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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

The COlOreO state NOFIldl
school at Elizabeth City is in a
fair way to get an appropriation
of $4,000 from the Rockefeller
endowed General Education
BOARD. 1t all seems to depend
now upon what the school trus-
tees of Elizabeth City and Pas
ouotank county will do.
The recent General Assembly of
North Carolina appropriated $4,000
for new buildings and improvements
fo. the State Normal. This sum was
s7o 600 short of the amount needed for
tho program outlined by the Board
of Trustees. The General Education
Roard has signifed a willingness to
sunply this $4,000 out of its $53,0O0.0O
endowment, if Elizabeth City and
pasouotank county will show their in
terest in negro education to the ex-
tent of supplying four teachers for an
eight months practice school to be
maintained at the State Normal. It
is nointed out that if Elizabeth City
and Pasquotank don't supply these
teachers for such a school, it will have
to take care of so many colored pupils
in some other way.
Prof. p. E. Sans, of Raleigh, State
Supervisor of Teacher Training and
Prof. T. B. Attmore, of Stonewall, N.
e. a member of the Board of Trustees
of the State Normal were in Elizabeth
citv Wednesday and held a conference
with members of the boards of educa-
ton of the city and county. Every
man present pledged his support to the
nroposition and official action will be
taken within the next few days. 1T
is nointed out that Elizabeth City and
Pasouotank county can provide for 100
colored students at the State Normal
and bring $4,000 to this school. Ii
the city and county don't do this then
they will have just so many coloreo
students to provide for in some other
way and the State Normal will lose
$4,000 of Rockefeller money. 1t is not
generally known, but it is a fact never
theless, that the State Normal has fol
several years taken care of about LIE
resident pupils that properly belonged
to the 1dbIie schools or the county.
The immediate plans for the improve
ment and extension Of the State Nor
NAL at Elizabeth City will, when they
materialize, make this a considerable
school plant with a total of eight build
ings. Here is the program:
Water and Sewerage System-cos
at least, $4,000.
Rarn and sheds $500.
Practice School, rooms, $4,000.
Principals Cottage (Now lives Il
dormitory), $4,000.
Equipment for Laundry-Girls' In
dustrial Building, $4,000.
Boys Dornitory, $4,000.
Boys workshop, $4,000.
TOTAL, $55,000.
Amount available from State Appro
priation, $4,000.
Amount needed to complete the Pro
gram, $4,000.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
WANTS A COOPERATIVE
LAUNDRY IN SALEM
Salem Man Says Rural Communities
Must Solve The Laundry Pro-
bIem Real Soon

How are we southern people going
to get our clothes washed when the
nresent generation Of co1ored washer
women dies out?. The new generation
of colored girls are not inclined to
look fayorably upon the wash tub as
means of livelihood. Even the present
generation, used to the scrubb1ng board
and the fiat iron are not satisfied with
their calling, but it isn't remunerat1ve
enough. Our white women who have
been dependent upon the Negroes for
this sort of labor and who have come
to look upon washing and ironing as
a lowly menial task, certainly are not
going to do their own washing the OLD
fashioned way if they can get out of
it. And so every Southern community
is about to face a laundry problem.
What are we going to do with it?
r G.. Brown, an enterprising young
farmer of Salem Township, Pasquo-
tank county, is trying to show his
neighbors how to solve the problem.
Mr.. Brown has unfolded his plan TO
this newspaper. He says the commun-
itv laundry is the thing. Mr.. Browns
idea is to organize and establish CO.
lucrative laundry in salem township.
He thinks there are at least hunoreo
farmer families in Salem township VINO
could profit by such a community en-
terprise. Even fifty families couio
afford to finance the undertaking anu
eet their laundry done at cost, taking
all the drudgery away from so many
farm homes.
"vve impose too much drudgery on
orr wives on the farms, says Mr.
Brown. eve wear our women out WIFI
menial work done without labor saw
ing appliances. We men have laoor
saving. machinery that really saves
labor We have very little labor saw
ing machinery for the home. Washihs
machines such as we buy our wives
are not suited to washing clothes olleo
with the dirt of the farm. Machlnes
that would really take the work OH
our wives are too costly for individual
family use: the only way out that l
see is for neighborhoods to cooperate
and establish their own steam laun-
dries. An experienced man can oe en-
Moved regularly to look after the plant
and girls from the neighborhood can
he employed as needed to help hanole
the work.
| IT will be interesting to see no"
Mr.. Brown comes out with his prop
osition; how his neighbors will take
+o the idea. This newspaper Is Win
him. He is, certainly, on the rlgn'
track to solve a problem that every
neiehborhood will presently have te
solve,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
HATHAWAY SAYS

