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Leased IFire Associated Press Service ELIZABETH CITY The Weather Probably shower* tonight and Friday; warmer Friday In west portion, moderate east winds. ? VOL. XVII. FINAL EDITION. *? - ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 19^7. SIX PAGES. NO. 190. Soy Bean, Once Alien Has Become Valuable And Honored Citizen Han Immediate Commer cial Value of 8600,000 lo All>omarl(' District, Flux t'High Worth in Fertility (A, BCK>N TO SECTION iwinled in Breaking Vu* J salagc to King Cotton; Han Built Road*, School* and Handsome Homes Of all the crops that have played a part In that program of crop diversification that has rev olutionized agriculture in North eastern Carolina in the last de cade, nono can claim greater im portance than the soy bean. which arrived some 25 years ago as an alien from far Manchuria. The bean quickly became a naturalized citizen of the United States, and today is a valuable and highly re epected citizen. 'Today, the six Northeastern Carolina counties lying north of Albemarle Sound and east of Cho wan River produce annually more than 400,000 bushels of soy beans having a commercial value of about $600,000, according to fig ures compiled by the Elizabeth City chamber of Commerce. Thus, yirely from the standpoint of im mediate cash returns, the soy bean ranks as one of the five prin cipal crops of the section. The others are Irish and sweet pota toes, cotton and, corn. Unlike these other crops, how ever, the soy bean has an Indi rect value Impossible of estima tion. Through Its capacity to gath er nitrogen from the air and store It in the ground, it has vastly en riched farms In tho section that either had been robbed of their fertility through many decades of cultivation, due to their character, never had been fertile. * Kvcryone <Jrcwi? Them There Is scarcely a farm in Pas quotank County that does not ?grow at least a few acres of soy 'beans every year. In many cases, Khe crop Is plowed under, In order that the land may reap fullest benefit from It. In most instances, the ^beans are harvested by ma chinery doslgned especially for the purpotse ? und made In Eliz abeth City. More soy bean harvesters In use In the United States today were I made In Elizabeth City than any where else in the country. Threo Ncompanles manufacture them; and their product goes to every sec tion of the United States that grows the beans. K Until very recent years, Ellza i beth CUy was tho center of pro I ductlon of soy beans for seed pur ! poses. Climate and soil early had l been found ideal for growing aturdy. fully matured beans that were Ideal for planting. However, ag the valuo of the bean gained that recognition to which It was (entitled, other sections as far [north as Indiana and Illinois, and at far south as Mississippi and Louisiana, came to grow the crop en a quantity production basis. The result is that, while the Eliz abeth City District now grows more beans than ever before, larg er productions areas have over taken and passed this one In the fatter of quantity. Hliipped Around World Soy beans grown In this section are shipped to every b*an produc ing state in the country, and are pmportrrl to South America, Eu rope, South Africa and Australia. I The wldo world Is beginning to [PfPPreclate the worth of the le ? uino that for uncounted genera tion* has been one of the princi pal items on the bill of fare of the iManchurlan peasan. In the matter of versatility, the toy bean has few competitors [among plants the world over. Just "as Is," when cut and cured in the field, It makes an excellent lay, relished by practically every farm animal. The field from which it has been cut frequently Is used las pasturage for fattening hogs. |whtch later are-penned and fed on >rn to harden them off for mar. Trot. [_ More than S00 distinct uses for e hem Itself hare been dlscov d. After harvesting, it Is oshod to extract the oil. The .1 resulting from the rompro** ? make* excellent cow feed )u?t It come* from tne mill. Sub to refining processes, It bo a palatable floor, readily a bio In a culinary way. PaJnt. Ilnttcr ?n?l Hoap The oil haa an astonishing va tj of uses. Sometimes