North Carolina Newspapers

Sales Continue to Grow Heavier on Local Market i Local Market Maintains Its Average of Around $9.00 Mark Notwith standing Slump The block experienced by the local market Monday was cleared without difficulty cm Tuesday, 525,734 pounds being sold on the first day at an av erage of $10.20 per hundredweight, and 269,036 pounds offered the sec ond, selling for 39.59 average. The general slump of prices which is being felt cc all markets of this belt is being blamed on the adoption of the silver standard by England and on the necessary readjustment of her commercial trade and affairs. However, this is denied by those who should know. A great amount of inferior grades was reported to have pulled the aver age down on Tuesday and Wednes-J day. But in spite of the odds I against it, and the various disturbing rumors, the Farmville market man aged to keep Its average to the 39.00 mark, which was much better than many of the neighboring markets. Members of the local Tobacco Board of Trade, and the warehouse men especially, are constantly plan ning for the betterment of this mar ket and are bending every effort to wards making it the best in North Carolina. So when you bring your tobacco here you may be sure it is bringing the highest dollar. The lower grades of tobacco are j still predominating and no improve 1 ment is shown in prices, low aver- ! ages on these grades prevailing ' again this week. | The four and a half million mark ? J ? *i?to marVut. nrv Fridav W3S pilfc)*5CU UJ hliu r for the fourth consecutive sales week ! and total poundage and averages in ! comparison with the same period last ] season are as follows: 5,151,384 J pounds for $514,319.46, at an aver- ' age of $9.98, 1930, and for this year, 4,676,774 pounds for $441,621.99, av ; eraging $9.42. Sales continue to 1 grow heavier each week. 1 Sales through Thursday of this, 1 the fifth week, (Friday's figures be- ^ ing unavailable before this paper is printed), brings the total pounds to ; 1,761,298 ' for which the buyers ' paid $138,067.91, according to the J official records of Eugene Hobgood, ( supervisor of sales for the Tobacco 1 Board of Trade. 1 < Mar r Trial Nears EndAsDurfey Accepts Biame Convicted Executive, as j State's Witness in His i Partner^ Trial, Sur- ] prises Solicitor Raleigh, Oct 1.?The state's case against S. Wade Marr, on trial for aiding Gary K. Durfey, his broker age partner, in rifling the estate of the late Mrs. Florence Tucker, of which Durfey was executor, crumbled yesterday afternoon when Durfey, awaiting sentence following convic tion as principal in the embezzlement assumed responsibility. Durfey, the witness on whom, the state was chiefly relying for th? con viction of Marr, testniea im ae ibu ? not discussed the Tucker estate short-1 age with his partner, prior to the! collapse of their firm, and in re-1 sponse to the direct question an- j "I cant say he knew it." I I Before the opening of the Marr r I case, indictment in which was not J I returned until after Durfey was con-j I victed week before last, Durfey, II I through his attorney, Charles U. Har- JI I ris, entered a plea of nolo contendere 11 I in-12 eases still pending against him, 11 I involving both the Tucker embezele-l l ment and alleged e mbezzle mants m I from customers of Durfey and Marr I I brokerage concern which smashed up 11 I a year sgo. In at least one of the j I I brokerage cases he and Marr were I I jointly. Other inrfictmentajl disconcerted by the turn of testi-l fey trial to the effect that Durfey made the statement to Hn. Minnie F. Baker, one of the principal vic tims of the Tucker estate embesfe ments, that Marr had known about the use of the Tucker estatefunds for the benefit of the brokerage firm HiFs^4?2 ^^ Sp6CtdtorS iQQ6S^OS^j Negro Confesses Brutal Guilford County Murder Will Moore Carried to Penitentiary After Ad mitting the Killing of School Girl Raleigh, Oct 1?Confessing to the attempted, attack upon and the mur der of Vera Leonard, 9 year old daughter of a Guilford county farm er, Asbury Rispus, alias Will Moore, 58 year old negro, was brought to State's prison here last night by Sheriff Stafford and three deputies following his arrest eary in the aft ernoon. While no mobs, had formed in Greensboro, where the negro was be ing questioned prior to being brought here, Sheriff Stafford said that there were rumors that at tempts would be made to lynch the negro and that he thought it advis able to bring him to the central pris on for safekeeping. Rispus, or Moore, as he has been known in Guilford county for many years, confessed in full to murdering the girl and then burning her body by placing it in the home of her par ents and setting fire to the house, Sheriff Stafford