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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17
II Years Ago Today
F-om The herald Of This Date, 200

n EPORIS from Washington tell
N that nearly 5000 Americans. men.
women and children. are in peril
Of death at the hands Of the Chinese
mobs in the threatened Boxer up
rising. The president announces that
through the navy, state and war de-
partments drastic action wiz be
taken 10 prevent danger coming to
any Of the Americans
The new electric railroad company
which applied for a franchise from
the city council last night 10 operate
a road through this city from the
organ mountains 10 Fort Hancock.
VIII have ITS depot on kansas street
Just behind the county jan
Gov Herbert J. Hagerman. accord
Ing 10 santa Ee reports, last evening
reprieVed John C0nley. who was TO
have been hanged at Taos today. for
one week, so that his mental conGi-
ton might be examined.
v R. stiles went TO Bisbee today.
The mother OF n s Potter arrived
this morning from New York
The Baptists Of the city are plan
ming building new church on the
site Of the old one, part Of the old
building VIII De used for sunday
school rooms. The new building viii
be white brick 18th trimmings Of
white stone and VIII cost approx
mately $4,000.
A. p. coles. president Of the Ameri-
can National bank, Is IN Albuquerque
attending the bankers convention.
w. ". Follett, consulting engineer
Of the international water boundary
commission. United states section,
rendered his opinion regarding grades
at street Intersections, upon the writ
ten request Of mayor Davis and city
engineer Wim1erlys for the city
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

A damage suit for $1,000 was filed
Monday afternoon in the 65th district
court by George ". Harris and Maud
G. Harris against the FL Paso Electric
Railway company The suit is the
outgrowth Of a collision Of a street
car and automolile Februarv ,. IN
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17
i. Wham!COnSumer
Must Pay Nine
Wage Increase

Washington D. c., Feb. 1T.-Public
utilities corporations. because OF their
contracts with coal operators. must
charge consumers the a percent wage
advance recently granted bituminous
coal miners Frank BerEan. repre-
seuling the public service corporation
OF New jersey. To-day told a senate
interstate commerce Subcommittee.
The increase amounts TO about 30
cents q ton and 80 percent OF the
1otal increase nov is being paid by
the ultimate consumer. he said
Nr- Eergan said his company served
-s--estl1 people IN New Jersey with
heat, light and transportation facilf-
ties and used 100000 tons Of coal q
year.
The increase in cost amounts TO
more than 100000 a year" said Mr..
bersau, -and we must charge IL 10
the consumer or go out Of business
If public service Corporations 20 out
OF business, the public is hurt so the
public 1oses either aWy."
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Ray Mills and Charles McGown
were bound over for the grand jury
on $3.50 bonds on charges Of theft over
$50, following a preliminary hearing
Monday afternoon before Justice Of
the peace Clark Wright E. r. Gerard
claimed the suitcase full OF clothes
the men are accused Of stealing.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

For Colds. Grip or Influenza.
4 AZ RRoNo o SaSiss TsAS Ta 81 Is
Look Tor =. ". GROVES signature
on the box 30c--Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Mrs Patrick Dolan. OF Clint, moth
erinlaW Of a. A. Funk. city jailor.
sustained a broken right arm Monday
afternoon when she fell into a cellar
at the Funk residence. 2S01 Lebanon
street Airs. Dolan is IS years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Texas and Pacific train no. I. due
at las. was scheduled 10 arrive at
1880 p. m Texas and Pacific train
No 25, due at 1880 p. m, was
scheduled 10 arrive at 1890 a. m. An
other afternoon and night trains were
reported on time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Mrs. Mary D. Fen, who for 40
years has been the presiding officer
At the Philadelphia institute. has re-
tired 70 spend the rest Of her days
in comfort
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

DR.. Robt W Barton, recently OF
Marion. Arz-s has located in FL Paso.
1926 Grand Ave Office and residence
phones 6S4S.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

capt II n SchWartzkOpt, Seventh
cavalry, has been named assistant
provost marshal to Mai Garrison Nc
Caskey, TO relieve Lieut. W. a Little,
who has been assigned 10 recruiting
duty o..
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

