Thursday, April 19, 1928
P.-T. Meet a Success
Mrs. James Cordon Chosen
President Dr. Fareil Is
Treasurer.
The closing- session of the parent
teacher association held at the Pitts
boro school auditorium last Friday
evening was a very successful one,
and was a fit closing to a fine year
of work.
Mr. Hayes, the retiring president,
was presented with a beautiful cor
sage in a few fitting words by Prin
cipal Waters. Mrs. James Cordon
was elected president for the next
session. Dr. R. M. Farrell was chos
en president.
There were several good talks.
Dr. Farrell and Dr. Chapin spok P up
on the importance of 'y’.nr be
gniners the next session ph\Mean>
fit for the beginning of school, and
promised their cooperation in mak
ing them so. It is the aim to have
all the tots thoroughly examined and
any defects remedied so far a* pos
sible, and preventive treatments
given aganist diptheria and othei
diseases.
Messrs. Thompson, J. L. Grilfin
and others made appropriate re
marks. All felt that the year’s work
of the association had been worth
while.
The paid membership at present
is 165. The prize offered by Mrs.
Hayes for the member securing the
largest number of new members
went to Mrs. Ben Harper. The
fifth grade won the prize offered
by Mrs. Cordon for the most subscri
ptions to the Farm Wife’s maga
zine.
CONGRESS SHOWS WARE S
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more nervous, both House and Sen
ate made a couple of mean digs last
week at the President’s reputed
choice. Mr. Hoover.
Mild-mannered Cole Blease from
South Carolina aros p in the Senate
and kissed the South goodbye for
Hoover on the strength of a news
paper story saying that Mr. Hoovei
had ordered white and negro em
ployees of the Census Bureau to put
to work on th p same floor of the
bureau’s office building. The equal
ly conservative Mr. Brookhart of
lowa tried to sass \ ice-President
Dawes to his face, but Mr. Dawes
left the Pr esidine Officer’s chaii j
and went for a stroll. Brookhart
declared war on both Hoover and
Dawes. As for Lowden —but let the
Senator’s language tell it:
“They say the farmers are for
Lowden,’’ said the Senator, “but poor
old Lowden has been double-crossed,
criss-crossed, cross-eyed and cross
legged out of about everything from
the Presidency to the Governorship.
“General” -Jacob Coxey cam P back
to public life this Easter-tide and
marched again to that same Capitol
Hill where he had led his ragged
followers in 1893 —35 years ago. This
time the “General” led no army,
but only an idea. He told the House
banking committee what kind of
mooetary law it should pass to help
the man without a job. The com
mittee hasn’t got through giggling
yet.
This hit of advice followed ad
journment here of a meeting of ho
boes and their friends styling them
selves a conference on unemploy
ment. The meeting decided that the
proper thing for the government to
do was to shorten the workday to
five hours and then give every idle
man or woman a dole of $6 a day.
One of the refreshing- bits of news
concerned a gentleman with a green
hat who boasted up to two years
ago that he held the bootlegging con
cession for congress. He got ab
sent-minded one day while on his
rounds and left his brief-bag with
four quarts in a rabid dry’s office.
They got around to his case the oth
er day (his mental lapse occurred
in 1926) and sent him to the cala
boose for 90 days.
That perennial stench, the Sinclair
oil trial, got under way again last
week. This time the jury, all men,
are locked up together every night.
Fall, co-defendant, escaped trial on
the plea of illness. When and if
he gets better he probably will face
the music here again.
A glorious Easter morning saw
50,000 visitors in Washington. And
a week later came the charming host
of the D. A. R. in annual convention,
with the President down for the
opening address Monday, the 16th.
Thousands of women crowded the
hotels, reminding on p of a famous
couplet by a witty paragrapher a
year or so back:
“Welcome to us once again
All you lovely DARters,
Sitting out in Peacock Lane
A-showing of your patriotism.”
