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Hrooks Trial Delayed.
‘■Hendersouville, Oct. it.—OW—Open- 1
ing of the trial of Bonnie Brooke,
charged with the murder of former
Mayor Sam Bryson, set for this morn
ing, .was delayed until this afternoon
Wing to a death in the family of the
defendant’s brother.
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James B< Duke Dies In
New York; Death Not
j To Affect Business
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i New York. Ocl 10—James B.
Duke tobacco mannfacturer, died to
night at (> o'c’oek at his home' here
after an illness of -overal weeks
that followed a nervous and physical
breakdown.
Sir. Duke died in -the presence of
his family and Dr. Robert K. Wylie,
who lias attended him through his
loiig illneen. Thi physician; Said that
the end came ns a direct fesult of
bronchial pneumonia contracted after
the beukdown.
Mr. Duke had fallen into a state of
coma after several day? of fighting
for life. At times he showed'such im
provement it was thought he would
recover.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Nnnaline Holt; a daughter,
Miss Doris Duke; a brother, Ben
jamin Newton Duke, ami a nifee,
Mrs. Anthony Drexei-Biddle Duke,
who before her marriage was Miss
Tifery Duke.
Funeral Tuesday at Durham. j
Funeral services will be held at j
the New York home Monday ;i fFr- 1
noon at 4 o’clock. The body will V
(aken by special train to Durham,
N. C„ where ‘interment will tuke
place Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock
in the family manusolcum. |
In one of his statements before his !
death, Mir. Duke said his passing i
■would have no effect on the future j
of his varied interests, as all were
in good hands.
t For several years Mr. Duke had 1
i:ot taken .an active part in the con-1
duct of the many enterprises in
which he was interested. Actual !
management was entrusted to men I
he had trained, although he freJ
quently went to his New York of-,
ftcCi? tied kept i a 'close touch with j
business matters. I
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Mr. Duke alwhy? maintained doge
relations with the farmers whose I
Products he purchased. In his early I
years as a tobacco manufacturer he ■
instructed his buyem to naK the
farmers enough for their crops toas
sure them a living, notwithstanding 1
market condition-?.
Power Developer. \ '
He became extensively' interested
in the development of hydro-electric J
powers and established many large
plaints in sectious of hfct native state '
of North Garbling. Recently he spent
large sums in an effort to discover a
method of producing cheap fertilizer
for the benefit of the farmer.
Last year he estabU-hed the Duke
Foundation, setting aside $40,000.-
000. Under its term.? Trinity col
lege at Durham. X. C„ changed its 1
napieato Duke University, and _ an 1
aetiveNfrogi-am of expansion was be
,gun. ‘i *
j James Bueliftnan Duke was born. 1
in 1850 near. Durhnm, N, 0., and re
jeeived his education in the country 1
schoo's. His first connection with tlie. 1
tobacco Industry begun a few years 1
alter the Civil war when llis father,
Washington ' Duke, established the :
pliint which proved to be tIA- riuelues
lof the liuge tobacco firm in later
1 years.
Known Around Woriri.
! The Duke firm later became an
institution* known around .the world.
| Tlie father took his two sons, Ben- '
janiin N. ami James B. Drike, in
I bn-iness with him, When James the
, yolinger son was 18 years of age his
! father tuned the active management
|of the business over t<A him. The
grew rapidly and in 1800
Mr. Duke formed the American To-
Ibacco company taking 1b .numerous
I other concerns.
fHE CONCORB DAILY TRIBUNE
Some years later the .company was
attached as a monopoly and in 1011.
fallowing sOit' by the government
impel- the Hhermaoii A»ti-tni?t law,
was dissolved. «
Mr- Duke, who had beeu*pr<sideiit
of the American Tobacco company,
hecamc chairman of the board of tlie
Btitish-American Tobacco company,
ono of the subsidiaries, edavtinutag
jin this office for a number of years. ,
| .Meantime he had become more und
metre interested in deve'.opmcnt ’of j
j Water power gnd gradually severed
i his active cppnectioiiv witii the to- :
! bacco businens. Hi ; efforts resulted
in the orgiAlization of wHat is now
the Southern Power system in North
Catolina and South Carolina and the
harnttaing of the. Saguenay river in
Canada. . ■
He was a Heavy investor in South
ern cotton mill*, which made use of
the power developed 'by bt< hydro
electric plants jutd in ®ectric rail
ways serving the territory.
Cheap Fertilizer. '
The development of the water
power of *be Saguenay river was
part of Mr. Duke’s plan -for the
manufacture of cheap ferti’.ixer. t Re
had hoped to kork out a process for
obtuining phoophnte from the rocks
by means of electricity, a method ,
Which he believed would be much
cheapen than the acid method gen- ,
erariy employed. To further his ef
forts along this lime Mr. Diikc ac
'quired a phosphate mine ami also
be™me interested in the American
Cyanamid company, a * successful '
nitrogen producing company. -While
the whole scheme \vo* not immediate
ly succesuful, due to the. fact that
the prueew of extracting phosphate
by electricity, was hot commercially
successful, Mr. Duke had not
übondoned /faith that it ultimately
could be worktd out.