). A. CarveI. The Income Tax Special
list" Formerly with Income Tax Dept
Internal Revenue Service. Suite 500
O., New Trust Bldg
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Col Albert S. Williams has been
placed in charge Of reserve officer
training corps affairs in the south
ern department with headquarters at
Fort sam Houston. according TO a
bulletin received here from southern
department headquarters
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Dr. D. e. Smallhorst. 400 Rbts-Banner
Bldg Diseases Of stomach, intesunes.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

El Paso seed Co.'S 1920 Catalog now
ready Write or call for a copy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Dr. JAMESON Diseases Kidney. Blad-
Ter, Rectum, skin lois Mills Bldg.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

H II. Hendrick and Co. income
tax specialists. auditors. $50 First Ma
tional Bank Building.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17
Ne7OS BreUitieS
QCAL And GENERAL
tAavertisementsD

which It IS alleged Maud c. Harris
was hurt
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Avoid trouble. Leave baggage checks
at LongWells. or telephone No. i.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

In the district jail in Washington.
.. C.. a school has been opened in
which women prisoners are taught
the common branches
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

Under the CLARK
unit system. your
500 VIII make
you ricn- Even q
s m all ven VIII
bring you big re-
turns A 1900 bar
rel veil VIII pay
s1t85 a year a
1eo0o barrel wen
S1S.s00s a $1,000
barrel ven f56-
geo
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17

s,alkeF's Flower shop. Phone s2A
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17
What Lincoln said

What Lincoln said
fFnm an addr1ss By Abraham
Lfnculn 70 the pVorimen 3
Asao=sti1n N 1851
" Properly is the fruit Of
labor property Is desir-
able is q positive good IN
The world Let not
him who Is housslsss pull
down the house Of another,
but let him work diligently
snd build ons fer himself.
TINS BY szzmple assuring
that his own shah be safe
from violsnsewhsn built"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-17
$1OOBuys

Your 500 buys a
deed This deed
guarantees that
your money goes
for drillin 8 a
vel It also guar
auteeS You viii
receive 1850 81
all oil and ga
produced on the
entire tract You
buy no liability %
any kind
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
MARY WINSOR
TO SPEAK HERE
Brilliant, Brave and Eloquent
Suffragette Here Sunday
February s

The first equal suffrage speech
ever staged for an Elizabeth City
audience will be delivered by a
sure enough suffragette at the
! Alkrama Theatre in Elizabeth
City Sunday afternoon, Feb. 8.
The woman who will claim the
unique distinction of being first
to bring the message of equal
suffrage to an Elizabeth City au-
Idience is Mary Winsor, of Rhil-
+delphia, whozis said to be one on
the most brilliant speakers of
the Woman's National Party.
Miss Winsor comes to Elizabeth City
thru the influence of W. O. Saunders
who thought = was just about time Eliz-
abeth City folk heard something direct
on the subjec' of equal suffrage, since
majority of states in the union may
ratify the suffrage amendment ere an
other national election.
This Mary Winsor is a real girl. She
Drexel Institute and Bryn Mawr col
lese, is post graduate of Columbia and
Harvard. has spent much of her life in
Europe and speaks several languages.
During the summer of 1914 she invest
igated the English Suffrage Movement at
the request of the American Academy
of Political and Social Science. She was
in Europe when the war broke out and
i'll flight from Germany to Austria,
thence to Switzerland and across France
to England she witnessed the mObiliZa-
ton of five nations.
While in England she addressed a
mass meeting in Hyde Park where the
anti suffragists were SO bitter that the
chairman of the meeting had to carry
a pistol. She told the English that
American women would never let politi-
clans imprison or i'll treat women And
then she came home, helped to picket
tie White House in Washington. was
herself thrown in Jail. spending AZ days
in the wOrkhouse at OccOquan and Ii
in solitary confinement in the city Jail of
Washington.
This brilliant. daring, eloquent ex-
ponent of the suffrage movement pro
misses to run Billy Sunday himself a
close second in drawing the crowd.
There will be no charge for admission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
CHESEBRO ORGANIZATION
NOT STRONG FOR SHAD
Sam Chesebro, Head of Fulton Market
Combination, Says North Carolina
Shad Don't Pay

