Newspapers / The Daily Advance (Elizabeth … / July 23, 1927, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Leaseti ir ire Associuletl Press Service wtfyce VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NOKTH CAROLINA. SATl'KDAY EVEN1NH, Jl'LY 23, 1927. SIX PACES. NO. 174. Visiting N aw Official Hears First Hand Tale | Of First Plane Flights Edward I?. Wurnrr* An*i>?l ant Secretary for Arnn naiitic*, (iri'i'h'd Enthusi astically at Kill Devil DISCUSSES MEMORIAL Probably Will Not lie Erod ed on World learned Dime on Aeroiml of Shifting Sands, Ho Declare* My ILU.PII l*OOL A vivid word picture of ?!*?' Wright brother*' flrst oucci'Miifiil ?top In the conquest of the air not quite a quarter of a century nun was painted yesterday. <>u the very spot whence the Wrights liist flew. The picture wan sketched hy W. S. Dough, still In the service of the Coast (iuarrt at Kill Devil Hill Station, who wan on?- of the favored seven pt rwilltt who were there when It occurred. The occasion was a visit by Ed ward l\ Warner. AHsUtant Secre tary of the Navy for Aeronautics, who had come down to look over the ground and gather (lata on the flight from those who had a part In It, or who were dose at hand at the-time. As though to typify the tremen dous advance^ made in flying In the scant 24 years that have elapsed since that momentous De cember 17. 190::, Secretary War ner and his aide. Lieutenant Com mander W. K. Harrill, flew down from Washington to visit the spot. They left at H:4!> o'clock and laud ed In Kilty Hawk lJay. at Virginia Dare Shores, at 11 o'clock?a mat ter of just two hours and 15 min utes' flying time. No Decision Sotm The visiting otticisl had little to say about the proposed memor ial to aviation authorized by the laHt Congress, other thau that no definite decision, as to the type oi it, wo?!d be reached until ?onie time In the fall, when Rep resentative Lindsay C. Warren, of North Carolina, and Senator lling ' ham, of Connecticut, shall have returned to wasningtou. Representative Warren was sponsor of the memorial bill, and Introduced it 111 the House. Sena tor llingham piloted it safely through the Senate. Secretary Warner did say, how ever, that there was little or im likelihood that the memorial would be erected on Kill Devil Hill. In fact, according to W. S, Douuh. one of those who viewed the first flight. It wasn't consum mated on the great yellow dune, after nil. but on the level spac? near the Wrights' hakgar, some 600 yards north of Kill Devil. Captain W. J. Tate,, now keeper of Long Point lighthouse, near Coin jock, piloted Secretary War ner and Ihe other visitors to tlic spot where the hangar stood. Cnptaln Tate at tlint time lived at Kitty Hawk, and IiIh wife wan postmistress there. To the latter fart, he owed R clone association with the Wrights during their ex periments; and he told the story In detail to yesterday's official visitor. SIhihIh (hi Historic S|ml Rwrftiry Warner itood on that historic spot and flowed the point 100 fort north of It. whonco the flrnt powrrcd plane rose Info the air. tater he went to the steep south nidc of Kill Devil mikI strug jlcd through the sand to the top ??no moan feat, when it In recalled that the hill In 7!> foot high. ami ?lopes at an angle steper than 45 degrees. From the hill, the party Jour neyed hark to thr airy lunchroom over Kitty Hawk Hay at Virginia Dare Shores, and therr partook of highly satisfying dinner pre pared by Captain Dan Haytnan, a natlro aon of thr Kitty H^wk country. In mid-afternoon, Hecrotnry Warner and his aide departed for flight over Old Fort Italelgh. whore VlrKlnia Dare wan born, and thence hark to Washington During hlM stay ai thr shore*, the secretary made a hrh f address to a throng of several hundnd persons who had lathered there In anticipation of his coining. Toll Ing them of a personal Interest In aviation that had long antedated his appointment to his present po altlon a year a no, he assured them that a memorial would he greeted that would commemorate forever the epochal exploit of Orvllle