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********* * and Satruday. Light. * * 1**23 (.opivs * variable tcinds. *' *V0L. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.' FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 7, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 207 ISSUES CALL TO LOCAL CHAPTERS . I Southern Division of Ameri can Keel Cross ('alls oil Or uani/.atioii!i of South to Give Aid to Japan. Atlanta, September 7 (Special) ? The Southern Division of the Ameri can Ked Cross today Issued instruc- , tions to all local chapters of the, fiouth to be prepared to receive and transmit to Division Headquarters donations received for the relief of Japanese earthquake sufferers, fol lowing an appeal issued by Presi dent Coolidge asking for puiblic con-I . tributions for relief to be handled by I the Red Cross. It is interesting to note that in ! donating $100,000 to the relief 1 fund yesterday, the National Ameri-1 can Red Cross is paying a debt of: gratitude to Japan of long standing.' for immediately upon receipt of j word of the San Francisco earth quake in 1906, the Japanese Red | Cross contributed $100,000 for re lief and rendered conspicious ser-1 vice in minimizing human suffering. I The quarterly conference of Field Representatives in session this week i at Atlanta expressed sympathy for the Japamwe. sufferers, and heartily , endorsed the action of National Headquarters in extending all possi ble aid to the stricken people. The telegram received by the Di vision from National Headquarters stated that at present no plans are being made to send relief units and it is hoped the situation can be han dled through the Japanese Red Cross. The money raised by public subscription will be turned over to that organization to be used for the telief work. -If later developments demand it, relief units will probably be made up by the Red Cross in this country and dispatched to the de vastated area, Says Turks Will Jeer Woman M. P. Roumanian Diplomat .Predict* Many Difficulties for Mme. Mum taplia Kemal Rucharest, Sept. 7 ? **Does a Tound of eager applause await Mine. .MuMapha Kemal. who has just been elected to the Turkish parliament, when she takes her seat in that bo dy?" Is a question asked recently by N Hatsaria. a Roumanian diplomat, w ho was formerly of "member of \ he Ottoman senate. "What I predict Is that she will be greeted with gritting of teeth and with dark looks of resentment." he went on. replying to his own ques tion. "The young woman who has been chosen by n Turkish electorate to defend its interests will have a hard road to travel. In the national assembly at Angora there are many hodjas?teachers and interpret^** of IMomic law?who will regard the ad vent of a woman into the assembly as a blow at the sacred institutions of th- ir rcllgldn. T1"} "They will curse Mustapha Kemal under their breath for imposing the society or a woman upon them as an equal. For Mme. Kemal they will adopt a thousand and one ways of In dicating to her personally their in tense disapproval of her course. "Lady Astor's first appearance on the floor 6f the House of Commons was an event pleasant Mi Its associa tions. because the west had a pro found regard for women as a thing of both beauty and usefulness. But the young Turkish woman will re ceive from her colleagues no sush tribute of appreciation. The Turk never associates with a female on I any basis approaching equality." WINSTON S.\I,KM KIWANIH DONATK8 HWIMMINO POOL Winston-Salem. Sept. 7.?A large 1 .ewlmming pool, contructed In Sky-I land Park, haa boen presented to the i city of Wlnaton-Salem for the use of tho public by the city Klwanls club, f 1IFNDKIIHON IIOAHD AITOINTH OAMB WARDEN1 Henderson. Sept. 7.?For the first time In several y?*nrs a game warden ' has been appointed by Henderson i - r nntify- eom m Is* l?w*?e?.?At"?