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PAGE SIX Stolen Cow Back to Fanner in Cans Red Cloud, Neb.—M. R. Rhetus, farmer, will have meat this winter where he figured to have milk and cream. One of Rhetus’ cows was stolen. A few days later the sheriff returned the cow—ln cane. Prank Lemke admitted stealing, butcher ing and canniDg the cow. SEVERE ON COMMON THIEF IN OLD DAYS Whipping, Cut Off Ears, Pillory in One Sentence. Sunbury, Pa.-r-01d records at the Northumberland county courthouse at test to the severity of sentences Im posed by the courts during the repub lic’s infancy. The case of Joe Dlsberry versus .or ganized society indicates severe sen tences were then, as now, not In fallible In curbing crime. Joe was the terror of the county, albeit be had a well-defined sense of humor. He wasn’t particular about what be stole but his favorite theft was food, covked by himself In houses while the occupants were gone, i Finally the patience of authorities was exhausted. This sentence was lm posed In December, 1784: “That the -said Joseph Dlsberry receive 39 lashes ‘between the hours of 8 and 9 o’clock ■tomorrow; to stand In the pillory one ihour; to have his ears cut off and flailed to the post; to return the prop erty stolen, or the value thereof; re main in prison three months; pay a fine, etc.” Col. Henry Antes, sheriff, saw that the provisions of the sentence were executed. i Court records show that he was con victed four years later of robbing three houses, and sentenced to the peniten tiary at Philadelphia. A few years later be returned to Sunbury, still sticky fingered. While robbing a mill In Union coun ty he fell through a hatchway and suf fered fatal Injuries. Rumanian Is Judge by Day and Thief at Night Bucharest.—A strange case of dou ble personality reminiscent of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was brought be fore the Braila police court which had the unpleasant task of sending one of its own judges who was accused of burglary to a mental hospital. During the day George Grigorescu was a capable and promising young magistrate. At night, however, he turned burglar whose pluck and cat like agility astounded the police and rendered his capture difficult. After a sensational pursuit on house roofs, Georgescu slipped and was caught. Owing to his abnormal be haviour he was examined by a com mission of brain specialists, wbo were of opinion that the judge is not re sponsible for his actions due to the fact that he suffers from double per sonality mania. He did not sell the stolen objects but hoarded them in the basement of his house, which had the aspect of a pawnshop. “Human Adding Machine 0 to Be Freed From Prison Pittsburgh.—The man “who once raced an adding machine and won” will be freed on parole from the West ern penitentiary soon. Eugene H. Kuhn, the “human adding machine.” was sentenced 36 to 40 years in 1919 for killing his estranged wife’s parents. Recently Gov. Gifford Pinchot granted clemency and Kuhn will soon be freed. His mathematical ability has repeat edly amazed officials at the penitenti ary. Hi can add two columns of fig ures simultaneously and can divide, multiply and subtract large sums en tirely “in his head.” He can easily do the work of three clerks. Penitentiary officials said he has never taken any educational courses in mathematics. Skipper Goes Angling Brings Back Rabbits Chilmark, Mass.—lt remained for Capt. Rasmus Klirnm, fishing skipper, to bring In the strangest catch of the season. t-‘. He -sailed away to ' the fishing grounds and -returned with —twenty rabbits! He. found the weather too rigorousi.to pi.v his trade, and'so land ed oi) a..bleak',island, caught the score of frthem ainong'. hii^riends. •-' " Wolf I ups | Neb.—Ray tee, bar £ ber, has gained, a reputation as an an yimal trainer. He has spent bis spare ' time training,,two groy-igplf pups. The f wolf pups, Lee says, are quick to learn and have mastered -several tricks, a feat considered extremely unusunL ,—: ;— * “Rat Trouble” in Auto Vancouver, Wash. County Clerk Oral Cain had “rat trouble” In her automobile motor. Her car behaved peculiarly on several occasions and after a second visit to a garage me chanic* discovered a half-starved rat im prisoned under the hood. Lightning “Charge*” Sink Hinsdale, Mass.—For days after lightning followed it . J»ter pipe Into the borne of Michael ftojtp, his kitchen sink would loose a etagij^^;, shock to HELPFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS < ■ < ► 1 THE TWO-GLASS DINNER THE new lilac and hawthorn# design of this fine white Irish damask cloth ls a and wrlngiikt * no t» tor the two-glass yet formal dinner. It la the perfect setting for the fine crystal and sliver or tb« occasion. The liken to experiment withher new u |g w u !^ er piece. It Is adjustable, coming to ten separate parts, and carries tour candle holders for the tau tapers. Dates Set For Civil Service Examinations The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open com petitive examinations as follows: Senior social economist $4,600. social economist, $3,800, associate so cial economist, $3,200; assistant so cial economist, $2,600 a year, chil dren’s bureau, Department of Labor. Closing date, December 13, 1934. The salaries named are subject tc a deduction of not to exceed five per cent during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, as a measure of econ omy, and also to a deduction of 3 1-2 per cent toward a retirement an nuity. All states except lowa, Vermont, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia have received less than their quota of appointments in the apportioned departmental service in Washington, D. C. Full information may be obtained from the secretary of the United States Civil Service Board of Exam iners or the post office in this city. Two hundred 4-H club boys and 20 club girls have filed records of their year’s work w'ith the county and home agents of Stanly County. - 11 Guaranteed Service... On