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SMITHFIELD, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1925
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Man Accused of Killing
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Daughter’s Former Lover
\ Must Face Insanity Trial
Jury Reftfirfis To Court Sun
day Morning and Hands
Up Its Findings; Defend
ant Calm When Verdict
Is Returned; Cole Return
ed to Jail To Await Hear
ing On Charge of Insanity.
ROCKINGHAM, October 11, 1925. -(Spe
cial to The Smithfield Herald.)—William B.
Cole, charged with the murder of his daugh
ter’s former lovr, William B. Ormond, was
acquitted of the charge of murder by a jury
which has been considering his case behind
locked doors, Saturday at noon when it filed
into court shortly after 9 o’clock this morn
( ing‘
Although ecquitted of the charge of mur
i der, Cole will have to face a hearing on a
charge of insanity. He will probably be
' brought into court tomorrow morning to
K plead to the insanity charge.
COLE RETURNED TO JAIL.
The court room was crowded when the jury filed
into the room this morning to announce its findings.
When the jury had been polled, the foreman of that
body in a clear voice, following the question as to
whether they had found a verdict, announced that
they found the defendant, William B. Cole, not guil
ty on the charge of murdering William W. Ormond.
Immediately after the jury had given its report,
Cole was returned to jail where he will await the
hearing on the insanity charge which he will have
to face.
The jury which decided the fate of the rich mill
owner, retired for deliberation of the ecase at 12:42
o’clock yesterday afternoon, following the charge
delivered by judge T. B. Finley . Shortly after sev
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en o’clock last night, the jury came into the court
room, and .judge Finley read to them the
conclusions of his charge.
Following the re-reeading of this part of the
charge, the jury again retired for further delibera
tions.
At nine o’clock, the twelve men having the fate of
the rich mill owner in their hands, went to their
sleeping quarters, and at a quarter of to ten, went
to bed for the night.
Clerk Reas Charge.
Clerk Reads Charge.
Judge Finley delivered his
charge to the jury yesterday mor
ning at 11 o’clock after Solicitor
Don Phillips had closed the argu
ment in the case. A feature of
Judge Finley’s charge was that by
consent the contentions of the
State and (ho defendant were read
by W. S. Thomas, Clerk of the
Court. Judge Finley stated that
his throat was troubling him. He
read the first part of the charge.
Mr. Thomas then read the lengthy
| contentions prepared by counsel
i for the State and the defense.
Judge Finley, at the conclusion,
read the rest of his charge as to
the law in the case.
In his charge, Judge Finley made
it clear that the virtue of Miss
Kite a bet h is not an issue in the
case and that Ormond’s war rec
ord was not on trial.
‘‘The court charges you further
ahtt the chastity of the daughter
of the prisoner is 'not an issue in
this case,” he said.
Whose Daughter?
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Francis Atta Miller is lookim
I for her mother—who left her ;
| week old babe with a Miller familj
in Wichita, Kas., 24 years ag<
She is married now—but she ha
'■.he diamond necklace hei mothei
left—when disinheritance from he
wealthy St Louis famil> wu
threatened
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'■ I he law is no respector of per
sons 1 he declared. “I- is the same
thing in its application to all,
whether they be low or high, prince
or pauper, or white or black, Jew
or Gentile, Greek or barbarian, ev
en and exact justice must be meted
out to all alike. It doesn't make
any difference whether the defend
ant is a man of property or wheth
er he is a man of limited means,
neither does it make any differ
ence whether the deceased %vas a
man of property or not. There
has been much discussion in this
case by counsel on both sides as
to the statement in a letter writ
■ -n by the deceased which re
flected upon the daughter of the
prisoner. Also there has been
much comment on a letter written
by the prisoner to the deceased.
These letters, with certain other
letters, were permitted to be of
I'ered in evidence to throw' what
light they may upon the guilt or
innocence of hte defendant. and
the 'court charges you that the
truth or falsity of these state
ments is not material in this
case except as it aids you to reach
a proper verdict ”
NOTICE TO PISGAH CHCRCH
All the members of Pisgah
church are requested to meet Sat
urday before the third Sunday in
this month at three o’clock to ap
prove a church letter, and finish
other business of the associational
year.
s. s. McGregor,
Pastor.
Walton-Pettway
Friends here will be interested
in the following announcement,
the bride having formerly lived
here:
“Mr and Mrs. William M. Pett
way a nnounce the marriage of their
daughter Aliene to Mr. Ballard S.
