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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
NAME OFFICIALS FOR IMPORTANT
 FOOTBALL TILTS
Nate Tufts of Brown to Referee Big Game Between Yale and
 Harvard at Yale.

New York, May 2S-Selection of of ficials for most of the important eastern football games next fall was announced today following a confer ence here yesterday of graduate man. agers of many college elevens.
 The officials named for the "big three' classics were:
 Yale-Harvard, at New Haven, Nov. 20, Nate Tufts of Brown, referee, Thomas Thorp, Columbia, umpire, M. J. Thompson, Georgetown, head linesman, w. G. Crowell, Swarth- more, field judge.
 Yale-Princeton, at Princeton, Nov. 13, w. G. Crowell, referee, Tom Thorp, umpire, G. N. Bankhart, Dart mouth, head linesman, w. A Schwartz, Brown, field judge.
 Harvard-Princeton, at Cambridge Nov. 6, R. w. Maxwell, Swarth m ore referee, Tom Thorp, umpire, G. N Bankhart, head linesman, Fre( Murphy, field judge.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
LAJOIE ONE SMOOTH FIELDING PLAYER

Napoleon Lajoie has recently re- ceived an offer to manage the Syra- cuse, International League, team La joie is one of the real old masters of the great American pastime, having been a star of highest order for the greater part of the 21 years which he gave to baseball. Lajoie, besides hay ing been the greatest American League hitter of his time, was also a wonderful fielder. His movem ents in Fielding a ball were remarkable for their grace and SmoothnesS. He was in truth one of the 'tprettiest" fielders that the game has ever known.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
LEADING EATERS
 IN TWO LEAGUES.

Not many people are wearing out the knees of their trousers by work ing in the garden, but a lot are go- ing through the seats of the same as the result of sitting in office chairs.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28

golfers of this country and at least Harry Vardon and Ted Ray of Eng land, assemble for the national open championship. Although ten weeks remain before the great event, Chick has already engaged rooms at the In verness club, Toledo, and has told his friends he means business this year in his attempt to regain the title he held in 1916. s. P. Jermain of the Inverness club reports that requests for hotel and club reservations are being received daily, both from pros pective entrants and from golf fans from all over, the country, who will see from Aug. 10 to 13, the greates, national open tournament since 1913, and possibly che even greater than that.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
SAVIN ROCK PASSES
 AS BASEBALL CENTER

The Savin Rock baseball grounds, the scene of many thrilling baseball contest, passed out of existence yes- terday afternoon with the game be- tween New Haven and Waterbury drawing the final curtain on the field which has been the headquarters for organized baseball in this section for more than 15 years. The New Haven ball club will play it's future Eastern League games, starting Sunday, at Weiss Field, the new baseball plant in Bamden.
 The Savin Rock ball field, how ever, will remain the property of the New Haven club for months to come pending the expiration of the present lease, and then it will probably be cut up into building lots.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
FULTON MAY FACE
 DEMPSEY FIRST

Among the leaders in the race for try at Jack Dempsey's much desired crown, is big Fred Fulton. Dempsey has already trimmed Fred soundfy,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
Evans Prepares For
 Toledo Golf Meeting

Chick Evans evidently does not in tend to be left out of the Emelight at Toledo in August, when all the great
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
ROY GRIMES SLUGS
 OLD BALL IN ALBANY

Roy Grimes continued his heavy hitting yesterday at Albany where he knocked out two three baggers in four trips to the plate, making his record for the two days in Albany one home run, two triples, double and a single in eight trips to ths plate. This wa11oping is an average of 1925 and his five hits net 13 bases Dan Paske played right field yester' day and he performed like a veteran, making two hits out of four times up Today the Bridgeport outfit is play. ing in PittsfieId.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28

The To1edo-kansaS City game was postponed on account of wet grounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
BRIDGEPORT BOY
 SCORES A KNOCK
 OUT ON PETERS
Jimmy Burns Pins Navy Cham pion in Fifth Round at
 Passaic Last Night.

