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VOL. XDI. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVfcNINV.. JULY 2, 102:'.. FOL'R PAGES. NO. 152
BUILDING SHOWS
A FALLING OFF
Au?i Sprin;i l{ii.iii,.>>
One l?|
Unseasonable Humih*.-* |)i?-!
appointing But Bu?i?ft?j
. Structure Seem* Sounder.
R?*i?h, July -.?For the first'
tlnx since March. 1922, the iitluiberl
of permits issued for now u.n-i in I
oi ilie . leadii;- ciUYs of tlif.I'ltiila
?district was lower in May than the j
number issued during . the coires- [
ponding months of the previoui >rjir. j
but several North ? Carolina cities
wen* aruonu those figuring In in-4
creases of new work, according to a I
*tudy oT the Moftthly Review <?! Ihel
?Hii mund?Federal?R<L.m-r\v 1 1-inK i
just made public hen-.
: -May, 19237 permits totaled -.272]
in c&mparison with 2.475 issued in?
May, 1922. In the estimated cost of j
the work also. May of this year;
. dropped below May of last year, the
totals being $11,443,583 ami <12,-1
548,712, respectively, it is stated.
Tile combined valuation for both
new work and alterations or repairs
. totaled $ 1 3.4t> 1.8 52 in May, Jf?':3, in
.comparison with $14.451.5fi9 in May.
. 1922, jl-decrease during the current
mo.ith of 6.8 per cent, according to
th?- Review.
"The drop InMhe number of per-1
m\i< issued and in total valuation
"between April and May of this year]
*was even greater than the drop be-1
twven May, 1922. and May, J923, the
number of permits for new work dur
i'n- May, 1923, having h??u 3,012
/ and the estimated valuation for both
ii'w and repair or alteration work
I aving reached a total of $2?1.562,
>'-'2V.4. ~ -
."Among the individual cities, in
Ci-:#es in permits for new work dur-;
ir - .May, 192T5. over May, 1 f? J J. were I
reported by 12 of the 24 cities with
Jiotable - increases in Norfolk,
I Charleston, W. Va.. ~ Charlotte,
| C.reensboro, High Point. Winston-Sa
Hatr. and Columbia. rtaTtfmore and
Washington showed large decreases.
In total vjJuaffon for all classes of
work, increases between the two
dates of moreythaw 100 per cent
/were reported ' by Frederick, Md..
1,\ chburg, Charlotte. <;rc?nsboro,
II . i Point and. Winston-Salem, High
wading wun.fl tain m .nr?r
per cent.*'
As a result of a slack in business
during April, partly seasonal and al
so due to some hesitancy aid ?imcer
t:ti: ty which had "crept into the
public mind as to the immediate fu
ture course of business." the general
?-timate appears to.he that the en
tire structure is sounder, according
to the regular monthly review of the
Hie' trinod Federal Reserve Rank
made public last week.
' Tteviewing the various business
i ! cators treated more fully in the
holy of this review, reports from
i.i? iber banks show a reduction in
credit operations during the past
month, both total loans made by the
hanks to their customers and the re
ceive bank?haying?declined,' -reads
th? report. ,
"Savings deposits In both commer
cial and savings hanks Increased
during May and early June, and
?Sf;riYiber'bluiks CjaalTTn vault? und In
vestments in bonds and securities al
so increased 4 Debits to individual
accounts reported by the banks in 22
If- ling trade centers show a decline
of 2.6 per cent during the five weeks
e ling June 13 this year, under the
d?'ui reported tor the five weeks
ending Mav 8, 1923, reflecting both
o?*xr
- ; nr.'i* to above. I>u t th? loUlJ ?
j- %rn?ez"o
? 'the totiiIs reported by thtune
Jltl". for the five correal?
v. ? kH last y?nr.
Kuslncsa failures in the Flft
?. rve district during May d'
I iu. number 29.fi per cent In
WlTll May. 1922, arror.
Or review, hyt increased fill pfr
ccnt in liabilities Involved
Dpmand for labor
?MroHN. specially for farm
and unskilled n en for road
?e* r and other constructfo
reads the report. There has'
little tendency. It Is stated, ho
for employers to bid against
other for available worker*
"The dullness In the textile l
try which w? mentioned li
view last month continue? **lfl
plan* of any Immediate Improvd
in the rolume of new bu4llt<
cured by the mills." It In stated.L
a considerable p*rtTfTttits* he*W?l
on the part of buyers is seasonal, i
the mill authorities are not disturb'
over the outlook.
