********* ? THE WEATHER * tcni peraturc. * * * # l iiM'tth'd ivvalhcr. l'rol>- * //Ml fv4| I /^W - * CIRCUL.4TIO\ ? : MJffill JSPPillyl * j^tx : * VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 22. 1923. EIGHT PACES. NO. 272. Winter's Icy Finger Blights Fall Truck In The Albemarle Ko?y Hopesof Uif; I'rofili for (Jrimers in l'all I'cas and iit-ans Turned Into Aslirs by Touch of Ural Winter in Earlv November Tiie first freeze of the autumn played havoc with the fall crops of May peas and snap beans in this section, causing a loss of be tween J$o00<>0 and $100,000 in the counties of Pasquotank, Cam den and Currituck, according to local commission merchants, farmers and seedsmen. This loss, of course, is figur ed on the basis of what the crops would have brought if sold at the prevailing high prices, and not on the farmers' actual investment of labor and money. The acreage this fall was unusu ally large, the good prices of last fall having encouraged the farmers to plant heavily ?this season. The yield was excellent and the first pickings brought from six to ten dollars a basket. llut the first touch of winter came just a few days too soon. This fateful freeze that brought disas trous results to the pea and bean cro}?s came on Friday, November 9, and had there been one more week of weather without heavy killing frost, commission men say, the bulk of the peas and beans would have been shipped and sold. "The greater loss." says N. Ho ward Smith, of the Carolina Potato .Exchange, "came from the May pea crop. Roughly I would estimate that about one-twentieth of the yield of?May?peas?JumJ been put on the, market, while possibly twenty-five per cent of the bean crop had been .sold. "However, that part of the snap bean that was still in the field was completely wiped out by the heavy frost and freeze of November 0. The May peas, on the other hand, in some Instances, were left in good enough shape to ship and the best of these that had been frozen brought around $4.00 to $6.00 a basket. "We have planted May peas in the fall for twenty years, I figure that during this period we have made about $16,000 and lost about $30, 600 "t- r "Well do you propose to raise May |>eas next fall?" Mr. Smith was asked by The Advance reporter. "Yes sir," he -answered promptly. "We shall continue to raise them in both spring and fall. I/helieve the acreage next fall will be Just as large as it is this year." Dr. L. S. Hladcs of the Spence Hollowell Company, however, is of the opinion, that the fall acreage will be cut down next year and he believes that it should be. "Of course." he said "a great nfany peo ple will continue to plant because the profit Is so great in a good year that it offsets the losses for several lxid years. I don't believe that m.Qre than a third of the planters this year made any money on their crop. One disadvantage of the fall May pea crop is that it is harvested along with cotton and other fall crops and its costs more to get them on the market than it does in the spring. "Those who are fortunate enough to have land facing a swamp on the north or west will lind this land very suiflible for fall peas as the swamp will afford moisture that will keep off frost to some degree." A farmer who planted heavily In Camden County this year and esti mates his prospective loss on peas and beans to be around ten thous and dollars Rays that he expects to plant p<'as next fall. "However," he .says "farmers who go Into the rais ing of May peas and snap beans in the. fall should be prepared to lose. Small farmers should limit their plantings to such an acreage that will not cramp them in case the crop Is a complete loss. "With a little more precaution this season, -half of the May pea crop that now lays waste could have been sold and marketed at a fair prire. For Instance, the average first kill ing froHt on November 10. Five clays earlier planting will likely make a difference of 10 to 15 days In maturing. Snap bean* for fall, according to official statistics, for 1'itx section, should he planted be tween August 20 and 25. Most of ? in were planted later than that. Tliomas Laxon peas should be plant (Continued On Page Five) Ni:\Y I'llKKtllTKIl M\V (JO ox dismal swa>ir <\w.