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?VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ^ ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 105.
EIGHT COUNTIES
ENTER EXHIBITS
Ami St <*r?'lai*y*!Vlaiia|ser Clov
er of llit* Fair Expect# to
Hear from the Other Two
Ju*t Any Minute.
Eight of the ten count it s of the
Albemarle District Fair have made
official entries to Secretary-Manager
Duckworth Glover, for county exhi
bit* at the Albemarle District Fair.
The only counties that have not
made entries for exhibits are Tyrrell
and Washington and Mr. Glover is
expecting on every mail to receive
official notice from these counties
that they will have county exhibits
at the Albemarle District Fair which
is to be held in Elizabeth City on
October 9. 10. 11 and 12.
The counties which have made of
ficial entries to the secretary of the
Fair Association are: Camden, Pas
quotank. Perquimans. Gates. Cho
wan. Currituck. Dare and Hyde.
Exhibits of agricultural products
from the ten counties of this Dis
trict are likely' to surprise a great
many people of the section both from
the standpoint of exceptionally fine
crops and the great variety of crops
that can be grown here. Almost ev
ery fruit and crop that can be raised
in the Southland can be grown in
this eastern corner of North Caro
lina.
For Instance there will be cotton,
corn, peanuts, tobacco, sweet and Ir
ish potatoes, beets, beans and peas?
all money crops .In this section.
The Individual farm exhibits prom
ise to be of unusual Interest. So
numerous are there exhibits that Mr.
Glover, In order to take care of every
need, is putting up a big*tent, as in
dications are that all permanent
building space will be taken up.
Crops ,are more varied than ever
the yield is better on the ,average
than for years and the farmers have
learned from experience that the Al
bemarle District Fair is the best and
cheapest place to advertise their ag
ricultural products.
GRAND ARMY REPUBLIC
HOLDS ANNUAL PARADE
Milwaukee. Sept. 5.?Turning
aside for a moment from the sunset
trail. 1,000 Civil War veterans to
day formed In regular marching or
der of the day of '61-'65, and swung
liUP line with feeble stride In the
annual pared of the Grand Army pf
the Republic. Nine divisions made a
column four miles long. Virginia
and North Carolina were among the
southern states represented.
The Continental Has
District Office Here
The Continental Life Insurance
Company, a well known old line com
pany with home offices at Washing
ton. D. C.. i?< establishing a district
office in Elizabeth City.
H. L. Edwards Is superintendent
in charge, with Ui? office In the Hln
ton Hulldlng'here. and with jurisdic
tion over Hertford. Edenton and the
surrounding country.
Mr. Edwards comes to Elizabeth
City from Not folk, where he was
with the Continental Elfe Insurance
Company for a number of years as
assistant superintendent of the Nor
folk office. Recently he was promot
ed to the superlntendencv of the Eliz
abeth City office. He la stopping at
Duke's Inn.
SPECIALIST URGES
EAT WATERCRESS
Portsmouth, England. Sept. 5.
Watercreas, as a side dlsh^for lunch
Is well known in most houRoholds,
but few people eating It were aware
that ll contained all the essential
vitamines. until this fact was stated
by Dr. Harold Scurfleld at a Medical
Association meeting recently. Ho
advocated a more extensive use of
the vegetable and said that the
Greeks regarded it as food for the
mind, while todr?y it was regarded
as a stimulant for the body.
This recalls n favorite experiment
of Professor Vivian B. I*ewes, explo
sive expert. When lecturing he
used to All a glass Jar with water
cress. take It to Greenwich hospital
and leave It on the roof In the sun's
rays. The next week It would be
brought hack to the. lecture room,
the cover removed, and a light plac
ed near the opening with the result
? hit a deafening explosion occurred.
