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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-26
NEW LAW MAY FORCE
CITY TO OWN SEWERS
Only P, acticable Way For Elizabeth City to Comply
With New State Wide Sanitary Measure

privy law, which goes into effect
October 1, 1919, may force Eliz-
abeth City into an immediate So
luton of it's water and sewerage
problems. In fact, the Board of
Aldermen Of Elizabeth City in a
special meeting this week called
upon the Elizabeth City Sewer
age Co. to furnish the town with
adequate sewerage facilities or
name price to the town for it's
plant. Something has got to be
lone and done quick.
The new statewide sapitar
privy law requires thai every
dwelling within 800 feet of any
other dwelling have a water
tight, fy-tight, odor1ess privy.
The State Board of Health sup
plies plans for such privies and
inspectors from the State Board
of Health will make frequent in
spections and see to the enforce
ment of the law. Elizabeth City
has 1900 privies unconnected
with sewerage, every one of
which is affected by the new state
law. It is estimated that to equip
these privies to comply with the
new law will cost the owners
something like $4,000 OF $50 for
each privy.
Now, shall Elizabeth City per-
nit its citizens to invest $4,000
in ground toilets when these
toilets should be done away with
entirely and sewerage given
place? That's the question with
which Mayor Gather, City Man
ager simonds and the Board of
.AfdefmeH are wrestling and they
are inclined to favor sewerage
But to get sewerage the town
will have to install and operate
its own sewerage system. The
privately owned sewerage system
owned by the same crowd that
holds the city's water and light
franchises, doesn't begin to serve
the needs of the city and the
Sewerage Company has signifed
that it will not spend dollar in
extension and improvements The
Sewerage Company wants to sell
to the town and the value of it's
property is extremely doubtful
Some suspect that it isn't worth
digging up for junk.
$iow, if the city undertakes to
install sewerage plant Of its
own it will be up against another
problem. You can't operate a
sewerage system without water.
Water and sewerage go together.
Elizabeth City will have to own
both water and sewerage sys-
TENS. Here it runs up 'again4t
the Elizabeth City Water Co.
who want to sell their water
works.
The Board of Aldermen expect
the Water and Sewerage Com
Danies to name price for their
properties this week. When these
offers are in hand the Aldermen
will proceed at once to determine
whether to buy these properties
or to put in a new system of
water and sewerage.
In meantime about $4,000
worth of proposed street paving
will be held up. The Aldermen
will not authorize another block
of paving until this sewerage and
water problem is disposed of. 1t
would be folly inexcusable for the
citv to lay streets now to be torn
up in few weeks or a few
months for the installation of
water and sewerage mains.
No one ventures a guess as to
what it will cost the city to en-
bark into municipal ownership of
water and sewerage. But the
city's credit is good and no trou-
bic will be encountered in float
ing a bond issue for whatever
amount necessary.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-26

Mrs. Elberta Henrietta White, age 73,
died at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
W. II. Weatherly, in this city, Monday
morning. following a paralyitic stroke.
Mrs. White was the widow of the late
J. e. White, of Perquimans county.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-26

intimate for rBontAse- They were, indicts
ed in Norfolk on Il charge of immoral
conduct on July II, 1919 and fined $50
each.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-09-26
no EXAGGERATION

I do not make exaggerated state
ments about my work. Very re-
markable results often follow the
correction of bad vision by proper
ly fitted gle ses. 1t does not fol-
low that bad eyes are responsible
for all ills and that the fitting of
ere glasses is q panacea for every
aiIment My especial claim to your
patronage is based upon my long
experience coupled with my unusual
facilities for testing the vision, grind
ing the lenses and fitting the glass
es on the premises. Upon investi-
cation you will find that I can give
the same service you would expect
to find in a metropolitan city.
DIR. J. D. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
ohone 999 Bradford Bldg
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
AUT0M0B BILE NEWS
FLAGSTAFF THE MECCA
 FOR AUTOMOBILE OWNERS

