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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 199.
Efforts Change Shipping
Policy Have Not Abated
American Steamship Owners Association And United
States Ship Operators Association Appeal To Shipping
Board For Continuation Of Present Method
Bjr DAVtD LAWRENCE
In ty 11* Otti, Atmmm
Washington, August 27?Efforts to change President Hard
ing's shipping policy have not abated. The American Steamship
Owners Association and the United States Ship Operators' As
sociation tomorrow will appeal to the shipping board for a con
tinuation with some modification of the present method of oper
ating government ships through managing agents.
The new suggestion involves
a much more efficient system of
operating ships through agents!
but does not guarantee the gov
ernment against losses while in
suring more or less the profits
?of the operators.
There Is little likelihood of the ac
ceptance of the plan as the shipping
board unanimously decided in the
presence of Mr. Harding last June to
do away with the managing agent
method and substitute a system of
subsidiary companies. The latter
scheme is being held in abeyance out
of courtesy to President Coolidge ?
who has expressed a desire to inform
himself about it. The board's plan
is substantially as follows:
Instead of operating 350 ships as!
at present under the Emergency
Fleft Corporation, there would be
organized instead from twelve to
eighteen corporations which would
be owned in entirety by the United
States government. No shipping
company in private hands operates;
more than fifty ships and the pur-!
poee of division into subsidiary units
is to enable the government to build,
up several units of operation. Sev
eral of the established lines would-be
grouped in each company. The ex-I
perts estimate that each subsidiary
company with its own organization
would be able to economize for the
government and avoid the duplica
tion and endless accounting which
the organization encounters in audit
ing the various lines operated by the
Emergency Fleet Corporation.
At present every line, as for ex-1
ample the United States lines, is op-|
crated by a managing agent who col
lects a commission on gross revenue
irrespective of whether any profit is
made for the government. The good
will of the line belongs to a private
Individual. When the time comes to
end government operation, the gov
ernment would have only its ships.
The board's plan now is to build the
subsidiary corporations exactly as
they would have to be organized if
private capital were to enter the
shipping business and buy the ships
from the Government. But the gov
ernment would finance the enterprise
and would get all the prbflts if there
are any. The object of the plan is
to cut down losses and make the sub- |
sldary companies attractive to pro- j
spective private purchasers. In j
other words If there Is any good will;
in the established shipping lines, the;
government feels that asset Is de- i
rived from government investment!
and should bring a return In cash
juat as much as the actual property.
That would be the case if any British '
steamship line or any other were
purchased by capitalists. For with
out the ships furnished by the Gov
ernment and a favorable commission
contract, there would have been uo
good will built up..
The most intense pressure Is be
ing exerted to prevent the shipping
board from putting Into operation
the plan It has already decided upon.
The l'resldent is believed to have re
cognized this and to have come to
the conclusion that when the board's
plan goes into operation It shall have
the wholehearted support of the ad
ministration. An opinion has been]
asked from the attorney general as
to the legality of the plan. The
general counsel of the shipping board .
and prominent lawyers who have I
been consulted say there Is no doubt'
of the legality. In fact it Is said
the new scheme Is far more In line ;
with the merchant marine act of j
1920 than the managing agent ays-1
tern. If the board's plan Is over
thrown. It may be as a result of le
gal obstacles put In Its path but the
general belief Is that If President
Coolidge wants the plan used he will
not be Influenced by the criticism of
Illegality In the face of approval by
the array of counsel who have pass
ed on It.
It seems certain that when Con
gress reconvenes there will be an In
quiry Into the whole matter and
vhnuld It appear that private Inter
ests have been able to damage the
moral*- of the government's shipping
enterprise there will be even further I
rentrlrtions Imposed which will In
sure Government Independence of
private operation ao long as the
ships are owned by the government, i
II,* DVT MSTKD TAXRN
KOK I.AHT THKKK VKAIM
J. O. Scott. Whllf, In recorder'e
court Tueadav morning for failure to
Hal lila tajea. ??? let off under aim
pended wnlenoo on payment of eoata
and of hla ta*ea for the laat three
yea re. Mr. Scott. It appeared, hadn't
Hated hla taie* for the entire three
year period.
