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Police Of Two States Seeking Pair Accused Of Attacks On Girls Sensational Tale of II Year-Old Elizabeth City Girl Results in (-apilal Charge Against Man OUTCOME OF JOY IMOE Young Married Man Ao nited of Lesser Offense Against Girl Under 10; Whereabouts Unknown Policc of Hertford, Edei. ton, Suffolk, Norfolk and oth er nearby towns and cities art assisting the Eli7-al>eth City authorities in an effort to ap prehend two younu while men, one of whom is chanted with a capital crime and th 1 other with a lessor offense in connection with an alleged joy ride Saturday nijrht and Sun . day morninu, on which their companions arc said to have been two girls aged 14 i,m' little under 16 years, re spectively. Sam Duvall. 2? yarn "Id. whose home Is near Suffolk. Mr glnia. Is oh.rui'd with rape In run nection with an alleged attack up on the H-year-old Klrl. I- rank Chambers, young married man o this city. Is Bought on a warrant charging carnal knowledge ot a girl under 1G year* ot sue. Warrants in the case wet" aworn out Sunday by 1 olicc i d cer Charles Anderson after lie n?" questioned the younger of the two girls, who Uvea with her Parents In the vicinity of the I.ltiabi City hosiery mill. The girl, ac cording to police, relumed '"llii Sunday shortly after noon In a Dartlally Intoxicated condition. Ttie story she told her parents re sulted In their notifying police. ? Her clothes were torn badly. Briefly, the girl's tale whs to th affect that she and her temlnlne companlon were taken to ride b/ Duvall and Chambers Saturday night. the men promising to i turn them home In a few minute* She claimed there was consider able liquor In the ear. and that ahe was compelled to drink some It being literally poured down hi r throat. Afterward, she said. I> i Tall attacked her. After having been out all nlfchl and well through the morning. the girl assorted, she was -i at the .east end of Broad street ?nit left to make her way home as beat ahe could. The men depart ed In a Ford coupe, and she was under the Impression that the oth er girl accompanied them. Tlic latter, however, was said to have been In the city Monday. Pit vail and Chambera apparent ly left town shortly after noon Sunday. The police say they have Information that at least five cars departed from this city after they began their Investigation of the affair the assumption of the onl eers being that they Intended to warn the pair of the charges ?gainst them. At any rat". effort* to ?PP^ hend the fugltlven had J**" '"J" up to noon Tuesday Hie Suffolk police arrested a brother of Du Tall and a companion Monday, thinking they wer?- ???? ??* 1 sought. They were released when Chief of Police Holm*-*. "f this eity. Informed Chief Morion, of Suffolk, that they were not the ones wanted. Chambers, who Is about 2i Tfars old. has been married about six years. Ho and his wife have no children. Duvall Is unmarried Me has been employed In highway i construction work here during recent weeks. NEWLAND appoints OFFICERS FOK FAIU Newlsnd. Sept. R. fill ofri<? n and committees of the Newlgftd Community Fair met with .Mr. and t Mrs. W. S. Williams Friday nlg'it to appoint new officers for the. fair which Is lo bo hold at Now laod High School October 2. W. 8- Wllllama was elected president j ?nd Johnnie Temple, secretary. Following Is a list, of the differ ent comnltteea: live stock. Harrv . Carrer, a. L. Whitney. Johnnie farm and field crops. NV. D. ffharber. j. A. Spence W. N. Brothers, and W R. Williams; rj*try^ Mrs. W. A. Foster. Mrs R. Brlte, and Frank Sawyer: domestic science, Mrs. W. S WH llama. Misses Raclrle Gregory ml Annie Mae Beamon; ornamental ptnnta and flowers. Mlaae* i^nnl Williams and Mary Gregory, and I Mrs. Allle Gregory; noodle and fancy work. Mrs. Sophie McCoy, and Mlaaes Mary Bell Kthorldgo and Maggie Carver; old relics. Mrs " *\ Granger and W A. Foster, ihments. Mrs. W. J. Oregory. A. F. Stafford. Mrs. K. c and Mlse Alms Foster; Ice to be sold by W. J. Sawyer. . ? . Jon on and F. W. Brother*; purchasing committee, J. E. Greg ory god 9. B. Temple. p DRY CHJKr IS HKKI) and thirty a<;knts Pittsburgh, Sept. K Ciim J. Simons. division prohibition I chief. and 30 of his agents were discharged llus afternoon hv Dis trict Director Fred C. Halrii. The director Haiti tho divisional chief and his men had ignored his or der to report for duty over the week end and Labor Day. Collon KnrcniMl Ovi-r Tliirlr.