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VOL. IVn = FAftMVIIiLE, ttTT COUNTY, NORTH C^A, FRIDAY, MARCH 18,1927 ^
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tSWFROFFIC'RS
Chief Justice Taft Picks North
Carolina For Special
Mention
Chief Justice Taft declares that
the North Carolina system of allow
ing magistrates compensation out of
, coats imposed on defendants tried
in iheir courts is contrary to both
the general practice In this country
- and to the common law.
He singles out North Carolina in
the recent Ohio. decision as cne of
si* States, the others being Nebraska,
Georgia. Kentucky, Texas and Ohio,
which have inferior counts whose
compensation is dependent upon con
victions.
"From this review we conclude that
a system by which" an inferior judge
is' paid for his services only when he
convicts the defendant his'TRJt become
so embodied by custom in the genera!
practice either at common law or in
this country that it can be regarded
as d^ie process of law unless the costs
usually imposed are so small that
thgmay properly be ignored as
with|n the maxim de minimis non
curat lex," concludes Chief Justice
Taftf after reviewing numerous Eng
lish and American cases.
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^UiU! hilO UUUnu?N *vv V* y~*~ -r
collated by a magistrate out of a
defendant convicted in his court
might be construed as being too small
forjthe law to care about there can
bt no doubt that the practice of re
taining a percentage for collecting
accounts through court action or the
practice of wholesale trial of crimi
ng) cases by magistrates in cities and
towns cannot be excused on that
ground.
Ia the Ohio case decided by the
Supreme court, the mayor of North
College Hill collected $12 out of the
defendant, and his average earnings
frotn fees in addition to his salary
west $100 a month. Chief Justice Toft
delves that this was such a pecuni
ary intin the outcome of the
as u> make the law under which
it Was collected unconstitutional in
v- that it authorizes and permit; a prac
- tfep that is contrary- to a due process j
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"No matter what the evidence a
gainat him, he had the right to have
an? impartial judge," declares Chief
Jregard to the de
jfTl^fe wds then rfo usage at com
thhnflaw h<)r which Justices of the
^p^ce-were paM fees oh condition that
| tliy ednvfettke defendants and such
J?ct his or property to the
judgement' at a court, the judge of
las * direct, personal stttetan
interest in reaching a
in his case.
. : i al im-ia North Carolina may
?-.? not come within the limitations of
-if ,'afT,iaT^ailmtanHJ r>nrhnl
hum MnoMt 4um8uii pecum
Tcc^is? .of C^sjjjjf^po^o
ienwirurtrating in physical terms the
iMfhii ?liUllli?fntli ii of-the Henrv
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Such a Difference ; !
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1 " -*fefea==a=ng
"Ain't life wonderful l" smilingly
opined Babe Ruth (above) as he J
signed^ the $210,000 contract for -i
three years of basebalL(r 'Not so ,
good," mumbled the same Mr. Ruth (
(below) as he scribbled his "George
Herman." on his income tax report
before starting south for the" traifc- ?
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Prominent Rotarian From ~
Oklahoma Likes Highways
Of This State ?
Durham, March 13,?"This is ,the 0
only State I have ever been in when
you can drive from mountains to the ;
sea in a day. The roads in "North1 Caro^
lina, from a scenie point of view,
can't be surpassed. The engineering!
is remarkable," said Alien Street,!
Oklahoma, vice-president and repre
[ sentative of Rbtjiry International,
who will go to Wilmington Mondp?
to attend the Fifty-seventh District ;
Rotary conference Tuesday and Wed
nesday. ~y . %.[ y.
"You have here in Durham one of
I the very finest m^en in Rotary. 'Gene
i Newsome i> a number one Rotarian
and an excellent citizen. I'd- vote for
him for president of Rotary Inter
' national," said Mr. Street, who is the
guest of Mr. Newsome, former dist
rict governor and present director of
Rotary International, while the Okla
homa Rotarian is m North Carolina.
SLAIN MAN HAD
THREAT LETTER
Thomas Thompson Had Been
Notified To Keep Away
From Certain House
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Goldsboro, March 15.?In the breast
pocket of Thomas Thompson, 36-year
old carpenter, mysteriously killed
here Sunday night, there was, accord
Ing to the Goldsboro News, a. poorly
scrawled letter in which* Thompson
was threatened in words substan
tially as follows:
"You have been seen tp come from
a certain house too many times. If
yo^ do it-again we will take yon for
a ride, and if the woman tells ab**t
this sheawill get the' sanrtrdSSe that
yon get.1 v . ; . . .
