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* * ****** ^ ********** * THE WEATHER * eZrv&E,Llr ^^TTXx <&%Mf ?"?7*C filV > * * * Cloudy and i tar titer * tonight. H edttes d a y * *11 oners and tear titer. *' CIKCI L iTIO.\ * Monday * I.76U (.it/ties * * Mod. easterly wind*. * /f?g0J * * ********* / W ********* VOL. XIII FINAL EDITION. ~ ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 192:1. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 2l6. OKLAHOMA MUST POSTPONE FAIRS Say* Governor W alloii in Order I'll nt Military Itulr May In- Properly Enforced I in ili* Stale. Oklahoma City. S.-|il. is \ rtnsli | between members of the leeislatnre i and the governor over martial law was imminent today. Despite the governor's warning, that he will" jail any legislators that attempt to convene an extraordinary session, a movement for an out and out test of the executive's authority is taking definite form. Oklahoma City/ Stfpt. IS. ? The extension of absolute martial" law to Muskogee County, one of the most important sections in Eastern Okla?j homa. looms as one of Governor, Walton's next maneuvers against j the Ku Klux Klan. The governor, in a telegram today to Muskegce and Phoenix declared | thai it would bo necessary to post- j pone the annual state fairs at Mus-' koi;ee and Oklahoma City in order I to propi rly enforce military rule. ! Oklahoma City, Sept. IS. ? With! the two largest cities actually occu pied by the militia and the balance of the state under military "law, Ok lahoma is qulefetocfoy. ANOTHER STORM HITS YOKOHAMA inv Til.* A*?kUI?| IVw l Yokohama, Sept. IS.?Temporary barracks here were flooded during a terrific storm Saturday and 5,000 persons are missing. IS SHOT TO DEATH BY IltATE CITIZENS Hattiesburg, Miss., Sept. 18.? John Gray, aged 20, negro, was shot to death here last night by a band of Irate citizens who forced the ?>f flc< ra to turn the prisoner over to them after he shot Z. \Y. Walley of Rlchton: SHIPPING BOARD PREPARING SUIT Washington, Sept. 18.?Failing to reach a settlement by negotiation, the Shipping Hoard has instructed its legal department to prepare a suit against the Uetftfcfhem ship building corporation for the recov ery of $2,500,000 alleged to have been overpaid under the firm's war contract. RELIGIOUS WORKER DIES IN RICHMOND Richmond, Sept. 18.?Thomas Calder Diggs, secretary of the Vir ginia Sunday Scliool Association and well known throughout North Caro lina for church and Y. M. C. A. work, died at a local hospital today after a brief Illness. STUDY CONSTITUTION AT PRAYER SERVICE _In accord with the request of the American liar Association that the prese'nl work hn observed as Consti tution Week. the prayer service at the Methodist church on Wednesday evening will be devoted to the study of The Constitution of the United States and Our Duty to It. At the close of the prayer service there will be a meeting of the Sunday School W*orkers' Council. That there may be ample time for both of these ser vices. the prayer service will begin aj 7:30 o'clock. INSTITUTE TO BE HELD IN OCTOBER Sunday morning announcement was made from the pulpit of lllack well Memorial Baptist Church con cerning tho Sunday school training school lo be held In that church during th^ work of October 15. Last October a training school wan- held at this church which was a marked huccess, and the Sunday school work ? rs arc enthusiastic over the coming of the second school. The school In October will Include four clashes, and each hook to he taught will lead to a crodit in Sunday school work. The hooks and faculty are: The Convention and Normal Man ual. flections I and II?U?