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? ??????? ^ __ <???.?????? * THE WEATHER. * ? ? * Partly cloudy tonight * /f/Bfl I >?I ^=1 I A V * CIRCULATION ? * a rill Saturday. Local * 11V III I IfWflTlP^y mi fllw^lnll Idlflir ' jSfeSWil MI 111 * Thursday * * tliundershoicers. Gentle * * 1-630 Copies ? * variable winds. * yaffmJ * * ********* &?' *??**??*? VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 191 LONE BOLL WEEVIL FOUND IN COUNTY His Remains May he Viewed ill Office of G. W. Falls by Farmers Who Aren't Sure How Mr. Weevil Looks. One lone boll weevil Is the only Actual specimen that County Farm, A-'-nt G. W. Falls has acquired from I car*(ul searching of the cotton Aelds! of I*a?quotank all this season, and In the opinion of Mr. Falls damage to I the cotton crop by the boll weevil In this County this year will be neglig-i ible. "Had it no)- been for the wet wea-1 ther during August 1 do not believe that boll weevil damage would have reached three per cent. Even as it 1?. I do not expect it to go beyond that fl-ure, though If this wet weath ? r !?? rslsts for the remainder of Aug ust it may possibly reach Ave per Cent." The lone boll weevil In Mr. Falls' jMws.-ion was brought to him alive by James 0. Hollowell for ldenti(ica-| tlon. The Insect was kept alive for a number of days but is now dead. Mr. Falls Mill keeps it. however, to show farmers who have reason to think their own flelds are Infested ?with weevils just what the peat looks like. Various reports of the presence of the boll weevil In certain sections of the County have reached Mr. Falls] ?which, when investigated. have' turned out to be not the boll weevil at all. Just now there Is a report of tl ? presence of the boll weevil In Providence township which Mr. Falls has not had time to investigate. Signs of the real boll weevil's presence, however, have been found on Nathan Trueblood's farm in the Weeksville section. Mr. Falls now j has a number of punctured .square." i iclted up on this farm which he Is keeping under favorable conditions to see If the square** contain fertile egiis of the weevil. The bell weeidJ made Its first np- , pcaraace In Pasquotank last year and n 10 per cent damage war predicted I and calculated on by Pasquotank | farther* In the planting.of this year's' crop. The reasons. however, un toi t'.e present wet spell, have been! highly favorable to cotton and high-1 ly unfavorable to the weevil and it looHa now aa though the damage I i . year might not< exceed 10 pe r cent. AnthTacnose, a fungus disease due' to wet weather, and the shedding of squares due to cotton's putting on a second growth since the August 1 rains, in Mr. Falls' opinion, will be the source of far greater damage to the Pasquotank cotton crop this year than the boll weevil. Despite the boll weevil, the pres ent wet weather and all otlrer draw backs. many Pasquotank firrmers,? nnd the same thing Is true in Cam den and Currituck,?believe they have the best cotton crop this year they have ever produced. E. J. Moore, for instance, whose farm Is about a_fTnTT> from the city limits, be | lleves he will get 27 bales from 18; acres he has In colton this year. MAKE NAGS MEAD TRIP IN CANOES Clyde* Grecfton and Ciaud<> Jones In one canoe and Francis SeyfTeit and William Jennings in another successfully made the trip lo Nags Head -from I :i i/~?bet h .City, .t li is week, leaving Elizabeth City late Monday afternoon. They camped at Sandhills Lodge, near Arneuse Creek, for the night, made a sunrise start Tuesday niorn in? with sails set. hut when they reached the mouth of the Pasquo tank river the wind* wore too utrong and from the wrong direction, so the sails had to he hauled down, C?olin' was pretty rough near the mouth of the North river and they were forced to turn hack to shore and get a launch to tow them across the river and over part of Currituck sound. Then they took a short cut through the Inland waterway canal into Ikis /ard llav and following the