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VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. mill Tuesday. Su??w?i-. '? ur.M . ,nl rolil. r Tu**- - <!?)'. si,uth to west winds ELIZABETH CITY, N9KTH CAROLINA MONDAY KVKXiNG, K KIMJl'AKY 9. 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 84. CURRITUCK FARMER HELD FOR MURDER Utility Commission Case May Be Tried This Week S|! vi 11 i "vithsJii'JT f:?r Kail. I??;l !>r if '?ic:,iui! ft.:* l)ismis>'il !*- \> ill IVtibaMv S? c-U ii. i! >vc i\k% <'Nr <V ulinirrti The firm cla*h In the suit of - (' W. Steven* against |?r. A. 1 < n ilcl.'ii '?>r a seat ?.r? the K lis t-In- th Citv I'tilitie; Commi -ion occurred Monday and if the case Jk to cume to trial. H will proba JbtiIv h" tried tl?K week Judge ^Cranmer Ik especial |0 pa?s ? ? ISotlon to dismiss t ho suit Tys day morning. K. F. Avillnlt. cntinre'i ?or C. \V. Stevens. asked Use court Monday morning to set tin* case f.ir trial one day this week. possibly Tin-s ?lav City Attorney J. It. I.eigh. i? presenting the member* of the t'iry CiMinsi'! who ;?re ?l?- 1 n v* the suit asVed first that the case ho dismissed on the ground that action hail not been brought with in 1?0 davs? after Dr. Pendleton was inducted into office as re quired by law. If the motion for dismissal Is denied. Mr. I*eigh ar gues that the defense Is not ready for trial. Whether or not the action will lie dismissed depends nu the meaning of "Inducted into of flee." If one must begin to exer cise the dutW. of his office before he can be said to be inducted in to office, then the case will prob ably conic to trial. lJul If. on the other hand, inducted into of fice Is synonomous with sworn into office the motion of the de fense for dismissal would seem to bo well grounded. The Elisabeth City Utility Com.-, mission waa created by nr# of ? h ? j legislature amending the city charter when the t'lty Council de cided to acquire or establish its own utilities. On March 132?! the members of this Utility Commis sion were elected by the City Council as follows: P. C. Cohoon, | J M. P. Gallop and S. II. Johnson. ? Subsequent to his election on * the Utility Commission P. C. Co boon. then a member of the City Council, decided to offer himself for re-election and at the munici pal election In May 192:1 w,i* duly elected to that office. At the same time three other mem- : hers of the City Council offering for r '-elect Ion wero defeated. They wfrre C. W. Stevens. W. H. Jennette and K. M*. Davis. j! The municipal election was i he ld on Tuesday. May 1.1. Prior i to the elect Jon the Clly Council ? had adjourned to meet on Satur day. May IS. "subject to the oil ? of the Mty.ir," -No call war. Is suoJ by the Mayor for a meeting ' - on that da'e. bat C. \V. Steven ?.,? W. H. Jennette. E. M. Davis and Louis Anderson met. and. after vainly trying to get the Mayor < end the missing members of the i City Council to attend the meet ing. proceeded to do business, af- . ter electing Louis Anderson, f chairman. The first action was an order to change the minutes I of the last mooting. Councilman Jen not te claiming that ho had made the motion for the next i meeting and that he had made it subject to the exercise of no dis cretion on the part of the mayor. . Accordingly the words "subject to , the call of the Mayor" were or- , * dered stricken from the record. Then it was that C. W. Stevens was elected a member of the Util ity Commission by the no-called rump Council. Ignoring the action taken by' y'the "rump Cbuncll," the new