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?****?*? * THE WEATHER. * Fair tonight. Wednea * day unsettled, probably * tluindershotcers. Moder * ate S. and S. R". trinds. ******** ? CIRCULATION ? Monday * 1,630 Copies * * ******** VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 194. GARRETT TRIAL IS WARMING IP Prosecution Says Trial Has Reached' Such Stage That lt<>?ular Court Officers Can not he Trusted. (Br Tb? AMOrUtrd rrpu l Cumberland Courthouse. Va.. Aug. 21.?Another sensation was sprung today In the Garrett case when the commonwealth's attorney, Bonifant, addressed the court with the state ment that efforts had been made to intimidate him. IJonifant said that after the ad journment of court yesterday, he was approached by Ed Garrett, who h> declared' was no kin to Robert and Larkin Garrett and who "began tell inu me some things about the Gar rett trial." Ed Garrett was ordered brought into court and when Donifant insist ed that one of the special city officers be sent for Garrett, the defense asked if the trial had reached such a stage where the regular officers of the court could not be trusted to even summon a witness from another county, the prosecution replied that "it had." That Cumberland County is "in revolt and only needs to take up arms to be in open rebellion against the rest of the# state," that local of ficers of the court "cannot be trust ed" to even summon witnesses, and that some members of the Larkin Garrett Jury "perjured themselves" to get on that jury, were some of the char?es made by the prosecution ki continuing its arguments for a change of venue. July Is A Month Of Very Few Fires Elizabeth City Was Among Towns In State Having No Fires In July Raleigh. Aug. 21.?Fire losses in North Carolina (luring July totaled $4.16,014. according to the monthly report of Insurance Commissioner Stacey W. Wade made public tonight. The number of fires was 109, the 1 value of property at risk $2,556,845 and the insurance on this property M M.775. according to the report. "July," says the commissioner in the report "is usually a low fire month, last July being a record month with a loss of anly $128,147 and hut 100 fires. July of last year had only 10 fires with losses of over to,000. whereas July this year had 17 fires of this class, totalling a loss of $391,237. or an average of $23, 000. a fire, leaving a total of $44, 7 77 for the other 9 2 fires which av eraged losse of $4 80 each. In the rural loss list there were 11 dwellings with a loss of $17,200 and the death of two negroes." the report continues, "while there were 4 1 dwellings Involved in fires In the towns and cities wth a total loss,of $26,000." Seventeen towns and cities had no fires or no fire losses during July, according to the Insurance commis sioner's report. The towns and cl tlrs having no fire losses were named as follows: Durham, Statesvllle, Elizabeth City, Washington. Hamlet, Randleman, Ayden, Marion Kerners ville. Wake Forest. Carthage, San ford. Nashville, Pinehurst, Spring Hope. Southern Pines, Farmvllle "Ashevllle had * the worst single fire," the report continues, "a de partment store In that city burning at a loss of $100,000." Other places sufforng large single losses were Jlurllngton. a machine shop and foundry, $60,000: High Point, a store. $46,600: Marshvllle. a plan ing mill, $39,500; Whltevllle, a warehouse, $30,800; Wadesboro. a warehouse, $22,000. A great many other towns besides those named had no fires, but they are not listed In the report because officials of the towns failed to report to the Insuraiicc commissioner. it is said. "These towns often complnin to the department for not helnir on the honor roll." the commissioner's re-* port says, "but the fault is theirs In not 'officially' reporting by the sev enth of each month following the no fire month. One town In the state that had the unusual record of not having a fire during the entire year failed to send In a sngle report of a no-flre month, although the depart ment known it u entitled to such. "In the causes of fires old shingle tni.'fs and defective flues, n? usual 1 11, with 33; unknown. 22: light i iiiu II (the largest number ever i i r ?.!>; short circuit, 6; oil stove. ijoinng building. 