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57. Fair tonight and prob- aLly Friday. Cooler to- night. Probably frost. Fresh winds. 1 CIRCULATION 1,80G Copies Wednesday i&J'Sli HO Wednesday VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1922 FOUR PAGES NO. 255 w The Hertford Fair Was A Pronounced Success Creditable Exhibits, Good Speeches And Big Crowds, Though Hardly So Large As Home Coming Event Of Last Year Perquimani County Shows Marked Progress Along Agri cultural And Industrial Lines Hertford, Oct. 25. With a beau tiful array of exhibits and a large attendance of people from the sur rounding country, the Perquimans County Fair, held at Hertford, to day was a pronounced success. Covering almost entirely the beautiful grounds that surround tho court house, the exhibitions made an Imposing array that gladdened the eye and filled the heart of all those patriotic people who are Interested in the industrial and agricultural growth of Perquimans County. There are mighty few things that come out of the soil in this section that were not on exhibition in the agricultural display in the front of the court house, and the various ar ticles all appeared to be of the very highest quality. There were pump kins as large as ordinary wash tubs, sweet potatoes as large as ordinary pumpkins, peppers as large as sweet potatoes usually are, and pecans larger than a good many peppers that tears have been shed over. One thing of especial interest was a collard plant. It was "A" collard plant, but it looked like about six. To a stranger, not acquainted with the collard of this section of the country, it might have appeared to be a new species of palm tree. Its leaves were' drooping when it was put on exhibition but then it nearly covered the court house steps. It "was indeed some collard. One man was heard to remark dryly, "By George, that collard would feed the colored folks in Durants Neck for a solid week." An especially good exhibit of pea nuts was Shown, that were very clean and healthy looking. South of the court house was the live stock and poultry exhibit. It was complete in every detail, includ ing horses, mules, ponies, cattle, dogs, sheep and swine. In the poul try exhibit were chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. Particular notice was taken of two Targe hogs weighing between 500 and 600 pounds, of beautiful propor tions, that came from the Milton Dale farm. A novefty was noted In the exhibi tion of two rabbit hounds that look ed like pure blooded stock and whose ars covered half of their body. The entire livestock exhibit was very high class and attracted very favorable comment. The ehief source of delight, how ever, to those good souls who have appetites that are rarely appeased was the industrial hall that contain ed the department of cookery. It might be well to state that if Per quimans County continues tb hold Its fairs, it would be a mighty good thing for all the people in the sur rounding territory who have friends or relatives who have become emaci ated and anaemic from loss of appe tite to send them to the cookery de partment of that fair. If the sight of the cakes and breads and canned goods on exhibition does not arouse an appetite, the only thing to do is hold a consultation with the famKy undertaker. When the writer of this article en tered the building at five minutes past twelve he took one long look and at a pound cake, turned on his heel, went directly to the hotel and had dinner, and then came back to finish his work of observation. In this ibullding was also the ex hibition of needlework that Intrigues the fancy and delights the heart of the ladies, and it was a class of fancy work guaranteed to Intrigue and de light to the nth degree. The restaurant booth, placed there by the Methodist church, and under the supervision of Mrs. H. C. Stokaa, dispensed beautiful foodstuffs at a nominal price to those who,' Judging by the amount of business and the heartiness with which they partook of the products of the booth, had Just come from the cookery department. Not to be outdone by the big folks of the church, the Bright Jewel Class of the Sunday Bchool had a booth all their own, whre you could buy an exceptionally good sandwich, flavor ed with the bright smiles of a dozen children, for one dime. Attracting a great deal of atten tion was the booth of the Carolina Bank & Trust Company, which tempted the visitor to stop and gaze at a Jar full of real, genuine, twenty-five cent pieces. The object of the exhibition of quarters was a guess at the r"unt of money in the J-ir, prl7P being offered for the ' t pi'"' to tho actual amount. "- i -1 rnnr!t, "I RED ARMY AT VLADIVOSTOK Japanese Kvaruntcri CHy. Yesterday Turning Over Arms And Stores Tokio, Oct. 26 (By The Associated Press) Red army troops represent ing the Far Eastern republic of Si beria are in possession of Vladivo stok. The Japanese evacuated it yesterday, turning over arms and stores to the Reds. Confesses Attorney Was Not Accomplice Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 