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****??*? THE W EATHER. * hair tonight and Thur*- * day. !So change in lent- * IH-rature. Light to gen- * tie winds; \orthirest. * ******** ? ClRCVLiTlOy ? Tue?da\ * 1.612 V.opien * VOL. XIII. VIKAT, EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 18, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 165. HOWARD SMITH AGAIN PRESIDENT Fair Association Directors Kef used to Let Former President Throw l p His Job. X. Howard Smith was re-elected president of the Albemarle Agricul tural Fair Association at a meeting of the board of directors at the of fice of the Carolina Potato Exchange Tue-day night. J. T. McCabe l? the new first vice president and J. W. Foreman was eWted second vicerpresident. T. T. Nel-on was elected treasurer of the association and W. R. Goodwin was made corporation secretary. The following are the executive ccmniittee elected for this year: S. H. JoItttpottt C. O. Robinson. J. T. McCabe, Buxton White. J. W. Fore-1 man. A new board of directors were eUcted and they ar?- as follows: C. . H. Ilrock. Dan Morgan. W. Ron ] CocJwln, J. T. McCabe. C. O. Rob-i in?o:i, S. H. Johnson. X. II. Smith,, W. J. Wood ley, O. F. Gilbert. Tay lor CJ randy. C. W. Stevens. Ruxton i White, T. T. NVI^W, r, Duff-tmd J. W. Foreman. Secretary-Manauer Duckworth Olo-! vc-r announced last night that the prer.iium list would be out within u short time and that plans are und??r' way for the various details of the fair, indudinu several free attrac-, Hons. "The best fair we have ever held." is confidently looked forward to by the new board of directors and bv the business men in general. Their hopes are based on the fact that highways are improving everywhere, crops so far have been cood and prospects are- bright for the unhar vested crop?*. Every year the direc tors and secretary-manager have been able to mal*4?_LUUiIpvements .and make the fair better by the ex Ufrience of the years before. The building-* erected at the grounds last y?ar are all In good condition and thus one of the,biggest problems of a voar ago Is done away with. 'fhe most extensive horse raclnc pro-ram ever airanr-d for a fair 'h re is being pla-Mi?.d by Tom Can non. who managed the races last N V<;s HEAD HKKKZE IS RIGHT ON JOB Xaus Head. July 18.?Dr. R. It. Drane served the Nags Head Chape? on Sunday. There was a good con gregation of familiar faces and then* were several there on their first visit to Nags Head and the chape). Every boat now is adding to the suruilvr colony. The Nags H?-ad br<tze continues A No. 1. List World War Dead In Memorial Center Names of 84,324 Heroes Re pose in Vault of Majestic Monument ? Oakland. California. July IS. Names of Sr4.:*.24 heroes who died in tbf World War today repose in a vault In the Allied Memorial Center her". The memorial, a majest'c monument of steH and stone, was er?rted on the banks of Lake Mcr ritf. In the heart of Oakland, for the purpose of holding the nam*** (if ev i ry Allied soldier, sailor,, or nurse killed In the World War. Pr. I.erov F. Herrirk of Oakland, who" erected and maintains the mem orial at his own expense, states that in time he ho pea to have the nnim-s of every participant of the World War In the hue vault of the Allied Memorial Center. Ilr. H?-rrick stated that the Cana dian authorities have promlned to have a complew- list of the soldier and *ailor dead of Canada In his hands on July 1. and. he says, the name* trill he deposited on July 4 with proper patriotic services. Thl.?. the memorial founder stated, will he a departure from the usual' method of depositing the names. "I planned and since 1 1 jiave carried out my plan of holdlnK pa t?'otIc services for the d^posltlnr of names on each Memorial Day and each Armistice Day." said Dr. Her r>k. "However, I*do not want to k* ep the entire Canadian list out olj t!"? vault until ne\t Novejnber 11. a'?d I am going to hreflk the rule of procedure this once. "I do not know how long It Is go i to" take me to get the names of t 1 .&00.000 soldier dead of Prance, n . French war authorities have not j .ished compiling Its list. I expect to have th" Australian and New Zea land lists in time for next Armistice Da j. hut I do not know how lonct It will take to ?et complete lists from Kikland. Ihlulnm, Italy and other Allies. "The names In the vault today are all American. with the oxception of 145 of ftrazU's war dead." The monument has the portraits of Washington. Lincoln. Roosevelt, n id Wilson carved on the four sides, and Is topped by an eagle. Dr. !