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VITEU-1! Sally to&akod M
u *,.uiv locked the door trmm tjr\
• heQ , l !' k 3he blinked to try to rl*
° U ' S ' ind of that horrible picture of
broken -nosed, yellow-orM, X«i
low-fanped face.
<lic found that she was In a long
■j, ' which way to run? Instinct
l toward the rear, or what seemed
Jo be the rear, of the MUM. and
Sally's feet began to tnov».fc*we the
f h ougM was fully born. Km sped
down the carpet to a flight * stairs,
tin a tiptoed down as rapidly «o4jM
quietly as possible.
The stairs led into darknesci ffslly
bad to pause for a few aeccnds as
she adjusted her eyes to the gloom.
Then, the lightening shapes showed
bei that she vvas In the kitchen of
the house. She saw the back door
and tiptoed over to It. It was In
credible that Gus Vitelll had not yet
tnlsed a cry In her pursuit, but so
far she had heard no sounds. The
Kitchen door vvas locked, but the key
was In It, and slie unlocked It quick
ly and slipped out- She found her
rtlf in a short cleared space facing
wall of trees and underbrush.
Her brain worked with lightning
speed Once In that underbrush she
would be safe from discovery at least
until daylight and by daylight she
could go a long way. She was about
to dart for that sanctuary when she
heard footsteps coming around the
house from the left. She jumped
back into the kitchen doorway and
flattened herself within, her heart
bumping her chest until she thought
It would burst
The steps grew nearer and in the
faint light from the moon which was
now under the clouds she saw a short
man come walking directly toward
her. She Vv 'o about to break and
run when she saw his face—it was
that of her raptor—and realized thnt
hl.« eye® were «eeing beyond her as
sK stood there in rh*» darkness of
ji»e kitchen doorway
His body passed her so close that
she could feel the faint movement of
air and smell the vile tobacco he was
chewing and he was gone, on his
way around the house. Sally darted
across the narrow yard toward the
brush. Just as she plunged into the
palmetto thicket she heard a warning
sound —the approach of another au
tomobile. Her first impulse was to
run the faster, to bolt desperately
without thought of the crashing
noise she would make, but stie
checked herseU and stood still and
looked back. She could just see the
lights of the car In the distant
woods.
A new plan came to her. This
must be "the boss". Why should she
not creep through the brush until
she could catch a glimpse of him as
he stepped out of the car? So far
there seemed to have been no alarm,
though why she couldn’t understand.
She * circled about through the
dark woods until she reached a point
even with the front of the house.
Then she crept over to the edge of
the brush and peered out. Not 20
feet In front of her she could see the
man sitting on the log. She studied
the house, seeing it clearly for the
first time. It was a large, old-fash
ioned southern mansion that had
once been white, a two-story build
ing with a columned porch at the
front. Wondering instinctively where
she might be. she tried to recognize
the house but could not.
The car was coming up the road
now. toward her. She crouched as
ke lights shot through the trees and
Wishes. As she sank to the ground
she saw a sharp-edged rock and.
without realizing she was doing so,
picked it up and held It in her right
hand as a weapon.
The car, a small dark one like
thousands on every road, stopped a
little distance down the curved drive
tnd a man got out and walked for
ward. # Another man followed him.
There was something familiar about
the stride of the second man. Sally
told herself that one of these was
‘the boss”—which she had no idea.
As the first man came into the
light of the automobile’s headlights
Sally saw that he also was familiar,
but he was in the glare only a mo
ment and had stepped to one side
before she could recognize him.
"H’yuh, fellas.” she heard him say.
The voice was familiar, too. >
“Boss come?” she heard her cap
tor say. She had not seen him be
fore. Now he stepped from the
darkness near the other man. the
one on the lpg. who had risen to
greet the newcomers. He Was so
close to Sally that she dropped down
Into the bushes again to ascao« h»-
Heiress Pleads for Convent, Mother Opposes
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Has a girl a right to become a
nun regardless of her mother’s de
sires? Such a question has become
* matter of legal opinion since Mrs.
