Newspapers / The Daily Advance (Elizabeth … / June 27, 1925, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
C'1114TLATION MCI1>\Y 2,479 Copies THE WKiTHKR Hoatly cloudy. Probably local ?bower* tonight and Sunday Own lie ttout h and south went wlud*. ?OL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, KATl'UDAY KVKNINt:, JI'NK 27. 1925. SIX PACES. NO. 172 Ballard To Die July 30 For Fatal Shooting Of Young Officer In Gates Defendant Kcrrivr? Ver-' diel Without Visible Sliu* of Emotion; Spectators Listen Tensely HEBE GIVEN 2? YEARS Cora untl Sallie Mary Mill iard (Jet Two Year* in Jail Each; Two Other* Held for Trial Gatesville, N. f'., June 27. ?Jim Bnllnrd, negro, was sentenced lute yesterday to die in the electric chair July 30, for the murder of Deputy Sheriff W. Vernon Eason, of Gates County, at Ballard's home in "Little Africa," three miles from here on the night of May 5. Jim's brother, Hebe, was ({iveri 20 years at hard labor in the State prison after he had pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter in Connection with the killing of the young officer. . Cora Mallard. Jim'? wife, and Bailie Mary Mallard, a slster-ln-, law who mad?' her home with him. Wore sentenced to two years In Jail each, after they had pleaded guilty to charges of resisting an officer on the fateful night of May B. Ail four had heeii chart:? d Jointly with murder in connection With the d?ath of Kason until yes terday, when the State accepted a mistrial as to all save Jim lial lard, who had accepted full re aponstbillty for the killing in his teatlmony the day before. Five other negroes had been In flicted as acccssorloit to the shoot ing. Of these, three were released yesterday, and two were held for the next regular term of Superior Court in flates County, which con venes July 211. Those freed wtr" Isaac Hare, Lucy Mallard, wife of Hebe, and Allen Wynn. Their caseH were nol proaaod with leave by the Stat?-. John Clnrk and Ja cob Wynn Were held. A proviso was attiched to the Jail sentences imposed upon Cora and Sallie Mary Mallard to tin effect that the Hoard of County | Commissioner? might hire them but for the length of their terms to any one paying their share of the court costs. Haspcct? IteleAMMl Three other negroes held aR' ?uapectH In connection with the killing were ordered released. These were Dani?1!. Joe Hoy and Oscar Mallard, arretted in the , general roundup which followed the tragedy, but whom evidenci ' subsequently failed to connect definitely with it. Jim and Hebe Mallard are In the State prlnou at Malelgh today. They left Oatesvllle for the Stat?' capital last night, less than an hour after sentence had been j passed upon them, in the custody of Sheriff Rountree and Deputy) Sheriff Z. I). Kure. who carried them In an automobile to Cofleld. In Hertford County, and there hoard?-?! an Atlantic C??ast Line train for Raleigh. Johnnie James, ?egro given n three year term on 1 a robbery charge, accompanied them. Thus cloned the most s?-n?a tlonal case tried In Gates Coun- ' fv In many years. If he pays the F death penalty Imposed upon him jjMterday, Jim Mallard will be the! I ^*t person sent from dates to the j electric chair. Th?- cafe went to the Jury yes-1 terdiiv afternoon nt 5:20 o'clock. | and the verdict of guilty of ihur d?