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Release Of Capone To
Hunt Baby Considered
Washington , April 25.—An
unqualified denial that Preai-,
dent Hoover has issued orders
that A1 Capone be held incom-1
municado in the Chicago jail;
was made tonight at the White
House.
It was said that no such pro
posal had been submitted to the !
chief executive for action.
Chicago, April 25—Federal
officials announced tonight
they have curtailed issuance of
passes for visitors to see A1
Capone in the Cook county jail.
H. W. C. Laubenheimer,
United States marshall in
charge of <* Capone’s custody,
said his instructions in the
matter came from Assistant At
torney General Geo. A. Young
qUist in Washington.
Mention of Capone’s name in
the Lindbergh kidnaping case
was the reason for the order,
Laubeheimer said.
Hopewell, N. J., April 25.—A1
Capone was described tonight
by a high official as being held
incommunicado in his Chicago
jail cell on orders from the
White House pending the Lind
berghs decision on proposals of
the gangster to recover their
kidnaped son.
The Lindbergh family was
represented by the official as
debating the advisability of pro
ceeding with the Capone offers.
Their concern for the baby,
missing since March 1, was in
tensified by failure of a $50,000
ransom payment to bring about
the child’s return, and the fam
ily has given much thought to
the Capone problem.
The gang leader first publicly
offered to post bail bond and
endeavor to return the stolen
baby. Later he was understood
to have “guaranteed”the child’s
recovery in event of his release.
Bail has been denied him by the
courts.
Senator Bingham, of Con
necticut, suggested Saturday in
the senate that the baby may
have been kidnaped by an as
sociate of Capone for the pve
mediated purpose of liberating
the gangstei.
The Lindberghs were describ
ed as willing that whatever
“credit” might properly attach
to Capone in the event he could
recover the child he given him,
but did not wish to place them
selves in the position of spon
soring his release.
The official said another the
ory was that Capone might be
gambling for a reduction of his
sentence on the ground that re
turn of the baby would arouse
sympathy.
In any event, it was deemed
advisable that precautions be
taken against Capone’s com
municating with his associates
until some definite decision had
been reached.
The suggestion also was
made that repeated interjec
tions of Capone’s name into the
case might be a part of a con
certed campaign in his behalf.
A letter mailed to Col. Chas.
A. Lindbergh irom Dowington,
Pa., and offering to give infor
mation as to the whereabouts
of the famous flier’s son, sent
two New Jersey state police
officials there to question a
man and woman today.
The man, who gave his name
as Albert Lacher, of Philadel
phia, and the woman, who said
she was Edith Crabbe, of De
troit, told conflicting stories,
Dowinington police said. Col.
H. Norman Schwarzkofy of the
state police said the couple
“have not been connected with
the Lindbergh case as yet.”
He also asserted Colonel
Lindbergh had made no plans
to move from his estate near
here to the Englewood home of
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, mother of
Mrs. Lindbergh. It had been
said they planned to move to
Englewood this week.
Meanwhile, John Hughes Cur
tis, one of the three Norfolk,
Va„ men seeking return of the
child, was absent from his home
on another of numerous trips
he has made in connection with
the case. The yacht Marcon
also was absent and it was be
lieved he had boarded it.
Through motion pictures tak
en of a baby left in a nursery
at San Jose, Calif., it was es
tablished that the child was not
the missing Lindbergh baby.
Colonel Schwarzkofp said both
the information regarding the
baby and the firm was "receiv
ed id confidence and we can not
reveal either the name or ad
dress or the source of our in
formation.”
Norfolk Investigator Goes
< On Another Secret Mission
Norfolk, Va., April 26—John,
Hughes Curtis, who has taken
to the air on several missions
in his efforts to recover the
stolen Lindbergh baby, tonight
was off another trip, this time
presumably traveling* by water.