If YOU wear glasses, have
your eyes and glasses both
examined from time to time,
and go to the place where you
can afford to pay a reason
able price for real professional
work. Remember your eyes
are your bread-winners. Take
care of them.
You have your teeth ex-
amined twice a year. why
not your eyes? They are
more important.
DIR. ]. D. HATHAWAY
optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
AS AN AMERI|cAN

Your country Is protecting
your rights, your srties, your
weIfare. Still maisina it possible
for you to live as 40 american.
AS an American yennill always
receive protection. hsgevernment
realizes its duty to yoHand needs
: no urging in the peEfornaanee OF
: this duty.
: As an American NaN should not
+ fail to realize and appreciate what
+ your government is tyou. You
: should be awake to - present sit
= uation. You should tHoW why bill
= lions of dollars are f1seded.
+ AS an AmericanYou should
& render the same hs pto the gov
& ernment that it renders to you.
= And as the sover1lnent is con-
= stantIy ready to Protect you re-
= REGARDLESS Of the number of calls,
= YOU should be ready and eager to
y respond to it's present appeaI-the
y Victory Liberty Loan.
=. X = n
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
NEWS OF OUR STORES

Ihe advertisements in this weeks
lNDEPENDENT are full Of news for
INDEPENDENT readers. Most read
e,s OF this newspaper read it ads and
aii' the few who haven't got that habit
VIII do well to try it this week.
M Leigh Sheep takes a full page
~ tell of his stock moving sale, shop
ping news of real money value to the
women folk.
enarber & White Hardware Co. have
i unusual attractive offer for house
"1'es' They enable any one to equip
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

This Elizabeth City Boy Made Good Soldier, But
War Gave Him the Rawest Of Raw Deals

Olduue II. harrington, an
City boy who was
sent to a U. S. army training
camp on August 6, 1913, return
ed from overseas and arrived in
City Saturday night
to find a mOtherless baby boy
Is days old. His wife of 16
months, who was formerly Miss
Allie Williams, died Saturday,
April II while her husband was
about to embark at Brest,
France for America. Friends of
Mrs. Harrington had tried for
weeks to get Private Tarking-
ton released from military ser
vice so that he could be with his
wife when, the baby was born.
But there's a lot of red tape in
the army. Private Harrington
was released too late.
Claude Harrington is broken with
grief and will never again be the light
hearted boy he was when he kissed
his bride farewell on that eventful day
in August 1918. He will never feel
the same toward his country again.
War has put a hot iron on his heart
and left a scar that time will never ef-
face. He will tell you that no matter
| how many wars may be declared in
future, he'll never, never go to another
one.
Claude Harrington made a good sold
ier. His discharge papers give the
| lie to the many reports that he had
trouble with an officer at Camp Wads-
worth. It was told that an officer had
accused him Of taking bad foot and
that Harrington resented the lie and
slapped the officers face. It sounded
like Harrington. Even his friends be-
lieved the story, but thought not less
of him for his characteristic display
of manliness. But there was nothing
to that report. His discharge papers
show that his conduct was "very good"
that he was never absent without
leave and that he had merited the dis
t.ings1ished service claevron. He was
in the front line trenches in the Meuse-
Argonne region from September 20,
1918 until the signing of the armistice.
| No one except his wife ever heard
from him after he reached France. He
says the soldier got very little writing
pepper and that he never did have
enough paper to correspond with his
friends. He says g. soldier over there
doesn't get much Of anything He
says the soldiers big meal in a day
consists Of a portion of badly cooked
chunks Of beef or horsehesh and little
of the liquor it was boiled in, a potato
cooked with the skin on and g. mug
of coffee that is some times too strong
and some times too weak, but never
good coffee. He says the officers live
in fine style and get plenty OF sweets
but the private's tooth for sweets Is
seldom satisfied. He says he has seen
doughboys pay S. for a slice Of bread
spread with jam.
i Asked what he left the American
soldiers doing in France at this late
date, he said: 81 left them building
roads for France, working in overalls
lust like our convicts are worked over
, here on our county roads,. Asked
. what the American soldiers were doing
building roads for France? he couldn't
saw. That was one Of the things that
worried him, just as it worries thou
sands of other American soldiers who
, are building roads in France to-day
, when they think they ought to be home
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
rHRoNGs SEE THE TANK

