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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17


London, via Montreal Licensing
statistics for 1917 show large de-
crease in convictions for drunkenness
in England and Wales. In 1916 there
were $4,000 and in 1917 $4,000.
Greater London convictions fell from
65 900 in 1918 to 1890 in 1917.
Paris - Lieut.. Col. George H. Burr
has been appointed American Red
Cross Commissioner for France. He
will succeed Harvey D. Gibson. who
will remain in France as chairman of
the European commission of the Red
Cross.
Washington = American forces OPP
Grating in Siberia and northern
Russia total 1924 officers and men,
the war department announced. In
Siberia are 255 officers and 1857 men,
and in northern Russia are 5,419.
Pinole-Four men were killed here
by the explosion of 1900 pounds of
dynamite gelatine in mixing plant
of the Hercules Powder company
There were no others in the building
The damage was estimated at $4,000.
Berlin Lieut.. Arthur Sutton and
Privates McCauley, Suess and Haston
of the United States Signal corps ar
rived in Berlin from Coblenz. They
will take photographs of happenings
in Berlin and vicinity.
Columbus-The Ohio senate by a
vote of 20 to IL adopted the joint reso-
luton ratifying the national prohibi-
ton amendment. The resolution now
goes to the house of representatives.
Christiania - The Norwegian food
commission will soon issue a decree
establishing meatless days week in
hotels in restaurants, it is announced
here.
Washington-Steps are being taken
by the state department to bring home
from Turkey some $500 native and
naturalized Americans who have been
there during the war. 1t was said
warship probably would be sent for
| them.
| New York - Herman Scheffauer,
poet and author, native of San Fran
cisco, born of German parents. was
indicted by the federal grand jury for
treason.
Washington F. Minisoalohi-
Erizzo. charge of the Italian embassy,
died from pneumonia, which followed
an attack of influenza.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
John Mason. Actor. Dead.

Stamford, Conn. Jan. 14.-John Ma
son. the veteran actor, died here at a
sanitariun. of Bright's disease, with a
complication Oh myocarditis. Mr.. Ma
son broke down physically about a
week ago at Providence, r. |.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
AiInr,nn Trouble

When a man is looking for trouble
he doesn't have to go to the dictionary
to find it. He can get it in the tele
phone directory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17

Minneapolis, Jan. Is, 1919
Corn-No. 3 yellow. 1.4S@1.45.
Oats-No. 8 white, 65@66c.
Rye-No. 2, 1.55Q1.56.
Flax-3.47@3.49.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17
Grain, Provisions. Etc.

FLOUR-The United States food admin
istration flour standards are as follows.
Per bbl in jute, 9S Id. sack basis: Barley
flour, $3.50; corn flour, $3.50: white rye
flour, 1878: dark rye, 1925: spring wheat.
So. 100000: first clears, in jute, $3.50; sec
ond clears $3.50; special brands, $1,000; hard
winter, $10SO@1O9O; soft winter, 5000.
HAY-Timothy, $50. 00@33.00: standard,
S31. 00@32O0; No. / light clover mixed.
$50 000S10O; No. timothy and No. Glow
or mixed, $50. 90; No. 8, $25.O0Q2S.OOs
sample, s13.OO0l9-OO clover, $19.OOQ29.OO.
BUTTER Creamery, extras, 80 score.
66c: higher scoring commands premium;
hrsts, 81 score, 65c; 5000 score, 6212G64cs
seconds, S2G87 score. 6o062c: standard Soc;
ladies' 450451kc: renovated, 5Sc: packing
stock, 3S@441kc.
EGGS-Fresh firsts. 5S1k@59c; ordinary
frsts, 56@5Sc; miscellaneous lots. cases IN
cluded. 56@5Sc; cases returned 55Q57c; ex-
tras. 65Q66c: checks S5QS9c; dirties. 400
4Sc.
LIVE POULTRY-Turkeys. soc; fowls.
2702Sc; ROSTERS zoe; spring chickens. 24c;
ducks. 2S1O30c; geese, 22c.
DRESSED PCULTRY-Turkey 4Oc;
fowls. 2662Sc; spring chickens. 24G25c;
roosters; 2O@22c: ducks. 30Qs1c; geese. p
POTAToEs 100 lbs, bulk. 1880
2.O5; sacked. s20O@2.1O
CATTLE-Choice to prime steers, $3.50
$4,000: good 20 choice steers $l7.5OQlS. 90;
medium to good steers. $l50O@l75O plain
to medium steers, $9.0O015.O0; stockers
and feeders, s7OO012 25; good to prime
cows. $o50G12.75; fair to prime heifers.
So. Oo@14.75; fair to good cows. $7.5O@9.5O;
Gamers. $6.607700: cutters, $69OQ7.5 so; boz
logna bulls, s8.5eQ9O0; butcher bulls. $500
0i1.oO; veal calves, $16.OO@17.25
HOGs-Fair to choice light hogs, $17.25@
IT'S: choice to light butchers, $17.50017.60;
medium weight butchers. 226626O lbs. $1755
@1765 heavy butchers. 27O@35o lbs. S7.5O
or co. mixed packing $17OO@17.5O; heavy
packing. $1675@1700; rough packing. $3.50
m1s.7O; pigs. fair to good $15.OO@15. so:
stays. $15.25@l6.25.
SHEEP - Western lambs. $14.50616.75.
native lambs, good to choice $14.0O0165o.
vearlings, $1209G14.S5 wethers good to
choice. ss.OO011.7 r.: ewes. fair to choice.
s.. 00@10.5O.
Buffalo. N Y. Jan. 10
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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-01-17

