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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
Sub-Chaser To Be Used By Birmingham Naval
 Unit

Birmingham's navy arrived at 3 80 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. At that hour, the SC-154 manned by members of the Birmingham Naval Reserve threw down the gangplank at Birming- port, making the completion of the trip from Key West. The craft arrived at it's home port one-haf hour ahead of time, This, officers and members ot the crew regarded as a good omen, coming as it did at the end of a cruise filled with danger on one occasion and on an other resulting in the death of two men.
 The subchaser, 110 feet in length and completely accoutered for war in cluding its three-inch cannon, was greeted with cheers from large delega- tion of representative Birmingham cit izens, headed by Commodore Richard Massey, of the Warrior Yacht club, as it slid into it's berth at Birmingport. It is the first war vessel to come within 25-miles of Birmingham, and in the future is to be used as training ship for the Birmingham unit of the naval reserve. It is to be permanently sta toned at the port and will be used for weekend training cruises down the Warrior river and for several longer trips each summer, Lieut.. Thomas w. Pratt, commanding officer of the re- serve, stated.
 Has Bad Start
 The trip from Key West to Birming- port started inauspiciously, Lieutenant Thomas said. The craft put out from the naval base into a heavy sea, caused by a coast-wide storm. Two other boats which left the harbor turned back, but the SC-154 decided to con tinue its voyage. Several hours out of Key West, all three engines of the boat were disabled. At the same time, the wireless went out of commission. Lieutenant Thomas ordered the boat an- chored in 11-fathoms of water and for 20 hours the vessel rolled and tossed while the crew endeavored to repair the motors The crew and officers also suffered from nal de mer, it was said, having lost their sealegs since leaving the regular army.
 As soon as one engine was put in running order, the SC-154 returned to Key West and all the engines were hastily overhauled, although Lieutenant Thomas said they did not work satis- factoriiy during any part of the trip.
 Engine trouble delayed the vessel considerably, the SC-154 requiring Az hours to run from St. Petersburg to Pensacola, ordinarily an 1S-hour run The trip was uneventful until the boat was 65-miles north of Mobile. At s sharp bend in the river, she crashed into n small launch without lights con
 Continued On Page TwO.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
|PULPITTEXT MAY YBECLUE TO MYSTERY
 Mrs. Sheatsley Impressed By Husbands Sermon, Police Learn | MADE ODD REMARK
 TO HER DAUGHTER Woman, Found In Fur
 mace, May Have Ex- pected Death
 SUICIDE THEORY IS ABANDONED Prosecutor Certain She Could Not Have Entered Furnace
MADE ODD REMARK
 TO HER DAUGHTER:
SUICIDE THEORY
 IS ABANDONED
deased Wire to Age-Herald)

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. IS. "Your father will never preach a better sermon than he did last night"
 This remark may be the key to the weird mystery of the death of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley, whose blackened bones were raked from the eoals of a par sonage furnace by her hus- band, the Rev. c. V. Sheatsley, pastor of the Lutheran church in Bexley, a fashionable Co., lumbus suburb.
 Authorities have picked the quotation from mass of testimony obtained Tuesday in a daylong examination of Rev. Sheatley and his four children who range in age from 10 to 20.
 Determined not to let the least shadow of clew escape them, they claim to see in these words spoken by Mrs. Sheatsley to her 14-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, only few hours before her death, the possibility of a BSfcuoiOStChl SOAuliOh VI tAAS mystery"
 The subject of Rev. Sheatley's sermon Sunday night was Paradise Regained. The theme of the sermon was Heaven nd the pastor gave it as his opini0n
 heaven is "the ancient paradise re. tored through Jesus, the second Adam"
 Before daylight Monday morning,
 Heard Mother Gr0an 7 Elizabeth was awakened by groans eminating from her mothers bedroom and rushed to her bedside. T am in no pain,' the mother said Remember that your father will never preach better sermon than he did last night. Now go back to bed like good girl and don't worry"
 Elizabeth told John R. King, county prosecutor, during the investigation Tuesday afternoon, that she thought nothing more of the incident until her mothers death and that then it struck me rather funny
 If we can get behind Mrs. Sheats- ley's words about the serman we may have a solution or at least clew," the proceutor said.
 If this is a case of suicide, as Cor oner Murphy claims it is, then Mrs Sheatsley may have been attracted to death by her husbands description of heaven.
 Impending Disaster
 'If, on the other hand she knew of some impending disaster, then she may have been seeking to reconcile her self to her fate"
 The prosecutors theory that grue- some murder has been committed is cor roborated by little more than his be. lief that suicide by such means would have been inconceivable. The furnace door is IA by If inches, but the pros ecutor insists that it would have been humanly impossible for a woman tt have crawled headfirst into a bed of glowing coals and then to have pulled the doors closed behind her. He also scoffs at the theory that she could have entered feet first.
 Otherwise, the day of questioning the pastor and his four children developed nothing upon which authorities pin much hope of a solution. The family was excused by the prosecutor and re- turned to the parsonage Tuesday eve ming unaccompanied. No charges have been filed in connection with the death
 The pastor told straightforward
 (COntinued On Page TwO.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
STATE EXECUTIVES
 END CONFERENCE
Start Cruise To Miami, Where
 They Will Disband
lRx Associated Press.l

