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VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING.' DECEMBER 7, 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 308 Detail By Detail Officers Relate the Story of Their Raid on House Jess R. Ford All Defendant* in (W Ex cept One of Youtif* Wo men Present at ()|>eiiiii? of Court Today ^ LONG FIGHT BEGINS Selection of Jurors Proven 1 Difficult Task, With 72 Perem ptory ( '.liallriig<*? Perinis?il)le Detail by detail. Elizabeth City police officers today related their version of that much discussed raid on the liom* of J*1** R. Ford. County highway engineer, which resulted in the arrest of Ford and 11 guests early Sunday morning, I November 20. As a result of that raid. Ford. Mr. snd Mrs. W. C. Topping, bar ker Morgan, Wilfred Deans, W . W. Dudley, William Cotter. Frank Payne. Harry C. Jones and three unmarried young women faced a i variety of charges In recorder's j court today. All 12 of the defendants are charged with disorderly conduct and profane and Indecent lan guage. Al> except Deans and one j of the unmarried Klrls are accused of gambling. Deans and this girl , are charged with Immorality. Ford Is accused of having liquor unlawfully In his possession, and ?with maintaining a disorderly house. i Selection of the jury was com pleted at 11 o'clock. The cast had been called on the Monday after the raid, had been postponed then until laBt Saturday, and had been contlnuod again until today when the defense aBkcd for a Jury tr'll. R. Chappell. living on West Church street, and Ford's nearest neighbor, was the State's first witness when court reconvened at 2:30 o'clock this arternoon. He testified that for about two and one-half months he had observed men and women going to Ford s home from 9 o'clock until as late as midnight, and that ho had seen people up over there as late aB - o'clock In the morning. Mr. Chappell told also of hav ing been awakened at 1:30 o'clock in the morning, and of having then seen two women on tin porch, and three or four men. As one of the men started b#ck Into the house, lie Baid, ho heard him call out, "Louise." Later, be de clared. he heard a sound as though dishes were falling and then soundB of laughter. On cross-examination, ho ad mitted that was the only occasion on which he was awakened by noises at Ford's home. Raymond U. Sheely and 1- . r ? Garrett. West Church street resi dents, testified in similar vein de claring that the Ford residence was the scone of gay parties late ly to all hours or sometimes all through the night. "Goodnight, I'll see you at 4 o'clock In the morning," Sheely testified that he heard a woman s voice call on the night of and prior to the raid. Kleveii on Hand All the defendants wero In court this morning, except one who is a resident of Newport News. She is accused with the eleven others on counts alleging disorderly conduct and the use of Indecent language. Wllh nine others she Is charged also with gambling. Attorney IV W. McMullan. of counsel for the defense, In explain ing her absence stated that her father, who Is employed on a boat, was at home for the first time In about a year, and that she would not have another opportunity to Kee him for perhaps a year long er. He stated that counsel for the defense was willing to waive her presence and permit her to ?n?ue In whatever Judgment might be j meted out to the others named Jointly with her In the warrants against her. County Ju/lg* P ? Sawyer, however, refused to waive her ap pearance In court, and gavo her the usual ten days to appear In coart and explain her failure to be present. In the event she does not. her bond of l&O be 'or* felted. The other three young women were on hand st the opening of proceedings, snd watched the se lection of the Jury with obvious Interest. This was a tedious pro cess, because of the widespread In terest In tho case, and discussion of It. and by reason of the excep tionally large number of peremp tory challenges allowed, because t of the number of the defendants. Four of these challenges are al lowed the defense for each defen dant, or 4* In alt. and two were allowed the Stale for each, or 2 4 for all. making a grand total of 71 permissible peremptory chsl- 1 lP,The orlglnsl panel of 2 4 Jury-' men drswn at the opening of the case Saturday morning had been exhausted todsy at 10:05 o'clock,, and Chief of Police Holmes be?sn calling Jurora from among the court spectators. Attorney Eh rlnghaus. of the defense, objected; to Holmes' summoning addltlonsl jurors, because of the chleTa p?