COOLIDGE SENDS
MESSAGE TO PRESS
New Orleans. Aug. 28?Un
divided allegiance to the con
stitution and unhesitating obe
dience to legislative action
were urged upon the press of
the Nation today by President
Coolldge In a letter to A. G.
Newmeyer, president of the
Southern Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
DEAD MAN'S LIFE
WAS COMPLICATED
John Sutphen, Whose Mur
derer Is Being Sought
Worked For Small Salary
But Knew Many Women
New York, August 28? Another
chapter In Broadway's night llf?
slowly is being revealed to the police
in their search for the-murderer of
John Sutphen. who was found dead
with a warm pipe In his mouth day
before yesterday.
Two flashly dressed women, the
presence of cyanide In - Sutphen's
stomach, a third woman known as
Mrs. Sutphen. who lived In his
apartment and the real Mrs. Sut
phen In New Jersey, were the tanga
ble facts the police had to work on.
Sutphen. although working on a
comparatively small salary as pri
vate secretary to George Helm, paid
$12,000 yearly for his apartment.
Special Fares to
Charlotte Event
Ma<lc in Carolina* Ex|?osltkm Ojtesis
In That City cm S?|>- |
tember 24
Charlotte. August 28.?Special ex
cursion fares on every railroad en
tering Charlotte or serving railroads
connecting with roads that enter this
city, on account of the Made-In-Car
olinas exposition September 24 to,
October 6, are announced In local
and Joint passenger tariff No. 8254,
Issued by W. H. Howard. In Atlanta. !
The excursion fares to Charlotte on j
account of the exposition next month
are effective over a wide range of j
territory served by a great many I
trunk lines and subsidiary railway4
lines. i
Tickets at excursion rates to this
city will be sold for use from orig
inal starting point only, on Septem- j
her 22 to October 6, 1923, Inclusive.
The tickets will be void after Octo-j
ber 7, prior to midnight of which
date return trip must be completed, i
Stop-overs will not be allowed on
tickets sold under this tariff, except
where stop-overs are authorized In
accordance with the regulations con
tained In the tariffs of the carriers
over whose lines the tickets read, as
lawfully on file with the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
One and one-half of the lowest
one-way fare, as published In the
passenger tariffs of the various roads,
will apply for tickets via any regu
larly published ticketing route, add
ing sufficient, when necessary, to
make excursion fare end In a full
cent.
Children of Ave and under 12
years of age will be charged one-half
the fares authorized under the ex
cursion tariffs. Children under Ave,
accompanied by parents, will be car
ried free. Tickets under this tariff
must be purchased before boarding
trains.
The railroads named In the excur
sion tariff announcement are: Atlan
ta, IJlrmlngham and Atlantic rail-1
way; Atlanta and West Point; Atlan-,
tic Coast Line; Carolina. Cllnchfleld
and Ohio; Central of Georgia;
Charleston and Western Carolina;
Columbia, Newberry and Laurens;
Georgia railroad; Georgia Southwest
ern and Gulf; Louisville and Nash
ville; Macon. Dublin and Savannah;
Nashville. Chattanooga^ and St.
I^ouls; Norfolk Southern; Richmond,
Fredericksburg and Potoriiac; Sea
board Air Line; Southern; nine
Ridge Railway Company; Georgia
Southern and Florida; South Geor
gia; Wrlghtsvllle and Tennllle.
IRON FENCE FOR
TOMH OF SOLDIEK
Washington. Auftuat 28 ? The
tomb of the "Unknown Roldler" will
be aarrounded by an Iron fence to
prevent Its defacement. It waa an
nounced here yeaterday.
CURRITUCK ADOPTS
PROGRESSIVE PLAN
Highly Trained Supervisor
Has Been Employed To Put
School Program Into Effect
?Schools Open Sept. 10
Moyock, August 28.?The Curri
tuck County Board of Education at
Its last meeting finally adopted a
plan for the reorganisation of its
schools as recommended by the Unit
ed States Bureau of Education.
