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LI AKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 192*.
VOLUME XIL NO. ISO
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Batt.e Of Affidavits Is
Started All Over Again
In Trial Of Garretts
Cumhsrland Courthouse, V»., Aug
20 <*t—A buttle at affidavit* start
ed in the circuit court here when the
prosecution presented u motion for
a.ehaags of venue in u trial of Bob
art Garrett, Jointly charged with his
brother Larkin, with the murdering
ot Be. Edward Pierce, pastor of the
county's five Baptist churches. Geo
White of the commonwealth counsel
began reading 88 affidavits from
residents at the county that a fair
and impartial trial could not be ob
tained by the prosecution in Cum
berland. All the affidavits alleged
-that a distinct division bordering or
disorder was extant throughout the
county. The commonwealth planned
to lay much stress on the action in
Larkin’s case which was declared e
mistrial after all the evidence had
been heard.
The defense presented 70 affidav
its in which affiants were sure a
fair trial could be had in Cumberland
Several defense affiants stated they
saw wo need for guards about the
courthouse and declared that only
* taw interested persons were re
sponsible for stirring up trouble.
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MAN TAKEN FBOM JAIL
BETUBNED UNINJURED
Eaugallie, Fla., August 20 040—
G. A. Davis who was removed from
the county Jail last night by five
masked men and who had obtained
the keys by overpowering o deputy
sheriff on the street, returned tc
JaiL Officials fid not issue any stats
Best beyond canter D»*is was unin
Jared. He arrested ok a charge
Columbia, 8. C., August 20 —
£orBsr Governor Wilson G. Harvey
now making his home in Greenville
had resigned as a member of the
board of public welfare on account
of pressure of other business. His
GOVERNOR IS AGAIN
HELD FOR SPEEDING
Hillsboro-, August 20—Got. Cam
eron Morrison was arrested here
yesterday by Chief of Police Floyd
on a charge of speeding, this being
the governor’s second arrest for
such an offense this summer.
Governor Morrison was peeved by
the arrest aqd declared that he would
fight the case when it comes up for
trial. After venting his wrath at be
ing caught by the law he gavd^Vond
and left town. -
A red Buick driven by J. M. Sim
mons was implicated in the govern
or’s latest arrest. Mr. Simmons was
leading the governor and his Cadillac
as they approached this place and as
they crossed the bridge into town
the governor tried to pass the Buick
As they swung into Churton street
both stepped on the gas and it is
charged were traveling at a rapid
rate when hailed by the- officer. Mr
Simmons was first arrested and up
on his protest that the man behind
him was equally as guilty that car
was stopped and found to be that of
the governor.
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SEVEN MEN HURT WHEN
TRUCK GOES OVER BANK
tha hospittt far treatment.
A great love story. Action, pathos
—A fine story all the wsy through
Winston Salem, August 20 (A1)—
While going down- a steep grade on
Summit streeTTn the western part
of the city yesterday morning, the
driver of a tfiidS on which there were
14 negro workBTea threw the car out
of ga«r the result being that the
truck pleugod over an embankment
falling a distance of 18 feet. Sever
of the mail were hurt. Vm most
drl
successor has not been named on ac
count of Governor McLeod’s absence
from the capitol.
Ten Drpwned In Mississippi
River As Launch Sinks
St. Paul, Minn., August 20 OP)—
All available police at South St
Paul assisted by scores of civilians
are dragging the Mississippi River
for bodies of pine of the ten persons
drowned when their launch sank
last? night. An attempt is also being
made to locate the ill fated 30-foot
craft in an effort to learn what
ca used it to go under and end sc
tragically a day of merry-making
and picnicking. The body of Mrs
Pauline Martinelli is the only one re
covered.
TWO BANDITS TAKE
flO.QOO IN VANCOUVER
Vancouver, 3. C. August 20 CPI
Two masked bandits ; entered the
Seventh Battalion Club lined up a
score of card players and after tak
ing forty five minutes to collect $10,
000 from their victims fled.
SEVEN PERISH IN
CANADIAN FIRE
Huntsville, Ontario, August 20
—The bodies of seven women who
perished in a fire* which destroyed
Wawd Hotel, Lake of Bays, yester
day had been recpvered today.
Three other women are missing.
WHAT THE U. S. PUBLIC
HEALTH SERVICE IS
» the Public
r that blind
born was be
Mit, issued a
made imperative by tbe laws of 28
states. Since then the Public Health
Service, in common with the state
and the local health authorities, has
insistently urged every mother tc
lose no time in asking the doctor if
he had attended to this matter and
has thereby removed the great dan
ger that menaces the sight of her
new bom child. Such action is now
being' required by law in every State
in tbe Union; Hie sight of hundreds
of children has been preserved. One
of them might have been YOU.
