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Leaded IT ire A$?ociat(*H Pre *3 Service i The If eat her Local rhundershower-i tonight and Friday, cooler Friday. VOL. XVU. FINAL EDITION. ;; . . ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY EVENING. .11 XY 11. 1027. SIX PAGES. NO. 186. IMMENSE CROWD ANTICIPATED FOR BRIDGE FESTIVAL Last Plan* for Celebration at Edenton and Eden House Made al Meeting of Committee Heads ? AIRPLANES COMINC Store* in Edenlon, llerl ^ ford and Eli/.alietli < ity May Clone to Make Ocea ?ion General Holiday Final preparations for the cni-; tertalnment of tho 10,000 to 15,-j 000 visitors expected at a great, celebration at Edenton and Eden J House next Wednesdayk marking ? completion of t>he $600,000 Cbo-1 wan Bridge. were perfected at a. meeting of the central committee, at Edenton Wednesday afternoon.', with Mayor J. L. Wiggins, of Edenton, presiding as general j chairman. As thrown into final shape. the j plana provide tor a preliminary welcoming celebration at the Her-! tie County shore ot the bridge at! 11 o'clock In the morning. and a general program of speechmaklng and music In Edenton. beginning at noon. At 2 o'clock In the aft wivoon. some 300 oiricial guests will be served luncheon In the Willis Terminal, overlooking pla-I eld Edenton Bay. Beatdea many notable speaker trtm Phis and other,States, and besides an impressive bit of |>ag entry commemorative of the Illus trious paat ot the Northeastern, counties, shrine ot the State, and ot the breaking of the last bar rier between this sectlou aud the rest ot North Carolina, the day a program will Include the of an army dirigible from L.angley Held, with an escort ol two land Planes and two seaplanes These! will be sent by courtesy of Army - aad Navy officials at Laugley yield and Hampton Roads. Dirigible and runes The dirigible and plane* are ?chedn'ed to be on hand to ar rive while welcome ceremonies at the Bertie side ot the bridge are In rtrogress. The Coast Guard cutter Pamlico is scheduled to be on hand also, with a band aboard to play stirring musk- as a titling accompaniment to tbe ceremonl al. Lieutenant Governor J. e* mer Long and party, coming from the west, will greet a group of representatives from the couhIIm, In the Northeast, appropriately costumed to represent dignitaries. Then the combined, mt.corcades will proceed to bdtn ,0At the ancient Chnwanoke Wil low at the town limits of Men ton. visitors will !>? welcomed of ficially by a group s>?h?''r.![' three of Edenton's most lllustit oue sons of the Colonial era Jos eph Hewes. signer of the Decl?>? tions, Governor Charles Eden, (or whom the town was named, anil jatnea Iredell, associated Justice of (he United Slates Supreme louri from 1790 to 1799. ! State Senator H. H. Williams, of Elisabeth City, will be toastmaster during the program on Ihe court house square in Edenton. unil ? peakers will Include Lieutenant Governor Long, OeiuVal A. ^ J Bowley, commandant at Fort Bragg. Fred O. Wardo. of llruiin wlck, Ga.. general Hecretary of the f Atlantic Coastal Highway Associ atlon. Frank Page, chairman of the North Carolina Highway C un mliilon. and Albert L. Ropuf. former mayor of Norfolk. Construction wan begun today on a speakers' staud In front of Kdenton Courthouae, which will be built to neat 300 persons Those In charge of arrangements eatl mate that at least 5,000 specta tor* can bo accommodated nn broad Kdenton Common, In front of the stand. Other Notables The luncheon session for the of ficial guests will begin at 2 o'clock ' In the afternoon, with Judge Fran \cl? D. Winston, of Windsor. Is Voastmaster. Speakers aro to In Airie Harlot Clarkson, asuoHato JuXtce of the State Supreme COuVj, Representative John 11. Kerr\of Warrenton. and Former Representative John II. Small, of Washing jd. Because of the- difficulties In volved In properly serving n throng of lO.OOO to 15,000, those In charge of tihe celebration gave (Continued on page 4) Colonel Watts Is At Point Of Death 8t?lMTlll?, inly 14.?