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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-28
Be
Prepared
HOW TO ORGANIZE A TROOP.

The following from recent issue
OF the Scoutmas,ers' scmimonthly bul.
letn, is worth repeating:
Boys. scoutmastcr. Parent In
stitution. These are the three elements
but ones sober second thought re-
verses the order.
Should the scoutmaster move, or
die. what then?
To be fair to the boys and to give
them some guaranty OF an unbroken
chance to secure and enjoy scout
training-the organization of the troop
must structurally begin with some
relatively permanent group in the
community.
The Moving Spirit.
There must bc one or more citizens
OF vision to start the community to
think about and do for the boys. In
deed. one such citizen OF vision can
almost single handed bring a commun-
ity to a consciousness Of boy need
and TO readiness to meet such need.
The Parent Institution.
A church. q school, a elub-some
relatively permanent form of com.
munity life ia the real starting point.
This group must guarantee the meet
ing place, leadership and general To-
cal oversight for 4 period OF at least
one year.
In a CHURCH, for example, the real
starting point Is the pastor, priest
or rabbi and his board of trustees
or Vestry. il such there be. When
this group is convinced that they
would like to make their church q
focal point in the life OF group OF
boys-then 1t is sound policy 10 take
time FOR this official group to enlist
the sympathy and support of the con
gregatlon. The troops viii then be
the congregations own and win be
viewed and judge accordingly.
Troop Committee.
This "institution' appoints 4 Troor
Committee, or Boys Work Commit
tee. composed of not less than three
adult male citizens, 81 years of age
or over
The Troop Committee shall be re
snonsiblc for: The selection of q scout
master and one or more assistant
scoutmasters. Providing proper IA
cilities for meetings. Advising with
the scoutmaster from time to time
on all questions OF policy affecting
the proper Interpretation Of scout
ing and the requirements Of the inStl
tuition with which the troop is con
nected. The observance of the rules
and regulations OF the National Coun
ell OF the Boy Scouts of America
Encouraging the scoutmaster and tho
assistants and the members in carry
ing out the program of the BOY
Scouts. The operation Of the troor
in such way as TO insure its per
maency. The finances, &ncludng the
securing of adequate support and the
prorcr disbursement Of funds. The
tronN proper. Securing suitable op
portunity for the members of the
troop to spend one or more weeks
in camp, with adequate facilities ant
supervision. Assuming active direc
tion Of the troop In case Of the IN
ability of the scoutmaster to serve
until his successor has been appoint
od and commissioned.
Scoutmasters.
The success Of the boy scout pro
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-28

The Scouts participation in the
clean up campaign was thing 10 be
very proud of. Tin cans were their
speciality, but all manner OF trash
came under their observation. They
assisted drivers of the trucks furn.
ished the Civic League by the deaf.
ers. used conveyances Of their own
where ever they could and altogeth.
er made themselves generally use.
ful.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-28

denotes one years service as scout.
two green represent two years ana
for three years one red stripe IL used.
For five years service one red stripe
and two green stripes would be
worn
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-28
Do a Good
Turn Daily
Boy Scout Activities in Ardmore

taken the scout oath and having met
proof il filed for such further refer.
ence as the annual report TO con-
gress might entail. on a blank form
known as an application for troop
the troop should deal directly with
the local body rather than the ma.
tional council.
once the troop is organized and
registered it can proceed with its real
work Of building habits Of right liv-
ing, Of loyalty, and of helpfulness
and service Of becoming prepared to
meet emergencies, of mastering and
coming to love Gods out of doors
al Through pleasurable. purposefui
recreational activities
Scouts Buford and Conine. who per-
formed the operation on the spirc
of the Methodist church last Satur.
day. have been the recipients Of sew
eral expressions Of appreciation the
past week Mayor Freeman handed
the lads five dollars, not as pay for
the work but a- his expression Of ap'
| probation Of the spirit which prompt
ed them TO DO it ana his realization
Of the price one might have had TO
pay had the cap been left to fall
during high winds.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-03-28

