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CIRCULATION
Thursday
1,642 Copies
VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROTJNA FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 187.
i
Many Excellent Features
For Farmers Convention
Secretary of Commerce Hoover, Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace, And World Famous
Plant Wizard Among Leading Speakers At
Big Agricultural Event
Herbert Hoover, United
States Food Administrator
during the war, potential presi
dential candidate in 'the last
election, and now National Sec
retary of Commerce, will be
one of the principal speakers
at the North Carolina Farm
era' and Farm Women's Con
vention in annual session at
Raleigh August 30, 31 and
September 1.
Dr. H. J, Webber, the "Plant
Wizard." who has acquired world- JesIan queBtIon to the League of Na
wide fame as the foremost breeder u The -uestIon involves fixing'
of staple crops in the scientinc neia,
will be another noted speaker of the
D. . --
profitable use of better seedand the ,
Importance of careful seed selection,
Fire model cotton warehouses,
Tanging irom inexpensive irame
buildings
"brick and
to handsome fireproof
concrete
structures,
will
be on exhibition, constructed to scaie,
and with no detail lacking. These
models have been prepared by the
'United States Department of Agricul
ture under the direction of J. M.
Workman, North Carolina State
Warehouse Engineer. There will
also be an exhibit of cotton grading
and stapling.
New facts about food and its influ
ence on health and nroeress will be
featured in an address by Dr. E. V.
iviunum, iamuu uuuiuuu
of Johns Hopkins University, Balti-
McCollum, famous nutrition expert
-. . .
more. His discussion win be oasea
. . .
primarily upon the effects ot rood on
physical and mental development,
and the relation of various diets to
disease. His data Is gathered from
6,000 feeding experiments with anl-
mais.
Farmers of Northeastern North
.
varoima ana meir wives are espe-
daily urged to attend this conven-',mftn
Hon, which is the important event of
G. W. Falls, of Pasquotank, is highly ,
enthusiastic over the program ar-
ranged for the big three-day event,
and specially urges that every resi-
dent of rural Pasquotank attend it.
He states that the usual arrange-
ments will be in effect tor those at-
tendinsr. Rooms will be furnished
free at State College, and good meals
may be had at fifty cents each,
Those who avail themselves of the
free rooms are requested to take
their own towels and bed linen,
Part'es leaving this city by way of already kidded them until the sub
the Norfolk Southern on the night Ject. has become almost as sore as
train Monday, August 29, will arrive their hornet stings.
at Raleigh Tuesday morning in time
for the opening session of the big SAUNDERS IS DELEGATE
convention. I TO TREE PRESS MEET
Among other noted speakers at the ' r
convention will be Hon. J. Y. Stew-1 As one of twenty representative
art, former Governor of Virginia, and editors ot the United States, W. O.
Secretary of Agriculture H. C. Wal- Saunders, editor of The Independent,
lce. j,a8 been asked to attend a confer-
"Valera's Letter
May LailSe Break
Dublin, Aug. H (By The Associ-
ated Press) Valeras letter to
Lloyd George is neither acceptance
nor rejection of the Irish proposals,
it was learned today. The answer to
the note is expected to cause a break
In negotiations.
Finds Daughter
AVIier roriy cars
Philadelphia, Aug. 12 (Ey The As
sociated Press) After forty years
of separation, Horace W. Alison
found his daughter In Birmingham
today, to give her a tnm fund ot
two hundred thousand dollars.
ALKRAMA TODAY
The latest picture starring Enid
Bennett, "The False Road," will bej
the photoplay attraction at the Al-I
krama Theater today. It was pro-
duced by Thomas H. Ince and Is a
Paramount Artcraft release.
Considerable appeal and heart in
terest is said to permeate "The False
Road," as well as plenty of excite-J
ment and thrills. Lloyd Hughes, who.
Is shortly to be starred, by Mr. Ince,
Is the leading man Wade Boteler
and Lucille Young are also In the
cast. C. Gardner Sullivan wrote the
story, and the picture was directed
by Fred Nlblo.