-r In the first degree was re turned 27 minutes afterward, i Judge Henry A. Grady, presiding oWr the court, then announced a recess until fi:30 o'clock, when ?oprt was reconvened and he on* ?minced his Judgment. Counsel for the defense mad" the usual notion to set aside the verdict. Tills was overruled, nnd the de fense attorneys entered notice of appeal to the fctate Supreme ?ourt. Tear* Verdict Calml) Jim Mallard accepted both the | verdict and the sentence without | the slightest show of emotion. Hej was less concerned, apparently. | than the spectator* who*tbroi<hed the courtroom to overflowing, and who listened In tease silence as the doom of the condemned man *lfc announced. . Jim'a brother. Hebe, however, was able to munter no such self etfhtrol. His face twitched and ht* eyea roved wildly as the court] pron ounced his sentence. "I didn't do a thing," Hebe is 1 reported to have said In a low tplW, following his 2A-year sen-1 fence tjoeal sentiment since the .hearing at the courthouse Imme diately after Hebe waa captured tma been that Jake Wynn, still In | |?ll awaiting trial, was more to blame for the nhootlng than any Co a tinned on pa ga 4 State' To Let Contract For Canal Bank Highway llardfturfacing of tli? Canal Hunk Koatl, from South Mills l<? the Virginia Hue. will in- In-run at an early date, accoriTin. to woni received l?y Secretary Job, of the Chamb? r ot Commerce, from Highway .Commission? r \V. A. Hurl, of t lie First Distiict. Mr. Hart ban notified Secretary Job that he authorised Chairman 1'age. of the Stale Hiuhway Com mission. lo let conlrari for the construction of this roa?| at the pariiest (HMisible date. The auth orisation wan given at the meet ing of the Highway Cotumirsion in llah-igh last Wednesday. Virtual completion of a macad am road to the State line by Vir ginia baa given rise to much re cent diseusslou as to when North Carolina -would meet its neighbor atate with a hanlsiirfared high way leading out of South Mills. Delay on the |mit of the North Carolina Highway Commission in acting in the matter has resulted in some criticism, and the assur ance of an early letting of con tract for the road is received with enthusiasm here. TAGS WELCOME VISITORS HERE Will B?' AttaHictl lo SliMT-, ing Wheel? uf Autos From Elitpwherp Assurance thai Elizabeth City! j in glad to play host to motorist t visitors?and all others. for that( .matter?In being tendered by, means of tags signed Jointly by the City Council and the Chamber I of Commerce. A number of the , tag* were distributed among mem ber* of the police force Saturday, to be attached to the steering i wheels of automobiles which - coujd he Identified ns belong to ' Visitors. On the front, the tags, ? read: ''Welcome t?> Elizabeth city. , We are glad to have you visit uh 1 and hope you will come often. , The Chamber of Commerce ill-, 1 vltes you to make use of IIh rest, I room* and Information bureau.) corner Jftli sad Mai t in at reels." On the obverne aide, the tags j bear the following: "Thin card f entitle? you to park your ear as long oh you please In Elizabeth City. Park In place? designated , by white line?. Never mind t he I i time limit. Tbls will not exempt you from arrest for parking In | ' safety zones, near fire hydrants or in alleys. Approved, lioard of Aldermen. For our out of town motorists only. ? Severe penalty If used by residents of Elizabeth City." EAGLE BOAT NINK TOWKI) TO NOII KOI Jv ?Norfolk. June 27. ? The dis abled Eagle boat number 9 has been found and Is being towed to Norfolk. WHEELER WITNESSES AGAIN SUIJI'OKNAKO Oreat Falls. June 27?Witness-' ??s who appeared before the grandf Jury which Indicted Gordon Caqpp-i bell and United States Senator Wheeler have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand Jury at Spokane, Washington, for further investigation. Promoted C*?t WflMKI H. Utah. tr. ?. Navy, hu to buy mom n.w uniform*. ? Why? PrMktent Ooolldio ku |uM ?dv.no?! him to ib. rukjC ntf r Meanwhile, much road work.Jji i already under way iu thin purl of ; tin- Stale. Cradlnjt aud Milim; Is ) heiuK carried on Ht*-adl)y on the 1 Statu highway from Klizab? th City j toward Currituck Courthoum*. ; which run* thence to the Virginia : line at Northweat, with an Im proved liithway leading from that point Uirectly into Norfolk. Tin ' ni-w road acroxa th?