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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
REPUBLICANS
HUNGRY FOR PIE
A Dozen of 'Em Want To Be
Postmaster at, This City

Ii the new Republican Con
gress does not take second class
postmasters out from under the
civil service rules and reeula.
t1ons and send these choice Jobs
back to the pie counter to be
dished out in the old fshioned
way, there will be some hot-in-
the-oollar Republicans here n
northeastern North Carolina at
least. Indeed they'll be the most
disappointed lot of job hunters
on the face of the earth and one
may hear of them going Bo1she-
vlk or doing some other despe-
rate thing if the party doesn't
restore the old order and turn
out all of the Democratic post
masters to make room for hun
cry Republican pie hunters.
The postoffice in Elizabeth City par
ticularly is in demand and there pro-
badly are dozen applicants for it. C.
Il. Pugh wants it; Jack Wells wants it;
Jerry Wilcox wants it: Walter Wood
wants it: Poole White wants it; Roy
ChessOn wants it: J. W. Johnson wants
it and J. y. Hooper wants it. And they
want it. Civil service may be good
thing and DR.. Pendleton. the present
incumbent may be a most satisfactory
and all that. But the thing
is. the Republicans want every Dem
ocrat stood aside. It's been a long time
since the Republicans had look in and
they are lean in the belly and hollow
of eye.
1t is interesting these days to see the
boys running in and out of the office
of Col. /. NJ. Meekins since it became
pretty generlly understood that he will
dictate the dispensation of spoils under
the incoming administration. The Col
onel is having so many opportunities
and petitions these days that his friends |
say he hasn't had a chance to think up |
that he wants for himself. |
The Colonel himself dismisses the idea
hat he will take the Office of Collector
If Internal Revenue at Raleigh. He
says this would necessitate his remov
ng to Raleigh and he would rather take
/ licking than have to live-ins Raleigh.
The Colonel has been looking wistfully
1t certain foreign posts, but it is not
believed that he would want to go +
,broad right now in view of the fact
hat he seriously contemplates being
.andidate for governor in 1924; he
couldn't very we'll plan and engineer a
from some foreign capital.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
A ROUGH JOKE

James Henry Burgess, a prominent
farmer and business man of Old Trap
who is frequent visitor to Elizabeth
City. was in town this week. Old Trap
IS in Shiloh Township and Shiloh Town
ship polled more Republican votes than
all the rest Of Camden county put to-
gether, 94 votes for Harding against
about 200 for Cox. Asked why he let
so many Republican votes pile up in his
township, Mr.. Burgess said: eve just
couldn't help it but I think we did pref
ty good to keep 'em down to 81 votes.
Tell you the truth if somebody hadn't
put out word that Harding was a mula-
ito he would have carried everything in
the union.''
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
NEXT WEEK is TO BE
HOUSEKEEPER'S WEEK
Many lnterestiR9 Lectures and Dem
onstrators To Be Given Here

The Merchants, through the Elizabetl
City Merchants Association, are co
operating with Miss Mareie Albertson
Home Demonstration Agent for Pas
auotank, in an effort to make Nov. 16
II, 19, 10 Honsekeeper's~Week in Eliz
aseth City; III.
The merchants have agreed TO dec
crate their windows with articles parti
cularly suited to the housekeepers needs
Miss Albertson has succeeded in Sc
curing several out of town home dem
enstration agents to give lectures and
demonstrations in the Rest Rooms in
the Hinton Building every afternoon at
2:3O p. m.
Several of the Elizabeth City mer-
chants have agreed to give interesting
talks on the lines in which they spec
ialize. Such talks enable the housewife
to buy wisely.
Buxton White will give a talk on
plants. shrubs, nowers-how to treat
them. This talk will be informal and
will start promptly at half past three.
On Wednesday afternoon Miss Nc
Queen, of Plymouth will give Fireless
Cooker demonstration and Miss Albert
son will demonstrate the Steam Pres
sure Cooker.
On Thursday, Miss Lula White, cor
setter, will give a talk on Fitting Cor
SETS at 2:3O and Miss Nettie Gather
will give demonstrations and lectures on
:'NIethods of Cooking
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
DARE COUNTY IS
IN A HOT FIGHT
And 1t Is ALI Over The job of
Register Of Deeds With No
Casualties As Yet

