Lipht to gentle winds. ******* ******** THE HEATHER. * ? ... - ... Generally juir tonight * CIRCl L iTIOM VOL. XIU. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Jl'LY 11. 1923 2JGIIT PAGES NO. 139 Plans Now Taking Shape For The Big Fair This Fall Dticlvtxirlli Glover I* New Secretary-Manager?Prosperity and Good Koads Will Stimulate Interest This Yea'r?Directors Meet Again Tonight With high prices for truck crop;, with prospects bright for good money ft>r what Is expected to be the big gest cotton crop in the history of Pasquotank County, and with new highways continually bWng op.-ne.i to traffic. the .Albemarle District Fair This year is expected to bring crowds even exceeding those of last year to Kiizaheth City. Duckworth Glover Is the newly elected secretary-manager of the fair association. He was unani mously elected at a meeting of the directors held at the offices of the Carolina Potato Exchange Tuesday Light. Mr Glover for the last sev eral yoars. has done important work In connection with practically every Fair that has been held here and the directors feel that they are quite fortunate In securing the services of Mr. Glover In this capacity. The directors meet again tonight at tho offices of the Carolina Potato Exchange at 7.30. This meeting wi:i be held to elect :h< nniidnt tnd at her offices of th ? ' Fair Asso tion and to receive reports from committees on finance selected at Tuesday's night's meeting. All di rectors and stockholders are aske 1 to be present at this meeting. The Fair will be held some time during the month of October Though Mr. Glover is at a disad vantage In the late start on plans for this year's fair, certain handicaps I that prev^ed last year are out of i the way. For instance, last year an Immense amount of building had ! M.yjio.lisf Church by the pa*, tor. I?r. .Vh xJlWilson. Int? fluent wa? mad* in HoTfrlrHoil. . . *!*!:?? active pnllh'ear<>rs \v? re: \V. J Sr.. M. IMuh Sheep. J 11. l.'iUi. II. r. Fearing. I,. K. Fore man. J f?. Fearing. S. II. Parker and l{. IS. Taylor. . The honorary i>alltioairi>rK were: Superintendent of the Sunday Srhoo; J. A. Hooper. Kay Loader W.'c. Saw yer. the trustees of the church and the members of Its hoard of stew ards. The Odd Fellows attended tin services In a body. Anions the out- of town relatives here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. J. IL Itarrett and Mrs. Jam.* Crandy of Norfolk. Mr. and Mr;. C W. Edwards of Durham. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Kramer. Miss Gladys Kramer, S. L Kramer, Jr.. Mrs. IJ H. nachman. and Mr. and Mrs. s!' I.. Kramer of Edenton. Mrs T (V Walton of Great H/dg?'. Mrs. Chas Early and Mrs. Robert Tavlor of Oatesvllle Charles Edward Kramer came to Elizabeth City from Watsontown.i Pennsylvania. In 1X71. when hi father, the_ljite D. S. Kramer, iiiovom to this cltv, and when.lie himself j was a boy of 13. In early manhood i he became affiliated with his father In the lumber flrm of D. S. Kramer & Son. He was president of the lum ber firm of Kramer Itrothers & Company from the time of-its origin untlj Its affairs were liquidated in 1917. In 1018 the Kramer-Moss Company, wholosale-'lumher concpin. was organized with Mr. Kramer as secretary-treasurer, and this place in the firm he held up to the time of Ills death. Mr. Kramer had other btisim ss Interests as well. When the Swings Hank &? Trust Company was oruan-, Iz*mI in 1903 lie was a member ? f its, board of directors and he continued on its hoard until 1021. when he re-] signed to be succeeded hv his so. In-law. Dr. H. D. Walker. In 1012 he was one of the promoters of. the Elizabeth City Oil & Fertilizer Com pany *?nd when it was organized in June of that year lie was chosen Its; president. He continued to h? the directing head of this concern until its consolidation with the Kastern Oil Company of Hertford in 1016. and since that time he has been a large stockholder In the consolidated company. Although taking an active and successful part In the business life of the town, those who knew C. E. j Kramer hest declare that his first Interest was fflwa.vs in the work of his church. For fil years he was a member of the First Methodist Sun day School and for 40 years a mem ber of that church. He was a mem ber of the board of stewards for about 20 years, was chairman of the' board for three terms, and held this office at the the time of his death. When the present beautiful house of worship was being erected by his church, lie held the important place of financial secretary of the building committee and was tireless In his zeal for his task. He also served