Jimmy Burns of this city, knocked out Tommy Peters, champion ban tamweight of the United States Navy, at the Hamilton A. c. in Passaic, N. J., last night, proving to the Passaic fight fans that he is the Benny Leon ard of the bantam class. Peters won the bantam belt in Panama last month from Frankie Dolan. He was no match for Burns, however, who scored the knockout in the fifth round after knocking Peters down six times. The battle was scheduled to go eight rounds.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
AMHERST TRACK CAPTAIN

Amherst, Mass, May 2S-At meeting of the Amherst College track team A. L. Staufft, '21, was chosen captain for the ensuing year. He has been a consistent point winner throughout the season and won third place in the high hurdles at the re- cent New England intercollegiate meet in Boston,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-28
JAP TEAMS PLAY
 TO RECORD CROWD

Who says the Japs aren't regular guys? A recent game of baseball be- tween a team from Chicago Univer- sity and Keio University, at Tol1io, Japen, drew an enthusiastic crowd of 900 yelpdng Jap fans. It was a corker of a game, too, ending in the tenth inning when the boyS from Chi cago managed to get a run across the plate, giving them the victory by the interesting score of to 0.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26

Peter S. Shipp, age->74, died at his
home, 3O3 First st. in this city at 5
o'clock this morning, following an i'll
ness of several weeks. He had been un-
conscious for several days and the end
came slowly and peacefully. The fune-
raj and interment will take place at 8
o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
Mr.. Shipp was one of the oldest and
most highly respected. citizens of this
community. He was a native of Eng
land, his parents settled in this country
when he was "a child and his early life
was spent in New York state. He came
to Elizabeth City Al years ago, physi-
clans having sent him south On account
of his health. He was told he had only
a few weeks or months to live. He COM
pletely recovered his health, his wife
joined him here few months later and
they made Elizabeth City their home.
he was ever an active, useful and ex-
emplary citizen. He is survided by his
wife to whom he was married 80 years
ago, and by one son, Fred Shipp, of New
Bern, N. G.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
CELEBRATE COMPLETION
OF INLAND WATERWAY
Congressman John Small viii BE There
Aud lnvites Everybody To Go

On Monday, November %, 1920. a
simple celebration. will be held at Great
Bridge on the line of the Inland Water
way for the purpose of eommemorating
the completion Of that section from Nor
folk to the AIbemarle Sound.
A letter from Congressman John h
Small; member of the committee on Ri
yers aud .Harbors, to the local Cham
ber of Commerce, invites the organiza.
ton to send delegates to participate on
the occasion of the celebration, and an
nounces that arrangements will be made
to take from Norfolk to Great Bridge.
The exercises will be under the aus
pices of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association, and that body is hoping
that Elizabeth City will be well repre-
sented at Great Bridge on Monday next.
Secretary Case of the Chamber of
Commerce asks any who will be able to
attend the celebration to notify him at
once, either by letter, Or by phone. Any
citizen of Elizabeth City, whether a
member of the Chamber of Commerce
or not, is invited to attend the celebra-
ton, but it VIII be necessary for all such
to send in their names in order that the
needful arrangements may be made.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
A DESERTED FAMILY
SUFFERING FOR FOOD
The cohoons on Panama Street Have
Been Living on Six Dollars =
Week