Pterins I take FuatyiiiaHon.
in 1924 he l established tlie Duke
Foundation for which he set aside
$40,000,000.‘ This was the/crystalli
zation of ideas which Mr. Dujto had
had in mind for many' years. The
trustees were empowered- to .expend
$8,000,000 in acquiring lands’, erect
ing buildings and otherwise extend
ing the activities of Trinity college,
at Durham. N. C.. mil institution in
which the cider Duke had- been much
interested. The 'trust deed provided
that, the name of the institution
should tw changed, to Duke' I'nivet'-
s|ty as a fitting memorial' Jo me
father. Washington Duke, and the
family.
A largt) -urn from the trust fund
was given to the university. a like
proportion was set asiije foi?' main
taining and securing Im pri
marily in' the states of North Caro*
linn and South Carolina, aifcd other
sunu; for the benefit of white and
negro orphans in tlie'twb states, for
aiding in the constfurtioh of Metlio
di t Episcopal churches in rural sec
tions of- North Catolina. -for pen
sioning superannuated preachers, for
the use of Davidson college at David
son. X. a Presbyterian institu
tion; for Furman university, a
Baptist Institution at Greenville. S.
and Join-son Smith university
for negroCs. at Chalottc. N. C.
years Mr. Duke made
Jli. houie at Somervil e. X. J„ where
he inahitaiued an i-stnte of HiOOtJ
acres yfhich, . nnti'r ■l'ecenily. was
open to the-public. The testate was
aAorped with massive bridges, more
than bO fountains and numerous
slatui's. Trees and shrubs were
brought from all parts (of the world
and .placed about, the ground-'- He
also had a residence fit ew York
city, one at Newport. It. t.. known
as "Rough Point,” and still another
at -Charlotti l . X. C.. where he often
spent' tbtt winters.
Always an ardent Ilepuhlicun find
believer in high tariff, Mr. Duke was
a greater admirch of President Me-
Ktrfey. A tuummoth bronze statue
stands iu Conspicuous position on
Duke farms, the Somerville, X. J.
etute.
Bible Text For IMter.
A Diftle Rtk-k, Ark., woman re
ceives! an odd telegram announcing
that a friend was about to visit her.
‘‘Third epistle of John verses thir
teen and fourteen,” it read.
On referring to the Bible til is in
formation was supplied:
‘"I had tnatiy things to write, but
I will not with pen and ink write
unto thee.
“But I trust 1 shall shortly see
face, and we shall speak face to face.
Peace !>e to thee. Out friends salute
thee. Greet the friends by . name.”
A mau had fallen overboard and a
tragedy was at hand. “Throw'hiui a
lifesaver!” yelled the captain.
“Oh. no f” shrieked Aigy. ' “Worst
thing in the -world you know, really.
They take the breath away.”
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VI CHARLES P. STEWART
' NEA Service Writer
Washington —in two re
spect* Amerihan statesmen
i ;-**■ show to a disadvantage in
gmpany with European public*
They're less minhful of sartorial
correctness.. They don’t know lan
guages. jrftis was brought out
very conspicuously at the recent
gathering of the \RiJerparllamen
tary Union here. M
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TIIE American delegates
dressed well enough. Their
suits were brushed and
pressed and fit better than the Eu
ropeans'. Practically without ex
ception they were ordinary sacks,
%lth soft felt hats and tan shoes,
Often as not
The Europeans, equally almost
Without exception, never appeared
Ri-anything less than the fullest
i “morning dress”—cutaway, pearl
gray trousers, plug hat. patent
leathers and spats, gloves, monocle,
in more than a few cases —the
Whole regalia.
Damage Suit May Be Started
' Against Cole for Slaying Ormond
Tom Host in (»riM?nsbor<f News.
Ralnsli. Oct. 11.—Acquittal of
William I». Cole for the murder of
Bill ©l’moud today and the detention
of the textile mail on a sort of de
tuna tiro inquirendo proeeedfjig, will
not down the signs that at no remote
date (’ole will be called to Wake
county court to answer in a huge
damage suit for the deadly use of the
gun.
Rev. A. L. Ormond some weeks ago
qualified in Wake county as admfnis :
trator «>f his dead boy’s estate. The
difficulties in the way of prosecuting
BUI * Iriuoiid'x slayer were apparent
flam the most Superficial examination
of the attorney*. . To save the dead
boy's name it was necessary to attack
the (laughter of Mr. Cole and anybody
coUld-sre the danger ill that. To sate
her from impeachment as a witness
was to give the case away.
h» Needed No Cpekfdness.
Tlie prosecution never could entire-!
ly agree on its procedure and the de
fense fount!, it out before the state I
proceeded to tlie second conference.
