ARE ADVERTISING
THE STATE FAIR
Ribiiii1*- Mrn MaLr
Tour of 32 Tovik \\ ilii
17 S|iruk?'r? :m<! llir Slat**
limit!.
Raleigh. Oct.-3?To n-.lv ? r!ll:e
Norlli Carolina St:n< r.tir ! ? r- <>rio
ber 15*19. 100 ItaMuh Im-lms* limit
left hero Wednesday morning
on the "Stair Fair Spnelnl" f??r a
two days' trip oil which !!:??> will
visit 32 towns, at ?ach of which t!i?y
will speak in tIk* lnt?r*?H of Un
fair.
Thr trip lias be? n nrrati:<d l>y tin
Raleigh Chamber of Coiiinn rr?-. Tin
party of busint'M in* n uoiuu on it
will be undnr tin* direction of Joint
Parks. Itali-lgh newspaper publisher.
With th*- party on tin' "State Fair
Special" will b'' IT speakers who will
carry to their audiences In the va
rious towns Invitations to attend tin
fair and assurances of a wt Icoiue to
Raleigh.
The "State Fair" Special" left
Raleigh ut 7.30 o'clock, the
morning of Wednesday, October 3,
and during the first day of the trip
will stop at Wake Forest, 8:30 a.
m.; Youngsville, 8:40 a. in.; Frunk
Unton. 9:05 a. in.; Kit troll, 9:10 a.
m.; Henderson, 10:00 a. in.; Oxford.
11:00 a. in.; Creed more, 12:10 p.
m.; Durham, 1:55 p. ni.; Carpenter,
3 p. m.; Apex. 3:20 p. in.; Ww Hill.
3:45 p. m.; Merry Oaks, 4:05 p. til.;
Moncure, 4:25 p. m. j l'itts horn.'
5:15 p. m.; Sanford, fi:50 p. in.;
Southern Pines, 8:30 p. in. Lunch
will he had at Creedmore, and sup
per at Sanford.
The party will spend the nlpyt at
Southern Pines-, whero It vrtll be en
tertained by the chauiher of com
merce of that place. Mrs. Edith
Vanderhllt, president of the North
Carolina State Pair, will moot the
group of business men at Southern
Pines and board the special train
Thursday for the return trip to Ra
leigh.
The second and last day of the
trip the party of business men will
visit Aberdeen, 8:15 a. m.; llaeford.
9:25 a. m.; Fayettevllle, 10:35 a.
m.; Linden, 12:05 p. m.; Lillinnton.
12:45 p. m.; Varlna, 1:45 p. m.;
Coats, 2:30 p. in.; Dunn, 3 p. in.;
Benson, 3:50 p., m.; four Oaks, 5:05
p. m.; 8ralthfletd, 5:ill p. m.; 8*1
ma, 6:50 p. m.; Wilson Mills, 7:25,
p. m.; Clayton, 7:55 p. m.; Auburn,
8:20 p. in.; Carner, 8:40 p. m.; Ra
leigh, 9:10 p. m.
At Fayettevllle the members of
the party will parade through the
downtown district. Lunch will be
had-on board the train at Lillincton.
At Clayton the llalfiuh buslneps men
will be entertained at dinner by the
Klwdnis Club of the comniiiriity. |
.The Nbrth Carolina State College)
band, composed of 3ft pieces, will ac
company Vbe group of business men
on their State Fair advertising trl|;
and furnlslrsnuslc at all stops.
ENGLAND MVS HER
TAXES TOP THE LIST
London, Oct. 3-?-\\t current rates
of exchange taxation in Great Brit
ain is almost throe times as heavy
per capita as In tlie I'nited States, ac
cord In k to official figures com pi toil
In London. The latest figures drawn
up show that In Britain the taxation I
Is $72.4-1 a head, in the United Slate*
$25.70, In Franco $24.39, and In
Italy $11.81.
