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VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. . . ? 1 * ELIZABETH C^gf,' NORTH CAROLINA, ;??FK1 DAY ^VENING, AUGUST 19, 1927. SIX PAGES. . NO. 197."
OLDEST CHURCH
WILL CELEBRATE
SEPTEMBER 7th
Shiloh Baptist Organiza
tion Founded in 1727 hy
Haul Palmer, Man of In
telligence and Power
I COULDN'T STOP HIM
From This Beginning Bap
tist Faith Has Spread
Throughout Counties of
? Eastern North Carolina
Raleigh, Aug. 19.?Two coun
ties are expected to Join In a
great celebration, September 7 at
Bhlloh, commemorating the 200th
anniversary of the founding of the
Bhiloh Baptist Church, claimed to
?_ *ht ~hftit honag of ?onliin nf
that faith In the State, and
among the oldest of any denom
ination.
Tho church, history records,
waa founded In 1727 by Paul
Palmer, an Englishman who made
his home In Delaware. A man of
Intelligence and power who drew
hundreds to his aide. his power
could not be checked by the Es
tablished Church, and 8lr Richard
35verhard, in 1729. two years after
the founding of the Shlloh church,
wrote to the Bishop in London
that It was "Impossible to stop
him."
Palmer was a land owner and
Slave holder and stood high
among the people. Having come
in touch with persecuted Baptists
of New England and thus having
his spirit quickened and his meth
ods formed for larger work, he
settled In Perquimans County and
organised the first Bsptist Church
In North Carolina.
Though the church was organ-1
l*ed In Perquimans, Its local habi
tation soon came to be In Camden;
Jf W" d***rlbed as having an
*rm, In Perquimans and an
srm" In Camden. The Perqui
mans group did not flourish be
cause of Quaker dominance, but
tne Camden group, more favor
ably situated. flourished and was
noon the center of Influence for
the early Baptists of the Albe
marls region. It waa known even
aa late aa 17#0 aa "the Church
In CamdeB,' later bearing the
name of "the Church at Bhlloh "
Under a varied and Intelligent
ministry from the time of Paul
Palmer to John D. Elwell the'
church progressed, and under the
leadership of the latter experi
enced one of the greatest revivals
ever written Into North Carolina
history.
Through the efforts of the early
ministerial ttrwi of Shlloh the
Baptlat faUh grew, and Tlaptlat
churches were planted all over the
Albemarle section from tho Atlan
tic to the Roanoke. New "arms"
were established from the mother
church In all aectlons and finally
settled strongly Into tho very
stronghold of the "eatabllahment "
As to the doctrine and disci
pline of he "mother church/' there
waa no marked difference from
the policy of Baptlat churches of
today The prototype of the
mother church" was the General
f?!".. Shurch? ?f England,
which had a moderate Calvlnlam.
The higher Calvinism was later
brought Into North Carolina from
Philadelphia.
??pie court of union" was one
of the peculiar Institutions at Bhl
loh In Ita days of Infancy. The
?court," Including the paator and
sl? members of the church, msde
lis business the attending to dif
ficulties arising about the private
secular affairs of church members.
The Institution died out, not a
great while after the founding of
* the church.
? I Noted men of hlalory have been
V products of tho old Bhlloh church
Colonel Gideon Lamb, of Revolu
?'""J7 '*?"? probably heads the
list through his service to ths Na
tion. He waa honored aa a aol
*?d ."S *lth th* Continental
troops at the battle of Oerman
i?w". t To 'be ministry. Bhlloh haa
contributed Evan Forbes. Abner
Berry and John L. Prltchard
Prltchard was one of the first
Students of Wake Forest College,
and saerifled hla llfs In the Wll
7 m J? epidemic of lift
V^W ByfOOt. Charles B. Burgess.
tLft? ? V "d Chsrles R.
Wllllsms are also Bhlloh-, contrl
buttons to the ministry.
Three Are Killed
In Freight Wreck
6hr?report. Auk. it.?
