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Snyder And Gray Die STARTS ON RAGE ONE be the woman her mother would have liked to be. Lonardo said Mrs. Snyder’s hair, from lack of dye, was streaked yellow and brown. Father Francis Murphy, chap-1 lain of Queens County Jail, who converted her to the Roman Cath olic faith, was admitted and spent some time with her. He reported she was bearing up well, but gave no details of his visit other than to say she had made her last con fession to him and he had given her absolution. as close as the guards would per mit. There was a nervous hush in the standing crowd, in contrast to the laughter floating from some of the automobiles. PRISON GATES CLOSED Sing Sing prison grounds were closed and guarded against the curious public tonight as the hour drew near for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray to die. Even -by 8 o’clock, three hours before the time of the electrocu tion, a crowd of half a hundred men and women were gathered at the main gate. Six armed guards stood before the great stone arch and stopped all but those with passes from go ing further. Inside the prison, Mrs. Snyder and Gray waited as their last re maining minutes of life ticked re GRAY PENITENT. Samuel L. Miller, attorney for Gray, came from their client’s cell, saying that the man in the case had declared to him: “I am truly sorry for my sin. 1 am not, I think, of a criminal na ture. This crime was something over which I had no control. I go to my death at peace, with anger toward no one. My only sorrow now is for my family upon whom I have brought great sorrow.” Miller said Gray spoke of Mrs. Snyder “only in the kindest of terms.” LAST-MINUTE EFFORTS. Gray was said to be resigned, but Mrs. Snyder at 8 o’clock was still conferring with her attorneys 1 regarding some last-minute] at-! tempt to stay the executioner's I hand. In preparation for this irjve,1 whatever it might prove to be, | two deputy attorney generals wait- ] ed in the prison. They were Dep-j uty Attorneys Generals Beyer and ] Matthews who brought Warden Lawes a copy of the- vacation of j the court stay obtained for Mrs. j Snyder last night. “We’ll stay right here until aft- ] er the execution,” Beyer said. “We don’t know that we’ll be needed, but if anything happens, we’ll be here to handle it.” New Development In Newsome Case Negro Says He Was Paid Liquor By Ted der Girls’ Father—i Tedder Denies Story New developments have taken place in the case that sentenced j Larry Newsome, colored, to the I electric chair for the slaying of! Beulah Tedder, a white girl living near the Johnston (County line in; Wayne. The News and Observer j carried the following story Wed- j ncsday: In repeated statements from his Death Row cell at State Prison, Larry Newsome, Wayne county Negro, sentenced to death for ciim inal assault and the murder of Beulah Tedder. 15-year-old white girl, has said that he was regular ly employed by Eric Tedder, fath er of the girl, to help at his still, that he was paid a gallon of whis key for each “run” and that he was drunk on Tcder’s liquor at the time he attacked Tedder’s dau ghter. Newsome’s statements were made in the presence of George Ross Fou, superintendent of the prison, Lieutenant Lawrence Ox ley, Stale director of Negro wel fare .work, and three newspaper A thorough investigation, carried on in Wayne county yesterday, of Newsome’s story resulted in par tial corroboration and j raetial Mac Newsome, father of Lairy and Negro of the “old darkey” type, said that Larry had told him that he was working for Mr. Tedder at his still. He said that on [several occasions Larry hat brought liquor home, saying that it had just been made. ■ Bertha Newsome, Lorry’s wife, said that her husband w'as often away at night and that she did not know where he went. She is of distinctly low mental type and showed considerable fear under questioning. Old Still Found at Spot. Following (the direction given ; by Larry Newsome from his cell, ! That Stomach of Yours! Knoxville, Tenn.—“I had n nervous breakdown and iny stomach cot so weak and out of fix ; that, my food just would not digest, it ! would sour and : come up, causing j great distress. 1 got so very weak and rundown that 1 had no strength left — could not do my housework. Noth \ * nip seemed to touch my trouble until I began taking Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It strengthened my nerves, built me up and so overcame the stomach trouble that I have had no nore discomfort with it since.”—Mrs. Rachel Lay, 428 Richard St . All dealers. 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Dclivrrcti prices include minimum handling charges. J.a.v to pay on the liberal General irlotura 1 ime I'nvmen! Pin,,. J^rr,-7^' “ 6 win* wheel. ■pcciul front fender* with lire wet!. . . . twnapeciul tire lock ring*. . . * olla|»ihlo truuk rack . . . *100 extra on o|H-n coi clo«c<i can . . . 6 diet; whaeli with sh-tjc equipment, ?73 on W5 on closed tnodeln. Body by Fisher Britton-HiU Motor Co. Main Street Smithfield, N. C. V;_ A lA.V ;/-\i J&XME RICAN SIX •*nOI)UCT Ut‘ CL,u.iirtLMUIOKi I Smithfield Cotton and Produce Smithfleld Cotton 3ood middling ____ 19 3-4c Strict middling . 19Vic Middling ....... 19c Shipatuff. Shipstuff__ $2.25 Poultry thickens, friers, lb.22 Vz to 25 Kens ... 18 to 20 EggB and Batter Sgg-s ... 40 Butter, country__ 40 to 45c Li restock Pat Cattle, dressed ....10c to lie Sheep, fat, on foot.... 10c to 12 Vfcc Bavon lams.... 35 shoulders-25 to 30 Rifles.4c to 5^ Wool .. 