Teaied Wire Attociated Prest Service The?Wcothrr i'jiir tonlfelil ami Tliiirtulay. ucn iu? Northeast shifting to Eiat' ami Southeast wludn. VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENIXC, MARCH 1C>. 1!>27. SIX PAGES. NO. 64. Fuquay Springs Man Rescued After Thirteen Hours In Well Will Recover From Adventure ' Brought Out After Mid night As Result of Desper ate Work on the Part of Hundreds of Neighbors MENTAL AGONY W ORST Hours Seemed Years to Im prisoned Man; Thoughts of Family and Friends Were His Chief Comfort H> CHIRKS J. I'AltKKK Stephens Home. Chatham Coun ty. Mar. 16.?(Al?)?Jeff Ash worth is renting comfortably in bed today not seriously Injurod after a hair-raising experience In .1 living tomb which lasted for 13 hours. The experience was more gruel ling as a mental agony because ho had followed closely the details of the trapping in a cave and the subsequent death of Floyd Collins. He retained consciousness throughout that time. Ash wort ha prison, four miles from here, was a fifty-five foot well, in which he was trapped by tailing earth and stones fortv feet under ground. He had entered for the purpose of cleaning it out about 11 o'clock yesterday morning, and was being lowered to the bottom by a rope lass U Uooac operated by u wind w?7h0 *a8 Htm living out. when without warning the sides of the rocked structure suddenly caved in. A cloud of dust arose from the opening. Then silence. Although (hero was no other thouKht than that thi> unfortu ;r,',L,1"n had b,>''n Instantly killed or would Inevitably die of ?urrocatlon, the men In charge ot the windlass hastily aumniom-d Help and commenced a strenuous cirort at rescue. AlT they worked rervlaMy moving the dirt and atone and other debris, they were after a while reward..! by hearing muf fled cries. "Help:They could hear the imprlsontgi man crying. "Help I'm burning up!T" u,^Usnd Ash worth was lifted from Ills underground trap. He was bruised about the head and his feet had been crushed and pinched, but otherwise he was in remarkably good physical condi tion. Dr. Renjamlne W. Hurt, who gave first aid, now says that he will almost certainly recover, de spite the effect of having hern long without sufficient air and of the shock. That Ashworth lives to tell the atory and to experience all the emotions he had attr'buted in Im agination to Floyd Collins ,|?.. - n,J*Cl that ,n the faJI the well-sides, the rooks with which they were lined caught and Jammed in an arch which suit ported a portion of the debris. This circumstance gave the in tombed man a morsel or space and a limited amount of air. He suf fered acutely, hut kept his strength to the end in a truly wonderful degree, the doctors Fuquay flprlngs, N. C.. Mar. in. ? Ashworth, who wax pinned 40 feet down In a 70-foot well for 13 hours straight, will recover from the shock, doctors aald torlay Ashworth was rescued early to day. Several doctors went to his home about H o'clock this morn ing after word from his home told of his having rested easily for the last five hours. When the rescuing party pulled Ashworth out, he was exhausted out apparently shocked and worn as the total sum of his experience bo they carried him home where ne stretched out In normal com fort once more to recover from the 13-hour mental strain and worry. No outward physical Injury was expressed by him in the few words ?