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EXTRA 5c EXTRA 5c VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 15, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 188. RIOTING RAGES IN ALLGERMANY Government Faces Another Anxious Day as Reports Continue to Give Accounts of Mob Disturbances. (Br Hi* AiaocUted Prr*) Berlin. August 14.?With late re ports Indicating an Increase in mob disturbances throughout the whole country the government faced an other anxious day. During the night reports came that 20 persons had been killed in Hanover and 15 in Zeitz. Rioting was also said to be in progress at Neisse. So far disturbances in Berlin have been of a minor natur<>. Howover. the growing dissatisfaction with tood prices and the shortage of sta ples is noticeable. Berlin, August 14.?Reports of disorders and strikes due to food shortage and the mark situation con tinue to be received from through out Germany and the situation is ad mitted to be serious. Twelve Person Killed. At* La Chappelle, Aug. 14.? Twelve persons were killed and more than 80 wounded here last night when crowds attempted to storm po lice headquarters and rescue prison ers taken during the day when police broke up a food shortage demonstra tion. Bray Loses No Time In Getting to Work Six Thousand Dollars in Street Maintenance Equipment Already in Service City Manager John Bray has lost no time in getting to work on the city's dirt streets with the grading and maintenance equipment, the pur chase of which was authorized by the City Council at its regular session on Monday. August 4. The new equipment was author izeci Monday and City Manager Ilray had it here by the following Friday, and he is now busy putting the dirt streets of the city in such shape as to best withstand the wet ?nd cold of winter. Mr. Bray has promised the City Council that with this equip ment he will keep the city's dirt streets in fair condition all the year 'rou nd. This equipment was purchased at a cost of $?5.000, but if it will serve to get Elizabeth City even to some j ?extent out of the mud through which residents in the unpaved sections of the.city are accustomed to flounder when winter weather sets in its pur chase. in the opinion of members of the City Council, will have been abundantly Justified. The City Council met In special session Monday night to adopt a budget. The budget as adopted calls for total expenditures of $85,663, di vided as follows: Police department $10,584 Admlntstratlve dept. 19.45K Street department 45,075 Sanitary department 4,386 Equipment 6.160 All the equipment provided for In j the foregoing budget has already I 1111 ii purchased, with the exception of a horse and buggy for the use of the sanitary Inspector. Women at Bottom of Serious Accident (Rf Th* Aaaortfttftd Prntl Lourdes, France. August 14. ? Twenty-three persons were killed and j seven probably fatally Injured yester day when a motor coach filled with excursionists plunged down a ravine. In the Pyrenees mountains near. Saint Sauveur. ~T1u- dilver In attempting to ttvM4' striking some women who stepped from the bushes swerved the ma-1 i-Mne sharply and the coach over-j turned, crashing to the bottom. t:rn:ivK.s nkws of dkath ws <^Ts received here Mondav I,, Mrs. Fred Davis of the death of Jo . i Tiger at the home of his daugh-! trr Mrs. Oujron Anderson, at Kast; Orange, N J. Mr. and Mr*. Tiger! had recently returned from a "visit to their son. Smith Tiger, of Berk-j ley, Cal.. whef* they spent some time' on account of Mr. Tlger'a falling' health. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were formerly of this city, Mr. -Anderson being with the Southern Roller,' s.tave and Heading Company. Mrs. W. B. O'Neal. Morgan street, has retarned from Sarah Leigh Hos pital. Norfolk, where she has been for two weeks for treatment. DOUBLE HEADER OX WEDNESDAY The Tread Holler Co. base ball club of Norfolk will play a double-header here on Wed nesday. the first game begin ning at 3 and the second game at 5 p. m. Admission will be 40 and 50 cents for both games and 35 and 45 cents at the 5 o'clock game. This afternoon Saunders will pitch against Allen in the game with the Norfolk All Stars. Evans and Ballentine will be used in Wednesday's games. The Tread Boiler Company club is said to be one of the best teams Jn the Tidewater Virginia League and a real match for the locals is looked for in the first double-header of the season. Premier Poincare Courteous But Firm (Br The AtaorUted Prnil Paris, August 14.?Premier Poin care today informed his collaborators | at the foreign oftice that he intends "in the most courteous manner poss ible" to reply point by point to the i British note on reparations. Although his reply will be cour | t?-ous. It Is asserted, it will b?