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VOL. XLVL - ROXBORO. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 21, 1929. . NO. 34.
JUDGE SENTENCES
DR. SNOOK TO PAY
PENALTY IN CHAIR
Former Ohio State Professor
Loses His Fight To Secure
A New Trial
WILL DIE NOVEMBER 29Tir!
Murderer Of Tbeorm Hix. Hia Co-ed !
lunonU. Rral?n Sentence With
out Emotion; Not Downcaat As He
1? Taken To 'Death Row' Of Prison
Columbus. Ohio, Aug. 20.?The
amazing Dr. James Howard Snook?
champion pistol #hot. university pro
Tessor, clubman, veterinary and Anal
ly convicted murderer?spent tonight
In Ohio State Penitentiary as prison
er 60 636. and seemed to enjoy the
experience.
He chatted affably with others
doomed like himself to die in the
" elecli lc?ehatr,?attaches said
they never had seen a man adaot
himself so readily to the penltentlarv
Toutlne.
To anv but Snook the events of-the
day must thave moved so. swiftly as
to daze and befuddle.
<^lad lmraaculately^he appeareo o**
Judge Henrv L. Scarlett and
Hear his auornevs argiU1 111 Ul ill" Jiii1
whfch convicted him of th* murder of
hts school girl inamorata. Theora Hix.
?was "prejudiced."
He did not bat an eve when the
Judge overruled his lawyers' motion
for a new trial and ordered him to
stand up. He did not seem to notice
the court room crowd arise to gape
at him.
"Have you anything to say atf to
whv sentence should not be passed
"1^" VP" " the ludge asked.
"= ?Fatter There. '
i 8nook looked about him calmlv."
"His wife and mother, who had stood
bv him loyally during his trial, were
not there But MM vin T. Hix. father
of the murdered girl % who hatf sworrr
he would not rest till he saw vneea^ce
done, was present an^ glared at th?
prisoner.
"No sir. Your Honor." Snock said
In low. distinct tones
"It Is then the duty of the court."
said Judge Scarlett, "to imoose th*
following penalty: 1 sentence you to
die on the 29th da v November (the
day after Thanksgiving bv means of
electric current passed through vour
body of sufficient Intensity and dura
tion to cause neath "
Deputies qulcklv surrounded Snook
and marched him back to his cell In
the countv lall.
Twelve minutes after he faced Judge
Scarlett, the former professor reached
the gate* of the prison, heavily man
acled.
A crowd was there. A movie cam
eraman Industrlouslv ground out pic-i
tares, and newsoaper cameramen
snapped their machines.
To "Ball Pen."
The handcuffs were unlocked when!
Snook reached th? "Bull Pen." The,
convicted man turned to Sheriff
Harrv T. Pauls and said: .
"Thank you for rour kindness,
?heriff."
He wa? then led down a Ion* ?rrev j
corridor to death row. where guards'
?earched him. found M.45 In his pock- ]
ct and told him: "Well take this. You |
can spend It later."
A cell door fwun* open and Snook
was led Inside Two prisoners, also
condemned to die. walked forward and
ehook hands The* were Joseph B.
IjOeke. of Portsmouth who killed his
mother-in-law. and Arthur Maul. Ak
Ton vouth who shot i gollceman.
"Hello Doc," said Maul. "Welcome"
Snook peered lhrou?rh Vf'rp m??h
Into an adtolnln* cell to see two N?
PToes. one a preacher, awaltini death
The nr?acher had sworn to "teach Dr.
Snook to pray "
Locke and Maul pointed to the
c?U bunks, two upner and two lower.
ihh tiw bmnn. ,
"We've cot the lower*." thev told
bnook. "YoulV take: an tfpper." and
Ihey showed him how to raise and
lower hi* bunk.
At noon Snook ate Ills first peni
tentiary meal?beef sttn?with 1,000
other con-icU. He was tpld that re
porters wished to se4 htm
'Tor Rcpdnes* sake!" he cried. "I
don't went to se? them."
Bat the newspaper men were ad
mitted to the cell block after lunch
They found Snook clad in a sweater.
-Kitting In a chair tilted aialnjt the
bars, reading the sports page of his
laTorlte [taper..
