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* Cmm3 r?V? Auociated Preu Service 7"/u> IT'ecl/ier * n *"< Cloudy tonight and Sunday. ? Shower* Sunday. Much colder Sunday night. Mod?rat? winds, motftly South and Southwest. .Vol. xvii. final edition. elizabeth city, north Carolina, Saturday evening, march 19, 1927. ten pages. no. 67.3 UNITY IN EFFORT URGED A S CHIEF NEED OF SECTION Edenton, Hertford and Elizabeth City Must Work Together to Achieve Gold en Destiny?Speakers WILLIAMS SPEAKER I State Senator Discussed? Taxation at Annual Ban quet of Chowan Cham ber; Compliments Youth j ***** need for a broader applica-1 tlon of the principle of co-opera-, lion In working out the golden destiny of Northeastern Carolina | was t?e underlying theme of vir- I tually every speaker at the annual bfiaquet of the Chowan County Chamber of Commerce, held In Bt. Paul's Parish House. Edenton. last night. Besides a representa tive attendance from the member rh'r of the Chowan Chamber, there were guests on hand from Hertford. Elisabeth City and the counties to the west of Chowan felver. State Senator P. H. Williams, or Elisabeth City, was the principal apeaker. He cited a broad indus trial expansion In the Northeast ern counties as the sole effective means of bearing the burden of increasing taxation, and lifting the section to a new plane of fin ancial independence, urging es pecially an alleviation of the ex cessive tax on indtitrtrlal enter The banquet was opened with a brief address by R. P. Badham. rice, president of the Chowan County Chamber, who presided in the aibaence of President E. It. Conger, who was out of the city. A delicious supper was served by *9t. Mary's Guild of St. Paul's Church, assisted bysomo 20 young feminine memfoers of th% Episco pal and other congregations, dain tily dressed uniformly In black. J. P. Watters, toastmaster. In troduced L. E. Griffin, attorney, who welcomed the guests and paid, trfbute to State Senators Will lams. of Elisabeth City and J. H. McMullan, Jr., of Edenton. and Representative W. Dossey Pruden. of Chowan, for their energetic and successful efforts in behalf of the Chowan Bridge. He stress ed the value of co-operation be tween Elisabeth City, Hertford and Edenton, not only In the bridge project, but also in bring ing superpower to this part of the State. * James McNlder, representing the Hertford Chamber, then spoke briefly assuring the co-openatlon ?of Perquimans In all worthy sec-1 Lionel enterprises, and pointed to I the favored situation of Edenton j In the center of the great new community which is expected toj come Into being through the con-, stractlon of the Chowan Bridge. "Today Edenton is a magnet." he said, "you're growing, and you're { attracting the best young men of the Stste, where formerly the best of your young-men moved out, and became a great ennobling force In other communities." Senator Williams. the next speaker. dwelt In analytical vein on the subject of taxation, de olarlng there are two kinds of taxes, National and public. The fin* he defined as the obligations bf the Federal Government, and ander the second head he group ed all other taxes. He pointed to fk* disturbing rtrcumsta-nce that. Vrhereas the National debt has been decreased at the rate of 4hout a billion dollars a year alaee 1920, the public debt has] Mreased annually just about that j much, with the result that the tax-: payer Is more heavily burdened to day thsn when the Nation was at] Us peak of Indebtedness Just after j the.,World War. "The question Is, where are we j folay and what are we going to 4?,r h. pointed out. "We have ' " transferring the tax from the and large Incomes to the r and property owner. What are We going to do afcout It? The debt Is being transferred by vir tue ef the county and State bond*, aid 'the aversge man Is paying morrf taxes thsn he did in 1020." Declaring there never had been r t?