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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
FAIR MADE
AIIITII.EEs II.EEs MONEY
On Financially Sound Footing,
Big. Things Planned For
Next Year

The Albemarle AgricuitQnas ssoelaa
ton came cut on top with sfre1lzssl
fair at Elizabeth City, meeting all OF
IFS obligations and having something
like 81 200 to $500 in the treasury
from the four days gate receipts ana
sales of privileges and concessions.
When the last account was checked up
and the last voucher okeyed, }. Wes-
lev Foreman, president of the Assocla-
ton and L. D. Case, executive secre-
tary threw up their hands and askeo
to be- excused from putting on other
fairs in Elizabeth City. These men
have been putting the thing over. with
out capital and now that the AAssocla
ton has recently acquired more thar
$4,000 of new stock and a long list
of interested stockholders, these men
are anxious for q permanent organiza-
ton to take over the business of build
ing up the fair at Elizabeth City.
A meeting of the stockholders viii
be called at, an early date and ofhcers
elected for the ensuing year. Steps
will then be taken to secure a permanent
secretary.
It is the sense of the present Board
of Directors that the fairs so far held
Mere have been a. failure only in that
they have not truly shown the agricul'
tural resources of this region. But II
| this respect this years fair was far ant
away ahead of any fair ever held II
this section, the poultry and live stocf
exhibits having been exceptionally tine
With a re-assuring paid-in capital the
Association will undertake another yeal
/ to make the Elizabeth City Fair what i
should be-a truly great exposition O
live stock, poultry, agricultural pro
ducts, arts, crafts and domestic achieve
ments of northeastern North Carolina
Much work will be done on the fai
grounds next summer. Much neV
ground will be broken and put IN or
der and buildings erected for agricpl
tural and live stock exhibits. =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
A new MYSTERY
BATTLES POLICE
What Was In Mysterious Bum
die Sunk to Bottom of
River By Myster-
ious Strangers?

A mystery dark and deep as the
shades of sin is perturbing the easily
perturbed minds of Pasquotank sleuths.
Two mysterious men in a mysterious
covered cart went to the mysterious old
Brickhouse near Elizabeth City Tues
day morning, took a mysterious bundle
out of the mysterious cart, took row
boat. rowed up the river several hum
dred yards, lifted the mysterious bum
die out of the boat, dropped it into the
mysterious waters of the Pasquotank,
came back to their mysterious covered
cart and mysteriously disappeared.
W. L. White and family live at the
old Brickhouse. Mr.. White was away
from home Tuesday morning and Mrs.
White alone with her small children
when the men appeared in the covered
cart They asked her for the loan of 8
row boat Mrs. White told them she
didn't have a boat. Then men inform
ed. her that they must have a boat whe-
ther or no and finding boat locked to
landing near the house they broke the
lock, loaded the mysterious bundle into
the boat and rowed up stream. Mrs
/ White concealed herself and watched
their movements. She saw them pu
the bundle overheard and push it dowI
with their oars.
! As soon as the man had left Mrs
/ White communicated with neighbors ant
/ got word to the sheriff's Office. Sher
/ iff Reid and Chief of Police Holmes
have dragged the river near the spo
/ indicated by Mrs. White, but found
nothing. There are several theories a
to the contents of the package. Som
theorize that the bundle contained
/ corpse and grave crime was concealed
Others think the men were illicit DIS
tillers who were concealing evidence 0
their illicit distilling The secret ma!
remain a secret meath the placid, in
different and uncommunicatlve darl
brown waters of the Pasquotank, sine
no trace of either the men in the car
or the thing in the water has bee
found
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
DISMAL SWAMP
CANAL DOOMED
Century Old Waterway To Be
Closed If Government Does
MT Want 1t