-y?Mn4 - meeting J. Harry Kdwards was ap* pointed to enforce name laws in thin | r .unty. HI* only remuneration Is his income from arrest fees. opkns htcdio irrif Miss Km era Id Hykes will open her music Midlo In tho Elizabeth City Hub School September 17 for les ions in piano and theory. Pupils should r? ulster on that date. Foil THE COLLfCUK c.licl. The M. I^Kh Sheep Company Is' this week specializing upon supply j In. tlx- wants of the colleg^ girl and on the editorial page of The Advance today calls her attention to many de airabte garments. . Miss Kvelyn Svk<s underwent an j operation at the Community Hospital j I rlday morning for the removal of her tonsils. and la fitting along well. Her sister. Miss Thelma Hykes. who la a trained nurse of exceptional abil ity. and Is now on a visit to her home here, attended her. LIGHTS AND LICENSE LOST ON BAD KOAD To negotiate the unpaved gap in the Woodvllle road without losing anything more serious than a light and license tag was represented to Trial Justice SpenCe in recorder's court Friday morning to l*e a matter of such extreme difficulty that Hovt I'mphlett of Hertford, who drovo ov er In his flivver Thursday night to attend the dance hero and who claimed to have lost his lights and to have fchaketi off his llcc nse tag en route. was let off with the costs oi< the charge of operating a motor cat without license tag and without lights. Umphlett had his license tag] on the seat when he was arrested. i Willie Lee Jones, race, colored, | gender, feminine, was fined $15 and costs for reckless driving. Alfre.d Stokes, who was fined J10 and costs for both himself and the co-respondent in a prostitution ca*e and who. unable to raise the i^oney to pay the fine, has been boarding with Jailer Albertson since Monday, was told that he could go Friday if he could raise the costs. In com pany with a police officer, therefore, Alfred went down to the dock to see1 If In could get a job from some one who would pay $8 for him. He came h?'r*' as a member of the crow of the Virginia Dare. Alfred is given the name ol- being a quiet and docile prisoner by Jailer Albertson and rep resents himself as being willing to work at anything and to sleep in jail till he pays off his fine. Indians Combat Savage Legends Fight Popular Belief That Their People. Were Scalp Hunters Chicago. Sept. 7 ? A campaign to eliminate any existing belief that the primitive- mrrtmtls-iif Mir\Mll"ll can Indian are still employed, will be started at the pow wow to be held ftp re September 24-30. which will bring together the leading members of the remaining Indian tribes. "It is for the purpose of showing the people of the country that the American Indian, who always has (been looked upon as a scalp hunting tribe, is only a kind, intrepid and 'educated brave enjoying life in his 'own simple way, that the pow wow |is planned," according to Miss Cath erine Cook, Indian worker establish ing closer relations between the Iu 'dlans and the Department of the In t terior. I "From many Indian reservations |of the country will come the Indian braves and squaws, not In their na tive attlrement, but in the habili ments of civilized people. They will formulate plans whereby they can have better representation and bet ter -conditions. These tribal leaders I seek a relationship with the Interior i department which will not keep them inconspicuous because of their inabil ity to deal directly with the depart | ment., They desire a method of pro cedure which will he one of co-ordi , nation." I Indian activities, nt present wide spread, will be coalesced here. If the Jplans of the convention am realized. Several Indian teams of La Crosse players will s'tart Kast several weeks J before the pow wow here, playing an elimination series enroll to. The two teams surviving the series will clash here for final honors. j One of the* forest preserves adja cent to Chicago will be named dur ing the convention. An Indian vil lage will make its appearance there in during the convention. Indian uslc. displays and other exhibitions ! of Indian lore will be held during the ; week. SONS OF AMERICA TO MEET AT SALISBURY Salisbury. Sept. 7.?The next bien nial mooting of the National Coun cil of the Patriotic Order, Son<* of America, will be held here In 1925, according to J. C. Keesler. of this city, who recently returned from a meeting of the order at Philadelphia and reported that he had secured for Salisbury the next gathering of tho organization. SENATOR WII.I.IS TO SUPPORT COOLIDGK Wflfltitneton. Sopt. 7?Senator Willis of Ohio, who presented the name of Harding before the 1920 Re publican National convention, today came out in support of Coolidge for 1924, after a call at the White House. PILOT MOUNTAIN W. M. I*. HAH KAIMF.I) l.ARfiR SI M Winston-Salem. Sept. 7.?