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 <l<-a?h
of the woman to her all* k?-(I hus
band. William Dorroh. was Imu'-d
today.
! William Dorroh, ex-convict wim
n< rv? d 11 years Of a 20-year ? ? n
tnnre for alaying a negro woman
In Richmond County In 19l??. waa
? last seen Saturday when he was
l potter of the Sink home ben 11 ??
was being sought by city and
'county officer* today. ItewardH
will be offered for hln arrest.
The body of the womnn win
found late yesterday by Mr. Sink
in the negro man'a room adjoin
Ing the house garage. The bend
had been crushed, the enron* r be
lieved. with MM heavy Vootk'R
instrument.
Four Meet Death
In Gas Explosion
Amarillo, Tex.. Mar. i \l'?
Four nun were death
today In an explosion of gas at a
gasoline absorption plant on?> 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"<taloi, (?
' """'-n * rlor Cum |?
anllr'pHii,,,, <|f in
;lr'i"n i? which ih<- uil! ?r ?
I.Hl- lil'illUi' 11 IMi i., nf ..
i?i- .... of sou'h
Mills h|,,. ,,
,, r"" lli"1 l?"' -It
?!>? 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,?<?..? a,,,j
"'".h1"- hr.-ak Hi., will.
Mi Kid. s Mr. .Mr.MulInn and his
a* partn.r, J. H.'nry lalloy. Jr .
I;.v A'Kirn'ly" w "
-ilUUJl Mill,,. KhrlBfiliaiiH ?. ||.,||.
'".v. and Attorney S M
-"I1- N"""lk. ar. iipp. arli'i :;'
,i"i I h<- ravoHiorx.
disposed of
ronlliiuariro, Ill,, doeket of il?.
Iiri.s.nl 1,1,1, of Ci,m.l.n Court
jri noh,.,| in, if or n |
nllvi-ly minor da mac aril,,,,.
[J-IHiins |lir Judgment. and tin. 111;,.'
Jioldliiu i. w el. i,i< tit. ,,f i?i?r,,?
foi pi,,,,!,.. The crowd
' " .I"',11 '?? ?;??< "? 'Uindl,. rapidly
all. r lli, will enw was ronllnti.d,
ilr MrMnllan was ronlliwd to
Ills li'iin. today will, an attark of
Mippt'. Iirouehl on lately fro,,,
J ?? farj thai for wvfral da\K h<?
?IH?? M l ri HlmoKt roriHlanllv hi il..
jbrdsldo of his son. CrJrc Mr.Mul
Mr' SZ-i vo.,n?.T
Mr MrMulInu rauL-ht cold whll.
, , WV *1 ViHlf Uin l,Mr.'iitH
r hiivlni; hml liin tonHIn i. -
iiiovi-d. and is hIIII |||.
Lieutonant Ickes
Killed By Autoist
Who Steps On Gas
Allanla. Mar. lli. fAI'l
1.1. III. nam Waldo s. |, k.s, :ir,. ?f
I,'?. ?s,at"? Army, was killed
here ?"lay l,.? ?? mnomolille a,
he was i rnssinc In front Of I'eac ll
ire ? I lure. Ills l.ody Was found
amliulanro whl. h had been
rrom an iliild. nl IHl,I per.,,,,
(?ra?|y fluK|ijtal.
?'?'?? wltl that a woman in
'hi nellhlHirhnnd of ,|?. ?r, j,|,.|,|
"?ported that she heard .he am"'
mohl'e. ? s.?lan hit the Army of
fleer. Nil,, .aw the ma-lilne ?i
Whom a hundred f.-. t away and
the dnv.r went hark. SI,.. r?l,l II,..
poll. " sill. It, ard
rtMyliiR the .ar .i.laln,, ? |.?rd I
h*ye klll.d :. man.- and h- then
away* "" ,h? and dashed
Irk... I. *iirrlv<>,t l.y n widow
i ? native of (* II11 In an. Ala
nama. ail,I was ....nueil.d with ? t,,.
f?' Unnn" ??????'"?' o1 ?!.<?
r?urih corps atca w,uff |IM|
LEOPOI.M FAONK.K VI Kl>
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? <??tiiim*ui pi vailing
In ilo-ir liom- i ?mii*i 11 ti 1 li-?i, .in*l
thai thai unit inw-nt. :n k 1t?* main,
wis against any large expenditure
of money.
"Till* people nf N ?rili Carolina
arc taking w>-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,<m?o of the 1<? >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 <?f North Carolina.
(;r<"n?t>oro man ge|i?cle?l for the
next finl^rcncA city. <?uhi?rt to
fho approval of the executive com*
mittee of the district.
HIIKMKX IIM'KIVK ?54A
Klre Chief Jerome Flora an
noiiiicru ?ppr- clatlvcly the re
ceipt of a cheek for $25 from I).
M. Jone* and Company to the
Fire I>*-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. ,