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VOLUMB THUETT4NB _ _ FABMVHXX PITT COUNTY, NOBIS CABOU1U, FRIDAY, "SEPTEMBER W, 1940 _ _ _ NUMBER NINETEEN ? ~ . . ; _ ' ? ? 1 1 1 1 | | ? 1 ? ' | ?. ? 11 - ? - '^ ^-t?-r. . " 11 " - * *" 11 11 ? Missing Girl Found Dead, Wilson Grocer Questioned Investigating Officers Say She Died Appar* ently During Illegal Operation Wilson, Sept. 25.?Officers ques tioned Jade Laiigley, 35, Wilson grocer, tonight in connection with the death of Mrs. Nettie Woodard Harrell, 25, of Saratoga, whose life less body was found in a dense thicket known as the Bynum woods near Driver's store, late last night. The girl, estranged from her hus band several months, had been miss ing from her home near Saratoga since 11 o'clock Monday morning, when she left the house in an auto mobile and told her aunt, Mrs. J. L. Whitley, she was just going to a store in Saratoga and would be right back. The aunt never saw the girl alive again. Officers working on the case said that the girl died apparently during the course of an illegal operation. Instruments apparently used in the operation were found near the girl's body. Her car, a sport sedan, was found nearby also. Inquest Continued. Coroner V. C. Martin said tonight that he had continued an inquest into the case for "two or three days" until it had been investigated fur ther. Detectives P. R. Hartis and Albert Privette and Deputy Sheriff J. A. Driver were investigating the case. They worked cm it all last night and most of the day today. Langley was arrested about an hour and a half after the officers entered the case last night. He is being held in jail without bond pending further inquiry into the girl's death. He was arrested in his car on Douglas Street here. He was wearing a white shirt, a dark pair of trousers, and a hat when ap prehended. He is married and has a 15-year-old daughter. He has a criminal record listing charges of abandonment, non-support, and adul tery, officers said. Statements Disproved. Detective Hartis said tonight that "so far, all of the statements he has made to us have been disproved." The officers said they were "un able to say at the present time" on .what information they arrested Lang ley. Police searching the woods near where the girl's body was found, and Langley's grocery story here, this afternoon for further evidence in the case. The girl's body was found by a searching party composed of Her bert Whitley, Bud Rogers, Oscar Proctor, and Doug Whitley. The girl's body, clad in a dress, no stockings, and a pair of slippers, was lying under a large oak tree, her ] sightless eyes staring upward into the tree tope. Authorities estimated the girl had been dead some 30 hours when found. A bruise above her left eye was the only sign of violence on her body, police said. Bynum Woods is in an extremely lonely section of the comity on a route few people travel. The place where the girl's body was found was about 85 yards from a dirt road that led into the main Saratoga-Wilson highway. Officers said that whoever was with the girl at the time she died apparently had started the illegal operation. There was some evidence ' it was understood, that the girl was chloroformed beforehand. Mrs. Har rell was married and had ^ small daughter. She is also survived by her husband, Ernest Harrell, and her father, Alec Woodard. Deputy Sheriff Driver said that her husband had left her several months ago and that aa early as last Monday she * had come to him with a picture of her hothead to get him to help her flnrf him. She had taken out a war rant her hnahanH for aban donment and non-support, Drivei LUN CH ROOM MENl SEPTEMBER JO-OCT. 4. Monday?String beans, bacon, can died fritters, corn bread slaw, pickles, corn breed, 10c; plaii cake with chocolate sadce, 5c. sandwiel Mows. crackers 10c* apple pie, k. COMPETELNG Mrs, Cams Si Turnage Laid To Rest Friday Highly Esteemed' Pitt County Woman Passes At Age of 86 T.ngf-- rites for Mrs. Carrie Speight Turoagev 86, widow of the- late Aaron P. Turnage, and one of the oldest and most highly esteemed women in Pitt county, were conducted from the Turnage homestead four miles East of Farmville, Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, by Rev. J. C. Moore, of