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Daughters Launch Drive To Raise Thousands For Monument at Gettysburg Would Erect Suitable Mar ker at Spot Where North Carolina Troop* I.ed federate Advance SEEK 875,000 (>|{ MOKE * Next General As semhly to Appropriate f' Substantial Amount To ward Year's Project As the climax of a noisy discussion lasting half an hour or more, and by unani mous voto of the delegates, the North Carolina Division of the U. D. C. yesterday af ternoon pledged unqualified support to an intensive cam paign for erection of a hand some monument on the his toric battlefield of Gettysburg, where raged that decisive three-day struggle w h i c n marked the turning point of the Civil War. Tho Daughters, in annual con vention here, voted to undertake the erection of a monument to com $76,000 to $100,000 on the spot where now a small atone marks tho farthest point of ad vance by Confederate troops in tho terrific battle. These were North Carolina troops, the State's students of history say. and their claim is but weakly contested. Adoption of the project as the principal Item for the coming year came at tho conclusion of a report by Mrs. Marshall Williams, of Faison. chairman of the Gettys burg memorial committee and a former president of the division. Mrs. Williams advocated It vig orously, and was supported on the convention floor by Mrs. Henry A. London, of Pittsboro. Mrs. I. W. Fahon. of Charlotto. and oth ers. r Set Croal of *10,000 I The Daughters set as their year's goal in the enterpirse tho raising of $10,000 by their own ef forts. They Intend also to ask a substantial appropriation for it from the next General Assembly, and to seek contributions from In fluential citizens throughout the State. They point to the project as one In which all North Caro lina should bo vitally interested. There was some discussion also of a proposal to seek the aid -of other states In the erection of a monument at ncntonvlllc. where tho last battle of the Civil War was fought, shortly bofore John son's surrender to Sherman. Rome of the delegates opposed tho proposal energetically. beinK un der the Impression that the monu ment was to commemorate the Jturrender Instead of the battle. They swung over when the pro posal was explained to them. No action was taken, however, other than to Include It tentatively In the year's program. The convention voted to In crease tho annual division assess ment or taxes, 15 cents per mem ber. Officials explained that the present income from this source was Inadequate, and advocated lite Increase as a means to put the annual budget on a properlv balanced basis. Other lit* port* R??<| A few reports left over from the r morning session were re?d these Including that of Mrs. Hunter C Soilfh. of Fayettcvllle. Hinte rhalr man of the Confederate Women's Home committee, and member of the board of directors of the home. Mrs. Smith advocated en largement of the home through the addition of two wings to cost $25,000 to $35,000 In all. and erection of a suitable chapel n*nr the Institution, which Is situated In Fayottoville The Institution, she reported, is already crowded ;-.P.c,ty and has a long waiting Word was received that Mrs Mr-Kee. of Sylva. second vice president, chairman of the committee on education and pres ident of the North Carolina Fed eration of Woman's Clubs, would arrive sometime today. Conflict In* appointments made It lm powHble for her to reach here earlier, it was explained. Before adjournment at 4:30 o clock. Mrs. J. Dolph f?ong. pres ident. announced that pullman reservations would be available for any of the Daughters who might remain over until Friday night, provided these reservations were made promptly. 8h^ stressed the need for prompt ac tion. explaining that officials of the Norfolk Southern Kallroad necessarily had to have the In for- , | mat Ion In advance. In order to fur m n,"h 'he required number of cars m Chapters winning special hon W or" ,n fw history awards In the j Continued oo p?*? 