9; Hnd all , ? : - under 5. li'i value of fire protection and snf< ty !irst agitation and education ' eg tin bv Insurance Commissioner Young I r. years ago and continued by Commissioner Wade Is evinced In t!ie reports of no casualties .from fireworks festivals on July 4. EXPECT yi'ESTIONING TO LEAD TO ARRESTS Macon. On.. Annual 21?The que* tlonlntr of the tlire# Hudson broth era, arrested for flowing, la expected to lead to the iirfeat of higher ujw in the flogging plot* which hire ter rorized Macon for months. POSSES AFTER TRAIN BANDITS <C| Tto? AMOTUtvtf IfTtai Oklahoma City. August 21. ?Five masked bandits today looted the mail and express cars of the Missouri. Kansas & Texas passenger train near Ok esa. Oklahoma, and escapel with about 20 registered pack ages after' overpowering mem bers of the train crew. No es timate of the value of the loot is available, l'osses directed by the sheriff of Osage County are scouring the country in search of the bandits who fled in automobiles. VIRGINIAN SEEKS A NEW PRIMARY Senate Candidate Petitions Results of August 7 he Set Aside and Names All Candi date* as Respondents. Norfolk. August 21.?B. A. Hanks, candidate for the Virlgnia senate in the Democratic primary on August 7, today petitioned the city circuit court to set aside that primary as of no force and efTect and to order a new primary. All candidates are made respond ents in the petition which sets forth 12 reasons for declaring the primary null and void. Most of these were1 brought out in the special grand Jury investigation which followed the dis covery that the official ballots were Illegally circulated among the i U C tion workers on the day before the primary. Is Stute Organizer for Parenl-Teacliers The N. C. College for Women in conjunction with the State Parent Teachers' Association has employed a State organizer to form branches .of the association in every county in I North Carolina. 1 Miss Catherine Alhertson. former principal of the Elizabeth City High School, and for the past three years principal of China Grove Graded School, was elected to this office at the July meeting of the Stato 1*. T. jA. Hoard. j Miss Alhertson. by virtue of her office, thus becomes a member of the Extension Division of the North Carolina College for Women, with headquarters at the college,* and leaves for Greensboro to take up her inew duties, the last of this mouth. give COURSE IN MAKING OF JELLY Mrs. Cornelia Morris, Central Dis trict Agent, will give a course in I making Jelly stock, Juice, paste and lJelly to the Home Demonstration ,Agents of the Albemarle counties, on jAueust 30 and 31. The first day and the morning of the second day wUI be given to the regents, exclusively: and on the after noon of the second day, Friday. Aug ust 31. a public demonstration in grape products will be given, which nil the women In the town and Coun ity are cordially invited to attend. Wifli the approach of fall, house keepers will be hurrying to complete their pantry supplies, and this course In Jelly making comes Just in the nick of time. With scuppernong, James and oth or varieties of grapes ripening this course will prove very helpful to the I housewives of this section. Time and place of demonstration will be announced later. STILL KICKING JIKill H. M. Prltchard of Weekgvlllc. who Isn't tolling his age. but who went to school with I>r. A. h. Pen dleton when they Were both boys, tells thin story on himself: "I was out in the woods the other clay and I thought of how I used to be able to kick about a* high an any body, go, I peep<>d around to make sure that nobody wan look Inn. then tried my foot at kicking Just to see what I eould do. The first time I only kleked about as high as my waist, but the next time 1 kicked as high as my head. and right there I (|?lt. I Just wanted to be able to say that I ran still kick an high as my head." Dr. Pendleton dared Mr. Prltchard to try a Jumping contest with him, hilt when Mr. Prltchard readily agreed. Dr. Pendleton decided to Imck out. not, of course, because he thought he'd get the worst of u. but because, being president of one of the city's big banks he didn't know what liiduluinu In such boyish sports with lils old friend on Main etrert might do to his reputation for snnity and sagacity. (HURT COXVKNKH WKDNKSDAY Clerk of the Co irf F L. Snuyr telephoned the private secretary of Governor Morrison at