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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
HERE'S A DRIVE THAT
Is INDEED DIFFERENT

Here then is another drive,
drive for $4,000 to enable THE IN
DEPENDENT to finance building
project which will mean even a big
ger, better and more useful news
paper for Elizabeth City and north
y eastern North Carolina. But this
drive is different. You have given
to drive after drive without know
ing exactly where your money went
or what for. You will never live
long enough to see lot of it come
hack. This drive gives you your
= money back with better than 8 per
cent interest.
" Send THE INDEPENDENT your
3 check for ten dollars and THE IN
e DEPENDENT will send you a re-
ceipt for ten years subscription.
Think of it. This newspaper obli-
gates to send you $40 worth of pa
per for $40, making the paper cost
you only Sl.O0 year.
500 ten year subscriptions to this
newspaper at $40 year are now
offered to so many INDEPENDENT
subscribers. Won't you be one of
the 500? Join that 500 Club to-
day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
COMPARATIVE CROP VALUES

The annual bulletin for the Crop Re
porting Service which has recently been
issued shows that North Carolina wheat
brought a return of $1,000 per acre.
Rye was $21.OO; oats $500; corn $42.
90; cotton $11S.OO; sweet potatoes $130.-
90: and tobacco worth an average of $305
Der acre to the farmer. Do you blame
him for decreasing his grains and in
creasing the cotton and tobacco? Wheat
occupies nine per cent of the crop area
of the state and returns to the farmer
2.3 per cent of the total crop value.
Tobacco has 60 per cent of the crop and
made last year 25 per cent of the state S
crop value Can you blame the planter
for doing what seems but fair to him
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
TERRITORY OPEN FOR TWO
GOOD AUTOMOBILE AGENCIES

The Oak City Motor Co, of Raleigh.
\. c. announces elsewhere in this news
paper to-day. that this territory is now
open for the agency of the Huffman Six
and Moore 80 motor cars. They pro-
badly will have little trouble in dispos-
ing of the territory since the demand
for all classes of automobiles in this
section this summer threatens to far
exceed the supply. Many automobile
dealers are sold months ahead Miles
Jennings remarks that there really should
be curtailment of sales until Elizabeth
City has cut several new streets for
parking purposes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
$50 PRIZES FOR BEST
DECORATED AUTOMOBILES

The Tidewater Automobile Association
of Virginia and North Carolina, and the
Southern Motorist, the official organ of
the A. A. A. will each contribute $25 to
to Elizabeth City Fourth of July cele
bration.
The $50 will be paid the owners of
the best decorated automobile OF truck,
subject to only two conditions viz: The
owner of the machine must belong to the
Tidewater Automobile Association, and
the machine must carry the emblem of
the A. A. A., second, there must be at
least twenty five cars in the parade.
W. A. Merchant, the Special Repre-
sentative of the Tidewater Automobile
Association is at present organizing Eliz-
abeth City and vicinity for the A. A. A.
with most encouraging prospects.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
is DELIGHTED WITH
OUR NEW BRICK ROAD
President of Westport Paving Brick Co.
Calls 1t Cheapest Road Sob in
u, S. A.

John W. Hall, president of the West
port Paving Brick Co, who are fur
nishing the brick used in the construc-
ton of roads in this county. was in Eliz-
abeth City yesterday. Mr. Hall express
ed himself as genuinely Well pleased with
the road so far constructed. He says
Pasquotank is getting the cheapest road
construction in the United States to-day
and getting type of construction that
will last for years and years. eve are
particularly interested in the Pasquo-
tank county job" says Mr.. Hall. be
cause when completed it viii be the
longest stretch of brick road between
Deleware and Florida. That road is
going to be big advertisement for the
paving brick industry. particularly our
Westport Paving Brick
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
THEATRICAL NEWS
(By The Press Agent)

