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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

Manager: Albert A. Groves, Vice-Pres-
dent and Assistant General Manager;
William Moss, Second Vice President;
NJ. E. Oden Secretary and Treasurer;
Ben H. Payne Chairman OF the Board
of Directors: C. H. Fowler Director;
c. H. Purnell, Director; Dennis Seals,
Director and William Bluford, Direc-
tor.
Mr.. Samuel r. Hopkins, President
and General Manager of the Company
is one of the most prudent able and
successful business men in Kansas
City. He is by nature promoter and
financier. Mr.. Hopkins is ably assist
ed in the management of the affairs
of the Square Deal Oil and Gas Com
pany by one of the most competent
scribes and accountants in the West
in the person of Mr.. NJ. E. Oden who
| is Secretary and Treasurer of the
I Company.
About $4,000 shares of stock is now
placed on the market. A limited
amount of these shares will be sold
for $500 per share. The Company is
arranging and hopes to pay dividend
of at least 1870 to its stockholders real
soon When this is done, Square Deal
Stock will have advanced greatly in
its cost per shsare.
1t has been stated by some of our
best posted investors that Square Deal
Oil and Gas Stock is one of the best
and most safe investments offered to
the Negroes of Kansas City. Accord
ing to conditions now, there is NO
way for this company to fail. 1t is
just matter of time and each of their
stockholders will be receiving fiat
dividends.
When this Company was being form
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

Head of two of the largest and most
progressive Negro firms in Kansas
City. Mr. Hopkins is President and
General Manager of the Square Deal
Realty and Investment Company,
whose sales have smashed all records
of any Negro firm in the city by sell
ing a little less than s15O,O00 worth
of real estate in the last six months.
Mr.. Hopkins is also President and
General Manager of the Square Deal
Oil and Gas Company, Inc. The Square
Deal Oil and Gas Company has in
creased its capitalization from $4,000
TO $4,000 which gives it about $4,000
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

shares to be placed on the market.
For the present a limited amount of
this stock is to be sold at $500 per
share. The Company is connecting up
it's wells and hopes to pay at least a
1879 dividend soon.
Mr.. Hopkins is also Secretary of
Mt. Dread Lodge, rs, A. F. & A. NJ,
a member of the Kansas City Consis-
tory No. 7, A. A. S. r. of Free Mason
ry; of Allah Temple No. 6 of the Mys-
tic Shrine; of Midwest Lodge No. 2S9
I. B. P. o. E. of W., President Of the
Kansas City Negro Real Estate Board
and a member of Allen Chapel.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

8 = *%%* "**
DR.. McDuffie will preach the
500 o'clock Christmas morning
sermon at Bethel A. NJ. E.
church, oath and Flora. Go see
the Holy Ghost fill the room
= when he gets in the spirit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

On account Of Christmas coming on
Thursday, we will be compelled to is
sue our paper one day earlier.
All matter for publication must be
in this office not later than Tuesday
morning at 1000 o'clock.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
Ralph Chiffon,
VIM. Mcknight,
Chairmen on Committee.

The entertainment given by
the New York Central and Chi.
cago Limited lines of the Queen
of Sheba Temple No. 3S4 and
Waldington Drill Team No. n.
b. +. & S. NJ. 7. will be Decem-
Der 26 at 14th and Michigan.
All persons holding tickets will
be good on this date.
Mesdames Irving Harold and
Jesse Franklin. Conductresses,
Mr. Joe Parrot, Captain.
Two big geese will be given
away.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
TELEGRAM.


Edltor sun:
Mrs. Hattie NJ. King, wife Of the
we'll known comedian, died suddenly
of heart failure at her residence, s21e
South Park Ave., Chicago, ILL., at 6
p. M, Wednesday.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for
WyandOtte County Kansas and the
most aggressive young Attorney of
that state. Mr.. Shackleford has serv-
ed in this capacity for one year and
so splendidly has he filled this lofty
position that the people of Wyandotte
County, both black and white have
nothing but praise to say of him. Not
only should his people of that County
be proud of having among them such
a deserving and capable young man
but the entire race should bend every
effort to produce more young men like
him.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

HON. THERON q. WATKINS.
of Adkins
premiums
neghbors general Adkins his Deputies
Neighbo
in
tory of
Tuesday
member
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
Square Deal Oil and Gas Company Resumes
Active Operation, Both in the Field
and in the Sale of Stock
Increases Its Capitalization from $40 100000 to $685.

