David Jiggetts
Execution At Skate Pen
Is Set For November 18
Defendant Utterly Ob
livious to Proceedings
Which Prepare For
His Death
David Jiggetts, alias Clarence
Bracy, 23-year-old Negro farm hand,
was convicted of first degree murder
hv a jury in Vance Superior Court,
late Friday afternoon, and a few min
utes later was sentenced by Judge
R. Hunt Parker to die in the gas
chamber at State Prison on Friday,
November 18, exactly six weeks away.
Jiggetts was convicted for the con
fessed fatal clubbing of William
Hamilton Williamson, 65 - year-old
prominent Townsville township far
mer at his tobacco barn the night
of August 31, 1938.
The jury received the case about
5:50 p. m., and by six o’clock had re
turned with the first degree murder
verdict.
In half an hour after sentence was
imposed, Jiggetts was on his way to
Death Row in Central Prison in Ra
leigh, in charge of Sheriff J E. Harr
iett and other deputies, and escorted
along the way by highway police who 1
had assembled here for the purpose.
In view of the Negro’s confession of
guilt, the first degree verdict was
generally expected.
Taken to State Prison ct the came
time were Isaac Gill, given not less
than 25 and not mox-e than 30 years
for the slaying of Charles G. Williams
both Negroes, last summer. Taken
also was Joseph Walker, Jr., sen
tenced to from three to five years for
the theft of an automobile.
Appeal Is Noted.
Counsel for Jiggetts gave notice of
an appeal to the State Supreme
Court, which, if perfected, will stay
execution probably for months until
a ruling is had by that body. Third
district appeals have already been
heard at the fall term of the Supreme
Court, and the Jiggetts conviction
may not be argued until the spring
term.
Tobe Henderson, who was implicat
ed in the slaying by Jiggetts in a con
fession the latter gave to officers at
the time of his arrest the day after
the crime, was freed by the court
when Jiggetts later admitted he was
alone in the brutal slaying. Hender
son's case was nolle prosed by order
of the court.
Admits Attack.
Jiggetts admitted on the stand Fri
day morning, when he testified in hi 3
own defense, that he slugged William
son over the head with a heavy wagon
standard, but that he merely intended
to render him unconscious so as to
rob him, but did not mean to kill the
tobacco grower.
In his charge to the jury, Judge
Parker advised them that the only is
sue for them to decide was the men
tal competency of the prisoner. If
they found he had sufficient intel
ligence to determine right from wrong
they should find him guilty of first
degree murder, he said. The only
other alternative was acquittal. The
jurors deliberated less than ten min
utes in reaching their conclusion.
Jiggetts was defended by J. H.
Bridgers, Jasper B. Hicks and R. B.
Carter, who were appointed by the
court when the prisoner came into
court without counsel. H. E. White
assisted Solicitor E. R. Tyler in pro
secuting the case.
Sanity Test Made.
Dr. J. W. Ashby, superintendent of
the State Hospital in Raleigh, came
here Wednesday and made a sanity
test of the Negro. He found him to be
of extremely low mentality, but con
cluded he was sufficiently intelligent
to know right from wrong, it was re
ported.
Jiggetts appeared to be wholly ob
livious to what was going on about
him as the jury returned the verdict
that may have sealed his fate, and
seemed to know nothing whatever
about what was taking place when
Judge R. Hunt Parker read the sen
tence that fixed the date for his exe
cution.. Asked later by an attorney if
he knew what had just happened, he
muttered, “Naw, suh.” He gave no in
dication of comprehending that his
death had been ordered by the court’s
Hemophilia Remedy,
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Giving hope to sufferers of the;
“dread of royalty,” Dr. Francis H.
L. Taylor (above), of Winchester,
Mass., and Dr. Frederick J. Phole,
announce discovery of remedy fpr
hemophilia, victims of which bleed
to death at merest scratch. Thejfr
discovery is powder called “globu
lin,” protein substance which, ap
plied externally, is said to immea}-!
ately cause coagulation*
! procedure.