-ii Million Mali ???llln*ton. Sept. s. - Cotton f" .1'*i '*"s >', ar *?? fnrc.-a?l 1.1. ,4<Mhhi equivalent *?r B?0 piiuiid Mail s hv the Department -if Agriculture t.day. which hnaed calculation* nn tho rmp of Sen tern her 1. T .ii hi year 'a crop t?. tailed 1 3.*27. 00l? halca The condition ?f ,.r?p on Scptt niher 1 was St.. 2 m-r cent normal. 3.? KISHKKMEN ARK DROWNKD IN STORM Manila. Sept. Thlrtv five fishermen* are believed to have bee,, drowned it, a typhoon In tho Sulu S??a near the itHland. Pala man. The account of the traue idy wan brought ashore hv five i survivors who drifted in a Hall | boat after battling with the ?ale for several days. ALLIED MINISTERS TO MEET STICKS EM \N\ Paris. Sept. S. -Allied foreign . ni in inters, it wan said in official quarters today, have derided to meet Foreign Minister Strrsetnah of Cerniany at Lausanne about September 2." *as a preliminary to the ronferenco of security part. EX-PKEMIKK FRANCE, RKNK VIVIAN1. l)EAI> I i aris. Sept. The funeral of Hcne VJ via ni. noted French 'statesmen, has been set for Thurs day. 14 will be elaborate and the .expense wll be borne by the gov ernment. , PariK. Sept. 8. ? Former Pre mier Rene VlvJanl died here Mon day. PREPARING TO LEAVE ; SUMMER WHITE HOUSL Swampscott. Sept, 8. ? Prepar ( Ing to leave tomorrow night. Pres ident Coolidge was busy today clearing up bin desk at the Sum mer White House. Ill* departure s timed to permit meeting his cab inet J. riday morning. : Cairnlm School Rondu VI ere Sold on Monilnv Camden. Sept. 8. ? ? The S2n\ Od ft school bonds were sold Mon day by the County Commissioners for $20.3tit to Raum, Hosworth nnd Company. Toledo. Ohio high est bidders. subject to the approv al or their attorney. They were five and a hair per cent. 20 year bonds. CONVENING AMIDST" HALO OK PROSPERITY. Niiahvllle. Sr.pt. h Tho twelfth | annual convention of the Farm 'Mortgage Hankers Association of (America convened here today , amidst a halo of outspoken belief In the prosperity of the farming .element for the coming year. 1 I NO TRACE YET OK I J SEAPLANE OR CREYS llonoluul. Sept. S. Search fnr 1 the PN-9. No. 1, which rtlaap. I peared a week hro after nearlv completing a non-stop fliprht rrom San Francisco to Honolulu, con tinued unceasingly todav. No trace, however, of the plane or Ih" crew was found. LEGION IS DECIDING ON OKKICKRS TODAY Kayettevllle, Sept ? - Select Ion j of the 1928 convention city and election of oHirers real tired to- 1 dnv's meet Ins of the North Car olina Department of the Ameri can legion. SPANISH TROOPS ARK LANDING IN MORKOCO Madrid. Sept ?. Spanlah troopn have landed on the Moroc can coaat In the (lay of Alhuce tnu. It wan, officially announced today. MR*. ANVIK MAWVKK DRAD , Mr*. Annie Sawyer. ?og Hunter1 Street, died Monday st &:3o p m. j at the Protestant Hosplltal at Nor- ' folk after an operation and sev 1 eral months treatment for dla betls. Mrs. Sawyer wan yesrs old *nd la survived by three children; C. W. Sawyer and Fddle b ,h,K r,,y an<l **rs. A. IgWcer of Norfolk TJe funeral will he conducted !Lf n"T"1*' Church Wad 2^07 SfWa ,l " ,fl N m i?' i'..T*m,,l"n"n "I"1 Df ILL . .D,Wllaoa ?d ? 111 Hollywood C'Betery. ANOTHER TRACT ! CONSIDERED FOR DETENTION HOME ___ _ i ii u n I ? CommiMtioner* lakr 30-Day Option on Property of James Lane, Near 1'renenl Institution IS OFFERED AT 83,000 Declared to lie Far More Desirable Tlian M. B. Sample Properly, Though Ciwl 1* 8375 Higher The noard o( County Cnmuilb sinners la l?