know these cars and how to find and repair trouble more surely and in much less time than is possible in the shops not having daily experience with them. He also may feel confi- dent when he goes touring far away from home, that, because there, are more of these cars in use everywhere than of others, he can easily find parts for them and men who know how to repair them, in almost every town, at least in every city.
 On the other hand, suppose man in this section owns a car of almost any other make than those above named?
 Every time he wants part re- placed he must have it made to order or wait until he can get it from some distant supply station. When he goes on tour, he not only fails to find any parts, except sometimes in the very largest cities, but stands a poor chance of finding mechanic who knows the car.
 In concluding this summary of the advantages Flagstaff offers present and prospective car owners, it is not amiss to call attention to the fact that here we have six big, completely equipped automobile repair shops. It is a snap for the man in trouble to find just what he wants and the at- tention he needs here.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

Without doubt there is more auto- mobile business done in Flagstaff than in all the rest of Northern Arizona combined.
 The main reason for this lies in the enterprise and initiative of our garage men.
 To begin with, they have secured the agencies for this county, and in some cases also for adjoining soun- ties, of the cars that rank highest in popular favor and use not only in the West, but in the entire United States.
 Look at this list of cars sold here, all of them well-known for years: Ford, Dodge, Overland, Buick, Rec, Oakland, Studebaker, Oldsmobile, Ca dillac and Haynes.
 It is a safe bet that there are more of the ten above-named cars in use today in the United States than there are of all the several hundred other makes combined.
 Four of the cars named above are the four that stand away ahead of all others made in point of the number of them in use.
 Added to the convenience the pros pective buyer has in being able to se- lect from all the leading cars here in Flagstaff, he has the advantage of service stations stocked up with all parts for the cars, mechanics who
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
STORAGE BATTERY USUALLY IS GOOD FOR
 FOURTEEN MONTHS

Storage batteries of the average sort have an existence of about four teen months" says H. A. Tarantous in MoToR. "Some automobile owners by properly caring for their storage batteries bring the maximum useful life to twenty-two months; others, by far in the majority, get around ten months service"
 The writer then proceeds to explain what proper care" means for the storage battery in motor car service. Owners of battery equipped cars must fill each cell to level with dis titled water, using the hydrometer for filling. In warm weather the cells should be brought to level once each week because the evaporation is much greater than it is in cold weather, when once in two weeks is sufficient. At the time the water is added a hy- drometer test should be made. This indicates the acid strength of the cleo trolyte or solution. At the same time the terminals should be inspected for looseness and any deposit of salt should be removed with stick. The battery should seat firmly in its sad dle or seat, so as to minimize the vii bration. In brief, this is all that is necessary, but it must be done regu- larly.
 "Men and batteries are much alike in their actions under certain influ- ences and we treat them in somewhat the same fashion. When battery is overloaded it burns up and starts dis integrating inside because it can not stand high temperatures. So with a man whose system is designed to op- crate at constant temperature. If he gets fever he burns up.'
 At the opposite end of the tenn perature scale the analogy still holds, for cold affects battery as it does man, reducing efficiency. Likewise, a battery has to be kept at work or it will die of laziness. It must be charged and discharged regularly. The charging current is, so to say, the battery's food. A corroded ter minal may be likened to clot on the brain.
 And so we find that as a mans temperature and his pulse, his actions, his capacity for work give indication of his physical condition, so do the battery's temperature, pulse and gen. eral behavior indicate it's condition, which is another way of saying the care it has received from it's owner"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
WISDOM

One day asked the Sage what the great things in life were.
 Music" he Answered, "that, pleases me. Art, on canvas or in marble that I like. Literature, from epic to novel-that measures up to my stand- ards. Many hooded nature-when she charms or amuses me. People when they are decent to me, and" Say" I interrupted with cynical smile, "where do you get all this me stuff 2"
 "Oh, well," he countered wearily, "I might as well have told you in the first place that Pm the only live coal I've ever discovered in this Vale of Clinkers."
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
MAKERS SELLING CAMPAIGN\ ABROAD IS AN IMPORTANT
 FACTOR IN CAR SHORTAGE

