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anainTioy Tuesday . 77: WE ATI IE It I'robnUy rain tonight and Thursday. Warmer Thursday. Moderate East to South winds. i- ' , ! ! ! (.1 y V D 0. C C VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 27. C: 1 Urges Safety First Farming For Farmers In Pasquotank County Farm Agent Falls Thinks Farmers in This County Should Begin Now to Adapt Their Methods to Boll Wee vil Conditions and Will Not Only Tell But Also Show Them How to Do This During Coming Crop Year. County Farm Agent G. W. Falls is mapping out his work for 1923, anJ, regardless of whether Repre sentative Cohoon'g act creating a Pasquotank Commission of Agricul ture is passed or not, Mr. Falls is anxious to make this year's work his best in the County. . There will ibe demonstrations in very township in the County of the various crops grown here, and par ticular stress is to be laid on per-j manent pasture. Some of the crops, in which there will be demonstra-l Hons accessible to every part of the ! County are corn, cotton, Irish pota toes, soy beans and cover crops. i As to cotton, Mr. Falls looks for' a big crop this year. Pasquotank's cotton crop in 1922 was nearly i double that of 1921, and, with the', high prices received for the 19221 crop, an increased acreage seems; probable this year. As damage from the boll . weevil this year is hardly likely to exceed IB per cent, the probabilities indicate one of the! biggest cotton crops in the County's1 history in the fall of 1923. ! IWr, Falls believes that the rav ages of the boll weevil can be great-1 ly cut down toy the proper method j of cultivation and by the dusting i method. In the demonstration' patches of cotton, therefore, will be' demonstrated the best methods of cultivation and of the application of fertilizer as well as of the applica tion of poison by dusting machine and by hand. Test Tubercular Cows A cow testing campaign to dis cover the tuberculous cattle in the County is also planned for the year, (Mr. Falls having arranged with the State Department of Agriculture to send State Veterinarian Dr. Moore or his assistant hera in the near fu ture to test Pasquotank farmers' cows for this disease free of charge. It is part of Mr. Falls' campaign for ,the coming year ta stress the im portance of a family cow for every farm and he is ready not only to prove to any farmer the value of. - 1 . 1 .11 A 1 . . .. ' sucn a cow dui io am uie miiiici who hasn't one to getting one. i Hog feeding demonstrations are also to be conducted in various parts of the County, the matter of balanced rations as well as that of the use 'of self feeders being illustrated- Boys' pig clubs are also to be. fostered throughout the County. The treatment of hog lice with crude oil will also be illustrated and far mers taught how easily and effec tively they tnay rid. their hogs of this pest. Mr. Falls will also co operate with the agents of the United States Department of Agri culture in eradicating hog cholera In this County. A (tents Co-opcratlnjt Poultry clubs as well as pig clubs will foe fostered and in this work Mr. Falls will have the co-operation of County Home Agent Miss Albert son. There will be demonstrations in the construction of poultry houses in various parts of the County, and these will be of value to all farmers interested in poultry. There are already two modern poul try houses in the County, one on the farm of Carlton Jennings be tween Elizabeth fity and Weeks ville, and one on Dr. Hathaway's farm on the new brick road to New land. Mr. Falls seeks to interest adults as well ai children in poultry, and will wortc to the end during the coming year that there shall be at least 60 hens on every farm. Corn clubs and potato clubs are to be or ganized also. It being the present plan of the Elizabeth City Klwanh Club to footer the latter, i Mr. Falls is again planning to or ganize a wool pool among the wool growers In Pasquotank through Continued on Page 4 Notorious Gangster Has Been Arrested Toledo, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) Nathan Otterbeck, alias James Colsen, last member of the gang that robbed the Toledo postofftce of more than one million dollars In February, 1921, was ar rested at Davenport, Iowa, today, according to word to the Federal of ficials here. MANTEO SCHOOLS ARK CLOSED BY IIFLUENZA Wanchese. Jan. 29. The students who have been attending the Man teo High School are all home for this week as the school has been closed on account of Influenza. Mrs. E. Y. Etherldge has been very 111 for the past week with In fluenza. So far Wancheite liasn't had but three cases of Influenza but with so many canes of It In Manteo and people going back and forth It Is more than likely that there will be some casi of It down here. nou passengers ImllnnnpnHs, Jan. 31 (I!y The As- ,i;l,. i i . . , i rsndlts bHd ni LITTLE HOPE OF SAVING MINERS Two Hundred and Fifty Are Cut Off in Heinitz Mine hy ' Firedamp Following an Ex plosion. Berlin, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) Fire damp following an explosion has cut off 250 miners In Heinitz mine at