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t ! 1 ' ? * ' ? ? rl r'111!- '.>??* " = ? ' t T?T ?: 1 VOL. TWENTY-FIVE FABMVILU* PITT CQ.UNTY, NORTH CAJBQUN4# FRIDAY, BIAY-11, 1W4 NUMBER ONE ? ??-- 1 ?? ? ? i mi i iui" i u i "" " ? V ~ ' - ? i Leas Enter State Prison I i Father Pleads for Son Three-Year Legal Battle Is Ended as Prominent Tennesseans Arrive At State Prfeon Raleigh, May 11.?laike Lea came back to North Carolina yesterday. The man who served in the United States Senate, who led North Caro lina and Tennessee troops in France, who made governors in his home state, who raised a giant financial empire, who saw that kingdom crash into ruins, came to North Carolnia to wear a felon's stripes. With him was his 26-year-old son. Luke, Jr. He also came to prison for the part he and his father'were convicted of having played in the collapse of the $17,000,000 Central Bank and Trust Company of Ashe ville in 1930. * * t. ; _ Last night CoL Lea, througn nis attorney, L. E? Gwinn, issued a statement asserting the innocence of himelf and his son and asking that clemency be extended the younger man. He went into a de tailed discussion of the indictments of which they were convicted. Yesterday morning, Thomas LI Johnson, former superior court judge who was retained by the State as special prosecution counsel in the I.ea trial, telegraphed Governor Eh-1 ringhaus in Elizabeth City urging a reprieve for the younger man. Johnson asked a 30-day respite I "to the end that if possible he may raise the hue required by the court " Johnson said he entertains a "very deep conviction that Luke Lea, Jr., ought not to be imprisoned as he was a mere lad when the transac tions occurred and was completely dominated by the iron will and ex-1 traordinary personality of Colonel Lea." Governor Ehringhaus said in Elizabeth City yesterday afternoon "that this is not the time or place to act on the matter." Colonel Lea, in his statement, said: "I shall meet the punishment and indignities imposed upon me like a man. Having shared with the boys from North Carolina and Tennessee who served with me in the 30th Division the hardships and dangers of the trenches of France, a prison cell has no terrors for me. "I am distressed, however, over! the consequences to my son, who | has had a serious major operation j since his conviction, and whose sole offense, if any. was loyalty to his father. If there are any who delight in seeim; me suffer, or who deprive any pleasure from my misfortune, they can have the - satisfaction of knowing that I do suffer, not for myself, but for my boy who shares my punishment." . They got to Raleigh yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock after a two-day automobile trip from Nash ville, Tenn., where Wednesday morn nig the Tennessee Supreme Court placed them in custody of North Carolina officers. The elder Lea faces a prison sentence of six to 10 years, the younger of two fo six years or the payment of a 325,000 fine. I FARMY1LLE ROTARY CLUB The Farmville Rotary Clb was call-1 I ed to ca-derlast Tuesday evening: at 6:45. p. hl, by its President, Bob Boyd. A chicken supper was enjoy-1 I ed, at the conclusion of which the I minutes of the previous meeting I were read and approved. The1 order of bmriaetts was trans- I I posed, and the program was ? tamed I over to the Chairman of the Program I Committee who after naming Robert I I J. Wainwright as program leader for I I next Tuesday, called on - George! Davis for the evening's program. I The first item wa? a stunt which was I I sponsosedby Bill Smith. Bill called I on Joe Basherry and Jim Joyner to I I be;hw wddnta Between the three I I a marshmaUow eating eentash wasl I stggiiil, mth Joe winning by a good I The Club was entertained by *1 3D6A&* 1 I iciL^ He Pi^id tftc threc^lisk ,j)ric I rov VeMXJTIBg uUv wtmf5> ' bylfiKv-. .Qllf* v jy a ?? , i in J nnmac- m cm* code *1 .'^cflKts^fwar ina^- . asv*K ia/ .,rt ti'/iAUA, m# tMJtm&n- prirgMlil or. best *?*?? v-v v""1* .*'? ?