Some who are chafing at the delay in securing cars are at loss to un- derstand why the factories should be so far behind in their orders. The reasons are several and good ones. To begin with, the demand has greatly increased, as many people from patri- otic and other motives withheld their buying of new cars while the war was in progress.
 The factories were down to a very low rate of production toward the end of 1918. and it took little time to get back into the swing after the re- strictions on production were remov- ed. Even the plants that are back to a peace-time basis find difficulty in se- curing material and parts.
 Not the least of the factors aggra- vating the present situation is the urgency for the makers to take ad. vantage of the present psychological moment to extend foreign business even at the risk of sacrificing some business in the home market.
 A New York dealer who recently made a trip to the factory found his explanation of the difficulty in obtain ing cars as he passed through the shipping department and saw the number of cars marked for export.
 Even the prohibitions that have ex- isted against the exportation of auto mobiles to England and France have not prevented an increase of exporta- tion of automobiles to the Far East and South American markets have been developing in the meantime.
 Striking instances are the exports to the Philippine Islands, which for the four months ended April 30 this year exceeded the whole exportation of automobiles for the islands in 1918 in value and the number for that pc riod was two-thirds of the total num- Der exported in 1918.
 To Japan for the four months men, toned in 1919 the automobiles export ed were considerably in excess of the total number for 1918. The number to Java for the first four months of 1919 was about the same as for the whole preceding year.-Denver Post
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
THE WONDER OF TODAY

During recitation in certain pri- mary school the instructor asked her pupils what wonders can be seen to- day that were not in existence fifty years ago.
 There were many answers: Air planes the telegraph, the telephone, electrt lighting, automobiles. etc, Finally, one little fellow contributed his wonder:
 "Me and me little brother"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
PIPECLAY FOR MATS

Pipeclay acts as a preservative of rubber and makes one of the best me diums for treating the rubber mats used in automobiles. Oil and grease are rubber solvents and ruin the floor mats if they are allowed to remain on them. The mats should be wiped quite dry and then pipeclayed The pipeclay dries and sucks the oil out of the rubber.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
THE REASON

First Roommate: "I say. Walt, would you kindly lend me your green tie this evening ?"
 Second Roommate: "Why. certainly, Ed. but why all the formality?".
 First Roommate: q can't find it."
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
JUST WHAT DID SHE MEAN?

Hewitt: My wife is cheerful sort of companion"
 Jewett: "How is that?"
 Hewitt: q told her that had taken out 20-year endowment on my life, and she said that she hoped I wouldn't mature before the policy did"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
NOT WELL ACQUAINTED

A teacher asked a little boy at Sunday school what he knew about Moses, to which he replied:
 Please, ma'am, this is my first Sum- day here and l don't know anybody" l"
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01
awET" ANTIPATHY

The Indianapolis News says camels are not susceptible to kindness. The "wets" have always contended there was nothing to admire in camel.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

A good forgetter is rather to be chosen than great riches.
The Coconino sun., 1919-08-01

A Want-Ad in The Sun will sell that secondhand car in jiffy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
SAME CRITICISM OF
AMERICAN INTERFERENCE
L. S.AdmirabHes Warning to Turks
Causes Furry i'm French Quarters

Paris, Aug. 27-An informal warning
to Turkey that massacres of Armenans
must cease, given recently by Rear Ad-
miral Mark l.. Bristol. commander OF the
United States forces in Turkey, caused
something of "A furry in French official
quarters and in the Supreme Council of
the peace conference, II developed to-
day. In the council there was reported
To have occurred sharp criticism OF
American Interference in Turkey,
through missions and otherwise, despite
the fact that the United states had
shown no disposition to accept the man
date for the administration OF any Turk
| ish territory. The impression prevailed
that in this case the United States had
acted alone in formal communication
to the Turkish government.
| II was explained by the American dele
| gates, however, that the warning was
| delivered informally by Admiral Bristol
| several days ago, thai there was no for
NAL note sent, but merely an informal
| statement, the United States alone not at
tempting to speak for the peace con-
| ference.
| ON receiving the warning, Turkey, II
| appears, Immediately complained "a
Great Britain and France, saying she
was threatened The explanation of the
/ American delegation to the peace confer
ence that the warning was informal
however, apparently removed the objec-
tions to the American action based upon
the idea that the United States was
speaking for the conference.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
ARRESTED FOR ROBBING
Fart Of Money Under Lumber at Back
of House

