A. W. GEORGE MUST
SERVE 5-YEAR TERM
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ouprcme v^ourt rinus no error si i mi or
cuuii fmfiirfi v^onTiCi%v> ju i/DDSon
in tha handwrttfaf of (
but (bowed to the utiifictiMi of the
■coort that be mad* oat the depoalt
ally aad part of the itab in Ink, the
•Mat »0 on tho (tab betnf Made,
oat la pendl
Defendant ipiiiilij on tho »iimnd«
that tba mart nfuiri to biatrort
Jury to tKa effect that MMant con
that there war* other i Mm
to ahnw falao entriea made by
ltlt-M of which tha com
ia not
Jwtka fttaeey wrote tha opinion.
Attorney General Manning and Aa
riatnt Naah appeared for the atate
aad J. H. Folfer tar tha defendant.
With the final hearing War* the
Supreme Court in the 'earn of A. W.
<1—H», rf Elkln. and the approral of
the viHIct rendered by • Sorry eoun
ty jury, ia brought to a eloaa, aa far
aa the court* arc tone* mod, a ease
that has been hard fought from the
nd one that haa "—
the cloaaat attention oa the fart ft
Solicitor Grave* to get the facto pra
Ta thia day there an many people
•ho hold to the rltw that Mr. George
«raa the tool of hi* Mend*, bat if he
was ha no ear "squealed" on them dur
ing the hearing and H i* reported that
hts attorney* ware new able to learn
anything further about the (altera
of hi* bank than (hat brought out at
the trial.
Mr. Gaorga waa brought to trial'
before a Jury twice. The fir*t time
resulted hi a mistrial or account of
the Ulnae* of a Juror. In pi usiiat
• ing the ease the Solicitor put on evi
dence showing that Mr. George, aa
the bank's president and cashier, had
■peculated with the funds entrusted
to his ear* for his own private gain,
and that of hie friends associated
with him; that the speculations pro*-1
ad a failure and thus brought about
the cloeing of the bank whan it was
lsarasd ha waa short to Ma funds
more than fifty thousand dollars.
Many of those amounts ware the life
time savings of his neighbors and far
mer friends of Yadkin county where.
he was held in highest esteem. At the
same time the Treasurer of Surry
county had tied up in the bank more
than 120.000 This matter of this
money of the county being thus leas
ed was taken in rhstgi by "W. ). By
srly when he became county comasis
dasar and he at once took steps to
require the treasurer and hi* bonda
men to make good thia amount. And ;
from F. 8. Eldrldge, former county
good thia leas
to ha
tfca
from Bateigh to the Clark of Court,
the Oark reeateee official no
♦heVhon of the Supreme
: Wkes Ma duty to at one
tie* of
Court it
the Sheriff to convoy the defendant
to the Btoto penitentiary. Unless
some slope are tabs* hp eauaaal far
Mr. George to get a respite from the
Governor ha Is Hkety to
tag his
at the naw
BANKm GETS DGMT
TEAM
Onpar
afternoon and '
tody. VMh the eoort hAetM
rapiaa would not leeoe until
her 30, if the defendant complied with
the condition* wiggeetod. It la ander
itood that faihwa of hi» attorney* to
submit to • felony charge leaeaa did
lattar two to Im triad at a later data
and th* IMIHH of eight year* aa
the road* affaatlaa onlaaa the su
preme eoort grama a new trial.
lieutenant Governor W. B. Cooper
waa la court when hia brother waa
sentenced by Jade* Grady.
The Jury'* verdict aa to Boorh
xeiw to have BMt public apprtrral.
Cooper la a brother of W. B. Coop
er, lien tenant governor of North
Carolina, who la alao a banker. The
family of the convicted awn la prow
rnentty connected la banking rlrclae
in Virgi-lia, North Carolina and I
Carolina.
Fare* Ckarpa of
Declared guilty of fo
hi two bUla of
tke Jmr trying tke
aentenced to two year* em tko
on each of tko foar eoanto, I
total of eight yaara, by J edge
A. Grady. Notice of appeal to
■apron* roart wu |hw by at
neya for the defendant and bond
fixed at Joe. C. Bourk
mar caahier of the bank, wfco
tried jointly with Cooper waa
< inr*d "not failty" by the J»ry.
There are two charge* of ftlcar
yet on the docket againat Cooper.
Failure of hia attorney* to *abmh to
thaae cawed Jadfe Grady to atrike
front hia judgmcntVonditlon* to the
effect that if Cooper made leatito
tion to the bank of approximately
9108,000, if he agreed to naipi forth
with aa a member of the board of
education of New Hanorer coonty,
and if he would agree never to en
rage in banking again in North Caro
lina, then, If tkeae condition* were
met, that lodgment in four chargea
againat the defendant would be
pended. The attorney* for Coopar
took the poaition that aubmiaaiop to
a felony would be unfair to tke de
fendant and hia family and would
place Cooper ahraya under the con
trol of the solicitor, and for thaae
reaaona they could not joatly enter
such auhtnlaalona. Upon thla an
nouncement, Judge Grady ordered
that all condition* and qualifleationa
in the aantonce be elimiaatod tkere
froon. IV Judgment then remained
aa a direct combined aentonca of eight
yean on the county roada of New
Hanorer coonty, from which appeal
to tke aupreme court waa noted.
