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twilj Wire Auociated Preu Service VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVEN1NC, JUNE 6, 1927. SIX PACKS. NO. 131 COLUMBIA LANDS IN MARSHES American Ambassador Hastens To Meet Fliers Sets Long Distance Re cord But Makes Forced Landing and Breaks Propeller; Aviators Unharmed; Berlin Tuesday t ! heal End <?f Flight \V as at I Kislehen Where Mmm? k 1 planr Slopped to Iti^fiiel in Karly Mornitip y* MYSTERY FLIGHT ''Willi Deslinalion Srrrrl Humors llad lVr*istrd Thai r.oliiiiiliia Wast Turn \ ' iup Toward Koine I Berlin. June f?.? (A!*) ? A?4 ) poon as the neWH reached here ithat ttit* Columbia hail lamlnl at Kllnge. Anu?rlran Ambassador Dr. Jacob Gould Schuriuan, eonfernd with German officials ri-K?rdln? arrangements for their care, and _ plane hurried off. carrying hoth American an<l German officials to meet the tilers at Kottbus. A half [ dozen other machines followed. J bearing newspaper men. Kottbus. Germany, June a.-? j (AP)?Clarence |). rhainherlln 1 and Charles A. I*evlno arrived here by motor this afternoon from I Kilnco. whoie their trans-Atlant | plant* Columbia was forced to | land. They went immediately t<i the Hotel Ansorge. where they ordered a good meal. The airmen were In a happy frame of mind and nave no indlca i tlon of weariness. They freely ad , mltted disappoint ment over their | ifatlure to reach the Tempelhofer 1 lAlrdrome at Berlin especially jwhen Informed of the all night Ivigll of the Berlin crowds and the I' Anrrangomen'.s made there for their Reception. Af The village of Klin*:". where IjWio Columbia, landed, is only ahout nine miles from Kottbus and k the airmen were brought lure a. | few minutes after the landing. The aviators were brought to Kottbus In a private automobile \ and went to the Hotel Ansorge j where they were welcomed by lo I cal offlclalu and asked to Inscribe I their names in the town's "gold en book" and banded and elab orately carved goblet and invited to partake of an "honor draft." The town officials offered to, send the Americans to Berlin by automobile, but both Chamberlin and Levlno said they wero de termlnd to mako the last lap of their Journey by air. Kllnge, whero the Bellanea plane landed today. Is a small vil lage 15 kilometers <9.2 miles) due {Baal of Kottbus, and a lltllo over four miles West of the town of Forat. Had M?it?r Trimble 1 Kottbus. Germany. June f. Motor trouble and a short 'tflfge of gasoline canned the descent .^^f the American Trans-Atlantic plane Columbia, said Clarence I). Chamberlin. "We were forced to come down \ because of a shortaKe In fuel and | also motor trouble and while tin apot that we picked out looked' i good from th" air. we soon dis- ' Covered that we bad dropped on dangerous swampy ground." said Chamberlin. The American aviator declared that It was Ills Intention and that Of Charles A. Levlne. who accom panied him on the Trans-Atlantic Voyage to fly to the Tempelhofer Airdrome near Berlin late this afternoon In a Lufthansa plane. It In believed however that he Is likely to decide to wait for repairs |o his own plane. flying to Berlin tomorrow. Secorwl Great Flljtht Berlin, June 6.? (AT)?Amer ica's second great trans-Atlantic flight ended today near Kottbus, 70 mllea southeast of Berlin, when the Bellanea plane Columbia land ed oli marshy ground at the vil lage .of Kllnge. The propeller of the plane was broken In Ihe forced landing, which was made shortly beforn #oon but Clarence f>. Chamberlin. the pilot, and his companion, I Charels A. Levlne, escaped Injury. ? The Columbia was located by ^>e of the Lufthansa scouting Alanes from Tempnlhofer Field. V)erlln, at the moment Chamber Tin was making his forced lapdlng in the marshy meadow. Chamberlin and Irvine. It was announced, will spend the day and night at Kottbus and *111 bo brought to Berlin tomorrow after noon- While here they will stay at the American embassy. On re ceipt of the news of the landlnK. the band stopped* playing at the Jetnplehofcr Airdrome and the |reat crowd waltlnu lher? Wef? Jdvlsed to dlaperae. Momd at KWehm The flight had previously been (Continued on pags 1) i.