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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH GWY, NOftTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 178.
Has Never Seen Better
Crops Than Now In State
F. I'. Latham at Farmers' Convention After Visiting East,
West and Central Sections, Gives Enthusiastic Re
port of North Carolina's Varied Products
Raleigh, August 2.?Traveling In i
an automobile from Belhaven to the
mountains and returning by another
route. F. P. Latham, member of the
State Board of Agriculture from (he
First District, a visitor In Raleigh to
the Farmers' Convention, made an
Interesting report as to agricultural
conditions as he finds them In North
Carolina.
While out for a leisurely survey of
farming conditions, Mr. Latham also
studied other Industries related to
agriculture.
"I have never seen better crops
fi1 ?.re ,n the st?te at this time."
*1*'d ? , '-o'ham. "Leaving Belha
ven on July 15. I had an Idea that
no crops could be better than our
? beans and cotton. This is the
granary of North Carolina and the
livestock country of the Southeast.!
My route lay through the towns of
Washington, Greenville and Wilson
Into Raieigh. As I left the Tidewater
section we gradually came Into the
tipper coastal plain which Is the
?lor ? ?Ur, ^rlKht leaf ^acco sec
1. u 1 found a wonderful crop
of tobacco. The plants seem to be
topped on an average of from 14 to
Itv rrL",of the
IK' G?dually as we drew out of
this section there came less tobacco
and more cotton. The cotton crop
a I through this territory Is In mag
nificent shape. Some of the planters
claim however, that their crop this
year Is a trifle late and the plants
somewhat undersized on account of
C" '1- ,,My Impressions are, that
judging the cotton at this season of
!.rLrari be a good crop
produced provided the boll weevil
does not seriously damage It later
in the fall.
"I fount! that the boll weevil was
in evidence all through my trip over
the cotton section and was beginning
to do some damage."
i!rjI2,ha,ii'. a,,er ,"nvlnK Raleigh,
visited Haw River. Statesvllle. Black
Mountain, stopping in Catawba
County to look over the great dairy
and pasture section.
"Just as truly as Is Eastern Caro
lina the great agriculture section of
the State antf^ Piedmont North Caro
lina the industrial section, so is the
mountain section one vast play
ground. We found here thousands
of tourists and visitors enjoying the
magnificent scenery and wonderful
climate of our mountain region. Li
cense taKB on the cars of these visit
ors showed that they came from
practically every state In the I'nlon
south of Ohio, and east of the Mis
sissippi river."
On his return from the mountains.
*s*,r- -fotham vlsUed Henderson ...and
Cleveland counties. Mr. Latham said
he considered Cleveland one of the
banner counties of the State.
"Here," says Mr. Latham, "was
one continuous highly developed
farming section, with field nfter field
of cotton, all In good condition and
giving promise of a good crop. Cleve
land. it appears to me. Is one of the
best developed bounties of our State.
Along the road which we traveled
there was practically no waste land
and the countryside seemed to be
?well settled with prosperous farming
people.
"Between Llncolnton and Albe
marle there was a small section
where the crops appeared to be not
so good, on account of continued
?drouth."
Mr. Latham continued his trip to
the Sandhills rndlnc It at the Peach
Show In Hamlet. He said he was
deeply Impressed with what be found
In this sectfon.
"Here are most wonderful possl
bilitles; In fact. I can hardly see t? e
limit of what we might reasonably
expect of this region, especially when
one considers the orchards already
planted and those contempla*ed be
ing planted within the next year or
two," he said. "To my mind there
Is only one factor to limit the devel
opment of this section and that Is
that the market may not be devel
oped to the extent that the fruit Is
produced. I do not think this will
be a real danger, however, since a
movement has already been made by
the establishment of one small can
ning factory here, and I am rellalily
Informed that this enterprise Is al
ready on a paying basis.
"When we consider that North
Carolina peaches are well colored.
*? ,th*> long hours of sunlight
*nj?n the frulL geta In the Sandhills
and that the flavor Is unsurpassed.
