ADVERTISE | ? BAS WRONG TO SELL ' j wu TWTOTYiiNS "" m FARMVILLR PITT COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA, fjgUY. JANUARY grd. W1 V HUNT ON FOR BEN'S RICHES Law Invoked In Treasure Hunt With Pize Of Over, $600,000. i St. Joseph, Mich., Jan. 20.?The law was invoked yesterday in a treasure hunt which has for its proxe between/: $600,000 and $700,OC|0 hidden rjj&ea of the late "King" Benjamin^jrnei] of the House of David c?,\?ny. _ ,H-. T- who was counsel lor the colony during the life of j "King" Ben and now is the let der, filed suit in Berrien County Circuit, Court for a writ which would compel j Mrs. Ada Ross Schneider, for twenty-1 five years auditor and secretary of i the colony, to disclose the hiding place of the money. Mrs. Schneider's attorney, George H. Brookwalter, said she had told him the secret wealth was in $1,000 bills, locked in vaults whose location was revealed only to her and a few other women in the colony. Existence of the money, the attorney said his client had told him, was not known even to Dewhirst, although he has been head of the colony since "King" Benja min's death, three years ago. Mrs. Schneider has left the colony and is preparing to bring suit to re cover for her services. Atty. Brook waiter said the colony had offered to settle with her for $5,000. Now, how ever, Judge Dewhirst asks a complete accounting and directions for finding* the hidden hoard of $1,000 bills. There were allusions to the secret wealth a year and a half ago while Judge Dewhirst and "King" Benja min's widow, "Queen" Mary Purnell. were contesting for leadership of the colony. Their difficulties were not air ed in court, however, and "Queen" Mary abdicated without any public discussion of colony finances. Attor ney Brookwalter said Mrs. Schneider I had assured him the money still is j safe .unless colony members have dis- [ covered it3 hiding place by chance. ARTISTS OF N. C. TO BOLD KXH1BIT I A ?Kw<*i*tion Will Show j Paintings in Person Hall i At Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, Jan. 20?The North Carolina Association of Professional Artists will hold their first public ex hibition on the University campus j this spring, it was decided at a meet-! ing held in the studio of Mary Graves, president of the association. The in vitation was extended by President Graham. , The paintings will be hung in Per son Hall, which hrs been used success fully in the past The exhibition will open the same day as the American College Publicity Association, April 23, and will continue for about ten day*. ?-? The North Carolina Association of Professional Artists consists of a group of about 15 artists who arc either native-born Tar Heels or are, working and living in the State. The ? president is Mary deB. Graves, of j Chapel Hill; vice-president, Chaj. j Baskervjlle, Jr., of New York City;! secretary, Isabelle Bowen of Raleigh;! and treasurer, William Steene of j Chapel Hill. The society was organized last j ? ? year with the object of giving the people of North Carolina an oppor tunity to see what their own artists are doing and giving the artists an opportunity of showing their work to the public. Correct this sentence: "I know you owe, but keep the money; I don't need it right ^row." OPPOSE TAX ON GROSS INC OMES > High Point Merchants Also | Voice hostility To The i Sales ^vy. f ?; HigS Point, Jan. 20 ? Vigorously deposing any form of gross income or sales tax, local business and profes sional men assembled today in a mass meeting at the Sheraton hotel, received the support of Senator John T. Burr us and Representative Thom as Turner, Jr., two of Guilford coun ' ty's legislators, in their opposition to \ such proposals. The meeting was held (under the auspices of the High Point I Merchants Association. Speakers called attention to the recently iintroduced bills providing for a gross income tax and a sales tax. The two legislators stated that in their opinion strong attempts will be made to pass some such bill. They de clared that the demand for tax reduc tion on land has necessitated some ad ditional source of revenue. Dr. Burros said that there are a vailable untapped sources for revenue and that funds can be secured from corporations able to pay them. He as serted that he'would favor a higher tax upon power companies. Declaring that he, for one, would like to know just what North Carolina is worth, he contended that revaluation of proper ty should not be postponed. He con cluded by warning those present that there had not been a time in the his tory of the state when it was more necessary to guard against unwise legislation. Following the conclusion of the meeting directors of the association adopted the following resolution: "It is hereby resolved by the board of directors of the High Point Mer chants Association: that this organi zation is profoundly opposed to the passage by the General Assembly of North Carolina of a sales tax, amuse ment tax,-luxury tax or gross income tax, and; that it earnestly prays the General Assembly to oppose the pas sage of any such tax measures as have been or may be brought before it." SEES DEPRESSION AS THING OF PAST Alebmarle Man Shows.' What Was The Matter WTith The Past Year. Though it was on the 13th day of the months when he made his state ment, J. V. Barringer, Albemarle in surance counsel, proves in black and white that the depression was a thing of the past when Babe 1931 arrived. Says Mr. Barringer: "The year 1912 was a dull year for business, as it had the biggest slump in a long time. Af ter 1912 and until 1921 the country was prosperous, work plentiful and times good. However, 1921 was one of the worst business years on record. This was followed by good business until 1930. And there's a funny thing about these three years. Look at the following figures: 1 1 1 9 9 9 1 2 3 2 1 0 13 13 13 "Now, how in the world can you beat that number 13?" inquired Mr. Barringer. "You can't get around the fact that hard times are over, be cause we will all be dead when this combination works out again. The next time it happens will be 2029 and we will not be concerned about busi ness conditions then. Yes, sir, hard times are over. Figures don't lie." EDUCATIONAL COMMISSION RECOMMEN OS FEWER NUMBER OF CHARTER SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND NEARLY TWO HUNDRED FEWER RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS IN STATE. Raleigh, Jan. 22.?If the recommen dations of tbe Educational Commis sion is followed there will be not only a fewer number of charter school dis tricts, but there will also be nearly 200 fewer small rural high schools, it is learned from the report of that body. , Tbe Commission includes as a part of section 9 of recommended bill num ber one, which it submitted to the Gen eral Assembly the provision that it should be deemed unlawful for any county board of education in the State to provide for high school in struction in a district in which the at tendant of high school pupils for the nest preceding year wag less than 50, unless and until every one* plan for earing for such schools has been as certained by careful caletifi&ans to be mora expensive. ^ 11m Commission, it is 1mhm4 in cluded this recommended change ss a part of the proposed law after deter mining that high schools having few ita* m 1S?S **? -?\v. ' which had less than this number in average daily attendance during 1929 30. These schools had from one to four teachers employed, a total of 370 in all. The Commission presents a table showing the number of high schools of various sizes throughout the State. According to thi3 table there are 50 high schools having one teacher,. 74 having two teachers, 166 having three teachers^; 125 having 4 teachers, 109 having fife teachers, 77 having six teachers, 58 having seven teachers, 31 having eight teachers, 15 having nine teachers, 8 having ten teachers, and 52 having more than ten teachers, a grand total of 774 public high schools. It is believed that by the elimination of 192 of this hfimber, the remaining 562 could offer greater high school advantages at less cost. The age of the whale's skull which was unearthed aasgfttly at Governor's Ron, Md., has been nlaced at more then S^OOC^OOO years by officials of the Smithsonian Institute, Washing* too, Oi C ? ? ? ?* ?? ? " 4- ,V.',t SAYS TOBACCO CO OP LNEASFN CARO LINA IS ASSURED Dr. Carl C. Taylor Reports Six Million Pounds of To bacco Signed Up In Two Months. Raleigh, Jan. 20. ? With approxi mately six million pounds of weed pledged by tobacco growers of east ern Carolina to the Co-operative To bacco Marketing Association of this section, actual formation of the asso ciation is virtually assured according to Dr. Carl C. Taylor, dean of the graduate school and marketing ex pert at State College who is recog nized as one of the leaders in organ izing the new association. Dr. Taylor's assurance of the east ern association being formed is based on the success of the small South Carolina Co-operative which went to work and operated successfully last year on a sign-up of only eight mil lion pounds. Dr. Taylor says this group marketed its tobacco at good prices and made valuable contacts with the large buying companies who were drilling to handle the well-grad ed leaf marketed by the South Caro lina farmers. "Within two months," says Dr. Taylor, "North Carolina has signed twice as much tobacco as South Caro lina did in 18 months. "I have been working in eastern North Carolina primarily. At Snow Hill, Scotland Neck, Clinton and Rich lands the sign-up was most encourag ing. At the Snow Hill meeting approx imately three million pounds