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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
WOULD LET People
ELECT SCHOOL BOARD
Many Changes In Sehees Ad@iaistratioR
Embedied in Proposed BiH

A bill embodying the various sugges-
tions of the report of the general edu-
cation board is being prepared for pre-
sentation to the General Assembly early
in the 1921 session. Among the funda-
mental changes that will be proposed in
this bill are the following:
l.. Popular election of county school
boards.
2. Constitutional amendment to per-
nit the appointment of, the superinten-
dent of education instead of having him
elected as under the present system.
3. Abolition of the special tax dis
trict system. and substitution therefor
of county wide tax system.
The bill being prepared by the rep
resentative of the general education
board will embody other features and
other changes in the general admins
trationof the school system in the State,
but they will not be as fundamental as
these mentioned. They will look to the
gradual elimination of the ore room one
teacher schools and the establishment
of consolidated schools for the rural dis
tricts. The bill will also provide more
pay for teachers.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
NOTED ARTIST
STOPPING HERE
Geo. B. Matthews of Richmond
Washington, Copenhagen,
Berlin and Paris Will
Paint Marine Studies
of Nags Head

George B. Matthews, an artist of con
| siderable note is stopping in Elizabeth
City, having opened a studio in the Hin
ton Building last week, and expects te
stay here long enough to paint three
large marine studies of Nags Head. Mr.
Matthews is native of Richmond, Va
but has spent great deal of his life
abroad where he first studied under the
great French portrait painter Carolus
Duran, and later he travelled thru Nor
way, Denmark, Germany, Italy. and
Spain, in which countries he painted
portraits and landscapes.
Mr.. Matthews is portrait painter o.
national reputation having painted pro
badly. more portraits of men in public
life than any artist in the country. He
has painted WI Ting Fang, a former
Chinese ambassador and statesmen,
Brigham Young, therereat Mormon lead
EeF, jefferson Davis the GynfedeFase
president, General Robert e. Lee, Mrs.
Lee, Mary Custis Lee, Winnie Davis and
others. These pictures are hung in va
rious museums and libraries thruout the
South, and probably the most noted one,
ant Generals" is the property of the
state of Virginia. This painting with
another notable one, "The Last of the
Wooden Fleet" was exhibited in a spe-
cial building at the jamestown Expo
sition. The latter is now in Battle
Abbey in Richmond.
Besides these, Mr.. Matthews has dur
ing his many years residence in Wash
ington, painted portraits of 60 odd Con-
gressmen,- 20. senator's and % COVER
nors. He was connected with the New
York World for time, as head Of the
art department of that paper.
Some of Mr., Matthews paintings can
be seen in the window of Leigh Sleeps
store on Main street. Others are in the
studio in the Hinton Building, and are
worth visiting The artist will make a
few portraits while here, and proposes
to dispose of large picture of General
Lee to some local institution.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
$500 A YEAR
WAKE Up, CLEAN
UP, ADVERTISE!
South's Greatest Booster Brings
Message to Local Busi- ;
ness Men

"WAKE UP, CLEAN UP, AD-
VERTISE!" That was the mes
sage brought to a hundred or
more members of the Elizabeth
City Chamber of Commerce and
Merchants Association at an in
formal luncheon in the Moose
Hall here yesterday by Clement
Ucker president of the Southern
Settlement and Development Btu
reau of Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. ECKER came to Elizabeth City at
the request of w. A. McGirt, the enter
prising manager, of the North Carolina
landowners Association. Mr.. Ucker
told Elizabeth City men that there are
300 million acres of unimproved lands
in the SOUTH 35 million acres more in
deed than there are in all the public
domains of the United States put to-
gether. The development and settle
ment of these neglected acres and bet
ter utilization of the acres already ten
anated is the problem, not only of the
south, but of the nation.
Mr.. Ucker is wise to the needs of the
south and is an entertaining an impress
sive talker. At the luncheon yesterday
he hastily sketched the history of the
south and it's relation to the adverse
psychology which has kept the south a
backward section. We can never over
come that adverse psychology until we
have eliminated the cattle tick and the
hook worm, reduced our typhoid death
rate, eliminated the malarial mosquito,
improved our sanitary conditions, built
better schools and better roads. When
these things have been done the southern
problem will have BEN solved and the
south will come readily into its own. 1t
is up to the landowners Of North Car
olina and other. soathern states to unite
in q militant organization to bring about
the desirable conditions demanded by
age. 1--WE need the Califor-
mia spirit" declared && 0e&oe.
This newspaper regrets that the late
ness Of the hour prevents . full account
of yesterdays luncheon.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
COULDN'T STAND
FAILURE AT 40
Loss Of Business Crazed J. W.
Munden And Drove Him
To Suicide

