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ILeased Wire Aitocialed I'rtut Service Tha Weather Fair tonight anil Tuesday. Slowly rifting temperature. VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 29, 1927. FOUR PAGES. NO. 206. Another Week Of Broadcasting At Alkrama Theatre Tin- Daily Advance .Station. WKBG, Will Kniiiiain Movie and Kadio Fans a While Lunprr FOLKS LIKE IT Newspaper anil Theatre Warmly Praised for Put ting on Novel Feature; Business Men Interested The Daily Advance Station, WKBG, will be on hand another week at the Alkrama Theatre, broadcastine local programs each night at 8:30 and at 10:30 from the stage of the Alkrama Thea tre. Decision to continue the pro grams wan reached late Saturday night, after a large crowd had en Joyed "Coca Cola hour" as given by a group of Elizabeth City's best talent through co-operation of W. C. Dawson, manager of the Eliza beth City Coca Cola Bottling Works. The audience cheered the announcement of the continued programs. Local merchants will take part In the radio entertainments this week, and various prizes will be given those attending. Announce ments as to details of these awards will be made later, according to Shelby Burgess, booking manager of the Alkrama. A big surprise program is promised for tonight by Sidney Shepard, radio an nouncer for WKBG. From Norfolk and Portsmouth an well as from virtually every community in Northeastern North Carolina have come messages of congratulation on the programs broadcast from The Daily Advance Station at the Alkrama during the past week. There have been many requests also for a continu ation of the entertainment, ac cording to Mr. Shepard and Mr. Durgess. Thoso taking part In the 8:30 program Saturday night were Misses Ida Katherine Nicholson. Emily Mann and Jeanno Houtz, and two colored entertainers. Mary rirown and J. E. Norman. In the "Coca Cola hour," the art ists were Dan Walla. Arthur i'adgett, Dili Hamlll, Miss Martha Pat Arch boll, Mrs. Carroll Parker, J. T. Jackson, I,arry Ennls Skin ner, Jr.. Mrs. Richard Smith and nrack Dawson. It was one of the most popular programs of the week. Elizabeth City merchants are highly enthusiastic over the radio program from Station WKBG, and fire expecting to put on a scries of features this week that will equal or surpass the high stand ard attained last week. - Persons attending the Alkrama to" see and hear tho broadcasting at first hand have been especially delighted with it, according to Mr. Burgess, from the fact that Mr. Shepard introduces much comedy, and because of the op portunity thus afforded to see tholr home folks In, action before tho microphone. FOUR BADLY BURNED AS SHIP EXPLODES flyiney. N. 8.. Aug. 29.?(AP) ?Four people were in the hospi tal here today suffering from burns inflicted when the Green fell Mission supply ship Marrellc Mew up In the harbor. Those In jured are Mtes Hostelling. Chi cago, and Miss Plerle, Boston, mission worker* and the steward > and second engineer of the Mar ?elle. ?:1TY MANAGER GOES TO HOSPITAL HERE .City Manager Miles W. Fere ^bee, of Elizabeth City, who sus t#ln<*ri a double fracture of the right Jeg, above the knee. In an automobile accident near Frank lin, Virginia, some two months ago, is at the Elizabeth' City Hos pital to have one of the fractures re-set. The other apparently has healed properly. ? For many weeks after the acci dent. Mr. Ferebee was under treatment In Lakevicw Hospital, Suffolk. He returned home re ce^ly, and complications devel oped subsequently necessitating a second setting of the broken bones. It Is thought that at least two months more must elapse be fore ho can walk again. W. S. CARAWAN HAS ATTRACTIVE HOME rnltrmbla. An* W.?It was I lamed today that negotiation* j which have been in progress for xorno lime between W. 8. Csra wan and 8. J. Holloway for tho I purchase of the home and lot of the latter, hy the former, had! heen completed. This property adjoins the home, Mr. Carawan and was especial-) ly desirable 1? him as he did not have sufficient room for his new-1 ly renovated and thoroughly mod-! ern home, it |s thought that the ?ervlce*f 0f , la ad sea pe gardener will now be employed to beautify the grounds surrounding this lovely home. Patrolman Accused Murdering Man He Guarded New York. AUK. 29.?(AP) ? "Handsome" Dan Graham. 