".At this season of the year whel
cotton is Just making a start! It
natural for both buyers and manu
facturer* t?r be etrcful In making fu
cnmiTiUqjftnU until th/ crop
vancea far enouftr tgenabW* them
form some lnteliig?n^^>lnlon i-s
<he probable y|*i<| 0f th? new ?T
"The mills have snflTlf
In 2
ll?", ?om.' of th? rporra?L
Ih.t r.ruin mill. Vln
*S5UrLE&. b"n no,lr"1 ,n "
"Announcements of now mlll? L
SlUtSE" 0r *d<"'"?n"i to C*ut{
nitlln h?lrtK fonlrnrlprl for lr* m.a
hi?0,K S^'ir- ?na Pfl'" Quou"<t
TWO TIME BOMBS
FOUND AT TI NNII
? Uy T?f l*n ?
Cobleuz. July 2.?Two time
bombs were found at tin* ??!>
trance of Ma? vni-?' iiiitm T t ? >
day. One exploded with slight
damage. The fuse of the oth
er was withdrawn in time by
the French artillery officers.
City officials will be helil re
sponsible for the occurence.
Cars Go In Ditch
Forty People Hurt
Buffalo, July 2.?7Forty person
woro lured. several probably fata
lv, when a two-car train on the NVJ
aca^a Falls ,hWi speefi lin<> of r. '
International Railway Company rail
into an open switch at the north* i n i
city limits, Tonawanda, today. Roth
?cars went Btto the ditch, lite tirst
turning completely, over..
K1WAPHS CLUB WILL
ENTERTAIN TEACHERS
The Kiwanis Club will entertain
tha Summer School teachers Tuesday
evening on an .excursion' down the
Pasquotank river. The Vansciver
has been secured for the trip and will j
leave from the foot of Main street at
8 o'clock, returning at 10.
The teachers have labored hard
at the high school building with lit
tle oY'no let up since the Summer
School began, it's about time they
had a little fun the same a<? other
people, the- Kiwanlans think. Re
side^ the teachers, the Rotarians
and xheir wives have been invited,
and thA Klwinians have also planned
to take their own wives along as
chaperons.
The entertainment committee is
made up of C. AV. CaitheT. Fd Avd*
fett; ???? Georjse Little. Clarence
I'ugh, Sam Gregory. "A. 11." Combs,
Parson Myf rs, Gurney Hood. lien
Goodwin, Sam Templemah ami Dea
con I-eRoy. Kiwanians a{e request
ed to wear their dinner badge*.
NEW CITY MANAGER
? NOW ON U1K JOB
City Manager John Bray' entered
upon the duties of his offlc*- Monday
Imorning upon the arrival of the
jmornirfg train from Norfolk.
i The new City Manager's term of
I office and a long needed rain began
[on the ?ame day. giving Mr. Bray
opportunity to spend hin first day
in his office taking an inventory o:
| his n#w job and mapping out plans
Iof administration. *
BRINGS NEW CHARGES
AGAINST ANDERSON
New York, July ?District At
.-Lorney Raton whose office recently
dropped ap invent Ration -of? the
chai*ges against William Andersort,
state superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League. announced- tOd*y
that oa the basir of newly- obtained
evidence he woifwKask the grand Ju
ry next Monday to Indict Anderson
for grand larceny, extortion and for
fety.
HAVK OVK OF NK(il{OKH
WHO KIIXKD W. H. BVGLKR
Rocky Mount, July J.?After tin
All night hunt, police officers here
?r# certain thx: they Ktre o-ne of the,
two negroes who klltod W. S. Big)**'
and wounded W. W. Andrews.
IH KIIJ.FI> IIY l*OSHK
IIKADKI) ItY SIIFRIFF
SeW AI by, 11? d.. July 2.?A negro
accused of criminally attacking a
white woman, wan killed by a posse
headed by the sheriff here yesterday, j
? ?? ? ? ? ? ? I
ollna; 94,894 bales* In South Caro
lina, and 11.43R In Virginia, a total
for the three textile manufacturing
states of the Fifth district of 231.