Beuthen, Polish Silesia, says a Central News mes sage. There is little hope, the mes sage adds, of saving any of the im prisoned miners. ' Vote Thursday on Club Constitution Woman's Club Members Requested By President to lie Present and Prepared The regular meeting of the Wo man's Club will be held Thursday afternodh at 3:30 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, and the president requests that each member clip from page three of The Advance today the proposed consti tution and by-laws, read them care fully and take them with her to the meeting. The constitution and by-laws are to be voted upon and it is important that members give them careful con sideration and be prepared to dis cuss them and vote upon them in telligently. Changes can le easily made now that will be more difficult to make later. Other important matters will come up that have to do with get ting a real start on the work to be done by the club and the president hopes that all members who can will be present. - Wood-Williams The marriage of Mrs. Fanny Lamb Williams of Elizabeth City and Mr. George Collins Wood of Edenton was solemnized Wednesday morning at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. F. Randolph, Washington, N. C. The wedding was a very quiet one, only the family and a few intimate friends being present. The cere mony was performed by Rev. Steph en Gardner, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal church, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Wood will make their home on Greenfield Plantation, near Eden ton. The bride had made her home for part of the time with her sister. I Mrs. J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus of this city, and her friends here were man.' Mr. and Mrs. Ehrlnghaus left here Tuesday to attend the wedding. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Randolph will return with them and spend some time here as their guests. Rfefugee Ship Sinks Twenty Lives Lost Manila, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) With the arrival here of the steamship Paris, belated mem ber of the fleet of Russian refugees, It was learned today that her sister ship sunk off Formosa last week with a loss of twenty lives. Seven others who clung to the funnel for four hours were rescued by the Paris which collided with the Ajax in a furious storm. FLUES GIVE ALMOST AS MUCH TROUBLE AS FLU Defective flues are giving almost as much trouble as flu, though not perhaps to the same people. The flre company was called Tuesday af ternoon at 6:20 to the house on' Pearl street occupied iby "Mrs. Doyle 'Mann, where a defective flue had; causjMl trouble. The flre was ex tinguished 'by chemicals. The dam-, age was about $10. A few minutes later the company was called to the house on Morgan! street-occupied by John 'L. Pendle- ton, where a defective flue had again i started something. This time there was no damage. On Wednesday morning at 8:40 the fire company was called to the house on Dunstan'a Lane occupied by 'Maria Gates, colored. This was! a chimney flre and no damage re-1 suited. ARMED MEN RAID HOUSE IlLOW UP FRONT PART Dublin, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) The residence of Sir Horace Flunked at Foirook was de stroyed fry f r today. A bund of ; ! i ' t t vesler- CITY OWES DEBT , TO THE FARMER F. H. Jeter Talks of Farm er's Prohleins at Wadesho ro Cham her of Commerce Annual Dinner. Wadesboro, N. C, Jan. 31 (By The Associated Press) Diverslflca tion in agricultural crops with the production of cotton in boll weevil sections under the latest approved methods, and close co-operation be tween business men of North Caro lina cities and farmers of country districts, were urged by F. H. Jeter, editor of the State Agricultural Ex tension Service, in an address last night at the annual dinner of the Wadesboro Chamber of Commerce. The city Is under obligations to; the country, said Mr. Jeter, and must recognize that new life and new wealth and most of the crude ma terials needed In 'business and indus try are created In the soil. "There is no need for me to go extensively into the absolute depend ence of the city upon its surround ing territory," he said. "I have only to point out to you the difference in the prosperity of your town after the farmers have harvested a good crop, for which they received a fair price against those periods where there has been practically a crop failure. "Of all the times of the year, I( think the fall or harvest time ap-j peals to me most, because it is then that the farmers are bringing in their produce, debts are ibeing paid,! there is an air of Industry and pro-i gress throughout the entire townl and the people seem to be in better; spirits than they are during the try-! ing days of the spring and the long hot days of the summer. This is true especially when there has been a good crop year. "You people concerned in the fu ture prosperity of Anson County must consider what will happen if your farmers are entirely dependent on cotton and the boll weevil does the damage here I have seen it so in some cotton counties of Georgia and elsewhere. "During