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Thirty-four Per Cent of Veniremen
Examined in Murder Case
Oppose Legal Killing.
A clean-cut illustration of the
growth of the sentiment again.;
capital punishment in North Cur
o'ina, was furnished ip Judge
James L. Webb’s court <n New
ton Wednesday, when .'14 per cent,
of ^ the veniremen examined tor
the Bowman assault jury, declar
ed they were opposed to legal
Killing by the state.
Judge Webb, it is said, kept
careful tally of the answers of the
112 men examined for jury duty
the first day of the trial, and at
the conclusion of the day an
nounced the surprising fact that
well nigh half of the number
were opposed to the old time form
of punishment.
Newton, Feb. 3.—The entire d»y
was taken up in Catawba Superior
court in the selecting of a jury for
die trial of Major \Vade V. Bowman
In addition to the regular jury of 12
n:en, a venire of 100 men had been
ummoned by the sheriff and the en
tire number was exhausted by 1
o’clock this afternoon and < nly 10 ju
rors selected from the entire number
Solicitor Huffman then moW'd the
court for another venire of 40 men,
returnable tomorrow morning, and
the order was promptly made by
Judge .Tames I.. Webb.
Judge .Webb kept a clos e tab on the
large number of men examined as
prospective jurors and when the ve
nire was exhausted he announced that
per cent of the entire number had
stated that they were oppn.-ed to cap
ital punir.hnKiu. Two or three of doe
men examined stated that they had
firmed and expressed an opinion that
tne defendant was not guilty and .they
wore excused. Eight or 10 stated that
they had formed and expressed an
opinion chat the defendant was g'rUy
and they were likewise excused from
jury duty.
The state and the defendant have
been moving very cautiously in t’re
lection of a jury in the trial of this
case. Solicitor Huffman examined
the jurors on behalf of the state and
W. C. Feimster, o' counsel for the
defendam. made the examination on
behalf of the accused.
For the first time, Major Bowman's
wile came into court this moruim'
with him and remained at his side all
during the tedious hours of examinh
t,hn of iurois 'in'! evinced consid«>v
able interest during the progress of
the examination by the solicitor and
vhr defense counsel.
POULTRY RAISING
IN THE STATE
“Agriculture and Industry,” pub
lished at State College, reports
steady progress in the poultry the
past 25 years.
The census data shows that in
1900 there were 3,871,858 head of
poultry on the farms in North ( aro
l na. These were valued at $1,434,150.
In 1010 we had 5,053.870 head, val
ued at $1,924,606. In 1920 we had
7,393,161 head, valued at $6,685,645.
Perhaps this last value needs some
explanation, since it has made such
a large increase this partly due to
the war period of inflation.
In 1900 this State produced 17.
000,000 dozen eggs, valued at $1,
810.000. In 1910 it produced 23,560,
000 dozen, valued at $4,265,000. Of
these eleven million dozen were sold
at two million dollars. In 1920 we
produced 24,850,000 dozen, valued at
810.400.000. There was sold that year
eleven million dozen, valued at close
to $4,000,000. •
The average (or weight) price of
eggs increased from 19 mints per doz
on in 190 to an average of 2.> 1-2
cents per dozen in 1923. They aver
aged 40 cents per dozen in 1919 and
1920.
Poultry prices at the farm rose
from an average of 10 cents in 1920
to an average of 18 cents in 1923.
They averaged 29 cents per pound
lor the year 1920.
Close to sixty-five per cent of tne
poultry and eggs that are produced
annually are consumed at home. In
other words, out of a total egg pro
duction in 1023 of 24.000,000 dozer,
eggs, thirteen million dozen were us
ed at home.
Eight million chickens valued at
82.689.000, were produced in 1900:
14.000. 000 chickens valued at $4.
946.000, in 1Q10; 15,227,000 chickens
valued at $9,970,000 in 1920. This
lepresents a combined value of $2
373,000 for the poultry and eggs pro
duced in 1920
It usually takes three generations
to get from the country back to a
country club.
It isn’t called the “Ponzi develop
ment'’ in Florida. He was developed
before lie went there.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
I will offer for sale, at public auc
tir n for cash, at the residence of tue
lute Fannie Putnam in Waco, N. v-,
on Saturday, February 6th, 192(5, at
1« o’clock a. m., the following ar
ticles of personal property: All house
hold and kitchen furniture belonging
to the estate of Mrs. Fannie Putnam,
deceased, one mule about 15 years ou,
and lot of farming tools. This Janu
ary 13, 1926.
A. J. PUTNAM, Admr.
t Hatcher Hughes Has Released "Mar
j riajje Made in Heaven." Will
Portray Southern Life.
N*\v ^ °rk.—Hatcher Hughes, well
Known North Carolina playright, has
released to the Player’s Guild pro
duction rights on his latest play, “A
Marriage Made in Heaven" before
its Boardway opening this spring, ho
announced today.
In granting the premiere rights
to the layer’s Guild. Mr. Hughes
is on the New York Advisory
Board, has been actuated by his en
thusiastic interest in the possibilities
ot the company as a group of play
ers which vv.11 ultimately become
distinctively Southern, with the pri
mary idea of producing the best
plays of orig.n or local; comedy
drama or otherwise.
He i particularly interested in
Y e jv,--h.'hti;::, of having a profes
I siona! group portray through the
theatre and the romance, beauty and
tragedy that can be found in the
South. *
Mi- Edith Rinse! and Miss Mar
garet George, who are not only of
iticei s of the company but also mem
bers’of its cast, are very much
1 pleased with the prospect of open
I ing in North Carolina with a play
by a North Carolinian. They will
; probably use it as tire open.rig fca
jture of cheir program.
