* crate V. E. wind*. * ********* ^ vy ******** VOL. XIII." FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATl'RDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. I03T JULY DULLNESS LESS THIS YEAR Friirrai lieserve District Ue )Mirls Good Prospects for Crops and for Business in the Coming Months. rasarsf in the business structure are now more numerous than ,,in8 ?A,JJe re. according to the monthly re "?"? Of business and agricultural conditions of the Federal R??e"* Bank here which was made public ?today. North Carolina has good prospects |0; a full fair quality tobacco crop and a better prospect for cotton than other cotton growing sections, the report states. The fifth district Federal Reserve review follows in summary form: ??There is usually a seasonal de cline In the volume of business In Ju ly, the summer needs of the P??Pj* liavt been provided and It being too early for fall trade to open up, but on the whole the July dullness in fifth district was less marked this year than any year since the post war inflation period. There are a lew signs of weakness in the bust ness structure, but signs of strength are much more numerous. ??Among the unfavorable factors operating against business at present ?is the decline in forward orders be ing placed by retailers and whole Malers Many manufacturers are finding difficulties in securing enough new business to keep their plants running full time, especially in the textile trade, but few of the orders placed earlier in the year have been canceled and "T'll the mills have not yet had t? re?trlct running time very much. The un ?rrrttrtnily about tin jimhuhle out turn of this year's cotton crop. Is another deterrent factor to normal business at present the danger of the August migration of the boll veevll minimizing the importance attached to condition reports. l.a bo * shortage in some agrIcuUural wctlons Is a further handicap to be overcome. ??As previously stated, elements of strength In the business structures are far more numerous than the ele ments of weakness enumerated In the preceedlng paragraph. The most .striking feature of the Pre*e"t uation is the great purchasing pow cr of the ultimate consumer, and the willingness of the public to buy what ,.Vf r It wants justices confidence for the near future. Sign, of his large power to buy goods and of the dis position to supply needs are on every hand. The volume of de bits to customer's accounts In the banks of reporting cities Is running considerably above the *?lu?e ported a year ago, and corapanj '? orably with earlier months of this year, taking seasonal trends into ac count. Reports from retail stores show Increased sales In with Julv 1922. and some of the stores that have put on speHal saW's ?ire getting remarkable results for fws season of the year. Consumers are displaying non- of the dlsregard values that- was so marked in 1918 1919 and part of 1920. and ar ticles in the striped .Ilk shirt class do not .ell readily, but the stores of ferlng good standard merchandise at fair price, are getting a very sat isfactory amount of business. Cred It Is available for all legitimate needs at reasonable rates. Saving, de no.lts In both saving, and eommer cTal bank, are high, and are steadl y increasing. Huslnes. failure, are declining In number Householders and Industries seem assured of an adequate ?upp y of bl. tumous co.l during the com ng win ter l.abor Is 'nlly emP1?ye?,.a' wages that are little tolow the high levels of the war and P?",'""r,^[r lodR. and the workers are using their money much more wlsely now th.n then. The volume of building op .ration, for which permit, are being l-.ued appear, to Insure a continua tion of full employment for several month, at least. Finally the out look for farmers of the fifth district compare, favorably with prospects I in any other section. The three lead 1 ha. made excellent progress In rent weeks. The flr.t prospects re the b"?t for the past three years *ln jjuanll'V, and the quality of the fn au . apffo crop in Virginia Is unusually rood Grain produced satisfactory fields this year, and truck crops are In the whol^ good.*' [ Debits to Individual account In Lading trade centers In North Caro Little Folks Had Most Merry Time Kiwaniana Gave Joy to Three Hundred and Forty-eight Kiddies Friday The Elizabeth Cltv Kiwanis Club ; gave a picnic Friday afternoon for j 348 little guests, all of whom would be glad if the picnic were a weekly j event instead of an annual affair, i Mothers of some of the smaller chll-1 dren attended. In fact all ages were represented from babes in arms to grandmothers. A committee made up of a lady from every church in the city and the County Welfare officer assisted G. R. Little in distributing tickets. The guests assembled at the Com munity House, the high school build ing. and Calvary Baptist church, each going to the point nearest home. The time set for assembling was 2:30 p. m., but some were ready at 1:00 o'clock. The Klwanians gathered