V ?SjfSypr^.^' -.".?*gtt.-V -.;. ,;,?????*? ??^j^rr/g'gwri ?:-- - - .???.^^,-^rf.>..-.. ? ^ .-?.. ? ,;i; . w, :n nx..7--l~^- r,im ? * ' ? '-? ,.. ... , _ ? . I?T""'''J I ^ mm , m 1 rivii Tfc? **???.??* v?o? m I t I floA a .V *B M ? I *?? The Merchant Yon Saw His I J P?flWlllin /X km ' A *1 till I I fl I ' Hi BE SB A ? '^Tn Tv ' A M I '??? I They Are Constancy Inviting M ^ W ^ ? m!!^ J ^ BlJP W.^ ? j Will Appreciate this Khuln I { Ye? T? Trade With Them. JL M *1* ? ***^ ^ - - MT 1 f. ? i ? ? ? ? ? ? ' '? - : ? : PARMVILLE PITT C0UKTYt N6RTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, X988 NUMBER FORTY vm twenty^THREE : ? ? ? & ^ ? ?? ?"??? ^'?? ? '?-?'?? : ? ?; :? #51: ? : ? * Charge Two Men From Lindbergh fr ? ? ? ? Prisoners Arrested At Roanoke Held For At tempt To Extort'Sum Of $50,000 Roanoke, Va., Feb.* 9.?Two men were arrested today and charged with attempting to extprt $50,0" 0 from Col. Charles A. Lindbergh by threats of kidnapping his second son. Joe Bryant, 19, and Norman Har vey, 26, both residents of Roanoke, were taken into custody shortly after they attempted to cash a $17,000 check which police operatives, pos ing as representatives of the famous flier, had planted in a stump. The second threat to Col. Lind bergh "was made public less than twelve months from the night his first son was spirited away from his crib and murdered in the Sour!and Hills of New Jersey. - Bryant and Harvey denied knowl edge of threatening letters sent to Col. Lindbergh and asserted they did not have correspondence with Robert C. Johnson, chief of the Roanoke police identification bureau, ; who registered at a local hotel and posed as a representative of Coi. ' Lindbergh, depositing letters in a hollow stump. Mrs. Harvey, apprehended by po lice when Harvey sought to get m an automobile she occupied, was held tonight for questioning. Police here refused to divulge the texts of the letters sent to Colonel Lindbergh, threatening his second baby, but later made public two of them. They said the letters were turned over to New Jersey police by the Colonel and were referred to Roanoke police by Federal authori ties. Captain Schwarzkopf, of New Jer sey police, fcho turned - the letters over to postal authorities, said he felt the case here had no connection with the kidnapping and subsequent slay ing of the first Lindbergh child. The letters will be turned over tn l Tnit^t Stat*"? authorities, with whom the local officials have been .. working. C. E. Gentry, who was as sistant United States Attorney here when the letters were received early in December, requested the Roanoke police investigation. Chief Johnson, using the name of "John J. Jones," carried on corre spondence with writers of the extor tion notes and arranged to deposit extortion money in the stump. They reached an agreement to reduce the amount to $25,000 and still later to $17,000. No deposit was made, how ever. For 144 hours one or the other of two Roanoke officers watched the stump to catch the extortionists, but without success. They stopped watch ing and deposited more letters, which disappeared. The final arrangements were to leave a check for $17,000 and wait for the extortionists to take it to a bank to have It cashed Today Bryant walked into the bank with the check. The teller, W. M. Skelton, warned by police, stepped back to the vault and telephoned the officers. He then began tying ? ? * ? - L. up some receipts, mamng a remars about the size of the "big bills" that were requested Officers in plain clothes were wait ing when he returned to the window ?the city hall is only a block away. The package was pushed through. "Thank you," said Bryant, as he i walked away, smiling. Chief Johnson and Special Officer Howard Ferguson followed Bryant from the bank. A block away he was joined by Harvey and when Harvey saw Johnson, he began to run. The two went in different directions, but were soon captured, Harvey as he sought to get into a ear occupied by his wife, Ethel, and a small child Specimens of Bryant's handwrit ing were taken at police headquar - tedt and Johnson, who is a hand writing expert, expressed the opinion thai it was that of the man who "You thought you were striking a gold mine, didnt yon?" Police SnpatiBtendent J. L. Mararog asked. The youth admitted thia, assert ing he showed the letter to Hanegr. l^^^geara qaotad Harvey as saying i . . ?. v. i ?U3%P- OUOVCu 3S S&jUag JSC- JMKr j|D 9 ty^XMuUc 83 a British Set New Distance Record ? i Airmen Almost Reach- i ed Goal At Cape Town; \ Frenchmen Will Try To Break Mark 1 i 111 r Raleigh, Feb. 9.?Two officers of t the British Royal Air Force, Square!