It .-ippears to me that there will al
ways be a market for North Carolina
ki'iwn peaches.
The crop was somewhat abort
in: \..ir. with some of the growers
^?illlfin mr lliat thejr would only ship
?l.oat 350 cars. Last year the sec
tion shl|'|ied approximately i fcnn
ears and one grower stated that
he produced 100 carloads Af market
able peaches from 105 acres With
such a record and with such possibil
ities as thl? the sandhills will soon
become one of the most valuable sec
tions of North Carolina."
PICXIC POMTPOKVCD
The Htinbeani picnic of the Plrat
Baptist Church which waa to have
been held Friday afternoon ha* been
pnsfflonM because of the weather
until a later date.
RACE PROGRAMS
ARE NOW READY
Twenty-five Hundred Dol
lars Offered in Purses for
Albemarle District Fair
| Races?Many Entries
Entries for the horse races at the
Albemarle District Fair close on Oc
tober 2. Race programs were issued
on Thursday by Secretary Duck
worth Glover.
All races will be mile heats and
the races will be run on the three
heat plan. One-thirty is the hour set
for the races to start on each of the
four days of the Fair.
I Over $2,500 have been offered In
'purseH and with programs already
out. It Is expected that there will be
a larger number of entries than at
any previous fair held here.
Following Is the program for each
.day's races:
Tuewday. Oct. 91 h
i 2:30 trot and pace?$150.00.'
Tills Is a district race for horses
owned In the Albemarle fair district
60 days prior to date of race.
2:15 pace?$300.00.
2:20 trot?$300.00.
WetlnerxlMv. Oct. lOth
2:14 trot?$300.00.
2:19 pace?$300.00.
Thursday. Oct. 11th
2:17 trot?$300.00.
2:24 pace?$300.00.
Friday, Oct. 12th
i Free-for-all trot and pace?$300.
2:24 trot?$300.00.
DEAD DOC IS FOUND
NEAK WATER INTAKE
Good evening. Do you drink wa
iter from Knobbs Creek? Have you
noticed anything particularly pun
gent about the flavor lately?
There's a reason for the question.
Said reason was discovered by Dr.
J. D. Hathaway and reported to City
Manager Bray Wednesday. Mr.
Bray Immediately got in touch with
Superintendent Parker of the Elisa
beth City Water Company and Mr.
Parker proceeded to the ditch drain
ling into Knobbs Creek beyond the
Knobbs Creek bridge, about 350 feet
I from the intake and h^d removed
, from that spot a Rack containing a
idead dog or some other animal.
It Is supposed that somebody who
' wanted to make way with a dog*put
the animal Into a sack and threw It
, into the ditch.
"The Water Company." Says City
?Manager Ilray. "Is charged by law
I with responsibility for policing tire
watershed of the city's water supply.
I don't know whether the company
has been doing this or not but I am
going to see that It does do it from
no# on."
TWO MEN ARRESTED
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Harrlsburg, Pa.. August 2. ? A
shortage of $78,500 In the accounts
of the Bethlehem Trust Company at
llethlehem has been discovered and
Klraer Runner and Howard Rehrlg,
assistant treasurer, who confessed to
speculation, have been arrested. Het
rlg Cameron, secretary of the bank
announced today.
BANDITS STEAL FIVE
. TRUCK LOADS BEER
New York, August 2.?Two auto
mobile loads of bandits flourishing
revolvers today stole five trucks con
taining 350 kegs of legal beer at
"Concord, Htaten Island, and escaped
,to Manhattan with two trucks after
abandoning the.others.
HINGING (liAMH ItKTUtNH
AFTKIt VIHIT TO DARK
The Methodist Orphanage Singing
Class which gave such delight
ful concerts In the First Methodist
Church and City Road Sunday pass
ed through the city on Thursday on
their way back to Raleigh. They
I gave a concert at Manteo on Mon
day night and Tuesday night they
I they wpre heard at Wanchese. On
Wednesday they picnicked with
sohie of their Manteo friends at
Nags Head. They were carried
from Manteo to Nags Head by Cap
tain Miller ori the Lotus.
