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I, VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVKNIXC, MARCH 23, 1925. SIX PACES. NO.1'
Some At Gatesville May
Have To Sleep In Autos
Hotel Already Full und 10 Witnesses in Duwy Murder
(W Still to be Aeeoiiunodated \\ liun Trial,
Set for Wednesday, I'uder w av
Catcsvllle, March 23. "I um I
so try they sent it here."
That Is what Charlie IMwauU. 1
proprietor of the Catesvill ? II.?t-I I
told a reporter two weeks a:,u. J
when the newspaper man casual- I
ly remarked that he supposed tin I
h^tel was looking for a hit- crowd 1
court week, with the scntniluntt! I
Doxey murder ca?e scheduled for I
trial In addition to the regular I
Gat?? County criminal docket.
The reporter ponder, d that say* I
Ing at the time. reflecting eoh? ;ly J
on the unmi-rcenary spit it of a I
L hotel man who would ratlwr hi* I
f town would be spared tli?' :u?rdlil I
details of a murder trial than I
himself to prollt hy the crowd
that the case would he Mire to I
draw to his hostelry.
Hut today the same in wspaper I
man entertains serious douht ts
to whether the idea back In Mr. 1
Kdward's mind when he made his I
statement waa altogether altruis
tic. For the Gatesvllle Hotel In
already crowded and indications
now are that, despite the canvais
of the town for bi'ds for court
week visitors, the emergency ar
rangements are not goliiK to tal.-'
care of the situation. The Gatea
vllle hotel Is ordinarily a nice
homey, quiet stopplim place, with
the proprietor and his family do I
ing a large part of the work, and
one may well imagine that th*'
outlook for a crowd that would
tax to the breaking point his fa
cilities for entertainment would
appear In the hotel proprietor's
eye no inviting prospect.
Doxey will be brought here
through the country and, despite
the fact that as roads are now
travelled the distance from Cur
rituck Court House to C.atesvlll?'
is In the neighborhood of ?.r>
miles,' a considerable crowd of
Doxey's friends as well an all Ills
witnesses and those for t In* State
are expected to be in Attendance.
Witnesses alone number 4 0, and
it Is estimated that Ave times that
Dumber from Currituck will n'
tend the trial. By putting two to
t ? rfvery available bed. the Gatesvllle
" Hotel can furnish lodging for ?).
X School committeeman of l'op
, Ikr Branch High School, the old
' est and for long the only State
high school In Currituck County.
Willis A. Doxey had for 66 years
lived a life of a quiet, peaceable
and respected citizen, until n? wa
flashed over Currituck County Sat
urday night. January 30, that h"
had shot, and probably fatnllv
wounded, his nephew. William H.
Doxey. William H. Doxey died In
the Elizabeth City Hospital the
next day, leaving a dying state
ment In writing to the effect that
he had been treacherously shot by
)ils uncle and that the act was
unprovoked.
Since that time Willis A. Dr.x -y
has been a prisoner In the Curri
tuck County Jail. Hia caso was
scheduled for trial for the term
of Currituck Suprenn- Court which
convenes the first Monday in
March. The grand Jury had found
a true bill, the prisoner hod been
arraigned, and the sta??4 was set
for the trial when on Thursday.
March 6, Solicitor W. 1?. Small
presented a motion to tin- court
that the case be moved in some
other county, on the ground thnt
sentiment In Doxey's behalf had
been so favorably fanned by the
activities of Influential fri.-rn!*
and by highly colored newspaper
* reports, that It would he impos
sible for the State's side of the ras.
to get a fair hearing In Currituck
County.
Here is the text of the affida
vit, copies of which were signed
by n. S. Walker, former employe
rof Willis A. Doxey; 0 \ h
father of the dead man, and hy
J. C. Gallop .which along with an
t affidavit of similar Import signed
by himself, constituted the basis
upon which Solicitor Small asked
for change of venue:
"The undersigned beiny duly
sworn, deposes and say*t that he
is Informed, beljeves aftd alle* s
ob behalf of the State of North
Carolina, that there are probable
grounds to believe that a fair and
Impartial trial cannot be obtained
In Currituck County In the above
entitled cause; that affiant Is In
formed. believe? and allege-* that
friends of the defendant tlGve been
very active in talking to citizen?
