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M.OO PEOFTJE BRAD THE DISPATCH iJii i"v JL KOT YOCT w f H E PAPER OTH E P E 0 PLE, FO R THE PEOPLE AND WI T H T H E P E 0 P L E ESTABLISHED I88f BIX PAQE8 TODAT LEXINGTON, X. C, MOlfDAT, KOV. 7, 1MJ VOL XU NO. H CH 1 THE DISPATCUl , . LJ U ) III WHY DEliil CASHIER PLACED ON TRIAL INTHREE GASES Hearing Expected to Be Rather Brief-Ends v Criminal Cases This moring the last of tho ooU brated Davidson County bank eases, arising out of failure last yeat of throo bank In tho oounty, goe. on trial iu superior court, when B, Boons, cash lor of tho Bank of Denton at the Uine of Its failure, faces tho court on three charges. '. Generally speaking, -: thla caso is, somewhat of tho nature of the four 'men who have already been tried, and acquitted In the court here, except that in the case of, Mr. Boono tho Uto charges that a false entry was toade. -. It Is tfot expected that anything like tho length of tiaie will bo devoted to this case as was dovotod to tho other 1 trials. Since only three charge are Involved, not very many - witnesses are likely to bo used. No groat time is expected to bo devoted to argument and it was eipeotod that tho Jury might got tho cose before court ad journs this afternoon. Of ooyrae, after ovldonco begins It may develop that more time will be necessary. Threo courts have pawed since Mr. Boone was. placed under arrest and furnished bond. His arrest oamo at the time of that of Zed Urlfflth, eash Icr of the Bank of Thomasvillo, who was lator acquitted." ' Then foUowed tho arrest in Mexico of J. L. Armflohl, who was brought back hero Just be fore a court began." There was, not time to prepare Amnflcid's defense and it was desired to try all tho coses ut the sama torm of court, though Mr. Boone was connected with a, dif ferent bank. At the term at which tho Armnotd-OrlflUh trial was hold, the chlof stato witness In tho Boono case was lu a hospital. At tho fol-, lowing term of court, wheq the Lam-beth-Walser trial was hold and also k-esulted in nonsuit and acquittal,, the " receiver - of tho Bank, of Dante. Arthur Ross, of Aslicboro, had not yet sufflcloully reoolvod - to attend court. ' ' '. " ' The crash of tho Bank of Donton ' earn In August, 1921, within day or ntv after Uio Ccuit jL IJa maBvQU, went down ana iu iuiu-e was vu ' buted largely to the collapse of the "larger bank, which acted as corre spondent Of the smaller institution. The assets of the Bank of Denton will pay about fifty per cent of the de posits, it was reported somo time ago. Suits wort) begun some time ago by by several 'depositors against direc tors of the. Bank of Denton, seeking to recover in elvll action the dlff orenoo In the amount paid by the receiver and tho amount actually placed in the are of tho bunk. - -, : UEXTVCTOy GIRLS THI . , FROM TUOM,SVIU-K By dint of superior passing and guarding the local high school Girls basketball team defeated the fast Thomasvillo girls team, at the gradud Hchool auditorium Friday night, ey tho scoro of tt to ( Another con tributing factor to tbo local victory was the fact that tho .Thonmsvljle loam suffered much on ' .account of the fouling of Its two guards, which gavo the locals a largo number of freo Dhota. ; Ruth Owen, local forward, made a majority ot thuso tries count' for points and thus plied up tho score. The game started half an hour bate ' on socount of argument botwecn ran josentativc of tho two teams ovor a misunderstanding as to the rules of play tabs used. Lexington cooteasV k ed that the present othcinl rulos, .r which lequire that , in girls' games ' . tho, center shall nor ohoot goaln tlttA bo allowed to play at any part ot the floor in passing, rhoild' prevail. Thomasvllle management awertcd an understanding that half the game should be 'pluyad under present rules fend half under former ruUs, which pormltted the center to shoot at will. Thomssvllle, It was explained, had largely built up Us team work on Uh latter theory,' specially In view of th fact that Frances Long, - their tenter, is considered tho ablest play er aid shot on tholr five. They would be ortpplsd by chancing. Utsy rontsuded, and when Lexington mM jtgemcnt held to tho contortion (or official rulo llio game was call4 off. Meditation by one of Oho spectator brought peace Wbon Principal New- ton generously ggresd to give in and Vlsjr rather than disappoint the spec tn. or p,sjers. 