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"L?ated Wire Associated Press Service I The IT'vatlicr Pair tonight. Tutlav nin??H I In. <*lou<Jiu?>??; rising raiu;v. I liniil. \ aiiatil'- Hiudn. ^ VOL. XVIL FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVKNINlI. APRIL ??">, I!i27". SIX PACKS. NO. 98 Death List Mounts As -j -News Trickles In From Stricken Flood District Thousands Vent Joyous! Praise a I Ursriic While' Others Are Swept Away By the W atrr* MANY IN PEIUI. FH*els of Boats I'lxin^ Swirling Waters Taking Starving Refugees to Places of Safety Memphis. Tonn., April 25. (A I*) ? Following s o hi ii a t ! freakish courses flood waters from the Mississippi and its tributaries overran more towns today in tiotli . , Mississippi ami Arkannas, render ing additional thousands homeless j and adding to the already Mas- i vgerlng total of property danism*. Occasional reports of deaths fil tered through the vast Inundated territory but careful checka of the lists placed the known dead at a , few more than a hundred with an ? estimated death total of approxi-! ?lately 300. I Indianola in Mississippi and Ar | kansas City and Marked Tree In Arkansas were the latest towns to be visited by the flood waters, j Their combined population is. ? bout 6.000. but each :i t Quota of refugees and the en croachment of the flood waters has ! created a serious situation for the I relief authorities to combat. The Mississippi town, which Is ?bout 25 milca east of Greenville, was overrun with flood waters rushing down from the yawning crevasse in the levee at Slops | Landing, which caused the flood ing of the rich delta lands. The flood water is moving on to Vlcksburg at a rapid rate, the en gineers reported today that it was ?pproaching Rolling Fork. 41! miles south of Greenville. A num ber of plantations and villains, were flooding overnight but it wan assumed that the inhabitants had them yesterday by officials to flee the levees. Under five feet of water early today. Arkansas City, 20 mile's] . north of Greenville, became Iso ! lafed. all telephone and telegraph wires going out. Five hundred persons were homeless there and I appeals for Immediate relief were 1 ?ent to governor Martlncau of Ar- j kansas before communication lines! went down. This flood water came from the' Pendleton break on the Arkansas ? River. Memphis. Tenn.. April 23. ? (AP)?-Stories of heroic work j brighten tho dark record of death1 and desolation today as the flood ' waters of the Mississippi lllver and tributary streams extended to new towns and rich farming communities. Thr tragic sway I which has brought under water j more than nine thousand square j miles In Mississippi and Arkansas. The death list known to em- j brace at least 100 persons, mount-] ed as news trickled in from strick en districts. Official estimates. I "aid to be conservative, placed the 1 nrobable death toll in tlie Missis-' iVIppt delta urea at 2<?0. The fate f of many others In the far flung MMIood sectors was doubtful. Thousands vented joyous praise! I for their rescue from perilous j perches in the flood districts., [ whilo other thousands were re ported still marooned and In peril! j unless succor should reach them | soon, Throughout the flooded | I valley fleets of boats plied the swirling waters, taking starving I and thirsty refugees from Kevee I tops, trees, house top*, knolls. In-j I dian mounds and the second ' atorles of dwellings. Five hundred persons were tak en from a levee top at Wayside last night by the steamer Wahasli. which stripped away Its guard . rails In a dangerous ascent of a drainage canal to reach the ma rooned people. The Government boat TalliHah rescued eight per sons. Including two small children who were clinging to willow tops after their gasoline launch burned. With more than 100,000 per k sons already homeless and refugee1 I camps swelling almost hourly in I population, grave fears were felt ' by officials for Inhabitants of the I delta country between Greenville! and Vlcksburg who have been! warned to evacuate their homes) I before the flood waters from th* | Htops [.ending crevasse arrived. Reports to National Guard officials Greenville Inst night Indicated kat few were leavjug* despite tlat they have been urgently #d jftad to do so. Urgent appeals from Arkansas Arkansas. last