There is family in Elizabeth City
in need of help almost within a stones
throw of two of it's biggest churches.
Mrs. Ruth Cohoon, a young mother,
with two boys, ages five sand nine years
fully struggling to keep up respectable
ity on the small sum of six dollars a
week which she manages to earn at the
Avalon Hosiery Mill where she works
when the power plant furnishes enough
current to run the mill.
The Coheons came here two years
ago from the Kilkenny section of Tyr
ren county. The husband B. F. Co
hoon found work here. in one of the mills
and made living for the family of
five. The wife worked in a hosiery mill
and contributed to the weekly earnings.
Things went along very well until about
six months ago when Cohoon went away
to look for work. Since that time ac-
cor6ing to Mrs. Cohoon, he has contri-
buted only about SO to the support of
his family and apparently forgotten it
completely. They haven't heard word
from him in several months, but he
wrote his mother in Gum Neck that he
was going to California Repeated eff
forts on the part of Mrs. Cohoon have
failed to locate him.
The Cohoons live in a neatly kept but
barren little home at sos Panama street.
There is a big hthograph of the First
Thanksgiving on the wall. Thanksgiv-
ing this year didn't means many good
things at that home as are on the load
ed board in the picture of the First
Thanksgiving, !" but thru the efforts of
citizens of Elizabeth City a neat little
sum was presented and the family did
afford good dinner. The matter was
taken, up < with the City Manager and
he also saw that some provisions were
sent.
Mrs. Cohoon was married when she
was, about 10 years old. Her husband
was a little older. Both were uneducat-
ed and totally incompetent to support
the two children that have come to the
family. Here is an example for the ed
ification of society which permits a
couple of children to start out in the
biggest business in the world. Who
loses when these two children make a
failure and leave heavy liabilities if
the shape of hungry, healthy, normal
offsprings which for a time at least will
be a burden upon society.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
MIDWIVES TO RECEIVE
EXPERT INSTRUCTION
State Board of Health Will Send Train
ed Nurse To This Section
Next Week

According to the Bureau of Vital Sta
tistics, North Carolina State Board of
Health, about every other child born in
Eastern North Carolina has an, ignorant
.lidwife to see that it is started along
the journey to a healthy life This means
that during the days before and after
birth one half of the mothers trust their
lives in the hands of these women.
Some midwives do very well or as
well as they know how; others cause
deaths. of mothers and babies. They
know no better and must be taught.
With the aim to improve the situatio-
the Bureau of Epidemiology and tn
Bureau of Infant Hygiene and Public
Health Nursing of North Carolina State
Board of Health, are carrying on ar
extensive campaign ID. educate these
women, most of whom are negroes.
Important things are to be done at
the birth of a child other than rendering
surgical and medical aid. There must
be filled q complete and accurate birth
certificate to assure the child OF its age
for school attendance, etc. Silver nj
trate must be dropped in the eyes t
prevent blindness. Such must be done
if physician or midwife attend the birth
With view to. instrueting the midWives
along these lines a nurse from the state
Board of Health, Raleigh, N. G. Will
visit the following places Please IN
form any one you know acting as
midwife and tell them to attend the
meeting. ;as1 .
snowden, Depot, 10 A. NJ, Monday
Nov. Goth.
Elizabeth City, Court House, 10 A.
NJ, Tuesday, Nov. S0th.
Hertford, Court House, 10 A. M. Wed
nesday Dec. 1st.
Edenton, Court House, 10 A NJ
Thursday, Dec. End.
Gatesville, Court House, 10 A. NJ, Fri
day, Dec. 3rd:
Ahoskie, Colored School House, 10 A.
NJ, Saturday, Dec. 4th.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
SAYS VIRTUOUS GIRLS
WILL BE OSTRACISED
Raleigh Preacher Speaks Plainly And
Quotes Plant Statement of
Prominent Man

Ia a sermon last Sunday that made
his congregation twist in their seats, DR..
Weston Bruner, pastor of the Taber-
nacle Baptist Church in Raleigh applied
the analogy of the cloud that came down
from Mt. Sinai four thousand years
ago and out of which the Lord God
spake to Moses and thru him to. his
people, for a scathing arraignment of
the present pursuit of sensuality and
greed that is sweeping America. In sub
stance, DIR. Burners remarks as report
ed by the Raleigh News and Observer.
issue of Nov. % were as follows:
There has come to light out of the
cloud of war so amazing a spirit of SEN
suality and immortality as would make
the days of heather Rome blush with
shame" he declared to his great con-
gregation. when the brazen immor-
ality of the City Auditorium dances and
the Country Club dances came, to light,
some of us hoped that it was a local
epidemic of leprosy, but, alas, it is wide
spread.
THE automobile, the dances, and the
Iaxity of parental discipline, raise the
tide of licentiousness to an amazing
height Not only in Raleigh, but in every
quarter of the State this terrible thing
that is eating away the souls of our
young people goes on. A man whom
you would all know, and in whom you
have the utmost trust, told me that IL
his town, in the set that stands highest
in society, every young girl in that set
had been guilty of gross immortality save
two, and that the boys had told them
|. that unless they surrendered their vir-
!, tua they would be ogtractZed."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
soulREs, THE GREEN GOODS
MAN Is HERE THIS WEEK