Thl- proved, according to the pro
filer. that watercress was compox
?.? | of pure oxygen and therefore
very beneficial to the human system.
t\\Ol M'KH OPKXIXO
op ntiimo Tiirnsn.w
t'rner fl. Davis announce*! that hi*
Ftudlo, corner Road and Fearing
u?. . (pr Instrumental munlc In
duction. will fx* open dally, bculn
nlna Thursday, September f?, from 9
to 12 a m. nnd from 2 to 5 p. m.
Mr. DUtIp Mate* that lie ha* room
;ti IiIh Ha-*- ?* for a few more pupil*
In addition to thoae who have already
requested enrolment and If there br
other* mho desire to enroll he will
bo at hi* atudlo during the above
atated hour*, and will be glad to go
Into the matter with them. Vlaltora
are welcome. Claaaea will begin
work ?bout September 12.
ii 'iiifc'iViltftiilifryMJhMMMil
AMERICANS RESPOND
TO RED CROSS CAL!.|
Washington. Sept. a.? Kv?-n be
for*- the app'-ul lor fund* 'i:nl I :n
time to j:ain general circulation tin
Amorican people beman pouring t>>? i
ofTcrlnjis into the fund for tin- r?li.
of Japanese sufftrers.
The first mail to r?ach Red Cros:
headquarters hero today brought aj
hatch of checks in respotisi- in the
rpD??i| for $5.tM)0.0u0 with which tol
i \l? nd aid to the stricken people.
Offers Advice to
Breeders of Hogs|
?i|iwl8ll>t Deplore* Krtrt 'Hint I'arni-1
rr? Often Sell H?hl> at
|X>H?
Raleigh. Sept 5.?An agricultural |
report made public this week by W.
W. Shay, swine extension specialist
for North Carolina State College and ,
the Department of Agriculture of
advice to hog breeders concerning
marketing their swine.
, "Year after year." the report
reads, " during December and Jan
uary, when the price of hogs is at
the. lowest point, farmers of North
Carolina and the cotton belt gener
ally sell their oily and undesirable
hogs at a loss. The average of 20
years* prices for oily hogs for these
two months has Ven below cost of
production. The price of hogs at the
I present time, even in the face o.f a
I surplus, will show a profit If the
,hogK are of good quality and have
jbeen intelligently fed.
I "What are the indications of a bad
' break in hogs this fall and winter?
[The surplus hogs have eaten the sur
I plus corn of the corn belt with the
result that the price of corn is about
[ZD-cent's a bushel higher than a year
ago.
[ According to the report of
the United States Department of Ag
riculture. the corn and hog ratio dur
ing July was 7.3 to 100.' TtTfexplain:
j At the average farm price for the
United States during July. 1923. the
[price at whiclr 100 pounds of pork.
Ion foot was sold equaled the price of
7 H ntmliela r,f nnrn Only nnm
jing the last 14 years has the ratio
i been as narrow and that was during
July, 1917. when It was 7.4 bushels
to 100 pounds. The average ratio
from July 1910 to 1922 was 10.39
1 bushels.
"Receipts of hogs for July were
the heaviest for that month in the
! history of the country. In fact, the
'previous high record* of July, 1918,
was expended by over a million head.
I Compa/ed with n year ago, July re
ceipts showed an increase of more
jthan 40 per cent.
"Indications of unrest in the In
1 dustNal fluids confirm the belief In
j the wisdom of selling hogs intended
I for pork as soon as they can be made
ready and 11 pigs should also be
jpr< oared to meet the early market.
"North Carolina hogs of quality
may now bo sold nt ten cents. Th<n
will almost certainly drop later, evn
j though labor continues to be gain
fully employed. Should there occur
a serious curtailment in production
; In varhros lines of industry, with a
;consequent decline in consumption in
pork products, it is difficult to pre
jdlct the extf-nt to which hog prices
jmay fall. It is always the part of
wisdom to cash in on the hogs when
i they are ready and show a pro^t.
' History Jiffs- lirdtcated the proper
time lo do It in this stat<\ and this
Itlme is September.
i "When the North Carolina farm
er fully understands the seasonal
j price trend of hogs, and supplements
jthat -information with a thorough
(knowledge of the best methods of
| feeding, he will find a reasonable
i number of hogs one of the most
j profitable and rapid sources of in
come on the farm."
