CAROLINA SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1953 G--SECTION GREENSBORO DAILY NEWS, GREENSBORO, NORTH Assault Trial Evidence Weighed COLUMBUS, Aug. 28 (P)-A mistrial was declared tonight in the trial of Jesse L. Rhodes, 53, of Tryon on a charge of assault with deadly weapon on his wife. Judge Q. K.
Nimocks of Fayetteville removed a juror, declared a mistrial, and ordered a new trial at 8:45 p. m. after the jury reported it was unable to agree on a verdict after almost five hours of deliberations. COLUMBUS, Ang. 28 (P)-A Polk Superior Court jury was weighing evidence tonight in the trial of Jesse L.
Rhodes, 53, charged with assaulting his wife with a deadly weapon last May 24. Maximum sentence under the charge would be two years. In evidence heard today, Joe Wall of Tryon, a defense witness, testified that he found three pistol shells by the sidewalk near his house on the morning of May 26. Wall said he lives 300 to 500 feet from the Rhodes residence. State Rep.
R. E. Brantley testified AS to Rhodes' good character but admitted on cross-examination that Rhodes had a general reputation for drinking liquor. Rhodes is a former Polk County accountant. The state recalled to the stand today Mrs.
Gennelle Dalton, Rhodes' daughter, who testified that she saw her father coming down Saluda Mountain in an automobile between 11:15 and 11:30 a. m. on May 24. Rhodes' 46-year-old wife, Mrs. Stella S.
Rhodes, had testified yesterday that Rhodes confronted her and Edward A. Ball, 31, about 2 a. m. on May 24. She said several shots were fired moments after she and Ball saw Rhodes as she was about to leave Ball's automobile in front of her house.
One of the shots struck Ball in the right shoulder, she said. Ball was found slain in the foyer of his Tryon theater later in the morning of May 24. Rhodes was charged with the murder but the charge was dismissed after a coroner's jury found Ball met death at the hands of unknown persons. Judge Q. K.
Nimocks of Fayetteville is presiding at the court term. Security National Is 20 Years Old Security National Bank observed its 20th anniversary yesterday. It opened Aug. 28, 1933 in what is now Southeastern Building, bringing Greensboro its first commercial banks since the Bank Holiday declared by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 5, 1933.
N. S. Calhoun was first president and Hugh P. Beal was cashier. Beal is now vice president.
Calhoun was succeeded by C. M. Vanstory, who was trust officer when the bank opened. Branches opened simultaneously in Raleigh, Tarboro and Wilmington. When the bank opened, it had 12 officers in its four units.
It now has 37 officers and 215 employes in the six units, the other two being in High Point and Burlington. Total resources at the opening were 000. On June 30, 1953, the capital, surplus and undivided profits totaled slightly under $5,500,000 and total resources amounted to 397,000. Visitor To Spain To Talk On Religious Prejudice Rev. Paul Freed of Greensboro, Just returned from his fifth visit to Spain, will tell of his inquiries into religious prejudice in that country during a talk at the Gospel Tabernacle at 3 p.
m. next Tuesday. He reportedly found only 137 of Spain's 168 protestant churches in actual operation. As part of the program, the evangelist will show a color motion picture depicting religious life in Spain. Portions of the movie were made by the evangelist on one of his visits.
3 5. (Daily News staff photo by Wommack and Matherly via wire from Morganton.) FINALISTS IN MRS. N. C. CONTEST above were among the 10 finalists in the Mrs.
North Carolina contest at the fourth The four lovely wives annual community fair in Drexel last night. They are, left to right, Mrs. Melvyn Harper of Snow Hill, Mrs. Cecilia Mears of Whiteville, Mrs. Joe Cameron of Chapel Hill and Mrs.
