Farmers' Friends
These senators called on President Coolidfe to urge a more liberal policy by the War Finance Corporation
toward small country banks. Left to right: Senators Magnus Johnson, Lynn J. Frazier. McNary. Shlpstcad
and Capper.
Searching
Authorities nre looking for Maye
Co<^?r>n (above i .of Xrerthnm. Muss.,
alleged vhite slave victim of Dr.
Edrrin C Ruth, former fed* nl nar
cotic -\Kcnt, who also has Uisuu
pcaieU.
REV. \V. P. CONSTABLE DKAD
Washington. N. C., Feb. 28. ?
News has been received here that
the Rev. W. P. Constable, who until
recently was pastor of the Swan
Quarter Circuit, Hyde county, died
in the Watts Hospital, Durham,
Tuesday afternoon. Rev. Mr. Con
stable was a patient In the Washing
ton Hospital of this city up to a
^week ago. His condition being some
what improved, It was thought best
to take him to Durham where he,
could be near his immediate family.
One of the most faithful ministers
of the Methodist Church, South, and
of the North Carolina Conference,
has gone to his final reward in the
passing trf this preacher.
Rom In England, he came to this
i country when quite small. His lot
was cast In North Carolina. Early
In life, he became a Methodist
preacher, and until the time of his*
Illness, was a most faithful servant]
of the church. At the last session
of the annual conference held In
Elizabeth City, Mr. Constable was
stricken with a disease which ccm-i
tinned to prey upon him until death i
came Tuesday.
He was appointed to the Swan'
Quarter circuit for the secojid year;
hut was unable to fill the pulpit ati
any time since the Conference.
He died at the age of 59, leaving a
widow, two sons, Palmer and* Er-j
nest; and two daughter*. Mrs. Wat-'
son of Fairfield, and Miss Edna.
fmctchrr-prick
A quid weddlnft waa MlcmniXPil
at the homi of Rev. R. F. Hall. S21
North Road etreet, when Ml** Hat
tip Price, daughter of Mr. and Mr*.
C. C. Price of the Olltet Cbmmunl
'ty, became the hrlde of Mr. n. r.
Fletcher, ton of Mr. and Mra. T. C.
Fletcher of Weekurllle. Onljr the
alatera of the bride, Mra. H. B.
' Owena, and Mr*. Leo Ire*, and llt
k tie daughter wltneaaed the ceremo
ny. Mr. and Mra. Fletcher will make
their home at WvekjTllle.
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EVERGLADES NOW
PRODUCING SUGAR
And Opening of Big Cane
Mill Near Miami Starts Dis
cussion as to Future of In
dustry.
H.v 4. C. ItOYTiK.
(Copyright. 1924. By The Advance)
NemYork, Feb. 28. ? The opening
[of the big mill of the Pennsylvania
[Sugar Company 17 miles from Mla
| ml, Florida, Is regarded by Ameri
can cane growers and beet sugar
j men as a distinct blow at control of
I the American market by refiners
who own plantations in Cuba. The
domestic cane and best producers
| have always claimed that by buying
from themselves and thus transfer
rins profits from one poeket to an
other. the refiners with Cuban plan
tations have been enabled to dom
inate the prices of both raw and re
fined sugars.
The new Florida plant which be
i Ran functioning this month and now
j is working Into steady operation, is
j the outlet for a great plantation cov
ering 300,000 acres in the Florida
i Everglades. The first cane was
planted years ago but the Investment
already exceed* $4,000,000. The sig
nificant fact of the initial grinding,
however, is that it has proven that
a tremendous territory in Florida Is
available for successful cane culture
and that Its expansion will serve
still further to relieve the United
; States from dependence on the Cu
ban supply.
There were only 378, SCO, 000
i pounds of cane sugar produced in
th*i United States last year, or but
little more than half as much as in
1922. The best sugar crop helped
out, for It was 1,080.160,000 pounds,
a gain of over 400,000,000 pounds
from the previous year, but this
| country consumed over ten and a
half billion pounds.
