^ Reduction^Made In
theCounty Valuation
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New Budget - ftwides
for 94 Cents Tax Rate
as Agnfant $L35 Last
Year
Greenville, Aug. 4.?The tax rate!
for Pitt county this year trill be 94
cents on the $160 valu ation, a reduc
tion of 41 cents under the rate of
$1.35 last year, or a total cut of
$6,000,000.
This decision was reached at the
regular meeting of the Pitt county
board of commissioners at the court
house here yesterday when the budget
for the year was adopted and other
matters dealing with operation of the
county government were discussed.
The budget carries a total valuation
of $38^)00,000 against $44,000,000. for
the past year. *
It sets aside 171-2 cents for the
state support of schools as provided
by enactment of the Mae Lean state
wide school bill by the last legisla
ture.
Six cents is set aside for capital
outlay, three rents for .supplementary
levy for .schools, and forty-six cents
for.deht services.
The remainder of the rate will go
for the.support of public health, poor
and gauerai expenses of the county
government
T? fn miffinw atamD Of
All AUUiuvu kv ?? m
approval on the budget Xhe commis
sioners nested a tax department to I
take over the collection of taxes. Col
lections in the past have been made
through the sheriff's office.
Following the meeting of the com
missioners the auditing department
called attention of taxpayers to the
fact that a discount of 2 1-2 per cent
will be allowed on all taxes paid dur
ing the month of August.
The rate of 41 cents was made pos
sible through the state taking'over
support of schools .and the excellent
plan of financing adopted by the com
missioners. Through attention to ev
ery detail of government and paringl
all expenses in all departments, the
eonmussiooers were able to effect
what is believed to be the largest re
duction of any comity in this part of
the state.
Copies of the budget were being
prepared today and when completed
will be placed on display at the court
house. It was thought work in this
connection would be completed either
today or tomorrow. '
Roosevelt Donates
DM for Serum
New York Governor Re
sponds to Appeal in
Battle Against Infan
tile Paralysis
Albany, N. Y., Aug. 4.?Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who ten years
ago was stricken with an attack of in
fantile paralysis, has given a pint of
his blood to be used in a serum for
combatting an outbreak of the disease
in New York.
Announcement of the blood dona
tion was made by the state depart
I ment of heaitii. ine govenioff^P
I tion, said the announcement, was in
response to an appeal to all who had
been afflicted with the disease to give
I blood for the serum.
Mr. Booaevelt made a similar do
nation in 1926.
I The gavemor wad stricken with the
I disease leas than a year after he bad
ran aa the democratic nominee for
I vice president in 1920. Since that
time he .has recovered to the point
I of walking again swimming and rid
I ing horseback. A recent magjuine
I article, besedon his physical qualifi
? cations dpr the poaattde democratic
I nomination for president next year,
I quoted a board of three medical ape
I delists as saying his health would
I stand any of the strains imposed by
I any of the duties of poMie life.
The governor's contribution to the
I call for senun goesto combat an out
I break of the disease within bis own
York dty. Health authorities have II
I . I
*26,900'?mre^wiih con^tel
districtabout I
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? IHllAt Khrf: KflH I
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Says EfHsoB la I
BHflhlpr Mood
DWWUI
?Aged Inventor Sits ilp
-and Reads Newspaper;
Must Be Good Patient
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" West Orange, N. J., Aug. 4,?Tbom-1
as Alva Edison, (IghUny a complica
tion of diseases, showed more activity J
and more interest in outaide affairs
today than at-any time since Satur-j
day, when his eon, Charles, revealed
the inventor was critically ill.
Mr. Edison had a good night, and
slept seven hours, one more than the I
previous night His physician, Dr. I
Hubert S. Howe, said th? 84 year old I
inventor was in excellent spirits. Lat- J
| er Mr. Edison sat at his living room I
I desk reading newspapers. K
Dr. Howe said he would issue bul-1
letins on the inventor's condition four
times daily.