Whitakers, a cousin, Rev. Mr. Barnes, pastor of Tyson's Church, and Rev. J. B. Roberts, of Farmville. Inter ment was made in Hollywood ceme tery here beneath a large and hand some floral tribute. Mrs. Turnage, a gentlewoman of the old school, was a daughter of the late Joshua and Jane Moore Speight, of Greene county. -She was mamed on November 26, 1874, to Aaron P. Turnage, who died at the age of and preceded her to the grave by two years, the beloved couple having liv ed together for 64 years in a home noted for its Christian atmosphere and a hospitality of the cordiality that distinguishes the Southern states. They occupied the same home throughout their married life. Seven sons were reared by Mr. and Mrs. Turnage and are serving in their respective vocations with credit and distinction. They are: J. R. Turn age, of West Durham, M. L. Turnage, of Greenville; A. C. and L. E. Turn age of Farmville; C. A. Turnage, of Washington, and J. M. Turnage, of Richmond, Va.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. - Mrs. Turnage is survived also by a broth er, Jesse Speight, of Greenville. The celebration, in November 1924, of the Golden Wedding of this' promi nent couple, who had even then lived to a ripe old age, was an event of county wide interest. It was attend ed by hundreds of friends, amd an niversary observances since had brought relatives and friends from all over the State, happy at having the opportunity to offer felicitations and pay tribute to this happily wed ded pair, to whom Time seemed only to bring a more pracious outlook on life, a benign dignity, and an enrich : ment of soul and mind. Mr. and Mrs. Turnage were loyal and faithful members of the Tyson Primitive Bap tist Church, having joined together and being baptised at the same time about thirty-eight years ago. Active pallbearers were: W. J. Turnage, W. G. Ward, Dr. N. Ward, of Greenville, Dr. Jesse Ward, of Robersonville, Dr. M. L. Carr, of LaGrange, A. B. Moore. Honorary: N. E. Ward, of Spring Hope; Walter Sheppard, of Snow HHl; Walter Warren, and Fred Wilk erson of Durham; T. C., B. 0., and Floyd Turnage, Joe Ward, Oscar Speight, Tilman Norville, Joe Moore, Arch and S. M. Rlanagan, C. L. Jones, Howard and Joel .Moye, S. A. Carr", Ernest and Will Gaynor, J. H. Har ris, J. Y., and A. C. Monk, J. I. Mor gan, Albert Tilly, B. S. Smith,. D. F. and R 0. Lang, Jimmy Warren, B. M. mid Jack Lewis, F. M. Davis, Sr., T. M. Dail, G. L. Rouse, J. J. Carroll, Henry Page, Willie Laaghingbouse, Jii/my Tyson, J. R. Gowan, W, C. Tucker, R. E. Belcher, John % Thome, J. W. Holmes and J. W, Ras berry. ? * . ? ?' y ' ^ farfbtftiiH ruiHuaii raw season in Nortl r Carolina, Ronald Hoeutt, dhaetofO I the HigbwaySefety Division, appeal ed this week to football fans of thi - ward reducing the traffic toll get ? eraCy incident ^ weA^eog^ l their way to and from figured in a good many accidents o ? week ends in September, October an V November" Hocatt said. ^ "In the find jlace," he *e*K J ^8 tO f^ P.T.ft. ToPrisentJ H f-LU First fB&nc Program mmmm ^, Irrin Morgan, Jr., To SpeakNkmday Night At Open Forum Meet ing Planned by P. T. A. Study Group Commit tee _ The first of the- four public pro grams to be sponsored by the Pa rent-Teacher Association this year, will be presented Monday evening, September 30, at 7:30 o'clock, in the City-hall with the topic "This World or Ours* being discussed by Irvin Morgan, Jr., and others in an Open Forum, to be conducted after Mr. Morgan's speech. The P. T. A. Study Group commit tee, composed of Miss Edna Robin son, Mrs.' H. M. Wilson and Mrs. C. F. Baucom, have taken a great inter est in the presentation of this pro gram, which promises to be of timely interest, comprehensive and enlight ening. The entire community is in vited to attend. In an interview, Mrs. R. LeRoy Rollins, the president of the Parent Teacher Association, said she wished to make the following statement in urging all parents to, attend and join in the discussion of matters of world interest; "The ultimate success of the school program depends on your enthusiasm and intelligence, as well as that of the school administrators and teach ers. No interest, it seems, should surpass that which you have in the youth of today. "The youth of this nation