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ASYLUM INMATES ESCAPE AND ARE SAFELY HOUSED Temporary Provision Made For Tbein After Almo?l Miraculous llriiriir l-'rom Disaster Saturday HOLDING CONFERENCE Meeting of Council of Stale Held Today to Dis cuss Replacing of llie ^ Burned Building V RalelKh, April li.? The mirac ulous escape of 400 male inmates of the State Hospital for the In sane while the wing In which they were housed burnea down about their heads vied with the problem of what will be done wlih the pa tients thus burned out of the only home they are mentally fit to oc cupy aa the principal topics of conversation In Raleigh yesterday. The flames, balked In their ef fort to consume the entire struc ture by fire* walla and super-hu man work on the part of the fire lighters had burned sullenly all night long on the ruins of the wrecked west wing until finally quenched by the rain of early this morning. The ruins of the gutted > west wing still smouldered last night t>ut all danger of a spread had passed. Walla, of brick and ?tone, stood blackened and bare, tottering upon ? their weakened foundations. Arrangements were being made to rase them to pre vent injuries should they fall, as seemed likely at every moment. Interior Walla practically all had fallen and lay In mige heaps of masonry inside. A meeting of the council of state Is expected to be held this morning, for conference with Dr. Albert Anderson, superintendent of the institution, as to the best move to make. Under n recent act of the Legislature, the coun cil of state haa the power to bor row money for permanent im provements when disasters such as this makes rebuilding neon nary. Undoubtedly., this is the authority that wlUbe Invoked In the emergency. The principal question la the type and else or building to be erected to replace the deatroyed section. With the terrible possibilities of wholesale slaughter of helpleaa humans still lingering like a nightmare in his mind, Dr. Ander son is expected to recommend a fireproof building. In fact, he has said as much. Whether or not the new building will be put up as a wing of the structure which still remains standing or na an entirely separate building is ,a question which only the council of state will be able to answer. The danger of fire In the old building, which was erected In 1856, was well known and several appeals have been made to the Legislature for an appropriation with which to Inatall a sprinkler system. At the last aesslon, Sta cy jVade, Commissioner of Insur ance, stated thst he had made ar rangements for spreading the $160,000 coat over five yeara, by far the beat proposition made up to that time, but the plan was refuaed. Dr. Anderson declared yester day that he knew of no insane hospital fire of like magnitude In the history of conflagrations In which there were no serious cas ualties. He praised without stint the work of Dr. It. K. Adams, hla assistant, who was In charge In his absence, and of the attendant and volunteers who jeopardized their own llv*?s to herd the last of the Inmates to safety. It was heroism in the fullest sense of the word, he asserted. Like horses caught In a burn ing barn, a number of jihe men tally deficient Inmates! further erased by the danger resisted ef forts to force them Into the open. They hid under beds; they wrspped themselves In blankets and crawled Into the Innermost recesses of closets In their efforts to remsln In the only home they knew. One msp barricaded him self In s room, directly In the psth of the sweeping flames, and refused to listen to attendants who attempted to cajole him to come out. With the aid of a fireman, armed with an axe. Dr. C. K. Houston flnslly effected an en trance to the self-made fire trap and carried the would-be human sacrifice to aafety despite his kicks and screams. This was one of the men later reported as burned. When the word spread that the insane hospital was afire, llalelgh townspeople had dismaying vis Ions of liberated maniacs overrun ning the city, endangering the lives of all who crossed their paths Nothing could have been further fropi the sctusl happen ing. All of the dangerously snd criminally Insane patients w err kept in heavily barred quarters on the sec6nd floor of a new, fire proof building at the rear of the burned wing. As soon as It be-, came evident that the heat from the flames would n>.