| 1t is believed that the Atlantic Coast
Fisheries Co.. formerly one of the great
est buyers of North Carolina white shad
will not work this territory so heartily
for shipments this. season. One evidence
! of the shyneSs of the Atlantic Coast
Fisheries Co. this season is found in
the fact that they have withdrawn their
advertising from this section. Not even
THE INDEPENDENT carries an ad of
the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. Mr..
Sam CheSebrO, president of the Atlantic
Coast Fisheries Co. says that their
North Carolina business has been han
died at loss and insists that his COM
pany can't make any money out of North
Carolina white shad.
The Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. is a
consolidation of eight of the Oldest and
biggest firms on the Fulton Wholesale
Fish Market. The company was organ
:zed about three years ago and has not
had the easy sailing of some other big
concerns. 1t was An attempt to do for
the fish business what the big packers
have done for the meat business. Since
it's organization the big fish merger is
said to have had considerable trouble
with the courts. The consolidation con-
s.sts of Chesebro Bros, n. S. Gates Co.,
Warner Il Prankard, Robbins & Rob
bins, Burnett 4 Keeney, II. NJ. Rogers,
Wilson & Barry and the Continental
Fish Co. Wallace & Keeney Co., one
Of the original members got out of the
organization about a year ago and is
going it Independently. S. B. Miller &
Co, Lynch & Co., Geo. T. Moon, Caleb
Haley & Co. and several other old and
wise dealers have steered clear of the
Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co. All ofsthese
firms outside the Atlantic Coast Fish
cries Co. will make a strong bid for
North Carolina shad business this sea-
son. ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
DECLARES HUSBAND
HELPED DEFRAUD HER
Charge Against Husband Who
Spent Heavily on Her

Mrs. Pearl Harrison, wife of c. w
the sensational charge that her HUSBAND
ATTEMPTED to defraISA her The stor!
is told in the New York>papers, the fol
lowing account being given by the New
York Herald, issue of Jan. %. The
Herald says:
Mrs. Leona Pearl Harrison, whose
husband, Charles w. Harrison, ship
ping man. is reputed to have made
and lost S1.5OO,0OO durins> the war,
filed an answer in the Supreme Court
yesterday denying she is indebted to
George 7. Williams, also a shipping
which he is suing.
Before the present action was
brought. Mr.. Williams forclosed a
chattel mortgage on the defendants
furniture. Mrs. Harrison declares
she was induced to sign the mort
gage papers by her husband without
knowing the contents. She said her
husband and Mr.. Williams were en-
gagged in a series of transactions and,
as a result, Mr.. Harrison became in
debted to the plaintiff for sums of
money advanced and commissions.
On January 2, 1919, declares Mrs.
Harrison, the plaintiff and her hus-
band, by taking advantage of the de-
: fendant's ignorance and lack of busi-
ness knowledge, caused her to sign a
paper" Later, Mrs. Harrison says,
she discovered the paper was chat
tel mortgage. 'They represented it
was just a matter of form,"> she as
serted. L., .5..-..s. -.
Mrs. Harrison alleges, she befieved,
that her husband had discharged his
obligations to the plaintiff and adds
that a claim against her was satisfied
by the surrender, of her automobil to
Mr.. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harrison are now said
to be living in Baltimore. Her hus-
band has been president of the Alpha
Steamship Company and the Virginia
Carolina Navigation Company. He is
we'll known in shipping circles.
In meantime stories of a split be-
tween Charlie Harrison and his wife are
denied by relatives in this
city Those who knew the Harrisons
say that Mrs. Harrison was
in close touch and in full sympathy with
her husband in all of his spectacular eX
pprienceS. 1t is certain that he shower
I'd vast sums of money and gifts upon
her when he was prospering. He gave
be automobiles. diamonds. rich and lux
lriouS clothing and home furnishings,
and gave her country home on Long
Island in addition to their sumptuously
furnished quarters on New HOrk'S fash
enable Riverside Drive. Gossip says
hat Mrs. Harrison herself spent money
avishly and thought nothing of buying
lozens of pairs of shoes at a time. with
many pairs of silk hose to match every
,air of shoes. Her lingerie bills alone
N a year would have dressed a dozen
middle class families in her old home
own.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
CHLORINE GAS
FOR CITY WATER
And With New Filtration Plant
The City May Get
Pure Water

