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Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
uep,rr TO State COLLEGE.

John Hepler of Ford county,
kans.. has just arrived to take up
his duties as assistant state county
agent leader. Mr.. Hepler is a grad
uate of the kans9s State Agrieul-
tural college of the class of 1915
and is man of unquestioned abil-
ity as shown by his previous work
in Kansas, In that. state he MS
for several years manager Of a
farm. later Instructor in agricul-
ture il one Of the large high schools
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
Davis Markctin" Wheat.

S. f. Davis and Sons are deliver
ing wheat this week. They bring
the huge loads regularly and sew
eral at time. Mr. Davis has raised
more wheat at less expense than
any one man on the mesa and hss
proved his method practical and in
general effective in spite of many
theories to the contrary. Those who
are copying his method are also
finding it good way and saving
costs of production. Roy Spanish
American.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

of the state, and from this position
entered the extension service, serv-
ing in the capacity of county agent
for the past three year in Ford
county
Mr.. Hepler takes the place made
vacant by the promotion of Mr..
Knorr to the state county agent
club leader. We are glad to see a
man of Mr.. Hepler's type and cali
Der step into this place and bespealt
for him an enviable record in this
state.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

There has been initiation with
yellowbacks from the federal treas
ury, but in no greater volume than
with greenbacked or brown chro-
mos that oil stock companies have
exchanged for the treasury paper.
All are works of art but some sorts
will remain in the hands of holders
much longer than the other.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

New Mexico saw him first, even
il South Dakota did nominate Gem
eral Wood for president. New Mex
leo had him in it's eye for winner
and even without conference upon
the matter, everybody knew he
had unanimous party support in
this state. The people of New Mex
leo know General Wood to be their
sort of a man.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

The Ar,esia Advocate is lord of
all it surveys? 1t refers to oil loca-
tions and drillings north and east
of Roswell and as far south as
Carlsbad as 'in the Artesia oil
field" and thereby keeps its town
in the spotlight, but creates wrath
in other parts of the Pecos valley.
The Advocate is perilously near be-
ing a pig in this practice.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

An odd and highly remunerative
employment is that of those men
and women who make a business
of inventing cable codes for large
financial houses and merchants
dealing In overseas trade.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
Natural Gas"
BY FRA RoBERTUs

The Fra COnfcsses an Early
but Hopeless Love in Con-
ncctlcut, in Doing the 0bitu-
AIRY of Mrs. Eusapiah Pal
ladina.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

Next weeks Hellophone will have
another subscriber if our print-pa-
per holds out 50 that we can print
two copies.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
4 NATION RESTS uroN LAW.

Dr. David Jayne Hill suggested
recently that every true state is a
personality subject to faadamental
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
A THOUGHr FOR TODAY.

The true dramatist writes plays
because he cannot help 1t. The
ether kind because no one can stop
him.-Georges Plateau.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

The clouds were heavy in the sky.
AS mother carved the pumpkin pie,
Then father said: Il think twill
rain,'
But mother said he was insane;
Said she: "The clouds will soon
float by"
And then we all ate pumpkin pie.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
THE POME AS PROMISED.
(By Miss Phinisty Dingieboom.)

Alack Alas and o. O! o.
We girly-girls don't have a show!
The men who used to drink the
booze,
Then come and WOO us,
Now NOPE around in gobs of
blues
They're nothing to us!
500! O! O, alas! alack'
We almost wish the booze was
back
For then the men would drink
the booze
And come and see>us
AS lifetime mates Themselves to
choose:
But now they've flew us,
Alas! and o! o, o. alack!
O days of real sports, come back!
Ye Managing Ed had to take two
four-fingered drinks of denatured
icewater before he could consent to
print the foregoing mistresspiece
by Miss Phinisty, We knew she had
the divine affiliations in violent
form, but we were totally unaware
that it had reached the virulent
stage. However, we hope to tame
down Miss p. y. bit in time; and
we promise regular readers of the
Hellophone that if they continue
with us they'll find that Miss J.,
Dinglebloom. poetesslaratess Of
Tfillbilly, Arkansaw, L, S. America.
is some rara avis-yes, (Now is the
time to subj
Mrs. Jerusalem Dennis, a culti-
waited colored lady of Topknot, Ark,
has two new twins She has named
one of them Pen after celebrated
.novel by Thackeray, and the other
Tone Hen--the latter being of that
sex.
We have raised the price of the
molasses we have on sale at this
office, owing to the high cost of
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

In the Amazon there are known
to exist at least 1000 species Of
fish. .
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

We have raised the price of the
molasses We have on sale at this
office, owing to the high cost of
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
FROM THE CHESTNUT TREE.