*v. R. F. llall. Winning to Christ?Prof. A. II. Combs. Th*" Intermediate Department of th" Sunday 8chool-=^rof. tteorgc gherrill. Studies In the new testament? I)r. James II. Thayer. The school will he conducted along the usual lines, with two class ses sions and an intermission for lunch. The workers will he assigned to the various classes, and thus take the hook suited to each Individual case. When spoken to shout the school. Dr. Thayer said: "Of course, while the school Is held under the auspices of our church and Is using our equip ment. the classes are open to the workers from all of our other church es who may he Interostod. With the talent which we have In the various churches of our city there Is no rea son why we should not put on any kind of a school which w? might tieem necessary/ NEW YORK PAPERS FAIL TO APPEAR N? vv York. Sept. is.?Al most nit the morning inw.?|i.i pt rs today failed (r? ;?plu ar on th** >tr? ? I" a.? tli* result t?f I ho strik*- of int i.il?? rs of the \V? u I'iti?<n which was calhd shortly aft?-r midnight. l'r? sid? tit David Simon:; of the union declared that the strik*- vri w out of the inabili ty of the union mid publisher* I*' n-nr t<? a working contract to replace tln? one which * \ pired September 1. The early edition* of the leadinu afternoon papers also failed to a|>iH*ar on the Mrretx today us the result of the strike. Entries For Fair Are Wanted Earlv y Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt Urges Livestock And Poultry Fans To Hurry Raleigh. Sept. IS ? Believing in the old ada^e that a stitch in time saves nine. .Mr>. I'd it h Vanderbilt. president of the State Pair, which | will be held October 15-1?) Inclusive, announces that all entries for the livestock and poultry divisions must be made bv October 1. while entries for other divisions must be in bv October t?. Preparation* for starting the Fair off In apple pie ord? r shape on the |opening date are now under way, and one of the important thliius that | must he attendi d to i?< uettinu the exhibits lined up beforehand. This is necessary in order to have the (judges start in earl> in the week. .Ml entries should l?e made to General Manager K. V. Walborn, whose postoffice address is Stale Col lege Station. Raleigh, and they should be made early to Insure hav ing them properly entered before the Fair pets under way. Running a State Fair is no little 'Job. and pres ent indications are that it is going to be bigger this year than ever be fore. | Some or Hie exhibitors have al ready started getting their exhibits Installed. hut. of course. they are tin1 on oh who are planning to put in elaborate exhibits of machinery. The majority or the exhibit* will not be put In until the week betoro the Ka I r. It's going to be a great Pair If hard work and substantial prizes eount tor anything. The Raleigh chamber of commerce has put itselt behind a great home comlns propo sition. and it Is planning to run a special train through the central part of the Stale in Oq/ober to tell people about It. lil-ger and better than ever before Is to be literally true thin year, the management states, and this means that It's time to begin thinking about getting .In exhibits. airplane f eat OF VALUE IN WAR Newport News, Vft., Sept. 18. An airplane piloted by I.leut. Itex Monvr ???? today successfully an chored to a moving airship at the height of 1.000 feet over ! .angle/ Field. The feat la regarded by airmen as offering unlimited possibilities in as suring portable hayoM in the air for light planes in tlnn* of war. CABINET MEETING LONGEST YET HELD Washington. Sept. 18.?Practical l> ail of today s cabinet meeting, the longest yet held since President Coolidge entered the White House, ,was devoted