XOTKD OERMANH !\ MKXICO
FOR HTCDY OF MOLAR WIJP8K
Mexico City. Sept. 5.?A party of
J German scientists, headed by Prof.
H. Ludendorff. director of the Pots
.dam Observatory and brother of the
field marshal, were the first of the
! foreign savants to arrive in Mexico
,to observe the solar eclipse on Sept.
,10. After being welcomed by repre
sentatives of the government and in
specting the national observatory nt
Tacubaya. the party left for Yer
Ihaniz, Durango, where they will in
jstall their Instruments.
In the party Is-Prof. R. Schorr, di
rector of the Hamburg Observatory,
? who, at the outbreak of the world
' war. was with Professor Ludendorff
In the Crimea on the same mission
jthat finds them In Mexico. They
i were forced to abandon all their In
struments, according to Schorr^ and
flee to Germany to avoid Interment.
. S< vera I months ago the professors
to Odessa and managed to retrieve
'thn outfit, which Is now being sent to
; Yerbanlx for use In observing the
I coming eolip???
HAM HAftV>l\CJ STAMPS
Louis Sells has received the flr*t
1?nHed States postal stamps seen In
this city hearing th" picture of thr
late Warren G. Harding. The stamp
received -by Mf. Sell* are the sir* of
the rtaular two rent postal stamp
'and are colored black. Postmaster
1 J. A. Hooper received a notice fr^m
| postsl authorities that the stamps
mould he on sale in Elisabeth City
some time after September the first
but they had not arrived at the pott
| office at noon Wednesday,
P.%volts S( ()IT WOltK
Till* U( \ i rend Frank H.
ScaU<>ruoo(i was kind enough
to luinu to my attention the
oth* r day t!e fart that I am
b?-lnu quoted in current street
as opposite-: th?* work
l>?-in- do no for tin- boys of tin'
town through the lloy Scout
organization, ('"ju'dally as it
routes to the establishing of a
camp at Arneuse Creek mar
this city.
.To those who have known
m> true attitude, no explana
tion will be needed in dealing
with such a situation. Hut.
lest some may misunderstand,
allow me to say that my posi
tion as a citizen of the com
munity would forbid anything
other than a helpful attitude
toward all efforts for the build
ing of a finer manhood and
womanhood through work with
the boys and girls. And in ad
dition to my citizenship in the
community, jxiy responsibility
as a moral and religious work
er makes me a loyal supporter
of all work that looks to the
building of worthy character.
Scout work looks to such char
acter building.
I had thought mv position
clenr on this matter. The pos
sible existence of any doubt as
to my support of the work 1 e
Jnt done for the boys moves
'me to assert agnln my sincere
interest and to pledge my sup
port.
H. K. MYERS.
Partor City Itoad Church.
Air Development
On Naval Program
Willard Board Reccommends
Annual Expenditures For
Ten Years Period
! Washington, Sept. 5.?Analysis of
the report of the Willard Hoard, re
cently adopted by the Nav> Depart
?tuvn\ n.i tin" offi. inl promum fur i|m
|velopmcnt of naval air stations,
allows a determination -to develop
jmnnt of tin- western depots during
the next ten y aw. It is believed by
students of strategy that there is
more than chance in the fact that
this period coincides vlth that dur
ing which no construction will he in
progress on battleship replacements.
I'ndcr the Ave power naval treaty
these will begin in 1031 when three
vessels will be laid down to take the
place of the Florida, I'tnh and Wyo
i mini?.
j The Willard Hoard recommended
the expenditure of only $820,000 in
the 1025 budget for air stations,
comprising $554,000 for the Canal
Zone and $266,000 for Hawaii, but
successive annual Increments as fol
i lows:
1926: Canal Zone. $325,000; Ha
waii. $220,000; Alameda,
$50,000; Sand Point, Wash
ington. $1.10,000.
