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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
NO SPECIAL TRAIN FOR
FALL FISH in SIGHT
A Special Car From Elizabeth City
Daily is the Best Rait Road
Can Promise


N. W. Daily, connected with Wallace
& Keeney Company Of New York, has
been working in connection with ship
pers from North Carolina, to obtain,
Special Train for the transportation of
fish from Elizabeth City and points fur
ther south TO Norfo8a, IN order that the
North Carolina fishermen's products
may reach New York in such shape as
to obtain the best prices during the COM
ing Fall.
On August End committee of North
Carolina Fishermen, of which Mr.. Daily
was chairman, met at Norfolk with w.
Egleston, superintendent of the Ameri-
can Railway Express, Pamlico Division;
J. w. Newly, General Traffic Manager
of the Old Dominion Steamship Line;
B. B. Brooks of the N. Y. P. & n. and
E. D. Kyle, General Traffic Manager OF
the Norfolk Southern Railroad. The
matter of North Carolina transportation
of fish was discussed generally and pc
titions presented for special or 'regu-
lar train from Elizabeth City or for points
south of Elizabeth City, from Septem-
Der Goth to December Goth, for the
purpose of getting fish to Norfolk in
time to catch all the lines running out
of Norfolk to the northern cities.
The Committee was most kindly re-
ceived and the transportation officials
promised to do all in their power to ex-
pedite the shipments of fish during the
| Fall.
Last Spring through similar efforts,
special Transportation was obtained that
was of very much value to the North
! Carolina fisherman and was very much
appreciated, not only by them but by
dealers in New York, Philadelphia and
other northern points,
An answer to the request of the com
mittee was received on August 10th
from Mr.. Egleston, superintendent OF
the Pamlico Division, of the American
Railway Express, in which he states that
after looking into the matter most care
fully he regrets that it is not likely that
a Special Train may be obtained as was
done for the Spring fish. Mr.. Egleston
stated that the proposition of hauling
car from Elizabeth City to Norfolk or
Train No. 4 would not be practical as il
would be impossible to secure teams ane
labor for the hauling of the fish and the
loading of the car during the night. He
therefore suggested that the best the
company could do under the circumstan
ces is to bring the traffic to Norfolk or
the Norfolk Southern Train No. whlcf
is due at Norfolk at 4:5O P. M. and te
try to get the New York and Philadel
phia business transferred to the n. \
P. & N. night boat for Cape Charles
which would make connection with al
Express Special leaving Cape Charles
in time to reach New York the secont
morning.
Mr. Egleston also requests the com
mittee to impress upoh the fisherme1
the necessity of heavily icing their isl
at the point of shipment. As genera
proposition, goods arriving by the ol
Dominion Steamship Lnae at New Yorl
has heretofore been the most desirable
The committee will take up the sugges
ton of Mr.. Mg1eston in the near futur
and hope very much to improve upo
his sugge stion meanwhile.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
A PROPHET AT HOME

Illustrating the old adage about
a prophet and his own country
is the following comment from
The Advance, of Elizabeth City:
.aThere'n be plenty of excitement
hereabouts in the approaching race ior
Congress in this district. And tnere
would have been a plenty with only two
Democratic aspirants. Saunders canol-
dacy adds little to interest in the race
for everybody knows where Saunders
vii, get off. But undoubtedly, as saun-
ders say, he will be able to inject some
1;fa into the campaign when he begins
to throw his vital issues into the mop
ner of Hallet S. Ward.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
CAPT. FAILING DEAD
AN Ex- SOLDIER
J. W. G..

