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VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION
SIX PAGES.
NO. 307
Country Club Builded
On Golden Visions Of
Men Who Dared Dream
Keercational Center for Al
bemarle District Already
Proving Worth A?t Com
munity Center
WORK TO BE DONE
dditional Bond Iwtur Pro
poaed an Means to Com
plete Task Begun One
^ Year Ago !
11, RALPH PO<>I'
A new era III the recreational
life of Northeastern Carolina has
been ushered in through the open
ing of the Elizabeth City Country
Club the first of the kind in the
nix counties north of
Bound. Though it has been open
only a few weeks, its value to
this city and Its neighbor com
munities already has been demon
strated In abundant measure.
Before the country club opened,
there was scarcely halt a doien
Elisabeth City reBldenta horu and
reared here who ever had taken
more than the moat casual Inter
eat In golf. Now there are hun
dreds. On every day that weather
permits, the courae Is crowded
ind the golf Professional at the
club Is being Importuned to give
night lessons in the game.
Iu the daya before the country
club, the people of Elisabeth City.
Hertford and Edenton knew one
Mother as casual acquaintance
and relative strangers. The club
brings them together almost dally
now, and Is building a ne* ""'"l
of Interest and community of
Ideals that augurs much tor the
future. All this Is evident only
. few weeks after the opening of
thAsClltb'staBd?. the c^b property
represents an Investment of 166.
000. Work still remains to be
done, and In order to
ous Improvements, Including the
lengthening of the present nln
hole golf course to 18 holes, the
membership Is considering the
Issuance of additional bondsln the
ITounT of Srtaps
Club's present bonded Indebtness
la 430,000. the remainder of the
Investment being represented by
120,000 in stock and ?S,000
advance duos for 1915- .
The resident menlbcrshlp
limited to 200. with a requirement
hat each be a holder of one ?100
share of stock In the enterprise.
The bulk of the membership Is
In Elizabeth City, of Courso. but
Edonton, Hertford, and tho eoun
ties of the district northofthe
Alhemnrle Sound are lioeraiiy
represented. Thus It 1" thai tj*?
clfb haa become an Important
community gatberlng pl"" *^"
folks may lay aside their dignity
and enjoy themselves.
Isolated by reason *
sound at the south. MbrldJJJ
Chowan Klvsr to the "est. sua
hitherto unsatisfactory hlghw y
access to Virginia on the north.
STSlS In the Albemarle dlatrlct
were a I.M ???'??
ed with their neighbors, and tearn
''0 This Isolation Is passing rapid
ly, One great steel snd
bridge across Chowan JUT" ?
Wlnlon wss fomplstedthl^prl a.
contract for mother bridge lo be
built noar the mouth of this river
at a cost of |?00.000, Is to be let
"is month. Virginia ha. b?>
dependable highways trojj Nor
folk to the Btate line at , r?~:
near South Mills snd ?t ?o?
peske. and North Carolina ta pm
nsrlng to meet them at all three
Eli" in a lltU* ^.'Vnd^t
latlon Will have vanlahed and It
1. through the anrmounttej ot
thnoo natural barriers, and because
?f it. that the country club Idea
was put across here.
Thero had b??n talk of eslsb
llshlnK a country club St K1 ?
both City for many r??r" A
t r o m ' s "c om t y s* a n d I n t , a n d
rr^r'Tb7rruuw?^t
sssrsr.
shall H. Jones. W. P. Du,J: } K? d
yon Wilson. Oraham Bell ?nn
"'Itn actwTdrlve ,orhm? ? hlmbi?
waa launched, with the
of Commsrce assisting effect! re ly.
with the result that
of atock were sold at $1?0 ? ?;
Hid the first stockholders meet
Ing was -held Beptember 2. 1?*?.
at which a charter was read and
adopted. Two weeks 1st", of
ficers were elected, a* ?ol'n"*
W P. Duff, president: M. ?
Janes, first vice presldsnt : W. ?
