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VOL. XIII." FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATl'RDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. I03T
JULY DULLNESS
LESS THIS YEAR
Friirrai lieserve District Ue
)Mirls Good Prospects for
Crops and for Business in
the Coming Months.
rasarsf
in the business structure are now
more numerous than ,,in8 ?A,JJe re.
according to the monthly re
"?"? Of business and agricultural
conditions of the Federal R??e"*
Bank here which was made public
?today.
North Carolina has good prospects
|0; a full fair quality tobacco crop
and a better prospect for cotton than
other cotton growing sections, the
report states.
The fifth district Federal Reserve
review follows in summary form:
??There is usually a seasonal de
cline In the volume of business In Ju
ly, the summer needs of the P??Pj*
liavt been provided and It being too
early for fall trade to open up, but
on the whole the July dullness in
fifth district was less marked this
year than any year since the post
war inflation period. There are a
lew signs of weakness in the bust
ness structure, but signs of strength
are much more numerous.
??Among the unfavorable factors
operating against business at present
?is the decline in forward orders be
ing placed by retailers and whole
Malers Many manufacturers are
finding difficulties in securing
enough new business to keep their
plants running full time, especially
in the textile trade, but few of the
orders placed earlier in the year
have been canceled and "T'll
the mills have not yet had t? re?trlct
running time very much. The un
?rrrttrtnily about tin jimhuhle out
turn of this year's cotton crop. Is
another deterrent factor to normal
business at present the danger of
the August migration of the boll
veevll minimizing the importance
attached to condition reports. l.a
bo * shortage in some agrIcuUural
wctlons Is a further handicap to be
overcome.
??As previously stated, elements
of strength In the business structures
are far more numerous than the ele
ments of weakness enumerated In
the preceedlng paragraph. The most
.striking feature of the Pre*e"t
uation is the great purchasing pow
cr of the ultimate consumer, and the
willingness of the public to buy what
,.Vf r It wants justices confidence for
the near future. Sign, of his large
power to buy goods and of the dis
position to supply needs are
on every hand. The volume of de
bits to customer's accounts In the
banks of reporting cities Is running
considerably above the *?lu?e
ported a year ago, and corapanj '?
orably with earlier months of this
year, taking seasonal trends into ac
count. Reports from retail stores
show Increased sales In
with Julv 1922. and some of the
stores that have put on speHal saW's
?ire getting remarkable results for
fws season of the year. Consumers
are displaying non- of the dlsregard
values that- was so marked in
1918 1919 and part of 1920. and ar
ticles in the striped .Ilk shirt class
do not .ell readily, but the stores of
ferlng good standard merchandise
at fair price, are getting a very sat
isfactory amount of business. Cred
It Is available for all legitimate needs
at reasonable rates. Saving, de
no.lts In both saving, and eommer
cTal bank, are high, and are steadl y
increasing. Huslnes. failure, are
declining In number
Householders and Industries seem
assured of an adequate ?upp y of bl.
tumous co.l during the com ng win
ter l.abor Is 'nlly emP1?ye?,.a'
wages that are little tolow the high
levels of the war and P?",'""r,^[r
lodR. and the workers are using their
money much more wlsely now th.n
then. The volume of building op
.ration, for which permit, are being
l-.ued appear, to Insure a continua
tion of full employment for several
month, at least. Finally the out
look for farmers of the fifth district
compare, favorably with prospects
I in any other section. The three lead
1 <ng crops In the dl.trlct are corn,
cotton and tobacco, with the growing
1 Of fruit, grain, and truck a. impor
1 , ,?t ,ub.ldlarle?. Corn prospect,
nr. promising, w|th larger yield, be
ing Indicated by present condition
than la?l rear." The outlook, for cot
ton In Virginia and North Carolina
la far above the national average.
pfo<]iect. In South Carolina for
. better vlijd than l.?t year. To
bacco in South Carolina la being
marketed *t good price., and the|
crop la ?'?etter In both quantity and
quality Ihan la.t year. North C.ro
llns nrAspectft good for a full
crop of fair quality, and Virginia".