Capt. Walstein Augustus Failing, U.
s r. G. S. (retired), died at Edgarton,
Mass. Friday, August 18th, age seventy
one years. Capt. Failing was in charge
of the Seventh District U. s. Life Saw
ino Service with headquarters at Eliz-
abeth City 20 or 80 years ago. lie was
awarded thanks by Great Britain for
distinguished service rsndered at the
wreck of the steamer Strathley on the
North Carolina Coast in 1891. He joined
the First M. E. Church. South, in this
city in 1893 and retained his member
shin here at the time of his death. lie
was a native of Elizabeth, N. j.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
FIRE DOESN'T RATTLE
THIS MAN COTTER
Firemen Make Way For Carpenters
When His Roof Burns On A
Saturday Afternoon

A little matter 1ihe ire destroying
half the roof of his home at o'clock
on a Saturday afternoon doesn't disturb
an efficient and enterprising citizen like
r. M. Cotter, president of the Eliza
beth City Ship Yard Co. Fire got into
the roof of Mr.. Cotter's home on Church
street about 3 o'clock last Saturday af-
ternoon and burned out about twenty
square feet, before the Elizabeth City
Fire Department could get to it and put
it out.
Even while the firemen were working
on the blaze Mr.. Cotter was on the tele-
phone downstairs phoning for shingles
and carpenters. Before the 1lremen quit
the place he had a thousand shingles and
two carpenters on the ground. The nre-
men actually had to make way for the
carpenters. By o'clock Saturday even
ing Mr.. Cotter had his loof in thoro re-
pair. In the meantime he had adjusted
his loss satisfactorily with the insurance
company His loss. amounted to about
$1OO.
It is only fair to state that Mr.. Cotter
emnloys anywhere from SO to 100 car
penters at the Elizabeth City Ship Yard
and can command the services OF car
penters on Saturday afternoon when
others can't touch 'eM with forty foot
pole.
The blaze in the Cotter roof orlg1-
mated from a fire which destroyed two
tenement houses in the rear OF Church
ST. Saturday afternoon. Many homes on
Church st. were threatened by the blaze
and several sustained minor damage.
One of the houses destroyed belonged te
Col. W. T, Old of Norfolk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
ODD FELLOWS RALLY

Elizabeth City Odd Fellows will have
a grand rally on the Court House green
in this city at 6 o'clock this evening
Brass band music, refreshment and
speeches will enliven the occasion. The
principal speaker is Hon. Harry E. Nc
Coy, P. G.. P. of Virginia.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
JOHN BoLIcH TURNS UP

John Bo1ich, whose sudden and srange
disappearance last week occasioned some
popular excitement, wired Wednesday
from Gastonia to his three daughters,
telling them to join him there, where he
is employed in cotton mill This wire
disproves the theory that Bolich had
either met with foul play, or had taken
his own life No reason for his sudden
leaving has come to light.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
LECTURE ON INFANT HYGIENE

A lecture of special interest to the
mothers of this city and county will be
given by Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, of
the State Bureau of Child Hygiene, at
the Court House Friday night. Mrs.
Vaughn will speak upon the vital and
timely subject of Infant Hygiene, upon
which she is recognized as an authority
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
uEpE,s a CHALLENGE TO ALL
,ocAL PLAYERS OF CHECKERS

s. A. Meads, Norfolk's champion
checker player, will be at the Y. M ~ y,
in Elizabeth City, Saturday Aug oo
and announces his desire to meet any any
and all comers. He will play from lo
m to p. m. and will not bother 10
ston for lunch so long as he has some
one to play with.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
ALLIGATOR VALUES INCREASED

The appraisement of property for tax,
alton in Alligator township, Iyrren
county reveals 1901 acres OF Land iisC-
ed at total value of $179,6O3, against
$11S,591 in 1917. Timber holdings not
yet appraised will be doubled in value
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
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 gl6,s ses. It does not fol-
low that bad eyes are responsible
for all ills and that the fitting of
eye glasses is a panacea for every
ailment. 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 metropolitan city.
DIR. j. d. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
Phone 999 Bradford BLDG
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
JOHNNY RRIcKHoUsE CAUGHT

Johnny Brickhouse, wanted tor d 'u.
ting affray in Tyrrel county was
rested here this week and turned ovei
to the sheriff of his county. Inc VIZ
tim of the affray is said to be IN Sc
rious condition.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
CITY MAY
GET AIRPLANE ATTACK
Fair Association Negotiating With Aviation Com
pany For Spectacular Exhibition Of War
In The Air