them from the points in cars and trucks and took them to Dawson's Beach, where almost everyone of them donned a bathing suit and took to the water for an hour's fun. There were diving and swimming contests for which prizes were awarded. Five ducks were released, but a duck didn't have a chance In that crowd ! and lucky boys soon captured them. J The captors were awarded the ducks. At 4:00 p. m., the crowd moved to the Old Fairground, a delightful pic nic spot. They played games, jumped ropes, and made the most of the see-saws and swings especially erected for the occasion. There were running races for girls and iboys of different ages, and successful contestants received prizes. The guests were served all kinds of Ice. cold pop. sandwiches, and block ice cream. The Elizabeth City band furnished music during the picnic. At 6:00 o'clock, the guests were all gathered into trucks and cars and returned to their homes. They had a delightful time and the three hours of merry, making did not sown to make them tired,?Nevertheless. it is a safe hot that many little boys and girls went to bed earlier than Usual Friday night, and probably some of them dreamed of gi&nts with Ice cream heads throwing huge bot tles of pop at them. HUNDRED SHOTS IN RUM RUNNER FIGHT New York, Sept. 1.?Two alleged rum runners and six prisoners were captured by Federal agents in bat tles today at Sheepshead Bay and off Coney Island hi which approximately 100 shots were fired. GARRETT VERDICT IS EXPECTED TODAY (Br Ttw Amdilrd Pw,| Cumberland Courthouse. Sept. 1. ?Final arguments in the trial of Robert Garrett were completed at one o'clock today when the court recessed for lunch. The case will be given to the Jury upon the recon vening of court and the verdict Is expected this afternoon. WKHTKIttt rWION OFFICE CLONKS AT SIX MONDAY I.abor Day Is a holiday for West ern I'nion offices all over the coun try and the local office has had I in structions from headquarters to ob serve Sunday hours. However, .on account of giving The Advance Its regular telegraphic service. Manager Sykes will keep the office open all day until 6 o'clock in the evening. Any persons wishing to file night let ters are asked to get them to the Western Union office In time to have them sent before 6 o'clock. MOTOfUi 6(H) MILKS WIT HOI *T ADJU8TMKXT Oil ITMCTURK R. W. McPhilllaniy of Vandergrlft, Pa., and Mrs. McPhllllamy, with their Ave months' old daughter and Mr. McPhllliamy's sister. Mrs. Jen nie McCulloujgh, motored to this city this week for a two weeks* visit to Mrs. McPhllliamy's parents, Police Officer and Mrs. George W. Twlddy on Riverside Drive. Mr. and Mrs. Twlddy met their visitors in Norfolk and motored home with them. The whole trip from Vandergrlft, which Is 25 miles east of Pittsburgh, was made, according to Mr. McPhllllamy, without punc ture or mishap of any sort. His speedometer, he says, showed the distance to Elizabeth City to be 610 mii?'s. i MYKRM-MCIftNKIt MIm Daisy Dare Delsher and Mr. Frank C. Mypm, both of Kaide Rock, Va., were married by Dr. S. H. Tem pkman Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, at hln horn* on Went Main street. 4.r,.000 Durham ? 16.164.000 16.4f.fi.On.? Greensboro. 19.916.000 20.062.000 Raleigh 27.34S.000 26.763.000 Wilmington 16.623.000 17.007.000 Winston Salem 29,119.000 29.617,000 CITY OF YOkOHOMA IN I I.VMKS TODAY (It) Th? Aut?li|nl i'rflll San Francisco. Sept. 1. ? j Practically the entire city of Yokohama is atlre today anO numerous casualties have oc curred as the result of the con flagration which broke out af ter a severe earthquake, ac cording to a message from the Japanese radio station at Iwa ki to the Radio Corporation of America's local station. The inhabitants of Yokoha Jare seeking refuge from fire in ships in the harbor, t is feared that the-earth ike shock had a serious ef t in Tokio and other cities well as in Yokohama. Germany r ? toir i MAY ASK TO ENTER Reparations and WhMhfr ! Germany May Join League of Nations Are Questions to Come Up Next Week. Geneva, Sept 1.?The reparations problem and the question whether Germany Is to be admitted to mem bership In the League ot Nations are two matters. In the opinion of League assembly which opens in this city, Monday, September 3. In thin connection an English del egate said recently: I "I don't see how it wilt be posst i ble to keep the reparation problem out of the discussion, unless it be j settled beforehand," And another j delegate from one of the northern , Scandinavian lands, referring to the popular movement in Germany to ap i ply for membership, said: "Certain I iy Germany should come in, If she applies she would probably be elect led easily." I These and other questions, like ; the pruMttin. of -U>hv 1h>vo served to j create an atmu.sphmt* uf UUUHUIU lh lercst in this year's doings of the as sembly. The first busiuess on the agenda 1 is the election of a president and six | vice-presidents who, with the presi dents of six committees later elected, form