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I GREATER STAXLY HOME PAPER ENTERS MORE STANLY COUNTY HOMES CARRIES MORE SPECIAL FEATURES LARGEST PAID COUNTY NEWS SERVICE ALBEMARLE'S POPULATION 10,000 a: mar: A STANLY COUNTY WEEKLY OF CHARACTER PUBLISHED EVER THURSDAY. THIRTY QNE YEARS J. D. BrV.LNS, Owim and Publisher. ALBEMARLE, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1925. XXLI VI No. 35. I THE PRESS I I Will Bridge ( 0NCRETE OR STEEL STRUCTURE TO MEET STATE APPROVAL, TOLL Albemarle Company to Obtain Charter to Erecl Bridge at Early Date Engineers Pass Upon Scheme. Mtction of either a concrete bridge across the Yadkin ,t the point now known as Kerry is Jiow an assured fa :t. ,.t.. :mu' definitely k'lown Ta s- l,.,,o:i, t hen R. L. Smhh, jvninent Albemarle attorney, , ,,: -ultation with bridge coti .. ;..! engineers, announced t.mipany would erect .'i across the river where th- f,.-ry is op 'rated. . ,,:i'its and specifications have K-n obtained, relating to -ti tl or concrete structure, but. The or a river ftc.b If .lav : Y.-: aft-r tra.t that ! bi-:lt' rv IV, : ah-cad either sltli C the plan of the n w com par'' ;" er ci a mu'st ..-or. with specifications used on: Mr,llar strurturcs by the statv high- w1v commissioners, t-? class of struc-; j'r'e to be adopted will not be passed ! urn until Ue plans are subi-utted ! to ati.l approved by the state highway entineer. Four counties center in the bed of; the liver at Stokes Ferry. These are Stanlv, Davidson, P.owan, and j Mun'iromerv. Jt would be a frur-u-v bridge. The brirtge will be j ;ui -. t in ler.gth, and good Jp- jiroa!- from both sides are to .be. C'listr-i led. 1 Me--r. It. I- J-mith anti Amos F . ; Bile- the sit- at the ferry, am; the j r.-Mv the. organization of j ecu:' a i! v to be incorporated under chat '!. a'ld associating with them-' ,,!. rs who mv become inter-. ete I in the operation of a to!) bridge at ihtt pi n t Tin- bndL'e would for sometime have to lie onerated a a toll Undue, since it is ib'.'initely decided that the state highway commissbtners cat., not entertain a jnopositioD which lioks -.to the building of eithw .a road ir a Fridge under jm "roved lines covering a project which has as ',et assunvnl no legal s'iltus. Put, ever., with .this, the bridge will nut he lessened in its value .to traffit over a very popular thoroughfare. Ther are good roads on titter side, of ti,- river now, avd with improve- j mer.ts on tiiese and extending to oth-1 ers, tlo value of the bridge becomes a very oecided step forward. It is .veil known that route 75 is under rt. construction. That an n-i-proved duvet highway between Pitls boro ar.d 'ary is ,oon to be con strue: -d. This being true, route 75 from A.-heboro to Pittsboro is' a di rect line, atol this extended straight through to Cary would give a bee line from Lexington to"Raleigh. A glance at the map shows that the distance between Albemarle and Raleigh would be lessened by several miles, and local places ..ke New London, New-Hi; . Denton, Southmont, Troy, and others would become near neigh bore to each other. The bridge would open an easy way to Greens boro via Tlomasville, and would cut off several miles of travel. In connection with this item, it is of interest to note that another com pany has been operating along the same line and for similar purpose. A charter has been granted by the state to the Peeves Island Toll Bridge com pany, of Lexington. This company claims a paid in capital of $8,000, witt, 0.,i,.;...i nf in nnn Messrs. C. M. Peeler, of Lexington;! inos. b. liriggi?, of Hign kock; ana W. S. Beckner, of Southmont, are named in the charter. It is understood that these men have purchased the old iron bridge Used over the Yadkin river above Salisbury which was recently discon tinued after the construction of the Present bridge on the new highway between Salisbury and Lexington. The plan of this company contem plates crossing the river at a point "ear Xewsom. There are advocates of both crossings, but many who have studied the matter claim for the Stokes Ferry point many advantages over any other, 'it can be assured, however. tW. rtna np the other of these projects will prevail, and that whichever is adopted the one will 8've way to the other. The local company has had the Project under way for several months anl during that time have completed ?vy detail for carrying their