*ka It decided iy uncomfortable for the Inmate* , of this depnrtment. they were loaded lato huge moving vans and | moved, under ample guard, to Continued on page 2 t: . ? Modern Generation Too Much For Her, Witness Says i "You know, judge. I can't tell 1 | much about this young race now- 1 j adays." The foregoing remark by an aged colored woman caused a rlp ! pie of merriment in recorder's court Monday morning. She wan 'on the stand as a witness against I her grandson. Leltoy Morris, who , wan charged with non-support of jhis wife. It was in evidence that ,the couple lived in a house belong ' ing to the older woman, and that Morris had only paid her one dol llar rent in the past year. I Judge P. O. Sawyer concurred I warmly lu the elderly witness* I generalization about the younger I generation, and placed Morris uti |der a suspended judgment condi tional upon pavmeut of the costs and supporting the Complaining j spouse in a condition compatible (with bis stnt&s in life. J. T. Thompson, watchman at the Elizabeth City Hosiery Com j pany'n plant for some 12 years, i was held for Superior Court on a I charge of having stolen hose val I ued at more than $20. He admit j ted that he had taken hose from ! the mill and had sold them, but maintained that he had paid 11. F. Seyffert,- manager of the plant, for them. Mr. Seyffert testified that he had not. -Accused jointly with Thompson was John Moore, colored, the charge against liitn being specifi cally that he had received stolen goods. The case against Moore i was nolle prossed with leave. He testified that he had bought hose ; regularly from Thompson over a long period, and had retailed them among his colored acquaintances. Van de Carr Scott, colored, ac cused of an assault upon an eld erly colored woman who had tak en care of him for a number of years, was fined $5 and costs. The testimony was in effect that In a Sabbath argument he had cut the woman slightly on the finger. Henry Adams, also colored, 'charged with being drunk, and (wlth possession of liquor, was ? fined $G and costs on the first charge, and 120 and costs on the last. It was in evidence that po lice arrested htm Siinday, and found on his person a half gallon fruit Jar of liquor, not quite half full. Adams, thpy said, was rath er more than half full. ! WOMEN WOHKING FOB ENFORCEMENT LAW Washington, April 12. ? Inter rupting the presentation of the case of the wets a corps of 65 del egates from Vlclt Temperance and other women's organizations passed before the Senate prohibi tion committee today urging en forcement of tho Volstead Act aud opposing any modification of the National dry laws. MltH. PRITVHARR REAR Mrs. Nancy Prltchard, wife of Martin Prltchard, Sr , of the Porks community, near this city, died at her home Sunday morning at 8 o'clock after an illness of several years. She was a daughter of the late Isaac and Mrs. Lovie Clinton, of Camden County, and had spent her entire life in Camden and Pasquotank counties. She was SO years old. Desldes her husband. Mrs. Prltchard Is survived by five dsughters, Mrs. Lucian R. Prltch ard, of this city, and Misses Lil lian, Alethia, Lovie and Mary Prltchard, and a son, Martin Prltchard, Jr., all of this County, and by five grandchildren. Funeral services were conduct ed at the residence Monday after noon at 3 o'clock by the Rev. R. W. Prerost, pastor of Corinth and Rerea Raptlst churches. Rurlal was In the Prltchard family cem etery, In the vicinity of the resl j dence. Al'TO TIRK FOI'NR Police report the recovery of an I automobile tire and rim on Park street, adding that the loser may ; obtain It by going to police head quarters and describing It. HRAIU'H FOR Al'THORM IN THR DIKMAI. HWAMP Norfolk. April 12? Sheriff A. A. Wendell of Norfolk county to | day led a searching party Into the ! Dismal Swamp to find Polan j Ranks, author, and E. Cameron , Shipp. nephew of Melville E. ! Blone. counsellor of The Associat ed Press. Ranks and Shlpp went Into the i swamp to search for "local color" ! for their writings and are be lieved lost. MKKTIttG If? POHTPONKD The Church Study Club of | Chrlat Church, which was to meet with Mrs. T. ft. Harney on Wedne* I day night; has been postponed mt ? til next week on account of the 1 death of Mr. T. F. Cohoon. COTTON M \RKKT I New York. April 12. ? Cotton futures opened today at the fol lowing levels: May lg.ftft, July f 11.3*. October 17.8ft, December ? 