North Carolina Newspapers

| | - 1 -1 " * .. ! ? . ???. ' ? ? 1 ___ .'?. ' ?xtwv e ifiOA - - 1 ? v/^niwi r A cnT IN A FRIDAY JUNB S< 19?V farmvtlle, prrr county, v ? ?, -?? ?^ ? 7 VOL. TW?fTY-ONE ..!_ * TTMVnESBE f\/\vTT |\vm '"*< : * i f iilli JLPvv/JUI/Juilw I V "*?''?' '*". *-* -?'W'V'*^ *v- - ?' ."-.r- 'w Jr*4* C'" ? - - ? >V Vr-i- J -: ?'- v I Several Thousand Visitors I ^laisd Hear^Mimy. Noted speakers; Luncheon I; Served in Gugg Grove. Gfcene County surpasses even iis ot^ Wveitol reputation for hospt talitfj3$iesday when its eitixens were hosts V several thousand visitors at exercises attendant upon the unveil ing of tits boulder and tablet mark ing the old Hull Road cut by General Hull in the march of the British army through eastern North Carolina dur ing the Revolutionary War. Gen. Thomas HoBiday, general in the war of 1812 was also honored, a number of his lineal descendants having a part in the program. The marker was unveiled and the' pro gram sponsored by the CoL Alexan- I der McAllister Chapter of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution of which Mrs. W. B. Murphy is regent, but as usual all Snow Hill and Greene county residents acted as hosts and assistants. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, of Elizabeth City; Gen. L. R. Hoi brook, command ant at Fort Bragg and Judge L. V. Morrill of Snow Hill, were the main speakers at exercises during the morning at the school house, one oi the most effective patriotic gather ings that has been held for sometime in this section. Mr. Ehringhans spoke on -wormi Carolina's contribution to Arnericsjwj history, telling comprehensively jflfl the State's settlement, progress arid outstanding achievements, particu larly along lines of government, re ligion and education. "Hold fast to the recollections of our glorious past, not in pride and arrogrance, but as. the source of an unparalleled inspi ration to press forward to an even greater future," Mr. Ehringbaus told his interested hearers. "This North Carolina which we love is something more than a geographical descriptio. There is a subtle magic in the name. It suggests intangible realities, more enduring than tjme, more precious than wealth, more tender than love. At once it brings to mind the ro mance of discovery, the hardihood~of pioneers, the vision of liberty and representative government, the deli cation "of a people to a principle, the love of humanity, world freedom and enduring peace, the epitome of our pride and purpose. God help us to dedicate ourselves to the tasks and problems of the hour with the fervor j and devotion that our fathers mani fested in another day." JB^e need and importance of citi- { zeps" military training camps were emphasized by General Holbrook. j while Judge Morrill traced the h tory of the Hull road and the career of General Holiday. Mrs. Murphy presided over the program and pre sented many other leading residents and visitors. The high school band furnished music. Greetings were extended by Mrs. J. F. Parrott, of Kinston, State chair man of trails and roads, D. A. R.; Mrs. R. S. McCeachy, Kinston, State! president American Legion Auxiliary j and Miss Gertrude Carraway, New! Bon, national'vice-chairman of pub- j Hrity, D. A. R. Mrs. J. W. Parker, Farmville, introduced General Hot- j ?rook. Paul Fr&zelle introduced Mr. Ehrfnghftna Miss Margaret Whitiington, daugh ter of Dr. W. W. Whittington, and for the past two years* a pupil of Miss Dieie Howell, gave groups of lovely aoprana solos and the Snow KB male quartet also sang. Miss Julia Palmer received a chapter prize for history, the presentation being made by Mm Harry Taylor. The salute to the flag was led by Mrs. T. A. Person, of teeenviUe. Rev. E. B. Craven, Snow ffill, asked the invocation. ; ? - - J X. '' (After;the indoor epSeises, sue iiu> let was.un veiled wy thirty-two young children; on the Ed Sogg property