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11.11 PO Y1AE 01 ADTAJfCB
Mlm4 to hav« been t raasd by
- H^oor. John AtkifU, farmer living on
Mm Garwood road, «u mmpowsisd
and UH hi Um county jail Tues
day evening after he had emptied hisj
revolver at poHco headquarters while
driving by hi an automobile He is
slated on eharires of shooting with
intent to kill and as being criminal
ly insane.
Atkins was taken into custody by
Chief W. F. Evtrsman, Sergeant Ed.
■cNally and Officer Hickman after
Us car collided with a post directly
across the street from police station.)
The farmer was attempting to load
• shotgun when officers, overpower
ed him. Chief Everamaa said.
He is believed to hare set out on
aa expedition to "get" city and coun
ty officials who arrested him last
month following a similar "rampar*."
Authorities said he had beea drink
Last night the prisoner was in the
n—1> Jail, every precaution being
taken by Sheriff Dan Chaptnan to
prevent his escape or possible injury
to other prisoners.
une 01 tM bulleta Tram the revol
ver, which wu a .32 calibre weapon
want through thf glaaa in • tranaom
•wr the aouth door of No. Om hoaa
hooar ami lodged in the door frame
of Cjiaf MiDar'a office. The other
four bulleta fired were not located
Wat night hot no damage waa done
aa far aa could he aacertahted.
Um bombardment, which took
phm at I o'clock, came aa a aurpriae
to men atationed at headquartera. At
I ftrat it waa heliered that aa automo
bile motor waa backfiring, the ahota
earning in rapid anewaahm. Chief
■veraman, however. from hia office
waa able to aaa Atkin* aa he ripaat
adfcr fired at tha building
According to the chief, Atkina waa
atee hi a Mall touring ear which
he waa driving aouth m Fifth atreet.
Be held the wheel with Ma left haad |
tomokila Atkins niiHwl aat N tha
Atkina calmly aafcad tba poMw flat
tha troabla dm and AmMmH kiww
ladga of haiku flrad at Dm WMIh,
Chief tr r—.n nM.
Atkina had baan at Hkarty am
OM bond foOowinc hia tndk liaiil by
tba grand jury an thraa ooonta, bor
rlary, aboattnc with Intent ta kill and
malirioua iaati natlun of yaupwtj. a*
a rwmlt at allafad attacka on Omar
Toont, a neighbor, and afforta ta aat
flra ta Yoon**a koaaa. Ha waa ar
raatad an tba night of Dae. IS aftar
a wild.rbaa* In wbiek poliea fliad at
Mm rapaatadly aa ha flad ha tha dark
noN, Ht idwrittwt at tint tkM tint
■U.
Maigkbora at Atkina Taaaday at
tarnrxm barama a«ai* of tha fact
.ff Chapman. Tha calla. bawarar.
wara r«eai»ad only a Urn mlnataa af
t«r Atkina attack on tha dty building
and hia aabaaqwnt art aat.
■ranter of the Utter waa itw«n
•noifk to km hlwaatf ihrtri PfM
ident of Bajrti.
Gen. Petlon ho retreated to the north
of tha ialaad, tkara had
claimed kin* ami Wit
"Citadel". Hla reign n
If and cntl aa that of Hen. Evan
Ha vine suffered from
apoplexy, which all hla
voodoo tpella could not cure, ho de
rided to commit suicide. Bat not is
the ordinary way. Ha waa determin
ed that his manner of fairing off
should be worthy of a great King.
He had a golden bullet made for hU
pistol. and with it be ihot himself.
Ratifies
Phoenix, Aria.. Jan. 11—The Houaa
of Repreaantathraa of the Arteana
legislature today passsd by a vote
of 41 to S a raaolution ratifying the
child labor amendment to the Feder
al constitution.
The reeolotion waa Mt to the Sen
ate.
World Flight Cheap at $177,
481, Members Congress Feel
Actual Figure $114,482.99, 1
Deducted—Cost of Navy
Skip* Would Have Been ii
Washington, inn. 18.—lhabm of
Concr** ar* showing • lively in tar
eat In the coat nf tha history making
world (light made by tha Amy Air
Service but yanr.
Tha total coat of the flight to tha
Air 8ervica aa compiled to data U
1177,49136. Of thil total h la ani
mated WtlMJI r«pcaaenta axpen.ee
that would Haea been tnenrred on a
flight of similar pcapurtlons and du
ration entirely wHhin tha United
Btataa. Thia laaena aa actaal coat of
9tl4,48LM, which doaa net include
the coat of tha planea need, the mo
tor*, i para pane and pay of par eon
ment for a SB minion or twi t M
million dollar
afford at thia time to
handle »orh an amount.
Uto situation which
governor and budget au
North Carolina
• hundrad million dollar* worth rf
honda on th» market hi the hurt four
jraara. To throw IS millions
top of that would i
financial standing and
•alt ;.i m pot loea through the asces
sity of making unfavorable aalaa of
the additional issues.