as superintendent of the Sunday school for two terms and had been a mem ber of the Wesley. Hlble class from its beginning. He was also chairman of the missionary committee of the church. He attended the annual dis trict conference regularly and was well known throiieliout the district and In Methodist circles throughout the State. Mr. Kramer died suddenly Mon dav afternoon at 20 minutes to 1 o'clock at his home on East Main street. He was standing In the hall when his daughter. Mrs Henjamln I,. Hanky, heard him fall to the floor Hastening to his side she found him still conscious, apparently, but un able to speak. He was still breath ing when the first of a number of physicians, hastily summoned, reached him. but lie never rallied, and died, probably, within three min utes from the beginning of the heart attack to which he succumbed. He whs known to have heart trouble hut there was no warning that the end was so near at hand. Indeed, the family was planning and preparing to go to Nags Head for the summer when the attack came on. The death, of course, came as a great shock not only to the Immediate family but to the entire community and section. Mr. Kramer is survived by his wife, who before her marrlag" was Miss Sal lie Holmes, and by two daughters, Mrs. Benjamin I.. Ilanks and Mrs. H. D. Walker. There Is al-, so a surviving brother. J. P. Kra mer; and three sisters. Mrs. Alex. T. Davis, Mrs Annie Hanks and Mrs. p. H. Williams. Two brothers. John A. Kramer and Allen K Kramer, have died within comparatively recent years. I ? I OI'llIM IS SMUGGLED INTO TIIE PHILIPPINES Manila. July 11. ~ SmuttKllns of Chlneae and opium into the Philip pine Inland* from port* in llrltinh North Horwo continue on an exten *lr# *cale. according to Vlcenta At: dam*". Jnwiilar collector of cu*tom?, who ha* Just returned from a vl*lt to half a do*en port* in the *outhern part of the Philippine archipelago. Collector Aldanea* declared that the immigration lawn of the Philip pine* need to he changed to provide a penalty for tho*e who are found to hare entered the l*1and through . Illicit mean* H* My* lack of tliin Ik In d of a provision In tha present law I* being taken advantax* of by the Chlneae Immigrant* i A NEW PROBLEM IN PROHIBITION California \?k? Su preme ' ( ourT V hetlirr ill#' Stale Cun IVoliiliit Mini from Killing Prescription. Washington. July 11.?An entire iy now feature of I ho prohibition question reached the Supreme Court toil ay from California. This new phase of the problem in volves the question of whether slat"* ran prohibit druggists from filling physicians' prescriptions which call' for the quantity of medical liquor al lowed by the Federal law. Merlin llixson. a druggist of Los' Angeles. has asked the Court to re view his conviction for violating ail ordinance limiting the quantity of liquor which a druggist may dispense | upon any prescription to eight liquid ounces, or half the amount allowed 1 under the.Federal law. WHEAT SELLS AT LESS THAN DOLLAR rhlcn/o, July 11. Although who.it opened at ?* dollar or ??Love a hush f*I -today, the price soon dropped to below the dollar mark for the !ir*t (Into this seasntr and a rare event since before the World War. Twenty-Seven I. W. W. Members Convicted I.os Angeles, July 11.?Twenty peven alleged Industrial Workers of the World were convicted In Superi or Court here today on two counts of an Indictment charging criminal syndicalism. TWO MILLION FOR COTTON GROWERS Checks Mailed Out and Drive Started for New Members in Every Lotton Growing Coiintv of State. Raleigh, July 11.?Cheeks abro gating a total of $2.100.000.00 went out to the 30 odd thousand members of the North Carolina Cotton Grow ers' Co-operative Association the pant week, according to General Manager 1'. TV Ilia lock. This was a fourth distribution on the 136.000 bales of cotton received i durintr the oast season and brought, the total advance up to 22e per pound, basis middling, Mr. Tllalork Ftates. Approximately $ 1 r?.000.000 , has now been paid out to the mem-1 hers. Practically all of the short staple cotton has been sold, thoueh there is quite a quant It v of It yet to be delivered during the months of July nnd August. Kvor.v effort Is being put forth by I the association to make a final set-J tlement with its members before the i new crop comes In. It i? very like Iv, however, that they will be Unable. to make a Anal settlement on staple cotfon at the same time that the fin al distribution Is made on the short staple. The managers of the Raleigh; ofTlee do not think It wise to force their stock of staple cotton on the' present low market and do not be lieve they would be serving the best t Interests of the members who have staple cotton in the association. It is very Ilk??!