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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
She Didn't Want
To Go To Jail
But The Court Believed Mrs. Brick
house Tried to Poison is Year
Old Girl

81 don't want to go to Jail! If I
do, they'll keep, me there!" walled
Mrs. Isaiah Brickhouse in police
court Monday morning after Judge
Spence had sentenced her to 80 days
in Jail on a charge of having attempt
ed to poison 15-year-old Matte Ward,
who lives On Richardson street in
the cotton mill section, and who
claims to have been given a poison
Gus draught from a mysterious bot
tie by Mrs. Brickhouse.
The evidence introduced by the
prosecution tended to show that the
Ward girl visited Mrs. Brickhouse on
a recent Saturday morning, and re-
ceived from her a drink purporting
to be whiskey containing sweet
spirits of nitre to disguise the odor.
After drinking the concoction, ac-
cording to the girls statement, she
fell screaming to the floor, her mouth
and throat burning from the effects
of the fluid, and was sick for several
weeks as a result of the dose. The
Brickhouse woman denied having
given the girl any sort of drink,
and in the absence Of testimony
showing a motive for the giving of
poison, or purporting to prove any
ill feeling as existing between the
two families, the defense argued for
the dismissal of the case. Judge
Spence's sentence of 80 days in jail
came as a distinct surprise to the
majority of the onlookers. An appeal
was noted, and the bond fixed at
500.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
A 100000 ICE PLANT
FOR ELIZABETH CITY
E. c. Conger and Associates Buy Out Crystal Ice &
Coal Co. and Promise to FIJI Up Holes in Ice

E. c. Conger and associates of
Edenton, N. c. this week pur-
chased the plant and business of
the Crystal Ice & Coal Co., Of
this city, paying w. T. Love &
Sons about 100000 therefor. Mr..
Conger and his associates have
applied for charter for the Cry
stal Ice & Coal Corporation, cap
ita1 $2OOOOo.OO. Extensive addi-
tions and improvements will be
made to the plant and a cold sto-
rage warehouse will be added.
The capacity of the plant will be
increased at an early date.
Mr.. Conger took charge of the plant
yesterday morning and stated modestly
that his first move would be to fill up
the holes in the cakes of ice produced by
this plant. In it's eagerness to meet ex-
cessive demands for ice in extremely
hot weather, the old management has
been pulling it's ice before it hardened.
The result has been cakes of ice with
great holes in the center. The consumer
was the loser, since the company has in
sisted upon selling it's product by the
cake and not by the pound. Mr.. Con-
ger says he will turn out full cakes of
ice.
e. G. Conger is a SON of E. r. Con-
ger of Edenton. e. r. Conger is
known as the eastern North Carolina ice
king. He owns plsnts at Edenton, Ply
mouth and Ahoskie and until recently,
was interested in the ice plant at Hen
derson, N. @. The Congers are practical,
experienced ice makers and shrewd busi-
ness men.
E. G. Conger's local associates in the
Elizabeth City ice proposition are w.
G. Gather, cashier of the First & Citi-
zens National Bank, and G. r. Pugh. Mr..
Conger, by the way, is brother-in-law to
Mr.. Gather.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
EXPERTS COME TO FIGHT
GREEN CLOVER WORMS

To fight the epidemic of the Green
Glover Worm which is now ravaglng the
fields of soy beans in Eastern North
Carolina and is causing losses OF thou
sands of dollars to farmers in this Sec
tion the following expert entomologlsts
of the State College and Department OF
Agriculture have proceeded to the affect
cd areas and can be located at the ad-
dresses given:
Mr.. Franklin Sherman, Elizabeth City
NC; Mr.. r. w. Leiby, Broad Acre
Ranch, Terra Celia, N. c.; Mr.. w. A
Thomas. Newbern, N. G.
These men have been sent for the pur-
nose of assisting farmers in combating
this pest and in making observations as
to means of exterminating it before II
causes greater damage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
BIBLE AND BOOZE FOUND
In SAME SLIT CASE
Police Pick UP Negro Preacher Who
Was Going to Start a Lively
Revival

