.yOL. XVI. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVEXIXC, SE1TEMBKR 21. l!)2?i. SIX PACKS. NO. 222.; j
TWO DIE AS FONCK BEGINS FLIGHT
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Terrific Storm Centering Fury on New Orleans
Plane Crashes to
.Earth in Flames
RAs Crowds Gaze
\ Captain Fonck and Lieutenant Curt in
Leap to Safety; Women Faint and Cry
As Radio Operator and Mechanic of
the Plane Meet Terrible Death
(By Tlit AiMciatrd Pmt)
IWetlliury, New York, Sept. 21. ? The mechanic
and radio operator of Captain Itene Fonck's airplane
apparently |>erishcd when (he plane started a non-stop
flight to Paris this morning.
Tile plane iraslifd ill flames. Captain Fonrk and
his American alternate pilot, l.ieiilenant Ijwrence W.
Curtiii, Icii|kmI elear of jhc flames.
Charles W. Calvier, French radio operator, and
^cob IslamolT, ltussian meehanie, were trapped in the
sclage when the plane crashed over an embankment
at the end of the three-fourths of a mile runway. Smoke
rose in black clouds over the plane.
Women fainted and cried. The plane weighed more
than 28,000 pounds loaded when it attempted to take
off. When it reached the end of the runway it leaped
into the air and plunged nose down, then burst into
flames. It was later ascertained that the two men were
-d?ad.
FEARING ESTATE
r GOES AT AUCTION
Home Tract on Itivcrttitle'
Ave. Brings $80,661.50; j
More Sol<l Today
A total of $80,601.50 was real-,
lied Monday from llio sale of the
large J. B. Fearing tract on River
fide avenue, sold for division
among the heirs. Salo figures on J
Individual lots ranged from $2.9(0
on the wuterfront to $1110 farther
back.
The sale wan conducted by the
Walter & Hurley Auction Coiu-j
pany. of Kinston. utid<T the direc
tion of J. II. LeRoy, Jr.. and M. IV
Simpson, trustees, ll is to re
main open for 20 days, with the
Osual proviso that if any bids are
raised sufficiently to Jusiify it. in
the opinion of the clerk of the
court, the lots so raised will he
resold.
The Fearing property sold Mon
day comprised of 55 qcres. and was
the largest undeveloped tract
Within the limits of Kllzaheth City.
A tract of eight acros owned by Wi j
R. Lambert, and situated on the.
Waterfront nenr the Kllzaheth City
Hosplf i|. last week brought nearly
$20,000 when sold similarly at ,
auction.
Additions! holding* of the J. H.
?taring estate in t ho downtown
^flb'-tlon, comprising properties on
^Mftlndexter, Church. Water and
Vpartin streets and Colonial ?vp
were sold Tuesday at 10:30
o clock.
Purchasers In the sab- Monday
were:
C. O. Robinson, 7 lots; Mrs.
William McQueen, 2 lots; Mrs. J. :
R. Outlaw. 2 lota Individually and
2 lots jointly with Mrs. Luclau ?
Morrlsette; C. W. Stevens. 1 lot:
J. B. Fearing. Jr.. 4 lots; M. W. :
flaunderi. 1 lot; heirs of the en- I
tate, 144 lots for $13,392 and two
oth?r? at $1,850 each; Mrs. T. I) ;
CO Well, A. D. Cropsey. J. 8. Seel
ey, Sr.. and H. F. Walters. 1 l?>t
eaeh; Mrs. Mae Commander. 2 ,
lota; Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Iximbert.
20 lots: Mrs. Mlttle Fearing ftaum,
. 1 lot: E. O. Haunt and C. K. Hall
*y, 3 lots Jointly; Mrs. Margaret
T. King. 1 lot; X. F. Yacobl. 1 I
lot; C. L. Hopkins, of Cre*w? II. 3 I
lots; Mrs. Allle Clatk. I lot; J :
T West. 4 lots; W. L. IMpkln. ;t
c lotn; flrorge W. Ileverl4*e. 7 lots;
B F. Prltchard. 4 lota; J. K. Tar
fclinkitmi. 1 lot; R. L. Kvann. 1 lot;
&fc*d I >;* v id Fearing. 12 I Ota.
