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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
SAUNDERSB BILL
PASSES in HOUSE
viii Partially Abolish Use of The
Electric Chair

The House of Representatives
adopted, Thursday, the Saun-
ders Bill by a vote of eighty to
eighteen. This bill was adopt
ed with an ammendment which.
abo1ishes capital punishment in
arson and burglary and retain
ing it in murder and rape.
When the Saunders Bill was
brought up for debate Thursday
morning it occasioned much
spirited discussion and warm de-.
bate. The leading orators of the
House took much time in ex-
pressing their Views on this bill
and it's amendment. Represen-
tative Saunders himself, though
an amateur debater, made a.
splendid showing ard conducted
q fight which has put capital
punishment in this state on the
defensive.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
STATE is PREPARING
FOR SOLDIERS RETURN
Endeavoring to Suppress Vice And fe
Educate People Regarding Vener-
cal Diseases. Will Establish
Free Clinics

To see that the returning soldier and
sailor does not meet conditions that
will cause his demobihzation to be-
come his Generalization, is to be the
first peace responsibility of any COM
munity, says the Government. The first
reconstruction work that any city
town or community undertakes after
the war should be to protect the SOL
dier from the social vices, from which
he has been more or less free in the
army. The War Department has an
nounced that it is returning the sol
diers to their families and to civil life
uncontaminated by disease, and that il
holds the community in which they live
responsible for their future protection
and welfare.
There must be no peace with prosti-
tuition, no truce with the red light dis
trict, no armistice with veneraeal dis
ease" says the Government. While
many war institutions will go to the
scrap heap as result of the close OF
the war, war on venereal diseases vii
continue Unconditional surrender il
the Governments demand from this
enemy at home.
| North Carolina has already begun t.
assume her responsibility to her sol.
Ediers, sailors and private citizens a.
regards venereal diseases. The State
Board of Health is waging an active
campaign for the eradication of thi
great health menace by endeavoring t.
inform and educate as far as possible
Ievery citizen as to the nature and dan
ger Of the disease and by suppressips
the prostitute and the near prostitute
by its efforts. several Of her large
towns have appropriated funds for es
1tablishing venereal disease clinics. Tn
!. citizens of Asheyille have voted to es
ftablisI a free clinic ard have purpose
fully set about to make their home
1safe home for .aurheir people as wei
las for the returning soldiers and sail
1 ors. Wilmington has also appropriate
funds for free venereal disease clinic
and it is understood that Greensbor
and Winston Salem will do SO in tn
near future.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
HAWAIIAN QUINTETTE
IS COMING AGAIN

The Hawaiian Quintette which gave
such a splendid entertainment here in
November has been secured to again
appear in Elizabeth City Morday night
the 9th at the High School Auditor
ium under the auspices of the 1oca.
Y. M. G. A.
The entertainment given by these
musicians was perhaps more generally
liked by the audience than any similar
concert ever given here and we can
assure our readers that the coming en-
tertainment will be enjoyable to the
last notch.
Standing room only was available
the other time they were here SO Y
advise the early reservation Of seats
at Seligs.
+ The proceeds will be used to reduce
the Indebtedness on the Y. III. G. A.
building.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
CHAMBER ENDORSES
PROPOSED DAM

If the bill to Dam Knobb's Creek is
passed by the General Assembly, and
which has already been endorsed by
the Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce, to permit the Elizabeth City
Water Co. to erect dam to shut OFF
back water from the Pasquotank river
from rising in the Creek above the
present intake; it will prevent the
Knobb,s Creek water from becoming
trackish and with a modern and up-to-
date filtration plant. to eliminate vege-
table matter, Knobb's Creek will then
be able to supply satisfactory
City water. The construction of the dam
would be Of such a nature as to permit
the passage OF water or logs down
stream.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
MIDNIGHT ATTACK
MADE ON THE ..Y',
Front Line Trenches had Nothing
On This

