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PAGE EIGHT MOOR THEATRE PHONE 75 WED., DEC. 22 "MADAME X" WITH GLADYS GEORGE-WARREN WILLIAMS & JOHN BEAL TIIUR., DEC.23 ONE DAY ONLY! Anything can happen to a girl in the Big City. "Big Town Girl" WITH CLAIR TREVOR-DONALD WOOD & ALAN DINEHART FRI. & SAT., DEC. 24-25 DOUBLE FEATURE B03 STEELE IN "Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin" Dizzcr than a merry-go-round-Madder than a mad-house ANN SOTHERN-JACK HALEY & EDWARD EVERETT HORTON IN "Danger Love at Work" AND SERIAL MON. & TUE., DEC. 27-28 Two who care so much they fall for each other twice and love at second sight TYRONE POWER-LORETTA YOUNG IN "Second Honey moon" WITH STUART (PIWIN & CLAIRE Th.VOR WEDfOEC. 29 "Borrowing Trouble" WITH JED PROUTY & SPRING BYINGTON WHEAT TAX WILL AFFECT IREDELL Every man, woman and child in Iredell County would be in directly assessed 92 cents if Con gress enacts the proposed 20 cents a bushel processing tax on wheat, according to a statement recently issued in Chicago by Mrs. Wilbur E. Fribley, president of the Housewives League of Ameri ca. Mrs. Fribley in her statements estimated the cost if the wheat tax to Iredell County at a total of $42,960. An approximately e qual burden for Iredell County families, Mrs. Fribley said, would be added by the proposed pro cessing tax of three cents a pound on cotton. "These taxes, rightly called 'bread and britches taxes' be; cause they would increase the cost of essential articles of food and clothing, should be opposed by everyone," added Mrs. Fribley. wmm ciiEcuoon W. H. Jones, Manager 131 N. Main St. Phone 13? Mooresville, N. C. Woman May Not Serve Sentence NEW PAROLE STATUTE MAY FAVOR MRS. SINA GODWIN, CONVICTED OF SLAYING MATE, JUDGE MAY INTERVENE Raleigh, Dec. 17. Mrs. Sina Pope Godwin, Harnett woman under sentence of two to five years for manslaughter, may not serve that time for killing her Bladenboro, North Carolina husband, Furman Godwin. spent the past week-end with The Supreme court saved her ' his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter on the first conviction in Judge ' G. Lytle at their home on East E. H. Cranmer's court. At that ! Wilson avenue, time she drew a much severer j o sentence. She got a new trial and ! Misses Saute" and Margaret was convicted after protracted Davidson, daughters of Mr. and deliberation of the jury. The first ! Mrs. E. H. Davidson, arrived verdict was murder in the second home early Monday morning to degree. But Judge Cranmer tried spend the Christmas holidays her and slipped on the law. I with their parents. Judge Henry A. Grady conducted i o the second trial and it is admitted ! Miss Virginia Edmiston, daugh that there isn't much room for Iter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Supreme court intervention. The Edmiston, spent Wednesday in judge was generous. He is known to be even more so now. Mrs. Godwin appeared to have more than an even chance for a hung miston was Maid-of-honor. Miss jury and perhaps 50-50 for ac- j Shermer and Miss Edmiston were quittal. The jury leaned toward i roommates at college, acquittal, but the acquitters went I o to manslaughter. The maximum ' Beginning Thursday and con sentence for that offense is 20 tinuing until January 3 the Moor years and the minimum four.esvilie Cotton Mills will discon months. j tinue operations to give the wor- There is a very interesting ' kers a Christmas holiday vaca question now. The jury did not tion. give Mrs. Godwin the benefit of i o the doubt raised by her. The de- j Cadet Graham Mills, son of fense asked acquittal of justi- Mr. and Mrs. John Mills, South fiable homicide. The dead man Church street, will arrive home and the live woman had sundry early Saturday morning to spend bullet wounds. The defense said the Christmas holidays with his the defendant shot after being parents. Graham is attending the fired upon by her husband. The Salvation Army school at Atlan State said she shot and killed ta, Georgia. Reports from the Godwin, then wounded herself school say that Graham is doing to make the case in the courts, nicely in his work. This corner The jury took the state's view. wishes for Graham success in But Judge Grady is not certain school and throughout his life that the verdict should stand or in the Salvation Army. . . that that the sentence should be put great organization that is help into eflect, so news from Clinton to so many of the needy people of says. , the country. There is a question as to the 1 o judge's powers. All court prac-! The members of the Young tice recognizes the right of the Peoples Christian Society of the trial justices to alter their judge- Second Presbyterian church will ment while court is going on. The hold a Christmas party oh Thurs verdicts in all cases save the day evening at 7:20 o'clock. The highest felonies may be changed, affair will be given at the church suspended, fines substituted and in the basement of the Sunday otherwise changed. But it is not School rooms. All members are certain that once having adjour- cordially invited to attend and ned court the jurist can change make this gathering a success, his sentence. However, there1 o was some new laws written at j The members of the Men's the 1937 session of the general Bible class of the Second Pres- assembly touching upon proce- dure in parole cases. Here is the opening section which appears to bestow new powers on perior court judges: ' Suspension of sentences and probation That after conviction sent and rendered several Christ- ! struction volume of more than advertising. An advertising agen or plea of guilty or nolo conten- mas numbers. The College Street 1 475-million dollars in homes to cy, say in New York, placing space dcre for any offense, exrent. .