Declinaa to Submit
The caaaa againat Roork and Coop
er ware given to the Jury Friday af
ternoon at I o'clock. Ik* Jury de
liberated through the night, entering
court at I a. a. Saturday. Court wa*
the verdict ef tke Jury
[ton. Tkt*
waa goflty aa few of tko BH
chargea aa carried In tk* two kflb ef
indictment and that Roork waa net
goflty.
^hra Meeker, ninety-fear yean ^
flew from Vancouver, Waakington.
to Washington, D. C, over tke
he cow red la lMf la a I ■
It took hka fire month* to
J"oi nej ia IMS and tk* return trip,
" " by Untenant O. J. Kalley,
J _ In — J _Bt —_ m
w m twVRij lOun, iiywg
2ft.- uM
at
to
that thii recognition of
in »rri*in* it the rappiy
Unite* State*
■welling the -on
it appear that
the etJppljr in in tutu of the
the prtee which the grower re
p>u4mw» Mint that ma much m dm
fifth at ttM "hurley tobacco reported
aa «i hand by tba facturisa and W*
ers la that kind of tubaeta on Octa»
bar I, b road fertiliser awterial only
and not suitable for tobacco product*
manufacturing. Beporta of atoeks on
hand aa of that data ahow a vWMa
■apply of bavWy leaf at 428JS24MM
lumiula "
J.fcina Offarwd Aa lucnaaa
to Si fa Up
Washington, Nor. 24.—Clark C
Griffith, president of tha Washington
baseball team, aald today that Walter
' hnson, ratoni pitcher, had not
sisned a new contract with the Sen
ators. bat that Joa Enral, acoot, had
been authorised to offer Johnaon tha
choice of two eontracta, both provid
intr for Inrrsasss In aalary. ,
Mr. Griffith made Ma it*tenant,
however, on the golf links, and there
was • poaeibiMty, ha indicated, that
a signed contract either waa in the
maila or in tha unopened correspon
ence at headqoarter* of the world
champion*.
Both propoeitiona offered Johnaon,
Griffith aald, called for increaaea
over the $1M00 the star twirler ia
lepuited to have received last year,
one being for one year and the other
for two. He Mded that there waa
no foundation for man that John
son waa to receive 00,000 a year. The
flt.000 aalary, he remarked waa op
a par with the highest paid to any
pitcher in baseball.
Tfca Mi MM yMHMr M At«(
daw ef (ka late n uliial if *i Cftfc
•4 Rtatae at 1:11 •'desk Mkib i hro
tW and daaa tMi ataad by. «h
M not riiifiM th—i. k< wise tm
Chriatian, Jr., |il»ili —iiIm/ ft
PMUmt H.rtinr followed tiw Mm
at her knkwrf to the Sttl* tmnh am
■aw H plmd imMy n*We than
to await her eominr. Row i of nU
ian stood at attention aa their eoai
mander-tft-ehlef waa <w»stjne.| U. I
temporary raatlat place hi tka ImA
Fonr aadti a«a taday Mrs. Hart
In# visited tfca t aak and talked par
tonally with every aMMtrr of 'k<
military guard which ha* been o*
kty there since he died.
Wineton-Salea*, Nov. Morrh
A. Basil*, bueteeee ■—a
r*r at the RnrfmmrUk Tl«n, wm
Here today far a confarance with Tcxa
P. JWaaa, at Spencer, to <lw a
publication,* wMdi H Is fnnfarvtood
Mr. JWam, a farmar Methodist p*»
tor. win heed at mm point in North
Carolina. Mr. Baa 111 la an route tc
«Uck point ha will pro cud after a
buaineae trip to Baleigh and Char
lotto.
Ha atotaa that John Temple Graeea
a nAttonally known mwapapif writel
who has haan editor of tha Bandar
aonvilla pnpar since it aw tar ad tha
Dadly nawapapar ftoid, haa resigned
and haa (ana to Palm Baa ah. Fla.
wharc ha haa accepted an editorial
position with tha Paha Bench Poet
LaopoU aadLaakGat
Poaitiaaaa cm Faculty
Chicago, Nor. It.—Nathan P. Leo
pold, Jr., and Richard Loch, aarvina
Itfe aeateucea in tha Joliot peniten
tiary for tha hidnupping-iniudei ol
Robert Pranks, will ha members ad
tha faculty of tha prison. Wardea
Whitman announced.