2 I . I). C. SESSIOSS TOMORROW A. M. ? Him I biislnovt m?s *ion of convention m FlrM, MrthoilKl (liurrti. Klcdioii of officer*. 12:4M> M. ? Ailjourniurol. 1 Mo unt rs will len\e in ntitomo- | bile* for hklmlon, to nti?Mul liimht-iHi hi hlMoiir Oi|K)ln House. C"?rs raniMinl thru (liHUiber of < onuiH-rrr. WARD TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT Will Deliver Principal Ad dresw ul Event at New High School Hallet S. Ward, former member of Congress from I lie First North ' Carolina District, and' one of. the , host known upoakers In the State, will deliver the principal address incident to the observance of Hls < torical Evening in the new high school auditorium tonight. The , general public has been Invited cordially to attend. No admission fee will be charged. The program will move rapidly from the start, according to Mrs. John H. Anderson, of Fayette vllle, State historian, who will be mistress of ceremonies. Mrs. An derson will be presented by Mrs. J. Dolph Long. Stale president of the Daughters of the Confederacy, in a brief addresB. | .Other numbers on the program will Include the orchestral rendi tion of a number of favorite Southern airs, a medley of Con federate songs by a selected quar tet, and several vocal selections. Former Congressman Ward, known throughout the State as a thoroughly entertaining speaker, is expected to have many interest ing things to say tonight. He has always been popular as a speaker here, and a large attendance Is an ticipated. SUFFOLK MAN DIES AT STEERING WHEEL Suffolk. Va.. Oct. 22. ? The sud den death Tuesday night of John M. Duller, prominent business man and leading citizen while In i his normal health apparently, j came as a climax to a day of un 1 usual distress and tragedy for peo ple of this city. Mr. Duller, who was head of the old firm of J. M Duller & Son. with place of busi ness on South Main street, was stricken at the wheel of his auto mobile while driving to his home ? in Hlverview Heights at about 9:30. With him was Mrs. Duller who had been spending the even ing hi lown . The first thing that attracted her attention to any thing unusual was when her hus band toppled over the steering wheel of the car. The end came to him on North Main street. Just across the rail road tracks. She seised him in her arms and I while holding him tried to steer '? the machine which had just I crossed Ihe Seaboard track on North Main. She shut off the gas but could not hold Ihe limp form of her husband and steer the car at the same time. The result was that It did not hall till it ran Into a tree. The impact Jammed Ihe body of Mr. Hutler partly through Ihe windshield whence It was lat er lifted to Ihe sidewalk. Dut he was dead before the car collided with the Iree. Mrs. Dutler es caped without Injury but the combined shock of her husband's death and the collision unnerved her greatly. IXM'Afe AIM HITWT MARKS !KKV MATHEMATICAL RCLfr Captain M. P. Hlte, local ar chitect and builder, has Just been advised that a slide rule, designed by him. Is being manufactured for sale and Is now ready for dis tribution |o the trade by the F. Weber Co.. of Philadelphia. Slide rules are used by archi tects and engineers lo perform a wide variety of mathematical and trigonometrical calculations. The i tile Invented by Captain Hlte Is but little larger than a lead pen cil. yet a host of computal Ions can be performed with Its aid. It will be known as the "Hlte Docket Slide Rule." Captain Hlte seems to have achieved a signal success In s mathematical field In which ' some of the best minds of the ' world have labored. I'ORK TRADH CMHIII Chicago, Oct. 22. - The cured por ktrade Is remarkably good for I this season, according to packers' I reports. Shippers apparently are I holding hack hoga In view of the abundant corn supply A strong demand for beef has kept trade 1 channels fairly well open. DAUGHTERS GIVE FREELY TOWARD MEMORIAL PLAN Quickly Sulwcribe .Suffi ? irnt to Meet Com of Die for Making Bat. Reliefs of (ifneral Lw TO ERECT MARKERS VI ill I'laee Memorial Tal? lel? Alon<; Dixie Highway anil Other National Auto mobile Route* Responding In generous