said. The confes sion, he said, was made partially in Greensboro and partially while the negro was being brought to Raleigh. It came only after long questioning ay the sheriff and his deputies which started following the finding of blood stained clothes near the home of the negro, who lived a short distance From the Leonard home, the officer said< Moore told him, Sheriff Stafford said, that he had been drinking heav- , ily all Tuesday night and that he :ould not account for his act other :han "the debil must have gotten aolri of me." j The negro sajd he saw the girl standing in front of her home, Wait ing for the school bus, and decided, to ittack her, Sheriff Stafford said. Catching hold of her, he dragged her :oward a smokehouse to the rear of he Leonard home, where he intend ed to carry out his act, the officer said. The girl screamed and made so much noise that the -negro became frightened as he reached a woodpile vith her and he picked up a good sized stick and struck her over the lead, knocking her unconscious, the sheriff said the negro told him. He had then given up the idea of attacking the girl, the officer said he declared, and decided to hide her body in a patch of woods near the house. He carried the girl, not know ing whether or not she was dead to the woods, but again becoming afraid that his crime would be discovered, he decided to take her back to the| house and burn bar up by setting fire J to the structure, according to the confession made to the' officer. After reaching the house with the body, the negro said he wrapped it in several blankets, put it in a front room, and then set fire to the house, the sheriff said he told him. He then went home, changed his blood stained clothes anthput on an old pair of overalls, going back to the scene of the crime to watch the house burn down, he told the officers^ heriff Stafford said. The officer said that Moore denied absolutely that be had attacked the girl but admitted that it was his in tention to do so when he got her to the smokehouse. Moore told officers that his real name was Asbury Rispus, and that he formerly lived in Jackson. He said that he was sentenced to state's pris on 16 years ago for the murder of a man in his home town and after serving three years of his sentence, escaped and has lived in Gnilfonl county practically, the entire time. ' ? | 1 " Aimee Take, third Hucband 3$ I ?UPHaWOH?pMPM?w ' Aimee Semple McPherson, pastor of Angelas Temple, Los Angeles, I .\f to Arizona secretly and was married to David L? Holloa, flrbc sings baritone in her choir. He weighs 250 poonds. Farmers, Bankers, Business Men, Warehousemen, Editors, Supply Merchants Hold Meet i J. ? .... Appoint Steering Com mittee to Work Out Program to Help To bacco Growers Golds bo ro, Sept SO.?Farmers, bankers, warehousemen, supply mer chants, dumber of commerce secre taries, business men of various avo cations, members of the legislature and newspaper men met in the Golds boro Hotel in Goldsboro yesterday, at a call issued by newspaper editors for the purpose of getting together and discussing the agricultural situa tion in Eastern North Carolina, for the purpose of perfecting an organi zation and working out some pro grain which would help to remedy the present economic situation in this part of the state. The uppermost idea in the minds of those gathered there was to as sist in tobacco acreage reduction for the coming year, and the raising of quality tobacco since there is little ?demand for the tobacco going abroad, on account of the economic conditions existing in Europe and China, and only our cigarette stocks which re quire standard grades are m demand, and the further extension of the Live at Home program since there is still 1 too much that can be raised on the farms coming into the state. , The meeting sat down squarely on any legislation for either cotton or tobacco, the farmers declaring they had too much legislation now, and it was time for the farmer to think and act for himself end stop running to either the state or the national gov ernment for help. One farmer said that if there had never been a Farm Board or a Land Bank, and the farm er had felt it was up to him to work out his own salvation, that the farm er and the? country would be better off. * It was one ofthe best meetings we have attended. The newspaper folk's announced to start with that the meeting was not to place themselves out in front and advertise themselves, but to help all the interests of Eas tern North Carolina, through & cam paign of education and the tying up of all engaged in beneficient work, to bring about an improvement in ag riculture, since agriculture is our greatest enterprise and we are all de pendent on the farmer for our hap piness and prosperity. The statement was made by the chairman of the moisting thqt every r?? one could say what be pleased for there would be no names called in the news reference to the meeting, and with that announcement there was a full and free expression by every one in the meeting, and while there was much difference of opinion yet out of it all came splendid suggestions, and every one felt that the gathering had been of great value. The newspaper men brought repre sentative farmers and business men from their various, sections, and the discussion was general and very il luminating and informal. Z 1 ? ?? 