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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Lea Is
Given Parole
Must Report to Court in
Own State Once Each
Month
PAROLE REVOCABLE

Raleigh - Colonel Luke Lee
World wal hero and former United
States senator and maker of COVER
nors" for Tennessee yesterday walk
ed from North Cardinals central
prison a free man.
Governor Ehringhaus late Wed
nesday announced a parole, effective
April 2, for the man whose bril-
liant career as a soldier in France
was climaxed with an unsuccessful
attempt to capture Kaiser Wilhelm
iii the uncertain days that followed
the signing of the Armistice in
1918.
Lea, a former financier in Ten
nessee, was sent to prison to serve
a six-to-ten-year term for con-
spiracy to violate the State bank
ing laws in connection with the
collapse in 1880 of the Central
Banking & Trust company Of Ashe-
vile, and has completed nearly two
years of his sentence.
He smiled broadly, Warden H,
II. Honeycutt of Central prison
said, when his attorney, ]. M,
Broughton of Raleigh, told him the
Governor had decided to grant him
freedom.
Lea requested not to see news
papermen before Thursday, Honey
cult said.
"He wasn't surprised when Mr.
Broughton told him of the parole
He just took it calmly just as he
does everything" the warden said
"He said it made him very happy:
and he expressed appreciation fol-
the kind treatment he has received
from everyone since he came here
Luke Lea, Jr., and Wallace B
Davis, president of the defunc'
Central Bank and Trust company
who were convicted with Colone
Lea, have been paroled.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Warden Sets Friday
Night as New
Death Date
MAY BE SATURDAY

Trenton, N. Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, who has lived beyond
three of his death dates, faced a new
one to-night-Friday night at 8
o'clock-but under conditions
which made it extremely doubtful
he would die even then for the
Lindbergh baby murder.
Col. Mark O. Kimberling, State
prison warden, moved the death
time back a day later than was
asked by the Mercer county (Tren-
tony grand jury, whose unexpected
Intervention halted the execution
on the hour set for it Tuesday
night.
Failure of the grand jury to
reach a decision by Friday night
in the strange case Of Paul Wendell,
held on a murder charge for the
same crime which condemned
Hauptmann, would bring a still
further delay, Kimbe1ling, said.
II shall delay it as long as it is
in my power to do SO while a legal
proceeding Of any kind is pending
the warden said.
He was faced on the one hand by
a court mandate requiring hinn to
have Hauptmann put to death dur
ing the current week, and on the
other by the prospect that another
man might be indicted for the same
crime.
If the dilemma is not solved BY
Saturday night, Kimberling said he
would seek the advice from Su-
preme Court Justice Thomas W.
Trenchard, who signed Haupt-
mann's death warrant, on whether
the week of March 80" for which
he fixed the execution, ends Sat-
or Sunday midnight.
Continued ON page tive)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03

as
list she Tolls upon the beach. Twice
during the halt hour Conversation
with a somewhat embarrassed in
terviewer, she plunged into the
water and reclined in the sun to
dry.
But there wasn't much rest.
Other colonists already look upon
her as both nursemaid, companion
and guardian of personal property
in addition to her other duties.
She keeps such personal property
as cigarettes in her desk and hands
them over when called upon.
There being no clothes, there are no
pockets in which to put watches
and she is kept busy telling the time
of day.
Likewise, there is no place to
carry a fountain pen and during
the day Miss Hardy had calls to
act as scrivener for colonists be-
hind with their personal correspond
ence.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Stenog 'Tickled Pink
Over Job With Nudists

Tampa, Fla.-Sun-tanned Helena
Hardy was 'tickled pink" over her
first days work as secretary-steno-
grapher at a nudist colony here.
'I'm So happy" exclaimed the
25-year-old slim brunette who got
the job after Norman Soshinski ad-
vertised for somebody to fill the
bill.
cit is something I've always
wanted to d." continued Helena,
who received her interviewer in
her birthday clothes.
eft is something I've always
wanted to do; for I am a firm be-
lever in nudism for what it Of
fers to make one more healthy in
mind and body.
Besides one meets such interest
ing, intelligent people-for only in
telligent people can see the virtues
of nudism."
Her office is a desk under a
spreading tree on the sandy shores
of Lake Thonotosassa.
When there is a lull in her duties
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Does
Much Damage
Concord Thurs.

