Carolina-Virginia Fair Open* Next Week
MANY NEW FEATURES HAVE BEEN
ADDED TO MAKE FAIR BIG SUCCESS
?HOW8 to Supply
Midway Attractions During Fair
FOUR BIG DAYS BE
GINNING TUESDAY
The Agricultural department oi the
Dobaon schools Is makinc a special
agricultural evhibit that will be in
tenshrely interesting and carries with
it an educational value that cannot
poaaiMy be estimated in dollars and
cents. This exhibit will be near the
cattle sheds and everyone who visit*
the fair should by all means make it
a point to visit thin exhibit. Compe
tent persons will be in charge and will
?ladly answer questions.
The Park Mountain Institute will
have a representative exhibit of the
work being done by the institution.
This will be found on the aecond floor
of the commercial building. The in
stitute will also on exhibition fout
Ayershire Heifers and one Ayershir*
Bull. This is the foundation for a
prospective herd of Ayershire*. Ayer
shire cattle are very rare in the South
there being only one herd of any con
sequence and that is at Pine Hurst
and owned by Mr. Leonard Turfts, be
having virtually made a donation of
this small herd to the Park Mountain
Institute. Representatives of the In
stitute will be in charge of these ex
hibits and will gladly give informa
tion as to what the institute is doing
for the youth of the mountains of
North Carolina.
There will be an exhibit from Mr.
Cole, Farm Demonstration Agent of
Patrick County, representing Patrick
County.
The Farm Demonstration Agent of
Grayson county has an exhibit at the
Virginia State Fair at Richmond this
week that will be on exhibition next
week.
The Poultry exhibit bids fair to ex
ceed ai ything that has ever been dis
played at the Carolina-Virginia Fair.
The premiums have been materially
Increased on general purpose poultry.
The cups for this department have
been on display in R. H. Leonard's
show window for some time. This
department is in charge of Rev. J. H.
Han «f Westfteld. He has been do
ing excellent throughout the country
In securing poultry U* this gnat
The field and garden products in
charge of I. Luther Wood bids fair to
U
Mr fcniiH Association. TWa ex
hibK will (how the >mmi the m
•iciation it utaf.'
TW Do« Skew will be ia charge of
Walter Banner who tells oa that ha to
going to har* the finest lot of canteen
that hm mr boon to tho Carolina
Virginia Pair.
Mrs. J. D. MtCollum who has char*.
of the needlework department la mak
ing preparation* for a larger exhibit
than ever before. Thia dopartmoat
haa boon ateadily powiaf aa a reaah
j of the untiring effort* of the auui
I
agar.
Mm. J. D. M in irk and bar aaaia
tanta are making arrangement* to
take care of a larger exhibit in the
| pantry department. Thia la by far
| the largeat department that fair haa
and the Live-At-Home exhibit* are
going to be more nnmeroua thia year
than ever before. From the informa
tion we have received from exhibitors
in thia department, it would seem that
the droughth haa bean a farce.
The Flower department in charge
of Mrs. Robert J. Lovill bida fair to
a greater aucceas than ever. A great
many people who have never exhibit
ed in thia department have reserved
space for this year. The Commer
cial Building will be narupied with
commercial exhibits by local mer
chants. The entire space in this floor
has been taken.
11-Year Checker Game Re
mit* m Tie
York. 8. C, Sept 26.—A rune at
checker* between ordinary players
usually last* only a few minutes; be
tween experts it sometimes is of sev
eral hoars duration, bat one has just
been concluded in which a York
rheekertst was a participant that
may establish a world record 1 for
length—It lasted It years!
The two players, however, did not
face each other across the board. In
fact they hare never seen each other.
Thirteen thousand miles of land and
water separated them and movea
were made at intervals of-c most two
months by the medium of correspon
dence, hence the I on jr-drawn-out
frame. The York player was Ernest
Jackson, secretary of the Southern
Checker aaaociation and well-known
writer on checker topics, and hia op
ponent was James McGregor, of New
South Wales, Australia.
Play heirs n away back in 1>14, the
vear of the beginning of the world
war. and proceeded uninterruptedly
until quite recently when the game
waa finished. Every move made the
lone trip acroaa the width of the
United States, over the broad expanse
<f the Pacific ocean and a consider
able distance into the lonely island
continent. Each contestant exerted
himself to the btmost to win and
many interesting situations were
evolved, but mty crafty maneuver
tnd artful stratagem esaayed on eith
er sMe was penetrated by the other,
r>tayer, the game terminating in ^
draw; that is, without victory for
either.