to the discussion of the agricultural situation. OR. THAYER AMONG SATURDAY SPEAKERS A Pour County Sunday School re union will be held at Point Harbor on Saturday of this week, and Currl tucklaiis are busily planning to make the day enjoyable and profitable. Among the speakers of the day are Dr. .1. H. Thayer of Kllziheth City and ltev. II. M. 11. Jones of Norfolk Everybody Is asked to take a bas ket dinner. There will also he a re-' freshmen! booth nnd the proceeds will defray expenses of the day. It is hoped that a large and repre- ' mutative crowd will attend. VIOLENT KAKTHQUAKE ' IS FELT IN SICILY (fit T?.r ?l'd IV- ? Syrncusp. Sicily, -A vio lent ? rrtak?- shock wat" felt here today at 7:30 o'clock this morning. .VSSAtTTS OXliY t'OW M TIOVS IN TfKSDW'H I'OI.K K COI'HT Two penult casrs, In which the defendant!) were colored, were the only convictions resulting from the morning session of recorder's court Tuesday, Braxton Barber drawing a fine of $5 and costs; atid George Collins, a fine of $15 and coats. HOW STREETS WILL BE WIDENED. New York will soon commonco widening Its streets In a novel manner. The flrst Is the proposed arcade of the New York Telepbono Company Building, In Vesey streef, as improvement .which Arthur S. Tuttlo, chief engineer of the Board of Estimate, said may bo applied to all tho congested streets of the city. It will give a sidewalk width of 17 foot and a height of 13 feet, the cffect of which would bo to permit widening of the roadway from 30 feet to 41 feel wlUl little expense. KED CROSS FUNI) STILL INCUEASING The local Hed Cross fund for Ja ,panose lli-llcf to date amounts t;> 106.00. \V. I!. Jcnr.Ins now lia< in hand tho $10rt contribution of the First baptist church which was reported lii Monday's Advance. Other, contrlbn tions received since Monday are as follows: Previously report-d $302.00 llios. Williams, 111 2.00 .Mrs. M. B. Sawyer ....... 2.IMI Knoch Ludford f>.O0 First Methodist (additional ) 5.00 FOUR MEN DROWN IN MOHAWK IMYF.lt 1 Schenectady, N. Y.. Sept. It. ? Four men wore buried in Mohawk river ywt??Mny win n tin- Cna't W? *tern bridge eoncreti ahutiiM nt collapsed. CHILD LAItOK HAS BEEN 1NCHEASED Washington, Sept. 18.?Child la bor has Increased 3S.r? per c?*nt over the corresponding j?erlod Ian! year, 'acoordlnu to the report of the De partment isf tnimr. GOOD ENROLLMENT IN CITY SCHOOLS Enrollment in tho Klizaboth City HiKh School on the opening day. Mondny, was 305; in the Grammar School. cr.S. in the Primary School, 53S; making the total of 1,601. Last year's total onrollm?-nt on tin opening dav was 1.43s. with 310 in the High School. 010 in the Grammar School, and 5 IS in the primary School. Quite a number of others are ex pected to enroll within a few days, .especially in the HIkIi School . ( . T. BttXffBTT ?'.? IT! R AITKIl ATTACK OF VERTIGO C. T. Bennett frightened hl:? ; frlehds Tuesday bctwren noon and one o'clork when he suffered an at tack of vertigo while stand n on tl Southern Hotel corner talking. N. W. Dally and J. W? Dawson were standing near him and kept hint from falling. Or. John Saliba and Or. F. G. Jscocks cam? out nt once to what they could do. and Mr. Bennett was taken to the home of G. F. D-r ilckson .nearby until he felt bettor, then went to his home on West Church street In an automobile anil was feeling Just about all right when this newspaper went to pr?'?s. Mr. Ilennett used to be proprietor of the Southern Hotel before hi* health failed, nnd tho town and coun try are full of friends of bis who have been p!oss?