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Generally fair Sunday and Monday. 100 PER CENT AMERICAN 40 Pages Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press t -a— WILMINGTON, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1923. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. Wilmington’s Gr*' Revival Opens Gypsy Smit* Everything Now is In Readiness For Anxiously Awaited Event SPLENDID CHOIR IS WELL TRAINED Thousands Are Expected To Turn Out For Initial Ser vice in Tabernacle r—' ' Union Revival begins nt 8 o'clock tonight. -_. AViil Inst for tour weeks and be conducted by Rev. Gypsy Smith, Jr. Meetings will be held nightly save Saturdays. Tabernacle at Fourteenth and Princess Streets. Gospel ,-song service before each. meeting, led by Charles F. Alien. Choir of three hundred voices will be\urserv for children in Sunday ,ehool room of Trinity Methodist ^Beginning Tuesday daily half hour prayer service for men at Vic toria Theatre, Saturdays excepted. -J nev. Gipsy Smith, Jr., the noted 1-r’eii.n has reached Wilmington, ae.V.iuranied by his private secretary. ,.„n-,ing direct front Mississippi to this ritv. and will tonight inaugurate what is confidently expected to bei the big ,-est religious revival i nthe history of Wilmington. Charles F. Allen, 6 Wilmington. . | evangelist's gospel song leader, and the nainiast, Mrs. Hendrix, arrived * - __ __ c + r\ rohpfl rSP. the namiasi, iuio. ! several days ago, so as to rehearse (he big choir and meet the members, and the choir is going to be one of the big features of the meetings. . OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR GALLS LEGISLATURE FOR SPECIAL METING He Wants to Protect State From Masked Terror; Not Afraid Of Lawmakers * OKLAHOMA CITY, OKU., Oct 6— (Bv Associated Press.)—A call for an extra ordinary session ot the state legislature on October 11 ‘for the purpose of the enactment of a law to protect the people from mas -d and lawless marauders and secret or ganizations" was issued «*/ Gov. J. C. Walton. „ „ Simultaneously a statement was made public by Aldrlcl^BUke. execu tive counselor, declaring- that the The Governor’s action was accepted Governor is ready’ and that he is "eager to meet the legislature., members of the legislature who have sought his impeachment, and his ad visors made no effort to hide the fact that thev were preparing for the at tack. The Governor’** call precedes, by less than a week, a session summoned by a majority of the members of the lower house for October 17. at which a gen f ral investigation of impeachable state- officers will be made. The call indicated that evidence adduced by military courts of inquiry throughout the state would be placed before the legislature to support the executive s demand for anti-ku klux klan legisla Counsellor Blake declared that * the call indicates that martial law will he lifted soon. “He declined to indi cate details of any program that might look to that end. State wide martial law was declared .. three weeks ago tonight. Morrison Accepts President’s Bid To l aw Conference (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, Oct. 6.—Governor Mor rison today accepted the invitation of P ■ dflent Calvin Coolidge to attend the conference of governors at the white house next Saturday, October 20, on the enforcement of the prohibition, narcotic and immigration laws. The invitation from the president asked the governor’s attendance at a lunch eon at the white house at on o’clock on the 20th, and the conference on hiv enforcement'will take place in the afternoon. GERMANY' NEEDS SEAMEN BREMEN, Oct. 6.—The need for offi cers to man Germany’s navy and mer- i chant fleet is so great that three sail ing ships soon will be in operation to train young men to follow the sea. Oermany always has. insisted upon, training under sail for the men who officer her steamships. The department of the> interior is opening more than 111,000 acres of public lands in California, Nevada, New ’Mexico and Utah to forjner service men, of the World war. AN APOLOGY ^ ho management of The Star of l, 'rK .’in apology to those advertl.s "s we Here unable to accomodate !• «t night H-lien the facility of our nlnnt had been taxed to Its matl m, ,ni capacity with advertising. We '‘egret that we were forced to re .ect considerable amount of display advertising received at 8 o’clock. 1,1111 trust that our friends and pa trons will appreciate the necessity for our action. 