three miles from Snow Hill on the Farmville highway. Mrs. R. W. Is ley made the presentation, with ac I ceptance for the daughters by Mrs. T. C. Tomage, Farmvil'e, former State treasurer of the D. A. R., and I for the county by Joshua Mewborn* W- chairman Greene county Board of ComndsMonerw A wreath was placed I . oa the boulder by Mrs. Owen H. Guion, New Bern, descendant- of Gen. Holhday. Rev. George Mauze, KLn B braedietiou. | I ea the m*yd enjoyed one <xf Greene spread in the grove of Mr. Emmett . nearby cemeteries at thaitsenuaunrfs^ The sum of $32,17 *as realized from if - _. . . " Ether Perry ^rged^jth Saved fropa a possible lynching by the^ alertness of officers who arrest-1 ed Mm, Ether Berry, negro, accused I of an attempt assault upon Mrs.] Walter StaDings, is being held in a | jail outside of Greene county for safe] Mrs. Stagings, wife of a farmer] residing in Hookerton township, told] officers the negro had attempted to] assault her upon six occasions. The! first, aha- said* was on Mondhy of last] week. Yhe last was Tueeday morning] when he tore her clothes partially] from her body and preceded his ar-1 rest by a few hows. Sheriff E. A. Rasberry and depu-j ties had been seeking the negro since J the first attempt was reported to them, but had so carefully guan$sd]| reports of the attempt that it hadjl Mrs. StalHngs said the negro came ] into her kitchen Tuesday morning] while her husband was at work in the ] fields and seized her. Her screams brought Charlie Joyner whom Stall- j |ings had secured to watch over Ms] home following the earlier attacks. ] I Perry then fled, but was trailed by j officers to tiie farm of Jtesae Ormond j i and arrested there. They brought him J ..hack to the Stallings home where] Mrs. StaSings identified Mm as her]1 assailant : Meanwhile, news of tae anaca kbu ? spread and when Sheriff Raaberry brought the negro from the Stall* . ings home a mob had gathered in front "Let's hang him now!'' Sheriff Raaberry said members of the mob . shouted. * | Assisted by deputies. Sheriff Raa berry placed the negro in an auto- ' mobile and drove from the county ' with him. He declines to reveal where I Perry was taken. Mrs. Stalling! said the negro on J previous attempts to assault her had . threatened her with a pistol once and with a shotgun another tiriS. " She J ! said she saved herself once by jttinp- j ing from a window and escaping. __ , - , MISS MAST BARRETT - GUEST TO FRIENDS I j Miss Mary Barrett entertained a [ ? number of friends on Monday even- j. ing from 8:3Q to 11, at her home on , Wilson Street Two tables were *ar- J ranged for bridge in the spacious j Ming room which was enhanced by baskets of coreopsis and ragged rob- j ins. After several progressions the I ladies high score prixe was presented [ to Miss Tabitha DeVisconti. and to Mr. Harry Lang a box of dgarets was awarded for men's high score prize. Delectable sandwiches, pickles r and tea were served by the hostess ?assisted by Miss Louise McKee. REV. E. L. HILLMAN PREACHES BACCALAUREATE SERMON r With the annual baccalaureate ser mon by the Rev. E. L- Hillman, pas tor of the Methodist church of Green ville, the closing exercises of the Farmville high school began in the ! auditorium Sunday morning. Mr. Hill man took as his text, the 3rd chapter of Ezra, 11th to the 13th verses, the theme of the sermon being, arise and build. He urged the young people to take all the good lessons out of ! their past ami use them as the foun dation for their fttture lives and to start right, so that they would never have to change their course in life, and above all, to put in the midst of their building, an altar to God/and to use this altar daily. Beautiful nni|* I sic was rendered by a chair made r.p of representatives of the various churches with accompaniment by Mrfc Haywood Smith. Diplomas will , be awarded to the graduating class on Monday night ???????? 