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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
FARMERS KICKING AT
TICK ERADICATION
Say The Cattle That Need Dipping Are
The Ones That Don't Get
Dipped

Pasauotank farmers are expressing
displeasure with the government tick
eradication operations in this county.
Dipping vats have been built at cost OF
several thousand dollars and 1T is cost
ing the county about $500 month to
keen these vats in operation. Many
farmers are complaining that the money
is wasted because no serious effort Is
being made to dip the thousands OF free
range cattle in the county and the free
range cattle are the ones who spread the
catte tick. The farmer who has his
stock pastured must carry his cattle to
the yats, it's is said; while the farmer
who let's his cattle run at large in the
woods isn't bothered at all. What was
a murmer of discomfort among the farm
ers few months ago has grown into
distinct rumble that may be a forecast
of trouble.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
QUITS POLITICS TO =.
GO INTO BUSINESS
Popular Pasquotank Register of Deeds
Tenders Resignation Effective
Sept. I, 1920.

J. w Munden, for ten years Regis
ter of Deeds of Pasquotank County. has
rendered his resignation to the Board OF
County Commissioners, effective Sept.
1. 1920. The unexpired part of hrs
term will be filled by Geo. w. Brothers
the Democratic nominee for the Office
who would be Mr.. Munden's successor
in January 1921 anyway.
Mr.. Munden quits politics to embark
in the mercantile business in this city.
On or about Sept. he will open a men
and boys furnishings store on South
Poindexter ST.. in the stand now occu-
pied by q. J. Maston.
Mr.. Munden leaves the Office of the
Register of Deeds with the good will
and best wishes of pretty much every
body. He has made a faithful, thoro and
efficient Register and his Office to-day is
one of the best equipped, best indexec
and thoroly modern Offices of its kino
in this or any other state.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
EHRTNCFAUS POPERTY /
SOLD FOR $16,GOo.o0
|. M. Meekins and II. n. NeWbern Pur-
chase Valuable Residential Pro-
perty on Road Street

The Ehringhaus property on North
Road St.. one of the most valuable piec
es of unimproved property within the
city limits was sold at public auction
at the court house door yesterday bring
ing $4,000. The purchasers were Col.
1. NJ Meekins and Herman II. Newbern.
The tract contains three or four acres
lying between Road and Ehringhaus SITS.
and is considered especially desirable
residential property.
The property was sold for division,
the sale being made by W. A. Worth,
attorney for l.. s. Gordon. Mr.. Gordon
purchased the interest of one of the
heirs of the property some time, ago
and forced the sale of the property to
establish his equity. The heirs had
b: "n reluctant to sell and subdivide
seeming to prefer holding the property
in anticipation of higher values as the
city grew up around it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
MEAT SPOILED WHEN
DYNAMO BURNED OUT
Enough Current to Run Re-
frigeration Plant

The burning out of the big dynamo
at the plant of the Elizabeth City Flee
trio Light & Power Co. last week re-
suited in the loss of hundreds of pounds
of meat in the Elizabeth City Market
house. The refrigeration plant in the
City Market depends upon the electric
light company for electric power. The
current was so weak after the burning
out of the dynamo that the generator
in the city market could not develop
enough speed to keep the ice boxes at
the right temperature. The butchers
in the market lost heavily, much meat
becoming so spoiled that they couldn't
even use it for sausage.
The dynamo was burned out last week
by a short circuit caused by a house
being moved on Pennsylvania avenue,
colliding with a high power wire The
damage to the electric light plant ran
into hundreds of dollars in repairs, say
nothing of the inconvenience and loss
of power.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
SAYS NORTH CAROLINA
CORN BEATS IOWA'S
And Mr.. Davis is Speaking of Corn On
The Stalk and Not Corn
in The jug

Coming from a great corn growing
state to northeastern North Carolina
within the past week, J. A. Davis, of
Webster City, Iowa. says the finest corn
he has seen this year is right here in
the Elizabeth City section. In his trip
east from Iowa Mr.. Davis travelled thru
the corn growing states of Indiana, Ohio,
and Virginia. He expected to see corn
waist high in the Virginia corn belt. but
he saw no waist high corn till he struck
this section of the country.
Mr.. Davis formerly lived at New Hope,
in Perquimans County. He and his wife
moved to Iowa about Is months ago to
join a daughter there who had lost her
husband. Since he moved to Iowa his
wife died. Mr.. Davis has established a
cabinet making business in Webster, To-
wa and will return to that state after
visiting his relatives here in the east.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
RESULTS OF RACES

