North Carolina Newspapers

ibc Mount lira M. ESTABLISHED MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. MAY 3. 1923 L 91.6.0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE GOVERNOR SNATCHES MAN FROM ELECTRIC CHAIR DUI rrmymn of "Daath Row" Inmate* Reach Cowwor Morri*ott? Raleigh. April 24.—The prayer* of 17 condemned men went up from death raw in the state'* prison last night hvM'M-hmr the Almighty to save the life of Milton Nobles. And when the morning brought the hand of the governor staying the •lertrorutlon a new faith dwelt among the inmate* of the narrow, cellad rooms. There »re It men who peer through the bar* along the corridor. The on* who did not pray for life waa No ble* himnelf. "I Je*t prayed my Lord to fiv* me strength to do HI* will," he said, a* hi* uniting face contacted with the brightness of the sun ray* fighting for admittance throagh the glaaad window*. "I knowed my Lord know. *4 I waa innocent; and If Re wanted me to go down I knowed He would be there to meet me, and if He wanted me to atay I knowed He was watch inr over me." Half Hmir of Death , Nobles *>■ within a half-hour of the electric chair when Governor Mor rison issued a *0-day respite. The man's insistent protestation* of hia innocence prompted it. The governor will look carefully in to the caae of the ignorant Columbos jounty farmer, and if he finds doubt -xists aa to the murder of his second •ousin commutation of sentence will result Otherwise Milton will take a final nervous journey down the ■orridor two montha hence. Three men are largely responsible for the govenor's respite. Rev. 8. ?. Betta. Rev. l.utnmus Goodwin and Joe H. Weathers, the latter a Sun day school superintendent, visited No. aioa thia morning and earnestly, ' nought to procure a last minute con fession of hia guilt. But he insisted that he waa Innocent Hia sttttude was reported to Govvnor Morrison, «nd the executive felt that if he. stood so firmly in the very shadow of the leath chair the case deserved fur ther consideration Mrs. Milton Nobles appeared be 'ore him last week to appeal for com •nutntion. Nothing in the caae could ■te found that would justify oommuts *k>n of sentence and when announce ment of the declination was made the wife fainted. In view of the man's last minute reprieve this moming peculiar in terest is added to a letter his aged -nother wrote a half docen days ago cporting that the night before she nad dreamed he waa respited when •wi the very threshold of the ultimate udgement impoaed by man. Chart* Repudiated Him His mother and wife and five chil dren are about all who have stood ay him, except the three men and the governor, Nobles said. His own hureh refused to reinstate him in the absence of a confession of his guilt. His greatest worry has been caused not by the shadow of death or the •■evere judgment of his church, but ■ecause of the need of his children. "My oldest boy, fourteen he's a ■•right boy and he loves his hooks. swore he woujd have a schooling, vhich I missed, and he was getting t until 1 got down here. Then he Tad to go to work; poor fellow; he oves his books,' murmured Nobles. \nd then he returned to his con ten -ion of his own innocence. "If all the people in the world ■vould walk into this cell and uy if J wax guilty of killing Henry Noblea I could go free I would nay I wa» in TOeent. If you took me out of here .nd chopped me to piece* on a block of atone I would (till aay I waa Inno •nt. My I>onj known I am innocent. That is what Noble* told the two •niniater* and Sunday nchool worker when they called on him at 9:46 o' lock this morning to Inve t irate for '.he governor. They warned him he lad only 4f> minute* mora to litre, and •Jtot hia confe*»ion was a matter be -wean him*elf and God. But he waa n*i«tent that he waa innocent. The trio went back and reported so the governor. They avowed they believed the man innocent; and the governor immediately laaoad the re spite in order that he might look Into •he caae. Prayed For the Governor