North Carolina Newspapers

???***?*? * THE WEATHER. * * Partly cloudy tonight. * * Shoicers. Gentle, rari- * * ables irinds, becoming * * moderate Southerly. * m W CIRCULATION * Saturday * 1,678 Copies * ? VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 27, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 198. JURY DRAWN FOR! THE GARRETT CASE Only Veniremen, Principals, Lawyers, Newspaper men and Court Attaches Admit ted to the Courtroom. (?> tv. i maim ma.) Cumberland Courthouse. August 2 7?Only veniremen. principals, lawyers, newspapermen .and court attaches were admitted to the court room here today when the trial or Robert Garrett for murder of Rev. Edward Pierce waa resumed, after several days recess in order to draw ? Jury from Amherst County. Judge White promptly overruled the motions to quash the venire and for a Joint trial of the Oarrett broth ers. and the Jury box was filled with little trouble. Worry Over Outlook Season's Football State College Athletic Author ities Anxious for Players' Return Raleigh, August 27.?Uncertainty over the return of several players, members of both the varsity squad and the 1922 freshman team. Is caus ing the athletic authorities of North Carolina State College no little con cern. The 1922 Wolfpack was a green aggregation, a team which showed flashes of real promise, although nev er fully, measuring up to the Tech standard or the past, football fans say. A year's experience, plus now blood from the yearling squad, was expected to furnish the margin of strength necessary to make a strong contender out of the team which trailed last year in every Southern Conference game. It has teen thought that N. C. State would lose only three letter men, but it is rumored now that sev eral others will be missing when col lege opens September 4. Captain Floyd, tackle; Tommy Park, full back; and Paaour. guard, are - the only regulars Ineligible this fall. In addition to this trio, however, it is reported that Andy Randolph. Bobby Long and John Jennette, backs, and "Red" Raker, tackle, all letter men. and Dill Morris, a promising second string back, will not return. Out of the WeBt, from the moun tain home of the youngsters near Ashevllle. comes the report that the Shuford brothers, star hackfleldern on the yearling tram, will cast their lot with another college this year. With this possible loss of so many men who have been counted on f4x the'coming season It Is not at all surprising that those who have looked forward to an exceptional eleven this year are losing n little bit of their bouyancy of spirit and enthusiasm of optimism. Chief Coach Harry Hartsell hat* returned to the college nfter spend ing a large part of the summer at the school for conches conducted by the University of Illinois. From now until the opening of college he wlil actively supervise the work of pre paring Rfddlck field for the fall cam paign. The Tech chief la non-comit tal over the prospects, but he says he Is prepared to take the squad as he finds it and develop every bit of its ability. The team races a very hard schedule, and if Hart*e1| finds It n- cessary to build practically a new machine, he will be confronted with a right sizeable task, say per sons who are acquainted with the conditions. Following is the schedule for-N. C. State College: September 29?Roanoke College at Raleigh. October 6?Penn State at State Col lege, Pennsylvania. October 13?University of South Carolina at Raleigh. October 18?University of North Carolina at Raleigh. October 27?V. M. I. at I*exington. Virginia. November 3 - Davidson at Charlotte. November 10?V. P. I. at Norfolk. November 17?Maryland University at Raleigh. November 24?Wake Forest at Ra leigh. November 29?Washington and Lee at Norfolk. HARDY FUNERAL TO RE HELD TUESDAY Norfolk, August 27.?Funeral ner vier* for Caldwell Hardy, agent for lli?