>* that a fifth ad vance will l?p mmif to the members before the final distribution checks are mailed. The warehousing, grading. selling and delivering of 13f?.0OO bales of cotton has been a big tank. Mr. Ilia lock declares, but the wisdom of sell ing a year's crop of cotton over a Period of 12 months. Instead of dumping It on the market in ft0 davaj has been abundantly proved, he br lleves. On July 4th a South-wide cam paign for new members was launrhwl In the 12 cotton growing states com posing the American Cotton Grow ers' Exchange. "Every member get a jnembcr" Is the slogan adopted for the membership campaign, which started the past week and will con-, tlnue throughout the summer. This1 drive will be conducted largely by ( the members of the association, The entire membership Is now beginning to realize that cotton wild on the outside of the association In In direct competition with co-operative mar ketlng. Alreadv plans are under way look ing to the handling of the coming crop and with the experience gained from the past year. General Manag er Hlalock expects the service ren dered to the members to he greatly Improved. A totally Inadequate ware house system last year was a great handicap In the past year's opera tions. Much larger and better ware houses are now being constructed* at logical points throughout the Stat*-. , A competent crop of clSssers have alreadv been engaged and It Is the aim and purpose of the association to keep up the grading of its cotton l as fast as It Is received In the wafc , houses. All members are being re numbered by counties, and with the co-Dpejatlon of Ita members In ship ping their cotton under their correct .name and contract number. It Is hoped to eliminate about 90 per cent | of the past year'a office troubles. BISHOP OF SYRACUSE. Mgr. Daniel J. Curley, for twenty years pastor of the Church of Our lady of Solace, New York city, was consecrated Bishop of Syracuse. He suc ceeds , the late Bishop John Grimtfs. TWELVE KILLED i IN POWDER PLANT III ventilation Started to As certain (!an?r of M\W-rious Tragedy in (iurlriilp' 4loin pany'* Plant. tnv Tin* A>?IT||Im| Prc??. I Alton. 111. July/11.?Twelve oin ployes. seven of them women, were killed and 23 injured in an explosion late yesterday at the pktut of the Western cartridge Company at Kasl Alton. Though the company's ofti cials declined to offer any explana tion of the explosion, it is general ly Ifeiieved that the terrific blast which rocked all ?buildings within a radius of five miles may have had its origin in ioT>se powder being jammed in the pockets of the machine used for decapping army shells which had been purchased by the firm for sal vage purposes. An investigation was started to day. ("ollepe of Surgeon* to Meet at Chicago Chicago, July 11.?Hospital stan-, dardizntion. scientific research, ap plication of recently developed for-' mulaa In the control of disease, sur-l gical and"niedlcal clinics and a series of technical discussions In the ad vancement of science, are among the features of the program of the Am erican College of Surgeons, which will hold its annual meeting .. here October 22-20. The surgical and clinical program: will be carried out in 10 Chicago' hospitals, medical schools and labor atories. according to announcement by A. D. 11aHon. general manager of the congress. Membership In the college extends to every state id the 1'iyon. Alaska, the Philippines, every province in Canada. Central and South America, Kngland and the con tinent. China and other countries, Mr. Hallou said, all of which coun-j tries are expected to be represented by delegates. HANK DEPOSITORS AllE MARKING TIME Shelby. Montana, July 11. ? Re-; ports of bank examiners working on ; thfl books of the Pint State Hank of Shelby, whrtrti closed yesterday. ar* expected to lie available tomorrow.! Meanwhile depositors of the Instltu-! tlon, of which Mayor James Johnson , of Shelby, treasurer for the protnot-f ers of the IJenipsey-Cribbons flu lit, I was president, mark time. The closing of this bank was the immediate result of the suspension i of the Stanton Trust & Savings Hank of (Jreat Kails of which Oeo/ge Stan ton. who aided In the fight financing.I was president. FI.OHK BREAKS TO A NEW I.OW MARK! Minneapolis, July 11. ? Flour] broke today to a new low mark In | about eight years when one of the I largest mills here set the price at $6 | a barrel for family and patents, MUSI I oi \\ \1.KH \I?I?S TO FAMK OP KlXfJ ( AR1T.\