Margaret Kovack of Raleigh. (Dispatch on Page 1.) PART OF WILD PACKS Person Farmers Kill 4 Dogs, Capture 15 ROXBORO, Aug. 28. Person County Dog Warden Brady Breeze led a group of 60 farmers on a hunt for wild dogs today and at the end counted four dogs killed and two bitches and 13 puppies captured. These dogs were part of the wild packs that have been roaming this section of the county recently attacking and killing livestock and Talks Set Monday To Study Plans To Get Doctor Efforts to secure a doctor for a large rural area around the Center Community will be discussed at a special meeting at 7:30 p.
m. Monday at Center Friends Church. Attempts to have a physician cate in the area have been led by Center Grange, whose members point out that there is no doctor between the fast growing area between Randleman and Greensboro nor between High Point and Pleasant Garden. Communities composing that section include Center, Cedar Square, Fairfield, Ebenezer, Hickory Grove, Burnett's Chapel, Rehobeth, White Rock and Level Cross. Among the speakers at the meeting will be Dr.
R. B. Davis and Charles Knight of Guilford College. Refreshments will be served by Center Grange. 2 Construction Firms Will Merge Sept.
1 Two local construction firms will merge Sept. 1 to offer complete building service, residence and project, by a sing.e firm, it was announced yesterday. John H. Taylor project construction, will absorb Multi-Craft residence construction, according to announcement by John R. Taylor, president of the parent company.
George S. Weaver, president of will be vice presiVia dent in charge of construction; Jack Smith will be vice president in charge of administration and sales; and William Pendergraph will secretary -treasurer. RANKIN BROWN HIGH POINT, Aug. 28-Rankin Alfred Brown, 70, died of a heart attack at 2 p. m.
today at his home on Route 5, High Point. A native of Randolph County, he had lived in the community for 35 years. He was a member of the Jewel Baptist Church. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Dora E.
Brown; three sons, E. O. Brown Burlington, Desmond Brown of Randleman, and Ervin Brown of Route 5, High Point; three daughters, Mrs. Estie Hanson of Mt. Ranier, Mrs.
Tassie Hall of Burlington and Mrs. Ava Osborn of High Point; one brother, Jason F. Brown of Greensboro; one foster brother, Carl Cox of Rockingham; three foster sisters, Mrs. Essie Phillips of High Point, Lola Tigert of Winston-Salem, and Mrs. Flonia Allen of Route 4, Asheboro.
Funeral will be held at his home at 1:30 p. m. Sunday and at 3 p. m. at Union Grove Christian Church, near Asheboro, by the Rev.
A. H. Dunning. chickens. Sixteen have been reported killed.
The four dogs that were killed were flushed out and cornered in a three mile area from Leeman Slaughter's home, where the hunt started, and Roxboro Elementary School. One of these dogs, described as a beautiful collie and believed to be one of the leaders, tried to attack two of the hunters when he was cornered. A couple of hunters were driving him back towards the main party when Luther Dixon shot him with a shotgun and knocked him down. But then the dog got up and leaped across a creek bank towards Dixon and Carl Coats. The dog was shot again, this time by Coats with a .22 rifle, but he was not stopped.
He dived in between the two men and charged in front of the other hunters, who then fired on him and killed him. The collie was the third dog killed. The first one was killed by Rubien O'Brien, N. A. Walsh and James Wrenn.
The second one was brought down by Eugene Evens and Dixon, while the fourth one was bagged by Breeze, who used a pistol, Many Spectators gathered along Many spectators the road as the hunters tramped through the wooded area. Some reported seeing packs of up to 10 dogs dash across the road from the area where the hunters were. Two other dogs were spotted by the hunters but could not be shot because some of the men were too near the line of fire. In addition to their attacks on livestock and chickens, the dogs have also been reported as attacking people. It was reported that yesterday a dog attacked a Mr.
Norris on the Leesburg road. Norris kicked the dog down and then stomped him 1 to death, it was said. The hunters said they found what appeared to be dog paths and beds in the hunted area, and spotted some piles of bones and feathers. The State Highway Patrol assisted in the hunt by patroling the roads bounding the area and keepbeing spectators from getting too close. Breeze said that more hunts will be made, but said he would wait on reports of the effect of today's hunt before deciding when the next one would be.
