rf 4i y CHAPMAN HAHtt
1S:1S •'(lock.
circle on the floor of tha t
W hi full ■
br ■round, hi. glance M***** m Jn
m the clout in which thai
of thf |
htlMr MMmI Barry wrtwii llw
chamber with Oiapman. He did not
kiv< • crucifix.
A few minute* before Chapman'"
nark waa broken by the automatic
hanging machine tha third reprieve
fiven him by Governor John H. Trum
hull to permit corneal to battle hi tha
courti for tha man'* life expired. 11m
governor In final appeala for at III an
other reprieve refuaed to grant "even
another hoar," tha court*, federal and
atata. for lack of evidence or lags!
reaaowa ha via* declined to grant a
new trial. Chapman'* hope for delay
in execution, waning a* hi* counnel
toat in tha court*, faded when tha
board of pardon* rejected hi* applica
tion for commutation to life impria
wiih I■ untl manlier
Chapman walked from the death
cell to the death chamber, a diatance
of about It feet, arroaa a narrow en
try. In the death chamber a guard on
either aide of the iwkmw, dangled the
•nd of a new, wtlUtotcM rope
which diaappeared in the ceil in*, the
unaeen end being attached to the ma
chine which was not within fight of
fhr witnesses
Chapman waa in the clothing of •
free man. the prison garb having been
replaced while he waa in the death
cell, but he wore felt slipper*. He
wore a dark suit and low white col
lar..
The condemned man had heen con
ducted from hi* cell occupied (or a
year on the second flo«r of the hospi
tal wing of the priaon to the room in
which 1* the doth ceil, during the
forenoon. HI* last meal was in this
♦ell. A guard sat in front of the
Cell until other* came to get the con
demned man. Down the same flight
of ptaira from the firat floor of the
hospital ward to the entry which
separated the room where Chapman
was and the death chamber, walked
the group of witnesses, in cadence
which awakened an echo in the high
ceiling passage. The building ia a
new one and this was the firat execu
tion in the chamber.
Ine witneaae* and priaon official*
passed into the death chamber. The
midnight hour had come and the re
prieve waa ended. The door wa«
closed. All except the parole clerk
and the warden passed by the dang
ling noose and took seats on benches
in the roar of the room, ten feet from
the rope, while 0n parole clerk and
the warden paaaing to the left stopped
at a metal coverlet into the floor in
the extreme left hand comer, their
figure* masking a plunger which pro
truded from the cover much like an
automobile faotbrake.
II rrquirro only a mmuu to aval
the wltnrttea. The chamber dooi
opened and Chapman with his armi
bound by a leather strap, a guard on
either aide, walked in withAt stop
pin« to look a* the nooee, five feet
from the door sill. A guard passed
a strap around his leys abon the
knees and In almost simultatneom
■lotion other iruards slipped • Mark
aatin cap over his head and the moom,
drawing the latter taut. A signal
riven, a foot prisssd the planter
the slack of the rope wai
up and second jerk carried
straight upwards
After a Wjr brief interval the bqdj
wm Wwareil so that the feat «wi
■ few Mm from the fleer. 11m
physician and medical
Mm eeata and shirt at the dead
bad been officially pro
h m wm
had ieft in life a fe«
minutes before
fL. , , . s a. ,ii
IvTX vAvli
tmmi a*ahi In a Mkm and <
Mate mm* wfcwi sestet adjoaraed this
»»»■!■« talrtu of i>Mwn lor Dm 4»
# I * - 1-A-J n|
ivnOTHw, wbw n rnwivwa oi
I—tttonwf of rkancttr wHneeeee, M
not Won finished.
Evidence fhmi by Fred White «H
perhaps the Mart d*JUftii| of uqr
presented against the defendants
Hf testified that F. N. Jones came to
him in Kin* and naked him to go to
Mount Airy and sign a statement de
flaring that he »«w some nan come
from the Hamet store shortly hafora
the fire and that they were tall and
wore light colored suits. White stat
ed that ha waa paid $26 by t. N. Jonaa
and Morria Sninet to sign thin
statement and waa promised (500
it.ore if the Samets were acquired.