Sugar receipts at Cuban ports are
nearly as large as they were last
year. The crop is progressing favor
ably and the weather has been fine.
Nearly all of the 174 mills which
were expected to operate In 1924 are
;now grinding, and there seems little
; doubt that the Cuban crop will be
; above that of 1923, although the In
crease Is not at present estimated to
be execesslve. These are factors
which would tend toward a stabili
zation of prices, at least during the
early part of this season.
English refiners are not expected
to prove a /actor in price Increases
| for Cuban raws, at least for the pres
ent, sine#* they seem to have supplied
their needs pretty well up to April.
, It is undeniable, however, that Eur
ope will have to look largely to Cuba
for supplies until the Java sugars
begin to arrive on the continent in
j June.
Later,* however, the European
beet sugars will come on the market
and there Is every indication that
the yield from that source this year
[ will be heavy. The French beet su
gar crop now Is placed ut 4.10,000
tons ?*rlth large contracts for acre
age diosed and a big Increase next
year relied on.
Consumption in this country, how
ever, Is counted on to Improve ma
terially over last season. The wild
"fluctuations In sugar prices last
spring had a detrimental effect on
consumption, not only by the house
wife but In the case of the canners.
Then. ;oo. some of the fruit crops In
various sections suffered materially
from bad weather In 1923, further
diminishing consumption of sugar in
package. Candy manufacturers all
over the country report a steady and
Increasing demand. Soft drink man
ufacturers who use sugar largely In
their products are Increasing their
plants and preparing for a big sum
mer season, and preliminary esti
mates of fruit crops are encourag
ing to growers and canners.
Other factors which Intensify the
significance of the success attending
the Florida cane operations are that
the district Is available to water
transportation and that the land
?tiltble for planting to this crop Is
We aell ?n?1 fro*? n fee
every bag of
Holiday unci Sliver Dti*t Flnnr
L. B. BELANGA
KlUabeth City, I*, p.
? ? J - ?
Daughters to Award
The Cross Of Service
World War Veterans Who Are
Sons of Confederate Vet
erans Entitled to Them
I
! On Memorial Day this year the D.
H. Hill Chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, will present the
cross of service to World War vet
erans who are lineal descendants of
Comederate veterans.
These medals bear the motto
"Forte:* Creantur Forties" which
is translated, "The brave give birth
to the brave."
Men who served in the World War
land whose fathers fought for the
Confederacy are asked to apply to
| Mrs. W. L. Cohoon, West Church
i street, Eiizurherh City, for the neces-i
|sary blanks to be filled out, so that
they may be awarded the medals on
I Memorial Day. This applies to those
in i'asquotank and Camden and any
| other nearby counties which have 110
i chapter of the Daughters ot the Con
i federacy. it is necessary that these
i applications be made at once, In or
| der that provision may be made for
I the medals, and the D. H. Hill Chap
I ter is anxious to have a worthy re
; presentation.
Fl'NKKAIi IIKI.KN HVKKS
lly James McMurren
The luneral of Helen Syke's, col
ored, who died at her home on j
i Bunnell's avenue at the age of flf
| teen, waa held at Mt. Lebanon
J church Tuesday afternoon at twol
o'clock. She was a student of the j
[second year class of Roanoke Insti
tute. The choir sang "Abide With
1 Me," ".My Faith Looks Up to Thee," I
| and "Shall We Meet." Scripture
| reading by Dr. Black well was fol- ,
lowed by prayer by Rev. Dan White.
Resolutions were read by Mildred;
jand Merlyn Graves, Annie Mae
! I'ailin, Mable McMurren. A solo
| was rendered by Mary MoMurren,
j also a cornet solo by Prorf. Charlie
| Woodhouse. Prof C. F. Graves,!