In Currituck County, in distribut
ing and casting about and abroad
statements, propaganda and ru
mors that have prejudiced the
cause of the State throughout
Currituck County; that affiant
has heard divers snd numer iti
persons say that they thought he
ought to go scot free; thnt the
Independent, a paper published irr
the first Judicial District. and
widely circulated throughout Cur
rituck County, und' r date of Feb
ruary It, IftJB, carrhd a story
of the crime committed In the
shore entitled cause, and particu
larly did aald paper make the fol
lowing statement 'Willie Doxev,
whom she f speak Ing of Mr*. Wil
lis A. Dosey) had known intimate
ly for years-snd whose every act
and thought was an open hook in
ft her. offered what shr considered
I the only kindness she hsd ever
P known. Willie Doxry seemed to
> be pleased with the reaftlacss of
WATKKS Ol WAftASH
I MM) \TK <?K1KMN
K.ansvil!,-. March "2.1?A staff
correspondent of (lie Kvatisvllle
Courier in a dispalt'h to his pa*
ln-r jrsti rday imported that Grif
fin. Indiana. where ni ire than ?".??
1? nous perished in the tornado
cf last Wednesday. was tut off
from nil relief avenue.? except a
single railroad, when flood wa
ter? of the Wabash river inundat
ed ihr road.; loading to tlu> town.
I:!' uaclo'a wli.- i.i accept li?:? ? %
prmtliiiit <f underr.tandiii;.. H? r
admiration of him flattered him
and so faun >U 11 in rcunrd fir hi r
until he c.mld rot nay away from
tin' cmiaiuuity inns at a time.
Time after t!mo he returned to
tin ?>iil horn -, Just u? be near the
woman In* lov? d, realizing that
In* loved her as It?- could love no
one else, happy to be able to sel
ler new r?t,d lie n, tn nee the
home where she lived, for love
always dviliuuts in hearing tlte
voice of i t m object, In listening to
the beailtifei voice cf the on? it
favors*, in the nearness with prom
ise of sly uudcrstandinu Klance?
unobserved by oth?>rn. William
Doxey'u parent? RT<w apprehens
ive of i he conduct of tin- son's? lik-.
inn for hi* uncle's wife. They soli
their home at Poplar Ilranch and .
miivi'd away. In hope of Retting '
him to leave the community.' Said
paper, in paid iiwue. further de
I scribes and tells prejudiced ru
mor* and hearsays that are pre
judicial to the State's side of the
j cans?- that make it very probable
, that a fair and impartial trial
? cannot he obtained in Currituck
County, because of the publication
; end distribution of the rumor*
? a;?d hearsays as published in said
article, and said article headed
and entitled 'The Tragic Matln.u
or Mnlure Ape and Youth,' and
'S? nsational Facts In Currituck
I Iflurdi r Case Growing Out of Jcal
| ous Husband's 1.IIUK Standing
| Quarrel With Nephew.' Is hereby
? referred to and asked to he uuide
} a part of thin Affidavit as if copi?d
word for word.
1 "Tie? aforesaid paper published
;i not her article under dale of Feb
ruary 20. 10 2.r?, under the head
ing entitled 'Doxey Case l'p to the
State"; that said, paper and said
Issue of said article was greatly
and v.bb ly published and distri
buted throughout Currituck Coun
ty and had the ?IT<cl r.f creating
, a treat prejudice against th"
State's obtaining a fair Irlsl in
said cause. That said article in
' ?aid pa|ter was read and quoted
generally throughout the county,
and said article la niad< a part of
Continued on poge 4
I. VST or DE VI) FROM
TORNADO ARE Bl'KIED
Chicago, March 23.? Saddened
l?y I ho final tragedy of Its great!
['?t tornado disaster, th?? burial of
its* dead. Southern Illinois and In-!
iliuna turned undaunted today to
the mammoth task of r<-habllita- !'
lion with plans for reconstruction
us things stood before Wednes
day's catastrophe.
Danger of an epidemic in In
diana was said to be remote with
the ariival of additionnl niodical
tipplie* today. Including anti
tetanus serum, and the advent of
?tate sanitary officers.
Deaths in all sections stand at
so:t.