The Dismal Swamp Canal which for
more than century served as the
great trade route between Norfolk and.
Elizabeth City. 3onneefing the inland
waters of Virginia with the inland
sounds and rivers of North Carolina is
TO be abandoned at an early date, If the
government does not take it over and
use it as a part of the government IN
tracoastal waterway system. SO de-
clared NJ K King, the venerable pres
ident of the Dismal Swamp Canal Co
to the Directors of the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce at a meeting OF
that body Tuesday afternoon. OF this
week.
Mr.. King came from Baltimore to
Elizabeth City to lay his troubles be-
fore the Chamber of Commerce Di-
rectors. The Dismal Swamp Canal is
no longer a paying investment since the
governmen took over the Albemarle q
Chesapeake Canal, parallel project
and opened it free of tolls. Most of the
traffic which formerly came the way OF
the Dismal Swamp now follows the Al
| bemarIe & Chesapeake. The Dismal
Swamp Canal Co. is operating at q
loss. The Dismal Swamp Canal to-day
serves only a few craft plying between
Elizabeth City and Norfolk, the tolls
from which do not pay the costs OF
operating the great locks at South Mills
Elizabeth City is immensely INTERESTED
| in this canal because it is EllzaDetn
City's only direct waterway to Norfolk
and Chesapeake Bay. South Mills Is
| interested. because without the Dismal
Swamp canal that community would
have no transportation of any KIND
The Richmond Cedar Works and the
John L. Roper Lumber Co., two big tim
ber concerns holding millions of acres
of valuable juniper timber in the Disma
Swamp are interested. because if the
canal is abandoned and the locks open
ed. the effect will be>to drain a great
area Sf their holdings and drainage j
destructive to juniper timber.
Mr.. King asks the Chamber of Com
merce to join with other interested or
gan:zations and individuals in an appea
to Congress to take over the D1sma
4 Swamp Canal and keep it open. Ihl'
the Chamber of Commerce will do.
Some think there is little hope o
getting the government to act I'm
Dismal Swamp Canal has seen it's great
est days of usefulness. 1t was sur
yeyed by George Washington and bull
in the last century, having been open
ed to traffic just one hundred years ag
this year 1t was one of the creates
hydraulic projects of all the world l
/ that century, Is abandonment at thl
late date will be sorry close to pro
iect so closely. identified with the his
tory, commerce, poetry and tradition 9
D this region for nearly century and
: Quarter. -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
FIRST WOMAN IN DARE
co. TO RUN FOR OFFICE
Republican Widow Putting Up strong
Fight Against Crippled Dem
ocrat

The first woman to run for Office IN
Dare county is Mrs. Hattie Westcott OF
Wanchese who is sister of ex=Sherlff
Jeff Hayman, formerly prominent pol
itician in Dare. Mrs. Westcott is the
Republican candidate for the Office OF
County Treasurer, is about thirty i've
years old and a widow. Her oppo-
nent is A. c. Hassell, Democrat of Man
teo, who is also the present incumbent
this being his second term. Hasseh L
a one legged man who will not for that
reason be expected to withdraw his
campaign or even to modify it for chlv-
alrous reasons.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
GOVERNOR cox DROPS
DEAD AT CHOWAN FAIR
Famous Race Horse Broke The Halt
Mile Track Record at Elizabeth
City Last Week

Governor Cox, the wonderful race
horse that broke the half mile track
record with mile in 2:16: IA at the
Elizabeth City Fair last week, dropp-
ed dead. on the track at the ChoWan
Fair at Edenton Wednesday afternoon.
Governor Cox had won the first race
at Edenton Fair, had taken second mon
7ey in another race and had finished
fourth in the third race. HIS dr1Ver
was turning him around in front OF the
grand stand at the finish OF the thlro
race when the beautiful horse reeleo
and fell and died.
Governor Cox was formerly owned
by T. S. White of Hertford and J: Wes
lev Foreman of Elizabeth City Ihe1
sold him a few(weeks ago to Mr.. Hunt
Of Henderson, N. G., for S2,25o.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
MEE'KINS SPEAKS
HERE SATURDAY

Col. Isaac NJ Meekins will make his
first campaign speech to home town
audience Saturday night, Oct. 81, speak
ing at the courthouse at O'Clock.
This distinguished townsman has
spent the past eight weeks in cam
paigning under the direction of the Ma
tionaI Executive Committee of the Re
publican party. He was six weeks in
Maine, New York, New Jersey and Del
ware and was to have been sent to West
Virginia, but the State Committee in
sisted upon his being sent to his ma
tive state for the closing days of the
campaign. He Joined the Coolidge Spe-
ell Train at Asheville on Oct. 20 and
has been speaking in North Caroline
since
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
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 J
able price for real professio-
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 eyess They are
more important.
DR.. ]. D. Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
sPRAINED AN ARM

Capt. J. B. Jones of the Coast Guard
Office stepped on one of those things
called creeper, in a garage; it slid
out from under him, threw him somer-
sault and he. was picked up with
sprained arm.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29

While in st. Louis this week to pur-
chase horses and mules, Charles l.. Be
will, wealthy and well known live
stock dealer of Fayetteville was taken
i'll and died.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29

Thomas Nixon of Hertford is one of
the delegates to the National Farmers
Convention to be held at Columbus, o.
Nov. 1919,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29

