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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
MISS SMITH TO SPEAK
To THE COLORED PEOPLE
Charming Evangelist Will Return TO
Elizabeth City to Give Negroes
Sermon

Miss Annie Agnes Smith. evangelist
who is conducting a revival meeting al
Pearl St. NJ. E. Church will pay another
visit to Elizabeth City soon. She has
promised to speak for the colored peo-
nle at Mt. Labanon NJ. E. Church some
SUNDAY in the near future. Miss Smiths
home is in Norfolk, Va. and she can
make the trip without much lnconVen-
ience.
Miss Smith got into that Mt. Leba-
none engagement thru Visit TO tne
oo1ored State Normal School Wednesday
morning. They are holding summer
school out there, with nearly 3oo teacn-
ers in attendance Miss Smith went out
during the chapel hour to hear those
co1ored folk sing. She was thoroly car
r;ad away with the singing and IN telling
the colored people that she won her
way. into their hearts and they Deggeo
ber TO come back some time and talk 10
them. She says she will.
Miss Smith is drawing large crowus
NIGHTLY at the little church in Pearl 81
sbo will conclude her meeting SUNDAY
night. She is being assisted this Week
bv Miss Mayme Warrington, talented
contralto singer, of New Bern.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
RUTTS WHISKEY GETS
ONE MAN KILLED
John z. WooIford Shot TO Death BY
Man He Accused of Making
Whiskey

Charles Powell, Jr., 10 years Old,
shot and killed John Z. Wooiford III
front of the latter's home near Butts
station Tuesday night. Witnesses say
that Charles Powell, Sr. and his son
drove I'D to Woolford's house and de-
manded to see 1.-The whole Wooltord
family" Mr. Woolford came out to
see them They told Woolford that
they had heard that he had accused
them of making whiskey. Hot words
followed and the younger Powell pulled
a gun and fired a bullet into the alb
domen of the man with whom he had
come to a quarrel.
1t is said that the Powells will put up
a plea of self defense.
Much whiskey is being made in the vi
cinity of Butts station. 1t is said that
much of this whiskey is marketed In
Elizabeth City. Revenue officers have
raided several stills in the vinicity OF
Butts. but illicit distillers don't mind
little thing like that; they get another
wash boiler and a coil of pipe and keep
the fires going just the same.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
TO MAKE ACCURATE MAP
OF ALLIGATOR RIVER
This Crockedest Of CToc cksa Rivers Had
To Wait For The Airpiane to
Get Mapped

Your Uncle Sam will soon have an
accurate map of the Alligator River,
that vast. mysterious body of water
which separates the mainland of Dare
county from the county of Tyrrell and
has its source somewhere within the
wilds of Hyde.
1t may surprise the average reader
to know that the I. S. Geodet1c and
Geologic Survey has never been able
to obtain an accurate map of the Alll-
gator River, and yet the Alligator River
is one of the widest rivers in North
Carolina and is to be an important link
in the governments great intra-coastal
waterway. Alligator river, after runn-
ing straight as string for miles. begins
to twist and turn and bend, come Dadk
on itself, and wrap around itself until
it is the despair of surveyors and engi-
neers. Boatmen say of 1T that there are
several places on the Alligator where
the pilot on a boat never knows whe-
ther he is coming or going and often
meets himself coming back.
But Uncle. Sam is going to get map
of that river He has two bright young
men in an airplane who are photograph
ing the blamed thing a piece at a time
from one end to the other. By patching
these photographs together Uncle San
is going to get a line on that Alligator
River and find out just where it begins
and how it finds its way to the Abe
marie Sound. When you see a hydro
plane with the designation "a 313' OF
its tail, you'll know what that hydro
plane is doing in these parts; it is fol
photographing the kinks in the Ali
| gator.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
$l8O,OOO,OOO
IN IA COUNTIES
Startling Facts Revealed in Re-
valuation In This District