Chicago. Mar-h 23?Conditions
rapidly Improved today in the re- ?
glon swept la.n Wednesday by the ;
most destructive tornado In the j
history of the country.
The evening of the fourth day1
after the catastrophe saw the
burial of nearly the last of the
S?m or more persons killed.
The. total dead as estimated
Sunday night was S10. Injured
938; total casualties 3,748.
TWO C.UtN COLLI DK ANI)
IMITH <JO INTO Til K DITCH
Jam? s White, driving n Ford j
touring cur. and Howard Scott, j
driving a Cord sedan, both of
Wis ksvlllc, had a'collision Satur
day night at nine o'clock on Eu
clid Heights Iload just in front of
Wright's Ice Plant. The accident'
occurred just as Mr. White turned j
in on Ruclid Heights Head from
11 street coming towards town an J ;
met Mr. Scott going to Weeksville.
Iloth cars went over In a ditch and ,
were badly damaged but neither
of the drivers suffered any inju-'
rles.
GENERAL PERSHING
HEADS COMMISSION]
* Washington. March 23.?Gen
eral Perahlng has been appointc-l
to supervise the Tacna Arlra pie j
lu?cite. The White House today '
announced his selection as head of'
the commission to oversee the
election of the Chilean-Peruvian
arbitration award.
SOVIET OFFICIALS
KILLED IN FLIGHT
Moscow, March 23.?A Iteutei
dispatch aays that an alrplan-v
carrying three Soviet government
officials and two pilots caught
fire and killed ail the occupants
while flying from Tlflls to Su
ch utn. |
KILLED WHEN HURLED
THROUGH WINDSHIELD
~ Greensboro, March 23.?John
P. Mann of Burlington died with
in a few minutes after he had
been thrown Into tho windshield
of his brother's car which was
wrecked one mile west of Gib
sonville early last night. His
throat was cut when he was
hurled through the glasa of the
windshield.
RESULTS JUSTIFYING
EXTENSION REVIVAL
Suuduy Services Marked l?y Crowded Churches and
Deep Spiritual Interest, und Already Number
of Professions Promises lo lie Large
Complete justification of the
plnns for extemflng the laymen'*
revival now in progress here thru
? another weok wan seen In the ser
vices Sunday, which were marked
throughout t ho city by attendance
that csowded the church auditor
i iuma and by deep spiritual luter
I eat.
There la no disposition to meas
ure tho result? ol the revival byl
the number of profeaslons and I
new members ndde<fr to the va-'
rioua congregations, but aireaHy
the number of professions and of j
: now members promises to be {
inrge. despite trio fact that the1
laymen have launched their cam
I palgn within six month? after the
cl'/se of the Ilnm-Ramsey re rival'
held here laat autumn.
In addition to the church aer
vlcea Sunday, special aervlcea!
1 ?frte held Ln n number of Rundny!
St?(.oli and at theae service t hI
number of youn,; people made de
cl/Jon for Christ.
The nfternoon federation ser-.
Tice was attended by i crowd that'
packed tho County Court H>uioj
to Its limita. The service ;
I conducted by Duckworth Clover,
president of the Elisabeth City
Men'? Christian Federation, and a
large number of laymep t? stifled
as to what great things Christ
had done for them, with te'.llng
effect. It was Intended to* holl
I this meeting on the Court House
green. but a threatening cloud at
? he schedulc-d hour for the Her
v'ce to begin drovo the crow i lu'o
the court hoase.
Following the meeting at the
court honae came the dally pray
er meeting at Jim Barkloy*? shop
on Matthews atreet. "A man who
has never attended one of the
n retlngs In this shop, one time n
r ndezvoua for the liquor hour.d*
of the bowery," said an Elisabeth
City preacher this morning, "ha?
ifciflfiiifc??ftb
i. if violation In store for him the
first time he will attend. Some
of the moa$ remarkable Christian
experiences 1 have ever heard
have been related In that little
shop."
Reports from Sunday night's
services Indicate that everywhere
Elizabeth * City preachers, warm
ly seconded and assisted by vis
iting delegations of laymen, wire
at their best. Indicating the per- ,
sonoel of these various delega
lions, Calvin Twiddy. John Jack- I
son, Jim Barkley, and llllly Hogg*
were the laymen who psrtlclpate.1 |
Sunday In the services at one of
the city's largest churches. The
clear-cut testimony of these men.
filled with something that made
the humblest of them unafraid to
stand before a great audience or
cultured people and to testify '
convincingly and clearly of his re
ligious experience, was nothing
short of a marvel to those who
had known some of them when
they were deep in sin.