25 year old patrolman, today stood charged with the murder of a paymaster he often had been as signed to guard and with spend ing a part of the $4,700 proceeds in a Coney Inland night club. The paymaster, Judson H. Pratt, conntruction eriglnoer for J. K. Ilhoades Co., builders wa-s shot and killed in East Fifty-sec ond street, 150 feet from the con struction Job where he was to pay off some laborers. His body later was found in his automobile un der a viaduct in the Bronx ten miles away. Graham generally was assigned to guard the paymaster, but last Monday reported off duty as sick jind on Suturday another patrol man was assigned, to the task. Police however, said Graham ap peared a few minute? before the trip and took the substitute's place. Graham was arrested at the door of his home last night as he. stepped from a flashy sport road-' ste?r he had bought for $1,650 the! day before. Police said he still j was reeling from the effects of li quor consumed at his Coney Is land "party" at which he is said to have distributed $20 bills to the entertainers. FIVE OPERATIONS TOTAL _IN CLINIC Twenty-three Fmonii Ex amined by Orthopedic Surgeon Saturday Five operations and twenty three examinations comprised the day's work at the orthopedic clinic held at the Elizabeth City Hospital Saturday by the State Poard of Health, co-operating with the Rotary and Kiwanls Clubs of Elisabeth City, and the Rotary Clubs of Hertford and Edenton. The clinic was the third in a se ries of twelve to be h*ld In the course of a year, on the fourth Saturday In each month. The operations were performed and the examinations conducted by Dr. J. 8. Gaul, of the stafT of the State Orthopedic Hospital at Gastonla. with the assistance of a group of Elizabeth City physicians and surgeons. These Included Dr. Z*?nas Fearing. Dr. I. Fearing, Dr. W. A. Peters. Dr. John Sallba and Dr. M. S. Bulla. The last named two are members of the stafT of the Elizabeth City Hospital.^ As a means of contributing to the comfort and welfare of the patients, a delegation from the Elizabeth City Woman's Club was on hand for the clinic and nerved sandwiches, milk and Ice cream to all. The clinic la open to all persons suffering from bone defects or In juries In the Albemarle District, comprising Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank. Perquimans. Chowan, Gates. Wnshlngton. Tyrrell and Dare counties. Examinations are free. Persons wishing examina tion have been asked to present themselves nt the hospital on the fourth Saturday In the month, prefrrably In the morning, after 8:30 o'clock. In order to assist the patients In learning remunerative occupa tions and obtaining training to the end that they may gain eco nomic independence, Claud L. An drews. representative of the bu reau of vocational rehabilitation of the State Hoard of Health. Is attending each clinic. He already has given material aid to a num ber of those treated. ROBRY JONKS RACK TO ATlJVNTA TODAY Atlanta. Oa . Aug. 29.? (AP) ?-Holding In his arms the gigan tic golden cup that signifies vic tory in the American Amateur Tourney, Bobby Jones arrived home today to hear once the un bridled cheers of Atlanta admir ers who never grow tired of ova tions to thla young genius of the links.* MOVES BACK WIIEKE GRANDFATHER LIVED Colombia. Aug. 19.?Cooper Bros., boat line has been char tered by Mr. Nat Meeklns at Eden ton to bring his furniture to Co lumbia. where he expects to mako his home en Main street at the site where hla grandfather's orig inal home stood. Mr. Meeklns r*. turns from Norfolk to Colombia, his birth place, after an absence of 17 years, and expreaaeo his ap proval of the many evidences of progress and proaporlty exhibited by Columbia. Still Studyin' Although J. Milton Jones is 71 and is one of North Carolina's old-1 est educators, ho tfeinks himself still young enough to learn. So | he's attending rummer school at i the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where this photo | was taken. City Council Takes Definite Step On Tax Question A proposed Indignation meeting of carpenters, painters, plasterers and hrickmasons, to have been held at the courthouse tonight at 8 o'clock as a gesture of protest against what was taken as n $5 tax levied on all workers in these trades, was called off today when word had spread that the Council, to make assuranco doubly sure, | had passed a motion repealing the objectionable licenses. Councilman D. rtay Kramer,' chairman of the ordinance com mittee. already had Interpreted the new law as applying only to contractors in these various trades. In repealing the specific' amendment, the Council took the] attitude that the general law ap plying to contractors was suffi ciently inclusive. The motion re pealing the amendment w?h passed at a special meeting Friday af-j ternoon. In the excess of their indlgna-! tlon over the law, as they and the1 general public understood it, the workers in the various trades named had gone so far In some Instances as to declare most em phatically that they would go to jail before they would pay It. STRIKERS PRESENT COMPROMISE PACT Henderson, Aug. 20.? (API ?