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THE BEE DANVILLE' VA THURSDAY MAY 21 1936 SIGHT MARTINSVILLE DAILY NEWS Telephone Number lll behind tile proposed new Guffey coal dramatic fashion today this legal the her A i ac be 21 gas who i a way property vatiun vv with exceptional Ingram had failed to remit eollec tlona to the company Perry main one The Horsepasture to the local at at said Tallmadge professed he could not identify the because of the prevailing on the side of Red Alley The had rolled out of which prob frotn the house family treat Its lar be in was the suit Bird was cab do the say The two negroes were Identi and were removed from the Mrs Herman Turner an birth of a son Wednesday their apartnjfnt on Oak Mr and Mrs A Counts injured i Grove street yesterday when their truck a pole after a tire burst better today Mrs Counts left hospital yesterday evening and husband cut about the face Slot Machines Here Checked Garden Club to Hold lower Show Dental Bridge In Esophagus To Be Removed Another Donkey Game Tonight car were the her passed a satisfactory night Sunday Show Here to Boost und Dr CG Chappell Continues Revival At Main Street $15000 vocational training in connection with the Avenue school at School will take two months to Two cylinders filled with carbonic acid gas under heavy pressure were found this morning the railway track at belief was that they of a freight car door ably was opened by a hobo The cylinders were addressed to a Lynch burg concern and were found Intact QUIZ MAN IN SLAYING HIS WIE Receipts turm $1427910182 Net $236399833380 inal plans were completed morning for the benefit Donkey base ball game to be played at the Mar tinsville baseball park this evening beginning at eight o'clock The game is sponsored by the Charity League of this city and tick ets are going with a bang for the big event The members of the local Kiwanis club who were defeated at the game in Bassett Tuesday evening tfill chal lenge the Bassett club to a return match hre tonight NEW ORLEANS May Two sheriff's deputies stood accused today of aiding in the lynching of a negro at Labadieville La October 11 1932 New witnesses were In the $10000 damage suit brought by the parents of red Moore negro against Sheriff Lebin Himel and his bondsmen parents charged that it was through neglect that the negro was lynched after his arrest for the killing of a white girl Ivor Leblanc and Norman Thl bodaugh negroes testified two Himel deputies ernand Richard and Abel Landry aided the lynching i Thibodaux said the mob would have lynched him also some white had not asked them to let me go because I talked like I was 1 Deputy Sheriff Richard denied the charges from the witness stand Landry was scheduled to tes tify today New Scientific Herb Medicine Acclaimed By All Greatest Benefit To Suffering Humanity Ever Introduced Here TEN'ESSEE DEMOS MEET NASHVILLE May nessee Democrats met in state con vention today to name delegates pledged to vote for President Roose velt's renomination Caucuses were arranged prior ti the general meeting for nominating two delegates from each of the nine congressional districts and the con vention was to select eight with half a vote each from the state at large Party leaders said the state's del gat Ion would be Instructed to cast Its entire 22 votes for the president at the national convention in Phila delphia Thinks His Bad Heart Makes Trial Proceedings Mere Waste of Time PARIS May red and 11 (Bunny) Austin stays of Great Britain's Davis cup learn today easily gained the quar Ur flnal round in the rench hard courts Annis championships with a 6 0 6 2 3 doubles victory over Paul eret and Roland Journu of rance According to Commissioner Townes he received a written state ment from the state division inspec tors who recently visited this city that following a check up on the slot machines in operation here there was found not a single machine with out the proper license The state li cense ranges from $25 to $50 and also required is a city license tag The visit of the inspectors from the state tax department is made at intervals during the year in an effort to get unlicensed machines licensed and confiscate others not complying with the state law regarding slot ma chines A law repealing the present licens ing law was passed at the last session of the general assembly but will not take effect until the end of the fiscal year It places a definite prohibition upon all slot machines except vend ing machines from which merchan dise is obtained Only those machines that give value received for money put in the machine are Injured in Wreck Mary Boswell of the community was brought hospital late Wednesday afternoon where she was given treatment for injuries received In an automobile accident near Horsepasture Wednes day The extent of her Injuries had not been determined this morning with the shooting bond of $3000 for at a preliminary poration however from it equal to of such income paid out as dividends Expressed another way the plan