FROM THE tFIESTNUT THFaFi.
"The employees of the Gas COM
pany are to have big theater
party tonight"
what sort of a show have they
selected ?"
"Some light opera, 1 presume"
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

In the Philippines canary seed
is ground and made into ia most
palatable bread.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20
l pause not for reply.

Nay, 1 but so straight on, to tell
you just why | coveted the fair
had been laying fresh egg nearly
every day for about q years. and
eggs were worth at the time II
cents a dozen!
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

When the oversigned was man.
aging editor of the New London
Day, some twenty years ago. in his
early youth. he knew and loved
Mrs, Ensapiah - yea. loved her
most devotedly. Cannot an aged
lman-you know the cub reporter
calls any man "aged" who has at
tanned 39 or 40-confess his early
loves in public print without
shame? He cam
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

You see now why / soughAto win
Eusaphia Palladina. Taking it for
granted that she continued laying
her daily egg up to the day of her
demise, had | won her twenty
years ago and cold storaged the
eggs she produced, / could sell
them now at so cents to a dollar
a dozen and retire to my imaginary
farm in the Ozarks and live hap
PLY and indolently ever afterward
on the proceeds of the profiteering.
M c.
And you see also. no doubt. why
preferred to have Mark Twain do
this obituary.
Copyright, 1920, by Bert Love.)
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

But alas again! M. r. is no more
in the flesh. and it falls to broth
er Missourian and a brother eX-
Connecticutian TO do the last sad
writes herein indicated.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-01-20

Mrs. Eusophia Panadina was the
most remarkable hen ever hatched.
When she died the other day she
was 32 years old, going on S3l She
was known throughout the world
TO chicken breeders; and it Is said
to have been fact that her coal
black feathers turned pure white
when she was about 10 years old
and so remained until the last sad
LsCene.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
ILLINOIS FARMERS GET
SCOTT BEAN F4ARVESTERS
A Solid Car Load of Soy Bean Harves-
ters Made in Elizabeth City For
Use in Illinois

A solid car load of soy bean harves-
ters consigned from the Scott Sales Co.
of this city to parties at Paris, IL. were
shipped this week. This represents the
first car load of bean harvesters sold
in the state of Illinois; the culture OF the
SOW bean being new in that state. Other
distant shipments made by the Scott
Sales Co. this week were to Bowling
Green, Ohio and Morr;stown, Pa.
Bean Harvesters made in Elizabeth
City are now in operation in the fields
of many states where the soy bean was
unknown few years ago, tho Elizabeth
City continues to be the center of the
soy bean industry in the United States
and the manufacturing and distributing
center of the bean harvester business
The Scott Soy Bean Harvester, while
one of the newest on the market, has
scored a phenomenal success this season
and possesses several labor saving i'm
provements that have brought it into
great demand.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
SIDEWALK GAS TANKS
NOT TO BE REMOVED
Mayor Gather Denies Rumors That He
Is Interested i'm Gasoline
Filling Stations

Rumors that Mayor w. G. Gather is
interested in movement to remove all
gasoline filling stations from sidewalks
in Elizabeth City are denied by Mayor
Gather himself who says that he is in
no way interested in the subject. Mr..
Gather is not in the gasoline business
himself, has no interest in any gaso-
line station and he says the gasoline
dealers are safe SO far as he is con-
cerned.
In meantime retailers whose filling
stations are conveniently located on
sidewalks have been very much disturb
ed over rumors to the effect that they
were to be required to get off the
streets. There are a dozen or more
such stands in. Elizabeth City and they
are great convenience to the auto
ist. One may stop his car almost any
where and fill up his tank with the stuff
which is still called gasoline
No one knows where the rumor start
ed unless it grew out of a remark made
by City Manager Commander some time
ago. Mr.. Commander has expressed the
opinion that the increasing congestion of
traffic may make it necessary to refuse
permits for the construction of side
walk gas stations in future.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
DR. LEV. McCABE HAS
LOCATED IN NORFOLK
Elizabeth City Boy Quits Army Medical
Corps With Captains Rank For
Private Career

