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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
Will Negroes Change
Color When They
Get Up, In Heaven

There is going to be a warm debate
at the Court House in Elizabeth City
tonight, Friday April 2, when Rev.
Richard Dick, the Black Sam Jones,
goes to- the mat with the erudite and
classical Rev. J. T. Doles of this city
on the subject ''Resolved, That The
Negro Will Retain His Original Color IN
Heaven.
Richard Dick. the biggest, blacklist,
strongest shrewdest and most eloquent
Negro Dulpiteer in eastern North Car
olina has long contended that the col
ored man will carry his color right along
TO heaven with him. Rev. J. L. Doles
who belongs to the class of more advan-
ced thinkers doesn't think the Lord is
,, going to carry the color scheme beyond
the pearly gates. These two we'll known
Negro divines will thresh the subject
! ont for the edification of the public ant
the satisfaction of themselves tonight
There will be reserved seats for white
people.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
VISITS OLD HOME FIRST
TIME IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

w. B. Walker. former resident OF
this county was a guest of friends and
family relations in this city this week.
for the first time since he left this coun-
in 1898. Mr. Walker is now resident
of West Hoboken, n. J. and came south
last week on account of the death Of his
brother DR.. Zenas Fearing Walker, OF
Norfolk. Va. who was likewise a for
mer resident of this city. After attend
ing the funeral of his brother in Norfolk
last Sunday Mr.. Walker came out to
renew his acquaintance with the old
home town.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
new GRADESFOR
SWEET POTATOES
Revised Grades Will Be Sub
nitted to Growers Here For
Approval April 6.

A meeting of unusual interest to
sweet potato growers in this section
will be held in Elizabeth City Tuesday,
April 6. The object of the meeting IS
explained by Gorrell Shumaker. Acting
Chief of the Division of Markets of the
n G, Agricultural Service. Mr.. Shu-
maker says:
"Realizing that the sweet potato
grades as proposed last season were
not particularly adapted to the needs
of North Carolina growers, we appeal
ed to the Federal Bureau OF Mar
kets for revision, and after conduct
ing numerous Investigations, and al
ter-holding i several conferences IN
which experts from all over the South
exnressed their views, the grades were
revised to such an extent that L teel
that they are now practical for use in
this State.
sBefore issuing these grades as law,
however. we desire to give the grow
ers in the vicinity of Elizabeth City
an opportunity to meet with US and
discuss the proposed changes. we
have. therefore, requested Mr.. Grover
w. Falls to arrange for a meeting
! place at 1870 y. NJ, on Tuesday
April 9th.
"At this time we shall also have a
Representative from the Horticultural
Department who will discuss sweet
/ potato production and the construct
ion of-commercial storages
.aThe Horticultural Department has
been very active in this storage con-
in hn
many new houses have been built. In
meetings at Hamlet. Washington and
other places in plans for bulltilng
i large commercial storage houses.
I'VE trust that this will reach you
early enough to include notice of this
. | weeks issue of The Independent. We
=, feel assured of your hearty coopera'
tion in every way.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
STATE AID FOR
ROAD TO GATES
Provided $4,000 Drainage Dis
>trict is Provided in Tadmore
Section, Says Page

