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The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29
Harmful Inuuisitiveness.

In Asia and Africa the inquisitive-
ness of balloons enables the natives
to capture them by placing some jars
Of sweetened water out where they can
reach it. The liquid contains a certain
variety Of dopey herb. At first the
curious creatures advance rather eau
tiously toward the jars and taste the
water, then finding the taste agreeable,
they proceed to drink the jars empty.
AS a result, they soon become quite
drowsy and offer no resistance when
the natives approach to take them.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29
A Bit Too Much

The new quartermaster IN the good
eereighter Sioux was at the wheel and
was ratified. First the ship swung
madly to port, then to starboard, and
then back again. The old skipper
stood her antics as long as he could,
and then burst forth: "Say, son." he
shouted, II don't mind your writing
your name in the old pond, blu: for the
love of Mike, stop going back to read
it !'-American Legion Weekly.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29
Bats Not cIassed as Birds.

The bureau of biological survey
says THAT bats are not birds. They
are mammals, though adapted to life
In the air by the possession of wings
formed by a membrane attached be-
tween the greatly prolonged bones Of
the arm and hand.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

Business conditions grow steadily more men,
acing in tenor-yet we read only a few days
ago of the enormous imports of German-made
Christmas toys, almost fifty per cent of pre-
war shipments. And that is not all, millions
of dollars worth of German-made commodities
are pouring into America. Therein we find
one possible cause of curtailment of labor and
production in this country.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

Otto H. Kahn, one of the few real big bust
ness men and bankers of the United States,
closes a letter to Senator Medill Mccormick on
the problems confronting the Republican party
with the following pregnant sentence: ''The
way to preserve the vigor, vitality and pros
perity Of an old established business, is to in
fuse new blood from time to time and to be
hospitable to new ideas. The same holds true
of the established order of things in the State.
True conservatism consists not in barring liberal
tendencies and novel conceptions; on the con-
trary, it seeks to make a helpmate of progress
We common this letter, and especially this
sentence, to those business men who have been
so blindly opposing the farmers Nonpartisan
league and the Labor unions in their struggle
for a freer life and a higher standard of living,
for lit is written in the stars that the coming
age is the "Age of the industrial man."
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

A leading banker of North Dakota recently
declared it was probably a fact that there is
approximately $40, 900, 900, 900 on deposit in
banks of the United States but that there is less
than $4,000 900 900 actual currency existing
sounds sort of like wheat in the grain pits of
the exchanges, wheat and yet no wheat.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

The season of "Whiskey Sixes' appears to be
ended for 1920 in Ramsey county. What with
the snow and the cold and the rifles and pistols
of the sheriff and chief of police, will the poor
Devils do? And here comes 1921.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

Why don't the Independent" press COM
ment on the a%cquittal of District Judge Elect
Lowe from statutory charges? Prior to the
"Not guilty" finding his name served the pur-
pose Of filling space in it's scandal columns.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

What will the attitude OF the woman at the
polls be if the price of eggs continues to soar?
It has reached $1.20 a dozen in eastern markets.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

Paradoxlcal as it may seem-we are on earth
to help one another and to make this world a
better place to live in.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1920-1982, 1920-12-29

The present condition of affairs, mercantile
and industrial, is due largely to too much time
spent in discussing politics and too little. at
tention to business.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
sTAVEr BARRELS MAKE
ANOTHER CONVERT HERE
Farmers Ginning & Produce Co. Will
Enlarge Barrel Factory And
Make Stave Product

The Farmers Ginning & Produce GO.
will Join the ranks of stave barrel max
ers next season and will enlarge the
caDacity of their barrel making plant to
manufacture stave barrels. This con-
Germ is now making the slat barrel to
which many potato growers still cling
and they will continue to make this type
of barrel so long as there is demand
for it. but in increasing the capacity
of their barrel factory from daily cap
acity of 400 to 1000 barrels, this con-
Germ will devote their added capacity to
the stave barrel.
"I am convinced that the slat barrel
is doomed to co. says X. r. Winslow,
manager of the Farmers Ginning Il Pro-
duce Co. "When the potato growers OF
this section are convinced that their po-
tatoes packed in stave barrels will bring
inst so cents a barrel more than the
same potatoes in slat barrels, it will be
hard to sell anything but stave barrels.
The Farmers Ginning & Produce Co
has enjoyed a successful season and Is
planning other improvements for its pro
perty on West Main st. near the Nor
folk Southern depot. In addition &c
| selling seed. feed and fertilizer, this
concern operates a saw mill, barrel rae
tory. feed mill and cotton gin, all OIL
its West Main st. property.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
SKLAR CLOSES STUDIOS
FOR SUMMER MONTHS
Leon Doesn't Think Much of Work in
Hot Weather Anyway, Especially
Down South

