North Carolina Newspapers

' VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1927. SIX PAGES. NO. 208. Biggest Throng Yet Hears Program At WKBG, The Advance Singers and Others Give Excellent Entertainment at Alkrania Theatre; Spe cials Slated Tonight. NOVELTIES PROMISED Dances and Unusual Duet j Promised; Children of City to Take the Air ell - Masse Saturday Afternoon Willi the biggest crowd of the ( week on hard and a succession of artists of exceptional merit, last [ night's two radio programs broad cast from Station WKUG, of The Dally Advance, went over literally with a bang at the Alkrama Thea tre. Through experience gained as the week went along, the sing ers and others were able to over come a trace of self consciousness that had been noticeable at times, and gave the best they had. Several Interesting novelties are promised for tonight, together with songs and Instrumental num bers. Among the former, there will be a dance number In which Mlas Bllllo Saunders will demon strate the Qharteuton and the Black Bottom, and a piano and handsaw duet by the team of Rus sell A Klrby, which Is guaranteed to please. Others to appear In the pro grams tonight, beginning at 8:30 and 10:30 o'clock, will Include Karl Walston, soprano singer; Z. C. Wagoner, planlBt; Bill Hamlll. soloist; J. T. Jackson and Miss Jeanne Houti. With additional talent being eAllsted today, anoth er excellent evening's entertain ment is forecast freely. Saturday afternoon will be turned over to the children, aud a great good time Is promised all. Parents whoae children can play or alng have been aaked to send them to the theater, prepared to. broadcast during the afternoon. ? and all In the audience will be given an opportunity to be beard \ over the radio. On the entertainment menu I last night, Representative J. Ken yon Wilson Introduced a diltind-1 ttve feature In broadcasting a se ries of questions about Ellcabeth ! Olty and the Albemarle District, ahnounclng that free passes to tho ( Alkrama. good for one month, wot|ld be awarded for the three flrat correct sets of answers turned In, provided the winners ace present at the theatre tonight ?t 8:30 o'clock when the awards are to t>e made. The prise questions follow: When was Elisabeth City mad? the County seat of Panquotank County? j Where had the county seat pre viously been? What other named has Elis abeth City had? For whom was Elisabeth City named? ] For whom was Hertford named? ] For whom was Edenton named? For whom wan Alhemarlo Found named? For whom was Colllngton Isl and named? For whom was Camden County named? What was Camden Court House formerly called? What wan Currituck Court ffouse formerly called? What Civil War battle was fought near South Mills? , Where and when was the first legislative assembly in North I Carolina? ' f What Is the oldest Baptist Church In North Carolina? Where was the first Quaker (Ititirnh In North Carolina? ? What was Culpdpper's Itebel lf>n? Where did It Ipegln? Who commanded tho first ex pedition sent to Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh? When did they rfeach Carolina? ' When and whore was the first successful airplane flight made? What In the oldest house In Elisabeth City? What la the oldest houso In I'anquotank County? Mr. Wilson explained afterward that the last two questions, re ferring to the oldest house* In Elisabeth City and Pasquotank County, would not count In the contest. Inasmuch at they nrobahly could not bo anawered with cer talney However, he expreaaed the hop., that many would answer them. In the hope that valuable historical data might thus be made available. Entrants In the contest are asked to leave their answem at the ticket booth at the Alkrama. The awards will be announced at the beginning of the broadcasting. Others on the program were Karl Walston. Z C. Wagoner, ? Master Bobble Elliott, aged seven, this city's youngest violinist, Mis* Emily Mann. Mrs A R Nichol son, Jack Hundley, J. T. Jackson. Miss Jeaaae Houts. Miss, Ids Kathcrlae Nieholaon. Bill Hamlll. ( and a pair of colored entertainers, J. E Normantnd the well known Puff Station WKBG la. broadcasting OB a wave length of 301 meter-, aad a frequcney of 1410 kltoey lion of th* pro dram* ori?r th?