* Diaiual Swamp from Acorn Hill in Catea j County in rapidly m?aiing com|?le (tlon, ami will provide a much n*M-d?d artery eaatwardly through | the Alheniarle aectiou. It la al l ready unable, cutting in half the, I dialectic?' from CateRvIlle to Ellf ( alu'lh City. HardHurfacinK of the remain ing four mile link in the Ed?*nton llertford-Klixabeth City concrete highway la under way alxo. It Ik expected that HiIh road will In I completed by the end of the auni | nier. Traffic at preaent Ih being : detoured over a nine foot brick I road from the lilack Head Sign post through Chapanoke to the | State highway a few mil?? from I Win fa II. CREDITORS C.ET STAR'S SALARY Ixm Angelo?, Jim?* 27.? York rmlltora of Clara Kim ball Voting, ncrwi ami mago Kt?r. wen* given thr ??|?|iorluiil t> toria) to fake ftcivRiilni;r of I lie court imfMmeil mtiionn pnqn?in |iUr?s| <>n MIhw Yiniiik wImmi ?41 or?lfi' directing that $1400 of her ?154)4? WMklj: ml aryimiAt bo m?( nxhlr for Ihi* bwwfll of rrc4lltor? while )ihr I* in California. FLOATING KOAD W AS INUNDATED SATURDAY Camden. Juno 27.?High t Id** Saturday morning nwcpt a span nf water over tlx* Camden paved highway all the way from the State bridge to the last of tb?* filled In Hectlon, a distance of more than a mile. The water came up over the fender? of auto mobiles in the deepest sections and wan from one to two inches deep over the first two Mix. The Macheles Inland bridge for a abort while wan covered with wa ter. The tide began receding a little after noon, however, and the f 111ft anil bridge were above water by 2 o'clock.. For a time, a dreaded highway by automobile owners, thin road -during the long dry aeaaon has been flne and dry from one end to the other. The tide Saturday morning wax the first serious han dicap to traffic for several months. MOTOR COMPANIES WILL CONSOLIDATE Chicago. June 27.?The Chica go Tribune nay* that the consol idation of the Yellow Cab Manu facturing Company and six other companies of John Hert*. Chicago, with the flcneral Motors Corpora tion Ih being worked out and Mill be announced next week. (iKHMA\ IJ\HII WWAIM'Kh Hamburg, June 27.?The Deutschlsnd. a former traiiH-At Isntlc pride of the Hamburg-Am erican line, has been sold to a Merlin firm to be scrapped. The vcmscI served as an excursion boat under the name Victoria Lulse. and after the World War was again put Into service between , Hamburg and New York as the Hansa. ('IIINKHK CONTKOI, HTOKFM Manila. June 27. ? The Chi nese control fiR per cent of the retail stores In Manila, the Filipi nos ft< per cent and the Japanese 6 per cent, figures complied by the Bureau of Commerce and Indus try show. t'AMbKN Jt'NTHlC FINKH AMiKOKI) IHtt 'N KKN IHIIV Fit Camden. June 27.?>E. M ftpen*. cer of Rt. Itrldes. Va.. was ron vlcted and fined $fiO for driving a car while under the Influence of liquor, when he was tried be fore Connty Judge Overby Hat tir.loy morning, ftamuel Cohoon and Henry florey, also of Rt llrlden. rharged with the same of fense were let off with the costs which amounted to about $10 each. All three offender* were ar rented at Chantllly Tuesday ev enlng and were taken , to the j Caaiden county Jail. They ae-| cured bond by Wednesday aftar-l BOO?, w EARLY POTATO SEASON DRAWS TOWARD CLOSE Tola! From Klizaht-lh C.ilv 'lili* Year Scarcely More Than Half of Thai Kur Preceding Scawm <;HOW h'.KS M \I?K MONF) Profit hy Improved (ra iling anil Packing Despite Sharp Itcduction Yield: Few Still trt Move The 1925 early potato season I? practically over, an far an Eliz abeth Olty In concerned. While the yield has been far below last yaar's, the growers as