Elects ofee connecting its oil
dividend
market A limited be sold a share!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
NOTICE TO RAILROAD MEN.

Kansas City, Mo, Dec. IS, 1919.
All railroad porters, walters and
cooks are requested to meet Attorney
Robt. L. Mays and Mr.. J. w Mon
roe, at the Y. NJ. c. A. Sunday, De
cember 21st, at 1880 P. NJ. This
meeting is for the purpose of organic
ing a Local Number Two in Kansas
City.
Be sure and hear these two very
able speakers. They are from Chi
cago, H.
Ralnh Chiffon
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20
BISHOP cAMPHoR, coLoRED, OF
THE M. e. CHURCH is DEAD.

South Orange, N. J., Dec. 11.-AleX-
ander Priestly Camphor, Negro bishop
of Liberia, Africa, for the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and Negro educa-
tor in the United States, died today
of pneumonia. He was 81 years old
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

ATTENTION, sUBscRi5ERsl
" you want to take advantage
Of our SPECIAL RATE for 1920,
TO be announced soon, you must be
square with our books. Call up
and square up. Bell phone Cliff
ton 999.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-20

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
BEGINS NEXT SUNDAY
Pasquotank Called Upon for $4,000,
Mostly for Home Work

The Red Cross Roll Call Campaign
begins on Sunday, the End of November,
and viii close on November 11th, Ar
mistice Day. When the Red Cross ex-
poets to celebrate the first anniversary
of victory by going over the top with the
largest number of members that the
Red Cross has had, and with Fifteen
Millions of Dollars of subscriptions for
relief work. This is the program of the
National Red Cross.
Pasquotank is called upto supply on
ly sixteen hundred dollars of this sum.
The Local Chapter of the Red Cross has,
however, another program of relief. Work
in foreign lands has heretofore consum-
ed practically all of the time and at
tention of the Red Cross, but now that
the war is over attention is to be given
to things at home. The Local Chapter
realizes that with another Influenza ep-
idemic almost staring us in the face,
there will be untold suffering this win
ter among our own people. The Chap
ter has, therefore, determined to ask the
jpeople of Pasquotank County for the
sum of Five Thousand Dollars out of
this. Our. quota of sixteen hundred will
be paid to the Red Cross, the balance
will be devoted to relief work among our
people.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
FAIR TO TAKE CARE
OF FARM PRODUCTS
Case to Make Room For Agri-
cultural FeaLnres

The Albemarle Agricultural Associa-
titn will make ample provisions to house
all agricultural, horticultural, dairy, can
ming club and other farm and home ex-
hibits at the big fair, to be held at Eliz-
abeth City Nov. II to Is. This announce
ment was authorized yesterday by Sec
retary Case who has been given full au-
thority by the Board of Directors to make
more room for exhibits, even if it is nee
essary to secure the loan of a big wa
ter-proof Chautauqua tent at an expense
of $3.50.
This announcement will revive the en-
thusiasm of those who were interested
in making of this fair truly great agri-
cultural exposition. In undertaking to
give northeastern North CaroGnians a
fair five years ahead of all expectatitns,
Secretary Case found two weeks ago that
practically all of the space in the ONT.
exposition building had been taken for
big government educational, agricultural
and military exhibits, leaving no room
for an exposition of our own resources
To overcome this more room will be pr.
vided.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
TWO PASQUOTANK BOYS
WON AT STATE FAIR
Corn Club Showing at State Fair Not
So Good, But Pasquotank Was
on the job

Teddy Nichols of Purlear. North Car
olina. in Wilkes County, had the best
ten ear club exhibit of corn at the State
Fair. winning first place in the exhibit
from the mountain counties, and third
place in the sweepstakes contest open
to both adults and children from over
the entire State. Wayne Monday of
Weaverville, in Buncombe County, won
third prize in the exhibits from the noun
tain counties
In the Coastal Plain counties, William
Sanders of Weeksville, in Pasquotank
County, won first prize; Cecil Brake of
Rocky Mount, in Edgecombe County, won
second and Herman r. White, of Eliz-
abeth City, in Pasquotank County won
third.
For the Piedmont Sec.lOn, Hugh Leo
nard of Lexington, in Davidson County.
won first prize for the best exhibit of
corn from this section. E. p. Roberts
of Stem, in Granville County, won Sc
cond prize, and Henry Baker of New
ton, in Catawba County, won third prize.
According to S. J. Kirby, specialist in
Crop Clubs, who had charge of this de-
;partment for the State Fair, the exhi-
bits made by the club boys this year were
not up to their usual standard, due, in
a large measure, to a poor growing sea-
son. The clubs had only about 1OO
exhibits of corn this year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
ROAD BUILDING
WELL UNDER WAY
Higgs Denies Lie Concerning the
Cost of Weeksville Highway

