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( lRClUTION TUMDAY 2.516 Copies 111 WMATNR J Partly cloudy tonluht and Thursday Mnderat* northeast shifting to south winds. VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ? ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER !>. 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 233 Solicitor Drops Charges Against Pair Accused In Death of Currituck Man Small Admit* Inability toj Make Out Case Again?l Kiddie Capps and Mrs.; Dora Fcnlre?? nol pros is TAKEN j Moonshine Liquor Figure*! Prominently in Manvj Cases Tried in Superior Court Thin eek Currituck Courthouse, Sept. 9. No ease can be made out : by the State of North Caro lina against Mrs. Dora Fen tress and Riddie Capps. charged jointly, Capps as principal and Mrs. Fen-, tress as accomplice, with the ; murder of Mrs. Fentress's husband, Herman Fentress. | on the night of November 9, . 1924. Admission of as much ?'?' I forthcoming from Solicitor Walter L Small shortly before noon to- 1 day when he took a nol proa on the grand Jury'H (rue bill returned toward the latter part- ot-Ttfe March term of Currituck Superior Court thla year. Thus the sensational Imprison- 1 aent of Mrs. Dora Fontress In Currituck County Jail 'or 4*?i weeks last spring and tho Impris onment for a like term of Riddle Capps, World War Veteran. In the Pasquotank County Jail, following their Indictment on capital charge, came to a denoumcnt today not altogether unexpected. The victory for the defense, complete as It appeared, did not satisfy former Congressman Hal lot 8. Ward, counsel for the de '*"V a?k for trial or a verdict by consent of not guilty." he said, addressing the court. Judge Cal vert. however, refused to force the solicitor Into the alternative of consenting to such a verdict or of ?olng Into trial unprepared. Sol - cltor Small had asked to be a al lowed to take a nol pros with leave, but the court sugges ed gently but rather (Irmly that the State content Itself to tako a no pros without the leaTe and SoU cltor Small, bowing to tho lneT li able. acceded The only difference, between a nol pros and a nol pros , with leave Is that In the latter the solicitor may reinstate the caao upon the calendar at his own dis cretion while In the former the question of Its reinstatement must bo argued before the court. ? Solicitor Small's action of to- ( day. then, does not estop the State from prosecution should new evidence develop. And that Is why It was unsatisfactory to Mr. Ward, who stressed the ?tltcmn already put upon his cli ents on what he argued was In conclusive evldeirce that Herman Fentress came to his death thru other than natural causes. It was In deference to Mr. Ward's argu- . ment that the court asked the so licitor to tskft h nol pros Instead Of a'nol pros with leave. Solicitor Small and his asso ciate counsel. P. W, McMullau of Mllsabeth City, while admitting that the 8tate Is at this time un able to make out a rase against ?he defendants. Insisted thHt there | was something that has never been ( explained about the death of Her- 1 man Fentress, who left his home early in the evening apparently In perfect health, on an errand that j would not have required more , than ten minutes, and for whom \ bo search was Instituted when he failed to return, for hours after ward. when his body was found . cold In death beside a path which ' be was known to have followed about 200 yard from his back <5?lt la the contention of the State . thst somebody connected with the - affair has not told all he kiiow?| and that In time evidence that will | explain the death of Fentress may , leak out. . Mr Ward Intimated strongly that It was the hope of the sollcl ter that additional evidence would | transpire rather than the strength j of any evidence already In hand . which had reaulted In the Indict ment of his clients In the first ; place. To this Mr. Small replied With eome show of heat that It Is j the grand Jury and not the soil- 1 cltor that finds a true bill, and ' tbat the course which he had tak en after the true hill was found was the only one open to him. The only other capital case on the Currituck criminal docket, thet charging flret degree burg lary. agalnat two Norfolk negroes. Willie Jones, allaa Osborne Tay for. and William Williams, aa a result of the breaking Into of the combined store and dwelling of J. W. Poyner at Moyoek one night t month, dwindled In Import when shortly after nooa to snd after the defendants had arraigned on the capital ?e. Solicitor small snnonneed that the State would press no 1 MUCH HANGS ON FATE OF WNYC Other Cities May Learn from New York'* Mu nicipal Venture ll> ROBERT MACK (Caw.!