plans into effect as soon as the state shall aPProve the plan most appealing and most nearly meeting requirements "ow used by the state. "DRY" OFFICE WILL BE OPENED IN CHARLOTTE Charlotte, Aug. 17. J. D. Taylor, field supervisor of the federal prolu sion department, is in Charlotte, to a'ft the setting up here by Sep tember 1 of headquarters for this "'strict of the prohobition service. Under the revised plan of prohibi J'on. enforcement headquarters for fne states of North and South Caro- ""a Georgia will be located in Charlotte and Mr. Taylor is here to iu I'll . polish the office. , has visited the prohibition "eadquarters at Salisbury, Atlanta n Greenville, S. C., and furniture "ipment now used in those offices "in oe ffices. here for use in the district Yadkin at Stokes Ferry Mills In Good Shape Cot ton at a Premium Indications Point to Good Business Condition: In Stanly This Year. The Press man wca discussing lo cal con:i' ii-ns with one of out well informed mill men. While our in formant 'iocs not want to be looted personally, and he modestly says that he knows really but little about gen eral conditions, he nevertheless shows 'hat he is both a close student of business affairs and his judgments tire seldom far off from the true n ark. Mills in this county have fared well the past year. With no shut down at all, and with but little curtailment, the?. show a healthy condition. Just at this time, however, the. trouble is more one of getting raw . cotU n than of getting orders fori finished product. T'le mills are now using from the 1925 crop, but the premium on early cotton is vsually high, iind forces a situation not I wholly pleasing, ar.d one that is hard ; to courterbahiiK e under regular bus-1 iness methods. I This new cotton comes largely I from Texas. The freight on ship-! Pients added to market value makt it largely prohibitive; but local mills are using it, and there is no indie.i tin preset t that, with a normr.l supply of r w material, they will facr embarrassing situations of .eny na ture j "b looks s if we are going to ; have M good, safe, year of b'isinessi along :a.ll lines," this gentleman re-J marked; "but of course there is not' going to be atiV more of war-time! profits like we had during the ,ar." ; In other words, business is fast tot ting down to settl'd routine, and the business re an who has set bis stakj's to stay by the game is finding hiio-w-lf in good way to get his share of wbat is going. And the general out look indicates a good year. Officers Capture Stills Enforcement Officers Meke Several Rovnd-Ups of Stills In Coun ty Few Arrests. Police arid prohibition enforcement officers have made good display of ac tivities and results during the first days of August, so far as Stauly is concerned. Within the last few days, a num ber of copper outfits have been cap tured and destroyed, and two arrests have been made. Officer Widenhouse, of Concord, made a raid on Bear creek, arretsting Jonah Bowent and destroying a 75 gallon copper outfit which was being used. Local officials captured a 100 gallon copper still in the vicinity two miles north of Plyler, near the Hat ley schoolhouse. Evidence goes to show that the plant belongs to Grady Lipe, who has been up before the courts on other charges. Bruner Lipe, a lad, was arrested, but was released on a $250 bond. Indica tions are that others are connected with the plant, and papers have been issued for the principals, who thus far have evaded arrest. Two barrels of beer were found, and a couple jugs of liquor. In the Bear creek section, local officers captured a 75-gallon copper outfit just after a run had been made. No arrests were made. In the eastern isection of the coun ty, two stills of the box pattern were taken. The officers had to wade the ...otn-a ni ttip Yadkin to reach the is land where the stills were located. ! Operators have a way of burying their boats in water until needed, and Chief Troutman and his efficient force are wise to many stunts pulled off by the blockaders. Altogether, it has been a busy week with these officers. Their only regret is that after they have risked their lives, and have gone to great efforts to capture violators of the law, the courts have a habit of im posing fines or small sentences wnicn aa Kuf littdp more than a license for blockaders and bootleggers to go back into the business. CLYDE SIMPSON