The Elizabeth City-Gatesv1lle
paved highway, recently much
discussed in this section as the
most logical roadbuilding ven
ture which Pasquotank can EN- !
bark uDon within the near future,
and which would connect LIZA
beth CITY with the fertile farm
ing sections Of Newland town
ship in Pasquotank. and the
whole Of Gates county, With a
consequent advantage of prov1d-
ING an accessible shipping point
to the people Of these commun1-
ties. now depends upon the form
alton Of a drainage district IN
Nevland, township. Such dis
trict according to the plans OF
fered bv Russell Snowden. High
way Engineer for the Fourth d.
vision of North Carolina, IN
which Pasquotank county is To-
Gated, would require the cutting
Of seven miles of drainage canal
at total cost of something like
S25, 400.
Commissioner Frank Page of the
State Highway Commission declares Il
7 q letter this week to Chairman W.
woodley of the Pasquotank HIGHWAY
Commission. that if Pasquotank VIII VI
oanize a drainage district to lnciuoe tl'
Tadmore section in NeWland to"nship
the State Highway Commission Will on
1ioate to dig the ditch which Will D
necessary through the swamp Det"ee'
I Pasouotank and Gates counties an
huiH the Pasquotank- Gates roau' Oh
fourth of the cost of the undertahlh
/ +o he paid by Pasquotank. and the re
+ mainder to be financed with state an
:, Federal funds.
II If is pointed. out that the EllzaDet
- charlottesville road can be construcIe
without the formation OF the sugsesle
III droinage district; but the cost OF tn
,.o,d ,vould be considerably greater, an
+Lo Todmore section would remain sui
io.+ to overflow by high tides. as
= orosant For these two reasons Dl
+.;o+ Engineer Snowden suggests th'
:, Tho drainage district as proposed Wou
he cbeaper in the long run, conslderll
tho enhancement of the valVe of tt
rodnora farming lands following the L
ata11o+ion of an effective drainage sy
"r +on, As the matter stands, Comm
le sioner Page strongly suggests that sta
~ and Federal aid for the proposed FIJI
'.e abeth City-Gatesville Highway VIII
OIL forthcoming only upon condition that t
WI Spwland drainage district be tormf
N or according to Engineer Snowden spe
Nv fications, which were the result Oh
sai nrpliminarffiy survey of the route
III adjacent section made by him seVe
lry auJacen'
o.+ weeks ago.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
CHAIN GANG MUST GO
SAYS THIS CONFERENCE
North Carolina Conference For Social Service De-
clares Principles Which Will Surely
Guide Future Legislation

finement, For the purpose of refor-
nation, State and County farms afford
the best means of discipline and con-
finement. Furthermore. it reformation
is to be the purpose of punishment un-
der the law, the prisoner should be pald
a just wage, that is whatever his LABOR
is worth, and after deducting the cost
of clothing, board and lodging, the bal
ance of his wages should either be PAD
to his family if dependent upon HIM,
or turned over to him at the, expiration
of his sentence. Any form OF punish
ment of confinement for the purpose
| of profit to municipality, county or
| statn. as for example the chain gang, is
| indefensible.
Help for Mothers
Z. The best education which child
receives is that training which 1t re-
ceives from a good mother. Therefore
financial assistance to mothers OF good
character who have been widowed or
deserted and who have dependent chill
dren. should be provided. 1t is neither
Just nro right that any mother should
be debarred by poverty alone from the
= privilege of raising her own children.
The Moving Picture Evil
s. The moving pictures mas ehoillouo
I possibilities for good, but uncontrolled
f and undirected is exerting an enormous
Influence for evil. 1t is large factor
in the training or education OF the chlld
and in the shaping of his character. The
s child passes daily from the school room
to the moving picture and daily the IN
fluence of the former is undermined and
n set aside by the latter. What the school
V constructs at great labor and expense
:. the moving picture destroys. we there
- fore commend this vital problem to the
y ,attention of the educational as we'll as
TO the public welfare departments OF
the State to the end fthat the moving
picture may be properly directed ant
le- controlled and may become the public
IN asset that it ought to be instead OF th'
as public liability that it is. Without e1
in messing an opinion. this Conterenc'
u would project for consideration tn
IL question: Is it sane or sound to per
nd NIT public amusement IN any form I
en- be exploited for private gain!
OF This conference desires to go ste
&C. further in this important matter, an
e to place itself on record as faVorln
lts the state regulation of moving picture
lu- until such time as federal regulatlo
can be secured.
Ill In Behalf of "IIIegitimate" Children
% 9. We favor increased appropriation
,.e " for the care and training of unadJuste
ne Concluded on Page 12)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
AMERICAN LEGION NOW
IS A MILLION STRONG
Organization of Former SoinleFo' od"'
ors and Marines Still Rap'uly
Growing

}Ithough but little more than year
"Io, he American Legion now has more
1..' a million members in approximate
=: ~.-7@O posts, which include every state
.r IL" Tnion Such an organization Oh
Veterans has never before been known
j. tie history of the United States or
:...} "thrr nation. and one salient feature
81 TIE Legion is that it is unlVerSal
-"ugLout a greater part OF the coun-
Try than any other veteran military
'"'y has ever been. Pasquotank FoSt
e. the American Legion is steadily grow
- iii membership. and interest IN the
---.rc and plans of the organization Is
..lrh greater among the former service
nltn of this section since the natlona
Executive Committee has taken a de
mite stand upon the matter of addition
= compensation for ex-soldiers, sailor
and marines
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
YOUR JUVENILE
COURT AT WORK
Erring Youth Given An Oppor-
tunity to Make Good
In Life

