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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
NORTH CAROLINA
pASoUOTANK COUNTY.

The undersigned residents and cit'-
.s of North Carolina, says, each tor
himself:
That he is a Republican and was
| nresent at the Republican Con'e"-
| +;on held in and for Pasquotank Couh-
tv. in the Courthouse IN Ehzapet"
Civ North Carolina, at inree
clock p. M. February 2i, 1921. Eat
after the regular business OF tae Gun
vention. consisting of the apPo'"'
men+ of delegates to the Congressloh-
al Convention and State ConSent'o"
WAS duIy disposed of, among otnerS'
r Puuh was called upon to make d
speech;
That in the course of his speech Mr..
Puuh said that he was wnat w''a
row Wilson called "forWaro 'ooN
ino, man. and that while retrospect
of the Republican Party had neen CIV
| an which historical recitation was
ouite interesting, he proposed 10 give
eomethinu of the future prespec's y.
the Republican Party, and sa'o III that
| connection, to quote:
d ",t the present plans of the Re-
e nubIean Organization in MOTT"
e carolina are carried out at Green's
:. boro on March 8, 1920, the ti'"e
o ,vhen we hold our State Convent'on'
is ,vo will have a splendid opportuh-
d i+v TO carry the State; ! have gone
n ovar our plans thoroughly with mr.
y Will n. Hays, Chairman OF me Nd
al +ionaI Committee, and we nave
+borouuh understanding. There are
0, +,vo thinus which | wish to call at
l. +antion to as prophetic OF HepuD'-
o,r success this time. First, tnere
, - vast multitude of textile WORK.
ore in North Carolina which we
r,uet oruanize On February otn
= ,at was in conference with VIII
- ~ Havs and suggested to him the
= sosirahiIity of organizing these TEX
= a;Jo vorkers. Instantly he agreed
..';4h me- that it was fine thing to
do took me in his automobiie anu
,, in less than five minutes we "ers
49, of6ce of man who owns
. .o;-, of cotton mills in North Gar
o";.. and when Mr.. Hays explain
S. vi the purpose of his visit thl'
.ill whose name will not CALL
IN 4"rred to his desk, wrote Mr.. RAY
ate oheck for $4,000, gave him tn
out ,,oe of the superintendent o
lille in North Carolina and toi
ate .;n, +o use the money in organic
Gu ;nn the textile workers, and Ito &c
u busy
49, 49, That Immediately following the ds
Ter o,,rstion about the organization
tho textile workers in North Carolln
is Mr.. Mr. Pugh proceeded with his seeos Sar1
tie n,.n of organization in carrying Nor'
e. Carolina as follows:
-" Gin nav conference with Mr.. ia.
M .oId him that there were for
to ] toIo hi" ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12

odd thousand negro voters IN tnis
state. that only about six thousand
neuroes voted in the last presIden-
tiaI election, and men, ] know tnis
is thin ice, but I am going to be
frank. we are all here together, 1t
is our purpose in the coming cam
paiqn to quietly and secretly organ
ize this forty odd thousand negroes
so that at the last moment, if nec-
essary we can throw them into the
ballot box and carry the state.'
And further these deponents sayeth
not.
!. M. MEEKlNS,
M. G. SEDGWICK,
l. N. THOMAS,
j. w. JOHNSON,
A. L. CHESSON,
j. S. SEELEY, Sr,
w. H. KEATON,
1T, CHAS. MEEKINS.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 27th day of Feby. 1920.
n. G. KRAMER,
Notary Publ
NV commission expires Dec. 26, l92U
If Mr.. Pugh did not make the state
ments accredited to him in the foregoln
affidavit. then he will please to tell tn
public just what he did say to the Re
publicans in their convention here n
Saturday, Feb q. If his "comprehel
sive plans" were not to debauch the te1
file workers of North Carolina and
..ouietly and secretly organize the n
oroes in the interest of Republican su
cess. then he will please to tell the pu
| lie what his plans We're!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
THINKS SUNDAY
HURT CHURCHES
Ministers Can't Garry On The
Billy Sunday Style That
Caught Thousands on
Sawdust Trail