Occupants of the Y, M c. A. thought
they were in mo Mans Land" last
Monday night when they were awaken
ed around midnight by a cannonade
Of billiard balls flying over and around
them. The E1ks Club being directly
back of the ttY'' naturally suffered the
blame for this unusual act of boyhood
pranks and because some of the mem
bers Of the Club happened TO be there
at this hour the police force did work
which would have made Scotland Yard
look like a piker. They actually sue
ceeded in finding out just who was in
the club. This remarkable piece Of
ls1euthing was made possible by the
said members coming out to investi-
gate the noises in the rear OF the club
building.
Our contemporary, the Advance, went
into Mysteries and heaped loads Of
calumny on the local lodge. Over
column of editorial space was devoted to
this attack. It is a known trick among
| the newspaper profession, the kind
with Hearst tinge that an editorial
must be something that makes an i'm
preston upon the reader regardless of
the absolute necessity of sticking to the
facts in the case. Editorials of this
nature pied" the type for yellow jour-
na1ism years ago.
| We are sure that the real offenders
for this act of destruction will soon be
apprehended and that the hasty critic
! ism of the Elks will be recalled. And
iTHE INDEPENDENT will not fail to
publish the names of the offenders when
they are found out.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
NEW BOAT LINE between
ELIZ. CITY AND NORFOLK

The Virginia Carolina Transportation
Co., have completed arrangements &c
resume Water Transportation between
Elizabeth City and Norfolk, Va, which
has been interrupted since the destruc-
tfon of the steamer Annie last spring.
The steamer Greensboro, has beer
secured by this Company, and arrived
in this city on Thursday; and after
some needed repairs, will make the
first trip. The Elizabeth City Shipyard
has taken an active part in this new
Water Transportation, and are now
building at their shipyard here, a
steamer of 16O tons capacity, for the
transportation company, which will be
put on as soon as completed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
Read the Want Ads
AN UNUSUAL SERVICE

The country is full of good
eye specialists and there are
hundreds Of good eye glass man
.ufacturers, but it is worth some
thing to Elizabeth City and vi
cinity to know that both can be
found in this town. DR.. Hatha-
way is not only reputable and
skIlfu optometrist, but he
grinds and fits glasses on his
premises. This unusual service
lis seldom found except in much
larger cities.
DR.. D. HATHAWAY
OPToMETRIsT
Over Mccabe & Grice
Elizabeth City, N. G.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
w. T. WILLIAMS DEAD

w. T. Williams died at lis home yes
terday, cornersPeari and Martin SITS.
at one o'c1oek Mr.. Williams was
sixty three years of age and is survived
by his wife and three sons. Hersey
Williams Township Constable. of this
city, Tom Williams now with the Nor-
folk and Western Railroad, located at
Raleigh, and William williams, who
is ewith. the ArnericanI Express Co
Washington, d. c. also two brothers
and one half brother Mr. Williams
was one OF the most prominent mer-
chants OF. this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
THE EY.M.C.A. ASA
COMMUNITY HOME
Directors Finally Take a Start
In The Right
Direction

If the plans of the directors do
not go awry, the present Y.M.-
CA. will soon be converted into
a community house, open to
every one and memberships will
mot be necessary. This plan was
recently arrived at and should
do much toward making the
present ''Y" building Of useful
ness to every one instead of to
the few as heretofore.
Mr.. A. B. Houtz, president of the
Y. NJ. G. A states that as community
house the "Y" will get the cooperation
of the entire business element of the
| city for part of the funds for it's main
tenance must come from that source
The merchants of the city will be asked
to make regular financial contributions
and the city at large will be canvassed
so that those desiring to render as
sistance will be able to do SO.
| It is said that the different churches
in the city would lend financial assist
ance toSthis new venture. The Y. M
| G. A. being more or less religious in
stitution it seems no more than ordtn-
ary decency that the churches contri-
butte to it's support, especially since the
'Y" is supposed to be the melting pot
of the various Christian denominations
Doubtless, contributions of this kind
would do much to abolish that antag-
on;stic feeling toward the "Y" which is
harbored by a few Of our Christian
brothers. ,'.-e-~s: -: :'<<--
The plans, which are now more el
less in formative state, will soon be
discussed more fully.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
RADICAL LEGISL ALTON
TIE ORDER OF THE DAY.
Hard on Promiscuous Fathers and The Venereally
Diseased Saunders Answers Main Objection to
Abolition of Electric Chair

mons and Overman recommended Mr..
Bellamy's appointment Tuesday. They
will recommend that he retain as depu-
ty marshal W. t.. Woodley, of Bertie
County.
The dull routine of life at. the capita.
is enlivened this week by the meeting
of the North Carolina grand lodge of
Masons and the North Carolina Good
Roads Association.
The price of liquor in Raleigh is quot
ed at $40 a quart.
Representative B. G. Crisp of Dare
has not been seen with one or more
fingers toy his lips since he arrived al
the capitol
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
A HELL OF A BUNCH

