Newspapers / The Daily Advance (Elizabeth … / March 30, 1927, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
tKtl)C* The Weather Cloudy touliiht and Thursday. Somewhat warmer tonight; gentle to moderate S. E. and S. winds. VOL. XVIL FINAL EDITION. . ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 76. FIRING KEPT UP AS AMERIC ANS LEAVEVALLEY LneasinpxH Over Condi tions at Wuhu Where An li-Forcign Outbreaks Mo mentarily Are Expected MISSION IS LOOTED American Mi?ii>n Refusing to Leave in Spite of Advice of Amer ican Authorities Washington, Mar SO?(AO ? fttlwtl of Americans from the ion* reacnee or tne VanRlse U!v?t valley* of China was continued to dajr to the accompaniment of con stant firing from the shore at de^ ftroyers and other ships of refuge. Reporting on the situation in the the region here the situation haa been moat acute on the ad yaace of the Cantonese Nationalist armlee, Rear Admiral Williams, ^commanding the forces, Informed the Nary Department that the ? Cantoneae were firing shots at the river craft from Nanking and from other point? along the river. Meanwhile there was apparent uneaslneas over conditions at Wnhu, in Anhwel Province, where SUti-foretgn outbreaks, such an that which took place at Nanking, Fere reported to be momentarily pxpected. Anti-foreign agitation were reported by Consul A. G. Saney. at Twsinaufu as having spread also to Shantung province, heretofore held by the Northern Chinese troops. Tslnanfu was quiet, but the anti-foreign feeling also was In evidence there, the consul said, and precautions w?re -being taken for their protection. Admiral Williams also reported ifeai looting of the American Cath ollc mission at Fuchow, Kwan tung Province. It is believed his message referred to the same in* eit aa waa recorded in State rtment advlfces Monday frtylefe said a mission hsd been looted at Fuchow. The occupanta ?scaped. ~~ The admiral's report Indloated no serious disturbances todsy In evacuation of Ysngtao waa said by Admiral Wil _r to be proceeding "sati&fac prlly" but he apoke of . 47 Amerl ans snd British as having left 'Nanking" while stones were be ing thrown at them. Spanish mis sionaries and one American fam ily, a Dr. Taylor and his wifp, utnl Children, declined to leave. Dispatches from China reported > evseuatlon of 47 Americans ?t Asking, further up the river, and J It waa believed here thtft Anklng waa the place referred to by the I admiral and that his cablegram waa "Hulled." Refune* to Quit Shanghai Mar 80.?<AP> ? I Approximately one buydred Am-; erican missionaries are refusing to J leave their posts In the Yangtso;, valley, notwithstanding the advice ,1 . M ttb American authorities to floj ?o. The rest of the missionaries are either en route to or will shortiy |l leave for Shanghai, where the In- | ternatlonal settlement is afford- :J iB? a haven of refuge from the | fury of riotous mobs in the ports J and Inland towns alone. HUMPTY DUMPTY IS RUDELY OUSTED BY GIANT CAMDEN EGG The mammoth egg from the a Rhode f aland Red flock of W. S. Stafford. City Route Three, wen k-. rudely ousted from Its place of ?mlaence on the editors de?k late Tteaday by a bigger If not bet tor giant from the 8llver Laced wyaadotte flock of the Bsrtlett .Poultry Farm In Camden County. The latest entry In The Ad vanced bit ?gg contest lacks a father'* weight of four ounces, but auboriUed to the test of the Trln ?r postal scales In The Advance bualaees office Mr. Stafford's egg failed to measure up to the four OWH9 standard and balanced the b** at eaaotly three and a half oauees. The egg from the flock of T. N. Whlta, Orsdy street. City, reported ae welch* three and ihreo quarter ounces haa never been ex- ] hlblted at the Advance office. Unless tbers ere additional en- I trlea this week, then, the palfti In] Utblg egg contest will go to the | Bartlett Poultry Farm In Camden I County H. F. Bartlett Is owner I of this farm but the egg was I brought to The Advance office by I Mrs. Bartlett UNIFORMED SOLDIERS RESPONSIBLE Mar. !