* yesterday took a 39-' day option on the .homestead of James Lane, at Nlxonton, with a view to purchsalng It for utiliza tion as a detention home for un derprivileged and delinquent chil dren. Mr. Lane haw offered th? property to the County for $3,000, and Ik allowing the board u 30 dav option for |10. The Lane home, with a garden tract adjoining the yard, la on Little Hlver and In but a abort dis tance from the property of M. I?. ! Sample, which haa been rented as a detention home for a year pant. The County Commissioners recent ly appropriated $2,000 for pur chase of the Sample property, but negotiations to that end have failed through the fact that Mr. Sample is asking $2,625 for It ? an excessive price. In the opinion of the Hoard. The property now under consid eration Is declared to be far more \ aluable than that at present bo in>: used as a children's home. For instance, membera of the commit too investigating the proposal were informed that $1,800 has Just been spent on Improvements . to the house. They declare the structure Itself la larger than the one now In use. and altogether Is far better for the purpose Intend ed. Delegation Heaitl A delegation comprising the Rev. O. F. Hill. Dr. 8. H. Templc man, Dr. M. 8. nulla. 8. H. John son. C. H. Iloblnaon and others appeared before the Commission ers to urge that they purchase the . Lane property. Dr. Bulla, one of . the spokesmen, declared that, al though there was only $375 dif ference In the price, there was a far greater divergence In .the rel ; ative value of the properties, the ' Lane home being far more desir able. I Operation of the detention home i has been financed Jointly by the' Board of County Commissioner*. ; with outside assistance In the form of private subscriptions. The cost has run around $200 a month. At present there are six children In the home, but many applica tions for admittance are pending. . Mrs. Anna Lewis. County Welfare r. the hoard, explaining 1 action hail oeen deierreti on them until some decision had been rearnea ?.-* to me purchase of o home. The Commissioners decided to visit the two properties Monday morning at 10 o'clock, and to In spect them In a body. n. F. Emmett was appointed County Game Warden at a salary ! , or $25 a month, with $5 additional i for each conviction, tinder the new State game law. violators are subject to $50 fine or 30 days In ' jail, or both. Sheriff Carmine was granted! | authority to relieve owners of! automobile trucks of a penalty of I $2 imposed for failure to take out I their County licenses by Septem- ] ber 1. The County license Is $10. j and Mr. Carmine asked that the, Hoard's action he taken In view! j of the fact that the tax was Im yoicd this year for the first tlm? . I and many truck owners did not ' know It. i Opptws Appropriation The Hoard tabled a recommor dat Ion psssed by the City Council August 3. asking that sufficient J appropriation be made to maintain | Knohhs Creek bridge, at the ! northern end of Pennsylvania av- J enue. Commissioner I'hlllp Prltch- ; ard apparently expressed the opln- : Ion of the others when he stated that he was opposed strongly to j appropriating money for the pur pose. An Increase In the levy for, maintenance of the city schools from six cents to ten cents was granted by the Commissioners up on request of the Board of 8chool Trustees. C. K. Thompson, local attorney, appeared In behalf of the floard, urging that the addi tional levy bo granted. A motion to grant the request was offered by Commissioner Ownley, and was seconded by Commissioner Thomp son. It was passed unanimously. Mr. Thompson stated that It us ually was left up to the School Hoard to suggest the amount of, the levy for the sueeeedlng year This had not bees done earlier, he j explained because the School Board did not know when th' Commissioners wers to meet to tx the levy. Dr. C. B Wllllsm*. County health officer, spoke vigor ously nrglng the additions! tsx. In answer to a question by Chslumsn W. T. Ix>ve. Sr.. he ststed thst members of the School Board hsd found It necessary to put their) personal endorsement on notes to! obtsln funds to mn the schools. , Before sdjournlng. the Commis sioners agreed to permit the use' Continued on pnfe 4 Visitors At Road Event To Know Who Feeds Them Elisabeth City Merchants Contributing Tonoril Cost of ?icorn Hill Celebration to U ear Ribbons Des ignating Thrin As Host* Id ordrr thai visitor* from. Gates County and elsewhere In the Albemarle district may know who In hclplntc to entertain them. Blix abeth City merchants and other# who contribute toward the coat of the celebration here Thursday week. Incident to the formal op*n log of the Acorn Hill road, will wear ribbons on their cost lapela. telling how many of the guesl* I h*?y are entertaining For Instance, a man who do natea liberally toward the restora tion will wear a ribbon something 1 Ik ?