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Leased Wire Associated Press * Service The Weather Cloudy tonight. l*os?lt?Iy ?how ??rn Thursday. Nut uiuch change Id u-minraturo. VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1927. SIX I'AGES. NO. 195. Airplanes Awaited By Thousands at Honolulu As They Near Island Dole Flight ('ontentant Woolaroe Expeeted to Arrive About Five-Thirty, Eastern Standard Time POVII HOURS LATE Estimates Were That Flight Would Be Completed in 22 Hours; All Four of Plane* Close Together Wheeler Field, Honolulu, Aug. 17.?(AP)?Ttie Army StehaTT^n" "inlcK^ifTPd a m dlotcnuu from Arthur Goebel at #:!? a. ni. (ihmui time) tliat the Woolaroc wiui nenrlim tho Island of Oahu. Tlvo crowds at Whwlcr Field etoctrtfted at ?:."*) n. m., >%h?*n a plan:* was siuhletl rem lute In front the ocean. It was be llwe# to be one of the Dole filer* hut It prorad to be one of the Anny scout plane* nearchlnsc for the Dole aviators. Wheeler Field, Honolulu, Aug. 17.? (AP)?The Dole flight plane Jf'oolaroc reported by the S. S. | Ity of Los Angeleg at 8:59 a. m. ^Pacific Time) as 491 miles from Blila city, was expected by aviation. officials to aMght at Wheeler Field at about 11:30 a. m? Paci fic Time, or 5:30 Eastern Stand-: ard time. Wheelec Field, 25 miles from Honolulu, was surrounded by thousands of auioinoblles, and a crowd estimated at more than 15. 000 Impatiently, waited to greet the fliers. Eight planes took off from Luke Field used by the Army and Navy in Pearl Harbor to escort the Dole fliers to land. Three other Dole planes were reported also approaching thlBf Island of Oaliu in the content for ?the prizes of (25.000 and $10. 000 offered by James D. Dole, for first and second planes to land In the 2,400 mile flight from Oak land. California, which began at noon yesterday. They were be lieved not far from the Woolaroc. Honolulu. Aug. 17.? (AP) ? The steamship .Manulanl radioed that she had sighted two planes at 2 a. m. today (4:30 a. m. Han Francisco time). She did not iden tify the planes. On the basis of radioed reports, the Woolaroc, piloted by Arthur C. Goebel, and navigated by Lieu tenant W. V. Davis, was estimated to be 620 miles from Honolulu at 6:30 a. m. local time, Goebel, within an hour, was estimated to have flown 125 mil.* making hi* probable arrival at Wheeler Field 11:45 a. m., it was said. Honolulu time is two and a half hours earlier than San Francisco time. I The four planes If they had made the 2,400 mile course in the i 22 hours the aviators said they expected, would have arrive! at Wheeler Field about 7:30 a. tn Honolulu time or 10 a. m. San Francisco time. This would have been abAut 1:30 p. m. Eastern Standard time. San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 17.? (AP)?-Bound for fame and for *anfc?'n first trans-oceanic aerpl derby, four Intrepid airmen and their crews today were be lieved to be flying fast toward their goal. Oahu. In the Pacific. 2,400 miles from their take-off point at Oakland. W The night dropped a mantle of |s1lence over the progress of the ?aviators with the exception of Ar thur C. Goebel's Woolaroc, the only plane in the race equipped with radio sending apparatus. Lleuteuant W. V. Davis, of Han Diego, the Woolaroc'* navigator, periodically sent out messages in dicating It was traveling steadily upon its course. The monoplanes (folden Eagle and Aloha, piloted by Jack Frost and Martin Jensen, and the bi plane Miss Doran, In which Miss Mildred Doran, the flying school teacher from Michigan la a pas senger, were the other survivors of the nine who weat to (he start ing post yesterday. There had been no report early .today on the progress of the Gold en Eagle since It passed otit over the Golden Gate yesterday. Frost's plane was equipped with a radio receiving se?. Jensen'a plane was ?Ighted by a vessel passing the 260 mile mark at mid-afternoon yesterday^ but the Miss Doran like the flW#fen Eagle, had been unheard since the start. Estlmatl*# the arrival of the airmen In Honolulu In about 22 hours elapsed time, they are ex-1 pected to drop down on Wheelerl Field about five a." m.. Honolulu time. Great preparations had been' nude for their arrival in the Ha-I W?i! where the winner, 122 r?*l*e the first prlie of 125. 0!,.*rtd br D. Dole with 110.000 to the second. A -Tl" Doran took up the race VMtenlay to catch th# par. srl an hour and a half behind *V?am. Pilot Auggle pedjer waa forced to land the machine back to the airport *ft* making aa < By Tt? Tm^lm AuRUit 10 12:31 p. in.?Monoplane Gold en Eagle takes off at Oakland Alr port. 12:34 p. m.