*at Industrial nation that was not * great morel nation. Senator WIlMsms digressed a moment to pay a compliment to the much dlseussed youth of todsy. "The beys snd girls Of todsy arb better morally and spiritually than, boys and girls ever wsre be fore In the whol# history of the, trbfM," he declsred. Holding thst if every farmer !? Chowan County was as affl uent aa the ten best In the county, apd that If the ssme spplled to Menton'e business snd pro feeslonal men. there would be io mch thing ss a tax burden. Mr. Wtljlams urged the furtherance ?I the industrial development of the section as the main hope of Calvin* the present problem. la that coanectlon, he deecrlbed | the corporation aa the great in-, trial builder, enabling men tot P?t their money and brains to gether and create large enter prMps for the pafcllc good. "If /W look the corporations oat of Miss Sheba ? ?NKA, 1'hllitu> Ijtlila Iturvau When fashionable Philadelphia society Hinged its annual maaque ball, Dorothy Loder came In thla original Sheba costume. Lota of pearls?? Hertford Will Get Hydro-Electric Power Sunday I llydro-electric power will bo made available to consumers la Hertford Sunday afternoon at S Latelofk. according lo Information [ obtained from offlolala of the Vir ginia Electric & Power Company, builder* of a great high tension transmission line to serve North eastern Carolina. And there Is general rejoicing in Hertford. Early last summer, Hertford en tered Into a contract with the company practically Identical with those signed by Elizabeth City and Edenton. Super power be came an actuality in this city in Jsnuary, and the transmission has given service that, on the whole, haa been highly satisfactory. The arrival of Maroh. with a terrific storm that levelled tele phone and telegraph lines throughout this section and fur nished what likely will prove the severest test that the power line will have to meet, was weathered without a break, except for a short local Interruption that couldn't be blamed on the power company. The 60-mlle line from !Suffolk to this city held firm through the blizzard, and gave 'Elizabeth City consumera a new isen^ of confidence in It. I No word of special ceremonies In connection with the turning on I of the power Sunday afternoon 'has come from Hertford. As was the case here, It Is expected that the ceremonies, if any, will be brief. Switching In the current .here was only a matter of * split focond. Involving hut the cutting toff of the old power plant and the | turning on of the new. RIGGLY WIGGLY MAN KILLED BY (XJSTOMER St. I?u Is, Mar. 19.? (AP) ? Waldo Thickllng. 24, manager of a Plggly Wlggly grocery store, was shot and killed today by Oeorge Schultz, 60. ? customer, who then sent a bullet through his own brain. Thlckllng It was ssid yesterday accused Schultz of attempting to steal a 21 cent can of ssrdlneR. Schults protested he Intended to pay for them. Raleigh, and Winston-Salem. and Charlotte." he declared, "they'd be only hamleta." Mr. Wllllama then urged that the taxation of corporation*, which he termed excessive, he reduced aa a mean* of encouraging fur ther development. He pointed out that the bulk of the stockholder* In the biggest corporations In the country were small Investors, cit ing as Illustrations United States Steel, Ooneral Electric, and the Pennsylvania 4<atlroad, and urged (hat men of limited means be given an Incentive to place their earnings somewhere, rather than discouraged by excessive taxation. Such Investors made good citi zens, he explained. Secretary Job. next to sddress the crowd, stressed the Import ance of advertising Northeastern Carolina's unrivalled advantages on a broad scale through commun ity co-operation |n the Issuance of j attractive booklets and by other meana. He explained that no ona community could do the Job alone. R. C. Holland, of Rdenton. who spoke next, dwelt mainly on the need for co-operation within thaj membership of the Chowan Conn F1NGERL1NGS TO REDISTRIBUTED AF1ERAPR1L 1 As Many Will Be Sent Out By State Fisheries Board This Year As During Past Two Years RAISED AT EDENTON Hatcheries TTiere Operat ed by State and Federal Government; Five Other State Hatcheries Raleigh. Mar. 19. ? (API? 