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? ? FARMVlLlPi,- P/TT COUNTY, NORTR^O^ 13,'lgSr ^ ''. ? ^ "^V ? : ~ V NUMBER TWENTY-StfVEN --- -- - Inauguation of Pres. F. P, Graham Well Attended i - - Champion of InteMec* tnal Freedom Eleventh Head of University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Nov. 11.?Frank Por ter Graham, champion of intellectual freedom, today was inaugurated elev enth president of the University of North Carolina. Before the thou sands who had gathered in Kenan Stadium for the impressive exercises, before the hundreds of distinguished educators who had brought him greetings from the four quarters of the nation, before the men and wom en of his own beloved institution, he dedicated his life to the task of mak ing the university "a stronghold of learning and an outpost of light and I liberty along the frontiers of man kind." . President Graham formally opened his administration with the announce ment to any interest or any group, which would stand in the way of the university scholar's search for truth, that its only recourse was to change the university's new administration. "This is not said defiantly but in all friendliness and simply as a matter of openness and clearness," he de clared. "It is said with no personal concern for it is our faith that what ever the administration, the freedom of the University, gathering momen tum across a century, and the dem-l ocracy of the people, sometimes sleeping, but never dead, will rise in majesty to reassert the intellectual freedom and moral autonomy of the University of North Carolina." When the new president thus as sured the educators of North Carolina that neither inade^ 1 vte appropriation nor bitter attack had dampened the spirit of the university a clatter of spontaneous applause echoed and re echoed through th: tri.es of Chapel Hill. i -a-i I Today's ceremony was as coiorim, as beautiful, as it was inspiring. Whan President Graham and Gover nor Gardner led the brilliantly gown ed "academic procession which includ ed representatives of 235 colleges, universities and learned societies, across the turf of Kenan Stadium those in the stands saw a scene they will long -remember. Overhead a soft Novexpfceac sun shone from a cloudless sky. tie horizon was painted with the red, yellow and brown of surrounding autumn woods', with the green of pines. The bril liant colors of the academic gowns worn by those in the procession stood oat in bold relief against the con crete of, the great, sweeping stands. And In the center of it all was a small, gray faced man, a teacher whom North Carolina had drafted to lead* its University through one of the most heart rending, soul destroy ing ^periods of its 138 years of his tory/' The confidence thus placed in Frank Graham was a compliment sel dom equaled in the history of the state. Governor Gardner presided at the inauguration. After Bishop J. Ken neth Pfhol had invoked divine guid ance for the new administration, the Governor presented Haywood Parker, representative of the trustees, to pre sent President Graham. "It is indeed fortunate that the trustees of the University, at this critical time, have elected as presi dent a man peculiarly fitted to meet the requirements of this questioning era," said Mr. Parker. I Acqait Officer I la Murder Case I Harvey C. Bethea, of St. I Paul, Is Declared Not I Guilty by Robeson Jury Lumberton, Nor. 11.?Harvey C. I' Bethea, police chief of St. Pauls, was I - acquitted by a Robeson county jury I today of shooting Judd Dean to dea?B I in the town of St Paul April 1L The verdict came at 5:fi0 after the Ivy bad the case twenty minutes. It was the close of &yof the I tag he shot B >an wben Dean cu^ 3S&SOH'' W' ~<i-S... * ??V Clubwomen 15 Dist. Plant Trees Sally Southall Cotten Drive Reaches from Bruce to Greenville Club women of the Fifteenth Dis trict met Tuesday at Cottendale, the home of the late Mrs; R. R. Cotten, a pioneer clubwoman, who was be loved and known throughout the state as "Mother Cotten," not to erect a monmument of stone and bronze to honor her memory, but a much more significant and appropriate memorial, an avenue of trees. Mrs. Cotten died in 1929. The memorial avenue, to be called the Sally Southall Cotten Drive, be gins at Bruce and leads eastward from Cottendale, the home of the Cottens for 63 years, to- Greenville. Her