and Wilbur Wrlshi He was Intro duced hy W O, Saunders. tillza beth City editor and magazine writer, who drew a dramatic con trast between the two hour* re quired now for a trip from Wash ington to Kitty Hawk, and the two daya required when the WrlghtH began their experiment*. On hand to meet th< Hocrotary Was an official party h?ad<d hy Commander J A Price. f?f the ?Tenth f>istrlct. Fnlted States Coast Ouard. Its other members ere Captain W. It. I/ewark. of Kill Devil Hill station, and flvo nembers of the station crew, all Ml l! I >'SS II It 1 - forms. \ llar.? Coincidence r.v :? coincidence. and as though a harbinger of the day when a liroiiil coiicnic highway will ren der ihe coast country readily ac cmlliii' to an tiie world. Frank C. JvUidi'C. uf . WasliiiiKloiu Slate. Highway Conmiitoioner from the Plrm District, arrived at Virginia Dare Shores while Secretary War ner wax there. The two were In troduced, and dialled in friendly fashion fur koiiio 15 minute*. Mr. Hurler, accompanied by a staff of hiuhwav engineers. was returning from an inspection trip to HoMlioke Island with a view tu taking steps to improve the State road from Wanchese to the North Knd. 11?* had come across to Najis Head by boat, following the course of the new bridge and causeway under construction from the Island to tin- beach, and had been convoyed ashore by Captain Walter Ftlieridgc and members of the crew of the Nays Head Coast Guard station. Thence he had made his way by automobile to Kitty Hawk Hay. He left early In the afternoon for Point Harbor on his way hack to WashlnKton. Besides the official party, there was a good sized semi-official del egation on hand well before 11 o'clock, awaiting the arrival of the Secretary. It included Alphcus W. Drinkwater. Government tele graph operator at Manteo, who sent that notable dispatch for It. Druce Salley, Norfolk newspaper man. who liled that historic first dispatch on the successful flights of May ?i. 1 tiOK. announcing to the world man's comiuest of the air. No word of the earlier flights in 1 f?o:t had reached the public. It appears, due to precautions for secrecy taken by the Wrights. Mr. Drinkwater told Secretary Warner yesterday of the visits of the lu-wspapermen that spring, and of I heir havini; hidden in a thicket near Kill Devil Hill that they might view the experiments. Tliet ('?Mil Imagination "Those newspaper men had to use their Imagination," he re marked. witli ? grin, "to write ln t-rvlews with the Wrights when they never got closer thnn a half mile to them." The -Dayton ex perimenters rjulckly put their plane awav when strangers ap proached. he explained. Others In the group that greet ed the visiting official Ineluded Secretary Job. of the local Cham ber of Commerce, and M. I?elgh Sheep; Frank Stick, of the Vir ginia Dan- Shores companies; and a Manteo delegation that included W. F. Damn. Chairman of the Dare hoard of county commission ers; It. C. Kvans and O. J. Jones, I respectively president and secre tary of the Manteo Chamber of .Commerce. It. Ilruce Ftheridge, S. A. Griffin. T. S. Me.k I us. C. S. 'Meeklns and K. K. Meeklns. i While Secretary Warner was ? there. Captain Tale recounted again the story of the Wrights' coming. A letter from them early In August. 1!?00. addressed to hln wife as postmistress, brought first J information that they contemplat ed coming to Kitty Hawk, and contained an Inquiry as to accom modations. Captain Tate volun teered to board them, and Orvlll*1 Wright arrived about the inlddh of the month, after having spent a memorable day en route from 'Kllxabeth City. Ortille Went Hungry ' According to Captain Tate's ac count. Orvllle Wright had taken passage with one Israel I'erry. s hoatman whose craft was none too ?seaworthy at best. They had en countered rough wut< r. and had had to "la> up" In North Itlvei all night. They had gone without [food for 2 4 hours. "Orvllle Wright came in and In troduced himself," t||?> llghthoust keeper recalled. "H? wa?