Chlorine gas, that deadly chem
cal with which the Germans wip-
ed out the Froggies in~Flanders
will be used to destroy the frog
gies, tadpoles, angle worms, CO.
lon bacilli and other Vermin i4l
Knobbs Creek water before it is
piped to water consumers in
Elizabeth City. Water experts
have discovered that chlorine gas
will destroy every vestige of bac-
terra in water and this gas is
now being successfully employed
by water companies in many sec
tions of the country. The eff
cacy Of the gas in the treatment
of infected water may be guessed
from the statement: that only 3
pounds of the gas is required to
treat a million gallons of water.
The gas in such small quantities
diluted in such a vast quantity
of water is harmless.
The Elizabeth City Water Co. is now
making extensive improvements at its
plant with view to solving the city 5
water problem. \ Pittsburgh Water Fill
ter with capacity of 100000 eallops
a day is now being built and viii he in
operation in a few weeks. In mean
time the big concrete standardization tank
at the water plant has been remodalcd
and improved.
With the new sand filters in opera
ton in connection with the perfected
believes it will be able TO give the city
IN abundance of clear, wholesome water
free from vegetable coloring and nacte-
ria. The problem of avoiding salt wa
ter which backs up on the city water
sheds with every southeast wind will be
solved with the opening of warm wealth
err, by the building of dam across
Knobbs Creek. just below the water in
take. This dam will be provided with
automatic gates which will open from
the pressure of water coming down from
the swamps and close when the tide
comes in with salt water. All neces
sary permits to build this dam have
been secured.
The filter construction now Under way
at the water plant is along lines recon-
mended by former City Manager Fred
w. Simonds who all along believed that
Elizabeth City could get good water from
Knobbs Greek if that water were pro-
Of the unsavery reputation of Knobbs,
Creek, every analysis so far made had
shown that the water in knobbs Greek
is not bacteriologically inferior to the
water in >Pasquotank river. even when
water is taken from the river at a point
several miles above the city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
PASOUOTANK ASKED TO
ADOPT 33 ORPHANS
Thousands of Armenian and Syrian
Children Starving to Death

In response to the appeal for food and
clothing and a chance to live. the peo-
pie of Pasquotank county have been ask
phans who are today facing death in a
land where hopeless natives known moth
ing but sorrow. Beginning Sunday,
February II a campaign of relief will be
waged in the county under the direction
of W. o. Saunders as chairman of the
drive. The campaign will run for three
weeks.
1t is not a war fund that the people
of this>country are being asked to raise.
Nearly 100000 naked, starving boys and
girls are weeping and wailing for a
chance to live. They are homeless and
parentless. They are suffering because
their parents were murdered and their
comforts of home destroyed-yes all be-
cause the Armenians would not discard
their Christian faith for that of the
cruel and barbarous Turks.
Under the leadership of State Chair
man George T. Bellamy, North Carolina
will conduct it's campaign for the odopt-
tion of 1884 orphans in the Near East
$4,000 will provide for one orphan for
one year. Practically every county in
the State has been Systematically Or
ganized for the campaign and Indications
now point to a successful drive in every
county. Some have already raised their
quotas. Others are prepared to adopt
all their orphans during the first week
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
ANOTHER EDITOR FOR
: SAUNDERS FOR CONGRESS
: High Foint. \. c. Jan. %.
| Mr.. w. .. Saunders,
Elizabeth City, n. G.

