THE ADVANCE
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THURSDAY, 6CT. 4.. 1923.
The Diniflvl Fair
The outlook ,$$&bs to be for
the greatest Albemarle District
Fair next week ever held in the
history of Elizabeth City. As
best this newspaper is able to
size up the situation, never has
interest in the {fair been so gen
eral.
The farmers have had a good
year and prosperity smiles on
the Old Albemarle section. Fair
attendance is generally a reli
able index of prosperity, and so
present prosperity should fore
shadow the biggest attendance
in the history of the District
Fair.
Another favorable sigrr "ts
seen in the prospect for an en
larged number of county exhib
its this year. Every one of the
counties in the district, it now
appears, will be represented.
The horse racing, the free at
tractions, the midway, and "the
other amusements regarded as
essential to the success of a Fair
promise to be above the aver
age.
Exhibits, however, are the
main features of any fair. From
the county exhibits and the nu
merous and varied other exhib
its that are scheduled, all of us
can learn something. Let's
make Fair Week Educational
Week for each of us in the Old
Albemarledistrict.
Enter ihr Society Pape
For some months The Ad
vance has looked forward to the
inauguration of a regular soci
ety page for this newspaper.
Heretofore society news has
, been found first in one placc
and then in another, most fre
quently, perhaps, being given
position on the editorial page,
due to the fact that the editorial
page is the last to close with the
exception of the front page.
This week the page opposite
the editorial has been set apart
as the society page and hereaf
ter, when there is society news,
it will appear, barring accident,
on this page. This gives us more
room for society news, but page
five closes earlier than the edi
torial page, and it is necessary,
therefore, to ask friends who
have items for this page lo get
them in not later than 10
o'clock in the morning of the
day in which they are to appear.
As we have explained times
without number this newspaper
issues three editions,, the first
of which goei to press shortly
before noon. It is this early
edition that makes it necessary
that society items should reach
us so early in;the day.
Amazingi^ iNear (lorreel
The ^ total number dead or
missing as a result of the Jap
anese earthquake disaster is
now officially said to be in ex
cess of 300,000.
The property "Tlamage is esti
mated at from two and a half
to five billion dollars.
Early reports of the disaster,
though now shown to have been
somewhat exaggerated, were
amazingly near Correct when
the extent of the disaster is re
membered.
All signs seem to point to a
good fair.
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TIMELY TOPICS
S21Z2L plant* for WlntT ?nd lot
? h?l(! by supplying Flower Pou.
and T?bor?u.
P. W. MKLICK CO.
Double Personality
Acquitted of Murder
Chicago. Oct. 4.?Fred C. Thomp
'son, who admitted living with on?*
man u.s'hi* wifu and with a woman
aa h?*r husband, and who wax yes
terday tried for murder of Kichard
Testner. ww acquitted.
Thompson today assumed his fem
inine role that for 14 years permit
t?d i*nn to go unchallenged a.- a wo
man find 11 yearn ago to uiarry
Frank Carrick.
With hia feminine instincts pre
dominating Thompson exclaimed.
"My goodness, I'll be ?Tad to set
some hairpins," as he was being led
j back to jail to be discharged.
Carrlck was In the courtroom but
Marie Clark, the girl Thompson
married because he said he sympa
thized with her, was not present.
SAYS OLD ALBEMARLE
HAS 'EM ALL BEAT
No farming lands to equal those
! of the Albemarle region are to be
'found between Flint. Michigan, and
i Spartanburg, South Carolina, accord
ling to G. Wright. South Carolina
farmer, who was here Thursday on
?his way home from Flint, where he
| had been for the new Chevrolet car
which he was driving home.
Elisabeth City is not on the direct
.'route between Flint and Spantan
Iburg, but Mr. Wright detoured by
| Elizabeth City In order to visit New
| Holland, Hyde County, and see with
his own eyes the drainage project at
! Lake Matamuskeet. In which he had
{become interested through reading
the printed matter in regard to the
project sent out by the North Caro
lina Farms. Inc., which recently
WPnr~tntD ' ttre "handa of?a~recetrer.
Mr. Wright explained that he was
not an Investor but interested in the
mammoth undertaking only as a
farmer to who all agricultural en
deiTOr Is a matter of concern.