1 Mr. Hughes has had two plays on
Broadway. ‘‘Ilell Bent for Heaven”
and “Ruint.” Both are portrayals
of mountain life in North Carolina.
I and the announcement that he has
■ .vr tten a comedy of Southern life
is received with interest. The locale
j of the new play* is Southern, not
strictly North Carolinian. Its par
ticular setting h the national high
way. Mr. Hughes says that this
' might bo North Carolina as well as i
anywhere else. North Carolinians
add that might be better. j
Wife of Maj. Jones
Dies in Columbia '
—
Columbia, State;. Tuesday. Mrs. j
Isabelle Dean Jones, wife of Maj.
, John F. .Tones, collector of internal
' revenue, died at the Baptist hospital
yesterday afternoon ac 1 o’clock after*
an illness of three months. She had
been at' the hospital for 11 days.
Mrs. Jones was born in Claremont,
N. H., but had been living in South
Carolina for the past 30 years, snak
ing her homo in Blacksburg fo>* many
years, and in Columbia since 1922.
[ She was a woman of high character
and was known throughout the. state
for her kindness and love for chari
ty as well as her literary attainments
She had a large circle of friend; who
mourn her death. She was an Epis
copalian, a member of the Church of
the Atonement of Blacksburg .She was
77 years of age. Mrs. Jones i; sur
vived by her husband, two daugh
ters, Mrs. Morris M. Freeman and
Mrs. Thomas W. Fry of Claremont, j
N. H. seven grandchildren and sev
en great-grandchildren; also by* one
brother, J. W. Dean of Asper, Col
orado. Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the
Dunbar Funeral home, 1627 Gervais
street. The funeral party will leave
Columbia by train later for Clare
mont. N. 11., where interment will be.
TIME MAY COME WHEN
KIDS OBEY PARENTS MUST
STAGE COME BACK I
New York.—"The man who came
back’’ must be Father. ^ !
And Mother must come back with
him.
Parents must stage a complete
come back and once more convince
their children that judgment of!
one’s t-Iders is to be relied upon, and i
that the idea of obedience is worth :
taking seriously. i
At the close of fifty-three years of!
work as teacher and print ial in New i
York City public schools, Miss Kath
erine A. McCann, about to retire at |
seventy from her desk at Pubi c
School 17, foresees the return of the
parent to power.
Young People Alert
“Young people are alert as never
before. But there is something kick
ing in their lives,” she says.
“This unsetting period of transi
tion through which we have been
passing for several years, during
wh eh the young person lias been con
sidered a ' problem, will inevitably
lead to a revival of good moral train
ing in the home. Parents must once
more assume responsibilities toward
their children.
C hildren May i ei ' »<»<■>
“I foresee that children wT! yet
obey their parents.” |
Criticism from nuthorivos of (one
sort or another in whom they have
confidence will d > much toward mak
iiK parents believe they should be
good examples ftt/ their children,
Miss McCann declares.
“When stron ' outside forces chccic
up on general home conditions men
and women will once more see !ne
value of eredivng a good borne at
mosphere.
‘‘They must look hack
to earlier days when
greatly valued. This will
way to go forwa -d
to find this,
homes were
be the best
And then M* Hoover, we could
make over n lot of frocks and save
frabric for tires.
“Is that your own fuee or arc you
breaking it in for a friend. Judge.
I
Used Ice Cream for Mortar
Jur.« DeVancy. Kcinw Bf>t. nn-1 I:• i»’j r..~
n a!u- of lc<* for t. ««w. ’■ •'< r. I K.:■ :.i .i.- . .. y &.
i* 6
Mr. Charles Eskr'dge. of Sh*. lbv,
who sells flip Ford phenmenon in
those parts, is preparing to look
about the world. On the thirteenth of
♦his month Jm i? going to sail for
Bermuda, in the tropic seas. And Int
er early in March, ho is going to De
troit to go over the Ford plant.
On the Bermuda trip Mr. Eskridge
will take his mov.ng picture camera.
Ti e taking of motion pictures has
become quite a hobby with him.
’"I don't know what I will find to
photograph over the aaials,” he said
to The Star, “maybe Ur*, mermaids.’'
He will fit;h and bisk in the sea
air of the island. It is likely a friend
from Shelby will go al... w.th him.
to give the once over to the one
pieetrs.
On the thirteenth of March, in
company with a group of Ford denials
Mr. Eskridge will go to Detroit. The
party will travel in a special train
out of Charlotte. In the Michigan
city they will inspect the entire Ford
plant.
It will be. the fourth viset of Mr.
Eskridge to. the Ford work:,.
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THAT GOOD REX GOAL
$8.50 PER TON—That will be 2,000
Pounds. Sold By—
D. A. BEAM & SONS
—PHONE 130—
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
EMBALMERS
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every detail, large stock of Cask
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Burial Saits, Dresses, Etc., on dis
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none too small for our establish
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pocket be Caskets carried in
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We go to homes and prepare bodies
for burial without charge. We go
anywhere in town or in country,'
day or night. Every detail is at
tended to by us. Every job en
trusted to us receives most careful
and considerate attention.
ML A. SPANGLER ROSCOE E. LUTZ
P. L. HENNESSA
In Charge:
PARAGON FURNITURE CO.,
Shelby’s Leading Undertakers, Furniture
Dealers and Embalmers.
Shelby, N. C.
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