would put a flat 15 per cent tax on net income with a surtax added The surtax would range up to 10 per cent depending on how much of the luvuiue was aisiuoutea to stock holders If none were distributed tho surtax would be 10 per cent If were) all distributed' there would be no surtax The plan also would repeal the capital stock and excess profits taxes and the present exemption of divid ends from the normal 4 per cent In come tax Treasury experts estimat ed the program would raise $641000 000 over and above the present levies Official estimates of the amounts the other plans would bring in rang ed from $536000000 to $835000000 DEED UlCOKDLD The following deed of bargain and sale has been recorded In the of fice of the clerk of the corporation court: Smith end Revs Smith from Zena A aucctt 40 feet on axton street Consideration 12500 CHUSAIilltf Al I Ml (INVENTION Members of the Catholic Student's Mission Crusade left heio Wednesday for Richmond where they will at tendWhe dusadcr's invention to be held today and tomorrow Ascension Day was observed Epipnany Church this morning 10:30 o'clock with a special service at which the Holy Communion was administered Officers Alleged in Suit Against Sheriff to Have Aided in Killing of Negro Makes You orget You Hove ALSE TEETH No longer does any wearer of false teeth need to be annoyed or feel ill at ease ASTEETH a new improved powder sprnkled on your plates will hold them firm and comfortable No gummy gooey taste or feeling Gums and mouth will not get sore Avoid 4 embarrassment Get ASTEETH from Peoples or any other good druggist adv Program Deals With Price ixing Omits Labor Clauses WASHINGTON May 21 John Lewis mine union leader swung The members of the Martinsville Gai den club will' open a floWer ex hibit on riday afternoon begin ning at three o'clock until ten riday evening In the new col onial room of the Henry hotel Ne entry fee will be charged for exhibits but a small admission will be charged to see the show Exhibitors are asked to bring their arrangements to the hotel riday morning when their exhibits will be placed Prizes are being offered for every class and the of the larg est number of blue ribbons in each group will1 be awarded special prizes Personals Mrs Jones will spend several days this week in Richmond Birth Announcement Mr and nounce the May 20 at dale street Stories of Threat of Living Cremation of Man Who Vanished in 1919 Told TORONTO May Court told stories of an angry threat of liv ing cremation and a $20000 muider plot revived the 17 ear old mystery of Ambrose Small's disappearance Regardless of what your trouble regardless of how long you have suffered or how miserable you have been at tlmca hundreds and hundreds of people from all walks of life say: NEED SUER NO LONGER because POW LIN the new scientific medicine will surely relieve you Now whether POW LIN will help you or not we don't we don't know what the trouble Is But In the light of what it has done for thousands and thousands of others that possibly suffered with the same trouble you have don't you think YOU WOULD BE MAKING THE BIGGEST MISTAKE YOUR LIE not to try this remarkable medicine today? Here are a few of your neighbors who say It's the world's best medicine! You who suffer the tortures of indigestion stomach ills gas bloating poisoned system across back gains and other aches and Ills due to faulty elimination may now take heart for POW LIN is dally bringing relief to thousands of sufferers who have never been helped before by any medi cine Right here In this community your neighbors will testify to the great worth of this great medicne Don't suffer annother dayl Leading doctors everywhere say that constipation is the probable cause of more than 80" of the Ills of tho tired worn out feeling people POW LIN la HM row MN and MM then Join the thousands the most efficient and KluSM who toll us It a the positive of all corrective WUtM BM world best medicine medicines It is guaran teed to relieve you or ow LIN la reconi your money will be re mended by Me funded If you suffer 1 I'All's DRUG STOKE from constipation Indi I Danville iinllnrk Place sest on saa bloatinc I Male hadchn naiiaai MB PliarillHcy Rcnooinwo adv JIlMiin Ml! Ar "11 gy 'UH The Little Theatre players electrified an audience last night LEWIS BACKS NEW GUEY COAL PLAN Two Deputies Charged With Lynching Man Corporation Levy Decided By Senators (Continued from Page One) ing in Its tax garden the Senate nance committee got down today to a tough job of weeding By a process of elimination leaders hoped to alight on an acceptable compromise between advocates and opponents of the administration's Idea of supplanting the present cor porate tax structure with a stiff graduated levy on net corporation In come withheld from distribution to stockholders After some hours of concluding dis cussion today Chairman Harrison (D Miss) hoped the committee would start balloting on the various plans late this afternoon One particular plan which has not attracted much attention hitherto