CONSPIRACY CASE IN
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ner C. Perry. Ernest Burnett plead
guilty to aiding and abetting in the
making of liquor, and was sentenced
to 12 months on the roads. Red
Carter submitted to charge of house-
and got two to three years
in the penitentiary. Dempsey Cur
tis got ten months on roads for aid
ing and abetting in the manufacture
of liquor.
The Grand Jury
The following gentlemen compose
the grandjury: C. A. Snipes, fore
man, W. T. Hamlet, Henry Johnson,
W. W. Smith, O. D. Clark, Frank A.
Smith, J. D. Willett, G. W. May, P.
H. Phillips, Bob Ellis, J. F. Lambert,
L. J. Williams, Eli Johnson, J. W.
Griffin, L. E. Cotten, W. C. John
son, H. O. Vestal, and J. J. Hatley.
This jury has had the duty of
investigating the charge of murder
against W. H. Lawrence, who was
held in the Durham jail for the
alleged murder of Mrs. Annie Terry.
As there is a second week of the
SDecial term of court, it is possible
that the Lawrence case may be tried
next week, though it is hardly' prob
able.
It’s easy to secure the world’s
good opinion if you have the price.
SPY IS FOUND
MYSTERIOUSLY
SLAIN IN HOTEL
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Was Commissioned to Find
Stolen Code of French
Navy.
I*;,j - is.—A new victim fell recently
in jhe continual struggle that is going
on between spies and counter-spies of
the different European powers over
military and naval secrets.
Lieut. Louis Aynard. a brilliant j
young French naval officer, went to,
his bank one afternoon, drew out 100,-j
(HM> francs, returned fa his modest j
little hotel in rite line Francois I-. j
told the porter he was expecting a j
young woman, and asked that site be j
shown up to it is room as soon as (
she* arrived.
A fascinating young blonde called!
about live o’clock, remained in bis|
room a few minutes and told the;
porter on the wav out that the lieu- ]
tenant did not wish to be disturbed '
until the next morning.
Was Found Hanging.
When lie did not reply at noon the
next day the hotel manager broke in-1
to the room and found him hanging j
on a hook against the wall. The |
body was cold and he had evidently
been dead for some hours. The doc
tor said that death had occurred
eighteen or twenty hours previously,
which placed it just about the time'
the blonde paid her mysterious visit.
The money lie had drawn from the
bank was missing and his papers and
trunk had been rifled.
In spite of the veil of mystery
thrown over the case by the police I
the public assumed that it was simply
an amorous drama, but then it leaked
out that Lieutenant Aynard. who was
a member of an important family in
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the south of France and a man of thf j
highest character, was a member of J
the French naval counter-espionage j
service, whose business it is to rur
down the spies trying to steal I’rencl j
secrets.
Confidential Mission.
He had been given a confidentia j
mission to find an important nava j
code stolen from the naval ministry I
by a French Communist spy working
for Moscow. He had apparently tracer
the code and offered to buy it back
and the blonde had come to sell it
He had drawn the money from a spe
eial account in his bank to pay for it
The facts seem to be well estab
Fished up to that point, but not ever
the secret police have been able U
unravel the affair aOy farther, or tc
get any indication of why he hangec
himself, as it is assumed that he
hanged himself.
Was he led into a trap of some sor*
by the blonde spy and decided that
suicide was the only way to save his
honor? Or was he murdered by th<
spy and an accomplice and simply
hung up to make it look like a sui
cide?
The authorities may never knovi
unless the blonde is run down, bui
she seems to have fled the country
the day of the tragedy.
Man With Hole in Head
Laughs at His Luch
Hammond, Ind.—Living with a hole
completely through his head, Pau!
Kosty, of Hammond, Ind., today con
tinues lo laugh at the miracle and
says he is a “lucky guy.”
Kosty's head was pierced by a 26-
foot red hot iron bar while lie was
at work in a steel mill recently. II
entered at the base of the left jaw
and came out at the right temple
Kosty pulled the bar out of his head j
when fellow workers became fright
ened and were unatle to aid him.