*! IMS kr Tkl A ?*??*?? Washington. Sept. 9.? -On the fate of WNYC. now one of the storm centers of Manhattan poli tic*, hangs an Interesting ques tion affecting tho future of the muDlclpully owned broadcasting station n the I'nlted States. Voted Into existence a little more than a year ago under the Hylan administration and erected on top of the New York municipal building. WNYC. has atood out among the few city-owned sta llons as the most prominent ex ample of that type of broadcast ing. Ita programs have been heard throughout most of the United Stated and in Canada and South America. Until recently, when an Injunction was issued re straining Mayor llylan from broadcasting his political speech es from the city's own transmitter. WNYC operated in peace. Restrictions on what can be broadcast from a municipal sta tion. however, has cramped the ac tivities of the WNYC program de jpartment and has furnished sup port for the contention that things political can best be broad cast from a non partisan atatlon playing no favorites. When WNYC first came on the air. its programs were extensive ly advertised to be educational and informative as well as enter taining. Elaborate plans were made for broadcasting straight educational courses under the aus pices of Ihe board of education of I New York City. Health talks .were arranged under the auaplcea of the health department and po lice notices of missing persons ! were made Into a regular dally feature of the station's programs. Much of this work was carried 'out as planned and In addition to this type of program. WNYC has ! offered entertainments and con certs comparable to any in the [city. The distance record for two way wireless communication with the MacMlllan exploration party during ita voyage to the Arctic this summer, goes to Bruce Stone of San JoBe, Cal.. according to a report of the National Geographic Soriety. Stone la the owner and operator of amateur station HA MM. The distance record for reception of a message from the MacMlllan party goes to I. H. O'Meara of Glasbourne. New Zea land. A series of home service talks for housewives that is to be Insti tuted September 21 by a chain of stations extending from tho At lantic to the Pacific, Is probably the record tie-up for a straight commercial venture In broadcast ing. The chain will be headed by WEAP. New York, and will In clude WKKI. Boston; WFI, Phil adelphia; WCAE. Pittsburgh; WOR. Buffalo; WKAR. Cleve land; WWJ. Detroit; WHT. Chi cago; KSI). St !*ouls; WDAF, Kansas City; KFI Ix?s Angeles; and WCCO. St. Paul-Minneapolis. graver charge than that of burg lary In the second degree. Sentence had not been imposed when court adjourned at 12:30 today for tho noon recess upon C. S. Craln of this county by Su perior Court Judge Thomas II. Calvert found guilty by a Curri tuck Jury yesterday of assault with deadly weapon and for oper ating an automobile while under the Influence of liquor. The charges against Craln gr?'W out of Injuries sustained by Spenc? Spry, aged resident of Colnjock. when he was struck on Colnjock bridge last March and knocked unconscious by an automobile driven by Craln. The affair oc curred while court was In session but Mr. Spry was too badly In jured to appear against Craln at that time. In the automobile with C. S. Craln when his car struck Spry were St. Clair Craln snd Sam Craln. and these two were indict ed also, but the charges against them were dismissed by the court. The Cralna live between Barco and Colnjock. Liquor has figured in a number of other cases tried before Judge Calvert this week. John W. Forbes, for Instance, who Uvea on the Horace N*?wbern homestead nrsr Newborn's