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3 ?Uir. * Cloudy tonight and Thursday. Slightly colder. Moderate fresh northerly winds. EIGHT PAGES.* NO. turkey raiders FIRED UPON BY ANGERED OWNER Occupants of Roadster uiitl Truck Escape After Hav "?S Abandoned 28 Stolen Btrd? Near Davit) Bay CHASE ISJL'NA VAILING Elisha Coppersmith, Lar Victim of Thieve-, Hre* Four Shotgun Loads Over Heads of Fu^itivrs jkJ . * ?hotgun fusillade fflJIRfT. Indignant owner of 28 ^Wt5TrleUn? turkeys they had load si.?? \ n^otor truck ,n the ?J ,h* morning, two unl feKSftL?1*** roo,t ra,d' "? fi cted their escape early today af tor a foray on the flock of Eliaha Week^^Y I*?"" ,,V,nK on !ht> Weekavllle highway, about flv* milts from this city. Some 200 turkeys have been ' stolen In the Week svl lie commun ity in the last few weeks, and many Owners of the big birds In that vicinity have been sitting up nights In the hope of exacting summary retribution upon the thieves. Thus faf. their hope ha* been unfulfilled. Mr. Coppersmith was awakened 1 by a light flickering upon his bed room window this morning about 4:.i0 o'clock. Arising to Investi gate, he discerned a small rufcd ater and a motor truck parked near his house, at a bend iu tin road. He hurried out with his Hhotgun. and when he was mid way of the yard, the two cars started off past his house in the direction of Weekavllle. He flred Wto tb? air twice, reloaded and Area twice again directly over the , top of the passing roadster. It ' .thT. truck were gathering speed all the time, and quickly left the neighborhood. Going to his turkey roost, Mr. ' Coppersmith discovered to IiIb dis may that 28 of the birds, fattened and ready for market, were mlas Ing He dreaaed haatlly. notified police here by telephone, and. leraAlng from h la wife that the , departing cars had taken a left, turn toward Davla Bay. he drove back toward Elicabeth City In the hope of intercepting them. He ar jHfe rived too late at the intersection j A of the Davis Bay road. ? Informed by neighbors at that point that the two cars had passed a few minutes before on their way i toward Elizabeth City, Mr. Cop-! peramith followed, hot on ihelr I trail. Arriving here, he picked up two policemen and they set out inporsult of a truck which cor responded to the meager descrip tor he was able to five After a i iflerry chase, they lost the truck ! on a dirt road near the Woodvllle highway. 'Returning home. Mr. Copper Hialth learned that somebody In a / truck had had tire trouble near the home of Preston Jennings, on "?via Bay, and had dropped 28 I turkeys by the roadside. Nnr the point where the turk?ys were located was a cut-off tire. Mr. Coppersmith Identified the blrdi I as his own. I\alder* of turkey roosts In this county are believed to be trans- 1 PJirtln* their hauls directly to warby Vliitnla cltiee. Hsrdscrfaeed roads four ?!,. 5jh' w" between hero S tl Norfolk make possible a quick getaway; and one turkey looks much like another, render-1 lug identification virtually Impos sible onoe the thief escapes from the neighborhood lu which he made his raid 8cant courteay awaits the tur K?r thief caught In the act "Shoot JmA." /ou can'" ?* tfco password of the folks In the communities where birds have been stolen In ^ recent weeks. Makes ckocress in MATTEH OF FORESTRY Raleigh, Dm. l?.-_ North Car oHna Is one ol nnn state* named by chief Poreeter Oreely. of me United Stales forest aerrlee. In hi* annual report to the Secretary of AKHrnimre in which Mtetand "? Pro*rees baa bMn made dnr l*C the past year with reference forest coneerratlon and refor 'to for a?atk The chief forester's report has Just bees made public It points ,out that the most significant change Wi the nation's forest slt ^^?hi within recent ynars la the degree to which timber growing has become a matter of general Interest snd understanding i "National progress In forestry will from now on be measured, most of all, by the rate at which timber growing becomes a part of ?avaryday land asage." according to the report, whleh