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The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
S0vlETS CAPTURE PEREk0P
and FORCE IhdPERlALISTS TO
EvACUATE SEBASTOP0L BASE

Especial United Press Wire.)
Constantnople Nov. 13-Unconfirned dispatches
ceived here have reported that sebasopo the princi
pal headquarters of General Wrangel have been
ated.
sebastopol is the southwesternmost tip Of the Cri
mean peninsula, south Of Perekop strategic point
the sthus that Wrange1 trying desperately to hold
against the advancing Bolsheviki
According to the dispatches the Soviet forces gained
their entrance to the peninsula by crossing the frozen
Sea of Azov to the eastward Of the sthmus. While
Wrangeps troops were engaged with the Red forces
around Perekop the Boshevi crossed the ice and at
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
LABOR AFTER MILLION
NEW UNION members
Cspecial United Press Wire \

ISPGCldI UlllI9u TTESS "'Te.
Washington, Nov. 13.--Organized
labor is: now trying to add 100000
new members to its ranks, Vice
President Duffy of the American
Federation of Labor announced.
The effort constitutes labor's ac.
ccptalea of the challenge of the EN-,
ployers who, the labor leaders
charge, plan to establish the non
union shop and depress wages as a
part of the fight against organized
labor.
Labor leaders in all sections of the
country are now making an intensive
campaign to enlist the office, OF
white collar" workers in labor's
ranks.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13

Farm hands in the state of Pueblo
arc reported to have been unioniZed
and prepared to join tho general
strike unless they receive wage In.
crcascs.
According to government officials,
a plot has been discovered for q big
''red" demonstration on the night OF
November SO. Arms anH ammun1-
ton have been smuggled across the
American border for the purpose, tt
is stated.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
FLOUR PRICES TAKE BIG
DROP At MILL CENTERs
Especial United Press Wire.)

Minneapolis, Nov. 13.-F GU +
prices at the mill dropped Sc per
barrel since June, northwestern mill
ers here declared. They said the
cause was duo to cessation OF buy
ing throughout the country and
abroad, which has kept the mills
working at half capacity.
Flour prices at the mills are now
$3.50 to $3.50 per barrel on family
patents, as compared to s15.l0 to
$500 last June.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
Jensen & Won Herberg Capitulate
and Sign Agreements With Union
Employees in Pacific Coast Cities


Yakima, where the syndicate con.
trolls theaters. The original cause
of the controversy was demand pf
the Tacoma operators for a siS-day
week, siS-hour day and wage in
creases, which was rejected by the
syndicate.
The agreement reached was
signed by w. j. Douglas for tho
musicians, H. c. Hollinger for the
operators, j. P. Rankin for the Sc
attic janitors, c. s. Jensen and H.
7. Moore for the firm. 1t provides
a six-day week, siS-hour day for all
musicians and operators employed
by the firm. The Tacoma operators
get their working conditions starting
two months hence and a~wage scale
- ----------------------
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
SYMPATHETIC WALkOUT FOR
VERA CRUZ STEvEDORES is
SPREADING THROUGH STATES
(Special United Press Wire.)


Mexico City, Nov ia general strike, which was
attended by serious disorders has been declared in the
province of Yucatan according to official war office
dispatches.
Railway employees dock workers and power plant
operatives are said to have gone out in sympathy with
the striking stevedores in Vera Cruz The situation is
described as Extremely critical
Pitched battles occurred in Vera Cruz when the for
eign ships attempted to employ strikebreakers. The
strikers attacked them carrying red flags and shouting
"Viva la Soviet
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
MORE AIURDEROUs ACTS.

Especial United Press Wire.)
Lond ton, Nov. 13.--The
.'BIack and Tan" police fired Il
volley of shots into a crowd of
farmers and laborers working i'm
y creamery at Bally NfcElligott,
Ireland, killing two and wo,lnd-
ing several, a Dublin dispatch
reported.
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BANDITS STEAL 100000
IN CURRENCY AND ESCAPE {
lsnecial United Press Wire.

Cleveland, O., Nov. 13.--Four ban
dts held up the First National bank
at Kingston, 10 miles south of hore,
yesterday and escaped in an automo-
bile with 100000 in currency and
between $4,000 and 100000 in
stocks and bonds, as well as Il guam
tity Of Liberty bonds, the value Of
which is unknown.
The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-11-13
SHEEP HERDS INCREASE.
(By United PreSS.)