with the president a bureau re sponsible for the general conduct of the business of the assembly. I * The actual work of the session Uhen begins with a discussion of the annual report of the secretary gen eral. Sir Eric Drummond, on the ac tivities of the council during the past year and with a statement of , what has been done to make effec tive the recommendations of the pre vious assembly. After a debate the I assembly usually divides itself into six general committees. These in jelude constitutional and legal ques ; tlona, such as amendments to the covenant of the league; the work of , the technical organizations on econ omics, finance, transit and health; the question of reduction of arma ments; the budget and other matters I of internal administration; social questions, such as opium, the white slave traffic and refugee problems, and political questions such as the admission of neW states. These committees are virtually small assemblies in themselves, for each country has the right to be re presented on all of them. As three committees sit simultaneously one day and three others the next, the work of the assembly is greatly ex pedited. Newspaper correspondents an- k?-pt busy following all these meetings? When the committees make their final reports, usually brief, the full assembly affords a final debate on any point still at is sue. The official languages of the as sembly are French and English. Speeches delivered In one are trans lated Into the other tongu?*. The as sembly convention lasts from three to four weeks and generally marks out broad policies whose detailed ex ecution Is left to the council, which Is the cabinet of the League of Na tions. In view of the late President Hard ing's recommendation that the I'nit ed States Join the International ,Court of Justice, of special Interest to Americans will be the election of a succeaaor to Judge Ruy Rarbosa of Rratll as a ihember of the court. This election Is carried out by the concurrent majority action of the as sembly and council. The American group of the old Hague arbitral court txercised Its prerogative! his year, and nominated a candidate to suc ceed Judge Barbosa. HKNOWN, WAIJCH' mriHKR TO UK FITTKI> KOK WAR Ixindon, Sept. 1?The battle cruis er Renown which carried the Prince of Walfla on hla tours of Canada, Australia and the Far East; Is to un dergo a refitting which will change her from a floating palace Into a first claaa fighting ship This ahlp and her slstfr-shin, the Ropul?e, were ibullt on the theo^a that speed was above armament but after the performance of the similar ship, the fnvlnclble, In the battle of Jutland, thla theory has been put In the waste baaket. The estimated coat of putting the Renown on * level with the best ahlp In her claaa will cost $4,000,000. 8he coat originally 911.000,000. STRIKE BEGAN AT MIDNIGHT Anthracite Operators aiul Miners' Representatives are i Continuing Tlieir Negotia tions at Harrishurg Today. IB? Tba AuorinH ffw) Harrlsburg. Pa.. Sept. 1.?With I the failure of negotiations with) (Governor Pinchot. the coal strike be icame effective at midnight, though |the operators and miners will meet here today for further conference .with the governor. Washington. Sept. 1.?Refusal of either side in the anthracite contro I versy to accept outright the initial I proposal of Governor Pinchot for a compromise has not shaken confi dence of President Cool Id ge in the ultimate success of the negotiations at Harrlsburg. The Government's policy, It was declared at the White House, con tinues to embody complete support for and co-operation with the Penn ! sylvania executive, with the deter mination to use every power of the Federal authority to assure adequate | fuel to the public should production 'cease In the anthracite fields. REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT CORINTH MONDAY .Revival services will begin at 'Corinth Baptist church, near the city | Monday. The pastor. Rev. R. F. Hall, will I he assisted by Rev. A. C. Hamby. Supt.. of Enlistment of the Baptist Hoard of Raleigh. Mr. Hamby is nn able and rorceful speaker, and Is one of the leading divines of North Carolina Baptists. Services will be gin Monday night at 8 o'clock, then p?ch afternoon at 3 o'clock and each evening at 8 o'clock throughout the week. The public Is cordially in jvlted to these services. The B. V. P. U. Study Course : which has been In progress IMh I week at Corinth came to a auccess ' fii 1 rion Friday Bt|tr TBere were more than 100 present for the ?los ing night. Fifty-four young people .took the examination. Of tUls num ber 32 were from the Junior B. Y. P. tU. and 22 from the Senior. i The faculty consisted of home tal |ent. Mrs. H. F. Sample and Miss Irene Bright taught the Juniors, 'and the pastor, Rey. R. F. Hall, taught the Seniors. -Many expressed the opinion that it was the most suc cessful Training Course over held at [Corinth. After the examination the young people enjoyed a watermelon feast on the church yard. Inn. THAYKK \M> FAMILY IIOMK I Dr. James H. Thayer, with Mrs. Thayer and James Henry Jr., re turned to the city late Friday after noon after a trip to the National Capitol, and other cltleR. "It was a trip.'