\i. Recently completed at the ahlp vurd of the Klfziibeth City Iron Work*, the M|U?fe-end freighter' Tramp Is ready to be put In opera tion. and It Is thought that ahe will u' ? her first run Iron here to Nor folk via the Dismal Swamp Canal j t ii- vcek. The Tramp was built for; H. I. Prooks of Ilalllston. Virginia, himI Captain Ilrooks Is said to be coi?"i?l ring operating the freighter j hetw' ? n here and Norfolk on the I Dismal Swamp Canal on a regulari schedule. The Tramp la a fiB-foot craft with an 18-foot beam and Is propelled by steam. SEVEN ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION Those Little People (Ian l>e Helped by the Stale at Or thopedic Hospital ill Town of Gastonia. Of Ir'nilled'c!",^*8 ,he ,0,al """'h'T (OscarLMmJ?1*" Pxa""I,c<' by Dr. SeX"8 ?"* ?W?'e UC here ?/nLtn*VU7Z aNorU,'Kcir ?!"' iS^a-S ^?fcrSFss^F E1"!."? eo-operaitod w.u, 'h" i ,i ., nr" au,horltles in s.-ein- to fecovry Is r.-lZ^F *^h?n~ ? wore 1 froii? Cp,<,ren ""mined.''12 There wer> four^rom C,oun,>' one from Chnu*->n 0 1 er<Ju,nians. ssls^-sks ??S-Th^" nrMMI,i^";V' J"" m- ,W"? ?""??ed The Aclvnnefc* of*'the E'lj?bM? c!t,vra,tl?"l"nd l''r''" '^."aSF84? S??tafeS3 ^vstas&rsJjS. Noll linttlo Lewis wriMnn _ ft Votul Laro,lna woman soVrz^- SoKpz'w nien. nsk the quoMIon Vi?,,. , ?roar?^:f,r/&,!,c h"s"i,:,; Wll.. .* *?" "n,lrolv Itnorant " ?f'aaaa?a.-,a?: r&SHSs T?''T""" hospital nt Oastonla "r,l,opedie woman quoted |,v ?l m iJl.i1' "" nn> rale, something I, , At lory of the Instltuti!" * " hl'' amis#. ?n.QUtution may not be spSrariSV' of r>nKtonia. Bablngton? rinhlnl'!!,,,''" '?onemXh7' i Mr ' nineteen hundred and nlne m"1; finished reading n short . 1 In the 'OrtilinnV Vvi i ? l'nri"frn|,h ?? ?he Masmflp children, Oxford N r ' , I"rp""" IK" h?-nrt-breakInJ^eonHtisl'tin oV^l'1 conversation bet we, n t I? .... " I'-ndent of that In.mi. ! ""Pcrln mmm & ?^^TASSt:\ ?et ZllZi J"" " "ls?" "he could ' >.'V'!ha.'!,: I laid the ?? e ,hl" Stale 3Xn,h# wx* r h'? lor them as Ik.a,/"." to Provide i Continued on Page 4 77f l\KSMMYf; PROC.I. tMATI()\ Tin t i on t<Jijuoi'files wit iclt i- ''i < n't J. t it i tiii'lii if i .J, e rt'l approval. as most fliif/ custom It"s de cried vs /iropcr and fittiiig, for the i. > l ^sitiit of til0111;* to afyl'ltcioUS Heavenly /? i'tllCl let' tin' pi'ldeet tOn exercised over us and the favors attending us through thr i*<ist year. No people have lit en favored more than wc of this cit-il Olid section. Il"< hare been spared the distress!tig experiences of other sections and peoples ami a plentiful harvest with attendant prosperity lias been garnered. It behooves us all In jiirc thanks for the numerous blessings of which we have been the recipient* and to IP-dedicate ourselves to the services of Him whose Providence has made possible our achievements; Now, therefore, following the lend of the President of the United States and the Governor of North Caro lina. I proclaim and designate Thursday, November J9tli. this the ylcar of our Lord, nineteen liunderd and twenty-three as Thanksgiving Day ami request a cessa tion of all labor and bustliess ant! ii gathering together in our respective places of worship that we may fitting ly express our gratitude for the blessings received and the protection accorded. Done in the City of Elizabeth City. North Carolina. This the twenty-second day of November .4. !).? nine teen hundred and twenty-three. IK. BEN GOODWIN, Mayor. BROTHERS LOSE LEGACY QUICKLY Peoria, 111., Nov. 22 ? Rus -**44?ami ^lyde Whltuker. brothers, obtained $10,000 in cash yesterday as their shares of their grandfather's estate, and within a few hours it had parsed into the posess ion of highwaymen. These ar;ned robbers took their leg acy as they were returning home. ?