The amount Of real and per-
sona1 property in this district is
more than three times greater
than appeared on the tax books
in 1917. P. H. Williams, District
Supervisor Of Revaluation auth
orizes the statement this week
that the total for this district is
approximately S 18O,0OO,oOOO0.
There are fourteen counties en-
braced in this district. The coun-
ties are Currituck, Camden, Pas
duotank, Perquimans, Chowan,
Gates, Bertie, Hertford, Wash
ington,- Beaufort, Martin, Tyr
rell, Dare and Hyde.
This s1sO,OOO,OoooO uncovered
by the revaluationists does not
include corporate property, do
mestic corporations, rail roads:
telephone and telegraph lines
and banks, excepting real estate
and fixtures owned by banks.
The revaluation of all proper
tv in these fourteen counties II
1917 was in round numbers $o5,-
100000, and this included COT
porate properties, domestic cor
porations, rail roads, telephones
telegraph lines and banks.
If the Reva1uation5 Act doe
nothing else, it will at least Civ
some idea of what we are worth
! But the most painstak1ng reval
Euatfon viii net1Bfing-ollt the tr11
! extent of olr wealth. For IN
stance. Three farms in this coun
ty were appraised at $4,000 thu
sumner. The owner k1cke
like a steer. The tax appraiser
thought their appraisement wa
high enough. These farms sol
within a few weeks for $1OO,OO'
; or 10000 more than their al
praised value.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
THE REDS REPULSED BY
CONTINUOUS RAINFALL

Due to the continuous rains of the
past two weeks, the second series of
the local Twilight Baseball League has
received a strong setback, in that the
teams have been able to play but one
game. The three teams which form the
league are the Cubs, Reds and Elks, and
there is a strong spirit of rivalry be-
tween the three. The Reds were for
mer1y known as the Y. M. G. A., name
which Pratt Fearing, their manager is
said to have objected to because he
couldn't cuss the players in such a
Christian sounding organization, and feel
right about it. Therefore the name was
changed to the Reds, and local wags
have nicknamed the aggregation the
ct. w. W. as delicate suggestion Of
Bolshevism and other red organiza-
tions.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
"DoC" SELIG'S INJURIES
CAUSE MANY CONJECTURES

While Fastening down the Norfolk
sontbern trackat Shawboro from
dance which he was attending, DIR. Ju-
liam w. Selig, well known young OPTIC
metrist of this city was painfully scrat-
cbed and cut when he fell through
barbed wire culvert, which he failed to
coo in the darkness. He was on his way
- the night train to see his parents, who
were returning to Elizabeth Clty from
Norfolk. Another version OF Doc lsehg
nainful accident is that COW chased
him over the barbed wire fence, which
brings up the question, Why was the
COW chasing him? Still another version
may be found by Revenue officers VINO
are operating in the vicinity this week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23

SURVEY COMING
Experts To Deter
mine City's Actual Edu-
cational Needs

u. S. Commissioner of Education
P. P. CIaxton himself will arrive in
Elizabeth City tomorrow, Saturday,
July "a to inangurate the preliminary
work of the proposed $1,000 survey
of Elizabeth City's public schools and
the city educational requirements.
Mr.. CIaxton will be accompanied by
a Miss Fernandez, one of the experts
of his department. First word OF
Commissioner CIaxton's coming was
received here yesterday afternoon; it,
was not expected that the city would
be so fortunate as to secure the Of
ffees of Commissioner CIaxton him
self in making the proposed survey.
A Government educational sur
vey is assured for Elizabeth City,
by which the educational needs
Of this city will be accurately de-
termined by trained experts sent
out by the United States De
partment of Education. The, cost
of the survey will not exceed
$500. and private donations al
ready secured are sufficient to
guarantee that the expense OF
the undertaking need not pre-
vent its being carried out.
It will take weeks. possibly months,
! to complete this survey, which Will De
an exhaustive inquiry into the educa-
tionaI. economic and industrial needs
of Elizabeth City. In view OF the fac'
that this city is preparing to spend
something like 100000 to bring Its
school system, up to the standard OF
i other progressive communities through
out the United States, such a survey
is a virtual necessity in order 'that TO-
cal needs may be accurately detern1hed
T and the money spent to the best possl
BILE advantage.
Fifteen hundred dollars represent:
only the bare expense OF the survey
NOT counting in the salaries of the va
rious Government educational experts
who will be sent here from time to tlm'
while the work is going on. Ihls mon
ey has already been largely raised o.
Dopular subscription, a tact Wh1cl
speaks we'll of the generosity and pub
lie spirit of those citizens who are max
ing possible by their donations an ac
curate measurement of the educatlona
needs of this city and section.
The rural school system of Pasquo
tank county will also come under tn
observation of the Government expert
who are sent here, and it too will be III
cluded in their searching analysis of 10
cal educational conditions. with a v1e'
to the correction of existing defects an
inadequacies.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
NORFOLK SOUTHERN R. R.
NEW SCHEDULE AUG. l
Corporation Commission Appro'es New Daily Ser
vice Between Belhaven and
Norfolk