A cyclone which began about
a. m. yesterday swept over CONCORD
doing considerable damage to tele.
phone lines, trees, residences ane
other buildings.
The property damage was esti-
mated at $125,000 but no live'
were reported lost.
1t is estimated that the Cannon
Mills were damaged about $4,000
Part of the roof was blown from
plant No. 1, and plant No. 2 suf-
fered the loss of part of the side Of
the building. The Kerr bleachery
was also damaged.
In the Buffalo Mill vicinity sew
eral dwellings were blown from
their foundations and some were
turned completely over.
In the business and other sections
quite a number of grocery stores:
one barber shop, the Southern Oil
company, Duke Power company
and other business buildings were
partly unroofed by the terrific
wind. Rain blew into many
buildings damaging dry good:
stores.
Two churches were over turned
and the steeple of the First Presby-
terian church was ripped off, num-
erous trees were uprooted and dam
damaged all buildings in their path
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
LOBBY INVESTIGATION

Nobody has yet figured out any
political angle on the flood. situa-
ton. 1t is seemingly about the
only thing in Washington that has
no political angle at this time.
The activities of the Senate Lobby
investigating Committee, of which
Senator Black is chairman, in
searching the Geographic files of
more than LOO individuals and
corporations in the hunt for evil
dence against lobbying, is begin
ming to have decided political re-
actions.
Nobody knows exactly what the
Committee has uncovered, since
only n or two of the kilograms,
which it has had copied, have been
made public.
There is a good deal of guessing
going on, and many members are
receiving letters from back home
expressing indignation, if not alarm,
over this invasion of what some of
CONTINUED on page four)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Winders Faces
Murder Trial

Scott Winders, World War vet
eran who killed Sheriff Locke Nc
Kenzie here on July 16, 1881, and
who was committed to the criminal
insane department of the State hos
pital when a jury found him in
sane, was carried to Statesville last
week and lodged in Jail to stand
trial for the murder at the May
term of Superior court here.
He was released by DR.. Julian
Ashby, superintendent of the State
hospital, after Ashby stated Win
ders had shown no psychosis since
his confinement there on Septem-
Der 20, 1881. DR.. Ashby wrote
the clerk of the Rowan superior
court saying Winders was in his
CONTINUED on page eighty
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Doughton To
Address Sons of
America Meet

Kannapolis-Robert L. Dough
ton, congressman from the Ninth
North Carolina district, will be one
of the speakers at the State con-
vention of the Patriotic Order Sons
of America, which will be held in
Concord May 1929, Hugh G.
Mitchell Of Statesville, national P.
S. of A. president, has announced
here.
Governor ]. C. B. Ehringhaus and
]. Edgar Hoover, head of the Di-
vision of Investigation, Federal De-
partment of Justice, will also be
invited to address the gathering, it
was stated.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
coming
Day Held At
Church Here

Homecoming day was observed
at the First Associate Reformed
church of this city last Sunday in
celebration of the 10th anniversary.
The Rev. William L. Blakeley is the
pastor.
A historical sketch shows that
the first pastor was the Rev. E. G..
Corson, who retired after a few
months and was succeeded by the
Rev. ]. R. Love, who went to the
Parkwood Avenue church in Char
lotte in 1881. He was succeeded
by the Rev. G. L. Kerr who went
to Bessemer City in 1885 and Mr..
Blakeley was named as his successor.
The church has grown during the
years and now has 1903 members.
1t occupies its own home.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
Clyde R. Hoey| Execution To
Discusses His Await Ction
Position On On VI del By
Several Issues Gran( : Jurors
Candidate For Governor
Makes Clear His Posi-
ton On Sales Tax,
Other Issues

