Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1925 .Rumors Fly Thick and Fast as Cole Trial Hangs Fire By Jonathan Daniels in The Raleigh News and Observer. Rockingham. Sept. 20.—Rumors of impropriety with regard to witnesses on the part of attorneys for the State and defense in I'he trial of TV. R. t’ole were current here today while the case waited on the appearance tomorrow morning of a special venire of 200 men from Union county. "That’s a wilful damn lie," de clared J. A. Lockhart, of the defense counsel, with regard to rumors that the manager and storekeeper at the Hannah Picket Cotton Mills have at tempted to intimidate witnesses for the State. '“Tlie defense ’hasn't tried to get any witnesses for the other side out of town so they couldn't appear in the case," he declared in broad in sinuation. Lockhart Mattes Charge. “1 won’t say who they tried to get out of town." he said, “unless they demand proof, but if they do I can prove it.” i No action is contemplated by the State on the rumors of intimidation of State's witnesses, it was learned, one attorney of tile private prosecu tion declared that he thought it was merely a case of “impropriety." So licitor Don Phillips declared that lie had heard none of the rumors and that he had never heard of the ac tion ('larged by Lockhart. Solicitor Phillips will face one high ly embarrassing moment in the trial of the case, it was learned when the Ist of witnesses subpoened by the included the name of Miss weiavia Scales, fiance of the solicitor and cousin of TV. R. Cole. What Miss Scales will testify could not be learned for she was not one of the eye witnesses of the shooting on August lotii, when Cole killed TV. TV. Ormond, ex-service man and l for mer sweetheart of Cole's daughter. Doctors In Readiness. Dr. Albert Anderson, of Raleigh, well known alienist, has been sum moned by the State to meet any plea of insanity Cole’s lawyers may make for him. The defense has not yet summoned any alienists. However, Dr. J. T. J. Rattle and Dr. H. S. Dobson, of Greensboro, are expected to appear for the defense if the in sanity plen is made. Dr. J. K. Hall, of Westbrook Sanitorium, of Rich mond, may also be called by the de fense. It is possible that both State aud defense will present experts to tes tify as to handwriting of TV. TV. Or mond in tile letters which are ru- j niored to contain the motive for the j shooting. Only fseven fitnesses have been i subpoenaed thus far by the defense while the State has already summon ed twenty witnesses. The defense, however, lias secured e lumber of subpoenas signed in blank by Walter S. Thomas, clerk of the Superior Court. Cole Has Bad Night. W. B. Cole, the slayer, had a bad night last night on account of the ravings of Coot Ray. aged negro woman, who is being lodged in the jail pending her removal to the! State Hospital for the Negor Insane at Goldsboro. All night long last night, all day j today she continued to rave : “I! found Jesus. I found Jesus. I ought j to be in Union and I would be ifj ftiP it won’t for them nasty little boys.; ’ I found Jesus. I ought to be in Union.” I What Have We Done to wu. Broth er Beasley? Stanly News-Herald. Last week The Monroe Jotirnnl picked up the Stanly News-Herald’s report of the recent meeting of the Men's dub of the First Presbyterian Church here and wrote one of the most stinging pieces of sarcasm which has ever appeared in a North Carolina newspaper. The address of Mr. Jake Newell, of Charlotte, was held up in a most ridiculous manner and the men present depicted ns a bunch of rubes “munching sand wiches and smoking cigarettes,” with wide open eyes and expressions aghast, as folks who were listening to their first address of any sort'. On it's face, the article was an in sult to the good women who pre pa red and served the banquet, a de liberate affront to Mr. Newell, and every members of the club present and a flippant quoting of this paper as though the writer had been quot ing the "Pendnnkle Banner,” or the "Billville Bugle.” In fact, the edi torial was such as to provoke some of the best men in Albemarle to what might be taken as next to rage. But we refuse to believe that Mr. Beasley, the editor of the Journal, j* and presumably the writer of the intended it ns such. Know- him as we do, to be an editor )j as a motive for writing about everything he publishes on the edi torial page of the Journal, and as a polite, -polished Christian gentleman a member of the Baptist Church in good standing, we are positively "flabbergasted,” and the more wc think about it the more puzzled we | become. TVe rarely take up such mat ters, but so tqany of the leading! members of the club have registered j their indignnnt protests, that we feel compelled to ask Mr. Beasley, “What I on earth could have been your ] motive for writing such an article? Was the editorial