received particular notice today al though none could say whether It would gain enough support to win committee approval This would retain the principle of the present flat tax on net Income (now ranging between 12 1 2 and 15 per cent) and at the same time seek to induce dividend distributions In line with administration suggested policy It would Impose a flat tax of 25 per cent on all net income ol a cor rne corporation would be permitted to deduct taxable income an amount 40 per cent of the amount TOWN TOPICS Danville people will be given further opportunity of aiding the will Rogers Memorial und next Sunday when the management of The Capitol Theatre will present a special performance of one of the greatest pictures of the year Count of Monte Christo" The special performance will be given at three o'clock No charge will be made but a silver offering will be taken during the program which Is for the purpose of swell ing the national fund being raised to perpetuate the famous American entertainer killed in an airplane cldent The theatre management will nate Its property and all of overhead expenses' That Is to there will be no deductions of whatever character from the offer ing taken at the matinee per formance James Catlin Jr Is chairman of the local Rogers Memorial und which is to be devoted to the sup port of the Adirondack Hospital a million dollar enterprise which was given to the Memorial Commission The week of May 22 to 28 Is be ing observed especially throughout the nation as Will Rogers' Memorial Week and during the week all thea tre goers will have the opportunity of making a contribution to the fund perpetuating the "happy en tertainer" Apply This Once And Kill the Itch A new preparation known as "Slt Clde" being a Uquld thorough ly penetrates the skin going into every pore crevice and wrinkle where parasites hide and kill every one of these parasites with one application? in thirty minutes 6h Clde is immediately effective in destroying parasitic itch (scabies) and is sold by all druggists at 60c or sent direct upon receipt of price Clde Co Inc Commerce Ga 4 adv CHECK YOUR HEALTH WITH THIS CHART McKellar Calls or Re Election Of Roosevelt NA8HVILLE Tenn May Heaping encomiums on the national admlnlstraton which he said "re stored us to recovery prosperity and Senator McKellar told the Democratic State convention today that President Roosevelt should be re elected without opposition MORE THAN 50000 BOTTLES POW LIN SOLD IN YEAR A police car early this morning pre vented the theft of a pick up truck belonging to Beddinger of Mount Airy parked on West Main street The would be thief drove the car half a block and was seen to leap from It and disapepar down an alley Efforts to trace him failed Newt Chief Tassel Bldg Martinsville Va May 21 1936 Murder Plot Is Bared In Will Battle HELD AS EMBEZZLER ROANOKE Va May Ingram dcacrlbcd as a salesman for a clothing concern was arrested here yesterday for authorities at Greens boro where he allegedly is wanted to answer embezzlement charges The arrest was made on complaint of Crabtree sales director for the firm who charged Husband Claims She Met Death at Hands of Ruthless Robber Gunman OREGON Ill May Guy Tallmadge 55 year old Rockford Ill embalmer was held for further ques tioning today about the death Of his wife which he told authorities oc curred at the hands of a ruthless gunman in a holdup at a lonely cross roads State's Attorney S' Donald Crowell said he wished to check some details of account of how a "shabby stranger" shot Mrs Tallaman down five miles east of here Tuesday night Tallmadge had told officials a gun man stopped their car robbed him of $2 and some change stripped rings from his fingers and then shot her in the back of the head as she fled screaming to pre clude the attempt to force her into his automobile The embalmer related his version of the slaying at the scene of the crime yesterday but Crowell and Sheriff Delos Blanchard expressed dissatisfaction A protracted interro gation followed Investigators found Tallmadge's empty wallet his wife's purse con taining $40 her right hand glove and his flashlight near the place where her body had lain Crowell reported the glove and flashlight were blood stained Policewoman lorence Stanton of ockford informed officials Mrs Tall madge had approached her some time ago to complain Tallmadge was "run ning around with other the time elements and the lack of a working description of the bulked large in the investi gation Tallmadge told officials he and his wife left Chana about two miles from the crossroads at 8:15 Tuesday Rufus alkner a farmer informed them he drove past that junction at 8:30 and saw a machine with a man sitting alone at the wheel at the side of the road Abe Mahlzahn another motorist was stop ped by Tallmadge about 9 and apprised of the slaying He summon ed deputy sheriffs Crowell the belief assailant darkness The prosecutor disclosed he would present the case to a grand jury aft er the inquest Saturday uneral services