The Nation and the States like
wise cooperated in forwarding birth
registration. In 1915 the Census Bu
reau established the “birtli registra
tion area” for 10 States, the only
ones in the United States that kept
birth records that were sufficiently
reliable to be of real value. Since
then Hie number of States in the
birth registration area has grown tc
80, containing 72JZ per cent of toe
total population of the United States
Registration is extremely' impor
tant to you. Yhe Public Health Ser
vice has continually urged <m moth
ers that they each ask the doctor If
he has registered the birth of her
child, as he is required to do by toe
laws of most'States. But as birth
registration is so modern it would
be well for you to lose no time in
finding out whether sueh a law was
operating in 'your state when you
were bom and If It was not to take
steps to have your birth registered
Such action puts on record your
name, and the names of your parents
and the date of your birth. It thus
shows when you'may strut to school
go to work, vote, get married with
out asking anybody's 1 permission
maks a wilt, control an iftheritance
etc. It is also of value to' the United
States because taken with all other
births it sWUws how fast the popula
and
MISS RUTH FARRELL
SOCIAL ud PERSONAL
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PUPHHHBJ- .-JHH
Mrs. James Hairston of the Car<^
olina Home leaves today for Asha
boro to spend several days with rel*.
atives.
Miss Mary Ann Abel is spending
the day in Greensboro shopping.
Mr. Dewey Morris of Greensboro
was visiting friends in Leaksvilfir
yesterday.
Mr. W. G. McCollum of Spray i«|
spending sometime in Texas on a
business trip.
Mr. Marion Scales leaves tomor...
row for Chicago to spend several
days oh business.
Mr. Edward Walker of Greensborc
spent the past week end in Leaks
ville visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Carter are
spending this week at the Millner
Home near Axton as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Millner.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Taylor and sot
of Charlotte are spending several
davs in Leaksville as the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Wilson,
children, Marion, Albert and Gladys
Mrr*and Mrs. P, G. Moore and
Moore of Ware Shon's are spending
the week in Leaksville visiting
and Mrs. R. R. Moore on Bridge St.
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Gilley and
family left yesterday for Norfolk
to spend several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Watson Scott of
Winston Salem were visiting in
Leaksville yesterday. Mrs. C. Frank
King Jr., and children returned with
them to Winston to visit for several
days. _ ^
Mr. , and Mrs. T. H. Barker and
children were among the number
who visited the Playgrounds yester
day afternoon.
Mr. Junior Norman of Greensboro,
spent the past week end in Leaks
ville visiting friends.
Mr. Roland Martindale of DanMU*
was visiting friends in IeakmfjjJ^
yesterday.
Mrs. F, M. Fllnn returned '*•
BjSeiHtng
mother in Price.
Mrs. P. H. Gwynn and son Wil
liam Gwynn who have been spending
sometime in Asheville visiting Miss
Mary Gwynn of that place returned
to their home in Leaksville last
week. ;
Mrs.. S. M. Harris is spending
sometime in Washington visiting
friends.
Miss Lois White of the Carolina
Office left Saturday morning to
spend her two weeks vacation with
her parents in Preston, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hodges left
Saturday morning for Dr. Edmunds
Hospital in Danville. Mrs. Hodges
will have her tonsils removed and
Mr. Hodges will have a slight oper
ation performed 6n his nose.
Miss Minnie Walker of Greensboro
was the week end guest of Misses
Louise and Della Wall.
Misses Lucile and Henriet Reid
left Sunday for Clayton to visit Mrs
B. A. Hocutt for several days, from
Clayton they will go to White Lake
on a house party for several weeks
Mr. E. D. Pitcher returned from
New York yesterday where he has
been on a business trip for the past
week.
Mr. W. B. Weaver is spending
sometime in the eastern part of the
.State.
Mrs.. J. B. Ray, Mrs. Miller of
Chicago, Mrs. Pat Mansfield and Mr
Gilbert Ivie spent yesterday in Dan
ville. ‘
Miss. Harmesia Dunn of ‘Spray
left Saturday for Charlotte where
she was the week enl guest of Miss
Kate Hbore. Miss Dunn will leave
Charlotte Monday afternoon for
Wingate Junior College where she
will take up her studies for the com
ing year.
Misses Lavania and Pearl Dunr
left Saturday for Winston Salem
and Kemers ville to visit friends and
relatives for several weeks.
MlSB HOBBS ENTERTAINS
Miss Florence Hobbs most de
lightfully entertained a number of
her young friends Friday evemog at
her beautiful home on the Boulevard
honoring Miss Caroline Price of
Winston 8slem apd Miss Minnir
Walker of Greensboro.
Progressive conversation war
played during the evening. Mis»
Hobbs served delicious fruit punch
and cake. V-*
Those present at this delightfu’
affair mere: Misses Henrist Reid
two NEGROES LYNCHED
IN GEORGIA!