* WOMAN AND CHILI) FOUND MUltOERED Savannah. Nov. 22?Mrs. Agnes Mudte and 1 it 11 o daughter w.i. found murdered when the woman's husband returned home last night. There is no clue to the murderer. STOKES AND WIFE AGHEE TO DISAGREE New York. Nov. 22.? \V. E. D. Stokes, wealthy hotel man. and his I wife. Mrs. Helen El wood Stokes. I today ended their legal warfare of t several years standing, through an j agreement by which Mrs. Stokes , was formally granted a degree of separation. OXCK Mll.l,0\ \ I UK'S YACHT FITTED OFT AS OIL TANKKIt Fitted out as an oil tanker, the yacht Tamarack, now lylnc at the ishipyard of the Elizabeth City Iron Works on Klverside Drive, will be really for operation very soon. Miles I Clark, Elizabeth City representative of the Texas Company. Is owner, having purchased the yacht from Its former owner after it burned to the water's edge on Albemarle Sound in j the winter of 1021. ? . The stir of Industry Is contiguous nt the shipyard of the Elizabeth City Iron Works, the dry dock being oc cupied practically all the time. Just now the tug Ida Is awaiting a new I propeller, which will probably lie in stalled Thursday or Friday of this I week, nnd a big loir barge Is now on the ways for caulklnu. It HOT Hi; It I'IMOt'H HI Ki.KON YISITI.Nd IN KDKXTOV Edenton. Nov. 22.?Rev. James A. Ileed. of? Illackstone. Virginia, a for mer Methodist pastor, who preached here 50 years ago. nrrlved Tuesday and Is the auest of Mrs. L. I). Rond. Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Rond and Mr. and Mrs.- Waiter S. White. He Is also the brother of Dr. Wal ter Reed, the famous army surgeon, who was sent to Cuba to stamp out yellow fever, and who discovered the mosquito carried the germ. m PGR h MtRMOJI IMEAI) Staunton. Va.. Nov. 22.?Judge George Moffitt Harrison, aged 70. former chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, died ot his home here today. ||P had b en In 111 health for ten months, The funeral will be held tomorrow at four o'clock and Interment will modi In Thornrose Cemetery hern. WATKII>IKIS>\ ?'M,\ MI'IOV Otto Cartwrlgh', colored. of W.?lts*llle, apparently |* prizewin ner for jralslng |ato fall watermelon Ihla year. IIp has one on display at Twlddy'a Grocery Mill to weigh n'?ar ly ten pounds. Jordan Warren, col-| ored, I.ane street, has been clelmlnK this honor for several years, but has not yet been heard from this year. SIX INDICTED FOR FLOGGING WOMAN: Atlanta, Not, 32? Six men were yesterday Indicted here for flogging a woman at Marietta, Georgia. NINE KILLED IN SUGAREXPL0S10N And Sfaroli (iontiiiups for Additional Itoilii-, Kxarl Drill h List Not Iicing I'osi livelv Known Yet. New llicrla, La., Nov. 22.?TIip |search continued today for additlon lul bodies in the ruiHH of the Vida ISu^ar Koflnery at Loreanvllle, which I was razed yesterday hy a terrific e\ ! plosion, killing at least nine persons 'and Injuring 15 others, live probably j fatally. The chcck up of the payroll today , disclosed that three employes were unaccounted for and it is feared that jtliey had been burled under the de bris of the plant which was com I pb-tely wrecked at a loss of $100, 000. SENATOR WATSON TO RUN AGAINST IIIKAM Indianapolis. November 22? S-'n ?ut?? James K. Watson today an nounced that he would probably be a candidate for the Republican nom ination for President of the United States, He declared that he would run "if for no other reason to win the Indi ana delegation from Hiram John son." BOYS KILLED WHEN TROLLEY HITS AUTO Lynchburg. Vu., Nov. 22.?Two boys were killed and their father was seriously Injured today when their automobile backing from an al ley wan struck by a street car. The dead are J. H. Williams. 