?*?***??? * THE WEATHER. * ? In?ettled tonight and * * Tuenday. Probably lo- * * c a I thunderthoteers. * * Light to gentle winds. * 000000000 0000000m CIRCULATION Saturday 1,654 Co pie* VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING, JULY 30, 1923. FOl'R PACES. NO. 175. UNION SERVICES DURING AUGUST: Denominations Lay Aside All Differences to Worship Sim ply as Christians at Each Sunday Evening Service. "It Is commonly known, not only to the heavy browed thinkers, but to every man on the street that co-oit eration and fellowship are among the finest Jewels known to a com munity. This Is preached not alone from the pulpits but from every counter and desk. We Bay we be-( lleve in it. Let us show each other that we do." This is the slogan of the Elizabeth | City ministers who are arranging | lor union services during August. _y Four of the city's churches will i Join for union services at the night j meetings. And a program for the month has been mapped out. The pastor of the church where] the union service will be held will! have charge of that particular ser vice but another, the program shows, will preach. The offerings that will be taken] at these services will go to the church where the services are held except for envelopes which arel marked for another church, which of course, will be turned over at once to that church. These services are held in the in- ] terest of co-operation and fellowship. "We will worship as Christians, not as denomlnationalistB. These services, where we will lay down all differences and worship in spirit and in trutb should prove a blessing to those attending." say the ministers. Following is the program: August 5, 8 p. m., at the First Baptist Church, Rev. N. H. D. Wilson will preach. August 12. 8 p. m., at the Episco pal Church, Rev. Frank Scattergood will preach. August 19, 8 p. m., at the First Methodist Church, Rev. J. R. John son will preach for Hr. Templeman. August 26. 8 p. ni., at the.Presby terian Church. Rev. Geo. F. Hill will preach. GARRETT TRIAL BEGINS . Cumberland Courthouse. Va.. July 30.?The famous Garrett trial Is getting under way today. The Gar rett brothers are being tried for the murder Of Rev. E. S. Pierce, Baptist minister. Judge White granted the motion of the state for separate trials. Lar kin GarretfiB to be tried first. With this settled, the common wealth moved that the existing ven ire be squashed on grounds that it was illegally drawn and selected by partisans of the Garretts. the same charges being cited as were made in the change of venue arguments. The defense said that no notice of this motion had been given them and asked for a recess in which-to pre pare a reply. This was granted. MOTHERS' (M'll TO HOLD IiAWN l\%ltTY WEDNESDAY The Mothers* Club will hold a lawn party Wednesday afternoon from live to eight o'clock on the lawn about the Community Building on Fleetwood street. Ice tea, sand wiches, Ice cream, cake, and candy will be served. Tlie proceeds will g:> toward the Community Building. It Is hoped that a large number of peo ple will attend. Prior to the lawn party at 3:20 the regular meeting of the Mothers' Club will be held, and mothers are urged to have their babies there to to be weighed and scored In the Bet ter Babies Contest. Nearly Everybody Is Below Normal So Nay* California University Presi dent, So Vobody Xewl b? fittnenome About It Los Angeles, Cal.. July 30.?Nine ty-six per rent of the people of the Vnlted States are below the accept ed standard of Intelligence, and only 4,000,000 are above the standard. Dr. K. n. Von KlelnSmid. president of the I'nlverslty of Southern Cali fornia. declared here In an address to the student body at the summer session. The 96 per cent below standard, or approximately 96,000,000, seera likely to Increase to 98.000,000. and the 4,000.000 decrease to 3.000,000, Dr. Von KlelnSmid declared. Tlio primary work of the coilcge r r university Is to deal with tho 4. 000,000 and to train the people of superior Intelligence that they may bocome leaders In the future "Frankly. I do not know who shall come to college," Dr. Von Klein Smld said. "I am at loss to accept any kind of a criterion which shall limit college entrance to any group. !f.? the trsts of the future what they may, the Ideal of the college must b?