* thankfulness he mumbled. He had read of Collins arid the Kentucky cave-In. he Ha|d j??, bf,. fore he dropped ofT in sleep of ex hausfion as dawn streaked the sky hut his consolation was. he *ald that he could tslk with his com panions in rescue above him ail the time of his 13 hour plight. Early yesterday morning Ash worth went down the well to clean l? out. He was being lowered In a loop to the bottom 70 feet down. When he reached 40 feet down, a good part of the weilsides between the lop and where he hung sus pended caved In and the atones formed a sudden immediate roof over his head, cutting off sunlight m*,r ^ Lack of air circulation was * %hat the doctors, working on him jjjta morning, said they feared ss tfce greatest possible adverse clr ?Jitoatanee 10 his recovery or pos sible later complications in his ..A curious crowd soon became ncd and all hands volun Into removing of the rock eurtrtn. The work became desper ? In Mracat J. TV Mclrer 1 0* cal cltlxen. look charge. Three men uot down Into the well working 1 Iko beavers, remov ing Mnne*. Ilueket after bucket shot out of the dark cavity. Pour men WW operating the windlass They worked In ahlfta and relay of r?-*cuera relieved relay. Night came on. Toward mid night half a hundred perrona atlll remained at the wellnlde. Aah "wnrth'n volr?> came up rlear hut Browing fainter from ;lay to night. Dirt, he kept Raying, wan falling throuKh the rrevlrea be tween the atone*. tfhortly after midnight. amid a tumble of Monen nnd dirt covering hi* plnned-ln body, thry reachcd him and pulled him out. Some of the group* offered up voluntary prayer In the early mornlpg air and a few rompanlona carried Aahworth home. Today the town hopefully awaited word of hla rapid recov ery. JEFF TELLS HIS OWN STORY iu .ii;i r \snwoitTH Stephen* Hume. Chatham Coun ty. Mar. IU. (AIM?Thirteen al ways h is my unlucky number but I think it's lucky now. I'm lucky to V?'t out. For a t!m?' 1 thought I wax fall nr. into the arms of Floyd Col lins My friends find that I did not dip because the rorks. which lined the sides of my living grave 4 0 feet umh^r the ground. caught and, jammed in an arch which wuh sup-j ported by my head and stooped shoulder*. I went down in the well of Os rar Stephen*, four miles from here, about a year ago it seems, but they tell me it was only yes terday noon. I was lowered by a rope and In tended to get to the 55 foot bot tom. Then- was pleuty of room, the well Is eight feet wide. About .40 feet down. 1 heard a crash as of doom's day. The sky disap peared. The stone arch appeared, this I knew by the rock on my head, and th?> falling debris. Then my hliuded eyes, sense of pressure on head and shoulders, were for gotten. Th?- worst of the agony set In. I breathed deep for air, deeper and deeper. but the air all day and night got thinner and thinner. I thought It wax fear but at first I was cool and reckon it wan partly a flash of what had oc curred to Floyd Collin* in Ken tucky and actually the thin uir. The doctors nay it wuh both. Then I felt awfully much alone. 1 thought how deep down I was. I thought of unpleasant things, but back of my mind was the thought that f wai> a man and had friends working for me above, trying to get me out. I called back up there and felt belter. I Rye and bye. It got hot. The rocks and dirt cramped me. I got hungry. "Help me, I'm burning up." I 'called again and again. | Then I prayed that I might lose consciousness ? but I stayed on. yearn and years It j seems. In my imagination I ex perienced the emotions of death, 'merciless outwardly but the thought of my family, my friends, i my religion held me together, i Then they reached me and 1 re ilapsed with exhaustion. Strange, when I was rescued I shivered the ? most, felt physically the worst, the 'reaction, I expect. j Yep, ready for work as soon as JI rest up. Dr. Spencer Freed In Assault Case After Hearing Camden, Mar. 16.?Dr. J. II. Spencer and Captain- Harry B. Ward, chanced technically with ? assault In