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Carmine Captures Negro Wanted For Killing Of White Man Near Norfolk Bootleg Liquor Seems al Bottom of Trouble at Oak Grove, Virginia, Early Wednesday Morn LITTLE KILLER TALKS Diminutive Darkey (?iv?? Version of Affair Ending in Funeral for White ami Murder Lliarge for Blaek Last night at 9:21) a Hudson sedan rolled up to the entrance of the stockade of the Pasquotauk County Jail. Ah thu car atoppedMhe jail gate swung open and a dimin utive negro leas than 20 years old, a handcuff on his right wrlHt, stepped out. accompanied by a ?trapping white man. who held the other link of the handcuff. The negro was Edward Crimen, a Huh Luther Orltues. alias Jim Hollowell. charged with the mur der at 4 o'clock yesterday moru Int? of a 56-year-old white man. John A. Parsons, farmer of Ouk Grove, nine miles from Norfolk on the concrete highway leading, toward Northwest, in Norfolk County. The white man was Sheriff G. C. Smith of 1'ortsmouth. As the sheriff and his prisoner approached the car, the rear door Swung open and a white man stepped out. He held out his wrist and was handcuffed to the little negro. Then white man and ne gro took the back seat and Sher iff Smith stepped In beside the driver. The car swung around and headed for Portsmouth, the ?herlff having expressed the hop" that he would get his prisoner safely In Jail before John Parsons' neighbors learned of his capture. Thus ended in Elizabeth City an tplsode that had its beginning ut the home of Johnnie Whltehursf. colored tenant on the land of M. B. Walker at Oak Grove. The Par aons home Is said to be about 100 yards away. Johnnie was having a party Tuesday night and to the festive occasion came Edward Grimes as one of the Invited guests, wending his way. he claims, barefoot to the Whitehurst lot from the Sim Willlamston store between 8 o'clock and 8:30. He had no shoes and didn't dance, but he tarried at the party until the wee small hours, sleeping, h? claims, part of the time. He de nies, however, that he had any li quor the whole night through. John Parsons came to this ne gro party, according to Grimes, ghortly before 4 o'clock In the morning. Grimes says that the while man appeared to be drink ing, cursed him on sight, and then knocked hint down. Still not sat isfied, Parsons went off, supposed ly to his home, and came back with a single-barrel shot-gun. The little darky gave Sheriff Smith his veraiou of the shooting, with a cordon of interested witnesses, in cluding a policeman, a reporter, members of the Are department, Sheriff Charh s Carmine and Dep uty l'rltchard, surrounding IiImi Inside the jail stockade while the Norfolk County officer waited foi repairs to a tire punctured In the trip to Ellzahi-th City. Here Is his at K r. Parsons said he was go'u ( kill me and come at me wld the gun. He pulled the trigger but the gun snapped. At that 1 closed In on htm and twisted the gun out of his hands. Then I started mov ing away with his gun In my hands and he followed me. I says to him 'Don' crowd me. Mr. Par sons,' but he keeps coming on and rctaches back to his hip pocket and says again he's go'n kill me. At that ( whirls back on him and pulls the trigger without takln' any aim, and he drops." Fired at short range, it is said, the whole load entered the whit man's breast, piercing his heart, and death was Instantaneous. Asked what a white man was doing at a negro party at 4 o'clock In the morning, Crimen re plied, "I dunno, less It was to sell some of RIs stuff." . , "You mean liquor?" queried his mirlocutor. ? "yes,"' nodded the negro. .."How would you like to me?-t koiue of the folks around Oak Grave tonight?" the Norfolk Coun ty fberlff asked ? '"All right. 