intended for what it appears on it’s face?” TVe speak not for Mr. Newell, for he can take cure of himself, and the Htnnly News-Herald doesn’t care a rap for the insinuation that it is a “Billville Bugle,” but we do feel that in justice to a body of leading citi zens and church workers, and their wives and daughters who prepared the banquet on the occasion referred to, the editor of the Journal should apologize, or explain what he meant, Vand why he wrote such an apparent ly uncalled for article. Surely an editor who has stood for tlie things which Beasley has in the past, has not turned into a scoffer at religion- This paper refuses to be lieve such a thing, even thongh the editorial referred to would indicate it on it’s lace. Tn spite of his sleepless night, how ever, Cole was in good spirits today. He told TV. B. Covington, Richmond - county r ad supervisor, that he was ' pleased that the special venire is , coming from Union county. Talks to Reporters . - This afternoon lie received two ' newspapermen in his cell with all the graciotisness tiie situation would allow. In the hot jail he wore only - ft pair of trousers mnde of seersucker cloth and a shirt turned in at the throat. He was in good spirits but his laugli was forced. He was very nervous. "I’ll talk religion or politics or any thing with you," he told the report ers, “but I haven't anything to say about my ease." He hesitated before he called it “case." seeming a little troubled ns how to describe his situa tion. He spoke of mutual friends to the reporters and offered them the hospitality of his cell. Court will convene tomorrow morn ing at ten o'clock when tiic special ventire from Union county is sum moned to appeal. The entire day is expected to be consumed in the selec tion of the jury. The State has four peremptory challenges ami the de fense twelve aud both sides are ex pected to exhaust their challenges in the choice of the .twelve jurors. A large number of the jurors will be excused beeuse they have expressed opinions as to the guilt of Cole or for other causes if is believed. Defense Relies on Letters. T'ue defense is counting much on the letters written by Ormond to Cole but the pistol found in Ormond's car will also be presented as a big part of their case. The State is expected to present the facts of the actual shooting and the facts to make out their case in a few hours and clear the stage for the defense. The State will make its great fight in rebuttal testimony, it is understood. Several of the attorneys for tiie State and the defense left Rocking ham today hut all will be back in the morning with the opening of court. Large crowds are also expected to be present to hear the preliminaries to the trial. COLE VENIRE FROM UNION INCLUDES 150 FARMERS Sheriff Fowler Completes Task of Summoning in Short Order- Monroe, Sept. 2!).—The scene of action in the Cole-Ormond murder j case was transferred from Richmond jto Union at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a special messenger from Rockingham delivered to Sher- I iff Fowler an order to summons a special venire of 200 men to sit on the fate of TV. B. Cole. At il :30 this morning the sheriff and his deputies were on the job and bq 8:30, the venire of 200, with the exception of 13 mfn, hud heard the summons read. One hundred and fifty of the 200 summoned are farmers and live in every section of Union county. When the daily papers went out on the J routes and the personnel of the | venire was known, the men sum moned immediately began to form j themselves into groups of auto j capacity to make the trip to the j Richmond capital . Nearly all of 1 them will make the distance of 40 j miles by auto over North Carolina j route No. 20 and will go in the | morning and return in the afternoon ' until the jury is picked. Post and Flagg’s Cotton Letter. New York, Sept- 20.—There is a fairly strong feeling in some specula tive circles that a good portion of the long interest that was built up prior to the last report is still in existence and can be driven to liquidate. The flaw in that argument is that by far the greater part of the buying dur ing that period was either to cover shorts or by the trade to fix prices and secure partial protection against later prospective requirements. There is, therefore, only a limited amount that could lie dislodged and that is chiefly in strong trade hands. Another argument used by opera tors for the decline which has more force to it is that trade demand may fall off before the movement reaches its peak and begins to subside and that the weight of the bales will crowd prices lower. Producers are still disposed for the most part to market their cotton as fast as picked and ginned and if there is any hold ing movement it is tentative and only in its initial stages. Reports as to the basis continue more or less conflicting