CLOSE CALL FOR
BESS CITY MAN
SATURDAY NIGHT
Attacked by Burly Neyro in
Own Home P. C. Cotioon
Ewape* by Quick Wilj
Without a Scratch
JNTItUDER GETS AWAY
Carried Screen Door With
Him and l*(| Cap as He
%ent (hit Front But
||^ Wan Nrver (juifht
Leaping from a dark cor
ner as P. C. Cohoon pulled on j
a light in his dining room Sat
urday night shortly after 9
o'clock a burly negro, thus far
unknown and unapprehended,
attacked the white man ,with
a club and but for quick ac
tion and quick thinking on
the part of Mr. Cohoon,
would in all probability have
robbed the home and left its
owner dead or unconscious
on the dining room floor.
As It was, Mr. Cohoon, seized
a chair and springing behind the
dining room table as the negro
lunged toward and, struck at him.
wan able to catch the blow on the
chair and to keep the negro from
getting within striking distance.
Seeing himself thwarted in his
plan to strike down Mr. Cohoon.
the negro then turned Into the
bedroom adjoining the dining
room, by which he had gained ad
mittance through a window, and
threw himself with all possible
force against a door opening on
the back porch but which, nerer
uaed. was locked. Thrice ha re
peated an effort to break through
the door, fearing; evidently that to
attempt to eecap* through the
small window by which he had
entered would expose him to at
Jflck in a disadvantageous posl
gWon, but the door, though one
?panel cracked Mid split, held firm.
^ Watchlngfljflreegro's effort's to
break throvHHhe door and aot
ing hl? powerful physique. Mr.
Cohoon. wh<y3i|r this time had re
covered from the surprise end
shock of the attack, decided that
It would be the better course for
him to go upstairs and get a
wespon than to mix It on even
terms with the negro In the
cramped quarters of the rather
small |>edroom. He therefore
rushed up the stairway.
Then It was that the negro, see
ing the way to the front door op
en, rushed through It, tearing the
screen door from its hinges In so
doing and leaving his cap in dis
engaging his head from the wire
of the screen door's Upper panel
through which he crashed In his
haste to make his getaway. Oun
In hand, Mr. Cohoon reached the
porch close upon the fugitive's
heels but not In time to be success
ful In his attempt to wing him.
The negro fecaped, though shot
dt one time before he disap
peared In the darkness.
The matter 'Was promptly re
ported to the police, but their ef
forts to pick up the Intruder's trail
were fruitless. The fact that the
negro had left his cap. however,
suggesud that here waa a case In
which oloodhounds should be ef
fective and these were brought
here from Suffolk, arriving about
2 o'clock In the morning. Permit
ted to nose over the cap and then
taken to the window by which the
negro entered the kitchen, the
hounds bounded through the
\ffcouse to the front door and fol
? lowed the trail in full try to the
jK<>rfolk Southern passenger sta
tion. There. It la believed, the ne
gro escaped while the police ran
fruitless circles about the Cohoon
reeldeace.
The P. C. Cohoon residence Is
on Bhrlnghaus afreet extended,
snd Is without near neighbors. It
Is occupied by Mr. Cohoon and his
slaters, Mrs. A. K. Krsmer, aad
Miss Salite Cohoon. Mrs. Kramer
and Miss Cohoon had gone to
spend the evening with Mrs.
Kramer's son. Ray Kramer, and
Mr. Cohoon was down town when
the negro forced entrance Into the
house. Subsequent examination
disclosed that he had entered the
kitchen through a window by re
moving the acreen, that from the
kitchen he had passed to the back'
porch which Is enclosed, and that
from I he back porch he hsd en
tered the bedroom to which he
fled sfler his unsuccessful attack
upon Mr. Cohoon.