REFER QUESTION
LEAGUOATIONS
Upper Silesian - Problem In-
volve. Fixing Frontier Be-
tween Poland and Germany
and Threatened Break
Paris. Aug. 12 (By The Associated
Press) France and Great Britain
hava rterldpd to refer the Uoner Sl-
the fronUer between Poiand and'
Ge;many and It threatened a break In
council. I
Amba8gador Harvey told the Coun-,
thftt h(J congldered tne Upper Si- i
aueBtlon purely European and
, . rtlInt in the decision
tQ refer the quegtion to the League
Went After Bass
Rut Fnnnd Hornets
JVw
Throe Local Fishermen Have Painful ,he Jail adjoins the church ' i The manufacturing directory will
Experience When Hook I Stephenson said the priest struck be Publisned bv tne Charlotte Ob
rat,.twui Tn itiuihea him wh.n ha romnn.trot .iti. aerver, and it will be issued in the
VniVUW mm .
.
The enthusiasm of local fishermen
.uinmsnt Every
continues wuuuui. - -
iiAvotees of the roo "
., wa t0 favored
reel
- niir8Uit 0f the black oass,
creeks In pursuit i
.
: nn nt
game
p""-
iiuuvi
. a nailh
However
they bring dhlb. 0ioVs
tne path ot the angier "
one 0f pure delight. A few a J
- .
a group of three or ' """" .
atatlc anglers of this cuy
,ln a canoe tor u - -
i WMie fishing in a small crees n
. iv. vnnV nf one nsn-
from town, iu .
became caught In som
The trio
growth by the creeK oann
TZ bushes and
close to the busnes, anu
1a(Uea
. ... 1 1 h.Alr ha
when nnt reicnen Tor i-
I . . . . i- aa Th fITl-
1,w"'nM
ry insects made a sortie against tne
intruders, snd the boys paddled
away as hard as they could but not
before they had received hornet
atlngs In many places. Now this trio
never leavea on a fishing trip until
an oumi oi Dee new nas oeen in-
ciuaea in ineir nsnmg equipment.
They ask that their names be left
out of print, as their friends have
enoe at New York City next Monday,
to take part In the formation of a
Among other editors called to this
meeting are Frank I. Cobb, editor ot
the New York World; Bruce Bliven,
f the New York Globe, and H. L.
Mencken, editor of the Baltimore hicular tunnel and a bridge are ex- capital.
Sun. pected to diminish the number of Tnla bridge would rise from New
With J. A. H. Hopkins as chair- persons who reside on the Island be- Yorlt near Fifty-ninth street and de
man, these twenty editors will form low Central Park. '"to New Jersey at Weehaw
a nation-wide organization of edi- The resident population of Lower ken- Mof,t f the ferries and all
tors, publicists and others as a
means of protecting the newspapers
of the country against any curtail-
ment of free press rights. The com-
mlttee will meet at the Civic Club,
14 West Twelfth street, New York,
Mr. Saunders has not yet decided
whether he will attend this meet-
lng. He Is the only North Carolina
editor called Into the conference.
Find Butt Shotgun
In Pacific Ocean
Authorities
Searching For Bolton
Kennedy Think They Have Clue
to Mystery In Caw
Los Angeles, Aug. 12 (By The As-
sociated Press) Discovery of the
butt of a double-barreled shotgun in
the Pacific Ocean near Santa Monica
is announced by the authorities in-
vestlgating the slaying ot J. Belton
Kennedy, who was found by a camper
lying on a beach after the surf re-
Jceded.
:
ADVANCE WILL PUBLISH
HOSPITAL HONOR ROLL
Early next week The Advance
will begin the publication of the
Honor Roll of the Elizabeth
City Hottpital. ThU Honor
Roll will Include the name of
all who have assisted in the es
tablishment of the institution
by taking stock in it on. the
dollar a month a share plan.
As stated in a previous article,
the Hospital is now a certainty
and it has been made so by the
energy and enterprise of a few
men, backed by the generous
support of the public at large.
Western Farms For
Former Service Men
Washington, Aug. 12 (By The As-
sociated Press) Over 200 farms on
I government reclaimed land are open
for former Bervk;e men . w
the Department of Interior announced
today.
