VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 1923. FOIR PAGES. N(T795 FARMING MAKES GREAT PROGRESS] Frank Parker Calls Attention to Fact That This Factor of State's Growth Is Not Yet Kealized. Itaieish, August 22.?There is one factor entering into the proKressive iiess of North Carolina that is not generally recognized by the public and this factor Is agricultural en lightenment, which is made possible by tht* annual farm census, according to Frank I'arker, agricultural statis tician of the Federal and State De partments of Agriculture. In a specially prepared paper made public here today. Mr. l'arker reviews the history of the annual farm census in North 'Carolian and outlines the purposes and work of the census organization. The paper follows: "That North Carolina is making! progress equal to that of any other | state is generally recognized in view of the advances made In manufac turing. road building, education, ag* riculture, etc. One phase of this that few know of is concerning the means for agricultural enlightenment through the annual farm census. "In 1018 the agricultural statist!-1 cian for North Carolina called the at- i tention of II. W. Kllgore, director of . extension work, to the fact that sev-! eral other states were compiling an nual farm censuses to great advan tage. Each of these stales providing ! for farm censuses, but North Caro-] lina had no such law. Mr. Kllgore; readily co-operated and a voluntary survey was secured from most of the counties in the State. In 1919 this! work was improved considerably. "The results gained showed such splendid improvement in both the number of farms listed and the com pleteness of the work that the Leg islature two years ago passed a law providing for a farm,census of the State. * "This year an intensive effort has been made to get a complete list of the acreage of crops, numUt-r-**f?pro-' ductlve live stock, etc. That these ? ifortg have not been in vain is evi dent in the present results, showing reports from three-fourths of the counties have sent in farm census books for each township in the coun ty and that very few of the others have more than one township book missing. "This has been achieved by ap pealing to the Interest of the county officers and commissioners. There has long been a question of doubt as to Government crop estimates on the grounds that they are usually erron eous. The farm census makes it pos sible to give the actual enumerations of farm acreages and the number of livestock, thereby relieving the ques tion of doubt. "In last year's agricultural census report there were maps showing com-, } r? henslvely where crops wore locat ed. thus clearly outlining the sources of supplies. A larynr map showing what proportions of certain counth-i1 w. re cultivated also was prepared on information gained in making the t? ji This map indicated the coun-j tics having large and small dlverslfl- j Nations. "A statistical summarization1 * ho wed that over 0,000,000 acres were cultivated in North Carolina. Of that area, according to the map and the statistics. :',7 per cent was planted in corn, 23 per cent in cot ton. a little less than nine per cent In wheat; somewhere more than sev en per cent in tobacco and approxi mately five per cent in oats. "Much other information also was available through the census; for In stance. It was shown that there were lu the State 136,000 tenants work in t; on 78,000 farms, while 111,000 farms had no tenants; that over 1, 000,000 acres were utilized for im proved pastureland; that 0.10.000 tons of commercial fertilizers were used; that approximately 407.000 head of work stock were In service; that 65.000 acres were devoted to home gardens and that bearing fruit tro'ri numbered about 7.000,000. rSiiH year's results are now being compiled by the Department of Ag riculture. They will Include many new features* as the number of each class of productive stock, the num ber of acres In wooded land, the numbt r of acres In each class of hay crop, etc. "Each year new uses and advan tages are being found for the farm ers' benefit and enlightenment. Ev ery Industry has advanced In eco nomical knowledge concerning Its trvndi. Agriculture alone has ncg l cted this subject. In fact, agricul tural economics Is a relatively new i titution In many of our higher pla<- of learning. Wl'h the isolation and peculiar circum?tancet that farmers have due r. Iiri; of contact with their fellow i.i' tl ? re Is a feeling of undue ad v;. being taken, which is too of t<;i i illy true. The only way that fhl i going to be corrected Is for the farmers to learn the true facts from an unbiased source. This Is be Inc offered them by the Department of Agriculture through the farm cen sus. niisi'X ions of win W ll.l. MKKT TOXHJHT A meeting of the hoard of dlree tort of the Kalr A??oelatloh will be held Wedneada? evenlnn at 7:30 lit the office of the Carolina Potato Ex change. ANOTHER TOURIST FALLS TO DEATH ?H? A??