looted Wire AuocitUed Prett Service The ff rather 4n?*r ;?11> fun 'oir.alr \V? >1 ilay uioxtiy clou*!) Sim' Ii?i . Delegates Arriving] On Eve of Episcopal Diocesan Convention^ S?*j?moii* to In* Prrn'dril by" IlUliop'ft Supper and Meeting < I "le gates and visitors expected here fur the fortv-fouVth convention r?f the Diocese of Kast Carolina I'r ? testant Bplscopal Church, to be held tomorrow and Thursday ar rived today, in order to be on I hand In ample time for the flr*.t regular session tomorrow morn ' ing at 10 o'clock. The convention is to be held in ChrhM Church, and the visitors are beiug entertained Jn homes throughout the city. Among the early arrivals were the Rt. Hev. Thomas C. Darat, I). D., of Wilmington. Bishop of the Diocese and chairman "ex officio of the convention; thy Rev. R II. Drane, I).I).. of Kdenton. president of the convention; Ceorge l?. Kl 1 lott. of Wilmington, vice presi dent and general counsel for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and chancellor of the convention; tin Rev. W. II Milton. D. D.. of Wil mington. and his daughter. Miss Ann Milton, who is field secretary of the Young People's Service. League; and Mrs. H. D. MacMil lan. of Wilmington, diocesan pres ident of the Woman's Auxiliary. Other diocesan officers arriving today Included the Rev. W. R. Noe, of Wilmington, executive sec retary; and Thomas 1). Mcares, of Wilmington, treasurer. Virtually all the 18 members of the execu tive council of the diocese were on hand, in anticipation of the meet ing of the council to he held to night, preliminary to the conven tion. The council session will be pre ceded by a supper served In Christ ctuurii PiriitB iMUse?auditorium tonight at 6:30 o'clock. In honor of Bishop Darat, invited guests to Include all the clergy present and one lay representative from each v parish and mission in the diocese. The convention will open offi cially tomorrow morning at lo o'clock with a mec.tlng for the men in Christ Church, and the women holdlngeforth in the parish house chapel. The men will represent tin parish while the feminine delega tion will transact the business of the various parochial organiza tions. The meetings tomorrow morning will be devoted mainly to erganization. ' At 11 o'clock tomorrow morn tol:. Bishop Darst will conduct a ?pecial service in the church, with the assistance of others attending the convention, and with a sermon by Ur. Milton, who is declared to be one of the most effective speak ers In the diocese. The general pttpljc has 'been Invited to attend. Ay the clergy attending will be voaterf. "truncheon will ho nerved the dvl ogptnp tomorrow and Thursday af tjunoons mi 1 o'clock in the audl vwluin on I lie second floor of the ? parish house. Rusiness sessions Hwllf held each afternoon from Vi30^to 5 o'clock, with church each night at 8 o'clock. A special confirmation aervlie wll bi? a feature Thursday night. fcJiortlon of officers and selec tion-of time and place for next yeAV? convention are slated for disposal at the Thursday after noon session. For the convenience of the. visitors. a reading. writ In ir and lounging room will he avail able on the second floor of Hie parish house. and accessible hy a stairway from the