OF 24 boys and young men arrested
for gaming in this city last Sunday, i've
were under 16 years of age. FORMER! /
these bows would have been herded INTO
the Recorders Court with every grade |
any tvpe of criminal of older years and
treateG as criminals Their arrest and
trial would have marked them as Grim
inals. But the last General Assembly
of North Carolina created JuVenlie
Court and a Public Welfare Officer and
the five boys under 16 years OF age VINO
we're ARE sted Sunday were turned over
to the Juvenile Court and spared the
odium of a~criminaf trial.
The writer of this newspaper attend
| cd the session of the Juvenile Court
| Monday morning just to report how the
| thing works and the parents OF every
child in this county and in this state
| should read this report with interest.
To begin with. the session OF the Ju-
venile Court was conducted with abso-
lute privacy. except for the presence OF
the writer. The five boys were taken
into a room where there would be no
| intruders. Geo r. Little. Clerk OF the
| SUPERIOR Court. is the Judge of this 'ju-
yenile Court. Judge Little opened the
Court by explaining to the boys that
the Court is their friend and that it is
established for the purpose of helping
: the bows. Judge Little told them> that
the Juvenile Court did not exist for the
purpose of Furnishing. but to correct
; vouth who had fallen into erring ways
and tranSgreSsed the laws otfhe state
Judge Little told them about the State
RefOrmatory to which boys were Sent
for correction when it was demonstrat-
ed to the Court that the boys could MOI
he beIDed in any other way. He express
the belief however that the boys before
Z hin, for the first time were not ba(
I bows at all, but had gotten into bat
n company and thoughtleSSly violated th'
law He was sure that these boys de
sired to go straight and that they Wou!'
not give the Court any further trouble.
In meantime. the Juvenile Court OF
ficer. Prof. T.. s. Nann. had made
card index record of the case OF eac
bov, to be kept by the Court.
~ Judge Little then put each OF tn
IL bovs on probation for period OF thre
e months. these boys to report TO MI
every week 1t was explained to thei
that during this time their conduct WI
/ be carefully observed by the -CPur
2, Each boy was given green card or ia
, relating to his particular case and WI
show that card or tag each time he r'
/ Dorts to the Juvenile Court While g
l. probation.
le| Not word about the cases of the:
bows was given to the newspapers al
those who had committed offenses II
j. the first time were assured that n
Mt even their parents would be told
=; their troubles. -
And so that is how the Juvenile Cou
IL in YOUR county works in the case
in first offenders Who will say it Is n
6 better way than dragging the sm'
=, boy into the police court with
u of grown-up criminals and treating n
h as a criminal!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
cH0wAN COLLEGE GETS
SUBSTANTIAL ENDOWMENT

The Baptist Board of Education
: has apportioned s5oO.O00.OO as an
. endowment for Chowan College, put
: tinu this college in the A class OF
+ North Carolina educational instItu-
: tions. This money comes from the
Southera Baptist sS75, ,ooo,uoo
& campaign, to which the Baptists OF
: this state contributed a million ana
= half dollars.
= With this endowment ChoWan
= CoIleue becomes an even more IN
x viting proposition for Elizabeth City
r and with such financial re-entorce-
= ment Chowan College can not al
* ford to locate elsewhere than IN
= Elizabeth City, the one town in the
district that can~>give it a suitable
Y setting. :,
: Those who have been inclined 10
x feel luke warm toward this college
* will take a new interest since its H.
nanciaI success is assured by this
healthy endowment. All together
= now for Chowan College.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
YOUNG EYESIGHT
IN OLD AGE

You can't grow younger; but
you can enjoy good sight to
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. I
DIR: j. D. HATHAWAY
Phone ooo 3: Eliz. City, N. [
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
wHITEHILL-WHITEHOHSl