't'no arrangv Hinnt perceptibly effected Thomas- ' vine's play. However, Lexington ap peared to have the stronger tttam and should have won under o'thcr ar rangement. The Tl)oiuuUW? play- r though put up a game light a,nd but for over anxiety in guurning mi cost llimi so many penaltlvs the score should have been much closer.. , The entire tonal tnsnt ,lid vevd work, the closo gunrdlu of the locals nraklng It almost Impowlblu (ur the Thomasvllle forwards, lCothroch aodlry Bonnie Llllle Msn Tariff. Usher peaoock. to gut upon shut. Ella JUpcr. local csptuln, muds several brilliant floor ahos. Martha Burk hsact, loral conter, vuHlly outphtyed her brllliont opponent, on the tlp-vff and 11 1 excelled In ixtmlng. OS the form shoun In thn opening gum Ui l xitiifton glri should b mriMic contender for ehampionshlp hoiiom. Uiituls of Ml" lxnrthy Msadunhull iluilug tho fast weak wore Ml ,u. Ins Cmxisnd. of K1 "n and Mine Margaret Pou. of BmlthOsldk Regan Given Two Years For Theft Of Automobile : J, K. Regan, of near Wlpston-Sa-Icm, was convicted In superior court hero Saturday on the oharge of steal ing an autobomlle belonging to Gary Long, of Thomaavillc, and was een- tenccd to serve two years in the stato penitentiary. Counsel for the con victed man gavo notice of Appeal to the supreme court and Judge Harding fixed a bond of $2,600, which was furnished and Regan, released ing outcome of the appeal. The theft of which Regan was con victed occurred on a stroet in Thom asvillo several months ago. Long left his new Ford car standing about flvo o'olock on a Saturday afternoon and attended a picture show. Whoo he came out about two hours later the maohloe was gone, r :. " On the next afternoon ho and others wont to Winston -Salem and located tht cftr standing on tho main' stroet there In front of a cafe. , This was about (our o'olock In the afternoon. Olfixors were notified s and kept - a watoh over the ear for about three hours. - During that time it was testified, a man taken to be Regan walked, post"' the machine soveral t linos and hesitated a, time or so as It Intending to get In It ' A raincoat waa (ouud in tho car with a letter iu It. A raincoat was found in the car with a letter in a pocket addressed to Regan. " ';.:' : Regan admlttod on the stand that tho raincoat was his' but Fought to show k bad been stolen from ' him about a week before the automobllo was. stolen.- tie also sought to show that he was at his home about thrao reviles, from Wlnston-Balem on " the afternoon tho car was stolon ot Thom asvillo, but the jury did not credit tha attorn pted alibi. His counsel aoked that tho court set asido the vortKcf,, but Judgo , Harding refused to do this. -v.' -. " , . RugaR is a. young married man' and an ex-soldier, formerly of Caswolt county, but. it was contondsd by the solicitor that ho had fallen upon evil ways since returning from ihfc war. - There was another indictment on (ho docket against Rogau. ho being charged with having had a hand In stealing K. C. Denton's Ford coupo from a garage at Reeds. Solicitor Bower took a not pros in that caee but stated to the court that there wore some ugly aspects to it. This car, 't will. r t "herM. t recov ered soveral months after U had been stolen.; and , pas tfaced in 'Winston j, al one jjius bet iu sossvwslea -of s tank LtuwullyiKr CHTJRCHMWD rXen'T'TH ' HATO OPENXVG VICTORY ' Churchland . high, school's fast basketball aggregation virtually "play ed rings around" the heavy basket Ave from Liberty-Piedmont Institute, on Chuirhlnnd's auditorium Boor, Frl day night, in the opening game of the season for the home team, winning tO to 9- L. I'. I. has already played a number of games but tho Church land kids excelled them in every de partment of the game. , Churchland used substitutes freely in order to give much of tho material n tryout, ton players in all taking part In the con test (or tho hotno team. Churchland has two of tho remarkable team ot last year, with several good subs from lost year and much good new material. FINAL TOUCHES PTJT -0f : LOCAL It ED CROSS DRIVE lx'Kinjrton expects to. huve its quota of l,00d.compU)te or passed by Wed nesday of this week, Chairman J. A. Lbonnrd announeiw. The bulk of the work wus done Wodnesdayi tho opening of tho week's campaign and since that time no lnenlv - palgn has been conducted although some prosports who were not reached thai day aro being seen. Chairman Leonard has not yet tabulated the complete results but is highly encouraged with the known results so far attalnod and expects to announce in Thursday's Dispatch the success of tho Toll