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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JI LY 20. 1923. FOI R PAGES. -NO. 167.
Maxwell's Millions Are
Considerably Reduced
Lr^Malive Committee Appointed to Audit State's Finance*
Finds Deficit S86,168.13, After Deducting a Note for
School Expenditure* Funded from Year to Year
Raleigh, July 20.?The special i
legislative committee appointed to
supervise and audit the State's fln-l
"""? reported to the Coventor and 1
Council or State yesterday afternoon
T ie committee dim-red in its re
port from the findings of the audi
tor which It had emploved. the dlf
caus"rt bv a" "em of!
$.10 ooo.no represented in a note
io? school expenditures during the!
pa*t several years, which the audi-i
lot* thought should be Included In!
the report as a liability of current '
EllTveH ,.Ut, rLh,ch "" committee!
i V u11" S|",clal "?"'on Of
eh:?1 eH iU,i,h0rl7"'1 b>' ?" ?ct to bet
Raised against the State's funded
'* 6l,!)llar to bonds
rem ? a bond iss"e, because It
anrt an Hrcu,nulation or vears
and the legislature had authorized
Itul ?.m ,"nd"d, fro?> >e.r toyear
and paid off gradually from the siir
Plus of the general revenue when
there was one. w nen
T.ie committee found a deficit in
Zr,'sVA", tv ?*or jun-!?m
OI J86 4fi8 13. after deducting the
not. of $710,000.00. The auditor!
jrr,VeflC,,7,0 00n on plus
JLi..'13 or *"96.468.13. The com
So .*?ih* d. ,ha' ,h<> '""me duel
192? wn?Pl7 0d UP '? December 30.
J^sVfiS ti h lJ'an 0,r,"', ?he'
deficit au^iju, and w?uld leave a
beIT"k|l"l<l" r?ndalon as ?f Decern
? i ' committee report
Ma surplus of $232,805.25. whUe
Wlitin r,?or,r.d ? Melt "!;
th difference being
tht same 1710.000.00. I
As the matter now stands. It Is
itHi???i5nAA <WI>,,0>> about wheth
the t. 10.000 00 should be cliarced
-Sr"t "e",ge';, '"nrllnt\ Program offl
" , ,. general current revenue as to
tS st,,","'1?' "r ?"'?"eit exists.
wldch navs the Carolina,1
. . i the money, may take (to
choice; but it isn't such a big differ
deflcl, ot,'n,on' anyhow. Hereafter
d-flcits are to be kept up with a's
the recommendations of
s 8S ',? ,he in the
? tat. s manrjor of accounting have al
?o,eoVr.?,oWn" Pr?mPtly PUt th"? ""
iniWeeeveryt h1 ng els*, auditors. com
iiiittee. Governor and Council are in
harmony. Especially is the Govern
or proud of this, the first real com
prehensive audit of the State of
North Carolina In its existence- the
committee thinks it well worth the
mp.-.ey. In accepting the-report of
he committee and thanking It for
Its services. Governor Morrison took
occasion to pay high tribute to Trea
surer lien I.acy. who through 23
years of office-holding has so kept
his books?even though they arr not,
""I,*,rneeds now
? sc. well that receipts and disburse
ments were checked to the dollar
when scrutinized by auditors of rep
utation second to none In the coun
The Governor Isn't referring to the
diliorence of opinion between him
and Commissioner Maxwell except to
tnod-naturertly say that the dispute
was over a cash account and that no
body could have known verv much
about how the Stale reallv stood
Chairman Long for the committee
was appreciative of the attitude or
the Council of state and thought
North Carolina was to be congratu
later on having officials who. though
it might entail some temporary loss
in reputation, were willing to accept
suggestions as to how to improve
their services to the State.
The balance sheet Is dated July 7
1923
With this excess of obligations?
that's better name than a deficit?
out of the way. It is in order to take
up the re|>ort of the committee to the
Gov. rnor and the Council of State.
