Henderson daily dispatch., December 08, 1932, Image 8

About Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995

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ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS SERVICE
Extortion Letter Sent
Mrs. S. T. Peace By Mail
Demanding $5,000 Sum
Threats Against Her Life an d Her Children Made; l»
. Warned To “Keep Mouth Shut"; Package Placed
at Designated Spot Fail s To Attract Any One
An extortion letter demanding
000 nml WHrninx thnt “your I• f•• and I
your children at stake." hi. I wen re-!
cel veil by Mr« S. T Pence, of this ;
city, and w.is in ulc public today. City [
and county nutiionties arc iwvestigat-.
mg the threat, ami photostatic copies;
of tlu •otter, wlnm was mailed in!
Kendet n l:> t r'-ursday, I >ecemt»er j
1, have been tume.l over to postal
autho: »• :es.
The .ettej ga\r In tno t ions to
’‘put this mum thrie t*y S.ituidgv
6 3** p m " i! .uniting a highway
“traffic station on the I ouisburg- j
Handerson highway. About ten miles,
out. on right side of load" as the;
spot referred to.
“Kaep mouth shut ‘ ih“ letter said,
"your* life amt ymii children also at
state;'’ lhe letter, which was dated!
"Roiuoke Hap ids and Hamlet son. X j
(!.. IVc. , Ist. it*3J “ wi. signed]
Thic.iro Cats.’ and rallied this |
p«»stscrtpt. "Ih-n't croak, you are, he- t
tug watched, every move seen; very* j
very dangerous."
Mr Peace i- pro blent anil Loa-urei !
of cotton ruill intcicsts ;• t Roanoke |
Rapids nod spend; mo.-t of hi.- ;imv
there during tin- wc*'k although tht j
family continues to rc.-idc here, where i
they have liven more than a ijuar j
ter of a centuty. Mrs. Peace i- tin (
daughter of \V. Scott Parker, retiree 1
Capitalist, and piesident of the First I
.Notional Rank in Henderson. Mi |
Jsirkrr scveial weeks ago went ti j
J'loilda to -pent the winter, as ha; j
been his custom for a number of |
years.
On la-t Saturday evening a par;; ;
r re wn.- placed under the traffic -L;
tton de-’ignalcd. and officers in se
elusion watched the spot until aftc
midnight. hut imi one appealed, and
po definite clues have been developed i
by officers working on the case, so !
far as has l*oen learned.
Some who have -een the letter 01 |
copies of it think a put of the w:i*-j
mg rr-’mhle n woman's handwrit- ,
ing and other sort ions that of a man’s j
writing, although it is very .-imilm ,
throughout. The address on the en
velope is more of a -per.eer ian tvpc
but that in t hr- ho»l\ ~f thr letter i
largely vertical in tvlc. The Icttei
was pd.tpi itkr’l ii ) lender.-on I>e
rrmlsr a* ;t |> m and oldte-ti
♦ o “Me- t p. Hf- vu'lri »v
Avc.^’iiv
T|i*» letter in f oi’ follow
• V ;. •.i.nHc I,."pin.
L * H Midi • oil N. C.
V Dec. L=t. 32.
W|r - Sun I Pence
ftriidcioun. X. C*.
Rytar Madam
•fhlt KlV** TllOlj •.. | IHHI INI ,|o||.;r
In hag Plain under ,\ f traffic >tn
lion on 1 burg and Ifcnder.-oi
highway No .Mil about 10 mile.; out.
on tight -id* of load. Keep mouth
.shu'. Your lif,- and your children nlpn
at slake. Pul this money there by
'-tkiturday 3<* p. in -
CHICAGO* CATS.
