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The Lamar register., 1921-11-16
ABSTRACTS

The only set of Numerical Abb
stracts Of the Records of Prowers
County. Abstracts to Farm and
and City Property furnished on
shortest notice. Also owners of
Baldwin, Jay & Cos. Abstracts of
Prowers County Records previous
to the fire of 1888.
Terms reasonable.
Address
pRowERs COUNTY ABSTRACT co
Lamar, Colorado
The Lamar register., 1921-11-16

Auto insurance-fire, theft, collision,
windstorm. property damage and per
sonal injury-all at lowest price. c.
A. Hansen, Phone Lamar 25.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
CITY'S DEBT IS
$2O6,3O8.OO
But Little of 1t Contracted By
, the Late Administration.

There has been a persistent propa-
ganda upon the part of members of the
new Board of Aldermen of Elizabeth
City to spread the impression that the
administration of the past two years has
been one of waste and extravaganza
leaving the city hopelessly in debt. AL
derman Weatherly got up at the First
Meeting of the Board and, pulling q
long face, declared that the new Board
had an awful handicap, to overcome
Alderman Pat Williams remarked that
the city was 'insolvent.' Here are the
facts: -, -l,,.z. -. -
On June 1, 1919, when Mayor Gather
and his administration went into Office
the total bonded and floating indebted
ness of the city amounted to $1S9,5OO
That's what the Mack Sawyer gang
left the former administration.
On June 1, 1921, when the Gather
administration went out of Office the to-
tai floating and bonded indebtedness of
the city was $2O6, $3.50, an increase of
only $16,SSO. Partly offsetting this
S16,SSO increase in the city's indebted
ness there was $4,000 in the city treas
ury on June 1, 1921, when the old Board
turned over the -city's affairs to the
new Mack Sawyer administration.
+ When one takes in consideration the
fact that the administration of the past
two years labored thru a period of in
f1ated prices when labor and material
were higher than ever in the history of
the world, with no appreciable increase
in revenue to offset the increased cost
of things, the record is remarkable.
The fact that the increase in the city S
indebtedness in two years is so inconsid-
cradle is all the more remarkable in
view of the fact that in this time sew
eral miles of gravel streets were built,
several miles of cement sidewalks laid,
and many new bridges and other per-
manent improvements completed. The
Gather administration could have left
the city in the dilapidated condition in
which they found it in 1919 and re-
duced the bonded and floating indebted
ness of the city several thousand dol
lars.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
GO TO INVITE
COL. ROOSEVELT
Popular Assistant Secretary of
the Navy to Be Invited to
Meet Coast Guard Here

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
will meet a delegation of Eliza
beth City men in his offices in
Washington this afternoon and
receive an invitation to speak
here on Tuesday, June %, the oc-
casion of the annual meeting Of
the Surfmen's Mutual Benefit
Association. The delegation is
composed of w. P. Duff, presi-
dent, and R. C. Job, secretary, of
the Elizabeth City. Chamber of
Commerce, Capt. M. P. EIite, c.
o. Robinson and w. o. Saunders.
The delegation will be piloted by
Col. Isaac. M. Meekins, thru
whose kindly Offices the inter-
view with Col. Roosevelt was
arranged. =
The delegation which left for Wash
that these are busy days with the navy
department and that Col. Roosevelt's
time is much occupied with the bombing
experiments and aerial manuevers now
being conducted along the coast. But
it will be pointed out to Col. Roosevelt
that a visit here need in no way inter
fere with his observations of the maneu-
vers on the coast. Elizabeth City is
only a twenty y-minute fight from the
coast and the Assistant Secretary Of the
Navy could come into Elizabeth City in
fast flyer, make his bow to the crowds,
stand to be photographed by the Fox
and Pathe camera men and get away
without losing more than an hour or
two of his valuable time.
If Col. Roosevelt will accept the invi-
tation it will be suggested that he bring
with him an escort of number of naval
aeroplanes and give a demonstration of
how these craft would behave in making
an attack upon an inland town. And
if such a demonstration should require
the dropping of real bombs Elizabeth
City will stake off large area of marsh
on the water front and take a genuine
bombing. This suggestion is expected
to appeal to the Navy Department in
view of the fact that it's aircraft are
now engaged in bombing experiments
with abandoned ships of war In all of
these experiments no attention has been
paid to the possibilities of employing
these same aircraft in carrying their
music warfare into the country behind
the coastline.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
MOTOR BUSES TO TAKE
CHILDREN TO SCHOO