The results of the races at the Abe
marie Agricultural Association track
here July and reads like a winfall
for T. S. White of Hertford. Mr.. White S
brown mare Del Cor took first money in
the free for all Monday afternoon. Best
time 2:14A within one second of the
tracks record The 2:25 pace Monday
was won by Corbin, a back gelding own
ed by J. G.. Modlin, best time 2:1S. The
country race was won by Leigh Hal,
owned by S. P. Jessup.
In Tuesdays races Ruth Palmer, own
ed by White & Daougherty carried off
first money in the 2:20 trot, best time
2:19. Ise B., owned by T. S. White
won the 2:3O trot best time 2:22.
The automobile race following the
horse races Tuesday was easily won by
astock Essex owned by Stevens & Son
Motor Car Co., driven by Joe Swindell
Swindell swung around the half mile
track ten times in S:34. DR.. Marion NJ
Harris ia a lousy looking Ford roadster
took second money, making the five
miles in 9:15. The race was limited to
four cylinder cars and there were only
four entries.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
SHOE CLERK FINED S1OO
ON WOMAN'S COMPLAINT
She Said He Did; He Said He Didn't;
But The Word of Woman
Goes

George Williams, clerk in a Poin-
dexter St shoe store, was fined 500
and costs in the Recorders Court in this
city Tuesday for an alleged assault up
on Mrs. James D. Forbes. Mrs. Forbes
complaint indicated that young Williams
suffered an erotic alteration while fit
ting pair of shoes on her and she pro-
fesSed not to like the way his hands
went astray. Young Williams swore
Stoutly that he didn'' go higher than
ia# and good department sanction. It
NaS the woman's word against his and
Tue court gave the usual benefit of doubt
10 the woman, imposing a fine of 500
Williams took an appeal to the Super
ior Court
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
NEGRO BANK TO
OPEN AUGUST IA
Big Brass Band, Big Black Ora
tor and Big Crowds to Cef\
ebrate Opening

The opening Of the Albemarle
Bank, the first Negro banking
house in northeastern North Car
olina, will be made the ocasslon
of great celebration by the col
ored people Of this city and sec
ton on Saturday, August "A, on
which date the new bank will
open it's doors for business.
c. W. Brown. the pioneer promoter
of the new bank says there will be 1900
Negroes in Elizabeth City to witness the
opening of the bank and most of those
Negroes will become depositors in the
new bank on opening day. To make il
interesting for the crowds. the bani
management has secured the Excelsior
Brass Band of Norfolk, Al piece bant
that has taken prizes in contests al
over the country. This band will fur
nish the music. The oratOry will bt
furnished by that eloquent black cele
brity, Judge VIM. Henry Harrison, o
Chicago, the only Negro in America wh'
ever worked himself up as high as ;
! Superior Court Bench. 1t will be
great day for colored Americans in thi
section of the state.
/ The Albemarle Bank was recently or
ganized with $4,000 capital stock over
subscribed. There are about $50 stock
holders and they are scattered over man!
/ counties Pasquotank, Camden, Curri
tuck. PerquimanS, Chowan, Gates an
+ Tyrren counties are well representa-
and there are number of stockhOlder
in Norfolk. Portsmouth and other places
DR.. E. l.. Hoffler, prominent Nesr
ply ysician of this city is president of th
bank The cashier is VIM. II. HOllaE
. who is at present cashier Of the Com
munity Savings Bank of Portsmouth,
! The new bank Will start off with Al
experienced cashier and trained clerks
The Albemarle Bank viii occupy tn
former quarters of the Citizens Banl
The Citizens Bank building was pur
chased last summer by c. W. Brow
. and is the first notable invasion of tn
! down town business district by Negroes
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
MAY MAKE BLANKETS
FOR WOOL GROWERS
About The Only Way They Can Get
Anything Out of This Years
Clip