? > ha. made excellent progress In
rent weeks. The flr.t prospects
re the b"?t for the past three years
*ln jjuanll'V, and the quality of the
fn au .
apffo crop in Virginia Is unusually
rood Grain produced satisfactory
fields this year, and truck crops are
In the whol^ good.*'
[ Debits to Individual account In
Lading trade centers In North Caro
Little Folks Had
Most Merry Time
Kiwaniana Gave Joy to Three
Hundred and Forty-eight
Kiddies Friday
The Elizabeth Cltv Kiwanis Club ;
gave a picnic Friday afternoon for j
348 little guests, all of whom would
be glad if the picnic were a weekly j
event instead of an annual affair, i
Mothers of some of the smaller chll-1
dren attended. In fact all ages were
represented from babes in arms to
grandmothers.
A committee made up of a lady
from every church in the city and
the County Welfare officer assisted
G. R. Little in distributing tickets.
The guests assembled at the Com
munity House, the high school build
ing. and Calvary Baptist church, each
going to the point nearest home.
The time set for assembling was 2:30
p. m., but some were ready at 1:00
o'clock. The Klwanians gathered
them from the points in cars and
trucks and took them to Dawson's
Beach, where almost everyone of
them donned a bathing suit and took
to the water for an hour's fun. There
were diving and swimming contests
for which prizes were awarded. Five
ducks were released, but a duck
didn't have a chance In that crowd !
and lucky boys soon captured them. J
The captors were awarded the ducks.
At 4:00 p. m., the crowd moved to
the Old Fairground, a delightful pic
nic spot. They played games,
jumped ropes, and made the most of
the see-saws and swings especially
erected for the occasion. There
were running races for girls and iboys
of different ages, and successful
contestants received prizes. The
guests were served all kinds of Ice.
cold pop. sandwiches, and block ice
cream. The Elizabeth City band
furnished music during the picnic.
At 6:00 o'clock, the guests were
all gathered into trucks and cars
and returned to their homes. They
had a delightful time and the three
hours of merry, making did not sown
to make them tired,?Nevertheless.
it is a safe hot that many little boys
and girls went to bed earlier than
Usual Friday night, and probably
some of them dreamed of gi&nts with
Ice cream heads throwing huge bot
tles of pop at them.
HUNDRED SHOTS IN
RUM RUNNER FIGHT
New York, Sept. 1.?Two alleged
rum runners and six prisoners were
captured by Federal agents in bat
tles today at Sheepshead Bay and off
Coney Island hi which approximately
100 shots were fired.
GARRETT VERDICT
IS EXPECTED TODAY
(Br Ttw Amdilrd Pw,|
Cumberland Courthouse. Sept. 1.
?Final arguments in the trial of
Robert Garrett were completed at
one o'clock today when the court
recessed for lunch. The case will be
given to the Jury upon the recon
vening of court and the verdict Is
expected this afternoon.
WKHTKIttt rWION OFFICE
CLONKS AT SIX MONDAY
I.abor Day Is a holiday for West
ern I'nion offices all over the coun
try and the local office has had I in
structions from headquarters to ob
serve Sunday hours. However, .on
account of giving The Advance Its
regular telegraphic service. Manager
Sykes will keep the office open all
day until 6 o'clock in the evening.
Any persons wishing to file night let
ters are asked to get them to the
Western Union office In time to have
them sent before 6 o'clock.
MOTOfUi 6(H) MILKS WIT HOI *T
ADJU8TMKXT Oil ITMCTURK
R. W. McPhilllaniy of Vandergrlft,
Pa., and Mrs. McPhllllamy, with
their Ave months' old daughter and
Mr. McPhllliamy's sister. Mrs. Jen
nie McCulloujgh, motored to this city
this week for a two weeks* visit to
Mrs. McPhllliamy's parents, Police
Officer and Mrs. George W. Twlddy
on Riverside Drive.
Mr. and Mrs. Twlddy met their
visitors in Norfolk and motored home
with them. The whole trip from
Vandergrlft, which Is 25 miles east
of Pittsburgh, was made, according
to Mr. McPhllllamy, without punc
ture or mishap of any sort. His
speedometer, he says, showed the
distance to Elizabeth City to be 610
mii?'s. i
MYKRM-MCIftNKIt
MIm Daisy Dare Delsher and Mr.