< ' . ?. Tribute Paid Te Southern Heroes Farmyille Joins In As State Pauses to Honor Memory of Dead And Recognize Vaiorof Liv ing Raleigh, May 11.?.North Carolina paused once again yesterday to pay tribute to its few remaining veterans of the Confederate Army and honor ! the memory of thousands of others who marched off to battle more than three-score and ten years ago. The southern holiday was ob served by State offices in Raleigh, and Governor Ehringhaus left the capital to deliver a memorial ad dress m his native city of Elizabeth City. It was the Governor's first public appearance there since his , inauguration more than a year ago. A bronze memorial tablet to the 1 memory of soldiers in the Revolu tionary, Indian and War Between ( the States was unveiled at States ville by patriotic societies. It was a usual quiet day for most ( of the score of veterans in the Con- ( federate Home at Raleigh. Three of them, however, left the retreat ( to participate in the Capital City's . I exercises. I iu t t n i ? u Trie exercises in runeigu w?c held at the little corner of Oakwood Cemetery set aside for Confederate , veterans." The military air that i.nee prevailed at Memorial Day services was gone. - . Farmville Observes Pay The Daughters of the local chap ter, Rebecca Windbourne, U. D. C., j of which Mrs. W. M. Willis is presi- ] dent, paid fitting tribute to the valor 11 of the departed and .the few living 1 heroes, Wearers of the Gray, with < impressive exercises at 5.00 p. m., in Forest Hill cemetery, with Attorney : John Jiill Paylor as the speaker of > the occasion. I Attorney Paylor recounted to his i hearers many of the heroic deed of < these valiant, fearless soldiers of the < War Between The. States, and paid a < well merited tribute to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, who bave kept alive, throughout the inter vening years since the conflcit, the memory of their cause and sacrifice, rendering homage to those passed on, and loving service to the few remain ing living memorial of the conflict that resulted in an enduring Union. ' | The program was opened and clos ed with musical selections, "Tenting 1 Tonight," and "My Faith Looks Up To Thee," rendered by Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, Mrs. John D. Holmes and Elbert Holmes. i At the conclusion of the exercises t flowers and flags were placed on, the i graves of the soldiers in Forest Hill < cemetery and in other burial grounds ?: of the community. J ?? i Cotton Mill Sip i 70,249 Contracts Sheffield Off to Wash ington, to Assist in Al loting Work '' - Raleigh. May ft?North Carolina ] producers of cotton have signed a total of 70449 adjustment contracts in the campaign which started in February, Charles Aj. Sheffield, has } announced. All have -been reviewed by the State -BoArd of Review and a large percentage have been approved and forwarded to Washington. Mr. Sheffield said neither the con tract signers nor the non-signers would know how much cotton they could sell tax-free, under the Bank head Act- until the-allotaqptff for-each - county had -been deterraptedbythej, Washington office, last right Mr. Sheffield left for "Washington to as sist in this-work, He .nay remote two weeks. ^ As the. contracts^ received at State in ftbsysocs* I wdc*"~vv*: *'?" , " ' . t _ "SJ -V" ; ''>? Prominent State and National Leaders of Legwn&epts. to Attend, First Area Meet May ? '..II Mrs. W. B. Rodman, Jr., To Preside; Conference To Convene Methodist Church The annual meeting, of the First Area Conference of the American Legion Auxiliary, which comprises fifteen towns in this section of the State, wiU^bAJM^^Sien^Tuesday. May 15, beginning at ll:00 a. m., and local committees, acting, under the president of the Faxmville Auxiliary, Mrs. A. W. Bobbitt, are busy bring ing plans fpr the prpgram and enter tainment of the. delegates .and visi tors to a close. The meeting will be held in . the Methodist church, with the pastor, Rev. 