_ Check Offered Aa Evidence.
White stated that he had received
j a ch#ck for $26 and the check was
offered as evidence. The statement
| to the effect that he saw the men
come from behind the store waa
sworn to in a la war's office bt
Mount Airy in the presence of Mor
ria Samet and F. N. Jonaa.
The Samets carried on their build
ing and stock of gooda the followtng
insurance: $10,000 on stock of goods,
sold to them by H. R. McPherson. at
Walnut Cove: $2,500 <% the building
•old to Ihem V H R. McPherson. of
Walnut Cove; 110.000 sold to them by
an insurance firm of Mount Airy;
$10,000 sold to tbem by an insurance
firm m High Point. There was also
' a concurrent provision tat all policies
together of increase* in the amount
$26,000 more than the total of all poli
cies. The stock of goods was estimat
ed to hxva been worth about 120,000
During the examination of wit
i nesses for the prosecution. Deputy
Sheriff Hall was questioned regard
ing the burning of a fiery croas in or
near Dnnbury last October. He de
nied having any connection with the
cross burning. Hearing of the case
j was continued at the last term of
court upon the plea of counsel for de
i fendants and the contention that
t sentiment in and around King ran
' high against the Jews.
!
CONSTABLE BELL DIES OF
WOUNDS
Officer Shot by Moonshiners
Never Regain C—ciom
Wilmington. March SI.—J. W. Bell,
former constable and volunteer pro
hibition officer, who wan found
yesterday in a swamp three miles
east of the city with his eyes shot
out. and otherwise wounded, died to
day at 1 o'clock at the Walker Mem
orial hospital, without aver regaining
consciousness.
From the time he was found by
Sheriff George C. Jackson and a
rorps of deputies it was thought that
his rase was hopeless. As they
1 picked him up Sheriff Jackson told
Bell that they had come to him as
soon as they could. A flicker of con
sciousness and recognition on Bell's
part seemed to greet the message.
From this time on until he died today,
iBell was totally unconscious.
While it Is known of course that
Bell came to his death at the hands
of moonshiners for whom he was
searching, it la hardly possible that
any trace will ever be discovered
which will lead to the identity of his
slayer, or slayers. The (M that ha
was making a search by himself and
that his assailants waylaid and killed
him while alone, places officers la a
position where they have net the laaet
clue upoa which to work.
Bell's body was prepared for
burial and waa .carried to hia tote
hoase this afternoon la the snulhars
section of the city, where the faasrsl
win ha held tomorrow. A coroner's
jury will make an Investigation.
Bell Is the third white maa to he
killed by moonshiners In this section
la ths past IS months. Officers Leon
George sad Bam Lilly baring bean
Alain by the twe Btewarto to Irww
wtek eeaaty, Asr which srtoM Mm
PATTERSON It OUSTED
i FROM TOBACCO COOTS
Bnlaigfc, «. C. April Ih-TW
benrd of amiw of Mm Tri K«M
' tlon; Bright' WllHaMi rm.^of
Carolina, tu viae preaident, and t. G.
| Bagiey a Virginia director
j WATKINI A LAO OUT.
Patterson and T. C. Watkias. an
other foi Hi official of the ■—ria
tion, who rnl|Md mm tiros ago,
are dMrpd with having Mad* Mora
than $800,000 personal profit* out
of r*-drying association tobacco.
Thin charg* «u on of the basis on
which tha receivership «uit denied
yeeterday by Padaral Judge 1. M.
Meek inn. waa brought. In tha
course of the trial Aaron Hapiro and
W. T Joyner, ruunaal for tha aaaa
elation, diacioaad that they hava to
ltltuted legal proceedings to teak
rscovery of thU Money on behalf of
the organisation.