It be mea ? bane for paints. Again. It averted Info butter, lard or oil substitutes. Another use a bass for soap. The whole a sometime* are cooked whole " canned, making a dish that Is to be delicious. Year by year, Itlonal a see are developed. In Northeastern Carolina, the bean has built roads and ?l* and ehurchea, snd hand e rural homes. More than when other crops failed, nr tkey brought etarvatlon prl ttas btsn bM kept tne wolf The Albemarle District The Albemarle District, of which Elizabeth City la the hub, comprises the 10 counties en circling Albruiarlc Sound. These counties have a combined population of more thsn 100. 000. The State's first General As sembly was held in Pasquotank County, some fight miles south west of Elisabeth City, In 1685. In Perquimans County, ad joining Pasquotank on the south, (Jeorge Durant bought a tract of land from the Indians 20 years before William Penu came to Pennsylvania. Edenton, county seat of Cho wan. next county beyond IVr quimans to the south, was the capital of the colony from 1722 to 1766. It is rich in his tory und tradition. Camden and Currituck, be tween Pasquotank and the Vir ginia line, are two of the four self-feeding counties in the State. Pasquotank ranks high er in the production of pork than either, but is not self feeding on account of its rela tively large urban population. In Dare, easternmost county of the State, is the site of Ra leigh's Ul-fatcd settlement, the birthplace of Virginia Dare. Manteo. familiar In the phrase "from Murphy to Manteo," is the county seat. The principal crops of the Albemarle are corn, cotton, Irish potatoes, soy beans, pea nuts and sweet potatoes. The movement of sweet potatoes, grown in Lower Camden and Currituck, to Northern markets is now In full swing. More than 2,100 carloads of Irish potatoes, valued at $2,000,000 were shipped from the Eliza beth City district this spring. Modern rural high schools to which the pupils are transport ed In trucks over splendid hlghwayn are giving rural chil dren throughout the district education advantages on a par with those enjoyed by urban communities. Perquimans has the distinction of having at Hertford one high school for all the children of the county, both urban and rural. FOKD CAR INJUKED; mm KK ESCAPES AS THOUGH BY MIRACLE Henry Ford has contributed magnificently to the perpetuation of the day of miracles. A Ford coupe driven by Otis Lane, aged about 30, did a Houdlnl Wednes day afternoon at 6 o'clock at the railroad crossing 200 yards be yond the Hex Auto Service Sta tion at the intersection of Church street and State highway 342. Mr. Lane, who is sometimes em | ployed here by Pender's Water street store, was on his way to his ! home In Oklako. As he approached | the old Suffolk and Carolina rall | road crossing, at a rather lively | flip according to eye witnesses, ho (heard a freight train approaching and threw on his brakes but too late to Mop at the tracks. Rather than rlffk collision he ditched his car. The coupe, nicely avoiding a small tree directly in Its path, neatly negotiated a ten-foot em bankment and. after the rear wheels had described a 45 degree arc with the nose of the car hur ried In th?? earth, snugly en sconced itself In tthe four foot ditch. The Ford sustained fractured forequarters and a few minor In juries. Mr. I*ane escaped unin jured. There were no other occu pants of the car. CURRITUCK MELONS BH1NC C(H>[) PRICES i Poplar Branch, Aug. 11.?Wa termelon* are bringing the price In Currituck this ?ea?on. W. H. Bullance at Poplar Hranrh known an the "watermelon king" In Cur rltnck got in touch with some part leu In New Jersey. He had them to come to Colnjock. The partle* bought around 9.000 wa termelon* ?t a fancy price. The aame par tie* will be at Colnjock for another load of melon* Mon day. Auguflt ir>. Currituck will plant more melon* next year. away from the door, njr swift and practical demonstration. It ha* proved the ralue of diversified farming, and has broken that raa-, ?alage to King Cotton that for, generations was the curs* of the section. The soy hean I* an educator tint pays handsomely for the prlf-l liege of enlightening, Inntead of! charging