The most radical change in
schedules and the greatest i'm
provernent in rail road service
for Elizabeth City since the in
aug1ration of a thru service from
Norfolk to Ra1ei gh via this city,
will be made by the Norfolk Sou-
thern Rail Road Co. on August
l. Instead of two morning trains
out of Norfolk, one following
the other, Elizabeth City will
have one train out of Norfolk
and two into Norfolk.J
Instead of an extra train from Nor
folk at 10 o'clock every morning, Ellz-
abeth City will have a train leaving for
Norfolk at 1905 every morning, In
stead of local train following the ex-
press out of here for Norfolk at $3.50
every afternoon, Elizabeth City will have
train from Norfolk at 6 o'clock every
afternoon.
AS the schedules now are, and have
Elizabeth City to Norfolk had to leave
here around six o'clock in the morning
and get back about eleven o'clock at
night. Now one may leave for Norfolk
around ten o'clock and get back by six
if he doesn't want to put in a longer
day of it.
But the new schedules will particu-
larly benefit Elizabeth City because 1T
gives the people of four counties on the
| other side of the sound opportunity
/ to do business in Elizabeth City. The
people of Beaufort, Washington, Hyde
| and Tyrrell counties can leave home
early in the morning, put in six hours
in Elizabeth City and go back to their
| homes that night
The new schedule will become effec-
tive Aug 1st. and will provide for the
following arrivals and departures:
No. 6-Leave Belhaven 700 A. NJ;
/ arrive :Edenton s:55; Elizabeth City
1905 A. M; Norfolk 1910 p. NJ.
No. 5-Leave> Norfolk 400 P. NJ, ar
rive Elizabeth City 6:1O P. NJ. Edenton
1925 P. NJ, and Belhaven 90 P. M.
Trains and 2 will also operate To-
( calY between NOI1O1h, o. A1@N'-
: ton. N. C. The schedule for these trains
:, will be: $780,. -.
No. Leave Norfolk 9:25 4: NJ. ar
rive Elizabeth City 11:2o A. NJ, Eden
: ton 1870 P NJ.
: No. 2-Leave Edenton 2:10 p. NJ. ar
1 rive Elizabeth City 1925 2. NJ, arrive
Norfolk 500 P. NJ.
5 Ten minutes for lunch will be allow
: ed at Edenton, under the schedule for
trains 1 and 2.
No changes will be made in the arri-
}, val and departures of trains 1 and
= respectively south of Edenton, n. G.
The above information is Furnished
by the operating department of the Nor
folk Southern and if any changes are
made, they will be of minor charac
6 ter, only.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
INDEPENDENT GETS
TWO AIRMEN IN BAD
Four Inch Write UP Causes Them Irou-
BILE From the Scuppernong 10
The Potomac

Tic two aviators who are doing Gov
ernment map work in the vicinity OF
Columbia. Tyrrell county, and who came
to this CITY for supplies last week were
back again Wednesday with tale Oh
woe that is tragically heartrendlng.
While here last week, they were inter-
viewed by an INDEPENDENT report
er. and in the course of the interview
one Of the birdmen dropped remark
to the effect that he had just had
meal at an Elizabeth City restaurant
which was his first square meal slnce
leaving Washington, D. Z.
Tie remark was duly pubhsheo' anu
after the two aviators went Dack 10
Columbia. they found themselves IN pau
with the hotel people there. Not a
boarding house keeper would take thehi'
and it is said that they were tlnally Iorc-
ed to get down, on their knees DeIore
the housewives of the TyrreH city, anu
beseechingly beg for hand-out. tDon
believe all of this.)
Incidentally. the reporter was tolo
that they had made the trip from Col-
umbia to Elizabeth City in ~ minutes
The distance by boat is something ike
- miles, and without making allowance
for the difference in an airline, feau-
ers of THE INDEPENDENT we're tolo
that the airplane had made the 5o mlles
III 20 minutes, or at the astonishing fate
Of 100 miles an hour! The actual dls-
tance by air is something around 50 OF
- miles As the climax of their mis-,
fortunes it is reported that the 1--we
aviators received a curt missive iron
the Government asking what in thun
der they meant by driving an alrplanf
built for 100 miles an hour at the ter
rifle speed of $50 miles per? And it wa
all on account of little four-inch write
up in THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
ELIZABETH CITY WILL
PAY SIPS FOR GAS