“Sure I’m lucky,” he says in his j
hospital bed. “I don’t know how il
happened, but I felt like a bull with j
horns when that bar was through my j
head. And gee, but I’m hungry.”
To eat, the steel worker must hold
his head in a certain way or the food
will drop out of the hole in his left
jaw. Doctors admit they took him tc
the hospital “to die” but they now
find him recovering and his vvounc
healing.
“It’s a miracle that the bar did noi
strike the brain or any of the nerve
cells, and that is all that saved him.’
one of the doctors says. He will likely
recover with only slight physical im
pairment and can return to work.”
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X p.erlin, N. J. —Request of a••
X mother to bury a pet police dog II
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f last March, because the two ;;
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X of Stratford, N. J., s-aid the dog, ••
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X cently, followed the little girl’s
X body to the grave and oft- II
4* en took toys from a cedar chest **
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j chest in the Price back yard. II
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X placed near the girl’s grave.
MYSTERY IN DEATH
OF LOVE DOCTOR
His Advice Was Sought in Af
fairs of the Heart .
New York.—Little Italy’s “love heal
er” is dead. He was bludgeoned to
death in the rear of his tiny store in
Newark by some person he had failed
to help in a romance. Strange love
charms and magic tokens were dis
covered strewn about the room when
police entered his home.
Neighbors' said Nicola iacobuzio was
the confidant of sweethearts w’hose af
fairs were not going smoothly. He
was also said to have power against
“the evil eye” in that Italian section.
Many pieces of binding tape, cut in
lengths and knotted three times with
slips of pink paper attached, bearing
the names of men and women, were
found. Some of these had strands of
women’s hair tied to them and others
had plain white cards attached on
which the numbers nine and seven had
been written many times.
Italians who lived in the neighbor
hood said scores of young people had
been made happy by Ibe old “love
doctor.” They could not remember
when liis charms bad failed to work
and they were unable to reconcile
themselves to the police theory.
None had an unkind word to say
about the scventy-vear-old “magic
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maker” and none was fouiid who dis- j
believed in his potions and his charms, i
Nevertheless, upon a strand of hair
and two ot tlie small pieces of pink
paper may hinge tlie solution of his
mysterious slaying.
Patsy Christiano and the woman
with whom lie lived, Mrs. Carrie
Kronk, were held ft)r a time on an
open charge in connection with the
crime. The woman, formerly a clerk
in the “love doctor's” store, was de
tained as a material witness. She
and her sweetheart are believed to
have consulted the old man after they
separated some weeks ago. The hair
and pieces of paper are -said to be the
charm that lie gave them to “ward off
the spirit of unkindliness.”
Twitching Eyelid Saves
Girl From Burial Alive
Luray, Va. —Having listened to o
funeral sermon preached over the
coflin in which she passed the night,
unable to signal those who believed
her dead, Miss Fannie Broyles is alive
today at her home near here.
A brother, Janies Broyles, who
stood beside the casket with other
mourning relatives, noticed a twitch
, ing of his sister’s eyelid, and the fd
neral services were halted and re
suscitation efforts begun. In a short
time tiie girl was able to talk. She
said site was aware, of all that oc
curred around her as she lay in the
casket, but, stunned from a blow on
the head from a tree limb that fell
upon iter, was unable to move or
speak.
Finally, she said, her fear of being
burled alive must have revived her
nerves so that one eyelid fluttered.
Under a physician’s care recently,
when the supposedly dead girl came
back to life, she is declared to have
fully recovered.
The Broyles live in a remote ham
let on the Madson county line and the
story as brought here did not indicate
whether a physician had pronounced
the girl dead or whether the usual
practice of summoning an undertak
er bad been followed.
Fish Story That May
or May Not Stand Test
Washington.—This is a iisli story
told by an “old salt” that is going the
rounds in Washington:
As told by (♦apt. Thomas A. Hew
son, just returned from a trip around
the world on the good ship Cokesit of
the Roosevelt line, the yarn concerns
a cat that was death on flying fish.