! taskL W " U rr n ' who was fat at
co Wn t>, he i a £ asaeep at his tobac
co barn the night of August 31, died
M .f na ? arham hospital here the
< T a^* Wl ** loUb regaining conscious
r- Keaton, prominent Towns
” u lZ f n ’ testified Jiggetts had
told him he got $3.20 from a tobacco
ack purse he tqok from the farmer
after he had slugged him with the
heavy standard. The Negro
was quoted as saying he had expect
ed tp get from sls to S2O.
Second Death Penalty Here.
Sentencing of Jiggetts to death was
the second death penalty ever to be
imposed in Vance county since the
State took over all executions for
North Carolina back in 1910. The
other was that of Henry Thomas Bar
den, also a Negro, who was convicted
of first degree burglary in the sum
mer of 1930, was sentenced to death
and electrocuted some wepks later in
State Prison. He burglarized the home
of the late W. A. Matthews, on An
drews avenue, and seriously wounded
Jesse Matthews with an ice pick in
a scuffle when he was discovered in
the house and overcome by members I
i of the family. Barden was an itiner
ant Negro who had been in town only
a. short time when he was captured
in the burglary act.
The twelve jurors who sat in the
case of Jiggetts were: H. G. Ellington,
foreman, J. T. Allen, W. H. Finch, A.
H. Nucklcs, R. L. Garrett, C. A. Mat
thews, D. T. Ayscue, C. E. Woodlief,
J. E. Perry, J. N. Smith, S. B. Black
ley, Roy C. Bradford.
More than 100 special veniremen
were examined before the jury was
completed on Thursday. Testimony
began late Thursday afternoon, and
three witnesses were heard before ad
journment.
Thinks Army Men En
titled To Opinions
(Continued from Page One.)
the general. Not necessarily that I be
lieve our tendency is in a dictatorial
direction, but if that’s his judgment
a citizen, despite his military connec
a citien, despite his military connec
tion, and as much entitled to express
his opinion as is any other American.
An army or navy officer has the same
rights as all the rest of us.
Our Fighters Misunderstood.
Our professional fighters appear to
me to be generally misunderstood.
The popular impression is that,
army and navy alike, they’re a hard
boiled bunch, anti-liberty in principle.
But the fact is that, the United
States over, not many people come
much in personal contact with them
Now, in many years in Washington,
I have been quite intimately acquaint
ed with considerable numbers of
them. And I’ve found them better
democrats (with a small “d”) than
the average of the rest of us.
I’m not familiar with the courses
of instruction at West Point and An
napolis, but the conclusion I draw is
these institutions especially pound in
to their students the idea that their
particular job in life will be the de
fense of little "d” democracy. Their
graduates are quite passionate on the
subject.
Our state National Guardsmen may
be different. They’re officered large
ly by the so-called “privileged
classes.” Possibly they are reaction
ary. Not, however, our “regulars.” The
basis of their training dates back to
Thomas Jefferson.
I imagine that they have their in
fluence with the rank and file—
“ The rattling, battling Colt and
Gatling, regular army man.”
Colts and Gatlings no longer are
in style, but the reader will know
what I mean.
Butler, Hagwood, Mitchell, etc.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler was an ex
ample of the military men who defied
authority. He was with the Marines.
was a son of Congressman
Thomas S. Butler of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the House Naval Affairs
Committee in Smedley’s time —a cork
ing important committee in those
days. Yet Smed was wished into ob-
due to being a democrat with
too small a “d.”
Gen. Hagood was suspended for
criticizing President RoOsevelt before
a congressional committee. He was
reinstated later ,but his record didn’t
benefit by his candor.
Earlier Gen. Mitchell was pushed
out of the service for overly boosting
for aviation. *
Senator Robert B. Howell of Neb
raska, an Annapolis graduate, died
disappointed politically, (because he
was too liberal.
