T. C.
Edwards said, and each time one of
Uie four who stood for conviction
changed. For several hours thej
count was 11 for acquittal and onW
for conviction. The one man v/ent^
off to himself and had a hard time.
We left him to himself. Finally
two of us went to talk with him.
We talked about his farm and the
crops and finally he smiled.
"After a while we prayed and
went to bed. When we went to
breakfast he was in a good humor
and socn after we reached the
courthouse he told us he JpAs ready
to come around." W
The jurors declined to name the
man.
Wednesday Morning, ? William B.
Cole, wealthy Rockingham cotton mill
man, stepped from the Unpretentious
little red brick courthouse here this
afternoon a free* citizen.
The last grip of the law the
man, acquit^d Sunday in Rkshmf^r.d
county of killing William Vf. O
mond, w*t? broke* at 3:20 p* m. by
Judge T. R. Finley, who presided over
Co e'? trial -in Rockingham.
PRFSBYTERIAN SYNOD OF N. C.
The Presbyterian Synod cf North
Carolina meets at MborcsviUe. X.
C . Octcber 13^-16. . Mr, H. U C:^
eM.nnd Rev. Cary Adam> w^U rep
;i^5.ent the fu>\LoK> diuM.. ! hi?v
motored over yesterday.
WAGE COMMISSION
SUCKS PAY ROLL
I Seven Km plovers Loce Out. Ef
fective November 1st
Raleigh, Oct 10. ? Cutting $39,173
from an annual payrool of approxi
mately $8,000,000, but leaving the
pal status of 1,444, out of 1,601 em
ployes unchanged, the hew salary
classifications and employment regu
lations for state departmental work
en, recommended by the salary and
wage commission and approved by
Governor McLean, will become ef
fective November t.
The oonmiasion's report, bearing
the governor's signature of approval
as of October 1, was released for
publicatint today by Secretary H.
Hoyle Sink. It is a document going
into many phases of state employ
ment affairs and making rules and
regulations to control working hours,
holidays, vacations, sick leaves, etc.,
in addition to setting up classifica
tions for all departmental posiUcni
and fixing a minimum, maximum and
intermediate rate of pay for each
classification.
Of 1,601 employes classified by the
commission, 108 will be subjected to
cuts in nay aggregating $23,869,
while 29 wili be awarded salary in-|
creases totaling S4.627, the no* re
duction in the aggregate payrool for
classified employes being $19,232.
In addition, seven positions in the
department of Insurance Commis
sioner Stacy Wade are . abolished
representing n saving <5f ?l!t,941y
No positions were abolished in any
oth?r department. The places njjol
ished in the insurance licpjurhvient
'wore fivo pojiti?n& of safety educa
tion airents and two. ftnrinve i?vt?>rs
and ~mSpu?*ors.
I'ROGEAM EPHESI f
CLEMENT llELU |
School at lO^^o'clodcv ''nexjj
roll your name if you aft not a
n: ember already.
Preaching at 11 o'clock. Tlic >. oid's
Slipper >wiU be observed^
Lambeth Memorial Sunday eve
| nine at 7 oVlcckl The church i
school of Missions will begin. The.
whole church membership organized
Into graded elates for the'.punVose of
studying missions. The plan cf
grading is -similar to tha't of a graded
sunday school. .
The classes study books adapted
to their age '.nd needs. The time of
meeting will be next Sunday, Wed
nesday and Friday nights for the
first week, and Sunday, Wednesday,
Friday and Saturday nights for the
second week, thus' closing on Hallo
ween night with a social hour. .
Fourth Sunday night stereopticon j
vi.>ws of work in mission X^lds. will
be shown. Jjf
We invite you t:> tlrYse services*
I.. V. COGGINS, F,7stc.r.
f ROX BOKO TOBACCO MARKET
The Roxboro Tobacco Board of
Trade and the warehouses have a
newsy letter in th?s issue, and frcm
week 'to week will keep vcu po*t*c:
as to the d ings. of the tobacco nmV
jket.^ Read the letter*
The offering f :r the pas^week have
(teen light, and of very qivOity
j but tobacco of the desirable kind
is selling well and it is predicted by
one of the best judges of tobacco
on this market that desirable grades
are going to sell well, in fact higher
than the past, season.
