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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 10

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The Beei
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Danville, Virginia
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THE BEE DANVILLE VA RIDAY MARCH 27 1931 TEN LOUGHRAN AND News Briefs MEET TONIGHT one under Boy door season with his sh ipshooting ghout next week fA tT i rr TjlvinclrV I Easter Suit Loughran 5 80 yester $5 $2 up near here 0 $1 New Easter Neckwear HI ARENSON 523 Main Street Phone 2747 after LARGEST MEAT MARKET! Pork Sausage all lean IbM1 Irish 3 lbs 25c resh ish lb 10c at Back Heavy the Rib Side Meat $500 Oleo DeLuxe Miss Getting Your Share of 15c BRAINS lb 524 Uibon blreet lb 21c rankfurters lb 10c Pork Liner 23c Cheese Spare Ribs lb 122C at the Lowest Prices Visit Pig Tails fresh lb lPgC i1 lb 10 Pork eet Clear Brook Butter 33c lb 15c Hamburger lb 10c Pork Ears 25y2c resh Eggs 14y2c resh Oysters qt 60c Calif Hams 4 Phone 1126 JWVVVVZVVZVVVVVVVVVVVWV'he gucit of his uncle Macey weighing Griffiths Mrs linkswoin runnlng messages speakers lack of space shifts of five hands and the the Dy the I I some two hundred pigs engaged for pig races their entries through He un hls ycster o'clock the In coming eastern Raymond Aubrey of this city has been selected as one of the three solo ists who will be heard In thq render ing of Mass to be render ed at each of the nightly services by Charlottesville during the Virginia Music estival April 14th to 17 We Deliver All Orders Last night was exceptionally quiet for city policemen Not an arrest was made and no report of any lawless was made to police headquarters TURNESA HAS ULEAD IN GOL TOURNEY rederic Vita Tonic Wave Mr and Mrs A uller of Cal lands Vn arc visitors in Danville to day Captain Haring and daughter Miss Evelyn Harding of Blairs have been sick the past week with a severe attack of influenza Miss Ruth Harvey of Lynchburg is spending a few days with her have They some them Cadet Corps was ''W Mills Of i the Jonesor several so for NEW YoYlK March 27 (fl Bozo a little fox terrier died last night for the master who used to beg bones for him and the pity of It is that he died In vain When the flames that enveloped an abandoned hut near the Harlem river died down charred body of the of Harlem he was known no other name was found on remains of a couch paws were on his chest had tried to awaken his master til fire and smoke smothered barks hours of frantic digging In a mine near here rescuers to found the body of Chris Min 13 who was trapped In RICHMOND Va March A special leave of absence from college will be granted Billy Howell Rich mond youth in order that he may enter the Middle Atlantic Golf tour nament at Virginia Beach in Juno to defend his title of champion It was learned here today Authorities of Washington and Lee University where Howell is a student have agreed to advance his examtni tions several days ahead of the regu lar schedule in time for shim to play in the tournament June 4 5 and TOWN TOPICS AMELIA Va March' Rich ard Lee negro faced trial in Amelia circuit court today on an Indictment charging him with the murder of Jones prominent dairyman found shot to death his bed last January 8 Lee a farm hand on farm has been in custody weeks but was not indicted until last Monday Commonwealth' Attorney George Taylor declined to discuss the case before the trial or the evid ence he expected to present against Lee today Selection of a Jury was not expect ed to require more than a few hours today with probability that the case would be concluded this week Jones was found derx in his bed apparently slain while asletp by a charge from a shotgun fired through the bed clothing The eparge struck him in the head killing him instant ly or a time the death of the dairyman presented acomp ete mys tery and aroused interest throughout the county A large crowd itsended court last Monday when the grand jury returned the indictment against Lee Cotfee With a lavor Winner of Chicago Bout Assured of Match With Jack Sharkey IK VAN LEADING IELD a three years old parliament for SaOrstat Healy of his own the which he would CAIRO Egypt Because tourist bookings to Egypt dropped sharply since June 5 1930 when a tax was imposed upon all travelers who en tered or left the country the govern ment has rescinded the law 27 73 CASE CONTINUED AMELIA Va March The case of Richard Lee negro indict ed with the murder of Jones prominent dairyman was continued today In Amelia circuit court until April 9 Postponement of the trial was granted on a