1 HBJSTIAN CHURCH MOTES I I I I Suidry. June 8th, ^^Pentecostal Monday. Jt i? the" 1900th o *y of the church. I . is a slogan of the Dis ciples of Oru* that aB chn?vt mem bers of that communion will be in attendance on that Sundav and far take of the communion. So co n'c, W in yum il-cc and partake of tfiis O* this day of the establishment of the church. lit os unite in fclbwuhif a-th all the efforts of God?* o?\.pIe that ) ave '.one before.^Ut^^Js ^lp ^ ?* ? Tw"ns FLOWER SHOW WAS A GREAT SUCCESS Many Pine, Specimens Are ExMbiteil and Much In terest Shown in Event ' The flower show held Friday by the Garden Club, of which Miss Ta bitba DeVisoonti is chairman, was highly successful, both as to quantity and quality of specimens exhibited and as to the interest manifested by the community. The show was presented in the City library moms of the municipal build ing with the following members of the various committees receiving and serving refreshments: Miss Tabitha Devisconti, Mrs. T. E. Joyner, chair man of the show, Mrs. D. R. Morgan, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Mrs. D. E. Og lesby, Mrs. R. S. Tandy, Mrs. J. B. Joyner, Mrs. J. W. Joyner, Mrs. Jack Smith and Miss Bettie Joyner. Judges were Miss Isabel Busbee, Miss Georgia Piland and Mrs. B. S. Sheppard all of Raleigh. Ribbons were awarded to the fol lowing: Bettie Joyner, Mrs. T. E. Joyner, Mrs. Lath Morris, Mrs. -Chaa. Moaingo, Mrs. A. C. Monk, Mre. MI rindy Gqbb, Mrs. T. M. Dail, Miss Mary Joyner, Mrs. W. G. Gay, Mrs. M. V. Jones, Mrs. D. E. Oglesby, Mrs. J. I. Morgan, Mrs. B. 0. Turnage, Mrs. J. T. Thorne, Mrs. Madeline Bountree, Mrs. J. ~L Morgan, Miss Tabitha DeVIsconti, Mrs. J. W. Joy ner, Mrs. R. A. Joyner, Mrs. Ernest Gaynor, Mrs. A. W. Robbitt, Mrs. W. E. Joyner, Mis. A. S. Venable, Mrs. Ernest Gaynor, Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, Mr# Mary Lewis Lang, Miss Meta Moore, Mrs. Reddin Fields, Mrs. J. M. Wheless. STUDENTS WANT COACH CA80N BACK NEXT YEAR By Mathew Gibbs) The student body of Farmville high school hopes for the return of Coach Cason for the coming year. He has made many friends during his stay in -this city. Mr, Cason came to us under a great handicap, as far as athletics were concerned, but made a wonderful success by his coaching ability in fbtball and baseball. He obtained his coaching ability from Georgia Tech., from which he was a graduate. " In the school he was a splendid teacher, and too this was one of-his' methods of making mahy friends among the students. Those having subjects enjoyed the year in his classes. So we, the members Vrf the student body, desire; the return of Mr. R. H. Cason for the year 1930-31. Also it is a requesfcaf the school for the return of- the whole faculty for the coining year. ; ? y .y ?^ y ?' 'J II RATINGS JUNB S, 19M We list below the grades of mark ets aud Dairies as Jane 1st, 1930: Home Grocery Co., No. 7 90 Home Grocery Co., No. 3 ??961 Smith Grocery Co. ?,95 I Feeder Grocery Shirley 4: jtatton ?... iO J. C. Bfcoch & Co. i# 903 Killers Are Busy; Again fit Chicago, Detroit and Bos ton This Time :.? # - Chicago, June 2?Multiple murder, raised to its high point, fjt. Valentines Day, 1929, passed another .milestone yesterday. Three men were slain and two persons-rone & woman?were wounded perhaps fatally. ( The killers used machine guns. An hour later and at a spot 0n North" Clark street not half a mile from the scene of the Moran gang massacre of last year, another machine gun fusil lade was fired, critically wounding three others. Police said the attacks marked the opening of new, intense gang gun nery; and they had substantiation to day when the body of a "ride" victim was found, propped against the alley wall of the Italian Trust and Savings Bank on Milwaukee avenue. Sunday's liitle massacre' eras at a resort hotel at Fox Lakn, ip the su burban area northwest