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Atlanta, August 20 W)—Two ne
groes were lynched in Georgia Fri
day. Early Saturday morning a
crowd of men broke in the Bleckley
county jail at Cochran, Georgia, took
a negro named Aleck Harris, charg
ed with attacking a white woman
carried him 12 miles from the town
on the Dublin road, strung him to a
tree and shot him to death. This
"mob was said to have been disguised
and traveled in about 12 automobile?
from which the license numbers had
been removed.
The second lynching occurred in
Houston county where Lee Green
negro, was taken from officers, car
fried to the house of the woman he
is alleged to have attacked. There ht
was strung to a tree and slut tc
death. This mob is said to have bcei
composed of about 75 men. The twe
counties in which the lynchings took
place are in the center of the state
close to each other,
r The Bleckley negro was serving *
'term on the chain gang for burglary
. it the time he was alleged to have
- committed the crime for which he
.was lynched. It took place last W'ca
fnesday. This mob tore a hole In tnt
county jail and sawed its way tiiru
" steel cage to get the negro. Tht
.sheriff was absent and no other jail
officials were on duty.
In both cases when the sheriffs
rached the sene the mobs is ere said
already to have dispersed.
“I expect to use all the power of
my office to prevent disorder and
lawlessness in Georgia,” Governoi
Walker said today on hearing of the
lynching of Green. The governor
anid he would makke an investigation
He announced no official report had
been received at his office. The gov
Ofnor said any good citizen regrets
typehings as the courts should be
.permitted to proceed in an orderly
manner, no matter how trying the
circumstances may be in some in
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MELLON TO STICK
Washington, August 20 t4>)—Sec
retary of the treasury Mellon let it
be known definitely after a confer
ence with the President that he
would remain in the cabinet.
346 KILLED; 1,000 LOST
IN TIDAL WAVE
Tokio, August 20 (*>—Advices re
ceived here today from Seoul said
that 346 persons are dead and more
than a thousand are missing as a re-!
suit of the recent tidal' wave and
storm in four western provinces of
Korea. The damage to houses and
other property was great.
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FALLS TO DEATH WHILE
AT WORK ON NEW MILL
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Chester, S. C., August 20 —J. O
Bell aged 29, while endeavoring tc
place a column on the new textile
manufacturing plant No. 3, of the i
Republic Cotton Mills at Great Falls
today slipped and fell 18 feet crush
ing his skull and breaking both arms
at the wrists. W. M. Kelley was as
sisting him and he came very neai
goittg down with Mr. Bell. Aftei
striking the ground Mr. Bell breath
ed only three times.
HIT lived just across the Chestei
county line in Fairfield county. His
wife and two children survive him
Coronor Gladden was immediately
summoned and impanaled an inquest,
jury with R. P. Steele as foreman j
who, after a careful examination of;
the' ease rendered a verdict that Mr j
Bell came to his death accidentally
from falling from a beam while air'
ing in carrying a column.
RANGER ARRESTS SHERIFF*
Armarillo, Texas, August 20 <4Pi
—Sheriff Less Whitaker of Potter
county was arrested tonight on com
plaints of conspiracy and accom
plice, lied by Texas Ranger Capt. F
A. Hamer in connection with the
kidnapping, tarring and feathering
of E. E. McDonald, bridge worker,
Wednesday night.
Bessie Clark, Caroline Price, Mary
Marshall, Messrs Ohel Clark, James
Marshall, William and Philip Ray
Nathan Richardson, George Clark
Austin Murray, Otto Kircheis, Phil
ip Wall, James Fagge, Laurence
Wilson and William Norman.
Many Lives Lost When
British Steamer Off The
Coast of China Sinks
Manila, August 20 W*)—The Brit
ish steamer Ming Sang which was
reported sunk in Hongkong harbor
during fhe typhoon Saturday arrived
here safely after a tumultuous voy
age. Her officers reported that the
vessel seen to sink in Hongkong
probably was the British steamer
Loon Sang, which is of much lb;
same typs and might have been mis
taken fqr her. Many lives were lost
with the steamer whose identity
in error. Of rhose aboard only tvrr
v/ere saved.
DOG LEADS PARTY TO
BODY OF HIS MASTER
Marksville, La., August 20 04*)—
A half starved dog which had kept
vigil over his master for three days
tod > led a searching party to the
v. -.n.Zs where the body of Steven
li.-wis, 19, years old was found
.' r ed by a load of shot from a gun
v ..7 .. he had carried and apparently
d .sc Purged when he tripped and fell
Sidney Harris father of the boy
left home Thursday morning to gath
er moss. About noon the' boy was
sent with his fathers lunch. His dog
followed. When he failed to reach the
working, the parent went home and
place where the elder Haris was
learned his son had been gone for
several hours. Neighbors joined
with the father in a search.
