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? ? * * * * ' * * ? 0 * ? w 0 0 0 0 -0 VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 186. Mrs. Harding Returns To The White House Funeral Services at IVfarion Elided She Still Bears Up Under Her Sorrow and Goes About Task of Packing Up Her Personal Effects for Final Departure Washington, Augusuai.?On the, sai l.- train that bore 'her -tiushand'a I body across the continent from San Francisco and then tto Marlon for burial yesterday. Mm. Harding re turned to Washington today to pack up her personal belongings at the "White House and to arrange for her final departure from the capital. At the White House waiting to re ceive her was Mrs. Coolidge, who herself had reached Washington on ly a short time before from Marion, and who insisted that Mrl. Harding remain as long as she desired. It was said that only a few days would he required for her to Anally close out her afTairs and take leave oi the mansion which had been her home since 1921. Coolidge"at Ills Trt>k Washington, Aug. 11.?President Coolidge today returned to Washing ton from Marion, where he attended the funeral of President Harding i day. He motor* <1 directly from the special train to hbj executive of fices at the hotel. The Crowds (tone Marion, Ohio, August 11.?Her hour of sorrow over, Marion turned today to her accustomed ways. Gone were the silent crowds that streamed Into town yesterday to pay their last respects to the late War ren G. Harding, the gentle, unassum ing newspaper editor, who became President of the I'nitcd States. The only physical reminders of yesterday's historic events were the mourning drape^itrceta and the mil itary patrol in front of the modest vault where the body was placed. In the uncertain future a ma*: leum is to I?m erected to house the dust of the fourth Ohio President to die In office, ami when completed, possibly, on the top of an Indian. mound near the cemetery where his mother Is burled, the American peo ple will have nnother shrine. ..Marwm, fJhio, Aur;u?t *11. ? While, the nation sorrowed and services of memorial ware held over the entire world yesterday, the body of Warren G. Harding wns laid to rest in the >oll of his native land, while his fel low citizens stood in sorrow. Mrs. HardinR, brave to the last, left at once for Washington to begin the task of moving out of the White House. All North Carolina. Raleigh. August 11.?All North Carolina Joined yesterday in the tri bute to the late President and indus try censed while all sections of the State paid homage to the departed Chief Executive. SCIENTISTS PREPAKE FOR AUSTRALIAN TRIP Eugene, Ore., Auk. 11.?Loading scientists of Australia. Japan. China. Siberia. India, Burmah, Notherland, Indies. Canada and the United States will attend tiie aecon<l Pan-Paelflc Scientific ConwroRK at Sydney and Melbourne. Australia, from* August 13 to September 3. accord Ins to Dr. Wirrren I). Smith, head of the Uni versity of Oregon department of ge ology. Dr. Smith will attend the international meet, which will be held under the dltectlon of the Aus tralian Research Council, and will Include addresses In all flelds of sci ence. Dr. Smith, who for fnore than ten years was chief of the division of milieu of the bureau of science of the Philippines, will speak on "Structure of the Philippines," and the "Status of Geological 8urveys In the Philip pines." The scientific congress Is part of a general program of weldlnt: together the peoples of the Pacific, and the meeting In expected to aid In the movement for international paoce. GERMANS BITTER ABOUT LEVIATHAN Rerlln, Aug. 11.?Pictures of the Leviathan are displayed prominently In the show windows of touring ag encies In Berlin and other German cities, and there has been much dis play advertising in the newspapers concerning the newly equipped giant which Is sailing under the American fliig. Hut German newspapers have com tiled with some bitterness on the . ! ? ' 'hat the publicity campaign ino mention of the fact that tV L vinthan was formerly the Ger i ? built Vaterland, lloMJC-WARfNO Miss Freda Anarlno and Mr. Ed ward C. Holle, both- of Baltimore, Md., wore married Saturday after noon by Dr. N. If. D. Wilson, at his home on Knst Church street. Mr. and Mrs. Grand? Gray and llt tl?? daughter, Ooldle. of Stumpy Point, are visiting Mrs. Frank Payne on flroad street and will leave Sun day to visit Mrsi C. O. Leary at Old Trap. POt.'K COMMUNISTS? KILLED IN KIOTING London. August 11.? Four Communists were killed and 4 0 other were injured in Hatibor, Fpper Silesia. today whlle-ilie police were attempting to clear the streets in which Commun ists were demonstrating, says a Central News dispatch from