shore reached Nags Head at 9 o'clock Tues day night. Oreunon and Jones had ha I enough und decided to ride home on the Trenton, but Jennings and fleyf fert stuck It out and naddled back. They nay they "wouldn't have missed the trip for a hundred dollars" but they "wouldn't do It aualn for a hundred." MAN ANn HIS SONS DROWNEO IN POOI. SiiartanburR. S. C.. Aiienat 17. ? Samuel W. UoRprn of Paeotot. s. C.. ?nd >11? thret? potir wore drowned In an abandoned rock quarry pool near li t- lute yenterdny. E MM IIQUAKE ROCKS CITY OF CATANIA Th? Aa**UUd Ptmb.) Cat ar ia, Italy, Ausust 17. ? An earthquake of considerable violence shook t ie fitv (his-morning produc ing panic among the population but Causing no damage, LARGEST HUM RING PROBABLY BIIOKEN Wanlilnglon. Aim tut 1?.?Official here believe thai the arreiti made In Savannah. Oeorcla. yotefiky lUrl{ the Sreaklnx op of the Urgent and mnil powerful rum ring In th? eoun-l try. 'DEVIL'S GRIPPE" HAS GOT VIRGINIA Richmond. August 17. ? "Devil's Grippe," un epidemic In the eastern section of Vir ginia, is now threatening to spread to the valley section. Dr. Ennison Williams, state health commissioner, announc ed here today. Fifty cases are now under treatment in Richmond and a total of 400 rases have been re ported to the state health de partment thus far. BANDITS KIDNAP CATHOLIC PRIESTS PiIIape District Near Simglio, Loll Town of IVaotiliih*! Burn Hospital and Take 8(U (iliinrse (lantivrs. J (IJy The Associated Prw?) Hankow, China. August~17.- - -Two' Italian Catholic priests were kid-J napped today when bandits pillaged the district near Sungho, according, to n report received here. The town of Tsaoshlli was looted I and the Catholic hospital was burned. J Eighty Chinese captives were takeu.' Italian and Rrltlsh consuls have! protested. A message received from St. Xavl os Coll?-i.< indicates that the priests' are Irish'instead of ltal'an. for their, names are given as Michael McHurIi and Daniel Ward. Morrison Spends 2 Days in Raleigh Other Officials (ioinu and Coming from State Capital This \\ eck Rah 1th. Aucu?t 17.?Governor Cameron Morrison was expected to arrive here today f?i a two days' stay before returning to Ashevill'e. It I - understood that he will give con sideration to rt vi ivl Important imut ter* during his brief visit to the rnp-| Ital, the recond since lie established his summer resldenco at Asheville. 1 The Governor hps cancelled his ' n-' uauenient to speak Friday at the op ening erf the Ruster Rovd bridge over the Catawba river between Mecklen- j 1>urg and York Counties. It. A. Doughton, Commissioner of Revenue, is .expected to be back ill his ofTice here Monday, after a short stay at his home at Sparta, where he has been on personal business. Governor Morrison has received an Invitation from W. T. Witter, secre tary of the Winston-Salem chamber of commerce and one of the officials In charge of the program for the Confederate Veterans' Reunion there! September 4 and 5. to be on?- of the; speakers on the openlnu day. Insurance Commissioner Stac?y Wade Is expected to return soon to his office here after a trip to Minnea polis and SJ. Paul, Minnesota, and other northern cities. LYNCHED IN YAKD OF WOMAN'S HOME Macon. Georula, August 17. ? E. Green, negro, wanted for attack on a promim nt while Womnn of Well** ton. was taken from two Macon of flc( rs and lynched today In the front yards of the woman's home. The body was swung from a tree and rid dled with bullets. TWO DIJOWNED IN PAGEANT BY DEAF Atlanta, Aupunt 17.?One child unci one man were drown* d yester i day when the raft on which the writ er passant of tho Deaf Association of the United State* was being staged here overturned. The convention ad [Journed at once out of respect to tho ; deceased member. Communists Still Continuing Riots Alx I.a Chap:?elle. August 17. ? .Communistic d tat urban c??n here an* coi..biuing with sanguinary results, ??Klit |er?on? boin? killed and GO In-; .jurcd today, while 15 persona