P S don't ri'n'iii you sire 'being
Watch*-,| every move seem "Very,
very duiigermit,
J'lie Peace.' have a daughter. Alin
in the Henderson high school, and
» son. S. T. Pe iee. Jr, anil a daugh
ter. Miss Clo.*s Peace, both student,
in Ihe Pruveiriiy of North Caiuiinn
Rumors tiiut the dau;;h*ei here war
Lost 20 Lbs. of Fat
in Just 4 Weeks
Mrs. Mae West of St. |„„,j =. M„ ,
wntes. ‘Tin only 2s yrs. old and
weighed 17n lt,s. until taking one box!
of your Kru-schen Salt- just t weeks I
ago. I now weigh |M) lb- [ also have!
more energy ami furthermore L've!
never had a hungry moment."
Fat folk- should take one ha If U
spoonful of Kniechen Salts in a glass j
of hot water in ‘rip morning before I
breakfast it’.-; the SAFE, hfirmle-s!
way to reduce a. tens of thousands of
men and women know !
For your health - sake ask for and!
J?e» Kiu.-x.hen at Parkers Drug Store
or any drug store the cost for 1
bottle that hists t w«. ks i but a I
trifle ami if af*er the Rrst botf.l
you are not joyfully satisfied v ith !
results • loie-v back. Adv.
I PROTECT YOUR HEALTH BY DRINKING
BUCKHORN WATER
In Sterilized Bottles.
A Mineral Product of Nature
A Light Pleasant Tasting Water
Ha* Given Satisfaction for Over 25 Years
Delnered anywhere hi iienderaon, Fresh,every Saturday
20c per gallon in hall gallon bottles and 5 gallon demijohns
Analysed Every Thirty Days.
Order Dir xt or from Page-Hoeutl Drug Company
THOMAS ROYSTER, Salesman ,
Bulloch, N. 0.
accompanied to and from school daily
by a detective and that private de
! tectives were working on the case
j were denied by Mrs. Peace today.
rOURME’WIII
1 OPEN NEXT MONDAY
j
New Showhou*e Is To Be
I Ready for Operation
First Day of Week
- -
j Definite announcement vns made
{ today by Scott Ferebec, the manager.
( that Our Theatre now motion picture
, house in this city, will open for bus
; lne-s on next Monday Final propara-
I lions for the opening are being made
! and a large attendance is looked for.
I The feature picture at the open
ling will he "Arrowsmjth." a Samuel
Croldwyn production starring Ronald
Colman and Helen Ilaycs. the latter
| having born voted only two week*;
■ ago the most |H>puiai screen act cost;
• in Hollywood. Mr. Ferebce today
! his personal guarantee that the pf<J
j 'ure is a leader and a high class al
| raction. the kind he says will be fea
j nred by his house. *
| Most of the repairs and alterations
n the quarters, in the Horner huild
j ing. opposite the post office, have
been completetl. and thp seats aim
other equipment are now being in
stalled.
Mr. Ferebee said the fii-st perfer
' nance would he an afternoon matinee.
[ *nd .-aid he did not expect to he abb;
t o accommodate the crowds, urging
he puhlic to c*>me in the afternoon
j u' if not then, to be on hand early for
he first evening performance.
ienkmalan
OF M.E. STEWARDS
Official Board Organizes
And Adopts Budget for
Coming Year
J. H\ .7 nklns who has serveo a
hairmnn of lh<- hoard of stcwarrls of
h*> First Methodist churcn here, was
r<-elected to that office again lasi
night at a turkey -upper attended by
nearly every number of the official
board as guests of the pa-ior. Rev
D. E. Earnhardt, and his wife, who
'.vere returned here Tor their third
year by the, lucent session of the
Norih Tarolina Conference in Rocky
Mount. The supper was had in the
•hurch.
The business meeting that roliywcd
was for the purpose of electing of
ficers of the board and adopting the
budget for the year. J. C. Mann wa
re-elected secretary-treasurer of tlx
hoard, and M. Y Cooper was elected
as vice chairman. The budget adopted
was approximately $1,400 less than
last year. The pastor's salary was
fixed at the same as last year.
The chairman appointed the same
finance committee of three, with two
! additional members, to serve for an-
I other year.
