********* ^ ? ?*> ********* * THE WEATHER * * * * Partly cloudy tonight * /yffil | ^ii| * CIRCl HTIO\ * * and Thursday except * lIVjl I |jjf(]l^S ^ rji^^|tjlll|OKGn "* DI^WMIDl(jlrl^l|^^ * Tuesday * * thundershouers tonight. * A * 1.725 Copies * \o change in temp. * * ********* . 4 V? " ********* ?VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ^ ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 105. EIGHT COUNTIES ENTER EXHIBITS Ami St <*r?'lai*y*!Vlaiia|ser Clov er of llit* Fair Expect# to Hear from the Other Two Ju*t Any Minute. Eight of the ten count it s of the Albemarle District Fair have made official entries to Secretary-Manager Duckworth Glover, for county exhi bit* at the Albemarle District Fair. The only counties that have not made entries for exhibits are Tyrrell and Washington and Mr. Glover is expecting on every mail to receive official notice from these counties that they will have county exhibits at the Albemarle District Fair which is to be held in Elizabeth City on October 9. 10. 11 and 12. The counties which have made of ficial entries to the secretary of the Fair Association are: Camden, Pas quotank. Perquimans. Gates. Cho wan. Currituck. Dare and Hyde. Exhibits of agricultural products from the ten counties of this Dis trict are likely' to surprise a great many people of the section both from the standpoint of exceptionally fine crops and the great variety of crops that can be grown here. Almost ev ery fruit and crop that can be raised in the Southland can be grown in this eastern corner of North Caro lina. For Instance there will be cotton, corn, peanuts, tobacco, sweet and Ir ish potatoes, beets, beans and peas? all money crops .In this section. The Individual farm exhibits prom ise to be of unusual Interest. So numerous are there exhibits that Mr. Glover, In order to take care of every need, is putting up a big*tent, as in dications are that all permanent building space will be taken up. Crops ,are more varied than ever the yield is better on the ,average than for years and the farmers have learned from experience that the Al bemarle District Fair is the best and cheapest place to advertise their ag ricultural products. GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC HOLDS ANNUAL PARADE Milwaukee. Sept. 5.?Turning aside for a moment from the sunset trail. 1,000 Civil War veterans to day formed In regular marching or der of the day of '61-'65, and swung liUP line with feeble stride In the annual pared of the Grand Army pf the Republic. Nine divisions made a column four miles long. Virginia and North Carolina were among the southern states represented. The Continental Has District Office Here The Continental Life Insurance Company, a well known old line com pany with home offices at Washing ton. D. C.. i?< establishing a district office in Elizabeth City. H. L. Edwards Is superintendent in charge, with Ui? office In the Hln ton Hulldlng'here. and with jurisdic tion over Hertford. Edenton and the surrounding country. Mr. Edwards comes to Elizabeth City from Not folk, where he was with the Continental Elfe Insurance Company for a number of years as assistant superintendent of the Nor folk office. Recently he was promot ed to the superlntendencv of the Eliz abeth City office. He la stopping at Duke's Inn. SPECIALIST URGES EAT WATERCRESS Portsmouth, England. Sept. 5. Watercreas, as a side dlsh^for lunch Is well known in most houRoholds, but few people eating It were aware that ll contained all the essential vitamines. until this fact was stated by Dr. Harold Scurfleld at a Medical Association meeting recently. Ho advocated a more extensive use of the vegetable and said that the Greeks regarded it as food for the mind, while todr?y it was regarded as a stimulant for the body. This recalls n favorite experiment of Professor Vivian B. I*ewes, explo sive expert. When lecturing he used to All a glass Jar with water cress. take It to Greenwich hospital and leave It on the roof In the sun's rays. The next week It would be brought hack to the. lecture room, the cover removed, and a light plac ed near the opening with the result ? hit a deafening explosion occurred. Thl- proved, according to the pro filer. that watercress was compox ?.? | of pure oxygen and therefore very beneficial to the human system. t\\Ol M'KH OPKXIXO op ntiimo Tiirnsn.w t'rner fl. Davis announce*! that hi* Ftudlo, corner Road and Fearing u?. . (pr Instrumental munlc In duction. will fx* open dally, bculn nlna Thursday, September f?, from 9 to 12 a m. nnd from 2 to 5 p. m. Mr. DUtIp Mate* that lie ha* room ;ti IiIh Ha-*- ?