<*n dlo, thouith It In conceded that, to i?n|oy them bfwt. on* miiKt be at the Alkrama and obeerr* the artlntH IhentselvM. elet. Frop? many quarter* come *dd?4 report! ol excellent nop b i . v . ? ?* If-jlVnl.t . ? MJBmL _ Nazimova Here A1U Nattmora, lb? itafe atar, as ahe returned to Naw] fork aboard the lie da , Franca; [rom ' v theatrical " ansacMwU*! abroad. \The photographer kaa "tamht" " one - ot Nailmora'a *'? Ita^o axpraaalona.' fileBswerto CHARGES MADE BY NEEDLEMAN All Defendants in Case, Ex cept One Who in Dead and One Who Escaped from Prison, in Federal Suit Washington. N. C.. August 26 ?<AP)?'Invoking the statue of limitations, and an agreement that no civil action would be brought, defendants in the Needle man mnsked mob mutilation da-i mage case have brought their an swer in Federal Court here. The case i* set for hearing on October 17th. Th?* defendants cite the law which provides ft suit fdr damages In North Carolina must be broughtj within a year from date of the as sault which occured in 1925. Joseph H. Needleman. Philadel phia Tobaco salesman, who was mutilated near Willlam.iton, re cently petitioned for $100,000 da mages. All but two of the defen-j dants filed answers. A. T. Lilley has died and Julian Hullock, is still at large following his escape from State Prison. Needleman's complaint has been amended to include Mlsn Effie Griffin among the defendants In stead of Miss Ethel Or If fin as was erronenously charged. Needlemun was charged ori ginally with attacking Miss Effie Griffin of Willlamston, relative of some of the alleged mob members. Defendantn L. A. Croom, Lester Crofton, Lester Edmondson, Ed gar Johnson, 8. L. Roberson, James Henry Gray and Grady Smith allege that they did not visit the cell In which the plain tiff was Incarcerated and that they were not In the masked mob and had nothing to do with the crime. They admit they did plead guilty as accessories of the crime when called to trial. "As a fnrthcr defense." these defendant* contend. Needleman's alleged agreement that ha would not bring, civil action .to recover damages was made with them when they agreed thomaslves, thoy alleged, to .ilead guilty as "acces sories in the mutilation." They contend further that this agree ment, alleged to have been made with consent of the court, will bar Needleman from recovering j damagM ho seeks. Dennis (irlffln. alleged ring leader in the mob that mutilated Needleman denies all sections of the complaint except that he was convicted of particlpation In the, crime, but declares he has bothj old .and new evidence that will ?^rove he Was not In the mob. Pride Of Detroit To Circle Globe Old <9rchard Dneh, Maine. Auk. f?. ? (AIM ? The monoplane I'rldn of Detroit hopped off at 6:26 a. in., daylight time today for Harbor Orace, New Koundland, where the Mart of an attempt at a new world circling record will bo made. PORT BRUNSWICK OFF BAHAMAS ON WAY TO BRAZIL Kudio Mewajto Say? Paul Redfern's Plane Sighted by Steamer; no Word from Porto Rico WEATHER IS GOOD Aviator Should he far Long His Route Now hut Little ('.an Be Heard From Him For Some Time St. Petersburg, Fla., Auk. 26.? (AP)?A radio message from Sta tion 4 AQF, Nassau, picked up hero by the Financial Journal's 40 meter wireless station today sald that the Port of Brunswick piloted by Paul Redfern, on a non stop flight from Brunswick. Geor gia. to Brazil, was sighted 300 miles east of the British Bahamas by a steamer which arrived at Nassau at 11:40 p. m.. last night.. The message said the plan?