Scout Rogers OF Troop One passed
first aid tests for First Class Badge
during the week. The test was made
BY the executive, using a new set Of
questions which are being used by Il
majority Of the councils ut the pres
cnt tmc. Scout John Hewett passed
with credit the tests in the same sub
Iccts for second class.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
ARRESTS TO BE MADE IN
BRICKHOUSE MYSTERY
Police Chase Many Wild Rumors and
Drag River in Vain, But Have
Two Men Under Sur
VeiIIance

Warrants were issued yesterday by
County prosecutor E. l.. Sawyer for
two men who forcibly took boat from
fhe landing at old Brick House near
Elizabeth City last week and used the
boat to make disposition of a myster-
ious bundle which the men carried. Inc
names of the two men will not be d.
vuleed by the police until they have the
men in custody.
The police have dragged the river at
the point where the men were seen to
have deposited the bundle, but have
found nothing to indicate what it was
the men took such pains to conceal.
The mystery has provoked all sorts OF
wild rumors. One rumor is to the et-
feet that a girl connected with the car
nival company at the Fair had dlsap-
peared and It was thought she had been
murdered and her remains disposed OF
by the men in the boat. The police have
no record Of any missing girl and do not
credit this rumor.. Another rumor had
it that Levy Crank had disappeared and
maybe he was murdered. But Levy
isn't murdered yet; the authorities In
Chowan county have him in hand on
charge Involving a woman.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
MANY DOCTORS
COMING DEC. ]
Second Week in December
Good Time to Have Any
Sort of Disease
in Betsy

The Seaboard Medical Society com
nosed of more than three hundred ply
sicians in eastern North Carolina and
Tidewater Virvinia will hold its annual
convention in Elizabeth City Tuesday
Wednesday and Thursday, Dee. Z, s ana
O.. 1t will bring to Elizabeth City the
most notable gathering Of medical men
over assembled in northeastern North
Carolina and for three days Ellzabeth
CITY will have an opportunity to hear
highly technical discussions on all sorts
ef medical subjects, from the posslDh-
itips of plumbism in monkey rum to the
contributory effect of the automobile on
the sDread of venereal disease.
! The meeting will open Tuesday even
ing with a public health meeting IN the
High School auditorium, the only pup
lie session of the convention. A fea-
ture of the convention will be banquet
in the Masonic Hall. DR.. Fl. D. Walker
is chairman of the local committee or
arrangements.
DIR. Cyrus Thompson of JacksonVllie
N G. is president of the society; Dr
Clarence Porter Jones, OF Ne"por
News. Va. is secretary. Many notapit
medical men are4 affiliated with the or
ganization.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
LOCAL SPORTS LOST
HEAVILY ON cox BETS
Couldn't Resist Temptation to Put UP
AGAINST High Odds on Harding

Elizabeth City sporting blood lost hea-
vily in betting on the outcome OF the
national election. Five to one, seven to
one and ten to one money on Harding
looked to good to them and they fell
for it. Many sent their good money to
New York,-one Main street merchant
wiring 5000 to New York on a seven to
one bet. If Cox had won he would
have taken S1.4OO. 1t is believed that
many similar bets were placed Inc
heaviest loser. so the sports say, is y.
Howard Smith. Mr. Smith is reported
to have bet $1,000 against $1,000 that
Cox would win Much interest center
ed in this bet and there was much spe-
culation as to what he would do with
the $4,000 winning if Cox was elected
Miles Clark says if Sts:StA5 had Won thai
bet there is one policeman III TINS to"i
who would not have been safe III th'
street with Smith and his automobile
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
HERTFORDFAlR
NEXT THURSDAY
Armistice Day To Be Occasion Of
County Fair and Picnic
For All Perquimans
County Folk

