Leader of Tob. Industry i i M i New York Publication Says North Carolina Is "King" Be-* Gnu* Of Use Of Ink. Declaring tha^ North Carolina is king of the tobacco industry and that PUBLICITY has been one of the im portant and necessary factors in the state attaining this goal and that tiie same will be found true in the success of any legitimate enterprise regardless of its sise or its product. Tobacco, a trade journal published in Wear York, says: "Each one of the forty-right States of this uhtion is supreme in possibly one or infere industries. At least, each ? one is a leader in either a parteulnri j hurinaii nr a certain product of agri oritur*. "But when one State ?sBM supreme in the growing and fabrica tion of a product, it is indeed entitled to be erowned king of its class. And such latheposition of North Carolina. "It glows and sells more bright leaf tsbacpqthan any other State. It manu factures moro tobacco and cigarettes than nay other State. It pays -more Intermri Revenue taxes than any other State. "Nflith 0aro&ta continued t? lead in payment of the Federal tobaeea taxes, contributing *197,107.3G2A4 in tobacco taxes in H27, or more than half thai entire total for the Union, compared u*h *180469,360.22 in 1926, which was rifchtly under half the total paid by aH the States in 1926. "On cigarettes alone North Carolina to ISSf paid *174462468.40, or more than ali^tbe rest of the States com btaed. Virginia was her nearest com petitor; paying a cigarette tax of *67,53?,006.54. New York paid tobac co taxes of *30,778,647.96 to 1927, compared with *27,362438^7 in 1926. "NtAh Carolina, indeed, is toe pulse of the cigarette and smoking tobacco . industry. Other States compete, but they toe hardly in the running. Being the home of the product it produces, it is the naturpi thing for North Caro to lead. "It must not be how ever, that there is one Yitol element whfeh^enden repreire to its tobacco business. And that one thing is publicity. Minus publicity North Carolina would not be toe crowned king of a vast industry. Mime publicity no other State; either, could be a cimpetitor. "After all, it is simply advertising which makes the huge totals repre senting a mighty business. Stop the advertising, and see whether this Is right or wrong. But what real busi ness man would cease the work which is the life blood of his industry? Where is there a modern manufactur er who does not realire the power of the press, the power of the printed word? "Business of every soil today is Iv-fog* upon publicity. Unless there is the pressure the perpetual repetition o fjptbHeity, what is demand for the psfduet? Brands toe merely the trade names for established reputation. They are merely the expression to the product of what is behind the laBeL "And North Carolina manufacturers know foil well timt thebr State would be dethroned as king of tobacco if foajr decided they 'eould not afford to "Yet such is the often repeated phrase of many men in the trade, Tbey say the words, knowing well that they are refusing markets whidr they need, red which tbey may only oUain by advertising, phis good good BPfflHlifff XRSH&gQVQ&tib* / - . ?$'-,%ij ' ? "In North Carolina, though, those ?- ??? - - - ? . 1 I, ' I ? ? ?' ? mji | | . , I ? 1 --?' ? \ t)nj) | nenejacwr | son of aa Italian vegetable grower and i founder of the Bank of Italy and its associate corporations, who never did have ambitions-to be a millionaire, will give away bis per* sonal fortune to aid farmers, dairy, and livestock men. ? ???'? ? > -? [Loser Asks lor I. Cooper, Parole ' Letter Givwr^Oot By Governor Is Taken To Indicate That Freedom Is Near ? ? - I Raleigh, Feb. 9.?Presaging early ! action on clenjency for Thomas H. Coope#, former* Wilmington banker, | now serving sentences aggregating 8 years on New Hanover County roads, (Governor McLean early this week | made poblie a letter he has received from an Eastern North Carolina bank er, characterized as a heavy loser in the?cr^ah of the Cooper banks at Wil mington, awing that Cooper be parbl It has been widely talked around the Capitol that Cooper was slated for a^parole in March when he has com pleted one year of his sentence. Re lease of the letter yesterday was con strued as indication that Cooper's day of freedom is near. Before beginning sentence on the New Hanover roads Cooper served a sentence at Atlanta Prison dor viola tion of Federal banking laws. Soon af ter beginning his sentence in North Carolina a clemency hearing for hint was held before Governor McLean, but. the Governor declined