were pledged; at Scotland Neck, one and a half million pounds; at Clinton and Richlands where the work has just begun, more than a half million pounds each was pledged. "In western North Carolina, the tobacco co-operative work has just begun. With the help of the Federal Farm Board, vocational agricultural teachers and the county agents, edu cational and organizational work is progressing rapidly. Dif.;. Taylor says the work of the county "agents of the State College extension service in making the east ern Carolina association possible is to be highly commended. Within 24 hours thfese agents called together the growers of the eastern tobacco sec tions and elected 47 delegates to the fheStihg- 'at 'Raleigh called-by-Gaverr nor Gardner last fall, he recalled. The Federal Farm Board and the extension division of State College, together with the Smith-Hughes teachers have been conducting edu cational campaigns throughout - the State, holding at least one meeting in each county and many committee meetings in western North Carolina where programs have been prepared concerning the needs of the tobacco farmer and what co-operative mar keting could and could not do. To these workers and to Dr. J. G. Kmapp, secretary of the association, L. V. Morrill, Jr., appointed by the governor and C. R. Page, president of the tobacco association committee, Dr. Taylor attributes much of the success so far atteding the movement. BRITAIN STILL IN GRIP OF STRIKES Textile And Railway Indus tries Are Still Tied Up By Labor Troubles. London, Jan, 21. ? While 150,000 coal miners in South Wales returned to work today, ending a strike which began on New Year's day, the breach between workers and emloyers widen ed in the textile and railway indus tries. A lockout declared by mill owners, in Lancashire has caused 250,000 cot ton weavers to become idle. The in dustry awaits returns of a vote of union members as to whether their executives would be empowered to consult further with the owners re garding the installation of a system under which each weaver will be re quired to operate eight looms instead of the customary four. This is the basis of the textile dispute. It was possible that the emergency committee of the Federation of Mas ter Cotton Spinners, which meets to morrow would declare the lockout ac tive in their branch of the industry as well. There are as many spinners as there are workeis.' Anxious times are ahead also for the railways in whieh a wage dispute was taken before the national wages board today. Representatives of the railway owners cited statistics in support of their contention that a proposed cut of six shillings a week (about $1.60) in wages must be made if the roads are to continue operation. C. T. Cramp, secretary of the Railway Union already has declared the men never will accept such a reduction, : and a hitter struggle seemed inevit | Wim to Sell Her Mule for |30 I m: ;t. ? f :.?J M rs^o^^larrls^amouj^ovcIisV of CartersvUfe,Ga., -saysshe's going to keep her dog bat she feants to -cell her mule. She advertised It in the local paper thus: "Black tfrarc mule,, weight 130ft faind*. . Food of raaish.es, will bite when urged to do so. .Balks oolytwke* be ginning of each working season; small dose of peppersance administered mal.es her go like house afire. Never has tott her age, hot reckoned 13 years old." XV ? i ' >. ' -fi * ? ?*?&:?'V. -? v *1. */?< ' . . '^ii. ?1 GOOD HEADWAY I? J WAR UPON T. Past Year Notable For Ti? ( Progress Made In State And Nation. Sanatorium,; Jan. 21.?The year 1930 was notable for the progress c made in North Carolina and tb? aa* c lion generally in the conquest of tub* t erculosis, according to a comprehei^ I sive review of the past year's ahti* ( tuberculosis activities appearing ixi the January issue of The Sanatorium t Sun, official organ of the North Cm* t lina Sanatorium. i "One of the outstanding e\afnts * from the tuberculosis worker's point i of view, that occurred during the'fefewr .1 was the proposed gift of |100,00$/fey ' Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Pexm'.of * Reidsville, for the erection of a splshd? * id tuberculosis sanatorium for jlhe I residents of Rockingham county," the * article declares. "This gift, it will * recalled, was contingent upon thftivot- 1 ing of sufficient funds by county of ficials for its proper maintenanceltJn- e fortunately, in the opinion of niany, a the county commissioners failed to P take such action at the time the dffer 1 was formally made, and it was with- ' drawn. Several other counties express- ? ed deep interest in more effective c handling of their tuberculosis prob lem by the erection of the county san- 1 atoria. Early in the year plans, were v annourtcetfiry Mere8kl*ja|A resident of Danbury, in Stokes county P for the construction of a permanent s