Three motor trucks are to be pu1
chased by the Pasquotank County Boar
of Education for the transportation d
pupils of the NewIand High School. Bid
for these trucks or motor buses wer
opened Monday but the Board of Edu
cation has reserved it's decision pendin
the receipt of further information an.
prices.
The type of bus approved will seat p
to 80 children. They are glass incloseG
They will be so routed that practicalls
every pupil in the school will be fun.
nished with transportation to and froI.
school every school day. Many pupil
of the Newland School now furnis
their own conveyances and one finds 3
or 40 horses stabbed on the schoolhous
grounds every day the school is in sef
sion, taking just so many animals froI
the farms of the community. Patron
of the school figure that a great efi
onomic saving will be effected by con-
munity transportation. e
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
FARM TENANTRY ON THE
INCREASE IN CAMDEN
Taken On The WheIe 1920 Census Does
Not Show Excessive Progress
in Camdsn.

Results of the agricultural census of
Camden county for the year ending Jan
1, 1920, were made public by the U.
s. Bureau of the Census this week.
There are S72 farms in Camden COM
pared with S21 farms in 1910. These
farms are operated by 5S3 white and
292 colored farmers; 372 are owners and
managers and 500 are tenants. Tenan-
try has increased 1872 per cent in Cam
den county since the census of 1910.
The new census brings out another re-
markable condition in Camden. While
there has been an increase in the num-
Der of farms and there has been a de-
crease in farm acreage. There were
60,O13 acres in Camden farms in 1910
and only 52,S45 acres in 1920, a decrease
of more than 1000 acres. The number
of improved acres in Camden fell from
36,O35 in 1910 to 1884 in 1920.
In live stock and agriculture Camden
has made some gains, but not the notable
gains made by neighboring counties. Her
number of swine increased from 6,365
in 1910 to S,S91 in 1920, but her cattle
and sheep fell off. Camden had 1887
head of cattle listed in 1910 and only
2,549 in 1920; 1858 sheep in 1910 and
only 1,45S in 1920.
In corn production Camden shows
marked progress. In 1909 there were
167, ,795 bushels of corn harvested from
1857 acres. With only 16O67 acres in
1920 Camden harvested 225,955 bushels
of corn. Hay production also showed
like progress. 2,265 tons in 1920 against
625 tons in 1910.
The new census gives Camden 2,S3S
bales of cotton and 44,3OS bushels of
soy beans; 1,123 horses and 665 mules.
The value of farm land and buildings
in Camden is placed at $2,720,O07, an
increase of $1,2S2,972 or 1913 in ten
years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
THREATEN TO
TAKE OFF BOATS
Elizabeth City Boat Line OPP
posed Possible Com
petition.