Lately Gen. Charles H. Martin was
beaten for renomination as governor
of Oregon—nominally because he was
too conservative: really because he
was too liberal. I knew him. as a con
gressman. He was a regular old army
man.
Which Is Which?
It doesn’t follow that you’re conser
vative because you’re anti-New Deal.
It doesn’t follow that you’re a radi
cal because you’re pro-New Deal.
And the army? I think that there
are a lot of liberals in that.
Wife Preservers
1 Someone has suggested that old bath
sprinkler hose makes nice covering for the
clothesline on which to hang your choice
garments. Slit in lengthwise and then
Slip it over the lin* ,*
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Sentenced To Death For Murder
Spiritual Worship y» • ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON By Alfred J. Buescher
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un mount sinai uoa gave the command
against idolatry, “Thou shalt not make
unto thee a graven image . . . Thou
shalt not bow down thyself unto them,
nor serve them.”
Churches
FIRST METHODIST EPISCOPAL
Rev. R. E. Brown, pastor.
J. W. Sanders, superintendent.
Sunday school at 9:45. Miss Bessie
Elacknall missionary to Alaska will
be the guest of Young People and
Intermediates departments and will
address the group in the Sunday
School auditorium.
Sermon by the pastor at 11:00 “The
Son of God who loved me and gave
himself for me.”
Fellowship supper for Young Peo
ple and Intermediates of the M. P.
and M. E. churches and any others
who choose to come, at 6:00 o’clock.
Sermon by the pastor at 7:30. The
loyalty of every member is appealed
to for the night service.
Mission Study class begins Monday
afternoon at 3:00 in ladies’ parlor,
Mrs. A. B. Deans will conduct the
class. There will be two sessions this
week, Monday and Wednesday, and
same days next week.
The fourth quarterly conference will
be held Tuesday night at the church
beginning at 7:30. Dr. J. H. Barn
hardt presiding elder of the Raleigh
District will conduct the session. At
this conference officers for the new
year will be announced and plans for
the closing of the year’s work. Annual
conference convenes Nov. 17, at Eliza
beth City. Bishop Clare Purcell pre
siding.
FIRST METHODIST PROTESTANT
Rev. T. J. Whitehead, pastor.
9:45 a. m. Sunday School —Clyde L.
Finch, superintendent.
11:00 Morning worship. The fall
thankoffering service will be ob
served at this period. The theme of
the service is “These Things Shall
Be.” The speaker will be Mrs. D. S.
Coltrane of Raleigh. Mrs. Coltrane
is secretary of the department of
Christian education in the Annual
Missionary Convention of the Metho
dist Protestant Church. She is also
a member of the General Conference .
Board of Education of the Methodist
Protestant Church. In addition she
is active in civic and educational life
ip in North Carolina.
6:00 p. m.—Fellowship meeting a*
First Methodist Church.
7:3o—Evening worship with the ser
mon by the pastor: sermon subject—
“ Kingdom Builders —Toyohiko Kag
awa. ”
“The inspiration to better living
must come from some higher sources
than ourselves. Go To Church.”
—The Stockton Press.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
Rev. James A. Jones, Pastor.
9:45 a. m- —The Church School. J.
Harry Bunn general superintendent.
Departments of worship and classes :
of study for all age groups.
11:00 a. m. —The Morning Worship.
This service is in charge of The Rev.
Professor Donald W. Richardson of
the Union Theological Seminary.
Richmond, Va.
6:00 p.!- m.—The Young People’s
Forum will meet for supper. Mr.
Jones wUl‘- lead the concluding dis
cussion Qn , the subject, “Overcoming
an Inferiority Complex.” ;
7:30 p. m.—The Evening Worship.
Sermon by J the Rev. Donald W. Rich
ardson, D. D.
HOLY INNOCENTS EPISCOPAL.
Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity.
Rev. I. W. Hughes, rector.
7:30 Holy Communion.
9:45 Church school and young wo
men’s Bible class.
10:00 Men’s Bible class.
11:00 Morning prayer and sermon.
6:80 Young People’s service league.