In addition to the year's budget,
i there was discussion also of the builo
j ing fund obligations for the year. The
| board decided to hold regular quar-:
; terly supper meetings during the year
1 with no other meetings except on the
* call of the chairman.
i
(around town I
One Deed Filed. One real estate
i deed was reported today at the re-!
| givter of deeds. R. H. Pernell and
i wife sold to H. O. Hoyle and W. D.
Hoyle tO 1-2 acres of land in Sandy
l Creek township for $lO and other oon
-1 sideratioru;.
HyttberßfutfflaUa Btspttfrl;
THEY HAD DANCED FOR SIX MONTHS
. I .
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SB-' • a
\V!; ri the duiu v permit of a mnra- ,
Ilnur uance promoter in PitLsburgh i
expirerl, there was nothing left j
foi the participant- to do hut \
Hop dancing -after six months! j
iin re were seven dancers left,
out of '"'2 who started last June, i
200,000 FOUNDS OF
TOBACCO IS SOLD
Poorer Grades Coming On
Market, But Grade Aver
age Holding Up
BijJr of t<»lwrro mi the lli'lklpijoii
market \ c*.x?Cn!;iy ;>net nday timimistg-J
lo 200,(Xi0 pounds. in round figure*’,
"■mi, while the \*• i j«jL;t‘ pun j.; slivht
ly off, that i> tin*- t»> commoner types
of leaf being offered he< aiise th»- .am*-
nTi odes me bringin*; o«|Uilv r>s "nod
prices as they have been, it was an
nounced today by C. F. Tnnkcrsiey.
Sr., sale-- .-upi rvisor.
On Wednesday the market sold
109.992 pounds lor JR 2.20 111, at on
avciope of $11.09 per hundred, while
today's sale was HI ,in>4 pounds foi
$9.72-1.(12, at an average price of $lO.-
aH per hundred
Any one without seeing these two
bteaks.' the .ales .supervisor -aid.
"would conclude that the average of
Uthaceo imd dropped in price, while
it is Jllst the reverse. Tobhacco is sell
ing for the same price in grades, and
the grade.- have become lower and
neatly the same class of tobacco on ail
floors. Now ! realize this class of to
bacto can get lower, is my reason foi
saying it is a good time to sell. Re
member the closing dates, December
16. 1932."
Story Hour Be At
Library Friday
The regular story hour of the fall
series will no held at the H. Is'slio
Perry Memorial Library tomorrow
afternoon at I o’clock. Mrs. Samuel
Watkins will tell stories of pioneer
days. A number of children have al
ready secured tickets for this story
hour and others may get theirs at the
desk in the library tomorrow after
noon. it is announced.
CONGRESS PUSHES
IN DEAD EARNEST
INTO ITS BIG TASK
.
(Continued from Page One.)
.
study to one week and then put a bill
up for passage.
A Federal cotton purchase plan in
tended to reduce production, remove
the surplus and increase the price 1
to the farmers was called for today
in a bill introduced by Senator Smith
Democrat. South Carolina.
The bill would at-i up a cotton pur
chasing board in the Agriculture De
partment. cmpoweied to buy in the
open market 10,000,000 vbales at a
maximum of 12 1-2 cents a pound.
The cotton would be -withdrawn
from the market and re-sold *on cre
dit to cotton producers who agree not
to grow in 1933 more than 25 percent
of their 1932 crop.
Representative Edith Norse Rogers
Republican Massachusetts, Introduced
in the House a resolution authoring
the farm Foard to utm 335,000 bales
of cotton over to the Red Cross for
clothing for the needy.
Democratic leaders do not expect
the House Veterans Committee to act
this session on President Hoover’s
proposals to reduce veterans’ benefits
by $127,000,000 a year. The President's
recommendations were included in his
annual budget message and were re
ferred to the House Appropriations
Committee.
