VOLUME 42
GRAND JURY INDICTS
DR. L. B. MCBRAYER
Hoke County Grand Jury
Visits Sanatorium; Two
True Bills Returned
Fayetteville, Aug. 17.—Dr. L. B.
McBrayer, late head of the state tu
berculosis sanatorium, is indicted on
two counts in a true bill returned to
day by the grand jury of Hoke coun
ty, where the state hospital is located
Dr. McBrayer is charged in the bill
with trading Jfdith l^mself as the
Sandhills Orchard company, and with
receiving financial benefit from the
a^t.
In its report the grand jury fur
ther recommended that the annex to
tl.e sanatorium now being built for
negro patients be not used for thai
puiposc, but used for additional fu
el Jo is for white patients.
The indictment against Dr. Mc
Brayer, the storm center of the sen
sational legislative investigation
last winter, followed Judge N. A.
Sinclair’s charge to the grand jury
at the opening of Hoke county Su
perior court Monday morning, in
which the jurors were instructed that
it was their duty to investigate the
conduct of affairs of all public in
stitutions in the country and to bring
incidents against any one who had
committed any act which constituted
a violation of the criminal statute.
Though Judge Sinclair did not
mention Dr. McBrayer’s name during
the whole of his charge, as has been
erroneously stated, he was very ex
plicit as to the nature of an offense
against the law in a case of the kind
under consideration, and the duty of
the jurors was made quite plain.
Following Judge Sinclair’s charge
Solicitor T. A. McNeil sent a bill
of indictment against Dr. McBrayer
to the grand jury and the grand jury
returned it today as a true bill.. It
is said that the grand jury made a
very thorough investigation of the
conduct of the sanatorium in the light
of the revelations of the legislative
investigation.
The grand jury sent a committee
of seven of its members to the sana
torium during the week and it was as
a result of this visit that the annex
to the sanatorium be converted to the
use of white patients. The grand
jury stated that this building was lo
cated too close to the residences of
the white people in the neighborhood
to be used for the purpose originally
intended.
PRESIDENT’S WIFE
TO ENTER A CONTEST
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, First Lady
of the Land, will know a week from
today whether she is to be known al
so as the First Knitter of the Land
The fact that the wife of the Presi
dent was an entrant in a national
knitting contest, participated in by
tens of thousands of women through
out the country, was disclosed yester
day.
Announcement that Mrs.. Coolidge
had joined Mrs. Alfred E. Smith, wife
of New York’s Governor, and her
daughter, Miss Emily Smith, in an
effort to capture a share of the
$11,000 in prizes offered by the
Fleischer Yarn Company of Philadel
phia, brought out that Mrs. Coolidge
entry had been knitted and forwarded
while she was spending the Summer
at her modest home at Northampton,
Mass.
The winners for the national con
test will be announced at the com
pany’s Philadelphia offices next Fri
day morning. The first prize will
be 2,000, the second $500 and the
third $200.
WORK TO BEGIN ON
HARD SURFACED ROAD
Mr. J. T. McKernan, superintend
ent of the R. G. Lassiter & Co., was
in the city yesterday and gave this
office a call. He said that the work
of constructing the hard surfaced
read from here to Clayton would be
started within the next few days. The
road machinery is now being moved
to the J. M. Beaty place, and the work
will begin at once.
21 Children Born to
Couple in 21 Years
JOHNSTON, Pa., Aug. 19.
TWENTY-ONE children have
arrived at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Toman, of Rob
indale, Pennsylvania, a nearby
mining town, in the last twenty
one years. Yesterday a daugh
ter was born to Mrs. Toman,
who is 38 years old- The father
is fifty-one. There is one set of
twins. The first child of the
Toman’s, Mrs. John Kluck also
of Robindale, was married five
years ago and is the mother of
lve children.