Reports that the Pasquotank Highway
Commission will expend the entire bond
issue of $4,000 in the construction of
one highway from Elizabeth City to
Weeksville, is calmly denied this week by
County Road Engineer T. L. Higgs. Work
on the Elizabeth City Weeksville High
way is now under way and basing his
estimate upon the cost of the work so
far completed. Engineer Higgs says the
cost of this piece of road will come
within his original estimate of 5000, 900.
Work on the Weeksville Highway is
now proceeding in good shape after weeks
of unavoidable delay, due to slow ship
ments of gravel and other material. A
short section of the road just complet-
ed at Weeksville gives some idea of the
smoothness. strength and permanency of
the type of road which is being built.
irresponsible parties, subsidized by
crooked politicians, have tried to discre-
dit. the work of the Pasquetank High
way Commission and the air has been fill,
ed with false statements and misinforma
ton concerning the road building in Pas
quOtank. The work. now under way. will
speak for itself within a few weeks
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
FORK SCHOOL STARTS
WITH GOOD ATTENDANCE

With an opening enrolment of 56 pu-
pus' p boys and % girls, the Fork
school, r. F. D. 8, City, began the ses-
Son of 1919-192O last Monday. The
eachers for this year are Ralph Pool,
principal, Misses Carrie and Eula Pap
pehdlck. assistants. The work of this
Scno' which is a special tax county
Ash school. will this year include the
'eutn grade. New equipment has been
SOught and will soon be installed, where
Is hoped to make the work of the
tta0ol ~. more effective, and it is planned
1'S ial to set out suitable shade trees
TIE school grounds, protected in such
- way that the danger of damage to
na A oy stock and trespassers will be
ff,@''leaIy fa eliminated. The enrolment
o. the opening week is the largest for
SoS I llrSt week in the history of the
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
212 PER CENT INCREASE
PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP
RevaIuation of This Township Helps Put
Pasguotank in Better Light

The report of the Board of Appraisers
ofPasquotank county on the revaluation
of property in Providence Township will
raise the percentage of increase under
revaluat .on in Pasquotank. With only
Newland township heard from last week,
Pasquotank stood at the foot of the list
in this district, with an increase of only
100 per cent; the lowest increase made
by any county in the district. Values in
Providence Township show an increase
of 212 per cent.
Here are the figures from the office
of District Supervisor P. Fl. Williams.
Acres appraised under revaluation 1921.
Acres listed in 1917 1894, showing
loss of 743 acres. The value given IN
1917 was $13,974. The appraisers val
ue under revaluation is $572,799, gain
of $3.50, ,1O5, or PIP per cent.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
=
OPPORTUNITY FOR
LOCAL MERCHANTS

= Fair week in Elizabeth City, Nov.
+ II, IL, l3, ID and rs offers an un-
usual opportunity to Elizabeth City
merchants to Increase their sales and
lasting friendship among the thou
sands of visitors who will throng the
city. 1t is an opportunity also to
renew many an old acquaintance and
spread good will, the greatest asset
+. that can be possessed by any business
or any community.
Most of the people who come to
the Fair week after next will be
people who read this newspaper.
The only way the local merchant can
meet these good folks on their way
: and welcome them into the city is
thru the advertising columns of this
newspaper. Every progressive, wide
awake house in Elizabeth City should
extend the glad hand thru the ad-
vertising columns of this newspaper
next week. THE INDEPENDENT
is prepared to carry your message
and will publish next week just as
big paper as you will stand for If
you will cooperate by making reser-
walton for advrtising space, now this
week. Don't wait TIN naxf week when
all space IN next WeskSs sedftion will
be oversoId.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
EDENTON FAIR DRAWS
UNUSUALLY BIG CROWDS
Edenton's Asphalt Streets Make a Hit
With Thousands Of Visitors