Frank C. Mypm, both of Kaide Rock,
Va., were married by Dr. S. H. Tem
pkman Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, at hln horn* on Went Main
street.
<JOTfOX MARKKT
N?w York. Sept. 1.?The cotton
exchange i* cloned today and Monday
on account of Labor Day.
Una ara given In the review at fol
lows:
AuguM 6 July 11
Ashevllle . $22,630,000 919.ft22.000
Charlotte _ *1.270.000 40.f>4.r,.000
Durham ? 16.164.000 16.4f.fi.On.?
Greensboro. 19.916.000 20.062.000
Raleigh 27.34S.000 26.763.000
Wilmington 16.623.000 17.007.000
Winston
Salem 29,119.000 29.617,000
CITY OF YOkOHOMA
IN I I.VMKS TODAY
(It) Th? Aut?li|nl i'rflll
San Francisco. Sept. 1. ? j
Practically the entire city of
Yokohama is atlre today anO
numerous casualties have oc
curred as the result of the con
flagration which broke out af
ter a severe earthquake, ac
cording to a message from the
Japanese radio station at Iwa
ki to the Radio Corporation of
America's local station.
The inhabitants of Yokoha
Jare seeking refuge from
fire in ships in the harbor,
t is feared that the-earth
ike shock had a serious ef
t in Tokio and other cities
well as in Yokohama.
Germany
r ? toir i
MAY
ASK TO ENTER
Reparations and WhMhfr
! Germany May Join League
of Nations Are Questions to
Come Up Next Week.
Geneva, Sept 1.?The reparations
problem and the question whether
Germany Is to be admitted to mem
bership In the League ot Nations
are two matters. In the opinion of
League assembly which opens in this
city, Monday, September 3.
In thin connection an English del
egate said recently:
I "I don't see how it wilt be posst
i ble to keep the reparation problem
out of the discussion, unless it be
j settled beforehand," And another
j delegate from one of the northern
, Scandinavian lands, referring to the
popular movement in Germany to ap
i ply for membership, said: "Certain
I iy Germany should come in, If she
applies she would probably be elect
led easily."
I These and other questions, like
; the pruMttin. of -<h>U>hv 1h>vo served to
j create an atmu.sphmt* uf UUUHUIU lh
lercst in this year's doings of the as
sembly.
The first busiuess on the agenda
1 is the election of a president and six
| vice-presidents who, with the presi
dents of six committees later elected,
form with the president a bureau re
sponsible for the general conduct of
the business of the assembly.
I * The actual work of the session
Uhen begins with a discussion of the
annual report of the secretary gen
eral. Sir Eric Drummond, on the ac
tivities of the council during the
past year and with a statement of
, what has been done to make effec
tive the recommendations of the pre
vious assembly. After a debate the
I assembly usually divides itself into
six general committees. These in
jelude constitutional and legal ques
; tlona, such as amendments to the
covenant of the league; the work of
, the technical organizations on econ
omics, finance, transit and health;
the question of reduction of arma
ments; the budget and other matters
I of internal administration; social
questions, such as opium, the white
slave traffic and refugee problems,
and political questions such as the
admission of neW states.
These committees are virtually
small assemblies in themselves, for
each country has the right to be re
presented on all of them. As three
committees sit simultaneously one
day and three others the next, the
work of the assembly is greatly ex
pedited. Newspaper correspondents
an- k?-pt busy following all these
meetings? When the committees
make their final reports, usually
brief, the full assembly affords a
final debate on any point still at is
sue.
The official languages of the as
sembly are French and English.
Speeches delivered In one are trans
lated Into the other tongu?*. The as
sembly convention lasts from three
to four weeks and generally marks
out broad policies whose detailed ex
ecution Is left to the council, which
Is the cabinet of the League of Na
tions.
In view of the late President Hard
ing's recommendation that the I'nit
ed States Join the International
,Court of Justice, of special Interest
to Americans will be the election of
a succeaaor to Judge Ruy Rarbosa of
Rratll as a ihember of the court.
This election Is carried out by the
concurrent majority action of the as
sembly and council. The American
group of the old Hague arbitral court
txercised Its prerogative! his year,
and nominated a candidate to suc
ceed Judge Barbosa.