This newspaper has. interviewed the
ma stor of one of the biggest churches IN
Norfolk on the after effect of the Billy
Sunday revival which has just closed in
that CITY: a revival which was attended
first and last by hundreds OF readers Oh
this newspaper. Because OF the inter-
est of it's readers in Mr.. Sundays WORK.
this newspaper thought they would hKe
to know just how Norfolk feels after
eight weeks of Sunday and RodeheaVer.
The minister interviewed is one OF the
known and most forceful Protestant
preachers in Virginia. He has built up
one of the largest. strongest and most
militant churches in the city OF Norfolk.
This newspaper does not give MS name
for obvious reasons. Asked what et-
feet the Sunday Campaign had had up
on the religious life of Norfolk, this min
lister deliberately and thoughtfully re-
plied:-
81 fear that Mr.. Sundays campaign
lhas demoralized the spiritual lie OF
the community I believe that every
convert he has made will be more than
offset by the number of those formerly
normal church people who will never
lagain be satisfied with anything other
than the Sunday type of religious ser
vice.
!. Mr. Sunday has set a new standard o.
ral;pious service for thousands who were
formerly content with their own church
They viii 90 back to their churches nov
TO find them monotonous and compare
. tiyely lifeless. They have listened t.
, Mr.. Sundays sermons and they Will no
get them in the churches; we pastor
can not satisfy the new craving; ou
preaching will be dull, flat and unlnter
esting to them. Thousands have be
: fcome accustomed to the surging, 3os'
- ling. keyed-up crowds; to the smell Q
saw dust. the blare of Rodeheaver,
trombone: the swelling chorus of thou
;. sand voices; and Mr.. Sunday himself,
the psychological moment, sprlnglng t
= This pulpit like a highly trained wrestler
- teyery muscle quiver, impatient I
Imatch his skill and strength with
worthy adversary. That sort of rellglo
lmade an overmastering appeal to th
|multitudes and they embraced 1t wit
laagerness: they will not find in tn
tchurches the thing that caught and mel
them in the Sunday Tabernacle. 1t wou
s not surprise me to see a decided drl
avay from the churches now that NJ
It lSunday has come and gone.
Y ssOf course. the church life of the con
l. munity was utterly demoralized Whl
a Mr.. Sunday was on the ground. Ever
:, thing had to give way to him and v
J. might as well have closed our church
l. for the period of eight weeks that
a was in town.
N But Mr.. Sunday did lot of goo
re T am not discounting the good that
}3 did" But the minister did not partlc
n larize: he did not explain in what w
Y, Mr.. Sunday had done so much good.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
A SONG OF THE SEASON
By Ralph Pool

Full swiftly do the seasons pass tor every merry au
and lass-nov Spring draws near again. kno" ye' WHO
scan this random rhyme that is garden Plahtng te
for all the race Spring cleaning the housewives
ov ?) although always does mere maes OF every
cline until it's we're the blink, our ounday SHOES
,re in the sink whilst chase the CRIME we sone-
fines think would live right amid the orr
with everything in place, but custom holds It's ancient
throne and though rage and groan the game
oes on anace Sprng the for softshel verse; some
better some darned sight by poets VINO "oud o
great sent papers everywhere, thus causing eotos
to swear at every rhyming skate
O Spring. you're decked out to please with green
grass sprouting meath the trees and blueDrds on the
mere each gentle, perumed zephyr brings with SOFT Sc
dnctive wisperings adness for the year. zone IS
the drearv Winters chill from every plain and lake and
h11-Dame Natures back in gear. Down where the Will
low sobs regret springs the hardy violet at with
+nrd GRACE Forsooth the crouch can't harbor long his
one pct grief fancied wrong, wear gloomy race
Now too joyful Spring begins her coy P1lahoe
mo and all the earth is glad; patient reno the SET
ting hen is back upon her job again, without time to De
sad
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12

{ +. Pugh, Vice Chairman of
-rs Republican State Committee
CHOSE comprehensive plans" to
.,,,,,d I'D the Negro vote in North
roro1ina were exposed in this
,,au-snaDer. issue of Friday, Feb.
- o,1b1ishes a denial of his speech
= Feb. q on which this newspa-
.ar based it's article Mr.. Pugh
called this newspaper on the
,,,bone after it's forms had closed
last week and asked if he could
nnblish reply. He was told that
The forms had closed and that we
,ould not hold back the paper tor
him but that his reply would be
onblished this week. In mean
time Mr.. Pugh published his reply
IN his own private newspaper
THE INDEPENDENT repro
drces Mr.. Pugh's reply in full
headlines and all. THE INDIE
pFEDENT will then attempt to
let the public find the facts to1
themselves in certain documen
+orv evidence herein offered. Mr.
P,,oh saws (head lines and alD-:-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
pTJCH'S NEGRO SCHEME
Barred BY AFFIDAVITS
Ambitious Young Republican Campaign Manage,
Also Planned To Include Textile Mill
Workers in His Round Up