1927: Canal Zone, $210,000; Ha
waii. $261,000; Sand Point,
Washington, $150,000; San
Diego. $150,000.
1928: aCnal Zone. $294,000; Ha
waii, $#5,000; Alameda.
$175,000; Sand Point. $265,
000.
1929: Canal Zone. $300,000; Ha
waii. $100,000: Alameda,
$170,000; Sand Point, $115,
000.
1930: Hawaii. $300,000; Alameda.
1109,000; San Diego. $100,
000.
1931: Hawaii. $340,000; Alameda.
$355,000; Sand Point. $131,
000.
1932: Alameda. $74,000; Sand
Point, $300,000; San Diego,
$165,000.
1933: Canal Zone. $159,500; Ha
waii. $150,000; San Dleco,
$150,000
11934: Hawaii, $725,000; (to com
plete).
I'odeY the approved schedule flie
Alameda project would be completed
in 1930 with an appropriation of
$370,000 and the Washington station
In the following year with a. similar
appropriation. The fluantanamo fleet
base air station would be started In
1938 with an allowance of $570,000,
to which wciuld be added $595,000 In
1939 and $420,000 In 1910 when t >?
project would be completed.
| The Atlantic Con*t bases will be
allowed to wait, under the approved
prouram, until those on the Pacific
are well under way. The marine fly
ing field at Quantlco. Va.. would be
the first to be taken up to any con
siderable extent with appropriation*
of $45,000 In 1929 and $310,000 In
1930, completion of the prolect be
Ing carried over to 1938. Work on
the fleet base station nt Hampton
Itoads would start In 1932. with com >
pletlon set for 193ft. Projects at
Pensacola. Fla.. and Anaeostln. D. C
are not scheduled for finnl commis
sioning before 1942. That at Chat
bam. Mass., would be complete In
1913, and the Cat*- May. N. J . Key
West. Fla.. and Charleston. S. C .
projects In 1944.
HOMK ON ninrci'KM
Orahstn Hedrick and Oscar Wl1-|
Hams r^iched homo Tuesday night
from Virginia Hcach on their blcy
c'ei after a difficult trip. They left
Virginia Bench Tuesday morning but
were caught- In the rain and storm
Tuesday afternoon on the way and
had to push their hlrjrrl^s through
the mud for * considerable distance
FORT BRAGG WILL
FURNISH EXHIBIT
Will \Im> Si ihI DctaclnnciH
of ricked Sol<l?'l> t<?
loltf f or Vi ifk ?>f "iailr-in
Oiritlinu K\position.
Charlotte. September ? Briga
dier General A. .!- Uawlcy. com
manning general at Fort ltragg. wa*
the* honor miest at a luncheon ser\ei
at the Charlotte Chamber of I om
merie recently to about -?? re|1*'0/ j
sentative business men of this cit>.
when all arrangements were niatle
for the bringing of an army exhibit
from Fort Bragg to the Made-In
Carolina's Exposition here the two
weeks of September 24?October 6.
Tho necessary money to bring the
exhibit here was raised in five min
utes from among the Charlotte busi
ness men present.
General Howley. the guest of Mr.
Morehead while he was In Charlotte,
left here yesterday afternoon for
Cleveland Springs, where he attend
ed the dinner given here by the
Shelby Kiwanis club at the Cleve
land Springs Hotel last night, at
which several speakers t"ld of the
1 purposes and plans of the Kxposi
tion. He goes to Kings Mountain
todav to confer with tho Kings
i Mountain chamber of commerce
!official* in regard to the Battle of
Kings Mountain celebration on Scp
' tentlier fi.
U Ins he n arranged for I* ort
llragi; t<? .end a detachment of its
nicked soldiers to Charlotte during
I the two weeks of the /Exposition.