landing, w^s found guilty of operating an auto mobile while under the Influence of liquor and lined $60 snd. coats. He wss also sentenced to 30 days ; on the roads, but capals, on the road sentence. It was provided. Is not to Issue except on motion of the solicitor. Other rases Involving violation of<the liquor law Include that of Ronald Rwaln. fined 91 1 and coat* for drunkenneaa. and that of Ar nold O'Neal, fined 92ft and coats on the aame charge. Luke Spellman. colored, was COMMTTTEE HAS ! EXCELLENT LUCK SOLICITING CASH Merchants lte*pond Gener ously to Appeal for Fund* for Acorn Hill Koad Cel ebration Sept. 17 RESPONSE UNANIMOUS School Board Agrees to i Permit Uae of Groundn for Parking, and to Dih miKM at Noon One hundred per cent response to tho appeal for funds to supple ment the city's contribution to ward the cost of the Acorn Hill road opening celebration, to he held here Thursday. September 17. Is announced by the soliciting committee captained by J. T. Mc Cabe and M. O. Morrlsette. The committee had concluded Its la bors before noon Wednesday. Members of the committee stat ed that every merchant they ap proached agreed not only to con* I tribute toward the coat of the "get I acquainted" celebration, but also immediately subscribed the full amount asked for. The list of this I committee comprised IS mer ! chants selected more or less at 'random In the downtown business district. Four committees went out to solicit contributions Wednesday morning, each with a separate list of prospects. The general commit tee In charge of the celebration I already had assessed each mer chant on the basis of the approx imate size of his business. O. R. Little, general chairman, states that all contributions to ward the cost of the celebration 'will be welcomed, regardless of I amount, and that these may be left with him at the Carolina I Banking & Trust Company. Ha mentioned that a number of pri vate cltltena and others bad ex pressed a wlah to give, and appar ently were somewhat at a loss ss to where to turn In their contrl 1 butlons. ' The Board of School Trustees, in session Tuesday night, agreed I to relieve all members of the Boy's Band of their school duties for the entire day of the road event, ana to dlemlas school at noon to permit the entire student , body to attend. The board also granted permission for the use of jthe grounds at the rear of both ]the high and grammar achool 'buildings for parking automobiles that day. and agreed to rent the baseball dlsmond at the usual price of $10 for the game sched uled for the afternoon. There was a disposition on the part of some members of the board to permit the uae of the dla ; mond free of charge, but the ma | jorlty decided that the rule of charging S10 for everybody should be followed. The present Inten j tlon of the committee In charge , of the event Is to admit all bear ing guest csrds free, and to make .a nominal charge of others attend I Ing the game. The "get acquainted" celebra tion Is attracting wide attention throughout the Albemarle dis trict. Merchants and others re port having received many In quiries about It In the laat few days, and having had numerous assurances that people living In I the neighbor counties were plan ning It. 01 .AM SEASON OPENS ON OCTOBER FIRST Wilmington. Sept. 9. ? The clar.i 'season will open Oct. 1, snd the I oyster season on Oct. 15. J. Her bert Stone, fish commissioner, hss announced. Mr. Htone made the statement In correction of an er roneous report that the oyster sea : son would open October t. The 1 law fixes the dates. Mr. Stone says, the oyster seaaon opening IK days , after clam seaaon. IF DROUGHT OONTtKl'Kfl ALABAMA CAN HOT AID Birmingham. Sept. t. ? Georgia and other statee which have been receiving electric power through an Inter-connected system from Alabama today will lose hslf the amount prevloualy supplied, and poaelbly, If the drought condi tions continue. Alabama help may he further curtailed. . t J C ONTRACTORS MKKT Ashevllle. Sept .t. ? A stronger Hen law for builders and a State workmen's compensation statue were problems to be brought be fore the State chapter of the Na tional Association of Oeneral