CAP)?Three member* of a Taxaa
and Pacific Railway freight train
crrw wprr killed wh*n the engine
esfilodcd three mile* north of h*re
today.
micai? ii rem whitk win?m
HAH MCKN ABANDON Kl>
Norfolk. V?.. Aug. t? ? fAP) ?
for tho vkllA wing of ?[
plaka. rationed 10 k*T? t?n
*d I5? mil** Mat of lh? Virginia
Capo* yaalarday br Ibe aloamrr
Oal( Polat had b##n abandoned
b*n today, fallowing failure of
the d^troftf Shaw to find any
trace of It
Pi V i
Cowboy Tenor
Loa Anrtslt* critics are sailing
Arnold lilackiier, former Wyom
ing cowpuuchtir. um of thegreia
eat tenors Id years. Blackner re
cently.aahg,hi* first oportftic selec
tion at tU?* Hollywood Bowl, where
thousaude applnudi-it his remark
able voice. ? ' ? ?"
A. Lee Rawlings to
Open Offices In
Elizabeth City
A Lee RawlioKi ft Company,
certified public aCcountgnta of
Norfolk. Virgin Is. a se arranging
to open offices In HUUfclfeth City
at"an esrly date. The firm wjlli
occupy offlcea in the Virginia.Dare,
Hotel arcade aa noon aa the new|
quarters are ready.for occupancy!
antTHarry W. Buudy wlll.be rea-j
Ident manager. M
Mr. Bundy la an Elisabeth Cityj
boy and a certified public account
ant of North Carolina. He has
been a member of the etaff of iA.I
Lee Rawllngs & Company for the j
paat seven years and being thorl
oughly trained in thdlr methoda laj
fully qualified to represent the
concern aa resident manager, [ZZ
A. Lee Rawllnga A Company la
one of the oldest accounting flrma
In the 8outh. having been In bust"
nesa for approximately 20 yeara^
The firm employs an average staff]
of from 25 to 80 men and are welll
and favorably known throughout
the 8outh and especially In Btlsar
beth City, where they have a large)
clientele. .
In addition to the execdtlvs of
fices, which sre in Norfolk. Vir
ginia. the firm has a/ the present
time branch offices In Raleigh and
Wilmington. North Carolina.
GOVEKNOK McLEAN
HOME NEXT MONDAY
Tenderfoot Lake, Wla.', Aug.,19.
? (AP)?The woods and lake* of
Wisconsin will see Governor 'An
gus W. McLean of North for one
week longer and the Ooverpor Is,
beginning to look forward to du-,
Ilea of another 12 months. He,
will be balk In Rsletgh. Monday..
August 29.
The brisk sir of the northland|
has brought renewed vigor and,
apirit to pick up the gubernatorial
routine, the tiovenor, who has
beon sojourning here.for a seven
Week's vacation, says.
Disposition of a printing con
tract for the current hiennlum,
about 50 pardon requests, and pos
sible appointment of two addi
tional court judges, are In the off
ing, from telephone calla by which
the Governor has kept In touch
with Tar Heel government.
VIRGINIA FAKMKKS
VISIT THIS SUCTION
Attracted by atorles going out
or Elizabeth City concerning the,
adaptlblllty of the aoll of this sec
tion for lucrative truck farming.'
prominent farmera of Virginia
were vlaltors here Thursday look-,
Ing over the situation. They spoke:
In high praise of the splendid ag
ricultural conditions In the Bits- j
abeth City distrlet, and were psr-j
tlcularly Interested in the pros-1
pecta for soy bean cultivation |
They learned that a great quan
tity of heretofore worthless land
was being reclaimed and built up'
to a high stats of fertility by the,
cultivation of (he soybesn. which I
Is occupying much attention and
study of progressive farmers of the'
Elisabeth City district.