The Chowan Fair at Edenton is at
tracing crowds to that town this week,
such as Edenton has never seen before
The nine miles of wide newly paved as.
phalt streets especially have attracted
automobiles from far and near. Those
excellent streets and genuinely good
fair are, making the right sort of impress
sion on visitors. The weather for the
Edenton Fair has been ideal.
The Chowan Fair, like most eastel&
North Carolina fairs, is sadly wanting
however, in one important particular; it
does not faithfully represent the agri-
cultural and other natural resources Of
it's territory. The exhibits at the Cho-
wan Fair are not what they should be
and do not begin to give the visitor an
idea of the wonderful farms, fisheries
and back country that have made Eden
ton one of the most prosperous and sub
stantial towns in the state.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
AUTHORITY TO MOVE
COLLEGE is TRUSTEES
Trustees of ChoWan College Empowered
to Sell Property at Murfreesboro
if Deemed Advisable

The two Baptist associations of north
eastern North Carolina in joint session
at Seaboard, n. G. on Tuesday, October
%, adopted a resolution authorizing the
Board of Trustees of Chowan College to
do whatever they think advisable to
promote the best interest of the college
with respect to it's removal from the
town If Murfree sboro. Should they de-
eide to move the college, they are en-
powered to sell the present property
of the college to the best advantage.
Delegates attending from this association
to west Chowan-were, Rev.
H. K. Williams, J. G. Gregory, P. s..
Vann and G. A. Cooke of Elizabeth City; !;
Rev. G.. P. Harrel, Beleress, W. w. Saw
yer, Columbia, and Rev. A. A. Butler of
Center Hill. u /; : - ~.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
STORES ARE NOW
CLOSING EARLY
Elizabeth City Retail Stores
Close at 9 o'clock Saturday
Nights, $3.50 Other Days

Elizabeth City retail stores now
close at 5 80 o'clock every after
noon except Saturday and will
close at 9 o'clock Saturday nights.
The hours have heretofore been
10 o'clock Saturday nights and E
o'clock on other days.
This action upon the part of
the merchants was taken Monday
night at meeting of the Mer-
chants Association and went in
to effect Tuesday For the pub
lie it simply means do your shop
ping a little earlier. For the mer-
chants and their sales people it
means better hours and more
freedom. -,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
ELIZABETH CITY
HEARD MEEKINS
Home Man Captures Audience
That National Figures Could
MT Attract

Elizabeth City that wouldn't give half
an audience to Speaker Champ Clark
Vice President Marshall and Senator Jim
Reed, packed the Alkrama Theatre Sun
| day afternoon with one of the most in
| telligent audiences that could be got to-
gether, to hear Elizabeth City's own
| distinguished citizen Col. Isaac NJ Meek
ms say what he had to say about the
Covenant of the League of Nations.
Col. Meekins was in good form Sunday
| afternoon and made a forceful speech.
He spoke under the auspices of the Eliz-
| abeth City Housewives League. Glass
ing himself as one in favor of the Lea
que of Nations with explanations or re-
servations, he proceeded to show clearly
and convincingly the dangers to the SOW
erignity of America in accepting every
article of the League Covenant as now
written. He received volume of ap-
plause when he declard that any man
who stood for Article X without reser-
vations should be willing to shoulder
gun Or send his sons to any part of the
world whenever some foreign council
should conclude that some foreign power
needed military aid.
The speaker pointed to the fact that
nowhere in the Covenant of the League
of Nations is war denounced as illegal
or immoral and he couldn't under
stand why a League to establish peace
on earth and good will to all men should
require greater armies and greater navies
than. before. He thought the covenanters
would have shown greater faith and been
more entitled to our confidence had they
resolutely made a considerable reduc-
ton of ornaments at the outset.
Col. Meekins declared his opinion that
the Covenant of the League of Nations
harbors the seed of countless future
wars and predicted that the German
people would resent the terms of peace
by force of arms az soon as Germany
is rehabilitated.
He said it was all very we'll for Amer
lea to want to assume the role of pro-
tector to every weak and needy nation
on earth, but that it is an expensive game
to play, as indicated by the cost of our
recent effort in making the world safe
for Belgium. France and England. He
Indicated that the American public might
eventually rebel against the expense of
such highly expensive humanitarianism.
4 hot and sultry afternoon had no
effect on the audience, which stayed with
the speaker until the end of his address,
applauding his patriotic peroration Wig
orously and with enthusiasm.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
BUY SEVENTY SEVEN
VILLA HEIGHTS LOTS
Spencer, Thompson and Wilson to DeveI-
op Desirable Property