night said file flood had swept into the town to a depth of five feet and that 500 persons were homeless. Winchester In Desha county. Arkansas, was among the new pla ces visited by the flood from th" Arkansas River while near Texfcr kana sections of Lafayette county wore covered with waters from tha break In the Red River levee at Flndley Bend. Hfen and materials have been (ContlntiM* on p*jre 2) Jitney Driver Wins Acquittal In Auto Accident Hearing !' eiiliuv, that tin* t-vldtiice Indi ra'->| that both putties wore at. fault. Trial Justice Sawyer dls- ; lulled churKi'8 preferred against j 15. i'. Webb. colored jitnfy driver, | in recorder's court today an the aftermath of an automobile acci-1 dent hero some two weeks ago. Webb was* charm d with reckless ? driving, and with crossing a street ; intersection at a gnaler rate of, speed than 15 mile* an hour. Charlie Haski-t, 19 years old.! was th? principal State witness In. the case. Hi- was the driver <>f ? the other ear that figured in the' accident. According to his test!- : itionv. Ite slowed down upon near- j ing the intersection of Koad and i Church streets, where the collision t occurred, then speeded tip when he saw a crash with Webb's car was imminent. Haskett was driving north on, Koad street, and Webb was pro-} coeding west on Church street,! givin:: the colored driver the right1 of way. if 01 l?i r things wrr>- equal.; Haskett claimed, however, that! Webb was some distance from the intersection, and that, thinking 1 he had ample time to pass, he kept, going. Namon Hayman. another! State's witness, testified Webb's j ear crashed into Haskett's ? near1 the rear right fender, the impact t overturning both cars. Hasketl was crfught by the head 1 between the door and top of his j car. and both his ears were cut | badlt. He was under treatment! at the Elizabeth City Hospital for} some 2 1 hours after the accident.: ,A young girl aceompanying him 'escaped with minor bruises. The' occupants of Webb's automobile j were uninjured. ?Wrtjto claimed Him Ire whm di'K ing slowly, and threw on brakes 1 as soon as he saw the Haskett car j coming, but too late to avoid a j crash. He contended that Has-] kett's automobile skidded and | sideswiped him. In the main, his j account was corroborated by Sain ! Barnes, colored, also an eye wlt-j nesB of I fie aerident. Ilarnes gave many colorful details of the crash. I Including an Imitntlon of the air escaping from a punctured tire, much to the amusement of court spectators. He said he was afraid : of automobiles, and that he still had a "crack" In the back of his! head as the result of having been ! run over by one several years ago. j In disposing of the case, Mr. 1 Sawyer expressed the belief that 1 Haskett. if anything, was more to J blaine than Webb In the accident, j though he was aware that jitney | drivers here, as a rule, were de- 1 cldedly Inclined to drive too fast. County Bonds Sell At Favorable Rate Forty-six thousands dollarn In j bonds were sold by the Konrd of County Commissioners Saturday j afternoon, at 4 .1 4 per cent Inter-i est, with the purchasers agreeing:! to pay all attorney's fees incident ! to the Issue, and the cost of tfrint-' ing the bonds. Persons in touch ( with bond selling; condition* here" declared the price was highly fav-j orable. In all. there wore ?ix bldd *i 3 on ' the bonds, the succ-juful firm b?-J ins Stranahan, Harris & Oils. Inc..! of Toledo The Issue will be re-' tired In blocks of $9,000 a year for four years beginning May 16, 193.1. the date of final retirement. The bond Issue was authorized by the Coijnty Commissioners sole ly as a means of putting the Pas quotank Highway Commission on an even keel. The commlsion owes a note of $27,031 on the general road fund, plus interest since last December, and 117.20n plus Inter est on the final Installments on the foedei* road program recently completed. When these debts have been paid. It is expected that a fewj "hundred dollars will remain from; th? proceeds of the $46,000 Issue. 1 This leftover money will go intoj a sinking fund to retire these bond*. The overrunlng of costs on the feeder roads Is ascribed to many j extensions in the ronatructIon pro gram as originally planned. Here] and there, in almost every part of! the County, it was found advls-| able to lengthen the feeder roads j somewhat; and as a result, the! commission built several more) mile* of roads than bad been con templated at the start. PRESIDENT MAC.HADO LEAVES WASHINGTON Washington. April 36?