17.25. January 17.18. New York. April 12. ? Spot <ot I ton elooed quiet, middling 1ft. 4ft. an advance of five point*: Fn ! I lire*, closing bids: May l?.ft?. J* Ijr IS. 17, Oct. 11.1#, Dm. 11.17, )u. 17.11, Mftrcb 17.11. W. H. JENNINGS DIES; LONG ILL Mud Been Prominent in Itiuiuins and Iteligioux Life Many Years Here William Harney Jennings, Sr.. I fur mauy years assistant cashier ? of tli?? Savings Hank Ar 1 rust Com pany. .of this city, and widely | known umi popular because of hia ! efficiency, courtesy and kindll Uesa, died y?'j?terday afternoon at I 6:15 o'clock at hia home on North Itoad street after an lllncu* of about aix months. He was 5tt 1 yearn old. Funeral acrvlcea will be con- , ducted at Blackweil Memorial Baptist Church this afternoon at 1 4 o'clock by the pastor. Dr. James H. Thayer, assisted by Dr. S. H. Teni pit-man. pastor of the First ' Itaptlst Church. Burial will be in Hollywood - Conn tery. Mr. Jennings was a native and lifelong resident ftf Pasquotank County, having been born in the > lien a community. He waa a son of the late Cadi r and Mrs. Kllra beth Jennings, and waa born Aug- ? uat 1, 1 8t?9. He was educated in the public schools of the Coun- ! ty, and in Atlantic Collegiate In- j stitute here, later taking a busi ness course in Eastman Business | College. l'oughkeepsie, New York. : Afterwards he taught school for several years In Camden and Pas quotank counties. I Moving to Klizabeth City about 30 years ago, Mr. Jennings served , 'for a short time as assistant post master. and was eleefftf clerk of Superior Court in lfl'j*. serving until 1910, when he became caah I ler of the Mercantile Hank. Upon i the merger of that bank with the 'Savings Hank & Trust Company, he went to the latter Institution I as aaaistant cashier, serving In 'that capacity until his death. > j Mr. Jennings Joined Hlackwell I Memorial Church shortly after it i was founded, and was elected sec retary of the Sunday school, which ? position he held also the remain-; | der of his life. He also had been secretary of the Board of Graded School Trustees for many years. He waa a member of Achoree l?dge 14, I. O. O. F. Besldea his' position in the bank, he was con ! nected with various other business enterprises here. . ^ Mr. Jennings was iwlce mar ried. hia first wife being Miss Lula Whltehurst, of Pasquotank Coun ty. to whom he was wedded May 20, 1897. He Is survived by one son of this marriage. William Harney Jennings, Jr. Mrs. Jen nings died January 5t 1910, and Mr. Jennings married Mis* I>ela Windsor, of Milford, Delaware. April 30, 1913. She survives him. j He Is survived also by three sisters. Miss Ellnda Jennings, oT this city, and by Mrs. Paul Bro thera and Mrs. O. 9. Davis, both living on Iloute 3, In Paaquotank County, and by one brother. M. 1?. Jennings, of thla city. County au perlntendent of schools. High tribute to the integrity and ability of Mr. Jennings was paid by State Senator P. H. Wil liams, president of the Savings Bank & Trust Company. "For 25 or 30 years. I was closely associated with him," Mr. Williams aald. "He was a man of the most solid Integrity, and of strong chsracter. Besides, he waa a pleaaant and genial com panion. He waa accurate In ev ery detail and prompt In the per formance of every duty ? a man who could be trusted In every re lationship of life. "In Mr. Jennings' death, the bank feels greatly Its loss. Th? city and State, too, are losing a citlsen who was alive to the best Interests of both, and who dedi cated his efforts to the cause of progress." IVEY'S BOBBED AND YEGGMEN GET AWAY Charlotte, April IS. ? Yeggmen opeiiiilng here early yesterday blew two ssfes at Ivay'a Depart ment Store and escaped with more than ??.000 In currency. This be came known today when an nounced at police headquarters. The barglars left more than $1S. ! 000 In checks scattered about on | the floor near the atrong boxes. Police are working on the the ory that the men entered the ; building through the elevator shaft from the top of the five story structure snd carried the j loot away In a soitcsse Foot 1 prints uesr the safe clearly are | outlined and belief Is expressed Ithst four men were In the party robbing the store. MINISTER EXPELLED FROM CONFERENCE I South Msncheeter? Conn., April .12. ? Charges of conduct unbe coming a clergyman preferred against Reversnd Guy Willis 'Homes of New Bedford, Massa chusetts. were sustained by a spe cial Inveatlgatlng committee re ! porting to the New England Southern Conference of the Meth- | odlst Church today, and the paa- I j tor waa expelled from the infnla- ' try and the pulpit of the church. BORNO RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT OF HAITI Port All ITIm*. Hill), April IS. I 1 -Lou In Ftnrno v? rP-.lfct fd | prMl4?nt of Haiti an the rirat b?l lot today ? Tommie Mann Still; Holding Own At Hospital Here "Tommie Mann continue* ^ ?