* .*
*
? ?*?****? _ ^ ????????
VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1D23. FOUR PACES. NO. 197.
BRITE AND WARD'N1
FOUND NOT GUILTY
Jury's Verdict Friday After
noon Lets Pair Sentenced to
Roads in Recorder's Court
Go Scot Free.
Jurors were discharged Friday at
the close of the afternoon session of
Superior Court and the criminal
term adjourned Saturday morning
shortly before noon. Judge Connor
leaving on the afternoon train forj
his home at Wilson by way of Nor
folk.
At the last moment before ad
journment, Judge Connor suspended
the sentence of three months on the
roadj imposed upon Enoch Sander
lin. Elizabeth City carpenter, after
the defendant had been kept on the
anxious seat all week. Sanderlin
must pay the costs.
The- last case trlen was that In
which Ross J. Bnte and Mark War
don 4*nd a negro by the name of Auz
el Dance were accused of manufac
turing and dealing in liquor. All
wore acquitted, though Clinton Over
ton. a reputable negro, swore, with
some reluctance when the case was
tried before the recorder, that he
saw all three of them operating a
still In the woods three quarters of
a mile back of a store run by Brite
and Warden on the Simpson Ditch
road about four miles from town.
The juiy. It teemed, was loth to con
vict two young white men on the tes
timony of a negro. though Overton's
testimony that Brite and Warden had
handled liquor was not altogether
unsupi orted. A county off'ciil was
heard to remark after the trial that
it would have been easy enough to
convict them if their neighbors had
been willing to tell what they knew
about the young men.
These three were the only defend-1
a::ts in a liquor c?se this week that!
got off scot free.
Arthur Ilalnes Submits
Arthur Baines, a 8-year-old son of
Rev. W. C. Haines, preacher-farmer
of this County, submitted to a charge
ol ^tempting to utter a form rv and.
01? ?jommendation of :i number of
into.ested petitioners, was lot off un
dor suspended, judgment on payment
of osts. Evidence at the prelimin
ary Waring before the recorder was
to the effect that on Saturday, June
23. young Haines appeared at the
window of a paying teller at the
First & Citizens National Banlr of
Elizalx th City and presentod a check
for $45, purporting to have been
signed by the manager of a local
produce company, and asked If he
could get the money for it. Ques
tioned by the teller as to how he
came by the check Balnea declared
that he had received It in payment
for -some May peas he had so'd the
produce Arm. However, the f?rgeiy
was patent and, as the chcck was
not casned. no one suffered or.y loss
by it < xcept the loss of a good name
by the maker of the check.
This was one reason, together
with the representations of the boy's
father ti nt the young man had suf
fered untold humiliation on recount
of lis error, that Inclined the cjuit
to mercy.
The minimum prison t.-rm of Mike
Viuopolls, luuml guilty and sen
tenced earlier in the w< ok (' r petty
burglary, was reduced from tin or io
two years.
.A.; court did not convene until
Wednesday, instead of Monday, on
account of the Illness and death of
the wife of Judge Bond, a number
of cases wore continued, including
the one charging Wilson Uatenian,
Perquimans farmer, with, assault
with intent to kill on Frank Albert
son of Elizabeth City.
It. E. La Salter, called and failed
earlier in the week, appeared In
court Friday with valid excuse for
non-appearance and the case was
oontlnued.
ltc|M>rt of (>ran?l Jury
Following Is the report of the
grand Jury to George W. Connor,
Judge presiding at the criminal term
of Superior Court as presented Fri
day evening:
"We have visited the various of
fices connected with the courthouse
and find the offices and records in
good condition.
"We find that the recommendation
of a former grand Jury providing for
a cross index for the Judgment dock
et has not been compiled with bv
the Hoard of County Commissioners,
and we recommend that this system
be Installed at an early dale.
"We have visited the Jail and find
1?? Inmates, all of whom are in good
health and speak well of the County
in providing good and comfortable
?WY rcpommoml that the steel
c;> ?. \t ?craped and painted and fur
th, i t'mt the unused cells l>e
cl? ;ii??d up. We further recommend
thai light* bo put In the wlndown
hikI that several broken window sash
be r< paired.
"Wc have Inspected the County
Homo and find th? rooms In a good,
comfortable and sanitary condition.
"We recommend that aome way be
provided for the Installation of
screnn* In the jail of County Horn?
that flies and other pests might be
kept out. This could be done, we
think, by Installing Iroi) bars so as
to put screens out of the reaCfi of
Inmates.