the past two years up un til September 1, 1922, I was en gaged in a study of the boll weevil problems for the soil improvement committee of Atlanta. It was given me to travel over the entlrs South, from Texas to North Caro'.ina. I saw many distressing lrffcidents on account of the damage done by this pest, though, of course, I also saw In cidents where courageous farmers had taken things into their hands and had whipped the boll weevil at his own game. What Happened In Georgia "Probably no one entire county, however, remains fixed In my mem ory stronger than does Putnam County, Georgia. This county did not believe the warnings and did not read the signs of the previous year and in 1921 again put in all the cot ton they could possibly plant. I vis ited this county in the fall and win ter of 1921-22, and talked with a number of leading farmers and ibusl ness men. The county normally yielded 17,000 bales of cotton. In 1921, It produced 397 bales. "Ail the tenants in a large planta tion would go In together in some, cases and gin one light bale of cot-j ton. I saw a number of people that would spend that winter largely on j lUc IW11UIJ tuu 5111 men "J wvinio more fortunate. The negro laborers began to move away. Most of those who remained went hungry and bare foot during the winter, and their! white masters or landowners were, unable to help them because they themselves were badly In debt and' were at the mercy of banks and business men. j "The one (bright spot In the county j was a creamery built by a business1 man of the city a year or two be-1 fore, and maintained at a loss be-j cause he saw the need of such a course of cash income to those far-1 mers who would be hard hit whenj the boll weevil did arrive in large numbers. Thus, practically In onej season was the prosperity of Eaton-, ton, the county seat of Putnam 1 County, wiped out. Of the three banks, two failed. What Happened To Business "Both of the picture shows closed except that one remained open on Saturday nights. Merchants dis charged their clerks because they did not need them and they them selves lounged around the doorways of their places of business with woe begone expressions. All the drug stores posted farge placards bearing these words: 'We sell for cash only.' "Had It not been for the one creamery established at Eatonton, a number of farmers would have had practically no Income that winter and the spring of 1922. And this was the result of a business man's foresight. "The business men of Wadesboro, therefore, can give help and encour-i agement in the successful growing of cotton under boll weevil condi tions for I do not believe that we should abandon cotton altogether, but at the same time you business men ran also give help and encour agement for the production of other crops. DISORDER IN IK El .AND Dublin, Jan. 31 (I'y The Ancl ! . I it- .-) -. . 1 1 ..! ,r ionitTj are , . . , H (: - 1 " . work. Parent-Teachers Planning Tag Day Meanwhile, However, Money In lliitl ly Neenle.l for Milk At lrlmar,v School The Parent-Teachers , Association is planning to cerebrate February 17th, which is the anniversary of the founding of the organization in America, as tag day, in order to make money to carry on the work of the association. This was decided upon at Tuesday afternoon's meeting. At this meet ing the resignation of Mrs. G. P. Hood as treasurer was accepted and Mrs. A. B. Houtz was appointed to lili the unexpired term. 'Mrs. C. W. Melick read a very helpful paper on "The Mother as a Citizen." The work of serving milk at the primary school is being carried on efficiently under the direction of Mrs. Chas. Lane, who heads this committee. Elizabeth City women are glad to give their time to the task and there are always volun teers. The milk furnished the chil dren is pure and they drink it right from the 'bottle through a straw with great enjoyment. Forty-nine children are now being furnished milk free. These children were weighed this week and showed gains of from half a pound to six pounds since their last weighing a few weeks ago. Like everything else, the chief trouble about providing this milk Is the money. For the month of Janu ary 249 gallons of milk were nerved at 45 cents a gallon, costing 1111.28. The January bill for crackers was $17.50. The sum of 62 was paid by children who pay for their milk, leaving a remainder of $66.78. Each month the city gives $10, the school board $10, and the County board of education $10. The December deficit of $58 was paid by the Rotarians. This time a committee from the Rotarians will assist a committee from the Parent Teachers Association to collect fund. to pay the bill. The money Is badly needed and any one who will Is ask ed to contribute. Any amount, large or small, will be appreciated. The money should be sent to Mrs. A. B, Houtz, Matthews street, v Watts Takes Refuge In a Sanatorium Statesvllle, Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) A. D. Watts, for mer commissioner of revenue, Is In a Statesvllle sanatorium today, fol lowing the nervous shock caused by his arrest in Raleigh on immorality charges. KOAO BOND