This newspaper is authorized to is
sue an invitation to everybody In Ellz-
abeth City, and everybody outside Eliz-
abeth City for that matter, to take
day off and 60 to Hertford next Thurs
day, Nov. IL. Perquimans county is
going to stage the biggest picnic, the
biggest community fair and the live
liest all round holiday ever attempted
in that county. Perquimans will then
and there inaugurate its first county
fair and lay the foundation for what is
expected to be a regular fair annually
hereafter. And let no one think for
moment that those Perquimans county
folk haven't got the agricultural re
sources to put on a fair with. irlZe
hogs prize cattle. prize sheep, prize
oeanuts, prize tobacco, prize cotton anc
prize corn are common things III Fer
| uu:nars And when it comes to pre-
! serving picking. canning. baking, etc
| one has to go way up in the Shenandoah
Valley of Virginia to find anything t.
conpare with the domestic science o
tperouimans county housewives and thei
| daughters.
| The whole county of Ferqulmans, III
Guiding its hundreds of delightful girl
will take a holiday next Thursday an
most of the women will make it thei
special business to help make the da
pleasant for visitors. There will b
more pie and pastry booths than on
can shake stick at. For be it know
that Hertford never greets crowd Wit
hot dog stand. No hamburgers an
frankfurterS for Hertford; if they can
serve you home cooking they won't te
YOU to come around.
The L. S. Marine band from the MOI
Folk Navy Yard will furnish the mus
for the occasion and there will
speeches which no one will be con
PEELED to listen to.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
THIS MAN SURELY
KNOWS WILD GEESE
Rosser Midget Probably Knows Geese
Better Than Any Man in This
State

Down at Roanoke Island in the heart
of the wild goose winter habitat, the
wild geese will soon be honking on their
southwark flight, and when their first
calls sound across the waters OF Abe
marie Sound there is one man VINO VIII
know just how to get them. That man
is Rosser Midget, who has for many
wears been probably the best hunter OF
vildfowl in the state. He knows the
call of the male from that of the female
He can tell Just how many there are
in flock and whether they are young
and inexperienced or old and sagaclous.
Rosser keeps dozens Of decoys which
,,e has crippled and domesticated from
time TO time on his hunting trips. These
geese bring forth additions to the flock
every wear until Midget has about as
many natives of the wild goose species
as he has of the dome sticated ones.
Every one of his geese has name and
while the geese are as near ahke as q
nook of peas. the master can recognize
ard nlace the voice of any member OF
the flock Instantly.
| This is d sort of peculiar gift with
which Midget is endowed and which mas
theen cultivated by his years OF assocla
tion with wild geese. While to some i
NAV sound as fairy tale, it is no JOKE
as can be ascertained by questioning an!
Roanoke Islander who knows Rosser
Some skeptical persons have tested thl
ont by the following plan.
One day when a doubter expressed nj
disbelief, Rosser marked his geese
that visitor could tell the one fror
the other and had them placed out Q
r sight. Then the geese were caused t
honk one at the time. Rosser readll
t and easily named each goose correcti!
$ as fast as he heard-its cry. The onloof
d ers were mystified but couldn't evpla1
s it any other way than by laying 1t
4 witchcraft. But it isn't withcraft, an
: there are many other interesting thing
# about this hunters trips and traf
O which would be just as Interesting
readers of THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
new HOTEL FOR
BETSY, NOT YET
MIR. Aydlett Finds New Lessee
for Southern And Promises
improvements There

A movement looking to the
building of a new and modern ho-
tel in Elizabeth City got a de-
cisive temporary setback this
week when a Chamber of Com
merce committee interested IN
the subject interviewed E. +.
Avdlett and found that Mr.. Ay-
dlett has some plans of his own.
Mr.. Aydlett informed the committee
that he has leased the Southern Hotei
building for a period often years ant
will thoroly renovate and repair the
building for the new lease who has am
ple capital to carry on the business. And
if larger hotel is needed Mr.. -ASdlet'
saws he will build on the lot on the rea.
of the Southern hotel, which lot
owns.
! The new lessee of the Southern is E
| H. Spence, a former Pasquotank DO!
who has had considerable hotel exper-
! ience. Mr.. Spence was connected WITH
the Dodson Hotel Corporation OF Nor
folk for several years, first with thf
, Atlanta. Hotel and later with the Hote
Lorraine. About two years ago he leas
ed the Central Hotel in Charlotte and Il
said to have made a wonderful success
of if, recently disposing of his lease q
q handsome figure. Mr.. Spence has hat
his eve on Elizabeth City for some tlm'
and was quick to apply for the leas
of the Southern when the present les
see. Col. c. T. Bennett recently announc
ed that he would not renew his lease
which expires Jan. 1, 1921.
Mr.. Spence has gone over the sltua
tion here and thinks the Southern ca
he made a desirable and profitable no
l tel property. Mr.. Aydlett insists tina
: bie improvements will be made in tn
l building and its appointments and tha
: Elizabeth City need not be ashamed q
: its hotel when the contemplated III
l provements are made
: Previous to the interview with Nj
e Aydlett a number of public spirited cl'
$ izens had determined among themselVe
e to roll up their sleeves and get not
: for Elizabeth City, organizing stoc
e company if that appeared to be the thin
e to do. But if Mr.. Aydlett will max
good his promises, and it is believed
e viii. there will be no immediate effol
made to build new hotel; especially
view of the unsettled condition of thing
and the scarcity of Federal Reser'
:. bank notes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
SCHOOL SURVEY
BEGINS NOV. 8TH.

