1 il NORTH CASOUNA. Law Suit to Break Tobacco Co-operathre Association Fails ; a# tki Col. W. M. Poraon, at Franklin, I that to L _ la hrhtg • eaaa agal- it tto tkm Whn • Jury to clril court la fntam of tto toariag Colaail hrm'a attack npo . of Chicago and California, «mn«el for tto aaaodation, ». to insisted, sheaid net to alknr. od to appoar to tto caaa; Jodgo Cal T»rt'» ruling, later hi tha day, that Mr. Sapiro might not appoar hi tto «aaa, and tto motion of dofonao eooa aal daring tto aftarnoon to diaaiaa tto mm on tto ground that Mr. Por mi, a wator of tto aaaociatton, tod with tto torma of hi« tilt UftOciAtiOB« Alld earning "into court wKh i." Iliii motion waa and aa exception notod. Complaint la rruUki Tkt complaint «m filed in Frtik Ml county superior court by Mr. Par aon mm ttaM ago, and Jvdft M. V. Barnhill at that tin* ordered the u aoeiation to appaar hare today Mora Mn CaWert to (how canaa why It ahoold not ha diaaohred and a receiver appointed. Tha answer to tha com plaint waa filed today and read In court, the reading occupying *everal hwri. The answer present« a lengthy denial of all allegation* of fraud and extravagance, undertaken to ex plain many of the actiuna of the direc tor* of the aaeociation, which are ad mitted, and finally make* the declar ation that Mr. Person ha* made many miaatatements ia hia <*omrlair.t which ha could have verified front, record* of the association, wh'ch the ancwer contend* have alway* been open for inspection. It allege* that the complainant ha* made no effort to effect changee in the management of the pollciea of the organir-xtton, and that he ha* vio lated the term* of hi* contract aa a —tin of th* association by tailing aad refusing to diapoee of all of Ma tobacco through th* association. Mr. Person'* objection to the ap pearance of 'Mr. Sspiro occurred early in th* sftemooa, but Judge Cal vert at the time rtoerved his ruling. Colonel Peraon declared, in voicing his objection, that Mr. Saplro was not ■bw to defend the anaociation, hot la defend hlmsslf. He is involved in. the accusations of the graft which this complaint bristlee with." Judge Cal vert's ruling was to the effect that "it would be straining equity" to al ls* the Chicago attorney to spp ar In North Carolina courts as a gene- si Extravagiik* AlbH Colonel Person, in addressing th< ecmrt, easphasiaws the r»4rrhi| po tter of the association. the "extrava cant attonqn' faaa paid." and the Ugh salaries be laid officer* and di fMlon of the aaaoriatlon were paid. Hli complaint called for a «tat—iatit ef attorneys' feea, a Uat of the direc tor* ef the association since iU or Kaaiaation in IMS. and other inte mNm. This information hM since he* filed hi Franklin superior court, •ad waa today read into the neeord. thai Mi* the three rear* for at Cfcapal BHI. Fab. 4.—Dr. Harry W. Chaaa, aI tha Univaralty atf North Carolina, kaa taw inf ifBy HMwrf tha praridwry of Um Unl Mhy. Dr. CImm Ml Chapel Hiil laat night for Oragea, and Ma ili>ir< rUm. Ha baa bean laillad to tat bat tar ai naaitoed with the waatarn to .4 Ua -■ '♦«- *ka RvituvMifl| A* IW MVMI Wlw «M dtatinrt nndereUnding that ha will ha under no obligation to unyt tha at tor. Tha Unirarmhy praaident haa guard ad hi* approaching trip with rloee aa crocy. Ha waa li jlng to co-nparato with tha Oregon Unhreraity anthori tiaa who had requeetod him to conaid ar tha nittththwa aa atrirtly eonfl dantial. At tha reeent meeting of tha rxacotira nmnittw of tha ti uateaa ha infoi wad than of hia intandad trip and raquaatad ailanra. Several Vaya ago h« callad in a group of hia faculty advianm. told them of hia plana, aak *d for thair advice, and again reqont ad that tha amttar ha conaldered con fidential. Tha leak followed claaa on tha "jrail of hia departure laat nigtrf, however and by thia morning tka atory waa public property. HUM can't uttar to Im Rm4 Raleigh. Jam. IT—Miss Elisabeth Cole's btt«r to Bill Ormond will be r*a<i in the civil rait for 1150.000 damafaa, according to fear. A. L. Or mond. administrator of Bill Ormood. The