- Federal Reiterve Rank at Rich mond. who died suddenly yesterday on t'i I'rlnceaa Anne golf course, trill probably be held tomorrow from 8t. Paul'* Episcopal Church. Inter ment will be In Elmwood cemetery. TOWN OF CARNEGIE QUIET AFTER RIOTINC Plttfthureh. Aumiat 27.?The ?ub urban town of Carnegie In quiet af ter n B? tor day nlicht of rioting and n Sundflv of fumponw following a riot reaoltlnx from * K. K. K. parade through town In which one wan killed and neorea were Injured. Mr. and Mra. Ler Oulrkln here re turned after apendlnit the week-end ?t Norfolk the ROeata of Mr. Oulr kln'a aunt, Mra. C. H. Koreat. Cold Storage Plant To Open Next Month I Will B? Of Great Service To Wholesalers Who Handle Perishable Foods The new coal storage plant of the Crystal Ice ft Coal Corporation will open for business about the first of September, according to E. C. Con ger. president of the concern. Construction of the plant began early in the spring with a view to opening it about the first of June, but circumstances beyond the contrac tor's control has made it impoasible to complete the work before the mid dle of September. This plant has a capacity of 21, 000 cubic feet for the storage of Ash, meats, vegetables, eggs and general wholesale grocery supplies. Nine thousand cubic feet have already been leased to the Globe Fish Com pany. The general chargea for com mercial storage In other cities will govern the prices charged by the lo cal concern. The building is 110 by 20 feet and will cost about $25,000. Ophuls ft Hill, contractors of New York, have charge of the erection of the build ing. This same concern. Is now building a 10,000 ton Ice plant In New York. The Crystal Ice ft Coal Corpora tion has also purchased additional filtration machinery which Is'expect ed to arrive at almost any time. The manufacturers, according to Mr. Conger, have guaranteed that this new machinery will do away with the inferior Ice; that la. ice with a yel low cast such as has heretofore been observed on certain days In the local concern's output. "The city water varies." Mr Conger says. "On some days there is too much alurt and on the next day there is too much lime. This alum is what causes the yellow Ice. I have tried everything I could think of to avoid it and I hope ihat ! th?- Installation of this new filtrntloij I machinery will bring about the de-' sired result." 1 Mr. Conger took charge of the 1 Crystal Ice & Coal Corporation four1 years ago this month. Since that time he has made a number of Im provements In the plant conslstont J with the progress nnd growth of .Elizabeth City nnd the surrounding counties In which, for the must part, there are no ice plants. The nearort (ice plant to Elizabeth City is at Ed jenton. Old Organ Church Organized in 1745 Celebration at Salisbury Brings Out Interesting Bits Of History -f Salisbury. Auk. 27.?-The history of old Organ Lutheran church, one of the first three churches of the Lutheran denomination to he estab lished in North Carolina, whose walls housed what Is believed to have been the first pipe organ In North Carolina. If not In America, was related Sunday by Rev. Gejrge Cox. I). D., of Salisbury, former pas tor of the old church, at the celebra tion of the one hundred t?nd seventy eighth anniversary of its organir.a tlon and the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the erection of the present church structure in the east ern part of Rowan county. Former members and pastors of the church gathered with the pre sent congregation and Its pastor. Rev. Paul Miller, to pay tribute to |the church, or rather to the hardy German people who came down from Pennsylvania nearly two centuries ago and built It. Containing much historical data, relating the life of the first Lutheran people to aettle In North Carolina, telling of their customs and of the hardships they met with In clvlll* Ing what was then an almost unset tled country, and relating the growth of the church from Its organization to present day. Dr. Cox's addrers was one of Importance not only to the Lutherans of old Organ church, or of North Carolina, but one of Im portance and Interest to all North Carolinians interested In the history of their state. "Iloary with the frosts of many winters, scarred with the many bat tles. through which It has come, fur rowed with the many crosses snd burdens It has 'borne, and aged with the experiences of 178 years. Zlon K. L. church, popularly known as J Organ church. Is fully entitled to he called "Old Organ." said Dr. Cox In ! beginning his address. "Away back in the dim far dis tant past. somewhere between the years 1740 and 1743, emigrant wagon trains were moving out from Pennsylvania, down through Mary land, up the Shannandoah Valley of Virginia and over the mountain* In to what Is now known as the west, . Inhabited by Indians and the native denizens of the foret". "2*o positive