for Mrs Tallmadge member of a widely known Ogle county family will be held riday Attend Tournament Mrs Whittle Mrs Hooker Mrs A ord and Mrs ord and Mrs English spend Wednesday at Sedgefield where they participated In a golf tournament representing the orest Park club Literary Club Meets Mrs Hannabal Joyce entertained the members of the Literary Club Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs Whittle "The Breezes" Mrs Walker vice president presided in the absence of the pres ident committee reports were heard during the business period Mrs Booker as program chairman told of life and accomplish ments of Mark Twain Daring the social hour a salad course was served to the guests Mrs Hardison Mrs Joyce Mrs Malcolm MacBryde Jr and Mrs Barbour Jr were guests other than club members To Give Recital Miss Annette uller will present the members of her advanced piano vocal and violin classes on riday evening In a recital at the Central Grammar school auditorium The recital will begin promptly at eight fifteen Members of the violin and vocal ensemble will as sist the pupils British Davis Cup Players Win Quarter inals PHILADELPHIA May George Mogill of Detroit 19 year old Wayne University medical student hoped today to be freed within 24 hours from the dangerous effects of a dental bridge which has been lodg ed in his esophagus since May 12 The youth arrived yesterday with his parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Mo gill his physician Dr A Mittle man of Detroit and a nurse His father is Cantor of Congregation Aharath Achim Detroit A commit tee of Cantors' Association was rais ing $1000 to finance the trip and operation at the bronchosocopic clinic of Dr Chevalier Jackson at Temple University hospital Mogill has completed three years of pre medical studies and knows the danger he is in Three attempts to remove the bridge In Detroit failed He swallowed the bridge while eat ing Two sharp hooks designed to hold it In place pierced the wall of his esophagus causing an infection A special Instrument will be required to reach eight inches into his throat shove the bridge down to release the hooks turn it and withdraw it with out injuring the throat lining Condition of Wounded Man Stays Critical with the first rendering of "Black i train to Jail charged temporarily drama of the coal witn trespassing un wuhiuu One of the largest WPA projects now In progress here Is the build ing of a building Baltimore field It complete and when finished will be equipped with mechanism necessary for the special courses to be given The building will become part of the county school system In tho meantime the addition to the public library is making progress but may be slowed down before long owing to the necessity of waiting for fabricated steel to used in the building Little Theatre Players Present Drama of Mines Diamond'' fields will repeat the performance tonight In tho little Linn street playhouse The piece directed by Howard Kalk who also was responsible for the effective stage setting was re garded by followers of the Little Theatre movement not only as the most difficult ol the plays given here by local talent but one which made real demands upon the power of dramatic interpretation to which tne players rose i i rMlUcm ay Webb Once Of Crooner Described Him As Dish Thrower LOS ANGELES May ay I Webb had the legal right today to remove the last letter from the initials of on her handbag signifying she is no longer the wife of Rudy Valee orchestra leader Three years of court contests were at an end When ay entered superior court yesterday and before she won a di vorce decree from Vallee she indi cated the initials on her handbag hope one of these comes off she said The climax to the turbulent mar ital life of the Vallees was short and perfunctory She repeated charges she made when she filed suit to rid herself legally of the man who once called her his "dream She portrayed a Vallee much dif ferent from the man who attained fame and wealth in the world of popular music by singing softly of tender sentiment your husband temperamen asked her attorney Ben Co hen replied ay "That is what got my health down He curs ed and raged around at times and I know when he was going to start to throw The court interrupted to ask: "Did ever throw anything at "No not at ay said he broke some glasses and The witness testified her health was Impaired because Vallee Insist ed she keep the late hours he did urthermore he tormented her "un til my nerves were on edge all the ay added Negroes Held for Alleged Robbery Sam White Stone and Phillip Wil liamson two negroes were taken from a freight train yesterday eve ning at Bradley Road by a group of city officers who had received ft telephone call from Chatham charg ing them with housebreaking at Hurt fled Smallpox Case Reported Here According to City Health Officer Wilson there Is a case of small pox among the colored citizens of this community when It was report ed that in east Martinsville Luther Clanton was founX to have