The new* waa brought bark to Nob tea at 10 o'clock. He kneeled on Ma eat and prayed: "Oh. Oed. Meet the governor and keep Mm onder 1>y gracious tare Makr him happy, oh. my Lord. and hlaaa tha goyamar. my Lord. oh, hlaaa him." Hi* prayar ran on for ^ully two or thraa minutan. and thoaa who hagrd hint »aid it wan a "moat haau tiful prayar." When ha had raaaad, hi* eallad naighbora hroka forth into "Praia# Cod from Whom All Blaaainga Flow " And happinaaa aanuradly raignad in drath row Than tha miniftfra left him and Noblaii apant an hour in prayarful •ilanra. Whan tha nawapapar viau turn t-allrd ah- rlly aftar II hia fara wan «miling and ha atnod arrrt and ralmly. "You haliavr in prayar, dont you?" ha wu aakad. "Oh, my Ixjrd ia mi good to ma. Rut Ha know* I am Innocant. But Hf diad for ua all and I roulud dia for tha truth U ho did. Thay par mtutad my Lord Jnat lit# thay'ra pa rar spiting ma. Ho, auh, f didnt pray for him to aava my lifa; I Jaat prayad for him to gWa ma (trvngth to do Hla will. "Oncad, thia morning, I fait my faith waakaning; and than I prayad hardar. I aorta cot to t rambling, you know; and I wondarad If my l.ord waa watching ovar ma. But I prayad hardar and hardar, and than I got hark my faith and my atrangth hark And than thay cnme and told mo I wouldn't dia; oh. my Ion), blaaa l hr rovrrnor." • (Hhw Prisoners Prayed The other prisoner* said they pray ed last night for the life of Noble* because they were positive he vyas not guilty. One neirro reported that he had prayed all night. "Course, raister, I did my killing —by accident, though—but I would have gone to the chair this morning for Mister Noble* causa I know he didn't do It," a negro volunteered. You have faith and hope in some thing happening before the next 00 days passes V Nobles was asked witk the expectancy of an affirmative ana war. "Pm jest trusting in the Lard," he replied. "1 thank my Lord, and I leave myself In hi* hand*. I thank the good people who are helping me and I don't think they will let my enemies persecute me always. 1 hope they will find the truth; they said they were going to bring the little girl up here for her to see the gover nor. "I love those three men who came to see me; and the governor, my l/ord Mess him, he's a good man." The girl of whom he spoke is the eight year old daughter of the mur dered man, who testifies she saw No bles kill her father. She is reported to have been the only witness against him as to the actual murder. NoMea said she testified her mother told ht-r to tell. It's jest so hard when you know a thing so much, and yon rant get anybody, nobody to believe you. I love those three men who came to see me, and the governor, may the Lord bleas them." "Did you sleep much last night?" he was asked. "No, suh, not much," was the smil ing reply. "But I prayed to my l-ord a lot." Captain 3. J. Bus bee, the prison warden, told Noble* that if he is innocent and ia right with God K will make no differences what hap pens. "If you are innocent, you need not worry; if you do have to be electro cuted, you will be all right. But if vou are guilty and hold it back, you will be juat aa mean as the worst drunkard in the world. I have seen men who would not confess; and only when they were in t]ie chair and were being strapped, and with juat another minute to live, did they say they were guilty. It la too late then to get right with God." Captain Busbee told him. "I know it. Captain, and I know that if I bo down ((nodding towards the dfxjr at the extreme «nd of the corririur k-adin? to the i hair) and go out' of thia world, my Lord will be there to irraap my hand, cauac I am at peace with Him and He know* I am innocent." f ^ Notice To Ttx-Ptjreri Tax-Iinline hooka for the Mount Airy townahip will be open in Will K irk man'a o'fice over the W. 8. Wolfe Drug Co.'a store. May 7J1. Hour* 9 a. ra. to S p. m except Sat urday* when the Hat-taken will re main uatil A p. m. The hooka are in chwjre of R. Y. Gravaa and T. B. McCaryo A penalty it provided far pervoni failinr to list. SON OF ENGLAND'S KING WEDS England'* Hi|h«il 800, Be jewelled, Diked Out in P'n* Raiment, TW« London, April !M.