First might come the talk of the
Hindus. "We find." says the re
port. "that on December 31,
1922. there was a surplus In the gen
nd or operating account, of
J232.805.25.
"The condition of the Stale, as
^ shown by the auditor's report upon
* revenue or accrual basis, on De
Si?-hAf *!v V>22. shows s deflrit of
In # 1 Mineral or oper
ating fund account.
e !", * n?,P Of 1710.000.00
n ITll. . ' ,h<> *Pneral fund or
? rating account, which, In our op
I. i ..1 should he treated as a part of
I" funded debt of the",.* and
. Mid not be charRcd to this ar
< iijit. although the auditors In pre
wiring the report were Justified i?
charging the note to the general funS
2T technical language
used bv th" Legislature |n creatine
thf obligation." creating
'f Declaring that the state treasur
! ris ra,,m.rt "howed a $5,000,000 def
I i corporation com
mltsloner. whose charges resulted In
th? appointing of a special leslsla
life committee to Investigate the
Htatc's flnancial condition, also as
serted that the adoption of the bud-j
get commission's program, with In
creases added through smendments '
would result In a larger deficit. I
In presenting his ease to the pub-'
Continued on page 4
JOHN D. BERRY.
Grand Secretary. North Carolina Odd
Fellows, an honor guest of Achoree I
Lodge this evening.
Fifteen Are Hurt
And Bus Demolished
New York, July 20.?Fifteen per
sons were injured today when a
crowded municipal bus was demol
ished in a collision with a street car.
All of the* injured scere in the bujpu
which overturned* The street car
motorman was arrested for assault,
it being charged that hp failed to
'heed the stop siunal at the crossing.
Plain Pigs Remedy
When Weevil Nears
North Carolina Forgot to Breed
Knough Sows and to Save
Knouuh Pigs
Raleigh. July 30.?"With the cot
jton crop threatened by that invisible
I enemy?the boll weevil?the remedy
Is of great importance." says a state
ment issued by the United States
and North Carolina Departments of
| Agriculture Crop Reporting Service.
'."Live stock is wisely suggested to re
| place the cotton. The stock that is
j best known is plain plus."
"While the United States 'hoggish'
j Intentions are 'filifiost unchanged in
[the number saved this spring as com
.pared with a year ago." the state
I ment continued, "it is observed from
ia compilation of thousands of re
j ports from each state, that North
Carolina intended in December to
breed eight per cent more sows for
! spring pigs, but actually farrowed
the saine number of sows and saved
1 f? per cent less pigs than last year.
Tin* corn belt states average six per
|cent more saved, while the sows
(farrowed were 25 per cent more than
a year auo. It seems that they ex
ceeded their December Intentions by
| 16 per cent while In this State, we
i farrowed seven per cent fewer sows.
[The national intentions averaged 17
I per cent Increased farm farrowings
and exceeded the December breeding
Intentions by four per cent.
"The shows Intended for breeding
| for fall farrowings as compared with
[those actually farrowed last fall
amount to 34 per cent Increase In
INorth Carolina. 26 per cent In the
corn belt, and 28 per cent more fof
lthe I'nited States. The' December
last results gave evidence of 10 per
cent less actual fall farrowing than
the previous fall for this State, while
it was 28 per cent more In the corn
belt, and 1 f) fx?r cent more over the
entire United States.
"The question is. what accounts
for the 34 per cent present intentions
of breeding for fall farrowing, which
Is more than the main corn and pork
belt, and a radical change from the
fall and spring results. Will the far
rowings this fall be far short of the
Intentions or will the market prices
and the present outlook have a dlf-(
ferent effect? Th-? ft/erage bulk price [
of porkers on the main markets:
ranged between six and seven cents'
during June.
PAII, WALKHK DKAD
Paul Walker, 47 years old. horn
and raised here, died at the State
Hospital where he has spent the last
14 years. Friday morning at 5
o'clock. The funeral will be nt the
home of his brother, Caleb Walker
on Dyer street Saturday, but the
hour has not yet been decided on. In
terment will be made In Hollywood.
iMr. Walker is survived hv three
sisters. Miss Rmlly Walker. Mrs.
