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IN MiDER CASE
Hezsie Avant Goes On Trial
At Laurinburg For Killing
Woman Last October; 71
Jurors Called.
JUST ONE THING
AFTER ANOTHER
By CARL GoeRCR
Laurinbtire, Dec. l.-lt required a
half dar rr.d examination of 1
men to sel ■ t a jury of six farmers,
two ba.nfa’-.s. one te’eplume line
man, one clerk, one railroad agent
and a corporation se-retary to tr\
AvriiT for his life in connee
tioTi with th? slaying: of Mrs. Mur
dock Gaidar, tlie former Smitha
Evans. 19-year-old. mo: iierw .►jf two
chillren. M the sug.gftstion of defen.se
counsel .teniVn^s G,. Kine. .fudge Fin
ley issued inslrticiions yesterday that
no jurors he summoned from Laur
inburg, th? town of East Laurin
burg or a Ijarent territory; it being
admitted that it would be difficuL
to secure an unbiased jury in thi.s
section.
A crowd whuli jammed every inch
of space and overflowed into corri
dors Monday at the arraignment was
again in evidence today and avidlj
watched every move of the court to
ward trial of this—tlie most dis
cussed case in years here.
The black-haired, well-dressed de
fendant sat beside his counsel and
alertly watched the proceedings as
his life was placed in the balance by
the State of Nortfli Carolina.
About the first of last August Mrs.
Caldw appealed to local authorities,
saying she was afraid Hezzie Avant
would kill her. Her story to officers
was that she had been compelled to
live in the same house \^itli the roan
and his wife for several years-^both
women, bearing children for Avant.
During this period Mrs. Calder said
she was transported by Avant with
his family to various places in sev
eral states. Local officers were so
impressed that the man was imme
diately ariested and placed in jail.
While he was still being held in de
fault rf a heavy peace bond federal
officers served a warrant on him
charging violation of the Mann white
slave act—in connection with the
same Mrs. Calder. Avant was held
in jail at Fayetteville until the Sep
tember term of TJnited States court
and when ’Brought to trial entered a
T>l€a of guilty to the white slave
.charge, presumably, on advice of his
-two attorneys, E. H. Gibson and Jen-
viings G. King.
Jndge I. M. Meekins sentenced the
confessed white slaver to serve one
gday in jail and to pay the cost of
j .the case. C ctober 6, Mrs. Calder was
shot to del th in East Laurinburg as,
after being fired on, she ran to get
cut of the murderer’s reach, only to
There’s real system to this kind c
weather we’ve been hdvlng thropg!
out the fall. Up until four weet
before Christmas it was So dry an
warm that nobody felt like doin
any shopping. From now on It’s gc
hg to be so cold, rainy and gen
'rally disagreeable that nobody wi-
be able to. do any shopping.
tVe all have our troubles. I was i
?ny Small’s store a few days ag
luy runs a book and stationery ec?
'ablisbmant in Washington. He wa
shooing flies away fi’om his stocl
of Christmas cards.
“They’re smart flies,” he com
m^ted. “They won’t rest themselve-
on the cheap two-for-five-cents
'•ards. Xo. sir. They pick out the fit-
teen-cent cards every time. Dra;
'em! Shoo!”
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Is Mr. Small’s statement paid for”
You may be interested in knowing
‘hat not one cent was paid to Mr
Small to make the above' statement
Mr. Small has been a shooer of flies
for a number of years. We hope the
publicity herewith given will be as
beneficial to him and his store as his
endorsement is to you and to me.
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Why is it that on these cold,
drizzly dreary mornings when yon
sleep later than usual and have to
rush and get dressed in order to get
aown to work on time, you always
find that the fire has gone out during
the night and has to be rebuilt fron-.
the ground up? •
I’ve never known It to fall.; Inci
dentally, I know of a whole lot of
things that are more pleasant and
agreeable than standing around in a
pair of p^gjnas ‘ ,or ' p, night-shirt,
waiting for a flickering fire to catch
up so you, can leave it.
Along with a whole lot of other
things, I believe there is one special
factor that has been more responsi
ble for what we jokingly call the
depression than anything else.
It’s this business of sending* mone.v
out of town.
In miy town, there are about a
thousand automobiles. Not a hun
dred of those automobiles were paid
for at the time they came into pos
session of their present owners.