church records of those days are In existence, but ac cording to the very best Information that can be had, tMa congregation was first, organised about the year 1746. Its first house of worship, called "Hickory," erected owned and used by' the German Reform and Lutheran people, was "built on the land that la now the graveyard of St. Peter's Lutheran church. BELIEV E WILSON IS MUCH BETTER Washington. August 27. ? Irs. Wood row Wilson left Washington last night for a week's vacation with friends in New England which, with the exception of a 24-hour trip to New York last spring, is the first time she has left the for mer President's side to go out of Washington since the begin ning of his Illness nearly four years ago. Her departure was seen as further evidence of progress in Wilson's condition. Markham Insists Farmer Needn't Dip But Farmer Would Have Been Freed From The Quaran tine Soon, Anyway An effort on the part of County Prosecutor Sawyer to restore to th^ authorities designated by law the matter of lifting cattle tick quaran tine In Pasquotank came to nought Monday morning when Assistant Tri al Justice Markham upheld Trial Jus tice Spence in making the recorder's court authority for virtually lifting quarantine by refusing to find guilty of failure to dip cattle owners on whose premises no ticks have been found this year. The defendant was J. 8. Markham, I the same man found not guilty by Trial Justice Spence a few weeks jag'o. I'pon Mr. Markham's failure to dip on the next dipping day. author ities brought him into court again and the result was the trial Monday j morning In which he was again found I not guilty. "In view of the judgment of the court In the former trial of this de fendant," Bald Judge Markhai\i, "I could not find him guilty in this case, since no notice of quarantine has .been served on him since that time." Hut Judge Markham was not con tent to put the burden for the ruling on Judge Spence's shoulders. "I am frank to say," he went on, "that had this case come before me In the first instance. I should have held Just as jJudge Spence did. These farmers | have a right to appeal to the courts when they think they have been dis criminated against and I am not in [sympathy with the adverse criticism lof Judge Spence on account of his .ruling." Prosecutor Sawyer was not dls j posed to quarrel with the court's rul ing, but he declared that Mr. Mark j ham would continue to be brought .Into court on every dip day on which he failed to dip his cattle, regardless jof the court's ruling. Mr. Markham's cattle were placed <under quarantine last August, at j which time he says he was told that he would have to dip for 1 f, succes sive dip-days. He missed one or two 1 dipping days during the fall and was itold, he says, that he would have to make up for the days lie had missed. Accordingly, he continued dipping his cattle until the total number of ,dippings was 18. He then asked the inspector in his section about getting the quarantine lifted and could get no satisfaction as to when It would be lifted, the Inspector declaring only that he bad nothing to do with lift ing the quarantine.?that be could lift it only on orders from Itnleluh. "Well. If you ain't got any author ity." said Mr. Markham. "I'm man enough to lift it myself." And he quit dipping. It is the contention of those In charge of tick dipping operations that ticks were found on Mr. Mark ham's cattle as late as last Novem ber, and that in cases where ticks occur ns late ns November it Is not safe to cease dipping until the fol lowing September. Had Mr. Mark ham not nullified in the matter of dipping, say those in authority, he would have been released from quar antine with two or three more dip pings. As It Is, they served new no tice of quarantine on Mr. Markham in open court Monday. James Watson and William Segee, j colored, found guilty of participating In an affray In a room at their board- J Ine house, were required each to pay | half the costs and Watson was re-1 quired in addition to pay a fine of IS Watson was also required to pay a fine of $5 and costs for being j drunk. Both negroes are bakers! and both up to this week have been J employed at the Star bakery. Segee. since the fight, has quit. PLAN FLIGHT OF FORTY-FIVE HOURS tl?? Tlw IwrliN Fmcl San DlfKO, Cal., August 27.?A continuous flight of at least 45 hours was the