North Carolina Newspapers

Roby Wall Is Found Guilty Manslaughter Arrive A t Verdic i From Defendant*! Statement On Wit ness Stand — Musi Fay Widow of Onea $500.00 The December term of the Su perior court concluded a two weeks’ session here Wednesday at the close of the trial of state vs. Roby Wall, who stood charged on an indictment of the murder of Rich ard O’Neal on September JO, las:, A large number of witnesses had been summoned in this case and it required a good part of Tuesday and Wednesday to hear the evi dence. The case did not reach the jury as the attorneys in the case under the direction of the court agreed upon a verdict of man slaughter, this being arrived at by the defendant’s statement on the witness stand. A settlement was arrived at by which the defendant is to pay the widow of O'Neal the sum of $500 to be paid in consecu tive monthly payments of $50. The defendant was also taxed with the •’ costs. jit At the close of \yednesday’* Tproceedings a number of defend ants who had been convicted dur ing the term had sentence passed upon them by the court. Johnnie Johnson* a ginger-col 01 ed negro, of many and sundry alias names, was sent to the state prison for a period of five years. He was charged with concealing stolen property and the jury found him guilty. John A. Capps of Boon Hill township, was convicted of manu facturing whiskey but owing* to ill health a twelve months road sen tence was changed to a two-year >^suspended sentence upon the pay tutftent of the cost. Jiflandy Mi;Lamb, a white man of JffTeaaow'Township, • was in court on charges of violating the prohibi tion law and carrying a concealed weapon. He was given a 12-months load sentence. John Louis Honeycutt and W. B. Wdggs, indicted for shooting the sheriff’s posse during* April of this year in Clayton township, plead guilty of an assault with deadly weapon with intent to kill, and were each committed to the state prison for a period of twelve months. Paul Adams, who figured in this shooting match and who has been in jail since April, made a clean confession in his testimony on trial and was committed to the county roads for a period of twelve months. He is to receive credit for the time already spent in jail. J. B. Faircloth, a white man of Sampson county, was convicted of an attempt to break from the con fines of the county jail and was discharged upon the payment of the cost. J. E. Lewis, Greek restaurant manager, formerly of Smithfield, submitted through his attorney, E. J. Wellons, to the mercy of the court on various charges of bad checks, forgery, and prayer for Turn to page three, please --Merry Christmas MEETING POSTPONED The next regular meeting of the Johnston County Highway Com mission will be held on Monday, January 9, instead of Monday, Jan uary 2, on account of the holiday season. W. N. HOLT, Chairman, C. P. HARPER, Secretary. Tantalizer There are exactly enough let ters in the line below to spell the name of a person in Smith- | field, and if the right one de- ! ciphers his name and wilt pre- | sent it to The Herald office, i we will present him with a I complimentary ticket to the i Victory Theatre. Tickets must ♦ be called for before the fol ( lowing ispu«. Junius Stephenson recogniz ed his name last issue. Tooayn Tantalizer: , waidgotolnn Fights Impeachment mm I Governor Henry S. Johnston, of! Oklahoma, on whose order Nation- j a! Guardsmen armed with rifles and: pistols prevented members of the Oklahoma legislature from meet ing in the State Capitol to consid er his impeachment. Stores To Close Here On Monday Will Carry the Christmas Spirit Over For Another Day; List of Merehants Closing -*■—— The fine weather of the past j few days has meant good business; for the merchants here, and they anticipate a continuance of good business until midnight Saturday night. Sunday is Christmas Day and there will be the usual Sunday observance of the day. To stop at that, would hardly seem like Christmas; so most of the mer-j chants have decided to close their places of business on Monday.; Therefore the holiday spirit will! be carried over for another day. Those merchants who will have their stores closed on Monday are: Jordan-Edmundson, City Mar ket (part time), John O. Jones j Furniture Co., Shoe Hospital, R. Lewis, National Home Pride, J. E. | Gregory, Abdalla Dept. Store, W. M. Sanders, Rose’s Five and Ten j Cent Store, J. D. Spiers, A&P Grocery, Huntley's, Hall’s Cash Store, Crumper-Jones Furniture Co.; Home Pride, Turnage & Tal ton, Rahil’s* Department Store, Chas. Davis, Sanitary BaPber Shop, Jordan- Jewelry Store, Hud-! son-Bclk, Pender’s, Farmers Bank & Trust Co., First and Citizens: National Bank, Sundry Shoppe, I Acme Barber Shop, Peedin and Peterson, American Dollar Stores Co., Vara L. and Alma Smith Co., Smithfield Shoe Store, Stevens and Ogburn. I he City Market will be open only a part of the day. N. B. Grantham will be moving into his new store which has just been j completed. -Merry Christmas COMET TO APPEAR CHRISTMAS WEEK CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 19.