Your Car For I Every Mile Os Its Life | When Yon Use I SHELL GAS and OIL f I You Will Always'Get j The Best Service | I I ANTI FREEZE FLUID f * Xk* Cf f • 1 The fluid that protects I 1 nIS oration | y our car i n lowest tem- I I peratures. I NOW IS THE TIME TO DRAIN' j I > THAT OLD SUMMER OIL AND I ; REFILL WITH SHELL WINTER J testing and peri-' I GRADE MOTOR OIL. , I odic filling with distilled I I water. • I Harry’s Service Sta. North Broad St. Edenton, N. C. I j THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDBNTON, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1984. I RYLAND ) 1 > Roy Parks suffered a severe attack of acute indigestion while in Eliza beth City on business last Wednes day night He was carried to a doc tor for emergency treatment and was then brought home. He was quite ill the rest of that night and all Thursday, but was able to be out again Friday. Mrs. Julian E. Ward and son, Geo., and Ernest Ward, Jr., of Edenton, spent Friday afternoon at the home of R. S. Ward. Mrs. Comie Spivey, who stepped on a nail several days ago, is reported to be improving. Mrs. Spivey has suffered right much from the injury. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Boyce and children, G. A. and Sarah Jane, spent Friday in Suffolk and Hampton, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Pailen Lane and lit tle daughter, of Ballahack, visited her mother, Mrs. Louisa Ward, Sunday afternoon. H. H. Lane and daughter, Juanita, and Mrs. Roy Parks spent Sunday ir Norfolk, Va., with relatives. They were accompanied home by Mrs. Lane and little son and Miss Mary Lee Davis, who had been visiting there | for the past week. Miss Thelma Ward visited Miss Gertrude Jackson Sunday morning. Mrs. Will Copeland and Mrs. Louisa Ward visited Mrs. Irvin Copeland on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Ward and children, Thomasine and David, were in Edenton Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Joe White and little son, Robert, of Gliclen, visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Parks or- Sunday afternoon. O. C. Ward and daughter. Miss Ronella, were in Edenton Saturday night. Mrs. Harriett Parks and Mrs. Will Copeland visited Mrs. Lewis Winslow Monday afternoon. Mrs. Vernon Jordan and children called to see her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clingman Dail, Sunday after noon. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ward and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. Julian Ward and son, George, of Edenton, “went places” Sunday afternoon, Rutherford County farmers are showing interest in methods for checking soil erosion. At a recent meeting, the extensive losses caused by erosion were emphasized. Corn-Hog- Growers Offered Contract Benefit payments will be offered to North Carolina farmers who wish to adjust their com or hog produc tion in 1986, W. W. Shay, swine spe cialist at State College, has an nounced. The maximum reduction to be re quired by the 1986 contracts will be 10 per cent under the base average for 1932 and 1933. However, com growers may reduce as much as 30 per cent and get benefit payments in proportion with their reductions. The payments will be sls a head on the hogs by which the 1935 produc tion will be cut under the base aver age and 35 cents a bushel on the average com production of the land withdrawn from com cultivation. The 1935 contracts will be simpler than those for this year and will per mit land retired from com to be used in the production of any other crop, save basic commodities, for use as the farmer sees fit There will be no limitation of feeder pigs bought by one contract signer from another, but the num ber of feeder pigs bought from a non signer will be limited to the average number bought by the signer in 1932 and 1933. North Carolina is not confronting sj§| • Not only foreign v£H stations but daytime Hft£ IliH^BwfJß short-wave programs K 'jf from important Amer- He? : ican stations that you can’t get with stand- ard sets. Model. Both models 1801! have same powerful |l|| j superheterodyne Hm Imß exclusive "push- ‘if'wß life” dial illumination; HHjHM ■/!,KfH tuning gear- Hff- C-lfik ratio; variable tone Hfr; HHIBK2S| < i| control;automaticvol- ume control; Doublet UMI I^^H Antenna Input System; Mra super-power speaker. ■'<sM Batteriet ' ; B BP more 1 RECHARGING! Because of an entirely new kind The "AIR CELL”—this amazing radt© gives round-the-world remits equal to the best - x all-electric sets, yet kt remarkably Joliroper •ting cost. The "AIR CELL” requires no rtcbargmgt Foreign stations from ell over the world—important American (laytime •• broadcasts you can’t get on standard wave. •. i Gome in and see these beautiful models— hear their wonderful tone, range, selectiv ity, freedom from noises. Ask Your Local Dealer Fc£ Mv. T \ J a menace of corn-hog over-produc tion, Shay said, and growers will not j be urged to sign the contracts. But if they desire to get the liberal bene- J fit payments, they will be given full J opportunity to sign up. GUEST AT HOTEL DAMAGES CAR WHEN HE HITS PARKED TRUCK B. C. Kramer, of Toledo, Ohio, a guest at the Hinton Hotel, and well known to many here, had a narrow escape “from serious injuries Friday night about 6 o’clock, when he ran > his car into the rear end of a Jxuek on the causeway between Wpsor and Williamston. The truck, according to Mr. Kram er, was owned by W. J. Burden of Windsor, and was parked on the causeway without lights of any kind, and due to a heavy rainfall at the time, Mr. Kramer failed to see the truck and crashed into it, smashing the radiator, hood and lights on his car. Mr. Kramer also sustained a badly sprained left wrist which was treated by a physician, when he ar rived in Edenton. Edgar Auton, Caldwell-County 4-H t club member, made 77.8 bushels of com on one acre this year. He had A profit of $87.60 after deducting ex : penses amounting to $30.25.
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