Though the days Of homespun are
about gone and most sheep owners send
their wool to market as raw material
North Carolina farmers may yet sleep
under blankets made from their own
wool.
There are to be three cooperative
sales of wool in this state in the sum
mer, but if the wool does not sell it is
to be made into blankets by the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company of Win
stonSalem, and returned to the grow
ers. Arrangements for this have been
made by r. S. Curtis and Charles S.
Jones of the Extension Service, at the
suggestion of the State Board of Agri-
culture, so that North Carolina wool
growers will not be forced to, dispose
of their clip if prices are unsatisfactory
at the cooperative sales.
The wool market is at present de-
moralized with the new clip coming in
from all states, and the arrangements
for making North Carolina wools into
| blankets will insure handling the state's s
clip without loss to producers. In case
|. sheep growers have a surplus of blank
cts they should be able to dispose of
them to their neighbors or at stores,
| and if necessary the Raleigh Office of
the Extension Service may assist in
disposing of any surplus blankets.
1t takes about Or 10 pounds of raw
wool to make double blanket and the
| charges for manufacturing are to be low
| enough to permit a fair price for the
wool used in case the blankets are sold.
| The dates of the cooperative sales are
| Asheville, August 81; Greensboro, Sep
tember 1; and Washington, September
g.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
S325 AN ACRE
FORFARMLANDS
$780, 900 Involved In Big Trans
- \ -
fer Here This Week \

One of the biggest real state deals
ever made in this county was consum-
mated Wedne sday morning with the
transfer of the farms of J. A. Byrum to
the Newbern Produce Co. for consid-
Grafton of 100000. There are 800 acres
in the Byrum farms. One of these
farms is located on the River Road just
outside the corporate limits of the city;
another is located on what is known as
the Poor House Road and the third is
near Weeksville, the latter known as
the Caleb Raper farm. Mr.. Byrum re-
tains his home and a few acres on River
| Road.
The deal was engineered by G. e.
Markham a hustling realtor of this city
end was consummated with some diff
! Guilty due to the fact that the buyer and
seller were not on speaking terms. The
| option was secured on June 26, the deal
closed Saturday, July and recorded
July Z.
| The Newbern Producef Co. will grow
potatoes on the Byrum farms, these
being reckoned among the best potato
farms in this section.
Just how much clear profit Mr.. By
rum cleaned up in the deal is not gene
rally known. 1t is generally known that
he came to this county from Perquimans
about 16 years ago, reputed to have
about $1,000 at that time. He has been
a hard worker and an intelligent planter
and usually played the markets safe. He
has ranked easily as one of the most
successful potato growers in this sec
ton and has made money year after
year. Within the past two years his
health has been failing and the failure of
the health is said to have moved him to
dispose of his holdings.
This is the second big transfer of
River Road property within ten days.
W. a. Brock and c.. o. Robinson bought
the Smith farms, 10 acres, on River
Road, last week, for a consideration of
$24 GOO. G. G. Markham was the real
estate man in this deal also.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
IN
TOWN July t5IH
Aad Pretty Much Everybody
Found Something In the Way
of AnusenSnt

Elizabeth City's Independence Day
celebration brought more than 5000 Wis
itors to the city Monday ard most of
the visitors found some gratifying form
Of amusement in the days run, tho some
of the advertised features disappointed.
The Grand Parade, for instance: fail
ed to parade. 1t had no head and no
tail and the middle absolutely refused
to function.
The big seaplane sent here by the
Hampton Roads aerial station to do
stunts. failed to do any stunts. The mon
ster FLYER was due here at 10 o'clock in
the morning, but lost its way and landed
at Edenton. Finding out their mistake,
the pilots made another try and arrived
here near noon. The seaplane brought
a crew of eight and was the biggest fly
pr ever seen here, weighing seven tons
and driven by two 400 H. p. Liberty en-
gines, but no exhibition of fancy flying
was given.
The brass band loaned the city by the
Commandant of the Fifth Naval District
was nearly lost in the crowds. but re-
galed a good part of the crowd with
lively program of popular and patriotic
airs. The band earned its expenses, but
one wondered if Elizabeth City's OWE
brass band couldn't have furnished just
as much music and entertainment.
The baseball games, water sports and
horse races drew enormous crowds In
the afternoon. The paid attendance at
the horse races Monday was 1900 and
there probably were 5000, persons al
together on the ground. The new brick
boulevard to the fair grounds was not
| policed for the occasion and the result
! was a tie-up of traffic at one time dur
ing the rush from the city fair grounds.
| At one time its seemed that the road
was jammed with cars three abreast
from the city to the fair grounds and
traffic moved at snairs pace.
The day was ideal; warm, but not too
warm; not a dark cloud to threaten but
Just enough light fitful clouds to relieve
the glare of the sun from time to time.
Thousands of out of town people stay
| ed over at night for the fireworks and
| theatres The fireworks display was
really good; quite the best in fact ever
seen here. After the fireworks the
| cTOW0S sought OLueE dIuuScIuehIS. NACi-
| ville's Tent Theatre which opened on
West Main st. Monday night was pack
ed to capacity, i VI, seats sold for the
| first performance.
Soda fountains peanut and fruit stands
and hot dog venders reaped a harvest
Soda fountains did the biggest days bus
mess ever done by them in this city.
The day was marred by few accidents
and those only of a minor nature. City
Manager Commander not only had the
city clean, but with extra policeman he
kept traffic and the crowds we'll in hand
| Traffic on Main st. at all times was
kept moving without hitch or excite
ment.
Much monkey rum was in evidence
or rather, it's effects were in evidence
There was more drunkenness in Elizabetl
City last Monday than has been seer
here in many a day. AS a rule however
the drunks We're good natured or too
groggy to do much. damage. =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
WILL FIGHT |! GAS
RATE INCREASE
Price Of Gas Here Already Too
High, Think Aldermen

