North Carolina Newspapers

T IBI .,sHED SEPTEMBER 19, 1878 DOPER TO SERVE ROAD SENTENCE hjt .f Executive Says He Acts In official Capacity As Representative R , le igh, April 11-Clemency r .kusc Thomas E. Cooper, Wnnington banker, now 1 ' , ttrm of eight years on 1 Hoover county roads for in i.-e state banking laws, su-.rement issued tonight by Dvernor McLean. v th , , ant hearing in Cooper’s * e before che chief executive, ; eroUS fri-nds, including men of . .rate appeared in the prison ,, j .v. Governor McLean an iunit,(i ht would consider the pe m , - an*- announce his decision ter. . j * ~] ij my conscientious duty decline to act favorably in this , e •• Governor McLean said. The statement: ••The application for parole of e prisoner. Thomas E. Cooper, nia de to me first more than year ago and since that time Irs and petitions filed With me, asking that he iroled before beginning his upon the roads of New Han- j county, and while he was con in the federal prison at At pon his release some weeks from the federal prison, I :ed him a respite of 20 days e beginning his term on the . in order that he might visit rife and children and attend : It some personal matters. He be j the service of his sentence at i Re expiration of the 20 days and Ron thereafter his counsel sought Rui obtained a hearing before the ■ardon commissioner and before Re pardon commissioner and my- Rlf in which they asked for parole ■f the prisoner for the remainder R his term. ■ "The pardon commissioner made ■ very thorough investigation of all the facts in the case. ■ "After personally giving the mat- Rr careful and deliberate consid eration I have reached the conclus- Rn that a proper regard for the ’ p die interest does not justify me R extending clemency to the pris-/ Rer at this time. It is true that i has paid the penalty for in of the laws of the United Bpstes. but that does not, in my Rvnion, absolve him from paying Re debt which he owes to the state R Carolina. The state after all represents Re people whose sovereignty is Repressed in the laws they have en- Rted for the protection of their Rtht.\ and these laws have been Reken by the prisoner. I In exercising the power of pa- Rle tested in me by the constitu | - ' • ttl ' s 'tate, lam acting not ■ & personal but in an official ca -1 am the representative, ,f “yself but of the people of W state as a whole. If I were act ■ " undoubtedly my ■ or the prisoner whom sonally known for a long icularly for his wife ■ would influence me to ■ dnt clemency. I ,^ L m iac L painful to me to ole action which I . A Ijl ean so much to them, he remembered that r n - e of official duty is ' a y> easy and pleasant. The •soner is prominent and has powerful • not be considered in case. We should st, hve to maintain the law, even difficult to ac -'LVKUIAGE LICENSE. 7; • g couples have re fer marriage recent ly/*.'.' Untl ° X A.lma Perry, arv p U T- cster Andrews and st ' Vatfcrs » Siler City. The , r , . Cou Pl e were married tiday Gordon last The Chatham Record Woman’s Club Has Red Letter Day i Mesdames Jerman, Bickett, Per due, and Randolph, of State- Wide Prominence, Address Club at Friday’s Meeting. Friday, April the Bth, was a Red Letter Day in the history of the Woman’s Club of Pittsboro, at which time the members of the club had as their guests, Mrs. F. R. Perdue, chairman of the eighth dis tric-t of the North Carolina Federa tion of Woman’s clubs; Mrs. T. W. Bickett, Mrs. Palmer Jerman and Mrs. E. E. Randolph, all of Raleigh, Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin, president, in her usual gracious and charming manner introduced the honor guests, all of whom made inspir ing talks. Mrs. Perdue was lavish in her praise of the Pittsboro Woman’s club and expressed her apprecia tion of the interest and support given by this club and its untiring president, Mrs. Griffin; she furth er stated that it would be a real pleasure to her to give the report of the Pittsboro club at the State Federation meeting to be held in Durham in May and that she was looking forward to giving her re port of this club’s activities with the keenest of pleasure. The Pitts bevo Woman’s Club, she said, had helped to give her a vision for stimulating the spirit of co-opera tion among the clubs in her county. Mrs. E. E. Randolph, state chair man of the music memory contest brought an inspiring message to all lovers of music. She complimented Mrs. Victor R. Johnson, chairman of the local department, for the fine work she and her committee had accomplished during the past year, and predicated even greater results for the coming year. She stressed the importance of music in the home and school and now to get boys and girls interested in special things at home instead of the movies and other outside at tractions by the solace of music. Mrs. Bickett made a most favor able impression on all who heard her. She spoke with great force, clearness and fluency. She stress ed the importance of examining children before they enter school and the necessity of vaccinating them against contagious diseases before they begin school work. Mrs. Bickett gave a brief history of the work that is being accomplished