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19U917
FAKMVUAE, PITT
Martha -Hatcher Joyner, Defendant Qaims She Knew Nothing of
Proceedings Until Divorce Was Granted Pfantiff
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SINCE 1HEN MR. JOYNER HAS MARRIED SECOND TIME
Court Affirms That Husband Is Still Legally Married to Martha
Hatcher Joyner and That His Marriage to Miss Moore of Wilson
Was a Nullity and of No Force and Effect. Case Will Be
Heard Saturday Morning.
One of the moil unique and
sensational cases that has ever
come up in the courts of th6
State came to a temporary close
here Wednesday morning when
Judge Stacey, presiding at the
Civil term, sustained a motion to
set aside a judgment for divorce
which. was granted to Lyman
Joyner in 1915again& bis wife,
Mattie Hatcher Joyner. The de
cision came at- the close of the
? the court of scores
on
ings. The defendant was allow
ed to answer the charges alleged
in the complaint, and the case
*- will be heard Saturday morning.
Joyner has in the meantime
married again, his second wife
being the daughter of Dr. Moore,
one of the most prominent phy
sicians in Wilson, N. C., and con
nected with one . of the best
known families of the State. The
judgement of the court affirms
that Joyner is still legally mar
ried to his first wife, Martha
- HaMher Joyner, and that the se
cond marriage was^ nullity, and
of no force acd effect.
It was in the year 1909 that
Joyner married the defendant,
Martha Hatcher Joyner, whose
home was in Birmingham, Ala
bama. For several years they
lived together in Farmvilter
North Carolina, until the\ year
1913, when Joyner went to Ken
in Farm
she later returned to her
hiiil^Pple she was
were
her by Iter bus
adultery as, the
divorce^ Summons
rved On her except
of the action
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divorce. In the meantime Joy
ner had married the Miss Moore,
with whom he is now living. ; .
All the parties concerned were
in attendance at the trial, includ?
ing both the Mrs. Joynprs, 40:
gether with many of the most
prominent people of Farmville.
The trial Saturday morning on
the original action seeking di
vorce will jtojbg over a hundred
of Farmville's people as witness
es in the case, which promises to
be one of the hardest fought
legal battles ever staged within a
2nd 191'
G?eenvilIe,.N. C. fan. 15th~
The Greenville Tobacca Board
of Trade, at a meeting called this
morning, decided to close the
market for this season on Friday
February 2nd, 1917. 'I -*
Greenville Tobacco Board of
Trade.
H. A. Bost, President
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- BAPTIST CHURCH.
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If you are staying away from
church and Sunday School you
are influencing^ others to do the
same, and your influence is
counting against the best interest
of the town and community.
A cordial welcome awaits you
at the Baptist church. Sunday
School every Sunday at 10
o'clock and preaching services
every 2nd ?ntf 4th Sunday at
11: 15 and 7:15.
Come* and let's get better ac
quanted with each other and try
to be'df much help to each other.
^Sincerely, ~ tr.
J. E.?irk. Pastor.
All parties are requested, to!
I yiease
Sidney
Kington, Jan. 17.? Confessing
his complicity in the robbery
here Saturday of Mr J. F. Ta^ior,
a cotton mill president, by a
masked bandit, Sidney French,
taxi driver, last night tolcktbe
police the whole ?ory of the
hold-up and how it was planned.
French broke his silence when
the police arrested his brother,
Jerry French, who is now under
bond, and took officers to Jerry
French's house, under which the
money, about $1,700, was secret
ed. Sidney French lived, with
Jerry French. The police be
lieve the latter to be innocent
any part of the crime. They
think French's confession truth
ful with one-* ossible exception.
' The chauffeurasserted that the
holdup man's name was un
known tahim, He met him in
Goldsboro ten days ago. He was
a ".rounder." The man
here and they became
less intimate.
idea that ^
and wlien the bandit
Struck Taylor with the butt of
his revolver his, French's, cour
age failed completely. It was
theijf too late. He would have
rgiven his life to untjj^wbat he
had helped ttf do, hc^dpclared.
After putting Taylor do wn in the
country the coupledoubled back
and the strkngqr, with the money,
got out at the French home near
the ecjge of the city, went under
the house and hid the money as
arranged. He had no chance to
return for it, because the autho
rities were too hotafter him.
French claims not to know
where the man is. The chauf
feur protests that a woman su
spected had nothing to do with
the affair. She is in Norfolk, it
is believed. She was proprie
tress of a resort here,, and
French's intimate friend. The
police decline to say anything
about this phase of his s'.ory, but
intimate that she was clever en
ough and bold enough to- hatch
lite plot, ?nd> nervy v -enough,
though, they say it is hot likely
that she was the person to do the
actual hold up job. ,
On completing his Confession
of complicity, Sidney French to-v
day named "Dude" Hawley as
the bandit who robbed Mr. J. F,
makes it practically certain that
the bouse will vote on the mea
sure at this session, and it is also
certain lbnt it will be passed if it
leaches the floor of the house.
Victory Won In Con
Yesterday By the Prohi
ts When Without a
Call the Senate Passed
Bankhead Bill, Which
Closes the Ma ils to Newspa
pers and Other Publications|
Carrying liquor Advertise
ments.