JBy UHlltU TItbS.J F8
Fredericton, N. B., Nov. 13.--
According to Premier Foster. the
sheep of the province have increased
from 100000 in 1917 to 100000 at
the present time, or an increase OF
100 per cent in three years.
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TELEPHONES

Subscribers Will Confer o Fav.
or by Calling 80 When
Paper is Not Delivered
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
FARMERS TO DISCUSS.
COTTON ASSOCIATION
Will Meet At County Agent Falls Office
Saturday Afternoon

All the farmers of Pasquotank coun-
ty are specially urged to attend a con-
ference at the Office of county farm
demonstration Grover W. Falls in the
Federal building Saturday afternoon,
September IS. at two O'Clock. The fol-
lowing is the program of the meeting:
Purpose of Organizing the American
Cotton Association" by E. S. Ccott,
''Why We Should Become Members of
the American Cotton Association, e.
P. Cartwright and Zenas Jennings;
'Why I Feel it My Duty to be a Mem
Der of the American Cotton Association
Henry F. Sample and Sam I1oftin: ''How
Farmers Can be Benefited by Organ
ling, D. w. Morgan and J. r. Brite ;
"How Can the Farmers of Pasquotank
County Help to Make the American
Cotton Association, T. L. Overman and
W. G. Williams; "Why Farmers Should
Have Organization'', by c. H. Winslow
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
BEGIN SERVING TIME.
FOR CURRITUCK CRIME.
Nixon and Saunders Sentenced to State
Prison, Pennington and Parr
Under Bond

J. Pope Nixon and Fommie Saunders
were convicted of burglary in the Su-
perior Court at Currituck last week.
Nixon was given a sentence of two
years in the State Prison and Saunde>
a sentence of nine moths. The verdict
was not rendered and sentence passed
until Saturday night and they were TAX
en- to the State Prison Sunday morning
where they are now serving their SEN
tenceS.
The cases against their companions.
L. w. Pennington and Edward Parr
were not disposed of and each of these
is bound over to the March 1921 term
of the Superior Court of Currituck.
There were several cases against the
case. the burglary of the home of a
Negro named George Hughes, near
Snowden Pennington and Parr were
acquitted in this case. But there re-
mains the case of the robbery of A! B,
Snowden at Maple, near ,Currituck G. II.
They viii be tried on this charge in
March.
Nixon. the elder of, the four boys as
sumed full responsibility for the sensa-
tional doings of the quartette in Cur
rituck in December 1919. But Saun-
ders upon cross examination failed to
sustain NIixons well contrived state
ment and became hopelessly involved
His contradictory statements and pre-
vious bad record convicted him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
SAWYER-PERRY

Hersey Gordon Sawyer, formerly of
South Mills, but now connected with a
prominent lumber concern here. was
welded to Miss Gertrude Perry, daugh
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Perry of
this city Thursday afternoon at one
O'Clock at the home of the bride on First
street, Rev. Geo. w. Charge officiating
The home was attractively decorated
with potted plants, ivy and goldenrod
and the ceremony was witnessed by re
latives and intimate friends of the cou-
pie. Mr.. and Mrs. Sawyer left by au-
tomobile for Norfolk Thursday after
noon and thence they will go by boat to
Washington, D. c., and from that city
to Mountain Lake, Md. and other points
of interest in the North. They will
make their home at Elizabeth City up
on their return. The bride has been
a teacher in the city graded schools
here for several years, and her absence
from the faculty of the latter will be
keenly missed
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
STEAMER ALMA'S LOSS
COVERED BY INSURANCE
New Steamer Will Take Place of Faith
full Old Craft Which Burned To
The Keel Saturday Night