* just ar hald as a billiard ball, right then , Wilbur Wright came two week* : later, and 1 helped them tnak< (their first kite gliders. They dldn'i try to fly with anvthlng else thai Bummer, or In 1901 or 1 f?02." Ily thf Irony of fate, Captalr Tate was not on hand for th* flight of December 17. 110!?. I was a raw. disagreeable day. anr after leaving to go to the Wrights camp, he decided there was n* probability they would attempt t' flv. even though he knew theli first try out of a plane with a ino lor was scheduled for that day. Kven before he reached home I he learned that the experlmen had been a success. A wildly en Ithuslastlc neighbor overtook him shouting. "They flew! Thej . fl?w*" ' KIWIV .? \MICS ltl sTIN<; griKTi.v \nKR oi'KIMTIon; I'd win Jaim n. mm of Mr. audi Mr*. Gilbert Jnrn?>. won opttated t on Krlduy ;ii niton l?y Ilr. J. S. ' THTmI; oi-(Iii |m die siirci'oh of Cliar-} lotto. :?t tin- Elizabeth City H?s-j pita!. Kdwin Is rt'iwrtcd hh rest- j in- <|ult< ly. but suffering tuurb : pain fi'Min having to bevak tin ov? r a^am in ?rd? r to rt'pluce it. Lindsey's Job His Robert W. 8tcele, young Denver attorney, succeeds Judge lien B. UndBcy. Internationally famous Jurist of the - Denver Juvenile court, who recently was ousted by ? Pnlnr?<ln ??inromA rnnrt HMitnn ONE LIFE LOST IN ROAD CRASH Truck Bearing (iolurrtl llall IMaycra Apparently 011 Wrong Siilt* of Itnatl A head-on collision between a trucklond of colored bam-ball play era on their way back to Norfolk after a kbiiio here Friday, ami a Hupmohlle sedan hound aouth from Norfolk on the George Wash ington Highway early Friday night cost tht! life of Herbert 81m iuoiih. colored, aged 1G. anil re sulted In injuries to Ave other |mt sons. Four of the injured were white pcrxous. occupants of the sedan. They were Mrs. Ktliel lJowiuuii, aged of .234 Lincoln street; George Itowman. aged 2#i. of 23!> Fayette street; W. F. Tew. aged 3C, of Portsmouth, Route 2; and Mrs. F. Rowland, aged 27, of 223 Lincoln street. The two men uns tained various cuts and bruises on their left uruis, but the women were nut badly hurt, it was staled at the Portsmouth hospital to which tin y had been tak< ii. The fifth individual hurt wan Joe Faison. colored, of (?oldMborn, one of the occuiiantH of the truck. He Hiiffered three scalp wounds and possible other Injuries, It was learned at St. Vincent's Hospitul in Norfolk, where he was treated. According to Clay Foreman, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Koscoe Fore man, of tills city, who pans*-!! shortly after the accident, both earn were oil the left side of the road, viewed from the south. The IIiipiimbile was heaib-d south, and Ibis wan taken to Indicnte that the truck hearing the negroes was on the wrong side of the roud. Clay Foreman stated that both car and truck bad been wrecked utterly. John H. Hall. Jr.. attorney In n . also viewed the wreck, and bore out the other'* statement as to the wrecked condition of the auto mobiles. When Clay Foreman arrived on the scene, the younger negro was lying dcud in (he road, he mild. Flora Would Dress Force In Snappy New Uniforms | While. clot hen may not make I the man. they carry a orlaln i weight In coiivryltiK ;i favorable [ luiprcaalon to tIn* stranu* r. and that la Hn element of value not I to In* aneexed at, In tin* opinion of Mayor Jerome II. Flora. of Kll* abeth City. | ((educing the forcKoInx abstrac tion to a workable, practical |?roJ lect, Mayor Flora Iihh applbd it wpeciflcaliy to lh?* Hllrabeth City poller force. If bin ideaa of the llbjMl nn- eai ri? d into effect, ,th?*ae upholdera of law and pro prlety will be attired In decidedly Knappy uniform# next autiiinn. jwhen the time for the animal ichanco to woolen* conic* round. I Mayor Flora makes if evident that lie would be the laat Indi vidual on earth to Inainuate that the force I* lean annppy and clean rut than any other In thcae l-nlted Stat<*; but he f????!?* that their present looacly litinc blu?\ hraa* buttoned unffornm are Inadrquai* fo the mi?alon of IniprraalnK tin vlaltor with that fuel. Hence tin proponed change. | Something In a Sam tlrowti?