— j The brightest in the northern hemisphere in the past 15 years will appear in the early evening western sky during* Christmas week, Dr. Harlow Shapley, direc tor of the Harvard observatory, announced today. Clearly visible to the naked eye, the comet on Christmas day will be about 45 de-' grees between the sun and the North pole. Today Dr. Shapley recei/ed word from the astronomical clearing house at Copenhagen that H. Wood, a South African astrono nuJ*, had computed the comet’s orbit. This indicates that the com et, now in the constellation Scor pio, and south of the sun, is mov ing rapidly northward and will be in conjunction with the sun on December “25. It has the very high inclination of 72 degrees. -Merry Christmas Mrs. \V. B. Beasley was. call ed to her homo at Fountain Inn, S. | C., yesterday on account of the serious illness of her father. Mien Parker: Arrested Again -4- ! in Jail Without Bail On An; Indictment of the Murder of J. M. Royall; True Bill Also Again Claude Barbour -»■ Golden Parker, of Benson, who vas arrested some time ago in connection with the murder of J. M. Royal of Banner township, but ■vho was released after giving a $5,900 bond, has been re-arrested md placed in jail without bond. This action was taken after the -trand jury here this week found ,i true bill on an indictment of murder. Indicted with Parker was Claude Barber. Barber has been held in jail without bail since the murder of J. M. Royal which oc curred in the late hours of the night of October 25, 1927. The grand jury also returned a true bill of murder against Joab Baker for the killing of Malcolm Denning on September 10, 1927. A true bill of conspiracy with mur derous intent was found against Howard Baker, Jethro Baker, and flienis Belle Baker, the conspiracy reing- connected with the murder )f Malcolm Denning. -Merry Christmas SPECIAL, LICENSES ARE REQUIRED IN 3 COUNTIES I xveports that several sportsmen ! lave been arrested on charges of { nmting ducks and geese in some | )f the eastern counties without the ! special licenses required by the | counties for this typo of shooting j las caused Director Wade H. Phil ips of the Department of Conser vation and Development to call my ittention to the fact that state li censes are not good for migratory .vild fowl hunting in Currituck, -)are and Hyde counties. Director Phillips points out that hese counties have special license i aws in effect which require spec- 1 al permits for shooting* migratory !< vild fowl, which were exempted i Tom the operations of the state- J vide game law. He has issued this j i statement in order that some who i ire not yet familiar with the law I nay be spared possible embarrass- i nent should they attempt to use i »tate licenses for this type of hunt- j ng in these counties. * Recently, the attorney-general's )ffiee has ruled that the exception £ >n migratory wild fowl from the! date-wide law applies to all the i ;erritory in the counties with spec- t al laws covering this type of t ?ame. Two counties, Carteret and Ty- t •ell, which have had authority to r require special licenses for hunt-'( ng migratory water fowls have; vaived this right, leaving* a state! icense good for all shooting in hese counties. There are only three ] counties, Currituck, Dare and ( [Iyde, which now require special!, icenses for duck, geese and rant ^ ind other water fowl shooting. . GUY A. NICOLL, • uamc t-om. om jdistrict. { -Merry Christmas PUPILS TO GET I HOOKS CHEAPER , Saving: estimated at $57,400 . will accrue to purchasers of Lan- j ?uag'C and Health books for use in j elementary schools of the state ai « a result of new contracts made i Saturday by the State Board of • Education with publishers of these < two series of books, State Super- ’ intendent Arch T. Allen announc- ’ ed. Conrtacts were made on the two i subjects changed this year only.], Bids on the remainder of the list, retained from lpst year, have been opened, but contracts have not been made. Some of these books are ex pected to be contracted for at cheaper prices than formerly, but Supt. Allen said there was little hope of reduction on subjects on which cuts were maderlast year as a result of a sweeping inquiry by the board into prices when it was learned that in some instances Tennessee children were getting books cheaper than North Caro lina phpils. Where there was a differential, prices were reduced. The contracts let yesterday, for a five-year period beginning June 1, 1928, were for the “Malden Health Series,” published by the I I). C. Heath Company, and “The Open Door Language Series,” pub lished' by D. C. Heath and Co.