“Jenny (the cat) would sit on the
lower deck aft,” said Captain Hewson,
“and watch for flying fish. When she
saw one headed her way she would
grab it with her paws and mouth, kill
it by chewing the head, and save the
rest for the crew.
“Training did it,” Captain Hewson
explained. “We had a difficult time
training Jenny to serve us in this
way, but it proved well, worth while. ’
Hen Theft Costly
Flint, Mich.—Three chicken thieves
who admitted more than 40 thefts
were given severe sentences in court
here. One was given 10 to 15 years
in prison, another 2 to 15, and the I
third 6 to 15.
THE CHATHAM RECORD
FISH FOLLOWED
PRAYING PASTOR,
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Poor Reason Is Attributed to
Transfer of Minister to
Another Parish.
Easton. Md.—Residents of Tilgb
man, a fishing center, had a hard time
making a living about two years ago
because t lie oyster season was poor
and, added to that, some western buy
ers had placed a ban on Maryland oys
ters. In addition, fish of all kinds
were scarce and as a consequence,
many families suffered real hardship.
About that time, Rev. Howard Me
l)ade arrived in Tilghman and the fish
ermen told their troubles to him.
One evening Doctor McDade, who is
a well-known minister in the Methodist
church, had a prayer service which
most of the fishermen attended. He
prayed with them that their nets
might be filled and the next day when
the boats canfe in, most of them were
well tilled.
Fish Leave Waters.
Recently Doctor McDade was trans
ferred to Kent island. It is now re
ported from Tilghman that all the fish
have left the waters of Talbot county,
while in and about Kent island the fish
are said to be plentiful.
Under a Maryland state law the
fishermen of Talbot county can’t take
fish from the waters of Queen Anne
county. The Talbot men now have to
look on while the Queen Anne men
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The Boats Were Well Filled.
catch i>' ‘lily of fish while the Talbot
men return home with one or two
rock or a few flounders.
Cits Biblical Story.
They say that while Doctor McDade
remained in Tilghman and prayed with
them they caught plenty of fish, but as
soon as he was transferred to Kent is
land the fish in Talbot waters fol
lowed him to the waters of Queer?
Anne county and the fishermen there
are reaping a harvest.
Talbot fishermen, in narrating the
story, refer to the biblical account of
the fishermen on the Sea of Galilee
who could catch nothing until Christ
appeared among them and told them
to cast their nets on the other side
of the boat, whereupon their nets
were filled to overflowing. Tilghmar
fishermen are firm believers in prayer
and may ask Doctor McDade to return
to again pray with them for better
catches.
Tosses Baby to Death,
Then Jumps Herself
New York. —A golden-haired babs
girl with a doll clutched in her arms
was tossed from a sixth-floor window
to her death by her own mother, who
then flung herself from the same win
dow to die on the stones below.
The mother was young Mrs. Etiza
beth Levine, who had recently suf
ered a breakdown.
The mother was seen to enter the
Marbridge Hall apartment building in
Brooklyn leading the daughter, Ruth,
two and half years old, by the hand.
“Hurry,” the mother was heard to
say as the baby lagged. “Hurry, we
have no time to lose.”
And the two climbed slowly up the
stairs from floor to floor, the one in
tent only on death and the other cud
dling her eliina doll in innocence of
the fate awaiting her.
The mother and child were seen to
reach the sixth floor, the little girl
was heard to scream in terror as her
mother’s plan first became evident to
her, and an open window told the rest
of the story to those who rushed into
the hall and found it empty.
The child, lying among the frag
ments of her doll's painted head and
still clutching the stuffed body in her
arms, was dead. The mother died on
tlie way to a hospital.
World Wonder
Nuneaton, England. This town
claims to possess one of the world’s
wonders in a nlne-months'-old girl,
“Happy” Boulestridge. She has never
been known to cry.
Drowned by His Boots
St. Louis. —The weight of water
in bis long rubber boots caused the
drowning of G. F. Kilgore when be fell
into the Mississippi river.