The steamer e. r. Daniels will tenn
pOrarfIy replace the Steamer Alma which
was burned at her wharf at Fairfield
in Hyde county last Saturday night. A
new steamer will be purchased to take
the place of the Alma as soon as a suit
able craft can be found.
Fire of unknown origin completely
destroyed the Alma Saturday night,
September II. The steamer was lying
at her wharf at Fairfield. All of the
cargo except some lime and lumber
in the hole had been removed to the
warehouse The warehouse was not
burned The North River Line, owners
of the Alma valued her at $4,000 and
carried $4,000 insurance. The boat was
in shallow water when burned and was
a complete loss. In deeper water the
hull might have been saved by sink
ing the burning ship.
The destruction of the Alma spread
CONSERVATION among the people of East
Lake, Gum Neck and Fairfield. Fair
field in Hyde county is 40 miles fro
a railroad. Gum Neck, in Tyrell coun-
ty is 20 miles from a railroad. Fast
Lake in Dare county is even more iso-
lated The Alma furnished the onl,
transportation to these places, making
a weekly trip to and from Elizabeth
City.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
STILL OTHERS REFUSE.
TO DIP THEIR CATTLE
The Cattle Tick Continues to Make
ITroubie, But u. S. District
Attornew Stands by Him

W. W. Simpson. a resident on K.
F. D. :. Elizabeth City. was fined
$500 for failure to dip his cattle and
noted an appeal to the Superior Court,
in the Recorders Court here Wednes-
day morning. Josiah Brite of the
Newland section of the county was al
so on the docket charged with the
same offense but his case was post
poned on account of illness. Mr.. Simp-
son was represented by I. :. District
Attorney E F. Aydlett who finds moth
ing inconsistent in drawing govern
ment salary and selling his services to
persons who violate government regu-
lations, all at the same time.
The cattle tick continues to be the
livest issue in Pasquotank to-day and
will not be backed off the boards.
Suffrage, prohibition, the League of
Nations, the High Cost of Living. the
coal shortage and the housing prob
lem are forgotten in the rowover the
cattle tick and the governments eff
forts to eradicate the pest.
After having noted an appeal Mr.
Simpson came back and paid his fine
and said he intended to comply with
the law and regretted that he had tax
en- the arbitrary stand which he had.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
DEMONSTRATION CLUBS
PLANNING FOR WINTER

Under the capable and energetic su-
pervision of Miss AIarcie Albertson, Pas
uuotank's hustling home demonstration,
plans are now under way throughout
the county for an extensive program of
fall and winter work in the various girls
and women's clubs. 1t is believed that
the membership of the clubs will be
larger than ever this winter, and Miss
Albertson hopes to make this banner
year in club accomplishment. The fol-
lowing is a brief account of the club
meetings of the past week. On We'd
nesday morning the girls canning club
of Okisko met at the home of Miss En-
ma Layden for a demonstration in cut
ting out hats Thursday morning the
Fork High school clubs met with Miss
Albertson at the school building for in
struction in handk kerchief making, while
on the afternoon of the same day the
Fork home demonstration club met with
Mrs. J. G. Harris, and later, Miss Al
bertson met with the Providence club
at the home of Mrs. Eva Pritchard. On
! Friday. afternoon the Newland home
| demonstration club met at the home OF
Mrs. III. M. Gregory in that ne1ghbor-
| hood for a demonstration in cleaning
! hats and clothes, while later the New
rland high school girls club met in the
i domestic science room of the school.
, Miss Albprtson delivered a lecture to
! tbe club on easier housekeeping, a sub
| iect in which every girl was interested.
! This club will meet once g, month instead
( of twice. as has hitherto been the Gus
/ tom
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17

GEORGE Il. WOOD, whose photo ap.
pears here has been tax collector of
Elizabeth City for the past two years,
and to-day the taxes are more nearly all
collected than in number of Years be-
fore. Mr.. Wood has also gathered in
several thousand dollars in back street
paving taxes, for which he was not d.
rectIy responsible, and, all in all, he
is as good a tax collector as can be
found in North Carolina. Did you ever
notice a worried expression on his face
when you met him on the street? You
did? Well, here's how it happened to
be there sometimes. Mr.. Wood keeps
the neatest Office quarters in this city
He poIishes his desk every morning, and
he is usually uneasy lest some care
less Taxpayer will drop in when he is
absent, and drape a pair of muddy bro.
gans across the top of it. Why, he
even dust City Manager Commanders
whiskers after that worthy executive
| returns from an inspectio nof the un
paved streets in the Second Ward! The
best thing about MT Wood is that hi
| IS always on the job. Photo by w. II
| ZoeIler.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
BROWNIES OYSTER BAR
OPENS FOR THE SEASON