Walton on Thursday, September
the twenty-fourth nineteen hun
dred and twenty-five, Norfolk, Yu
At home 58 La Fayet te Boule
vard, LaFayette Residence Park
Watch the date on your label
and don’t let it expire.
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ERADICATE WEEVIL
BEFORE FROST
Destroy Animal’s Food
Supply Before First
Killing Frostt.
Practically all farmers in the
Cotton Belt now fully realize
the fact that the control of the
boll weevil is beset with many
difficulties. The damage varies
greatly from year to year, as
we know. The greater the rain
fall during the fruiting period
- <>?"Tho cotton the 'greater the
; weevil damage.
It is true that the calcium ar
senate method of control is now
considered the most important
step in controlling the weevil
by many farmers, but the de
struction of the weevil’s food
supply and his breeding place
in the fall before the first kill
ing frost is still considered the
most important step toward re-'
riucing weevil infestation by thous
ands of farmers.
Hordes of adult weevils and
many more weevils in the imma
ture stages arc killed by the de
struction of the cotton stalks be
fore frost- Tfhe development of the
late broods, a very large per cent
of which live through winter, is
cut off at once and the few adults
that escape will either starve or
be greatly weakened by starvation
and few will be strong enough to
live through the winter.
There are several methods of
destroying the leaves, squares, and
immature bolls before frost. On
many farms, the problem is solved
by confining cattle in the cotton
fields to eat the foliage, squares,
and immature bolls. Where there
are not enough cattle at command,
the stalks are often cut or broken
in'-.) pieces by the use of a stalk
cutter or disk harrow and then
plowed under several inches deep
by the use of large plows and
strong teams or tractors. Another
method practiced is to uproot and
burn the stalks in the fall after
the weevils have become so numer
ous that there is no prospect of
the maturity of any additional
crop. Farmers who persist in bin n
ing cotton stalks should by all
means uproot and burn them where
ever and whenever possible before
the weevils go into winter quar
ters. The burning of the stalks be
fore frost (while much less desir
able than plowing under) will be
at least the means of destroying
millions of adult and immature
weevils, while burning several
months later destroys only humus
and plant food-—Progressive Far
mer.
Western Union set a circuit of
7,400 miles to enable the Lord
Mayor ot London to exchange
greetings with San Francisco’s
Mayor at the opening of Califor
nia’s Diamond jubilee.
The present Texas drought is
the worst in history of the State.
Oak trees two feet thick have died.
Only a 15 percent cotton crop will
be picked. One hale to 80 acres
will be the average.
Ouf Air Dtfen>? Their Herculear, Task
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The officer* of Fre'-odord 1 t •;:) board', now in session *?t
Warrington, a? they f«;< k i ■ ' > iiciv«;.«■*;?n task of finding a
<shcient ail defense foi < ' u> rijrht, they are; Vice
Chairman, Judge Art!, i I’e nr. ■ i 'lu-'-igun; Chairman Dwight
Morrow of New Vnr;; ' ■ >*jt-i-n,l _
SPEAKS FOR CLEANNESS
OF BROWN & DYER SHOWS
Mr. Jaimes C. Donohue, advance
agent for the Brown and Dyer
shows, the big carnival that will
furnish the amusements for the
Johnstch county fair, has b« n
in the city for the iliterst of his
company. Mr Donohue states that
he has a big company of three hun
dred and fifty people and they will
have to buy a lot of supplies from
; the Smithfield merchants as all
their requirements will be bought
locally if they can he had here.
He also speaks about the clean
ness of his show's. The Brown and
'Dyer company travel in their own
special train of twenty cars, and
the reports from the northern fair
secretaries speak in praise of this
company. The shows are of a high
class and one can take his wife
and children to any of the attrac
tions and feel satisfied that clean
ness is the motto for the show.
There will be plenty to .•••ee along
the well lighted midway and after
you have seen the Johnston county
fair this year, you will be a boos
ter for the future, says Mr. Don
ohue.
ARTISTS WITH Tilt
WALTER I.. MAIN SHOW'
It's the rod wagons tha V tlu>
question of the hour in bmithlUTl
at least for the small hoys of six.
as well as those of s'yty. 'he
billboards, bars, and dead walls
are announcing: with all the ilu
eney of pictorial art the ‘orning
of the Walter L. Main 'show. And
already preparations are being
made for the one big holiday event
of the year, acknowledged to be
better than Christmas and the
Fourth of July put' together —cir
cus clay. About the time the milk
man is making his rounds on the
morning of Tuesday, October JO,
the first of the two long trains of
cars will be coming, iuwly pull
ing into the railroad yards.