* for a few more pupil* In addition to thoae who have already requested enrolment and If there br other* mho desire to enroll he will bo at hi* atudlo during the above atated hour*, and will be glad to go Into the matter with them. Vlaltora are welcome. Claaaea will begin work ?bout September 12. ii 'iiifc'iViltftiilifryMJhMMMil AMERICANS RESPOND TO RED CROSS CAL!.| Washington. Sept. a.? Kv?-n be for*- the app'-ul lor fund* 'i:nl I :n time to j:ain general circulation tin Amorican people beman pouring t>>? i ofTcrlnjis into the fund for tin- r?li. of Japanese sufftrers. The first mail to r?ach Red Cros: headquarters hero today brought aj hatch of checks in respotisi- in the rpD??i| for $5.tM)0.0u0 with which tol i \l? nd aid to the stricken people. Offers Advice to Breeders of Hogs| ?i|iwl8ll>t Deplore* Krtrt 'Hint I'arni-1 rr? Often Sell H?hl> at |X>H? Raleigh. Sept 5.?An agricultural | report made public this week by W. W. Shay, swine extension specialist for North Carolina State College and , the Department of Agriculture of advice to hog breeders concerning marketing their swine. , "Year after year." the report reads, " during December and Jan uary, when the price of hogs is at the. lowest point, farmers of North Carolina and the cotton belt gener ally sell their oily and undesirable hogs at a loss. The average of 20 years* prices for oily hogs for these two months has Ven below cost of production. The price of hogs at the I present time, even in the face o.f a I surplus, will show a profit If the ,hogK are of good quality and have jbeen intelligently fed. I "What are the indications of a bad ' break in hogs this fall and winter? [The surplus hogs have eaten the sur I plus corn of the corn belt with the result that the price of corn is about [ZD-cent's a bushel higher than a year ago. [ According to the report of the United States Department of Ag riculture. the corn and hog ratio dur ing July was 7.3 to 100.' TtTfexplain: j At the average farm price for the United States during July. 1923. the [price at whiclr 100 pounds of pork. Ion foot was sold equaled the price of 7 H ntmliela r,f nnrn Only nnm jing the last 14 years has the ratio i been as narrow and that was during July, 1917. when It was 7.4 bushels to 100 pounds. The average ratio from July 1910 to 1922 was 10.39 1 bushels. "Receipts of hogs for July were the heaviest for that month in the ! history of the country. In fact, the 'previous high record* of July, 1918, was expended by over a million head. I Compa/ed with n year ago, July re ceipts showed an increase of more jthan 40 per cent. "Indications of unrest in the In 1 dustNal fluids confirm the belief In j the wisdom of selling hogs intended I for pork as soon as they can be made ready and 11 pigs should also be jpr< oared to meet the early market. "North Carolina hogs of quality may now bo sold nt ten cents. Thl\CJ STAMPS Louis Sells has received the flr*t 1?nHed States postal stamps seen In this city hearing th" picture of thr late Warren G. Harding. The stamp received -by Mf. Sell* are the sir* of the rtaular two rent postal stamp 'and are colored black. Postmaster 1 J. A. Hooper received a notice fr^m | postsl authorities that the stamps mould he on sale in Elisabeth City some time after September the first but they had not arrived at the pott | office at noon Wednesday, P.%volts S( ()IT WOltK Till* U( \ i rend Frank H. ScaU<>ruoo(i was kind enough to luinu to my attention the oth* r day t!e fart that I am b?-lnu quoted in current street as opposite-: th?* work l>?-in- do no for tin- boys of tin' town through the lloy Scout organization, ('"ju'dally as it routes to the establishing of a camp at Arneuse Creek mar this city. .To those who have known m> true attitude, no explana tion will be needed in dealing with such a situation. Hut. lest some may misunderstand, allow me to say that my posi tion as a citizen of the com munity would forbid anything other than a helpful attitude toward all efforts for the build ing of a finer manhood and womanhood through work with the boys and girls. And in ad dition to my citizenship in the community, jxiy responsibility as a moral and religious work er makes me a loyal supporter of all work that looks to the building of worthy character. Scout work looks to such char acter building. I had thought mv position clenr on this matter. The pos sible existence of any doubt as to my support of the work 1 e Jnt done for the boys moves 'me to assert agnln my