favorite trees, the oak,* cedar, crepe myrtle, dogwood and miijaosa, were transplanted along the highway of nine miles. The oak and cedar, significant of high courage and rug ged strength, will whisper to future generations of her achievements and "?lap their tiny hands'* in approval of aer life spent in promoting the edu cation and happiness of the woman hood of North Carolina. They will stand not only as lofty sentinels but will give shade and comfort to the traveler and furnish a haven to the bird-life, while the blossoming trees will give a wealth of what may> well be termed as feminine loveliness arid beauty, to the peaceful countryside,! which was so dear to her heart. | The following program was earned out at the picnic dinner table on the Cottendale lawn, the exercises being conducted by Mrs. S. M. Crisp, presi dent of the Greenville Woman's Club, of which organization Mrs. Cotten was honorary president, and by which the idea of the tree memorial was conceived and sponsored. Tributes were paid to the club leader by Mrs. J. M. Hobgood, of Farmville, presi dent of the State Federation of Wom en's Clubs; by Mrs. J. H. B. Moore, recording secretary of the Federation, and by Mrs. J. T Hollister, first vice president .of the Federation and member of the'New Bern Woman's Club, which was hostess to the Fed eration at its eleventh meeting, when the Student's Loan Fund of $250 pro viding for the education of one girl, was named for Sally Southall Cotten, and which has grown to $25,000, and is being used by 32 girls this year. The New Bern club, the only club represented outside of the Fifteenth district, planted a tree, naming it for its first president, Mrs. Leah Jones Stephens, an intimate friend of Mrs. Cotten. An article, "Crepe Myrtle," suggested as a title for a story to Miss Lucy Cherry Crisp, formerly of Falkland, by "Mother Cotten," was read and recognition was given the highway force and the town of Green ville, which are assisting in the trans planting, and to Gene Smith, faithful negro servant, who has served the family as coachman and chauffeur for the past 40 years. Mrs. R. B. Wiggins, of Winchester, Mass., spoke in behalf of the family, closing her remarks with the statement that the latchkey will always be hanging on the outside at Cottendale for her mother's and father's friends. Master Julian B. Thnberlake, III, the first great-grandchild in the fam ily, was introduced ta the clubwom en. Other members of "the Cotten family present on this occasion were Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wiggin, of Winchester, Mass.; Mrs. Douglas Wesson, of Springfield, Mass.; JuHan B. Timber!ake, Sr., and Mrs. Julian B. Timberlake, Jr., of Raleigh. LITERARY CLUB HAS EXCELLENT PROGRAM In continuation of its fall and win ter study of "Other People's Lives,"' was the program with the topic of. "Two Preachers," enjoyed by mem bers of the Farmville Literary Club on Wednesday afternoon and devel oped with a paper on "Parker Vana mee," described as a man of three reporter and Episcopal minister, by Mrs. P- E. Jones, and a summary of the career of "Alexander Irvine," by Miss Annie Perkins, in which. Irvin^ with a group of patriotic songs, sung by Mrs. Sterifeg Gates and ^ing a dcli^htf^ sah^^ efte] China Area I Mesage to League of Nations Says Japanese Have Shelled Retiring Chinese Army - Washington, Nov. 11.?Japanese troops in the Nonni bridge area in Manchuria have resumed their ad vance and have bombed and shelled th? retiring Chinese army, the Chi nese government declared tonight in an argent message to the League of Nations. - ; ? The message said the Japanese forces were twenty kilometers along the road to the Chinese controlled town of Tsitsihar. Girl students attending the Keen school at Tientsin, operated by Amer ican Methodist missionaries, were marched to the French concession yesterday to get them out of the dan ger zone. Many of the students were in a state of collapse from fear and the rigors of thfe long march when they arrived. The Nankai school at Tien tsin also was evacuated. - An unconfirmed report said Japan had issued an ultimatum demanding the removal of all Chinese soldiers from Tientsin. Negotiations between Chinese and Japanese were going on, it was authoritatively said, appar ently on the basis of the substitution of a Chinese regime friendly to Japan. Emperor Hirohito of Japan, order ed a fresh brigade of troops mid four naval destroyers to Manchuria after ;:f& ?;.