There Is evidence that robbery
was not the negro's only motive
Mr. Cohoon. returning home at t
o'clock, did not go Immediately
Into the dining room, but switch
ing on the hall light and one In
his living room, sat down by his
radio snd for about to minutes
irled lo pick up some program on
the air that evening, (letting noth
ing but stall* and thinking that he
trd some no tee In the dining
n, he entsred the dining room
switched on the light nearest
i. That It ehaaced waa a shad
>ne. Intended for nee as a night
um? in tftekrlea. snd did not 11- |
Should Be Alert
In Shipping Peas
Estimated That About Nine'
Cars Will Be Shipped by
Tuesday
The general crop of May peas }
in not up lo standard this y?ur.
according to one of the la r r h h Ii i p- j
pers of May peas.
"While this Im true," this com- I
mission man went on to say. I
"there are HOhie very fine patch* h |
which ?i v give exceptionally fine
yields.
"The crop this year is going to !
be very large on account of an 1
exceptionally heavy acreage. If!
the weather continues warm and
molHt a grand rush to the market j
la likely to develop by the flrat of j
next week. m I
"Growers Rhould be on the alert ,
to keep their peas picked and I
shipped Just as fast as they be- ;
come ripe."
Both the New York and Phlla:
delphia markets dropped this
morning, local commission men
nay, the market running from
$3.00 to $4.00. Pea shippers ex
plain. however, that a break is to
be expected on Monday and that
prospects are good for higher pri
ces later In the week.
The New York and Philadelphia
markets were very nearly the same
this morning with New* York a
shade better.
Nine carloads have been placed
for loading, by the Norfolk South-]
ern railroad and probably Just
about this number of cars will
leavo here Tuesday.
SHEAN SENTENCED
ON TO FIVE YEAKS
Hartford. Conn., May 17 ? Wal- i
ter E. Shean of Springfield, Massa- ;
chuaett*. partner in crime of Oer
ald Chapman, recently executed '
for murdering a policeman during
the New Britain robbery Oct. 12,
1924, was sentenced today to the
atate prison for one to five years.
Shean pleaded gully to charge.-*
of carrying concealed weapons
and with accessory to stat- '
utory burglary.
ATTKNMNG CONVENTION
OONFKDKKATK VKT KRANU
B. F. S pence of this city left
Sunday for Raleigh where he
; spent the night, leaving Monday
'for Birmingham, Alabama, to at
tend the National Reunion or the
'.United Confederate Veterans,
which takes place there this week.
Mr. Spence is the only veteran
from the W. F. Martin Camp
No. 1590 who*. (Was physically able
? to take the trip, though there
were several others here anxious
to go.
i TltANMK CRANK DO KM N'T
WANT THK HOItN KD HA BY
| Trannio Crank, well known lo
cal shoe repairman, declares he Is
decidedly not as keen about adopt
ing a colored baby ? and a baby
i with horns on it, at that? as read
ers of The Dally Advance would
i gather from a little article on the
subject in this newspaper Satur
day.
"We were talking about the
i strange baby," Mr. Crank ex
plained, "and somebody. said,
'There's a chance for you. Tran
nle.' What 1 said was that I'd be
I glad to adopt half a dozen, gbut
didn't want one with horrid ' ou
him."
Meanwhile, although the mys
terious horned Infant has been
discussed widely, nothing definite
has come to light here as to
whether such a baby actually has
been born In this part of tthe
country. A similar rumor was
'current In Washington. N. C., last
week, but apparently It, too. re
mains unverified.
DRNTI8T NOMVim
Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, May
117.? Dr. A. L. Wooten. state
school dentist in the employ of the
' State Board of Health, who has
been In the limelight In connec
tion with charges of simple as
sault brought against him by
three school girls In the school at
I Plymouth. Washington county,
has been fully exonerated of the
charges, according to an announce
I ment today from the State Board
'of Health.
around the table and passing with
in a few feet of where the negro
; lay In wait, Mr. Cohoon then
switched on another light. It was
, this light that disclosed the negro
at the foot of the stairway, crouch
ing and ready to spring.
