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THAN POPULATION OF CITY IN WHICH PUBLISHED" "' * . Desperado Stages His Third Su&ef sful Break For Freedom Had Bee* Rfelea&d Front Solitary Confinement By Prison Board Over Protest of Superintendent George Ross Pou; Board Takes Rhine For Eseape.?Resnlt of Carefully laid Plans. Stleigh, Nov. 23.?Released fromj solitary confinement by the State Prison Board o???r the protest of Sup erintendent George Ross Pou, Otto Wood, one-firmed desperado, convicted murdered, and" author, staged his' third escape from the States prison here early Monday morning. WoodV escape this time was the result of carefully laid plans, in the opinion of prison officials. It was - made-through the rear gate, from . : which a pin had been removed and the iron grating sprung enough at the bottrmrte allow the prisoner to squeeze through. Joe Hux, guard on duty at the gate last night> was charged with "gross negligence" by Superintendent Pou. who stated that he would be discharged as soon as he returned Io~the prisoir. Hux was not on duty at the time of the escape, but was during, the night when, the gate is thought to have been tampered ?r with. James.Leak, chairman of the State's Prison Board, took the respon- j sibility for Wood's escape upon him self-and other members of the Board in a statement declaring that Wood had" been given the freedom of the prison backyard by the. board ever the j protest of Superintendent Pou. Wood was last seen by prison offi cials when he was turned out of his cell at 6:30 o'clock and started to ward the boiler house where he was scheduled to relieve the fireman then on duty. At the time he was wearing stripes. . He was first missed at the check ing up at breakfast, and questioning of the night fireman revealed that he had never shown up fo^ duty. The guard on day duty declared he had seen nothing of him, and was not I aware that "the-supporting pin -had been removed from the gate until a? i ter daybreak. Prison officials ex pressed th-> ouinioa. that Wood es caped while ..it was still dark. ; "He eft" when the bell rang," said H. H. Honeycutt, head of the identi j fication bureau, "He didnt even wait l for breakfast." i . - . - Object Four Manhunts Wood has been the objective of four state-wide manhunts in the past three years. " The first hunt started immediately after he shot and fatally wounded A. W. Kaplan a Greensboro, pawnbroker. Wood led the officers a merry chase ; during which he commandeered auto : mobiles at the point of a pistol and forced the owners to drive him away Ifrcm his pursuers. Tried For Ufe He was finally .captured and. tried for his life, the State contending that he shot Kaplan in an attempted hold up. Wood pleaded self-defense. A verdict of second degree murder was returned op the grounds that Wood killed while angry. He was sentenced to serve from 22 1-2 years to 30 years in'the States prison and was admitted on December 17, 1923. I ABttPTS PLANS J HbI I ? Mm MJM * I I WMm m& | unless the plans of North Carolinians* I ?' Incorporated,, miscarry. The plan is I P to wise |150,000 annually for the next p| a national scope was made yesieri'a'B at the first anneal raeefc'rffc- of the I Carolinians, Incorporated, which body was f<mnatiy anid perfected.- More titan & hundred delegates from various towns and cttes^in the State attended the or P ' in the hall of the House of RepreaenJ Ponds for workers, who will short ly institute a campaign of State-wide support of the plan, were unden^|M I Un at the meeting , of the delegates^ f ** t'WnS swijc^rijWng'a ***? AddrwSfby Governor A. W. M$l ^^b^^^^Abenveth" Pfr ^ ?A CsrroH, 01 the lisi versifcy of Nprth, i. J. Bowley, of Fort Bragg; an< Fred N. Tate, of High-Point, who act ed as chairman of thj? organizatioi meeting, featured the^gathering. "What North Carolina needs mos ? ^wholesome advertising," said th . Governor. He endorsed the mov |staj?:>y the Ndlrth Carolinian/ Inc., and expressed confidence in il merits. Tha Department of Consei s. vatioh and Development, he points ? out, was created for the purpose < , ascertaining the natural resources < t the Str and for advertising , ti v State ,and he pledged the aid and o I operation of this department in hel] ? ing carry out the advertising plan i r suggested by North Carolinians, In r He was of the opinion that these tv - agencies will do much in the way - giving North Carolina its adverti ? ' . v.