VOLUME.
XLII,
NO. U.
two cram per
Albert Young Well
Advanced in Years
r '7
Must Go on Roads
Convicted Under Commor
Lew of Assault on
Woman
(Staff Correspondent of the Gazette]
Wentworth, Jen. 31. — Superioi
Court yesterday devoted much tim<
investigating the case of the State vs
Albert Young, charged with th«
crime of rape. Young, who is a mar
ried man, 60 or 60 years of age, live)
in the country beyond Draper. Hit
wife ,who looks older than Young, sal
beside him in court, making a sad
spectacle, indeed. Nor does the sad'
ness of this affair end with the
Youngs.
The girl In this case is at leasl
weak-minded and is what was termed
an imecile, Fanny Slayton, fleshj
and unattractive daughter of a family
of Slaytons living nearby the Youngs
It was this deplorable situation that
Judge T. D. Bryson had before him.
Mrs. Slayton, the mother, went
upon the stand and told her story ol
the daughters lack of mental faculties
and the finding of Fanny and Young
near aome pines. She described what
she saw and satisfied the court that
a crime had been committed.
As rape is punishable by death
and conviction under the indictment
in this case might, if the'girl was
normal, call for the electric chair,
the court excused the jury fron the
jury box. When the jury retired,
Judge Bryson called the attention of
atorneys to the peculiar condition
confronting them. He caled attention
to the law and the absence of any
statute in this State applicable in this
case, other than the Common Law,
under which he would be obliged U
impose sentenc, if found guilty, and
ha was satisfied that Young was
guilty of assault on a female by i
male over the age of 18, as the com
mon law defines it.
Assuming all responsibility for
what he was about to do, Judge
Bryson asked the atorneys for the
State and for the defendant to agree,
to a sentence of two years for assault
on a female by a male over 2 years of
\ i:
Solid to ■ S. F. Graves very reluc
tionly, because of the repulsivenc ss of
the case, gi anted the Court’s re
quest*.’ M^Gildcwell, attorney for the
defends; gave his consent and the
Court gave Young two years on the
roads trfthout stripes.
ROTARY CLUB TO HAVE
DR. W. S. HALL HERE
• - Tbt Leaks ville-Spray Rotary Club
' held a very inspiring meeting on
Tuesday when with a large group
present, including several out-of-town
visitors, it put on a fundamental
Rotary program.
The program was in charge of
Louis W. Clark, as senior member,
end Samuel H. Marshall, as junior
member of the committee. They
have as helpers Edward E. Emerson,
T. Hayes Barker and T. Litt
Gardner.
Papers were read on certain phases
of business ethics and modem busi
ness relationships and practices, and
the whole matter was summed up
very effectively by Rotarian Clark by
quoting a paragraph fiom past Inter
national Rotary President Raymond
Havens.
A new member, Rufus P. Ray, rep
resenting the classilcation of dry
goods merchant, was received into
the. club
Dr. Winfield Scott Hall, a noted
lecturer, will be the guest at the club
luncheon next Tuesday and will make
several talks in the community under
the auspices of the local club and the
Central Y. M. C. A.
Miss Lueile Reid, of Salem College,
Is at home to spend the week-end.
EAST PRV88IA TO
ENACT LAWS TO PROTECT
AMBER INDUSTRY
(By Associated Press.)
Koenigsberg, Jan. 31.—New lawi
are being formuated that will givi
East Prussia complete control of th<
amber output within its borders. Th<
laws, designed to protect the ambi
industry, will deny to tourists thi
privileges they have enjoyed foi
many years of hunting for arabei
along the Baltic beaches. All nearbj
countries bordering on the Baltic set
have laws protecting the amber in
| dustry.
RUMANIAN HOSTAGES
I TO BE FREES
(By Associated Press)
Bucharest, Jan. 31.—Strange as it
may seem, Hungary is still holding
certain Rumanian subjects as hostage!
of war. But they sbon will be releas
ed, for the foreign minister has re
cently concuded an arrangement with
Hungary by which these unfortunates
are to be sent home at bnce.
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HOW TO FREE WIRES FROM ICE
(By Associated Press)
Blooinsburg, Pa., Jan. 31.—A new
means of ridding electric power wires
of accumulations of sleet and snow
has been tried out successfully by a
power company operating in this -sec
tion.
A scheme of charging the wires
and making them hot enough to melt
the ice and snow was worked out,
and whenever the sleet forms on the
wires a message is broadcast from
the headquarters of the company to
all managers of sub-stations telling
them to charge the wires. Radio
equipment has been installed in all
the sub-stations so that the company
can get all stations at once.
