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Sodden Move Ends Long
Ouster Hearing; Re
signs Candidacy.
Greenville, June 15. ? A' sudden
move for a consent judgment today
removed Sheriff S. A. Whitehurst
from office and ended long-drawn
ouster proceedings started in Pitt
Superior Court by county commis
sioners, as citizens.
The judgment, presented ? when
Judge G. Vernon Cowper reconvened
court after the luncheon recess, re
vealed that the sheriff also has re
signed as Democratic nominee for the
term beginning in December: In the
primary of June 4, Whitehurst won
renomination by a majority of about
1,000 votes over three opponents.
J9,890 JPor Attorneys
The ouster hearing expired at 5:25,
after Judge Cowper had signed a
court order authorizing the county
to pay prosecution attorneys $9,890
for their services during the 24 days
the hearing was in progress. The
commissioners had sought White
hurst's removal on charges of mal
administration, bribery and failure to
turn over certain fees to the county.
Whitehurst was not in court when
judgment was pronounced.
Court was recessed at 3:25 in or
der that the board of county commis
sioners might consider a successor to
the sheriff. The board requested that
Coroner A. A. Ellwanger, who by
? statute became sheriff, continue in
the office until it could appoint !
someone to fill Whitehurst's unex- '
pired term. Action on the matter is ?
scheduled for Thursday at a special 1
meeting for the board. -
The three dputies, J. H. Harris, C. 1
P. Pierce, and Miss Eleanor Barr,
who automatically were removed with 1
the sheriff, were deputized by Coroner
Ellwanger. ~ \
Payment to lawyers for the prose- 1
cution was ordered as follows: At- 1
torney Woodus Kellum of Wilming- '
ton, $3,840; Attorney J. A. Jones of 1
Kins ton, $3^00; County Attorney P. J
C. Harding, $1,500, and Attorney J. '
H. Harrell, $1,250. The attorney's 1
fees include 24 days of the petition
hearing, an injunction case, and three '
criminal cases. . '
In concluding the case, Judge Cow- 1
per obaerved: P
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"It was never ttie intention ox ue
court to find the sheriff guilty of
corruption or extortion, end the most
I damaging evidence was given by the
auditors. He was undoubtedly guilty
of habitual negligence in office. There
is no criticism of the county commis
sioners. I hope the matter will pass
over, and feel that this trial will be
a benefit to the State."
I Judge Albion Dunn, counsel for the
defense, presented the consent judg
ment to the court at 3:12 o'clock.
I With regard to cost in the action,
the judgment says:
"1.' That the defendant shall pay
I the cost taxed for only such witnesses
as shall have been subpoenaed for
and in his behalf, and the cost inei
I dent to sabpoesnaemg said witnesses. ,
"2. That the defendant shsii pay
the court cost proper, which shall in- ,
I elude the filing fee for the institution
of the proceeding, court reporter's fee
^of >6.00 as provided by statute, and
the cogt of docketing this judgment
and shall not be liable for any further
cost taxed in this proceeding.
"3. That the county of Pitt shall
pay all the costs of this proceeding
of whatever nature, except the costs
I herein specifically adjudged against
f the defendant. * *
"This judgment is entered without ^
prejudice to the . rights of Pitt Coun
ty or to the defendant in any action !
that may ^be hereafter instituted
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Labor to a Living
Wage.
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New York, jane 16. ? Herbert
Bayard Swope, distinguished publi
cist and industrial consultant, in an
exclusive interview with the United
Press, tonight gave strong support
to the new minimam wage and maxi
mum hour act, > now oh President
Bosevelt's desk for signature.
Swope, for 20 years a leader in
public service, said: .
"The minimum wage and maxi
mum hour act is a step up. It will
become increasingly important as its
social implications become more ap
parent.
"I am not afraid of its being an
undue centralization of power and
another check upon state's rights. I
am a state's rights man as against
an overplus of power in Washington,
but I think no community has the
right to starve or freeze or overdo
its workers. The sweating of labor
must be stopped, just as child labor
must be ended."
Swope is a director in several cor
porations employing thousands of
persons. Included are Brooklyn Man
hattan Transit Corp., Columbia Broad
casting System, Inc., New York Ra
pid Transit Corp., Brooklyn and
Queens Transit Corp., and others. He
is chairman of the New York Racing
Commission.
