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WaaU^toB, July 1the Ameri
can gftmmmmto: >?<Nt demanded that
rhinwi iMthoiftfon who an holding
Dr. Ffamdr F. Ttirtnr. an American
State* affiehh in accordance with
provisfam etf the: extra territorial
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Dr. Toahey member of the Ameri
can hoard tlf 'Til*11for for
eign nriaaiiat ia under arrest at
Taina^i far fatally shooting a Chi
nes* employ* of the Mission hospital
at Ttdwa
Under the extra territorial treaty
between the United States and China,
Americana can be arrested by Chinese
authorities bat most be turned over
to this government for trial in the U.
S. court m China.
The state department instructed
American Minister Johnson, of Peip
ing, to insure a thorough investiga
tion by competent American authori
ties and the handling of the case in
' accordance with treaty provisions re
lating jurisdiction over Americans
in China
The department's action was based
upon a report from Johnson. Chinese
authorities are said to have demanded
the missionary's execution, an apolo
gy from the American minister and
the payment of an indemnity.
Johneac- said the American consul
at Tsnmnfu had requested that Dr.
Tueker be surrendered to him.
The shooting, for which Dr. Tucker
is held occurred July 11. According
to his own statement, a resume of
which was. forwarded to the depart
ment today by the American legation,
Dt. Tucker believed the Chinaman to
be a burglar.
He .was a janitor employed at the
hospital. He died shortly afterwards
and Dr. Tucker said he at once noti
fied local Chinese authorities.
Nine Prisoners
Granted Pareies
Goveraor Gardaer De
cliites 13 Applications;
Paroled Men Were All
Short Tenners
Raleigh, July 22.?Nine prisoners
were paroled by Governor Gardner
yesterday and 13 others denied execu
tive- elemeaey. Most of the prisoners
paaolad were those serving short
H", and largely for minor of
fenses.
The exception was the extension of
clemency, t? Cepfa Thomas, negro of
Cleveland county, who was convicted
of manslaughter, at the January,
1930, Superior Court sad sentenced to
aexve from three to five years.
Fallowing are the paroles granted :
Angus Black, Moore county, serv
ing 18 months after conviction Au
gust, 1930, term of court, of violating
the prohibition laws. Lonnie Hollis,
Catawba county, convicted of reckless
driving at Hickory, and sentenced to
serve 60 days. Lane Neal, Randolph
county, convicted-?# highway robbery,
and sentenced to serve 31-2 years. 1
Zade Sprinkle, convicted in Buncombe
cvuqtptnlfag, 1930, of manslaughter,
and sentgumi to four to six years.
Ransoms Florence, convicted in Ala
mance county of assault with a dead
ly weaponJn April and sentenced to
eight months. Whit Williams, Vance
county, sonneted in Jane, 1931, of
fhfling tq pajbfc fine and -coats and
sentenced he 1 daym - EBewarth. Al
lan and J. D.. Brown* convicted, in.
Kay, 198), in BuneocLe ^swunfcy ef
stealing gfcielfette and given short
terms.
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Was Prominent Baptist
Minister and Native of
North Carolina
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Savannah, Ga., July 21.?Rev. John
E. White, pastor of the First Baptist
cborch, of Sayannah, and president of
the Georgia Baptist convention, died
here unexpectedly this afternoon.
Heart disease caused his death.
A few weeks ago he underwent
treatment in a hospital here after suf
fering from a heart attack and over
work. He remained at the hospital
for a week and was thought to have
recovered sufficiently to rest at his
home and later take a vacation in'
Mdine. It was at his home that he
died. He was to have gone north in
a few days.
Dr. White came to Savannah in
1927 from Anderson, S. C., having
left the presidency of Anderson, a
Baptist college, to become pastor of
the First Baptist church here.
For more than 40 years Dr. White
who first gained attention as captain
of one of the south's earliest football
teams, has occupied a position of
prominence in Baptist circles of North
Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
He was born near Raleigh, in 1869.
He took up the study of law and re
ceived a degree from Wake Forest
before he was 20 years old. At the
age of 22 he was working for the es
tablishment of Marshall college. It
was at this time that he entered the
ministry.