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ANOTHER OLD
LANDMARK GOING |
1 Judge J. C. Pass, the owner, is
hrfving the old Reado Hotel torn
dc'wn. This is an oM .three -story
structure, and on account of iW lo
cation and being of frame construc
tion , was some time since condemned,
hence Judge Pass is' h"?v>ir it torn
down. This remove-. the last f't"i
trap cn Main Strait, all other huild
.inffs in th? fire district ' hfemg cf
brick construction.
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PRESnYTBRIAN CttWK*
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Sandny School at 9:45 a. m., H.
L. CrfiWell, superintendent. Mom
a?t service 11 a. m., preaching by
I the Pastor.
Sunday- School at Mitchell's Chupei
at 2 . p.- m.
I ? Preach&K At Warren's Grove
| school house at 3:30 p. m. Every .
U?-'AS||.U II' ?
I P. C^y?Y ADAMS. Pa?tor.' i
I CuTOt]
naoicj'
?an 'L'.l-- i
JAMES e.
came
?R?te at
the
hi:
He
breakdown at Newport,. -JU li
First reports of
from the 2,060 acre
Scmraerrille, N.
magnate spent the
palatial home.
Mr. Duke was 68 years i
He was bom on a North Carolina
farm and when 18 year* ?ldi joined
his father and brothers in the Duke
Brother* Tobacco company. . When
only 27 years old he went to New!
Y-crk from North Ci-\ ? a an<) or
(ranized the America! ??..
j any. Subsequently he ihe
(Treat tobac?o rompanied^^^H^H
years ago, figured in the.s^gni^tioii
of a gigantic international ienip-my.
the Prltish-American Ta^^HEhU
pany.
-?h was due to hrirM nenj
Iljunia, ? it ww ? stntori ? " t ? t]r;- ? P
town house. Fnr.eral ' were )
iheid in the *. bac-o Ti:aJ||iJ. ?
Durham. X. C. -
A fpoclal ifsin v :
York Monday With the bu
bers of-, tie family:
. In lacqht years "4e, C
nfprjjt $80,000,00# tii
chief It* t|
Uiui anivjr-iity that
'""^^rgani-^-1
MM
Duke achieved a woriffnYrnono
the crpranizati-m of tha British
Amrrican Tobacco company, but
several years ago, retired as chair- ]
man of it? board after. a bitter stvug
rr'p with British interest?. I
The international concern waa)
formed to handle tho trade outside of J
lEnsrland and .Lh:' United StiitC
the tobacco monr.rrh cf the two na
il i-ns had waged a disastrous war
for each other's markets. . jA
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MARY HAMBRI&K
M ISSION ART SOCI ETY
The Mary. Hambrick Missionary |
Society met October 12th in the Sun- 1
clay School room with 15 member:; |
and one visitor present. i
A committee was appointed to
visit the County home and hold ser- 1
vices twice a month. Another com- 1
mittee was appointed to arrange the |
program and places of meeting for j
Week of Prayer* which will be. Nov. ,
0 to 14.
(One j-'Htu^member, which brings
cur membership to 110. ? Sec.
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SUCCESSFUL RAID x
Sheriff Brooks received a tip lhat
something was doing down in the
Bol'oway tounship section, so yes
terday morning in company with'
Deputies Gentry and Jack Oliver they
wont down and captured, two men,
Lee /Stone and J. If- Smith, both
ved, ten bushels *c<f meal -and
ut four hundred pounds cf sugar,
and destroyed the still. One man
made his es?ape. "They were just1
"mashing in" ? whatever that meaiuy
when the Sheriff and his for^e closejl
in on them.
GRANVILLE FARMER
MAXES GOO AVEIUGE
jClayton of QranyiUe coun
ty mlfc a good average at tfco
WINSTCAU WAK?noySE last tfri
dayv selling a load at an spifrm ?.? of
$28.13 foT his entire load. (Jeo.
Thorn a? and Iftiddor aluo made u
nvi;r?(c>? at IHe W^NRTEAD, haVinir
Kitld a load for. I25.JS per humjred.
. ASk Mr.
llliiiSimaA
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HALIFAX COUNTY FAIR
October 20. 21, 22. 23. 1?J3.
South Boston, Virginia
Sfe- ?