<m; ok (oi l miu v (By The Aitocijtrd PrrM) n:. D. T.? Saturday: ?I:?."? a. in. Ii<i|i|md <iIT at Kihiki' J v??11 Field. New York. 1 S a. in. passed North West port Mam. X: 2!"? a. mi. Lout: Pong, Mans. j S:5fl a. hi. Marshthld, Mass. I 12: oil a. in. Yarmouth. X. S. l:lo p. hi. La Have Harbor, N. S. 11:20 p. hi. Peggy's Point. N: S. j j 1:::u p. m. Clo-hucktoii llead. N. S. ' j 1:f?i> |>. iii. Shag Lead Lighthouse, t X. s. I? p. iii. Wt'dci- Island. X. S. 5:."t0 p. in. steamer Salaria repnrt : ?-d plant* r?n miles .south of St. ! 1 Pierre. Mii|ii< loii. j0:17 p. in. passed Si. Shott. X. F. ??.: 2?l ?l?i?t'np<*?Ii'iiP'1,??F. ?| ; 11:20 a. nr. circled steamer Man ii'tania 200 nilN-s west of Sdlly '?< Island*. Fngland. .2:20 p. iii. pass* d Lands End,' ' southwestern tip of Kii^lnnd. 1-1:4r. p. in. Pndstown, Kngland. i 4 :1 ?> p. in. Plymouth, Kngland. '7 p. iii. Boulogne Sur Mer. Franco. ( 11:0k p. in. Dortmund. Ocrihany. | |Midnight landed at Hlsiohen, <!? r | many, rcfui'lltd and resumed flight. {Midnight landed at Klaelbcn, 110 , miles southwest of llerlin. | ( Fnd of non-stop flight>. I 4: :t.p> a. m. resumed flight. |5:in si. in. paKSi'd ov?*r Madgeburg, | HO mill's from llerlin. lAhout 7 a. iii. landed at village of Kllnge. near Kotthus, 70 mllca southeast of Iterlln. Father And Mother Chamberlin Happy Omaha, Noh., Juno (AIM ? A flash of Joy?the dispatch j telling of Clarence Cliamherlln's | landing at Kisleben In lii.s llellan Jco monoplane rolnmhia broke a I long spell of anxloiiA waiting in It he Associated Press office here j for Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Chamber I I in. Ills parents. llotli were outwardly affected | i by the relief of their son's safe 'arrival on a record non-stop flight. iThey had been there since early I |yoMterday morning, eagerly scan-l jning the reports coming over the wire*. | "Thank uoodncss he's landed," | j exclaimed tlie anxious mother. "Where is Elaleben?" Mr. I j Chamberlin trembling, asked. He, |could hardly restrain himself. A I 'map was consulted. "My goodness, It's 110 miles off I from llerlin. he shouted. The next move was to call Mrs. Max i Moffltt of Denlnon, Iowa, their I daughter. She was In bed but Mr. ! | Chamberlin talked to a man in a! restaurant there. "Spread the new*, will you?" j the father asked. "They tell me j Kthel (the daughter) Is In bed. j Call her up and give the news to everybody." The several hours of uncertain-[ ty had visibly affected the fliers' parents after word had been re ceived that they might have been lost in the heavy rains near Ber lin. Asked If he was sorry that his son had not reached llerlin, Mr. Chamberlin said: "Oh. I don't know; It's a rec ord non-stop flight and that's what they were after. You must re member that they 'set no definite objective," Flight Ended Where Martin Luther Born Xew York, June 1.?The long-! est non-stop airplane flight ever1 made ended In the town where. Martin Luther was horn and died. Kisleben, in the province ofi Saxony. Prussia, where the Bel-j lanra plane Columbia alighted af ter Its rcford-hreaklng flight across the Atlantic. Is a town of > about 25.000 persons and the cen-j iter of a copper and silver mining | section. It Is 39 miles Northwest! I of Lelpsic. PI RUT lltlsli POTATOW HHim:il FROM IIRKCJORY I Gregory. June d.