STORE ROBBED, ARRESTS MADE Officers are getting close in be hind the suspects who robbed the store of Mr. Clyde Simpson, located on the Norwood road at point known as Lawyers' spring. On the night of August 10, this store was broken into from the front, and a lot of canned goods, cigarettes, a rifle and pistol, and other articles were stolen. Chief of Police Troutman has been watch ing the case very closely, and is now close on the trail of suspects. One negro has been arrested, and is now in jail. Others are supposed to fol low soon. i BAIN SHAVER ! BITTEN BY DOG Family Relieved by Examination of j There is little likelihood of a spe Dog's Head Rabies Not ; c'tal session of the legislature being Present. ) called on account of the announce- ment Saturday that .'it! patients would On last Friday afternoon, Eain, the be requested to leave the State Sana-five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. (i. ( torium within the next six months B. Shaver, of route :!, was bitten by i because of a lack of space anil funds. a stray d.g at the home of Levi according to opinions expressed by Carpenter, colored, a tenant on Mr. state officials yesterday. .Shaver's place. As the dog had a Governor McLean has been otfi litter of young pups not very much cially apprised of the situation and thought was given to the matter un- W'ill take the matter up on his re til Sunday when the child was carried , turn from his vacation which is ex to the I'.adin hospital for an e.xamina- pectcd to be about August -. A tioti ami the parents were advised to similar announcement was made b have the dog's head examined. the Caswell Training school several Mr. and Mrs. Shaver, accompanied months ago to the effect that it would bv Fain, carried the dog alive to Ka- be necessary to turn away :!H or 4o Ieii.h Sunday j.fternoon for an ex amination. I' pon their arrival there they were advised to take no chances with the child, inasmuch as there is an epidemic of .hydrophobia among dogs throughout the state. The ex amination disclosed the fact that there was nothing wrong with the dog. Mrs. Shaver says that there were three dogs brought to the bureau late Sunday afternoon. One little dog had bitten eight people and a larger dog had bitten eight dogs in Raleigh Sunday afternoon. A man died of hydrophobia in Ra leigh last week. There have been a number of children bitten by mad dogs in Fadin and Palmerville re-1 of trustees. During the world war, eetitly, among the number being the however, when the hospital was re young child of Dr. W. T. Shaver, of . quired to take care of a large num Fiadin. : her of soldiers, such a policy was in According to the records of the effect for a short while, bureau one out of every '20 dogs ex- J The situation was made known to amined for rabies is effected. The ! Governor McLean before he went state health doctors say that only one out of every thousand treated for rabies dies and that everyone who has rabies dies unless treated for it. These doctors also stated that hydro phobia is becoming more prevalent each year. Mrs. Shaver says: "There are a number of stray dogs throughout this county and as long as they are per mitted to run at large people will be j bitten by t'feem. Something ought to , be done about it. We protect our , binls, our fish and sheep and the j yi ung and helpless children are per- I mitted to associate with dogs all the j tinvi." MR. .AND MRS. D. M. MORROW AT HOME AFTER AUGUST 24 Mr. and Mrs. David M. Morrow are expected to arrive in Albemarle Sun day, when they will be in the hands of their iany friends who will wel come Mrs. Morrow on her return to our city. The ceremony which united Mrs. Bertha Nemon Dowds, of Dunbar, Pa., .and Mr. David M. Morrow, of Albemarle, wais performed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nemon, at Dunbar. Rev. L. R. Wylie, of the Dunbar Presby terian church performed the cere mony, at which only a few close friends and relatives were present, Wednesday morning of last week, August 12, at 7:30 o'clock. Mrs. Morrow wore a thill char meen ensemble suit with accessories to match. The only attendant was Miss Jean Millicent Dowds, attractive j little danu-hter of Mrs. Morrow, dressed in apricot voile. She acted as ring bearer, carrying the ring on an ivory satin pillow. Miss Vir ginia Morrow, sister of the groom, rendered the nuptial music. Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served, covers laid for 20, after which Mr. and Mrs. Morrow left for New York. The Press covered other details in its issue last week. It joins other friends in congratulations and best wishes to this very popular couple. , Examination for Postmaster for Stanfield Postoffice. Stanfield is begging for a postmas ter. Mr. Elias B. Smith, present, in cumbent, is a good postmaster, but he wants to be relieved. His resigna tion has been before the department for many months, but his successor has not been named as yet. A civil service examination is set to be held at Albemarle, date to be announced later. Applications must be received by the civil service com mission at Washington not later than September 9. The postoffice at Stanfield paid during the last fiscal year $702. Fourth class offices are usually an annex to some other line of busi ness, and some local man could fill the position with profit. Mr. Smith is hoping that the field will be full of candidates. Patients Not Being- Turned Out Be cause of Lack of Finance. Sanatorium, Aug. 18. Patients are not being turned out of the North Carolina sanatorium on ac count of lack of maintenance funds said Dr. C. T. McCain, superinten dent of the institution, in a state ment which he issued to the Daily News tonight, but on account of lack of room. Dr. McCain says that there are 140 people, who have tuberculosis in the curable stage, who are waiting to be admitted into the sanatorium and that there is a danger of this ad vancing into the incurable state un less they are given the knowledge of how to take care of themselves in the sanatorium. I551 f. Not Anticipated Proposed Sanatorium Eviction Will Be Taken Up By Governor McLean On Return. of the inmates, and following an in vestigation by the governor, arrange ments weie made to take care of these people. This situation is regarded as among the most serious that have resulted from the action of the last general assembly in reducing all per manent improvement and mainte nance appropriations to a minimum. The order of the board of trus tees, stating that all patients who had been at Sanatorium 18 months must leave at the earliest possible time, was the first time such a policy had been adopted as a permanent move by the board, according to Dr. P. P. McCain, speaking for the board away on his vacation, and he was officially informed of the action of the board of trustees by his secre- tary, Charles II. England. Mr. Eng- land said last night that he had had no statement from the governor. Southern Is Liable $30,000 State Income! Decision Holds North Carolina Ra road Stock Owned by State Sub ject to Income Tax. ii- i are as follows : Raleigh, Aug. 18. The Southern! Burns, :!4:i; automobile accidents, railway is liable for the payment of J 319; accidental drowning, 119; rail income taxes of the North Carolina j road accidents, 89; automobile and railroad to the state in the sum of ! railroad accidents, IS; homicides, approximately $:S0,000, according to .oi)(. lightning, 15. a ruling that has been made by As-1 Corresponding figures, 170wyetata sislant Attorney General Frank Nash. Mr. Nash's ruling, it is stated, has met with the approval of the attor ney general, and is now being consid ered by Commissioner of Revenue R. A. Doughton. The matter has been under con sideration for some time and Mr. Nash stated last night that the North Carolina income tax law does not exempt the North Carolina rail road, although 75 per cent of the stock is owned by the state. He also held that the tax must be borne by the Southern railway as under the terms of the 99 year lease for the op eration of the railroad it is provided that all taxes be paid by the lessee as well as the early rental. The amount involved, $30,000, cov-1 ers income taxes of the railroad for a period of three years. F'rior to the 1925 general assembly the in come tax rate on corporations was three per cent and Alexander Webb, of Raleigh, who represents the pri- vate stockholders on the board of di-; rectors states that the tax, at this rate would amount to approximately $10,580 a year. KINSTON WAREHOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE ern North Carolina seems to be a Kinston, Aug. 16. Fire at 2 ; practical failure. Therefore, there o'clock this afternoon destroyed the will be a shortage of silage. There