-.'mmrt.Pt. was nisn nr.ni lK.nm,niwihthpTiers. for lare manufacturers is not crime punishable by death or :ife imprisonment, the judge of j my court of record with criminal jurisdiction mavsusnendthPim.'vpnr rtrw tn o h'w. n v,uh fr thpmpslves." position of the execution of the sentence and place defendant on prooauon or may impose a fine and also place the defendant on probation Of thp nnwnr in olfa f " itj aibci o ui 1 1 sentences while the court is sit ting there is no doubt, but here is a new issue rjresentprf. Thprl is nothing in the statute which nnt.h Utr in tim c.ft.,f ...t.t-,- ,p n-l m 01 the Min Community House, for child e sence. The old acts and the ' rcn under school age, Wednesday practices under it did. There is afternoon at five-thirty no apparent way to tell wha'. , 1 was in the mind of the legislature ! which passed this bill. It is reputed to have been writ 'en by Judge Nat Townsend. who happens to be a citizen of Har ett. But the judge had no con nection with this case. A beautl 'ul case at law might arise should 'he judge decide to lift the God win sentence and the solicitor should object. There is th an cient and revered mandamus to make an officer perform his duty and there is the much more u-cd restraining order or in junction to prevent the carrying v.t of an order. Should that course be aban doned, or should Judpe Grady iecidc; not to suspend the sen tence Governor Hoey and Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill would have Mrs. Godwin on their hands. KOPERT T. GILES ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Miller Drug Building MOOR MOMENTS (BY EVERETTE JONES) Mrs. Jack P. Horton, East Wil- son avenue,""had as her guests during the week-end her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cashion, of Cleveland. o Mr. E. H. Davidson, 108 West Wilson avenue, is quite ill. Mr. Rupert Lytle, who is emp loyed on a construction job in Yadkinville, North Carolina where she attended the marriage of Miss Elva Shermer. Miss Ed- byterian church enjoyed a musi cal program on last Sunday mor- active home-building. R. M. Hair- ning when Misses Alma Bakec.ston, Atlanta manager of the Su-'and Vernie Goodman and Mr. Home Owners' Catalogs division 'Eugene Baker, members of the! of F. W. Dodge Corporf.tion, Luthpran rhurph rhnir n-prp nr. hnnV tn thp new vear for a con- rendered several numbers o And now my friends as the old New Year appears around the corner, this correspondent takes this opportunity to wish every one-A MERRY CHRISTMAS I AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! CHRISTMAS PARTY a .v.i ,,. . 1 r .held at the Mooresville Cotton m ADS Engraved Wedding Announce ments, Invitations and Visit ing Cards. Rush orjers our spe cialty. The Corimercia! Press. Phone 101. FREE If excess acid causes you pains of Stomach Ulcers, In digestion, Heartburn, Behhing. Bloating, Nausea, Gas Pains, get free Sample. Uda, at Mooresvill Drug Company. 10-7-12 t LAND TOSTERS For sale at the Commercial Press. Our po sters are p-inted on good Card Bonrd and will stand the rough weather. FOR RENT 1 or 2 unfurnished rooms. Private entrance. Cal! at Rounder office. LOST Spltx dog, male, named Buddie. Two tan spots on ear. weifht 20 lb. Tag no. 91135 Red harness, white, strayed or lost last Thursday. Reward Fred B. Campbell. Call Ice Cream Plant. FOR RENT Residence on West Center Avenue. Available Jan 1, 1933. See R. M. Abernethy. b n m THE ROUNDER & NEWS LEADER, Mooresville, N. C. LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD! , ft; . vH i :! JACK CLARK Pictured above is Mr. Jack . much time in trying to protect Clark, Mooresville boy whose fo- the island with steel barricades, restry work at Cape HatteraSiIt had been in vain. They had evoked considerable comment in a feature story recently in the News & Observer, of Raleigh. We are indebted to that newspaper for permission to reprint the pho- to, and to use data given in the Hatteras as a landscape archi f eature story. The feature story t tect for the State, had an idea, also carried another picture, one He would reforestate the island! of Mr. Clark's nurseries, under the caption of which it was stated he was "doing miracle of co - operation and collaboration" in plant on the sand dunes 20,00 restoring the permanency of the dogwood