Leon Sklar, whose photographs OF
local celebrities and things have enliv-
ened the columns of this newspaper for
several months, has closed his studios
in this city and gone on a two months
vacation. Sklar doesn't like to work in
hot weather and developing and print
ing photos in hot weather isn't what 1t S
cracked up to be anyway. Leon Sklar,
a Russian boy who learned the art of
photography under German and Aus
trian masters, came to Elizabeth City
last October. He came with all the
handicaps of a stranger who couldn't
speak the language well, but made good
thru his energy, enterprise and mastery
of the camera. He has made scores OF
Elizabeth City folk look better than
they will ever look again.
Mr. Sklar goes from Elizabeth City
to Cambridge, Easton and other points
on the Eastern Shore of Virginia where
he formerly worked and made hosts of
friends. From there he goes to Roches-
ter to find out all the new things East
mans have discovered in photography
From Rochester he goes to Columbus
o. to spend several weeks with veal,
thy uncle and aunt who have no child
rem of their own and look upon Leor
as their own boy. Mr.. Sklar expects
to return to this city in September.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
SUMMER CAMP FOR
MEMBERS OF LEGION
Camp Glenn. at Morehead City is Place
Selected for Outing for Ex-
Soldiers and Relatives

To provide what is described as an
ideal vacation for members of the Amer
lean Legion. arrangements are Delng
perfected for two-week's summer CANT
at Camp Glenn, near Morehead City be
ginning August 25th and lasting for two
weeks. All members of the legion and
their relatives will be welcome at the
camp. and the only charge will be for
meals. Each man will furnish his own
mess equipment and bed linen, and the
total expense should be not more than
81 or S1.5O per day. Five dollars will
be required in advance of each member,
and this sum will be credited toward the
mess account. The barracks are we'll
screened and modern conveniences at the
camp include shower baths and sewe-
rage. Bathing, fishing and dancing at
North Carolina's most noted seaside re-
sort will be features of the entertain
ment program. Reduced rates will be
requested of the railroads, and it is ex-
pected that they will be secured. There
are at present 1OS posts of the American
Legion in the State, with a combined
membership of more than twelve thou
sand. and everything possible will be
| done to make pleasant the stay of those
| who go to the summer camp IN Aug
ust. Those interested should take the
| matter up with their post commanders
or write G.. A. Gosney, Raleigh, n. Z
for particulars.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
CAR SHORTAGE HOLDS
UP POTATO SHIPMENTS

The shipment of Irish potatoes from
the Eastern Shore of Virginia which has
been progressing at a rapid rate, is
now being seriously retarded by a car
shortage, which has become very acute.
While most of the crops have been ship
ped from Northampton county, heavy
shipments in Accomac county has just
begun. 1t has been reported that from
seventyfive to one hundred car loads of
spuds were lying in the fields at Ex-
more, held up owing to the shortage of
cars Similar conditions exist at other
points. At Bloxom one hundred car
loads of potatoes were on the station
platform awaiting removal.
Points on the Eastern shore of Mary
land have also started digging potatoes
this week and the farmer in that sec
ton are also handicapped by car ,shor-
tage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16