The noon bulletin today said: \
"There has been no marked change
in Mr. Edison's condition this morn
ing. He asked to see the newspapers
for the first time in several days and
is now in the living room at his desk.
The first bulletin of the day-said :!
Mr. Edison seems to be steadily im
proving.
? Messenger boys made regular
marches up the half mile hill onthe
crest of which the inventor's home is
situated, carrying messages from 1
many "points. One was from Sir J
Thomas Lipton, wishing the inventor "
a speeedy recovery. Among these '
calling by telephone were Harvey
Firestone, Sr., and Henry Fbrd, two 1
of Mr. Edison's closest friends.
Dr. Howe has revealed that his pa- 1
tient is suffering from diabetes,
Bright's disease, ulcers of the stom- '
ach and uremic poisoning.
Dr. Howe and Charles Edison have J
ovrmxispH fear lest Mr. should
refuse to follow the diet prescribed '
for him. Dr. Howe said it was vital '
that he have the proper amount of 1
insulin, and of fluid, as toowaeh-or i
too little of either would be harmful. ;J
Mr. Edison, long on a milk diet, six -1
weeks ago cut his routine of two
glasses every two hours to one every 1
two- hours. Dr. Howe said this under- 1
nourishment helped to bring about Ins t
present condition. <
Dr. Howe declared careful, nursing <
would be necessary from now on, as J
he didnt think Mr. Edison would ever 1
be out of danger. ? i
Dr. Frederick Allen ,after a visit
this afternoon, likened the inventor's t
condition to that of a ship. j
"As long as a ship," he said^ "keeps t
on its coarse, all is well. But if it <
happens to strike a submerged rock, ]
then complications develop." t
At 6 p. irh eastern standard time, r
the following bulletin was issued: . i
"Mr. Edison's condition continues <
about the same. He slept about one f
hour this afternoon. His spirits are \
cheerful and he is looking forward to j
an early return of his strength."
DR. HUBERT S. HOWE. {
WOMAN SHOOTS SELF
IN SUICIDE ATTEMPT \
Greenville, Aug. 4.?After firing a t
bullet near her heart in ? suicide at- is
tempt last night Mrs. John Shackle- t
ford, the operator of a small -store in j
Tobacco Town, was in a critical ceodi- a
tion in the local hospital today; Al- A
though her injuries are of a serious 1
nature, physicians are said tohokl out t
strong hope for her recovery. 4
The act was said to have resulted
from depression caused by eoteessive t
drinking. Leaving :the store between J
9 and 10 o'clock Mrs, Shaekleford is j
said to have gone to her home, ob- t
tained a pistol and fired a steel 'Jndlt 1
eted bullet above her heart Her body j
was found lying on the floor' nee? t
the mantel piece a short ; time later j
and was rushed *to. the hospital fqr (
medical attention. I
Shaekleford, authorities said this j
morning, was recently arrested rfor ?
violation of the prohibition law. Re. j
was scheduled to receive a hearing at \
the regular weekly session of county ?
court here today. .
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;-:?tWMoai-Meacopek mm? nunscii.
> jjgcomct will probably be flamo^
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Mrs. Anne ReynMsl
And Infant!
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$1,000,000 Comes Out of
b Estate of Zachary g.1
Reynolds
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Winston-Saleu-,,. Aug. 4.?An impor
tant decree was signed in the ^supe*
rior court of Forsyth county at Win
Btxm-Salem.late:. Tuesday by Judge
John M. Qgiesby* approved a contract
and trust, agreement, whereby Mrs.
Anne Cannon Reynolds, and her in
fant daughter, Anne Cannon Rey
nolds, 12, became-the sole beneficiar
ies in a 1^00(^00,trust,fund, which
? to be set -up.out of-the estate of
fctfhary Smith-Reynolds, husband of
Anne Camion Reynolds.and.father, of
Anne Gannon Reynolds, IL
The-decree was -.signed in the
rourt preoeeiting. recently instituted
jy Anne Xktmon Reynolds, through
ler guardian and father, J. F. Cannon, I
uxttheinfaot, Anne jCenno Reynolds^!
