THE \ FEATHER *
fair tonight and Tin's- *
* il'iy. An chan/n- in 15
f<'/></M'r?(nr<'. Moderate
:5 northerly winds.
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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.