JAMES A. OSBORN OXFORD, Aug. 28-James A. Osborn, 80, retired tobacconist, died Thursday at the home of a daughter in West Palm Beach, following a period of declining health. Funeral will be conducted at the Osborn residence on Military St.
in Oxford at 4 p. m. Saturday by the Rev. Z. V.
Robertson of Roanoke, Va. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery. Oborn was with Imperial Tobacco Co. for 30 years prior to his retirement. He was a native of Oxford and spent most of his life here.
Surviving are his wife; son, K. D. Osborn, Hampton, a daughter, Mrs. Letty Carmichael of West Palm Beach; two brothers, Henry T. Osborn of Oxford and R.
M. Osborn of Greensboro, and four grandsons. GIVE IMPORTANCE TO EVERY EVENT WITH lowers Flowers are always in good taste -frequently indispensable. And flowers add thoughtful touch mark you discriminating person. Sutton's Florists W.
Market at Greene St. Dial 2-4127 Jamestown Openings Slated JAMESTOWN, Aug. 28-Schools of the Jamestown District-Jamestown, Union Hill and Sedgefieldwill open at 9 a. m. on Thursday, Sept.
4, with an expected increase in enrollment over the 2,141 figure at the end of the 1952-53 term. Kenneth T. Miller, district principal, has reported that while additional classrooms were constructed at all three schools during the past year, more are still needed at Jamestown. There will be a total of 69 white and principals in the disteachers, year, Miller said, includallotted by the state, two vocational teachers and four employed al by special district funds. All vacancies have been filled.
Half-Day Schedules Half-day schedules will be followed the first two days and the cafeteria will not open until the following Monday. A special registration will be held at Jamestown School from 9 to 11 a. m. on Friday, Sept. 4, for high school and elementary pupils who have not previously registered.
Miller pointed out that this does not include rising eighth graders from Union Hill or Sedgefield, nor beginners who attended the preschool clinic last Spring. Beginners must years old by Oct. 16, and are required to bring their birth certificates to the registration. Peanut Ballot Scheduled Today Tar Heel peanut farmers in 44 eastern counties will go to the polls today to vote in the state's first Peanut Assessment Referendum. Polls will be open from 7 a.
m. until 7 o'clock tonight. Two-thirds or more of those voting must be in favor of the assessment if the referendum is to pass. All farmers engaged in the production of one or more acres of peanuts will be eligible to vote. includes owners of farms on which peanuts are produced in 1953, tenants and sharecroppers.
The North Carolina Peanut Growers Association has been authorized to vote on the question of whether they should levy upon themselves an annual assessment of one cent per 100 pounds on peanuts marketed for the three-year period 1953-1955. Proceeds from the assessment would be turned over to the association by the Commissioner of Agriculture to be used to promote the interests of peanut growers in all phases of production, marketing, processing, consumption and research. PMA Committeemen Set To Be Elected Oct. 16 J. L.
Thomas, manager of the Guilford County Production and Marketing Administration office, yesterday announced that both county and community PMA committeemen will be elected October 16. Three men serve as county committeemen and an additional three for each of Guilford's 29 communities. Nominating meetings will probably be held in the communities next week. The balloting will be done by mail, Thomas said. MRS.
NANNIE CRAWFORD Mrs. Nannie Blanch Crafword, 56, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Odessa Roberson, 207 N. Dudley at 12:30 p. m.
yesterday after several weeks' illness. Funeral will be held at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Reaves Baptist Church in Moore County. The body will remain at Hargett's Funeral Home until one hour before the service.
Surviving are another daughter, two two brothers, and one grandchild. Births CONE MEMORIAL Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holton. Route 10, Greensboro.
a daughter, Aug 27. and Mrs. Rufus L. Rigney, 714 Chandley Court, a son, Aug. 8.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude W. Kilby, 2004 Ellington Street, a son, Aug. 28.
WESLEY LONG--Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Isley, Route 1.
Greensboro, a daughter, Aug. 27. Mr. and Mrs. A.