> thin: "I am entertaining 60 guests today " Four committees entrusted with the tank of raining fundi* for the event will go out Wednesday mprnlng. and wHI visit the mer chants throughout the city. Thesv' have been assessed approximately what they are exported to Rive, ac cording to the size of their bual n esses. Meanwhile, entertainment ar rangements for the celebration are proceeding rapidly. The South land Jubilee Singers, one of Nor folk's leading aggregations of en , tertalners, will be on hand St 10 o'clock In the morninK to regale the crowd with melodies. There . will be band concerts, short ad drosses. and a variety of other dl vcralona. In order to make sure that ail guests of Elisabeth City on the day of the celebration gel their ! share of the barberue and othar 'eatables, committers will be sta tioned at vantage points on all rosds losding Into this city, snd ' esch visitor will be given a ticket to pin on his cost lapel, giving his | name and address, and setting forth that he la entitled to b* | served. Additional facilities for registering guests in this faahlon I will be provided on tho courthouae grounds, where the main events of (the celebration will be held. Thla arrangement has been d?* i elded upon with the dual purpose [of obtaining a record of the guest4* here that day. and of assuring that the visitors will receive first con | tlderntlon when dinner Is served t Arrangements are being made to assure ample parking space . for all automobllea. and to rate I for the comfort and well being of the crowd In every possible re j spect. WELFARE LEAGUE TO MEET AT CHARLOTTE Rsleigh. Sept. 6. ? The south east regional conference of tho Child Welfare League of Anv-rira | will be held In Charleston. S. ('.. October 20 and 21. . Among the leaders In this line of work who have signified their Intention of speaking at the con ference are Msrcus C. Flagg. of the Chlldren'a Home 8oe|ety. of I Florida: Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson, of North Carolina; Joseph C. I*o gsn. of Georgia head of the Chil dren's Home 8oclety in that stat?-; land Rev. Thomaa P. Noe. of South Carolina. Specialists from New {York and Philadelphia will ho i present to lead In aome of tho technical phaaea of the dlsriiH ' sions. Among the** will ho MIhk I Anna B. Pratt, of the White-WII 1 llama Foundation. Philadelphia Representation of tho Baptist Orphanage at Thomaavllle. the [Children's Home Society of 1 Greensboro. and the Bureau of | Child Welfare of the State Board' of Charities and Public Welfare, all of which organisations hr members of the Nstlonsl Child Welfare league. are expected to attend the conference. [ All child welfare workera In any organisations are being urged to attend the conference. BODY WAS POUND IN VERY LONELY 8POI Henderson. Sept. S. Two n? groes, Rod Burroughs and Oeor*' Young, are being held hero in ronnee.tlon with the death of a n? gro. whose body was found In s lonely apot near Rim wood cem tery. The body Is said fo have been Identified aa that of Ed Devi* There appeared to be evldencoa.of a struggle where the body was found. The negro had evidently been dead seversl days, tho ror ner said. A glove and a hat wer?