motion made by Aalentlnc Southall defense coun sel Jones was found shot to death in his bed near here last January Is all you need pay for a Smart 'inely Tailored Unemployment problems are of no moment to on Hermosa Beach Los Angeles all Two fair twins are pictured above putting nractice whippet fashion on the sands 0 1 TREASURY RECEIPTS WASHINGTON March Treasury receipts for March 25 were $514785570: expenditures $42781 78207: balance $625 335 150793 Cus tom receipts for the month to the close of buslnes March 25 $25f13 55237 Marcels 50c inger Wave 50c All Work Guaranteed Not Since The War Has Looked so Big! Mallory Hats Manhattan Shirts By CHARLES CHICAGO March A match with Jack Sharkey assured the win ner Tommy Loughran master ring man from Philadelphia will engage the rough Gerald Ambrose Griffiths of Sioux City la in a ten round bat tle lit the Chicago stadium tonight The match is one of the outstand ing heavyweight attractions of the indoor season but despite its impor tance there has been no general rush towards the box offices Indications today were that the probable attend ance' would be 13000 with gate re ceipts of $40000 The reason for the apparent lack of interest was because Loughran ruled a firm 7 to 5 favor ite to outbox Griffiths Loughran most active of all heavy weights has scored seven consecu tive victories during the current Dog Dies With Master In ire ield of 133 Players Re sume Play at Pine hurst Today HAVANA young girls walking home from a picture show were slightly injured at midnight last night when a bomb tossed from a passing automobile ex ploded near them Genalda and Dlnorah De La Cuesta sisters were crossing San Nicholas street at San Rafael when the explos ion occurred Neither was severely hurt The bomb throwers escaped before police could secure the num ber of their car Meaty Neck Bones 3 lbs for 25c (fl young a slim nearest north and had been We know that you will say it hard to get a blend of coffee that is uniformly good but at the Mmea time we know that you have not tried our special brand The moment you become acquainted with ours you a will realize whft aroma and flavor In coffee really mean Nothing could bo more delicious or so mildly stimu lating Try our blend' Reasonably priced We deliver Royal Cotfee Co 208 Craghead hi Phone 4(2 The revival which started on Sun 1 day at Bledd Memorial church is drawing large congregations to hear Rev Roy Jarrett who is doing the preaching Special singing is render ed as each of the nightly service by a large chorus choir There have been a number of additions to the church The revival will continue through next week Beauty Shop 314 Main Street BLACKSBURG Va March (fl tribute of the Virginia Poly tprhnlr Institute paid this morning to Jin! uuuen sopnouiuie wnu uicu jww day afternoon at the 1 infirmary After a brief service at 8 trip to Cullen was begun Head ed by the band the entire cadet corps without arms except company immediately following the hearse escorted the body out of Blacksburg 'A of classmates went to Cullen where funeral services will be held Saturday 0s Howell to Defend His Golf Title DUBLIN Irish ree State' March The Saorstat today mourn ed Timothy Michael Healy parliamentarian extraordinary its first governor general who died in the night after illness He was 75 As a member of what is pow the founded a tradition Nights" in sit back with his silk hat tipped over his nose pretending not to listen to debate Suddenly he would arise obtain the floor and make a speech of vitriol coated with honeyed Irish words 1 Pork Snouts 12c Sliced Bacon 270 The Man Who Wears Our Clothes" Danville Va Cafe Shooting Exploit Being Probed Today Beauty Shop Permanent Waves $500 to $1500 All work guaranteed Danville's' Largest and Best 0 amous Irish Statesman Dies HUNTED MAN ARRESTED CHARLOTTESVILLE Va March 27(fl Herbert Davis for whom city and Albemarle county police had been searching since Tuesday night on the charge of shoootlng Mrs Myrtle Johnson was under arrest today He was captured by Sheriff Smith and a posse near the home of his father William Davis In Sugar Hollow The shooting and wounding of Oil' Johnson took place in the home of Edward Morris acreageadjustments RICHMOND Va March Ifl John A Hicks federal state agri cultural statistician said today that indications are that Virginia farm ers arc planning material adjust ments this year In the acreage de moted to the different spring plant ed crops Ing that there was no warrant against him as ai question of his sanity had been raised Police of Danville re ceived a riot call at about fiveo'clock and they sped to the scene