1---- :rr. WALLACE HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZES GLEE CLUB __ i 18 Musical Instruments Repre sented in New Organiza tion of Duplin Cityt Special to the Star. WALLACE. Oct. 6—The high school Glee club was organized a few nights ago at the home of Miss Jessie Rose, of the High schd^l faculty, of the near 40 members, 28 were present at this first meeting. There are 18 musical instruments in the club. Prof. McKei then and the other members of the high school pere present and took part in assisting to perfect the organiza tion. Miss Rose has kindly consented to be director of the club. Mary Eunices Wells was elected pianist, and to keep all the instrumental music straight; Prances Wilson was elected to have charge of all the vocal music; Jennie Enniss was elected secretary and trea- ' surer of the club. A nice sum was paid into the trek.-j sury at this first meeting, by all pre- ' sent, a fee being required to poin. Af* ter all business had been disposed with, a delightful musical contest was enjoyed .four having to draw for the prize, it beihg a tie among these. Miss Annie Cavenaugh made the lucky draw. A sandwich course with cold drinks was served by the hostess. The Qlub will meet twice a month, one meeting wil lbe for practise only, the other a social one, mixed with music. The Wallace high school is doing some of the best work in the 'history of the school. The total enrollment is now nearing the 400 mark. Last Fri day two literary societies were or ganized in the high school department, giving each a membership of 45. One society named itself the “O’Henry,” the other is named “The Woodrow Wilson.” The new bell given the school by the graduating class of 1923, has been put up at the front of the building ,and its tones are a great improvement over the old one. Mr. R. H. Melvin, the new editor and manager of The Wallace Enterprise, has offered a half a column of th«J paper each week, more every fourth week, to the school, and Prof. McKeithen states that this will be edited Ly the eleventh^grade. Mr. Mel vin has also put on a contest, which ends this weeb- The student,- over 12 years 6f age, writing the beet article on "The things that make Wallace the best town in Duplin couhty.” will re ceive fro mthe Enterprise a ten dollar gold piece. The winning article will be published in the Enterprise. A great deal of interest has been shown by the students and many are taking part in this contest. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Carr will regret exceedingly to learn that they lea*ve the first of next week for St. Paul, where they will open an automobile business, having the Ford agency for that place. The best wishes of their many friends go with these two couples. Mr. and Mrs. Geddie Jerome have re turned from their bridal trip through the western part of the state. Mrs. Wharton Williams, of St. Step hens, S. C., is visiting her mother, Mrs. R. B. Colwell. A large crowd of Wallace people at tended the community fair at Watha at night and both days, they were all delighted with the high class of ex hibits, and pronounced it first class In every respect, as had been expected. Major Paul Perrignon de Troyes, a quartermaster in the French army, is taking a nine-months’ training course in the U. S. Quartermaster’s school in Philadelphia, Pa. He is the first for eigner ever enrolled in the school. It is estimated that there are ap proximately 4,000 Catholic soldiers buried Ai the permanent American cemeteries abroad. These represent 12 per cent of the American soldier dead interred in Europe, who number 30,393. The congressional medal of honor was awarded to 90 officers and enlisted men of the United States army and marine corps during the World war. Fire Razes Resort Buildings, Wiping Out Water Front ASBURY PARK, IT. J., Oct., 0.— Four hotels, a number of stores and an open air theatre were in ruin* to hlntagesetohfas rfutl m T TT.V tonight as the result ot a fire that wiped out on entire water front block. Two men were reported missing; in the Bristol Hotel where the fire started. All the hotels were closed for the season and no guests were in them. Besides the Bristol hotel the Keswick, the Victoria and the Ked f)emere hotels were burned to the 'round. All were of frame construc tion. Fire apparatus from surround ing towns was called to fight the flames. i. ■■ ' ■ -J NITTANY LIONS WIN OVER WOLF PACK BY NARROW SCORE, 16-0 Tarheels Display Unusually Strong Defense But Lack Attacking Punch STATE OLLEGE, Pa.. Oct. 6.