st AIbans, Aug 27.--lIarold Brouilard
was arraigned before Judge Nathan n.
Post in the city court this afternoon and
pleaded guilty to the theft Of 1925 from
Harry Holmes of this city. He will be
given his sentence tomorrow.
AS "a result of Chief of Police j. +.
Mahoneys careful investigation Harold
Brouillard of Fairfield street was ar
rested late Tuesday afternoon charged
with the robbery of $500 in cash and
checks from the safe in the bakery of
Harry Holmes on South Mail street
Later in the day Brouillard confessed.
The bakery was broken into Sunday
morning between one and two o'clock
entrance being made through the cellar
window.
Mr. Holmes discovered the robbery
Sunday morning and Immediately notified
Chief Mahoncy, who at once made an
investigation and informed Mr.. Holmes
that in his opinion the robbery was COM
mitted by some one in his employ. Chief
Mahoney found out that Brouilard did
not arrive home Sunday morning until
about about two O'Clock. Brouillard went
to work Monday and again Tuesday. He
asked If he could get off Tuesday after
noon to go to Richford and was told he
could II he got ms WORK dohe Whlch ne
did. He was arrested just as he was to
take the train. He was searched and $50
found in his possession. After two hours
of questioning he admitted the robbery.
He told where the remainder of the
money and checks were, the money in
his room in the closet and the cash box
which contained the checks under some
lumber at the back Of the house. In the
box was found $399.29 in checks and s1127;
in cash.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
DECLARES EXECUTION OF
MISS CAVELL LEGAL
Minority Report Of Committee on Mili-
tary Law Of American Bar Association

Minority Report of Committee on Nfh-
tary LAW Of American Bar Association
Baltimore, Mr., Aug. H.-Execution by
the Germans of Miss Edith Cavel, the
English nurse. which aroused the indigna-
ton OF the allied world. was in accord
ance with the laws of "civilized war
fare" according to a minority report of
the committee on military law of the
American Bar Association, made public
here to-day. Both majority and minor
ity reports were prepared by the COM
mittee, which was appointed to inves-
tigate courts. martial and suggest re-
forms in military law.
The reference to the case of Miss Cavell
was made by S. S. Gregory of Chicago.
chairman of the committee. and was
concurred in by Judge William p. Bynum
of Greensboro, n. c., the other minority
member, in advocating abolition Of the
death penalty for women convicted of
Infringing military law. In his report
Mr.. Gregory said:
Careful consideration of the case of
Miss Edith Cavell. one of the most
pathetic and appetling victims of the
great war, whose unfortunate fate has
aroused the sympathy and excited the
Indignation of two continents. has led
me to the conclusion that she was ex-
ecuted in accordance with the laws and
usages of what we are pleased common.
ly to refer to as civilized warfare"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
A. F. Of |. TO HELP
STRIKING ACTORS
Gompers Pledges Support of Or
ganized Labor Until There
Comes "An Honorable and
Justifiable End of Strike"
ADDRESSES MEETING
All Men and Women in the Profession
Who Work for Salaries, He Says
Have Right to SIT in Council which
Determines Their Pny