1 reckon," said the little negro, a note of uneasiness creeping Into his voice. He looke I little like a desperado, and one spectator, mov*>d to sudden com panion, offered the prisoner a clg aretle "I thank you." said the negro i with a touch of dignity as he ar rep ted the proffered gift. Sheriff Smith lighted It and the colored boy Inhaled the smoke gratefully I Then the automobile rolled up to f he blockade gate, the gate swung1 oi*jk the little darky and the sfc#iiff stepped out. entered the automobile and were gone. Sheriff Carmine picked up Orlro** at the home of Isaac Jack iton. .colored, on the Oak Stump read opposite former Sheriff 'Kelt's farm In Mt. Hermon town 6 4J^pile* from town, ntak fn* the affest about 6:30. Grimes walked and begged rides lltil the Stats highway from Nor . (GaaMauad ea Page 4.) MORNING AFTER AT CURRITUCK Let Down Keeling Sinn*. Nul Pro* in Mur der (lu*e Currituck Courthouse, Sept. 10. i ? There Ib a let down fueling at j Currituck Courthouse since the] State yesterday took a nol proa tn ; the case against Mra. Dora Fen tress and Kiddle Cspps. The only case tried today up to the noon receaa was that against two Norfolk negroea. Willie Jones, alias Osborne Taylor, and William Williams, charged with stealing merchandise to the amount of $600 from the J. W. Poyner store at Moyock. The negroes were; I found guilty and given sentences ' of not less than three nor more! I than four years each In State's prison. i Just before f? o'cl??ck on Wed- 1 n^sday afternoon the Jury brought | In a verdict of guilty of particlpa- , I pating in an affray agaluat O. O. j I Snow. Dexter Snow, Noah Cart- : wright and W. S. Newbern. The J I other defendants In the case were , acquitted. Sentence had not | I been imposed upon those founJ | guilty when court adjourned today at noon. Trial of the case against Noah Cartwrlght con sumed a major portion of yester day afternoon's session of court. Cartwrlght. who Is from Pow ells Point, was charged with th?? possession and sale of whiskey. The Jury got the case juat after I 4 cloock but had not returned a 1 verdict when court adjourned ; today for the noon recess. Indi cations are that the criminal dock i et will not have been disposed of I before Friday at noon. I Hallett Ward's dramatic plea I for a verdict of not guilty by con 1 aent for hla clients, Mra. Dora Fentress and Riddle Capps. made i yesterday following Solicitor Small's announcement that the 1 State was not prepared at this j tlpre to make out a case against : the defendants. Is still the main topic of conversation In the dwlnd j ling crowd now in attendance on > court. Mr. Ward stressed the fact that ! his clients were both persons of , limited means who, in addition to the indignity of Imprlaonment on what he characterized as suspi cion and procedure contrary to due process of law, had been put under a cloud as to their relations by the Indictment brought Jointly j against them. The woman, he pointed out. had been able to give bond only through the Innate chiv alry of Currltucklans: while the man had been compelled to Jeop ardize certain property as collat eral in order to do so. Now for six months the good name of a woman, he said, had been under a cloud, while the State refused to disclose the character of Its evidence. If any. agalnat her. Undoubtedly the sentiment of the crowd was with the former solicitor snd Congressman. There was an almost audible grunt of approval as. with his Instinct for ? dramatic effect. Mr. Ward turned upon Solicitor Small at the con clusion of his plea for his clients and aald* "Show your. hand, or turn her looae." Mr McMullan aet forth that there could be faint room for doubt that Herman Fentress came to his death hy violent meana. In view or the testimony of physi cians as to evidences of violence disclosed In the post mortem ex amination of the body and In view further of the fact that the posl tlon of Fentress" body when found Indicated that It had not fallen In a heap aa when a man Is smit ten by disease but that It had been carefully laid out. He re viewed the circumstances sur- | rounding the death of Mr. Fen-, treaa, recalling the fact that Mr. Fentresa left home early In the evening to secure aid In getting off hla premises four young Knotts Islanders who had Invaded his home under the Influence of li quor. For thla aid he went to the home of hla father, only about S00 yards away After his de parture Riddle Cappe represented himself as succeeding In getting the trespassers off the premises Riddle Cspps and another neigh bor then remained at the Fentress home until late at night, Capps taking his departure ahead of the other neighbor and without any effort's having been made to as certain why Herman Fentreaa had not returned from hla errand. The Inexplicable failure of the three In the Fentreaa home to make any Investigation of the