—PePnn State defeated North arolina State col lege here today by M to 0. The Nlttany Lions met an unusually strong defensive team in the North arolina men. Pein state crossed the visitors’ goal one* in the first period j and garnered a touch down and field j goal in the third. In the other periods J the stiff defense of the arolinians kept the Lions out of the 15-yard limit. While Felui State used nothing but j line plunges, end runs and off-tackle bucks, Harry Wilson, who was shifted this week to full back, %pd Quarter back Palm, were the only Penn start who could consistently gain ground. Even these seasoned backs would many times bow to the sterling de fensive play of aptain Bostain at cen ter for the southerners and the alert ness of Ahe opposineg ends, Wallis and Kims. North Carolina’s main offense was In a short forward pass over the line, but It wa seaslly checked for only small gains by Pern State’s secondary defense. North Carolina penetrated Penn State territory only once, that tl five yards In the second ;< SjwalKte-’•hot... . ... yards. . ' ' . Line-up: Penn State (16 PoSit’n N. Car6llna (0) Prank .. .. LE... Ellms Schuster1.LT... Cox Michaelske .LG. Ptndrix Gray ........... C.. Bostain Bedenk .. RG—. . ..— Beatty Prevf)st .....—’. RT........— Eller /./-telle ..... RE.. "Wallis Palm .QB ........Sprague Helhig .LHB. Shuford R. Johnston ... .RHB.. . A. Johnston Wilson .FB. Lassiter Score by periods. Penn' State .1..6 0 10 O'—16 Carolina .0 0 0 0— 0 Penn State scoring: Touchdowns, R. Johnston, Palm. Points after touch down, Shuster (placement kick). Drop kick, Palm. Referee, C. A. Edberle, (Swathmore). Umpires, K. M. Dalen back (Illinois). Head linesman, F. A. Godcharles (LaFayette). Time of pe riods, 15 minutes each. Mrs. Arch Toon Dies At Home in Brooklyn RALEIGH, Oct. 6.—Mrs. Toon wife of the late Col. Arch Toon, wf»o lived at Chadhourn, died sudenly in Brook lyn Friday evening ar^the home of her son, Walter C. Toon. Funeral services will be held at Chadbourn some time Monday, according to telegrams to friends in Raleigh. t Colonel Toon, before bis death, fiad extensive business interests in Chad xtenslve business interests in Colum bus county. His widow and six chil dren Walter, James, Mary, Carrie, An nie and Alice, moved to Brooklyn sev eral years ago. Other surviving rela tives live in Wilmington, Whiteville and Chadbourn. State Begins Campaign Against $6,000,000 Fire Loss, Beginning Today Every City and Town in North Carolina is Prepared For Enthusiastic Work WADE’S OFFICE MAILS OUT MUCH LITERATURE Star New# Bureau, 312 Tucker Bide. By BROCK. BARKLEY wattttCH Oct. 6—North Carolina will campaign against its six dollar annual fire loss the wee* ^e ginning tomorow ip observing the tional "fire prevention^ week. fe .fl-et’ho taol 7890*..*. .?. An army o findivlduais and organ i«tion«, educational tire-titters, w ll be active in every town and city preaching fire prevention. From ln surance Commissioner .TStaoy Wards office thousands of pieces of litera ture, posters and bulletins have gone out to impress upon two and a half million people the way to save a cou ple of dollars apiece. For North Caro lina’s fire loss is *2.48 per caPlta Half of the 1771 fires in the state last year could have been prevented with proper care in fire prevention. In America 75 per cent of last year’s fires were classed as preventable. Careless installation of the kitchen stoves, fur naces and electrical appliances cost .528,000,000 i nfire loss, rubbish heaps were the places of origin of fire that spread into conflagrations destroying 520.000. 000 in property; bad chimneys and flues caused a 515,000,000 loss, and the careless use of matches and light ed cigarettes started fires that cost 526.000. 000. The value of fire prevention weeks with their educational campaign has been proven and education is prevent ing already about as many fires each year as water quenches. By ompress ing upon the individual the value of carefulness and caution in fire preven tion, many a home and building has been saved. The week or October 7 to 13 has been set aside as “Fire Prevention Week" by proclamation of Governor Morrison. Next Tuesday will be “Fire Prevention Day." That day is the fifty second anniversity of the disasterous Chicago fire in which two hundred thousand lives were lost, 17,0000 build ings destroyed and property damage done aggregating 519e,001,000. WASHINGTON AND LEE j DRAWS COLOR LINE | ON NORTHERN SCHOOL ■ ¥ I -r—r—^ I Refuses to Play Against Wash ington and Jefferson’s Black Halfback WASHINGTON, Penna., Oct. 6.