LATE ITEMS RIGHT
OFF THE WIRES
0S* ,
Washington, Jan. 31.—A move to
attach the Robinson reaoluton calling
for the resignation of Denby to the
Walsh oil lease annullment measure
was made by Senator Trammell, of
Florida. Immediate oppoistion was
voiced by Lodge, Republican leader,
who sai dthere was only one way by
whic hthe legisative branch could re
move a cabinet officer and that was
by impeachment.
{By Associated Praia)
New York, Jan. 31.—Readjustment
of kerosene prices was announced by
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey. The new tank wagon prices
in North and South Carolina, Vir
ginia and West Virginia, being 14 1-2
cents.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Jan. 81.—Denby “ini
tated” the transfer of Calforna and
Wyoming naval oil reserves to the in
terior department, Rear Admiral
Latimer, judge advocate general of
the navy told the House naval com
mittee, the admiral said Denby had
told him he had “intiated the transfer
after investigating the question and
consulting with various experts.”
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 81. — Henry
Ford’s offer for Muscle Shoals would
be placed under a federal waterpower
act with the exception that the lease
would run for a hundrd years instead
of fifty, under an agreement made to
the McKenzie bill at the executive
session of the House military com
mittee.
W. Lewis, of Greensboro, had ac
cepted" a postion at the carpet mills.
Senate Leaders From
Both Parties Confer
With the President
{By Associated Brass)
Washington, Jan. 31.—Both Demo
cratic and Republican leaders of the
Senate were consulted by President
Coolidge just before debate on the
Wlalth oil lease annulment resolution
.sras resumed. After ranking Senators
fas the Republican senate organisation
|Mi pel? an early call at .the White
SAN FRANCISCO’S FIRST
SUBWAY IS FOR VEHICLES
(By Associated Press) '
-San Francisco, Jan. 31.—To sav«
seconds for a daily army of 170,OOC
commuters, as well as to speed uj
street cars and vehicular traffic at th<
great Ferry building, San Fraaciscc
is building its ftrst subway.
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Davis Speaking to
Miners Is Greeted
by Howls ard Jeers
(By Associated Press)
Indianapolis, Jan. SI.—Howls and
boos greeted James Davis, secret* r>
of labor, when he was introduced bj
President Lewis to the biennal con
vention of the United Mine Workers
Lewis had asked for a respectful
hearing for a “member of the presi
dent’s cabinet." While the tumuli
proceeded Lewis again took the flooi
and shouted: “The honor of your o.
ganization is at stake. You are or
trial before the country. Exercise
self-restraint that our organisation be
not publicly shamed.” He requested
that those unwilling to hear Davie
should leave the halL After prolong
ed handclapping, Davis began to
speak.
LEAK8VILLE NEW FORD CAR
STOLEN IN DANVILLE
1 Our good friend, A. E. Bilson, fore
man of the Sanitary Plumbing Com
pany, had unusual bad luck last eve
inf in Danville, Va. He motored to
our neighboring city in a new Ford
roaster and left It parked around
thirty minutes on Union Street, near
the Masonic Temple. When he re
turned, his car was gone.
Mr. Bilson bought his car from the
Jones Motor Company on January
21st, and not received his State
license tag.
The motor number is 8666240. The
car has Goodyear All-Weather Cords
all around, and Hassel Shock Assorb
ers.
Any information regarding the car
will be appreciated.
> Mrs. M. H. 'B. Johnston and Mrs.
N. H. McCollum were in Gibsonville
yesterday to see Mrs. W. G. Boone,
who is sick with pneumonia.
LITTLE MYRON
(By Wickes Wamboldt)
They had known little Myron when
he was 5 years old. He was a pink
cheeked, blue-eyed, curley-headed lit
tle boy and everybody loved him. But
they had not seen him for years and
now he was coming to make them a
visit. The day before he was to ar
rive they received news that made it
i®p«^w.* JhsA4hje*^bft. away from
-home; for several days.
So they leave the cook instructions
to put little Myron into the spare
room and to take good care of him
and to see that the hired man kept
him entertained until they returned.
They left a nice note for little Myron
telling him how sorry they were^o
be away when he arrived but to lpw
a good time and they would be back
soon.
When they prepared to return, an
aunt decided to come with them. They
told her little Myron wae at the
house. She was delighted. She too
had known little Myron when he was
6 years old, with his pink cheeks, blue
eyes and curly hair.
