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VOL. TWENTY-TWO " * PARMV1LLE* PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 5th, liil NUMBER POUR s i -* . j 5 -r f . South's Veterans Open Reunion At Montgomery I__J : :? Commander - in - Chief Stephens and Veter ans Welcomed by Ala bama Governor Montgomery, Ala., June 2.?Survi-j vors of the legions that followed Lee and Jackson in the Sixties today took possession of Montgomery and tonight their wish was law in "The Cradle of the Confederacy." To the roar of cannon firing a sa lute, General L. W Stephens, of Coushatta, La., Commander-in-Chief, entered the city shortly before noon, and half an hour later Governor B. M. Miller surrendered the golden key to Alabama. General Stephens, weak from a re cent illness, was accorded an ovation on his journey from the station to the capitol. Standing on the Jefferson Davis star that marks the spot where the President of the Confederacy took the oath of office 70 years ago, Gen eral Stephens received the key from the governor as a token of the city's good will to the veterans during their 41st annual reunion. The welcoming ceremony at the capitol was the only function of the day, and the remainder of the time the veterans had to themselves, to re fight battles with old comrades be neath shade trees at Camp Stephens park, or attend the many amuserients staged for their benefit. Sight seeing parties were arranged for those who cared to visit shrines of the Confederacy and throughout the day there was open house at the capitol. Roving minstrels, negro quartets, singing spirituals, and old time south ern melodies, siring bands, buck and wing dancers, wound through the camp grounds and down town streets entertaining veterans and visitors. The Richmond, Va., delegates were busy campaigning for selection of the 1932 reunion and so far seem to have the field alone. Hundreds of the vet erans have pledged themselves and donned "Richmond in 1932 ribbons. More than 1,300 Boy Scouts from throughout the south were encamped at Camp Miter, adjoining Camp Steph ens, and acted as escorts for veterans who were unattended. Registration of veterans late today : neared 1,500, with few more expected. 'Thirty Day Men' Expected To End State Not To Take Them and Magistrates Will Get No Costs for Try ing Them Raleigh, June 4.?"Thirty day men" who have heretofore constituted a large proportion of the poulation of North Carolina chain gangs, are about to become a vanishing race in the opinion of E. B. Jeffress, chair man of the State Highway Commis sion. "No person shall be committed to any of the district camps by any court in this state, nor shall any per son be received into the district camps, whose term of imprisonment is less than sixty days: Provided, that in criminal actions in which a jifstice of the peace has final juris diction no county shall be liable for or taxed with any costs." The first clause means that the state whieh on July 1 will take over 46,000 miles of county roads and 3,000 county prisoners, will not take any "thirty day men" and that all in jails at county expense. The second part, regarded by Mr. Jeffress as equilly if not more im portant, means that justices of the peace who want to collect costs in criminal cases in which they have final jurisdiction, will have to impose fines and not jail terms, for there will be no more road terms for such prisoners. ? a a Both sections 3eBB8 9PVOBT W the State Board of Equalisation, which was in session yesterday and which was wondering if the legisla tive estimate of $1,3(0,000 for fines and forfeitures for school purposes would hold up. Plans for worlopg the prisoners to be acquired, housing them, giv ing then medical attention, etc., are now being worked oct and will prob ably he developed by the time of the next meeting of the commission which I. .'^5 wM2iimm^^iaUm^?23kL*?i2t2*?%333MiMS4fiK2?9^:\s'l \?'i.v are now surveying available convict camps and a system of camps will be worked out. Nearly all of the 50 counties maintaining chain gangs have offered their camps to the commission. Chairman Jeffress said that as far as possible the highway equipment will be motorized and not many of the mules owned by the counties will be retained. Some of the counties have been given permission to sell a portion of their mules. Mr. Jeffress stated that few com plaints have been received about the maps which have been posted, the only serious one coming from Stanley county, which claims it has had 100 miles of road left off its map. The mining industry in North Car olina gives employment to 3,672 peo ple. It took Alice Hurd, of