FACE DEATH IN
THE EVERGLADES
Courageous Men Determined
to Get John Ashley and His
Brother, Bill. Notorious
Gangsters.
(Rt Tt?* A?orlat?d PrMi 1
West Palm Reach, Fla., Jan. 11. ?
Courageous men today faced death
in the fastnesses of the Florida Ev
e re lades as daylight brought a re
sumption of the pursuit of John Ash
ley and his brother. Hill, who joined
him In the woods yesterday.
With Sheriff Hob Baker and Ills!
deputies closing in on the two des
peradoes heavily armed a battle to
?death was imminent.
More than a dozen members and
associates of the Ashley gang are In
?custody.
West Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 11.
? Albert Miller. 20-year-old bad
man. who the officers declared fired
the shot that killed Deputy Sheriff
Fred Baker Wednesday morning In
the camp of the notorious Ashley
uanc In the Florida woods country.
wa? captured by deputies yesterday
and lodged in jail here.
FORESTRY MEETING -
HELD IN FEBRUARY
Washington. January 11 ? The;
committee appointed by the Chamber
of Commerce to arrange for the
convention of the North Carolina
Forestry Association which comes to,
Washington on February 20. met at
the Chamber of Commerce* rooms
Tuesday afternoon and made tenta
tive plans.
T. Ft. Hodgs, chairman, announced j
that arrangements had been made,
for hotel accomodations, for an au
ditorium for the meetings, and that1
other preliminary details had been
attended to.
An oyster roast will be given th?* j
delegates and it is hoped to have
either a boat trip down the river, or
an automobile trip to InterestUlg
points out of town.
The Forestry Association is com
mitted to the principle of timber pre
servation aad reforestation and these
matters are of great concern to the
Stat?' ? especially to Eastern North
Carolina, whose timber resources
are of such value.
The president of the association Is
Col. R Cotten. of Bruce, the vice
Blltmore, and the secretary. Prof. J.
S. Holmes of Chapel Hill.
TO REPORT TAX BILL
BEFORE THE BONUS
Washington, Jan. 11. ? House Be-'
publicans in conference last night i
Instructed the Ways and Means Com- j
mittee to report the tax bill before!
taking any action on the soldier!
bonus. |
FIND BODY MISSING
AMERICAN AVIATOR
(Br Th* A?MV-l?'rd I tfu.'
London, Jan. 11.- -A body be
lieved to be that of Lawrence Sper
ry. \merlcan aviator, missing since
December 13. was found near Hyp
today.
The body, which was lying on the
shore, has not been definitely Iden
tified but the garments are said to
correspond to those worn by Sperry.
SMITH TAI.KS ABOUT
HIGH FREIGHT RATES
Washington. Jan. 1 1 . -Senator
Smith of South Carollnn. newly elect
ed Democratic chairman of 4 he
Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, declared today In a statement
that all Interested should co-operate
to provide relief from the burden of
excessive freight rates, and that this
applied with especial emphasis "to
the Intolerable burden imposed un
der the present rates on agricul
ture."
STACK CLEANING
UP MECKLENBUKC
Charlotte. Jan. 11.- ? -Indictments
aualnst 13 persons, charging them
with having unlawfully f>nitaxed In
prl?" flghts here, were returned by
the Mecklenburg County grand Jury
yesterday, in accordance with In
structions from Judge. A. M. Stack
of Monroe, why Is Df^Sldfllg HT tl
present term of Superior Court here.
The grand Jury, It was announce.!,
tomorrow will take up the matter of
bucket shops. In accordance with
Judge Stack's Instructions
NEWBEGUN CHURCH
OPENED ON SUNDAY
The new Newhefun Methodist
Church at Weeksvllle will be opened
for the first service Sunday. Pastor
llcv. W. T. I'hipps will preach the
opening service at 11 a. m. The pub
lic Is cordially Invltsd.
Mr. and Mrs. T. P. N'ash Sr.. re
turned Thursday from Memphis.
Tennesaee. where they spent the
Christmas holidays with Dr and Mrs.
T. P. Nash Jr.
ABEKDEEN CHIEF
KILLED BY NEGRO
Aberdeen. Jan, 11. ? W. P. I
Pane, chief of the Aberdeen I
IHilirt*. was shot to death her*' '
yesterday by a neuro whom he
had just arretted as a susp?*ct
In connection with recent rob
beries at Goldstnn. The negro,
believed to be Henry Howard
of Danville. Virginia. In turn
was sliot by M. It. Oenex who
accompanied Pane to make the
arrest.