The many friends of DR.. j. Lev. Nc
Cabe of this city will be interested in
the announcement that he has located
in Norfolk and will practice medicine
in that city. He has taken offices III
the Monroe Building on CRANKY St
where many leading physicians and sur
geons of the tidewater Virginia metro
polls have their Offices.
DR.. NIcCabe begins his professional
career as a private practitioner with an
unusual fund of experience for one of
his years He took his diploma in med
icine in Richmond just before the en-
try of America into the world war.
He enlisted in the medical department
of the army and was sent to France
where he served in field hospital work
until the close of the war, when he was
transferred to the q. S. Army hospital
at Fox Hill, Staten Island, n. Y. From
Fox Hill he was transferred to the Wal
ter Reed Hospital at Washington, D. c
He recently resigned from the army
declihing captains commission for {
private career.
DR.. AIcCabe is the elder son of MIR.
and Mrs J. T. McCabe of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
HIS $4,000 FARM
BRINGS S51,70O
Astounding Increases in Pasquo-
tank Real Estate Values

A farm three miles from Elizabeth
CNy that was purchased for $4,000 eight
wears ago sold at auction Wednesday
September 1 for $51.700e0. The farm
in question is located on Greek Bridge
Road and belonged to J. d. Winslow.
It consisted of 246 acres. Mr.. Winslow
recently placed the property in the hands
of Twiford & Twiford. a real estate
firm in this city. The Messrs. Twiford
& Twiford subdivided the farmsanto "a
acre tracts, and Sold it W auction this
week. The auction sale was conducted
by Burton Bros. Auction Co., of Kin
ston, n. c.
The K r. Wnslow farm of 1O4 acres
adjoining the above farm was sold on
the same date for $19,777. 1t was
bought by II. II. Newbern. This farm
was purchased for $500 two years
ago.
A 16 acre tract known as the Joshus
Davis tract, located on West Ehring
haus ST., which was offered for $2.50t
four years ago, sold for $4,000. The
purchaser was Gather Harris.
| Several town lots changed hands il
the auction sales conducted here this
| week. Two lots owned by Miles W
Ferebee on Cherry st. sold for $1.31O
The purchasers were w. E. Dunstal
and Edw. Markham respectively.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
HAVE NOT GIVEN
Up THEIR FIGHT
Opponents of Tick Eradication
Work VIII Garry War In
to County Commission
ners Monday

Having failed in their effort to abol-
ish dipping watts in Pasquotank by leg
islation it is understood the opponents
of tick eradication in this county will
carry their war into the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners at the regular session
of that body which -convenes at the
courthouse in this city Monday morning,
September g. That pressure will be
brought to bear upon the Commissioners
is freely talked on the streets here this
week.
The fact that the fedaral authorities
promise to lift the live stock quarantine
on this county by January L II dipping
is continued and the fact that nearly
S13 900 has been spent by local, state
and federal authorities in tick eradIca-
tion work in this county, are facts that
cut no ice with those who are opposed
TO dipping. In fact, the opposition
doesn't believe anything the government
experts say about tick eradication any
way. The government claims to nave
saved the south, S4O,OOO,OOO in its tick
eradication work in the past few years
and the quarantine on southern states
has ben rapidly lifted until only a com
paratively small area remains under
quarantine.
But those who oppose tick eradication
insist that the tick can not be eradl
Gated by dipping cattle, if goats and rab'
bits are permitted to go undlpped. Ihe9
| think the government ought to round VI
all the goats and rabbits and dip then
! too.
Dissatisfaction with the dipping va
and tick eradication work in some part
of this county grows out of the fac
| that it is a lot of trouble to owners O.
free range cattle to round up their scrut
stock every two weeks and take it tt
the dipping vats. Some of them refus'
outright to do this and others siyl!
evade the law The result is that while
mart of the cattle in the county are be
| ing regularly dipped and freed OF ticks
there are a lot of undipped cattle spread
tbe tick as of yore. The fact that 81
many are eyading dipping gives the op
nosition an reflective argument Ilcl
eradication, like every other progresslV'
measure. is having hard Shedding.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
AYDLElT LOST
ON HIS APPEAI.
State Tax Commission Sustains
Thornpson's Valuations on
AydIett Property