< hell ^ff?*ct, with til*' yioprr accea aorlea, of courae, Including ahlny leather puttee*. |? what Mayor Flora haa In mind. And In the event the city ahould acquire on>< or more additional offlcera who l.ick Ihe Inherent anapplneaa ot the preaent ofrce. the Mayor I* In riined to think that Ihe psycholog ical effect of the new uniform j might eo far toward aupplylnu what Mother Nature had neglect ed to apportion. PLANS PROGRESS OF SOY BEAN GROUP < !o m 111 it tec* Named to \r rim^c I'luii* for (Entertain ment of National AxMM'iu* tiou in Kli/.ahetli Lily W ILL I'OI K SUCTION Luncheon anil llm?iiich* Se*r?inii.?> to Im* Held at Cor intli lla|ili?t Clnirrh and ill l'ari>Ii IIoiim1 Here N??Hhcnst* in Carolina will play host in koiii<- i'imi visitors frniu many parts of tlx- railed Static Alien si ?> (o II. inclusive. on tli* occasion" nr ttr. .'iuiu:il convention of tin* American Soy r.i'iin Asso ciation. Unlike most oilier conventions, tills one will take lhe form of a lour lieu inii In&: in Washington, uo int: as far lo lite ?ast as Swan Qllarl'ei, Myili ("??n 111> . then <I<1UI<H11- hack to Washington .and moving t lieiice 10 Kiixaheth City. Tin- visitors are scheiluled to ar rive in litis city by noon Thurs t|a>. tin' I 1th. Aftei an after noon H|H'lit ill a business session ami a lour of the section's soy bean ^rowiUp: territory, auil a iiluht iiKM tiiiu devoted to lectures ami tnovi'S on the hean, the con vention Will he concluded. The visitors will lie welcomed In Washington Tuesda> uluht, the Oth. at u liie< llim at which the address of welcome will he deliv end hy Representative Lindsay C. Warren, of the First District. The response will In- hy Harvey S. Clapp, president of tin- Virginia Crop Improvement Association. Cloning f<'utures will include ad dresses hy David It. Coker, plant breeder, of Hartsvllle, 8. C., and W. J. Morse, of the Federal De partment of Agriculture. Luncheon ao<l Address After a tour of licauforl ami Hyde counties n<-xt morning. the visitors will meet in Swan Quar ler at 1 o'clock for luncheon and an address hy Jolm II. Small, for mer member of Congress from 1 his district. Tin* convention then will r<-turu to Washington for a sea food dinner at I lay view, shore re sort near there. That 11 i p lit. the visitors will reassemble In Washington for a moving picture presentation ? ?f the soy h<-an industry in China and Manchuria, birthplace of tin beau. Till- will he accompanied by a lec ture by I'rof. I'. H. Dorsett. of the United States Department of Ag riculture. t'nder present plans, tile lb-le gates will he tuk< 11 in automobiles to Mnrkcys nest uioruinu by Wash ington folk, whence the> will 1 ak?? a ferry to Kdeuton. There they nre to be iiK'l hy a motorcade from Flixabi-th City mid thus brought here. Luncheon Is to he x< rved th<*m at Corinth iiaptist Church. Just outside tliis clt). by the i-irls' and women's cluhs of the County under direction of Miss Fdiiu Kv aiiH, home demonstration ai:< nt. I This luncheon session will in clude an address of welcome by J C. II. Khrlnuhaiis, Klizaheth City attorney. At 2 o'clock, a soy In an {harvester demonstration will l?c Klven here. Klizaheth City claims distinction as producing 75 per ceiit of all harvesters of this t>i?o In use in the United Slates. At II o'clock, the visitors will be taken on a tour of soy bean producing farms in the vicinity of j Klizaheth City. Simis will be erect ed on the various farms, giving 'statistics and other Information (expected to Interest the growers. DN' iivi \ able of lleno i At the concluding meeting I Thursday >?i^lit. to be held In Christ Church parish house here, I'rof. K. K. lleeMon. of I'urdue I'ui versify, Lafayette, lu<]lana, will speak on the relation of soy beans to fertllit> in Indiana. Dr. It. V. Winters, directoi or the North1 Carolina soy bean expcrlim lit sta tion. will discus* lb*' contribution lot the soy loan to North Caro lina a i-ri?