014 bales. This number represents
an Increase of ltf.334 bales over the
con Kii nipt I on In the same states dur
ing April,of thin year. In comparl
son with total consumption In the?
cotton growing states-fn the nation, |
the 231.004 babs consumed In the
Iflftb district iT?pr<'S?nt 58.8 per cent
of the former and 37.2 per cent of
the latter. Total consumption In the
rotton growing states, amounting to
? f?2,f?7r? balea. rcprespntcd por
'? <nt of the national .consumption of
|f>20,tft6 bales."
The cotton crop, according to the I
reVb-w, J* far below the average In |
SouiIf Carolina, tut considerably,
above In. both North Carolina and
iVIrtlnla. .
"Tobacco in South Carolina is
tirxthb>f normal growth. ?rd trans
plant** has practically finished
In the ot.V?r MftWrtJ sections In the
district," the report continues. "The
Is Iste, however, and the plants
aoor. but jmuJLof. thla handlesp
may be overcome If good weather
preralsl during 'the growing season.
Clothing stores wen* disappointed
Jr iW.' ? l?rlng business, the review
M0ltane?. 'he unse?Kr>nat>lv cool
weather having seriously curtailed,
the aaloR of summer merchandise
Wholesale ^'l&Na Is ssld to be up
to the svera-' '?r this sesaon 7>f the |
ysar. thoufd Hallers are cautious;
In placing wVTTt?r future delivery,
and prefer bu M as their ne*ds de
?elop As. a rlvn. It Is asserted the
wholeafclera if receiving ? a large!
Volume of "rih trUrm.
R.R. Stop Law To j
!-e Enforced Here:
Ch?e? Felice Gregory?To See |
That Motor Vehicles Ob
serve New Regulations
KIj. ibeth City police officers were!
? iven instructions In J polio** court j
Monday to enforce within the city
?4uirng all ipotor vehicles to conic to
i In I stop before crossing a rail
toad track in thi* State which went
:uto fleet on Sunday.-J-ufy 1. hut to
wHch little attention has Wen paid
in triia section..
Ai analysis of the act by Assistant j
\ttcney General Nash is as follows:
"livery person operating a motorI
vehi'-le upon a public road shall.1 In- |
fore crossing the railroad track at'
gracs*?, stop his vehicle at a distance [
not ?xceoding fifty feet from the
neai"st rail. This is not required
when the crossing is one at which \
there is a gate or watchman, and the
law.does not amd.v t?r an. electrf6
railway track in a city, town or vll
lapeV The failure to stop, however.
sliall\iot be p r se contributory neg-i
lig"nc? in an action a^ajnst the rail-1
roaiL, nut it shall be an evIcfeiifTktj
fact to be considered with other farts i
in determining whether the plaintiff j
was guilty of, contributory negli
gence.
"The railroads are required to|
place a sign board not less than 10)
feet from the ground on the right
side of the road and lrtrt f?*??t from
the crossinu. The sign boatTl is toj
be not less than 4ft .inches by
inches. On this sign board is to be;
printed wjjli red letters: 'Nortlu
Carolina Stop Law.'
"To violate any of the provisions
of the act is to he guilty of a mis
demeanor and tlie punishment, fixed
of not more than $1^ CMM>r Impfls
onment not more than 10 days, or
both. In the discretion of the court.
Thlq. of e<hirs^?tnfc -a?the?offense
without Hie jurisdic'ion of a-justice
of the peace and fives it In the Su
perior courts.
"The net become* effective, July
1, 1023."
Anothi r mat'- r as to which Chief
of Police flregorv was uiven instruc
tion was to advis*- all motor car
owners who l ave orlered lf>23 11
icense to operate a car but whose II
I cense plate has not come tt> use their
old license plate* uritii the new ones
are received. Motor car owners who
can show tangible evidence that they
Ihad ordered their license last Thurs
day will be *|?ermJtted to use their
cars with the old license plate for
|the present until the new plates
I come; but will not be permitted to
operate with no license plate at a'l.
Sam 'Wlneke was taxed with the
costs in police court Monday for op
erating without license as were also
J two negro defendants. James Rogers
and .Lammie CrifTln.