HKNOWN, WAIJCH' mriHKR
TO UK FITTKI> KOK WAR
Ixindon, Sept. 1?The battle cruis
er Renown which carried the Prince
of Walfla on hla tours of Canada,
Australia and the Far East; Is to un
dergo a refitting which will change
her from a floating palace Into a
first claaa fighting ship
This ahlp and her slstfr-shin, the
Ropul?e, were ibullt on the theo^a
that speed was above armament but
after the performance of the similar
ship, the fnvlnclble, In the battle of
Jutland, thla theory has been put In
the waste baaket.
The estimated coat of putting the
Renown on * level with the best ahlp
In her claaa will cost $4,000,000.
8he coat originally 911.000,000.
STRIKE BEGAN
AT MIDNIGHT
Anthracite Operators aiul
Miners' Representatives are
i Continuing Tlieir Negotia
tions at Harrishurg Today.
IB? Tba AuorinH ffw)
Harrlsburg. Pa.. Sept. 1.?With
I the failure of negotiations with)
(Governor Pinchot. the coal strike be
icame effective at midnight, though
|the operators and miners will meet
here today for further conference
.with the governor.
Washington. Sept. 1.?Refusal of
either side in the anthracite contro
I versy to accept outright the initial
I proposal of Governor Pinchot for a
compromise has not shaken confi
dence of President Cool Id ge in the
ultimate success of the negotiations
at Harrlsburg.
The Government's policy, It was
declared at the White House, con
tinues to embody complete support
for and co-operation with the Penn
! sylvania executive, with the deter
mination to use every power of the
Federal authority to assure adequate
| fuel to the public should production
'cease In the anthracite fields.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
AT CORINTH MONDAY
.Revival services will begin at
'Corinth Baptist church, near the city
| Monday.
The pastor. Rev. R. F. Hall, will
I he assisted by Rev. A. C. Hamby.
Supt.. of Enlistment of the Baptist
Hoard of Raleigh. Mr. Hamby is nn
able and rorceful speaker, and Is one
of the leading divines of North
Carolina Baptists. Services will be
gin Monday night at 8 o'clock, then
p?ch afternoon at 3 o'clock and each
evening at 8 o'clock throughout the
week. The public Is cordially in
jvlted to these services.
The B. V. P. U. Study Course
: which has been In progress IMh
I week at Corinth came to a auccess
' fii 1 rion Friday Bt|tr TBere were
more than 100 present for the ?los
ing night. Fifty-four young people
.took the examination. Of tUls num
ber 32 were from the Junior B. Y. P.
tU. and 22 from the Senior.
i The faculty consisted of home tal
|ent. Mrs. H. F. Sample and Miss
Irene Bright taught the Juniors,
'and the pastor, Rey. R. F. Hall,
taught the Seniors. -Many expressed
the opinion that it was the most suc
cessful Training Course over held at
[Corinth.
After the examination the young
people enjoyed a watermelon feast
on the church yard.
Inn. THAYKK \M> FAMILY IIOMK
I Dr. James H. Thayer, with Mrs.
Thayer and James Henry Jr., re
turned to the city late Friday after
noon after a trip to the National
Capitol, and other cltleR.
"It was a trip.'* said Dr. Thayer,
"which Mrs. Thayer and myself had
planned for yearn. We thought that
we might as well take in Washing
ton. Philadelphia and New York, as
well as go up the Hudson all at one
time. We went off purely to get a
vacation and to enjoy ourselves Of
course, we were on the go practically
all of the time.
Owing to very excellent sight see
ing facilities In both Washington as
well an New York we were practically
aible to see both of these cities.
"Our stop in Philadelphia was a
very short one?Just long enough
for us to run ov??r to Camden, N. J.,
and see some friends and go to In
dependence Hall to see the relics
and the Liberty Bell.
"Our stay In New York was long
er than In either of the other cities.
The party came away from New'York
with the unanimous conviction that
the folks to be envied are those of
us who live where you can see more
of Qod's handiwork and less of
man's.