The letter had been written on a
tered unevenly and was ungrammat
in red ink across the botton. of?85 gjgj
Thompson was a quiet and inof-j
iensive man and the charges in^thep^J
letter iep believed to have been I 1
wife and five children. \ >1
Thompson was shot about 9:30
o'elocfc Sunday night and three men ^
were seen to hurry away from the
?
of ^ an autopsy. Further
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General Trend Of Commodity
Prices Starts Upward As
SeasotrOpens
New York, March. 15.?The steady
imDrovement of business continued
last week, largely because the early. j
spring weather seemed to be blossom^
ing out satisfactorily in most sections
of the country and the general trend
of commodity prices had been upward
The principal bus'iess oarometets :?
be/ir favorable signs, Steel mill op-*
erations continued .to advance, offset
ting the foundry decline of 203^000
tons in unfilled* steel orders. Steel
prices continued to show signs of
stiffening.
Overproduction remained as a dif
ficult hurdle for the petroleum in
dustry and resulted in the third price
cut in 18 days. Reductions in the price
of gasoline and kerosene inevitably
followed the decline of crude oil.
Spring weather gave stimulus to
the motor industry, which was un
settled nevertheless by recurring 1
talk on price reductions. The rubber
outlook is beginning to grow more
optimistic after sustaining heavy
losses-last year because of unstable
conditions in the crude rubber mar
ket. . .
. Textiles, which also suffered a bad
year in 1926, displayed some slight
signs of improvement, but this branch
of business has not yet turned the
corner. Agriculture was reported as
spOtied, cop prespects being retaded
by nmfavoable weather of the late
winter in some sections of the coun
Traffic on the railroads continued ta
exceed that of a year ago, but the
gain in'car loadings was still largely
attributed to abnormal shipments o:
bituminous in anticipation of a strike ,
Of "soft eoal miners. Reports toward
the mid of the week intimated that
the strike would be averted. The dsvj|
al seasonal reduction in anthrafcitw
prices by .some of the leading compan- j
iea is. expected between now and thel
week of March. Biriflj
debts, on the other hand, advanced?
oyer the corresponding period of 1926,
while declining from the high total
of the preceeding week. fs
While bopd prices are regarded as
bearing upon general business only
indirectly, some significance may be
attached to the advance of sceu^ties;
nor onljMn its reflection on eontiuiied .
w-sy credit, but also, in its indication";
of an abundance of nrcney not ;bnty
for investments, but f >r "commercial
piv poses. The Treasury Department's
action in setting an unusually low in
terest rate for its new financing, an
nounced at tH? beginning of the week,
is seen in business as well' aa Mveski
n.ent circles as a favorable baropieter
to the money mack it.
The steady increase in the pur
chasing power pf the average Ameri
can, estimated recently by the Na
tional Bureau of Economic Research
at more, than one-third in the past
five years, provides an interesting
peg on which many business men
hang ah: optimistic view of the fu
turc of business in general. .
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Secretary ^SleUon And Others
Extremely Silent; Embassy
OwB?qrship Scouted
Washingtoi?j||fcarch M-Sec^ry
Tread?*" Mellon add other
high Treasury department; officials
have stirred ^pquite a local prohi
bition furore l*y refusing to disclose
the identity oraho owner or 12 cases
of high gradejMepiorwhich was ' hi
jacked" from Ippaoving von heir, last
week, but re^feed and retu-ned to
Although th&jpolice have r el erred
to the whial&BSa "the legation li
quor," it has ton learned by local
newspaper:"-?niflpnt "the owner of the
liquor is neith^E^k 'diplomat nor con
nected in any W&f with a legation or
embassy. Loc^^toggpapers say that
ficial but hif^^Hp|^^||alou8
The transpow^ion of the liquor,
it-was emphatijMy stated on behalf
of Secretary Mtei today, was en
tirely legal undjy^rmit of the
Early last vw, while the crew of
the truck carting the liquor were
having co&m^K^jk mptaurant, the
truck was stol^^driven into Mary
land and burne^on a roadside. The
manager* taMiBBBMKi "company
reported the thjjt^and the crew of
mitted that thjgr.had agreed upon
the hi-jacking it^ry to protect them
unloaded, with tfce aid "of two detec
boxes were stored overnight at the
warehouse
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" MBS. JONES ENTERTAINS
Mrs. W. C. Jones was hostess to
her Bridge Club, Tuesday afternoon
at Kerhome on Church Street
The home was attractively deco
rated with ferns and spring flowers,
and three tables were arranged foi
bridge. After several interesting pro
gressions, Mrs: W. Leslie Smith waf
presented lovely candlee holders with
cahftTgs to 'Yftatch.
.Mrs.. Jones, assisted by Mrs. H
W. Turnage, Mrs. W. D. Bryan anc
Mrs. J. G. Spencer served delicious
cfitefcen-salad, stuffed tomatoes, cof
fee and sandwiches,
i? Special gueis|Were Mrs. W. Leslit
Smith,-Mrs. *D. R. Morgan, Mrs. J. Y
Monk, Mrs, Paul Jones and Mrs. Geo
Holston. <? ... ?