- The first shipment or Irish potatoes, grown) ! by H. H. Sawyer, left here Hatur fday morning and AOld this fnorn-1 ling at $11 00 per barren on the, [northern market. j The shipment was handled by J. H. Boswood A Son. Wives Of Aviators Ready To Sail For Germany New York. Juno 6. I AIM Two overjoyed women, ri'lipvoif of a it'J rifle hi rain today were pre paring to journey to Berlin. They were Mrs. Clarence 1> Chamherlin and Mrs. Charley A. Lovlne, whose husbands flew to Germany. The wlvea however, plan to make th? ?r trip l?y the more prosaic method of a steamer. Hour upon hour of anxiety tuuscd with a flood of Joy when tno two - womeiH- yesterday re ceived the news that the Bellanra plane Columbia carrying the two men had reached the continent. When reports indicated that Mer lin was to be the plane's destina tion. they sent cablegrams of con gratulation and word that they were sailing to Join them. Mrs Chamherlin had retired at New York hotel, but expressed Joy when news of her husband's safe arrival in Kisleben. Ger many. was received. Mrs. Levlne with other members of the Levlne family mmalned awake at her home and also gave vpnt to her Joy when the news came early to day. She added that great credit Is dho (1. M. Bellanca, designer of the piano and Mr. Levlne. owner, who she Maid made the flight pos sible. 1 "I am elated beyond words." said the wife of the eo-pllot and backer of the flight. "My surprise at my husband taking off has been converted to admiration. I realize now that my hopes and prayers have been granted." "I am proud of my boy and his contribution to history," said Isaac Levlne, father of the airman. The entire Levlne family had re mained. awake throughout the night at their homo in Hello Har bor. l?ong Island. Mrs. Chamherlin had an nounced she would take passage on the Herengarla Tuesday, but an Invitation latter extended to both women to sail tonight on the Hamburg-American liner Resolute may result In a change in her plan. The offer was made on be half of the German reception com mittee and the German govern ment. Mrs. Chamborlln and Mrs. Le vino spent part of the day togeth er at the Brooklyn home of for mer State Senator Charles C. l,ock wood. a friend of the two filers. Lator Mrs. Chamborlln with Sen ator Lockwood made a tour of newspaper offices to obtain the latest news of progress of the plane. Mrs. I^evlne, her eyes swol len and red from weeping over the shock site received when she yw her husband. without any previous notice leap Into the plane for its trans-Atlantic flight, spent tho greater part of the day and night at her home In Belle Har bor where the l?evine clan had as sembled to watch through news bulletins the progress of the Co lumbia. When news that the plane had circled tho Mauretanla was re ceived Mrs. Chamberlin's eyes sparkled. "How I wish that I was aboard that ship," she said. "I can see him leaning out waving to *11 tlioso people. 1 know he Is rate now." Hut Mrs. Chamherlin doesn't expert her husband to give up dangerous a4r feats. When the suggestion was mado she laughed and said: "Not Clarence. I know Clar ence. When this Is done he will] do something else that has risk lui It." She sent her cable to her hus band Just before rotirlng last night. XKW cot >4 II. MKMIIKIIM MNTKK OFFICIO TONIGHT In accordance with lime hon orrd custom, the new City Council will hold Its first ofTlclal session In the courthouse Monday night at R o'clock. Mayor-elect Jerome B. Klora and the newly elected mem bers of the city governing body will be Inducted duly Into office, and such other business as msy come to hand. Clerk of the Court K. I,. Sawyer will administer the J oath to the new officers There will be no special ceremonies. AVIATION GOAL OF COMMERCE IS BROUGHT NEAR \\ u*liin?t<>" Official* 1 ena* Feat Willi Hrfercnce \ to Peace ami Vi ar ^ an Trade i MAKVKLOI S TIIIN<; |N>?tiiia?lei' General Ne%? i I'roud of Kecortl on Ac romil of lli* liilereM in Air Mail Washington. JMIH- ?? r ? AI'I Chauiherllu Mini l.evilie'wele "t'd Itrrt with :i flight ?