FROM CELL HEAR
FUNERAL SERVICE
Itinerant Preacher Who Killed
Jail Next Door to the Church
and Can Hear Service
Birmingham, Aug. 12 (By The As-
'sociated Press) From his
cell
I win R. Stephenson, itinerant preacher
I who shot and killed Very JHyere! 1
v-, Ai.h.m. m v. w-..Caroiinas'
mines Pj. i;f)TiR. i ainA ip
a.iuwMUit TV 111 IO iU UCOl
th funeral anrvloa. nf hi. lHm
HW a vuuil MVU TV 1 1, 11 11 1 111
for marrying his daughter to a man
ne objected to.
Says Pellagra Is
m ' H : am
oeiung uanizeroiis
6
Washington, Aug. 12 (By The As-
sociated Press) Surgeon General H.
H- Cummingr gaid in the publication
n ii in in in v du in in rnn mi minor iati
Issued by the Public Health Service
today that pellagra has given indlca-
. becomIn ,!.,,-,,.... nwin-
to
me economic depression among
tners and especially tenant cotton
growers
RAILWAY CLERK IS
iaiuvlu Anu rtAintntu1
" " " I
El Reno, Aug. 12 (By The Associ-!
ated Pre8s) Magked men took L p
Matthews, aged 20, railway mall
clerk( from h(g home today( bHnd
iolAe4 bim then drove ,nto the fi0un.
, Returning thv Hmni
lnto the gtreet wltn a coat flf Ur and
feathers. Matthews was arrested
Saturday charged with
orderly.
being dis
James Rue, engraver for the H. C.
Bright Company, left yesterday to
spend his vacation at his old home
in Hyde County.
Will More Closely Link
New York and New Jersey
New York, Aug. 12 (By The Asso--
dated Press) Projects for linking
Manhattan with New Jersev bv a ve-
Manhattan decreased by 280,000 In
the decade of 1910 to 120 and
every time a new building is erected
it seems to shrink still more. This
is because the motive lor nearly all
construction from Fifty-ninth street
down io the Battery Is business, not
bedrooms.
New means ot communication
with New Jersey are expected to re
sult in further business demands
upon Lower Manhattan's limited
space.
Ne Jersey and New York are now
linked only by ferries, tube trains
and one railroad tunnelled beneath
the Hudson.
The vehicular tunnel built by pub
lic funds of New York and New Jer
sey Is expected to be completed by
1S24. Construction of the ap
proaches to the tube was begun sev-
eral months ago. It leaves Manhat-
tan Island downtown, at a point be-
low Fourteenth street,
The proposed bridge, which prl-
vate Interests are promoting, would
cost $200,000,000. A corporation
iSTUJNT FLYER
FALLS TO DEATH!
Airnlanp Rr-m Fn J
r I -- ww...'
a 1 J a 1 sv l
langicu na irasn
io around iwoi
Killed, One Injured
Masonic .City, la., Aug. 12
(By The Associated Press)
Two airplanes became en
tangled in the air today while
Ray Koch, stunt flyer, was at-
itemPtin to transfer himself
from v,?16 to aniher: nd
crashed to the ground, killing
Koch and W. W. Johnson and
:,.:-
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WILL ADVERTISE
ELIZABETH CITY
Directory of Manufacturing
Enterprises In N. and S.
Carolina and Their Products
Published at Exposition
The names of Elizabeth City
manufacturers and their products
will be included in a manufacturing
directory of North and South Caro
lina, known as the "Carolines Shop
ping List," which will be published
for general distribution among the
throngs attending the "Made in
Exposition at Charlotte,
oepiemoer
r i -a a Ai
hope that through it the people of
I the two States will become better in
I formed as to the articles that are
I made at home, and that may be pur
I chased on local markets. It will
contain no advertising.
I The inclusion of the names of all
local manufacturers Is made possible
uv the co-operation of the secretary
' nf t Via lhamhor nf PrtmmoriA hopA
"v tM co-operation of th
of the Chamber of Comi
v t xuftaiK iai ui w i uwiu.
Through the supplying ot thousands
ot copies to commercial organiza-
tions, Kiwanis and Rotary clu"bs
Rotary
throughout the two States, much
valuable publicity will be gained
without cost by the manufacturers.