tuition. Intelligent form ers In this section, who hare ac cepted of Its handsome bounty, rise up to ?all It blaased. His Grim Task Is Deferred Warden William Hendry Boston, Aug. 11.? (AP) ? Twelve more days of lifo have been assured Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vansettl. Fifteen minutee before their march to the death chair was to have started. Warden William Hendry of Charleston Prison brought them word that Governor Fuller and his counsel had an nounced a respite until and in-! eluding August 22. The delay was ordered to per-; mlt a ruling on a writ of error by State Supreme Court Justice Sanderson which, if an approval, will take the case before the full bench of that court. There was some inference today that the rul ing would be favorable. A third respite, signed with the others less than an <hour before the current would have been switched on for the first of a triple execution, stayed for tho same 12 days period tho death of Colestino Madeiros, convicted of another murder and self-identi fied with the case of the other two. The dramatic announcement for the state house climaxed a duty charged wilh Increasing tension. It came after Governor Fuller, who once before had respited the condemned men and who only last Wednesday had turned down a plea for clemency after a long investigation, had presented to his couucil new reasons for delay. Exceptions To Go Before Four Judges Boston, Aug. 11.? (AP) ? Judge Sanderson of the Massachu setts Supreme Court today an nounced that "we allow," excep tions to go before the full bench on his denial of a writ of error In the case of Sacco and Vanzettl. The announcement came after a conference of more than two hours in chambers with Arthur I). Hill, defense attorney and Attor ney General Arthur Reading. A bill of exceptions was finally agTeed upon and after this has been formally worked up and ap-i proved. Judge Sanderson indicat ed that he would allow it. It was said that the four Jus tices of the supreme court who will hear the exceptions were all within 24 hours Journey of the courthouse and had already been notified to hold themselves in readiness for the session which will probably be on Tuesday morn ing. STRANGE VEGETABLE IS DISPLAYED HERE A queer vegetable. In shape and site resembling the bludgeons with which our prehistoric ances-1 tors conducted their courtships, is! being exhibited by T. N. White.: living on Grady street, thin city.1 Mr. White give* its name as the Guinea bean, though It resemble" the squash family much more closely than that of the bean. The huge vegetable club is three and one-half feet long, and weighs seven pounds and three ounces. Mr. White bought the seed through the medium of an adver tisement which claimed the Guinea bean often attained a weight of 15 to 20 pounds. The bean is attract ing much attention at the Caro lina Banking & Trust Company, where It Is on display. THREE FIREMEN HURT IN THEATER FLAMES Sac-remento, Cat., Aug. 11.? , (AIM?-Three firemen wero In-' Jnred and $400,000 Ions caused, by ? mysterious fire which de-|' troyed the new 8tate Theater here early today. Efforts of the entire Sacramento Fir# Department wer?? required to keep the flames from wiping out a whole business block. Nearby residents dirts re the! /Ire was preceded by two explo sions. Fire officials bellere this1 to tiara been fMollne but ad-j ?aneed no theory ae to the cause i of the tfxploslons. This Is Elizabeth City Elizabeth City is a community of sonic 12.000 souls that has undergone a remarkable rehirth In the last three or (our years. Evidences of this rebirth may be seen lit such things as: 2 A 1600,000 hotel, the Virginia Dare, now In final stages of construction. Has 100 guest rooms, with garage affording am ple parking space for automobiles?an Innovation In hotel, con struction. A new water plant representing an Investment of a third of a million dollars, also uearlv completed. Many miles of new water and sewer lines reaching every section of the city. A plant designed to meet the city's normal needs for at least a generation. A thoroughly modernised school system that cost half a million dollars. Splendid churches built by seven Christian denominations. Many miles of aew hardsurfaced streets, completed in the last month. Two theaters, one of which, the Carolina, representing an outlay of $200,000. is to be opened to the public Monday night; A handsome new Country Club, with nine hole all-seanou golf course, soon to b?