>? -.r,05 miles today l?y igeological survey, which uuiiHiitril the distance from Roosevelt I'ifia to Kisleben. Th" survey's flgur-a on |'M" Liiidhc?rgh fllicslit were :?.?*? 10 miles. The computation was made ai the request )?( Carl I'. Schery, secre tary of the National Aeronautical t A Asocial ion. Washington. Jlllie ?'? <A,,)r, Aviation's una I of tin- comiiw rclnl jimsalhilitles nf regular operation of Tihiis Atlantic airplane service 'is brought nearer realization by "Clarence Chnmberliirs New York to Germany flight In the view of Washington .officials. Although regret was generally (?vitri'i'Hi'il that In- failed t?> rcach his objective of Merlin in air clr | cles* here today, Chaniberlln'a safe forced landing at Kisleben was hailed with great rejoicing. Thi* IliuliI following little more than a fortnight Captain Lind bergh's single li.imb d New \orX to Paris passage was character ized as another manifestation of the future practicabilities of long distance commercial air travel and as giving American aviation un ? deniable world prestige. I With the north American coii tirn-nt regularly t ravers* d by the lair mail and Kurope having a n? L [work of commercial airplane lines, the Atlantic ocean had been re garded by aviation authorities as the next gnat harrier to conquer. The flight assumed in the opin ion of officials both the cloak 'military iii?*iiauce and of Interna tional amity. Officials with a |military turn or ruiiul regarded it as emphasizing the need1 for ade quate air defenses, while secre tary of state Kellogg ranked the Trans-Oceanic flights as highly , important events in increasing 'good feeling and closer relations ?between the IT. S. and the Kuro " pean nations. , Chamhcrlln'* flight, carrying ??f !a passenger was cited as highly significant of aviation's commer irial possibilities while a predomi nant thought wns that fhe Atlantic ocean no longer was an impassable .barrier for the airplane. ' Describing the C!olumbla'?i flight, "a marvelous thing." Post master-General New wliose inter est In the spanning by air of the Atlantic ocean emanated from his pride In the air mall, said the aviation feat. reveals "not of future possibilities but of present day fact In aviation." In a cablegram to Chamhcrlln whlrli was to be delivered by Am-, I hassador Schurman upon his ar-( rival In llerlln. .Secretary Kellogg .congratulated the pilot on bis {"splendid achievement." i 1'resident Coolldge during the {cruise of his yacht Mayflower on; Chesapeake llay yesterday evinced interest in the flight by receiving wireless reports on Its progress. The Columbia carried the first mail between New York and tier many Including HiIh message to the Aero Club off Germany from Carl F. Shory. secretary of the National Aeronautic Association: "l?y the first air mall between New York and Germany the Na tional Aeronautic Association of C. S. A. sends greetings to the Aero Club of Germany. May this message carried by the pilot, Clar ence I). Chamhcrlln. flying the in l lanca-monoplane further, demon strate to the world the practicabil ity and utility of modern aircraft destined to meet the time saving transportation a requirement of world commerce.'* ' MAVfWOMH I' \ l(l<0|{ VII'H AHDKO IIY Mil'IIKIIHiiN M<*Ph*?rann Itrothi-r* IIun l.ln?? have juat bought a now Heo parlor biiK, If wag Announced |>y H iix ru* brr of thn firm Monday. The now bun will arrlvr nlmol 1 July IR. it \n mM, an?l will go In' operation between thia rlty and ! Norfolk by way of Moyook. It la tho moat faatidloiia bun ever! owned l?y the company. coating' $n.r,f>r?. H will hav?> rout fill, wlro-1 rHn forced flokT jt^nlJ. deeply Uphnfatared double deck mahlona, taatefully draped window ahad?>a and a aoft lona-ptle carpet The new bun will 21 paaa- i en?