been suf fering from the diseases He has been placed under quaran tine as well as members of his hold Three members of the were also given the vaccine ment Auxiliary to Meet The members of the American Leg ion Auxiliary will be entertained Thursday evening at eight o'clock at the home of Misses Mae and Virginia Carter on Brown street Plans will be made for selling pop pies and also the Memorial Day cere mony at the cemetery Club to Meet The members of the Current Events Club will hold their final meeting of the year riday afternoon when they will Be entertained by Mrs Booker Jr at her home on Star ling avenue Club Entertained Mrs A Hooker entertained the members of the Round Dozen Club Wednesday afternoon at her home onMulberry Road In the final meeting of the year In the absence of the president Miss Janie Lavlnder vice president presided A report was given from the Crippled Children's clinic com mittee as well as other committees for the year ourteen members res ponded to the roll call Mrs I Tuggle substituted as nrogram chairman for Mrs Tuggle She chose as her subject "Current Events" Mrs A Hall read an interesting paper on the Mrs Tuggle told of wars and pre parations for wars that were being made by various nations A salad course was served by the hostess Mrs Hooker Mrs Ben Turn er Mrs Aclfer and Mrs McCabe were guests Sheriff Accused In Liquor Case Leads Election THOMANSVILLE Ga May W7 county voters gave Gordon Davis an opportunity to retain his post as sheriff respite his recent con viction fo liquor law violation Davis led two opponents in yester day's county primary but will have to enter a runoff race with one of them June 10 Complete though unofficial re turns gave him L413 votes to 1332 for Dixon a farmer and 1062 for John A Cobb assistant chief of Thomasville police Dlx6n will be Davis' rival in the runoff election Davis has been sheriff of Thomas county 16 years He is at liberty now under bond pending an appeal of two year federal prison sentence In the liquor case Declaring his enemies were "perse cuting" him he made a vigorous cam paign for re election Two Damage Suits iled In Corp Court Two damage suits resulting I traffic accidents were filed in corporation court yesterday Miss Cornelia Younger filed for $10000 against the Blue Taxicab Company claiming she Inlured last ebruary when a struck her as she was boarding a street car Rebecca Hairston administratrix for James Hairston colored boy kill ed on Mnrch Sth Is suing Rash whose truck Is alleged to have struck the boy on Union street Convention of Rotarians Opens LYNCHBURG May With a de luxe theatre as their convention hall the 56th district Rotarians pre pared to settle down to serious busi ness this morning at their convention here Last night the vanguard of an es timated 799 delegates attended an In formal reception In honor of globe trotting Edward Johnson Rotarys International president who is a Roa nokcr STOP PAIN QUICK WITH CAPUDINE Headache neuralgic and periodic pains and bther nerve pains yield almost instantly to Capudme This is because Capudlne is liquid and its Ingredients are already all ready to act Capudlne relieves pain by soothing the tense muscles and nerves That is why it Is so gentle end effectiveIt is approved by physicians and druggists Capudlne contains no opiates At all drug stores 60c 30c 10c adv i Cardui Helps When Nerves beens "Un Eterv Month 1 Women who find themselves in a painful neivous fix suffering every month may have some functional trouble which Cardui should benefit 1 times 1 foil like nifint serenm It a door oUiunKHl or there wus nn un usual writes Airs A (jUum Haines City la "1 did not feel like doing my housework I telt more like lying 4wn A friend of mine tasked to try Cardui which 1 did After my first bottle 1 flt much but ter I eontinned taking it until I had taken alt or seven bottles Hr this time 1 waa sa mneh improved 1 was able to les vs If off' 'efHrd by Csrdul consult physician Most all serious diseases begin with small symptoms You should check your health regularly and ward off coming breakdowns before they develop into serious illness Bassett Mills Purchased By New Corporation Valentine Co are announce ing that on June 1 they will become exclusive sales agents for the Bassett Underwear Mill at Bassett and will take over the styling and merchan dising of this' well known plant re cently reopened This mill has op erated for the past several years un der the name of Bassett Mills Inc That company has been purchased by a new one the Bassett Knitting Cor poration whose officers are: Bassett president William Bassett first vice president and Bas sett Jr second vice president Under the direction of the Valen tine sales organization the Bassett mill plans to specialize in cotton and wool percentage knit underwear and outwear for the wholesale trade Whil output Is primarily for the popu price field the efforts will directed toward improved quality these price ranges Ashley will be general man ager and operating head of the Bas