* found near the spot where the body lay. No blood waa In sigh*, but examination showed the ne gro's head to be soft, ss though he hsd been clubbed. HOPES (.EKMANY MAV SOON ENTER LEAGUE Geneva. Sept. A? Austen Cham berlain. Brltlah foreign secretary, hopea for Oermany'a entrance In to the league of Nattona before the next seaalon oft the league Assembly In 1926, he told Journal lata covering the loague'a actlvl ? lea at Innchoon today. COT row M ARK vr . New Tor*. Sep! 6. ? ?pot rot-, ton ctteod quiet mld4l4M t3 S6, an advance of 66 points Fu tures. closing bid: Oct. SS ft. Dee 1 St SO. Jan SS 76. March tS 06. Msv IS.S7. COURT WEEK ON IN CURRITUCK Rut Noni* of Major ( lattrn Dorkt'led fur Trial Vol Itrarlicd Curritdck Courthouse. Septem h"r 8. "*1 must way I whi* soiii ? what shocked when I ln-anl il." The foregoing utterance fell from the lips of Judci1 Thomas H. Calvert of Rslelgh \?>*terday wht it in the course of hln charge lo th ? -rand Jury, he referred lo a 1e pori reaching him 10 the ? ffccl thai last year In certain Instance-* ih?' school truck* of the county had been operated hv driven" Un der the legal nee. The law should In* observed by nil, Judge Calvert declared, but I pa rl Icularly by those who are i*? | public office. He Ihen went on lo , nay thai he had no Information I ?? ?Ihe effect lliNl t h if* condition Ht i 1 1 onInIa. but that If the grand Jflrv had such Informailon il should intake presentment of the mallei to the court. Judge Calvert'M charge was | hrlef and. except for thin one i ? *1 I t-rence io loral conditions, gettcrtl In It m nature. Owing lo the h|-ex | Ity of the charge, several case* . were diHpom'd of at the mornlu {session of t)t?' first day ? ?I the (term, an unusual circumstance l;v Currituck where court, can not j well convene ~ earlier than Hi ? o'clock on the flrat-day of th'' term ? h? -cause of the lime re?|uir<d for j Jurors on the batiks or other parts I of the county separated from the | Currituck mainland by water. to j i cach court. j "Pollace" Itrlght. 23-year-ol.l | negro, whose nam.* Is probably a. {corruption of the New Testament. L\ polios, and who skipped his bond Tftast spring when he was Indicted on h charge of assault with deal ly weapon, came Into court at .this term and. through his atlor , ney.W. I). Cox. offered a plea of ; guilty. State s witnesses did n it ahow up and. in view or the fart ,that there was no evidence upon ? which to convict the defendant j except his own ajateiiient. and in view further of the fact that he acopirri to have acted upon some provocation, he was lei off with a warning and payment of a fit.-* of 926 and all costs. i Driven nff the road by a driver who attempted to run him down 1 with 'an automobile, and cursed I when he shouted ai the driver for I an explanation of his conduct. ; Pollace let fly with the shot gun which he had In his hand and pari i of the load of small shot took- cf , feci in the shoulder of Charles Banks, colored, one of ihe occu pants of the automobile, hul not the driver. After the shootlnt: Poilace mad** provision to sen i hia victim to a doctor, according to the evidence. Nathan Cart wrlght. young whlto man charged with forcible treapass on the premises of W. I". Forbes and with assault on Dun Jones, submitted and paid a fin^ of 93.1 and costs. Jones, it ap peared. trying to escape Cart wrlght after a difficulty, took ref uge in the home of Forbes, where upon Cartwrlght pursued Jones In to the Forbes home, despite the ' warning of the owner not to do so. In Ihe house he struck at Jonas with an umbrella, but there waa no evidence that he inflicted any d*mage. The affair occurred in Poplar llranch township N. O. Forbes, pleading guilty to a charge of operatinic an aulomo bile while under the Influence of liquor, was fined 9 r? r. and costs and ordered not to drive a motor car for a period of six months from the time of his conviction for the offense In recorder's cour?. In the last two of the foregoing rases the penalty Imposed was confirmation of the Judgmenf of the lower court with Superior Court costs added. The defend anta, after noting an appeal, came In ahortly before court convened and aflsr their names bad been entered upon the Superior Courl docket, and paid their fines, be lieving that they could thus avoid ihe necessity of appearance in Su perior Con 1 1 The v w re ; i ? I -. 