* to conserve the Intellectual Ideals and to pass them on so that they may send out leaders for the genera tions to come." 1,1 KK IXHI FWNCK HALKH l\< ItfCASRD THIS YEAR New sales of life Insurance In Jun? represented a policy value of $727, 493,000 as against $704,376,000 In May and $553,135,000 In June 1922, It is announced by the Department of Commerce. FANS REMINDED TO MEET TONIGHT Baseball fans are reminded to meet at the courthouse to night at 8 o'clock, to decide whether or not Elizabeth City will have baseball during the month of August. The inter est demonstrated at this mass meeting will determine the matter, says Manager John Wells. Many Report Weevil Now In Pasquotank 1 But County Agent Grover Falls Says He Hasn't Found Hun Though Is Still Looking The boll weevil may be In Pas quotank County but County Agent Falls Hasn't seen him yet. j "Every case where the weevil has been reported so far. I have Inves tigated and found that It was some other insect," Mr. Falls said Monday j 1 morning. j "I have found the cotton lice in some instances dotng right much J {damage. This is a sucking Insect and turns the leaf yellow. "Another Insect, thought by nom" 'to be the boll weevil, is the cotton j | boll worm which eats a hole in the Iboll of the cotton. I "Both of these pests were in the. County last season and I do not es-1 timate a damage of over 10 per centi this year, if that much." Mr. Falls this week is making a? complete Inspection trip from the I lower to the upper end of the County and he may come across the dread-1 ed boll weevil before he finishes his' trip. The general apprehension over the arrival of the weevil has caused many to conclude that the Insect is here whenever a strange insect has appeared on the cotton. Mr. Falls has specimens of the boll weevil In a half pint milk bottle in his office, one of which was kicking smartly Monday morning. They were brought here from Hyde County. GREECE TRYING TO SET UP A REPUBLIC (By Th? A?K>cUtMl PrrtO I*ondon, July 30.?Reports have reached the British government of an attempt to set up a republic in Greece in place of the monarchy. Ronald MacNeill, under-secretary for foreign affairs, told^the House of Commons today. ; SCOUTS HOME AFTER ENJOYABLE OUTING i Thirty Scouts returned Monday .morning from two weeks' outing at 'Arneuse Creek, all tanned up from ithe outdoor life, and looking hard )and At. I Two religious services were held ? Sunday?one in the morning at 11 lo'clock and the other In the evening at 8. The latter was a fine outdoor service with about 7H visitors pres 'ent besides the Scouts. Rev. H. E. j Myers was expected nt the evening 'service but arrived late on account of the high tide which made passage difficult over the State highway. Quit#' a number of people from Elizabeth City have visited the camp during the past two weeks and have ! been delighted with the training giv en the boys as well as the enjoyment they got from camp life. Scoutmaster Scattergood Monday morning stated that he appreciated the co-operative spirit shown by the public in general and the assistance 'rendered by quite a number of busi ness men In making things pleasant for the boys. Mr. Scattergood has become so much in love with the site at Ar-j ineuse Creek that he has decided to spend a week's rest at the camp this i week. | IRENE CASTLE SAYS SHE'S NOT DIVORCED Now York, July 30.?Iron* Castle I added another touch of mystery to her matrimonial attaint when return ing from Lafayette she announced to day that, contrary to cabled advice*, she had not obtained a Pirlfl divorce ifrom Ilobert Treman. to whom she wan married shortly after the death I of Vernon Castle. BURNED AT STAKE Yazoo Cltv. Miss., July 30.?Wil liam Mtnntfleld. negro. win burned at the stake yesterday for attacking and probably fatally wounded n white woman, and posses and a mob an- hunting iM1 hl? accomplice. ON VACATION TRIP Harry W. I>ewey. manaxi r of th-o|ieratlii? With County Agents In Preparation for Thewe ( amps j 'Raleigh, July 30.?A movement to I acquaint farm youngsters with the jdelights of camping out, started sev eral years ago In Xorlh Carolina as ja part of the extension work with young people has taken hold rapidly I according to S. J. Klrby, in charge of the Agricultural Cluli work of the State College and Department of Ag riculture. Most of these camps are I being held during the present month but many of them have the dates net jfor the month of August, it was stal led. Mr. Klrby anil Miss Maude Wallace (who handles the Junior work for the Home Demonstration Division are i now cooperating with the various county agents in helplng-wlth Ihcse I encampments.' The first clurt> cncampment was held In Northampton county during the war and was named for the wi ll | known agricultural educator. Dr. I Seaman A. Knapp. It was promoted jand held by M. W. Wall, then counlv agent in that county. Mr. Wall has since been transferred to Mooro icounty where the idea has also taken ] root anil where a successful camp for young farm folks wus held last year, Mr. Klrby slated. This year. 27 such camps for the club boys anil girls