'Trout, brook, rainbow, lake, and steelhead. That'* the North Car olina fishing outlook for today. J. K. Dixon, chairman of the Fisheries Commission Board, to be merged with the I>eparimen< of Conversation and Development April 1, today announced, that j according to present Indications, | finger-lings for distribution from the fish hatcheries of North Caro~; Una during the season of 1 27 ? will equal the number sent out! during the two preceding years.! It is estimated that the num-; ber of flngerllngs which will be > available this year will be around three million while for the two ? preceding years, (here was a total J of 2,847,539 flngerllngs raised In] the five State hatcheries and the cooperating hatchery at Kdenton i operated In conjunction by the< State and Federal Government. | By far the greater number of i flngerllngs for this year will be \ the trout Including broolK, raTii-1 bow, lake and steelhead, he said.' He estimated that there will be! about 2,500,000 trout flngerllngs for the State's fresh waters, while there will be about 6j00,000 large mouth bass and blue gUI bream from the fisheries at Fayetteville, j Marlon and Edenton. The trout will come from Waynesvllle.1 Boone, Marion, and Roaring Cap Hatcheries. The report of the fisheries com mission for 1926 showed a dlstri-j button as follows; brook trout, l.-i 579,971 brook trout. M0.468 rainbow treat: >7,400 lake trout; 35,000 steelhead trout; and 154, 450 large-mouth bass. The total number for the year amounted to 2,177,299. Planting time for trout rangers between May and Ju!y with the month of June being accepted bb the best time; bass are distribut ed during about the same period; and the blue gill bream are plant ed in the esrly fall. At time of distribution the fln gerllngs range In slse from about one and a half Inches to about ' three inches* Applications for; flngerllngs will be received here after April 1. TOLD TO PROCEED TO PHILADELPHIA AND GET BALLOTS Washington. Mar. 19.? (AP) | ?Formal direction to the Senate 1 sergeant at arms to proceed to Pennsylvania and take possession of ballots used In the Senatorial | election last November In four counties was given today by the | Senate campaign funds commit- ; to*. This action was taken after a session lasting nearly two hours In which the authority of the com mittee to operate during the re cess of Congress waa discussed. The sergeant at arms, David S. Barry, was given until 5 p. m., to say whether he would carry out the direction of the committee. At a meeting on March 6, after the resolution to continue the life of the committee had been filibus tered to death, the campaign In vestigators directed Barry to take j possession of the ballots but he replied that he would need $l.-j 000 as a preliminary. WKATHKR FOB THK WKF.K The weather outlook for the, we#k beginning Monday: South Atlantic and East CJulf States: Rains Sunday night and probably Monday; then generally fair except for a showery period slbout Wednesday or Thursday.; rauah colder Monday, warmer mid-1 die of the week, then about nor mal temperature. Ohio valley and Tennessee: A period of shower* about the mid ale and again near . the end of the week. Cold at the i beginning of the week, then rls-i Ing temperature for two or three days. Colder ajcaln at the end of (?he week. HOLD IP CAM COMPANY Chicago, Mar. It.?.<AP> ? Eight men armed with shotgun* held up the offices of the Contl-! nental Csn Company today and | got tlt.AOO. They escaped In an ? automolle. Several shots were! fired. ty Chamfber "We need your pree* ence, your counsel and your ser vices as well as yoar money." he said. This concluded the regular pro gram of ths evening. Toastmaster Walters then launched ths discus sion of the Chowan Bridge cele bration. and at Its close the ban quet ended. How Lovely You Are, Lady! lan'i ahe one of the lovelieat ladle? you ever saw? Her name Is Bill Ogllvie. of the University of Wisconsin Bill * athletic record shouts that he's all man, although II this role, as a temale lead Id tho Harestoot Club's play. "Meat the Prince." he'a most ladylike Left Wing Crumples Way Is Opened To* Take Shanghai Shanghai, Mar. t?.?(AP)? Tl?r> loft wing of the Shantung ?