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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE
OF J. c. B. EHRINGHAUS
Former Chief of Police of Washington
Thought He Wanted To Cut
His Throat

Solicitor J. c. B. Earinghaus had a
run in with a former Chief OF Police
Of Washington, \. c. last week, which
resulted in an attenDsx<his life 1t
was Il hard week for the Solicitor in
the Beaufort County Superior Court.
with five murder cases on the docket
In one of the cases on trial former
Chief of Police Lewis was in some way
involved. Lewis made threats that if
Ehringhaus attempted to cross examine
him he would cut his throat And right
there is where he got his bluff called
After examining other witnesses in
the case. Solicitor Ehringhaus stood up
in court and repeated what he had
heard of Lewis threats and asked the
Judge 10 call him to the stand. Lewis
was called to the stand. The Solicitor
hitched his chair up close to the witness
box and began to fire questions at him.
The witness sprang from the box and
toward the solicitor as per threat. but
was instantly halted by the Sheriff and
spectators. The Judge ordered Lewis
sent to Jail for ten days for contempt
of court. Lewis was shortly released
upon the request of Solicitor Ehring
haus, the Solicitor good-naturedly in
sisting that the witness had only lost
his head and would hardly be guilty of
such rashness again. The end of it all
was that the former chief of police
apologized to Mr.. Ehringhaus and the
two shook hands.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
FINDS POTATO CROP is
FIFTY PER CENT SHORT
But With Early Sweet Bringing SIS a
Barrel r. o. B. This City, Grow
ers Will Make Money

Currituck sweet potatoes are moving
thru Elizabeth City to the country S
markets this week at the rate of ten
to fifteen car loads a day and the price
is holding at $5 barrel f. o. b. this
city, with eastern market centers quot
ing So to 81 barrel.
The stock that has shown up here
this week is better than the stock
rushed to market last week and has
restored the confidence of buyers.
But tho prices are satisfactory the
growers in Currituck and Camden have
discovered within the past week that
their crop of early sweet is just about
so per cent short of previous -expecta-
tions. The shortage is attributed to the
long dry spell in the growing season.
The largely increased acreage this year
will by no means offset the shortage.
declares n. Howard Smith, manager OF
the Carolina Potato Exchange.
The big movement of early sweets
will get under way here next week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
EXPECTED TO DIE FROM
EFFECTS OF OPERATION
Mrs. Trim White of Elizabeth City Vic
tim of a PuzzIing MaIady and Is
Unconscious in Hospital

Mrs. Trim White. one of the Oldest
and best known women of this city. is
lying at the point of death in Norfol6
hospital, her death being momentarlly
expected. She underwent an operation
Tuesday morning which required the
amputation of the foot and ankle of her
left leg. She survived the operation and
seemed to be past the danger zone,
when she lapsed into unconsciousness
Tuesday night.
The amputation of her limb was made
necessary by a gangrenous condition
which set in last week, following months
of suffering from peculiar itching SEN
sation of the left foot. She had sus-
tained no bruise, insect bite or other
injury to account for the trouble.
Mrs Trim White is Y years old and
has been active in the social and relig-
ious life of this city for many years.
She has four children, all of whom are
at her bedside in Norfolk. They are
T. S. White, of Hertford; Mrs. J. l.. Abb
bitt, of Norfolk; Mrs. J. H. Aydlett and
Mrs. J. F. Weeks, of Elizabeth City.
Her nearest other living relative is
brother, J. J. White of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
WO0ED, WON AND
WE'D In 90 DAYS
Beautiful Elizabeth City Girl
Weds Ohioan and Goes
To Texas