1 *? '1 that this proceeding was irregular and that after their names had been entered on the Superior Court docket they tnusl answer In Superior court for their offenses. George Harder. Isaac Hall and C. W. New by. State's witnesses, were each fined $40 for failure to appear when called as wltnesse*. the courl Intimating that If It should appear that the wiineas* i could ahow good catiae for their aheence the fines Imposed might be reduced or remitted. One murder esse, one case In volving a charge of araon. and one caae charging robbery of a store st Moyock are docketed for trial at thla tsrm. hot none of them have as yet been disposed of. K. ITTY -N'OttKOI.k lll'M MXK I^eavea F.llaabeth City, 1:30 p. m. Arrive* Norfolk. 3:30 p. tn. Leaves Norfolk. 7:60 a. m. Phone 61. Ouatanteea Richmond con nect!^. gdv. SABBATH BLAZE CAUSES DAMAGE ON WATERFRONT Old I'luninit Mill (oiiiniaiiilrr & Sot. lilotolv Urolroyods r?rr-, i. i.n Work KfTrrlivrly j I ||(K intensely hot |{. C. AIiImiU War?*h??ui>e Sav.-.l After It Apparently W'a* Dimmed; I'?1 Gomparalivrlv 1 in''1 nr.- Sunday all-'"'"*" , plctcly dc??roy?l II"' ">?' l,'?n41 "? i > k *""? nri.rh'ubl.tw."" ,M|.. MillinK Cmnpany. !!?? n?'? 1, t; I! llurro*. ?. I.a?r. nr. a,.. Krnnt ?lnt'l? hv ilif bin**** i .... V.'r?y"a^ ??r"'"'il^r'1 ""rK I h' T^Vpianl'nJ n'l" h?? ; jr. vr . mun ?il,,'?','H1ilV i,| I?, I 1 - hv SI. MO HIMHratH '-. ...III,.,. I T'" -unit's ?r lb' tlrm ""'lr I Vow ... n..n.? II JIM; M?m? 'V "c . m ' ? ???> w,"r r"" .1 m?j"r I ssss j la ihr Tebpbonc Company w''r? :r.:r-n .-..ipwk. ?- ; " 1,1 ill.. hiilMlnKK ,hl Lit. <*n v Miume r"?"""> . ???* ,? Ai.i-t'. rt"r,"^Tr. Ks?*?5s??! the "".'I1 c \hhritt alruc- i Si'VH iH ?? t"?~s SrrVS..S?;;S?:i |?."l, Cllv MIUlDK ('"DIP1" '?-? I hni wli.'n II"' lire dfiwrunon' 7rilv." Th< K ' , I lie Inral nr.. infill, how. vcr. brmiKhl lb.- limn"" control wlihln a rrmi.rki.tily ?h"rt j time. IIEMl'S BEGINS FIGHT FOR HIS I.WKItATION Cincinnati. Sept. #. (ieorge K. Kemtifl. former Cincinnati boot legger. began hlH legal hat t le for, liberation from Montmmnry coun ty jail at Dayton. Ohio, today whmi If Ik attorney# filed an appli cation In the United Staton Dle Irlct Court horn for g writ of ha ' beaa rorplm. Judge Hlckenlnop , or ordered Hemun hroiiKht back for Immediate henrinR of the mat- j t ter. ; HAVK NOT DKCIDKI) TO INVITE GERMANY, Geneva. Hept. 8. ? The Alllei* have not definitely doclded lo In vite fiermany to h conference for connlderHtlon of the propftned ae curlfy part, a KrltlBh npokesman announced today. I'AKMKXOKH WRM'KM PKACK OF OTHKRH A ll< It ll TRAIN Chftrg'-d with In-lnx dr'ink and diHorderly. Karl Davin. h renldent of Columbia. Tyrrell County, wan fined $10 find cohIm In rerorder'a court Tuemlny morning l?av|? wax removed more or lea* forclb- . ly from the afternoon Norfolk ' Southern pan*cnucr train here ? Monday by Chief 'of Police' Holmen. with the aNHlntam-e of H per la I Deputy f'ohn ?L. Welln. who waa prenned Into nervlce for ! the occAftlon when no resular po- 1 lltoman were nvallahle Chief llolm^K Intlmateii that Mr. Wellx may be offered m permanent pla'e on the force. The conductor on the train had phoned from Hertford that Davln w/in 'm limine ronnlderahle trouble alionrd. Police here were In formed that he had been confined hv the riaamnn In a umall com pn rt men I in tho pullman car aft-; rr he had toured the train, and had dint nrbed pannenRftni wlHi much unrohventlonal language \- Hertford, it w?n Mated, Dftrfa managed to open a window and I 'jumped ont of hi* temporary prl-! ??on He waa taken back aboard with considerable dlfflenlty. SIUOKK Oh SW AMP HKt: OVER CITY lirought by n vagrant south erly brt'cw, n <lcrv*e cloud of Miiol*e front the flim whlr'i have kWT|K ?(rctchea of the Dismal Swamp for the ln*t few wivk* ilPHinilnl ti|?on Kllxn belh nt> lod*), making life mope or Im uncomfortable for everybody. Heretofore the mnoke from the nwarap confla gration linn npared fbta dtjr, e* ? ?'|K for occaalonal puflTn whlcn Inconvenienced nobody. There wan little breeae nflr i Inn. and by mid afternoon the Miioke hung w thick over the downtown waterfront that the <?l?