BUSINESS WOMEN
MEET AT HOLT LAKE
Business and Professional Women’s
Clubs of Eastern Carolina Hold
Interesting Meeting Yesterday
The Business and Professional
Women’s Clubs of Eastern North
Carolina, including those from Bur
lington, Durham, Raleigh, Wilming
ton, Fayetteville, Wilson and Golds
boro met with the Goldsboro club as
hostess at Holt’s lake near Smithfield
yesterday afternoon for a chicken
barbecue and an interesting program.
Thirteen stunts, from potato races
to diving contests held the attention
of young women practically all af
ternoon and the barbecue dinner held
the attention of both the young wo
men and young men present for the
remainder of the time. It must be
admitted that the young men also
gave close attention to some of the
stunts especially the diving and swim
ming.
The girls from Raleigh seem to
I have the rabbit’s foot, or the horse
; shoe to use an obsolete expression.
i Thirteen prizes were offered, and out
! of that unlucky number Raleigh
! comes forth in all her glory and takes
I the lucky number of seven, coincident
; al to be sure, but lots of folks out
: there at the lake wouldn't cross the
| road a black cat just crossed, and
the fact that seven came out of thir
teen is repletewith—well, darn re
plete.—Goldsboro News.
CO-OP MARKETING IS
NEW THING —BLALOCK
Raleigh, August 20.—“Cooperative
Marketing is a new thing” said U. B.
Blalock, General Manager of the
North Carolina Cotton “Co-ops” in
an address to Chatham County farm
ers at their fourth annual picnic at
Pittsboro. “You must not judge a
;new thing by its initial year’s result
and yet the first year of the coopera
tive marketing of cotton has demon
strated the wisdom of the movement
and its possibilities.”
After briefly sketching the history
of the North Carolina Association,
and reviewing its beginnings, Mr.
Blalock said that while a final set
tlement of the years business had not
been made, it was a safe bet to state
that members of the Association
would receive an average of at least
I $15 a bale more than the average
price received by non-members who
i sold their cotton on the open market
by the old process. In tome counties,
said the speaker, the members actual
ly received as much as $20 a bale
more than the average paid for cot
| ton ly the old dumping process.
Mr. Blalock called the attention of
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EIGHT PERSONS DIE
IN BIC 20TEL FIRE
Torcrito, Aug. 19.—Eight persons
were burned to death in the W aw a
| hotel, on Lake of Bays, Muskoka, On
tario, when flames swept the building
at 1 o’clock this morning, according
to information received by officials of
the Canadian National railway.
The property is owned and oper
ated by the Caniadian Railway News
company of Toronto.
The fire disrupted telegraphic and
telephonic communication so that the
i names of the victims will not be
known until a relief train reaches
here about midnight.
MACON FLOGGERS
FINALLY CAUGHT
Three Men Placed In Jail;
Gangs Have Terrorized
Macon Last 6 Months
Macon, Ga., Aug. 19.—The first
gang of alleged kidnappers and flog
gers which have been terrorizing Ma
con for the last six months was cap
tured here tonight by sheriff offi
cers. Three white men, brothers, S.
R. Hudson, C. F. Hudson, and J. C.
Hudson, were taken to jail tonight
after they had been captured, officers
said, while in the act of flogging two
negroes.
The capture of the trio is sad to
be due to the daring work of a ne
gro, Emory Roberts, whom the gang
tried to pull from an automobile for
the purpose of whipping.
Another negro was whipped by the
same gang a few minutes before, it
was stated.
Martial Law Not Needed
Macon, Ga., Aug. 19.—Adjutant
General Charles H. Cox, after a con
ference with local police authorities
the sheriff, and General H. D. R'ns
sell, commander of the Georgia na
tional guard, left for Atlanta late to
day and will recommend to Governor
Walker that there be no martial law
in Macon at this time, growing out oi
flogging conditions.
The adjutant general was orderes
to Macon last night by the governor
after police engaged in a running
pistol battle with alleged floggers
and J. B. Hartley, a world wTar vet
eran, reported to the polire he had
been flogged by a gang of men. The
Hartley flogging was the last of
about a score of whippings reported
to the police during the last 10 days.