Had the negro desired only rob
, bery there was a purse on the bed
and there were trinkets on the
j dresser of the room through
| which he had passed. The way out
I by the kitchen window was clear
; as Mr. Cohoon turned the knobs
i of his radio. But the negro wait
ed
Again, on Sunday morning
when Mrs. Kramer went to t^9
1 front door for the milk she found
- stuck under a flower pot a piece
of paj>er apparently torn from a
i bag such as Is used hy grocery
?tores as a container on which
j were written In an almost Illegible
?crawl the words "I get you."
Several clues as to the identity
of Mr. Cohoon'* asaallant have led
to searches of negro homes la the
vicinity of Pasquotank and to ono
i arrest at Hertford. The negro
held at Hertford turned out to be
I the wrong man. however, and thus
far all other clnes have run off In
to the sand.
-? . - .
STABILIZING OF
DOLLAR IS NEXT
goal of Banker
Statintician Fifpirro in Cer
tain 10 Year Period Fluc
tuation Meant Lo?8 Inter
cut anil Part Principui
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Many Frankly Skeptical of
Any Practicable Solution,
But Other* Believe One
Will l?e Workni Out
B> I?AV1D UWRE\TK
tUnrHkl. IM. h IM AInmi
White Sulphur Springti, W. Va.,
May 17.? Legislation passed and
pending in Congress WBH analyzed
at the fifty-sixth meeting of the
Hoard of Clovernors of the Invest
ment Hunkers Asaoclat Ion of Am
prlpu halH hsrs
Listening to Home of the reports
of the various committee*, the ob
server Is Impressed with the Inti
mate Interest "that has developed
on the part of the Investment
hankers of the country In the ac
tivities of the Federal Govern
ment. This comes aout. of course,
to some extent through the fact
that anything which the Govern
ment does to affect the value of
aecurltles offered or about to be of
fered touches vitally the business
of the Investment banker.
There was. therefore, more than
passing attention given the analy
sts by Joseph K. Swain, vice pres
ident of the Guaranty Trust
Company of New York, who re
viewed what Congress and the In
terstate Commerce Commission
had done with reference to rail
road financing and the transporta
tion Industry in general. Discus
sion of the various plans for con
solidation of railroads, revealed,
for instance, that the subject Is
engaging the continued Interest of
investment bankers, though. In
deed. there is little prospMt thst
any legislation of this kind will
be passed at the present aeaslon
of Congress. Satisfaction is ex
pressed here that the railroads
and their employes hsve gotten
together on the Watson-Parker
bill which is about to become law
for this step la. hailed as the be
ginning of an era of industrial
peace on the railroads.
Although most of the commit
tees were concerned here with re
ports on various types of securi
ties such as municipal, real estate
mortgage, power and public utili
ties. foreign bonds and commercial
credits, the writer found Mi. re
port by Lawrencv Chamberlain of
J. G. White Sc Company. New
York, of absorbing Interest In that
It brought to the attention of the
bankers something with which
committees of Congress have been
wrestling this season; namely, the
stabilisation of the dollar.
There is no doubt thai dlscu*
sion such ss was heard here cou
pled with the testimony thut has
been given at Washington by lead
ing economists of the country In
dicates a rebirth of Interest In a
subject which for generations has
been a puzzle In Investment econ
omics.
It has been brought out. for In
stance. that by using the lnd?x
numbers of the bureau of labor
statistics of the Labor Department
and taking weighted averages of
about 400 commodities, the value
of the dollar today Is between 60
and 70 cents In purchasing po#er
compared with a dollar taken at
par value In 1913. The same dol
lar was worth 40 cents In 1920
and two dollars snd s half In
1898 and 44 cents In 1S66.
These fluctuations would not at
tract much attention If they cam?*
gradually and over a long period
of time but It la pointed out that
fluctuations since 1913 hsve vital
ly affected the Income yield from
securities within a single genera
tion.
How can the dollar be stabil
ised? No plans were advanced or
endorsed here aa the subject Is
still being considered from the
stsndpolnt of effects and no con
crete scheme has been endorsed.