Humiliated, despondent n d
crazed by a failure in business,
Joshua w. Munden, former Reg
ister of Deeds of Pasquotank
County, hanged himself in the
woodshed at his home on Selden
Street in this city shortly after
five o'clock Tuesday morning,
November 50. 30----.,e>sa-sa--''H-=7 Is
The deceased was 40 years old. the
age at which most men feel that they
must make good then or never. Mr..
Munden came to Elizabeth City from a
country store at Weeksville ten years
ago to fill the Office of Register of Deeds
to which he had been elected. He made
a splendid Official and was reelected
time after time, holding Office until this
summer when he could have had it
again. But he had dreamed of going
in business and he thought his day had
come He was no analyst OF things
and couldn't see the mercantile crisis
three months ahead of him. He bor-
rowed $4,5o0 and bought stock OF
goods at peak prices only to see the
bottom drop out Of prices after he had
put the goods on the shelves of his store.
He closed out the business Jess than
three months at q loss of $3.50 That
was about three weeksAago. He imme-
diately accepted a salaried position with
f. s. Chesson Co. and his friends for
got all about his troubles.
But Josh MuDden brooded. He came
of a family in which the trait of mel
ancholia was pronounced and in which
there had been suicides before. He
brooded over the loss of $3.50 and he
brooded over the notes he had taken
when he sold his business at loss.
But the thing that hurt him and humi-
lated him more than anything else was
the way his friends would pop in at
Chesson's, see him working there and
exclaim: "I thought you were in bus
mess for yourself; gee, you didn't stick
to it long, did you?" He heard that
many times in the run of day. in the
run of a. week. And each time the
witless taunt cut deeper and deeper IN
to his sensitive heart. He lay awake
and tossed about in his bed nights. And
Tuesday morning before the sun rose
he got up and dressed. tore strip from
a sheet, went out to his woodshed, knot
ted the sheet over rafter, contrived a
moose about his neck, suspended HIM
self and died of strangulation. His neck
was not broken.
He leaves a wife and three children.
He was a member of the Odd Fellows.
the Red Men and the Junior Order. He
carried about $1,000 insurance, but Of
this amount $1,000 was taken out only
a few months ago and contained a sui
cidA/clause which was in effect at the
time of his death.
The funeral was conducted at First
M. F.. Church South Wednesday after
noon. Great throngs attended. He was
a beloved citizen.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
new SHIPYARD
UNDER WAYH HERE
Elizabeth City Iron Works To
Build New Machine Shop
1000 Ton Dry-Dock

Work on the shipyard begun by the
Elizabeth City Iron Works has started
up again after being held up for some
time. This .shipyard is to be located
on Riverside Drive, having a frontage
of 700 feet and depth of 800 feet. II
built as stated by officials of the com
pany, this yard viii be one of the lar
gest in this section, and will be thoroly
equipped to handle every class of YES
sells navigating these waters.
Plans of the company provide for a
railway dry dock of the latest improv-
ed type, and of length sufficient to haul
ships $50 feet in length. 1t will handle
ships with draft of IL feet and have
a capacity of 1000 tons. This railway
dry dock will be of the type now being
built thruout the country by the Gran
dal Engineering Company of Boston. 1t
is installed in all modern yards AMI con-
ceded by leading shipbuilders to be the
most practical marine railway yet in
vented. The improved features of this
style of dry dock permit ships to be
hauled from the water at approximately
the same level as a ship afloat, and new
methods of blocking the bilges eliminate :
all guesswork and contributes material
ly to safety in hauling large ships.
This undertaking is being sponsored
wholly by local capital, and is notable
venture of the kind here, having been
undertaken by the Elizabeth City Iron
Works and Supply Company of which
Brad Sanders is president and general
manager who estimates that the com
pletion of such a project will require an
outlay of approximately $250,OOO.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
MEDICOS MEET
HERE NEXT WEEK
Much Interest Attaches To Con-
vention Of Seaboard Med
ical Society