Miss Maud C. Newberry, a native
of Maryland, specialist In rural ed
ucation in the Unltpd States Bureau
of Education, has been employed by
the Board of Education to assist in
putting the Federal bureau's plan In
; to operation.
The Currituck County schools will
open on September 10. A teachers
meeting will be held in the court
house at Currituck on September 6.
and 7. Terms at Poplar Branch and
fttoyock will be 9 months In length.
All other schools will have eight
months term.
The adoption of the Federal bu
reau plan calls eventually for a nine
montha term for all the children of
Currituck County.
The bureau plans, among other
things, calls for the establishment
of twe superior junior-senior high
schools in the county, one at Poplar
Branch, the other at Moyock; and
the transportation of all children
above the sixth grade to theae two
high school centers; for the employ
ment of teachers superior in training
to those employed in the past; for
the introduction of courses in home
economics, agriculture and commer
cial subjects In the two high schools;
I and for the use of standard subject
matter and intelligence tests in the
promotion of children.
As a result of the progressive steps
taken by the Currituck County Board
of Education a larger number of col
lege and normal school graduates
will be employed than ever before;
home economics, agricultural and
commercial courses will be intro
duced in Moyock and Poplar Branch
high schools; the one teacher schools
at Tulls and Barco will be abandoned
and the children transported to Cur
rituck; the one teacher schools at
Gregory and Corner Oum and the
I two-teacher school at Indlantown
abandoned and transportation fur
'nlshed to Shawboro.
Five International and two Ford
trucks have been purchased. These
with the trucks already owned by the
Board of Education will be routed as
follows:
Indlantown via Sllgo to Moyock?
International.
Gregory, via Sllgo to Moyock?In
ternational.
Maple via Sllgo to Moyock?Inter
national.
Tulls to Moyock?Ford.
Moyock township (Backwoods) to
Moyock?Ford.
Corner Gum to Moyock?Ford.
Tulls to Cifrrltuck?Ford.
Barco to Currituck?Ford.
Colnjock via Gaulbush Ridge to
Poplar Branch?International.
Harbinger to Poplar Branch Inter
national.
Powells Point to Poplar Branch?
Heo.
Orandy to Poplur Branch?Ford.
Teacherages equipped with every
modern convenience are nearing com
pletion at Knotts Island, Poplar
Branch. Currituck and Moyock. These
buildings will be an aid In attract
ing and retaining In the county
skilled teachers.
THREE WITNESSES
TELL OF SHOOTING
iRr Th* AwliM PffM.I
Cumberland Courthouse. Vs., Aug
ust. 28?Three additional wltne^**
had told their Morion of the shooting
of Rev. Kdward Plerco today when
Ithe trial of Robert Oarrett was halt
ed for dinner.
1 All of them were witnesses at the
trial of Larkln Garrett and testified
, to seeing the revolver In the hands of
the minister during the fight In front
of the Baptist parsonage but none
'saw him Are. John Oodsey testified
that Robert flred the first shot, while
J. M. Shepherd said he was sure that
Larkln did.
Governors Pledge Aid
In Event of Coal Strike
Illr Tfc? A^nrlafrd I'rraa.l
New York. August 28?Govern
ors and governor*' representatives
of anthracite consuming states con
ferring here today adopted a resolu
tion pledging the fullest co-opera
tion with the Federal fuel adminis
tration In the event of the threatened
suspension of anthracite mining on
September the first.
RESOLUTION URGES
ARMING TO LIMIT
Norfolk, August 28 ? Condemna
tion as "un-American" of the Ku
Klux Klan and any other organiza
tion whose members appear In the
presence of the American flag with
faces masked was proposed In a
resolution today to the annual
encampment of Veterans of
Foreign Wars. That the I'nlted
States should arm right up to the
limit of the provisions of the tresty
for limitation-of armaments was the
declaration of another resolution pre
sented.
AIRMEN MAKING
GKEAT SUCCESS
(?? Hl? 4w<rMlf4 itrnl
San Diego. Cal.. Auk. 28?
In a plane that takes on fuel
and food in midair with the
name ease that an express
train's locomotive scoops water
en route. Captain Lowell
Smith and Lt. John Rlch
ter, circling a course above Sat
tlago today, passed the 24
hours mark In their air mara
thon. Earl)- today they had
broken two speed records,
those for 2.500 and 3.000 kilo
meters.