|infdte nliore of Panquotank Itlver, lenn than half a mile din Hint, wan \lnlble only an a blurred outline. The day wan excennlvely hot, and thin accen tuated the (lUromfort oera Mloucd by the acrid fume* from the burning xwamp trcen anil grnwNen. SCHOOL OPENING AT WEEKSVILLE Muny I'tilroiiK Attend Exer Held ut Large County High Sc hool Weekavllle. Sept. 8. ? < Special) i A large number of patrons of Weekavllle lllKh School were pres- i ent with their children at the op- ; oiling of the school yesterday , morning. There wan a special j program, which Included addreaa es. mualc and other features. The County Board of Education at tended In a body. Announcement by Superinten dent Jennlngx. of the County achoolH. that he had been notified by l>r. J Henry lllghamlth, of the j State Department of (education, that the achool had been placed ! on the accredited list of Class A ? Inatltutlnnn. waa received with en thUHlaam by the crowd, which J filled the main auditorium to ca- [ paclty and partially Ailed the bat- J cony. An addreaa by C. R. Pugh. of j Elizabeth City, on books and the value of consistent reading was followed with an announcement by Mr. Pugh to the effect that he was enough interested In the achool to offer a medal to the aenlor making the beat record in English during the year. It was announced 'alao that W. P. Duff, of the Dj|lf Piano Co.. would award a modal to the pupil mak- 1 ing the moat Improvement In rou- j ale. The enrollment for the opening j day wax 338 pupils In the grade*, and 99 III the high school. Thla | Irt declared to he the largest first j day's attendance In the history of the achool. The program opened with the singing of "America" by the crowd. Rev. W. T. Phlppa led the devotlonala. There were so los by Mlaa IxHiJee Jen net te, and Instrumental duets by Misses Kvelyn and Vera Jennlnga. Rev. It W. Prevoat delivered an ad dreaa. and Judge J. R. Leigh pre- | aented the achool an encyclopedia which waa the gift of last year's graduating claaa Prof R. T. Ry- , land, principal of the school, made j an appropriate speech of accept ance. Weekavllle High School ia the j largest unit In the Pasquotsnk | County achool aystem. Its terrl- 1 tory comprises sll of Salem town - | ahip and a considerable part of i Nlxonton township. MORE AUTOMOBILES LICENSED IN AUGUST RalelKh. Hept. A. ? The collil llona for Auguat of thla year by the Automobile License Bureau of the State Department of Rev enue showed an increase of $117.-, 190 over collections by the same bureau for August, f924. This year's collections were $ft9fi.9f>4 48. as compared with $770.7f>8 48 for August last year. The tax on gasoline Jumped from $398,872.03 during Auguat. 1924 1 to $610.0*5 12 laat month, a gain1 of $1 1 1 .21 3.09, The tax on gaso line was Increased by the last (ieneral Assembly from three to four cents per gallon. Wants SpoiiMor* to br Lineal DmfiidiinlN Richmond, Sept. 8. ? Direct lin eal defendants of each of the Con federate gcnerala of futl rank, who left Issue will compose the staff of sponsors of the United Confeder ate Veterana at the re-unlon In Birmingham next year If plan* now under way by Oeneral Free man work out. MITCH F.I, I, REFERRED TO INSPECTOR GENT Washington. Sept 8. ? Colonel Mitchell's lateat crltlclani of the Adminlsfrat lon'a air policy waa re ferred today to the Inapoctor gen eral of the Army for Investiga tion and report Action of the1 War Department will not be de termined nntll the report haa been received. FIRK I* TRICK A Are caused by a abort circuit ed electric light wire In a tree on Cherry street resulted la the call ing ont of the Are department Monday night at $ o'clock It waa quickly put out. COUNCIL GRANTS SUBSTANTIAL AID FOR CONVENTION City Father* Allow $15(1 Toward (iont of Entertain ing State Meeting of Daughter* Here Sl'IT IS THREATENED Can Company A r mixed Or er Intimation That City Will Require Installatloh of New Piping Appropriation of $150 to help pay the expense of entertain lug the North Carolina convention of the 'Called Dsughters of the Con federacy, to "meet here October 20. appointment of a committee to meet with representatives of the gas company on the question or pipe Installation, a