* ?.'?>& ?? word was received 6t ?? battle on.? new front in which 300;Chinese and three Japanese were kiUed. - Japan's dead to date tcjtal 129; Cbi^ na's are estimated at 800 to 1,00& In Nanking, 8,000 stiitents parad ed,demanding war with Japan. Mar tial law was declared in Hankow and Shanghai. Repairs to the Nonni bridge should be cbmpleted before the end of the week, Mukden reported. ? Meanwhile, China continues massing troops in the vicinity. Peiping reported Japan's- strength in the Nonni region wai increased to 4,000 men, with 40 field guns, and that 6,000 Chinese rebejb, friendly to Japan,-were, near by. t I London attached much importance to the fact that Unite# States Am bassador Dawes and Sir John Simon, British foreign secretarg^ will attend the League of Nations council meet ing on the Manchuria# conflict in Paris November 16. Secretary of State -Sthnson an nounced receipt of a vejcy conciliatory note from Japan. Japan has resinned the offensive in the Nonni bridge area in Manchu ria, China declared tonight in an ur gent communication to the League of Nations. The message said Japan's troops had advanced their lines and were 20 kilometers on the road to Tsitsihar. The Chinese were retiring, the communication continued, under bomb attacks and shell fire from the Japa nese forces. ? , f, - ?' V . . > ? > ? ' ' . MacLean Offers Plan to Rid Coun try ot Depression at Tyson Reunion V ? 1 1 ?,?1 ; I 1 "The Gentleman Prom Beaufort" Delivers InT teresting Address at Tyson Reunion 1 . Offering one of the Best plans to rid the country of depression yet^ Re leased by any person in the state, was: that given by A. D. MacLean, Beau , fort representative, at the Tyson re ; union held -on Friday at Tyson's j church. His address follows: I The annual reunion of the Tyson i family is attended with at least three [important results, each of which is; 1 broader, more v extensive than the! | other. In the first place, there is j i naturally the personal contact with. j relatives and friends, the interming- I ling of those who are related-to each I other by common ties of, blood" and marriage and bound together by the affection of kinship and the influence of ancient ancestry. How agreeable j it is - to meet your brother or sister, aunt or uncle or cousin from another state or section and exchange confi dences and reminiscences with them, or, if you have married and moved away, to return to the old home and church, to an earlier environment, it may be to sleep in the old room or to sit down to the old table, or, per chance, to commune with a departed father or mother or other loved one whose spirit may be felt but not seen here today.' If the Tyson reunion meant no more than this friendly, af-: fectlonate gathering of kinspeople, it woulfi nevertheless serve a commend-j able v and useful purpose, but I ap prehend that it may have a wider sig nificance and that it may perform a service to society of enduring value. If the name means anything, if the reunion here means anything, they signify the' family, the home, the church, and that is something worth] while. If it be true, as we too fre quently hear, that family life, the training of the home, the influence of the church are on the wane in this state and country, I know of no tetter wa? to restore or revive them, than the coming together of the Ty-, son Gaii, an I others like them, "to | pledge their faith and renew their j vows upon the altaiff of their ances tors, who in the centuries past have ' upheld the sanctity and discipline of the home, the duty of parents and (Continued on page four) I ^ ? CAPT. J. THOS. SMETTH CAMP . i" ? '1 if", 'f ? - i. ? " *.'? ?; V Greenville, Nov. 11.4-Comrades of the above named camp ^ met in regu lar monthly session November 10 and after transacting the- regular-: busi ness of the camp adopted resolutions of regret at the absence of Comrades P. T. Atkinson and W. J. Size due to illness. We missed our comrade and wish for them a speedy recovery. We also wish to express our appreciation of the splendid work of>j)ur Comman der, Comrade Watt Parker. Wfe, tfle undersigned committee^ are mailing copies to Comrades Atkinson and J>ize. We also visited Cherry Hill Cemetery and placed wreaths on the graves of Captain J. Thos Smith and Lieutenant J. C. Albritton. JOHN P. SMITH, C. L. JONES, D. C. DUDLEY, Committee. 