From New Holland Mr. Wright
will return to ids home at Spartan
burg by way of Charlotte.
STRESEMANN WILL
FORM NEW CABINET
Berlin, Oct. 4.?The Stresemann
cabinet resigned yesterday and Pres
ident Ebert commissioned Dr. Strese
mann to form a new cabinet.
With the retirement of the coali
tion cabinet there is talk of estab
lishment of a civilian dictator sup
ported by martial law. Stresemann
himself is spoken of as fitted for the
office.
NORFOLK MARKETS
COTTON AND PEANUTS
(Reported by Winborne & Co.)
October 4
Cotton Middling (open) ...28 l-16c
Cotton Middling (close) ...28 l-8c
Mam
Chilton
A famous Colonial pattern
of tabic ware, fashioned
from solid silver and ap
propriately named for the
Pilgrim maid who first
stepped ashore at Plymouth 1
Rock.
Ail solid iilrer Is marked
"STERLING"
Look for the *
"STERLING" imprint.
LOVIS SELIC
Jeweler
EARL & WILSON Shirti
There lire none better for
the price.
McCABE & GR1CE
SEVERE QUAKE
FELT IN TOKIO
I"' Tilt Awocltlrd Prrtt)
San Francisco, Oct. 4.?An
earthquu k? in Toklo today,
presumably severe chough to
attract attention in Kobe, was
reported in a wirolfm tiu'ssau'
to the Federal Telegraph Com
pany. No details were given.
Toklo. via Tomioka, Oct. 4.
A strong earthquake was felt
here last night, but had no se
rious consequence's.
MISS LKONA LKWIS IS
GOI.VU \HK\1) AT (X)LLK(;K
Miss Leona Lewis, daughter of
i Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lewis of this
city, lias been chosen as a represen
I tatlve of the sophomore class at
! North Carolina College for Women,
? Greensboro, to the house of repre
sentatives of the college.
The Carolinian, published by the
I Carolina Colletse for Women has the
I following to say In regard to the
election.
"The girls elected are outstanding
girls of ability and competency.
They, with the girls later to be elect
Jed from the freshmen and special
| classes, are to make up this part of
the Student Government Associa
tion."
MISS KLLK.N MKL1CK IS
DISCOVERED BY ST. MARYS
I
I Miss Ellen Mellck has been named
assistant business manager of the
annual at St. Marys College, Raleigh,
although this Is her first year at col
lege. and such honors usually come
later on In the college career. Mis*
Mellck's genius for "fiarff' work "has
been discovered by St. Marys at an
early stage, she is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Mellck of this
city, and helped to win the Aycock
cup for the Elizabeth City high
school last year.
INDICT CONGRESSMAN
FOIt MAKING LIQUOK
Baltimore, Oct. 4.?The district
attorney will ask today for indict
ment of Congressman John H. Sill
for manufacturing liquor.
A BATTERY
That will crank jour car Win
ter and Summer
FOR
$16.00
Iiatterle* charged and rebailt At
reasonable prices.
PHONE 497
The Right Service at
The Right Price!
The best groceries to be
had la what we have for our
customers.
Fresh Vegetables and
Fruit in season.
We solicit your patronage.
Phones 3 and 57.
M. i*. gallop co.
?Use?
PASTEURIZED MILK
Gnartl the health of the lit
tle one* hy lining TMteurlzed
Milk. Delivered twice dally to
any part of the city.
The Winekream Co.
PHONE 578.
Long Time Real Estate
Loans
from
One to Fifteen Years
at
5V2% INTEREST
Money Immediately Available
Carolina Banking &
Trust Company
Elizabeth City, N. I-1 Hertford, N. C.
NAME DELEGATES
| BY DIRECT VOTE
Democrats in Seventeen
i Slates Try Tills Method in
Series of Primaries to be
Held in March.
Washington. Oct. 4?Eight South
rn Stales have received sums rang
ing from $176.19 to $9,517.16 from I
the t'nilod States Department of Ag
riculture. as their share of receipts '
fro mnational forest resources dur
ing the fiscal year 1923, according to
an announcement from the office of
the Secretary of Agriculture. Notices
of the awarded sums have been sent
to the Governors of the various
States.