-*-Monoplane Aloha} takes off. 12:36 p. m.?Monoplane Wool aroc takes off. 1:05 p. m.?Aloha passes over J Furallones. 2:03 p m.?Biplane Miss Doran ] takeg off on second attempt.^^^^^ Fir. 186^mlles out. reports Aloha overhead, north of direct course. 2:43 p. m-?Miss Doran report ed passing Farallonea. 2:50 p. m.?Steamship Wil li ol ml na reports Aloha putting) south toward direct course. 2:55 p. m.?Destroyer Meyer] reports Aloha 200 miles out, still | 35 miles north of course. 4:00 p. m.?Destroyer Haiel- j wood reports Woolaroc 270 mil? out. 4:35 p. ra.?Steamship Wllhel-j inia reports message trom Wool aroc 300 miles out. 8:00 p. m.?Destroyer McDon-i ough report* Woolarac 300 miles j out. 8:50 p. m.?Destroyer Corry re-J i ports message from Woolaroc 517 miles out. i 11:30 p. m.?Destroyer Corry I reports message from Woolaroc j 750 miles out. WixlnewU), August 17 2:00 a. m.?Steamship Manu lanl reports through the Army Sig nal CurPa> two planes believed the Woolaroc and Miss Doran on northern edge of course to be ap proximately middle way. I 2:00 a. m.?Steamship City of , Los Angeles reports In message* I received by the Army Signal Corps I Honolulu two planes belleve4 the Golden Eagle and Aloha, on the southern edge of. the course, ap proximately mid-way. 4:00 a. m.?Steamer Manulanlf reports Woolaroc 1,485 miles onj her course. Old Glory Hopes To Take Off At Five! Roosevelt Field, N. Y., Aug. 17. ? (AI?>?Indications were strong at the hangars this morning that if two storm arras In the North Atlantic should clear during the day the monoplane Old Glory would take oft for Rome at five o'clock this afternoon. Mechanics worked all night on the giant single motored Fokker and early today Its two pllota, Lloyd Ilertaud and James Dewltt Hill announced that all prepara tions for the ocean hop were com pleted. Northern Chinese Bombard Nanking London, Aug. 17.? (AP)? Northern Chinese forces this morning captured I'ukow, Reut er'r. reports, and this afternoon were bombarding Nanking, across the Yangtse. British subjects were evacuating from Nanking to Brll^ ish war vessels lying along the south bank of the river. easy take-off. The flight Itself was eclipsed by the sensational smashing take-offs at Municipal Airport, Oakland, yesterday. That^event so thrilled the audience of 100,000 gathered {along the runway that the race 1 seemed but an incident aftor the i hazardous take-off with a ton of' gasoline had been accomplished. Eight fliers started In the race. Two runway nmashups were pre dicted by motor experts and two occurred. The monoplane Elencanto, after a clumsy run down the long start ing point, failed to gain the prop er lifting power, weighted with a ton of gasoline and rocked and tumbled off the runway as a re sult. The pilot. Lieutenant Nor man Goddard, and his navigator, H. C. Hawkins, were uninjured., As the craft failed to take to the |,alr when it had moved about 3,000 feet along the runway, the pilot, attempted to bring the machine! undor control but the wobbling machine came to earth after a! smash that brought newspaper correspondents within range. The Pacific Flier, owned by Ma jor Livingston Irving was also smashed up in a runway accident, | after he attempted to tak* off > twice, but failed because of the weighted gasoline tanks. I Two planes which were forced hack yesterday, (he Oklahoma and1 Dallas Spirit, put back soon after the race started to make needed, repairs. Th* Oklahoma had devel-j oped engine trouble, but both' planned to start for Honolulu as toon as practical. Island of Oahu Goal of Dole Air Fliers Roanoke Island Ready To Greet Visitors At Celebration Thursday L. Cohoon Will Make the Addre?? ?/ the Day on the Subject "Our Debt to the Pioneers"; Excel lent Transportation Facilities Manteo. Auk. ? 17.-r-Old Fort Raleigh, -on Roanoke Island, near, where the first English settlers' landed, and opcupyln^ one of the most Important placos In Amerl can history. la ready to greet the host of visitors- who'will go there ?fi}om all directions Thursday for the purpose of btoervlng the throe hundred and fortieth anniversary of the birth df Virginia Dare, the, first white child to be born on American ? soil. F6r. weeks the people of Roa-| noke Island have been preparing for this celebration, and their ef fort* are now approaching frui tion. They ate eagerly awaiting the dawn of tile day on which they might cliep hands with peo ple from all sections and com mune together In commemoration i of an 'event"that has - not been1 dimmed by the pasaage of time. "Our*Debt to? the Pioneer?," Is th*M#ub$ect selected by Walter L Y3bhoan. ploqoent apesker of Klit abetfi Oily. wJio wjll make the mo njorlal address. . J Mr.. Cohoon en J<jgs\h .