I principal of Koanoke Institute, talk-'
led on her loyalty to her school, her,
j loyalty to- her church was the sub
j ject of her class, led by John H. J
White. The floral offerings were I
beautiful. She leaves her father,
mother, two brothers, two sisters.'
and a host of relatives. The pall
bearers were: McKinley Raker, H. J.
Godfrey. Frank Carter, M. C. Twine '
C. Barnard, W. Thompson. The ac-j
tlve pall bearers were members ofi
her class, Rev. D. S. Black well off i- 1
dating. Interment was made In Oak
Grove Cemetery.
COTTON CO-OPS COM III NK
Shreveport, Feb. 28. ? Andrew
Querbes, president of the Louisiana
Cotton Growers Cooperative Mar
keting Association, declared today
that by July 1 all cotton growers'
co-operative associations would be i
brought under one management
with headquarters at Memphis.
extremely cntensivo.
The Louisiana cane growers ex- 1
perlenced a most satisfactory season i
in 1923. due largely to advantag-i
eons marketing methods, and then- '
is reason to believe that this success I
will give encouragement for extend
ing production.
HEARD TIIK LATEST?
It I# Flw i C hfckerhwry Ch?wlnfl
(ium. Vm, f h* kind with the nrw,
r?frMhln| flavor that'* pr??#?V In.
Ray: "<:h*ck-ch?ck-<:h*ck*rb*rry !"
We *ell mid inmmnlee
every ha* of
Holiday and Silver Ih>*t Flour
W. H. (lartnright & Sou
kllulx-th City, Jf. C.
666
I* ? Pnw/lp(km prepared for
Colds, Fever and Grippe
It I* the moat ipccdj r?a?d| we know
Preventing Pneumonia
MUST FIGHT TO
BEAT THE WEEVIL
Government Method Will
Make An Increased Cotton
| Crop on the Small Farm as1
Well as the Large One.
Hy KKKTOX AKNKTT
Copyright. 1*24. by Th? Atfvanc*
Xew Orleans, February 28 ? I
Reports that the Government me- j
thod of boll weevil control is good'
for the* big farms and not i
for the little ones were |
declared to be faUe by J. W. i
Pox. of Scott, Miss., manager of the.
largest cotton plantation in the
T\orld." in an address to the Miss-;
issippi legislature recently. Mr.
Fox lias had wide experience in me
thods of boll weevil control and has!
worked with Government and state j
experiment stations In their re
search and and tests.
"While no one claims that the
weevil damage can be overcome,"
said Mr. Fox, "it bus been estab
lished beyond question that when
needed and properly used, this'
method (the Government method)!
jWill make an increased cotton cropi
and a substantial net profit. Also,!
that it can be used by the five]
acre farmer as well as by the thousr
and acre farmer, provided the land
Is sufficiently fertile to grow a crop
of cotton."
Mr. Fox outlined the recommen-i
dations of state ami Government,
??xperts and stressed the first steps |
in control which the National Boll
Weevil Control Association is calling
to the attention of the tarmers at'
this time, namely; planting of well
adapted seed of the early maturing
I variety after all danger of frost
J is past and in a seed bed of good
j condition; high degree of fertiliza
tion, and planning to use calcium
arsenate in dust form for poisoning
-liHer in tho -season..
Experiments and tests of experts
at the experiment stations at
Florence, South Carolina, and
Clemson College show that in pre
paring the land for planting, the
i rows should be from three to three
I and a half feet apart for the. best re
sults and that the stalks &'..oukl be
I placed from six to twelve inches
apart^Jn the drill. These measures
influence early fruiting of the plant,
which is considered of extreme im
portance in control of the boll
weevil.
Producing the cotton crop Just as
! early in the season as possible is
cosidered of great importance ns the
production of cotton under boll wfe
| vil conditions is said to be nothing
I more or less than a race between the
, setting of bolls on the plant and the
| multiplication of the weevils, and
I everything possible should be done
| to aid tlA cotton plants in winning
thia race.
