Plan to Sign Up 65
Per Cent of Land Owner*
of
43
V*., Nor.
of tobacco will com*
NmH on I growing seals blk «M
bright belt of Virginia awl Nbrth
for the fien yoara fallowing
trad of the TehaocjQrowers Co-op
* mMni niacin■■ ♦ Vk^
■■■uciiuon, 3ri i*niinn viw
adopted by the meeting of
Mora than 600 famers,
the srsaM of the tobacco
who cam* today from 48
ef North Carolina and Vlr
tha Masonic
contract, which was rati
fied by the representative. of 41 to
control of an
the Ihnda of signers by
It calls for a 66 par
of all tha tobacco grow
era In the eld bait df Virginia aad
Worth Carolina, and ta eaee at tell.
It aBawa a withdrawal privilege to all
> a complete dissolution at
in caae tha withdraw
als brine tha porssalago of the ae
ta law than SO
Are
Grower* bar* today
In which split
aad loop botaa far
woald allow ontsldsrs
Members to g^in the
which hare been made upon the open
Markets doe, it is dnissed by (
Ilea members, to
hig of I minority of tha
tobneea fanners of North Carolina
and Virginia.
Although follobring the lead of the
dark tobacco growers of Virginia and
bright tobaaM growers of Sooth Car
olina calling for a U per cent con
tract which absolutely binds an land
awning Members to deliver their en
tire crop to the association, the old
belt farmers, while fanning a separ
ate organisation, today Made pra
vision for fedoratioa with tha other
groups of growers at sock time as
shall be deeasad wise.
Today's meeting was entirely in the
Ml anj active participation of the
part of the praaant director* of the
Tobacco Growers Co-operative asso
I. Warren, repre
stive in the Virginia
ad chairman at the masting and pre
aided daring the six hoar session In
which the Virginia and Carolina meas
bers of the tubasrs asportation oar-1
ried their boaineea to a successful con
withoot stepping for
fiw yean
the present
TIm Urge dtl«ptioni which
km today, representing every im
portant tobacco growing county of
the old tobacco belt gave a represen
tative tone to the meeting.
Secretary Wilson, in rehearsing
the steps which led to today's Meet
ing, declared "you gentlemen have
-the biggest responsibility and trust
fheed upon yon that any group
ever had in this section of Virginia
and North Carolina." Richard R.
of the
by the
K par Mat of
hi
organisation
(hey had
in which I vast amsunt <A
for An or
ganisation committee from • ma
jority of th« old boh counties was
•loctod at the clooo of today'*
ing and upon them Nat tl
tion of the data when tho
for ilrum to Dm next fin
tract ■ hall begin.
WOMEN ROB BANK TO SE
CURE FUNDS
DisabW4 "War Vatoraa'a
to HoM Up
Falls, 8. D., Nov. ».-Jall
coll* tonight housed South Dakota's
of 40 yaara and hor 19-year-old
M -a aL-a
conrimo inii
Rood of money prompted thaai to rob
tho Banner State Bank yaatotday and
take tSM. Officer* took thaai Hi
custody today at their home Joat east
_M a . ,A . iL ,M •» _laL iL.i_
©I wwii, wnfrP infy iiv# wiin in^ir
father, a disabled wortl
"You'll do anytMag for Ivm and
your loved one are hi
Ml was placed at 9M00 esrk.
1 for It, they want to Jail.
"I cant sea why they should be
J. D. Coca, whan questioned aa to the
probability of leniency, hi view of
the condition of their
father. B. B. Sogers.
Borers is drawing IN a month
from the veterans tmraaa. He la suf
fering from shell shock received when
he was with s hospital an it during the
battle of the Argoaaa. The veterans
bureau has arranged for a bad in
a hoe pita] hare far Sogers aad the
American lagiea is working to pro
vide relief for him.
A trail of pennies, part of their
loot lad datacthrea to the
home where they found the
<nsssd in male attire. Nearby was|
the daughter.
Coafrooted with the tofia aistion
I changed 700 paaniea to
at a Sioux Palls depart -
store, Mrs.
the robber*.
The robbery «ti planned Thanks
giving day, the ducktar mM, tb«i
why (he had taken part la it,
"I did It because ay mother wanted
me to."
Mr*. Ro«er« told the poUoe that "it
waa Juat lack that we picked the
bank." They drove around.