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Last on Newton Vintage High
way Litigations To Be Ar
gued This Week'
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The Snow Hill Road case, last ol
the Newton vintage of highway liti
gation, will be argued before Judge
W. C. Harris at Smithfield this week.
Judge Harris is to decide whether 01
not to make permanent the injunction
he allowed against the Highway Com
mission to halt the construction on
Routes 102 from Sr.ow Hill to the
intersection of" Route 10 east of
Gcldsbcro.
The road was taken over by the
commission when the State Highway
: system was established. Recently the
commission prepared to pave the rOaci
and in anticipation of this had it sur
veyed. A change in the location of the
route, said to have been chosen in the "
interest of service and economy, was j
made and the contract let to Nello
j Teer, Durham contractor. Certain
residents along the old rodte objected
and resorted to the injunction.
The Snow Hill case, started be
fore the passage of the Smith-Hargett
bill by the recent General Assembly,
Wni be the last of the cases to be in
fluenced by the Supreme Court's New
ton decision.
'CONFESSES THAT
HE BtlKNED WIFE
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Negro Says He Found Her
With Another Man; Set
Fire To House
Rosemary, March 14.?Coroner W.
C. Williaitis was summoned to Tillery
by Sheriff Johnson Friday to investi-,
gate thejiase where a, colored wom
an about 40, was burned up in her
one room hut located .near Tillery
| on the Pie :id Whil$^
placed,in the Halifax jail Soon after
beipg placed in jail he confessed to
the1 crime stating that he went to
1 the house about. 9 o'clock, and find
ing another negro man there, he
and his wife quarrelled for some
time after,; the other negro left, A
light developed out of doors. The
i woman went back into the house and
i became unconscious. There was a big
fire in the room, so he pulled the
, wood and ?coals out in the floor, and
soon the place was on fire consuming
' the house and the woman in a fqw
minutes. Before the husband made
his confession he stated that he
1 spent the night at an uncle's home,
1 but witnesses said .he did not go there
until two o'clock, after the crime had
? been committed.
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i One great economic waste is killing
? a perfectly good sheep sheep to make
a college diploma.
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There are two kifids of parties in
. this country: political and petting.
Both need watching.
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jit"- h V fi^taAi'iiilai
Last July an oil field wild-earor.
.Today worth $10,000,000 and ah Oil
King. Such is the story of Robert
F. Garland, 36 years old, native of
Ohio, who brought in "Discovery
Well," first of the Seminoie.(Oklfw) .
field which is already producing tO
per cent of the total otttpcft in .
crude oil in the United States, ac
cording to oil journals
Rush Reminder Of Old Days
When The Slogan Was "Go
West Young Man." :
Tonopah, Nev., March 15?Thir
teen sacks of high grade ore extract
ed from the Horton badger hole at
Weepah, the scene of Nevarda's lat-'
est gold strike, were under kuard to
day. Edward Benane, who has hot
missed a gold rush in any quarter ol
the globe, is the guard standing vig
il over the sacks.
Frank Horton, father of pie of
the boys- who discovered the gojd,
does not fear a raid on his tresure
but be does dread specimen hunters
who already have taken away ap
proximately $10,000 in gold ore.
With ribbons of gold half an inch
wide traversing small-boulders" froin
rim to rim, it is easy tq see that^a
iay was the banner day ai
Weepah. Cprs poured out of this city
with the rising of the sun to the Silvei
Peak country, in addition to the-old
time residents of this ining -camp
the new arrivals in Tonopah did ifp:
linger long. Cars from other nearby
states began to show on the rough
road to the Silver Peak region wheft
Weepah is located. 'rff*'
The first shipment of lumber went
to Weepah from Tonopah today. A
grading outfit and two other trucks
also left to reopen the old SHve
Peak road up Paymaster CanybtiFtfci?
shortens theydistance from Tonopal?
to Weepah twenty miles.
The sale of the Pat McAuliffe
group of claims tq. Judge P. A. Mc
Carran, former chief justice of Ne
vada, created a decided sensation &<?
mcng the hardened miners.. Judgf
McCarran declared he believed the
claim would prove richer than ,th<
group Horton owns. McCarran rank?
as one of the best authorities or
mining and mineralization in th<
state.
R. L. Leonards, a broker of Lo:
Angeles, took over one group of
claims last night when the paper!
were signed. Pete Beko sold anqthei
claim to Los Angeles interesta^Bekr
received $5 <000. for a location he
made March 5, and in addition a large
block of stock, in the company that is
to be organized. !