At the regular monthly
meeting of the Board of AL
dermen held in May, 1918, the
following unique and most
righteous resolution was
adopted: sz:-sF. s=s
Whereas the Board of Aldermen in
regular session on the 18th day Of
May, 1918, felt it THEIR DUTY TO
GOD and in response to the desire
, of the people to discontinue the
ary 1st, 1919.
And now further IN ORDER TO
SAVE THE BOYS OF THE TOWN
FROM BECOMING GAMBLERS.
we respectfully ask the trustees of
the Y. M. c. A. to discontinue the
pool tables in their place of busi-
ness and substitute some other form
of amusement in their stead.
1t is further ordered that a copy
. of this order or resolution be sent
to the chairman OF the Y. M. c.. A.,
and to the papers of the town for
publication
The same Board of Alder
men has recently decided to.
help the boys of the town to
be gamblers by granting icen-
ses to pool rooms. Can Mack
Sawyer and his Board look
the people Of Elizabeth City in
the face and defend their con-
duct? incidentally, what has.
become sof Mack SaWyef's;
gangs duty to God
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24

Thousand three hundred and twenty
three thousand three hundred and
twenty-one of the Revisal of Nineteen
Hundred and Five.
Sec. 8. The Board of Commissioners
of sPasquotank County are hereby dir
eeted to provide registration. Doll book
and all papers necessary for such cleo
ton and to pay all necessary expenses
for such an election out of the general
County Fund.
Sec. 4. That all laws and clauses
of laws in conflict with this act are
hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. That this act shall be in full
force and effect from and after its
ratification
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
IMPOSE HEAVY PENALTY
FOR HAVING BOOZE

The house Of representatives of the
state legislation satur day unanimously
assed the bill introduced by Represent
ative Wilson. Republican, providing
that any person caught with a quart of
whiskey be arrested on a charge Of
blockading, and if found guilty be given
year in the state prison and a fine of
$50, or a fine of s25 and an equal prison
term for having whisky in possession.
The measure asst passed the house
was amended so as to give court discre-
ton in the first offense. It now goes to
the senate. =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24

See page eight OF tlnin issue for the
great underpficed sale Of the Peoples
Bargain Store on Poindexter street
They are offering some especially fine
bargains at greatly reduced prices.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
SURE0F
WHAT THEY WANT
Good Law Repealed, And Now
Some Want 1t
Back

Four years ago Waiter Il CohoOn
secured the passage of blll,s in the
General Assembly of North Carolina.
penalizing tax payers who failed to pay
their taxes promptly. The sheriff OF
Pasquotank county used that bill as a
club over Mr.. Cohoon's head and made
him one of the most unpopular men in
the county. Two years ago the sheriff,
using his influence with Eugene Scott
who was then representing this county
in the General Assembly had Cohoon's
bill repealed AS Q result OF the fepea!
of that bill the sheriff OF 2ascuctank ls
now behind in his TAX collections 70:
the year 1918 N: one is hurrying to
pay taxes and the Sheriff isn't getting
out and hurrying any one. Every de-
partment of the cou1 US Affairs is SUI :
fering for lack of funds because the
sheriff can't get in the money. And
now our good citizens who let Reid
and Scott repeal one of the best laws
ever enacted for this county are urg-
ing Representative Saunders to restore
the Cohoon act with notifications. 1t
Saunders restores the act and enables
the sheriff to get in his money, the
sheriff and his friends will use the act
| to cuss Saunders up and down the
county for the next two years. Tne
act has been suggested by attorney II
IF, Aydlett and one has been drafted by
attorney C.. E. Thompson. Both OF
these gentlemen are in:bued with de-
sire to render a real service to the
county, but Representative Saunders is
not going to introduce the bill until ne
| has definite expressions from the mass
of the people Of Pasquotank Here s
the bill
A. BILL TO BE ENTITLED IAN ACl
TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROMPi
! PAYMENT OF TAXES IN PAS
t QUoTANk COUNTY,"
THE General Assembly of North Caro-
! lima do Enact:
i Section 1. That all taxes. excep
license taxes, in and for the county O
1Pasauotank shall be due and payao.'
on the first Monday in October OF eaci
year at the office of the sheriff of sait
county.
Sec. 2. That on all taxes due ant
unpaid ON the first day of Decembr o
leach year there shall be and IS herep.
levied and imposed penalty OF on
per cent; that on all taxes due AM
unpaid on the first day of January o
leach wear there shall be and is hereb.
levied and imposed penalty or on
lper cent in addition to the penalty here
linbefore imposed; that on all taxes du
and unpaid on the first day OF Februar,
of each year there shall be and is here
iby levied and imposed penalty
|1three per cent in addition to the penaf
EIties hereinbefore imposed; that on al
taxes due and unpaid on the first day
+ March of each year there shall be ant
:. 1cVyS<
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-01-24
NITRATE APPLICATION
CLOSES, JANUARY 18TH.