The Elizabeth City Boat Line, operat-
ing daily steamers between Elizabeth
City and Norfolk via the Dismal Swamp
Canal, threatens to discontinue opera
tions at once if the barge line now op-
Grating between New Bern, Washington
Norfolk and Baltimore is induced to in
clude Elizabeth City in it's service. "phe
very day the barge line puts in here our
steamers will be taken off and our Of
fees closed" declares A. r. Nicholson
agent of the Elizabeth City Boat Line
But, undaunted by the threats Of the
local boat line G. o. Robinson and other
Elizabeth City shippers are proceeding
in a determined endeavor to get the
intra-coastal barge line for Elizabeth
City, and to this end Mr.. Robinson, ac-
companied by Secretary Job of the
Chamber of Commerce, expect to go to
Philadelphia to-day for a conference
with the barge line owners.
Theasbarge line in question was es-
tablished and operated by the govern.
ment until this week, when the govern
ment sold the line to private individuals
represented by Chas. III. Bardwell, agent
lOr Lie 1uIEd OOdSCd1 AIS1SAOA VI GAS
Canal & Harbor Corporation. 1t is un-
derstood that the new owners will main
tain a regular schedule between New
Bern and Baltimore, touching at Wash
ington, N. G. and Norfolk, Va. 1t is
also reported that the new owners will
extend their schedule to include Phila-
delphia as a terminus.
The barges have been government op-
Grated for several months. There are
four shallow draft power barges, each
1913 feet long, and of 400 to $50 tons
capacity, besides II tow-barges. The
power barges make a trip every five
days, often taking several tow-barges
in tow. The power barges do not wait
for the, loading and unloading of the
tow barges, but drop them or pick them
mp at loading points and destinations
just as, freight train handles so many
box ears. -,
Shippers of lumber, road building ma
terial, fertilizers, cotton, cement, farm
produce and bulk merchandise generally
save 20 per cent in freight charges and
get free marine insurance, the barge line
rates being just 20 per cent less than
tariffs.
When Elizabeth City shippers discov-
cred the advantages of such transpor-
tation to Elizabeth City they Immediate
ly began to bestir themselves to get
Elizabeth City included in the barge line
schedule. And now the Elizabeth City
Boat Line folks don't like it and they
up and say that they will be dinged if
they don't pull out of her the first day
a barge pulls in. Officers of the Eliza
beth City Boat Line insist that they are
not making any money as it now is and
that competition even once in five days
will put them out of business.
Mr. Robinson, who has been most
active in organizing a demand for the
barge line, does not take the threats of
the Elizabeth City Boat Line seriously.
He does not believe that the barge line
will materially affect the tonnage or
profits of the local boat line.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

THIS popular Elizabeth City business
girl was married Tuesday afternoon,
June to Leo William Duranso, of
Winston-SaIem, N. c., and will make her
home in that city. Miss Hyatt is daugh-
ter of Mrs. w. H. Hyatt of this city
and was until last week accountant for
the Norfolk g. Carolina Telephone &
Telegraph Co. Her position brought
her in contact with the business world
and her courteousness, efficiency and
personal charm had won for her host
of friends. Her marriage was the cuI-
minatioR of romance which began DUR
ing the war when Mr.. Duranso, SER
vice man, came to the U. S. Naval Hos
pitaI at Elizabeth City. Here the con-
VaIescent met Miss Hyatt and upon re-
ceiving his discharge from the service
he made his home in this city until he
had won his case. He is now resident
of Winston-SaIem. Photo by ZoeIIer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

more than wholesale murderers, poison
gas, machine guns, bullets and disorder.
DR.. Zilboorg closed his address in a
passionate appeal to the American peo-
pie to lift the blockade and sell the Rus
slams the machinery, tools, food, cloth
ing and medical supplies which they
must have if they are to be permitted
to work out their own destiny as a ma
ton. If we do not do this, then we may
see Russia starved and rotting with
pestilence, threatening the health and
life of the civilized world.
Those who expected DR.. Zilboorg to
either defend or castigate the Bolshe
Wiki were mistaken. His is scholarly
mind for which Bolshevism has no ter
rors. He recognizes it for what it is,
an experiment, in democracy which will
survive or perish as it succeeds or fails
in IFS endeavors to socialize and demo-
cratize the natural resources and indus
tries of a nation for the greatest pos
sible service of all the people, without
profit and oppressive power to few.
Dr. Zilboorg was easily the greatest
speaker brought to Elizabeth City by
the 1921 Chautauqua and made a pro-
found impression. He did much to dis
pel the mists obscuring the Russian sit
uation and to counteract the daily news
paper myths and lies which have made
it almost impossible for one to glimpse
anything approaching the truth about
Russia But as a matter of fact DIR.
Zilboorg brought nothing new to Eliza
beth City people. What he told his
audience Tuesday night has been told
from time to time in the editorial col
umns of this newspaper. THE INDIE
PENDENT is one of a very few news
papers in America that has refused to
swallow all the lies about Russia and
has tried to give it's readers the facts.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
A GREAT STORY.

Irving Bachelors great historical ro-
nance, ga Man For The Ages is one
of the greatest stories ever produced by
an American writer. 1t deals with the
most stirring epoch in American history
and with the greatest historical figure
of the past century, Abraham Lincoln.
You will know Lincoln better and know
your country better after you have read
this story. You can buy the story in
book form for $1.5O or read it in THE
INDEPENDENT beginning next week.
1t will be published in this newspaper
in installments covering a period of 12
or 13 weeks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
A COMPARISON FAVORS
CITY'S HOME TALENT
Elizabeth City Choral Society Survives
Aborn Production of the Bo-
hemian Girl.