"On account of the public schools
bring closed, the grand Jury did not
visit thas# Institutions.
"Respectfully submitted,
"W. H. Hollowell, Foreman.
"J. L. Pendleton, clcrk."
FOURTEEN HOURS
BEHIND LEVIATHAN
Southampton. Kngland, August 25.
?The White Star Liner Olympic ar
rived here from Cherbourg at 7:35
o'clock this morning. The Leviathan j
preceded the Olympic by 14 and a'
half hours. Doth vessels left New
York last Saturday, the Leviathan j
clearing Sandy Hook bar Just 35 min
utes after the Olympic passed the,
same point.
LOOK TO PINCHOT
FOR COMPROMISE
Governor of Pennsylvania
Designated as Mediator in
Anthracite Situation Fol
lowing Conference.
Washington, August 25.?With
the machinery for the-e?rt?n;ency diB-i
tribution of fuel supplies in final
shape, the Government today await
ed the outcome of efforts of Gover
nor Pinchot of Pennsylvania to find
a compromise which would lead to a
settlement of the anthracite crisis.
The designation of Pinchot as me-|
dlator which followed his conference
here yesterday with President Cool
idge and Chairman Hammond of the
Coal Commission has perceptibly
strengthened the feeling of optimism
which has marked official opinion
since the situation became acute.
Taken the First Step
Harrisburg, Pa., August 25.?In
vitations to meet him in Harrisburg
next Monday at noon were sent to
day by Governor Pinchot to four rep
resentatives of the anthracite miners
and four members of the operators
policy committee, who have been
taking part in the recent negotia
tions. as the first step in his efforts
to adjust the differences between the
two factions and avert the suspen
sion of the miners on September 1.
Baker to Advocate
League and Court
New York, August 25.?Newton
I). Baker. Secretary of War under
the Wilson administration, today an
nounced before sailing on the-Hom
eric that he would go before the next
Democratic convention and advocate
the League of Nations and the World
Court, two measures "dear to the
heart of his former chief."
FEAR BOLL WEEVIL
NOW IN CURRITUCK
Pest Is Damaging Crop, and
County IIuh Twenty Tiinrs
the Acreage in Cotton It Has
Ever Planted Before.
Jarvlsburg, Aupust 25.?What are
thought to be the first boll weevils to
make their appearance in Currituck
County were sent to the State De
partment of Agriculture this week by
J. It. Wright of Jarvihburg.
Mr. Wright noticed that he
'squares wCro shedding with the
|bloom. He math- an exairifmnioIT HtVd
found seven or eight of the pest*,
and later found that they were by no
means scarce or hard to find.
Dennis Wright, brother of J. It.
Wright, who lives Just across the
road from him, found his crop in
fested with the same Insect.
The pest, whether the weevil or
'not, began its work on the edges of
I the cotton patch and attacked the
|bloom before it had fallen off. It is
said.
| There are those in Mr. Wright's
community who argue that the insect
lis not the boll weevil. However
that may be. It is a new pest, in Cur
rituck County and apparently equal
ly as destructive as the boll weevil.
Complaint is more or less general In
Currituck County that the squares
are falling off, but before Mr. Wright
discovered the Insects the falling of
the squares was blamed upon the
heavy rains. ?
Everybody has been so busy in
Currituck with the sweet potato crop
that there war little time to consider
the boll weevil and It was confident
ly believed that the weevil would not
reach Currituck this year.
Currituck County went In for cot
ton raising this year stronger than
ever before. The general estimate
of the cotton acreage Is that It Is 20
times that of any previous year.
American Launch
Fired on by Turks
lltr
Athonn, AukuM 25.?A teloRram
today from Hip lulnnd of Imbro* re
ports that ? launch flying the Ameri
can flag and carrying t*n refugee*
was flr'-d upon by Turkish notdler*
at Oftlil Poll, one man being killed
and a woman badly wounded.
ctVTfON MARKKT
Now York. Augimt 25.?Spot cot
ton cloaed quiet with a 10 point de
cline. Middling 15.86. Futures'
cloaed at the following terete) Octo
ber 24.11-12. December 24.05 08.
January 23.72-80, March 23.85-86,
May 22.86. !
MOROCCO'S REAL SHEIK HERE ON BUSINESS.
Sheik Moulay Hassan Sarsar. asent for sewing machines in
Morocco and one of that nation's richest men, is on his first visit
to America. By assertinc he doe* not like girls he fails to carry
out the romance of his tMl? r*? t<isttiled into flappers by Rodolph
Valentino.