Throngs of spectators marveled at
the U. S. Army Tank which was ex-
hibited here Wednesday, for the bene-
Of the Victory Loan campaign. More
than thousand saw the Tank do stunts
on the old baseball grounds on West
Main street Wednesday afternoon. DIR.
B. c. Hening took advantage Of the
crowds on the ball grounds and, mount
ing the tank, made one of his money
batting speeches, raising $1,000 in Vic
tory Loan subscriptions in about Is
minutes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
ROANOKE INSTITUTE HOLDS
COMMENCEMENT NEXT WEEK

Roanoke Collegiate Institute holds
it's commencement exercises next week,
Sunday May to Friday, May 9, inclu-
sive. This school is supported by the
Negro Baptists of northeastern North
Carolina and is doing good work for it's
race under President c. F. Graves and
his faculty.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

The North Carolina Cotton Assocla-
tion will meet in Raleigh this week.
TO consider the exporting and finance
CORPORATION, and the proposition OF
making the Association permanent
Delegates will be elected to attend the
Cotton Conference at New Orleans
May 1915.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
10 The Voters Of Second Ward:

To The Voters Of Second Ward:
I am still in the race for one or the
aldermen from our ward. have no
pets, belong to no faction. out stano
for an honest, Just, and economical ad-
ministration.
This was my platform, when was
requested. to run, and it is now.
cM2-2t. j. B. LEIGH.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

Hearken, We masculine devotees of
the horsehide pellet! Perk up and
take care, lest your pennants be snatch
ed from you by the eternal and adorable
feminine, garbed in the habiliments Of
Cobb and Wagner, of Mathewson and
Walter Johnson. Hist! The charming
Of our fair City are prepar-
ing to make their debut in the time
and distinctively American
game of baseball.
Under the leadership of Miss Minna
Pickard, of the High School faculty,
the girls of each High School grade
are planning to organize a baseball
team, the several teams forming a sort
of intra- school league, with games to
be played according to a regular sched-
ule, the team winning most games to
be awarded the pennant. Now for the
lineup.
We, being nothing more or less than
a mere insect of male, would never
dare voice an opinion as to what dear
young ladies would be most eligible for
jobs as catchers; indeed, they all catch
admiring glances from our eyes, when
ever we pass them on the street, but
in truth our hearts overflow with an
guish at the thought that some of
their beautiful countenances must nee
essarily be concealed from our enrap-
tured gaze by that horribly Disgusting
protector, the baseball mask. Really,
this is too. distressing to think of. 1t
will be far better to have the teams
consist of eight players each, with the
catchers left out.
On the field, the pitcher always oc-
cupies a post from which the player
can most readily see and be seen by
the fans in both grandstand and bleach
ers. Besides the pitcher is the chief
center of attention, and constantly the
object of general interest. The short
age in catchers will most likely be made
up by a surplus of candidates for pitch
er. We have known many delightfully."-
| and deliciously demure dimpling dam
sells, and none of them ever minded
being the center of interest and ad-
miration.
Now as to the basemen-beg pardon
we mean basewomen-they should be
| blithesome maidens of the sort who, al
a quarter to nine, take ten minutes
to powder their noses and sprint tt
school in the remaining five, with never
tardy charged against them. Base
men must be speedy on their feet.
J AS all fans know, ielders are choser
, chiefly for their hitting ability. There
will be no difficulty on this score. Every
one of these delightful High Schoo
maids makes a hit with us. (No
Mehitabel, we are not fishing for {
4 job as umpire. Anyhow, our wife
wouldn't let u.s.
In order that everything be o. K
from the start. with nothing importan
left out, it might be we'll to pick {
suitable title for the new league. W.
modest1y and humbly suggest that thi
new association be termed the L. L. L.
or more fully, the Lifting Lasses Lea
que. We make no charge for thi
valuable suggestion.
| Here's wishing Miss Pickard and he
baseball galaxy the most successful
of seasons! We sincerely hope tha
levery team may win each and ever.
game, so that each athletic aggregation
may win pennant, all for ITSELF
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
NORFOLK CITY.MANAGER
VISITS ELIZABETH CITY
Spoke at Anrual DinnsrSef The Cham
1ber Of c6mHesre lasotAie
=. Hall lzSx Nidisk -

