North Carolina Newspapers

THE \ FEATHER * fair tonight and Tin's- * * il'iy. An chan/n- in 15 f<'/></M'r?(nr<'. Moderate :5 northerly winds. ? *****?*? VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. ENDORSE COMING OF HAM-RAMSEY l-vi'ry Congregation in City Hplirveo Thi*. City-wide ' 'v:il Will l)o Greul GimxI in I t.'li" < Ol 1 1 1 1 1 1| II i| y. Kri-r.v congregation In the cltv Sunday morning with the exception 'ha: <?f the First Baptist Church, w.ich will art Monday night. endors "d '?'* invitation to the Ham-Ra msev ? v itipeliitlc organization to conduct ? revival In Elizabeth City next fall arj pledged the co-operation of the cnurches to the campaign. The preachers of the city and the ? ?-War attendants at church ser- I *t.e? realize that the regular church ! ?? nlces are not reaching all the noi'mn, of thp '">?? "i ?avj nothing of the multitude of un ctv.i relied. If all the members of anv of the I ?o'tenH fJ?UI^ho" ,n c?y were to an-mnr!. Sundav services, the main auditorium would be Inadequate for seating them. ^ many ,onu in Elizabeth Cltv who havp never r.J if<l their ni*>mb?>r8hl|> from tho church where they attended _ t Ices before coming to town. Not hut, "?? larger proportion ..I , not PVPn attend church res uUrl> now at all. < ?hiaUy. there are those who l?e ? -* n? church and who live with out giving the Worship of c.od in hi- sanctuary any place in their lives. Chi? ^"Z"1 ,l,at "" of *hese ci.isses who are not now reached It "Whed churches of ? CV reached through a J conducted by such atuevanee w;VkVr.R^V- M P- Ha"' and - x,r. Ham is a native of Allen P ;!"t" ,K' "tUrky H" '? the son of .1. J. Hani, one of tho outstand ins Baptist ministers of thai see. brrk and?he '"the seventh In an nu ll. ken line of preachers which has descended directly rrom Roger Wll P'oneer preacher of America ir Ham received his early educa te i in the public schools and later ;V a?l',,l"!r"t1 1,1 Osden College, dls ti i-ulkhed himself as a student and a? a imbllc speaker. Earlv |n lite IV! sed"o"^ a'"1 successfully !. '? ar """ilnation. but at i time was too young to receive a W He" u )1,"r"?"c" profession. W lie waiting to "fain 1 7i "ani hocanie a commercial :r, ;,SVnd c"l,,lnu''' 1" this pur ;? .Ih of hi" "*1: ,!,0ft- <he '??'th of his grandfather. Rev. M K i ? turned' to ''h!" '.'e Mil" named, lie .1 a V? , . llo"ie and surren '. ?' himself to inlstrv in ? Ji cal1 which he had bee? he i ""several years. In inoi of Kentnikv Bn". ">?*''"?.?* in the hills , a,n<l su?h remarkable re ait "fended his mlnlstrv that he atti acted the attention of the press art pulpit throughout the country and In less than two year, he wis holding meetings In the greatest cli he hL"he,d"Mon' that time no nas held campaign* in everv . t ihr-rn ?tate and moat of th# ml'.lstrv" h ""r and "v,'rvwl" ?- his cess ful >? ?b"~" r''markably suc Isti v TS nnn ? v"ar!' of ? ? .. l5;(l0? souls have been added lie i T ."^C'"'s ?f thi' towns wlicr !'? '? bored, exclusive of the " ' ' ' nilm^' r who have been con ? - reclaimed under his ralZa un ln thY"'"* proh,b,"?? 7n ,n ,h,H countrv h?- wim ,,,, . Of the foremost figures in the liaitli work In T^""'*": an" r work In Tevas IMirlng this ;?> Pal-n8V' dr>' f"""Wng his cam" wlth\v., R"m"ey' rh,,ri'1 director ???? r.\ an^eiiAt M. F Ham U a t'v. of South Ilonton. VliKlnia and ' l^ l80lTe w f?rLW ,h" handle',!'; n.n; w",'.1 '?;r"r "na" mllalc? """"" ma" church. T,'" yo?ngWnchoCr?l!!!erUnn.V <,nr>'deathh Mr ,h" '"'? ? hen Joined l7. V 'V,>r'r "".""""si. for on.', v..?'r"""w the Istlers death Mr Ramsey be in", miislc.il director for the great sain^one. and his associate, fieorgo After his pxtpnslvp pxi^rii'tjce in musical work. Mr IUiil9(>.v entTPil Trinity rollout at Durham. wh?'r?' he r< t?nlii''r1 nearly four vcnrV. When within three months of Krariufitlon. 'Icoruf Stuart ooened a ("Prion of meeting* at Rnlplvh. and Invftorl Mr nflilWP)' to Join him This Iip did and rpnifllnpd with Mr. Stuart until tin- latter took a pastorate 10 year* Iflftpr In 1 fu 1 . Slnr?