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. 1S.- Governors who attended the sixteenth annual conference here yesterday and today, having completed the discussions before them and adjourned during the noon hour, are tonight the guests of Governor Cary A. Hardee and the state of Florida on a boat trip on the St. Johns river. The party will disband at Miami Saturday.
 Governor F. Lee Trinkle, of Virginia, named yesterday as chairman of the executive committee, declared today that it would be the aim of the committee to create more interest in the conferences and bring about attendance of every gov ernor in the United States. He said, too, that the committee would strive to arrange for q meeting next year that would be devoted more to actual busi- ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
LA TOILETTE FAVORS
 NEW PARTY PLANS
Progreseives, Liberals, Labor
 Groups To Organize Soon

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 1S.-A new narty will be organized out of the pro gressive, liberal and labor groups which supported Senator La Toilette in the recent presidential campaign, it was made known here today. La Toilette leaders, in the face of statement by Congressman John NJ. Nelson, Wiscon- sin. that the third party idea would be given the "cold shoulder at the Jan Uary meeting of progressive chieftainss, declared La Toilette was ready to push the new party.
 Although Senator La Toilette is not yet ready to make any public statement of his plans, it was learned that he IS committed to the plan of launching new Dartytt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
NEWS FROM TODAY'S
 WANT ADS

Experienced lady cashier wants position. Experienced stenographer with legal experience, desires position. High school student with wheel. wanted for four hours work in afternoons. A key, close in on noFthside is offered; s3,00O cash is required. An auto salesman is sought Special Six Studebaker new paint and tires for S395. Salesman to sell radio equipment is wanted.
 An eight-room bungalow on lot 75x19O. modern with side drive to garages Is advertised. Five-room bungalow in Edgewood is offered. Many attractive rooms are offered. Maintenance bridge man is wanted. An alley corner on 25th street be- tween 4th and 5th avenues, inn proved with stores is offered for $15.00O, Collector and truck driver wanted. by reliable firm. A well appointed Norwood home is offered for S6,500. Combination shipping clerk and truck driver is sought A new Spanish bungalow Is offered. Lady cashier and five waitresses is wanted at once. Two Ford touring cars with self starters offered for $S5. 4 10-acre tract. improved, 7-roA bungalow. 3 cottages. .aeZ sale. M Hudson, 1923 model is
 for $500.
 A modern six-room bun
 Norwood is offered for V
 S65 per month. Class ring lost Monday. Bookkeeper and general offlcy
 wants position.
 Turn to Pages 14 and N %
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
Ten Known Dead ,s x < With Scores Mis- .>$g
 Ln Eastern Blizzard
8-Hour Gale Causes Damage Of Millions Along Atlantic Seaboard- Agencies Mobilize To Search For Missing Vessels Rum Runners Are Hard Hit
coming ships has reported the loss ( a life.
 Fires Add To Casualties

coming ships has reported the loss of life.
 Adding to the casualties of the storm there have been several serious water front fires eliminating last night in the destruction of an oil barge, tanker and several huge storage tanks on Staten Island sound. The property damage attributed to the storm, directly or in directly, is estimated in the millions. The United States liner America came in today hours overdue after a hard battle with the seas.
 Still at sea but speeding to port in calmer waters was the White Star liner Homeric whose scheduled arrival tomor- how has been postponed until Thursday Owen D. Young, former agent general of reparations under the Dawes plan, is aboard her.
 Other transatlantic craft, passenger and freight, whose arrival has been post poned a day because of the storm in elude:
 The Cunard liner Assyria from Glas- gow, the Royal Mail steam packet liner Orca from Hamburg, the Swedish Amer ican liner Kingsholm from Gothenburg, the Cunard liner Aurania from Liver pool and the American liner Mongolia from Hamburg.
 The seven men aboard the sloop Frolic, missing from Brooklyn since Sunday, were rescued by the Norwegian steamship Mexicano off Nantucket and about 200 miles from Rockaway Point, according to a message intercepted by the East Hampton radio station tonight.
 The sloop with her party of seven left Mills Basin Sunday morning for a fishing expedition off Rockaway Point. When the men failed to return Sunday (COntinued On Page TwO.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
GRANTED
 SHERIFF CHAFIN
Logan County Officer Convicted
 On Liquor Charge