>d to know that he has Wren roualnin* his health In ro ot nt months. BVG BRITISH MQIOH MlJICipil London. Sept. IS ? Another big whiskey share deal Is In the ronr*" of arrangement whereby Buchanan Dower Limited will rid tr..ooo.??o?) to their already largo capital of |37, r>00.000. This will be by the nbsorn tlon of Mackle and Company, distill er* and proprietors of certain well known "brands of whiskey. Buchanan and Oewar now own most of the big distilleries In the north of England and Scotland. Third Annual Safety Contest Announced Sc'nool Pupils To Bo Trained In Habits Of Highway Safety Washington. Sopi. IS? Renewal of its annual safety coiiU'hIh, in which $0,500 will be given uway in prizcp, whs announced last work hy the Highway 13(1 ucutIon Hoard. Training children ;n habits of 'highway saf. iy is tho principal task 'of tlio 102.'t safety campaign, it is paid, hut through the children It is hoped that tho principles of traffic 'regulation and safety education will Vo impressed upon adult.", both pe destrians and ilrivers alike. The third annual safety campaign takes the form of two contests, oi.e annuls eleiii. ntary school pupils, and another among elementary kcIiooI ??sichem. Approximately live hun dred state and national prizes-are to t?e giv< ;i lor tin- 1 ? s-ays and les sons writt ?ii. T> ? prizes offered are tho uifts of the National Automobile f'Qi.ibi ' of Cointjii ro', which i.-v d? ? sirous of reducing the number of ac ;i-ni?'ti?w and fatalities ?tn tca((<e mishaps. In the two previous years approx imately 400,000 ; upils and r.n.OoO teachers have pattici|iated each aut umn. It is believed hy hoard officials that the cumulative effect of those contests, and the increasing atten tion given to safety education will result in oven a greater number of participants this year. The subject of the ? -says which children are lnvlt? d to w.i ito |<? "Highway Safety Habits I Should l.earn." Essays. as last year, are not ?to onceod 5')0 words in h n-th. Those eligible ar?- pupils of tlx- fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth vrados, who are not more than I I years of ate. The contest o|H*iis with the beginning of school and closes December 4, 192.1. Teache rs are requested to submit safety lemons on the subject "Train iii? Children in llahits of Safetv on the Highways." The limit suuveal*'-I 4 between 1.000 to 3,000 words. Ml elementary school teachers In the f lirhth and lower grades are eligible to submit lessons. In the teachers' contest the fir ' national award is $imi and a trip to Washington with all oxpons?-a | aid. The .-ecolTTT national award if 9'lo0. while the third award Is $200. The first national prize for the host essay by pupil* Is a gold watch and a trip to Washington with all ex p?? uses paid. The second and third prills are each gold watch? s, Of?e of slightly greater value than the other. Four hundred seventy-eight state prire? are offered pupils. The. first Mate prize is a cold medal and a check for $1f?. Thf? second state prise Is a silver medal and $10. Third prizes, which vary in proportion to the elementary school population of the state, ore hron/.e medals and checks for $5. The board nnnoune#-* tiiat tl?e con tests will be conducted with the co operation of state departments of ed ucation, women's clubs, civic organi zations, safety councils, automobile clubs, and kindred organizations that may wish to assist. Complete details will bo furnished upon sppilcstlon to the Highway Education Hoard, Wll Isrd Building, Washington, D. C. GKEF.CK BEGINS I IKK ACOI.OOIKS All:.in. |.i tv Kullil* in-nt t ( condition*. filpulaled in Hi.* :>.?!?? !.? i |. ifi. rvotn the Im* r Allied C..uu.il ut Atuba* >.td? ?>? a* the r? -iiit ?.i ili.- mas >:"'i'" t'l I ??? Italian ml- inn iH-ar Janinn. lM-_an lodav v. hen Mini ?? r ..f ill.' Int* rior Mav r??r e\pr?