goes on%to ssy that abundant evidence has been found of the IntSrest of forest In dustries In the possibility of grow ing. as a business, succesntve crops of timber on privately-owned Isnd. WAI-SH NAMED ON SHIPPING BOARD Washington. Dec II. ? John H. was today m Currituck Farmer To Take Long Trip 1 W. 8. Newbern. widely known Currituck farmer livinx near Powells Point, will leave on a real sea trip Saturday. He In going: to Naaiiau. in the Bahamas, and to Havana. Cuba, as the guest of Commander Haynes. of New York and San Francisco. (Commander of the yacht Nahab. The trip Hi expected to require about a month. \ Commander Haynes was in charge of the recent expedition out at New York which undertook to recover millions of dollars' j worth of treasure aboard the sunken Spanish steamer Merlda. off the Virginia Capes. The ex pedition was unsuccessful, but at tracted much attention through out the country. The yacht Nahab Is said to have belonged formerly to the Qerman Kaiserln. late wife of former Km- , peror William II. Mr. Newbern met Commander Haynes recently in Norfolk, and is accepting his invitation upon the condition that, if he wishes, he may leave the . yarht at Savaunah or elsewhere before leaving the seaboard of the United States. "I haven't any real idea of leav- J ing her before we finish the trip."! Mr. Newbern commented smiling ly. when asked about it today. CANDY COMPANY BUSY NOWADAYS Weatherly Turning Out 3y> Tons Daily for Christina* Trade These are busy days for the W. H. Weatherly Company, of this city. North Carolina biggest man- , ufacturers of hard candies. The { companies Is hitting It along at j the rate of 7.000 pounds of candy i for each ten hour day ? three tons and a half ? and la working over time to supply rush orders for the holiday trade. The Weatherly company recent ly signed up with the Woolworth chain of five and ten. cant stores, a step which may mean that the company must doubla its produc tion In ttte early future. The Woolworth stores Mil large quan tities of candy, and a consider able share of their wholesale pat ronage already is coming to Elis abeth City. Doubling the output of the fac tory would mean, of course, the employment of additional help In the candy factory, which would meean added prosperity for this city. Five years ago, the output of the Weatherly candy factory was about 2,500 pounds dally. The company then shipped only to dealers In North Carolina and Vir ginia ? and to relatively few In the lattar state. Now the com pany's trade territory extends from the Qreat Lakes to Florida, and as far West ss Arkansas, and It la broadening all the time. Some three years ago the Weatherly firm built Its rtew fac tory on North. Water street, moro than doubling its facilities, and since that time Its growth has been rapid. Already the addi tion of another floor on the new bhlldlng las contemplated, in or der to supply badly needed stor age spaoa. The company uses 20 to 25 car loads of sugar a year at present In manufacturing a variegated line of goods to appeal to the ?weet tooth of the present genera tion. When one figures the ca pacity of a car at close to 50.000 pounds, tha magnitude of the com pany's operation Is better appre ciated. Besides the sugar, some SO carloads of boxss and other materials are used. These come from aM parts of the world. The candles are shipped out In containers which are wrapped In paper bearing many imprlnta of the firm name and address. Thus It Is thst Kllsaheth City Is recelv | Ing a great deal of more or less valuable Indirect advertising which is steadily growing In vol ume as the company's sales In crease. The compsny has Installed the lates sanitary gas appliances In the rooking of all Its candles, in this way effecting an Improvement of msrked value from s sanitary as well as an economic standpoint. FAIL TO REACH VOTE ON MUSCLES SHOALS Washington, Dec. 19. ? The House rules committee failed tq \ reach a vote on (wo resolutions de j signed to carry out President Cool idge's recommendations for dls 1 