Prayer service today, was held
at the Apothecsry Shop, and at
the aervlcea tonight In the co-op
erating churches groups of lay
men will again assist the men
who are doing the preaching. As
keretofore announced, the preach
ing services begin at eight o'clock,
l ot in practically all the church
r i a song and prayer service of
from 11 to SO minutes occupies
the time before the presetting
hour. Tuesday morning the reg
ular prayer service of the Men's
federation Is to be held In the
Krnmer Building, the regular
prsyer meeting st the eotton and i
hosiery mills Is scheduled for,
12: SO and the downtown service
in the afternoon will be held at
the First and Cllsena National
Hank; .while, as nsusl. the prayer j
service at Jim arkley's shop will
IN LONDON I OVC TANGI K
Above 1b Muriel Dennlstovn. the former wife of Colonel Ian Oil
alow Dennlstoun. the center of iho nensatlonal woclely case now
agitating London and all England. who charge* that .tier ht|K??and
tiicuuragcd her in affairs with other men ot insu:e his advance
ment.
ELEVEN MORE BODIES
REMOVED FROM MINE
Fairmont. W. Va., March 2.1.?
Rescue workers expecte<l to leirn
definitely today whether there
are any survivors among the S.t
men entombed last Tuesday night
in the explosion of i* mine near
here. Hope has not yet been
abandoned that two minors es
caped death, as they are believed
to have been working in a re
mote section when the blast
went off. Twenty nine bodies
have been recovered.
Fairmont. W. Va.. March'ua.?
Eleven more bodies were removed
Sunday from the Bethlehom Mines
Corporation mine neur here.
HOI,I.AM) H HIT WHK.V
KMM KKI) IMIWN (IV ( Alt
W. H. Holland, cnshlcr of.the
Albemarle Bank, was painfully
hurt Sunday afternoon when,
white walking on the Hertford
highway, he was struck by a car
driven by Joe Puele, neur the Mt.
Hennon road. The car driven by
Peele was going in the, direction
of Hertford and hit Holland in
the back about the walxt line just
after IVele had avoided one car
pasming another coming toward
town. Holland's head was also
bruised on the left side when he
fell to the pavement. The negro
was rushed lo Ills homo, 20 Speed
street. Dr. Walker, who was
summoned, found that no hones
were broken and did not discover
any symptoms of internal injury.
VERDICT li\ FAVOR
OF MRS. WATEJtHOUSE
-*
London, March 23.*?The Jury
today brought In a v??rdlct In favor
of Mrs. Murlael . WaterhoiiMe In
the case In which she claimed that
Lady Wilnon Darker extorted
money from Alfred Waterhouse,
her deceased husband. The suit
was 10,075 pounds sterling.
DORIS DEANE AND
A K BUCKLE TO WED
Beverly Hills, Cal.. March 23?
Doris Deane. movio actress, and
Koscoe Ai'buckle. former come
dian. will be married tomorrow
night at the home of the bride's
mother near Pasadena The re
port that they are already mar
ried was denied today.
WOMAN DEAD WHEN
AUTO IS OVEIt HJKNED
Sanford, March 2?.?Mri W.
H film*, agcl 65, of near Merry
Oaks, was killed when the car In
which she wan riding with oth
er members of her family over
turned near Temons Point Sun
day afternoon.
DEFERS SENTENCE
WON TEX ItlCKAKD
Trenton, March 33. At Hie rc
queat of the defense eoiinn? I. fed
eral Judge Hodlne today d? f'-rrei
passing sentence on Tex fib hard
rod others convicted of con; piracy
to transport fight filt.is r niraiy
to the Interstate lawn.
be held at 5:30 In the nflernoon.
Rev. A. B. Crump).t of South j
Mills, who Is here this week with
hla wife who I? III at the r.ilaa
heth City hospital, i* asdstln*
Rat. Dani ?I Un?, pastor of City
fcoad Method 1st Church, in th?
praackin; svnlce? at the church.