(AP) ? President Machado of Cuba left 1 Washington today for New York, accompanied by Ambassador Fer-J rera r?>d his s-tlf". MOKE AID SEEDED l.\ FLOODED ARE I With reports of steadily In rr.?:isiML- havoc from the ovtr flowint; Mississippi and lis tri butaries. and of growing dis tress. Klizabeth City people again have been urged by me American Red Cross to Rive as freely as they can toward the relief work now being carried on in the stricken region. This city'* quota is $875. I'nofTicia! MportK indicated that more than 9100 had been given up to Monday morning, through the churched and otherwise. Efforts to gat In touch with the Rev. A. H. Outlaw. County weT^ fare officer, were unavailing during the morning, and there fore no official report on con tributions war* available. All money intended for the relief work should be forwarded to Mr. Outlaw. HOOVER SURVEYS FLOODED VALLEY ? , j Arrives al Memphis lo Map Out Program of MihhI Relief Memphis. Tenn.. April 23.? j (AH?Secretary of Commerce' Herbert Hoover arrived here at i 7:35 o'clock this morning an the1 President's representative in the I direction of relief work for the. flood stricken Mississippi valley, j The Secretary was accompanied j by Mujor General J&dwin. chief of the Army engineering corps and; James L. Flescr. acting national chairman of the Red Cross. Mr. Hoover planned to go Intol conference with representatives of the Red Cross government of-1 flcials and local relief workers to j arrange a program for relief work. : Tentative plana called for by a j personal survey of the flooded areas. The trip would be made by j boat down the Missliwlppl River, j The Secretary would be accompa nied by General Jadwln and prob-1 ably Mr. Fleser. Secretary Hoover was sent from j Washington by President Coolldge ' to confer with the Red Cross re- ; lief authorities and map out a program pf rescue aw<l nid uf thu . victims. The Government has offered lis [ agencies with blanket authority j from the President to aid in the ; disaster, both Mr. Hoover and : Henry M. Raker, national disaster director of the Red Cross, have an nounced, and half a dpicn Army J officers were here on the scene to t cooperate with the Red Cross' while the Navy Coast Guard, Fed eral Public Health Service and ' Veterans' Rureau also planned to j be presented In the coordinated re lief program. SAYS SNYDER SLATED FOR DEATH MARCH 7 New York. April 25?(AP) ?! Albert Snyder. Queensvlllage Art Editor. wn? "slated for death" on March 7 last, district attorney , Newcombe told the Jury In his I opening statement today. "Mrs. Ruth Snyder and her lover. Henry Judd Gray, met in Manhattan that day." h?* said, "af ter Gray had bought a sash weight and chloroform In Kingston, N. "That day the death of Albert Snyder was decided on and the iinpllnients of murder were pro cured. "Prior to that two Insurance policies for $50,000 has been taken out on the life of Albert iSnyder, with a double Indemnity clause for death by violence. "Albert Snyder never knew about those policies, gentlemen, but Mrs. Snyder knew of them, i for she hsd taken them out. and ; Henry Judd Gray knew of them, for he hoped to benefit through his mistress." CHARLOTTE HOIJ>S ELECTION OFFICERS Charlotte. April 25.? (API? -Charlotte voters today went to the polls to decide which of 14 candidate* for city offices should be ballotted for at the city elec tion on May S. They today were selecting, on a non-partisan haul*, the two candidates most favored and who will battle It out during the next two weeks. Miss Julia Alexander snd F. M Redd are certain to be the candl-1 datea for mayor aa there are on-| ly the two candidates for th1? place There ara five ' candidates for commissioner of public safe-' ty and three commlsHlnner* of public works. There are only four candidates for the school board and all will be on the ticket May a. I POPLAR BRANCH WINS IN COUNTY CONTEST, Poplar Branch, April 26.?