The time for making application for
Government nitrate or soda closes Sat-
urday, January 25th.
IF you are interested in securing
1Jitrate of Soda from the Government
see or write your county Agriculture
Agent not later than Saturday after
noon, January 25th.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
AVOID Flu AND
PNEUMONIA BY
| 5TERIL|z|NG NOSE
London Epidemic of 1891
Proved .O1 Eucalyti Gu.
capine Salve) Is Most Eff
-. fectiye Preventive Known.

Get OUT your jar of Eucapine Salve
Or. If you have none. so to the nearest
drug store at once and get family
jar of this wel1-known nose and throat
stersIizer Serilize morning and night
by shifting the Eucapine up into the
-nostrils and back into the throat
Mhen it viii spread to the larynx AMI
! tonsils, thus sterilizing the nose and
throat.
The chief ingredients Of Eucapine
Salve is OIeum Eucalypti, the nom
poisonous aniseptic whose power to
prevent influence was first discovered
II, the London epidemic of 1891. In
addition, Eucapine Salye contains
Just enough canphor. menthol and oil
OF white pine to make 1t soothing,
healing and delightful to use. Ever
the babies enjoy it. Ask any well In
formed physician and he viii tell you
that Eucapine. though originally de-
signed for the mothers use with her
sShildren in colds, Group and to pre-
event pneumonia, is the best and most
sagreeable antiseptic you can use to
<steriIize the nose and throat Of young
land old alike.
Z Note One application of the pro-
sduct referred to above sterilizes the
sair passages for about twelve hours
fIagainst diseases contracted through
fthe nose and throat. Any druggist
,,can supply You for half dollar.-Adv
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
PENSACOLA JOURNAL SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 1919
REPUBLICAN, WOMEN
BUSY TO Get VOTES

Washington, Jan. 3.-"We are go
ing to do away with the big boss
idea, says Mrs. Medill Mccormick,
the new chairman of the Republican
:Women's National Executive Com
mittee.
THE word executive might give the
impression that we are going to die
tate to the republican women of the
country. The opposite is true. Our
purpose is to serve these women. We
want republican women everywhere to
consult and confer with u.s..
Mrs. Mccormick was appointed by
Chairman Will Hayes of the Republic
can National Committee to head a
committee Of six women who will
work to bring out women voters in
1920 on the republican side of the
fence. She is the wife Of Representa-
tive Medill Mccormick, senator-elect
from Illinois. and the daughter of the
late Mark Hanna of Ohio.
Mrs. Mccormick is said to have in
herited a quantity of political, acu-
men from her father, who for many
years WIS chairman of the Republican
National Committee.
my father believed women should
take an active part in the affairs of
the world and insisted that 1 become
assistant in his office she said II
worked early and late during the cam
paigns, punching the clock with con-
sistent regularity.
II know that with that fern in the
window, Democratic women will say
that these headquarters look like an
undertaking establishment. But wo-
men simply must have flowers or
plants about" said Mrs. Mccormick.
''The executive committee was ap-
pointed to serve with the Republican
National Committee. Women are now
going to take part in forming the pol
icies of the republican party. We are
going to help to select the representa-
tives of the party instead of merely
being asked to aid in the campaign of
those already selected
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
spy OR sLACkEl
/ GETS NO MERCY
FROM UNCLE SAM