North Carolina epicures VIII oseek the
genuine Lynhaven oyster when in Nor
folk will be glad to learn that Commo-
dore E. w. Browne is on the job again
this year with his famous oyster bar
at the same old stand. 113 Washington
street, opposite Pender's Grocery.
Mr.. Browne is an oyster grower him
self and some of the finest oysters serv-
ed in his place come from his own beds
in Lynhaven Bay. He says oysters are
looking fine early in the season this
year. Look him up next time you're in
Norfolk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
STATE CONVENTION OF
w. C.. T. u. MEETS HERE
Delegates From All Parts of North
Carolina To Meet Here
Saturday, Get. %

f. State Convention of the Wo-
--"'s'~ Christian Temperance Union
will meet in Elizabeth> City, Saturday
''.t :" end expects to be in session
A-'" for three or four days. About
~ delegates representing every impor-
tan city and section in North Carolina
y expected to be present.
Nationwide prohibition has given the
". {. I. L. no respite from it's labors
u laany decades. Spite of all legisla-
10h the liquor problem is still with
I'll. country and in new and en-
b"rr&NSing form. In place of the big
'r"w"ries and distilleries under govern
l."i-r supervision, prohibitionists now
AaF" to reckon with thousands of il
"ch di>tilleries concealed in every i'm
possible nook and corner of the coun-
IT,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
NORFOLK WILL
GETROAD BUILT
Stirred By Activity of Ports
mouth and South Mills on
Dismal Swamp Route

Aroused by the work on the|
Dismal Swamp highway which
will connect Elizabeth City with
the city Of Portsmouth, Va, put
ting Elizabeth City ten miles
nearer that city, Norfolk and
Norfolk county business men are
going to see that the proposed
hard surface road from Norfolk
to the North Carolina line, via
Great Btidge, Fentress and
Northwest is built at once. This
is the road now used by the Eliz-
abeth City territory in getting
to and from Norfolk.
The Virginia Highway Commission
contemplates the building of the Great
Bridge road to the North Carolina line
within the next five or six years any
way The Commission can't get to the
road sooner, because the money is not
available But Norfolk and Norfolk
county bankers, business men and farm
| ers have agreed to advance the money
| for the building of the road, to be re-
imbursed by the State Highway Com
mission at future date. But they
want the road now. At a meeting of the
State Highway Commission of Virginia
held in the city of Norfolk last Mon
day. it was agreed to accept the propo-
sition and build the road. The Virgin
ia Highway Commission is now drawing
plans and specifications and preparing
estimates to be submitted to the bus
mess men of Norfolk and Norfolk coun
ty at an early date. 1t will cost pro
badly $56U,OOO to build the proposed
road The proposed district highwa!
from Chowan to the Virginia line vi;
Elizabeth City. Shawbono and Moyocl
in North Carolina will connect with tn
Great Bridge road at the Virginia line
providing modern highway more thai
seventy five miles in length from Eden
ton on Chowan \Sound to Norfolk o.
the Chesapeake.
The work on the Dismal Swamp roa
from South Mills to Deep Greek in Nir
ginia is, thought to be directly respon
sible for the enterprise of the Nor
folkians The Dismal Swamp road wi
: put Elizabeth City ten miles nearer tn
I Virginia -eities than it is by the .preser
route and trade going by the Disms
Swamp route will enter Pasquotank in
q stead of Norfolk. Shrewd business me
and financiers like Col. w. 7. Old, pres
ident of the Seaboard National Ban
of Norfolk, see that the Dismal Swan
4lo j
, of dollars in trade and travel to tn
; city of Portsmouth if Norfolkians d
not bestir themselves and provide a
easy way for us North Carolinians
:. get into the city of Norfolk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
DESIRES
MORE TEACHERS
Will Not Work Farm In Connec-
ton With Colored State
Normal School