Contractors meeting here today ( In committee aeealon The con vention opens tomorrow. fined 971 snd coats for assault on a female. Coaelderable time Tuesday and \ Wednesday was taken up with the trial of an affrly case In which Caleb Parker, W. T. Oarrenton. G. i O.. Snow. Noah Cartwrlght. W 8 Newbern and Dexter Snow were defendants The Jary took this) caae la the middle of the forenoon session Wednesday, hat had aot| reached a verdict when court ad- 1 Jouraed for the noon rsr.aea at I lt:S?. Thousands Of Killens Are Roaming the World Alienist Declares That Many Another Harrison \ oel. Victim of Dementia Pract-ox, fi at l.arge anil Then Is No ff'ay of C.heckin^l: p on Wealthy Insane Ht itimuvn w<m>i? (CoyrtfM. Ittl. ?> TM A#*aMf> New York. Sept. 9. ? The shock with which residents of the met ropolitan ?re? received the dis closure that young Harrison Noel, kidnapper and double slayer, a known maniac, had boon permu ted to run at large for more than two years after he had drat* ..evinced his violent tendencies by attacking his sleeping father with a hatchet, was Intensified today by a reminder from Dr. Menaa W. Gregory. noted alienist of Belle vue Hocpltal. that thousands of potential killers, unbalanced like. Harrison Noel, are at largr in New ' York and throughout the country. How great Is thr number of In 1 sane persons at liberty can only | be conjectured, for there arc j countless cases like that of youn? J Noel, whore relatives. either ! through misguided sympathy for I the patient, or through fear of "disgrace," shield the defective : ones and bend every' effort to kerp , them out of asylums. in addition to pomona so shleld | ed. there are, of course, alwaya at i large, varying numbers of manl j acs who have escaped from Instl . tutiona. In the cast* of young Noel, he was twice confined In asylums, I from both of which he escaped, { in each InKtance persuading his j father that he wa* "better" and i should not he sent hack. Sharp j criticism has been levelled against the father. Dlx Noel, a New York lawyer, and upon the Essex Coun ! ty Hospital, from which Harrlao'r I last escaped, because the youth was turned over to the father on ? the latter's "acceptance of respon sibility" for thf son's conduct. The hospital's defense Is that youbi Noel had not been legally commft I ted and so could not bo detained against his guardisn's wishes. The father is out of the cltv and h*a I offered no explanation of hta course. Pscychologlsts are finding Har . rlaon Noel an engrossing study. I Admittedly he is a victim of the j mental disease known as dementia | praecox ? a depreaslve insanity, (which frequently produces "klll ? er" tendencies. | One school of psychology sees ? In the youth a case of "oedtpua A FACE TO STtim > Harrison Noel, the youthful ! "layer of Mary Daly. aixyear.ild I Kirl of Montclair, Now Jcracy, h.ni ; social advantage*, money to h|m u?l. I Ma own car and waa reicarderi mm i? brilliant atudent. Hia rane i< l parallel in many respect* to that of the famoua murder of Ilobhy 1 Frank* by lx>eb and !?en|.old in I Chicago. i complex" ? a rendition of mind | named after a legendary Thehan KinK. who killed ti it* father, and married hla mother, from whom he had hern separated in infanry. Harrtaon. thla arhool conTenda, he roine overly attached to bin moth er In hla early yearn and. concen trating on thla affection to the ?tiluHlon of normal relatione, be caoj ?? unbalanced. First, moody. I melancholy. Finally violent, a* evidenced in hla attack on his ; father and hla later attarka oo a hoapltai attendant and a ahlpmat" at ?ea and finally in the murder I of Raymond Pierce, nemo la\ir?'i ' driver and little Mary Daly. SHILOH BEGINS ! SEVENTH YEAR School Had Opening En rollment of 200 Mon day Morning | Shlloh. Sept. 9 Rhllob High .School be Ran its aeventh yeHr i Monday with an enrollment or ov ! er 200. The auditorium wan parked with psrenta and vialtora at the opening and an entertsln ! Ins program wai rendered I The flrat number on the pro gram waa a aong, "America," which waa followed by acrlptum reading by Rer. f. 8. Harroll miM prayer by W. P. Barco. A ahort talk waa' made by Rev. Mr. Harrell. hla theme belnR "Building Character." and J. C. Wright apoks upon "The Import ant and Essentlsl Psrsonsgea In Erery Progreaalv? Community." y|?, doctor, paator and afflelettl teachers. 