Re was wUllrfl to chat, but he de
clined to answer serious questions. He
declined an offer of magazines with
_"Ko. tharik you. I haye plenty." ~,
(Continued on last pace)
Paul Turner, Prison Singer,
* - ? ? . ? ; j
Has His Identity Disclosed
UNUSUAL ACCI
DENT RESULTS
IN BOY'S DEATH
Was Son Of Mr. And Mrs. W.
H M^rHs Of Buffalo
Springs . .
An tlmn-^u-oU bor. son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Morrti of
Boffalo Springs. dierf in an Ox
ford hospital Monday u the re
sult of a wound inflicted by a
jpjB.il. The young boy had fastened
one end of an automobile inner
tube to a tree with a nail and
wan testing the power of the tube
when the nail released its hold on
the tree nrt~mus nffrtVFn into the
boy's abdomen. He was carried
to an Oxford hospital but the
wound was too severe and death
followed. Funeral services were
???mdnntiMi i? Mm rp^y and in- !
terment was. made in the church
cemetery Tuesday,
HUB
AS CITY -MANAGER
Had Rendered Faithful Service;
Accepts Position With Col
Ims-Aikman Corp.
Mr. B. B. Mangum, who has so suc
cessfully handled the affairs of the
town as City Manager for the past
two or three years, tendered his re
signation to the. Board at a meeting
li 'lU la.sl ut:k.?rjti.nmiini nill
take effect septnsi. when lie-wttl
accept a position with the Colllns
Aikman Corporation. The Board re
luctantly accepted the resignation, as
tl'.ry realize it is going to-be seme-lob
-to get a man to fill his place with
the same degree of satisfaction. A
manager will probably be elected at
the next meetin? of the Board.
Fords Continue To Lead
In Auto Sales In State
Fords continued to set the pace in
North Carolina during July. 3.064 of
the machines being sold In the State
In July as compared with 1.302' in
July. 1928. according to Sprague Silver,
director of the State Automobile Li
cense Department.
In popular favor, Chevrolets ran
second. 1,630 of this make Of" cars be
ing bought In North Carolina last
month, compared with 1,993 In July,
1928. Pontlacs came third with 263;
Whippet* fourth with 231: Essex. 201;
De 8ota. 84; Chrysler?. 189; Dodge,
171. Total sates of all makes of cars
In the State last month was 8.898 as
compared with 8,167 In July, 1928.
Total salts of all makes for the first
seven months of this year In this
State totalled 41,321 as compared with
33*95 during the same period last
year. These figura? do not Include
the trucks bought.
Services At Oak
Grove And Woodsdale
Mr. K. L. Street and his fine class
of young men will hold services at
Oak O rove next Sunday at eleven
o'clock a. m.. and at Woodsdale at
four In the afternoon. You will eni
Joy these services. The public Is cor
dially Invited to attend.
M L. Maness. Pastor.
Heavy Rainfall
Th* heaviest rainfall of the season
fell here last Wednesday night ?hen
two and three-ilxteenths of an Inch
fell. Mr I. o. Abbltt. who has chant?
of thi pumping station, keep* a re
cord of the weather and furnished us
with the report.
Prs. A F. Nichols and O. C. Vickers'
are' spending a few days in Norfolk.
Vs.. this week
Emeralds range In value from tS a
ryat to tSOO a cant.
The reporters left, and Snook turn
ed again to his sports page. If he
looked up from his reading he could
see two signs, painted on the wall by
John Habo. a Hungarian of Akron,
whose death sentence, had been com
muted to life.
One sign foad: "Believe. In the Lord
Jesua Christ, and thou ahalt be saved "
The other read ^5)Bca*e do not swear
In this place." v
Marriage In West Virginia Calls
For Pictures, Finger Prints.
And Other Records
HAD SERVED OTHER TERMS
Raleigh. Aug. 20.?Charleston. W,
Va? officials calling today for pictures.