Edward MooVe was taxed with the
costs for crossing Intersecting high
ways at a greater rate of speed than
Ipermitted-by law and the same pen
alty was i Ml posed jun_.ihe negro de
fendants. \b Sivills and Russell
, Spellnian
Zad Curies, for assault on Roscoe
TtfMfe, a small w*hite hoy apparently
about 12 \ears of age. was fined $5
and costs'. It appeared that Roscoe
was fighting a boy smaller than him
self ard that Curies Interfered. Ae
eordln-,' to State's evidence the de
fendant snatched Roscoe roughly off
the boy whom the latter mIis beat
ing. and cursed and kicked the
youngster. Evidence for the defense
was that there was neither cursing
nor kicking nor unnecessary rough
ness, but Curies did not take the
fftand himself.
RATES EFFECTIVE
DESPITE PROTEST
Washington, July 2?N*w commo
dity,. ratfH prepared hy ? th*1 nrtlroad#
to affect freight traffic to and from
ffolnt* In the southeast on and after
July 1 werp today allowed to bec<jme
effective despite protests flled by the
Southern Traffic league and other
organizations.
TYPHOON ?l)AMA(;E*IS
BEING SURVEYED
<11* Th? A?'rlii?4 Pr??i)
Manilla. Jaly 2.?One iiorsnn was
killed, a sail /boat foundered and
practically all telnHTfT'Ti and teh
phone 1 outside the elty were
blown down In tlie typhoon which i
rap*'d here for two daya, the survey
today disclosed.
The weather ha* cleared but com
munication In still lpterrupt??l. 8"
rlous damage was done In north
ern. provinces. It Is believed here/
GRAND. JURY RETURNS
FOUR INDICTMENTS
New York. July 2.^-The fed era:'
grand Jury conducting further In- .
ler and Company, bankrupt bucket
operators. who recently pleaded j
guilty of hucketln. today returned
four ?#?aied Indictments In connection '
with the case.
vtmms i,Y\( ?ii\(iH i\
SIX MONTHS Of YKAlt
Mobile, July 2.?During the first
alx months of 1923. ending June 30,
there were 15 lynchlngs In the I'nlt
ed States, according to th# record of
the Tuskoge Normal Industrial In
HI TKF.N IM-'.KSONS
IN.1l Kl l) \T TOl'KS
? II* T ? A?W. *trl"r -
Tours. Trailer. Jitl> 2. ?
Fifteen persons w? inj^r-d
whi'ii fhf'De VIscaja ?*or in tin
automobile Grand Prix failed
to make a hairpin tun on tin*
llrat round lnda> and side
crnwil TJi reo chil
dren had their *kulls fr.ict'ur?d
and a woman had .!???ili legs
broken.
Plan Extension
of Market News
l>e|mi1iilont Agrlriiltui-e Will Add
N carl) S.inmi Mile- I .eased
Wire .Iul\ I
Raleigh, July 2. ? Kxtension of
tin* market news service of J lie I'liit-j 1
ed Statos Department of-Agriculture. < I
involving; 1 !??- establishment of one of. I
the largest commercial leased" tele
graph wire and radio telegraph sys
tems in I he world today was an
nounced "by tile department in a 1ml
letin received here* UaleiKh, Rich
mond,. ClemVon College and jack??on
vllle are contemplated as points on
the southeastern circuit? fn addition
to Atlanta as a branch office.
The main extension, according to!
the announcement, is from Kansas'
City to the Pacific coast, with new,
oflices at Denver. Salt Lake City and j
Portland. Oregon. In'the southeast.j
a branch office is to. Im? established"
at Atlanta. Already field stations
are operating In this territory, cover--'
inu the majoV producing districts, i
Offices at other southern points, it is1
stated, are being considered.
"Additional branch offices foj re
porting the markets on fruits nnd
vegetables will be opened early In
July at Denver, Salt Lake City, Port
land and Atlanta." reads the bulle
tin. "OfTlces are now located at San
Francisco and Los Angeles. A live
stock andwiH have ad
ditional branch offices at Denver.
Salt Lake City. Portsiand and Atlan
ta. The' leased wire will- run Into
San Francisco and the entire west
coast will be effectively covered both
by radio and wire telegraph from San
Francisco.
"Pinal decision has not been
reached as to whether radfo-?-tMe
graph or leased wire will be used to
the southeastern states. The exten
sion is effective July 1.