This detachment will he made up of
;n. nailery of the r?th Field Artillery,
the oldest organization of the regu
lar Army o? the l ulled States. The
I battery was organized in January of
177H; its lir-t Captain was Alexan
der Hamilton. It has fought in
miry war in which the United States
lias participated since that date. The
Battery will hring with It one 24rt
millimeter howitzer, the largest field
gun carried by the Army of the Uni
ted Stairs. This gun fires a pro
-fi.Mi'.. ''t'I'll' tr.TV Minimis?a?
tance of ten miles. Tho gun and
carriage weighs 20 1-2 tons. Not
withstanding this big weight. It can
I be taken through the country and
sot up on record ;'me. The 7;? will
be the same as the famous French
7.Vs that made such a record during
the War.- ? The Battle flags of the
1 r?t>?. 17th and 2nd Field Artillery
with all the guidons of those three
regiments will bo on exhibition In
side of the exhibition building.
The nth Field Artillery was the
lieavv field artillery of tho First Di
vision. The 17th Field Artillery
was the heavy field artillery regi
ment of the Second Division.. The
history of these two regular regi
ments Is well known. The colors of
both regiments wear the famous
Fourregere of France. It will be
r* me inhered that Marshal Foch de
corated these colors at Monroe, two
yenrs ago.
i Likewise, there will be machine
puns, automatic rifles and many
other parts of equipment pertaining
to the army, on display. hxper
ienced n?on-coiu missioned officers
I will hen In attendance to explain
(everything pertaining to this equip
ment and life in the army.
A $30,000 radio truck, capable of
receiving messages from a distance
of 3 t>00 miles will be on exhibition.
The full band of 32 piece* from
Fort Hragg will be in attendance at
the exposition. Wednesday. Octo
ber 3rd. will fte designated as Fort
Hragg day. On that night a iipj
clal exhibition of soldiers will take
place In the auditorium of the ex
position building. Special drills,
showing flrnt aid to the wounjled.
physical exercise, manual of arms,
training and boxing and other fen
lures of army life will he shown
There probably will be three ofn
eers and 150 men In the detachment.
Thev will establish a modern camp,
not far from the Exposition grounds.
This camp will be open to the in
sptrlinn of the public at all times.
The coming of this detachment of
i-iiops with the famous Hamilton
ii;:lterv and its equipment will give
a splendid opportunity for the peo
ple of tills srctlwi of Ihe country to
realize what the Army Is doing for
this State. As tjenernl Howley
staled; "Your Exposition Is one or
Made-ln-The-raroHnas. Fori Hragg
I, in North Carolina. \?fc?-mnkc
m. n and Americans and wo mane
them In North Carolina."
GERMANY AKMVES
AT END OF TETIIER
I
llh Tt>* Aiwtit*4 t*r??r ?
flerlln, Hept. 5. That Germany
Iia<? arrived at the ?nd of lw?r tettrer,1
no far an her further ability to fln
nnr?? paaafVe re*l*tnnce; In the cur
rent opinion In hanking circle* her",:
which expect that Germany In the
course of the next few days will take
the Initiative In proposing official
discusalons to he begun with Franco
nnd Belgium.
i xi hi ai. oi'i'oim'xmr
IN rilKTTY I >1 N.N Kit MKT
The II. C. Bright Company la*t
week placed In their window a bean
tlful 100-plece dinner net and each
day the price will be one dollar le*s
until th*? *ef \n sold. The original
price was $60 and In this lnnue of
|The Advance the aet In advertised at
914.
Catastrophe Was
Not Exaggerated
As Story of Japanese Disaster Is Infolded in Fragmentary
Messages from Alain Sources, Kstiniales of Dead and
Injured Have Not Decreased. Though Still Varying
(l$v The Associated Press)
As the story of the Japanese disaster is unfolded in fragmen
tary messages from the press association correspondents, Japan
ese newspapers and individuals, it is apparent that the magnitude
of the catastrophe has not been overdrawn.
TELLS LEAGUE IT
CANT INTERVENE
Italy's lirprrspntativr at Gen
ova Tells Council That
I-oasjuo Has No <:tmip<-t('iicy
in tlie Matter.