RRVIVAVi AT MT. HKRMON
Rev. E. L. Stack Is now conduct
ing a revival at Mt Hermon Metho
dist Church, two services being held
each day. 8ervlces are held at 11
a. m. and 8 p. m and the public Is
cordially Invited to attend both
morning and afternoon service*. The
meeting will close on Sunday.
Rev. R. L. Stack assisted Rev. NV.
R. Humble of Shawboro In a revi
val last week at Perklnn Chapel Me
thodist church. Thla meeting
closed on Sunday n'ght and eight or
nine new members were added to the i
chart*. .
KirKLUXrcONffiS INTO THlTOPEN.
Exclusive photo shows three directors of the Ku Klux Klsn's
New York charter, against whom an injunction has been siught re
straining them to act as a corporation, returning from a hearing
before Supreme Court Justice Ellis J. Staley in Albany, N. Y. At
left, with coat over arm, George C. Bryant of Buffalo, N. Y.; middle,
looking at watch, Kenneth G. Scott, also of Buffslo; at right, with
cane and cigar, E. D. Smith of Binghamton, N. Y., spokesman for
the party.
Will Apologize If
Figures Are Wrong
Comissioner Maxwell Says If
Overstated Deficit He Will
Gladly Say So
Raleigh, Aug. 2?"If I have ever
'overstated the deficit by three million
jdollars I wish promptly to offer my
apology to the people of the State,"
i Corporation Commissioner A. J.
Maxwell wired Price Waterhouae &
Company, Philadelphia auditors,
| whose report of the financial condi
tion of North Carolina was first
made public Tuesday.
i With the report dealing with
' the State's operating account show
ing a deficit of $2,189,970.49. after
: deducting the treasury balance at
the beginning of the twenty-five
month* period in controversy. Mr.
Maxwell's original charge of a tlvo
[million dollar deficit is clouded by
what is charged now Is an inclusion
: in revenue receipts of three million
dollars of borrowed money, suppos
edly secured on short term notes
J which are listed by the auditors -as
I'bonded indebtedness of the State.
I Mr. Maxwell's wire to the New
York office of the auditors, dispatch
ed early Wednesday morning, reads:
("Price Watcrbouse and Co.,
56 Pine 8treet,
New York.
) *11 have called upon you through
i the press to explain why on page
J nine and on exhibit "F" of Audit
you include as 'revenue' three mil
lion dollars of borrowed money, not
j repaid, and why this amount of un
paid borrowed money la not reflect
ed in 'not accumulated deficit,' in ad
dition to the two million, one hun
dred eighty-nine thousand, nine hun
dred seventy dollars represented by
overdraft against other treasury
funds.
"Please use wire in answering."
his telegraphic challenge concludes,
"If f have overstated deficit by three
million dollars. I wish promptly to
? offer my Apologies to the people of
the State."
State Treasurer Lacy, who might
have cleared up the issue raised by
Mr. Maxwell In the morning press. '
declined to say whether the three
million dollars, listed as revenue was
borrowed money, or not. All In
quiries directed to film brought only
a reference to a recent newspaper
paragraph in which the silence of
the treasurer on the "deft-plus" con
troversy was hailed as dumbness
akin to that of the well known oys
ter.
With the Maxwell charge that the
$45,000 auditing firm has gone old
man Webster one better In defining
revenue there comes <a growing feel
ing in the State Departments that
>much of the bitterness and strife
;over the condition of finances might
jfoave been averted with publication,
[at the outset of the audit report as
drafted by the auditors and submit- .
| ted to the legislative committee.
I But the report, accompanied by
Ian amendment of the committee
(taking the $710,000 school indebted
ness out of the operating deficit as
of July 1, 1923, ftnd placing It In the
jbonded Indebtedness of the State,
wis sent to Governor Morrison who
discussed the whole report with Ma
|Jor Baxter Durham and other frlerids
[before It was returned here and the
'balance sheet released. Several
days then elapsed before the com
plete report, containing criticisms
and recommendations as to swoeplng
and drastic changes In the treasury
land auditing departments, was of
fered to pirbllc Insnectton.
Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Vtehe and fam
ily of ftinfrlMmpton. N. Y. are the 1
guests of Dr. and Mrs. L. 8. Blades j
on East Main street.
S. STEAMER
BOARDED BY MOB
(Br Th# AMnruti-4 I'rmi
Peking, A u mist 2.?The cap
tain and three women were in
jured today when a crowd of
Chinese soldiers boarded" the
American steamer. Alice Dol
lar. and demanded free trans
portation at Ichanu. according
to a report to customs officials
liere^*4llue- jackets from an
American sun boat overpow
ered the rioters and arrested
lj>. Shots were flred before
the trouble ended.
SEE LITTLE HOPE
OF SETTLEMENT
Foreign Secretary Curzon
Says French and Belgian
Replies Offer Little Pros
pect of Help in the Ruhr.
(By Th? Amifliinl Pr?.<l
London, August 2.?Foreign Sec
retary Curzon today told the House
of Commons that the French and
Belgian replies to the recent British
n jurat Ions note appeared to hold
out no prospect of early settlement
of the situation in the Ruhr nor of
the commencement of discussion on
reparations.
The British draft of the reply to
Germany was not mentioned in the
communications from Paris nnd
Brussels, he added, and he rejrretted
that Great Britain could not find In
tl^e responses enough material for
sending a Joint Allied reply to the
latest German note.
He said that Italy had expressed
herself verbally as approving Great
Britain's views and proposals.
; EXCURSION ON RIVER
FOR FIRST METHODIST
The First Methodist Sunday school
has planned a big day for Friday.
August 3rd. The Steamer Annie I,.
Vanselver has been chartered to take
members of the Sunday school and
their friends for a combined basket
picnic and boat excursion.
Those going will meet at the foot
of Main street Instead of at the
church as was first planned. The
steamer leaves at 2 p. m. for the pic
ale grounds at Shantllla Beach, land
ing at the wharf where there will be
no danger for small children.
(James and amusements hnve been
arranged for children, for young;
people and for adults, Including |
bathing. After supper the crowd
will leave the beach about 6:30 for
a two hours' ride on the river, ar
riving at Elizabeth City about 8:30.
NKW Tltr.ST llt'lMHNG HAH
1i\RtlKHT BANKING BOOM'
Cleveland. August 2.?The fnfon
Trust building, Cleveland'^ largest.
Is nearlng completion at the corner I
of Euclid Avenue s?>d East ftth
street*. In the heart of the downtown 1
district. The structure technically Is I
23 stories high nnd Is believed to
the Urges! banking room In the1
world.
Marble columns rise to the full
five-story height of the main bank
ing room, which fs "I/' shaped, giv
ing the savings department and com
mercial departments each a wing.
Around the room are two balconies,
lined with office rooms. The savings
room Is long enough for a 100-yard
dash. m 1
Four and one-half floors of the
building will be occnpled by the
bank. Reside the offices there Will he
a cafeteria and kitchen, a complete
hoapltal with private rooms and two
wards, rest rooms for emptoves er.d
several private dining and luncheon
rooms for conference-dinnera.
Tuttle Shoots His
Father In Law
Greensboro. August 2?For
mer City Judge C. A. Jones. In
an altercation alleged to be ov
er domestic affairs, was shot
and seriously wounded last
night by his son-in-law. F.
Clyde Tuttle. who is being held
heTe without ball. The condi
tion of Judge Jones at noon to
day was reported to be critical.
The shooting, which took
place in the kitchen, is said to
have occurred as the climax to
?a long series of disagreements
between the two men. Tuttle
admits tiring the shot that
struck Judge Jones {n the low
er abdomen and ranged down
ward. according to statements
h" s quoted as having made to
the police. The bullet punc
tured the inttstines seven times
according to surgeons making
examinations.