cloister connect ing the parlnh house witU the main hody of I he church. In ample time to welcome the visiting hundred*, a h?hy daugh ter arrived at the home of the Rev. and Mrs. (',. K. Hill Friday nifht. She weighed eight pounds, and Is lo he christened Carolyn Hard I iik Mill Mr lllll Is rerfo^ of the church, and In ImrncnncljP proud of the lltle girl, his first daughter The program for Ihr sessions of the Woman'* Auxiliary and Paro chial Society of the diocese fol low Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock -Opening hymn. Prayer by the R?v H Q. England, of Farmvllle. Greeting from Christ church Pariah, tendered by Mrs C. W Mellck. Response hy Mrs r/lianoah Ronner. Washington. Roll I rail, officers' reports, and adjourn l Beit al 11 o'clock.for special ?er \vfce In church. Wednesday afternoon at 2 :t0 o'clock -Opening hymn Officers' effort*, and reports front stand lag committee* a ppolni men I <>f new committees. Announcements. Thursday morning at 7:30 o'clock, the women will hold arr ouai corporate communion. after whleh the Dlnhop's Fund will he presented. At 10 o'clock a busi ness aesslon will he held. Includ ing a conference on box work, led fCftnftnvtd on psjt* BOAR!) HELPLESS IN TAX MATTER Slirrill (liiriiiint* Onlcml l? \?lvrrli??e ProiM'rty <>l l)'lin<|iiriit* at Oncc Hit* last of hope were ' vnairlit il from 1'irdy i'as?|u<>tank iConn'.v taxpayer* today, with an | nouiuemeut fr- An Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Tokyo Hays dispatches from Pe king state that John Van A. Mac Murray. American minister to China, has resigned. Tlx dispatch which deals with the relations of the powers trow ing out of their attitude to China, is as follows: "Opinion In Japan Is puzzled by reports from Peking indicating that the I'nlted State* has com? pletoly withdrawn from co-operat ing with the powers in China and will follow sii entirely Independ ent course.. "I^pstches from Peking Mate ^j^^^merlcun Minister MacMur WTy has resigned indicating that he is not In agreement?wlth the policy announced from Washing ton. "The Japanese point out that i America s deciwion drawn America and Japan closer because Japan throughout has been opposed to | aggression or the Imposing of pen alties for the Nanking and Han- | , kow Incident. "The government unequivocally repudiates reports from China of an approachlnit Anglo-Japanese of fensive alliance in China directed ! against Russia ' Shanghai. May 3.?4 A I* I ? A semi-official Japanese messsge from Peking today said that the ministers of the i'nlted State*. Oreat Mrltain. prance, Japsn snd Italy held a conference yesterday regarding a second note to the Hankow government on the sub Ject of the Nanking outraged No agreement was reached, says the message, owing to the fsct thst the I'nlted Statea in opposed to the dispatch of another note at th** preienf time. Blast That Broke Levee T o have JNTe\v Orleans T' n^iiii?' f? (| T.-l. iiImiIii U'lrcK Tho dramatic climax or a dly'n flvht aualiixl II-?Ii.?.:>! r t de*|M>rate effort to wave New Orleans is shown m thi* emarkaH black earth of the Invfr wan allot nearly loo t? ???i in tin- air l?v ti> Im vlnlhle at the tight while part of thi* i-Yaruat?