a whole have fared considerably better, having sold their stork on a stronger market virtually through the on tire season. K. L. Stilton, representative of the Government market new? service. discontinued his dally market report h from thin rity Friday, and left Saturday for New York City. where he will car ry on similar work in reporting the vegetable market. Potato shipments from here have slumped cons Ide i ably ill Is week, according to Mr. Sutton, who reports that the movement ho^an with five t? six earn daily. Increased to l.p? and IS cars as1 the week advanced, and. allowed | symptoms Saturday of dropping1 substantially during the coming *??Hk. In all. 87S cars of pota-, toes had been shipped from KHz-. a'Wth t'lty up to Saturday morn-' lug. he reported, adding that the |season's shipments from the Eliz abeth t'lty districts during the pe riod totalled 9JIR earn. This dis trict ini'luiles nil stations on the Norfolk Southern east and north, of Edcnton. Mr. Sutton estimated that the season's total potato consignments from this city would run slightly over 900 cars, as compared with 1.700 for J line and July of las! year, or little more than f?0 per*, cent as many. The growers, howA lever, have fared better with 1Mb i year's shorter crop on account of the more favorable market, he de-j 'clared. This season's higher prl |ces are attributed largely to lin-, proved grading and packing. | which in turn Is ascribed to the. activities of Federal Inspectors' i who have been on the Job here 1 since bulk shipments began. 1 "Shippers as n rule have been refusing to buy anything but sat isfactory Government Inspected stock." Mr. Sutton declared, "ami this has had the effect of spurring the growers on to Increased cpre i In packing and grading their po tatoes. They know now that they can get better returns on prop lerly packed stock." The potato market has been strong all week, with satisfactory' potatoes selling at $4 to $4.2.r? a barrel, usual terms, and most stock moving at the latter figure, during the closing days of the] week. The Eastern Shore has been shipping heavily, consigning! [?HO cars Wednesday and 467 Thursday, or more in the two days than the season's totnl for the entire Elizabeth City district. NOT I'KESS SECOND CHARGE OF MURDER i Chicago, June 27.?William I) 1 Rhephefd. acquitted la.it night Ii.v .h Jury o( II.? chart?* il?M In* imr Idered h in mil I Ion n I re foater aon. William N. -M.cr Unlock. today, iwan a*<ured (hat .1 hmcmh I defr^e murder char*?* that he killed M"-< ('Unlock'? mother would* ?*>?? pren*ed hy State'* Attorney 11??-, Ibert R. Crowe. "Tlier .j* 4 no evl-? d?nce that Mr*. McCllntock w.i*. murdered and I will 1101 pp'iw the chcrge." th?? State'* attot'nev nald. The coroner'* Jury which j heard th" teatlmony in connection' with the death of Mr*. M't'lln lock, her ion. nnd Dr. Onrur ()l Mn had ordered thai Bhoplierd hoj held f??r murder in connection with the death* of mottief and *on. MAHAN COMMANDER DISABLED VETERANS Omaha. Nebraska. Jiine 27 John W Mahan of Helena. Mon tana. ha? been elected command er in ehlef of the Disabled Ve'ler an? of the World War. poijm ixd iJTTue DlMI'l TK OVKR (1AMK A little argument over the rei atlve merit? of ^.he Coleraln ami VCIIxabeth City hanefcill nine? at the (tame here the other day had It* nequel In recorder'? court Sat urday morning. when Luke DavIh. ardent Rupporter of the Sortie! County nine, failed to appear In' annwer to nn aHanult charge. an?l hi* bond of f|0 wa* declared for feited. Police claim I>avl* had a dl? pute with Jack S4roud. Mipp?rnr of the local nine, which ended In DivIn Hlnpplnr Stroud. Davi*} wan arrealed nuhnequently nn the aaaanlt charge. HI* fine and coat*. in the u?ual order of af fair*. would have totalled |9 4b. they declare. Heae? he waa r. caats loear by falllaf to appear. SIIKIHIKItl) I-'!! K K.I > William Darling Sln|ih?'ril was noi| uitt. ?1 in tin- C hira court* lat?