Elizabeth City will resist the
petition of the southernGas I'm
provement Co. for 25 per cent
increase in rates. The Gas Com
pany is now getting 81 2 thousand
cubic feet forsits- productSand will
ask the Corporation Commission
for a rate of $3.50, less the usual
10 per cent discount on bills paid
by the 10th. of the month. The
Board. of Aldermen Of Elizabeth
City say the Gas Company wants
too much.
The Southern Gas Improvement Co.,
owners of the Elizabeth City plant, al
so own the Henderson, \. ~. plant and
are asking for the same increase there.
Henderson is up and arms and; will op-
pose the increase.
Here in Elizabeth City the Gas Com
many started out in 1912 with rate of
$1.6O per 1000, which was considered
/ an extravagant price at that time. The
company explained that high rate was
necessary in the beginning until a pay
ing number Of consumers could be de-
veloped The number of consumers in
creased by leaps and bounds. but the
price did not come down.
! Then the war came on and In 1917
the Gas Compay asked for an increase
| in rates because of the abnormal con-
ditions. again promising to restore the
old rates when conditions became nor
NAL again." Conditions don't seem in
| clined to do any such thing.
Now the Gas Company wants another
increase because conditions instead OF
returning to normal. are getting worse
Coal that used to cost the Gas Com
pany $40 at the mines. now costs 81
plus increased freight rates. Coke that
cost S6.40 at the mines. now costs $40
plus increased freight rates. Oil that
used to cost 3-4 cents gallon, now
costs il cents Labor and material have
also increased That's the Gas Com
pany's side of it.
But the Board of Aldermen has beer
looking into the subject and finds that
Elizabeth City to-day pays far moro
for gas than most towns in the state
Henderson and Concord paysS2 per 1,00l
and Fayetteville pays $2.2e, but othe1
towns are. paying from 81. So to S1.75
I Goldsbore- ,tsgsS4a nisastel
pays $f.75 and gets a 10 per cent. dis
count off that. Durham and Raleigl
pay S1.65 with > per cent discount
/ Greensboro pays $1.35 net and Rock!
Mount pays 80 less 10 per cent. o
$1.33 net.
How does Rocky Mount do it at S1.3:
while the Gas Company in Elizabetl
City SAYS it can't do it for 200. Th
answer may be in municipal ownership
Rocky Mount owns its gas plant AM
doesn't have to pay high salaries to non
resident officers. or pay dividends to alb
sentee stockholders and bondholders.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09