who were Injured In previous disorder* died In hospitals. TREATIES sh;ned AT STATE DEPARTMENT Washington. August 17.?Tho Na val Limitation Treaty and the Pour I Power Pacific Pact became effective ? wheh representative* of all signatory powers gathered, at the Stall Depart ment here today nnd formally ex changed ratification*. C.IXHJDRlJItST LIFTS INHABITANTS HIGH Denver, Colorado, August 17. - Cloudbifrsts yesterday cansed s wall of water In the Platte river to move down on the city, and without warn tug the Inhabitants tot ih+ towwr pre- \ tlons were moved to the higher I ground. No loss of life waa report-1 led early this morning. REVOLUTION IN GERMANY THREATENED. Provincial centers of Germany report that the high food prices ' and scarcity of money are leading to serious trouble in many places. Thirteen persons have been killed and a number wounded in col lisions between the police and infuriated demonstrators. This ex clusive ohoto shows a large gathering in front of the Reichstag. GUSTAV STRESEMANN. Chancellor Cuno and his Cabinet resigned and Gustan. Stresemai., head of the people"*!" party, accepted the task of forming a four party coalition tinued throughout Germany, Government. BULLET STRUCK SEAT OF PKEACHEK'S ( iiaii; A considerable part of tli?? conj:re ratlon of >fnry Holly (Jnvr, n< ro church In Pasquotank County on Lit tle River, won- In 11 ?? connhi i' ??' Fri day morning when an Informal Inves tigation was made In an effort to dls clone the Identity of an unknown man who flred a pistol on the church grounds last Thursday night. one of the bullets from which went through th" glass of a pulpit window and burled Itself In the neat of the chair from which the preacher had ju?t risen to exhort tho mourners. Though a number of members of the congregation wore questioned about the occurence no headway was made on tlx- cane and no warrant* for anybody'* arrest were Issued, Authorities. however, are continuing investigation of the affair. It did develop In tho course of tho Investigation thai there was consid erable liquor on the grounds, It be lm? n common prartlce among boot leggers in this County to drive an automobile to the < dge of grounds where negroes are holding rellglotn service and to ply a profitable trade anion* the hangers-on about the church. Efforts are heir , made to work up a cane from this anile of the occurence also. Authority - rn tertaln no doubt that there was a connection between the liquor belli ??old on the grounds and the shoot ing. Friday's session of police court, with no case at all on for trial, wn In striking contrast to Thursday'?-. four-hour session. Fl'XKItAIi .IOIIV SKYMOrit The funeral of John Seymour was conducted at 4 o'clock Thursday af ternoon at the grave in the family burying ground at Camd? :i by Rev. H. E. Myers. Tlje choir of f'lty Road Methodist Church nanu "Heautlful Isle of Somewhere" and "JeMis. Lov er of My Soul." Th?- pallbearers ware Miles Clark. C W. M? lick, lohn L. Wells, w. F. Williams. Harry Howard and John Glow r. Hosldea his mother. Mrs. Man nr^t Seymour, relatives attending the fu ?vral were his aged grandmother. Mrs. Jahc O randy of Norfolk; his brothers, Clyde Seymour and his r!? ter, Mrs. D. I). Dudley of nilzabeth Cltv; his cotftlns. Mr- I. A. flher wood. Jr.. and Mr* Kate Fnlford of Norfolk; Mr. and Mm P. N. Seymour of Portsmouth. Vlralnla; his aunt.', Mrs. W H. Cqx of Tlaltlmore. und Mrs. C. W Jennings of Wallaeetown. Virginia; and his uncle. C. E. Orandy of Fentress, Virginia. Mr. Seymour came to bis death on! Tuesday night In an automobile accl-; dent on the Weekavllle road about four miles from Elisabeth City. HOLD GERMANY NOT JUSTIFIED i Permanent Court of Interna tional Justice Hands Down Deri-inn in C.ase Involving Use of Kiel ('.anal. (Hr Tii" Amartitrd > ! The HacUf. Auuual 17.?The per* tn;iii? in Court of International Jus tic today h'anded duwn a decision a;:ii i t <;? rmatiy in tin- cast' Involv Ii?t!