qHnfego. The victims, believed dftfc s Who en" members of the gang faction headed;' by the Pruggan brothers were seated at a table on a glass enclosed porch. It was about one odock in the morn ing. |(?Without warning the machine gun attack was opened on them from out side , the bnllets crashing through the glass. The dead: Michael Quirk, west side gangster; Sam Pellar, iditentified as a west side hoodlum and J. Bertsche, whose brother, Barney, has been termed a pioneer in North Side gang life. George Druggan, brother of the better known Terry, now in trouble with the Federal government over his income tax, was wounded so severely in the machine gun attack, that it is unlikely he will survive. The subsequent gang attack, in which three were ? wounded, was conducted in gang manner, machine guns blazing from the dark Interior of a passing tapteeaf which sped away leaving three men wounded. None of whom has any particular gang record, police said. The body at the ride victim, found early today behind the Milwaukee' Avenue Bank, indicated that thojslay ing had occurred about 12 hours be fore. tt-w? <? Mmmd <mur I gunnery, pointed to the slaying last Saturday of Philip Gnoelfo, himself suspected as a killer, was aligned with the once powerful Genna gang, hut police said he was known to have switched allegiance more than once.^ I The Gennas were hostile to the Drug** gan camp. Through an oversight in my office the property of Mrs. ?L G Gardner, of Farmvflfcy was advertised for sale to satisfy taxes on sam%-Mi?; Gardner had paid her taxee before the adwrtiseTttp'ot I jimWSr' sorry her nasi* appeared in the Tax Sale list - ?? ( make this correction and apolo gise to Mn?^ Gardner for the error* ' I IW. Wl A. WH1TBHURST, $ I Sheriff of Pitt Comity. J general business. J%od I o d schoo observing ?that he did notj J 1 ' I llvll <B* KiD HOMAN) ' |#js-,2T?""-" fy ;>' ' Dave, "Bed" Clark, State Solicitor of this Judicial District, is an easy subject to write about?he's abso lutely on the level?four 4 square, democratic, and jib. public servant Sfho's made his office V synonymous with strict honest and earnest en deavor?you don't have to gloss over vague periods in Dave's history just to make good copy?there ain't any such period*?you simply let the Ms? tory of any honest guy flow from your pen and some episode in Dave's Ufe is bound to fit your stosy. ? ?? ;. He's the sdon of an fllnstrious family?his daddy, E. T. Clark, was well-known lawyer?his uncle, the il lustrious Walter . Clark, of Halifax, graced the State Supreme Court bench for 28 yean as a member, and for at least a quarter of a century as Chief Justice. Justice Walter Clark died in 1924, and a whole state mourned the passing of one of its greatest men and characters- ~ Pave Clark's mother was Margaret Lillington, daughter of a well-known North Carolina family?PaVe was born Sept. 21, 1882, as red-headed as a beacon light?he's 43 years old, and looks o lot less?reckon there's a rea son for his youthful appearance he's one of those individuals who are clean, morally, mentally, physicaEy. He was graduated from the high school at Weldon and entered State College to take up a civil engineer ing and when he greduated he fol lowed that profcoaiorv ' ft) I' assnml years. ? A hereditary penchant to? law urged him back to Wake. Forest, and in 1911, after a law course there he was licensed and began practice at Greenville In 1918?be wis young, but foHre recognised energy and hon est convictions, and he was elected to state legislature from Pitt County in 1918-14?he again served in the same capacity in 1917-18?he was the author of several important state wide measures while in the Legisla ture. Although legislators were immune from war service, he resigned his seat in the house and voluteered in the army for the World War?de parted to Washington and was Bent to Camp Sherman at ChiUieothe, 0. After the Amistice was signed, Pave Clark came back home to Greenville, and in the hot spring campaign of 1919 he was elected Mayor of Green ville, and again in 1921. In *22 he ran for State Solicitor'and-was defeated, in the whole district by only 400 bal lots?he was re-elected Mayor of Greenville and again in 1928 each of his mayorality battles were marked by heavy fights, but he-was the can didate of the people, and each tun* he ran Ms campaigns were marked by larger and ever increasing major MpH'.