VERIFY he is one of the qu!etest chaps
in this good old town and not as wen
known as he will be after this issue OF
THE INDEPENDENT gets into the
homes of northeastern North Carolina
folk; and yet he is vice president anu
mansrer of one of the oldest retail dry
GOODS establishments in Elizabeth City.
That is his position with the firm OF
Rucker & Shelley Co. Raymond Shee-
lev is a BaItimorean. He came to Eliz-
abeth City about four years ago to look
after the interests of his father VIM. e.
Shelley, who was one of the founders
and principal stoekhoIder in Fucker &
Shelley Co. Young MIR. Shelley came
to Elizabeth City to make Elizabeth
City his home and in quiet way he
has established himself as a valuable
member of the community. He is ac-
tive in the Y. M. c. A., Boy Scouts and
in all young peoples department work in
the First Methodist Church of which
| he is d member.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
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 reason
able price for real profession
nal work. Remember your
eyes are your bread-winners.
Take care of them.
You have your teeth ex-
anined twice a year. Why
not you eyes? They are ,
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrlst
Phone oo9 Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
A LAYING GOOSE

W. A. Jennings, of Providence town
ship, Pasquotank County, has a goose
that is considered a marvel in her neigh
borhood. This goose has layed two sit
ings of Is eggs this season. She is now
Matching her second sitting of Is eggs,
having hatched the first brood and wean-
ed them this spring.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
SIGNED CONFEDERATE MONEY
NOW ASKS FOR PENSION

for the first time in her life, Miss
y, sample. of Asheville, n. G. who has
Tor four years worked in the treasury
department of the Confederacy and sign
"o every piece of currency issued in the
south during those years, has filed a
p"ltlon with the pension board asking
10 be placed on the Buncombe county
i'St OF those receiving state pensions.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
COTTON CONTINUES GOOD

With weather conditions favorable,
the cotton crop made good to excellent
progress throughout the belt during the
lst week, according to the weekly bulle-
tin of the Department of Agriculture,
issued last night. The warmer weather
and abundant sunshine was especially
favorable in the Northeastern portion of
the belt. where cool weather had per-
sisted.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09

Strikes and lockouts in the United
States during 1919 totalled 1874 and af-
fected more than 100000 workers, ac-
cording to a review issued yesterday by
Department of Labor. Approximately
one-half of the strikes occurred in five
state es-New York, Massachusetts,, Penn
sy1vania, Ohio and Illinois.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
ERNEST L. SAWYER REMOVED

This is to give notice that on and after
July Is, 1920 my law Offices, now on
Main st. near the Southern Hotel will
be located on the second floor of the
First & Citizens National Bank build
ing.
ERNEST L. SAWYER.
p Jy. 9-St Attorney -at-Law
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
MELvILLE's COMEDIANS

MelyiIle's Comedians with their So
900 tent theatre opened in Elizabeth
City Monday night for a weeks stand
Every performance has pleased and the
tent was comfortably filled even on
Wednesday night when storm threaten
ed. Bert Melville has clean, hard
working, conscientious organization, far
and away ahead of the average tented
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-09
NOTICED!

The City Market will be closed
every Friday afternoon at o'clock
during the months of July and Au
: gust. Phone your orders in Friday !
: morning. p Jy. 9-lt
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-09-23
WoMEN's BIGNEsS IN VOTING

Sioux City Journal-Nothing is so
gratifying to the men who have advo-
Gated woman suffrage for years as the
bigness thu have displayeL Il their
first exercise of the franchise and in
the influence they have exerted in
elections so far. They have not used
the ballot to punish those who opposed
their cause nor to benefit those who
helped it. They have used it for the
good of the whole people as they be-
lieve in the policies which operate in
politics to serve the people. The NOM
nation Of Senator Moses of New
Hampshire, al opponent Of suffrage
until suffrage was accomplished, and
the more recent nomination of Senator
Wadsworth Of New York, another op-
ponent of suffrage, whose wife led the
forces of the anti-suffrage women,
show that the women are not vindic-
tive.
They may have defeated both sena-
tors for denomination had they con
eentrated all their efforts and votes
against them in their respective states.
But in doing that men of uncertain
qualities and unknown proclivities
might have been nominated. The crisis
which the government is passing
through now demands men whose po-
sitions are known; men who are not
experiments. The women had all the
emotional inducement possible to ex-
press their opposition to their enemies.
But they did not. They rose to the
highest demands of the electorate.
They showed they understand the use
OF the ballot is not a personal one,
but that 1t is a power to be used only
for the public good. Hadsthey shown
themselves small, vindictive and sell
fish, their friends might have regretted
the advocacy of their cause. When
they could forego the punishment of
their foes for the safety and sanity OF
government. they climbed on a plat
form higher than that occupied by
thousands of men voters.