be held March 8, next, to conduct of
the campaign from headquarters now
in operation at Greensboro and the
most comprehensive and aggressive
campaign ever waged by the Republi-
cans in the state will be carried for
ward until election day under his per-
sonal management"
The reader will note that the campaign
under Mr.. Pugh is to be the most COM
prehensive and aggressive campaign ever
waged by the Republicans in this state
The co1nprehensiveness of the campaign
is not indicated in Mr.. Moreheads let
ter, but will appear later.
Under date of Feb. 16, 1920, Nation
al Chairman Will H. Hays, sent out
letter to the Republicans of this district,
a CODY of which is in the possession OF
this newspaper. Mr.. Hays said in this
letter.
"North Carolina is particularly in
nv mind now because of conference
| had recently with MIR. C. r. Pugh, at
which he discussed with me party or
! uanization and the plans wh'ch MT.
| Morehead, the National Committee
man. has been going over with him IN
detail. | feel now, as | felt year ago,
that it is entirely possible for the He-
pubIicaus to carry North Carolina, and
1 feel yery sure our success there Will
he absolutely certain if the plans out
lined by Mr.. Pugh and Mr.. Moreneau
are carried out 1t is big work, nut
if beuun at once and continued ,untii
election, with every one of US doing all
we can honestly perform to bring VIC
tory it will surely Gomez
] Keen in mind that Will II. Hays is az
Indiana man and is on the Negro Sl"
of the Negro political political question
Voting Negroes is q part of Mr.. lays
religion.
Chairman Hays does not breathe
ubisner of what were the plans OF fus
a AIorabead as outlined. 1t was left
Mr.. Pugh to impart those plans TO III
Republicans of this district Dla WI
D,,ab do this in the PaSquOtank Count
Conyention on Saturday Fep. Isl
Here is an affidavit in which his statt
ments to that convention are quo'e'
The intelligence and veraclty or the NE
who have signed and sworn to the sta..
ment are not questioned. The INT
FENDENT publishes their a11idaV
herewith and will let the public Juds
for itself whether this newspaper Ia
published any falsehood or mlsquotati'
with respect to Mr.. Pugh's plans to co
raj the Negro vote in North Carohl
3 and attempt to hog tie $4,000 Neg
h voters for the benefit of the RepuD
= cans in the next election. Here Is Z
y affidavit
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
AUTO THIEF CAUGHT

Clyde Jordan. colored. wanted bv tne
Norfolk police for stealing an auto III
that city recently, was captured on wa
ter street in this city by officer Iwlddy
last Tuesday afternoon. and IS beng
held at the local Jail pending the arr
val of Norfolk police officials to take
him Chief of Police Holmes is also
holding the car to await identlflcatlon
Jordan served a term on the Pasquo-
toni, county chain gang for stealing sew
eral years ago.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
ELIZABETH CITY PUPILS BU?
FEW WAR SAVINGS STAMPS

Children belonging to the thrift ciuo
Of the Elizabeth City Graded school saw
cd s1e.6o last month and invested '9g,r n,ha
money in government securities Ine
na;otr Of which Mary Dozier is secre'
tou is one of a number of similar or
-ani,a+;ons e",, in the schools of the city
zrhicb are reported to be making
splendid showing in the thrift ,a.1s, eampangl
spstared by the United States Treasury
TIso3.o ora now more than nine thousan'
.obool savings societies in this district
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12


of well meaning
Hoover Doom
sturned United
Hoover belongs TO-
Britain has the unqnea
in
;,n the the American
nshed wonders he kept Americans " 'o"''' ~ "
to the
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
MARCH CRIMINAL TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT MONDAY

The March criminal term of the su-
nerior Court of Pasquotank County con-
yenes in Elizabeth City, Monday Marcn
Is. Judge Cranmer presiding. Quite a
lengthy docket of more or less trivial
cases confronts the court. There are
several robberies. obtaining goods under
! false pretenses and one case OF Darn
h,,rnine in which the evidence of blood
hounds plays a part.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
YOUNG EYESIGHT
IN OLD AGE

You can't row.younger; but
YOU can enjoy good sight to
ripe old age. if you change your
glasses as the advancing years
demand. :,
My eyeglass service is based
on long experience modern
equipment and progressive me-
thods in optometry.
This entities me to your ser
ions consideration, if your eyes
need glasses.
DR. I'D. HATHAWAY
Phone 800 :: Eliz. City, N. I
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12
DAVIS-TUTTLE