to net. ttvn dreds of letters and telegrams iarie been received in Cooper's behalf and numerous prominent citizens have come here to plead for him in person. If Cooper'is paroled he will be the, first banker given his freedom by Governor McLean, although he has. cut one bank law violate?" Jbntence by a commutation. The letter to the Governor follows: "As one of the chief sufferers . . . I would like to have you place my name along with the many notable gentlemen, of this and other States who have asked executive clemency ] for Tom Cooper. Tom Cooper is not a bad man at all. Someone had to be the 'goat,' and it is my humble opinion that of Torn' has the 'goat'Jbeen made. e "We lost between $30,000 and $35, 000 in the 'low up' of the Coopers. This entailed many sacrifices for the I writer, such as selling his home, mort gaging his household effects and 1 moving in and living with his mother in-law. The last is not as bed as might ji appear. I say fervently: Thank God I had a mother-in-law ';*ho would take I me' in at "such "We know y^u will do exactly what | -you think beet, and we want this done. Any way, we wantjto take our humble : | Tom Cooper^<>rtaBed K BOY SCOUT WEEK H in celebration1 of the^onndirj - [beam support oflsverytitiaen. ^ ! r Pro t? So Sco h fld v j my duty to God my-country.. r. t- ,, , , V ' ' , Cljmtcrv tiiaik suppu | ||dU$ ^ I Claim 2Vktois ? Car Skids And Owtaras N?tt l ? | ^ ??Till n . IT. 9 ?? n ? rsasnvme, vrnsmng urrrer And His Wife ? . . Rocky Mount, Feb.* &-~Two persons were fatally injured anda third receiv ed injuries which may prove fatal in automobile accidents which occurred ; near Ebcky Mount the week-end. D. B. - O'Neil, at Burlington, died while he- > ing brought to a local hospital late yesterday and his. wafe received son- ?; ous internal injuries, when the car in < which they were riding skidded on the wet highway between Nashville and Spring Hope, turned over and was eom - pletely wrecked. - K : Mr. O'Neil suffered fractured skuM * and othCr Injuries, died in an ambu- : lanee which was rushing him to a local hospital. At the hospital today _ it was stated that Mrs. O'Neil was suffering from severe shock and ser ious internal injuries. Her condition was regarded as extremely-critical. Mr. O'Neil, according to infoaiatiOB \ obtained^ the local undertaking fim to whi|h the body was turned over, lived ft Burlington but was a native of Pitt county, his father being Prank O'Neil. The remains were taken to GreenviHe for enterment His age was given as 86 years. 'The other week-end accident victim was Charlie Walston, 61-year-old ne gro who suffered a broken neck when struck by a car while walking on the highway near Bleb Square. He was rushed to a local hospital Saturday night and succumbed to his injuries Sunday afternoon. Details of the acci dent in which the negro was fatally in jured were lacking here today. jO - - , VflUljUD In BBSII I P iWf? In lhilrifTh iww ?u Bwnpi J ? jftrifi'rh ?Vr ? Ihmtrrrr rf Qtntn I William M*ih; Everett? #4, died of heart disease in the Siriftalter Hotel It about &?0 o'clock lafcnight His . death following a seve over two **ks. ? 1I. Ifc Everett layvin a cOma much of L yesterday,, but was ftfflyneonarious hs the end approached. . j Suffering heart attacks vdtich came with increasing f requenCyc Secretary s Everett was In failing jgjfo* during J the last three years of rajlfe. The last attaqk was the seoohd he suf- ' fered since Christmas. I month he was in his off a week, tending to suchjfarlies as his ? strength permitted. ? ; Mr. Eveiettfa. body waft-Be in state < in the Capitol from 10; O'clock this > morning until 1 this afternoon. The 1 Capitol will be draped?? mourning ' and the flag flown at haft mast for a J period of SO days. All wate officers ' will close between 10 ttd 1 o.'clock j1 today while the offices in the Capitol; i will, be eloaed, except ? necessary - business today and. nij# after the 1 funeral Thursday afterndpn. ' I The funeral will be itf the Method i dlst church at Rodunghgm at 2 o*! ; clock Thursday afternoon Rev. C. M. i I Hawkins, Mr. Everett's pastor, will: conduct the.services, assisted by Rev. EL G. Hartsell.Intennen|will be in| , I the Everett.family grave-yard. . * Governor McLean and*other State officials will act as honorary pall- : bearers at the funeral. ' (1 < - v ??nfii ? ? ? ???? 