connection with a vlfrtT -the home of C. H. Edmonds, South MIILh barber, in Fobruary, 1926. were found not guilty by a Jury in CamTH-n County Superior .'Court early yesterday afternoon. I)r. Spenrer and Captain Ward ? went to Edmonds' home, accord ing; to the evidence, to demand that he apologize for certain re marks he had made with reference to the physician. Edmonds charged that Dr. Spencer threat ened him with a chair. Both the doctor and Captain Ward denied the allegation. The two defendants In the case alleged that the prosecution against them was prompted by splto on the part of certain resi dents of thi> South Mills commun ity whose - names were not di vulged. Rum-Chasers Ply Carolina Waters I N*ow Bern, Mar. 16.?(AP) ? ?The Pamlico unit, four Govern ment ruin-chasers, today plied the Carolinu coast waters, engaged to prevent smuggling of whiskey In to the Inland. The boats, said Captain C. Jen ] s? n. commanding the Pamlico, mother ship of the fleet of the ! Coast Guard cutters, will remain on duty until further orders. Ev ery poHfiblo effort will be made to J?k up liquor traffic, he added. Federal prohibition agents are ! also engaged in thin section in a crusade against rum runners and manufacturers. FORSYTHE CASK NOT BEGIN Til J. THURSDAY Smlthfield, March 16.? (API ? Trial of Robert Separk. Robert Stephenson, of Raleigh, and Eve lyn Brltt. Durham girl, on charg es of murder in connection with .the mysterious death last Novem ber of L. C?. "Mighty" Forsythe. mteged Itsleigb rumrunner, will not begin before tomorrow. Attorneys In the case wero so advised this morning. The John ston county Superior Court, where the trlsl will bo held, had another case ahi-ad of the Forsythe case. Debaters To Argue About Curtis-Reed Education Bill The high school debaters In 225 high schools are now making t taring debatea or the High^ School Po inting?Union WNoFfli Carolina, i The triangular deba'ea will ire held over the State on April 1. and the final contest for ?.he Ay cock Memorial Cup will he held at Chapel Hill on April 14 and i:? The query which will he dls cuBsed this year by the high schools holding membership In the High School Debating 1'nlon Is: "Resolved. That Congress should enact the Curtis-Reed Bill, pro viding for h Federal Department of Education." The High School Debt*tag Un ion Is conducted under the aus pices of the Dialectic and Philan throplc Societies and the Univer sity Extension Division of the University of North Carolina. The high Schools have ken grouped in triangles or pairs for Ih.J de bates on April 1. The schools which win both of *.helr debates at this time will send their i?p9ak ors to the University t > c mpe'e on April 14 and 15 l.i trie final contest for the Aycock Memorial Cup. the trophy whl.!*i baa bt? n presented to the Hljn School De bating Union by the Carolina Irt ter-colleglate debater*. Since tho Hlfh School Debating Union was inaugurated. the fol lowing high uchioli have won the award of the Aycock Memorial i Cup; Pleasant Garden school. 1913; Wlnston-SaJem big" school. 1914; Wilson high srh >?!. 111r-. Graham high school. 191*1; Waynesvllle high school. 1917; JKilaOJi JiUkL SCHOOL 1S1B. Uur ham high school. 1919; Ashevlilo high school. 1920; Durham h!gh school, 1921; Durham high school, 1922; Elizabeth City high i school. 1923; Wilson high school. 1924; Wilson high school. 1925; Winston-Salem high school. 