<> ! hold his own." declared Dr. John Salibu. of the stuff of the hoi4pif.il 1 here. Munduy in commenting upon the condition of the young auto-! mobile mechanic who was shot down near Berea Church * Week j ? Ho. and who has been uader i treatment at the hospital sine*. I The iujured man developed sep- j tic pneumonia Friday ax a result or a bullet wound In the left lung. ! and his condition has been regard- ; ed as critical since that time. 4 Dr. ; Saliha Htated. however, that t|er?? is hope for his recovery t branch ? the circumstance that he a^tar- 1 ently Is' not losing ground. s|n?e ? the clotted blood which caused (the pneumonia probably is being \nl?- . so r bed slowly. Thin process of , absorption likely will require Sev eral months at best, the aurgton added. The bullet which pierced i Mann'M left lung also paaaed through the upper part of bis ' stomach, according to the phynl cians attending him. This latter wound, however. Is not regarded as particularly serious. Dr. Zen as Fearing, who also Is on the cas?\ stated Sunday night, explaining that the stomach was empty at the time Mann was shot, and therefore peritonitis did not aet In from tho emptying of Its con tents Into the abdomen, which probably would have occurred had the atomach been full. Meun while, the shooting re mains ns much of a mystery as ev er. Mann has told only that ho was shot by an unidentified assail ant who fired from the darknes* as he was in the act of removing a tire from his car. FEDERAL COURT TERM IS pEGUN Judge Mrrkim Kemiml* C*raiid Jury of Duty to Enforce Prohibition fffihlndlnif those 'present ItC tho United States had the only government of ita kind In th?* world, entrenched firmly In prin ciples of liberty and Justice. Fed eral Judge I. M. Meeklns urged that rich and poor be treated alike In his charge to the grund Jury at. the opening of Federal Court here Monday morning. Judge Meeklns reminded ttre grand Jury that the prohibition law was a part of the Constitu tion, and that it should be en forced as such, regardless of any personal leaning* on the part of Individual Jurors. With a considerably smaller docket than usual. It appeared at the noon recess of court that all the cases would bo cleared up during the day. All are relative ly unimportant, and largely com prise alleged violations of the Vol stead Act. Judge Meeklns dismissed ac tions against several defendants charged with violation of the qnarantlne laws and the migra tory game bird act. In the for mer cases, It appeared that the de fendants Involved owned proper ty on both sides of the North Car olina-Virginia line, and that they had merely moved cattle acroaa the line without complying with Federal regulations. It waa brought out that the cattle In volved had been Inspected, and declared free from Infection In dismissing the offendera charged with Infraction of ?ha game bird lawa. Judge Meeklna warned them aharply that hence forth they must abide by theae laws, since violation might ? m broll the United States with other nations signatory with thla coun try In game bird treaties. ADMITS SHORTAGE THEN TAKES LIKE Ludlow. Ky., April IS.? -Thorn aa n. Balsly. cashier of the Farm ers and Mechanics Bank of thla city, who sdmitted that he was between 930,000 snd 94". 000 short In his accounts, shot and killed himself In the basement of the bank today, lialsly was alona In the bank at the time. Examina tion of the books of the bank dla riosed a ahortage of 9*6,000 la the accounts of Balsly. H ws- an nounced last night. The >>ank closed Ita doors Saturday when the cashier admitted the ahortsg#. NAURTT HI'KXOfUt fYfCAD Hallett Spencer, aged 18. son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. ftpencei. 303 Pennsylvania avenue, died sud denly thla morning at the Caswall Training School, at Klnston. ac cording to a telecraoi. raceivd by his parents. He had been In tha school for about nevea yearn. Besides hla parents, he Is sur vived by two sisters. Mis*-* F.ve lyn and Elisabeth Spencer, and by four brothers, Joe. fUrhnrd. Frank and Edwin spencer. All live In thla city. The body will be forwardud here on tha early Norfolk HontW i era train tomorrow morning. Tha funeral will b? inducted at the home Tuesday at ft;M n'clnefc. , Burial will be made at South | Mills. fA .. % amki&L J? Hotel Salesmen Named For Approaching Drive NiiSjali'd Design for \eu- Hostelry. Em IhhIy in/- lliuul some Five-Story Structure Fronting on MrMitr rine Street, Plueeil oil Display Elieouraglnv |.r..