Tb? property facing Water.
Front and Church streets sold
Tjiaidav morning brought $17
7ft0 as a' whole, excluding a lot
26 Jflt wide next to Twlddy'a Oro- \
c/ff- which wa? retained as a part
do w rr of Mrs. Fearing. Th<
'wBter wax W. T. Love. Sr. Flr?t
vfi separately, the lots In this
trw# bfough* ? total of $13,150. 1
ELECTHOCITKD FOR
MURDER OF LANDLORD
Raleigh, sopl. 21.? Jolm Wll-1
limns, negro, of Halifax county, i
was electrocuted at State's prison '
here thin morning for the murder
of Alex Bradley. on whose farm
Williams w:is a tenant. Last min-j
ute edorla to halt the execution
aiul to secure a reprieve while'
further investigation was made,!
wore unavailing. and Williams j
went to his death without auy up- {
peal h.i vim; hcen made to the Su- '
preme Court, which Is moet unus-j
u il In canes of firKt degree mur
der.
At the trial, the State cluitncd
that Williams shot Bradley be
cause Bradley, had ordered him to
stop making liquor on his farm.
Williams, in his defence, claimed
that he and Bradley and Bradley's
son all made liquor,, and that
Bradley supplied the materials. He
said that he was returning a guiw
to Bradley after having complete"
a run of liquor, aud that he stum
bled when Bradley opened the
door, the gun accidentally dis
charging. killing Bradley. This
version was disproved by the fact'
that Bradley was shot twice, oncel
over the hip and again over one J
eye.
"1 Investigated the case thor-,
otiKhly even before any requests,
wero received." said II. Hoylo
Sink. Commissioner of Pardons
and Paroles, "and I found no
ground whatever upon which clom
ency could be extended. These
cases are always carefully Investl-'
gated, and where ever any grounds
for doubt of guilt exist, a reprieve
Is recommended."
RICHMOND COUNT*
COMPLAINS OF TAXES
Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. Sept. [
21. ? If his own altitude reflect*!
the gener.il attitude of the county
at large, there Is little sympathy
In IHehmond county for the eight
months school term, according to
Herbert Parsons of Rockingham.
Who was in Raieich Monday. "Per
sonally. 1 think we are already
spending loo much on the schools |
and that the need is for retrench- 1
m"iit rather than expansion. Taxes*
are already too hlph. and we need
something to lower them Instead
of make them higher," said Mr.
Parsons.
Ho said that there would be a
good cotton crop In Richmond
rounty. hut that prices were very (
low. Some farmers were begin-'
nlng to diversify to some extent,
he said, but not enough to free
Ihrm of their dependence on cot- 1
Ion. There Is much land on which
tobacco could and should he
grown, but Is not. as most of the!
farmers are cotton farmers and do'
not seem able to raise tobacco',
profitable, he asld.
MANY EXPECTED -
AT ROAD SESSION
HERE TOMORROW
Duiieo lo 1'olloM Bu?ine*s
Meeting of Atlantie (
al Highway Knthnsiayls at
Country < Unit
TO ADVERTISE KOUTE
Nearly I4H) Invitation*
Mailed to Prospeetivr Vi?
itiirn in Virginia and
Kuftern Carolina
Official* ?f (he South Atlantic .
CoaHttf 1 Highway Association,
members of the association. and
unofficial guests from many l?wm
and cities along the route of the
great Mori li-to-South motor road
through Tidewater Virginia and
Eastern North Carolina, will eu
seinble at the Elizabeth City Couu- 1
try Club Wednesday morning at ;
11 o'clock for a conference on j
plans properly to advertise Ihe ad-'
vantage of the section through !
which it passes.
For ihe entertainment of .the
visitors who remain over, a dam e j
will be given at the club \Wdnes- I
day night at 8:30 o'clock, to'
which all members and their la-|
dies have been Invited. This will i
constitute the monthly member- >
ship entertainment at tho club, :
and a large attendance in antlci- '
pated. Refreshments will be
served.
Officials of the club point out
that in affording a pleasant meet
ing place for the large highway !
delegation expected here, the
country club again la proving it* .
worth to Elizabeth City, aside '
from the usual recreational oppor- |
tunltles it offers its membership.