1926. Senator King Will Not Enter Haiti ! Santo Domingo. Dominican Re public. Mar. 18..? (AIM?Senator William H. King of Utah will not jattempt to enter Haiti whose gov iernment has decided against ad mitting him Into the country. The Senator made this announcement j today upon his arrival here from I Porto Rico. j Senator King said his decision [not to go to Haiti agreed with the jattitude of the United States Government. I He fears thatch is presence In Haiti might provoke trouble, and he wishes to avoid sny untoward incldenta In s friendly country. IfIGH GLEE CLUB TO GIVE CONCERT FRIDAY The Glee Club end Orchestra of the Elisabeth City High School will give h concert Friday night entitled "Melodyland. Yesterday and Today. The progrsm will con sist of Instrumental and vocal se lections. Intermingled with attrac tive dance numbers. This Is their first appearance this spring and a good entertainment Is promised. A record crowd Is expected for the event which will take place In the Elisabeth City High School audi torium Shanghai Defender Offer Retire I!or Slim of Money London. M.ir. Ifi. ?(Al'? With the Nationalist fore* u China keelug up tli?*Ir sirua^l - < Isolate thi' Nanking position t ? Shanghai, comes a report Ir t?i Shanghai that (ionoi'til C-ij Tsung-Chang. I hi* Sliantuugeze ??. fender of thai city. has "If" i for a large money ' canaider i to evacuate tli* Terrain he i. ?. and thus stave the region from in coming a zone ??( actual ho..'i ties. Chang desires about $5.n?? 1 non for retiring into the prov.n of Klangsu. says a dispatch io ? It-? Westminister Caret te. It t !:? amount H not furthrom'ng It asacrled,- he int-mls^ it ne.-eii*.. . to retreat up>u Shanghai ? It According to the correspond the Chinese merchants In S'19 1 hui are unable or unwilling raise the sum demanded. Preparations have he- n m ? I ? In Nanking to remove the worn ? ultd children there. A promise ha a heen made ' General Ho Ying-Yin. National commander in the province Checkiang. that he will not tempt by force 10 take the ifll' f national settlement in Shangli:n. says anoher dinpatch 10 the We - minister Gazette. Shanghai. Mar. 1?. I AT? One hundred und fifty especla" - picked and trained agitators, w ? arrived here in hatches from H. kow. apparently have completed won the good graces of (lie i>c:tl labor unions. They are saiil to conducting a campaign fur intltn i dation and murder with the o'i Ject oJUXMU-TillK.a _aul J d ajid pconV. response for a general strii when the call la issued , Jail Approaching Comforts Of Home Prisoners In the County jail are faring better these days, from th> standpoint of both comfort and ? sanitation, thun they hnv* -th .many moons. Tin: Jail has?been 'whitewashed inside, and cleaned thoroughly. Ne w mattrcKsea have been provided for the Inmates, and clean slips for them are furnished each week. The second story of the Jail. In ! front, has been tilted up as a de partment for juvenile prisoners and women, with a brand new stove Installed, and other com forts. There are no prisoners In that department at present. In the cages In the rear of the jail jare 14 colored prisoners, the total population of the place at present. Outdoors." the fence at the south end of the Jail property Is being rebuilt and other Improve ments are under way. Mont noticeable of all among tlu* improvements, from the stand point of one who has visited va rious other jails at one time or an other. is the absence of objection able odor about the premises. Sheriff Charles Carmine declares he Is determined lo keep the Jail here in as sanitary condition an possible, though keeping II cb an Is not the easiest matter in the world. Sink Finds Murder In His Back Yard IlalelKh. Mar. 16. -CAT) No Imjiifnt Into the death pf tin- ne gro woman. whose tl? -composed [body was found In I'srdon t oni , mlwwlow?T?Ijoyie?Sink's?yrrvant houiio, wax held today. | Coroner Waring deemed It *m necessary iih Indications. ho xalil, pointed to a case of murder. A warrant charging the mile weat of Shamrock. The dead were all of Shamrock. The plant, being erected by ?!??