-? .i'kI I'rvul Berne. Switzerland. August 1 22.?A sightseeing automobile containing six tourists fell into a ravine along the St. Gothard mountain road yesterday caus ing the death of one and the se rious injury of two persons, says a message received her** today. The dead tourist was of Dutch nationality. MAIL SERVICE IS QUITE A SUCCESS West Bound I'lanc Mukes Schedule Time, East Bound Skips Gup of 30 Miles on Account of Heavy Clouds. 'Ft Th? AxrrUiH Pt*?M Chicago, August 22.?The night flying experiment of the postal ser vice in Its test of 28 hours service from coast to coast proved a success, except for unique weather conditions at Laramie, which held on airman fogbound. Daylight found the west bound re lay moving almost on schedule time with perfect relays at each point. The east bound mall skipped a gap of 50 miles between Laramie and Cheyenne, Wyoming, when heavy Clouds made advance impossible. Chicago. August 22.?The east bound and westbound mail planer crossing the continent passed one another between Omaha and Chey enne shortly after midnight. VEIOIONTERS I'LAN re-elect COOLIDGE Grafton. Vt.. Aug. 22.?One hun dred and fifty thousand Vermontors residing in 4 7 other states arr> organ izing to re-elect Coolldge as Provi dent, it was announced here Inst night. Divers Are Unable To Find Submarine (By T!i? A-*oout.-<| errM.l Toklo, August 22?Divers Vere to day unable to locate t!i?- Japanese submarine which sank yesterday off lAwJi Island with 8 1 members of the crew and workers from the Kawaskl dook yards at Kobe. The vessel, which was returning to Kobe from her first trial voyage, was one of the largest types of submarines. JURY IMPANELLED IN TOBACCO CASE Greenville, N. C., August 22.?The jury was finally Impanelled yesterday and the Tobacco Co-operative case was begun today. SAYS OXliv rwo \ntic.w KLHI'HAXTS IX AMKItirA Only two African elephants are found in"the 1'nlted States, according to Martin Johnson, big game hunter I and naturalist, whose photoplay.' "Trailing African Wild Animals." re-; leased by Metro, Is at the Alkrama today. The African variety differs in many respects from the kind seen in the circuses and zoos of the world, jl'nllke the Indian elephants which j wander peacefully in the lobby of the New York Hlupodrome. the African elephant is a vicious killer, a bad I tempered beast that defies captivity. I One of the most amazing scenes of (wild animals life ever filmed Is the stampede of these huge monsters in j the climax of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson's ! photo-play. The elephants are seen, icrashing down bushes and bringing down trees, in their pursuit of Mrs. Johnson at the camera and her hus band nearby with his rifle. ('.oiiiily OoniiiiioyioiierK Alerting at Aolirvillr A?he*ll1e. Auvupt 22.?Ttewwcn tatlvfs from hoard of. 4f>mmls*ioner? of the 100 counties of the Htrite are meeting hero today in the annual convention of the North Carolina As sociation of County Commissioners. Matters concerning county govern ments such as rond administration and financial problem* will ho dis cussed. A number of special ad dn-wn on various phases of county govrnment are scheduled. P. Aycock, of I'antego, Is prcsl d* nt of the association and W. E. Johnson, of Ashcvllie, Is secretary and treasurer. The convention will continue In segnlon through Hatnrdoy. l)IVI\(i AXD SWIMMIN'O AT IMWSOVH IIRAi il This afternoon and Friday after noon swimming races and divine stunts will be featured at Dawson's Reach, and ducks will bo turned loose. One of the Interesting stunts tills afternoon will be tilth dlvln* and swimming by boys under sevru years of aae. The water Is flno now, and the summer Is passing rapidly, so those who are fond of the old Pasquotank sre reminded to g$t down to the beach before the cool days come