SENDS ADVICE TO
LEAF GROWERS
Don’t Demand Too Great A
Price Writes Man From
London
Henderson, April 10. —“It will not
pay our farmers ever to expect or
demand too high a price for our to
bacco, for if they do they might
force the English to use Empire to
bacco much more generously and
thus our farmers would lose one of
their best customers,” is the admo
nition of J. L. Miller, head of the
James L. Miller Tobacco Company
of Henderson, in a letter to the edi
tor of the Henderson Daily Dispatch,
written from London, wherp he has
been for the past five or six weeks
investigating tobacco conditions in
Europe. Mr. Miller goes to Europe
every year to sell tobacco and to
investigate conditions there.
Writino- further about the situa
tion as he has found it this year,
Mr. Miller said:
“Every man and practically every
woman over here smokes cigarettes.
England is the best foreign cus
tomer our North Carolina tobacco
farmers have, and if it were not
for the fact that this country uses
enormous quantities of our cigaret
tes and pipe types of tobacco, at good
prices, many of our farmers would
have to quit raising tobacco, unless
the government stepped in and al
lowed each farmer to plant just so
much tobacco and no more, as is
the case in Japan. Canada, India
and South Africa are all making a
strong effort to get part of our to
bacco trade, and these countries,
furnishino- what is roughly spoken
of as ‘Empire tobacco,’ is cutting
the latter part of this month, and
into bright tobacco.
Mr. Miller is expected back home
will prepare to attend the opening
of the tobacco season in Georgia and
South Carolina in mid-summer, af
ter catching up with the accumula
tion in his office and making other
arrangements for the start of anoth
er tobacco season.
NEW HILL NEWS
Mr. Ralph Johnson, a young men
isterial student of Elon college de
livered a very good sermon at New
Elam Christian church Saturday af
ternoon and again Sunday morning.
He is a young man reared in Har
nett county and is now a student at
Elon. People here were highly pleas-
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ed with the young man and predict
for him a success in the ministery.
Our regular pastor, Rev. J. Fuller
Johnson is confined with pneumonia
at his home at Fuquav Springs. He
was expecting to spend the month
of April at Vanderbilts university.
We hope he will soon be well again
Mrs. Blanco Swaney died at San
ford hospital last Monday night, and
was laid to rest in New Elam ceme
tery Thursday afternoon. Mr. W. A.
Drake conducted the funeral service!
Mrs. Sv/aney was 23 years and 4
months old. She was a member of
New Elam church. She is survived
by an infant baby, her husband, her
father and mother, and one sister.
Messrs I. H., and R. C. Hean at
tended the Republican convention at
Ral«igh last week, both were dele
gates, they report an interesting
meeting with a large crowd present.
Messrs W. S. Brown, Herbert and
Elvis Holt and Miss Dora Holt were
visitors to Raleigh last week.
Mr. W. T. Mann continues quite
sick. We hope he will soon be well.
Mrs. G. L. Mann is visiting her
sister, Mrs. C. B. Thomas of Siler
City.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Goodwin and*
Miss Lola Jones were in Sanford last
week shopping.
New Elam baseball nine won a
game from Merry Oaks team Satur
day afternoon. Floy Sturdivant
pitched for the winning team. They
will cross bats again next Saturday.
BONLEE WINS
In a triangular debating contest
among the schools of Goldston, Pitts
boro and Bonlee, the Bonlee teams,
affirmative and negative won out in
contests last week. The affirmative
team from Bonlee which was match
ed with the negative team from
Pittsboro is composed of Mary Lea
Ellis and Eva Gilbert. The Bonlee
negative team, matched with Gold
ston’s affirmative team, are Emma
Sanders and Glenn Dixon. The dou
ble victory gives Bonlee the entrance
to the state-wide contest at Chapel
Hill.
Ladies, Hurry!
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while we have your size in
good stylish oxfords and in
pumps for only $2.95 a pair,
j these are odds and ends
picked from our regular
stock.
STROUD & HUBBARD
Sanford, N. C.
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