-;ri-,? Inward formation or I ho general uruanlia. Hon to finance t|,|, city's proponed new hotel wan reported Monday. AI?o. a tentative Ut-KlKii for the hotel, as drawn by \v i? stoddart. of New York, was placed on dis play in the window ot ti?. Apothe wry Shop. The picture HimuN ail ImiMMluK llve ntury structure. with itnL.r u "" McNoi i in.* ?trtet anil a two-stuiy aicade to Mat" The arcade lAur mooted attr.dUe rZ Mr. Stoddart Is wild to lie one of the leading deslsners or hotels wh rh T'T" ""lav The drawing which ho han tuihiiiiited. It wan explained. Max not been acted up. on by the commute,-. Mllj |M ?? the ty?e ?f hotel whirh probably will bo built here. Nhiim's Aids ?. M. Cotter, manager of Group 10. wax the flrat of the group "'""'ST* '? 8,,!" "I' <">?' report to hotel salt-a hcadimurti'r.i die Completion of his sales group Tin fP"0",l"K comprise thi, organiza tion under Mr. Cotter* leader "?.M Cotter. Dr. Howard Cotnbs. W. H. Uaither, W H Weatherly. Jr.. Dr. J. w. Soli^ "rad Sanders, J,?. . 5 c u ''appendlck. and C. L. Thompson. Several of the other managers are reported to have their croup near y completed, and it I. expect liti L"1 . y Tu,'?<l"y night all 12 will be rully signed up and com pleted. Thl. will make a hotel "ales oritanltation or lJO men The executive committee' la making decided headway in the completion of work prior to the opening of the actual campaign for Ml* Of the hotel stock, hoping to flnlsh so uk to open the cam pnlgn during the coming week. The executive committee has been Riven a limited number of tbo less than ten shares. In reporting on tho work this morning, .executive committee members stated that they were being given n very favorable re ception by the business men of the city. A (aood liiveftUitevit "Wo are Just beginning to real , e ?he- Investment features of this hotel stock." said T 1'. Nash, of the executive committee. "Many of our people have been Interest ed and wflllntc to subscribe ntrlct ly from a community standpoint, but Investigation sIiowh that ho tel stocks are among the best pay ing Investments offered to the public, information comes io us almost dally, which indicates the value of hotel stock as an Invest ment. "This information shows that it la not uncommon, and is rather iVr.^ru,T- "1?l,ho'<"? are paying dividends on the preferred stock, and. In addition, are payliiK from 5 to 25 per cent dividend on the common stock. .w'HoieI" ,n ?eh*r pay these dividends und yet they are not as well Situated from a hotel standpoint as a hotel would be in Elisabeth City. In the first place, we do not have a first class hotel here and even considering the ho tel rooms that we do have, we And less than 60 per cent of the number of rooms usually obtain ing In a city of this sice. patron age Is available for this hotel and will be Immeasurably Increased with the opening and pavln* <? ?u!" and other highways. Elizabeth City Is on the eve of growth and development and now la the time rnr every cltlxen to ?*preas his tslth In the city and do everything possible to promote It* development. The next few days will determine whether or not the residents ot this cltv stand for progress and development. Thoaa who do ao will Indicate that spirit by making a substan tial subscription for stock In the new hotel." Suffolk'. New Motel ?. W. Hellg reported on a visit to tho- new hotel at Suffolk, and pointed out the advantage or that Institution to the community. Mr. flalig stated that he had been ad vised by the management that In Si J*'" 'h? via teama. approximately ?l.??# tor room rents and rood had been left with the hotel. One merchant reported that he had sold two suits to members of the visiting ball team and other mer chants likewise reported various purchases. "This Is just a sample of the new htialaeen which any hotel brings to the city. ? said Mr. Si ll*. 'II mean* actual dollar* to the merchants and new money Is brought in from the outside. IJn-| til we get this new business from the outside, we are merely swap ping dollars. Elisabeth city will I *1?^ P^Per In accordance with the amount of money which we get here from other sources."