25c to 30c ;i trip was made from the home in which Tedder lived at the time >f the murder to the place where, i(cording to Larry the whiskey was made. The remains of fires were found close to a spring, as Larry had said, a;:d the little open place in the thicket bore signs that some activity had gone on. Close l>y, there was a copper boiler, part >f a still, which had been cut with :tn ax some time past. This boiler, according to Tedder, had belonged io Nelson Meekins, a Negro who lived in the same before Tedder '•id. Tedder stated the still had been abandoned before he went there to live two years ago. Evience against 'Larry New some’s story came from Eric Ted der himself, who was interviewed at his new home some two miles trom the old place, and from Way ne county officers who gave Ted der a good reputation. White peo ple of the neighborhood, belonging to the Hooks flamily on whose land Tedder had famed, also said that they did not believe that Ted der had engaged in the manufac ture of whiskey. '1 odder Denies Whole Story Eric Tedder stated yesterday hint he not only had never made any whiskey but also had never bought any. He doriet! the Negro’s statement in toto, saying that the only time Larry had ever worked for him was during one half day when he had hired him to do some Tedder further (stated that though he knew whiskey was made in his neighborhood that he himself had never seen a still “rig gid, up.” When asked about the cut still found on his old place he 5 aid ihat he had been told it had belonged to Nelson Meckins, the Negro who lived in the house be fore he did. TROPICAL VEGETABLES GROWN IN SELMA SELMA, Jan. 11.—John A. Mitchiner is exhibition to friends parsnips, weighing from IV2 to two pounds which he grew in his garden here in Selma. Mr. Mitchi ner lived in Florida for a number of years and still has a winter home in Miami, so the art of pro ducing fruit and vegetables of un usual size and unexcelled flavor is nothing new to him. AMERICA’S FIRST LIFE INSURANCE CO. THE MUTUAL LIFE of New York Same policies and rates for men and women. Ages 10 years to 70 years. FIRST POLICY ISSUED FEBRUARY 1, 1843 PAGE INSURANCE AGENCY ‘ Anything in Insurance” CLAYTON, N. C. R. L. ISAACS 312 Commercial Nat’l. Hank Hldg. Raleigh, N. C. FARM LOANS We are in position to make an unlimited number of acceptable loans to farmers. Repayment under the Govern ment amortization plan over a period of 33 years. Prompt and Fair Appraisals Write us fur further information Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank RALEIGH, N. C. Figures Given On $750,000 County School Bond Issue STARTS ON PAGE ONE teacherage, $17,873.87. Cleveland: Building, $88,530.38. Four Oaks; Balance on building, $3,700.17; addition to .building, $29, 014.90; teacherage, $21,615.15. Glendale: Balance on building and teacherage, $35,406.14. Kenly: Completing building and teacherage, $19,087.61. Meadow: Balance on building, $10,466.75; teacherage, $23,455.73. Micro: Balance on building, $16, 658.25; addition to building, $22, 238.75. teacherage, $20,380.78. Pine Level: Balance on building, $21,380.94. Princeton: Balance on building and teacherage, $17,860.01. Wilson’s Mills: Balance on building and teacherage, $5,906.90. Stancil’s Chapel: Building, $28, 620.00. Carter’s: Building, $6,145.77. Pittman: Building: $5,848.58. Short Journey: Building, $4, 153.39. Princeton (colored): Building, $20,074.27. Wilson’s Mills (colored): Build ing, $20,268.28. Clayton: Completing building, $2,049.31. ■Smithfield: Paving assessment, $872.83. Advance: From County Com missioners for Meadow building, $54,000.00. * Interest: Interest on above loans, $31,175.46. Incomplete: Incompleted con tracts, adjustments, and paving as sessments against Selma school, es timated), $36,704.15. Total, $750,000.00. MISSIONARY SOCIETY ELECTS OFFICERS IvENLY, Jan. 9.—The regular business meeting of the Woman’s Missionary Society of the Metho dist church was held in the ladies’ room of the church Monday after noon, January 9. The officers for the new year were elected as follows: president, Mis. C. F. Darden; superintendent of Young People, Miss Kate Fris bie and Miss Mary Lee Hooks; superintendent of children, Miss Nell Hardison, superintendent of study, Mrs. O. T. Whitley; super intendent of social service, Mrs. J. W. Hollowell; superintendent of supplies, Mrs. A. H. Hardison; treasurer, Mrs. R. T. Fulghum; re cording secretary, MJrs. F. A. White; agent for the o Missionary News, COMING TO «LV The Cleo Hamilton PVyers will present a high class r<,p<>rtoire of comedy and drama at the high school building Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening, January 16, 17 and 18. Everthing new, clean and re fined. Come and have a good laugh. Doors open at 7:30. Show starts at 8:15. Admission 50 cents and 25 cents. The Cleo Hamilton Players will come to Kenly under the auspices ot the Woman’s club. JUST RECEIVED CAR LOAD —GALVANIZED ROOFING—5V —LIME — DOORS — SASH —I. II. C. FARM IMPLEMENTS PINE LEVEL HARDWARE CO. Pine Level North Carolina NOTES ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON FOR 1928 Peloubet’s Notes_$1.90 Arnold’s Notes_ .90 (By Mail 10c Extra) THE HERALD BOOK STORE Smithfield, North Carolina VV; 1928! A NEW YEAR Here’s wishing our farmer friends and customers a most Prosperous New Year. Q We are sure you will have it if you will buy your FERTILIZERS and SODA from us. We have just received 4 cars of FERTILIZER for plant beds, etc. We have 500 tons SODA to arrive in January, February and March. Are you prepared to begin the New Year right? Remember an early start will make an early crop. We can fill your needs in PLANT BED CLOTH. i \ “OUR RECORD IS OUR TEST” W. M. Sanders & Son Smithfield, N. C. General Merchants Phone 21 \ \ h ::.1 . . By CWruss McManus DOROTHY DARNIT (Copyright, i MANUS
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