- that time I ha* bi-' iL ;w?orlalifd u llli Mr- liajii. contlnuously. Mr Ranfaev l? upnArnlly p^o" nl/.?d ah on?* of thp foremost ehori'i dlrpetora of the country. His lpad er**hlp Is unlfiup In sppclal a t> 1 1 1 1 y nnd whprevpr hp has tralnpd choir* thpy roflprt this trait of his >!'.< ftamspy'* snpclat flpld is In thp In terpret a '?< *i '?f t?"- old uosppl soiikm. ?At this hp Is a master. Aside from his ability as a direc tor, Mr. Ramspv in also onp of the forpmost composers and publisher' of th" co'tn'ry. Hp has wr'tt?>n and published 78 soncs and hp hofds fb ? comrlkht on a total or 125 soncs Karl S RnOcorx. nrlvatc spcrplarv to r.vHn- ? list M F H im and pianist , and assistant choir director for the Hani- Ramsey organization has been assodatpd with the Ham-Ramsey putty two vpars and Is rpputed to bo SM \l?l? RECESSION'S kh{kk;\ exchange* N? w York. Jan. 14. -Heavy sell ing of foreign exchanges in Kuro |N>an markets today caused sharp r* - cwimw in the British. French ami I hitch rates at the opening of tiie Foreign Kxrhaiivf market here. !>? Miami sterling ?lro|i|M'il 3-K cent;; to # 1.2::. francs dropped 2 2 1 - points, and guilders drop|M?d ?"? points. The franc created a new low record for all time. Animal Husbandry Interests Moyock Believed Near Enough Norfolk Make Dairying Successful Subject Being Studied Moyock. Jan. 14. ? One of n series' jof meetings to be held every Tues- \ day night for discussions of agrlcul-| jtural subjects will take place here Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock at the! Moyock school building. There will i I be ten meetings In the series. Fiv*? ! | will deal with hogs and five with 1 dairy cattle. ?As the Moyock territory Is close ' to Norfolk many believe profitable ( ; dairy farming may be established in j tills section. The study of pastures | and the care of cattle and hogs is i therefore of much Interest to th? progressive farmer in the Moyod: territory. The meetings are designed to create interest in agriculture and to promote profitable discussion among ; the farmers with an end to t lie im provement of farming methods. T. 11. Klliott. teacher of agriculture in the Moyock school, will be a leader in the meeting. O rover W. Falls, agricultural agent of I'usquotanK County lias been invited to attend. There is a great deal of interest among the boys of the Moyock .school in their Boosters Club, and in the co operative organization which has just purchased 2 4 head of pure bred registered hogs, most of them bred gilts which individual boys at tending oil their respective farms. Macli boy has built a colony house for his sow U by 8 feet, allowing wide front openings for sunlight and with wooden floors and guard raits to prevent sows from crushing the little pins. The association is now planning to purchase a ton of fish meal to feed a balanced ration to the hogs. They' will market their meat co-operative ly w hen it - Is ready . Officers are Lelaiul Powers, presi dent; Wiley Harrell. vice president, and Raymond Chesson-. business manager. There are now 13 in the seventh grade and 25 ill the high school class of the Moyock school interested in animal husbandry. ITALIAN STEAMElt GROUNDED ON BAH Wilmington. Jan. 14. Hardly had the tug succeeded in pulllrtg the American Freighter Springfield from tier ground position on the Cape Fear river bar yesterday morning before the Italian Steamer Ansaldo vi, outbound with cotton for Italy, went ashore In almost the same spot. Late last night she was still ?stranded but it was expected that sin would be floated at flood tide. GttontiK >loi)id\ HKKAKH INTO ST.