LgSTo I central < CAROLINA J twentieth year defendant denies PART IN KILLING IN MORSVILLEBANK I E. Black Says He Did Not Knowingly Take Part In Crime Perpetrated July 29 CLAIMS ignorance of THEIR conferences Tells of Movements of Party of Four Prior to Attempt ed Robbery and Fatal Wounding of One Man; Identifies Cap as That Os Co-Defendant Taylorsvi!:?. Sept. 8 (AP)-R. e. j:iek ent* of th? co.defendants on trial for the mlurder of T. C. Same's a bank c.vber in &n attempt to hold up he-e July 29. took the witness etenl today and testified that he did net know ugly take part in the crime Black declared ttoat he sat in the ear while the robbery was attempt ed but t'ha-t he wiao entirely inno cent of his companions' intensions. He told of meeting the other three members of f b? party several might® before the robbery, but that they had discussed any of the plan s with "We went to Wilkesboro.” he said, "and they had conferences I didn’t hfar I slept in a separate car from the others for two nights. AU four of Us came to Taylorsvife the next ircming We stopped near the town; sr.l the others went into the woods tr change their clothes. I stayed in t field near the car.” At this point/ Solicitor John R. Jcnes exhxibited a hat. a cap and an (M coat. . Ehck Identified the het as that wem by M k« Stevenson, who is al to tn trial with him. Dr Z. E. Thompson, a High Pct.' physician, took the stand to ttf!y to Black's low mentality. .Millions Paid to Forestry Workers Fort McPherson, Ga . Sept. 8 (APl—Major General Edward D. King commandant of the fourth corps area, says $3,600,000 has been distributed, *o Civilian Con servation Corps workers and their families in the southeast dnee the camps were established His report showed $290,000 had been sent to families in Ncirth Carolina. Latest Figure on Cotton Reduction Shows Fourth Cut Washington, Sept. B.—(AP) — The latest estimate off the ref snlts of the cotton reduction (ampaign are that 10.396,000 arcres "ere taken out of production this year. This is a little more than one fourth of the cotton in cultivation on July 1, the crop reporting be?rd said today. , North Carolina's estimated re duction was 230,000 acres, or 17.4 Percent of the total amount in cultivation on July 1. 2 Balloons Missing In Air Races Goodyear IX A n d Polish Entry Feared I o Have Fallen Into the Atlantic Chicago. Sept. B.—(AP)—A widd- search was under way today ‘ r two missing balloons in the in- : national James Gordon Bennett bahocn races. ‘ e «s were expressed that the four ’'P'rnts of the missing balloons — Goodyear IX, piloted by Ward T. >7. rmf *n, and the Polish entry, P 'i by Captain Francizek Hynek . ' :,v hava drifted out over the At c to their doom. O'y took off last Saturday. Four ” ’ landed safely, including the balloon, piloted by Lieutenant ’■o p g. W. Settle, He will U'd winner unless one of the balloons is found to have ■' greater d's’ance. He made ' " 75«'i miirng landing on Long ;u ’d iuund, Hritiirrsmt NAV ALAI r MEN TRAVEL 750 MILES f J KB F K wll K dfr * 11 J is ■ —i Lieut. Kendall Landing art. Branfordi, Ccn»a., after driving from Chicago in the Gordon. Bennett interna tien'i! balloon race, Lieut. Commander T. G. W. Set itie, right, and hi aide. Lieut. Charles This Year’s Cotton Crop Put At 12,414,100 Bales Increase of 100,000 Bales Above August 8 Report; Per Acre Yield Down Fractionally; Government Forecast Is For Virtually Normal Yield Washington, Sept. 8. — (AP) —A 12,- 4d4,000-bale crop of cotton today was predicted for this year by the gov ernment reporting board, the forecast being an increase of 100,000 bales over that of August 8. Government experts said the staple east of the Mississippi had deterior ated. but this had been more than off set by western improvement. The board predicted the yield per acre for the entire cotton growing section would be 197.8 lint pounds, as compared to the forecast of 198.4 pounds on August 8. The indicated yield per acre for this year is about 80 percent higher than womaOiF AMUCK, KILLS TRIO Belfast, Maine, Deranged Citizen Then Shoots Him self To Death Belfast, Maine, Sept. 8. —(AP) — A mentally deranged man who for years had been considered iiarmless ran amuck in the business section of the city today, killed three men and cri tically wounded another and then blew off his own head. Adrian Jones, the killer, suddenly appeared on main street in front of the Masonic temple just after the dinner hour, with a shotgun in each hand. People scurried into doorways and around the corners of buildings. He first shot down Herbert E. Ellis, 65, an insurance man. As Ellis slumped to the sidewalk in a pool of blood, Jones turned to a man who had been unable to find cover and said: “Well, 1 got that fellow all right.” Then Jones walked rapidly down the street, and turned off on Wash ington street. Here he entered the offices of a trucking concern operated by W. W. Blaidsell, 75, and his son, Raymond, 40. Wasting no time, he poured shots into them both and went into the nearby office of R. B. Stanhope, a veterinariam. Ellis and the Blaidseils died almost instantly. He wounded Stanhope so seriously that a physician said he could not live. The killer then ducked into a black smith shop on the same street, and while officers, hurriedly summoned from the court house and other parts of the city, prepared to lay siege to the place, a shot was heard and they entered to find him dead. Retired Builder Held for Attempt At an Extortion Anderson, 8. C., Sept. 8. —(AP) — Charles C. Jordan, 57-year-old retir ed contractor, of Anderson, was for merly charged today with attempted extortion of SIO,OOO from Lcffell Tucker, of Anderson, under threats of kidnaping Tucekr’s two sons Tucker and R. C. Surratt, agent of ifhe Department of Justice’s bureau of investigation, signed the warrant and Jordan was placed under arrest. He was allowed to spend l*t night at a hotel after being questioned for