Bridgeport, Conn., 70 years to find the right man, but when she did she promptly prom ised to marry him. HEARS FROM BROTHER TO LEARN HE'S DEAD New Bern Man Had No Previous Word from Him for More Than Thirty Years v New Bern, June 3.?For the first time in more than 30 years, N. J. Mallard; of this city, heard definitely from John Maddox Mallard, an older [brother, two weeks ago, only to find that he had died January 26 in Bal timore, but at the same time it was learned that the brother had left a widow and six children. Three of the -hildren visited their new found rela tives here this week. The case is one of the most unusual that has been heard of here in many years. William Franklin Mallard, 80, of Mayesville, father of the brothers, saw the three recently discovered grandchildren and took a new lease on life. About 75 other members of the Mallard family throughout the entire region came to call on the visitors. | And the callers met more relatives for the first time than perhaps any other young people have ever b^en able to meet in a few days. Thirty-eight years ago John M. Mallard left his father's home in Tones county to join, the army. That was the last the family knew of him until last month. TTiey began to think he was dead. Two years ago, however, they began to make syste matic investigation. Their efforts were to no avail, until May 18, when they heard from both the United Spanish War Veterans association at Washington and the veterans' admin istration unit of the Bureau of Pen sions. Both letters informed them that the long lost brother had served for many years in the army in various parts of the world but had been discharged in 1903. He was said to have married in 1906 and to have died several months agcf in Baltimore. The ad dress of his widow, Mrs. Bridget V. Mallard, in Baltimore, was given. Immediately the local people wrote to the widow. Upon receipt of the message she telegraphed a response and the next day a letter arrived from her oldest son, John Mallard, Jr., giv ing further particulars of his father's career and .death. J i ? ? '? ? ' v 1 ?*, * k, - ? Slalue 01 Davis Among Notables ' ? Bronze Likeness of the President of the Con federacy Unveiled at Washington Washington, June 2.?Jefferson Da vis' statue was unveiled today in the hall of the Capitol where he served j as a member of the house of represen ? tatives, before he cast his fortunes with the south, in the Civil War. It took a World War and its unit ing influence to bring the time when the President of the Confederate States of America could be honored as a national figure, and his statue could be put in Statuary Hall among those of other great Americans. More than any bther man, perhaps, Davis was made to suffer for his part in the War Between the States. For two years, from May, 1865, to May, 1867, he was a prisoner, maligned, ad mittedly maltreated, in a cell at Fort Monroe, Va. For part of that time he was manacled, to dishonor him, and all the time there hung over him the threat of a trial for treason, of which he was twice indicted. Only a few years ago, when Lee's statue was placed by Virginia in the hall, there was a flare up of Civil War hatred. Mississippi decided to protect Davis' namet so a propitious time was awaited to nominate him for the National Hall of Fame. Today all that seemed very far away. There were memories of Da vis for some of those who went to the little ceremony at which his stat ue and that of James Z. George, his fellow Mississippian and fellow sol dier, were unveiled. Davis, as Secretary of War, had the heroic figure of Columbia placed on top of the Capitol's white dome, and he was chosen specially to super vise the building of the two great flar ing wings that now house the two branches of- congress. NEW GREENVILLE BANK CHARTERED JUNE 1 State Bank and Trust Company?Paid in Capital of $100,000; Surplus of $25,000?Officers to Be Elected Raleigh, June 2.?The chartering of a new bank at Greenville, the State Bank and Trust Company, was -an nounced yesterday by Commissioner of Banks Gurney P. Hood^ The new bank is named the State Bank and Trust Company. It has a paid-in cap ital of $100,000 and a paid-in surplus of $25,000. The new bank will take over the building, the assets and part of the liabilities of the defunct National Bank of Greenville, it was announced. There are over 100 stockholders. The election of the new bank's of ficers and directors will be had with in the near future. U. D. C. MEETING Regular U. D. C. meeting will be held Friday afternoon, June 5, at 3:30, with Mrs. A. B. Walter. Only six States made greater per centage gains in