\ltlM>\| HATCH D.W ! George Modlln. son of Mr. and j Mrs. J. W. Modlln. and a member of the Demon Deacons basketball team. \Vake Forest College, "broke into stardom wtb nine baskets and ; two out of three tries for fouls, scoring a total of 20 points," accord ing to accounts of l/iiiamlay'g game ' botweeht'Tie Demon Decons and Fort Drage Saturday. The final score was 53 to in. Mod i 1 in played right forward. I Modlin is a good student as well as a good basket ball player. >ind a good all round fellow. A Wake Forest professor said to the editor of The Advance, speaking of Modlin when he was a sophomore. "He has the fipest spirit of almost any fellow 1 know. alv. ivs loyal. al I w'i.vs dependable, and always en i tl usiastlc. "Oeorge" used to carry papers and stamp out the mail in the early struggles of 'I he Daily Advance, ond he showed the "makln's" of just that sort of fellow in those days. Wll.l. F.I.F.t T OFFMKItH The Ladle* Aid Society of llla< k we|| Memorial Church will meet i.T.iutfulay -itXwnoon at itifts o'llo'Tk: This fs nn important meeting as there will be election of officers. a gifted pianist "ith unusual ability as an nccompanlst for lame chorus choirs He also boars the reputation of an excelllent choir director and he has chartce of the Ham-Ramse> choirs when Mr. Ramsey. Mr. Ham's chorister Is absent Mr. Hoditerr' was formerly a student at Vander b 1 1 f t-ntverfiity where he won popu larltv In both musical and literary circles. At the time he loined Dr. Ham In the capncltv of private sec rotary. ho was on the editorial siaif of the Nashville Tennesseean. Asld ? from hi" experience In rywspap?r "?'i' ann previous evangelistic work Mr. Rodcers has had experience in I concert work and Is said to be ex ceptionally well fitted for his duties. WARREN LINCOLN' TELLS OF CRIME Man 'I'hou^lil Murdered Con f ef.se> Himself Murderer of His Wife \fter She Killed B'*ollier-in-I.u?v Last April. Aurora. III.. Jan. 14. ? \\ arreh J. Lincoln, lawvor. horticulturist. and distant relative of Abraham Lincoln, whose disappearance from his home here last April caused the i?olice to' believe that he had been murdered, j has confessed to killinu his wife at -I ter she had killed her brother, Byron Shoup. according to the police. Lincoln, the police said, told them of how he dismembered the bodies of both his wife and brother-in-law and burned them in a furnace and then disappeared leaving the Impres sion that he had been murdered and that his wife and brother-in-law had fled. "I suspected my wife of being un true to me." Lincoln said. "Many times she tried to poison me. 1 saw a man with whom she had b?en as sociating leave my house. That start- ? ed the final quarrel.*.' He said: "She flred three times | at Byron, who upbraided her for: being unfaitliful_to_me and trying to kill me. He Ml and I grabbed the] poker and svun? for her head. Sle* j fell dead. I cut up the bodies and 1 burned them the next night." FINANCIERS ARE BEGINNING TASK Paris. Jan. 14. ? With Brigadier ' General Charles CI. Dawes presiding | leading business men and financier! of the I'nited States. Great Britain, ; | Belgium, France, and Italy* sitting as a board of directors and creditor.-;, j today began to examine the assets] and liabilities of Germany, their na tions' debtor, with a view to saving something from tin* ruins of the most stupendous bankruptcy in th* j history of the world- > I "Strict ' business and no politics" was the motto under which thes#? representative men of the leading nations of the old and new worlds assembled. MUCH INTEREST HEKE IN ANCIENT CATALOGUE Much Interest has been Mir red by .publication of. tlie news item la.^t Friday from Chowan College - rela tive to the old catalogue of that 1 n - stitution which has just been un earthed. Some of the names men tioned are familiar ones to families still prominent in Klizaheth Cltv. For Instance. Christine Hell was Ma jor Hell's daughter, and the ntotyter of Paul While; Kll7.ab.