-,-a ?> v , > v > ?' k?** ? ?-j . Drives While Drunk, Must Go To Church Attendance For Two Years Will r Relieve Youth of a Six Months' Road Sentence. Herrm Yo~hh C ^ ^ list to paying a fine of -$i00 and costs foi 'Wrhrtag an automobile while intoxi cated. . rir*?4< "You can't help gettmg a little te ligien in th#t time," Judge B- Le* Wright told Heron." "If you don*i want to go to church and to bring thii court a written attendance repor from your minister, you may take th< other alternative any time you see fit It is a sentence of six months on th< roads. ^ i ... ? ? . ' ' 1 1 II 1l^l_ _ j / j Bi*_a r -y _ ' ? _. 4tS&"$' ?_ '? I - ".: w%Zajl f AiiNTti # If in ?/% m t llf 0 lE^Bsa^^Se^i s^itt i n J| ft i Y v f U i/ f V wI if C f* j j . * v ' , ? | , . ? ?V*M1 1 %r?;?*?-vv?*'SS^^ElillslI^2p?wSr^ p? n.. :-V-;v -' - /? '^Tymrii^CT'^ ,, ^ Pitt I st yyHjay\(*f &ZXI Witft tw auuluOlTJ ??SSSwS^&T'^ni?ht' TO* 3 }^Se number of county alumni J wmmm Jtmmmmammm - ? ? Famous Texas jurist befora whom the P.cv. J. Frank Norris will be tried on the charge of mur der at Austin, Texas, starting January 10th. Judge Hamilton re cently exposed K. K. K. member ship iB a sweeping investigation. White Ma/s||^| | Hospital, Fight with Officers ' ?v Man Who Shot His Brother^" Opens Fire on Officers When They Attempt' to Put Him Under Arrest ] , , v - , *' ~ <4''. Greenville, N. C., Not 23?John Roberson, white man of Befjoir Town ship, is in Pitt County Community Hospital suffering four bullet wounds as'a Tesult of'ajpistol and gun battle between himself and Deputy Sheriff Sellars and Pierce, about 10 o'clock this morning. Bill Roberson, Brother of John Roberson, is at his home- in Beivoir Township, suffering- gunshot wounds received 'at the hasds of his brother prior to the arrival of officers I ' on the scene. " According to reports of the shooting' . the sheriff's office received word that I John Roberson had;, shot his brother consider himself under arrest, Rober Ij son- rep&d with j Immediately drew their pistols and ?oij? t several iminutes a t^e j open field followed. Roberson 15 t ported to. have fired at the offers i fifteen times while the officers re , turned his fire with thirteen vbullets too weak from the loss ofbiood to S contmfie his lire were the officers able i j> arrest Roberson. He was rushed: to j che hospital here, where'examination - revealed that he had been struck by a four of the bullets. The bullets took affect in his two lower limbs, and it Is e . Officers Pierce and Sellars . though s, their clothes were peppered with bird is ihot, escaped~without injuTJfc ^^ r- A report from the bedside of Bill id Roberson stated that he whs peppered >f from the back of his neck to his knees ff jut that his injuries were not consJ^ 1: efled likely , to prove very serioiA F The size of the shotHised by i Roberson are probably i^pnsibf ? for-the slightness of the injuries. v* IN / ~r. Census Bureau f 1^ Yield ?~w Washington, Nov. S iS.?'Ehe |Umted 1^399,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, the crop reporting board of the Department on Agriculture an nounced today. -She estimate was based on reports j jp to November 14. j The yield per acre will be 1863? pounds compared- with 167.2 founds last year. ?. . ? ' 3?3X. I The Census Butfeui announced that 12,953;708 running' bales, . wanting round as half bales,1 had bearf"ginned from the 19^6 cro^ piior tQ^NpyembeM 14, as compared with 12,260,352 bales for 1925. The fin^l iotal ginnings for the season'will defend upon whethsf' the various infl unices, affecting^ the harvesting of the portion of the crop stil in the field, mil be more or less favorable than uslfcd. IB -The intUaWa cmp m cue uu^^,, States is larger thpn for November X, in North Carolina, Mississippi, Lou isiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan sas;" in Soutfr Carolina and Alabama ?it Was less/ wnilefcr Georgia and Ten |~Jh? M"*'mst P'd")W 'W" crop was given at ?M1 per hundred ? pounds of seed cotton?less th^n the ?f to' S?Wi?n<l tile ??? of 'ast year. A c^Lse was reported n Egypt wher^.