posal of Muscle Shoals today, i The matter will be tsken up again Friday. I . PATH COf'HT <X**T8 Upon an admission of one of his own witnesses. Edward Moore. I youm white msn thing on the Peartree Road, near this elty. waa convicted In recorder's court Wednesday morning on ? charge of operating an automobile with a defective muffler, and waa re > quired to pay the court coeta. > Moore had aaked for * Jury trial. BROKEN PAIR TO TRY FLORIDA Sailntad:. Allowed to Quit Prison to Seek Health and Peace By r, H. KtCIHKK (CNplfkt. IM. fey Th? AMWI I Fond Du Lac. Wis.. Dec. 1?. ? ] Imprisonment within a penlton tlary of public attention with cu- ; riouH eye^i watching them from ev ery side, haii bo broken the apirit of Kdward J. Sallatad and his wife, formerly Dorothy Anderson, j the "sunshine girl" who figured ? with him in one of the most grue some death hoaxes on record, that they have obtained permls- ' aloti of the authorities to flee their open air jail and seek peace in se clusion. Stirred to pity by the ploas of; the broken pair. Governor J. J. ; Blaine established a precedent by j setting aside the regulations of the stale board of control which prevented them from leaving the . state during their period Of pro bation. and authorizing them to seek shelter elsewhere from the white light of publicity that beats \ about them and their "love nest" j in this part of the country. Sallstad and his wife will go to '? Florida where they hope the sun shine and Seabreeze's will restore the sunshine girl to her former ; self, and where they hope, under j cover of an alias to build a new j life. Sailstad former wealthy phono graph manufacturer eloped with ! Dorothy Anderson, his stenograph- j ter. five years ago. Before leaving ; they burned Sallstad cottage, first placing within It the skeleton of * u dead man. which they hoped ! would be taken for Sailstad's re- j mains. Sallstad's wife entered Into a long court fight to collect her hus-< band's insurance. In the midst of I that fight. Sailstad and the girl were captured In California. Af ter a speedy trial, they were sen tenced to separate penal Institu tions near here. In the mean time, Mrs. Sallstad obtained a di vorce and remarried. A few months ago, the two were released and allowed to mar ry. They established a "Jo*? nest" north of this city, hoping j to forget. But the public would Hot let them forget. Sallstad re cently was seriously hurt In an au tomobile accident, but fear of the publicity that would follow, caused him to than doctors or to j report the case to the police. Finally they decided to appeal j to Governor Blaine. "Prison is) better than this life" they told him. DUKE UNIVERSITY PLANNING THEATER 1 Durham. Dec. 16. ? Plans for a theater for stagtng student dra- . matlc productions are now under , way at Duke University here, It ban been definitely learned, the new theater to be a part of the present building program of that Institution. The theater, which will be chief ly for the use of the Taurlan Players, a student Little Theater group at Duke, will be located in the new Union hall, which Is low being conftructed on the campus, along with a group of 11 build- i Ings, which will be completed at i a cost of 96,000,000. Much Interest In dramatics is , jiow being shown by the under graduates at Duke. Recently the Taurlan Players presented three one-act plays, which were well re ceived by local theater-goers. , Hatcher Hughes. New Vork ' playrlght. author of "Hell Bent fer , Heaven" and dther nationally known plays, during a recent visit I .to Duke University, commented . upon the keen Interest which Is ! being shown there hi the develop- j ment of the drama. SUCCEEDS FATHER AS j HEAD TOBACCO CO. I New York. Dk. 1?. ? Oaorge II. Hill was today elected presi dent of the American Tobacco Company to succeed his father, the late Perclval 8 Hill. GREECE ACCEPTS THE LEAGUE'S AWARD Athens. Dee. If. ? The Greek government In a note to the Brit ish minister today says It accepts unconditionally the league of na tions award In the