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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINa) THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1923. - EIGHT PAGES. NO. 172. NEGRO FARMERS "LIVEjVT HOME" Respond ith Enthusiasm lo Program Promoted by the State Department of Agriculture This Year. Raleigh, /July 26.?Approximate ly 2.000 pledge cards have been re turned to the negro local agents of . State College and Department of Agrictature by negro farmers of North. Carolina, showing that they are now growing six or more vege ??*>?? ,n ?hflr home gardens, It was announced by the Agricultural De partmnet tonight. Tills Is part of the "Live at Home" program promoted by the extension r." Cf e*r,ler In the season in which MtoSif r* h by whl,e farmers in North Carolina will entitle them to f" ?*lc,al "Certificate of. Honor signed by Governor Cameron Morrison, Director B. W. Kllgore and \UT Annde w o( Pub,,c '""ruction A. T. Allen, it was stated. w.?.r K"K?re Btated that his organ ievotlnK considerable illnSm e,rort ,0 bettering rural North ?."* ?,m?nK th<> negroes of fL*roJ. at ,h,s "me, to de crease the discontent and to Increase the ?l f??d '"PPHm on' 'hereby nourishing and I lU?le nt ?ent lhrouKh Prof itable farming. He said he feels I that one of the reasons why North ^eVta?n# r"?. ,OBt such a ,ma" per that th? . negro population Is that the extension service tried to' anticipate the migration of negro ten-1 conditions r^ntPr8 ""d" b?" About two years. Dr. Kllgore said ' under the direction of C. It. Hudson'1 Si . . fKPnt and L E? Ha?. negro be;run? tn&^a "*' 8 R,"'cial 'fort was begun to cause negro farmers to live 1 **-*??> this haa been pushed since that time with an In-1 tensive campaign put on this'snrln-l through the work with iome'^r!! Reports received from thp , ? j Snl, ,t r?rk HaH in the' thickl> populated negro ceotinna hidW? m1 the camP?lRn has already had a measure of success Dr to? XHved^to daYeM,e 'T ' Vo?? ? nr'^fgV^S^e^is^^,1 hundreds of cards were nocturne,! in through neglect, but that the gar 1...! Y? ?" ,he f?rm, growing at least six vegetables, where only cab hb:rC;,oa,^eC0"ar<iH have b?" grown I 'Vr"H?n 1? ?'r^,or K?Rore from fc. Hall as to the work of the<<e ?gents during the past three months 12. of tl,e "'en have auc turea nil* ,hav,nK 79 permanent pas 5. ? Planted on 150 acres of land These pastures are used , as demon-1 "rations to show what can be done with 1hin" "VP",0ck an<< are seeded with the grass mixtures advocated Qfr" extension workers. Oliver Par <Vr. one of the negro local agents Jl" SU^r medal for his ef i ' J, . A wor^ more than doubled the number of pastures fos tered by his nearest rival. During th? same period, Mr. Kllgore stated the negroes have bought a large number of pure bred livestock. Aside "rom Ui.'o J e fo"". the agents have placed a number of.pure bred bulls sows and pigs. Their efforts with m..V.!7 i .\f n Particularly suc jor II J" ' settings of eggs 425 baby chicks, flvy rocks and fin hens were placed as a beginning with farm poultry flocks. h With field crops. Dr. Kllgore said ihTnrei"0"" h5v' boil,iht 22r> hush tl.fj 'J1 proved cotton seed. 129 bu *'ol'*?y lw?na. 27 bushels of good seed corn and some sudan grass mIrt?aHCrOP"'. T,1P a*',nts have also made demonstrations In the better care and handling fruit trees Work was done liui^orchards where a to tal of 606 trees were properly thJ^fro'l# a?1?. "Prayed to protect borers ,n Were tre"ted for In a business way. Dr. Kllaore Mated, the agent, have helped negro farmers to borrow about 137,626 to th^lr ,arm operations. He aatd they have helped them to pur chase In a co-operative way several M^Tan,?' 'e?.,."*>r *n<l "mP a,ul t? IoISm wh'",??"h their farm ?n "'These ^re some Item, occurring hat the "Iv'>n lo ' ' A1? n**r? local agents are doing good work In helping to promote a pwpl *nD?tedlcn,e amonK ,h"lr ?*? I" en-operatIon w*lh th???n", ai"1 minister have carried the me^fo a mart contenlad tarm / county, the white county t had more call, of this khil #? could All dne t?,*T?;* th? thn. given him at prev|ou, Dr Kllgor. called attention to work done by John D. Way In rha?? v of the negro club work amoni bo^ Jand girls Way works for tho extej sloo service with headquarter, at the Negro A. ? V. College at Oreensboro and has organlied several thousand negro farm hoys and girl. In the d?f ferent kinds of club,. All of this ? work ,ald Dr. Kllgore, "ha, hmd effect In promoting the prosperity of h? Nor,h Carolina and t " Iriohu l "i"" 8,?" -ome of ?hl,k k. w d shortage of labor .tluItX-ru,^'? ln ,h' DR. MULLINS IS ALLIANCE HEAD (By Tt>? AiioclilMl