Emily E. Carr of Clinton, Conn.,
announced she would seek a writ of
habeas corpus to prevent her daugh
ter, Natalie, from becoming a nun
*t the Convent of St. Hyacinthe in
Quebec. The 19-year-old heiress fled
from home on June 14 and remained
in hiding until she announced her
intention of forsaking debutante
Pleasures for the convent. Mrs.
( urr explains her opposition by say- t
mg: “When Natalie returned from a
jassar this gyring
Ted grasped Sally with his free arm.
lng seen. She waited to hear the
man’s answer, but, strangely, it did
not come. She wondered if she had
been seen. The gooseflesh swept
over her body. That was it; she had
been seen; one of them had shushed
the rest and they were creeping to
ward her. She heard a shout and
then, to her surprise and terror, a
shot, a quick, curt, sharp sound that
took possession of the night. She
held her breath and strained her
senses to detect the first sign of pain
or the numbness that people said
followed a bullet wound. And then
another shot. Another. And a
sharp cry.
Sally knew now that she was not
the target. She knew that at least
two men had been shooting at each
other, for there was a considerable
difference in the sound of the two
last reports. She darted up her
head and looked out upon the men.
Only two were standing. She recog
nized them at once as the two new
comers. Then she saw one of the
two men of the house kneeling and
just beyond him a prostrate form
stretched in the sand. The kneeling
man. supported by one leg, toppled
over as she looked and lay as limp as,
the other.
“Hey! ”
It was the man near her, the one
who had come up first from the car.
He had shouted and was pointing
behind his companion. The com
panion, with a gun in his hand,
whirled to look in that direction, and
as he did Sally saw his face. Her
knees went weak, for it was Ted.
Ted! She blundered forward —in time
to see the man who had been kneel
ing and who had toppled over spring
upon him. Sally plunged on. raised
her right arm and brought the rock
down upon the man’s head with all
her strength. The blow sent a
stinging shock up the bone of her
arm. into her shoulder. The man
grunted and sank heavily to the
ground. Ted whirled and he and
Sally came face to face.
“Sally!”
“Ted! ”
He grasped her with his free arm
—the right hand still held the re
volver —and swung her over the body
of the fallen man. He drew her
against his chest. “Sally!”
“Are there any more?” he de
manded.
“Any—Oh, any more of them?
Yes, Ted,” she whispered breathless
ly, “one”!
“Where is he?” Ted gripped the
revolver with a new firmness.
She pointed to the window of the
room in which she had been a pris
oner. “Up there—bedroom —Gus Vi
telli! ”
“Vitelttr
“Yes, Ted. Quick. Get back. I
forgot. I locked him in the room.
He may have a gun.”
They darted toward the house and
took cover flat against the wall.
“Vitalii, eh?” Ted said. Sallv
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v' ' >w Jjr Natalie
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tally tired from overstudy. Also,
she was suffering from the shock of
■diluting herself, after so many
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SHUMWIV *'
stared at him. Never before had s*t«
heard such menace in his voice, such
poisonous hatred. "Quick! Under
the porch with you and hide. You
can’t tell what’ll happen. But I’m
going to smoke that rat out of here.”
"No, Ted! He’ll kill you.” She
clutched at his arm.
“I’ll kill him.” He pushed her
firmly toward the porch and mo
tioned her to crawl under. Then he
threw open the side door of the
house and disappeared within.
Crouching under the porch in the
musty, cobwebby darkness, Sally
waited anxiously, flinching against
the expected crack of a shot.
The first sound she heard wan of
feet on the stairs The door opei.eh
and Ted’s voice called: “Sally?”
She came out from her hiding
place.
“He’s gone.” Ted said, disgustedly.
“Book.” And he pointed to the side
of the house. Hanging down from
the window, still swaying faintly,
pendulum-like, was a long strip oi
white.