He held pastorates at Wilson and
Edenton, N. C., and was elected gen
eral secretary of the North Carolina
Baptist convention. In 1900 he accept
ed a call to the Second Baptist church
of Atlanta. For 15 years he occupied
this charge and during that time he
saw the church grow into one of the
foremost in the south.
From Atlanta he went to Anderson,
S. C., to become president of the Bap
tist college there and pastor of the
First Baptist church of Anderson. It
was 12. years later, in 1927, that he
accepted the pastorate of the First
Baptist church of Savannah.
Dr. Whited was eleced president of
the Georgia Baptist convention in
1929 to succeed Dr. John D. Mell,
who had served the convention 17
years. He was a president of the
Protestant Ministers' association of
Savannah, and a trustee of Mercer
university and of Shorter college.
Dynamic and sturdily built, he was
interested in athletics and for more
than 20 years had been an enthusias
tic golfer. He received his first- in
structions in the use of golf clubs
from John D. Rockefeller during a
visit at the home of the oil magnate.
Condition Is
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Favorable
Major Matt H. Allen Re
ported as Resting Well
After Motor Aradent
Kinston, July 21.?Condition of Ma
jor Matt H. Allen, chairman of the
state industrial commission, injured in
a highway accident south of here last,
night, was favorable this evening. He
is in Parrott hospital. Surgeons be
lieve he escaped internal injury, suf
fering a broken right leg and gash on
the head.
Major Allen was en route alone in
a sedan from Swansboro to upstate
.points Jthen he passed a truck, draw
ing a lurching trailer. The trailer
swung toward'the car. Allen, believ
ing it would; CTask against it, drove
to his right The wheel* ran onto
the soft shoulder.. An.Instant later
the sedan was plowing through a
ditch. It struck ^ Concrete chlvert,
wrecking the motor. Allen's mother,
^Mrk-^Oliver H. Allen, and other, rela
tives reside here.
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Finishing tooche* are hear pot ??thaAfrro* formally n^^Augtutf ?. m photograph
ahcws the thfee fin< in place anS the ooter *3 f^t.(flde.
lSTfeet in length. The Akron is 7RS feet long and pound., ft ?u> bft 18Z.00Q pqun<ia of 'pay tanT
Sdesita own weight Mra. Hoover will chrfrtegtfejMny hy liberating a (Jot* of cjove^.
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N. C. Leads in i
Wood Furniture
Holds Position of Fifth (
State in Manufacture
of All Kinds of Wooden
Household Furniture
Raleigh, July 22.*?North Carolina
entrenched herself still further as the
leader in the manufacture of wooden ,
bedroom and dining room furniture ,
and maintained her position as the
fifth state in the manufacture of all
kinds of wooden household furniture
in 1929, according to a statement re
leased today by the State Department
of Conservation and Development,
based on recent census reports. Only
New York, Illinois, Indiana and Mich
igan exceeded North Carolina in-the -
total value of all household furniture
produced.
The statement als<a points out that j
woodeh' household-furniture is rapid
ly gaining in popularity over metal
furniture. The value of wooden house- j
hold furniture produced in the United
States increased from $572,488,443 in
1927, to $611,680,810 in 1929, ;or by
6.8 per cent; while during tfea same
I period metal house furniture declined
by 24.5 per cent, or from $40,390,229
to $30,443,464.
In North Carolina bedroom furni
ture makes up'the largest portion of
the total value of all furniture manu
factured. In 1929 this item alone
amounted to more than half the total
value of all household furniture, or
$27,702,092, as compared with $26,
523,852 in 1927. The second most im
portant class of furniture produced in
this state is wooden dining room fur
niture. In 1929 this item was valued
at $13,735,485, which represented a
slight decline as compared with the
1927 valuation of $14,404,118. Living
room furniture ranks third in value,
amounting to $9,244,988, in, 1929, as
compared with $7,643,494 ; in 1927.
Porch furniture increased in value
*ffom $291,904 in 1927 to $r46,578 in
V1929; hall furniture from approxi
mately eleven thousand to about thir
ty-seven thousand dollars- in 1929; and
miscellaneous and unclassified items
increased from $377,895 in 1927 to
$612,792 in 1929. In 1929 all wooden
household furniture manufactured in
North Carolina amounted in value to
$53,414 JU which represented an in
crease of 4.6 per cent over the $50,
996,065 worth of wooden furniture
manufactured for household use* in
1927.