-Pop lar Branch High School won first ; honors In the county wide musics memory contest at Currituck courthouse last Friday, as a reault | of which Catherine Bray, seventh, grade pupil, will represent Currl-j tuck county at the State-wide mn- i ale memory contest at Raleigh Frl- i day of tfcla week. Pupils from all over the State are expected to take part In the at RaMgh. Wily Perch Plays Prank On One Fisherman, But Loses His Rabbits Foot Dennis Orvrtnan. oj This City. TnV/.<?</ II lien Ili\ He roines Interested in Scenery tlontr Hirer, tin Jess I'rilrlmril Turns the Tallies Tin* speckled peroh in un?"i | Pasquotank Itiver. In the \irl$i:vi of tin' (lid Hrlrl; limit*', ni- ?4n\ , ful fello!*. A f**w ita>*> a^n. City Couneii luaAman K M. I)avl?. who K .? n enthusiastic f 1 of !*t . Walton, went mi a Hit I* lishin--. trip, carrying along IiH father-In law. Dviiuir Overman. Mi. ()i i? man in a fairlv ardent tishenitfcu too. hut likes to uct pkuIim in .* hurry, and becomes a little intp.t tlent If the prospective uuif.v doesn't tx-conie inU'h'Ktod In I . bait In short order. Luck wan with Mr. Davis. !!?? pulled in otic good fixed perch ni ter another. Mr. Overman'* cork remain* d placidly on the surfa*' of the water. Only the gent ? ripples disturbed it. l*r<*aentJv his attention wandered. Thf were birds in the tree* on the rfv I'resently Mr. Da\is. noticln. that his father-in-law was having most indifferent luck, suggest* <1 that he take a look at bin hno) Mr. Overman pulled in Jil* tin- . and dlacnvcred to his surprise that hook. bait, and pinker wen entirely gone He patched up his tackle, and continued to flab, with better results. In due courne. tin two went home with a goodly string of flail. Two days later. Mr. Davln went Ashing aKaiu. This time he took along J. L rrllchard. of this clt>. recognized as dean of all the flab ermen In these parts. Having had i:o??d lurk ?>n tin* oilier i ri??. \lr. |)a\is Weill bark I In- sain** spot. Wil'1 thai ?..i i. \ !??; ? - i - In utiKli lk part an?I |Mlr<'l *'( a n il! iiulo ; ? hian. Ii?* niiHirrtl llii* hkiir no ilia? he hoiiIiI li.-h exactly ?lu-r< lie hart on iIk- nth?r trip. That |>iii Mr. rritrhard Into |*?* !(lti?n to ii*h when Mr. <iv*-rmun had put in iihim iif Iti* tiiii*- a mu ide of day* before. and wlu rr he had lost h|f lk?Md; and sink* r. I'resentlv Mr, I'niehaid foil a mau'H sized tuv:. sind pulled In a l^rue h|H*rkl?-d perch. with Mr. Overiuau's mls<du;: .tackb- hint- In. his uiouih. The perch ueiulxd a pound and four ounces. Hook and llni* lixhermi-n fre quent In - thf uppei waters of the Pasquotank report many nets and traps net in that region. <l?->*pii the fact that they ur<> forbidden liy law. all tl??? way from ({Invert Cut. in Kliznlii'th City hnrhm-. to tlx* southern fiid of the Dismal Swamp "Canal. The hook and line hoys are inclined to 1??* wroth over the nets. since a drag net. op??r-, at?-d at thi1 proper tlim . will catch more IImIi than a fallow with hook son. Permit* to fl?h, required of . lining f:Kllnii i ?|ili|i?n. lit us d?iiiunuted hv an act of ilin pent (ii-ncral Assembly, an* koIiiu ? v Cedlnvly slowly, accorditif t?? Clerk of the Court Krnest l<. Saw* yer. who reported Saturday after-? noon that only III had been iMUcd I tin to that lime. The fee for a IWiMiitv flshini; license I* $1.10., and for a State-wide license. $2.10. Fishermen who use the old fash-1 ilolled pole, cork and sinker are ex-' empl from the las. C. L. Greaves Deliver Address Commencement Dr. C. L. Croaves, pastor of the nnjkt 1st Tabernacle al Ralclch. will deliver the commenroineni ad dress at I ho Rllzabelh City High School on the night of May 26. Superintendent 8. L. Sheep an-, nounced today. Dr. (] reaves was born and bred In Pasquotank County and will be heard with exceptional Intercut here. SEE LITTLE IIOI'E K)l( YOUTH KEIT ALIVE li> ARTIFICIAL MEANS Roanoke. Va.. April 25 -f.