"My quarrel with this and other
legislation of social import is that
it does not go far enough," he con
tinued. "Why should farm labor be
sxempt? And why not include do-|
nestic servants? The same limita
tions are imposed here as in the So
cial Security Act. Both should be
amended."
Alfred P. Sloan, chairman of the
hoard of General Motors Corp., and
}ther industrialists who opposed pas
sage of the bill, predicted that its en
forcement wonld increase unemploy
ment, Swope disagreed.
Flirting Gun Girl
Directs Robber)
On Pitt Highway
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Greenville, June 15. ? Because he
responded to apparent flirtations of
a woman, W. M. Fornes of pea*
Vanceboro became the victim of a
ttold-ap yesterday afternoon in which
tie was relieved of 180 gallons of
liquor, his automobile, and $*$3" in
currency and silver.
Fornes, driving toward Greenville
>n the Greenville-New Bern highway,
near Shelmerdine, noticed that a wo
man in another automobile kept flirt
ing with him, he told officers. Think
ing, that it was someone he knew, or
perhaps someone whoiiuh? had met,
Fornes drove off the "highway and
stopped his car.
The woman came over to Fornes'
BUto, jammed a gun in his ribs, and
jrderedhim to get out. Realising
that he was the victim of a holcUup,
Fornes grabbed the woman's arm.
Meantime two men with whom the
woman had bean riding came over t<>
Fornes ear, and one at them praised
a gun against his backbone, Fornes
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Eastern Carol^a Asgo
ciation Elects J. J. Gib
bons of Wilson Presi
dent .
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Kinston, Jane 9. ? The Eastern
Carolina Tobacco Warehouse As^e
ciation today adopted a resolution
recommending that the United States
Tobacco . Association set an earlier
opening for East Carolina markets.
The association asked that the
opening be not later: than two weeks
after the opening on the Border Belt?
provided, however, that this does not
set the East Carolina opening later
The United states jiooacco Asso
ciation during its meeting; in White
Sulphur, W. Va* June SO^uly 2. wfll
decide opening dates.
The Eastern Carolina warehouse
men met here at the country club, and
after a business session in the morn
ing, had a luncheon and adjourned.
They elected J. J. Gibbons of Wil
son as president of the association
for the next year, to succeed E. V.
Webb of Kinston. Gibbons was vice
president of the organization last
year. H> P. Foxhall of Rocky Mount
was named vice-president
Tb? association also elected its
first full-time secretary since its or
ganization in 1919?George L. Wain
wright, supervisor of. sales of the
Wilson market
TJ* H. Cozart, dean of Eastern Car
olina warehousemen, was absent from
the annual meeting. A committee
composed of President Webb, H. P.
Foxhall of Rocky Mount and B. B.
Sugg of Greenville was appointed to
address a letter from the associa
tion to Cozart
A resolution providing an average
selling rate for baskets of tobacco
on the warehouse floor not to exceed
330 baskets per hour, or 2,660 bas
kets for the regulation sales day of
seven hours, was adopted.
A special committee was appoint
ed to submit delegates from the a*> j
Bociation to the U; S. Tobacco Asso
ciation meeting in Virginia. Those
submitted and approved included J.
C. Eagles, Wilson; W. E. Morton,
Greenville; H. P. Foxhall, v Rocky
Mount; E. V. Webb, Kinston; Dixon
! Wallace, Smithfield; and R. H. Knott,
Farmvilie.
The following board of directors
was named: W. E. Morton, Green
ville; W. H. Adkins, Robersonvilla;
W. E. Fenner, Rocky Mount; W. L.
House, Tarboro; Dixon Wallace,
Smithfield; J. C. Eagles, Wilson; J.
Y. Monk, Farmvilie; Jimmy Taylor,
Robersonville; Garland Hodgers of
Washington.
Next year's meeting will be held in
Wilson.
? The association ghve a rising vote
of thankr to retiring President Webb. I
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offered no further resistance.
After relieving him of his money
jyid liquor, the bandits forced .their
victim to stand aside. They then
took Ffcrnea1 Car and their own and
sped away.
An alam was spread through the
radio transmitting * facilities of the
State patrol, but hake, today no ar
rest had been made by patrolmen nor
mtmbero of the sheriffs office.