"Authority for extension of the de
partment's service 1ireontaine.fi In the
appropriations voted by the Tfist Con
gress. providing for ah increase of
about $300,000 to carry on the work,
making approximately $700,000.
During the war. the leased wire sys
tem covered over 18.000 miles and
connected practically all the leading
.market centers of the country.
I "The service was regarded as an
important factor in bringing the war
to a successful conclusion In that It
made av-ailable at all times the full
jest information ontlie food situation.
Following the war the service was
jcurtailed until it comprised only 2.
,600 milea of wire, and -only ?-?-com
paratively few of the large eastern
and middlewestern markets could be
covered. ^ Last September an addi
tional circuit was started from Kan
sas City to Austin, Texas, with a drop
at Forth Worth.
"Fnder present extensions of the
service, the leased wire system will
cover approximately 7.000 miles. The
circuit will extend from Iloston south
to Washington, thence west to San
Francisco or Los Angeles. Enroute
It will connect New York, Philadel
phia, Baltimore. Pittsburgh, Cincin
nati. Chicago. Fon du I#ac. Wis., Min
neapolis. St. LoUis. Kansas City. St.
Joseph. Omaha, Denver and Salt Lake
Cltv. A special line will run from
KAnsas City to Fort Worth annTViis
tln, Texas. Contacts will also be
made crrroute at various.offices oper
ated fcy state departments of agricul
ture. These will iiv?tak4fe Trenton.
taijeMter, Harrlsburg.. 'Columns,
Waupaca. Wis., Jefferson City, Mo.,
Sacrenjento and Austin, Texas. The
southeastern circuit contemplates
reachlnit Richmond. Raleigh. Clem
son College and. Jacksonville.
"The leased wire circuits are In op:
eratlon from 6 a. m. to f? p. m. dally
except Sundays, and through the de
velopment of cofle systems rfre used
more intensively than any other
leased wire system In existence, In
the opinion of department telegraph
ers. Official eft11 nifties place the
amount "f traffic handled b}' the clr
cnlts f?rlor to the present extension]*
at approximately .$<;r.OOOO per year
based on commercial rates, with an
actual cost to the Government of
$tr,o.ooo' a saving of nearly $.r?00,
000 annually."
AH traffic Is ficliedulcd and con
trolled by the Washinuton office and
Is transmitted simultaneously to all
big ma/ket centers, according, to the
announcement. A large amount of
material Is received at night by head
quarters for digests.
COTTOfl CROP FORECAST
ltf.-V ? ? ^1 ??-!-* ft Tl-l. Tllrl,
nin j ' ill n
cotton ?rop was forecast at 11,412.
000 bales today by the Imparlment
of Agriculture. ba*ed bn the condi
tion of t*he crop* on June 25. which
was 69 9 porr/nt of normal, and on
the preliminary estimate of the area
under cultivation at that time whkU
waa SR.287.000 acveaa or 12.? per
cent more than laat yoar'a area on
that date.
.Misses Hasel and Mttdred Riaael
of Toronto. Canada, are viatttnc their
avat, Mr?. P. g. ghlpp on Flrits street.
Fight For 16-Foot Road
Just Begun Is Belief
1'asuiiolank Delegation Mure Dcteriuiuml Tluui Ever to
? 4'nntimie KITorh In Make < .am<len-< 'iirrilurk High
way More Tlum Nine Feet in Vt'idlli ?
FRANKFURT LEFT
STANDING ALONE
Hi}: City Entirely Siirroiiiided
iiy < treupied Territory
Through Which Fri'iicli
Military IMnvr* To ami I'ro.)
rllv Tii* AiuiriaM Prrvnl
London, July 2.?Tin- Wg city of
Frankfurt now is surrounded by or-!
on pled territory through which the
Frt-nch military moves. bt'ini; com
pletely cut oil from unoccupied Ger
many, ft was announced in today's
latest advices.
To the north infantry and cavalry (
have occupied . S$4iWcrte and other
troops are on their way to Hagen
in the same neighborhood.
London, July 2?The*whole of" the
Krupp plant in Essen hasjbeen oc
cupied and work in the plant has
chased, according to messages re
ceived in Berlin, says a Central
News dispatch.