—! And We Celebrate His Birth The following epistle is said to have been taken by Napo leon from the records of Rome when he deprived that cify ol so many valuable manuscripts. It was written at the time and on the spot where Jesus commenced his ministry, by Publius Lentulus, Governor of Judea, to the senate of Rome, Caesar, emperor. It was the custom in those days for the governor to write home any event that transpired while he held his office. ONSCRIPT Fathers: In these days appeared a man named Jesus Christ, who is yet living among us, and of the Gentiles is accepted as a prophet of great truth; but his own disciples call him the son of God. He hath raised the dead and cured all manner of diseases. He is a man of stature somewhat tall and comely, with a ruddy counten- ' ance, such as the beholder may both love and fear. ’ His hair is the color of a filbert when fully ripe, ' plain to his ear, whence downward it is more of ' orient color, curling and waving on his shoulders; in ' the manner of the Nazarites. His forehead is plain ' and delicate; the face without spot or wrinkle, beau- ' tiful with a comely red; his nose and mouth are ex- ' actly formed; his beard is the color of his hair and ' thick, not of any length, but forked. In reproving he is terrible; admonishing, courteous; . in speaking, very modest and wise; in proportion of , body, well-shaped. None have seen him laugh, many , have seen him weep. A man for his surpassing < beauty excelling the children of men. , Former Citizen Dies In Virginia -♦ R. A. Riddick Passes At Age of 71; Funeral Yesterday Afternoon at Ford, Va. .♦ A telegram received here Wed esday by Leon G. Stevens an icunced the death of R. A. Rid ick, who until last Sleptember nade his home in this city. Mr. tiddick passed away Wednesday lorning and was buried yesterday fternoon at Ford, Va. The deceased came to Smithfield bout thirty years ago. He was an n sura nee agent and kept books fo” everal firms here. He was quiet nd unassuming1, and made a num er of warm friends who sorro\ t his passing. A few months ago his health ailed, and in September he went o Ford, Va., to live with his si3 er, Mrs. John Moss. After going there he spent some ime in a Richmond sanatorium, 'he deceased was about seventy ne years of age. -Merry Christmas THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS A kindergarten institution in Evanston, 111., has been testing the hildren on Santa Claus. All five ear-olds questioned were firm in he faith. The six-year-olds were s fifteen to one. As the age per t)d increased the number of Santa 'laus devotees decreased to the vanishing point. God be praised or the innocent faith of childhood. U1 too soon it is dissipated by the tern realities of life, its falseness, ts deceit, its rcuelCy. Cruel indeed s he who would disturb the faith if the innocent little ones in Santa ^laus. That period is so short, so erribly short, why try to tyring hildren to the hard realities of life >efore their time? So far from bo ng harmed by these childhood ex leniences they remain throughout he years a pleasant memory. Vmong* the greatest pleasures of he Christmas season to the grown lps, especially to the elderly, is the •ecollection of th,e Christmases of :hildhood. There may not have been ;o much to them as compared with ;his age, but who would lose the ioy of the memory? And after1 all there is a Santa 31aus. Every year the joly mar vho radiates good cheer and hap piness for children is more in ev dence. Every year in Statesville md in all other communities, en larged effort is made to carr> :heer to the homes of the unfor iunates, to see that every child is remembered at the Christmas sea son. That is the spirit of Christ mas, the expression of kindness, oi [>f good-will. The little childrer understand it best as it is typifiec in Santa Claus. And so notwith standing the sneers of the scorn Take Appeal In Case Wayne County Negro J. J. Hatch Appointed to Rep resent Newsome, Refuses To Appeal But Partner Per fects Appeal to Supreme Court -+ GOLDSBORO, Dec. 21.—When J. J. Hatch, prosecuting attorney in the trial of John W. Faison for the alleged murder of Mrs. Elsie | Holt Snipes, returned Wednesday from Richmond he found on his desk a letter from Edwin Bridges, pardon commissioner, advising him that it was the wish of Larry New some, negro, who was convicted several days ago in Wayne coun- j ty superior court for the murder ‘ of Beulah Tedder, that his case bj appealed to the Supreme -court. In commenting upon this letter, Mr. Hatch said: “I was appointed by Judge Grady to defend this darkey when he was tried in the courts of this county, and in my opinion he received a fair and im partial trial, Judge Grady being very fair in his decisions. Wihen the jury returned their verdict I washed my hands clean of the whole affair, having accompleted my duty. I think he deserved the sentence imposed upon him and if there is an appeal taken in his case some other attorney will have to do it for him. “I think it would be a serious mistake to ever try him again in > Wayne county. The citizens of this county have as much respect for the laws of our state as anyone | could have, but I do not think it ■ would be wise to ever return this darkey to Wayne county and at tempt to have another trial.” M. B. Loftin, partner of Mr. Hatch, is proceeding to perfect the appeal. -Merry Christmas MAN IS ACQUITTED OF CHICKEN MURDER MORRISON, 111., Dec. 21.