An investfgatiop officer said; today
that* Femes first told;investigating
officers of being robbed of hie au
tomobile and currency. He did not
reveal that Mr cargo of liquor was
hi-jacked until last night, however,
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phosphate has apparently wiped out
broom *dgemlT^ture jJSS
Hooper, SpeedwaB, Jackson County.
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tera Threiaten Wide
spread Tragedy In War
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anna's mighty Yellow river, swollen
by melting snow in the mountains of
Central Asia and continuous rains
along most of its long course, roahN]
through broken dykes north of the
central section of the Lung Hai rail
way today to threaten one of the
greatest tragedies in modern Chinese
Hundreds ox square nines 01 unce
fertile farms in Honan and Anhwei
provinces were inundated. Estima
mates of the dead ranged from 60,000
to 160,000, with more than 300,000
additional homeless. A Japanese
army spokesman here admitted that
many of- the thousands of Japanese
soldiers in the area appeared to have
been lost, while Chinese estimated
that Japanese military casualties ft
more than 6,000.
Japanese regiments, formerly fa
the great drive to clear Chinese forces
from the western Lung Hai railway
fortified Chimqm lino HofonHing Hie
northern approaches to China's pro
visional capital fa- Hankow, were en
gaged in a frantic effort to repair the
river's dykes.
Other developments included:
1. In Hahkow there Were addition
al indications that Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek's "all China anti
Japanese front" government was
craffliig under the threat of the Jap
anese drive on the national capital.
The former Communist party, which
entdred the popular front govern
ment only after the war had started,
issued a manifesto demanding that
the Generalissimo defend Hankow to
the last and threatening a withdraw
al of support if he fails.
2. In North China; the Japanese
controlled provisional government
continued to meet strong resistance
from foreign powers in its efforts to
force a nationalistic, anti-Chiang
Kai-Shek edncational program in for
eign-sponsored schools. Following
protests against thib program by
French and Americans in Peiping, a
troops in Tient
sin, commanded by Col. Henri Jacoby,
left its barracks in the French Con
cession and occupied the French Je
suit College after JapaneBe-cbntrolled
policy had attempted to search the
school for "Communist agitators."
'3. A Japanese spokesman in Shan
ghai, for the first time, revealed that
Japanese forces will occupy Canton
and the entire Canton-Hankow rail
rapy." He reused to reveal when the
attack on the great South China com
mercial metropolis will begin.
4. For the first Jime, Japanese
naval planes carried the war into
Kwangsi province, home territory, of
Generals Li Tsung-en and Pal Chung
Hsi, powerful South China leaders
who have been threatening to with
draw from Generalissimo Chiang's
coalition. The raid was centered oi
the city of Kweilin where the Japa
nese said 1ft Chinese planes wero_de
stroyed.
6. The main Japanese drive on
Hankow, based on Anking, capital of
Aphpei province, was proceeding
slowly, toward the Kiuldang-Nari
chang railway south of the Yangtse
river and about 100 miles southwest
of Hankow.
between and Chengchow and
#t.4fce.yorgt flood conditio^ ww*
41#: of ft* town pf.Chungmowia#
east of Chengchow. v They denied that
Kaifeng was flooded and- j said 3he
Japanese military f#orities ^eref
were assisting American and other
foreiKn rntflnkintnrtM in -?stablishinir
andf rol|
2. I? tbere^any area h> ltd
China?
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Tarboro, June 15.?Two man nar
rowly escaped death early this morn'
ing when tbeir loaded traek crashed
through the steel railing^of the Roa
noke River bridge between Scotland
Neck and Rich Square and plunged
40 or 60 feet to the water.
Courageous action on tjhe .part of
Willie Fields, 22, driver of the -truck,
in going back into the water after
coming to the surface saved Ms com
panion, C. J. Boyd, 25. When he ro^
Fields did not see Boyd, .so he dived
to the wreckage and pulled out Boyd,
who was uneonsdous. - ' 1
Boyd was asleep at the time of the
accident, and was pinned in the truck j
when it went down. The river is not
very deep at the point. The accident :
occurred at 2:80 o'clock. The truck
went' through the railing near the 1
middle of the bridge.