8. C. Eddleman. principal of th?* achool made a talk on "What We Hope to Achlevo During Thla Rcholaatlc Year." In hie talk h" outlined the part of the parent and the part of the teacher co operating together Mr. Eddlc man aaya that he haa a progres sive plan for the achool and hop*** thla year to attain an A-l accredit ed high achool. The grammar grade teachcr* are Mlaaea Beaale and Hasel Staf ford. Marguerite Etherldge and Mary Francee Sawyer, of South Mllla. and Mlaa Beae Tllllf t of Shlloh The lllgh School teachera ar*? ! Mlaaea Mary Taylor of Jackaon. I Francee McCracken of Guilford. | and 8. C Eddleman, principal I POLICE DENY THEY I LOOK FOR ACCOMPLIC E Moniclalr. N. J.. Sept t.?? Po lice today denied that they were looking for an ac<pmpl!ce of Har rison Noel, kidnapper and atayer Meanwhile Acting Proeectitor ; Dafera proceeded to compile the caae for preaentatlon to the out going grand Jury. CAPITALIST niMfl Charlotte. Sept. ft. ? Walter Lamar Alexander of Blowing Rock capltaltat and developer, died here today of dilation of ?h* heart. Lloyd Ballsy, who has been Ha lting his parents. Mr sad Mra I Oeorge T. Bslley on W?t Fearing _ street, has returned to ftsheaecta dy. Nsw Torh. whsre he Is em ployed by the General Electric ; Company OFFENSIVE ON AGAINST RIFFS Fraiico-SpuniMh (lani|>ai(;ii in Morocco VI ill Soon Be in Full Sway Paris. Sept. 9. ? The Ionic her alded Franco-Spanish offensive against Abd HI Krlm's II If flit n tribesmen and their allien has he kuh anrl noon will be In full HVKjr, It wa* Bald In official quartern In day. The Spanish after their aiircesa ful standing on the shnre? of Al hucemas Hay ycatorday are march ing on Adjalr to the south. Franco-Spanish forcea number ing more than 1(0.000 will begin an attark on Tetuan farther aouth. Americana In Action Fe*. Morocco. Sept. !? A French communique concerning the fighting again*! t It ?? Rlffa Htatea that the Kherlfian Knead - rllle. an the American aerial squadron In called, ha* carried out 14 bombardments of Shenhushan. an Important fllfflan city. Protected by Wnrahlpa Madrid. Sept. 9. The K|?n ti lt?lt feat In landing troop* in Alcehu man Bay wan effected under m protoctlvr bombardment from 112 Spanish and French Wftrafelp*. MONUMENT SITE FOR SHENANDOAH CaMwcl. O.. Kept ?. T. W. I'avla who owns a farm near Ava where the Shenandoah fell has Written Secretary Wilbur offer ing to denate an acre an a alte for a monument or National Park to mark the Shenandoah dead. I'REMIEK BRUCE TALKS AGAINST BOLSHEVISTS Melbourne. Australia. Sept ft. ? Disturbed conditions In Austra lia have caused Premier llruce to take a definte staud against the f ommunlts In his addrens today he denounced local expounders of bolshevlum LKAGI K ASSEMBLY DOWN It) BUSINESS Oeneva. Sept. &. ? Protection of minorities m security pact among Balkan nations, and reorganise 'Ion of the council of the l/eague of Nations were among the out standing questions today for the Aaaemhly of the league wheh go! down to Rerloua dlacusnlon after two days of routine organisation Nww York Sept. 9. ? Cotton fu tured opened today at the follow lat Ural*: Oct ?!.??. Dor II I! Jan March 21. IS. M?v >< 41. FISHERIES BODY MAKES CHANGES IN REGULATIONS ? I Stale ( oimitih?iun Hi'iiiovo Rcslrirlion \gaiiir>t line ol Powrr Boats in Oynter Drrtlfsiiifg CROWD AT SESSIONS i Nck Killings Designed to Conserve North < aroli na's li siting Industry; Hloeks Knlarged lni|iortant regulations for the, conservation of ttah in North Car-, olinas far reaching expanse of J sound* and rivers won* passed hy 1 the Stalo Fisheries Commission Hoard at an executive session iaMt night which followed open mjvt lugs lasting virtually throualiout the day. A largo itrloRatlon of fishermen and others Interest il were present at the open inert- : limn, having come from their )iom ?*m In Dart* County and other, romni unit lea adjacent to the fish-1 lug grounds. Chairman J. K. Dixon, of Tren-; ton. presided over the sessions, and iT.