7:30 Evening prayer and sermon.
St. John’s Mission, North Hender
son, 2 o’clock, church school.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
CHRISTIAN
J. Everette Neese. Pastor.
9:45 a. m- Sunday school service un
der the leadership of John Allen Hal!.
We invited you to attend. Mrs. W. H.
Kimball will teach the Nelson Phila
thea class.
11:00 a. m- Morning worship service
with sermon by the pastor, using as
his subject “The Lost Christ.”
6:45 a. m- Pilgrim fellowship pro
gram for the Young People. We in
vite all the young people to attend.
7:30 p. m. Evening worship service.
The pastor at the evening service will
speak from the subject “The Dying
Flame”.
You are invited to attend.
FIRST BAPTIST.
Rev. A S. Hale, pastor.
A cordial invitation is issued to all
the members of the church, and the
visitors to attend the services.
9:45 Sunday school. Attendance last
Sunday, 443.
11:00 Worship service, with sermon
by the pastor on the topic, “How
Is Your Church?”
6:00 Friendly Forum meets fpr sup
per (10c) and discussion. Rev. R. E.
Brown will be guest speaker, and wili
while Moses was upon the mount the
people fell into great sin, worshiping a
calf they had made of their golden’jew
elry. As Moses saw this he threw down'
the tables of stone in his' anger.
Spiritual Worship
“BRASS TACKS” ON THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
(Dieffoldeu next
Jotm 4:24—“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must wor
ship in spirit and truth.”
(The International Uniform,-Lesson
on the above topic for Opt. 9 is
Exodus 20:4-6; 32:1-8; John. 4:19-24,
the Golden Text being John 4:24,
“God is a Spirit: and they that wor
ship him must worship in spirit and
truth.”)
By DR. ALVIN E. BELL
“THOU SHALT NOT make unto
thee a graven image, nor any likeness
of anything that is in heaven above,
or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth :
thou shalt not bow down thyself un
to them, nor serve them: for I, Je
hovah, thy God, am a jealous God,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children, upon the third and
upon the fourth generation of them
that hate me, and showing loving
kindness unto thousands of them that
love me and keep my command
ments.” In these words God expressed
his will regarding spiritual worship.
When any so-called aid to devotion
diverts attention of the worshiper
from God to itself it becomes a sub
stitute for God condemned by this
commandment.
Qur Mammon Worship.
This command strikes not> only at
the crude and, cruel idolatry of pa
ganism, but at ,the cultured, perhaps
none the less cruel, idolaltries of our
Civilized materialism. Jesus said “Ye
cannot serve God and Mammon.”
When money is pernriitted to become
an end desired instead of a means em
ployed for the glory of God and the
expression of love in 'the service of
our neighbor, it becomes a graven
image, a golden calf as abominable to
God as was the golden calf. Aaron led
the Israelites in worshiping. Just be
cause it is the idol of our hearts’ de
votion makes it none the less an idol,
and us none the less pagan in our ma
terialistic chase of what our new pa
ganism has even come to call “the al*
mighty dollar ”
Other things than money may be
come our pet idolatry. That in the
pursuit of which wc stifle and stultify
the law of God in our conscience for
the satisfaction of our ambitious or
appetites, “the lust of the flesh and
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of
life” becomes our idolatry. It may be
a patriotism that defies the clear will
of God in the matter of the: rights of
weaker nations, feeling that the state
can do no wrong, and therefore
shouts, “My country right or wrong,
but still my country.” It may be a so
cial code that stifles conscience by
saying, “Everybody’s doing 'it”, and,
lead the discussion on the Methodist
Episcopal church. This is the first of
a series of discussions on "Acquaint -
ing Ourselves with the Various Chur
ches.” Young people of high school
age and above are invited.
7:30 Worship service, sermon will
he second in the series on the 23rd
Psalm. The topic will he “The Soul’s
Secret Resources.”