—The scheduled football game between i Washington and Jefferson and Wash ington and Lee universities was offi cially declared off today when the lat ter team refused to play against Charles West, star negro half back on the red and black team for the last three years, and winner of the nation- , al penthalon championship at Phila delphia last year. Upon arrival of the Washington and Lee team, graduate Manager Richard A. Smith protested against playing West, declaring it was one or the tra ditions of the southern institution that its athletes would not compete against a negro player. Coach John W. eis man declined to bar West from the game, pointing out that he was a bona fide student iyid had represented the < college in tjjree preyRms years, this I being his final year. | The al decision in the controversy ! was made by the heads of the two j institutions. Dean Harry Campbell of the Washington and Lee faculty, in formed of -teh situation by long dis tance telephone, gave instructions that the team should not play against a ne gro athlete. The ultiniatum was delivered to President S. S. Baker of Washington and Jefferson who upheld Coach Heis man’s ruling that Vest should not be barred. “I am osrry the unfortunate situa tion arose,- President Baker was quoted as saying. “I respect the tra dition w’ich Washington and Lee is following in refusing to play this grme, but Washington and Jefferson college ‘s a northern school with tra dltionl, too. It has never made any distinction against color or creed. Charles West, who was the cause of the ontroversy, has been one of the best students in the college for the last three years. He l\as been an hon or to the school, both as a student and as an athlete." Football Results g„,. • i i».t * Wittenberg 24 j Georgetown, Wooster 21; Otterbein 0. Illinois 24; Nebraska 7. Columbia 0; Amherst 0, Fordham 44; Mount Saint Mary’s 0. New York University 7; Rochester 0. Princeton 16; Johns Hopkins 7. Franklin-Marshall. 10; Allbright Of Swarthmore 6; UrsinUs 0. Lehigh 28; Gettysburgh 6. Mount Union 22; Adrian, Mich., 0. At Columbus, Ga.: Spring Hill 13; Fort Banning 12. At Tuscaloosa, Ala.; Alabama 56; Mississippi 0. At Jackson, Tenn.: Union University 14; University of Louisville 6. At Chapel Hill: Carolina Freshmen 6; Marshall College 6. Marietta 14; Broadus 0. Michigan 36; Case 0. LaFayette College 0; University of Pittsburgh 7. Bates 7; Massachusetts, Aggies, 6. University of Dayton 14, Duquesne 0. Hiram 10; Kenyon 6. Cornell 84; Susquehanna 0. Navy 13; Dickinson 7. Colgate 65; Niagara 0. Harvard 35; Rhode Island State iO. Williams 20; Rennssaeler Poly. 12. Trinity 7; Worcester Tech. 6. Tufts 14; Connecticut Aggies 0. Maryland 31; University of Penn. 0. Heidelbur.g 13; Bowling Green 12. Toledo liniversity 12; Ypsilanti Nor mal o. -.is. Wesleyan 13; Bowdoin 0. Oberlin 6; Ohio University 0. At Salem, Va.: Roanoke 67; Lenoir 0. At Memphis: University of Tennes see Medical College 19; West Tennes see Normal 7. At Montgomery: Auburn 20; Bir mingham Southern 0. At New Haven: Yale 53; North Car olina 0. At Penn State 16; North Carolina state u. At West Point: Army 20; Florida 0. At Syracuse 61; William and Mary 3. At Washington; Quantico Marines 14; Georgetown 3. Rutgers 44; Villa Nova 0. Ohio State 24; Ohio Wesleyan 7. Holy Cross 55; Lebanon Valley 0. Chicago 10; Colorado 0. West Virginia 28; Allegheny 0. At Charlottesville: Virginia 9; Uni versity of Richmond 0. At BlackBburg: V. P. I. 7; David son 0. At Wake Forest 41; Guilford 0. At Athens, Ga.: Georgia 20; Ogle thorpe 6. At. nurham: Trinity 54; Randolph Macon 0. At'Columbia, S. C.: Presbyterian Col lege 7; South Carolina 3. At Atlanta: Tec^. 10; W. M. I.. 7. At Davidson: Freshmen 0; Furman Freshmen 2. At Macon, Ga.: Furman 3; Mercer 6. •At Charleston, S. C.: Citadel 28; Erskine 0. At Knoxville: Maryville 14; Uni versity of Tennessee 14. At .Vanderbilt 27; Howard 0. At Lynchburg College 0; Elon Col lege 3. Union 7; Middlebury 7. Vermont 26; Springfield 7/ Perdue 39; Wilmington 0. At A. & M. College, Miss.: A. & M. 28; Millsaps College 6. Dayton 27; Duquesne 0. Notre Dame 14; Lombard 0. Bucknell 47; Alfred 0. Cincinnati University 0; State 14. Wabash 27; Hanover 0. Minnesota 20; Ames 17. Northwestern 21; Beloit 6. Wisconsin 7; Coe College 3. Iowa 45; Knox 3. i New Hampshire 19; Norwich 7. Kentucky 1 Judge Kerr Leads In Second District Congressional Vote RALEIGH, N. C., Oct., fl^Wiith 13 roecfncts missing out of a total of 111, Hdge ohn. H. Kerr of War renton, N. C„ was leading: in the , democratic primary for a successor , to the late Congressman Claude Kitchen. The result as it stood at 11:30 o’clock was: Kerr 11,558; Alls brook 8,633; Rouse 24546. If Kerr continues to get the ra tio of the votes which he has got ten thus far, his election on the first ballot is assured. If not, he will enter a second primary with Alls brook. Rouse is out. Democratic nomination is equivalent to election. YALE TRAMPLES OVER TAR HEELS IN WILD, ONE-SIDED MANNER NEW HAVEN, Conn., 0=t. 6.