Oraond reply to the Cola statement of Mwal week* «ft waa filed In Wake court today. In it Mr. Ormond aaka that all reference to the murder trial be ell*mated became it Han no legal hearing on the ciril ac tion. The minister declare* that ax tract* from Bill Ormond't latter* aa veil as those of Bill Cola, are garbled and do not betray the exact contents. The minister characterise* the narra tive of them as riven by Bed Bynum, "foolish" snd call* the Cole te*timony in part* "blasphemou*." It i« recalled here now that Mr. Or mond once serioualy contemplated lo in* on the stand to contradict Fred I Bynum. but'the minister did not tes tify. The Ormond final utatement in Wake »u per tor court clerk'* office to day contain* leveral thouiand word*. In the first paragraph he charge* that the Cola answer doe* not contain a correct or true copy of the "slander letter." The answer take* a healthy dig at Mr. Bynom for hia protesta tion* of friendship for the Ormond* and say* BUI Ormond iteadfastly re fused to admit that his letter wa* un true. The case starting hi Wake win ha tried hare, perhaps *ome time this yaar. Rule* of Um Road for Aircraft New York, Fab. I.—Rules of the road for aircraft hare been adopted. Hnlloon* receive the right of way In the air over airplane* and dirigibles. The balloon correspond* in the air to a flailing vessel on the sea. Dirigiblea, like auxiliary water craft, have the rirht of way over airplanes, which correspond to steam craft Aircraft meeting head-on shall pasa to the right. An overtaking craft shall pass to the right also. "Dangerous proximity" whan ap proaching is aet at 1,500 feat A teat for "night blindneas" ia in cluded in rvlea for medical examina tion, and aviators are «equlted to have a "good family history." The code, announced yesterday by the Aeronautic Safety Cede Sectional Committee and the American Engi neering Standards Committee, waa five year* in the making. It la the twenty nrganiaationa. It aloo oomri regulations for the manafactare of aircraft. It agonsact are the Statea Arm at Standards am Society of Automotive En ft near AppUad nationally, II woald da with Slate legislation, each ee la pre-' to the NleoO BOI ia Albaay. oat la p. tinued indefinitely In rata. She *u brought to the jail in company with Lonnia and Luke Hodges, aQ of than being charged with breaking into tha store an Piah river. But tha strangest part of tha whole affair waa tha wnmaa'a aue eaaa la fooling a Franklin county superior court for l hearing under tha name of Jim Mil and who didnt once sua pact tha* aha waa a woman. Tha woman had had her hair cut man-faahion and aha won a jaunty suit of clothaa hi aach a natural man ner that it waa easy for har to prac tice tha deception. It waa only aflar tha unknown woman cams to tha Jail tha next day to see mass of tha other occupants and identified Mrs Pruett ha admitted aha waa a Jailor Hutchins threatened to • local physician to | Attorney Wad Folgor plaintiffs attorney In the divorce suit and K was do ti nMhls to aecure the ahaolute dsrrea. Only throe wit neasea were exam mod. One of theae told of seeing Pruett's wife and Major Hodges at an all-night camp ^ig spot in the wooda. The eouple were married at HiHaville on Docem her 1, 1923. and lived together until March 4, 1924. Pruett la a native Tar-Heel but his wife, whoee maiden name waa Alderman, waa born and reared In Carroll county, Va. la the male impersonation role Mra. Pruett fooled two local law yers, A. D. Folger and W. M. Jack son whom the trio of supposed men employed to defend them in the store breaking case. Lonnie Hodgea got two years on the county roads for his part In the affair and Luke Hodges was given a four year pen itentiary term. Mra. Pruett, whoae identity as 4. woman had become known by the time of the superior court trial, waa given a suspended sentence of IS months on condition thai she leave tha state never to return. But aha eonldnt stay away from her friends in Surry ra«nty and aha waa picked up by of ficers laat June and lodead in jail to serve