-th F. Fletch er was the grandmother of~J. Ken yon Wilson; Margaret E. Fletcher became the wife of Walter Lowry, grandfather of Walter Small; Vir ginia A. Hunter was mother of W. H. Weatherly. Sr.; N Ci Hunter, who married Neal Kelllnger. was Mr. Weatherly'M aunt; Kllzabeth Jack son. who married Sbuthev Jackson, was mother of Mrs. C>. W. Twiddy. Sr.; and Julia A. Morris, who mar ried Jim Morgan, was Mrs. Mae Wil ley's grandmother. <10I<I<IXH U^l I . riCII OF MI'llDKIl IMC. DISOSWAY Plymouth. Jan. 14. Ralph Col lins. charged with killing l)r. A. W. Disosway on November 2, was Sat urday afternoon found not guilty by the jury and set free. MUM. WHITKHI I1ST Mrs. fi. W. Whltehurst passed away Monday morning at her hou>'' 710 West Church street at 2 : 0 -o'Hoek--- -Mn i:urM^a's.sln? of M r ?. Whitt'bu rst Into the Splrll Land, so ciety loses one of Its finest members of an old Virginia family, and the community in which she lived has hist one of Its oldest and most high ly respected Christian ladles. She was horn near Stevenbur*:. Culpepper County. Virginia, on the fifth day of March. 1847. and wan a daughter of Dr. James H.' Vowle* and Sarah Martha Wallace Norman, both of Virginia Colonial ancestry, the latter being a half sister of th ? mother of Kdwin M. Stanton. Sec re tan of War under President Lin* coin. When quite young she united with the Haptlst Church and was always a strong and active advocate of the! principles which the Haptista hold' dear. She was genlle. kind hearted, high spirited and intelligent to an unusual degree. She was a lovlim sister, a true and faithful wife, a .and kind .hi?nM"d ? mil_h?T sed ? one that everyone loved. She is survived by her husband.; (J. W. Whltehurst ? one daughter. Miss Mattie K. Whltehurst; thfe?? sons J. N.. J. V. and J S. White burnt; one brother, J. J Vowlcs of, Washington: and two grandchildren. Martha I<OUlpe and Ceorife I .eon' Whltehurst of l.ake Wales. Florida Funeral services will be held at the First Haptlst Church on Tues day afternoon at 15 o'clock and in terment will be mndo In Hollywood Cemetery, < l*TTO> MAI1KKT N'e a York January 14 Sp'it cot ton closed quiet this afternoon, de clining Hi points Mlrffinx 3 4ftf5. Futures closed as follows: January 3.1:10; March 3.1:50; May 33:**: I July 3 2 ; B f* October 27:67. Revival Services At Cann Memorial Public U Invited To Hear Dr. ' D. K. Waithall cf Waynes boro, Virginia Opening the revival services at' Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church' Sunday morning. Kev. D. K. Wal thall, D.D.. of Wayn^slmro. Va. rjvp a strong and Instructive sermon onj tin* Joys of Christian servire. His .text was from Heh. 12-2.] '*Wlu? for the Joy tiiat was set !>??- 1 fore him. endured the cross and de spised its shame.*' The theme was profusely illustrated by the examples of Christ; the treasure found in the, field. Pallssey. the great French potter and David Livingston. All1 were urged to Join in this service1 that would lift mien out of a life_pXi endless* despair and transport them into the image and glory of God. At the evening service Dr. Wal-j thall preached from Numbers 11-30. j "Let us go up at once and possess it.1 for we are well able to overcome it." The theme was encouragement of soul winning, and Dr. Walthall showed that men were already per suaded in their n?lnds that they, Ollght to be Christians. that they were afraid of God and that God himself was on the Bide of every seeker after souls. The sermon was closed with a solemn warning of the evil effects that would follow to the youth, did not the servants of Christ of today, seek to win the im | pe nitent to God and righteousness. "The service on Monday night will I be the most important that Dr. Wal [ thall will conduct and everyone is urged to be present. He will give a personal experience from his own life about the winning of souls," nays Rev. F. H. Scattergood. p-astor. The afternoon services during the week will be held at .1:30 and will lie soul winning addresses. They will not last more than 4 5 or 50 minutes. The night s?Tvic0 will be held at 7;tlo 1 o'clock. On Tuesday night, after the servu-e all men of the Presbyterian Church will meet at the Spcnce-Hollowell Company offices. Light refresh ments will bp served*and talks will he made by Dr. Walthall and Dr. A. I J. Crane of Tarboro. ! Friday night services will be es pecially for the young people of the 'city nnd arrangements have been made for extra seats. - Monday morning Dr. Walthall spoke to the students of the high school in th<> new auditorium. His I subject was "Fear- God and keep hi? Commandments." The audi tori urn will not be u.