Figures showing results in favor
of thick spacing over thin spacing
| have been compiled by Clemso* Col
lege. On plats where thick spacing
was employed it was found that on
June 22 there was an average of
130.392 squares per acre, while on
nn acre spaced 20 inches there were
only 34,6%) .squares. On the same
i plats it was found that at the first
picking on September 5, 61 per cent
| to 62 per cent of the total yield was
lBf5EfBf5IciM5j(2Jc!J6J6/BJL
? o. a
Spring Is Here
So Fashion decrees, and
this store is in line with
Fashion's Remands with an
attractive new line of
Suits, Coats and
Dr esses
M. Leigh Sheep
Co.
|j Woman'* Wear Store
We soil and guarantee
every bag of
Holiday and Sliver Dust Flour
MRS. W. L. STANLEY
Kllzabeth City, N. C.
"NEVER SAW YOU
LOOK SO WELL!"
AT a little thrill of prldo it
f gives you when your friends
speak of your healthful, youth
ful appearance. And you feel ashamed
when you know your skin is blotched,
your eyes dull and your cheeks pile.
Enrich your blood and tone up your
system tar taking Gude'sl'epto Mnnpnn
and watcn those distressing symptoms
disappear. It has restored thousands
of other ill, run down people to health
and vigor? give it a chance to do the
same for you. At your druggist's, in
both liquid and tablets.
Ws
Frf f TjtKlpfa To fnr yotirvlf the
!;^. D eW hMhh'buikfinff va|u? o?
ftwe aFwto-Msntsn, ?en<l far 1 rcr Pkimb.
?4. J. Breitmbach Co., 63 Warren St, N. Y.
Glides
Pepto-Mangan
Tonic and Blood fin richer
We guarantee Holiday
and Hllver Duat Hoar to
pleaae or your money bark.
DANIEL WEBSTER
CM/, X. C.
| matured cm the thick spaced plats, i
while only 39 per cent of the total
yield was matured on the thin
spaced land.
! These figures are considered by
successful farmers as sufficient \
proof that it will be profitable to
plant from one to three stalks in |
hills at six to twelve inch intervals j
and in rows three to three and a half I
feet apart.
Fertlizer which promotes the;
mcrst rapid growth also promotes
the most rapid fruiting of plants, it
has been found. A liberal amount
of nitrogen, from 5 per cent to 6 perj
cent, i ti fertilizer is considered ne
cessary. while eight per cent of
phosphoric acid, was found to ob
tain the best results in promoting
the growth and increasing the rapid- 1
ity of fruiting. From 500 to 800
pounds of fertilizer to the acre has i
been recommended. Cleveland
seed has beenr recommended by
the South Carolina experiment sta
tion for wilt free lands and Dixie
Triumph where the soil is infested
with wilt. Webber and Express
have been recommended -for those
wanting to plant a long staple cot
ton.
Readers desiring further informa
tion on the Subject of boll weevil
control can obtain it by writing to
the state agricultural college. the
county agent, or the National Boll
Weevil Control Association, Room
220 Whitney Building, New Orleans,
i La.
1
GARMENT MAKERS ARE
FACING STRIKE NOW
lly J. 1". VOItKIt
(Copyright. 1924. By The Advancr)
Chicago, Feb. 28. ? Garment man
ufacturers are pessimistic .over the
outcome of the controversy which
has arisen with the International Ln
dies Garment Workers Union. The
union has voted a strike if demands
I for wane increases, the organization,
of arbitration machinery ami ?m
jployment assurance are not granted.
jlf they am refused. Friday TTtttHsee
the industry practically at a stand
still. Manufacturers declare that if
'the union demands ajre granted,
? prices must he advanced all the way
down the line.
Bradley
Sweaters
For these Cold
Made like a Rood sweater
should be made and every
| one guaranteed to give sat
isfactory wear. Made in
all* sizes for Men, Ladies
and Children.