Foreman, second vie. prealdent.
and o W. Hell, secreury and
'"a" "few weeks later, a .It. of
approximately 100 scr? ot virgin
woodland In Camdea County, on
th. shores of Pasqq.otank Rl??r.
waa purchased It waa eho?n af
ter careful deliberation largely by
j reason of Its hilly snd aandy char
f after, a topogra?(5tWft *???*.
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HIGH ORCHESTRA
MAKES A_BIG HIT
Delights Weeksville Audi
ence and Will Give
Other Concerts
Wecksville, D?c. 5. ? Garbed
la attractive uniform* of black I
and gold, tho Elizabeth City High
School orchestra presented a high
ly pleasing concert before a large
audience here Friday evening.
The program of muaic Included |
latest Jazz numbers, popular mu
sic. and selections from light op- i
era, as well as comic numbers and j
the entire concert was well re
celved with repeated applause.
Those who had not heard the \
young artists before were greatly
surprised at the skill and ability of <
Joseph Kramer and Bobbie Fear- i
|ing, popular violin soloists of the j
I orchestra. Bobble Fearing ren
I dered the Rondo from DeBerlot's '
violin concerto In A Minor., Jo-'
'soph Kramer, the dainty Gavotte,
from Mignon. Both were received
with round after round of ap
plause.
Another number that took un
usually well and proved decidedly
I popular was the Spanish Tango by
! Miss Katherlne Mann and Wilson
J Sanders. Miss Mann wore a beau- 1
tif ul Spanish shawl and there was
' a touch of realism in the blending
of costume, music and dance. This
number was made possible by the j
capable supervision of Miss Fran
ces Wood of tho Elizabeth City |
High School faculty.
i Hardly less popular was the \
Gypsy Love song presented near
I the close of the program In which 1
j Tommy Williams with the cornet
and Bobby Fearing with the violin
were accompanied by the orches
tra.
Much fun and lauithter came
wlttf the presentation of a raual-i
cal comedy by Josepii Krnmor and
Bobble Fearing, In which young]
Kramer made a decided hit with '
the audience In the role of an Im- j
patient and restless German music
teacher dealing with a tardy and j
stupid pupil.
Another popular number was
"No Man's Mama" presented by j
Jehu Hickman and the orchestra, j
The male sextette also came In for
Its share of applause with "Let ?
Me Call You 8woetheart" and oth- 1
er well known numbers.
The Washington and Leo Swing ;
was the last number on tho pro
gram handed out and the orches
tra personnel followed this selec- j
tlon by singing "Good Night. Peo- ?
pie" which ended the performance. I
Miss Eva Walston accompanied 1
the orchestra at the piano. Miss i
Ethel Jones directed.
The Elizabeth City High School I
orchestra Is well received at ev- 1
. ery performance In which they ap- ?
pear and their fame Is growing In
the Albemarle. It Is understood ,
that concerts are being booked
with Hertford and Edenton.
NAMED FROM WEST >
ON SHIPPING BOARD
Washington. Dec. B. ? Respond- 1
Ing to a request by President ,
C'oolldge that he present the nsme
of a Democrat and Republican for i
I the place, Senator Mr Nary, Re-'
publican of Oregon, today en
dorsed Frank L. Bhull. Repuhlf
can. and Marshall N. Dana. I>em- ,
, of rat. as satisfactory candidates
for member of the shipping board
Trora the Pacific Coast.
LaFOLLETTE ABSENT
FROM CONFERENCE
Washington, D*c. 6. ? Senator
IjftFollette of Wlaconaln, whose !
right to a place In the Republican
State Councils hss been a subject
.of controversy among "old guard"
leaders, sbsented himself today
*
Conference to be held since
election.
KNOCKED OFF DIALS
AND GOT THE CASH I
Billlwatar. Mian . Dm. I. ?
Burglar, knmkad oft tho dial, of,
thr? ranlta in Stillwater Poat Of
flea aarlr today and aarapad with
approximately $10,000 la atampa
BURGESS WOULD 1
BUILD THEATER
OF S1XSTORIES
Alkrumu Theater Manager
Offers Views on How
City's Playhouse Need
Should Be Met
ABUNDANT ROOM NOW
Seating Capacity No Bar
rier to Good Shows, He
Declares ; Would Have
Offices on Upper Floors
A thoroughly modern orfico
building of perhaps six stories,
with an attractive motion picture
theater on the first floor, together
with one or more stores, as the
frontage might permit, and the
whole financed by probably 25
local Investors, would prove the
bent moans of giving this city
the sort of amusement house It
needs, in the opinion of Shelby
Burgess, manager of the Alkrama
Theater.