2d Million Goal Heavy Sales Continue With Prices on Supe* rior Grades Increasing Sales of 1,777,082 pounds were ex perienced by the Farmville market during the week including Thursday's sale, with prices comparing most fa vorably and often topping those of other markets of the state, buyers paying $201,201.44 for this amount, at an average of $11.33 per hundred weight. Prices on wrapper grades, which appear to be scarce this season, con tinue firm, with all of the independ ent and foreign companies competing for the superior grades, while the low grades bring about tbe same bids as during the opening days. I' An error was made in the goal set by local warehousemen in poundage for this season last week, the correct ! figures should have been 20,000,000. ?fj Dr. C. "R. Young, one of the largest tobacco planters in Harnett county, will reduce his acreage next season by planting a heavy acreage to fall grains am! legume crcps this fall. ? ? ;; ' *' v..: -1 - FARMVILLE TOBACCO MARKET Farmville, N. C. .?.? , ? _ .. ? : j : ? ro 05 'S For Wedi v, ij O ; j? ^ 5? NaWMRFJR Tfi S ? ? -g ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Hlflyor . Indications Are Situa CTpiiMeiwfflsl : tressingr Than Ever Bef, fore in This Section ' Mayor R. E. Belcher has called a meeting of the citizenry of the town of Farmville for Friday night, No vember 14, at .7:30 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing a Relief Asso ciation which may to some extent take care of the hungry and clothe less during the conning winter. The situation this winter bids fair to be more acute than ever before, and for this reason Mayor Belcher desires that the entire town shaU co operate and try to makf the organi zation an-active and a strong one. In furtherance of this purpose he has in vited Mr. Futrell, county welfare of ficer, to be present and assist in the organization. Mr. Futrell has agreed to be present This should be an added incentive for the.citizens of the town to be present and lend their as sistance where and when possible. ? Inasmuch as public subscriptions will be inadvisable, the addad amount of suffering and hunger by the un employed can be relieved only by the cooperation and hard work of every body joined ^-together, with the one aim of reilef. The Rotary Glub has appointed a committee to cooperate with the Re lief Association. Bill Smith is chair man of the committee along with J. I. Morgan ^nd Paul Jones as his as sociates. The churches and ell other organizations of the town are urged to cooperate. individually and collec tively. TO ATTEND JOINT MEETING SPANISH-AMERICAN VETS The John Cotten Camp of the Spanish-American Veterans and its auxiliary;- Will be hosts to the Cap James Thomas Smith Camp at a joint meeting in Rocky Mount on Friday evening. Members who expect to at tend from Farmville include Com mander Watt Parker and Mrs. Par ker, Mrs. Nonie Barrett, Mrs. Pearl Johnston, Mrs. Annie Anderson, "Mrs. Maude Hinson, Miss .Louise Hinson, Mrs. P. T.-Atkinson and Cecil John ston. Causey Motion To Be Beard Supreme Court Gives Alleged Slayer of Lum berman New Hope Raleigh, Nov. 11.?Herman Casey, of Lenoir county, was given fresh hope of being saved from the electric chair yesterday in an opinion handed down by the North Carolina supreme court. In its opinion the court held that the lower court, in which Casey J was convicted in September, 1930, for the murder of J. C. Causey* wealthy lumberman, of Suffolk, Va., had the power to grant a rehearing on the ground, of newly found evidence. In a three to two opinion, written by Chief Justice W. P. Stacy, the su preme ourt held Superior Court Judge W. A. Devin had erred when he refused to entertain the motion made in the Lenoir superior court June 29, 1931, two days after the su preme court handed down its first opinion, on the grounds that he was without power because of the high court's decision. Associate Justice Heriot Clarkson, who wrote the first opinion, which automaitcally set Casey's execution for July 17 of this year, filed a long dissenting opinion to today's decision. ?Associate Justice1 Adams joined in -dissenting,' while Associate Justice Brogden filed a concurring opinion. S Casey has lived , on reprieves since July 17, granted after Judge