Dare county is in an uproar. It does
MT take much to get it boiling over for
those folks certainly will fight and this
they have put both feet in It is all
over a little political jog, but both sides
say justice must be done, and justice
will be done.
1t seems that Ernest E. Meekins, the
Democratic candidate for Register of
Deeds got three more votes than Geo.
W. Bailey, the Republican candidate for
reelection to that Office. Bailey has held
office two terms and grown to be a
very popular official thruout Dare coUn-
ty. Bailey expected most everybody
would vote to re-elect him and most
everybody told him they would, because
Bailey is counted a good man and most
everybody likes him. Nobody gives a
darn about party much in Dare county
because Dare county folks vote for who
ever they want to any way, whether
they have any party or not.
Anyway, most everybody expected
Bailey to get reelected and most every
body was surprised when he wasn't.
1t seems however. that the Democrats
in Dare sprung something unexpected on
the Republicans. Just before election,
they had Walter Cohoon and other big
guns of Elizabeth City bombarding every
section of Dare county with rhetorical
democracy. 1t is possible that this may
have turned the tide against Bailey; but
when the votes were counted giving
Aeekins majority of three, the Re-
publicans smelled fish and opined that
something was rotten in Dare as well
as jim Denmark They forthwith began
TO inspect things and claim that Bailey
vas cheated out of Office. Thru the
Republican Executive Committee they |
lave retained G.. r. Pugh of Elizabeth |
City to begin action to contest the cleo |
ion, claiming that 80 absentee voters
EAST their ballot in Dare county, II of |
which had become residents of other |
and of wheih we're not reg
stored, making a total of eighteen who
lad no right to vote.
The Democratic Committee has en-
,loyed B. G.. Crisp of Manteo, it is re-
,orted, and preparations are being made
or canvass of the election. In the]
meantime folks are discussing the situ-
ltion and wondering how it will come1t
,ut, Meekins is q very popular young
elbow down that way and this IS his
irst venture in politics. He is the son
# Theodore S. Meekins- who. was for
nerly an Office holder in Dare.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
Hathaway Says

If you wear glasses, have
your eyes and glasses both
examined from time to time,
and go to the place where you
can afford to pay a reason
able price for real 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
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bids
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
DEANS IS GAME SPORT

With his coat off, his shirt collar un-
buttoned and his sleeves rolled up and
watched by an interested crowd Will
fred Deans of this city paid an election
bet last Saturday. 1t was hard work
and took him two hours but he did it.
The job consisted in rolling peanut
with a crowbar from the Southern Hotel
to the water distance of -four blocks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
HURT BY AUTO

w. g. Mccoy. age 65, who lives at
1O2 e. Cypress st. was thrown from his
bicycle and sustained a painfully frac-
tured thigh by being run into by an au-
tomobtle driven by Edwin James, 16 year
old son Of "A. g., James Of this city.
YounE James was driving Stpdebaker
touring car and Me- Mccoy was on
bfcvele. -;
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
NO ARMISTICE DAY
CELEBRATION HERE

Yesterday was Armistice Day thru
out the nation but no one would have
suspected it from the prosaic, every day
routine of things in Elizabeth City.
Not even a flag was displayed and
school children were denied a holiday af
ter the Board of Trustees talked the
question over
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
Easy to BIunder