\P? ?Attending physiclana today held out little hope for the re covery of Walter I?. Hoof he, IX, who since lant Thursday has beeri kept alive by artificial respiration arrested by hi* friend*. ;\t 11 o'clock this morning a re port from the hospital stated' that thare had been no chang<> in the condition of lloothe. Paralysis which has rendered hit* body iihc less below the waist. will a^nost Inevitably creep upon and * frest the remaining strength of bT tired body. It wan declared. lloothe suffered n fracture-dln location at the base of the brain in an automobile accident In May 192?J. COOLIDGE TO TALK TO NEWSPAPERMEN Washington, April 2r? (Al') Ilusinesa was curtailed today at the White Hons, with ('resident Cool Id ge prepared to leave about noon for New York where* h? will speak tonight at a dinner of the United Press Association* com memorating the twentieth anni versary of the founding of the or ganization. Official Washington Is awaiting with interest the address of tliei 1'resldenf. which Is the first he has prepared since Congress closed and Ip which It In expected hi? will discuss outstanding problems con fronting the administration The press association dinner will be st the Iiiltmore Hotel, when- extensive accommodations , Tor radio transmission of the ad dress have been made. i SIX-YEAR-OIJ) GIRL TALKS HERSELF INTO THE JUVENILE COURT New York. April 2r, <AP) Roberta Jane Pratt, six ye?r old foster daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Evere.tt R. Pratt of l)es M?lnerf, Iowa, todsy was paroled in (KBlody !>f I?uls Hall, an allorney and hi* wife, who will take the child In Des Moines and I urn her over to i the invenile court there. Mrs Pratt on Friday was ac- ! quitted of third degree as?ault I" allegedly burning and heating Ho (?erta. The child at that time was lield for a hearing In children's court here on charges that she was ? nogleMed ehlld. ' 1 Dr. Hawkins'Theme Tonight Will Be "Eternity" !>r. C. M. Hawkins anuouricvd last night at the Methodlgt n'iivxl thai tonight lie would preach a sermon on "Kirrnlty," I lint he v?ry uitfrh desired every one in Elizabeth City to hear. There were largo congregations. at all the services on iftundav. Three church letters were an nounced and over fit) young pco- , pie and children came forward for church membership at the special service held at the Sunday school hour. The subject of the morning Her-; mon was "Soul Isolation." in which tii'* t bought was emphasized of individual accountability and ; personal relations to all the great , problems of life. At night to a larfce congregation Dr. Hawkins preached on "The Unpardonable Sin." It was an Im pressive appeal heard In almost? breathlesssilence hy the audience. The interest In the meeting! prows with every service, and the churcii in looking forward to this being a great wi"-k In the meet-, ing. PUBLISHERS meet IN NEW YOHK CITY New Vnrk. A??>il SS. (Al'? Several hundred newspaper pub Ushers from all parts of I he conn try gathered here today to attend the annual meeting of The Asso-, elated Press.to consider tin* mat ten of interest to the organlxn- , tlon. After the meeting a lunch con will be held at the Waldorf Astoria. presided over bv Frank ll. Noyes, president of Tb?* Asso ciated Press. Henry J. Allen, for mer Oovernor of Kansas and Mr Noyes will be the principal speak ers. Members of the American News paper Publishers' Association are hrre to attend the forty-lii -' rite?-l Ivik of thai oriisnixsilon and will discuss topics such as the elimina tion of waste In the Industry, fur titer action on postal rat'-*, the relation of radio In newspapers and other matters. Fl NF.it41. it. v cofii:i.i> The funeral services of llobcrt Newby Cofleld were conducted at the home Jhun>day afternoon at 2 o'clock, with l)r. S. II. Temple man. pastor of the First Haptlni Church, officiating. Interment was Kiade in Hollywood Cemetery. Mr. Cofleld was the son of the Int?- John K and Martha Sanders rolleld. II- *#" h native of Clio wen County but had mjtde his home in Par'nu^nnk County for 3f? years Mr. Cofleld Whs a well known farmer and Is survived by hH wife, Aunes Heath Cofleld. and three dnuffhters, Mrs. T S Owens nf Klliabeth City. Mrs. I> S. For hand of fletcro** and Mrs P. II Stanley of Cradock; two pons. Robert n .hi'! wiiii.mi <; Cofleld of Oklsko; and four grandchil dren; also two brothers. I.. I/. Co fleld of Fort Smith. Arkansas, and D. C. Cofleld of nalnesvllle. Flor ida. I PERSECUTION IS J STRENGTHENING WORK I.N ClilN'A l)<*. J. I'. I.ovr, S'MTrlai's horri^n Itoanl. Sit- i'urifiralioii \?. |{?*. >nll of I .'ri-i.'N ITS NKKIM I) IIKICK S|m?h!\?t at llanlist <Jnir<!? ?'* H?*r?? Drrlarrv \mrri rail Oirittiaii* moiiM lint* rfil l?> IVrHTiiliuii "Ir lll"l i- W;|S ;i jiiT'i'dl! toil of pri?r>'wMt,| i'h ri>t ians in America toduy msaty ??r ih< m w?ult| for sake their religion to save their ihtIc- " lip. j. V. I.??ve. Secretary to tile Foreign Minion Hoard of the SiiuHicrii Il<ii?ti?i Conventi?tu, >.ifd "Ftindaymoniltig in '-pe.ikinc before itf Sunday s? h i.il of R!:?.