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Wd:.y, September 26, 1924 THE FRANKLIN PRESS ' Page Thrq: fa Murderer of Maj. McLeary Forced to Enter a Plea of "Not Guilty"-Trial Start ed Last Tuesday. Chesterfield,. S. C, Sept. 22. Ar raigned in circuit court here today, Mortimer N. King and Frnk Harr rell pleaded not guilty to the charge of murdering Major Samuel H. Mc- Leary, United States Army officer, and their trial was. set for tomorrow morning at 9:'io o'clock. King first entered a plea of guilty but Judge C. C. Featherstonc, presiding, had his plea changed to "not guilty,"' ex plaining that South Carolina laws do not permit pleas of guilty to charges punishable by the death sentence...' By appointment of the court, P. A. JIuiray, of Cheraw, will represent Harrell' and C. "L. Prince,)-. also of Cheraw, will represent King. -The two attorneys conferred with their clients and then agreed with Solici tor J. Monroe Spears, directing the prosecution, to. be ready for trial when court convenes tomorrow. 'Manacled together King and Har rell entered the crowded court room at 1 o'clock this afternoon. They were escorted to the prisoners dock by a deputy. Solicitor Spears read 'the indictment charging them with .shooting Major McLeary to death about 11 miles south of Cheraw on the afternoon of July 2. The Ches terfield grand jury had reported a true bill on the indictment only a few minutes before. Neither of the defendants showed any emotion. King, freshly shaved and, with his red hair carefully brushed but wear ing no collar, answered promptly when asked for his plea with the one word "guilty." Harrell, less carefully groomed than King, when asked whether he was guilty or not guilty shook his head and said em phatically, "No sir, I am not guilty."- The prisoners were brought to Chesterfield from Columbia this morning. They traveled in two au tomobiles with an escort. Upon their arrival here they were locked in the local jail until taken to court. The journey from Columbia, which brought them past the site on the Raleigh-Columbia highway, where Major McLeary was shot to death after he had given them a lift in his automobile, according to their con fessions, the defendants, officers said showed no particular evidence of concern over their fate They were generally cheerful but' permitted oc casional sighs to escape them. Mrs. Bonnie McLeary Kramer, sis ter, and Mrs. McLeary, widow of the slain officer, arrived in Cheraw' Yes terday, prepared to attend the trial. The little court house here was crowded all day. Judge Featherstone refusedjo permit any persons to Te rrain in' the court room except those who could secure seats, and stores, if not hundreds, were tinned back m the doors. IV DR. ROBINSON Asheville's Famous Eye sight Specialist has ar ranged to visit Franklin WEDNESDAY, OCTOBERS Write for Appointment now to Dr. Robinson, 70 Patton Avenue, Ashe vilie, N.C. THE FRANKLIN PHARMACY FRANKLIN, N.C. GUILTY PLE DENIED KILLER t DESTROYING WAR. It is assuring and gratifying that in the general movement throughout the civj'.ked world to outlaw and abolish war, there is none more earnestly outspoken in support of this move ment than President Coolidge or the Democratic presidential nominee, Mr. Dayis. Both have made it clear that this great movement has their unqualified support. Both agree with the vast number of r:ght-thinking people that war is a creature of savagery, passed down through the ages from the time of primitive man, and ho longer toler able among civilized' people. Until the nations and peoples of the world corife to a like realization and "join in this movement it would of course be" most Unsafe and unwise for the United States to destroy its armaments or fail to keep them at a standard sufficiently strong to safe guard against foreign aggiession. Rut fhe United States, now the premier of nations, constituted of people devoted to peace and abhor rent of war,..is obligated by" the stand ing among nations it has attained audi its influence in world affairs, to ie'ad the movement for universal dis armament. Wherever and whenever the ques tion of ; disarmament .arises, the strong voice of this government should speak up in its behalf. President Coolidge and Mr. Hughes, his secretary of state, took a long step in the right direction when they called a conference to consider the question of disarmament. That was. the first real step toward outlawing war ever taken and resulted not only in halting an orgy of battleship con struction which presaged greater war, but it turned the world-mind from thoughts of war to thoughts of peace. It was an accomplishment when rightly appraised that will il lumine the pages of history for all time, for it set ineffaceably the seal of condemnation on the adjudication of', national differences by military arbitrament and turned the dynamic thought of the world from war to peace. What an inspiring thought that war, the most destructive of all monsters, is itself to be destroyed! Save Some Corn for Seed Shortage Likely This Year .A probable shortage of good seed corn in some sections is predicted by the United States Department of Ag riculture in consequence of the un usually late spring and continuous cool weather, factors which have caused corn to be very late. Much of