Greco-Bnlgar- . Ian Incident. JURY IS DEADLOCKED IN NORWOOD TRIAL Oreenaboro. Dae. 1*. ? naad locketl for mora than 11 hnara tke Jurjr trying I. D. Worwood. Ralla burr iMikct charted with mtant i lo defraud, wm Btlll out at me thirty 1 h la afternoon. Letter Sava Mitchell Lawltaa and Unfit WaaMaitnn. Oat. 14. ? A tattar wrlttaa to Joha W. Weak, aa Bae ratary of War daaertbtng (*>loael Milt halt aa lawlaaa." unfit for high admlnlftratlTa poatttnn. and - ? ? -iaK to Challenges Elizabeth City ? .? Man 's Figures on Camden 's Tax Rate and Tax Values * 1 i Register of Deeds in ( anden Would Correct II hat He Considers Erroneous \ Impression Conveyed by hi flu res for ConmHSation Tuo Counties Cited by This Meus/Kiper Inaccuracies us to the tax raiej In Caiuden and a| to the total] revenue from local taxation n| that county occurred lu the fli-1 ures given out by an unnauiei] citizen of Elizabeth City and putf llshed in Tito Advance last Satum day. according I" B. Seymotti, register of deeds of Caiuden Coun ty. who was In th<> city Wednriftj dty. "This citizen." said Mr. SeW mour, in a statement xWen The Advance for publication, "wan not i willing to have It In name appear] as th ? lather Of the figures ti question, and I do not blame hint, for his figures are Inaccurate and do the county of Caind?n a decid ed Injustice. "The author of thes?? figure*; for Instance, gives the tax rato In Camden as around $2. I will say1 In answer that as a matter of fact the tax rate In Camden County ts 91.69. He hays that the (2 tax rate yielded a revenue of $70,000. I say that the tax rate of 91. S3. i together with some Incidentals, produces an annual revenue cf around 985. 000. This makes con siderable difference between the Elizabeth City authority and tue. l*nless he will divulge his nnrae, 1 claim to be as good or a better authority as to county revenues in Camden than ho. "Another thing. Property val uations in Pasquotank are higher than In Camden. In 1921 the noard of County Commissioner* t in Camden gave a horizontal re duction of 20 per cent on the In Mated valuations of war timet. What cut. If any. did the Pasquo tank Commissioners give? At any rate. 1 um confident that if t%| valuations In Camden were on % par with those in PaaquotanK, Camden's tax rate would be still lower than the present rate of 91.69. - ? "It Is true I am an office hold er In Camden County, but If the people of both counties favor an- ? Qexatlon. it Is all right to me; but I do not think that a few ought to dictate for the two counties. 1 think Camden has a good record. It was one of the three counties In the State in 19 22 that was self supporting. Another of the self supporting counties was Currituck and the third was a western coun- J ty.. "If those who are urging con solidation believe that sentiment In both counties favors It. let j them call an election and let the people show how they stand on this question. Fair play and an i even break on publicity are all we ask." IS STARTING MjUSEUM FOR MUSIC SCHOOL Greensboro. Dec. 16. ? Wade H. , Brown, doan of the school of mu- } Sir at North Carolina college, is In terested In starting a museum for the music school in which may be seen instruments of different \ kinds Illustrative of the mechnn Isms used in dsys gope by. The dean stated recently that ' he would be glad to have word of anything of possible Interest. He would appreciate letters telling him of such old material, he suid He thought there might possibly be some very old violins in the state, for example; perhaps sever-, at Instruments which antedated ; those now so commonly used. At any rate hs would be Interested to know just what North Carolina has In the way of old musical In struments Vhich might be unique enough to be placed within the walls of a museum. SIX BUILDINGS AHF. BURNED AT SPRAY r i Danville, Va.. Deo. 16. ? Six ? business structures were de stroyed and three others serious- ; If damaged by fire early today at . ppruy. North Curolina. nrcordliif; [to word reaching hero. Among the places destroyed wan I lie it?l- : ephone exchange. 