out the term iiupoeed. . She ia said to bd tt years old, 1a a woman of average appearance and her height and compact figure enabled har to carry out the Impersonation with greater safety than she could other wiae have done. Roll for Ball Knob Fourth Month Firet Grade—Ted Venable, B«n Van able, Edward Hutcheiu, Margie Pow ell, Abu Wataon. Third Grade—Elbert Wataon. Fourth Grade—Ida Mae Taylor, U* j la Venable, Lucille Venabte, UUie Dollyhifh, Belle Powell, Wade Ven able, Charter F. 8 inpeon. Fifth Grade—Claadine Hanka, Sel la Irene Venable. I Seventh Grade 'Lola Wataon. ftp*. Wade Atktn. Third Grade—Otia Johnaon, Fourth Grade—Lodlle Wade Venabie. Fifth Grade—Benlah Alton., Si.th DANGKBOIIS DELAT off aatH i Never pot off until to fro* Daap Creak to tk» North Caro lina Una and front rranklir to tka State Una; aw) tki* State woald lun constructed a tklrd road Wat for tka fact that H could not k* constructed until tka toll waa nmorad froai Gooda'a Ftrrj, tka raaakition radtea. Frank Psgi. chairman of tka North Carolina State Hifkway Com. miasion, arkan told by tka Auociated Praia of tka raaolvtioa adapted by tka Virrinia Ganeral Aaaaoibly Manor ial fating North Carolina to eooatroct hard surfaced roads to tka Virginia lina to Moat thoaa constructed by Vir. ffinia. aaid: "I hara no MMMt to Make and don't knew anything about it." "The Columbia Stsu" Feb. 1. "Funeral serricea for Robert H. Newton of Killian, 8. C„ World war veteran, who died at tha Baptist boa pital early Friday, war* bald at Pta rah Mathodlat church yesterday aft •moon and were in charge of tba pas ter, tba Btr. Mr. Tucker. Interment waa in tba churchyard. "Tha fuaaral waa carried oat thai military Unaa. A aqtad of eight sol diers, under tba cnaamand of Lieut. John M. Caatey, Jr, of tba regimen tal hoadqwartera company. One Htm drad aad Eighteenth infantry. South Carolina National Guard, fired • val ley over the grave and a bugler from the New Brooklyn National Guard company aounded tap* at the finiah of the military ceremony at tba grave. At the conclusion of the aenrlce at the (rave a (roup of klanemen ap peared and conducted ritualistic cere monies over the dead. "Repreaentativee were present at the funeral eetihjas from the Rich land poet of the American Legion and from other military organiza tion* of the county. Mr. Newton had been in the hos pital for only ten days but had been in bad health for about a year. Dur ing the World war Mr. Newton serv ed with the Eighty-first division. He waa SI years of ace and a young man of aaany pleaaing qualities. He leaves many friends to mourn hie passing. "He is survived by hia widow, who before marriage waa Mies Annie Din kins of Killian; four small children; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. New ton; three aiaters, Mrs. Bethea of Winston-Salem, N. C., Mrs. Robert 1. Murphy of Tomahawk, N. C.. and Mrs. E. A. Aiken, of Wilmington, N. C., and by one brother, William F. New ton of Wilmington, N. C. Mr. Newton will be remembered aa a eon of R. H. Newton, of Johnaon City, Ten., formerly of Mount Airy.—Ed. R«cofnis« Haroiatn of Tar HmIi Pitta bur rh, P*., Jan. 17.—The ber oua of two North Carolinians waa today officially recognised by the Cinma Hero Pond Commiaeion, meeting bare. To ana a bronae medal waa awarded; the other leak his Ufa hi the heroic action which the earn mlaaioa raco«niaad today, and the medal waa awarded his widiw. with death hiaiflts at the rate af W par month, aad «ft a month an account af each of the throe children. ear. that of another waa II. Banyan, Thomas. His widow ttraa on mate No. t. Union Title. Thamaa, a«ad St, a farmer died *» The gate twirled out to sea tete yesterday toward the Grand bank* At the lowest eatimate it will coat New York 11,000.00* to dig oat of the are trying to rtvs p«rsoaa died in the atom in New York city. Schools «trt sus pended la the afternoon. Air Mai Halted Afar Mil aervics between New Y«rk and Chicago wan halted. Only two of fie* vessels due to dock in New York dared enter. Tons of Ice in the Hudson river