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-frir : wvv.. . - ", ■ t&t'-Ai r^», 1ft f ftr, 'Sigt • g- - • - • '< •• Consolidated With The Carthafie Blade Jait. 1, 1912. The Blade Established 1875;. Neffs Fek, 1995. VOLUME 57. NUMBER CARTHAGE, NORTH CAROLINA, THUI XMAItfJH I?, 1931. $2.00' A tEAR IN ADVANCE SPENCE AGAINST BILL TO LEGALIZE Jetting on races , But Buncombe County Racing ' • , < Bill Passes On Its Sec* . V ond Reading PAGE OPPOSES CHANGE '; IN PRESENT BANK LAW Local Bank and North Carolina Bank i • And Trust Company llfurc Prominently in DUcusaiq* Representative U. L. Spence was one of the forty members of the lower house of the general assembly who voted against the Buncombj • county racing and pari-mutuel wag ering bill which passed its second reading Tuesday. Debate on the Buncombe bill was one-sided. Proponents, led by ag gressive JdJm Boddie Crudup, of Vance, obtained the floor and held it taking no chance .on the nijecting of a motion to table and seeing the bill fill without benefit of argument as it did Saturday by a vote of 27 to 24. ' - ' , ■ The debate was spiced by refer ences to Bishop Cannon. Thompson, of Brunswick, interrupt FT : ‘ ed Brobks, of Durham* speaking for the bill and readihg a list of A^he ville organizations favoring it, to inquire why he didn’t get the name of the Bishop. “If we don’t grant Buncombe this , privilege we ought to prohibit nlay ' ing. bridge in every home in North •' Carolna. I have no doubt but that. y^u could have got Bishop Cannon ...to sign it—he has been in- this sort j* tof business for 20 years,” he declar ed. and explaining his affirmative, vote added: ."My bishop 'doesn’t ob ' ject to it. That lays the foundation for my vote.” •• , - ■** Representative Crudup asserted that the racing would anly last. 3G > days a year, would be conducted on an orderly basis, and would put f. $180,000 a year in the treasury oi' the impoverished county- ' ,s“ f He said it would be a new Indus try- for the state , and if it did as •. well as the largetraek* in. MerylantL 1^C/WMild teing ip. ?90(MMM)ayeai in grdss receipts—which if the state ap ' tji*im i itrr~ti --i—fT —f—‘ revenue there, would Also SO men* he PAGE TRUST CO. FIGURES IK BANK BILL DISCUSSION The Page Trust Company and Che North Carolina Bank and Trurj Com pany figured prominently in the discussion before the banking com mittee Tuesday on the bill of A. A. f Sea well, of Sanford, which would <dfiboi«e banking supervision from / the state corporation and place-- i' under a banking commissioner, to bo appointed by the governor. In speaking of the committee hear ing, the News and Observer says: . “The bill which has <the support of —Governor Gardner, would place the supervision * of banks With a sepn W; rate department headed by a com tnissioner to be appointed by the * governor. Active opposition to it by former Governor A. W. McLean, chairman of the board of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Co.r and Robert N. Page, president of the Page , Trust Co., in “he secret sub-commit >■ . tee hearing was revealed* and form-, ed the basic for- sensation in the viriolic assault by Mr.; Seawell on , the present banking administrathski. - 4 f Declaring that the people of North ,< Carolina were being - ignored in the I't argument Representative Seawell* ‘,A\* said, that something is seriously wring : with the banking situation. in the - state, but the trouble was not be 4. cause of publcity that let the people knotoT that, they -had failed, but be-, cause they know-,, the supervisors. *• knew about conditions landing up to --HO--- • - (Flense Turn to. Page Five*) Death Mr. Farrell 'Well-Known Citizen «f Aberdeen Goes To His Reward > ABERDEEN, Mar. 10o-Robert G .[» ; . Farrell, 68 years, old, passed away «- at his home on Poplar Street, at 4:30 "%■>- this afternoon, after aw illness of §4' <. weveral days. ;; i ' ? t$ l : Until his heulth failed, about two . years uo Mr. Farrell was very ac ' tive in business here. He came to ' Aberdeen about 35 years ago from near Merry Oaks in Chatham county and. founded the Farrell Grocer - Company. He was also a large prop* erty holder in and about Aberdeen ? He was a man of the strictest integ' . Vyity and no citizen in this common % *bad more friends or was more highly regarded by people in all Araiks of life. He is survived -by his * widow. who was Miss Minnie Llovd,j «{ near-Pittsboro, and two sons, Ce Ail Farrell, of Pinebluif, and Robert S Farrell, Jr. Interment' will be made te old Behhesda cemetery following Services at the Aberdeen Baptist i ..ehnrch* which will be conducted by Rev. d L. Jackson, '.pastor, assisted v. by Rev. E. L. Barber, pastor of the Fresbyterian church, and Rev. W. C. i M DEATH REPORT PROVES TO HAVE BEEN ERROR PINEHURST Mar, 10.