THE BREVARD NEWS
Pubished Every Thursday by
THE TRANSYLVANIA
PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard,
N. C., as Second" Class Matter
James F. Barrett Editor
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Thursday, August 20, 1931
another lie going the
rounds, of col RSE.
It comes to us that some busybody
a, ul smart aleck accused The. Bre
vard News of being actuated in its
support of the former board of coun
tv commissioners during the recen
trial because of "politics. Now, tha
is false, and whoever says it is tai
sifving. The Brevard News ?*sel'ts
that Joe Pickelsimer, C. K. ?IcNc*^
Alfred White, Sam Owen and Lutl
Ti .!??'%? are just as honest, upright
ci- .,s as can be found in Noith
O .'Una. the verdict of an imported
H.. wood county jury notwithstand
ing They are not criminals, and ten
th>. isand verdicts of imported juries
would not. make them criminals. It
takes intent to make a criminal, and
there is not a criminal intent in the
lives either of the five men, nor
a c riii* instinct.
And we would be just as ready to
sav the same thing about 0. L. ki
win. Henry Plummer, W. B. Hender
son I. V. Sigmon and Mr. Lyday as
we are to say it about the other five
men. Henry Plummer and W. *?
Henderson' are just as good personal
friends to us as can be found among
the five convicted men, and The Bie
vard News loves the two men with as
strong devotion as it has for any
other two men on earth. We have not
heen so closely associated with
Me^rs. Erwin, Lyday and Sigmon as
we have been *ith Plummer and Hen
derson, but we have the highest re
gard for their 'ntegrity and honesty,
and would defend them ugainst the
verdict v( an imported jury with the
same degree of loyalty that we have
tried to defend the good names of Al
fred White, Luther Talley, Sam
Owen, C. R. McNeely and Joe Pickel
simer. the evidence being the same.
Any or all of the ten men named
above may make mistakes; they may
even violate the law in technical
manner. But, by the eternal gods,
they are not criminals. The jury
which convicted the five former com
missioners, branding them as felons
and taking away from them their
citizenship rights, did not know these
men nor any of the circumstances
leading up to the time of activities
as county officials. This jury had
onlv a confused wrangle and a multi
tude of figures, with a hundred and
thirty-odd "exhibits" placed before
them. There is no intent here to ex
press least doubt of the jury's ef
fort to do its duty as best it could
see that duty. But a jury is made up
of ? what? It is made up of men
that's all. And wherever the human
agency exerts its effor ? there is pos
sibility and probability of a mistake
being made.
Our contention is thi: : Joe Pickel
simer, C. R. McNeely, .ilfred White,
Sam Owen and Luther Talley are
not criminals. We hope that the
North Carolina Supreme court will
give them another trial, and that the
next trial will be before a jury of
Transylvania county citizens, and*
that the state of North Carolina will
never again say to the court that a
jury from another county is neces
sary in the trial of a good citizen of
Transylvania county. We believe that
our citizens should be tried before a
jury of their own county's citizens. j
A MOST WORTHY CAUSE
IS BEING PRESENTED.
People who would do something
now that would live in centuries to
come, have an opportunity of render
ing a service that is so promising in
its results that no one can tell of its
final great reach and effect. We're
thinking of Fruitland Institute, in
Henderson county, from which so
many boys and girls have gone to be
come real men and women. Fruitland
has been assisted in the past by the
Baptist association, but, owing to
conditions that could not be remedied,
the association has had to discontinue
its aid to Fruitland. Faithful friends
of Fruitland are determined, how
ever, that the good work shall con
tinue, and men and women through-,
out Western North Carolina are mak
ing real sacrifice that Fruitland may
continue to operate.
Mrs. T. P. Ward, Mrs. J. B. Jones,
Mrs. Avery Case, Rev. Paul Hart
sell and Brown Carr are working as
a committee in Transylvania county,
along with many other helpers, in ob
taining whatever aid this county can ,
give to Fruitland. Anything that can
be used in the boys' dormitory in die
way of furniture and furnishings, or '
in the girls' dormtiorv, or in the din
ing room, will be gladly accepted. '
Cash contributions, or gifts of food, '
;:i fact, anything that can be used in
operation of the tine school, will be j
most gladly accepted.