With this game concluded, the two
ardent checker devotees are consider
ing another Jooat across the squares.
The Antipodean is willing far anoth
er teat of skill—the South Carolinian
it, too—ee the outlook is that the
movea will soon be flying across land
and saa, Beth want a little breath
ing spell, first, however. Mr. Jack
sea la taoetitious mood, writing Mr.
McGregor that "The first game vma
so exciting that T crave a brief period
of rest. Aa soon a* 1 calm dewn a
bit 1 shall he rea4y to try yoe again."
Mr. McGregor's reply waa ta the seals
spirit. "My nerves, tee, are a Ml
1 Auj_a» .j .1,1.1 *• Va n ma a ■ U i Am lalm la al
ww wiwupieat QV irilwM IH BMP OTP*.
I shall he ready for the next round."
Incidentally, the two
U.S.
i Conn., Oct. L—TW lives of the mm
j who wont down in the submai lue 141
jaftsr
by tl
death toll stands at »
Thi« wm established today when
divers found that the last two com
partments in which it had boon hoped
there Might have beoa air—the motor
and torpedo luums—were flOed with [
water. None of the crew who went
down had a chance for hi« Hfe. The
nubaarine tank ao quickly that they
were unable to that the water tight
doom connecting the compartment*
and thus give themselves a fighting
chance of being brought to the sur
face with their ship. IV story of
their effort* to tare themselves never
will be told.
AH that remains now for those who
have toiled at the task of rescue is
to recover and identify the bodies
after which the submarine will be
turned over to wreckers for salvage, i
Of the 96 men who were aboart
the S-51 when she was rammed, three
were picked up alive and the bodies of
four men have been taken from the
The divers who recovered the bod- t
ies today came upon them as they ,
were forcing their way through the
engine room.
Sevea Days of Deeperate Efforts
UMW to an EM
On Board th« U. 8. Camden—7 dajrt
of deeper&te efforts by thr navy to
»-.vc the mem her* of the crew of the
8-61 which tank last Friday night af
ter being struck by the City of Rome
of Block Island ended tonight when
it was definitely established that the
ship was flooded with water and that
all of her crew who went down with
her had perished.
Although hope had been held until
almost the last minute that some of
her crew might have found safe re
fuge in one of the submarine's com
partment's, that hope was shattered
tonifht. Divers punctured the last
compartments awaiting exploration,
the torpedo room, and found that it
was flooded as well as all other com- j
pertinents of the ship.
Acting on instructions from Wash
ington, Rear Admiral H. H. Christy
will continue the search for the bod
ies. Already five of the crew have
been accounted for two bodies having
been recovered Tuesday and three
found today.
Both the Monarch and the Century, >
the huge crane ships which futflely
strained to lift the submarine yester
day were released today.
Moumt_Airy Elma Drftsb
PjM^ouaUm Twn IS to 0 vj
Playing on a muddy field her^
Friday afternoon the Mount Airy
highs ran through and over the Pilot
Mountain footballers for s II It 0
victory. The muddy field slowed up
the attack of the victors or the score
would have mounted higher. Fum
LIm mm feaniianl r»e% W/il W si/4ns Km#
om wwf irvquvm on Doin siaoa, du\
the Mount Airy lads showed battel
Tm la ceviag their ■hwii
The locals scored la the first three
minutee of play, puttk« the ball
aerees for the first touchdown la lew
ptaye. It waa Mount A try's hall ea
PUot Mountain's t7-yard line en me
ant down, {batata Roytfleld took
2 SLACKS PAT PENALTY
IN CHAIR
Oct. 2 John
•Mm John Hamilton, got Us
hi* big black cheat thim mm
the electric chair, bat Ma
an tfca law bad a fifty-fifty
tioit."
The oM
waa triad oat far tfca first
Ha new
Ma
workad WeU, bat It bad a
tfca I
to carry.
and yuiwifil Dm
deprived itaelf of i
one day. In balaa of
looked food for ldO each for tfca bai
anee of their Uvea, not to lent lug tfca
milaa of state roada that they
have hulk had the
elected to act more intelligently than |
they, and rvAiaed to UL
aMM to tfca chair first,
two preacher* working with tun
tor a confession aroused none of that
religions ecstaay which Wilmiagtan
lani expected of him. The first eotn
forter to reach theen waa the dead wa
gon a hearse-like Dodge which earriaa
the dead baaket with its hostan cargo
is soon as there la this load of freight.