> was flying at an altitude of about 2, 000 f^et headed In a southerly di rection. San Juan. Porto Rico., August 26? (AP)? If Paul Redferu. Oe ir gla aviator, who Is now enroutej from Brunswick. Ga., to Rio Dej Janeiro, passed over Porto Rico in his huge Stlnaon Detrolter mo noplane during the night his pasi age was unobserved so far as any .reports received here this morn ing. * Aviators said today that light-1 houses along the coast of Porto ' Rico as well as the reflected lights] of towns and cities on the Island would be sufficiently strong to aid him greatly In keeping his course If he camo within 25 or 75 miles of the Island. Locally the weather was re ported excellent throughout the night. (Redfern was expected to pass Porto Rico about 2 A. M. eastern !standard time). Brunswick, Ga.. August 2*? j(AP)?A vast expanse of sea and 1 sky stretching away to the tropics | held behind its walls of silence today the fate of its newest ex i plorer. Roaring away from Brunswick at noon yesterday in the face of unusually favorable weather con ditions, Paul Redfern Georgia aviator, piloted his huge Stlnson Detrolter monoplsne soaward on his proposed 4,600 mile non-stop journey to Rio De Janeiro. He sought to establish new endurance and distance marks. Despite head winds forecast along his route, Redfern today should be far along on his routei through the tropics, steering a course east of the Bahamas, the young airman headed for Porto Rico, which his schedule Indicated he should have reached by mid night. Passing on. Redfern hoped to be speeding during the day over the waters of the Caribbean seaJ toward the isle of Trinidad. The daring aviator had not been i heard from since hli plane winged Its way southeasterly over tho At lantic yesterday from a beaih near thin city. Far out of the path of ships plowing through southern waters during the oarly stagt* of the of the twtntyfour Mourn In dark flight before lm roaches* Porto Rico, Redfern was not exported to be Righted until he had. swung over the Caribbean sea, the cradle of hurricanes. Aa noon as he entered this stage of hla trip, passing steamer* may give fir?t reports of the plane's progress. Radio advice* have been broadcast throughout the region requesting any information. If the big ship Is aloft today, Red fern has passed a big portion i of the ewenty four hour* in d;irk noee. Naval navigators and hylro graphers at Washington pointed out that Redfern in addition to: bucking head winds over practi cally his whole course, would lie flying without a moon. Elizabeth City Exceedingly Well Represented On State Fraternal and Other Groups (deration of Walter L. Cohoon of this rltjr to the pout of State Councilor of the Junior Order, United American Mechanics, bring* to attention the fact that many Kllsabeth City resident* ha*? been honored with high position* In fraternities and other organi sations In North Carolina. In the Daughter* of America, feminine brunch of the Junior Or der. for Iniitance. Mn. Annie L. William*, of this city, la State Vice Councilor and therefore In line for promotion to the office of Councilor. With th? Junior* com-| Ing here for their conrsntlon next year, the Daughter* of America In thla city already are planning to, make an Intenalre effort to hsra, their State organisation meet In! Elisabeth City in 1929. Undoubtedly the moat actire In-1 dlrldual here. In a fraternal way. 1* W Ben Goodwin. In the Im proved Order of Red Men. Mr. Ooodwln ha* been Great Chief of Recorda for 29 year*, a record be-j llered to be unequalled anywhere In the United State*, and C. W. Ward Is Oreat Senior Sagamore Barring the unforeseen. Mr. Ward I will be elected Oreat Sachem neat year?the highe*t office In the State organisation of Red Men Kllsabeth City ha* three Past Oreat Sachem* of the Red Men, these being A. C. Oarrett, J W. Alexander and W. Ren. Ooodwln Besides hi* activities In that fra ternity. Mr. Ooodwln la Pant State Councilor of the Junior Order, ajid past president of the North Carolina league of Build ing and Loan Aaaoclatlona. In the Degree of Pocahontae. women's branch of the Red Men. Kllsabeth City haa two holdera of i the rank of Past Oreat Pocahontas I They are Mrs. Florence Smith and ; Mrs. W Ben Ooodwln. + \%< H- ? Dr. John n. GriggH. of IhIn city. In a highly Important figure among North Carolina Masonn,! holding the office* of Grand Re corder of the (Hand Chapter, (.rand Council and Orand Com mandery He In a I mo Past (Jrandj Commander and Pant Orand IfIfrtl Priest. In the Htate Kncampment of the Independant Order of Odd! FelloWH. M. P. Jennings.? of