Where would he sleep ? Why,
right in her room of course on a
lounge. She wouldn’t mind a bit.
She always had loved little Myron.
So they wired the cook to fix little
Myron up on a couch in one end ot
the spare room and they reached
home late in the night after little
Wyron, worn out with a strenuous
day, had retired to his couch and was
dead to the world.
Alter tney naa gone to tneir rooms
and the aunt had locked her door, she
remembered litle Myron. Dear little
Myron with his pink cheeks, blue eyes
and curly hair! She would kiss him
in his sleep. So she tiptoed over to
his couch and gazed down.
A moment later there was an
agitated knock at the door of the
niece and the nephew and when the
niece responded she was pulled into
the hall by the aunt who inquired ex
citedly if she knew that little Myron
had whiskers and was six feet long.
The niece was dumfounded. She
could hardly believe it.
Together they sneaked in and took
a look at little Myron. Then they
sneaked out. Then nephew was pulled
from his bed and asked if be knew
these things about little Myron. He
too stole in for a peep and was forced
to admit as he glanced at the blonde
moustache, saw his length of limb and
heard him snore, that he didn’t much
resemble a cherub.
So they routed title Myron out, put
his conch in the library, and the
household settled into quietude.
The next morning they all met at
breakfast, but things did not seem
just right. Somehow it seemed as
though little Myron had deceived
them though they could not tell ex
actly how. The aunt tried to ease the
situation by explaining volubly that
none of them had. realized that little
Myron had grown up. And every
body laughed constrainedly. Ani
litle Myron looked as happy as though
his mother was showing the minister*!
Reports That Two
Cabihet Members
Resigned Untrue
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Wn. SI.—Reports that
two cabinet, members had submitted
their resignations several days ago
and that- Pnesjdent Ooolidge had re
fused to accept1 them were disseminat
ed widely today but at once were
branded as ‘^absolutely untrue” by
Bascom Slemp, secretary to the
President - \
DANE TO SftLL
COIN COLLECTION
(B^ Apsoelstrd Prose)
London, jfan. 81.—The world
famous coin flection of the Danish
merchant, M. Bruuns, is to be broken
up and offered for sale. The English
and Irish collection which contain
many coins manufactured by the Dan
ish Vikings ia England have been ac
quired for the Boyal Coin and Medal
collection.
The other sections, it is understood,
will be offered for sale at public
auction.
Read Tour County’s Daily Paper First
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Would Apply New
Income Tax Schedule
on Taxes for 1923
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 8). — Secretaj
Melon regads as pactical and feasible
the Tplan of Republican members oi
the House waye-and means committee
to make the proposed income tax re
duction effective on the 1923 pay
ments which taxpapers will remit to
the government beginning March
15th. He believes the step would en
tail no difficulties 0n the treasury.
BRITISH PRISONERS
PUT ON HONOK
'By Associated Press)
London, Jan. 81.—Prisoner are be
ing put on their honor in various
prisons to a greater extent than for
merly and it is found that this con
fidence is not abused to any extent.
The plan is to form "honor parties”
of prisoners who are trusted to work
without eontnuous supervson.
Mrs C. J. Darlington, on Patrick
Street, will entertain the "IdlewiMe”
club tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o’clock.
Madison Man Pleads
to Put Down Strife
Dear Sirs: I would like to say a
few words to the public in the inter
est to the people of Kockingham
County. I have lived in this good old
county fo rsonjethlng over eighty-five
years. I have seen several efforts
made to try to divide this grand old
county. I have always opposed a di-:
vision. I have favored a strong and
progressive ‘'county, one that was
able-to build good‘roads, bridges and
good school houses. I am glad that
I have lived- tor see very near all ot
this accomplished. I know our taxes1
are high; people are feeling the bur-,
dens of taxation; hut remember that [
this debt wad brought about before
j the present boafd bf commissioners >
! was sworn -ip* )
I happened to be at Wentworth last j
July when this' county held a mass- j
| meeting arid I was surprised to j
see prominent making such in-1
| flamuratorjf ‘sp^Sfhes’ to «r mass of *
people. I thought surely we would
be going into bolshevism soon. I
think these meetings are very danger
ous and uncalled for among a civilized
and intelligent people. And we have
a call for another mass-meeting soon
and there is not a living man who
can tell what' the result may be. I
have always tried to abide by the laws
that be. I hope the people will con
sider what they are doing. What
would the bridge across Dan river be
to this grand old county? Stop, take
a view of Mexico and see where we
ar e drifting. We might do some
thing that would cost us "more than
all of our bridges, besides our good
name, which I think is worth more
than a bridge.