"My rope!” she exclaimed.
“Your rope?”
“Yes. 1 tried to get away—”
“Come on. Bet’s scram. That rat
is loose in the woods around here
and you know mighty well he’s got
a gun.”
As Ted spoke there was a report.
Both ducked their heads. Ted threw
Sally to the ground and crashed
down upon her, covering her witn
his body. But. as they waited, ex
pecting the whine of a bullet, they
realized that the noise was that of
an automobile motor. There was a
roar and a rasping of gears.® Ted
sprang up. “Book!” he exclaimed.
Sally raised her head and saw the
big- car that lay not 100 feet ahead
of them swing recklessly about and
start at a surprising speed down the
narrow drive into the woods.
“That’s Vitelli,” she said. “That’s
the car he came in. He got away.”
Ted sighed. “Okay,” he said. He
helped Sally to her feet. “Didn’t
squash you, did I. baby?”
“No, I’m all right. There aren’t
any thrills left for me,” she said
weakly.
“Poor kid.” He gathered her in
with his left arm and half carried
her toward the little sedan. #
“We’re going to scram before any
body else shows up,” he said.
Sally looked back at the three men
on the ground. The big one she had
hit with the stone was trying rise.
But the other two lay still.
“Ted?” she asked in a small voice.
“Yes.” He helped her into the car
and stepped on the starter. “What
—Oh, so—l had sense enough to
leave the motor running." He
backed about and started down the
drive.
“What did you say, Saily?”
“Did you shoot those two man?”
He nodded. “Them or me,”
said simply.
(to he aoNTmiiEUi
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years at the convent, to the out'
spoken manner of the American col
lege girl.” Mrs. Carr added: “This
impulse of hers is merely a tem
porary abberation.” Declaring thp
heiress had not been religiously Sav
dined Mrs. Catfr stated rthajtj. softer
college closed Nataliet and-,
mate drove to St. Hyacinthe Con
vent for commencement. When they
returned ten days later Natalie an
nounced her intention of becoming
a nun. She then disappeared from
home and Mrs. Carr believes her
daughter returned to the convent to
prepare to take the vows of the
order. . j
{Central Pr?Bt)>
"SSL
Henderson Man’s Friends
Feel He Deserved Recog
nition Received
■Election of C. F. Tankersley, Jir.,
of thus city, as vice-councilor of the
Junior Order United American Mech
anics of North Carolina at Hickory
today brings to him a recognition his
friends feel he well deserves. He has
•for years been a tireless worker in
cf that order In this State.
Winning over three opposing can
didates. “Tank,” as his friends know
him here, was given a big majority
ii, n th eelection alt 'the closing session
of the State convention, according to
advices from the Henderson delega.
tion at tih e gathering.
For several years the Henderson
man has been district deputy for the
twentt'lo’jh district, composed of tihe
counties of Vance,, Granville. War
ren and Franklin. The district made
on© of the best gains, last year of any
in the State, and during his .tenure in
office several inew councils have been
organized at different localities. He
has mad frequent visits to meetings
ever the district, and held rallies in
every part of .the territory under his
supervision. A number of the local
•cunci’sl in the four counties have
degree teams that rank with the best
in the State.
Mr. Tankersley has for a long
time been recording secretary of Ray
mond B. Crabtree Council. No. 562, i, a
Henderson, and is well known, through
out the State iin Junior Order circles,
''here he is popular and is held in
the highest esteem. H e wa-ws endors
ed forth eoffice by the individual
vnncils and the district meeting of
twentieth diisffcriot, and, also In
other quarters over the State.
The Henderson delegation to the
Hickory convention was expected to
he back home late tonight or tomor
row morning.
Registrations Os
Autos Increasing
i Continued from Page One.)
gle day whiiel on the same date last
tftar we had only 200 or 300 new ones.