'H. L. Hendricks, offering the in vocation. Mrs. W. B. Rodman. .Jr., department vice-president of the First Area, will preside and the pledge of allegiance .and recital of preamble will he led by Mrs. J. P. Mercer, the Americanism chairman of the Area. The response to the welcoming-address, ? given by thai local unit, will he made by Mrs, K' B. Pace, of Greenville. Addresses will be made by Capt, Tom C. Daniels, department com mander of the American Legion, by Mrs. W. R. Absher, department presi- j dent of the Auxiliary, by Mrs. Bever ly J. Miller, national vice-president of child welfare, and Miss Aurelia Adams, department secretary and treasurer. Mrs. W. M. Willis, dis trict comroitteewoman and a member of . the local unit,, will also take part in the program for the day. District and unit reports will conclude the meeting. An enjoyable musical pro gram is being planned with Mrs. M. V. Jones as soloist. A luncheon will be served at 1:80 o'clock. The Farmville Auxiliary has been | outstanding in many of the various phases of department acti vities since its organization in 1929, winning the loving cup for the beet.attendance in the State for monthly meetings last year, and receiving National and State citation: for thepast two years for reaching the .membership quota. Special .attention to needs at Oteen fhas marked its activities recently. Million Dollar Chock at Work rhree-Foot Long Check Is Result Of Roosevelt Birthday Dances Washington, May 10.?A million dollar check, written by the hundreds of Roosevelt birthday parties, was put to work today for a three-way attack on infantile paralysis. Into the check?three feet long and for exactly $1,003,030.08?went the proceeds of the gay dances given throughout the nation in observance of the .President's birthday last Jan uary. President Roosevelt received the big check last night in the east room of the White House in the presence of persons who organized the par Lies. He remarked with ? a smile that he was nervous in handling a check so large, adding: "I never saw one before." Then he turned it over to trustees af the Georgia Warm Springs Foun dation. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Park, of Ral eigh, N. C., were among the guests at the reception. Mr. Park was i-hairman of the Roosevelt ball in Raleigh. Woman Held For Shooting Husband Goldsboro, May 9.?Mrs. G. V. Webb, 40, was held by police today pending the outcome of pistol wounds A-hich officers said she inflicted upon ler husband, a yard railroad con iuctor here. Police quoted Mrs. Webb as saying she fired at her husband three times .vheri he started to take Miss Ger ,rade Ammons, 20-year-old boarder n their home, to a movie show. Only >ne of .the bullets took effect. Phy sicians said they.expe* Webb to re-1 :over. Miss Mary A. Lamar Weds Mr, John B.Lewis f Ceremony Beautifully Solemnized in the Eve^ ning at 6:30 o'Clock ? '! Augusta, May 6.?An occasion of videapread interest, both inthis sec ion and throughout the Carohnas, vas the marriage of Miss Mary An ierson Lamar,, of Beech Island, S. C., ind Mr. John B. Lewis, of Farnmlle, SI. C., which was beautifully solemn zed at 6:80 o'clock Saturday after noon, at the Presbyterian Church op 1 Beech Island. . :1 Palms, slender and graceful, a deli ate mass of trailing bamboo over a background of white, and baskets of Easter lilies were used about the liter forming a beautiful back ground for the dainty -gowna of the iridal party. " f The .music was rendered by JBer lard Caipenter at the piano, with Miss Srelyn Smith with the violin, Jie-pwffam including as the guests jrathefeed, Tcscelli's "Serenade," and Dorowski's "Adoration." As the iridal party eoered it was announc ed by , the tones of "The Bridal Jhorus" from Wagner's "Lohengrin." During the ceremony "Uebewtraum" was softly rendered and Mandate fcbtifiSBfodding .