fash Ion lo an appeal by Mm. J. M t.udger, Jr., oT Asheville, Stale chairman of the Lee memorial marker committee, the daughters this morning quickly pledged ant flcenl additional lundi fcr the making of a die from which bronze has relief, of General I.ee on his horae. Traveler, will be made, to be fastened to gray granite ta blets Which will be erected alone Dlxle Highway and other transcontinental motor routes. The die will coat 1800. It was announced. At the openlnK of he convention, the Daughters had raked $446 toward Ita coat By a canvass of the memberahlp today, an additional 9404.70 was pledged on a basis of 10 cents per member or substantially more than win be required. The die will be loaned by the North Caro lina Dlvlalon of the Daughters lo . other Ktatea in order that they make similar bas reliefs. The dlvlalon plana to place the Lee memorial markers first along North Carolina's part of the Dixie Highway, from the Tennessee line at Hot Springs through Marshall. Asheville and Henderaonvllle to the Soulh Carolina line near Spar tanburg Asheville chapter has asked for the honor of erecting the first of the tablets on Lee Jackson Day. January 19, next. The Dixie Highway, designated as J ute 20 In North Caroling, runs I from Mackinaw. Michigan, aouth wardly lo the Culf of Mexico I Discussion of the proposal of , the national organlxgtlon to plant crepe myrtle trees along the Jef ferson Davis Highway, from Wash ington. D. C.. to California, hear of committee reports and presen tation of additional prlzea com prised the main actlvltes or the convention thla morning when tbe memorial marker subscrip tions had been pledged. The J. D. Moore loving cup for the greatest increaae In member ship during the year was awarded to Orren Randolph Smith Chap ter. Itenderaon, and Was received by Miss Cloaa Peace. president Second prize went to Sophia Mar tin Children's Chapter. In this city, and was presented to Miss Mary Owens, president. It was a $5 gold piece. The William Moore Watson banner for the beat report of the year was won by Belle Wilfong Chapter. Newton The report was read and the ban ner received by Mrs. Glenn Long, leader The Anne Elolse Burk heimer prize. ?!0 In gold, was won by Frances Hancock Chap ter. of Morehead Clly. It was received by Miss Mildred Wallace, leader. Thla chapter alao won a prize for the second best report. The foregoing prize* were award *d lam night by Mrs K R Mac-' Kethan. of Fayetteville. divisional director of the Children of the Confederacy, all the competitors being children's chapters. Children who won essay prizes were N. A. Townsend. Jr.. Dunn Miss Era Allen Williams. Oxford Miss Tessie Harris, Rocky Mount; Miss Rosaline Trent, and Miss Ma hel King Reeker. I<eak*vllle. the latter winning two prizes; and Miss .Sarah MrLeod. Sanford. The Fourteenth District was an nounced today as winner of first honors among the districts of the State, with Mra. W. R Murphy, of Snow Hill, as leader. Second honor* went to District Three. Mr* J II Nil. of Shelby, leader.1 Memorial hour with Impressive ly solemn rites In memory of de ceased officials and members of; the organization was observed at noon, with Invocation by the Rev. CS. F Hill, rector of Christ Epla-j cnpal Church; a solo by Mrs. O.1 R. Heashaw. of Aulander. and se- 1 lections by a special choir. Mra. i John T. Rridges. of Tarboro. State chnpisln. presided. individual i tributes were paid Mrs. Cornelia! Rranch Stone, of Washington. D. ! C., h former presjdent general of; the I". I). (\. and vice president geneml at the time of her death; Mrs. Jacksle Daniel Morrison, of Tarboro. late chairman of the Jef ferson Drfvls Highway committee, and Mrs Ressie Duff Wilton, who had served two terms a ^divisional president. The*e memorial" wer* , read respectively by Mrs (Jlenn I Young. Mrs. Walter F. Woodard j and Mr*. Rrldgers. Afterwards Mr*. Hrldges read the roster of de-(' ceased members of the various chapters in the State. Fayetteville was chosen today 1 as the next convention city. j After a short business session.' the delegates were