The Brevard News cannot speak '
i:-.o strongly in behalf of this most ,
worthy cause.
iENEFiT BRIDGE TO
M OVEN SATURDAY:
Many Valuable frizes To Be
Awarded ? Proceeds for
U. D. C. Library
Members of the U. D. C. are spon
soring a benfit bridge, to bo given
oaturday evening at the Whitmire
Motor company old stand on East
Main street, the playing to start at
eight o'clock.
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged for each player, proceeds of
lie evening to be used in the work of
iie U. D. C. Librarv, which has been
of untold value to the people of'Bre
ard during the present summer seas
i.si as well as during the past several
vears of its existence. Inadequate
funds to take care of the necessary
expenses of operating the library is
?,'ivon as the reason for staging the
benefit bridge. It is pointed out that '
a very small service or membership
,'ee is charged by the U. D. C. Li
brary, affording at a minimum cost
the very best of library facilities to
die people of the community and the
summer visitors in Brevard.
A number of valuable prizes have
Ken arranged for the event, and
?.embers of the U. D. C. will serve
refreshments. Players are asked to
? :ing their own cards. |
WINTER HAY CROP
NEEDS ATTENTION
(By J. F. C0RB1X)
Too little attention is given to the
production of winter hay crops. A
hay crop may be produced with very
little expense and very short time use
of the land and come in at a time
when hay and i'etd is generally scarce
:i the farm. The crops may be sown
in the corn during the last of Aug
ust, and the first of September. The
"illy cost will be the seed and time
nough to drill in. Some of the bene
fits are: precents loss of plant food,
prevents washing, covers the soil,
furnishes some grazing, will give
good yield of hay early in summer,
if not needed for hay may be turned
under for soil improving crop and in
crease yield of money crops. A com
bination of the small grains together
with some of the annual legumes
should be used on the same land. Rye
?vith vetch or Austrian Winter peas
is the poorest hay. Oats should be in
the mixture if it were not for the fact
that they are most sure to be winter
killed. Barley and wheat are the ones
that we should use and they both
should be of the beardless variety.
They will stand the cold and make a
better quality of hay due to being
beardless. These crops should be drill
ed and not broadcast if possible be
cause they will stand more freezing
and just naturally grow better, yet if
you are not equipped to drill broad
cast. For drilling four rows should
be run in each corn middle with fer
tilizer distributor. Unless land is good
seme fertilizer should be run in and
this may be done with seed. There are
three winter legumes to choose from;
Austrian winter peas, winter vetch, i
and crimson clover. In some cases the
seed should be innoeulated. It's bet- '
ter to sow a combination of these
crops than one of them because it
makes a better qbality of hay, they
will grow more crowded, and insures
a crop or stand. An excellent combi
nation that I want this community to
start growing is as follows: for hay,
wheat 1 bushel, barley 1 bushel, vetch ,
15 pounds, Austrian peas 20 pounds.
For soil improvement same as above l
except substitute 1 1-2 bushels rye for
the wheat and barley. I will be glad
to assist any one in putting in these
crops. Call on me. It's possible to
make 5 tons per acre with the above
mixtures.
Eight purebred Guernsey bulls have
been bought by farmers in Edge
combe county during the past eight
months. Plenty of feed is being grown
md farmers are increasing dairy
herds, says County Agent H. W. Tay
lor.
Plan now for an exhibit at your
county or district fair. Let the other
tellow see the kind of cow you have
or the kind of crops you grow. Or
maybe it's a pig you want to show.
Anyway ? it pays.
Use wood as a fuel, advises R. W.
Graeber, extension forester at State
College. The farmers have the wood
and the labor, and money used for
this will be spent in the community
for taxes, clothing, and other necessi
ties, he says.