HUNTINGTON. W. Va, Nov. 1S.- Council for Sheriff Don Chafin, of Lo- gan county, West Virginia, announced today that their client had been granted an appeal to the United States circuit court of appeals at Richmond, Va, in case growing out of prohibition law conspiracy charge. The sheriff was convicted in federal court here and was sentenced to serve two years in the Atlanta penitentiary and to pay fine of $10,000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
Three Killed When Auto
 Quits Road
(By Associated Press.)

LEXINGTON, Ky, Nov. 1S.-Three persons were killed and one injured seriously when an automobile in which they were riding plunged from the Dixie highway into Little Eagle creek at a point eleven miles from Georgetown to- night.
 The dead:
 Mrs. Vernon F'orman. Lexington: Mrs. Irwin Railey, Versailles Miss Lil- lian Razor, Versailles.
 Mrs. Formans daughter, Agnes, was injured.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
THE WEATHER

Alabama: Fair. Georgia: Fair. Tennessee: Fair. MissisSippi; Fair. (COmplete weather data on Page f3(,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-19
CONDITION UNCHANGED

Mrs. Harding In Critical States, Phy'
 sician Announces
 Marion, Ohio, Nov. 18.-(By Asso- ciated Press)-Mrs. Florence Kling Harding was reported tonight by her physician, Dr. Carl W. Sawyer, in a "criticar' condition. There has been no change since this afternoon, however, he reported.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Orange Prize-Winners

From the manager of the
North Carolina State Fair, E.
V. Walborn, a letter comes to
the Weekly with list of Or
ange county residents who won
prizes at last years Fair.
D. Frank Whitemore, Efland
poultry and agricultural prod
ucts, $1,000.
Mrs. D. Frank Whitemore, Eff
land, poultry, S4.
Chapel Hill High School, voca'
tional agriculture, So.
"Seventy-three Of the 10(
counties of the State" writes
Mr.. Walborn, participated ir
the distribution of $10,92S
which was paid in premiums tt
residents of North Carolina"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
"Savageland" Again

"Savageland," the musical
comedy given by the Chapel Hill
schools dramatic club, made
such a hit when it was given
April 5 that there has been great
clamor for another perform
ance. So it will be given again
next Wednesday night at
eight o'clock. The same admis-
sion prices will be charged, So
cents for grown people and 25
cents for children and for Uni
versity students who present
registration cards.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Pi Beta Phi Jubilee
Eleven Members of Chapter Here
Are Off to Washington

Eleven young women of Pi
Beta Phi are leaving today for
Washington to be present to-
morrow (Friday) afternoon
when Howard Chandler Chris
tvs portrait of Mrs. Coolidge
is to be presented by the soror-
ity to the White House. They
are Misses Jane Toy, Frances
Venable, Catherine Boyd, Annie
Duncan, Aline Hughes, Leah
Smith, Martha Michael, Mildred
Morse, Elizabeth Hickerson,
and Daisy Cooper. Miss RATHER
inc Bats is counted from Chap
ell Hill although she comes to
Washington from New York.
This celebration is a national
conference of Pi Beta Phi, Of
which Mrs. Coolidge is an in
fluential member. Another
member in the Administration
circle is Mrs. Wallace, wife of
the Secretary of Agriculture,
and she is to be a guest at the
reception Saturday in the Con-
gressional Club. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, another Pi Phi,
will speak at the banquet Satur-
day night.
All the Pi Phis at the confer
ence will be received by Pres
ident and Mrs. Coolidge after
the presentation of the Christy
portrait.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Help for Tree Planters

The North Carolina Geologi-
cal Survey has issued a little
folder about trees. It tells about
the state of the forests in North
Carolina and the need of pre-
serving them. One page is de-
voted to "When and How to
Plant Trees" There are 1C
simple directions which promote
healthy growth. The aid of the
State Forester, whose address
is Chapel Hill, is offered to all
who wish special advice or in
struction. He is particularly
anxious to enlist the help of
school children in the tree plant
ing and preservation movement.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Fire Walked Mr.. COnnOr
Found Himself on a Burning Bus
and Promptly Left it