The Secretary of the Halifax Coun
ty Fair has just been notified by
Mr. Lee, State Game Commissioner,
that they would have their full wild
game exhibit at the coming fair
October 20th to 23rd This exhibit
is compoced of practically all the
wlU cam* to be found is Virginia,
sucb aa quail, pheasants, wild pa<,
wild ducks, wild turkeys, sea culls,
eagles, faawks, cwb, etc.
The animals consist cf deer, tar,
! fox. Wild coats, squirrels, ground
k?C?. coons, 'possums, etc. /
We had this exhibit ence before
and ii greatly pleased our patrons
and w? understand that it is a great
deal more elaborate this? time and
will be a big additicr. to the 1925
fair. *?
Among the ether attraction* to be
seen at the fair will bo Delanna, the
High Pole Act, with one ma? dointr
his stunts 80 feet in the air. This is
a thriller.
Then we have the Steiner Tr '. '
consisting of two men and on? wo.
?fnan doing a trapese and horizontal J
"bar act, also a comedy horizontal
bar act iij which Buttin-burstin:
Comicalities give laughing color to
a gymnastic serios of absalutel;:
fearless feats.
The SWiuolfield Military Band will
furnish the music.
Other attractive features will be
ndckW and announced later.
Tho 19i!3 fair promises I* h* I hi
best in history.
^GREENVILLE COTTON MU.lsK
pkWc ore always glsd to note pro- j
li^eK by any c f our citizens, nndf
MM are glad to see our young, bnsi.
{Rem men branching out, but ??<
would jtu'.-h prefer to hovw ? beta,
able ko';JirtM)unce this ppj'iy'.Cj.jHte
ruoss for Kotbor-J. Sftf5= 3. A. and
Lonj? being the treasurer. Two of
these younR men. Mess. J. A. lyng
and R. L. Harris have had'.' lung ex
perience in the cotton business r.rid
have demonstrated their ability by
| the . uc'sess made of, the milis theyl
H ''tnvr l>ecn; running. . }
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STOLEN Til UN HER
La?t week we nnncunced the pro
gressive spirit of one of Roxboro'^
j livs-st business concerns in giving:
the people the benefit of the score
of the Work} series inning: by in
nintr, when, as a matter of fact this
1 progressive concern was being sup
plied the dope by another one of our
I most progressive firms, Mess Mam
; brick. Austin and Thomas. Anyway,
[the other fellow got the benefit of!
some good free advertising ? HnAs$?f
J pays to adveqfise.
OLIVE Hill. PARENT
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
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jt\\v Olive Hill Parent Teacher
?As^cciation will meet Thnrs<^?; ,nf
t lirnoon October the-fifteer\th at'3&0
j o'clock. The speaker of tho.\after
| mm w'll be Rev. J. W.' Brndlgyv
Patrons, and al! % those interested in
the prepress of the school, ariJ cof-.
dially invited to be -present.- A cijlte
( will bo prpsenterf to the grade haying
the hiirhest percentage of pprenio,
present. ? W. -. "
a ^ r.
CHANGE IV HI S, sn?Rpi>I.E
? in another eoWmn will foil
.new Bus schedule for Iiuihiim-j
boro-South.-BostDW?Bus lin V ?
the i-.ew schedule RoxtfjJro
daily, trips :tp D&th
and two trtps to South Bwtpp: - This
gives .6? a. splendid" ^etvir^ni'rt 'cur J
people will .give tly .iiber.it |
PUfronage v ' *' ' " '
GRAMMAR iGRAD*; TffAt
. . ! . -i ?? :? ?*<*&. ' ? i C
. y ?t ?
. The cramm?f ? ^
fourth to *ev?.,
#30^ismzs3:
ZT?VZ&SS&Z?,
and rhem^. '.
The Research club was delightfully
entertained Wednesday afternoon at
the home of lira. JU J. Winstcad.
The topic fox the lesson was Thoma
Hardy. The first paper was by Mrs i
E. M. Da Tie on the Art of Hardy
The second paper waa ea the novel,
Far from the JUUcnlnt Oowd, by
Mrs. S. G. Winstcad. The third paper
*>? written by Un. Mamie Merritt
on The Return ef the Native. Mis
A. M. Bums gave a review ef tht
novel Teas of the UrberviRe;. The
entire program atas very interes
ting and enjoyed by alt. The hostett
?erred delii-ious cream, cake ani*
candy to the members present.? Cor.