continued abeence of the head of the household, coupled with cir cumstances Indicating that Fen treaa came to hla death hy vio lence, seems to have coaatltnted the be sis of the Stata'e ease SWEET POTATO GROWERS MAKE MONEY ON CROP Dealers Estimate Farmers' Profit at $125,000 an Yield of Approximately IOO.OOO Barrels SEASON NEARLY OVEK Production Wan Substan tially Larger Than U?t Year'*, But High Price* Failed to Hold Approximately I126.00U hii poured Into the pockets of Curri tuck County farmers thus far in net profit oo the sweet potato crop this Humawr, according to esti mate* compiled by leadiug potato brokers here, and based on an ap proximate yield of 10U.000 bar rels. Gross returns on -the crop art* placet, at about $375, 000, from which is subtracted $250. 000 for the cost of production, picking, barrels, handling and oth er Incidentals. At least ??> per cent of the crop has moved already, the brokers say. though decreasing shipments will contiuue well Into October. The yietd this year has been hu;j Mtantlully larger than that of 1925. and although last year's ex ceptional prlcea were not dupli cated. the cash returns to the I growers, figured In the aggregate. | have been greater. ? Last year, growers averaged ' better than f5 a barrel on a crop of about 60,000 barrels. This year | the price has fluctuated wildly, ranging all the way from $7 a bar : re! during the flrst few weeks to around $2.26 to $2.50 througu the latter part of the seasou. The average net returns during the first four weeks are figured at $1 to $4.50, and for the last two or three weeka, $3.25 to $2.50. The .average for the season Is esti mated at $3.76 to the grower. Through Her* The bulk of the Currituck sweet 1 potato crop passes through Ellxa ? beth City, coming by boat from , river and sound landing in that I county, and being forwarded to .Northern and Middle Western marketa via the Norfolk Southern 1 Railroad. M. K. Dennis, freight agent of the Norfolk Southern 1 here, states that shipments through yesterday totalled 379 cars, or about 70,000 barrels. | Shipments from the north end of the producing area largely go j directly through Norfolk, and only Indefinite estimates on them are ' available her*. However, the to . tal yield of the county Is appro* imated at 100.000 barrels. Esti I mates obtained by the Norfolk Southern Indicate that 10,000 to 15,000 barrels more will shipped through this city. Of the potatoea shipped, 23 cars j moved during the latter part of I July, at the opening of the Hea<< on. August consignments totalled 281 cars, and 76 cars had been , shipped this month, through Wed i nesday. Although prices failed utterly , to maintain last year's exceptional 'levels, the average grower mad.T, money. In the opinion of W. II. Newbern, manager of the Caro lina Potato Exchange, one of the largest local handlers of sweets. Growers who dug conalstently through the season had their late* loaaes offset by earlier gains, h* says, adding that some of the larger growers fared worse than the smaller ones through failure to dig in quantity early In the sea son. Are* Is Restricted The money vaUie of the sweet potato crop Is realised the mor.' readily when It Is recalled that the sweets are produced In a sharplv restricted area. The territory shipping through Elizabeth City ? and this means the bulk of the sweet potato acreage ? Is a narrow atrip some 17 miles long, and oA<> to 2*4 m'lfes wide. The actual area planted In sweets, figured on the basis of the yield. Is scarcely 2,000 acres. A groas return of $376,000 from sueh an acreage Is not bad at all. dealers point ou'. Some growers realised eonsld*! erably more Utaa $3.75 a barrel on their crop this year. For In stance, one received $1,639.86 for 266 barrels shipped, or a tittle be? ter than $6 a barrel, after his ? dealer's commissions had been de ducted. figures oa Ale In one brok er's offices disclose. Another was j paid $1,173.4$ for 201 barrels, or more than $6 a barrel. These re turns are admittedly exceptions', though some others averaged as high or higher. The pack and grading on Cur- { rltuck sweets was decidedly bet ter, this season than ever before, local dealers agree, eiplalnln* that although the growers failed to make a record profit on the'r crop they laid a foundation for a