>" sonaT Interest la tb* case, and the Job wu turned over lo Sheriff Car ol lue. Chief Talks First Chief of Police Holmes, leader of Ihe raiding party, whs first , called to the stand. He told of j having gone out to Ford's house ? oil West Church street Saturday ; niRht. November 28. at about II o'clock, and of having heard wo- , men "squealing" and men talking : while a graphophone played nier- 1 rlly. Returning downtown, the chief added, ho got l'ollce Officers i Houghton. Harris and Uasnight ! and went back to Ford's. The officers made their way to the edge of the porch. Holmes | went on. observing that the cur- ! talus were down on all the win dows on the ground floor, and , that the upper Btory and the attic were lighted up brightly. He sent 1 Harris and Ilasnlght to the rear of the hou*;>, he said, while he and Houghton listened a while at the front. He testified he heard several inside speak of having lost money, and that he heard profane I language also, and a snapping of ! fingers which he likened to the sounds accompanying a crap game. The defense objected at this Juncture, and the reference to crap was stricken out by the | court. "One said he'd lost his last dol lar.'" the chief testified. "Another, that he had been rolled out of a dollar, and still another said he had lost more than auybody 1 else." t'pon knocking at the door. Holmes continued. It was opened by Dudley, who departed quickly when the chief asked for Ford. A number of those in the front room, he Baid, hastened to the i rear of the house, and a few mo ments later, Morgan came to the door. When the chief again re 1 quested Ford's presence, Morgan ; went after him, and Ford prompt ly appeared, looked at the war rant, and told Holmes to go ahead. "Could Smell Liquor" Houghton ' went upstairs, Holmes stated, and he sent Har ris up behind him a little later. The chief expressod the opinion that many of thone present had been drinking, explaining that he could "smell liquor all around." and observed several glasses on the dining table. Deans, he de clared, was under the Influence of liquor, adding that he met this defendant on the stairway from the second floor. Ford, the police chief contin ued. asked him if he couldn't let them all get by that time, but he refused the request. Several of the young women made the same request later, he said, adding that Topping reinforced a similar plea with an assertion that he was a member of the Newport News po lice force.? -In this connection. Holmes declared they all patted him on the shoulder. He said he I saw Deans shaking hands with Harris and Houghton, and heard him telling them they were good fellows, but that he (Holmes) was decidedly not, emphasizing it with a highly uncomplimentary descriptive term. f lolng upstairs Intq the utile Holmes testified, Deanff accompan ied him and pointed out a five-gal lon keg, saying, "Here's all the liquor." The officer testified he also found two gallon kegs, one dry and the other containing a little liquor, and stated the five gallon keg was about half full. After he had put the 12 und<r bond, the chief continued, he was requested to leave the liquor there, but refused to do so. Deans, he declared, was in his shirt tlleeves and had on no shoes. In one room upstairs, he went on, he foflnd a "wallowed" bed. but beds In the other rooms apparent ly had not been occupied. IU?]iuiatton hmin' House The chief also testified to hav ing seen seven automobiles parked at the rear of the house In such 1 fashion that they could /iot be seen readily from the street. Asked about the reputation of Ford's home, he said he had heard that many women went there, and tales that there was drinking and "loud hollering and squealing" between !