The survey Of Elizabeth City's pub
lie school system planned some time ago
bv the Chamber of Commerce co-ope-
rating with the U. s. Bureau of Educa-
ton. will begin Monday, Nov. 8, at which
time staff of experts directed by U.
s Commissioner of Education Philan-
der p. Claxton will arrive in this city.
The survey will cost the city $1,000,
which sum has been donated oy puohc
spirited citizens. 1t is expected to sno"
up the educational needs OF the COM
munity and provide definite plan Tor
the enlargement and Improvement OF
the school system. Commissioner Clax-
ton himself recently came to Elizabeth
CITY and looked things over before as
signing his experts to the actual tash
of making the survey.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
SAYS GERMANS WILL
COME. BACK in Is YEARS.
Elizabeth City Boy Back From The Rhineland
Says The Germans Are Working Day
And Night

Everybody in Germany is
working and working fifteen
hours a day; they are getting.
three meals a day and while all
the money they have is paper
money printed by the bale, it
buys things and seems to be Just
as good as the money of France
or Italy. I believe the Germans
will be re-established CONNER
cially, industria11y and financial
ly in fifteen years and ready for
another war" Such is the opin-
ion of Lieut. John E. Wood, Y.
S. A. of this city who was here
this week on a visit to his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. 9. A. Wood.
Lieut.. Wood has just returned from
Germany. He went back overseas IN
October 1919 with the American Army
of Occupation and has been stationed
with the American brigade at Coblenz,
GERMANY.
months of it in Germany since the war
and has had every opportunity IN tnat
| time to observe the Germans at work
and study their psychology and methods.
He says the Germans are doing little
as vet in the way of building and I'M
movements but they are taking care OF
what they have. The industry of Ger
man housewives especially astounded
him. He says they work from SIX O.
clock in the morning until nine O'Clock
at night and their homes are models OF
thrift and cleanliness.
Lieut.. Wood says he has learned to
mistrust the Germans and the more ne
sees of them the less he is inclined 10
+rust them. But for their hospitality
and kindly reception of the American
soldiers in Germany he speaks only III
complimentary terms. He says the yer
mans are uniformly courteous anG klhol
+o the American soldiers and are glad
tho Americans are there, because the
Americans treat them fairly and do not
attemnt to steal their lands. 1t Is dl1-
} ferent with the FRENCH army OF occu-
patton: the Germans dread the frehcl
and raise a protest whenever there
a talk of turning out the American SOFA
: iers and putting in French instead.
There are now 15; 600 American sold
: iers in Germany according to Lieut.
:. Wood and he says they are all farln
s we'll and doing good work: The eN
e nense of this vast army is borne by tn
s existing German government, the 500
: iers being paid off regularly with Ger
II man vouchers. He says the German
V. anpear to have no assets, yet they pa
l. their debts and their paper money
Id never questioned.
r Lieut.. Wood came home last wee
ly without having advised the heiae 1oih
nd his coming. taking them completely
as surprise. They thought he was still
ne GERMANY. He made one lap of his Jou
ill ney home in an airplane, flying fro
40 Paris to London. He has been tran
r ferred to Washington for further o
d. ders.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05