Leaving on his second trip in
the last tone days, the Norfolk
boat builder is believed to have
boarded the Marcon, yacht us*
ed by him on a 36-hour trip
starting Friday night. The
Marcon sailed last night from
Little Creek, near Norfolk, and
a few hours later Curtis was
said to have'left his home.
Meanwhile the two other in
termediaries, Admifral Guy H.
Burrage, retired, and the Very
Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock, kept
silet concerning all details of
their negotiations, Mr. Curtis,
upon his return home Monday
night^also declined to answer
all questions. He was home for
only a short while before leav
ing again.
The whereabouts of the Mar
con on her latest cruise could
not be learned. Sunday morn
ing she came through the Vir
ginia capes but there was no
report of her having been sight
ed going out to sea again last
night. The yacht evidently ran
into rough weather on her pre
vious, trip as a high wind was j
blowing Sunday night.
17-Year Locust To
Emerge This Spring
Raleigh—-North Carolinians
in May and June will be able
to observe one of the most
phenomenal happenings in the
insect, world when the 17-year
locust makes it periodical ap
pearance, Dr. Z. P. Metcalf of
N. C. State College said.
The sound of unusually loud,
busty and insistent singing of
thousands of insects in the
woods will herald the emer
gence of the insects.
Next month, Dr. Metcalf said,
locusts or cicadas will appear
in the trees of this state from
eggs which were laid in the
limbs of forest trees in 1915.
In 1915 the eggs hatched into
very tiny grubs, which crawled
into the soil and attached them
selves to the roots of trees
where they have been living
since. Fully grown, the locusts
will emerge from the ground |n
countless thousands within tfie
next two months.
Careful records kept since
the earliest days of North Car
olina history record the regular
visitations of the 17-year lo
custs. There is also a species
of 13-year cicada and there are
nine broods of the 17-year va
riety appearing in this state in
different years. The brood, due
to emerge this year, however,
is the most regular and largest
listed.
No great damage will be done
by the insects, Dr. Metcalf said.
The locusts cannot sting or
injure people. The principal
damage they do is to lay eggs
in the terminal branches of for
est trees. If this occured every
year it might result in harm to
the trees, but occurring only
every seventeen years it does
not. There have been occasion
al instances in years of heavy
infestation when young fruit
trees one or two years old were
hurt.
Stokes Man Held
As Dry Violator
United States Deputy Marsh
al R. C. Brown arrested Sam
Wilkins Monday at his home,
four miles east of Sandy Ridge,
taking him single-handed after
he had chased four offices from
his home at the point of a shot
gun. Wilkins was taken to May
odan where he was given a pre
liminary hearing before United
States Commissioner W. T. Ver
non and bound over to next
week’s term of federal court
under a bond of $1,500. He is
charged with violating the pro
hibition law and resisting a
United States officer.
United States Deputies L. G.
Trexler, W. C. Hall, L. W. Spar
row and another officer cut up a
still alleged to have been own
ed and operated by Wilkins.
Thev went to the house to ar
rest him and he chased them
off. A warrant was then iss
sued and Deputy Marshal
Brown returned to make the
arrest. The alleged violator
ran, but returned when com
manded to do so.
Flour For Needy
Arrived Saturday
The long-looked-for flour, sup
plied by the Red Cross, arriv
ed Saturday— 42,000 pounds—
and Monday it was distributed
to the chairmen of the five
townships in this section, who
immediately began distributing
it to those who are entitled to
receive it. This will be a won
derful help to those of our peo
ple .who are in need of relief,
and it comes at a time when it
will do most good. For many
weeks these people have been
looking for this flour, as well
as the Red Cross committee.
‘ Read The Messenger ads.
Veterans Hiss
Foe Of Bonus
Army Chaplain Against Cash
Payment; Rainey Calls Vets
Down
Washington, April 25—Re
sentful hissing< of a former
army chaplain punctuated with
cries of “Throw him out” cre
ated disorder in the ftouse |.
ways and means committee to
day for the second time since it
began consideration of the $2,
000,000,000 soldier bonus bill.