Some economists think that ulti
mately the solution will be fourfd
through the co-operation of the
leading governments of the world
or regulating the gold supply. It
Is a reform that will meet. In fact
Is meeting, with consldersble skep-(
tlcism. but Just ss the chsnge In
the nst Ion's banking aystem ac
complished through the Federal
Reserve Hoard was an evidence of
the belief on the part of econom
ists thst the evolution of com
merce and trade required vital
chsnges In psst methods of doing
business, so slso Is the stabilisa
tion of the dollar being regarded
as requiring specific treatment.
Some one with a bertt for stalla
ges has figured out for Instance
that In a certain ten year period
in recent vears the Interest Income
of an Individual with 91.090 was
entirely wiped out as well ss near
ly 1290 of principal becsuse of the
fluctuations of the dollar's pur
chasing power.
Indications are thst the subject
will be even more thorotiirhh can
vassed at the annual meeting of
the Investment Bankers' Associa
tion to be held at Quebec la Octo
ber.
You can have everything your
children need by not having any
children.
H. M. Rex of Muttdom
Here 1m nobody bV"K?," tin* funniest looking nioitr.ro] In
all N?*w York. with hi* nnwu-r, Prank Hughes. swdlinK proudly
over his triumph. Tl?? won II rut prix** in tin- Mint I'arade of
the ' American Wninaa'u Aijaociatl on. his royal robe? b*?lni; Frank's
dad'* old vent ucd liH,ert*wii hearing Ihe Inscription. "Hut Do*."
Stock Compa ny A dvoca ted
To Backl Base ball Outfit
vVA'-.
'/r*
Investors in Sit turn**- Pastime U oulil It r reive Share
Jor Eaeh $10-001 Into Guarantee hi nil; Hert
ford Wtnild Pool ('? ale Receipts
With Juno only a matter pf two
' week* off. IntervHt In suiuin.-i
j baseball at last Ik being ittanifest
; ed on u acale which portends at
leant a rcaaonable possibility thai
' a .college player nine may *lif
! formed here, aa one of the unit*
In a four-train league.
A suggestion that a baseball
' atock company be Jor^d.'to fin
, ance and direct auctr a team. h
! ad vu need by Robert Cotter, on u of
, the younger faun here. Mr. Cottri
, 8Ukk?'h?h i ha I earh contributor of
$10 to a prospective ban hull
! guarantee fund be lanued om
share of atock, a contributor ot
$20 to receive two share*. and h?i
ion.
Under thin plan. the atofJthold
era would meet and elect a hoard
,of director* to hiauuge the team,
i Nobody elae would have anything
to do with It; and *elt-?on*tituted
critic* on the outalde would find
themselves more or lea a out of
luck, to the Immense advantage
of the team lt*elf.
Preliminary negotiation* h re
.'being carried oil by Mr. Cotter
and Dr. H. E. Nixon, local dentist,
with a view to lnt< i fating Suffolk
and South Norfolk In entering the
proposed league, but nothing def
inite ban been learned yet. It !h
I hoped that, with Hertford. Eden
ton and Elizabeth City an poten
tial entrant! also, a four -train
i league could lie organised. aanur
ing a bftter schedule than I* pos
j Bible with only three team*
i With Suffolk only three hour*
Idlatant form Elizabeth City hv
automobile, and with Elizabeth
Cltjr. Hertford and Edenton linked
by a concrete highway. It Is felt
that the handicap of distance in
too alight to militate againnt the
formation of *uch a league.
Assurance hao been received
from Hertford that that town In
ready to organize for summer
baaeball, but on the condition that
the gat<F receipt* be pooled and
divided equally among the team*
In the prospective league, lining
the amalleat of the town* in the
league. Hertford obviously would
experience difficulty It financing
a team alone, and hefiee (he fans
there are inclined to demand that
the other towna come to her *up
port.
Thla phaae of the situation find*
little favor here. Thoae In Eliz
abeth City who are Intereatrd In
the formation of a baseball t< mi
,expre*a the opinion that thla city
can finance Its team, under th?*
unual arrangement. Irt?t are doubt
ful of Ihe outcome if receipt* are
pooled.