PRIZES OFFERED :
IN THE SEARCH
FOR LOST FLIERS
Millionaires of Hawaii,
Michigan and San Fran
cisco Open Parses for Re-;
covery of Missing Planes
PACIFIC IS SILENT
One Bright Spot in Tragic j
Situation Is the Ideal
Weather Prevailing Overj
the Entire Ocean
San Francisco. Auk. 19.? (AP)
??The jinx whtch preceded the
take-off to the $36,900 Dole prtse
flight, continued to ita wako to
day. Out into the rar-reachlng ex
panses of the Pacific went the ap
pealing call of the radio, aided by I
searching airplanes, destroyers
and auhmarines in quest of two'
lost airplane*?the Miss Doran
and tho Golden Eagle.
James Dole, the Hawallsn mil- j
llonalro who put up the prise (or
the race, today o'pened his purse
again, this time to offer $20,000
for the recovery of the missing
planes and the occupants. To thla
amount WilUam Malloska, Michi
gan millionaire, who entered the
I Miss Doran In the race, added
,910,000 for the recovery of the'
occupants of the Miaa Doran. dead
or alive. George Hearst, publish- f
er of the San Francisco Examiner,)
also offered $10,000 reward, $5,
000 for the reacuc of the occu
pants of each missing plane.
Dut the trackleas wastes of the
Pacific were silent to the appeal <
of tt\e agencies of modern com
munication. All day yesterday and
through the night the question I
waa radio cast: Whero are Miss
Mildred Doran. attractive 2J-year
old Michigan school teacher; J. A.
Pedlar, pilot of her monoplane;
Lieutenant V, R. Knope, her navi
gator; Jack Frosl, pilot of the
> Golden Eagle and Gordon 8oott.
his navigator? Every pilot in the
1 Pacific kept a constant watch for
[the ill-fated planes or their crews,
but no trace of them wss heard.
Their gasoline supplies exhaust
ed many hours ago, their food suf
ficient fdr about two days more,
the missing aviators If they have
escaped death, were either riding
along the waves In their planes or
had abandoned them for a rubber
life raft. Perhaps they were safe
on some isolated Island far away
ftom the llaes of communication
or they may hate been battered
down to the depths If their planes
crashed Into the tea.
Conduct Campaign
Against Rats In
This Section
Mla? Ann WW" and Mlssj
Madge Case, working under the
suthorlty of the United States i
Public Health Barvlee, are con-1
ducting a rat-killing campaign in,
the Albemarle section of North;
Carolina, visiting the counties!
In this part of the 8tate. They are j
now In Pasquotank County and!
Elisabeth City and have about
two weks more work to do before j
finishing their campaign of this
section.
They have been In this work for;
a number of years and have visit-]
ed this section before. They have
travelled all over the continent!
and have been to Hawaii. Theyj
visit grain stores, theatres, ware-(
houses, and business hoaaes of all
sorts where rats are cauning de-l
structlon and In one day and night I
rid the premises of these destruc-,
tlve pests, using a drug recom
mended by the United 8tates Pub
lic Health 8ervlce for this pur
pose.
In order to effectively rid a
town of rats It Is necessary to havo
the co-operation of the people, and
Misses Wright and Case hope that
they will be given this co-opera
tion here.
BODY OF DR. McDAPMKI.
MRH IN MTATH AT CHl'RTH
Richmond, Va., A?f. It?(AP)
?The body of the Rev. Dr. Oeorge
White McDaalel. pastor of the
riret Baptist Church of Rich
mond, who died late yesterday ??
the result of a stroke of paralysl*
suffered abont a week ?|o, will II*
In state In the chaacel of th*
church from two until four o'clock
tomorrow afternoon, runeral ser
vices will be held In the church st
four o'clock with interaent in
Hollywood Comotery.
Dr. McDanlel first suffered s
stroke of paralysis In Itll but
recovered and resumed his active
duty within a few toonthi. The
second stroke occurred on Auto*'
10 and he was never abla to leave
his bed again. The members of his
family, his widow and two chil
dren. Mary and John Harrington,
were at hie bedside at hie death,
as well ae a number of relatives
and fri*nd?.