jam med atainit the liner Orduna and kept her from docking until the tide turned. Boston was paralysed even more than New York. Public buildings. in rluding the atete houae, were thrown open to commuter* forced to stay in the city. Prisoner Refaecs Offered Parole Rale iff h. Jan. 28—H. Hoyle Sink, Commissioner of Pardons, yesterday had a unique experience when H. A. Boyd, an inmate of the State's Prison, refused to accept a parole (ranted by Governor A. W. McLean. "I wish to thank you for the favor able action in my caae but after I thoughtful consideration I have decid ed to pay my debt to the State of North Carolina in full," wrote young Boyd. Boyd, a youthful traveling repres entative for a well-known chain of stores, lives ia Norfolk where he is a member of a highly retarded family. Boyd, himself, had always borne aa excellent reputation until he ran over a small child in Wilmington with hia automobile, waa convicted of man slaughter and sentenced to two years In the State's Prison. The parole was recommended by United States Senator Claude A. Swan son and other prominent Virgin ians. The prisoner's sentence will expire in February. Sap ripi'f' Asheville, Fab. S.—AMitnini mem ben of the Aihtrilb Prison Reform association. ami a tart* group of in tereatod (Hiwiu at the home of Mr*. Charles Malcolm Piatt hare tonight. Pardon Commissioner H. Hoyle Sink, announced flatly to the organisation that he weald In no wise aid any la North Carolina which Ha object the abollihiawit at capita] punishment. -• He declared that H to a try to the civiltoatten af the atato in tta preeent era, declaring that H to toe practical to fair «f th The Nest M If the ariaattota soeeaad to faff rtitif |)wy iboukl bt mm t^tohahtto pttnarf the rent ever sine* Harris kOU Ctuwn W. Bryant and Ma two children. Ethel, a girl of eight, and Wnbura, a boy of five, and shot and assaulted the wife and mother, Mr*. Mary Mar garet Bryant, two weeks ago l» nicht. A mob of a thouaand men waa rs portad to hare formed the night aftar ha waa raptured. Precaution* to safeguard Harris** trial waa more elaborate than rear known before hi Ken tacky, for it waa six jrkn ip thla month that Will Lockatt, negro, attacked aad killed a little |M. He waa captured aad while help a prieooer for hia trial ia heard hia doom pronounced, a mob itormed the forty-one militiaman am duty about the court how. The aoldtera opened fire, killed several moa and wounded many others. Aa a warning to the mob spirit, which waa rampant in various sections, accord ing to re porta reaching the city, an nounce ateot waa made three daya ago of what would happen to a mob If aa attempt ware made to lynch Harris. The unprecedented precaution* had their effoct. No aemblance of I mob waa heard of today. Heavily armed patrol* scouted the surround ing country, aoldiers with teloacapoa were on top an eighteen-atory build ing acanning the landscape City Cloned far Trial No person* were allowed to enter the city from any direction during the trial. No one aeem* to have tried to. No report* came in of any crowda waiting at the patrol border lines to dash into the city. It waa quiet aa a Sunday morning, ears that whippet tanka and machine-gun neat* dotted the buaiaasa aection of the city aad aoldiera were on guard, many of them provided with gas bombe as wall aa rifle* and bullet cartridges. There was no grandstand play about the e%tire situation, although MM aoldiera might have protected Harris and the city. On orders of the Go» ernor, Adjutant Gen. Kehoe t sited out practically the entire strength at the State'* cavalry, infantry and ar tillery to repots* any attempt to oear ride the law. It was a foregone conclusion that Harria would ha convicted- He waa riven the death aietenaa on a charge of rape. Bape Is the one trim* pun i a ha bio under Kentucky law by hang ing in the county Jal yard la the county where It is committed. While the trial aet a record for brevity, It waa (conducted with the ■tricteet formality.

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