The State Tax Commis has
sustained County Supervisor J.
P. Thompson in the appeal of E..
F. Aydlett. on the valuation Of
certain belonging to Mr.. Aydlett
IN this city. The. property stands
appraised as foHoWs.-za-s =
AIitchelrs Department Store building
$4,000.
The Southern Hotel building, $751;
500.
Aydlett's home on Main street, -$1S,-
600.
J. ". Perry and J. w. Wilcox of the
Board of Appraisers cut the valuations
to something like Mr.. Aydlett's own fig
ures, appraising the hotel at $4,000;
the store building at $26,5OO and the
home place at $15, 5000.
Supervisor Thompson appealed to the
State Tax Commission and Mr.. Aydlett
went to Raleigh in person to use his in
fluence with the commission to keep
the valuation of his property down to
the lower figure. ~
Mr.. Aydlett's activities raised a storm
of protest and created something of {
stampede among other wealthy proper
| ty owners in the city who wanted thei1
property valuations cut down, if Ayd
| lett was to be so favored. If Mr.. Ayd
| lett had succeeded in his manuevers the
result might have been hundreds Of
| thousands of dollars taken off certain
big property owners in the city at thu
| expense of less favored property own
ers in the city and county.
The exposure of Mr.. Aydlett's acti
vities by this newspaper has arouse.
the ire of that gentleman. Awaiting
himself of technicality he insists tha
he has never made any appeal. In ex
planning the written arguments which b
filed with the State Tax Commission MI
| Aydlett says his stenographer made
mistake and wrote "In Re: Appeal B,
E. F. Aydlett," instead of .In Re: Ap
| peal OF E. F. Aydlett.'' Mr.. Aydlet
not only filed such papers with the Stat
j Tax Commission, but he went to Ra
leigh in person and stormed that bod
4 in an effort to get his property on tn
| tax books at the lower valuation. Sine
he had a perfect right to do this it i
rather remarkable that he should bloy
up and threaten newspaper man fo
telling on him.
| Before confirming Supervisor Fhomp
! sons valuations on the Aydlett proper
ty, the State Tax Commission, sent
special Investigator here to go over tn
property and report his findings to tn
Commission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
MUST FACE FEDERAL COURT

Charged with violating the Federal
prohibition laws, Jesse Partridge, of
Dare county, and E. G. Johnson, of
Berkley, Va, were bound over to the
next session of Federal court by COM
missioner T. B. Wilson here yesterday.
The arrest of Partridge and Johnson
followed a search of their gas boat, the
"Smasher,'' by prohibition officials and
local police early Monday morning. in
the course of which two five-gallon jugs
of corn liquor were found. The two
men were placed under bond of $500
each, and the "Smasher' will be held in
custody by deputy United States mar
shal J. R. Williams pending the action
of Federal court, unless her owners
meanwhile furnish bond for the vessel
in a sum equal to twice. the value OF
the boat.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
ELKS WILL BE SEEN
IN "JOLLIES OF 1920
Popular Fun Makers To Stage Scream
ing Entertainment September
9th and 10th

The Elks of Elizabeth City will pre-
sent, .sThe Jollies of 1920" at the high
school auditorium on the evenings OF
Thursday and Friday, September 9th and
10th. Rehearsals are already in pro
gress, for the big, amusing entertain,
ment. and the program will include dane
ing, singing, and bright, snappy musica
comedy brimful of catchy songs ane
sparkling dialogue. Tickets are being
sold by the Elks, and these will be ex'
changed for reserved seats at Selig's
jewelry store on Monday, September 9th
The annual Elks' minstrel has long beer
highly popular amusement feature
here. =.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
INVEST $tO IN A
BETTER HOME PAPER