with sales in some instances reported at the high est basis of the season while private advices today from the southwest have stated that the basis is easier. There is no suggestion, however, that stops are on a really tenderable basis. Prices fixing is still iu evidence on easy markets but not in volume suf ficient to absorb fully the selling for hedge and speculative account com bined especially when the latter be comes as aggressive as in the late I trading yesterday. It is expected that private estimates of the crop ue to ! nppear next week will show a sharp 1 revisiioD upwar to conformd with the | last official lgures and what the next I report is expected to show. The j Market acts a trifle heavy and might sag further but if so will pre sent an even more favorable oppor tunity for purchases of which ad vantage should be taken for a pull. POST AND FLAGG. Pieffepont: “I called at the De Kalb's last and found no-one home.” Montßgue: “No. Mrs. De Kalb is at Hollywood-by-the-sea.” Pierrepoint: “Are her daughters with her?" Montague: ,“No. They are at TVumpus-by-the : Lake.” Pierrepont: “And her son?" Montague: “He’s fishing at Clear- Rtrcaros-by-the-bordcr.” Pierrepont: “And where is De Kalb?” Montague: “He’s at Swivel-Chair by-the-Desk.” Coldest Winter in Generation \ Predicted by Weather Experts New York Mirror. When you twisted the key that turned back your clock an hour 1 Sunday morning, getting back from 1 Daylight Saving to Standard time, you tuned in on two not distant "-tations." 1 You promised yourself a trip i home in the dark tonight—s o’clock Standard time was ti o’clock Day light Having, and with the approach ■ of Winter it is dark at that time now 1 —and you “plugged in" on want promises to be one of the longest and hardest Winters in years. Although not the calendar's first day of Winter, the return to Standard time has long been con sidered the first day of that season, the designation being based on weather conditions- Weather Signs. Although Itr. Cox, Chicago weath er forecaster, and James Scarr, the local prophet, have refused to pro diet any great period in advance, there are sigt.s put out by Mother Nature, greatest of weather prophets, that cannot he doubted —signs that have nothing in common with those in Pond's Almanac. On the accuracy of this method of prognostication. Scarr salfl yester day : "No agency has been devised by which the future Weather, that is, for more than a week in advance, can be predicted accurately. “But the Indians, knowing nothing of scientific indications, left it to the birds aud the beasts to direct them in their forecasts." Long Winter. , And the birds nnd beasts have told n s that we are' in for a long. Ion;;, cold Winter. Captain Jim Car at Huntington Harbor, L. L. a retired sea captain, is authority for one prognostication of a hard winter. He has seen flocks of wild ducks going Southward a month ahead of schedule. The sky lias been black with them for several evenings, he says, audtliey continue to pass- In addition. Captain Carl report- that the last week lias been the coldest for this time of the year | within his memory, a memory re- . freshed by study of his old log books that covered the many years he was I at sea. He sees before in the coldest Win-1 ter within the span o£ his near four score years. Another Forecast. Signs of the Zodiac indicates a more than severe Winter, according to Prof. Gustavo Meyer, veteran Hoboken osteologist. lie says: "From tiie middle of December to They All Say That. j Statesville Daily. The primary purpose of the Made iit-Carolinas exposition, an annual Chariot tc event, is to boost home on- j terprise nndencourage the patronage of home industry. When advertising cards for the exposition were sent out it was noticed that they bore the imprint of a Michigan printing printing house, whereupon many inewiitpnpers jeered, imfiting atten tion to the fact that the exposition management was preaching one thing and practicing another, which same is more or less common, it may be ! remarked. The Charlotte Observer, 1 inferentinlly admitting the embar rassment, explains that the manage- j ment wanted a certain type of ad- ] vertising card and found that it could be obtained from Michigan for 'css, hence the sending away from home for printing to boost home business. It is not to be expected, of course, that one will pay more for an article simply to keep business at home. Loyalty and patriotism are not expected to go quite that far. But the explanation offered by the Observer is the same that is offered I by all people who send their money away from home. They can’t get what they want at home, or they can get it for less elsewhere, and with out questioning the sincerity ot the explanation offered by the Observer since the matter is of no especial concern here, it is to be said that very ofteu the reasons mentioned exist only in imagination. That is to say, the purchaser who persists in sending away from home because the home dealers can’t satfsfy, is often too hard to satisfy. He has made up his mind not to be pleased with what he can find at home. Sending away appeals to him, distance lends en chantment, and getting something Only Woman^Bulldogger” - »* only woman “bulldogger” In the country Is said to be Miss Fo» m.