camp for undernourished children. Al- 11 though the movement has not yet 'v reached the stage of fulfillment, it is * hoped that sentiment favoring such a c camp will materialize in buildings and a ?qvipment -in the not distant future. r "Three other counties, Gaston, Rowan and Durham, have opened such a camps during the past twelve months, t making a total of five conducted in a the State. The other two are to Be a found in Cabarrus and Davidson coun- 0 Hpq "The State also boasts four mod- 1 ern, well-equipped county sanatoria, where special provision is made for boys and girls, these being supported , by the taxpayers of Catawba, Forsy th, Guilford and Mecklenburg. Altho no definite action to immediate con- fl struction has been taken, sentiment " is said to be strong for a sanatorium for the residents of Rowan county, both child and adult" Mention is made of the interest shown in anti-tuberculosis work by " various organizations, including the Woman's Club of Scotland Neck, the Woman's Auxiliary of the Edgecombe County Medical Society, and lions In ternational, which has undertaken a ^ plan providing special assistance to ex-patients in their efforts to make an adjustment to normal conditions 0 of life after a long period of inactiv ity and treatment." a a HUNGRY MEN i STORM STORE IN ? OKLAHOMA CITY I . b Thousand Unemployed Per- \ sons Raid Grocery Store i, And Get Food At Okla homa City. 1 __ '1 Oklahoma Ci?y, Jhn, 20.?Nearly a a thousand unemployed men raided a grocery store within three blocks of ^ the city hall here today and seized food. A hundred police and scores of other city and county officers took 1 charge of the situation and made c ! wholesale arrests. The riot occurred a few minota* * after a delegation of men visited City * Manager E. M. Fry at the city tail J and demanded that he famish food * for the unemployed. Fry promised to * aid the men. A committee representing the Army of unemployed recently visited 1 Fry with demands that; the city far- - nlnh sleeping, quarters for men out of work by tugbrtaer vacant store i building, for tMr I V'.j'p.'-,-. - ..'"?.el'- ^ ? ? : ', ? . v. ?;... -S':} m AUTO CO. SAYS ADVERTISING PAYS Chevrolet Motor Company Using More Newspaper Space Than Ever Before. " ? '? Another aggressive advertising lampaign, with newspaper display alumna carrying the brunt of the st ack, is promised for this yean by R. L Whiteradvertiaing-manager of the Chevrolet Motor Company. Long one of the nation's leading idvertisers, the Chevrolet organise ion lent its endowment to the pulL ng power of the newspaper by using >,700 dailies and weeklies to announce ts new 1981 car-in November, the argest newspaper schedule ever used >y Chevrolet in one campaign since he inception of die company. This nove was made despite, snb-normal kusinesa conditions; and the generally lackened promotional activities of nanufacturecs in and out of the auto nobjle industry. "We made this-move," Mr, White sxplajned, "because m are in direst iccord with tlw freqosartly expressed iew that the only way to make bad >usiness good and good* business bet er is to put abnormal effort into your ictivities when you face subnormal onditions. "Not only did we carry the largest tewspaper schedule we ever used, but tre enlisted new forms of advertising o put our new car message across. JofiTthe radio' alM- the'TOPttUirpfctmc creen were added this year. Both are tew media in oar program, and both rare added because a manufacturer tfth a national market intensively ultjvated cannot afford to overlook ny pew means of approach to that earket, "We are continuing to use the radio nd the screen to supplement and but' ress our newspaper campaigns just a we have alwcyB used national mag ztnos, outdoor boards, direct mail and ther media for the same purpose. "The newspaper, however, con inues to form the backbone of our arapaigns, and for the present will ontinue to do so. It, in the parlance >f the gridiron, carries the ball and he rest run interference." 3ates slayer is held for court Tells Magistrate That Man He Killed Was Intimate With His Wife. Elizabeth City, Jan 20.?John T. lames, well-known Gates County armer, was held for Superior Court n a charge of killing Mack D. Skip >er, lumber camp employe, following i hearing before Justice J. A.Eason t Gatesville today. The $800 bond ixed was signed by volunteers from he audience, which appeared wholly a sympathy with the defendant Barnes took the stand and told, how, .fter verifying reports that S)dnner iad intimate relations with his wife, laturday morning he ordered Skipper .way, but he returned that night and ie shot at him in the darkness as he dvanced on him. Skipper ran and lames found his body beside the tighway next morning. Skipper's wife, who lives in Mt. ?abor, wired today that she would lot claim the body, and that- the uthorities might bury him here." Skipper is said to have deserted her ind their four children. He came here rom Gable, S. C., 18 months ago. When her signature was required o be placed on a legal document, rc ently, a London (Eng.) woman rrote her name as follows: Ann Ber ha CeceliaDiana Emily Fanny Ger rude Hypatia Inex Jane Kate Louisa faude Nora Ophelia Quince Rebecca Starkey Teresa Ulysses Venus Wiar fed Xenophone Yetta Zenus Pepper. |?l??i?