With an Increanlngly encourag
ing prospect that a team nlmllsr
to laat year's will he organised.
I'ratt Fearing'* auggeafloa that
the old Twilight be re
vlved apparently la heeded for the
dlacard. Many expreaa ?Ke opin
ion that, alnro Elisabeth Cify
folks have become accustomed th
a better brand of baaeball than
could be expeetcd of purely local
talent, or lack of It, there would
be little Interest In hm! a league.
They point to the discouraging I y
? small attendance at high school
I baaeball gamw h re this wason
'aa elvdenco to hack up their view
point.
MCMKYKI) Ml l<1f?E
Oreenaboro, May 17. Mis* Ida
Marie Eldaburg, aged if, dl<d
here today following ? sv^poaed
I If aelf -In flirted pistol #ound
through the heart. No metis* is
. ?
Bomb Explodes In
^ Front of Embassy
,^'?r ?-A
'JW! Hllll.,1 SU.V? K ,r"'"
?l?hf. No on . ? ""''?"??y lam
l"* ?'*?[ ~!,vzi:nd
HKRTKOlm OUT TO Dlci r
j ot ih..
's-hiyyj-, ^.ir "".i"
on Thu?d.v lV,,.ar
|.lau? arr. alr.'adv ht'l'n i ?"d
I u hii or ? -K.s r u | Ull(. "'?d? fo?"
-'??? More tZn u uTt'* ^
?tlend.iici. .. k i., ?'*fr,ct -nd
Aukum nin,bVrJ."b"lh ('"y
Hertford w i inor?* -Oian ,*iuo
S-" ;;;r &
Inu to rf>|K>r(M r?lhi . "r<,'?rd
? ? ty komi nt
"H UT IN ?V|>K
-nd.r for Vh,;'^^ ?'
Mrl.,.?n H?m ?IliJT ' ,iov,'>'nor
1 'or McDowell t ' a K,"'f,a' ??Tin
jh*" w,n r'L
MmIod d ii r i iu< ii " co"r'M
K -rr,,':
???"/.! tssr a***
???. .nJ^k^or,'rr,;M'
" H. Ar
:?&s KEr
MIW. H. K. MMITIf |7m?
u to. H"",h "I'd u ,..ar.
"V b"rn ?<-?ob,r 21 1*4.,
Rasas as?
In Ih, ""o
for had.,,"':'n ,n
10' l? r Mir, Tril' ,D"r,n" lh" lime
?nd I, L L""J ',r -mil,,
to all lh* "! ?" w"r ' ? rouifort
ssjri SS;-;;-''--1
dd;:: ? ? jsrs!!:
#^?vKr
?aspas ?ris'i
STRAWBERRIES
HAVE MADE ONE
DESERT BLOOM
(?rowm ill (lollllllllll*
roil n I y !Muim to Double
Arrrage Anollier Year in
Order Supply D?*iiiuihI
FESTIVAL IS IIEI.I)
Is llluiiiioutiiiif KvaniIil.'
of What Trurkiiii! Ilsis
Meant lo Out- ( iurilrr <>1?
(H.I INorlh Sluli'
Sir Walter Hotel, ItalelKli. May
17 - Strawberry growers in Co
lumbus county and other counties
In ilit* Strawberry Uelt plan to
double their acreage uext year in
order to meat the growing demand
for North Carolina berries. ac
cord i n r lo Frank D. Crist, Com
missioner of Labor, who has Just
returned from an Inspection trip
of several days In the strawberry
belt. He attended the Strawberry
Festival In Chadbourn In the
course of the trip and sees a must
prosperous future for the growers
of that aectlon aa the ludustry
developa. And tbis year the crop
Is estimated to be worth at least
9 1 .oou.oOO.
To date approximately 800 car
loads of strawberries have been
shipped from the berry aectlon.
with the possibility that the to
tal shipments for the season will
reach 1,200 cara, while the mur
ket would easily have absorbed
3,000 carloads, according to Mr.