The men were brought to Edge* 1
combe General Hospital, Tarboro, J
where.it was said they have a finer
chance to recovsr. 'Boyd has bad ]
cuts about the face and one leg, and -
may have internal injuries. Fields 1
is suffering from shock. Dr. W. W. 3
Green, hospital, surgeon, said it was '
impossible to determine tl>3 extent
of the menPs injuries.
Fields, married, is from Salisbury, '
Md.; Boyd is from Jacksonville, Fla. 1
The brack, loaded with beans and cu- j
cumbers consigned to New York from <
Florida, was a total loss, and the car
go floated downstream. ; <
Fields, when questioned, knew lit- <
tie ot the accident He said: {
"I was driving the truck and Boyd {
was asleep in the back. As I ap- f
preached.the river, bridge I slowed 1
down, and was ^apparently driving
carefully. Suddenly!the truck went <
out of control, and I felt the truck c
swerve into the side of the bridge. 1
The next thing I knew was we were }
falling. I waited until the truck set- ?
.tied on the bottom of Die river, then 1
swam to the top. I looked around
for Boyd and failing to find Mm, I
dived to the bottom of the river to I
the truck and pulled him out. He waa ^
apparently unconscious. Someone
brought us to the hispital."
VISITOR
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Weidon, June 14. ? Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt Will come to North
Carolina in September and may be
accompanied by President Roosevelt,
it was announced here today by L. Li e
McLendon, supervisor of the Koaiibke f
Farms resettlement project near .
here. t
Mrs. 'Roosevelt, who visited the i
Penderlea resettlement project when ,
she attended the striwbert^'festival ,
at Wallace last ybar, will stay at Roa- *
noke Farms for a $111' <Uy and fba- t
sibly longer JllcLendon said. The date .
for the visit Wfll be set later, he ad- !
ded. ?
visit was made a?*e opening of'the i
project's; community store. |
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Washington. - Enough's enough,
according. Wlndian Comroisaibner l
John Collier who is" getting tired of t
having Indians from reservations pay ?
"joy:ride" visits to Washington. Re
cently a group of Sioux drove into t
town from their South Dakota reser- t
vation and attempted to charge the J
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Miami, Fla., June 14. ? Franklin
P, McCall pleaded .guilty upon ar- i
raignment today to a charge of kid- ,
naping James Bailey Cash, Jr., for i
ransom, a capital offense and inno- ,
Htth to a charge of killing the five- ,
year-old Princron lad. ' ,
A special grand jury returned a t
true bill against the 21-year-old trade j
driver charging him with the kid- ,
naping and slaying less than two '
hours after State's-Attorney George ,
Worley, leaving a sick bed, started ,
presentation of the evidence. (
Witnesses included Cash, Sr., the
victim's father, and federal agents ,
who said McCall had signed a confes- .
3ion admitting he abducted the boy <
May 28 for $10,000 ransom. t
Circuit Judge H. F. Atkinson, -who t
received the indictment and ordered }
McCalPs immediate arraignment, t
said he would appoint counsel to de- t
tend the prisoner, and a date would j
be set for the trial. ?
Plans were made to start the trial t
tomorrow if a defense attorney can A
lie assigned. The'first designated j
jy Judge Atkinson declined to defend e
McCall and a second nominee was out t
>f town. i
The indictment contained one; count (
>f kidnaping for ransom and! two j
:ounts of murder. One charged Me- j
[Jail killed the boy "by strangling, ^
smothering and choking him," and the t
second .that he caused his death "by l
neans unknown." t. ^
Under a guard of 18 deputies, Mc- f
[Jail was brought from his cell tor the j
:ourt room to plead. His. face im- {
lassive, he mumbled his plea in a ^
vhisper and-replied listlessly "I guess t
so" when,the. judge; asked him if he ^
vanted an attorney tb be assigned, r ?
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Arguments on Removal ?
of Whitehurst to Begin ?
Htt Court Today. .