{ftach'.' tR^vlM^ iiantly rendered 4s the bridal party retired frtmr the church. Bridal Party Biters I..First to enter were the four ushers, Mr. Samuel Underwood, of Grean rflle, N. G, Mr. Eldred Simkins, <jf| Beech Island, Mr. Paul Swell, of Charlotte, N. CM and Mr.. George Lamar, of Hephzibah. Next came*the two groomsmen, Mr. Kirby Cobb, of Snow Hill, N. C,and Mn Benjamin Lang, of Farmville, N. C.,a cousin of the groom. The maids, Miss Adele Allison, of Washington, D. ti, Miss Elisabeth Rhodes, of Maye? rille, *S. G, entered singly and nwre followed by the matron of honior, Mrs. Dunbar Lamar, mother of the bride. The maid of horon, entered alone, while the small ring bearer, a ' - .1 ?" i s ?d*'>2aT~-wjr - ; '*? I nwiQ ' BVlwviviHii V ' P 'twpf ^TTA f * ' '*.i riC' ' -an ? hwfitt or tfv0 oltpf , 'iTho tmHiviMiyo ed a very lovely picture in their gowns of soft white mousseline de soie, similarly fashioned with skirts close fitting to the-hips, from .where tbey-feUJm^4>retty.fiil?^s.te the floor. The waists, close fitting and sleeveless,we*e cut low in the baelc, And each matticarried an armful of; van-colored .summer flowers caught with ribbons Of .a color,, giving a saintwtw.effect wfcteh was very lovely. . The matron of honor wore a hand* some.gown of ,white lace, elese fit ting, and with long shirred sleeves, and. carried an armful of pink roses, ranch* wttkpjpk tufts. The small irjltg beaper wore a page, suit in white, aijdcarried the circlet on .a whiteaaiwcuafton. The radiant yggpj^elbride was beau-: tifully gowned in .white taffeta, the; long sUrt^befcg corded from, the waist to the hem, with short puffed sleeves and extremely 4ow h#kline. .Adding dignity.to tha. hsejik- gown: was satin. The lllaiy tuile. veil was a. crown-like wreath or orange blos roaea^'^SS^'; ' ' Following the church ceremony; the bridal party and other friends re aaaembledjit the: home ?<*?? thai bride'a; uncle and aunt,Mr.and Mr% James H. Hammond at Kathwpod^S. C.. where a reception was held and the good wishes of magy friends frecwv was fairly- abloom with fragrant flowers, whieh were -placed where ever artistic taste oould-srtggeat, Ui&j Hammond imaiwrt heriguesif wears SaSg$?$Orq for a one-piece suit itf* naavy blua crepe, smartly fashioned and worn veil mid matchiwr accessories, and I - , r*-' - * ^ ' ?"?x I ? ri(UlullyOkk,vlHeV.UiVBg , ...? ' J Presents "lL Stops Out" JMusicalConredy Success To Be Presented Here j Ma^lgth With pride and | pleasure, the Affftrican Legion Auxiliary announces its presentation of the smartest musi cal comedy of the season on Friday (-evening, "May 18, at 8:00 in Perldns Hall. Critics all over the south have [been unanimous in proclaiming j "Cicero Steps Out" as the most bril j liant musical comedy of. all amateur theatricals. Only once in a| very long while is a musical comedy pre sented that contains an .excellent book with ,a supreme musical score I of exquisite melody. The. most fain cinating songs. combined with, a story that .contains a wealth of comedy, I places "Cicero Steps Out" in the: realm of outstanding productions. The chorus is, without fear of con tradiction, the most versatile ensem ble of youth ,ahd charm .ever seen on a . local stage. Don't miss "Cicero Steps. Out." "Cicero Steps Out," is . a two act Musical Comedy produced by Jeffnell Producing Company of Marianne, Florida, and is being directed here by Miss Clyde Tabor, of/Valley Port, Ga. This,company is. tknown rfor their good riiows, and beautiful cos tumes. They have the most elabor ate costumes fbeingjsatin, rsiWetrioth, net,, and < rainbow > silk. The pipy is humorous .from begin* nig; to end. If you waat>your funny boue. turned lOger* jaat '.see "Cicero Steps Out" The plot of the play is laid.in a,girls' seminary and con vents * itself with an amusing -tangle of characters, in wfrich a jsnityr jis employed .as .a .professor, and vice versa. 