* VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING JULY 14. 1923. I'OUU PACES. NO. Proper FunctioflrOf^AJEair? Is Not Merely Amusement Sa\? Mr*. Kditli \ iindrrliill, Speaking at GoliMmni. W !>?? S t k> lo Enruurtifir Community and Di-trirl Fair* a* Well a* the (Iroal Slate Fair at KhIimxIi Cnldsboro. July 14.?"Th?- proper ? fu : tlor of a Stat" Fair, or any fair., is . ot the amusement of |?l?'a?uri' s? ? declared Mrs. Edith Van-1 dVs'idlt. president of the North Car olina Agricultural Society, in an ad dress lure thin morning. "It i* for the development along proper line* of duration in agriculture, industry and general knowledge." ! SJrs. Vanderbllt said the mistakes of the past and hopes for tlio future! should he brought out clearly so that farmers might visualize where they can plant better crops and ??realize bigger returns?where in-, dusty may learn lessons of benefit and where the coal of all that is* good for everyone may be placed in a way that Is easy to understand, that, is by the use of ones eyes and ear?" "The other function of a state ? fair." Mrs. Vanderbllt continued. "Is its value to the State as a whole in displaying In attractive fashion so that it will bring not only exhibitors of the country^ best, but people' from other states aind parts of the ( country to see what our State has to exhibit. "I will venture to say there Is no other state on the Atlantic Seaboard that can present so much in the way of natural resources as North Caro lina. I will also venture to state that today a State Fair on a state-wide basis and financially organized would do more for North Carolina in five years than a million dollars s|>ent in any other way. Even with the lim ited facilities a-nd-means of last year we are hearing good comments from as far North as New Hampshire, Northwest from Wisconsin. West in Indiana and Missouri. The whole South is waking up to what a State Fair will do towards boosting the state ahead. "Our cattle exhibits wore conslft ?red very fine and cattle breeders throughout the,country have put our fair on their list. . . . Our other departments are receiving equal at tention. "The fair Is owned and run by the "North Carolina Agricultural Society. TJMs is a membership organization whose list Is in no wise restricted. Anyone may Join who has the lnter 6ft and will do so. It Is not in anv way a private corporation for making . money. In fact if we can succeed In -do..lonstrating the value of the Fair a? a State Fair an&MWState Institu tion the Legislature will be asked to take it over, lock, stock and barrel and run it as such. That Is the log ical conclusion of the enterprise. "This section jot North Carolina has not manifested any particular in terest in the State Fa'ir. and I must ?confess I am at a loss to understand this attitude. 1 am sure the matter has not before been presented In the proper light and that Is the purpose of my visit here today. "You have some excellent county and community fairs and I suggested that the best from these be sent on to Ilalelgh as an exhibit collectively from such county. The community and county fair Is an important in stitution and should be the feeder for the State Fair. "In the first place, I should like! to have, and I hope It can be ar ranged. an exhibit from this county and city. Thjs should Include every thing of which you are proud. "Second. I would like very much to have an exhibit from every con corn that Is producing anything of which it has the right to be proud. "Third, I would more than 11kto see enough Interest manifested by; the citizens of this county to secure a formidable lint of members In the North Carolina Agricultural Society. "Fourth. I would consider It a vorv fine thing. Indeed. If we could set, aside one day In the week of the fair, for the people of this section to come en masse. Then we could secure special trains and run excursions. And lastly, please remember that these things which I am asking of you to do are not for my benefit, but; for your own good and the good and , glory of the Old North State." Mrs. Vanderbllt said her trip through