this city, holds office as Grand Senior Warden. In the normal course of events he will become Orand High Priest next year, and will hp elec ted to office of Orand Patrlnrrh, highest In the Htate Encampment, the year after. He also la Orand Herald In the Orand Lodge of the State Odd Fellowa. Htate Senatori P. If Williams Ir Paat Orand Mas ter of the Orand Lodge, and Hlf ry T. Oreenleaf, cashier of the In duatrlal Hank and W. H Weather ly. Sr., are Paat Grand Patrlarcha in the Kncampment. Klliaheth City la except Ion .illy well represented In the North Carolina Hankers Association, with | W. O. Oalther, Tire prenldent of the First A Cltlxeajp National Hank, holding office aa flrat vice president. and Harry O. Kramer, vice president and caahler of the Having* Rank Ir Trust Company, aa treasurer of the State body Dr. J. D. Hathaway la paat pre aldent of ill* Htate Hoclety of Optometry hnd of the State Hoard of Optometry, lie was a member of the Htat?* board of examiners In that profession for fen year* Clarence It. Pugh (i a lieuten ant governor In the Carolina* Dis trict <?f Klwanla International A survey of the foregoing will lead many to the belief that in ? II North Carolina there la not a city the slxe of this one with any where aa largo a representation on fraternal and other State bodies Lost Rescuers' Last Picture Thin picture of Capt. Hill Krwln (left) and hla navigator. A. H. Klchwaldt, was taken Just before the two darlnK airmen Mtarted on the brave attempt to rescue the lo*t I>ole flyer* lu the Pacific. Now battlenhipB avid plane* are seek in k Krwln and Klchwaldt. Old Glory Is Held Back By Weather Roosevelt Field. N. Y.. Aug. 2' (AF) ? The monoplane Glory." loaded and fueled, perched at the runway top today, earth bound by a fresh east wind that definitely precluded a take-off on the non-stop flight for Rome. Neither Lloyd Uertaud. nor J. D. Hill, the pilots had appeared at the field by mid-morning. Jas. McIMiall. Fokker mechanic, and a member of the recent Gug genheim flight to New Foundland In aearch of KugMMr and Coll. w?k positive there would bo no flight today. Still Takes Wings When Peril Nears Smelling danger In the offing., the operators of a still on tho shores of Knohb* Creek, in the Fork section, moved M to parts unknown. The result wan that ' when 8herlff Charle? Carmine and Potto* Offifcer Twiddy. of the Elis abeth City force, paid an uncon ventional vialt to the spot Thurs day afternoon, the still had van ished. The officers found a gasoline drum and five boxen partly fullj of inash. which they destroyed.! The site of the liquor plant wan tof I the rear of the home of Heury | | Poole, colored, and a search for liquor was made (here, hut with out result. Poole, by the way. Is] not Klizabeth City's well known! colered barber. In discussing the raid Friday., Officer Twiddy voiced a suspicion that the atlll Is reposing on tho, bottom of Knobbs Creek, at the end of a rope tied safely ashore. This may poiwibly expluln a thine of something rc*onibllnn Iron rust that is nil too notlrihh- In the city water after it has been boiled, as many Elizabeth City house holder will agree. Says Widow And Deputy Asleep After Killing flreenvllle, 8. C., AukiixL 26? (AP)?Testimony that Mrs. Ethel W4Uie unci Henry 8. Townsend were lying on her bod apparently aaloep within three bourn after 8herlff Sam D. Willis, had been shot to death wan Riven at their murder trlul today by Coroner John L. Psrks. Parks nald he saw the defen dant* on the brd when he went Into Mrs. WIMh' bedroom to Ret one of the widow's shoe*. The shoe, he itwore, fit snugly Into the womanS foot prlntK which the wltneM had prevloUHly testi fied to tracing from Mrs. Willis* automobile to the rear of the sheriff's car in the direction of the, spot where the dead officer's body was found. Townsend appeared to be drunk shortly after the sheriff wms shot and smelled strongly of whlxk0y. Parks said. The coroner told of finding on a sack of ?alt In Mrs. Willln car. the print of a man's foot with toe pointing downward. Townaend lie said, spent most of his time after the tragedy up to hi* srrest. st Mrs. Wills' homo. After hi* arrest, the witness ssld, the former deputy made n^? pro testation of Innocence, except to say: ? "Well, I'll bo d?, keep digging and you II (?