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VOL XYg
No. 52
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HOLDING SWAY
Additional Samples From Fac- I
tolas Brought to Green
ville Yesterday
Greenville, April 28.?Gas bubbling
from the banks of Grindie Creek ea- <
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nal continues to attract people from J
%11 parts of the county, and today ]
efforts are under way to sees re the ?
services of an expert from the United <
States Department of Mines to con- 4
duct an exhaustive investigation into 3
the possibility of drilling for gas in 1
commercial quantities. I
L S .Fleming, of Pactolus, brought ]
several samples of the Grindie Creek
gas to the Reflector office yesterday <
afternoon. The fumes were contain- 1
ed in fruit jars and milk bottles. I
Several persons witnessed the apply- ? j
ing of a match to' the mouth of the !
bottles and the accompanying blue J
dame. Sufficient flames was furnish- 1
ed to heat the Lotties.
This was the second time samples <
of gas from Pactolus has been re- 1
eeived at the Reflector office. A test
upon each occasion produced the blue
fijune so noticeable when fire was ap
plied to the bottles yesterday.
. Grindle Creek canal was cut thru
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the Pactolus section last year. Con
siderable dredging was done, and it
is among the deposits of fossiliferous
matter thrown upon the banks that
tie gas eras * discovered. It is also j
noticeable in the bed of the stream.
She?I notice that men (become bald
much roort than women because of
the intense activity of their brains.
He?Yes, and I notice that women
dont raise beards because of the in
tense activity of their chins!
JOHN EARLY
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.eptr Efictpts From Horn Hear
7froa mmm<tts Pre
pared far Removal
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Try on, April 28.?While residents
>f BurnsviHe and Yancey county were
n*a$h?ag sighs of relief Thursday at
die unheralded departure from their
midst of John Early, escaped leper,
rryon and Polk county cititens* wire
testing furtive and fearful glances
tbout the woods and hills, expecting
it any moment to catch a glimpse of
he afflicted man, now believed to be
located not far from his old home
?*e:
Sheriff Hugh Banks, of Yaacey
?unty found that his charge had
flown Wednesday night when he went
to see that all was well in the camp
at "Leper Acae," ten mitts away.
Early was not .to be seen and with
his departure went his tent, cooking
utensils, dothing and. every article
which had gone to 'make up his well
ordered camp. An inquiry Wednes
day night convinced the sheriff tha$
the man left in .an automobile with
relatives, heading by a round-about
way to Asheville, and apparently
keeping on thru 'Tryon.
Sheriff J. M/McFariane, of Polk
county, was busy in court at Colum
bus when word readied the county
seat that Early was advancing on
what was believed to be his ultimate
destination when he left the federal
leprosarum at Carville, La., but said
he would keep a sharp look-out for
Earfy.
Besides his father. Early has two
brothers living'In Tryon; Constable
Jim Early and Matt Early. He jtho
has a sister, MraBowen Constance,
at Columbus.
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Municipal Power Plants
?? ^-?-,tw" & i. . . ?-'??
a wp^M
W O^W Jte
1 1 Jiwup ymr punu u? mm
npe producers, ?nd the minute they
are sold to private interests the rev
epue steps,*-Cut V. Thompson* of
Chicago, secretary and treasurer of
the Public Ownership* League of
America, told members of various
water and light commissions of Eas
tern North Carolina gathered recent
ly in Tarboro.
1 Mr. Thompson was introduced by
E. V. Zeefier, mayo* of Tarboro. It
was the first time he had spokea%t
spper-power in Tarboro but not the
first time to Carolina. In fact, .he
has visited Rocky Mount, Wilson and
Washington, and has been in dose
t#v with representatives of other!
cities in this section of the State who
4r? interested la the inter-connection
and improvement of electric light
pfcwts.
-He not only showed what 74MO
other towns and cities of the nation
are accomplishing with their electric
plants, but he also told of the great
benefits which should be derived from
die interconnection Of high tefcrfon
wires in this section.
It would be little trouble to effcet
a connection n Eastern Carolina, Mr.
the-larger towns are already irithin
program in thf* a^v*
Be wana'd his beams against!
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"Selling municipally owned electric
plants is like IjffKng the hen that
laid the. goldqft'ifegjj. The source of
profit is gone, town suffers an
political office, especially those &
Washington. The politician is richly
rewarded for carrying out the denies
of the large corporations, and they,,
are always producing.
"Municipal plants are able to give
lower rates than the privately owned
corporations. Cleveland, Ohio, was
paying 12 cents ner kilowatt hour.
They put in a municipal plant ahdE$i<
today enjoying -_aj* three cent rate.
Seattle, Washington, was paying 2&
cents; today they are paying AVk
cents per hoar rate.
"Jacksonville, Florida, has[* ?*te
of seven cents per filowntt hoar.