Eastern North Carolina was primarily for the purpose of promot ing the Interest of the North Caro lina State Fair and to stimulate In terest In It and the county and com munity fairs of the State. MAKK I.NHl?K<TION OF THK PAAQUOT.4NK RIVKR H V. Joyce. assistant engineer In the Fnlted State* Engineers' office at Norfolk and J. W. Coleman, from the Mme office, were In the city Thurs day snd Friday of this week aecur tnc additional Information relative to Government Improvement of the Pasquotank 'river. The additional Information was needed In connec tion with a Government report - on the hearing held In Elisabeth City la?t November. <;kttinc; ready to NOMINATK Al. SMITH French I.trk, Ind., July 14. ? Churle* F. Murphy, Tammany Hall leader. arrived here yenterday for MBfwnw looking toward Al Smith'* nomination for the presi dency. CONVICTS MARK THItll.LlNG ESCAPE 1-lilladt luliU. July 1 I - Si\ convicts escaped from the east ern State penitentiary today. After beatinc the guards they made tin ir way over tin- walls, h?id up a motor truck, and fl*?d iu the direciiun of Fairmont Park. All wore said to be armed. MISERY STALKS IN MINING TOWNS Fire Starling Friday After noon Swept Way Through Mile and Half of Homes, Stores and Milling Works. Waller**. Idaho. Ju'.y )4-.?Misery stalks today In tlie little towns of Durke and Mace., after devastation bv Are starting about 1 o'clock yes terday atfernoon and sweeping Its way through nearly a mile and a half of homes, stores and mining, works. No deaths have been reported thus far. but the entire business section of Burke was destroyed and virtual ly every home there Is in ruins. The loss is put at 11,500,000. Mace suffered less seriously, but about 1,000 persons are homeless there. It will take several days to quench the flre, as huge piles of timber cribbing under the Hecla Mining plant nearly a quarter of a mile hi length are a mass of. flames today. FALLS TO DEATH I FROM WINDOW Lumber President of Blue field, West Virginia, Found Dead at Bottom of Shaft at Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. Philadelphia, July 14.?Clarence p. Sweet of Itlueflfld, West Virginia, president of the National Lumber Company, was found dead today at the bottom of the airshaft of Pelle vue-Stratford Hotel, where he had a room on the fifth floor. Sweet's skull was crushed from the fall from the window of his room. ' I Papers found among his rfTeets Indicated, according to the police, that things had not been going well for him. SCOTT SAI.ES COMPANY LEASES NEW OUAKTEKS j T'.? Scott Sale* C >i ii unv manu factures of Scott sov bean harvest ers. nav -leased tie* bill Ml In 4 on Fast Fearing street, formerly occupied by the Stardard PlmriMAC/. and an* fit ting tho building ip for a factory for the manufacture of their harvesters. In 'is new quarters, the Scott Sale* Company will probably have the mix! commodious and b^t housed roy be-in haivcvfer factory In Northeastern North Carolina. AIIE READY TO SCRAP U. S. BATTLESHIPS Washington, July 14.?Definite steps toward fulfilling the terms of the naval limitation treaty, now rat ified by all the powers, were taken I today by Secretary I)enby when he j called a meeting of the Naval Coun- | dl to arrange the details of scrap ping battleships abandoned under: the limitation proposal. SHOOTS HIS WIFE AND THEN SUICIDES HUh Point, July 14.?Orady Tay lor. aged 22. la dead and hid wife In probably fatally wounded an the re ault of ahootlng believed to have been done by Taylor about dome*tlc trouble*, who then, It la believed, committed suicide. RTO('KIIOIJ)KltS OF FAIR Hol.li MKfCTI\<J TIRADAY The atockboldera of the Albemarle*; Fair Aaaoclatlon will hold a meeting Tueaday night at 7:30 at the office of the Carolina Potato Kxchang?* The time of the meeting wa* flrat announced for Monday night but wan Changed to Tuesday for the conveni ence of a number of stockholder*. ? | ?*OTTOX MARKKT New York. July 14.?Spot cotton., cloaed quiet. Middling 28.00 Futu re*. closing bid. July 27.23. Oct. 24 17. Dec. 23 48. Jan 23 44. March 23.41, trading * New York. July 14.?8pot cotton, opened today at. the following lev el*: July none. Oct 24.