- , ron Leader 0. R. Gayford and Fligfit ( Lieutenant G. E. Nickoletts, set a | new world's non-stop long-distance air record Wednesday by flying 5,348 miles from Cranwell, England to , Walfish Bay, Union of South Africa. ? " A 1? A# fkftir - immediately inter ncr?o ???? success had been received, two French aviators, Lucien Bossoutrot. and Maurice Rossi, announced they would start out early Thursday for-Java or South America, depending upon weather conditions, in an effort to break this mark. They had their monoplane ready as Istres, France. Meanwhile, Cspt James A. Molli son, who is attempting a speed flight by stages from England to Brazil, arrived at Thies, Senegal, Wednes day, and announced he would take aff Thursday morning for the trans atlantic leg of his marathon. He is attempting to complete the flight in three and a half days. Victor Smith, 19-year-olcL. South African aviator, who. sought to bet ter ' Mrs. Amy Johnson-Mollison's record for the England-South African flight, damaged his plane in landing at Oran, Algeria, Wednesday morn ing and could not continue his flight. - ? Favor Measure To Stop Road Work Public Hearing Friday On Bill For Drivers' T ioonco T.9W , i-UVVHOV JUU IT f The General Assembly's Joint Com mittee on Roads Wednesday favora- ? bly reported a bill to prohibit any ? new highway construction in the t State for two years except in cases 1 of emergency and announced that a ? public hearing would be held Friday 1 on proposals for a State-wide auto- < mobile drivers' license law. * The measure to suspend new high- ? way construction which will be pre- i sented to the. Senate is a substitute 1 for the reorganization committee's > bill prohibiting any new highway I building. j < E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the 1 Highway Commission, told the com- < mittee the proposal was not needed t as there was no money with which to ] build new roads and the commission J already had stopped any new con- 1 struction with State funds, but the 1 group reported it anyway. i i Legion Post Plans For 6th Annual Exposition ! . ,.i Wilson, Feb. 8.?Announcement | was made today by Marvin L. New- | some, commander of the Robert B Anderson Post, No. 13, of the Ameri - ? X 1 i _ i 1 "an Legion mat me iocai orga*u*? :;ion is arranged for the sixth an nual Automobile Show, Merchants Exposition and Indoor Circus which will be held in the Banner Ware house on South Tarboro Street dur | rng the week of March 6th to 11th. Commander Newsome has appoint ed the following executive commit tee. to direct the operation of the annual event: J. D. Bobbitt, chair man; Clarence Winstead, W. H. Whitmore, Milton E. Beland, W. H. Dunn and Samuel F. Dickenson treasurer. The committee has held several meetings and are endeavor ing to line up the entertainment for the annual event ^ - " ? - *>. '? ?- ????? r ~? ^ Hits At Sales tcjujfi Former State Merchant President Says Meas ure Would Mean Bank ruptcy ?=; ? ? ' ?MHKMMaHB Greenville, Feb. 9.?J. H. Blount of ins city, in commenting on the pro x?sed sales tax now before the Gen eral Assembly as the means of balanc ng the budget, says: "It is better to have an unbalanced mdget than to single out one class is a means of relieving all others, rhis proposed general sales tax can* lot be passed on to the customer and will jpean bankruptcy for thousands yf merchants who are now barely ible to keep their doors open. As evidence of the present financial stress of the merchants of tills State, here are thousands of stores hi the 3 ties and towns either vacant or ? a' ' ' >arely able to pay sufficient rent toj :over