find few people in the immediate vicinity of the restaurant in the wells of which were four or five bullet holes Udey was found and arrested without any trouble The police learned that because cn effort had been made to remove a slot machine from the restaurant Udey had become angered and had fired at Robert Evert who was remov ing the device Evert however said that he had not been shot at and that' only one shot was fired so far as he knew this Into the ground out In the street and that following this he had talked with Udey for about I ten minutes The general shooting appears to have taken place Evert had left the scene Arizona Speeds Northward With Party 6 8 ARIZONA March (fl The Arizona carrying President Hoover and his party back to Wash ington ran into cool bracing weath er during the night after a week spent in the tropica which left the faces of most of the party includ ing President Hoover's burned to a deep red The President turned to enjoymentof a complete reest In the three days which remain before the battle ship reaches Norfolk and the party The Arenson standard of fabrics! The Arenson Standard of tailoring The Arenson standard of fit The Aren son standard of style! All for $40 hard to believe that $25 will buy much but come in and see yourself I II iHi Roast' lb il Stew lb 12 'zc Bw ilound Steak lb 22 Sirloin Steak lb 27 Vi Boy Trapped In Mine ound Dead POTTSVILLE Pa March Alter small night shoff pit today Hampered by men worked in glng on their ip Bomb Hurled at Two Cuban Girls Two Stimson Studies Citoms Treaty Has No Comment WASHINGTON March The ranco Italian naval agreement and the proposed Austro German cus toms treaty held the attention of the state department today as it main tained a watchful official silence and awaited developments Secretary Stimson expecting the text of the customs proposals" re mained non committal Any state ment from him it was said might be interpreted to indicate the United States was taking a position on the political aspects of the accord He already had conferred with Am bassador Von Prlttwltz of Germany zut declined to disclose the subject of the conversations The secretary Is however most Interested in tic effect the projected Austro German compact will have on American man ufacturers and exporters NATIONAL BANK call WASHINGTON March (fl The comptroller of the currency is sued a call money for the condition of all national banks at the dose of business Wednesday March 25 0 BENNETT NEAR DEATH LONDON March 27 The con dition of Arnold Bennett British novelist who is lying ill here of ty phoid fever was grave today Little hope was held for his recovery ed two years ago At successfully defended light heavyweight against Mickey Walker Jean Dayle Trial ast Nearing End Schoolfield police officers this aft ernoon were securing evidence relat Ing to the alleged exploit yesterday evening of Oscar Udey proprietor oi SALT LAKE CITY March the Gray ront cafe on College ave The state neared the end of its case nue who Is said to have run amuck today in the trial of Jean Dayle 21 with a pistol without damaging any on a charge of slaying and robbing one Udey was in Jail today and 11 Sam rank Jewelry auctioneer bC dealt with probably next weex With a decision of District Judge chief of Police Cole said this morn James woue io oar a purporteu confession to the slaying the state's case rested solely on circumstantial evidence District Attorney Ray Van Cott Indicated William Payneformer department of Justice agent and Detective McGinnis who testified yesterday would be the last witnesses to be presented with the possible exception of Madge Robin son in whose room the glrlwasjir rested 'Samuel A King chief defense coun sel assured the court his ca would be short and closing arguments wereexpected to start Monday Officers testified the defendant a statement after her arrest told them of going to rank's room the night of December 5 last of drink ing liquor wlthjilm and of adminis tering a drug She planned to take his jewels and leave she said but two: men forced her back as she opened a dour and made her dress and leave One of the men she related struex rank twice with a liquor bottle or the Very Best Beauty Work NATIONAL MARKET CO 114 Craghead St PINEHURST March Joe Turnesa handsome Elmsford pro held lead of one stroke over his rivals today afterlthe first 36 holes I of the 72 hole annual south golf tournament run off Turnesa added a 70 par and a 72 In the two 18 hole rounds of yesterday for 142 better than any of the rest of the record field of 132 could do with $5650 in prize money to drive them on Close after him