Sec.
The Review Club was delightfully
entertained by Mrs. Otii Wilkerron
l??t Thursday afternoon, the arr
crram subject heinj; Walter Hincs
Page. Two very interastmn papers
were presented by Mrs. >\ M. Sham,
burner and ? Mr-. T B. W"-Jv cn'
Page the Ambai-ndor, and Page a
National Asset. ? Aftar the proeraap
a salad cotrrre was served tjfj iffc,
hostess ?Rec. Sec. . - .
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Mcsdames E. & "Thomas and F. O.
parver "^'delightfully enterta irt*d
h.Veduesdn? afternoon at He hdr'i- f
Mrs. r?-rv?-. TabW- tytirt placet! I
?i: th: ft r.i wis f r. t! ? .. imi f i
i ' Jk and jjir.ny .miTi-". rijj ; HHflvi- 1
Ufr. w;-e reaped.- !x>velv
vm-f arrsr.-fci in b4r':?t# and
p i i ?: A talsfi bourse witlM
|ic? tea whs tetvwi.' . the guests. H
puin^i' ? pink rtitsWid ' baskets filled ;
p??> i-^4v V?w<r r.iWn- m k*6, ..
? ? ? ???
T^-i TVi.lny *f )"
Club had a lovely hiaetmg. with'.Mr*.
R. B. Smith on Friday afterrocr.,
"She^homi- was - v?r*y,
wire. . . ,^-^^trr?r
Boston Rack. A. most afcpetfi ? ^
salad cour>e, cftffee^ "with whipped
cream and mints, were served to tit
fru?st?.:
O- Saturday afternoon f*or?3
5 o'clcek Mrs. T. B. Woody enter
tained the BrWge Club and a few
invited guests. Three tables vere,
arranged in the living roam and
many games- were- ertjoyed. The hos
tess, assisted by Mrs. .E. P. Dunhiy,
served a salad course- with caffee.
HELENA HI S. CAlOilV.VL
Helena High School *b hav? a I
Camiyai Friday night Oct. 16 st.7:S0 |
p. Dl.
The. cBtllt-'^eheDl will participate
in Uu> varit.'xT shows of :!)'? <:v?
nintf. ' The inpin _ show will be??
mrnl*ir<l"by the hiyl) school papibii;
Tlu-re will be .?$ven aid? show* tluK
inpr -the et?n|W' the , varioirf
w^ef.- v.. ;J
Sopie of, tie -aide ftatureq will bo
tTiie cf Horrors",; -T "A
Strinfc BaiiS, " "A- VaudevJJle- Hkovr/*
Tlve r?fr?*hment b-oth will
groat interest' Carnival j
tipcause.they ^1 have, ?J1? eats an
other . things ? found oj> jWaivirtJ
' TlW'-ad?nis;i<>n to fhV main -haw ?
ivm/n* fifteen cent* an<J fi volenti t^v
fagH- sidfe/ attract^). ^ v."j
^^jiB proceed'ii ?c .to piqnrfch't**
tonks-and magazines for thp lib^efr.'
and tn Jlolp pay ipr pWy K^&uiid
^ipment .tri
' jTh?' school iathorttlcS jiH'.ini- I
ion.-; for all patrftns JUS be ^retent'fgr :
tho'ft*?t gathartnsr e'ffclM year. ?>'!
f f ? ? -; m**{
!ED TRAC1IKKS. AtEPrrK(JH
t?lorcd t?aohew. Qf-tHe
5 ifiSs?!*iS
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SACCO
THRONE
HASTKHN (A HO 1.1 -V K
f Pria? at Kliultn U?p from 1A
Cents t? 27 (>ata a I'oond ?
Beat in S?r?r?l Years
' Kinstoa, Oct. 8 ? Tobacco is kiair
in eaitern North Carolina apia.
Warehousemen today said they fc?
1 iev ad the present averavo n???? t??
would be
I. of the season. The leap from i
?18 oenta a pound to nearly 87
1 not more than a third ?rf
production had been Bar'
ke ted. and that largely scrap. Th?