Raleigh Mon day morning asking If an emergency Judge cauld be sent here to preside at this term uf court and was in formedthat. the secretary would lo'-k Into tho matter and see what could he done. The telegram advising that Judge Connor had been assigned to hold court here reached Mr. Saw Monday afternoon at % o'clock. Court with Jndgs Connor presiding will convene Wednesday morning. Clyde Tuttle Must Face Murder Charge - Judge Jones, Hit Father-in Law, Dies Remit Shooting On August 2nd r.reensboro. August 21.?The pre liminary hearing in the case charg ing F. Clyde Tuttle. well known ad vertising man of this city, with the murder of former Judge Charlie A. Jones, his father-in-law. has not beejj arranged, but the date of the trial will be announced following a conference late today with the city solicitor. Ed Kuykendall. and an im portant State witness/* Tuttle Is at liberty under a $10. 000 bond for his appearance and it is understood that he will plead self defense when arraigned. The only eye witness to the shoot ing. which occurred at the Jones home on the night of Aupust 2. Is Mrs. Tuttle. wife of ffie defendant. Judge Jones made a spirited fight . for his life, but succumbed yester day at 11:25 o'clock, after lingering 1J> days. The body was taken to Mayfleld. near MufTin. in Randolph County, this afternoon for funeral ? services and burial. THINK BROWN FRAMED , ON LIQUOR CHARGE Believing that Jim Drown, colored.} convicted in recorder's court Monday , of receiving and possession under the' Turlington act, had been framed be cause he Ir an important witness for! the State in a case in which a white I man is involved on a charge of han- j dllng liquor. County Prosecutor Saw yer re-opened the case Tue*d??>? audi ashed for a verdict of not guilty. A half?tiorfen pop bottles were found by police under the Ice-box in a store and restaurant run by ' Ilrown's wife, following |a tip to the police to raid the place, dnd the hot- ; ties could so easily have been put i there while the two women running ' "the place were back In the cook-room that the charge against Brown, in view of his good reputation and the rather suspicious source of tli" tin ! on which the place was raided, was ' dismissed. Tom Scarboro. white, was let po on charge of drinking on the street rether hecanse of the fnct that It tp l>eared he was about to leave the city to take a job in the Middle-West than , on account of any doubt of his guiit^ the court not wishing to put anything In the way of Scarboro's leaving town while he was offered a Job ajicl while he seemed disposed to such a cou rse. Theodore Adams, colored truck driver, for speeding nt street Inter-1 |section and driving without lights, i submitted to a fine lu police court Tuesday of $10 and costs. Raymond Harrell and- Raymond 1 Madrin for playing ball on the street were let off with the costs. CHARLOTTE Mil l, WORKERS STRIKE Charlotte, Auguxt 21.?Strike or ders In Mill Number Three of the Highland Park Manufacturing Com pany became effective yesterday at the closing hour as a protest against the dismissal of several employes. Three hundred and twenty-five men are affected. Sweets Still Bring Very Good Prices Farmers will Get. More for a Small Crop Thi? Than for Big Crop Last Year A sweet potato crop of between 50.000 and HO.000 barrels for lower Camden and Currituck is the fore cast of \V. H. C.allop. prominent po tato grower of Jarvishurg. Currituck County, who was in the city Tuesday. That would make this year's crop, if prices continue to hold up. net the grower* between $225,000 and SitDO.OOO on a basis of $4.50 a bar rel which is what number one pota toes will bring today f. o. h. Kliza betli City. The market oi?i'.eil at ' $lo a barrel in northern cities. Mr. Cutlop n^ures mat two thirds of the Currituck-Camden sweets have boon duu. and the number of cars shipped from this |>oint to date Is practically 200. If 200 cars rep- j resents two-thirds of the crop, the total crop would be :i00 cars or fiO. 000 barrel*. Sweet potatoes from Camden and Currituck are still going from here to northern markets at the rate of about IK cars or 3,600 barrels a day. timated, to about the middle of Sep The movement will continue. It Is es tember. Four or five dollars a barrel f. o. b. Elizabeth City is a mood price for sweets and