—Albert, IXlkr ftf York, waa united in marriage with l ady Eliaaheth Bowea I.yon In w> li mn okl Waatminiater abbey al noon today with a pimp ami panoply rami latent of than pacioua daya of the mid-Vi<-tnrian tra and amid tha tu multoua demonatrattona of the vaat thronira that gathered under threat ening akiaa to wilnean the wedding pageant. It wan thr muul timr in a littla mora than a jraar (tat the king and <iueen of Knrland fin ona of thair child ran in wrdlock to a prraon out ride tha realm of royalty. Whila tha marriage of tha Bovereign'a aerond aon did not atlr tha popular Imagina tion of tha Britiah ampira aa did Prtn reaa Mary'a wadding, tha romanee which tumad a »impla Scottish girl into a royal prlnrr'a bride and ala vatad har from a poaition of ralativa ohacurity to tha place of tha fourth lady of tha land, rapturad tha haarta of tha Kngliah paopla. The fart that L.tiiy Klizabeth'* mamai'e to tha Duka of York make* har eligible to wear the crown of the empire in event anything1 untoward befalla the Prince of Wales. imparted an additional note of interest and significance to the event. Today'* ceremony within the hal lowed walla of Ihf hiatoric which ha- witne*aed the aupreme )oy« and wtniw* of the nation for «itm past, waa both a great religioua and social event, and waa marked by a glittering exhibition, of famhion and aur.iptoua jrwela Eight hundred of England'a greateat luminaries in atate, court, diplomacy and society, aa well aa an impressive assemblage of foreign princes, dukea, duchesses and other* of rank and title were there, attired in finery and jewelled ernhel liahmenu that represented the pro. verbial king's ransom The arrhbiahop of Cantekgry, a» alated by England'a sjp»t diatinguiah ed prelatee. aolemnixed the union. Hie Prince of Wale* took a prominent part in thr proceeding* and doubtless learned much that will he turned to rood account when he enter* the Mar riage atate himaelf. Wale* and hit brother. Prince Henry, acted aa beat man. but it waa Wale* whn produced the ring at the proper time l-adv Elisabeth waa attired in an exquisite gown of white ivory moire chiffon embelliah with band* of ailver at>d pearl rmt riodery. A 16 foot train of ivory-colored net hung from her (boulder*. The duke »■» drained in the uni form of an officer of the royal air force. King George wore the field uniform of a general, while Queen Mary'* attire waa a gown of blue and ailver. Seat* wert- limited to thoae on inti mate terms with the families of the bride and bridegroom, or whose offi cial or aocial status entitled them to the distinction ' of witnessing the ceremony. George Harvey, the American are baaaador, waa • atriking figure in tight velvet knee breechee. silk stock ing* and other court regalia, while Mr*. Harvey attracted wide attention in her gown of beige crepe with over dress of black lace and aash and vest of beige crepe embroidered in orien tal colors. She wore sable fun and a black crinoline hat trimmed with lace hows. In all. nine Americana witnessed the ceremony. In addition to Ambassador and Mrs. Harvey there favored guests were seven of the American newspa per men in London who cast lots for the opportunity of writing eye-wit ness descriptions of the service and the gorgeous spectacle it afforded. Ford to Give Winter Job*, to Farmers Detroit. April 26.—Statement* in the date senate at l.ansing late yes tenia)- to the effect that Henry Ford planned to build a factory on every traall wnterpower lite 'ie ran obtain in Michigan and five winter employ ment at city wares, to the fanner* were confirmed by peraon* cloae to the automobile manufacturer today. Under Mr. Ford'* plan he would dot the state with manufacturing con cern* that would operate at full ca pacity during the winter, toe farmer being release*! each spring to car* for their crops. This would have the stfsct of Mat tering industry throughout the state rather than concentrating It In the cities. NORTHERN LIFE 19 HARD ON NEGROES In Every Northern State Death* Outnumber Birth* —City Life Kill* Washington, April 77.