|e^ rick, a local phfllelM for I he last .10 years, was born In Wellington. Maine In 1861. JEltSEY RESOKTS SHOCKED AGAIN l.on^ Itranch. N. J.. July 18. ? Fashionable New Jersey re sorts. which received a shock yesterday when raids netting SOOO.OOu worth of liquor were made, got nnother joit today when detectives swooped down on five alleged gambling casi nos. P?fAiii?>rnalij valued at S20.000 *a? confiscated and the proprietors arrested. The guests were not molested. BOY BANDIT BACK IN PENITENTIARY (futilities to Treat Escape a* Rii; Joke, Though It Added | Time to llis Sentence of-o^J Year* in Prison. Richmond. July is.?Benjamin! | Llverman. hoy bandit, was back in I I his cell at the state penitentiary here; today, minus some privileges he en | joyed before making one of the most Idarinu escapes in the history of the prison. Although heTaced additional time | to his sentence of 5!l years for a se-] ries of robberies nnd burglaries at Norfolk, the 17-year-old youth con tinued to treat hft* escape as a big1 Joke. H.- was arrested at Petersburg yes [terday- afternoon after making a ' dash for his liberty when authorities !soug)1t to trap him from {he place on the uenitentiary grounds where hej ibid for five days. Predicts Hinduism Fall Before Islam Bengali Poet Also Deplores Nationalism in America and Thinks It Dangerous Calcutta. July IS.? Sir' Rabln ilranath Tagore, Ren gal I poet and 191-3 recipient of the Nobel I*riz? for Ulerature, say* in an interview i?hat on ltis last visit to America in ;J!>20 he was greatly shocked an?l i disappointed by the selfish, nation alistic spirit which ho found, and that 1 u* did not intend to visit the counfry again. With regard to In dian affairs, the poet predicted that ? the Mohammedans would soon^galit supremacy over the Hindus. bringTng India again under Mohammedan ru'.e. Tagore was found at his home and I school at Shant iniketan (the se'iode 'of Peace), which in about four and a half hours by rail from Calcutta. |"When asked if he intended ever to j go back to Europe and America, the poet said that while his first visit to America. In 1916. hail Jgd him to bo jlleve that the I'nited States had be come so powerful and no advanced in civilization that she would bo abb' to avoid war herself and would also, by economic pressure, be able to pre vent long conflicts between other na tions. his last visit had brought only shock and disappointment. The |country was war-mad. ho aald, and ["without the patience to listen to philosophers, poets or dreamers. "I am afraid many of the things I had to gay were unpopular." he add ed, '"because an Intense spirit of na tionalism was sweeping America. I am opposed to nationalism in cv. form. For me every question is aW International one. The press and public men were clamoring lor wli.it they called-'hundred percent Ameri canism.' All. but that is a danger ous pattern." In answer to questions regarding the future of India. Tagore predicted the conquest of Mohammedanism ov jer his own religion of Hinduism. I "It Is possible," he Mid "that Hin duism may be a religion of the pa ?t before many years, and the Inhabi tants of India converted to Islam by j force. And who knows -but that It inight be a good thing for India if the Mohammedans were to overrun It egain? "Hinduism Is a religion of paci fism, while the teachings of Mo hammed transform even our pence tui Hindus into fanatics with a lust to fight. Even now Mohammedan ism Is spreading rapidly In India. The latest figures show that there are more Mohammedans here in Ren gal today than there are Hindus. 8o# if the government falls Into the t,hands of the Indian people, it prob ably will mean Mohammedan rule again. Rut even that would be pre ' ferable to the present government. ? Ibetause It would be government by our own kindred." Returns from Sew York. I'rner O. D^vis has returned from New York, having jui-t completed a special course in music ctndy at th*? American Institute of Applied Music. I Mr. Davis will open a studio here in I September and will make r ri-erialtv iof teaching Instrumental music. Cur ther details and ' registration dates for pupils will he Announced In th" near future. I1KRK TO ATTKM) MAURA I, Rev. II. F. Duncan of Columbia was here Wednesday to attend til* 1 funeral of his wlfe'i cousin. R. R. White WOMAN JURIST WHO ADDRESSED WELLESLEY GRADUATES. Justice Florence E. Allen, recently elected Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court, was speaker at the graduating exercises at Wellesley College. Finds The Crops Good Nearly All The Way Prominent New Hanover Coun ty Truck Farmer Makes Trip Here By Motor Car Add:so:, ll.wle't and Mrs. 1? * I ?