--' ' -! - J>r> . ' ? - J. ? - ? ? ??.? i- .a incio t. ? in xne strong campaign ox xtw? no wis elected; .Solicitor of this district and resigned as Mayor of Greenville ?and Greenville, when it helped to elect him solicitor, lost a doggone determined ,yet absolutely impartial city official?it was Dave Clark who pot Greenville'fc poUe#. .force .'o*. tth map as one of the most efficient and capable in the Whole. State, Dave's whole record jjf one "to be proud of?this story is all iot> brief ?we'd, thoroughly enjoy writing Dave CUAY fall ^gaphy^re'd be adventure, romance?aft; indomitable determination to be just end right? [and then more romance?he's a ro mantic devil,, all right?he gpt mar ried only six months ago?but he displayed a lotta sense, at 'tlii^-or webb^hady^ DucHf was one . d^iis J grandmothers ? because , in "Waiting j 'till he'd charted his own pathway, ' hp met Myrtle Brogden of Tennes seig Dave and Miss Brogden were married July 10, 1928. She Was Pitt | nnd may ttie tidbe^rf Clark ever in IUHU CIA iTvriniiiivjRv vrKv*iu < S^S3tff:~ ^ R If. Wooten m fleeted at ch*j|*; \ man fnd <* W. Hearne, secretary. The i meeting appointed an executive cow- 1 mittee of thirteen, one from each < townshijx. IWs committee hi direct- ;i ed to examine hi detail the estimates .1 of heads of the departments of the i county government'submitted to the, county accountant prior to the mak- ! in* up of die budget estimate, ami ] prayer to official action by the Board of Connty Commissioners- the see- i ska ii?s attended by approximately 1 fryo hundred persons interested in the i movement to bring about reduction of ; expenses in the operation of the conn- \ $jrgovernment and the reduction of By unanimous vote the following ( suggestions were adopted as reed- 1 lotions of the meeting: 1?A budget tax commission <W- 1 posed of representatives of each township to fix county expenses and ' value of land. * I j 2?Seduce impropriations for roads 5 to basis of upkeep by convicts. : 3?Reduce appropriations for the 1 schools 85 percent f 4?Consolidate health department, ' county home and welfare offices un- ' der one department and plan for a 1 district home for dependents. 5--Reduee overhead expense in au ditor's office and in other depart- ' ments to meet present conditions. i USBS TWO PISTOLS IN KILLING HIMSELF Young Newspaper Man Was Where Father KiUetS i _ Asheville, June 2-?Selecting the i identical spot where his father com mitted suicide twenty years ago, Phil Bp Price, 22, newspaper man, today pressed two pistols against his head and killed himself. The suicide took place at Rugby Grange, near Fletch er. Price left no explanation for his act A note was found in his pocket bearing the words: "To make doubly j sure, I used two pistols.' It was signed [with his name. Price had been visiting with rela tives- at Fletcher for several days. Toty he failed to show up for lunch eon. > Martin Lance, Fletcher man, found him in a servant's house at Rugby Grange. Only one shot had pierced his head. Although he had fixed a pistol with each hand, 1he ballet of one evidently had disrupted his aim to that the other bullet missed him. . The newspaper man was the son of Mrs. Alice Price of Alexandria, Va., who was a granddaughter of the Westfeldts who established Rugby Grange and the descendants of whom still own the historic old. farm. . ^Coroner Albert Beck, of Henderson