4: A sm^towhTs^f jdact whew ? street fight will attract as much of a crowd as a house on fire. Uncle Rastus says there is a sur plus of corn until you start out look ing for a drink. Cannon Case So Be Laid Before Grand Jury Distract Attorney Rover Announces Decision to Conduct Investigation Washington, Sept, 30,?The case of Bishop Cannon is to be laid before a grand jury. Evidence obtained by the senate campaign funds committee will be presented to determine whether the churchman's anti-Smith activities of 1928 were in violation of the cor rupt practices law. District Attorney Rover announced today he would take this action. The inquiry is to begin next Thursday. Miss Ada L. Burroughs, of Rich mond, Va., treasurer of the state anti-Smith Democratic committee, headed by Euhop Cannon, will be in cluded in the grand jury investiga tion also, he said. Subpoenas were sent out for more than a score of witnesses. It was understood the list includes those who were called by the senate com mittee in inquiring into the charge of Representative Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, that Bishop Can non had failed to account for a ma jor part of 66,000 contributed to his campaign by E. C. Jameson, a New i '' . 11 York Republican; The bishop has challenged the au- 1 thority of the committee to inquire i into his campaign expenditures op i the ground that his activities were j confined to one state and, therefore beyond jurisdiction of the federal j corrupt practices act. He has re- 1 peatedly stated that he welcomed a i grand jury investigation. ] Miss Burroughs has twice refused to testify before the committee. Bish- 1 op Cannon has been invited by 1 Chairman Nye of the committee, to i explain the record of his financial .< transactions in the 1928 campaign, i but has given no intimation of ac- ? cepting this invitation. District Attorney Rover has had < before him for several weeks th cevi- j dence pat before the senate commit- ^ tee by a score of bankers and politi cal leaders. He conferred, too, with Basil Manly, the committee's investi gator. Joseph FreUnghuysgn, former Republican senator from New Jersey, 3 sent a telegram to the committee to day volunteering to testify at any < time on tb*;f20,0QO which he said he j gavu to Bishop Cannon jn 1928. ?? V- Manly said there was no %ec?nd 1 that BishopiJ;Cannort: inujT reported ? either the receipt or the expenditure of ttoe sum. ' Young Pitt Men I __ ? m I To Serve Terns Decision of the Supremel Court Announced in Sensational Highway Robbery Case Greenville, Sept 80.?Elmer Whit-J ley and Rodney Cox, young white J men convicted of the highway rob-} .faery of Mrs. G. H. Ballard here dur-f * *k l ing last December and sentenced' at | the April term of Pitt superior court to fron\ seven to nine years in the I state penitentiary, will be required to I serve their terms in prison, accord-1 i ing to a decision of the supreme court I rendered today. Following their conviction in April, I notice of appeal was given, although it was several weeks before Whitley and Cox could provide their bonds of I ! $3,000. The opinion of the higher I court upholding the action of supe-l rior court brings to an end one of J the mast sensational criminal cases in the annals of the local courts. The most sensational.part of the! case was the developments foUowingl a civil action brought by Whitley J against Mrs. Ballard for $5,000 dam- j ages for defamation of character. At the time of criminal hearing Mrs.} Ballard testified that the $4,200 al-1 leged, to have been taken by Whitley J and Cox was all the money she had} in the world. Counsel for the de-j fendants obtained a court order for j opening a safe deposit box which} Mrs. Ballard rented in a Wilson} bank, and this was found to contain j $6,600. Mrs. Ballard vigorously as serted the money did not belong to} her, but was a fund she was keeping} for a relative. m * *?- 1 .1..