Miss Lillian A. Whitehurst' daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs R. 7. Whitehurst' anu
nonular society girl of this city, was
,,,arried last Friday at Portsmouth. va
70 DR.. Nelson H. Whitehill, OF wash
;ngto6, D. c.. The marriage was some
thing of a surprise to the friends OF the
hr;de tne in this city. The newly married
connie will make their home here. Dr
wbitehill being in charge of the County
branch of the State Department Of
Agricultural.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
CITIZENS COMMITTEE =
HEADS OFF A STORM
ro.x Recrudescence of Old Time Feeling Should
Col Meel<ins Fall Upon the Hon. c..
Royden Pugh

Yr.r promised to, be first
&c.,, community row along the
~. ~: ancient feuds for which
-: Gown was once notorious
.,;nned in the bud this~week
r. little quiet work upon the
.,i = self constituted COM
,,:--..,, 81 influential citizens.
T. IIoutz. president of the Eliza
,.., y. NJ. c. A.: H. G. Kramer,
...,.r II the Elizabeth City Cham
r,,o1nerce. and Rev. H *. Will
- the Elizabeth City Ministerial
I.,.r;ar:or, have taken the controVer-
-,-c.T I, NJ. Meekins and G. X.
o1t of the local newspapers.
r,xn eentlement may wash dirty
-. :, private. or even in their party
...,.:r> but Elizabeth City must not
-, f-volved in a row as result OF per-
.ar,7 or political differences existing
f.rEer,s any two men.
11aro then is an agreement signed b!
,,,,,;r~ and Mr. Pugh at the request
f.. ra,. committee:-
Elizabeth City, \. c..
March 80, 1920.
A. the earnest request of mutual
.r;.r5> and as a result of the wait
-, ,,on each of the undersigned by
,.ommirtee of mutual friends. we.
,,,-- o+ rr>nect for their Judgment and
.,r4em for their sincerity, here drop
-. matter of our newspaper contro-
.r,v and request the several editors,
.v-~.r~ and managers of our local
,,..r. ~ publish this statement as
or last word.
l. NJ -AIEEkINS
c. r. PUGH
C,.:.-.tJre:-
j. l.. Houtz-
II. t. Kramer
II. X. Williams.
\, Incidental effect of the foregoln
agreement probably will be cessato
= H. LEGAL action instituted against NJ
T~gr this week by Col. Meekins. the ni
--ra of which action was made publ
!, r.i> newspaper last week. This doe
ror mean however that there has pee
anv reconciliation of Meekins and Pugl
i >;urlv means that the public Is to
>.,arpd A newspaper controversy, II
w,trl fact the public probably Will 1e
-ca...-+nI rho there be some who enJ'
80. sport.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02

AN Elizabeth City boy is Manager of the
Yale base ball team which plays tie
team Of William & Mary at Norfolk
Easter Monday, April s. The Manager
of Yale's team is William c. Meek;ns,
the son of Col. and Mrs. !. M. Meek
~ins of this city. Young Meekins is one
of those boys of whom the old home
town feels proud. Bill Meekins, as the
bows know MIN IS % years old. He left
the Elizabeth City High School in 1914
and entered the Choate School at Wal
lingford. Conn. where he took college
preparatory touSe. From choate ne
entered Yale in 1916 and WI! finish the
academic course of that university this
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
SPECIAL EASTER SERVICES
FOR THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAh

>f,oral Easter Services will be held IN
Rlart.,n Memorial Baptist Church Sun
DAY ovening April 4, at l:3o p M ioi
G~.--~ Commandery No. IA, hn'gnts
T.. .Ear Sir knights will attend IN iull
r'.:"ru. The pastor, DR.. Geo. w.
CHatEe will deliver the address and there
viii ac special music BY orchestra and
clo-..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
DR.. FLOWERS AT HARVARD

DIR. c. A. Flowers, formerly at Col
umbia. \. c., is taking a post graduate
course in Pediatrics at Harvard Medl-
cal School, at Boston, Mass.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02
ADAMS, FLOATING THEATRE
HERE WEEK OF APRIL 5TF