-Women and children of the Pilot Mountain Baptist Association have raised ap pro*imaFefy $20,000 for missionary work and about IR.000 more for other religious work, according to a report nu(1f here at a meeting of the associations Women's Missionary Ualon. NORTH CAROLINA III *1 'KM AIX, HAVH MHI( K Cam Mollck of Ih* P. W. Mellck Co. in today rymindlnR r?*'llar Nortli Carolinian* that o(Tlr? furnltur* "made In North Carolina" b*at? all other kinds. - ?i.-?t ?? - ? AMBASSADORS ARE WAITING ON ITALY IntetvAllied Council Halt* I)t*cii*sion 1 illil It Learns If Italy Will Have It Act as Mediator. Paris, Sept. ?.?The Inter-Allied Council of Ambassadors, after a lengthy session this morning ad journed until afternoon to await def inite word as to whether Italy 13 prepared to accept the mediation of the council in the present Greco-ltal ian dispute. All further discussion, it was said, are contingent upon It aly's reply. Geneva. Sept. 7.?With the na tions lining up on the Greco-ltallan affair, matters are assuming a serious aspect and the league's life is threat ened. France's position is In douht hut (treat Britain Insists strongly that the League covenant will be en-, forced on Italy. CLAIMS DAMAGE TO PLAYERS' NAME Cincinnati. Sept. 7t?President August Hermann of the Cincinnati Nationals announc.il that a suit for $50,000 dollars damages . would be filed by the club in behalf of the players. Pat Duncan and Sammy Bohne. against "Collvers Eye" In the Pnited States district court at Chicago today. He said that the suit was the re sult of charges in Colly era Ejre that ithe players had been approached by I gamblers during the New York series in Cincinnati. | STEAMER GRANT SAFE AT MANILA j Washington, Sept. 7.?The San j j4*ranclsco ?ft4ce -?>f Ipe Shlnuinu I Hoard reported to the boTrfl today' that the steamer, President Grant, j reported burned at Manila, is "safe ! in Manila harbor." KOANOKE INSTITUTE WILL OPEN MONDAY | Roanoke Institute will open Monday. September 17, under favorable cir 'cu instances. j During the vacation the debt on the largo plot of land forpiing tin* beautiful ten-acre campus facing Roanoke avenue* Brooks street ami Speed street, which is being pur chased on which to erect other nnd '.suitable buildings necessary for a ihigh grade school, has been reduced j ! to a very low figure. An up-to-date athletic field lias' 'been enclosed on a portion of this !campus, which will be used by the school for the usual athletic events, j A representative faculty has been employed and President Graves hopes that the year may pass sue-, coHsfuIlv for the school with the ;sympathetic co-operation of the'pub | lie. (M TOBEH TWELFTH TO BE FORD DAY Friday, October 12, will be Ford' Day at the Greater Albemarle DIs-J trict Fair. On that day all ladies driving Ford ' cars will be admitted to the Fair! grounds without charge, and the fol-j lowing pri7.es will be given by the Auto & Gas Engine Works, local j ?Ford dealers: Oldest Ford car?Set of seat cov- \ I ers. Ford bringing the most genera tions?Set of aluminum stepplates. , Ford bringing the youngest baby? j Spotlight. Ford driven by the oldest person? I Automatic windshield wiper. I Ford with the newest married cou- j 1 pie--Windshield visor. Ford driven by the homeliest man ' -?Noyce motometer and bar cap. Ford bringing In the greatest num ber of people In standard passenger car?Lyon bumper. ? The best decorated Ford?Extra tire and tube. Ford driven by the most beautiful woman? Look back inlrror. j Ford driven the longest distance ? to the Fair on October 12--Johns > Mansville speedometer. I Ford driven by the fattest man? lAsh tray and match box. Ford in the most dilapidated con-1 dition, but still running?Complete set of fenders. ixAOiucnrT in heavy AT IH'RHAM SCHOOLS Durham, Sept. 7.?Over 2,600 stu-j 'dents are enrolled In the public! schools of Durham this year. In the j suburban schools of East and West 'Durham, which are under county su pervision, there Is a total enrollment of nearly 2,000. - RE< Fll'Ts IXCREAHl AT CIIAIIMITTK OFFICE Charlotte, Sept. 7- -"Receipts of the ( Chariot!