*ra comfortably. Hundreds Visit Shores Development as Result Of General Invitation Ih'lifjlitfiil U rather and Kindly llon/titality (,rvvt Many Hundreds at Point llarhor and Kitty Hank at formal O/M'ninn of .W?r Ri'nort Kcpion Siutling skies and pleasant hos-i pitality greeted nearly 1,000 per sona who Journeyed to I'oint llar-l hor. at the lower tip of CurrituckI County, and thence to Virginia Man* Shore* Sunday for the for mal opening of u new report de velopment there. The day was1 spent in an outing on the beach, with dinner-served by the com pa - DieH sponsoring the development.! Must of the visitors were front Klizabelli City and other points In' Northeastern Carolina, who went in response to a general Invlta-j tiou Issued by Shore Properties. Inc., backing the development. Hut there wero many from other statu* also. Besides many automo j tills hearing Virginia licenses, oth : ?-rs from as far away as Went ' I'alm Bench. Florida, were ob served parked In the vicinity of the point of embarkation for Kit ty Hawk Hay and the shores. Many hundreds of "courtesy, cards'* wero issued to the visitors,' ??milling them to boat passage to and from the shores, and to din ner and other hospitality there. In tho crowd, there were many wliii took advantage of the oppor tunity for a dip in the surf and in hi Ealmcr waters of Kitty Hawk Hay, ranging front lots to grown /up*. Visitors were astonished lo find Virginia Dare Shores covered, with a cur pot of greeu grass, quite in contrast to the barren sand waste usually encountered on tho coast. Kill Devil llills, looming a mile away from the docks and navllion at Kitty Hawk Hay. also a*tract<Ml much atten tion, many of the visitors Jour neying over to thein In the course of the day. | The crowd la declared to have been the largest ever assembled at * I'oiul Harbor, and officials of .Shore Properties, Inc., expressed 'gratification over tho response to | their Invitation. With boats running on a regu , lar schedule from Point Harbor to ; Kitty Hawk. Captain Frank Winch, president of Shore Prop-I ertles. Inc., expressen confidence that at P'as*. 1,500 motorists, with] their famlUe* and friends. will visit Point Harbor and the ahorea next Sunday, If the weather Is favorable. Not all the visitors went to Kit ty Hawk by boat. Captain Winch Htated that lie counted 42 auto mohllea that had come down th<> beach from Norfolk. Virginia Reach and other pointh. to view the development. He noted these between * In the morning and 4 in the afternoon, lie nald. Through the courtepy of D I.. Glliba. living at Point Harbor, hundreds of the vlmltnrn wore en abled to park their cars fii the (?Ihh* barnyard, clone to the Vir ginia Dare Shorea pier on the Currituck Hide. There wan no confualon In parking, or other wlae. On hand ax a reception commit* tee for the hoHt companien were Dan Stick, auditor for Shore Prop erties. Inc.. and Mlanen Kllzaheth and llillle Saunders. They tanned "courtesy card*" to all who anked Ifor them, and anxlHted otherwise in looking out for the vlnltorn. Ah a special convenience, Alexander .Owens. Point Harbor merchant, 'kept hia store open all day ao as to provide uninterrupted telephone Iconneellon with KlUabetli City 'and elsewhere. Is all, 427 automobilea were parked at I'olnt Harbor, according to a count made in mid-afternoon. I Captain Winch announced, cx j plaining that that would not ac | count for the entire number of | motorlnta on hand, since Home [came merely in look about and J return hoine, not wlnhlng to re main Joug-enough for the boat trip to and from the ahorea. | Arrangements for feeding the crowd at Virginia I>are Shorea I were In the hindn of Captain Dan Hayman. Many chicken dinner* land hundreda of Handwlchea and cups of coffee were nerved during 1 the day, "rourleay cardn" entitling I vlnltorn to luncheon. Alao, Mra. I). Ij. filbha