?1, throagh her. next friend, Howard |
Rondthaler, against .iZacfcary Smith [
Reynolds,, and W. N.; Reynolds and R. I
El Lasater. as guardians of I
m ? ? w ? o ? m? ?!. w." ? 1 ?? ??
he ZTlsfohsrmy Smith Reynolds,.and f
he Safe Deposit and Trust Company, ]
if Baltimore^ Md.,and all of the oth-j
or heirs of, the late R. J. Reynolds,!
founder of the Reynolds Tobacco I
he .Zachary Smith Reynolds, and!
i son of the late R. J. Reynolds.
,? Pleadings filed in-the action showed j
hat .Zacbary Smith Reynolds fmdl
Vnne Cannon Reynolds, member of j
he proarinent Cannon, family of Con-|
ord, . were married on November 16,1
929> and that from this union was!
?>ra the infant daughter, Anne Can- J,
ion,Reynolds, II. It was further re- j
sealed by the pleadings that the par- j,
;nts were unable to live happily to
rether because of incompatibility and I
tave separated and been living apart i
or several .months. I
Pending the institution of litigation I
t wu further shown by. file pleadings {
he .interested partes go together and j
I arrived at an amicabla settlement of
?ll property rights and obligations ex
sting between. the principals. -This I
lettlement was reduced to the con-j
ract and trust agreement, which I]
?ttSYidea. in. wbstance that $1,000,000
?halT be set op out of Zachary Smith I
?liynolda' estate, nore-held by the Safe
upoait and Trust Conapany, of Ral- I
Mmpre, which he. inherited from his 11
I It is provided by_the contract and! 1
Hruat. agreement that, the income I
rtwn fHlftjOOO of the trust fund is to
?o to AnnyCannoh Reynolds for Kfe, I
Knd at her death, tf*the child or, its 11
Iteirs should beftgfafa thisfumy will J
?o to thf infant, daughter. The pon-11
pact and agreement further provides
?hat theineomy from the other $500,
?OP of the fundtis to go to Anne Can-11
lion ReynoldvHr*nd when-she ar-l
live* atdhe age of 25-years the entire j
iuqi of $500,000 will come into tier 11
wssession. ? This ultimately mepnsll
hat ifvshe Hyes, the little girt Willi
The, deeree signed by Judge Ogles
:ance. Then, too, the prominency of ! I
he parties,involved, lends an added 11
mportance to the? litigation and: its I
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MFa^Sealfr
leading Cttgens of the
tytourtto&ive Relief
Burlington, Aug<6.?The town of
Mebane is tired of i* man known as
"Hardrock andHo|ey" Webb, who
claims to be a divjfe heater, and His
companion, a Mrs. j_Yates, according
to a petition begrng: 174 names which
has been presented to Judge Wm I.
Ward, of the general county court,
asking relief. 1
According to theT petition the pair
cansttutes "a nuisance" and the pet
tioners believe theft operations .to .be ,
hurting fee relgfaat4iid^M?&
thie town. They have been there
about a year.
Poverty strcken, ill and worried ,
citizens'of the town in the following
of Webb and Mrs. Yates are reported
to have made personal sacrfices be- ,
yond their means, as offerings for (
prayers and divine healng which the
petti oners believe have done more j
harm than good. ^
?r Sherff H. J. Stockard, sent down by .
Judge Ward to make an investigation, (
laid his cards on the table before 1
Webb and told hm these names be- (
fore him, representing leading citi
zens of the town, suggested that it j
mght be better for him to pack up i
and leave the oo mm unity. 4
"While I was talking to Webb and f
explaining my mission, a storm broke f
above the town, and he reached for.
his Bible and started to preach to ,
me, Ughtning and thunder punctuated ,
and placed emphasis upon his sen- ?
tences," the sheriff sad.