Raleigh-"I I'm not willing to
have the burden of supporting our
public schools put back on land and
homes, declared Clyde R. Hoey,
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, when in
terviewed by newspapermen at his
campaign headquarters here.
"There can be no real prosperity
unless it is shared by the farmer.
Moreover, it is of the utmost i'm
portance to the State that people
be encouraged to own their own
homes. Put the support Of the
schools and the county roads back
on property and you hit the farmer
and the man in town, alike"
Mr.. Hoey was asked to make
clear his position on the sales tax.
II thought l had", he said, "but
I'll be glad to do it aagin. "As I
have said before, the sales tax was
adopted as an emergency measure
and l continue to regard it as such.
I will not accept it as a permanent
fiscal policy of the State.
"To get down to the present,
believe that recovery from depres-
sion will have proceeded far enough,
and revenue from sources now avil-
able will have increased sufficient
ly, for the next Legislature to re-
move the sales tax from basic food
stuffs, and meals at cafes.
IT will favor the immediate re-
peal of the sales tax on these ar
%ticles. Also, if conditions have
improved enough to increase the
States revenue sufficiently, I will
favor a reduction in the rate of
sales tax, looking towards its final
elimination when hat can be &C
complished without injury to the
and other essentials of pub
lie service.
"But I want to be frank about
this. l am not making any prom
CONTINUED on page five)
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
In Favor
Of Free Texts
But Reminds State I'M
provements Can't Come
Without Taxes To
Pay For Them

Shelby R. Hoey, candi-
date for the Democratic nomina-
ton for governor declared himself
in favor Of free textbooks for the
school children Of North Carolina.
1--WE now provide free tuition
and free transportation to the
schools" he said in a statement,
and in order to complete the pro-
gram, we should provide free books
the tools without which the
children cannot do the work re-
quired of them"
Hoey said a study of the school
bookp roblems indicated that free
textbooks for school children would
cost the State about $65O,o0o a
year and expressed belief the sys-
tenn could be inaugurated within a
short time.
"But it should be remembered
that these and other similar bene-
fits cannot be provided without
money, and that the State can only
raise event by taxation" he said.
|"You cannot repeal all the sources
of revenue and still perform the
necessary functions of government.
Education and taxation are the
two subjects of supreme concern
to the people of North Carolina
and it is imperative that we bear
in mind that we cannot provide
the schools for the children of the
State without the necessity of rails
wise of common knowledge that we
cannot repeal the sales tax in its
entirety at this time without plac-
ing the tax back on land, and that
at a very burdensome rate. Our
people should not be deceived about
this.
"It must also be remembered that
the schools are going to cost more
next year than at present, and as
the facilities become more adequate
the expenses naturally will in
crease. There is no other way to
provide an increase in techaers'
salaries and make the necessary
improvements in our school sys-
tem."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
The
Goose Woman
By Rex Beach

THE great success Of Rex Beach as
a popular novelist is based on his
unfailing talent and skill as a story
teller. There is never any lag of
interest in a Rex Beach novel, and
The Goose Woman is no exception.
1t starts with a bang and grips the
readers attention with the first
paragraph. It's the kind of a serial
you will enjoy from the first to
the last installment. It's a dra-
matte story Of a test of a mothers
love-her place in the sun, or JUS
tice to her child-and in his hap
piness.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
FICTION SECTION

A complete fiction section with
serials and short stories every
Sunday with the Baltimore Ameri-
can. Get your copy from your
favorite newsboy or newsletter.
Horseflies prefer to bite through
clothing.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
John DIS DOCTOR Ill

Jacksonville, Fla.-Dr. !. N.
Fogarty Of Ormond Beach, John D.
Rockefeller's physician during lis
stay in Florida, was reported in a
relatively good condition" at a
hospital after amputation OF his leg
Sunday.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
AND FORECASTS

The recent floods have played
strongly into the hands of the ad-
vocates of public works. Look for
a large number of projects for flood
control, dams, reservoirs and bikes
throughout the devastated regions.
The heavy ~rainfalls, coming on
the heels of the severest Winter in
many years, have revived Govern
mental interest in the weather. 1t
has just been disclosed that the Fed
eraI Weather Bureau has been for a
long time exploring the possibilities
of a l~ong-range weather forecast,
and believes it is getting close to a
workable method of foretelling
whole seasons, months ahead.
1t is easy to imagine how valu-
able it would have been to every
body if the recent severe Winter
and this Springs heavy rainfalls,
or last Summers drought, could
have been predicted months in adj
vance
While the Weather Bureau does
not hold out any hope of being able
to begin long-range weather fore
casting for some years yet, never
theless, it is issuing occasional bull
letins and reports on the subject
Anyone who wishes to study the eff
forts that are being made can re-
ceive these bulletins free.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03