Tells History Of
Rockingham County
Col. Fred Olds Relates How It
Was Created From Portion
Of Guilford
Raleigh January 11 Water
courses, which caused the division
in earlier davs of tnanv of North
Carolina's, was responsible for the
creation of Rockingham countv. ac
cording to the History of North
Carolina Counties bv Col. Fred A.
Olds.
The new countv was created De
cember 28. 17855 by the General As
sembly In session at New Bern, and
was made from a portion of Guilford
County. The district of Hillsboro
claimed the new county.
"The name was given," according
to Colonel Olds' account "in honor
of Charles Watson Went worth. Mar
quis of Rockingham and leader of
the party in the British Parliament
which advocated American indepen
dence aud who was Prime Minister
when the Stamp Act was repealed.
He was extremely popular in the
American colonies. In the diary of
Richard Caswell giving the itinerary
of his Journey from North Carolina
?o the First Continental Congress at
Philadelphia iu 1774, it is set out
that on the sixteenth of that month
'thirty iwo toasts were druuk aL the
Slate House in Philadelphia.' One
was to the King and Queen; one to
the Priuce of Wales and tjie royal
family, one to the perpetual union
of the colonies.' The twenty sixth
toast was to the 'Marquis of Rock
ingham.'"
The General Assembly named
Commissioners to "arrange for the
building in the center <>f the county."
court house. Jail, stocks etc. A tax
of two shillings on each poll and
eight pense an acre on land for two
years was levied to p<iy for the
court house. Jail and slocks. The
first court was held February 25,
1786 at the home of John Tape. Thu
court elected Thomas Henderson as
clerk and John Hunter register of
deeds and John May exhibited the
commission as sheriff signed by
Governor Caswell. Nathanial Wil
liams was elected county attorney.
"Later in the same year the Gen
eral Assembly found that the com
missioners had failed to locate the
courthouse in the center of the
county, as directed, so It created a
new commission and directed them
to locate the county seat in the
lands of Charles Mitchell on the east
side of Big Rock House creek;
Mitchell having accented to this use
of his land. The first court house
was at Jacksou or Kogle Falls
(about four miles from the present
Went worth) in August 17?J3. The
second was at Went worth (also
named for the Marquis of Itocking
hapi whose family name was Went
worth ? In May 1799. the site being a
Kift from Charles Galloway.
"The General Assembly in 1785
levied a tax of two shillings on the
; poll mid eight ponfte on the 100
' ocrt's of land to pay for the county
1 buildings and In 1788 alllowed the
county court to levy a further tax
i to pay for them. The wardens for
jKior wer authorized .to build bonnes
for the latter. A tax wa.-* levied, one
shilling On polls and four pense on
every hundred acres of land to pay
?bounties' for the scalps of wolves.,
panthers, bears and wildcats and
heads of families were required each
year 'to kill seven crows or squlr
I rels and show their scalps.'
j "The fir?t raited State# census,
taken In 179o. gave Rockingham
1.219 free white males of sixteen
years and upwards Including heads
of families and under 1 6 years.
1.4 IB. It had 2.468 white females.
.JXhAf* were 42 -tree -negroes and 4.M>fr
slaves. The total populnttmi ? tnrs
6.219
"The third court house was built
In 1850 of brirk. was practically re
built in 1882 and was burned In
1906. The present one one was
! built In 1907. The will books do
not In gin until 1814. the deed hooks
In 1787."
The county has furnished two
governors for North Carolina. David'
is. Held and Alfred Moore Scales.
Governor Scales also was a general
I with the Confederate nrmy. Besides
many members of the counril of
State there havo been a State, su
preme court judge. <mwI other repre
sentatives In the Stat>? government
as well as the following Crtlfed
States Congressman; James W.
Reld. Meredith P. Gentry. David F.
Held, Alfred M. Scales. Thomas Set
tle and Thomas Settle Jr.. his son.
Speed Demons!
orot
A. S. Deaden and A1 Gona decided to take their new (V) car lor a spin
through New York City streets. This photo shows what happened after
the 1900 model llnally gathered momentum. Cut the cop is stnilinc. so
evidently It Isn't so serious.