Conservation officials pointed out
.that the value of metal and fibre fur
niture is not included in the above
.total* for North Caroling as as those
figures are not yet available* In 1927,
these two items amounted to more
'than two and a half ^million dollars.
Assuming that the 1929 valuations
were as great as those of 1927, and
they were perhaps greater, the total
value of all kinds of furniture manu
faciure4 in jfche state would approxi
mate fifty-six million dollars. The
total value in 1927 was $58,551,220.
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!;&* payine^trfo^what he owes you,
usually giveB you an overdrawn blank
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FARMYIW(lp,TO.BB.KEY MARKET
FOR EASTERN CAROLINA
IN FEDERAL GRADING SERVICE
visit on "^sday for Ae^purpose
New Tobacco
Plant |ere New
China - American To
bacco Con^any Opens
Big Factory in Tobacco
Town
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Greenvlle, July 21.?K. W. Cobb,
supervisor of salfg of the Greenville
tobacco market, Bated this morning
that the China-Amj$rican Tobacco Co.,
whose plant coyer* an entire block in
the heart of Tobacco Town, has been
thoroughly overhauled and recondi
tioned for the handling of the 1931
crop on this The China
American Tobacco Co. is a new or
ganization. on market but has
been in the tobaccp business for sev
eral years. Titty jire. buyers, for the
domestic and foreign trade. Their
plant, which covers an entire city
bieek, ?-weH equipped with the lat
est and most modern machinery for
the handling of tobacco. The plant
has a capacity of 106,000 pounds of
tobacco each day. This new compa
ny's plant is a valuable addition to
the Greenville tobacco market,
Mr. W. L. Guthrie will be buying
manager, and will be assisted by the
following experienced tobacco men:
W. W. Phelps, R. B. SparroV, Henry
Gregory and Mr. McGee.
FAVORS ROOSEVELT FOP. .
NEXT PRESIDENT
Washington, July 21.?Representa
tive Howard, Democrat, Nebraska, to
day declared himself in favor of Gov
ernor Roosevelt of New York, for
President. Howard proposed a five
year moratorium on home mortgages,
principal payments with interest pay
ments to be continued.
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% John As Pari?, publisher of jjpj
Raleigh 3Mn?eg, ia^^p^jward^M
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Informs League
Armament Slash
Is Impossible
French Armaments Re
duced to -Lowest Possi
ble Point, Declare* the
French Government
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Paris, July 21.?French arma
ments have been reduced to the low
est possible point, the government de
clared in a memorandum on disarm
ament issued today in answer to the
request of the league of nations coun
cil for information, preliminary to the
1932 world disarmament conference
at Geneva,
In the memorandum Fiance takes
the position that disarmament is a
political, rather than a technical ques
tion. The country, it^ said, has, reach
ed the low limit in disarming in the
present sttae of Europe and the
world, and it resists any suggeati
that disarmament can be based either
on population alone or in relation to
the strictly limited armament im
posed upon the contral powers at the
end of the world war.
The declaration was considered
here to indicate clearly that France,
believing she had reduced' her arma
ment to the lowest point under pres
ent conditions, would find it necessary
to make increases in case any action
were taken relieving Germany of the
limitations imposed by the treaties.
To assure the security which
France continues to insist is the only
basis for disarmament the govern
ment considers it is necessary for to
develop a system of mutual guaran
tees, such as the Rhine guarantees
signed in connection with the Locar
10 pacts.
It also suggests a second agree
ment by the signatory powers to any
liarmament agreement, undertaking
consent to use of their armed forces
of the powers against an aggressor,
the aggressor to be designated by the
'eague of nations.
CHEVROLET FLEET SALES
SHOW HEALTHY INCREASE
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Large industries In their purchases
of automobiles in fleet quantities for
commercial use apparently are paying
little attention to "buying lulls" and
depressions, a survey of Chevrolet's
fleet sales for the first six months
of the year discloses.