14m tmfim i ^ *k 1 1 ,m 1 ?' " -I ? ? ? ? -.t Farmville High School Notes [ ;?t F. H. S. Defeats Greenville The High School lads started off the last half of the E. N. C. conference Tuesday idgfct by defeating Green vill to the tune of 18-11. i ? - ' ?' " "V. V..' ; ? - The game started fast and ended faster, if it was possible to do so; for Farmville started the scoring hy dropping in one from fowl line and Greenville tied therpeor^ln like man ner. From the nob the ball was bat ted, fumbled, recovered and shot in a * reckless manner until Farmville lads gave Greenville an exhibition of pass ing during the last two and one hagf, minutes of play. The aeose alternated no less than six times during the struggle. With dhe seere 7-6 at half time the lions went hack to work in .second half and held Greenville to 2 points while scor n,6 -uwreM# .. * vv.r'.v-"-': ^ It was just a question of too mud Farmville. The boys passed hard mid, fast and guarded even faster. Every Fnrmville lad contributed to teanx-work and the seorp?everyone guarding; everyone scoring. Bostic and Hearne, the visitors' for ward and'center, were the brilliant players for the visitors, while the local lads worked as a unit with the team as a whole .shining. Local' Girls Defeat Fountain ^ ?? 1 I The local ricness clawed the Foun tain teaip to such extent that the visitors went away* with 16 markers against them w)ji|e they were able to I make oftly iVmarkers to carry home. The guaranty was close had feat, the, locals were able to score -eight I points before Fountain realized that I there was a basket for them to shoot I at. However the ball went through I consistently, for they counted 14 times I while the locals were counting only I right more. ? ! The ioefti girlAuint will jeuroey 4oJ Saratoga Thursday afternoon to do I some more entertaining while the leather pushing boys wfll entertain Elizabeth City here Friday night at I 7:30.!; - "the boys team will also have Golds ^bore as their guest Tuesday night of next week, ft. It will ,l>e remembered that the Eliza beth City qufct-nosed out a victory over the local-boys by playing an ex tra period. Vm*I itwfl ? ? IvHHfri? - ? '-?7 ? ^-' ) r ftrmvum IMwpd ifir96Dvuie * is .F&Hnvill8'& victcry owr Grwnvillfi I 1 % * I A __ W ? , 'V. The result of the Gree^Hle-Farm ville game was great. Gresfcvfll scored 12, while the local High Itonch made ' 14. Who said that old Fahnville High isn't going right the last Wf of this Conference. The Girls Team defeated;the strong Fountain outfit Tuesday night This have played this year. They got off to a'flying start at the beginning, by defeating the visitors to the tune of 14 to 12. ? . , ?:.* ? . . ,V . Droopy says "I call her Seven Days: the makes tgte ^wk^ " ^ i i ? ? * * What student said "When bigger bums a're made women will make them." ? * * * She: Boy, yon used to have some thing about you I liked, but you spent it all *. * V* * ? ? ? No use writing a joke about Robt Goodson?they laugh at bis dice. Ex School'Teacher: You be sure to be here on time tonight or you will have an extra half hour. ? Him: 111 be hereon time. ? * * * Luther Thomas: Oh! I knocked a hole in my head. Wisecracked: Why worry, nothing leaks there. ; i-J r'J ? - ? ? * ? ?... I Miss Boatright: Lytuvwho discov ered America? Lynn E.: Columhus, of course. IC:. Miss B.: What was the name of his ? ahip?';V.f|:^ -3" srara? 'r ::':U;s Lynn E.: S. S. Penobscot. : m-'V - ': *?"? ? fi-. --Mm If John Jr., Who licked the red off your candy ? ^' Lottie L.: They took the whole piece 1 Teacher: You-say your /papa is a fagl salesman? I L ' Boy; Yep. ?$ I [preacher: Can yon prove it? : ] I L^&oy: He sold a deaf man a radio. John B.: Oh Teacher, I tried to call [the operetta. I '*??*;' I . ? __ ?. . , ? . Dean: Where have you been? 1 ?ffj ' ? r j-i I I Nan: Why are girls lips like a Successor Of Claud Kitchin Says New York Governor Is Best ? Democrat Available. ; Washinbton, Feb. 9.?A1 Smith is ;he most available man for the Dem >cmtic Presidential nomination, ac cording to Congressman John fl. Kerr, mcceSsor of Claud Eitehin as Repre sentative in Congress from the-Sccond tforth Carolina District. Availability from the standpoint of miitical achievement by being elected four times as Governor of New York ind from the standpoint of efficient kdiniohrtfation is emphasized by Kerr. Ehnphaais of Smith's availability isr. I i direct challenge to the position of Senator Simmons, who has emphasiz ed the unavailability of the New York-, sr on tne grqpnd that his nomination would bring into the campaign the wet ind dry issue and also the religious' issue. Prominent Baptist layman and I strict prohibitionist, Congressman Kerr believes Smith's record is a suf ficient answer