Peele Hall To Be Name
New General Class Room
Building at State College
In Memory of William j
Joseph Peele Who Lol
Movement That Rnnllril
in Fouading (?llrgc
CONSIDERED RADICAL
His Ideas at That Time
Thought Too Liberal were
Later Accepted; Was a
Friend of Daily Advance \
8lr Walter Hotel. Raleigh. Aun
19.?Peele Hall will be the name'
of the new general classroom
building which will be erected at J
State College, according to A. S.
college.
The balldtng Is to be named In
honor of the late W. J. Peele. of
Raleigh, who led the movement!
which resulted In the foundation
of State College and who deliv
ered the address on the occasion
when the cornerstone for the first j
State College building waa dedi
cated In 1888. Mr. Peele serve.I
on the board of trustees of 8tatu
College from that time until the
time of his death in 1919.
William Joseph Peele was one
of the State's most distinguished
cltlsenq of the past generation. In
addition to conceiving the Idea
and campaigning for the foonda
tion of State College, he waa thoj
prime mover in the establiahment
of the State Historical Commit
alon. and served as one of ita di
rectors from Its foundation until
his death.
By profession Mr. Peele waa a
lawyer, and. although he was
i keenly Interested In public af
I falre, he never held elective of
fice. In 1880 he came to Raleigh
from his home in the eastern part
of the State, and opened a law of
fice. He was a close personal
friend of'Walter Hlnes Page, and.
' with him, was one of the organis
ers of the Wataugoa Club, which
i led the fight for progress in North
Carolina during its existence.
Mr. Peele attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina, and was
one of Its most prominent and ac
tive alumni. He reached high rank
aa a scholar In Greek and Latin,
and for thla reason it Is deemed'
especially appropriate, by the
State College officials, that the
general classroom building, dedl*
cated to fostoring a love for the
liberal arts among the profession
al and technical men being edu
cated at 8tate College, should be
named for him.
During his llfo Mr. Peel.' was
considered as the leader of liberal
sentiment in this 8tate. At the
time when he began the move
ment to found State College, the
Idea of an Institution of higher
learning which taught practical
subjects wan considered very rad*
leal. In addition, he labored to
promote better relations between
the white and negro races, at a
time when the Civil War was not
yet 20 years past.
Mr. Peele attained some dis
tinction as an author. He wrote
several legal volumes which w? re
widely consulted, and his "Dis
tinguished North Carolinians" is
today regarded as the authorita
tive volume on that field of his
tory by the historians of this
State. In addition, Mr. Peele was
the flret historian to propone the
theory that the Civil War had its
origin In economic causes, a the
orY which is now universally ac
cepted by trained historians.
Ho was the author of a text
hfu>k on Civics which was for a
ntimber of years used In the North
Carolina public schools.
Mr. Peele was keenly interested
In Roanoke Island and had many
friends there.
He was the uncle of Herbert
and Joseph Peele of Elisabeth
City and was greatly Intereated in
the establishment and develop
ment of T?bo Elizabeth City Dally
Advance, of which they are the
publishers.
8TIIKHT IMPROVED 1IY i
TRACTOR MCMOttMTKATIO* |
The two blocks of Pool street,
extending from Elisabeth to Pearl
streets, fecelvod a badly needed
dressing up Friday morning when
the Auto A Gas Engine Works (
gave a practical demonstration of
the Fordson tractor equipped with
the Trackson full crawler, which
claims a pulling power of three
tons. The grader used Is a part
of the present street equipment.
The City Council Is undeter
mined whether to purchaae a new
tractor or to recondition one now
owned by them, and the work of
the Fordson was observed hy
Mayor Flora and Councllmen Mor
gan, Rrlght and Hughes, the street
committee. The grading was su?
pervlsed by 8treet Commissioner
L. W Anderson. Despite the i
heavy, wet soil the sturdy machine i
seemed to experience no difficulty j
In dragging the grader through at.