Watches His Health*
Dr. Joel Boone, shown above with hi* wife. In one of President
Coolidge a pergonal phyalciana. Photo yken Id Washington.
OIL TANK EXPLODES
WITH TERRIFIC ROAR
Linden, N. J.. Jan. 11. ? The huge
oil tank of the llaywa.v Refinery of
the Standard Oil Company exploded
here last night with a roar that was
heard for several mi left. There were
many workmen In the vicinity ?t the
time but none was injured, althbugh
: the top of the tank was blown off.
I _
VENIZELOS DECIDES
TO FORM CABINET
iRr Til# AwUl'd rr*??J
Athens, Jan. 11. -Former Pre
mier Venlzeloa has decided to form
a cabinet in which he will be pre
mier, without portfolio. with
fieorges Itnussos. republican liberal
leader, as foreign minister. Us flie
only possible solution of the pro
tracted governmental crisis.
HOLD UP TELLER OF
KANSAS CITY BANK
Kansas City. Mo . Jan. 11.- Sever
al negroes today held up the teller of |
the Main Street liauk here at the|
door of the bank shortly before noon
and escaped with $44,500.
POSTPONE ACTION O.S
SALE WAR MATERIALS'
Washington, Jan. 11. ? The Houre
foreign Afftira ComnilKee toda>
postponed action Indefinitely on the
Kalrchild resolution proposing to
prohibit the sale of war materials by
the I'nited States to s\ foreign gov
ernment.
KE- ELECTED CHAIRMAN
< : A M PA IC N COM M i n EE
Washington. Jnn. 11. ? Hcpresen
tatlve House of Kentucky litis been
chairman of the Demo
cratic Congressional Camnalun Com
mittee. Rpprpipnintlvp Clancy of
MJchluan la the new secretary.
SENATOR WATSON IS
i'Olt COOI.IIMiK, TOO
Washington. Jan 11. Senator
Watson of Indiana today announced
that ho would not he a candidate for
the Republican president \t^r nomina
tion and by his announcement liftoff
the way clear 4ftfr Coolldxe In the Ih
dlana presidential primary.
Mrs. i Calvin Twlddr of W??*t
Church street has returned after vis
iting her parent*. Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Warren at Ca|?* Charles.
. BARN COMPLETELY
DESTROYED BY FIRE
The barn of J. II. Gordon at Cam
den Court House was completely de
; stroyed by Are Thursday afternoon
and his winter's supply of hay and
I about twenty-five barrel* of corn
i and other things In it.
Just how the fire started Ik not
! known. Freshwater. Wood was pass
| Inn 011 the road and saw smoke coiu
j Iiik from the inside of the barn. (Jo
linx In and giving the alarm tin- barn
i wan found to be all ablaze on the in
side. Efforts to put it out were of
,110 avail as the fire had gained too
great headway. Finally Juat aa til''
' roof was falling in some one thought
1 of the Elizabeth City Are company
[and the rail for their assistance was
I put in about 1:65. The good roads
I enabled them to get there quickly
and fiOO feet of hose was laid to a
j nearby creek and the Are was soon
checked and prevented from spread
r-*nu to other buildings. i
I Of the biic pllr of corn, about 200
bushels, probably two-thirds, was
saved as it was in one big pile and
only the top was burned.
There was no insurance on either
the barn or Its contents and the loss
was probablv about $1,400 without
connting the corn burned which
lnlght have been about 2f> barrels, f
The fire company returned to the
city ^bout f. : 0 p. m.
FIND SUBMARINE
Binr NOT I II E CHEW
IK* T?1- iwlllHl rrm.l
f'ortland. Kng.. Jan. It. ? An ob
pect believed to be the Itrltlsh sub
marine. 1,-24, which was rammed
by the dreadnaught. Resolution, yes
terday has been located off the coast
at a depth of 30 fathoms, according
to officials here.
" " X Tieivy sea f Is" "ninnl hi a n if "IV lir!
impossible foi divers to descend to
Investigate. If had weather contin
ues efforts will lie made to drag the
submersible Into shallow water with
grappling hooks.
There Is nothing to Indicate that
her crew of 48 men have not per-!
tshed.
LIQl'OK PARTIES COST
MANAGER HIS IM.ACE
Washington, Jan. 11 W. I-'. I#etit,
<ll*4?l*< manager of the Veterans'
of New York, has been re-!
fleved by Director l-Wnes, pending j
complete Investigation of charges,
that liquor parties had been held In
the district office there and that II
quojr was carried to a dinner at a
hotel In the Veterans' flurcau am'
bulance.