at Samarcand and of the fine achieve ments at the Kinston school for feebleminded children. Mrs. Palmer Jerman, whom Mrs. Griffin in introducing her, said, “She would tell us what the legis lature did and what it didn’t. That she was known throughout all North Carolina for splendid achievements and that two years hence she would make a fine run ning mate for Max Gardner,” was at her best. Her talk was full of vigor, enthusiasm and inspiration. She recounted the achievements of the past legislature; complimented the men who were instrumental in securing the passage of the*meas ures advocated by the state federa tion, and stated that we could al ways rely on the men to take care of the material things but that the spiritual things of life were largely in the hands of the women. She stressed the great need of a more highly developed political cons ciousness and impressed on her hearers the power dormant in the ballot, which is useless unless used. It was a great talk and thorough ly enjoyed but the writer is keen ly conscious of her inability to even give a sketchy account of it. Mrs. Cecil H. Lindley and Miss Emily Taylor, with Mrs. J. W. Hunt as accompanist, delighted all with their lovely singing. Witness Admits He Once Kissed Dog For Five Dollars Elizabeth City, April 10 —Char- lie Watt Taylor swears he wouldn’t “do anything for money” but he admitted he kissed a dog once for $5.00. ' The admission came out while Taylor was appearing as a federal witness in federal court here. He blushed furiously over the ex posure, but explained it was 15 years ago when he was a boy. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, APR. 14, 1927 jij!* Sit™' * ' SAPIRO REFUSED A MISTRIAL Judge Raymond Sharply Re bukes Plaintiff for Unwill ingness to Obey Court • • Detroit, Mich., April 11—After a sharp rebuke from the court be cause of “your apparent unwilling ness to obey the injunction of the j court,” Aaron Sapiro today deman ded and was refused a mistrial in his 51,Q00,000 libel suit against Henry Ford. The unexpected announcement came just before the close of a day which had been devoted listlessly to a further search through Sapiro’s eleven years of connection with far mer’s cooperative association, for fees he had received. One bitter wrangle just had been concluded when Senator Reed, of the Ford counsel, soked the plaint iff who was under cross examina tion for the tenth day: “Did you tell anything to do with the organization of the Union Growers Association Indiana.”? “Yes,” replied the witness. “Now, so as not to waste any time on time, did you get some fees out of it?” asked Reed in a sar castic tone. Judge Raymond in baiting the angry exchanges between Reed and Sapiro just a moment before had demanded the cross examination be confined to organizations from which it was to be proved, Sapiro had received fees, stating that two much time was being lost. “I don’t waste any time on it,” Sapiro shot back at Reed as he be gan thumbing through the record of his income from cooperatives. “Witness, that is not necessary at all,” interposed the Judge. “Was not that addressed to me, your honor?” asked Sapiro. “No, that was addressed to the j returned Reed as he sat down,’and the storm broke over the heads of Sapiro and his counsel. “You will confine yourself to answering questions or the court will have to take other action,” be gan Judge Raymond. “I have suggested a sufficient number of times, not only the sug gestion but the reason for it and it ought to be perfectly apparent. I must insist upon you confining yourself to answering of the ques tion, and I shall have to be more insistent in the future, than I have been in the past because of your apparent willingness to disobey the injunction of the court.” I ' Killing of Lee Sheriff Tragic For His Family Officer Lost His Savings In Bank ! Failure—Widow Must Rely On Own Efforts l Sanford, April 10—Two shots fired by blockaders on a late Jan-! uary Sabbath afternoon entered^the • I brain of James L. Turner, sheriff • of Lee county, while he was in the j ; pursuit of his sworn duty, and ■ > | ended a life well trained in the ■ school of hard knocks. For this i murder four men are now on trial ; in Lee county Superior court, and no matter how the trial ends, the ’ result will not erase the hardships that the tragedy has brought upon the sheriff’s little family. The late sheriff was born on a Harnett county farm, but removed * when a boy to Sanford. He attend ed schcol here before his family moved here. For fifteen years he J' served Sanford as a fearless and i. reliable police officer. By dint of hard work, he was; J able to lay by a few thousand dol- i, lars in addition to supporting and! j educating his family and taking: ' care of his feeble parents. Just a ! j short time before Sheriff Turner’s j < untimely and tragic death, the bank i in which he had his little sayings, j j •deposited, the Banking Loan and j Trust company, failed, wiping out | ■ the little funds so sorely needed by i, the widow and her three children. I The widow, formerly Miss Maie Lowe, married Mr. Turner fifteen ( years ago. She was a native of Robeson county, which she left ■ when very small. She was reared in the Presbyterian orphan’s home i at Barium Springs, from which she graduated in 1911. She has been in constant attendance at the trial, accompanied most of the time by Mrs. Fred Kimel, of Raleigh, sister i | of the slain sheriff. There are three children: Wil liam Howard, a manly lad of 14 years; Edith Maie, aged eight,and the baby girl, Wiley Raie, aged three. Mrs . Turner, slender, almost i girlish in appearance, does not harbor bitterness and hatred to ward the four blockaders, whose murderous guns robbed her of her, ; life companion, breaking her heart and snatching away her source "of j i support. She is facing the uncer- j tain future with a brave heart, and j the people of Sanford have made a | solemn resolution to give their help : as well as pity.—Greensboro News. Any woman can manage a man, but few can manage another wo- , man. < GOLDSTON NEWS The Juniors * entertained' the j Seniors and faculty at an enjey j able reception given at the town i hall Saturday evening, April the j ninth. The hall was attractively decorated in the Senior class col ors, gold and purple. Pine and ! dogwood blossoms were used in piofusion. Misses Eva Burns and Kriebel Tyssn served punch in their charm ing manner as the guests assembled in the hall. A number of lively games were played in the beginning which were much enjoyed. Then partners were arrang-ed for, which was followed by an interesting flower contest. Pink and white block cream and cake were served by the junior girls, which was followed by salt ed peanuts. They were presented to each guest in golden hand-made .ulips, which were beautiful and unique. Those present were the follow ing. Faculty: Prof. J. H. Moore, Misses Louise Womble, Ethel Key, Ola Rarmon, Pearl Johnson, Edith and Dessie Roberts, Nannie Cox; Seniors: Misses Jewel Jenkins, Lucy Kirkman, Mary Womble, El kins, Messrs. Edward Barber, Murly Cheek, John Wiley Garner, Eugene Burke, Aubury Burk, L. B. Hester, Edgar Alexander, Wade Goldston, Juniors: Elizabeth Hester, Linda Womble, Willie Goldston, Kidel Tyson, Bessie Poe, Eva Burns, Wiley Beale, Billie Beale, Lindon Elkins, Samuel Cheek, Joseph Goldston, Hoyle Stinson, Kemp Moffitt, and John Henry Chaffin. We were glad to have Misses Lou ise Brooks, and Mary Alice Hall as honorary guests. They are teach ers who are observing and teach ing’ in the Goldston school. The seniors and faculty were sur prised, but delighted, when they re ceived very unique invitations Monday to go fishing at Gulf. They were driven to Gulf in a truck and stopped on the bank of the river where each one tried their best to catch a fish, but they were unlucky fishermen. They were given fish enough to eat anyway. Fires were built and fish were fried. All enjoyed the fish, and the party was very pleas ant in every way. Miss Grace Burke delightfully entertained Misses Brooks and Hall at her home Friday evening. The Goldston baseball team was defeated by Siler City team at Si ler City last Thursday afternoon, 15-16. The way a family’s necessities just equal the breadwinner’s in come is an inexplicable mystery. Monthly Meeting Os The Woman’s Club . ~t t Th'e Report of Year’s Work Shows Fine Record of Achievements; Mrs Griffin Thanks Members The regular monthly meeting of the Woman’s Club of Pittsboro was ■ held in the club room Wednesday j afternoon at three-thirty. Fol ! lowing the reading of the collect, the minutes of last meeting and the reports of standing commit tees, the chairmen of the different i departments gave their annual re ports. The outstanding achieve ments of the club for the past year were: the bringing here of Dr. Albert S. Root of Raleigh to ex amine babies and small children free of charge; the tuberculosis and adenoid clinics; the presentation cf a Trombone, suitably inscribed to the school to be used by some wor thy pupil; the securing of the ser vices of Mrs. Leavitt as teacher of expression in the school; the fur nishing of musical data to the teachers in the high school, and the presentation .through one of the members of the music depart ment of the life of certain com posers, with their best known com positions; the furnishing of music for the Fourth of July celebration; the community sing given on De cember 26th, when more than a hundred voices sang the beautiful Christmas carols; the presentation to the county of a handsome flag for the court house square; the securing of Dr. Hubert Poteat, who .gave a most enjoyable lecture-mu sical; a part-time scholarship for a pupil in expression; the annual ba zaar, the purchase of a piano for ! the club room and the presentation . to the school of Mrs. Cotten’s His tory of North Carolina Federation ! of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Victor R. Johnson, chair man of the nominating committee, [ gave her report which was as fol i lows: For treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Hunt, for secretary, Mrs. Edwin B. : Hatch; for chairman of the health department, Mrs. F. C. Mann. Mrs. Julian M. Gregory was elected delegate to the meeting of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs, which will be held in Dur ham