During this period fleet sales in
creased 9.4 per cent over the same pe
riod last, year, 71 per cent over the
first six months of 1929, and came
within 2,000 unitq of equaling the fig
ure for the full year of 1929. These
figures include passenger cars and
trucks purchased by large companies
who contract, to take a given amount
of equipment within an agreed period.
The gain already recorded this year
over previous years 1$ expected to be
maintained throughout 1931 in hue
with the domestic sales expectations
recently expressed by H. J. Klingier,
vice president and general sales man
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| gained this ye*r over previous
i years, but the, number .of fleet users
likewise has Increased until today
^racticallyeve^ large ^
Driver of Car Out on Jey 4
Ride Not Mowed Priv
ilege of Bond
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Smithfield, July 22.-?Vilas Johnson
vas arrested late Tuesday night by
Coronor James. M. Kirkman and
placed in the Johnston county jail
without the privilege of bail, pending
Et further investigation into the death
of the unidentified man found dead on
Highway 22 early Sunday morning
Ed S. Abell, jr., son of Col. Ed S.
Abel, prominent lawyer and politi
cian, Thomas Lemay, and Kenneth
Parrish are held as material witness
es under $500 bond each. These
young men were Johnson's compan
ions at the time the unknown man
was killed.
Johnson and his companions ad
mitted that they were out driving on
Highway 22, with Johnson driving the
car when they testified at the inquest
held here Tuesday in the court house,
rhese young men state that they went
no further on the highway from
Smithfield than to Holt's lake, which
is nearly two miles short from the
place the dead man was found.
An examination of the front of
Johnson's car, a Ford coupe, revealed
numerous dark colored spots, presum
ed to be blood. Johnson stated that
the spots were merely paint The
young men are said to have been
drinking.
Witnesses at the inquest described
the- man found dead as being between
23 and 25 years of age. His height
was five feet ten inches and he weigh
ed about 170 pounds. His clothing
was shabby, though clean, and his
person is said to have been clean. He
is described as having light'brown
hair and a dark complexion. He was
wearing a thin: dress shirt and khaki
trousers with an army regulation
belt His necktie bore a Brooklyn, N.
Y., trademark. He wore, a woolen cap
and low quartered shoes badly worn.
There were no identifying marks of
ahy kind on his clothing. There is a
laundry mark on his shirt, but tijis is
so dim that a witness stated that even
a strong magnifying glass does not
make it legible. It looks more like
"P. K." than anything else.
A search of the dead man's pockets
revealed only a pouch of tobacco and
one niatch left in a small complimen
tary match molder bearing the adver
tisement of "Thomas M. Slack, Hud
Bra-Essex dealer, Main street, Coats
ville, Pa."
The Hudsqn-Essex dealer in Penn
sylvania has been communicated with,
and a Fort Bragg officer has viewed
the body to determine whether or not
it might be some young man from
Fort Bragg. Monday finger prints
were made and sent to Washington.
Former Cashier
Gives Evidence
Roache Says M. Douglas
Clarke Knew of False
Entries on Bank Books
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Wilmington, July 22.?Calling Jesse
F. Roache to the stand as its first
witness, the state today played the
best card in its hand in its effort to
convict M. Douglas Clarke, former as
sistant cashier, on a dozen coants of
false entry on the books of the now
defunct Home Savings Bank.
The defense, in cross examination
of the convicted cashier, who is serv
ing a six to ten year aentence for his
part in the bank's debacle, did its best
to trump the prosecution's ace.
From Roache, District Solicitor
Woodus Kellum drew the first testi
mony which charged Clarice with di
rect aid explicit knowledge of the
falsity of the entries with which he
is charged. On direct examination
the convict-vashier said flatly that in
at least three of the instances alleged
in the bill cf indictment, Clarke con
ferred with him before making the -
entries, then made them for the ex
press purpose of boosting the cash re
serve of the bank to a point where
it . would pass the scrutiny of tffcte
banking authorities. *
In these cases, Roache swore, the
entries were made in ordinate prepare
"call" reports "for the state corpora
tion commission.
When the defense batteries swung
into action on cross examination the
shock of this : damaging testimony
was notably softened by statfecaents
of the witness that Clarke was at all
times his subordinate, acting on in
structions from him.