Elizabeth City may have the
thrills that came to London and
Paris under air raids, if negotia
tions by the Albemarle Agricul
ture Association with certain
aviation companies result in
contract. A we'll known airplane
company proposes to make an air
raid on Elizabeth City, dropping
bombs all over the place twice
daily during the November fair.
Of course, Elizabeth City would
not let such attacks from bombing
planes go unchallenged. Mortars
and machine guns would be ca
mouhaged on the tops Of down
town buildings and these machine
guns and mortars would keep up
a constant fire on the air raiders.
The aviation company promises
to make the thing SO realistic that
one of the machines would be
made to turn turtle in m1da1r and
give a first class exhibition OF
dashing to earth from height OF
1000 feet, just as if it had been
put out of commission by one OF,
the blank shells from an antl-a1r-
craft gun on top of the Hinton
Building.
All of this excitement, requ1r-
ing three or four -airplanes man
ned by expert flyers will be the
feature free attraction at the El12
abeth City Fair if the fair asso-
| ciation will pay the price. And Il
Secretary Cases recommends
goes, the price paid
A Change Of Dates
The fair will be held on Nov
ember II, II, Is and IA, instead
of the first week in November as
announced last week. The Fair
Association decided on this
change of dates this week be-
cause they found they could Sc
cure more horses, shows and con-
cessions for this week than any
other week this fall. The Tarboro
fair closes the first week in No
vember and is the last big fair IN
the state. Horses ordinarily go
from the Tarboro fair into winter
quarters, or go to New Orleans
for the winter meets. Elizabeth
City, by following Tarboro, can
get the cream of the entries from
that fair.
| Showmen too had something to
do with influencing the dates.
Sibley Shows, who will furnish
the midway attractions, offered
the Fair Association an attractive
bonus to set the fair for the mid
die of November Sibley's men
have studied the weather maps
and they say Elizabeth City will
have its best week of weather the
second week in November. They
, also bet that there will be more
money in circulation then thar
} at any other likely time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-29
NORFOLK MARKETS
Norfolk. Va. August %, 1919

Norfolk, Va. August 2o, 1919
Reported especially for The ANi1H -,
PENDENT by Jarvis & Fentress. Ine
following prices represent actual SAFES
made to-day:
Toms not quoted were not sold To-Day
- +ho Food Administration prohibits
quotations other than actual sales.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27

TO do whatever it could 20 help the
campaign and it was particularly gen.
erous in the amount OF space and at.
tention devoted to the navy's efforts
in the campaign.
BY printing the Victory Sim mar
every day you did a service TO all
your readers and to the navy as well.
BY IT the navy's efforts for the Vic.
tory Loan were continually kent he
fore the public. and for that 7. as
Navy Victory Liberty Loan officer.
am deeply grateful.
You will probably be interested 10
know that the total navy subscrin
ton to date is $4,000, coo. which IS
more than twice our quota Of sl2.
100000. / feel that can say .vithou.
Boosting that the navy has done more
than it's duty, and in so far as YOU
made it possible for the navy to make
a good showing you deserve special
thanks.
7. J. COWIE,
Rear Admiral iP. c. U. s. Navy,
Navy Victory Liberty Loan Officer.
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
TODAY'S TOPIC
She Has a Husband and Daughter

and doubtless he will become more
reasonable in time.
Does @TTue Love" Exist.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
1 have read with interest your
articles in The Times and thought
perhaps you might be able TO give
me a little advice on my case.
Please tell me il there is such a
thing as true love-" / have been
in love so many times that / am
beginning to doubt ii. / am TWEEN
ty-tWo years OF age, and each young
man ] meet | like better than the
last. have been keeping company"
with a young man who was my
ideal in every respect, and / loved
him dearly. Just recently, he went
away, and IL seems as IL he was
hardly out of Washington. ID. c.,
before ! met some one else in whom
/ am equally interested. Now,
Miss Fairfax, this young man who
has gone away thinks l am madly
in love with him, and won't look
at another girl. ] can't think what
is the matter with me. ! seem to
have the habit OF forgetting all
young men. But I do want to get
married and have a home Of my
own, and how can l be sure which
is the right one?
DOUBTFUL.
Please don't think OF marrying
a home. A house is never a home
when a girl deliberately mGrries to
secure one. Indeed it would be a
great mistake for you to marry any
one at all, until you have acquired
a little more stability Of character,
and this will doubles come with
time. When You ara genuinely in
love, you will know il. Yon wont
have to consult me or anyone
. else.
Despair In Now "Better Satisfied
A few days ago a young nan
wrote a letter to this column and
signed it Despair" He had had
very bad luck in becoming ac-
The Washington times., 1919-05-27