Annie Ires and Mr*. C. B. Ives, two
brotherA, Wilson Walker and Caleb
Wslkerl all of this city, and a num
ber of ttyece* and nephews.
WAKD-KAYTOX I
Miss Orace Kayton and Mr. Les-,
He M. Ward both of Portsmouth, Vs.. |
were married here Thursday by Jus- '
tice of the Peace T. B. Wilson 1
FAILS TO REACH
r\( IMC COAST
INirfc S|iriiiK>. Wyniuins.
July 20.?Hauling unflinching
ly to* the end of his second race
to span the American contin
ent "between dawn and dusk.
Lieut. Itussell Maui: ban lost
again before the odds of me
chanical weakness which
brought him down with a leak
ing oil cooler here late yester
day. After covering more than
two-thirds of the 2.f?70 miles
flight, the aviator was forced
to descend with oil |>ourinu
from the plane's tank in huck
etfuls and nauseating fumes
engulfing the machine and
weakening its intrepid pilot.
He landed at the air mail field
here at 5:08 o'clock just 13
hours to the minute after he
took off from Mitchell Field
New York.
BRITISH REPLY TO
BE SENT TONIGHT
Additional Alteration Made
Tonight by British Cabinet |
and Document Is* Apparent
ly Completed.
'Br Th? Auoeiattd Prm.)
London. July 20.?Additional al
terations were made today In thc|
text of the draft of the reply to Ger
juanv s reparations memorandum by'
the British cabinet, and unless it
should seem expedient to make som'pj
eleventh hour changes, the document
will probably be dispatched to the'
Allied and American governments to
| night.
i There is still some douht as to
whether the much discussed supple
mentary memorandum will be sent
with the draft.
Achoree Lodge Has
Guests This Evening
? S. n. Currin, ('.rand Master of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
of Greenville, and John I), nerry.
[Grand Secretary of the Independent
I Order of Odd Fellows, of Italeiuh.
have returned from attending the
Odd Fellows' District Convention at
Trotvllle and are in the d^y. They
will be the guests of Achoree Lodge
this evening at H o'clock. Odd Fel
lows are Invited to be present at this
meeting. Saturday they will be the
guests o? Bhlloh Lodge.
NEW YORKERS LIKE
CAROLINA HIGHWAYS
W. L. Cohoon. general counsel of'
the State Highway Commission, re
turned Thursday morninu from
V&heville and other points in West
crn North Carolina.
"The mountains." said Mr. Co
hoon. "are literally thronged with
summer tourists. You find automo
biles there from almost every State
of the Fnlon. There is an unusually
large delegation from Texas and oth
er Gulf states. The ltufTalo. New'
York. Motor Club with about 100
automobiles, are touring the moun
tains of Western North Carolina at
this tftiie. The New Yorkers express
themselves as delighted with our
roads."
Russia To Sign Pact !
At Constantinople
(Br Th? AuorUted |
Lausanne. July 20.*-Soviet Itus!
sia todya notified the Near Fast Con
ference that she accepts the conven
tion for control of the Turkish
straits negotiated here and will slyn.
the pact nt Constantinople within
the next three weeks.
LEASED WIRE SERVICE
GIVES MARKET NEWS
Washington. July 20.?A loaned
wire extending the market newnj
service across the continent wait j
opened lant Monday, It In announced |
by the I'nlted States Department of
Agriculture. The service connect*
Kantian City with the Pacific Coast;
and provlden regular conmiunlcatlon j
for 12 hourn each hunlnens day to
the new offlcen at Denver, Salt Lake
jClty and San Franclnco.
An extension of the nervlec to
Soqtheantern states wan also opened
on Monday hy the entahllnhinK of
wire communication with the office j
at Atlanta. Thin norvlce Is now
being conducted hy commercial me*-1
ItfM, It wan ntated. hut it In aspect
ed that by September 1 a leaned wire
will be Inntalled connecting Wanii
Ington with ftaielgh, N. C.. Clemnon,!