Buffalo. n. T.. Jan. -.
CATTLE-Receipts. 4,500: good strong.
common steady; prime steers. .$17.0O@1750
3shipping steers. s16OO@1650; butchers. $11.OO
DieOO: yearlings. $12 OO@1SOO; heifers. $1,000
01S.o0: COWS, S5o0@12OO. bulls, $70O@1l.0O;
stockers and feeders, $5.50@11.00; fresh
cows and springers, SOS .oO015OOO
cALvEs-Receipts 1900; 81 lower; $500
@2100
I HOGS-Receipts, $4,000; pigs SOC lower,
others 25c lower: heavy, mixed and york
ers, $500; light workers., $17.25@17.50; pigs,
SIT. 0O117 rs: roughs, $12.00Q16.S0; stays,
SIC. 0OQ13.OO.
1 SHEEP AND LAMBS-Receipts 1900:
slow and lower; lambs, $11 00Q17.5O; year.
Iings. $l000@15.50; wethers. $110OG120O:
ewes. $4OO@110 90: mixed sheep, $11.OO011.5 50.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL
REPEALED BY CONGRESS
No More Monkeying With The Clock
After The Last Sunday In
October

Doom of the daylight saving lnaugu-
rated as d war measure was pronoun-
ced Wednesday by congress, both SEN
ate and house adopting by oVerWhelm-
ing votes measures to terminate oper-
alton of the law when the period OF
summertime ends next October.
The house, following three hours
debate, by a vote of 233 to 1872, passed
q bill to repeal the law on the last
Sunday in next October but rejected
an amendment to make the repeal eff
fective at once.
The senate, by a vote of 56 to 3, att
er brief discussion, added a rider to
the AGRICULTURAL appropriation bill pro-
yiding for repeal of the daylight mea-
sure on the same date fixed by the
House bill.
Members of both senate and house
in advocating repeal of the law en-
acted March 10, 1918, said they We're
guided largely by wishes of farmers
and laboring men who oppose the ad-
yanced hours during the spring AM
summer season Opponents of the re-
peal legislation declared the extra
hours of daylight was a boon to city
dwellers, and asserted that others coul(
easily adjust their affairs to conform
to the advanced olcok schedule.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
WASHINGTON DOESN'T
LIKE THE CHAUTAUQUA
Guarantors $500 in The Hole This Year
And Some of Them Are
Getting Sore

washington, N. c. threatens to pull
out of the Chautauqua circuit. Accord
ing to the Washington Daily News,
in that northeastern North
Carolina is a flat failure. The Daily
News of that city says:-
.sThis makes the fifth year that
Chautauqua has come to washington.
"From the very beginning the guar
antors have had to work hard in order
to dispose of their allotment OF tickets.
There hasn't been a single year that
the guarantors haven't had to dig down
into their pockets to meet the detlclt
when the Chautauqua first came
tn washington it was a new form OF
entertainment to our people. They
didn't know exactly of what it con-
sisted, nor were they aware OF 1ts pur-
noses and intent In order to help es-
tablish the Chautauqua 1t prooaply
WAS nerfectly all right for our business
men to become guarantors.
"R,1t now another view of. the matter
must be taken The people are Iully
-acuuainted with the Chautauqua. Ihey
know what form of entertainment tney
can expect. They kneE Of the "educa- ut
tional value'a and stfisass& aso knew efla'
the amusement features provided are
perfectly clean" in every way In splte
of all this however, the people still re-
fuse to take to the Chautauqua. Inc
sale of tickets this year was poorer
than it ever has been. The guarantors
will lose about $500. 1t will cost each o.
them between $40 and s25 apiece. Al
this calls for some plain talking.
THE Chautauqua in this community
is a flat failure. The people don't wan
if. It doesn't appeal to them. The!
are indifferent to it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
WHERE CAN HE BUY A
BUCKET LIKE THIS NOW
NJ. c. Burgess of Old Trap Has Worn
Out His Water Bucket Bought
so Years Ago