26 (By The Associated Press) Frank Raw lins, who with John H. Pope, attor ney, was convicted of the murder of George H. Hickman, theater man, In September of last year, has confess ed that Pope had nothing to do with the. affair, Pope's attorney declared today. Rawlins and Pope were sentenced to life imprisonment. The state su preme court last week refused Pope's request for a new trial. Fascisti Prepare To Assras Power Rome, Oct. 26 (By The Associat ed Press) Fascisti preparation for the assumption of power is seen in the ordering of all military sections to keep in readiness 300,000 work ers. The military leaders were call ed by Benito Musolinl, leader of the Fascisti. know how many quarters there are in that Jar, and that Is all there Is In the world, except two that I have in my pocket," but it so happened that there were Just $250 worth and it Is hard to realize how tempting $250 worth of quarters really looks. Hertford Hardware Company had a very tastefully decorated booth and an excellent exhibition of fire arms and ammunition, general hardware and lubricating oils. North of the court house was placed the farm Implements and ma chinery and automobiles. Also north of the court house and directly be hind the monument the Elizabeth City band performed. Their con cert was very highly appreciated and a new number, a product of Eliza beth City genius, taking the name of a "Paraphrase of 'In the Gloaming'," and arranged by Leslie Waldorf drew many remarks of appreciation. Elizabeth City was very well rep resented at the Fair, between fifteen and twenty automobile loads going from this city as visitors. In the morning there was a ses sion of speaking at the court house. Dr. K. P. B. Bonner of the State Board of Health, Raleigh, spoke on the subject of "Health," and empha sized the good that might be accom plished by an all-time county nurse. He explained tha't under certain con ditions the county might supplement its budget from funds provided un der the Shepherd-Towner act. W. O. Newby of Hertford and A. R. Wlnslow of Winfall, both native sons of the county, made excellent talks on co-operative marketing. Both these splendid citizens rose to the point of eloquence at times and made It clear to all that their soul was in their subject. They explain ed In unmistakable terms that the future salvation of the local farm ers lay in co-operative marketing of their crops, especially the peanut crop, which is one of the leading money crops of the county. The success of the Perquimans County Fair, or agricultural exhibit, held in Hertford proved that the good people of the county are tak ing an increasing Interest In the problem of improving the quality of the products raised on the farms. While the crowd In attendance was not so large as that last year, the difference Is largely due to the fact that the "Home Coming Feature" was lacking and also that the good prices of cotton caused many farmers to remain at home to take advantage of the Ideal weather conditions pre vailing this week. The exhibits equalled In number and exceled in "","t ' Hated last year. r - N iff -P ll ' - i Vf ' , j i i r J - " y W$5ssJf iu y i mywuv w w w . -1,4 t - i . Evening Slippers Clever is the maid who -can choose between those most fascinating evening slippers, for they seem to be the very ones for her gown. FOOTBALL FRIDAY Elizabeth City is going to have the opportunity to see football played again. The Elizabeth City Slickers, com posed of the best football material in Elizabeth, will clash with the fast High School squad on the local grid iron Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Some of the old players the pub lic will be glad to see on the field again are Bill (Speed) Dawson and Buck (Flash) Avent. These twT men are of considerable mention in the football dope and will be worth seeing with their strong team. Clarence (Dynamite) Parker, cap tain of the Slickers, assures the pub lic a fast game. The lineup is as follows: Slickers Joe Pinner L. E., M. Morrisette L. T., Guirkin Cook' L. G., Arthur Padgett C, Bill Cotter R. G., Robert Jennings R. T., Bill Dawson R. E., Wilfred Deans Q. B., Clarenco Parker F. B., Mac McMullan R. H. B., Buck Avent L. H. B. High School Wm. Winslow L. E., Clement Twtford L. T Shimmie Barkley L. G., Lister Markham C, George Scott R. G., Zack Owens R. T.. Wilmar Jones R. E., Erwin Midgett Q. B., Elliott Ward F. B., Curtis Berry R. H. B., Paul Miller L. H. B. Coach Holmes, referee. HORSK STILL IMPORTANT Chicago, Oct. 26 (By The Associ ated Press) The horse still is a vital factor in American commercial life. This Is shown In the statement of Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Horse Association of America, that the number of horses in use in New York City has increased 100 per cent in five years. More than 15,000 horses are In commercial use throughout the United States by one company alone. The American Railway Express Company, credited with .being the largest commercial user of horses in the