Such a proposition would pay,
and would pay well. Mr. Burgess
thinks. He suggests that It would
not be at all difficult to fill the
offices In such a building, pro
vided It was of fireproof construc
tion and equipped with modern
facilities and conveniences.
"It's not a question of room
with us," Mr. Burgess commented,
when asked about the feasibility
of bringing good shows here regu
larly. "And It Isn't a case of
inadequate stage space. Our
stage is standard. We wouldn't
have a larger one. no matter what
sort of a theater might be built.
"The troubles, we can't make
worth while MP*s pay here. We
just can't get enough folks at the
prices we have to charge for sach
shows. In the whole time we've
run this theater, only once have
we had to turn people away. That
was when the Roanoke Island pic
ture was shown, and everybody In
town turned out for It.
"When the most popular home
talent show given here packs the
hoase two nights, and only takes
In $1,200, yon can see the posi
tion we must take when we have
an opportunity to get a good ahow
that will cost us 91.000 for a sin
gle night. It Just can't be done
at present."
! In further stressing this point,
Mr. Burgess explained that "Ha
waiian Nights," a high class musi
cal comedy, lacked two entire rows
of filling the house. And It was
not priced excessively high, even
from the standpoint of those of
modest means.
Mr. Burgess at present Is busy
undertaking to work out a sched
ule whereby Elisabeth City and
perhaps two other nearby cities
may be linked in a circuit to give
each two nights of worth while en
tertainment each week. Such an
arrangement, he explains, would
rut down the cost of booking the
companies to a point where, by
combining,' 'all three playhouses
might be able to afford It.
WHS0NHEADS
KIWANK CLUB
County Keprenrntative Ii
Honored by tVIlow Mem
ber of Civic Group
J. Kenyon Wilson, attorney and
representative of Pasquotank
County In the General Assembly,
was elected president of the Elis
abeth City Kiwants Club at the
annual meeting of the organisa
tion Prlday night. He succeeds
C. It. Pugh. also an attorney.' Af
ter the business session. Mr. Pugh
entertained at an enjoyable oys
ter roast.
Other officers elected were:
Harry O. Kramer, first vice pres
ident ; John H. Hall, Jr., second
vice president; J. H. LeRoy. Jr.,
trustee; and C. W. Oalther. W. E.
Griffin. M. P. Jennings. C .R. Lit
tle, J. C. Sawyer. W. P. Skinner,
Dr. S. H. Templeman and Dr. C.
B. Williams, directors.
The buslnees meeting closed
with the reading of reports cov
ering the past year's activities of
the club. Both business and so
clal sessions were held In the
Kramer planing mill warehouse.
The club endorsed the move
ment for the eradication of tuber
culosis among cattle, and appoint
ed a committee comprising Dr. C.
B. Williams. State Senator P. H.
Williams and O. R. Little to ap
pear before the Board of County
Commissioners to urge adoption of
a campaign for eradication of the
disease.
The commissioners will be
asked to make aa appropriation
to supplement State and Federal
assistance la the work at their
regular meeting Monday. En
dorsement had been given the
movement by the Woman's Clnb
and the Rotarlans.
GERMAN CABINET HAS
OFFERED RESIGNATION
Berlin, Dec *. ? Tit, Oeraua
Cabinet heeded br 'henrellor
Lotker rwtcned toder.
Senator Williams Urges
Merger of Two Counties
To Promote Development
Slate Senator P. H. Wllltama. of]
this city, again is actively urging j
the conaolldatlon of Camden and '
Pasquotank counties with a view |
to the construction of an adequate
system of hardsurfaced highways
In the former county. He con
tends that property values In Cafti- ?
den will Increase overnight when !
such a paving system Is undertak
en. and that ultimately both coun- -
ties would benefit Incalculably by j
the merger.