N. Goolsby, 1010 Piedmont Street, a son. A Aug. 28. Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy L. Collins, Route 2, Brown Summit, a son, Aug. 28. Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Purvis, 122 Eisenhower Drive, LEO'S-Mr. a son. and Aug. Mrs.
28. Milburn L. Stout. Route 2, Brown Summit, a daugh- HELD THREE YEARS Orange County Soldier Is Released By Reds CHAPEL HILL, Aug. 28-A joyous Orange County family learned this morning their son--for over three years a prisoner of war in -was among the American GIs repatriated yesterday.
"God only knows how happy we are," said Garland Hackney, father of Pvt. Raymond W. Hackney of Route 3. "We have been praying for this ever since they started returning prisoners." The parents last Hunt Pressed For Robber Of Station Guilford County deputy last night were continuing their search for an armed customer who purchased a nickle smoke at a rural station and then made off He left the operator service, wired to a counter. Officers said their only clue was a meager description of the man.
A deputy reported that the department had no definite leads robbery. Gil McMasters, station operator, told officers that he believed he man was afoot. A neighboring merchant later told deputies a man answering the bandit's description went there in an automobile. The bandit was thought to have been a mulatto or an Indian and was said to have been about five feet eight inches tall with long black hair and a light, long scar on the right side of the face. He wore khaki pants and a blue tie.
The holdup was the second daylight armed robbery in the county within a week. On August 21 a bandit looted a Frye and Webster Cleaners branch of $120. McMasters said the man entered the store about 10 a. asked first for a soft drink and then changed the order to a cigar. The operator related that when he opened the till to put in the man's money, his customer pulled a gun.
The operator was forced to keep one hand in the air and dish out the money with the other. Then the bandit tied him to a counter. McMasters said he heard no car leave the station after the robbery. He was tied for about 45 minutes before Jack Barringer, a Greensboro salesman, entered the station and freed him. Safety Engineers Hold Meet Here The North Carolina Society of Safety Engineers held its annual summer meeting last night at Bliss Restaurant with members attending from throughout the state.
Tarvia Jones of Burlington presided. Feature of the program was panel discussion on "Truck Transportation Safety." Jeff Wilson of Raleigh was moderator. Theodore Gowens of WinstonSalem talked on investigation. Ed Brenegar, Winstonaccident, Salem, discussed selection of drivers. William Carter of Charlotte explained driver supervision and George McAfee of State College's truck driver training program discussed the program.
President Jones, former director of safety for North Carolina, introduced the special guest, Ashby Newby, head of the highway department's safety program in Virginia. MILL TO CLOSE The Forsyth Spinning Plant in Forsyth, was erroneously reported as being in Rome, in Friday's Daily News. The plant will close down shortly after Sept. 1. The 200-employe unit of Burlington Mills Brighton Division has been in operation since 1907.
WHISKY CHARGE John Wesley McRae, 33-year-old Negro, address listed as 604 Sampson St. was arrested last night on a charge of illegal possession of three pints of nontaxpaid whisky for sale. He posted $300 bond for trial on September 3, $1,713 LIEN PAID ter, Aug. 27. "The Blue Fleet" AMBULANCE DIAL "In A Hurry" DIAL 8165 CALL 8165 Boulding Upholstery High Point, and N.
L. Boulding yesterday discharged in full an employers quarterly tax lien of $1,713.26 the federal government had filed for a 1952 quarter. The discharge was recorded with the Guilford County Register of Deeds. Funeral Set For Victim Of Slaying heard from their son, believed to have been in a North Korean PW camp, in a letter written March 17 and I received in June. At that time he seemed to be in good spirits and health, but said nothing of his chances of being repatriated.
The letter was not in his handwriting, they added. Young Hackney, who is 22, joined the Army over five years ago and had been in Japan about 18 months when the Korean hostilities broke out. A rifleman in the 21st Infantry Division, he was captured on July 12, 1950, only shortly after the war began. The soldier's father, a maintenance employe at the University of North Carolina, said he received an official telegram this morning after hearing of his son's release through radio and news reports. The wire said simply: "Your son will be returned home at an early date and family will be advised when he will return." WIFE'S HOPES FULFILLED AS REDS FREE GI WINSTON-SALEM, Aug.