Cull the laying flock during Aug- <
ust is the advice of poultry specialists
at State College. The early molter is i
the poor layer and the flock is better i
off without these boarders, they say. i
A club house for every home dem- <
onstration club is the goal of farm 1
women in Currituck County. Seven ]
of the clubs already have modern, i
well equipped homes, says Mis3 Pau- j
line Smith, district agent. it
Keep records on the individual 1
cow and get rid of the low producing c
animal as soon as possible, ndvises t
Jairy specialists at State College. f
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ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE
LEADER IS VISITOR IN
WESTERN CAROLINA
Gives Information Concerning
Work of Forces Opposed! to
the Return of Liquor
RESOLUTION BY EAPTIST i
CONVENTION IS GIVEN
Tells of Eighteenth Amend
ment, Against Which Forces |
Many Forces Are at Work
Rev. C. H. Upchurch, head of the
Anti-Saloon League in North Caro
lina, spent a few days here last week,
attending the Transylvania County
Baptist association. While here th -
noted leader was a guest of the Rev. 1
Paul Hartsell. Rev. Mr. Uuchurch
talked interestingly of the fight be
ing made both by the prohibition ad
vocates and those opposed to the
Eighteenth Amendment.
While here, Mr. Upchurch wit
nessed adoption by the local associa
tion of the declaration adopted by
the Southern Baptist convention and
by the North Carolina Baptist con
vention. Mr. Upchurch handed to this
newspaper some most interesting
material dealing with the situation,
including a copy of the Eighteenth
Amendment, resolutions by the Bap
tist conventions, and other interesting
data, which follows:
GUN URAL SLGGtS'l lO.XH
The idea of temperance carries
with it the idea of drinking; of in
dulgence but not to excess. Prohibi
tion includes the idea of personal,
abstinence; the outlawing of liquor;
the law sale, transportation, impor
tation and exportation of intoxicat
ing liquors. Good citizens whether
they be christians or not will want
to obey and uphold the law.
The Eighteenth Amendment was
adopted in the very same way in
which the other Eighteenth Amend
ment was adopted. The Eighteenth
Amendment was ratified by 46 state
Legislatures, only Rhode Island and
Connecticut failing to ratify. It re
ceived | the largest majority ever
given any amendment ? 5,079 to
1,265. The Congress which proposed
the Eighteenth Amendment was elec
ted with the amendment as a domin
ant issue, November, 1916, 5 months
before the United States entered the
World War.
The Eighteenth Amendment reads
as follows:
EIGHTEENTH AMEN DM EX T
(Became effective Jan. 16, 1920;
1. After one year from the ratifi
cation of this article the manufac
ture, sale, or transportation of in
toxicating liquor within, the impor
tation thereof into, or the exporta
tion thereof from the United States
and all territory subject to the juris
diction thereof, for beverage pur
poses, is hereby prohibited.
2. The Congress and the several
states shall have concurrent power
to enforce this article by appropri
ate legislation.
3. This article shall be inoperative
unless it shall have been ratiiied as
an amendment to the Constitution by
the legislatures of the several states
as provided by the Constitution, with
in seven years from the date of the
submission hereof to the states by
the Congress."
The warfare against intoxicating
liquors has been waged today
through the united forces represent
ing- the home, the school, the church
and the Government, both state and
national. We are enlisted in a truce
less crusade, not against the saloon,
but against the liquor traffic?
against alcoholic liquors, against in
toxicants by whatever name they
are called regardless of or by whom
they are sold.
We waged relentless warfare for
50 years against the Government
distillery and the licensed saloon be
cause they personified the liquor
traffic. They made and sold alcoholic
liquors. It is our task today to stamp
out the illegitimate children of these
outlawed enemies of mankind, name
ly, the blockader, the rum runner
and the bootlegger.
In writing Reports on Temperance
or subjects related to the liquor ques
tion Baptists would do well to re
fer to page 129 Proceedings Southern
Baptist Convention 1931. We copy
from the Report on Temperance and
Social Service as unanimously adopt
ed by our Convention.
' i-i ? li:_
"I. mat we aeciare puunc unite
to be a public trust, to be held and
administered only in the best inter
est and for the highest welfare of
all the people.