A number Of notable out Of town
guests attended the annual dinner Of
the Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce held in Masonic Hall last night,
Thursday, May 1. Among the visitors
were Charles E. Ashburner, City: Mana
ger of Norfolk; John A. Lesner, presi-
dent of the Tidewater Automobile As
sociation; Moe Levy, president Of the
Norfolk Rotary Club; S. Benson, vice
president and Harry o. Nichols, Sec
retary of the Tidewater Automobile
Association.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

Mrs. Jennie Pritchard tells you that
she is back from the northern markets
with full line Of new millinery for the
Prichard Millinery So.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
ANNOUNCEMENT

T hereby announce myself a demo-
cratic candidate for Alderman for the
Fonrth Ward. Any support will be
appreciated.
cA.25-tf ). r. 1rsH4I11~ 1'1<>
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

FOR SALE:-A good milch cow, gives
gallons of milk a day. Apply to
RICHARD STEVENSON, r. F. D. J,
Elizabeth City, N. c., cMz-Ae
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

L. B. Perry announces the coming
Of the new Chandler. an event awaited
with interest by many prospective
automobile purchasers.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02

FOR SALES, passenger Ford car, first
class condition. Good tires. Apply ce
G. g. MARKHAM, City. cA.25-tf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
STATE NORMAL MAY GET
$4,000 FROM ROCKEFELLER
Will Mean Immediate Carrying Out of $55 100000
Building Program If City and County Cooperate

their kitchen with a complete set Of
aluminium ware by paying a small sum
each week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-05-02
ELIZABETH CITY GIRLS
GOING INTO BASEBALL
Several Girl Teams Being Organized
In The Elizabeth City .-.
High School
BY RALPH POOL

BY RALPH POOL
Sing a song of baseball,
Of merry hits and twirls
Say! They've really made it
The new game of the girls.
Now if you don't believe it,
You doubling sort of guy,
Just beat it to the High School,,
And see as well as L
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07

get away from the sectionalism displayed
during the war for political reward. We
want to go back to the period when fed
eral tampering did not make profiteering
the curse of struggling citizenship We
want to get away from censorship as
practised in wire control; we want to get
away from the rising rates and waning
service attending Democrat control of
these institutions. We want to get away
from federal operation of the railroads,
where rates and service are determined
by additional taxes.
If Mr.. Cummings means to infer that
there is no progress in beginning anew, he
has failed to consider the Democrat rec
ord. Every Republican can cheerfully
plead guilty to the Cummings indictment
knowing full well that putting the coun-
try on reverse at this time is its sole hope
of avoiding the crash which would be
the inevitable result of the Democrat joy
ride pursued to its logical conclusion
Salt Lake Herald.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
News Letter From
The Utah State
Fair

Professor e. b. Fits of the Ore
goD Agricultural College has been
chosen Utah State Fair Judge OF the
dairy cattle. Mr.. Fits has repu-
tation throughout the entire north
west as dairy cattle Judge.
John T. Kramer OF South oklaho-
ma has been chosen Judge of the
beef cattle.
s. T. Whitaker of Ogden has been
appointed director to succeed Will
lard Scowcroft who was obliged to
tender a resignation because of the
fact that he is out of the state so
much during the year. Mr.. Whit
taker will be supervisor of the fine
arts department and the merchants
department.
Manager d. w. Parratt has con-
tracted with the Bernardo Greater
Exposition shows for the carnival at
fractions for next years fair.
The fairs in California have organ
lied circuit following the datings
OF the Utah State Fair. 1t will
therefore be possible for exhibitors
showing in Utah to exhibit also in
Los Angeles and on the coast. This
is only one of the numerous advan-
tages enjoyed by the Utah State Fair
this year.
Arrangements have been made on
all railroads for SPECIAL freight and
passenger rates. These rates are
one half the usual full fare. The
one half reduction is made on the
presentation of certificate from the
Utah State Fair association.
This year for the first time the
railroads will assume part OF the risk,
in shipping cattle. Exhibitors will
have thirty days in which to ship
back their cattle from the fair. The
return trip being free. This is equiv
alent to one-half the usual freight
rates.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07