sincere interest and to pledge my sup port. H. K. MYERS. Partor City Itoad Church. Air Development On Naval Program Willard Board Reccommends Annual Expenditures For Ten Years Period ! Washington, Sept. 5.?Analysis of the report of the Willard Hoard, re cently adopted by the Nav> Depart ?tuvn\ n.i tin" offi. inl promum fur i|m |velopmcnt of naval air stations, allows a determination -to develop jmnnt of tin- western depots during the next ten y aw. It is believed by students of strategy that there is more than chance in the fact that this period coincides vlth that dur ing which no construction will he in progress on battleship replacements. I'ndcr the Ave power naval treaty these will begin in 1031 when three vessels will be laid down to take the place of the Florida, I'tnh and Wyo i mini?. j The Willard Hoard recommended the expenditure of only $820,000 in the 1025 budget for air stations, comprising $554,000 for the Canal Zone and $266,000 for Hawaii, but successive annual Increments as fol i lows: 1926: Canal Zone. $325,000; Ha waii. $220,000; Alameda, $50,000; Sand Point, Wash ington. $1.10,000. 1927: Canal Zone, $210,000; Ha waii. $261,000; Sand Point, Washington, $150,000; San Diego. $150,000. 1928: aCnal Zone. $294,000; Ha waii, $#5,000; Alameda. $175,000; Sand Point. $265, 000. 1929: Canal Zone. $300,000; Ha waii. $100,000: Alameda, $170,000; Sand Point, $115, 000. 1930: Hawaii. $300,000; Alameda. 1109,000; San Diego. $100, 000. 1931: Hawaii. $340,000; Alameda. $355,000; Sand Point. $131, 000. 1932: Alameda. $74,000; Sand Point, $300,000; San Diego, $165,000. 1933: Canal Zone. $159,500; Ha waii. $150,000; San Dleco, $150,000 11934: Hawaii, $725,000; (to com plete). I'odeY the approved schedule flie Alameda project would be completed in 1930 with an appropriation of $370,000 and the Washington station In the following year with a. similar appropriation. The fluantanamo fleet base air station would be started In 1938 with an allowance of $570,000, to which wciuld be added $595,000 In 1939 and $420,000 In 1910 when t >? project would be completed. | The Atlantic Con*t bases will be allowed to wait, under the approved prouram, until those on the Pacific are well under way. The marine fly ing field at Quantlco. Va.. would be the first to be taken up to any con siderable extent with appropriation* of $45,000 In 1929 and $310,000 In 1930, completion of the prolect be Ing carried over to 1938. Work on the fleet base station nt Hampton Itoads would start In 1932. with com > pletlon set for 193ft. Projects at Pensacola. Fla.. and Anaeostln. D. C are not scheduled for finnl commis sioning before 1942. That at Chat bam. Mass., would be complete In 1913, and the Cat*- May. N. J . Key West. Fla.. and Charleston. S. C . projects In 1944. HOMK ON ninrci'KM Orahstn Hedrick and Oscar Wl1-| Hams r^iched homo Tuesday night from Virginia Hcach on their blcy c'ei after a difficult trip. They left Virginia Bench Tuesday morning but were caught- In the rain and storm Tuesday afternoon on the way and had to push their hlrjrrl^s through the mud for * considerable distance FORT BRAGG WILL FURNISH EXHIBIT Will \Im> Si ihI DctaclnnciH of ricked Sol tf "iailr-in Oiritlinu K\position. Charlotte. September ? Briga dier General A. .!- Uawlcy. com manning general at Fort ltragg. wa* the* honor miest at a luncheon ser\ei at the Charlotte Chamber of I om merie recently to about -?? re|1*'0/ j sentative business men of this cit>. when all arrangements were niatle for the bringing of an army exhibit from Fort Bragg to the Made-In Carolina's Exposition here the two weeks of September 24?October 6. Tho necessary money to bring the exhibit here was raised in five min utes from among the Charlotte busi ness men present. General Howley. the guest of Mr. Morehead while he was In Charlotte, left here yesterday afternoon for Cleveland Springs, where he attend ed the dinner given here by the Shelby Kiwanis club at the Cleve land Springs Hotel last night, at which several speakers t"ld of the 1 purposes and plans of the Kxposi tion. He goes to Kings Mountain todav to confer with tho Kings i Mountain chamber of commerce !official* in regard to the Battle of Kings Mountain celebration on Scp ' tentlier fi. U Ins he n arranged for I* ort llragi; t?. 17th and 2nd Field Artillery with all the guidons of those three regiments will bo on exhibition In side of the exhibition building. The nth Field Artillery was the lieavv field artillery of tho First Di vision. The 17th Field Artillery was the heavy field