—"Hi* gen eral movvmant of »outh*ra nrgrn farmer* to northrrn industrial r«n l.ri«, <l»i*n by • rwrnt survey of tit* i|f|uirtmrnt of airrtrultur* will, if ron . tinned, hav* * very marked *ff*rt i both on th# labor supply in th* sooth md upon th* mfrii nrr itaalf, in th* opinion of offirials of thr census be r*au. An analyst* of th* bureau of th* 1920 rrnau* shows marked tmdnwifl toward interstate migration and con centration ia Htin, the movrmrnt re | ralvlnf ita firnt impetus in th* d* I man<1* for unakilM labor during th* world w*r. During th* dread* nearly 2Sf>,0M negro** removed to citivs In th* South Atlantic Stat** and n*arly th# *me number to riti*s in th5 *asi i north central states. i "In e**ry on* of th* northrm i'nrgro d*atha in thr five yaars. 1911 i 19 9, outnumbered birth; in th* «outh -n "tat**, in g*n*ral. th* condition* **«• reversed," the analysis of th* bu reau states Tbrnuirhout the north and in cities of th* aouth nagTU death# *re mor* numerous than M(n l.irtha; In fart, southern cities art i even more unfavorable than those o( | '.be north to natural increase In ' 1 MO for^lhe fir«t time thr proportion ' 'if white children to white women ex ceiled that of negro children to nr • ijro womrn th« difference being 41 l«-r 1.000. At thr present timr, the i proportion of children to women among aouthrrn nrgin** i* only about five sixth* of what it is among j southern whttri -|i in* ratr in im-reaur Iwlwur i 1900 and 1920 be projected through , the r**t of the century without I change, it would yield at iU clone i about 20,«)0,000 » the maximum li I mit of negro population. It alae I wmii rralonable to anticipate that ! (he negroea who In 17#0 were over 19 per cent or nearly one fifth of the 1 population of the country, and now ; are about one 10th. are likely by the end of century U> he not more thaa one 20th." North Main School Honor Roll. Kimt Grade, Clegg Dale Monday, Edward Jonea. Ma con Jordon. Catherine Gilbert. Eve lyn Veraen. Sara Scott Garyn. ! 2nd Grade Lucaa Helen Lee Nelnu, Blanche Gwyn, | Mildred Jonea, Marguerite Morria, Mvitle Hudaon. (Georgia Worrell, U«i« Webb, Thoma» Kawcett, Keith ; Smith. , 3rd Grade, Johnaon Margaret Coble, Georgia Children*, Rebecca Hitter. Jame* Hunt, Mary Midkiff. Mildred Smith. Edith Smith. Helen Tilley. Mary 'Watson. Irene Cnndiff. Dorothy Jonea, Eva Joy WorreM. 4th Grade. Bumgarner. Rena Pendleton. Dora Belle Gravea, Mary Bowman. Robert Harriaon, Jaaea Gomba, Dot Martin. Charlie Witt, Burnua Smith. 7th Grade. Cieighton. Annie Fawcett, Verona Weet. I ✓ Children of Confederacy Moot The Col. B. Y. Grave* C. of C. arfll meet with Edith Clair Leake Satur day afternoon the Mh of May at 8 o'clock at her home on South Main Street. Thom- eligible to membarmhip In the C. of C. ai* boyi and girl* from infancy to eighteen yean of age 01 neice* or rrand-neicen, nephews, or it rand-nephew*, of men and women who honorerably nerved the Confed erate State* of America. Our atate director urge* that we register every child that ia eligible, thoae who wish tn join thia organisation ran get blanka and information from tha lender Mr*. P. S Rothrock Atty. Edf*r Turlington Choaon for Rcipomiblc Position Kriend* of the late Prof. L T. Tur lington Mid hi* cpli'iiHid family will learn with interest that hit son Atty. Kdgar Turlington of Washington D. jC. has been rhoaen as lagal aMor to the American Delegation to the l.au*anne Conference. This appointment is one of great rmpxnsihility. and it is no stnall hon or that the men in authority in the nation hare intrusted this r—ponaiM lity to so young a .»an as Mr. Tur lington Mr. Turlington landed hi Fraaos last weak aad want immediately ta Swiiseriand tit Parte. Legality of Cms tract 'imenaboro Patriot Dwiinn (if the North Carolina Hu- \ lirrm court that the contracts made