So if registrations continue to increase
as they have, we should equal or past
last year’s registration by the middle
of September or the first of October.”
Director Harris does not think there
is much likelihood that registrations
this year will go quite to the 400,000
maik, but he does believe they will
amount to at least 375.000 by the end
of the year. A great many of these
new registrations are new automobiles
he points out, since new car and truck
sales in the State are now averaging
in excess of 3.ooo'<a month.
A large number of the new licenses
issued however, are for old cars and
trucks that have not been in use re
cently, the owners waiting until the
half-price license for Ihe half year
went into effect July 1. The tobacco
season is bringing many of these cars
and trucks into use, necessitating the
purchase of new licenses for them.
Salary of Princi
pals Explained
(Onntmupq rrom page one.i
a principal for each school building
having three or more teachers and all
principals will be teaching principals
except in buldngs havng more than
40 teachers to a building or in schools
systems with more than 90 teachers in
the entire system. In systems having
more than 50 teachers, one additional
teacher will be alloted for each ad
ditional 40 teachers, and this addi
tional teacher may be designated
either as a teaching principal or non
teaching principal at the will of the
superintendent. But there are not
many systems that have more than 90
teachers or with more than 40 teach
ers to a building. So most of the prin
cipals will now be teaching principals.
The salary schedules for teachers in
schools having only from three to six
teachers will be the salary schedule for
whatever certificate they hold as teach
ers, plus their experience increment,
with $2 a month more for three teach
ers, $3 a month more for four teach
ers, $4 a month for 5 teachers and $5
May Rule Ecuador
ilk
Jeronimo Auiles Aguirre, who is
regarded as the most likely candi
date to succeed Juan d&« Dios
Martinez Mera as President of
Ecuador. Recently a congressional
resolution demanding the resigna
tion of President Mera, because of
“inefficient administration,” created
a sensation. Rumors of revolution
are current in Guayaquil, the
capital.
(Central Press)
■ . MOVIE STAR IN PERSON—
Moon Theatre—Friday and Saturday
3mm
“Freckles" Harry Spear, of Hal Roaches tvell known “Our Gang’’
comedies* will make a personal appearance on the stage of the Moon
Theatre Friday and Saturday, August 25 and 2Gth—Matinee and
night. Freckles lias worked with the “Gang’’ for over four'years.
He appeared in the movies first when he was two and one-half years
old. Some of his most recent talking pictures have been “Rail
roading, hast h reight, ’ “Smallpox.” I twill be quite a treat to
hear Freckles sing, dance, and tell funny stories, a real treat for the
grown-ups as well as the kiddies.
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Additional names of local concerns
who have ben certified for the NRA
honor roll were received today by
•Pos'tmiaster C. P. Wright from the
district office at Norfolk of the De
partment of Commerce. !
They are:
'Gateway Service Station.
M tchle’ls Mt'Mlinery.
Rose’s sc-10c-25c Stores.
J. S. Evans, State Grocery.
A. W. Gholson.
Bon Ton Service Station.
Green Gables Service, Station. '
Highway Patrol Is After
Speeders, Faulty Drivers
Dally UlflpntcV Rnr«n«.
In (k« Sir Walter Hotel.
3Y J. V II *SK Kit VI Li,.
Raleigh., August 23—Orders have al
ready gone out to highway patrolmen
in all sections of the Stat eto bear
down harder on reckless drivers and
excessive speeders, as a result of the
incrase in antomol>ilG accidents iin
July, whe n 67 persons were killed and
403 injured in 267 accidents in which
405 cars wer e . involved Captain C'has.
D. Parmer of the highway patrol said
today. He pointed out that so far this
year—from January 1 to July 31 —a
total of 412 persons were killed and
2, 432 injured in 1.718 accidents as
compared with 334 killed and 2,548
injured in 1,770 accidents in the sarm
seven months period last year.