sett mill assisted by urbcck Mr Ashley was for many yearse as sociated with the Union Mills Inc of New York Club Meets The members of the Club were entertained Wednesday after noon by Mrs Womack at home on Starling Avenue Mrs A Lester president in the chair and presided over business period This being the final meeting of the year the committee reports were heard The hostesses for the next year' meetings were announced Mrs Hodges as prorgam chairman pres ented a most interesting topic "Moth ers in She told of several outstanding mothers In the world and how through their influence great characters had been made Members responded to the rll call with Cur rent topics During the social hour a salad course was served to the guests Those present were Mesdame A Lester Walker Shockley English Jones A' Gravely Lee Semple A Barr Kearfott Hodges and Stark Jett Jr TREASURY RECEIPTS WASHINGTON May The position of the treasury May 19: $8932250ai expenai baiance Customs receipts for the month $2013407900 Receipts for the fiscal year (since July 1) $351934516242 Expendi tures $1636752390512 including $294670272662 of emergency expen ditures Excess of expenditures $2 84817874270 Gross debt 83153 404 4AA Aft rlvrrpu nt a486750b3 under the previous day Gold assets I ip sdachcs nausea 810J60137370 15 nervousness biliousness control act today tn an effort to have congress pass it immediately instead of waiting until next session The act concentrates on price fixing snd nlU the labor provisions which were outlawed by the supreme court Despite th absence ol labor clauses however Lewis declared that his United Mine Workers would "join sn requesting congress to enact the bill st once" the best step to take In the circumstances He jk1 It would "operate to main tain the equilibrium of the coal In dustry pending further stuay stab ilization of the industry" Senator Guffey (D Pa) introduced the legislation yesterday as a substi tute for the Original Gul fey art Thesupreme court had ruled that pro visions for regulation of houis wages 1 and other labor conditions conflicted with rights Although Guffey conferred with Secretary of Labar Perkins on the question of putting some labor pro visions into the bill he expressed the belief nothing could be added along that line in view Of the high stand Miss Perkins also agreed ft woud be "exceedingly but added that she was considering several ideas 1 the nature of which she did not dts close There still was much uncertainty today as to whether the bill actually would go to a vote at this congres atonal session although leaders moved to start it through the legislative ma chinery of the House Guffey de clined to say whether it would be an administration "must" measure in dicating any such announcement must come from the White House The latest pronouncement there was President remark on Tues day that the new deal would keep try ring to reach the invalidated ob jectives This brought a statement I last night from Jouett Shouse Amerl can Liberty League president chal lenging Mr Roosevelt to say "what ifany amendment to th constitution does the new deal propose order to attain its objectives" Shouse ar gued that the aims could not be at tained under the constitution as it stands A plea to all coal operators to sup 'f port the new bill was made by Charles legislative chairman of the national conference of bituminous I coal producers He said it was consti tutlonal and "the only practical solu tlon of the chaotic marketing situa lion in which the Industry inevitably finds Itself without price protection" The bill is much the same as the 1 old act with the exception of the omission of the outlawed labor clauses However the new regulatory board would consist of seven members at 810000 a year each instead of five Guffey said the new bill is based on the "undisputed of congress to regulate interstate commerce Colored Concert or Hospital The Westmoreland (colored) graded school Glee Club will give a concert at 8:30 o'clock tonight in High Street is Baptist church for the benefit of Providence hospital The Glee Club will sing a number I of spirituals and there will be other 4 musical selections and readings The colored people sponsoring the concert ar hopeful of realizing a i good sum for the hospital Court Grants Valee's Wife Her Divorce EMPORIA Va May McElroy shot at a country home near Emporia Tuesday night re mained in a critical condition in a Richmond hospital today while Greensville county authorities con tinued their Investigation Harding Emporia wholesale grocer charged was free under his appearance hearing in a trial justice court tenta tively set tor Monday Lindbergh Car I Runs Out of Gas un Anniversary SEVEN OAKS KENT Eng May the ninth anniversary of his "Lone Eagle" flight across the At lantic Col Charles A Lindbergh ran out of gas today When the motor how ever the only Inconvenience was a 150 yard walk to the nearest station LOS ANGELES May To Samuel Whittaker 60 retired or gan salesman on trial for murdering his wife proceedings