world, still is finding the horse an Important factor in Its work. On July 31, 1922, the company had In Its service 15,254 horses. The aver age number of horses kept Jumped from 870.4 in 1917 to 1.72T..3 in 1921. The average length of life fcr horses still active in express service is 5 years, 11 months. Surveys showed that after using 492 horses for five years, they gold for 23 per cent of their original cost. These horses, discarded because unable to maintain longer the harder work and rapid pace required In express ser vice, were placed In other work where the hauling was relatively slow and reports Indicated such! horses continued in service for three j or four years. ; Prince Andrew Is Arrested At Ccrfu Athens, Oct. 26 (By The Assocl- London, Oct. 26 (By The Associ ated Press) It Is reported thatiated Press) The King signed the Prince Andrew, brother of former King Constantlne, was arrested yes terday at Corfu on the charge that he contributed to the downfall of thei Greek army in Asia Minor. He will be detained here. Little Folks Enjoy Variety At School First grade pupils of Mrs. Herbert Morrisette's room at the primary school paid a visit to and were en tertained by the pupils of Mrs. T. B. Cooke's room at opening exercises Thursday morning. To the little people, hosts and guests, the visit was one of delightful surprises that are being continually planned by their teachers to relieve every-day routine of the monotony that comes in constant repetition. And the bright animated faces of the little pupils showed how each room was Intensely Interested in seeing the other go through its morning ex ercises of song, concert, recitation and drill as well as in showing its own attainments. To the chance visitors present the extrclses were a revelation of the Infinite patience and trained skill of teachers who have the art of making the first steps in Bchool work easy, interesting and attractive. For the third grade children of Mrs. Cook's room, Thursday was the day for their first history lesson. This was supplied by Dr. James H. Thayer, pastor of Dlackwell Memor ial church, who told the story of Abraham in a way that caught the interest and held the attention of even the little people In the first grade. Woman Bandit Is Arrested Asleep Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 26 (By The Associated Press) A woman sus pected of being the bandit who Tues day night robbed Harry Atlas, local business man, on the highway near the city of eight dollars, bound him, then took his auto, wag arrested near Fernandina today. Travelers re ported that they saw a man and wo man asleep In the car at the road side. When arrested the rouple gave their name as Wilton, refusing to answer the sheriff's questions. Peggy Coffee Will Tell What She Saw Los Angeles, Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Peggy t'affee, for mer chorus girl and friend of the defendant, Is expected to testify or the state today In the trial of Mrs. Clara Phillips, chrged with the murder of Mrs. Tremalne IMeadows. Mrs. Caffee, the only known eye witness of the slaying, is expected to give voluminous testimony. King Di:::Ivc3 Parli:r.:nt Tcdsy proclamation dissolving Parliament today at the Privy Council. W. E. Dunstan left Thursday for Nags Head and Manteo to spend a few days on business and pl'Sfmire. Transportation Is World Problem So hcrlaivs I'l csidint llnrilinjj Message To riUVi-eiicr At Washington Ttwiay In Washington, Oct. 26 (I!y The As sociated Press) In a message ol gieuling to the second national con ference on education for highway construction here today, President Harding declared that the problem of transportation is oho of t'ae most dif ficult faced by the nations of the world. The message, addressed to Dr. Walton John, executive secretary of the conference, said that the whole program of transportation must be regarded as a single problem for world consideration. Broke In Store Said He Was Drunk W. A. Lee was brought into police court Thursday morning charged with being drunk and disorderly and damaging real estate. It seems that Lee purchased on Wednesday night from one of Eliza beth City's bootleggers a pint of concentrated swamp dew and start ed to ramble. ' By twelve o'clock Lee had succeeded in putting himself around the entire pint. unionist party, in a manifesto He was evidently by this time, today, declared that the one ready for anything and anything . , , this time happened to be L. S. Hoop-I'8" f tP" f returned er's store on North Road street. To to power, will be to make good this store Lee wended his uncertain 'the Anglo-Irish treaty, to sup way and, he states, proceeded to set- . . - tie himself for repose on the store Prt he League of Nations, steps. Awakening, however, from his nd to aid the trade and em drunken stupor, Lee contends, that in ployment situation at home, an endeavor to accustom himself to I tho reeling world about him he fell! and pushed his head through the glass in the door. He stated this sob ered him and his first thought