| A committee of directors of the ? Harriet Cotton Mills today reject- j ed a compromise agreement of fered by a committee. represent- | ing 800 strikers, seeking 12% per i cent wage Increase. i "Wo regret very much to ad-1 vise that your request cannot be j complied with," the mill directors'' statement declared. | Henderson, Aug. 29.? (AP)?j Definite steps looking toward a settlement of differences between 800 striking employes of the Har riet Cottoa Mills hwc. and the mill owners were taken today when a committee of strikers pre sented a written proposition to the directors outlining a compro mise agreement. The petition, now before a com mittee of. the directors for consid eration and ujfon which an answer was expected late today, was signed by nine members of the striking forces. It leaves future adjustment of a working scale up to the directors, and contains an agreement that the strikers will return to work at once under cer tain conditions. It requests reim bursements for time lost during the nearly-four-week* of Idleness "We ask that you allow us time lost durlnr the strike, allowing each and every one of us to return to work.-Which we will do, and leaving the wa'ge add living con ditions to you gentlemTOt whom we have known so long." the peti tion reads. Adjustment within a reason able time Is urged. The striker* stress that they do not wish to "Jeopardize the mill Interest*" and that they will cooperate with tfce owners |q reaching an agree ment. , A request Is Included that the conduct of over-seer* in the mill" be investigated. The employee, the petition declares, feel that th conduct of the over-seers has been "snbaarable." LEPER MAKES AN ELOQUENT PLEA FOR MOUNTAINS They Don't Have Hill- I .ike Tlii'w in I^iMixiuna and I Don't Want f<> Go Buck Thrri* but ra go Brother Matt (iurn With lliin anil Federal Official* TukrTliein in Atilniiitiltilr Down to Louisiana Tryon. Auk. 29.? (Al?)? weary, aging man stood amimc th?? hills tie loved yesterday, and pleaded In vain wllh those who had come to take him awuy. tl<- was John Kurly, leper, ask ing that he lie let alone and al lowed to stay his few remaining years in the mountains which Ma tured him iu his youth. Aud nine Federal and county officers who had come to get him to return to the Leprosarium in Louisiana were held well nigh speechless for nearly an hour by the power of his appeal. Today Early was speeding southward on a train while Tryon breathed easier and Ills kin were laying plans to appeal to the court and health service to lot ttiem make bond to keep him near them, but away from Hociety. Hut standing coat less yesterday under a bright afternoon sun which brought the perspiration to his brow, at the very summit of one of the cliffs which had giV*"f him strength to resist the Inroads of a dread disease for a score of years, the Spanish Ameriran War veteran swept his finger eloquent ly across the broad expanse of fer tile valley below him. "They don't have hills like these down in Ix)tiislana." he said. "They don't have this life gluing air and the whispers of birds in the tall trees. There's nothing much but rowg of level homes and the river. "1 don't want to go back there anymore," and he shook his fin ger at the officers. "Haven't they kept mo cooped up long enough? For 19 years they havo persecuted me, hounded me, carried mo hack whenever I ran away. 1 only want to be left alone and I won't harm anybody. "They've tried to tako my lib erty away and they've done It Hut they can't take my pension. Hack1 In the days of the war with Spain I learned that the courts havo told them so." He had been In hiding back of the home of his brother Matt, when L'nlted States Marshal Hrownlow Jackson and his men came with Dr. O. C. Ilarantlne. These latter two brought him out and tried to persuude him to re turn with them. Karly is a well read man, arid he showed it then. In a thunder ous voice which carried his words far down the hill slopea he plead ed his cause. In a grimly stubborn way he Told them that he had rather die than leave his beloved home. Hut the Government had de creed he was an outcast, and thoso who hud