-d lowland eounir; risht. The move wan made in the hope thai tin- outl?-l would ?a flood biifTiofently to nave th<> anxlouti city. isittu*- m| 11? ? MaitVif ,?r I'ovclrii*. l?*?iiiMl;ina, In III** ? lilt* jf'Mal ?\|?l??-ii!ji iliat W |ir|(< il I ? IIimmI liairl?'t\ Til" ??? Ik liltl: t T'l>- liv? I. ;tllllO>l l||> to III*' l"|> III lilt' !??%????. >?II l>- IIohiI'mI Iiv Ilt?* aitilivial rn'va.sH?* ran K?- mtii ai (In I'.-inr nil Nt-w llilmi^ It VIM'S illHl lowt-r !!??? ?T"*sl ??f lie MANY SURPRISES AT SAWYER SALE Preferred Slock PuyiiiR Dividend)* Hegularly, ?' R?-li?w Par ? The unusual spectacle of wveo per cent preferred stock, which Ih payiim quarterly dividend* regu larly. rolling at 65 to 80 wuh pre sented at the courthouse Monday at noon, at a commissioner* sale incident to settlement of the estate of the late M. N. Sawyer, for many years a highly prominent figure in the business, political and relig ious life of the community. The stock in question comprised 110 shares in the Crystal Ice & Coal Corporation, of thin city, which were hid off by Trial Jus tice P. 0. Sawyer, son of the de cedent, for $ K.fi 00. or J HO per share*, and ten shares in the Crys tal Ice & Coal Company of Wash ington. North Carolina, bid in by Graham W. Hell. The latter went for 9350, or $f,5 a share. Other stock sold included 20 shares in the First A- Citieens National Dank, which went In Walter P. Wood, of this city, at $245 per share of $100 par value, or a total of $4,000: ten shares In the VlrKinla-Cnrolina Joint Stock Land Hank. bid in l?y Mil ton l>ove and Trial Justice Sawyer; at $145 a share, or $1,450 for all; and one share In the Southern Trust Company, sold to Mr. Saw yer at $1 55. C. O. Uobinson bid in 350, shares of seven per cent preferred j stock In the Elizabeth City Ho-j siery Mill. a? $3,000. Tin stock has a par value of $10 a share, j Thirty shares In the Standard Manufacturing Company. At par value of $100, b'roticht $1,000. be ing houKht by Trial Justice Saw yer. Hcsldes the slocks. various notes and small property tracta here were sold. These brought a total of 12,463, niaking the aggre gate receipts at the sale $23,318. It Is explained, however, that none of Hie figures are final. In asmuch a* the court order direct ing the sale allows a period of 20 days In which bids may he raised. The sale was conducted by M. B. Sawyer, commissioner. ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST DEAI) M1NEHS Fairmont, W. Vs . May 3.-?! The bodies of six additional vic tims of the K*erettsvllie mine dis aster were located by rescue work ers at noon today, making th?* to tal known dead 24. The rescuer* continued their search for 70 min ers still missing. Fairmont. W Vs.. May 3 (API?'Another name wan added to the death list at .Kverettsvllle mine today when resruers. search ing for 77 entombed men. rame upon the body of a miner In the main drift*. some 3.000 feet bark In the blast swept tunnel*. This brought the known dead to 18. The last v^ttm found w?? a miner, with a belt bnckle marked "M " It was believed h* was one of the section bosses who wa? not with the main body of m?n whn w?fe trapped STEAMER ill l{\EI) SE IR Di l l' ( REEA ? Meaner report* r?*i-?-iv *?l from South MUl;* Tuesils y lul l of ill hurlni: of t!??? Meaun-r Km ma K Homewhcre bt'iKocn !