5 The loss is estimated at $150. boo. fAKTH SHOCKS ARK | FELT IN Rt'LGAKM! Belgrade. Bulgaria. IVc. 16. ? ! Burth idiocies occurred today in Many parts of the country. Con gfderahle damage Ik reported along tie Adriatic Coast. RICH OIL REGIONS WILL GO TO IRAK | Geneva. Deo. 16. ? The Council of the League of Nation*, having J*reft ret fully noted failure of ita . attempts at mediation" In dls- ! Botes over the Mosul region of vak between Great Britain and Turkey, has decided that the rich oil regions shall go to Irak, which Is under the British mandate. Investigate the Killing ! Of Man Hy His Wife | Charlotte. Dec. 16. ? The cor Oder's investigation was to be Started today Into the slaying of George W. Frankllu. 50 years of kg? by his wife following an al Krcatlon Saturday night. Frank ^L-died last night Tbe woman claim* she killed her husband with an axe when he attacked her and her aged father. JUDGE OLIVER ALLEN IS DEAD AT KINSTON Klnston. Dec. 16 ? Judge Oliver H. Allen, native of Wako County, died here this morning the ago of 75./ Judge Allen wan appointed to the Superior Court bench In 1197. He retired on January 19. 1123, and has been an emergency judge since. HANDK1/H ORATORIO HAS LIYKD ALMOST 2<M? YKARH Greensboro. Dec. 16 ? George Frederick Handel, whose oratorio. "The Messiah." was presented Sunday afternoon^ at the North Carolina college auditorium, di rected the first performance of the masterpiece In Dublin. April 2.1. 1742. Hence the piece have lived for nearly 200 years. It was written In 24 days, dur ing the year 1741. Its first ap pearance in this country was In Boston, at Christmas. 1818, when it was given under the auspices of the Handel and Hayden society. Since that date It has made thousands of appearances before ! American audiences. HAD HKCORD PACK OF SALMON TIIIH YEAR Portland. Ore., Dec. Iff. ? Tho Columbia River Balmon canner ies had a record pack this year. ( Puget Sound had an off year and - did not figure In the general sit- j nation until late In the season. The Alaska catch was one of thi smallest known and operations , there were unprofitable despite ? high prices. Smithsonian Report Weighty Volume This Year n> CHAItl.KS l?. MTfCWAItT J (C^>ytt#i. im * Th. mmn.) Washington. Dec. It. ? Th< ftmithftonlan Institution* report for th# It at flaeal year, juat out, la a weighty volume ? mentally weighty, (bat In to aay; Ita avolr dtipol* Isn't ao ?ary conalderable For laatanee, "The Blectrlcal fltructtir# of Matter," by Prof en ?or Erne" Rutherford. M.A.. I I J. P.. I'h.D., F.R.fl . , K. A A.A.9.. M S.N.fl. (an -I then Ian t exactly what on? would plek an a hedtlnia story for tfcUdreft*- -though It might i <it >m to nleep, at that. 7. 0 0 ? A \ncutim containing hard upon two !'iUlonn of gaa molecntsa to the ruble Inch doean'f aeem Ilk* n very this vacuum, out Dr W. W. Whit in y aay* It'a th# thinneat * ? ijr ?r?t haf Is, !C. fin woodrr "Th* VM Ther* ? SoawtMa* hi If A. waa the title Dr. Whitney rhoae for bin article ? . . According lo R. L. Jon?*a of the American Telephone and Tele traph Company'* research Itbora ? orlet. "Simple cntnputatlona *how that If we could have a million persona talking m<ndlly rnd con rert the energy of the vole* vl Vatlonri Into hont. they would have to talk an bottr and a half to make pc etip of ten." ? ? ? Thla Jriat aoe* to *how (bat eren aclentlnLs make mlatakca. Who haan't ween n nvre Minute and a half'* talk between only two peiftotM. ovar on* ef J one* phones. ?;on rata beat enough to burn out the connection! Hut In tb<> main the Hmftbaonlnn'a book la perfectly accurate, with lota of nkf y picture tak?*n at the Rock Creek mo. nnd plenty of food reading mate- r. If you're erudl'e enough to It bow what lis about. i I&iu< ? CRAMMING NOT EDUCATION SAYS THIS STUDENT Floyd Simon ton of Kunsatt Cily Has Drrlinni tlic Hoik r ?f Phi Krta Rappa Membership REFUSES TO IMJEASE Voting Hclirl Doesn't Want to C>?'t Through College li\ (ialrrifij't to tin* I'rofes unrs Either i?> j. i\ wric.ht \ Copyrtffet. 