HIGH SCHOOLS AUK
HEADY FOR DEBATE
Trinnmilar Kvcnh All Over the
State Tulil- l*!uie on
March ii7
K!iz:?h<*th City. Kdenton nnd
Hertford arc -uuioiii; I In* ?."?0 hh-.h
schools of (lir Stati* DiiW making
fl na I preparations fur i It? - triungn
liir debates on Miireli 27 of I In'
High fViioc! D 'l?at Iiik I' it i of
North Carolina.
^Representing t hose 250 lil:;!i
schools. which i \t? ml from llaye..
?illo In thu wval to Mant-'O in tho
..east. 1.000 student debaters will
apeak in the triangular contest*
next Friday on tin* query. "15?1
i .solved. That Nfrth Carolina
: should ratify t!??* port terminal**
i;iud watrr transportation ,1101."
The t rin la i d. bates will
mark the culmination of a vast
cffurl, f\t('it(!iii|! over tin pant srv
i eral months. which ha? I>>h<h put
? fer:b by tin- "you t h MiI contestants
in tho rac?* for (hi* Aycock Mi m
orial Cup. Source* (f In forma -
; (ion from far and wide have In- n
nought cut by the high sehool de
; haters in their search for strong
paints with which to bolster up
their iv/KUiitcntn thai the port t?*r
j mini;] und water trute-lmrtatlon
' act should or should not lu- rail
Aed.
The High Sehool Debating I'n
lon of North Carolina is conduct
cd linder the suspicer of the Dia
lectic and I'hlhinthri'plc Literary
societies and the I'nlviisity Ex
tension Division cf the I uivcmltv
cf North Carolina. It wan organ
ised in 1ft 115. and tin* content fit's
year will thu* Im- the thirteenth in
Ithe history of thi* movement.
The hiuh sell >y\n Which Win
bath of th? lr triangular debater
hn March 27th will n< nd their
I teams to the university on April
| 9 and 10 to take pmt In the flnal
contest of the High School Itehat
! iag I'nlon for the Aycock Memor
ial Cup. This flnal content will
i be a fixture of High School Week
J at the unlvendly. the other fea
i ture? of thin occasion being the
| tenth annual inter-scholastic tcn
1 nls tournament nnd the thirteenth
i annual Inter-scholastic track meet
for North Carolina high schools.
, TICKETS SELLING
WELL FOR CONCERT
Tickets t'? the concert to ho
j:lven by the llncky Mountain
'Quartet Tuesday night went on
| wale Monday mornlm* nt tli
ilrlght Jewelry Company and by
I noon quite ? number of tleket?
I had been sold. Indiratln*; a well
flllcd house on tho iiIk-?i of the
| coucert.
The concert will be held In th ?
; High School audit? riiim Tuesday
| night nnd the curtain will rise pi
j H o'clock.
*rhos?.whi have sonron tlckefs
I may reserve ib? ir s *Hts at the
i Bright Jewelry Company. This I*
I the last concert ? f th< r> a son and
| all reports from towns where the
quartet lias been are to the effect
that the ntlracilcn l< one of un
usual ??cell nc\
I CONTIM K BATn.E
OF SUEI'IIEKO ?XII
( hlMno. iieli 2n Ttii> l>-ml
h?t*lo *n ol I in th" release or hall
Of William 1?. Shepherd. Indicted
?"*n the cha? 11 Inoculating his
foster son. Wiillatn It. McClHitoek,
i was resuiMid tedoy.
f - - . - ?
wrroi AftKKT
New Yori March 2'. ipot
cotton clo d quiet. m'ddlln?<
26.iB, n d ? ' *? "f I1"? faints. Fu
tures, c.losit hid: March 25.]?,
May 21.41 J ily 25.65, Oct. 24.?9.
Dm. 25.00
WHITE MAN JAM.KI)
I-OI< NON SIII'I'OHT
An aggravated case of a ha ml
c tiiiit-nt and non support occupied
most cf ihf three hour and a hal' ;
>n .cf italic*- court Monday'
morning.
The defendant uhx Gecrj?e A,
Mldgett. ?5 >ears old whit?* man.
and In* was k I von a sent? nr.- of
Mix month* iti Jail, scntonri' to U ?
yiisp> non execution of $50o
hond to appear before the cour:
and show jMiod ln-havlor a ml to
pay 1.1m wife fiO a month. Sh
has five children.