* a stout I re-affirmation of the French view point and a flat rejection of the Brit | ish suggestion. <\\X\I\<; DKMOXSTKATIOX . AT MOTH Kits' CLUB MKBflStt ' At the regular meeting of the Mothers' Club in the Community (House on Fleetwood street Wednes jday afternoon Miss Marcie AlbftTt json. home demonstration agent, will I give a demonstration in canning. It lis hoped that there will be a full at tendance. A number, of important matters will come up at thta meeting. ! in addition to (he canning demons tration and the weighing of the ba bies entered in the Better Babies contest. I ? |PRICE FIXING HAS FAILED IN ROUMANIA nucha rest. August 14.?Rou ma nia is facing an exceptional problem In dealing with the high cost of liv ing. which is unusual in an agricul tural country, amply capable of sup plying its own people and exporting large amounts of foodstuffs. It was hoped to solve this prob lem by two legislative measures, one fixing the prices of food prjoducts, and the other forbidding exports, by means of high duties which practi cally made exports impossible. It is now announced by M. Claro fild, former minister of agriculture, that the fixing of prices and the dis couragement of exports have result ed In a more serious situation than existed before these measures were applied. "Both the price-fixing and the practical prohibition of exports of food supplies needed at home have discouraged production to a notable extent." says the former minister of agriculture. 'Uloumankt. former ly one of the world's greatest wheat markets. has become a neglgible quantity In wheat exportation. In addition, the amount of wheat avail able for home consumption has been diminished because of the fact that the prices fixed were, In some in stances, less than the prices that would have afforded a ? reasonable margin of profit to producers." New legislation Is about to be sub mitted to parliament to deal with the admittedly grave question. ECONOMIC PROBLEMS AT FRATERNAL MEET ?Indianapolis, August 14.?World problems In economics will be dls-' cussed by many noted speakers when UM annual meeting of the National Fraternal Congress Is held at French Lick, Indiana, August 27 to 30. ac cording to Harry Wade. Indianapo lis, president of the confcpess. James J. Davis, secretary of labor, who re cently returned from a trip abroad, will be one of tho speakers. Another will be Samuel M. Ralston, U. 8. Senator from Indiana. The meeting at French Lick will mark the first time In the 25 years of the congress' existence that the convention has been held outside of a large city. The congress Is com posed of fraternal Insurance societies of the United States and Canada which have a combined membership of more than six million men and women, with life Insurance amount ing to more than ten billion dollars, Mr. Wade says. i Cotton Prospects Surpass All Records Older Farmers of County Say Have Never Seen Such Crop or Acreage 1 What many older farmers believe 1 to be the bUgoM acreage and the .finest crop of cotton ever grown in 'the three counties of Pasquotank, j Camden and Currituck la that now itanding In the fields of these coun ties. Seasons have been favorable, the 'boll weevil has not yet put in his ap ipearance this year, and everything points to a record yield this fall. Cot ton farmers ? are looking forward hopefully toward a good profit on this year's cotton?if they can get It picked. The shortage of negro la jbor, though somewhat less / keenly felt In this section than in some I parts of North Carolina, is neverthe less pronounced, and nujy |iri cot I ton growers serious trouble, especial" 1 ly If the crop is disposed to open rapidly. The boll weevil nflrte its appear jance north of the Atbemarle Sound and west of the Dismal Swamp for |the first time last year, and I'asquo jtank farmers were figuring on a. 10 per cent damage from the pest this year. Indications now are that the b?n weevil da mage In Pasquotank 'and the counties to the north of it ! will again be negligible this year. Among the factors that account for the big acreage in cotton this year are the low prices for Irish and j sweet potatoes last year, the high ! prices for cotton that prevailed in the planting season and the fact that lit was felt by many growers that the , fact that these counties are In the one remaining and very limited area of the cotton belt still practically free from boll weevil Infestation. KILLED WOMEN AND HID BODIES Man Arrested in Massachu setts Town Following Find ing of Dismembered Bodies of ^ omen in a Field. Medford, Mans., August 14.?Nu nle Tsckoa of Franklin* Now Hamp shire, was arrested here today cliarg ed with murder, after two boxes con taining the dismembered bodies of two women wer? found In a field near here. The police said tlint Tsekos con fessed that he killed his wife, Nata lie. and her mother. Mrs. Katherine Adams, last Saturday night. According to the alleged confes sion, Tsekos quarreled with the wo men at their home at Franklin over money matters, and ho claimed that they attacked him with a hat and a knife. He said that he overpowered them, then stabbed his wife and cut Mrs. Adams' throat. Sunday night he' dlHiivembered the bodies, according to the alleged con fession, nailed them In wooden box es and drove here, bringing the box es along and leaving them in the field. DEDICATE IJHKAKY OF BEE LITERATURE Madison, Wisconsin, Auxust 14.