(AP)? The .rondMlTn of Colonel A. 1>. / Watts, former collector of Inter Ml Revenue for North Carolina, v *110 ha? been 111 for iome time at I ftla home here. wa> aaltl to be arttlral thu mornlnf Attendant* ?JW. M4.ldM th* *? *??nplW * matter only of feonrt. "JOHN D."? 88 and Mighty Happy (Copyright, 1927, by Price Studios, Inc.) j Kirhty clnlit and might liappv |n hi* amlllng contemplation of ' living in Im il least 100 thai In John D. Rockefeller. Sr.. as you : see In 111 here. Thi> extraordlnnri ly lino photo of one *?f the world'* most famoiin'Citizen* wi?h mad*- an Rockefeller l??ft th* Tarry town I?ai?fi?l Church at Tairytown. New York, the flr*t Sunday after hi* I * l*Jify-cli:htli birthday. He had motored to church from hi* estate at I'ocautieo lltll*. Straw hat. muffler, w??ll-worn overcoat, *harp- - ly crrattpd trou*'-r:?. and briclitly-HhiiM d shoe* marked Hock*-filler'* appearance. 11 ix left hand ctutrhrd his Hpoctarlr*. and twinkling | ey??s gave r\pr?.H*ion to th?? geniality of hlN lengthening year*. Dedication of Famed Dunes And Shores to Be Held August 18 Dedication of Kill Devil llill.j mIIi* of the fir.st plane flights, asj III*? location for a towering light-j house as a memorial to aviation, aiirl dedication of Virginia hare Whores to the memory of the first child of Knglish parents horn In America, aro scheduled a* the' principal events in a National celebration to Im? held on tho shores. ?"? miles from here, on Thursday. August II*. birthday of Virginia Dare. During the ceremonies. 911 air plane or squadron of planes, will iiy from Kill Devil Hill over to Hoanoke Inland drop wreaths of flowers upon the site of Old Fort j Halclgh. where Virginia Dare was! born In 1687, and whence tho' John White colony sent by lla-' I'Igh vanished utterly from hu-j man ken. A large tract on Kill Devil Hill' wan donated to the Government last year by private Ititeroata en-' gaged III developing an all year playground there, and at Its last session, Congress authorised erec tion of a suitable memorial on the tract. a? a tribute lo Orvllle and Wilbur Wright, the world'* plo-i neer aviator*, nnd as an enduring J memorial to the triumph of man over the air. The Secretaries of Commerce. War and tho Navy were named an numbers of a commission to de-' clde upon the type of memorial to erect, and were given blanket au thority to built it. Tenstlve plans provlda for the construction of a lighthouse of distinctive design, to coat 9200,000 to 9(00,000. Among honor guest a at the <;er-j pmonies will he tha three winners' In a contest conducted by W. O. Maunders, editor and publisher of th? weekl) independent, and wide, ly known magazine writer, to de-, termlne upon a name for the me-) mortal. ThU contest wa? launched by Mr. Saunder* with the concur rence of Secretary of Commerce Hoover, and first announcement of the winners was made today. The Wright ilcacon. a name submitted ii> Miss Hattio 1 nrowoi. of Wiillamaton, drew the first award. Second prlte was awarded to Mrs. F. Leslie Plrce. of Bun bury, for the name, Wright Aero Light. I>. M. Houthall, of Greens boro. took third placo with Wright Fiixht Light. Judges in the contest were Mark Sullivan, of Washington, Nationally known political writ er; Frank A. Tlchenor. of New York, publisher of the Aero Di gest ; Lindsay C. Warren, repre sentative in Congress from the First North Carolina District; Captain Frank Winch, of Wash ington, Nationally known sports man and writer on sports; and W. O. Saunders. In announcing the prise win ners. Mr. Saunders stated that all the judge* agreed unanimously on the first prise winner, and that the selection of the others was nearly by unanimous vote also. La?