I hey were to split up the purse ol
i SI,OOO. I’liotos depict the last
! shuffling steps, ju-t before the
marathon was hailed, and Vert-
Marchone, one of the cc’dv latits,
getting her first solid sleep in a
half a vt ar
COMMISSIONERS TO
PAY RALEIGH VISIT
Rumor Is Opposition Deve
loping to County Ac
countant 5 Office
I
A part nr -ill trrnihcrr. <>r lb*- new
Loud of County Commissioners pl.-m
to make a trip *0 o;u- flay
Ibis week for c-mfcietu 1 s wi;h 1 lie
. l ocal Government C»*Timl * ; oe wi'h
life; encc to county finances, it wn.<
loot nod today Pillowing Int* meeting
! of the board held Wednesday, which
j was the rrccond of the new board
1 which was sworn into office last
Monday. The hoard consists of three
new members. S. If. Ada ins whn whs
elected. W. VV. Grissom and W. I*.
Parrish, with two hold-over members,
S. it. Rogers and E. L. Fleming.
There wa a rumor today of .sonic
j Minlimeitl in favor of abolishing Iho,
! office of comity accountant, though
I this was only a rumor, so far as
I could be definitely learned.
State officials have recently com
mended very highly the management
and condition of Vance county's fis
cal affairs, which are said to he
among the best of any county in the
State at ihe present time. The county
has not defaulted in any of its bond
' or interest obligations, and during the
past five years has paid off more than
half a million dollars in bond and
interest items.
:Negro Preparing
For Electrocution
At State's Prison!
Raleigh Dec. X. <A»*» Jake (Sun
• shine) Jones, Id-year-old Negro, who
j is the convicted murderer of .1.- H.
Poole, local filling station operator.
; prepared on death row at Stales Pri
son today to be electrocuted tomor
' row.
Jones’ last chance lay in the pos
| sible extension of clemency by Gov
ernor x O. Max Gardner.
’ Tyre Taylor, the governor’s execu
tive councel, who investigates all!
clemency applications and makes re
commendations to the governor, was
out of the city tomorrow.
Cost 85 Cents To Put
Rheumatic Cripple
Back To Work Again
Now Joyously Happy
"While all his family looked on in
astonishment and all his friends were
amazed, oiu man took the pain, swell
ing and agony from his tortured Joints
in 48 hours and did it with that fa
mous rheumatic prescription known
to pharmacists as Allenru— you may
do the same. j
This powerful yet safe remedy Is
wonderful— its action is almost magi- I
cal. Excess uric acid poison—the |
cause, of most rheumatic agony—starts I
to leave your body in 24 hours.
Just get one 85 cent bottle of J
Allenru from Parker's Drug Store or j
any live druggist— take it as< direct
ed and if i n 4g hours your pains
havens left* you get your money
bacn
It works juai as swiftly with Neu
ritis. Sciatica, Lumbago and Neural- I
gift—Ad v. ,
TABERNACLE CHOIR
CONCERT ENJOYED
Visiting Choir Entertained
At Hotel Following Last
Night's Concert
A luge and appreciative audience
greeted lh*> Tabernacle Baptist church
choir, of Raleigh, last night when
they presented their sacred Christman
concert in the auditorium of the First
Baptist church under the direction of
Mrs. Peyton Browne with Peyton
Browne as organist.
The program was said to be a most
enjoyable one with a solo by Mrs.
Browne. “Voices of the Skies." being
flic of the best received numbers on
Ihe program.
Immediately following the conceit
las) night, the visiting choir mem
ber;; were gin ;ts of Hie First fajWist
choir at the Vance hotel, with re
fre hments served during the evening, i
HUEY LONG TAKEN
MORE SERIOUSLY
(Continued from Page One.)
Inst congressional session, that Rob
inson mu d make the newcomer fol- I
low him, or his leadership would be !
only a hollow mockery thencefor- j
ward.
Accordingly, in trying to squelch j
Iluey, he trie only what wan forced
on him.