call for tho Loxington chapter. . THK HATE 8TIIX LEADS . NATION IN BIRTH RATE Korh Carolina still leads other states of tho country in births with M$l reported to dalo this year, al though this number is 4,4ii lees than the record for the same period in 1(31, according to Dr. F. M. Register, depu ty register ot vital statistics of ' the state board of health. , ' In i:i. there wore 17.461 births In North Carolina, It was staled.. There wore 11.010 deaths recorded an aver- sge ot It nrson per 1,000. To dste'nie-t. and a"nnt an easy and sure , this year. 36,164 deaths have been reported as compared with 35. IU tor the same portal In rV:i. Wth tun thousand Indians In the stnls. there were 114 births recorded by them lust year a higher rate than slthot the white or negro races here. High Kther, Little Blue Eyes. Nancy Fifth Jewell, Uron Kltts and ,l!rlnr Patch arc among the names, given North Curollnu bsblrs recently. Among some, of the others recorded tint Mudieus Bllraard, Methodist Confer slice. Hura Chink, Duet Slate and Du plicate. 1 "Monkey Rum and a Ford Car" were given as tho causes of one man's death. . Another dlod ss a result of in allotting a Harding campaign but ton, according to fits records, and sev eral possud away without medical aid." Onu IiuiiiIkhI and elxhtimit puremis have been killed In llie.ntut" t rtute by -automobiles. In eompsrlann with 1114 for ths Whole yar of 1121, Dr. I Ksglstsr stated. , Dental Clinics ; Suspended Until Some Future Date Dr. D. R. Perry, county "health offi cer, announces that the freo dental ollnlcs for school children of David son County have been discontinued in definitely. . Dr. B. B. Bhamberger, who has been conducting these clinics since they begun last summer, is no longer with the department. ; As soon as Dr. Perry can secure a suitable dentist, he hope to havo tho pend-fcllnlos resumed and continued within the life ot tho present appropriation, It will bo recalled that last spring three months'of publlo dental clinics were conducted in the county and proved to bo very successful. De siring that tho work be oontinuod un til the teeth of all school children in tho county between the ages of six and twelve might be examined, Dr. Perry sought the cooperation of the oouaty and municipal authorities of Lexington and Thomasvllle In 'secur ing an extension of six months. This effort met . with success. .The first three, months of the clinic cost, the county nothing, tho entlro expense being met by tho State Board of Health. : - .. Sevoral thousand children have had tho privilege of examinations and treatments have, been given in most cases ftiul it is believed that much has already been accomplished toward preserving the health and assuring the comfort of these children iu fu ture years. ' . t . DOVBIjE game divided ... Bt TVHO AND WELCOME Welcomo and Tyro basketball teams, which mot Saturday night od the Lexington hglh school auditorium court in a doublo-heador. went homo with a game apiece. The Tyro first five got a four-point lead for victory whlto the Welcome second string had a throe-point margin of victory. The Tyro first team won 3S to 28. while Welcome second team beat Tyro sec ond team it to 23. - Tyro's opening spurt meant vic tory tor their five, for during tho first few minutes of play they socur od a commanding lead. During the latter part of the first half Welcome 'gan to show bottor form and the half ended lto 10 in Tyro's favor. Welcomo opened the second half in great style and by tho middle ot the period had overtaken , and forged slightly in the lead of tho Tyro lads. However, Tyro came back strong iu the last five or six minutes ot playv mukitifc rseusatlwnnv Bsalsvnrotn- Uw tmor that" brought ithem back td the lead, which they held during the clos ing mlnutos. However, many ot the spectators were unoertalu as to who was tha winner until Referee Sech- riost announced that the official scoror reported a. tally of 32 to 28, with Tyro on the long end.' Wel come wis the home team, thoy having visited Tyro and won the game there. These teams are splendidly balanced. Tyro excelled somewhat in passing while Wolcomo players shone in jump Ing high Into tho sir and pulling down too passes of their opponents. Tho llno-up: Tyro : : 8wlocgood It. F., Michael ,.........U F.. Welcome Craver Koontz. R. -HUWV MM,... .... ,. ,.., .... Link Beeksr U O..,. Farabee .......... R. O.,. ; Berrler Koontc, P. sEocnrriES offered for , WAR SAV1XG8 8T.VMPS "It Is to bo hoped tbtt every person who