> extended to 18 holes. The club prop erty comprises a tract of 200 acres situated on I'asquotaiik River, and has a delightful bathing beach and other attractions. Strictly enforced health and sanitary regulations approved by the North Carolina Board of Health. These Include a rigid Inspection of the city's milk and water supplies. A delightfully hoxpitable people of 99 per cent native stock, descended from the early English settlers. A strategic location midway on the scenic and historic Vir ginia* Dare Trail, which extends 100 mllea from Windsor, ln_ Bertie County, to Itoanoke Island, where Raleigh's Lost Colony vanish, d from human ken, and thus failed t ti? tux English settlement In America. Fifty miles from Elizabeth City, at a divergent terminus of the trail, are Kill Devil Hills, wher?> the Wrights conducted the world's first successful airplane flights. The hub of a great system of hardsurfaced highways afford ing pleasant motor drives and speedy access by automobile to tho outside world. Stores that compare favorably with the best In many larger cities. Ready access to the North Carolina beach country. Includ ing the famed Currituck Sounf wildfowl hunting region. Ex cellent fishing, bathing and other seashore attractions. A resort country for which a roseate future Is forecast. Officer Emmett Is Losing Faith In , Humanity i Special Police OITictr lien F. j Emmett slowly but Inevitably is I losing that faith In humanity which ban sustained him in times ! of stress in the last half century or so. Officer Km met t Is In charge iof enforcement of the latest police 'edict against parking on the west lside of Water street; and he Ib 'finding the Job exceedingly oner |ous. Mr. Ennnett's area of jurisdic tion covers several blocks. While' he Is In one block, seeing to it that the parkiug mandate is obeyed, some fellow coines blithe ly along, leaves his car on the 'wrong side of the street in the next block and departs afoot, car rying his switch key. Then, when 'Mr. Kmmett's attention Is divert-i jed, the same thing happens in an other block. I Along comes another motorist. The first car parked wronnly serves In the same way ob the de coy ducks used by sportsmen in Currituck Hound In the hunting Mil son. The first thing Officer Emmett knows, somebody else has come alonn and parked bcBide the first offender. And thus it goes. Mr. Emmett's friends say he has lout seven pounds already, trying to keep matters straightened out. "And that ain't all of it." the special officer declared today. *'l don't,know what to make of folks, anyhow. A fellow asks me to It! him park for five minutes on this side of the street, and goes right off and stays five hours." With all hlg vexations. Officer Emmett manages somehow to maintain an unfailing courtesy] and an ever present goOd huinor. j Which goes to prove, In the opin ion of those who have watched him on the job, that Mother Na ture endowed him with a patience i rivalling that of the oft clt?*d IHbllcal patriarch. QUIET AT HENOERSON IN SPITE OF STRIKE Henderson, Aug. 11.? (AP)? Quiet prevailed here today at the Harriet Cotton Mills where ope ratives had h??en on a wag? In crease strike since ten o'clock Tuesday night. A local National Guard com pany augmented by a machine gun company from Durham, both of which were mobilised at the call of Adjutant General J. Van H. Met fa, continued to remAin on duty about mill property after an sunilng charge of the situation last night. It wa? learned an thorltlvely the soldiers were called out as a precautionary measure, as no disorder had been reported. Th? strike was Instituted to enforce a demand for a 12-1-2 per cent Increase In pay. which the operatives claim was promised three years sgo when their wsg es were reduced during a period of huslneM depression, they de clare. A small group quit work Isst Thursday morning, but the strike did not become general at the plant until Tuesday night. RKVtVAl, AT H A I.EM A revival la being conducted at Ralem Baptist Church this week with services each day at n p. m . and 8 p. m. Rev. C. Hoy Angell or Charlottesville, Virginia, la as slating the pastor. Rev. J. M Ev erett. Ths public Is cordially ln rlted to *ttep<| tfceM meetings. 