1125. b/ TIM Atf?i?~) Lawrence, KuiiKas.-Dcr 16. ? In order to fall attention .of the col lege-world 10 his standing opposl floti id "cramming" and efforts to please teachers rather than Rain r >al knowledge. Floyd Slmonton. of Kausai City. Mo., honor ncntof of tbff ITnlveralty of KuiiHas has refused membership in the Pht lU't.i Kappa. honorary rolli>Ke fraternity. Simotitou's action Im in unusual contrast* to the general eaRerncm of colloge iiudciitx lo win I'hl it? -t a Kappa in< lubcrnh ip. in most caxe* voted by faculty members. For yeura such membernhlp haB been the goal of ?mdergraduatus in nil leading American Universi ties. I'lcnslnr a pr.ifessor. getting good grade* und filling olio's head with Information only In order to pass ail examination in not obtaln jng n genuine education. Simon ton contends. In u public announcement of his Htund. he says in purl in a tel ler refusing the honor. "I appreciate deeply the honor but I do not HUbscrihe to the ideal of the high gr.ido which I under stand is Dm tdul of Phi Flcia Kap pa. I honestly believe that In the clrcuinstanccs of our stato unlv^r ItlM today, Willi tholr large clauses and unlndivldualized treat ment of students. to strive for high grades Is detrimental to the best interests of acholarshlp. To get un 'A' grade requires a degree of docility and useless Industry that Ih fatal to tho independence, Ini tiative and Hplrlt of adventure which are the very life blood, it seems to me. of tho true scholar uti'l scientist. "In short. I feel that the grade system of our schoola is a false criterion of scholarship and Ih a dangerous foundation for Intellec tual Idealism and achievement. I recall my own experience with grades for I sadly admit that for many of the "A's* came through the patch of 'grinding.' 'cram ming,' doing what the 'prof ex pect* and working for grades. I feel I have sacrificed my own de velopment for tho empty honor of a grade. I fear that is the price of our honoring high grades. Of course If high grades and high scholarship were synonymous there would be no point in what I say. Hut In our academic sys tem where so much of the educa tional process is formal I do not aee how it is possible for a stu dent to be a 'straight A' man with out wasting much of his energies on the forms and htmks which are Inevitable In course which are taught, not to Individuals, but to classes of 30. f?0, 100 and even 150. CALDWELL IS VOTED THE BEST PLAYER Durham. Dec. 16. ? A a rocont meeting of Ihe Order of Tombs, an athletic fraternity at Duke Uni versity. "Big Jack (O. B. Caldwell, of Monroe, was voted the most val n able Individual player on the 1925 varsity squad. Caldwell, who, for four seasons, has been picked by Tar Heel sports editor* on their "all-state" elev ens, played fullback on the Blue Devil team, winning much pralaa for his work. He completed his foarth yesr of college football with the close of the ltir> season. TKXAH FARMKRH HOI,!> TVRKRYN FOK PRICK* Port Worth, Dec 1C. ? Texas farmers are holding their Christ mas turkeys for higher prices and none are being marketed. As a result Texans are paying high for | birds end many hrdleve the prion | will be $1 a pound in Texas at | Christmas. APPOINTED FHENCH FINANCE MINISTER Paris, IV*. 16. Senator Paul j Doumor wan appointed minister , of finance today. TO KPHSD THOUSAND* ADVKimHINO OMVK* 8ai rsmento, Dec. 16. - -Califor nia olive growers have deeldnd to spend 175,000 on advertising of ripe oltre* In lt2f. flOOO M'MtlKH YF.AR New Orleans, Dec 1#.? Manu farturers ?f lumber In the South have hsd a fin* year. Pine out put bus bean aronnd 4 1-2 per cent heavier than In 1*2 4 whan It was r,. 