- Friday of hl.iyin^ liIm foster Hon. Hilly MrChntoH., with ?y-j plioiil tft-ruiM, Tli?- jury was out IIv? hours anil |o minutes. ROTARY ENJOYS FEAST AND FUN Skilful ami SlrrmioUK 1.11 Imh-x of Srnlli'i^iMHl iikI I'urkcr Muki- Kvi-iil Big i Snenw I*1:?iik? -?1 hlueflali ami from, cooked In tin- open ami done to 1li#? iju.-.-n H taste, under t hr per sonal d I root ion of Itotarhin Frank SmllfrKooil ami Sam I'arker.1 made tin- lis), fry of the F.I i7.a h< t Ii City Notary Club at tin- Casquo tanl( Children's II.?m. on |,ltth Klver Friday ?v?nlnfc an event Ion;, to he remembered Iii tin- |{o-l tary annals of Kliy.:ih<th rity, 11 very I'olarlan had been In a fish fry; hut comparatively f?w had ever seen cook* d or tasied genuine planked fish before. First the split fish wore laiil on hard- | wor>d hoards mor*' than a foot | wld?' and 12 fi'M lout; nnlil three; such hoards had hern covered. Thru these hoards were set ii|> on j either side of ? ureal oak fire of approximately the same length as the hoards, each hoard at an ancle' of only a few degrees from the , perpendicular so nearly perpen-.i dieulnr in fuel that the n n It la I'd expected to sec tin; fish slide down into coals. I tu I they didn't they ' stuck to the hoard and in the in tense heat the fat was soon drlp pltm from them on the grass. 1 Then ItotarlaiiM Hcnltergood. i I'arker and their assistants ap plied salt and laid a slice of hacon on each fish. a hot joh at hest. and. in the case of the hacon. re- ! quiring wnie little dexterity as | well. From line- to time |hc hot hoards had In 1? lifted from their frames, and the fi.dt shifted ahont. as those near the center were ?:et-j tine the most heat and those at the ends th" least. When all the. Hsh on one hoard were done to a turn that hoard was removed from lis frame hy the fire, laid flu t op I he crass, and the fish were served piping hot to Kotarians and their' guests. who hy this time had been supplied with plales on which Were loaped generous portions of potato salad and corn bread. Members of the llovs' Hand and ? everybody at the Children's Home were the quests of the nofnrlnns and. In additi'*n t?> the fish, the youngsters enjoyed !??? f h In k and the lemonade, sandwiches and the Ire cream served as adjuncts to , the fish feast hy the Tlotarv Club Incidentally this was the fiist visit of a ntiinle r of Notations to the Children's Home, and they were impressed noi only with the natural beaut % nf the vlte hut also with the happin'-Hs r:f its children and with tlm ? fficb-ncy of "Fath er" and "Mother" Jones, who are In charge. fVyne Itotarlans were heard to express amazement that such an InHHullon could have been put on Its feet and sel po ints In l'as?|iiotank as a result, al most ollorether. of nl lvate ? fiter prise, initiative and hard work. ADOPT THK FINANCIAL PHOPOSAI.H CAII.I.AUX Paris. June 27. The Chamber of Deputies has adopted the finan cial proposal* of Financ?* Minister Caillaux lil I i: i\< k i i s TAKE STRIkKMS' ri \( KS Hong Kong. June 27 The an-j tl-foreign strike is still spreading . ' Ferry boat strikers have been re placed hy British blue Jackets. EXPLAIN HOW CHINA REGARDS ALL FOREIGNERS Two Wealthy and Influen tial Chill?'*?' Att?'ii<liii? Trail?* (ii)iivi'iitioii at Seal* 11?* (iivr Inlervii'w - IM.KASK KXCDSK US OrirntaU !\1?>hI Polit?* But Say It I* Junt Matter of Foreigner* Minding Their Oh n Kiihiiioh ll> SIK Mr NAM A lt.\ (IMiyrrlaht. ||U. tat Tt,. A<1>4ifc *t Seattle, Waxli., June 27?The ] writer whs conversing with two , Chinese. both wealthy ami Influ ential in their own country, her?