1ft; and Francis Williams, four The party was leaving for Iledford County to attend the funeral of the father's mother. CHARGES AGAINST CHARI.OTE OFFICE Charlotte. Nov 2 2.? Formal charg es of Inefficiency In administration and favoritism in personnel appoint ments were field with the Veterans riureau in Washington today against the Veterans Office of the Fifth Dis trict in Atlanta and the subdistrlct offlc- hern. The charges were mode by Dr. Towtisendi f of pier medical exam ine officer of North Carolina. I\\ R311(1 ITKH I I i n M \? ^ M\o\ I'Kwi r i?i(.(.i:i: Kdcnton. Nov. 22.? !)r. I*. J. <Jrif fin spent Tuesday In Ontes Countv with the farmers Investk-atlne^ the value and efficiency of the Nixon peanut digger, where about n dozen have been In Use this season, and was pleased to find how favorable was the comment of the farmers of that section on this new Invention. From other sections also conies the news that a large sale Is prac tically assured the coming year as the farmers of several counties have testified to the improvement of the Nl*en dlft'-'er over other makes. This Is most Interesting to our read? t ? as nils machine Is the Inven tion of M. M. Nixon, a local man.! and the manufacture and assembling of this machine is done In Edenton. t llftlMiH CUMiO sK\ l.inss With a cargo of sea crass the rcbooner Julia W. Ileii arrived Tues-i day tnofnlng from Hattera*. Capt. W. H. Scarborough is loading out-: ward with coal, kerosene and n?er-1 chandlse for the return trip at the' J. n. Flora wharf. The schooner i Missouri Is also loading at this wharf i for Avon. I i w i i;i i: ni i;i: < "li-r. -M!i:in M. rr,-. nf TMir-ilav' ? t?| j. to lit. r uii ? I ' I ? <? <1 I' ft II l?* ill t I. .'Mlllt ll'llll 111. In v t:j?']| -? I" I' ll | Illllil- |. j; ,1 Wllil.. Ml III,. r||. ^.r |.ri), : 1,1 THREE SESSIONS HELD EACH DAY Cimfrreiicp at Ml. Li-lianon A. M. K. /ion ('liurcli ( ioes ^ itli Business unci In. j *|>ir:iti?nal Services. I?y K. >1. \v. Iluili-r I At Mio Wednesday afternoon ses i slnn of tlio Albemarle Conri rcnro at | Ml. Li'hnnou A. M. K. 7Aou Church .tin' conference wascalled .to'.ordiT | by RTshop George L. Illackwell. The i^slon was spent principally in pro. sent ing visitors. and settling person al claims. I>r. E. \V. Wlnfield. presiding old er of the Fdenton district, who lias !? n in poor health for some months. | made n pathetic talk to'the confer Ience. thanking the brethren for the ;consideration given him hv them. He spoke also of his implicit faith in God. The following committees were announced: On rules, Revs. C. C. inrew. J. Woodhotisc and I). S. j niackwell; on public worship. Revs. ?D. S. Itlackwell. J. K. Garrett and C. IW. Wlnfield: on finance. Revs. J K I Garrett. C. W. Wlnfield. W. F. Ed wards. D. S. Illackwell. N. S. Harris. . N. N. Drew and F. W. M. Itutler; Ion admission. Revs. C. C. Drew and S. M. Ethcridge; First year studies. rC^-K. Kdwardw and J, H. Saw-uur^. second year studies. Revs. H. N. Drew and G. W. Vincent; third year studies. Revs. R. C. Council and A. ;C. Coward; fourth year studies. N. S. Harris and P. R. Washington; on education. Revs. P. McDonald. It. F. .Franklin and F. I*. Owens; on state I of the