k'rrts ) Stockholm. July 26. ? Dr. E. Y. Mulllns of Louisville, Kentucky, was today unanim ously elected president of the Baptist World Alliance by the third congress of the alliance In session here. FAIR FIREWORKS TO BE EXCELLENT And Farmers of Section are Getting Ready to Make the 1923 Fair Better Than Any Previously Held. That the fireworks at the Fair this fall will be extraordinarily good is one of this week's announcements by Secretary Duckworth Glover, who has just made his arrangements In regard to this feature of the Fair. Another most encouraging word is that the farmers of the section are talking Fair with more than usual enthusiasm and are preparing to have bigger and better exhibits than on any similar previous occasion. The farm demonstration agent in this County, Orover W. Falls, is co-op erating with Secretary Glover, and urging farmers to exhibit their pro ducts. Since this bids fair to be an exceptionally good crop year, It seems certain that it will be a good Fair-year, also. I The women are by no means dil latory, either, for they are busy with! {canning, gardening, poultry raising,] sewing, and all sorts of work, the j choicest specimens of which will be j displayed at the 1923 Pair. The premium list is in the hands | of the printers, and Secretary Glover is busy with the many details con nected with making a big district fair a success. CITY'S HOUSEWIVES WILL KNOW CALUMET I i 1 i With a crew of 16 people, the Cal-1 umft Making Powder Company is I f conducting a house to house cam-1 i pal en here the Object of which Is to !acquaint the housewives of Elizabeth CitV with Calumet Baking Powder, j So thorough is the canvass that jwhen it is completed ordinarily 90 j per cent of the housewives have been I given a practical demonstration de ; sighed to convince those who see it ,of the superiority of this brand of baking powder. The local crew : manager says that In the case of I Elizabeth City the number of house ,wives visited will be slightly less 'than 90 per cent, perhaps, because at this season a considerable part of j jthe population of Elizabeth City Is at j Nags Head. But the canvass of the ? (town will be very thorough. I At the same time that the hous^ iwives are being sold on Calumet, I salesmen are calling on Jobbers and 'retailers and persuading them to stock up on this baking powder j which, following the local campaign. I lis sure to be In great demand. But; the Calumet Baking Powder Com pany are too wise In the ways of the world to spend In the neighborhood | 'of two thousand dollars on a public-' jlty stunt of this sort and then allow the folks to forget It. A campaign] of newspaper advertising will follow1 the demonstration campaign and will ; be continued for a period of months., helping to firmly fix the habit which ' jthe present endeavor Is to launch, i The Calumet Baking Powder Com-] pany must have heard a good report' of North Carolina because there are1 inine other crews.ln the State similar! to the crew now'at work here. The: length of a time.crew remains in a' town depends on ^m-populatlon. Th? Elizabeth City campaign will last for i about two weeks, the expectation of1 the manager being to complete It by I Thursday of nett week. The crew | arrived In the city Just a week ago. j The campaign now on is interest ing In Itself and also as an example i of modern methods of advertising among folks who are experts in the | game. BANKRUPTCY PAPERS SERVED ON BARRETT 1 Auguata, f}?.. July 2?.?An ln*ol untary petition In bankruptcy was to-, day served on Barrett & Company, i The papers were filed In Atlanta be-j fore Federal Judge Sibley. CHURCH UNION PLAN GOES TO CONFERENCE . Cleveland, July 2?.?The Joint eommlaeton on unification of the; 'Mcthodlnt Eplacopal church. North! ?nd South, yesterday adopted a plan which now *oe? to the general con ference of both churches for ratifica tion. MAXWELL ANSWERS GOVERNOR'S CHARGE V --^alelgh, July 26.?Replying' to Govfcrnor Morrison's charge that he caused a deficit when he wrote the revenue bill. Corporation Commis sioner Maxwell yesterday asserted that he did write the bill but that jthe legislature under Governor Mor-j rlson's urging appropriated greater' sums than the budget allowed under the terms of the revenue bill of 1121 and thus caused the deficit. 