> o'clock at night and 3 o'clock In the morning. In answer to a question. Holmes stated he found no gambling "utensils." and saw none. He teg tified that, upon approaching the home, he had heard sounds of hilarity from a distance of about 150 feet. On cross examination, the wit*, ness admitted he heard no sound? Indicating gambling, or any pro fane language, on the occasion of his first visit to the vicinity of i Ford's home on the night of the raid. On his second visit, he said he saw men and women leathered about a settee In a front room, admitting that he observed noth- I Ing to indicate any serious Im propriety. Everybody except Dean* wan polite, he declared, adding that Deans later spolo- 1 glxed to him. "No bottled In bond about thai," Judge !\ O. .Sawyer com mented after a long whiff at the liquor figuring In the ease. Asked to qualify as an expert on the age of the stuff. Holmes declared he didn't know how old It was. Testimony at to the evidence upon which the immorality charge (CoBflQU?0 op pafe 4) FIVE HUNDRED TURNED AWAY ON LAST NIGHT Keeord (Iruwd at First Baptist Church Hears Dr. 1 Fuller Preach Final Ser mon of Series TWENTY-SIX ADDITIONS, Ami New Members Also For Other Congregations of City, But This Only Small I'art V isible Results Tweuty-slx additions to the church, with 1 1 of those coming in by baptism, two additions for the First Methodist Church, and one for Black well Memorial wen* the not results, up to Sunday night. in way of increased mem bership, of the two weeks' revival services which closed at the First Baptist Church Sunday niKht. The 1 preacher was Dr. Ellis A. Fuller | of Atlanta. Liven on a basis of visible re- j suits, the Increase In membership j represents but a small part of what was accomplished through the mooting. For Instance, there were W. T. Love, Sr., and J. J. White, both members of the offi- 1 clal family of the church but es- 1 tranged for many months, who j stood before the groat congregn tion at the Sunday night service and publicly acknowledged mutu-l al foreglvenoss and reconciliation. Thia Is a striking example, but It Is more or less typical of the ef-| feet of the meeting throughout the congregation. As the individ ual members have been drawn through the services nearer to i their common Lord and Master they have been drawn nearer to each other. Hundreds Turned Away To speak of the throng at the First Baptist Church Sunday night 1 as a great congregation Is to use words in their real significance. Never did such a multitude flock to the Old Flrat Baptist Church, not even to hear Billy Sunday when that world-famed evangel ] 1st spoke from Ita pulpit during I his last meetings in Norfolk. The {auditorium waa packed to its walla, the alslea narrowed to a width to accommodate hardly I more than one person. The big rostrum which had beea erected for the revival chorua waa like wise packed, and even into unoc cupied corners of the choir loft crowded listeners who had never jnung a note. As for the crowd in the annex, that stretched far and away back Into the Sunday achool auditorium farther than one could look from the choir loft. When the Invitation came at the conclusion of the sermon those who filled the crowded front seats I could And standing room only and I that on the roatrum when they ! made way for those who came for ward to make the Great Surren der. And besides those who found , seats or standing room somewhere In the building it Is estimated that ' 500 people were turned away at the doors. ! When the Invitation had closed and the new membera had been received there was a gracious af ter-meeting of farewell, choir and congregation signing Dr. Ful ler's favorite hymn, "The tolls of the road will seem nothing when we get to the end of the way." A (iraeloiis Farewell Dr. Fuller then expressed his appreciation of the co-operation given him by the Christian con gregations of the city during the meeting, of the hospitality of the Templeman home where he had 1 been entertained, of the support of the Men's Christian Federation, and of tne reports of the meeting carried dally by The Advance. He praised in highest