>???? Cr??k, Virginia ami Norfolk MoikIh v N.I ;i> the ?au>o nf tin- firv w.is jvnl able. The -iHamt'r in sahl ?o have been Io.h|.i| with f-riili tor, and 10 have Imvh I. - i :nl from South Mills to Norfolk. ll watt si a It'll I hat Ah". S \ k ? -; temporarily cmiiloyoil ??? ? - ne?r on i ii?* at earner. wa* for. ? il i to jump overboard to t?wa|i? | from the\ fhuii' s. Th" Km in i K . is wiif^ to have ravTV >1 a I rrew of three or four men, ami j lo have Imm'b owned l?y I'hilip i M. Matthews, of South Mills, i TAXPAYERS FIND QUESTIONS HARD Ansi'HMirh Hrp' IVnjicrly OwniTf lo |.i?t Ktirlx ;iimI Avoid l(u?li I Much difficulty i. Im-Iuk ? sj?"r leneed hy taxpayers h?-i ?? i'i .hi lawering certain essential ?iu< -i'?ns j with reference in the IHtiau of ithfir property in the course of 'lie quadrennial revaluation h. infc made this month, member* ??f the {hoard of UtfHcssors here report. [The members of the lacal hoard iarp J. H. Ferebee, Klhci'i It. ISpenre, N. A. Jones' and < K. I Bailey. with Judge J. It. Kek' !i as 'County supervisor. | ? The printed form used in <-o:i I liectldti wiih tin* revaluation. for Instance, hour* a query ns to the names of owners nr adjoining property. Tills occasionally pr??v??* a hard rtut for th?' properly own er to crai-k. in giving in his h?ld Ingl. Other questions .relate ? ? ? 'he size of Hie lot, in front f'-ei: the depth: the sIze of the dwilin in dwellings: tin* date er?cte<|. md the date when the prewnl owner acquired tl?e propel t v. TIkm* are many other questions. loo, hot the foregoing are declined lo h< the ones which properly uwn? i ; r? finding most dlffictTK. The assessors suggest tint much time and troifbie may he *av? d if properly owners will ink" ?.?" Inform ihemaelvfea on tlu.v jus before undertaking lo |i- ? iieir 'holdings. As usual, the aF*ch;il l?? v. I?. (!. I,. Kilwui'ils m I'ly > mouth |?r aclied lii.s iiihi Kt i Mtmi H'i i?vh:.!, hei-im Snn>lM> ,? i Mity if? * i?* .\|i Clniri'li, la I f?'IV it II illlllMllllliv liir \|ll|lf|:i \ jlt l.f i??tl U-1 ? vat lilt) fit vi-Mi Mil lh. Ill- Itf I'. < * 1111:1 iaii as til.- salt .?>: !': jsi'li II|ifiii tlmxf wliii heard lilin. I ami I hi- mi t !? ?nL ;i|i|?vurK Irflu la I l??r a rnilfftil IIM-I Mhl\ la ill- KiTlnoii Momlav i>i: lit. I Cliffs'ja nil y w.ik |il?-iui ? if as mi jlriiil In fl??!-?? tln? world, wiili mi !WU?-d III? 'II it I ??I WOIIICII ilK J|)||: ? jam! iln ?_r?i:t ami Hi!iM:im o|>|iur tiinlly- N-n in !h? hand mi Hi* Jdisr||?|. K hy .!? -n, Chrlsl jifi.-r ||i arum* from 11?? ?|< ad anil asr?mh d In tin- (?'alln-i M.m il< serin d in ? Ulnwii.v t ? * I IIIS. ? "Tin-'?!???iIk r?*i*ni*iilw fSnil."* the |ir*'.'?rln i dvrhirid "A'ih Is <|i - '.flan' IIIm ci'ity iiihI majesty; l?ut to man is iiffotd? ri: t to our |eHlill|f|fi> \l-'- We || -;it! Itf Ollt oltv? ,Vr? we tl|.< lli:ht of our commit nit v? \fn we lfl\ir?? pis Men known and read of all tin ti hi ? i Inw|t ii'-'-h to thi iti' ""** ? t ? ! Mhi ? h?i lov*d. it *nd ^ ? Hin self l?r us?" Tin- km nion lhrout:h:iul waj? il -fttMrliiMf* d hv -ifiiiin ii!ji.tiaii'.?m? find n.ad*-- a i|eei? Impi' -don ii|ion Miope w'i'i heard If. ???