Those who had hoped to see the col
ored State Normal School at Elizabeth
City turned into an Industrial training
school received something of a jolt this
week when it was announced that the
farm of forty acres more or, less in
connection with the school will be leas-
ed for term of years and will not be
operated in connection with the school.
A few years ago everyone thought farm
was an ideal adjunct to a school and
theory said such farms would pay hand
some dividends. Experience everywhere
has taught that they don't pay.
The state established the school at
Elizabeth City several years ago for the
purpose of training Negro teachers for
the Negro public school of eastern North
Carolina. The school has not yet been
developed to a point where it begins to
supply the demand for desirable teachers
and the state is averse to emphasizing
vocational education in the school until
the school can turn out more teachers
and better teachers.
| The school will maintain it's manual
training department, giving the girls
lessons in cooking and needle work and
the boys lessons in cabinet work and
carpentry There will be a school gar
| den; but there will be no farming. 1t is
| the opinion of experts that agricultural
subjects should be taught outside the
school and capable instructor and farm
demonstration can be secured for this
work if a sufficient number of colored
youths in the vicinity of the school can
be interested in taking such instruction
The Federal government would pay one
half the salary of such ap Instructor
and the state on fourth. Tile remaining
fourth of his salary would have to be
paid locally.
Industrial training for the Negro il
5; still la its experimental stages and nlucl
has to be learned about it. q. S. Com
mission of Education P P Claxton has
called a national conference on the sub
fleet to be held in, Atlanta, November 1!
and 20. W. 0. Saunders, Chairman ot
the Board of Managers and Prof. P. W
Moore, Principal of the State Norma
School will attend that conference.
At the annual meeting of the Boart
of Managers held in Elizabeth City las
} Friday an expenditure of several thou
sand dollars in necessary repairs ant
additions to the present buildings ant
equipment was ordered. The State AR
chitect has in hand plans for severa
new buildings for the school and is be
ing urged to begin construction on thes
buildings at the earliest possible date.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
PEROUIMANS TO SELL
100000 BONDS FOR ROADS

The Commissioners of Perquimans Co
unity have voted to offer for sale $500.
600 road bonds for the building of per-
manent roads in that county, the work of
construction on roads to be undertaken
as soon as labor and material are avail
liable. 1t is proposed to spend the money,
not on main highway, but on roads
connecting several communities in the
county with the countys main thoro-
fare. This main thorofare is a part of
the proposed district highway and Per
quimans hopes the District Highway
Act will take care of the hard surfac-
ing of this road.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
HuSTlING YOUNG GROCERS
MOVE UP ON MAIN STREET

i.ncian Morrisette and Eugene Raper,
.a'!Ins as Aorrisette & Raper have pur-
"@a~"c the retail grocery business of N.
-. Sawyer and have taken Mr.. Sawyer :
-''Ad II the Hinton Building on Main st.
i-eF nave removed from their Poindex-
g.. II. stand to the Main st. store this
'.'i: and will carry d line of groceries
...'s de!icatessen in keeping with their
..@" location. These young men started
Tie retail grocery business in Eliza
3: city about four years ago and have
"f'd an unusual success in a business
''E.lrlnS an immense fund of courte sy
.'@a ;act plus business ability.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
SKULL FRACTURED, MAY DIE

Seriously, and probably fatally hurt,
Charlie Bell. colored, of this city. was
taken to Norfolk hospital with a
fractured skull by DR.. G. w CardweH
Thursday afternoon. Bell received the
injury Wednesday night near Lambs
store, at the corner of Road and Bell
streets. when he was struck on the
head by a brick thrown by Lonnie
Griffin, also-eolored supposedly in a
quarrel. Griffin was arrested and plac-
ed in Jail to await the outcome of Bells
injuries.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
GAVE WORTHLESS CHECKS

w. A. Merchant, formerly Of Mo-
folk but now located at this city, Wa
tried in city police court Tuesday morn
ing upon a charge of giving a worthles
check in the amount of 81 to ATo;
Welch, colored, and w. 0. WinsloN
an employe of local oil company, VIZ
tried upon a similar charge. Winslo
was accused of having paid d, c. PERI
a west Main street grocer, for 50 wor'
of goods with check which later W.:
politely returned to Mr.. Perry by tt
bank. Merchant and Winslow were boz
l6t off upon payment of costs, after the
had made their checks good, and bot
were warned not to repeat the offens'
Merchant has been a repeated offendc
in this respect of late.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-17
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 reason
able price for real professio-
nal work. Remember your
eyes are your bread-winners.
Take care of them.
You have your teeth ex-
:, arnined 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, 1920-09-17

Olive Thomas, well known movie star,
and wife of Jack Pickford, died sud
denly at Paris, France last week after
drinking poison by mistake She had
just returned with her husband from
midnight dance orgy in the notorious
NIontmartre district, and drank. from a
bottle containing a bichloride of mer-
curry solution instead of medicine, as
she thought, Death occurred at a IA
ris hospital few hours later.