Cl m ty Council met on June 14. an 1. JL efter accepting the resignation of <'. Cohoon. which had not been tendered before that time, elected Dr. A. L. Pend'eton to succeed Mr. Cohoon. Mr. Stevens' suit contests the seat of Dr. Pendle ton. If the court rules against j the motion of the defense to dis miss the suit on the ground that It has not been brought within the time limit prescribed by the statutes, then, if the case comes to trial, the defense wiil contend that the meeting at which Mr Steve is was elected was Illegal. If the case falls to come to trial this week the outlook WOlM tCMH to be for its settlement Iti favor of the defense by Legislative en actment. IMPORTANT BILLS COME UP TUESDAY iKy Ttr PkMlt Raleigh. Feb. f?. ? ' The bualest wpek ypt of th?* l?cKia*<.<ture In ox- i ptclld to atari when the Oenpm! Amambtjr ronvotun' aJkmHrht eft ti n weekend rece*#. A number of Important bill* i nre on the calendar Including th?- I 920.0u0.000 road bill and the bun i-pmilai Inn menaure. the Utter nl- | ready having paaapd thp B??nate. Thp Henate*tomorrow (?k?* up I thp Johnson bill forbidding rp- j inarrlngo of divorced perwon* fur t a year ufter the deeree la granted. (YTTTOIf MARK IT I iK-?w York. Feb. l.--Apot cot-l i (on cloaed qulat. middling a 1. 16. < unchanged. Future*, cloning bid: i March 14.15. Mi y I4.M July ?l.7?, Oct. 24 54. Dec. 14.10. i< Prettiest? Aila'yn .\3a;.?r is iuitii* <1 as ih?? prcttlcFl piil In tin' world liy ttctty ftron <on. of Ivior l^-.n fame. Itctty sliouM know. F3'." wan Haiti to l*j lliv inu*t bt:iulli'ul In IX'I, >IVI?.\V I toioit (lAHKH orri i-v Monday cot'ltT Fi .f il>>(oai]b!its witc tried in i i wo hour reunion of the rerord ?r'? rnun Monday nturnlnff. 11 ju.ir fiKur!>iK In moxi of the can 's. t'har.'o ;>atr!rk. Southern ov ?n:ic. for j ossesidon and trans muting Hjr.l violation of the Tur lngton Act,- wan fined ?-'?? and ?CfiitK. A like penylly was Imposed on bVilll** Whitley, colored. who liven ?n a lano off Dawson street, on iho smite chaw. William Jlendor, on a charge of 11 k dtiinl;. wa,i .firii-d |I0 und ?|?Kt . Frank . Nixon. rolored. who live* near the State Normal l-vImh I. wdh filled $10 and costs for crossing the bridge on the approach to the W**eksvlllu road nt a greater rate of speed than Stokes and Secretary Jn Gourtx XV' K l.? Sinlii-n :md hin ii.t* I'hui tse o' rtuuiimlr,! i MImm M.-trtan llrophv wn;i|?|?#??l riurinu Slnkw' lh*- of Mm l|H*-n Rlvvoml Stoke* JiiHmhoii jind Kobe 1 1 I.<-c. nogroes trial in fhicnco rouri* on Co-<1?*fen.l.inl? urv llatll? YIKGINIA JUDGE KINDS LIFE WITH A SHOTGUN Richmond, Fob. 9. ? Judge Frederick Willmer Sims. ag?> 61. pre*ii!cnt of the Virginia Supreme Court <>r Appeals, ended his life this morning by ahootlug himself in the h<*ad with a sfiotgnn short ly after ten o'clock. going to r.\m:igii Hdi-nlon, February 'J. ? Sen ator J. II. McMullan and Representative W. D. l'rmlen, wllh T. C. Hyrum, X. K. Cope laud. It. C. Holland, r. S. Vaniv. J. P. Walters. Waller S. White. D. 11. I Jim. J. O. Campen, Charles II Wood. T. C. Jiiner. Jr.. W. J. Ilerryman. 