Central warehouse, block-long struc-! is no better dairy feed than turnips, ture with a loss estimated at $100,- They are relished by cows and when 000. The brick building was afire fed at the rate of 20 to 30 pounds throughout the interior when the per day, they will reduce the hay firemen were called. The origin of , needed without affecting the milk the blaze was not determined. Wind , flow." swept the flames toward surrounding; Mr. Arey recommends the Cow buildings. A number of small frame Horn and Pommeran White Globe dwellings were ignited. Stables in j as the best, high yielding varieties to the rear of the warehouse were con- plant. If these are sown soon, he sumed. Twenty-five minutes after says, they will make a yield of from the first alarm the front of the build-; six to eight tons especially if the land ing collapsed. is we'll prepared and is fertile. W. B. Ormond Killed By Prominent Cotton Manufacturer of Rockingham Three Bullets Fired Into Body of Ormond As He Sits In His Car No Words Are Passed Between the Two Men Cole Lodged In Jail. Rockingham, Aug. 15. W. B. Cole, at 5:21 this afternoon shot W. W. Ormond three times with a 32 caliber pistol, while the latter sat in his Ford car in front of the Manu facturers building, on Main street. Ormond died within ten minutes without regaining consciousness. Cole was placed in the county jail at 8 o'clock tonight. The coroner's jury held its inquest and reported that "the deceased came to his death from gunshot wounds at the hands of W. B. Cole, and we recommend that the said Cole be held without bail." Cole was placed under arrest at his residence on Fayetteville road half an hour after the homicide, where he had gone un der a physician's care, and carried to the sheriff's office at the courthouse. Klan Parade at V Probably one of the most picturesque parades ever to pass down historic Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington was that of the 60,000 klansmen, August . Klansmcn and families came from virtually every state in the nation. In the center, (foreground) is Imperial Wizard H V. Evans. Death Toll In State Is Heavy Average of More Than Three Per sons Killed Daily in North Carolina. Raleigh, Aug. IS. Deaths caused by burns topped the list of violent deaths in North Carolina (luring the year IH'24 with :;F!, with deaths from automobile accidents running a close second with :il:i. These tig- ures were made public by the state j board of health. The total number j of deaths by violence during 1924, according to the board, was 1,102, or a daily average of 3.01. During the first seven months of the present year the number of deaths resulting from automobile ac- g lents led the list with a total of li. The total number of deaths by violence during 1925 is G.'!7, or an average of three per day. The deaths by violence during the year 1924, as classified by the board, Corresponding figures for the first seven months of the present year are : Automobile accidents, 17i; burns, 170; accidental drownings, (19; rail road accidents, 58; automobile and railroad accidents, six; homicides, 139; lightning, 19. Advises Planting' of Turnips In the South Will Be Aid to Dairymen and Live stork Growers, Says Exten sion, Specialist. West Raleigh, Aug. 17. In a fur- ther attempt to aid dairymen and livestock growers m securing ado- quate feed for their animals this fall despite the effects of the i;-oIonged drouth which has cut the hay yields in western and Piedmont North Caro lina, John A. Arey, dairy extension specialist at State College, advises the planting of turnips. "The hay crop is short not only in North Carolina but over the en tire country," says Mr. Arey, "and prices for hay this fall will be high. The corn crop in Piedmont and west- Friends of Cole endeavored to have the acting sheriff accept a bond, the size being of no consideration, but Deputy Sheriff Reynolds communi cated with Judge Adams at Carthage and was informed that no bond could be allowed. No statement has been made by either Mr. Cole or his attorneys as to whv he took the life of young Or mond, though his friends insist that he was justified and that all will be explained in due time. It is generally reported that young Ormond, who was 30 years old, and Miss Elizabeth Cole, who is about 26, had been going together for several years. A series of letters is said to have passed between