Berlin. Cotton Market Rises Four Dollars a Bale "New York. August 11.?Alarmed] over continued dry weather in Tex as. with no prospects for relief over Sunday, the cotton market rose ful ly four dollars a bale today, October and December advancing to 23.80. This represents an advance of ov er $13 a bale since Government re I ports from Texas first told of the de terioration of the crop in that state. INJUNCTION IS MADE PERMANENT, Asheville, August 11.?Majority] stockholders of the Dixie Fire Insur ance Company, of Greensboro, were, permanently enjoined Thursday by Judge Janus E. Boyd in Fnited States District Court from interfer* Inn with the contract for Insurance j made by the executive committee of the Greensboro -concern with th*? | Hartford Fire Insurance Company, of |Connecticut. The injunction was di- ' | reeled to C. O. Robinson and L. C. | rBaldes, of Elizabeth City., who r?--1 "cejitly purchased the majority of1 stock in the insurance company. Rob ilnson and 11 lades had boimht, up the 'mock, it was" Alleged, and aher tl.e i contract had been made with the Hartford company in an effort to de ;feat the contract which calls for a reinsuring of about 00 per cent of 'the business of the Dixie company, for which the Connecticut company . promised to pay a considerable price, "j The court ruled that the contract with the Hartford company was an {advantageous one and could not be | breached. The court further held that the individual defendants, Messrs. Robinson and Blades, trying to breach it, would not be permitted jas majority stockholders to vote or ;do anything against the contract that i might-prevent it from being carrlei lout by competent officials of the Greensboro concern. A. L. Brooks, general counsel for I the Dixie company, and one of the attorney! appearing for the Hartford company, Thursday afternoon said that the decision of the court is n victory for the minority stockholders of the Dixie company and for the Hartford company. Mr. Brooks as serted that It puts the Greensboro company on a firmer foundation than ever. CAItKIEK PIGEONS AKE STILL BEING USED Washington Aug. 11.?Radio and all other modern methods of com munication have not succeeded In ousting the carrier pigeon from its position as an important factor In the war time transmission of Intelli gence. Tho American army maintains 1, 400 birds along the Mexican border, In Hawaii, in the Canal Zone, and otherwise distributed at some 22 ar my posts. Fifty are fed dally In tho Phlllpines, while at Camp Vail, New Jersey.the reserve headquarters, 400 ! birds draw their rations, waiting to be of service in the fold in which In the past they have provedthemselvos most valuable. UNION SERVICES AT CHRIST CHURCH : Snnday evening at fight o'clock union services will he held at Christ Kpixropal Church, with R*?v. Frank . 11. 8ei(ter|ood, pastor of Cann Me mortal Presbyterian Church, preach ing. The congregations of Chrlat Church, ninn Memoral, First Meth odist, anrl First Baptist will worship there and all others are cordially in . vlted. HOI'K II \ MI*TO\"S I. \TKsT HTIItS WIIH-: INTKHKST, Probably as much attention Is be ing focused on Hope Hampton's new First National starring vehicle, "The I Light In the Dark." which (OMN to (the Alkrama theater today as on any I feature picture released In the past ! few years. The story, which was written by' William Dudley Pelley, la a modern drama and modern costumes aTe ,used. However, there Is a period se quence of the quest of the Holy Orall, wherein the wonderful color effects are used. , SIGNING THE FIRST STATE PAPERS. First photo of the new President, Cnlvin Coolidge, nt his desk at the Capitol at Washington, after signing some routine papers. TKOOPS RECALLED FROM CHARLESTON I Br The iMrliird Pwl Columbia. S. C.t Aug. 11.?South; Carolina guardsmen on duty in Charleston in connection with the municipal primary and the counting I of the ballots will probably be de-1 mobilized today, according to a state- | ment from the governor's office. j The soldi* rs will be removed from llibernia Hall where the ballot boxes | have been under guard since the vot- j Ing Tuesday. "Today and an early as possible." j the governor said, in reply to the protest by the president of the Hi bernian Society against keeping the guardsmen In the hall of the society. Violence on Path of Arctic Traders Mystery Ships Take Their Toll in Practical Truffle on Way to Siberia Ancorage, Alaska. August 11.? Mystery ships plying the Siberian, arctic laden with whisky, which Is bartered to the natives for furs, still , [take their toil of murder In the pi ratical traffic, according to Captain 'Andrew Predersen. here, who says he I was recently an innocent member