I
Is Modern College Girl
Bad As She Is Painted?
No Question of Too (Much I'aint and Some Say She"* Too
Little Clothed ami Licentious Amazon, lint Perhaps
This Passing Phase W ill Soon Kuii Its Course
By ROHKKT T. 8MAIX
(CovvtfM, I *23. By TH? A4vano?>
New York, Jan. 10. ? The modern college girl has just re
ceived the worst lambasting of her career, and the questions he
fore the country's educators resolves itself into this:
JURY DKANk UP
THE EVIDENCE
Now Orleans. Jan. 11. ?
Federal prohibition agents
were scratching their heads
last night because the jury try
ing a liquor conspiracy case ^n
Federal Court retired during
the day to the Jury room with
sandwiches and a quart of
whiskey which had been pro
duced as "evidence'" and re
turned with a verdict of ac
quittal but not with the "evi
dence."
Dry agents later reported
that they found the bottle In
the Jury room with only 'a
thimbleful of liquor.
Chowan Unearths
Ancient Catalogue
Document of Session 1852-54
( Gives Roster Of Students
From Bestcity
Murfreesboro, Jan. 11. An Inter
est hiK document has recently come
to llKlit in I ho form of a catalogue
Chowan Col logo for tho academic
session lK5:{-f>4. It Is hound in
black, and aside from a wood rut of
tho institution. lias fow of the fea-*
tyres belonging to tho college cata
i logue of tho present day.
Tho faculty if characterized as
tho hoard of instruction, and tin* list
of instructors contains the names of
tlyoe ministers. Rev.. M. II. Kory.i
A.M.r president; Roy. H . It. Land. |
A.M., Latin, languagoiTnd literature;!
nud Rev. J. R. Carllck, A.M., his- j
tory.
The roster of students contains tho
following from Kllzaboth City: Chris
tian Hell. Elizabeth l-\ riotchor. Mar- 1
garet E. Fletcher, Virginia \. Hunt
or, N. C. Hunter. Elizabeth Jackson,;
Julia A. Morris and Mary K. Wil- !
I la ins.
y r .-. ' V
SHOltT SKSSION lltll>\V
Thrpf* defendants on a charge of
operating motor vpIiIcIp* with defec
tive lights wer?? taxed with costs
j Friday, ending a xbort session of the
recorder's cotirt. These defendants
w?*fe: Linwood Lester. hill 1'helpn
and C. H. Williams.
COMJK MOTHKIW MONKHS
ItKS(tKI) KltOM ITS MOTH Kit
Oakland. Cal., Jan. 11 ? A baby
lion ess, born in a cage here recently.
leiM been adopted by a mother collie
doK.
The c?h had two little brothers,
but their mother, Shnba. perhaps
believing that a life of captivity was
not worth while -for them, rolled on
them and killed them. It 11 1 the
lioness cub was snatched away from
this danger by ff.~X. Snow, African
game huhter and curator of the Oak
land museum of natural history. 1 1<>
put her in a box padded with a
qilllt. removed her to the museum
workshop and fetched her a bottle of
milk, which *he took to with avidity.
II*' thi*n brought in .he collie,
which promptly licked trie cub sym
pathetically and curled up beside
her with a protective air.
JfllV SV STUM IVAIlKCJt'ATK
HRraguo, Jan. 11 Certain Juries in
Czeeho Slovak! i recently have handed
down decisions which are regarded
with general dissatisfaction; they
have bean fit her ununutiilly setore
or unreasonably mild. Thus has the
entire system of trial hy Jury come
in for criticism, with a demand for
reform.
It 1* Ret forth In partial explana
tions that the ""War and I he subse
quent revolution have brought about
a noticeable uncertainty iu the gen
era I popular conceptions of right
and wrong.
A KWI'MKNT < 0\rM ?H<I>
Argument h^d been concluded,
when this newspaper went to press.
In the cam* of Prllchard and Griffin,
begun Wednesday. vs. Mines i?t al.
The Jury took the rase following. the
Judge's charge Friday afternoon. k
KO AtTION' TAKK.V
No action was tftken bv the stock
holders of the Ideal Hosiery miii at
the meetlna held Thursday night to
consider the question of whether to
| lease or build. ,
"Are the college campuses to
day infected by 'an army of
hard drinking, cigarette smok
ing, licentious Amazons'?"