'The tangle is finally straigh tened oat of course, and to ; the satis faction of all concerned, with the ex ception of.the butler, who.was:caught stealing .the ..silver. Never in the history of ameteur theatricals .has ;?;play. created so uweh.intimest.a8(tbft-.coming presen tation of. this brilliant .musical hit) "Cicero Steps .Out," which is .to be the csownigg., social and dramatic event of .the entire,reason. v The? play is.heralded as a real Broadway.show, rich! in. fun.and .with the brightest musie, most-attractive and, novel chorus. and. dance, features, and beautiful costumes ever seen in an amateur performance. Some, of the best, talent in Earmville is tak ing r.part, jind the play will.be pre sented in real professional style. The American Legion Auxiliary .declares itself fortunate in bringing a show of this type here. A.capacity.bouse is expected to witness its presenta tion. Popular,prices of 10c snd 25c will . be . changed. . i The cast, lor this spaykling com edy, isas follows: Dr. Henry Bohunkua?Irvan Mor gan, Mr?. Bohunkus?Miss Vivian Paricer Harris, Pol^-rMisa Mslette, Greene, Bpth?Miss .Edith Teel, Charles S.. Smith?Phil: Carter Bonn,; Cicero Sorates Smithr-Jimmie Ward,: Miss. Prudence. McWhiffle?Miss Ed oa floust Harris, Simpson?Cbaa. Ruiraley, Dora?Miss GeroWwe Gard ner, Peter-rCbas. Bountrae. Mrs. J. W. Joyner, accompanist. PtttSdmafr Begin Finals VFeek End Will See Ac ATOo^ V?riou? Grwmvill*,' May 10.^-Commeme m?t ?MciM?.-w?re In pn?r?ia in MayU&iuad Cfcicod onilfey *7i f*ot* sch^ w^re, ; ton^d to^ time , Pitt FishBrman is f Drown^in Civer Walter Cannon \bost? ! His l^e When JBoat j Capsizes : - . 1 Greenville, a^y.,lQ.?Walter Can- J n?o? ^TyearroW .Pitt ccwnty man ?was ..drowned ,in T?r ,riw at -tfroc- J tors seme.bsach near. Grimasland 1 Jaat-night About 10 o'dock when the , .boat in which he was running a drift net -for. shad capsized. His ! body <w?tr^oy***!,by * .searching party about, two, hours inter. ^i%e other men, Carl Langley, 1 faiyner, who . resides several miles, north of Greenvil^ .and John Nel- ' son,, employee ofVthe Northaide Lum ber Company,were. thrown into the 1 .water .along with Cannon .and Nelson y had a narrow .escape from drowning! when he became tangled in the net 1 A Nfgro named Marshall fishing in j (he daj?. waters .nearby,. heard the ^ in the water and wen1,to the.rescue. With the aid of Langley, who .clung to the overturned * boat, Marshall disengaged Nelson ' from -the net and carried him to ] anCwy* V ' > it Euneral services for Cannon will be conducted at the home of his * parents near Cox Mill tomorrow * aftem?jj>n at 3 o'clock.by Rev. War- 1 ren JBoyd,, Holiness minister, and in- 1 terment will be made in the Wil- j liaws-cemetery near the home. H<j r is survived by his wife, who was 'Miss Bessie May,Clark; his parents, * Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Cannon; four J sisters, Mrs. .'Jack Adams, Mrs. J. 1 T. HcLawhorn .and Misses Mamie and Nettie Cannon, all of Pitt * county., ' governor Will i Fulfill Promise I Executive To Carry Out t Promise Made To Late I Dr. Weight b ? ? ?? V ? Raleigh, May 9.?While candidates for ^various political offices are stew- r ing intheir own-perspiration mi the * night of June 2, awaiting the out- 0 come of the ? primary voting on that 11 day, Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus t will be in Greenville fulfilling a prom- * ise'he made to a-man now dead. 1 On his last visit to Raleigh last month, the late Dr. Robert H. ^ Wright -president of Bast. Carolina Teachers College-at Greenville, got Governor Ehringhaus' promise to .de liver an address ^at?the June com mencement, which will mark the 25th b anniversary of the college founded e largely as result oflegisiative action begun hyj Governor Ehringhaus while | he was serving in the 1905 Legisla ture. " "The Governor is fulfilling his pretaeiae to Dr. Wright/' said Charles .G. Powell, private secretary to the Governor. Governor Bhringhatis plans.to . leave -Raleigh on. Saturday mooting, I Jxtm ;2r to cast his vote^at his home - precinct in BTOsahcth City. He will . drive to GreewdMe late , that after noon. .. ~ WW- 1 * J un saxauiMy,- *uiuir a, . Ehringhaus -iriU .deUvse- the principal ?/ tddMp ^at- the aiaafalgi -?