to chill tli# water. COLD COMFORT FOR! LIQUOR OFFENDERS In Very First ('.ourt Session Jail Sentence Affirmed and Judfse Connor Serves Notice He Will Sustain Recorder. I "1'nless there is some showing of I I new evidence I am going to sustain j the recorder in-these liquor cases." i [said Judge G^W. Connor at the open J ins session of Superior Court Wed-j ineaday of this Week in affirming the judgment of the lower court in the' I case of Knoch Sanderlin, 54-year-old lEllrnbeth City carpenter and former j (member of the city police force, sen tenced by Judge Spence to three months on.the roads. The court, de !spit** extended nrgument of counsel.; (refused to make any modification of .the sentence other than to change it (from three months on the roads of Hertford County to three months in the Pasquotank County Jail. When I counsel for the plaintiff noted an ap?" peal, the court placed the appeal bond at $500. observing that the on ly possible purpose of un appeal was 'to delay justice. , Road sentences for convictions In liquor cases became the rule In the recorder's court when Trial Justice Spence found fines and suspended sentences Ineffective to check the li quor traffic in Pasquotank. There are a considerable number of appeals from the recorder's road sentences, and most probably the most that such defendants have to be thankful I for is that court did not begin this 'week until Wednesday, making, it | possible that some cases now on the docket will not be reached. I Sanderlin had mitigating clrcum | stances in his favor and the court's {refusal to tempar justice in his case [would seem to afford little ground | for comfort to any violator of the j Turlington Act who has been hoping to get a road sentence changed to a .fine or a suspended judgment at this 'term of Superior Court. I Sanderlln's story was that he was coming to tow n on his bicyfcle with a ! pint and a half of liquor, which h?? had obtained to celebrate the home .coming of his son from three or four I years service with I'ncle Sam. Hut I any chance he had to win favor with the court vanished when he told that | he got the liquor from u man he did n't know whom he happened to find tin an automobile stalled along the ihighVray. The court hated to sen tence a mutt who had reached ripe ,age without offense to jail, hut it was the law.In North Carolina and if the folks didn't want a law so rigid as (the Turlington Act it was up to them to chance it. Judge Connor said. { One lone defendant was lucky on 'the first day of Judge Connor's court, j He was Lee Ilelfe, 22-year-old white | man. charged with larceny of a pis tol or of receiving the pistol know In? it to he stolen. The only evl jdenee against RHfo was that the 'stolen pistol had been in his posses sion and he had traded it for a rifle. He wns represented by no counsel, j asked the State's witnesses no ques tions. and did not take the stand, I but the jury, under the court's icharge, after about ten minutes de liberation, brought In a verdict of not guilty. The first case disposed of was a liquor charge against Joe Self, in which the defendant !jccept"d the Judgment of the lower court and paid a fine of $1 and costs.' During the morning the grand jury brought in a true till for mur der against William Roberts, col ored. as a result of his alleged shoot in'; of "< leach;. " MctJce. "C.eachy," : lid to have been a "South Carolina 'nenre.-s. was killed ot a Richmond Cedar Works lumber camp In the Dismal Swamp on a Saturday night last May. Superior Court, convening Wed nesday morninn a?t got down to business promptly. Judge Connor j making his charge to the grand jury in less than ten minutes. j ' Mils. W. M. IW)M> Pi: \I> ! Mm. W. M. Bond of Edentoo dit by the I aide of her son who lost lilt life In tl?o World War. Judge Bond, who l< vrell known and much loved In this community. | was scheduled to preside at this week "a term of Superior court hero, I but the critical lllncs* of Mr*. Bohd ;prevented liia arrival Monday. r\M \ltY SI NDAY WHOOI, wim. I'irvir i biimv The Calvary Baptist Sunday schpol , will have a picnic st Bartiett'x Beach for member* of Calvary Church and .Sunday achool Friday afternoon. August 24. All member* who wlah to fio are rc(|tieflted to bp at the jchurch promptly r.t 1:X0 and a way I wll be provided for them to do no. I Refrenhmenta will be provided by the : Sunday school consisting of free ke I cream and lemonade. HAVE COAL SUPPLY I FOR FOUR MONTHS Storage Contains Enough for Normal Requirements, Ac cording to Government Sur vey Just Made. Washington. Auuust 22.