taken on an Warm Race In Prospect As Workers Get Off To Early Start For Hudson Thai Out of Town Contestants Will Give Those in City Keal Competition for First Prize Indieutei! a* First Reports Come III Entries received up lo the close of business last night in The Dally Advance subscription and prize campaign Indicate that there will be a hot Aglit bctwcn the workers listed from Elizabeth City and those listed from the surrounding territory for the flt.OOO in prizes offered. Gregory starts off an excellent worker in the person of Mr*. L G. Tadlock while from Columbia word came today that Mrs. M. A. Daveuport is about ready to start active campaigning. "I'lease send good supply of receipt books." she writes. A new entry added to the list today froiu the outside is Miss Vivian Hampton of Poplar Branch. The city workers got going to day as well and Mrs. Sam Hughes and Mrs. L. C. Fletcher turned in their first work, while the cam paign department registered as active participants the names of Miss Bonnie Gray and Miss Mary Louise James. The Advance wants to lay espe Ical stress on the fact that the prizes will go to those who earn them and no unfair methods will be tolerated. The Hudson coach ( from Stevens 4: Son Motor Car 'Company, tl^e Ford coupe and the Ford touring car, both cars from the Auto & Gas Engine Works, ' inc., the $250 suite of furniture from the Quinn Furniture Com pany. the 9175 suite of furniture ! from M. O. Morrlsette & Company and the two cash prizes of $100 I and $50 each will be awarded on merit and merit only. All the folks are asked to do to earn these prlzoa Is to save the J free 100-vote coupons from the I paper and to secuie paid In ad i vance subscriptions to this news paper from their friends. old and n?-w subscript Ioiim count alike in votes. The only difference in vol?*n Kiven on subscription* Is that dou ble votes will be allowed tin sub fcrlptions secured outside of Eliz abeth City. I Those who ?'\liibit tin- most nm bi t ion and energy will be favored to win the leading prizes. One of course must have laitli in tlie pa pi'r and those in charge of the campaign In order to carry on. and The Advance pledged its fuith that nothing will b?* allowed iroin start to finish that will take from one a prize justly cat nod. If you live in Elizabeth < "it y and you earn the Hudson coach you can drive it home on Novem ber 2Kth without its cost in;: you anything but good hard work. If 'you happen to live on any of the | R. F. D.'s iu Columbia, at <?reg ' ory. at Snowden, In Hertford or I anywhere else in this newspaper's ] territory and you earn the Hud son or any prize on the li?t. The Daily Advance will see that you get it. The campaign Is just starting. The list of workers published for the flint time on the front page yesterday appears on another page today with some additions. Hut there Is still plenty of room and all who have been thinking it over tare urged to join now while the ! campaign is still in its infancy, j The campaign office 1h on the second floor of the Savings Hank j Building. Office hours are from 2 to 8 p. m. The telephone num ber Is 978. Everything is free everybody wins something. The only requirement to enter the race la to send in your name or the name of a friend on the Entry Coupon found on another page. Times Change But Folks Much the Same After All What are perhaps the two old ; est newspapers In Elizabeth City I saw the light of day for the first | time in nearly three score years and ten Thursday morning when i workmen tearing away the sur ' face brick of the rear wall of I Christ Church uncovered Imbed ded In the masonry a wide mouthed bottle about 10 Inches tall, and two inches in diameter ; containing two copies of Elizabeth ! City newspapers of 1866. the last ! Presidential campaign year pre I ceding that of the election of Lin coln in 1860. Folks took politics seriously in those days, and almost the entire ? pace In both newspapers, one the i Democratic Pioneer, dated Tuck I 1 day. October 28, 1856. a week be fore election day. and the other, the Carolina