4 40.00* 000 feet Kales /or 11 month** Have been the largest on i and there an- no trardetf*' soma stocks. W. BROTHERS. SR. DIES \T NEW ORLEANS I(4mI> Itniutdit Here Thur*da> and I'linnul Prtdnv at Black well Memorial News reached this city today of the death of GeorKO W. Brothers, Sr.. formerly of this rity, at u New Orleans hospital Tuesday morning. The telegram came to Mrs. C. D. Oallop from Mr. Brothers" daughter, Mrs. Sam Loftin of Jacksonville. Details were lack ing but the message stated that the body would reach Elizabeth City on Thursday and the funeral would be conducted from Hlack w? II Memorial Church on Friday. Mr. Brothers In survived by the following children: Mrs. Sam Loftin and George W. Brothers, Jr.. of Jacksonville. Florida; Mrs. Kate Branson, of Durham; Mr*. C. C. Spencer, Mrs. Karl Smith and Miss Blanche Brothers, of Norfolk; Mra. Mat tie Matthews, of New Orleans, and James Clifford, of Jacksonville, an adopted son. Active pallbearers will be: C. D. Oallop. J. H. Wilklna. Dr. B. L. Kendrlck. C. W. Stevens. M. E. Davis. H. K. Ixmg, A. F. Toxey and C. L. Whltehurst. Honorary ' pallbearers will romprise the Board of Deacons of Blackwell Memorial Church, as follows: E. F. Aydlett. J. W. Modlln. C. W. Ward. E. V. Davenport. M. P. Oal lop. W. 8. Chesson. Dennis Van horn. H. G. Godfrey. N. T. Ayd lett. C. H Brock. B. T. Venters. J. B. Ferebee, C. E. Overman. D. C. Martin. B. F. Prltchard. M. H. I Prltchard. and C. N. Morgan. I Mr. Brothers was engaged In | the mercantile business here for | many years, and later was astto i elated with the M. P. Gallop Com pany. grocers. He served as reg ister of deeds of Pasquotank . County from 1920 to .1924. At the ' time of hla death, he was about j 72 years old. | "A true man and a good citi zen," is the characterization given ' him by E. F. Aydlett. who knew him through his long residence | here, which terminated about a I year ago when he went to live with I his daughter. Mrs. Loftin, of Jacksonville. OBSCURE GRAVE AT YANCEYVILLE There Lie* Man Who Fired First Shot u! Battle of Yorktown Yanceyvllle, N. C., Dec. IS. ? In a imill. heavily overgrown ru ral cemetery in Caswell County, not fsr from Yanceyvllle, Is u mound covered with vines ? no effort to mark the spot is appar ent, other thnn the tombstone ? under which Ilea the body of the man who fired the flrat shot at the Battle of Yorktown. The man's name waa Starling Gunn. The cemetery Is little vis ited. and few people, even In the vicinity, know that the little cem etery contains an historic grave. On the headstone, barely leg ible. appear these words: "Here lies the body of Stsrllng Gunn, who fired the rtist cannon at (he Battle of Yorktown, and who was an eye witness of the j surrender of I*>rd Cornwallls." The grave Is overgrown with periwinkle and other vines, snd Is more prominent thun other graves in the lonely little cemetery only by virtue of the fact that the headstone Is somewhat Isrger thsn the othera. The existence of the historic grave has been recognised only ! once, other than In a casual way 1 by indlvldusis. A few years ago j the Daughters of the American Bevolutlon asked for earth from j historic spots to be used in plsnt- | ing a tree, to be taken from York town and planted at Arlington. At | that time, a bit of dirt from Gunn's grave was supplied. SOPHOMORE TEAM IS CLASS CHAMPION Durham, Dec. II. ? The sopho- ' more football team st Duke Uni versity was acclaimed champion of the classes recently, after It had won Its final game In the an nual class championship series , which is plsyed each year at Duke, following the clone of the ; regular gridiron season. Much interest centers In the an nual class football games at the' locsl university. Cosches for the | rarlous teams are selected from | the ranka of the varsity squad, i The cosches of the winning soph omore eleven were Bennett and Weaver, stars on the Blue Devil teem under Coach Pat Herren. NTORK OF PRHQUIMANH MERCHANT IM IH RNED Hertford. Dec. If ? The store of R R. Keaton. between Wlnfall and New Hope. Perquimans Coun ty. wss totally deetroyed by fire, I together wttk the stock of aer < hand is<*. esrly today. Reports' from the New Hope community are to the effect that Mr. Kenton had gone to the store and had built a fire. He left to fend hla ?tor*, and while he was out, the Hulldlng caught fire, supposedly from the overhauled stove The: Ion- is partially