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. *. _ v 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, ?enu*t Plain. Guaranteed to nult. TRUEBLOOD & DAVIS KlizJlhrth C'll), X. 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.