"Here is my lawyer," Webb said, (
holding aloft the Bible. 2
"There isnt a better , one," replied ,
the sherff.
But the question was the voice of j
the petitioners, men and^women whose
names are testimony that his work
among them is undesirable; that' in- j
stead of ibeing n the nature of public
welfare, or missionary work calculat
ed to help, it is actually a hindrance.
?"One woman whose husband is a
follower of Webb, took the last chick- t
en from the yard and gave it up as, c
an offering," Sheriff Stockard said he ?
was informed. ]
'Webb has papers to show that he <
i*T recognized by his cult or religion, i
and he denies vigorously that he is <
salng under a false flag of relgion or
Iq bootlegging something he is* with- ]
out faith in. Be beleves in hs work, i
hs followers say, and beleves in the i
power of diyine healing. s
He can produce a paper to show, i
abo that he has a right to be living (
with Mrs. Yates, who he admits isnt <
his wfe. When questioned about .it, 1
he told Sherff Stockard that he has i
a paper signed by her husband which i
permits her to reside with him.
Further action on the petiton de
pends on what Webb's deposition "
turns out to be. If he insists on car
rying on as he has in the past, it
seems likely that officials will.go into
a;thorough investigation of his meth
ods, JUs past record and so on. Webb
tqld Sheriff Stockard he is 62 years .
old. .
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{"County Hospital to. Open Former
ly on August 48," assures, a headline
lit the Sanford Hendd.. .And 'Wjfe .
tie opening has taken place, Ye Far
agrapher presumes it can be referred
pressed WnM?lf as dettg^^^ ^
Oklahoma City, Aug. 5.?Governor
Wflliam H. ( Alfalfa Bill) Murray has
carried out ^threat to shut down Ok
lahoma oil wells under martial law in
an effort to increase prices for erode
oil ..He-Mined the "supreme execu
tive power of the state" as his Au
thority.
National guardsmen, ealled out late
yesterday, invaded the giant Oklaho
ma City o& field without appreciate
opposition and headed toward new Ob*
jectives. The governor's orders are
to class all of the state's 3,106 wells
that have a daily average production
of 25 barrels or more. .
The troops under Adjutant General
Charles F. Barrett and newly commis
sioned lieutenant Co?Ckero 1. Mur
ray, the governor's cousin, prepared
to go to the greater Seminole area
today.
Published reports ufere that more
than 7,500 persons would be left job
less by the closing'of the wells.
The order coming at the old of sev
eral days of impatient waiting by in
dependent operators: suffering from
low crude prices, decreed that each
well should remain dosed until pur-,
chasers agreed to pay p mbrimum of
$1 per barrel at the wells. Fifty
cents was the top yesterday.
Sinclair oil employes, against which
company the governor aimed fiery re
marks in his executive order,asked
guardsmen for written orders to close,
but withdrew-quietly when they saw:
Colonel Murray Was not plannlngrto
arbitrate.
Governor Murray had accused the
Sinclair Oil and Gas Company and
their associates of judical juggling
through injunction. ^ ^
tions caused low prices for crudeto
increase their profits, while running
smaller independent firms without
such complete industrial facilities.
Pipeline companies, refused permis
sion by-national guardsmen ta take
crude oil from leases , where about
100,000 barrels were available to run,
protested today to Otto Bradford,,
field proration umpire andiiaison of
ficer between t^e guard and the oil
:ompanies. Bradford was attempting
to obtain official clarification of. the
i>rder.
Producers took the shutdown activ
ities quietly, many with .smiles. The
Wilcox Oil and Gas Company,.how
ever, detailed workmen to guiurd the
guardsmen. Sinclair leases also- were
supplied with company men but they
vere directed to aid the guard in-any
vay. # ? 1
.About 60 guardsmen were con
stantly in the field.
A close watch was kept on one pro
iucer where gates were slightly dam
iged and there was a possibility it
night Wow out of control.