taxes on the property . The I - :hief source of revenue to our cities i ind largely to our eounties is from J he ad valorem tax on store property. Seventy-seven towns and thirty-four ounties are now in default and this s largely due to the inability of the >wners of business property to meet * heir taxes. Property in towns and J ities carry a double burden?the pay nent of taxes to the county and to he city . The chain stores are hav ng their burdens, too. Many of them ire going into bankruptcy because of heir inability to carry on with their i* eases. This throws the property w iack to the owners and with abso- n utely no income therefrom. The ** axes, insurance and repairs on this * iroperty make a burden greater than ^ le can carry. It is unfair to tax the ** uerchants as a class and thereby re ieve large corporate interests that 11 loid lands and property in this State, h f it is necessary for us to have a tales tax, it is much more desirable o have one in the form of a selected hi commodities tax on certain articles P1 vhich can be passed on to the con- ^ turner. Included in these articles h> jot be the necessities of life. The ^ nerchants are willing to share their 03 >art of the burden, but it would be grossly unfair to undertake to raise e; he larger portion of the revenue h' efficient to balance the budget rom a gross sales tax. aj The merchants of our state are '? iependent for their success on in- C1 iustry and agriculture. With indus- 21 ry idle and the farmers getting very c' ittle for their products, the. roer- ? hants ure naturally seriously af- S1 lected and they are all in the same 0 :lass. The laborer is out of work md the farmers are unable to meet " ?xpenses. If this burden is placed ? ipon the merchants, it will mean hat thousands of stores will close 11 vithin the next year. Especially will p his be true of our border-line mer- & :hants who will be forced to sell ? heir merchandise higher than their a :ompetitors across the line, or close ^ heir doors . The masses of the j ~ people of North Carolina are not I soiifg to stand for a tax of this I rind when there are corporations 'in the state still making as much noney as they ever did, and yet ire not sharing this burden of tax ition in the way in which they J should. The people are alert to the situation and are informed as they tiave never been before, and the - Liit ? n ; 1 A lawmakers of tnis uenerai aw?ii bly will have to give an accounting to those who sent them there as jj their representatives for the stand v which they take in this crisis." ' j : d Warehousemen's * Association Met t Here Wednesday J The East Carolina Warehousemen's ? Association met here Wednesday g with seventy members from the foi- j, lowing markets in attendance: Green- j ville, Kinston, Robersonville, Rocky j Mount, Tarboro, Wendell and Wilson. ? The meeting was held at 2:00 in , the municipal building with Bitty t Morton of Forbes-Morton warehouse, ^ Greenville, presiding. Plans for oper ation of warehouses, with changes { tending towards a more profitable ( basis for another season were dia CQaai& | 1,000 EXTRAS EMPLOYED i * ' ?: More than 1,000 veterans of the | World War were engaged to appear j in the latest Laurel end Hardy fea hire comedy, "Pack W Your Troo-Jl bles," now being a#own at fctfjPa?-|i gpi* veterans It of the front line tofcadt sequence, and afforded the pojjjaar comedians an opportunity to sfcnre excellent hits of comedj^Jacqui^Xynn, Don aid DUtewy. Mary Car, Bffly ?}U bert, Tom Kennedy; bW-many others are in the importing. Hal Roach-M-G-M feature. >- . '?v: . i ? I dm sfirictou ? r ? ?