can do so wii exchange war Savings Stamps, soon to fall due, for Treasury savings certificates," said Postmaster S. W. Finch- "The large amount ot money Invested and the great number of persons who purchas ed war savings stamps showed that the people of this country could save money when the necessity arose. Now, If they will take the money they Bavud when they bought stamps to aid the government in the 'prosecution of the war and buy Treasury savings' certi ficates, they will demppstrato that the thrift lessons of the war have not been without effect. ' Tho holders ot war savings stamps have seen invest ments of about, IIO. to grow to 25 in Ave years, and larger amounts in the same proportion, They can sco the same thing repeated it they re invest In Treasury sayings certificates. Interest accumulates at the rate ot 4 oer osnt each veer, compounded semi annually. These aavings oortlflcate a'e exempt from the moral Federa' Income tax. and from all Btate and local taxation (except estate and In heritance taxes), and may be held to the amount ot t,000, maturity value, for each Issue, by even' member of a lamllr. They are backed by the credit of the United States QoverU method of savings." , During the war tha government of- 1 terud war savings sumns, paying aNwl 4 per rent as a method ot sav n for peonle of smalt nisana, 8lne the war. and to lare the n'aee of war, savlncs stumps, tits Government of fered Treasury savings certifkatee in ilnoutations of m, lp tf"! 10flo. now 'd te nviuMn at A.i0, 11 and $:0, re""wwtlvslv. T'-ev pav 4 fr cet If "ntll ptaiurltv. fl vi-s fo"i the 'e nf lioue. About 1456. 00O 0 of W talugs Slumps. sercs of II U. becoms due Ja"uarv I. tt, and the government now oTers to la"i T'u'iirv -avl'i cr'tflcste In exchanav for thrm nfturdtn the nwuv- an oimorl'i-lty to cmtflnue a unfit Invest ment with good lntrest. , Ulavvs Anna Msy s4 Elliwiii Peacock. M's. f'tu'smw vVood "U Mr. Ko t'excut'ic -iit to H'I 'lnt vw. terduy to vl.lt their slxtur. Miss JuHa I'eaneh. who la In lhe homiMal there, hsvthar tis her tonsils rtmovsd sev era! dvs ago, " HEGRO ATTACXS NEGRO V0' T Ml AMD GETSTEiJYEARS Several QtheB;f Prison J Sentences during Week of Court Sam Hoover, nogro of Thomasvillo township, received the-'heavlest sen tence Imposed la Superior Court here last week, when Judge; Harding or dered him sont tp the States peniten tiary for ten years on iitt charge of assaulting with intent t commit rape upon a rospectablo won it ot his own race. " , Judge Harding Mid he did not want to Impose the rosximum penal ty on Hoover becaue expected to lave tho maximum utU ho found a still worse man. ; J ! '" Hoover was once' eonvfctsd Of a sim ilar crlmo against a, whin Woman had was given ten yearsv : After serving several years ho was pardoned. - He has also boon In various (other escapa des.. ' , i ' ' - Sentence was' not pasd hi tbo case ot Ooorgo Wilson, youtjg white man of the city, convinced of jreckloss drlv ing upon tho occasion if a collision in which Shirley FriUa Bufferod a broken leg. . Tho mauor was held opon for further consideration, but it was indicated that a flnf Would prob ably be tho seuteuce, crj,clse sentence might, be suspended under certain con ditions. The case would probably havo been dispose ot 8atdrday but for an intimation raised as to a brib ery feature, but it was? utter learned that' thero Is apparently nothing sub stantial to support thls.'jj Judgo Harding does 'not like for officers or person acting) for them to "scduco people to break tbo law," ana he said so In the paso ot Ed Pickerel, young whlto man of Lexington, con victed ot selling a small quantity of liquor to a youth acting for .the police. Pickerel was nnea tuin recoraors court, but appealed bednuso he con tended he was inhocetfu . Tho One was allowed to stand. ' it,' ;' Becchor Crotts, whlti' man of the county, was sentenced tlght months oh the county road &4 soiling some whiskey to a negra 'near a church Whore a meeting of some kind vat : progress. ..;. ,. '4 1, -.. Final dlsoositioH wasr not made of kh ., jjcCMUouh. .vsxxiBasioqjtOasa -hm. rthe' court mu informed that 0 phy sician's certificate srquld probably be furnished which - would permit tht child In question to return to school Frank Sawyer, white man of uppai Davidson, was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary on a charge of breaking into the homo of B. vf. Lambeth. John . Marshall, a negro,. -was also sentenced to two years in the peniten tiary for entering tho