Following a fast and furious court
ship of less than three months dura.
ton, Frank L. Traenkle of Youngstown
o., carried away one of the pretties1
ind rs5sta attractive sfrfs n Il
City. Miss Jessie Gertrude Hedrick OF
Elizabeth City became Mrs. Frank Louis
Traenkle in a pretty wedding at the
First Baptist church in this city Tues
day morning. August ,. The wedding
was at 6 o'clock and Immediately after
the ceremony the bride and groom left
for San Angelo. Tex, where they will
make their home.
Frank Traenkle. a graduate of Ober-
lin College, trained athlete and a play
director in the employ of Community
Service, Inc, of New York City. came
to Elizabeth City early in May to give
a demonstration of Community Service
recreation work. He had been on the
staff of Community Service for two and
half years and in that time he had
travelled all over the United States and
rumor has it that he made a hit with
the feminine in every town in which
Community Service sent him. But when
he came to Elizabeth City little Jessie
Hedrick was among those who went out
to take part in the Community Service
games. Dainty, vivacious, brown eyed,
fair and full Of fun, she danced right
into Traenkle's heart the very first
night. Right then the Community Ser
vice man forgot every girl he ever knew
before and a determined courtship be-
gan. He was in Elizabeth City only
three weeks, but an impetuous lover
with reddish hair is capable of telling
progress in less than three weeks. When
Traenkle left Elizabeth City in May it
was generally suspected that he had
wooed and won the girl who had caught
and fixed his fancy.
Miss Hedrick is a daughter of VIM.
Henry and Mrs. Gertrude Hedrick, Ce-
dar St. She is 81 years old. Mr.. Traen-
kle is a son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
of Youngstown, O., and he is
% years old. He will continue with
Community Service, but leaves the 'oad
to give year to Community Service in
San Angelo, a thriving town of $4,000
in the heart of Texas. Mr..
and Mrs. Traenkle go direct to San
Angelo, travelling via Atlanta and New
Orleans.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
NORTH cARoLINA's COTTON
. CROP FORECAST 604,O0O BALES

Cotton production by states forecast
by the Department of Agriculture as OF
July 25, with the 500 pound bale as
standard, follows:
Alabama, 443, 900 bales this year and
662, ,927 last year; Arizona, 5000 and
1O2. .7S5; Arkansas, 79S,OO and 1,209, $40;
California, 10000 and $4,000; Florida,
14,OOO and 1906; Georgia, 1,OSS,OOO
and 1,414,652; Louisiana, 10000 and
3S6,77O; Mississippi, $4,000 and $751;
692; Missouri, $4,000 and 76,S2S; North
Carolina. 6O4, 900 and 912,197; Oklaho-
ma, $4,000 and 1921, ,17S; South Caro-
lima, $4,000 and 1,61O,471; Tennessee,
224, 900 and 323,98O; Texas, 2,443,OOO
and 4,326,37O; Virginia $4,000 and 20,-
296; all other states 5000 and 1866.
Production in Lower California Mex
this year, not included in the United
States total is forecast at $4,000 bales.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
CLUB GIRLS
STAND In MARKET
VIII Sell Finest Products of Pas
quotank Farms, Orchards,
Diaries and Pantries

Pasquotank County Club girls will
take a stand in the city market and
will offer the choicest products of Pas
quotank gardens. orchards and pantries
TO the housewives of Elizabeth City ev-
cry Saturday. That the canning club
girls dispose of their surplus products
to the townspeople has been repeatedly
urged by this newspaper and now the
girls. under the direction of Miss Mar
Gle AlbertSon. PasquOtanks enterpris-
ing Home Demonstration Agent. are 60
ing to- bring their very best products
to Elizabeth City every week.
Miss AlbertSon applied TO the Board
of Aldermen this week for permission
to offer canning club products for sale
en- the courthouse square every Sa t.
urday. But some one on the Board of
Aldermen had Il better thought and it
has been agreed to let the girls have
q stand in the city market for NOM
inal rental of only ten dollars year.
Miss AlbertSon accepted the offer on
behalf of the girls and if enough of
them can be notified the girls will start
their first sale Saturday of this week.
PasQuotank Club girls put up thous-
ands of tins and jars of tomatoes. peas.
beans. beets, pickles. catsup. preserves.
honey. sorghum, grape juice
and other good things every year. They
stock their own pantries and often
have Il large surplus which they are
eager to dispose of and which the pub
lie will eagerly buy if given an oppor-
tunity.
And now the girls are going to make
money from their surplus products and
the townsfolk can get better things to
eat. The girls will not only bring their
package goods to the city market; they
will bring fresh country butter, cream,
cottage cheese, eggs, poultry, fresh
fruits and vegetables as well. The Girls
Club stand in the city market prom
ses to make the market a more at
-ractiVe shopping place and will make
1 Saturday trip to the market an in
,eresting event for every housewife.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
SAYS HOSPITAL
OPENS SEPT. lST
More Than $4,000 of Required
Capital Stock Has Been
Sold