Elizabeth City gas consumers Will pa!
So % per thousand cubic feet for gas
instead of $500, for the next oo days
And after that they may have to pay
50 10. The Corporation Commission
granted the local gas company ana o'nee =
gas companies in the state rate Oh
50 25 for 60 days, pending further IN
vestigation of the gas companies claims
to q rate of $3.50. The Commission Will
give it's decision on $3.50 gas in 60 days
Opposition to the increase was maze
bv this and other towns, but the opposl-
+ion emf little ice at Raleigh. The gas
companies have the odds on ,opposltion
when it comes to presenting figures as
to the cost of manufacturing gas TO-
day over the cost of yesterday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
BURGLARS ATTEMPT
TO CRACK SAFE HERE

Safeblowers who are believed to be
members of a gang who have recently
entered a number of country stores and
post Offices in Northeastern North Car
olina and -Tidewater Virginia, entered
the office of the Farmers Ginning and
Produce Co. at the end Of Main street
last Sunday night drilled one hole thru
the door of the safe, and started two
others, when, evidently frightened away,
they left the job unfinished. The local
police found no clue as to their identity
when they visited the scene of the at
tempted robbery the next morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
PAsQUOTANK'S CENSUS
REPORT MADE PUBLIC
County Shows Gains, But EiIzabetn C'ty
Is Not So Fairly Represented

The 1920 census of Elizabeth City was
made public by the Census Bureau thls
week. The figures are available IN
preliminary report and are said to De
subject to correction, tho it is generally
believed the figures will stand about
as they are. The county has SHOWN d
decided gain in population IN the last
two decades, from 1860 in 1900 to H.
$40 in 1920. But Elizabeth City with
all it's improvements, expansion and pro-
gress is given little credit for such galns'
The population of Elizabeth City was
S.412 according to the census OF l9lo;
but the new census gives it only $3.50,
q gain of only 513 in ten years. Here
is the new census in detail:-
1920 1910 1900
pAso1;oTANK Co----1767o 16,69a 13.66o
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
NEGROG GETS IL MONTHS FOR
ASSAULTING White WOMAN

Joe Ferebee, colored, was sentenced
to 12 months on the county roads in
Recorders Court here Tuesday for an
assault upon a white woman. Accord
to the evidence, Ferebee, who had
grudge against the woman, entered her
ward, and struck her down. The negro
then ran to the kitchen of David Rid
dick, also colored, presumably to hide
there Riddick rushed upon Ferebee
with knife, inflicting painful wound,
for which act he was fined $15 and
costs in Mondays police court.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
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 professio-
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 Blds
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
PRESIDING ELDER TYRE
SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE

Rev. A. P. Tyre, who was Presiding
Elder of the Elizabeth City District NJ.
E. Church South about Is years ago, is
the victim of stroke of paralysis and
his condition is extremely critical. His
daughter Mrs. W. G. Sawyer of this city
was called to his bedside this week.
Rev. Mr. Tyreis now located at Green's
boro.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
SAYS UTNEY DRIVERS
FAVOR WEIISKEY TRAFFIC
Revenue Officers Say They Have Hard Time Hir-
ing Jitneys to Raid Stills in This
Vicinity