*wo army defending Shanghai to the aouthweat, tuts crumple*! iiii<I the Northern troopH nn hurriedly retreating toward IIiIh city. The w*y is Apparently op ?*n for the <'antom-m* to gain Sluinfchal. Horde* ?f panic stricken Chi nese continue*! to |M>ur Into Shanghai today from Nanking. Tho Nationalists wen* do"" to Koochow, hut, this afternoon tho Nanklng-Hluinghal rnllwiiy remained lnta<t. I.alwir unrewt here continued but tliere Iuim been no general response to tlio call for h strike In aJI tho trarie*. LOCKED IN VAULT BY BANK ROBBKRS New Orleans, March 19?(AI*> , ?To bandits armed with flawed off Khot guns held up and robbed the Metalre Ridge branch of the Gretna Bank and Truat Company! here today of 14.000 after locking the manager and a woman em-' ploye In the vault. HUM. CHAHKH HPKVIM DAY SEARCHING SMALL MOATS Wilmington, Mar. 19?(AP) Cape Fear Hirer pilots today re ported that a rum chfcser spent the entire day yeiterduy In search-' Ins small vessel* entering 1 lie Cape Fear Hirer from Lock wood'* Folly. Little attention, pilots said, were paid to other ship* and the belief was expressed that the pro hibition officers were striving to break up what was reported to them to be HHcIt transportation of corn liquor from Lockwood's Fol ly section. Prohibition officers expressed the belief that Ihtle whiskey wbh being brought here on foreign ships. FOl'NI) l>KAI> IN 11 K.I) Birmingham, Ala., Mareh 10.? (API?41arrard Paris. associate editor of tho Birmingham News, widely known writer and newspa per man and former United States District Attorney of the seventh Judicial district at Jackson. Mis-' slsslppi was foand dead in bed, this morning. Acute Indigestion was al igned an the cause of his death. He was 62 years old. MANAOHH K'l/OltlHA HHOI* Miss Carrla Burgess, formerly of this city and now of 8t. Peters burg. Florida, has just become manager of a branch establish ment of the Stayform Company there, according to announci rm rit In a recent Issue of the 8t. Peters burg Times. Miss Burgess has been connected with the Stayform t Company, a Chicago eoncern, fori several years. She Is a lister of. 8. 8. Burgos*, of this city, and Is well known hero. Local Seniors Get A High Rating In State Tests When It mines to corn preh on cl ing the King'a English, and being able to tiling it deftly and well, EIIkhboth City High School Hen ion need make no apologies to their brother students through lout tha State. Proof to tho foregoing effect 1 wan received by S. L. Sheep, su j perintendent of schools here, in a report from Dr. If. It. Trabu?\ ed lucational adiulnistrator and di irector of the liureau of Educa tional Research ?>f the State De psrtment of Education. The re- 1 port is based on I lie standard Thorndyke word knowledge test, i to determine vocabulary, and the , Iowa comprehension test ns a gage J of mastery of word meanings. The two tests were given senior | elastics of 1926 throughout the. State. In the Torndyke test, the) State average was <>4.73. The ru- : ral school average was 62.60, and that of the city schools was 67.26. The Elixahoth City seniors aver- I aged 72.71. In the Iowa comprehension test, tho North Carolina average was j 16.38. That for the rural schools | was 14.33, and for the city schools, | 17.58. Elizabeth City's average was 20.16. The reports were nccompanled by JF letter front F>r. Trabtte con-^ gratulating Superintendent Sheep, i the hl|h school faculty and tin seniors of 1926 themselves on this city's showing. HF.V. TOM JIMISON IN TROUBLE AGAIN OVER IJQUOH LAW Winston Salem. March* 19.? (APPl- Tom P. Jlmlwon, Erst whlle minister. would-be mayor of Winston Salem, politician and now attorney of Charlotte, wan fined $f?0 snd costs in municipal ? court here this morning hy Judge T. W. Watson, when the former cltlien wan convicted of violating the prohibition law. Cus Hell and T. P McNnlty of this city, both arrested at the same time with' Jllhlson and charged wHh the same Offence, were fined ffrO and coats. Jlmlson took an appeal to Superior Court and bond was fixed at $250. SENATE PACE WANTS HIS NAMKI) CIJCAItKI) Raleigh, Mar P9? (AP>~ flovernor Mclean had received no "demand"' for