Do you know that we have with
us Mr.. Edward Middleton. one OF the
best vulcaniers in this part of thu
country. Mr.. Middleton has had ex-
perience and received his training at
some Of the largest factories in Ak
ron, Ohio. lie is perhaps the only
man in the state of Utah today that
can repair silvertown and Diamond
Cord tires. These high grade tires
are carried by the Logan Garage ami
Supply Company, and we take great
pleasure in recommending them tn
the public. also the work turned out
by Mr.. Middleton.
We stand back of all tires. and the
repairing done BY our company. Come
in and be convinced for yourself.
Don't take a chance on slip shod
work or poor grade of tires.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
Give II a Name.

A screwless corkscrew has been In
vented, a pointed shaft carrying
piece Of metal on pivot so that II
falls at the right angle beneath cork
that IL has been thrust through.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
CHINA: APPLIED PACIFISM


Chinese statesmen at HON and broad
are still lifting their voices in protest
against the delivery of Shantung to ia
pan. The latest appeal addressed to Am
erica, declares that "This means that
while Prussianism has been destroyed in
every other region of the world, America
and her allies have decided to perpetuate
it in China in the interest of Japan. If the
tragic settlement stands unaltered, eth
er Chinas man power and resources
must pass under Japanese dominion, or
China must forthwith abandon the pur-
suits of peace and arm herself"
The predicament is painful but not nov
ell in the experience of China, which has
had many lessons in the fallacy Of pacif-
list policy without learning them any bet
ter than our pacifists have done. So Chi
ma now presents the rather uninspiring
spectacle of nation calling upon all the
world to defend her from the encroach-
ments of nation fifth or sixth her
size in population and less still in relative
material resources This is the situation
our pacifists are doing their best to place
us in. 1t is a complete demonstration
for our benefit of what applied pacifism
means.
Our pacifists say we must not prepare
to defend ourselves because we should
thereby become militarists. China chose
their alternative. Do Americans think
we'll of the results?
Pacifists always assume that if we do
not arm we shall not be attacked. Being
armed is provocative, they say: China
has provoked no one. China fulfills the
pacifist formula of peace through weak
ness. Do we envy her?
Pacifists say since we have hundred
million people and great national resourc-
es no one would dare to attack us. China
has nearly three times as many people
and untold natural resources. The form
er do not prevent and the latter only
tempt attack.
The Chinese have chosen the pacifist
way They have avoided all the things
the pacifists fear; they have not militar-
lied themselves; they have not "bur-
dened" themselves with armament, they
have saved their cash and their conscien-
tious objections to the doctrine of virile
self dependence.
If the American people like what China
is getting, all we have to do is to follow
the pacifists and we shall get it,too.
We can follow Jane Adams, David
Starr Jordon. Lucia Ames Mead, and
soon find ourselves begging other nations
to save us from injustice and exploitation.
Or we can follow George Washington,
who said "If we desire to avoid insult,
we must be able to repel it; if we desire
to secure peace, it must be known that we
are at all times ready for war.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
Hlah and Low.

In model form an English inventor
has succeeded In operating a railroad
car that is raised above the track by
the repelllng force OF electricity and
drawn forward by magnets above 1t.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
Internationally.

Internationally.
Make this our conviction: II am
not born for one corner Of the earth:
my country Is this world."-Seneca.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-06-07
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AN ADMINISTRATION ADJUNCT

"Watchful waiting" after the war is
about as tedious as it was before the war.
Shoe and Leather Reporter
- n n
Here's guessing that the legislation of
this Congress will be passed after full
discussion and without needless delay.