Soft-spoken and mild-man
nered, the Rev. F. C. Reynolds,
of Baltimore, who opposed the
bonus, provoked the sudden
flare-up from the crowd of vet
erans who attend every session,
some of them plainly in indi
gent circumstances. -
Sharply rapping his gavel,
the white-haired Democratic
floor leader, Rep. Henry T. j
Itainey, of Illinois, who was pro
siding, said “nothing like this
has occurred at these hearings 1
before and must not occur
again.” ... . i
lhe previous disturbance,
several days ago was caused by
a demand for hearing by two
witnesses who were ejected by
capitol policemen.
The committee received two’
new bonus bills today from
members of Congress and an ;
unemployment relief plan from
George I). Evans, of Philadel
phia, self-styled “man without ;
a party.” When asked to which
party he belonged, Evans sur- >
prised committee members by j
this crisp report:
“Only ignorant jackasses be
long to any party.”
Evans who said he represent
ed the 10,000,000 unemployed, 1
proposed the “Evans unemploy- j
ment relief plan where by all ;
jobless would be hired by the
government at wages from 318
to $36 a week.
Rep. Samuel B. Pettengill,
(D), Indiana, proposed issu
ance of coupon bondk, to ma
ture in 1945, to veteransjn ex
change for their adjusted ser
vice certificates. He defended
this compromise as one that
would produce- only moderate
inflation and “bring govern
ment credit to the grass roots.”
Rep. Thomas McKeown, (D),
OkfahOmA, recommended a plan
whereby the government would
talc eover veterans certificates
from banks, issue currency
against them for payment of
the bonus and retire the obli
gation from the sinking fund
for the certificates, which is be
ing built up gradually at the
rate of $112,060,000 annually.
On behalf of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers, the
Patman bonus bill providing
for issuance of new currency,
was denounced by James A.
Emery, its counsel.
“History has shown the fal
lacy of inflation,” he declared.
N. & W. Low Fares
The Norfolk and Western
Railway Monday announced
that record low fares will be
in effect every week end from
April 29 to September 3, in
clusive.
The new round-trip fares will
be one and one-tenth the regu
lar one way fares, thus effect
ing a reduction of 45 per cent
from the regular round-trip.
The tickets will be sold at all
stations in what is known as
Trunk Line and Central Pas
senger Association territories.
This roughly includes the
states of New, New Jersey, Del
aware, Mary land,Pennsylvania,
District of Columbia, Ohio, n
diana, Illinois, Michigan, parts
of Missouri; also to Montreal,
Quebeck, Toronto and many
other points in eastern Canada.
On the going trip these bar
gain tickets will be good from
noon Friday to midnight Sat
urday. The tickets will have a
return limit to and including
midnight the following Monday.
They will be good on Pullman
cars upon payment of the reg
luar Pullman charge.
When And How
You Can Fish
It is unlawful for any person
or persons, firm or corporation
to set or place fish traps, fish
slides, or fish baskets, or to
take or kill fish in. any of the
waters of North Carolina des
ignated as “Inland Fishing Wa
ters” by any means or method
whatsoever, except with hook
and line, rod and reel or by cast
ing. This applies to Rocking
ham, Caswell, Person, Orange,
Alamance, Guilford, Forsyth
and Stokes.
It is unlawful to fish by any
means whatsoevere in “Inland
Fishing Waters” of North Car
olina from May 1 to June 10 of
each year both dates being in
clusive.
About 35 per cent of the to
bacco plant beds in the main
tobacco growing counties of
western Carolina are infected
with the blue mold disease.