Native Sentinel, dat ed on the preceding Saturday, be ing given over to politics mid art vertislng. Of the two. the adver tising Is the rather more Interest ing. There Is. for Instance, the art vertlseraent of Charles W. Wood of Hertford, offering $25 reward for the return of "my negro man. Solomon." Appearing In late Oc tober. the advertisement Is dated the preceding June 28. indicating how modern transportation and prlntlna have hurried the pace since 1856. Scanning the advertising col umns further, one finds announce ment of the opening of a now drug store by-Saundera & Turner. : h Woodville Millinery bidding for the patronage of Kiizaheth City ladles, and a card advising patient?! i of Dr. Pool In leave messages fnr i him at the Fearing drug store. There Ik an advertisement of Dr. I'lemont's Infirmary and the pro fessional card of I'hlllp C. Cohoon. M. D., and John '1.1'. C. Cohoon, M. D.. presumably broth ers, or else father and son; more probably the la I lor. perhaps, for aurcly no one but an only aon , would have needed to be provided with no many Initials. There were schools galore In thoao daya and they advertised ! their tuition feoa aooordlnu to the subjects taken. Ivli/.alxt h City Seminary and Chowan Colege were were among the educational instl tutlonn, with Cateavllle aei tiling to have considerable advantage of Kllzabeth City In facilities for Im parting knowledge to the youth of that day. The bottle was discovered by J. W. Stroud, and Hev. IS. K. Hill, rector of the church, took the old newspapers In charge. He aearehed the frayed pa?es for some news of the church, but in vain. Indicating that tlmea perhaps have not so much changed since 18f??? after all Only In those davs politics eclipsed religious news In the press, while today It a world aeries hasel all or a State convention of Daughters of the Confederacy. excursion down Pasquotank River this afternoon aboard the steam er Annie L. Vansdver, of the Nor folk-Carolina Line. Tea wan nerved aboard the steamer by the Kllzaheth City Rotary Club. A repori of the nominating committee and election of officers are on the *late for the closing season of the convention tomorrow morning. Upon art Journment at noon, the delegste* will be taken In automobiles to1 the historic Cupola House. Revolu tionary landmark at Kdenton., where luncheon will be served them About 200 delegate** are In attendance at the convention. In the course of her report on pensions. Mrs. II. M. London, of Plttsboro. rapped the widows of Confederate veterans who marrlert the veterans In their declining years, declaring that, as a matter of fact, the pensions were Intenrt ed for the war widows, and shoulrt go to them. The convention aa a whole joined In a standing tribute to Mrs. K B Moffltt. of Iti'h monrt ail honorary president of the division and s daughter of Jonathan Worth, Reconstruction governor and war treaaurer of the Htate Mrs. Mofflit. despite her *9 yeara. la still active, and re aportded appropriately to the tri butt. She In president of the Mm' their Fontaine Maury Aasocis ? Ion Home yeara ago. she gave s fl.SOO scholarship to the division TAR HEELS TO PAY SURCHARGE lnter*tute Commerce Com mi??ion \1akra Order Kf feelie in I)ee*ml?er Washington. Oct. 22.? -Travel er* within the State of North Car olina after December 10 next must begin paving the pnllman pMH'ten* ger fare surcharge that l? now le vied on all interntatp ?rav?'l. The Interatate ( omnicn c Comm Ir.aion today ordered railroad* traversing North Carolina to put the aur charge Into effort. The Commis sion held that the North Carolina I^Klalatur^'a lax remitted In "l'n due preference of and advantage to paflfl<-ngt?n< traveling in Inter state commerce and iind no pr?*|u dice to peraons traveling In Inter state commerce and unJuM dla r-rlmfnat Ion V-igalnst Interstate commerce " The etir<hnrge In an extra fare paid by sleeping and parlor car pa ssen go r? amounting to 60 per cent of pullmxn charges but paid over to the railroad. Raleigh. Oct. 22 The declalon of the Interatntc Commerce Com mlaalon In re-establishing pullmHii surcharge In North Carolina "I s In line with the general policy of making paasenger rate* conform n all Rtafea." Corporation Com m(?