S. C., Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla.
Thene new extcnnlons. It wn* annert
ed. will enable the llureau of Agri
cultural Kconomlcs to lBI-1
prove Itn market reporting service In
the far Western and Southeastern!
! states. The telegraph wire which j
In uned for the collection and*dlntrl
; button of market new* In nupple
mented by radio broadcantlng by
more than eight private ntatlonn
throughout the United States, De
partment announcement said.
Perquimans Man In
Jail For Assault
WiUon Bateman Accused of
Beating Up Frank Albertson,
Sr., and Can't Give Bond
Cou n ty? r in Ja 111'!'rq "J1a n!l
a 4500 ..... J 1,1 default
char J oTa,,ZTrrrrt.bond ?n ?
?<">. Sr. Fr'""< Albert,
fault. is in bod it hi i a,,e#od as-1
""<1 street with n hi ?, lm* on Soe"
bruised face. broken leg and a
?-n.r o'u|h^'"hu ?" Wa" ?"?
Ditch road Thur*rt? v"' ?n slmI?Hon
that naT'.nLn / morri,?? H,>
between in and 11 "I"''] . llls '''ace
the actual difficulty i"or how
"ays thai his lee w.. k ? : bu'
fainted, and It u h?? b.rok,'n'and he
and unable to defend hi Unc?n"lnus
"'"all bone of his rlchr i T i. Th"
at the ankl,. and '* broken
the left eye ihl.l, t j a cut ?ver I
up *h,(,h ''ad to be sewed
.h.ar>'Nho?;Vhwh^n hbr",",,,, '""'h- 1a"'-1
o'clock In t|,e ""'"""d about 1
tlent's face h^???" . Thp
Thursday. shnu.'.i .. a!ul "*<?l?n
menl Friday nmrni ,'r Improve
the eye and ?^n ' . Cul ab??e
"II appearances ihe" "T h"'"K- to
reporter was talklrh^ To T, le
S5^r-j?-"ws
ir:
JOLLY GOOD TIMES
AI BOY SCOUT CAMP
Cjiinp Gen. Roliert Pin ,
Thuwda y"wUhfSI"y ,Wor"
Indian rellos wern r? ! l',Ht some
jigSHBSSS
1 leyHfiheen^h C"'"1 ?''a,.e. We,
I of vviilor ji m .. pools
Prominence wl,h?We,l?"m",g
'?^Vtr>wV".?"*i!!enpTu,tn"fa
tf&'iJisrsir' '':;?
in* the vl'r'r fu" prepar
f-'P "alley. uTway,,'"heern1,,h'lV'I"/"'
X
io.r,'?XedcHo^n "e Pi" " A"
AhVh,2"E 'h"n
asks tha""l"'y? w'hn " Sc''tt<TKn.id
"?t week her*
Saturday. notify hint on
Two Men Are Killed
When Airplane Falls
Chanute Field, Kantoul, III.. July:
20.?Flrat Mrutcnint Harold MeNib!
of Decatur. Illinois, and Kdward Kin
ney c^f Chicago, were killed today
I when ?the|jr airplane auddenly fell to
'the ground an they were making a
landing.
i. w. w. march is
CALLED OFF THURSDAY
Port Artuhr. Texaa. July 20. ?
The I. W. W. march on thl* city way1
called off Tlmraday night by high of-i
flclals of the ord?*r. and Mtrlke* of
varlouK kind* will be aubfttltuted.
COTTON MAIIKKT
Xi'W York. July 20.- Spot cotton.
clOMd quiet. Middling 27.26. with a
10 point decline Future*. clotting
hid. July 26.47. Oct. 23 *0. Dec.
23.21. Jan. 22 93. March 22.9ft.
New York, July . 20.?Cotton fu
turea opened at 10 a. m. at the fol
lowing lerela: July 26.35, October
23.75. .December 33.26, Japuarv
123 0^ March 23.04.
s. n. Cl'RRIN
Grand 'Mauler, North Carolina Odd j
Fellow*. who apeak* at Achoree
Lodge this evening at 8 o'clock.