far better reputgtlon In the mar-: ketlng centers. And should reap a I substantial reward In the years t?j come. If thev keep up the new j standard. The Improved pack It ascribed largely to the activities ) of State and Federal Inspectors In i the producing Urrttory this sum* mer. Ralph Carden of Durham, who. was on the Blltabeth City haae-i hall team thla summer, la rteltiag I frlenda here. ' Income Tax She Catch Me' Says Indian Chief Motanic Hut That W orrien Judge of I matilla Heservatitm Much Lets Than Hiding in Bm Automobile Instead of Rimming the Plains on Horsehaeh Ily HVK McNAMARA (CMrrifM. I ?2I. ft; TM Portland. ore., Sept. 10. ? Bis business men hitting at mahogany ! desks chewing importantly oa . black cigars are not the only onea i heavily lilt by the Income tax. I With the "big government" at i Washington giving the -Indian his due In cattle and lands the In come tax now hits the red man as 1 well as the white. The writer was talking with,, Chief Motanlc. Judge of the Uuiu t ilia Indian reservation lu Kaat-t trn Oregon. "Income tax ah^ catch me." said the chief soberly. | The old chief thinks little of; atate government and Is glad Un-]; cle Sam has direct control of In idlan affairs In spite of the income] | tax which has caught him. As I he explains It. "state government, ; he give marbles then take !n-j ' dlan's land and fish. But gov ernment. she say 'no. these are my people." State government would tax all Indians but big gov-| ernment she say 'no. only lax big j Indian farmer.' But the Income tax is one of j i the least of the chief's trouble*. This white man's modern means j of locomotion is u problem. He; started for Portland in his big KHHAIH.E ARRIVES I N WASHINGTON THIS AFTERNOON Washington, Kept. 10. ? I'hKldrnl ( iHiililgi* rHunml to the White Hottur ?mU) after a Hummer'N outing In New Kng land. Tin* I'lmMfni'# trnla r?'?che<l WanhlnKton at 1 : 10 thla afternoon. A lino of off|> rial motor cam were waiting nl the atatlon to drive the Pres ident and hi* wife Immediately to the executive manalon. (hi lloard Coolldge H per la I to Waahlngton, September 1(1. ?Well reated by hla 1 1 weeks ita > at Hwanipacott, Preaideut CoOlldge waa travelling bark to Waahlngton today ready to plunge Immediately Into I he taakN of hla office. The train la duo at the rap Ital today and the PrealdenC Will meet hla cabinet tomor. row. * DEFENDANTS GIVEN 60-DAY ROAD TERMS (\>lored Offtndfni Allowed Oppor tunity- to Km-hi^ I n dfr Alternative Judgments Charged with assault with a deadly weapon on Weldon Sutton. Pearlle Morris. whoN name be lles his sex. Was riven the alterna tive of paying a fine of |2f? and coata or of serving 60 daya on the roada at Thursday morning'* ses ?lon of recorder's court. Both de fendant and prosecuting witness are colored. The raa? wan the outcome of an altercation In a col ored barber shop at the rear of the City Market, In the eoanw of which Morris was accused of g<> tnfe after Sutton with a Winches ter rifle. Convicted of stealing two chickens from Walter Madrin. who lives near the passenger station. IjftRoy Johnson, colored youth of 17. was placed under a suspended sentence of 60 days on the roadH.' conditional upon his paying for the chickens and the costa of the court. Both Johnson and Morris Were given until Friday morning'" court session to decide whether they would serve time or meet Judge Sawyers alternative condl-l lions. first cotton is BROUGHT TO GIN i Gregory, Sept. 10. ? The first' two loads of seed cotton from th" I 1926 crop were brought to Ore* ory thin morning The cotton w.i I grown by Austin and Henry Greg ory. colored tenants on the fsrm ' of T. M Roberts, near here. "The Aral cotton brought to our gin of the 1924 crop.'" says J II Iloawood, "was brought on Octo ber 10. Just a month later than ' this yea*." FRENCH TROOPS ARK FIGHTING IN EARNEST Paris. Sept. 10 ? Le Yatln aays the French offensive agalnnt the Klfflsns In Morocco has begun In earnest After prsparstory bom bardment yesterday, the troops attacked en masse along the en tire front today. POLICEMEN DISCUSS CRIME COMMISSION Greensboro. Sept. 10 Hela tlon of the new Nstlofial Crime Commission to the work of po licemen was present to the con vention of the North Carolina sec J tloa of the National Association of Policemen