"I expect," concluded the Pastor
of Illackwell Memorial, "to be In my
pulpit both Sunday morning and ev
ening I'm going to be glad to see
my people, and am more than ever
convinced that the great need of to
day as far as the church la con*
cerned la the preaching of a pure,
sniritual gospel. We had the plea
sure of worshiping the Suhday we
were away In the famous Brick Pres
byterian Church and of hearing an
Kngllsh Congregational minister
from Southampton. There was a
good congregation present, and the
reverent, quiet of the worshiping
congregation was a relief from the
noise and hurry without."
RTOCK WASTE HTIKH PHIL! PI NO*
Manila. Sept. 1.?A request by the
emergency board for a statement
from government office heads, list
ing their unused equipment, has dis
closed that aibout $1,000,000 ir? sup
plies belonging to the Insular gov-1
ernment Is rotting from disuse In '
warehouses. Efforts will be made!
to aave the stock.
I'HAITKR MKBTIMO MOVIMY
Cherokee Chapter of the Royal
Arch Masons will hold their regu
lar convocation on Monday evening
A full membership Is desired.
HHKKT HOCK
Sheet Rock. The only plaster board
that really takes the place of plaster.
E J. Cohoon * Co.
Island Of Corfu Is
Bombarded By Italy
Gpcppc Informed That Italian Fleet Will Leave When She
Complies With Demands?Fifteen Civilians Are
Killed and Many Wounded in Attaek Friday
(Br Tin iaorUtrf Ptni)
London, September 1 ? Italy's action in bombarding and
occupying Corfu in contravention of the neutrality of the island
guaranteed by the Treaty of 186-1 in which Great Britain ceded
Corfu to Greece is considered in military and diplomatic quarters
here as tantamount to a declaration of war upon Greece and as
constituting a flagrant violation of international law.
GREECE CALLS ON
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Geneva. Sffpt. 1.?A commu
nication from Greece submit
ting the Greco-Italian crisis to
the league of Nations was re
ceived at league headquarters
today. thus automatically
bringing the conflict before the
Council of the League which Is
now in session here.
Building And Loan
Builds Many Homes
And Association Alto Asi?t?
Owners To Pay For Home?
Already Built
With a total of 6.000 shares al
ready in force, the seventeenth series
of the Albemarle Building & Loan
! Association opened Saturday and a
'number of applications for stock in
jthls series were received on the open
? inK day ai the offices of W Heft
Goodwin. Hern-tit ry-treHMiivr.
1 The association now has in round
numbers $155,000 In loans In force,
land more than 100 Elizabeth Cltv
' reHidcnts through the association
have been .directly helped toward
home ownership. Between 20 and
30 new homes In the city are direct
ly traceable to the association, while
in other cases the debts onlhomes al
ready built when the association was
organized have betfn paid.off through
'membership In the association.
Bookings are still being made of
subscriptions lo stock of the new se
. ries and would-lie subscribers will
find the offices above the Savings
jBnnk open on Saturday night.
Many Accidents
Cause Blindness
Steps Are Being Taken to Pre
vent Eye Accidents In
Homes and Industry
New York, Sept. I.?Because of
the growing seriousness of accidents
in public places and in homes, as well
as in industry, as a cause of 'blind
ness. the National Committee for the
Prevention of Blindness announced
today that it would undertake im-j
mediately a progressive census of all
eye accidents with a view of deter
mining means of prevention. This
decision, the committee declares,
grew out of the recent realization
that there has come about a radical
change in the Incidence of the var-,
lous principal (pluses of blindness.
The committee has discovered, for
Instance, that whereas not many
years ago the greatest single cause
of blindness In children was "babies'
sore eyes." the percentage of blind
ness from this cause has been cut
in half. Blindness caused by acci
dents of various sorts, on the other
hand, has Increased to such an ex
tent $n .recent years that accidents
now'constitute the most serious sin
gle cause of blindness.
An effort will be made to secure
a record of every accident causing
an Injury to the eye whether It oc
curs In a factory. In a home, or on
the street. Tills census will grad
ually be extended Into every state in
the Union. The results will be n?F>
u la ted by principal causes and ana
lyzed monthly. A month to month
comparison of the records of this
census will enable the committee and -
Its many co-operating agencies
throughout the country to learn
whether ? as Is now believed?the
number of cases of blindness through
accidents Is steadily Incresslng,
and against what causes of accidents
the energies of the commltee should
be directed.