This week promises to see the'
first development work, and With th'
passing of bad weather, the outdoor
wcrk will be stimulated. Before s
shaft can be sunk on the 'Horton
claims the ground must be prospected
and a likely spot Chosen for its sink*
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MINSTREL SHOW
NOW A NOVELTY
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It has been so long since have
4iad a real old fashipned minstrel show
that the announcement that the Big
Kiwanis Minstrels will be in Farmville
at the Perkins Hall with a cast of 50
people on March 22nd, that their com
ing will take on the aspect of'a novel
ty. A good Minstrel is like a good rir
sus, it appeals to all classes. Teh's oi
?thousands of people attend a minstrel
schow who iwver think of attending
any other character of entertainment
This is because they know there is
nothing to offend or embarrtss then
and they are at the same time assurec
I of a hearty laugh..
fe HOLLY-WOOD CEMETERY
The people of Farmville and cotti
munity are invited to visit tl? nev
J than three acres,, three hundred and
1 fifty lots, have fc^h' fcM effaiK* stak
ed, for imitiediate and hear future use.
In plotting this site special attention
was given to the elimination of waste
space. The location, st>a} tftttinage and
? setting of this plot is idea' for ceme
?* tery purposes, "^ts up-keer> will be a
s municipal charge and its supervision
s subject to the cemetery committee and
R. A. Joyner, treasurer, who has the
- maps in his office for the convenience
s of the rmblfc. ^tiurfWing is now
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Apparently Treated As lUsj^i
sible Representative Of Order
In TMs State
- Washington, March 15. ? Ralph
Siibmerson, 19-year old page in the
last State Senate, who is alliged t >
have offered bribes to members of
.the House to speak against the anii
Klan bill, may be regarded as irre
sponsible, bat it was learned today
that when he came to Washington
before the killing of the anti-Klan
bill, he was treated as a responsible
representative of the Klan by Dr.
Hiram Evans, Imperial Wizard of
the order.
Dr. Evans not only saw Simftterson
and discussed the matter with him
but he and another high official' of
the Klan went to the House" office
building at Simmerson'a request and
conferred with him in the office of
a member of the North Carolina dele
gation in Congress.
The member of Qor/prese from
North Carolina would take no part
i nthe conference, it was learned,
but left the office before the confer
ence commenced. This Congressman,
Representative R. L. Doughton it is
k understood, is not a member of the
Klan. .. ;
1 "Dr. Evans didn't authorize fiim
merson to spend a nickle in North
Carolina," the secretary to the Im
perial Wizard stated totjiy.
r "They are net going to appoint a
Grand Dragon in North Carolina any
time soon," he said. "They are go
ing- to let Belser run it until it gets
too hot. for him and then get some
Ibody else." . ,.v?
Young Simmerson arrived in Wash
ington today with the declaration that
he might go to see the Imperial Wiz
ard again. He appeared tu be not a
bit unhappy over the publication in
North Carolina newspapers of the
fact that fie attempted t? bribe mem
bers of the House to speak against
the anti-Klan bill. He appeared w be
rather pleased at the publicity given
gra gee
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"Say its 'a palpable fle' like Up
shaw says," he went on. "I welcome
an investigation."
t ."They don't know what it's all
about," he Said,- referring to the
members of the General "Assembly.
"All I got to say is that both Houses
Were strong for the bill, but how its
lying on the table dead. I am net say
ing I did it, bat that's what.happened"
Simmerson appeared to be not only
pleased with the publicity given the
bribery charges, but quite ready to
assume all responsibility for waging
the fight of the Klan" which resulted
in the General Assembly reversing it
self and gilling the anti-Klan bill.
Simmerson said 'that when he is
sued a statement attacking the legis
lature for favoring tbjec" anti-Klan
bill, Senator Smith, of Charlotte, tried
to get him put off the legislative pay
roil, but that he couldn't do.it. He
stated that other members told Smith
*:hat it was his right to say whatever
he pleased. He intimated, however,
that be couldn't be put off the State
payroll because he had the Klan be
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Several members of the General As
sembly have stated that they were
^approached" 1# Simuueson, who
told them that, if they speak
against the bill "it would mean more
to me than T had made in the legis
lature." ? c.-r J..'. ?; -
? Sflfartierson has beeu ..regarded cs
a sort of youthful, political buffoon
since his entry into politics and pub
licity-seeking pp. A jpagein the 1925
General Assembly. He'wai very ar
: tkulate in his; support of the La
follette-Wheeler ticket in 1924, hut
cqime back to Demdefacy In time to
land a job again as page in the last
General Assembly. He lost his arm
in an taccident. For his age he is re
! 'garde* as the most yonunious public
ity seeker in North 'Carolina. On his
trips to Washington he has made him
self considerable of a nuisance to
1 come members of'the State delegation
I in .Congress.
In view of these facts the serious
reception given him by Klan officials
Jmken he came here soon after the
. resignation of Judge Henry A. Grady
; as Grand Dragon of the Klan in tha
? State is regarded as rather remark
able.
Education is the lifelong pursuit
' of finding out how little we know.
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