Crist, without affecting the prices.
From one half to two-thirds of
all the berries shipped in the en
tire United States the past two
week* have come from North Car
olina, as the crop here come right
after the Florida crop, and Just
before the Virginia and Maryland
crop becomes available.
?Tp until this year the growers
have planted what they thought
was their maximum crop ? that la,
all they thought they could har
vest with th*.l?e?l labor aupply
However, tfndl Tha Department of
Labor has baootna active In the
district, thla year furnishing addi
tional labor la the. reqdlreu quan
tatles In whatever dlntrlctn It was
needed, the grower| are planning
on big Increase* of aoreage. as
i lie y Ittl learued that *hey are
not dependant on the local labor
supply," Mr. Orlat aald.
This section la beginning to en
Joy real prosperity for the first
time In years, since before turn
ing to i rucking and berry grow
ing, It relied almost entirely on
cotton. Now no cotton at all is
being grown In this area and the
farmers are making more money
than ever.
The Strawberry Festival held
In Chadbourn the past week most
Illuminating example of what the
culture of this fruit has meant to
the section. Mr. Orist said, and
he related many Interesting Inci
dents of his visit there. Chad
bourn la a thriving, up-and-com
ing town of eome 1.000 to 1,200
Inhabitants and la the berry ahlp
ping center for the entire county.
During the Faatlval there were
numerous display* of the various
types of berrlaa produced with ex
hlllilts showing how they are
packed for shipment. Other ex
hibits shewed the most approved
methods for canning and preserv
ing.
However, the ttioit Interesting
feature Is the strawberry market,
where the growera bring their ber
ries for sale. It la not unlike the
old tobacco marketing aystem
that formerly was so familiar.
The gruwan, some days han
dreds of them, bring their berries,
crated for shipmant. piled high
on wagoaa. on motor trucka and
often tied to the running boards of
their automobiles, to the market
place, at Chadbourn consisting of
a big shed near I he railway tracka.
Here the vsrloua buyers opens a
crate, and from the looks of this
one crate, bid on the entire load
which the farmer has. be It only
two or three orates or a dozen or
a score The highest bidder gets
the consignment and the farmer
Is told to whtah car he must de
liver his consignment. After the
carts are unloaded and stacked In
the refrigerated car, he Is given a
Klip by the mau In the car. show
ing the number of crataa and the
price, which he then takes to the
bank and receives cash or credit.
During the shipping season the
gross business done In a day totals
from 930,000 to 160^900 a day.
bank officials told Mr. Orlat.
On the day of the Festival, but
20 cars ware loaded at Chadbourn
and one of the hayera remarked
that he had orders from one house
In New York that would have tak
en the entire to cara could he
have secared Ihem New York
alone at this time of year can ab
sorb to cara dally.
CUTTo.l MtRKKT
New York. May 17 -Cotton fu
turea opened today at the follow
ing levels: July It. 24, October
1 7.41, December 17. 4?. January
17 )t. March 17.81
Naw York, May 17. ? f pot cot
ton closed qatet. middling It. 70,
a decline of 1| points Futures.
Closing m Jalu lt. It, OM. 17.46.
Dee. 17. 4t, Jan lilt, March
17.41,
SAW OPEN WATER
AT NORTH POLE
AND ROCKY ISLES
Lincoln KlUtvortli of I'olar
Kvpcdilion IVIU Axsiiriul*
cil I'rt'H* AIhmiI Trip 4 hoi*
on tin* Norm*
ANSWERS UtESTION
(>i<u|tnphrr> aiul Explnr
itj* llave Wondered Many,
Y?>ant and Former Expe
dition* Failed to Kind Oul
Nome, Alaska, May 17. ?