* Columbian Casoline Corporation, suddenly burat Into flame* with out warning. trapping the work men. two of whom were Inside the large absorption units and two ???? ladders on the outalde. Thos<- on the outalde were hurled 60 feet to the around, their clothing In flames The bodies of the others [were removed from the bottom of 'th* jrn > chambers. i RIGGS WILL CASE CONTINUED FROM l'RESKM' DOCKET 11 <|f \t|o|-||,.y |?. ^ _ ?MrMiilliin. ?| f,?. IVu|MMIItd<'t>, 1'l.V.llls Trial of Cum CIIOWI) HIS M'I'OlM Kl) W I|||( I | >1 i ? l.untilcii (oil Illy \rtinn lti-flrrlr<| ill Throng on ? land WciIih-mI;^ f'iim?i?*>|, M;,r. TH,S|, WMM WW* lhe |u| jjj, "f N"? for IIi:iI Weil head,,y, an,I ? ?perlal v.nlr,. ?f ?3 hl,,| r;"!'hd " ?'?" mnliiMi.-d in tli. i,|,.1,1,,^ ?( r(MJ, BMi JM r?srjv,,h.? '?w ^i*'.m.Ilinn, LlizahH h ( Ifv, .1 iiu ihIh i- ,,f HI ' ",r ',rnl""""l<-r?. wax 111 till VBIIPl III; I, ,h(. (1, Jiiii". " I'l- ul ' s I'll""1'! III. " "r'" "" '!"? rUII ?I Tli. ra*.- |,ail all ran..I ?;ri?(| .11,nil,,,, >. lariK-ly |,y r.awni ?r il?. r.?, Hons i.f tl.o ...v.at,,is. hold IIihI at tli" lim. t|?. Wi|| W.,K ?Ma"".. Mr. lii-tnK ?a? insimV nu .L l , wa? ii.T unduly. Mr. HIuks dit ?| si * 1111 * four vi'ars "j": h'arliiK the I..ilk an 10 I" a , . * *' , l*ipiKM, who llv.il with !i,M """h as a son. llltts ?? A m> >r .more or mphowa, ni,?,t l.y n widow i ? native of (* II11 In an. Ala nama. ail,I was ....nueil.d with ? t,,. f?' Unnn" ??????'"?' o1 ?!. of am. comim.iciiy | JollM. 111.. Mur. 11 < AI? > NsttiHn K. Jr.. todiv wim |t?koneratod of i-oroplirity in *ti*> ?iipp l.i?t May of ffvi-n (otivlclM from thu new ?!?"? penitent iary near here, Mi** eio-ape of ihrro of the Ham* m'?n from the county' Jail hefp l:?Vi Ss?tnrd'?y. and a plo* to pnl?(*n ill rh? prison guards "and free all th* ennvirJ*. The conclusion was announced by the utato* three pen! tentlary official*. ISlmer J. (Jfepn, warden; frank \*. Knrm, deputy warden, .mil John I. Walker, sup erintendent of prison*. They railed young l?eopold from hl? prison duties and put hlin through a never* lnt? rrogft t ion and at the ond of It an nounced they w??r?? padsficd the young *l?yer of little H>>hh!e 1 Frank* hud nothing to do with any Of !hs pb!?. Wilson Speaks To Kiwanians Upon The Assembly .V siirvej hy lii'itrooiiliitlti' J K?ny.>u Wilson o| tin* doings of tli?- late enteral to g'-thcr with plea singly hatitimi. M-h-i-tiuns l>y the Kmaul* ({uur tc(. prttvltli'if t li?> niiiin item* of ? iili-rtalnntmt at ill*- weekly siip l?? r '?f flu* Kiwanls flub. Iii-ial I'ist ? 'nil? in t'hr'sl Church I'irisli llou* . lilwanin I'ri'Hiili iit Har ry ?; Kramer iiri'Kiilod. In the course (if tin' m?hhImii. it was derided to hold an oy*|er r*ia*t n*-x? Tuesday night in Kr.itin-r? Mill, with all appropri at** program. IHails nf lite pro gram *\ r-- |i-ft to flic roiiimiilw in ?iiar Mr. Wil- >ii devoted Ills re mark-* lai'g* ly in .1 defense of tin* rriii. i-ni that ihc l:tt?- C.nnal As s? mlil> M;i< laiiiili!> a "?!'? untiling" l?.i?|y. Il<* i-xplaliM'd "iii.i: iln- - lsl.it i?|-: ?Vfe iitflt|i*at.?l <1 appre ciably by Mi? -nutit *if th' lit - ???Ivoh." In- naiil. "ami it was *-vl il?-nt that (hey 1 Ii 1 mf:lit l? w.ih (Init io haul in th*ir Halls." lie went 0:1 to i-xplalri that Htepa were lak *?11 10 hp( ih?- St air In a firm fi nancial basts. Until hy tlii- passage ol' hills plltHllg till' counties Hiririly mi a budget hasis. .11:*1 hy a school equalization measure (?'inline to koIvi* the problem *>f giving all children In tin* Si.ito th>- same <-dui-a'. Ion a I opportutil lit*. Am--4^v1*UmW e-ot-lllu. pollt^V.