Washington, Jan. 3.-One of the
first problems President Wilson will
face when he returns from Europe is
that of Clenlency toward persons
convicted of violating the espionage
law.
s4e The department of justice is receiv-
ing many inquiries as to whether
pending cases will be pushed to their
. conclusion, whether clemency will be
s extended to prisoners.
J.1sThe department position. as given
Gby Assistant Attorney General Alfred
Bettman, in charge of espionage
cases. is:
Neither armistice nor signing the
peace treaty will have the slightest
effect on prosecution of persons for
offenses against the government COM
mitted during the war. The depart
ment is concerned merely with en-
forcing the law. IF there is to be any
Z change before the peace treaty is
/ signed, it will have to come through
new legislation by congress.
THE matter of extending clemency
1 to persons convicted is solely in the
hands Of President Wilson. It will
come before him soon.''
up to December 1 the department
of justice had handled 1891 cases of
alleged violations Of the espionage
law. OF these 252 pleaded guilty and
We're sent to prison, 237 were convict
s.ed after trial and 792 are pending.
fanaMost of the cases have had to do
with violation of the draft law, prir-
Z cipally failure by men to register. In
The majority of cases the accused were
bEeducted into the army. Bettman
warns sIacke-s that any who have so
FAR escaped arrest are still liable to
punishment
espionage law. 1t is still mighty I'm
safe to use strong language on q
street corner about the United States
/. the army, the navy of the war.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
TO CUT SHORT A COLD
TAKE A CAlOII|
The New Calomel Tablet That
Is Entirely Purified of Naus.
ating and Dangerous Quail.
ties.

OF all the medicines in the wQi
the doctors prize calomel most higay
to break up a cold overnight, Or Il
cut short an attack of influenu
grippe, sore throat or a deep seaE.
cough and possibly to prevent pnsl
monia. Now that all of its unpess
ant and dangerous qualities have hssu
removed, the new kind of calomel a1.
ed "Calotabs'' is the doctors isl
treatment for colds. etc.
One Ca1otab on the tongue at ;.
time with a swallow of water-tha,
all No salts, no nausea nor i
slightest interference with your Il
ing, your work or pleasures. NI
morning your cold has vanished Z
your whole system is purified and !:
freshed. Calotabs is sold only
original sealed packages; price thru
five cents. Your druggist reo0E
mends and guarantees Calotabs by +
funding the price if you are not
lighted.-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
NORWAY WAR
PROFITS GREAT

Stockholm, Jan. S.-F1augesund, On
the Norwegian coast between Bergen
and stavanger. is reported the ban
ner town for war profits in proper
ton to population. Forty-fiye men
have cleaned up from s250,0o0 to 81
100000 apiece since the war started.
They sold ships. mostly to England.
This information comes from an
American citizen who went to the
town of Haugesund this month and
took possession of $4,000, his quarter
share of an estate left by his father.
As he put it, MY father had $4,000
when the war started. He made
100000 selling ships to the British"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
MAX BACK IN BRUSSELS
AS THE GERMANS LEFT
IN. e. A. SoeciaLl

Brussels. Jan. 3.-Two hours after
the Germans had left Brussels, Mayor
Max, escaped from a German prison
camp. stood on the steps OF the city
hall and was given a great reception
by his people. Max had been released
by sympathetic guards when Bolshe-
vism broke out in the town where
he was held. BY German lorries,
carts and military trains, scorning
concealment, Max made his way as
fast as possible to the city where his
proclamations had SO angered the
Germans early in the war. Worn,
dirty and exhausted. in his prison
clothes, he forced his way through
masses of retreating Germans and ap-
peared as he was to lead the celebra-
ton over the German retreat.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-01-04
CONSTIPATION
THE CAUSE OF
MANY ILLS

Most of the headaches and the
blues and the grouchiness and the
don't feel well to day" is caused by
just one characterization 1t
poisons the system It causes ner
vousness, depression, a lessening of
efficiency. 1t makes you feel tired
and dissatisfied. YOU can easily stay
free from constipation and other liver
and stomach trouble by keeping your
liver and bowels active. Tonight be-
fore you retire take one or two OF
those little Tennilles Liver Pills. To-
morrow morning you will feel fine. A
bottle of "a pills costs 25c-at any
drugstore. Insist on having Ten Z
Mile IS Liver Pills and refuse all SUBJ
stitutes.-Ady.