Currituck-Camden farm ers will this year realize a sufficient profit on this year's crop to atone in some measure for the heavy losses last year when fully one half of the crop, it is estimated, was left in the ground for the hoys to harvest, in isolated cases growers did not dig 10 per cent of their crop of sweets. The acreage this year was greatly reduced. Currituek farmers turning to cotton very largely as n rer*ilt of the poor prices for sweet potatoes last year. Another factor In the in creased cotton acreage In Currituek is the fi.rt that the boll weevil has not appeared, except, perhaps, in one or two Isolated cases. In 'that county as yet. Curritucklans say thai they not only have the l>|gg? si acreage but the finest crop of cotlon ever produced In that county. IIKAD OF AMKIttCAN Ml SKI M riMlSKS WILD .WIMAL FILM Henry Fairfield Osborn, president of the American Museum of Natural. History In New Yoik, has written a letter of congratulations to Martin Johnson for his splendid photoplay, {"Trailing African Wild Animals," re leased l?v Metro at the Alkrama to | day. Mr. Johnson held a private showing of the picture for Dr. Os born, and the result was an enthu siastic reception of It. Mr. Osborn. for the Museum, has given the pho toplay his official endorsement. Carl E. Akeley. big game hunter and authority, attached to the staff of the Museum declares that Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson's photoplay Is "by far the finest thing. Ii\ wild-life |pictures that has come out of Africa, or any other place for that matter." PAGE ANI) GIMMES IN IIAI.t. OF KAMI Rnleigh, August 21 Walter Hines I'ages and J. Ilryan Orlmrr w< ro yes terday elected to the North Carolina Hall of Fame. Poplar Branch School Will Open With Bright Prospects With a Heroril of Ha/iid ami Substantial (?rutrth in Lust II Yearn, Preiwrations Hare Been Made for Hippest and Best Year in School'* History Poplar Dranch. August 21.?The Poplar Ilranch School will open Sep tember 10 with a forc?- of 11 regular teachers. ?evcn of whom will be ron nect*-d with the high achool. Th? imiflc department Is expected to have a teacher, and this will give a facul ty of 12. A full time teacher of agriculture Is to be in the faculty thin year, which will mAan much to the com munity. The equipment for the bom** economics department If to be in stalled within a few days, so that thin work will begin promptly at the openlnR of school. Pour new classrooms are* to be ad ded to the school building Imme diately. The teach* rav-<> Is also mar ine completion and will be ready for occupancy at the openlnu ??/ the school term, The Inner walls of the school building have beef)- repaired and the outside ha* been painted white, ao that every Hi In* will be spick and span to start off the ?*?? sion. One of the moat pleasing an nouncement* In regard to the reboot, from the pupils' point of view, in that a moving picture outfit Is to be in stalled. All arrangements |?aVe been made for this, and the entire com munity looks forward to see-In# the pictures. The plan t?? ?*? hav* b?lf *?t * ach program devoted to educational subjects and the other half to whole some entertainment. Two new trucks have been bought for use In transporting students to Poplar Rranch high school. This will give a total of Ave trucks bringing In ftudents from other pact# of the county to thin school. All aeventh tirade work has bc??n suspended tn the smaller schools c?f the county and boys and Kirls who live below Maple will come to Poplar Dranch to take their junior high school nnd regular high school work. Eleven years ago Poplar Hranch school had nn enrollment of nine pu pils In the high school department. Purine the school year ending in May. 102.1. there were f>'? students In the high school department nnd n trudjSntlng clnss of lf?. More stu dents now matriculate in the higher institutions of learnlm: In the Stat" from Poplar Qganch High School ev ery year than entered such Institu tions from the whole county in the two generation* preceding the op? n Iiil; of Poplar Ofanch High Schoo'. With the new teac/ieraire, costing between $8,000 nnd $10,000. the Ad ditional school rooms, equipment, teachers, and so on. even greater progress Is confidently expected In the school year which tieulns on Sep tember 10. The