With a suitcase containing bible and
two gallons of new corn liquor, Rev. Ra
leigh Keeys. coloIed evangelist, blew in
to town this week prepared to start one
of the biggest revivals ever pulled off
among the colored people of this city.
1t appears that the Rev. Keeys couldn't
resist the temptation to sell some of his
joy fluid, for the local police nabbed
him on a charge of dealing in whiskey,
and with the "spike' taken out of his
mixture of spirits and spiritualism, this
enterprising preacher may find the saw
ing of errant souls an uphill job. The
case was to have been taken up in police
court Thursday but was postponed, and
will probably be tried next week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
That Committee of 48
Uses Plain Language
Says We Have Come To Be One OF
The Worst Ruled Governments
In The World

In it's second call for conference
of liberal minded Americans to dis
cuss the advisa bility of launching
new political organization in this
country, the Committee of Forty
eight, headquarters at Is e. 40th St.,
New York, voices the thought of
many: readers of this newspaper. Phe
Committee says
eve have come to be one of the
worst ruled, one of the most COM
pletely controlled and dominated gov
ernments in the world-no longer a
government by conviction and the
vote of the majority, but a govern
ment by the opinion and the duress
of a small group of dominant men.
"This control and dominance OF
the few has. increased. Two years of
ruthless censorship has added to it's
strength. The American press has
not only refrained from printing the
truth but has wilfully misinformed
the American people. A small group
of dominant men who control credit,
| dictate the decisions of both political
parties, and either directly or ind1-
rectly censor and inspire the news.
"The time has come for the people
to meet together and discuss the real
facts of American life, the issues
which vitally affect the welfare Of in
dividual citizens, and decide on some
line of action which will meet the
situation
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08

Capt S. A Ashe, veteran historian OF
Raleigh, is advocating the general dis
tribution and sale of cold storage pro-
ducts, as partial solution of the FL. G.
of L. problem. Capt. Ashe says that
the cold storage scheme eradicates the
law of supply and demand, by taking
foodstuffs from the market at the time
of their production, and unnaturally in
flating the prices that the consumer is
compelled to pay.
After shooting his wife three times,
inflieting instant death, w. B. Kettles,
construction engineer of Greenville, shot
himself twice. Kettles has been in i'll
health for some time. He may recover
from his wounds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
GATES COUNTY AFFAIRS

Many Gates county men who want
clean government have asked this
newspaper to pay more attention TO
Gates County affairs. THE INDEPEN-
DENT accepts the suggestion and from
time to time will make little excursions
into the affairs of that county, but with
a PRAYER that no minion of the Board 6,
Commissioners of that county will at
tack him with butcher knife and
hand saw.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
WANTS $500 FOR HIS
BROKEN COLLAR BONE

J. w. Pool of this city asks the Eliz-
abeth City Board of Aldermen for $500
for injuries sustained by him last April
when he was knocked from his bicycle
and badly injured by city truck. Mr..
POOLS collar bone was broken and he
was laid up for several weeks. If the
Aldermen do not grant his claim he will
bring suit for larger amount.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
JUDGES EXCHANGE COURTS

Judge W. M. Bond and Judge G. G.
Lyon have agreed to an exchange of
courts, by which Judge Bond will hold
court in Edenton week of September Sth
and in Elizabeth City week of September
18th and week of September 22nd.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08

Plans are under way in Goldsboro and
Wayne county for the construction OF an
imposing memorial hall, on whose walls
will be inscribed the names of all way
ne county boys who saw service in the
Great War. The hall viii be a com
munity center, and will cost $25O,0OO to
build.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
NO EXAGGERATION

do not make exaggerated state
ments about my work. Very re-
markable results often follow the
correction of bad vision by proper
ly fitted glasses. 1t 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 un-
usual facilities for testing the
vision, grinding the lenses and fit
ing the glasses on the premises.
Upon investigation you will find
that I can give you the same SER
vice you would expect to find in a
metropolitan city.
DR.. ]. D. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford BIde
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08

The recent heavy rains either entire
ly destroyed or materially damaged 81
wooden bridges In Wake county. Fer
manent steel or concrete bridges viii re-
Mace many Of those destroyed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08

If you are not getting THE INDE-
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your check or money order for $i.50
to it and try it for year. 1t will
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= crowded off the EARTH
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1919-08-08
Soldiers Talk Like BoZsheuists


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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
MISS LAURA BELLE MILLER
MARRiES IN PENNSYLVANIA