today by II. C Mc-j Oowan of Hagerstown. Maryland,| secretary of the National body new louring car to attend a |?res byteriau church banquet ami the thing broke down "Flrnt lime ever late." the chief grunted. "Always come horse lie fore." lie looked with disgust :? I the * h it e mau's incompetent contrap tloii of tthiny enamel and kttolis and levers and flash in g wheels The time was when rhh'f Mo ; tanic roamed the plains as wild I us any of the picturesque and ' fleer red man. It vivei* the gojul chief's people a flutter to have him stand before them In dark , luipaaslve dignity and hear the bustling Utile interpreter t <-11 of ; the transformation wrought in the ! soul of "this, our brother" The | old Indian has a senHe of humor, und there was a little I winkle in I his black eyes when the Interpre ter was called away. When anked what he thought of ( modern progress. Motanic said: "Much swift but much progress, itiood for young Indians. Old In diana like wild horses, no good l<> anybody. Young Indian* all ed ucated and adopt white man's way. Twenty yearn more no In* !dian race Craudchildren no un derstand Cay use language now All apeak Knglish " Training School Proving Helpful Unusually Strong Faculty in ' Charge and Good At tendance Each Night | The Standard Training School J for Sunday School worker* of the I Kllzabetb City District. which be | Kan Sunday night at 7: HO at tin* j'Jrtrat Methodist Church. ? has I proved to he very Interesting and Instructive The average attend lance each night 1m uhout 1(0. Beginning at 7:30 there are two 160 minute class period* with a -M | minute period for worship and I general work In betwwn. R a Te lly if ever has audi a strong facnl | ty visited Kllzu belli City. L. L. Gohhel, conference auperliiteiideiit ;Of Ihe Sunday School work, la superintendent of the acliool here. Dr. W A Smart of Atlanta. Pro fessor II K. Spence. head of the | Bible Department at Duke Unl veralty, a native of South MIIIh. 'and Mrs. Spence, Miss Georgia Keeno. Conference Klementary I superintendent, and Mm. C. L. Vsn Noppen are in charge of the . classes and are proving excellent ' teacher*. i A large number of Sunday School workers from outnlde ihe icily are attending the acliool. The course will close Friday evening with a social hour after the regu lar evening work In over. At that 1 time credits will In* announced ! and plana for further work will he , outlined. It la too late now for any one to enroll for credit, but visitors will be welcome and will derive great benefit from Ihe lecl urea. WANT SUNDAY SET TO PRAY FOR RAIN Atlanta. Sept. 1 0.? Governors ! of three Southern atatea are ex pected to iHfttie a apeclal procla mation today urging church con gregations to ?i ii it e next Sunday In HUppltcaltona for Divine deliver ance from the drought that has damaged their cropa and now threatens to wipe out even the drinking water. Governors Bran i don of Alabama. Walker of Geor gia. and I'eay of Tennessee are ex peeted to Issue the proclamations. ' Atlanta, (in. Sept in Appar ently encouraged by the results 'obtained by the people of South Carolina last Sunday when they prayed for rain, the church peo ple of two Southern State* yester day importuned their Governors to set sslde next Sunday as a day for auppllcatlon for Divine deliv erance from the drought 1hat haw damaged their crops and now threatens to wipe out even their drinking water. SPURI.OCK RETURNS TO I.KNOIR-RMYNK Hickory, Sept 10. Spurlock. former Center College football player, has returned to l?en<)|r Bhyne College and Coach Dick Gurley hopes to use him this com ing aesaon In every game possible. It la stated It Is Gurley's plan, hla associates say. to build up an eleven around Spurlock Rpurlock plays in the hackfield ^and la a 10 WCOBd runner. txyrro* maiikkt New York. Sept 10. Spot cotton closed steadv, inlddlln ? 23.80, an advance of 25 points Futures, cloning bid October 23.54, December 23.85. January 23.31. March 23 <2. May 23 92 New York. Sept 10 ? Cotton futures opened today at the fol lowing levela Oct. 23.48. l?er i 28.88. Jan S3. 10, March 2*65. May 88,88. COMPETITION IN WOltLI) TRADE IS ON THE INCREASE Market! Improvement i" Kuro|ieali I! o II J i t i tiive Aiiifriru Warning. Sii>> W alter Drake (;|<K\T KXRANSION look* for Tremendous Itoom Within Ne\t Few > ear- ami Say* Anieriea Mux! lie Keaily It) J. IWIVI.K ii?b( lltt* ?? A?