* postofflce for August to taled $45,287.79, representing an in crease ol, more than $5,000 over the receipts for the same month of 1922. j [according to an announcement by I, I D. Albright, postmaster. ! C. R. Staples of Norfolk Is rlslt-1 Ins his mother, Mrs. A. Staples, on I 1 Riverside Drive. I [union IS ANXIOl'S TO END TIIE STRIKE iBv Thr A*??-1atr4 l*rr?? ? tlarrisburu. Sept. 7.? Miners un ion leaders today wont into sewiuii' j with deleigates of their organization I representing the anthracite worker* determined to recommend a cours? ; which may ?nd the suspension of, mining. I'icxidfnt Lewis of the miners. j however, would give no indication or uliat decision was* reached, thouch liis associates were optimistic as to jits possible results. MERCHANTS TO BOOST THE DISTRICT FAIR A merchants boosting committee of 24 members was decided upon Friday at a social meeting of the Merchants' Association held at its headquarters in the Hinton Building Friday to consider ways and means of advertising the Albemarle Dlstiict Fair. This hooHting committee Is to be divided into three squads of eight, and those squads are to divide up the territory embraced within a ra jdlus of 50 miles of Elizabeth City and see that an Invitation to attend .the Fair is carried into every hamlet 'and neighborhood of the counties jembraced In the swing of a HO mile i radius turning on Elizabeth City as a center. The merchants also, voted at Fri day's meeting to decorate their 'stores and to ask the City Council to decorate the public buildings of the city and County. The members of the Council are also to he Invited I to Join the parade which Is to be a | feature of the Fair this year and which the merchants hope to make the biggest and most successful par ade in tin- cit\'s hist or > hk<ji iitt: i: \i?.i{o\i>s to KMPLOY CltOSSINt; \V.\T( HME\ Durham. Sept. 7.?The'Durham | City ?ouncll has passed an ordinance, cHcciivf S'*|iifiniwT i:?. i" require railroads passing through the city to place watchmen at seven principal crossings in the city lim its. the watchim n to l?e on duty from 6 o'clock in tlie morning until 10 o'clock at night. SWEKT POTATO SYIU'l' is TIIK lATKST UKWC.\( Y Washington, Sept. 7?A table and cooking syrup made from-sweet po tatoes is the latest addition to the culinary pvt ma?1e by the Department of vgriculture. Through experiments conducted at a small plant In Georgia over a pe riod of several years department chemists were able to produce a syr up which, It is said, has possibilities not only for table and cooking pur poses, but also in making candies such as-taffles. kisses and caramels. The rather dark color might preclude its use In general baking, though It would Ue valuable In such dark prod ucts as ginger snaps and cookies. The cost of product Ion as deter mined in the small plant used by the department Is f,4 cents a gallon, but Government chemists Believe this flu ure can be lowered by quantity pro duction. T-?J Du Pont Company Protects Birds Powder Maniifnrturers Take Steps for llettei' Protection of (?nine Wilmington, Del., Sept. 7?The extensive areas of unoccupied land connected with the Du Pont explos ives plants In the United States, amounting to 36,344 acres, arc to be used as sanctuaries where game and insectivorous birds will be protected. The Sporting Powder Division of the company announced that this step was being taken In connection with its plans for the better preservation of game. Several of the plants have already been stocked and the game has multiplied and ibeen protected to such an extent that It Is said lo be supplying the surrounding country. The5 reservations to be used for this purpose are located In Pennsyl vania. Colorado, Alabama, Washing- j ton. Iowa, West Virginia, Virginia. 1 Minnesota, New Jersey, Missouri.1 WisconUTTT'and Montana. Many of the reservations are heavily wooded and particularly adapted for the pur-j prrse. There are 2 4 plamTr-tnr the game preservation purposes ran-' ges from 6.000 acres down to the I average-sized farm. - COAL SITUATION SEEMS BRIGHTER Harrlsburg. Pa.. Sept. 7.