! Mr*, J. If. Thayer left Thwra day for Louisville. Kentucky, where she was called by the 111 of her mother. Mrs R tj j Ounter. Many Pay Tribute To J. B. Alderman Throng Attends Impressive Service* at First Baptiet Church Here 1 An Immonco crowd that over i flowed i ho capacity of the Flr*t * I Rapt 1st church auditorium at-, tended the funeral of James R. Al j dernian hero Sunday Afternoon. | The services were simple and IniprmHlvf, conducted by Dr. Sum- j 1 uel II. Templeman, pastor of the j First Baptist Church here. assist- ; ed by Rev. K. L. Wells of Eden ton. -past or of the Rapt 1st Church 'of tnat city. TIh> local Masons. of which lodge Mr. Alderman wu? n member, attended the funeral In ' a body and had charge of the ser j vice!* at the grave, j Dr. Templeman opened the ser- \ ; vices with timely Hcriptural quo | tat Ions. and wuk followed by "The ! Christian's Goodbye" sunn very | Impressively by Mrs. Wesley Foro r man. She was accompanied by ' Miss Emerald Sykes at the organ ' and Miss Minnie Nash with violin, j Dr. Templeman spoke very j . briefly. "In all my ministry," ho j | said. "I have seen few men like j i him. As he walked the streets of; this city men who have never; ! claimed any church allegiance ; whatever pointed to him with the. | assertion that 'there is a man who j lives his religion every day and is I , not ashamed of it." The services i , at the church were concluded with ] prayer by Rev. E. L. Wells. At the i grave the Masonic order closed the : services in their uaual impresilve I t manner, Itev. E. F. Sawyer pro- j ! nounclng the benediction. Honorary pall bearers were: M. ' , E. Dennis. J. II. Leigh, W. T. ' ? Love, J. b> Frltchard. E. M. Stovr s^ C^P^Karrli, J^ ! I*. C. Cohoon. M. P. Jeuulngs, P. . D. Twiddy, W. C. Sawyer, and H. L. Garrett of Ells tabeth City; Dr. L. I\ Williams. : II. O. Gregory, W. J. Rerryman. V. L. Moore. 1). I). Lylea, Charlie | Wood and Walter White of Edon- ? ton. Active pall bearers were; Lloyd | 1 C.rlffln of Edenton. Walter Harris. | Calvin Twiddy. Shelton Scott. John Tucker. Joseph I'eele. Cecil Gar rett, and lloscoe Foreman. James II. Alderman came to ' Elizabeth City in 1919 as a clerk j at the Norfolk Southern freight i ofhje after receiving his discharge \ from the Army. He advanced j rapidly and in February of this i 1 year he was placed In charge of the Edenton freight and passen ; Rer stations and mibiequently ho and Mrs. Alderman moved to that 1 city. I Mr. Alderman was very active In religious work. He was a lead- | ! er In H. V. P. U. and Sunday j I School work having taught at va- : ! rlous times In II. Y. V. U. Insti tutes here. He was active in the, work of the Men's Federation here and though only 36 years old I was a deacon of the First Rap- [ tlst Church of this city. Since go ing lo Edenton he had been made teacher of the Haraca class at the : Rapt 1st Church there. "Jimmy" as his friends In Ellz ' abeth City preferred to call him, was a Kotarlan and wss active In j the organization of a Rotary Club for Edenton. He was graduated | from Wake Forest in 1916. Ho i was generally liked and bad a host ! of friends, as was evidenced by I the many floral tributes. ) James Rlggs Alderman Is sur i vlved by his wife who was Miss Hilda Moran of this city before I her marriage November 28, 1928. | His mother and father, Rev. and j M!rs. J. O. Alderman of | Chapel Hill, also survive | him. Other Immediate relatives are: four sisters, Mrs. Viola Rar irett. Chapel Hill: Mrs. J. L. But ! ton. Chapel Hill; Mra. P. K Ranks. Garner; Mrs. M. A. Hsm. j {Chapel lllll; two brothers, J. L j Alderman and T. N. Alderman of i Chapel Hill. Other relatives at' ! the funeral were J.t E. Moran. of, jKlngstree. father of Mrs. Alder- j 'man; Mr*. J. V. Marsh, Salisbury, j Mr. and Mrs. Neal llohhs of Eden- 1 j ton . i Mr. Alderman died at Kdenton 1 Saturday morning at the homo of > ; Mrs. J. L. Ho nd about 10:30. fol- ! lowing a sudden heart attack. Ho | had been desperately III with j pneumonia about ten days prior to that time but this crisis had paused and Mr Alderman was ex pecting to be able to go back to J I work Tuesday of this week. The j [heart attack came Saturday morn- ' ! lug Just as he went hack to hla i bed after sitting up to eat break- 1 | fast. His mother, hla sister end i l his wife were at his bedside when ! he died, his mother snd slater l hav in k planned to return to Chap- ! ;?