The dead wagon nunbled op to the
prison aide and the Mack boys could
paek Into It. The aainiaters
prayed, bat there was no mask about |
Robinson and MeMUlian. Gorillas do|
not often have good voices.
Sharp on the stroke of 10:80 the
uttondants led Robinson in. He took
the chair without wait or word and as
the men began to barkle tyn in he
■sked Warden Norman to be allowed
to spaak a few works. The warden
assented, bat either the prisoner did
lot bear or the attendants failed to
ret the suggestion. Hooded and his
tyee closed the black man eras then
told to Kpeak and the guards took off
the helmet. Robinson first express
ed hit hope of heaven. "I want yon to
meet me there," be said. "This caae
I am not guilty of, but have cot to go
down in judgment, and I hoi* to meet
foa all in heaven." _■
Stage Fright Got Him.
Until Robinson began to speak he
*m the calmest man in the room.
The public stare deemed to undo him.
While he ipoke easily and betrayed
no excitement, his knees he ran to
tremble when he had rfded his body
nhook until the current struck him.
heputy Warden Thomas, of Loois
Surjr, threw the switch first and held
the current on him until a perfect job
appeared to have been finished. When
Mr. Thomas opened the shirt. Warden
Norman did not eren apply an instru
ment; the heart was fluttering. Twice
more the electricity was called on and
Robinson was dead.
His refusal to confess had plainly
affected the officials. They under
stood that he had come through with
> story and admitted his guilt. Until
last night they had no doubt about
it. But no prison official relishes an
execution in which the victim who has
Seen an religiously schooled, hope off
■ritb a denial of his crime.
John MacMillan then walked In. He
took his seat and aaked to say a
tird. "1 am guilty," he said, and
*r» was a deep sense of shame on
lis big black face. Again he said "I
un guilty" and "Brother Knight,
lont think I hare anything against
rot. Ain't that Brother Knight," he
isked, looking at Coroner Lawrence
Waring, who waa described by Moore
•ounty people as looking Uke Deputy
Sheriff Knight who. arrested MacMil
aa.
Nothing Against
"Knights not here," one of the
Moore depntiee said. MrWBaa then
ledniwd that he had nothing again*
tnyhody and bidding the crowd to
neet him in heaven he ahut his eyse
REV. MR. ORMOND NOT
AFTER MR COLE'S BLOOD
Pwlalll WooU B> Firat to
Aafc Far C>wiititi»
VMtofe C*ll m CmU. Hm
Awmiit Oi.-.iii of Hi.
Co so, Sayi Jail Hm Bs—
Rockingham, Oat i. ■>*. A. L.
dNp farrow* of pW hi his iiwily
fan, hMltaN fighting for the life
Mood of WUtiam B. Cdt, slayer of
tha pastor's old—t boy, William. Aif
uat IS.
Aa sttorney, as*i*ting in the prose
cution of the nMff textiliat, aaid
thia afternoon if Mr. Cob la (Mad
ruifty of murder la the ftrat dagrai,
Bo*. Mr. Ormond would probably be
tha firat signer of a petition to Cover -
nor McLean asking that tha death
sentence ho commuted.
"Mr. Ormond'* only wiah," aaid the
attorney, "is to aea that JaaUee la car
ried oat; if the alayer of hla aon la
adjudged guilty he wants to aae him
punished, hut ho la not hen asking
that hla life be forfaited."
Ror. Mr. Ormond and hia Ma
daughters, attired In deep mourning
dothea, attended the Rockingham
Methodist church thia morning, ha
baring aerved a quadrennium there
several yeara ago.
Lay Wreaths Oa Grave
In the afternoon the Ormonda jour
neyed to the little Green HU1 ceme
tery here where Bill Ilea In eternal
•leep. They carried two floral wreatha
there and placed them tenderly on the
new marked grave.
Rev. Mr. Osmond and hia daughter*
-■xpert to remain here until the ver
dict la returned by the Union county
jury.
The immediate member* of Mr.
""oie'a family1 remained the greater
-•art of the day in their home. Mra.
'Me, the loyal wife, accompanied by
her two daughters, Miaaea Elisabeth
i round whom the tragedy was enact
ed, and Katherine, carried breakfaat
to her huaband in the Richmond jail
early thia morning. Young Robert
last year a member of the atudent
body at Duke university, took the din
ner pall to hia father around noon.
