North Carolina Newspapers

    Isday, August 18,1925 .
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IAN SHOT IN EAR
HEN AUTO IS FIRED UPON
tiMet-Riddied in Virglna by Men
b Are Said to Have Been Of
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ky Mount, Aug. 17.—Mrs. W. I.
** wan wounded and the auto
‘ of Matthew M. Riggsby, in
she was riding, bullet-riddled
men garbed in civilian clothes,
id to be officers of the law,
It fire on the machine as it was
Kig from Petersburg. Va., and
(>oint between Emporia aud
nueville, according to the story
tere by the occupants of the car.
Perkins’ left ear was shot al
coinpletely off, the windshield of
ar-, was broken and bullet marks
to be found in many places on
aek of the car. The tires were
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unLarmed, nnd this led to the conten
tion that the wielders of the guns
were attempting to shoot the driver
of the car in their effort to stop him.
The story told is that as the oaf
was en route from Bmporie armed
men appeared in the highway, and
Mr. Rigtoiby speeded up the vehicle.
The menVpened fire but Mr, Itiggsby
sped onward despite the fact that a
Ford automobile had been parked
across the highway in the effort to
prevent passage by another car. How
ever, other armed men came from the
brush along the road and in front of
the ear and began firing as the Itissby
automobile approached, it is stated,
and this firing continued even after
the ear had passed.
Mr. Itiggsby rushed to Roanoke
Rapids, where officers of that city
, stopped the ear, having been advised
in the interim by Emporia authorities
to be on the lookout for the car which
apparently was suspected of being en
gaged in liquor running. Search of
the ear revealed no liquor, it was
stated. Mrs. Perkins, with whom
Mr. Riggsby boards here, was given
medical attention at Roanoke Rapids
hospital and the wound 'was later
dressed by a local physician.
Institution of legal action looking
to redress in - the matter is proposed
by Mr. Riggsby. it is stated, and he
was reported to be in Roanoke Rapids
this afternoon in conference with at
torneys looking toward the institu
tion of action to this end.
Smith—B»tt I thought you said
there was a fortune in it?
Jones (with a groan)—So there
was. Mine!
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“What do yUu mean. Smith,” a
friflpd inquired. *’by pawning ail
your .nightshirts?”
“Haven’t you heard?" said Smith
“I’ve got a job as night watchman.”
He —Do you like candy, young!
lady?
She ( eaggerly)—Oh. yes sir.
He (ealinly) —Thanks. I’m gath
ering statistics for a candy com
pany.
Store Clerk —Pardon me. sir, but
our ruieo forbid us to reeieve Pont or
battered coins from customers.”
Customer—But. I reeived that very
coin here as change.
Store Clerk—Very likely, sir. We
hav no rule against giving bent coin.!
tb customers.
First Flapper—Say, what is an oc
togenarian, nnyway?
Next Flapper—Aw, I dunno.
Why?
First Flapper— Well, they must
be an awwfnlly sick'.y lot, because
wjhenever I bear of one of them
they're always dying.
Mrs Elephant—Gracious, that was
a close shave.
Mr. Elephant—Yes. it would have
served the fool right if he had hit
us.
News Editor —Did you interview
the celebrity?
Reporter—Yes.
Editor—What did he say?
Reporter—Nothing.
Editor—-I know that. But how
many columns of it?
A man of the world had slipped
nnd fallen on the icy sidewalk. A
deacon of the church come along
and remarked quite solemnly “The
wicked standeth in a slippery place.”
“I see they do. but I can't.” replied
the fallen man, trying to arise.
TODAY’S EVENTS
Tuesday, August 18, 1925
The Rt. Rev. Patrick A. McGov
ern, Catholic bishop of Cheyenne, cel
ebrates his 30th anniversary in tlie,
priesthood today.
Salem, West Virginia, is to be the
meeting plhee today of the world con
ference of the Seventh Day Baptist
churches.
The World Zionist Congress meets
in Vienna today consider questions
of policy with regard to future op
eration of the British mandate in the
Holy Land.
A three-day conference is to be
opened in Chicago today having for
its aim the amalgamation of all old
Cal'.iolie groups in North America un
der one primate and under one ec
clesiastical designation.
Radio amateurs in great numbers
from the T'nited States and Canada
and to some extent from Europe and
otl\(ir countries will gather in Chi
cago. today to attend the third animal
convention of the American Radio- Re
lay League.
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anyone.
Mary—Marvelous. Whom shan’t I
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' BY CHARLES P. STEWART
NEA Service Writer .
WASHINGTON —How much
foretell diplomats In Wash
ington drink Is none of Sec
retary of State Kellogg’s affair,
but if an embassy or legation
receives more alcoholic refresh
ment than Its entire staff can
Possibly consume, the quesUon
arises, “What becomes of the sur
plus?” Secretary Kellogg has cer
tain suspicions on this score, which
die has confided to the foreign rep
resentatives to whom they apply.
That is to say, he addressed to
them a polite but pretty plain lit
tle note, trusting that hencefor
ward they’ll keep their antl-Vol-
Stead importations down to what
they really need for themselves and
'for themselves alone.
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TiE diplomats this communica
tion went to are by no means
all from dinky little countries,
•ither. Some among them bear
V - -MURDER, V
Charlotte Observer.