Oth^r cities nil *ver the State_wkh
private OwueM|ipie paying -a flat
rate of Jacksonville
people are not^?d^-teJ joying ths low
est rates of any city in die State,
but it* power plant is turning into
the eit^s treasury around $860,600
?iesllj
"The**-are 895 towns and dtie?
linked together in Canada he said.
They have a flat race of three cents
per kilowatt hour. Some have as low
as two cents. , -
enough power in Eastern Carolina.
be if the towns lasd cities come to
gether and agree to eonneet their
aine them to accomplish uodreamed
try ^ L ^ ?. ? ? ? ..
of new etectrical devices. The Gov. I
Wiv COwnvXr^*' i
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Several Local Members to Air
tend Which Is to Convene
at Durham on May 2nd
The following ladies are among
those who axe planning to attend the
State Convention of Women's Feder
ated Clubs ?which is to convene in
Barbara on Monday, May 2nd. Miss
Annie Perkins, State Recording Sec
retary; Mrs. R. R. Cottten, Honorary
dub women, and on Wednesday after
noon a "Cotton" reception will be
held in the ball room of thfr liot^ to
tAe best looking dresses. Only worn-:
en making their own dresses will be
eligible for the prizes, which are do
nated by various manufacturers of
cotton goods, and which prizes range
from $25.00 down to guest towels and
pillow cased, C? *
? -Mrs. J. W. Joyner, of this city,
who has done signal work in her de
partment during the past year, has
been honored by a request to make a
talk at the Art-Music breakfast on
will present to the jllferatii ?n, a por-1
? Old Noah rtallypl^^in luck,
1^-With the ark, buJ^Mn't know-ft;!
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: Miss Bclva*|Ashcraft of Beairds
. th^puiMh^ye been fJjl^L
WHY ^
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Farmviite 4? Obstm-?*.?, a
_? Mjffcnjflff fkiirrk
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Farinvilfe will obserifc; Mask Week
by a special Sunday, jerrfee at the
Methodistehnrchati^t^flock.,/
(A profrmmari**sW<by flw Har
tional Mastic Week committee of New
*** *$ %
be singing by e*rrf*dy for every
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? -Mr. J.H. Jbnes, song-leader-of the
?thk ? the ??ging
Dr. J. -ifc Harrell will give a short
talk on Musk and Religion.
^ Special anthems" by tfc^fii^oir wftl
be rendered. Everybody!* asked Jto
come out and sing.. -ji '.Itshniiiv *
?jy- '? - ' j^?SelB.V Sn :; ~J' ;;l
" Although New YoikLgave the real
impetus to the n^oveoseat, it .cannot
claim priority in- the establishingof
a-iocal Music Wee^T!# ftnft'public
mention of Natkmel Musk We^^OT
any Mask Week, appeared o^ajpflsk
paper in February, 1917, and referred
to the plans of thcr National Bureau
for the Advancement '.of Music for
such an obeervahee, but no action was
taken for several years. Boise, Idaho,
Held a Music Week on a city-wide
basis in May, 1919. "X Musk Day
took place in Dallas, Texas, on Sep
tember 30, 1919^ ? Saint Louis held ?
Music W?Jc on November Srjtp of thai
y?r, and in the following week there
was aMnsic Week p Shaapn, Penn
sylvania. New York's first oUe*j
ante was held on Febmary 1-7, 1990
Wi i^t of th^;p^ty ^;^
that event and its undou&ed success
the idea Spread- rapidly add an in
erewsing number of local observances
were .organized .each yea|^.^ ;.^
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w 0 j^f Suai
Monk, Mary Alice Seaman and. Jam
,0S... be given for the bes
b^?f
that'
nothing. Do yon know thevead Sea
Wdij my grandfather killed it
Ifi cannot d?l?*. but p.rhap
HR&nfess tis the follies outs'trij
nil -W*?T^
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Jackson Goes on Stand
In His Own Defense In
. Criminal Court Today
Greenville, April 28th.? Amos C.
ackson, former sheriff of Pitt county,
in trial in Criminal Superior Court
lere on a charge of embezzling $21,
152.18 from county funds during his
idmisistration as sheriff, went on the
itand in his own defense shortly after
en o'clock this morning. Outwurdly
aim and collected, the former sheriff
mswered in a~ direct and informative
vay the hundreds of questions asked
>y by Louis Gaylord, chief counsel for
;he defense.
JaJckson was the first to take lira
stand following conclusion of evidence
>y the State, which began Tuesday
jfternoon. Sitting in the witness
:haid with an old check book recoi.l
?esting upon his knees the -former
sheriff told the court that he had not
seen the checks used in evidence or
;he check book stubs since his retire
ment from office.