Privileges of the nine-hole golf j
course will be accorded the visi
tors. It Is now in excellent condl- j
lion, utid many of the city's guests!
are expected to make use of it I
during the afternoon.
Officials who have udvlsed that'
jlliey will be here for the highway1
meeting include Frank O. Miller,
i or Jacksonville. Florida, nnd Fred ?
(Ward, of Brunswick, Georgia, re-'
spcctively president and vice pres-!
Ident of the South Atlantic Coas- !
tal Highway Association. A large
Tidewater Virginia delegation Is |
expected, headed by State Sena-'
tor John A. Leaner, of Norfolk, !
I president of the Tidewater Auto- I
I mobile Association, and Frank <\ j
Miller. Norfolk attorney, who will'
deliver an address.
Nearly 400 Invitations have
been mailed to road enthusiasts in
Tidewater Virginia and Kaatern '
North Carolina, and In addition 1
to the delegation from the former j
State, many visitors from cities,
along the North Carolina stretch
of the highway arc looked for.
Unofficial Information from)
State Highway Department sour
ces, In effect that the $600,000"
Chowan Bridge at Kdcnton will be j
completed by next Mh>\ Is re- j
celved with much interest here, asj
offsetting rumors current for,
weeks that the four-mlle-long ?
structure would not be finished
before 1927. Through elimination
of delay occasioned by the wait
Imposed by the present ferry aor-1
vices between Kdenton and points!
on the opposite shore* of Albe
marle Sound, the bridge Is ex-:
pected to prove a tremendous fac
tor In popularizing the South Al
lantlc Coastal Highway Assocla- !
tlon with motor tourists headed to1
or from various coastal points In ;
the South.
Auto Stolen From
Road Man At Sligo
Sllgo, Sepl. 21. ? A Ford road
ster was stolen last night from
the yard of Willis Banks at this
placo. the property of Robert 1
Temple of Brunswick County. Vir
ginia, who Is engaged Just now in j
building shoulders on the Sllgo
road by the Roberts Paving Com
pany. The car bore a Virginia li
cense number 35-400 and wa?
equipped with diamond tires on j
left front and right rear wheel?.
The roadster was a 1924 model. 1
Fifty dollars reward has been of
f'-rcd for the return of the car to
the owner.
The theft of the car was dl*
covered by Mr. Temple himself at
6 o'clock this morning. Deputy
Sheriff Will Flora of Hhawboio
was on the trail of the car by 7
o'clock In Ihe morning. Passing
through here shortly sfter noon he
expressed hope of getting the car
by nightfall.
CHARLES CLAVIKH
This i:< Iho I'rrncli radio oper
ator who villi Jacob IslaiuufT.
ItiiHMian imrhauir, nn?t ilratfi" to
day when tlio slant Sikorsky S-36
cratthcd ovrr an <tiiliai;kmriit In
flaim-s as Captain lloiio Konck
and Lieutenant l?awrriic?! Curttn
wi-rc att'-mi?iinp to net out on u
non-stop flight from Now York to
1'aris.
DO YOU II l.\T EXTRA
0.\ MCIII Oh HCMT'f
The Advance ha>- madv ar? ,
rangements for apeclal MiTVlce
on tlu* Dempsey-Ttinney light,
with a view to Issuing an extra
on that night. TIiIm would be
in lino with tliln newspaper's,
policy in the pa-*!.
Tin* suggestion now cornea to
The Advance, however, that
with the radio in such general
uhc, Interest In the printed
story would nut reach tiie point
to make an extra edition attract
I any volume of Hales.
[ Is this true? The Advauce
has never Issued an extra the
sales on which would begin to
pay for tlic expense of getting
out the paper, but these edi
tions have been issued from
time to time as a matter of ser
vice to Advance readers, and If
four or Ave hundred copies
were sold, netting the paper
say |1L'. 50 and hardly paying
telegraph lolls, to say nothing
of labor, we have counted our
selves well repaid in the sails
faction of getting to our read
ers first with news in which
there was at the moment para
mount Interest. Will the spok
en word over the radio destroy
Interest In the printed news in
The Advance?
If you want a flght extra.
The Advance would appreciate
It If you would say so.