*loner Maxwell declared today. HERE'S A DAY AS A FLYER IN WAR ON RIFFS Vivid Story Direct I rum Ki^liiin^ Trout Present* W ord Picture of Condi lion*, in Morocco H AD ITS CASUALTY French Flyer 011 Scouting Expedition l^i>t hut Krarn for Two Other Comrades 1 1 :i ) ? p i I \ Relieved (Colon**) Charles Sweeney. of tin* American es cndrtllf in Morocco. Is n flier :ind not u newspaper man. He ih'Vit haf been trained lo "tell the story hi i he tlrst paragraph" hui ln? know* how to tell ii in- ; (??ri'Htiiuly nev# rlheless. The folIowinK dispatch start* oft very placidly hut It has a "kick" ai tlw finish that Ik worthy uf O'lltMiry ?. It? COL. CIlAltl.KS SWKKNKY Ouezr.an. Morocco. Oct. 19. ? J (Via Paris, Oct. 22. 1 W'c finally got in some Ityiuv today. Tin* last few days have been deadly- dead ly In their monotony, deadly be cause of Ihe pair, pray sky. Annum African troops, in fact ( all through Northern Africa there if an expression that is inucli used ' and especially much felt. TIiih ex prestiion is taken from the habits of a certain insect called the. "Ilbwdo." This i:? r >ort of a bee-, lie which attacks plants and fruits, never stopping In its deadly we i k until the plant is eaten out. The African soldier Is the vic tim of another beetle. Fnduring for long periods the unending, devastation glare of the desert, re sisting the scorching sirocco- -des ert wind drinking. when he can get it. stinking. putrid water and eating disgusting meats, he must face diluvial) rains sitting! crouched under the hilt of a miser-' able gourbi -native hut. The poor devil becomes an easy prey for maddening melancholy. Then It It said colloquially that he has "bourdon." meaning that hia mind ! has become eaten up by an Invis ible insect wMcli will surely de- . stroy hi in. For th?' last week we have had bourdon rain, continual rain, making flying impossible until ( melancholy has been eating us up. . Hut now all is dimmed. We have ! re-commenced bouibinK and ma-! chine ii ii activities against the [ enemy. Sunday night the rain ; stopped suddenly. Soon the sky showed here and there weak glimpse* of watery stars. From every advance point aviators en- 1 gaged in (he most absorbing oc- , cupatlon of studying (he sky and discussing aerial prospects. We woke up I h In morning to find the sky clear. Immediately * Lieutenant Cousins flew up over ; our Hues and 100 miles into the : Interior as far as shores of the Medllerannean which he ap proached. He could see with th" naked eye (he region of Tangiera and the Hock of Gibraltar. Major Granville A. Pollock and Captain I'aul A. Hock well led an expedition against Ghafsai. the stronghold of the Henl Zerotial tribe in Ihe foothllla of tlw Hlfflan mountains where Abd-FI-Krlm was reported In hiding, but the grounds being saturated with Continued on page 4 MEMBERS OF CREW l)KNY COWARDICE New York. Oct. 22. Sixly-alx ; members of the crew of the Steamship Comanche, which was burned off Florida last Saturday night, arrived In port today aboard 1 the Cherokee and denied the pas sengers' charges of drunkenness and cowardice by negro members of Ihe crew. MEt LON PRESENTS NEW TAX SCHEDULE Washington. Oct. 22. A new schedule of normal Income fates was presented to Ihe House Ways and Means Committee today by Secretary Mellon. The proposal suggests rates of one per cent on the first $3,000 of taxable Income, two per cent on the next 91.000 and three |?er cent on the next 94.000. and five per cent thereaf ter. This arrangement, the Sec retary said In a letter to Chairman Green, probably would be more satisfactory than Ihe recently sub milled Treasury schedule. GIIEEK ARTILLERY KILLS SENTINELS Soils. Mulgaria. Oct. 22. ? The Hulgai'lan lelcgraphlc agency de elares that the Greek artillery has penetrated Utilitarian territory Killing five sentinels and firini sb' lis aualnst the villas'' of Pe trleh. The Greeks Occupied three Bill gariurt pouts, (he agency adds. The