<? li t' oCtit ? Kit?I Ciinal by f??r . Sun \> ? iholdlnu t!iat the Cer 111:111 nuihoiitiiw. r? not justiii- >1 in tin* I'.iliish steamer Whn :?l?Mton from oik. rins tlie canal In 1!?22, dtirlir: hostilities b?tweeii I'o ' land and Russia and that <!< rmany Khould make compensation. Supreme Court to Examine App!irants ^VouliMic ].:wu,i'"? lo Make Their .\p|H*".iaa:i?-r at Kalclfch on !*.!otu!a v Raleigh, August 17.?Tin* Slate Supremo court convene* Monday, August 20. to examine appliean-t-r h?r tin- bar and will begin Mm fall Pen sion-Tuesday, August 2X. with the hearing of first district api*ial>?. No indications ha* been made of the number of applicants to take the bar examination Monday and In ac cordance with the time honored cus tom the nan)e of the Justice pr? par ing the examination Is withheld. Among the canes to be henrd at the fall session of lie- Supremo Court that is attract!! ** wid? interest v.itl be that of Annie Mfl. Clef; - vs. I. N Cleg", the latt'r . minlMcr of tl? :(Iospel nt Rowland. N. C.. and the former hi* wife, who lives with her mother near Richmond and who Is recking to secure the custody of b? i four chlldp-n who now are living with their father. Much lnt? M ? t cent*'i 1 In the trial of the case l?? -I Jtine In !!?<',< tin ? perl or Court when Judge W. A l?? In Issued and order thr.t tin* child r* :i he permitted to lire with their nu.th or for three month.* ol. the >? .r and with their fatln r for nl-ie month s Mrs. Clegg contended that t#?? r husband, afte r t'eir pit.tMou. had violated an ai n ement that she 71r?\ the custody of three of tl?? children _ and that lie had a i rromo of - ii lit men robed In the costume of tho Knights of the Ku Kiux Klnn lri^i.t en her away from his home at Row land when she had gone tin r to se cure the rustodv of an Infant son and that thereafter he percptitlously ealnod the possession c*f two daugh ters in her car" near Richmond, tak ing tie m to his home nt Rowland. MAKE FINAL EFFORT IN COAL SITUATION !Rr Th? Amtutid Prm.1 New York. Auu. 17.- The miners and the anthracite operators t*u? af ternoon reached an agreement to r > new their wai e contract negotiation*) at Atlantic City next Monday. New York, August 17.?In a flna! effort to maintain peace in the an thracite field* after September 1, thej I'nlt'-d State# Coal CommloyiOl) today called before It s. I>. Warrlncr, lead er of the operator*, and John I#. !??w is. president of tho t'nlted Mine Workers, for a face to face confer ence. N?-w York. August 17. The ftnt look for peaceful settlement of th? con I situation I* very discouraging, it was reported here last night after the latest conference ended in a dead lock. ITNFJt.W, .1 W. ( A^KY TO IlK IIM.I) S ITVIIVM Y The funeral of John William Casev will l>e conducted at the home on Hunter *trcot Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock by 1t*v. K h. Stack. Inter ment will be made In Hollywood. Mr. Casey died Thursday morning at 6: o'clock. Funeral arrangements were, delayed pending the arrival of hia. son. William Casey, from New York ! Friday morning on the 11 o'clock! train. ntl VI OMEN JUMP TO 1111 IK DEATH IChv. Ycrli. Ausuk! IT?M:n. A. M. SteuriiK, a HO->ear-old widow, and her daughter, aged ::S. Jumped from a window of their sixth Hour apartment here today and were instantly Kill* d. A note found on the motlier's body read: "I'leaH* take our bodies to Apartment 62. The key Its on me." FORD TURNS OVER AND IS BURNED UP Second Disaster Occurs on the Weeksville Koad Where Tuesday's Traficdy llap Jtened. A Ford ton rim: rjr owned by J. I-* Hvaiis. Elizabeth City carave man. ;?ifd driyen by J. 1J. .Sylvester, em- i phrye of Dawson's pool room, ran in to a ditch, turned over nnd wan tie-] >stroyed by fire on the Weeksville. road Thursday night. This Is the same road on which three men were J 'killed in the wreck of Julian New born's Stephens roadster Tuesday j night. ! The accident occurred on the, north side of the road about midway between the homes of James C. Small and