churrh. Rev*. I,. J. White. A. I.. Ferebec and A. W. Garrett; state of the country. Revs. If. It. Pcttl i grew. R. H. Dick and G. N. Cuffee; memoirs. Revs. K. S. Williams. C. C. Hunter and S. S. Dtrkerson: period ' lea Is. Rev. J. S. Gurley and W. It. ?Hathaway; on Sunday school. W. It. Hathaway, Revs. S. Johnson and J. K. Norcum; on V. C. K.. Revs'. A. C. | LIttlejohn. W. A. Mullen nnd A. C. | Acklss; on W. IL and F. M. society. I Mrs, J. H. Dutler. district president; general conference matters. Rev. It. | F. Harrison. Rev. D. S. Itlacknell. I Rev. J. K. Garrett. Rev. C. 0. Drew; resolutions. E. S. Hnssell, W M Ruffin. W. H. C. Svkes. At the night session at 7:TJ0 Rev. D. S. Illackwell lined out the hymn. "Soldiers of Christ. Arise." Prayer was offend by Rev. R. c. Council. Music was furnished by the senior choir. Itishop G. I.. Itlack well Intro duced Rev. N. S. Harris of Kdenton to preach. Rev. Harris took for his text the :57tl? verse of the 12th chap ter of St. John. "And I. If I he lifted up. will draw all men unto me." The speaker preached a soul-stir ring sermon, and demonstrated the fact that ho has kept abreast "With the tlines* Prayer was offeree! by Rev. P. R. Washington. A welcome program wns presented. The Rlshop presented Rev. D S. Itlack well as master of con-monies. The following program wns pre sented: Welcome on behalf of the, church. K? rmlt Little; welcome on behalf of the Sunday school. Vivian Harrington; on behalf of the Bap tist churches. Dr. C. M. Cart wrlght; on behalf of the Presbyterian churches. Rev. M. R. Lane; on he half the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies. Mrs. Jennie If Ruder; on behalf of the schools of the city. Dr. P. W. Moore; on behalf of the white ministry of the city. Rev. S. H. D. Wilson; on behalf oft tie- citizens. Mayor W. lien Goodwin I Who was represented bv Attorne> T. W. Markham. Knob of the address-j es of welcome, though concise, was Oiled with choice words as well flirt witty saying. The response was made by Dr. W. J. Walls. The Thursday morning session of lie- conference was opened by Pre ? I?11 n;: Kldcr J. F. Garrett, who pro c ede.l with bu fne's until the arriv al of Itishop Hlackwell. After read-' Ing of minutes of the previous day Mud night sessions, tie- conference proceeded with the completion! of ap-1 rviintment of committees: Revs. 0. W. Itrown. G. II. Spauldlng of Vir ginia. Revs. H. II. Norman and W. j <harp of this city were presented to the conference and made short ta'ks. \s announced bv th< bishop on the venlng h<for# Dr. W. J. Walls preached at 1 1 o'clock. Dr. Walls look for his test. St. Mark, 7th chap ler, nnd nnd filth verses, "And he look him aside from the multitude, find put his fingers in his ears." In lb" d? llverv of this sermon Dr. Walls substantiated the legitimacy if hi- c .n l .laef for the M?hoprlc to the general conference which meets in Indiana. i*K \s im) ro'rrox iikiii: l ltOM TVItl(i:i,l, l-OIXTH A carjro of and rotlon wan brnimht to tlila city thin w.-.k from Kort Landing and Oiidyer. Tyrrell County, by the nchoonc-r Kugrne H llrown for dlwharae lit W. J. Wood loy'n wharf. Captain Joel llrlckhnuae la maater. EXPLORER PACES HIS PRISON CELL Dr. l'ri'ilrrirk OmiI* of INortli P..!.? l ame I'lidcr Sentence of l-'oiiiieeti Viw in I'eder al Penitentiary. Fori Worth. Tex., Nov. 2 2. ? Dr. Frederick A. (Took, who first .untried I fame by his denied claims of discov ery of the North Polo, today Is rac ing his coll in Tarrant County Jail h? r??, undi r sentence of 14 years and eight months in the Federal penlten [tiary at l.?avi nworth, Kansas, and a Alio of $12,000. With this sentence he carries also ; what was said to have been the most j si limine