* said Dr. Thayer, "which Mrs. Thayer and myself had planned for yearn. We thought that we might as well take in Washing ton. Philadelphia and New York, as well as go up the Hudson all at one time. We went off purely to get a vacation and to enjoy ourselves Of course, we were on the go practically all of the time. Owing to very excellent sight see ing facilities In both Washington as well an New York we were practically aible to see both of these cities. "Our stop in Philadelphia was a very short one?Just long enough for us to run ov??r to Camden, N. J., and see some friends and go to In dependence Hall to see the relics and the Liberty Bell. "Our stay In New York was long er than In either of the other cities. The party came away from New'York with the unanimous conviction that the folks to be envied are those of us who live where you can see more of Qod's handiwork and less of man's. "I expect," concluded the Pastor of Illackwell Memorial, "to be In my pulpit both Sunday morning and ev ening I'm going to be glad to see my people, and am more than ever convinced that the great need of to day as far as the church la con* cerned la the preaching of a pure, sniritual gospel. We had the plea sure of worshiping the Suhday we were away In the famous Brick Pres byterian Church and of hearing an Kngllsh Congregational minister from Southampton. There was a good congregation present, and the reverent, quiet of the worshiping congregation was a relief from the noise and hurry without." RTOCK WASTE HTIKH PHIL! PI NO* Manila. Sept. 1.?A request by the emergency board for a statement from government office heads, list ing their unused equipment, has dis closed that aibout $1,000,000 ir? sup plies belonging to the Insular gov-1 ernment Is rotting from disuse In ' warehouses. Efforts will be made! to aave the stock. I'HAITKR MKBTIMO MOVIMY Cherokee Chapter of the Royal Arch Masons will hold their regu lar convocation on Monday evening A full membership Is desired. HHKKT HOCK Sheet Rock. The only plaster board that really takes the place of plaster. E J. Cohoon * Co. Island Of Corfu Is Bombarded By Italy Gpcppc Informed That Italian Fleet Will Leave When She Complies With Demands?Fifteen Civilians Are Killed and Many Wounded in Attaek Friday (Br Tin iaorUtrf Ptni) London, September 1 ? Italy's action in bombarding and occupying Corfu in contravention of the neutrality of the island guaranteed by the Treaty of 186-1 in which Great Britain ceded Corfu to Greece is considered in military and diplomatic quarters here as tantamount to a declaration of war upon Greece and as constituting a flagrant violation of international law. GREECE CALLS ON LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneva. Sffpt. 1.?A commu nication from Greece submit ting the Greco-Italian crisis to the league of Nations was re ceived at league headquarters today. thus automatically bringing the conflict before the Council of the League which Is now in session here. Building And Loan Builds Many Homes And Association Alto Asi?t? Owners To Pay For Home? Already Built With a total of 6.000 shares al ready in force, the seventeenth series of the Albemarle Building & Loan ! Association opened Saturday and a 'number of applications for stock in jthls series were received on the open ? inK day ai the offices of W Heft Goodwin. Hern-tit ry-treHMiivr. 1 The association now has in round numbers $155,000 In loans In force, land more than 100 Elizabeth Cltv ' reHidcnts through the association have been .directly helped toward home ownership. Between 20 and 30 new homes In the city are direct ly traceable to the association, while in other cases the debts onlhomes al ready built when the association was organized have betfn paid.off through 'membership In the association. Bookings are still being made of subscriptions lo stock of the new se . ries and would-lie subscribers will find the offices above the Savings jBnnk open on Saturday night. Many Accidents Cause Blindness Steps Are Being Taken to Pre vent Eye Accidents In Homes and Industry New York, Sept. I.?Because of the growing seriousness of accidents in public places and in homes, as well as in industry, as a cause of 'blind ness. the National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness announced today that it would undertake im-j mediately a progressive census of all eye accidents with a view of deter mining means of prevention. This decision, the committee declares, grew out of the recent realization that there has come about a radical change in the Incidence of the var-, lous principal (pluses of blindness. The committee has discovered, for Instance, that whereas not many years ago the greatest single cause of blindness In children was "babies' sore eyes." the percentage of blind ness from