Dr. Charles J. Smith, president of
Roanoke College. Roanoke, Virginia,
say? they art*.
Theodore H. Tweston, proctor of
Cornell University, where co-educa
tion holds away, nays they are not.
I)r. Smith says entirely too many
, college Klrla carry liquor In their
handbags; too many of them dance
I voluptuously In the hope that they
i will induce many hoys to "break In"
on them and thus demonstrate their
i popularity. There art' too many
I dance Intermissions for drlnklitg pur
| pos?*s. and too often the evening con
cludes with a j'violent" petting party
In the luxurious retreat of a fine
limousine.
In fart, according to I)r. Smith,
! tin* modern college uirl noes about
with entirely too few clothes and en
tirely too much paint.
I "Drinking. dancing and social im
I purity art' the three things which
: will always keep college faculties
| worried," says Dr. Smith. In truth
.the throe vices have not hesitated to
| invade some of the theological sem
inaries. Yet Dr. Smith Is not down
hearted. He believes that the glam
or and eagerness of the errancy of
j youth soon will run its course. We
are in tl\e center of a cycle which
seems all bad, but It will pass an I
in its relationship to all the cycles,
its importance will diminish.
"There surely has been a moral
: breakdown In the social relations of
the s?'\?-s. IJfe has become a mad
I whirl. The little towns are just about
as ban! as the big cities. The modern
dance is not so bad in itself, but us
ually is surrounded by an atmos
i phere and a setting which Is any
thing but desirable." f
_ Yet, beneath all the Jazz :y exterior*
of things as they are today, the
Roanoke educator believes that both
girl and boy students are coming to
grips with the actualities of life' iu
a way that has marked no other era
In the history of education.
Dr. Smith does not believe In "ov
erdoses of education." He thinks
such doses tend to make the college
girl blase, pompous and "Intelectual
Iv shifting." The half educated girl
has a "shallow brain, bad habits and
a lot of malicious animal magne
tism." The uneducated girl Is apt to
be the sweetest and most serene of
all. Despite all this Dr. Smith say*
the "higher education" for women
may be all right if It Is not taken too
seriously.
The remed> for latter day cpfidt
tloiiH in the colleKc. according to 1)^
i Smith. d(H?8 not lie in any "urt'ff
, new cruimde for rIghteouaneaH." for
tin* acope of tio- aectarLan college Ih
i primarily for education and only
secondarily for conversion.
What in needed for the younger
i uerieratlon I* tin* good example of
the elder*. f'erhapa there ban been
loo much commingling of the young
er and older net* at dances. The
I youngsters have se^n their elder!*
i drink between dance* and have gone
i and done likewise.
i .Proctor Tweaton feels that the
problem baa been largely solved at
Cornell and he avowa there Ih less
drinking- in that university than in
any large college In the country. He
attribute* thin wholesdfne condition
to the fact that the "ro?ed?" have
banded together to refuae to dance
with any student who haa "even a
faint smell of liquor" about him.
The gjrls also have agreed to boycott
boy* known to be drinkers.
NURSE KEEPS HEAI)
ANI) SAVES CHILD
Durant* Neck. Jan. 11. ? An acci
dent occurred In front of the xrhool
house Thursday durlnu the noon re
nown. A Hon of C. W. .Small, about
14 vi-ara old. was run Into by an
automobile driven by MIm Victory,
th <* county nurae, and only for the
ooolitfH* of MIm Victory the accident
JuUtut luivn. been hiiLouk The boy
II to rally jumimd- In front of the cai .
broke one of tin- head IIkMk with
hi# knee and struck the radiator
with his head. Ilut MIm Victory had
the car under complete control and
at oppi'd it bofore either wheel passed
over tin- boy. H?' was sent honv?
scratched up to some extent but not
seriously Injured.
COTTON MAItKKT
New York. January ll--Hpot cot
Kin closed quiet this afternoon, de
clining 65 points, Mldlinjc 34:45.
Futures closed Wows: January
3B:frft; Vl a re h 3:t:fs; May 14:00;
July 3|2:95; Octollr 27 SR.
.New York. January 11 ? Cotton
futures opened this morning at the
following levels: January none;
March .14:45; May 34:52; July
1 31.17; October 28: IS