-?Suffici ent stocks of hard coal are in stor aut1 to supply normal requirements for mor?? than four months. accord In* to a survey made by the Govern ment since the controversy between anthracite miners and operators reached the staue where discontinu ance of production seemed a possible outcome. Washington. Auuust 22.?In the fac?? til a possible coal strike early iu September. President Coolidve yes terday assured tin- public that there will be a sufficiency of coal. I Atlantic City, Auuust 22.? Miners' union officials and anthracite opera tors who yesterday broke off wage negotiations were still in the city to day awaiting whatever communica tion might come from the I'nited |States Coal Commission or other ag ency of the l-Yderal Government. It was conceded that failing the en-j I trance of some new factor, govern mental or otherwise, the mines would be tied up September 1. EXPRESS SYMPATHY I OR JUDGE W. M. ROM) Members of-the bar and court of ,fleers of the present term of Su|>erlor 'Court adopted resolutions of sym pathy Wednesday for Judge W. M. i llond. who was to have presided at .this term of court, in the loss of his iwlte. The committee to draw up the jresolutions as named by the court 'consisted of K. !?'. Aydlett, J. Kenyon i Wilson, and W. L.'Small. The resolutions are to he spread upon the minutes of this term of court and a letter of sympathy is to |be transmitted to Judge llond. Aviator Killed In Collapse of Ram Caiup Mead. Md.. \umu.t 22. ? First Lieutenant Walter Kirsehemil ler of the Pittsburgh Army Air Ser vice Reserve office was killed and IX other reserve officers were injured today in the collapse of an old barn in which they sought shelter from the rain. STEAMSHIP WANDA SINKS IX STORM Washington. August 22.?The r. S. Steamship Wanda, a training ship, sank In a storiu in the Gulf of St. Lawrence yesterday. There was no loss of life. TWO ARE KII.I.ED IN INDIANAPOLIS STORM Indianapolis. August. 22. - ' Two were killed and millions of damage was done hen* by a storm yesterday afternoon. <;ooi?wi.\-i;rit\ii \m Mbs Louise TJthihari of N? w Ilope, daughter of Mr. !'?< m Ilurn batn. and Lynn Goodwin of litis city, son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Pct? r Goodwin of Norfolk. v? re married Wednesday morning at South Mills bv the Jus tice r>f the peace. Mr. Goodwin is employed sit the Produce Ginning Co. here and Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin will make their home in this city. Orphanage Heads, to Meet in Raleigh Xon-fcecfnrlnn Organization Includes, Others Interested In Orph anage Work Tluk'lKti, August 22. The annum meeting of the North Carolina Orph an Association, n non-sectarian or ganization composed of orphanage officials and other i?ersons Intfrcrtifl In work anionic orphan chlldrr n, will be held In the Methodist Orphnnaj:.' of this city September 19, It wan an nounced today by M. L. Shipman, Hi-crctary and treasurer of the asso clatlon. All organization* of the State that manifest Interest In tin* rare of orphans are asked by Mr. Shlpman to send repKKnUtlf^ to the convention. Addresses will b?i made at the con vention by Rev, A. S. Parties, super intendent of th?< Methodist Orphan age here. speech of welcome; Presi dent John J. Phoenix, superintendent of the Children's Home Soeletv of N ?rlh Carolina, response; Miss Mary (J. ShOtwell, of the Itur' rvlf-d Play for the Dependent Child;" Rev. M. I.. Kestlcr, general (manager. Thomasvllle P.aptlst Orph anage; R. L. Hrown. superintendent Ovford Orphanage; I>r. L. M. Mellra yer, superintendent of the North Car olina Sanatorium for tubercular pa tients. Sanatorium I Other activities of the day will In idude the reading of reports, appolnt Iment of committees and the consid eration ot other business matters. CITIES SEARCH FOIt LOST Cllll.D Now York. AukuhI 2 2. -The police of 0,000 cities and towns in tln? Fnited States and Can ada were rcqueytcd in. |>ollco circulars broadcast today to aid in the search of three months-old Lillian McKensle, kidnapped from her perambu lator on a Manhattan street last Saturday. Meanwhile 1K5 New York detectives, aided by others from Jersey City, and many tavicab driwrs and inter