Several viaitora called on Cole thia
afternoon. He be (tired not to be call
ed upon to discuss his case. He ad
mitted. however that Clyde Hoey put
him through a atlff croaa-examina
tion.
Switching quickly, he aaid a man
oi'iat spend time in jail In order to
appreciate fully the blessedness of
freedom. "People," he added, "don't
give the prisoner enough consider
ation. There are many persons lying
in jails who "are innocent of wrong
doing; they are the forgotten people
Tf society."
Jail An UmmIm to IIha
Mr. Cola caid that he has, tinea be
in* pat in jail, learned one side of
life that he nmr knew before. "A
man must get in Jail to leant some
thing. It ha* bean an education to
me." ha said, aa be reached for a
cigarette. The arcuaed manufacturer
was dresaad in a pair of white duck
trousers and wore tan hoae and slip
per*. He waa collar lei* He appear
ed anxiou* to ha left alone, and ahot
•>ut hi* hand to grasp that of hi*
17 Lawyers to 8peak
It is understood that Judge Finley
will inaugurate a night session pro
gram after the attorney* begin ad
iressing the jury. There ate IT aw
to take a whack at the Jury. It la
txpeetod that the oratory will bagh
flowing some time this week.
Those who hare kept dene tab on
the eta* believe that the speeches of
the liaraid lawyer* will play a tre
ntstdous part in the
re so far as to say that
inssss will do awes to ssring the >sry
Aan the testimony. -
Of course. Rockin«kui la talking
practically of nothing hut Cole, and
today saw no
t*'
by Mas Cllanheth Cats
» bar ini thai sweetheart. Bill Or
nend. an* the toatimony at tbs alien
Ma for the state and defense. The
It appaara pretty nartalai that Gala
wBI MIW be thrown Ma the criaM
Iniwt u;lua. The dafnaa ta 4Hr
•nf hard hahind tha inaarfae>
jury can fW Cola net guilty a> either
of tha friaafc pnaatad. ONhar
Ity If a prhoaar la femd aot giiiMr
be required to appear before tha
court and ahow why ha shouldn't ha
•eat to pa a ay turn. Neither the data
nor tNk ^efanaa inntawds that Cola ta
insane now.
Judge r in ley. one woeld auppoaa,
knows the defendant la aaae now be
caaae no man coald have weathered
the sharp croas-flre of Clyde Hoey
-esterday aa did Cola If he were aaaaa
»«lly cracked. Some think of a first
decree verdict aa very remote; second
letrrre seems to be the popalar goaaa
here if found guilty.
SAYS SLANDER AGAINST
DAUGHTER DROVE
HIM INSANE
W. B. Cole, oa Trial for Mur
dor mi Suitor, Dwacrihaa
Shock oai Readme Hi* Ao
Rockingham, N. C, Oct. i—With
tears in his eyes and his voice quaver
ing, William B. Cole, wealthy cotton
mill eaecutive, on trial here for tha
murder, Aapst IS, of William W.
Ormond, ea-earvice man, son of Cole's
former pastor and suitor for Cole's
daughter's hand in marriage, today
described to the jury incidents leading
to the shooting.
He said he received a letter from
Ormond last February, telling him
that the relations between Ormond
and Mi** Elisabeth Cole, his daugh
ter, for more than a year had been
that of husband and wife, and there
fore Cole was doing his daughter a
terrible wrong to oppose her mar
riage to the writer.
Usughter IVnied His Story
The letter came to me at my of
fice," Cole said. "I recognised the
handwriting- I must have fainted
when I got to the slander part. 1
lost consciousness, and when I came
to I was in a clammy sweat. 1 took
a walk to try to decide what to do.
! then decided to call her."
Cole then corroborated the testi
mony of his daughter, given y ester -
-lay. to the effect that he took Mist
Cole for a ride in the country and
'here showed her the letter. When
she came to the part about the haa
band and wife relationship she ve
hemently declared it waa false and
old her father she was ready to sub
mit to a physical examination to pro**
her innocence. He told her that waa
not necessary, he would accept bar
According to testimony of Mia* Co)*,
*he had "broken off" with Ormood
last October, but he continued to
)>re*a his suit and to writ* letters t*
her father. Theae letter* ware intro
duced in evidence today by Fred 8y
num, former attorney for Cole, bat
now a defenae witness. Bynum testi
fied and presented letters to show
'hat Ortnond and Cola had grown very
bitter to-vard each other beca— «f