French Cabinet Is
Discussing Plan
Briand-Streseman
n> pail Hcorr mow it Kit
I5M. By TM A#nnt?l
Paris, Sept. 21. ? Something
like an Intimate Pranco-ftcrman
entente seems a possibility as a
result of the recent conversations
of Poreign Ministers flrland and
Htreaemann.
While officially nothing definite
In known regarding the conciu*
alons reached by these, statesmen
there Is reason to believe that the
bases for a future understanding
are somewhat as follows:
Prance would make the Rhine
land occupation "invisible" iinme*
diately, would replace military by
civil commissioners and would end
the entire occupation next year or
even sooner Instead of In
Prance would return the Saar
territory to Ocrmany In the near
future without a plebiscite and
Would disinterest itself from the
questions of the districts of Kupen
and Malmedy. which Germany de
sires to, purchase from Bclftltint.
Ocrmany in return, would re
purchase the Saar coal mine*
from Prance and Issue Immediate*
ly to the public throughout the
world, railway and Industrhtl
bonds provided for under th"
Dawes plan.
Thus Plane presumably woul/l
be enabled to restore her finance*
without American aid and could
reject the Washington debt agree
ment as It desire* to do.
There are many obstacles In the
way of thlr> program. The l'/eneh
cabinet will discusa It Tuesday. It
In not known how far Premb r
Polncare agrees with M. Ilrland
There are, moreover, ' serious
practical difficulties In the way of
Isrfuing the Dawes plan bond" ?* t
the present time. Plnally. tier
man financial opinion is said to
fe?r arousing the hostility of Am
erlean banks If It enables Pi are e
to save the financial situation
without the help of American
cradlta.
FLORIDA PEOPLE PECAN GROWERS
WEREWARNEDBY VISIT ORCHARDS
jWEATHER MAN NEAR THIS CITY
iitfarrwise . Lo** of Life
I W ould Have* Brni (Irriil
i rr; Storm VI as I rarnl h>
Karlv a* Ttir*da\
CAUTION ADVISK1)
SjMM'ial Vi iirniiifis llrnad
ca*t to Kvery t lily and
Tohii on Florida <.oa*l
and Signal* Displayed
lly II.WIII I.A\VllK\rK
lC??yn?M. I*J.6. R| Thf Adiin'c)
Washington. Sept. 21. T!t<
|u<o|ili> of Southern Florida wore
w.irncd^lti as alarming laiiKUiiK1'
as I he weather bun .tu could use
that a terrific hurricane wmn up
proaching. Official. of tin* bureau
[??el confident that their warnings
were ut least carried lo the resi
dents of Miami Iteacli and that
this accounted for the relatively
small list of casualties at the
titach Itself.
The stut? incut was made at the
weather bureau that hud not the
wurnlUK been heeded the loss of
life would have been much great -
: er than lias been reported. Just
how widely the news of the ap
proaching hurricane was broad-!
cast iu advance is not yet known,1
but the arrangements usually are
to telephone and telegraph nil
j in wspapers, city officials, chain*'
? Vers pf commerce and all who
.could po&tduly be iutcruhtcd. ii
! U lelt here that ships received the
j warning in ample time to Meek
shelter.
The records of the weather bu-|
reau show that I lie path of the
storm was traced beginning us
early as last Tuesday (nun a point
west of I'orto Klco and northeast'
of St. Kit is Island. Kvery day'
twice a daj* since then the waru-|
ings were issued describing the lo-.
I eat ion of the center of the storm
'mid stating that it was moving ?
I westward. On the morning oft
I last Wednesday the weather bu
jreau in Its warning described the'
storm as having "already attained
i considerable Intensity." Caution [
! was udvisnd for all vessels east of I
'eight degrees. That same night, I
namely Wednesday the fifteenth,!
the position of the storm center |
was given as twenty degrees north!
and sixty degrees west. On the?
evening Thursday the sixteenth,
the weather bureau said the trop
? leal storm has "passed Turks Is*'
land moving West and Northwest
attended by dangerous shifting
gales." Caution was advised
I again oil all ver.aelH "bound for
(Florida Struits. the Hahainas and
adjacent islands."
j Hut tlie most spectacular warn
ing came last Friday about l0:20
?a. in., when the hurricane center)
'was described as being uhoul 2".