MhUert had not r.eeii nblc to :? r i
lanu ' hond when tlila n?-wspap.*r
wont t?? press.
llcnry Price, colored boy. for |
passing a pedestrian 011 the side
walk without (lisuiuuntlnK. paid a
line of $1 and co?t?. |
'I used to think," said l*roee-;
cuiing Attorney LeKoy, "that this
\vnn a trivial ohense; but so mailt* I
complaints have come to me of|
bundle boys who crowd pede
trians off the sldewall: that I ant 1
convinced that t lie ordinance is a |
neceaxary one and all cases ??? i'.
violation that come to my atten
tion Will be prosecuted.
Dolly nrollurs and Hrrll?'
Hanks, colored, for the use of In-\
decent language on their premlvc *
in such loud tones that it couhl h??
heard for half a block, were each 1
fined $5 and costs.
m:\THKiti.Y MAKK
VHTK A HIT IN VIIUalN'f A |
With grocers from all over tlm j
State of Virginia in attendance j
and with Governor Trinkle au-l .
other notables on the program. W.
H. Weatherly & Company put on'
a candy display at the fourth an
nual meeting of the Virginia I
Wholesale Grocers' Association
which won ureal favor with del? -
gat?s to the meeting and dlslri-j
huted free packages of Weatherly i
candles which mude a big hit with
the 250 recipients.
W. 11. Weatherly & Company,
ICIizaheth City candy manufactur
? rs, not only supply candles to,
wholesale grocers and other deal
ers In North Carolina ami Vlr-'
ginia. but ship as far north as <
Maryland, as far south as K?y 1
West, and into Alabama and oth
er Southern gUlf states as well. ,
HOPE FINISH CASE
OF TEAPOT TUESDAY
Cheyenne, Wy? March 23 --At
torneys in the "11 a pot Donu- lease
oniiulineut suit started on the last
lap of the trial today with a view
to having the case submitted to
Federal Judge Kennedy by tomor
row afternoon. Arguments of tli?
Government counsel were in prog- i
fens today. .
liY4MKHI> l'\< 'ON'St lot's
WHKN hit IIV TltKI{
Slilloh, March 2.'!. ? KvcreM
Williams, 1G year old son of Ml.
and Mrs. Abner Williams of Rid
dle, while In the woods Saturday
morning helping his father fell a
tree, was struck on the head by a
limb of Ihe tree as It fell and was
unconscious until Sunday after
noon. Just how seriously he Is in
jured hns not yet been learned.
Coastal Highway Passes
Through Historic Lanq
Slrt-lcliiiii: 297 Mil?-* Mou^ Atlantic Soulxiard, North i
Carolina Section, Made l'o??ilile Through Krcenl
l.r^iolution. Montr of Exceptional Interest
On High Bench
At lu*t a woman hus rsached the
Bupremo Court. Mlsa Dorothy
Straus. New York, sitting In tho
high co\irt accounting proceeding*,
a tho first ever to >w given power
10 hear and determine tho result
IIVE llt'NDKEI) A It K
C ALI .KI) BK JUltOltS
Chnttanooun. March 23.? Five
hundred prospective Jurors wer?
today culled to Hamilton County j
court for tho trial of W. II. Ilen
lu'tt and wife of Koine. Ci>or|ila,l
Indicted frr murdering Miss Auk-i
usta Hoffman. stunt of lleniielt. '
The lit imetts were Indicted on j
tin* etinrjie ??f murder In Septem-I
ber. 1924. following the dlscovcy 1
of ItoneH, said to Imve been t hone
of u woman, under the Kennel t
hoine.
Tltc proHcculion contends that
they were the lion?-* of Mlsu Iloff-|
man w|i:i dlsappiai'-d sifter vlslt
Iiik the UennettR.
FI.EKT Pit EPA II ING
* TO PUT OUT TO SEA
Naval llaso. Sail Pedro. Cal.,
March 23.?Dawn today saw the
combined I'nlted State? fleet pre.-..
paring to put to *eu for two days
practice runs preliminary to the
climax of the year's gunnery pro-1
grunt, scheduled for Wednesday. .