FAILURE EFFECTS
ALL SOUTHEAST
Frank II. Barrett of Atlanta
Shorks Cotton (lirrlcs When
He Says Must Sell His Seat
on the Exchange.
N?'w York. Jiily 20.?Frank H. t
Marrett. cotton broker of Auguata. '
Georgia. today notified the New York
Cotton Kxchanxe tliat he was unable'
to meet hla obligations and request
ed that his seat on the exchange bo
sold.
The announcement came as a com
plete surprise in cotton circles where!
Man-fit has been recognized as one
of the most conservative- traders. '
His failure, it was said, will effect
the entire Southeast where he ha.?
targe cotton nnd bank holdings. I
Traces Ancient Race
on Pacific Islands
? Solenti*ts Think llliherto Cnknoun
t'Jvilixatlon IIiin lleen
|)lw?vfrf<l
Honolulu. July 20.?Traces of a
hitherto unknown civilization (hit
may havo existed In the Pacific 2.
ooo years ago hare been discover?d
on tlie little islands of Necker and
Nihoa In the Hawaiian bird reser
vation, to the northwest of the Ha
waiian group proper, according to
the revelations made by returning
members of a government scientific
party which Is Investigating and
surveying the islands aboard the IT.
S. 8. Tanager.
For centuries past these isolated
'spots have sheltered the secret of
once powerful colonies that may
have flourished prior to .the main
Polynesian migration which resulted
la the settlement of the Hawaiian
{group, according to A. L. C. Atkin
son. president of the territorial hoard
of Mgriculture and forestry, who was
one of the scientific party.
j Time and elements have failed to
obliterate the traces of the temples,
houses, and the agricultural sys- ,
terns of long ago. and It Is expected
that the discoveries of the scientist**
may aid appreciably in the final so
lution of the problem of the origin
and migrations of the Polynesian
, race.
Howls wrought from solid stone,!
a headless Idol, and a stone adz were
among the many specimens thnt the ,
party brought back from the Island-*.
The scientists told of fallen founda
tions that once supported houses,
scon s of stone monuments, the ruins
of what were terraces upon which
foodstuffs were grown. and the
ruins of temples?evidence, it was
said, that tended to show that Neck-,
er and Nihoa were cradles of civil
ization and the rendezvous of a peo
ple who were skilled In crude hnndl- '
crafts and the art of navigation
thousands of year ago. These speci-j
mens, together with alt other* gath
ered by the TannKcr party sre being
studied by scientists here now.
UNIVERSITY ALUMNI j
ENJOV ANNUAL FEAST
J. K. Wilson was toastmaster'
Thursday night when the Rllza>beth
City aluinnl of the Cnlverslty of
North Carolina and the members of i
the Cnlverslty Elizabeth City Club. I
with the boys of the senior class of ',
lk? Elizabeth City High School as
guests, enjoyed their annual ban-'
<|U<t at the Houthern Hotel.
Among those called on to respond i
to toasts were C. K. Thompson. Dr.
Walter Sawyer. W. L Small. V. F. f
Williams. Wyatt Aydlett, Ray Quinn j
and (Maude Venus Jones
The Klizabeth City Club at tli
Cnlverslty plans next year lo have I
permanent club rooms for the use of I
visiting alumni and friends.
LARGEST TOBACCO
mots auk mkim;ei>
New York. July 20.?-The early
merger of tjp- World's largest tobac
co concerns, the Tobacco Products}
Corporation, and the ftrltlsh-Amerl-'
can Tobacco Company. Into a new j
company waa reported on Wall street I
today. ? I
Villa Shot
And Killed
Secretary Suddenly In
censed, Kills Chieftain
and Is Himself Killed
in Battle Following.
<BT Tht Atsoclktfd PrtM.)