--Hope for settlement of the coal strike Is brighter today as the conference ad journed late yesterday with both sides making ft number of conces-1 slons. MAVtKKT N? w York, Hept. 7.?Spot cotton closed steady. with an advance of 4 5 oointa. Middling 27.80. Futures closed at the following levels: Octo l*r 26.5 4-67. December 26.37-40, January 26.06-07, March 26.12-18, May 26.13-16. New York, Sept. 7.?Cotton futu res opened today at the following levala: Oct. 2?.00-10, Dec. 26.20-24, Jan. 26.78-82. March St.00-2l.t8, May 26.tt-2t.00 America's Response To Appeal Generous Vs l-'iiiled Slalf* Ilnrrie* Ship- Arrnos the Pacific to Stricken Japan ('nntriluitions Pour in to Bed Cros? Ileadquar lers In (iivr the Belief So Budlv Needed (By The Associated Press) As America hurries supply ships across the Pacific, the peo ple of the United States are responding generously to the appeal for help and it is believed that the $5,000,000 lied Cross quota can be surpassed. ELECTRICAL STORMS UNUSUALLY SEVERE Wednesday's electrical storm that came within an ace of bringing death | to four-year-old c.aither Williams near South Mills and that shattered; the lijjlit on the rear mast of the i Strainer- Virginia Dare while the ves-1 sel lay at her dock here, also did material damage to the Methodist! church and the Ilaptist church at' South Mil 1.4. according to reports reaching here. These reports say that a defective lightning rod was the cause of the damage to the Methodist church, that a lightning bolt struck the rod and the charge left the rod. tearing off a part of the steeple and tearing open a large hole in the weather, hoarding. In the cane of -the Haptlst church it is said that tl???j lighting plant was put temporarily out of commission by the I) 1 owiltg out of fuses. Electrical storms have been unus ually violent all this season in this vicinity. In April the cornice of the Savings Bank building was struck by a bolt and the cornice torn oft. In August the same thing hap pened to 1 lie Hinton building, hv an 'odd coincidence the holt striking the northeast cornice in each case, i On July 7. Surfman Kills Mldgett ? of the life saving station near Nags Head lost a valuable mare by a bolt .of lightning. Richard Williams, Poplar street, on July 21 lost a mule by lightning. On August 8;* Ambrose ~l*rtce of Ilonte Two lost a Valuable horse. , On Wednesday of this week WH Ham Merccr of Riddle, Cam den Coun ty. lost a horse and a hog by llght ' nlng. These are reports that readied the city. Doubtless other cases of losses have occurred that never reached j the newspapers. PLANE HERE ANI) WANTS BUSINESS j A little behind the schedule an nounced in this newHpa|>er Mr. Jack ? Hon of the Jackson-Worrell Flying ?Circus reached Elizabeth City in his ,plane shortly before noon Friday. - The plane Is now at the fool of 'Main street awaiting passengers who wish to see the city and the harbor from the air. "The rate per passen ger," says Mr. Jackson, "is only $5 a Jlight.' ' COOLIOGE CANNOT COME TOJJESTCITY President Calvin Coolidge will not 1 be able to accept the Joint Invitation of the Chamber of Commerce and the Fair Association to be in Eliza beth City on the opening day of the Albemarle District Fair. Secretary It. C. Job received a let-' ter Thursday from Hascom Slemp, secretary to the President, stating that the Chief Executive "would like to accept If It were possible for hlni to do so." A like Invitation was sent to the late President Harding before his d"ath. Mr. Harding, it is said, wast considering accepting the invitation I before hit physical breakdown. The letter from Secretary Slemp ( follows: "The President has asked me to thank you cordially for your letter of. August 31st. The invitation which you extend to him on behalf of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce appeals to him very much and hej would more than like to accept It were It possible for him to do so. It I Is his purpose, however, to devote his whole time and cm rgy to his public jluD.e4,..aud. bemuse of thta-ho 1*.not. making any out-of-town engage ments for the present. "With an assurance that the Prcs-j Ident deeply appreciates your thought! of him. "Sincerely yours, "C B. SLEMP. "Secretary to the President." HAI.KM HAD ITS OPENING Till HMD AY Winston-Salem, Sept. 7.?Salem College, a woman's educational Insti-1 -tnHon conducted here by the Mora vian church, opened Thursday, Sep tember 6, for Its one-hundred-and- j fifty-second annual session. LAST St'.