11 VYING IX NKW YOIIK
O. F. Gilbert, proprietor of Mitch-:
ell's Department Store, has returned)
from a buying trip to New York. "I
have neVer seen so many buyers In
New York In my life," Mr. Gilbert
said Saturday. Mr. Gilbert has se
cured the agency for the Vogue lists
and will co-operate in local advertls-i
Ing with the manufacturers' adver-1
tlsing in the Ladles' Home Journsl.,
Dr. and Mrs. 1. Fearing snd chll .
dren, Msrgsret snd Willlsm, have
returned from Virginia Reach, after
spending some time there. '
1 The gravest apprehension is
I felt over possible further moves
| by Italy. If Italy should ignore
|the intervention of the League
jof Nations and the independent
efforts of the Allied Council of
| Ambassadors for an amicable
solution of the military crisis.
I military experts here see danger
J f war spreading throughout
southeastern Europe. ?
In Pull War HUIuh
I Rome, Sept. 1.?Italian naval un
llts which had been stationed at Spe
zia and Venice now are steaming for
southern Adriatic waters In full war
status and eight transports are held
in readiness in case there are further
eventualities.
School In Attacked
Athens. Sept. 1.?Greece has been
informed by Italy that the Italian
fleet will leave Corfu as soon as
Greece complies with the Italian de
mands.
The police station and school on
the island of Corfu were "bombarded
by the Italian fleet yesterday and a
contingent of occupying tro.ops land
ed.
-The at at Inn was ~~dfHiTTtmm""hV
flames. A messnR"' from Corfu Inst
night said that IB civilians were
killed and many wounded in the
! bombardment.
The warships fired upon the old
fort as well, and it was in this bund
ling that many of the casualties oc
curred. the message asserted,
i News of the occupation caused
1 constentaTTon in Athens and there
was evidence of extreme indlnatlon
on the part of the population.
Hit tint Ion Critical
London. Sept. 1 ? Italian reservists
] residing In London have been noti
fied to hold themselves In readiness
j for the call to the colors in the event
[that the necessity arises.
A Central News dispatch from
ome says that according to advices
from Athens, the Greek-Internal sit
uation Is very critical, and the po
hitlon of the government Is unten
able. Kxchange has fallen and there
is panic at the banks.
Home. Sept. 1.?The Italians have
occupied Corfu, as the Greek reply
wns found unsatisfactory, and Miia
sollnl declare? that he will bring
Greece to the realization of her re
HponiKhilltlcH. though disclaiming
any Intent to start a war.
Fire on Greek Steamer
Athens. Sept. 1.-?An Italian sub
marine stationed In the Gulf of Cou
menitza has fired on the Greek steam
er. Georgios. slightly damaging the
latter.
Hawaii Finds New
Uses For Molasses
Honolulu, Sept. 1.?New uses
which have been found for molasses,
mainly a wsate product of the Ha
waiian sugar plantations since the
enactment of the prohibition act. are
expected to exhaust the supply this
year, according to announcement
by the Sugar Factors, which handle
most of the Hawllan crop.
Prior to prohibition, the planta
tions derived a considerable income
from the molasses shipments to th$
mainland whlcK were used for the
manufacture of alcohol. Since then
the molasses, which has a sugar con
tent of one-fifth, has ibeen used as
fuel or thrown into the ocean.
A discovery that molasses may be
used as a culture medium In the pro
duction of yeast, has created a con
siderably demand recently. It also
has been found that molasses makes
a valuable feed for mock, -*?, -It l> -
said, it has about twice the energy
value of any other feed tested. These
two developments are expected to
utilize most of the molasses produced
by the plantations.
The new demand es expected to
add approximately $1,000,000 to the
Income of the Hawaiian plantations
this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert fearing and
son. Hobby, have returned from Nor
folk. where they attended the Trl
State Fair.
It % \lis ( l/OMK MONDAY
The banks of Elizabeth City will
be closed all day Monday, September
3, on account of Labor Day. a na
tional holiday.
First and Citizens National Bank,
Savings Dank 6 Trust Company,
Carolina Banking 6 Tsust Co.