nerved dinner to abont 60 vlaltora at her home at Point Harbor. Several good nixed vachla visit i d lower Currttixfc and the shores during the day. Captain Winch re ported. Clash Over Liquor Ends in Stabbing At Chantilly j Camden, June ?.?Hearing of a cahc In wliirh Krin-at Mow and I Herman Winalow, both of 1'erqul niana County, are charged with affray mm the outcome of an al-1 leged encounter al Chantilly. Cam don County river resort. Saturday night. wan continued to Saturday morning In recorder* court at Camd'-n Courthouse today. An ad ditlonal charge of aHaaiilt with a deadly weapon wan lodged against both. Wlnalow, the morn seriously hurt of the two, was taken to the] I Kllzabeih City Hoapltal shortly af ter the encounter. It wan stated at the hoapltal today that be had Ibeen atahbed In the brcaat, be tween the fourth and fifth rib*, j but wan getting along fairly well. Horatio 8. Seymour. former , deputy sheriff of Camden County. ! happened to be preaent at thej time. He helped nepaiate the comhatanta. and arreated Morae ?ftsi Wlnalow had bwi tal#n to ( the hospital. Morse had a gash arro*H the cheek. ho aald. Trial ' Juatlce Overhy, of Camden Coun- , ty. releaaed Moras on his own rec- j ognlnanre. after a brief Inveatlga-, lion Saturday 'night, and aet the hearing tentatively for today. It developed thla morning, how- ; ev?>r. that WllllOV waa unable to | attend trial, on aecount of hla In-j Juliet, and hearing Of tin- case J was postponed to Saturday. Morse and Wlnalow ar? ?aid to J hav?- been the beat of frlenda, and acquaintances ??f them, as well aa ' eye witnesses of the encounter, were unable to determine the: cauae of the flght, other than In dlcatlons that both had In ? n drinklna Wlnalow. who la about 2* y^ara old. la a brother <sr Clerk of the Court Hilary Wlnalow. of Perqui mans Elizabeth City Man Handled World's First Plane I A sidelight on that momentous firm plalte flight of tb# WmK!i< at Kill Devil Hill In 1903. brought |to the forefront lately by the re jmarkable flight of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh from New York to I'arls, and by Kllsabeth City's Invitation to Lindbergh to make his next American flight to ; Kill Devil Hills, In given by J. I?. 'Syken, loral manager of the West ern In Ion Telegraph Company. An agent for the old Southern Kxpreas Company. Mr. Syk? * re calls, he handled the plane , brought here hy the Wrights for * thai flight, and shipped by hoat I from Kllzabeth City to Kitty 'Hawk, now a psrt of the large de velopment of Virginia Dark Shores. "The plane arrived In bad or ider," Mr. Hykes remarked the other day. In dlscuselng the opl sode, "and I checked It that way. It wasn't hurt aiuch. Just some lit tle contraptions broken off." Afterwards, Mr Sykes recalled, he nent a 10,000 word message for a correspondent of the New York Herald who had made a trip to Kill Devil and was wiring the story to his paper. Ilnsldea being agent for the exprenn company, Mr. Hyken represented the West ern Union, lie ws? given an "op en wire'-1 directly to the Herald of fice, he saM, and clicked off th? whole in.noo words a real feat.' when It Is remembered today that; the URiial length of a telegraph1 message Is ten words, or less. ?VH RT TKItM OPKNH Decidedly unimportant but ov-J erwhelmlngly numerous rases are) slated for dinposal In s two w*??-kn' elvll term of Superior Court which Opened here Monday morning.,' with Judge Clayton Moore of Wll llamaton presiding. Th#? civil term will be followed i by a week of criminal court be ginning June 20. % EDENTON EVENT THURSDAY NIGHT DRAWS INTEREST Scarce Imagined Pos?ibili lies of Albemarle to In* OihoiiKHcd by Widely Known Publicity Man BOOKLET PLANNED L*o-o|M?ralion of Section Sought by Bridge lielebra tion (ioniinillcr in Plans for Advertiniiif: Scarce Imagined ponHll?iIIIi?