definite deci sion to pave West Church street, adoption of the plumbing ordla ance sponsored by the Utilities Commission. and dlscunslon of a number of other matter* occupied the attention of the City Council In regular session Monday night. The appropriation toward the costs of entertaining the Daugh ters wan made In response to a request from Mm. C. D, Bell, pres ident of the . D. H Hill Chapter. U. D. C.. who characterlxed the visitors an "two hundreda of th<* finest and noblest women In the State." She stated that this would be the twenty-ninth State conven tion of the aoclety. but the first In this part of North Carolina. Her request was granted promptly ana by unanlmoua vote. A strong hint that the city might become a party to expensive and troublesome litigation If tb* Council undertopk arbitrarily to prescribe the type of pipings to be Installed by the Southern Oss Inv provement Company wan offered by E. F. Aydlett. who appeared before the body as representative of the company. Mr. Aydlett aald he had been Informed that the ?as company would be required to In stall wrought Iron pipes Inntwl of the steel type heretofore used, and suggested that the appoint ment. of a committee of arbitra tion might save litigation and trouble. The Mayor's Answer Mayor McCabe replied that tti# city was Installing expensive pip ing In Its sewer and water Instal lations, In order that no changes need be made for a long time, and declared It was not right for the city to lay costly paving, only to be torn up because cheap P'P1"* had been laid under It. snd hsd U be rsplsccd. Mr. Aydlett countered with an allegation that City Engineer Ol gen had recommended a type of piping made by only one company, and suggested that that company might charge whatever It pleaaetJ for lis product. The Mayor an awered that Mr Olaoa a recom mendation had been based on th.' experience of the city of Halelgh. which had been highly aatlsfac The upshot, of It. all waa that Councilman Anderson moved for the appointment of a committee to meet with representatives of the gas company and thresh out the matter. The motion was carried, with a proviso that the meeting be held within ten days. In order to delay work now under way ss lit tle as prsctlcable. Cpon request of Superintendent S. L. Sheep, of the city school#, the Council voted to make the usual appropriation for the school milk fund Realdenta of Wont Church *tr?* t appeared, ??kin* that Kirn detln lie action be taken toward paring the ?treet Thla precipitated ?? tended dlacuaelon. In which the relative merit* of brick parlr* with aaphalt filler, brick laid ?."> concrete, and plain concrete par ing were none over cihauatlrely Finally the Council ended the dt? cuaalon by merely panning a mo tion placing the atreet on the par ing program, to await Ha turn. Left to < ommlttee A commute* conalatlng of Coun clltnon Kramer, Morgan and E. J Cohoon waa appointed to confer with Fire Chief Hora upon a *ug geallon by Dr. 7.enaa Fearing, city health officer, thai the Ford am bulance purchaaed and partly paid for by a group of Interaataa wotfien here he bought by tha city and kept at the headquarter* of the lire department for emergency uae Dr. Fearing atated that the ambulance originally coat J1.10H and could be Ik .ght for MOO. *>* plalnlng that the women Mill owed 1160 on It. but would pav lhat out of the 1500 they a?re?d to accept for It. Citing Instances Indicating tne need ??f an ambulance her*. Fearing was ssslsted by Dr. W. A. PMers. who mentioned "hsvlng hca to move desperstely. Ill patients In Zlegler "s hearse He that the psychological i effect err transporting s very sick P*1*** a hearse was not highly conducive to recovery. . , ... The Council Idopted a plgnMM r rdlnanee submitted tie ties Commission with minor chsngss. The ordinance Ax** regulation*. largely technical [? character, and preecrlbee certala Inapeetlona of all laatallatloaa *y private plumber* and other*. Neil the City Father* took up (Co?tl???4 ?* 4,> ... iA'
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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