an Investigation from Ralph O. Slmmeraon, 19 year-old Senate Page In the last legislature, today. Slmmerson was here today with a statement he offered to the press saying he had "demanded" an In vestigation "to cl??ar his name of rumored complicity In attempts to bribe legislator!! to use their In fluence against the 'un-masklng' bill." Governor Mclean said the mat ter bsd been Investigated before the Assembly adjourned and noth-' Ing to merit s State inquiry re vealed. , COFFEYVILLE IS CALM FOLLOWING TTTOT OF RACES National (juanl-men I'a Irol Streets After Heclie Nigiil During \\ liiclt Mult Stormed Jail TWO AKK INJURED Men uiul Women in Kxeil ed Onwd Tim! I!n-littl Krtim Negro Seelion lo j Jail and Back Again | .Coffeyvillo, Kan*., Mar. 19.?' CAP)?National Guard seutrte*. I scores of broken window* and a 'damaged city hall were the only | remaining evidence today of I lie | race riot here lam night in which I three persona were Injured when (a mob of more than l.JiOO persona j attempted to remove a negro from 'the Jail. ? Four men were under arrest on ! charKea of looting a hardware I store. The negro sought by the j mot> after his arrest in connec tion with an attack ou two high {school girls, was free and county laud military authorities were confident there would he no rep etition of mob activity. The negro, Curtis Smith, wan released when officials said they did not have euough evidence to ' liold him. Neither girl ?-ould I ideutlfy him. |?. Two?otlmr?negreea, arrested with Smith, were freed yesterday, j W. 1). McCrub, sheriff of Mont | gomery county, announced that j three negroes, answering the de ? script lou given by .the girls, were luuder arrest III Humboldt, Kan sas. and would be questioned to day. City officials declared their In tention of starting au Inestlga tlon of the mob and friends of i one of the injured meu declared la damage suit would be filed ? against the cky immediately un der the Kanaua mob law which ' holds the city responsible for mob j violence. Three men constitute a mob under the law. A race riot In which two persons were Injured when a mob | of more thnn u thousand men and I women stormed the city Jail In an j efort to remove three negroes 'held for attacking two white girls, was under control today with Na 'tlonal Guardsmen, patrolling the I at reel. | Infuriated -y reports of the at tack yesterday men followed offi cers about the city In tiie search [for the negroen. Bloodhounds led I them to a house. A large crowd surrounded the building which : officers announced was vacant. I The effort to disperse the mob failed and after reinforcements | arrived the officers escortedi three negroes from the house and succeeded in geetlng them to the' city Jail without Incident. Women and children Joined the crowd at the Jail. Youths encour Jaged by older persons started stoning It. Police attempted to disperse the crowds. When the mob was Informed that the negroes were not iu the Jail, groups left the throng to In vade the negro quarter. Several Mst fights occurred und sporadic firing began. William Waddle, 17, a printer's apprentice, was struck iu the legs by a charge of buckshot and re ceived a pistol bullet through an HTim The wtrot* nw fired by ne groes who came to the rescue of ono of their race who had been severely beaten. R. f\ Walton, 45. a foundry foreman, was injured In tho rush to safety. Men rushed' to hardware stores to obtain guns and ammunition. When they found the doors locked, they broke , Into the stores. Troop II, local National Guard Cavalry, appeared and the forty-1 odd soldiers scattered through the streets wearing steel helmets and ! full jvar equipment. The sight of the soldiers had a quieting effect' on many of the mob, but others I Jeered. Many windows were shattered by stray bullets. Soldiers then mounted guard over hardware stores and the whites deserted the negro quarter to return to the Jail. A fire hose strung through the elty hall to aid in repulwlng aHacks on the Jail; was cut up and carried away. j Officers told the mob two of the negroes had been exonerated and released, while the third, Cur-j