The meeting of the Seaboard Medical
Society of Virginia and North Carolina
promises to be one of the most notable
medical events occurring here for some
time. This is the 25th annual session
! and will last three days. 1t will be
presided over BY DR.. T. 8. Mcmillan.
president of the local Society. The first
: meeting will be held in the High School
auditorium December seventh at eight
p. NJ. and will be devoted to a discus
sion of the prevention of typhoid fever
on which subject Surgeon ". F. Draper
of the United States Public Health Ser
vice will make an able address. Sur
geon Draper has been especially detailed
by Surgeon General Hugh s. Cummings
to attend this meeting. He is one of
the best known authorities on the pre-
vehtion of typhoid fever and viii de-
scribe in detail the best methods of pre-
venting the disease, featuring the acti-
vities of the fly and ways to combat
it.
Another worthy address will be that
of DR.. L. B. McBrayer of Sanatarium
n. c., on "The Public Aspects of Tu-
berculosis. DR.. McBrayer will cite facts
to prove that tuberculosis is not here
ditary, but on the contrary is brought
on by improper living and its treat
ment is a matter of fresh air and nu-
triton. He will discuss the means of
preventing it's spread and will tell how a
sufferer can be made safe in a commun-
ity and happy, instead of being made a
social outcast.
Dr. Cyrus Thompson of Jacksonville.
N. c.. and president Of the seaboard
Medical Society will deliver an address
on a "Few Fundamental Facts. He
had planned to make an address on ''The
Weakness of Democracy" but aban-
donedsthe idea- for fear he would be de-
livering a funeral grafton, 't'--'
All these features will be open to the
general public and will be Of conside
rable benefit to hundreds of people in
thisi section who will need to combat
family diseases. No person interested
in the subject of health should fail to
attend.
The rest of the meetings on Wednes
day and Thursday, Dec. 8 and 3 will be
devoted to medical subjects only under
stood by doctors, ranging from eclamp
sia, and hypothyroidism to epilepsies III
association with endocrine dyscrasia.
This ought to be interesting to every
practitioner in the state las an oppor-~
tunity will be open to hear the most
successful physicians in two states.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
Hathaway Saws

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-
arained twice a year. Why
not you eyes? They are
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone 900 Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

THIS is a good Likeness of ST. Clair
Lewark, the currftuckian accused of
the murder of Derwood Gallop. The
picture was taken when lewark was in
the y. S. Life Saving Service, but he
could be readily Identified by the pic
ture to-day. He Is ~ years old. No
picture of Wicker, who ,was indicted with
Lewark, is available. No one knows
much about him except that he s-37
years old, has wife and six ehiIdrsn
and lives near Grandy, Garrituck coss-
ty. Wicker is suspected nc an accom-.
piice In the shoatisg.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
MANTEO MAN DIES

Adolphus Warren Etheridge of Man
teo, died last week in Norfolk. was bur-
led last Friday in the family burying
ground on Roanoke Island Mr.. Ether
idge had been in failing health for some
time and had not been able to be about.
He was about 50 years old and is sur
vived by wife, two sons. and brother,
John Etheridge of Manteo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

"A huge wood working plant is to be
erected at Fayetteville by the National
Roller Company, of which J. Boyd An
derson. formerly of Elizabeth City is a
member.
Nearly a quarter million dollars will
be distributed in Christmas savings
checks by Winston Salem banks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

The coroner's jury holding an inquest
over Mrs Charles E. Davis who mys-
teriously died in Wake county this week,
found that she came to her death by
three pistol shots fired by her husband.
&C. w. Baker, railroad engineer at
Spencer was seriously scalded when a
plug blew out of his boiler.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
BIG SAW MILL SHUTS
DOWN AT HEREFORD

The Maior-Loomis Lumber Plant shut
down at Hertford last week indefinitely
with the explanation given that no or
ders for lumber had forced its closing.
This plant is the largest in Hertford
and it's idleness viii be seriously felt
among the large number of its employees
and their families.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03
MANTEo COUPLE MARRY

Guy H. Lennon and Gladys Westcott
of Manteo were married in Norfolk last
week after a romance of IL. months.
Young Lennon is the son of w. P. Len
non of Manteo and is chief engineer on
one of the Luchenbach steamships. The
bride has been called the. prettiest girl
in Manteo and is the daughter of OIL.
Westcott. Both young. people are well
known and are very popular thruout the
section. So
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