*h oi the three names was uup llcated, ho hald, and the awards wore made, under conditions of tho contest, on the basis of the time of receipt of the entries. From 1,200 to 1,600 names were siihml'cd. he declared. The winning naine will be ten dered to the commission for adop tion or rejection, as Its members see fit. Attractive prises will be awarded the three entrant* tak ing nrst places., Guests to be Invited to the ded ication ceremonies, according to Captsln Winch, will Include the British and French ambassadors to America, Secretary Hoover, Assistant Secretary of Commerce W. II. MoCracken, In charge of. aviation. Governor McLean, 8en (ContlMW# on page 2) I PEANUT GROWERS OF PERQUIMANS MEET JULY 26 Farmer*, Ru^inoh ami I'ro feH*tional Men I'r^ed t?? Attend and I)i*en>H Mar keting Problem* OTHKIt MEKTINGS j Similar Evrnlx in ^asli I iii^tnn, (llioHan, (iutev llertford and Ikrlir iiotitt tie* Thi* Month peanut growera of this K<*rtlon an* to b?' held thl* month In WmIi ' loRton, Chowan. IVr<iuiniana. | (*at?*H, Hertford miiiI lt?uti?< coun ! lion. Thf*f iiim Hiicn arc In the nature of primary iiH-rtlnuK to h? ,1001 nominee* for dm ctora of tin*. ! 1'eanut Growers' Anaoclatlon. White only nK'inbrra of tin- a??o ! elation can vote, it is very nuirh <V*Mlr? d and atronuly urged that I farmers generally and busdnew* | and profraalonal men aa well at- j .tend theae ran^tlnnH in order that ,the> may obtain Information a:< I to the peanut industry aa a whole and partlrularly In regard to tin* marketing: of the crop. The mertlnc for I vrquliiianM | County will be held ut the court house at Hertford on Tueaday. j July 2??. at 3:30 p. til. Meeting* [In the other counties ??f thla aec-1 j tlon will h? held an follows: Washington Count> at th? courthouae at Plymouth. Satur day. July 23, at 3:30 p. m.; Cho wan County at the school building at Hmallfl CrOM Roads. Monday. July 25. at 3:30 p. in.; Gates County at the court ho u hi- at Gate* jVlllr, Wednfsday. Jaly 27. at 3:30 I ip. m.; Hertford County at the rourthoua? at Winton, Thuradav. July 28. at 3:30 p.* m.; fieri I ? County at the eourthdtiKe at Wlnd iior, Friday, July 29. at 3:30 p. m. Twenty-five Die In July's Heat Wave New York. July 14.? CAP) ? Twenty-fire persons in cltie? in the East were killed by the heat in the last 24 to 36 hour*, it was shown by compilations made here today. Three others in New England towns were killed in electIleal storms which brought only rem-! porary relief to the heat blanket-1 ed section yesterday. Although predictionn were for slightly cooler weather today,, forenoon temperatures gave little indication of the relief. In New York where five per sons had died since the heat wave appeared, the temperature at 10 o'clock was 80, and climbing and the humidity was holding at 75. j From Pennsylvania vamn re ports that five had died during the day. HOTEL DELINQUENTS GET WAHM It KM I Mtl.lt Evidence that there are still a number of subscribers to stock in th<> new Virginia I)aro Hotel, now In the last stages of construction, who have neglected to meet their l?ym<-nts on time, is conveyed In a past card bearing the name of the Elizabeth City Hotel Corpora tion and broadeast over the city in the last few days. It reads > s follows: "Your hotel Is now nearlng roiii pletlon. It is necessary that amounts due on subscriptions from every stockholder b" paid I in me diately In order that the building may be completed. "On July 15, a detailed list will be mailed to enrh of the 5rir> sub scribers showing the status of each subscriber. "Have you paid up the amounts that you pledged to build tills community hotel? If not. Vhat do you think your fellow cltlxens who are doing their part think of you?" TWO AKE INDICTED I OK KI.AN ACTIVITIES Nashville, Tenn., July 14. ?. (A 1*1?The Nashville Tcnnessean today In a special from i's Haines horo correspondent says W. A. Boyd, a storekeeper, and a man named Holmes, have been indict ed In