EMI'KESS CHAKLOTTE I
IS SEItlOUSI.Y ILI. j
llrusHfdH, March 23.?The aged
former KmiproMH Chnrlolte of Me*-!
Ico who lias been seriously III
wuh said today to huve passed a
satisfactory night.
Griggs Was Valiant
Hero Of World War
Currituck I-ohI Otic of It* IiruvcHt in I'atsiiift of Vrlrrun
Who After l.oiifi IIIuphm I)ic<l ut Kli/ulirtli City
IIoiik* on YhurHiluy, !VI??r?-h 12
Point Harbor, March 2.1.?In
t ho paaaing of Norman Karl
Origga, ?on of Albert Grigga of
thin place, Currituck County lout
one of It* moat valiant aona.
Bftfl OrlggS wa* the first Cur
rltiiclc County boy to volunteer
and the laat to return from *> r
vice. In hi* aervlcn ovcmvaii, ht>
wn< wounded twice and wan
vanned two or three tlmea. He
received three cltatlona and th?
Trench decoration of honor.
Thin Hon of Currituck fought
nt the aectora of Verdun. Chateau-1
Thlery. Alano-Marno and 81. MI
hi? I. He waa in the Second Di
vision of the regular Army nnii
waa in the t'nlted State* Marine
Corpa.
Barl Orlcfja waa quiet and un
a*aumlng. One might have
known lilm for yenra without ev
er hearing him mention iiin war
r< crd
Soon after returning from acr
vlc^ ho accepted a position with
the Carolina Potato Kxchange
and later wa* named manager of
t hi* organization of farmer*.
Whll ? nt Rllsaboth City Mr
(Irlgga w< n the renpect of hla bin
ineaa aaaociatea and he had a.
number of friend* In Paaquotu.-.k
and Camden countlen.
In November of laat year !?
waj married to Mlaa Aurllla
8trahl cf Cli/.aheth City. On the
foll-iwlm: January he becain y
loudly III from a growth In tin
gland? which proved fa t o I on
March 12. The trouble atari-d
aoroe Hipe ?g.-> but it war hoped
Pi the fall that II had been cur? 1
by radhim treatment which he
rcc< Ivctf at a lialtlmor< hospital
The oateem In which h" wa*
hrid waa evident when hi* funeral
aervleaa were held at Harbinger j
on Saturday, March 14. and the,
crowd gathered could not find
apace In Iho ChrlNtlan Church
there of which lie wan a member.
Several automobile* came over
from Kllzabcth City Including a
representation of Knight Temp
lars dressed in uniform.
Dr. J. II. Thayer, paator Itlack
w?'ll Memorial Church, Elizabeth
City conducted fhe devotional ex
? rein, r, after which Rev. J. II.
L"e. pastor of the Christian
Church here, made a few brief re
mark*. It?'dutiful flower* allowed
the affection of many friend*.
Currituck people who have
known Karl CtIkk* idnce he wan
a baby declare that he wa* worthy
of all the r*teem Elven him, and
d?*m r\Inu of the wonderful sym
p'tthy tendered him durlnit hi*
Kreat *ufferlnK. which hi* bore
with patience. They declare that
hbtoWlfe, mother, and father have
c^n*f? to be deeply thankful for
the noble, clean life which lie
lived. and they join hi* bereaved
inn In grief and sorrow at hi*
death.
FORMER PREMIER IS
EI.ECTED I'llKSIDEM
Cairo, March 23 Former Pre
mier ZiKhlul I'aaha w.n ebeted
president of the ctiamb? r of depu
tle* In the new Kr:vptlan parlla
meat tedav, receiving 125. vote*
f lit of 210.
WINTON PLANS FOR
COMMUNITY I AIR
Wlnton. March 2 1. A com
munity fair wan orranlzed fori
Wlltton town*hlp last week, re-,
port* C. A. Hone, county a Kent for
Hertford. Officer* were elected
and plani? were put Into operation!
for holding a fair thl* fall.
aro
neet
?s
jr.