The adjutant general said he would
issue a statement on the Macon mob
situation after he reported to the gov
ernor.
City and county officers in con
ference late today decided to round
up all automobiles not bearing state
license tags. Kidnupipers* automo
biles have borne no tags.
Appeals were made to citizens to
report all kidnappings promptly.
More secret work will be done in both
departments, it was stated, to com
bat the secret activities of the kid
napping gangs.
The only event of the day that
brought out the police anti-flogging
squad was an attempt to hold up
and rob a United States mail truck
between the terminal station and the
postoffice.
No arrests were reported in the
Hartley case today. Rewards total
ling $2,100 have been offered by the
state and county for the arrest and
conviction of the ‘floggers” and ap
peals will be made this week to all
civic clubs in Macon to increase the
rewards.—Associated Press.
REV. J. W. SUTTEE
TO HOLD MEETING
Rev. R. L. Gay, pastor of the Bap
tist churches, Pisgah and Baptist
Center, has secured Rev. J. M. Suttle
of Shelby to assist him in revivals at
the churches mentioned during this
month. The revival at Baptist Cen
ter began Sunday and will continue
through this week. The meeting at
Pisgah will begin next Sunday and
will continue a week. Rev. Mr. Sut
tle is well known in Johnston Coun
ty. He was pastor of the Smithfield
Baptist church for nine years. He
helped to build up the work in the
county and many of his friends will
be glad to have him back in John
ston.
TYPHOID TREATMENT TO
BE GIVEN TO NEGGROES
The schedule for typhoid treat
ments has been published in the last
two or three issues of this paper. This
schedule was for white people. We
are requested, however, to make the
announcement that Dr. Furlong, a.
colored physician of this city, will
I pive the treatments to colored peo
ple at the following places: Wilson’s
Mills, Selma, Clayton, Four Oaks and
| Smithfield. The same dates and
places will be for the colored as
the white people. Look up the
! schedule elsewhere in this issue.
MR. P. A. HOLLAND
WRITES OF AUTO TRIP
Leaves Fayetteville With
Plenty of Friends; Visits
Several S. C. Towns
Hoke county has beautiful roads
■ built of clay and sand. Raeford is a
; beautiful little town. The buildings
look to be newn It is in a good
‘ farming country and good crops are
| seen in this section. Wagram is a
good looking town only a few years
old. Laurinburg is a beautiful town.
: Most of the new buildings there are
brick bungalows. The next towm was
! Gibson. Then Cheraw, S. C. Cheraw
j is noted for brick and boll weevil. So
! ciety Hill came next. This was the
| oldest town we passed through on our
: route . The stores all look to be 100
! years old and then some more. I on
i ly saw two houses that had any paint
for the last few years.
Darlington is a small county.
Darlington the town is the county
scat. It has paved streets and lots
of hard roads. Exery road and street
seems to lead to the court house.
Tourists have to drive around the
court house two times before they
can get out of tow’n.
From Darlington to Florence is on
ly ten miles, but a beautiful road and
Florence is the county seat. The
crops from Fayetteville to Florence
are very good and the boll weevil has
not made much headway on the crops
until we reached the state line, then
we began to see signs of farmers
! poisoning the cotton picking up the
i forms, bolls, and blooms. The men
w’ere putting out the poison and the
women and children were picking up
I the bolls and squares that had fallen
off the stalks. On one farm I visit
ed the weevil was so bad I could have
taken a rake and raked up the bolls
and squares which the weevil had
punctured, and could see from one to
six weevils in the blooms. I believe
I could have picked a quart of wee
vils in this cotton field in four hours.
We pulled off a cotton bloom with six
weevils in it and wrapped them up
in cotton leaves, then tied this up in
a handkerchief as a souvenir. When
I went to the car the next morning
after them they had bored a hole in
the cotton leaves and through the
handkerchief and made their get-a
way.
One farmer told us that the wee
vils vrere not so bad this year until
it began to rain. The weather being
dry, had been in the farmers’ favor
until now, but since the rain had set
in he could see that the bugs were
numerous.