County, was enroute to Rugby Grange to investigate the suicide Monday af ternoon. -? Rugby Grange is located about two or three miles west of Fletcher which is about twelve miles south of Ashe ville. The farm has a large stone house on it once occupied by the West feldts but now empty except during the summer months, Several smaller buildings and homes alsb gre on the farm. | The building where Price was found I dead was almost identical with the spot where his father, O..W. Price, a forester, killed himself twenty years age. The father too, was found with a pisiol bullet through his brains. He Hke the aon* had left no explana tion ot his suicide. The Price family at that time lived jtFletcb^/ | Price forked in Washington and in Virginia cities for some time on news 1. .'j J' , - - ' - I ^1 | - ? _ _ I -%--7 ~ - }^.^pf ? ? . w - VfitO* PfMWi^Rt ft MlHiflftfrii j~_ J . '? ^ ?.^ y^gj? pension |n? & An hour after the Senate overrode the veto, 61 to IS, tee H^uae took it HP and passed it liqp 2* "& U, one of the most one-sided votes in recent legislative history. The bill is now law withoutrthe President's signature. At the White House officials ax - - - JS M Jh ? M ^ - - - a ^.Ml J 1. ? M J T - pressed amazement and would iiaraiy believe the first reports of the house action. It was one of the few times In recent years tea^r^ house has not followed White House direction. Mr. Hoover's only other veto in his' IG months of office, 'disapproved a Gadsen purchase coinage hill, was up held by tee house. The new law affects many thous ands of Spanish-American War vet erans, some of whom are already <m the pension rods. Pensions -wflTbe in creased $6 a month, and extended to many not heretofore included. The President's disapproval af tee bSl on the grounds that some diseases and injuries made compensable there by may have been contracted through viseious habits came in for attacks In both booses. / v - v . Veterans were active in working for the , overthrow. Governor Fred Green ?? Michigan, president of the Spanish-American War Veterans' or ganisation, and former' Senator Rice Means of Colorado, a past president were busy on the floors of Congress. Green issued a statement denouncing the Hoover veto as requiring that a veteran take a pauper's oath/ before he could get a pension. The veto mes sage disapproved of giving pensions to men who were not in need of it PARKER ^ The regular June meeting of the U. D. C. chapter was held at the home &?', Mrs. J; W. Parker on . Tuesday, June 3rd, with fifteen members pres ent At the Easiness session, the chapter voted to take over the golf ; course, Friday afternoon and night The program for the afternoon was on "Flags." Mrs. J. W. HarteU gave a splendid talk on Betsy Ross and the Flag. Mra. G. M. Holden read an in teresting article on Flags. Mrs. Wal ters, chaplain of the Chapter conduct ed the devotional exercises. A- re freshing ice course was served by the hostess. WOMAN'S CLUB M8BT8 ~T lite literary and art .department of the Woman's dab met Tuesday after noon at the home of Mrs. T. E. Joyner with Mrs* Joyner, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Thomas as joint hostesses. Af ter a brief business session, Mrs. Hay wood Smith presented three of her music pupils, Miss Mary Friar Rouse, Miss Serene Turnage and Master Eli Joyner; who entertained the members with several delightful numbers. At; the conclusion of the program, the t hostesses served a delicious salad course; Mrs. R. T. Martin and Mrs. Charles Baucom were special gcesta Ibis is the last meeting of the de pMtmmt until F.U. LETS MOVE ' On the new planet recently dis covered the year lasts 880 times As long as ours does. Instalment pay ments must be spread over delight fully long periods. ?? ?' ? : HE* tv FIGHTING AGAIN! ?? fej hear they're starting a new ;;{? campaign against malaria." - % "Good heaven8 J What ha^ t Aan f ,