? linger prints aftfl LliB itftuid ul raul
Turner, late of the state's prison, an
nounced also that the singer has
married (Miss Florence Burgess, of
that city, though she has beep his
torian at Rex hospital, and the news
from the West Viriglna capitol has
(Continued on last paf?r>
GEORGIA SETS NEW
TOBACCO RECORDS
Crop Exceeds Last Year's In
Both Volume Of Sales And
Mohev Value
Atlanta. Aug. 19:?Southern Geor
gia's 1929 bright leaf tobacco crop has
exceeded all records Doih lor prndLK'
tion and gross returns, it was shown
today in the weekly VSliUri 01 UlB 6LiU'
Department of Agriculture tor the
fourth week of the sales season, show
ing a total poundage sold of 86.740.003
for *16,271.301.19. The average for
the season is $18.76 per hundred lbs.
Sales for the fourth week totalled
16.117.349 pounds, bringing ?2.145.646
72, or an average of tl3.13. The drop
in price was due to the heavy volume j
of Inferior grades, mostly graded as'
"tips." that flowed to the markets in
22 towns and cities during the week.
Ti''? caagnn t sales exceed by more
"thSn t.000.000 pounds the beat provi?
ous year, which was 192?, when the
crop totalled 85.727.172 pounds, but
brought only $10.958.575.18. or an aver
5?r of S127U per hundred?pounds,
end the money return ->>cj^prls by ?5 -
000.000 the highes'. mark v.hich was
set in 1927. ? i
TOMORROW, EVENTFUL
DAY EOR BALL FANS
Field Will Be Brightly Illumi
' nated By Electric Plant
For Night Game
Everything Is lining up and getting
in readiness (or the baseball contest
to be staged here Thursday afternoon
at 3:30 and at 8:00 o'clock between
the Southern Beauties boy's and
girl's club, and the Roxboro team.
Very few people in this community
have ever witnessed a night game of
baseball. Come out and help swell
the crowd which promises to be a
rccord breakei. Tne diancnd will be
Illuminated for the night game with
a strong electric plant and will be so
brilliant that you will almorft think
you are witnessing a daytime game.
Painful Nail Wound
Mr. W. T. Hawkins of Hurdl- MUls
suffered a very painful accident one
day last week when he stepped on a
rusty cut nail, penetrating his foot.
He was brought to Roxboro and glvvn
medical aid. fcnd Is able to be out. al
though the wound has given him
much pain.
Jalong Defeat? Baker?
A very Interesting game was played
between Jalong and Bakers Mill on
the latter'* diamond last Saturday
attention The final ?core showed:
that Jalong outnumbered the Baker
boys In a tally of eight and four. This
was the second game lost by Bakers
Mill and was the closing game of
the season for them Wllburn pitched
good ball for Jalong.
Preachinp Service? At
First Baptist Sunday
Rev. W. F. West. Pastor, will fill hi*
regular appointments at the First Bap
tist Church Sunday morning and
night. The public U cordially Invited
to all of these services.
1? any price too big to pay for
a career? You must see Blllii- Dove's
latest. --QAREIRA". wlti> Antonio
Moreno, playing Palace Theatre Mon
day A Tuesday. Aug. 26-2"th. Matinee
MOfiSay 3:00 p m
Claudius H. Huston. Tennessee
manufacturer, has been Selected by
President Hoover to be the Chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee" succeding Dr. Hubert Work.
BETHEL HILL SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 5
Advance Opening Made Possible
Bv Earlv Harvest Of The
Tobacco Crop
Due to_ the fact that crops are moro
advanced this year than usual school
will open one week earlier than last
yeat. This will enable the students
to get out o! school earner nexc
spring when the larger boys especially
are needed at home more.
It is hoped that every parent will
make a special effort to start every
child the first day and keep all of
them in school regularly. The records
for the whole State and for Bethel Hill
school show that there is a very close
connection between failures in work
and in poor attendance.
The janitor has been on duty a good
portion of the Summer and much mrk
ha* heen done on the inside of the
of the elementary building has been
cleared and varnished, while the. walls
!r. the high school building have been
Further announcement about . the
exercises for opening day will be made
later.
FIX TAX RATE
Rale Lowered 15 Cents. Making
Rate $1.35; School Defiicit
Prevents Lower Rate
The Board.of County Commissioners
met Monday and fixed the County
tax rate at $1.33. The v had hoped,
to be abl? to make a larger cut in,
the rate but owing to some deficits.]
and the increased cost schools.,
found It impossible to make it lower,
still, the tax payers will rejoice;that
the rate was lowered, tor. with the j
cut which will be made in the spe
cial tax districts the amount will help
materially. Aliens vilie and Bethel
Bill have a special tax rate of 40
cents, and the amount received from
the State will enable, in fact requires, I
that the rate be cut in keeping with
the amounts reoeived, which will,
mean a reduction of approximately
25 cents, while the other districts
will be cut approximately half.