-m-T Pendleton. Ore. Bach year »he thnnV a bull at the rodeo therfi THE CONCORD DAILY TRIBUNE I the forepart of January the star; predict od. even before the fii«t good frost has loosened the nuts that form the greater part of their store. Heavier and thicker coats than ordinary are r.otrceablo on b i server that he has seen a hatchet | buried. It was a hatchet that a lot of folks in the state have discussed during the past three years, none other than the weapon of war wielded between Ex-Governor Cameron Morri son and W. Thomas Host, well known Raleigh newspaper writer. Relations between the governor’s of fice aud the Raleigh correspondent j had been none too secure for some time, but when the governor ordered Best to stay out of his office after some galling bit of pencil work by the sorrel-topped veteran of the capita correspondents the two quit speak ing. But down at White Lake last week Bost passed near where the former governor wa THEORY Misfortune Net Penalty For Sin. De clares Noted Religious Leader. Durham. Sept. 20.—01 d testament philosophy holding that prosperity and health are the reward of righteous liv ing and that misfortune and disaster in individual lives have their basis in wrong living cannot be accepted today, I)r. Edmond I>. Soper, dean of the school of religious education at Duke university, told a great congre gation at Methodist'Memorial Church Sunday morning. “There is a rebellion against the old idea that misfortune represents sin." the noted religious educational leadin' said. He then pointed out that his own mother who has for years been an invalid and more lately strick en deaf, has lived a sauitly life. Dr. Soper then raised the question : “What is real doctrine of divine Providence?” “Lots of people,” he said, “suffer who should not : men do not have equal opportunity in life; young men of promise and character are stricken with disease; the deserv ing and good are often cruelly treat ed. “We are not to blindly accept what we see: but we must try to under stand for ourselves; we have a right to attempt to try to understand the meaning of the universe.” Here Dr. Soper pointed out that it is impossible to arrive at a complete solution of (1 od’s ways with man, de claring that man can see only a few steps ahead. This, however, should SMOTHERING SPELLS AND GAS PAINS STOPPED Concord Farmer and Wife Greatly Benefltted Through the Use of HERB JUICE. “It is truly wonderful the way HERB JUICE restored me to health and strength after all other medicines had failed. My wife has also been greatly benefltted by the use of this great herbal remedy, ami for the ex ceptional benefits thus obtained, I gladly give this statement that othere may know of it. take it, and secure the relief that has eoine to me and mine,” said Mr. lfoy Cline, well known farmer, residing on Route 3, Concord, N. C. * * . .... —. i r • L MRS. ROY CLINE. “My system was soon put in good shape*” Mr. Cline continued, “after I commenced using HERB JUICE. I have so much faith in this medicine now since I have given it a fair trial that I really believe it will help any one, I would urge others suffering as I did to trv it for their troubles. Be fore I used HERB JUICE. I had suffered for many years with stomach trouble and 1 was in such a shape that 1 could hardly eat enough to enable me to carry on my farm work. I was bothered with constipation all the time and no matter what I took for this trouble, nothing seemed to regu late my bowels and stir my liver to an active condition. My wife was also bothered in a similar way as my self and I spent money and time try ing to find something for our needs. Not until we started on HERB JUICE did we find the remedy suit ed for our ailments. It seemed to take right hold at once and in a few weeks time we could see a big improve ment in our condition. Wo were really astonished at the quick relief and splendid results secured by use of this wonderful medicine. My stomach is in better condition today than it has been in years. I have a good uppetite, enjoy my meals, digest what I eat and it gives me nourishment and energy. I have no trace of constipation now. My wife, in a like manner, has been re stored to good health, and she joins me in recommending HERB JUICE to the public in general as the great est medicine we have ever used/’ HERB JUICE la sold in Concord and guaranteed to give satisfaction by Gibson Drug Store. . ihe municipality