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NORTH CASOUNA.
Law Suit to Break Tobacco
Co-operathre Association Fails
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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.