-<<wcl! Memorial Chuiv'i. "However." |>r I...V. -aid. ? | ?1? not think :hat ih- thiuniuu <ait process would i|o 1lv? < ai|>? ill' <hrlst.iaiiii\ jmy harm. I who surreiul* ? before persc< uCoit are people h pr ?(??s!oti Ii.i not lii'Mii Remitiii*. While our work in rii"!.? will Mtffer-tniipi>".i iU nnd -whiir s'lttt' wlm have professed r-llgi mi ^111 not Ih? able j.i Ktiimi t|,,. i,-si. ii;. r ? will bo tin e\ttiiiiiuitinn of imr mis-Ion work In China us a result of the prcsem erisis. Those who Htan:! true will )?.. purified ami strengthened ami tin* day Is not ?o far distant when we will ><??? the w'??rk?' art I'll by our missionaries financed by tlii? CIlilii'Hi' them selves.** l>r. l,ove filled tin* pulpit at Rlarkwoll Memorial church aii Siimlay more iug -and npnk** at I!i?? First Haptl-a Church on Sunday niulit. L.irue i'Otit;ri%iiii>iit( heard him at both siTviccfi, reiiri'ci'iitit* tiotis from rural churches hein? present at tho Sunday niulit sec* vice nt IIip Flint Itaptisi Church. "If ll'x .sohIm saved tint von want as a return on your iinest ment In rel I?l<inh work, you cjn jHot do hellor than puj you**-money I In foreign missions." Iir. |?o*..? t I ! il.ho congregation at the F?r?? Rnp .T i" I fhnrrh Sunday night. "I had rathf*r h<>li| a revn *i in i Japan than. In the largest rity ; church In North Carolina." Dr. hove said. "I know 1 am very pour at preaching hut ro hungry arc the people of f'hinu and Japan for ihe ospel that they will go and listen to the story of ihe (ios pe| for four hours at a lithe and ??ii many occasions there are 2? to converts folio wins one ser mon. And th*'se m*u step out for Christ at the risk of their lives In iinarv Instances. "There are aix days left In which in finish up our report for the Southern Rapt 1st Convention. I am certain that the da mage wrought in the flood districts will effect our report this year. Shall not those who have linen spared" the ravages of the flood count it a privilege to send In amounts above their ?|tiota to make up for the contribution* of those people whoso homes have been washed awav by the floods? "The work of the Southern Bap tist* Is a world enterprise. If Southern llaptlst* put forth one !? nth of the effort of Christ early dl*clp|e-- to Christianize the world every race on the globe would know of the flowpi^l today. "In my office are the names or 1.000 people who waul to do K|i* cial work for Christ in foreign fields, Mv task Is to get S iu|h ern llaptists to nieei fjod half way *i? see th.il f inds af ? not laek leg to carry the CSospcl tr? hungry souls throiiKhout tho world. "In order to give you some idea' of the magnitude of o:ir tank atii to help you to realize lis growth. I shall refer briefly to history of our foreiuu mission work. "Our foreign mission work be gan In IH.1Z. In I RIB J. It. Tay lor was made secretary 'to the f-ir-1 eigii mission board-ami served for 2d years At hit death our work had touched three countries, we bad I"' churches and 75<*i mem ber". I?r II. A Tucker followed I>r Taylor as nerrMary. After his 2? years of service our foreign < Mission work had reached five different nationalities, there were 7.'i churches, and 2.#23 members, lir. I: J. Wiliinuham then served for 21 year* a* secretary. At hhj death our work had reached sevm countries, there were 3K0 church-' e* and 2f?.!iftl memTier'iT. ' liurltiK 'lie 12 yearn *?f iny admlnlst rat 'on ' our work has spread to IX na tions. We now have I.2IB church ei and 110.Ml member*. I do' nol wish you to feel that I mp re sponsible for the vast work ac complished during my admlnistri tlon. |t'? Just the result of a new day of liniicnr for the (2ospe| the work of our old saints who preached for a lifetime without a convert Is Ju-t beginning to bear frutt. "Swri-iv If you realize the nnf nllttde of our prosrnm. you will consider it Hie greatest privilege of. your life in helping to advance this great world enterprise " Iir f?ove left early this morning j for Richmond. I>r .4 II. Te'mple msn taking him as far as Suffolk While In the city he was the guest i of Ms brother, W. T. f*ove sr. 1/KS. Ill TCH/VS riMSHKSf IITKE Asbevilb-. April i.U'i Mtv. i'ii:ii.