-Woodus Kellam, a Wilmington Law
yer has been appointed to succeed Ho-
11er Lyon as solicitor for the Sixth Dis
trict. Lyon after being elected Con-
gressman from that district.
DR.. H. E. Foss,1editor of the Southern
Pines "Citizen'' died Tuesday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

-Burglaries at High Point have become
frequent that several merchants have
taken. to sleeping in their stores as a
measure of precaution.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-12-03

Court Judge L. G. Pritchard
is critically i'll in Ashevile.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
BUSY WEEK AMONG BOYS
AND GIRLS OF HIGH SCHOOL

The Girls Glee club held meeting
at the high school Wednesday morn
ing The members OF the English
department win hold q meeting We'd
1esday afternoon. A 15-minute assem-
lily Of the students was held in the
auditorium wednesday morning. At
$50 Wednesday afternoon Hr.
Eiutchens viii entertain the students
with a talk on birds, during which
me he viii sing and show pictures
Of different birds.
A Parent-Teachers' meeting win be
held Friday afternoon.
A Hi-Y meeting was held Tuesday
night at the Y. u. c. A building.
Seth Orndorff spoke TO the boys on
How To Keep Out OF Jail" The
negro quartet from the Jail sang for
the members. The boys VIII visit the
JAN Saturday. It was decided by the
boys that within the next two weeks
a banquet TO be known as the Father
and Son banquet" win be held for the
Mexican boys and their fathers at
the smelter The Hi-Y club viii
finance the banquet
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18

rnissioners. with an increase from
so 000 10 80 900 in annual salary
Can Establish Minimum
The commissions increased powers
include the following.
Supervision over the issuance OF
railroad securities the commission 8
approval being required before ran
roads can issue stock or bonds
Establishment OF minimum lail
rates. The commission Up TO this
time had only power 10 eatablish
maximum rates. This power viii en-
able il 70 prevent carrier from con-
Quoting "cut throat" competition.
Authority 10 make such direction
with respect 10 car service n times
Of emergency as viii best promote the
service I'm the public's interest
Authority TO compel the joint
or common use of terminals 70
give direction for preference or
priority in transportation cri-
bnrEoes or movement Of traffic
under permits.
Approval OF new construction or
abandonment Of railroads
Complete control over railroad op-
Grafton throughout the United states
IN ease OF war or threatened war.
the bill provides. would be centered
IN the commission which would have
powers similar TO those now exercised
by the railroad administration.
A meeting OF the heads OF the Is
railroad employees organiza tons has
been called for tonight 70 consider the
conference renort on the pending rail-
road bill with a view to Determining
have on the recent agreement be-
tween president Wilson and union
officials regarding demands for wage
increases.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
make
NEW ADVANCE

New York. Feb. 18-stimulated by
@ broader demand for railway issues,
todag's stock market recorded fur
Their Improvement. gains extending
from 10 j points The close was
strong. sales approNimated 100000
shares
Prizes OF Liberty bonds today we're.
3l--s. 1885, first As, $3.50. second IS
a0-10. first { LIS. 91-0a- second 1-fs.
el.fe. third l-4s, $500; fourth Ifs.
eo-S4; victory g S-4s. 97-76- victory
3-1s. $3.50
Rails supplemented yesterdays many
substantial gains az the opening Of to-
Ndag's stock market. transcontinentals and
sr1nEers rising Z 20 Q points shares o.
the roads covering eastern and southern
Tluces, but coalers were reactuuary- oils
improved. hut che movement otherwise was
s1alewhut Irregular, motors steels ana
equipments reacrius > 20 points. Rails
forfeited part Of their advance within
the first half hour. when pressure against
i1luslzials became more pronounced
The early setback on tne stock market
To-Day proved 81 short duration. lndustrials
raiiyiuE easily when buying q rails was
rssumed at additional gains For the flrst
time in months transportatious dominated
The trading. both as 20 activity and extent
az their advance Oils were next in favor
and railway equipments followed the
ccursa set By rails
Losses Of 10 8 points IN General
Motors. Crucihla steel and affiliated issues
81 ere more -Ean recovered and Epeclalres
aisr strengthened
Sreadiuess OF foreign exchange and the
g percent renewal rate for call loans corr
rlise6 the other encouraginE features,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
AND OATS
WEAKNESS