One thing at least is certain: before
attempting any amendments to the pre-
sent bill. the School Board should EN-
ploy a bond expert to advise them. Bond
bills are tricky things and the best OF
lawyers if not especially experienced i'll
drafting such legislation will make blum
ders. It might be well indeed for the
Board to employ expert opinion to pass
upon the Bill which they already have.
since they held that Bill back from Your
Representative at the Special Session
until it vas nearly too late for him to
get expert advice on it. He did get a
redraft of the bill from Attorney Gene
raj Manning Who found that the bill as
drawn here in Elizabeth City was ut
:cIly defective and not worth the pa
per it was written on.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-12
Watch Men liiuher LIN

| This article is not written to stir II,
public resentment against the Board O.
Graded School Trustees, or to impug,
the motives of the Board as a whole
Ihe Board, is composed of representa-
| tive citizens and most of them have tn.
best interest of the community at heart
But this newspaper does say that thi,
Board has not shown itself fully inform
ed on the city's school needs and this
newspaper has reliable evidence that
some of the men higher . up on that
Board are reactionary and secretly op-
posed to the highest possible deyeloD-
ment of our public school system. Who
does not believe that a forceful word
from Hon. E. F. Aydlett, for instance
would have carried a request for an
election to the Board of Aldermen two
months ago?
New Registration Unnecessary
This newspaper has no patience with
the plan for special registration for
the School Bond election. Such a reg
istration is not necessary and it is not
certain that it would be legal, since the
election can not be carried except by a
majority of the qualified voters of the
city. That is constitutional law, pass
ed upon by your Supreme Court. a
special registration might not bring out
registration of so many as majority
of the qualified voters of the city. /
can readily see however how an cleo
ton could be further delayed and lot
of valuable time lost by calling for
new registration. If the election can be
postponed until next spring it will then
be too late to get work under way in
time for the opening of the schools next
fall. which would mean that work
wouldn't be gotten under wy next year
at all.
The Board of Aldermen of Elizabeth
City meet again Monday. Dec. 6. If
pressure can be brought upon the Board
of Trustees in time, the Aldermen can
order the election at that December
meeting. If the election is not ordered
in December, the General Assembly will
be in session before another opportunity
is presented G. A. Cooke. a member
of the School Board will then be i'll
a position to amend or repeal the mea-
sure that will give Elizabeth City the
schools it needs. No one knows what
Mr.. Cooke will do.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02

Fifty Of the leading dalrymen OF fenn-
svlvania have entered into pact with the
idea Of promoting the interests q that
branch Of farming and 70 stop u possible
the desertion Of these already engaged IN
the business. The plan is 70 increase the
consumption of products q the dairy by
teaching the people that milk, butter, ETC.
are the most healthful kinds Of food.
Through such propaganda il Is expected
the demand for the output Of the dairyw1ll
increase greatly. humanity benefited and
the business made 50 profitable that the
away from the farm move WILDE check
ed Doubtless the products Of the COW are
the mcst nutritious Of all forms OF food,
and il is easily deducihle that the demand
for butter and milk and other foods that
orsyinate in the COW could be nightly
increased BY an Improvement II the quail
ity az their average without an increased
cost 10 the corsumfr
II is obvious that 70 accomplish the
end aimed at the Pennsylvania farmers
they will be obliged 10 reorganiYe their
methods Of distributor It clsimed and
undisputed. that profits from the products
OF the dairy are practically allabsorbed by
the middle men who are held Responsible
| for the present high prices Of milk and
/ butter
Whichever way the farmer turns he
/ finds himself confronted by the same
problem Of distribution and the fact that
almost everythingin the way Of profits i
eaten up by the cost Of labor, shipment
\ and commission. The truth Of this Is
/ illustrated by the fact that many farm
products are going 10 waste because th'
price to the grower docs not pay for send
ing them to market, while the consumer II
taxed almost &c heavily as in the mld-wa
period.
The extensive advertisement Of certain
brand. of apples and of an especia
quality Of oranges has vastly increases
their sale in the last few years and the lay
of advertising would apply to solve th
problem Of the dairymen as it has increas
ed the demand for those fruits
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02
HARVEY AND HARDING.