cofJo for him had their orders. They told him so and finally ho gave In a bit. "Ill go if my brother Matt will, go back down there with me" lie told them. And Matt would go If they would pay his way. The Fed eral health agent* agreed. John and Matt wont Into their homes and came out neatly clothed. They! got Into the waiting automobile.' and seated side by sld<j drove down the winding road which led south. Thus they took him away, n weary aglnx man. who had plead ed In vain for his liberty. NEW Host Eli Y COMPANY II KICK (ill ANTRI) ('If AI (TICK The Virginia Dare Hosiery Company of Elizabeth City, to spe cialise In the manufacture of ruy on hosiery and other knitted goods, was Incorporated Monday with an autho'rlzed capital of $25,000, and subscribed capital of 11,000. The Incorporators are H. W Sanders. W T Ward and I). It. Munden. nil of Elizabeth city. Messrs. Ssnders and Ward have had Ion it experience In textile manufacture and are hopeful of launching the new enterprise In the next few months. PYTHIAN LECTURE 4 ON TUESDAY NIGHT Dr. If. Wlso Devllle of Norf.dk wtlt deliver ?n addn-ss on "An cient and Modern . History of Pythianlsm" at the Knights of I'ythla* rooms at the corner of Road and Fearing streets on Tues day night. MONOPLANE RETURNS TO LONDON. ONTARIO London. Ontario. Aug 20. ? j 'API?The monoplane Sir John Carllng which took off early this morning for I?ndon. England, re-, turned to Its starting point todny.i driven back by a utorm south of| Oakrlll*. Skeeter Trap Garland Rhodes, of Stuttgart. Ark . Ixithered greatly by the horde: of mosquitoes that Infested the j neighborhood of that town. So be Invented this mosquito trap and I*:; making a good living with It. kill tng tl pints of the Insect* In one week and getting $5 a pint for them. Tfcj. trap consists of a tub ot water covered with kerosene, pn ?dtctrlc Ucht and a mirror Two Enginemen Die When Train Goes Into Ravine rittHburgh, I'a. Aug. 2D (AP) ?Two englnemen wi re killed and tw<> of the members of the crew Injured, one seriously when the Droadway Limited, fast Chicago to New York passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad was wrecked this morulng Just east of (Snllitz tunnel. 12 miles west of Altoonn, Pennsylvania. /' The train was being pulled by two locomotives and the lead en gine left the track plunulng over a 200 foot embankment. The sec ond engine bung on the edge of the embankment, while the eombl nation baggage and club car also went over Into the ravine below where there Is a roadway. Three pullinnns were derailed but offi cials said they did not overturn. The passengers It was said were shaken up. The dead: Garrett, engl-, neer. Pllealrn. Pennsylvania; |{. C. Shangler. fireman. Derry, Penn sylvania. The Injured: E. A. Hsrtmnn. Cone mouth. Pennayl vanla; fireman serious with frac tured arm. cuts, bruises and poa-| ?Ibis Intern*! injuries; c. It. Hun ter. Pittsburgh, engineer, ruts and bruises, there were in the Altoona Hospital. J. W. Simpson, eondnctor. Man or Pennsylvania. E. C. Sutton, baggageman. New York, and the, club ear attendant were In the club ear at the time of the wreck but w?to not hurt, railroad offi cials here reported. The attend ant. at first reported missing, wus late found assisting passen gers in the three derailed pnllman to dress. The cause of the wreck was unknown. WARTS ASSISTANCE SOI Til 4 M KMC A IS llllST FOH AIK.UAS Itrunswlck. (ia., Auk. 29. ? (AIM ? The Department of State liAt* been requested to so llcli the assistance of All South American government!* Ih con durtlni; a search for I'sul Ued fern. missing aviator. I'aul J. Varner. local fliuht committee chaiunan. announced today. With Kedfern more than 4* hour* overdue on hi* projected non-stop flight from rtruuHwIck to |{|o De Janeiro, ilrazll, Var ner expressed the opinion (hat the aviator was safe "wher ever he may hp." "I also have requested the Navy Department to handle the situation from the itahama Isl aiuiH to the coaHt of South Am erica and the Coast Cuard Ser vice to cover the territory from Ilruhswick to the Bahama*." said Mr. Varner. Elizabeth City Girl Wins Distinction By Passing Bar Exams Mlsa Margaret Cordon. Aral Elisabeth City girl to at and the State bar examination, will add another distinction to her list next HprluK. barring misadventure, when she graduates from Wake Forest College with the degree of bachelor of l.aws. She will he the first Individual of her sex to he awurded a degree at the State's beat known Baptist College. Miss Cordon graudated with honors