Wanted:- A wooden bucket, juniper
heart preferred. N. c. Burgess, Old
Trap, N. c.
N. c. Burgess, of Old Trap, Camden
County, was in town bright and early
one morning this week looking for
wooden water bucket and it seems that
wooden buckets have gone out of style.
After trying the stores in vain, Mr..
Burgess came to this newspaper for
information. THE INDEPENDENT
has promised to try to find wooden
bucket for him.
Every one in this part of the world
used to use wooden water buckets. Now
it seems that the favorite bucket IS
made of galvanized sheet iron. The iron
buckets don't last like the old timers.
according to Mr.. Burgess.
Mr.. Burgess says his last purchase
of a wooden bucket was in Elizabeth
City so years ago. He bought it from
the firm of Bradford & Fearing.
was made of juniper heart and has just
given I'D the ghost. The State Board
of Health would say that a wooden
bucket used for half century woulc
carry a colony of several million germs
Mr.. Burgess himself is nigh unto. eighty
wears of age and no germ under the SUI
ever gave him any concern. Wher'
can he get another water bucket tina
will last him so years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
SUGGESTS A BARBECUE
FOR SOLDIERS JULY 4
In Connection With The Big Races
Here, 1t Would Give Elizabeth
City Great Day

In view of the fact that Elizabeth
City is backward in planning its Fourth
of July celebration this year, the sug-
sestion of one down town business man
ought to be considered. This man sug-
sests that Elizabeth City prepare
barbecue complimentary to northeast
e,n North Carolina boys back from the
world war.
Come to think about it, Elizabeth
CITY hasn't done a thing in the way
of q, demonstrat ton of welcome to the
returning soldiers. The soldier boys
are not worrying about that; the fel-
lows are only glad to be back nome
Rut it does seem that Elizabeth City
should get a hump on itself and dc
something big and worth while to let
tho bovs know we are glad to see them
back.
big barbecue could be arranged at
cost of two or three hundred dollars
and no event that Elizabeth City could
stage would attract more people &c
Elizabeth City on July 4. A barbecue
in connection with the big races to oe
n,,1,ed off on the new fair grounds
under the auspices of the Fair Asso-
citation, would make July the pig
gest of big days in Elizabeth City.
IF Won like the idea, talk about 1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
TO BUILD A PLEASURE
PAVILION ON RIVER
Young Elizabeth City Men Incorporate
-z Riverside Amusement Co. and
80 -. Lease Beach tss|

The Riverside Amusement Co., -oI
Elizabeth City, capitalized at slo'ooo'
has leased the entire river front pc
longing to the Elizabeth City Hospital
and will spend $4,000 there at once IN
the erection of a pleasure pavilion.
The pavilion will provide boating;
bathing, dancing, skating, refreshments
and other amusements and it is plan
ned to make it, eventually, a CLUB
house for general recreational prlVl-
leges.
The incorporators of the RIVERSIDE
Amusement Co., are Calvin Morrlsette'
Miles L. Clark, M. B. Simpson and e.
r. Pugh.
Elizabeth City has one OF the rnos'
wonderful water fronts of any town on
the Atlantic seaboard and Elizabeth
citv has never availed itself OF It's
n1ea surable possibilities to the extern
that it should Elizabeth City hasn
a. boat club, a public bath house. OF al
amusement pavilion of any sort VI
all it's wonderful river front. Tne IN
corporators of the new amuseHeh
comnany ought to make little money
out of their venture.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
ELIZABETH CITY LEADS
IN CHAUTAUQUA SPIRIT
Oversold It's Guarantee Of Season
Tickets This Year and Shows IN
crease in General Admissions