? present level is the beat in several
'years, according to market men.
. ' Sensible marketing" daring the
first weeks of the reason left gn
trs the gjrfnera by the sadden
rrwuf . They Withheld many dm
lio?- pound* ct the b?st weed, de
clining to sell it at th'?. ! iw
prevailing. in Sep'telubft; when the
overage price here toas nder 16
cents Warehousemen urjed farm
ers to> ccntiJiue to tnirtXt' todng.
"The re-ion i< yoan?," if "wag
tojay. ? Mora th?n 20,900,000 f
of the leaf is ft'lKct? J
!?use:- hi the territory? trib<^_
Kinston. jt'ia beliajed, .fnclu^H
?7?aas of tha 192" p/oc.-Jw'iijmB
? ; vt ./ ;?*
"MI NTT
? . \ v ? , v?i
- .-"'i the weelr
and >'ou <?' 'f&tatu*^ he
iriek and has -|Rjv:.?: ? -? that
denied you. r-i V ~ ' '1 "I
|_ Whnt advantages? *???;&, thore"g: v ?? -j
|hl7 finn hou-e. ye p;. i* ' Li tAlJl' nut
-.hat. tie 'hr.nnthig^t&ffl
I.T >rtM "Too maj
& QcrosSs.a^stifc:. tnjpyvj
Iwhen yw will
L ware of it. Ifis
uanigs.^ tWrd -fi jjui v?l
tneatre down tewn with ia
duisite interior. You *f> f?pc to -
j<ry'i i?. lyhen ydu ? y.'isn.
k? The giputult- .thynJ' They- a?
? ? - -? ?
about? TnU have iC fiiwor and
get aSout.as well. .
Ah, ' he has jewels? . Well!
doesn't devour thrift. ."Ha me
Uoki.at them. If you -enjoy.,
.si jewels, 1 See ?z.- iBan'^'ik p>e i
windows. -7
Dissatisfied still ?; Then wh.
it it the ro.it ol your diKsaiftiafsc
What, precisely, do you want? __
iSm want the pride of poJe^sionvl
You are not extent l.i. Vv ibffl
j'ov a towel- a nr> /? htt 'if ? ? **"? * -
?!
it jmintipg. You covet the Viyht .
Lay: "This \
Custom. reason and law unto,
?aylnp thai ceVtain. thhipri bc"lon|
Junes. Tfcey do not belong ta Jo*
It is decteed tjint h* may enjoy t
(Ota wh!][a and then n
surrender them' posterity;
? The Jtfwel.-ii thtf1 shop wii _
yours to enjoy until ic'ji remoj
Junes' jewete' are hlij. to. anjoj^;
hr Is removed. ? .J
I;' iWJjt a>.,v.fry no$le.-nspir?
tfcis yarning ^My;. "Wne " J
p af'the rovt at It? * ?.?ga
"?!-.<? -on. rtioon, wind^ and rain fir
as suteh jatre s n anybody's km
yeV afford you no thrjjl.? Robert
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KUOtfT A<tl> *C8> ? -
? /? ?/? Sl/NDAY MiCHtXINf
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Last Saturday morning the-eKJ?
a. sHtO(tVfr4?ti itlj this *<*ctior
?lovVed Sunday .' rrtornihg with
ling frost, .'and nome i-e. N?-,_
standing the warning Saturday nil
ing^nifce a (rood inaay -farmer* w
caufcht with tobacco HtQndlrtg.
M- o? -p- ? '.V
? .? WORLD SERIES
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1fte.. Wortd Series being played
thq Wjiahiiiin in and Pittsburgh
ball' tfciinte bai attrartcl a great
of interest 4e{t during the pimf?
Thf are tivd at this writ in,
Wtl3l having W0rt (hr< . games. . "~
uocidtnjj gami will be pliiywi ,
W W VOIC WITH J Y.
T. Wade, one ...
jipfeOtar salesmen of tho
*c*efetsd. a K?iti?n %yith
Blank? :\jtd " cordially *
tr;*h<' to g-iv<^iuni_a. , a!. -,r |
j ?>* *???>' ?*??&? suptrtihi.
train Whitif." Wyando
oaefc. Apply t<*
kins, Jjurdlf M j ; J