In 35 counties are being held by I extension workers. Reports from (those already held Indicate that the children are having a good tima. Dr. Klrby asserted, and are also learning some new facts about im : proved agriculture. Following are the counties which are holding a camp during the pre sent summer: Alamance, Anson. Bladen. Hun combe. Carteret. Chowan, Pasquo tank Pergulmans, Cleveland, Col umbus, C ravel), Durham. Forsyth. Huston Hertford. Northampton. Montgomery, Moore. Rutherford, Sampson. Scotland, Jackson, Wash ington, Johnston, Wayne, Wilson \ance. Beaufort. Halifax. Davidson, ?Sew Hanover, Brunswick and Krank I in. The young folks get up early, take army exercises, go swimming and police their quarters before 'break fast. The mornings are usually de voted to some Instructional work oro Oreenaboro, July 30. ? Doctor Jamea Power Smith, confederate vet eran, author and minister, la III at the home of hla daughter here. He la reported to be In an extremely nerloua condition and la not expected to aurvlve the day. TWO YOUNG WHITE MEN SENTENCED TO KOADS On the testimony of Clinton Over ton. Simpson ditch road negro farm er. that he had seen them operating a still, back by the testimony of Po lice Officers Twiddy and Roughton that Brlte had a reputation for han dling whiskey. Ross J. Brlte and Mark Warden. Pasquotank white men. were found guilty of manufac turing liquor In police court Monday morning and sentenced to three months on the roads. noth noted an appeal and were placed under $200 bond, pending trial of their case at the August term of Superior Court. Overton testified first that the two defendants had accused him of steal ing five gallons of liquor and that in April or May of this year he found their still and a week or so later found them and a nesro named Dance at the still while it was In op eratlon. / Brlte and Warden both took the stand and denied the negro's charge completely and their counsel put on three witnesses, who testified to their Kood character. Two of the dt>frnd ant's witnesses also testified that Clinton Overton was a man of good character, while the third character witness for the defendants did not know Overton's reputation. Noah McMurran, colored, for al lowing stock to run at large, under the State wide stock law, was fined $15 and costs. To Meet Boards Of Seven Counties Here Secretary Manager Nr. G. Bartlett I of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of j (Commerce will be in the city on Tues iday, July 31, to present to the county ! commissioners of Pasquotank. Cam den, Currituck. Gates, Chowan. Per quimans and Dare counties a matter {which ho believes will be of vital in- I Merest to these counties. As no meeting of the Eastern Car olina Chamber of Commerce haa feeen , held in Kilt* beta City. Mr. Hartlett believes that the meeting affords an J opi>ortunity for the business men of the city to become acquainted with the work of his organization and his requested Secretary Job to extend , an invitation to (hem to be present, j Secretary Job, accordingly, asks (the business men of the city to take due notice of the invitation and to be present if possible. I The letters from Mr. Bartlett to i Mr. J?l> have not set out the purpose (of the meeting and members of the County Board of Commissioners who have received pressing invitations to | be present are also In the dark as to what the meeting Is about. The hour of the meeting Is 11 'o'clock Tuesdayjjjorning. Only Rubber Plant 1 of America in Texas Hears Xi> lle??cnil>lnit<-e to Itubhcr Trees of the Tropical Countries Alpine. Texas"."July HO.?The only rubber producing plant krtown to grow uncultivated In North America , Ih found In the Illg Bend country of 'both Texas and Mexico, alonu the i border, and the only factory In the ! United States equipped to make rub ber from the raw lata* is In Brews ter County, Texas. A factory wan .established at Marathon about 1 .r? years ago. but for the past several) j years has been Idle. The plant from which rubber may be made in the Guayule, and urows ? Abundantly in this section of the country. Large quantities have been destroyed by prairie flies and neg llect, but much continues to grow without attention. Apparently It will j ithrive In rocky barren soil where -nothing else wlli sprout. I The Gtiayttle has no resemblance to the rubber trees and plants of tropical countries. It trows in the form of a small bush or shrub and when mature is about four feet high, resembling slightly the Texas grease wood bush. Its leaves are small, j tough looking, and have a slight sim ilarity to those of other rubber pro-j duelnfl planta. The milky Juice, known as latax.l from which the rubber is made is In