the two men in which each is alleged to have threatened the other. Washington r Oakboro Babe Meets Death Under Auto Driven by Flavius Dry Child of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Morton. Kills Ey MRS. J. E. THOMAS. Oakboro, Aug. 17. One of the saddest deaths that has ever occur red in this section is that last Friday of the little two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. -Morton who live nearly opposite the school building here. The family had gone on an after noon call to Mr. Jonah C'agle's at Big Lick, where they had been in vited to cut watermelons. After the feast the parents of both families went out to the barn to look at some cattle, telling the older chil dren to watch the small ones. The children were playing near the high way when a car, driven by Mr. Fla vius Dry, a young son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dry, ran over and in stantly killed the baby. It seems that the little one was on the oppo site side, of the road and started across to the other children when the car struck it. Mr. Dry tried every way to stop his car and pre vent an accident but all in vain as he did not see the small child until it ran into its death. The parents and friends of the dead baby are almost frantic with grief while young Mr. Dry is heart broken and unnerved. Burial took place on Saturday at Big Lick Bap tist church. We deeply sympathize with the bereaved, also with the Dry family as they arc sorely troubled. May they all look to the Divine Healer for consolation. The tent meeting conducted by Rev. Mclntyre is in progress here this week. We are hoping for some good therefrom. On Wednesday afternoon of last week several of the ladies of the Fitzgerald hospital, Monroe, and Dr. Welch accompanied Miss Alta Ken nedy on a visit to homefolks here. It will be remembered that Miss Ken- j nedy recently entered training there j and Dr. Welch and ladies spoke very j highly of her as being suited to the profession which she has chosen. ! They also spoke favorably of Oak-! boro as a live town and a much larg- I er town than they expected to see. i Miss Inez Meiggs, of Marshville ; route 4, is spending this week in Oakboro, the guest of Mrs. F'red Hamilton and Carrie Thomas. Mr. J. Luther Little has purchased a new Fordson tractor and now has a first-class equipment for sawmill-j ing. Glenn Furr also has purchased a i Ford roadster. Well equipped for' sporting. Messrs. Crowell Whitley, J Bob Baucom and G. Ed Crowell also ' have new cars. j Messrs. Artis Eudy and Joe Easley j with their families, of Stanfield, were ; visitors at Mr. Zeb Easley's Sunday. 1 Mrs. Eudy is a sister to the two ' named gentlemen. ( Mr. Spcnce Huneycutt's little ; daughter, Ruth, is right sick at pres ent. Mr. Huneycutt carried her to j a specialist at Charlotte one day last I week. Mr. W. H. Helms is repairing his j store building. Mr. Crowell Whitley has suggested that this town have a clean-up day. He means the business places ought to clean up the rear yards. If every one would co-operate in this matter the town could be made still more at tractive. He says that just a few do not help the looks of the place much but the co-operation of every business man here in this matter would mean a great deal. We be lieve this is a wise suggestion by Mr. Whitley and hope he can accomplish this desire. Judging from the relation of Au gust condition to final yields in for mer years, the condition of 65.6 per cent August 1st, 1925, indicates a yield per acre for the United States of about 139.8 pounds and a total production of about 13,566,000 bales of 500 pounds gross. Last year the production was 13,627,936 and the average production for the past five years was 10,984,584 bales. Grim Contest Being j Shaped, Rockingham j W. B. Cole's Millions Will Be Called to His Defense Ormond's ! Friends Stern. ! Anything from the pen of Mr. T. 1 M. Pridgen is of interest to Pres readers. Mr. Pridgen was formerly with the Press, and now that he is With the Charlotte Observer we look for any special articles from him. He was in Albemarle Monday night with his mother and sister, leaving Tuesday morning for Rockingham, where he went to get whatever facts he could surrounding the murder tragedy there of Saturda;. . His ac count to the Observer is given :n full, and we feel sure it will be ot Interest to our readers : Rockingham. Aug. IS. Before ti... (lowers began to v:i upon the era e of W. W. Urmond. :a! battle ti.clav t" love victim, a began to take determine if W. tern:l'lc le shape hoi B. Cole, should in g! ay-haired millionaire, mmshmt.'