Fire of undetermined origin wiped out
the business distric of the little town
of Castalia in Nash county Tuesday
night, causing loss, of more than $f00,-
900.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
CRY BANKS CLOSE NOV. 2

The Elizabeth City banks will close
Tue sday. November 2, on which day the
general elections will be held 1t is al
soa legal holiday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
BILLY IN JAPAN" MONDAY NIGHT

The play, BILLY in Japan, which was
to have been staged at the High School
the other day by about 100 little tots,
will come off for sure Monday night
November / at the High School and on
Wednesday following will be presented
in Hertford.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
KICKED BY A cow

j. E. Provo, superintendent of the
county chain gang is nursing a sore leg
as the result of being kicked by his COW.
She kicked him twice.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-10-29
7s YEARS YOUNG

Justice of the Peace NJ. B. Culpep-
ne of this city celebrated his 18th
birthday, Saturday, Oct. %.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

Mrs. B. B. Conner. wife of formef Gov. B. B. Conner. who was appointed ad interim senator by Governor Kilby Friday night. died yesterday morning shortly after o'clock.
 The funeral services will be- con ducted from the family residence on South Highlands this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. George R. stuart, pastor of the First Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. J. c. Morris and the Rev. J. A. Bryan.
 The active pallbearers will be the sons and sons-inlaw of the deceased. as follows: J. F. Conner. Donald Conner, Braxton Conner, Jr.. Hugh Conner, F. II. Lathrop. J. Craig Smith, H. C Ryding and Dr. Frank Majors.
 The list of honorary pallbearers an- rounced include all of the stewards of the First Methodist Episcopal Church and the following: A. W. Smith, Charles F. DeBardeleben. FeaC. Hoene. John W Wade. John D. McNeel, Joseph E. Johnston. Col. A. M. Garber, Robert Jemison, Hill Ferguson, H. c. Seibels, Murray Brown, Tom Bowron, Senator Frank S. White. M V. Joseph, w F, Tyler Lt.-Gov. N. l.. Miller, pr. R. F. Lovelady, George Ward, James Bowron, Oscar Wells. w. H. Kettig, Henry Badham. 10. J. Smyer, Charles II. Abbott. Judge William F. Fort, T e. Smith. w. D. Nesbitt. Joseph C. Thompson Louis Saks. Ger. F. w Fucker. Sid w. Lee, George Gordon Crawford. Edward Wilkinson, z: H. Mangum. w. l.. Murdock. John Frye K. S. Munger. F. F. Norton H. A. Dren- nen, s. D. Weakley and w. H. Phil- lips.
 Mrs. Conner had not been well during the winter and only recently had re- turned from Florida. Her condition was not considered serious. however until Thursday night. when she sue fered an attack of angina. form of suffocation caused by spasmodic con- fractions of the muscles of the throat 4 second attack came Friday night hut during the night it was thought she had shown considerable improve ment
 Mrs. Conner is survived by her hus- band. nine children and eighteen grandchildren The children are as follows Mrs F. H. Lathrop of Bir- mingham. J. F Conner of Alexander City, Donald Conner of Birmingham Mrs. J. Craig Smith of Selma, Mrs {
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never
 Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
 Rejected

Judging from reports from druggists who are constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that has been very successful in over coming these conditions. The mild and healing influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its remarkable record of success.
 An examining physician for one of the prominent Life Insurance Compa- nies, in an interview of the subject, made the astonishing statep1ent that one reason why so many applicants for insurance are rejected is because kid ney trouble is so common to the Amer ican people, and the large majority of those whose applications are de- clined do not even suspect that they have the disease. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is on sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medium and large.
 However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer' & Co, Binghamtou, N r.. for a sample bottle. When writ ing be sure and mention the Birming- ham Sunday Age-Herald.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
Conner Appointment Is
 Pleasing To the Senate
Washington Star Urges Alabama Be Careful in Select ing New Senator and to Pick Man of Large
 Cabre for Place
By HUGH ". ROBERTS

experience in large affairs, and with the courage of their convictions.
 In MT. Underwood the state has a senator .excellently equipped for his of flee. He has shown ability in both houses of Congress. His name has been associated with the presidency. There are men who would be glad to see him ais party's nominee for that office this year. He is a candidate, however, to succeed himself in the senate, and the chances, it is said are in his favor. He ought to have colleague of like merit, as he had in Mir. Banlzhead. They worked together we'll as among the lead CTS on their side of the chamber.
 For many years Alabama has held a high place in the Senate Morgan and Pugh were very much in the pictures while they served together, the former ali unusually vigorous debater with large knowledge of public questions, and the latter a sound lawyer Morgan and Pettus were quite as well mated. And death has just dissolved an association of much strength. Underwood and credit to their state and party, and of service to the whole country. Alabama is among the states manifesting appre- citation of faithful public service She rewards men who show themselves cap able by keeping them in commission. MT Morgan, Mir. P1gh and MT. Bankhead long enjoyed her favor, and were worthy of it. So that this new man when chosen will have that incentive to do his best"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
Washington Bureau The Ass-Hsraid
 500 Davidson Buildinq