artillery regi ment of the Second Division.. The history of these two regular regi ments Is well known. The colors of both regiments wear the famous Fourregere of France. It will be r* me inhered that Marshal Foch de corated these colors at Monroe, two yenrs ago. i Likewise, there will be machine puns, automatic rifles and many other parts of equipment pertaining to the army, on display. hxper ienced n?on-coiu missioned officers I will hen In attendance to explain (everything pertaining to this equip ment and life in the army. A $30,000 radio truck, capable of receiving messages from a distance of 3 t>00 miles will be on exhibition. The full band of 32 piece* from Fort Hragg will be in attendance at the exposition. Wednesday. Octo ber 3rd. will fte designated as Fort Hragg day. On that night a iipj clal exhibition of soldiers will take place In the auditorium of the ex position building. Special drills, showing flrnt aid to the wounjled. physical exercise, manual of arms, training and boxing and other fen lures of army life will he shown There probably will be three ofn eers and 150 men In the detachment. Thev will establish a modern camp, not far from the Exposition grounds. This camp will be open to the in sptrlinn of the public at all times. The coming of this detachment of i-iiops with the famous Hamilton ii;:lterv and its equipment will give a splendid opportunity for the peo ple of tills srctlwi of Ihe country to realize what the Army Is doing for this State. As tjenernl Howley staled; "Your Exposition Is one or Made-ln-The-raroHnas. Fori Hragg I, in North Carolina. \?fc?-mnkc m. n and Americans and wo mane them In North Carolina." GERMANY AKMVES AT END OF TETIIER I llh Tt>* Aiwtit*4 t*r??r ? flerlln, Hept. 5. That Germany Iia1 N.N Kit MKT The II. C. Bright Company la*t week placed In their window a bean tlful 100-plece dinner net and each day the price will be one dollar le*s until th*? *ef \n sold. The original price was $60 and In this lnnue of |The Advance the aet In advertised at 914. Catastrophe Was Not Exaggerated As Story of Japanese Disaster Is Infolded in Fragmentary Messages from Alain Sources, Kstiniales of Dead and Injured Have Not Decreased. Though Still Varying (l$v The Associated Press) As the story of the Japanese disaster is unfolded in fragmen tary messages from the press association correspondents, Japan ese newspapers and individuals, it is apparent that the magnitude of the catastrophe has not been overdrawn. TELLS LEAGUE IT CANT INTERVENE Italy's lirprrspntativr at Gen ova Tells Council That I-oasjuo Has No <:tmip<-t('iicy in tlie Matter. 'I'' Th? Aoa-Mipi) Pr??i Geneva, Sept. g. Italy'-* reprcsen tativr. ?Simmr Salandra, todav tol.i the Council of tlio I.t>attiif >,r Nations .that Italy would nuaril tin' iiitorvi-n I tion of tl>?- l.i'aKiic In tin- Orcro-Ital | Ian crisis as unjuatiflrd. "Tin* l,i'at!Uf," In* assorted, "?'as no comiirtonoy in tlie affair, which | Im Ioiiii crofHTly to t|i<- Intcr-AUiid .Council of Auibassailors." Itotsluins with Kiielaml I (Jon. va. Sept. 5.?It is ri'iiortcil that I'a u| Hymans. Ikliiian ili'iijiatc. lias roccivcil orders from llruascls to stand sollilly with KnKlan.l in assur ing ros|n>ct for the l.i auui "s iiart, ?y i ii at the cost of Italy's withdrawal from Iho League. Uarren Crimea Is Refuge for Author Simferopol. CrlniPii, Sept. r>.? In a little l?ut, high iiji in tho mountains ?some 50 miles from Simferopol, s. Sorgeyeff Zensky, one of Russia's most?widely known authors. Is to , day living the life of u hermit. To an Associated Press correspon dent Zensky related recently the dif ficulties of being n liermit during a revolution, and upoke of his adven tures during Iho numerous changes of regimes and tho fhmine year in the Crimea. "Tlie famine Ivwe was very acute," he said. "The land had been devas tated by civil waj: ajid numerous uprisings. It completed the ruination, and carricd away a large portion of the population wlilch was already ?depleted by the upheaval and"'by ter 1 ror. "I lived here quite happily from 1913 until the beginning of litis. Then the Germans raided my little farm, and later the Bolshevists. I had to take refuge in town, where, I lived in hiding for a couple or months until I w;?s able to secure from the authorities a "guarantee of safety* paper. My live stork and cat-1 tie. which were confiscated during, the period of my absence, were glv-! i n back to me on my return, but | they were unfit for work. Other | changes of regimes, coupled with in-! numerable Tartar risings, have each ; had their interests. /?nd now the re- j suit Is quite evident." Pointing to a pile of timber and j short beams in a corner of the room, Zensky said: "That, together will) , this little hut and one cow. Is all that j remains of my farm; all I have to I leave to my family." 