ONE man in particular is highly pleased
with the construction of brick roads IN
Pasquotank County. That man is j. E.
Provo, Superintendent of road work In
the county. MIR. Provo has nothing to
do with the brick road work; he is con-
cerned with the upkeep of the unim-
proved roads in Ire county. But every
mile of brick road relieves him of so
much work On that road and releases his
labor end materials for other roads IN
the county. The road from Elizabeth
CITY 70 Meekeyil:e. which IS now being
Paved, has been the worst road MIR.
Provo has had to contend with. That
road alone has required an average of
three months work year. The brick
inq of that road gives Mir. Provo and
his chain gang just three coed months
work on other roads in the county, which
means better roads all over the county.
Asked what he thought of the brick
read work so far completes Mr. Provo
said: ali is hefter than any job that has
been done on the streets of the town..
The picture, a snapshot by Saunders
shows Mr.. Provo in his working eothes
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
VOTE TO IMPROVE
GREAT BRIDGE ROAD
Norfolk County Commission Approves
S4OO,0OO Plan Far Hard Sur
facing Important Highway

The Norfolk County Commission on
Roads 81 Bridges has approved plans for
the permanent Improvement of what Is
known as the Great Bridge Road, which
is the Virginia link of the one road con-
Meeting Elizabeth City with the city of
Norfolk 1t is estimated that S4OO,-
900 will be required for the work. which
probably means that the Commission
purposes to hard surface the road all
the way from Great Bridge to the North
Carolina state line, near Northwest sta
ton.
Two things stand in the way of the
Improvement. One is the matter OF
finances. the other is the freight en-
barge on road building material. The
financial difficulty may be easily over
come it is said, as Norfolk banks will
gladly lend the money for the work un-
til the funds can be obtained from the
Virginia State Highway Commission.
Agitation for the improvement of the
Great Bridge road has been going on
for some time, led by n. 3. Powers, a
progressive farmer of Northwest. Mr.
Powers left his riding cultiyator last
wear to take a seat in the Virgins
LEGISLATURE where he could get next tC
things and do something for that road
Mr.. Powers is well known IN this cit!
and is a friend of this section.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
MAY CHANGE WADDY'S
TRAIN BY AUGUST !
Corporation Commission WILL Hear Pc
titions This Week Approval
Expected Monday

Action by the North Carolina Corpor-
alton Commission upon the proposed
change in the schedule of Waddy's train,
is expected by Monday, July ~. Petl-
tions have been circulated in Edenton,
Hertford and Elizabeth City, and are
now in the hands of head officials of the
Norfolk Southern, who are understood
to favor the change. Under the new
schedule, which may go into effect by
August LIST, Waddy's train, which now
arrives here from Norfolk at 1910 A.
NJ. leaving Edenton at one P. M. upon
the return trip to Norfolk, will instead
leave Belhaven at A. NJ, arriving here
at ten, and making it possible for a man
to go to Norfolk by rail without hav-
ing to get out of bed at the ungodly hour
of 6 A NJ. Returning, the local will leave
Norfolk at p. M, arrive at Elizabeth
City at 6, and Belhaven at 8.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
RELIEF IN MIRACLES
NOT AT ALL NECESSARY
Pastor Ormond Says Trouble Is, Many
Can't See God in Anything

eff YOU can't believe in miracles, the
hest way is to dismiss them. L don
care whether you believe in miracles or
not. If a miracle seems Impossible II
is. easier not to believe in it. We too
often stress the miracle to the exclu-
sion of the truth which the narrative is
intended to convey. We miss the truth
while trying to explain the miracle.
Tins spoke Rev. J. NJ. Ormond, pastor
of First NJ. E. Church South of this
citv in his sermon last Sunday.
Mr.. Ormond's text was from the Sc
cond verse of the third chapter OF Exc
dus wherein it is told that an angel OF
the Lord appeared unto Moses in a
flame of fire out Of the midst OF
bush. 'And behold the bush burned
with fire, and the bush was not con-
sumed."
If didn't matter whether the bush
burned or didn't burn. The point was
that Moses believing himself to be OF
! holy ground, in the very presence OF his
God. took off his shoes and offered de
yotions. The pastor went on 10 say
that the trouble with most OF us is tina
we don't see God in the common th1ng
of life as we should. God is all aDou
us. in cloud and mist, in sunshine AM
rain. in thunder and lightning, IN tn
dow drop on the petal and IN the see
waited upon the wind, in the prattln
child at orr feet and in the rose bush
o,r door. in the warbling bird IN yonde
tree and in the rustling green corn
the field across the way; God walks l
every field, moves upon the face OF a
the waters of the earth and his sp1rl
fills every forest. But we do not 100 100
for him in these every day things. "
are like Wordsworth's Peter Bell:
"a primrose by the rivers brlm
ga yellow primrose was to him,
"And it was nothing more
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
co LENGTH OF STATE
AND BACK IN SIX DAYS
Two Elizabeth City Boys Make Lively Trip in
Ford and Find Worst Roads Right Here
at Home
at Home