—Open ing the football season with a brilliant attack the Tale Bulldogs swamped the North Carolina University, eleven, 53 to 0, in the Yale bowl today. The Elis outplayed the southerners in all de partments of the game, while the lat ter were helpless in trying to gain against the wall of blue warriors. North Carolina made only one first down. Two new stars were uncovered by Coach Tad Jones of Yale, in Rieschon, playing his first game at quarterback, and Stevens, who replaced O’Hearn at left halfback. Rieschon handled the team like a veteran and his returns of punts, receiving of forward passes I and end runs were sensational. Stev- | ens led the EJi scoring with thro* > touchdowns. O’Hearn made the most thrilling play when he skirted the North Caro lina left end in a 30 yard dash over the goal line, helped by perfect inter ference. Bench, who took Mallory’s place, made a 75 yard run after inter cepting a North Carolina forward pass in the last period. North Carolina’s poor punfing ssade the Eli touchdowns easier. In the first quarter two kicks netted teh southern ers only nine yards, both kicks bound ing out of bounds. Yale completed six passes out of 12 attempts, one be ing intercepted. Line up: Yale (63) Position Carolina (O) Hulman L. B. Vanstory Miller L. V. Farrell Norris O'Hearn L.H.B. Shirley' Neale R.H.B. Woodson Mallory F. B. Abernethy Score by periods: Yale .. .14 21 6 12—53 Carolina ... 0 0 0 0— 0 Yale scoring: Touchdowns, Stevens! (sub. for O’Hearn) 3; Neale, Mallory, O'Hearn, Bench. Points from try after touchdown: O’Hearn 4; Stevens. Ref eree, Crowley (Penn.) jumpire, Tyler (Haverford): headlinesmen, Dean, Wetkens (Syracuse). Field Judge. Auphy (Brown). Time of periods: 12 minutes each. L. 3. Jackson BRADSHAW TO SPEAK AT ALUMNI MEETING Graduates and Former Students Of Carolina Will Hold Session Thursday The universary of the birthday of the University of North Carolina it to be fittingly celebrated by banquets and smokers etc., during the coming week. The Wilmington association reports the brightest prospects for a full at tendance in the history of the associa tion. The local association is having its meeting on Thursday evening. October 11th, so as to wire to the University of on University day, a report of the local meeting. The speaker is to be Dean F .F. Bradshaw, In addition to the talk by Professor Bradshaw, a report will be made of the development of the University in the way of enlarg ed dormitorys and administrative equipment. This in itself will be in teresting to the local members. The hour and place of meeting will be announced later. The officers of the association are very anxious to get a complete list of all Alumni in the county, and any Alumnus who does not receive a no tice from the secretary by Wednesday October 10th will please phone Harry Solomon, secrtetary, phone 199. This is asked that we may have a 100 per cent complete roll of membership. Convicted Killer Has Bail Raised 1 . V Specfal to the Star. KINGSTON, Oct. 6—Bail of George Batson, convicted in superior court at Kinansville of killing L. L. (Bill) Utter, has been raised from $5,000 to $10,000 while Batson is winding- up his business affairs preparatory to receiv ing sentence ,is was stated today by Fred I. Sutton, of the prosecuting counsel. Utter, a local automobile deal er, was shot to death on a farm near w’arshaw months ago. Batson resided on the place. He was said to have warned Utter not to come on the pre mises! Previously <|he men had been good friends. The trial was postponed several times. Sutton stated that Bat son entered a plea of guilty of man slaughter.. Judge Henry A. Grady, pre siding, indicated that the defendant would receive a "substantial sentence" Sutton said, and required Batson'b bondsme nto prove thei estates. Utter resided here at the time of the shoot ing. Originally he lived at Goldsboro. Siege Of Eddyville Ends When Deadly Ammonia Is Shot Into The Barricade REVIVAL SERVICES AT WHITEVILLE MEET WITH GREAT SUCCESS The Rev. George T. Harmon, Of Florence, Is In Charge Of The Meeting WHITEVILLE, Oct. 6.