Senator Williams Is advocating;
the plan despite the fact that'
when he first advanced It several |
years ago. opponents of the idea |
nearly lynched him. as he puts It.
This opposition is undrstood to
have come largely from office
holders and politicians who would
stsnd to lose heavily by the elim
ination of one set of county off!- 1
ces.
"There are hundreds of acres '
of farmlands In lower Camden
County that are as rich as can be
found In this part of the country,"
Mr. Williams holds, "and where
these lands at present are selling
at around 4&0 an acre, the min
, ute you stsrt a paved highway
I through that section, you will in
crease that valuo to 9100 an
,acre."
j Camden County, with no large
towns and a strictly agricultural
I population. Is unable to finance a
I hardsurfaced highway program at
! present, according to Mr. Wil
liams. who explains that. In order
to Issue bonds in any substantial
amount It would be necessary to
Injrretise the county's tax rate to a
prohibitive figure ? perliapa as
hl-th as $?? per $100 property val
uation. Pasquotank's present rato
la 11.11. with tho County paying
tar something like a million dol
lars worth of highway bonds.
Taxable property values In
O^mden County at present aggre
dfcte three million dollars, as
airalnst twenty million in Pasquo
tank. Although Camden at pres
ent Is too poor to undertake to
ngN*t its highway needs. Senator
Williams contends that by com
bining the two counties and elim
inating the expense of one county's
government, or materially reduc
ing it. the two counties Jointly
Afford to put across u highway
program that would go far to
ward the development of the Al
bemarle section as a whole.
Senator Williams' opposition
ha* not been confined to the poli
ticians. according to persons who
remember the reaction to his mer
ger suggestion when it wan first
advanced. Many conservative in
dividuals In both counties,
alarmed by the prospect of an ex
penditure which might mean a
genera! Increase In taxes, fought
lit as bitterly as nnyone else. He
? holds. however, that tho joint
{property valuation resulting from
the proposed consolidation would
jbe sufficient to guarantee that
the additional taxation would full
'lightly on the shoulders of all.
Haughty liner
CARRIES SALMON
Prince Eilel Frederic
Which Sank First U. S.
Boat Now Useful
1Cm>>I?L IMS. fcf T?# M?mnI
Seattle. Wub., Dec. 5. ? Like
some notorious person who has
?lipped Into obllTfon and donned a
disguise of mean appearanco. the
once proud and haughty liner
Prince Eltel Frederick, which
sank the first American boat dur- :
Ing the world war. Is now carry
Ins salmon between Seattle and
Alaska. She haa been entirely re
painted and even her name has
been changed. Otsego Is the sim
ple word adorning her prow. Jap
anese and Chinese roustabouts oc
cupy the royal suite whose velvet
canopied bed once guarded the
slumbers of a prince. Barefoot
jaallore shoot dice on decka whose
Jonre polished surfaces rang to the
click of an emperor's heels.
II was the William Frye, a boat
from 8eattle loaded with wheat
for England, which waa sunk by
the Eltel In 1914. When the Unit
ed State entered the war the liner
was seised and lnteraed on the 1
eastern coast. The shipping board
? sold has to Llbby, McNeil and
! Llbby and she la now In operation
I between here and Alaaka. taking
[workers up In the spring for the
salmon canneries, bring them back
In the fall and carrying thousands
I of caaes of canned salmon.
Moored In Puget Sound, the
I Eitel Frederic Is among a number
! of ships to whose masts romance
and adventure cling. Peary's
! Rooaevelt, known as the North i
'Pole discovery ship, haa been con
certed Into a tug and goea about
Its prosaic dutlea as though It nev
,er was a part of one of the most
thrilling adventures In history.
| Amundsen's Boat, Maud, re
cently arrived here after being
locked In Arctic loe for three
'years. The Maud is to be sold at
auction to pay debts Incurred on
? the trip.
! And what talea could be told by
'the old trading schooner Equator
In which Robert I>oula Stevenson
used to sail tha south seas, search
ilng for health and finding mater
' lal for colorful atorles. Now the
old schooner Ilea In the harbor
with a ruminative affd satisfied
! look, content to let tiny ripple*
1 murmur around a prow which
once rut throagh sapphire seaa
bound for Isles of enchantment
Among such has been's the
Eltel Frederic now finds herself. ?
snd In no position to be disdain
I fol.