\DAY KXCrillHIOV The last Sunday trip of the seanon to Nags Head on the North River, Mot will be mi..i.' hv the Vtnrttreri Sunday and those who wish to take I advantage of the day's outing are urged by Manager Brock to be on band. Although latest reports from Japan lead to the hope that the death toll is not as large as has been feared,, the destruction wrought by the earthquake has* been tremendous. A dispatch from Shanghai today savs that information received there makes it apparent that losses both In life and property were "much exag gerated." Different sources, however, agree that two-third* of Tokio has been laid waste. Three 1'nlted States destroyers have arrived at Yokohama and iiavo taken aboard .'{On Americans. One report, which has not been confirmed, says that cholera has broken out in that port. rmtti-(imwt? Itapldly Wnshington, Sept. 7.?Karly re ports to tin- lied Cross headquarters here today indicated that subscrlp tlons to tin- $5,000,000 Japanese re lief fund were nearlng the $2,000, 000 mark. I'riH'laim Moratorium Osaka, Sept. 7.?The Japanese government today proclaimed a 30 day moratorium for payments fall ing due from September 1 to 30. The ntonitomum ?itmpplbmbln?outbid" the zone of the disaster.*" Consult Are Snfc Washington. Sept. 7?Con-.nl Jllck ever at Kobe today cabled toe State Department that American consuls at and communities at Nagoya, Nugas kl, and Taihoku were sale. I* Still Cut on Osaka. Sept. 7.?Tokio is still practically cut off from the world and communication betweei\ the cap ital and Osaka remained very dlifi eult today. Order is being weli main t-iiied i?> t'ie cities ef "obe, Kioto, Nagoya and Nauaski, all of which were safe. 4 I'LAJV UNIVKHSITY TO HONOIt LINCOLN Springfield. III., Sept. 7.?A uni versity for everybody, rich and poor. "I? n day ami night seven Vfayg a week. thlH Ix the ideal herore the In corporators of the Ahraham I.lncoln rnlveralty now being founded by thn citizens nt Lincoln's home town. At mi , tings already held to fur ther the Idea of a national university for everybody, labor leaders and cap italists sat side by side. Among tlto men aiding la fostering the Lincoln 1 nlveraDj an' furmer Senator Law rence Sherman, Republican na tional committeeman for 11 llnols; John H. Walker, president of the Il linois Federation of Labor, Jewish rabbis, Protestant minister** and Catholic priests. - A fund of $1,000,000 Is to be raised this year, according to t>r. K. K. Hagler. chairman of the uni versity committee, and it is planned to open the new Institution In Ken tember. 1024. The Ideals of the university wl'll be Lincoln's Ideals. Senator Sherman said, and Its founders hope to make It a self-help Institution where any body who wants to learn, regardless of his hank account, can study night and day and Sunday, If he cannot come at other times. Wll.l.l AMH-MOKHK Miss Nellie Nettle Morse, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Morse of Weeksvllle, and Mr. Ahner Hale W'l Hams, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. I) \\ illlnms of thin city, were mnrrled Thursday evening at 8 o'clock by Hev. K. F. Sawyer. NKW VOTAIUKS PTBVJC' It sleigh. Sept. 7.?-Notary of tho Public llcensc* hav?> ibeen issued .it 'h'l of flee ofOovornor M orrlwon to the following persons: P. t! Jones." Henderson; O. O. Weston. Washlng ? on; I,. II Zehmer. Raleigh; L. 8. Harris. Raleigh: V. H. Allen. Anson vllle: J. H. Darlington. Greensboro; O. F. Dtik, Rocky Mount; W. H. Flemmin*. Henderson; W. O. Grig**. Uncolnton, PI.ANK HIIOUS K(X)XOMY Munich. Sept. 7.?German manu facturers. limited by post-war regu lations. are mnklne very few air planes. Nevertheless' a machine built in Munich recently Mew fr'om Rosn rlo to Iluenos Aire;;. Argentina, 205 miles. In one-third of the train time for the distance nrwl at a cost for gasoline equrfl to the price of a rail way ticket. BTTLK ALL THK WIIIMC Mitchell's Department Store re minds shoppers in today's Advance that this store is "Style Headqusr-. ters" for the entire family.