—The big union, evangelistic meeting conducted by Rev. George- T. Harmon, o£ Flor ence, S. C., Is' meeting with great Suc oess. The crowds attending have sur passed expectations, and the people are all greatly interested In the ser vices. Mr. Harmon is a preacher of unusual power, and displays o wonder ful memory in repeating long passages of Scripture, selections from literature, etc. He has no Bible with him in the pulpit, but .repeats from memory long passages with the greatest ease. Hie is speaker of force, and has made a i profound impression upon his hearers. It was necessary to provide several hundred additional seats today. An ex pression heard many times is that, “There has never been anything like it before in Whiteville.” Mr. Harmon was called home to conduct a funeral service on aSturday morning, but ex pects to return in time for the meet ing Saturday night. Hundreds of peo ple living in the surrounding country come to the warehouse, and large j numbers of the town people are al ways present. On Friday afternoon j the school children attended in a body for a sermon addressed particularly to | them. Mr. Harmon is not a regular evangelist but a pastor of a church of j 1,60b members, whose active Interest he holds by his very forceful and con- | vincingf preaching. The meeting will | continue until Wednesday next. . j Work on the concrete road leading | into the town from Soles’ Swaipn has been resumed, and will be pushed through rapi41y to a finish. This will give Whiteville an excellent entrance from the country lying to the< south, j and will furnish a highway of the best quality instead of the uncertain road which has heretofore led into the town to from that quarter. The new and larger building house the electric power plant is near ing completion, and a more ^dequjte ting systems.'will; gg1*”- twit* lumber r businie&V grown considerably •; several months. • The girls of the High school bave organized the “O. Henry Literacy So ciety,” with the following officers. President, Etta Lewis; vice president, Nellie Lucas; -treasurer, Iris Hill; sec retary, Emma Stanley,- corresponding secretary, Elizabeth Maultsby. The Boys’ Literary Society of the Graded school rendered a very attrac tive program on Friday afternoon, con sisting of readings and music. - The many friends of Mr. B. H. Lewis, former superintendent of the Public school, will be interested to know that he is superintendent of school at Hon da, N. .C Mrs. Lewis is also a mem ber of the faculty. AJ1 Qf the schools of the county are beginning to get in shape to enter the athletic and musical contests which will be carried on at the Co lumbus County fair. The amusement committee has a splendid variety of entertainments in connection with the fair. Sirs. Beulah Bussell is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. K. Gray,, of La Grange, N. C. Mr. W. M. Bolce, who was a citizen of Whiteville some years ago, has re turned to make. this his home. He will go into partnership with Mr. W. E. McDanile, in the insurance business. Mrs. Boice and their two children will arrive on Monday to join Mr. Boice. Mrs. Martin Schulken and Miss Gladys Waters spent Wednesday and Thursday in Wilmington. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McDaniel were in Elizabethtown on Wednesday, at tending the marriage of Mr. McDaniel’s cousin, Miss Lillian Horne, to Mr. Da vid Johnson of Elizabethtown. Mr. and Mrs. George C. Simms, who are living in Wh|>eville, are on a visit to the eastern part of the state, on ac count of the illness of Mrs. Simms’ mother. Mr. Simms is engaged in working up the big special edition, which the News Reporter is getting Mrs. Sarah Ervin, of Greenville, S. C., has been secured to have charge of the new teacher training course, which will be established here in con nection with the public school course. Mrs. Ervin will take up her work on Monday. Mrs. Josiah Maultsby and little son have returned from their summer va cation. Mrs. Maultsby was accompa nied by her mother, Mrs. N. T. Forsyth, of Middleburg, Va„ who will spend the winter with her. Mrs. H. J. Rodman, of Waxhaw, re turned to her home yesterday. She has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H. J. Gore. She was accompanied home by Mr. Gore, who returned today with his little daughter, who has been visit ' his little daughter, who has been vis iting relatives there. Mrs. A. J. Howell left this morning for Wilmington. She will attend the six group meetings of Wilmington Presbyterial .which will be held at various points next week. Mrs. Patrick Burns, of Wausau, Is the foremost “gold star mother of Wis | consin." She had two sobs killed ir l battle and one son wounded while a; I the front. — ! To give them supernormal energy *1 1 they charged the trenches or endure< forced marches, German troops World war were given sodium phate to drink. ! • 'Si The Three Guard-Slaying Con victs Are Found Dead Of Bullet Wqunds TWO APPARENTLY KILLED THEMSELVES Deadly Fumes Would Have Done The Work, Prison Officials Say PADUCAH, Ky., Oot, 6.