-ul.-EJC.:. .irt'iichiiM'iii which governed iln r"4?ii! legislature, Mr. Wilson mentioned a hill. Introduced hy hituaclf. which was defeated In :committee, ami therefore never rain*' lo a vote hy 1 he Heneral A* ! ftemhly ai< a whole, it would have provided a (ax of one cent a gal Ion on icasoline to pay off county mail IndnhtcdlieMK. If that nn?sure hail panned. Mr. WUhoii explained. It would have muaul thai, itt iiU. |?utb*UiUU?, U10 Stale'-* credit" Wotlln *n?T'? heen pledged 'o ? i|egr*?e which -would liave made lni|ioMMihh- furtln-V ma jor. hmul Issues 1 w*i yearn hence. Tlii* AHsemhly. In- said, held to the proposition that whatever gas tax wan levied in Hie Slate should f?e npplii'il lo Stat** roads. Willi reference -to flee sewer age fur Kllzabcth (Tity. Mr. Wilson stated that he.and Senator IV II. Williams agreed there should In* some change from the present sya tem. whereby "a washerwoman living |n an humhle section of the rlty woul'l pav as much an tho new Virginia Dare Hotel," hut that they decided tin* adjustment of ratea should he l*-ft with the I't lilt 1?-h Commission. and put through a hill accordingly. Confession Clears Up Rig Robberies litlHliuruli. Mmr. H.-IAI'i Tllp ? S' ll'-HtiollMl ItMyroll lloldllpH I in this district, Including the homhlim of an armor* d nutomo lille Insi WH'k, wln'11 a l>;in?lIt gang cHra|i<(| witli w?r< rli'uri'd up thl* hri? moon. Dintrirt .MKrrii. y Samuel II tiardwr nald, when In- made (illI*lie a confea nion l?y Jm< Jaworsl. After |c;i*lInk roiinly iloteHive* to a farm nw?r llnntlvyvllle, Ia*t nlKht. wli?T? the officer* rerov ? rod $S.o,t from 'I"* doaetcd with (IlKirlct attorney ami IJeorgc Mdrren. chief of county delectIve*. According to offlcnra the auHpcct nald Ik* wan wllllnt* to talk. When (Jardner en me from tin* room where he tmIk? >?l with Jaw* orakl. he nald the nun hud ron foflKCd that the liainlit RaiiK of five member*. wan roaponiiihlo for the I'lttwhurgh Terminal foul Com pany holdup Friday, and (hat dur ing the pa-i four year* the dmiii'1 | Kiiiik Hlaxed two ChrUImM pay-1 roll rolibt-rlrn. Kitting away with a total of In oih< of the** holdups a Kuard was k?ll"d. Rotary Convention ! At Greensboro Next Wilmington. Mar. 1?. f A 1*1 l,ilfher Hodge* of !h<* f,eakHvlll? Hpray I'lnh wai elected district kov? rnor of llii* :.7th district of llolarv riuJn today. In July h" will aucceed S Wad** Marr of Italolrli. Tin- district tnk'N i*i pari oro man ge|i?cle?l for the next finl^rcncA city. *-pmrtmcnt an a token of recognition of the work of the de partment In protecting the hard ware Mom from damage during the fire which recently gutted the ?tore of C. n fv?H? and Cotiip?n?. JUDGES DIFFER ABOUT CRIPPLED | fllRL OF CiATES Itul Jtn?lirr (ilarknui !)?? flint** I >uh a*. "Common ' Si iih'" ami Say?* Hoard of Kducatioii l^u'kiiifz CAN HIDE IN HI'S Child Had Hi'i'ii Kvprllcd from Consolidated School UccaiiH' N#?l Technically Hi^lit Distance lo Itidr Italclgh. Mar. 1 ??. -(AIM A liftcrippled ^>11 IclUsed tlit' learned jiiHliiTH of tin* Stall' Supreme I'ourt to diKcr on a d?*f iiiltlon i>f law in th?