population during the decade from 1920 to 1980 than did North Carolina. The total increase in population during this period was 611,163. The total population now is 3,170,276. Wallace Davis* Fate Remains Undisclosed Banker^ Trial Comes to Close After Much In criminating Evidence Is Given ? <? .""'f " 1 . Asheville,. June 2.?After a day of conferences between defense and pros ecution counsel and Judge M. V. Barn hill, the fate of Wallace B. Davis was still indefinite tonight insofar as could be learned. Davis stands convicted of making II and publishing a false report of the fl condition of the Central Bank and Trust Company, of which he was pres ident, before its failure last Novem ber. He waa to have been sentenced this morning- After denying pleas for an anp*t of judgment and a new trial, the judge allowed counsel for Davis four hours in which to prepare their fiOUTSC'vZ JUKI 110. UllwSS' I CU\tn? ft* "*-^Trri|^ ^ ? criminal cases now pending. Davis was acquitted yesterday along with Newton M. Anderson, former chairman of the Board of Buncombe County Commissioners, and L. L. Jen kins,, former county treasurer, of con spiring to pervert the county's credit to aid the bank. His conviction in the false report case came more than two weeks ago, after the first of more than a score of cases docketed here as the result of bank failures last fall, COLLECTIONS OFF BUT STATE HOLDS POSITION Internal Revenue Collections Off $8, 335,243 for Eleven Months of This Fiaesi Ye?r ... ? Raleigh, June 2.?With only one more month of the fiscal year remain ing, North Carolina collections of United States internal revalue is $8, 335,243,52 below "the collections for the first U months of the last fis cal year,^ according, to the May report Great Air Force Lands At Bragg '? ? ? Greatest Collection Air planes Ever Seen in State Drops Down at Pope Fields ' Fayetteville, June 2.?The greatest air force ever seten in this State drop ped upon Pope Field today to refpel and remain over til tomorrow morn ing, when the flight will be resumed for the Texas flying fields from which the 108 army plains set out for the national air maneuvers. They com pose the' 101st provisional pursuit group. Three other pursuit planes which left Boiling Field, Washing ton, today arrived at Fort Bragg at eight tonight, bringing the total to 111 ships serviced at Pope Field to day, and 164 during the past four days. The 39 attack planes of the pursuit group left at 1:15 this afternoon far Jacksonville, Florida, where a com munity banquet was to be given their pilots tonight. The remaining 72 ships will take off between 7 and 8 o'clock tomorrow morning for Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. They will fly over the city before heading south, as the attack unit did this afternoon. The pursuit group ia made up of 57 pursuit planes, the little humming birds of the air, capable of great speed, 39 aerial battleships, each out fitted to carry foiir machine guns and ten 25 pound bombs, and a dozen Ford transport planes, | Seven tri-motjored and five with single motors. . ? Preceded by a lone scout flying very high over the city shortly before 10 o'clock, more than 75 planes of1 the 101st pursuit squadron of the United States army passed over Raleigh yes terday in two large formations. A third group of three planes passed over at 6:45 p. m. The ships did not land in Raleigh, but persons gathered at Curtiss Wright Airport were treated to pur suit acrobatics when a trio of planes dived out of the formation and zoom ed the field. f The planes were scheduled to fly over Raleigh Sunday, but bad weather delayed them. The father also cut the size of the show Raleigh was : scheduled to get, as it scattered the departure of the units flying this way over three days instead of at one time. Fenner Named By Tobacconists Rocky Mount Man Is Elected Head of Asso tiation ? Talk Trade Problems Wilson, June 3.?W. E. Fenner, of Rocky Mount, was elected president of the Eastern Carolina Warehouse Association at the annual meeting of that body here in the Hotel Cherry today. Rocky Mount was selected as .the 1924 convention city of the asso ciation. Other officers elected were: B. B. Sugg, of Greenville, vice president; H. J. Browder, of Rocky Mount, secre tary and treasurer. The following di rectors were named: J. W. Mangum, of Rocky Mount; W. L. House, of Tarboro; W. H. Adlcins, of Roberson ville; N. M. Mill, of Kinston; J. E. Crute, of Wilson; R. H. Knott, of Farmville; W. Z. Morton, of Green ville, and H. L. Skinner, of Smithfield. The association adopted, by unani mous vote, a resolution calling on to bacco planters