<? of developing aim ? nrlchinu the coun ting of the Albemarle district through Intelligently directed pub-, llclty will be outlined l?y Captain Frank Winch. Internationally known piibllcliy expert, in un ad drowa at the courthouse in?Kd*-n ton Thursday night at K o'clock, before n mass meeting of realdentM of the aectlon. Captain Wlnrh will apeak In connection with plana to t?*l 1 the world nbout the countlca of North eastern Carolina on the occasion of the elaborate celebration ?>f the [opening of the Chowan Ilt'ld^e ?i Kden House and in Kdenton on Wednesday, July- 20. ? All the countica traversed by the hlatorlc Virginia Dare "frail are expected to co-operate In mak ing the celebration a hucccbs. alnce essentially It Ih to be put across I by the whole Hection, for the bene ,flt of the Hection ax a whole, mem bers of the committee In chaw point out. Mayor J.'L. WlnglnH. !of Kdenton, la general chairman. | An a means of apprising State .and Nation of the wondera of the 1 Alheniarle diatrlct, both through 'the bridge celebration and after wards, plans are under way for the preparation of a handnome booklet Retting forth pointa of In jtereat In the aectlon. hlatorlc and 'otherwise. This booklet would be 'dixtrlhutcd among the thouannda preaent at the bridge event, and would be so prepared that It could be lined to advantage by the va | rloim cities and counties Indefln iltely afterward. j Such a booklet, prepared at tractively, will cost real money, however, and will require Infinite ! paina In Ita preparation, persons acquainted with the practical side jof audi a project remind. Hence, : in going to the public throughout the district in an appeal for funda to put it across, the bridge cele ! hratlon committee Is hopeful that j the people of the aectlon will have due conception of it* laatlng value, j I'nleHH the booklet la creditably 'gotten up. Mayor Wlcgina and oth I era hold. It will defeat It* purpose that of living a most favorable ! Impreaalon of the region. Meanwhile, stepa are under way to apprlae the world of the cele bration and ItH significance both to North Carolina and to the United Stated. From the atsndpolnt of , tIm- state. It Ih explained, it will mean far freer Intercommunica tion between North Carolinians |than ever before. From the view point of the Nation. It will mean the bridging of the laat Important igap In the Atlantic Coastal HIkIi 'way. an unrivalled motor tourist .route traver*!nu the aeaboard from I the Canadian border In Maine to jthe end of Florida. REPORTS ON POTATO MARKETS OIJT DAILY I'eraona receiving the market i if** report* being dlnpatched from thi- Chamber of Commerce during Ipotato movement will not continue to receive them af ter Monday, unlcaa they have no tified the Chamber that they wl*h them, It In announced. Thoae who have not anked for the report*, iind who wlah them, have been ad vlaed to wend notification at once, either by mall or phone. At preaent BOO market report* are being *ent out each day. It wa* learned at the Chamber of Com merce The work I* being handled by S W. ltu**HI. from the Itureau of Agricultural Kconomlc*. Feder al Department of Agriculture. Grower* and dealer* In potatoe* alike agree that the dally market reports are of much value. The work of dlffpatchlng them ha*j hem facilitated greatly thl* *ea* ? on hy the ln*tallatlon of * folding machine which eliminate* much' botheraome hand work. REFUSE REVIEW OF JUDGE LINDSAY CASE! Watthlnaton. June <AI*? Men R. Mndaey, formerly Juve nile Judge at Denver. Colorado, today waa refuaed a Supreme Court review of the Judgment of th? Colorado Supreme* Court hold Ing that he had been defeated at the November. 