#.-?( AP)?It been confirmed that 'unl soIdlers under direction" roeponslble for the outrages foreigners at Nanking, Secretary Chamberlain House of Commons today. . _ . foreign aocrstary added "Tba step* which might he " his majeety'a and the ftments who* nation ?a been 111 treeled, dbd have been outraged, s ^lalderatlon * wm |APPREHENSION KELT L for SAFETY OK U. S. CITIZEN IN MEXICO W??hliwtoi?, M?r. :M>.?(AP) ?A|>|>rehcitMion h felt by offl < 'al* mer the ufKy of Fxigar .Morrln Wilkin*, an American, who Ls bcii?c held for 40.000 ( ibmit $20v0<>0) mn.Hom by .Mexican banditti in the neigh ht?rticMM| uf (iniwUlajam. Ho w?n l.i<liM|>p"<i with hi? two year old m?ii lust Sunday, but (hf> boy wa.H Hrtw-d to bring a note <kv inaiidlng raiwom to the city. <*on?ul l>. I). Dw)i'r haa ad ^ toed the Slate Department that ho considers Wilkin* in a "very dunfcerouft" pmlk-ainent. iSheffield Directed Probe Kidnaping Of American I Washington, Mar. 80.?<AP) I?Ambassador Sheffield at Mexi co City was dlfcted today by the State Department to make repre sentations at the foreign office re garding the kidnapping at Guad alajara Sunday, of Edgar M. Wil kins, an American clttxen. | . Mexican military authorities at Guadalajara have been making ef forta to obtain Wilkins' release and capture the bandits, thus far without success, so far as the Washington Government knows. Wilkins Is held for 920.000 rom. His ten year old son, cap tured with him. was released to take the ransom demand to Guad alajara. C0NCERTCLASS PLEASESCR0WD Odd Fellows' Orphans Give Entertaining Program at High School A delightfully varied program was given Tuesday night by the Concert Claw of tb? Odd Fellows' orphanage at Goldsboro, here In the course of a tour of the East ern and Northeastern parta of the 8tate. The concert was given In the new high school auditorium before a good sized crowd. No ad mission f?e was charged, but the audience renponded liberally when a silver offering was taken. There were many musical selec tions, including both vocal and In strumental. as well as orchestral numbers and a succession of brlgnt dialogues, monologues and readings. Persons In the audience described the concert as the best ever given here by an organisa tion of the kind. The class came here from Hert ford, where it gavo a concert Mon day night. From this city, the group .went to Poplar Branch to present a program there Wednes day night. It will be In Coin jock Thursday night, and at Sligo Friday night. Thence the class will go to Hoanoke Island, giving concerts at Wanchewe and Manteo( on Saturday and Monday nights, respectively. A concert at Shlloh Tuesday night, April 6, will con clude the Itinerary of the class in this section. While In this city, the class was "under the wing" of the Blltt beth City Odd PeUows, who gave the, children a substantial cash contribution befors they "twft; EIGHT MINERS DEAD IN GAS EXPLOSION Pittsburgh, Mar. SO.? (API More than 600 men were en tombed by a terrific explosion In the Ehrenfeld mine of the Penn sylvania Coal and Coke Corpora tion this afternoon, according to reports received here. The mouth of the mine was wrecked by th? blast. It was said. A U. 8. bureau of mines res cue car. stationed at Derry, near Ehrenfeld, haa been ordered to the scene. Harrlsburg, Ills., Mar. SO.? (AP)?-Bight miners are report ed to have been killed In a gas explosion today In the Saline County Coal Corporation's mine Number 2 at Ledford, five miles ftOVKftNOR CAME NKAK HAVING AI TO WIIWK Wilmington. Mar. SO.?