#fHIH on the afternoon of his, death. Mr. Alderman's mother had recently recovered from an at tack of flu. The shock of her son'a death was too much for her and she was compelled to go to bed Raturdav and Is now under the. care of a nurse. FRED F. COHOON DIES SUDDENLY Former Kfpn^ciilalivr ami Sheriff SurcumlH* l?? Heart Attuek F, F. Cohoon. I5t'|?r?wiilallv?' of Pasquotank County in the North Carolina Ueneral AxM-t.ihly of I 192.1 ami sheriff of tho County In the year tin* prtaeiit courthouse was km lit anil for h?\ y?-ar* there- 1 after. ?l t?*cl ut tin* au"* of 7-4 at his home. coriH-r of IIuhiI unil Church streets. Sunday morning ut 11 o'clock. after Illness of at?out 10 days. The funeral will bo conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock and interment will he made In Hollywood Cemetery4 Of ficiating clergymen will ho Dr. S. H. Templeman and Itev. t.eorge F. Hill. From early manhood, Mr. Colioon had been a member of the Fl| st Ha pi 1st Church and he was for a number of years a member of Us board of deacons. Also he was one of the trading spirits and one of the largest con tributors when the erection of the present church building, which has served the congregation for nearly 30 years, was undertaken. I From C'otii|dlcAti(MiN The Immediate cause of Mr. Co hoon's death was a heart attuck, which, coming after he had with stood a severe attack of acute In digestion following Influenra. was more than weakened frame and will, at his age. could withstand. Realdes his widow, who before her marrluge was Miss Nancy Creecy. daughter .of the lato Col. II. II. Creecy. editor of the Eliza- 1 beth City Economist, he is sur vived by two sons. Walter L. Co hoon, counsel to the State High way Commission In Cameron Mor rison's administration, and Anson E. Cohoon, who gave up a posi tion as superintendent of the Na tional Forests In Washlpgton and Oregon to come back home and look after farming internals here, largely on account of his father s falling health, some years ago. There la alio a surviving alster. Mrs. C. R. Jones of Baltimore. Frederick Franklin Cohoon was born In Tyrrell County on April 30 1861. and would have been 75 years old had he lived out the $ 'Vallq not a nk * Just sixties, and up to the time of his death F. F. Cohoon had vivid memories of the stirring campaign of 1860 In Elisabeth City when a Pasquotank man wns running for Governor and when Abraham Lincoln was elected President. It was to his days as sherlfT of Pasquotank County, however, that F. F. Cohoon looked back with keenent pleasure, for It was dur ing his term of office that the credit of the County was re-estab lished on a Arm basis, after the excesses and extravagances of re construction days, and the Coun ty's orders, which had been sell ing at a heavy discount, became as good as cash. Again in Politics Re-entering politics In 1922. after more than 30 years In pri vate life, F. F. Cohoon was elect ed Representative of tho County and ontered again upon public life with the dream of doing for agriculture In Pasquotank some thing of what as a young man he had done for his County's credit. To that end be Introduced a bill in the 1923 session of the Oenersl Asiiembly which he believed would rehabilitate the trucking Industry in Pasquotank and make a name that would be worth real money to Pasquotank products wherever they were marketed. Tho meas^ ure was defeated, however, and the disappointment at its failure , to pass was a bitter memory to tho last for the man to whom it represented the fruit of 30 years of thought and brooding over farmers' problems. Another dream of h. F. Co hoon'a wps to see Pasquotank a great dairying County. He had visited the finest dairy farms In the United States snd frequently declared that no section anywhere could compare with Pasquotank In natural advantages as a dairy center. Dairy cattle and dairy farmers only were lacking, he de clared. And all his later years he had given over to proving his faith by bis works, working with bla son. A. E. Cohoon. on the let ter's farm near the city to estab lish a modern dairy. On his farm now is what is probably the fln est dairy herd to be found In this Hcctlon. housed In a Dutch dairy barb that will bo the last word In way of dairy equipment when It Is completed. That he should not have lived to see It ?-onipl^?e-d s but another of this life a futlll ll*'' Married Three Tlme? F. F. Cohoon was thrice mar ried: flrat, to Miss Lydla Brothers. .I.t.r of 1. W.lUr tlrolh-r. of this County; second, to M'*" ma Unyder, elater-ln-law of J D Fulmer of Camden County, and last to Miss Nancy Creecy. on pe r?mb?r 1. 