11. G. Bhackcll. Dr. . E. .1. Griffin and Fr.ink Wood, will leave here Monday night for Ra leigh to be present ai the hearing nn the Chowan Illver Rridge be fore th*? Senate Roads Commit lep Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and R. R. Conger and William Hadhum will meet them in Ra leigh that day. ten miles nn hour. Nixon had a collision Just beyond the bridge witli George Johnson. I?am< street, colored Jitncur. in which both cars were damaged and as a result of which a warrant charging spt eding * was i"sue?k against Nixon. . Johnson cljiimed that Nixon was going 35 miles an hour when the two cars came to gether. J. F. Fulton. Grady street, for passing a worthless cluck was let olf with payment of costs on con dition that he make the check good. The check was not Ful ton's. ami another warrant is pending in this case. Mitchell More Popular In Ballroom Than Office As Slirrm Ovrr ihe General'** Head, Preparations (>D on for llic Inaugural lial I of March ilir Fourth, and (f??odiH'4s Known What Will Happen Before r.v iionKRT t. km AM, ti .iiUM. I II. Tl... Ailmfi'fl W ? 1 * i ? . ' : I 'Mi, Fob. ??. Old John W. Ai ax, defying an extremely r?owerftsl natural ?>l?in< nt In nln?* ??t< j .--. I. 0 nhpolutefy uotiilm; on ?n" William Mitchell, t< ntporarily i )jH . ?rll'T crucial in 111" I'Mlu-d ^tut \rmy. Tho word "tem i?nr??Uy" l?? uaed advl.o-iity. There Ih h ptrlklnc unanimity of opinion lhal Mr MitehHi find tho proflx riK'.mlnK :?n ofTioi r with one atar ?n Ids tdiotilder nrapn are soon to njiv tood-hj'c frr'-vor. Mr. Mllclifll has not only d Mi i* lightning but l*?? han Strewed t!i ? whole blooming nlorm and l!i? r?- H no telling ut the moment what havoc it will wreak h? for< the rklea ar?* j*m it I rifr a"ain. To Mi. Mitehell the only smiling akies it rv ihoae filled with airplane. lie would like to nee ihe aim In per larthty view ? v awarma of living narli'nN, thicker tlian mnaqultopg In n Jitmv ma rub. Ti?. Navy snya that after ah alr ph> n ^ lias dn ,.;ii(1 |ta Mr ijomh it in u*? lesa until h can fly bacli to Itn 6aae and k> t another, hsvinu Hi - ?n*ln> ovi iiu>iil? d meantime Uewral Mitchell (m*viiim to have doO?d all the naUral Ufl of avia lien. Ho haa br<n drt.pping on? bomb nftrr another and never ?e?'?ni to hav# to (ly anywhere ex cept to the ca pilot to start n?-w re ftetlons. Washington seriously Is con cerned sh to what la to happen to 4k? >? -? V. V I the K' i* rnl. That It will I >o noun thin* more or leas awful ano-ar* lo b<> n?Rurrd. The general la ex tremely popular In social circle*. An a matter cf fa< jt ho had juat boon rho?? n chairman of th-- floor eominit(M> of t h?? big eharlty ???n which la t<> bo tho n?o high apot of tho Coolfdgo lniiiiKtir.it Ion en March A. Tho general ha* b< - n ma k tiiu elaborate preparation for dir? otitic tho big dance and hod announced ho would clw?o*< anion ii oth?r? the round-the-world fliers iih aide*. |mt Kino** (icnoral Mltclx ti ha? d?n?'d all officlatiloni. right and Irft. and llll htconn". ax OHO might *ay, personal non grata with at i?*a*t two cabinet ottlcorn. tli question arlaea n* to how mudi of bn c?fTlcIal flavor will remain to th*- inaugural Ira II If tho existing ?drained relation* nro not roll? v? d |Tp to hla pre-o-nt battle, Hilly Mitch* II a I way* ha* had a pow r ful friend at corrt In the perron of John J. Pershing. Iho general rif the armlo* ha* *tood behind him In everything. To lV-rnbing Mitchell eon id do no wrong. When a military boaid begun conMdera tion of the bes.tf wnl of tho dlatln uuiMhed scrvle cr6ss upon official of the Army, It found a tneniora w dum from P'rshln.o directing thai* Mitchell be first among the hon* ored ones. What I'ershlnu oan do now to tare hla protege remains to be aeon. , 1-OG TAKES TCI. I, FN COAST c'lTiKS Now Y?rlc. Feb. - ? Two men were :i ii 4 1 , vt>r "ii? IHTSOIIS W. I ' lujliri-'l I '.I ?? K ? ri( ??f tolii^ioas on w York transit line* t ?lay il.t.iuK one of the heaviest fo;;.s in rieem y?