(AP) ? Presence of mind of Hush Da vis. negro driver of the executive'! automobile, probably saved Gov ernor Mcl<ean from an automobile wreck late yesterday near here. Hit by another ear, the Gover nor's ear was ferced toward the brink of a 20-foot embankment, unprotected by guard ralla. Davis held the car on the road with force, those In the party aald, and avoided a possible turnover. Doth cars were movlag about 40 miles an hour when they craahed, It was said, on th? McLean auto-1 mobile's right. The unknown drlv er left after a very abort while. Hla license number was not se cured. | New York minister says the devil Is busy In Rusals Then i somebody actually Is working prtri there. Four Men Dead And Eleven Children Fatherless Chicago. March 30.?(AP> ? Four men were shot to death here last night within an hour, male lag eleven children fatherless. Joh# Paiumbo. 39. a contrac tor and hia assistant. Jack Prete. were killed In their homos by Jo seph Clemente, 39. who had lost his Job and thought his family would starve. A fourth man, Frank Palumbo. was shot and killed in his auto mobile by unidentified assailants, he Is not related to John Palumbo. police said. Clemente lost his job and went gunning for his employer. He found him sitting at his evening aqppcfi listening Yo the prayers of his four children. He opened fire and slew Palumbo. Clemente then raced to the home of Prete and leveling a pistol over Prete's son shot Prete dead. Police found Clemente en trenched behind a push cart in the yard of a relative. Clemente fired a volley, minsed and raced for a shed. Two volleys from po lice guns struck him. He was dead when police found him In side the shed. BESTCITY MUSIC CLUB WELCOMED Among New Organization* Greeted at (invention at High Point High Point. N. C.. March 30? (AP)?With a young artist con test. student contest, executive board luncheon, the 11th annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Music Clube began today. An organ recital, songs late to day, and reception, costume re cital. and choral rehearsal thla evening marked the first day's program. The convention lasts through Saturday. Music .lovers from all over the State were here. Report of Mrs. William A. Har per, Elon College, president of the state federation, detailed the divisions into districts of the body. Piedmont, Mrs. Thomas F. Opie, chairman; Capital, Mrs. J. S. Cor rell; Southern. Mrs. H. O. Steele. Eastern, Mrs. Willlsm Splcer. and the western district to hold Its convention and select Its director later. She reported and welcomed to membership at this convention: Elizabeth City Music Club. Elon College Glee Club. Musical Art Club of Fayettevllle, Falson Music Club, Fremont Music Club, High Point College, Choral Club of j High Point. Music Club or I^exlng- I ton. Music department of the Woman's club. Liberty; Scotland , Neck Music Club; Taylorsvllle Music Club; music department of the Woman's Club, Wilson; Junior Music club of Ashevllle; and Junior Music Clubs at Leaks vllle, Burlington, Sanford, Thorn s vllle, Winston Salem, and the Clinton Music Club. CEMETERIES ARE NO PLACE FOR COLLEGE FRAT INITIATIONS Raleigh, Mar. 30.? (AP)?Cltjr cemeteries are not placet for col lege fraternity Initiation!. Raleigh College Greek letter men sought other scary places to hold cero monles. Mistaken for grare robbers by officers, fraternity pledges found In cemeteries were ordered to keep out at night. The freshmen were seeking a certain verse on some tombstone In a Raleigh grsveyard to copy and take to their fraternity brothers." Initiations, however, continued today, with freshmen put to other shaky tasks before being aworn In as full fledged brothers. MARINES ENTRAIN JUST BEFORE NOON Philadelphia. Mar. 80.?