^Itruce Etherldge. of Man-' teo. officiated an nee ret a ry. One of tlir moat important of the regulations adopted provides, that oyster longing may he ear-! rled on hy power boata, hk well , as hy sailboats in Dare County; waters north of ? line running: from l?ong Shoal to ('ugh's Chan-' net. The length of the boat la limited to :t0 feet, however, with an added provision that it he with out deek or rahin - Heretofore. Dan' County resi dent* virtually have heen cxrlud ed from oyater dredging through the lart that only sallhosts wm permitted to he uard in the work. Fishermen in Dare uue power boats almost cxclualvely. and have expressed vigorous dissatisfaction over the old regulation. Several changes were made In , the retaliations governing pound and Kill net flailing. A r.ommlttee appointed at a recent meeting of the Commission recommended that lllock 4*. an area In Pamllo Sound to the aouth of Roanoke la'-, and. now open 2.100 yards at the north end and 2.900 yarda at the south end. be opened 2.000 yarda at both ends, and that it he moved a mile farther down the aound. The Commission adopted the rec ommendation except the proviso an to moving the hlork. reducing the dlatanre to half a mile. A recommendation aa to the ? limits of the flahlng grounds off Halteras was deferred until the ' Dereniher meeting of the Contmla i slon. In order that fishermen In terested might be arrorded a . hearing. The Commission established the Irlosed season for lower Albcmsrl" Sound and for I'amllco and Croa tan Sounds st May 1 for pound neta and April 10 for gill nets. In upper Albemarle Sound, the closed season was fixed at May 10 for pound nets and April 10 for gill nets, thereby making the season uniform in t?oth regions for gill . nets. A recommendation hy the com mittee that an open spare In tho 2% mile rlrrle of Ashing ground" uhout Roanoke lighthouse be rn t.ihllshed. ahout 2.000 yurds wide at the north end and gradually widening to shout 10.000 yards at the Houth end, was adopted by the Commission, except that the opening at thr southern end whs reduced to about 7,f?00 yards. Thl.i open spare. In whlrh no nets may he g#>t. Ik provided to afford free passage of flah through Croatan Sound. About a third of the aound Is left open In thla fashion. IIOANOKE TO OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 21 hiiprovrmetii* Mnde In ItnthllntCN. Touching Mtaff ami ( '<nir*f?, Hays l're*l?lent President C. F. Craves of Roa noke Institute makea the follow ing announrementa relative to the fall term "The 20th annual session of Roanoke Institute begins Monday. Sept. 2 1 Improvements In the material elements, In the line of hulldlngs. are helng planned and will be eompleted during the ses sion. There will be Improvement In the courses and the teaching ataff. several teachers having studied during the summer Mt t'nl verslfles In the North and West and at Normals In North Carolina. "Students are asked to t?e pres ent for enrollment ftept 21 and continue until May 29, 1926. to obtain full credit. I'arenta and visitors will be heartily welcomed at the opening " Mr xnd Mrs. Custave Handlu and little son. Robert, have re-* lirafld to their home at Washing ton. D C after visiting Mrs. Ran dln's parents. Mr and Mm. .1 M Whltehurst, 220 North Road street. crrrros mahkkt New York. Rapt 0 - Spot oot- ' ton closed steady, middling 23. *5. an advance of 2$ points Futures, closing Md: Oct. Sl.Sfl. Dec 2S tl. Jan 2S.o?. March SI It. Mayl 22.70. V HOLES A LEKS TO I I Dorr VfcB PLAN II ? l! HaiIor ilixliled to urn Ihr muuiihm- linlf holkta) (den | thnniirti the entire year. near ly ?ll the nluilf*?k> urtirpr* i?f Kli/Abc* h CHj announcr that lhr> Hill i Ium1 their nUntn mrh Saturday afleriMMHi At I ?'rl?rk, ' beginning thU ?wk. The infrrhiuiiM who hit \ r Joined lii (lib* mnpfiiKnl arf: I Initio & HuRhcM, the North HUr Urocprj- ComiMny, A. !?'. To\o> A t'omiMii), J. li. Flora ft Comp?nj, W. H. Wealherlv * ('(nnjiMij, nail the Hanks Wholesale t'oinjinny. GRIFFIN APPEAL ARGUED TUESDAY Alleged lender Marl in Molt lla? < Her lleuril in Supreme Court Raleigh. Sept. f?. ? The chm of Henry Den n In C. riff In of William aton wmh 11 iK nod In Supreme Court here Tueaday. Griffin was represented hv H. c. Carter of Washington and H. M. Stubhn of Wllllamaton. Henry Dennis O riff In. of Rob ersonville. Martin County. alleicod mut llator-ln-chlef of Joaeph Need leman. tobacco salesman, on the night of March i8. 