HANDCUFFED MEN
ESCAPE FROM TRAIN
Salisbury, Aug. 28 ? Volley and
Lawrence Weaver escaped from a
(moving train while handcuffed to
gether last night and have not been
jcaptured. They were being taken to
I the penitentiary by the sheriff of
| Macon county. They jumped
throuqh the lavatory window.
DECLARES GASOLINE
SITUATION SERIOUS
| Titusvllle. Pa. Aug. 28?A. C. Bed
ford. chairman of the Standard Oil
Iboard, said here yesterday that the
{present gasoline situation affects the,
? consumers as well as the producers |
[and presents a serious problem.
MANNING CLOSES
OIL CONFERENCE
Raleigh. August 28 ? Attorney
General Manning closed his confer
ence with oil dealers here yesterda>
and will make an announcement of
?the action he expects to take in a few
days.
FARMERS TO HEAR
CONGRESSMAN WARD
Edenton. August 28 ? A regular
'gala day. feasting, entertainment
and a get together event will he
stauea on Wednesday, August 211,
1 when the farmers of Washington
? County will be hosts to the farmers
of adjoining counties, with a barbe
!cue at flea's lteach, a speech by the
Congressman of this District, Honor
able H. S. Ward, and another by
Homer Mnsk, field director of the
North Carolina Cotton Growers As
sociation, and probably other#
The farmers will gather*at Ilea's
Heach about ten o'clock, and the
speaking will start about eleven
o'clock.
Farmers going frpm here can take
the Kdenton-Mackeys Ferry at eight
o'clock, reaching Mackeys shortly
after nine and be conveyed to the
picnic grounds, which Is but three
miles away. I
KNOW HTOllM DfLlXK IS
SHOWN IN ??MAIN HTItKKT"
A snow storm de luxe In balmy j
California, on a day when Old Sol i
.was doing his best to boom the Ice
cream industry.
It sounds Incredible, but it actual
ly took place recently In Hollywood,!
thanks to the wonders of science.and |
ithe Ingenuity of the group of men re-,
j sponsible for the screen adaptation
'of "Main Street," from the best sel-j
ller novel of Sinclair Lewis.
| The science was represented by 10
huge wind machines. The entire set
|of "Main Street" was covered with j
white sand, tons of salt and a com- j
position which made It glisten like
the real thin*.
During the Winter Carnival scene,1
In which over a thousand extras par- 1
tlclpated, there was erected a huge
jskl slide which was covered with Ice
by freezing the same (as In the Ice-1
plant), and at the bottom of the ski
slide was a large pond frozen over. |
On this, profesnlonal 'skaters gave
;exhibitions. There were also three]
j professional ski jumpers who per- |
(formed In this picture, a Warren
Brothers classic of the screen. The
|skl Jumpers was by three Canadians
who have performed all over the'
i world.
.('.OSCKAVE ELECTED
FROM KILKENNY
IBr AwelaM fiw.)
Dublin, August 28 ? I'realdent
William Coagrave haa be on elected
on the flrat preference rote from
Kilkenny.
MKS. WILSON VISITS
IN MASSACHUSETTS
Mattapolnett. Maaa. Auk. 28?Mm.
J Wood row Wllaon arrived here yeater
day for her Aral vlalt away from for
! nier I'realdent Wllaon with one ex
ception alnce the beginning of hlfi
'long lllneaa.
iiVY lt.%TKH IHmT TlltllSlMY
The Guy Hate* I'oat production,
which by an error wan advertla<>d
for Monday will be ahown at the Al
ii ram a Theatre on Thuraday. Man
ager IJurgeaa waa greatly disappoint
ed to observe the error on Monday
aa he haa alwaya endeavorded only
{to advertlae exactly what la being
ahown each day. Anyway thla pro
duction la on for Thuraday and la
I already here and will certainly tea
?ahown.