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WOULD CUT ACREAGE
IN COTTON. BY-LAWS ,
?.
delegates to Texas Cotton Confer-,
ence think States Should Con
'^trol Production
Austin, Texas,v Aug. 4.f?Most-of
he delegates to the southwide cotton
lonference here today asked cotton
itates to curtail their produetiourhy
aw. They eoupled with this i
jueat that Jhe south leave no stone
inturned in increasing the use of its
:hief crop.
The conference wps oaUed by Gov,
Eloss S. Sterling of Texas, in which
itate a bill has been introduced fin
he legislature, meeting inapocfelees-,
don, to prevent the planting of land ;
n cotton two years in succession.
Conferees asked that Texas, the; larg
sst cotton producing state, take by
he.lead by enacting this law and as-,
ierted they believed other states
would fallow.
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Cotton Planters
Proposal to Sell Cotton
On. Credit to Germany
Caused Storm of Pro
tests in the South
. Washington, Aug. 5.?The Farm
Board, .which has encountered its
most feverish activity in the hottest
part of the summer, strove today to
quiet a tumult ht the south as the
latest trouble In the grain belt was
taitn over its Ikead to President
Hoover.
Senator William J. Harris, Georgia,
leader in ? the protest, against - the
Farm Board's reported plan to. sell
cotton to Germany ondong term cred
its, was assured by Commissioner
Denman that the hoard would try. to
avoid disrupting the cotton market,
which just this week reached a 16
year low. f
{Meantime, it q^eared that Ger
many was unlikely to take up the
j American proposal to buy Farm
^Bfard cotton or wheat either oa long
term credits, five days having laps
ed without any definite proposition
from Germany having been laid be
fore the board.
Possible station of the farm-pro-,
duct purchase . problem was seen by I
[some in the agreement today of New!
"York bankers to extenderedit in an '
i any money so obtained, Germany
could yorthaw* needed farm products
hens from: the current crop through
private sources.' fWs wfould meet
the current pretosts against sale of
government wheat or cotton, as it
would helptabaorb the current crop.
iBoard officials told Harris aa to
cotton, and the- same applies to the
wheat situation, no proposition is be
fore the board. They told him that
they would act for the farmers' best
interests. Harris interpreted this as
a victory in his protest against sale of
the Board's stabilisation cotton from
the 1929 c?p carryover.: But board
officials sai dthey made no pledges.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur M.
Hyde hurriedly interrupted a vacation
with his family in Yellowstone Nat
ional Park today to go to Missoula,
Montana, where he is to start a per
sonal^ inspection of the seven north
western-states ravaged by grasshop
pers and- this -year's drought Agri
cultural Department officials antici
pate that the need for help will come
in the: fall planting season in these
areas.
The mid-western dissension among
cooperatives, laid before the Farm
'Board last week and later taken un
successfully to the White' House, ap
peared -to be shifted to Chicago. It
was learned that the severr state and
local: cooperative organisations wiiich
protested' tharithe Farmer Union Ter
minal . Association of St Paul was
seeking to buy up: the smaller farm
organisations and elminate local con
trol went to the White House after
thtiFam:Boardrefused to intervene.
Mr. Hoover would not see the cooper
ative men, however, andtheir troubles
were laid before one of the Presi
dent's secretaries.
farmer Slays
Wife andFlees
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Plato Edoey* of Hender
son County, Said to
Have Been Jealous
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. Hendersonville, Aug. 3.?Plato Ed
ney, Henderson county .farmer,! shot
and killed his wife and wounded two
of his children today, firing with a
shotgun through a window of 'his
homft.. i-h-v; ;v
The full charge-struck Mrs. Edney
and she died almost instantly.