“The two things more responsib'
for automobile accidents tha n any
<th■: ng- i ei.se are reckless and excess
speed,'” Captain Farmer said ; 'lAnd
usualljy the two go together, although
-net aji fast drivers arp reckless driv.
ers. (Reckless driving, of course.
means careles sdriving and disregard
<of the law and the rights of other
As a ; result of the increase in autc
accidents. I am ordering a!-l patrolmen
a month fyr six teachers. Thus if a
teacher has a certificate entitling her
to a salary of S9O a month and she
is designated as principal of a six
teacher school, she would get $95 a
month.
It js not until there are seven or
,more teachers in a school that the
salary schedule proper for prin
cipals starts, however. This begins at
s9s‘ a month for a principal with no
previous experience, but an increment
of $5 a year is, allowed for experience
up to four years, so that principal in
a 7-teachsr school with four years ex
perience as a principal;, would get slls
a month. The salary schedule increase
$5 a month fo§? each additional teacher
up to 15" teachers, so that a principal
in a 15-toacher school with no pre
vious experience will get $135 a month
or if he 6r l she has had four years
experience, $155 a month, since the
salary increases $5 a month for each
I year of experience up to four years.
In schools having from 16 to 20
teachers, the minimum for a principal
with no experience is $139 a month
in a 16-teacher school. To this is added
$4 a month for each additional teach
er up to 20, and $4 a month for each
yea rof experience Up to four, mak
ing the maximum salary tjn a 20
teacher school $155 a month for a
principal with no experience or sl7l
•i month for one with four or more i
years experience. The experience in
crement is granted only for years of
experince as a principal. But this ex
perience does not need to be consecu
tive or in the same type of school.
The salary schedule for principals
in schools having from 21 to 30 teach
ers begins at $l5B a month for a. Prin-
Milady Beauty Shoppe.
Atlantic Refining Company.
Breedlove Produce Company.
American Tourist Camp.
Parris'h Grocery Store.
(Postmaster Wright announced that
162 persons had signed the agreement
on cards retained ioi his office. As
soon as these signed acceptance ara
sent to the district office of the De.
partment of Commerce, they are cer
tified and sent back here for posting
in the post office lobby and for pub
lication .
to bear down harder than ever o n th 3
reckless drivers and speedsters and to
arrest them on the spot rather than
let them off with warnings and re
primands .
“We have tried for several years to
be as considerate as possible with the
motorists. But the time has come to
get hard with those that are killng
people every day o n , th e highways
and endangering the lives of hundreds
of others. So from now on the driv
ers tha-t drive recklessly cr at speeds
that endanger traffic and the lives of
others on th e highways will do so at
their own risk.”
One other reason for the increase
in accidents and the numlber of killed
and injured, is the increasing number
of n ew cars on the high way 3 and the
high speeds of all the newer tars, Cap.
tain Farmer says.
“Even the new smaller cars are now
ca pa'life of/gojig. from 70 to; 80 miles
an hblpr .although <>it is not safe io
drive' any of these cats mbrp than 50
or 55 miles an 1 hour,” Captaip Farmer
said. “Yet many owners tliink they
must be driven wide open , ■ But we
are going to try to stop this habit.”
cipal with no experience increment,
with an increase of $3 a month for
each additional teacher up to 30 and
an experience increment of $3 a month
fer the first four years. Thus the
minimum salary in a 30 teacher
■ school for-a principal with no experi
ence would be $lB5 a morfth apd the
maxirnmn for one with four pr more
years of experience, $197 a month.
In schools having from 31 to 40
teachers, the minimum salary for a
piincipal with no experience is $lB7
a month in a 31-teacher school. This
increases $2 a month for each addi
tional teacher, while an experience in
crement of $2 a month is allowed for
experience, with a limit of four years.
The minimum salary in this group for
a principal in a 40 teacher school is
$205 a month and the maximum $213
a month.