- ? - - - , These two men top fhelist u possible members of Preeldeat-Aleet Roosevelt's eabinet, according .to late Washington reports, ... They are (left) Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, as Secretary of the Treasury aad (right) Benator Thomas J."Walsh of Montana, as Attorney General.. .. James A. Farley, is expeeted to be named Postmaster-General - '! " * * _ Pollard Auto Co. Now Showing New Ford V-8 Cite New V-8 Is Much* Larger and Most Pow- * erf til Ford Ever Built ? XI The first of the new Ford V-8 cyl- a ider, 112-inch ^vheeibase motor cars f ill be displayed here Saturday, Feb- u tary 11th in the showrooms of the S1 ollard Auto Company, Ford dealers, s] orth Main Street, it was announced a >day. The showrooms will be open ill 10:00 p. m. The New V-8 is the largest and a lost powerful Ford ever built. It as new and distinctively modern a nes, a most attractive front end, rnger wheelbase, larger and roomier a Ddies, faster acceleration, increased a ower and speed and is exceptionally ^ lonomical in operation. With its 75 orsepower, V-8 ? engine, the New u ord is capable of a sustained speed f1 f 80 miles an hour, 1? The styling of the 14 body types a (presses the new mode in motor car uilding. The modern note is found i the sloping Vee radiator grill, Hie ? tirted fenders, newly-designed head- . ! - - fl imps, cowl lamps and bumpers, the ~ irva of the hoodside ventilators, tffe n it-degree slant of the windshield, the ^ arved roof header, the reverse curve j1 r the rear quarter and the backward J1 weep of the apron masking the gas line tank. Ute new all-steel bodies are mater- n illy wider, almost a foot longer and ? jnsequently much roomier. The at ractive instrument panel is directly r 1 front of the drive, with a large n ackage compartment at the right 1 ide of the instrument board. Front a eats in closed cars are fully adjust- e ble. Interior fittings are luxurious, ?ptions in upholstery and a wide * ^ 3 Marians Hold \ o Interesting Meet * uter-City Meeting Will c Be Held Here Tuesday ? Night, Feb. 14. '.J ? d The Rotary Club of Farmville met j, a regular session on Tuesday night, nth all members present. Paul ?. i ones had charge of the program and elivered a snappy and enthusiastic ilk Rotary and the needs of thel tub. Ke compared the clab with hat of Ayden which he stated he t ad recently visited and found that it i ras a real live wire with about twen- I ymembers; that they had their heads i ip and were getting something be ides gloom out of life in spite of 3 aving been mqch harder hit than I farmville; he called on the Farmville c lotary Club and the business men ( f Farmville to renew their faith and ! oyalty to the Rotary Club and to heir town to the end that one should i e happier for living here, He then introduced Jack Beclprith, he Episcopal Rector, who made one if the most interesting talks >A the ear on "Why go to Church." He ex ained the difference between work ind worship, by a most unique psy chological method, shewing that they \ ere diametrically opposed, stating lowever, that a .perfectly balanced Jfe would altenm^ betwten tiie two. i I: The chib members then entered 1 into an informal (hscussion of the jeat way to induce those men who nvould mean so much to the Rotsry ^lub and who would be greatly bene Iioice of body colors are available, The improved V-8 engine is "fitted 1th all-aluminum cylinder heads, one t the most noteworthy forward steps i motor design in- many years. Be ause aluminum dlsspates heat more apidly, the use of the aluminum cyl ider heads permits higher compres on pressure and results in increased peed, power and smoothness, faster cceleration and added fuel economy. Smooth engine performance results I so from the basic 8-cylinder design nd the 3-point rubber mounting ylinder blocks are set at a 90-degree ncrlo THa PWWlkshftft is fullv coun ;rba|ajiced and the crank throws re at 90 degrees, Opposing pistons ijd connecting rods are even in 'eight, Ah of these features com ine to place all moving parte in n&t ral balance, resulting in exceptional moothness of operation. The engine i fitted with down-draft carburetor, ir-intake silencer and a diaphragm irpe fuel pump, Features of the J12-inch wheelbase hassis include an extremely rigid ouble-channel, double drop X-type rame, torque tube drive, a straddle lounted rear axle pinion, transverse antilever springs, internal expand )g mechanical four wheel brakes. 17 ich welded steel spoke wheels and ires of 5.50 inches section. In the new three-quarter floating ear axle, the driving pinion is mount d in a double taper roller thrust earing at the front and a straight adial roller bearing at the rear. This lain tains permanent alignment of he pinion with the ring gear under 11 driving conditions and results in ? 