' o' ' '? '
Granville Man Is
Found Dead In Store
A tragedy occurred at Berea Mon
day evening when the dead body of
J. N. Htcfcf. farmer of the Berea sec
tion was found In one of the ?tores
of the village. Death resulted from
asphyxiation from the fumes of a
gasoline lamp, by his own hands.
He left his home lat? Sunday evening
and his lifeless body was discovered
Monday morning about Ave o'clock.
He was a married man ar\d leaves a
wife and several children.
Roxboro Defeated
Golden Belt Friday
One of the best gamas played here
this season was that between the Oold
<-n Belt and Roxboro last Friday
> afternoon. It was anybody's game
until the "lucky" seventh, that ia,
lucky for Roxboro. In thai Inning
Rnxhoro put across flt* runs, winning
thrf game 7-4.
Palace Theatre Friday. August 33rd.
'Opening Episode "VANISHINO MIL
LIONS' with William Fairbanks and
Vivian Rich. In 15 Episodes on Fri
days In the future. " *
Roxboro Visited
By Hail Storm
Miss Bertha Paylor
Painfully Injured In
Automobile Wreck
Miss Bertha Paylor. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Paylor. of Roxboro,
suffered a broken jaw and a flUMBer
of other bruises In an automobile wreck
In Richmond! Va., several days ago.
She was carried to a Richmond hos
pital. wficrf she was given treatment j
and where she remained several days.'
Mrs. J. A. Paylor has just returned
from Richmond, and states that she j
is able to leave the hospital, but will }
remain in' Richmond Some' time for ,
treatment.
How mtjch is a career worth? See
Billie Dove in "CAREERS" with An
tonio Moren'o and. Noah Berty at
Palace Theatre Monday & Tuesday.
August 26-27th. Matinee Monday 3:00
p. m. '
PERSON COUNTY BOYS
One Passenger Injured While
Pilot And Other Boy
Not Hurt
Automobile wrecks have become so
commonplace as to attract very Uttle
attention from the average person or
excite very much comment from them,
but when it comes to a wreck in the
lair or when a plane crashes to the
' ground it is something different and
i something that none of us care to
experience, feucn an experience Mme"
to Emery Satterfleld and Erwin Fox,
two young Person county boys, when
the plane in which they -were ridintt j
near Durham last Sun<S? afternoon
became unruly, something about the!
gUs -dine became wrong and failed to
function properly, causing a forced
landing. However, a nice field of
green peavlnes offered a friendly land
ing plac? which was immediately used.'
Young Fox suffered a fractured arm |
while his companion passenger apd,
the pilot were only shaken up. The
plane was slightly damaged and the?
pilot stated that this was the first
mishap of any kind he harf had dur
ing his more than a year .and half
experience as an aviator.
$50,000 Damage
To Vance Crops
By Monday Hail
Henderson. Aug. 20.?Damage esti
mated as high as ?50.000 was done to
crops In this county bv the severe
wind and hall storm which Monday
afternoon cut a path from one to
three miles wide across Vance county
from west to east, according to re
ports received In Henderson today.
The hall, worst here In many years,
did moat of the damage, catching to
bacco farmers at a time when moat
of their tobacco was ready .for the
barns, and with the cream of the
crop still In the field. Stalks were
stripped or the leaves In such quan
tities as to make It Impossible to Sal
vage them and even If it were, there
would . not be sufflclent barn facilities
to cure the weed In the short length
of time that would be hecessary.
Some Individual farmers are said
to have suffered losses of more than
M.ooo Some hall Insurance was car
ried, but nothing like enough to com
pensate for the looses.
Corn was also stripped In many in
stances and much damhge likewise
done to cotton, the reports stated.
$40,205,715 Cigaret
Tax Jump In Year
Washington. Aug. 1#.?The girls
to be responsible. Federal taxes
on clgarets have jumped *40.306.715
In a year.