to destroy the common ground leaves or first primings this year in an effort to further reduce "the 1931 crop. Considerable discus sion was held before the resolution was passed and a committee was ap pointed to draft it and was ordered to circularize ;it throughout the entire tobacco belt. Marshall C. Ferrell, of this city, J president of the association, presided! over the morning session wmcn was given over to discussions of crop re duction, the'present condition of farm ers, the condition of the world tobac co market and other trade problems and was concluded with the .election I of officers. At noon a barbecue and fried chicken dinner was served in the hotel dining room and President Per rell surrendered the gavel to Presi dent-Elect Fenner at the outset of the , afernoon session, at which trade prob lems and cooperative contracts be tween the warehousemen in regard to drumming and trucking tobacco by warehousemen were discussed: at Wilson Tobacco Company, delivered an intending address on the condi tions in the tobaeco world in which he Quoted figures of the tobacco di vision of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture on the amount of leaf in storage in tnis country on April 1, 1931, as agianst 1,965,246, 000 pounds on the same day last year. Mr. Schaum said 831,212,000 pounds was bright flue cured this year against 707,149,000 of that type on hand April 1,1930. The speaker urged the warehousemen to take some ac tion towards securing a further re duction in this year's crop and said he believed a reduction of about 15 per cent was effected by the spring campaign to cut acreage, but that the anusually good season' made this year's crop look bigger now-than the demand will be. . ... Conditions in the tobacco industry abroad were also discussed by Mr. Schaum who plainly showed that the world, wide depression had caused a considerable decrease in consumption and demand for tobacco. Embarrassed because he ran into the street in his night clothes when the house next door caught fire, Louis H. Mears, of Washington, sued hie neighbor for f 10,000 damages. Don Dickerman, artist of New York, was awarded a $100 prize for defining love as "a season pass on the shuttle between heaven and helL i?,?AV- '*?> r': ft.': -j W? Iv-"*-. V.;w.the optimists are to be believed, businetn has turned the corner so often lately that it must be dixfcy. " " ' ' ' ' While driving a tmk in i Atlanta Norman Long ran into another truck liiiMllilPlHiMltiltyWm BiHffii IWiWIlllMilll Arrest Sir! On forgery Charge Ethel Moore~Admits To Forging and Cashing Worthless Checks; She Now Awaits Trial Raleigh, June 2.?Ethel Moore, young woman formerly of Forest City, was yesterday arrested in Golds boro by Detective Joe Lowe, of the lo cal police force, and brought to Ra leigh where she was jailed to await trial on charges of forgery. Officer Lowe and John Swain, sec retary of the Raleigh Merchants' As sociation, acting on a tip, found the woman in a Goldsboro theatre. She readily admitted forging and cashing several worthless checks in Raleigh stores. Several Raleigh merchants were victimized by the young woman who, although she was in the city but a few hours, succeeded in ? passing forged or worthless paper in amounts aggregating over a hundred dollars. Her method was somewhat unique if not entirely successful. Posing as Rosa Mae Haynes, a student at Mere dith college, she would purchase an article, write a check for an amount greater than the cost and receive the balance in cash. The checks were all written on the Haynes Bank of Cliff side, and, in addition contained the name of Walter Haynes, a prominent manufacturer of Cliffside. The coincidental part of the whole matter is that there ia a Rosa Mae Haynes, who is a senior at Meredith, and whose bona fide checks have been written on the same bank with the name of Mr. Haynes on all of them. After the discoveries of the forgeries it was quite evident that the perpetra tor was familiar with the Haynes fam ily, The Moore girl would confidently wait in the stores while a telephone call would establish the fact that the young lady whose name she was us ing was a student at Meredith and that her checks were entirely all right. Then she would request that the purchased articles be sent out to the college as she was away without leave and didn't want any tell-tale bundles to carry back with her. The checks varied in amounts from ten to thirty-five dollars. ' ' ? The Moore girl had been roaming in a respectable home in (ioldsboro, havrag fepre&mf&f irettelf book agent. She is an attractive bru-' nette about 22 years of age. Secre tary