7? ? ?1? xtremeiy i|uici tvAic u^ctavivm The frame is cushioned, by four [oudaille double-acting hydraulic hock absorbers which -are both auto matically and thermostatically ad usted for every variation in weather r road surface condition. Hie shock bsorber links are insulated in rub er. The rear fuel tank has a capaci y of 14 gallons. .The transmission is of the syn hronized type, with helical constant oesh gears, and functions unusually uietly both in second speed and dur peed changing. The clutch is of the louble-di.se type and ia spring cusK oned for soft engagement, Souse Passes Warren's Bill Washington, Feb. 7.?The Warrer till to change times for court terms n the Eastern district of North Caro ina was passed Tuesday - by the louse and sent ta*fhe Senate. Under the measure, the court woulc it at Elisabeth City on the fourti rlonday in March and the first Mon lay in October. At Washington the irst Monday in April and the foturtt donday in September. 1TATE CHAIRMAN NATIONAL DEFENSE TO BE GUEST OF LEGION AUXILIARY " * ? ? Featuring the National Defens< urogram of the American Legior in*iHarv on Thursday afternoon February 18, will W a. talk by t5 ;taie Auxiliary chairman of Nationa Defense, Mrs. R. S. McGeachey . o: Greenville. A program of specie nusie will be rendered by,Mesdamea tf. V. Jor.es, A. W. Bobbitt am Arthur F.;Joyner.SE?.SSI The meeting will be held at 3:30 ii iie Legion Home with Mrs. A. W Bobbitt and Urs. J. 0. Pollard a< I Thirty-four Caswell County farm M l?50 by cooperating to ge pi cows tested for tuberculosis am 23 tested for abortion by a competen mm Tettot Btackbeard ' Wilbur C. Ormond Will ( Go On the Air Relating i Adventures of Pirate j ?_ 1 t Hookerton, Feb. 8.?A series of j radio skits written by Wilbur C. Ormand, Hookerton, based upon the , adventures of Blackbeard, the pirate, v will be broadcast from radio station v WBT, Charlotte, N. C., beginning j Thursday, February 9, at 9:15 p. m. a North Carolina chores were the \ chief haunts of Blackbeard. Many v traditions ce&ter around Bath, Wash ington, Elisabeth City and other f points due to visit* of the famous f ? . pirate. < . The story in the skits opens . on { the sloop "Queen Anne's Revenge," commanded by Blackbeard, sailing \ just north of the Bahamas. The { plot opens with a battle between the { pirate's sloop and a Dutch merchant c ship, - whjch " ja captured, Other events folloWi ?" c The facts are historically correct. The author, who has been a teacher c of history, spent the past fall study- , ing in the North Carolina State Library. He also spent some time ] visiting the haunts of Blackbeard in Bath and other places. I -The author is a native North c Carolinian, a graduate of Duke c University, Durham, holds the M. S. / degree from State College, Ralelglr, v onrl has HnriA nn3 through ' an ingenious government cotton 1 pool plan would be reported favor- [ ? ably on Saturday and the domestic 1 . allotment bill early next week. * Senators backing the Smith and 1 Hull bills have hope of shoving them > through to enactment at the present ? session as emergency measures, al- ' though realiring that time is grow- , ing short and that they have yet to receive the approval of either house. Few, if any, believe, however, that ' the allotment plan, passed by the 1 House, will become a law this ses- 1 1 sion in view of the reported oppo sition of President Hoover and the ! difficulty of over-riding a. veto. Nevertheless, the agriculture com mittee will take up that controver ' ?? ?- ? Qntuwtatr in Slfll 1Q6A5UJX kjxi gaviuunj ***. ? | the hope of deciding definitely then J ! what commodities should be inclad 1 ed in it and reporting it to the Senate early next week. The allotment plan got little at ? tention from the committee in today's f executive session, as most of its time Qetoing-Oot Hollywood ] 1 ? I ?& Elimination of Competi- & tion WittPrivate Bus??| Washington, Feb. 8.?