Greenville, June 14. ? With all n
rvidence completed today and motion r
or nonsuit by the defense denied, s
arguments in .the hearing , on the pe- a
ition for the removal of Sheriff S. a
L Whitehurst will begin Wednes
lay afternoon at 2 o'clock and are t
ixpected to be completed Thursday, b
A recess was taken this afternoon 0
? provide ,counsel for both sides am- t
>le time in which to prepare briefs 8
ind arguments for the ? Wedensday -p
tession. g
Judge 6. V. Cowper today ruled t
y responsible for .collection' <rf the J
eges they amount to approximately
'7,000. a
Auditor D. R. Hollowell, S. I, Dud- ?
ey, W. J. Smith and Roy T. Cox took h
he witness stand during the morning f
Arguments tomorrow will be heard ?
ipon the four causes as set forth in D
he petition and: other, ^s^stioina %
Fudge Gojyper haij?|equested |oun- 8
el to <MX?sider. ^5|NB j prosecution t
harges the sheriff with wilful! or g
labitual neglect in the performance .
?f the duties of his office, wilfull t
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Declarations of support and coop
eration of the Business men of Farm- .
ville clearly show the sincerity with
which the movement to organize a
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Association combined is being wel
comed:
Not only these men, but all others
who have acquainted themselves with
the advantages available to members
of such organizations, readily offer
their support to the movement now
in progress here.
Several of Farmville's business
firms have for some time realized
the advantages of belonging to such
m organization as the merchants as
sociation. These firms subscribed to
Membership in the State Association
ind have benefited through this
Membership by its opening to them
jhe channels of information and ser
vice offered in no other organization,
rhe benefits available to these firms
rill be multiplied many times after
i local association has been establish
wi. ? ?. v
The advantages accruing and avail
ible to members of local merchants
associations in affiliation with the
State Association are too numerous
<0 mention here. However, a few of
he benefits are: (1) Access to credit
tureaos of affiliated associations
hroughout the State which are lo
oted in practically every town and
tamlet in North Carolina; (2) As
listance in collecting accounts and
Aid checks throughout the state; (3)
Assistance in locating those who have
eft town owing merchants or profes
tional men; (4) Receipt of the bulle
in service of the State Association
pith reference to check flashers, fake
ind fraudulent schemers, etc., which
b used in ease of emergencies; (3)
Service in matters connected with any
lepartment of State Government,
luch as, securing rebates or adjust
nents of tax matters, the promulga
ion of rules, securing interpretations
aid opinions, etc.; (6) Services of the
State Association in its efforts to
ibate trade abuses, injurious and un
lusinesslike practices, and to secure
he cooperation of manufacturers,
rholesalers, and jobbers in bringing
ibout more healthy conditions of'the
rade; (7) The informational service
{ the State Association on practical
y every matter of interest to the
aembers; (8) The elimination of mis
ellaneous advertising and donation
olicitation in the cOnxmnnity. ? With
he (deception of newspaper, or other
egular publication advertising, and
lersonal advertising of the members
wn; invention, such as hand bills and
iiU boards, all passed upon by a
ecret advertising^feommittee. If the > * .
olicitation is deemed worthy a per
nit card will be issued by the* Sec
etary, if not, all members who sub
cribe to sueh advertising schemes
re subject to fine. This advantage,
lone, is worth the membership fee.
Also, every member of the associa- J
ion will have the satisfaction of .
vowing that be is supporting the
rganizatioh which has ehampioned
he rights and interests of merchants
ince 1902, and which has secured
tactically "aH legislation upon oar
tatate books which makes for bet- s. I
er business conditions, and which has
ef eated unteld numbers of proposed
3W8 which v(ould have been detrimen
al to business interests.
Through membership In his local
ssociation and Chamber of Com" .
fierce,. each member will have; the
mowledge that he is an integral
art in the organization which is ever
triving to safeguard, protect,, and
dvance the interests of every buai
iesB firm, and cittsen of Fannville
hroygh both tangible and intangibhr;
ervices; and, also, the knowledge
hat he is a* member of the only or
nization through which meitiiaats -
,nd professional men can work for;
he common good of all:
^During the early part of next week ?
t membership drive will $$; set . te I
notion in Farmville. You will be .1
idled upon and invited to join the
ne organization which will bring all
f us into one solid cooperating unit
working with the 'interests of all at
eart You are needed in this or- ..!??
anizatipn just as m\i& as you need < I
t. Determine now to fall in line with
he others around you and give all
our support in making Farmville a ifjjl
otter place in which to live. :'9$|
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