2. That no person is worthy of pub
lic office who is not socially-minded
and does not believes in the enact- j
ment of such laws as will promote
the moral welfare of the peojfle, or
who does not believe in the enforce
ment and observance of all laws. i
3. That we recognize the right of
all to advocate a change in any pro
vision of our constitution and laws, !
but, in the language of the President, j
which we quote with approval, "Our I
whole system of self-government will
crumble either if officials elect what
laws they will enforce or citizens :
elect what laws they will support.
The worst evil of disregard for some
law is that it destroys respect for !
all. law. For our citizens to patro- ;
nize the violation of a particular law
on the ground that they are opposed
to it, is destructive of the very basis
of all the protection of life, homes
and property which they rightly
:laim under other laws."
4. That we are in no sense con
:erned with party politics nor with
the fate or future of any political j
party. But in all great moral ques- j :
;ions we are deeply concerned, both '
is citizens and Christians, no mat- i
;er how they may become related to ;
jolitics or questions of Government. I
5. That, as we have frequently i
lone heretofore, we declare our in- i
ention and purpose not to support i
'or Pros-dent, of the United States, t
Senator. Representative, Governor, i]
or other or ice r of high and responsi- J
bk- position ary candidate who ib
hostile to or does not opanly and
frankly support our present prohi
bition laws, but to seek the defeat
of any such candidate no matter
whsv party he may wear.
T!I. The Commission^ rccommcnds
also the a'doptioil of ihe following:
1 . That the Southern Baptist Con
vention suggest and recommend ..hat
resolutions to No. 5 in the pre
ceding section be adoptad by ev- :
cry Baptist State Convention and ,
District Association in the South at j
their next annual session.
2. In view of the several vell-fi-:!
r.anced wet organization now seeking
to destroy our prohibition laws, \vv !
commend the practical work and j
urge the support of the Anti-Saloon 1
l-eague and the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union -for their basic,'
wholesome influence in encouraging
'tri- iWm ."nd personal and nation-;
al sobriety."
Arthur J. Barton, Chairman
C. B. Austin,
W. D. Upshaw,
Joseph E. Bl'own,
Roland Q. Leavell,
J. B. Weatherspoon,
E. J. Trueblood.
COMMITTEE:
POTATO SITUATION :
AS SEEN 0VI.RU. S.:
i
(J. A. Glaz'.vcr, Agri. Instructor)
The "Agricultural Situation",;
which is a bulletin issued by the Bu
reau of Agricultural Economics of
the U. S. Department of Agriculture
has the following to say in the Aug
ust issue, concerning potatoes:
"The total i 03 1 potato croc is ex- i
pec ted to be 396,000.000 bushels, com
pared with the revised 1930 figure of
,'143,000,000 and the recent 5 year av
erage of 381,000,000 bushels. The 19
surplus-producing late potato States
expects 38,000,000 more bushels than
last year and the 1G deficient-produc
ing late Sti.tcs an increase of 6.000,
000 over their 1930 crop. The West
ern States as a group may have 13
per cent fewer notatoc-s than last
season.
"City supplies were quite ample
during mid-July and trading was
iimitcd, partly as a result of high
temperatures. The market situation
was generally weak and dull. But a
slightly stronger feeling prevailed al
ter the 20th of the month, with bar
rels of best Cobblers returning $1.65
to SI. 75 at Eastern shipping points,
and sacked Cobblers bringing 90c to
$1.10 per 100 pounds ivthe Kaw Val
ley of Kansas. A factor which may
tend to strengthen the situation is the
damage resulting to early Minnesota
and other midwestern potato crops
from the extreme heat and drought.
"Kansas and Missouri shipments
were running far behind last season's
corresponding records, and the East
ern Shore output also was relatively
short. The New Jersey season was
getting under way and nearly all the
Western potato States were becom
ing active. But the markets were- so
weak that growers everywhere were
inclined to delay harvesting as long
as possible.