(degrees north, latitude, and 7 4 de
gree* _ West longitude "moving'
West and Northwest attended by
winds of hurricane force uear cen
ter." The weather bureau said:
"This is a very severe storm. Its
center will likely pass near Nassau
early tonight. Kvery jirecaution
should be taken for destructive
| winds Saturday morning."
i This was broadcast to every city)
'and town from Jupiter Inlet on
the Florldn count to Miami and
storm warnings were hoisted. On
the evening of Friday the seven
teenth' this was changed to hurri
cane warnings with the following
observation trtim the weather bu
reau to all land and sea stations:
[ "In view of reports Fast of Mi
ami and possibility of close ap-'
prosch of hurricane center lo en-'
| tire Southeast Florida coast to
morrow forenoon. It Is thought In
advisable to wait till morning to
! Issue these warning". Kvery pre
caution should be taken for North
least wind* that may Increase to
hurrlmne force."
To those who und^rstund th^
nature of weather bureau warn
ing* iu every dry. these advices
'meant th.it people should take
I shelter In low buildings to avoid
| destructive wind* and that ship*
should get into safe harbors, it h
believed here that m ? many ship
look shelter that this deprived
land stations of much Information
that would have cone by radio as
to the velocity of the wind.
The barineter it Miami regis
tered 27. r. 2 on Saturday morning
which is the lowest mercurial rat
ing ever reported from a laud sta
jtlon. The storm was last report
led moving toward Mobile und Pen
I sacola with a velocity of 100 miles
an hour anil with a harrtmetrb
pressure of 29.10. Officials said
that as soon as the storm hit the
roast line in the vicinity of Mo*,
bile It probably would spend Itsj
force.
Delegation Hcadrtl l?y Sim*
rotary W . !N. Kopw of IV
t<?i>l?ur? Stmlio Mriliud**
\\nu- I i*rd
TIIKKK IMTS I OKMKI)
North and South (liirnlina
ami Virginia Soriclio lo
!Mrrt Yawou* I'rolilrin*.
( ]?Ho|M'rativ?'ly
H< ad>'<l by \V. N Roper. of !*? ?
lirHlKirt;. Vlrmuia . wrMttry
jointly ??r tin- Virginia, North Car
olina ami recently- organized South
Carolina IN ran lihiwi r-' Socbt les. '
a motor delegation (>t pecan crow
ers visited this fit > Tuesday In tlo
course of <? ti Inspection tour <<(
I In* cholo st groves in tin- Slut*'.!
Alter a trip to the pecan proves'
of i!. (I. liuUjiisiiii and I*. V, Scott.
Ileal* tills city. t li? Vixitord l< It
< arly in the afternoon with l-'arm
Ville as their liext destination.
, The pecan growers w? re in* I at
the Southern tlofi I 11 1*1 ? 11 their ar- ,
rival at 10::?U o'clock this morn- ;
. itiK hy He vera I growers liung In
this city and county. They ex
pressed keen Interest 111 lupsoil
work and other improved methods ,
'In use at the Robinson and Scott |
farms.
Mr. Scott addressed the socle*!
ties in joint session at the Monti-!
' ccllo Hotel in Norfolk Monday,
and Mr. Itobinson explain* d in d -
tall the results he had obtained hy
various methods under varylnK
conditions, in the course ot the
i visit to his grove* today,
i KmiImIoIiik tliut t lie visitors
were interested mainly iu cultural
methods from the standpoint ot .
practical cxpcrionce, Secretary ,
Koper slated that tlo-y were pay- '
lug close attention to the expert-'
lui nts of John T. Thortie, pr? si- i
dent of the North Carolina society, '
who has la rye groves iu Form-'
vtlle, tie vt stopping point of the;
paily. Mr. Thorue, lie raid. Iian
a grove of about ximi trees in
which lie regularly grows cotton
and tobacco as a means ol making
the land meet the overhead cost
incurred during the growing pe
riod of tell to lift! ell years before
the trees reaeh a state of prolit
ahle productivity.
liy earefut cultivation. Secre
tary ltop?T continued, it had been
found entirely feasible to grow
cotton, tobacco mid other so-railed
money crops iu pecau groves,
thereby offsetting the large tie-up
of laud over a long period which
otherwise tended to render uu- '
profitable the urowlug of the nuts, j
Accompanying Mr. I toper were 1
bis wife und Hoy I'alrlkeld and
Miss Grace Kceler, the latter be
ing pecan growers of I.yiinhiivcii.