-* A library of literature on the Indus trious bee will be dedicated at the Wisconsin College of Agriculture here, and beekeepers from every state In the Tnlon, from Canada and from a number of foerl^n countries are here to Join In the historic event. The library is known as the Miller Memorial Library of Bee Literature and was established In honor of the memory of Dr. C. C. Miller, of Ma rengo. III., who for more than 50 yewrs advance'# modern methods of honay production h> hia writings lu bee Journals and talks at bee con ventions. Donation* of books and Journals and entire bee libraries have been received from many states. Coincident with the dedication of the library, the National Honey Pro ducers' Association will meet here and the two events give promise of drawing the largest congregation of honey producers that have ever *ath-1 ered toegther. The convention will continue for five days. TWELVE LIVES LOST IN UTAH 8TOICMS Salt Lake City, Aug. 14.?Twelve Uvea are believed to have been lost In northern I'tah during a series of cloudbursts last night and today, and property damage Is expected to total, upwards of a million dollars. Accident Occurred On W eeksville Road Berlin Strike Is Called Off <Br The Aimrliiid fmi.l - Berlin, August 14?The gen oral strike in Berlin was called off by tl,e Communists this morning, all transportation lines re-opening. CAMDEN FARMERS TO HAVE OWN GIN Subscribing Stock to Co-op erative Enterprise Vi hicli They Believe Will Mean Bet ter Prices for (lotion. Farmers or Camden County are planning for the operation of a co operative cotton gin in this county this fall and stork subscriptions foi the building and operation of th* proposed uin are now being solicited with what is reported^ "gratifying degree of success. The gin will b? (located at Camden station, when ?*"*ound is now being broken for th< cite. Fred Upton and Herman Ncwbcrn I prominent Camden County cottoi 'growers, have ibeen active pro J mnting the project, and Tom Mun den one of the best known gir experts In this section, is now away on a trip to close the deal roi .the gin's.equipment. BulldJm: nn< machinery are expected to require an initial investment of $ 10,00ft and thr enterprise expects to begin opera tions with a minimum current fund of $2S,ft00. Tradinu credit Is being satisfactorily arranged for at Klizn , beth City banks. I The Idea In promoting the project Is not to sell big blocks of stock to any Individual, but so far as |>osslble to have every cotton grower in the county a stockholder In the enter prise. f. M. Meek ins of Klizabcth City and New York is one of the at torn ey? for the concern and. owning a farm In Camden he |k also one of the stockholders. Last year Alfred Sawyer operated a gin at Helcross and the Kastern Oil Company of Elizabeth Cltv and Hertford operated n Kin at Camden. Due to the competition between the two sins, Camden County farmers received top prices for cotton and much coU/wi was hauled from ad join In u counties to the Camden pins. However, recently the Sawyer In terests at Helcross have bought out Hie Kastern Oil Company's idii at Camden, thus irlvinu Alfred Sawyer of Helcross control of both uin*. This dMn't look good to a larce number of Camden cotton growers and re sulted In the movement for a co-op erative g|n. Developments are now awaited with interest and with prospect of some competition for their cotton Camden growers are again hoplne to receive top prices for their cotton this year. With the abolition of the toll bridge across the Pasquotank river since the Camden Ferry road has been taken over bv the State, the idea prevails here that consider able Pasquotank cotton may he hauled over the State Bridge road to Camden this fall. Camden's cotton crop Is exception ally fine this year, the seasons hav ing been favorable and the acreage probably being the largest Iri the county's history. As yet there h.