Piedmont Furn iture Co. store bare recently. Mr. Tlraborlake found Marshall snugly asleep between two mattresses when ho was called to the store at night. Tho negro had moved Mr. Timber- lake's gun and had some shells in his pocket. ' Oue of the hardent fought cases of the week was that wherein Jesse Leonard and Charlie Brown, his brother-in-law, both ot Reedy Creek, wero charged with distilling. ' After tho Jury had been out for many hours they returned a verdict of acquittal. Tho mill in question was seized recent ly. .., Sevoral sunteacee were made to the state penitentiary on account ot the fact that the chulnKuug of the county Is pretty well filled up. . Mr. and Mrs. Paul Orimes, of Balls- bury, spent yesterday in Lexington. Mrs. P. J. Bame, of this city, who tins boerr a, patient at the High Point hospital for about twelve weeks and whoso condition was very serious for a long tlniK, la reported now to be rapidly improving and It Is expected that she can bo removed to her horns here ,ln a few days, pro batty by the last of this week. The inclulon made for the operation she sustained has now been closed. It is expect ad to re quire some tims, howevsr, for Mrs. Bame to recover her usual strength guid vigor. NOTICE TO 6CB6CBIBERS ' During the Salesmanship Club contest many new sub scribers sent In renewals. Some renewals wero-made more than' ono tlmu. Most ot the work ers were accunto In turning in their reports and every effort has been made In tits office to secure accuracy. But In huiid Hng such In 1 go . volume of business It is- Inevitable that soma mistakes should occur. Therefore we are asking all subscribers who renewed dur ing this period to compare their labels with the receipts thy hold and se if the ptoper cred it has been given. Huuscrlb rr will also do us a great fav or It they wilt puss oleng the request to any who subscribed to the paper but are not getting It that these latter, communi cate the fact to thla office at once. The paper may 1m going to solve olhrc pluce and remain undelivered, , Nuw Is tlm lime tu correct any error with the Ivust pos sible trouble. tvbvn n porting ' Nil ernir. pleiuu- state wlileh rotiteMtuut w-euriMl thu ul!rlt If reporting in Imtwii m the ollleo bring your rereipl If piiHullile. , , i 1 Low Water Causes Power Company To Curtail Current Low 'water on the Catawba River, along the course of which are tho principal power dams of the Southern Power Company, caused the issuanco j of an order received here Saturday morning that eotton mills and other private users of power from the com pany would have their power cut off today. This order, it is understood, does not apply to public users, such as munlclplltles purchasing power and reselling it or to public utility con cerns purchasing direct from the power company. ' As a result of the order the Dacotah mill, which has no steam plant. Is Idle today. One plant of the Wsnonah Is also Idle because of necessity of some concrete work In one boiler room before changing back to steam. : Erlanger, Nokomls and Wenonah mills all operate now by - electrlo power but all are quipped to change to the use of steam on short notice and it is understood each plant has a considerable' supply of coaf on hand. Some months ago it became necessary for these Jhree mills, which were using secondary current, to change back to steam because of a low supply of cur rent.. An explosion In the boiler room at the Nokomls necessitated tho change back to current, but this has since been mended, it is understood. . The territory served by tho South ern Power Company was ' divided in flvo sections, all the private users north and east of Salisbury being In tho first division. The current in this division will bo off from 6 a. m. until 6 p. m. today. The night ourrent Is not effected. Other sections will bo curtailed one day each during the week. Tho present arrangement is announced only for this week and is iiibjoct to change by the first of noxt week. i H. T. LINCOLN SAW KILLIXO OF ALL TOTREE PRESIDENTS Hero Is the amazlnor, the oery, ex- ocrience of Robert T. Lincoln, eon 'f President Lincoln, and now In bis eightieth year. Ho related it re- lently to sr friend and so far as I know, it has never before been pub I'shed: Young Lincoln was in tho army and stationed in Virginia when ho received au. order to- report at Washington. Ho got: Into tho theatre just iu time to seo his father receive his fatal wound. Toung Lincoln was Secretary ot War under Garfield. He was askod jy -tho