objective of.Capt. Lowell Smith and Lieut. John Rlchter. Army aviators, who planned to make en-j durance, distance and speed records In their flight, beaun at dawn today, by taking on fuel, water, and food from other planes In mid air. WILL TKMj JI NIORM AllOl'T HTATK MKKTING At the meeting of the Worth Flag ley Council, Junior Order. Tueaday evening. H. 8. Sawyer, J. W. John son, and J. W. Alexander, who at tended the State Council of the Jun ior Order at Durham laat week aa j representatives from Elisabeth City, will apeak. A very Interesting ses sion la expected and all Junior* ?re urged to be tkere. Gates To Have County Exhibit This Profrcwive County to Co operate With Officials Of District Fair Gate* County Is to hsve "SB A^I county exhibit st the Albemarle Dis trict Fair, according to Charles M. i?arly. cashier of the Plauters Sar in rm Dank of Ostesvllle. Mr. Early haa been put In charge of the county exhibit from Gates and says that peanuts, tobacco, corn and cotton will be among the crops dis played from this county at the Albe | marie District Pair. I 8. P. Cross, chairman of the coun ty commissioners; J. M. Gleen. su perintendent of education, and a number of farmers from Gatee Coun ty have pledged their sunport to Mr. Early In putting on a county exhibit from Gates. This is the first year that Gates lCounty has had a county exhibit at jthe Albemarle District Fair. Previ ously the farmers of Gat-mi have ad vertised most of their products at the Suffolk county fair. Last *?-ai Sec retary Job made a visit to Gates County and had the promts? from of ficials for a school exhibit and some fancy work displays. The result was Ithat Gates won several of the prizes at the District Fair. Mr. Job made I his second vlsty to Gstes on Friday and found amoftg those with whom he talked a great deal of enthusiasm ifor the District Fair and for Ellza jbeth City. These people no doubt have always wished to trade In Ellz Jabeth City and to co-operate with] Elizabeth City in every forward i movement possible. With thtt open ing up of new highways between! Gatesvllle and Elisabeth City, morej extensive trade and a closer c?-op-: leratlon may be expected between the, people of Elizabeth City and those of [Gates County. Not only will Gates be In the race ] from the 10 to 12 COUBtles which' have ulready promised county exhib its but the people of this progressive county may he expected to bring In dividual exhibits In farm and home products as well, according to Secre tary Job. Secretary-Manager Glover Is al most overwhelmed with the spirit of co-operation on the part of the farm jers throughout the district, the good crops this year having encouraged them to bring the most dl\%rslrted array of farm products ever seen at ja fair in this section. Everything is being put In readl [ ness at the District Fair grounds. Entrance and exit gates are belli c (provided for automobiles and anoth Ier entrance is being made for pedes trians. thus avoiding congestion and I confusion. STUDY COURSES AT CORINTH THIS WEEK Dotli the finlor and Junior ft. Y. ! P. U.'s of Corinth Baptist church j will engage In a study course thin week, conducted by their pnstor. Rev. H. F. Hall. The Senior Cnion : will study. "Training In Christian Service." taught by the pastor. The Junior ITnion will study, "Studying ; for Service." taught by Miss Irene j Brite and Mrs. H. F. Sample. All j who complete these courses will be ; nwarded a II. V. P. IJ'. Study Course | Seal. j The following Is a schedule of (activities for each night during the week: Devotionnl 7:4.1 p. m. to 8:00 o'clock; Classes 8:00 to 8: .10 o'clock; Soijg Hervlce 8:50 to 9:10 o'clock; Adjournment at 9:10 o'clock. The devotional services will be ! conducted each night by members of the Woman's Missionary Society. Monday night. Mrs. W. T. Jackson and Mrs. Geo. It. Harrell Tuesday 'night, Mrs. Joe Tuttlo and Mrs. Lent 1 ; Davis. Wednesday night, Mrs. Paul White and Mrs. Milton Sample.) [Thursday night,' Mrs. John Overman and Mrs. Spence Carter. Friday night. Mrs. Winnie Walston nnd (Mrs. Walter Rlddtck. I It Is expected that at least 7 5 j young people will take the Study Course. SEARCH FOR MEN WHO SHOT UP TOWN "Savannah. Oa., August 27.?Offl clals here were scouring Fast Savan-j nah. a negro settlement, and the sur-i rounding country In their search to day for an unknown number of white men In three automobiles who drove through the settlement nnd fired more than a hundred shots Into the I houses, killing one negro, according | ?t? the report, and wounding a ntirn- ] her of others. No motive for the killing Is known. ?OTfON MARKET New York. August 27.?Spot cot ton closed steady. Middling 25.80. ' Futures closed at the. following lev els: October 24,54-56; December j 24.40-45, January 24.14-15;. March! 