hours. Federal authorities said he had con fessed. < u— <■ - ONLY DAILY LEASED WIRE SERVICE nt’ THE associated press p NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED HENDERSON, N. C„ FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1933 Lieut. Comdr. Settle H. Htandlam, representing the U. S. inixvy, are elhow, n a® they consulted maps and news reports to dr it erm Line (whether the 750 mfl'Cs they covered would win, | the en-year average, and is the high est since 1914, with the exception of the yield in 1931. The prediction that the United States would have virtually a normal crop of cotton was made after esti mates that the Farm Administration reduction campaign had resulted in the removal of 10,396,000 acres from cultivation, 92,000 more than was an ticipated on the August 8 report. The crop reporting board said that boll weevil activity and unfavorable weather conditions had resulted in a decline in prospects since August 1 in all states east of the Mississippi river except Mississippi and Tonnes- - see. WIISEARMERir VICTIM OF CHAIR Bryant Stone, 46, Slayer of Son-in-Law, Electrocuted At Raleigh Raleigh. Sept. B.—(AP) Bryant Stone, 46-year-old Wilkes county mountaineer, was electrocuted at State’s Prison today for the confess ed murder of his son-in-law, Wayne Norman. Mumbling, “Lord, have mercy on me; I didn’t mean to do it,” Stone was executed at at 10:35. He did not make any final statement. Two shocks of electricity were given him, one lasting one minute and 45 seconds and the other one minute and three seconds. Paul Yelveiton, Raleigh undertaker, and one of the witnesses, fainted, Stone’s body was taken to Wilkes county for burial beside a daughter, Annie Lee Stone. The body of Stone -was not placed lin a coffi n a’t the prison Yancy Hafr ris, a brothea-, and some Mends wrap ped it in a sheet and placed it in tfHe truck. It was taken to Cycle, Stone’s home. Governor Ehringhaus this afternoon after he was told of the way <4bwe’s (body was handled, said he was soriy he had not been notified the family •would not send an. undertaker for Ithe body. “I would at least have seen to ft that the State provided a coffin for bis body,” hlte governor said. Tobacco Sign-Up At Greenville Is Now; Off To Start Greenville, N. C., Sept. g. (AP) —The first of the tobacco acreage reduction fepntructs ar rived in Greenville today from Washington, and sores of workers began distributing them imme diately to get ready for the sign up campaign to begin tomorrow. The first contracts arrived from Washington by automobile. A complete lists of every land owner in P»tt county was being made up here in preparation for the campaign in put county. A mass meeting here tomorrow ineming, to he followed by similar meetings in every township in th6 county, will launch the campaign. _ Gatin tltspafrli IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. GOVERNOR URGES FARMERS TO SIGN (PLEDGES QUICKLY Ehringhaus Proclamation Asks Fullest Cooperation In Acreage Reduc tion Campaign Wants Speed In Campaign So Warehouses, Now Clos ed Throughout Two States, Can Be Reopened To Per. mit Sales To Continue Without More Delay Daily Dimpnfrii Ilnr<*na, In the Sir Walter Hotel, j <> lUKKEK VII.I. Raleigh, Sept. B.—Without letting up an instant in the vigor with which he has been pushing his campaign to •secure better tobacco prices and thus help the tobacco farmers of the State Governor Ehringhaus today issued another proclamation calling upon all the tobacco growers to cooperate to the fullest extent with the Fed eral government in its efforts to stab ilize tobacco prices by signing the acreage reduction contracts in the campaign to be arried on Monday and Tuesday of next week. Governor Ehringhaus ontinues to be more optimistic than evre about the general tobacco situation and is con vinced that the Federal government, from President Roosevelt on down, is doing everything possible to help the tobacco farmers. He is also convinc ed, however, that in order to make any of the measures being planned by the government effective, it will be necessary for the growers to show a willingness to cooperate by signing the temporary crop reduction con tracts that will be sent out Monday and Tuesday. If the farmers sign these contracts willingly and rapidly, thus showing their confidence in and willingness to cooperate with the gov ernment, there is no doubt that the Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion will take steps to stabilize the price of tobacco immediately, as well on Page ruur.; TEACHERSSCHEDULE IS BEST AVAILABLE Governor and Others Think “ Every Possible Cent Put on Salaries Dally DlNpntch Bnrrne, In the Sir Walter Hotel. lIV J C. D&SKERVILL Ralc'gh, Sept. 8. —Deciding it was better to adopt a salary schedule for teachers based on the amount of money available for them rather than a schedule that was higher than could actually be paid, the State Board of Education finally approved the sal ary schedule as drawn up by the State School Commission several weeks ago. The only vote against ’ts ap proval was cast by Attorney General Dennis G. Brummitt, who last week sought to get the board of education to approve a salary f schedule for teachers 10 per cent higher than the one that has now been adopted. The board at that time refused to act on the motion of the attorney general, deciding that it should, wait until Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus and Lieutenant Governor A. H. Graham could be present, in spite of h■ Z >' V ' * W • Following the new uprising of Cuba's armed forces, which resulted in unseating the Government of Provisional President De Cespedes, these two men have entered the spotlight as members of Cuba’s “Big Five ” They are Guillermo Barrientos (left), of Cuba’s radical party, and Dr. Ramon Grau San- Martin, two of the five revolutionaries comprising the Junta which Look control after President De Cespedes had resigned.