a layer under the bark or skin of the shrub, extending from the root to the, topmost branch. The latax Is sepa rate and distinct from the sap of the I Guayule, which flows through the plant. The method of extracting the la tax differs from that used In tropical countries where the trees are tapped, and the Juice oozes out. The fluid is pressed from the en tire Guayulc plant. GREAT AIRPLANE SYSTEM FOR CHINA Shanghai, July 30?The Hetah and Great China Airways Comapny are two newly launched enterprises which have been promoted J?y James Slevln. an American airplane expert, who plans to establish a network of aerial service linking every Import ant center in China in the course of the year. Mr. Slevln said the first route to be opened this summer will be from Tientsin to Urga with regu lar flights carrying passengers, mails and express packages. The project. Mr. Slevln says, is be ing carried out under agreements with the commercial aeronautical de partment of the Chinese government. BANDITS KILL ONE ANI) MAKE BIG HAUL
aurel yllne train at Mooslc. using re volvers freely, killing one man and wounding two others. The bandits made their escape with the mine payroll amounting to between $85,000 and $90,000. Welfare Problems Studied By Workers T asquotank'i Superintendent Returns from Inatitute With New Zeal For Work Pasquotank County's Superintend ent of Public Welfare. Mrs. Annaj l ewis. Is back on the Job. after two , weeks' intensive study in the Welfare Institute at Chapel Hill. There were 48 welfare superin tendents attending the institute and all were required to take three | courses: as follows. Mental Health and Hygiene, under Dr. Harry W. Crane, county organization, under Dr. Joseph Kinmont Hart, education al editor of the Survey, and. Admin istration of Mothers' Aid. under Miss Mary F. Hogue. director of mothers aid in Pennsylvania. Kxaminations were taken on these courses and i credits given, upon which certificates) were issued. Other courses which Mrs. Lewis I found especially helpful were those) given by Judge Ricks of Richmond' I on Juvenile Court Work. Miss Paul-] line Wherry, National Organizer of; |fSlrl Scouts on Oirl Scouts' Work, and Miss Nell nattle Lewis, staff secretary of the State Hoard of Wel fare. on publicity. Mrs. Lewis also attended lectures |on various other subjects and gained much helpful knowledge for her task in this County. A superintendent of welfare is confronted with such varied prob lems and with such n multiplicity of theni, and the Institute affords great help and stimulus, along many lines. Mothers' Aid is one of the new ; problems, just now, and It Is gener ally believed that tire. Commissioners iof Pasquotank County will at the August meeting vote to co-operate with the State in this work. The matter was not pressed at the July meeting because the chairman was away lOid because Mrs. Lewis was expecting to go to the Welfare In stitute and learn in detail just how the Mothers' Aid plan is carried out. As all welfare workers know, and all those Interested in welfare work, the hard task is carrying the general theory Into practice in the every day problems which are confronted. Have Large Task Before December llaptM* of South .Must Raise Ml, . ami the Money Is I'rgently Needed Nashevllle, Tenn.. July 3ft.?A to tal ol $ M .003.00fi.7ft In cash has been paid In on the Ilaptlst 7.r? Mil lion Campaign, up to May 1. 1JI23. bv revised figures announced here. T ils leaves approximately $31,000, ft'?0 to be raised by December. 102 1. At a recent convention of the Southern Daptlst Convention In Kan |s:?s City, the conservation cotnmia-j ision of the campaign was asked to push all Interest of the forward movement with vigor In order that t ie rull sum may be realized from t' e movement, as nil seven of the ? Ideational, benevolent and mis f'onary causes fostered by the cain p'lgn stand urgently in need of their fill allotment. A special effort adopted by the f .nnervation commission was an In t nslve campaign In looking to the rttlng up of a budget plan of sys t matle and proportionate giving in .