*o s>. 1 ! . 1 1 ?ir ami river traffic wan virtually paralyzed. The fog Is tejmrtetl as tst'nei'al. ex tending along nost <<f tlie At lantic Beah.ianl. K.irly i -insts ii.<?<rat< 1 1hi>*. the inij.ii soroiiM transit accl <?? ju occnr.vd i*? tii? lirmx where t!?? el? .at -t| train Kinu.-\?''l IiiIm t!it\ rear of tin subway train oil tin- ?*.evu:rJ . Blruciure. Tw?. ?* ?? U.','. ? I .-.ml i it lv e.st'mau I thai 4i? mro ' h n ? ? | . Not folk, Feh. J? ? K'.f'ht s ..... V ? I ',irre.l lire t ?la. when the NaV.?l ferry 11'; - ket. e.rd tlo1 Niii'r?l':rl'ort"ni><tiili ferry. Uoekawuy. iolli?uJ . I i the f?K. \\ \ H i-; roif^sr n \s rc:o*u< i;i? ?ojh Wnl.'e I'or.-K: . r -h. ??. Tin books ef Dean N. V. Cuii'-y s 'i W lh.it 1.02* in. ii V." ; i ij *v. je at tlx- WaUe I i He! I have been Kraiii? n ilc nr. ? :?rar 5le.- in Nor t?i Carolina. Dr. *2*il lev haw l:e;u' the school ? .t? roiin'ilnc :!*> ye tin a?*?. an in-rage of 34 men who v. -re I ruin <1 in t t!i?' school h.!Vl.}R s cur <1 ii<-' !?*?? each year. The important i?r.'-t tVat ll,?' i.t\r .-ch?.oi |?ijy* at V.'akf I' i-si ean l.e uiul< r *'e'ul when tl?" 1.' 2* ' total In lav; ,?racilcn Is coiai?.ii? d with 2.4K1. the total nuni'f r ef KindiiaKu from Wake Poi?;t. Th'* in1 m?'S ?'f ?l t. e n w. r ? a. hi- ' ed to tin* list at the r: Til e\;?i'.? i nation. Tw> n?y tin. . men i. fl by Dr. cull v a ail lili aeKuri Prof. Bhtr ? White .ii,.; |?. f ?? W. TIijiIm rlake. took tie"* l;ar. Only two failed to |>n?n. 'ih'u.e iv.m.s* Sold! t?i .'v...' i ??; '??>!? ?li? ?> I?*y. rlmv* In i i ittf i ???:?( l???i in niiir* 1 1' i j ' ? I ? ? it ? -if ,1 ii. r<)r I ?" i .?ml ihiri' . ii iiv ' |iww.i. Sli? |i ' ? i "i . W;t\ 1 1 iiiii In i llii-l lint uf iwu N .11. >i ii -I; . c lu "|ivl;i nil ? '? .?n A':. ?! It'.lti K:i I ' coiit |?nttMi (I. an nvprafci- Iii k'N p iiiK Willi llio liicli record cnlnb i IkJs ov?-r a lu-riod of 110 vcars. The nvi raM* ? f !? 1 2-?S |?? r cont cBlnMinhi'd liy Wnlct* Fi?r<'ftt nu n FAILS IN I;I S(.( K ATTEMPT iiomff CMbM, *hN?n <la> ^ wMhou t tfoppir.:: in an All* nipt to tre* "?'Wiii in pftef no tolled lhfpc (|gy> niiho?t hi* biothff, Hoyd. tnp;? ?' in ?? tMI?rcrouiiil rav? rn at C *rc, near Care City. K<ntucfcfi Han.l COLONS' HEART HEARD BEATING IVsIs < !:j;n Vi;:n r,; (ihnr^s* l{r cur V r.rlv P:. i Iinpri Rl::II Liv:* ?. Cave ('it j. Ft It. n. Fl\e ??!?? U'lrsil If-MK ronl'jetel with a voice i.niplifi.r her? ( n|a> f ?i!vi:ir?>ij II T. C.I. UU'llO'l. ill elr'l'ge of III" ri . u?? work, that Floyd Collins still lives ufl'*r it'ii nays impns o:. in?' ii I In Sand cave The men ojMTuiin*: ,tlu? elect rie lighting " plant i i in - imj-rtaon-d man said that Homer Collins, af? '? v 1 : -it ?? ii ;np: 2? minutes mi the wiii'. w :i h mitlnficd that he had lira ni Kloxi'.'h heart hiiitltiK. i'av?> < ity. Feb :? A military ?? mrt will Investigate the circum ?:.uie*?s surrounding the trapping of Fl..>d Collins in Sand Cave and off leers in eomtuund of tlie National Uiiardstnen said they hoped the inquiry would set all . ii.. Imis at rent ar.d halt tlie wliispt-rlnKf* (if vfi'ortH to block the i-' lie work as well an rum ors that Collins' entrapment was n it g. nuine iiy hriuglni; out all 'the fart*. Cave City. Feb. !?.