In Issuing these comparisons, the
British have challenged as a com- j
pleto misrepresentation of their own
official figures the scale which M.
Dlmnet of Franco presented to the
Institute of Politics at Wllliamtown,
Mass., vocontly. Hg was quoted as
raying that Prime Minister Baldwin
had given JIguros Showing the taxa
tion In France was $88 a head, in
<lreat Britain $83. and in the United
States $28 a head.
Heretofore figures given by Mr.
Baldwin and the Brlttsii treasury
an to taxation a bead in various coun
tries have aTways been in Hie respec
tive currencies of such countries, it
li said. TITelalcst are:
Great Britain ..(1923-24) LIS,18.1
U. 8. A C1 023-24 > $25.70
France (1923) Fes 441.6
Italy ( 1922-23) Lire 275.3
Th? British suppose M Dimini
may have arrived at the figures he
gave by conversion Into dollars at par
exchange, which they hold to be
wholly misleading.
New York Yankees
the Youngest Club
Won Place In I^NWtie TViroimh For
feiture of Baltimore Oriole
Fran chine
Now York, Oct 3?The Now **ork
Yankees. youngest club in the
American League, pennant winner*
thin year for the third consecutive
time, brought an end to the first
major league baseball war when
they entered the circuit In the win
ter of 1902. Their place In the
league wan made by the forfeiture
of the Baltimore Oriole franchise.
Frank J. Farretl, whose finances
and enterprise established the
American League team In New
York, built the first Yankee home
4YRSHIRE
CREAMERY
BUTTER
ktaM-nnt<>?l "Irlrlly purr. In
l-junrter pound or one pound
iMrhnffM. It'a Ihe best but*
Iter we've been ?ble to buy.
THE MAIN STREET
GROCERY
KU KLUX KLAN PARADE IN OKLAHOMA.
An unusual photograph showing the Ku Klux Klan in their regalia parading through the streets
of Tulsa, Okla., while the former sheriff, "Bill" McCullough, whose efforts to stop the parade were
fruitless.
in Washington Heights. He placed
Clark Griffith, who had achieved
success as a manager In Chicago, in
?^h?rg?*.-^*t?4ui all.* tar. ? .organ izatian
selected to represent New York in
the Junor circuit. A peace agree
ment was signed .between the Amer
ican and National Leagues shortly
afterward.
Players whose names are now
set down In baseball's corridor of
fame wore the first Yankee uni
forms. They included Jack Ches
bro. Harry Howell, Jesse Tannehill,
Jack O'Connor, John Ganzel, Jimmy
WtllTam.s. Ht rinan Long, Wid CUn
roy, Willie Keeler, Dave Fultz and
Lefty Da via. Within a year Jack
Powell, A1 Orth, Tom Hughes, Jim
.McGulre. Kid Klberfield and Pat
Dougherty were added.
Griffith piloted the club until 1
late In the season of 1908 when he
resigned In favor or JSlberfleld.,
George Stallngs took charge In |
190!) and held on until late in 1910
when Hal Chase became manager.
Chase was succeeded In 1912 by ?
Harry Wolverton, then came France'
Chance, who led until September:
1914 when ho resigned after fall-1
ing to make a pennant enntendor
of the cluih. linger Peckinpaugh i
finished the 1914 season, the last!
of the Farrelj regime. In 1915
Colonels Jacob Huppert and T. L.
Huston purchased the club, paying
something around half a million
dollars tor the franchise, players,
and other property.
I'ntil His llnio the Yankees had
been "in an outers." Ruppert' and
Huston Immediately began huildlnK
up with new players. Bill Dono
van wan employed as manager. IIin
olul? In three seasons could do no
hi'tteit than fourth, however, and
Milled Huggins was placed In
(harge. Huston and Uuppert con
tinued their generous outlay of
money for stars. Babe Ruth who
had won fame as a pltehcr. and hit
tor with the Boston Red Sox, came
to New York.
Will Babe caino luck. In 1921
Yankees, won their first pennant.