Announcements of the marriage OF
Miss Laura Belle Miller have been re-
ceived by Louisa friends. The wedding
took place September 10. She is a
handsome and popular young lady OF
this place. She went to Coatesville.
PENN, a few months ago to visit her
mother. For several years she had
made her home with her grandmother,
Mrs. Laura Webb, in Louist., and Is q
favorite among her friends, She is
also prominent in church affairs.
The following is from Coatesville
paper:
A pretty wedding will take place
this afternoon at two, when Mrs. w.
t. Terry's daughter, Miss Laura Belle
Miller will become the bride of Davis
Franklin Barnett The wedding YAH
be at the home OF Mrs. Terry, 212 Wal
nut street, and DIR. Mckinney will
officiate.
Miss Miller Is popular girl in her
home town of Louisa, KY, where she
held an important position as buyer
and milliner in large department
store.
Davis Barnett is well-known far
mer OF Kenneth Square, and has been
committing TO Coatesville where he is
employed by the Midvale Co. During
the winter he and his wife will live in
Coatesville at 212 Walnut street, but
will spend the summer on his farm In
Kennett.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
Marriage of J. L. Smith
and Miss Ruth Hatten

A marriage that VIII interest many
people in Wayne and Lawrence coun-
ties is that OF Mr.. J. Lucien Smith and
Miss Ruth ,Hatten. both OF rrichar1
w. Va The wedding took place We'd
nesday at Catlettsburg, and the parties
were accompanied there by brother
and sister of the bride. Immediately
after the ceremony the couple started
for North Dakota TO visit Mr. Smiths
brother. They will bs gone about a
month
The bride is daughter OF Mr..
George Hatten, who died recently and
who was one OF Wayne county's
wealthiest and most prominent citizens.
She is a bright and handsome young
lady one whom any man might well
be proud TO claim for wife
Mr.. Smith Is a genial and popular
young man. of ample ability and good
standing. He has held responsible
positions with the Norfolk * Western
railroad for several years. His many
friends win extend their heartiest con-
gratulations and best wishes.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
BLAINE.

Miss Julia Kouns entertained num-
Der OF friends Saturday night.
MIsses Hazel and Ruth Osborn have
gone to Ashland to enter school. Also
Mics Blanche Osborn and brother Paul
and Herman Berry have gone to Berca
10 school.
Walter Osborn and family have gone
90 Ohio.
r. r. Berry lost very fine mule
last week.
r. o. johnson. wife and daughter
Garnet have returned to their home at
Portsmouth after spending few days
with friends AZ this place.
Mrs. Mamie Swctnam is visiting
friends and relatives in Louisa this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. d. wellman took
dinner with Mr.. and Mrs. Afford Smith
Sunday.
Mrs. Mollie Swetnam and Mrs. Hes
ter HoltoD were calling on Mrs. Hester
Grubb on Irish Creek Monday.
Mrs. j. J. Gambill has returned from
Cincinnati where she went TO purchase
fall millinery, xYz'
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
BOWMAN COMPANY
SELLS MANY LOTS

The Bowman Realty Company, OF
Huntington. conducted successful
auction sale of lots In Louisa on
Thursday Of last week.
About month ago that company
purchased from j. p. Gartin and NJ. Il.
Conley the four acres in west Louisa
known as the Brown bottom and this
is the tract from which the lots were
sold. The entire tract was not dis
posed OF and some OF the remaining
lots were placed in the hands OF Mr..
Gartin for sale.
The auction sale was advertised for
only a few days. Only fair sized
crowd was present. A brass band from
Ashland and a good auctioneer made
the music for the occasion.
With the passing of this tract Louisa
has no grounds available for baseball
games or circuses. This brings us to
realize how scarce building lots are
getting TO be in this town. Very few
are on the market and there are no
more grounds for cutting into lots.
The Bowman company found 80 APP
plications for families desiring to rent
houses in Louisa, showing a demand
that should be met as speedily as pos
sible. II Is said some OF the purchas
ers OF lots referred to above will build
houses as soon as possible.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
RATCLIFF

Rev. Hutchinson will preach here the
first Sunday in October.
Bob Hillman attended church al
Bellstrace Sunday. fNrt
Everett Kiger still makes his irregular
trips to Glenwood.
Mrs. C. B. Hughes spent Sunday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Dova Bentley.
Miss Mamie Fay Rucker spent Sat-
urday night with Hazel Hicks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kay Cooksey spent
Sunday with home folks.
Miss Arnaleah Shivel spent Sunday
afternoon with Miss Anna Kiger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Busch were
calling on Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Thomp-
son one day last week.
James Shivel was calling on Miss
Grace Hammonds Sunday.
Wade Lawson and sister Flossie re-
turned from Holden. w. Va, one day
last week.
Mrs. j d. Adkins was calling on her
son, A. r. Kelley, Sunday.
Charlie Horton was on our creek
Sunday. He says where his treasure
is his heart Is also.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cebron Wilson were
visiting their parents Mr.. and Mrs. 1.
d. Wilson. Sunday.
TWO WEEPING WILLOWS.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
Oil Strike in Magoffin
County Celebrated