-ivlr??n ron tiini- fliro.n Ii I k' ?? ? i. 11' - IIIIIIllv eiirh <\it|ln:: Willi il ?.'iti- -'Mice I'd liv tin- (lastot. If \. \ J Parker. "The Iiulili'- We|f?i|n-- lit every nervier." Myn Mr I'ai^< ? l?AI I ia Itu liu' \ in - ni'-rlMili |.:.iv, "In \hi;ihani'K ll-i ,om.".ati'l rM"'IVM fi.niiu Mn n foi. lie w?s liom on a I or in tit'ir I.I Hint: i mi on March IT !*'?! H? leach -? |ihihift'ifdi\ TM-i Ih iho f?t?'t Mm- ?hi? |i*l/? ha i*oim '* M' tiili I.KTTKRS 1111)1 7 MOT 11 F.ICS I) I 1 he i\ rut lisi> i) Tlio-r iMiii-rlne The Advance i-oniesi i.?r iIn* lir.-i letter on ' Wlmi I Tliink of MnilicrS Hay" are i*?*an ad ver linemen f appearing. in Tin* Advance either Friday or Sal - -irday. Pe t alia of I Ik* miitisi ap peared in la*r Thursday's issue ? ?V The Pally Advance. .Mnilii-r'M Pa> in next Sunday. Coventor Mrlrrvc the ?lay. What flu vim think of Moth er'* Hay? The eoiiteiil |h npeti any |pi?tl|**r in the Albemarle section. ami the prize* are wattling. _?? . Jrick House Lane Will Be Improved Si? pa to Improve tli*- romlilioii of thi' lane rniininc from the N'-w land Ifiihwav, somt> two tnile* from llila rlty. to the hint or Ir Old llrirk lluune, r<-|Miled io have been Hie abode of the Ijloodthlritty pi i.it* Iliac kbeard some two eentur let* auo. wi-re taken by the l*aa* <|iiotnnk Highway Coin mis; ion Tui-?ila>. rpon representation thai fli?? la lit-, wli jell is about half a mile I'm? Ih in bud eondltlon. largely from heavy toiirli*! Have). ' llie commission authorised Chairman S. C.iNroit. Commi.sxloiiei I'fitch ard and lload Superintendent J K 1'iovo to Inve>t|Irate and offer reritiiiiie ndatiom< at the Jill*'1 niet'tlntr 'I he <-ominU mouth. May '1 According itt information received today the i'lviiiouth graded xrliiKiU will clone June with appropriate exercise*, afler a very shcce?xrol year. The preacher of ihe harcalaiir eale ?I'tuion and the person who will addfe?M Nhe graduating clans hat* not - been definitely decided niton Fight to Hold Levees As Mississippi Rolls On Is One of Grim Endurance COUNCIL STAGES RECORD SESSION I il\ I'utlH'O Ho K\a<*tl\ Nothing, Having K\uct l\ Nothing in Do OuU?i >if It.tiiKiuu up a rnni'il fill s|lP? d> ilispalch nl Ihr till-lie's* Ultra n 11. Itin tfry Vniincil ta-?1 nluhi did >\a?-tl\ nothing. f??r 1 .mil ? ufticlenr r*-axon Hint it Willi IIMtllillL' til l|o. *Al'l*lt| iIiiik to Miitui .Mi'CuIn', tlii> session Instill ??xacily Is minute*. Tliere wr. no * |M*(*t h i ?r* a| i la in uiiu-?tror McC.ine to tin- effect ili.it henceforth. until fiirthi r iiiiMit, sosion will In-Kin at H o'rlork in-t*ml ??t 7:30. C11 j?Matiiiucr Miles W Kiti'Imm reported briefly that the street* wi ll In lairl> liuoil rondltiuiu.liiiit.| the lirii-k n'-layiUK on IturRess and Slu'paiil street* had been fin ished : and 111:e politician* here are forecasl t ii if I huh the field will he left to th** twelve who have entered Hi* ready. Nobody wants to be the "unlucky thirteenth.'' The entrants to date for the | mayor-hip are Jerome M Flora. IV }C. ('oh or in and W. T. Culpepper. Those riitiiiiiik for the f*nir seats oil the Council are |,eslie Arm Mronx. It. Kay Kramer1. J. J. II ugh"*and K J. Cohoon. all seek ItiM re-elect Ion, and I. s Gordon, .1 It Kitchett. c. W. Overman, t; 1 I'riti hard and I. B. Twiford AllANIM>i\ IIIKOKY Ol l?OY ltKIN(, Kill.Kit in AN AITOMOI1II.K Kr?'