-iis Huichto*. nu.l '.u :??ui?LitiJ?i I tH i .11?.mil wile oi >i pi ni dii'Miivy of Huiiimi I !? -. finish-d .1 ? 1 : 1 ?? OVlni'k t ll i:- lltl 'I'llD'HI her W-j tuili' hike from llniiis\ille to liruvcr Liki'. 1-1! mil's north of Asheville. Il? r time is said to have li?ai>n liv iiHir mill nt's thai of MK Kleanor St ars" hike Ih'Iui en Providence, U I . illul ItOHlOtl. Hiking under the auspices of llic Ash?\ille Tlni-s. Mrs. IIuirliiiis abandoned her orig inal plan to walk the i:i.57 mill's from Iturnsville to Park Square. Asheville. wln-ii she reached ihi- in mile mark. Al (houuli appat? ill I v cousid> Table ful lulled Mrs. Hiilchln* dis played no impatience while alio remained standing M-viTal min utes for newspaper photograph ers to "??hoot" close 11 ps of her. f PARENTS' WEEK AT THE SCHOOLS This l)?M-?iTt Ju*t .Mean MoiIht. It !\1run* Dail, I nn This Is Part lits' Week ai I ho. Kli/aberh City Schools anil visit >rs ? arc cordially invited to ro 0111 at any time during the school ses-1 sinus and s?v for ihi'iiiKplvcjl how ' well thf-lrrrrs-mrU girls-and- tea-lr-1 or; an? getting nlong with their work. Superintendent S. I.. Sheep 1 nmmunces. "We want Ihe fathers to come, loo," said oiii' small hoy, to Tin* Advance office force. "Every year a lot of mothers rbine out.! hut there are almost no Dad* I among tin* Visitors. We boys don't) like it very well, Wo can't at*e i why ill" fathers can't take that, much Interest in us. It's Parent*'! Week. Ii Isn't just Mother*'! Week." PareiUs are not only Invited to I visit their own children, hut oih-i er schoolrooms as well, and It is 1 hoped thai they will not disap-| point the children. V V_# ?/ I Costly To Hostess Anne Elizabeth Johnson, col-, oretl. p)i>arantly entertained a] number of her friends Konday' nlsht at an Informal party at herl home on Wem Church street, ex-1 tonded, Sunday night. Itefresh-' Blent* wero served, and a Rood time was had by all until Ihrof-! fleers arrived IMslol shots in ihc vicinity of 1 the Johnson home prompted neighbor* to notify Sheriff Car-! mine that the parly was in pro- i Kr?'.Hs. anil the Sheriff, together j wlih Chief IIolm'as and other i 111 em hers of the city police force, paid a hurry-up call there. As a! result. Annie and one of her guests I appeared in recorder's court Mon day morning. and another guest was summoned hut failed to come. 1 Evidence against Annie includ ed the remainder of the refresh ments some half a doxen pint I hot 1 |??n containing small quantities ? ??f '"k"K" liquor. An^ile. herself,! gave indications *?f having sam pled the contexts freely Sunday nlnht. ihe officers said. She wan, tin ?'d i 2 r, and costs Others there j were "a little high." Chief Holmes testified, hut not quite "high"; enough to !>?' hah-d Into court. Johnnie Overman, colored. the guest who was arrested and ap-J pea red for trial, pleaded guilty to J having operated an automobile j lacking 'In- proper lights, and whs fined a dollar srw| costs. Charlie , Chambers, colored. the other I guest arrested. w#s to have faced 1 a like charge. 11 Ik case was con tained until ?uch time bh the of-j fleers could bring him in for trial. He was declared to be a resident ' of Kdenlon. John Henry Floyd. of the Wecksvtlle section. charged with failure to pay his dog tax. wan di rected to pay the tax anj court costs. JAPAN'S FINANCIAL PANIC IS AT AIS KNI) J + Tokyo. April 2fi.? (Al?l With 4li<* three-witV moratorium in ef-, firt aote Imbiik#ri to4iy declared] thai tin- hi pa none- financial panic! wiih virtually at an end. No further rutin on hank* Mr'*' e*p?'Ct? d. lilt. li\ni,K YKIIY ll.l. Itahlirh, April 2 5?# A I*? ('an dllloti ?r l>r S Wwitray Battle of Aahevllle, wAn I* In Hex Hoafrital. whh r< ported ;t* "very wrloim" at noon today. Dr. Battle. 