(AP) | ?The North Atlantic half of the . slith regiment of Marines or j dered to China to reinforce the i sea soldiers on duty there are on their way. The movement of the , 800 officers and men from the 1 Philadelphia Navy Yard to four troop trains began shortly before noon and was completed In an hour. MacVKILLH SUIT IH CAdl MANY smii i s Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. Mar I 30.?Members of the newspaper \ profession and ofhers as well trej smiling broadly aa the result of the suit for 88.000 damage; brought here against one Ben , Dixon MacNelll, high-voltage I word-artist of the News and Ob server staff, because MacNellln "high powered" Dusenborg; smashed the plaintiff's Ford The smiles are due to the thought that any newspaper man might have 81,000 for which he might be sued ?Home have feared that the pub licity given the matter might add to the sublimation of MacNelll's W, but it Is geaerglly agreed #nuK to Impossible Italian Plane In New Orleans ? I ll. II ...I I Commander TV l?in? do. the darlnc Italinn aviator, In shown In [he cock-pit of HIh Klant iiiODOpI* n?* Junt after he readied New Or leans Tuesday from Havana. In h is famous four-continent flight rrom Italy. 11 In craft Ik a monoplane, and the motors can be seen tbovo De I'lnedo. Miami Slowly Recuperating After Double Catastrophe, Says Elizabeth City Man | While llu< beautiful city of Mi ami. Florida. haa recovered almost jentirely from the immedlAte physl leal effects of the terrific storiu !last fall. Hire nr.' still nM no of Its dest ruct Ivme** to be ob aerved there, according to C. I'. Brown, of this eity. who has Jult returned, accompanied by Mr* Brown, after having spent five j weeks there. Mr. Ilrown is man isger of the real estate holdings of |the Metropolitan Life Insurant! Company In NoxUi-Carnllna. In general, the largvt. weH con structed buildings f.yrapi d serious damage from the storm, Mr. Brown observed, though many small, poorly built structure}* were levelled. Re ekUniUd that 50 to 76 auch buildings, atill in the con dition In which the tornado left about the city. Scarcely less devastating than the storm, according to Mr. Brown, was the r?al estate col lapse that occurred last year. lie described Miami folk as philoso phical over their misfortunes, not Inclined to expect much this sum mer. but hopeful of a substantial tourist busiiifM* next wlnt? r. and the beginning of a steady return to prosperity then. Mr. Ilrown described Mint.il as a most beautiful city, with an un usually large number of handsome building In Its commercial section. iHc Mated that t?0 to 75 per cent , of the city'* fine, large tree? were ,loHt In the atormn, hut Ihni many of tin-in had been pciHhwI, with tin* result that tho city iin a whole '*how?'d few scar* from the dlaa* ' ter. Tales of Htarvatlon and Buffer ing in Miami and other Florida ci ties huve l??*en exuberated great . ly. in IiIh opinion. He declared ; there apparently waa enough work to he had in Miami to keep every |ono from Mtaivlng. and that he faew n*> evldewe of want. He quot led Miami hunineHH men aH hopeful ! of ft' 1 iik on their feet again In two or three yearn, though personally 'he pxprraned the opinion that real eatate values would never again their peak figure* of the pant. .Mi Hrown paid h?> wan anton the city, and at the multitude of 'fine yacht* docked there. Among 'them, he mentioned the Cornalr, owned |?y J. 1?. Morgan. Incldent alv he wan on hand for the famoun race In which the yacht America V made a *pe? d of fiR milea an .hour, and for the recent Hagen 'Sarazen golf mateh. | All In all. deaplte Miami * mag nificence, and the hcauty of It* 'xuhtirlmii development* In Coral Clnhler* and Cocoamit (Jrove. Mr. Itrowu declared he d rather live In iNorth Carolina. "If* too hot for me down there," he commented, i PVTHIANS FORM NEW LODGE HERE Largr IMrgalion I'Vom (ihurilv Ixxlur, Norfolk. Aids in Orguuizulion Bill toe in city?Pyltilaur?itTrt^ "fresh meat" to the number of 4ti (fathered last nighf In the hull of the order at Itoad and F jiim ?treet for the reorganisation <>f ihe lodge here The cer#monl??