The program for the week of Mon
day. June q. is delight for Alkrama
patrons in the way of variety, supply
ing as it does all of the moving picture
needs of every class. whether OF the
country or city. In the first place the
hours of screening have been so arrang-
ed that country dweller can see show
and go home just when he elects-S:3O
to 1870 P. NJ. Then his comfort has
been studied in the way of ventilation,
the big ventilating fans at the rear OF the
theatre constantly pulling an ever chang
ing current of air thru the house. The
bio electric fans on the side will attend
to your breeze bath.
The always welcome Fox News is
special feature on Monday and Thurs
days.. What you read in your paper in
the way of world happenings is placed
before your eyes in this theatre thru
the Fox News. If the lighter side of
life appeals to you just bear In mind
that every dramatic offering is support
ed by one or two comedies, and the two
serials now running have hundreds of
followers who wait impatiently for Fri
day and Saturday to roll around.
If YOU will scan next weeks program
you will surely run across the subject
of some book that you have always
wanted to read, but have put it off be-
cause it would take two or three days
or week to read it and attend to your
work too, whereas you are enabled in an
hours time to see your favorite book OF
character in the complete story, elabo
! rately dressed and staged, here at the
Alkrama. See complete weeks program
in this issue.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
LEFT THE ARMY BUT GETS
PROMOTION JUST THE SAME

Tho he left the army three month ago
and is now in the q. S. Public Health
Service in New York City, former Lieut..
DR.. J. Lev. McCabe has been promoted
to the rank of Captain in the us. Ar
my. DIR. McCabe is at loss to under
stand why army promotions continue to
pursue him since he got, his discharge
but probably attributes it, to the lax
methods of the war department. DIR.
McCabe is a son of J. T. McCabe, of
this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
TOUCHED OFF LEAKING GAS
MAIN WITH LIGHTED MATCH

A two inch main of the Gas Company
Glade st. sprung aleak Sunday night.
Some inquisitive person struck a match
to look for the stink and the neighbor
hood was treated to a free fireworks
display for several minutes, the gas ig-
hitting and shooting flames many feet
into the air. The fire department. had
to be called out to quench the flames.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
NORTH CAROLINA LEADS
THE COUNTRY IN BIRTHS

North Carolina leads the country in
birth-rate, baby carriages, cradles and
pacifiers. The birth rate of the state in
1917 was 31.S per 1000. In Yancey
county, N. c., the birth rate was 44.4
per 1000. Or the highest in the world.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
FRUIT GOOD

The fruit outlook is extra good this
year and it will be the opportune time
to can large quantities for future use
The grower who pruned, sprayed and
thinned his fruit this year is the one
who will have profitted most The soft
rot on peaches is rather prevalent on
overloaded trees
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
SALE CONTINUES

The Spencer Co., Elizabeth City's new
mems wear store, announces continue
ton of it's cut price sale of mems cl'.th-
iag and furnishings. The flat reduction
O.: 20 per cent will be in force another
week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18

Miss Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon, OF
Wadesville, Va, a field worker for the
National Woman's Party, was in Eliza
beth City this week in the interest OF
the suffrage movement. Just what she
accomplished here could not be learned.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1920-06-18
Hathaway Says

If you wear glasses, have
your eyes and glasses both
examined from time to time,
and go to the place where you,s
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 a year. Why
not you eyes?- They are
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bids
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
GOLDEN BELT PROGRESSING.
About 800 Feet OF New Golden Belt
Highway Is In.

Laying Of concrete on the Golden
Belt Highway ives Of Junction city
has been started, aud more than 500
feet has been put lown The work
was started on the blu the other side
Of Goose Creek and the paving crew
Is working toward town.
The Zleger & Dalton Construc-
tion Co, which is loing the paving.
plans to put II down AZ the rate Of
100 feet daily WHOM their gang gets
down to real wor Trouble with
the sand sitting machinery held up
the work yesterday Instead Of
,hovellug the sand directly into the
mixer. it is sifted eliminating all
sticks. mud and other foreign sub
stances. The paving machinery as
sembled for the job is said to be the
most complete and modern plant IN
the state. and with Il a crew Of TWEEN
tv men can do the work that former
~ required a force Of more than
double that size
one feature Of the Golden Belt
construction work j., that all the ma
terial is free from dirt and other sub
stances. Instead of being piled on
the ground, as in most paving jobs,
the material is placed on platforms
and in bins. which assures that it is
kept clean.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
CHAPMAN BOY WON FIRST.
Mary Campbell of SaIina Made
High Score at Trap Shoot.