.t follow him o the sod. The Cole millions wiii be matched dollar for dollar in the grim con test, should the necessity arise, ac cording to those who know the plans of Ormond's friends. ' In the meantime. Mr. Cole wali.s in silence along the Richmond county jail corridor. He cannot get bond and is not asking for it. His law yers say absolutely nothing, at least, not in words. Their faces are care worn faces, however. Those allied with the Cole side seem confident that at the trial, possibly a special term in September, the defense law yers will produce evidence that will throw a new light on the matter. Veiled hints of a letter supposed to have been written by Ormond after his agreement with the defendant to play "quits" on their exchange of threatening letters, gives body to the rumor. 1 Believe No Blame. On the other hand, Ormond's side of the case claims the public sympathy now. His friends decline to believe that he broke his agree ment. They decline to believe that, he has seen the cotton magnate's i daughter, Miss Elizabeth Cole, since i he agreed not to. They decline to believe that Ormond was in the least dishonorable or that any re i lationship existed between him and i Miss Cole which was not entirely I proper. They join with Mr. Cole's , friends in a special effort to pre- serve her good name. The million aire is zealously guarded in jail, not so much to keep him in as to prevent visitors having access to him. Only ' the favored few who are approved by his lawyers may see him. ( i Had all Rockingham tried to se lect its greatest possible sensation, it would not have exceeded that .which happened Saturday. The law yers and officials have a case of such magnitude on their hands, one ! bewilderingly complicated with its phases of friendship and kinship that rather than make an error at the offset, they say nothing. 1 No Comment. Sheriff Homer Baldwin is an ex icellent example of the Rockingham condition. He has the town's wealth iest citizen in his jail. Approached by the reporter, the sheriff gingerly consented to talk a little. He was asked if Mr. Cole's health remained good, closely confined after his nerve racking experience. The sheriff didn't know. He hadn't seen him today. He was awfully sorry, but he "just had to go and goodbye!" The genial sheriff was much pain ed. By nature he is the soul of hos pitality, but, like the lawyers, he was inclined to be a little jumpy. Finally, after persuasion, he talked freely. The only trouble with the statement they all so fear to make is that there really is little to say that has not already been said. The whole story has apparently been told over and over again, except the alleged vital contents of the mysterious let ter. What, could be in such a letter sufficient to justify the millionaire's shooting in cold blood the young man who was once his friend, is the query that is on everyone's lips. Cole Is Silent. The lawyers for the defense will not say, or even admit, there is such a letter. Mr. Cole himself main tains a complete silence. Mrs. Cole denies herself to all except close friends and relatives. Miss Eliza beth Cole, whose heart, shaken and bruised, dwells both in the power strewn grave of her lover and in the jail with her father, says noth ing. Only the lines of anguish on her face tell of the eternity she has lived through since Saturday. The love story of Elizabeth Cole and her soldier boy, Bill Ormond, as told here, is one of beauty. Ormond came back from the war, gassed and broken. His father, the Methodist minister of the church in which Mr. Cole was a steward, re ceived a new assignment and moved away. Ormond, with his heart in terests in Rockingham, remained here. The young people, both un usually lovable and popular, painted a rosy future for themselves. Or- mond was to get a job and make " good. When he had established him self, though remaining poor, Eliza beth was to come to him and share his lot. With all the enthusiasm of youth, Ormond entered upon his du ties in the cotton mill of the girl's father, and she waited. The father, known for the firmness of his na ture, began to interpose objections. (Continued on page 4.)