NAVAL OFFICER DIES
| Newport. Rhode Island, Dec. 6
Ca Plata Ortoa P. Jackson, com
msndlng officer of the Navsl |
[Training Station here and Presl- .
'dent of the Court of Inquiry Inves
tigating the sinking of the H-51,
died today at Roosevelt Hospltsl.
New York, sccordlng to word re
ceived here. Ills death waa caused
by high blood pressure.
WOIII.ll STRENGTHEN
HAWAIIAN DEFENSES
Waahlnaloa. Dm. (. ? Material
^tranjtf hanInK of Hawllan fortifi
cations la liiond by Ik* Hova*
Naval CnaimlttM which racaatlr
?laltad t h? Uland aad la aipectad 1
to bamm. part of tha coaaltt??'a j
profram at (k? comtaj aaaalon
WALL STREET IS
ALLA-BLOSSOM
M -Hunger Boys and Tired |
O rks Spending (IhriHt* i
maH Bonutteti
H ROWLAND WOOD 1
11? yf1?t. int. ?* TM MltM)
New York. Dec. 5.? Wall Street
has b< Kun to blossom with $15 j
i week messenger boys, sporting
j hundred dollar suit* and tired fa
Iced clerks easing themselves to j
and from work In shiny new auto- '
' mobiles. In the parlance of the j
| street. they aro "discounting"
i their Christmas bonuses which are
expected to set a new high record
this year.
It's a bit of a gamble, of
coarse, this spending of your
Christmas money beforo you got;
It. But hundreds of workers In '
the financial district huve been '
doing It for years. And more of .
them than ever aro said to be do- i
lng It this year. They have vis
ions of an extra fat and Jolly santn '
claus with sn extra large sleigh
drawn by sleek bulls and bears, >
driving down Wall 8treet this
' month and scattering largest right j
and left.
Should Santa of the street fall
to arrive as per schodule, more
than one Wall Street worker
would be "in hock" all through
1926. But there Is every Indica
tion that the early bonus spend
ers have guessed right. Assum- 1
Ing that December will be even
an average month In the street,
the year of 192f> will go down in
history as the biggest commission
year yst experienced. And when j
Wall 8treet makes big money It
invariably gives big bonuses to |
j the cogs that make the wheels go ,
round ? bonuses ranging all the j
, way from 10 to 100 per cent of a j
year's salary.
Roughly speaking the six hun- (
dred houses holding memberships
on the New York Stock Kxchsngos
will collect commission this yoar
on trades In 450.000. 000. shares of
stock. Thst figures out something '
like $67,600,000 on these trans- 1
actions alone. Add to that the j
commissions on bond sales, the !
commission" on sales on the curb
and the Consolidated exchanges
and the profits accruing from sago ,
speculations, which members of j
many firms made In the reci if
boiling "bull" mnrkot and you get
a total which will run well over
$106,000. The big banks have
had an equally prosperous yonr
and they, too, aro expected by
their employes to "kick In" quite ,
handsomely.
SYRIAN SITUATION IS
BETTER SAYS REPORT i
, Washington. Dec. &. ? The sit- 1
.nation In flyrls has so Improved i
thst the American Government Is I
considering the withdrawal of !
two destroyers sent to Beirut to
proteei American Interests.
YOUNG BOB TO ISSUE
STATEMENT SUNDAY
Washington. Dec. S.--Instesd
I of scceptlng the invitation to con
fer with the Ifepubllcsn members
of the (folate today. Senator 1*
Toilette met Wisconsin Insurgent
members of the House and sftor
wsrd announced that a statement
'meeting the Issue squarely"
would be Issued tomorrow.
MEETING SEEMS I
BE ON VERGE OF
GREATRESULTS
Many Appeared l>r on'
Brink of DeeWion Friday |
Niglit as Invitation Make'
Surrender Extended
LEADS TOFEOEliATION
Dr. Fullrr Gives Parting
Message to Organized
Laymen in Prayer Scr-i
vice Saturday Morning
The evangelistic services inaug
urated two wej<s ago at the First,
Daptlst Churcn norm to be ap-j
proachinK their .season of harvejt
with possibilities of a notable In* (
leathering of new converts during
the reuialnliiK services.