Leaving Florence our party, with
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Whitley, went to
Timmonsville, S. C. There we visited
a farm of about 4,000 acres. The
gentleman who lived here, Mr. T. B.
Young, had some where about 500
acres in cotton. Here we found boll
weevil then some more boll weevil.
This man's cotton was about as high
as some of our best farmers’ cotton
around Smithfield. This gentleman
said if it was not for the weevil he
would make about one and a half
bales of cotton to the acre, but he
wras not counting on but about a half
bale now, but he did not know what
the outcome would be.
We left this farm and drove to ex
Sheriff Cole’s farm. There -we were
served with watermelon which we all
enjoyed. I asked the old sheriif
what about the boll weevil. He said,
“Darn them things! Yes, we have got
them, but not as bad as they were
last year.” It had been very dry on
the sheriff’s farm and they were not
so bad but we found several growing
bolls punctured. The sheriff said the
best way to manage the weevil was
to quit planning the weed, but if you
were going to plant, have wide rows,
plant early, poison as soon as your
cotton comes up and pick up bolls and
squares.
Next we passed the Country Club.
Here we saw lots of automobiles. At
this club was something unusual to
us; that was the 100-hour dance. 1
have been acquainted with the dance
all night but at this club they gave
a prize to the one that danced the
longest.. I heard ihat the prize wa=
$200. The writer and his party nev
er took up much time here.
From Florence to Mrytle Inlet wa
ninety miles. The first town we
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Baby Drops Into River;
Kicks, Floats, Is Saved
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.
August 20.
PLUNGING from a railroad
bridge here to the Chippewa
River, twenty-five feet below,
Marylin Jean Anderson, 3 1-2
months old, kept herself afloat
by employing bathtub kicking
tactics and grugled with delight
when finally she was rescued un
injured.
Mrs. Earl Anderson, her
* mother, became faint as she was
carrying Marylin across the
bridge late Friday and the baby
slipped from her arms, drop
ping into the river 100 feet
from the shore.
500 PERSONS DIE AS
RESULT OF STORM
_
Typhoon At Macao Takes Ap
paling Toll In Life And Damage
To Property
Hongkong, Aug. 19.—More than
: one hundred persons killed and injur
ed ashore and about fifty junns and
sampans capsized during the typhoor
at Macao on Saturday.
Many persons were entombed when
houses collapsed.
Soldiers and firemen worked en
ergetically to rescue the persons bur
ied under the debris of fallen houses.
The floating plant of the Nether
lands Harbor Works Company was
! r.ot damaged, but the company’s
dredger Rotterdam dragged anchor
and grounded on a mud bank undam
I aged. Trees in the public squares
j were uprooted and the roof was blown
i off the Catholic cemtery chapel.
—
PRATER SERVICE AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The subject for prayer meeting at
the Presbyterian church tomorrow ev
ening. “Keeping God in Love With
| Us.”
All are cordially invited to come.
CAROLINA KIWANIANS
MEET AT WRIGHTSVIL’E
Wilmington, Aug. 16.—Addresses
of welcome by Gedrge L. Peschau for
the local Kiwanis club, and Mayor
James H. Cowan for the city of Wil
mington; the address of Alva M.
Lumpkin, of Columbia, S. C., district
governor; the report of the Roderick
!'H. McDonald, district secretary; the
golf tournament at the Cape Fear
; Country club and reception for visit
ing iadies this afternoon, and an ad
che * by Col. T. L. Knkpatrick, of
Charlotte, district governor of the
Lions, upon “The State Poit” this ev
ening were the high spots of a full
first day of the two-day district con
vention of the Kiwanis clubs of the
CArdinas, in session at Wrightsville
Be i 'o
The secretary’s report showed that
the number of clubs had grown from
42 clubs a year ago to a total of
53 now. He also reviewed the his
i tory of the Carolina Kiwanian, the
! official magazine of the Carolinas
district. The address of District Gov
ernor Lumkin dealt with the work
qnd scope of Kiwanis as an organiza
tion, and cited the applications of
the motto, “We Build,” in the daily
business and professional life of the
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CHICAGO BAKERS CUT
BREAD TO NINE CENTS
Chicago, Aug. 18—Although the
price of wheat has been down to a
low notch many weeks, no corres
ponding reduction in the price of
bread was apparent here until today,
when the ten-cent loaf was being sold
for 9 cents.