Washington, Jan. 11.? Prohibi
Dnists in Congress won another
ctory today when without a
11 call the senate passed the
(head bill amending the pos
liaws to | . close the mails to
vspapers and other publica
ns carrying liquor advertise
rs into territory "prohibiting
ch advertising.' The bill now
to the house.
!?' The house rules committee is
ed to bring out a Special
up the Sheppard bill
ing the manufacture and
whiskey in the District of
ibia if the houss dictrict
mtoee refuses to ?port the
tonight it seems . certain,
majority of the district
would vote against I
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Rupture Expert Here
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Well Known. Throughout the
Swte.
C. L. Flaubert, of Philadelphia,
the noted truss expert, having
been recalled to Greenville fol
lowing the success of his late
visit as made known to the af
flicted friends, can be seen at
Hotel rroctor Monday and Tues
day Jan; 2 1 and 23. Interested
parties can consult him free of
charge. The combination truss,
fs used and approve^ by United
tales government will not on!y
retain any rupture in its proper
place, but will close the opening
through which tile bowels escape
on the Average case in a short
time. No leg-traps to gall and
chafe. Clean and durable. Ex
amination and advice tree.? Ad v
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was soon lacated in the segrega
ted district of town and imme
diately arrested and placed is
jail to await trial. ,
A man can't be depended upQri
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is in a bad fix.
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Music Outlet For Feelings of
Oppressed People; Paderew
ski is Coining
It is said tbat Poland found in
music revenge for oppresioo and,
dismemberment. Poland may
well be ijroud of her composers.
And from Poland comes the mo? |
comanding individuality among
virtuosos since P^iganini, Jan
Ignace Paderewsk i.
Paderewskj, who appears in
RALEfGH on' Jan., 23, was born
November 6, i860, in Kurylow&a
in Pocjolia, a province Russian
Poland. It is said tbat Padere
wski inherited his genius from
his mother, who died when he
was a child. He exhibited great
talent at an early age, but he had
Jittle real training until, as a
youth, he went to Warsaw and
studied the piano under Janotha
and harmony under Rogusjd.
His first concert tour was made |
when he was sixteen in Russia, j
when he played /his own com
positions and "those of other peo
ple; but everything he played
was jeally few own for he dM not
' and had so little
came to
than a pianist, and, in i$79 was
made professor in the Warsaw
Conservatory. In the early eight
ies he went to Berlin, studying
ttyere with Kiel and Urban and
in 1884 went to Vienna to study
piano \yith Leschetitski. For a
short time he was professor in
the Strassburg Conservatory and
|hen returned to Vienna to con
tinue his pianOjtudies, devoting
the greater part of each day to
scale playing. Hil debut was
made in Vienna in 1887. In the
spring of 1888 he played in Berlin,
Paris and London.
November 1.7, 1891, was a
memorable date when he made
his first appeareancd- in America
playing in Carnegie Hall, New
York. From the beginning the
public accepted bim, but in the
beginning critics were not sure.
After this concert ic Carnegie
Hall he began a series of recitals
in the then new concert hall of
Madison Square Garden, but was \
soon compelled to reiuin to the
larger auditorium, so great was
the|rush to hear him. In his first
tour he gave a hundred and sev
enteen concerts. The following
season he gave sixty-seyen con
certs. Other tours were in 1896'
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& His present tour, Which ^tyl
co ver the greatest p a d| the
season, promises to be as great a
asas
There Will Be Three Such Meet
ings Held In (he County. The
Second and Third in Farmville
and Greenville on February 1
and 2; Each Session Will Open
at v 10:30 and
Through The Day ..
I would like to call special at
tention 'to the Farmers' Institutes
for thfc county as folfows: .
.Stokes, Jan. 25th, Farmville
February 1st, Greenville Febru
ary 2nd. All meetings will open
at 10:30 o'clock and. will conti
nue through the day. Seperate
rooms will be provided for the
ladies. All are invited; rather
we most earnestly urge that you
attend for we hope that this
county vtail make the best show
ing this year in its history.
We will have for our lecturers
representative men and women
from the Department of Agricul
ture and the Experiment Station.
Posters have been sent to yi
bus sections of this county
trust thai;
Chri?jfonflhnrqh
Services next Sunday, morn
ing and evening., Moining thfcme
will be "The Christian and the
Great Commissipn." I have taken
special pains to have something
that will be of interest to every
church member in this theme.
Come! The evening subject will
be, -'"The Ultimate Test." Re
member?hristian Endeavor at
6:30, the subject will be /'Seeing
the gotod in Others." Miss Mary
Barrett will be the leader, tyext
Wednesday night will be our
Sunday School conference. All
teachers and \ officers; and ail
those interested in Sunday school
are ur^ed to attend this confe
rence. We wUl present plain, -
practial and -workable methods
for the advancement of that
branch of the service.? W. P.
fordan, Pastor.
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success as any of those which
have preceded it. Although it is
twenty-fouryears since hs-fct
came to America, and although
this is bis tenth tour in that time,
he is still the greatest drawing
card amoqg artists, there being
no other to compare with .him.
.The RALEIGH event, which
was arranged by the Rotary Dub
of the capital city, probably will
be one of the most proifo^t f i
musical events of the season.
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lit the advance
mufacturers t?
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