Elizabeth City has gone thru It's
sixth Chautauqua season this week and
drew perhaps the least attractive prog
ram of events ever offered by Chau-
tauoua. But Elizabeth City has the
Chautauqua spirit and 7S citizens sign
ed UP to guarantee Elizabeth CITY
Chautauqua for 1920.
Elizabeth City leads all Chautauaua
towns in this state in the Chautauqua
spirit, according to Mrs. Eliza K. VI
rich Ullman, the Superintendent oi
this years Chautauqua. Ehzapeli'
City oversold it's guarantee OF season
tickets for this weeks Chautauqua ana
the number of general admissions THIS
YEAR has excelled that of any previous
season.
The big Chautauqua tent on the coi
ner of Road and Church streets mas
been crowded nightly and at tunes
standing room has been at premium
Chautauqua next year must ma
new site for it's tent. For seVera
wears it has occupied the present slle
owned by the First Me. Church South
The First Methodists expect to haVe
their new church completed on ina
site before another Chautauqua rolis
around
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
RESENT PRIVATE USE OF
AUTO DEALERS LICENSE

Many persons who are using auto
mobile dealers License numbers 10
AVOID the payment of the state auto
license tax are in a fair WY to get
IN trouble with the State Highway
Commission
Automobile license taxes are due
July 1 Many persons who purchase
cars in April, May and June borrow
4 license number from the dealer until
they Gan secure their own license from
he Secretary of State. Finding they
oan get along with the dealers license
Aunber. some parties use these num-
7eTs for weeks and months. thereby
'Voiding the payment of license tax
Tor the time
This newspaper is advised that the
9'ate Highway Commission is getting
pretty sore over this mild evasion OF
me law. Hundreds of miles of roads
'host he built in North Carolina this
'e4r and the commission needs every
'Hiar it can get from automobile own
70 help build these roads. The fell
-" Who rides on a dealers License
loe''h tote fair, according to the State
''SaWay Commission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
HOUSEWIVES EXPECTING
BIG THINGS OF PETERS
New City Health Officer Discusses
City's Sanitary Needs With
Housewives League

DR. VIM. A. Peters, Elizabeth City's
new Health officer, addressed the
weekly meeting of the Elizabeth City
Housewives League Wednesday aft
ernoon and told the League some things
about the city's milk and water sup
plies that gave many an anxious house
wife cause for alarm.
-.Much of the milk sold in this city
is positively filthy, declared DE-
Peters. And he thought this fact
greater cause for alarm than our un-
healthy water supply, because th1s
milk is being fed TO infants and is re-
snonsible for illness and death among
the children of the community. Df
Peters promised that his department
and the new administration would not
naelect this fearful condition. He pur-
noses to make public some startling
facts concerning the city's milk supply
at an early date.
DR.. Peters challenged the water
comnany's claim that good water car
not he readily obtained in this coasIa
country. He said Elizabeth City (
wafer supply could be made good ano
notable and he came out strong Iol
compulsory sewerage.
The Housewives League was alto'
ee+ber impressed and expects much O
DIR. Peters as Health Officer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
CHAUTAUQUA SUED FOR
$4,000 BY LOCAL WOMAN
Mrs. Rutter Claims To Have faiien
Over Tent Rope And Hurt
Her Arm

Suit for damages in the sum OF
$4,000 has been brought against the
Chautauqua Company by Mrs. Hattie
Rutter. who lives on east Church street
in this city, and an attachment has
been filed against the Chautauqua
property now in this city, including
the tent and equipment of the company.
In 1916 while attending Chautauqua
Mrs. Rutter tripped and fell over 2
tent rope as she was leaving a night
performance, and injured her arm
Hence the suit for damages and writ
of attachment, which will necessitate
the giving of bond by Chautauqua be-
fore the tent and other property the
company now has can be removed
The case will be tried at some future
term of court. Mrs. Rutter's attorneys
are Ehringhaus and Small of this city
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
TO ASK MERCHANTS FOR
FRIDAY HALF HOLIDAY
Clerks Want Usual Friday Half Holi-
ady During the Hot Months
July and August

Elizabeth City retail clerks will ap-
peal to the merchants of the city tnls
week to close their stores Friday aft
ernoons during July and August. Inc
merchants have done this for the past
three years, but there is no permanent
agreement to this effect and the stores
have to be signed up anew every year.
There is a rumor that one or more
big stores will try to oppose the FIJI
day afternoon closing plan this sum-
ner. This rumor is hardly fair TO the
merchants, as the merchants nave
hitherto fallen readily in line for this
humane and popular summer hal1
holiday. The merchant who tried to
oppose the plan now would not mo
himself very popular with the clerks
or with the public.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
LET THE PEOPLE;
KNOW THISPLAN
Time For Elizabeth City TO
Launch Move For a Real
Community Center