today will be the leaders and citizens of tomorrow. Upon them will fall the responsibility of self government, apd the degree of their success will be measured by how well they pre pare themselves now. "It is imperative that the people of Farmville assist in the tremendous task of educating the youth of Farm ville." I WALSTONBURG NEWS ' | Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morton and son, William, of Rocky Mount, Wiley P. Jones of Raleigh, Floyd Parson of Wilson and J. L. Jones of this com munity visited Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Mann, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Gay and son, Malcolm, were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Harrell of Wil banks, Sunday. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Lang of Walstonburg and Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lang of Wilson were the dinner guests of Mrs. W. E. Lang, Sr., Sun day. Mrs. Neta Shackleford and Mrs. A. 0. Hoik)man were Wilson visitors, Monday. ,-Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Craft attended services at the Jamesville Christian Church Sunday night Carter Smith spent the week end in Raleigh, guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Perley. . . Mrs. J. A. Mewborn of Farmville spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Ida Burch. ? Mrs. Leslie Newman of Elizabeth town visited friends and relatives in ? and near. Walstonburg Monday after noon* Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Burch and fam , ily visited Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Floyd , of Roper, Sunday. r A most successful revival conduct ? ed by Rev. W. I. Bennett at the ? Christian Church closed Sunday ? T?ght v MrT and Mrs. L F. Smith made a business trip to Wilson, Monday. _ Mra Allen Thacker of-High Point and John Holmes of Graham spent f Misses Iris Davis, MattfoLee Jack i son, Sudie Lee Dildy and Sue StaU ings of tha local school faculty, Misi a Geneva Dili of Kenly and Miss Mfe f garet McKhmsy of Maury, I a family Teunion at the home of. Mr ' ?nd Ma. and. Joynte, Suad?y. < jiigslpss \,. ??*???. "t^xw* :Vn>-?*5*?V?'v -rfr"-'- - - ?'? ' ? By HUGO S. SIMS (Washington Cot i opofldwit) .... ?^rr j PEACE-TIME CONSCRIPTION, PLANNING U. S. DEFENSE. NAVY ORDERS 200 SHIPS. ,-f-r PRESENT, FUTURE, SIZE. WILLKIE SAYE "SPLENDID." . WALLACE'S OFFENSIVE. , ROOSEVELT'S SPEECH. JAP SUPPLIES CUT OFF. - , For the first time, in peace-time, , the United States will, on October 10th, register all men from 21 to 35 *, years of age, inclusive as the pre liminary step in instituting compul sory military service. Before 1941 begins, some 400,000 men will be in training and this number will be doubled by next spring. In addition, some 235,000 officers and men of the National Guard will take a year's training and thousands of reserve officers will go into active service. - The Compulsory Training Bill, passed the Senate on August 28, 68 to 31, and the House, ten days later, passed a somewhat similar bill, 263 to 149. Differences were ironed out and the President, last week, affixed his signature and immediately issued a proclamation calling for the regis tration of an estimated 16,500,000 men. Army officers estimate that the first year of operation Will cost the nation about 31,600,000,000. Some of this money will go into the con struction of training centers and much of it will go to private manu facturers of clothing, building sup plies and material. ? r I That this democratic nation ac cepts conscription at this time is an epochal event Public opinion, affected by events abroad, strongly supports the plan to train American soldiers. Back of this sezitiraent is a widespread realiation that the pres ent fleet of the United States is in adequate to face possible enemy com binations in both oceans. Conse quently, until the fleet is again large enough to guarantee protection from enemy attacks, conscription will Jte necessary in order that the nation's manpower will be adequately trained for any emergency that arises. Pub lic acquiescence in compulsory ser vice is also due to a realization that untrained soldiers cannot be expected to face "professionals." As soon as the President signed the $5,246,000,000 supplementary