- -Mother Na i tu re today added another obstacle to the efforts to rescue I'loyd Col lins from .Sand Cave, torrents of rain falling last night with prom ise of more today. Despite precautions taken, wat er Seeped into tl??' bottom of the 1 shaft being sunk, adding heavily i to the diggers' burdens. The dlg 1 i;ers kept at It, however, as the , t nth day of "Collins* imprison ment ended with the shaft less than halfway to the imprisoned ? man. Cave City. Fob. 0. ? The efforts to rescue Floyd Collins from the sand cave by the location of a eavern leading into the one In v. Iilch Collins has been trapped for nine and a half day.*, guided crn' o* -l l!*rji? o' ;l.e itiiiiiL'i iu whi.h ','yllnis !???:? !>in. f.nod. was t;ivcn up as a lo.sl hope early this morning. Itefieve.l Vet Alive Cave City. Feb. 9. ? Radio tests ? similar to those used last week w.-re again used today in an ef . fort to dotermine 'whether Floyd Collins was still hlive. The radio . experiments after their tests think that he still is. show an average of ft I 2-3 per . the recent examination is much I !ilgh< r tlinn that of tin applicants :.s a whole. Nlm ly seven took the ? examination and only men J passed. These flgtin'ft show t!iat only <; | K-D per cent passed, prac tically :t0 per cent less than the Wake Forest record, i William H.Boxey Is Shot By Uncle Willis A. \Vitiviu?x Preliminary ii<*i;riii?, In Now in <?i SIh ri(T '*<?!? Horn, \wi*itiii? Trial ?I l!ic !\l "rch Trrm <??* Superior <*uurt >\ imam 11 no%? v. inn ?i :: 2. 1 . r I'oplur lira! toll. ?1 iv*?i at {> ? betli City If ??ki>|ih I at 7 o'clock Sunday u f k li f from a pistol luili?-t wound In th?* abdomen. :<iii'i;>-?l 10 have been inilicr-o iiy liis tiinl.-. Willi* A. D> xey. ??f Poplar Itrunch. Willis Doxey is How in jail 011 a pliiiiRi* of titti r?l*-i- and. having wiilvod preliminary h-.irim:. will b* i.'i.-U at tin* March r. rm ??t Currituck Superior Court. whirl convenes Monday. March 2. Mr. Dox?'y was nrn-nii-ii Satnrda> night, after tin* news til tlii* shout ing rwlx'd Sheriff Itoh Flora at Shawboro. on a chaw "f assault, with deadly weapon with intent to kill Following tlio arrest, Mr. liox cy w us permitted to give hon<l. hut as noon ax Sheriff Flora learned of the death of William If. Doxcy here, ho railed Solicitor W. L. Small over the long dis tance telephone and under In structions from the Solicitor, changed the warrant to one charging first degree murder and at once proceeded to take W. A. Doxey in custody. The alleged shooting occurred Saturday afternoon nhoul -I o'clock. 0. A. Doxi-y, father cf the dead man, said lie could give no reason for ilie ? hooting. Sun day night. There were no wit noiWPB, according to reports, ex cept Willis Doxey. who flrc:l the , fatal shot, and It hi n? p'n w. who in dead. 11- v tr ?* l' ?? t? i.; na el ?? ? ??? 1 o.jirh: Willis i) . ni'.hMe met his i>. o:i ft ol oil tile S'ate high". ?} about tuic-huSf mile x.uift nf Poplar Itranch ami l.?tw < n Pop lar H ranch and (Jrandy. The old< r man halted the younger man sav ing "1 am going to yhoot you." Thereupon. the young man tmide a rush at his uncle who had , drawn - his , revolver and the two clinched; William Do.vy gain lev, a firm grip on bin uncle's tight hand ho that the. latter could not , shoot. The older man tie n .prem ised his nephew lie would not. j shoot If he would let him go. How ever, when William Doxcy let g<? bis grip of the older man. t It ? ? lat I ter fired the pistol point blank Discredited Prophetess Is Strangely Missing! i Mr*. Margaret Howen of Ix>* AngclrH No! lo lie I'oimd mid Investigation Will lie Made of I)i*|>OHul of Mon ey Sent to llrr ? Meantime World Wagging On lly I* C. OWHX H'tlnrkM. ltis. Hy Thf Ad'inrr) I /is AliKdes. Feb. i>. Mr?. j I Margaret Rowpii of I/?s AnR^lM, I b-ader of the "Hi-formed Advent-, IhIm." who forecant the end of then World nt midnight Friday* I r. all ?Hue red I ? <1 praph?t?'Si? In her own I hometown todcy. Hut Kl?e kept j i two-thirds of the population of < J/is Angeles and many peruana In i other p; rts or the country out of b?