Flea beetles are also causing
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STONEVILLE *
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Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Price,
Misses .Mary Price, Estelle Tay
lor and Houston Taylor attend
ed the funeral of Sam Tilley in
Winston-Salem, Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Coyne and son,
Billy, of Iioanoke spent the
week end with Mrs, Rufus
Belton,
Rev. A. C.Tlamby of Mebane
closed liis revival meeting at
tile Baptist Cbiirth Wednesday
nijrht with five new additions
, o the church.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Robert
son and Mrs. J. M, Thrasher
••isiled Greensboro Saturday.
.Miss Sue Gates and Miss
Sallie Jones Carter were re
cent quests of Mrs. J. M. Ver
non.
Henry Belton ol Danville is
spending several days with rel- J
ill i VOS', .
Mesdames Kelley, J. A.Seales
and T. ,1. (.lean visited Win
ston-Salem Monday.
Mesdames R. B. Price arid
Miss, Mary Price were visitors
in Leaksviile Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Moore of
Leaksviile visited in town Sat
u1 day.
Mesdames McBride and Ar
nold: Vernon wore in town Fri
day-all ernbon,
Mesdames H. L. Glenn and
Otis Joyce visited Reidsville
Saturday afteronbn, .
Mesdames B. H. Wall and J.
F. Dicks visited in the Dan Val
iev neighborhood Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Taylor
and family, Morton Taylor and
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Cahill of
Winston-Salem were in town
Sunday.
Rev. Mr. Hurst of Mount
Airy preached in the Episcopal
Church Sunday afternoon.
Lost Two Mules, Car
Calf, Barn and Feed
Last Friday night about 9 o’
clock Mrs. J. L. Pyi'tle, whose
husband occupies property be
longing to the Bill Williams
estate, was awakened by a roar
ing noise. She thought at first
that an automobile was passing,
but a little later discovered »■
light blaze. She was horrified
when she discovered that their
feed barn was on fire. Before
help could arrive the building
was virtually reduced to ashes.
Mr. Pyrtle lost two fine mules,
one calf, Ford car and a large
qu; ntity of feed stuff. There
was no insurance, and the loss
falls heavily upon—just at the
beginning of preparations for
another crop. There is no clue
as to the origin of the fire, as
no one had been around the
barn for several hours, and
some are inclined to the. belief
I hai it was of incendiary origin.
Fire Monday Morning
The tire alarm was turned in
M-ondav morning a little after 7
o’clock. The blaze was at the
home of R. A. Ellington, but
was soon extinguished. It
seems that the' cook had at
tempted to make a fire in the
stove, which proved unsuccess
ful. She then went to the wood
house and procured What she
thought to be a jug of oil. When
she poured the fluid into the
stove there- was an explosion.
She dropped the jug and it
broke, spilling the contents on
the floor, whiejh immediately
ignited. Instead of oil, she had
used gasoline. Fortunately the
only damage done was by
smoke, as the flames were ex
tinguished without having to
turn on the hose. And fortu
nately for the cook, she also es
caped injury. She says that
she will know better next time.
Car Smashed, But
No One Is Hurt
Saturday night Shirley
Mitchell borrowed Dewey Haw
kins’ roadster to drive to Win
ston-Salem. On his return and
just beyond Walnut Cove he at
tempted to negotiate a curve
while traveling at a rapid rate
and the car left the hardsurface
and landed up-side-down. James
Sharp was with fyim and both
escaped injury, although the
car was badly damaged. It
was a narrow escape and the
\ eung men experiencedS’quite a
thrill.
Dr. McCanless Passes
Dr. W. V. McCanless, one of
tlfc most prominent physicians
of Stokes county, died in his
home at Danbury Sunday at the
age of 79. He had practiced
medicine for more than fifty
years and was quite popular.
He is survived by two daugh
ters, Misses Estelle and Mary
McCanless and one on, William
V. McCanless, Jr. The funer
'al services were conducted from
Danbury Methodist Church
Monday afternoon by Rev. Ells
worth Hartfiled and interment
followed in the church ceme
tery.