Lincoln Ellsworth of the
Amundsen-Ellsworth trans
polar expedition tolil the As
sociated Press here today ;
that they raw much open l
water at the North Pole 1
when he anil his 17 compan-l
ions pawed over it Tuesday
?litrht in the Dirigible N;>r|{c. i
This statement lay Ellsworth
provided an answer to (he quen-i
Hon that has puzzled geographer* !
and explorers for many years and i
which was not completely settled
with visits of Commander I*earv
and Lieutenant Hyrd in th?dr trips
to the Pole becuuse of the limited
amount of area reviewed hy them. '
Mr. KllsWorth said that rocky
Islands were seen hy his party at
the pole but these could hardly be
considered land.
The Norge Is being dismantled ,
at Teller. 76 miles northwest of i
here, where it landed Thursday |
night. I
Colonel llmberto Noblle of
Italy, designer and builder of the i
bllmn*. is supervising the dls- !
mantling.
The big airship was (n the air
about 7 2 hours.
Considerable time waa spent at
tho North Pole making ' obaerva- j
lions, the Norge havlui descended
to wlthlh 600 feet of the Ice, and'
reee to an altitude of4 4.000 feet. 1
Over Point Barrow, on the Arc
tic Coaat, 660 miles northwest of '
here, ice formed on the whirling 1
propellers of the ship and then ,
broke off, cutting the big gas bag.
Lons of hydrogen gas made the
Norge extremely heavy.
A fair wind aided It on the voy- i
age from Harrow to Teller.
The crew of 18 arrived at Teller
very tired but In excellent physical j
condition.
NEED A I .AIM; K SUM
TO BALANCE BlIOUET
Charlotte. Muy 17. ? The gener
al assembly of the Presbyterian
church to meet at I'ensacolu, Flor
ida. Thursday will be told that the .
North Carollnu Synod needs $200.
000 to balance Its benevolent bud- ?
get for the year. This Is the an
nouncement today of J. H Splll
man. secretary of the stewardship
committee of the Htate. which In
to meet at Oreenaboro tomorrow
to consider plans of balancing bud
get.
REFEKENDUM TO BE
H El J) MAY TWENTIETH
Berlin, May 17. ? Cabinet has
decided that a national referen
dum on the question of conflsca
tlon without Indemnification of;
property of the former German
ruling house will be held on June
20.
NK4JIIOKM M\l> l? W l\
POI.H K HH'IIT MthlMV
It wan colored folks' days In the
recorder's court Monday morning,
with not a single white person
among the defendants who faced
County Judge P. <j. Sawyer.
Willie Sm It h and Lizzie Price,
for being drunk and disorderly ut
a Shepard street restaurant, run
by Prank Harney, about midnight
Saturday, were lined the former
$f? and the latter $10 and costs, j
Total costs and fines amounted to|
more than $26
Susie Allen. 2ft Poplar street,
for violation of the COttlfNilftOf1)
school law. was let off with costs.
Jack Johnson paid a fine of $Ti
and coala for crap shooting.
One Theodore Hudson waa re
ported mlaaing when hla name wj<
called,' and the case was continued
and a police officer was directed
to locate Theodore, charged with
entering a pool room though un
der legal age. and put him under
bond ror appearance at the next
session of court.
MRU. THJ.KTT l>KAI?
Mra. Nancy TlllHt. age 7:i. died
at the home of her daughter. Mrs
(}. *?*. Hudglns. 406 Kast Burgess
street. Sunday afternoon at I
o'clock, after being In failing
health for a Ion* time. Her body
waa taken on a Coast Guard boat
to Manna Harbor Monday morn
ing. leaving Kllsabeth City at 1
o'clock, for burial In the family
liurylng ground with services con
ducted by Rev. J. It. Beasley. pot
ior of the Methodist Church.
Mra. Tlllett la survived by two
ilaughjera, Mra. O. P Hudglna of1
thla city and Mra. Sarah Mann of
Manna Harbor; two sons. C. T
rillett of Kllsabeth City and W ,
D. Tlllett of Manns Harbor; and |
by two brothers Kd Mann of
Hyde couity and Dan Mann of
r - .
Ji
k
* i
\
r
\
T.