'I'' Th? Aoa-Mipi) Pr??i
Geneva, Sept. g. Italy'-* reprcsen
tativr. ?Simmr Salandra, todav tol.i
the Council of tlio I.t>attiif >,r Nations
.that Italy would nuaril tin' iiitorvi-n
I tion of tl>?- l.i'aKiic In tin- Orcro-Ital
| Ian crisis as unjuatiflrd.
"Tin* l,i'at!Uf," In* assorted, "?'as
no comiirtonoy in tlie affair, which
| Im Ioiiii crofHTly to t|i<- Intcr-AUiid
.Council of Auibassailors."
Itotsluins with Kiielaml
I (Jon. va. Sept. 5.?It is ri'iiortcil
that I'a u| Hymans. Ikliiian ili'iijiatc.
lias roccivcil orders from llruascls to
stand sollilly with KnKlan.l in assur
ing ros|n>ct for the l.i auui "s iiart, ?y
i ii at the cost of Italy's withdrawal
from Iho League.
Uarren Crimea Is
Refuge for Author
Simferopol. CrlniPii, Sept. r>.? In a
little l?ut, high iiji in tho mountains
?some 50 miles from Simferopol, s.
Sorgeyeff Zensky, one of Russia's
most?widely known authors. Is to
, day living the life of u hermit.
To an Associated Press correspon
dent Zensky related recently the dif
ficulties of being n liermit during a
revolution, and upoke of his adven
tures during Iho numerous changes
of regimes and tho fhmine year in
the Crimea.
"Tlie famine Ivwe was very acute,"
he said. "The land had been devas
tated by civil waj: ajid numerous
uprisings. It completed the ruination,
and carricd away a large portion of
the population wlilch was already
?depleted by the upheaval and"'by ter
1 ror.
"I lived here quite happily from
1913 until the beginning of litis.
Then the Germans raided my little
farm, and later the Bolshevists. I
had to take refuge in town, where,
I lived in hiding for a couple or
months until I w;?s able to secure
from the authorities a "guarantee of
safety* paper. My live stork and cat-1
tie. which were confiscated during,
the period of my absence, were glv-!
i n back to me on my return, but |
they were unfit for work. Other |
changes of regimes, coupled with in-!
numerable Tartar risings, have each ;
had their interests. /?nd now the re- j
suit Is quite evident."
Pointing to a pile of timber and j
short beams in a corner of the room,
Zensky said: "That, together will) ,
this little hut and one cow. Is all that j
remains of my farm; all I have to I
leave to my family." 1
"Please tell the American people," ;
continued 55ensky. "that the Crimean
population greatly admires the dls-i
interested and self-sacrificing work j
of the American Relief Adinlnistra-1
tion, as well as the humanitarian
feelings of the American people. We
are Indeed grateful."
S, s? g'-y-ff Zen.?ky is one of the
fr w Russian writers who stayed in
Russia all thTough the years of rev
olution and civil war. lie lives to
day the hard life of a poor man. and
is cut off from the world of culture,
lie writes a great deal, and has Just1
completed a romance entitled "Trans
figuration," which <U?als with the:
development of Russia.
LIGHTNING STRIKES
TIIE VIRGINIA RARE
Lightning struck the rear flag j
pole of the Kllxabeth City float Line's
steamer, Virginia Dare, during the
storm Wednesday afternoon smash
ing the light and splitting the pole.
There wan no other damage and
no one was Injured.
'OTIDN MARKET
N'ew York. Sept 5.?Spot cotton
closed quiet. Middling 26.80, an in
crease of 8fi points. Futures, closing
">ld. Oct. 25 61. Dec. SR.48. Jan.
25.23. March 25.>5, May 26.35. I
New York. Hept. 6?Got ton fu
tures opened at the following levels:
Oct 24.66-96. Dec. 24.86-81. Jan
24.62-64. March 24 64-62, M?v 24.62-1
ICS.