One of the biggest local real estate
deals of the year was closed this week
when E. F. Spencer, G. E. Thompson
and J. Kenyon Wilson, trading as Spen-
GER, Thompson & Wilson, purchased II
lots of the Villa Heights subdivision from
J. E. Commander.
The lots purchased are on Cherry,
Oak and Holly Streets, just north of
West Main ST., in one of the most de-
sirtble sections of the city. Messrs.
Thompson, Spencer & Wilson will put
these lots on the market at an early date.
1t is their intention to offer them to
small investors and prospective home
builders on easy terms.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
JENNETTE-CULPEPPER

Miss Margaret Culpepper, younger
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Culpep-
per, of this city, was married to MIR.
Warren H Jennette, Wednesday after
noon. The wedding was at the home of
the brides parents on Pennsylvania Ave.
Miss Culpepper is one Of Elizabeth City
most popular young women, prominen,
socially and in religious circles. Mr..
Jennette is the senior member of the
wholesale produce firm of Jennette Bros.
Co., of this city, and one of the city S
best known and most substantial business
men. Mr. and Mrs. Jennette are taking
their honeymoon in eastern cities and
will be at home on West Main st. after
Nov. Is, 1919.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
+ = = ~
NOTICE ADVERTISERS!

= The volume of advertising car
+ ried by this newspaper is constantly
+ increasing. 1T is not advisable as yet
+ to increase the size of this paper. We
+ are endeavoring to keep it down to
= IL pages, which is then the equiva-
+ lent of is pages of the average home
= paper. This means that from week
= to week we are compelled to turn
*down advertising copy that comes in
= as late as Wednesday. Advertisers
+ who want space in this newspaper
+ are urged to get their copy into this
= office on Monday or Tuesday of the
= week of publication when possible.
*When not possible to do this, kindly
arrange for space to be held for you.
= And for the love Of mike, don't ask
= us "When do you get to press2" We
= would neversgo to press ifeevery ad-
= vertiser waited unit. press day to
bring his copy in. r"-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
WHEN DICK OWENS FELL
INTO THE TICKET BOX
MarshaIps MinstreIs Provided Free Seats
for Mr.. Owens Many Friends

One of the showmen with Leon Mar
shals' Minstrels which showed In Ei1za-
beth City Monday night made mistake
when he tried to get rough with Dick
Owens, a well known Elizabeth City boy
xoung Mr.. Owens got in, the Snowman
way and the Snowman gave. him a rude
shove which landed Owens into the tick
ct box. Owens pulled himself out OF
the ticket box with both hands full OF
tickets which he obligingly passed out to
the crowd at the front entrance. Fro
bably a hundred bystanders had gained
admission on these tickets before the
manager of the show got onto what nao
happened.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
RUBINOW WILL ADDRESS
COTTON FARMERS HERE
Director of the N. C. Division Of The
American Assn. Here Saturday

|, S. c. Rubinow, director of the North
Carolina Division of the American Cot
ton Association, will speak to the mem
bers of the Pasquotank branch of the
Association at the Court House in this
city Saturday afternoon, Nov. 1, at
o'clock.
While Mr. Rubinow comes to speak at
a meeting of the Association all farm
ers and business men, whether members
or not, are urged to hear him. Mr..
Rubinow will tell the cotton growers
what has already been done to advance
the price of cotton and will give them
some eye opening facts as to what is
being done to boost the price still high
err
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-10-31
POLICE TELL GYPSIES
TO MOVE OUT AND ON
Why The Authorities Let Such Trash
Stop at All Ought to be Explained

ssMove on" is the order given by the
Elizabeth City police to band of lo
or 20 Gypsies who pitched their tents
on the outskirts of the city this week.
These Gypsies have been an endless
source of annoyance TO the Elizabeth
City public. They are dirty, bother
some, vagrant lot, having no visable
means of support except their women
who prowl the streets and pose as for
tune tellers. Why the authorities permit
such filthy, undesirable vagrants to I'M
ger an hour in a community is little
hard to understand.