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* MAYODAN *
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J. A. Highfill and daughter,
Miss Lucy High fill, of Winston
Salem visited Mrs. J. V. High
lill Friday.
Robert and Walter Dalton of
Greensboro, visited their fath
er, W. D. Dalton, who is very
ill.
Miss Evelyn Smith of Mar
tinsville spent the week end in j
town.
Harry Martin and Inky Yates {
spent Thursday in Charlotte.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reid ;
and children of Winston-Salem J
spent Sunday with Mrs. .T. C. ;
John soil.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Johnson j
and children of BasSett spent
the week end with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Cox and
uns of Roanoke spent the week |
with .Mrs. M. O. Spencer.
Mrs. Harvey Neal of Mead-j
mvs spent the past week with
Mrs. A. H. Roberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Griffin j
of Roanoke spent the week end j
with Mrs.- C. C. Carter.
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Heath and |
Miss Minnie Cox of Martinsville j
spent Sunday in town.
.June Crutchfield of Greens- i
bb.ro visited in town Sunday.
Mrs. Ruben Gann, Mi's. E»'
V. Smith. Miss Virginia. Smith j
and Inky Yates spent Saturday !
afternoon in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs, Watt Martin |
and Miss Erma Martin spent
Saturday in Greensboro.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Reid and
son, Curtis.* and Miss Nannie
Reid of Winston-Salem spent
Sunday in town.
Mrs. T. W. Crews spent Wed
nesday in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Ella Apple returned to
Winston-Salem Friday, after
visiting Mrs. C. L. Walters.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Vaughn
and Miss Janie Barham of Win
ston-Salem visited Mrs. W H.
Price Sunday.'
Rev. and Mrs. Allen Hedge
cock were called to Staten Is
land, N. Y., Saturday by the
sudden death of Mrs. Hedge
cock’s uncle. They were ac
companied by Miss Louise
Tesh.
lulled uction Is Seen
For Tobacco Crop
Raleigh, April 25—North
Carolina’s tobacco crop is go
ing to be short this year, if all
the signs are true, for the bugs
are after the production before
plants are removed from the
beds, and insectivorous invas
ions are reported *rom all parts
of the state.
While the bi le mold disease
continues to spread in toba' on
i eds throughout eastern North
f arolina the early April cold
aid the present epidemic of flea
l ugs have done more damage to
the young plants than anything
else, says E. \. Floyd, tobacco
specialist, at State College. Mr.,
Flovd returned to the college
Sunday after a week in the field
aiding tobacco farmers in try
ing to save their present sup
ply of plants.
The specialist sticks to his
earlier estimate that lack of
plants will not reduce the to
bacco acreage of North Caro
lina more than 35 per cent of
what it was in 1931. He says
that the earlier beds which
were properly sprayed a good
quality of plants. A large num
ber of growers report that they
did not get control by spraying
with the Bordeaux mixture. In
most cases, however, this was
due to not .preparing the mix:
ture properly and not getting
good coverage of the plants. It
is absolutely necessary to get
thorough coverage of the plants
and to keep all the new growth
covered as it appears.
Henry Ford Says
Leave It Alone
Washington, April 26—Henry
Ford believes the people of the
United States should “leave
prohibition just whefe it is.” !
In the capitol today on his
way to Virginia to look “over
some flower gardens,” with Mrs.
Ford, the manufacturer was
asked about reports that his
views on the drv law might
have altered in recent months.
“Prohibition,” he said, “is
part of the constitution. If
I had my way 1 would leave it
just where it is.”
The grav-haired automobile
manufacturer declined to dis
cuss economic phases of the dry
law situation, saying he knew
nothing about the revenue pos
sibilities of anv relaxation un
der the 18th amendment.
The popularity of lespedeza
as a soil improving legume has
spread to Polk county where 45
farmers ordered cooperatively
4,027 pounds of common, Kobe
and Korean seed this spring for
planting on small grain and
pasture.