BILL PASSES SENATE ON HKCOND READING Raleigh, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) After voting down all amendments to the fifteen million dollar highway measure, the Senate passed the bill on second reading; 42 to 3 today and placed It on the calendar for , third and final vote. The measure has already passed the House without amendment. The Senate also confirmed the appointment of Alexander S. Haynes of Winston-Salem as a member of the Highway Commission from the i Seventh District, succeeding R. A Doughton. MANY BILLS INTRODUCED Raleigh. Jan. 31 (By The Asso ciated Press) Bills designed to pro- vide additional safety for railway 1 passengers, regulation of train! crews, relief of the State museum j and to abolish the privy examination of women in contracts were intro duced In the House today. Most of the other measures introduced were of local nature. SIDEWALK BEING PAVED Paving Is being laid for a con crete sidewalk on the south side of West Fearing street, the first work of the sort undertaken by the city th's year. The city has quite an ex tensive sidewalk paving program mapped out, but little actual work has been done recently. LEAF TOBACCO ON HAND IS I.ESS THAN YEAR AGO Washington. Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) Stocks of leaf to bacco held by manufacturers and dealers on January 1 were 149, 130,098 pounds compared with 1,561,846,372 pounds a year ago. NEGRO OFFICERS HELD New Origans, Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) Negro officers of Garveys Association are being held here today on the charge of murder. NO CHANGE IN PERSONNEL OF RAILWAY DIRECTORS New York. Jan. 31 (By The Asso ciated Press) The President and other officers of the Chesapeake Ohio will continue to hold their po sitions despite the fact that the old board of directors has ibeen replaced by one representing the Vanswer Ingen Interests of Cleveland now In control of the road. It was an nounced st the offices of the road to dav t! n( no chanf.'-s In (be personnel .. ." - r..rt,vT.'i'- ' f - !' f-r.- Rotary Minstrels Net Tidy Amount' "Every day in every way I'm net ting rougher and tougher," Elbert Spence, end man at the notary Min strels Monday and Tuesday night, said to Jnterlocutor D. Guy Brockett. And then Mr. Spence proceeded to name a list of the bisgest, huskiest men In Elizabeth City whom he pro fessed himself ready and able to lick. Among them was Curt Vance, who had been on the stage earlier In the evening but who was at this time out In the audience. Mr. Vance took exception to Spence's remarks and came down the aisle to the stage and proposed to settle the question forthwith. Out of the heated dia logue that threatened every moment to end in personal violence, the end man finally got out a complete sen tence. "Are you positive you can lick me?" he inquired beligerently. "Absolutely," was the answer. "All right then,"aid Elbert, ron eillatingly and entirely mollified, then I'll scratch your name off my list." The second nlnht's crowd was not quite as large ns the first ninht's, but It was a good house at that, more than three fourths of the seats be ins sold. And to those in the show and to those in the audience to every body, in fuct, except the ticket sell ers the audience presented the ap pearance of a full house and showed all the enthusiasm of one, leaving those taking part In the show noth ing to complain of on that score. Rotarians are gratified at and ap- preclatlve of. the success of their first minstrels and are especially de lighted at the tidy sum now In the treasury for the underprivileged boy. Suit For Divorce Up Tuesday Week The suit of Mrs. Helen Stone Love for divorce and alimony from her husband, W. T. Love, Sr., is on the calendar for trial on Tuesday, the second day of the February term of Superior Court, which convenes Monday, February 12. Cases set for Monday are as fol lows: Dr. T. S. McMullan vs. Darius White, et al; Dr. A. L. Pendleton et avs. Norfolk Southern R. R.; Mrs. L. E. Skinner vs. C. R. Pugu, et al; C. H. McLellan vs. Surfmen's Benefit Association; W. G. Coppersmith et al vs. H. A. Brownley, et Al; J. C. Love vs. O. F. Gilbert; G. G. Meads vs. Foreman-Derrick8on Veneer Co. Other cases for Tuesday are: Sarah F. Corbett vs. M. D. Twl ford; Noah White vs. Galther Toxey; M. L. tClark and A. D. Cropsey vs. W. F. Leary et al; Rowan Wilson vs. Newbern Produce Co.; M. P. Gal lop Co. vs. Jas. M. Hill; Trannle Crank et al vs. Mike Mettrey et al. Cases for Wednesday are: Albemarle Fertilizer Co. vs. J. L. Forbes; C.P. Forbes et al vs. E. L. Deans et al; J. M. Jennings vs. Highway Commission; L. E. Wllklng vs. A. G. B. Salter; D. M. Jones Co. vs. Betsey Motor Co. et al; L. B. Woodhouse vs. M. R. Fletcher; Al bemarle Motor Co. vs. Truxton Sykes; L. S. Gordon vs. W. T. Old. Cases for Thursday are: Norfolk Southern R. R. vs. A. B. Houtz et al; J. T. Davis vs. Edith Davis; Clara Butts and Vir vs. Nor folk Southern R. R. Co.; Merchants & Planters Bank vs. J. A. MeCloud; Sabria Getslnger vs. L. M. Rountree et al; Electric Welding Co. vs. E. City Ship Yard Co.; Hlllery Cart wright vs. Prosser