1 "Please tell the American people," ; continued 55ensky. "that the Crimean population greatly admires the dls-i interested and self-sacrificing work j of the American Relief Adinlnistra-1 tion, as well as the humanitarian feelings of the American people. We are Indeed grateful." S, s? g'-y-ff Zen.?ky is one of the fr w Russian writers who stayed in Russia all thTough the years of rev olution and civil war. lie lives to day the hard life of a poor man. and is cut off from the world of culture, lie writes a great deal, and has Just1 completed a romance entitled "Trans figuration," which ld. Oct. 25 61. Dec. SR.48. Jan. 25.23. March 25.>5, May 26.35. I New York. Hept. 6?Got ton fu tures opened at the following levels: Oct 24.66-96. Dec. 24.86-81. Jan 24.62-64. March 24 64-62, M?v 24.62-1 ICS. In only one dispatch has there been a suggestion that the death list will not reach the propor tions already indicated. This was from the Radio Corporation of America in Japan, which said that Japanese home office esti mated the dead at Tokio at 10, 000, and in Yokohama at 100, 000. On the other hand Admir al Edwin Anderson, command ing the United States Asiatic fleet, says that the last unofficial reports gave the casualties in Tokio and Yokohama as 210,000 dead, and 150,000 injured. ~ " Anol her ? 4lmnte, thin by the East ern News Am ncy, says that :!20,000 have Ih-i-ii killed in the entire strick en district. Fresh calamity has overtaken ? smitten Tukio and terror lias ttrick ien.the remnants or Its population. Nearly lo.nni) refugees were trapped in the yard of a military clothing I factory located in tin* suburbs and iburned to death. 1'ood and water an* scarce. Thr?o -hundred and fifty thousand Iioum.* 1iau> lu i n i|ii m ini.? New York. Sept. r,.?Two official messages received at the Japanesu consulate today estimated the castial jtles in Toklo and vicinity at 160, , 000 with one .million homeless. Imperial i'aniih Dead London. Sept. S.?The Japanese [embassy here tbday received a tele phone message from Princess Kita ; -hlrakawa In Paris saying that idio had rec? Ived Information that Dow a?er i'rincess Vamasbinn, I'rlnc'ess Klroko Kanln. and I'rinre Mofomasa. members of the Imperial family, are dead in Toklo %s the result of the ea rth<|iiake. Home, Sept. f?.?The Italian am bassador to Japan, (J. Dninartlno, is reported to have perished in the earth (j uake. Tokio Americans Safe Washington, Sept. r?. All Ame r icans in Toklo are believed to be safe, \ in ha ..y a dor Woods reported to the S, ? lVoartment today. Ho stated that some Americans in Yokohama had ln- the loss of life at be tween ::r,0.000 and 500.000 from the earthquake. Business Is Dead In Southern Russia ?'oilii II. Land of Seattle Say* Thcro I* l*inctlcnll> \o Trade on llbuk Sen London. September 5?South Rus Hla at present offers no golden op port unities for American busine** men. according to John IT. Lang of Seattle, who recently passed through nii > city on his way home after 18 months In Odessa and other Hlack Hea ports, where he was in charge of port operations for the American Relief Ad in In 1st ration. ' There Is practically no trade on the Hlack flea," srild Mr. Lang. "Ev en Oreek and Armenian traders have Kiv??n up in despair, and everyone Who knows the Itlark Sen realizes that when these trndem find unsur moun table obstacle* to commerce, there must be something serious the matter. "The new economic policy of the Soviet was heralded as a long expect ed loosening of kovcrnment control, and when Jt was Inaugurated more than e vYlar ago the people had great hopes that n new era was dawnlnu in communistic Russia Hut such hones were soon dashed. "Alter shopkeepers had o|>ened their stores with what little stocks they cruiid get, they found that the uovornment ntflrinin wntp v.'dltlnw only for trade to be r< :*it moil (o Im pose ruinous laxin. Tho.e taxes made hiulne** impossible for shop, keepers, for Importers and exporters alike." Harvest prospects In Month Russia are excellent. r.ceordlnn to Mr. t-niim, who said thnt nobody In lluMli should ?o huncry this winter. .lONKS-MMAI.I. MIm tola p. Rmfltl and Mr, Jimn K. Jones. both of South Mills, were married Wednesday at the dlatrlct parsonage by Rcr. C. U. Calbreth.