Practically all of them were boug ht
in time. That means that a good-
sized payment has to be made on
hose cars every month, which also
means that that 'money is sent out
of town and can never do any good
lere.
The average payment per month
probably Is" ai“c»uHd ■ thirty dollarr
■Multiply that by nine hundred an
•'ou get $27,000. And when a sun
’’Vo that loaves your town ever
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’ HAROLD C. BROWN
Harold C. Brown, of Charlotte, known as “Old Wayside,” who presided
at an entertainment held in tlio s-hocl auditorium lust week, and sponsored
by the “WaysL.e Gang,” an erganizatieu of shut-ins, of wh.ch he is chief.
At the entertainment an offering was taken up for the henefit of the
Gang’s work among its shut-in members.
.aisu lina Kinard spent the Thantav
iving holidays in Greenville, S. C.,
..ith Air. Georgtf* parents.
ibe overtak n in the house of S. J., month, no wonder that business
poor and merchants are complain
ing.
If you want to. j-ou can add ra
tur^ by a large posse of officers' dios, electric refrigerators and a
near the South Carolina line, and has | number of other things to the lis*
been held in the Scotland coimty of automobiles.^ ^ ^
The Governor’s committee on doc
toring the constitution of North
Carolina met last week in Raleigh
Quite a number of suggestions were
made relative to improving that doc
ument. Personally, I’d be willing to
see all of those suggestions discard
ed in favor of one blanket' an'.’
whrlesome recommendation, namely
“That it shall be declared unlaw
ful, unconstitutional, unorthodox
and un-everything-else for any indi
vidual within the. boundaries of
■ orth Carolina tp purchase any &r
tide on time,, on credit, or on a de
ferred payment plan. Violation of
this act shall render the guilty party
liable to a term of five years in the
state penitent’ary.”
Siler where the fourth of five shots
ended her life
A few hours later Avant was cap-
jail until tolay when he went on
trial for t’ne third time since 1927
in connection with this girl.
Larger Enrollment
in All Hoke Schools
Figures For Second Month Gratify
ing; B.ue Springs Leads In
Atte:idance Percentage
Every school in the county sho’v-
ed an increased enrollment for the
second month of school, according 10
figures turned into Superinitendeut
HawfieW’s office. The total enroll
ment for the first month was 1,154,
and for the month just closed, 1,312.
The average da’;!y attendance also
increased in each .school except Ashe-
mont, and there the decrease was
only three-‘.enths-’ of a pupil. The eu-
rollmerut and average daily attend
ance during the first month was
netiessarily low because of parents
keeping their children out of school
to help them at home, particularly
in the gathering of crops. The in
crease in the enrollment and aver
age dally attendance is gratifying
because the state makes its allot
ment of teachers on the basis of
the average daily attendance..
Figures lor each school, showing
enrollmenL average daily attendance
end percentage of attendance, for
each memth, are as follows:
Antioch: enrollment 128, first
month 95; average daily attendance
107.7§, finit memth 79.5; percentage
of attendance 94.2, first month 92.9.
Ph!A Sjmings: enrollment 78 com
pared with 61; average daily at
tendance 74.36 compared with 48.4:
of attendance 99 com
pared with 92.2.
BiMendato: enrollment 21; daily
average attendance 17.4; percentage
of attendance 87. Figures for first
month not shown.
fUM^kttsh: enrollment 118 against
111; average daily attendance 113.2
agninat 97.5; percentage 97.2 against
93.9.
Ashe'T'ont; enrcdlment 187 against
U2; average dally attendance 164.6
aj^aluat l«.9; percentage 91.9 far
galnat
(demeetary echool): en*
til agaiaat 320;
Mr. „and Mrs. K. C.. Ritter and son,
David, motored to Wilmington laist
Friday. While there they w5nt to
see the historic ship, “Old Ironsides.”
Mr,.^and Mrs. J. T. Townsend, of
Wilmington, and Miss Walta Town
send attended Thanksgiving ser-j
vices at Kentyre Church in South
Carolina.
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Mr. and Mrs. Judd Cobb and child
ren, of Parkton, spent Thanksgivin?
'Day with Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Jones.
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Mr. and 'Mrs. A. W. Wood and
children spent Sunday in Dillon, S
S., as guests of Mrs. Wood’s mother,
Mrs. Easterling.