# estimated crop of 117,000 bales for this year pared with the 1,629,990 bale red^l '^When11 am'dead and8 gone. ' ' sweet its shaftfe, each man and COULDN'T FOOL DAD j / 1 Grocer: Who came here tb see yov 'last night?" " Daughter: Only my girl li#' the: office. ; Jfj Grocer: -Well, you might tel. he; she left her pipe on the piano! ? j\ ? ... ?? CT=r==X /- '? " '?" ' _ '"'l' i1 'L 1 1 1 " _ 1 1 ?- 1"" " 1 l. *"???-? " :ZZHZlJWB^ZZr ' ?4 ? ifr" 1 I fl~*"*"~ S9QEiB?jB~3K^SEE2fi^8iB-9S*-9^Ki!zE9?9E~aE0HE^iEB--9HE^-? | "- - a " * i| |" ? mft3SjKE^BsBS^ME^:.- /^K^E^EE^S3-?E=zaM Kq ? ? ?? yr" ? - Fs^H^El'.-? ^B-jEE ' 11 ' |Iy?^Aw?Ka?wi?H I ? ' _ __ ,. , . _ '-- - '? ? ' ?'''" ' ? '' . THREE hundred ancl three vears azo a band of Pibrrims from the Old '; - W J . 1_ ? 1 TV ' ., , ?T ? TV , -" i Country, moored their bark on a wild New England shore. ? i I ^ Nine ^veeks jh-evious this tove band^ou^hundred^n number fleeing Kj&sf ? n CGQom. ;." I !'"' qxi ? " *rr>?i - 1 t> i'l ? ? ? ~ '?:; i ( yCflrcc^^ sad tiicsG tirflVo bjoncGrs dccohib S6ttl6d in.- ciioii* iigw colony \ i I fl g-,7 ; -y .^o,: ? m 264A Miles Per Hour Major Mario De Bernadi, Italian aviation ace who established a new world speed record of 2B4.4 milea ? per hour to win the Schneider Cup! tX Norfolk, Va, 0 Iwjjy v r- v ? ? *. .... <? -U'i ffci >j J I ? ? ? ^ , , *' ... W*-J Special Term of Criminal Court Beg'ms Dec. 13 ..? Vr-:i> _ * f ?. fit p-< Congests Criminal Docket ' ; Causes Governor McLean To Order Special Term ' To Be Held. Greenville, N. C., Nov. 24.?Gov ernor Angus W. McLean has ordered a 3'gecial term of criminnal court to be held here beginning Monday, Decem ber 13. .The Governor's action fol lowed the recommendation of Judge N. A. Sinclair and the Board of Coun-, t.v Commissioners for. a special term ia clear up the congested docket liere. During the'regular term recently held here very few cases were dis posed of owing to a holiday, election day> during the week and a long drawn out case that required three days'j6f the"co\irt's time. ^ More than 125 criminal cases are ^O^'. o^ ^o^ft *2^ must appear here at the special twin on Monday, December 13. \ ? ?? ?- - ' CONSTANT STRAIN - *2 ; .. - . ? ? ; : - ? with things eyes??im i restauram Jtack -howe, a* frt ^^^^fhey might touch ,tiie hearts o Tyson Family Hold Itsflnnual - ^ ' . I TMre Were Tysons There From All Parts of the Country, Some Coming From Virginia and Other Nearby States ?-Dr. . B; T. Cox, of Winterville, President of the Or ganization, Called the Meeting Together. v',; -v. The Tyson family hold -its annual reunion at Tyson's Church near Farm ville on Thursday, November 18th. * * ? . . There were Tysons there from all parts of the country, some coming from Virginia and other nearby States. Dr. B. T. Cox; of Winterville, presi dent of the organization, called the meeting together at eleven o'clock and the assemblage gathered in the rustic and historical old church, sang the National anthem. After' the prayer had been offered by" the Rev. Mr. Mewborn, "the secretary, MrT J. D. Cox, read his report and gave sime interesting remarks on the history of the Tyson family in the early colon ial days and in the various wars/of our country. Mrs. Shackleford, of - Farmville, chairman of the Genealogy Commit tee, gave a most instructive resume of the Tysons from their early life in England on down""to the present day. She also exhibited a huge fam ily tree that the committee had worked out. i ,Mrs. Carl Turnage, of Farmville, regent of the Benjamin May Chapter of the D. A. R.'s asked the reunion to aid her in the dedication of the marker, to Aaron Tyson, hero of thf Tuscarora War and a resolution was" passed to this effect. The next thing on the program was the reading of one of the poems of Anne Montgomery Tyson, of-Alabama .laughter of Judge Tyson, of that State. ? . _ William S. Tyson, of Greenvile, next introduced the speaker of the morn ing, S. J. Everett, of Greenvile, who delivered a very impressive address on the three phases of our race, "A Pure Blood, Religion and Devel opment." He showed how family organizations such as these help to establish such foundations for our race to build on. After the address various commit tees were appointed