It was in imagining h«. could do it !
easily that he erred.
the thing that made the whole per
formance so utterly ridiculous was
the coni last between the terrific bar- i
iago which was laid down in the cf- i
fort to reduce the “Kingfish" to sub
jection, and the perfect equanimity |
with which the "Kingfish" survived it. |
It is true that Cong had his sym
pathizers throughout teh series of ;
fearful verbal manhandlings which he l
administered to leader Robinson. *
The progressives greatly enjoyed i
the show.
Nevertheless, they did nothing overt :
to help the insurgent Louisianian.'
Much as they relished the exhibition!
the “Kingfish’s" methods were tool
unorthodox even for them to lend no- j
tun 1 aid to.
Senator Robinson, contrariwise, had j
plenty of assistance.
Not alone were Democrats of the I
“regular" group, like Senator Hawes i
Georgia and Tydings. furious at the
persistent bedevilment of their re- j
vered leader; Republicans of the par
liamcn'arily conventional school, such
as Senators Reed. Short ridge, Foss
and Moses, were scandalized at the
cp'-lxcle. i
Bourbons and Old i iuardi tn* u of
•l"- sold did all they riotipartisaujy I
ll|l J hi stippoil of Ihe hard pressed ,
A i Uan; an.
•* ’>'"•' upon Heed's inolion that Hu*
Men! Come On And
Get ’Em Now!
Prices Cut So You Can
Feel the Savings
Overcoats $7.85
Suits $9-85 to $14.85
Hats, Fine Quality $1.95
Nun-Bush jh||
Friendly Five Bill QE
and Florsheim Aj€ H_l
Shoes wUllflf
All Christmas Items for Men
Specially Priced
Roth-Stewarf
Clothing Company
THURSDAY, DECEMOLk g. Ipgg
Giant Marries
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‘Seven feel six inches of bride
groom bum ve sod five indies
when V'orna Maria Rich and
jlfulph Madsen wy*l in Los Ange
les. '1 Ivy am shown shortly after
j 'filing their notice of intention to j
wed* Madsen is one of the tallest
I men in the world.
! '
,
| “KingfbdF was lulcd off the f|*M>r in
j one instance. Vice President Curtis re* j
1 poatedly warned him from the chair
j to 1 modify the tone of his criticism
j of the harassed Jeffersonian leader. ;
: Jf Huev. except for these few t rif
! ling setbacks, had cvei ylhjug bit*- *:
j tuhliy his own way at the last con
gressional session, ione-haned and ini
; his firs* inexperienced six months in
office, what may be expected from |
him at this session?
Consider:
To begin with. !n> - i-aie.) f,.i Mm i
; f-ejf vacancy in the seat hi now oc
cupies hv d* fra I tug ihc I ben <»ld* st |
lawmaker, in point of service m con- I
gl-*'SS the veiiciabic Senator Joseph I
i‘l. Ransdcli, who originally came to j]
Washington, as a young represent a-• <
tive. before the end of fb*> luncti- nfp
j century.
J Not tieing ; ;,t j. ),,
( vole aiming hi f, * : '
, tor I>iiig ;,i i.t-r
primaries. ai.;(> *tr*i
win S. Brou-san] 7
nomi nut ion in pj;,*,. .
. resentalive Job- |j ()
i was elected ot < ~( |l
! his seal in m. i„ x . (
j drilled to Hue.
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Moreover ale, ...
; lisc'l, the "Kiiigti.if , , ,
! home -tale i,, iliv A ,
I er Rotiiip *>n.. t,
| campaigned . u.,, -f,, .
j nominatPni ai.tj ,
Senator HaMre \y r ~
on Hit* ground H. t .i K
in Washing! o: jp,-, ,
i to leader io.b.i, ~i ...
i All «if Winc h ns:, v c v.,
! ator Isuig i- i ; ,k* i
Washington tht. vp.’i. ,
a year ago.
Fiction hold- the*
i ami according 1,» t,..
j reflection i. Hi ,
The fine * of ah it,.-,,,
, like the flow.-*, i... : ,i
in the act nil him,
its music opi n>,,u
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the fall or- ,
ON WHOSE FEET VV;7 i
THE FALLEN APCHL' ?
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