*ldn reputation as an ora-, t<}r -of-iMioeuel- brilliancy, and hi*, pfeytice is sought on public oc casions throughout the breadth of t ft??tate; ' Tfie did fort is-surrounded by a wealth of shade trees, and under their sheltering branches will be spread an old-time North Carolina picnic dinner, banket lunches will ( be arranged as one. and people of all localities will rub elbows with each o'ther, and as one huge fam ily brought together for a common! purpose on mi popular occasion.1 will partake of various forms of food In a manner characteristic of the pioneer days bf long ago. Sunday schools of Dare County will oc<yipy a prominent part in the day's activities. Ample boat transportation from Elisabeth City and from Point Harbor, Currituck County has been provided. At 7:30 o'clock in the morning the steamer Annie L. Vansclver, with a capacity for 500 passengers, will leave Elizabeth City for the island, and will arrive1 In ample time for the celebration. From Point Harbor the ferry service will begin at 9 o'clock, and people who are not pressed for time may avail themselves of the splendid highways leading to Elisabeth City and Point Harbor and mak<* this part of the trip by automobile. Ferry boat operators have given tho assurance that th* boats will run as late that night as is necessary to accommodate the. visitors. The celebration committee is expecting nn unusually largej crowd and preparations have been made with that expectancy! in mind. Eight Indictments Against Wrenn Is The Report Wlnaton-Salcm. Auk. 17-? C A I*? ?The unconfirmed report la'twlnk i circulated around Wllkeaboro that the WHkaa County grand Jury haa returned eight Indictment* In the Bank of Wllkea'failure raer agalnat Clam Wrenn. prealdent of the defunct Inatltatlon. The grand Jury, after working hard all laat week, waa atlll In aesalon today. It la unuaual for grand Juries In thla county to hold for over three day*. It la learned. Wrenn and hla family. It la aeld. departed from their home In North WllkMboro laat Sunday hut their | destination haa not been ravaaled.; The grand Jury Indlctmnnta agalnat Wrenn are aald to Include! aix for falae certification of checkaf oA for faTae entrlr* in the hooka Tf the Bank of Wllkea. and one for racalvlng depoelta in the hank, knowing It to be lasol Stacey Wade Sends Warning B. & L Associations Raleigh. Aiik. 17.? (flpeelal) CommlMloner Slurry Wade ha* Jiih( aont a letter to all bulldlni: and loan association* In th? .State forbidding their acceptance of iicc onrl mortgage* wnle*? the anaocla (lon own* prior lien*.' Ho *ay? the examiner* will hold llir aRMoclitionn strictly account*! able If (ho law In not followed. Hf Ml* the officer* and director! that to permit time loan* upon aecond llcna would probably nub-, Ject them to pcrnonal liability for tho los*. He make* no mention of hla letter of March 9, 1923. al lowing aecond lien*. TtBt. ? I it l* aim reported that four in dktmenta have been returned by, the (rand ;ury against Maine* Foster, road aupenrtaor of Wllkot.t Two Men Killed In Gun Battle Near Youngsville Raleigh. Auk 17.?(AP)?Two men arc dead and a third one is in a local hospital with three bullet wounds as the toll of a gun bat tle shortly after midnight Inst night In Frauklln County about five mile* wefct of Youngsville. Hugh Tearcc. 19, was instantly killed by Joe Cannady. a negro, who in turn was slain with a bul let through his heart by Robert Pearce, fattier of Hugh, after the older I'earce bad been shot through the body and both arms by the negro. Herbert Moore, a fourth mem ber of the shooting party, escaped without a scrape when ho dropped to the ground when the firing be gan. Tho battle followed a whiskey Tald on the homo of Cannady by Kobbin Pearce, a Justice of tho I peace and filling station proprie tor of YounKsville, who for sever-) al years had been acting as an in dependent prohibition raider. Pearce, his 19 year old son and i Mooro visit'd the negro's home,1 according to Pearce, after some whiskey had been bought by Moore from the negro. Moore led the raiding party back to the place and was met at the from door by Cunnady. When i told rhat a raid on the home was: the purpose of the visit, tho negro j opened fire with a pistol. Mooro pretended he was dead 1 and Im mediately dropped to the ground. The' magistrate, loader of the rald-| ers, was