The cabbage crop of Carteret
county is beginning to move in
large volume. The cabbages
1 are small but with bard heads.
Highsmith Endorses
Immune Campaign
Sees Small Pox, Diptheria and
Typhoid as The Three Di
seases Most Necessary to
Control
The State Board of Health
since launching its Immuniza
tion Campaign recently, has re
ceived many letters of praise
and endorsement of their ac
tion from prominent physicians
throughout the State. A letter
.just received from Dr. J. D.
Highsmith -at Fayetteville is
typical.
Dr. Highsmith says, “Three
diseases most necessary to be
controlled are small pox, diph
theria, and typhoid fever. For
centuries small pox was the
scourge of the world and this
disease alone killed sixty mil
lion people in Europe in the
18th century. At present its
ravages have been thoroughly
checked in the enlightened
parts of the world, though ig
norant peoples still suffer from
it. The two chief factors which :
have helped to free us from this
plague are quarantine and vac
ciiVnlidn. Whether to he vac
cinated or not is no longer a
matter of debate. The fact that
million:-, of people in the army
and navy have been vaccinated
without a single disaster shows
how safely the Operation can be
done.”
Dr. Highsmith goes on furth
er to say, “Only a few years
ago we were filled with conster
nation when diphtheria broke
out in a community for it meant
almost certain death to all chil
dren attacked. At one time it
was thought that strict isola
tion and quarantining of those
affected and exposed would con
trol the disease but it has been
found that the Only sure method
of control is by the use of toxin
antitbxin as a vaccine.”
Dr. Highsmith states further,'
“Typhoid fever is another dis
ease that may be thoroughly
prevented by. vaccination. In
the recent Great War, typhoid
was practically unknown in the
armies in which the preventive
treatments were given to the
soldiers. The evidence that vac
cination does afford protection
in each of the above diseases is
so overwhelming that only
those who do not know the
facts, or those whose prejudice
is so great that they refuse to
see the facts object to the op
e ration.
Under the State Board of
Health Immunization Campaign
it is planned to carry out the
immunization for each disease
at a cost of twentyTive cents
for each series of treatments.
Already Pasquotank, Yancey
and Lincoln counties have sign
ed contracts for the campaign
and is is expected several other
counties will avail themselves
of this great health measure
within the next few weeks.
Will Have Revival
Baptist Church to have series
of meetings, beginning Sunday,
May 29th. Rev. J. A. Snow of
Marshall, N. (’.. will assist the
pastor in these meetings. Mr.
Snow is one of the outstanding
pastors of the Baptist denom
ination of North Carolina. The
local church is now making
preparations for the meeting.
Cottage prayer meetings will be
held in different sections of the
town prior to the meeting. It
is hoped that every one in this
whole section will take part in
these meetings.
Mrs,. M eh a la Ann Tucker of
the Sardis section has been dan
gerously ill for the past sever
al days, many friends will be
sorry to learn.
Mrs. Robert Labberton un
derwent an operation in a
Greensboro hospital yesterday
morning, and friends will be
pleased to learn that she is re
cuperating nicely.
Lindbergh Contact
Is Reported Made
Hopewell, X. J., April 26—A
personal contact with the kid
napers of his son is understood
to have been made by Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh in Vir
ginia last week, a high New
Jersey officialsaid tonight.
The meeting was reported to
have taken place while the.fam
ous flier was away from his es
tate last Monday and Tuesday.
Those with whom he confer
red were understood to be the
same group which received a
$50,000 ransom that Dr. John
F. Condon, 72-year-old educa
tor, paid to a man in the shad
ow of a New> York cemetery on
April 2.
The New Jersey official also
disclosed the Colonel is plan
ning to meet John H. Curtis,
Norfolk, fVa.) intermediary,
on a boat off the Virginia coast
where they hope to complete the
new negotiations and obtain
the return of the child.
Alleghany county farmers
have purchased another pure
bred Hereford bull to help build
up the beef industry of the
county.