1924. elertlona by Roval R Graham. SHOOTING STIRS EXCITEMENT IN ELIZABETH CITY Will C0N011. of Thin (lily. Held on (iliur^r of llav | itif! Shut I'olirr OffiiTr I'rank WiiiNloH DENIES ACCUSATION 1 A?tiiim%<1 Surrender* In l*o lirr, l)i*rluituiiif? All Kiiowlrdfii' of KpiMMli*; tinder ?UHN> Bond Will Coition, aluml 15 years old. . living on Fast Hroad street and Ions reputed to hnv?' dealt in 11 'quor, Is In Jail In default of Sl.ono ? bond In connection with a shoot ing episode Saturday night which Stirred the community to a high pitch of excitement. lit* Is ac .fused of having shot Policeman Frank (J. Wlnslow, about 50 yeurs old. when the lalter climbed onto the running board of hi* car, j In front of his home, and ordered him to hall. By a miracle. Mr. WIiihIow es I raped without dangerous Injury. ! A bullet, which bo claim* wan | fired by Colson, struck hint Just iabove the left eye, cut a gash across the eyelid, struck the bone and glanced away. In Ills fall to I the street, the officer fractured ! his right collarbone. i lie cause of Officer Wlnslow's condition. It was uncertain early ; Monday when Colson would bo given a hearing. The policeman was confined to his home on Wes?, Burgess street, members of his !family stating that he was unable. | to be out. Coition flatly denies all knowl edge of the shooting, declaring ho ("wouldn't hurt Mr. Wluslow for anything In Ihe world." lie sur I rendered shortly afler midnight | Sunday morning, walking down i town ami voluntaiily giving him self up to Police Officer Dasnight. 1 Tho shootlnu occurred. Satur |day night at about U:30 o'clock. |Officers WIiihIow and Harris were .summoned to the neighborhood of the Colson home by a telephone 'call. They prc*He<| into service an I automobile belonging to Frank Venters, employed by the Eliza beth City Muggy Company, and Mr. Venters drove tliein over to Kast llroad street. As they neared Colson's resi dnce, somebody dashed down the street from the-vicinity of a Ford coupe parked in front of the house. Officer Harris ran off in pursuit. Wlnslow continued on to tho car. There was a report and a flash, and Harris turned to seo Wlnslow fall Into the street, lie ran back,, but too late to slop the Ford coupe, whh-lt dashed off down Center street and turned through Walnut toward Pennsylvania Avo nue. it wan lost to siKnt ihi re, Harris and Venters brought Wlnslow <|tilcklM downtown in Ventor'n car. un<| his Injuries were treated by l?r. II. I*. Ken drlck. While theji were being dressed, he gave bis version of the shooting. "I climbed on the ruiiuliig board and ordered Colson to halt," he said, "Colson grabbed me In the collar and choked me. Then I grabbed hi in around the Jierk and he reached down and shot me." "Are you sure you were shot, and not hit with something?" ho ] was asked. j "Yes." h" replied. "I heard tho 'gun go off. saw the flash, and kb* fire burnt my ??ye." j Immediately searching, parties 'went out In <|uest of Colson. Word |of the shooting was telephoned to Norfolk. Suffolk and Kdcnton, to gether with ? description of Col son and the car In which he was thought to have fled. At shout 12:M0 o'clock, while Home of the searchers were still out threading their way through side rosds In the hope of coming upon Colson. tho man I hey sought clamly walked downtown and sur rendered. lie was put under $1,000 bond "ii a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon with Intent to kill and. falling to give It, was lodged |n Jail. Kverywhere in the city, regret was expressed over the shooting when word of It spread. Officer Wlnslow Is regarded an thorough ly conscientious and trustworthy, and ever Inclined to give offen ders the benefit of any doubt. On every hand were expressions of re lief over the fsct that his injury was not more serious.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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June 6, 1927, edition 1
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