ap propriation bill, the Navy Depart ment allocated the construction of 200 fighting ships and one repair ves sel. The program will require ex pansion of American shipbuilding in dustry to the greatest capacity in history. The government navy yards will spend more than $30,000,000 for expanded facilities and private yards are expected to spend at least as much more. ' ' ? The program calls for the con struction of seven battleships, eight aircraft carriers, 27 cruisers, 115 de stroyers, 43 submarines and one re pair ship. In addition, the Navy has 130 ships now under construction, In cluding ten battleships, four aircraft carriers, 21 cruisers, 56 destroyers and 39 submarines. In actual aervioe, thq Navy possesses 15 battleships,, six aircraft carriers, 37 cruisers, 197 destroyers and 105 submarines. ,. Thus, the Navy has now 358 ships in service, not including the fifty -over-age destroyers traded to Great Britain and 380 vessels In various, i stages of construction. When ojom-' pleted,*four or five years from how,* ; the Navy ?will consist of 32 battfe ; ships, 18 aircraft carriers, 85 cztiis ers, 868 destroyers and 185 subma . rines. */: Vv-.-? ?re!-.' ;>?. ' , While the tonnage of the new bat . Ueshipe has not been announced, a I report by the Senate Naval Affairs Committee fixed the battleship i au thorisation at about 886,000 tons, which, divided by seven, gives an fc average of 65,000 tons each. The 27 cruisers will have a combined ton . nage of about 420,000, which allows zoom for sons heavy ships, between ' 16,009 and jftOOO tons. The 115 de ' stzoysrs will avenge about 2400 " tens and the submarines more vthan k 1600 tons per unit. It is interetefcig * to note that the battleships willbe built in navy yards, two at New I York, three *t Philadelphia and two t at Norfolk. i , - f * Wendell L. Willkie takes no stock e in the.talk about a let-down in his " WSSL Mabieslotfli Junior Woman's Ulub Sponsoring Baby Popu larity Contest . ? ? The Junior Woman's Club is now sponsoring a B?by Popularity^ Con best, which began Monday of this week and will continue through until Thursday night, October 6. Each at the end of the contest the prise winning youngBter will receive * sil istall contestant has a sponsor, and ver cup and ita sponsor will be given an award also. . The prises will be awarded m the school auditorium Friday afternoon, October 6, at four o'clock, when the babies will be on perade with their sponsors and the cutest boy or girl will be selected by out of town judges, and awarded prises. All parents and friends are cordially invited to the "Baby Parade." Votes at one. cent each /will be de posited during the contest at Whe less' Drug Store and at the City Drug Store. Ballot boxes will be closed at 10 o'clock Thursday night, October 6. Contestants and their sponsors are as follows: Theodora Albritton, Jean Reese, Brenda Barrett, Dora Trevaihan; John D. Dixon, Jr., Alice Parker; Mae Turnage Eason,. Dot Jones; Clara, Belle Flanagan, Jean Beckman; Marsha Dean Forbes, Mary Elisabeth Barrett; Patrica Ann Fordham, Janie Kemp; Grace Gawthrope, Etta Fran ces Harper; David Harris, Jr., Bar bara. Rawls; Dyke Holmes, Nancy Gates; Charles Hotchkiss, Basel Spell; Bill Joyner, Canto McOon neil; Jimmie Joyner, Jen Easley; Jack Lewis, Yvonne Smith; Faye Mewborn, Nell Beaman; Albert Monk, Jane Turnage; Anne Morgan, Cornelia Knott; Mary Louise Moore, Sue Tay lor; Maria Jane Parker, Frances Howard; Martin Lucas Parker, Helen Rouse; Ann Pollard, IriB Dupree, Linda Lou Russell, Rosa Reede Rus sell; Blanche Satterthwaite, Wilma Stansill; Ellen Norris Spencer, Agnes Qulnerly; Elisabeth Smith, Grace Lewis; Jimmie Smith, Hazel Wollona; Wayne T. Suggs, Betty R. Wflker son; "Big Boy" Tripp, Flora D. John son; Frank Williams, Jr., .Mary Jane Greene; Nan Williams, Baba WilU ford. ' , FOUNTAIN NEWS (By MB8. M. P."TELVKETON) Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Smith spent Sunday in Raleigh with Mr, and Ma, C. M. Smith, Jr, Mr. and Mrs, BUI Walker of Wash ington, N. C.f visited Mrs. W D. Owens during the week end. ? E. W. Hunt spent Sunday with relatives in Greensboro. , . Ferebee Beasley left Tuesday for Chapel HiU to resume Ms studies at U. N. C, ? J, 1 Miss Mary Elizabeth . Eagles pi Crisp spent Tuesday in Fountain. Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Yelvertor and'daughter, Doris, spent Sundaj with Miss Carol Yelverton in Greens boro. . ? The following girls from in and near Fountain left this week to at tend college at E. C. T. G; Mireei Hazel Eloise and Jean Owens, Mars Emma and Helen Brown JeffecsoOi and Maude Emily Smith. Mrs. J. M. Horton, Mrs. J. A MercAr, Mrs. J. N. Fountain and Mrs G, A, Trevathan spent Tuesday it Raleigh. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT 1 Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Sutton an nounce the birth of a1 dauinto* Brenda Kay, on Sunday, Septembei 22nd. - ?; ? The Turnage Company. .Starts Trade Feetiva " ? }* The Turnage Company is. callinj attention in this issue to their grpa 1940 Trade Festival which openei Monday, Sept. 28, and will ccotinui untfl Christmas Evii at which time ? 1941 Tudor DeLuxe Ford Sedan an< many other valuably prizes wfll b given away. This firm carries a genet* En* o fftS.'KKSS.wS implements and parts as well a i&twyaswti ed as its slogan for thia^ puat issue and asks shout the vsluabl (prises to be. given away. ? pp ???-Zj-rmWm ^ of Iture has given final approval ep 1 < . -j . r,,. iMM,n? maihtt ? v Highway Fatilitiss First 8 Months In North Carolina ???? Five of the 498 street and high Way fatalities in North Carolina the first eight months of 1940 occurred in Pitt County, the Highway Safety Division reported this week. Only 11 of the 100 counties in the etate'had a clear record in traffic deaths at the close of the eighth month, these being Camden, Caswell, Chowan, Clay, Gates, Greene, Hyde, Mitchell, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Yancey. Meeklinburg topped the state with an eight-months traffic toll of 25, fol lowed closely by Guilford and Robe son with 22 each, Forsyth with 21 and Buncombe with 19. Sixteen counties reported only one fatality eadi for the eight-months period. ?' The State's eight-months traffic toll of 498 deaths, subject to the pos cible addition of a few delayed deaths was a decrease of 7 per cent from the 639 traffic deaths in the state the first eight months of 1939. "Happily, North Carolina still en joys a decrease in its traffic toll for this year, in-, comparison with that of | last year, but our percentage of de crease has slipped in two months from ten percent to seven percent," stated Ronald Hocutt, director of the Safety Division. "The fact that we are showing a decrease in the face of a nation-wide increase is gratify ing, of course, but eternal vigilance and care on the part of every North Carolina motorists, pedestrian and bicycle rider must be exercised throughout the remainder of the year if we are not to lose what we have gained." Provisional figures show a total of 71 traffic deaths in the state last month against 82 Yor August, 1939. This was better than a 13 per cent decrease. Not a single bicycle or railroad crossing fatality was reported for the month of August, and the 18 pedes trian fatalities, representing approx imately 25 per cent of the month's traffic toll, were well below the na tional average. Only four cities above 10,000 popu lation reported fatalities in August; Charlotte reported four, Shelby and Winston-Salem reported 2 each, and Fayetteville had one. ? Women To Hold / , Institute at Raleigh On October the 4th 1 2 1 L !' > V Democratic women from Pitt Coun , ty will join other politically-minded I women from all parts of the State I In Raleigh October 4 for a statewide 1, Institute of Government Sessions r will begin at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. T. C ! Turoage, Director of the Speaker's Bureau will be on the program. ' Mm Clyde R.-Boey will entertain visiting delegates at a tea in the Gov 1 ernor's Mansion from 3 to 5 o'clock. ' Mrs. T. C. Tuimage has been invited i also to assist at the tea. Mrs. P. P. McCain, vice-chairman ' of the State Democratic Executive ' Committee, has urged that a good 1 delegation represent Pitt County. DemacraiteWsinm Will Meet Friday ??