THIS then is an explanation and apol-
ogy, the editor of this paper having been
called upon to explain what he was do
ing with the picture of this red.headed
girl in his pocket when he took that
trip in an aeroplane. Publication OF the
fact that the editor had the picture OF
this girl in his pocket has caused al
sorts of trouble. The editors wife has
had her say and Miss Scott's class In
the First Baptist Sunday School has
threatened to disband 1t explanations
are not forthcoming. Incidentally Miss
Scott has had a row with one of her
beaux who will not take her to the
Movies any more until he is satisfied
So here then is the explanation; it Is
nothing unusua! for the editor of this
newspaper to have pictures of sure
'nouuh folk on his person, since tht
newspaper makes a speciality of prin
inu pictures of sure 'nough folk. Doro
thy Scott is one of that kind; she has
the distinction of carrying a sunny dis
position and red head under the sam
bonnet and is one of Elizabeth City
handsomest. most wholesome and mos
talented business girls. She is daugh
! ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Scott and the
| are proud of it. Gould you blame them
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
WANTS A REDHEADED Wife

Henry B. sedbury, druggist with the
Standard Pharmacy here, w1dower'
tall. handsome, dark and debonalr is
seeking a red-headed wife, and While
he knows many prospects among the
pretty, d-headed girls of this town. he
has failed to find one that measures tp
to the height he wants. Most all the
red-headed girls in this town are short
IF stature and as Mr.. SedburE is an
ardent champion of Woman Suffrage he
prefers one that will not have to look
up to him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
HARD TIMES FOR HIM

big, strong, black man came In
THE INDEPENDENT Office the other
night, glanced timidly around the place
adm said: seBoss, 20 all amt got any
old clos what you could give or lend
a fellow have you? I jes struck hyar
and aint got nothin' on 'cept dis hyar
nants n shirt; I amt got no money N
amt had no work in Lord knows no"
long. I jes got a job working on dis
hyar new road fo' $1.75 a day. n II
vou win 5es let me have some clio s.
suttin1y will 'preciate and pay you sho'
lest as soon as git paid off. Den I'm
rwine sommers else lookin' fer work:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
THIS is A VILLAGE
WITHOUT POSTOFFICE

The village of Nags Head, popular
s,,mmer resort for Eastern North Caro-
1ina is without a post Office and can t
cot tho government to give it one. Nags
Head is isolated and has to De reaclie"
by boat. circumstance when MAKES
if very inconvenient to get mail, to ano
from the place Citizens wishing to com
nunicate with the outside world must
oitber 90 to Manteo miles away or tc
Kittv Hawk 10 miles away.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
: Can You Do Without
THE INDEPENDENT?

Seriously now, isn't this news
paper the life of the town. 1t is
a magic mirror which catches,
holds and reflects the life and
thought and deeds of all the peo-
pie. Always full of life and hu-
man interest and humor and pep.
And with all the sorry mess of
every day affairs and things with
which it must forever deal THE
INDEPENDENT always stands
for that which is permanent,
beautiful and enduring. 1t is the
one thoughtful, persistent and in
teIligent booster of everything
that is worth boosting.
Don't worry if you do not un-
derstand Saunders. Saunders
understands you and is with you
and for you. If you are not
subscriber to this paper, let US
have your subscription.
THE INDEPENDENT
Can Not Do Without You
4 &
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
FISHERMEN DOING WELL

=. Reports from Dare County this week
are to the effect that fishermen there
are making unusual catches. and are
doing the best fishing they have done in
sometime This is fortunate state OF
things where the main industry has not
been up to the mark of/1ate.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05

The body of J.. 7. Naulkman who died
two years ago last May at Powelfs
Point was exhumed Tuesday by a
local undertaken and shipped to ONO.
Mr.. yaulk1nan came from Ohio about
ten years ago and went into farming on
a large scale in Currituck county.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
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 professlo-
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 900 Bradford Bid
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05
FARMERS MEETING SATURDAY

The farmers of PaSquotank county
are requested to attend neetlng at
County Agent G. w. Falls Office, room
3Gc Federal building, Saturday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, November 9Th, 1920.
Every farmer is requested to attend
this meeting as questions Of interest
will be discussed.
G cC0Uvr rba;rr,on
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05

The Spencer Co., the mems wear
store. has joined the ranks of merchants
who will take their medicine now.
Tlcy tell about it in half page ad
elsewhere in This newspaper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-11-05

THIS not The
lob she has
Church ST. Elizabeth City
out of repair In eigh-
house into hosiery Kitchen
offer OF S20Ooo Tor
in to-day ohe OF tne
most attractive far and wide for Its
yet She
what she has Mrs. Dukes IN
the
by n. Zoeile.