Hulaarlaii Government thus far has received no responaa from , Ath'-na (o Ita demand thrice re- ( new-d for an Immediate Inquiry to 'xtahllsh responsibility for the frontier Incident of Monday near | Denilrahlaaar. Pet rich Is reported) nowded with Macedonia refugees' who are menaced by falling shells. New Official Mr*. IMdlc MrCnll Prlrat of Hunt- i Ington. Tenn . In the n. \v fnltral col. | lr. lor of rUMomi for TrnnoMoc and ' Arkanaon LonB active In Rrpiihll. . ran ik, !H ira. ahc una given the poat l.y IVealdant CoolldKe on the rccom mentation of party loadcra. RECEPTION AT MARKET HOUSE OrruHion Friday Night. No-' vriiilipr 1 to'Olekrale Recent Improvement* A rerepllon trf which every rea- ! Ideul of ihe oily anil Hectlon will l>" Invited will |,e held In | he City Market on Friday night. Novem ber H. In celebration of the In Mallatlon of I he new refrigerator counter* The work of Inatalla.; lion probably will he completed Saturday, according to J. T Har-j rla of New Hern. Slate repreaen tatlve of Ottenhelmer Broa.. inc I the manufaeturera. ottenhelmer Broa. will g|v, u "'rJry?r v?lu''<" ?' ?136 on the night of (he ri-ceptlon to the hold er of the lucky number In a so-, rlea to be distributed by the mar ketmen during the two weekn pre-' ceding the event. Kevaral of the larger packing Iioubph have agreed also to give away free samples of their cooked meatn and other product*. The occasion will provide a special opportunity for the peo ple of the city t? vlalt the Market I House it ml Inspect the new refrlg- 1 erator cane*. The job. complete.1 will have cost the city $12 572 according to City Manager Fere bee It in thought likely that sev eral local business houses will Hive away free samples of va rious articles ut the reception. OTANK WI\H HKIOM) HONOKM NK(ilU) HTATK FAIR Pusquotank'n exhibit at the Ne- ' Rro State Fair at Raleigh this week took second prize, according to a telegram received by Hecre tary Job of the Chamber of Com merce from J. I. Mitchell, negro ?arm aqent for I'aHriuotank. who hud charge of the exhibit. Wake ( ounty won firm honors and Row an. third, the telegram said. CI.AIM THE CAPTURE OF SEVEN THOUSAND Peking, on 22 Oenerala of the Cheklang forces which have wrested pra.tlcally all of Klangsu province from the troops of Mar shal Chang Tso Lin. Manchurlan leader, claim that they have rap lured 7.000 of Chang's men near Nanking where Manchurlan forces retreating northwards crossed the Yangtze Hiver. bui/;aria protests TO LEAGUE NATIONS .. v.'rn!"l; ?p| 22 *""? Hi'icaa sy that the flulKarint) government a* a rounter move to the tireek ultimatum haa forwarded a proteat note to the League of Nation* baaed on Article 10 Bulgarian troop, along the Creek frontier liav.. teen inetruet.-d to offer ut moat re.latanre to the tlreek ad vanc<> atcainnt Petrich. 0?>neva Oct. 22 Officials of the league of Nations aaid that up fo three o'clock thl* afternoon no protest In connection with the (?reek Mulgarlan border troubles had been received from HulRarU snd no appeal had been based on Article lo of the League covenant Advice* received In Greek circles connected with the league report ed that the Bulgarians have occu pied h blockhouse on the Oreek fide of the frontier. policeman dies of wouniIs received Kayettevllle Oct. Jl. ?Police, man I) o. < haaon who waa ! wounded ve.terday while Invaatl going a nolae in a nawapaper building, died today No trace of the a. ..Ilanf haa been found, al though the paper haa offered a reward. WHITE FARMER FOUND GUILTY LIQUOR CHARGE Protestation* of Innocenee on Part of Carry S. Evan? Fail to linprett* Presiding JikI^c Recorder's C x>urt LET OFF WITH FINE Jail Sentence Suspended on Condition of Good Be havior and Payment of $300 and Cost* (iullty. in t In* face of his own direct and categoric denial on the wIlnoM stand of the testimony of McKlnley l'roctor and I. H. lloach, negro neighbors and alleged ac complice In the manufacture of liquor, wan the judgment. of the court in the case of Carey 8. Ev ans, white farmer of the Mill I'ond section of Newland towBf ship, charged