—Earl Fee, of Rock Falls, today stands acquitted of the chrage of killing one chicken. Some months ago, Fee’s automo bile ran over and killed a chicken belonging to Guy Ewers, a farmer living near Morrison. Ewers had Fee arrested. The October grand jury indicted Fee for the chicken’s slaughter. The jury, after deliberating for more than 12 hours, returned a verdict of not guilty. And the county is out $300 for the trial costs. To complicate matters, Mr. Ew ers is still unpaid for the loss of his fowl.—Associated Press. ers and skeptics in this age of real im, Santa Claus lives and lives for ever to make glad the hearts of j children at this blessed yuletidc !season.—Statesville Landmark. Hearing Clayton Bankruptcy Case Crowd From Johnston Coun ty In Raleigh For Examina tion of Chas. W. Horne Who Asks a Discharge RALEIGH, Dec. 21.—Three hundred or more persons, the ma jority of whom were from Johnston county, were here Wednesday for the examination of Charles W. Horn'e, Clayton mechant, farmer and financier, who was declared bankrupt in late summer by Fed eral Judge I. M. Meeklns after a lengthy hearing- in local Federal Mr. Horne who traded individu ally as C. W. Horne and as Ashley Horne and Sons, recently made ap plication in local Federal court for a discharge from bankruptcy. His creditors, while not exactly oppos ing the discharge from bankruptcy,. requested that they be allowed to examine the bankrupt before his1 discharge and the request was granted. Mr. Horne was on the stand for nearly four hours Wednesday. He described his various business dealings in detail as questions con* cerning same were asked him by Mr. Paul D. Grady, of Smithfield, who is representing one block of Mr. Horne’s creditors. When ad journment was taken for lunch at 1:15 Wednesday afternoon Mr. Grady was about half through in terrogating the bankrupt. Attorn eys for other creditors contem plated questioning Mr. Horne dur ing the afternoon. Mr. Grady’s questioning dealt largely with what Mr. Horne did with certain collateral. Did he ap ply it on certain debts four months before he was adjudicated bank rupt, or did he apply the collateral within four months of the time the court decreed that he, Charles W. Horne, was bankrupt ? This is what the creditors would like to For if Mr. Horne applied the collateral on certain debts four months or more before he was ad judged bankrupt, the collateral can not be applied to his assets which will be used to satisfy other cred itors. But, if he applied this col lateral on certain debts within four months of the time he was adjudged bankrupt, the trustee can compel its return and apply it to the present assets. The hearing may not be conclud ed in all probability until after the Christmas holidays, attorneys said. Joseph B. Cheshire, Jr., referee ta bankruptcy, however, is hoping to conclude the hearing before the end of the week. •C. A. Gosney, of Raleigh, who was appointed trustee for Mr. Horne and for the Ashley Horne &. Son Company, submitted his re port to Referee Cheshire, who ap proved it. The report shows what Trustee Gosney lias done in dis posing of properties belonging to C. W. Horne and the Ashley Horne & Son Company. Mr. Gosney’s report showed that the receipts from the Ashley Horne & Son Company since he was ap pointed trustees amounted to $327, 033.18, while the receipts from the C. W. Horne estate totalled $37, 235.32. Mr. Gosney stated he had not sold any of the Horne land as yet and that he had disposed of but few of the stocks belonging to Mr. Horne. Mrs. C. W. Horne, who endorsed notes to the sum of $140,000 for her husband and who held claims aggregating $166,000 against his estate, has offered to withdraw her claims if the other endorsers will release her from her endorsements ' and allow her to hold her dower free of claims, Mr. Gosney said. This question will be also settled during the present hearing. Since his adjudication, Mr. Horne has continued on the cotton market as a buyer for a big Greensboro cotton concern. Deal ing* cotton, it has been brought out at various hearings, was what proved the financial ruin of Mr. Horne. Many of Mr. Horne’s cred itors are reported to have said that they favored his discharge from bankruptcy, believing that he, were he to be unfettereef, would be able to work out his financial salvation more quickly. -Merry Christmas Would Sell Ear □ Miss Doris Clarke, 18 years old of Rockford, 111., has offered to sc! her left car for $2,500 to a Ncti York society woman who adver tised for an entire left ear to r* place her own, lost in an autom* bile accident. Jurors Fail To Agree In Faison Case Court Declares a Mistrial When Jury Fails to Reach Verdict; Faison Hopeful -4 RICHMOND, Va„ Dec. 20.