to qual ify a jury for the death penalty were a mere "waste of cheat the gallows for I have a bad he said "And I know die before they can 'hang i Not so resigned attor neys Indicated he would seek acquit tal on a self defense plea and that he would describe his 44 year old wife's death in a gun battle A slender youth from Kentucky James agan Culver faced a five years to llfe sentence as a result of pleading guilty to second degree mur der in the shooting of Mrs Whittak er but appeared more interested in his scheduled role of state's witness against her husband Culver a told a coroner's jury Whit taker gave him money bought him a pistol and persuaded him to stage a fake holdup In which the elderly salesman suddenly drew a second pis tol and fired at him Dr Clovis Chappell who has been conducting a series of evange listic services at the Main Street Methodist church spoke last night on Kings II 5 15 Dr Chappell discussed Kaaman the great Syrian general whose home was in Da mascus and who was a man of great political social influence Dr Chappell declared that these things did not militate against him or any man unless he so willed "but when riches make us in dependent of God and business ab sorbs us then it is that they de stroy he said Dr Chappell characterized Naa man as a man of great courage and then indicated that the highest form of courage is not physical but moral Here Dr Chappell gave a number of among them he gave whose daring in battle was evident al though his knees shook In spite of all the fine qualities which Naaman possessed there was a He was a leper This loathsome disease was gradually taking his life Nobody In his own country could do anything for him and so he at the suggestion of a little Hebrew slave girl went to visit tho nroohet Elisha to seek to be cured The prophet bade him do what seemed to be a very fool ish thing to go and wash seven times in the river Jordan Con tinuing Dr Chappell said was insulted at this what seemed to him a silly suggestion and would have abandoned the hope of being cured had it not been for his servant who said not follow the prophets suggestion If he had bade you do some great thing would you have done it? How much rather when he tells you to wash and be At the conclusion of the service an invitation for reconsecration and decision was made and scores came forward for reconsecration as well as a decision The meeting continues today and tomorrow Dr Chappell' will preach tonight at 7:45 and twice tomorrow The closing service will be riday at 7:45 Hargrave Will Case Postponed Until July Term (Special to The Bee) CHATHAM Va May The criminal docket of the Pittsylvania county circuit court has been con cluded and a pause of a few days Is taking place until Monday when the civil term opens ew cases of Im portance are to be heard The case Involving the will of the late Hunt Hargrave has again been continued by agreement between counsel owing to the Illness or clement of the attorneys in the case case will come up in July WPA Vocational School Going Up At Schoolfield The narratives were brought into the open in the examination of wit nesses testifying in connection with an attempt by jorence Small sis ter of the wealthy theater owner to set aside probate of the will of widow Small was last seen on Decmeber 2 1919 and police tried for years to trace him When his widow died she left most of the $2000000 Small eMate to charity It was Thomas Shields who yester day told Special Examiner Thomas Rolph that he attended a drinking party in the basement of the Toronto grand opera house on the night Small vanished During the party the witness de clared he heard one of the guests threaten Small twice shouting: gome to throw you In the Shields got left then he testified He told nothing of the incident until recently he added rederick Osborne caretaker at the opera house until August 1919 said he quit his job when "a certain offered him $20000 to participate in a plot to kill Small He quoted the man as get behind him and catch him in a chair and strangle him I don't want you to do any of the dirty work just help me afterwards" Obsorne did not reveal the name of the "certain Miss lorence small was among the witnesses scheduled to testify today Wife Slayer Says He Will Cheat Noose I SUER ROM YES NO tlon written especially to overcoma Indigestion them Conquerlne sets your stomach Weakness right stops indigestion dyspepsia Rundown Condition constipation heartburn biliousness Nervousness )' and flatulency right away and builds Constipation up your strength energy and appe Sour Gassv Stomach Ute through its wonderful beneficial No Appetite aid to th stomach liver and dlgea Headachea tive tract This remarkable physl Sleepleasneaa prescription to now at your Lack of Energy drug atore tn 60c and $1 slzea Get a bottle of Conquerlne today and If AB of these conditions are best you feel like a new person in treated through the stomach and three days gets your money back Conquerlne la a prescrip Conquerlne Co Lynchburg adv.