of such an expedition. The limit was jactual murder, he says, when the Si berian government attempted to stop the traffic. Captain Predersen's story follows: "We sailed out of Nome for what I was told wduld be a trading voy age to Siberia. I will not tell the names of the owners or skipper of I he trader, for reasons best known to myself. At one port the boat took on a larne quantity of furs, after get ting the natives drunk on moonshine whisky. An official of the Siberian , government came aboard to collect a tax and force payment for the furs.) Ho was thrown overboard and shot. The fast I saw of him he was cling ing to a piece of Ice. I do not know, whether he died or was rescued. On j the cruise back I heard talk of mur-' dering me because I knew too much. For nights I didn't sleep, and while I rested Iti the bunk I kept a revol ver in my hand ready for action." LAWYERS TOP LIST IN THE SKYSCRAPERS Chicago, Aug. 11.?Twenty per cent of the tenants in American sky scrapers are lawyers, according to a survey made for the National Asso ciation of Huilding Owners and Man agers by W. R. Mallard of Iloston, Mass. The survey covers typical tenantry of 72 skyscrapers, and Is said to I* the first one of Its kind ever made. Of the total of 3,7.13 tenants can vassed, 833 were found to be law yers. After lawyers come Invest ment houses with 370, and real es tate Is a clore third with 352 tenants. The survey will be used In aiding prospective builders to determine jtho proper way to lay out floor space. The tenants using the most space are banks and trust companies, with oil concerns next and Insurance com-! panics third, the report showed. Thirty-eight different classes of bus inesses wear found to be housed in the various skyscrapers. mnCNMHfP CLt'lt IN TOKfO Toklo. Aug. 11 Japanase for merly resident ?n the t'nlted Stat'-s hare organized a club to he known ns the Japan American Club. The object Is the promotion of friendship between the two countries. Mrs. Laura Farrow and son, Carl, of Hyde County, returned home Frl- j day. after visiting Mrs. B. A. Olbbs1 on First street. Miss Alice Glbbs ac companied them home for a visit of several days. ' BOYS AND GIRLS RETURNTO HOMES Fiirm mill Home Dcmonstra lion < fillip al Old Fair grounds Was l ino Success ill Every Way This Week. The farm and homo demonstration j ?amp at the Old Fairgrounds dis banded Friday afternoon, the hoys and girls andthose in charge of tlKlnr gotnK to their homes. No slckncss, accident or other mis fortune marred tlx- \v<el;. F.u>n_ tin weather turned out to be better ^ban Iexpected. On Thursday, rhe Farm ers* Picnic day, about ?00 visitors saw the boys and girls in camp and 'were enthusiastic about the arrange ments made for their comfort and :tbe instruction, and wholesome rec reation offered them. That evening about 50 visitors stayed over and saw the moving pictures, which took up the boll weevil, and tuberculosis In cows. The boys and girls gave their songs and club yells between the pictures. On Friday Mrs. J. O. Fearing vis-! ited the camp and talked to the boys and girls on lire prevention,. The agents'in charge of the camp were Miss March- Albertson and drover W. Falls of Pasquotank, Miss Helen Oaither and L. W. Anderson of Perquimans, and Miss Kllza Knight and N. K. Howell of Chowan. Kllza both City people who visited the camp this year are exceedingly anxious that the same site he chosen another year. Perhaps no feature of farm and home demonstration work has made quite such a strong appeal. The infinite pains taken by the ag ents to make the boys ami girls pet the very most out of the week's camp in pleasure and Instruction, the wholesome food, and the comrade- j ship, are a delight; and on the other j hand, the fine spirit of the boys and 1 girls, their devotion to their leaders. 1 their Interest in their work, ami their excellent behavior are quite as com- 1 mendable. PROHIBITIVE TAX ON GAMBLER'S BOAT Iluenos Aires, Aug. 11.?A bill de-! signed to discourage Iluenos Alreann from crossing the River Plate to uamhle In Uruguay has been passed by the Argentine Chamber of Depu- ? ties. If Imposes a tax of 10,000 pes os a voyage on any passenger steam er from an Argentine port which calls at any port situated within 80 kilometers of Muen.os Aires, where roulette or other taming establish ments are maintained. The measure directly affects a riv er steamer which nightly carries sev eral hundred aamblcrs to the Uru guayan port of Colonla. returning In j the morning. Suicide* of Argentines who lost fortunes on Colon la's rou lette wheels were cited when the bill was proposed. Oamhlins; resorts ' are prohibited In the Argentine capl- ( tal, but are legal In Uruguay. TO TURN