Virginia. Miss Rei-ler Is 11 mem - :
ber of the board of directors of '
the Virginia I'ecan Growers' So- .
clety.
In announcing the formation of
the South Carolina I'ecan Grow
ers' SucP-ty last Thursday. Mr. .
Roper declared that ll and the ?
North Carolhia and Virginia so
cieties would woi k as co-ordinat
ing units, passing mIoiik from one
to another the bene tits of ? x fieri -
ments iu improved pecan produc
tion. and meeting hs one large or
gan i/.at ion the various problems
encouiit* red In mowing and mar
keting the nuts.
HEARS FROM S1S1EHS
IN STRICKEN MIAMI
Mrs. C. I'. Ilrown. who bus two
sisters In Miami and who lias been
In suspense about them sine the
n? wh of the great Florida storiu
disaster, was relieved today to re
ceive the first definite news from
them since the storm. Roth faiu
llb-s were safe, was the word
brouuht, and unhurt despite some
harrowing experiences.
The scenes in wrecked Miami 1
ar*1 frightful, the message to Mrs.
flrowu staled, with dead strewn
everywhere; and one of 1 ship"
from the harbor was left hlitli and
dry on Flagler street, one ??f th'
prluclpai thoroughfares of the ?
city.
Mm. Brown's sisters are Mrs.
A. W. Wood and /Mrs. M I, Heard,
both of whom, wish their hus
bands, have visited Mrs. Rrown
arid have many friends here.
COTTON M\ltKIT
New York. September 21 Cot
ton f mores opened today al the
following levels; 0? l I *?.*!?, Dee,
1 6 .1 .n 1 6.1 2. Man ti l :ir?.
May !?.#?.
New York. Hepi l!l Spot ml
ton closed nulct, middling IH.^o.
a decline of S p??'iiis. Futures,
closing bid: Oct 1 . 7f?. I?se. 1 r?
Jan 16.08, Mai h 1?.30. May,
Interest Centers
In Carrying Relief to
The Stricken Areas
Hack Country of Everglades Expected
to Yield Large Toll of Death as Wholfc
Settlements Are Reported to Have
Been Utterly Wiped Out
lit. Till* .t'urlllrd Pr-M. t
Halving left n trail of dcalli and destruction ill'
Southern llorida. tin* tropical hurricane which swept
in from the Bahama** laM 2 riday ni;Jil had pasned over
I'cnsacola and !\lohilc today, and was converging on
New Orleans after striking a number of Southern Ala*
liaina tow ns.
A* relief workers penrtratrd into the debris on the
Mast (!oai>l of I'lorida, the death list continued to mount
?teadil>. Oonscrvative estimates placed the drud at
1(H) and tlie injured at .*>.000.
The la*t word from I'cnsacola, a fragmentary ra
dio message, i*aid the |iro)ierty damage was heavy bat
there was no loss of life. Word came from Mobile
also that none were killed. ImiI other nearby Alabama
towns were not so fortunate. I^iss of life wan reported
at hotli Jackson ami lla\ minette.
With tin* known death toll in the hnrricanc that
swept over I lie lower llnrida eount standing ut 375 to
ila> anil (villi tlie injured ft ill cstimatcil at 1,000 .or
more anil property damage ut $50,000,000 or more,
ill! crest eentererl in what has happened to I'cnsacola
on tlie west coast, Mobile, 30 miles farther wcdI, and
in relief measures to lirin^ the strieken territory hack
lo normal.
That the "liaek country" in the Kverxlades will
yield a r>t ill larger loll of death Deemed eertain today
when an airplane pilot lold the story of settlement^
alon^ llie stream* in the Kverfiludes l>?iii(; levelled.
W Ital may have happened in I'eiiHiieola in Dtill n o
k now n. No inkling of the damage lias lieeu obtained.
Mobile escaped with comparatively small damage,
according lo a message received from llie Mobile Reg
ister.