Its proper depth.
The Traekson full crawrler Is of
the Caterpillar type, and fa said to |
be one of the most practicable J
methods now used for heovy pull-]
log. i
SECRETARY JOB
GETS MESSAGES
FROM 9 STATES
Itadio Fans Voice Their Ap
preciation of Elizabeth
City Program Broadcast
From Station WRVA
A FEW EXAMPLES
Mr. Job Gives The Advance1
for Puhlicmioii Sonir nf
the Typical Letters That
Were Received
Secretary Job of the Klizabclh
City Chamber of Commerce In in
point of a totter from Bln?r <;
Hoelse, studio director of Edge
water radio Htation WRVA, broad-'
casting station of Richmond. Vlr- j
glnla, conveying to hiui u number
of messages received from nine
different states complimenting the:
special program broadcast from j
that station by Elizabeth City art
ists on the night of July 28.
Tho program consisted of a
pleasingly diversified card con
taining many vocal and Instru->
mental musical renditions by the
cream of Elisabeth City Ultlt
Speeches extolling tho outstanding j
economic advantage* of the Ells-'
abeth City district were made by
men thoroughly conversant with
industrial condltlous in this vlcln
|lt>. , .
A few of the messages received
?by WRVA and conveyed to Secre
itary Job are as follows:
j "Enjoyed tho entire Carolina
j program.
i "Listener: Cheater Skaggs.
"South Pekln, Illinois."
"Tell the North Carolina dele
' gallon to oome back again soon.
They are hard to b<at. The faith
ful accompanist, Mis* Walston. de
serves some praise also.
"Listener: H. L. Hlnes.
"Ivor. Virginia."
"Deing a native North Carolin-1
ian. It was a source of pride to [
hear such a splendid program by I
jthe Elisabeth City group this ev-]
enlng. We hope that they come j
again, as their two programs have
not been surpassed by any station. !
"Listener: Miss Mary E. Ilrssweli. I
"Country Club of Virginia. |
"Richmond, Virginia, former-1
if of Enfield. N. C."
"Please accept my (hanks as1
well as that of my family for the;
excellent program broadcast by
our friends from Elisabeth City,'
North Carolina. The talks and ?
solos were especially enJoy?*d.
"Llstenor: J. P. Shredl,
"R. P. D. No. 7,
"South Richmond. Virginia." I
IllltlAL MltH. ROUKItT WHITE
The funeral of Mrs. Robert
White, who died at her home on ,
Parsonage street August 13. was
conducted Sunday afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home by Rev. A. |
J. Parker, pastor of the City Road ,
Methodist Church, and interment!
was made in Hollywood Cemetery.
Mrs. White Is survived by her hus-1
band, three sisters. Mrs. C. T. Da-;
vis, Mrs. W C. Plgott of this city
and Mrs. W. M. Woolbrlglit of i
Pensaeola, Florida; by two nieces,'
Mrs. Wiley Ix>ng and Mrs. John
Sherlock of this city and a neph-j
ew, J. T. Davis of Manhattan, Cal-!
Ifornla.
Chief's.Out
Chlaf Flyln* Wolf of tha Chay.
tnna Indian*, landed at tha Oak
land <Calif ) airport fn a blplana
Aid triad (o antar tha FMaco
Honolulti raca, faathara and alL
Hla application *?? rejected. how
|?rar. becauae ha had no entrance
money, no backar and a plana In
?aflcfontly sturdy for to long
* bop
jHome Is Dynamited
In The Henderson
Mill Strike
Henderson. Auir. IS.? CAP)?
The home of M. E. Partln. who
walked oat with 800 strikers In
the Harriet Cotton Mill here two
weeks ago, but returned to work
later, wan dynamited early today.
The blast tore off the back
porch of hla home and shattered
the window* of hi* and other
homes In the neighborhood. There
were no Injuries Partln and hla
two daughters and two sons had
returned to their work In the
mllla after several days of Idle
ness following the general walk
out.