OFF C,\S SUNDAY AFTERNOON! Oas service will be turned off from two o'clock Sunday afternoon until eight o'clock Monday morning In or- ' der that certain Improvement!! may ! he made at the plant. Housekeepers are asked to have' their cooking finished before two o'-1 clock Sunday afternoon and to see i that all burners and pilots are clos-1 ed tight. W. C. Archbell accompanied by I his daughter. Miss Martha Pat Arch bell, left Saturday to spead ?ome time at Aukley Springs, Va. CUNO HANDS IN HIS RESIGNATION ?It* T?i* Atmclilrd London. August 11.?Chan cellor Cuno today handed President Ebert his reslgna tlon. says a Central News dis patch from Berlin, hut th" president refused to accept it. llerlin, August 11.? Presi dent Kbert today convened his cabinet and received Reischtag leaders in conferences lasting many hours that are commonly hi-fold-'d tind I'i't .Miiin,. tin tlrcmcnt of the Cuno ministry within the next 48 hours with its probable successor a cov* ernment formed by I)r. (iiistav Strcssnian, people's party lead er. heading the coalition. Raise More Corn Than in Last Year Seventy-live Per Cent (irnwn Alone,' the llcst hi 4'iHiihiiiution Willi Other Crop* Raleigh, August 11.?The peculiar feature of the corn crop in the South j tjr-fhe practice of double or inter-1 planting with other crops, declared Frairk Parker. ' statistician of the! State Federal Department of Agrl-j culture in a statement issued here. "In North Carolina it Is found that! 75 per cent of the corn acreage Is I grown alone, 13 per cent with cow j peas, 9 per cent with soy beans. Four, per cent has a combination of two, or more companion crops, while on** j per cent has peanuts or velvet beans j iutcrplanled. "The exact percentage of the soy | beans ami cow peas that are harvest-] ed for Feed Is not known, and. in 1 fact, varies considerably with each | year's seasonal conditions. "A careful analysis of tho?<Feports i for August 1 shows a rather uniform trend for a corn crop with the very best conditions existing in the east-J ern and southern coast and mountain areas. Several counties average full normal or over 100 per cent adjacent to the coast. "The poorest conditions are found in countii a surrounding Mecklen-; -lilLrg, where extremely poor condi tions exist, that county having less than two-thirds of a normal corn crop. The second area of poor con-, -ditiniir. I., fouml-in I'runltImi. W.iiumi.' Halifax. Northampton and Hertford : counties. ' "Very good corn crops are found from Anson to Person County through the Piedmont belt. In I width tills belt extends from David son County ? through Chatham, hut the condition in reality is good east iward to the coast. It has been par ticularly dry In the southern Pied mont counties. "The national prospects for corn Is 2.982.000,000 bushels on a basis of! HI per cent of normal condition. The] yield per acre was forecast at 29 bu-i shcls per ncre, the average August I price being 87.4 as...compared with i ,01.4 cents a year ago. The acreage is less than one per cent more than j it was a year ago. "The North condition of 85 per ( cent of a full crop forecasts a yield I per acre of 20 bushels which is slightly more than last year pro duced. Tills State's acreage Is the1 same as for the previous year. The J price last year was 90 cents per bu shel with the price ranging about $1.21 cents per bushel at this time. IIIUTISII CHEEKED BY OIL SUCCESSES London, August 11.?The success of recent oil thrilling operations In | the northern counties of Knglaml in Scotland have led to new drilling i operations on a larger scale. Tin* oil found, while not abundant. In claimed to be of the finest heavy grado and has lead many geollsts to helelve that asphalt deposits lie In this section. Oil has been found In Derbyshire. Staffordshire and Mldlojhlnn. At Mardstoft, Derbyshire, a well drilled about a year ago has produced a ' thousand tons of heavy oil and the well Is still flowing- Five other! wells In this section have shown i traces of oil but have not yet been I pum ped. Indira!Ions of oH have been found j in the Staffordshire coal mines, but : the prospects are not believed en-! couraging for the operator. Most of the test wells have been drilled by the government in order, to prove the theory that oil exists In many of the sections of the Ilrltlsh ? Isb-s. Kngljah operators believe that 1 while die result of the drilling so far' l? not what was looked for, It Is pos sible to produce oil In commercial quantities. I-ADY actor wants MORE POLICEWOMEN j I/ondon, Aug. 11.?Having won j her first fight for the none-sale of al-J cohol to minors. Lady Astor Is now i urging the British government to ap point more women "policemen."