lij the member* of tha Tobacco (inw era' Cooperative Marketing aaaocia-1 lion under which it operatea. are va lid ghrea tu tha »«»>• tation a force . and power without which it woo Id be nothing It moan* that the aaao nation t* an organisation able to do •ome thing brraiur of tha combined { |mwar of Ita member* Without a valid contract there would be no forre. Tine and again I there have haan farmer*' organise tiona formed, tha theory of which was they would all work together for the good of each and all. hot the- f.ulwl becauae they wouldn't ail do it. There were contract breaker*, where the contract waa not an ironclad pledge. i and the organization diaolved like | miat. There waa nothing to them. Theory wooldn't hold water. Theory ! alone couldn't do it. It waa explained very carefally. i time and again, with every meana of ••mphaaia. when the aaaociation waa j in tha making that the contract la an ironclad paper; that there rould he no hacking down; that once in a mem her haa to atick; that he had signed up to deliver, and deliver He mast. If any man went into the association w th a wrong conception of what Y i« he haa no one to blame hot him self. Every point wan made clear, at , thi- organisation meetings, in the newspapers, made very clear. Eapec tally waa the nature of the contract viulaned. Tju association hao proved work able. It has achieved its aim* in part umt it is on the road to it* other*. ' It will take time to achieve them, hot | there is plenty at time. Time is on > the side of the ennperatiwea. Um» lot -teitdy growth. sure growth. This Is I no mu>hroom plant, no hothouse flower, but a sturdy stalk, partaking of the nature of the men of the sail. And the derision of the court Mak es it leys I. It removes the doubts of those who feared that it nifht be s "trust." "It removes the doubts of those who feared that some chill word from the bench might kill the plant, a blighting frost. It Is true that the enemies of co operation may take the matter to the United State* Supreme court. That is their right.- If they care to go to further expense, to fatten some law yers tn their enmity to the vssocia ' tion they can go to it. They will find the agents of the association right there, prepared, with the deci sion of the North Carolina Supreme ,-ourt behind them. On one side will he the lswyem of the anti-coopera tives; on the other the lawyers of the cooperatives—snd the Supreme1 court of North Carotins. The dif ference is plain. Even a layman un learned in the law or in the ways of; courts ran see that it is easier to af-' firm a decision of a court, especially | s court made up of more than Ane' man. than to reverse it. The antis die hard, but they die and when they surrender it will be a i complete victory - It will pay th—it to work with, net against the coupera- j three. ! Federal Reserve Safe Largest in the World. Cleveland. April 2S.—The largest safe in the world is bring installed in ' the new fourth federal reserve bank , building ken, according to George; : Oaks of York. Ps., the constructing I engineer in charge of the work. The steel frame vestibule is in 1 place and the safe door and other < parts are due to arrive soon. Ths I vestibule, or frame, weighs 200.900 | fxiunds and the door snd the remain, der of the gigantic steel vault weighs 100,000 pounds more. The vault is 13 feet square and, has an all-round thickneu of four feet of the toughest chromium steel. The vault is -in a room SO bjr 70 feat, with no windows. The walls of the room Are seven feat think all over ind are tnar'e of rivet irrip reinfnn concert*, being almmi s mass of • '.eel ceimmed bjr conrrr '« Mr. Oaks said the vault, in case of an attempted robbery would stand Mginst a heavy artillery Ire for half an hour, as ita steel protection is four times thicker than the arnter plate of a battleship Indigestion and Constipation. "Prior W using Chamberlain's Tab lets, I suffered dreadfully from indi gestion. Nothing I ate agreed wHh me and I lost fleth and ran dewa In health. Chamberlain's Tablets ettweUwoed my digestion and cured n* of constipation." writes Mrs Oee Stronp. *vlray. N. T. WmU CovtraiDMl It Bwy All Waahingon, April 2>.