24 20. May 24.12-15. New York. Aug. 27.?Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: Oct. 24.00-96, Dec. 23 95-1 88. Jan. 23.60-63, March 23.72-75,? May 23.72. KIMIAR'H 6PRCIAM FOR FAIR leaves every morning 6:30 for Norfolk. Leaves Main and Commer cial Place 7 p. m. for Elisabeth City, Fare $3.00 Round Trip. Ilt-pd. EDGAR WILLIAMS. MOB NEARLY HAD WEALTHY YOUTH Chicago. August 2 7.?The police were on guard at the home of Max Adler. vlce-presl dent of^*ears, Roebuck & Com pany. whose 24-year-old son. Cyrus, narrowly escapea harsh treatment today at the hands of relatives of a 15-year-old girl he was accused of attack ing. Policemen kept the crowds at hay with a revolver until the patrol wagon came with reinforcements and toot the young man to the station. Adler was dismissed In mu nicipal court when the police reported that the girl's rela tives had refused to appear against him. NORFOLK IS HOST TO SIX THOUSAND Joint Reunion Veterans For eign Wars and 80th Divi sion Opened in Virginia City Monday Morning. (Br 11m Aaatirtated I'rml Norfolk, August 27.?The Joint re union of the Veterans ot Foreign Wars and the Eightieth Division Vet erans' Association opened here this morning with approximately 6,000 delegates from every state In the union. | This number Is expected to be greatly Increased during the next | few hours. Immediately after the Invocation taps was sounded and every one' Rtood at rigid attention and In silent J prayer for one minute In memory of | the late President Harding. Ten hundred and 69 posts of vet-1 erans of foreign wars wen* represent-! I'd at the initial gathering. IRISH PEOPLE ARE ELECTING PRESIDENT Dublin, August 27?The Irish peo ple are goin*. to the polls today to elect a president and deputies. Opportunity School Comes To A Close Adult Illiterates at Due West Were Eager for the Chance To Learn Due West. 8. C.?Aug. 27.?Ers klne College opportunity School for South Carolina adult men Ulcerates and pupils below the sixth grade came to a close on Friday, lant. with commencement exerclhes. The ex ercises marked the conrlusion of an interesting and successful experi ment in education, according to offi cials, this being the first time In the history of the state the complete . hyslcnl equipment of a college lias been placed at the dlspoHiil of the State Department o4 Education for use in teaching Illiterates among men. i Tho school rocelvod co-operative support, although tho college is con trolled by the Associated Reform Presbyterian church. Tho ISaptInt Educational Hoard, of Ron I li faro* Una, Is aiding the work, while the American Legion posts of Green wood. Spartanburg and Goltiirchia have given' scholarship*. Various cotton mills also arc supporting tho itchooT, having sent employes to study. Due West community organiza tions provided entertainment for the pupils and prominent educational leaders of the Mate Inspected the work and delivered addresses. Thrr^ worn 70 men In the school and seven family members.' The mar ried men outnumbered the single, there being 42 of tho former. The children of those 42 nbmhor 105, while there aro six grandchildren. One father has 13 children, One man, 39 years of ago." has 10 child-, ren and two grandchildren. Tho J oldest man in the school was 68 j years of ago. Ho learned to read and write. The average number of months of 1 nchool attendance of the students at-' tmiling the school waa 11 months. On the opening day, one oKTmah. no?r Krsklne College, rose at threej o'clock In the morning and walked | iteven miles In order to be prfMlit when the class was called to order llo did not r luring the term. During the aeslon earh pupil "took . his turn" In peeling potatoes, pick ing and string.ng beans and sweep ing the floors I FRANCE STAYS TII.I. GERMANY PAYS DEBT Cbasse Iloaupro, Franco, August 27.?In a speech hero yestorday. Premier Polo care told tho villagers that Franc* will remain In tho Ruhr until paid by