( to the bottom of this yet.' Mrs. Willis, who appeared on the verge of a breakdown when the bloodstained clothing her hus band wore when shot wan offered In evidence, regslned much of her composure. She leaned forward lo hesr every word the wltneaa uttered. Her h? avy black veil was tiirown back from her care-worn face. Parks nald Mrs. Willis tpld detective W. W. Kogers that she had gever nuspecUMl her huaband of any infidelity during their IS years of married life, Townnend wan quoted by the witness as naying shortly after the killing that he could name the flayer after the seeing "a certain party" after that he ?wor? Town send made no effort to assist In the Investigation. - BIG CIVIL ACTION NEVER TO REACH JURY, FORECAST Compromise Predicted in. Quarter Million Dollar. Suit Again*t Gregory and Chnnical Compuny ANSWEIt AWAITED I'laint if f* Arruftc Former General Manager of Ka*t-| ern Cotton Oil Companyi of Breach of Faith The biggest civil* damage suit ever Instituted in Fllzabah City. I In point of amount of money In-1 volved, never will come to trial, \ In the opinion of J. C. Thompson, deputy clerk in Federal Court ' here, with whom the complaint of the plaintIffH was filed lost week. It 1h an action In which T. 8. White, of Hertford, and other for mer stockholders In the Kastern |Cotton Oil Company are anklns Judgments acgrPKutlnv u quarter [of a million dnllnrx against Willis N. Gregory, of Baltimore. The Je fendantn were allowed 20 days Ifrom the date when the case was I moved to Federal Court. In which I to file their answer. This Is ex pected In the next week or ten days, and Is awaited with keen In jtereat here. I "They'll never let the caae get ito a Jury." Mr. Thompson pre dicted. "It will end in some sort iof a compromise. Of course, it , looks bad for the defendants now. -but it may be entirely different when tho answer is filed." The plaintiffs contend that tlicy are entitled to receive $242,757 which they allege Is duo them from the sale of 2,303 share* of" stock representing control of the Eastern Cotton Oil Company, which was transferred to the Davison Chemical Company last year, and for which, they set forth, I they received $10f. a share, In stead of $214 per share or "some othqr largo sum." to which they 'contend they were entitled. | It Is set forth further In the complaint that the defendants, in > ^disposing of their stock. acted up-f on the advice of Mr. Gregory, co defendant In the" suit, who was 'general manager of the company' .it that time. In point of amount Involved. It Is said to be the blg g?-st civil action ever Instituted In Elizabeth City. The answer to the complaint has not been filed. T. H. White, of Hertford, heads j the list of the plaintiffs In the amount of his claim, which In. JM3.420, the balance alleged to be due upon 866 shares of stork. Tudor F. Wlnalow, executor of t???? estate of tho late Kdward W. Win-, slow, asks for $32,184; Pr K. S. j White, $7,020; Mrs Cornlel White Abbltt, $20,M8H; Mrs. Clate White Avdlelt. $30,888; | Mrs. Willie White Weeks. $30, 88K; T. F. Winslow. $10,800; and 7- L. Abbltt, $7.fifiK. All the plaintiff* axe residents of I'er j (Continued on pago 2) Nine Dead and Others Believed Lost In Storm Off the Canadian Coast District Governor Talks To Bestcity Rotary Club "Take Ilotary seriously." the motto of the now president of Ilofary International, express an Ideal which all Ilotarlans might emulate, Luther Hodge*, district governor, told the Elizabeth City; Ilotary club In concluding hero at Friday's luncheon at the Southern hotel a tour of the three clubs of the Albemarle District. On Tues-, day District Governor Ilodges | ?poke to the Edenton clitb at Its j regular luucheon there and on Thursduy night he spoke to the Hertford club In special session at the Hertford hotel. Viedlctiug that within the next two years Ilotary International will have been extended to fifty nations, the