In only one dispatch has there
been a suggestion that the death
list will not reach the propor
tions already indicated. This
was from the Radio Corporation
of America in Japan, which said
that Japanese home office esti
mated the dead at Tokio at 10,
000, and in Yokohama at 100,
000. On the other hand Admir
al Edwin Anderson, command
ing the United States Asiatic
fleet, says that the last unofficial
reports gave the casualties in
Tokio and Yokohama as 210,000
dead, and 150,000 injured. ~ "
Anol her ? 4lmnte, thin by the East
ern News Am ncy, says that :!20,000
have Ih-i-ii killed in the entire strick
en district.
Fresh calamity has overtaken
? smitten Tukio and terror lias ttrick
ien.the remnants or Its population.
Nearly lo.nni) refugees were trapped
in the yard of a military clothing
I factory located in tin* suburbs and
iburned to death.
1'ood and water an* scarce. Thr?o
-hundred and fifty thousand Iioum.*
1iau> lu i n i|ii m ini.?
New York. Sept. r,.?Two official
messages received at the Japanesu
consulate today estimated the castial
jtles in Toklo and vicinity at 160,
, 000 with one .million homeless.
Imperial i'aniih Dead
London. Sept. S.?The Japanese
[embassy here tbday received a tele
phone message from Princess Kita
; -hlrakawa In Paris saying that idio
had rec? Ived Information that Dow
a?er i'rincess Vamasbinn, I'rlnc'ess
Klroko Kanln. and I'rinre Mofomasa.
members of the Imperial family, are
dead in Toklo %s the result of the
ea rth<|iiake.
Home, Sept. f?.?The Italian am
bassador to Japan, (J. Dninartlno, is
reported to have perished in the
earth (j uake.
Tokio Americans Safe
Washington, Sept. r?. All Ame r
icans in Toklo are believed to be safe,
\ in ha ..y a dor Woods reported to the
S, ? lVoartment today. Ho stated
that some Americans in Yokohama
had ln<n killed. Iv?timates of dead
In Toklo wire placed by the ambas
sador at IP,000.
Osaka, S pt. 5. ? Sellable esti
mates plac>- the loss of life at be
tween ::r,0.000 and 500.000 from the
earthquake.
Business Is Dead
In Southern Russia
?'oilii II. Land of Seattle Say* Thcro
I* l*inctlcnll> \o Trade on
llbuk Sen
London. September 5?South Rus
Hla at present offers no golden op
port unities for American busine**
men. according to John IT. Lang of
Seattle, who recently passed through
nii > city on his way home after 18
months In Odessa and other Hlack
Hea ports, where he was in charge of
port operations for the American
Relief Ad in In 1st ration.
' There Is practically no trade on
the Hlack flea," srild Mr. Lang. "Ev
en Oreek and Armenian traders have
Kiv??n up in despair, and everyone
Who knows the Itlark Sen realizes
that when these trndem find unsur
moun table obstacle* to commerce,
there must be something serious the
matter.
"The new economic policy of the
Soviet was heralded as a long expect
ed loosening of kovcrnment control,
and when Jt was Inaugurated more
than e vYlar ago the people had great
hopes that n new era was dawnlnu
in communistic Russia Hut such
hones were soon dashed.
"Alter shopkeepers had o|>ened
their stores with what little stocks
they cruiid get, they found that the
uovornment ntflrinin wntp v.'dltlnw
only for trade to be r< :*it moil (o Im
pose ruinous laxin. Tho.e taxes
made hiulne** impossible for shop,
keepers, for Importers and exporters
alike."
Harvest prospects In Month Russia
are excellent. r.ceordlnn to Mr. t-niim,
who said thnt nobody In lluMli
should ?o huncry this winter.
.lONKS-MMAI.I.
MIm tola p. Rmfltl and Mr, Jimn
K. Jones. both of South Mills, were
married Wednesday at the dlatrlct
parsonage by Rcr. C. U. Calbreth.