-? ? Mrs. J. Brooks Tucker, of Grimee | land, vice-chairman of the Pitt Coun ty Democratic Executive Committee, f has called a countywide meeting of t Democratic Woman for Friday at 3 1 p. m. in the auditorium of the Munici b pal Building, GreenviHa. i Friday, September 27, marks the 1 21st anniversary of vorhen's being] b given.the privilege oi serving on Democratic executive committees. f Mayor Jack Spain will bring greet l ings to the women from the city. Dr., I Paul Jones, of Farmville, chairman a of the Pitt County- Democratic Exe a cutive Committee, will bring a word .- of greeting from the Democrats in the county. ? J. Con Lanier, state senator-elect; a S. O. WorthingfeHj and Dr. W. L * tiv^tMk enDort, president vice-president, British and 'Free' French ) Abandon Battle at Dakar , Loud o n' Announces Withdrawal from West African Port; British Raid Keeps Berlin Populace in Cellar8 For Five Hours London, Sept 26.?The British navy and the "free" French forces of Gen. Charles De Gaulle abruptly withdrew tonight from Dakar, and the British announced officially that they had given up a costly three-day naval and air battle for that key port of French West Africa. The British Ministry of Informa tion, ip a communiqce, said it never had been Britain's intention to "en ter into serious warlike operations" against the French, and that De Gaulle himself was "most anxious that he should not be the cause of bloodshed to his fellow country men." ' The British acknowledged that the Dakar shore batteries scored hits on British ships, said that the. . port suffered bombardment, and that two French Senegal submar ines were sunk. Casualties were acknowledged on both sides. Even the newest of French bat tleships, the Richelieu," which the British had reported they put out of action in a special expedition to Dakar last July 8, joined in the fray. Aground, it still used its guns, and the British ships poured shells into the stranded leviathan. The genesis of the Dakar venture was laid by the Ministry of infor mation to De Gaulle, who, it said, had reason to believe that the French colony cr Senegal w^uld welcome his arrival, and estkoiiBh an anti-German situation such as already existed in French Equa torial Africa. The British naval squadron went along, the ministry said, to support De Gaulle if he needed aid, and be cause of growing German influence in the colony. Instead of the welcome he ex pected, De Gaulle and his white flagged emissaries, sent ashore from his force of about 7,000 men* on six transports, ran into fierce gun fire. The British admiral ordered the French ashore to desist. When they continued shooting, the British guns returned the fire. Then, after three days, the min istry said, the decision to stop fight ing was' reached "when it, became plain that only a major operation of war" could win control of the. strategic capital of West Africa. The withdrawal, after a bloody fight, recalled similar British ad versities in this war: The with drawals from. Norway, from the Low Countries and from British Somaliland. But the ministry asserted "it had never been the intention of His Majesty's government to enter into . serious warlike operations against thqse Frenchmen who felt it their duty to of>ey the command of the Vichy government" Berlin, Sept 26.?A five-hour Sir raid alarm, longest of the war, had kept Berliners in chilly cellars most of the night and morning. Most of the raiding British planes stayed over the city's industrial su burbs. Two waves passed over the fcity. No bombs were heard bursting in the central district and no firee could be seen. >' *'* . A communique stated: "In the past night British planes again visited the capital and dropped bombs aimlessly at several places on residential sections and outlying dis tricts. "A number of dwellings and gar den houses were destroyed and others damaged." Anti-aircraft cannon in Berlins central district Went into action twice, but most of the shooting seem ed to be in the distance. The long mid came so early that it caught many persons in the way hopoe and they -had to spend the night in strange air raid shelters. WHO KNOWS? 1 1 V ' . 1. How many men will register under the selecti>m Mtrvice sctT^^ nis champion? 4. Who founded the Volunteers of America? * .^&$WhewfcJs PbdichenyTj, ' American cotton c?p? 8. Is Gen. Maurice Gustave Game our .air forces? 10. What former baseball star is running ior congress m mxyiuai (Seethe : ... - ?S " .