Two - pit-Hen ted themselves for
church membership Friday night,
more came forward to shake Dr.
Fuller m hand, ami there were* oth
er manifestations of Interest. A
palpable stir of deep feellnu In the
audience, munlfest during the In
vitation period Friday ulght,
reached It* height when members
of the Men's Christian Federation
of Klisabeth City stood to testify
that they had experienced In their
own hearts the new creation and
the new Joy nnd satlHfaction In
living that l>r. Fuller had
preAched about, and many there
were in the audience so Visibly af
fected that they H4?emed on the
very brink of decision to surren
der their lives to Him who said
"Come unto me all ye that labor
ntttl are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest."
Saturday morning Dr. Fuller's
farewell talk to the Men's Chris*
tlan Federation made the regular
mornltiK prayer service a particu
lar tender and spiritual service.
Attendance at the federation ser
vices has shown a marked In
crease during the First Baptist re
vival and e\ery ilgB Indicates a
deepened Interest iu the work of
the federation on the part of its
i members as a result of the mcet
iqg. ?
Dr. Fuller's theme Friday
night was God's unwillingness
that any soul should porlsh. and
he told how all that Divine
Strength, Divine Wisdom and Di
vine Ix>ve could do to keep men
from destruction had been done;
but pointed out that, despite all
God's rich prolusion In mercy and
pardon for the unsaved, man as a
sovereign creation could be saved
only of his own volition, that not
even Cod can force a man into the
Kingdom of heaven, and that to
bring the unfit Into the Kingdom
would be to turn heaven itself In
to something else.
Among the evidences of God's
unwillingness that any man
should perlnh Dr. FuKer named
conscience, the presence In power
among men of God's Holy Spirit,
the Divine Revelation In the
Hook, and the Cross. He was
careful to make it clear that the
conscience Is a reliable guide only
when its promptings are weighed
In the light of Cod's Word.
"God has done His part," said
the preacher In conclusion. "Hut
you must do yours. You must
come to Jesus. Will you do thst
while we sing? Come to Him and
He will in no wise cast you out.
Come to Him and And salvation
full nnd free. 1 'Tia only Heaven
that Is given away. 'TIs only God
msy be had for the asking'."
Miners Emerge
Alive From Tomb
Kederland. Colorado. Dec. ft.? *?
Twenty two miners entombed In
the flaming aubtorranean passage
of the Fairvlew mine near here
emerged today from their under
ground tomb alive.
Clubber?
This man, Robert Aiitunt of To- <
Irdo, Ohio, wan arreted on au*- j
j.lrion "f Mlf the "clubber",
who hiui attacked nine women In
th? faahionablo rcnlricnce district
! of that city. Ho wan found wan
derlna In the wood* near town.
| bin handa bloody and carrying A
hammer. Now. however, pollc
doubt that he i* the gullly party.
ion \ t:i. i \nt:n
LOSES IN SUIT
While Plalnn, New York,
IW. iWLraurd Kip Kliine
IiiimIit, wraith) member o( a
New York family, loot IiIh an
nulment nu it against liU mu
lutto wife, Alice Beatrice Jonen,
In a verdict returned today by
the Jury which heard the rn?ei
Annwm favorable to Mr*.
Hhimianiler were returned to
Nil ?iue?tlonM except the flrat
and seventh. The flmt, that of
whether Mi*. Rhtnelamler wm
of colored blood nt the time of
the marriage, luul been eon
mlini by the ilefenne. Tl?e Jury
made no answer to the neventh
question, "Did the plaintiff co
habit with the defendent after
he obtained full knowledge that
the defendant wan of colored
blood."
The Jury In annwer to five
other quentlons found Mr*.
Khlnetamler did not deeelve her
hunhand either positively or
negatively an to colored bl<?od,
that nhe did not conceal thin
fact to Induce the plaintiff to
marry her and that lie would
have married her even had he
known that nho wan of colored
blood. After receiving the
Jury'n verdict J unt ice Mor
Hchauner renerved bin decision.