The hunt continued three days
The dog weak from lack of food,
came to the house this morning. It
refused to eat. It kept up va contin
ual bark, running back a few steps
and then returning. It repeated
these tactics until the searching
party followed it into -the woods
where the body /was found.
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Thirst quenchers for hdt weather
should comprise such drinks as lem
onade, limewater, carbonated water
and the like rather than sweet
drinks says an eminent eastern doc
tor.
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THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME
BETHANIA POSTOFPICE
ROBBED OF ABOUT $90
Winston Salem, August 20 —
While Assistant Postmaster Charles
H. Griffith of Bethania was at lunch
Thursday noon the Bethania store
and postoffice building was entered
and the safe in which both the money
and valuable papers of the mercan.
tile establishment and the postoffice
are Itept was robbed. Only coin and
currency, amounting to about $90
was taken, however. All stamps and
other valuable papers were left.
Ira Cromer, a young white man of
Rural Hall, was arrested during the
afternoon at Rural Hall by Deputy
Sheriff Payne, charged with the of
fense. He was given a hearing on a
state warrant charging housebreak
ing “this afternoon and a federal
prosecution charging postoffice rob
bery will be lodge dagainst" him
When taken young Cromer denied
the robbery of the Bethania store
but the warrant against him charges
that the funds of the store and post
office was a part of the $106 founS
on his person when he was arrested
When Mr. Griffith went to lunch
he locked the store no one being left
in the building. Upon his return he
found the back door of the store un
locked and the safe which was not
locked but closed, had been opened
and the money taken. It was foulSd
that entrance to the building had
been made through a window.
At the hearing before a magistrate
in Rural Hall this afternoon Cromer
was bound over to the Superior
court and in default of a $600 bond
was committed to jail. While a Un
ited States officer attended the trial
“SALESMAN—for Leaksville and
vicinity immediately. Can earr
$100 weekly. Write The Parker
Refining Co., Cleveland, Ohio.”
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THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME
Five Killed When Air
Ship Drops Into The Sea
Pensacola, Fla., August 20 i#)—
A loosened propellor which cut off
the entire rear portion of the fusi
lage yesterday sent five occupant;
of a commercial seaplane to then
deaths when it crashed into baota
Rosa Sound, from a height of 200
feet. The plane fell in about 12 feet
of ater and its occupants were killed
instantly.
DETROIT HOTEL SCENE
OF SPECTACULAR RAID
BY BOLD BANDIT GANG
Detroit, August 20—Seven gun
men early yesterday held up the A1
lendale Inn at Warren and Snyder
streets, lined up about 175 persons
at the inn, and obtained jewelry
valued at several thousand dollars.
Four persons, including one wo
man was shot and seriously injured
One of the injured persons was said
to be George D. Wilson, vice presi
dent of the Wilson Body Co.
The gunmen escaped in an auto
mobile. A short time later an auto
mobile containing seven men, believ
ed to be the same ones who held
up the Inn was seen in Monroe
about 40 miles southwest of here
The night policeman in Monroe ap
proached the automobile and one of
the persons in the machine shot and
killed him.
Two of the gunmen stayed out
side the roadhouse while three enter
ed from the front door and twc
from the back. As soon as the men
were inside the door they all began
firing through the erowded dance
hall. Women screamed and fainted
The bandits lined the waiters up
first. One man guarded the waiters
two went from table to table thru
‘he crowd.
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THE GAZETTf Of EVERY HOME
THREE MACON WHITES
JAILED FOR FLOGGING;
CAPTURED IN THE ACT
Macon, Ga., August 20 C45)—The
first gang of alleged kidnappers and
floggers which have been terrorizing
Macon for the last six months was
captured here tonight by sheriff of
ficers. Three white men, brothers
S. R. Hudson, C. F. Hudson and J. C
Hudson, were taken to jail tonight
after they had been captured, offi
cers said, while in the act of flog
ging two negroes.
The capture of the trio is said to
be due to the daring work of a ne
gro, Emory Roberts, whom the gang
tried to pull from an automobile for
the purpose of whipping.
Another negro was whipped by the
same gang a few minutes before, It
was strated.
When one of the men jumped on
to the running board of the automo
bile and commanded the negro to
stop, the negro stepped on the gas
and left the two brothers at*the road
side. The white man in the car whist
led for his brothers to join him, but
before they could do so the big
automobile was plunged into an em
bankment. .
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GREENSBORO TO ENTERTAIN
DAUGHTERS CONFEDERACY
Greensboro, August 20—Commit
tees to arrange details for enter
tainment of delegates to the annual
convention of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy have been ap ..
pointed by the local chapter. The
convention will start here on October
3 and will continue through October
6. Sessions Will be held at the O'
Henry HoteT
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Miss Bessie Carter spent the week
end in Wentworth with' Mends.
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