£said, and had pl^aaad to hold ap
first bank they came to, which
ad no tattswn k it
Thus It whs that the Banner bank
waa selected, for the cashier, H. 8.
and help him up at the'
point of p piatol in the hande of the
"Neither 1 nor Zera ware the least
bit nervous during the hold-up," Mrs.
Rogers aaid, "but thinking about the
robbery before hand made ua loae
our appetite* and we could hardly
sleep at night.
"But we needed money right
away, aad determined to go through
with it. I kno# I threatened that
man in the Banner bank bat of coarse
I wouldn't have killed htm."
In their cella tonight the woman
appeared unconcerned as to what pun
ishment might await them, nor did
they express any isgrsta wear their
deed. Neither did they saa anything
unusual hi the fact that
robbed a 1
Ara few* £,wrth
Frankfor^ Nor. 80 ~
unique la haviag two
TWO *nJJ^__,!JrrCgN
tracts m let dcc. •
at
Hot. 38.—Two i
of highway contract*
j mMM for letting December • will
bing the state's total biwtunt (n
new highway construction began dur
ing IMS to approximately 120,000,
000 setting a notable pace far the
first IS month* of an administration
that is majoring In
mlleaga involved In th<
at Ot, of which 42S la hard
construction, and December I letting
will add M miles, 00 of them asphalt
or concrete.
On December 22, the
wUI let contract for the Chowan rivet
to connect Bertie and Chowan coon
ties and reclaim for North Carolina
territory, a half doaan northeastern
counties which hare been hsrs to
fore "Virginis cities." The last leg
isiature authorIsed a half millinn dol
lar* for the construction of the
bridge, the amount to ha refandad
from toll cbargea.
The commission's figures an tha
coat of the year'a new projects pre.
the big contraction periods I
gnrated with the first tSOflOO#*
highway bond ieeoee. Aetna! mile
age completed in 192S, official* ea
1.000 milee
Aetnal fignrea an rnmplstiil mileage
or the cost, are not pat available,
pending the annual check up at the
end of the period.
Work In Centime
Adequate flnancoa far the con
tinence of the preaent rata of
■traction through many
months hare been **anr*il through
highway bond iaauaa of the legiala
ture, county loans and federal aid.
Highway Chairman Frank Page .re
ported to Governor McLean some
months ago that road building dur
ing the first two years of the Mc
Lean administration would exceed
construction figure* for any other
like period. The governor hi enthus
iastically behind the program and tt
will receive further boosting
his tenure in office.
Ike projects to be let to eo
December g are located in nine
ties. Cumberland will get 12
Wake seven milee; Davidson 12;
Bockingham seven; Richmond
Alexander nine; Stokes 12; Jackson
12, and Swain six.
BOY, IS, MUST FAY DEATH
PENALTY
Firad Ima BolUta late
of CnmdmmAmr to Steal
$100
FUhMpkit, Not. it—The
Supreme Court today upheld
Hilt fcgui conviction of
CaTaller, the IWlwu year old boy
oontoncad to death by the Schuyl
kill County Court at PotUrflle for
killing hie grandmother.
CaTaller la believed to be the young
f»ct pmon tver mtonccd to death in
Pen nay Iran ia. Hii grandmother, Mra.
Catharine CaTalier, of Mechaniesrille,
near Potter!He, waa sixty-eight She'
diaappeared on Sept 5, 1924. Young
CaTalier told hit grandfather *• had
rone to Florida.
A few hours later her body with
seren bullets in it tas found hidden
hi the houee and OaraBar admitted
he MUad her for the purpose of rob
bery. More than «1M in caah token
from Mra. CaTalier wae foand h the
boy's poaaaaaion.
CaTalier had barn eared for by his
erer sfctce ha was eight
his father and mo
The boy was convicted of the mur
der an Jan. 11. A motion
trial waa denied by the
e board of inquiry to <
tal condition of the boy
by Judge Koch and sustained'by the
»*d~th ^T*ay « *T
STORMS AMD COLO WAVE
TAJIK HEAVY TOLL
IN EUROrt
mi Ufa tad
OH P«
Nn- York. Nov. ».-Gales, ttlal
ImU W
enUri. The
coot has bean swept by
tiTH, and wwil towns In Calabria
hare beea devastated or hi na da tad by
tha force of tht waters. Sicily alao
suffered from tha terrific atom which
haa raged far wanr hour*
Many parta of Fiance are enow
bound. The eoea* of Britany fait tha
fall fary of tha recent galea, with
and men. Madttarranaan chipping b
crippled and Unara ara tiad ap in
part alone the French Atlantic aaa
Severe Cold
Much mow haa fallen hi Central
Franca and with it haa eonii a Mark
ed dray in teaiperature.