1 CHAUFFEUR WHO WAS KIDNAPED BY CONVICTS. ft After being compelled to drive bis car, commandeered by tbe ?ix convlctB who scaled tbe walls of tbe Eastern Penitentiary on July 14. as far as Elkton, Md.f Thomas J. McAllister. Jr. (shown ? bove with his wife), an automobile tester, was bound, gagged and tied to a tree. He made his way back to Philadelphia and told s dramatic story of his kldnsplng snd experiences while with ihe convicts. He said they bad every detail perfectly planned as to what they were to do when they landed on the outside of the prison walls. A reward of $250 for each prisoner has be?n offered hj Philadelphia authorities Sandhill Peach Show Opens Friday With Choicest of Two Million Dollar Crop on Exhibition At Hamlet Hamlet, July 26. ? With the choicest of what is expected to be a j $2,000,000.00 crop on exhibition, ' the third annual.Sandhill Peach Show will open here tomorrow morning. Two Governors. Cameron -Morrison I of North Carolina and Thomas O. MeLeod of South Carolina have been invited to be present and address the assemblage. With a large warehouse for the , show instead of the tents merely used and with a system of calling .tor the choicest displays rather than having them brought in, the show to | morrow is expected to outstrip its j two predecessors both in size of dis : play and iu general arrangements, i j This season tho promoters of the show, having in mind the fact that the peach grower is exceedingly bu sy at the present time with a fast , ripening crop, obtained trucks to call for the various exhibits. In this way a greater number of producers i I will be represented at the mIiow. | Arrangements.for entertaining vis liters to the show have ? >eeii made on ' an extensive scale. L*ast season, hundreds attended the show and this year.it is expected that the attend ance will be more than doubled. The presence of Governor MeLeod of j South Carolina and the fact that the j Sandhill belt pf South Carolina is fast developing a peach growing in dustry similar to that of tho Nort'i State, Is expected to draw a large 1 number of South Carolinians Ham- j lei wards tomorrow. Portsmouth Here Friday Afternoon The Portsmouth team that played here Wednesday after noon will .1>e here again Fri day afternoon. This Is one of the strongest teams that hns been seen on the local diamond this season and a large crowd is expected to witness .the game. Big Picnic Planned For August Ninth Farmers Families From Sev eral Counties To Attend During Week Of Camp A big picnic for the farmers and farmers' families of Pasquotank, Perquimans, Chowan, Camden and Currituck is planned for August 9 iat the Old FnlrOrounds Just outside the city. The boy* and girls of the farm and homo demonstration clubs of the*e counties will enjoy a week's camp there from August 6 to August 10, and the picnic will be the big day of the camp, with an old fash ioned picnic dinner, and with speech es by men and women who know j about and are Interested in farm problems. The home and farm demonstration ! agents of Pasquotank are anxious I that the Rirls ami boys of this Coun ! ty notify thorn at once if they ex | pect to Join the camplns party so that arrangements can be made. It's A Big Night Tonight At The Boy Scout Camp Kiwaniann, Rntariana, Wlvm, Daughter*, and Ollicrii are Invited to lie There at Seven O'clock, Say* Scoutmaster Frank H. Scattergood Camp Robert E. Lee. July 25?Ki-. wanlans, Rotarians. their wives and I daughters, all business and profes-1 alonal men, and any othera interested In the Boy Scouts are Invited to visit this camp Thursday evening, July 26, at 7 o'clock. This Is an official invitation from .Scoutmaster Frank H. Scattergood, and he and the boys want to folks to come. They'll enjoy it, and they'll And out a lot of Interesting thing* wlwn they come. The Scouts are preparing for the event. They've "washed their clotlu s this morning, so very clean and ? white," well not white, but. anyway, ttiey've washed them. The diamplon Is Kennedy Houtz. who uses n brush, because hit hands are too tender. Fat ( Sawyer is a olose second. There Is truly a "wash out" on the line. Each boy Is bent on making the best ap pearance he can for the Thursday nlght doings, and will ??? 4Uappolnt ed Ir hia family and friends fall to i show up. f The storm struck the camp hard Tuesday evening. The Scouts hur ried through with supper and bare ly had time to mak?