-ii It ure. Also, additional moving pic tures of the soy bean Industry will b<> shown. lJuxloit White, of this cit>. I.? general chairman of arrangeni' nts to entertain the convention here, an<| S. Scot I is secretary. Va rious subcommittees have Ix-i 11 {appointed, an follows: Transportation C a m d <? 11 lllades, M. I,. Chirk and C. W. Call Iky. Finance?J. II. Wilklns, C. Markham. <J. A. Twlddy. Mlb-p Jennings and A. |{. Nicl.oi?on. for Klizabeth Clly; W. C. Morse. Sa lem; Klisha Coppersmith and D \ I'lltehard. Nixonfoii; Mil's llrlle, Mt. Ff<11110n; II. F. Sample, Providence; W. O. Kthcridge and Shlrb y Williams. N'-wland <;? n |eral Chairman White announcer that the out of town members '?l this committee will have full authority to select aides for th? li work. Inspect loth and routing 1;. W Falls. W. <7. Morse, Klisha Cop 'persmltli and M. II. Simple. Reception W I,. Cohoon. Dr II. I). Walk.-r. M. (J. MorrlseJte JR. C. Conger and J. Wesley Fore I man. I Feeding?J. H. LeRoy. Sr.. M HOSPITAL HOPING TO SAVE LIFE OF VICTIM OF SNAKE I'uul I'rilrhurd, l.ivin;; in I'roviili-nrr Community.. Ilittrn liy I ? lar I Ol K I KKT LOiNC Deadly Kepiilc Lurked Near ( liirkrn IIoiim1: (!ar Hearing Injured Man Shipped Iiv "OITinT!"" lllttcn mi tin* rig III knuckle by a poplar |?af snake, one of the IllOSt |Ml|HO||OUS NplTil'H lit tills part of thf country. Paul I'rltcliard. of " this County, n Do lit :iu years old. *?>? reported resting comfortably at St. Vincents Hospital. Norfolk, early today. It was stated at Ho I m)> (i 11 it I that the Infect ton had hiTii confined to his arm. According to I'rltcliard. In hail aotie Into the hack yard at his hollo* oil tile Creek Itoad. ahout a mill* from this city, to shut up his chlckm* for the niuhl. As he reached to latch the door, the snake hit hitn. lie called to his brother. Tom. and tin* latter elicit the snake tlirmmll the head with a |iIk|o|. Tin* re|?tlle. was nearly four feet hum, and half the size of a man's arm. I'rltcliard was hroimlit hurried-, ly to Dr. II I). Walker. In this city, and a tourniquet was applied to stop the spread of the poison. He appeared to he in intense pain, ami on the way home, he and his brother met Johnnie Johnston, for hire car operator, and Stewart Twiddy.. his driver. They pre vail) d upon the brothers to take I'aul to a Norfolk hospital. Twiddy drove the car. When on the Ceorui* Washington High way not far from the State Hue, they w?re stopped by three men purportiim to be prohibition ofll c< rs. and their car was sen relied. Twiddy asked them to take I'rltch ? ard oil to the hospital, and they placed him in their car, Iml after hcariim him moan a few minutes, tllcy declined I Ills responsibility. He was taken out and placed hack In Twiddy's car. At that time. Twiddy slated up on his return here, I'ritchard's en tire arm and rlvlit side were so numbed as to lie useless, ulld lie was suffering intensely. He drove to tile hospital with all possible haste, arriving there at ?S:1f? jo'clock this moiiiIiil*. and I'rltcli ard was given Immediate atten tion. j Twiddy stated thai they made the fifty mile trip in an hour and 20 minutes, Includinu the delay 'while the supposed Ofllcers 'searched the car. They tendered no credentials, lie said. ' Persons conversant with the , lore of r? ptllejf In this section de clare the poplar leaf suake is fair ly plentiful in remote swampy and i heavily wooded districts. It Is known also as the. pilot snake, i from llie fact that II Is popularly ;HU|ipn*cd to nccompany the rattle snake. which it rcac'inbloH sonTe . what closely. It was stated at the hospital that I'rltcliard bad every chance to recover. He was bitten at about 11:30 o'clock last night. Fire At Fort Bragg Destroys Garage ! Fnyi'ttrvMIc, July 2:S.?<AI'I I Fire of unknown nrlaht about $16,000 worth of fiovern lm"nt property at Fort lira it u. nenr here luff ypNli<rilay afternoon wIm ii th* regimental headquarter* *a ?raae of 1 !??? SevenIHi n?M Artillery burned to t1i?