W eevil Doing Deadly Work
In Lower Part Of County
Abundant Evidence Of Kavanges Of Peat And Forty Salem
Farmers Witness First Demonstration In Pasquotank
Of Method Of Combatting Weevil With Poison
BELGIAN STANDS
RIGHT BY FRANCE
Reply To Latest British Re
parations Note Maintains
That Legality Of Occupa
tion of Rhur Is Established
(By Th? Assort*tad Prm.)
Paris. August 28 ? The Belgian
[government in ita^reply to the latest
I British reparations note, stands with
France on the principal points of
contention, maintaining that the le
gality of the Ruhr occupation has
I been established by previous action
I of the Allies, Including Great Britain,
and that evacuation of the Huhr val
jley is impossible upon simple promi
ses from Germany.
The reply dwells particularly on
the justice of Belgium's claim to
'property In the reparations payment.
It points out that thus far Belgium
(has received only two million gold
'marks more than Great Britain.
I Foreign Minister Jasper asserts,
I "The whole problem of reparations
!and the question of inter-Allied debts
I are definitely bound together" and
he proposes a new method in pro
cedure in negotiations, suggesting
conservation among the Allies "with
'out reverting to the old system of
I conferences." .
Drainage Now Chief
Interest Of Bray
But City Manager Still Finding
Time For Other Important
Matters
Drainage, drainage and dfalnag<
.will be the three chief matters te
[which City Manager Bray.will devote
jthe greater part of his attention from
now until the end of winter, he told
an Advance reporter Tuesday.
Just now the intake of the storm
[sewer at the corner of Dyer and
Church streets Is the matter receiv
ing immediate attention. It Is a
jwell known fact that this cotner Is
[one of the most readily flooded of
any of the paved streets of the city
and Mr. Bray says that the reason Is
that the storm sewer Intake has been
too small to take care of the flow
of water. This Intake Is being en
larged and the City Manager bellevc3
that this step will remedy the situa
tion at this particular corner.
What is being done at the corner
of Oyer and Church Is to he done at ,
every street corner in - the city at
which water has been disposed to
stand after a rain; that is in some
way or other adequate means ? > tak?
the water off will be sought, accord
ing to Mr. Bray.
While the City Manager is devot
ing his attention to street drainage,
problems, owners of vacant lots are
keeping the weeds cut down on their
property to an extent that has never
been observed In Klirfabcth City be
fore. A few property owners, how
ever. have not heeded the notice to
cut down the weeds on their proper
ty and warrants were being drawn
for the bringing of these offenders
Into court.
"I can't get anybody to cut the
weeds on my lot," said a busy prop- j
erty owner calling Mr. Bray on the
telephone. Can't the city cut these j
weeds and let me pay for It?"
"Sorry," said the City Manager,
"but you'll have to pay your fine In I
court first. If I put my force to cut-j
ting weeds on all the lots where the1
property owners want them 1 will -
not be able to do any other work for ,
the rest of the summer."
City Manager Bray Is planning to
recommend to the City Council at
Its September meeting the creation
of a city planning commission as ,
authorized by the 1923 sessiou o?
the General Assembly. Mr. Bray
has delayed action In this matter un
til he had time to examine the act
and to acquaint members of the
Council with the Importance of its
provisions.
GENERAL TELINI
IS ASSASINATED
London. AukuM 28?General Te
llnl, president of the commlaidon for
the delimitation of the Oreroahanlan
frontier, Huraeon Major Hoort. the
general's chauffer, and hla aldecamp,
have hern anna km In a ted. . says an
Athens dispatch to the Central Newi.
Word of the asalnatlons came from
<Jania Albania, the mcftsaae add*.
MISSISSIPPI GOES
! TO THE POLLS TODAY
I Jackson, Mlsa. Auguat 28? Mlaa
laalppl in going to the poll* today to
decide betweea Harry L. Whitfield
and Theodore O. Kllgo for governor.
Forty-odd farmers of lower Pas
quotank witnessed the first demon
stration In this County of the dust
ing method of combatting the boll
weevil with calcium arsenate on tho
farm of Theodore Fletcher 11 miles
from the city and about two miles
from the Weeksvllle postofflce Mon
day afternoon.