—The gwe emment should buy up all tke 37, MMI.OtlO gallons of diatilled hi|Wf» in tk* country. It ahould luur bond* or certificate* to r»IS# the naweaaary fumiji far aorh purchase. It thould then dUtnhnte them according to legitimate nmb "withoot (tint or hindrance" and hold the men and the corporation* that C»t them "rr«pon nblc before thr law." Ttita 1* the proposal put forth aa remedy for many of th* >. ila now at tendmir prohibition, by Jamea 4. Hritt, counsel for the prohibition unit. A hill providing authority 'or nek a bond laaoe may be introduced hi the not aaaaion of Coegleaa in Decem ber, Mr Brltt would not. bowtttr, u> rlude in the proposed government purrhaae. alrokol or wine, but only '(■•tilled apirita already made and m the warehooaee, including whiakiea. fin, rum and brandy. Mr. Hritt, it via learned, following hi» presentation of the proposal to the American Drug Manufacturer* association, estimate* the rahie of the diatilled apirita vanoualy from 12 to M a gallon. Under hli plan, therefore, to take over the diatilled apirita of the nation, the government would invest aomewhere between 174, 000,000 and 1124,400,000 in property now belonging to private citlaoM and i-orpnrat lona, thereby serving the double purpose*. he believes, uf ero nomic justice to the owners of the liquor, and of more efficient enforce ment of prohibition. kmioium rrite ri|in. The price ihould bt Ml >1 I " rea sonable f igurr." Mr. Britt Mim, hut ihould be a Juat return to the wim. The owner* of df*MBed »pir ft*. Mr. Britt believe*, did net expert the 18th amendment to paaa. and "they did net pat their baainaao om any footing that would safeguard thrm arainiit financial loo* in tho future." ' "The reeult m in many in«tancee men of hi|h mpertikility oviilf these certificate, in large quantitiee of drink, air concerning themaelve* with men we call bootlegger*, men whom they would not hare at their table* or introduce to their wire* and Hiughter*. but «till for the tune be inr they may hare them bring into '.he market some of thi* product oa ■vhWh they may lone their all," ha lay*. MAY PROVE FATAL When Will Ml Airy P*opU Learn the Importance of it? Backarhr i* only a maple thing at firat. But if you find 'ti» from the kid ney*; That ««rlou» kidney trouble may follow; That dropey or Bright'* deaeaae may be the fatal end. You will be glad to know the fol lowing experience. Tin the honest statement of a resi dent of thi* locality. U. ti. Puckett. farmer. Ararat, Va., «ay*: "If I bent over, a whole lot it weakened my back and t got aore und liuue. My kidney* didn't act properly and cauned me to have ter rible headache*. I got relief almost immediately, howevr, froa* Doaa'a Kidney Pill*. Whenever I have any of thi* trouble now, a few Doaa'a hring quick relief." Price 60c at all dealer*. Dont * imply aak for a kidney remedy—got I>oan's Kidney Pill*- the aame that Mr. Puckett hud. Foster-Milhurn Co^ Mfr*., Buffalo. N. Y Resale of Laad By virtue of power contained la or der of Superior Court of Surry Coun ty, m action ontititled Floyd Hill. Executor, of Mown Hill vr Lud* Hill and other heir* at Mom Hill. airoet ing the undersigned Com ssiss inner to raaell said lsn<& for roaaon that raised bid has been placed on aai4 lands, I will sell at public auction on the prealises in WeatfloM Township " ""SffrSS, Vkm the followtn« lands, adjoin if A. L. Jen sup, A. Q. Hunter -and others, and hrcinning at Peat oak A. L. Jssaups line rasa North S7 Wert 14,7* chains to stake Bryants Una, than Worth S I 4 East H.U cha. te Make In Hunt ers line, then Sooth 87 Bart maniac South of stabler 14.7* cha. to slake in Hunters line. Saath » 1-t Wort 1* 4* cha. to becianiaff Containing SO acres more or less The bid to start at aaumat of rained M ISM.36 Terms one half cash, balaaat la ewe y<T>.i« April Mth 1*2*. ^H&csssr,