thit county charged with "commission of a misdemeanor*'* (trowing out of recent activities i>f "hooded men" purporting to be members of the Ku Klux Klan. The correspondent says a "clav (?rn" ha* been organised In the *ounty "for the purpose of rear ing up moonshlnlng. bootlegging ind vagrancy." And thai sevral irlslts hsve been made on persons suspected of participating In II juor trfffle and other violations recently. The correspondent further itates thst the specific instance for which the Indictments were returned was when a band of looded men visited the homo of I young man named Franklin and Ifter h fruitless search of , the house went to the home of John Reese. a neighbor, where Mrs. Reese, who was In a da|fr??e cos- j lit Ion was badly frigHt#ned. Ocean Fliers Follow Trail Blazed By First Cable Shipj Tin vcnrrahlr ttldrwhcclcr C ml Knxli i n itnrllDK ?h r c?ble-l avinn expedition In 1H65. The pic ture Ik from an old etching Not?* file caMe "i^ylnn out" In wake of the nhlp. Inwt In Captain William N. Nappti, liclli>vi'd to In* tin- only nurvlvor of the KmUernH crow. In which he whh a car penter. Tli?- nk*t?-ti at the lower riijlit hIiow* an end wcllou of tho three-Inch cable. BOMBING PLANE I SELECTION NEXT TASK U. S. ARMY DrcurinunglitM of tlic Air Are Li?l (>riMip to Receive Attention ill the Selerlioil of Airrrufl - A IN EXPKItlMENT Several Type* of Plnnes Art* Under (!oii?i<lcratinii By Army Air IHTih>n?; (hlirrs Brine Doignril Wflxhlncion. July II (Al?t?- \ Selection of a atandaidized type of bombing plane I.m I!i? m-xt tsisk j of tlin Army In its effort to build up lis flying force*. The bomber*. .ttie "dreud naughtn of ll?'- air." iin the la*l Itnniii In the Air Corp* to receive n(titillon In the aolcetlon of ?! atandardl&ed typ?- of machine for tliv purauit. niluck and obaerva tloii , groupa air* ad> have Ween equipped with plan** conalden d the h* H( types In their claaa* t? In tin world. A* yet the fti'hnloii of the hoiub lnK machine* I" i*< tie ? tp'tim* nt al atagc, a number of plane* of varying type* have h< < >. ordered l?v th- Army hut th< y will only be Wm? (f in ilRld mid e\tMi?lv?* t'nt in* both In flying and in ?tmln eerlnX examination. The actual Corp* er|uiptli'nt will Include the furniflhlng of plnnea to the heavy bombardment winkx of the rorpa on the Atlantic and Pacific coantn probably will not tie ordered until during the next fisral yar. Several type* are under eonald eration by the Army air officer*, i'?? I'll the iIiki Ccmior Cur* tlaa hl-plane which ha* been tint ed at Mltrhel FPId: I'okkrr mon oplane, being built by the noted Dutch aeronautlr Inventor wboat! machine* were need hv the (Jer* man* In the World War; a heavy bombardment plane under eon atructlon bv I he k v"??.?v Of' panf. and anoth'-i heavy ahlp frhicli In being dealab?d by the Qlenn Martin Company. Thn huK* bom bin k plane** are dlatlnct from th" othnr military flylnu machine* both In t,helr and In their armament Th" Kok ker monoplane. |? |? planned, will mount two machine iruna and weigh 16.000 pound* wh?an load cd. carrvlng 2.000 no tin da of bomb* while the slant Condor car rtea nl* machine nun*. In both tvpea'the machine ?un? are hoit'erf j In ateH plated turret* not unlike t protective armor of warahlps' gun turret*, I Two Women; Three Men Arrested In Flogging Case j Flon nee, Ala.. July 14.?(AP)i j?Two women and three men| | worn arrested hero laat nlghl on : warranta charging complicity In, the flogging last week of Mra. 1 I Itertha E. Slay by a hand of per-j laoua wearing weather mask* and' robe*. Thonn under arre?t were Mrn. ] Allen Huller, Mra. Lucille Und , nay. Alh'ti ll'itlor, Charles Llndaay and Men I.hidaay. In describing the pornon* for | whom warrunts wore laMued hy J j Wilier K McAdory, head of th?