If Elizabeth City and northeast
ern North Carolina ever have bet
ter newspaper than THE 1NDE-
PENDENT it will still be THE-IN-
DEPENDENT. This newspaper
found Elizabeth City a newspaper
grave yard and gained the confi-
denee and support of people who
had never had any faith or conf
Gence in local newspapers. THE
INDEPENDENT is still forging
ahead and is not content with its
present rank; there is bigger work
for this newspaper than it has hith-
erto attempted; bigger work than
any other newspaper will UNDER
take. To acquire more capital THE
INDEPENDENT offers no stock
or bonds for sale. Nor is THE IN
DEPENDENT begging for any,
thing. But the publisher is offer
ing limited number of ten year
subscriptions at the very low price
of $40 each. Five hundred such
: subscriptions will give this news
paper $4,000 for certain much need
ed permanent Improvements. May
be you had thought about taking
one of these ten year subscriptions.
Why not obey that impulse and send
your check to-day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
cAowAN COLLEGE

Chowan College will open Tuesday
Sept IA. instead of Tuesday, Sept T.
according to information furnished this
newspaper by the president, Prof. P. 5.
Vann this week. The delay is due to
TO the carpenters who will not finish
their work until the latter part OF this
week, at which time everything will be
in readiness for the opening.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
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 year. Why
not you eyes? They are
more important.
DR.. J. D: Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bid
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
WORK BEGINS ON NEW
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
Elizabeth City g. Norfolk Telephone &
Telegraph Co. To Issue New
Directory Soon

Directory soon
A new telephone directory for Eliza
beth City and for the five counties
working with the Elizabeth City & Nor
folk Telephone & Telegraph Co. will be
ready for all telephone. subscribers in
these counties about Oct. 1, 1920.
There will be more than 1000 sub
scribers listed. in the new directory and
every subscriber will get copy OF the
directory
Advertisers desiring space in the new
directory and subscribers who want their
names listed in bold black face type
should communicate at once with G. w.
Grice, manager. of the Telephone Com
pany. Mr.. Grice says that all adver-
tising matter for the new directory
should be in his hands by September 10
if possible.
The new directory will be printed in
the shop of THE INDEPENDENT,
which means that it will be printed right
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
Thieves MAKE SMALL HAUL

Thieves broke into the store OF Hen
p, Brooks, colored, on Harney street
onnosite the Red Onion hotel, IN Saw
vertown. a colored section Of this city,
between midnight and day TUESDAY
morning. and stole a number of small
arti.1es and few pennies which had
,oon loft in the cash drawer at closing
time Monday night. Entrance was ell
fected through a window The cIlpri's
left no clue as to their identity.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
A JOB TO HIS LIKING

Herbert H Smith who quit THE IN
DEPENDENT some time ago to go down
to Edenton and start print shop gave
I'D the idea altogether and has accepted
a position as travelling salesman for
manufacturer of women s and misses
underwear, a line il. which Herbert has
always been interested. tr s.-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
mr. FINCK, VETERINARIAN
7rrgIRMS TO elizabeth CITY

Dr Victor Finck, veterinarian VINO
hod established a successful practice
1oro nrior to the world war, has return
- to Elizabeth City and will resume ms
nractice. At the outbreak of the war ne
a,1;s+od for overseas service. DR.. Finck
cows Elizabeth City looks good to MIN
after an absence of nearly three years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03

Alleged to have been aided by three
persons on the outside, Harvey G. Cor
don. of Cheyenne, Wyo. made his es-
cape from the Hickory Jail one night
last week. He had been arrested on a
charge of breaking into a Hickory store
Gordon's present whereabouts are un-
known.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03
q first Elizabeth City wo.

The first Elizabeth City woman to be
duly appointed notary public is Mrs.
w. O. Saunders. wife of the editor of
the weekly INDEPENDENT, who was
commissioned last week by Governor
Beckett.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-09-03

WHEN ne was told that The INDIE
PENDENT had gotten hold OF one OF
his photographs to print, Chief Holmes
came around to see about that thing.
He said he felt a little uneasy because
no one ever knew what THE INDE-
PENDENT would say about fellow.
Besides, nobody ever has anything very
good to say about a policeman anyway.
But THE INDEPENDENT has only
aood word for, Chief Holmes He has
held the Office of Chief of Police for two
years to the entire satisfaction OF the
city administration. He has been ON
the police force for seven years and be-
fore he was made chief he had gained
the reputation of being the most de-
pendabIe officer on the Elizabeth City
police force Photo by Leon Sklar.