Elizabeth City will have to
wake up with it's plans for
Community Center, if it is not
to be eclipsed by the city OF Kin
ston, the county seat Of Lenolr.
Kinston plans to build a Com
munity Center to cost $3OO,OOO
and it has secured an option on
eight acres of land near the
heart of the city, upon which to
erect it's building.
The proposed Kinston Community
Center will house the city's pubic
ecboo1 nlant. Chamber of Commerce,
Public Library, Farm and Home DEM
onstration workers, etc., and proVloe
an auditorium, gymnasium, natator-
iurn. shower baths, roof garden pan
ouet hail. etc, for all the people:
What Kinston plans to do, a num-
be, of far sighted Elizabeth City men
and women have been planning 10
spring for some time. The Chamber OF
Commerce of Elizabeth City has been
collecting plans and data on such com
nunity centers for months and mas
oniv been waiting for the EllzapetE
| Citv public to more keenly sense the
need of such a community enterprise
Elizabeth City needs a larger anc
more modern High School building.
| Elizabeth City needs big aud1tor'
ium and public forum.
Elizabeth City needs a public LII
brary.
Elizabeth City needs a banquet hal
for community use.
Elizabeth City needs a public SWIM
ming pool, shower baths and gymnas
ium for all her people.
i Elizabeth City needs more grouii'
/ for out door games and recreation.
t All of these needs can be comblne'
in one big modern community puliu
ing that would provide educalloI
entertainment, amusement, recrealio
and inspiration for all the people, TIC!
and poor, high and low. Ana thr
euch a community center all OF tn
naonle of the city could be brouSh
together as in on other way orousH
TO know each other, to understand eac
other and to be neighborly ana Gu
oDerative as never before.
Jts a big dream, a fine ideal Tor
little city and right in line with Tn
REST thought of modern times I'M
newspaper hopes to see the Champe
of Commerce pull it's communlt
canter plans out of the commute
room and give them to the people.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
ALL DONE IN A DAY

Out Of town people VINO
come to Elizabeth City tor
eye glasses can have their r
eyes tested, glasses made and
fitted the same day by Hath
away service: No need te
wait a week for some one to
order glasses for you: hav'
my own grinding plan; and
not only prescribe the glasses E:
you need but make and mt
them on the premises. 1t
saves a lot Of time as well as
lot of middlemen's expenses.
| DIR. 7. D. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-06-20
NO. CAROLINA LEADS IN
WELFARE LEGISLATION
New York Sociologist Pleased With
County Welfare Plan To Be
Tried In This State

edward T. Devine, in the Survey
In the states of Washington and
Kansas proposals are pending for the
establishment of county boards of pub
lie welfare. North Carolina has had
such a law for two years. authorizing
county welfare boards under the super
vision of the state board of public well
fare.
The general idea underlying this
plan is that relief and preventive WORK
should be united, and that, except In
New England, and under the unique
conditions of New York City the coun-
ty is the natural political unit, not
only for public outdoor relief but for
child welfare activities, the court sup
ervision of domestic relations when
that is necessary, the oversight OF de-
linquents through probation and pa
role, and many other kinds OF socia'
work which are, now regarded as suit
able for public action.
Rv the coordination of all such work
in the county it becomes possible to
have a trained social worker in charge
of it. Rural social work will always
be likely to be done badly If it. is mere
lv an incidental occupation and II done
by an unframed person. A synthellc
program of social work in which each
aee-group is considered and protective
maasures are ensured, would, enaDle
every county in the United States to
Justify the appointment of at least one
trained worker on full time. In the
| larger or more populous counties q
snecialized staff would become neces-
Sary.
The law establishing such poaros
| should be flexible. 1t should create Nc
| confusion between public and Voiun-
tary agencies Public health, like pup
lie education, is everywhere sufficient
1v ;unortant to demand a dlstlnc1
county or municipal organization, Wltf
| qualified medical and engineering eA'
! merits in charge. The board OF puoli'
| ue1fare as the undifferentiated agency
NAV at any given moment, however, o'
| dealing with questions quite as serious
and difficult. Housing becomes heaiIi
! problem at it's margins, but might en-
| cage the attention of a board OF puo
lie welfare long before any recognizes
health nuisance is involved. The ooar'
of nubIic welfare might constantly
nassing clearly formulated Response
hilities to new social agencies, Will
# might also retain many when
not becone large enough or permanen
enough to acquire a spec1ahzeo oo'l
| or institution.