>r Wilmington, with i lie ir chil dren, linger. AddUop. Jr.. and David, i'.e.ii* and Doris, and .tlielr guest, M;*s Muricarai Colw*.ll, arc In the ci ty. the guests of Mrs. Hewlett's sl ier. .Mrs?^.W. J. Hanks on Eucli I II? ights. .Mr. Hewlett made tlte trip from Wilmington to Elizabeth City, by way of Wllliamston. Winton and Gates\ille. a distance of 2'?4 miles, by motor car in one dny, "striking e%?fdence." says Mr. Hew lett. "of. the fart that roads in North iCarolina are improving." Crops are good most of the way, according to Mr. Hewlett, but are es pecially Rood in tills section, in fart the lest crops he has seen since leaving Wilmington, lie says, are those of the Albemarle country. Mr. Hewlett is chairman of the Hoard of County Commissioners of New Hanover County, a -prominent >.Vw Hanover truck farmer and tlmately acquainted with numerous northern commission firms. II" p!an to ?tay over in the city until next Monday. Mr. Hewlett's complimentary r ?? marks about the crops of this section are in line with reports now be in*-; heard on every hand iby visitors to the section. From lower Currltufk to the Chowan river, indications point to one of the best crop years -hi the history of this section. XK1V OAKIIOAT WII.I. MAKK acwp \i'itoss iiay ut icki.y Kdenton. July 18.?The gasboat Pilot, the ferry connecting Kdenton with Mackeys, has arrived fully equipped with a new Fairbanks Morse'oil burning engine, and speed that will put travelers across the ten nines of bay within the hour. A passenger saloon Is now being constructed and will, when finished, accommodate about 30 persons coin fortaibly. Six cars can be carried on deck. The Mocking Bird, which has 1 doing good service during the time the Pilot has been on th?* ways, will return to Norfolk tomorrow and Hie Pilot take up her permanent run A permanent year-round schedule will be put into effect August 1 -t. and same announced in a few day.-*. IX KK OF YOIIK TOO 111 SV TO VrTFND MF.MOItlAI, I W I II.INt.S l.ondon, July 1#. ?Members of the Hrltish royal family have announced that the* will be obliged to decline future Invitations to unveil war tne mortals. This announcement was made when a reply of the Duke of York to an invitation to unveil a war memorial was made public. The, DuVe said that lie In '>mmon with other ni 'inbers of th* royal family, found M Impossible te travel over ttje country, especial!/ for these cer emonies. when he hr.s so many otliei 1.1 ?<? in and important demand* oi. hi- time. Oll.llFItT O ? Fits t'.\IM?AI\H ?At TWO HTOItF.H TODAY O. F. (t'Tiert. in- a ? advertise ment In today's Advance Is an- 1 non-icing a sa'at tn< People'" linr ?sal** on T*otndex???r stn?"t ;? ? ? to Oulnn's. to tart early Saturdav morning, attd <???- no titer page ?* of fering special values In Sumrn-r Dresses at Mitchell's. JAMES LARK1N DEPORTED Irish labor leader. recently d"* portcd from 'he I'nlted States. is this wppk stirring, up trouble in fr ? land l?y dfrectlng the docker**' strik? in ports of the Irish Free Htate. Iloosevelt Message Just Been Delivered Was Written Five Years Ago On Death of His Son, Qucn tin Roosevelt Indianapolis. July is. The only nersonnl message of Theodora Roose velt t?? America's soldiers In Knmrc, written fiv j? ar? auo today on th*? day he received word of the death o* hH son Qjjentin. Is for the first time being delivered to World War fight ers through 11.000 |MistM of the American Legion. The message *n* given to Can?. Connawav, of llufr.ilo. N. V . who was a Y. M. C. A. workers in France, hut did not come to the attention of the flshtlng men because Mr. Con naway's dutlen In France prevented him from attending to the matter. On July 1 r?. 101K-. Mr. Connaway re quested a word from Hoosevelt to the men at the front. Despite the fact that he had received word of Qii< nfin'H death that day, the me '<?je was written by lloos* velt, on Jill* 17. and rends as follows: '^Jo the tol.liers of the American Expeditionary Force overseas: "I send my heartiest greetings to you men st the front. You have made all of us who stayed behind! lifr our heads hlrh with pride by what you are dolnr It Is you men. and only you n?? n. who are doing the one vital work for the American peo ple today. All good Americans at this time owe homage to the fighting men at the fWhtlny front. What you are doina Is vital for the honor and int? rest, for the future welfare and for the exist* nee of our republic: and you are also nattlfna for the liberty of every well behaved, civilised n;. j tlonallty, big ?r little. ?"I coneratutate you on fh? gr**al good fortune that is vour. in that you now have tin- chance to endure hurdshlp and peril for a great l?l?