* I of the churches of the Southern Piptlst Convention. ARCHIE JOYNEII HAS WRITTEN LAST COPY Oroonaboro. July 30. ? Archie R. | J??yner, part owner and advertising n'tinager of tlio Oreenaboro N<*w?,; diod.here last night. He wan one of: the State'* loading newapapermen. CONFESSES THAT HE KILLED HIS BIUDE Plttnburg. July 80?Patrick Coyne, whose bride of a few week* wan, found doad In-their home recently,' confo**?d today to Chief Robert Rraun of the county detectlvea. that he killed her. The confo**lon wan made In a hos pital whore Coyne wan taken after ho lout hla leg* In a rallrofld accl-j dont ahortly after the crime. SERIES EXPLOSIONS VERY MYSTERIOUS1 Hydnoy, N. 8:, July 30.?A aerie* of mystertoq^^ explosion* occurred ; here today. Pipeline* supplying the plant Of ill Brftlflll Km pi n> St.. I Company where a atrlke la In pro- I urea* were blown up at several point* . forcing the worka to cloae. The damage waa heavy. iRACE RIOT SPOILS ' COMMUNITY DANCE One Negro Dead, Two Police I men Dying; Other Men Se riously Wounded Following "Social Equality" Attempt. Chicago. July 30.?One negro ia dead, two county policemen are be lieved to be dying,. and two other men are seriously wounded as the result of a flght at Worth between 150 negroes, construction gang workers, citizens and policemen yes terday. according to the Herald-Ex aminer. Fifty negroe* Invaded the hall where a community dance of white persons was in progress and chose as partners white women, taking wives front the arms of their hus bands. says the Herald-Examiner. The screams of the women attract ed officials who were met with a fust lade from the negroes. The negroes retreated to camp, where they were joined by hundreds of others. Two hundred shots and a hand to hand flght occurred before the ne groes were overcome. SOUTHEAST STOKM WAS A THRILLER The yacht. Matoaks, had a thrill ing experience Saturday night at Nags Head when a southwester struck her. broke one 150 pound an chor and dragged the other, driving the boast against the pier and threat ening to wreck both the pier and yacht. Earnest White and Joe Dean set off to the life saving station for help while a crowd of boys and men gath ered on the pier, trying to help. [White and Dean came back with 'three life saving men and a 100 pound anchor and some cable. They took a boat and want t<> tha ytacht, then carried the anchor out In a skiff and dropped it. Next they put a line on tha yacht to pull it away from I tha plar, but this plan failed, for the yacht dragged the anchor. Fin ally about tin men got behind the yacht, pushing her off the pier and finally steered her around to the Reward side of the pier. Then Joe Ferabee, Earnest White Joa Dean, Edgar banning, Capt. Young, and two Coast Guard men set the sails and sailed the yacht to Manteo, where the harbor afforded protec tion from the storm. It was about nine thirty when the thrills began and It was four o'clock In the morn ing when the Matoaks reached Man Jtco. The Intervening time had beon spent In strentfous effort to save the yacht. ; Capt. E. Young of Norfolk Is the !yacht's owner. Harry West ef Nor ifolk had chartered It for the trip to Nags Head. A party of 13 had been on board enjoying the trip, but them* were over on the ocean side when the storin came up jind no !missed the adventure. The Matoaks is a hIx net ton yacht, known as an auxiliary sloop. Only slight damage was done to tin* yacht, and a few boards were knocked loose on the pier, but none of the fellows who helped to save the Matonk* want to see another south wester nt any time soon. REAL ESTATE ROOM HITS JAPAN RESORTS Tok!o. July .10.?The demand for lioiiic*m nt tlic various aeaaide and mountain re*ortd of Japan made fa mouH by foreigner* Id ever on the In on-nm-, mid thode forelnnerd who In ypnlcd widely are reaplnu tholr har vest. Priced have gone up t*? fold within th?* ln?t few yeara nnd there deoma no tendency to fall. At Karul zawa, the monntaln redort to which mlnwlonarle* from all ov#-r the Far Kadt flock In diitnmer, nnd where the I'rlnce Iteuent will dpend part of this aeaaon, very high priced am being paid for houaea and land. The dame Ih true ?t Kamakura. Zuahl and Ha.v nma, the deaalde redortd, formerly al inodt entirely forlegn, which have been Invaded by the Japaneae. The property which foreigner are delllng Id held by them on 099 year lenaea, or through virtue of their be ing memberd of Japaneae land coni panled duch ad were organised by the different mldalonary hodlea. MOTOIl Till I* TO HYDK Mr. nnd Mm. H. C. Cuthrell and don, Horace, and Mlas Margaret L. Cuthrell of Camden motored to Bel haven Inal week to vlalt Mm. Cut hrell'* father and mother, Mr. and CVIra. J. D. Lanier. From there they motored to Hyde County to vldU Mrd. F. I). Jarvla and Mrs. T. O. li rid gem a ii of Swan Quarter, and from there to Fairfield to vlalt friendd and relative*. They re turned home Saturday night. tBOTTOM MAItKKT New York, July 30.-?Spot cotton, cloaed quiet. Middling 22.50. Fu turea, ciodlng hid. Oct." 21.IS, Dec. 21.12. Jan 20.94. March 21 04. May 21.00. New York. July 30?Cotton fu ture* opened today at the following level*: Oct. 21.18. !>ee. 21.05, Jan. 20.95, March 21.07. May 20.96. Mr. and ? Mm. O. F. Rerrlckaon, have returned from Naga Head, where they have been apendlnt ?oat* llm#- . m ? * mt