* j lataie law enforcement depart-] | ment. Mm. Slay stated that who I r*cognised the two women "by ! tlielr long hair and iimall feet." j When Mra. Slay flrat told an-, thorltlea of hir upirlMet, aho' neglected to mention that womeni had a hand In her ml?lreatment, j statini' only that elie had beeti (mk-1 en from her home by a masked ! band and after h? r slater and him liand had been f|?d to thHr h? -da. I ahe was given a severe whipping wiMj "something like the fan belt of nil automobile." She said the whipping was administered In her backyard while .she wax tied to a barrel. The reason, *he *sld ahe wan told. was because she would' n<?t confess to "aome local ican-j dal." Almost simultaneously ac tion wan taken here. It ^rainej known that a fourth fiogKing case win helng looked Into. Jefreraon, county authorltlea were Inveatl-' gating today a alory told by Ai tbur HIM, negro, that he had b?-en taken from his home recently, strapped to a tree and lashed cruelly by marked men until he linallv agreed to siitn away for a minor sum a tract of land which he did not wish to aell. The coun ty solicitor uioiortd thai if the negro's story la found true, he' will take artlon against the re corded purchaaer of the property: and realore It to If It t. I State and County investIgatora continued liieh effort* In find member a of the two nytsked bands whl. h (''???. d Jeff Calloway. 19; year old orphan of Onconta nod! KMon Munhleon Atlorney-'.#?n?ral Charlie M' fall in Ht>ntfOMcry had received no r< ply from hla fetter sent to, Jameji Kadaie In lllrmlngham. Mr. Kadale^aa grand dragon of the Ku I KI hi Klan in Alabama. wan asked by the Attorney general to make! public- the namea of Klanim?nj Implicated in the flogging of Cal loway, Mr McC^I claiming that) 'he afale knew Hut membera of the Onconta and Tarrant City lo-1 cal khew Klan chapter* wer*| amo.ig th# f^offer*. smith hops on- on FLIGHT TO HAWAII Municipal Airport, Oakland, California, July 14.?(AP)?The silver winner monoplane "City of Oakland" manned by th*? Pilot Krne*t L. Smith and Navigator Emory II. Ifronte took off here at 10:40 a. m . today for a 2,400 mile flight to Hawaii. No Oil Found But Plenty Liquor j Near Wells ? i Clinton, July 14.?r(AP)?Al though oil wan not produced from an oil well begun near here early laat mofith under partial financ ing h> local people, llquoi wan produced from a 100 gallon moon Hhlne nt 111 within 300 yards of (he drilling machinery, and AT Orr, member of the firm promot ing the well, and two of hi* em ploye* have been arrested charged with operating tile still. Hlieiiii Mel;. Ngrnnoii of Hamp i*on County holds warrant* for othor men connected with the scheme, two of Whom. Wherry and Marion Carver the promoter*' "geologist," are missing. Orr, to gether with Jackson and Jetner, employe* of Orr and Wherry, pro moting concern, have been re lea*ed In 9&00 bond each. Sheriff Morrison has evidence, he *ay*. that the oil operators had been *lilpping liquor to New Hern and Into Virginia. The well, located about three mile* from Clinton, wan branded a "wildcat" scheme by State (laol ogi*t llerm.in ftryson when work wa* Ntarted The (frilling opera tions had reached a depth of 7001 feet and the drill point had be come lodged In rock, necessitat ing a delay in the work, the pro moter* *ald Today no trace had been found of (he trio still nought In connec tion with ? h? liquor manufactur ing operations. AMKItlCAN I.KAOIK MAY MO\ K IIKAIMjl AHTKRM WsNblnKton. July 14 (AC) The Wanhlngton Poat today *ay* that Prealdenl Clark Griffith of the Wa*hlnj{ton Senators I* en deavorlng to secure the e*tabll*h men! of the American league headquartci* In Washlnaton At preaent the league'* headquarters | la In Chicago. The *e|> ctton of K. S. Barnard, 1 president of the Cleveland Indians, aa head of the league. *ucceedlng Ban Johnaon. the newspaper adds. Indicates that Cleveland may be the sironc rival for th? headquar ters. TENSION MARKS HOURS BEFORE PUBLIC SESSION Noliody Seemed Sure Asia" What Might Happen in Tripartite Conference; Evrrylmdy Silent KKAI. DIKKICIILTY Hugh (.ili-on Relieve* It ill tlie Great Di vergence of Nations* Ollincr Figures r.oiisvn, July 14. (API?OA-' pirlalnty anil until# li-oite? marked the hour* preceding to-?. day's public s?