be bumpier road This time we climbed
the hill without trouble, and proceeded
to Greensboro, where we stopped Tor
the night at the Guilford hotel. Posi-
bly, because we looked like a couple of
tramps-we wore fairly complete coat
ing of red clay dust-we were assigned
a double room which a self-respecting
COW would refuse to occupy as stable
However, we were too anxious to turn
in to make a kick, so we held our noses
and went to bed there regardless.
One Real Good Road
From Greensboro we found 15-mile
asphalt boulevard to High Point, and
thence we went to Salisbury over splen-
did sand-clay and gravel roads, the best
that we found anywhere in our travels.
I'VE took dinner at Salisbury, which is
an attractive city of some 1900. and
went ON over excellent roads through
charming hill country to Statesville.
Leaving State sville we journeyed to Le-
! noir. at the foot of the mountains, by
way of Hickory and Newton, both pro-
gressive and good-looking small cities.
We reached Lenoir just in time for
| good supper, after which we retired
without ceremony.
early Friday morning we started
| on a 23-mile climb up the mountain to
| Blowing Rock, our destination, III Wa
tauga county. some Is or 20 miles from
the Tennessee state line, and more than
1000 feet above the scar level. The
scenery on this drive was surpassing-
ly beautiful, and indeed quite defies de-
scription by one accustomed to the flat
country down east, where an diversified
potato hill looks like a mountain. At
many places along the road we travelled
literally upon the edge of mountain cliffs
where we could look straight down at
farm houses thousands of feet beneath
su and, take it from me, when mo'or-
ist skids off such road, he is spared
all future worry over income tax re-
ports and the rising cost of living
Blowing Rock
Blowing Rock, which We reached
, about ten o'clock that morning, is a
mountain resort which includes several
!, summer hotels and "a number OF more
S or less widely scattered cottages.
d has an elevation of 4,100 feet, and the
o view from the rock itself is wonderful
e Grandfather Mountain, Flat-Top Noun
o tain, and other towering peaks can p'
e seen in the distance, and even the mos
= prosaic Individual is moved to reflec
e upon the vastness OF nature, ana the III
:, tleness of man. After a short stay W.
: returned to Lenoir, and back over prac
Concluded on Page 1O)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
HAVE YOU JOINED YET?

Have you Joined The 500 Club?
Your friends and neighbors are get
= ting in; why don't you? Costs you
Il $40, which isn't much of a piece Of
= money these days. That $40 makes
= you member in good standing of
+ of THE INDEPENDENT is the best
4 years. You get this paper ten years
y for your $40, the rate of a dollar
year. The paper will never again sell
= for less than So year.
= THE INDEPENDENT is a go
= ahead paper. Your dollars invested
= in this newspaper gives you a big
* ger, better paper all the time. What
would your town and section look
like now without THE INDEPEN-
DENT. If you didn't have news
paper like THE INDEPENDENT
to show, you would make a mighty
poor impression upon, folks outside.
= The very size, dignity and excellence
= TIE INDEPENDENT family for ten
= advertisement your town ever had.
* Put that $40 into The 500 Club and
= help make THE INDEPENDENT
= bigger, better, more valuable pa
= per to this town, this county and
this district.
* Do it now. Don't put it off.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
TEETH
WILL BE FILLED HERE
If You Were a Soldier, Sailor or Ma
rine in the World War