Sunday afternoon, March Z, 1870, MISS
Nettie Mae Tuttle and Mr.. Willie Jones
Davis were united in marriage Dy the!r
pastor Rev. r. F. Hall. Inc orioe Is
tbe attractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
C A Tuttla of the Corinth section. Mr..
Davis is a progressive young man of the
Berea section and the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Davis.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12

About $4,000 in postage. revenue,
and war savings stamps were secured by
burglars who cracked the safe OF the
Oxford postofice early Tuesday morn
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-03-12

Puch Makes Statement Denying
CHARGES 6ased Upon Alleged ouota-
s;on of His Speech
The Holbrook news., 1920-12-24

he deliberately planned to win my cousins heart-and hand"
 The cough threatened to come back She held her hands tight upon her breast till she had mastered it, and then hurried on as if afraid her strength might not hold to say all that had to be said.
 1.-The very boldness of him fasci- mated my cousin. Day by day his power over her grew greater. I never realized how great tili one night, with out taking even me into her confidence, she utterly astonished us all by elop- ing with him. I will never forget the day that followed. My uncle disOwned her, and sent after her message that she was never again to set foot inside his door. He raved and Swore; drank himself into drunken madness; and finally ended by driving me away also.
 Your father had already declared himself. My uncIe's cruelty hastened our marriage. That same day he took me to his home as his bride-to the beautiful gray mansion overlooking the river. We've sometimes passed if in our wanderings''-there came a wfstful pause-''but l never allowed you to know.
 There followed year of such hap- piness as never knew could come to this world-a year that has left bar ren all the years that followed; that fbeggared all that went beforei One evening. almost a year to day after ware, as l sat rocking you, a baby in the cradle, and waiting for your father to come in, thinking, strangely enough, of my cousin, whom I had never seen since the night of the elopement, slight sound at one of the low win dows caused me to turn. I was far steadier- nerved than I now am, but 1 could hardly keep back a scream. There stood my cousins husband. He was speaking in a half whisper. But for the moment I was too startled to make out what he said. He came out from behind the curtains and drew near. I Shrank away. In low whis-, pers, for the maids were just outside the door, he was begging me to leave your father and come to him-that he had never loved my cousin-that l must come-that it was always me. His voice was hot as flame, but it turned me cold. I couldn't move. He came clOse-stOoped over me.
 "A step sounded in the hail. Half frantic, I tried to push him back toward the window. At the instant
The Holbrook news., 1920-12-24

the door opened, and in it-your fa- ther; with the maids behind him. never knew a mans face could look as his looked. sank into a chair and hid my eyes. f4
 "'How long has this been going on 2 he thundered.
 The Iron Gray Woman shuddered. The man kneeling at her side, eagerly drinking in every word, frightened his fingers reassuringly upon her hand
 'I answered never a word. couldn't" she faltered on. My breast was hollow; empty as a gray sky.
 The lady can answer that heard the voice of the-other man sheer.
 "There was cry, and your father sprang at him. The maids screamed. uncovered my eyes, expecting to look upon death. But the-other man leaped through the window and was gone.
 Your father put the maids out of the room and stood over me. dared not look up. His face-it was ter riblei Once he raised his great arm to strike. I've prayed a thousand times he had-it would have saved me many a death.
 "'You-! But I'll not speak the name that belongs to you His voice was hard; hoarse; awful. And be- lieved yOu There's the windoW-still openI Go, if you want him. I'm through with your
 "He strode out at the door and slammed it after him. have never seen him since" The Iron-Gray- Woman shuddered; turned her face toward the strong rocks above the trees. ''I remember 1 took one step after him. I knew nothing more till some time late in the night, when walked with your crying and found my self lying face down upon the floor My heart grew hard as I quieted you He probably thought to find me next morning all tears and repentance-for sin of which I was as innocent as the babe at my breast. I would show him that my blood was proud as his. Wrapping you in your cradle clothes, muffled cloak about me and stole from the house; stole down to the riv-
The Holbrook news., 1920-12-24