Only a few scattering shot struck
the children, Btbel,12,?-and Eveljm,
seven; were not eeriously in
jured, :??.? -?>':?&;
Bh?<#gg> Bdgey.*ied;t? :
the uwunUins, his trail^ng-followed
fjgWor six miles bySheriff W. A
Garren and his deputies with the aid
j<A ' jp ? rJJ
&ght and Nine Cents
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Poor Grades and Low
Prices Greet Opening
of South Carolina To
bacco Market
{Light opening breaks, varying
prices and poorer grade offerings to
day greeted the opening of the South
Carolina bright leaf and border belt
tobacco markets. ;
?Thirteen South Carolina and North
Carolina markets reported prices
ranging from as low as one cent for
sand lugs and poor grade first prim
ings to 60 cents for a pile of extra
good leaf on the Kingstree, S. C.,
market.
The average, however, on the basis
of opening prices ranged in; the neigh
borhood of eight to nine cents, de
pending on the market.
The Mullins, S. C:, market, largest
ini the state, experienced one of .the
best openings in the belt Prices there
ranged in the neighborhood of 91-2
cents with many piles of better
grades selling up as high as 20 cents.
Sellers were particularly gratified
at the action of buyers for R. J. Rey
[nolds Tobacco Company in bidding
higher on the opening brealm than
they did last year. Approximately
150,000 pounds was on the floor there.
Lake City, S. C., reported an aver
age of nine cents for its approximate
ly 160,000 pounds. Dillon, S. C., also
had an opening average of approxi
mately 9 cents but less than 50,0C0
were on the floor.
Loris, S. C., farmers were "far
from satisfied," a report said, at the
seven to eight cents average there.
Darlington had an average of 8.75.
. Manning, S. C.r reported the poor
est prices of the day with the weed
.ranging from 2 to 1 cents and the
highest price paid being 15 cents.
Timmonsville, S. C? prices ranged
from 11-2 to 21 cents, while the
Kingstree range ran from 2 cents to
a high of 50 cents.
Whiteville, ML Tabor, Fairmont
and Chad bourne, all in the North Car
olina border belt, reported an average
price between eight and nine cents a
pound. The offerings at all were
light and the lower grades predomi
ated.
Lumberton, N. C., had an average
of eight cents in comparison with
last year's opening average of 9.30.
The five warehouses there reported an
aggregate of approximately 150,000
pounds on the auction floors.
An official average pi 8.75 cents a
pound was paid on the Clarkton to
bacco market today for 22,466 pounds
of tobacco.
The price average was announced
shortly after the close of the market
by local warehousemen. The tobacco
brought from five to 35 cents a pound,
depending upon grade. ? Sand lugs
and first primings predominated, but
the quality was fair.
K. W. Cobb, supervisor of sales on
the Greenville market, wired the fol
lowing from Fairmont:
"Sales very light. Quality about
like last season's. Average estimated
at about eight cents. Last year's av
erage on opening day waa officially
given at 8.73. It appears that the do
mestic companies are buying heavily
o? the tobaccos being offered today.
AH sales could finish by dinner. Hie
crops in this setcion are not any near
er houses than in our section."
CONDUCT INQUIRY IN
CIGARETTE PRICES ?
Charlotte, August 4.?The work of
investigating the recent increases in
cigarette prices to ascertain whether
violation of the Federal anti-trust
laws was involved, is centering in
Charlotte as district headquarters of
Bureau of- Investigation of the De?
partment of Justice, according to in
formation obtained < here in semi-of
ficial quarters.
Several agents of the district he^df
quarters now are operating in the lo
bacco manufacturing centers of this
state, particularly Durham* and Win
ston-Salem, it was understood.
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I Mr. and Mrs. W./C. Edney, fatherv
and mother of the /slayer, said their
son had shot his wife because of jeal
ousy. \
They said he had accused his wife
of being friendly with other men and
the couple had- separated several
times, each time patching up their dif
ferences and agreeing to live , together
afrain.
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And concerning the enlarged high
way patrol which becomes effective,
today, there's little doubt that the
driving public needs to see more of
lem. - ;V/,.
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