Mary Campbell, Salina, Wednes-
day won the state championship for
Kansas in the combined woman's
and junior boys state championship
registered shooting tournament there
breaking SO birds out of a possible
100.
There were thirty-six contestants
and a dozen or more towns repre-
sented Mrs Lena Foster, Concor-
dia. former state champion Of Mis-
souri,, won second place, breaking 81
targets, and Laura McAdams, Salina,
broke So, winning third place.
With the boys Charles Hollinger,
Chapman, won first with SO; William
Kaffer, Salina and Gale Ellston, Sa-
lima, tied for second place, with "a,
Kaffer winning in the shoot-off.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
c. c. BITING DEAD.
Former Abilene Man Passes Away
at Honolulu.

NJ. II. Malott received the follow
ing newspaper notice of the death
Of a former Abilene man which oc-
Cured at his home at Honolulu. Ha-
waii, recently:
Charles Carol Biting. for II
wears attorney in this city, died at
r o'clock this morning of tuberculo-
sis. after a long illness, at the age
Of so. He was at one time assistant
r. S. district attorney under the late
r w Breckons.
Born in virginia in 1858. one of
six children, his education was re
ceived at Richmond college, va,
and Johns Hopkins university,
where he took his degree at law,
afterward being admitted to the bar
at the age Of 81 He began his prac-
tice in the courts Of Maryland and
New York states and for a time
was prosecuting attorney at Abb
lene. Kansas. In the Spanish war
he fought in the Philippines as a
captain of the 2nd oregon Volun-
teers.
He began ms residence mere II
January, 1899, and practiced law in
all the courts of the territory. For
time he was associated with A. X.
Ozawa, the only japanese lawyer in
the islands.
Two brothers and three sisters
one Of whom came here two weeks
ago to be with him in his last illness
two daughters and three grandchil-
dren survive him. The elder daugh-
ter. Caroline. is now the wife Of Col.
J. p. Barnes, stationed at Washing
ton. d. G., in the General staff col
lege. The younger daughter, Ruth
is the wife Of Col. Walter Goodwin
now stationed on the border at El
Paso. TeXas
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17

LITTLE TOT OVERHEARD.
But Children Playing at Chapman
Ferry Saved Him.

The ferry seems 90 hold an IRE
/ slstahe attraction for Chapman
/ children. Tuesday before supper
several small sous Of peSoto Gross
were enjoying their evening "trip IN
the boat uuaccompMlcd by Older
people when one of Che smaller boys
about hve years oll was thrown
into the water by a sudden lurch.
The water Is rather deep At this
point aud the little chap owes his
life only to the quick action Of an
older brother who grabbed him as
he was going under the second
time. The boys We're thoroughly
frightened aud troeped home i'm
melIately
The location Of the boat makes the
point i particularly dangerous one
for Youngsters There IS a still
current toward the debris Of the old
bridge and the water causes a sue
tion under Il which would spell
death even to fairly good swim
mer should he happen 70 get caught
just right
so one hegrudges the Riddles 4
good time hut parents should see to
ii fhnt they stay away or else ac-
company them on the pleasure ex
curSious The men working on the
bridge complain that they are both
cred to great extent by children
hanging around.
The ferry Is not meant for a play
thing. besides there is danger even
for older people. sunday one Of
our leading citizens had his dignity
somewhat rutfled by ducbing
when the rope pulled him off back
wards. safety first applies to
the matter very strongly Chap /
man Advertiser.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
Hot in California.

AL Rasher returned Thursday
from Los Angeles, Cal, where he
spent week sightseeing. AL made
the trip out with r j. Havener via
the gasoline route. and says while
he enjoyed the ride he wouldn't take
it again for a million dollars. He
saws the weather was extremely hot
while he was there and he failed to
find that delightful climate that one
hears so much about.-Solomon
Tribune.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
GYPSUM STORE is ROBBED.