< wer* conducted by a degree Irani incltid ed In a delegation of some 401 members of Charity Lode* 10. Knights of Pythian. the largest lodge In Norfolk. The newly or ganized Pythian group here I- ?l?* Ignated a* Elisabeth City I^mIkv 112. Several member.* of fleas id e Lodge 1 <1. Portsmouth. were in cluded In the visiting dalcir.ttion. which motored hero from Norfolk late In the afternoon, and b ft on the return trip at inidnlgh? Three ranka were put on by the visitors Heading the Norfolk group wav H. V. Davies, deputy grand < han rellor of the Orand Ixidgc of Vir ginia. This Htate's (iraiirj Lodge, aa represented by Geor? IS. Lovell. of Charlotte, grand k> ? per of records and seal*. In beh *lf of C. W Coghtll. of Ilocky grand chancellor. Among the official gaast from Charity l,odgc were: A. A. Fisher, who hblds office as arand treagar-; er of the Virginia Orand Lodge; Major W. R fifsafc fce?'f?er of records and soils; Paul itryan. manter of finance: A. w Ham mond. master of the ateheiiaer: T. E. Gardner, preliTe,' * FT W Brajr. paat chancellor; K L. Em met*. vice chancellor; W 11. Klr by. master of work, gnd W. 11 Rcott. Inner guard. Escvpt Mr. Plaher. the foregoing are officers In Charity Ixidgs A light supper was served at the conclusion of th* cen m ?n1?*s Elisabeth Cfly Ix?d?r 1*T ?flT elect officers at a later aaesion. Of Ita 4C members. 2* are formsr Pythian* and 10 are l?r* mcm-| b*r? THIS DAIRYMAN HAS GOOD HELP II. A. Smith'** Family Like Dairying ami Don't .Mind Hard Work ?Orf>w? l?alry will hogln operation on April 1. II. A. Smith, owner, an nounced thin morning. The new dairy lit on Parsonage street extended at the old stand of the dairy formerly run by Mills Hell. New and modem machinery Is being Installed Including a aterl llxer. u separator. and a aeptlc lank for aewage. " W?? are ln?talllnir our equip ment nnd'T the sii|w?rvJ?lon of city requirements with Inspector Hcdgcpnh ^n the Jot* to see that w" do li right/* Mr. Smith said Wednesday. Mr. Smith In fortunate In hav ing the co-operation ami the as sist u nee of his wlfo and children in preparation of th'- milk f ?r de livery and It will not he necessary for him to employ any outside help. The children ar?- Ml*s Helen Smith and Walter. Harold and Milton Bmlth. They are all Inter ested In th? ilalry and don't mind hard work. In the near future an noon an Mr. Smith ran net electric current --he is going to install mi alec trie butter mwk??r. Thh machine will have a capacity of !?0 pounds of butter per hour. The new ?op-: ar?K?r will hand!* fl&O pounds of milk an hour The new dairy will begin selling milk, butter, cream and batter ball| 6U Aimi t Mr Smtth now, ha* 11 naernsey cows and says that he Is prepared to Increase thla number as the demand for his milk Increases. "We are here to work with the1 other dairymen of thh city. Mr. Smith says," for the production of milk that l? **(? for the growing yungsters " The n?? dairy has an attractive delivery tfuck. The barn has been whitewashed and cleaned through- ! oaf. BORAH PAINTS ^fclOTH^S A DRY CANDIDATE Sffn < ^oolldfCf ami Smith Ak Two Conlr-tuiiN for I'rcMilency and Both Hun iiinc on Dry IMatforni SAYS ITS EULOGY Mean* No Uiirnpect to A1 Smith hut I'rainf; Advo cate* Friendly Kelationa! Willi AH the Nations ! UUn. N. v.. Mar. SO.?