There had been some suggestion
of retaining Mr. Patterson aa Man'
agar of tha association's tales and
leaf depart Men ts, but today's action
by the board of directors entirely
severs his connection with the to
bacco association, it was announced
at the rloee of the Meeting of tha
board.
The board today alao unaniMoualy
passed a resolution wi>pottering the
temporary management to "Make
any other changes It May daeM advis
able aMong other employee of this
association" and "generally to carry
on the work of thia association, sub
ject to the ipstrttrtions of the board."
"The T»bacco Grower's Coopera
tive Association can now go ahead
and make progress." declared Meaars.
S^pb-o and Joyner, the organiza
tion's general and associate counsel,
at the hoard meeting. They said they
would not desire a word of Judge
Mrekins order, which denied the
receivership petitioned, but held the
matter open, changed.
limmiTHIJI CAKALTIAMI.
"We have paralysed thin aeries of
rtHfivrrnhip action* afrainxt the asso
ciation." they told the board, "by hav
ing it retained in the jurisdiction of
the federal court. We are satisfied
to have it suggested that we be con
fined to our usual buainess. As the
decree now itands it ha* everything
in it that we need to protect our
selves; and there are no harmful
strings tied to the decision. The asso
ciation is absolutely at liberty to
handle its own affairs, in ha own way
under its own leadership."
Judge Lloyd Horton, of counsel for
the plaintiffs, is likewise satisfied
with the ruling, which he character
ised as thoroughly satisfactory.
Acceptance of the resignation of
Mr. Patterson today Is considered
significant In view of Judge Meekhta*
questions to Bapiro in court with re
ference to today's meeting of the
hoard of directors and its authority to
discharge employe*, If It should see
WAR ROMANCE SHAT
TERED
Capt. Roger Williams, Jr.,
Fned From TitM Framch
Wife
Boston, March 10th.— Capt.
Roger Williams Jr., who roootrod a di
vorce to-day hi Lexington, Ky., from
Mrs. Williams on abandonment charges
Is the sea of the late Gen Roger D.
Williams, U. B. A, aad a d.srsadst
, of the Bug si Williams who founded
the eetewy ef Rhode Island. His Mr.
riage on April U, 1111, la Paris to ths
daughterxef the Count Ludsris da la
Forest OTvuaai waa ths sutsome of a
Mrs. Williams went
to Praass ostenaibly to visit her par
ents. Capt. Williams followed her
there la lttt, but his efforts to indtiee
her to retain to the United States
"clpt Williams woa distinct!s«i la
fnum as MMMadsr of the reghasa
U1 hettoriss ef the Fifth Plvtslsa.
He b attached to the Ifth Uafted
Rtoftss Infantry, which mm ths
Won H-Wfsrte.
making, tto oaly raadfclaa of aim*.
•Ion being that • child atoaM to Ml
more tton W ytmt at age aad atoald
to tn Mn of an iMl hi tto lata
afternoon tto graaada vara thrown
•po»i to tto (moral public for a claa
Mra. Cn nil to" «ai early a coster of
attract km for tto children, walkinf
«mong thoaa about tto groanda la tto
foraaooa. Tto friaidaat. who tod
r lanced fraqapatly oat of Ma office
window* during tto mucwiag, apyoar
«d oa tto nutfi portico of tto aiata
tl»a manaior hi tto early afternoon
with Mrs. CooHdge and ttolr aaa
John, and wared a groeting to tto
yoathfal crowd, which anaworad with
a ihNH bat vigoroua cboor.
Oa tor toor of tto grounda, • |lr».
Ceolidge wu accompanied by tto
two White Hoaao eolliea, Rob Boy and
Prudence Prim, and at one* waa ea
circled by ao aaany youthful admir
•ra that pollcw came to tto aaaiataaco
of tor aocrot aeeriea eacort in Making
a way for tor. But ato gave ovary
indtoatloa of an Joying tto aituatioo,
laughing and at tiaaoa embracing tto
voungatera. Tton, at tto urging of
photographera, ato poaed while cam
era* recorded tto aeon*.