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Mr. J. A. Monroe, of Fayetteville,
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Monroe, Sr., on Thurs
day of last week.
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Mr. L. H. Koonce and Miss Treva
■’ownsend attend:d the Carolina
/irginia game in Chapel Hill on
’hanksgiving Day.
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Mr. and Mrs. - iM. L. Wood and
children, of Asheboro, spent th'i
vtek-c'’rl wP’’ the former’s mother,
Mrs. Ycmng Wood.
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Mr. and. Mrs. J. W. George and
Mr. Edwin Lindsay returned home
Sunday after' spending several days
with relatives' in Mars Bluff, S.- C.
Mr. Glenn Cameron accompanied him
home for a visit.
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Mr. and Mrs. Arnold, of West Vir
ginia, and Aliss Isabel Ray went to
Wilmington on Thursday of l|isit
week to see "Old Ironsides.”
Miss Isabel Rayr spent Thuisday
night in. Fayetteville as the guest
of Miss Jane Morrison, of States
ville, who was: stopping ovey on her
way home from Wilmington.
A machine; has been invented tr:
make discs’ of aEdiiC carbonu;. acid
gas to be used_ to prevent lea cream,
melting as it is being carried 1.1
paper containers.
CHRISTMASy"^*
[GREETINGS “
1931 ^
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ilj’-AHNUAI. StAL
Shadowgraph Game Sweeps America
If such an act were passed and
enforced, we’d have Old Man Pro.s-
perity back with us so quickly that
it would make your head swim.
22 On Honor Roll
Of Ashemont School
Twenty-two pupils of the Ashe
mont School made the Honor Roll
for November. The list is as fol
lows; 1
First Grade: Audrey Cothran, Mar
jorie Wren Johnson, Leano Parnell,
Virginia Parrish, Virgil Brown, Del-
ah Hardlster and Rounell Marshall.
Second Grade: ’Margie Gordan,
Edith Moss, Elizabeth Cothran, Guion
Eubanks and Irene McCain.
Third Grade: Estelle Blackbourn
and Kemp Saunders.
Fifth Grade: Mildred Womble,
Annie Si(|efi, Howard Lucas land
Harry Thornburg.
Sixth Grade: Eunice Saunders.
Seventh Grade: Kathleen McBryde,
Alton Jones and Fay Thornburg.
dally attendance 316.5 against 296.8;
percentage 94.8 against 96.6.
Raeford (high school): enrollment
276 against 263; average daily at
tendance 262.3 against 248.9; per
centage 96.7 agalnat 97.5.
Mildouson; enrollment 164 against
122; average dally attendance 139,9
against 106.2; percentange 94.3 a-
gainst 04.9.
Blue Springs leads in percentage
of attendance, while Rosendale shoW'
ed tlw lowest peroentaga
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#"VNE thing this country seems to
^ need is a good. Inexpensive
parlor game. As a result, a pas
time of our fathers and mothers
when they were youngsters has re
vived as a popular evening sport
that is taking the homes of the
country by storm.
The game Is “shadowgraphs”. As
anyone over a certsdn age ■will re
member. shadowgraphs are anl-
nials, birds, funny faces and other
kinds of entertaining figures, made
by the shadow of the hands! The
fun of doing them is engrossing'the
attention and bands of young peo
ple and not-so-young people every
where.
Meeting the . demand for. eco
nomical pnterthinment, shadow
graphs require only a light-colored
wall, a light, and agile fingers.
Adding a soap carton to the
usual Mfilpment of hands and fin
gers ihcreaaedi the possible number
of shadowgraphs manyfold. This
has been done In a book that re
veals the secrets of shaaowgraphs
and bow to make them. A’oung
folks had already gotten on hand
shaking terms with Lava SOap in
the bathroom for washing oft the
grlmp Of play, so it was only a step
to bring the -soap carton into the
parlor where It Would meet the fin
gers again in .making shadow
graphs.
The number of different pictures
that can., be made with finger
shadows is practically limitless.
Many of them ore described and il
lustrated in the new book, which
can be obtained free from Lava
Shadowgraphs, Box 1801, Cincin
nati, Ohio. It gives a first lesson
on how to keep young hands hap-
-plly busy. Shadowgraph contests
among young people ape a possi
bility. with the ofder folk as judges
—unless they insist on taking part
themselves.
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