CT. There I loosed a skiff. whose. I never knew, lay down in the stern and set it adrift. There was not a star Only the moon looked down out of the dull sky, pale and sickly and trimmed with red; the gray sky my. bosom; the sickly moon my heart. rose and tried to row, but faintness came over me and lay down again in the skin.
 The next knew was on a rude bed ina houseboat miles down the river, with a kindly family of pearl fishers. They told me had been sick for 'aa long tine When I grew strong, I sold my jewelry, all but my wedding ring-that I saved for your sake bought this houseboat. and became a pearl fisher. You know the rest"
 The Iron Gray Woman fell silent; rocked softly Shack and forth time or 1 two; allowed the chair to settle still. The man reached an arm around her l shoulders and drew her head over upon his breast The little act of ten derness seemed to touch her deeply. For3ai long fine the. tears flowed on while the young man knelt and mar veled
 FMother,r he. said very gently at last, sstrOking her hair. i've must go back to him.
 s He felt her quiver at the word. She sat for. long time staring down at the floor. s.se .,.. m
 For your sakeLwe must" she an- swered at length. But not until you are stwentysone, or-we find the pearl
 7tbel pearl P i4t.
 But I am twenty-one in June-this JuneAthe twentieth; and this is the thirteenth.p,s The, man was trembling with an eagerness he could not con- ceal. ''The time is so near-his name my fathers nanieI'
 He searched her wet eyes for the answer. In all his life, it was the first time the curtain that hid his past had lever raised. It must have been the fever that. made her speak now. It was noslight, matter to unlock that door; to probe a wound of twenty years. She trembled up from her chair, her eyes wide and wild.
 "Your father-r' The young man, lOO, Hdu IlSeu. one ClulCucu HIS ttIlu- ''Your father-l"
 The words seemed to choke her. There came torrent of coughing: and the, man gently eased her back into the chair.
 As he stopped over her, anxious to do something to alleviate her suffer ing, yet not knowing what, she raised her face in gasp for breath, and he saw blood upon her lips He snatched another cup of water and knelt beside her, but for a long time she bumped forward, her shoulders cupped in and >ner arms. locked as if trying to hold back the cough, until she seemed ac- tually to conquer it by sheer force of will. Finally she groped with one hand for the cup; supped the cool Wa. ter, strengthened, and lay back in her chair. There was no more blood on her lips; and the man said nothing of the tiny Heck he had seen there ]. "MotheE, they're getting worse. these spells. Let me bring the doctor down from the village"
The Holbrook news., 1920-12-24

Parting the bushes with the utmost caution, he crept Up to the edge Of the pool and Peered forth. 4 WOman-G girl-sat on c flat rock uniting out from the opposite bank, her bare feet swinging in the wGter With the mass of color close to her face. tt waS hard to tell the one from the Other-the flOwerS from he face; aChere the roses left off and inc tace began. Her hair hung loose, soft and waUy -the kind Of hair c roguish shaft of morning sun can ch0nge to spun gold; lips like tue song moment ago upon them, eyes like the little patch of sky at the bottom of the poolS-eyeS that opened Wide; that had nothing to conceal.
 This is PearIhunter's first glimpse of the Wild Rose. He calls himself PearIhunter be- cause he does not know his father. Wild Rose is the daughter, of Wild Man, a mys-. terious recluse. Pearlhunt- CT finds the $5,ooO Blue Moon "a "great pearl that looks like a full moon in cold sky" And then the most exciting things happen in quick success sion. r4
 This is fascinating story of a queer people in a queer place , the freshwateE pearl hunters of the Wabash river flats of Indiana in the late forties. It's good reading.
The Holbrook news., 1920-12-24
%The Man in the Fancy Vest"
 4 1s.t
cro RE coNTINUEpl
SHOW LOCATION OF WATER
Signs on Painted Desert in the South. west Guide Travellers to the
 Precious Liquid

Travel off the beaten paths in the famous Painted desert of the South west would be a dangerous matter were 1t not. for the. stone sentinels set up by the Navajo Indians to direct the stranger travelling through that coun- try. where .-once there was water in plenty, but, where now, are only the dry beds of rivers.
 These Sentineis are piles of rocks as high as "a man, located on rises of ground where they may be readily seen. In the body of the monument is placed a projecting rock which Is arranged to point the direction to the nearest spring or waterhole. If one follows the direction indicated. al though -he'may have to proceed con siderable distance, the precious wa ter will always be found.
 Frequently it is only a very weak seep supplying no more than few cups in ans hour Or it may be pool located deep in the recesses of a rocky ledge and collected from the snows of the past winter. Sometimes it is situated in an ort-of-the-way place, and then there may be two, or even three smaller monuments erect ed along the route designated
 Also along the way there may be arrows cut in the rocks or crooked grooves symbolizing the windings of brook or signs of various kinds which will attract attention. These directions all help to make the way plainer and reduce the chance of the traveller becoming confused.