: High FOint. y. {. Jan. %
/ Mr. w. .. Saunders,
Elizabeth City, n. C..
My dear Mr.. Saunders:
i have noticed in the newspapers that
you are a candidate for election to the
house of representatives. l see no rea-
son why you should not be elected.
OF course. l have known you more OF
less vaguely but 1 have habit of form
ing opinions Chiefly 1 have known you
through what you have written in The
Independent. which 1 get hold of now
and then. and in The Down Homer. /
sized YOU up several years ago as a reg
ular heman, if you know what that
means.
AS Il newspaper man you have i'm
pressed me as being the embodiment of
fearlessness combined with a keen sense
of propriety and the ability to discern
between the real stuff and the shoddy.
There is an over-plus of hypocrisy
abroad in the land and l have enjoyed
the hcfty blows you have dealt it. If
elected. you will have greater oppor-
tunities to make your force felt for the
betterment of the conditions under which
we live.
The Influential man must keep in mind
the trend of human activities and follow
the currents of life as they ebb and
flow. because after all the real thoughts
and deeds of living men and women fur
nish the motive power which rules and
guides the destinies of communities and
states. These current events, Impress
ed by high ideals, furnish the inspira
tion to the genuine representative of
the people.
What the United States, and its cit
izens need, are more representatives of
the thoughts and desires of the people
and few scheming politicians. Politi-
,:ians are the curse of the land. We
need to get down among the masses and
do some legslating for them. 1 believe
YOU are fitted to jibe in that niche.
Fraternally yours,
ISA BIGGS,
Editor High Point EnterpriSe
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
TWO BIG STILLS ON
NORFOLK COUNTY FARM
Liquor Was Being Made at a Lively
Rate When Revenue Officers
Found Them

Not cub. but a full-grown tiger and
the biggest that has come under the OBJ
servation of Federal Officer Wagner, was
captured in Norfolk county Friday OF
last week C. II. Powell and son c. D.
Powell were arrested by [. S. Revenue
Officers and are now out on $500 bail
each.
The officers found on the Powell es-
ate of 1000 acres. two stills, one of 60
and another of 40 gallons capacity, op-
Grated by five horse power steam boil
er. Twelve hundred gallons of mash
was ready to be run off, the stills having
capacity of about 30 gallons per day.
The Powell farm is located near Butts
Crossing.
Beside the two stills which they con-
fiscated. the federal officers found where
there had been stills operated at four
other places
The Powells are known to many Eliz-
a5eth City people and some of their pro
duct is said to have been marketed here.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
LAMBERT BROS. ELECT
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR

Lambert Bros. Inc, of this city elec-
ted the following officers at their an
nual meeting Tuesday night: f. NJ.
Grice. president; w. r. Lambert, vice
president: E. J. Lambert, secretary and
treasurer. The Board of Directors for
the ensuing year are, W. G.. Gather,
". E. Dunstan, G. e. Thompson, J. G.
Gregory, F. NJ. Grice, w. r. Lambert
and E: J. Lambert To take care of
the increasing growth of their business
the company increased it's capital stock
100 per cent
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
= n POTATO SPRAYING
CAMPAIGN IN FEBRUARY

ming the last week in January.
'.' ending throughout February, an
.r.afo Spraying Campaign is to be
."a in the eastern part of the
Il" purpose of this campaign.
.'.i consist of Il Scric>, of talks
.@iiSt$ from the State Depart
Agriculture. is to. present to
~.'''"r~ the advantages of better
-, '..- ii potato culture. particularly
~ of plants with the home
i''S"n Bordeaux Mixture. Ex-
T., ''."n nf~ conducted by the Division of
''''''t'sy. in both the eastern and
~''Fi' part of the State during a five
H'rI"d. prove conclusively that it
pays t" spray
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
(Adyertiseme ent)
YOUNG EYESIGHT
IN OLD AGE

You can't grow younger; but
you can enjoy good sight to a
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
ious consideration, if your eyes
need glasses.
DIR. J. D. HATHAWAY
Phone ooo :: E1iz. City, N. c
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-01-30
SMALL. COMES CLEAN
His Position on Sterling
Sedition \BiII

In a telegram to w. o. Saunders
dated Jan. 20, 1920, Congressman
John II. Small says
"Your telegram relating to Ster-
ling and Graham Sedition Biifs re-
ceived. have given careful consid-
GRAFTON to same. The acts sought
to be prohibited and punished by
these bills are evil and unpatriotic
and no good citizen would be guilty
of same, but I believe we would best
rely upon public opinion to correct
same. Our people have paid too
high a price for freedom of speech
and press and individual liberty to
jeopardize same by any effort to
correct abuses.
JOHN n. SMALL.