Returning to tto White Hoaao ato
ioinod wirea of cabinet offlcora and
other frienda who wot* horgaoeta dar
ing tto day. In tto afternoon ato aat
on tto aooth portico in company with
ttoae frienda. and mam be re of tto cab
inet who came to watch tto arena
Figaraa announced tonight placed
the total attendance at 44,105, which
excoeda by more than ll.OM tto pre
vioua record attendance.
Bus sard. Blue Ridgo Terror,
Shot
Bristol, Vs.. April l-Tbc moun
tain folk of th* tllue Ride* srr happy
1 today in the knnwltdr* that the1
"b*?l*d bussard" I* dead.
Th» bird, which-was th* object of
the superstitious awe of the moun
taineers, was shot near Comer. Ga..
For years it had flown above the Blue
Ridre and brought fear to the heart*
of thoae who heard the doleful tolling
of the brass bell around its neck.
There was a superstition that to
see the bird onre hrourht bad luck and
to see It a second time calamity. Only
one man ever had the temerity to pur
sue itr An aviator, mapping out this
territory • year ago, met the bird and
chased it for miles. Then he changed
his course and the bossard had since
flown on unmolested until a Georgia
cracker took a pot shot and killed It.
The bird was found to have attached
to its nark • cowbell with the dste
IMS inscribed on it. Th* killer has
refused several offers for the bell,
which is sought by curio dealers.
A Boy Who Know How
An American boy nineteen year* of
age once found himself in London,
where h* was under the neceeeity of
earning his bread. He went straight
to a printing office and inquired whe
ther help was needed.
"Where are you from?" inquired
the foreman.
"America." waa the answer''
"Ah," said the foreman, "from
America. Can you set type?"
The young man stepped to one of
the ensea, end in a brief space set up
this passage from the first chapter of
John: "Nathaniel said unto him, can
titer* any good thing ttmm oat 4 Na
saretfc? Philip said unto him. com
and Me -
lt was done a* quickly, so accurate
ly, and administered a delicate re
proof so appropriate and powerful,
that it at once gave him influence and
standing with all ths office He work
ed diligently at Ma trade, rsfaaed to
drink bear sr au kind of Strang
drink, saved 10s money, istmasd to
imsrins, tirimi a printer, pabhahsr,
author, poetmaster general. msmb>r
of Congress, eignef of the Declaration
marts, and finally died la Hi lis del
> phia at the age of eighty -fear. There
are Mara than one hundril and fifty
ili> Bmjiili r»«a>fc 'lUil |
Sharon folk wfJl keep the grave
great. they »; Cummom «u the
•«< *l«H»i«lrtwl mUmt of that
. ommunity, rather r can otely located.
There to no paved road Indinf to the
haart of tha district, Iknnfh Cimtw
m for jmn a rial* kifkwajr earn
sttested by tha network of hard-sur
faced highways throughout this part
f'ameron'* own plantation wan haul
ed to market ow an indifferent dirt
of North Carolina. TW produce of
road.
To MMNrt Sharon folk the man who
was laid to reet in the eoantry grave
yard yesterday afternoon was just
"John Cameron." a neighbor with a
jolly face given to laughing, bat to
the outalde world he waa one of the
outstanding figures la a universal
fraternal order The members of the
grand lodge aaaembling there gave
the community a glimpae of swn
concentrated dignity than It had ever
seen before, while all of Sharon's gar
dens and roadsides could not have
supplied the flowers heaped upon the
mound that covered "Parmer John."
_ _ _ j ■ ■» _—
TTu» Y«r
Raleigh, April B. —Thar* »r»
f»ur excellent reasons why a larger
m-rcare should be planted to lojrbMM
this yrar, states E. C. Blair. exten
sion agronomist at Stat* College.