>:?;. and to render to our country tin greatest of all services. | would give anvthing to be over with yen. "Faithfully yours. "TH KODOftK VlOOMKVKI/F."4 ?;?tiss Mary Florals .VcOee of lla* lelgh Is visiting Miss Mabel Height on East Matthews street. FINDS DEAD BODY OF YOUNG Bid OF Pittsburg. Julv l n Tb*? ntid*' body of Mrs. Patrick Coy no. I < year old brld?- of a ffw nontl wa* found today In her horae by hi r father, John Conrov, * !?hh he went there to tell her that her hus hand. a railroad braKHinan. had lost his legs in un accident and was battling for his life. The woman had been beaten to death as she lay In bed. LOADING LINERS HAS BEEN STOPPED Dnpkers' Strike Grows More1 Serious in England, All Coastal iinil IIross Channel Service ('.easing Also. |R( Th? A?*?el?red PlfM I Liverpool. July IX.-. The loading of Atlantic liners here has been1 I stopped ill consequence of the seri Jous extension of the dockers' strike ! Several thousand men quit work i today, after a demonstration by | strikers at Itlrkehead across the Mor j wy. ) All coastal and cross channel per-! I vice also hn"s been stopped. Manila Looking To Washington War Department Awaits Offi cial Report on Trouble With The Phillipinos IB* Tfi? Asv.latrd Pre**.) ?Manila, July 18.?It is conceded generally here that a ruling must mine from Washington in the con 'troversy which has developed her ? over General Wood's reinstatement ol Kay Conley, secret service a gen'. who was cleared of charges of luV cry. The controversy became a govern mental crisis yesterday when nieni* hers of the cabinet and of the coiili* HI of state, all Pillipinos, resigned. Manila itself is quiet on the" su; 1a?;e P>ut undercurrents of excite ment nre following in the wake, of i'VClUtk lb-dine to ( ommeiit' Washington. July 1 S."? Pending Liu* receipt of an official report. War Depart m> at officials here today de clined to comment beyond voicing the assurance that Wood would hav?? the full hacking of Washington in all proper steps to maintain a suit able government in the Phillipines. ONLY TWO CAKKKKS OPEN TO RUSSIANS Petrograd,*" July 18.?"Only two profitable careers are open to Rus sia's bright young men today, and they are speculation or banditry." -i hear*l< il old civil engineer tolii the writer while riding on the train from Moscow to Petrograd the other dav .Th.is ? nglneer. who occupies an im portant post With I lie state railway administration, said that he earned :? salary which Is the eiiuivalent of about. $ 15.00 a month. His son. who is a- speculator and admittedly not over scrupulous in tin- way he turn* his profits, makes fifty times that i! mount. "Our salaries are so low in the state service that no ambitious young man, particularly If he Is married, can n-eOnHle himself to accepting them. Therefore, to win a fortuhe or live comfortably, he -must become one of-thai hated clajs in Russia ami elsewhere, a speculator. The only other lucrative profession is that of a bandit, or hold-up man. "People who blame the specula tors forget ihat it probably will be they, with their quickly secured prof Its and faculty of taking long chan ces. who will ultimately turn from speculating In merchandise to taking a chance on building a railroad or developing a mine. They are the pioneers, breaking away from ol.1 llussln traditions ami ibecoming men of business. Kxactly the same kind of pioneers or speculators in your Wall .Street helped blttfrt up Amerl-' MKVMIi WOIIKKIIM I All, l \IT Mexico City, July 1*. Formation of the "Federation of Mental Pro duc-rn" wh? one of the iirliirlpnl work* of the recently held Natlonr?1 Congrea? of Writer*. The ronvcu tlon, mfla# to formulate meanuren to ii.iprove the lot of author*. drama tint* and poeta. Invited the co-opera tlon of thi II. portefV Syndicate whleh. however, han not yet been conceded. \nothrr project npproved by the convention vhc the formation of an Hi*pauo American Aaaoclated Pre**, dedicated to the Whal of ha>t<>nln^ the InfellertuH union of Spain and her former A met Iran ?Olonlea. The riant, of Idem durlnu the nioetlnic. however, created nurh n? Ho.i* differ* nem anmnx the delimitate* that UO J' I !?' t lc;i I htepM were taken to carry )knt the convention's rendu t Ion ii. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Perry and aoti, ? Carlton, have gone to Fentroaa Va., to vlalt relatives. STOLEN MAll BAG ! FOUND IN FIELD Kolthrr) Occurred on July Fourth in Presence of | Scores of Passenger* Wait ing for Train at Lynchburg. Lynchburg. Julv IK.?A registered mall bag. stolen from the union M*? it Ion mail transfer here on the morn ing of July 4. was found today In a tlelil about a mile from the station. It had been rifled and nearby were two smaller Hack*. A third small pouch which win found yesterday contained registered mall for North Carolina points. I The authorities here today stead fast Iv refused to say how much loot was obtained In the robbery which occurred in view of scores of pass Jengers awaiting the train on which i the big pouch containing the three j smaller ones was to be carried South. A negro walked off with the pouch 'on his back, persons at the station j being unaware that robbery was be ing committed. Ten Cent Bus Is Now Meeting Trains No Need for Shoppers Coining In to City to ay Higher Price Out-of-town folks who come to Kllxaheth City to do their shopping ne??d not pay 2.1 cent bus fare "to get down-town unless they want to. j The Elizabeth City flu* Line, Inc., Is now operating n bus which meets trains and boats, and whleh carries passengers fr?jm the wharf or fretn the ptfssenger*station to the heart of the shoppliic district for 1" cents. The bns has now been operating a 11 this week and any chopper arriv ing at the passenger station or at the wharf at the foot of ISurcesF street rah easll; spot it if Ho will t.ike the trouble t<? look for it. Th?? bus may i?e distinguished 1?* tin- word* "Kllr abetl) City l'.us I.in. Inc.." painted lengthwise on the bus m*?r the top or by the 10 cent fare sign at the entrance. Tli?* management of the line !s now working oii a plan to operate the bus over a regular run in tho city and on a regular schedule whllo it Is not heint- used to inert trains and boats and xan announcement as to.schedule and run is evpected I a tor Itut In thf meantime the bus is at I he service of all who eare to use it in going to or from train* and boats. Residents of the citv are request ed to make use of the bus wh4to i>(& silile. as It is operated an a conven ience to (lie public, and not as & money-making proposltIon. I'll.KS PETITION TO DISSOLVE I. II. C. July IK. -Attorney r.em ral I>mi?lH*rty .v??atirdny filed a P' titlrtn to dissolve Urn International ilurvtrltr Company into at leant lltrc<- mmpanlek. claiming t~hat It Is (i|H'intinp a trii. l In violation of tin* law. Tin* petition al?o claims Hi;it !!"? number of competing con cerns in ste-adllv fllnilrislilnv. ? The Cov? riini?'ht ulleuea that the dissolution decree ? nf?? r?-d aualn*t Ho compnnv In 101ft <1 i?l not restore competition In the farm Implement litfl*i-11 v. tliat the company still In u monopoly anil that the number of romp'Jltlve concerns I* shrinking ste.idlly. Freight Office Is Destroyed By Fire J. I . V city. July IX The Rrlo flsllroad terminal fr?*fulit ofTce wan (l'"lrnyi(l l>\ flr<- today and th? flam*spread to the railroad's grain ? levator arid terminal round house. STATU HE9TS IN FIXm;<;in<; tiual Lumber ton, July 1H The State lat?' yesterday rented it" es??* against Mike Uwroii, John fleditepeth and Jule flroxden. on trial In the kid napping cane here, after the defend ants hud been Identified by Mm. lint tie Purvis an members of the hand which floated her and Mr*. Mary Watson. Hedgepeth took the ntsnd and de nied all connection with the Ku Klux Klin and alno denied being a fa<vti her of the no'.'glna party. The defense todav |? continuing Its presentation of the case. AGED EDUCATOR DIES AT SALISBURY Ballsbury. July 1ft.? Henjamln Skinner. aged 7 4, prominent eductt* lor. died here lint night. (VlYTOX MAItKKT SpW York. July IS.?Spot cotton, closed quiet. Middling 27.35. Futur es. closing hill. July 2fl SO, Oct. 23.73 !)er 23.22. Jan. 22,fl?. March 22.9*1. \>* York. July 18.-?Rpot cotton, opened today at the following levels: , July 2?.r.&. Oct. 23.*5. Dec. 23.13, Jan 22.80. March 22.80.