this cause has been cut in half. Blindness caused by acci dents of various sorts, on the other hand, has Increased to such an ex tent $n .recent years that accidents now'constitute the most serious sin gle cause of blindness. An effort will be made to secure a record of every accident causing an Injury to the eye whether It oc curs In a factory. In a home, or on the street. Tills census will grad ually be extended Into every state in the Union. The results will be n?F> u la ted by principal causes and ana lyzed monthly. A month to month comparison of the records of this census will enable the committee and - Its many co-operating agencies throughout the country to learn whether ? as Is now believed?the number of cases of blindness through accidents Is steadily Incresslng, and against what causes of accidents the energies of the commltee should be directed. 11 VYING IX NKW YOIIK O. F. Gilbert, proprietor of Mitch-: ell's Department Store, has returned) from a buying trip to New York. "I have neVer seen so many buyers In New York In my life," Mr. Gilbert said Saturday. Mr. Gilbert has se cured the agency for the Vogue lists and will co-operate in local advertls-i Ing with the manufacturers' adver-1 tlsing in the Ladles' Home Journsl., Dr. and Mrs. 1. Fearing snd chll . dren, Msrgsret snd Willlsm, have returned from Virginia Reach, after spending some time there. ' 1 The gravest apprehension is I felt over possible further moves | by Italy. If Italy should ignore |the intervention of the League jof Nations and the independent efforts of the Allied Council of | Ambassadors for an amicable solution of the military crisis. I military experts here see danger J f war spreading throughout southeastern Europe. ? In Pull War HUIuh I Rome, Sept. 1.?Italian naval un llts which had been stationed at Spe zia and Venice now are steaming for southern Adriatic waters In full war status and eight transports are held in readiness in case there are further eventualities. School In Attacked Athens. Sept. 1.?Greece has been informed by Italy that the Italian fleet will leave Corfu as soon as Greece complies with the Italian de mands. The police station and school on the island of Corfu were "bombarded by the Italian fleet yesterday and a contingent of occupying tro.ops land ed. -The at at Inn was ~~dfHiTTtmm""hV flames. A messnR"' from Corfu Inst night said that IB civilians were killed and many wounded in the ! bombardment. The warships fired upon the old fort as well, and it was in this bund ling that many of the casualties oc curred. the message asserted, i News of the occupation caused 1 constentaTTon in Athens and there was evidence of extreme indlnatlon on the part of the population. Hit tint Ion Critical London. Sept. 1 ? Italian reservists ] residing In London have been noti fied to hold themselves In readiness j for the call to the colors in the event [that the necessity arises. A Central News dispatch from ome says that according to advices from Athens, the Greek-Internal sit uation Is very critical, and the po hitlon of the government Is unten able. Kxchange has fallen and there is panic at the banks. Home. Sept. 1.?The Italians have occupied Corfu, as the Greek reply wns found unsatisfactory, and Miia sollnl declare? that he will bring Greece to the realization of her re HponiKhilltlcH. though disclaiming any Intent to start a war. Fire on Greek Steamer Athens. Sept. 1.-?An Italian sub marine stationed In the Gulf of Cou menitza has fired on the Greek steam er. Georgios. slightly damaging the latter. Hawaii Finds New Uses For Molasses Honolulu, Sept. 1.?New uses which have been found for molasses, mainly a wsate product of the Ha waiian sugar plantations since the enactment of the prohibition act. are expected to exhaust the supply this year, according to announcement by the Sugar Factors, which handle most of the Hawllan crop. Prior to prohibition, the planta tions derived a considerable income from the molasses shipments to th$ mainland whlcK were used for the manufacture of alcohol. Since then the molasses, which has a sugar con tent of one-fifth, has ibeen used as fuel or thrown into the ocean. A discovery that molasses may be used as a culture medium In the pro duction of yeast, has created a con siderably demand recently. It also has been found that molasses makes a valuable feed for mock, -*?, -It l> - said, it has about twice the energy value of any other feed tested. These two developments are expected to utilize most of the molasses produced by the plantations. The new demand es expected to add approximately $1,000,000 to the Income of the Hawaiian plantations this year. Mr. and Mrs. Robert fearing and son. Hobby, have returned from Nor folk. where they attended the Trl State Fair. It % \lis ( l/OMK MONDAY The banks of Elizabeth City will be closed all day Monday, September 3, on account of Labor Day. a na tional holiday. First and Citizens National Bank, Savings Dank 6 Trust Company, Carolina Banking 6 Tsust Co.