* abstract. Knur of* rli**:ii said that the ghTs father. was not entitled to a mtirnliimii> in force tin- board of education of (SatfN county lo al low tin* Kiel io ride In the truck that haul* the other hoys and girls to ?rh'vi|. One of them, J uMl Ice rlarkson. defined "law" as "commonwme" and In a dissenting. opinion de clared that the fact that the fath er of the girl lived Juki !?? yards less than two and one-half miles from the consolidated school should not lie a legal liar to her tra asportation. Kvidence in tile cum' wan that Until llayes, a cripple, was ex pelled from tlo1 <;aies county con solidated school because she In sisted mi riding In the sohoel .iu* which was provided by th.? board ~nr~o ducat ion- to bring--eh lolre'i -tn .school who lived more than iwo and one-half mlleH from the school ller ulster, l.oln. axed six. was expelled for the same reason. Their lather sought a manda mus to compel the board of edu cation to reinstate ilieni In school and to allow litem to ride In !?i? school bus. He pleaded I hat bu lived Just fi? yardii Inside the iW*? and one-half mile limit. in bin dissenting opinion Jus tice flarkson says: "Law Is considered the perfsj "flon of reasnn and founded on jus tice and common sense. In this case there Is uo reason. Justice or common nense In the conduct of the defendants, the hoard of edu cation. in regards to this cripple ; Kirl." Business Methods Need Of Farmer, Says Student A strong plea for hUMlucaa methods in farming I* mud** by .Manly |,m>, student of agriculture ill Poplar Kranrti High School. In a paper submitted by hlin tliIm WtH'k. "All nami'*." hi' MayM, "nuiHt be played according to Home kind of rnloH. The rule* iMiially arc re corded In some form of a hook known an a rule hook or a record hook. The reason for recording theae I* to acquire Home accurate knowledge thai |a absolutely nec wiiry in the development of the Kanie. Farming I* ? game. there fo?e the farmer needs a record hook In which lie records all trans actionH pertaining 10 hlH business. The Kiime of farming, like foot hall. mukt he played according to the rules. Yet we find that there In any tin in her of farmers who liuv l uii j cuuiLiul i heir bualoQaa. "The farmer 1* the only busl titiw man that we have who does not make record* of his business. In spite of this fact a good many of them succeed. "ftecords arn worth while fur the following reasons: "To know the coat of produc tion of any given farm enter prise Kuch as corn, cotton, and potatoe*. "To know which farm enter prise iwild bent any given year. "A farm account book. accu rately ko|it. carefully studied and utilised an a guide, la an important factor In succeaaful firming. "It In the only means by which m farmer can definitely determine the financial results ??f hi* huxln^fl* for the year. "It I* an Important help |n analvxlng the farm buslnea* for the purpfMte of finding waya |o make more money. "Kecordx should Include actual caah and labor expended (h'dh man and ho ran?. amount of fertil* l*er u??*d and when applied, amount and kind of feed used. an> other expense*. date crop In harvi^ted. flfltf In frhl^h crop ?? planted, and amount of crop sold an1 selling price "Records of this type not only furnMi ralukli information eM cernlng th?* present statu* of the farm, hut In yearn to come will, If properly kept, will afford In - j terewtlng hunts for comparison. "Would It not be well for each farmer to rmolvn ihat he I* going to kc*ep aonie aort of record* on hi* hii'lnes- for the year H27!" Oliee there waa an artlat who had a m^dej wife. SOUTH ATLANTIC HIGHWAY GROUP WILL MEET SOON Kli/alx-lh City to 1m' HrprP trnlril lit Sf??ion in Charli'Klon, South lira linn, in April TO AUVKIITISE ItOAD Allx-marlr .Section Already I'rartirully Through Hurd Mirfacing. Willi I'rojects in the OfTinp Stops to make avail,ible to It* fullest possible extent for Ihe traveling public the great sea board road known us the S.iuth Atlantic Coastal Highway will bo taken at the annual meeting of the South Atlantic Coastal High way Assoc la ion in Charleston South Carolina. April 20 and 21. The session will concern ltsolf chiefly with, furthering the har.l surfaclng of certain links in 'he highway at tl*o forthcoming con vention, according to advance re ports. Ah a secondary considera tion. adequate advertising of '.ho highway will be considered. ? It ta expected that there will bo ??