terms the sing ing. saying that he had never seen it so good anywhere that he had been except In cases where he was accompanied by a trained choir leader. "If all the churches had choir leaders like yours," he said. "I'd never ask for another trained choir leader to go with ;mo." "I have known Ellis Fuller from boyhood." said Dr. Samuel H. Templeman. pastor of the church, stepping forward to the front of the rostrum. I knew that iu Inviting him here I was making no mistake, and now I am sure that you are of the same opinion. "Ellis has been preaching this week under rather trying clrcum stances. I am sure that all of you will appreciate this when 1 1 read something that Mrs. Temple man and 1 received In the mall { the other day. Here it is: " 'Mr. and Mrs. William Austen , Baton request the honor of your presence at the marriage of their . daughter, Elliabeth, to Dr. Ellis Adams Fuller, on Thursday. De cember 17, 1125, eight o'clock. Flrat Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina.' "You are all Invited." conclud ed Dr. Templeman. "And we?r your drees suits and come to the reception eftdr the ceremony," added Dr. Fuller,? "and don't forget to pray for the lady." ?X)TTON MARKMr New York. Dec. 7.--Spot cot-, ton cloeed quiet, middling 20. SI, a decline of ten points, Futuree, | cloalng bid: Dec. 20.01, Jan. lft.49, March 11.41, May 10.04/ July lf.M. Members of the Woman'* Clob are busily trying to veil tickets to Thursday night's concert, which la to be given by the All 81aters Quartette In the High School tu dltorium. The Music I>epartment of tho club sponsored thia lyceum course, believing that the public would j support the project because this town is known for lta love of mu- ' ale. Prominent North Carolina worn- j en attending the V. D. C. eon- , vention this fall in Elisabeth City! were amazed and delighted with the musical talent among the young people of the community, after having heard the Boys' j Band. and the various orchestras i made up of the town's boys and girls. The club believed that it wottld ?, help these young people to hear] an occasional concert by good nu? slcisns. Now the club hopes for | the support of the older people for ; the sake of the boys and girla. The first concert of the lyceum ' course came during Pair Week and season tickets sold so poorly \ that the Musir Department Is $176 short in Its obligations for the 1 y- i ceunt course. Response Is espec ially urged, therefore. In order that the club women may not have to take the money raised to pay for their Club Home, and spend It for these concerts. 8olon H. Bryon of Ashevllle. manager of the Piedmont Lyceum Course, which Is sending the All Sisters Quartette here Thursday night for a delightful evening's entertainment, has this message for Elizabeth City people: "A group of enterprising peo ple have joined together to bring good, clean entertainment to your community. You are a part of the community and will no doubt Join in this effort to make same a de lightful place to live in. With Piedmont Attractlona available It Is no longer necessary to go else where for your entertainment, but can now enjoy them at home at a~ nominal price. Build up your home town; make It the best place In the world In which to ;llve. That Is what I am trying j to help you do." | And so. the members of the Wo I man's club hope that those who have read the message will greet them kindly and respond gladly when approached thta week about (the matter of buying tickets for Thursday night's concert. County Votes $500 Fight Tuberculosis And Drops Sample to Elect B. F. Pritchard to High way Commission - A clesn-up of tuberculosis In icsttle in Pasquotank County wan authorized by the Board of Coun ty Commissioners in regular ses sion Monday, provided that the ; campaign, to be undertaken In co operation with State and Federal agencies of the Department of Ak-, rlculture. was not to cost the County more than $600. Representatives from various j civic organizations were on hand I to urge the step and the Commis ; sinners took their favorable action 'after hesrlng the cause of tuber culosis eradication presented from various angles. | B. F. Pritchard for Providence. J. W. Perry for Mt. Hermon and 'R. O. Rcott for Elisabeth City : township were elected to fill va Icancles on the County Highway I Commission. Commissioners Scott and Perry were re-elected. B. F. Pritchard succeeds H. F. Sample. Mr. Sample's nsme was put In nomination but Mr. Pritchard was unanimously elected. The Board named the n?