—The re ported death at Richmond yes terday of O. C. Hutchinson, of Detroit, prominent member of the Tin Whistles golfing organi ze ion cf Pinehurst, following the death of his wife at Ricfcmona earlier in the day froty pneum nia, proved to be inaccurate • s • far as-Mr. Hutchinson was con cemer. Telephone messages received at Pinehurst at varieu3 times yes terday reported Mr. Hutchnson to be unable to live through the day. A telephone message from Richmond reported Mr. Hutchin son to be alwe at five o’c’oek but was misunderstood as reporting he died at 5 o'clock, ancD many Pinehurst friends were plunge! into grief. It was not until near ly noon today that it was learn ed that Mr. Hutchinson was still alive, and thoupii very ill, was being taken tv Detroit with the body of his wife. ■=< - ■ Walter Deaton Is Claimed by Death Well-Known and Highly Re spected Citizen of Moore : Dies of Acute Attack ,v llcv. Walter Deaton, a well-known and highly respected citizen of this Cp.uniy, died this morning at 4 o’clock at his ho.me near Highfalls. Acute indigestion was the cause of his death, and he was apparently enjoy ing good health until a few days ago. The decesed was^about fifty years' old and he Was the son of the late Noah and Mrs. Deaton. He is sur vived by his wife, wh0 was formerly! Miss Mary Brown, the daughter of! J. M. and Mrs. Brown, one son; Walter Edison, and the following'" brothers and sisters: John Deaton,: Charles Deatpn, Francis Deaton, Janies Deaton and Mrs. Hiram* Wadsworthm, of Southport.- Fun-; era! services will be conducted ’ Fri day'afternoon* at Prosperity. / Although ordained to preach hF the Sander Creek Baptist Associa tion* Rev,- Mr.-^ Deaton had devoted meat.. <JJ{ hiamature life to '’the teach ing . profession. He'.-was -serving -as’ school at Hie time of his death. ,Jtev.: Mr. Deaton, however, did much re ligious work, and filled pulpits of; various churches at every opportuni ty. He was a member of the Carth age Baptist church. Tne deceased was considered one of the best citizens in the county. His life was one of service and he com manded the respect and affec* ion of a very wide circle of friends. Bowley Promoted Foimer Fort Engg Commander I* Now a Major General WASHINGTON, March 6—Briga* dier-General Albert J. Bowley, for merly in command at Fort Bragg, has been elevated to Major General UTee' ive as of February '20, it was announced today by the War De partment. He is given the higher rank as a, result of the4fl|death of Major General George Leroy Iiwin.. General Bowley was first In com mand of Camp Bragg in 1920. In W2l he was appointed a Brigadier General and returned to Fort Bragg as commandant and commanding of ficer of the Thirtieth Field Artillery Brigade. He remained at Fort Bragg until February 1928, when he was ordered to Fort Sam Houston, near San Antonio, Texas, to command the Second' Division. He is now, assistant chief of staff. . BIRTH* ANNOUNCEMENT j Mr. and Mrs. T. Cl Woody, of Cumnock, announce the birth of a ary 23. 1931. Mrs. Woody, before laughter, Dorothy J«An, onFeoru ma; riage was MisaJCva Reynolds, of Carhage. • UNION CHURCH LADIES TO SERVE A TURKEY DINNER 1 The Ladies Auxiliary of Union I church will serve a turkey dimmer in | *he. Carthage Woman’s Club; room i in the basement of the court house | on Tuesday March 24 h. Encei wi 1 be reasonable and many good things to eat will be in evidence. i '■ 1 .1- I" i, I'll I $2 AD IN THE NEWS BRINGS BIG RESULTS > Last week “Pat” Gilmore, of the Sanitary Rug Cleaning Cotfo pany, inserted a 92 advertisement in The News, seeking custom for his firm. He stated in his ad that he would remain in Carthage one more week to dean rugs, so please leave word at The News office if you wanted any work done. Up to Wednesday night hie ad had resulted ih approximately $75 worth of work, necessitating that he-remain here two more weeks. He is running his ad again this week, so there’s nd telling hew ranch longer he map have.to stay in Carthpge. . f ! 