?l?Tl< ksburic. V* . May :i VAI'i The first theory of lorn I ami aln'e polire mml private dpipiv liven that til it** year old Allwft Maker whm killed hy an automo 011** himI hi* tmily ilit*m thrown into t M ?? ItappahM iinork Klver n**ar li?*re who abandoned today when Coroner John K. ('ole reported thai mii Miito|*y revealed a fra< ttire at the hiv It I in and ki'vpihI oth er phv^klan* showed only the frac Hired ?*knil. The hoy'* tight hand wa-4 mlxnltiK hut the coroner nald thi* prohahly ??? due to It hav ing heroine disjointed Mt the wrlxt throuich decomposition. I I.hmI W al. r. >,r<- ;l I hroupli ltr.ik. ri l>> k?><> anil W idin Ih.ii. |',.rrj. Iiirx \orlli nii.l Vl'rul KKHliKKSM.kkiv; K.lii-I Si|iinr.-arh.? I" tin iinii.,1 i heir invasion, widonlitK their l.-rfji,iry Nnrlliw.r.l a?,| went ward II,,., ?'??nilMK II"?,l fr.,?, ,1,.. Arkali *u?? Kiv. liunii'd eiiihankm.-nlH. \t NVw rrlli?I. i a,HO' Ml" "*???-?????? h-raiue. critical i,s ??ui.ri.?.|,r> m.-nMiirwi HIT.. H|H|?.dld I.I slop th.. Ilow over I.1 v...'K. In- nlsls w.-is . \|i.'Vl. iJ b< I? ?.Kn l>,,,til l"?lnr am! lieer Park, ?n lh.- khiii?. territory. withi,, two day*. Willi Hii.iiiA.Ih nr |te rsnns al ready ili lv.'i, fr.?? M?.|r |?,??, Northeastern lanilsiana, the creel was hill appr.ia, Iniii; Viekaburii. ?Many towns In Ciinrordia; Cata houla. Avoyelles an.l neighbor ii?r Kh.s Ulrmul, had been ,|..n,.ri<>af "in In others n il.,,,. .? w ,? "ii pr..l. i ll,?, reside,,|? ilff.-iiys before . "mini 11 | , Y' "I ". II. ,-' I, II Nnl. h. z P>?|?v. headed l.y Kl?,| as fl:,K?l,lp and compose,I .., four C...HI <;??>? r.l pair..) In.,,.,. -.Hl-I I,, ,.?i,il> lliear.-a alr.-a.lv mv. ,| |,v (ll|l|. An rii.'iiilliiK I huiviiii Memphis, T. mi . Mm :| , A " "'"I Iin.'iiillria caravan ,,f P"-i'lc p.. ii re,| mil p, Ill .Northern an,I r. nlr .l I. inIslam* loday fleelliK III" wall ,,r walei> j?W"' |il?K r li!?-its iTOHs the flood.*i| fields to (ak>- off any p'THfins inarooiif'd. Vi.-ksl,,irK ref?,e. popnlalliiii ?? midnlKlit w;is i ^tiinni.'d hy f||4. lie,I from, ai Hi. Ilttst top hoiiHimia field Uhlle Uiuijsands. hc'lluB em III,?,| war,were . VHeuia Inn their holm s ami Kollllc to caa ee?lr?,l?? .atup re,??? ' ( ,OHw ?hut many oth.-ry had r. fiiH.'d to have. I'r.'Parati.,.is ?.,.ro -a mid the grave rrlftlrt cau?ed by fur'her rrunibllnfc of le vee*, President CmilldK'' Man ap pealed 10 the Nation lo InoreaHn to $ I o.niiii.'mmi it* donations for relief work. This in iwin* th?* amount orlfl nally ri-'inwlptl mid mean* th'if the A pier lean public in out dupli ?.!??? iiM performance of ihe pa?t week if Hull PfNldfiCa now fIn iire in to In* reached. The flrft fiiml ban been m!i*hf!y ' over iub ru flfiffl. The conclusion to double It ml appeal wan reached after an extended conference Iwtw^cn lyreii idfni CoiilldK* ii ad Seer Aitfy Hoover, who had JiimI rturned from itf flood *on?\ Aiwired that ten million* would he tin* nildt iii ii in. needed. th^ President njratm ur??-d rltltcnn lo forward contri butions expeditiously to the Red Crw*. "The mIIurtIoii In the MI ?*li?i?lp pi valley." ||r roolldse ?*id. "haw developed Into n Krave' crlstlf af Continued on patei)