The Harris Clothing store In Gyp-
sum was robbed last Sunday night
of between $1,000 and $1,000 worth
Of merchandise. This Is the sec
ond time within a year that this
store has been robbed and the peo-
pie of that town are getting some
what peeved because the authorities
have not been able to apprehend the
thiavnq
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17
WILLS RATS

and miee-that's RAT SNAP, the old
reliable rodent destroyer. Comes in
cakes-no mixing with other food.
Your money back If it fails.
25c size Il cake) enough for the
pantry, kitchen or cellar.
soc size q eakes) for chicken
house, coops, or small buildings.
S1.00 size g cakes) enough for all
farm and buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by ShOckey &
Landes and J. NJ. Gleissner e. Son.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-06-17

nNE of the world wide achievements
~ of the Buick Valve-in-head motor.
car is the complete motor car satisfaction
that comes with Buick ownership.
Such an achievement has not been estab-
lished simply through the miraculous per-
Torrance of one particular model but
overwhelmingly acquired by the daily use
of over five hundred thousand Buick cars.
The Buick Valve-in-head motor car
through twenty years. of fine performance,
has established prestige that has COM
pIetely won the confidence of mankind.
Buick efficiency, economy, and endurance
are qualities that give to the world an
assurance of supreme motor car
satisfaction. 7
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16
TIE BOOMER.

The "booster" or the boomer" or
whatever YOU may choose to call him
has his various ways. It's political
ambition, sometimes, that he nurses
along, or a winter resort, or a tonic
void of alcohol but tasting like it,
or even a book. One such confdes to
us that during the last two years over
100000 words have been written
about a certain author; Of these such
and such a percentage were disyl-
lables, trisyllables, polYsyllables and
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

DeTOre the w0rld III the recent war as
the avoWed champion If "self-determi-
nation" and Filipnos cannot see how
America can consistently refuse to act
The Filipino people, however, have
h1 grudge or grievance against the
American people Theirs is a message
OF friendship and gratitude. They seek
Independence as the natural and log
ical outcome Of Americas policy in
the islands and of Americas solemn
promise to them They come willing
to give privileges and concessions not
Incompatible with their national vel
fare.
me Filipino people are willing to
accept independence under any of the
following conditions Under League
Of Nations, guaranteeing its territorial
INTEGRITY; under the protectorateship
OF the United States for the first few
years under treaty of neutrality be-
tween the United States, England. ia
pan, France and other powers, OF. even
without any condition whatever-ab3o-
lutte and complete independence. They
have no fear of Japan. Philippine in
dependence, in our opinion, lis not inim-
ical to Japanese interests. The Japa
nese are now free to come to the Phil
ippines. but at the present time there
are less than 10000 japanese in the
islands There are six times as many
japanese in California as there are in
the entire Philippine Archipelago
FjIininQC vii tn fafy
their chance as a nation. Smaller ma
tons beset by graver problems and
dangers have taken a more hazardous
chance al freedom, and have sue
ceeded.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

Fortunately the American promise
to the Philippines is not based on such
obscure ard abstract conditions. II is
based on a definite seizable thing
When America, through her Congress-
officially told the Filipino people that
they would be granted their independ-
ence as soon as they could establish a
stable government, no abstract or OBJ
scure condition was meant. Stable
government, according to American
usage, means a certain, definite thing.
The United States promised the Gu
bans the same thing, that when they
have established a stable government.
then American troops would be with
drawn" As soon as the Cuban people
elected government suited to them
selves, capable of maintaining order
and fulfilling all international obliga-
tons, there was stable government
in Cuba. and American troops were
withdrawn.
When Congress passed the Jones
law, it simply borrowed the phrase
stable government" from the Cuban
history and applied it to the Philfp-
pines. The history Of Philippine leg
islatiOn shows that in black and white.
With full knowledge of what it meant,
the Filipino people accepted the Jones
law and Immediately began setting up
the stable government required by Con-
gress as a prerequisite to independ-
ence. The stable government is now
a fact. It is indeed more than that; it
is an undisputed fact.
The official representative of the
United States in the Philippine Islands.
the Governor General reported to the
American Congress and the administra-
tion that ''the Filipino people have es-
tablished the stable government de
manded by Congress as a prerequisite
for the granting Of independence
namely, government elected by the
suffrage of the people, which is sup
ported by the people, which is capable
of maintaining order and of fulfilling
ifs international obligations"
The Philippine question is therefore
40 longer a question of politics. argu-
ment or supp0sition. To the Philip
pine mind, q least, it is now a ques-
tion of whether the United States is
ready to discharge its own obligations
fully and completely America went
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16
Honor Due Magellan.