A considerable number of checks
issued by the sheriff during his ad
ministration involved sums ranging
from one dollar to several hundred
dollars. Under questioning of attor
ney Gaylord, he explained for what
purpose the checks had been issued.
In answer to questions as to why
certaiii checks had been given for the
payment of personal accounts, Jack
son said that he had placed sufficient
funds from his own account to cover
them. He also said that collections
and transfers had been deposited to
the sheriff's account in the banks with
which the department did business.
Colonel Albion Dunn, assisting in
the\prosecution, attempted to rest the
case last night, with condition that be
be allowed to put on additional wit
nesses today, but the motion was de
nied following vigorous protest op the
part of. Lou is Gaylord, member of the
defense counsel. ?? r
Mr. Gaylord intimated they would
like to go through with defense evi
dence without any interruption, and
that he thofight it wise for the State
to complete its evidence before rest
fog- .' i* i.
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The State continued * uie uurouuc
tion of evidence all day yesterday
and until nine-thirty last night Num
bers of witnesses were examined dur- ?
ing- the day, many of them being re
made plain during the first exam
ination, The major part of the testi
?wny , as on the ?2ay before, consisted
largely, of examination of documents
iflfcthe sheriff's office and clerks which
he had paid put during his adminis
tration.* ,, '
\ considerable part of the evidence
presented by the State was connected
with bills of court costs and licenses
issued through the office of the sheriff.
A>' large sum of money is involved, it
being alleged that the various amounts
had not been turned into the county
treasury by- the defendant.
During the two days the State has
been hammering away upon the case,
Amos C. Jackson, defendant, has been
one of the most Interested spectators
in the court room. Sitting at the .side
of his attorneys, the former sheriff
has displayed little signs of nervous
ness. His general demeanor has be^n
marked with placidity, and at times'
considerable animation.
X'. Sitting at his side through the long
hours of grilling of witnesses, Jack
son's wife and 16-year oid daughter *
have exhibited only passing interest
Mrs. Jackson, emaciated and hagger-. ?
ed as * result of the ordeal through
which she has passed, seemed hardly
able to hold up under the strain of
the long hours of day and night court
sessions.
The charge of .embezzlement against
Jackson resulted from an audit oC
County books here last _ year. The
audit revealed an alleged shortage of
$21,352.18. Jackson disappeared at
(hat time and did not retpm until
after a court order had beerf issued
declaring his office vacated. ;
The bonding company with which
Jackson was bonded, made'good the'
shortage to the Couhty following a
check-up by their representatives.
<Jontwiding thht.no shortage in the.
County funds actually exists, defense
iopnsel today declared the defendant
not to be criminally responsible. It
is contended that the alleged shortage
was paid into the general county fund
and. was used in regular disburse
ments. - v.'' ?
It % also contended that Jackkson
is* noft directly responsible for ml! the
funds ^ turned into the office during
lis administration, because ail monies
vere placed in the general money
>ox to which deputies and book
ceepers had access, being later used
The State, however, contends that
?rauciulent purposes, and before rest- I
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Jj Lool Church is Going Forward
Undertbe Wise Leadership
? of Dr. A. S. Irenable
The members of the Farmville Pres
byterian Church f?l that thjy a-id
I their Church are being greatly blessed
at; this time. About the first of Feb
?e n?wy, iter. A. S. Venable, D. D., ol
c Farmville, Va., accepted a call .to the
a Cliurch and entered at once upon his
e | first Sunday in April and closed on
? faster Sunday morning with a.beau
i j.tiful celebration cf the Lord's- Supper.'
^J Tfte preaching was done by Dr. Ven
e J able and. we. have never listened to
j .the gospel messages presented more
e vigorously or in a more tenderly ap
e pealing manner, and while the congre
e hgations were unusually good, there
,l;was a noticeable lack ?pf the sensa
ejti&nalism which so often ^attends re
vival services and which so often
t jteaves the church in a state of excite
g ment,usually ending in a slump.
? Dr. Venable is blessed in a most
I unusual way in having a helpmeet
r J-who is full of the Spirit of God, ten
der, affectionate and ever on the alert
si to do her Masters bidding. Thru
? I the effort of the two, with other help
ers, God poured out rich blessings on
- the; Churdt and the community at
-jlarge, and on the^ last morning of the
meeting, thirteeiThaw members stood
s I before the pulpit and were received
pi into the fellowship of the Churchy
[tin making their first public profes
Ision of Christ. P.ev. A. J. Crane was
' present and assisted Dr. Venable in ?
The Sunday School is growing each
week, and the Church' looks forward
| to a season of real growth under the
[wise and consecrated leadership of
I Dr Vfenablei
An adjourned meeting of Albemarle
fffijesbytery. will be held here the
twelth of -May, at which time Dr.
Venable will be received into the
I Presbytery and unfinished buisness
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