A witness who arrived Imme
diately after the shooting told
police that he took a pistol be
longing to Judge Jones from
Mrs. Tuttle and that one cham
ber appeared to have been dis
charged. This was contrary to
a statement said to have 'been
made by Judge Jones following
the shooting to the effect that
he had not fired -a shot. Tut
tle claims self defense declar
ing he shot after father-in-law
had fired at him and then only
to frighten him. Warrants
have been Issued for both men,
one charging Judge Jones with
assault with deadly weapon
and the other charging Tuttle
with assault with deadly weap
on with Intent to kill.
F. Clyde Tuttle. spent sev
eral months iii?Ellzabeth City
Just after his marriage, bring
ing Mrs. Tuttle here as a
bride. Ho was with Mitchell's
as advertising manager and
did some other work here for
the newspnpers and merchants
in the way of ad writing. Prior
to coining here he was with
the Raleigh Times, and after
leaving here be organized an
advertising agency of his own
at Durham, which he later
moved to Greensboro.
DIVORCE COURTS IDLE
i IN ARCADIAN CANADA
Ottawa. Ont., August 2.? Marri
ages in Canada are successful, and
families still are loyal to the "till
death do us part" tradition. Divorces
granted in the Dominion numbered
only G4 4 in 1922, or two-thirds of
one per cent of all the marriages
contracted, according to a report
Just compiled by the Dominion Hu
r$au of Statistics.
Based, on population, the report
shows, divorces numbered seven to
every 100.000 persons. Divorces In
the United States, according to offi
cial figures for the Inst year on rec
ord. numbered 112 to every 100,000
people.
"The 1 022 figures." says the re
j port, "probably indlcat*/ that tlie
I wave of divorce due to the war has
I reached its highest point and Is now
I on the decline. Total decrees grant
ed last year showed a reduction of
I four compared with 10151. The re
markably low per cent of divorces
[shows the stability of Canadian
ihomes and Institutions."
Of the total divorces granted, hus
) bands received 316, or about 60 per
cent and wives 228, or about 40 per.
cent. British Columbia led In de-j
jcrees issued, with 13ft, followed by j
! Alberta with 120 and Manitoba with J
i 97. One province. Prince Edward
Island granted no divorces. Only1
'one divorce has been granted In this1
province since 1868, and that was in
1 f- 2 2.
The greater per cent of the di
vorced were residents of cities. Com-:
1 pn ratively few applications were
m tde among the agricultural popu-1
, latlon.
FVRMERS ENDORSE THE
CO-OPERATIVE SYSTEM
Ilalelgh, August 2.?rmiuallfled
endowment of the co-operative nyn
tern of marketing wnn given here at
tlie Farmer's Convention yesterday.
It was stated that the fanner* reaH
l?ed UK more a bale on cotton and
tobacco far mem are getting 106 per
cent of what wan promised and more
In to come.
DEPLORE FAILURE IN
HANDLING LYNCHING
Aahevllle, Augimt 2.? Itefioliitlona
deploring what Is termed the failure
of hiatc governments to handle prop
erly the lynching problem were
unanimously adopted here today by
the Cotnmlnnlon on Inter-Racial Co
operation.
(WTTtW MAItKfCT
Vrw York. Aug. 2.?Spot cotton,
cloned quiet. Middling 23.60, a de
Icllpe of 15 points. Futures, closed at
the following level*: Oct. 22'.26, Dec.
22 12. Jan. 21 99. March 22.05, May
22.00
New York, Augimt 2.?Cotton fu
tures opened here today at the fol
lowing leevla: October 22.41, De
cember 22.44, January tt.30,- March
22,30. May St.SO.
TIME SEEMS NOW
CHIEF ELEMENT
Only Uncertain Factor in
President Harding'* Recov
ery, and Attending Physici
an* Differ Altout It.
(By The AnnoriAted IVm)
Presidential Headquarters, Palace
Hotel, August 2.?Time now seems
jto be the chief element In the recov
ery of President Harding.