Ruth set a new all-time recoAl f:?r
home runs with R9 that year. The
Yankees started the world's serif.
impressively but cracked and the
Giants won the chaniplonship aft' r
ieight contests. In 1922 the Yan
attain won their raco hut
1 fail-d to take a game from the
jGants in tli?? world's series. They
tied one game and lost four .
!ii Washington Heights expired in
1923 I he Yankees shared the use
of the Polo Grounds with the {Hants
for nine years, but after their un
usually successful seasons of 1921
and 1922 the Yankee owners de
rided to build their own park. The
Yankee stadium. greatest baseball
inaut In the world, was opened to
the public this year.
After some negotiation Colonel
Huston, hnlf owner, of the Yankees)
sold his Intorost early this year to!
Colonel Ituppert for about $1,500,-'
|000, netting n gross profit of more
than $1,000,000 in eight years.
In 1915 the first season under
rxlut liuw^Fl-lluKton -ownership"
"the Yankees' attendance was 256.
000. Since the war the attendance
i has averaged annually more than
1.000,000.
In tho 21 years of American
League baseball in New York the
,Yankees have finished as follows:
1903, fourth; 1904, second: I
1905, sixth; 1906, second; 1907,
fifth; 1 DOS, eighth; 1909, fifth;
? 1910. second; 1911, sixth; 1912,
?eighth; 101.1 seventh; 1914, sixth;
1915, fifth; 1916. fourth; 1917,
? sixth; 1918, fourth; 1919, third;
Gelfand's Relish
and Mayonnaise at all
good grocers.
| Where Society Brand ?
X Clothes Are Sold Jl
| D. Walter Harris :!;
^ The City Tailor ?tnd Clothier
11*20, third; 1921first; 1922,
first; 1923, first. "
THE HOME OF
GOOD FOQD
We know our groceries and
caiifToi &oods are good.
" Our customers know It. But
there are many people who
have never given us a trial.
They are the c nes who don't
know our food Is so good.
We merely ask for a single
opportunity to serve you who
have never been In to see us.
G. W. Twiddy
At The Advance Shop
What the Brain can Save the Feet
I
T is entirely |Hwsili|p for a total stranger to nee everything
worth weeing in :i great eity like New York or I,ondon, even
without a guide.
Trite, it would take days and days. It would eost extravagantly,
in money, vexation* and wasted time. Rut it can he done.
It is possible, tomorrow morning, say, to Mart the round of ev
ery store in this eity, and trudge footsore and weary until you have
reviewed everything speeially worth buying. Hut who would?
\\ ho would??when the advertising eolumii* now spread un
der your eyes offer you the safe, sure guide to every worth-while
hitv.
Advertisements virtually hring the eontents of all the stores to
your immediate inspeetion. Thus your time is saved; your energy
spared for needed effort; and your money given the ehanee of
w isest use.
Reading Advertisements Is An Economy
Neiv
Sweaters
?the Newest Styles in Brush
Wool Sweaters ? arriving
daily. Selected by our New
York buying officer.
Mitchell's
Long Time Real Estate
Loans
from
One to Fifteen Years
5Vz% I
INTEREST
Money Immediately Available
Carolina Banking &
Trust Company
Elizabeth City, N. C., Hertford, N. C.
Select Your Odd
Furniture And
Cane and Over
Stuffed Suites
Thursday
Oct. 4
Fhose interested in Cunc mid Overstuffed Suites
or in any odd pieces of Furniture, iueliidiir;
Chairs, Settees, Klc., will find it to their advantage
to enll at (Juinn's on Thursday, October 1th.
Our I\lr. llerzog will he with us with a full line of
upliol-teriiic samples 011 that <late and we especial
ly invite you to conic whether yon are contemplat
ing buying or not.
v
Remember, the date is Thursday, October lib.
Quinn Furniture Co.
Make Tliin Store Your
Headquarters During the Fair
Advance Want Ads Bring Result*