—(By Asso ciated Press.)—Three convict murder ers, who since Wednesday have held priso- authorities at bay, killing three guards as they fired from the mess hall o- the Western Kentucky state penitentiary, were found dead today when' the besiegers entered the bullet torn stronghold after flooding the building with ammonia fumes. After the deadly gases had been turned into the barricaded covert of the desperate trio, and all signs of life were lacking, a storming party of sev en men entered the building. All was quiet over the first floor and they moved cautiously on to the second. They Find the Bodies There they found the bodies of the mutineers, who died with the blood of prison guards, viotims of the gun men's automatic pistols when the break for liberty was initiated early Wednesday morning, on their hands. Monte Walters, fully dressed, appar ently had been killed by bullets fired during the siege. Lawrence Griffith and Harry Ferland, his companions, stripped to the waist, were lead from bullet wounds through the heart. Grif fith and Ferland, it was believed, died,' from their own hands to escape the ammonia fumes. Authorities succeeded in entering the disputed barricade after a spec tacular siege of 81 hours in the course of which prison guards, reinforced by two details of Kentucky national guardsmen, riddled the building with withering barrages of steel Jacketed bullets from rifles and machine guns swept the interior of the building with the shrapnel .formed by bursting rifle grenades and twice succeeded in placing tear gas in the building. uuuut is used The siege wore on through succes sive days and nights without authori ties apparently having progressed ma »M|toes n■Tod'^^'ho the dts obtained "ronf Paducah/ aj^^meWn - oy pipe lines werpljU*' to :the SSfe beleaguered ’ building by nieitthers of tVlA flfnpVimo- frteoo _ pleted, the ammonia h’eld under com pression in heavy ,metal drums was re leased. For an hour the ammonia was al lowed to creep into the mess hall, then control valves were closed and another anxious hour passed while besiegers waited or the wind to sweep the fumes clear of the barricade. The “mopping up" party of seven picked men then moved across the no man’s land about the mess hall, nerves taut and trigger fingers curved ready about pistols at full cock. And So It Ends Those waiting, breathlessly on the “firing line” heard a shout from with in the building, the word flashed out, “all dead.” The siege of Eddyville” was ended. T. C. WHITE, G. P. A„ OF COAST LINE DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS End Comes in Asheville; De ceased Was Widely Known In Railroad Circles Mr. White was a Mason and a Bap tist. He was ..held in the highest es teem by h^f .,|ywciates in the ra41 way World aid was-popular and influ ential in the social and civic life ol A large 'delegation of ‘officials oi ton SunC y J p. m. to go to.Salula imerj ASHEVILLE, N. C., Oet., «.—T. CV White one of the best known rail road men In the south, as well as In the north and east, died at a hospital here this afternoon at 1:30 o’clock fol lowing a prolonged illness. He was 53 years old. For 12 or 15 years Mr. White was general passenger agent of the At lantic Coast Line railway with head, quarters at Wilmington, N. C. He be came an employee of the old Port Rc -al and Augusta railway in Au gusta, Ga., while a young man and in 1902 became connected with the A. C, L. He served as division passenger agent at Tampa, Fla., for two years and in 1905 was transferred to Sav annah, Ga., in 'he same capcity. Later he was transferred to Wilmington and promoted to general passenger agent. Mr. White’s health -ailed last fall and he went to Baltimore, later com ing to Asheville. He was a native of Saluda, S. C. The body will be taken there tomoi row and the funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock. The deceased was unmarried. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. J. W, Pitts, and Mrs. K. M. Smith, both Sa luda and four brothers, John D. White. Johnston, S. C., W. H., L. F. and J. E. White all of Augusta.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Oct. 7, 1923, edition 1
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