Parent-Teacher*' Association, which has been active |p penson and out. plans this year to Inaugurate a Card catalogue system In the school library, which will be of jtreat J|clp 'To"students and faculty. ^ The children of the primary de partment of the school are to Rive an entertainment on the evening of September 15, the chief feature of I which will be a Baby 8how. The content for chief place In the show will begin aeveral day* before hand. TWO KILLED WHEN HALL COLLAPSES (B? Tto* A??vu-?j itvm t New York. Auicust 21. Two men were killed ami 4 7 wore seriously Injured when n three-story brick dance hall and more building In Hrnnklrn collapsed last nlKlit during a lire, burying scores of firemen and spectators. The official pollco report today shows the loss of life as much less than was nt first expected. Liner Is On Rocks But Not In Danger (It* Tli? Ai?ritird l*rml Manila. August 21.?The Eastern Oriental liner Changsha, British, car rying passengers ami freight from |Australia to Manila, has gone on tho rocks at Tlgibank, near the Tawltawl Inlands of the Philippines, according1 jto a radio message received here to day. The ship's condition is not be lieved to he dangerous, however. TWO MAIL PLANES I STAKT TEST TRIP (Br IT# AuorUtcd Pr*u.) Hempstead. N. Y., August 21. ? With one mail plane winging Its way from San Francisco to New York to day. another took off from Hazel hurst Field on Long Island for the Pacific Coast in the first of the five days test inaugurated by the Govern ment to demonstrate the feasibility jof a permanent trans-continental air mail service. ZEPPELIN SIIED IS NOW MOVIE STUDIO [ Merlin, Aug. 21.?The immense I airdrome from which, during the war, the German Zeppelins began their terrifying flights, is today ho ling used as a motion picture studio, i The hall, located at Sianken, out side of llerlin. Is 4,r?00 feet long and il30 feet high. The Germans de |clare it to be tho biggest (llni studio |in tho world. FUAIl SKI IJi FltAtTUIlK Various reports went about town -Tuesday to the effect that Wallace ? Miller is suffering with si fractured skull and that his condition is criti cal. Miller's physicians told The ; Advance at -.1 o'clock that they werj* [then preparing to mnkr An X-Ihiy i a in I nation of the young man's skull in order to ascertain whether or not J a slight fracture was causing his con tinued headaches. Miller, however, lis Retting along well, and no serious 'complications are feared, according jto his phyglcLuuL' Woman Officer Resigns Commission Turkish Warrior llad Thrilling Kv IHMlences Dining the World War Constantinople, Aug. 21.?Tur key's only woman officer has re signed her commission in the army and was received on retirement at a public audience by the Caliph, The woman is Lieutenant Kara-Fatinu llunem. about 4 years old and the |widow of a Turkish Major. Togeth 'er with 1"? female relatives, she I Joined the army at tho beginning of the Great War. This small hand of women was as signed to the Caucasian front but it lwas not until after the armistice | that they saw much action. Then they look part in fighting against the I Armenians, anil after that were sent I to Anatolia against the Greeks. There they Joined a body of 700 men and i were present at the battle of In-Eu nu. in which a number of them lost II heir lives. Lieutenant Knra-Fatma Hanom was wounded and taken to a hospi tal. After her recovery she returned to active service and was taken pris oner by the GreekH. She escaped to take part In tho battle of Hrousna, when she was accompanied by her 13 year old daughter. LONDON MARKS ITS MOST FAMOUS SPOTS London. Aug. 21.?Visitors* to plnroH of Interest In the city, mi'1 ninny I^ondonera thems^lren. havo bwn surprised lately to fln?l num erous hi no plaq new with wbltp lif ter* on walls of building*. These are holng put up by the City Coun cil to mnrk the sltos of anei?