and the following officers elected for the coming year: William S. Tyson, of Greenville, presi dent; s Miss Tabitha ? DeVisconti, of Farmville, vine-president, and J. D. Cox, serretary. The reunion aso passed resolutions of eulogy to the late Judge J. Lloyd Horton, one of the most loyal mem bers of the family who died the past summer. Walter Sheppard, of Farm /ille, was appointed to draw up these resolutions. _ After an informal discussion the ^meeting was adjourned to the lawn where a bounteo is dinner was served. This family -has its reunio'n yearly and it is always a tended by some of :he most prominent- people . in the State for the family numbers in its representatives today , five" judges, several Congressmen- and one U. S. Senator and has been a force in the growth of Pitt County. -x .1" ' l ? I 'I 1 " 1 'I' ? ' l ?" ?? " ?' S * 1 e m ? "OUT-OF MUD" CRY HEARD IN\ HYDE AND TYRRELL COS. - / Washington, Nov: 22.?"Out of. the Mud!" That's the cry being heard in Hdye, Pare, and^Tyrfell Counties since the recent celebration of the completion of- State Highway No. 91 at Swan An J While the 3,000 residents of. the jaumafr j)f ^a^tox ^good roada" j. OKSB^lSRra movement is under way<for the organization of the Tri , -County Road Association, designed to {!bring .Jhe. section "out of the mud." Road meeting are expected to/be ?'i|ld in the near future at Columbia, and Majiteo, at which time it is be lieved effoyts will he made to perfect the organization of the tri-county-as . sedation. . ^ ^ v " The three,counties, Hyde, Dare and Tyrrell, until this yegf, have been without paving. It is expected that , a definite road program will be I mapped out at the series of "better > roads".meetings to be held in .coun i ^ seats,. ' i ? .. .?.?? LENOIR MERCHANTS FACE COURT IN SLOT MACHINE v ? ^ INDICTMENTS HERE. ?. : v >- ... . "vr'i? ??-# f- % -Yli f'li. f{-- ?; ;-JT-?? - ,:'ip5^- ' - Kinston, Nov. 24?Numbers of mer '? chants faced trial in county court, here [? today -on charges of violating thp r anti-gambling laws; as a reshlt of raids on places containing slot ma & .chines zn all parts of Jbenoir County, v. The sheriff's ;office today hed twenty '? 3v.eumafihina8,fif.a single type, valued at $3r750. Owners were tpld there ^ whs nb legal'Ve^urse for them.f. Oft cfels said the raids would continue -d 'until all machines itt' the county wen - v ? t . Seed Products. t,-!' ? ? "* ? . '""???>?? ??' i . ? , y}^.' ' ? "!V i ? *v^; .' ?? V.*', ' fc Wilson, Nov. 25.?Over a "hundred representatives of fertiliser manufac turers and retail dealerfuend covton1 oil men attended a conference here at 11 o'clock last Wednesday at which ? time the feasibility of wbrking out a plan whereby ottdn bags would supplant the jute bags used in their respective industry was wbrked out. The plan is the second move by the Eastern Carolina* Chamber of Com merce to help solve the problem brought by the slump in cotton. The directors of the commerce body Tn a decent meeting at Snow HiH de cided to call the meeting and invita tions were bent to over^ 80 fertiliser manufacturers who distribute their products in this section of the State. Approximately 100 retail dealers and 50 oil mill operators were aso invited to sit in at the conference in which great ^interest was. manifested. " It is the intention of the Chamber ' of Commerce to showthat cotton bags ? tan be used to handle - fertilizer as . well as jpte bags. The oil men are ? urged to Work out a plan wherpby I they could use cotton bags for ship s ping hulls and meal. Similar conferences will he called i throughout the South, i Plans are already under way for - .such conferences . ' " V" -r^-g? ^ ? 1 ??rr?T~? By. ROBERT S.f THORNBURGH Washinsrton, Nov. 24.?The Ameri-J can dallar is the "hardest worked" I I I about $5,000,000 the country annual ^?'?'.V. i'l;:-.'r' /.*$ ">'f ^ V':W-V*'V'r'--v ".n-' - ?' * ?,*?-^ ill at^the treasurs ^oclaiy, I expected to reach $4,400,000,000 on | the basis of the sqerage for the first six months compiled by the Federal Reserve Board. The government -r ' will pay out interest of $800,000 in 1926. v From these items alone the dollars in circulation are doubling themselves thus year. pvi
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