Wiley K. Coppersmith, between 12 and 1 o'clock. The drlvrr Is said to have momentarily lost control of the mr and it plunged Into the dltcll turning over on Its side. Fortunate ly the car was not going at an exces sive rate of speed nnd no one >vns .se riously Injured in the wreck. The gasoline, however, was ignited as the car turned over and "Sylvester's eye brows and hair were singed and hi* right hand slightly burned before lie rouId extrieate himself. Sylvester and the other occupants of the car, whose nnlues Sylvester does not care to .disclose, lost no time in gelt lug away from the se^ne and there was "? trace of who the car belonged to wh? n residents of the neighborhood r. iched the scene. The rnr was practically a total loss and it m mild tjiat no hisuriM.ee was carried on il. Will Take X-Ray OfNowbern'sRib Julian Newhern is sulTering from a fractured rib in the opinion of his at tending physician. I?r. Howard Combs, who expects to verify his Itn* pression by nn X-ray photograph which he i-t preparing now to have made. Whether the X-ray shows that a ril? ha* been broken or not. Dr. ComtM says. It will still be a number of clays before Newbern Is disch.-irued from the hospital. Wallace Miller continues to grow better, nr. Combs says, .and the ? iMtoms of pneumonia which devel oped We?!m -day now stein to be e'ear'n ; up. Newborn nnd Miller are the s??|e survivors of the automobile wreck on the Weeksvllle road Tuesday itl - M in which three young. meTr lost their liven. UNUSUAL CASE FOH THE FEDERAL COUNT Another uiiu?iinl chko for Kllrn h?th Cltv waa iirlili'il to tho doc I; ft o f tho Odtolwr t^rin of Federal Court : ?i v.*? ?>k when mom born of the crow <? ?'? ? 100-ton schooner John Ur.nl I'v, bound from Tlaltlmoro to Savan r?'t on it th?'lr vi*k:?<-1 here claiming III treatment and had pa pern nerved auniint tho vessel and her mafltor to rccovor their wago*. The too 11 an* C1ar?ne?? Corbln, mate, and Loul* llolandor. waman. It- tli of l/mlsvlllo. Kenluol:-v. and It. Thon:-is, rook, of Knn*?H City, Mh *ouri P'ndln-' disposition of I ho ratr In F? d?*ral Court In Octohrr tho \*? i I will h?* required to put up a bond, t? ? ?*;ict amount of which has no? ? t hoi ?i d* tortninoil. c.iptaln I'rlrn denies the chan <? "? of ill troatmont made by th?* nu n and dorlnp't, on tho other hand. that. wlill?? thov shipped with hlui a< able bodied and expert soamnn. af- a mat tor of fart thoy woro landlubber* who couldn't roof n sail. tlo up a ropo or steer a vessof. The sailors, on th?> other hand,! rlalni that th??y havo oach followed th" t>nn for ' ? icral years and neveri beforn roeelve'd treatment no rough j and Inhumane as to amount to an eviction from a ship. Thoy claim j fiersonnl damage* arising out of the ?ll ?:< d treatment received, an well an tholr wagon. TEN HOUR MEN ALL I.EAVE THEIIt WORK Youngstown, Ohio. Aucu?t 17 Tho pipe mill of the Ilepubflc Iron f flteei Company Is virtually id*V? to day a:< tho roault of a walkout of m*n j who work ton hourn and who with j ibe Inan .uraMcn of th" eight hour, da- In other departmonts want elthor j ?n Inrr^rmc of pay for a hn hour day or a reduction of work to an eight hour day. a)TTON MAHKftT Si w York. Aug. 17.?Spot cotton! eloped quiet. middling 25.65, a de cllno of 10 point* from tho opening. Futures. cloning "bid, October 2 4 44. j December 24.27, January 23.90, March 23.?8. May 23.8ft. COOPERS' ARREST STATE SENSATION (U. S. Commissioner Held up News from the Newspapers for Almost un Entire Duy Without Explanation. Wilmington. August 17.?The ar rest of Lieutenant Governor W. Coopi'r. Horae C. Coo|ier, Thomas 1*.. Cooper and Clyde Lassiter her** Wed nesday nlsht on Federal chaigrd growing out of the failure of the Conuiierclal National Hank created a sensation all over the State as the news was read in the newspapers Thursday afternoon. W .11. Cooper and Thomas E. Cooper have been prominent in local banking circle* for a number of ? oars. I'ntil a few months prior to the closing of the hank on December :: 1. 