- ground. The blare Marted in the paint ."hop of the KiirnK*' .iihI l<i4houxli( to have caused by .an olcotrlc, wire, or by 8ponliiii<-oiis couihu* llon. The property d'-ntroyed In duced automobiles and motor ' truck*. HANK Ml rot m? i>i\i> New fjern. July 2'i (AIM Oacar W. Lane. former prinldent of the Kaxlnrn llatik k Trual pany of New llern and widely known In Mta(?? banklnu flrrlrn, war found dead near Mayavllh . iJon?'n county. this morning, accord In it to word brought to Ni w llcrn thl.i niornSnu by Paul I. a brother-in-law. It. Samplr and KIUIih Copper nin It h. The chalroi'ii of the vatlouK so b-co it i ni It |een have been a?k?-d to rail their committee* together, and make plan* for their work. In order that thf ftna nee Commit* tee may have a haul* on which to work It la aunoune>d that a RWl eral meeting of all committeemen will be held In I he n< \t few day* Officer* of the American Soy ' ll'-an A**oelnfIon are l-'rrd IV La tham. M' lhaven. president; Taylor ! Kotit*. Camden, Indiana, vice prea tldenl; and W K. Avrea, Stone ivllle. Mls?l?*ilppl. sccrctary-trcaa ' urer. At Chief's Trial for murder Seranu* P. Lcnicct. former police chief of Canton. O . I* nhown aw ha appeared in court charged with ?h? murder of Don Mellett. militant Canton editor. Lenad'a duuuhter and wlfo aru aeatod with him. CAMDEN, DARE, PERQUIMANS, BERTIE GET CONSIDERATION BY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION Mon-leail Clly. Jul* 2.'!.? (AI'M I ? Reduction* of live million dol lar* in valuiitioii* lor (our roim- j tics si 11 (1 distriliiition ill $:S5,01)0 of j the hundred thousand dollar slim- j ulatlim fiiml irsuliid f i ? 'in t !??? i two day session o| |In- Slalr Hoard of Equalization, which elided late ! here yesterday. Till* hoard canrahKi'd tin* entire j list of con til li-.s hut made no | rhaiiuoa except in Camdi'ii. Dare, I'llt and llocklnuham. Camden, Morm cciili<r of crltl cIkiii, Irveled at tlm hoard, had I iiM valuations rnluri'il dim- million dollars, which means an InrrcaiM1 of Imir tlioiixnnd dollars from Hit* i'4|uuliznti?ii fund. Allotments made from III* stim ulating fund of flOU.UOO: Hcrlli', $2,000; l'aiud?n, $1,000; Cliat liaui, $2,000; Dan*. Il.noo; Hall fax. $::.000; Caswell. $2,000; Hoke, 9I,0?;(J; Hertford. $K70; Joimh. $2,000; Jackson, $2,000; Lincoln. $2,000; Mitchell. $2,000; Moure, $:t.000; Onslow, $2,000; ivnder. $::.000; i'cnjulinauM. $2, 000; Vance. $2,000; Total. $:t5, Women Too Much for Men hi Business Today, Says Dean of Merchants Here Still in Harness at HI. Jnlm (J. 1. M tnnl Discusses the I'uir .Si'.v, ( hristinnity, and llic Itesl II ay to (>vi iheutl in the II tirltl in I. />. /9i7 Arrlvi-d lit fourscore ami yrar.s on Wi'dm-silay of thin wrrk. Joliit Quinc) Aihims VV'iimI, prisl Jdi-iit hi III.- ili ni> liiiKty C*<?tn|?*i?>V. ami it*'Ml! of all III*' jelly's l?iisiii<'H!t im-ri In |Miin( u( ]yri?rs. still limls III- ttorld lair to look ii|ioii. ami still |>. ariivly In -hariiiHH, without a thought of Mv iIdk ?if? io a llic of i?l)? m-ss. | Mr. Wooi! *|m tit In- hiifhilay al Ills d* *fc. iifi usual, all'iiiliuu to ? litlHini-ss liiatt'-rs anil ivi-t lirnliu;: 'linn- lor a |?l<ii?util word to whom I?*vor ?lro|?|M-?| In. He in um k<?ru la* over. ami an alive to what Is KoIiik on it lion i liltu; ami wavn that iIn- 'hhViI Iiih knci'H an- not allu >e**t In r what tin y usi it to In. In 'l? as ai'tivi- |diyslral ty iix many ;i man tIn? decades hi- Junior | "ll? moil* rati- In i-%i i>thinu. .ami tak' rari- of what you maki* ' ' I * 111 don't 11 \ to MMVr It all.' l:> Mi. Wood's ailyiff In .voting im-n. II- IioIiIk that 11111115 a |itoiuiaillv lyoiinu fellow ha* In-nn rultn-d l#> ha vim? (<?o luurh of thin hoi lit * fnioil* when hi* start* d out. ami thus lark I ii L' tin- h?iii of |iov< My to iinim I him 1o his hi-.-t I'ffiirl.i TIu ki- ari- not surh iluyn of o|? liortunlly lot tIi*- >uiin - man as ? Were th ' ilay- wh< n Ii*- ram* a Ion.*. Mi. Wood li< III v s ami In* a mi tin-* fh <t to | wo in I'M. I slim 1'hi'lr i?|i|mrl unit Irs 1 "Tli'Vti- inklti th. nJai ' of tin in* ii nlinm I i-vrywlnn ." In- il> Clares. "Tin wunn 11 air taklnr. ad van tarn* of tlx ehunr?; to CH jI'ducation, and ilnyn tnakinu ? r .Ci limit u"i of if. Tin in-n. on |Ii* (other hand, ati- laui'in> In himl. ITIny'ri- mls-lim Unit o|i|?ortiitil 'tli s. ! "Win ii I ?