-Elimination >f more than two score instances in vhich it found the government un ustifiahly competing with private >rivate business was recommended ? the House today by a special com nittee. The preliminary report by the com nittee on government competition pith private business said its nation vide survey had delevoped "at least !32 items of trade, industry, and per nnnl onH THvfusainnf! lorvico ly the governmental competition for vhich redress is sought" As a meaanre of relief, it proposed changes ranging from a discontinue ince of farm board stabilization >perations to an increase in parcel >ost rates. .'The committee agreed unanimously n.27 recommendations. Cox (D. Ga.) lisapproved some of the farm board iroposals as well as,one for the sale if the inland waterways barge line. Besides sale of the barge line, the ommittee proposed: Discontinuance of parcel post soli itations by postmasters, and higher ?ates to pay the cost of the service. Abolishment of army transport and 3anama railroad ship service. Discontinuance of farm board stabi ization operations; more close and lireot supervision of agricultural co iperatives; identical interest rates of ederal loans to cooperatives and pri vate middlemen and a limitation of :ooperativeV purchases to produce of heir members. Centralization of architectural lupervision- and the employment of ocal engineers and architects where >racticable. IVC5U1CUUU Ul IUC a^wiYtvics vx irmy, navy and marine bands. Award to private industry of much vork now done in arsenals and navy rards. Elimination of army canteens and jost exchanges except in remote or solated locations with federal taxes ;o be levied on their goods as well is those outside reservations. Cessation of the manufactures of dothing and leather goods at the war lepartment factories in Philadelphia md Jeffersonville, Indiana, and By he navy at Brooklyn. Granting of contracts for public :onstruction to private individuals so far as possible. Competitive bidding by private in iustry for dredging, levee and flood :ontrol work. Limitation of prison production to foods that are non competitive. Use of private hospitals for veter ms. Discontinuance of Warehousing. Numerous other minor activities al so were protested. As a whole the committee felt that ts evidence "indicates that the operations of the federal government a the field of private enterprise oave reached a magnitude which hreatens to reduce private initia tive, curtail the opportunities and infringe upon the earning powers of tax-paying undertakings while-stead ly increasing the levies upon them." i rrrlfVi liPonEC the lYlPritjl nr ao bOAVIt >> * V^> V ? jf the Smith plan urged by Senators Seorge, (D., Ga., and Connally (D., Texas.) As presented by them in detail, with the aid of Senator Smith (D., S. C.), its "sponsor and ranking mi nority member of the committee, it provides for assembling in a pool ill the cotton controlled by the fed eral farm board or other govern ment agencies, as the first step. The government then would Invite cotton producers who are willing to cut their 1933 production 30 per tent to take an opt'on on an amount of the pooled cotton equal to the quantity which they agreed to forgo planting. This option would entitle the farmer, in effect, to buy the cotton at the present market price, wilhont putting up any money, and then, cm August 15, to sell, it, keeping the difference expected to result from a price rise as his profit. Smiling broadly after the com mittee meeting, Senator Smith said , he was confident the measure would be reported favorably on Saturday ^ flmwo urnn finmp discussion on the part of Western Senators in the com mittee on the practicability of apply in? a similar plan to wheat, but it was pointed oat that the farm board has disposed of the balk of Its \i stabilization stock. - Planting of lespedeza ip Rutherford County increased from 140 acres in 1929 to 1,490 acres in 1988, accord ing to facts gathered by the county , . farm agent -V Cumberland County tobacco gtomr4J.:^ ers willtry out the new plan of cov ering their plant ? W with grain f straw this seasor&t; Several demon- ,v.\ station beds' have been arranged. ^ ^ |