-w ! members of the Highway Commis sion In executive session. CONGRESS CONVENES AFTER LONG RECESS Washington. Dec. 7. ? Congress came back Into session todsy af ter Its longest recess In years. With opening ceremonies at noon big Republican majorities rolled up In the Coolldge landslide of 1 1 >24. took saddle In both the Sen ate and House, but kept a weath er eye on Democrats snd Insur gents who sgaln were threatening coalition against some of the pet projects of the Administration. With almost mldsesalon momen tum the House put the new tax re dm Hon bill at the heed of Its cal ender and prepared to go to work at once. Megnwhlle the Senate was opening leisurely. WANTS AI.L OFFICERS TEXAS INVESTIGATED Austin. Texas. Dec. 7. Com plete Investigation of sll officers "from Oovernor to Justice of Peace" was urged today by Judge J. R Hamilton In charging the Travla County grand Jury. He charged the body to tgjks up and continue "all unfinished hsslnee* from the Isat grand jury." which Includes the record of the State Highway Investigation MORE liirOKCES; FEWER MAR It I tl.ES >Y??tiiimtoii, IHt. 7. ? Mori' jtrnMins Mftr <llvorr<il ami fr? ? or linl by ittitrrinw In I lit* I nllwl laM >mr ihnu In IWJ!'. The rate of <ll\orro Hit* oik* for every trn nuir Tr\a* Icil with flic Urtc wi miinhtM' of illvorrr* unuititl l**t j?nr with n totiil of l.VSIA nmipnitil with I.MMfi mnriLitf w. North ('nrollim IukI ihiiitIiwm imnliiKt I . (HI ?M viiprr* In IU24, whtli* In the st?t<> iV? omIimI 2I.O-2H mnr tiiiKr-* nuMl't-^t 1 .-"Mi I ili(om>. RED CROSS ROLL CALL RESPONSE IS DISAPPOINTING Total of (loiilrihulioii* ami of Enrolled lalls Our- Third Below Last Year's | Falling one-third below lust [year's total, both um to amount collected and number of member* 1 enrolled, the public response to |thls year's Ited Cross Roll ('all ill jElizabeth City in distinctly disap 1 point In k to tome 60 men and wo >|nen who worked hard to put it igcross. I With evidence already in hand. In the form of individual appeal* for aid from the fund, that there will be many calla for assistance during the coming winter, there trine* a perplexing quotation uh to dunt how the situation la to bo tak en care of satisfactorily. Exactly 600 member* were en . rolled ia the lied Crons till* year, during the period between Armis tice Day and Thanksgiving, a* compared with 768 la*t year, ac cording to figures given out by John II. Hall. Jr., generul ?hair man. The total* collected were $644.33 thla year, a* ngatnnt $357.03 |a*t. The highest pralne and appre ciation for the work off those who nerved In the campaign 1* voiced by Mr. Hall, who declare* emphat ically that It wasn't the f*ult of the worker* that the total fell be hind. He suKgent* that If there should be person* still wishing to give for charitable purposesy they may mall their contributions di rectly to the County welfare Board or the Rev. A. II. Outlaw. County Welfare Officer. Summarised. scarcely better than one person in 2f? In t h I* city enrolled In the llod Cross thl* year. In cash, the total Contribu tion amounted to a little over Ave cents per individual, figuring the population of Elizabeth City at 12.000. The seriousness of the situa tion. a* regard* organized char ity work. I* intensified by the cir cum*tance that a substantial sur plus accumulated during the World War period ha* been ex hausted. It Is declared, and no fund* are available except the lo cal chapter's share of this year's contributions. Of the $64 4.3 3 collected. 