Much is promised by Walter L.
Main this sea. en. hlhe snow has
grown and prospered for almost
half a century—-to be exact 4f>
years. European agents have sack
ed the Old World in a quest of
.novelties. The question of salary
was not considered for the partic
ular novel and hazardous act.
There are over 100 artists who take
I part in the big show program.
JAMES DUKE DEAD
James li. Duke, tobacco man
ufacturer, died last night at 6
o'clock at his home in New
York, after an illness of sev
eral weeks that followed a
nervous and physical break
dov, n.
New acts and faces will tend to
eradicate the fallacy that all
“shows” are alike. Among the fea
tures will be the Flying Jordans;
the Maxwell Trio, gymnasts; the
Florence Family of riders; the De
long Sisters, acrobats; Arthur
Dorella. the highest salaried clown
in the world; Tommy and Betty
Via;err, dancers < \ a lof‘ / wire;
Ray Glaum in a slide for life down
a wire from the topmost point in
the tent and scores of other high
class features.
An immense street parade will
be seen on the downtown streets
at noon on show day. There will
be upwards of five bands of music
and scores of allegorical tableaus.
There will be performances a; 2
and 8 p. m. The doors opt ling an
hour earlier. Merchants and others
are preparing for one of the lar
gest crowds in town on show day
in years.
Marriage Wrong?
It Is not from poverty ti.-.t
coines a drastic attack on modern
living—but from Wall Street
Glen B. Winship, Wall Street Edit
or, has written a book, “Volonor*
—in which he calls for a 50 p.‘i
cent tax on every man’s moot .<
for the support of ail women ana
children. Also the abolition of ti»
present marriage contract.
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Increase Shows Mor
Than Four Million
Advance.
Es'/mates made by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the B
icsu of the Census indicate thr
the total farm-mortgage encum
brance in the United States in
creased from iD.020,47;>((4>0 »B J91t.t
to S?,ri£pl)0.iVl u. HHrFhgre :
reason to believe, says the,.depart
meat', that the total has increased
inee 1920. although there is no
exact measure of the increase.
Whim some of the increase repre
•' cnt» merely a r. funding of short -
term debt, a part is attributed ‘c
the tendency to expand farm op
(.rations. Thansfers of lands
purchar • or inheritance have ah
no doubt' been responsible t
fCM: of the increase.
Rising land values were a pri
mary cause of the growth in mi ,ri
gage debt prior to 1920, but si:■ ■
that year mortgage debt has c >•>
. tinned to increase, although la
values hav declined. In this
speet the tendency of the la
few years is in very striking ci ;
trust to the tendency manifest
from 1910 to 1920. In that dec.nl'
the average value of mortgage;
fat ms in the United States in
creased 8". 15 per cent, while at th»
same time the average mortgt
debt increased 95/. per cent. Sir
1920 the value of all plow lane
in the United State- is estimated
to have dropped about- 90 per cent.
Farm-land values rose only in two
states from 1920 to 1023. In ai!
other States they dropped from
to 47 per cent. Thus there was an
absolute a: well as a proportion
ste decline in the value of the far
mer's equity in their land.
A recent' survey Indicates th r
tile average farm-mortgage e..
eumbtance of owner in 192
amounted to about two-thirds < ;
(heir total debt. Such farmers in
the West and the South had rela
tively more mortgage debt th •
owner farmers in Lie -East. low-.
! in 1920 had an estimated fan
mortgage encumbrance of $1,091',
000.000. 1 he number of owner-o,
rated farms mortgaged in 19
rreprised 71.1 per cent of the t -
tal in North Dakota compared wi
ally 14.2 per cent of the total
West Virginia.
Life-insurance companies have
jeer, one of the largest facto; ;
in financing agriculture for mas
decades. They are estimated f
hold at present about 20 per cm
of aii farm mortgages. In 19*1
their outstanding farm-mortgr
loans amounted to $047,000,000. B
i September. 1924, the total bn
amounted to no less than fl,7Sl,
,000,000. In the seven years fr ■
11914 to 1921 the farm loans
insurance companies for the firs
time exceeded their loans on ci’y
property.
Archeologists at Kish have i •
earthed pen :J00ii years i :
They wouldn’t have had to go i,
further than our post office to
have found one just like it,—Day-,
ton News.