The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-09
MIR. COHOON HITS
THEKIDSABLOW
Third Ward Alderman Blocks
Ordinance to Open Unused
Sidewalk to Children

There is a strip of unused cement +
sidewalk on Matthews st. just back of
the u. S.. Post Office building in Eliza |
Ebeth C it one uses that Sidewalk. {
There are hundreds Of roller skating
children in Elizabeth City with no place
to skate. Elizabeth City does not pro-
vide playground for it's children and
grouchy Aldermen have filled the books
with ordinances prohibiting children do
! ing pretty much everything under the
sun play loving children like to do.
| City Manager Simonds thinks the
children should be permitted to skate
on that unused strip of sidewalk back
of the Federal Building. He has picked
out othed sidewalks in town where the
children could play without getting very
much in any ones way or disturbing
lpeople in their homes. City Manager
Simonds offered the Board of Aldermen
an ordinance Monday night, to give the
kids a show. To the CONSERVATION OF
every one who believed Elizabeth City
now had progressive and humane
Board of Aldermen, the Simonds' ord1-
nance was pigeon-holed.
The man who stood in the way was
T.. c.. Cahoon, Alderman from the Third
Ward. And the reason he gave for op-
posing the ordinance was that the Old
Mack Sawyer Board of which he was a
member had had the same matter up
and never could do anything with it. 1t
didn't seem to occur to Mr. Cahoon for
minute that Elizabeth City elected a
new Board of Aldermen for the very
reason that the old Board couldn't OF
I wouldn' do anything. And in electing
: new Board the Third Ward paid Mr.
Cahoon a fine compliment by re-electins
o Mr.. Cahoon and not charging him with
t the sins of the old crowd with which
he was affiliated. There are those now
: who are beginning to suspect that Al
: 1Jcrman Cahoon is a sad, righteous, grou
: civ reactionaly, honest enough maybe
e brt utterly untitled to occupy an office
other than that of public eXecutloner
> Having no children of his own Mr. Ca
y hoon should hesitate to block Legislation
y affecting the happiness of other peo
; ples children. This newspaper publish
1t es the Simond's ordinance herewith AM
L. submits that this ordinance ought to b.
u Dassed without delay. Every reader
le this newspaper who thinks the sam
y way should speak to the members
~ the Board Of Aldermen ABOUT IL. H>ho
II convenient to see your Alderman the
/ sca or telephone Mayor Gather who ca
IS usualIy be found at the First d Citl
y zens National Bank during buslnes
le hours. Here is the Simonds ordinanc
= which was turned down Monday night:
sr3esnGs 4ss i f iiEbs Rsb Gty 59sf skating on ce
o. ahe+ CT which makes it unlawful for any Pc
as sen to skate sidewalk or street IN Il
- City. and - 1,ro 81 y
- resent time any playground for the use OF II
FoHE in ORE 70 pr4tyiids pt!i ,,s, some a pla
d. The (,ity 1aay acquire plagyEr9Iuld7 g I7 81 Aide
he men that roller skating be permitted On the sd
~ wa ks Indicated herein and that signs be piac
ne to designate such localities &C.. s r,1
South side of Matthews st, iron, ioti
ke to Martin Streets, (rear- OF Federal Blug.l
North East Road and Cypress
}N Streets blackwell Memorial Church pro-
ry' 8s''SN e North. West corner, Main and Dyer
il Streets (First Baptist Church; ~
=. 4 North West corner Front and Shepard
cl- Streets