this year's crop may -not mature enough to make the best seed before a killing frost. Then too, many farm ers have had to replant their spring planting,' drawing heavily on their supply of old seed corn. ' The higher prices being paid for old corn at the present time are tending also- to de pletethis -supply of corn from which seed could be selected in an emer gency. It is suggested that before selling or feeding old corn apparently good seed ears be picked out. These should be saved for testing later in the event that corn dd"cs not mature this fall. The best seed corn is that which has matured on the stalk. Corn gath ered in the milk stage, if carefully dried and handled, will gefminate un der favorable conditions, although it will not have 'the vigor that mature corn would have. Satisfactory seed corn can be selected, however, .any time after corn is in the hard-dough stage. The same points should be observed in selecting seed from im mature corn as would be observed under ordinary conditions. Select seed only fronjl normal, vigorous plants; avoid Smutted plants, stalks that are down, and those that are pre maturely dead. Corn which contains much moisture must be handled very ' carefully. It should not be put in piles or stored in Mich a manner that the ears touch clTrrrother. Hang the ears separately in a loft that is .well ventilated and where the temperature .will no't reach .freezing. Even if not of the best, using early selected seed. of. a strain known to he good will lie safer than having to buy seed of unknown adap tation and productive loss. . Most communities are i.n touch with reports from the Weather .Bureau to such - an extent that" a - coming frost may be known somewhat accurately. At the first suggestion of frost, there fore; it is urged that farmers make at Jeast a small selection of seed. If frost holds off longer and seed can b: selected from mature com. the imma ture seed can be used for feed, the only loss being the labor of gathering and drying it. Disgraced For Life. Mr. Wombat was well liked in the suburb where he lived. So when a neighbor saw a moving van backed up in front of the Wombat home, he stopped to express genuine regret. : "Where are you going' to move?" "Have to get out of the neighbor hood," explained Mr. Wombat. "My boy feels disgraced. He was licked by another kid on the block." "No disgrace in that. Boys will fight, and somebody must win." 'But the'kid who licked. him wears curls." . PEACH TREE BORERS CONTROLLED BY GAS 'Raleigh, N. C Sept. 22.-The old method, of mounding the peach trees and digging out the borers with knife and. wire was crude and expensive and sometimes seriously damaged the trees. At other times the labor in volved made removing the borers a difficult matter for the orchardist. Now, this is all in the past. Just take a little Paradichloro-berizine, or P-beuzene as it is called, place it around the infested tree at the level of the holes made by the borers, cover the crystals with earth and the poison fumes from fha material will take care of 95 per cent of the bo'rersy finds Dr. R. W. Leiby, assistant En tomologist for the North- Carolina Experiment Station. Dr. Leiby has conducted a number of extensive tests in the peach orchards of the Sandhills and finds the P -benzene effective in borer control. Use it this way. On trees four years of age, use one-half ounce, per tree; trees, five years old, three fourths ounce per tree and trees six years old and older use one ounce per tree. Do not use.it on trees under tjiree years of age, cautions Dr. Leiby. In all cases leave the material in the mound about the tree, for six weeks after which it should be pulled away. Put the crystals on fresh earth at the same level of the gummy' exuda tions showing where the borers are present. Measure out the amount of PJbenzeiie needed, put it on the soil in a circle about one inch wide about the tree, and one inch from the trunk. Do not let. the material touch the tree. Next throw pn a few handsfdl of dirt after which a small mound is made with the shovel and the work is done. The time to do this is from October first to fifteenth and the nearer to the first the better, cautions Dr, Leiby. Country Mikes Headway Against Animal T. B. The 'work of eradicating tubercu losis from the. cattle herds of the cauntry has been going forward so satisfactorily in. recent years that it is predicted by those in charge of the work for the United States Depart ment of Agriculture that within eight years it is probable that as many as J(J Mates may be free of the plague. This will permit of the consolidation of the veterinary forces so that work may be Carried on more rapidly, in the remaining States where the extent of infection is greater. The system atic plan of eradication Ijas been go ing on in earnest since 1917. According to figures compiled from reports received by the department from field forces in the various States about Vz per gent of the cattle in the country are tuberculous. In many of the States, of course, the infection is much more extensive. The progress made ' in the work during the fiscal year terminating June 30, 1924, was greater than in any previous year. The accredited herds increased from 28,526 to 48,273. A better indication of progress, how ever, Was the