* to attend the National Foreign Trade Convention. |?o l*a-IIong. . Shanghai Industrial magnate with ! cnoURll high SOUIldltlg tit 1?*M to I make a who'? who all of hI? own. wu? speaking mainly through Dr. i Sui-I.u-Kii. Hon of a wealthy Chl ! nese flour and wheat importer of ! Shanghai, as Interpreter. , "China welcome? all foreign | or?." H.iI?1 Mr. l.o emphatically hut with nomo difficulty over the words; "hut?", he turned In h la long taupe Hilken robe and- looked at Dr. Ku. "Foreigner? mu?t! mind their business. if you will! plea mo excuse me." added Dr. Ku. and hoth oriental? bowed politely and apologetically an If asking pardon for having hail to ex pre?? J themselves ho frankly. And there you hi*re It. The National!?! movemeut In China in directed against the Jap-1 ane?e and flrltInh none nf It being 1 aimed at America, the two men sny. "1 can aanure you." ?ald Dr. Kii. "i hat * no intentional attack?, will he made on Americans In China. China han the mo?t friend-' ly feeling for Amerlna due to III** great nmonnt of rharlty work yon have done In our country." Mrlefly, tlienp two prominent: Chlnene commercial men hold that I ? ?pan and Kngland are exploiting j the Asiatic republic. Japan being | the worst offender, and while leading Chlneno may not approve the tactic? of the students con-j ducting the nationalist movement they ?.vmpathlxe with the motive ?to throw off foreign domina tion. They Rtute then? I? no foun dation for the belief that bolshe-: vlsm or RuRMlan teaching of any sort I? nt the bottom of the trouble Asked how Ntudcnta are able to dictate to commercial men. Dr.* Ku said: "Sometime? the ntudenta be come quite rough. They go to a merchant and demand that lie1 support the nationally movement.; Inasmuch as the merchant I? tired of being bullied by certain for-J eign power? he in quite willing to comply." "Do not think China put? all i foreign nation? In the ?ame pot." waa the concluding Injunction. I "She I? responsive to good treat-1 meat, to frlendnhlp and falrne??." J I KKNCII POSITION IN MOROCCO CIUTICAI. Madrid. June 27.?The Frenrh poult Ion In the Tacunat region of Morocco In deacrlbed an critical In di*patchea reaching hen* from the war zon*. M \ k i m . EFFORT HKCOVKK BODIRS Quebec, June 27.?Effort? are tola! RMUli today t?? recover the hodlen of nine men, th?? whole crew of the tug boat. Ocenn Kin*, which went down In the 8t. l.aw rence lllver here when rammed bv the Canadian Pacific Liner Mar loch. The Ocean King won nil In two by the liner while at* templing to low the Marloch. the holler* exploding a* water rufthed Into the engine room. STOCKItOI-DKItS I.OSK ?lllchmond, June 27.?Certain preferred stockholder* of th? Southern Hallway today lo*t ? ajlt In court here by which the South ern sought to collect $29.000 000 In hack dividend* which they clnlmed were due them Irom the railroad. Judge Heverly Crump nnnounced Hie decision :iguln*t the Hock holder* today after hold ing It under advlaement alnce March. Ill 11.1)1 NO COMMITTKft Wll.l, MKKT MONDAY An Important meetfbg of the building commln.-e of C'hrl*t i church will 1?? held In the parl*h hou*e Monday morning at 10 o'clock. Final plana will he ?uh mltted by the architect. Kvery member I* Urged to be present. rOTTO* MARKRT Hew YorH. June 27 Cotton future* opened today at the fol lowing levals- July 21H, Oct. 23.90. |W. 24 OS. Jan. 23 53.! Mch 23.6? Mnr 23 ?0 ?New York. June 27 flpot cot ton rioted ateady, middling 2 4 *o. nn advance of 15 point* Future?, closing bid July 23 8?. Oct. 23*?. Dec 23 94 Jan 2S >?.( Mch 21 ??, May II *0 Proposed New Road May Open Valuable Trading Territory SPIRIT MESS tt.h. S III) SO\ PRKKIt I lmllilit*|M>lls. .1 lin?' U7. Mn. Mmtliu Shr-f tlionl IImuI^u, 77 ?lil. MHO JitWHlx IimU) ov ??? llio ii?