Juniors Will Honor
Friends of Orphans
, Rev. E. F. Sawyer and Walter
L. Cohoon Special Guests
on Tuesday Evening
Worth Hanley Council will have an
entertainment in its lodge rooms
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock with
Uev. E. P.?Sawyer and Walter L.
Cohoon as honor attests, in recogni
tion of their labors in securing for
North CftroliDI the Junior Order Or
i phanage.
About 20 years a so Rev. E. pJ
Sawyer introduced the idea * of a
branch orphanage in North Carolina
at the State Council meeting held In
I Wilmington. Such a thing was t
deemed impossible by the majority,
but from that time on North Caro
lina Juniors did not quite let the
matter drop and at the last session
Of the State Council Walter L. Co
hoon was appointed to attend the
( National C'ftinril of the Junior Order
and "hrli^g home the bacon," wjiieh
?he did, and as a result of his elo
jquent plea and of the labors of E.
F. Sawyer and other tireless Juniors
the orphanitL'e ^vill be lextabllshed in
Norlb Carolina.
The Junior Order Orphanage Is lo
cated at Tiffin. Ohio, and Is the
Harvest or one of the largest in
? America. The North Carolina Or
phanage will be a branch of this.
, aii members of the Junior Order
Iwith their wtves are Invited to, at
tend the meeting Tuesday ' evening.
Refreshments will be served and a
delightful time Is expected.
iivkii to KK-i vntoiM < i:
^KTMiY.NTIIIVO MK.VHt'ltK
New York, July 2. Representa
tive Dyer of Missouri declares that
lie will re-Introduce the Federal an
H lynching bill at the opening of
Congress.
FINAL PAYMENT TO BE
MADE KEARNS TODAY
Great TT-Us. Mont., July 2.? Pay
ment of the final $100,000 Install
ment of Dempsey'g $300,ftftO guaran
Iter In scheduled to be made by Jack
jKearns today by Major J. E. I.ane,
*1*#:wly Installed trustee of the Fourth
of July heavyweight championship
fight at Shelby.
j" George Stanton, Great Falls bank
er, and Roy Ay res, who was appoint
ed with Lane In management of the
[hotlt. said today 'that the.._p?0Tu\v
Would b" paid Kearns today; In ac
cordance with the contract.
ri.w i nios hRIIVICK
TO l?K IIKM) IN Al'Gl'MT
The Ministerial Association Mon
!day morning decided upon a plan for
holding union services at the church
es during the month of August. The
dctaHs of the pi^n will be worked
oiiT soon and announcement made In
The Advance as to where services
will be held each .Sunday and who
| will All the pulpits.
KMIlK/Xf.KK t'XmCII ltOM>
Rocky Mount. July 2.?A. 8, Mc
' Donald1. brought hn^s fr/>>rt ?Lauia.
.10 answer to the Charge of embetllo
, ment by the First National Rank,
waived, the preliminary hearing here
and was placed under a $2,000 bond
for trial at the next term of Kdge
cobe County Superior Court.
MKKTH TONHIHT
Tti? commltt"*'1 on boya ?nd (clrla
laporlli for lh? Fourth of July
| miiimit ?t * thf Comunjir
Ity Rulldlnk. Thoa? on Ihr commu
te# ar. Frank Seattcrgood. Mou
j Bulla. J. P. Oreeniraf. W. C-"
' yrr and M. U-Igh HhM-p. ^
?I see by the News and Observer
that you lost ?ut in your ?B??J >?'
for.- the HlKhway Commission at IU
l.-U'li Saturday for a 1 h f""t road tij
Currituck Courthouse aTidTTie Vf"
uliiia lino." said n reporter for this
newspaper to n member of the I as
quotank delPsatlgn Monday morning
"That rrmlndVm.-. was tno re
iily 'lilt till- occasion wtwn a Brltlah
Coltimiindir thought tlSt John Pa
Jones was ready to stirrender But
when he mentioned the matter to
Jones himself that Intrepid Ameri
can answered: 'We have Just he
min to fl&ht?' .. . _
"The words of John 1 aul Jon?a
cxnress. our sentiments exactly. We,
loo. Instead of belim ready to aur
render, have Just besun to Buhl. To
be frail 1c. we are beginning our tight
two vears too late. but we are begin
ning and we hope that in the end our
determination will without as that or
John Paul Join s did.