&0. Dec. 14.07, Jan 23.7S, March 22.IS. j Rpfcians ^ntonco Germans To D?af T.? A?0Ci4t?-4 Prw.1 \i\ f.a t*l .. !?? 1. . J It :> 14.-. Tli? I?? martial here today itu I'Ov. ,1 ?1..- ?!? :iiii penalty uiwn three (leriu.ius. Count Von K ll??r. I.tuhvu ami KijiKondor, and life imprison ment uj?on a fourth, Lorber. on con vietion of sabotage. I1LES DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST MILLIONAIRE Chicago, July 14. ? W. K. D. Stokc.-i. millionaire and Now York clubman and ? banker, was toda> named defendant in a $50,000 dam ago suit filed in superior court her by Hal DliUg. Jr.. Chicago real es tate dealer. Itillig was named in di vorce ? proceedings between tin* ;Stoks. which arc >t i 11 pending ir. (New York. otiiei(T:iiakges cismv FltOM FI .OGLING CASE Humbert on. July 14.?Mike T.aw '.son, John Hedgepeth. and Jule Hrog ,den were yesterday committed to jail iwithout bail to await trial following 'arraignment for burglary and other charges growing out >of the Proctor ville flogging case. I'MFOUM F.WIKS IX MKXICO Mexico City. July 14.?Mexico soon Is to have standard rates on railroad fares, applicable throughout the country. The cost of a first class ticket will he two and one quarter cents. American money, a mile. Sec ond class tickets will be one and one eighth cents a mile. M. P. Jennings Will Have Charge Welfare i During Absence Mrs. Lewis Who Attends Summer Insti tute at Chapel Hill j County Superintendent of Educa tion M. P. Jennings will have charge of welfare work for this County dur ?lng the absence of Mrs. Anna l.eww, who leaves Sunday night for Chapel Hill, where she will attend th?* Sum mer Institute of Welfare Officers of | North Carolina, being held at that 'place from July 16 to 27. Mr. Jennings' phone number I* ? and those desiring the services of ; the welfare officer are assured that ?their calls will receive proper atten tion from Mr. Jennings until Mrs. I Lewis returns. Boy Scouts Leave Monday For Camp Scoutmaster Scattergood Will See That Boys Deliver Pa pers During Camp Period ( A number of hoy Scouts will loaVe the city Monday for a .two weeks' 1 camping trip at Arneuse Creek. ' Scouts who have to he In the city to deliver papers in the afternoon [will be brought to town each even | Ing in time to make delivery and will : return the same night. Expenses for the two weeks' trip is three dollars to be paid in ad vance. The necessary equipment is ,one change of underwear, stockings, and shirt, laundry soap, toilet soap, tooth brush and mess kit. Water and ground sport* will be enjoyed during the camping trip and lectures will be given on first aid and other scout work. The boys attending the first camp ing trip to Arneuse Creek reported a "grand time" upon their return and the number attending this time will probably be even larger than It was [before. FA LI >4 FROM I.AI>l>Klt AM) ItllF.A KM TWO III IIS K H. WillIminn. painter. fell from a ladder while painting a residence on Weft Church atreet Saturday morning at about 11:30. Dr. Wal-j ker wn( called and found that two ribs were broken. It la believed. , however, that no Internal Injuries were Buffered. Mr. William* win tak<*n to his home on Cherry ntree!. RKVIVA1. AT OAK HUM;*! KKV. K. F. MAM. ritKA4Tfl.NO flood reporta are coming In from 1 the revival meeting which In In pro uresa thin week at Oak Rldxe Raptlat Church In Camden County. The congregation* have been un usually larg** at each service. Many are attending the meeting from j fthawboro. Old Trip. Indiantowii. Currituck. Shlloh, and KI Ira bet h CI- i ty. Friday night tne church wan crcwded. Kvery available seat waa; taken and there were many who stood In the doom at the windows. \ Deep spiritual Intereat ia being ? hown In the meeting. Friday night there were nix. received TOT bitptl*m. Rev R F. Hall of thin cl'y la do ing the preaching. Rev. W. J. Ry rum In paator of ftak Ridge Church. Services are held afternoona at three o'clock and at night at eight o'clock. , The meeting will probably close Sun-. day night. IiARI)l\n NAMES IT WONDERLAND I'rr-iilfiil iiiui Hi- 1'nrtv l\ liau-t \ oraliulary a- Sin-rial I rain I .arrir<i i Ifrtii Into I In* Hi-art of Ala?ku. ?I?1 V.i? Auot'U'od Pkh I \board lliirtlinu's Special .Train. | Alaskan Railroad, July 14?Tin* lan j iiuam- of description was exhausted, I l?y rn-flil'lit and Mrs. Hardinu and , member* of tlu-ir party today as . tIndr special train rallied tlu-ni ovi'r [this <o?v<-n.m?