quainted with nic2 girls il WASH
ington. All he hai let proved 10
be "high-flyers." He now writes
a second letter signsd Better Sat
isfied," and explains his use Of the
term "High-Flyer," for which he
was taken to task BY another cor
respondent.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have just finished reading
Sweet SiXteen's" letter, and am
glad to know all the girls in this
city are not high flyers" Will try
to explain myself little about the
expression "high-nyer." The few
girls whom l have met seem to
think Of nothing but a good time,
regardless Of the cost to the boy. l
have always tried to make it APP
pear that nothing was too good for
any girl | have ever taken out.
have never thought Cf taking them
to moving picture, but always TO
the theater. ! AN not cheap or
scrimping, I make only $22 a week.
and as ] have to maintain myself
respectfully and honestly and put
up a good appearance. 1t does not
leave much Of a margin. 1t does me
good TO know that all OF the Sweet
Sixteens" are not like the ones I
have been 50 unfortunate as to
meet. BETTER SAIlSf lED'
He Is Too DemOstrntiVe.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am twenty-five and engaged to
a man somewhat over thirty. 1 am
happy and contented in his COM
panionship and trust him absolute
Iy. He insists he has perfect
right to ali the kisses and embraces
he chooses. If he would only De
contented to kiss me evening
and good-by and let IT so at that'
I should have no objection. But
more than this is to me cheapening,
and beyond the lines OF propriety.
I have been brought up to be some
what wary of most mems actions
and intentions and. though | have
tho highest regl~d for my fiance. L
do not like this. he :. VS. l am fool
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
Beatrice Fairfax Writes the Problems and Pitfalls Workers
Especially for Washington Women
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am in love with a man and l
know I could make him love me,
but he does not know have hus-
band and a four-year-old daughter.
Now, Miss Fairfax. am only TWEEN
ty-three and do not care at all for
my husband. l have been married
six years. Tell me what is best.
DISCONNECTED.
1t is too late in the day to tell
you that you married too young,
And the only thing for a woman
of character and principle to do,
in your situation. is to recognize
her responsibilities. and stop
yearning for the impossible. Even
if you have ceased to care for
your husband, there is your child,
to whom you owe much. And there
is the young man whom you could
make love you, what Of your OBJ
legations toward him? Why bur-
den him with the tragedy of low
ing a woman he cannot legally
marry? Whv not try a little of
that old-fashioned medicine called
'duty?"
Wants Her to Visit Him.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
i am a girl Of seventeen, and l am
in love with a young man FIVE years
older than I am. have known him
for four years. and he has asked me
10 spend the summer with him and
his mother. ! would dearly love to
Do so, but my mother says she
would rather / would not go.
Please give me your advice.
PERPLEXED.
Your mother knows the circum-
stances of the case much better
than | do, and at seventeen, it
would be wise for you to follow
her advice. You have got plenty
of time for all sorts of visits in
the next three or four years.
The Cuse of Two Brothers.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Won't you please give Q very
unhappy girl your kind advice?
l have been keeping company with
a. young man who means a great
deal TO me, and / am sure the feel
ing Is reciprocated. He has a very
Jealous disposition. His brother
has been coming to see me lately,
since which time the first young
man will not come near me, and he
recently sent me word that ! would
either have to give up his brother
or him. He has said he did not
object 10 my going with other boys,
but it seems he docs not Wish me
10 go with his brother. What
should I do?
A. =. T..
This young man does not sound
very promising to me. Apparently,
you are not engaged to be married,
and yet he wishes to hedge you in
with various rules and regula-
lions. Take the situation in your
own hands, teach him q lesson,
The Washington times., 1919-05-27