denunciation ever heard In a Texas court room ringing in Ills J ?ars. In jail with Cook are 13 of his Ico-defendants, found guilty late yes terdav of using the mails to defraud in promoting the l'etroleum Produc ers- -Association. .... SAM BUXTON SPEAKS I TO KOTAKIANS FKIDAY J Sam Buxton of Newport News, Ya.. will he the principal speaker of the evening Friday at a Ladles night meeting given by the Ellza \ belli City Kotary Club. Besides this I speech, a local ladles quartet will j render several vocal selections. All of this, with a turkey dinner, will doubtless furnish a pleasant evening I for those attending. TKAIN TWO III MHiI I) EXPERT AVIATORS Washington, Nov. 22? Plans for an aviation reserve system which . will train between 150 and 200 cx 1 pert fn?-fs"annually, wirrr announced i by the Navy Departinent today. Embodied in the program is the basis of a new policy which. It is said, constitutes the first concrete j step toward building the Air Service to the strength required by modern tactics. Prohibition Ap'iih Are After Smugglers Washington, Nov. 22.?The entire j eastern section of the country is be | jug combed by Federal agents today in the effort to stamp out the liquor ? smuggling and marketing conspiracy, described as "one of the moat gigan tic combinations known" whether [legal or illegal. The agents have before them work, ! <>f tin* Bureau of Investigation of the t Department of Justlcp. tha is expect ed to provide sensational results. - <TI<RITI < K MERCHANT DEAD .?. II. Boswood, 63 years old and for thirty-five years in the mercan tile business at Gregory. Currituck County, died at hfs home at Gregory Wednesday night at eleven o'clock, according to a long distance tele phone report received hero Thurs day morning. Mr. Boswood suffered a nervous breakdown . several years ago and has not been in good health since that time. Last summer he seemed to be Improving, but four or five weeks ago he began, to grow worse. The attack which enfled in his death came on Monday. The funeral will be conducted at tin- home Friday afternoon at one o'clock by Mr. Boswood's pas tor. Hev. W. It. Humble of Moyock, assisted by Itev. tf. L. Stack of Eliz abeth City. Mr. Boswood is survived by a widow, one son, (1. C. Boswood of Gregory and by a sinter, Mrs. J. M. Seymour. VtKffKMts \li Of CHOVM H III*; HUM) MONDAY NIGIIT The rehearsal of the chorus for I he Elks Memorial service to be held the first Sunday In December, which was to Be held Friday tilSht of this week, has been postponed, because of (he Kotarlan ami Kiwauls meetings und of the high school play, until Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the. Klks If all. All choirs of the city or inyone who would assist .In this i-horus are asked to come to this re hearsal whether they have been es pecially Invited or not. I ? i: i /1: PHI! OR IDV6 TH IT BRINGS MOST PARENTS - ?? /?? Keen competition Is being shown itnong the different grades In the; nrailed schools to secure tlie largest number of parents next Tuesday af ternoon at 3:30 at the regular meet ing of the Parent-Teachers' Associa tion. Each room Is after the much coveted prize. What the prize Is, Is vet a secret, hut it Is sure to he nomething nice for the school room. The prize Is being given by the Par* riif-Teachers Association. COTTON M titHirr N?w York, Nov. 22. Spot cotton, <lo**d at^udy. Middling 35.60, u de cline of so points. Futures* cloning hid. I).r. If.I*. Jan 34.65. March 3475. May 34 90. July 34 32, Oct. 28.63. New York. Nov. 22. ? Cotton fu tures opened this morning at the following level*: December 35.75; January 34.80; March 95.10; May 34.40; July 34 86 and October 28 90.

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