60 cents for each member enrolled, or 9260 for the 600 members. Roes to National Ited Cross head quarter*. leaving only $394.33 for the work here. Mr. Hall announce* thai he ha* settled In full with W. II. Jen nings. Ited Cross treasurer here, for this year's Ited Cross lloll Call. Forty Seven Ride To Death In Auto That Number Who Met Doom in Motor Car Ac cidents In Week Atlanta. Dec. 7. Forty-sever, persons met their doom In th South from automobile accidents during the week just ended. WhMe more than s quarter of a thous and were Injured, a survey of the Associated I'ress reveals. Florida led In desths with 14. North Car olina had one death and 21 injur ies. < MID Ofl I >1 IKK* Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Robinson snd Mr. and Mr*. F. V. Scott wish to express to their many kind friends of Kllzsbeth City and Camden County through the col umns of this paper, their sincere appreciation of their efforts In helping to find their children who were lost In the iwamp Sat urday night. A braver snd mor? loyal crowd of people will be hard t (t And and their many expresnlon* of love and *ympathy will never be forgotten. adv CITY ROAD FOLK MUCH PLEASED WITH PREACHER Speak Tii Equally HitfH, Term* <?f tlie linpre*td?ti He Hun Already Made in Hi* |'a?l?rul ^ ??rk S EH IKS or SEIIMONS llev. J. W. Harrell Begin* lva?t orate llorr With Ser mon* nil the (?eneral ; Theme nf tiod'a l.ove Mcrobera of City Hoad Metho dist Church are phased wilh their n?'W (uvarh'T, llev. J. W. Harrell. Good ton* relation* are hearing the llov. Mr. Ifarrell and speaking in high term* of hla preaching. Member* of the church speak In equally high terms of the luipres alou he ha* made as a pastor. The llev. Mr. Marrell 1h begin 11 1 it k hi* pastorate with a nerles of aermons at the Sunday morning nervlcea on the general tlieme of God's Love. This wan hli? thew yesterday and hi- text wa* taken from Paul's letter to the < orni thinic "The Love of Christ con st ralneth us." . "The love of Christ, said the preacher, "la the most astounding fam of history None other ? can approach It. The love of < hrlal la like a groat shuft of light let down into the darkness and gloom , of this old world. It Is Cod's best and ric hest gift and the only hope of man. For it Is only as thl* love I* permitted to fUijL Its way Into the heart that man Is re leased from the bondage of l8ln and death Ihd set free to serve the Creator who made man In His own .image. . , ... ? -It Is the love of Chrlat that HftM UK out of the mire and mud and clay of life and sets our feet : firm on the Hock of Ages. It Is this love that puts a new song in i our mouths and enables to HlnR praises to our Cod and our Re deemer. It Is this love that puU a warm glow In the heurt and a new thrill In life and nuke* him who receive* It a dlspenper of , heavenly sunshine and uladness , I as he passes through a world crowded with dark ties* and heart - uche and shame. How wonderful, how marvelous, how matchless. Is | the love of Christ which reached down and redeemed and gl?j' (dened the earth and made life worth living despite the presence and power of evil. l,ove Knowledge ??Now Paul In writing to the Kphealans declares that this love ? passe* knowledge. Man Is wise In i his day and time and there are i those who *eem to think that the I mind of man will eventually an 1 swe.r every 'question and solve ev ery problem. Ilut with all man's nk III and mental prowes* the hu man mind can not comprehend or circumscribe the love of Christ. All man can do Is to experience a little bit of It. And no man can drink all this ocean of God's love. We can only dip down Into It and. like the bucket dipped In the ! ocean, come up tilled to iho over flowing. We can not measure or Met bounds to or exhaust the love I of Christ. All one can do Is by experiencing it t? lei It ^ heart and overflow into his life and make It a thing of beauty and lovellnena, despite, perhaps, fea ture* that are unattractive or homely. I have seen ugly fsces made beautiful by the transform ink power of this love manifesting itself in the heart and life of a .man and shining out In bis fea fM "The love of Christ lakes In those who are not followers of i ijogUH as well as those that are.) Jesus so loved the Holy City. Je rusalem. that he wept over It. Why? IlecaUse It. had spurned film. 