*;i tin alonv. tin it fit* In Iln* roiintry had no rlianci to ji'-l an 'duration. AhoJll all tin most of tin-ill Muild do wa? to u< t hotisrwork with n* Iklihors. II tin v wantiil to work nwa> fioiti lionn . Now it's dllfi trill." Mr. Wood otfi i? i| Minn ron-o lation for tin' tin n, hoWi vii. rial In ir tin rr still was a rhann for a f'How with "a lot of Jni-h Toitrliint! upon tin- Hri** of ihii woiiii n nowadays, nml ? npi-rially of tin- younm-r in in ration. h - >l< |iiori-d It as "not a tond tl.-ii." Kvi ryliodv should Im'Ioiik to Un church. and should atli-rd frt-ular ly, Mr. Wood holds. "Tim rhtirrli h ads 114 to tin- In rraft- r. if tin l* is oin*." hi* r< mark I'd. i|hll'iKo|ihlr hIIv, "ami if the rli'inb is wronv, we're better off anyhow for lw-lnu Christian*. It's lust to In- a rlittrrh| member." Mr. Wood was horn July 20. 1M??, In frrqiilniMn County, Hose to th?- I'Msquotank I In*-, two y?ri before the d*ath of that niiahty New Kogland fnr*n*lc gladiator Ifor whom In- was named. HIh par !< Ilia Were pour, ami Ins early J years witi- ymrs o| haul work and ?rigid mlf denial. | educational opportunities In ru | ral l'iT<|iiliiiaiiM wen- scanty hi those iliiyn; Imi Mr. Wood early ;n *o|v?-?| lo make the lust prep aration for life thai In- roil Id. 11 ?? 'havi-d Ills money, and w? ni lo the I nlv?T?:liy of North (iMiullna In IHi.'i. alt* imIIiik three years. TIihii lo< returned to Perquimans and w ill nlioiil tlw- arduous business of critliiK alii-ad In tin- world. Held Office -Ml Yenr* A film- wriit along, hi* tnrm-d j to politics. and In IH7K wan elect ed clerk of Sii|m rior Court In I'er 1 <|iiimaiH. holding office from Ihe lirnl Monday In September of thai yrar iinlll the llrst Monday In l)e cnnber. 1X!iM. Tin- following year In- moved to Kllxahi-th City and founded tin- business of whlrli he ! still is the active load. During his twenty y?ars In of fice in Perquimans, Mr. Wood Miivcii IiIm money, Invested It Ju diciously In property and other jwlse, ami accumulaied a cotufort* table estate, which hi- has In crensed substantially during his years in business In Klisaheth i Oil V. I Horn during the administration of J n foes K. I'olk. I lie eleventh l'r< sid> nt of tin I'nlted State*, Mr. Wood hah lived during the t * * t? iiim of f!i of the country's 2f? :Chief KvcrulivcH up lo the prea i< nl | Cv-r kindly and cheerful. Mr. Wood declare* he Is thankful that ; lie Is spun d most of the aches jand pains that fall to the lot of other no u of hi? years', and thai he hop* a to spend many more !yearx al hi - il<-ak. al work aa us ual. Ileg|||ll*llg Willi llOtlllllg ejj Ice|it a d* termination to |!cl abend, jlil* if?r" r I" an object lesson for Ho- voung man who would waide 'his'lime, money niid energies with !no thought of Ihe future. \\ I . OWENS GROWS II<\M)SOMK TOM ATI IKS <)? her* have hroiiKhl price ckk*. |or'prl*e mitalocs, or price cuciim liern to Th" Advance office Now cot?i? ? W. I, Owens with Ihe price tomato, and It In most certainly 'he handfimcst specimen of all. Ill* and round and red. Ii weigh* Just 21 ounces or ii did weigh thai until lunch lime Saturday. Pol a toe* nod cut-urn hern had been. pcrmltt'd lo repose In state for several davs. Not so. th?* to mato. It was too wood and, Incl , dentallv. too rlpo to keep. And ?so It was forthwith traniilatcd to y? editor's table. AURORA MAN DI|L NOT SEE CANDY BUT BROTHER DID HoIm-i'I Thomson Tolls As noriatril I'ros W eird Talc of !Vlv*trrioii? I'arkapi"* anil Ij'lliT!. Si-iiI Aurora WOMKN l.l\ Kl> Til KICK Mr*. Kva I IoIIiih i*ll of llirliiiioml \\ a- Iliii'i1 Au rora llrxiili-ut Km Had No Klirinio al That I'lacr Richmond. Va . July 21?CAP) ? Mrs. Kva llollowill. rhurg^d with sending imiImoiii'iI randy ihrntiKli the malts. Wt Itlchmond 'T?uijiy for'Portsmouth. where she will await investigation of the charge by a Federal grand Jury in October. Itov. A. II. Shurpo, snperinten donl of iho Methodist Orphanage here where. Mrs. Hollowoll wan ?