In Spain tha cold haa not rven
■pared tha many Sooth, famous for
its winter dinttc and tropica!
vegetation. Madrid la experiencing
tha eoMeet weather of the
Several ahipwreeha have i
atlU
The Britiah lalaa
the unaaaal wintry condition, far
ma in Lawdon anew haa fallen, and
hi many placet H Bee aeveral inchea
deep, with lakea and streams covered
Tha wrecks of flaking
upon the bsachu and the
toll of life wIR be considerable. Aa
an indication o# the coM, It waa
to cancel the Mancheeter
The ctsnss in Fortugal took the
form of torrential raina. Handreda
of hooaea in Lisbon and several rail
way linda were waabed eat, and the
iwuyerty damage to the capital and
the sorroonding district was very
hjavy.
TIDAL WAVE CAUSE OF HEAVY
LOSS IN ITALY
Naplea, Italy, Nor. 28.—A tidal
wave sweeping in during a terrific
■torn ku devastated town of Bug
nut, in Calabria, Mar the Strait of
Meaaina. Tha nearby port of Moat
eieone Die Calabria alao auffat ad
heavily. No eatimate of eaaualtiea
ta available.
Tba population of bot| these towns
fled in terror from their home*.
Ho—aa war* torn from their founda
tion! by a deluge rained by rain and
incoming aaa water*. Wrvee at
gnat height* are n purled. A few
toga art known to have been sank.
Bajmar* haa a population of about
7.500 aad Monteleone about 10,000.
Tba atorm waa general along tba
aoothwaatern ItaKan eoaat aad
Ngrtham Sicily. Many porta at tba
countryside auff wad heavy damage.
Tba greatest force of the atorm
waa felt in Sicily and tba province of
Calabria. Many peraons an known
to ban been injured and aeona of
wan disrupted, railway tracks being
waabad oat and telegraph and tele
phone lines broken, t
The storm also waa heavy at aaa,
when disasters an feared, although
EXPECTING OTTO WOOO
WILL BE REVENGEFUL
His Wife
Har. ».-Tbe •train to
terrific of wtktac tor Otto
Wood, »layer of A. W. Kaplan, of tkb
city, to tarvnp ixmevkm and fh«
state prison authorities, vko
him for twiphf from tlx i
on at Raleigh, a itiiiw to
Mae or fat shot.
Wood la the typo who nood not' ba
expected until ha ia seen coming. The
old My. TooH know to expect ma
whan yon mm mm coming," appliaa to
Wood.
H ia reported that tka husband of
Wood'* formar wifa has boon warned
I to ba on the lookout, the tbaory ba
in* that Wood won id taka a shot at
tha Mil tf mm. Wood's wjfa to ra
portad to hare sotuied a dirorea and
married again, tha coopia living for
a while to Winston-Sslem, than atov
mg into Caawall county, aaar Pal
ham, IS mitoa from Reidsrttle. Waad
and his wifa had a littto girl.
Wood to reported to bars
'hreata of
him ia tha trial of tha
at tha December, IMS, term of Guil
ford Superior court for tha IdIIlag of
Kaplan.
The man was capturad after tha
killing of Kaplan becauM ha wait
to Mercer county, W. Va., to sm
some relattvee, III tag tahM hi tha
home of a relative. When ha utipi
from the state prison to May, 1M4,
be
YK'
ft to likely that
who are attracted by the
Wood are looking fo
up again at the home of
tire, but. since his wife I
he hasn't as many relatives.
Wood was born and reared in the
tonda section of Wilkes county, ia
country Uarersed by what to now
the Boone trail. Hie people are Mid
to have bean good, law abiding peo
ple, but he turned oat to be the Mack
sheep of the family.