- the necessary' preparation for protection. The storm arrived and lasted until 7 o'clock, af ter which the Scoutmaster sent the boys to a barn owned by Mr. Woods, ? to rleep. There was about four inch es of water all over camp. Five tents were blown down, and camp had to be reconstructed this morning. Now lit Is *11 dry and fine and nobody has a cold, either. Houts and Kramer were among those In town Tuesday. Bach re ported as was expected and atated In a most earnest way that they knew their Scoutmaater expected It. These boys are real men. Visitor!! are coining from Hlghj Point tonight and stay for the rent, of the week. Inasmuch a* these vis itor* arc Scout* they will prove an asset.' John Kramer Isn't much on talk ing hut he suggested mo*t earnestly i today that the camp lant another two weeks, which speaks well for thel hoya and the camp. Dick Job Is actually doing some work. Work Is not Dick * long suit, though his brother, "Little David," in always flaying "Mr. ttcattcrgood,, may I do this for you?" and may be d< i"Tided on to carry out all detail* a**igned him In a bu*lne*s like man-i ner. The Scoutmaster believes that fluhermcn should hereafter be charged an eptra tax on all flah tak en from these waters, reaflon,?ttlfy ! undouhtMly contain certain alutnlh um and tin fork*. knfve*. *p~orins ind plates, for the boys simply feed these things to .the Ash. It's a good thing these utennlls aren't silver or gold. Tyre Sawyer s face I* really clean itoday. He Is really beautiful when I 'hi* face is clean. "Fat" weighs 25 pounds more than when he came, or at least he should. Stevens, mascot for Troop One, appeared on the scene today. Mr. Whaley and hi* neighbors are ito play some old time fiddlem' tunes for the camp tonight. Watermelon Is th?? new den?ert. Tt goe? flne. Visitors at*e given notice, by the way; that all "red buss" snd ticks thave been charmed and are under a jmsglc apell. so that they do not dla (turb anyone any more. Boy Drowns Off Nags Head Pier Eddie Cart wright. fifteen-year-old' son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Cart wright | of Old Trap, was drowned at Nftgs Head Wednesday afternoon at about 4 o'clock. He had gone down on the Old Trap Methodist Sunday school ex- j cursion and with some companions' was on the pier, about three fourths of the way to the end, where the wa-' ler was about five feet deep. He | dived off, and it is believed, struck an old post or something of the sort.' for he failed to come up. and when j the body was brought out by Wil-; Ham Jennette, a bruise was found on * the forehead. The life saver worked i on him for several hours but nothing I could be done. He was a large boy I for his age and almost pulled one of ? his companions under before Jen-I nette could get him out. Resides his parents, he leaves two sisters. Misses Nora and Grace Cart-' wright. * j ALLBQUiETAS ' TRIAL IS BEGUN, Squads of Picked Mm An on Guard and Everyone I? [ Searched as Enter Court i house for Garrett Trial. i? I Cumberland Courthouflo. Va.. July' ,26.?No shadow of Impending trou ble was visible today when the case Iof Robert and Lark in Garrett, broth ers and prominent county officials, {charged with the murder of Rev. Edwnrd Sylvester l'ierce. pastor of 'the county's five Haptist churches, was called for trial. \ Squads of picked men from police departments of several cities occu Ipted points of vantage In the court - | room and outside the lawn where .they have pitched their tents for (heir stay here. Every one atrtendinK the trial was searched on Instructions of Judge H.I D. White, presiding officer, because I of circumstances surrounding the tragedy which had rent the whole county into two biterly opposing fac tions. The stne won the first sklrmlah when Judge White overruled the de murrer of the defense to the motion ?by the commonwealth for a change of venue. Tlio demurrer challenged the right of the state to enter such a motion but the court held that thct, law was designed to protect the pub lic as well as the Individual and that the commonwealth did have the right to appeal for the change. I Young While Man Up For A?xault on Wifr I,. M. Rrlnkley. young white man before Trial Justice Spence for the second tiino Thursday morning on a , charge of non-support, and also on a , charge of assault on his wife, wbh( given a suspended sentence of 12 month* in .lall to go Into effect on his failure to pay his wife $8 a week for the next two years. Rrlnkley thought the court too se vere and asked If he might appeal. He was assured hy the court that tie might If he would give bond In the' sum of $200, but the bond was not forthcoming and llrlnkley left court with Officer Twiddy bound for the. County jail. Up for non support some time ago, Rrlnkley effected a reconciliation with his wife and the charge *as dropped. "He promised to do re markable? better than he ever had before, the last time I went back to[ live with him," said Mrs. Rrlnkley, "but Instead he's done worse." R. J. Rrlte and Mark Warden of Pasquotank, brought in by Sheriff Reld Wednesday on a charge of man ufacturing whiskey, gave bond for, $2f?0 each and their case Is now set for trial Monday, July 