* oral delegates from Kllsafcetb City, including C. II. Pugh. county chairman of the association. Mr. I Pugh delivered what was probably the outstanding address at tho J convention of the association la?t year in Wilmington. 1 From a purely sectional stand point. the South Atlantic Coast*! Highway will approach consum mation with the completion of tho riiowan Bridge'(tils summer. Tho .bridge will connect the Albemarle j District with tlie region to the i south by a dependent highway ar tery not dependent upon sched ules. or tides'. The bridge Is sched uled to be completed sometime In June. I Elisabeth City has two alterna tive South Atlantic Coastal High way routes from Norfolk, both of 1 which "carry through" to the Cho ) wan Bridge. The first is via the IGeorge Washington Highway, run 'nlng from Portsmouth southward |fo fEIs rfly Citd thence to Bdew ton. This highwuy Is hardsur faced already, except for 2 1-8 miles near South Mills. Plans aro under way for widening It In cer tain sectors, notably on the I stretch from near South Mills to II his city, a distance of about 16 j miles, and from Hertford weat iwardly eight miles to the CbottM I County line. On the alternative route, wbliti | runs via Moyock, ten miles still ? remain unpaved. nut this tepf (miles already has been let to cOOr tract by the State Highway Com? j mission, and is to be completed !*? jlho next few months. Tho Con tract specifies that the road must be finished within 100 working days, at a cost of slightly more than $200.0(10. ! locally, some concern is 4x prchsed over the hardsurfaclng of 'approaches to the Chowan Hridgt. ,Thus far. nothing is known defi nitely here as to' plans for that, J other than that the work Is sched uled to bo undertaken as soon* as ; the newly constructed roadway; liss settled sufficiently. Heme 'county has advanced $lf?0,000 to cover the cost of hardsurtArtfti the 10 miles between tho woiUft 1 terminus of the bridge In thdt ! county and Windsor, that amount covering an advance made by thfc county on another road projsct. with the understanding that when it Is refunded out of the proceeds of the recent State bond Issue au ttrnrtrnrf by the Omernt Assemblyr It will b?' applied upon that pro ! Ject. It is hoped In this section that the other four miles of approach es to the Chowan Itrldge will be financed out of the First Dis trict's share of the recent bond. ^ sue. DR. POKTEH, WIIO WON FAME IN CONQUER OF YELLOW FEVER, DIES M hi ml. Flu.. Mar 1ft (Al'i Dr. JoMcph Porter, retired officer of the 1'nltrd States medl rnl corpa and credited with the flhit demount rat ion of moKqulta trans mission of yellow frver In tha lnlt?d .StilcH. died at IiIh homo In Key Went early today. I>eath came In the name room In which ho wan born 7f? yearn aico. I)r I'orter wan In charge of government relief In the yellow fev? r epidemics at Dry TortuKas In lH7:t and at Key Went, Miami. I'eiinarola and Jacksonville In th? late ?>lf(hll**a. Hetlrlnu from the servlca with th?- rank of Lieutenant Colonel In 1 !? 07 Dr. 1'ortrr whk recalled to active duty with tin- Army medical corps III 1917 and was surgeon At Camp JohnHton. Ja< knonvllle until 15?lfi He waa a pant grand maa ter of the Odd Pellowa and ? past president of the National Army Surgeons' Association. SANTA MARIA ARK IV KM IN , IlKA/ll, FROM I'ARAOrAY Columbia, flratll, Mar. 14. ? i AIM Commander Frencaaco l>" IMnodo and hla companions In tha Italian seaplane Santa Maria ar rived hare today from Aaanelos, I Psrsguar. ,