The contemptuous indifference with
which the Republican bosses treat Senator
Harding appears clearly in his statement
regarding the notorious Harvey's Weekly
cartoon burlesque of the immaculate con-
ception, wherein he says that weeks ago
| came in possession of an advance copy
in nv capacity as a publisher, and inn
medately asked our newspaper at Marion
to wire and request its suppression"
1t would naturally be supposed that the
Republican National Committee would
have paid a little attention to a request
from its candidate for President and that
the Objectionable cartoon would inn
mediately be suppressed. As matter of
fact it was printed in the National Re-
publican, a weekly publication owned by
Hays. Hilles and other c. .. + politicians,
and two or three weeks later George
Harvey was so pleased with the blasphem-
GUS and impious picture that he had 1t re-
produced in his scurrilous weekly.
Harvey has been the especial friend and
confidant of Harding ever sine his nom
ihation. but he though SO little of his
wishes that he calmly ignored them when
he thought that he could make little
CHEAP capital at Governor CoX's expense
by publishing the offensive cartoon. This
unsavory episode throws a strong light
| on the characters of both Harding and
Harvey. Do the people Of the United
| States want to entrust their government
to such a pair? Philadelphia Record
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02

Themovies have Damned the old super
stition that the ground hog il an unfailing
weather prophet. in fact that he il
prophet at all. Wchave allbecn taughtto
believe that the rodent always awoke on
CAndlemas day and, emerging from his
bed, posed himself before the mouth OF bis
den. II At any time before noon tho sun
came out and oast the shadow OF tho
drowsy rodent on the ground, he would
leisurely retire and sleep six weeks more,
the retirement propbesying that clear
February meant six weeks more Of
winter. A cloudy day meant Immediate
spring and the grounding was supposed to
take up his summer work.
This old belief had endured the strain
of centuries until the movies Knocked IL
out Of court entirely and discrcdited ~
utterly. A natural scientist is filmed IN
the movies digging out the grounding on
Candlemas Day, and from his bed, buried
far beneath the snow, he 10 taken up ~
limp as though he we're but piece OF iur,
and a. inamimate a. though he were a last
wears muff. He made no response to
shakings proddines Nor to violent noises,
but slept on.
The same woodchuok was put back into
his snug bed and late in April the him
shows him emerging from his hole, wide
awake. but lean from long fasting, And
going directly about his business a. II he
had only been resting overnight He wns
hunting forage and rs soon as he FOUND
some fresh April green's he set himself
eagerly TO satisfy the panRs Of hunger
So the film proves that the woodchuck
does not come out ut all on February z
| unless IL be in some sections who're the
| climate is mild and where nature has thus
early set his table ready for breakfast.
| There is. therefore, no moro truth IN the
old legend than In the belief that 70 see the
new moon over the left shoulder meant
good luck for the rest Of the year.
II wac a pretty apd interesting super
stition that has been put into perpetual re
tirement nv the movies, but John Bur
roughs long before had found the old
story Of ground hog prophecy 70 ne
apocrvphal. for the reason that he rodent
never came out until there was plenty o.
warm sunshine and ample green food
ready
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02
PRESS COMMENTS
"HECKIING.r

On. thing which this campaign seems
to have raised from ontlawry 10 iep,.'.
macy liz what il called "heckling that
il. the public questioning of political
candidates. "Heckling' has long been an
accepted English custom, but with us the
interrogation of public speakers by per,
sons in the audience has been regarded
ns bad manners and NJ intended merely
an partisan and malicious interruption.
In this campaign, almost for the brst
time, il has come to be recognized az n
popular right, and speakers on both
sides have 40 treated 1T.
II is. in a way, n revival of the old JOINT
debate custom, in which political compel.
itors were forced to meet the inss'ies oil
the campaign face to face. There could be
little dodvinQ or evasion under those con-
ditions. and when il WINS attempted, the
attennpt WINS patent TO everybody. The
English method of hecklinp, as we'll as the
English motive, ia not altogether unob-
iectionable. since il in often boistcrous
and frequently against the interests OF
fair play. But il does max for political
sincerity, and, properly modified and re-
stricted, will prevent dishonest oandi-
dates from concealing their real positions
The people will he able 10 smoke them out
on the stump, and, knowing this, all
parties will avoid the platform and cam
paign hypocrisies in which they now
indulge.
A code of procedure might DO adopted
which would permit speakers to com
plete their prepared addresses and re-
utlire them to answer questions alter
ward. In that way cross-e1amlnatlon
would be substituted for "heckling,
which il a bullying word that arouses
hostility, and a means pro vided Of get
ting al the truth at close quarters The
candidate who refused TO agree to this
would write himself down rs cvasive and
observation-disclosures Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02