'How often,' he said In his tears, 'I would have gathered you a* h hen gathereth her chickens "under her wings, but yo would ""?How unbelievably hard ha* 'the heart of man been through the centuries In that he has been able to spurn such love and go at la*t to Judgment without Cod ana, without hope In the world. C race Alwayn Ainaxlnft "Have you ever ceased to be i amazed at. this love? Amazing ; love, how sweet the note. I fear; the danger of our ceasing to be moved and amazed by It. We. have heard It since childhood, anrt too frequently to some It has aeenied to lose Its charm. Does, ill awaken today the fountains, once r sldent In your soul and <10, you rise to higher level* as you think of it? In our churches Ihew are. alas, hundreds and nothing now serins to move them. They will c.me out to church to hear a ? hew preacher once or twice and then they will float out. liable to ! drift anywhere. Doe* the love of ' Christ amaze you today? "The lov^ of Christ l.? revealed in Ills renunciation. He re noum d Ills glory, he laid aside III. place at the right hand of the Father where he thought It not robbery to be equal with God and mine to earth In the fashion and form of a man. Identified Himself with man and suffered the humil iation of man's sin. though Hlm iw>tr without sin. snd thus made 1 us Joint heirs with Hltpself to an Inheritance Incorruptible, unde Contlnued on page i Hundreds Join In Search For Three Boys Lost In Depths of Camden Swamp * Dc^nohtr " Jwl 5 MORI wile open road THIS WEDNESDAY Recently P?w? *rclio" Slate Highway in <????" (ton About Heady The recently paved ?M'ln" . b;x Jo traffic on W,(m?.du> So a member of The ?t?ff wan informed Saturday nl?ll by T H Wilson of the State Hilh ^.y eommlMioB. "We may the road before that date. ? Wilson nald, "If heavy ralns ?h?u?d make the detour Impa.aable be ,0CnS. P."-r comply s?astfs, r^'or^U ?outL? and unpaved tor the time b?IM t? ?" Ser that they may he nlven tlm? t0 ""lew of heavy ralna that are likely to Interfere In January and February the Roberts Paving rnmpaoj will d,.<ontlnue op.ru tlona on thin project about Decern her 2 3 and will not "t?? P"'"* iifialn until about the middle o M B?h January 10 Uh that the -eel ion .,( Ihe Tr automobile driver. will have lhedB rr/t'hinrr^i heth cTty and Mho will probjb y be In a pnaaable condition wltnm ? .hort time with the exception of lU one parall.^" Currltock ru^ It la not expect*"! that thle Will tetter "shape* and 'worker to beKln -Ws-aruss Bll.ab.th rlty h?'^ men a? well a? the people ol CUT rlluck County. The P? M ? thlH section of the road doe" *W*J with one of the most uncertain and nlppery -action, of dirt road be tween the Robinson farm and ( ur rlluck County. V " ?.?* d^w n iUM, winter by laying down i bolTrda from the railroad for .bout ? hundred feet toward the Itobln son farm. PIIOPOSKS THE HEI'EAI. OF I H I II AMENDMENT WaablnRtotl. I??. 1 In live Mill. Ilepubllcan Marylana lender of wet force. "? Introduced a J"l"t resolution to day proponing the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. FALL AND DOHENY INDICTMENTS ARE nut AY HELD VALID Washington, INm . 7. ? TIik I ull-Dohen) briber) Indlrt menta ?blrh wrrr <|Ua*li?-d m?\ - imhI months hko In the lower ffKirl* her* WWt held to be talid I?nIm> l>) the IM?trlrt of Colombia t'ourt of IppfnU. \ plea In abatement file* I h) for mer Mecrelarv Albert li. fall, Kdwanl L. l>ohen). oil mau nate, nikI hlN mm, Ivdward I.. |K>hen>, uhlrh the lower rotirt granted. mnn overrule*! h> tlilef J li -tire tleorge K. Martin ihi t lie motion of the (Jmfrri' merits ?fa?elal oil rofimel, At lee I'omerene ami (H?rn Rob ert*. Two Indictment* ?