"Tlie cockiest set of lawyers,” de
scribed lit A. 1,. Brooks, needed no
eoektvlness at nil. -It was apparent
that, tlie state was hopeles-ly hamper
ed. The cross-examination of the de
fendant by Clyde Hney was the stute's
only chance. When tlie defendant
pictured himself terrorized by tlie
i'WkyOf every Ford, church was pret
ty nearly out. Besides, he had
■ {irpitigr qf moral .position—he was
shooting for a daughter and'frightened
• to dcntii'-at that.
Tjicre lire sundry rumors percolating
Upward toward Raleigh that Mr. Cole
isn i through, transitory insanity, un
written law or what not. It is cur
tain'that his wealth lias been over
done. though the cost of the trial to
him lias not. The verdict today,does
not stop the damage suit; indeed!
there will be popular reaction enough
to siatt one. Tlie Cole verdict will
, Shooting “At the Tires.”
Charlotte Observer.
Instances continue of the Hag
grant abuse of their power by con
stitutor officers of the law oh public
highways. One of the last ar.d one of- 1
the most flagrant examples was that
in Alabama a few days ago, when a
six-n(oqths-bld baby was killed and
it.; mother wounded by three, officers
who 'tired ut the tires” after the
hu(band and driver had refused to
lie held UP by three nil-uniformed I
men by'the side of the road. With'
such instances multiplying, in spire
of tht> very acute public sentiment
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BVERETT TRUE CONIX
—/}NO fA IHAT / /Y!2. TROSjDO YOU S>UPPoSeI
~WAT So- CALL&D BUSINCSSS MAH SAID
iMHeN r 'T&L'C? H/At f IajUAT TSO MCOUJ
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Your f-ac©- AS closs to His as 'you zx=>
\x O niMG He SHOUCD HiAVS p; -«
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S*2s &oQtfer< I
TV7TTH th« womep It \vas Just j
yy the reverse. Many of tlft
foreign delegates had their
wives with them.
For style they were nowhere,
compared with their hostesses—at j
least, according to American Ideas.
The Latins, among the visiting -t
women, came the nearest to meas
uring up to the requirements of
American tastes in dress, but even
the gowns of these appeared to |
awaken no feelings of envy, so far
as feminine Washington Was con- j
• cerned. \ .
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\VTHY the old world outclasses j
\\ America linguistically is ~
easy to understand Living
at qlbse quarters with other na
tionalities, the Europeans nat
urally leora one another's tongues. !
The average American, sur- i
.rounded only by his own kind, ex- !
cept along the Mexican border,
where he does acquire a Spanish
smattering lacks the opportunity
and incentive tto learn languages,
or to practice Vjhem even if he
tries.
not be popular. It will not surprise,
•but there will be a harebuck.
Pasquotank Case Cited.
Upsides, 'the defamation of Bill Or
mond has not been complete. Lawyers
of sense checked the onslaught against
his military record. How much that
helped a defense which needed no aid,
nobody knows. The state Supreme
court Ims affirmed judgments against
slayers whom the criminal courts
would not punish. Two Pasquotank
slew and were justified, but they pa : d
$10;000 for the killing. There is a
.case in Wake county now in which a
young collegian indicted for man
slaughter was acquitted, but his fath
er is defendant in a damage action
not yet tried. This however, is dif
ferent from the Pasquotank case.
Kaleigli would not relish a fort
night of litigation over this homicide,
but many things that have not yet
come out would come. The Rev. Mr.
; Ormond would, of course, testify as
he barely missed doing at Rockingham.
The famous letters written to Bill ()r
--1 mond could? feyifta
status of an old lose affair detertoiin
ed insofar as the written word could
settle it. The pyrotechnics would be
lc-s numerofpr, blood and iron might
he less glorified. But it would be one
horse of u trial. ' '
Solid Basis For the Action.
And well ahead, of the return of i
any lawyers front Itqckinghiun comes
this rumor of a damage nMTon. It
has a solid basis and laid it before
the trial in Rockingham began; Mr.
< obs'x attorneys have been looking, for
-it. alhc-1 they do not believe that it
cun be sustained. But-dhc-y do not
take the threat lightly for a\j that.
The qualifying of Mr. Ormond gave
the first impulse to the civil action
rumor. It is expected that, Messrs
Douglas* and Douglass, of the .Raleigh
bar. will institute this action, though
neither member of the firm has over
said a word to justify such a deduc
i lion- B«i Rah 'gh waits on the move.
against murde and lawlessness by ■
officers who arc sworn to uphold the 1
law, it begins to look as though the ,
oily remedy i- the passing of a law i
•hat will* permit automobiles to 1
! carry weapons for their defense when J
they are thus attacked. No man 1
driving with his family or friends is J
going to readily sumit to being held
up by individuals who he has no way
of identifying and who may be hold
up men, robbers, or officers
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1 Too proportion of sons who read
and write in India is seven times as
high as that of the daughters. j
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