1 1 4 * ^ - . : , ■>'. i .Sj ; ; , ; v ' ' . ' .. ’ - ■" . ;\'V:>■ ' ,, < ■ EVIDENCE OF LONE WOLF SENDS MANY TO GEORGIA PRISON ._ ; j; Ike Sheffield and Bud Michael Among Moore Defend* ■{$, ants Sentenced 'J JUDGE HAYES RELEASES /' FEW UNDER PROBATION ■:h Attorney L. B. Clegg, Cross-Examine ing “Lone Wolf,” Learns Hour | Undercover 'Agent Operate* •• Sentences aggregating nearly nine yeaiSB and fines totalling about $1,000 were imposed on MQore county de fendans in prohibition violation cases in federal court held in Rcclt ir.gham last week with Judge Hayes presiding. Among those convicted were Ike Sheffield, famed old time blockader, who has the reputation’ of making only good whiskey, -apd Bud'Michael, wh6 has figured in sev eral liquor episodes. * ; Sheffield, who was caught with f son a' a still,"was given a year an<| a day in the Atlanta federal prisqilj His boy, on account, of his youth _was sent to the federal reformatoij at Chillicothe, .Ohio. Michael drew a year and a day, in A'lanta on ojjli case, eighteen months in another.; and a fine of $200. Federal ajp county officers caught Michael a#c H», P. Williams, colored, in a wkich contained thirty gallons. lams was given a year and a dayM Atlanta. ... . fe Herbert Coker, of Lakeview, sold a half gallqn to the “Bed ’Wolf,” federal undercover asyfinp d ew six months in .the RichnmSgj county jail. / gP Another Victim of ‘‘Lone Wof^i Curtis Briwer, colored, of Springs, another victim ,of the ‘*i_ Wolf,” was fined $250,' and .qdnt ced to six months in the .Mahr* county jail. The federal undercover agent testified to , buying, i pipts from Curtis c%i varioii£?:dfcca sions. Attorney L. B. Clegg,, who ..appeared for Brower, ^icited -ac,hi< of interesting testimony from itlv. ; “Lone Wolf" as to his methods^- of operating. He got in'.o yfhe I 'grac*^ of C^r|is» he admitted, by p y .> stimulant. .*• Steve Sheffield and Robert Mon roe, of Carthage, were convicted of operating a still near the old Stew arc place. .Sheffield -was given a year and a day in federal, prison, but Monroe, on account of his youth and previous good reputation, was i^leai ed upon' probation vfbr a period ol two years... . ... i 'V , , Pudge Allred, of .'the. HCmp sec tion, was'sentenced to a'year and a day on the charge of mannfachning whiskey. His brother, Doss Allred, caught at the same time, is ill fat the Moore county hospital and was un able to stand trial at this time. Theodore Maness, of Hie Hemp section, was convicted of the posses sion of five quarts cf liquor. He was fined |35 and put on probation for twelve months in the custody of Deputy Sheriff T. N. Slack. Williamson Submits Rufus Williamson of Spies, «ub mitted to the. .manufacture and pos session of materials designed for. the purpose of manufacture. Same beep and a small 15-gallon still were i found on his place. . He is, 61 yiars | of age, and on account of his feeble ness, Judge Tayes 'put him on j*r: ba ion for two years instead cf send ing him to Atlanta. John Goins,, colored, of Carthage, submitted '0 the possession of a half barrel of “Julep,” a mash made of meal, water and “sugar. 'No whis key nor a still were found 'about his place, and on. the testimony of John that the concoction, said to be a beverage about like beer, was for hi} own personal use, the defendant was let off with a fine of $35, Dewi' * Shoirt and a young man by the name of MedKn of Pinehurst, were convicted of violating the pro hibition laws, 4fad were released on probation.' - — >- x • ; ■ ’ ■ { i Tom Oats, colored, of- Cameron, was found guilty of the sale of a r half gallon of liquor to * ho “Lqfne Wolf.” He was let out on probation when it was shown that he was a diabetic sufferer and . that- cdsfine (Please Turn to Page five.) Tobacco Co-Op Meeting; ip Be J | Held in Court Mouse Saturday m By E. H. GARRISON, JR. ; J There will he if meeting of till tobacco growers^ of. Moore county in the court room Saturday afternoon at 2:80 o’clock. The purpose of this meeting will be to better acquaint -the farmers of this -coun y with what the Co-operative association is do? in* and wha it is piannfnr to mis hear. This meeting will ba call wl by'Page chairman, who will he assisted in The discussion hy- Dr, Carl Taylor, of State Cottage. Ral eigh **&■■*. ■ ‘4«*IPPR ■m Ca.