-nt-huilt railroad into I the In art of Maska.whleli the Pres ident termed "America's Wondi r t land " i The whole ii*i|? (norland is In Sum made by d:ivliuln which lasts almost jtw. i t>-four hours a...day at this time ? of tin- y?-nr here. | State Asks Pastors i To Aid Deaf Persons i Problem Can Be Solved By As sisting Them in Securing Sustaining Positions Raleigh. July 14.?J. M. Uolnrt json. Chief of the Bureau for the l)ei?f ;of the State Department of Labor ( and Printlug has sent letters to 11??? pastors of all churches In the state asking heir assistance In solving the j problem of placing deaf persons iu "sustaining positions." ? "You have employers of various !classes under your charge," said Mr. | Robertson in his letter to the minis ters. "Will you kindly get them in terest eel in apd willing to employ the ideaf? Many of the employers know |nothing about the deaf, and, there J fore, are afraid they cannot use them to advantage. You know deaf peo jple are handicapped in some ways, I but they can do many things as well ias their more fortunate workers. } "It is a deplorable practice on the part of some employees who hire i deaf persons, on finding lUem Ineffi cient, to discharge them on the as sumption that they represent tlu deaf as a class. It is manifestly un fair to appraise the qualifications of ;the deaf-as a whole by the short comings of a few. This practice en ? tails unnecessary hardships on th * deaf. ^ "Please impress upon your mem bers the facP$hat one unsatisfactory | deaf person does not represent the ! deaf people as a whole. Purthe.* t mTTii? itihl ilit- duut dislike to l>e_giv ien eWiployment for charity's sake. I All they ask is a fair show. Ask I handling the de>af on giving them 'employers to exercise patience in i work, considering the handicaps this class of employees have to overcome, j As a rule the deaf are quick to takrt j hold of new work and with little I time and effort can master the trttaks | assigned them <and soon give good j service. "You enn be of great help to this Unreau. Ry arousing in your mem bership and cuu^regation a sympa thetic interest in atfd an understand ig of the deaf, you will help put me in better position to make emlpoy- i era more willing to listen when 1 rail on them in the interest of the deaf workers." Mr. 'Robertson called attention to the fact that the 14th Census of th 'i I United States showed that the deaf-j mute population of the country is' engaged in agrictflure, forestry and animal husbandry; extraction of i minerals, manufacturing and me- j chanical industries, transportation,; {trade. Public Service, professioal ser- j vice, domestic and personal service and clerical occupations. SWEDEN GOES A FTEIt THE l?!M RUNNERS Stockholm. July 14,?A severe blow has been d*?alt the rum-running fraternity of Sweden through the adoption by the Riksdag of two bills which aim to curtail the activity of smuggling . One bill call* for the fHtahlixhlnK of a special police force against liquor smuggling In the city and archipelago of Stockholm, and the other Involves Increased severity of punishment for violation of the liquor Import lawa. The creation of a special patrolj for Stockholm, and the appropriation of about $36,000 thereto wiu? passed only after considerable debate. The amendment to the smuggling law provided a maximum penalty of one year*! Imprisonment at hard labor for offender* found guilty of exten-| slve smuggling of unlawful Import for commercial vain. In certain canes also the master of a ahlp upon ! which smuggling ban b?