A barbecue was held in Aagoffin
county Wednesday in celebration of an
oil well brought in by the Bed Rock
Oil Company. which had been operai :
ing in that section OF Kentucky for
some years with little result. The bar
becue was held on the companys lease
on Liberals Fork in Magoffln county,
and natives from all over the county
came TO the festival.
The well was shot few lays ago,
ana began flowing immei,atHiy pio-
ducing ID barrels. when. II stopped
flowing The next day IL flowed 80
bttrsls in IS hours, and has been ho" :
ing inteimittently since Much ex-
cttemcnt pervades the country side,
leases selling as high as $50 an acre,
according to reports.
Bc,l Rocks work in MagoIt,u county
started in the Tick Lick Greek gas
fields. from which they are now fur
nishing gas to the Central kentucky
Natural Gas Company. Representa-
.,s.s uf the Cumberland rre Line Co.
attended the barbecue, and raid the
well wes a good one.
T.. II Ramey and others Of Salyers-
VILE have purchased the i)0-acre sam
Collins lease. 21h miles youth OF the
Liberals Fork well. for about $50 an
acre. Judge Frank Bailey bought a
40-acre tract III miles frora the Lit
terals Fork well for s2.SO0 A one.
sixteenth royalty on 30 acres sold for
$4,000, II il said.--Courier Journal
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
Kentucky Boost in Intan-
gible Property Taxes

Frankfort, Ky.-Kentucky will re-
gible property, $1,452, 6S432 This is
an increase of 81 ,074, 53448 in two
years. AS a matter of fact, the state
received only $37S,l29.S4 in taxes from
intangible property in 1917. ''f the
entire taxes that will be paid into the
treasury this year, intangible property
will pay a total of ISIS p,,- cent,
while two years ago intangible props
erty only paid 1881 per cent of the
taxes paid into the treasury.
There have been many complaints
about the increases on lands when the
assessments were made this year and
last, but the total increase In the taxes
on lands during this period, or the
past two years. has been S49S. 431 90
as the taxes that will be received from
lands this year will total S2,o52.772.e3.
The percentage OF the burden borne
by lands decreased from 1917 to 1919
from 42.462 per cent to 37I9S per cent:
the percentage of the burden borne by
town lots decreased from 1912 to 1919
from 1922 to 20.363; the decrease in
live stock from 1917 to 1919 was from
1929 pc recent to 1.047 per cent.
The percentage of tt burden borne
by intangible property Increased from
1917 to 1919 from 1885, per cent to
burden borne by bank deposits in
creased from 1917 to 1919 from i.2ll
per cent to 1921 per cen..
In 1917 live stock paid tax of Sc
cents and the now laws decreass this
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
JOHN BARLEY ENDS
LIFE BY SHOOTING

About $40 o'clock Tuesday evening
a shot from his own hand ended the
life of John BARLEY. near Madge. this
county. His children were In bed
asleep and he awakened the Oldest boy
and bid him get up. as he wanted to
talk to him. He told the little fellow
what he was going to do, and where he
wanted to be buried and a number OF
things. and stepped to the door and
shot himself.
Staggering 10 the bed he fell back
ward and died n few minutes later.
His shirt caught FIRE from the pow
der and was almost burned from the
body. When n neighbor boy got to
him he had TO pour water on the body
to keep the bed from catching fire.
Domestic troubles are said to have
been the cause. He was living alone
with four small children.
Mr.. BARLEY came here from Pike
county n few years ago with his father
VIM. BARLEY, who died several months
ago.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
FRANCE SENDS MEDAL
TO PETE mccoy. HERO