REV. ~MR. HARRIS AT
HOLY INNOCENTS
The Rev. Charles U. Harris, Jr.,
Deacon in charge of All Saints church
in Roanoke Rapids, will officiate at
Holy Innocents church at thje 11
o’clock service tomorrow morning,
while the rector of the local church
will serve at All Saints church in
Roanoke Rapids at the same hour.
! God told Moses of the people’s sin, say
ing, “Thy people have corrupted them
selves. They have made them a molten
l' calf, and have worshiped it, and said,
‘These are thy gods, Q Israel.”’
to be in the swim casts morality
aside. It may be an' economic system
that idolizes profits and dividends,
salaries and wages without considera
tion of our duty to God, or our neigh
bor as we hide behind the idol on
which we engrave the text, “Business
is business.” All these and hosts of
others represent the polytheism o,f
our polite and cultured materialism.
The Center of Gravity.
Where is the center of gravity of
our hearts’ desires, in things or in
Gcd? God is jealous for our undivided
love. Israel danced in shameful licent
iousness about Aaron’s golden calf,
and brought down God’s righteous
judgment upon the nation. We think
that we have improved the technique
as we point to the works of our hands
and cry, 'in action if not in words,
“These be thy gods which will deliver
thee, O America.” “God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must wor
ship in spirit and truthr.” We may
worship him in spirit and truth at our
business and with our business pro
vided the center of gravity of our
hearts’ devotion is always kept in him
and him alone and not in our busi
ness or the works of our hands.
-‘Thy *wdi« «l«mpunt» my f«»t, alight ont* my path.’*
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Roman 14:12-21. So then every one
of us shall give account of himself to
God. ' Let us not therefore judge one
another any more: but judge this rath
er, that no man put a stumbling block
or an occasion to fall in his brother’s
way. I know and am persuaded by
the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing
unclean of-itself: but to him that es
teemeth any thing to he unclean, to
him it is unclean. But if thy brother
be grieved with thy meat, now walk
est thou not charitably. Destroy not
him with thy meat, for whom. Christ
died. Let not then your good be evil
spoken of: For the kingdom of God
is not meat and drink; but righteous
ness and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost. For he that in these things
serveth Christ is acceptable to God,
and approved of men. Let us there
fore follow after the things which
make for peace, and things wherewith
one may edify another. Fpr meat de
stroy not the work of God. All things
indeed are pure; but it is evil for
that man who eateth with offense. It
is good neither to eat flesh, nor to
drink wine, nor anything whereby thy
brother stumbleth, or is offended, or
is made weak.
...
, For eating hot com on the cob, a mother
i bought the little corrugated paper cupsm
muffins and cup cakes am baked
' and put one over each end of the hot cob.
The cups kept the hot cobs from burning
little fingers, and made them easier to
hold and kept said fingers clean.
Mt. Airy Rolls Record
Score Up On Bulldogs
Mt. A'iry staged a track meet last
night at Mt. Airy at the expense of
Henderson high school Bulldogs, roll
ing up a 73 to 13 score over the locals.
This is prpbably the highest score
ever rolled up against a Henderson
team since football had its inception
at the local school.
The Bulldogs were powerless before
a superior Mt.; Airy team from the
very beginning, the mountaineers roll
Duke-Ga. Tech Battle
Before Colorful Crowd
Durham, Oct. 8. —While the foot
ball Blue Devils of Duke were occu
pied with Anody Kerr’s Colgate Red
Raiders at Buffalo, N. Y., this after
noon, the attention of the home folks
has already begun to turn toward next
Saturday’s gala homecoming, clash
with the Yellow Jackets of Georgia
Tech in Duke stadium.
Os course, Blue Devil followers, to
L the man, were deeply concerned with
the outcome of this afternoon’s inter
sectional tilt which will mean so much
to the men of Wallace Wade. They
were clustered about their radios and
; watching anxiously for bulletins. But
> this Georgia Tech game—the sixth in
; a series which has become famous all
J over the country for its breath-taking
episodes—has aroused early interest
in no uncertain fashion.