1???. sona wore boru of the first mar At the time of his marriage to Col. Crsecy's daughter, shortly af ter kef father'* death. Mr. Cohoon was publisher of the Tar Heol, .ueceseor of Colonel Cre^a newspaper Among his recollec tions of his connection with news paper work In Ellaabeth City. Mr Cohoon recalled with keenest ) plsaanre bis papaya fight against Continued on f*ga ? . GOOD SPORTS AS WELL AS ACTORS I N PI.AYMAKERS Arrive in Uizulx*lh City ljli- on Account of Accl tlt'iil llul Givr Delightful Performance ? S r.on.1) IJK IIFARD Truly Professional in Beil I Sense of Word Vltile tainiii^ Spiril of College-) I'lajffni Two years ago. on February IT. .1 192 4. to lit* exact, the C|MM| . J'lay makers In their first ance here took Ellxabeth City by storm hi their presentation , of Hi. u own Carolina folk-playa. 1 Saturday night Elisabeth City uKuiu capitulated to the 1'laymak* J ? is iii t li " * i i presentation of *3 | iiroudway success. lJi'sidi's staKinn their own pro ductions, the Carolina l'laymak- 1 ??is have always presented at Chapel Hill each season plays by other playwrights representing dlf- 1 ! ferent types of drauia. The p lent tour, however, marks the 1 J time that Buch a production i been presented by the 1'laymalL | outside or .their own theater.! Chapel Hill. So far aa Klisab* ! City Ib concerned, the success 1 | urday night was more rett I able, in some rospects, than of two years ago. ' irraa | In the first place, delayed ly ? motor accident In getting off I Edunton ferry, the Playn l did not arrive in Ellas' ; until the time set for formance to begin, and bn on the stage, without opp?, t, to snatch a bite of supper*, a hectic hour of prepan I getting the stage aet for i I In the second place, the I __ well below the mark to I with, because it was B|L.m night and many of thoea -who i ' any other night would have | tended were busy down town, f been kept waiting for more 41 | an hour nnd perhaps had Idled somewhat Wtten't#*"? rose on the first act. ? Undismayed by these unti circumstances, the I'll showed themselves good l_. well as delightful actors i__ on their show, Frank Cn '?The Firat Year." la a fi that made folks out In the once forget themselves and surroundings and all sens* < ? Ing at a. play In their Interest l what hud come to seem a bit real life. * A success like that, under circumstances, waa quite asfl markabU In way of evk the real ability of the _ I'laymakers as It was In tribute to their fine courses*, tlculai ly when stagfd In an i torlum the acoustics of have been the despair of body, amateur or profei who bad ever tried to ap sing or act therein. _ Thursday night the local school dramatic clubs gave a I play there and did It well. lots of the folks couldn't them. And such has caae on every occasion hltl There must be something professional, In the best the word, about the PIsl for Saturday night one cou, every syllable, even to a whisper by Orace Livingston crucial moment in the hapi at "training Quarters" for rlo-comic trlala of the first married life. On the other hsnd. chsrm In the work of ths plsyers. to which the profi stage can never attain, i freedom from the sllghteet of commercialism. No a great star wltb the au ti6n of other charactera, toning Of the atory U> At and low degree of the seen In the I'laymakera' tatlon of "The First Year, It seemed to those who c , the I'laymakera and th?lr Saturday night. Grace L nnd Tommle Tucker are _ delightful than are Oracle er and mother la their _ the most charming chai all Is the doctor, perhape everybody Ju?t naturally doctors. Dr. Anderaon. th eon firmed bachelor, has aa elared. a knowledge monlal measles that to dlsgnose nnd cure the when It Is dreedfsl inde seems likely to prove fatal moment. ??To those who hsve 'first yesr,' and to th<N look forward to thelra, ly this Includes all of play speaks with truth." #ay? Director K two ate Just suffering monlal measlsa/ Dr. wlaely avers, 'troubles terrible but don't sm? thing. Everybody has like meaales, It's them young and gei Years from now you' Ing to langh at thle It. If you let It take you're going to err-? 4 at It What do yon of course we all chooee The cast t
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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April 12, 1926, edition 1
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