Chihuahua City, Me\.,
July 20.?General Franri*
co Villa, commander of the
rebel armies in Southern
Mexico for ten yearn, was
^liot and killed today at bin
big ranch at Canutille, Dur
ation, hy Miguel Trillo, hi<
secretary.
The secretary is said to have
become incensed at Villa and to
have fired suddenly, the former
bandit leader dying almost in
stantly.
In the battle which followed.
Trillo was killed by men loyal
to the slain chieftain, and latest
advices say that the fight is still
in progress.
More than 200 casualties
have occurred in sanguinary
lighting.
Villa. guerrilla chieftain and ban
dit leader in Mexico for more than
1(? years. declared that he had end
ed hln career of outlawry In August,
1020, when, at the head of 900 fol
lowers, the remnant of what had
once been hla army of -AS.000 men.
he entered San Pedro. Coahuila. anil
amid the checra of the populace, an
nounced the Intention of himself and
men of accepting amnesty and set
tling down as farmers.
A f.'W woekfi earlier, Villa had sur
rendered to Federal forces at Sahln
as. If** then declared his adherenco
to Provisional President de la Huer
ta and General Alvaro Ohregon, la
ter elected President t<? succeed Car-?
ranza. Before capitulating. VTTfcrvde
jinanded and was granted by the Max
lean government. ojifi vwitLr'a^a^^nid
a small farm for eacli of his men. a
grant equal to $2,000,000 gold.
One of the most notable escapades
of Villa was his raid on Columbus.
N\ M.. on March f?. lMfi in which
he and his followers killed 17 Amer
icans. It resulted in a punitive
American military expedition under
General Pershing crossing the bor
der and maintaining a "dead or
alive" pprsult of Villa which lasted
more than nine months and cost the
I'nited States Government, according
to a War Department estimate, near
ly $100,000,000.
In a battle at PaTfUI. American
troopers were ambushed and a num
ber of them killed. On March .'IT.
however. the bandit's followers
were defeated at Guerrero. The Am
ericans were successful in a number
of other skirmishes and penetrated
so far south Into Mexico as to meet
the Constitutionalist troops of Car
ran/.a who. ostensibly, were also in.
pursuit of the renegade Mexican
leader.
Villa, wounded but always eluding
his pursuers, lived In a Chihuahua
mountain cave for five weeks. It was
l??caled in the center of a perpendi
cular cliff which rose 1 50 feet from
a brook on the level plain below and
from this point Villa said he often
watched the American troops. Many
times he was reported dead. Upon
the American army's withdrawal
from Mexico Villa renewed Ills dep
redations. On April 4. 1916. he was
Indicted for first degree murder at
I>emlng. N. M., on account of the
Columbus raid.
"They call in#1 a bandit and the
worst man In Mexico," declared Vil
la when he waa welcomed to San
Pedro, Coahuila. "but I would pre
nerve our nationality. I surrendered
because further fighting in Mexico
meant Intervention by the 1'nlted
States It Is time for peace." In a
manifesto he praised the "good faith,
honor and patriotism" of Provisional
President de la Huerta and declared
it was his purpose to show the Mex
ican nation that he snd his men
could "build as well as destroy."
ANTI-SAI/ION LKADKK
ANDERSON INDICTED
New York. July 20.?The grand
fury today Iodic tod William H k
deraon. auperintendent of the Anti
Saloon league of New York, on
4*harRes of ftinn<l larceny and for
gery. and then handed down a pre
aentment' calling for legislative in
veatigntion of the I<cagii<''a actlvl
tlea atnce 191.1 when Anderaoo be
came auperlntendent.
TOM MIX IN TOWN
Torn Mix In hack in town thrilling
all of III* admirer* at th?? Alteram}
Theater today In the latent William
Fox picture. "Three Jump* Ahead."
Several new and daring atunta never
before attempted for the acreen are
ahown In thin photoplay. Tom Jump*
a canyon f?0 feet deep and twenty
feet wide with' "Tony," hla atunt
horae, and In addition rolla down a
cliff while driving, a atage coach.