CASE GOES TO JURY
OF ONLY ELEVEN MEN
I Greenville, August 25.?By aerec
I ment of tlie counw l the caw of G. H.
Plttman igaltiil tii? Tobacco Grow
lers' Co-operative Association, will
go to n Jury of 11 men today, the
12th, Ira I-. Hart, having been ex
.cused last night when his fat lie r wos
killed in nn accident.
DIVERSIFICATION
BASIS OF SUCCESS
Horticultural!*! Tells H??w
i Catawba, a Dairying Coun
[ Iv, Found Time for Many
Other Activities.
???
r Raleigh. August 25. A thorough
knowledge of how to employ the
proper methods od cf crop diversifi
cation constitutes the farmer's chief
1 ba*la for succesr-, according to J. P.
I'lllsbiiry. professor of horticulture
of thf? North Carolina Experimental
Station nt State College l??r?\ In an
Interview granted yesterday Profes
sor Plilsbury cited Interesting (exam
ples to bear out this statement.
"A few years a^o In Catawba
County, widely known for. Its dairy -
int.'. a fnrm surv??v was made," the
horticulturist said. * 'and In the
courst- of that survey it was noted
that the operators of 50 small farms
had nn average yearly labor Income
of $125. In looking over the figures
from which this avrrn'o* v '' <<t
It was noted t; t tv *?f 11 .#?.-? r.iri -
er* who mad<- ! r* ?'* moro. e**?- o*
$800 and tl?- Other over M.rftO.
glance nt the records disclosed the
facts that the first was growing
strawberries and uiarketlnc them In
neighboring mill vlPnges. while the
other was trowlnv nnr?i r.v stock. Not
considering there two formers, it was
discovered that the remaining. 48.
who were growing corn, cotton and
other general farm crons. only re
ceived a net return of $53 for th?lr
labor. It would seem that more of
these small farms should have hern
utilized In growing horticultural
crops, and that, as nearly always Is
the In dairy sections, the county
as n whole should have turned Its at
tention to Its horticultural posslblli
ties as well.
"This instance is not cited with
the Idea of advising that all these
farmers should have changed their
farms as to crops and specialised In
growing strawberries and nursery
stock. An exchange of one or more
crops for one or more different crops
Is not diversification, and the horti
culturist must practice the highest
type of diversification to Insure his
success."
Diversification, he explained, has
an entirely different meaning. It not
only means the growing of a variety
of fruits and vegetables and other
crops, but also the keeping of some
livestock, of various kinds, the pro
ducing of food for the farmer him
self and his family, the growing of
timber In order to Insure a supply
of wood, and the surrounding of his
home with plants and flowers to
make his house attractive and his
homellfe happier, Mr. I'ilsbury con
tinued.
"The noint Is." he said, "that with
th? horticulturist his horticultural
specialty Is merely dominant and oc-1
cuples the position of his chief Inter-1
est. The other things are added to
his stock of Interests to make his
specialty secure. He flnds 1t 'not
only economically necessary, b^t
ACREAGE SMALL
BUT CROP GOOD
I
C'.urrituckiuus Planted Only
Half the Usual Sweet Potato
Crop Hut Even Then Made
' U|> for Last Year's Losses.
i 1
f Jart'istnirg, August 25.?Alltimign
' the acrraKc in ovoct itotvtocR In Cur
rituck County tills yean was only 60
pt-r cent. the yield was fairly good,
and the 'prices were such flinty tlx
Josses of last year were to a certain
? extent recovered on this year's slilp
[ nipnts.
When In some Instances the yield
was very poor. It Is believed by the
bent Currltupk potato growers, that
this was due to Improper cultivation
' and fertilizing
Especially pood crops In the lower
. "tl ?ii r.f the county wen- raised by
.lames Grlt-us of Point Harbor and
drover Sawyer and E. M. (Iftllop of
Harbinger. Probably the best yield
in this section was the crop of J. K.
Hard who lives near Mamie. Mr.
Card' had about "ifi.OOO sprouts si t
out and their >ie|d w.is sonn-thlnt*
over 20ft barrels. Ili< flna.nclal re
|. turns were gco&
M. M. Owens or Powells Point hnd
about as pood yield as ; \ . of 'n \
gTBWW In ITU community, getlliig
about r.00 barrels from a prop of
lOS.OrtO sprouts with hi: m\ hp's mi
sing, the plants having died aft-r be
ing SPt out.