Man Found Dead Was
Dressed Like a Woman
—
Delightful Banquet
Staged At Bethany
(Upton G. Wilson)
Members of Prof. G. C. Bow
den’s class of young Tar Heel
farmers were hosts to their1
fathers and a number of invit
ed guests at a banquet Satur
day- evening at Bethany high
school, south of town. Covers
were laid for 125 and there
y\ ere no vacant seats.
Thomas Pearman welcomed
tlie visitors and presided as
toastmaster. After the invoca
tion by Rev. J. C. Gillespie of
the Bethany community, Mr.
Pearman’s toast to visitors was
responded to by F. S. -Walker,
county farm agent, of Reids
\ ilie.
George Roberts, diminutive
farmer and member of the sen- j
ior class, gave the toast to the i
fathers, with C. 0. Griffin re- •
.-ponding. George is 15 and lit- <
tie larger physically than a cir- j
• u,s midget but in brain power i
he is a giant. He narrowly j
missed being first in. his class,
a sister getting a slight edge
dh him. lie has the poise of a
siaiesrnan. -
Responding to a toast by
Paul Wilson, Superintendent of
Schools McLean stressed Beth
any's need for a symnasium and
urged the young fanners pres
ent to carry on in their efforts
to secure better things for ag
riculture. The genial boss of
the county’s schools was in a
happy mood and his talk was
interspersed with jokes and
witticisms.
Dan Friddle inspiringly out
lined the objectives of young
Tar Heel farmers, one of their
desires being to furnish agri
culture with better leadership.
Other objectives are preserva
tion of the soil and the grow
ls ing of better crops.
A toast „o the school was giv
! eh by Barnett Moore and re
sponded to by A. O. .loines,
principal of the school. Mr.
Joines urged continued school
interest even though times are
not what they might be. Short
talks were also made by a num
ber of visitors.
The banquet was prepared
and served by Mrs. Penn Pear
man, home economics instruct
or, and members of her class.
Visitors agreed that they know
a plenty about cooking and
serving food. The menu con
sisted of friend chicken, gravy,
string beans, deviled eggs, can
died potatoes, fruit salad,bread,
butter, creamed irish potatoes,
ice cream, cake, coffee and
pickles.
Madison-Mayodan
Defeats Proximity
Madison-Mayodan defeated
Proximity on the Mayodan dia
mond Saturday afternoon by
the score of 9 tq 6.
This was the first game play
ed by the new members of the
Bi-State league,’ and the boys
made a fine showing, regardless
■ of the fact that they had not
had time to “limber up.” Joe
Meador was on the firing line
for the locals, with Kuykendall
behind the bat. Meador went
five innings in fine shape, hold
ing the Proximity strong team
down to one run. In the second
frame it looked bad for the lo
cals, for Meador could not lo
cate the plate and walked the
first three men, filling the
bases. But realizing that he
was in a tight place, be pulled
himself together and struck out
the next three men to face him.
Of course he was given the glad
hand. Frank Reynolds starred
at the bat. hitting a homer with
two on and later on sent an
other out of the park with one
on. In the sixth frame Carl
Ray, old-time southpaw, reliev
ed Meador and during the four
frames that he worked the vis
itors crossed the plate five
times.
The season opens Saturday
with Madison-Mayodan at Field
ale, Reidsville plays the local
team at Mavodan on Saturday,
May 7th.
With The Sick
Miss Lillian Webster, who
has been confined to her room
for the past few weeks by an
attack of scarlet fever, is a
great deal better, friends will
be pleased to learn.
The friends of Mrs. Enoch
Tucker, of the Sardis neighbor
hood, will be pleased to learn
that sbe is slowly improving,
after having been confined to
her room for several weeks-'
Mrs. k. M. Cardwell had an
other attack the other night but
is solwly improving, friends
will be pleased to learn.