seed, 20,000 pine seed Hatteras settlement. lings, 5,000 common persimmons, Mr. Ben Dixon MacNeil, who!some ash- oak and other seeds wrote the News & Observer story, I ,Ir , commenting upon Mr , , , Clark s work, reporter MacNeil pointed out that the lighthouse, said. ..Either they send good at Hatteras was about to bemen down there, or being at abandoned because the island Hatteras makes them good." Mr. upon which it stands is entirely Clark is 24 years old, a graduate of sand, and the heavy seas were 'of State College, and brother to constantly digging under the ' Messrs. Fred and Sloan Clark, of foundation. U. S. Engineers had Mooresville, and Miss Irene Clark, spent a huge sum of money and city nurse at Asheville. Data For Home Builders another year of 1333 will be The housing needs of about 65.000 families will be accomo- uaicu uuii;i& ijuu a w"- j Mr. Hairston comments. "The continuation of this year's in- tcrest in home owning clearly shows the healthy trend of the .mOTiM Fmilv toward better homes for better living." m c.rnninr of fall types of family dwelling units, the Dodg ; - d i a - .,nm9io that, an- i ... ...m i Kni'f ' proximately 210,000 will be bul during 1933. This includes apart ments, two-family houses, de- inlnnmnnt: VinilcPS fnr OWneTS occupany and those built forsal., ot be entirely new to our or rent. All of this work will costj" and adversers. more than a billion dollars. Families planning to build their CfofnvPla Fo'fV 7 .jwii iiuiuua, ill w.o get personal copies, Home Owners Catalogs, a guide to the selection of home building materials, e- quipment and furnishings, with cut cost or any other obligation. This book is not offered for sa.e and the publishers restrict me distribution to the families who need it most, at this time. It is available to all those who will mild homes within twelve months, for their own occupan- cy, east of the Rockies, at costs A more than $4 000 exclusive or land. Readers of The Rounder who qualify can secure their co- pics by writing to the publishers. F. W. Dodge Corporation, Atlanta, Ga., giving such lnformat.on about their new homes as loca - .ion, cost, short description and architect's name. The book win oe sent post-paid. CARD OF THANKS We wish to tbank our man kind friends and neighbors f their kindness and sympatr. ihown us curing the si knesj a-' Jeath of our dear mother. Ma 3od richly bless every one. J- A. Arthurs and fam ly 'washed their hands of the project and turned it back to the State of North Carolina. It was at this point, said Mr. MacNeil, that Mr. Clark, who had gone to The idea has grown until now Mr. Clark and a whole CCC camp 1 as his assistants are ready ,to NeWS Leader Will NeW NoiRC Jnn4-nfl iluOpitU (Continued from page One) aP to think any too well of a iUC "CV rhymes with "bounder, smacks of yellow journalism, scandal sheets and connot es something which is far from the " , , 7, I , Paper- Taking all into considera- tion, Mr. Giles and the writer feel not only justified, but impelled l ch& the name. It is obvious why we should choose the name, NEWS LF.ADEK. Since consoli dating with the weekly by that name on June 10 of this year, we have carried its name on the second deck of our masthead. I (By Mrs. Rex Moore) Mrs. Kelly Swiccgood, who was taken to the Pinehurst hospital ; f or treatment has improved en- ougn to return to her home. Mrs. Earnest Barnhardt and daughter, Charlene of Maiden, u" ' her mother, Mrs. Jessie Llpe. Mr. and Mrs. Everctte Lambrrt and children and Mr. and Mn. Paul Thompson and children el Statesville visited Mr. and Mr. W. P. Bost Sunday. ; MiSS pattie Mcore spent Friday night in Kannapolis with Mr. and Mrs M D. Moore. 1 M A Mrs. Graham Knox vslted Mrs E P Hager Sunday. j Mr Albert Best who spent a while in N. J. has returned home Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Little of New Hope vi,it;d Mr. and Mrs. "ex Moore recently. Miss Mildred Eidson spe'i' w th Mr. and Mrs :. D. Poole. Mis; Eresill James of near Sha- "snert tha week-end with Miss "ertias Miller. THEATRE MOORESVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23-24th "DOUBLE OR NOTHING" wira BING CROSBY AND MARTHA RAYE SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25th DOUBLE PROGRAM GENE AUTRY IN "Boots and Saddles" AND "ROARING TIMBER" WITH JACK HOLT AND MARSUA HUNT MONDAY & TUESDAY, DECEMBEER 27-28th "FIT FOR A KING" WITH JOE E. BROWN WEDNESDAY, "THERE GOES WITH ANN SOTHERN ALSO "UNDER STRANGE FLAGS" And Best Wishes Powers & Johnston BAKERY 600 BUSHELS JUICY-SWEET ORANGES Peck. J)8e-l-2 Bu. 75c .1 Bu. $1.40 York Apples, pk.25c Bushel 90c LARGE COCOANUTS SMALL HAMS 10c lb. 25c WALNUTS, lb 15e-20c-25c CANDY, lb --12C-15C-20C BEEF ROAST, lb.... 18c ORANGES Bag $1.10 STEW BEEF, 2 lbs 25c TScne End Steak, lb 22c W. H. JOHNSTON SONS CO. ; PHONE No. 1 Send Us Ymir Next Order lor THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 193' PHONE 214 DECEMBER 29tl THE GROOM. i 1 ORANGES, Doz. 15c and 20c PRINTING i
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