Reports from tho lower sections OF tho
indicate that the farmers arc
planting a larger acreage in wheat than
has been the average for the Inst five years
Perhaps they share the view recently OK
pressed before ameeting Of implement
makers in convention at Atlantic City, to
the effect that hope of cheap farm prod
uots was only an ''iridescent dream.
The speaker, Mr.. Gregory, editor OF
widely-read agricultural publication, de-
clared the day of cheap foodstufis had
passed, and with it the happy go-lucky
kind of farming that has characterized
much of the work in the Eastern states.
He argued that the great wheat areas OF
Russia are untitled, and that in every
country of the old world scarcely one VIII
yield more than 40 per cent OF Its average
crop, with the exception of France ana
England He predicted that none OF the
nations will get back to its pre-war farm
production, for the movement OF away
from tho farm" is affecting thepeople oil the
old world rs it is those of the United
States And again, he emphatcally de-
clared that the nations food supply can
not be maintained on the price basis OF
1914
Mr.. Gregory further insisted that the
farms cannot continue to feed the nation,
unless the young men of the country can DC
induced TO remain in the country and con-
tinue as agricuturists, conducting their
operations on a business and scientific
basis.
In view Of the fear of tremendous
slump in the prices Of farm products the
opinion of this editor is assuring as ne
bases his views on late reports OF condi-
tions abroad rs we'll as in this country tie
declares. in effect, that prices for farm pro
ducts will have to be maintained and con-
tinued at level that viii enable the farm
er to earn fair return on his Investment
and for his own personal direction OF nus
farm. equivalent to that yielded IN other
industries This seems TO be the genera
view Of the farming situation Of the future
II will be impossible 10 expect the men 10
the country 20 continue operations other
wise.
AIIleeislstion must be based on that ann
and doubtless il will he. and the man with
the hoe need not despair nor abandon ms
farm. for there must be WAY out OF con
ditions that have caused much concern
among agriculturists within the last few
months. emphasized recently by the de-
cline in the prices for grain. II would be
far the wiser policy for all Delaware farm
or. 70 at least maintain last years aver
age in wheat acreage. or even 70 exceed u,
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-02
MRS. ROBINsoN's sUPER-FAKE.

PERHAPS the silliest Of all Republican
campaign fairy stories is the work OF
Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, who
is telling her audiences that the Lodge
reservations TO the covenant Of the
League Of Nations were drafted by 1heo-
dore Roosevelt and Senator Lodge at
conference held in the hospital during The
Colonel's illness Every one of the Lodge
reservations, she SAYS, for which Gov
Cox has called Senator Lodge con-
spirator and arbitrator, was arranged
in this conference and approved by heo-
dore Roosevelt
This il not only untrue but n i one of
the things that could not by any human
possibility be true. Theodore Roosevelt
died on Jan. g, 1910 The peace Confer
ence did nit convene until Jan -,
1919 ald the first tentative draft 81 the
covenant ~ the League 81 Nations was
not agreed 70 and made public until Feb.
Ii 1919 The final draft was not signed
until june %, 1910.
Theodore Roosevelt never heard Of
Article X, whlch Mrs Robinson says
he feared would hc war-breeder. At
the time Of his death the Peace Confer
ence was not in being and nobody ~ al
the world knew what any article q the
League az Nations covenant would he.
Vet Mrs Robinson insists that weeks
before his death he and Senator Lodge
agreed to tho Senate reservations 70 q
covenant that was not yet IN existence.
There have been thousand Kepub-
lican fakes IN this campaign, but Mrs
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson has managed
70 produce the supcr-fakc. New York
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