Mitchell's
Exclusive Dealers for
Elisabeth City, i\'. C.
We sell hik! guarantee
every ba? of
Holiday and Sliver DtiMt Hour
I. J. WILLIAMS
Kli/4ibetli City, \.
=MEUCK=
18-I,ipoi'
Dinner Set
$10.50
Neat decoration, gooil
wnrp, most sirahlr
picorM.
MELICK
For quality flour try
Holiday HelMtMnK ind
Silver I>u*t Plain.
Guaranteed to nult.
TRUEBLOOD & DAVIS
KlizJlhrth C'll), X. <?.
Electric Lamps
Price reduced on all siz
es, 10 Watt to 300 Watt.
Wc carry in stock. 6, 32,
110 and 230 Volts. Auto
mobile and Flarh Light
Lamps.
W. S. White & Co.
Phono 61.
410 Matthew? St.
We HI and enarantee
every hag of
Holiday anil Silver Dn*t Floor
L. D. OVERTON
, Eltaikwh City, *. C.
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BOX 81'PPKK FRIDAY
A box supper will be given at
Providence school Friday night at
7:30 o'clock. A flailing pond and
I other attractions will be featured
and refreshments will be sold. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
public.
USE McCALL
PATTERNS
#
KOK #OlH SI'ltlN<; SKWINti
Yoti will bo surprised how
easily your Spring froc]<R can
bo made with the use of thesfl
Printed McCall Patterns ? and
the styles are the daintiest and
right up to the minute.
When selecting your pat
tern, let us show you the beau
tiful materials that we hare ?
many of our Spring Goods
have com* in and more are ar
riving daily.
Rucker & Sheely
Company
EI.IZABETH CITY'S
11EST STORE
For quality flour try
Holiday Self-It Mim and
Silver Dust Plain. .
Guaranteed to Hult.
T. F. BARTLETT
Kliuibcth City, X.
NINETY ACRES HIGH
LAND
Partly drained, located near CrookeJ
Creek in Cainden County about 200
yards from the Main Road. Will sell
or trad*. Apply to
Gallop & Sawyer
Wo RUarantee Holiday
and Silver IHinI Flour to
please or 3 our money back.
HENRY WILLIAMS
Kli/alietli City, X. C.
U. S. AND (iOODYKAH TIRES
For Service ami Satisfaction
AUTO SII'I'LY oi VULCANIZING
Company
rilONK 407
We Kuaraiitr** Holiday
and Stiver l)ii?t Flour to
please or jour money hark.
F. J. HOOPER & SON
Flixabeth City, X. C.
GOeatkeclys
Rest cut Peanut Brittle
Que I.I). Package 37c
\\r tffcarmitoe Holiday
and Silver l>n*t Flour to
plea*** or your money back.
L. W. ANDERSON
Kllzaborh City, X. ?#
Tlie Apothecary Shop
I'llONK 400
A Good Drug Store
For quality flour try
Holiday HHf-HI*lnn ami
Silver IHmt Plain.
Guaranteed to milt.
BK1NSON & ONLY
Elizabeth City, X. C.
AN OLD RECIPE ? *
TO DARKEN HAIR
Sage Tea and 8ulphur Turn?
Gray, Faded Hair Oar*
and Qloaay
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Te? and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings hack the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray. Years ago the only way to
get this mixture was to make it at
home, which is piussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we imply ask at any drug
store for Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound." You will get a large bot
tle of this old-time rccipt improved by
the addition of other ingredients, at
very little cost. Everybody uses th?s
preparation now, because no one can
possibly tell that you ? darkened your
nair, as it does it so naturally and even
ly. You dampen a sponge or soft brush
with it and draw this through your hair,
taking one small strand at a tirrw ; by
morning the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thick aa4
'glossy and you look years younger.
We BiisrsiTtef Holiday
and Silver Dost Flour to
ple**e or yoar money back.
Pritchard & Jackson
Elizabeth ( It jr. X. C.