tin.Smith. .1*. had been removed from the Jail. Men then rushed for filling sta- i tlons to obtain gasoline to set fire to tlw Jail. The stations had bMl j closed and they returned empty; handed. An American flag was then displayed from a hall win dow. The mob Jeered. Messages from state officials Imploring the j people to avoid bloodshed, met , with similar response. The mob continued demanding Vangea and Garvin Hardin, broth-; era, the two negroes who were re- ? laaaed, as well as Smith. Nearly | 1,600 persons had assembled at dusk. Rain caused many to leave th? )*ll. Word was then received that, Company A of lola, and Company ] O, Yates Center, units of the Initial Steps Taken For Big Celebration Over Chowan Bridge Toll Of Tornadoes In Arkansas Is Twenty-Six Little Kork, Ark., Mnr. 10.? (AT)?The lull of two torna iloew In ArkiinMNM In mm many day* wm 2(1, according lo rr __|H?rt* myltni today ami thrrr ww Ind leal Ion* It woukl In rrwwp. r The latent twlnter npprarlng I an | iiliclit at (Jmii Forent, a town of about l.(MM) populatloo mnr the wrrtern Mlnaourl bor der, wmm known to have killed in, wiilt probably fifty to enty-fUe Injured. The flr*t I winter Mruck In a half ilorcn niiiaII communities In Kaline county, Ju*t mmlhwi^l of larrr, Thursday night, him I result til III II (Irftlho. TELS LEAGUE OF W0RK0FW.C.T.I]. Mr*. W. B. Lindsay An noiincett I'lan of Organi i? - zatiou in Addcesii Kalefirtl, Mar. 19.? (AP)?To "hold fust and ko forward" In the aim for 1927-2R of the North Car olina Womun'M Christian Temper ance Union, I Mrs. W. R. Llndnuy, Charlotte, | State W. C. T. U, president made this announcement here today to the fourth biennial convention of the North Carolina Antl-8aloon I League. ' In telllnc of tho plana of tit* HWrrtfnr for the ensuing?ainr troxt year, Mrs. Lindsay nald the pro gram wan to be one of education In the public achools and colleges of the State through textbooka, re ligious work, and eaaay contesti. Thin program of education is the greatest in tho plana for tho year, ahe Huld. At the recent Dalian convention of the Union. Mm. Lindsay upheld the constitution and all it* princi ples. A movement also ban been started to enroll the young peo ple of the nation In "thin patrlot lr drive for better observance of the law." The names of 60,000 of the younger generation already have been written down >m favor ing this movement. Mm. Lindsay ?aid. The Nutlonal organization Is going to hold It* 600,000 mem ber* already enrolled and Increase its drive for greater membership, Mr*. Lindsay Maid. Speaking of the plan of mom hership drive, the npeaker told of Ike voluntary captain* who are to enroll ten women each and to in nrrlbe their name* on a brick. The*? brick* from all over the country will be taken to the Na tional convention of the W. C. T. IT., and a wall built that will show the strength of the law observ ance movement In the United States. ITALIAN AVIATOK IN BRAZILIAN JUNGLES Hue mm Aires, Mar. 19,? (AP) --The llrar.lllan Jungles today ?till held the secret of the where abouts of Commander Francisco I)e I'lnedo, Italy's premier lou> distance filer, snd hi* companions In th?> giant hydro-airplanes Hants Maria. Not since the report that Do I'lnedo hopped off ne%r Han Luis do Care re*, in the Mate of Matto dross, Brazil. Thumday af ternoon. supposedly for Munaos. 1.300 miles away, has anything been heard from him. Aviation expert* her# said they had no misgivings as to the safe ty of the craft and its crew. The possibility of not bearing from the filers for some time bed been forecase before l>e Plnedo had started the flight. When he penetrated the Jungles the route to his destination was oveT the "River of Doutot," discovered by Theodore Iloosevelt, and across the great swamps covered with dense vegetation and reeking with mud deep enough to swallow the plane If M fell.. 117th Cavalry, Kansas NiUmiI Ouard, would arrive this morning. The mob began to break up short ly before midnight and only a few remained at one o'clock. The soldiers spparently had the situation well undrr control. They searched those who remained on the