P. c. Squires, nationally famous as
s.the green goods man." is in Elisabeth
CITY this week. Mr.. Squires' particu-
lar brand of green goods is holly and
tnistletoe and he knows the market for
these Christmas green's. He began COM
ing to Elizabeth City about 15 years
ago and once it looked like he had clean,
ed up all the holly and mistletoe in this
section, But after an absence OF seven
years he is back again, new crop hay
ing developed during his absence. he
has observed also that Elizabeth City
has grown wonderfully in seven years
M. Souires' home is in Ocean City, Md
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26

along somehow without missing
our three squares day.
Elizabeth City and the coun-
ties which it serves as trade
center are wonderfully blessed
in these depressing times by a
wonderful diversity of resources
not generally found in the south.
We may not be doing the, bust
ness we did last year or making
the money we made last year,
but we are far better off than we
were in 1914, 1915 and 1915.
'Fess up! Isn't it so?
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
COME TO BOOST
BETTER ROADS
North Carolina Road Boosters
Here In Full Force Next
Week

The North Carolina Landown-
ers Association and the North
Carolina Good Roads Associa-
ton are cooperating with the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce in the series of meetings
to be held thruout- Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck counties
the week of November %.
DIR. Low, whom the federal govern
ment loaned to the state for a few
months; w. A McGirt, Manager of the
Landowners Association. and President
of the North Carolina Good Roads As
sociation: Miss Berry, Secretary of the
Good Roads Association, and other pro-
minent workers in the state, will parti-
cipate in the meetings.
DR.. Low has been 1ecturing in various
parts of North Carolina, and the news
papers have given glowing accounts of
his talks in the interest of better health
conditions, better roads, better methods
of agriculture, etc. His lecture is pro-
fusely illustrated with steropticon views.
The other speakers are all intimately
familiar with conditions in this section
of the state, and are striving to bring
about the changes needful to be made
before Eastern North Carolina can hope
to make q successful appeal to the out
side world. Startling facts and figures
will be brought to the attention of the
oe
mises to be the most interesting and
profitable ever staged in this part Of
the state.
The big meeting of the week viii be
held at Elizabeth City Thursday, Dec
ember 2, when each of the above men
toned speakers viii be present The
proposed state highway system, which
will connect Elizabeth City and the sur
rounding country with the rest of the
state, will be featured on that oeca-
sion. Maps, charts, ETC., viii be shown
An effort will be made to bring to Bliz-
abeth City most of the members of the
County Highway Commissions and
County Commissioners of the several
counties in North eastern North Caro-
lima, and all who are interested in bet
ter roads. -
A movement was long since started
to bond the state for the construction
of a system of state highways, and meet
ings have been held in all parts OF
North Carolina to awaken interest IL
the movement. Word comes the peo'
pie are everywhere Interested in the
proposal to have the state construct
certain roads, in every county, leavi'
each county free to expend its money
on the roads that are merely local
And for the purpose of crystallizing pub
lie sentiment before the January ses-
sion of the Legislature, and effort is
being made to reach the people of ever
section of the state before the first 0
the year.
A list of meetings to be held mex
| week follows:
Monday, Nov. 20, Newland; Tuesday
Nov. 80, Poplar Branch; Wednesda
| Dec 1, Moyock; Thursday, Dec. =
Elizabeth City; Friday, Dec. 8, Salem
/ Saturday, Dec. 4, Camden.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
LOVELORN COUPLE
HAD HARD LUCK
All Was Bright and Rosy, But Mama
Got Busy and Spoiled Everything