Starting back home from Ra-
leigh Sunday night, r. D. w.
Connor, professor of history in
the University, boarded the big
red bus for Durham. There
were only four or five passen-
gers, and Mr.. Connor found that
he had one of the long seats all
to himself.
Before the Fair Grounds had
been left behind very far he be-
came drowsy and decided to
stretch himself out on the soft
cushion. Presently he was
asleep. He did not know a
thing until, a few miles out of
Durham, he suddenly awaked to
find himself in the middle of a
blaze OF light. The bus was on
fire. The other passengers and
the driver were already outside,
and Mr.. Connor promptly join
ed them.
While he stood watching the
flames crawl over the body of
the bus a friend came along in
a car and took him on to Dur
ham. Before they arrived there
they saw a white bus stalled in
the mud beside the concrete
road. And when Mr.. Connor
boarded the Pendergraft car for
Chapel Hill he met a man who
had seen a bus ditched between
Durham and Greensboro. From
which it appears that this was
bad Sunday for busses. But
there was no trouble on the
Chapel Hill-to-Durham line.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
School Site Chosen
County Board Selects Ground Donated
by LuecO Lloyd

At its regular meeting this
week the Orange county school
board decided to place the new
Bingham township school on the
easternmost site of the two that
have been under discussion.
This is the land donated by
Lueco Lloyd to the county and
lies at White Cross on the Sax
aphaw-Graham highway. s
An early start will be made
upon the building. The State
education department in Ra-
leigh has already agreed to adj
vance the necessary money to
the county, and an architect is
completing plans. Probably the
contract will be let by the coun-
ty board within two or three
weeks, and the building will be
completed in time for the OPEN
ing next fall.
It will be a modern brick
structure and will conform to
the latest expert ideas in
school-house construction. The
rooms will be light and airy,
there will be an auditorium,
and there will be adequate sani-
tary facilities.
Now that the argument about
the site is concluded, the Bing-
ham township citizens who are
most interested in schools will
go about having a special school
tax election in order to lengthen
the school term from six months
to eight or nine.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Woodrow Wilson'S ''Lee"

In a beautifully bound and
beautifully printed little volume
the University of North Caro-
lima Press has just published
Robert E. Lee, an Interpreta-
tion by Woodrow Wilson," 1t
is an address which Mr.. Wilson
delivered in Chapel Hill -Janu-
ary 10, 1909, and is now pub
lished in book form by special
permission from Mrs. Wilson.
The price of it is 81, and orders
may be sent in to the Univer-
sity Press, Chapel Hill. Other
books that the Press issues at
the same time are Religious
Gertrude in Age of Science" by
Charles Allen Dinsmore of the
Yale Divinity School, and claw
and Morals" by Roscoe Pound,
dean of the Harvard Law
School. Both of these are made
up of McNair lectures delivered
here, DR.. Dinsm0re's in 1922 and
Mr.. Pounds in 1923.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Surprise for Canadys
Their Daughter Leaves for Week
End Visit and Gets Married

Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Canady
got a genuine shock Sunday eve
ming when they received a tel
egram from their daughter, Miss
Lollie May, telling that she had
been married the day before to
M. L. Skinner of Durham.
A week or so ago Miss Flor
ence Kimery of Ramseur came
on a visit Miss Canady, and
when she left she urged her
friend to hasten to pay her a re-
turn visit. This was agreed to,
and the Chapel Hill girl set
forth on Saturday to redeem her
promise. Her parents told her
goodbye without a suspicion
that she had any other plan in
mind. Shortly after five
o'clock that same day their
daughter had become Mrs. Skin
ner.
The telegram did not say
where the marriage took place,
but Mr.. and Mrs. Canady sup
posed it was in Greensboro.
Mr.. Skinner was formerly a
foreman for T. C. Thompson &
Bros. here and is now with the
Murray Construction Company
in Durham.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Mrs. Battle, Alpine Golfer

Mrs. D. c. Battle has the dis
tinction of being the first per-
son, man or woman, to play golf
upon the links of the Country
Club. She goes out with her
clubs day after day, and is un-
daunted by the boulders, fur
rows, stumps and stubble that
now constitute the fairway.
Critz George, chairman Of the
golf committee, has been work.
ing valiantly on the course and
considering the limited amount
of money at his disposal, has
made good progress. But his
ministrations have extended
over only small part of the
total area. Most Of it suggests
the playground of an Alpine
goat rather than that of a Wo-
man of gentle habits and slender
build.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
DEBATERS FLOCK
TOCHAPEL HILL
Champion Disputants of Il
Schools Will Argue About
Inter-Allied Debts
FINALS TOMORROW NIGHT