-d 11 tit II ',nt? w;-e miia' hours on i 'hi' ch.'^eo there might ho w?mo-| I thing to her prediction. i i The most they saw in this vl- ; elnUy was n cloud blackened sky ! which. Instead of nerd In i; forth a . eaticlysm. poured forth a much I i Hie d< d rain. i flut whether from curiosity cr < n remote belief the repress might It hive something up her sleeve, ? th'-re v/are a l??i i f nervous people hei" Friday. Open ucoffera could lie c bserv d ranting frequent giances ?? w ird. ifhllo nt mld nlelit f- v.* fiii >llle:i did not have .thf-lr necka ctaned toward the heavens. Ti legr-?i?h r dispatches rrport < d mldaiiiiflit "watch parties" In hundred!) ef eltlm and towns both inside and ? utrlde (California. At Han DI'?tfo wh r". according to an Huxtcrn f?llnw*T of Mra. Itowen. ? 1 l.ou i " ? rir i?l? * of the la in s wero l? he r. unded up on a hl.ll f>lde. f veral hundred people pr? ?piptcd trand stand seats on what they ? ' mntnd would lie tin- ch? 1 ?.?!! tad stayed there alt I nl'.nf. \? Oakland, 3X f.illowm 1 n' s!l day and moni <f th< riluh: In prayer and son* ?' i hu:idr< d* gathered around t w iidi tl-am. / Jttl< rt l(i e.* > ng ? '? 4 ?*h Mifr th?jr 1 in* ?*fn HoWen'a p. ?p|u I .id t? additional legal pr l-'" f m ? r< duloua pr rmina. 1 Many ef her followers disponed t of their worldly goods and con- j i Inn her "mllllniieum" iik'hrbk'-. Several peraona fearinK the end of the world would bo an unpleas ant affair, committed aulcirio. Federal authorities today atartcd an Invt'HtlKntlon of the diapoanl r>f the money aent to Mr.?. Itowen. and proaecutlona may roanlt. Prom lli'> atandpoiat of attend ance. r? IIkIouh fervor and ndvanco Hi r 1 1 1h. !Ii?' ?-nd of fh?- world *eln- ( diilod for midnight laat l-'ridtiy nlKht by Mi*h. Marxaret Itowen. l#oa An^ele* high prIooleKH on-! [?roph?(<-?n of ja new cult r-illlni, ihontaelve* r,Yteformed Advent tata" develop? d Hlgnx of bc'lnfg a dud lonK Ik fore lb" Hi licdulcJ hour for ita consummation. Wbon leas than 12 hours Inn t ? vened before the Angel Oabri* I wan proKramno'd, affording i - Mi Howell's prophecy, to found the crack o* doom, attendance forecasts of thousand* of faithful 1 follower!* wlio wore fiup;?onod l'? rally around b? r for tbo i-nil of all thlnua bad lo revised to a bupti* of do*?n. Kurtliermoro the acanty hand fill who a waited the prophesied ? nd. n! the sajne lime w -re i. 1t!nx derided ly nervous*. They had to ft wail theft ??xiHftMi tnlHInneuni without tit" moral nnd spiritual prenenee < f their "proph' ter/." Mr*. Itowen. It developed Thura day nljcbt. bad disappeared, and h< r trusting follower* did. not tnow wiiere to look for b? r . At the home of the wo tin n pro i?1i??tcM In Hollywood h< r ' ! ian jii; r" declared ahe not only wan I v?t r* h- me bul th.i: ; h Ang-r. fhf pr??phef ' ,' f. c i i ? I ty, to ??,. dl ? d lower j, who. denhd a tl'k t to i Heaven on a p.rlden cloud, want t heir fares rebat< d so they may i ? sat. i< ;? in ( In* !m(ly of Ills nephew at ial?g?. Inflict ing. the wound I 'ha: .ml. -l the young man's lite. ; I houi;h mortally stricken. roanlr I ?