Although Magellan did not live tc
complete his particular voyage, he did
circumnavigate the globe, and was the
first man to do so. Previously on his
longest voyage eastward from Portu
gal he had reached Banda island at
longitude 130 degrees east of Greer
wich, and when he fell at Mactan is
land he had sailed westward to longi
tude 124 degrees east of Greenwich
thus by six degrees more than com
pleting the decentralization. This
feat has never been recognized at its
full value. which it is held, would
place it among the four leading
achievements in discovery and explor
alton.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16
UNCLAIMED MONEY IN BRITAIN.

The parliament committee on
dormant bank balances after an ex-
haustive inquiry, has uncovered
S32,000,000 lying unclaimed in
British banks, of which $12,O0O,0O0
belongs to untraceable persons and
therefore will be turned into the
government treasury to help pay the
'tation's debt. A far greater amount
was expected when the inquiry be-
fan. One remarkable fact is that
there is more unclaimed wealth in
Scottish banks than in those Of Eng
land, which disproves the reputation
that the Scot has Of looking after
the shillings.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16
Enormous Lead.PenolI Output.

Some idea of the tremendous mag
nitude of the pencil industry of Amer
lea can be obtained when it is real
tied that the largest factory alone
turns out more than 50,000000 pen.
ellis every year. They are of more
than 700 kinds, grades, shapes and col.
ors. If the pencils from the factory
were placed in a row end to end they
w0ald reach from Washington to SaE
Francisco and back to New York.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

and maybe we can talk about that
later!"
They did stop at the hotel, but il
was only while Barbara left her
fathers mail. For after that she took
the first of many enjoyable rides that
summer, and when she returned home
in the fall Robert Garrick felt that
next summer and Barbara were the
only things to live for.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

the like. Of that strangely mis-
called public utility, the street car
service, millions of words have been
spoken in the same time Of which
close to 100 per cent were mono
syllables, the same beginning with a
"big. big D."-Louisyille Herald.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

FT4HAT is the kind of increase in salary
the minister has received. Ills living
expenses have risen just as fast and as far
as yours
But he is paid on the average just So cents
more per church member than he was paid 81
years ago.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

nl oa.,e. ...,r +biok no people
s...I >.a...a Of sclreavernment that does
5 s.... ........1 rne judicial recall, or that
o.. %. ,' no Billy sunday. John Smith OF
... .0 .Ira L NAV think no people is
....a of seIremernment that does
....s his democratic ticket or go to
'-.., ...n....r for safgoverument" is as
,.1 and elastic as the world and II
~. should be the criterion for the
.-...rr Of Philippine independence,
,..r.ra mtsht as well say to the Fill
,rs Il will give yc- independence
.ar nfaayas me TO d0 So.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

1 u q lll = Z ! V ( >,
Wv hen t h e y
are educat e d
enough T h u s
run the answers
Of many Ameri-
cans pressed with
the question as to
when the Filipi-
nos should be
granted their in
dependence. Now,
roiiIitV, Cd pdCl-
~ and "Suffi-
c;pnt education
What do they
mean III bidO
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

One of the curio shops of Phoo-
nix contains a bottle of Bud
beer as a sample of bev-
r ge used in early DAYS.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

Fashion has decreed that wo-
mems skirts must be tighter
and shorter What dyer mean,
shorter?
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16
6.7Ho2 WANT
.lnrn'33 TO GIVE
nj OBEDIENCE
,,,.r,Y M. KaIaw Declares D. s.
8l...,., o,,rot Cons stootg Refuse
,sf,Detarminasion."
..v,ao M. KALAW,

" rhe Philippine Mlsslon, ,:ls'l,L, = AZ
ss~e-ary q. @ rr the Fii.pinos'
hor -Go.snmeat in the
philippines ' etc.
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

.h.. shoW sufficient capacl-
.,,.rar ., .hay are able to govern n
The Snowflake herald., 1920-04-16

This painted especially Near Relief Leone
In
Belgium children
death lOO00 adults
e