President to meet him at the ta'lcm" and .he reached 'there- just as 3arfleld was assassinated. ... . - Mr. Lincoln' received an invitation to attend the formal opening of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. and accompanied by his family, got there Just In time to see Presldsnt Mc- Kltiley shot by Czolgosz. , A friend happened to be with Mr. Lincoln when he received an Invita tion to attend a presidential function at Washington a few years aq. H '.hen remarked to tho effect that, "If "hoy only knew, they wouldn't want mo there.". And he recited his ex perience as here revealed. B. C. Forces, in Forbes Magazine (N. T.) Tyro Parent-Teachers Meeting On the second of November the parents and teachers ot Tyro consoli dated school met and completed the organization of a Parent-Teacher As sociation. Prof Surratt was elected president and Miss Lena Loonard -feretory. - Miss Cora Jeffcoat was iresont to read the by-laws and ex plain the object ot the organisation. Parents and teachers will noto the second meeting will be held at the school house on Dec. 1, at 3 p. m., and every first Friday ot each mouth thereafter. Hope to see every parent present ut tho next meeting and use tho oportupnlty to male) our school the best. TRfST COMPAXT BUSINESS SHOWIXO IMMENSE G.UX6 Thn annual publication tnown as tho "Trust Companies of tho United S'ates." issued by the United Btates Mortgage ssd Trust Company of New fork for 1933 has Just been distrib uted. The figures contained In it are ot unusual Interest in that this Is the hundredth year of the trust company service in the United States. Total resources of trust companies for the year ondlog June 3t were 111.- 73P.S20.733. against f 15,311,430,111 last year, and aggregate deposits for the first time exceeded 110,000,000,. 100 New York State reported total of 33, SSI, 380, 518, for a sain of over i:!7,ooo,oo. The State showing the Urgent vniiis, ot ths year are, in prders New York t::7.737,000; Illinois 8109,000;- 000;' California, - $77, 293,000; Now Jersrv. 383.331,000; Maryland, 334.- 22!.O00; Maesiichusotts. $33,314,000 Rhode Island. $l(.:67.O0O; .Virginia, $ls,:&4.000. The North Atlantic and North Central Slutce showed the largost sectional gains. President John Vt Flatten. In oom tnxntlng on thu years' progress ssys: "This, thu twentieth annual edition u( "Trust Companies of the Units Stall's." Is published during (he Ctrl trnulnl year of trust company activ ities In this country, the first grant if fiduciary powers to a corporation having bii made In H.'J. The posi tion ot the trust companies cousld srud In ths light of thsir devslopmsnt givos every promise that their In fluence wll ountlnus In lucrsaslng de gree during the new centuiy, "Trust company resources in the United States for the yr rndlng "It will bs seen from this statement June 30, 1923, were $13,739,830,738,1 that the total ot the sums col Lot ed estsblWhing a new high rrcord and amounted te $14,131,201.93 while the ffvi-tually offsetting the lots shown oost of snforonivnt for flucal year in 1921 rouipsred with 1930- k The endlrg June 30, 1932, wss only about tiMal exneHt that of hut year by ovr 38.600,000." 34i.osii,(fte, and is groUsr by 37, i , 743.000 than the previous high mark r- MIm Mettle Murratt, ot Kswsoiit, le of 1910." , tvlsltlng her cousin, Mrs. A. 8. Johnson. Joe Jones Freed From Jail After Burglary Charge Perhaps there Is no happier person In North or South Carolina today than Joe Jones, young negro of Eastover, S. C, who was released from Jail here Saturday evening after having stood in the shadow of a long prison sen tenco or even worse fate, and who had actually been convicted by a Jury of a crime carrying the maximum sen tence of thirty years in prison. Solicitor Bower announced to the oourt before adjournment Saturday evening that, his Investigation of this ease had convinced him that Jones is Innocent and that another negro who actually committed the orimes laid against Jones had fled the country and the officers had as yet boon un able to locate him. At the August torm of court he.ro, .Tones, who had been arrested a few days previous, was placed on trial charged with entering two homes In the night in Thomasvillo township. Women were sleeping in both these rooms but the negro was frightened away without committing any overt act. Another homo was also enter ed but no charge was laid against Jones as to this, although there was some evidence as to it at the time of trial. Jones' shoe tracks