*inl>l?>\ I'd as a mat mil. said today that Mho had been in the employ" of the orphanage only five days whi n arretried. Shi- ranie wlili hlRli recommendation*. ho said, from Norfolk and Portamouth. Kah-luli, July 2:1. (Al'l ? Robert Thompson did nut even tin- randy alleged to have been Kent It4111 by Mrs. Kva Hollowoll, * ho toll] 1 ho Associated Press over long distance telephone from Aurora, today, hut lib brothrr-iu law. Ohcur Paul, received the package without IiIh knowledge and turni'd it over to lb rb.?rt lion ner, who Thompson said was ron nertod with tin- Federal Govern went "In Home way." riiompNon. 4.'! and an employe of an oil company, today told a story of iiuiiieroiiH resident* of this little town receiving similar pack ages. all of wbirh, In* said, wero destroyed or thrown away. Hi- did not hi lb ve any other partlua had informed Federal Authorities of the mysterious packages. all the I rrrlplnits of whlrli lii'lb'Ved con tained poisoned artirles. 1 TI10 candy packages. which I wore. arrording to TbompHon, all addreNaed in tlio same hand writing, followed iniiiierouM letters, I equally as mysterious. received by Aurora residents. The.? lottera he said were addressed lo as many aM half a dose 11 people. and all con tained threats. All were written In a handwriting similar to that uaed on tlie randy packages. I "I ran not repent the rontenta of tin- letters over the telephone," I he told the Associated Press. Thompson reci-ivid none of tlieae lottera, Imt hud so# ir those of hla I neighbors. Ilo was away from homo tlii' day the package ad dressed to him. arrived. 1 Paul's HiiHplrions were aroused 'over the package addressed to iThoinpNon. wh< 11 he n allsed It bore marks similar to those of a box lie had r< reived a few daya ?before, and which h< burned. He Immediately rarrhd Thompson's parkuge to lloiim r. Mia. Hollow II livid in Aurora at one tlino, Thompson aald. He | knew her, but not very intimately and huil never had trouble with 1 Imt lie dorian d. As far as Thomp son knew, the woman had no leneiuios ain Aurora. Paul, who now lives In Wash ington, North Carolina. denied that lie had Interrupted the "pol | son <-4ifi?ly" package addressed to (Thompson, and turned it over to Federal authorities; lie said that lie had recolved !? package several months previously, however, ad dressed 10 himself lie threw it In fo the tire, he said. Paul knew who sent the park I age. ho said, and * impeded It for I that reason He hud received sev j rul letters from Mrs. Ilollowell previously, Und recognized her | hand-writing on the package re , reived hy him. Her letters. Paul said, did not I contain threats, hut contained 1 statements that "a crazy woman i would make." lie would not re peat over the telephone what the ?UUflMMitfl wero i11- said that tM woman who lie said left Aurora 10 years or more ago. was thought there to lie dent uted. lie did not live in Aurora a' |hut time, and did not know the woman, but thought that she must have had his name from others who know him. Ilo understood that several oth ??r Aerora ri i? i? i> ? hail r? reived let tors ami pi(*'ki<Ki'A from Mr*. llollOwell. l?ui (bat all had llf counted thorn ai coming from a "craxy woman." TIm- package*. four or five In number. were r? < i*lv?"?t some three months a 150. ncordliifc to John t'hapin. po*tina?lcl' at Aurora. They boro a Norfolk. Virginia postmark ami tho ri'iurn addroa* ?>r A Feck." Mr*. A. I*cck was a resident of Aurora ?? one time. I'o-t master t'hapin said. Tho "poison pen" letter* al leged to have been written by Mrs. Hollow* 11 Iim v? boon received bjr many Aurora resident* over to spare of four or more years, Cha pin declared. They contained, a* far an ho had boon able to deter* mine, no throat* but wen* very ob scene. and were evidently intend tended to entiNo trouble among families. Most of tliom were un signed. said rtiapin. who did not (Contiaued on page 2)
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
July 23, 1927, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75