-en attempted can be held legally responsible. These reatrletlve measures by the Ttlksdag have been necessitated be cause of the persistent smuggling %hlch has been carried on across the sea coast of Sweden. I?arge quanti ties have been brought In Illegally, the principal purveyors being Kntho nla and Germany. Although Sweden la not a prohibition country, the Ille gal distribution of liquor has become profitable hecauae. under the "Bratt system" of liquor rationing. Swedish subject* are not legally entitled to more than a prescribed quantity of alcoholic beverage* a month. SKl/.K BOATS IN 1 vri: am.ii^ >HMi J ii 1 \ II.?Federal . <i .( .. u>*i. i? (i Tr .1 .?> I?? partin* nt ri*i?r? m n. '.iii\i: io?1m> H'izcd 2?>0 motor '?O.it oft I ? <.]-. . \\'\ luli-t t? . and TpmiIoii. Tin* rathm* w ? n? uot in I ho faro o! an anvr.v mob who. according lo officers. attempted at <>ri* linif to dyn mailt'" a small bridge. WONT LOSE CENT | BY DEFALCATION Fir*l X ('iti/.rn* National (il l S825.91 Out of l.oot l{.-i Hivcrcd W lien Syko* \m>l ???! Is I iiilrrstaiuliiij; llcrc. j That tin* Fir?t Cltl7? ns National 1 Hank Mauds to Jose nothing l?v tlioj 'defalcation ot John l>. Sykea. Jr.. i* prol?uhl\ th" Interesting dovei-i opment here of tin* iii'v'n that Syke-i still hud ahont liNlf of tin- money I j which ho got from tho hank whon lio I was arrested and that this nmount! [will ho recovered l?y tho bonding I ?company. j Sykea' hond was $25,000 and It 'was nt first thought that tho hond J ?would ho amtdo to protect tho hank ' for tho nmount that tho younp col-' hctlon toller had made way with.] Subsequent and complete Invcstiua tlon, however, disclosed that the e\ <act amount of the defalcation was $25,825.94; and so had Sykea never been apprehended or had he spent all hl.4 loot when caught the hank's loss would have been $#25.95. However, It Is .understood here I that under the term's of the hond tho |bank is llrst entitled to r^over the I amount of its loss l?y the defalcation, and that the" remainder hops to the I bonding company. Thus the bonding company Iohos the amount of Sykes* ih'falcat ion less what is recovered af Iter tin- bank's $825.9$ has b??-n d? 'ducted from it. I The bank loses nothlnu. Ain't bonding companies wonder ful? To Launch Attacks from High Altitudes llrltain Plan* Huge Airship* That Will Hover Over the Cloud* nod Flglit London. July 14.?KpHs are now 1 being laid in Great Britain for huge Irigid airships which will hover above the clouds with a number of small ' fightIng machines on board ready to launch at a foe. says an fce'roTiaTitiral iexpert In the London Daily Chron icle The tank of these new machines ! In war. he says, will be to carry aloft to immense heights and to trans port. If necessary, thousand* of miles, squadrons of swift, deadly, steel built "attack-planes." These will be I launched from high above the clouds', {and will rush at 20it mile*, an hour i mid more earthward to harry other 'aircraft and raid the commerced the jseas. / ?>. "The airships will have the power, I lacking in a small machine." the 'writer says, "of long-distance Mights ait a great altitude, while, on the other hand, the small planes they I carry will be able to ou?tfly and out 11ipcht anv machine laden for a long Journey. "In the case of specially-organized attacks by these formidable air borne fighters on 'planes carried at Ise? by mother-ships, the tactics of [the craft sent darting down from air ships will .be to dive pell-mell on their surface-launched opponents, and strike them deadly blows before they can gain the vantage-point of ?ltlt tide. "Height In air-warfare is the key ' to victory, and these airships carrier lighters wili have the advantage of >M?ing in a position to choose their own moment for a swoop upon ene my craft climbing from the earth." The Chronicle's contributor say* that France, Italy and the Cnlted . States all show a growing recognition I of the importance of mobile "aerial J harbors" for swarms of fighting-, planes. The Cnlted States already \ has laid the keel of an airship which launch single-neater fighters and pick them up again while the mother- | craft is traveling at full speed. To?