Every former soldier, sailor or ma
rine who saw service during the world
war. and who received an honorable
discharge is entitled to have his den
tai wori-- done free of charge under
a recent Government ruling. Ihe trecf-
ment will be the best that modern den
tai science can provide, and no expense
will be spared to put the teeth OF the
men in the best possible condition. The
Government offer is good for five years
after the discharge of the men, and 10
cally the free dental work is being done
by Dr. William Parker, whose othce Is
on the third floor of the Hinton build
ing in this city.
AS Dr.~Parker points out, this WORK,
which will be done absolutely without
cost to those treated, will be of more
yalue to many of the men than cash
| bonus, which would likely be squander-
ed in a few weeks. 1t is now widely
recognized fact that good teeth are the
basis of good health, and that many ills
can be traced directly to defects OF the
the teeth. Ex-service men anywhere
| in Northeastern North Carolina may go
! to Dr. Parker for the free Government
dental treatment, and it is strongly urg-
| ed that every eligible man, whether he
has toothache or not, should go to him
for examination, which may reveal un-
suspected dental troubles. Even, should
the necessary dental work cost several
hundred dollars, Or should the man need
complete set of false teeth, the entire
cost will be borne by Uncle Sam. DIR.
/ f. G. Cooke, the colored dentist whose
Office is over the old Citizens Bank, will
render a similar service for colored ex-
service men, likewise without cost to
them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16
PREMIUM LIST
FOR FALL FAIR
Elizabeth City District Far To
Be Held Oct. 10 to 22-
Premium List Out
Early

The premium list for the Elizabeth
CITY District Fair to be held October
49, 20. 81 and %, is now in the hands
of the printers and will be printed and
ready for distribution within S1ne next
two weeks. The printing wilEbe done
in the shop of THE INDEPENDENT.
The Albemarle Agricultural l$Associa-
ton is getting under way with Its pre-
parations for the fair this fall, earlier
than usual. The great trouble with for
mer fairs has been a tendency TO try
to get up fair in thirty days. This
wear the management will not make that
mistake of former years. Ihe rage
program is already in pretty good shape
and most of the amusement features OF
the fair have been contracted for.
Smiths Greater Shows, one OF the big
gest carniva outfits in the country will
furnish the midway Attractions. There
will be ladies brass band among the
free attractions and the Ferris Wheel
Girls, nine handsome women Will per
form dare devil stunts twice daily IL
front of the grand stand.
This years premium list Will be at
tractively printed and will be placed IL
| the hands of the best farmers, boys ant
girls club members, etc. in the countie:
served by this fair. By getting the pre-
,niur, list out early and putting maj
in charge of the business OF securln.
and assembling agricultural exhibits, i
is proposed to make the agricultural
noultry and live stock exhibits count fo
something this fall.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-07-16

ELIZABETH CITY loses a good and
valuable citizen today in Thos. Came
ron, who leaves Elizabeth City after a
five years residence to return to his
old home in DanviIle, Va. There are
two classes in Elizabeth City who will
miss Tom Cameron; one is the best
dressed class and the other is the class
that wears patches. To the first class
Tom Cameron was tailor; to the other
class he was a devoted friend. For
five years Tom Cameron has had charge
of the custom tailoring end of D. Wal
ter Harris business. He made friends
and business for his employer. Wal
ter Harris called him Judge" The
nickname stuck and Tom Cameron is
everywhere called "The Judge" The
name seems to fit him, because, he is
SO unlike real judges and so like the
ideal of what judge ought to be. Tom
Cameron is a philosopher as well as a
tailor. He is politically, socially and
reIigiousIy a Socialist. He is as sure
of the coming of the universal brother
| hood of man as he is sure of Palm
Beach suit going to seed before the sea.
sons out And being filled with thai
| ideaHsm he lives one day at a time
laughs at every dilemma and loves every
son of man and God. He has been ar
enthusiastic member of the mems bible
class of the First Methodist Sunday
School in this city. They turned tht
class over to him the other, Sunday ant
he talked on prayer. Eie told them tha
ninety per cent of all their prayers
could be answered by themselves with
out troubling God with them. "And b.
sure,'' said he, THAT when you Pra
God to forgive you as you have forgive
others, that you know what you ar
saying, because God is going to dea
with you on just that platform and III
afraid some of you will get pretty roug
treatment in the final judgement"
:, The Judge will not leave Walter Har
;, ris shy of tailoring skill. He has brougf
, an old friend of his here to take hi
pIace-John e. Bourke, for many year
with kooiage's well known Nerfol
store. MIR. Beyrke arrived this week.