| Ml 4iil?a?*(? or her Min, \VillImiii 1?. sli<?|?|i?*i i|, of (ho rhnntf of iiiiu?|?*rhiK W llhiini Mr< ilntork, million, ulro oi'|iIimii. Mm. II:i>?I?? n In ii ilovouf llirni boc of (ho S|i|i-||iia.'isi I hurt h mul sjiid i lun for mit n \ tin t h "ho hml iwoh wl iito*simo<. f m tin llio ?i|ilrlt worhl iinmiHiik lire (Inn Sh?*|ilionl \t on hi h<> fiml. IJKE HI CK FINN ADOPTED YOUTH WAS WANDERER Jack Diiranil llud All Ail v a n I n p !? ? of Weultli Tliru-t [Ipon 11 i m Itut l.eft ll for Crime Career 1 BKAINS Or CLIQUE Police Seurcli for llov While II Im FoKlcr Mother Mourn* and Heme* That She'll Adopt Another Sou ll> OWKX I?. HCOTT IPSA. Hi T%o ?4>iir*) Chicago, June 27. A Huckle berry. Finn turn in now *een In the lift* of Jack Durand, ulnpti'il waif an?l heir to tin* million* of Scott F|. Durand. who preferred the uncertain life of the ntreeta to I ho quiet attract ion* of a rich home. Hut in*teud of the yearning for the *imple thing* of exl*tence that calmed Mark Twain'? famou* character to forsake a comfort able home, young Durand. ho po lice claim, ha* taken to the ex citement offered by a career of crime, lie linn formiken all of the advantage*. luxuries* anil the ne ciirity offered by the wealth of bin foxier parent*. Ju*t lo follow Home Inward urge to break through the rigid requirement* of *oclety. My the time the police captured the young North Shore gang which. It* member* admitted, had ntaged a number of daring rob ber len In the -home of millionaire* In the dl*lrlct. Jack Durand wax out of the city. Ill* former a**o clate* claim that he wa* In the "brain*" of their robber clique. "We did everything In the world we could for young Jack." Mr*. Durand *ald. "Nothing, though, *oemed to rcntraln him after he had become n**oclated with a group of bail hoy*. Ho lu*t November we Had to nend him away." Police on the I'aclflc coaat are looking for him there. The la*t I he Durand* heard of him lie wa* travelling up the coa*t from I*om Angele* with no regular work. Young Jack wa* adopted when three year* old. He ha* had nU the advantage* and all the care and protection that million* can give. Out of all the waif* In the land he apparently wa* the luck lent. There were million* to be Inherited If only lie look advan tage of bis opportunities. "Contact with oilier wealthy youth? who had too much time and money on their handx. cauncd Jack to tnrn bad,' Mr*. Durand ex-1 plained. "Ho wouldn't IImIevi to reawiii and a* much a* we loved him we finally hid to Mid kill away. He I* a man now. and mum face the penalty If he ha* done wrong." With Jack gone. I her:? wa* a report that the Durand* were lo adopt another waif. Thl* Mr*, i Durand denied today. The cxper-' lence In ral*lng one adopted noli to he an heir proved enough. COAST GUAM) UriTKIJ CAITtrKKH SCIIOONKK MoMIt, June 27. A Colli Ounrd riitu-r ruptured a liquor xrhoonrr and nIi MinnII houta with ii rurgo of whlxkry n*llmat(>d to hi? worth $2r>.000 ya*N-rday. PRISONERS ESCAPE GOVERNOR'S ISLAND 'Naw York, June 27.?<Pnllr* li>Md<|imrt?rM won- notified today that three military prlaonor* aimed with rifle* had earaped from Governor'?? Inland In t ho harbor. cooijim;*: visits AROUND HUSTON Swam parol t. JlM 27. ? Th? PreiUdent'a program for today In rluded a Jaunt Into hla old atamp Ing ground" uround Itoaton. Af ter an early atari hy motor he and Mra. f'oolodge plotted thalr ronrma along the ahore ling toward* tha1 capital and Cambridge ' IVople Living in Northern IVrqiiiman < oiinly Agi tating Project Affecting Klizalx'tli City MKKCHANTS MAY HELP Would Build Highway KuHtwardly from Vicinity of Wliite?lon to Mt. Her 1 moil Kond in 1'unquotank A new t rado territory for , Elizabeth City may 1? devel op?! through