The Elizabeth City hospita
will open under the management
Eof the Elizabeth City Municipal
Hospital Association early, il
September, declares w. P. Duff
president Of the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce. Anc
Duff knows, because he and Sec
Fretary- Job are personally con
Quoting the campaign for the
SIS, 900 needed to open the hos
pital. They had more than $1O,-
600 Of that amount in dependable
pledges last night and they anti
cipate no failure in raising the
rest of the money.
1t is proposed to open the hospital
with three registered nurses and su-
perintendent. The superintendent will
be a registered nurse and will have
charge of every detail of the manage
ment of the hospital, making account to
the Board of Directors of the Chamber
of Commerce who will be the trustees
of the enterprise for a period of two
years.
1t is believed that with the co-opera-
tion of all the doctors the hospital will
be conducted on self-sustaining basis
and if this can be done it is confidently
expected that the Board of County
n. IL,
,srty at~the end of two years and oper-
ate it as q county health centre. When
the hospital was opened here in 1914
under the management of DR.. John Sa-
liba it paid from the start. The first
years operation netted a tidy profit.
But after that the doctors fell out, pa
tients were diverted to Norfolk hospitals
and the hospital ceased to pay. There
is no reason why a hospital that paid
in Elizabeth City in 1914 should not
pay in 1921.
The sale of 1,50O shares of stock in
the hospital at SO share will give
the hospital abundant capital upon
which it could be- operated for two
years if it tli6nss. take "A dollar from a
patient. The lease of the hospital
building and its complete equipment will
cost $500 Il year, or $4,000 for the
two years. leaving a balance of $4,000,
or $1,000 a year to meet any deficits
that may arise. 1t is believed that the
hospital can be operated without hav-
ing to use a dollar of the stock sub
scribed and that the stockholders will
be paid back their money with interest
at the end of two years.
The stock sold is to be paid for at
the rate of $1.OO per share each month.
giving the stockholder ten months in
which to pay.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
A FREE SCHOLARSHIP
, AT THE STATE COLLEGE

A free scholarship at the State Col
lege at Raleigh is open to some one
deserving farmers son in Pasquotank
county this year and any one desiring
this scholarship should make applica-
ton for it at once. Full particulars
and application blank are in the hands
of Prof. NJ. P. Jennings, county super
intendent of public instruction.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
FAIR premium LIST.

The forms for the Premium List of
the Albemarle Agricultural Association
for the Elizabeth City District Fair to
be held here Oct. 4, 5, 6 and Z, will
close early next week. Merchants or
others desiring advertising space in this
publication should make application at
once either to w. Ben Goodwin, secre-
tary or w. o. Saunders, publisher. The
Premium List will be ready for distri-
button on or about August Is.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
CIVIL SERVICE EXAM.

There will be an open competitive
under the rules of the U.
s. Civil Service Commission for the po-
sition of rk-Carrier in the Elizabeth
City post office, on August 20, 1921
Further information may be obtained
at the post Office.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
Hathaway Saws

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-
anined twice a year. Why
not you eyes? They are
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone 99o Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
A HEAVYWEIGHT EGG

G. T. White, r. F. D. 8, Hertford,
has an egg weighing three ounces and
a half, laid by an ordinary dung-hill hen.
Mr.. White would like to know if there
is another hen in this section capable
of a better days work, weather con-
sidered? For the benefit of readers
who don't know how much hen egg
should weigh. the average weight of a
hen egg is about two ounces.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
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RACES TO-DAY

Horse racing, automobile
racing and motofcycle rae
ing at the Elizabeth CITY
Fair Grounds to-day. Races
start promptly at 2 o'clock
p. m. The feature of the
program is a match race be-
tween "Lee w." and ''Tem-
pest"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
COAST GUARD OFFICE MOVES.

The Office of the District Superinten-
dent of the Q. S. Coast Guard in this
city has removed from the Hinton build
ing to new quarters on the second floor
of the Savings Bank & Trust Co build
ing, corner of Main and Poindexter
streets.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05

FOUND: Automobile tire. Owner can
obtain same by identifying it and pay
ing for this ad. See ZENAS GRIFFIN
at DIR. Lowrys farm. p.A.5-1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-08-05

Judge T. A. McNeill died at his home
in Lumberton, Tuesday.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
WETTEST SPOT
Is NEAR CAPITOL
More Liquor Arrests in Sixth
Precinct Than in Any
Other.