I have written this iii hopes of
bringing about a better feeling in
this gloriou sold county.
With good wishes for the county,
Respectfully,
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Madison, N. C.
What Is the Remedy?
IF it is a wise policy to throw our support to an
out-of-State newspaper, we should do it, and
do it vigorously. Whatever is worth doing, is
worth doing well. Let’s be for home busi
ness, or against home trading. There is no
middle ground. If our stores and our news
papers are not large enough to suit you, would
you destroy them entirely or would you sup
port them until they reached your notion of a
store or a newspaper?
Do^you care anything for your community?
Would you go out of your State because an
article is priced at $1.98 and sold at home for
the regular price, $2.00? Do you, Mr. Merchant,
feel proud of the fact that four days after your
advertisement appeared in an out-of-State
paper, the same paper carried a double page ad
vertisement for people "fifty miles around” to
leave their home stores and buy shoes, etc., in an
out-of-State city?
wm you, mr. Merchant, co-operate with
your home paper in a sane and patriotic cam
paign, to ascertain the extent and cause or
causes why so many of our people leave our
county and State to do their shopping? Are
you, Mr. Merchant, going to contribute to the
support of an out-of-State newspaper promoted
by merchants and interests entirely hostile to
your business prosperity, because they want to
take away from you the business that rightfully
belongs to you, right at your door?
Are you, Mr. Merchant, and Mr. Reader,
willing to take a hand in remedying this unde'
sirable situation? Then if you sure, let us move
in that direction. Merchants should be the first
to move. Other business men should join in.
PropgKy holders should cheerfully give their
support. All taxpayers should line up solid
because local prosperity is their only hope for re
ducing tax burdens. The Gazette is ready to
carry the message of the above named interests
to all the homes of our community. We ask the
buying public to support this movement.
Tomorrow’s Topic: "What Shall We Do?”
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OHAKACTER OF EARLY WEST
RIDES TO HIS LAST ROUND-UP
(By Associated Press)
Sheridan, Wyo., Jan. 31.—With the
death at Buffalo, Wyo., recently of
J. C. (Jlardwinter) Davis, passed the
man at whose invitation Owen Wister
cante to Wyoming and wrote "The
Virginian.” Davis rode the ranges of
Wyoming and Montana with Theodore
Roosevelt and later visited him in the
White House. “Hardwinter ’ • also
built the Sahara irrigation project in
northern Wyoming, and was the first
man to prospect for oil in the now
famous Salt Creek field.
BULGARIAN WOMEN
MAKE DEMANDS
(By Associated Press)
Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 81.—The wo
men of Bugaria have asked parlia
ment for general suffrage, complete
equality with men before the law, and
the right to practice before the
courts.
The premier is in favor of their vot
ing for school -boards and in muni
cipal elections, but the minister of the
interior is inclined to give the wo
men all they seek.
The women are determined to take
a more active part in the political life
of the country.
FIELD MICE IGNORE RULES
AND RUIN FIELDS OF WHEAT
(By Associated Press)
Varna, Bulgaria, Jan. 31.—Temper
atures of September prevailed in this
latitude up to the end 0f December
and as a result field mice kept on
foraging for food long after they
normally quit and dig in for their
winter’s sleep. Being hungry, the
title rodents have eaten up so much
of the seed in the aras given over to
late wheat that farmrs declare the
spring crop has been ruined.
USE WASTE PAPER PROFITABLY :
IN CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES 1
ing material maff'fmm Waste paper
and designed for ceilings and wall
linings has been perfected by a
Swedish engineer, and production on
a large scale soon will be undertaken.
The raw materials are ordinary
waste paper such as accumulates in
cities, clay and sulphate lye, the
cheapnes sof which warrants an inex
pensive finished product. The cover
ing is said to be fireproof and dur
able; can be applied by unskilled
labor, will take paper, paint or stain,
and can even be polished. It is a good
non-conductor, and does not respond
to changes in temperature.
VIENNA DOUBLES ITS DOGS
(By Associated Press)
Vienna, Jan. 31.—A dog census ol
this city discloses the curious fact
that Vienna toda yshelters about
twice as many ot.these animals as be
fore the war, or 91,000 against 49,000
in 1912.
BERLIN, DOUBTING ITS
BLIND MEN, BEGINS TEST
ING SUSPICIOUS ONES
(By Associated Prese>
Berlin, Jan. 31.—Blind men have
become so numerous in the streets
that the public has begun to doubt
their affliction and is putting them to
a test. One “blind man” recently
was mobbed in the west end of the
city. The man was labelled with
signs saying he was “entirely blind as
the result of war wounds.”