R. P. Webster, who is being
treated in a Winston-Salem hos
I pital for a fractured hip, con
I tinues to improve.
Charlotte, April 25—An “ear
ly break” in the mystery sur
rounding the death of Albert
Rudisill, whose body was found,
draped in a woman’s clothing,
hanging from a warehouse
beam Saturday morning, was
predicted tonight by police
here.
Authorities revealed they
were searching for a man whose
identity is known to two other
persons. Officers declined to
say whether the others were
men or women, merely saying
that a salesman whose name
was withheld had seen and
talked with Rudisill Friday ev
ening shortly before the time
of his death and reported there
were three other prsons in the
dark recesses of the warehouse
at the time.
Frank Littlejohn, chief of de
tectives, said that barring un
foreseen developments, the case
would be explained within 24
hours. He would not call it a
murder case but indicated sui
cide theories had been definite
lv aoanaoneu.
Rudisill’s body was found by
his father-in-law and a ware
house official after he failed to
go home Friday night. Physi
cians set the time of his death
at around 6 or 7 o’clock Friday
evening. The body was found
some 12 hours later- It was
hanging from a beam in. a wo
man’s dress, tied at the waist
by a man’s belt. On t^feears
were earbobs and lipsticlrJbad
been applied. On the face were
heavy rubber goggles, of a type
used at the warehouse in hand
ling acids. Inside the goggles
lenses, loose, were lenses from
a pair of pince nez glasses
which authorities were trying
to trace through a northern op
tical firm. On the feet were
men’s shoes. Rudisill’s own
clothing was found hanging in
a closet at the warehouse. In a
pocket was a 50-cent piece
which the salesman said he
gavet Rudisill in change.
MiV* Rudisill said her hus
band had not been in the habit
of staying away from home ex
cept during work hours, and
did not drink or have any un
becoming companion that she
knew of.
Charlotte, April 26—Discov
| ery of bloodstains and other
j clues, in a house near the ware
; house in which the body of Al
I bert Rudisill was found hang
ing from a beam, today spurred
officers in their efforts to solve
the mystery of the young man’s
I death.
Learning Rudisill had been
seen talking to three persons
about the time Friday night
that physicians said he must
have died, officers questioned
five persons, whose identities
were not revealed, and found
in the home of one of them, the
clues which led them to believe
the death would soon be ex
plained.
Frank Littlejohn, chief of de
tectives, said he found a rouge
smeared towel, a portion of a
box identical with another por
tion found near the hanging
body, slotches of blood on the
floor, a portion of a woman’s
dress similar to one in which
Rudisill’s body was dressed
when found, and “other im
portant evidence” which was
not revealed for the time being.
Littlejohn said the man ques
tioned vigorously denied any
connection with the death, but
could not give a satisfactory
account of his whereabouts at
the time it is alleged to have
occurred.
Although indicating he ex
pected to clear up the case with
in a few hours, Littlejohn said
i he had reasons of his own for
not making an immediate ar
rest.
Rudisill’s body, dressed in a
woman’s dress, with earbobs
and lipstick on, rubber goggles
over the eyes and a large piece
of cloth crammed down his
throat, was found early Satur
day morning after he had been
missing all night. He was sup
posed to have died about 6 or
7 p. m. Friday.
At Baptist Church
(0. E. Ward, Pastor)
Winston-Salem quartette will
give a thirty minutes song ser
vice Sunday morning at 11. This
quartette is one of the best in
this section. It has been heard
over WSJS radio station on dif
ferent occasions. The pastor
will preach at morning hour on
“St. Paul’s Ruling Passion.” Ev
ening services at 7:30. Subject,
“Glorying in the Cross.” At
the evening services there will
be special singing by the Madi
son Male Quartette, which has
recently been organized. Pray
er meeting Thursday evening
at 7:45. You are cordially in
vited to attend these services.
Ty Cobb still holds the record
for stolen bases. He pilfered
892 sacks.