In the last group, in schools with
from 41 to 50 teachers the minimum
salary for principals with no experi
ence is $206 a month in a 41-teacher
school, or $2lO a month in the same
1 school if the principal has four years
or more experience. The salary in
creases $1 a month for each addition
al teacher up to 50, with $1 a month
| allowed as experience increment. Thus
the minimum salary for an inexperi
enced principal in a 50 teacher school
will be $215 a month and the maximum
j's2l9 a month. If there are more than
50 teachers in a school or system un
der one principal, the increase of $1
for each additional teacher applies.
It is pointed out that under the
State school law, city superintendents
are classed only as principals, or su
pervising principals. If there are 50
teachers under a city superintendent
PAGE SEVEN
SEVEN NEGROES ARE
HELD FOR ASSAULT
f ;
Men Charged With Rocking
Three White Youths and
Overturning Auto
Oxford, Aug 23.—Seven Granville
county Negroes were bound over to
the November term of superior court
under S3OO bond each on charges of
assaulting three white young men, us
ing indecent language, and malicious
injury to property. The hearing was
held yesterday afternoon at 2t30
o’clock, before E. P. Davis, justice of
the peace.
Macon Tanner and Oliver Sneed,
gave bond, but Pap Parker, Arthur
Sneed, Ooie Allen, William Perry, and
Chari; 5 Bell are still in jail.
The seven Negroes are alleged to
have assaulted three young white men
Aubrey Mitchell, D. P. Kearney, and
Pugh Tharrington, in Brassfield town
chip near Wilton by throwing rocks
at them. The young men fled and h|d
in trees and grape vines but rocks
were thrown at them just the same,
according to evidence at the hearing
yesterday afterhoon.
The Negroes then overturned the au
tomobile in which the white men were
riding, and marred it with rocks.
The white men contend, according
to their testimony, that they went to
the home of Jimmy Perry, to
buy t ome whiskey, and he assault fol
lowed. h
or supervising principal, his.
will be $235 a month, and this wilUin
crease $1 a month for each additional
teacher. Thus a city superintendent
with 85 teachers in his system will get
$270 a month, or $235 a month plus
$35 a month lor the additional 85
teachers in excess of 50.
Under the old system, most of the
city schooi systems had only from two
to four supervising principals, with
from two to four or five schools under
each one and with the salaries of
each based on the total number of
teachers in all the schools under a
particular principal. This meant that
there were a few highly paid non
teaching principals, while the teach
ing sub-principals in the schools were
paid only 10 per cent more than their
regular salaries as teachers. But un
der this new plan, the principal in
every school will be a fully accre
dited principal and answerable direct
ly to the city or county superintendent
(rather than to some supervising prin
cipal. This will also place both the
city and county schools under* the
same general plan. It will also require
■city and county superintendents to
assume more responsibility and devote
■more time to actual supervision, since
they will not be able to delegate this
power to groups of supervising prin
cipals, as has been the case in some
Cities and counties in the past.
Deported by Hitler
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Wp-;::; ; : V ; ' : ;
mt jOS
JReleased from the German-prised
where he spent six weeks ff6r alleged
sympathy with anti-Hitlerites,}WttJ4
ter Orloff, Brooklyn, N. Y., stodoiit;
is pictured as he arrived at New
York on the liner Hamburg. Nazi
officials warned him against return
ing to Germany.
(Central Press)
Last Excursion of
The Season
From Durham ~
Seashore Special
Durham Suffolk
—TO—
Norfolk-Portsmouth
Virginia Beach
August 27th
Through Coaches to Portsmouth
and Virginia Beach
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Everybody
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Norfolk Beach
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Lv, Dickerso n I:49AM 1,25 1.05
Lv. Henderson 2:3OAM 1,25 1.65
Lv. Norlina .. 4:IOAM L 25 1.05
Arrive Portsmouth 7:45 AM
Arrive Virginia Beach 8:45 AM
Rates Same Basis Durham to
Suffolk
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Portsmouth 9:h)0 PM Same Day
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