Wlllla Day and Johnny Paul,
who had also returned to work
after walking out with the other,
strikers, reported that there were1
?mall explosions in tbo yards of,
their homes during the night. |
There have been no arrests. I
The explosion occurred. Partln]
nald, shortly sft?*r 1 o'clock while ;
he and his family were sleeping. !
The blast was very light and not ?
an attempt upon I'artln's life, but |
an effort to frighten him and his i
family. The blasts at the Day I
and Paul homes were also very'
light and created but little dla
ttfrbance.
Citizens generally were Ignor-j
ant as to the explosion today, and ?
seemed not to know that the home ;
of one of their number had be??ii
damaged. Leaders of the striking \
forces knew but llttlo of the oc-:
currence and reserved their opln-;
Ions.
It Is not known whether Psrtln
and Ills daughters snd sona. all
mill workers, were among those;
who struck for higher wages two L
weeks ago, or whether they were
among the large group who were
forced from work when the ma
jority of the Harriet Mill opera
tives walked out.
Sheriff Kearney of Vance Coun
ty aald today he had no clues
which might lead to the appre
hension of the parties responsible
for the exploalon. and city autho
rities were equally at a loss. An
Investigation Is In progress from
both angles.
Meanwhile, five uiet charged
with disorders In connection with
ths strike, before the arrival and
departure of National fJuard
troop* laat week, brought to trial
this morning had their hearings
postponed until September 17.
A f r fri d Geologist
Has Met Fate Of
Floyd Collins
Khellmound. Tenn., Auk. 19.?
(AP>?A granite wuli'd rave,
once the stronghold of free hoot
ers. housed within Its uncharted
regions today the answer of the
fate of Lawrence 8. Ashley. geolo-|
gist and underground explorer,
who disappeared within Its deep
recessea Monday morning.
The famous Nlck-a-Jack-Cavc.
30 Allies west of Chattanooga held
faat the one man that poasibiy of
all others had lauded Its wonder
more widely. Ashley, ever fasci
nated by Its marvels, held the cav
ern In higher regard than mam
moth Cave.
As the cave continued to guard
Its secret, a seventh party of ex
plorers took up the search early
last night when the sixth hand of
weary. bleary-ayed seeker* stag
gered exhausted out of Its murky
entrance after a futile eight hour
tramp through mysterious wind
ings A slow, painstaking Journey
through six miles of anbtarranran
passaRos revealed no trace of the
missing man and only a cryptic
sign, "L. 8. A. 196," scrawled on
a rock far within, which friend*
believed wai merely a guide mark
er used by Ashley.
The geologist, advising Inti
mated that he Intended penetrat
ing deep into the cave for furth
er Inveetlgatlons, entered the cav
ern with only a few sandwiches
and a small quantity of carbide for
hla lamps, both of which search
ers conclude were consumed hours
ago. They cherish a faint hope
that If he has eeoaped a watery
grave In the clear river running to
realms unknown he may be wan
dering alive within, even though
In styglan darkness. Others fear
he may have met the fate of Floyd
Collins, of Hand Cavo fame, In be
ing Imprisoned by a rock slide
and helpl?as probably In a sab
cavern, far beyond their reach.
A plan was crystallising here
today to ask the governor for state
aid and possibly for atate mllltla
to aaalst In the rescue work.
Two Submarines Go
To Aid The Search
Washington, Aug. It.?( aK,
?Two submarine* have been or
dered from the Island of Hawaii
to Inveetlgsta reports of an "ob
ject In the water" on the route of
the Dole Hawaiian flight In which j
two planes are missing. Hear Ad-t
mlral McLean, commander of the
?MTOiarlna division reported today
to the Navy Department.
Supreme Court Denies
Appeal Made by Counsel
For Sacco and Vanzetti
Full Bench of Massachu
setts High Court Ovei*
rules Exceptions to Deci
sions of Both Judges
NO NEW TRIAL
Exceptions Were to Refu
sal Grant Writ of Error,
New Trial, and Stay of
Execution
Boston. Aug 19.? (AP)?