^ j JLJ16 RCy W UIO UUA troir yiavou *** the hands of the authorities to be held until the case comes up for hearing; Despite the fact that ef forts have beep made to arrange bond and obtain possession of the box, authorities still were in posses sion of the key today, the required bond demanded by the court having been almost twice' as much as the funds said to have been represented hr the box.;: It has not been determined what steps attorneys for Whitley and C6x 1 will now take. v , 1 MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED 1 - i One of the prettiest parties of the 1 season was that of Saturday after- 1 noon when Mrs. George Burnette en- ' tertained at bridge from 4 to" 8 1 o'clock at her home on Green street, ' honoring her house guests, Misses Martha Batts of Wilson, and Bessie Morris, of Robersonville. Vari-col- ( ored fall flowers were artistically used in decoration of the living room. After a number of interesting pro gressions Miss Janie Johnston was J awarded the prize for high score, and the honorees were remembered with lovely gifts. The climax of the afternoon came during the serving of a delicious sal ad course, when cards with the an nouncement, "Annie Lawrence and Earl, June 22, 1981," were found on each plate, announcing the marriage of the charming young daughter of the hostess to Joseph Earl Forbes, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Forbes left after the 1 party by motor for a trip to Western i Carolina. Another auto menace is one of < these collectors from the finance corporation coming around to inquirte I as to why that payment is past due. i i Stevens Wt fcl Big fiuiat frir State toi Honor National Commander When He Speaks Wednesday of Fair Week . . Raleigh, Oct 1.?This year the management of the State Fair, which usually has some nationally out standing figure to deliver the princi pal address, has found its "big gun" within the borders of North Carolina. National Commander Henry L. Ste vens, Jr., of the American Legion, yesterday wired his acceptance of the invitation to speak before the Fair Grounds grandstand on "Wednesday of fair week," which is October 14. Joining with the fair management to make the Stevens appearance here a state celebration in honor of the national commander, as well, as a feature of. the fair, Raleigh Post No. 1 of the American Legion is planning a gala reception with a farewell to the commander, who leaves for Le gion headquarters at Indianapolis, Ind., on the following day. Post Com mander R. L. McMillan said last night that all Legionnaires of the state would be invited. His appearance at the fair will give the state at large its only op portunity to play its full part in hon oring the 35 year old Warsaw at torney who has been chosen to lead what most people believe is the strongest organization in America. Tuesday, at Warsaw, there was a home coming celebration which was attended by governor, aenators and other dignitaries, but it was essen tially the welcome of Commander Stevens' neighbors in the little town in which be lives. On October 9, in Charlotte, will be held the official Le- 1 - 1 -A Ij. Ml t.? gion welcome, pui It wiu ue, eoeen-. tially, the affair of members of the! organization. At the fair, however, I Mr. Stevens will be the guest of the j Mate, and its citizens, las the princi pal figure* at their most important I assembly.. |] The Legion, however, will take I ?' back its own after the fair celebra- : tion, and the Raloigh post will be! Commander Stevens' "'.ost at the | i farewell that night. During the day ' the local drum and bugle corps and ather Legionnaires will join in the I program, but they won't take charge! until after it is over. Nobody appreciates genius until it acquires a bank roll. Nail Fraud Case Received by Jury Under Ruling Verdict,' If Reached, Will Not; Be Announced UntO Today P Asheville, Sept 30.?A jury inL United States district court here I j was given the mail fraud case at 4:201 j u'clock this afternoon, but under!, Judge E. Yates Webb's ruling no j verdict wil be received before Thurs-J day morning. I Judge Webb spent two hours and twenty minutes in reviewing the gov- j j ernment's contention in the trial of I < Wallace B. Davis aM William D. I ( Harris on charges of using the mails I ] bo- defraud in connection with the I ( sale of $3,655,000 in bonds of Central 3 Securities Company of Asheville, 11 Inc. I < Upon completion ot nis cnarges, i the case was given the jury but not before Judge Webb had informed it \ that he would not receive a verdict | before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, i Concluding arguments were made < this morning by Special Prosecutor rhomas J. Harkins for the govern- \ ment and Robert R. Williams for the i defense. Judge Webb did not deliv 3T his charge until after the noon re- I sesa. ] The trial started August 31, and ] during the more than three weeks 1 devoted to testimony, 50 witnesses | from 14 states and the District of < Columbia testified, mostly for the i prosecution. i Davis was president and Harris , vice president and treasurer of Gen- < tral Securities Company, an affiliate of the Central Bank and Trust Com pany. The bank foiled last Novem- ; ber 19, resulting in the appointment i of a federal receiver for the Securi ties corporation a few weeks later. i The two men are charged in It - specific counts with using the mails ) to defraud in sale of |8,665,000 of j Central Securities bonds. ie* 'r j/, * ?. ? Oh Doctor Local Play Friday Night Oct. 2nd Entertainment Sponsor ed by American Legion Promises to Be Hit of the Season Locally ',"!