>??-d ofthial ap.dom. ? Mil. l?ri.i.*h, Fieneh find Itaiian uov?rum*-nts at Mi.'ir r?-s I'liv. It uatioii*. Progress Pageant Given At High Point Governors Of Four States In Attendance On October 1 wenty-Fifth Mich Point, Si'jit. IS ? Marking an epoch of modern advancement, iespecially in tIn* Dcld of road build hw, a "I'autanl of Progress." t^ie production of which ins been esti mat?'d to cost $2.a00. will take place I here October 2.". wilii city and State officials ami oilier prominent citi zens- participating. i Tin* governors of four states? NortIT Carolina. South Carolina, Vir ginia and Tennessee have been ?i-k^tl to attend. tiov.-rnor Morrison 'of North Carolina, and (iovernor Me I.eud of South Carolina, have accept ed. The other governors have not jbeen heard from. l-'rank Page, I chairman of the State Hiuhw^iy Com mission, has arc. -pled an Invitation ? to attend. Oho of the outstanding features of the pageant already arranged for 'will he an address liy \V. A. P.lalr, jof Winston-Salem. on the old plank j road, wliich was huilt by the State J tnauy 'year* jiuo from Kayetteville, Hirouu1i High l'oiiit, to a Moravian >ett|.-menl near Winston-Sal.m. The High Point chamber of coin j merce and various civic oruauizn .lions are co-op.-ratin? in making ar rangements for the pageant. which ?:J ? vnecl. d to be the Idgm>1 celebra Jtioti iii the history of tin- city. Not ? only will ih.- pageant lie witnessed by citizens of Hl^li Point, but thous ands of imtsoiih from Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Tliomasvllle, Ashe jboro and rural communities in this ;section are expected to attend. MINERS RATIFY wagk ac;i<i:kmkm Sera II ton, Pa.. Sept. IS.?Ant lira j cite mine workers y.-sterday ratified | the wage aureenir-At jnade at the i i'inrhot conference? ? OI i: r OT HITS OI i WITH Tlflltf-;!*: IHVoitci-: casKH Three decrees of absolute divorce were granted -in Superior Court Tuesday morning, two of which in vol v ?'il while people. and were brou ?: lit on l-rounds of infidelity. Parties to tlx- third suit, which was iiroiirht on the around of abandon - ment and separation for a period of more than live years, were net*roes. The first case was brought by BtlP-l Carrott Swindell amilnM Joe Swlnd* II. both ,of this city. In addi tion fo obtaining the decree she sought. the plaint iff warf klv.-n cus tudy. of tii?' one c||||.i (,f (j?. mar.] riage. Th?' second case was brought by John I,, \liderson c?f the Klizalieth City l"lr? Department, son of l*ou|s W. Anderson, against Edna Carolina And- rson. The plaintiff got his di vorce and the custody of the one chiNI of fhe union. The third case was that of Walter Dunsian. colored. vs. Mellle Dunstan. c??lored. lie had been living apart from his wife. It appeared, for a pe riod of more than ten years. 'I jury In each of these divorce action* returned verdict for the plaintiff without leaving the box. l>K,l,l VKICIKH or COTTON* HI-TV I'KIt ( KNT <.IOATF.lt Ralclch. Sept. is (Special) Re ports reedy* d from the warehouse in? ii and receiving agents show the dellv. rb < of cotton to the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative A ociatioii are fifty per Cent In ex cess of fhe receipt* at this date last ?" a .on. ludlcationR are thai at l.-ant 200.000 halei will he handled In the Association this season. <;t:HM\N ART TIIIKVKM R|\sY Munich. Sept. M llurclsrs re cently rifled the Villa of the Into Frnnr von l.enbnch, painter of the well-known liismarck pictures, who has be?n dead for 20 years, and stole a number ?f valuabl<> masterpieces. These Included a picture of Kranz Ha'- cull.