*??e?l New Yolk, s.pl 10 The marked Improvement In European condit loll* reported today by J Walter l>rake. tt??l?tuiit Hecretary. ?f commerce. who haw Just re i urneil from an InveallKatlon of ImliiHtrial ronditloiiA, lirouRht Im mediate warning from trade au ihoriliea that American producer* must prepare for keen world trade competition. "Within the next fifteen to *-6 year* will come a trenieudoua ex pansion In foreign trade for wli irli U H none too Hoon to pre pare. now." said William B C.lhhs. president off ? I Broth er|. Inc . wlio has made a life ntrtdy ??f trade routes and foreign trade developments. (Slbbs Broth era is the firm which recondi tioned the leviathan and which deafened and Is building at pres ent the largest and fastest tner chant ahlp over couHtructed In an ?American yard. "The main development. Mr. r.lhha asserted." will come with trade In the orient, especially China." , , "The main manufacturing ana producing centers of the world, he continued. "ar? In the United Slates and In Clreat Britain and Northern Kurope You have only to unfold a Mercaler'a projection and on that map of the world see Hit' geographical advantage this cnuntrv holds In supplying tho new markets In which this nrw demand will I..- developed^ "Speed ami rnal of delivery la a prime esaenllal In capturing these inarki'li. The distance to the markets of Brazil and Ar gciiilnr In ni> greliler from New V?rk anil N,.rth Atlantic porta than from the British unc (lei man shipping points The >?' applies I" Ihe K.asl Html li African territories To the West Indies and Central Ameri ca the American advantage from New Orleans and other harbors is even more marked The ?av Inn n< mileage Blimlld give this conn in' an absolutely dominant posi tion In the trade of the Weil must of South America. The Pacific coast porta have an Incomparable position with re gard to transport of goods to Ja pan. China. Kastern Russia. Ma lava and Auslrallasla and even till' Atlantic shipping points have all Ihe heller of such routes com 1,-1, i ll Willi foreign competitors ty reason of Ihe Panama Canal "This country can produce the necessary goods with hut Utile added preparation. But II cannot transport Ihe goods effectively e? ii.dUJoiislv and with full lirollt unless II provides Its own m.-rcli am marine To transport American goods III foreign slilpH Is In place nelf at the mercy of an ad versary and lo share profits with h I in In advance The building up Iif a merchant marine therefore la a si Ion which affects every American cltlien. Just as Ihe I sn^ an, a Canal did. no! as a matter of pride lint of Individual profit ?The only profitable customer Is one who can and will pay. Ilow will Ihe orient develop lis buying power'" The writer asked. ??China has that greatest of all assets, labor." Mr. lllbba an swered "The China trade at present la of no means proportion when Its four hundred million peo pel can buy but a few cents worth of goods a year each. II Is per fectly possible to Import capital Into a country, but It Is Imposal t,li. to give lla labor In Ihe bulk Capital will go lnl? China , an.l other oriental countries Their natural resources will lie devel lined by means of ontalile capital ,??| local labor The orlcnt haa tremendous resources but little niachluery. America la the g""'" esl producer of Industrial machin ery In Ihe world. With Ihe com bination of capital, labor and ma chinery. Ihe orient will have a po tential buying power thai will he tremendous." . .. ,. - Mr Cilhhs scouted (he Idea of danger to American Industries from competition from cheap ori ental labor saying that the effi ciency of American workers dHi canted any advantage to the producers of Ihe Kaal from lower wages and cheap standards of llv lug He Indicated that Ihe devel opments In the Far Kaal would eventually mean tho establish ment of huge Industrial plants In the Western part of the t nlted Xlates to take full advantage of nearness lo Ihe oriental market* FARKWBliL, HAWCI! Tonight al Chantllly nine P m . to two a m Maale by Back uwaltney'i flerenadtra. advlOp Full Program Arranged For Road Celebration In City Thursday Week SHE HELPS TO PIT THIS CITY 0\ W II' AkhIii KltubHh Cll) breaks lilt ?