The general* opinion in regard to
the sweet potato prop In lower Cur
i.'ufj; thl.4 year is that the' cro|i Is
quite uood considering the finall
aorta ire. good prices having mede up
for the shortage in yield.
St VDW s< Moot s PIW
Hit; PICNM ItKI VlOV
The Haptlst Sunday school of Pow
ell* Point has Invited the Methodist
Sunday school of Hebron Church to
Join them In a Sunday school reunion
to be held on September 22 at Har
binger on the lawn of Alex Owens.
Refreshments will be sold. There
v ill be a bard, boat racing -and a
> lieaker. Everybody Is requested to
parry thelf~Yunch.
The farmers believe that the boll
vp? /II Is doing quite a Utile damage
JbMr cotton here.
The corn crops are better than
they have been for several years.
Misses Helen and Minnie MaeNew
bold of Hertford are the guests of1
their sister. Mrs. C. A. Wright.
Mrs. Will Morgan and children of
Hd<'nton are visiting relatives here.
profitable In many ways."
The farmer must get rid of the
Idpa that this Is an age of specialist^,
he declared, explaining tha* as far
as he Is concerned It Is not. except
In large corporations, educational In
stitutions and In some cast's extens
Ivp farming operations.
"It still taken an all-r/mnd man,"
Mr. Pllnbury said he believed, "to
run a farm, and the smaller the ;
farm, the hlvger the man must be in
Ids knowledge of agricultural princi
ples. such as soil and other natural
elements, the kinds and 'varieties of
crops that he can grow to advantane
and of the means and expedients
best adapted to his needs for diversi
fication In his particular situation
and of how to utilize his products
to the best advantage. Farms are
becoming smaller and smaller every i
day by subdivision and the day of
the garden type of farming, as car
ried on In the older countries. Is not
far away."
Newbern Arrested On
Manslaughter Charge
Driver of Death Car on Weeksville Road Night
of Tuesday, August 14, Accepts Service and
Gives Bond in Sum of $1,000 for Appearance
at Preliminary Hearing, September 15.
Julian Newbern, owner and driver of the Stephens roadster
in which three young men met their death when the car was
wrecked on the Weeksville road four miles from the city on Tues
day night, August 14, was arrested Saturday shortly before noon
I on a charge of manslaughter.
APPEALS AMERICA
TO JOIN ALLIES
Lord Birkenhead Puts Plea
on SeK Interest Alone and
Condemns Woodrow Wil
son's Idealism.
PKOTKMT \<i.*l\ST
- KUItTHKIt SI'KKCHKS
Now York, August 25. ?
Characterizing references to
Woodrow Wilson by Viscount
lurkenhead today as "impu
dent," Henry IJreck In ridge, As
sistant Secretary of* War. under
President Wilson, protested to
day in a letter to John W. Da
vice. president of the American
Bar Association, against the
Viscount's being permitted to
speak at the annual convention
of the association.
Wllliainston, Mums.. August 25.?
In an appeal to America to Join tlx*
Allies in winning pctcc. tlio Karl of
Klrkcnliead, former lord chanccllor
of (2r?*at Britain, today emphasized
that self Interest alone .should deter
' mine this country's course.
He asserted that the whole world
wnlTnot yet ready for the idealism
of Wood row Wilson.
Itirkenhead declared that the na
tion would probably not survive If
'Idealism w?*re given completely free
rein, and that no nation in a demo
cratic condition ever would become
. Uniuht errant of the world.
lie said that Wilson'? judgment of
i his countrymen was wrong and that
through his error he became an ag
ent of nil post war developments
from which his altruistic mind would
have recoiled,
Sees Restoration
German Monarchy
W;i *iiirit ton, August 25.- ?The res
it oration of a monarcliy in (,:< rinany
v.ithtn a year was todny predicted
by ItenrcMenf ntlve A: *.ve|| of L'ltiisl
una who pre si nted to President Coo!
i?h e some observeHmt* sained on trig"
recent Kurnpean trip.
SAYS STItlKKItS CAN
NOT cet JOBS HACK
Charlotte, Aiicust 25.?The strike '
of textile workers was called off here
yesterday but the secretary of the
Ili^ii I'ark Manufacturing Company
declared that the places have been ;
filled and positions will not be given
back to the strikers.
NO EXTUA SESSION
I OK WHEAT SITUATION
Washington, A u trust 25,?Presi
dent Coolldftc do*'S not ib i tn It nec
essary to call Congress to take action
on the situation of the* wheat "farm
ers, It was announced yesterday.