**slon of (be Trl-? Partite Naval Conference. Nobody seemed sure an to what might happen and there were ln-n dlrallona that all three delega tions were prepared to defend their respective positions In cm* of attack Among some conferenc# observers a short adjournment of t'he conference was looked upon as a possible outcome of today'* meeting. While th* American delegation refused to divulge the tenor Of the speech of lllch S. ,Gibson," head of then delegation. It was' believed probable In confereneo circles thut he would not fail to emphasise his contention that tlii" real difficulty consists In tho. great divergence of cruiser figures of Great Britain and the t'nited States. This means thut from the Am erican vlowpolnt t'he British and Japanese, the former seeking) what are regarded an high figure* and the latter seeking as low'as possible, mupt get together befort. there can be any hope of an agree ment. Tho American delegation ia represented as feeling that tho United Stales occupies the mlddto] ground and as being disposed to move in eithor direction within reasonable limits. It was forecast also that MfV Gibson would dwell upon contention that It was impossible for tho United States to estimate the number of 10,000 ton crui? ers that It needs until an accord has been achieved on the total ton nage for Great Britain, Japan and the United States. W. C. Brldgemun, first lord of tho British Admiralty and head of the British delegation, was sche duled to speak for Great Hrltaln while Admiral Viscount Ishll, member of the Japanese delega tion. was scheduled to speak for Japan. The meeting was called for tho * ball room of the -Hotel Dee Bergues instead of at the league of Nations hall iu order to peroift more npace for ih-w* pa per In ft} and the public. Changes In Motor Laws Pointed Out By Court Officii! Preferring to warn rather than to prosecute, |f a warning will H?*rve the purpose. I'reHqcutldi Attorney J Henry Leltoy, J/., if r- a 111 n k eaperlal attention to ttaa laws governing the operation "Of vehicle*, motorize^ and othwwlaV hero and elsewhere In North Car olina. especially us amended by the recent General Ataemblr. 'iA? The following points In the Ut | are emphasised ' specially by Mr. j LeRny: An automobile parked at night on h public highway muni hare whlto light In front and a r light at the rear. If not within 200 feet of a streetlight or other 11* luminal Ion sufficient to make rlearly visible. Tan mint not be parked eloeef t^ian 25 feet to a Htreet IntfTMjj tlon. When parked, there mast be s width of at leant 16 feet of unobatructed passageway In the thorough fare at Iho side of tH? car. ,. A motorist mu.it not speed up after receiving a signal from, aA overtaking <ar whose driver wish es to pas* him. florae drawn vehicle* inunt bear a light If traveling a public hlgto way after nightfall. STATIH1HH SHOW M70 UUIIIS KIMiKH IN gt AKB New York. July I I (API Dlspatche* from Jerusalem to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency sajr that figures compiled up to the prrm-nt show K70 person* wera killed and .1,000 wounded In tha ? arthquake In Palatine and Trane* Jordanla The damage Is estimate ed at $2,000,000. Tho stricken areas are de scribed an presenting semes simi lar to thoee of a battlefield. Thou sands of tentu have been raised H> care for the families made horns* lean While transient- ..f food.jjfl being sent from Jerusalem and Tel-Aclc for the sufferer*. The Kamarltan community of Nahltifl. wh'? r<? onlv two -freets re main. has appealed to the J<~wjl for help. m
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