Arkansas with two national forests
embracing 957,247 acres received
$9,517.16; North Carolinw aMh three
embracing 359.690 acres, received
$8,410.03; Virginia with three em
bracing 4 31,513 acres received $6,
257.46; Florida with one embracing
337,938 acres receiped $4,560.84;
(Tennessee with two embracing 241,
210 acres received $3,237.65; Geor
gia with two embracing 153,457
acres received $1,765.19; Alabama
with one embracing 97.198 acres re
ceived $241.90; and South Carolina
with 18, acres received $176.19.
One-fourth of the moneys received
by the Department of Agriculture
from JJmber sales, grazing permits,
and other uses of national forest
lands is turned over to the States in
which such lands are located on a
.pro rata basis in accordance with an
act of Congress. Such sums are for
4he school and road funds of the
counties containing national forest
lands.
The total sum turned over to all
States containing national forests
during the fiscal year 1923 amounted
to $1,321,422 Twenty-seven States
and Alaska shared In the distrlbu
tlon of this sum, which exceeded the
annual average for the previous five I
years by about $250,000. Increased
sales of timber were largely respon
sible for the record-breaking receipt*
of 1923.
MAN SPENDS NIGHT
IN BED OF ASPHALT
Canton. O.. Oct. 4.?A man fell in
to u soft bed of aaphalt here yester
day and spent the night there. It
was necessary to chop him out with
axes, but he sufiered no injuries.
If You Say It With Flowers
Say It With Oura
The Apothecary Shop
1'IIONE 400
Harris Knows the Style in
Fall Suits
The makers of our Clothes have a rep
utation to sustain. That's why you're
certain?season after season?to pet
quality at its best. With our close mar
gin profit policy you get super value.
That's the story that'll interest you when
buying our Suits.
D. Walter Harris
The City Tailor and Clothier
"Tietter take a look
at your timer spring
THE motor had a habit of running hot, getting
sluggish and finally stopping. There might
have been any one of several causes for it. But the
Fleet Boss hit the right one?a weak timer spring
?with his first suggestion. Working around cars
and motors for years?long experience?accounts
for it. His opinion is respected by every driver in
the fleet and every mechanic in the shop.
A similar long experience accounts for the high
quality and trustworthy service you get in every
quart of Polarine you buy. You can rely on a re
fining experience that dates back to Civil War days
?over half a century. And this same experience
enables you to get Polarine conveniently, at a
reasonable price, most everywhere you go.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(N?w Jersey)
Say
"Polarine"
?not just
"a quart of oil"
The Polarine (hart bolls down years of experience with every
kind of car and recommends the right consistency of Polarine
for yours. Consult it at your dealer's.
I'MC MrPHKRSO*
line b?twffn Elizabeth City and Nor
folk dally and Sunday. l.pave South
ern Hotel 10:30 (. m. Leave Main
and Commercial Place 3:46 p. m
Fare 13.00. Be aafe; $10,00h Insur
ance. Phone 137. 8fH.34-Oc.t-pd.
FOR RRXT?JUC.TC BIO <)ARA<.K,
rfS n month. Mr?. Catherine Dean
at W. A. Wortli'a office or 119 N.
I Martin ?t r? ? r ' ir 3-9-np
IIOIHF, FOR HE.VT ? MODFKN
conrenleneen, near church and
mhool on North Road Itront. Apply
t> C. D. Gallop at Gallop A Toiey
Shoo Coupany.
FOB HAIjR?1 TON HTKWART
track In Bnt-clafa condition. O. W.
Hawyer, Route PIt?. city. Oc.l-?-np
' EXPERIENCED H A I, K S I, A T> Y
wanted. A high cI?m saleswoman
!of experience wanted. Oood position
for right party. Apply by letter
Matin* former experience and where
| last employed. Address postoftlce
jbox 51. Elizabeth City, N. C. oct 4
FOR SAI,E^ONK RPEKD HO AT, 111
ft. long, 3 ft. Sin. wide; f h. p. Mo
tor-Oo Engine; one of the fastest in
Currituck watera. Apply H. Ether
'idge, Mamie, N. 0. 8*p.l8?Oct.4 np