RABBIT TOLD A
COLORFUL TALE
"Innoccnt" Bystander in<
Dunce Ilall Riot lit
Found Guilty
Carryings on at a dance hall for |
negroes on Harney street, between
Cypress and Bell, last Monday ;
night were aired In recorder's!
court Friday morning when Wll- ;
11a ((Jrownson) Smith and llrax
ton (Itabblt) Barber, both well I
known in court clrclea, were be
fore County Judge 8awyer on
charges of asaault and of being
drunk and disorderly.
Grown son got a floe of $6 and
costs on each charge. a total of 1
1 10 and costs, while Rabbit, who j
protested that he was a aort of
Innocent bystander, was let off
with 95 and costs, the court find
ing insufficient evidence to convict
him of drunkenness.
The story ss unravelled by wit
nesses for the State was that as
two colored girls started to go
home from the dance, Grownson
objected to the departure of one
and aougbt forcibly to detain her,
slapping her with force enough to
make her jaw swell as they were
going down the steps. Johnnie
Coefteld, who had stopped up to
take the girls' part was then
seized around the neck by Grown
son and the two went to the floor
tOMt her. Coefteid on top. Coc
fleld extricated himself and seems
to have been escorting the girls
home when they were overtaken
by Grownson and several others
In Babbit's car. As the csr caught
up with the trio. It stopped and
the pack set out upon Coefleld's
trail like hounds in full cry, yell
ing to the accompaniment of a
number of expletives. "Kill him.
kill h|in." Coefleld Sought refuge
in a nearby houao and escaped.
The entertaining narrative told
by Rabbit, who made a plea of not
guilty and took the stand In his
own behalf, was (hat, after the
wrestling bout between Coefleld
and Orownson. he was Informed
that Grownson'a leg hsd been
sprained or broken and was asked
to tske him to the doctor. Let
Rabbit spesk for himself:
"I Jumped In my csr," he tes
. tlfl"d. and four or flve of 'em lift
ed Grownson Into the seat side of
me. I thought his leg was broke
sho' nuff. We started to the doc
tor's. but when we csught up with
Johnnie snd the girls, Grownson
ssld he wa nt going to no doctor's
and he Jumped out and run after
Johnnie as If nothing a'tall was
the matter with him. The rest of
the crowd followed him. I got
up and went to where the girls
were hollerln' murder, and that's
all I done."
Severs) Htste's wltnoss. how
ever. testified otherwise, snd Rsh
blt's colorful story fslled to get
by County Judge Sawyer.
Houston Mitchell, son of Kd.
Mitchell, proprietor of the Caro
lina Hotel, submitted to a charge
of enterlna ? pool room under the
legal age snd was ftned 95 and
Costa.
CDOIJDCE KEPI J ICS
TO PRESIDENT LEWIS
Washington. P?c. 5. ? President
l-oolfriftc announced In a formal
[statement today that he had ro
piled to the complaint of John L.
; Lewis regarding bituminous wage
scales but preferred not to disclose
the nature of his reply.
FORMKR KMI'KKHM VIA
Brussels. Dec. I.? -Former Em
press charlotte of Mexico Is grave
ly III. It Is reported that she Is
?Inking rspkfly.
Clifton Ranch of Kdenton was
Id the city Thursdsy.
COURT HEARING
ON FORD PARTY
SET FOR MONDAY
Dfffmo Krqupxl for Jury
Trial Results in Second
I)p|ay in Dinpoaal of Sci^
rational Case
( :i? iw d DisAiTOimro
Courthouse Thronged to
Doors by Curioua Onea
Hopeful Hearing PutrW
and Pornographic Detail?
A request for a Jury trUjbjr
LuunRMl representing Jess R- Ford,
seven maacullne and four fculn*
Ine gueata charged with varlona
offenses n? a reault of a police
raid on Ford'a homo early laat
[Sunday morning, resulted In con
tinuance of the caac until Monday
morning when it cam? up la re
corder's court this morning.