'Seek Authority Of I. C. Commission Extend P. &N. Charlotte, Auk. II.?(AP>?A j formal demand that the Piedmont and Northern Railway be given I authority to construct Its pro | posed extensions In North and Houth Carolina was contained In a Joint brief filed Thursday with the Interstate Commerce Commis I slon at Washington by a Kroup of 1 28 intervenors In this bitterly con j tested cane and made public here. 1 by W. S. Crelghton, traffic man ager of ae Charlotte Shippers | and Manufacturers Association. , who prepared the brief. These iu i tervenors include several counties, j cities, and towns, a number of i commercial organization* and the organised cotton manufacturers of the two Carolinas. i Three grounds for the Ikkiio by \ (the commission of a decision per-1 j mlttlng the proposed construc-! Hon, estimated to coat more than : $12,600,000, was stated in the brief. Those grounds stated were as follows: That the Interrenors are In good position to assist tho com mission In determining the public need in the Carolinas for the addi tional railway facilities, arid that i the testimony pdesented at thq 10 day hearing held In June showed preponderantly the wis dom of the commission Issuing the requested certificate of public convenience and necessity. That the case be dismissed on the ground, "lack of Jurisdiction, the commission being without au thority to issue a certificate" un the provision of the transpor tation act, which gives that com mission control over certain class es of railway construction. While Mr. Crelghton staled In the brief that the brief to be filed by the Piedmont and Northern was expected to deal extensively with the Jurisdictional questions, the fact that the applicant rail road Is an "interurban electric line not operated in- connection with a steam railroad," and that certain sections of the transporta tion act giving the commission thereby is "without authority to issue the certificate." Another ground cited In the brief was that the construction of "the proposed line was b<'gun In good faith prior to the effective j <lat# of section 1. paragraph 8 (of the transportation act) and thsT work has been prosecuted with' reasonable diligence, under the circumstance, in accordance with the original plan." nil. <1. \v. CI,\|fKt: TO MPKAK AT HIIST IIAPTIMT Dr. O. W. Clarke, at one time pastor of lllack well Memorial Church of this city, now pastor of tho First lispt 1st Church at I?ake Charles, Louisiana, will preach at ths First fin pt 1st Clitirch here Hunday morning at 11 o'clock and Munday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Roy Angell of Charlottes ville, Virginia, preachrd at the First Baptist Church last Sunday morning and ?venlnn and was heard by large congregations. WMTOIt W 11,1, MPKAK AT HHIMlll HI'NDAV Kdl'or Herlwff TVeTr, oT The Dally Advance will speak at Hhl-, loh Baptist Church Hunday morn ing at 11 .o'clock. Rev. W. 1,. Barrs, the paator, Is away oo his vacation. bole flight to BE POSTPONED FOR TWO WEEKS K..tri? Thu,, Fur ArrlVCI OuTr i ??,,,il,Ped or Vualifird; No Additional fcnlrie* |Jo Arrrptrd CABLE MR. DOLE \ s\Ta"" Au*u"' I* Would Be ?? EnCOU?ler Hjuardn 0,?, , , d '?y I)<?n?ir ?.f |?rizo? San Kranelneo. Aug. 11.? 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V" SsSt-^S* WUl'.mUp'hV,P':nM ??Pl?'n gs?sS,%a?S t"5??hW.?""?H " """ <OU'"^ ? ' HKITK.MBKII JIBOBH Following in the Jury llat for the terra of Superior Court for Paaquotank County beginning on Monday. September 19: J. S. Cart wright, C. M. Went. A. B. Maker, Salem; S. M. Hughe*, S. C. New bold. John U Right. Newland; If. P. Davlx. J. K. Pendleton, Salem; W. J. Woodley, Sr.. J. G. Bright. Sr.. Salem; J. C. Kerrell, W. D., Ferrell, John M. Wilson, Salem; A. B. Prl< ?, Nixon ton; F. V. Scott, Charlea C. Even, Salem; (1. W. Ballance, Q, U Mitchell. M. r. OwenH. Wilton Bunch, Jam'** Cad-| dy, Boyal T. Brother*, Nlxonton;! D. M. Jennings, Salem; 8. 