Chicago, III. Feb. 1s.-Fresh weak
ness showed itself today in the corn
market The chief new bearish fac
tor was a department Of Justice report
in regard TO seizure Of foodstuffs in
an effort to compel the lowering Of
prices. Declines in the value Of hogs
tended also TO act as a weight on the
corn market. Opening prices, which
ranged from IA to 1c lower, with May
S1.32 rs 10 S1-33 IL and July Sl-29 81
TO $3.50 were followed by a moderate
further setback.
Oats sagged with corn. After open
ing Is TO SIC down. including May
at so IL to so SIC, the market con-
tinued 10 descend.
Absence OF support became more
pronounced later. The close was
nervous. / to / 1-2c ret lower. with
May SI.32 3-S to S1-321-2, and July
SIS SIS 10 S1-29 -
Lower quotations on hogs, pulled
down provisions Selling however.
was not urgent
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
THE WONDER
OF THE AGE

This wonderful edible bean has been
successfully grown in the United
States and Canada and win do we'll
any where, providing It has a few
months Of warm weather.
The vines are very prolific, producing
10 to Is beans per vine, beans measur-
ing from ? to feet and weighing as
much as 25 pounds.
One bean is sufficient for a large fam
lily, has a most delicious flavor; can
he cooked several ways or preserved
SOC per package. -sf.00 large package
The New Edible Pod Pea
A pea little known in this country,
but very popular abroad. Sweet. de-
hcious and a novelty. No Smelling,
as pods are cooked and eaten as wen
as the pea.
SOC and s1.oo sized packages.
Directions for planting, cooking. etc.
with every package.
Seeds GUARANTEED genuine and
FERTILE.
BY NAIL TO ANY ADDRESS in the
United States or Canada.
Money Order, Currency or Coin.
FOREIGN SEED co.
g Bacon Bldg. OAKLAND, CAL
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
n. Y. LISTED STOCKS
NIONEY I'D METAts

fBv the Associated Press-l
osw York Feb. 1s.-lIercantile paper,
So Ee& percent
sterling. 60 day bills. ss-ssls- CONNER
cial co day bills on banks f1-23iz =; com
mercial 80 day Bills s3-11s demand.
i1-15a cables. s5-37iz
crernmeut bonds, heavy
Railroad bonds strong
Time loans strong co days. 50 days and
six months. S4Si1 per cent
can money easy High. low and ruling
rate, 6 closing hid- 81 offered at 9; last
loan g. bank aceeptHnces. 81 percent
Bar silver $3.50.
Mexican dollars fl.qQ
copper dun. SPOT and first quarter. 1sc;
second quarter. $50 1sHc-
Iron. stead no. northern $500 q
$500 10. Northern. $4,000 46-c0; No.
. Southern. Fs7-a17 f4-0o.
Au-fmcuvs sll-s7 p.
enc, firm East ST Louis. delivery, spot
sSS5 bid; $500 asked
LONDON METAL MARKET.
London. Eng Feb 1S--The quotations
On the metal exchange today we're as FOL
lows
-E-ectrolvtic. 1871
Tin. l5f1. IS Cd
Lead. f51, 15s
Zinc. Ef1-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-18
COTTON MAKES
NEW ADVANCE

New Orleans, La, Feb. 1S.-In sym
pathy with spot sales Of 10000 bales
in the Liverpool market at recent
high prices and with the advance
in New York yesterday, the New Or
leans cotton market opened today at
higher levels and traded up to ad-
vances Of 2 TO IS points before this
initial demand was satisfied
As the market rose, offerings grad
ually increased and finally they be-
came heavy, being based mainly on
new complications in international
politics.
At the end Of the first half hour OF
business the trading months were
points higher TO 9 points lower than
the quotations OF Monday. March
rose TO $3.50 and then fell off to 37.49.
Opening bids were March, f5l.i5; Nay,
cemher. 429-os-
Selling pressure increased as the result
Of the circulation OF rumors that the fed
erai reserve discount rate would be raised
Talk Of the lack Of a spot demand ap-
peared TO check buying for Ions account
and toward noon prices were 20 Is points
under the finals Of Monday, March trading
at s37-3e and October at S29.69-
Realizing by early sellers furnished the
market with a better demand and Q
steadier tone was taken on At ] o'clock
above Mondays last quotations
The ring became more active as the rise
progressed
Cotton Futures, Close.
New York. Feb. 1&-Cotton futures
closed steady. March. $3.50; Nay, s34.25s
July. S821oi October. STATS; December,
aAs.-ls