Washington-Maybe there wasn't
any politics in Senator Byrd's reso-
luton for a Senate Committee to
investigate the New Deal and find
out how many of its agencies can
be dispensed with-and then, again,
maybe there was. Senator Byrd Of
Virginia, though a Democrat, has
been one of the New Deals most
vigorous critics. But if he had any
political motive in mind, the Presi-
dent proved himself just as good a
politician, by appointing his own
committee to make its own investi-
CATION and to cooperate with the
Senate Committee.
At any rate, the New Deal is
going to be investigated. The three
men named by the President, Louis
Brownlow, Charles E. Merriam and
Luther H. Gulick, all have fine rec
ords of unselfish public service,
though none of them has wei been
active in politics. Not one of them
has ever done anything to suggest
that he could be influenced by po-
litical considerations to distort or
suppress the truth. 1t seems prob
able, therefore, that before long,
probably before election, the most
thorough study yet made of the
governmental set-up in Washing
ton will be ready for public inspec-
ton.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1936-04-03
IS T

Ten-year-old David de Pima died
the result of a fall from a third
story window while he was walk
ing in his sleep. The boys father
said he had been subject to night
mares since the death of his mother
five motnhs ago.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
BALTIMORE sun CONDUCT
ing A STATE WIDE POLL

The Baltimore Sun is conducting a
statewide poll to ascertain the senti-
ment of Maryland's voters relative to
the choice of president to succeed
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
These ballots will be sent to every
qualified voter in the State; and if
the voters wish to record their pref
erence, they can do so without re-
vealing name or address.
1t is pretty well assured fact that
a large percentage of Republican vot-
ers will record and mail back to the
Baltimore newspapers. If the Demo-
Gratis desire to make the good show
ing they are capable of doing, it will
be necessary to make use of the ballot
sent them. 1t must not be glanced at
and then thrown into the discard.
The Democrat" would like all
Democrats to give the Suns ballot
the attention it deserves. Show to the
country that Maryland is in the Dem
ccratic column, and as his state goes,
so goes the Nation.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
GOODWILL B. Y. P. u.
TO HOLD ANNIVERSARY

The members of the intermediate
Department, of the Baptist Young
Peoples Union, at Goodwill Baptist
Church, will observe their first ami
versary next Sunday morning, August
80. They will have charge of the en-
tire service which will be presided
over by their new president, George
Waterfield, Jr.
Among the speakers will be Miss
May Durham, past president; Presi-
dent Waterfield; and the pastor, Rev.
E. w. Church, who will deliver a
special sermon to young people, the
subject of which will be "Perilous
Pitfalls. Others will also take some
active part in this service. All are in
vited to attend.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
BERRY FIELDS
IN WICOMICO
MUCH DAMAGED
Can Be Controlled By busting
With Solution Of Lead
And Sulphur

Some strawberry fields in Wicomico
and Somerset Counties on the Eastern
Shore, and Anne Arundel County have
been seriously damaged this summer
by the adults Of the strawberry root
worm. Actually this insect should
have been named the strawberry leaf
beetle, because the damage which the
farmer sees is to the leaves, and the
root injury, though occasionally Sc
we're, is not appreciated by the aver
age grower.
The beetles are about one-eighth of
an inch in length, either dark brown
or black, and are seldom seen because
they feed mainly at night, and hide
during the day, in the, earth, at the
base of the plant. They come out at
night and eat holes in the leaves and
are such voracious feeders that they
frequently destroy practically all of
the foliage in large patches, making
the field look as though it were de-
stroyed by fire.
The adults have been feeding since
June and will continue to feed until
cold weather comes, if they are not
checked by poison applications. They
then go into Information, and in the
spring lay eggs in the strawberry
patch. These eggs hatch into grubs
that are about the same size as the
adults. They feed for approximately
a month on the roots, doing a ire
mendous amount of damage before
they change into adults which are
present throughout the summer and
are responsible for the present injury.
They can be controlled by busting
with Is per cent arsenate of lead and
IS per cent sulphur. This mixture is
generally available in orchard supply
houses, and in the normal course Of
events should be applied about the
first week in July and continued every
three weeks, unless heavy rains in
tervene; in that case the application
should be repeated after the rain.
Spraying with three pounds of ar
senate Of lead to fifty gallons of wa
ter is equally effective, and probably
a little more lasting.
Farmers that have injured patches
should begin busting or spraying at
once, and maintain a poison coating
cn their plants until fall.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
E. S. PUBLIC
SERVICE MAKES
MANY CHANGES
Increased Demands For Elec.
tricity Demand Future Ex-
pansiOn Of Lines
CHANGES EFFECTIVE ON
SUNDAY, AUGUST BOTH