was to go somewhere else as rapidly as pos sible. By this time the alarm had I been given by Mrs, Seymour, wife of i Policeman Seymour, and the police gave chase and captured the fugitive.! In court Lee's past was looked into! and it was famed to police courts i and Jails had figured prominently In It so to protect him from himself tor a lHHo whllo ha wo. .!. Ih months on the road tor malicious damage to real estate and assessed a fine of $5 and costs for being drunk. Thera was no evidence that he actually entered the store. It was a matter of common report about the streets Thursday morning that Leary's store across the street had been broken Into but this was er roneous. DISPOSING OF WAR MATERIAL BIG JOB Washington, Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) One of the largest business enterprises conducted under one management In the United States during the past year has been the Government's Job of disposing of surplus war material. More than 100,000 different articles Jiave bfin, sold for ca(ih through a nation wide auction sale . system. Sales have been In progress five days in every week all the year and property that cost nearly half a billion dollars has been disposed of, the cash proceeds turned into the treasury aggregating approximately $83,000,000. A summary of the enormous trans action In which the War Department has been engaged, obtained for the office of Assistant Secretary Wain wrlght, who Is Uncle Sam's head salesman, shows that on September 1. 1921. there was available for sale about $750,000,000 in surplus war stocks, ranging in character and size from locomotives to pins and needles. One year later there re mained on hand of that amount properly worth $243,000,000 and of ficials today expressed the hope that Uncle Sam's shelves could be cleared in another six months. The rate of return to the Govern ment varied tremendously. On one small lot of lumber It received 116 per cent of what It paid In war times; on a great mass of gas manks sold for salvage the return was one-half of one per cent of what the cost. U. D. C. f.'csts At Decatur, Ga. Decatur, Ga., Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Important reports and discussions and an address by Miss Mildred Rutherford, of Athens, Ga., former president, featured the second day's sessions of the United Daughters of the Confederacy con vention here todny. Lau fjjpono Ganipalgn Premier At Glascow Declares That The Nation Needs Rest And Tranquility Glasgow, Oct. 26 (By The Associated Press) Premier Bonar Law arrived here today to open his campaign for the general election. A resolution unanimously adopted here indorses Law for Parliament from the Glasgow Central Division. Law told the West Scotland Unionist Association today, "My strong belief is that the nation needs rest and tranquil ity. My policy will be nega tive in this sense." Tasks Of Party London, Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Andrew Bonar Law, as leader of the Cuba To Have System Like Federal Reserve Washington, Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Former Governor Harding or the. Federal Reserve Board will leave next week for Cuba to study the financial situation with view to assisting In the Installation Ul ua.in.uiB bjsicih BlMlllar lO IUO Federal Reserve. Mrs. Gibson Clahs She Identified Psir New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 26 (By The Associated Press) Mrs. Jane GibBon, who claImsto have witnessed the murder of Rev. Edward Hall and Mrs. Eleanor R. Mills, told a news paper man today that she had iden tified the man she says shot the rec tor and identified the woman who she asserts was present. Mrs. Gibson said she recently recognized the man, whose name was called by his woman companion dur ing the killing, while visiting the dis trict attorney's office. She said Bhe knew the woman at the murder scene and had seen her since then. Turns Cptor Oar Into Fire Engine Copenhagen. Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Press) John Elleha'mmer, a Danish electrical engineer, has in- vented a device which will turn a motor car into a fire engine at a minute's notice. The attachment, which Is not much bigger than an ordinary alarm clock, will throw water to a height of 60 feet. Mr. Ellehammer believes his In vention will solve the problem of adequate protection against fire In villages and mansions at a minimum cost. SENATOR CURTIS ILL Washington, Oct. 26 (By The As sociated Tress) Senator Curtis of Kansas, assistant Republican floor leader In the Senate, Is 111 from di gestive disorders. Physicians re port that Improvement will make an operation unlikely. MRS. V. J. l.l'MSDEN fUJ'KS HOOKS TO THK UltRAKY The Public Library of Elizabeth City received as a gift today from Mrs. V. J. Lumsden 16 volumes of history and fiction. The fiction In cluded a complete set of the works of Thackeray. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kramer and son, Albert, spent Tuesday In Norfolk.
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