-(API??] I'll.' 1 Mil :i in' n.iii)' i '?' <t i m I I: I'll forcement w(11 Up endorse I uoxl year by both big parties and :helr standurd beareriwlll be l'i ?s!di?n: I Coolidge and Governor Sou'i of ? Now York. in the opinion 01' Sena ! {tor William K- llorah if Idabc.i Republican. ,* "I'U.venturn thul the Uepu'iil-, ran party In National convention declares for the eighteenth amend ment And Its enforcement." the U'hnirman of the Senate foreign re | lutiouH committee said i:i an ad I dress before the L'tlca Republican Club last night. "I'll venture that If Governor 'Smith in nominated for President he'll declare for the 18 th amend - ' ment and Itu enforcement and not only that but will make the peo ple believe in It. "Thltt is not speaking in dlare Japect of Governor Smith, ou: in jeulogy of1 his groat abilities. From i tlie time he leaves Manhattan Is land and drosses over Into the {United States, he'll be for the 18th amendment and Ita enforce ment." In an address at Syracuse Uni versity earlier In the day, Sena itnr Borah predicted Coolldge and I Smith would be opposing candi dates. j "Do you think President Cool ldge will run again?" the Senator was asked from the audience. "I think he is entitled to the nomination und can hare It tf he wantM it," he replied. "He would be a strong candidate." "What do you thlnfc of Al Smith's chances for the Demo cratic nomination?" "Your governor seems to be llio aceoptcd candidate nt the present 1 tlmo. I feel quite sure he will Iserm* to have everything his own I way right now." ! In his Iltlca address the S?nat.T, advocated friendly relation 4 with i all nations, arbitration of the Mex-1 lean quostloa and recognition of Russia. He upheld the ltdutinIh tra(Ion's policy ii< China and ar-! ralgned Unlte.t States ta:a>s li, Nicaragua. Referring to China he sail. j "The United States Govern- j ment Is simply protecting the live* | of Ita-citizens there." He objected to the policy of Nlc- j aragua "not so much because our Marines are there to protect life, but because we - recognized the j wrong Individual." 1 He charge^ selfish oil interests ; wirh aTTeinpTTng to caus? a break between Mexico and the Unltel ; Slates and idvocu'ed arbitration |of the question as to whether (ar. I held by Americans In M?-.xlco sir..I be In fee simple or si a coi2?* slon. Another Destroyer Lets Loose Its Guns ifeftttiUI, Mar. 30.?(AP) ' Another American warship on the Yangtse Itlver has found it neces | nary to let loose |t? guns. ! An ihn dwtroytr John I) K(?rd wan proceeding up the river to ward Nanking yesterday. Nation nHut troops fired on the vessel. The command wan given and the ! destroyer's four inch gunn and ' machine guns were brought into .arlloh. Sends His Regrets For Nanking Affair Shanghai, Mar. 30.?(AF)?j Oeneral Chang Kai-Shek. Canton Chlnesa commander, sent hla chief I of ataff and a secretary .aboard the | Japanese flagship hare this morn-1 in* to convey hla regret* to the admiral for the Nanking affair. I HKrKKMKvrvrivt: i.\z*ito OK M>tlMIAN\ |H DKAII Washington. March 20-4 At'). Representative tadlalas I?axaro. I of Ixiiilsiana. died here early to-, day f>eath rame at 7:30 o'ctock at narfleld Hospital where he ?i? taken March f? for an operation Mra. l*axaro. three daughters and a son. w?re at the bedsld?-. He would hare reached hla 65th year next June. A democrat and a doctor hjr profession. Mr. La tarn served c/intlnuonaly In Pongreaa for 14 years and had been elected to the aerentleth Congress which con v?? nes In December He reprtaen trd the seventh district. FOKI) !N HOSPITAL AFTER CAK HIT BY ANOTHFR. IS KKPOKT Detroit. Mar. 30. ?<AP>? Henry Ford it In the llenrv Ford Hospital for treatment far inju ries received !n an r.utomobile ac cident Sunday and ka.i undergone a minor operation. It became known today Fred L. Illack. business man ager of Mr. Ford's weekly. The l>earliorii Independent, confirmed previous reports of the accident in a statement proponed by him und other members of the Ford organ ization. Detroit, Mar. 30.? (API?It wan reported today that Henry Ford was in the Henry Ford Hos pital suffering from Injuries re ceived when his car was struck by another automobile Sunday night and knocked over an embank ment. Mr Ford a an tit fain to thu htntr pltal Tuesday night. It is be lieved bis injuries were minor and that he wan taken to the