*sa
(Br Tk* Prrw)
Raleigh. March 23.?Stretchlflfl
j 207 miles along the Atlantic sea^
hoard. the North Carolina bi i tljM
of the Atlantic Coastal Highway,
mud?- possible of, completion M
t h o recent General \ mi m MB
passes through what ha? been
termed North Carolina's most Mn
torle section. The Legislatufd
passed an act authorizing tM
bridging of the Lower ChoiB
River at a coat of $600.000, tka
bridge to he opt rated on a toll!
haul* until the State In rolm
burned.
The bridge when complatM
will cut HO miles from the prid
??nt distance from Norfolk, Vlffl
ginia. to WilmlnKton. North Carta
lina. and will more closely conni
Eastern North Carolina countl
with the central section of
State. _ ?_
Many of the earliest CaroMM
settlements were made along thd
route through which the ro*4j
panics and tourists will have kjM
opportunity, when using the roaW
to visit many of the shrines ofj
North Carolina's early hlstorjy?
From Wilmington to Jaeki
vllle. North Carolina, the
passes through the undulatkUl
sandy country of Pender and On*
low cou III les close to the oaaS
Many a view of the broad Atlanta
is possible alonk this section pi
the road which Is lined with llyi
oaks with their graceful trimming
of Spanish moss. At JacksonrlUl
Ihe road crosses the New Rlrs^
Th.- road tin n winds Isilly along
until New Hern Is reached. At
thttf point a modern bridge l.f
miles Ion k b ?? H the Nous? ?
er. Th?> road ?.* goes northW
through the rich truck and toL,
co sections of Craven, lleaaft
counties, passing through Wi
Ington and Wllllaiuston.
At Wllllaiuston the road ci
?s the Roanoke Itiver ov<
bridge across a swamp and n
river, the structure being ft
miles in length and represaaf!
the most expensive investment
the State HiKhway Commta
Btructures.
The road leaves Martin i
at Wllllsmston and enters ?
County, passing through Wlu,
snd thence to the Chowan Ri
where the new bridge Is to
otilir. After crossing this brl
Into Chowan County and paai
through the lower section of
county, the highway enter*
on. once capital of North
Una In the ^Colonial days,
quintans County Is then cro.
followed by Pasquotank Conn
where Elisabeth City |B read
For 12 miles the rond travel
the historic section north of 1
abet h City and In Pasquotank
Camden counties to the Vlri
border.
On the Chowan River and clt,
to the western terminus of tL,
new bridge in the alte of the Co*
onlal mansion of North Carolina'
first chief executive. Governor Ec
en. In crossing the propos#
bridge the traveler will ^llmpa
what is nald to be one of the mofl
beautiful water scapes along tl?
coast. Eastward ?i0 miles stretal
es the Open waters of Albemari
Sound. This sound is rich In talfl
tory and tradition. At Its hefl
Is Roanoke Island where Sir Wl
ter llalc|gh'B colonists landed
1685 and where Virginia Dai
first white child born on Amerlsil
Boll, was born. The Island
marked with a monument etect*
by the Roanoke Historical Aj
elation.
At Edenton, once the pro*
capital of North Carolina wh#
that State > xtended westward
the Mississippi River and Inclui
? ?d most Of the present strite <
Tennessee, the Edenton Tea Part
met. Native? claims that the dat
of the Edenton Tea Party was be
fore the famous lloston Tea Part]
In the Masonic Hall over the cow
house erected In the early Itf
century Is a chair formerly
by the Masonic 1/Odge at Al<
drla, Virginia, and which is aq
to have been used by O
Washington when he presided!
er the lodge'B proceedings. I
In Perquimans County the trs^
eler insy see. the first deed
veylng real estste In North Caj
Una. This document Is kept
Hertford and conveys land
the Yeopln Indians to John
rant.
In Pasquotank County Is Hi
Creek where thn first popular
Illative assembly In North
Una met In the latter part of;
17th century.
From KlUaheth City to No|
the road passes through "
Swamp following the _
Swamp Csnsl the survey1
which wan made by Oeorge tj
ln>:ton acting under orders of
ernor Fairfax of Virginia.
road posses In close proximity]
Prummond This lak#f
surrounded by cypres** and
ftled vegetation and Is said to
Inspired Thomas Moere'a
"The !<ake of the Dismal ft
Miss Rllaabeth Hathaway, ,
dent at N C. C. W la homa f
lat her parents. Dr and
If. athaway.