This Is the section of Pasquotank
In which the boll weevil is most
prevalent and of a multitude of bugs
and beetles brought to County Farm
I Agent Grover Falls by those who at
tended the demonstration were two
I genuine boll weevils alive In bottles.
I Everybody present took a look at the
specimens and noted the Inaect'a long
snout. Most of those present /fiad
1 never seen a boll weevil before; but
| they are now certain that If they
I And one in their own cotton they'll
be able to recognize it.
Though live weevils are scarce. In
this particular section of Pasquotank
evidences of weevil damages are
nbundant. It Is an easy matter to
Pick up In quite a number of fields
a punctured square and to find with
in the curved white grub which la the
weevil In its pupa stage. In some
fields many young bolls, even, are
found punctured. A few farmers
declare that they can rake up the
punctured squares in their cotton
furrows In double handfuls and esti
mate^ the damage to this year's crop
at *33 1-3 per cent. County Agent
Falls, however. Is of the opinion that
these estimates of this year's dam
I age are too high.
| III the case of Theodore Fletcher,
i on whose farm Mondayls demonstra
; Hon was made, the boll-weevil in
festation of the cotton had not
reached a stage to Justify dusting;
(but the cotton leaf worm, generally
called the army worm, was maklrfg
.such heavy inroads on Mr. Fletcher's
cotton that poison was necessary and
j <o. calcium arsenate, which gets
.both the weevil and the worm, was
I resorted to. Part of Mr. Fletcher's
|cotton had been practically denud
! ed of foliage by the ruvages of the
worm.
The powder was dusted on Mr.
? Fletcher's cotton by a man on horse
jback armed with a powder gun with
a flexible muzzle. To those watcli
ilng the demonstration horse and
rider presented an Incongrous and
uncommon appearance
"IJut this operation will be a com
mon sight next year all over Pasquo
tank County," said County Agent
Falls.
I "It alnt going to be common on
[ my farm," said one who watched
the experiment. "I'm done plant
ing cotton."
Pasquotank's cotton acreage this
year is probably the largest In Its
history and the same thing may be
said of Currituck and Camden. If
the cotton crop in prospect in these
counties a few weeks ago had fullv
materialized. It Is very questldnable
whether It would have been possi
ble to harvest It.
Even now County Agent Kail* do**
not look for damage to the cotton
crop In this County from the boll
weevil to exceed five per cent. But
anthracnoHe and the cotton leaf
worm will cut down the yield more
than the boll weevil (hi* year.
NEGRO GETS FltEEDOM
IN OKDKIt SECUHE BOND
Wilmington. August 2R? Federal
Judue H. (}. Connor, in a communi
cation received by the f'nited States
Marshal here, has ordered that Geo.
Coojmt. negro, held In jail in default
of $200 bond, be allowed to go to his
home to secure the amount, which he
declares he has. In order to gain his
freedom until his case comes up for
trial during the regular fall term of
Federal Court. Cooper, It Is ordered,
however, shall be accompanied by a
deputy. The negro was bound over
on a charge of violating the prohibi
tion laws.
CROPS AND STOCK
ARE FINE |N CAMDEN
Greater Interest li\ the Albemarle
District Fair than ever before In
Camden County la the verdlcf-"W W.
W Oarrrtt, hlmsHf a native Cam
donlan. who han Just completed a
tour of the entire county all the way
from Old Trap to the Dismal Swamp,
"I measured earn of corn fifteen
Inch*** long and I naw Rome extra
ordinarily fine Mock." way* Mr. Oar
rett. and I look for the b#?st county
exhibit and the beat Individual ex
hlblta from Camden ever aeen at the
District Fair."
J. N. Pugh of Old Trap was here
on huftlnean Tuesday.
'xyrroM mahkkt
New York August 28?Spot cotton
cloa?>d steady today. Middling 22.46
?35 points dccMne. Futures closed
at the following levels. October,
24.11; December 24.10; January,
23.80; March, 23.*4; May. 23.81.
New York. Aug. 28.?Cotton fi
tnr#?s opened today at the following
levels: Oct 24.80-63. Dec. 24.43-41,
Jan. 24.06-04, March 24.14-12. May
24.07-08.