covered with In- 1 ??ranee. * Lt ' - i ,??, .?v?' THE BATTLES OF BUSINESS REAL THO BLOODLESS Steel and Lumber Ars Fighting, and CJuin Gro ceries at War With Inde pendent Merchants BANDED TOGETHER Buxinemt Men of Some Sec tions Combine to Fighf Chain Store* and Their Cutting of Prices J n>- J. IIOYLK ~ jfl im. IV 111 AltWMl. New York. Dec. 1G. -Busineea battles have Just begun in widely separated lines of endeavor and are being waned with no lew blt I ternosa because they are bloodless. Steel men In the Pittsburgh" dis trict are endeavoring to replace wooden construction in dwelling houses with structural steel, and jare being vigorously opposed & i the lumber Interests. Indepen dent grocers in Rome sect ions have banded toother to fight I with combined capital ngainat the | cutting of prices by chain store*, i One of the largest steel compan | le? Is preparing shortly to market ! a steel beam of minimum weight J but great strength, which woaUl I be used for floor Joists and end roof rafters. Those beams range from six to ten Inches in height and ar? different from the specifi I rations for I beams now on Jth* market and in industrial nag. They will require special maehfcfr" cry for rolling and will be jsidered a special product. first producer. In fact, plans L tlnct sales forces te market tl 1 commodity. The beams wilt*: given s special appears**! ? which will differentiate then^ the ordinary beams, probably use of aluminum paint/ ?*'> * The Pittsburgh mills feel, f will be able to replace with i Lmuch of the wood now use an entirely new method of : laying. Exteriors might greatly changed in appear; la claimed. If metal lath were used and with brick or stucco. This t pnaturally Is being strongly <9 | by the lumbermen and 1 building trade unions, since g _ class of labor might have to be, | veloped for house building [the use of the steel frame | least Jurisdictional dispute woi ho frequent. It Is said even in Plttsl that the replacement of wood steel would not be rapid utAH cost could be lowered. At|H the cost of tho new beams ts| lower but steel makers believe can make It so. They | that while the cost ot each! I more than that of a woodenH [fewer steel beams are reqgi [They add that labor costs n?L? be reduced If the steel were deliv ered on the Job in the required lengths, requiring only to be bolt ed up. The lumbermen dedftljg that changes In the method of con* structlons would Involve high cMH and dissatisfaction. The first result of th? contro versy between Independent and chain store grocers whleh began on the Pacific Coast, has been, the slashing of prices below theH of wholosale production chain stores It Is claimed^ tempted, to draw custoflH their Independent rlvala kfrj If Icing prices on some com taking a loss on these la to make a profit onHBH bought by th#*eustomer so led. The Independents alone found themselves un meet this sltuatlo*, Ho th bended together, buying lively In various corns an to get low prlcos. 1__ the chain store cuts Its prick,' the nearest Independent bringH prices down even going too- 1 almost to give the goods a<wa then outdoes the chain advertising and thus tall edge of the proposed chain reduction sale. The m< the Independents association ? In and make up the betwe mir r Iflce price and coat. The cost is split In this way It !?'? dependents claim that when i burdensome to any one This fight Is psrttcularly I milk products st present for n la. MOHHISON BRIDGE FORMALLY | | Morrison Bridge. County. North Csrollns. - Another link in North'., Una's hlghwgy system was j available today with the opening of Morrison $300,000 structnre i Pee Dee River. Kormer" nor Morrison was the speaker. < OTT0W 1 nMi New York. Dec. 11 t ii res opened today at Ing level*: Jan. 11.81 11.12. May lf.ll, July ! 1?VT. ? New York, Dec. 18.~ ton rloeed steedy. mtddll s decline of 15 points. r losing hid: Jsngpry 18. 4 18 88. May 18.M. July 17.M.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Dec. 16, 1925, edition 1
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