Highway Chairman Prank Pat* ia
understood to onenr hi the view that
expenditure* should be restricted to
I* or Vt milliona a yaw for the next
two yeara. He has conferred with
member* of the budget commission
and they have asked him to supply
them with information as to the ac
tual needs of the commission for far
ther road building.
When the legislature gets the facta
It likely will accept the view of the
Mr. McLean incidentally has speci
fied no amount for road construct
ion. His recommendation on road
bonds will swait the report of the Uad
pt commission and correct informs*
tion on the state's financial condi
tion.
Vken Regular Expenses Arc
Tender* No* Considered, as
i Use, Anyway.
OS thia proVrt.
r* of Casfraaa i..
•ntly sts ntlilM wfth tha tdilm
aaant of Um Air Serrtea an ) fool that
the entarpriaa «u wnrtS H I
U*as It coata, ihsHImi of what tha
»<"tual fiftma may ha. ffkm the
flight was rant#ni4atal Major Un.
M. Patrick, CUaf «f the Air
a
in the
total number of bills I
linw branch so far to 141.
No bnpnrtant legislation is
m until aftar the Mhn| at I
noon. Him m no Mlla ponding to*
ralrtaf Um fiscal policy at DM atoto
<hw to the delay in tha irtwlwl.n at
at tha
mission this morning
vions asssrtiuns that thorn
tWa time, bo no daflnita to
to tha available revenues for tha <
It
tha frtwn at tha revenne MO
abandoned altogether tha Ida* of tha
wki tax and wilt not eonaMar tha
taxation of raal and personal proper
ty for state pui puaes. Further. it
was indicate that tha heaviest raise
will be on incomes. FartSkf than this
there has been no authoritative Infor
mation. Spornlatian has been rife
aa to the amount of additional revenue
it will take to ran the state and its
institutions for tha coming biennial
period. However, no one has ventur
ed to viva a statement dealing in es
timate)!. None of thoae to whom the
task of finding means to raisa the
revenue is assigned is willing to be
ouotod on how mark It will take.
However, numerous ru eases have
Governor Mr Leu *u back in Ms
office today after barter spent Sun
day with Mrs. McLean at Lambert on.
He was preparing for the deHeacy of
hid Message Wednesday and confer
ping with legislative leaders. The
governor will make no full statement
as to the state's fiscal policy until he
has gone folly into all questions up
on which be mast hase Ma findings
he has stated. He win not dfceasa it
in his mesrare Wednesday, hot will
appear later for that purpose, when
he la ready to aimoonee his poHriea
in detail. He la net prepared at this
t* I* teto a discussion %s to the
amount of bonds which H will be aec
eeaary for the state to law. He
tars fraakly, he does not know and
will net at. til he haa studied to the
fullest extent the findings sf the bnJ
fat commission aad mtil he pacalvee
aad -lie*ate the figw*r on haw araca
it has baaa taking to twa the state
aad ita institution*.
Fkk Caaaa Wttlaa Mill T*
ECLIPSE OF SUN JANUARY
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Will Total hi N*dw»
Part of Uatted Stataa—Oaly
Partial m North CanU i
W**hin*Um. Jan. 7 —On tb* 24th
day of Jan out, Um wfll mnt ta
the iUn uauthini that you prob
ably will iwrar m again—a total
«Hp— of tb* aun, in mm placaa, and
a partial aelipaa wtr tb* grant*r
part of tb* United State*. Caution
alt driver* to ■* »lowljr.
If yoo Uv* in a boh 100 niila* wM*
and 5,000 mil** htm and flung from
northern Minnaoote and Michigan,
over tb* Gr*at Lakaa to New York.
Long Island, Connecticut and Khode
Inland, part* of Peaaaylvania, Now
J*r*o aad Massachusetts, yon will
*** tb* flaming ion blotted oat on
tb* moraine of tb* twenty-fourth.
For tb* first time in Bar* than a
hundred year* tb* atooo will pa** b*
tw*en tb* aarth and tb* ran, throw
in* its shadow on our sphere. It is
the first total eclipee of the son ria
ible in this section of the country
lino* IM. '
in* criipar win nr uhju in iraiiiu,
Buffalo, New York City, New Haven
and May other large cities in this
part of the country. The partial
eclipse will he eery large, nearly to
tal in imm of the largest cities in
the United Stataa including Boston,
Providence, Albany, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington and Chicago.
Even as far Sooth a* New Orleaaa,
and as far west as St. Louis and Oma
ha. the partial settpee will he Urge.
The total eclipse in New York
City will take place sheet 9.10 a. m.
and the time of the great—j eclipse
for most of.the cities in the east
that keep eastsra standard time will
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lOM BoH. Va., and N. C.
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Dark-PM Va. Tobacco ... lJIMM
Sun-Curod Va. Tobacco lMJN
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bacco njm
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