from the Elizabeth City High School In 1924. She spent the following yenr at Wake For est. atudying law. Then ahe went to North Carolina College for Wo men for n year, and returned to Wake Forest for the term of 1926-27. She stood the State bar examination lam week. Not quite 21?ahe will attain her majority in November?Mlsa Cordon ia anything hut the femin ine equivalent of that bachelor hood which the is slated to attain next spring. She Is a daughter of Mrs. Ed. Cordon, and make* her home with her mother on South ern avenue, this cltv. Delving In the musty tonus of Ulncksione and the rest has not dimmed her enthusiasm in the thlnus that In terest moat glrla, though she ad mits that for the present, at least, ahe Is decidedly tnore Interested In a career than in the more prosiac business of managing a home. When she obtains her degree, next summer. Miss Cordon expects to go to work In a law office, pre ferably away from home. Her present choice |M Charlotte, though her pinna along that line are still decidedly indefinite. DEMONSTIIATION (ilVEN IIV IIEAITY MI*E4'IAMST Miss Vlnetta Conway, petite | and attractive, is here this week demonstrating the Dorothy Cray) beauty preparation* and methods, of treatment at the Overman fir Stevenson drug store. 412 East Main street. She is giving lectures at the store Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons at 4:15 o'clock, and special demount ra tions In room 104 at the Southern Hotel Monday and Tuesday nights, at R o'clock. Miss Conway In a native of Southern Kentucky, and finds much In Northeastern Carolina to remind her of her homeland. She was especially enthusiastic over the stately elms In Elizabeth City, and the general atmosphere of beauty, charm and hospitality that she found here. Some Modern Daniels Mem be re of the Fourth California Plitrlct Llona Cluba. meeting at El Monte, near Lof Angelas. decldod to prove that they doeerved thi name o# llona. Bo they went out and ate breakfast In a cage with a M*1 lire lion, mane and all. They're ahown here, with Dr. W. D. ' WaJls, goraraor of th? dlatrlct. drinking a toaat to the Hon. American Plane Has Arrived At Munich In Round World Trip Curey Paralysis Dr. L. I*. Martin, city h^alttr of. "Mr of Port Worth. Tex., baa found cures for .aexeral peraoni effected by Infantile paralysis by Inoculating tbern with aerum tak ?n from the blood of persona al ready recovered from the diwoaee Franklin D. Roosevelt, left al roost a cripple by the ailment, has wrerefl.lo pay Dr. Martina ex penaea for the treatment of ten peraoni whom Dr. Martin le tak ing to Warm Springs. Oa., for *n*l treat mint Generous 'Stranger' Proves Undoing Of Autoist Found asleep in an automobile parked unconventionally midway of tho Intersection of Ash and Ce dar streets, near the city limits In the vicinity of the main line of tho Norfolk Southern Railroad. Joe I'endleton, colored, wan fined ? 50 and cosis in recorder's court Monday morning, and was denied the right to drive a car in North Carolina for 90 days the mini-1 mum punishment prescribed by law for an autoist found guilty of operating a car while under the Influence of liquor. 1'ollce Officers Anderson and nasnlght testified they were called to the spot by a telephone message Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, and found I'endleton, obviously under the influence of liquor, slumbering so profoundly under the steering wheel that It took them ten min utes to awaken him thoroughly. I'endleton admitted having had a "little taste" of liquor which he said wns given him while he was awaiting one Tom Jones, colored. He declared the donor of the spir its was a tall, thin, dark negro who was a stranger to him. His explanation prompted Trial Jus tice Sawyer to remark that It must have been the same negro who gives liquor to every one else destined to appear next day In re corder's court, Richard Spencer, painter, sub mitted to a charge of being drunk and was fined ffi and costs. BELIEVE AVIATORS VICTIMS OF BANDITS Sail Atitonln. Tel., Auk, S?.? <A.P)- Holler lhat two Army avla Captain C. H. Reynold*. and Starr Sornoant Qua Nawlnnd. ot Kurt Sam Houaton, have boon rup tured by Mexican hamllta was ex preaaad by trlenda o( the men h?i? today. I.ENINE HAS NAITrOW ESCAPE AT AIRDROME London, Aug. 29.? fAP) ? Charles A. Levlne. landed at the Croydon Airdrome In his airplane Columbia at 4:05 o'clock this af. ternoon. there was difficulty in making the landing and the Co lumbia rlrrled over the airdrome four times before coming down. The Columbia landed with a great bump and Jump and Levlne appeared rather nervous. He had nothing to say when members of the flying field force who. had watrhed his performance, congrat ulated him on his narrow eerape! from an accident. Perls. An*. 