I There was a disposition on the
part of the court to ?et the hear
ing for Tuesday Instead of Mon
j day because of the fact that Bi^i
urday is a busy day for the police
department and it might not b?
convenient Saturday to detail a
man to summon the Jurors. Thla
brought a sugRoatlon from Ua
'?counsel for the defense that, while
Tuesday would not do, they wonlo
j be glad to wait until next Baler
d,"Th?t'? putting It off too ion*.''
?aid County Judge Saw y?r. H
has been put off Ion* enough al
ready. We could have triad tho
case today had you gentleman ad
vised us. when you asked for con
Itlnuance last Monday, that you
would today aak for a trial ?y
Jury. We'll try this caaa Moa
| Immediately upon the eottrt'a.
order of continuance, a diaa#
" pointed crowd filed out or
I courthouse, which waa m_
1 the doors by folks who exp
the berlng of scnaatlonal a
In connection with the ?J'<
1 wild party which led to the I* ar
r0*"They look v like busaarda
robbed of their feast." raqriHH
one cynical observer, as the plain
ly dUappoln ted crowd made Ue
l way downstairs from the court
house auditorium to the street.
| Twenty-four names were drawn
from the lury box by Judge P. O.
Sawyor. and from theee ? jBiyoI
12 la to be chosen. Contlnuaoce
of the case was granted to allow
time for summoning them. Tho
potential Jurora are:
8. A. McPheraon. C. H. HarrH,
8. 8. Burgess. J. T. Crata, O. L.
Owens, George C. Smith. 8. ??
William,. 11. H- Satryw. C P.
White, Konyon Bailey, C. D. Wal
lop, J. W. Betta. J. w. ABdcrtBB.
Edaon Carr, C. 1'. HarrU. L. b.
Morrlaette, C. h. Lasslter, J. B.
Jenkins. 8r? P. D. Ivea. C. D. Har
ris. J. J. Bunch, W. K. D**la. Van
D. Sawyer, and John O. Pinner.
Tho name of W. T. Deans, fath
er of Wilfred Deana, one of tBB
defendants, was drawn In the
course of proo-odlngs, but WBB
dropped, both sides agrafUC I*
was evident that he would not b?
permitted to serve, by reaaoB BT
the kinship. .
Five warrants have boan laMM
the defendants. All 1J ?rc
cuaed of disorderly conduct ana
the use of profano and lodeonB
language. Ten are charted WHO
gambling, two with immorality,
and one. J. R. Ford, with "P*'
atlng a disorderly houao and vio
i latlon of the liquor laws,
i Proaccutlng Attorney 1-elWy
announced on behalf of the
I that he preferred to try all tho
rases at one time; and P. W .MB
Mullan. of counsel for the deraBSB.
s a reed to such a conaoUdaUoa
with the purpoae of saving tlma.
and with the stipulation that ?B?l
rase should be disposed of " ?*?"
arate from the others. Tho defenws
entered a plea of not guilty OS ftU
counts. ...in
1 The defendants are representee
1 bv Aydlett it Simpson and by Mr.
McMullan. J C. B Ehrlngh.ua
Is apitearlng for >ord alnna.
All eight of the inaacullna Ae
fendants were preseBt In IB
eourtromn at the opening of tho
rase this morning, but non? of tl
four young women wero the
Mr. McMullan explaining that,
view of the Intention of tho
fense to aak for a Jury trial,
through tho apparent I
Ity of dlapoalng of Ihe
morning, their presence wbb
neceaaary. This rxplsnatloB
accepted l>y tha aoBPt.
, The court ordered that w
Topping, ona of the accused,
taken Into custody throBgh
fact that he had no bond, a
eoverlag the |(0 Impoaod
gone 10 protest. Topping.
from Newport Newa, arran
Isfactory bond Ister.
tor ion MMtKWr tj.
. New York, Dec. t. <*>ttoa fB'
lurea opened today at tho folk*
Ins levels: Dec.
March t? ??. May >????? ,n
L New York, Dec.
ton rloeed quiet middling
a dBcllne of IH polBta.
rloalng bid: Doe. M.ll. J
March It. 41, May 1
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