with violation of the prohibition law an a result of the capture of a still about a mile from Evans" home by Sheriff Car mine and posse last Monday night. The two negroes pleaded Kullty. _ In view of his previous gddd , character and stainless record, and of the needs of his dependant wife and children. Evans was let off by County Judge Sawyer under sus pended sentence of four month* on the roads on payment of a fine of $300 and costs. The two ne groes were likewise put under a suspended four months jail sen tence conditional upon good be havior and payment of a fine Of $150 and costs each. Appeal boat* In case any defendant was dlMftt^ ; laAed with the Judgment of the court, wuh Axed at $600. The two negro defendants were arrested, following two nishtt'M j fruitless vigil at the still, at thptr respective homes nearby on tan ? strength or the mute evidence of paths leading from their homefcfO the "till. Both confessed to wdrg ln* st the still, but claimed that they were merely hired men for Kvans, who left the raw material for making the mash and fuel fur operating the boiler at certain des ignated spots where they could get It. Likewise, after a run. the ne groes testified they would leave the liquor at a certain spot desig nated by Evans and "some one would get It. - jj The essential details of the fUJTf- ; going story were related by the : two negro defendants separately at the time of their arrest, and bf fore they had had opportunity fQr conference, and were reiterated Thursday morning on the wltMM Htand. It seemed too pt?uslt>|? a tale to have been concocted by each or the negro defendants sejv arately out of whole cloth, and the court accepted the evldenea and found Evans guilty, despite Itl* protestations of Innocence, i Evans put on several character wltncHses who testified not only ^aa to his general good reputation but a I no as to never having heard hliu spoken of as connected with tA* manufacture or sale of liquor pri or to this charge, but the saine witnesses on cross examination testified to the same facta In i re git id lo the two negroes who haa confessed their guilt. The case against the three de fendants came up last Tuesday, but w?H deforn-d till Thurndiiy upon the request of counsel for Evans. Evans was arreated sholj |y after the negroes were, bat gave bond, while tne negroes wsre held for trial In Jail. A tather damaging bit of evi dence against Eavns was the raet that he asked permission to U?a with the negro derendants In jau and also made some Inquiries about what bond would be re quired ror them Evans was rep resented by his lawyers as an in dustrious farmer working hard to pay ofT the slebt on the homesteaa he has purchased. When arrested; however, he was able to put Up * $250 cash bond for his appearanee I in court for trial. I The two copper colls of the still 1 dostroyed on the raid were In couft Thursday morning as was also one of two hydrometers found at the still to test the specific gravity of the liquor. The outfit wai oper ated by a boiler of two to tour horse-power and had a capacltyof ::r> gallons every ten hourt* testimony of the negroes Indlcatea that they had made about 100 gal lons of liquor since the still haa been In operation, and would hate made more but for the fact that they were "greenhorns " at operat ing a still and the first few rune had to be run over. Those In the raid thst resulted In the csplure of the still snd In the arrest snd subsequent convic tion of the three defendants, aid' * Sheriff Carmine. wer? Deputy Sheriff I'rltchard. Special Officer J. H Venters and Federal Dry Ag* ents King and Eankford. r<rrro\ maiikkt New York. Oct 12 -?** *?? Ion cloned quiet, middling a decline of 25 points. FM cloftlnK hid: 21.46. I**. I Jan 20.50. March 20., It.SI. New Yor*. Oct 22 Cotton I turpi* npfuMt at th, following In' el. Or i 11.70. One. I1.U. Jo*. 20 ?5. M?r. h 20 ??. May ?.??. Spot end ing 11.7*. Kuturen, IX. 21.23. >76. Mn|r 1
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Oct. 22, 1925, edition 1
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