-nt Lon don. nnd the residences of famous citizens. On?? of the moat rccf-nl ones marki the spot In Cfieapslde from which the Romans measured th??lr *mlles fnm I liondon. Residences of (Thaucer, Keats. Shakespeare. Pepys nnd other prominent citizens of the olden days also havo been designated. "OTTON MAItKKT i Sew Yorfc. Ad?u?t 2 i.?Boot rot ? fnn.rlnn#il Moany. m l.lcl 11 n k '11 Fntdrfl, rioting bl<1. October 24.4S, IicirmlKT 24.35. January 24.nl. Marrh 24.02. May 24.00. New York. Aim 21.?Cotton fu tiirpn opened today at the following IotcIh: Oct. 24 B7. D?c. 24.46. Jan. 24.0?, March 24.18. May f*M. I FIVE AMERICAN TOURISTS KILLED Sightseeing Automobile ill France Crashes Through Parapet on Mountain Koud and Plunges Into Kiver Var (By Tin* AmocUIihI l*r?w) Nice, August 21.?Five American tourists and one Frenchman were ki11<><1 and 15 persons were Injured, some |terhnps fatally, when a sight seeing automobile crashed through a parapet on a mountain road between Nice and Kvlan yesterday, plunging over a hundred foot precipice Into the river Var. Klgliteen of the 2 2 passengers were Americans. Boll Rot Damages Year's Cotton Crop Disease May Be Distinguished by Small Reddish Dots on Cotton Bolls ! Raleigh, August 21.?"Anthrac nose, or 'boll rot.' Is again making itself felt In ccrtaln parts of the State," says Franklin Sherman, chief entomologist for the Department of Agriculture. In a report Issued here. "This disease," the report continues, "occurs In every part of the State where cotton it* grown and causes more or less damage every year, but from reports received by the Agricul tural Department, it Is Indicated that the damage is more severe this year than usual In the edges of Wake, Johnston. Nasli and Kdgecombe Counties." "A delegation from this section 1 was in our office last week," the en tomologist nays in his report, "and told of whole fields being ruined by this destructive disease." ? "The niithracnose may be rMstiu jgulshed by smsll reddish dots on I ho cotton bolls. {These spots Increase In size, rearbinu a diameter of an Inch or more and sometimes uniting with I other spots until the whole boll I* ! covered. Wherever the 'boll rot' oc curs it does some damage, no matter how little the plant Is arretted. If it Is there, it will cause more or less damage. Mr. Sherman says that * there Js nothing that can be done to combat the disease this year, but that steps towards preventing its encroachment n??xt year can and should be taken. He suggested that the following rules In; observed: "Do not plant cotton next year on fields that have been Infested this year. The fungus may live a year In the soli, thus forming a source of In-? | feet Ion for next year's planting. "He careful in selecting seed for next year's crop. If possible secure ? these seed from fields that were not 'infected this year and do not secure !seeds from any fields that had an In fertion of over 10 per cent this year. "A proper use of the crop rotation .system and care in selection of seed will do much to clu ck the spread of I anthracnose and will soon rid any ' sect ion of the disease," Mr. Sherman concluded.? Davidson !? Exporting Good Football Seatton Davidson. Auuiist 21.? A now coaching staff. new athletic field and now conditions will surround the 1923 foothnll season of Davidson Colh-uo which will OP<*n on the last Saturday In September. The seas on's schedule rail* for nine games, openlnu with Klon College, nt David '?*u niid clnsinc with Trinity on ThanksKlvln.fr day, November 2 f?. with the scene set at Wearn fteld, Charlotte. William li. "Monk" Younger, as Histnut coach for the past Ave years nt Virginia I'olltechnlc Institute. iiluckHbiirtt. Virginia, has sianed a head coach nt Davidson, his Alma Mater. With him will come Tox Tll son, varsity linesman with V. I?. I. ,for five yeara. Tllson will devote most of his conchlng to the Wild cat linesmen, | Davidson's season schedule fol lows: Sept. 22. Klon at Davidson. 1 Sept. 29. Preabytcrlan College of South Carolina, al ltook Hill. S. C. i October f?. Virginia Polytechnic Inni It it t <? ii ?? lllarkMhiirK, Va. October 13. Citadel at Davidson. October 20, Wake Fores! at Char lotte. October 24. Furman at Colombia (South (Carolina State Fair.) November JJ. N. C. State nt Char lotte | Novcnibi r 10, Cb-mson College nt Clemson, S. C. Nov* mtier 29. Trinity College nt Charlotte. '? N. C. Publisher j Falls To His Death ("arnp' UrntK. Aug* "71.- -Atfred-f*e C\!e?fiulta, publisher of tho Durham Sun and tho Fayettevllle Observes, and an nrmy aviator, Sergeant Ed mund Reese, were Instantly killed late Monday afternoon whan the plane 'n which they were aloft [crashed to the ground In a nose dive.
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