! Speaking recently In the House of Comnjons on the salaries of the met-j ropolltlon police foree, she declared the present force of, women was to tally Inadequate. Viscountess Aster said more wo men polce were needed In I*ondon for patrol duty, and she appealed to the florae Secretary to increase their number and wtffen their authority. POULTRY EXPERT HERE NEXT WEEK E. J. Warden Will Visit Com munities Throughout the County to Give Practical Help in Poultry Kui?iii?. -fl. J. Warden, poultry specialist from the North Carolina Agricultural Kxtension Service at Raleigh, will be in this C<,mnt> nnxt w>n It in Hrinuu"? strate how to cull poultry for mar ket, how to build poultry houses, and to give other Information along this line. One of the most important lesson* to learn In poultry raising Is how to select from a flock the chickens that nhould bi? marketed and those that should be kept for laying and breed ing. _> Mr. Warden has had many years of experience in the poultry business and knows how to give instruction that Is of real help. He will he with the/home and farm demonstration agents' at the follow< ing places: Monday, 3:30 p. in.?Ilrothera School. Tuesday, 3:30 .-.p. m.?Nixonton School. Tuesday, 8:00 p. m.?Kpworth School. _ . Wednesday, 3:30 p. m.?Provi dence School. Wednesday, 8:00 p. m.?Salem School. ? . Thursday, 3:30 p. m. ? Fork School. Friday, 3:30 p. m.?Dry Ridge School. All tin* people in these communi ties and tlx- adjoining communities ;< i? asked to attend thes? meetings and hear Mr. Warden. He comes not only to h? 1 p the club people but all the |H>ople of tlie County. In the mornings he will visit the various poultry fnrms of the County. Fear Food Shortage May Bring Disaster in* Tli? Aoni^ttrd Pnn.) Waxlington, Aug 11.?Although | no expression has come from Amerl ' call" o111 Ha Is concerning tho probable i. 11? ? i? l of .^mitiim. d h , pressure In the Ruhr, in diplomatic circles ; not Immediately concerned in tho reparations problem there .has been fear that food shortage and prlts* linn would culmiir.ile in a serious po litical situation in Central Kurope. ?{ I XIKJIIO t OXtniKtiATlOV i\ roi.irK roi'itT Members of the congregation of Whitcvllle Orovc Church, colored, oc-^ cupled an Piitlrc ?!?!?? of the court house Saturilny morning to hoar Ell Jali Howe, colored, tried for disturb ing public worship and for assault ing Ills wife with a horsewhip on th? grounds. I low f was found guilty of assault ing his wife a? charged, three wit nesses swearing that they Haw hint strike hor twice and heard her sen-am. hut as tlx- alleged assault occurred on the grounds and as no witness could be found who heard the blow or the scream In the church, the defendant was let off on the charge of disturbing public worship. The alleged disturbance occurred Thursday night of Inst week. Howo testified that li?- did not strike his wile uif*charged and was Corrobor ated by his Wife. J. (#. Nixon of Perquimans was found guilty of operatlnu an automo bile while under the Influence of li quor and fined $50 and costs. Ho was arrested at K:30 In the evening and ndniltted having a couple of highballs early lu the afternoon, but said that there wan nothing left of their effect* at the tlrne of bin arrest except the Hiiiell. Nixon got In trou ble by falling to nee a car parked on the nfreet until he was right on It and the hubs of the two earn knicked In passing. His arrest followed. Friends of young Mr. Nixon, one of whom took the qtand In bin be half, testifying that immediately af ter arrest the defendunt was sober, seemed Inclined to the opinion that the fact that the young'man stam mers and was excited by his narrow escape from a serious accident, and by the fact that he was unaccustomed to arrest, led the police officers who mart* the arrest to overestimate the effect of two small drinks taken sev eral hours beforehand. The court, then fore. Imposed the minlpiiyn fine 4i?e*crlb#d |?y law in sti^h cases. Kichard Williams, colored, for op erating Trays which,' loaded with coal, left a stream of flue coal In their woke on the street, was taxed with the costs. Trannlo Crank, for boisterous con duet, was fined $10 and costs In court Friday. COTTON M.MlKKT New York. Aug. II.?Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: October 23.20-30. December 23.23-31. January 23.00, March 23.10-14. May 23.06. New York. August 11.?Spot cot ton closed steady, wit In 100 points advance. Middling 2!i.&^ Futures closed a* the following levels: Octo ber 23.07-24.00. December 23 95 24.00. January 13.75-81, March 23.80, May 23.A1-67. C. T. Tlllctt returned Saturday from a business trip to Norfolk and Baltimore.
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