ish and seems hurt when hold my
self aloof and draw away from
him; but cannot feel that a man
has the same respect for a girl.
IL he has asked her to marry him,
when there is this lack OF reserve.
Now, do you think 1 am right, or
am 1 too suspicious, or merely a
silly prig, and If / am right, what
course should 1 pursue to make him
keep his distance within the bounds
OF prcpriety as I see them.
MISS PRIM.
AS successful marriages are made
Up of compromises, successful
engagements might be run on the
same principle. You might try to
be a little more demonstrative and
your fance a little less so. If you
have any actual aversion to this
young mans demonstrations Of
affection, it might be we'll to thor
oughly consider the question be-
fore taking the irrevocable step
of marriage.
Reply to Two Lonesome Ex.
Soldiers.
The two young soldiers who
wrote to this column saying they
would like to make the acuuaint-
ance Of two girls whose letter at
traCted their attention. are evil
IDENTIFY new readers, as il has been
specifically stated time and time
again that no int:oducticns are
given, nor letters exchanged in
81
ests of soldiers, lonesome and
otherwise, are very thoroughly
looked after by the Wa- Camp
Community Service. Present your
credentials there. Then when you
fall In love and have troubles Of
your own, you can bring chem here.
It's Different "Back Home"
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
l am a young girl nineteen years
old. and am considered very good
looking and attractive. I came to
Washington from a small town in
New York, where we enjoyed many
parties without the so-calIed spoon
ing" that seems to be so prevalent
in Washington, D. c. Every man I
go out with in the evening tries to
KISS me, and l do not always care
for this. Some OF the men l am
glad to kiss, but others do not ap-
peal TO me. Kindly advise me Just
how to reject these advances with
out discouraging the men too much.
TROUBLED.
The best advice I can give you
is to try to graft on WASHINGTON
some Of the standards Of the home
town. Don't you think it would be
we'll to exercise your ingenuity
in keeping all these young men
friendly without the kissing bait!
Quite apart from Mrs. Grundy'S
approval or disapproval. casual
kissing is apt to become pretty
promiscuous. It lacks fastitiCus-
.sA@ t. say the least. 4
The Washington times., 1919-05-27

Today
Lecture-Santeri NuorteyR on Russia
ana World Peace" Old Masonic Temple
Sis p. M.
Lecture-The Rev. Thomas I. Gassou on
Alaska Gonzaga Hall, s p. m.
Boat trip-Business women's Council Of
the Y. W. e. A, Steamer Charles Mac
aIester. leaves seventh street wharf. at
p. m.
Entertainment-Wome Of War Risk
Bureau, auspices War Camp Community
Service. Camp MeiGs. .. m.
Garden Party-COllegc Womens Club,
1928 street northwest. 1880 p. m. DAN
cling.
Dinner-University OF Wisconsin Alumni
Association, dining room Of the Department
OF the Interior, p. m. DR.. +. w. McNair
president OF the Michigan College of Mines
will speak on Deep Mining"
Meeti1g-ThomsOn Community As8oclG-
ton. Thomson School, Twelfth and J.
streets northwest. $3.50 ?. M. Dancing and
The Washington times., 1919-05-27
ENOUGH GRAVES

Next Friday the graves of 10000 American soldiers
will be decorated the President and three quarters of
million American soldiers taking part the
monies
Next Friday would be good day which to resolve
that peace league agreement mandatory nonsense
shall make necessary in future years to continue these
decorations the American graves in Turkey Armenia
Mesopotamia elsewhere We couldn't help getting into
this war; and the seventy thousand Americans HAD to be
buried there But CAN avoid buyng seventy thousand
or million more, by staying in America, and
attending to business HERE until somebody to
disturb u.s.