New York, Aug. 2G.-Samuel Com
pers tonight pledged every service
and aid' of the American Federation
of Labor to the Actors Equity
association until there comes an hon
orable and justifiable end to the
actors strike.
He appeared unexpectedly at a
meeting of 1000 members Of the as
sociation and delivered his promise
Of unstinted assistance in person from
the speakers platform. urging a
fight to the finish"
THE time has come when Kaiser
ism and autocracy. commercial or in
dustrial has passed away" he de-
clared. This situation in which you
stand to-day is similar in character
to that of the German people. I hold
that the company of men which has
not learned that autocracy is n thing
of the past, that it has gone by the
board has not learned the lesson of
the war.
THE future depends not upon the
managers, but upon you. Many good
cause has gone aglimmering because
of the failure of the men and women
to maintain the spirit of the cause. If
you now and for whatever length of
time it may last, made up your minds
/ to stick, nothing in this world can
prevent your success. If you have not
made upon your minds to do that 1t
would be better that you had not be-
gun at all.
you have aroused the managers to an
understanding of your power They are
alert, and they have not only their own
brains but they can buy brains by the
= pound.
"As sure as life and death IL you weak
en-. the treatment you received in the past
will be as nothing to what you will re-
/ ceive in the future.
''I know something of the work of the
actor and the theatrical profession and
must make this declaraton-no matter
what Interpretation may be put on it
! that all men and women in the profession
| who work for salaries or wages have q
right. the unqualified right to sit in the
council which determines their pay anc
the conditions under which they work.
"Every weIl-informed American knows
that the constitution ofevery State in tho
, Union declares and guarantees the righ
! to be heard by counsel. In other words
the constitution recognizes the principle
that the average man and the average
woman are not able to defend themselves
when opposed by skill. No one will DISPUTE
how important is this guaranteed right
I quote 1t as applicable to this situation
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
NO MORE ADVANCES
or STATES MONEY
Board of Control Adopts Rules
TO Safeguard the Common
wealth's Treasury

Montpelier Aug. 27--As a result Of the
recent recommendations adopted by the
Board of Control which were no ad-
vances are now being made by the state
treasurer excepting such as approved by
the board and a few items like ad-
vances for stamps, payment of jurymen
I'm county court and the like. The direct
payment plan is being tried. On one job
In the highway department pay rolls are
submitted to the auditors office at least
every 30 days and when approved the
payment is made by the treasurer upon
the auditors warrant. No receipt is now
required for all bills are paid by voucher
check The new bookkeeping system is in
part in operation which requires the
checking of the auditors account against
that of the treasurer each month. "A new
appropriation ledger is established OPP
Grated by bookkeeping machine which
shows the condition of each department.
All bills before they are paid are APP
proved by the head of the department
or superintendent of the institution eX-
cepting those carried by the State pur-
chasing agent.
All money coming to the revenue to
| the State is deposited daily with the
| treasurer. This includes the automo-
! bile department and that of tne secre-
tary Of State and the insurance COM
| missioner. The committee has not fully
completed its duties in connection with
! the bookkeeping. system and will Sc
! cure uniform system when they finally
report. Petit cash accounts. as stated
above for stamps, have been opened
/ with some of the departments also fol
express and freight or emergency ar
ticios. but the board discouraged ever
! these advances. OF course advance:
may be made at such times is needfu
to the adjutant general when a train
ing camp is being held. or like purpose
shows need of the money. The ad
VanCes TO the state fair commission
viii he handled by a representative o
the auditor checking receipts and look
ing after payment by the treasurer o
the commission. a revenue clerk ha
been employed by the auditor comply
ing with the terms of the report
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-08-28
GREAT WELCOME
AWAITS PERSHING
Commander Of American Over
seas Forces Is Due to Arrive
in New York Sept. 8

New York. Aug. 27.-General john j..
Pcrshing will be officially welcomed home
by New York city with a great military
review on September 10, according TO
plans announced to-day by the executive
committee of Mayor Hylan's committee
on receptions to distinguished guests.
The great Homecoming welcom VIII
continue from the hour of General Persh-
ing's arrival on board the Leviathan on
Monday, September s, until he departs
for Washington.
General Pershing is expected to rlde
at the head of thousands Of overseas s
veterans who will march UP Fifth Avenue.
The column will embrace the famous
First Division and all other branches or
American armed forces.
The transport Leviathan with General
pershng and his staff and approximately
10 900 men of the First Division is due
to arrive at Sandy Hook at seven O'Clock
on the morning Of Sept. 3. great
flotila of steamboats, and government
vessels as well as several squadrons of
, airplancs will meet the transport at
gLndy Hook ana escort her to the pier.