speaker asked If this prospect and the present fact that; Jtotary has 26UO clubs in 42 coun tries whose members view It so seriously that they are looklug to It as an agency for world peace and fellowship should not be rea son enough for the individual ltotarlan of the Elizabeth City I club to take his membership^*er-| lously. "The biitgeet tragedy In Ro tary," he declared, "la not that the membership Is smaller than It should fee, but In the fact that member* who have been elected to certain classifications are not really filling them as they might beat be filled in their community. ' How well are you represent ing your vocation of your club? How well are you representing Kotary In your vocation?" Describing service as one of the most abused words In the lan guage the speaker declared that "Service Above Self.' Is beat. In terpreted in thottghtfullness of others. "In International relations." he ssid. It is this thoughtfulness of oUlera ill disarming prejudice aud bigotry. " 'Hoy, I'd give $10,000 for your red hair,' a certain ltotarlan told the elevator boy who was taking him up to his office, and lu those few wn^t he did a better piece of boy's work than the club could have done by making a substantial appropriation to establish a boy's camp and then forgetting ahout It." District Governor Hodges left Friday afternoon for Norfolk. From there he goes to Ooldsboro whero he will address the Itotary club Monday night. Further |{e|M>rt* from Huh inn Hrcl? Awuited with Trepidation ??< Force of Winds Sweep Northward DAMAGE ON LAND More Tliun Million Dollar* Dumugr to (!mp?, llijih w?v?, Itailwuy*, on l-ulld But Toll of Life At Sea l)oaton, Auk. 2??.? (AP)?Sci pnrta from Cape Co?l to Now Poundland today awaited with trepidation further report* from their fishing fl?fta which had al ready told of nine dead, four mlsa Inis and many Injured, with shlfM lout or broken by the force of A' hurricane which pwrpt the coaat. Severe dainaae to cropi and high ways was reported from tho land but the toll of life won exacted at aea. Ah the storm swept 'north* 4 ward came report* first of tho grounding of three yachts at Nan tucket, then the Kroundlng of on? achoont-r and th? dismasting Of another off Cape Cod, three Va# ?els and docens of small craft wrecked In Nova Scotia, one suak, alx grounded, and two forced adrift at St. Pierre, Mlquelon. with the storm sllll raxing at St. Johns, New Koundland. A vivid narrative of the force of the blow waH brought hen* by the steam trawler Harvard, which lost one of her crew, had another severely Injured when th? sea which took him off flung him back to the deck, and had two others hurt. Grave fears wero e\ presnesd 'for the smaller boata ?flshlnK on George Hank. No Uvea .were loat from the Itrltlah schpon '??r Mlna* Princess although ahe lost all but her foremast taforfr beliiK taken in low for Vineyard Haven Massachusetts. Nova Scotia, felt the full fury of tho storm and damage there was estimated ?t more than $1, 000,000. The Dominion Atlantic Railway reported 22 waahouta be tween Halifax and Yarmouth alone which highways In some eeo tlons were eight feot under wa ter. New York. Aug. 2T,.? (AP) ? Ocean liner* arriving toda* report ed wind of from 80 to 100 mllea an hour which churned tho sea In to 40 and 50 foot waves during the big blow which swept the At lantic Tuesday and Wednesday. ' Captain Kruie of the Hamburg-. American Liner Kesolute said hla vessel passed through the center of the storm but was only forced to heave-to once and then for on ly 2A minute*. The Coastwise Liner Yoro ar rived from Jamaica 40 hours ov erdue. The captain said the decks were awash for 4K hours and at times 40 and f?0 foot waves swept over the navlKatlng bridge. The Santa Maria, arriving 20 hours overdue, from Kingston and Havana reported that It was able to make but six knots an hour. * Four Barrels Chips Made Of Tyrrell County Spuds Sewed Columbia Visitors I. J. C.iihoon, Chairman of Arrangement* for Scupper* r.ong liriiltfv i'.clcUralion, Sayi They Will In? Served an ISearly t'reah /ram the Oven at Pomihle Columbia. Augunt 26-?Four! , barrel* of choice potato chip* made' from fancy spud* grown In ! Tyrrell County will bo pna*ed nuf to vlaltora.in Columbia on the oc casion of tho formal opening of | the Hcuppernong Hirer bridge. A. J. Colioen. chairman of the; commUt*# on arrangements, has Juat shipped four barrel* of apud* to Klnaion whore they will be shipped and put In bag* and Mil I back to Columbia?Just a* near i"fre*h from the oven" a* ponalble. I Old King wpud ha* pulled many a Tyrrell County farmer out of the hole financially thin year and j ha* cleared many home* bf mort fgage no the committee on arrange-j i m?