For five years now, Duke and Geor
gia Tech have been meeting on the
gridiron. The Blue Devils hold the
edge in the series with three victories
, to two for the Yellow Jackets. Each
one of the five games has been a
thriller in its own right, but there is
no genuine football fan in the South
who can forget last year’s titanic
struggle when Duke grabbed victory
in the last two minutes of play to
triumph, * 20-19.
Duke-Georgia Tech football rela
tions have developed one of the finest
coaching rivalries in the history of
the game. Coach Wallace Wade of
the Blue Devils and Bill Alexander of
the Yellow Jackets are ranked highly
among grid mentors in this section
and throughout the nation.
There will bb many features- attend
ant to next week’s Duke-Tech battle..
It will be Homecoming day for Duke
mSls
Score Os 33 Tgt Dr Hung Up
As Fumbles Prove Cost
ly To Locals
By the one-sided score of 38-0, the
Hillside Hornets defeated tl\e Panth
ers of Henderson Institute in a loose
ly-played foptball game Friday after
noon. The Harrington-Tuten passing
combination of the Hornets simply
proved too much for the Panthers.
The Hornets unloosed a powerful
running attack along with an effec
tive aerial barrage to crush the
Panther eleven for the first time this
season.
At least three touchdowns were lost
by the Panthers by fumbles in the
first half, and two others were lost
in the second half by penalties. Each
‘ time the Panthers were within 15
yards of the goal.
Harrington and Tuten took honors
•in the backfield for the victorious
I Hornets, with Latta and Pike playing
■ a fine game on the line. Stevenson,
Turner 1 and Sattisfield were outstand
ing in the backfield and Perkins, Wil
liams and Merchant on the line for
the Panthers.
The Panthers -yyill play Ckapel Hill
or Rocky Mount here next Friday aft
ernoon, with the kick-off at 2:80 p.
m., and will go into the game deter
mined to get ; revenge for the biting
defeat of yesterday.
"Give a child a horn to blow,” says
Walter Damorsch, noted orchestra
conductor, “and he’ll never carry a
gun.” Maybe he won’t—but some of
the neighbors might.
To a Samaritan woman at a well Jesus
defined God and how to worship him,
saying, “God is a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship him in spirit.”
(GOLDEN TEXT—John 4:24.)
mg up a score that permitted Coach
Shelton to parade everything he had
on the squad.
Coach Bing Miller could not be
reached early today for a statement
concerning the game.
Something over 22 boys made the
trip to Mt. Airy, leaving here yester
day morning at 10:30 o’clock, staying
overnight in Mt. Airy. The game was
played under the arcs last night.
graduates, and on this, the centennial
year for Duke university when many
events will commemorate the found
ing of the institution in 1838, the
celebration will take on more elabo
rate proportions than usual.
Outstanding in the day’s festivities
besides the football game will be tho
annual “Durham-Duke Day” parade
in the morning and a barbecue lunch
eon for alumni and their guests.
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Giants Star
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‘Flash 9 Falaschi
The decision regarding the best
trader between Steve Owen of the
New York Football Giants and Ray
Flaherty, his former assistant now
head tutor of the Washington Red
skins, will be settled when the two
teams collide in the critical National
League contest at Griffith Stadium
next Sunday.
Last' spring the Giants traded
George (Automatic) Karamatic, star
Os the Gonzaga team, to the Red
skins for the rights to Nello ‘Flash*
Falaschi, All-America quarterback
for Santa Clara in 1936. For the past
few years the Giants have not had a
quarterback, nor a good blocker in
their No. 2 position and that is What
Steve Owen thinks he has n°W to Fal
acchi (pronounced Falasky) even
though Falaschi has only played one
league game.
On the other hand the Redskins
heeded a runner when Cliff Battles re
signed to take up coaching LA a
Little at Columbia. So Karamatic,
who had grown up under Flaherty in-
Seattle, was the man he chpae to get
from the Giants for Falaschi’s ser
vices.
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