-;ed I again untill the formal opening. M(KKIJ<AH OI'I'OSKS OKKKIt OK IIIO I'OVVKK COMI'.AMKH Washington. Jan. 14. The offer 1 c?f the bin group of power companies ' in Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina. 1 South 'Carolina, and Tennessee for j the Government nitrate plant at Muscle Shoals should not he accept ? ed. Senator McKellftr, Democrat, of Tennessee declared today In the Sen ate. It Is a well understood fact that 7ft per cent of the stock of the Alabama I Power Company Is owned by British stock and bond holders, he said, and for the Cnlted St-ites to lease and turn over this pl;int "to a corporation whoge principal stockholders are sub J?*t< of Its leading commercial rival would be little short of attempted National , suicide." WILL I'LKAh INSANITY Ashevllle, Jan. 14.? Waiving a preliminary hearing Robert Moore. WitO is alleged to have slaia .Michael Taylor. igliland Hos*pl!al hero last week^^ly striking him with an ax. was bound oVer to Superior Court today without bond on the charge of murder. Moore's counsel said his defense would be insanity. Both m? n were under treatment for ment'il disorders. (iAHOMNK (H)KH I I' New York. Jan. 14 An ndv-itro of two cents :i Kall'in in the wug'Ci price of gasoline was made by the Standard Oil Company of New Jer sey today throuKhout its domestic territory. The Texas Company Immediately met the Increase. t (iLoiiKi) WOMW iihiii "Aunt" Annie Stewart, one of th ? oldest colored residents, well known and liked bv both races, died Sun day night at her home on White St reft at tin- Bgf llf.T'r *ft? v leaves her husband. oaw*ey St?war?. eight children 2" grandchildren and 12 great guL ichlldr'Mi Funeral ar rangements are swalllng the arrival of her children from New York. i t \ m: \t Ol t m t t i i HIM* The funeral of Robert Lee Jacl. son, three months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Caliber Jackson of South Road street, who died al ? m. Sunday, was conducted at the home Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock by Rev. || F. Hall, assisted by f?r. S. H. Templeman. and Interment wt's made at Corinth. NOT 1 1 V. , Dr.. W W. Sawy? r Js out of th?? city until Januarv 21 and during this time his office will he open for those who wish to make appointments t > fee film upon his return. Jan.14-U UOI.l.S TO TKIKI'IIONK \M) (.INKS \I.\I01 NVwark, N. J.. Jan. 14. KiUit or ten bandits today broke into the wait'lroiisc ot Fierce. lluiler ^ l'i? n? Company. hound and uau-?-d lln> ;n - , gro walcliman and rsni|HMl uilh iwo truck loads of bonded whiskey val-j it * -l at $ 1 uo.wmi. Jolin llrown. t li< * watchman. sounded the alarm t?> rolling to the (<? l<-|?la<iii?- and kicking it over. DOUBLE HEADER ON FRIDAY NIGHT And After Defeating Edenloti: at Kdenton l/tral ( "ager* Confident of Victory in Elizabeth Oily. What will probably be one of th*M most intorefttlnK basketball content* j of th? season will be a double head- I er to he played here ne\t Friday niuht between Edenton and Eliza beth City boys' and girls' teams. | The boys and girls returned* from Chowan Sunday afternoon. There both teams met defeat Saturday. th?? ? uirls losing K to 9 and ? h?? hoys II1 "to 26. However, on Friday both Elizabeth City teams were victors ut Edenton. Members of the boys' team mak ing the trip to Edenton and Chowan were Erwin Midgett, Marvin Mann. Wilfred Jones, Johnnie Williams. Addison Stanton. Lister Markham. Paul Miller. Marion SeyfTert, Marvin