nest In line of the negro's I firing range afTd' three bullets took effect, two penetrating each j of Pearce'a arm. which temporar ily stunned him. The negro then fired at young Pearce who dropped dead with a ball of lead striking a vital ?pot. After seeing his son fall, the father rallied through to send a bullet through the negro's heart. I?ater, turning to Moore for help the magistrate found Moore shak en by the excitement and he him self drove his automobile one mlloj to the home of a farmer for help.' I'earce col lapsed when lie reached the end of his automobile Journey and whs rushed to a Raleigh hos pi la I The condition of the wounded man. while of a serious nature was not regarded as critical today. Small bonex were broken. Meanwhile excitement In the Youngsville section ran high when news of the gun battle bocatne known. Pearce had been a terror to. blockaders and bootleggers of the flection. RACK FROM Ht'YINU TRIP C. W. Melirk and his mother. Mrs. P. w. Melirk. have returned' from a two irwks* trtp tn New York where they were buying mer chandise for the P. W. Melkk Company. FOUR KILLINGS WITHIN MONTH WEST VIRGINIA Three Men, One a Prohihi-j tion Agent, Dropped l'n drr Kire From Mooiishiii-j ?'i> in the Mountains TWO AH RESTED I'nsae of Federal, State and Countv OflFieer* Seareh-i iiif; for \*rtailant* Who] Hed in ^ Logan. \V. Va.. Auk. 17.? C A I*> J -?Volleys from the rifles or moon shiners in ambush today had I raised tho total killings In the J mountains of West Virginia to four in I it 11*' more than month. Three turn, one a state prohl-J i>itinn MtM-nt- dropped under the, .sudden flr?? which swept Their ? camp on Island Creek yesterday. j (Jus J. Simmons, another pro hibition agent. was shot from am bush July 11. while Ncarchinu thej wooded niountainr. for moonshine stills. Two men were under arrest in j connection with tho ambush yes terday In whirli Kd Hensley. the I prohibition agent lion, his in year! old son, and Krnest Marcum, all] of Hart's Creek, were killed. Tin-1 six surviving numbers of thej party, one Howard Tomlin, also of j Hart's Creek, wounded, fled to I shelter among the trees, but had ' been accounted for today. Mean white, a pome of Federal r| state and county officers contin ued search for the assailants.| < Dave Hensley a brother of the. slain officer, spread thr alarm, es caping the withering fir#' in a daub j through thr woods, and tramping 1 14 miles over the mountains to I this city, where the posse was | rained. The bodies of the three slain I men lay as they fell. bullets 1 through the head of each. Other j j members of the party clung to i concealment In the woods until, the posse appeared, and all Were I [gathered again. Not until then, and not until 1 I their bodies had bee n carried byj mules over mountain trails to the I nearest highways, was the real| [search for the assailants begun. | The attackers apparently fled Im mediately after the shooting. Thej attack had not been without some I | warning, however. Dave Hensley; dold possomen that a party of men I | visited the two-day ramp Monday., land warned them to be gone on yesterday. A few minutes fire, and (three lay dead, and the rest were I scattered to the woods. Hensley said members of the party wore not searching for! I st Ills, and as'far as possemen worn able to learn, the fact that Kd j Hensley was a prohibition agent was unknown to the attackers. J Hart's Creek is about 30 miles I north through wooded mountain! region from the sceno of the k 111-1 Ings. \ The two men arrested. Arch Adklns and A. F. Roberts, resi dent of the district, are held for i questioning. Three stills were [ found during the search, one near, the scene of the shooting. I 8even men, held for tho killing; of ftus Simmons, are to go on trial! for that shooting September 5. It) was decided a few days ago. I Visitor Tells About Elizabeth City Of 40 Years Ago ! Recollectlona of Kllzaheth City ,of 40 y< am ago were recalled hy J J. li, I'ebworth of Norfolk who. ("following the water" practically .all in life until he retired a nhort 'time bko. wan a frequent vlnltor jher? In the eighties hut had not seen the town In four ri<rad?'