-n1 been no slirn of the holl weevil and the. older farmers of the county free-1 ly say that this year's crop is the finest they have ever seen In the' county and predict that the yield will surpass all previous records for Camden. SEIZURE AI.IEN CHAFT UPHELD BY U. S. JUDGE Now York. August 14.?Seizure of alien craft hovorlnu about the three-mile limit, surreptitiously to land Honor either by themselves or In co-oneratlon with ?mall rum run ners, was upheld today by Federal Judfce Woodrouth. Mia* n?rt Oanderaon of Washing ton. D. r. . ha* returned home after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 8. Qa Oder son on Cherry street. BARRETT OF EDENTON KILLED OUT RIGHT, ABBOT OF NORFOLK DIED BE FORE REACHING HOSPITAL AND JOHN I SEYMOUR DIED AT 8 O'CLOCK Three men are dead and two more hurl as u result of an automobile siuasliiip on the Wccksville roud Tuesday night ahout midnight. The dead are John Seymour of Elizabeth City, Cap tain Joe Abbott of the Elizabeth City baseball team, who came here from Norfolk to play ball about two mouths ago, and J. B. Barrett of Edenloii, who has-been manager of the team there and who came here this wecklto.play with Eliz abeth City. Abbott has a wife and three children in Nor folk. Barrett has one brother and one sister living, Mrs. John llarrell and Ellis Barrett, bolli of Edenton. The injured are Julian Newhern anil Wallace Miller both of Elizabeth City. The accident occurred on the curve of the Wccksville road between the llollowdl residence and Jasper Thomp son's store. The car, which was Julian Ncwbcrn's Stephens roadster, went into the two-foot ditch at the curve and for ,a distance of 3.) feet the axle scraped all vegetation off the jditchbank. Then the machine struck a tree and splintered, 1 fragments of the car being thrown for a distance* of 85 ? feel. News of the accident reached the Elizabeth City Hos pital at half past 12 o'clock and the hospital auibulancc jwaa dispatched at once to the scene. Itclurning at 1 :.>0, it 'stopped at Zeigler's to leave the body of Barrett, whose death was instantaneous. His neck and one leg were broken. The other four were taken to the hospital, but Abbott died before reaching it. His lower jaw was shattered, and his right leg and one arm were broken. Besides, probably, I here were internal injuries. Seymour was suffering with concussion of the brain, and his face was badly cut up. John Seymour is al?out 26 years old, a brother of Mrs. I). D. Dudley and of Clyde Sey mour of this city, lie is married, but has not lived with his wife for some time. Miller is the youngest in the parly, being hardly more than 21 years old. lie seems only lo have been stunned, complaining of no pain when he recovered consciousness early Wednesday morning. Newhern was the only one conscious when the hos pital ambulance reached the scene of the accident. He was driving the car and seems to have sustained no injuries worse than cuts and bruises. The party were last seen in Elizabeth City shortly after 10 o'clock Tuesday night when tliey came into town from Cliantiila, where tlicy are said to have attended a dance. Police said that members of the party had been drinking and that wnen the cur It'll the city for Davis's Buy at 10:30 the engine wus rouring like an uirplune motor and could he heard for a distance of two miles. The uccidcnt oc curred on llic way hark to town. COMMUNITY HOUSE IS MENTIONED AFAIt FSIImihMli City's Community Holine on Fleetwood ntrect geta a word. In fact, several of thorn. In the August t number of Welfare Progrea*. tlio of ficial publication of the North Caro-' Una Htate Hoard of Charltlea and Welfare, which rocs Into every cor- j -Qejr of the S4?t". ? Following in tnc clipping: "Largely through the effort* of the 'Mothers' Club organized by Mr*. An-' na I*ewls, fuiperlntondent of public. Welfare for Pasquotank County, and with the help of the social aorvlce department of the local Woman's Club, Kllr.abeth City now hoaatfl of an attractive community houae which i win* recently opened with a houae > warmlnK | "Mrs. I?ewls, asslated by MIsa Mar-1 da AlberUon. the county home dem- J onstratlon agent, organised the Mother*' Club nbout a year ago. Since then the members have worked faithfully, studying how to take care of their hahW'N and feed their fainl lie? properly. A gathering place such as the community-house came to be a necessity, and It was brought about by the club members, helped by those of the social service depart ment of the Woman's Club. Certain mills In Kllsabeth City pay the rent for the house, but tV ^ women have done the re#t. <*OTTOV MARKET New York. Auk. 14.? Spot cotton cloned steady. middling 2R.85, an ad vance of GO points over the opening. Cotton futures rioted at the follow ing level*: October 24.*8-42. De cember 24.40-42, January 24 12-16, March 24.21-23. 'May 24.14-22. New York, August 14?-Cotton fu tures opened todkgy st the following levels: October 24.15-10; Decem ber 24.10-07; January 23.8ft.S3 March 23.89.86; May 23.80.
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