29. ? (AP> ?1 Charle* A. l^evlne, left !*> Rnurget Field at one oflock this afternoon In his transatlantic monoplane the "Columbia." In a westerly dl-j rectlon. Maurice Drouhln. French pilot engaged by Levlne for the transatlantic return flight to the United States, was not on board and waa not .advised of Mr. Le-. vine'* plans. The "Columbia" did not carry' a fall load of fuel. Second I^g ?f J??rnei Made Safely; Miuiy Cabl? Memage* Heeeived From United Stales FLIERS FEEL FINE Had Good Night's Sleef After Safe Arrival al Croydon Sunday From ffarlmr (iruoe i Munich, Germany. Aug. 2#. ,<AP)?-Completing the second |l#p of (heir projected round th? world flight Kdward P. St-h lee and William 8. Brock. arrive hero in their monoplane Pride ol .Detroit from Croydon Field. Eng land, thU afternoon. Croydon. Kng., Aug. 29.? (AP) --The Pride of Detroit, American round the world plane, took the U no** ft? avln,,?" fl?'ld here at N. J2 o clock thiH morning. with Munich, Germany, about 600 mllei J.w" ' ua ,ho dcatlnatlon. O or? y comPJ?ted the first leg of 2.350 miles from Harbor Grace, Now b oundland, to Croydon 8un 9",0,rn,nK aft*'r ',0,ng in the air 2J hour*, 21 minutes. Brock was at the controls when tne monoplane Rtarted. They tax ied over the flrld uualnnt the wind * beautiful getaway, circling over the airdrome and waving gopd-hyp to the few apec ta org aaaemhled to witness Ihe take-off. Then the machine head ed towardR the eant nnd within ? U?T? ?r flvo wan out of ?Ight. Report a Indicated there was 'OLTl T'fu over th<> Er?K>*?h Chan ESJf. ,ha.' ,vl"lbllll7 ?n (he con tln?nt wax fairly B?od. The wrath er at Croydon was comparatively clear and (he hvlatorH considered the flylnx condlttonn were aueh aa ii> warrant an attempt to reach Oermany alnee they are out to day* 'hPlr ^ourn<,)' "'thin 28 . ,!i!r"r" ,h'" lh"y received ?h .!n?njr c,ble messa^ea from the United .States wishing- them every aucceaa In their venture. Aa they made their laat minute prfp and Raw to the atowlng aboard of a lunch ?f eheeao and an'1 coffee, i- tri d handfula nf telegram, and lettera. AmonK those wlnhlnK them Kood luck on their under taking wax Colonel Ira Edwarda laU-jT*1*"! 'h? nr,,l"h Air Mln ,nior? had a aplendld nlKht a Bleep after their tranaat laptlc hop. They were feeling ex ceptionally trood and lookinc for ward easerly to their journey. They aro.e at r,:.10. had break r"y"' """??? ?t the Havoy Hotel and canie to Croydon in a llmounlnt-, arriving about 8 o clock. The machine wnie all prepared for taking the air except for re fitellnR Fifty gallons of gaaollne waa talteri aboard within a few minuteR, making a total of 135 gallon* they having had 85 gal lonii left after their trannatlantlc flight. This wan conRldered more than ample for the approximately Rlx-hour flight to Munich. CITY NOW ISSUING AUTO LICENSE TAGS The iRRtiance of city automobile license tag* In wrll under way now. In anticipation of Thursday September 1, the dnte then the old license* expire. Clt? Auditor John H. Nnowflen, who has charge nf that phane of munlclpnl activi ties, Is uriclng nil to come early, and thim l?e prepared to comply with tho law when ThurRday roll* around. The new llccnROR, by Ihe way, ire |2 each thin year just twice ?h much aR heretofore. The In crease wrr ordered by the City Council Monday night. August 15. ?R one of Raveral Rtepn to ralRe ad 1lttonal revenue without booatlng the tax rate. WEEKSVILLE YOIJTH HURT IN ACCIDENT nnconacloufl for an hour and a half after having been thrown tieadlong from a motorcycle, John D. Walaton, a?ed 16. son of Dur int II. WalRton. of the Weekavllle lection, wan reported getting ilong nicely today. The accident >ccurred Saturday near Weeks irllle PoRtoffice aR young Walnton rtah rounding a curve. He waa Ditched to the paved highway, itriklng on the able of the head, ind RUfTered ' many hmlst>s and 'aceratlons. but no broken bones, rfe wn* treated In Dr. J. II. Hark well. of WeekRvllle. who found it iec?'?*ary to tnke Reveral ntltches n his forehead. The motorcycle wsr a brand lew one that the boy had ac lulred only a day or two before. Chicago police are going to >arry nlghtRtlckR again, naya a llRpatch. The ohRelete will re urn if you JURt give It plenty of Ima.
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