were Bobby Crulck shank the steady shooting wee Scot from Purchase and Wlffy Cox Brooklyn shot maker who had 36 hole scores of 143 1 Slxty four had 158 scorese or bet ter to qualify for the last 36 holes today Strung out behind Turnesa Crulckshank and Cox at the finish of yesterday's play were Johnny Golden Norton Conn with 144 Johnny arrell Mamaroneck and Billy Burke Greenwich Conn with 145's and reddie Hyatt Char lotte with 146 1 Lee Goes on Trial Today or Murder GALAX GIRL ITL'NCESS 'WINCHESTER Au March Miss Virginia Withrow ot Gulav was appointed a princess nt large from Virginia to the Shenandoah apple blossom festi val toduv by I nlted States Sena tor Claude A Swunson CONSIDER LAG RICHMOND Va iMaiell (fl stale board of education will hold a hearing here April 3 to consider what action the board should take where public school pupils refuse to salute the flag of the I lilted States A special com mittee has been appointed by the board composed of Robert Daniel and Herbert Harris members of the board and Dr Sydney Hall state superintend ent of public Instruction to con sider the matter CONTINUE HEARING RICHMOND Va Mart'll 27 (AO A hearing on a charge of murder against AilUiam Whiteside AVorld war veteran In connection with the shooting of bls wife Mrs Rula Whiteside in their home here Marell was continued today in police court until April I told police after his arrest that an automatic pistol exploded as he laid it on a table He said he had been Illustrating a World war scene Mrs White side was wounded In the head and died hours later missing alan Hound dead ROANOKE Va March 27 Albert Hopwood Roanoke lawyer who disappeared from his country home near Salem Tues day night was found by searching parties this morning silting by a tree In a lonely thicket a bullet In his head In his hand was a pistol The coroner was on his way to the spot which is a brushy mountain several miles from Salem the dig khees Groans heard down In the mine had spurred workers early tonight Chris his lather and two brothers were digging in the mine when the celling collapsed INANT IS BURILD uneral services for Anne Mortimer Carrington Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Carrington were held yesterday from the residence of Col A Carrington on Holbrook 1 avenue Interment was in Green Hill cemetery Pallbearers were Ashby Ralne Wil liam Carter A Overbey Jr and Hampton Benton lowers were carried by Hamilton Vass Grasty Crews Samuel Reynolds Herman Watkins Dr Robert Harper Dr Samuel Newman Dr Crumpler A Starling Waylcs Harrison Dr Wf Mlles Dr I Har rison Dr Bruce Williams Captain Harry Wooding and others ieldale IELDALE Va March The ieldale Bridge Club was entertained Monday afternoon liv the home of Mrs Joseph IJndsey Basket of Jon quils breathed a message of spring and added a colorful note to the liv ing room Mts Sutton Stythe was awarded' the high scorfi prize a love ly Imported candy Jar At the con clusion of the game a delicious salad course was served James Hedgecock celebrated tlie ninth anniversary of his birth In his home Tuesday afternoon rom 4 to 6 various games were enjoytid and ice cream and cake was served The voiinpr ffiiests were Inez Whitten Rowena Bhaw Jean Clark Lcllelnorc i Lipton Bill Lyons rances Looney 1 James Mrs Barbour had her tonsils i removed yesterday afternoon Ray Macey of Leaksvllle Is VEAL Monroe Youth Dies in Wreck LYNCHBURG Va March Peyton Richardson 25 of Monroe a Southern railway employee wa kill ed: in an automobile accident near Concord last night about 10 The car turned over on a hill The other passengers were not seriously hurt 1 mother Mrs tena Harvty and her sister Mrs Shelton on Jerry man avenue Illinois had completed or had un der construction 145 railroad grade separation projects on January I The cost will be nearly $7000000 Boy Playing With Pistol Is Killed RICHMOND Va March Watkins HI eleven year old son of State Senator Watkins of Midlothian died at a local nospltal last night from a gunshot wound ac cidentally received while thc child was playing with a revolver at his home at Midlothian earlier in the day Members of the family said the child was alone when he acc dentally discharged a pistol with he was playing 5 The bullet entered his head GLORIA BEAUTY SHOP Phone 31'4 DEATH MRS SUMMERS Mrs Martha Summers aged 60 died at Hilltop sanltorlum day evening at half past five She had been a patient at stltutlon for several months hra from' Bloxton on the shore" The remains are being taken through the country to her old home where the funeral will be held! on Sunday She Is survived by a son Elmer Summers and a daughter