MRS. JOHNSON FAVORS
BAN ON BLUNDER
BUSS
Would Trail Fl«ei»c PriiMin
With Bloodhounds laatead
of Shooting Them
Raleigh, No* 28 — Bloodhounds far
nwin» prieooers and « ban on the
blunderbuss and rtflc art Mr*. Kate
Burr Joluuon'a substitute (or the
on county chain rang*.
Mr*. Johnson returned today troa
Albemarle when ah* want oarUar la
tha weak at the invitation of Solici
tor Don Phillips, who will prusstuU
N. C. Cranford, the Stanly road sup
erintendent who is undsr tndii Isssat
far the killing of pi leunais who work
sd under him on the Stanly road
fores. The state commissioner of
public welfare is entirely plssssd
with tha progress mads in a county
i in which there has bean a great con
troversy over the treatment of pris
oners. Solicitor PhOUps dsrirsd help
froa* the welfars office la getting tha
proper sort of testimony betas dm
errand Jury. Mrs. Johaaon and her
•asistaats worked under his direction.
Recently in Wkke county, a It
year-old brat shot and killed a negro
misdemeanant who had been serving
M days for a slight offense and had
nearly finished Ms tern. 11mm was
nothing under tha law to dd with
sack a caar since tha beat had every
reason to think that shooting was the
proper thing. Tha authorities found
nothing against him and there was
a small tendon<*y to glorify the gun
TWr» haw htn Many of Uwe
HHtao. Mr* ofcmm Mm
thtaka tltft bloodhowwl* m* m Mm
trail of a (Wif »>!■—» «mM W
LA FOLLETTE TO TAKE
T A T AGE M
Ha Win B« Hm Fifth Ya
to Sit to tto
No*. SO.—I
I* Pollstt*, of Wiaronsia, who at 0m
iwt hhIm will take tW place to tto
■mk sa loac told by Ms fathsr, «■
to tlM fifth m.m imr to ril
n that to# aad Am first aadar U
ton of a«a to hold a Mat that* hi
than half • century
to tatoa tto oath of sOtoi
at tto opening of ths siwlna oa Do
; ramtor 1, to wfll to sgad W ysars, If
•mmtto aad mm day, having toaa
bora aa Fstoasry «. 1M Tto em
that aa yiaaii on
of — way 9«*Hfr aa
Search of tto ararty wtorii at tto
capital dtarloasa. howseer, that 4a
«ph* this constitutional inhibition si
Fodatto tor.'- tto oath
had r-atod tto a«a of »
*r
Henry Chqr prawntal
for tto oath for tto first
Nov. 1*. IMC, at tto age of »
7 months and t
"1 hops air
that qwsatloa to
onto," Clay replied, and thars tto
Clay
• aaithi and M days whaa to
took Ms ssat sT Jsaoary t, ltl«;
Kans, of IRtoais. sgad M
i, • aaaitto sad W days srtoa to
to oa March 4. IRK. aad
Dorsey, of Arhaa
bi oa March i
tm, at tto age of » ysars and
PROHIBITION AGENTS
WARNED BY MEEKINS
T.U. Tk*m Tb-y Mm* Stop
Law Violator*
Raleigh, Nov to—Judg. Isaac M.
MnMhi thla moraine told federal
offlem that they moat (top shoot
ln( at persons supposed to to pro
hibition violators.
The Jade* declared It • violation
of the law to shoot at them whee
they floe and It la, to said, • du>
reroos thine to atoot into tto air to
frighten them. Tto judge cautioned
the officer* against assuming that
violation of tto prohibition act li a
apital felony, ft ia against the lav,
he said, tot it ia not tto went crime.
He told the officers who had taa
tifled that they shot to atop Foylea
Edwards in Halifax, that if a was
think that to ia being attached and
he em fight hack. Tto Jodge wag
not right sure that a legal and moral
defense could not to made.
practice of federal officers in per
suading others to violate tto law hi
order to make a caaa. Be declared
that when to ia conritoad of such
methods need in getting niton to
will discharge tto defendant. Mn.
Fannie Ih —. a widow with sha chil
dren, tsatlfisd that mm Ben Fanlhnai,
who has bean getting up each eri
dence, pretended to to side and go
ing fishing. He aatod tor for a ytat
end she gave the fellow tto Hqoer
that tor haahaad tod before ha died.
Faulkner, from tor tsailwimy, maat
hare needed the liquor. She said to
drank nearly aO of It