*titn feel thai proper homage i ahould be paid the epud when the| County pStisea to formally <ele brate the opening of ?h** State bridge over the Hcuppernor?? Hlver on September 7. And, In addi tion to giving proper credit to the apud. the committer r*alle<? that everybody liken potato chip" ? especially from good Tyrrell County potatoes The four barrel* will mako J. R20 bag* of potato chip*. A. J Cohoon, chairman of the arrange ment committee, nay* that that number will be needed. I A* September 7 draw* nearer. . plan* for the groat road and bridge celebration here are beginning to take definite abapc. Though detail* are not yet j complete, tentative plan* for the day* event call for the grand , parade to start at eleven o'clock | and open thf formal celebration. a *? a - t ,4mt' it-, >? Thn addre?a of welcome will b? made by Mayor W. J. White? and Columbia'* mayor ha* th?? re putation of being a good *peakor an well an a hard worker. Prancla I). Wlnaton of Wind sor will mak?? the fMponn. Then will follow addre?aea of Congre** man Llndney Warren. Frank I'age and Prank Kugler Information haH not yet been received an to whether or not Ovoernor McUia ran attend. ??Plana for feeding lh? ffve thouRand people expected here are In th?- handx of A J. Co boon, en terprlalng nroprletor of thf? Col umbia Hotel, and W. H Carawan. local banker and builneaa oihii The committee on arrangement* wanla |t understood that those who do not like barbeouo will find plenty of other thing* to eat. The folk* .of the County are being called upon to prepare chicken*, ham*, and other Rood thin** for the occanlon. "We don't want any body to come her#? and leave hun gry," a member of the committee "aid thi* morning. Two big aeaplenea will arrive here early on the morning of Hep tember 7. They will park on the north aide of the new Hrupper nong River bridge. Decorating the town began thl* morning with Floyd Cohoon over ?? Hng the Job. Thoae Who know the rapabPltlea of Mr. Cohoon along thla Iln?* imy that he will "ee to It that the vlaltor will feel the welcome aplrlt of Columbia aa noon a? hi* car gel* In view of lb* new ttcuppernonf River bridge. Tourists Killed In Train Wreck Near Mont Blanc Chnmonlx, Franco., Auguit (AIM A mountain 'ui party. after gazing upon Ihfl vnC *en of Ice filling the hlgheat haalno of th? Mont Hlanr Chain waa aud denly changed Into a party of death and Buffering when the cog railway train In which tp?? daa cent" waa being made wun wrecked near Montenvern la*t night. Fif teen peraon*. lo women and 5 men. were known today to karw been killed outright and ?U dl*4 of Injuries. Seemingly, none of the alxty oc* cupanta of the wrecked roach es caped unaeratched. Twenty five Injured were taken to (he cham on It hodpltal and other* to CI Hi leg at Montenver*. Annecy and other |lice? In the region. Among the Injured wore. Mra. Newton Perry of Chicago, and her daughter, who mffered broken leg*. Their rnuld w.n ani'>ng thtwe killed The Identity of all the victim* wan atlll unknown thla morning but no far a? could he learned the two Chicago women and th#4f mai l were the only Amerfctng. ft la *uppo?ed a cog slipped ow ing to the 'Inking off ?ho ?raci through roeent lnce?*ant ralna. The train ran away from the en gine and the flrat coach, going off the ralla. dashed over a viaduct to th?- ravin* below juat In front of the Montenvem Hotel. Thrqugfc the preaence of mind of a t/eaaei ger named H?m?ry. who appllod the emergency tireak. the second car kept from following tbe Ural*