Bootleggers last month chose the
center of the city for their opera
tions, and in the shadow of the
Capitol there were more arrests
made by the police for violation of
the Volstead act than in any other
section of the city.
November witnessed l25 arrests OF
Dootleggers and others engaged in
the selling and manufacturing Of
liquor. OF the III arrests made by
the twelve precincts, % were regis
tered by No. s precinct. which en-
braces the Union Station, Capitol
Grounds and surrounding territory.
Although most arrests were made in
No. 6, only siXty-eight quarts Of
whisky and ten gallons Of mash
were confiscated in this section.
In the months raids the police
seized es4 quarts of whisky. Sc OF
gin, so of alcohol. s barrels of cider,
~ bottles of peach extract. 53l e<l-
Ions of mash. IS quarts Of cham
payne, stills, 10 quarts of cognac.
1913 quarts of home brew, SO bottles
Of Jamaica ginger. l.447 gallons OF
wine, 500 bottles of Abbotts bitters,
SO bottles of various extracts. an
automobile and 3 wine presses.
The l,755 arrests for violation Of
the traffic regulations were divided
into 453 speed cases and 1909 minor
ohenses There were arrests for
making handbooks on races.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
Army Congress
Open to Public
Officers to Dedicate New
Building Today After
Street Parade.

The annual national congress Of
the Salvation Army, which has been
in session since Wednesday, will be
thrown open to the public today
and tomorrow, when several meet
ing are planned.
This afternoon at 2 o'clock there
will be a street parade. led by ma
tional officers and the Salvation
Army National STAFF Band of New
York. Starting at l. and Fourteenth
streets northwest, the limo will
move east to Thirteenth street.
south to Pennsylvania avenue, to
Sixth street, to E street, and then
to the new Salvation Army Build
ing at sos E street. Then will fol-
low dedication of the building by
Commissioner Thomas Estill. At
night, the staff band will give a
public concert in Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Three meetings expected to be
among the biggest ever held by the
army in Washington are scheduled
for tomorrow. At 1890 in the morn
ing, Commissioner and Mrs. Estill
will conduct a holiness meeting at
Polls Theater, with the staff band
and national officers in attendance.
At 8 o'clock. Miss Evangeline
Booth, commander of the army,
will lecture on THE Worlds
Greatest Romance" Theodore
Roosevelt will preside.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
Sheriff. OPPOSES
POLICE MERGER
Would Increase Federal Force
To Patrol White House
Grounds.

Opposing the transfer of the park
police to the Jurisdiction of the
Commissioners as proposed by Sem
ator King several days ago. Col. C.
o. Sheriff., officer in charge of pub
lie buildings and grounds, yester-
day recommended the enlargement
of the Federal force to continue its
present duties and to take over the
policing of the white House and
grounds.
Col. Sheriff. opposes merging the
park police with the city depart
ment, he said, because the duties
of tho two are essentially different
THE United States police" said
Sheriff.. ARE primarily watchmen
to keep order In the parks and to
care for other Federal reservations
Instead of being merged with the
metropolitan department the park
force should be increased and kept
as a national institution"
If Col. Sherrill's plan to have tho
White House policed by park police
goes into effect. fifty-three officers
will be released to the city depart
ment patrol and traffic duty.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
BROTHERS JAILED
FOR THREE YEARS
ON THEFT COUNTS
Youths Convicted on
Joint Charge of Rob-
bling Local Stores.
OTHER SENTENCES
Self Confessed Burglars Sent
To Penitentiary for Loot
ing Haberdashery.