\ri rejecfe^ V i'f VsS >• ‘f ■ \ - •*! *t<Aa,;C •'i >>:*r'?v '■'&■■: :•'•■ V He.tic.*j-oyJt' tc'-fi/ftfiv-t, anpL ou. ’ ^0‘^».$o-nsL Sftasifr *fro*/ 4*» f/* Rev. Mr. Smith’s "Little Jetts . famous All Over the World . ’ • iS • - Through the gracious courtesy of Rev. Wade C. Smith, their origina tor..' who is conducting a series of ineetings the Carthage Presbyter ian church, The Moore County News herewith presents the internationally famous “Little Jetts,V consecrated figures in black and whit®. The title o£ the sketch: “The Story of Cam, the Real Prodigal Sdn” of - he Bible. These “Little Letts’’ furnish an amazing demonstration of the fact that seeming rifles sometimes in volve large issues. Beginning in a quiet- Sunday afternoon hour with a father endeavoring tq teach* two lit ' la girls a Bible story from a new angle, the crude little etchings have acquired nothing aflort of a world wide circulation ^ Tirst through the book of “Lite'lqp Jetts Telling Bible Stories For Young Folks/’ which volume is now in the tenth edition; | later through the Sunday School Times; of Philadelphia, a week'y pub j Heat ion with an international cireu j laton of 200,000, reaching the* ve : motest corners of the eartfi. ... - In the'Sunday School Times Mr. | Smith illustrates the ■ uniform Sun , day school lesson each week and as i a <i esult of these Emanations' he has received “Little Jetts” comebacks from nearly every 'country on the Page. the.eounties around are sign-1 ing upl^f jr well, some of them hav-1 ij»HT enough signed «p already to hs snre then! that their tobacco will b£ handled by A<* association this year. All the workings of the association will be explained in detail to the grower*, If you care be sigh up af-1 ter hearing this discussion, you may do so, but you are not going to be .lu ged and I understand that ha cm vftaa of'the county'hdi! be made as um« done before. If the farmers of this county expect tq do anything thk year* a tigm-up will, haw to -,fc*4 umde 'gr started right away. & - - - ", , : ’ 1 i ' ■■ / , * .%A , . ■ ,K* globe,' Chinese boys have produced in ioto his Jetts book and have ad ded some Chinese Jetts of their own to send back to the author. Little Navajo Indian" children sent him a whole sheet of Sheir Jetts reproduc tions, copied from' the periodical named. A little girl in Alaska sent Mr. Smith a Jetts-illustttated le ter. A missionary in Calcutta Wrote that she teaches the n«l -ive and loreigu missionaries every Monday from a radius of 20 miles around Calcutta, using the Jetts illustrations on the blackboard, which are copied oh tablets by rthe missionaries and car ried out to.their stations to repro duce to the natives. >• Mr. Smith has demonstrated w'th his “Little Jetts” before^ large au diences in the north, including a group meeting in. New York City known as the International Steward ship Council, whose membership em braces all protestant denominations. His little black chalk figures carried away with enthusiasm a large crowd of United Presbyterians in their an nual convention" held in the Sylvan Temple at Pittsburgh, which event was immediately followed by en gagements in five Pittsburgh church es. • ■ , , - On* recent trip to Europe he dem onstrated Scripture truth in Brus sels by this gmethod, and on the big steamship, Leviathan, in mid-Atlan ■ ic, he was called' on for an evening’s entertainment to many passengers mid crfmr who could crpwu into the j big second cabin dining saloon. He t has nattering offers to go on Chau-' tauqua. platform with the", “little Jetts” but declines o»cause*1th<r lit tle black men have been dedicated to the preaching of the gospeL ' Simple, crttie' figures, but some how carrying the truth on their odd little bodies in such a way as to at tract, entertain and instruct. PREACHING AT YATES-THAG- •< " CARD CHURCH MARCH lflth Rev. J. Marvin Smith, of Rocking ham will preach gt Yates-Thaggard church next Sunday moning, March Ihvl 'As .. AN INTERESTING ' COLUMN OFNEWS AND INTERVIEWS L. B. Clegg Has. Fine Success In Federal Court y Pleadings a. a PADUCAH MAN BARELY REMEMBERED WRITER Tomb of Wise King Solomon’s Fa vorite Wife Recently Unearthed : C’ycle Shaw, he. muchrtra ve”e-i Carthagn.an, who H&s probably seen more of this xvcrld than any other per son in this immediate sec tim, contributes a hew story t© the irvin S. Cobb collection: ‘‘Wh le in Paducah, Ky., a few years ago, I went to a newsstand to. fcuy a current issue-„f The Sa urday Evening Pest. I was waited on by a patriarchial old : gentleman who peered at me over his. spectac'e?. In picking up The Post,1 I noticed on the front cover that Cobb was one of the ccntr.buto s. ; T-at reminds*! me that Cobh .was a : native of Pa ducah. ‘Oh;’ I remarked to the old gentleman, ‘I see Irvin S. Cobb, 0ne •ef yeu:- fellow townsmen, has an article in thi3 week’s Poat. Did you know him?’ The old fedo.v ponder ed. ‘Irvin,Irv.n,’ he muttered reflect ively- ‘Yes,yes,’ he said, ‘i remember levy. He used to drive an- ice wagon here, but nobody ever thought he’d' amount ;o a d--.’ ” Trying For The Camel Prise 0 Quite a number of Moore couaiy people, according to reports, partici pated in, the $50,000 Camel cigarette contest, and one of tbe awards may come this way. Ted L. Frye, the" managing editor ' of ^The News, sent a classic contribution, and is already promising loans to his friends. Jake Hurwitz eulogized the new cello phane wrapper, not in the expecta tion of reviving an award; bu' to use bis- own words, “so that wbeh the prize-winning article is publish ed I won’t be able to siy ‘JE could haye .done bettdr,r,1*, ., • y&4s. Thiusaads qnd. thousands of pi Pler for* • he m (m ' fipitTWinstoa^llitt. daybe-' ford the contest dosed 4,000 special delivery, letters were delivered -to ■ he Reynolds plant fey the special .delivery boys of the Winston-Salem postal force. They »rechived nine cents for each- letter delivered and four of them divided $360 between them for that one day’s work. Receiving Bo»m Loans Jiloore county ex-servicemen aw beginning to receive loans, recntly -authorized by congress, on their ad justed compensation certificates, and. most of them are putting the money in circulation. Old debrs are being paid, a long-needed suit bf clothes purchased and Luther Fink, one of the first to get a loan, put his mon ey to work in this community )>y buying paid-up shares in the Carth age Building and! Loan Association. Between $250,000 and $400,000, it i* estimated, will be distributed in this county through the increase in the loan values of the. certificates, it will be sometime,: however, before all of the loans are made, as regional office of the veterans bureau a£ Char iot te announces that it is fifty work ing days be'hind with applications; . i Mr. Clegg Wns Plaudits ; Ii. B. Clegg, of 'the Moore county bar, had mighty good success witb his cases in federal court at Rock-, ingham last week. Hd represented nearly all of '.he defendants from this county, and judging by the light sentences most of his clients receiv ed, he must have been in fine fet tle. He got ' Wo ctr three olf on pro bation and despite the insistence of the prosecuting attorney for a five years sentence for Bud Michael he managed to induce Judge Hayes not to entirely shut the door of hope for Bud by letting him off with two and a half years in the federal peniten tiary at Atlanta. He also pot John Coins “on the ground,” as the col ored folks say. The officers found a quantity of “julep,” a mixture of beer, sugar, yeaat and water, on Ids fy (Please Turn to Page Five.) Mayoralty Talk ”:iC f: <*'< •. Dr. Blue, Mr. Hoylo and Dr. 1’alrr wood Mentioned For the Place The names of Dr. A. McN. Blue. S. R. Hoyle and Dr. F. HT Under wood are being; mentioned for mayor ■of Carthage in the next town ele<* tjon, just a little more than th ttr. day* off, and a number of others. - including Walter Williamson, J. F. Muse, C. F. Barnes, J. A. Lang, B. C. Wallace, members of. the pr«wnt.-^K board, P. K. Kennedy, S. H. Miller; H. G. PoMS, L. W. barlow. Henryk - ' Hill. Dr.; H. B. Shields. Hoo®*On, - Payks, E. J. Burns, C. C. Muse, Dol^h. ■■ Blue, E. H. Morton, T}q. J. L. Mo* , Graw, R. G. Wallace and Col. D.> , A. McDonald are mentioned In neefton Bnftl tllft M>A fitF Wsink aaaavaaJ* necflon with the race for town earn*" miesionera. *S. The present town beard nU^Fs ate * early d*te for eh*i>ipps^ »* e**P-. the biennial election whVh will' a^oft tike first week la May. ‘ - mm, ' r: " m,: ' ■' ■■ ■'
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