ested citizens, continued their search throughout the metro politan district. HOLLY GUILTY IS VERDICT OF JURY Bui of Assault Willi Deadly Weapon anil Not uf Intent to Kill on All Evidence SuIh tii i tied. ] James Holly, colored, was found I guilty of assault with deadly weapon! by a Pasquotank jury and submitted to a charge of carrying a concealed J weapon in Superior Court Wednes I day morning. "Holly ought to go to the roads: 'and if I send him to the roads It will | hi for not less than two years." said tjudge Connor, "but if I send him to I the roads there will be no way of compensating Heckstall for his Injur lies and for the loss of more than two | months' work. Tin* judge then asked if the defendant could pay Heckstall $150 and the costs, and his counsel nodded affirmatively. The court took the matter under advisement during the noon recess. The real cause of the shooting will probably never be known. The two negroes worked together on tin- tu.,' ,Ciay Foreman. Ilefore dark on tin* ?evening of February !?. they atarted toward town after sups or. Fight shots llred in quick succession at ! traded the attention of I.. It. Fore 'f.ian, ftlio lives on Pennsylvania av enue. and going over to tie- yard ol the planing mill 11?? found Heckstall I on the ground. Subsequent examin ation showed that five bullets had taken eJTeit in hi ft person, three about his legs and hips, one in his left arm and one grazing the abdo men. Heckstall was in the marine I hospital sit Norfolk to April 16. The direction of the bullets seems to corroborate HcckstaH's story of ithe affairs, which is as follows: "We were coming up from the boat (and when we got to the railroad track that runsiunder the lumber shed 1 told Jim (that I'd* heard he'd said that he was going to kill tne, and asked him what about it. He said that he didn't want to do any-: :tiling of tie- sort and then I told him we'd go I \ISV KOI'. si rroitr of un: iiauikh 1 Will Morton, found guilty of ns : nil It on Daisy Armstrong, both col ored, W4K pet undeWmii?Fnded sen tence of days in Jail, judgment to be suspended on condition that ho pay Daisy $."? a week for the support ??f her three children for whose com ing into the world Will seemed to have tve'eii responsible. With Superior court in session i Wednesday morning, recorder's court was held In the quarters recently rented on the fourth floor of the Hln ' ton Building, the assembly room of 1 the late Loyal Order of Moose of HIl/abet h Cltv. The furniture consisted of threo cheap pine tables, a half dozen pine chairs, and a do/.en pine benches. "Typical Noah Ilurfoot," said Prosecutor Sawyer, as he surveyed tie- plain Intro furnishings provided for the city's court. Mr. Ilurfoot in chairman of the Hoard of County Commissioners and watchdog In chief of the County's funds. Six Buried Miners Are Rescued Alive Siivt r City. N'ev: Mexico, August 2 2 Six of the seven lulneru trapped in a cave In at the Co operative Min ing Company's property, 14 miles from here ye?t? rday. were rescued alive today. The seventh, Pete Jones, was killed. \o ski i.i. i it uTt itrc So fracture of the rkull was dls cln < d In the X-Hay examination of Wallace Miller, 20-year-old survivor of the accident on the Weekevllle road on Tuesday night, August 14, in which three men lost their live?'. Dr. Howard Combs, attending physi cian. said Wednesday morning. The examination did disclose, however, a l? lion back of the left eye which the physician believes may explain the severe headaches from which young Miller has been suffering. Miller went to his home Tuesday aftoAioon. after the X-Hay examina tion had been made. Nr.Wlll'ltN .tiOKS IIOMK Jtilinn Newborn wan discharged ( from the Community Tfoanital \Wd n??M<1nv. aftrr Or. Howard Combs had mad" nn X ttav examination and found no rib* fractured and no In ternal Injuries. ^ N- wb rn l^ft on yd- Vanjclver Wednesday afternoow for hit homd in Jarvifburc. "OT'fON MAKKKT N< w Vf.rk. AukUH 22 ? fl|X>t rot ton cloard quiet. Middling 25 25. Future* clo*ed af the following lev el*: October 23. ^5. December 23.A*, !January 23.fi*. March 23.65, May |2n.fi0. N?v Voffc, Attcunl 22.?Cotton fu ture* opened t#dav at tbo following levels: October 24.40-35. December 24 27-2*5. Jannarv 23.92-90. March 23.03 9ft. May 23.33-90. MIm Margaret Savage of Kennejr. M V.. 1* Tl?|tlirg bet cou*ln, Mr#. H. K. Ownly. at Oklnko.