Counsel for 8aoco and Vanxettl
announced today they will apply to
the United State* Supreme Court,
for a writ of certiorari In behair of
the condemned men. It will be
based on points involving the dne
process clause of the United State*
Constitution, they said.
Arthur D. Hill, chief of I
counsel, nude the anna
Ten certified cople
cord In the Sacco-Vanrt
have been ordered from '
of the Norfolk Superior
required by the practice
United States Supreme Court
said.
"We propose to go today to L_
Chlef Justice Hall of the Superior
Court/' he added, "and state lQ
him that we are uble to file a pe
tltion for a writ of certiorari with VJ
the Supreme Court of the United 1
States based on tho Federal quea? J
tlon of relating to violation of the ]
due proceas clause of the constitu
tion of the United States. .*
i "We shall then ask Chief Jus
tice Hall to grant a stay of sen
tence until the record can be
printed In accordance with tha
rules of the Supreme Court ot the
United States.
"We believe that Chief Justice J
Hall haa authority to grant this
stay under the case of Bryan ver- |
sua Bates, Allen 201."
Mr. Hltl and Richard " C. I
Evarts, also of defense counsel, j
prepared to leave Immediately for j
Pltchburg, thfe home of Chief Jua- ?
tlce Hall.
Boston. Aug. 1?.?CAP)?Y%e
full bench of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court today overruled
the exceptions by Sacco-Vansettl
defense counsel to decisions by
Justice Georgo A. Sanderson of
that court and by Judge Webater
Thayer of the Superior Court and
refused to grant a writ of error.
The decision was uunounced just
after 9 a. m.. by the Supreme J
Court recorder with whom th#3
Justices flled it yesterday.
The exceptions were to the !
fusal of Justice Sanderson to gran
a writ of error and to the refuser ~l
by Judge Thayer of a new trial |
a renovation of sentence and s
stay of execution. Arguments on
these exceptions were made last 1
Tuesday beforo the Supreme Court
sitting before the full bench and
at their conclusion defense, coun
sel filed a petition for writ of er
ror with the full bench. IWt
court had quarried Arthur D. |
Hill, chief defense counsel* aa to ;
why this procedure had not betn :
followed In the first place.
Arguments for the 'state war#
made by Altornoy General Arthur ;
K. Heading. The four Justices were I
Henry K. Hruley, wh<? presided In ]
view of the illness of Chief Jus- j
tlce Arthur P. Ituggs. Kdward B.
Pierce, James B. Carroll and WiP
11am C. Walt.
tne
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These legal steps by counsel "Tof^i
Nicola Bacco and Hartolomeo Van- I
xettl, whose respite from exacu- I
tlon for murder expires at afctA* i
night on August 22, were basad |
chiefly on Allegations of prejudice I
on the part of Judge Tha/er, Wh6
presided at the trial and whose j
previous refusal to grant ? new 1
trial was upheld by the Maesachft- J
setts Supreme Court last April. I
The decision upheld the .ruling j
of Judge Thayer that the motion I
for a new trial came too late be- !
cause sentence had beep pro- j
nounced.
"Neither the Judge nor any of i
his aaaoclates had Jurlsdlcti
the decision said, to entertain the 1
motion for a revocation of fWH
tenco.
WllK regard to the petition for I
a writ of error the decisiea say*:
"The wording ot the statue Is 1
clear and must be construed ^S j
meaning that the Issusnce of s |
writ of error In a capital case
rests in the sound Judicial diners*
tlon of the single Justice to whom I
the application Is presented," and
that, "the petition was rightly
denied."
Two Officers Die \i
Williamston Battle
Wllllamaon, w. Va.. Aug. II
? (API -Two faction* o( Ihlt Wll
llamahnri p<llr? forcp tn<'( in lb
?treat rarly today, and a fan bat
tl? Btimd. (taring whlrh too ottl
can wtra killed.