extension of the plan whereby areas, such as counties, have been cleaned up in one whirlwind campaign. In the past year the num ber of counties adopting this plan in creased from 198 to 317. During the fiscal year 1924 more than 5,000,000. cattle vvere tested. The prospects are, from present indica tions, that this record will be exceed ed. by more, than a million during the current fiscal year. , Watauga News. . Sept. 20. Times don't seem so dry on Watauga as they have for the past few weeks, as we have had about 24 ho'ir's hard rain. But most of ftie farmer.; have got their feed almost up. Mr. tx. F, Jarrett, of Dillsboro. X. C, visited the Moore & Raby lum ber works last week. Mr. Ci'rl Painter returned from Camon, N. C, last week, after a sev eral ('ays' visit to Mr. Dewey liailey, of that place. , All . who atiended the .all-day .sing ula at 'folly Springs hut Sunday .re port a nice . time. The singing was line, and best of all plenty of good dinner on the ground. . . Weait glad to learn that Mrs, Jas, Berry, of Hopewell, 'Va., who had an operation at Franklin for appendi citis recently, is improving fast. We wish her a speedy recovery. Rev. Randolph, of Brysotv City, preached an interesting sermon at Wata.jga" last Sunday. Mr. B. A. Cloninge.r and family left recently for their home in Tennessee. Mr. Cloninger has had charge of the Co'steilo Brothers road contract from Franklin to the Co wee Gap. We learn that Mr. Cloninger will return to his job soon. Mrs. Thomas Scott , is very ill at this writing. Hope she will soon re cove". She is one of our oldest citi zens.. , MOUNTAIN BOOMER. Liquid, All Right. The Mississippi banker asked a man who was trying to borrow money: "How much have you in the way of immediate, liquid assests?" To which the custojriet cautiously replied: "About a case and a. half." Southern Banker. . IN MEMORY OF P. H. JUSTICE On August 30, 1924, God in his in finite wisdom rtud" love called from or.r church and community our be loved brother. P. H. Justice. Brother Justice' was. a deacon of the, Tellico Baptist Church, of which he had been a member for many years. He was also a teacher in the; Sunday School up to the time of his affliction which resulted in his death. He was a most loyal and faithful member in jphold ing the banner of our Lord. We are conscious that his absence will be greatly felt in our community and church, as well as in the home that gave him up., ' We wish to extend our sincerest sympathy to the bereaved family and loved ones, and bow in humble sub mission to Him that doeth all things well. We trust that we may so live that we may die in the faith that gave him peace and may be cleansed by the Blood and greet him again in our Heavenly Home. JUD SMITH. AROUND THE CITY IN A FEW MINUTES Around the world in three weeks across the Atlantic in two days from New York to San Francisco from sunset to sunset. These are some of the goals that aviation experts have set for the. science of flying in v the nor far distant future. ' Impossible! What is impossible?, . . Some people believe that you can't make a shopping, tour of this city in less than sev eral hours' time and yet it can be done in a few minutes. - You can find what you want and make sure you are getting most for your money within a few minutes' time if you do your shopping through 1 HE FRANKLIN PRESS . advertising columns. . . There you'll find the best offers of all sorts of new and used merchandise bargains in household equipment clothing things to eat specials in the stores and so on through these always profitable columns. Take a little trip through the ads today learn how to save three hours and three dol lars in, three minutes! NOTICE TO THE FOREST USERS! BURNING THE WOODS- Does not improve the grazing. Does not exterminate poisonous insects-or animals. Does injure the grazing by: Killing the better grasses. Decreasing the fertility of the soil. Increasing the damage from frost, sun, wind and rain. . Docs injuro timber. ' Does increase insect damage. Does kill the ypung trees. Therefore, if Fires continue to occur it will be nee- essary to prohibit grazinon burnt areas in ordsr to give the Range a chance to recuperate. Co-operate with thq Forest Officers in Preventing Fires. IN MEMORY-. OF- : THEODORE McCONNELL On September 17, 1924, aur loving ; friend was called from, this life unto life eternal. He was seventeen years of age when he died. Theodore now wears the crown of glory. He leaves to mourn his departure, father and mother, four brothers, one sister, and many relatives and friends. In the afternoon of September 17th, his body Was laid in the' Pleasant Hill cemetery. Rev. Van B. Harrison conducted the funeral service. Kind friend? covered his grave with flow ers, lie said he was going to Jesus. He said a few minutes before he died, . ''Aunt Mary, come closer," He wi'l be 'missed not only by the family but by the entire community." How desolate the home will be when 'we can no longer see his face. Theo dore has gone to mansions . above, prepared by Jesus for all his loved. In heaven he's sleeping while we are weeping; he is sleeping that long sweet sleep, he now wears the crown of glory, he is walking the golden streets with Jesus. ELSIE SANDERS.
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