The firit of these reasons U that
soyhean seed are lower in price than
In several year*. Mr. Blair states
rood wed are obtainable at about half
the mat laat year and this In ttsalf
should be a good argument for grow
ing more legume* in the State this
summer
The second reason la that there la a
need for more legume hay, especially
in the piedmont and western part* of
the State. The aewere drought Hi
1925 killed nearly all the clow arm-n
laat spring and soybeans may he
Ilooted thia spring to main- t+ for the
scarcity of clover hajj. 1
The third reason fclren by Mr.
Blair ia the possibility of • big crop
in 1920. Indications arc th~t a
hum par crop win be grown all over
the South. The severe winter has
probably hilled a large number of the
hibernating boll weevils and thia
with a large (acreage planted - will
cause • heavy production of cotton
reaulting in a low price. The wiae
cotton fanner will therefore arrange
to have a good supply of feed to carry
hia liveatock next winter. Soybeans
make excellent hay for the purpoee.
The fourth and final reason ia baa
ed on the probability that the Coop
erative Tobacco Association will not
function thia fall aa In the past. If
thia he true, states Mr. Blair, a low
prire for tobacco will prevail in North
Carolina nest fall which will show
the thinking planter that he need* to i
prepare now for winter feed. It
would also he wiae to reduce the to
bacco acreage and put more land to
Landgrave h«M(k fl of Rmn
"«.M* 12,000 H »■■!■■■ at m a head,
with an ann—l "rwtal* fa* of HHy>
Thar* haa heaa a tettar
from the Luripan of 11 Oa—I
to Baron HnhaMurf. his
offlttr In tka American nWM, I*
which th* ntlw naanM the
Damn "for aaafa« to tt that of 1>M
■>f tha Inaitin'a peuaa In the Bat
He of Tiwrton only M ian>i< aUva."
"Be tttrr to Hnd an Hwin< itata
mant of the toaaaa k toadm." tha
'attar roMttowea, "w tha Kngliah an
•tar want* to pay ma tar owfor 1.4U
'■Iliad. I am entirely iHa«attaflad with
Major Mlndorf who, awwJtag to
leepatfhaa, «um«M in taring hia
■ ittaHna of Heeaiaaa."
vmw * "*"1 T^^eBtea, "
Mount Airy, R. 1. Apr. •—Jina Mart*
the IS day old child of Mr. ud Mn.
Jan** A, Gunnetl dM March 28, and
was tenderly laid to rest th* follow
ing day at Oak Grov* in the family
plot.
Funeral services war* conducted by
Rev. C. C. Haymor*. The family
wiahss to publicly thaak their dear
neighbor* and friend* for th* kind
nea* ahown them during the aickMaa
and death of their baby.
The tittle four "year old *oa of Mr.
and Mr*. Eddie Simmon* happened to
a very bad accident a few day* age.
While splitting a block reached under
to hold it or to move it and waa Hunt
on hi* hand with th* ase. which re
sulted in losing three finger*. Ma
wa* carried at one* to Martin M*aa
orial where it waa found only th* akia
holding the hand together, *o they
removed the three finger* aad over
half of hi* hand. He *eema to h*
getting along nicely.
Two atudent* from Hollow Spring*
nchool were awarded prisea at Waat
field April 1, and are entitled to
speak in the final roaimeni nil t at
Dohson. Th*y ware, secoad grada
Maude 8immons. fifth grade. OaMhel
Harker. s
W. B. Blair, principal of Hallow
Spring* achool th* paat term wttk
Mi*a J one* siU Mr*. Baaatay asaia
ceasful term* wa have had. They
made a *plendid average.
Mi**** Vilena and Emma McGaa
and Marjori* Haymor* spent Easter
with hoaae folka, returning to Moon
tain Park Tuaaday.
Born to Mr. aad Mra. 8am Shiaault
last week a boy.
Mr. John Simmon* returned recent
ly from Jacksonville, Fla.. wh*re ha
•pant th* winter.
Sunday school arganised at Hallow