?. I "An engineer I brought the Vir ginia Dare on her maiden voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, when* ahe wan built, to Norfolk." ho aald Wednenday afternoon Junt after having paid a vlnlt to the nteamei at her dock hare. She was built to run to Manteo, he recalled, "but plan* wcr?.changed after we reached Norfolk and ahe wan put on between Norfolk and Suffolk Inatead." Mi. I'ebworth alno nerved an an nlntant engineer on th< New Hern and the Shenandoah. Norfolk Southern nteamern that uned to ply between Kllzabeth City and Wanhlngton and Kllxaheth City and New Hern, respectively, In the dayn when Kllzaheth City wan the ?outhern termlnua of th<- railroad. In thone dayn (load, I'olndexter and Water ntreetn were the main hunlneaa ntreetn. and Main wan va cant, except for the courthouse and for renldencen. all the way, from the hotel to the waterfront. | Among the firm* dolnn bimlntxR here at that time he recalled j Fowler, Mellck and llrockott'n1 place on Water ntreet. and Hell's , gun nhop on South Hoad Junt back of where the gaa company's off!-1 ee* now ntand "I never naw a town change so , mnch In my IHe," natd Mr. Heb worth. "Changes here have been far more noticeable than In Nor folk." To ^tive Ready Access To Twin Shrines Seen As Object Organization Not Hi.- Mere ItiiiMing ?f a Bridge and lite Paving ?f a Koad Hut to Make Coaftt Mecca for Touri?t? IS NATIONAL IN SCOPE Movement Launched in Al bemarle Taken on More than I.ocal Significance in j Permanent Organization [ Not (he mere building of a ] bridge aero? Currituck Sound/ -? pa..,. I*J?"K the beach to the terminus or the bridge now under construc tion arromi Roanoke Sound conr | nectlng Itoanoke Island with the beach would complete the State's highway system from Murphy to Manteo, but a tremendously ambi tious plan through such ? bridge and road giving the outside world ready access to tho twin ahrlnea that mark the cradle of the white ;man a civilisation on this contin ent and the cradle of aviation, to make the Carolina Coast Country a Mecca for tourists from all parts of the Nation and of the world tho of the Kill I Hills Memorial Association T# . J? . w Jperiu?n?*nt organization I?f that body was effected at Christ. Church parish houso Tuesday v .night. ^ i ! Practically tho entlro Albemarle was represented amoriK thoae who gathered about the banquet board, and every county of those that |enclrcle the Albemarle Sound was given place on the regional coun '2 .. . ?woclation. nut a National couflcll with Congress man Lindsay Warren as chairman ? l? ,M> n>n>?'d on which It la .hoped that men high In the world |of aeronautics and of wide Influ ence in the realm of Government 'T# ?h?W k to Speakers (at the banqeut were Francis D. Winston of Dertle. Charles W. ,528!*? ??(. ,,?fQulmana> and waiter L. Cohoon and W. O. Saun GS of. P??quotank. Countlea represented In addition to I'asquo iriPppWll"t,e"nd l^rqulmans were |Currltuck, Camden, Chowan and i uare. I Not A Local l?t<>Jort I #" w- O. Saunders", editor '\L '"dependent. introduced by W. Calther ns a man of Nation al reputation, who outlined the scope of the organization. Con Igress, he pointed out, has author ised a monument at Kill Devil [Hills to commemorate the spot where aviation was born. In a commission, he reminded. conalaU Ing of the Secretary of War, of he Secretary of the Navy and of the Secretary of Commerce hat been lodged the power to decide upon-the form that the memorial "nail take nnd to erect It. Wheth er the commission will spend a few thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars, he said, de penda upon whether Kill Devil Hills is to remsln Isolated and In accessible, or whether It Is to bo Put upon a State and National highway. Make Kill I>evll Hills accessible, in hIm opinion, and It will mean the erection of one of the most Impressive memorials In America. "America Is aeronautical!? nilnded. * declared the speaker. .. ... ?f,on lakiM to tho air. It will he only a few more years before we shall see the world on The proposed monument at Kill Devil Hills will commem orate one of the most notable achievements In human history. The only bar to the erection of a memorial In keeping with the achievement at Kill Devil Hills la the inaccessibility of the site. Ra move that handicap and a fitting monument is assured. With such * each anniversary of the Wright brothers' Micht on Decem ber 17 1903, will b? marked by a celebration that will bring to the spot thousands of visitors |from all over the country. Would llrlna Tour Mm I Hut that is not all. Our sae ha" sidetracked for years. Tourist travel has not come near us. but hss traversed OMr HUt* through the i'ledmont or the Weat. This travel will con tinue to follow xood roads and human Interest* a fitting monu ment on Kill Devil Hills and the spot mad# accessible to motor traffic will, coupled with the add "d attraction of a second National shrine