\ Urne is still money, provided it is tot idle time. ' ? ' 1 , -? ' , Wey also demanded that jqbe . be truished and declared they were not I BISHOP CANNON MAY FACE BWY AT HANDS OF NYE Bishop Cannon Now In The Suite of Texas Recuper ating From Severe At* tack of Arthritis. Wellington, Jan. 21. ? Chairman Gerald P. Nye, of the Senate cam paign investigation committee, said tonight he was informed a request would, be made for investigation .of the anti-Smith activities of Bishop James Cannon, Jr., in tine 1928 Presi dential campaign. Nye's statement followed adoption by the Senate of a resolution by Sen ator Carter Glass, Democrat, Virginia, empowering the committee to inves tigate 1928 campaigns. Glass, leading opponent and critic of the Methidost bishop, sqid in in troducing his resolution: "I have no particular case in mind and am not making any charges." Nye said if complaint was made, as he had been informed it would, "in connection with the handling of cam paign funds by Bishop Cannon," his activities would certainly be investi gated. Nye declined to say who was expected to make the complaint or what charges were involved. Bishop Cannon last year engaged in conflict with the Senate lobby in vestigating committee, denying its power to go into his activities. The bishop has been ill in recent months, and has recently been recuperating from a severe attack of arthritis at Marlin, Texas. The resolution adopted today di rected investigation by the Nye com mittee of "any complaint" by any re sponsible persons charging violation of the federal corrupt practices act through filing of a false statement of campaign expenditures within the last two years, or "graudulent con version to private uses, at any time within sqch period of two years, of any campaign funds contributed for use in any election as defined in the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925." Indication was given also that the Nye committee would investigate al leged ballot frauds in the 1930 Ala bama general election as charged by Senator Thomas Heflin, Democrat de feated in his race for reflection in that state. ? 'I % Nye and Heflin sent telegrams into ma laws '?required destruction of bal lots within six months after a general election," Nye asked Probate Judge David Crossland, Birmingham, Ala., to ex plain such a statement ascribed to him and warned "such statements might impede any investigation that the Senate committee might make." Heflin telegraphed Attorney Gen eral Knight, of Alabama, asking him to make a public declaration repudiat I ing these interpretations of the Ala bama code. Helfin and Nye said they understood the Alabama law "per mits, but does not require" destruc tion of the ballots at the end of six months." ???????? f FARMVILLE HIGH DEFEATS GREEVILLE CAGERS Farmville High's "Red Devils" took the Greenville "Greenies" into camp Friday night to the tune of 23 to 8. From the beginning the Devils show ed superiority in pass-work and a de fense that was almost impregnable, with Captain Jack Barrett, "Aprt Mewborn, and Charles Rumley featur ing. "Skinny" Gibbs, with 16 points, was the high scorer of the game. This was their second win in three starts in Northeastern Conference piay. The whole squad saw action for the "Bed Devils."?-Gibbs. \m mm irnic vktouvk nlLlij rAllflflio "I'm Not Sorry For It Art ? ? ? . . - . "1. State participation in all tteces sary current operating expenses of the six months school term. At pres ent the State participates in only a part of the necessary operating ex penses of the six months term. It does not take into consideration the iiv crement on teachers salaries nor the full number of additional teachers made necessary by increased attend ance. In many counties a.much larg er percentage is necessary than the ten per cent allowed in the State ap proved budget for current expense* other than salaries and transporta tion. . "2. Make the State participation, on the basis of the current year's busi ness instead of the previous year a* heretofore. At present the State,, in. making up the amount in each county in which it will participste looha hash weird to last year's business. "In my opinion, both thr3tats and county should-sit down together, and . face, the business of the current, year, and participation fjht would be fsir^sl squitshls among all the eovttss."