30. DEMP9EY AND FIRPO CONTIUCT IS SIGNED New York, July 2??Tex Rlckard announced yesterday that the con- ' tract for the heavyweight title bout ' between l^lrpo and Dempsey has been 1 signed, the date and place to be se-jl lected later. EXPEL SCHNEIDER FROM GtJRB EXCHANGE New York, July 24.?The board of governors of the New York Curb Kx change today announced the expul sion of I4in ISchneider of the firm of A. 1/. Schneider St Company, ? for violation of the exchange's con-' st I tut ton. RUHR FRONTIER IS OPENED AT MIDNIGHT I)eusseldorf. July 20.?The fron tier separating IJuhr Valley from the rest of flermany was o|>ened at mid- ! night. Till-: WH.tfJ? IK IIKitK The Whale of n Sale began at Weeks 6 Sawyer's this morning with a large number of men calling early In the day to take advantage of the special prices offered In the adver tisement In this paper this week. The1 sale Srlll continue for ten days, hut Mr. Sawyer suggests that early shop pers will be tha lucky ones. MAGNUS JOHNSON SEES REVOLUTION Npidf Elected Minnesota Senator Says What Hap pened in Russia Could Hap pen Here Any Minute. (Br Th. ianuud IWI St. Paul, Minn., July 26. ? "Revolution, political and' eco nomic, or even a resort to arms, faces the United States if condi tions facing the laboring man and the farmer are not changed" in the opinion of Mag nus Johnson, recently elected Senator from Minnesota on the Farmer-Labor ticket. "Many think the name thing that happened in Russia cannot happen In his country," he told the Associated Pr?M today, "but don't fool yourself. !t could happen here before you know what is going on." . DATE POSTPONED TO OCTOBER FIRST Washington, July 26.?The effec tive date of the Interstate Commerce Commission order requiring rail roads to cease giving special car ser vice to coal mines furnishing the railroads fuel was today postponed from September 1 to October 1. WARD REINDICTED ON MURDER CHARGE White Plains. N. Y.. July 26.? Walter Ward, wealthy baker's son was today reindicted Sn the charge of first degree murder and held with out bail. The trial is set for Sep tember 4. PREDICTS BIG PRICES FOR EARLY SWEETS Ten doUars/a barrel is the price ui which early sweet potatoes will sell at the opening of this year's market for this section, a New York produce man in the city this week is quoted as saving. Reports from Currituck Indicate a good acreage and a big yield, the recent rains having been beneficial to the early sweets. Local produce men caution Curri tuck growers against swamping the market - and against premature dig ging. Set Example For Europe To Note Vancouver. H. C.. July 26.?Pres ident Harding in an address during his visit here, the first by an Ameri can President, to Canada, today pointed to the century old friendship between the people of Canada and the people of the United States as proof to the nations of Europe that public will rather than public force Is the key to International pace. "If only the European countries would heed the lesson conveyed by Canada and the United States they would strike at the root of their disagreements and in their own pros perity would forget to Inveigh con stantly to ours," ho said. UFA CM AGREEMENT ON BIUTISH NOTE (Br Th. AMOrUlMl Pr*M.) Paris, July 26.?The French and Tlelglan government* have reached an entire agreement on all eaaentlal point* respecting the llrltlah note, it wax announced today. It wax not made known whether there will be a Joint or separate reply. FORMAL CONFERENCE ON TWELVE-HOUR DAY New York, July 26.?The ftr*t for mal conference looking to the aboli tion of the 12-hour day la to be held here today between Klbert Oary and hla associate* In the ateel Induatry. THfC MNDKV FK ATI'It KM CHICKKN IHNNRR .WiAIV The TJnden Is again featuring a chicken dinner for Friday from 12 o'clock to 2:30. The dinner proved exceedingly popular the last time It waa offered and promises to ibe so again. I!l<; Cltown AT CliK.W HWRKP Crowds fathered at Mitchell's De partment Store Thuraday morning to be among the ftrat to take advantage of the many bargain* featured dur ing the Semi-Annual Clean Sweep Sale. "With the price rlxlng on merchandise in general this I* an un uaual opportunity to buy men'a and women'a clothing at money saving prices," says Mr. Gilbert. COTTOX MAftKRT New York July 26.?8pot cotton, closed quiet. Middling 23.66, a de cline of 36 points. Futures, clos ing bid. Oct. 22 66. Dec. 2*.39, March 22.28. May 22.43. New York, July 26.--Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: October 22.80, December 22.66, January 22.38, March 22.61, May 22.60.
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