> Roache also admitted that long be
fore Clarice entered the employ of the
Ir^inlc 1922, reports to tie stete cor
poration commission had been altered
in * similar manner and for the same
Then, to the last question asked him
by Kenneth C? Boymll, cf Goldsboro,
attorney for the defense, ha. said:
"After the hank had dejod I made
statements admitting responsibility/',
for the false entries. I said that 1
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Widow's Will I
full #1 Surprises
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Mrs. Henderson Spurns
Foster Granddaughter. 1
$2(K),000 to Secretary
Washington, July 21.?The will of T
the late Mrs. Mary P. Henderson,!,
naming Miss Frances and Henry N. J
Arnold, of New York, instead of a !
foster granddaughter, as chief lega-l
tees to an .estate that may total mil- [
lions of dollars, was filed today in tHer
District of Columbia Supreme court I.
The wealthy widow of Senator Hen-1 j
derson, of Missouri, died last week at J ,
her summer home in Par Harbor, Me., I
In her will she cut off Mrs. Beatrice I.
Henderson Wholean, who last winter!
attempted to frustrate the dowager's I'
lifelong unrealized ambftjop to make IJ
one of her many properties an offi-l,
dal home for vice presidents, I
To Jesse Shima, 26 year old Japan-1 ]
ese private secretary, Mrs. Henderson !
bequeathed $200,000, half of which I
was left in trust to the executor, Geo. I
E. Edelin.
f- To Representative Gibson, of Ver-r
mont, the document allotted f5,000, J1
and to the Smithsonian institution a '
famous collection of paintings and!
other objects of art
A trust fund of $365,000, executed J'
for Mrs. Wholean in 1926, the docu-1
ment recorded, was irrevocable. I
But her automobiles, her jewels,J'
her-clothes, all tangible and intangi-i
ble property except a few bequests, (
the 90 year old widow declared should J
be divided between the Arnolds, a ]
middle-aged niece and nephew.
The will was dated last April S? I
shortly after Mrs. Wholean instituted 1
proceedings to remove Mrs. Hender-1
son as executor of the wills of her!
husband and son. Two litigations!
growing out of this suit are still un
settled. >
Bhima, who began to work for Mrs. I;
Henderson about six years ago, smiled IJ
and professed surprise at the size of
his inheritance. He said Mis. Hen- !
derson had treated him "like a son,"
and that they often read and talked
together in the famous Henderson
bouse, known as; Boundary Castle.
The Japanese said he might continue '
a law course dropped several years
ago, or study medicine.
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PINAL RITES HELD
FOR JESSE GAY, SR.
? Funeral rites for Jesse Gay, Sr.,- '
age 78 years, were held from the
home on Grimmtersburg street yester
day afternoon at 4 Vclock, services
being conducted by Rev. A. C. D.
Noe, of Ayden, a former rector of the
local Episcopal church, assisted by
Rev. J. A. Beckwith, the presefit rec
tor. Final Masonic honors were ac
; corded Mr, Gay, who was among the
pioneers of the Farmville lodge, and
the oldest member. Interment was ,
made >n Forest Hill cemetery. Hie
floral offerings were handsome and
large.
Mr. Gay had been critically ill for
three weeks, and his death which oc
curred at 4 o'clock Monday morning,
was not unexpected. Ill health had
forced him several years before as a
prominent farmer of this county, and
move here. Of a kindly, charitable
and genial nature, it has been said
that he never had an enemy through:
out his life.
Mr. Gay was born in South Caroli
na, but came to this section, at an ear
ly age after the War Between the
States, with his mother, a native of
Eastern Carolina, following the death
of his father in a Northern prison,
after being taken prisoner at Fort
Fisher by. the Federal army. < He
was married in 1879 to Miss Laura
Pender, who preceded him to the
grave by eleven years. He was the
last member of his immediate family
of several brothers and sisters.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs.
Boyd Parker and Mrs. A. A. Stewart,
of Wilmington; Mrs. J. A. Burnette,
of Baltimore; Misses Lizzie and Sue
Gay, of Farmville son, Walter G.
Gay, of Farmville, and a foster son,
Arthur D. Gay, also of Farmville, and
several grandchildren.
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