Devin's refusal to hear motions for a new "trial was appealed to the high court. He has approximately six weeks of life under his present reprieve, ^frant -ed only a few days!agd. . However, the prisoner faces anoth er extension of life in 'case his motion for a new trial, which now must Se heard, is denied, by another appeal to the supreme court; or he may be granted a new trial in Lenoir superior court and if convicted again, "can again bring his case to the high court There is also the possibility of free dom; after more than a year's stay tin death row. S??2EEIs| Pe.ee, Tyson Re program _ , _ ? ' iii i ? Annual Meeting of Clan ? Considered Most Inter ; esting and Helpful Re union in Its History ?? Prefacing one of the-most practi cal,, comprehensive and constructive programs for removing the present depressi#-jthat has been anggested probably^,,; any one person of this nation witn the remark, that hp wtis taking the occasion of the Tyson Re union and the advantage of an audi -' ance of character, intelligence and capable of influencing the conditions that surround them, Hon. A. D. Mac liean, Beaufort legislator, offered his plan, which is printed elsewhere in this issue, through this channel to the people of his state and of tKe United States for consideration at the annual Tyson Reunion held at Ty son's church Friday. The speaker re ceived an ovation. ? ?* -The reunion program opened at 10:30 with "America," and invocation, offered by Hon. Walter G. ShCp pard, who also introduced the speak er of the occasion as "A Moses, who had seen the vision of freedom for his people from their bondage and possesses the courage to stand by his convictions and put them into action. Greetings were Brought from the patriotic organizations of the county by Mrs. T. C. Turnage, representing the Daughters of the American Rev olution; Mrs. J. W. Parker, the United Daughters of the Confederacy; Watt Parker, the Spanish-American Veter ans, and J. L. Evans, the American Legion. Members of the family won distinction in active service in these ware Perhaps the most distinguish ed and revered person present was Brigadier-General Benjamin Hawkins Tyson, one of Robert E. Lee's war riors, 87 years of age, who made a picturesque figure in his Confederate grey and standing beneath the Con federate flag during his address. Th? audience also heard with great interest an account of its own history by Attorney William S. Tyson, who has taken the opportunity of two recent trips abroad tp establish cer tain facts regarding the Tyson line age. A group of poems by Anne Ar rington Tyson, of Montgomery, Ala., who has won recognition in. the field of verse, was . read by Mrs. A. C. Hodges, and *-trio, composed of Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Mary Moye "Patterson and Mrs. J. Sterling Gates which rendered several familiar vocal num bers added the variety necessary to a well balanced program. A family roundtable discussion was entered into by Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Mra. U. H. Cozart, Mrs. C. M Parks, Mrs. C. E. Moore, Mrs. Eagles and J. Smith. Among the visitors intro duced to the reunion audience were Mr. and Mrs. Wright, of Bridgeton, N. J., and their daughter,- Mrs. Har old Suggs Askew, of Farmville, des cendants of Reynier Tyaon, former mayor of Philadelphia, whose broth er, Cornelius, came south and located in this vicinity, and. Miss Helma Tucker Cherry, student at E. C. T. C., Greenville, who recently won a $500 prize with her essay on Science. Miss Tabitha DeVisconti, of the genealogical committee, gave an ex cellent report illustrated by a revised tree and the family coat of arms, and introduced Mrs. George Jefferson, who exhibited a Tyson Bible in which the first record was made in 1777. Resolutions of respect for the late John David Cox were presented by C. H. Jackson and a committee was appointed to draw up resolutions for other esteemed members including Dr. B. T. Cox and Charlie Tyson, prominent in the organization. The election of officers resulted in Mrs. J. L. Shackleford, of Fararville, and Mrs. 0. H. Jackson, of Winter : ville, being re-elected as president and secretary and treasurer, and Mrs. Josie McArthur, of Greenville, elect j ed as vice president, i A basket dinner was served on the grounds at noon. felSpeaee Parades, Airplane Meet ings and Oratory Char