"Best Eastern Shore stock was
bringing only $1.35 to $2.60 per bar
rel in consuming centers, and Chicago
car-lot sales of Kansas a;;d Missouri
Cobblers ranged only $1.00 to $1.10
per 100 pounds. Chicago futures for
October delivery of Round Whites av
eraged $1.03 per 100 pounds. Main
Green Mountains for October delivery
in Boston averaged $1.15 per 100
pounds. The growing crop in Maine is
reported to be in exceptionally good
condition."'
City Man ? Is that a real diamond
you have there, Hiram?
Rube ? Ef it ain't, then Ive been
stuck for a dollar an' a quarter!
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1 A cooperative association, owned
and controlled by farmers in Madi
son county has bought and sold $25,
669.40 worth of farm supplies and
produce during the past year, reports
County Agent Earle Brintnall.
Little River News
I
j Mr. S. C. Elkin, who has been sick I
for ouite a while, is reported to be '
slightly improving.
i Mrs. Boyd Henderson and children, |
' Agnes arid Guss, of Greenville, are j
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Merrill.
Miss Verona McCrary of Green
ville is visiting relatives here for a :
few weeks.
Miss Gertie Hamilton of West Palm
Beach, Fla., is spending a short
while with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Hamilton.
Miss Alta Clark of Washington
visited Misses Hibernia and Rhuema
Shipman last week!
Coming as a surprise to their many
friends, was the marriage of Mr. !
Clarence Nicholson and Miss Mildred
Allison at Greenville, S. C., August
7th.
Rev. Tom Drake of Easley, S. C.,
spent last week with his sister, Mrs. i
G. C. McCall. i
Miss Jewel Blythe of Blantyre !
visited Misses Kathleen and Corine .
Duncan last Saturday.
Mrs. I. F. Turner is visiting her (
father, Mr. Bill Hamlin of Brevard. |
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Merrill of Uma- 1
tilla, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Merrill of West Palm Beach Fla,, j
are guests of their mother, Mrs. Bax
ter Merrill. t
Doyl Hamilton visited his sister, t
Mrs. Virgil Duncan of Brevard last i
week.
Mr. M. M. McCall reports that his 1
mother, Mrs. Sylena, who has been I
very sick at Black Mountain, is im- 1
proving slowly. j r
Mi\ W. L. Couch made a business i
trip to Bryson City last week. js
Mr. FJane Holden made an inter- s
:sting tdlk here Sunday night in the If
nterest of the Thomasville orphan- t
ige. 'S
FLOWER SHOW WAS :l
WONDERFUL AFFAIR I
Many Entrants In Annual Bre
vard Event ? Prizes To Be j
Announced Next Week t
Generally pronounceil Brevard's .
most successful and colorful llower
show was the fourth annual event j
held Wednesday afternoon and eve- '
ning at the Chamber of Commerce 1
rooms, sponsored by the Woman's i
Bureau. I
Flowers of practically every kind, 1
color and description were on display j
in artistic arrangement. More than
500 people, representing many cities ]
and states, including tourists and i
residents, viewed the spectacle at fre- ?
tiuent intervals during the opening ,
hours, all exclaiming at the bril
liance of the general effect and many |
expressing the opinion that the flow
er show was the prettiest they had
ever seen and would do credit to a
city much larger than Brevard. Ad- '
ding to the enjoyment of the occasion
was a variety musical program by
local talent rendered throughout the
afternoon and evening.
Hundreds of exhibits wcr<- enterr'l
and nearly fifty prizes were offered,
the judge bcinc Mr. Hugo Strong-'
miller, of the Wayside Nursey, Bilt
niore, who also commended the peo
ple of Brevard for their ability to
stage such a successful show.
Due to lack of time and space it
will not be possible to publish a li:;t
this week of the prizes to be awarded,
ners and the prizes to be awarded,
but this list will appear in next
week's Brevard News, together with
other names and details not mention
ed] at this time.
The Woman's Bureau wishes to ;
take this occasion to express its
thanks as an organization to a'.i
who contributed in any way to the
success of the event.