'Another Mystery
i CL. r . i
tjmp is ixcpuricu
New York' An- 12 Bt The As80"
elated Press) Another mystery ship
reported today, reviving pirate
tales received here from government
officers at Virgin Islands. The hull
had been painted black and the ship
carried powerful motor boats with a
crew of thirty. This report Is con
nected with the report of craft dis
appearing off the high seas.
Mrs. Eldora Sharber and son,
Henry Sharber, Misses Lois Markham
and Elizabeth Satterwhite left Thurs
day for Colley Springs and Ashevllle,
and Tate Springs, Tenn.
"as been organized and is seeking 1
the tubes are below this point, but
lbe growth of business In New York
na8 already driven out many dwel
lin8 tt Iar norin as otn street and
ubstituted office and loft structures,
Tne bridge's lower deck would ac -
commodate iweivs rauroaa tracks.
while on the upper span there would
be room for sixteen vehicular path-
ways, four trolley lines and two
broad promenades. Supporting tow-
ers on either end of the over-water,
scan would be taller than the Wool-
wortb Building.
In addition to these pathways be-,
tween the two states, a third Is pro-
posed in a bill introduced In Con,
frees to give a private corporation
permission to build a pontoon bridge
across the Hudson at Yonkers, just
above New York City Promoters of
this scheme point out that the ve-
hicular tunnel may not be ready for
five years, while It would take even
longer to erect the proposed bridge
at Fifty-ninth street, but pontoons
could be strung
Quickly.
Will Dkrnnri
tti t?. tTT,.
ihtoo r i
H 1 1 v laoUinn D 'J
- reuuem
delphia & Southern
pany, In Conference With Local Shippers
Friday Morning.
ANTI-ALIEN LAND
LAW ATTACKED
Attorneys Argue That It la In
Contravention of the Treaty
Between he United States
and Japan
Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 12. Consti
tutionality of Washington State's
anti-alien land law was attacked In
the federal court here In June by
Frank Terrace, a white land owner
of the White River Valley, near
here. The case was heard by Cir
cuit Judge W. G. Gilbert, of Port
land, and District Judges E. E.
Cushman, of Tacoma, and Jeremiah
J. Neterer. of Seattle.
Attorneys for Mr. Terrace attacked
In particular a section ot the law
making it a gross misdemeanor to
sell or lease land to an alien, and
asked for a federal injunction against
Attorney General L. L. Thompson to
prevent him from enforcing the sta
tute. They argued that the state
law is in contravention of the treaty
hetween the United States and Japan
and that it violates the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution in
that it discriminates against Orien
tals on account of their color.
LEGION
DELEGATION
ARRIVES AT
PARIS
Paris, Aug. 12 (By The Associated
Press) The American Legion dele
gation visiting the former war cone
arrived here today amid cheering.
CONFESSES KILLED MAN
Steubenvllle, Ohio, Aug. 12 (By
The Associated Press) Walter
Wright, aged twenty-eight, today
told his jailers that he killed Harry
Cummins, automobile dealer, tor
robbery.
PASSES GRAHAM BILL
Washington, Aug. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) The House passed
the Graham bill imposing ninety per
cent advalorem duty on re-Importations
of American army supplies.
TY COBB HAS CATARACT
Detroit, Aug. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) A cataract has devel
oped on Ty Cobb's eye, but K is said
that It has caused little inconvenience
so far.
FIND TUMOR ON BRAIN
New York, Aug. 12 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Henry P. Davison,
financier, who was operated on the
ear, is found to have a tumor near
the brain. Physicians could not re
move it, due to loss of blood.
SPANISH DETACHMENT
IS EXTERMINATED
Madrid, Aug. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) A whole Spanish de
tachment was exterminated In four
fierce charges while defending the
retrBatinir column from Moorish at
tack.
IN COURT FRIDAY
Robert Byrum was fined 110 and
costs for SDeedina on the brick road
to Weeksville.
Charged with failure to dip their
cattle In accordance with the State
iaw, J. L. Brock and Lemuel Cart-
wrlght, Pasquotank County farmers,
were In court Friday morning. Mr.