Sawyer; C. B. Morrlsette vs. Peter Mullan; Noah Gregory vs. E. City Boat Line. Cases for Friday are: Savings Bank & Trust Co. vs. Laura M. Rltter et al; Susan Chorey et al vs. Weeksvllle Ginning Co,; Venters & Bro. vs. Herman New bern; A. 13. Walston vs. J. M. Wood ley; Attle Coppersmith vs. Wm. Bll lups; W. I. Brothers vs. Ella P. Brothers; George Lister vs. Maggie Lister; Watson & Simpson vs. Nor folk Southern R. R. Co.; Catherine W. Brown, admnx. vs. W. H. Jen nings Pt al; Margaret Bryant vs. Laura M. Davis, admnx., et al; Jo die Bell vs. W. II. Holland; M. C. Iove vs. D. Pender Grocery Co.; J. C. Davis, director gen. et al vs. New bern Produce Co.; A. S. Lee & Sons vs. J. A. MeCloud. KILLED IN COLLISION XEAIt MEXICO CITY Mexico City, Jan. 31 (By The As-1 sociated Press) Six persons are1 dead and twenty-two are Injured H.-j the result of a head-on collision yes terday In the outskirts of the city between trains on the National Rail way. MILADY'S SHOP WILL OPEN OX THURSDAY In today's Issue of The Advance Miss Sarah G. Spence Is announcing the opening of Mllady'i Shop, a mo dern beauty parlor where manicur ing, shampooing, scalp and facial treatments will be given by Miss Spence herself, who is a graduate of the well known Marinello School In New York City. Milady's Shop Is located In the Kramer Building and the ladles of (he cMnmun'ty are fnrui.illy Invited ISMET PASHA ASKS m EEKS DELAY Explains to Near East Confer ence That Time Would' De Spent in Trying Reach Agreement. Lausanne, Jan. 31 (By The Asso ciated Press) -Ismet Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation to the Near East conference, has asked for a delay of two weeks before signa ture of the peace treaty and a de lay of eight days before themeet Ing of the conference commission. The interval, he explained, would.be employed in striving by every meaUs to reach an agreement. Two Corporals Held For Daring Robbery Newport News, Jan. 31 (By The Associated Press) Charged with the daring holdup and robbery of the $43,000 army payroll In front of the First National Bank of Hamp ton yesterday, Corporals John Wood and James Harvey were held under military guard at Langley Pf$ to day pending decision as to whether they will be tried before ciVy or military court. V The men are said to have had greater portion of the money rn. their possession when arrested last night. Search far the $5,000 in silver which the men were forced to aban don is being continued. The Army Board later today start ed an inquiry, and the check-up showed only $2,790 missing. Tha corporals refused to discuss the case and police sought a man known as Smltty and a woman said to have been intimate with one of the men under arrest. Great Britain Will Accept U. S. Terms London, Jan. 31 (By The Associ ated Press) Great Britain hag de cided to accept the American offer in regard to funding the British war debt to the United States. The terms are three per cent for ten years and three and a halt per cent thereafter. ' To Issue Mileage Interchangeable Washington, Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) The railroads have' 'been ordered by the Interstate Com merce Commission to resume selling Interchangeable mileage books good for twenty-five hundred miles travel at reductions of twenty per cent from regular passenger rates. The sale must begin March 15, the Com mission decided and a number ot small roads were excluded from the requirements because of financial inability to meet the reduction. Riveting Work Is Not Finished Yet B11O Weather Ham Slowed Down ProgreKM At Knoblm Creek And Day's Riveting Still Undone Unfavorable weather this week has delayed the completion of the riveting work on Knobbs Creek, bridge. Apparently another day's work remained to be done Wednesday af ternoon, practically no headway having been made during the morn ing on account of the rain, Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock the riveting gang had not returned to work and probably no riveting was done during the re mainder of the day. However, workmen were foupy Wednesday afternoon on the wood en forms Into which the concrete that Is to constitute the "(bottom" of the bridge Is to be poured, and trttrks were busy hauling the sand and crushpd stone that are to go In to the cement mix for the concrete bottom of the bridge and the bridge approaches. ' lirli k will be laid over the bottom ami the approaches to the bridge, merging imperceptibly with the pav ing now down on the road Itself. MIXED HUSBANDS' ASHES New York, Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) A woman here lost her $10,000 suit against a crema tion company yesterday. She charg ed that they mixed the ashes of her two husbands. MAYOR IS WARNED Monroe, I., Jan. 31 (By The As sociated Press) The mayor of Mer Rouge last night received a warning to leave town or prepare to die. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET New York, Jan. 31. Spot cotton closed quiet. Middling 27.50. Fu tures, closing bid, March 27.39, May 27.63. Ju!y 27.19, Oct.!-..-r 25.00. J--'- ' ? FT.
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