I
Mrs. J. P. Carter
News has been received of the death
late Wednesday afternoon of Mrs. J.
1 P. Carter, in West Asheville, who
(lied at the ripe age of 93 years. She
was well known in Transylvania and
Henderson counties as well as in
Asheville, having bsen active a great
many years in religious work. Nine
'children survive, as follows:
Mrs. George Sorrells, South Da
kota; R. M. Carter, Atlanta; Mrs. J.
iC. Mitchell, Savannah; Mrs. M. N.
Meadows, Greenville; W. M. Carter,
West Asheville; J. E. Carter, Pisgah
Forest; and two daughters at homo,
and T. E. Carter, of Brevard.
Funeral services will be conducted
j Friday at Mills River, where the de
ceased was well known and greatly
loved.
Give the young birds plenty of
! ' oosting space as crowding causes
j them to become overheated, which
?veakens them and retards growtfi.
r
LA-SSIF1ED ADS
WASTED to Buy ? Good used oil
stove. Must be reasonably priced.
Address, C. A., care Brevard News.
\ ENGLISH BROTHERS, Shoe Re
| Builders? Anything in Shoe repair
ing ? We satisfy. Rose Building,
Fourth ave., Hendersonville, N. C.
We pay postage, so mail your shoes
!to us. Junll 4t
i FOR RENT ? to Reliable Party , 3
| room apartment with bath, hot
and cold water, Furnished or unfur
nished, including electric range. Ap
ply C. W. Pickelsimer, 336 W. Main
' Street. A23 tf
VICTOR RADIOS . . Vio?or Phono.
graphs . . Victor Records . . If j
i it's a Victor, it's4 good. For sale at
i Houston's Furniture Store. M12tf
NEWEST MAJESTIC RADIOS at i
Houston Furniture Company, Bre- 1
vard. Guaranteed no "A-C hum."
A high class Radio at a reasonable)
price. jly 31tf
FIRE WOOD, Stove Wood, Kindling,
Sand and Gravel. Trunks and ,
Baggage ?nd general hailing. Rates !
reasonable. Siniard Transfer Co. ?
Phone 118. Aug 13 4tc j
W A NT ED ? Every one interested in '
Radios to call and see the wonder
ful Atwater-Kent Radio. Hear it and
see it at the Houston Furniture com
pany's store. J15tfc
BUY SCHOOL BOOKS AT ONCE?
There will be a conjestion for books
this year owing to the fact that all of
the schools in the county are sched- ?
uled to open Aug. 31st. Cut your
school books early. Brevard Phar- ,
macy, Jesse B. Pickelsimer, Ph.G.J
Propr. thr Ag
WHAT HAV YOU got to trade on,
man? I want to sell, swap, trade or I
exchange a 10-room house in choice
section, on large lot, for other prop- :
erty and am not particular about lo- : :
cation of yours. Mine is ideal forji
home or boarding house. 0. H. Orr, ;]
Agent. Ag 13??
GRAPES FOR SALE? $1 per bu.l]
at Mrs. S. E. Fortune, North Bre- j
pard. pit
LOST ? Five white and brown spot- c
ted and one white and black spot- t
:ed pups. Anyone having informa- r
;ion as to their whereabouts please t
lotify Roy Whitsides, Brevard, N. C. e
r
? OR RENT ? Suitable live room up- S
stairs flat for teachers who want to b
lousekeep; each room would aivom a
nodate two or throe toaohms. Sink :
n kitchen; bath upstair*, alto handy I
:arage. House about the same as h
team heat. Would also be ideal for b
amily that would waut to live in c
own for winter. Rates reasonable, ii
lee Mrs. A. N. Hinton. lc fj
BIG EVENTS TOID IK
LITTLE PARAGRAPHS
( Gleaned, by Clifford ilontieth)
Mahatma Ghandi, India's Xation
ilist leader, has announced that he
will not attend the second round table
jonference on Indian affair.- to be
leld in London in September.
J. Ross Eakin, superintendent of
the Great Smoky National Park, has
mnounccd that there will ba no
?ame hunting allowed in that ar-.a
this year.