7:t. one of the fore moat medical men III the nfate. In auf ferine from h aeverr alrlke of paralyM* Dr. W II Dewar In at tending him. TJie *trlrk^n doctor'* wlfo ?an lv#?d Sunday night ?nd wan at hla bedalde. Mra. Vinton l.lririi'll I'lcken*. hi* atep-dauKhtrr. arrived front Atlanta. Dr. Ilattl'' Buffered the atroke while attend tnu a meeting here Saturday nlvhr. | THREE INJURED AS A. C. L. TR AIN Through Traill Was Coin;; at Kale of .">() Mile* an Hour When li Kan Iix(<? Ah Open S%%il<*!i TRACKS TORN IT Traffic oil Cine Urlwrcn Norfolk ami W iliniiiglou I-* Brill;: I )ctoiirril l?y Way of Fa yet I evil le Itocky Mount. April LTi. -(Al1) officials ?f the Atlantic Coast , Line Kailroad at ?U\ isional head quarter* here liidnv reported open inu or 4Itf track* at llowden. North Carolina, at noun following last uiulit's wreck. Three mehilHTH of the crew of passenger train No. 4 2. running between Wilmington .and Norfolk, Virginia. were Injured when the train left the tracks at Howdcu aftir failing to tnalcc a switch, was i lu? report lu re. I). Sout herland. express messen ger of Wilmington, was reported to have boon most seriously in jured. Ho was taken hack to Wil mington to a hospital. Knglnoor W. <2. Homo of Hocky Mount was slinhtly scalded and Harvey Jones. Mount Olive negro 11 reman, was reported badly shak en up lieports here KlHl> d that iTie en nine. tender, express car. comhin at Ion car, two coaches and the cafe car left the tracks- ih the de railment al !>:0K p. m. llowden in not a stop for I rain No. -12 and the train was going at :'0 miles ah hour, the reuular traveling speed. Const Line tracks were torn up for some distance an a result of the accident and traffic last night and*early today helween Rocky Mount *and Wilmington was de toured hv way of Kayeltevllle. Goldshoro. April 25.?-(AP) ?? . Hesides the three members of the creWTTT passenger train No. 4 2 of the Atlantic Coast I.lnc train, which was derailed last night, re ported Injured, several others were hurt. It was learned hero to day. -? Hill Hu<l'"???, KorUy Mount, fire- , man of No. 4 2. was slightly scald ed; J. K. It rock mid C. K. Hooves, of Warsaw, mall clerks, were slightly hurt: and Sum Simpson, negro helper to Hudson. sprained his left leg. Alice Hyer,. Wllinlngton. negro passenger, was slightly hurt. Ilow den. where the derailment oc curred. Is 2d miles from hero. According to local officials of the Atlantic Const. Lino, the loco motive was turned over on its sld? when it passed a snlit switch at T.O miles an hour. The tender was lit row ii clear of the onclne. land-. Ing a limit r?n feet in front. The baggage and express cars were completely demolished and the track torn up for a distance of about 75 feet. Several other pas senger cars were derailed but none of them turned over and all remained on the right of way. IMIOTfMJHAPIIKHS AltK URGED TO ADVERTISE OoMdiorn, April (API i Willi loo member* of tin* aaaoela tion prt'Hi'iit fur ih?* opening a<5* Hlon tIt#? Norlh Carolina I'hoj'i graphic Society met Iictp thin morning for a two day Me**loi?. The morning was devoted to or ganisation. the afternoon to limi ne** ami two addf-sHe* by (Xpert* on. photography. and Mil* evening tin- a ii ii vi a I dinner nml danae of the organization. It'*garded h ?! ih" moat important Item of IhihIim'- before the con vention wan t|i* plan to link North Carolina photographer* up wish a campaign to ral*e *2.000. nun for ii national advertising pr j gram- for the hmini'd*, "M'o inu*t tie up with the lid* tlonal campaign by conducting roimlstmii well planned advertlw Iiik In our home town paper*." urg'-il A. O Clement of Clolds hriro. director of education to (ho delegate* in Mi" cotir*e of%outlin Injr the plan" It. It. ||eih.? nf N'ew Vorl^Clty wa* here to dlaru-** the nntlonil advertising campaign at length. Kxpert* In pha-."-* of photography to addrenH the convention Include A If. KornMi of the Kastman Ko dak Company, I'oughkeepalc. Stw York. Walter S? ?it Shine. of New York City. It S Hosier of the A. M Collin* Manufacturing Coin pa ny. Mfl'ltlMJ < lilt hs \ WISH IN MYMTI IIIOI s i xsiiion Mr* W H. cooper, living on Harney atrcet. |* <iu11?- cerlaln that *ome family in Elizabeth City en Joyed a dellclou* fried chicken din ner Sunday, at her expense. Mr*. Cooper liax a number of nice young broiler*, which alio ha* tended faithfully and well during the early aprlng month*. Evidently Home one ha* been watching her flock with more than raMial Intercut, for aome time Sat urday night, an unbidden Riieat raided the coop, and carried off several of the cholceat young fowl*. Any Information teifflliuc to dl? clnae the Identity of the thief will hp welcomed bv Mr*. Cooper.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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April 25, 1927, edition 1
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