>????of Id tha Woman'sxGoUege of > the lUatoar-jg sity ofNorth Carolina .at Grwns-j Heavy rains in the-east delayed] cotton .tad--tobacco .planting ji AH tiirtAay oave bean revised More than a.mil ion rdoll*rr Jiavei been paid: njraady 1 9 to^gupaia;contracts havelf ng programs concluding Sunday and Ir . Carl Georch, Raleigh publisher, is L Wiajulad to sj?ak at Fountain to-L aanpr. nkfct V s;~ .? - F At WfctewiUc, Rev. W, A. Byan,L pastor of Eighth Street Christian y shumfc ^ .ftynvill^ toitfehedoledj it ; 11. n'rlsst San-1 day monnng at 11 o'clock,; Rev. A. La W. Fleisehmann, pastorof M amo- L rial Baptist church of GnaariUaJ,, will deKvw the badcalaurate sarsL auhu Maaday night at 8 ;<dockp| Rev, ChariesH. Bicky, ?fWiiHaatsM e Am* Will ? p^jy^na v 1 clftSFj. 1 Ail farnjars wbo wgMd AAA con-1 tl Farmville High School Finals To End Monday Dr. Milton A. Barbour To Preach SermonSun day Evening Commencement exercises of the Earmville high school* mpgdfltf ?4h? dose of a most successful year/un ler the, superintendency ?f R. E. Boyd, began. Thursday evening with the presentation of pupils by Mrs. Saywood Smith, piano teachar;.Miss Eugenia Gray, violin teacher, and Francis Pratt, band director, in a recital! program in Perkins Hall, The thirty-three students, engaged In the study of music, made a credit ible showing, and the varied and well balanced program won much .praise from the large audience in attend ance. The seventh grade exercises, which rill-be held this evening, (Friday) at ?:00 o'clock, will take the form .of a pageant, "The Growth Of A Nation," rith three tableau scenes?"The founders of the Republic," 1620 L800; "Our First Adopted Citizwu," L950-1934; and The Poerible Future? 'And Understanding Shall LightThe rVay." The pageant will be presented by righty characters impersonating ihe Pilgrim, Dutch, Scotch, Indian jmd French settlers as founders of the Republic; the Germans, Scandinavi ans .and Danes as the first adopted dtizens, and the Italians, Slave, Jews, fapanese, child laborers, children of vealth, day laborers, capitalists, Un lerstanding, Goodwill, Justice And jove as present adopted citizens, diss Susie Copeland and Mrs. L.. P. rhomas are the seventh grade teech ;rs and directors of the pageant, and drs. Haywood Smith is the accom lanist. Certificates will be presented by )r. P. E. Jones, member .of the school >oard. rPV*A A eoArtiofiATi X uc x <u cmr x /uwwm^vu hrough its president, Mrs. J. M. iobgood, will take the opportunity o present the new stage equipment it this time, and award the prises von by the grades and individuals or the year. Dr. Milton A. Barbour, rector of Jhrist church, Raleigh, will preach he baccalaureate sermon on Sunday vening, May 118th. at 8:00 o'clock The various churches of tie town will >e closed and the congregations will mite in this service. The final program of the commence nent, the graduating exercises, will ake place on. Monday evening .at. 8 ;Q0 'clock, the class day program .being lovel and different from the usual ype, being a composition of original ty entitled, "The Seniors Make A 'alking Picture." Diplomas will be presented .by .J* V. Holmes, chairman of the school oard. Craven county farmers are.having o fight the blue mold which has een attacking their tobacco beds xtenaively. - Sykas is Wad Headof Rotaiy li,gh Point Minister Chosen President Of the 57th District Greensboro, May . 10.?Rev. Tom Mormon Sykes, o?HiahPoiat,.to ay was unanimoqsly. Twminatari .far overnor of the 67*h district ofJto ury International by the. mveation here. He wiUwueoeed r. -Roecoe.McM*Uan ofrfled-fiptinas. The i International Congata . at otary .elects the -govamera jod the stricts: has_power.ehly tonoiamate, at i that ..is. equivalent to nWttioo. Mr. Syketi raeeived xthe nomination ; thoL. district. jonaaiaunMiy ariy.Mesar, of Zdaulon,. and Robert nolo, of Bhsahethtoam, had deriin i to Jacoae candidates. .Theitheee ten WCTemomtnatM Ay. -their rhoiae Lobs, but Moeer. end Peoie .with new in favor of thealfigih Mrt linistar. The principal :addre? of this lormntfa seeaon was delivered by rill Manier, of Nashville, Teniv. an iternatioaal director, who duacusaed w*r wives were here for the con- ' ention* and officials < expected TOO . ! K tore would be present by ftenifht's tev'?K. This afternoon was -given over -to |||| oBunetMir^ tl^