Brock was found not guilty, and Mr
Cartwrlght was fined $10. and costs,
He gave notice of appeal to Superior
Court, and was placed under a bond
0f $25.
Tom Harrell and Walter Brothers,
j court Wednesday on an affray
charge, were found not guilty, In-
stead of being taxed with the costs
as stated'in a previous Issue.
INVITE HOUSEWIVES
The club girls of the County will
be at their stall in the Market House
Saturday morning and hope the
housewives of the city will Inspect
their display of canned and fresh
fruits and vegetables.
-
Mles Grade Brock and Nancy
across the water Harrell are visiting their uncle, Wil
liam Small, at Newbcgun this week.
two
eigne JUSUIieS
. i c r 1.
ur Baltimore.
Phil..
Transnortation Com-
The Baltimore, Philadelphia
and Southern Transportation
Company will continue its
barge service between tfiia city
and points north and south only
upon condition that local ship
pers agree to have enough
freight routed over the line ta
justify the expense of its con
tinuance. This is what Felix
Jackson, of New York, presi
dent of the water transporta
tion company, gave a, group of
shippers of this city to under
stand at a special meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce
quarters Friday morning.
"Without this water line," Mr.
Jackson stated, "you are at the
mercy of a single railroad. Instead
of a revision of freight rates down
ward, you may look for an early ad
vance, unless this railroad must meet
competition. The progress and de
velopment of Elizabeth City depend
largely upon the freight rates you
have.
"Our company is not asking a
money guarantee of a single cent.
All we 86k is that you let us handle
such of your freight as can come by
water fromPhiladelphIa and Balti
more, and we ask that you give us
that only upon- condition that we fur
nish you adequate and dependable
service In return. The stockholders
of the Baltimore, Philadelphia &
Southern Transportation Company
have Invested much money In this
line, and they feel that they are Jus
tified in expecting a reasonable re
turn on it. If your people will not
co-operate with us, then we must
place the line elsewhere."
Felix Jackson was born and raised
at Gainesville, Ga. In early man
hood he moved to Texas, where In
the course of a 25 years' stay, he
built the Houston & Brazos Valley
Railroad, and organized the Sea
board and Gulf Steamship Company,
operating between New York and the
Gulf ports. After some years with
this company, he sold out In 1914 and
moved back to Gainesville, Ga.,on
account ot his wife's health. In
January of the present year Mrs.
Jackson died, and Mr. Jackson re
turned to New York. A few months
ago he became identified with the
group ot financiers who have organ
ized the Baltimore, Philadelphia &
Southern Transportation Company,
and when the company was formed,
he was elected its president.
For the last thirty years, accord
ing to Mr. Jackson, he has been as
sociated with Ed. S. Hughes, chair
man of the board of directors or the
water transportation line Mr
Hughes, who was born and raised in
New Bern N C, went to Texas tn
1S82, and with Mr. Jackson, was in
terested in a number of business and
transportation ventures. Today, he
is a millionaire several times over. ,
The result of the conference at the
Chamber of Commerce quarters was
that a committee was appointed to
raise funds for the employment of a
qualified man for a nnth or more
to look after the receiving and dis
tributing of freight shipped over the
new line, and to gather data from lo
cal shippers as to the tonnage that
they will agree to ship over the barge
line, provided satisfactory service is
maintained. If the shipping infor
mation gathered by thlr man is suf
ficiently encouraging, the transporta
tion company will lease docks and
warehouses here, and employ a full
time agent. Otherwise, the line will
be discontinued.
Newport News is Interested in
bringing the barge line thero. That
progressive Virginia city has offered
the company free wharfage and ware
house space for a long term of years
as an Inducement, Mr. Jackson stated
Friday morning.
Mr. Jackson Indicated that It local
shippers would guarantee shipments
over the line ot 75 per cent lesB than
they received from Baltimore and
Philadelphia last year, a fair basis
may be reached upon which to de
termine the tonnage which will be
available for consignment over the
line.
Dr. Hartwell Robblna. of New
Bern, district Inspector ot the United
States Bureau of Animal Industry,
was In the city Friday.