fitted those found around tho two homos ontored. Tho tracks from ono of these places were followed to the Tucker and Lax- ton oamp on Abbotts Creek, where Jones was working. He was arrest ed and jailed. Within a few minu ses another nogro, who Is said to have had prowling habits, loft the place without even claiming this time, al though It was payday. This nogro It is said, would also till tho general description of tho ono seen In the neighborhood of the crimes. Much of this evidence favorablo to tho de-j fondant 'could not be placed before ' the jury because forbidden by rules of ovldence. Thoy wero told bofore Judge Hardnlg at that time, after the Jury had found Jones guilty, of sec ond degree burglary, and tho judge promptly ordered a nonsuit. THOMAS CASE IS ARGUED BEFORE SUPREME COI RT John ' J.' Parker, of Charlotte, ono ot tho leading counsel representing O. O. (Red) Thomas, convicted of killing a Concord plumber at Kanna polis some time ago and who was tried and sentenced In Cabarrus su nerlor court by Judge J. Bis Ray to serve II rears in the ..peiitentiarv last-weak argued the oase before the- nupremp cmtrt-in1 ,lprterto -occur a. new trial for Thomas.. - , v . ' Mr. . Parker presented two excep tions and offered them with, consum mate skill. The ciiBo recently came 1own on certiorari, but Judge Bis Ray would not change the record and ths thing had to be argued as a straight appeal. , . The exceptions are uot all serious, but there is an allegation that the record was certified, down inuc- nuratcly. ' - The Thomas case had elements of "onsldorablo sensation in it and the trial almost matched in importance he . celebrated Moans fight which dragged over weeks and months with a final fiasco. ENFORCI NO PROHIBITION A PROFITABLE BUSINESS That tho total expenditure Inci dent to the cost of the enforcement of the national prohibition act through out tho nation amounts to less than half as much as the amount collected by . federal prohibition authorities Is revealed In a statement issued by Federal Prohibition Director Kohloss, of this state, showing a comparative estimate" of the actual collections, run ning costs, forfeitures and tinea ef fected under the operation of the 18th amendment. Theso figures are for the entire nation for the fiscal year IDS!, ending June 20. Fines and penalties during the fl onl year, imposed on violators of tlietno PorchCnl arrived and aUo why national prohibition act. totaled 83,- 143,694.74. The value of the prop erty scltud was placed at 38.000,000 whllo forfeitures, taxes, fines, etc. to talnd 88,131,300,93. In other words the cost of putting into effect the operstlon of tho prohi bition law In the United States during 1933 woa 38.500,000 while the total amounts collected was 114,121,309.91, or more than doubting coats. . The following la a statement show ing the amounts realized from for feitures, compromises .taxes, penal ties and federal fines collected from violations ot the national prohibition act togother with a statement show ing tho cost ot enforcement of thv same. ' - "Fines and penalties. Uses) yeat ending June 30, 19:. I3,14:.S 1.74 cos, f euforee nicnt. OsV.il year rndlnc juno go, lS3, $8,543,99 1.30; cost ot enforcement. Asosl yrnr ending June 20, l:i, 14.148. HI. :0; cost ot en forcement, fiscal year ending June 30. 1930. C, 111. It! 88: approprtnilon for fiscal year ending Juno 30, 19:1, 37. 100.000; appropriation for tlwal year ending June 80, 1932, $7.600 000; ap propriation rndlng June 30, I9!9, $. 260,000; appropriation for lineal yesr ending June 30, 19: 1. $9,:60,009 re commended), ' "Euch of the above opproprlutious Include $?5t.v00 for enforcement of the narootlo law. "Amount resllsvd from forfeitures, compromises, taxes, penalties, fderil Ansa (during the psst year) act unify collected $3,121,209.93. Approximate value of properly . Kied. 1921, $.000.iit" FRANK LLEWELLYN , BEGINS SEHTENGE IN VIRGINIA PEN Pleads Guilty in Auto Case-Eleven Other 5 Indictments v", Frank Llewellyn, formerly, of AIUV way township, this county has enter ed the Virginia state penitentiary to begin serving a sentence of' threr , years lmposod upon him at Richmond last week when he plead guilty to stealing an automobile, , Eleven ' more Indictments on similar charges await hint in tho Richmond courts.' Tho following special from Richmond' to one of the Virginia state papers tells something of Llewellyn's fatrt Frank Llewellyn, alleged head of : an automobile thoft syndicate operat ing on an extensive