to the charge that he wouldn't enforce the law or that his Catholicism would handicap him. Pronator Simmons has contended that the bitterest enmities would be aroused by both these quelstions and that his would be most regrettable. --41 Congressman Kerr has been the only North Carolina member of Con gress to be credited with Smith sym pathies. He has not been advocating Smith's nomination except on the ground that he put it today. He con siders that Smith has 'had as much experience with national questions as GroverXJleveland had when he.became President the first time and that Smith'd record, both political and ad ministrative, entitles Mm to the nomi nation. jgC#:V . \ ?;/ ' + ~?: lis^This Section Now. Raleigh, Feb. 9.?Slate Senator E. S. Askew, of Bertie, member of the 1927 General Assembly and ' of the State Board of Conservation and De velopment, visiting in Raleigh this week forecasted a period of industrial development for eastern North Caro lina as a result of the increased avail ability of electrical power in that sec tion. Inter-connection of. power lines, Senator Askew points out, has made current available in sufficient quanti ties for manufacturing purposes in virtually all sections of eastern'North Carolina. ' , ? ; "Heretofore," Senator Askew says, "manufacturing plants were centered chiefly adjacent ta the site of the power development because the power, was generated at that poinVbut now with the extension of the transmission lines, electrical energy in sufficient quantities is available in most sec tions of the State, the wide range of its distribution being especially notice able in eastern North Carolina. "Eastern North Carolina can now ga forward as a manufacturing sec tion, especially as it has more raw' materials than any other part of the State. This development can best be brought about by not waiting for big enterprises, but by encouraging a municiplicity of small plantsrfor ^hich the section is able to furnish virtually unlimited raw materials. :*?' ?f>A variety of enterprises makes for stability in business conditions because when busness slacks down with a big plant .there is more likelihood of com mercial paralysis in a community than when there is a wide range of manu facturing activities, some of which will always be operating. "I can vision an industrial future for my section, "where ample power, unlimited raw materials, and a plen tiful supply of labor arre available and Giant Financial. Institution Is Outgrowth Of Country Boy's Early Transactions ] San Francisco, "Feb. 9.?It's a long trail from handling fruits and vege tables to handling millions, but that! was the path of A. P. Giannini ,who has just decided to give away his per- 1 sonal fortune in the interest of hvman ' welfare?and" significantly enroght,; 1 remains true to his boyhood love by ' endowing his wealth for the benefit of 1 agriculture, s ? Giannini never did have ambitions I to be a millionaire. The son of an * Italian vegetable grower, and founder 1 of the Bank of Italy and its associate 1 corporations, he is giving a huge for- 1 tune to the agriculture of the state in J which he built a banking organization which has been called the greatest financial asset of the state and a ? "banking octupus." _ In 1928 alone the enormous sum j will amount to $1,600,000, represent* , ing Giannini'8 6% o fthe earnings of ( the Bancitaly Corporation, v which he 1 has refused to accept James A. Bacigalupi, on behalf of ( the directors of the Bancitaly Corpo- , ration, made the announcement that ; this money will be given to the people of California through a foundation to , foster and develop tHS State's agricul- ( tural interests. One million dollars will go toward , the establishment of the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics at the University of California, arid . five hundred thousand dollars for the erection of a' building on the campus, dedicated to ways and means of im proving the economic condition of Farmers, Dairy and Livestock men. A little jnore than thirty years ago Giannini, a young Italian fruit and vegetable buyer, beganjending money to other farmers who had established , themselves in the fertile valleys of tiaiifornia. ' : , Today the Bank of Italy reacnes every hambt in California, and the -Bank'of Italy and ite subsidiary cor-' * porations are said to form the second largest bank in the country, the flat-' ional City Bank of New York $eing the^g one td.surpass it Giannini started lending money as an aid to farmers and those with whom he did business. Mighty oaks from lit tle acorns, grow! C. M. T. C. TRAINING BRINGS HIGH "SCHOOL CREDITS I r Recognizing the educational and j physical development value. of the | Citizens Military Training Camps I many states in the country today give high school ^credits for attendance at these camps. E. A. Pound and J. McT. Daniel, State High School supervisors of Georgia and South Carolina endorse this proceedure, as do also A.