Vanzetti Is Insane
As Hears ^ews
Says Attorney
Charleston, State Prison, Bos
ton. Mass.. Aug. 19.? (AP)?The
statement that Rartolomeo Van
settl had become insane was made
by Michsel A. Musmanno, their
attorney today to Warden Wil
liams Hendry of the State Prison
after ha hart vis Had?VantettlJn,
his cell.
On leaving Vanzetti, Musmanno
called newspapermen into War
den Hendry's office and with the
warden present said:
"Vanietti took the news Tory!
badly. He kept shouting "1 knew
It. I knew It. Get the million
men. The million mon who Is
msking sll that noise."
"Vanietti looks very bad."
Musmanno continu<-d. "His mind
Is In an awful condition. He wants
a wireless In his cell so that he
can tell his story to the world."
"Sscco took the n?wa quietly.
Ho was eating when 0 got there.
When he saw mo he stopped. I
told him that 1 was sorry to have
to tell him the bad news about
the court decision," Musmanno
said. ..
"Well, wo expected K. I want to
writ? a letter to my boy."
"Sacco pushed away his food and
got up snd walked around. He
sskod me to come back to see him
again."
Shortly after Musmsnno's visit
Sacco, Vanietti and Celestlno
Madelros, under sentence to die at
tho ssme time for another mur
der, were removed to the death
house. They showed no outward
appe?fgnc?,. physically or mentally
aa they walked with guards
through the corridor.
Explosion Wrecks
Arkansas Theatre
Gordon. Ark., Aug. 19.?(AP)
?An exploHlon which occurred
about two o'clock this morning
partly wrecked the Wright Thea
tre here caut ing damage of from
$20,000 to f 2S.000. A negro who
enterod the theatre during tho
I ant performance laat night with
a package under hla arm la lua
pected of having placed a bomb
In tho balcony where the explo
alon occurred.
HOMEK LYON SAYS
NOT A CANDIDATE
Whltevllle, Aug. 1?.?(AP)
Homer L. Lyon, for the paat three
, terms representative from the
alxth dlatrlct in Congreea, will
not bo a candidate for re-election
In ltZK. he Mid today.
Mr Lyon la making public an
nounccinent of hla Intention to re
main out of the race early In or
der to give other aaplranta to the
office an "open field." lie made
no prediction concerning who
might be hla suceemor.
ROTARY GOVERNOR
IIEKE NEXT FRIDAY
j Announcement wan made at the I
Rotary luncheon Friday of the!
scheduled vlalt of the Rotary dis
trict governor, Luther Hodge*, of
:Hpray. who will be In attendance
upon the luncheon to be held In
{the dining hall of the Houthern
? Hotel next Friday. Hla vlalt will ,
jbe of an official nature and It waa |
especially urged that all members
arrangf to attend.
A vocational talk by Herbert
Peele outlined the eaaentlal func
tion* of n dally nownpaper In Ita
community and aketched the hi*
tory, growth and development of
hla nowapaper, The Dally Advance,
In Itn efforta to meet that function
and MMilf* up to Ita rceponalbll
ftle*.
Th*> fiotarlana were advlaed of
the Informal opening of the day
nuraery Friday night at R o'clock.
The excellence of the Inatltutlon
wan HMMi and the Fiotarlana
were urgod to be there.
The luncheon program 'Waa In
charge of Walter Ryan.
MltM. MA It AH MAW DKAD
Mr* Sarah Mann died Friday
morning at 6:40 o'clock at the
home of her aon, A. C. Mann, on
Kaat Rroad atreet. Mra. Mann
would have been 94 yeara old had
she lived until December and nhe
had been In falling health for a
long time. The body waa taken
to Manna Harbor leaving Elisa
beth City Friday at noon for bur
ial In the family burying ground.
Among tho aurvlvlng relatlvea
are two none. A. C. Mann and I'aul
Mann, and a brother, Jim Har
nette, all of thla city, and aeveral
grandchildren and ftedt grand
children.