hospital he endowed, simply for examina tion. No Information was obtain able ut the hospital nor at Ford offices. Mass and Saunders Air Difficulties In City Court A ten dollar fine and a sus pended sentence of 30 days in jail, conditional upon good behavior, were imposed today on M. Mass, laboratory technician. |n record er's court on a charge of assault and battery after an altercation with W. O. Saunders, editor of the weekly Independent. The trouble occurred Mopday morning. "Suppose he writes me up In his paper, and says something nasty that no man could swallow" Mans demanded, when Trial Justice Sawyer had pronounced judgment in the case. "The court will take cognisance of anything like that," Mr. Saw yer aHNured him. At the opening of the eaee. Mass pleaded guilty to the charge of as sault and battery. He was not represented by counsel. Suunders was the firm witness to take the stand, and testified that Maas, after demanding that he remove his glasses, made a grab for them and succeeded In snatching them off. . They exchanged several blows before others separate? them, he said. The encounter oc curred in a downtown drug store. Saunders charged that Masa had made repeated threats against him after the altercation, declaring vigorously that he would beat him with a club and would throw acid in his face. He said he regarded Mass as a very dangerous man, and that, quite frankly, he was afraid of him. Mann declined to take the stand, but made a statement to the court charging that Saunders had called him a crook In the course of a telephOB# conversation several days before, and that he had "smacked" him over that. In his testimony, Saunders had declared that the trouble began over a printing bill Incurred by Mas*. In which he had finally put the account in the hands of a col lector for Issuance of a Judgment with the Idea of advertising It and "putting the community on guard." Saunders said he did not call him a crook, as Mas* alleged, In the telephone conversation In his opinion, he was a dead beat. On the stand, he expressed the opinion that Mass was mad, and should he examined by a lunacy commission. Corroborating Saunders' testi mony as to threats by Mass after the Monday morning mlxup, Les lie Armstrong, member of the City Council, testified to having heard Mass declare In a downtown cafe yesterday that if It only coat ISO to beat up 8aunders, he was going to continue to beat him as1 often as he met him, and that If. he caught Saunders alone, he, would beat him until he couldn't nee. At the close of the hearing,! Maunders offered assurance that, while he would not promise not lo handle the Incident as a news, story In the Independent, he would not deal In unwarranted 1 personalities against Maw. In passing on the case, Trfal Justice Sawyer expressed extreme i regret over the occurrence, and Mated that the suspended sen-! tence was Intended as a means of preventing a recurrence of the \ trouble. The courtroom was crowded for the hearing Pit HI'tilCM MATRIMONY TO TKRM IN COOI,Fit Preferring to journey Into the uncharted masae of matrimony to i jail sentence that loomed men ?clngly ahead of him. Roy Hill.: rolored, was freed In recorder's court Wednesday after a hearing. ?n a charge of carnal knowledge i if a girl under I? years of age. The girl testified with freedom I ind In considerable detail. Upon tvldenclng a willingness to marry )er. Hill was permitted to depart inder a nol pros conditional upon ;he early performance of the cer-i ?mony. FISHERMEN FAR ^ROMRECOVERY FROM BLIZZARD Itun of Shad Falling Off As Itrwull of Slortn, Declare* Captain Bar net I, Veteran of the Sound* DEALT BODY BIX)W Little or No Hope of Re couping Losxefl Sustained j in Destruction of NfU, Though Prices High Roseate pictures of North Car olina fishermen recouping through remarkable catches or nhad