construction of | a road proposed to run east I wardly through northern Per 11111 i ma ns County from the vi ! cinity of the Gates County | line to the Foreman-Bundy road in Pasquotank County. Many residents of the Perqui mans County section affected already are at work on plans to construct such a road by private subscriptions. Eliza beth City merchants have voiced a willingness to help them. The new nuni would be approx | Imately live mile? Ionu. ami would 'tap a nectlon In (late? and Per? j quintans conn tie? at preaent i aerved Inadequately by hlghwaya i leading toward Kllzaheth City by : way of Belvldere, to the Routb, ' uud ultimately by the DlMMi', i Swamp road from Acorn Hill, 1ft (latea County, to the Newlaud ' Highway. In upper I'unquotank. The proponed road. It la de clared, would place Whlteaton and 1 Nlcanor. In Perqulnian? County, ? and Hobbavllle. Trotvllle. elide* ' and adjacent point? In Oatea ap proximately eight mile? nearer Kllzaheth City than by any othar route. The rond would coat ap proximately f:.ou a mile, nlnce on ly grading I* proponed at preaent. An aren of thousand? of acree of high luml In northern I'erqulm an? County at preaent virtually without road? would he opened up by the projected highway, which would rougly parallel the Suffolk h Carolina itallroad, nnd Incident ally would mean practical utlllsa j tion of the Koreman-liundy road a? HomethlnK more than an outlet ! for u comparatively Hinall nectldn of Paaquotank and I'crqulmana countlen. It In pointed out. i Kllzaheth City merchantn iiava j been dl?cun?lng the project for ? ninny moutlin, ami In the lant few I duyn nevera I of t hone mont Inter ented In putting It acronn have been In conference with renldenta ' of the territory affected. The lo cul merchantn have cxpreaaed , themnelven an not only hlKhly In | favor of It, but an willing to con tribute liberally toward the coat of conntructlon. People living in the vicinity of ; Whltenton and Nlcanor have been j dlnnatlnfh-d with what they regard ' an unwlllingm-nx on the part of the Perqtilmana Highway Conirnlaalo? to give them adequate conaldera tlon In the matter of roadbulldtng. With the BHnlntance of the Ellsa i bet h City merchantn. they believe they run ralae enougli money In the townHhlpN affected to meet the cont of culling a satisfactory road to the paved highway In Mt. ' Heruion townnlilp. which will Rive them the outlet they dcnlre. I PROVISIONAL HEAD MAY KKSICN IM.AClS At h*?n?. Juno 27. ? Admiral |' ondnurioflN. provlMlonal nr?>nld*al of llio fir?#* republic. may ra ?'***? ?? wan r.-porled today In po I llUeal and diplomatic clrrlM, ?? j ? ri-RiiH of Thhr^duy'n roup bjr j Oenernl PanicHofi, former war I mini?ter who overthrew tka 1 (Iroek Cabinet and fHtabllahad I t hi* new government. STRIKE SITUATION IIK'ITKK IIN SHANGHAI Hhanfthal. Juno 27 With I h? exception of the nhlpplnc ?trik? I h? tffHfce Nil nation wur improved today. Klachty per cent of th? afore* cloned during the r^oat cJIhiruhuncen have re openad while thoae remaining rloa?d ara apparently bankrupt. The ?hipping ntrlke la cauaing heavy lo*aea to the Chlneaa eua loin* revenue and *ever?ljr af fecting III? llrltlnh and Japanea? trade. iif:Aim mow k m hvkkch A telegram to friend? In the ci ty from C. H. Pugh who haa been attending the KIwanlR Internft tlon Convention aaya that he heard the Honing plea of Rtdta'a Attorney Crowe In the proa#??* tlon of William Purlin? Shepherd Friday afternoon. Telefraphk dlftpalrhea from Chicago to tho new<*pa|x>rN Friday told of how tli? novdM fought for admittance to the courtroom In the cloalfcg houra of th? trial. . j
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
June 27, 1925, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75