This is the day when the high
school debaters take the town.
Two hundred and eighty-four of
them, from II schools scattered
all over North Carolina, gather
here to argue whether or not
the lnter-Allied War Debts
should be cancelled.
These visitors are the winners
in the preliminary triangular de-
bates that have been in progress
for the last few weeks.
1t means a considerable ad-
dition to the population of Chap
ell Hill. With the boys and girls
come teachers and parents and
friends. Homes all over town
are taking in the women and
girls as guests, and the Uni
versity is finding room on the
campus for the men and the
boys.
A meeting is held at two
o'clock today to make the draw,
and tonight the elimination be-
gins. The speaking will so on
through tomorrow; and tomor-
row night in Memorial Hall
comes the final argument be-
tween the two surviving teams.
President Chase will preside.
N. w. Walker will present the
Aycock cup to the winning pair.
M. G. S. Noble will present the
medals to the winners in the
track athletic contests that will
have been going on this after
noon and Friday.
Elizabeth City won the cup
last year. Durham, the winner
of year before last, is the only
town that has got the cup "for
keeps" since it was offered ten
years ago. Victory two years
in succession is required for
permanent possession. After
the capture by Durham a second
cup was provided by the donors,
Cardinals intercollegiate debat-
ers.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Talk by Mining Engineer

Henry M. Payne, distin-
guished mining engineer now
serving as representative of the
American Mining Congress, will
deliver a lecture at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon in Phillips Hall
on the undeveloped mineral re-
sources of western North Caro-
lima. Mr.. Payne was once at
tached to the government of the
Gar of Russia as advisor on
mining affairs and was after
ward a consultant to the Chinese
government.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Bailey Coming Monday
He, Meekins and Mclean to Speak
in Memorial Hall

At the regular Democratic
primary meeting for the Chapel
Hill precinct, held in the school
building Saturday afternoon, S.
w. Andrews, precinct chair
man, announced that Josiah w.
Bailey, candidate for the guber-
Material nomination, would
speak in Memorial Hall Monday
night, April IA. I. M. Meekins,
the Republican candidate, will
speak Thursday, April II, and
A. w. Mclean Tuesday, April
20.
With Mr.. Andrews presiding
at the precinct meeting, j. G.
de r. Hamilton acted as secre-
tary. The following were elect
ed as a precinct executive COM
mittee: S. w. Andrews, J. Y.
Merritt, J. G. de R. Hamilton,
w. S. Robertson, Miss H. M. Ber-
ry, l. w. Pritchard, and R. A.
Eubanks.
Delegates to the county con-
vention, which meets Saturday,
April 18th, at Hillsboro, were
chosen as follows: S. w. An
drews, J. Y. Merritt, R. D. W.
Connor, J. M. Whitaker, r. A.
Eubanks, Miss H. M. Berry, I.
w. Pritchard, ]. A. Maddry, W.
S. Robertson, J. G. de R. Hamil-
ton, J. w. Bennett, Mrs. Kent
Brown, F. Bradshaw, Eugene
Andrews, and Mrs. J. S. Holmes.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Cleared S35 for Church

The Carrboro folks play, "A
Poor Married Man." was receiv-
ed with enthusiasm at Bynum
down in Chatham. AS result of
the performance $50 will be
turned over to the Methodist
church of Carrboro. This play
has been so successful that Miss
Agnes Andrews and Mrs. Stur-
divant, who took the lead in get
ting it up, are thinking that per-
haps they will put on another.
Considerable talent for acting
has been discovered in Carrboro.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-04-10
Club Officers Elected

Mrs. Walter Patten has been
reelected president, and Mrs.
Moody Durham and Mrs. Clyde
Andrews reelected vice-presi-
dents, of the Commune
ty Club. Mrs. Connor re-
mains as treasurer, and the
department chairmen who hold
over are Mrs. Toy, civics; Mrs.
Carter, health; and Mrs. Paul
sen, music. A new officer is Mrs.
H. r. Totten, secretary; new de-
partment chairmen are Mrs.
Trabue, education; Mrs. Knight,
home economics; Mrs. thinner
man, literature; and Mrs. Wall
lace Smith, social service.