acterize Celebrations RaleigS, Nov. 11.?The shuffling of marching feet to martial airs, the drone of airplane motors and the wbrda of orators mingled yesterday as North Carolina hearkened back to that morning 13 years ago when Woddrow Wilson called newspaper men to the White ilouse and issued a penciied note which stated, "My fel low countrymen, the armistice: was signed this morning." In 3ome homes all was quiet in memory of those men who "ceased firing'' before the man made order came. In others radios blared the once familiar ? strains of "Over There," "Keep the Home Fires Burn ing," "Diyi V' "America" and those other songa to which marching men kept time in 1917-18. In Charlotte 30 men in the uni forms of their A. E. F. days stood with bared heads in Independence Square at 11 A. m. The hour when the guns were silenced 13 years ago, as Rev. Herbert Spaugh, American Legion chaplain, gave up a prayer that history may not repeat itself. A parade and a service at the graves of the war dead in Elmwood cemetery -marked the rest of the formal ob servance. As further observance, a mass meeting was held last /light to collect clothing for depression vic tims. At Raleigh Henry G. Bourne, com mander of the Aemrican Legion of North Carolina, delivered an address before a great crowd. ; The regular army at Fort Bragg observed the day as a holiday, while at nearby Fayetteville an air meet was held. There was a street parade in Greensboro and a drill by Oak Ridge cadeta - - ? . Senator Cameron Morrison deliver ed a tribute to Woodrow Wilson at Rutherford ton, where the Rutherford ton-Spindale . football 4e??aJ*d Tryon high school, 19-0, and a fid dlers convention was held aa addi tional features of the celebration. At Winston-Salem Judge Tam C. Bowie delivered an address last night following the placing of a wreath on the World War monument and a torchlight parade. Disabled veterans at Oteen had special programs for the holiday, and some of them were able to attend the parade, football game and dance in nearby Ashevile. Attorney General Dennis G. Brum mitt spoke at Whiteville. Washing ton held a mammoth parade in which neighboring communities joined. Con C. Johnson, past commander of-the North Carolina American Legion, spoke at Warsaw. Rowland S. Pruitt of Wadesboro, spoke at Henderson, and Major L. P. McLendon, of Dur ham, spoke in Elizabeth City. Jose phus Daniels spoke in Sanford last night. American Legion posts of the 14th North Carolina district held their dis trict celebration at Salisbury, with drum corps from Charlotte, Kanna polis and Albemarle and military units participating. Lieut Gov. R. T. Fountain spoke at Burlington. In towns where there was no for mal observance a half holiday was the general rule. Major Silver I Passes Away Former Head of Motor Vehicle Bureau f Dies from Heart Attack Raleigh, Nov. 10.?Major Sprague Silver, former head of the motor ve hicle bureau of the State Department of Revenue, died suddenly at his home here early today. Mrs. Silver was in his bedroom, but had not retired at about 1 o'clock when he suffered V heart attack. He died before medical aid could reach "him. Physicians said death resulted" I from angina pectoris. | Major Silver was 43 years old. He [distinguished himself as an officer in the First Division during the World War. He entered the service in" 1917 and became a first lieutenant and while serving in France he was awarded -the ? distUDgnhhed service cross, a coveted award hi .military ? ge attained his, title of major the National Guard, beings major in exerotive secretary of the North Carolina' Truck Dealers' Association. | He was a native of Morganton. He I is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Bessie Hinton, of Raleigh, two r i i sons and a daughter. His father, A. Silver, of Newport News, Ya., and two sisters, Mrs. Henry TuAi^r, of Raleigh, and Mrs. Marie Stripling, of Denver, Colo., also srrvive. Funeral services will be held at Christ church here at 3 o'clock tomor row afternoon Interment will follow in Oakwood cemetery. Military bon ers will be paid Major Silver both at the church and at the grave. LEGION AUXILIARY HONORS DEAD The local American Legion Auxil iary honored the men who paid the supreme sacrifice in the World War and sought Divine succor for the dia^ abled veterans on Sunday when pop pies were placed in the rariov