* . first American 'flying-aerodrome." he adds, will be ready to take th* air thla summer. It will carry as a normal load twelve fighters of the latest type. ? Great Britain has completed the first seagoing vessel In the world de-1 signed specially for the transport of' aircraft. .She has a displacement of j 10,950 tons and carrle* seven C-lnch guns, four 4-Inch, and a number of smaller guns. Besides torpedo arm ament, the new vessel Is fitted with two hangars, enabling her to carry 20 airplanes, which will be raised to the taking-off decks by means of electric elevatttff:" Another advance In aerial effklen- j cy Is tty* construction, for the Brit-1 |sh air ministry, of huge seaplanes with a speed of 12 'mile* an hour. One of the latest types has a wing span of 112 feet and carries nearly} two tons of gasoline. It Is fitted! with twin Condor englnen of 1.300 horsepower each, driving twin pro-1 pellors. Sykes Is In Haieigtiftow Bond Fixed at $10,000 and Believed Sykes Can Arrange It?Trial Here in October. Italcigh. July 1 t ? John l>. Sykes, Jr., former collet** lion teller of tlie First & Cit izen* National Hanks of Eliz altetSi City, who was arrested several weeks afjo, near Great I'alls. Montana, charged w i^li lite embezzlement of S25, ii25.') I of tlie hanks funds, reaehe<l Itnlcigh late y<*ster day ill the custody of two Montana officers and is now in W ake County jail. Rond has licen fixed at $10,000, anil it was staled at the DisTniet Attorney's office that Sykes* family would probably furnish liond and the former hank teller would he released. Assistant District Attorney Brings said Sykes would l>e tried at Elizabeth City at the term of Federal court which convenes the second Monday in October. It was understood that Sykes* parents would arrive in Raleigh this afternoon from Elizabeth (]itv. Beacon Light Now On Miller's Point Will Be of Great Advantage Especially To'Strange Boat* From Other Ports '? A beacon light Ih n<xw In opera ?tlon at Miller's Point about eight miles from Elizabeth City, between Old Trap and Shlloh. "This light Js... a mighty good tiling." Captain Pugh.of the Trenton said Saturday morning, "and should have been put there long ago." Referring to the light at this point which runs over a quarter ? f a nille Into the river. Captain J jhnson of the Julian P.. Carr salil It would be of help to all boats running on this route and especially to at ratine boats coming Into the river from other ports. "Elizabeth City Is growing," Cap tain Johnson said, "and the number of boats coming to Klizuheth Cfty from other ports is increasing all the time. Ilefore the light wan put on tlie point w.> "lii'l to muss nt our route and a mimh.-r of times Ih a's grounded on the points. There Is no reason whv the light should not have been there long ago and It should stay there." It may be remembered that last year a number of captains on boat* going by Miller's Point requested Secretary Job of the Chamber of Commerce to make some effort to have n light at this point. Mr. Job secured the necessary data on the project and put It In the hands of Congressman Ward who brought the matter before the proper department ut Washington. The light was not put here Inst year. It is understood, on account of the lack of funds at that time. BOBBY JONES LEADS BY THREE STROKES (Br Tb? ANorUM PNfl.) In wood, N Y., July 14 ? Hobby J on led by three rok ??? wh"n the field ae??klnK the national oprn KOlf title finished f?4 liolen today HI* to rt a I wan 220, Hobby CrulknlmnK wah second with 223. and Jock Hutrhln ?on, third, with 224. TWELVE HOUR DAY SOON RE ABOLISHED New York July 14.?Elb?rt H. Oifjr> head of the Cnlted State* Steel Corporation. Muted today that th.? abolition of Ihe 12 hour day In the Meel Industry reeertly pledged P real dent Hardin* would be In-nun probably within the next *lx week?. Both VI ill Hung for Murder Firxl Huoltand Chlcauo. July 14.?Motion for a new trial for Mra. Sabelle Nlttl Cm dell** and her himband. charged with murder of the woman'a flrat hua band, Frank Nlttl. waa today orer ruled. and both were aentenreri to b? banned on Friday. Oteober IS.

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