> the limelight of NmiIihi il publicity. Ttiln lime il N thitniKti the entrance of MU<t ( Hlhrriiio Njience. of this cl(), in a "funny fare" contest nm ilucietl by Film Fun, h movie nmun/liM- Miih a Hiil? clreuia ii? ?ii hiimhik followers of the >>il \er trrmi. A |4ioto of MI?m S|>eiice. in urotr??|Ue nl lire, U uiveo pre uik'r place on m front |>aue Im the October nuinlwr ??f the mainline, with pirliirm of oili er i-tiiilcMlAnlN u roil | *s I >t t mi ii i lirr. Iler |iklurv I* a scream ? Ilimiuli actualh. when she isn't nuitie up for n comic |mn, Htie In mii Alt4?t?ether nil radii e ><iunu Inily, ?le*pite Ihe nlck luime of "Hiibo?Mi" b> which she good natur?sll\ lets her frk-ntls rail l?er. She It the t humbler of Assistant I'iMt nutMer Flbert H pence. FINISHING WORK ON FORKS ROAD KuilderH Expected in < Com plete Tank Within Next Day or Two Paving of the ForkM School i road, wetitwardly from thin city 2. 3 miles In Providence township, will be completed thin week, bar 1 ring exceptionally unfavorable , weather, it In announced. The > road In of plain concrete conatruc ? Hon. nine feet wide, und wan the ! firm undertaken by the Pasquo | tank Highway Commlaslon under i Ita recently inaugurated "feeder read" program. j Contract for construction of the I road waa let to D. R and E. I. I WillianiH. of thia city, June 5. ; at $31,814.40. The road la a con , tlnuaiion of Went Main afreet. and begina at the Norfolk Southern Ttallroad cronnlng. A bridge over I Knobba Creek. In connection with thla road, waa built by W. L Jonea.of thia city, the contract price being $1.71 T?. i Making an allowance of two weeka for tho concrete to act ? properly. It la anticipated that I the Forka School road will be op | ened to the public by Saturday i week. September 26. The last link In the Elizabeth Clty-Kdenton Highway will be thrown open Saturday of thin i week, affording a concrete road SO ' mllea long between the two cities The road la 16 feet wide aa far a* Hertford, and nine feet from Hert ford to Kdenton. Ultimately, through conatructfon of the Eden houae Emperor bridge and hard ntirfaclng of North Carolina's link i of the Heorge Waahlngton High- 1 wav along the Dlnmal Swamp Ca nal. It will afford unbroken hlRh wny connection between Norfolk. Va , and the part of North Caro lina hitherto aeparated from the Albemarle dlatrlct. Highway Commiaaloner Hart, of tho Flrat North Carolina Dlatrlct. recently gave aaaurance that thin State'* part of the highway from South M Ilia to the Virginia line would be liardaurfaced at an early date. gag messenger ani> KIJN WITH MAlk BAGS Winona Minn., Sept. 10. ? Flv?? bandlta held up the Winona mall wagon at 4:10 thla tnorning and tied Henry Wllllama. meanenRer. by the handa and feet with wire , and Ragged him. Then after ae lectlng four reglatered mall pouch ea of between f?0 and 60 baga they headed for the twin cltlea In an automobile. PI PIM ANKKI) TO MKKT IIKFORK MHOOL OPENS Preliminary to the openliiR of the Klizabefh City achool* Moii day. all puplla promoted from the aeventh grade to the high school have been aaked to meet In the high iu'IiooI auditorium Friday mornliiR at 9 o'clock All high achool puplla are to aaaeinble In the uudltorlum Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Pupil* who will enter the fourth, fifth and alxth gradea have been aaked to gather In the gram- , mar achool auditorium Mondav morning at 9 o'clock, and all 00 terlng the neventh grade will meet In the high achool auditorium at II o'clock. i MAY BR ? Mil. ANO YET BE AMERICAN CITIZEN Ixindon. Sept 10 - -Oliver Hen ry Wallop. Br., of Wyoming, who haa announced that he will aa name the title of Karl of Portn mouth In nucceaalon to hla elder brother, who recently died here, may do no without foregoing hla American cltlzenahlp which he ac quired In 1904 by naturalization. , It was ntated here today on high authority. 1 ' Band I oncrrls Speech | making. Airplane Stunts and Klalmrate Dinner IVuniiKi'il \ isilurs Here HASKHAI I , I HKK MOVIE llallet S. ard, hirnier Memlier uf l'?ii|;mw, to Deliver Main Address; Madges to All Visitors The last details of the program i for the "get acquainted ' celebra tion to be held hoi'** next Thurs ( day in couuection with i)m- link lug of (ldt?