During the past year the Eastern
Shore Public Service has made sew
eral major changes to it's Transmits
sion and distribution lines to take
care of a greatly increased demand
for electricity and to provide for fu-
ture expansion. This process Of ex-
pansion was originally conceived in
June, 1884, when it became necessary
to build an enlarged transmission
line from the Vienna generating sta
ton to the Laurel switching station,
which controls the supply of current
to Laurel and all communities north
and northeast Of Laurel. This line is
of double pole construction, and is
recognized as an engineering master
piece.
Commensurate with the building of
this line, new transmission line from
Rhodesdale to Cambridge was project
ed and the existing equipment was en-
tirely rebuilt. Equipment on this
line, as well as the Vienna to Laurel
line, was provided to care for $4,000
volts capacity as compared with a
23,00 volts capacity.
Transmission lines from Salisbury
to Crisfield, Salisbury to Laurel, and
Vienna to Cambridge have been pro-
vided with additional equipment en-
larging them to take care of a $4,000
volt capacity. All of the work on the
Salisbury to Crisfield line was done
on Sundays to eliminate any posi-
bilities of interruption. This work
Continued on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
DEMONSTRATION
AT OCEAN CITY
MEANS VICTORY
Many NOtables Gather At Mary
lands Resort To Start
Fall Campaign
GOLDSBOROUGH AND
CHAMP CLARK, SPEAKERS

The outpouring of the County
Democracy at Ocean City last week
was an indication that interest in
politics was still alive, and that Wor-
cester County was preparing to main
tain it's reputation as the banner
Democratic Shire Of the Shore, if
not of the State.
The program as carried out on the
Pier resembled strongly the old-fash-
ion experience meeting. Everybody
on the platform was given a chance
to speak q little piece, including Mrs.
Whaland, from Kent; and Mrs. Col
Inns, from Somerset. Comptroller
Gordy; Ex.-Gov. Emerson Harrison !:
Mayor Elliott, of Ocean City; and
others expressed undying allegiance
to the Party, and an abiding faith in
successful campaign this fall, send
ing Franklin D. Roosevelt back to the
White House and T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough back to the Halls of Congress.
Of course, the outstanding speeches
were made by Senator Bennett Champ
Clark, of Missouri; and by Repres-
entative T. Alan Goldsborough, First
Maryland Congressional District.
These two men came loaded for bear,
and in carefully prepared speeches, de
livered from manuscripts, set forth
national political situations, lauded
the administration of Roosevelt and
gave unanswerable reasons why he
should be returned as Chief Executive
Of the Nation.
The big auditorium on the Pier was
taxed to it's seating capacity, and loud
speakers carried the voices of orators
CONTINUED on Page 12)
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1936-08-28
CASH OFFER CAMPAIGN
ENDED SATURDAY, AUG. y
Rev. John w. Wooten, Methodist Episcopal Cler-
gyman Awarded First Prize Of
Six Hundred Dollars
MRS. HURLEY GIVEN
DELIGHTFUL ANNIVERSARY

Mrs. .Goldsborough Hurley, who has
been confined to her room with arth-
ritis for more than year and half,
was given a very delightful surprise
party on Friday evening, August 21st,
the occasion being her 45th birthday
anniversary.
A pleasant social hour was enjoyed
by all, after which delicious refresh
ments were served. The guests de-
parted at late hour, wishing Mrs.
Hurley many more happy birthdays
and speedy return to good health.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
]. E. Colona, Patsy and Jerry How
ard, Mrs. Alice Tull and sons, Char
lie, Paul, William, and Kenneth Tull,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Ards, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clifton Hurley and son, Jimmy,
Mrs. Robert c. Hurley and daugh-
tiers, Marie, Cornelia, Elizabeth and
Juanita Hurley, Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice
Henderson and daughters, Minnie,
Florence, Jane and Barbara Anne of
near Pocomoke, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J.
Hurley and daughters, Janet and
Judy, of Dundalk, Md, and Mr.. H.
E. Tull of Horntown, Va.