Ice Cream Party
There was a party at Mr. and Mrs.
L. Mangum's home Thursday night,
Aug 15th. Icr cream and cake was
served and It was enjoyed by every
one present.?Oor.
Birth Announcement
Bom. to Mr. and Mm. Cledlth Oak
ley. o( Smlthfleld. N C? a daughter,
Anne Carver. Thursday. August. 18th.
Many Thousand Dollars Worth
Of Tobacco And Corn
Destroyed
BI RCH'S CROP TOTAL LOSS
Monday afternoon at 1:30 Roxboro
ana vicinity was visited by. Uie must
[destructive hall storm ever witnessed
In this section. The clouds formed
over the northwestern outskirts and
passed in a southeastern direction,
seemingly centering In the town, and
every living thing In the way of crops
I was almost ruined. For about fifteen
1 nllnutqs hail fell falst and furious,
covering the ground In a few minutes.
We have seen much larger hall stones,
but never have we seen It fall so
thick, and continue quite so long.
Hardly had the storm abated before
many citizens of the town who own
farms In the nearby sections were on
their way to see what the hail had
done to their crops. Fortunately the
area covnrod was nnt irry lirgp, thff
first crop to receive material damage
was that of Mr. Roger Wilkerson. who
lives Just on the western outskirts
of the town; Messrs. Joe H. Carver,
J G. Moore and Joe?R Blanks also
suffered somewhat, btit not to the
txttnt ui many o therm.
The heaviest loser was Mr. R. A.
Burch. who had about 70.000 hills,
with only a small amount cut,, who
states that his loss, of both corn and
Ltobaccp. is complete, botn crops be
ing absolutely worthless. He es
timates his loss at >3.000. Mr. Buck
Oarrett. who lives Just East of town
had the largest crop, and will prob
ably lose more money than any other,
but he carlred insurance to the amount
of $3500. and had cut approximately
half of his crop, still, he places his
Thomas, a Roxboro cittzen, wnose
farm adjoins that of Mr. Oarrett, wad
also a heavy loser, estimating his los?
at $2500, while Messrs. J. L Oarrett,
Hugh Woods and Ed Gentry are heavy
losers, though we have not heard an
estimate as to the amounts
While it is impossible to make an
estimate as to the total loss. It will
surely run well Into the thousands.
The storm centered, as stated above,
In Roxboro. reaching only to Jalong
on the north, and going no further
south than Brooksdale. After pass
ing the farm of Sir. Hugh Woods, on
the east, it seemed to ease up. and
then a few miles further dipped
again and struck lh the \1clnlty of
Mr. Joe E. Montague's farm, doing
considerable damage In that section.
About 6 o'clock the clouds seemed
to gather again In the west, and; the
report here today is that half fell
along the route from Semora to Pros
pect Hill. Including the Leasburg sec
tion. doing considerable damage. We
have not been able to verify thertr
statements, however, and can only
hope it was not such as visited Rox
boro.
Whooping: Cough On
Increase In Stale
Raleigh. Aug. IS.?Whooping cough
led the Stat? In contagious disease*
last wefk, when 294 new case* were
reported, with diphtheria second with
81 caws. Forty-four cases of typhoid
fever was reported. 37 cases of scarlet
fever, seven cases of smallpox and am
case of measles. A year ago. this last
ink only 47 new cases of whooping
cough were reported.
Well Known Man Passes
Mr. Henrf virburo aged 80. well
known and rrspteted farmer, died- at
his home near Milton, Sunday morn
ing at one o'clock. Surviving him are
his wife and sevehd sons and daugh
ters. The funeral was conducted from
the home Monday afternoon at one
o'clock by Elder. E. C. Oakes. of 8e
mora. Interment following In the
[family cemetery near his home.
Helena vs. East Roxboro
Helena was an easy winner in the
game between East Roxboro on their
home ground l^t .Saturday afternoon.
Although Fletcher Blalock pitched
Friday he was too ftiuch for East
Roxboro Saturday, winning his game
10-8. Lunsford led the hitting' for
Helena with four out of five. <
O. Pearce got two timely blows.
Ing In the first two run* B1
let East Roxboro down with
hlU. Bnttrrips' Helena. Blalock
Hall Etat Roxboro. Kicks and
good.