Five burglars were sentenced to the
penitentiary yesterday by Justice Sid
dons In Criminal Court No. . on
charges of HOUSEKEEPING and larceny.
Norman and Earl Hackley, brothers,
both OF Brentwood. Md. whose youth
full but checkered career has been
in again - out again" Of the
penitentiary. were sent back for three
years on a joint charge of looting L
street stores OF inexpensive articles.
They were arrested October 80 after
they had robbed Meyers military
shop, Topham's trunk store and a shoe
store.
store Thieves Sentenced.
Albert w. Krause. % years old. who
has a four-year term to serve on a
robbery charge, was sentenced TO
serve three more. He was sentenced
with Henry Connors, % years old.
and Raymond Clancy. who admitted
robbing the haberdashery owned by
Maurice Schlosberg. at 31o2 Four
teenth street northwest. of nearly
81, 900 worth OF silk shirts. silk socks,
underwear and hats on August rs.
Carroll Ford. colered, was sentenced
to eighteen months in the penitentiary
on a charge OF robbing George w.
Boyer OF SIS last March. The accused
was convicted by Jury and denied a
new trial.
Ernest Scott, colored. a "Peeplng
Tom" who was discovered on the fire
escape Of an apartment house ear
/ Dupont circle last summer an who
fred several shots at Policeman ODay'
of the Ninth precinct, was given two
years in the penitentiary on a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon
War veteran Convicted
Carl N. Skinner. colored, formerly
employed in the city postoffice. was
sentenced to serve three years in the
penitentiary and the sentence sus-
pended on a charge OF stealing periodi-
calls from the mail. The court paroled
him In the custody OF the probation
officer.
Clarence z. Howard. a veteran OF
the world war, was convicted by a
Jury in Criminal Court No. l on two
charge. Of altering and forging War
Risk allotment checks. He is alleged
to have forged the name of his wife,
Mrs. Mildred F. Howard. to the checks.
Clara Farrow and Gladys Boynton,
who were indicted with Howard, were
acquitted. Towards sentence was de,
| ferred.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
TRAFFIC ERROR
REVEALSuQUOR
Blocking Of Alley Draws At
tention to Gun and
Whisky in Auto.

The careless blocking Of an alley
in the Ninth precinct by the auto
mobile of william Henderson, a
colored coal dealer, of 1910 Howison
street southwest, an apparently in
significant violation of the traffic
regulations, will cost Henderson
s325, although he was not charged
with this offense.
November 2, Henderson drove his
car into the alley and attracted the
attention of Policeman L. NJ Will
son because of the position in which
he left it. AS the policeman ap-
preached, he testified, he saw a
pistol bullying out OF Henderson's
overcoat pocket. He seized the
pistol and ordered Henderson to
drive to the police station. A gall
Ion of corn whisky was found in
the automobile. Henderson was
charged with illegally transporting
whisky and carrying a pistol.
Judge Mcmahon fined him 500 on
the weapon charge and s25 for
transporting whisky and ordered
the automobile, valued at 5000, con-
fiscated and Soda total loss of
1925, which probably would not
have been incurred II Henderson's
auto had not blocked traffic in the
alley.
The Washington herald., 1921-12-03
HOUSEWIVES HERE
FILL BASKETS WITH
SMALLER PURSES
Prices Fall 81 Cents on
. Dollar in Year, Stats
tics Here Reveal.
DISTRICT IN LEAD
Washington One of Thirteen
Cities Where Living Costs
Showed Fall.

Washington housewives may pur-
chase food for cents less on every
dollar than a month ago.
Food may be purchased here for
2l cents less on every dollar than
a year ago.
These facts are contained in an
official bulletin of the Bureau of
Statistics of the Department % La
Dor issued yesterday.
Washington showed the .argest
percentage of decrease OF thirteen
principal cities In the United states
in the retail cost of food during
the period from October Is to No
vember Is, the bulletin shows.
OF the thirteen cities, six cities
showed a decrease in food prices
during that period. five showed an
increase, while in two there was
no change.
Washington and New York retail
food prices were So per cent higher
on November Is than the average
cost in 1913, the year before war
broke out in Europe.
Changes during the past month
in food prices in other cities show
that Atlanta, Peoria and Spring
held food prices decreased 2 per
cent: Little Rock prices, per cent;
Rochester prices increased 1 per
cent: Philadelphia prices increased
3 per cent: Baltimore, Louisville
and New York prices increased .
per cent. and in Denver and Norfolk
there was no change.
For the year period, November Is,
1890, to November Is, 1921, there
was a decrease of "a per cent in
Louisville. Norfolk, Peoria, and
Springfield; % per cent in Atlanta,
Baltimore. Denver, and Little Rock;
81 per cent in Manchester. Pniladel-
phia, Rochester, and Washington;
and - per cent in New York.
As compared with the average
cost in the year 1918. the retail eos.
OF food on November Is, 1921,
showed an increase of So per cent
in New York and Washington: 81
per cent in Manchester; 81 per cent
in Baltimore; SO per cent in Fhiia-
delphi; IS per centdn Atlanta: A.
per cent in Little Rock; Il per cent
in Denver. and 40 per, cent in Lor-
isvills-
Prices were not obtained from
Norfolk. Peoria. Rochester, or
Springfield in 1913, hence no com
parison for the eight-year period
can be given for these cities.