1925. near Skewarkee Church, three mllea from Wllllamaton. drew a thirty year aentence on May 13. The Hentenee was imposed by Judfco N A. Sinclair, following a ten-day trial at Wllllamaton. which wa? featured by dramatic incldentR. There were approxi mately thirty bllla of Indlctmenta returned at t h?* beginning of the Hpeclal term of court at which Griffin whi tried. Many of thoae Indicted turned State's evldenco and thoroby aec.ured Immunity. In the final wind-up. Griffin was sen tenced to 30 yeara. the maximum j aentence prescribed for secend de I gree murder. V. W. Sparrow, K. W. Sparrow. Jr.. and Julian Bul , lock, alleged prlnclpala. were giv en Indeterminate sentences of .from 6 to 10 yearn. . Claro Heath, i another alleged principal whose alibi appeared to have been all hut successful. was given from to 2 to 1 3 yoars. Other sentencea were Imposed as follows: Edward C. ; Stone. 2 to 3 years; John Gulrkln, 18 months to 3 years; Alfred P. j Griffin. 1 to 2 yeara; Roy Gray. 1 to 2 years, and Albert Gulrkln. ' 1 to 2 yeara and a fine of $500 It- hely defray the expenses of the , Hpeclal torm. Prayer for Judgment was con tinued for the following, on con jdltlon that they each pay 1500 toward defraying the expenaea of ? the special term; Lester Kdmond Hon. Tom Harrell. T^ea Croom. John Gray Corey, Jim Horton Col traln, Clarence Gulrkln. Allon .Griffin. A W. fJrlffln. and Hubert 1 Griffin. Ben Lilly and John A- Griffin j were placed under 1200 bond to appear before the Martin County | Superior Court for two years, and were taxed with their proportion of the costs of the case. fJrlffln. more than a week after his confinement In the Stale's prison to begin his term, raised bond In the sum of |S0. 000. He was nubsequently released and re turned to his Martin county home. I to await the hearing of his appeal In the Supreme Court He waa 'the only defendant who decided to fight hla case through the hlgh oal court Notice of appeal waa I lodged oti the afternoon court ad journed. but the appeal was not j perfected until aftor the defend ant had actually beRun his term In Htate'a prlaon. Joaeph Needleman. telling the atory of tho mutilation, named Henry Dennla Griffin art the man who actually preformed the Illeg al operation upon him on the nlRht of March 28. His testi mony constituted the climax of the trial, ao far aa the testimony was concerned. When the young HHleaman took the stand he was | very weak and hla voice was hard ly audible. He aeemed to gather strength. however, as he contin ued his teatlmony. and his man ner became aplrlted aa he de scribed the mutilation of himaelf b> the mob that took him from Jnll and to Skewarkee church. Neodleman aald that V. W. Spar row. Jr.. waa Griffin's chief aa alatant In the operation. Griffin, all through the trial, pleaded an alibi He waa a barb er by trade He testified and frlenda for him that he was In hla ahop on the night of March 28 until paat midnight, or to lie ex art. ii nt II 1:15 the following morn ing. at which hour he testified, he went to the home of a neighbor whose baby was critically III. He remained there, hi testified, until paat 3 o'clock. Julian llullock. who was a bar ber in Griffin's ahop at Roberson vlllo. also attempted to set up an alibi. The Jury, by Ita verdict. In dicated that It did not believe the story of either Claro Heath, from Klnaton. al ao aet up an alibi, and produced Klnaton wltneaaes. Including kins people. to back him up In hla plea. It was said, following the trial, that the Jury waa Impreaeed by his line of teatlmony and waa un- 1 willing to Impose a maximum pen alty on him Griffin, all through the trial at j (Continued on pag? 4? BRAKES OFF ON BROADWAY AND ALSO CLOTHES Reform of a Year Ago Has I-eft Little Truce and Shows Arc ihr Maknintl Ever Sofii POLITICS THE REASON Everyliody Too Engroeawl in Hylan-Smith - Fight to Pay Any Attention to Re forming Broadway By RORKItT T. KM ALL ( C??rrt?