-fl^ Allen, State Superintendent of Public Instruc j tion and G. Henry Highsraith, Director I Divisional School Inspection, both of I North Carolina. J Thus in the Southeast, three states, I Georgia and the Carolinas already! authorize these credits while two oth-1 ers, Mississippi and Florida show en- j couraging indications, of doing like-1 wise. . The latest word from Mississ- j ippi quetes Mr. F. C. Jenkins, State j High Sehool Supervisor as saying, "It 1 is my belief that the State Accredit-1 ing Commission would agree to the I .proposition of allowing a quarter of a J Unit for high school itredit for thirty! days attendance in one of the Citizens j Military Training Camps," and it re.- j mairis" only for this commission to per- j nanently authorize this proceedure. J Usually one fourth credit is author-1 ized for each month of attendance and I under the subject of physical training. J In some places over the United! States colleges and Universities are] also! beginning Joagive credit toward j graduation from their courses, for this valuable C. M. T. C. training. i ?? ?, i- W The average politician thinks there ] is a lot of "pap" in newspapers. j ? j."-' .">? -j Hickman 'At End [civnitiuii nt xjkqu ^ ? Mental E^rt \ J* Psychopatic Expert Scoffs At Efforts To Prove Him Insane: Many Witnesses Testify. ???? Los. Angeles, Feb. 7-?A mental ex pert of years' "standing under oath abelled William Edward Hickman, :onfessed kidnapper and slayer of Karian Parker, as a man "at the end >f his rope." '.I;* Dr. Thomas Orbison, World War jsychopathic expert and a member of he Los Angeles County fjunacy Com nission,* testifying as an alienist for he prosecution in Hickman's sanity > irial, read the prisoner's written plea hr clemency,^and in reply to District Utoraey Keyes, said: "It is the plea of a man who real izes he's at the end of his rope." Throughout the day the prisoner bad sat behind his attorney, Jerome ? Walsh, of Kansas City, and watched a procession of Witnesses step into the box and swear to their belief that tie was a sane man. Each had flatly :ontradicted his assertion that "an un balanced mind" had caused the kill ing of Mdfian Parker. One went further and swore that tie believed Hidcman was "obviously trying to feign insanity." . Dr. Orbison, from the witness box, took occasion to condemn the ponder ous machinery of the Hickman sanity trial as "ridiculous pomp and cere mony." i ^ ?. ? ? m*-'" I Testifying as a State witness, ur, Orbison said: "lb is perfectly ridicu lous to have all this pomp and cere mony when a murderer tries to avoid the penalty by pleading insanity. Why should we pay thousands of dollars to bring witnesses to say that this man is sane and others to say that he insane, when we could send him-right owr to the psychopathic ward and have Rhim examined theie ? If he was found* insane, alt right If he was found not insane, $11 we would have to do would be bring him back and try him for murder." Through Dr- Orbison, Attorney Richard. Can tillou, of the defense, was abftclb :put into the irteords a state- : menf^tfeirjn Hickman, which the m$>:?eeutor earlier in the trial.had ruled out as "tommy-rot" The defense attorney submitted it to the witness for examination to dis cover, if. possible, traces of an un balanced mind/The doctor found none. Hickman's statement reviewed his early life and his adoption of a crim inal career.' It dwelt at length on the theory, of "divine guidance," one of his explanations of the killing of little Marian Parker, which the defense ac -scrts is proof of his insanity. "If I hang some people will be -; gratified and some disappointed. If I;receive life imprisonment, some will protost while some will agree. In eith er case would the proper solution be - found ? Would the law be completely fulfilled; observe me so-that you may save the youth of the future." Dr. Orbison said that when he ex amined Hickman, the latter had told him of "the address,", asserting he thought it would be a very good one. i _ i? A cobbission has been busy compar ing the amount of dqst in the air In a numb^of different eilies and It may help s