28. M. Sgt. Calvin C. Creeson, 28, of Winston-Salem was repatriated tonight by the Communists in the Korean prisoner exchange and for his Hawaiian-born wife it was vindication of her hopes.
When Creeson was reported missing July 5, 1950, his wife, Lillian, said: "I've got hopes he'll come back. I don't feel that he's dead." The sergeant, Winston Salem's first casualty of the Korean War, has one son, Keith, born Dec. 1, 1949, just before Creeson left for the Far East. Florida Visitor Stricken Here Joseph Addison Myrick, 59, of Sarasota, died at 2 p. m.
yesterday at Wesley Long Hospital where he had been a patient for three hours. He suffered a heart attack about 11 a. m. at the home of a daughter, Mrs. R.
A. Elliott of 1305 W. Wendover with whom he had been visiting. A native of Randolph County, he had resided in Florida for the past 30 years. For the past five years he had lived in Sarasota, where he was a accountant.
He was a member of the Delray Beach Episcopal Church and a veteran of World War I. Other survivors include his wife, the former Lilyan Katharine Grubbs; two sons, John William Myrick of the Navy, Jacksonville, and Josph A. Myrick III of Sarasota; his mother, Mrs. Annie V. Myrick of Asheville; a brother, John Myrick of Asheville; a sister, Mrs.
Nessie Nitzer of Asheville; and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. Quakers Will Register For Conference Today About 250 young Quakers from throughout the United States and several foreign countries are expected to register today for the American Young Friends Conference at Guilford College. Registration for the conference, which will continue through Sept. 5, will be at 1 p.
m. in Founders Hall. Delegates will attend an orientation session at 8:15 o'clock tonight. The conference's theme will be set at 7:30 p. m.
Sunday when Dr. Ted Benfry, an assistant professor at Haverford College, speaks on "Quaker Witness." An address each morning and a panel discussion each night will make up the principal agenda of the conference. Devotional periods and social activities are also planned. WHITEVILLE, Aug. 29 Whiteville's most intensive murder investigation in a decade continued tonight as relatives prepared to hold funeral services for 32-year-old Odell Strickland, who was found dead late yesterday in his abandoned taxi cab.
Officers said numerous persons had been questioned in an effort to obtain all information possible about Strickland's movements between midnight Wednesday and the time he was slain. Failure to locate the bullet which killed the taxi driver led officers to believe that the killer was riding as a passenger in the front seat of that cab and that the bullet went out the car window after leaving his left temple. No Struggle An examination of the body failed to show any signs of a struggle and the positions of the bullet holes indicated that Strickland may have been keeping eye on the road and looking partially in the direction of his the time he was were companioners' positive the bullet entered just outside the right eye and exited near the left ear. Funeral for Strickland will be conducted Saturday at 10:30 a. m.
at the chapel of Meares Funeral Home here. The Rev. R. C. Foster will officiate and the body will be taken to Meares Cemetery near Fair Bluff for interment." Surviving are his wife, the former Ruby Fipps; a daughter, Frances; one son, Dale; two sisters, Mrs.
Inez Turbeville and Mrs. John Worley, both of Tabor City and three brothers, Blease Strickland of Evergreen, Q. C. Strickland of Fair Bluff and Marion Lee Strickland of Tabor City. 8 People Hurt In Danville Accident DANVILLE, Aug.
28 Danville workers going to their jobs this morning witnessed a lar accident which caused eight persons to be injured--four remaining at Memorial Hospital. An automobile driven by Miss Lois Clutter, descending Patton Street Hill suddenly went beyond control and plowed into 15 pedestrians who were crossing the street on a green light at the corner of Patton and Union, now one of Dan- ville's busiest. Hits Police Car Screams horrified others journeyling to worl: as bodies flew through the After air some the being victims hurled the 30 feet. tossing ran into a police car. Four stunned and prostrate forms were left strewn over the street until ambulances arrived.