Mrs Brown both of Bloxton 0 GOODBY HELLO GIRLS! PARIS All of yParls will automatic telephones by 1936 are being Installed gradually sections of the city having had since last autumn MANY GERMANS SURRENDER O' BERLIN (fl A League of report shows Germany's suicide rate Is two and a half times higher than elsewhere in Europe The continent has 50000 suicides a year with 16000 lav In thia COUIl I an uveiugc va try II Compound Lard QUIT TOURIST TAX BARGAINS AT THE annve Mandle Kiddie Shoppe BANKRUPT SALE! Everything going at your own price as we have only a few more days to remain here Positively Going Out of Business and Must Dispose of Entire Price no object On the Sands of Hermosa Stops Headaches and Quiets Nerves When one ot those sick nervous headaches come and you want thre minute relief go to any drug store or soda fount and ask for a packageCr dose of 10c and 25ci the wonderiul new preparation of a North Catolina druggist that is guaranteed safe and speedy without depression or bad after effects relieves anv kind of a head ache sciatic neuralgic or 1 pain because it contains several in gredients that function together for the relief of pain regardless of its origin The formula is one ofthe most ifeportant medical discov eries of recent years accomplishing in a few minutes what no one drug for jnula can do under 1 to 3 hours adv Home Made KRAUT lb EASTER ARMOUR HAMS Star Continued Improvement was noted Ztoday In the condition of Margaret James six year old child of Mr and Mrs James who fell from the second story porch of the Gwynn apartment on Broad street suffering a fractural left leg ray examin ation has revealed co skull fracture though the child is still suffering from concussion Woodrow' Wilson Junior High School will tonight stage Its minstrel performance for the benefit of the athletic fund It will be held In the auditorium of Stonewall Jackson school The programme will be di vided Into three acts with a full team of black faced comedians and a num ber of tuneful scenes Holy Week services will be conduct ed under auspices of the Club of the Episcopal Church In the audi torium of the Masonic Temple It was an nounced today by Rev Wicker rector of Epiphany church These will be held from 12:10 to 12:40 each day starting Monday and through Saturday Special will delivered by different throughout the week i i Shoots Dazzling 18 HoIe Round of 73 in South ern Pines Event SOUTHERN PINES March (fl A dazzling 18 hole round of ten strokes better than women's par gave Miss Virginia Van Wle graceful Chicago llnkswoman a seven stroko lead today at the mid way point In the mid south medal play tourna ment Shooting with deadiy accuracy In the opening round yesterday Miss Van Wle went out in 38 strokes and came back in the breath taking count of 35 Ready to starts the final 18 hole round today as runnerup to the Chi cago girl was Miss Edith Quler Read ing Pa who garnered an day Three strokes back were HUI seasoned Kansas City an and Miss Bernice Wall Oshkosh Wls They both turned in Identical cards of 42 41 83 for the first found Aside from Miss Helen Waring who carded an 84 the best of the field of more than 80 finished the 18 holes in the high eighties or rfiuch higher Many of the scores passed the cen tury mark 3OC CLINTON Lefty Martler Mo Chniilrlnr Rnast 11) UB line III technically knocked out I A Bfe UB ShlHlldCT 11 Bobby Vernon Chicago (6): Henry Chops Iblb2C A alegano Djss Moines la and Glenn Roast Loin lb Ibc lj Camp Kewanee Ill draw (10) MB Steak lh 20c female go on to Washington Mr noover in a siavemenv com mented upon the progress the people of Porto Rico had made in self gov ernment and establishment of demo cratic institutions He said the Island was recovering from the hur ricane drought and business depres sion left hand He has King Levinsky D'ck Daniels Max Baer and Ernie Schaaf among his recent victims the amillng Philadelphian says he is in the best physical condition of his 11 years of ring activity and figures to enter the contest tonignt about 183 pounds with scaling 187 Griffiths knowing that is not a killing puncher plans to user a rushlne battle because he rea lizes the futility of attempting to out box the Philadelphian Griffiths is a stiff puncher if be chooses to be and he hopes to score a stunning upset The match will mark the secmd anniversary of the stadluril opening appearance in the wind up of the birthdayUis significant because he was one of the pnncloalswhen the $5000000 arena was open that time he the championship WK'A1 A JHsjl' 1 7 vl Jw i Im A i s25 8Y 15c I 1.

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