—The trial of John W. Faison for th» murder of Mrs. Elsie Holt Snipes came to an end today when the deadlocked jury informed Judge Kirk Mathews that it was hope lessly divided and unable to reach a verdict, whereupon the court withdrew a juror and declared a mistrial. Obviously disappointed over the verdict, yet reiterating: his faith that ultimately he will be given his freedom, the former Sunday school superintendent said 'the matter of applying for bail is in the hands of his attorneys. Ho said he still hopes to spend Christmas! at home with his wife and five children. The case goes over to January 4, when the January docket will J be called by Judge Mathews and a date set for a second trial. In discharging the jury, Judge j Mathews requested the twelve I men not to disclose how /they j voted. Although the case went to the j iury on Saturday night at 11:00; o'clock, the jurymen actually de-1 liberated only nine hours and 35, minutes. JURY’S INQUIRY. When the jury filed in at 10! o’clock this morning, Juror A. | Percy , Diggs asked the court to in-1 struct the jury clearly “if mere! possibility should be construed as j a reasonable doubt.” On Monday, i Mr. Diggs had asked the court to; define reasonable doubt. Judge Mathews told the jury that a mere possibility cannot be construed as a reasonable doubt. Mrs. Faison, who has stood loy ally by her husband, conferred with Faison privately after the court announced its decision short ly after one o’clock. “We are not going to stop ng*hting, she told newspapermen. During the seven days’ trial the defense has maintained that Mrs. Snip 's shot herself with Faison’s pistol when she realized that she was losing his affections. The State contended that Faison* who was alone with the young music teacher at the time of the shoot ing, killed the woman through jealousy.—Associated Press. -Merry Christmas A CARD OF THANKS I wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their kindness to me during the illness and death of my uncle, Lucian Tool; also dur ing the sickness of my children. W»e are especially grateful to the doctor’s for their service. MRS. CALL1E WILLIFORD. , -Merry Christmas— It’s a wise worm that stays un der cover and deprives the early bird of his breakfast. L xutx I KA rc 600 Officials Onl Slayer's Trail Hickman Is Seen In Store; Left One of the Gold Notes Received As Ransome from Dead Girl’s Father SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 22.—A hot trail believed to be that of William Edward Hickman was fol lowed by 600 Seattle officers today after a youth resembling the sus pected kidnapper and slayer of lit tle Marian Parker left one of the gold notes received as ransoin from her father at a store here. The search for the fiend who mu tilated the little daughter of Perry M. Parker, Los Angeles bank of ficial, and dumped the torn bodv almost at the feet of the distract ed father after receiving $1,500, switched from California to tha state of Washington with electrical suddenness last night when the ex cited haberdasher showed the po lice a $20 bill identified as one of those which Parker had given the kidnapper. Seattle’s police force of G0d was mobilized and set on the trail only a few minutes after the suspected > youth made a purchase at the , clothing store and slipped into the • night. Feverishly the police hunted, be lieving that their quarry was head ing for the Canadian line or a ship bound for the Orient. The clue was regarded as the hottest that has been uncovered since the search began. Police believe that if the accused youth continues to leave a trail of $20 bills he cannot evad; capture. The kidnaper had 75 of the bills, the numbers of which have been broadcast. The “Fox” entered a haberdash- / ery in the heart of the downtown i district — at 8:30 last night, pur chased a pair of black gloves and a suit of underwear, gave one of the $20 bills in payment. The proprietor, alone in the store said he immediately recog nized the stranger as the Los An geles fugitive font newspaper photographs. xml* suspect, wno appeared tired and worn put the gloves on while the underwear was wrapped. Then he pulled from a pocket a $20 gold certificate, gave it to the- proprie tor, who placed it in the cash regi ster and made change. The youn^ man walked out. The haberdasher immediately took the bill from the register and telephoned Captain WilHamkent. chief of detectives. “What are the serial num bers,” he asked Captain Kent, “on those $20 bills that were paid to the Los Angeles kidnaper by tfv> father of the girl he murdered?’’ Kent gave the numbers. A mo ment of silence ensued. “Well,” the haberdasher replied excitedly, “Hickman has just left my store.” On the bill which the store pro prietor received from his customer was the number K-68016970. The numbers of the bills given Hickman by Parker were K-G8016 901 to K-68016975 inclusive. Nearly a dozen persons were ar rested before midnight but alj worn released after questioning.—Asso ciated Press. HORRIBLE DEATH OF LITTLE PARKER GIRL LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.—The dismembered lgcs and arms of Hi de Marian Parker were found to day scattered in well-wrapped Turn to page three, please Aunt Roxie Opines Ify Mr MERRY CHRISTMAS!