James ADAMS Floating Theatre the
Playhouse will exhibit at Ellzapeth oiF
all next week, beginning Monday nlg4t'
April 5. The opening bill Monday night
will be .'The Lure of New York.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-04-02

summer From Yale he will go 10 7dr-
ward to lake the Harvard La" Course'
Bill Meekins' career at Yale has pee"
crowded with honors. Tie boy IS
natural born leader with knack OF get
sinu th:res without asking for them. ne
5 one of the meekest, most unobtrusNe
and self efac;ng fellows you ever sa"
and never would push himself forward
but he gets there just the same. Be-
s;ees managing his college team, young
NIeeki.s is President of the college Sc
n.or society and President OF Yale
AIpha DeIti Phi, probably the Leading
Greek Letter fraternity in the United
States.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
TURN HAIR DARK
WITH SAGE Ten
Grandma Kept Her Locks Dark,
Glossy and Youthful With
Simple Mixture Of Sage
Tea and Sulphur

The oldtime mixture OF Sage Tea
and Sulphur for darkening gray.
streaked and faded hair IS grand.
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using II to keep their hair n good.
even color. which is quite sensible. as
we are living In an age when n youth.
full appearance is OF the greatest ad.
vantage.
Nowadays, though. we don't have
the troublesome task OF gathering
the sage and the mussy mixing at
home. All drug stores sell the ready.
to-use product, improved by the add
ton of other ingredients, called
"wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" 1t is very popular. because
nobody can discover It has been ap.
Piled. Simply moisten your comb or
a soft brush with It, and draw this
through your hair. taking one small
strand at time; by morning the
gray hair disappears, but what de-
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound. Is that, be.
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications It also pro-
duces that soft luster and appearance
OF abundance which Is so attractive.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
SAYS BRITAIN
TO RULE AIR

LONDON. Feb. Q. - "Britannia
must rule the air as she rules the
waves"
That was the slogan sounded by
Major General Sir Frederick Hugh
Sykes. controller general OF civilian
aviation. before the meeting of the
Royal Geographical society here last
night
High officials OF the government.
including the prince OF Wales and
Winston Spencer Churchill. secre-
tary OF state for war. attended the
meeting.
Outlining the British air policy.
Sykes predicted tho next war win
open with n battle for supremacy
of the air. Attack and defense will
be governed by air strength. Sykes
declared
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03

cises OF Wilson's Modern Business
college at Masonic temple Thursday
evening at $50. Mayor Fitzgerald
graduated from Wilson's college in
1900. The public is invited TO the
exercises.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
improvements to
Cost $2,174,721

Estimates of the cost of proposed
Improvement for the city light de-
partment amounting to s2.174.721.76
we're I'm the hands OF the council
finance committee.
Declaring the improvements vital,
Supt. j. ID. Ross of the light dc.
partment has asked that the city
bond itself TO raise another 81 1000, 900.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
Looking for Job?
Apply With K. of G.

II you're out OF work and need II.
40 down and see T.. III. Swaine. In
charge OF the knights OF Columbus
free employment bureau. 3i9 Mutual
Life building. The X. of c. have
Just opened their downtown en-
ployment office. and altho there has
been generous response, Swaine
says he has scores OF jobs Just wait
ing for someone to come along and
take them. Telephone is Elliott 63i6.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
Mayor Presides
at Graduation

Mayor Fitzgerald. II he RECEIVERS
from an attack OF influenza N time.
Will preside at the graduation exer-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03

TWO JAPANESEBUILT

TWO JAPANESEBUlLT ship.
ping board ships arrived Monday
steamships Eastern Pilot and East.
ern Craig. Their arrival swells the
number OF such vessels IN the har.
Dor TO seven.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
PROFESSOR LYLE SPENCER,

dean OF the school OF journalism. has
been named faculty member OF board
OF control at University Of Wash
ington by President Suzzallo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03
Council Passes
Ninth Ave. Bill

Ordinances appropriatlng 5000, 900
for the Ninth ave. fill and 10000 for
additional equipment for the water
were passed at n meeting
of the city council Monday after
noon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-02-03

One thousand icomen of Los Angeles
young and still younger, hare an ambition t.
be super-girls and snper-mothers of superior
children They form the athletic classes Of
the Y. w. C. A. Already these fair seekers
of superiority are making the modest claim
that they hare Developed the largest aggre-
CATION of perfectly formed and rigorous
uOunQ tC0n,en in the West
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-22

Mrs.. It. IT. Gotham, Arkansas suf-
frage worker ana a delegate to the
Democratic convention at San Fran
cisco, may second the nomination of
Mitchell Palmer.