8 Forbea. B. F. Lnoff, Jr.. Nlxonton;! J. B. Bladen. H J. A?keW. W P. | Harris, Providence; Itoland C Jones and If. O. J'auloa. 1)1 MHO I. VK IMKTNKKMHII' A dissolution of partnernhlp In the firm of Culpepper and Davis, which occurred last Saturday, j leave* Mr. B. L. Davis aa sole owner. Mr. Davis and Mr. If. M.I Culpepper have been engaged In the market business for the past four yeara, and during the entire | time occupied the ?amo atall In I the city market. The firm name of Culpepper and Darlt will be retained. Dare Making Ready For Throngs At Celebration More than a thousand people arc exported to gather at Old Fort llaleigh, on Roanoke Inland, next Thursday for observance of the anniversary of that August day In 1587 when Virginia Dare was boru. It will bo a picnic day, with Sunday schools throughout Dare Couuty joining In the county's biggest holiday of the year. Bas -kat. lunches wlll.be served In the glade which shelters the site of the ancient fort, and visitors will be Invited to partake and enjoy themselves to the fullest. Walter L- Cohoon, of Elisabeth City, one >f the Slate's best known public speakers, will deliver the address of tho day. His subject will be, "Our Debt to the Pio neers." The program will bo un der the direction of the ltoanoke Colony Memorial Association, with the Itev. K. 1). Drane, D. D., of Edenton, lu charge. The exer cises will begin at 11 o'clock. Boat transportation to ltoanoke Island will be avalLablo both from Elizabeth City and from Point Harbor, Currituck County. The steamer Annie L*. Vansclver, with a capacity for 500 passen gers, will leave here at 7:30 o'clock lu the morning, In amplo time to reach the island In time for the celebration. Ferry service will bo avallablo from Point Harbor, the morning ferry leaving at 9 o'clock. Persona who wish to make the trip In lei surely fashion have been urged to drive to Point Harbor the day be fore. assurance having been given by the ferryboat operators that the boat would be run as late that | night as was necessary to carry across all who wished to go. With excellent highways load 1 ing to Elizabeth City and Point I Harbor from all directions, and with Virginia Dare Day falling In the midst of the vacation period, I those In charge of the celobratlonj are oxpectiug a large crowd on hand. City Bids Glad Welcome To Visiting Members of National Soy Bean Body BANKER IN TROUBLE; I) EV ELOPES NERVES Winston-Salem, Aug. 11 ? (AP) ?It wan learned today thai a Winston-Salem physician was summoned to the bedsldo of Clem Wrenn, president of the dofunct Wllkexboro bank and who la now nald to be upon verge of a com plete collapse as a result of the atraln and excitement of the past few years. No statement directly from the Wrenn home could be obtained but It Is reported that the former banker wan a very sick man when the emergency call was sunt there by his family physician. It is known that Wrenn is In frail h?>ulth and in addition Is under handicap of partial deafness. The newspaper accounts are cred ited with having disturbed him greatly, aggravating his nervous condition and under a new strain he called a reporter to correct the published matter. Ills declaration In regard to the signatures leaves many things in doubt. It Is said, and it is prob able that muoh explanlng will fol low. Ueac'on here to both declara tions by the banker indicates that many people bellevo Wrenn has something else yet to toll. It is pointed out that the matter of the 950.000 purported board of edu cation note, said to have been split, half of |t being charged to the board of education and half to the county commissioners, ac cording to report, has never been accounted for. nor h*s the name of "J. II. Waiters," signed to the" 926,000 purported county com missioners "note been explained to tbo general public. Thero is also th?? reported re cord of $2r>,000 placed to tho credit of an account marked, "board of education, special," which has not been discussed by the banker, nor doea anyone ap-I pear to know Just who represents such a notation of deposit? * SALESMAN HURT BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN; Oreenvllle, Aug. II,? (API - L* II. Ilatte, Atlanta, traveling salesman, is In a local hospital a * the result of injuries received late yesterday when his automo bile was struck by a Norfolk Southern passenger train near Karmvllle. A report from the hospital to day was that Batte la Buffering from shock and brulaea, but la not i Id critical condition. (lonvonliun Group Knter tained at Luncheon at the Fair Grounds After Jour ney front Washington TOUR PASQUOTANK Public Invited to Attend ? losing Session at Parish House Tonight, With Movies and Lectures Elizabeth City bade glad wel come to nearly 200 visiting mem bers of the American 8oy llean Association Thursday afternoon upon their arrival here in automo biles from Washington for the concluding events of u three day convention. The visitors, hailing from as far North as Indiana and Illinois, and from as far South a# Mississippi and Louisiana. were entertained at luncheon at the Fair Grounds. The convention will close with a meeting at Christ Church Pariah llouso tonight, at which there will be an election of officers and a program comprising moving pic tures on the soy bean and on the Japanese persimmon, aud lectures by authorities on the bean. F. P. Latham of Helhaven, pres ident of the Association, Issued a strong Invitation to the people of the city and section to attend the meeting, which was slated to be gin at 8 o'clock. The visitors came to Elizabeth City via Wllllamston, Windsor and the Chowan Hridgo, sojourn* Ing briefly in Historic Edenton, and then proceedng over the Vir ginia Dare Trail to their dostlna ton. At Windsor they were met by a delegation of some 25 soy bean growers and dealers from this city, who accompanied them on the last lap of their Journey. President Latham introduced J. C. B. Rhrlnghaus, speaker at tile luncheon, as the future Governor of North Carolina. Ho described the Elizabeth City section as one of the fluent agricultural regions in the State, and therefore far to the forefront in the South. Mr. Khrlnghaus opened hla ad* dress vlth the declaration that Elisabeth City and Pasquotank County had been looking forward to tho visit of the Soy Bean Asso ciation with pride mlnglod with pleaaure, since tho section was proud of the part It had had In building the soy bean Industry to Ita present outstanding propor tions. He commended tho asso ciation and Its officers for their work in promoting the develop ment of tho Industry, and for tne accomplishments thoy planned for the future. Discussing North Carolina, the speaker ascribed tho State's groat* ness to the consecratlou of Its people to spiritual tiling", rather than 1o material alms, and to a fine spirit of citizenship thai re garded all labor as honorable If It was directed toward an honor able end. The people, he declared, are willing to work with their heads and their hands to the end that the Commonwealth might be spiritually uplifted and benefited. Tho luncheon was served on long tables in the exhibit hall un der the grandstand, with Mlns Ed na Evans, homo demonstration agent, direotlng the task. Assist ing her wore some 20 members of tho I'asquotank County girls* clubs, and half a dozen boys' club members. The session was entire ly informal, and while the lun cheon was In progress, numerous farmers from Pasquotank and other Northeastern counties took occasion to becomo acquainted with tho visitors. Immediately after that phase of the dav's program had been disposed of, the convention dele gates witnessed n demonstration of half a dozen types of soy been harvesters manufactured In KlI. abeth City. Tho afternoon' events closed with a tour of Pasquotank County farms on which soy beans sro grown. Woman Injured In Explosion Dead Purls. Auk. U.--(AP) of the two women Injured late laat nl^it in the ?-x01oiilon of a .bomb In Hwltierland. died thla morning. n?yn a llavan dlapatcti from H?-rne. The woman wan th# mother of five children. Threa other victim* wero no n* rloimly hart that they wero being treated at hoapltal* today. M \M>o is \ |4 MMCKK H OVKIt POPI.%11 lilt.%'N Powella Point, Auauat 11.- The Poplar llranch ba*?ball team I played Mant'o Saturday, th? ^ aeore being 3-0 with Manteo torlou?,