Germany, even as Ger many remained on French soil 63 yoars ago until paid. Mr and Mrs. J. M. LeltOf and family have returned from Naga Head, where they have apent the summer . PINCHOT SPEAKS WITH EMPHASIS Governor of Pennsylvania! Tells Leaders on Both Sides Antracite Controversy Hos tilities Must Cease. Harrisburg, Pa.. August 27.?Gov ernor Plnchot of Pennsylvania today assembled the leaders of both aides of the anthracite controversy around his office tsble and told them bluntly that the proposed suspension of min ing on September the first could not be allowed. "The thing la lmpoaaible," he said. In declaring that tt Is his purpose to stop hostilities, "and it must be done." He then Invited both sides to con fer with him separately and upon ac ceptance. the miners' representatives were asked to be In his office^ at, 2 o'clock this afternoon. Says Movie Censors Soon Not be Needed Mrs. A. L. Adams Think* Directors are Anxious Not to Of fend Chlcsgo. August 27.?Another ten yesrs will see the passing of the _ movie censor, declares Mrs. A. L Ad ams, chairman of the Chicago board of motion picture censorship, who says the present day picture director and the present day stsr need little supervftdon In thvlr art. "It will not be long until such su pervision Is entirely superfluous," Mrs. Adams asserts. "Directors do not want to offend the public, and they have -learned that the public wants clean pictures. Censors, how ever, can make few hard and fast rules. They have to judge each pic tun* Individually. "Censorship, like the movies them selves. Is undergoing an evolution. Hut it cannot be abolished for some time yet because people sometime* ! read into a picture what Is not j there." . There are some rules. Mrs. Adams sayg, which she always observes. In a flstlc encounter, hitting a man when Jie is down Is taboo because It Is unsportsmanlike. A crook cannot shoot at an officer pursuing him, lest j that encourage lawlessness. Single piece Imthlng suits are all right, but a bathing beauty Is not permitted to ! parade across many feet of screen. "Virtue does not need to triumph over all difficulties, but pictures glor j (flying unscrupulous dealings aro :CUt," Mrs. Adams continues. "Shoot ing, too. is censored closely. In this respect It is believed that the mbviu directors Is improving. f "We cannot make hard and fast rules about very many things becaUBo* a great deal depends ou how the sub ject Is handled," adds Mrs. Adams, "and becnuse public morals also un dergo changes. Every day we get ob jections from somebody who has been scandalized by a picture. Gen erally. however, we find on examina tion that these people have read something Into the picture that is not there." < OIN SOLD FOH 91.100 + ' London, August 27.?On? of tho in out valuable of Knglish colnH waa sold ut auction recently for $1,100. The specimen was one of the IS "Petition" crowns, or five shilling pieces, IsHUed In the reign of Charlen II. At that time u Dutchman wan ap pointed engraver for new coinage much to the dismay of Thomas Sim on, coin designer of the day. He therefor made an efTort to regain his np|?olntment by producing his "Peti tion" crown, around which he en. graved an appeal to the king asking him to compare his work with that of the Dutchman. SIX KILLED WHEN TRAIN STRIKES AUTO lllnchainton, N. Y., August 27.? Six were killed and seven were prohahly fatally Injured when a train struck an automobile here last night AMBASSADOR FROM RUI.GARIA ASSASINATED Prague, Aumiat 27. ? M. Danknl off. Utilitarian anilmciiador, wan as aaalnatrd h?>r<* laat night. CEMENT CARGOES ARE VALUED AT MILLION Wilmington, August 27.?Cement cargoeii brought Into the |?ort of Wil mington during the 12 months end Inic July 30. aggregated 77.64H tons a id were valued at approximately $1,000,000, accordlna to official cus tom house record*. It was the lai - est quantity of Cement, It Is said. ??/ er to come Into this port In a single year. The cement wan brought In In 2.1 shipments, 12 of which were from Denmark and Sweden and 11 from Hudson. N. Y. It was shipped to the Southern power company for use In constructing large hydro-electric power projects. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Morgan and two children. Joseph and William, of Norfolk spent the week-end her# vla-^ Itlng Mr. Morgan's mother. Mr?. Veil* Morgan on Weat Main street.