on Itoanoke Island, birth place of Virginia Dare, divert the main stream of tourist travel through North Carolina Into thf Atlantic Coastal Highway and th? Virginia Dare Trail, which Is a segment of that highway. Th# or ganisation which we contain plate tonight, ihen, Is ono of mdte than local slgnlflcsnce. carry the Idea which I have outlined to Ita frntl tlon snd Kdenfon. Hertford. Windsor. Elisabeth City and the other county seats of the Albe marle will have something to go to the world with Francis D Winston of Windsor, introduced as "a man equal to any occasion," stressed "the vita! lin (Continued on page 4) SIOUX INDIANS PAY HOMAGE TO MR. COOLIDGE K<?H<?rvatiou KckoiiikIh with -a I i iif; of Toiii-Toiiih and War Whoop* uh 7,<MM) Hod Skins Wail on Ruler Pinerldge, S. D.,' Aug. 17.? | 1AP)?Pgwn on the plane*?at Southwestern South Dakota near the badlands. the Pine Illdge Res ervation resounded with the bqat iiiKH of torn tomx and war whoops today as more than 7,000 Sioux Indians waited upon their ruler, Chief Leading Eagle, known more universally as President Coolldge. They wanted to show him how they live since they were rounded up oil this same prairie where a few decades ago they fought the last major engagement with Gov ernment troops, and they were ready to hear an address from their chief?the first made to In dians by a President since they were given?lull rights- of citizeu shlp. War bonnets and beaded gar ments were hauled out for the President's visit and the program Included all of the many games and dances with wliich the Indians amused themselves long ago. Pine Illdgi Is the most remote of South Dakota's Indian reserva tfous. It Is tucked away In an out of the way county, an hours ride from the railroad and without any sort of communication. The reservation provides a home for slightly more than 7,000i Indians and Sifperintendfent K. W. Ilertnark had ordered them all in to do honor to their chief. Mrs. I Coolldge and their son. John, ac companied the President. Leaving the summer White House early today the President's ! trip called for boarding a special train at Hermosa for a four hours run to Huslivllle, Nebraska, Just across the border, and from there, an hour's motpr to the reserva tion. The President planned to speak directly upon his arrival and then i there was in prospoct a parade ,by 30 red akin chiefs in full regalia' to be followed by the colebrated j snake dance In which 500 Indian warriors were to participate. | PRICE SWEETS JUMPS TO 86.50 A HA Kit EL ( Potato growers and shippers I I wcr? cheered Wednesday when [NOW York market reports placed the best grade of sweet potatoes iat $fi.&0. Tuesday's quotations Iwere from 9-1.60 to 94.GO, and the I new high price Is expected to be I accompanied by Increased activi ties in the flcldH and among the buyers and coinmlsHlon men. Experts state that the size and jquality of the tuber grown In the | Elizabeth City dlstrlc Is improving daily, and that the majority of i Wednesday's shipments will bring from 96.6Q tO 9'?. ItaliiH during the early part of the week have proved a serious handicap to digging and shipping I Is light on that account. With good weather, shipments are expected i to gain momentum from day to (lay, and with the quality and size Improving dally high hopes |are entertained that the market will remain firm. NOT THIH MII/TON In the report of recorder's court! cases published In Tuesday's Ad vance appeared a case against Mil ton Haskett, charged with skip ping a board bill. The fact that the man arrested gave his name as Milton Haskett has resulted In an unfortunate situation. Accord ing to Chief of Police Holmes, who Is anxious to clear up the name of the Innocent party, there Is a young mmi residing on Front street bearing the same name, but! who Is In no manner connected, with the man against whom tfce charges were brought, and whoj enjoys an unblemished reputation i In police circles. The Advance regrets Its failure to give the address of the defen dant and thus make his Identity! clear. ? <? J body ih recovered FROM THE TAR RIVER I Greenville, Aug. 17.?(AP) ? Searcher* today recovered the body of Frank Jones. Jl, Green ville, from th?- Tir River, three miles went of Greenville, where he was drowned yesterday afternoon While swimming. Jone* was attempting to swim across the river, when a compan ion swimming near him saw him going under Th* companion turned lo give assistance, but i could not reach the drowning man, In time to tare him. I
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