Leopold la teaching night claaaai
in Enfliah, devoting two hours a
night in instruction in reading, writ
ing and spelling. Next week Lock
will taka charge of an arithmetic
class. Tha daties will ha in addhioa
to their johe in tha priaon ahopa.
Ram Oat L W. W.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. IS.—About
225 alleged members of the L W. W.
were loaded into six aatoaaMthOa
trucks near Cone rata, Waahingtoai
today by Sheriff Com, of SkigH
county aad a force of doputiea, taken
to the Snohomiah county line, ami
told to keep going.
Hillsville-Stuart Road Improved
|l° w
fa raportad
1ft*
tina villa to Stuart has
•d. that U the ;
r«J dirt hart
a continuous and unlfocadjr food aad
broad road to Um Patrick <
Thia road haa
jinf fa food
■trotcboa of two aad Urw
yarda oa which no top aoil had haaa
" ind in wot
•Ufarllh waa afao
week. Thia reed Joints up with tlM
DuifiUc to Martinsvilla to HlllH
road and tkos |i<M I continaoad to
prorad ratd from Dan Till* Into tlM
wary heart of tk* Fifth District and
amid mm
attoaly Um
•war* of.
— * . .
i TWO IOrCcfl !■ .
N*d. On* working from tha
_ k «< wintry
The road to Hllteville alae link* ■»
with a highway into Floyd Canty
and to tka North Carolina Him.
DR. PEACOCK RELATES
VARIED EXPERIENCES
TW Jury found that tha (iafandant
had authoring tha nollcitor to alps
tha aaaociation contract for him and
ratnrnad a vanHrt of fiva cmta a
pound liquidate damar^n <Hr ev
ery pound which it «m pwwJ he
Had aold on tha .action warahoaaa
flaari. In addition to tWa tha de
fendant «h mada to pay fWe
ceirte a pound daaia«ea for t$9
pound* of tobacco which waa raiaad
m hia land hot which both ha and hia
wtfa taetlficd waa har "holiday crop."
In another eaee triad hefara Judge
E. H. Cranner at tha Saperior Court
at Roahoro, on tha waii day, it waa
hald that a aumbar of tha tohaaea
aaaociation who haa mada hia tenancy
arrangement* and la tar ranta to a
non-member for caah rant, ia respon
sible for tha Win*/ of tha nan
member'* tohacro.
Oaatonia, Nov.
aa epUmic of
physicians and <nf|liti are author
ity far the statement that within tba
dkwa. At leaat one patent h£
fnufW far HTcnl dsn and waa hi
condition. One phy
Wa
tion within the past two
Not • day passes, say local drat
ffiats, that people do not cooaa in
yd aak for snntMm to |in than
relief from this dissnan. From infor
mation tatharsd from conversation
with physicians, hiceoaffctnc la jaat
ahoat aa baffttnc a disease aa they
have to contend with. It saams that
medical science knows very littla
about its eauee oar its core. Om
physician says that practically every
known rcasady to ha food in a dm*
store has been triad for it. Some
times a remady works on ona person
and fails on another Tha old ho«e
cure remedy of a drink of cold water
frequanatly relieves it bat aeeais to
fail in the eaaa of an epidemic such
Gaston ia haa in the past had at
least ona death on racord from hie
In that ansa tha patient hie
far, sown or eight days and
Nov. IS.—Tha Co
operative sasmiattua wan ont in
Hnat of the M caaaa triad in tha So
Victim «f D«t lite
■Sav If.—little EUa
Currin Box, tan-year M ianto mt
Mr and Mrs. L. J. Kax. of
■
"We haee bw
ly by the people km, especially amea
the recent extradition flfkt
"Prrhape yoa would be InUmM
I left riocUi. I did not bar* Flort
da immediately after tkc
till tlM fnllowin* April. I then pro
cured a Ford and cam pine equipwent
and JaMes (my alder aon) and I
started west, April. 1921. Wa i
one float after another la
Miaaisaippi and Louisiana. At
ville La., wa foond the read foor feat
under wat^r for thirty miles. So 1
hind a man to take any car by beat
up Black river till we one to the
foothills. After we got by eastern
Texas we got-oat of the rahu aad
had easy aailiac from there oa, ex
ion. I Mm* to fnrm plans to ft into
Mnin and find a location ta prac
tice my profession. 1 had Met a bro
ther to dm of ths Mexican generate
and he had |ftw Me valuable infor
mation I began itudyinr Spanish
and in October I landed in Tepic, Ma
frit, Mexico. Tepi^ Kan 14,000 in
habitanta and one doctor! It is abovt
• thousand miles below the bnrdse
and is fat the Meat beautiful
I hare erer seen.
"As lock would hare
tion soon broke
»ne of tha first cities
bels. They raided the
I was stajrtng and took
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