%ere cov ered In the mart'* decision, ooe charging I *11 with receiving n bribe of a I ini.immi to Influence hi* oftltlnl action tenfifetlnn certain oil le**?i anil the other charging the Ikihen)* with glv Inic the bribe. < tnmael for the ilefenM hatl not today deckled on their fu ture < tatme but It waa regard ed at certain that the ra<*e wtailtl he carried tbiimRli high er roftirta. Youim*lir? Finally ? ed, Hifth and Dry, in the Midst of Brer Rabbit Briar I'ateh LITTLE concerned "Why, Daddy, You Hare n't Shaved," Wa? Younn Frank's Commenl to Frank V. Scolt, Sr. "We were not lost. We are on j our way home." Thus little Charles and William noblMM. sons of C. O. Robinson. Frank Scott. ?oll of F. V Scolt. I es plained thomarWts night about ten o clock when they wore found lu a regular Brer Hab blt briar patch about three qaa - ten. of a mile from the Stale hi** way and about the name dlstaneo from the Robinson pecan '"? The hoys-were found by a party comprising rreatoll Camden. Tom Nelmn. Camden Bladea aiul Lester Winder. So dense was the thicket In wh ch tha bnya were first beard that It too* 20 minutes for the party to breaK through to ihe boys after they first recognised their voice* aaa Ihe gun signal had been K"eB: Hlavfully one of ihe youm w lows lield up Ihe party at the point of his gun. a* their dog growled In defense of his companion* -TO boys were not hurt except fo?? few briar scratchea on their fact* and hands. They wore boot, and had followed their do* throuW Ihe thicket, part of the tlme crawl jng on their hands kneea In order to gel through. Ventured l*ar Into Hwamp The younMlera left town two o'clock on a wagon load ? hay with a puppy. ?nd?Jr ,1 plenty of B. B. shot. Th?yleft the wagon on ihe ferry road about two miles from town and t?nk to the woods to the right, where they lwd some rabbit traps. They "ntarrt on and on Into the sw.mp unta they were overtaken by darkneaa. The news lhat the boys were missing spread rapidly when their, parents were unable to *e'* tr*^ of where I hey were at about si* o'clock Saturday ?a?<srn?on. By -11:30, the crowd making the search for Ihe boys was beginning to number Into the hundreds nad hy the lime that the boys wwa found It Is estimated that between 300 and 400 people were assisting In the search. ' Cuthrell I^l Hearch "Oreat credit Is due Presto" rulrell." one of the party ?? Monday. lie deserves the palm as Champion trail breaker. Col* rell directed Ihe search, dividing the crowd Into groups, and mak ing a systematic search of the swamp. "Boys, we're going to find Jho? kids in Ihe thlckel.- Cuth rell said after the partlea had dl vlded near Ihe Stale road *j"r a futile search through the swamp, through the pecan orchard and at Chantllly beach. He led the four that llrst reached Ihe boys toward the most dense section of the swamp, while , the two other parties went over on what la called Long Point. All crowds kept yelling ""''"?jSjj and It Is thought lhat the hoys first heard the groups on the point as the wind was blowing from that direction i?id that Ihelr ""J**"" ' was first recognised by Cuthrell and his crowd. (tun Hlnn?l Ctlven As soon as ihe boys voices were recognised, someone In ihe crowd following Cuthrell s party gav* the gun signal lhat they had been found and the various parties ? rapidly as possible made away to the edge of the swamp where they met ihe hoys on their w?r out . H took about an hour to get the boys to the road after they Sad been found and they reached the city about U:30 .u The search was made difficult by. the high tide. Those wty went Into the worst of It had te wear hip hoots and nearly every mired them anywhere from their knee. up. Bankers, workers, far mers men of every walk of Hie treaded that swamp and some aaa to bo asslated out of th?? mire. Man) Hcmtcheu Faces The thicket In whlrh the bW were found was a maaa of brlara and on<> either had to crawl under them or break them down from Ihe top and many of the ?aWlri ers lire marked wllh hand and face scratches today and cleaning ana pressing shop" are busy repairing torn garments. Some aulla ?? completely gone and will go through Miles Jennings rag ???\ Ing machine. Not onto was the swamp wsrehed m?t automobile perwea i went tn every dtrectlon from lh?* cltv and hosts Including the WJc ocon. the llello and the Ssott U. patrolled Ihe rivers edge, throw ing their searchlights on the wore . ""moodhounda were sent for end they arrived In ihe city Just after the report reached here that the hoys had been found. First ltc|Hirt Denied _ It was a trying all nation for i Continued on page 4 ,1 Club Sponsored Lyceum For Sake Ybung People; Now Hopes for Support