Charles Bright, a II year old youth
of 2Sth street, Norfolk, Virginia, ran
away with his Lady love Miss Martha
Dixon Is, also of Norfolk and came to
Elizabeth City last Saturday to become
one. Everything seemed going fine
when the couple got here and feeling
secare, the couple dined at the Eagle
Cafe, only to find a member of Eliza
beth City's viGlant Police Force wait
ing for them out side when they finish
ed lunch. Mrs. c. 9. Bright, the mo-
ther of the bog having in the meantime
got busy and phoned from Norfolk to
have them stopped. She arrived on the
noon train and took the couple back with
her. -.'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
Hathaway Saws

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 professio-
nal work. Remember your
eyes are your bread-winners.
Take care of them.
You have your teeth ex-
amined twice a year. Why
not you eyes? They are
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrlst
ooo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
HE FOUND 1T

Miles Jennings tells a story on g
man about town who went over into
Washington county to look for some O.
that Washington county moonshine corn
The fellow was gone four days. When
he got back Jennings asked him If he
found what he went after? Il guess
I did. he replied, because there ar
two DAYS of my time. I can't account
for"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26
sPEclAL,.RED MEN SERMON

There will be special Red Mems SER
mon preache at the First Baptist
Church Sunday evening November 18th.
All Red Men are requested to meet at
the hall Sunday evening and attend this
snecial sermon in a body.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-26

II p. Nash, Sr. is in New York this
week visiting his son T. P. Nash, Jr.
T. P. Jr. is professor of chemistry il
the medical branch of Cornell Univer-
sity this year.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1920-01-14
Open Your Heart-And Your Pocketbool

Give ~ much monsyras you can pos
ably afford. Remember tie most beau
i tiful thing u life is cha.rifitt7y--andm one1y,
= only good for the happiness Il buys.
e. hatsbetter use could yyoea,; put yyoallr.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1920-01-14

There r thousands Of Jewish fam
lies in Europe, whose only home is q
rude cart open to the SHOWS and rains.
They must face the wiintry blasts with
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1920-01-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS.
FOR COMING Year.
Well Attended Meeting Last
Evening and Much Enthusi-
asm Shown. Club In Flour.
ishing Condition.

The regular meeting for the cleo
ton of officers for the Commercial
Club of this city WAS held in the club
rooms last-evening. and it was a well
attended and most enthusiastic meet
ing.
The meeting was called to order by
President Traynor, and after he ar
nounced the business of the meeting,
Secretary LaRue was called upon co
give a report of the doing Of the club
for the past year. He not only gave
an oral statement of what the club
had done the past ..'ear, ana also dis
cussed at some length matters effect
ing the welfare Of he city, ind many
things which he thought might be bet
tered, and among these was the coop
eraion of the banking business of our
city. He told of the many gatherings
in u city by different organizations,
and how they had been given the use
Of the club rooms, and proved most
conclusively that the Commercial club
was among the ne :essities of Devils
Lake-this fact no one denies. His
financial report showed thai the club
had handled more han $1,000 and that
at the beginning of the year there was
an indebtedness of nearly $1,000, and
that at the present time the indebted
ness had been reduced to less than
5000, besides the running expenses Of
the club, together with the many
meetings and other things it had pro-
noted.
After the secretary had made hts
report President Traynor made some
very pointed, yet appropriate, remarks
sanctioning all the secretary had said.
The next thing in order was the ell
ection Of officers for the coming year,
and according, the name of a. E. Sell
by was presented for President, and
he was unanimously chosen to this po-
sition, Notwithstanding his protest
that he believed there were others who
could better fill the position. Those
present, however, felt that Mr.. Sell
by would make a splendid official, and
he was urged to accept the place. Six
directors we're chosen as follows:
Messrs. Mccullough, Gilbertson, Knee
shaw, Hartz, Jackson and Bert Hal
liday, and they in turn will select the
Secretary for the coming year.
After the electio. of officers differ
ent ones made short talks, and then
a nice lunch was served.
That the Commercial club is a big
asset to Devils Lake there i no ques-
ton, and as it IS in a Furnishing con
dition there is no doubt, but that it
will be able to do big things for Dew
lis Lake in the coming year.