streeta and arrested several youths. Authorities indicated no more troops would be ssked for unless further rioting occurred. Robert Llgglns, a negro wateh maa, was arrested by the guards men and held on the belief thai he fired the first shot. Joint Committee to be Ap pointed from Edenton, Hertford, Windnor and Elizabeth City TO BE II EI J) IN JUNE Governor Meljean to bf Speaker; Opinion Divid ed on Queittion of Loei> tion for C-eremonies " The first step toward a great celebration in June to mark completion of the $600, 000 Chowan Bridge project was taken last night at the annual banquet of the Cho wan County Chamber of Com merce, in Edehton. The event was attended by Chamber of C o m m e r ce representatives and others from Elizabeth City and Hertford, and other communities in Northeastern Carolina. I Upon motion of James McNIder, of Hertford. It wan decided to ap point a committee from the cham bers of commerce of Edeatoo, Hertford. Windsor and Elisabeth iCity, to decide upon date aad place, and work out the other de ta11h. Secretary Job, of the Ella abeth Clt^r Chamber of CommtrM, announced that lie had had < ance from Governor McLean I time ago that he would attend tin bridge opening. The subject of the bridge cele bration waa brought up bjr J. P. Walters, toast master at tha ban quet. at the close of the regular program. R. O. Shackell, editor of the Edenton Newa. reported, afc,. suranee from J. C. Oardlner^ dis trict engineer for the State way Commlaslon. that the would be finished in time for celebration on any date after Juaa 15. I Mr. Bhackell quoted Frank Kugler, member of the State High way Com in I union from the Flr?t I Dlntrlct, aa having predicted aa attendance of 9,000 peraona at the Chowan Bridge event, baaing U on an estimate of 4,500 at the Win ton Bridge celebration and on the expectation that tlw forthcoming event would attract twice thgt many. I There now arUen a question aa I to the most aultable location the celebration. Thla Icuaned only tentatively laat : I with no attempt to reach a ?Ion. thoee preaent feeling that It i were beat left to the Joint com mittee from the four communities to be appointed later. Howerar. there waa evidence of a ntroag ua favorlng Edenton, partly becauae dercurrent of Individual opinion of Ita greater acceaalblllty to the bridge than any other large towa. and partly becau*o of Ita unusual facilities for handling a larva ! crowd. nun iwr aa dig it nuy# Persons who had attended th< similar bridge celebratlona h?ld * Wlnton and Wllllamston, and wh< remembered how those com muni ties were literally overwhelms* by the crowds. pointed to BdM ton'* broad paved main street ai offering excellent facllltlee for tlx pubttr Hpeaklng and barbecut, 11 the latter should be undertakes and to the apacloua fair ground! a* affording abundant parking space for automobiles. It wai thought that much of the conge* tlon and confusion attending th? Wlnton and Wllllameton WMM could be avoided. Alao, It waa pointed out. H ton would afford shelter for tlM throng In case of rain, and abund ant shade If the day happened U be very hot. It was stated that TIertle Coun ty. on the other hand, f.Tor* holding the celebration at Kdei House, the western termlnua ol the bridge. The beauty of th4 shelving beach there, and Its de sirability from every standpoint except that of facllltlee for i crowd of many thousand persona, was generally agreed: but opln Ion at the banquet session farorWl FSdenton for the reasons enunw sted. The question Anally was led open, a* beet decided by the )ol*1 committee after a careful const# eratlon of all factors entering IsM It. OH. CHAMK HKTTKB Durham. Mar. 19.?(AP> Somp better, fever <iib*ldlng. bn In need of recuperation at tin honpltal for several more ten wan the word today aa to the dltlon of Dr. Harry W. Chi president of the Unlrenrltjr North Carolina. MoPherton Hoepltal attendi ?aid the president's farer te tare of ft degrees had ai *om?what and that I)r ('bane renting eaeMy. He was ta the hoepltal Thursday III with tonsllltla and Injt complications.
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