Raymond Clutter, riding with 1 his sister, said that when the light changed she applied her foot brake but that nothing happened. "Before she could grab the emergency we were in the middle of the people" Clutter said. Traffic Lt. J. W.
Wilson filed: a charge of reckless driving against Miss Clutter but said it was technical because he examined the car and found the brakes had developed mechanical trouble and did not work. Injured Named Miss Shelby Taylor of Chatham has a broken cheekbone and jaw. Police Officer W. F. Brincefield has internal hurts.
His wife, probably the most seriously hurt, has a fractured skull and was badly shocked. Joan Ratley has shock and possible other injuries. Misses Irene Gwynn and Catherine Smith had minor hurts but were checked over and later released from the hospital as were officers J. W. Wilson and William Powell.
Occupants of the police car bruises and contusions. Skip Alexander Files Amendment To Suit An amendment to a $279,000 suit brought against the Civil Air Patrol and government by Stewart M. (Skip) Alexander, Lexington golf professional, was entered yesterday in Middle District Court. Alexander included more details of an airplane, crash in which he was three others killed at Evansville, in September, 1950. His amendment alleged that the CAP plane was in radio contact with the Evansville airport.
AROUND OUR STATE Brief And To The Point The regular meeting of the MOUNT AIRY Kiwanis Club tonight at the Reeves YMCA was at featured by an address by Dr. CHARLES W. PHILLIPS, director of public relations at Woman's College, GREENSBORO. JACK B. BLACKMAN, 24, of WILMINGTON was peppered about the legs with buckshot yesterday when he attempted to run from a CUMBERLAND County road gang, the State Prisons Department reported.
BLACKMAN was serving 30 days for false pretense, a misdemeanor. JAMES LLOYD BRADBURY, 18, of CONCORD, yesterday received a five-to-eight year prison term for the June 16 shotgun death of his brother, DEAN BRADBURY. Sentence was passed by Judge J. WILL PLESS JR. after a jury returned a "guilty of manslaughter" verdict.
The attorney general's office yesterday notified the State Utilities Commission it plans to ask the courts to review a commission order which increases the state's rail freight rates. The formal appeal notice was signed by Atty. Gen. HARRY McMULLAN and other members of his staff who participated in the rate case. Enfield Resident Will Head Group CHAPEL HILL, Aug.
28-Miss Annie Ransome of Enfield was elected president of the North Carolina Division of the Children of the Confederacy at the final session of the annual vention in Chapel Hill today. She succeeded Miss Betty Lee Durham. Other new officers installed at a luncheon session by Mrs. William F. Dickens of Enfield, president, state Division United Daughters of the Confederacy, are: First vice president, Louie Marett, Statesville; second vice president, Mason Morris, Concord; recording secretary, Mary Hadley Fike, Wilson; corresponding secretary, Phyllis Moore, Durham; treasurer, Betty Lou Hammer, Winston-Salem, and historian, Julie Peeler, Kannapolis.
Chemical Firm's Income Rises NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (P-Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp. today reported net income of 874 or $19,79 a preferred share for the year ended June 30. This compared with net income of $4,003,661 or $18,179 a preferred share the previous year. Net sales for the latest year were $82,126,077 against $77,668,678 the preceding 12 months.
The accumulated dividends on the $6 preferred stock amount to $73.50 a share as of June 30. The net income for tht latest fiscal year was before deduction of $750,000 to provide for increase cost of replacement of plant and equipment. REMEMBER With Harry's Flowers 414 W. Market 3-4491 A "belligerent" escaped convict was found cowering under a bed at the home of his brother at WINSTON SALEM yesterday surrendered to prison officers and highway patrolmen who covered him with drawn guns. FRED TOLBERT, 27, of CLEMMONS vowed to the officers, however, that he would try to escape again.
Officials recommended "maximum security measures." Over 100 persons attended a Field Day sponsored by the Biltmore Dairies at STATESVILLE. The event, which may become an annual one, was held at the N. C. JAMES farm for milk producers, dairy employes, their families and friends. Commercial Designer Building Letter Heads, Drawings.
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