*( IMS to Tk* Mim? New York. Sept. 9. ? New York is enjoying, or at any event la In the midat of, its nakedest theatri cal season Feminine beauty un adorned In being "glorified" at a dozen theater* and nobody seems to mind. A year ago there was a great clatter among the stage reformer* and producer* were has tening to drape their artlsta and "model*," hut thl* year the brakes have been taken off. to say noth ing of the clothe*. Perhap* It I* because the city is torn and wracked by Its most perfervid political campaign In half a century that no one is pay ing particular attention to what Is going on. or what iB being taken off at tnC theater*. Perhap* New Yorker* themaelven are not going to the revue* any more and are leaving the ' moral*" of the stage to the big butler and egg men. or the big grain and feed men who ?come to the city at thin time of year from all section* of the coun try. In any ev?nt, the tired busi ness msn, whsther he bo in butter and eggs, or grain or feed, or cloaks and suits, ussuredly Is hav ing his fling at the managerial idea of the antidote for commer cial fatigue. Kvldcntly the "play Jury" which 1 wag to censor the stage, has been on a vacation, and with the Jury away, the producers will play. There has been the Huggestlon that the cost of revue production had reached the point where the man agm-n simply hsd to call a half. Costumes were becoming entirely too elaborate and expensive. What I c ould be simpler therefore, than to dispense with costume entirely on a Isrge part of cast and chorus? Thl* wan the manager*' way of reckoning and apparently they have not reckoned without their | host* for the theaters are crowded' j by night and by day. The per centage of masculine attendance, however. I* far In exceas of the < feminine, the gentler sex as a whole not caring especially for the manner In which their sisters I are being glorified. A year ago there was the flit ting of a nude figure across a 1 dimly lighted stage. Today the spot and Hood lights are turned Iosh with all their whlted glory upou the eyes, and venuses. and aphrodite* all dot and languish In i the productions or the season. In some of the revues efforts srs made to Improve or emphasise the handiwork of nature. Alto~ | get her. it Is the boldest wesson the manager* ever have attempt ed and they are getting away with ' It to what they call "big money." It co*t* the wayfarer anywhere from ?4.40 to fft.60 at box of fice price* to visit the Institutions of art along old Broadway. A year ago they were arresting manager* for dlnplaylng photo graph* of what might or might not be *een on the ntage. Thla I year the town would laugh im moderately at *uch a move. The more nerlou* phase of the new theatrical *ea*on la about ) here, however, and It may be that 'the Eve and Venus and the "girl o f tomorrow" will slow down or disappear as the "dratn mer" cornea to lake Its place In the fancy of the public. The re vue producers are by no meant convinced of |thl*. nevertheless, and are planning new startlers for , later In the autunln and winter. Just how much farther they can go without running afoul of an arou*ed public *entlment remains literally to be neen. Meantime the butter and egg men who take an artistic Interest In the glorlflcstlon of the Ameri can girl had better hurry to New York The present state of thlnga cannot go on forever. Home bright eevnlng there will coine a rush and rapid covering up. Then. In the usual order of things, there will be a period of qhlet and the first thing you know the lid will be lifted once mors and a new period of glorification will appear. WEEKSVII.LE PLANS COMMUNITY FAIR All patrons In the Wseksvllle school district snd others Interest ed In the Community Fair are asked to mest at the Weeksvllle High Hchool building night st 8 o'clock. County Agent CI W Kails urges thst ss msnv as possible be present as It Is an Important meeting. POUCB CHIEF* MKKT Greensboro, Sept- t. ? Police chief of North Carolina gathers* here today for their anasal con vention.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Sept. 9, 1925, edition 1
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