* vy. uf:?T being Hhot. agmla ni ln .t Irs uncle ntul dragged him fur v?' i';il fort in a struggle to |i:? i the gun away from him. 8ne~ eei-dltig eventually In thin strug- ' gle. t In* young man wan taken to :he homo of II. L. Walker In -ft j passing automobile. Ah soon aa i ;i way could be provided, he ?H J rin-hifl to the Elizabeth City hoe ! pltal, reaching here about mid- > night 3 iturday night. . -f-j statement as to the cftntft of the shooting could be obtfttft44 j up t? fb.? time this newiaM#^ w ut 10 press from Wlllla Doxt)t j lull it is said that he claimant* ! hav?* shot Ui self defense. f An \ Hay at the hospital ?pa l if. i William H Doxey Wfft J brought in r<- .disclosed that | wounded man was bleeding InMfe J nallv and little hope was held foF I his recovery, though he was ofer i erat.-d on at 1:30 Sunday after- j noon as a last resort. ' .;wB "I cannot live, you had as wall I ]< t mo stay here and die," Doai^T J told relatives before leaving Plfi lur, I (ranch. Sunday morning ho told hlH ister, Mrs. Dennis i <>f Elizabeth City: "I am prepared to go." While the father of the d?ftd man would volunteer no explftagaft t inn of tiie shooting, retidlflH ? t "< pl.ir 1 (ranch who were in tfea : .1 WU1M W. nqn *rat*.,< -ill had >? from it. '?.jS ':r. ?;??! .11.-. \> tills A. Doxejr - ? v. I), en ni.iiil' d about 24 years. M:\ I'o.v > Is past '50. while his uu i? Mill under 40. They have t'uie children, the oldest of whom I Mis? Mildred Doxey, a senior at H.f North Carolina College for Women ut Greensboro. Mm. Doxey, before marriage at tiir age of l?i, was Miss Daisy II -upton. Sh?' Ims always been interested In education In Currl i .i -v. County and in State affairs. Willis A. Doxey Is well known in Oirrltuek County and Ellzabotfe < i'y. being a school commute f man of Poplar Dranch inch School, a successful farmer, and upoiintendent of . the marafeM for ; !?? rnr-u..-*. ??.--? i - * * uniim vi??. "I li::ve known Willia Doxey ftlg my life," mi Id a prominent Cup* i-ii (irk Inn who was In th^ oily Monday afternoon, and he ?m ??>?? ii f t Jio mo*! widely known liost thought of men In the O. i i can not conceive of, .hunting anyone without 1 seemed to him complete Jastli Lion " ? 3 William II. Doxey recently Had hr-. ii employed by It. L. Walker farmer, i f Poplar Hranch. Bffrj hox'-y, boKlden hl? father, O. A' Doxey. ? f Aydlett, Is survived bjr one hro:her, Ambrose Doxoy at New York; three winters, lift* i " nn Is Harco of Kllzabeth CltfJ M rH. ftva Harnard of nerkley, Vlr ?j In I i . Mr*. Mary Cremedaa of Nor folk, Virginia; three uncle*, H> I'arki-r of Aydlett. LeRoy Parker p f Hnimhletou, Virginia, and Wil li;, m Iiovy of Poplar Hranch. I'iiii>-riil nrrsnKements will fee' r H.rpb' -led after the arrival Of Am ' !? I from Now York. WU* I hi in II Itoxey wan a member of lh" Haplht Church at l:r.incl). NO CONTINUANCE OF HARDEN'S TRIAL Atlanta. Feb. 9. 'Motion* of 1 fenno today to continue the i l or \ K Kartaln and L* t.\ '?"letcher, former warden and dep ii v of Atlanta prison, and ?'?nee IM'lil of Columbue, Ogtftj hurgi l with conspiracy IW nihery. were overruled today ky Kcdernl Judge Irwin. IlitKAD IMIK'K I P IX H TWIN riTIIM THW WDM S>. Paul. 1 >b. 9.? (Special,)? An Increase of one cent a loaf in the price of b;ead Twin <'lil'?? will go Into effect L ilav Rolls and doughnuts are] be put up five ennts a do ten. KIIKIIIOtt tXH'HT (OWRWMl ?.Vfth Judge R. M ( ranmtr of ?'.'iithport presiding* Pasqttot h|p<>rlor <*o trt. n.ii ronVt ?>^l aken up wiin going over Uiv ei ndar and -Igninf Judgements, ' if which wero dimmed of lay morolsf ? %
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Feb. 9, 1925, edition 1
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