BIGGEST CATCH OF
FISII THIS SEASON
Nn?a Head, August 25.?The lark
out catch of fl*h thin aoaaon whs
made Friday by A. H. Worth of Rllz-;
abeth City, Wllllnm tattle of Ralolgh,
hiid Clyde McCallum of Hertford.
* Tho party left for Oregon inlet
rirday niornlnts on Dob Oroen'a fa
moua Ashing boat and returned about
r? o'clock In the afternoon with fii#
big catch, chiefly ocean trout, weigh
ing from *evon to nlno pounda each.
Tho fluh w?-r? cooked at I ho Ar
lington Cottage and enjoyed by the
rntfro crowd.
IIAH COTTON OI'KN
Jordan Warren, colored. who doea
Intonalve and diversified farming on
the edge of town, naya that he had
a fow boll a of cotton to?open la?t
week and haa other ?H>lla cracking
now. Ho expfCta to get 1.000 pountla
of long ataplo cotton from the aero
planted near hla houao. Ho alao haa
anothor two acre* of late cotton
which he planted after May peaa.
Doth parly and late crop* are In Ane
condition, aaya Jordan, with no algn
of dlaeaae or Inaecton foliage or
fruit.
The date of the preliminary
hearing in the recorder's court
has been set at Saturday, Sep
tember 15, and the defendant
has given bond in the sum of $1,
000 for his appearance before
Trial Justice Spence at that
time.
Newbern came to the city Satur
day from his father's home at Jar
vlsburg, Currituck County, where he
ban been staying since his discharge
from the Community Hospital last
Wednesday. Learning that Newbern
wan In the city Prosecutor Sawyer
called him up and asked him if he
would call at Mr. Sawyer's office. In
the office Mr. Sawyer explained to
the young man that a warrant for
his arregt on a charge of manslaugh
ter had been drawn, and Newbern
agreed to accept service on the spot.
Accordingly the date of the pre
liminary hearing was set. the amount
of bond required was fixed and the
bond duly arranged.
1 ? The dafe of the hearing was set
[three weeks ahead because it Is not
believed that Wallace Miller. 20-year
[old employe at the Apothecary Shop,
will be well enough tv? appear in
J court as a witness before that time.
DR. SAWYER WILL
REMAIN AT POST
j President Hardin;;** I'liysi
eian to Still lie While House
Official Willi Title of Brig
adier General.
Washington, August 25.?Dr.
Charles Sawyer of Marlon, Ohio,
brought to Washington by President
Harding lo be the White Houne phy
aician with the rank of brigadier
general, will remain at the pout to
which his Jif?long friend appointed
him.
If was announced at the White
House today that President Cnolldgo
has no intention of repjacing him.
The cnnounrcmciit also provided for
arran;;i iimhI- in permit I >5. Sawyer
to continm sis Mrs. Harding's physi
cian. since he ban In eti for many
yearn the Ilardlnu family pliysiclan.
Trinity's Prospects
For Football Good
All Last Year's Back Field and
All But Four Linemen Are
Expected Back
Durham. August 2ft.?'Trinity Col
lege football prospects for the rap
idly approaehlng season are encour
aging, according to J. S. Durbage,
who says that all of last yoar's iback
IIeld and .ill but four of the linesmen
are expected to return to their plac
es on the eleven.
Probably the gr^ntest loss to the
Trinity squadron will he that of Cap
lain Tom Neal. left end. according to
Manager Bitrhago. "Doggy" Hatch
er Is f xported back st left tackle and
"lkoy" Taylor, all-Htate guard, will
probably be back at his position left
of "Jimmy" Simpson, center and
captain-elect.
Right guard has been loft open by
the departure of Jack Caldwell for
West Point. The right tackle posi
tion also will the open, Jack Rllng
having graduated last year. It seems
probable that Harney Carter, the sen
sational rlght-ender. will return.
Manager Hnrbage expects the
back field to be Just as It was last
season. with Frit* Smith playing
his fourth year at quarter, Held
Oarrett his third year at right half,
Harvey* Johnson and Ed flu'lock at
full, and Kd Lagerstatt at left half.
Probably ten now varsity linesmen
will have to be created this year on
account of the four open positions,
and an nnusually heavy schedule,
says the graduate managrr. who also
Is general director of athletics. He
also says probably four new men will
he used to strengthen his back field
force.
The most promising recruits to bid
for varsity positions this year. It la
held In athletic circles, will be Ald
rfdge. scrub center last year; Ev
erett. cruh half; Moore, tackle;
Porter, gusrd; Ray. guard; Shate*
tackle, and Trey, end.