Swain, who gives all credit to the Raleigh Police Department, for its co AnoroHnn in fho oncP fltnfpH '1 aB+ nio-Kt that the woman is also wanted in Charlotte, Durham and Asheville on, charges of forgery and cashing worthless checks. The girl said she was an orphan. C. M. FLEMING LAID TO REST AT WILSON Wilson, June 3.?Funeral services for C. M. Fleming, prominent local tobacconist, who died at his home on North Tarboro street yesterday after noon following a lengthy' illness, were conducted from the residence this afternoon at 4:20 o'clock by Rev. T. M/Grant, pastor of the First Metho dist church of this city. Interment was made in Maplewood cemetery beneath a mound of beauti ful floral designs. J. C. "BLIND" JQfiNSON MOVES TO RALEtGK y'-" \ . ? -/i- ii .-if i Will Engage in |lie Magazine and Newspaper Business in the Capital City , New Bern, June 8.;?After a resi dence of 88 years in New Bern, J. C. "Blind" Johnson left here Tuesday afternoon for Raleigh to locate per manently in the magazine and news paper sales business. He will also, spend much time with his son, Wil liam Johnson, in Wilmington. Blind Johnson, one of the best known blind men in the state, has had a unique career. He knows probably more politicians than any other per son in the state. Born March 15, 1867, in Bladen county, he has served: during his varied career in many un usual capacities for a blind person, as delivery boy, telegraph messenger, storekeeper, news agent, newspaper, carrier and employe of the legisla-j flltaA IJ UlCi Mr. Johnson says he enjoyed the last session more than any of the oth er six legislatures he has served as doorkeeper. This enjoyment was perhaps due to the fact that he had more time to know the members intimately, Be says. Within a few days he was on a speaking acquaintance with every one there. By time for adjournment more than 200 persons stopped to bid him a regretful farewell. He sayi that whatever shortcomings the legis? lature may possibly be charged with as statesmen, they were certainly the most courteous, genial and likeable crowd be has ever served. ? ? ? . , The singing at night was the best part of the time for the blind door keeper. High compliments were paid by him to Mrs. Frank Mebane, only woman of the house, who helped them sing frequently before the night ses sions. He was on hand fo; practical ly every meeting of the house during the entire time and remained throughout every gathering, so per haps heard more of the debates and discussions than any other person. As for the next governorship, he says, "Dick Fountain wants it bad *???<? +hot Hnn't mpan he'll cet CHUU^Iij UUV v*?**v V?w?. ? - v, it, and Ehringhaus and others are hot after it; but aoraehow I believe ifJoe Daniels. wqu14. break loose a run for it he might get it."" Speaking of the "next senatorial nomination, the blind prognostics tor said, "I'm not so sure about Cam's getting re-elected to the senate. I notice that as busy as he usually is at home, Clyde Hoey found time enough to hang around Raleigh the whole time during the Legislature. And Governor Gardner went out of his way to compliment the legislators and keep on the good side of them. That sort of looks like politics, I think." Mr. Johnson paid high compliments to Governor and Mrs. Gardner. SPANISH-AMERICAN AUXILIARY f The Spanish-American Auxiliary will meet with Mrs. Annie Anderson oh the afternoon of June 10, at 3:30. Ail members urged to be present. The postal service in North Caro lina gives employment to 4,570 people. Postal receipts in 1929 amounted to $6,504,000 in this State. t Two Youths Defy Niagara To Foil Suicide Attempt * Rescue Would - Be Sui cide from Niagara a Short Distance from American Falls Niagara Balls, N. Y., June 3.?Ed ward" De Ruscio, 20, and his cousin, Leonard, 23, tonight told how they plunged into the roaring, tumbling waters of the Niagara river a short distance aoove the. American falls and saved a woman who said her name was "Smith." The rescue was described as one of the most thrilling on the river in years by Francia Seyfried, superin tendent of tK park, who said the 1 boys, as they came out of the river, "were trembling like leaves, appar ently just realizing the danger they nad fkced." Edward, who first plunged into ? what seemed to onlookers might be certain death, laughed as he was told ' he might be given a Carnegie medal 1 for hlf act, and when told that it < might require a year or longer, re- ' sponded: - "Well, guess well stick around a : couple of weeks, then." ' * ? The boys came here from Chicago Heights, 111., to visit friends. They : had planned to return tonight. This