New Orleans. Sept. 21. ? No lives were lost at Mo-;
hile ill llie storm which lashed the coast city yesterday,1
it was reported today at the office of the chief di?-;
paclicr of the l.ouisville H Nashville Kailroad here. ?
liirmiiigham, Sept. 21. ? Feverish efforts to reach
I'cnsaeola by all means brought no results today. Sl|iV
men of the Associated I'ress and newspaper reporters
were burking the storm iu automobiles hut no word
had come out of the silent area.
FINAL HKAKI!N<; IS
AWAITING AM KXI'KIIT
I
Sir Walter Hotel. Ilalclgli, Sept.4
21." ? No add it lonul dulu was hii li
mit ted to ilio Htite Corporation .
(!umini!iMloii yesterday either by!
counsel for i lie Western 1'nlon and;
I'listal telegraph companies. or t?y .
attorneys representing parties audi
orguiilxutloii-f oppose il to the'
granting of the Increase, although
several attorneys on Imlh sides i
were present and confer red briefly!
with regard to Home of the detail* |
In question. Xoiio of these matters
wure presented 10 the commission. '
however.
The data lor the final hearing lij
still being held In abeyance pend
i u g the employment of a rate ex
pert , as authori/Vd by Governor A.
W. Mcl?eau. to make an analysis*
of the rale schedules submitted by
the telegraph companies and to ex
amine the other figures they have
submitted, letters have been dl?*
patched by the State corporation
commission to the Virginia. In
diana. New York and Florida cor
poration commissions, asking them
to recommend un able accountunl
or firm of account .mis experienced
In ililn kind of work. As soon us
replies have been received from
th'-se letters, the expert or experts
w ill be m-leeted. and a definite date
s? t for ? he final hearing. It want
announced by W. T. bee, chairman,
of the commissi"***.
to \tti-;m? riti/.KM?HT
Kn route to Anbury Park, New
Jersey, to take In th<- lwnip*ey
Ttinney prizefight Thursday night
as gnosis of A. It. Ilueth. of thai
city. Captain John Allen Mldgetl.
Captain B. R. iVillance. T. S
Meeklnn. \V. K. Raum, IV MM
get t apd Sheriff I. l? Farrow, all
of Hsre County, paused through
Kllxsheth City Tuesday They ex- j
pe? t*d to be away about a week. (
I OltMEK SHERIFF OF
CAMDEN DIES IN AUTO
Currituck. Hept. 21. ? taughlnf
and Joking with friends with
whom Ik* whs returning Sunk
ilny nlnht by aiitomooilc frota
Norfolk, J. M. Cartwrlght or
JurvlHhiirg, native of Camden ?n4
iii one dim IiIkIi sheriff of that
county, suddenly uttered a slab
and slumped forward in hln seat
unconscious Cnable to rouae him,
t hone Willi III iii htfrTled him to Dr.
Cowejl of Shawboro, who pro
nounced him dead. Death In be
lieved to have been dui' to A heart
attack.
Mr. Cartwrlght loft Jatvishurg
for Norfolk Sunday afternoon at
about ? o'clock. As the ririfl^
proached New Itridge, abm'ft
quarter of h mile from Snowdaa
station. about ?> o'clock at night,
tlw sudden and swift attartr to*
which he succumbed came 6t t.'~ "f
I'ollowiiiK examination by, iy.
Cowi-ll, tin body wan taken to Mr;
Cai'twrlKbt'M home at Jarrfl^jMHNkj
to hi- prepared for burial.
burial servici was hi Id thla
afternoon and Interment made In
the old Cartwrlght burying grotnid
near Shiluli.
Mr. Catiwrigitt In ?urrlved by
hia widow, and by two email ehll??
dren. one neven year* of agl MJti
the younster only two month* old.
lie was ?>0 y?ai* "Id. '-'iirvHrl#^.
uImo by former marriage ara three
adult son*, J?'Me, ..Nathafl
Daniel Cnrtwrisbt.
A shipment of terra cotta ta b#
lined In construction of the new
Sella building, in ihe VlrgtatA
l>are Hotel block on Kant Mala
and
lion will bo resumed after harllit ,
been delayed threa ateek*. m- card
ing to me m be fa of the firm. Tha
new building Is to be completed by
Nnomhir 1
Ottl. lV IS K.N MUD