That Elizabeth City jitney dri-
ors most of them, are in league
with illicit distillers and block
od4rs was the charge made here
Yesterday by U. S. Deputy Col
ioctor c. H. Jenkins who with
five other revenue officers were
here to raid stills in Camden
,o,,rtv. The charge made by the
Revenue Officer was inspired by
the fact that only one jitney dri-
,.e,, IN town would let them have
t,e use of car for raiding pur-
,oseS The officers needed two
cars. They finally got a second
90, and cot away from here sat
" Yesterday morning, going IN
70 Camden county.
NJ. Jenkins intimated that this may
ho The last time the Federal authorl-
rios will send men into this city and
.,..rio, 10 help put down the whlskey
-r.ffi. He SAYS the local authorities S
win have to look after it. He says the
1,,,?..raI authorities are losing interest
:, rho sir11ation here because they have
rrrIe local support, the sympathy OF the
,,,h}ic seeming to be with the block
ader>.
Sneaking in the presence of number
of men Yesterday morning Mr.. jenkins
made the statement that Elizabeth
CIV i the worst town in North caro-
lima. with respect to the liquor trafflc
He said his information led him thai
+t.rn are not less than twenty five bal
rooms in Elizabeth City and that prom
ineur men in the community are imam
chg and profiteering by the traffic IL
corn LIQUOR. monkey rum and other dis
citations.
The Revenue Officer explained tina
rle territory around Elizabeth City OF
fars especial possibilities for the con
caaIr7ent of the operations of the dis
rfllars. Stills are erected in the mldS
If almost impenetrable swampsA and 1
out of the way places on the meander
inc vatercourses that penetrate unln
Ia1,;rated. morasses and forests. 1t l
hard TO get into some of these place
* ,..,,st7.ashiners have SO many look
ours and SPIES in every locality tina
the aprroach of revenue officers is US
uaIIv aaticipated. 1t would take a do
zen men five or six weeks to make an
appreciable inroads on the liquor tra1
fic in this vicinity, says jenkins.
There is no evidence of fvhiskey be
ing made in Elizabeth City, but whls
key is brought into the city from thes
nearby places in automobiles. rsall1n
vessels and gas boats.
Some of the men engaged in the tra1
fic are particularly bold. Promlner
business men in the city have been al
preached and asked to handle wh1ske
III kegs big profits being assured then
This newspaper has information OF or
such attempt to establish promlne1
business connection. L. 3. Perry, IL
Paige dealer in this city has been r.
peatedly solicited by these wholesaler
because his garage is considered an 1de
place for handling the stuff.
The police force of Elizabeth City
entirely too inadequate for the situate
and is kCpelessly outclassed by the ira
fickers.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
REVIVAL AT coNJocK

A revival meeting will be conducted
at Coinjock Christian Church, Curri-
tuck County, beginning Wednesday eve
ming, August 4. The meeting will be
conducted by the present pastor Rev.
q. N. Deshields, assisted by the former
pastor Rev. G. B. Mashburn, of Elling
ton S. c.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
WINDER SELLS LITTLE FARM
TOM. n. HUBBARD OF CAMDEN

Mr.. l.. L. Winder has just sold the
G. r. Little farm at Hickory, Va, to
Mir. NJ. H. Hubbard. of Old Trop, for
consideration of $4,000. Mr.. Hubbard
will show the Virginians how to grow
Observation-Disclosures.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23

The Elizabeth City Buggy Co. has
iusf received four car loads of Ameri-
can Wire Fence and is prepared to fill
orders promptly. p Jy.23-1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23

valuable citizen IN T. w. Gather
OIL
of which ne
Hertford ne II
al had
MS
National fns CITY,
his duties last week ana viii
ifher
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-23
COUNTY SHOWS
LOSS IN POPULATION
New Census Gives Camden Lesser F0p'
ujation Than Given in 1900

The population of Camden oa county IS
~ d.1 loss than it was in 1900, tho
Tho nonnlation of that county showed a
oain IN 1910 over 1900. The figures
are given in the preliminary announes u ero
n,ent of the Fourteenth census and are
subject to correction;- ,ooo
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1920-12-23
ALL SET FOR BIG
CHRISTMAS WEEK
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS COM
PLETE FOR LEGiON'S CON-
MUNlTY PROGRAMS
THOUSAND CHILDREN WILL Be THERE
Superintendent Johnson Asks Al
Parents to Cooperate in
Caring for Them.

The children of BrookinSs will have
a great Christmas. The plans for the
big community Christmas are com
plete and the details worked out for
the greatest Christmas celebration
ever held in Bookings county. From
town and country one thousand chill
dren will gather tomorrow evening
at the college armory for the Christ
mas eve program at 1880 and take
part in the splendid program that has
been prepared. Special seats in the
armory have been built and a NAM
moth Christmas tree has been erected
in preparation of the event. Another
big program will be given on Christ
mas day and on the three days follow
ing, making five big programs in all,
and each one an event that no citizen
of Brookings and vicinity should miss.
The community Christmas week is be
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