ought to ho anxious for the public to have the truth, the j whole truth and nothing but the , truth. | ThD is not Rtvrda under Ihe Czar or Germany under the Kaiser. Under cur system of government the people : have a right to the fullest informa- I tion possible concerning all public | officials. The badge and uniform or a ! policeman do not make him immune | from public scrutiny, j The surest safeguard of democracy and strongest guarantee of good gov ernment is publicity. Secret govern ; ment is the vilest fruit of autocracy jand is opposed to the very genius of American institutions. | Gentlemen, turn on the light and keep it on in Winston-Salem. Light I is not only an invaluable disinfectant against unclcnrdincss, but light is also the peoples sure-f protection . against those who prowl in t iie dark. I Os old it was said that “men loved darkness rather than light because I their reeds were evil.” I Public official should be the last against whom this charge might just ly be preferred. not prevent man from understanding to a certain degree the seeming un fairness of things around him. “In the first place.” Dr. Soper stat ed. “it is essential that wo keep our minds on the eternal values. True, it is necessary that we gather mater ial goods; old age must be provided for. But this should not be the end; still further we should prepare for eternal things.” Dr. Soper pointed out why people cannot accept the ancient idea of simple rewards and punishments. He illustrated the comparisons of the simple life of the Biblical t ancients with the complex life of today which demands a greater and more univer sal outlook. The preacher brought out that life today cannot bo lived by itself; that the influence of a few on the mil lions of others in society is almost - tugi&Tng" f SO/ . v “\Vhat concerns one concerns all.” he Asserted. “Others are deeply af fected by our decision. In business but [not to the extent that the pros perity of one comes from the ruin of another business. Prosperity should com(j with the upbuilding of the whole society. There is a solidarity of so ciety that makes us dare not to do one thing for ourselves. The only way to be a Christian is to act in such a fashion that one’s every deed will not hurt- others. “The same thing is true in our national life. Every nation should do only those things that result in the advancement of the world. Let us fit into the great scheme of the universe. Calamity koines when men become individualistic.” Dr. Soper frowned upon the old idea of heaven and hell as preached by some evangelists until it becomes sickening. It is a doctrine of self ishness, he declared, one that is a “save your own skin” affair. Aside from the fear of punishment for wrong doing and the hope of re ward for right living, which he point ed out is basically selfish, is the high er and nobler Christian impulse of doing good for the joy* of being a ser * vice. Little Mary Carnerine was paying a social call at a near neighbor’s house when the lunch hour arrived She was invited to stay but replied that she would have to ask her moth er. Home she went and in a short time was back, face all smiles, her mother having agreed that she could j accept the invitation. “And now, Mary Catherine, as you are going to stay for lunch, I guess we will have to put on a little dog.” , said her hostess. “Indeed, I don’t ! believe I will be able to eat ony of the dog,” said the little guest, “but I will have 'some of the gravy.” I |--■ ■ - _ , Room For One More I 1 * ! i m jj _ .1.1 I T, ~ ‘ -I* 0 RATION-WIDE $ &JP . 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She has enrolled as a freshman at Knox College there and will pay her college expenses, in ad cl.♦ion to supporting two small by acting as Justice of tho peace out of school hours. I Accused of Giving Saws to Prisoners. Greensboro, Sept. 21). —Troy Fitz j gerald. High Point man, is under ar i rest Charged with aiding a prisoner 1 to osenno from the local jail Satur day night:. It its alleged that when lie j I was in jail Friday. Fitzgerald gave to j t the prisoners saws with which they PAGE THREE cut the bars. All the prisoners, some ten or ; twelve, might have escaped had not J the rope, made of clothing knotted ~•] together, broken. J. B. Hudspeth, in | jail (Hi a charge of larceny, was the i fir-t and only one to eissay an es- J cape and he claims to have been . j forced by the other prisoners tp make the attempt. A suit of under- v wear tore in two when he was about half way down from the jail window on the fourth floor, throwing him to the pavement and dislocating his hip. ' i In Cabaret Now jjj ■ jffl Joseph Lycell. former Baptist pastoi now is a cabaret singer in a. Chicagi hotel. He left the ministry after on of his parishioners filed suit for di force and charged the pastor wltl being too friendly with hi, wife