The Italian liner. Conte Grange,
left New York last week carrying on
board 1,100 Italians who were re
turning to their native land to es
cape the hard times.
More than 200 students have re
ceived certificates of credit this sum
mer from the Spiritual Leadership
Training school at Lake Junalu.-ka.
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Ilern
don, American flyers, have been fin
ed $1,025 for violating civil aviation
laws of Japan.
Two white men an:! a negro, of
Ypsilanti, Michigan, were on their
way to prison to start a sentence of
life imprisonment less than three
hours after they had admitted the
killing of two boys and their girl
companions.
Experts in the General Elec trie's
"House of Magis," Schenectady, have
discovered a moans of -nding and
receiving sound by light rays.
General Menocal, leader of the Cu
ban revolution, has been captured by
federal forces operating in the Pinar
del Rio province.
Captain Frank M. Hawks last
Thursday established a new speed
mark between Chicago and New
York, by flying the distance in three
hours and 49 minutes.
Chief Justice Hughes has sent
enced "Legs" Diamond, bootlegger, to
a prison term ?f four years and a
fine of ?11,000.
! Governor O. Max Gardner of
North Carolina. Governor John G.
Pollard of Virginia, and Governor
Ibra C. Blackwood of South Caro
lina, have chosen the "Land of the
Sky" for their summer vacation.
John M. Di Silvestro, grand mast
er of the Sons of Italy, has asked
Mussolini to build a statute of
George Washington in Rome, in mem
ory of the 200th anniversary of
Washington's birth.
A new comet, faintly visible to the
naked eye, having a tail one degree
in length, has been discovered by a
Spanish astrologist of Cambridge.
; Mass.
I
The famous Megiddo's spring, used
by Solomon and others centuries ago
has been exposed by University of
Chicago excavator.-. It was found
130 feet below the ground.
| Captain Lisandro Garay, army fly
er, clung to the tail of his monoplane
for 35 hours, after a forced landing
, in the Atlantic ocean near the coast
'of North Carolina, before he was
rescued.
| The 344th anniversary of the
birth of Virginia Dare, the first
white child born in America, is be
; ir.g observed in Dare county this
I week.
i An earthquake of small intensity
caused hundreds to flee from their
homes in terror in Texas and Eastern
New Mexico last Sunday. The main
quake lasted 38 minutes and was felt
over an area extending from Dallas.
Texas to Tucumcari, N'ew Mexico.
George M. Moose, of Newton, and
Anne R. Raper, of Welcome, have
been chosen as North Carolina's
healthiest.
A model state prison is being erect
ed at Graterford, Pa., on a 1,570 acre
farm, and offers its prospective oc
cupants steam heat and running
water in every room, with baseball,
basketball, boxing, talkies and radio
for amusement. It specializes in
fresh air, pure water and wholesome
food.
Fish are dying by the thousands in
the streams, lakes and bayous in the
Mississippi delta, according to game ?
wardens. Tons of dead fish are being
removed.
Farmers and merchants of Eng
land, Ark., have delivered 13 truck
loade of food to miners of Henryetta,
Okla., who have been thrown out of
work by the shutdown of coal mines.
California peach growers have
agreed to tear out 11,933 acres of
orchards and let fruit rot on the
108,000 tons of trees, in an effort to
;ut down production and improve the
market.
Russia last year printed 500 mil
lion books, 1,100,000,000 pages of
vhich were school text books.
By an almost continuous string ofi
?oncrete bridges, tunnels, and moun-.
ain grades Turkey is pushing railJ
onds into the wild regions of Anaj
olia. One extension running from thJ
ast of Angora on the Irmak rivel
lorthwest of Filious on the Blacf
lea, while another will connect DiaiT
ekir with the Aleppo-Mosul road
point near the Syrian Border.
Captain Frank M. Hawks, now!
cap big chief 'Cetan Kinyan," has
een assessed $500.00 by Americar
ustom officials for landing illegally
i the United States after a flight
rom Montreal.