"To be frank some more* we went
up to Italelch Saturdn?" half cocked.
We could not do otherwise 111 the
short time we had to i?re|iare Tor the
meeting. The HtKliway Commission
did tell? us. as -reported In the News
and Observer, that they did not have
sulTlcieut. funds to build this rfiad 1??
f,.. t will", and that it wo wanted a
1?; foot road we -Would havi* to pay
the extra cost. Hut coming buck
Saliwlav ?,ivhf with our special Pull
man aH to ourselves, wo thraf?hed
tin- matt* r oiH at meat length and it
was the unanimous aontlmeiit of all
who expressed tlieniWelves that ^<! -|
^tKk?<?!>. Highway CrmmTt^Flon .11 "
could not build the road'to Curri
tuck Courthouse and the Virginia
Hn.> to a 10 foot"width, that the Com
mission us.- tin- sain. funds that
would be required to complete a .??!
foot road In carrying a 1'? foot roa<l
as far as It would go. We felt thnft
with the Ifi-foot.. road begun, it
completion would be a matter of only
i\ few years; whereas if the nine-foot
road is laid to the proposal termin
als it would have to wear out before
we could get It widened.
I "The Highway. Commission was
too busy Saturday to give us a full
hearing anyway. We were told to
come home and see what we count
do. to get together on a proposal
and the Commission'" would hear it ,at
a later special meeting this month.
This Is the fVrnt Monday and?a con
siderable body of citizens of Curri
tuck are nt Currituck Courthouse to
day. They will be asked to endorse *
the proposal of a 16-foot road as far
ill it will no Instead of a nine-foot
road to the rourthouse tiinl the Vir
ginia line. Other endorsements of
the proposal Will (hen he souKht anil -
WU'JL til.biU'k III Hsleteh with alt tie
strength we can muster for our new
I proposal. Personally 1 believe we
can win orri ." * ___.
r J. K Wilson of the firm of TlLomp
' son & Wilson saya that he has heard
'nothing to Kubstantlate the report
that the Camden delegation which
went before the Highway .qominis
nn?n Friday secured a promise from
the Commission to hold up paying
on tie- road between Robinson's farm
and Camden Courthouse yptil-tt fur
ther hearing could be held on the
question of whether the highway
i should be routed by Ilelcross or by
Haxtlnus Corner. Paylrt# on this
HeKiueut was begun 1- rldav and .?15
feet of nine-foot paving was laid.
'guards secret ok
GRAVE OF BOO 111
1 Molina, Ml.. July a-With Hps
sealed by an oath he said he took
I more than half a century ?*o, fc. "?
Sampson of Mollne. claims to be the
'only llvinf man who knows^ffliw -ms
| position was tp*da tA tfie hoj^y or
'.John WIUm's ftooth, assassin of Abra
i ham Lincoln. , -
1 Mr. Bampson. who Is now 81 years
old. was a member nf the United
Stales secret service detailed lo duty
at Kurd s thealer the nlitht I.lncoln
was shot there. He' had served as
one of Lincoln's bodyguards for sev
eral months Jlo saw IJncoln allot,
saw Booth Jump to the sta?e of the
theater, was In the party that pur
sued hint, saw Itooth ahot and helped
1 transfer his body to iffnlted States
warship In the Philadelphia navy
yard, according to a reiltal of the
events he baa Just *lven out.
According to Sampaon'i story, ha
anil Colonel l-afayotte Baker. Ut*r
Oenhral Baker, were the only two
men who knew what waa ilonn with
Booth's body. Oeneral Baker hat
bem dead 2d year*. He hail heen
Ordered to aelect a man and ko V> Se
cretary of War Stanton, for ordera
and derided on Sampaon: They or
dered by the tecratary, Sampaon
-ata+wr-to ifiniivr-HWHh a^Tmrty rrom
the warship between the houra of
?? p. m: and ? a m. on the nl?nt of
April 11. l??s The body disap
peared that nlRht.
"I took a pledRe that aa Ion* aa I
lived 1 would not divulge the aecret.
saya Sampaon,
txyTTON MABKFT
Kew York. July I.?Bpol cotton,
rwmi-n rr.tr. * ?
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