Washington, D. C., March 6-(Special) Regarding the appointment of B. B. Conner to the senate, senatorial gossip today was entirely favorable. For the permanent position, all Washington ex- pressed hope that the state would elect man worthy to succeed Senator Bank head and able enough to cooperate with Senator Underwood. An editorial to this effect. which reflected the opinion of the Senate, appeared this afternoon in The Washington Star.
 House members expressed regret that they will lose Representative Heflin, for irrespective of the result of the cam paign. he has departed from the House permanently.
 The Star editorial addressed to the peo- pie of Alabama follows:
 At the special election Alabama will have an opportunity which, for several reasons she should be particular to lm- prove.
 ''The country is entering upon an era of construction which calls for legisla- tors of constructive faculty, practical rather than showy men, doers rather ttan takers men whose feet are more firmly on the ground than their heads are high in the air, men more interested in things near at hand than in things afar off, men of more horse sense than of so-called vision, men who have had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
F EX-KA|SER WERE SENT ID AMERICA!
Suggested That Holland In- tern Him on Dutch West
 Indian Island of CuracOa

London February B. Special )-There must have been good deal of excitement of late in the little sisland of Curacoa, in the Dutch West Indies. Excitement isn't a speciality of Curacoa life. which
 is quiet and baked and humdrum. Therefore, all the more violent must hs~e been the shock to this strange little com munity when it woke up recently to the realization that it might be chosen as the future residence of one William Ho- henzollern of Amerongon, Holland, for merly of Berlin, Germany.
 When Holland answered the allies note zsking that William be given up to them and the Dutch government demurred the |report arose that the next demand from lthe allies would be that the ex-Kaiser, in view of the danger entailed by his con- ltinued presence in Holland, so close to Ethe German frontier and the monarchssts lof his former realm, should be interned hn some one of Hollands island posses
 pions scattered over the globe. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

. Kangaroo farming is an important industry in Australia. The hides are valuable and the tendons extremely fine: indeed, they are the best material
 known to surgeons for sewing up
 wounds, and especially for holding broken bones together. being much finer and tougher than catsut.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

n, Robert P. Elmer of Wayne, Pa, the American archery champion, says that recently Dr. Saxon Pope of the University of California killed ioo- an arrow. and on the same day killed | a black bear with another arrow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

Mrs. Sarah Blackman. an aged lady, who resided at Sycamore with her chii- dren. caught fire to her clothes while standing in front of an open lire ana was so badly burned that death re- suited. She was buried at Weogufka cemetery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

Relief from a coal shortage was had today when a local coal dealer received ear of coal For several days many have been compelled to burn wood be- cause no coal could be had.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

some Venezuelan schooner to land him in Venezuela, the coast of which may be seen from the island on a clear day, sl. what could he do when he got to tha- turbulent land? It would be a diffjcllt matter for him of the upturned mons tachios and flashing eye to disguise sTn-l self sufficiently to be taken back. to Europe.
 Anyhow, whether William ever goes 70 Curacoa or not, that tiny Dutch island slumberine beneath the Caribbean snn' las had it's minute in the ssmelight. There must have been quite buzz and hum there for a while before it's people set
 tied down again to watch the steamers con,e in and wonder whether the wate! supply would dry up and figure on how much profit they could make from snug gling goods into Venezuela. I(Copyright by the Edward Marshall syn dicate, 1nc)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07
SYLACAUGA

sylacauga, March e.-(special) --An indez to the business sylacauga as evi- denced by railroad records goes to show that volume of business is be- ing carried on here that would do credit to a much larger city. Last Thursday and Friday there was received over the Central of Georgia road eighteen cars of merchandise and seven cars were shipped out. This is only one road. as the Louisville and Nashville operates out from here and has a large patronage also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

This week B. F. Ragsdale. connected with the Western Union tTelegraph Company, has been in Sylacauga ana made recommendations for several changes that will mean much better service for the business men of the city. It is also said that more commo- dious quarters are to be had as we'll as equipment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-07

Phone 3715 in the morning and give Rough Dry" trial. It's the modern, the convenient and economical way to wash.