When wheat bread was selling at
$3.49 a bushel bread was 16 cents.
Flour today was selling at $6.90 a
barrel, as against $7.20 a few weeks
! ago.
The Food Price Committee of the
City Council believes there is fur
ther room for cheapening the price.
COURT CONTINUED
TO THIS WEEK
Jury Acquits Beasley; Mur
der Trial Begun Sat. Con
tinued Until Monday
A congested docket and long drawn
out cases combined to continue the
one week term of August Superior
Coi rt until yesterday. A special ve
nire of 100 men was summoned here
Thursday morning from which a jury
was selected to try the Pennell mur
der case set for that day. After the
jury was drawn, however, that case
was deferred until the case of State
■/s. Beasley charged with violating the
! prohibition law, should be disposed
of.
Beasley’s case was begun Thuis
dny about noon, and a verdict was not
rendered until late Friday afternoon.
Considerable time was consumed in
examining the more than a hundred
v. i messes summoned in the case, and
it took several hours for the lawyers’
speeches and the charge by the
judge. More than usual interest was
manifested in Beasley’s case, the
court room being crowded practically
throughout the trial. There seemed
to be general rejoicing when the jury
rendered a verdict of not guilty.
A review of the circumstances is
hardly necessary there being slight
variation from the facts set forth at
his previous trial a few weeks ago in
Re< c rcier’s court and which we gave
a full account. Beasley was charged
with selling whiskey at his place of
business near the brick yard across
the liver.’
While the jury was out with the
Beasley case, the following cases were
tried:
State vs. Herman Ingram charged
[ with seduction. Defendant pleads
guilty, and judgment was suspended
on payment of costs. The defendant
was allowed until December term to
pay costs.
State vs. J. B. Webb charged with
giving worthless checks. Verdict of
guilty was rendered by the jury.
State vs. Morgatis Watson charged
with manslaughter. Case continued
until December term. Defendant
placed under a $500 bond.
State vs. R. Fred Me Lamb charg
j ed with larceny and receiving stolen
! goods. Defendant pleads guilty.
! Judgment suspended upon payment
of costs.
Saturday morning began the trial
of Allen Pennell charged with the
murder of Irving Woolard in Wilder
township some months ago. As we
go to press the witnesses have not all
been examined and it will probably be
today before the jury gets the case,
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GOVERNOR IS AGAIN
HELD FOR SPEEDING
Hillsboro, Aug. 19.—Gov. Cameron
Morrison was arrested here today by
Chief of Police Floyd on a charge of
speeding, this being the governor’s
second arrest for such an offense this
summer.
Govtmor Morrison was peeved by
the arrest and declared that he wou’d
fight the case when it comes up for
trial After venting his wrath at
being caught by the law he gave bond
and left town.
A red Buick driven by J. M. Sim
mons was implicated in the govern
| o’s latest arrest. Mr. Simmons was
leading the governor and his Cadillac
as they approached this place and as
they crossed the bridge into town the
| governor tried to pass the Buick.
As they swung into Churton street
j both stepped on the gas and it is
| charged were traveling at a rap'd
pace when hailed by the officer. Mr.
Simmons wTas first arrested and up
on his protest that the man behind
1 him was equally guilty that car was
| stopped and found to be that of the
| governor.
MRS. J. C. BINGHAM HAS
NEW SWEET POTATOES
Mrs. J. C. Bingham had sweet po
tatoes from her garden last Tuesday,
August 14th. They were the Porto
Rica variety and were the second crop
planted on the piece of ground this
year, garden peas having been the
first crop.
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