A long indifferent .public i« now be
ing aroused to the fact that murder
iq g dreadful thing.. It take an af
fair like that whil'h was reported in
Sunday's paper front Rockjitgfiam to
arouse the people to realization. The
shock would have been but little loss
If the story had told of a preacher
of tfie. Gospel;, wqlkiog quietly .and
calmly from the door of his mause
apd shooting down some individual
against whom he might have hail
grievance, imaginary or real, for few
preachers could bear a more “irre
proachable” character, or hold higher
standing in church gnd cpmmunity
tl)a(i was the character of the man
wtlio walked deliberately from the door
of. 'his business office and shot down
an overseas man who was seated in
ati automobile by the sidewalk, evi
dently not suspecting impending peril
and "possibly unaware of any respon
sibility for an aroused resentment,
even of mild nature, much less resent
ment of so violent a character as to
inspire the murderous intent. But
it' is ngt to be supposed that there
1 \vs£ ko grievance of any kind. The
! victim had given mortal offense of
some sort, or the slayer must have
' hard, some suddenly fetal disturbance
of mind. The dead man can say
1 nothing in his own defense; the slay
er has elected to make no statement
I and the public must await the de
- tails as they come out in the hear
■ ing that is to follow. Perhaps the
Rockingham affair is destined to take
1 place as one of the mest notable on
1 the state's murder book.
* But as we have indicated, it lias’
■ required an occurrence of this nature
* to' 1 arouse the peqple into apprecia
- tilflf-of a condition which has over
whelmed society. Dreadful a thing
as murder is. it has become almost a
1 matter-of-fact occurrence. Only last
1 week the State board of health, one
of whose duties is certification of
I causes of death, issued statement in
which the fact was releaved that dur
. ing the year 1924, as many as 299
homicides stained the records of North
Carolina. This is a contribution of
"more than the state's quota to the
crime wave," as significantly stated
by the board’s letter. Reference is
also made to Chicago’s murder record
of almost one a day, and regretful ad
mission is made that in this particular
our state ranks “well up in the fore
front.” Some facts are submitted
upon which the people of the state
might well reflect in serious mood.
The letter states that typhoid fever
was not so long ago a large factor
in the death rate of the state. It
■ has been one of the causes of death
against which both state and local
health authorities have waged a ma
jor offensive. Now murder and au
tomobile accidents each levies a great-
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. To 6s
1 credentials from highly consequen
tial powers. The intimation that
bootlegging is believed to be going
on from their official residences in
Washington must have reached
them as a good deal of a Jolt. It
isn’t the first time, however, that
it’s been broadcast from extremely
well-informed sources, though nev
er before from the Department of
State. Practically ever since pro
hlbltlon became effective the im
presslon has prevailed that most ol
the really first class stuff in th«
capital came in under diplomatic
protection and was dispensed In
the same way.
* • *
GEft. LINCOLN Q. ANDREWS,
the rather new assistant sec
retary of the treasury in espe
{iai charge of prohibition enforce
ment, is said to have given Secre
tary Kellogg his tip. It isn't a bit
likely that Secretary Kellogg want
ed news of his note to leak out.
The story, however, unquestion
ably is true.
j er annua! toll of human life than does
this Once prevalent and dreadful dis
ease.
The records show more than double
the number of negro victims among
the homicides as compared with the
white. The distribution is !>4 white,
201 negro, >nd four Indians. The
homicides are divided into four elas
i sifieatimis. Os the total, 235 were
killed with firearms. 47 by knives or
other piercing instruments, six were
babies killed closely following birth,
and eleven were killed by other means.
Oh, .the law! the law ! Was ever
institution more defiantly trampled
tinder foot? Kor disrespect for the
law and disregard for the courts of
justice is* the foundation upon which
the “crime wave” is based.
America’s Largest Bank Advertisers.
Philadelphia Record.
IMie largest bank in the Western
Hemisphere is the National City
Rank, of New York. In Monday’s
paper it had a five cblumn advertise
ment announcing the opening of its
seventh place of business, exclusive of
its head office in Wall street, where
“National City banking and invest
ment service is available.”
In thjs advertisement it says:
“When you pass by or when you come
in—as we hope you will—you wilt
notice that it does not look like the
ordinary place where banking busi
ness is conducted. That, however,
is because we are trying to make our
uptown branch offices look like any
store or place of business making a
frank bid for tile custom and trade
of those interested in goods or service.
-In our ease, it is service rather than
goods that we are merchandising.
“ 'Service' is a much overworked
word. It run mean much cr little,
depending both on the ability and the*
willingness of an institution to ac
tually render it.”
Then follows a list of what that
great bank means by “service.” In
a broad sense it is serving a far wid
er constituency when it gives the pres
tige and power of its name to the use
of newspaper advertising space ex
pecting results which will come sure
ly in ihe further growth and develop
ment of its business.
Rev. John C. Pecry is Called to
Newberry.
Hickory. Aug. 17.—Rev. John C.
Peery. for the past five years pres.-
dent of Lenoir-Rhyne College, who
resigned his position with the insti
tution in the spring, was extended a
unanimous call to become pastor of
the church of tin- Redeemer at New
berry. S. C., at a congregational
meeting yesterday morning This is
one of the largest and best organized
congregations of the Southern Luth
eran church.
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