the | Iohhcs they sustained In the ter- . rifle storm of March 2. whan I many thousand dollars' worth of [ nets were swept away, are dis counted heavily by Captain W. O. Harnett, of the Globe Fish Com pany here. Captain Barnett haa had nearly 20 years' experience In the fishing Industry In the sounds and rivers of the State. The atorm dealt a body blow to . the fishermen, according to Cap- I tain Harnett, not only In unpar- ' alleled damage to nets, but also In ' breaking the exceptional run of Hhad which was In full swing 'when the bllxxard struck. "Shadl are still coming In, and they're | making pretty good catchea," he j commented Tuesday afternoon, I "but nothing like they were before [the storm." I The veteran fisherman ex l plained that the snow caused a heavy flow of fresh water from the rlvera Into the sounds, and thence through the Inlets Into the Atlantic Ocean. The shad, he de clared, instinctively follow the salt water until they reach fraah. Conaequently when there Is much freah water in the lower sounds, they never reach the fishermen's net*. Captain Barnett said the fisher men In the low sounda, particular ly In the vicinity of Stumpy PQlnt and the Roanoke Marshes, were making fairly large catchea, how ever, being elosef t* the IflleU than those In Albemarle Sound. Shad still are bringing fancy prices on the northern marketa. New York quoting 63 cents a pound on roea Tuesday. Captain Barnett's survey of conditions Is borne out by figures of the Norfolk Southern Railroad - freight office here on fish ship ments during the season, up to Tuesday night. These disclose that the railroad handled 624 boxee of fish during the laat week in Feb ruary?the first week In which npeclal facilities for fish were pro vided. At leaat 1.000 boxes are reported to have been shipped by express In February. During March, shlpmonta by rail reached a total of 2,870 boxes to date. In 1925, regarded as a fairly good year, 4,672 boxes were shipped during March. The total for March, 1924, was 3.691 boxes. Express shipments virtually stop when rail facilities are afforded, by reason of the difference In transportation costs. SAYS AUSTRALIAN BALLOT LAW WHEN PEOPLE TRUSTED HiilHgh. Mar. 30.?(AM ?tho Australian ballot bill will beoome law "whenever thoae reaponilbl* for the election machinery an* willing to iruai Lh? people of_ North Carolina to vot<- aa they want to vote," Senator J. M. 1 Rroughton, of Wake, reiterated today. In apcaklng of other btlla In the 1 paat Leglalature, Senator Ilrouxh . ton aald. Among other thlnga. .that, without dlaparagement to i Kepreaentatlvea who fought for a I .State-wide tax for aupport of [ftrhoola and accepted th? larger jequallilng fund aa a compromise, that Senator A. E. Wolti, of Oaa |tonla had not received proper credit for hla ahare In the fight 'for the meaaura. STATE HAS IN WORTHLESS CHECKS ItalelKh. Mar. 30.? (API ? The State Hevcnue |>epartment holda | about 920.000 In worthleaa checka, Including one for $3,100, .given, by a corporatiou. ... Comtnlaaloner H. A. Doughtoa nald that moat of the trouble la ex , perlenced with dealera and pur rhaaera of automobile llcenaea. It t* by no meana, he wild, iBfraqni Rl for cheeka for taxea amounting to hundreda or even ihouauli of dollara to be returned, marked "Insufficient runda." The laat I.^xlalature placed a penalty of 10 par cent upon all worthlega nhecka given the De partment tinder any rtrrnnntan? ea. It haa been neeeaaary for tha Department to employ two addi tional clerka to look after wnrtn leaa checka. PKItllY MKATH DUX J | AT NATIOXAL CAPITAL Waahlngton. March 30~(AP) ?Parry 8. Heath, widely knows nn H n"wnj>ap??r editor and for- . mar aaalatant po?tmaat?r general* died here today.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
March 30, 1927, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75