1I?22. W. It. Cooper had been president of the institution, while T. K. Cooper was vice-president of the Merchants' National Hank of Ra leigh. Failure or the Wilmington bank last winter precipitated the failure of a number ot small banks through out Eastern Carolina, they having been connected with the larger Insti tution. The officials of the Commer cial Hank were soon Involved In a number of law suits brought by de positors and smaller banks, many of whlqh are still In process of litiga tion. C. Ij. Williams, wno was appoint ed receiver ot the institution, report ed to the comptroller of currency numerous appnrant Irreuularltles, according to Federal officials and as a .result investigation was ordered, this having been recently completed. Though tlie arrests were made Wedn? sih?y afternoon, Fnited States Commit-innt r William* refused to give nut :uv.v_irifoi matIon to newspa permen Wetlt.e ?d:iy niuht. It had li.Vn report* d about tin* city that de v lopmnit* In tl.? bank were to take place tm( not h in definite could be^TT learned. The commissioner,. before arraigning the nit n lor a hearing, al lowed them to arrange details ns to their bonds, It was stated today. When arraigned they wl.ivi <1 prelim inary hearing, "furni.?herl bond and were released for appearance before the Federal gr.'.nd jury at the No ivmlrr term of court Commission ? r Williams, though the arraignment 2bad taken place In his office late in the afternoon, refused to verify or deny |||e reports which had reached newspapermen. Thursday he gave nri reason for. the npparent suppression of facts concerning the arrest and isubsequent release of the four men. i The warrant against the four men arises from the alleged surrender of a bill of lading without the payment of a draft a few days before the bank was close<^ by a Federal bank ex aminer. The quartet also Is accused of placing a dummy note in the bank covering a real estate transaction amounting to $13.GOO. Cooper adfnltM both these allega tion.' but rtH that while Irregular. the> wore not criminally wrong. He claims that tie bank still holds a des-d to the real ertatc and that it suffered no financial loss. To be fully secured In the sum of $8,000 should I .leu tenant-Governor W. H. Coop r and bis son. Horace C. Cooper, fail to appear in Federal Court to answer the charges filed In connection with the failure of the Commercial National Hank of Wil mington. I). L. Gore, father-in-law and bondsman for tins Ileutenanl ? o\ernor. ha ? caused the latter to ex ecul?- a trust deed to the. Cooper Vine on North Fifth street. The deed Li in fav?r*of R. H. Shepard, an . mploye of Mr. Gore. Washington, Aiwmrt 1*1. ? All facts and data concerning the failure of the. Commercial National Hank of Wilmington, have been placed In the hands of the Flitted States nttornev for that State, according to Comp Irolh-r Dawes, or the currency. Mr. Dawes declined to discuss the arrest r>f Lieutenant-Governor Cooper and lib*, flrsoclat.es on the conspiracy eharces, saving only that the na Honnl baolc e .nmlner had gone thor /ii: -hIv Into the affairs of the defunct institution and It was now a matter SviFi which the Fnlted States attor ney will deal. Million Barrels of il are Burning San Pedro, California, August 17. ??A lame underground oil tank owned by the General Petroleum Company exploded here today and apnrovlmatcly a million barrel* of ell arc burning. The blast was caused by spontaneous combustion and shook the entire city. CABLE II. S. EMBASSY ASSOCIATED MESSAGE (H< Th# rf ?? I Washington, Auvust 17. To clear away any misunderstanding In !x?n don nvardlru: tin- attitude of the Ooolldsre administration on repara- . turns. Secretary Hughes has cabled the American embassy there the sub stance of the utory carried front Washington by the Asnoclated Presa on Aiikust 1 r> with notification that the declaration* It contained repre sented the exact position of the Unit ed States.