scato in Virginia and ' North Carolina pleaded guilty here to ono. indictment charging theft of a car and was given three- years in tho pententiary. There -arc. elovon other Indictments .still stand- -ing against him. - - . VLlewellyn Is from North Wilkes-'7 boro, N. C. The gang is believed to have been responsible for the theft, of more than 60 cars here, a number 3f which havo already been recover' ed in North Carolina in the vicinity of Greensboro. "Harry Hall, another ulleged mem ber of tho syndicate, who has only one log and is said to have escaped !rom a convict road gang in, North Carolina, after being sent up from Greensboro on a bootlegging charge. Is also being held here awaiting trial on one. indictment. This case may be transferred to North Carolina, .as there Is evidence tending to show . that tho car involved in his case wan stolen in that Stato instead of hero. "No indictment has yet been , re turned ngahiBl Kate Rutherford,' a young woman from North ; Wilkes- , boro, who was arrested here in 'a houso with Llowellyn, although she Has been held in Jail Hlnco her arrest. ' Both Llewellyn and Hull' are said to r havo several .aliases.? . ; ...-! It will bo 'i recalled1 that several weeks ago a .detective visited Luxtng '.oil on the trace of some of the fitly -cars stolen in Richmond, tho , thefts : f -which were 'credited to Llewcllye ' and--hta tweoclaUssr--Thrs wtas 'the- - Clint story published in a North Care- '. iina. nowspapcr about the man being" the ulleged head "of' an automobile i : tealing gang, v Tint dotective , who , , -mnc here gave it as his opinion that , Llewellyn had either stolen or handled . after being stolen ut least a hundred and fifty cur. It tho Richmond of ficers' aro anything near- correct in , their' estimate of fifty secured In that city then the detective's estl muto is probably a very modest one. Time und time ugnln the olllcers here huve been notified that ran stolen in tlilx county had been traced through tho hunds of Llewellyn, but usually it wns hard to get enough evidence to bring .about his arrest m shrewd wus his method of opera , lions. ' , A man is now serving five years orr . 'he county roads for stealing an au tomobile that it is now hinted wns ac tually stolen by Llewellyn, but which was found on the premiser of too man who was convicted. This man denied that ho knew anything about he theft, but that just before the owner irhd friends arrived In search of thu car it had been driven Into his, --ard ami that someone ran away. He presented evidence at the trial here of tracks leading from this car across a field, as of someono in grout haste. However, tho accused was unable to i satisfactorily explain to the Jury why ho (apparently was fully dressed when his clothing appeared to be damp. Prinelpa4 E. C. Denton of tho Reed high school had a new coupe stolen and It was many months before he recovered It at Wlnston-ialem. Tbe man who wss in possession ap peared to be a legitimate purchaser hut thu car wss traced back to Frank Llewellyn. At that time Llewellyn os a fugitive from Wlnlon-8aln. having forfeited a bond on aa anto theft charge. Ho never came back tor trial, although he is known to have been in this county artsr that, (n tact, lie Is said to have sold sev eral automobiles In Davidson after that occurs uce. No one hss yet been punlched for the theft o( thn Denton ear although several arrests were made. '. IXM N RACE INCREASES " 13.3041 IN TEN VEARb The. Indlun rue is not a dying one, V, O.' Merrllt, swlstont Indlun couV mliwlouur. ss the 340.911 Indians now In the United Htalrx represent an Increase of approximately 13,600 over the number ten yrnrs ugu. .... , The liicn-urc hue l-vvn brousht u li in. the ai.lMnnt oomnth-sionrr wi. Iy Improved hutudng n,ltiloi' and hiereiisxl hupleal nnd meiln il locllltle. , There are 78 Iioi-iiIIhIh ui tin !ull:iti' n erailnn nnd k lioei. snJ there are eii,plo tl In the lo dlsn senlot I', phyxleliiiis, 81 aursva and 7 field tiislronn. the bitter King Die liomoe o( Indian te Im prove living roiiiNt lone, "Vr nr vdiKtitlug In our Indian Sahovlx and In thu public srhools of. I lie Kuuutry (O.ses Indlun chlldrru." Mr. Mvrrlll wiyx. "And are skng fr lii'ireniwd approprluilmia wlih n view of ulllmutely placing every In dia rlilld of si hovl sss 111 Sehoiil. on the theory that education. InduMry snd asnluiry living conditions ar the solution of the Indian problem."
The Dispatch (Lexington, N.C.)
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