Harris, and Harold Chesson. Those on the trip for the tjlrls were: Jessie Williams. Rachel Williams, Cather ine Hathaway. Margaret W. Sawyer. Margaret E. Sawyer, Monterey Cart wright. l?lna Stanton. Mary Dozler and Nellie Jones. Miss Minna IMck ard. It. W. Holmes, and U. T. Hy-' land, all of the high school faculty, accompanied the teams. For the girls in the games of la?;t we ok , most of the scoring was clone by Margaret W. Sawyer, closely backed up by every member of tin* team. Catherine Hathaway and Jes sie Williams dolhg especially fine work. Mldfcett did the best work for the boys, fans say who attended the game. He not only showed up well at tip-off, but also did excellent woik in backing up a number of passes in both games. WILL SPEAK HERE TUESDAY NIGHT \V. H. Livers of. (lie North Caro lina College for Women comes un ?l?-r (he auspices of (he Elizabeth Cllv Parenl-Teachers' Association to make mi address on <'(11105111011 at 1 1??* grammar school auditorium Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. A special invitation has been Is sued to the Woman's Clul), Rotary Club. Kiwanis Club, and to the Jun ior Order, and the Parent-Teacher*' Association hope" that every person in this section interested in school work and education will be present. Every mother and father is particu larly invited. HW.K l)AV SKHSION OK COfltT MOMLW Monday's session of police couit was a long one, occupying more than three hour* and the last case not be ing concluded until 12: 710. Viola tion of the Volstead Act was the most serious offense charged. Noah Seymour, found guilty on it simple drunk charge, was fined and. costs. ? ? ? , ? ? * It o$s Hrlt' was fitted $10 and costs for trespass on the premises of a negro. The evidence was that he cursed the negro and refused to leave promptly when ordered out of the latter'* barn. Tills was the same negro who was principal witness against llrite on a charge of mam; facturiug lh|iior of which Hrlte wan acquitted at the hint criminal term of Superior Court. N. W. Po.vner of Currituck Conn (i on a simple drunk charge- wii? fined $"1 and costs. The balance of a cash ..bond put tip by the defendant at the time of his arrest is lielny held for him by the police. Pjti 111 Olbbs, colored, for vtola Hon of the Volstead Act. was fined $7F>.00 and costs and sent to the road foi nix months under a Judg ment suspended for two years. The same Jodgntent was meted out to A nderson Armstrong, re put able rieg.ro carpenter, who was like wtee -fomrrf? guilty #?f illegal posiWSs sion. H. Sanderson wa;< fined $5.00 and cotts for assault. Alex Adorns, colored, for failure (0 pay dog tax was required to pay taxes and costs. Will New by. colored, for operat Ini a for hire car without license: or bond was let off with the costs. Jack Cart wriglit w is tried for operating a motor car under the In fluence of liquor, for speeding ami for panning an Intersecting highway at a higher rati of xpeed than 1" miles an hour; but despite positive evidence 1 hat he wan drinking, the caMb which was a Jury Mr la I resulted in a verdict of not guilty on the f i rnt county. For the two traffic law vlo lations the defendant noted an ap peal when he was fined $7,0.00 and costs. DROPS DOWN THE ELEVATOR SHAFT Laura \! ( olorrd W?? mail ?l .i.), lull* to llorrilile Dratli in Mintoii Huildin Saturday Nifilit. LH'tlrvj her liand to give a pat to her hair ??r to piAvder her nono may have cost Laura Welch, colored, aced ?* 5 . 2 Railroad avenue. her lift' Sat unlay night. I, aura with Bessie Mahin, 24 S|n*?'d street. was on t !??? Hinton Building elevator while the elevator boy, Charlie Pellon. 