afternoon they sat among the shade 1 trees that line the river just above ' the American falls. i % At that, point the river is shallow, J out roara and tumbles over weather- ? ;-v,: ' worn and water-worn rocks. "We were sitting in our automobile about 200 feet from where the wom an went in," Edward said, "and she had been walking up and down the bank. We didn't pay much attention, because you can't watch everyone walking around here. "I happened to be looking when she jumped in. I yelled and ran, and so did Leonard. She already had drifted off shore, about 100 feet above the falls. ? ^ . "I knew if I went inthe same place I'd miss her, so I jumped in about 50 feet below there and started Vdding toward her. I was too excited to think much about it, and wasn't scared?then. "I slipped on:e or twice and had to swim?guess I almost went over the falls with her. It was hard work getting her out, but Leonard came up just then and helped. "Shie was unconscious, just floating. So we waded with her back to the shore, where Swigert (Charles Swi gert, 55, of Buffalo) helped us get her out. "We planned to go home right away, but I guess now weH stay around and see how she comes out Both boys went to St Mary's hos pital r immediately after learning where the woman had been taken. She refused to give any name but "Smith." She did, however, give the name of a sister, Mrs. Franklin G. Sagel, who was summoned, but refu id to discuss the matter. ft)?, jVotjj Awaitina Showdown In Church-State Dispute 1 " Mussolini Reported De termined to Disband Catholic Laymen's Or j ganizations At Once Rome, Ian. 2.?Premier Benito Mussolini has determined to disband the Catholic layman's organization, Aziona CsthoHca, as a whole, unless diplomatic negotiations for a settle- # ment of the Fascist controversy with the Vatican conform to his expecta tions, it was made known tonight in well informed political circles. The Fascist premier was said to have indicated that he would defi nitely decide tl^ present dispute when he presides at a meeting of the cen tral directorate of the Fascist party Wednesday at his official residence at Venice Palace. Meantime, the Holy See continued its efforts to prevent a rupture of re lations with the Fascist government, but it was admitted at the Vatican that dissolution of Catholic clubs throughout Italy had caused an unos ually grave situation. Negotiations appeared to be dead locked, with the next move expected from Premier Mussolini's government which has maintained almost complete silence in regard to the controversy. The silence which surrounded the negotiations in the last 24 hours? broken only by a Vatican statement? caused obvious tension at Vatican City, which was still awailing a re ply to the protest against i rhat was described as violation of the concordat between the Holy See and Italy, and also anxiously awaiting the decision of the government regarding reopen ing of the Catholic clubs. The Pope remained for the greater part of the day in his study, but the prelates were clustered abor* the halls and there was an atmosphere of con cern as if they were waiting for de livery of a vitally important decision or an ultimatum. It was said there that skepticism existed among many Vatican authori ties regarding the outcome. The gen eral belief was that a decision would be reached before many hours, but the Italian government gave no hint of future action, except to announce that all Catholic voumr men's clubs would be treated on the same basis. The negotiations proceeded slowly, authoritative sources said, and were carried out by persons without diplo matic rank. The negotiators, however, are fully acquainted with the situa tion. Italian newspapers, which were or dered to cease attacks on Catholic organizations, did not mention the strain on relations today. At the Vat ican it was pointed out that the Pope, as Bishop of Rome, is protesting on ly against alleged violation of the Concordat, which is entirely separate from the Lateran treaty which ended the "Roman Question" by re-establish ing the sovereignty of the Pope. If he considered the concordat had been violated, the Pope could denounce it without affecting his sovereignty and he would still receive the stipuatedl yearly payments from Italy under the Lateran treaty. < The Pope has frequently refused to recognize the concordat in ether states under similar conditions. It had been understood that the government would soon permit the Knights of Columbus playground to re-open, but it was made known in connection with the protests to the American embassy that the play ground would remain closed at pres ent.