>! in ? This week has. been given over by the cast in "Oh Doctor!"?the play sponsored by the American Legion, which is to be given on Friday eve ning, October 2, in Perkins Hall?to intensive rehearsals and the perfect ing of their parts in this outstanding entertainment event of the season. Patricia's role of tin heroine Is charmingly done by Miss Mary Whe less; her mother, Mrs. Eddens, is Miss Edna Foust Harris; her father, R. H. Cason; and Dr. Jim, the hero, is well cast in the person of Elbert Holmes. Miss Lillian Gardner is Kitty, the kid sister; Julian Rumley plays Gerrill, Charles Baucom is Johnson Hewlitt, Emily Windham, Penelope, and the play is given1 some of its best comedy by Mrs. Harold Suggs Askew as Nessa, and John Dwight Holmes in colorful (black) character roles. The entire cast is well chosen and is going through the paces in first rate style. Other and outstanding features of the show are snappy choruses: the Harlequin, the Bowery, the Love, Nervo, and Kitty choruses, which give the spice and gaiety to the en tertainment necessary for a correct balance. In fact, the choruses, com* posed of a bevy of attractive, dash ing darlings almost "steal the thun der" from the main artists. They will probably win enough applause to quite turn their pretty heads any way. Though the principal "play ers,4' after all is sung and danced, are Mrs. M. V. Jones and Mrs. R. E. Boyd, pianists. Jack Spicer, the capable director, in addition to "bossing the works," takes the part of the "refined" crook (he would be refined). Being a ra dio singing artist of note, having broadcast regularly from Columbus, Ohio,-and Fairmont, W. Va., stations for the past several ' months, the playgoers are anticipating a treat in song numbers. Special solo work will he done by John and Elbert Holmes, favorite local singers who also have won fame in the radio field. Orders Prof. Kane Held For Grand Jurors Mother of Victim Over come by Emotion as She Tells of Tragic Day Hampton, Va., Sept. 30.?Elisha Kane Kent, III, University of Ten nessee professor, was held for the grand jury today at the conclusion Df a preliminary hearing on a charge if drowning his wife, Jenny Graham Kane, in Chesapeake Bay last month. Magistrate J. E. Dixon, of Elixa ieth City county, decided to send the :ase to the grand jury after he had neard 20 minutes of argument sum ming up the testimony given by the father, mother and brother of Mrs. Kane and seven other witnesses. No witnesses were offered by the de fense. The regular Elizabeth City county frand jury meets here next Monday. Kane heard hiB wife's father and mother testify today that their laughter seemed to dread the fatal swimming party on Grand view Beach. Mrs. W. G. Graham, mother if the dead woman, gave way to mysteries and was led sobbing from he court room after answering four juestions. There was no opportunity for cross examination. She told me her husband wanted ? go to the beach to swim and she looked at me with appending eyes hat seemed to say: "Dont let me go sr go with me," Mrs. Graham sobbed iust before she was removed from ihe stand. "They went and my dari ng daughetr never came bade alive." Coroner George K. Vanderslice tes ified that information given him by Sop Graham, a brother of Mn. Kane, about letters from "anoth^y woman," und domestic difficulties of thie Kanes caused him to change a rerdict of accidental drowning to murder. He said members of the family had destroyed the letters ex sept for one in his possession rigned 'Betty." Betty, identified as Mrs. R H. Dahl, of Mount Holly, N. J., was not present today, and counsel said the was not expected. * The state brought forward a num ber of fishermen who claim to bare witnessed the drowning. They testi fied to seeing two persons splashing In the water and hearing screams "at find playful and later distressing," ? ' t" "? - ? ?? it fe-' . y. ?'* >? FARMVILLE TOBACCO MARKET JJarmville, N. G. ' I . 'nil . 1 SALE CARD g R - to OQ ? Fer Week Beginning w # ? ?>. _ ? ? ?-< C O rD 0cto?r5 (S | ? (S s ??s, Monday , 1 1 2 ,2 J Fwdfty ?? 1-1 12 2