18. wan looking for Wright Brothers. negro janitor In charge of the Hinton Building, for them. According to Ilrsslc, Laura was before the ulass near the elevator lever, and in some way her sleevw must have caught the lever and started the elevator. At any rate, the eU-vator started up and Bessio. who was nearer the door and of lighter build succeeded in jumping out. i Laura tried to follow but was. caught between the elevator r;uM and tl\e third atorv celling and with | body crushed . was dropped as tho elevator passed the ceiling. to the concrete floor at the bottom of the {shaft. Occupants of the building j heard a terrified scream and. rush ing to the foot of the elevator shaft, ; found the unfortunate woman breathing her last. A physician was hurriedly summoud and found Laura, still alive, but while he went for hot water to administer a hypodermic, , life flickered out. County Coroner Dr. Ike Fearing hastily impaneled a coroner's jury consisting of A. T. Haley. J. H. Bal ; lance. Martin Jennings. S. P. Mor | gan, Z. V. Hughes and H. L. Ilough wton, which, after hearing the evi dence, returned a verdict that tjie woman came to her death as a re sult of an accident for which the negligence of the elevator boy was In part responsible. However. Felt on. who was held in custody during the investigation, was released following the Jury's verdict, as it was not the sense of the jury that he should lie held criminally liable since he had had the. women step off the elevator before leaving them. According to the evidence brought i out at the inquest, Laura and Ip'ssl--1 went to the Hinton Building at about R:30 to -see ,-I)r. W. W. Sawyer. One of them, however, wanted to se i Wright Hrothers. who was mopping up oil the third floor. Accordingly Charlie Felton ran the elevator up to ih?* third floor, told the women to step out. and went to look for Wright Brothers without closing tho safety door of the elevator. Laura and Bessie stepped hack on the ele vator and an Instant later the acci dent had occurred. The Hinton Brothers, owners of \he building, are protected against accidents of this sort by liability In surance. The door of the cage was ; wrecked by the accident and the ele vator was out of commission Sinn day morning while a new door was being installed. Laura Welch Is the wife of John H. Welch, an Kllzabeth f'ltv negro who has gone North and is now working at Pittsburgh. She Is a daughter-in-law of Kllen Welch, well known and respected negro auntie of this city, and is survived by one boy and four girls. The eldest of the children is a girl of t'fi. Bessie Ma bin, who lives at 2 4 Speed street, is a younger woman whose husband al so has gone North, and Bessie has the speech and manner of the mod ern educated negro who has not til ways lived In the South. r^L KF.N KVt'S "KMX >I<SKMENT HENIIV FORD'S OFFF.H Washington, Jan. 1 I The ,Aniet lean Farm Itiircau hVdfTHllon 1 11 :i I ?*? f ??.r sent today to members of Con un-KH renewed its ^ndofKcmont ??f Henry l-'ord'? offer for Munele Should ami d eel tired flint It h aeeeptanee would be tin- flint ntep In serurln* Tor tin- farmers Iowit eoat factor* for production and distribution. TO MKKT TON KiHT The Choral Chili will have a te liciirxiil tonight ii: t li ? ? KIU'.< Club. All members are requested' f(5 be presen' and brlnjr a friend The hours u r ? 7.3ft to f*. Ah plans are underway for a eoneert the last week In Keb niiiry "t Is very Important that a full attendance Im had at every meet* ill*. TKN IN JAIL INNOCKNT They're In la II . at least In the Jail ? ?rd. ten of 'em. lint they don't seem to mind It a hit. And why should they? They haven't done any thing wrong yet. and getting born there wasn't their fault Fact is. their ey< ire:i't open and they don't even Jcimw where they are. All they knofc- Is that their supply of food I' nd'-quate. In Uplt'e of t h?* big family. They are baby bird do#-* ind they !?? long to Sheriff field. Their moth er. whose name Is Beauty. In resid ing in the )?il ytfd until her family Is able to look tint for Itself. Kill f the family are perfect ladies and only one N a real gentleman, be cause. ?is Sheriff Held will tell you. I they nr?? thoroughbreds and every J I one of them entitled to registration.