May 3, to 5. Mrs. Jas. L. Grif fin, president of the club, also goes as a delegate by virtue of her of- I fice. Under the auspices of the club a cotton program under the chair manship of Miss Bertha Coltrane, will be put on April the 19th. This movement is being put on to stimulate the local use of cot ton. Mrs. Jas. L. Griffin, president, in a few well chosen words gra ciously thanked the members of the club and the chairman of the dif ferent departments for their un failing loyalty v and support given her during the past year. The club by a rising vote pledged anew their, support and to give of their best efforts in serving the town, com munity and school, through the channels of their club, the coming year. The New Fish Law In Effect Thursday Licenses Required for Any Fisher man Within Any Fresh Water Stream. Raleigh, April I.—Attention, fishermen! The 1927 fishing law went into effect today. It is an act “looking to the pro pagation and protection of game fish in North Carolina,” its says. Fishing licenses are required for any fisherman, resident or non resident of the state, in any pub lic fresh water streams, ponds, lakes, with reel, jointed rod, or both, or by casting with line and rod of any description. For a resident county license fee is set at SI; for a state license, au thorizing fishing in any county, $2, and for a non-resident of the state, $3. Fishermen must wear a button showing his license number. When the husband’s favorite study is economics and the wife’s is poetry you’ve got to expect an occasional difference of opinion. ‘ VOLUME NO. 49 JUDGE ARRESTED IN BRUNSWICK Charged With Violation of National Prohibition Law And Rum Running Calabash, Brunswick County, April 7. —The long arm of law reached deep into Brunswick’s flowering dogwood forests today to lay hand on Walter M. Standland, 34-year old judge of county record er’s court, charging him with vio lation of the national prohibition law in connection with alleged ac tivities of a gigantic rum running ring that based on the banks of Little river. The farmer-jurist, called from the field where he was plowing, faced the music in the front yard of his humble home, buried deep in the woods that wall in this little town that boasts nothing more citi fied than a nondescript building that carries the label of postoffice. That was at noon. Five hours later he had waived examination, before United States Commissioner Louis Goodman in Wilmington’s palatial customhouse and been re leased on bond. Standland’s case, the first of importance/ growing out of the recent raid and seizure of SIO,OOO worth of Scotch liquor and champagne, catched near here, will come up for trial at the spring term of federal district court which convenes in Wilmington on the morning of May 9. The youthful recorder was not visibly affected by the visit of the officers. Dressed in blue overalls, a blue shirt and wearing a big sun down, Stanland walked composedly from his plow when the arresting officers parked their machine in his front yard and greeted all in an affable manner, shaking hands all around. Told by United States Deputy Marshall Harrelson that he had a warrant for him, the recorder re quested that it be read. He listen ed attentively and then advised that he would be ready to go as soon as he “washed up and changed clothes.” The officer readily agreed to this request. Stanland, apparently a farmer I in every sense of the word, pumped water into a bucket for his abolu tions. He had considerable trouble with his pump, but with the aid of one of the officers finally wired the pump handle up enabling him to get water. His three little girls, unaware of the drama that was be ing enacted before their eyes, play ed unconcernedly on the front porch, smiling shyly at the detach ment of officers that included A. G. McDuffie, prohibition adminis trator for this district, J. K. Pear son, enforcement agent who was instrumental in working up the case against the recorder, and the deputy marshall who served the warrant. Mrs. Stanland was at home but she remained inside house. “It’s the price I am paying for my stand against liquor and lewd ness,” Judge Stanland told Mar shall Harrelson as the jurist’s Ford coughed its way out of the yard on the 50 mile grind to Wilmington. “I may go to Atlanta,” he said, in a matter of fact tone, “but I am not guilty of anything but living an upright life and enforcing the law. I am not surprised at the turn of things,” ihe continued, “I might have known something like this would have happened after I con victed Clew and Foster Thomas last Monday and gave them road terms for violating the prohibition law. I know they are the ones that have involved me in this, but Mr. Harrel son,” he continued, “you have the wrong man.” j William J. Atkins, for twenty years messenger for the Bridgeport Trust Company, Bridgeport, Conn., was back in his home county last week, closing his business as ex ecutor of his' father’s will. Wil liam is an intelligent colored man, and is trusted with important mis sions by the big bank for which he works. Twice a week it is his business to accompany an armored truck bearing great quantities of cash.