*a aiitl i'.i:<juotank ! CouiitU'U by a Stall* highway I acrotiH tin- tin at L?i mul Swamp at [ Acorn Hill weie completed today. I mill th?j program commute* offers I aaaurauce thai there will be plenty of elite rtaintnent for' all who com p. The- nrw road leaaens tin* highway distance from Gates ' If rang u ota uk li> ;iu miles. | Tlii* upetiiiig ev? lit of the eele j brat ion will be a concert by the j Fii/aheih City I toy h* Hand. t?5 I young musicians who have at-. I trarti-d wiileapread favorable com i inent by their playing at tjlmllnr 'events in Northeastern Carolina and Tidewater Virginia. The* boya .will give a concert from 10 to J 10; 20 o'clock In tli?' morning, a* I the vanguard of the crowd begin* , to arrive From 10.20 to 10:40 o'clock, j the Southland Jubilee Singers, of ? Norfolk, popular colored melo ?dlan*. will enter ta In the visitors. | The cra^k Navy Vard Band, of Portsmouth, Virginia. will give a concert from 10.40 to 11 o'clock. ' At the latter hour. tho day's 1 speeches will begin. with Hallet 8. ; Ward, former member of Con K reHN from the First North Caro- * liua DlHtriet. scheduled to deliver ; the principal uddreH*. Mr. Ward will be introduced by Mayor Mc Ca he. who will <? li<o welcome the , visiting throng. The NpiH'chtukini Will end at 12 sharp, when the serving of the I barbecue and other delectable eat ables will begin. The menu com- * j prises barbecued pork and corn bread. cooked l)l\le style, pimento cheese and ham sandwichcH. po tato salad aud cold sodas. There will lie plenty of ice water on hand throughout the day. Soiuo idea of the size of the feast may be gathered from the fact that the committee in charge has con tracted for 2,000 pounds of young pork for the barbecue, and haa employed a veteran chef for th*i hiiHineuri ot preparing this tasty Southern dish. An 1iour and a half has been ' allowed for dinner, which will bo 1 M-ived on tables erected in the'* bhade of the venerable elms on the courthouse squar- From 1:30 to 2:110 o'clock there will he musical selections and stunts by airplanes. After a HO-mlnute intermission, a ! baseball game will he played be tween two of th?' fastest teams In this part of the State For thou* who do uot care fur baseball, there will he free moving pictures at tlie Alkrama theater. A spe cial program has been arranged. Hadxen will be tanned to all vis itors. entitling them to first con sideration nt the barbecue, and to admission to the banebali game aud movies. Committers will be j stationed on all hlKhways leading i into the city to give out the badg es, and there will he special reg I 1st ration booths on the grounds for those whom the* committer | may (bit* dates County people will ? b? , special guests at the celebration. , | but others from ail the counties in this part of the State aud else , where will be equally welcome, , and will he invited to share free ' ly in (he entertainment events. All merchants of the city are 1 being urged strongly to d? -cor ate | their stores in attractive fashion \ for the event, and all are rxpec*.-. i ed lo co operate In this with the ' same enthusiasm they have ?howii ; in other phases of the arrange meals to make the day the moet. ' memorable of Km kind in this part 'of the country. I> Walter Harris, chairman of the program committee, that he has met with a ready re sponse to every appeal for aid In carryiim out his part of the Job ef fectively. He says he haa found everyone he approached cn^husl astlc over the celebration, and ob viously anxious to help assure Its success. The general committee Is trick ing the aervlcea of 76 girls and women in helping to feed and oth erwise look after the crowd Mrs. James O Fearing, president of the Woman's Club, is asking that all member* who will assist in this part of the cHf bration get In touch with her or with Mrs. S. W. Gregory, secretary, at their earl iest convenience. Members of the four committees en ir aited In the arduous tssk of raising the funds necessary report highly encouraging results A partial list of those contributing, handed in to O. R. Little, finance chsirman. up to nonn Thursday, is given below Mr Little ex plains that many others have cow- * trlbuted already, but th? commit- \ Continued on Pagt 4
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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