-d "The f,aufthfng Tlovs." two pictures hv Tenb rs. an nrl::lnal sketch by Huhens. ?.nd a numher of paintings by I.ocas Cranni?ch ami other celebrated nriKts, M'.K (ifMNTKfl l.l( t:\HKH fiiilofKh, Sept. 17.?Notary of the ruhllp licence* hnvf 4>eetl ijrantrit at I hp office of Cameron Morrison to *!?'? following persons: Carroll. Wlnnton-Snlem; o V. Pen ton. Jr., Wadenboro; w -C. IMtffilh. Oreenaboro; \V. J. Tooiner Wilmington; O. P. Housp, l.aOranRe-' J,, (h nurrh, Spancer; MU? Jhonnle flarrln, Ayrten; J. P. Ooodman, Aahe vllle; N . D. 8cMff, Charlotte. many homeless IN BERKLE Y FfllE Six lluiidrcd l{,>ithnccs I). in ( Kcm',1,.,,. i yi',"a,,,ajW I-. J 1 II I riots. >1. .nV.V i,,! .! . Av,'nuo dls d-tlces wit tlill an ilst H"" resl ?? l?lorks i? , d at rt-ntli.l sen jni's "r . c,'" f"?t real damni;- estimated "'Kit and rcnderini? i $10, 000,000, l,,s' " n'l houuh'/.n.-niV" which 1114 \- i. i , )I,S<} upoa H?-rl(J. v; Co" SV .i' Vv "'""P-Hi. r.n ???' <<?? .? Zn ??>wi.;rih/ r"" h"r- "? t Dmitry Show At Greensboro Soon Prize, Offered For Exhibitor. In That City December 5 To 7 - . .-Ciroi'iislionv Soiit 1 ? ra?* m r'?l Ni.M1i Carol m. s,.TT 1G ?m* rX'V:'1, IK <>r Hi.- r, nir;i| 'r-,"r"ii"' """Pie** "?-elation and ,F"ro,'"a; 1'onltry As I'oullry As.siielal 'on irF?r,""lln l ip two i, , "Hclal, of show, which iiii.v v. ',lh-s f'?r the t?- I.' lit in,M ""'l-rt.Mi ?. <?> In tills statr r, si? ct ever iutt #?riSSSaSa Tho number or im.i.u M,I ? r : mm . i,Ml to in. *?Y ,s -M'-in. nrrordlntt to ,l'a*t r;:";;;!;"" ?, j '-r tlils jErrjSSf "r, ;,nK" ?iniioiinrcd \ir pi \I*n?lt. it was "'I Hi- Stale sl oJ "'rlv; wl"' a,l-nd t ;::rv?,ixr,!;r ^ Mr. Mvon also l.. ."was said. I" rl iionltn J,i,| -,. ' rhl'r'J "" ex' li-r- iii ciari> " ' rl,',l<*'n breeder* <11 v i?" i..-;.',/" '?<?'>? hjUMrtri!'!nM 1 Tl" I'lircliiii.. ?| sn'iri t" '?"?lis has in ..|t anil,,,, /; i 1 , vh,hlt vl"ions In. v,. ll , ?"d urn. OthiT 'eoo'jis for f-ftltlg l'll!?n','i,;"wai',"I Ml"1 ??"to "r tl?- i?o |..,nlirv"?"C.'',l1by, "I"0'?'" dtirtiiia Hi,. w|,??. ?ll P "^ lon" c?n r?nilv, t|,?| ,' * l.wl,? ?" < here mail- i,v t|?. stat- t.J. 1?"M, wl" the Stat-' wh?.?" ?-d fo'l; Cl?b and uu- J "... ' lull. Sitali!?Cornlsli _ ';r ?i'::;;?:2:,r;;! r1: ,"riz'" h"? "VII winner. In tl. lo b" "?!'"? i ??. r i P'Tinfr-nilpiii. ' a,(! show ?u l-onitrv".^.^!,Carolina hi. f!r*'i.>n'iborn, prfsjJont ?' t> ' ^.hiKh.^~aV/ nr" ? K AIIK IIAITIXKn \T Ol.ll llltK'K IIOL'KK Th? revival meetlnga nt Corinth and llr>r?aii linptlut churchen, near tliis ritv, recently (?nine to n suocess (iiI rlo*e. T?-p pastor, Rev. ft. P. Ilall, wrni ?< : |?4t<>(| Ht Corinth bv Rev. A. C. Hamhy. MUperlntendent of > n llstmr-nt of th?- llnptlat State Mir lilon Hoard. There were 16 received for baptism. Hev. K. L. Wells of Kdenton assisted In the meetlnit nt Ilerea. There were 21 received for hnptlnm there. Both nwetlnv:* wero lamely attended and the churciie* w? ? r'? prf ntly revived. Tin hnptlnmal n^rvlc was held MOfiday afternoon at n:.'!0 o'c'ock nt the "Old Krlck House" on the bnnl.,? of the Pasquotank river near thM city. Several hundred people were on the hanks of the river to witness tin* Imp!Ismail nervlce. Tin- pastor. Rev. It. IV Hall, hnpti7?d 40 younc people of Corinth nnd floref churrh ???. The service was simple, beauti ful nixl fmprecMllve from the be^ln iiIiip to tho end. '?orrox MAftKKT NVw York. Sept. 18.?Spot roton. cloned quiet, Middling 29.75 a de cline ?f 30 point*. Futures. cloning bid, Oct 29.00-02. Dcc. 2ft 61-65. Jan. 2K.03-TrndlnR. March 28 00-02, May 27.85-90 Now York, Sept 18.?Cotton fu ture* opened today at the following leveln: October 29.60-70; December 29.30-13; January 28.55-66; March I 28.45-38: M?r 28.27-40.
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