UNMASKED BANDITS
ROB BANK OF $10,000
(By Associated Press)
Chattanooga, Tenn., Jan. 30.—Two j
unmasked bandits held up the Farm- I
ers Bank, at Jasper, and stole $10 000 |
in currency. A posses overtook and'
captured the men at Whitewell. 1
Wth the Death
Purcell. Last
IMtag Correspondent of the Gazette)
Wentworth, Jan. 31.—Hilton Sean
went on trial yesterday for his life,
charged with the murder of Mrtf. dJ|
E. Purcell, wife of a former count
commissioner and well known farmer,
into whose home Sears was placed by
the County Welfare Officer a short
time before.
Hilton is a tine looking boy o£
ebuot 15 or 16 years of age. He does
not look like a boy that would com
mit such an otfence.
He is being defended by attorney*
J. E. Joyce, A. D. Ivie, B. C. Trotter .
end Major Smith.
P. W. Glidewell is assisting Solicitor
S. P. Graves, for the State. 'Vi
Considerable time was consumed in
selecting a jury, but as court ad
journed for the night the necessary
twelve had been secured.
The jury: T. W. Woods, L. W. Mar- '
tin, W. B. Overbey, W. J. Dix, N. A.
Amos, S. H. Gammon, J. H. French,
T. V. Sparkle. R. F. Joyce, Alex
Vernon. W. J. Todd and J. P. Jones.
The jury, while selected, were not
impanrelled li"t right, but were
P’aced in chargi of an officer with in
struction to pr' to their comfort, and
to spa'-e no r 'in- :r giving them the
best that could be had, for “Men who
ferve their Sts‘a are entitled to the
best, ’ Judge Bryson declared.
The Court instructed the jury that
tt'ey were not to discuss the case, nor
hear it discussed, nor read news
papers that miuht contain reports of
the ease.
The ease v.-as resumed first thing
this morning and after the jury was
impannelled, the introduction of testi
mony began, and it is not improbably
that it will take all day to conclude it.
Other Cases Tried
Jess Galloway was convicted on
two charges of assault. Jess is a
colored man, who lives near the
forks of the Guarant Springs and
Reidsville roads. It was in eviden
that he palled a
siding in that neighborhood? '1
men testived that Galloway fired on
them, but this he denied. The jury,
however, returned a verdict of guilty.
Galloway will be sentenced later.
The Washburn, Washborn and
Simpson ease was continued to the
May term of court.
VISITOR FINDS NO VIRTUE
IN MANY STORIES BUILDINGS
London, Jan. 31.—Raymond Un
win, expert on city planning to the
British health ministry, finds much to
condemn in American skyscrapers.
He acquired his impressions during a
recent tour of the United States.
The day population of London is
014 to the acre, according to Mr. Un
win, and that of the loop area of
Chicago 2,880 to the acre.
QUEBEC READY FOR
WINTER SPORTS
(By Associated Press)
Quebec, Jan. 31. — International
com petition in ski-jumping, snow
shoeing, speed and figure skating, ice
hockey, curling and the annual dog
sled derby, will feature the Quebec
win*er carnival, which opens February
20th.
A contest for women ski jumpers in
which Mias Margaret Towne of Ber
lin, N. H., will meet the leading wo
men jumpers of Canada, is a new
feature on the list of events.
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LISBON LIVES IN FEAR OF
OUTRAGE ANDT VIOLENCE
Lisbon, Jan. 81.—Lisbon faces a
r*ormy future, In the opinion of a
civil governor of the mnncipality who
has just resigned. Unless proper
protective measures are taken, the
city may wake up some morning “in,
n frightful sea of exploding dyna
mite.”
Japanese Imperial
Diet Is Dissolved
in Great Disorder
NINE STUDENTS INJURED
IN DORMITORY FIRE
I (By Associated Press.'*
Springfield, Ohio, Jan. 81.—Nine
students were injured, two probably
fatally, in escaping from a dormitory
during a fire at Wilberforee Uni
versity, near Xenia. The fire is said
, to have been inTendiary origin.
■ ' ij&i
(By Associated Press.)
Tokio, «Jn. 31.—The Imperial Diet
was dissolved following scenes of
great disorder in which water flaska
were thrown and fists used. The dis
turbance resulted from attempts of
the opposition to interpellate the gov
ernment regarding the a<
wrecking of a train at Nagoya
ing opposition leaders to Tokio.
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