It Is also regarded by~ physicians
as one .of the most uncertain ques
tlons "when the President will bo
able to travel." There are about as
' many different answers as there are
I persons in the President's party, but
! attending physicians will fiot really
[venture an opinion.
I "The President's convalescence ia
.going to take time," said Brigadier
'General Sawyer today, hut in answer
to ttM question ?h to how much time,
iall he would say was: "You can nev
er elect time to be sick. You Uke
I wise can never elect timer to be well."
Defense Begins To
Call Its Witnesses
(By The A*?orlntc<l Press)
Cumberland Courthouse, Aug. 2.
?The prosecution In the trial of
Larkln Garrett, charged with murder
of Rev. Edward Sylvester Pierce,
rested shortly before noon, and the
defense began Immediately to call its
witnesses.
J. M. Sheppard, the principal wit
ness at the morning session, said
that he saw Larkin Are a shot In the
fight in front of the naptlst parson
age and "Next I saw Robert Garrett
mrt the pistol practically In the
breast of Mr. Pierce and Are. I saw
Robert Are again and again Into the
body of Pierce."
He told of a meeting four years
ago at which he naid David Stewart
(proposed that Robert Garret be
killed. t- ?
Allen Chandler, who was shot
I from ambush on May .1, testified
[that Pierce visited iii111 in a Rlrli
mond hospital and told him that the
'man who shot him "pulled the
iwrong trigger, that he had number
'four shot in one barrel and bird shot
'in the other and that the number
I four shot were intended for Robert
|Garrett and the birdshot for*me if
I I Interfered."
Chandler was the sccond defense
witness.
HASTY CONTUSION* I.OSKS
FAT FKK TO PARIS DOCTOR
Paris, August 2.?A Paris surgeon
Is telling n good story against him
self. He was called in to operate ort
an American woman for appendici
tis, and when the cure wan complete
the patient, seeking to show her gra
jtltude In some way that was not too
common place, cmbnfldcrcd a cigar
case, and took It to the Hurgeon.
t'nfortunntely the surgeon had
1 Junt had a run of patients who had
paid for his services by presents of
i little mtrinxlc value, so lie'could not
help snylng, "No. really, Madame,
take away such rubbish; a thousand
franc note would be much more ac
ceptable."
"All right." said the American
woman, and opening the cigar case
she drew a thousand franc bill from
it, laid It on the table, and said cooiyu
"There were Ave others like It in*
lined Preeiou* Stone*
In Building of Homes
New York, August 2.?In Arizona
can still hp se?-n remains of build
ing* erected by tho early American
Indians, built out of Atone containing
opal, agate and chalcedony. These
stones were taken from the prtrlfled
forests In the neighborhood of Ad
ainana, Arizona.
Prehistoric builder* never uaed
more beautiful stones for their hab
itations than the trunks of those
trees which flourished sges before
man appeared on the ?*arth. aaya C.
F. Talman In The Mentor for Aug
uat.
Fittliing I'urly l(<-turn
from Snccenpful Trip
| A. II. Houtl, O. K. Ollbort and L.
C. La Salter returned Thursday from
I Oregon Inlet where they have been
on a throe-dav fishing trip. Thr trip
proved very successful and quite a
|numher of drum, trout and blue fish
I were caught. Mr. limits pulled out
,a 4 4-pound drum on the last day of
the trip. The party wont on Captain
IMidgett's boat. "The Onella." which
makes a specialty of fishing trips to
thejnlet. -
OFFER All) IN THE
TIISKEEGEE TROUBLE
Ashevllle. August 2.?The Inter
i Hartal Commission meeting here
yesterday doclded to offer Its sorrlc
les to the settlement of the Tuakeegoe
Hospital squabble.
IIORRIBI.V LOVESICK
COMMITS SUICIDE
Ashevllle. August 2.?Despondent
over her love affairs. Miss Bobby
[RatcilfTe, aged IS, committed suicide
|here last night by drinking poison.