Pete Mccoy, Prestonsburg. has re-
ceiyed the Croix de Guerre with palm
The medal arrived at the Lexington
army recruiting office Saturday and
was forwarded to him Monday. Nc
coy's citation follows:
Having been attacked at sunrise by
seven Germans, he disabled them with
his bayonet and hand grenadea and
made seventeen Germans, who were in
a nearby hole. prisoners. While adj
vancing he found a wounded officer
and putting him in the hands OF an
ether soldier In order 10 transport hin.
10 the rear. continued the advance to-
ward the objective"
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
ANOTHER RASCAL
AFTER SUBSCRIBERS

We have a letter from c. w. Kelley
Jeptha, KY, stating that he had sub
scribed for the Big Sandy News thru
a man giving his name as Chas. Will
liams.
This man is rascal and has no con-
nection with this paper. We have no
travelling agent. Do not pay any money
to any stranger representing himself
as our agent.
We notice the same man is collect
ing money fraudulently in the name
of the Ashland Independent and a
Huntington newspaper.
If any reader of this notice should
be approached by this man We should
like to be notified by wire with view
to having him arrested. This is not
the first time fraudulent agent has
collected money in this way.
The Independent offers a reward of
S25 for his arrest and conviction.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
Tobacco Company Gets
Authority for r. r. Spur

The City Council was asked We'd
nesday night for the right to put in a
railroad siding on Jefferson street, to
extend into the Tobacco companys
property The privilege was granted
Orders for Tobacco bread are coming
in already. which Indicates that a
wrong impression is abroad as to when
the company will be ready for business.
October 18th is the date to which the
company is bending its efforts for be-
ginning the manufacture Of bread and
present prospects indicate that the
goal will be reached. Work on the
building is going along rapidly and the
machinery is nearly all hero.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
YATEsvILLE

Our little local mines are all running
full time and then can't begin 10 supply
the local demand for coal. They are
the Rife mines. the Bentley mines, the
Elxers mines and the Chadwick mines,
allEin fun tilt. and still many OF the
wn1on4 go away empty.
AT the nresent time the drilling In
the L. u. bradley well is just exactly
IL the top of the Berea grit and the
fIriller says he can smell oil on the bit.
We are Informed fhat the well on the
land OF II. b. SnIters will be completed
within the next day or two and the
drilling OF well NO 3 on Conley and
Carter is progressing nicely and II will
be completed within the next few days
and machinery IL being set up on the
land OF A. collinsworth IN the Deep
hole section, the drilling 70 Re begun
there at once.
An all-day religious meeting was
held by some OF our local ministers
last Sunday, during which time the
funeral OF Mrs. George Savage, who
dcd some months ago. was preached
BY the Rev. II. b. Hewlett OF Louisa.
The other preachers In attendance
were J. C. L. Moore, Bro. Harvey ana
bro. Boothe, our preacher in charge
for the coming conference year.
The farmers are busy cutting corn
and making sorghum.
Milton Carter and Lyman Riley are
furnishing a great deal OF coal to the
dIfrcrent oil works In the oil fields.
Charles Carter and posse o.
hands has put the pike from here 70
Louisa IN pretty good FIX.
Lnter-The latest report from the l.
ID. Bradley well is that Il IL pretty
COUNTRY oREENHoRN
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
REV. MULLINS ASKS
TO BE RELIEVED

The new pastor appointed for the
NJ. f.. Church South. Louisa. probably
will not serve this congregation, hav-
ing asked to be relieved on account OF
the serious condition OF his wife's
health. They viii go 10 the home OF
her parents In West Virginia. Rev
Mullins is said TO have been pleased
with his appointment to Louisa and
regrets very deeply that circumstances
compel him TO take this step,
Rev. Slaughter VIII endeayor to Sc
cure transfer for Louisa
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
TRAIN WRECK.

Twelve large cars loaded with coal
left the rails 1T welbridge, three miles
east OF Louisa. Sunday afternoon. The
wreckage was piled high and all traffic
was suspended until sometime Monday
The passenger train Sunday evening
was delayed several hours, but a
transfer was finally arranged to take
the passengers through. Train No. 81
Monday morning was annulled because
there was no equipment available
above the wreck to use for transfer
purposcs.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1919-09-19
KENruckJANs PENsIoNEp.

A new omnibus pension bill, reported
to the House from the Committee on
Pensions, carries the following pensions
for Kentuckians:
David S. Williams, Index, $12; James.
Watson, Salyersville, $12; Jason Adj
hns, Maloneton, ST.: Joseph Mcclure,
Grassy Creek, SIT; William OBryan,
Staffordsville $24; Richard L. Davis,
Paintsville, $50.