Elizabeth City has compared the
work of it's own Choral Society with
the work of professional opera singers
and the comparison is all in favor of
the city's own amateurs. The Milton
Aborn production of Balfe's opera, The
Bohemian Girl, presented in Chautauqua
Wednesday night would have fallen ut
terly fiat but for the excellent dramatic
work of the professional cast. They
were fairly good actors, but they could
not sing. The duet work of Harold
Foreman and Mrs. Greenleaf in the
home production so far excelled that OF
Carl Trebbis and Kathyrine Richmond
in the Aborn production that there was
no comparison Madeline BOssi in the
role of the Gypsy Queen could not meas
ure up vocally to our own Mrs. A. r.
Nicholson, but Bessie acted the part.
But the Aborn players gave pleas
ing performance and held the crowd be-
cause they knew how to present the
piece as actors. putting life, pep and
realism into the thing. And right there
is where our home talent failed. The
Choral Society thought it enough to sing
and sing well in opera. Now it is quite
easy to say that good singers are not
expected to be good actors, but the ever
lasting fact is that an opera is only a
play set to music and it should be so
interpreted. The Choral Society will
some day recognize and appreciate the
worth of this criticism. In meantime
they will proceed to do very good work
in their own way, because they have the
IL c.. rrnTIy
But give me my choice of hearing our
own Choral Society or the ~Aborn play
ers in any production and l will stake
my money on the home talent every
time. W. o. S.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
HathawavSaYs

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 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 9oo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
POTATOES REFUSE TO
BRING BIG RETURNS
Only a Larger Yield This Season Saves
Farms From Great Loss.

Hopes of anything like a profitable re-
turn from the early Irish potato crop
have abount vanished in this section and
growers generally would stand to lose
heavily were their losses in selling not
offset somewhat by a remarkable large
yield. 1t is probable that greater
yield for the acreage planted has never
been recorded.
Potatoes of top-notch grade sold To-
cally at $3.50 yesterday. The New York
market has gone to $4.OO and $3.50,
but many car loads sold there early in
the week at 1926 baTrel.
Up to Tuesday night, June Z, total
of ,976 cars of new potatoes had moved
from North Carolina this season,
against 597 cars to the same date last
year. One hundred and twenty-six cars
moved from eastern North Carolina
Tuesday. The peak of the movement in
the Elizabeth City section will be
reached next week. Tyrre1 county, US
ually two weeks earlier than Elizabeth
City, has cleaned up it's crop
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10
GREAT LIVE STOCK
EXPOSITION COMES TO
EI7ARETH CITY

X An announcement of unusual in
= terest to the farmers and live stock
= men of northeastern North Caro-
= lima is that the North Carolina live
= Stock Association will hold its an
+ nuaI meet at Elizabeth City in De-
= cember. The meeting of this asso-
+ citation brings together hundreds of
+ pouItrymen and stockmen and a not
= able exhibition of thorobred horses,
mules, cattle, swine, sheep and poul-
4 try, the poultry exhibits alone re-
= quiring hundreds of pens.
x y = = SIS
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

Temporary dethronement of rease
which caused the immediate events 4
his Staying of Chief of Police Taylor i
Lexington, was offered to the jury I.
DR.. John w. Peacock who took TIL
stand denying that he had any know
edge of the events from the time h.
barn was burned on April 16 until aft
the murder was committed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

MIR. GOODWIN took the oath of office
as Mayor of Elizabeth City Monday
night, June 6, and entered upon the du-
ties of what promises to be a much per-
picked and bedeViIIed Office for the next
two years. Besides holding this public
Office, Mr.. Goodwin is Great Chief of
Records of the Improved Order of Red
Men of North Carolina, Secretary of
the AIbemarIe Building & Loan Associa-
tion of Elizabeth City, and Executive
Secretary of the AIbemarIe Agricultural
Association Photo by ZoeIIer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

Robson farmers have signed cooper
ative marketing contracts for $4,000
bales of cotton which is nearly one
fourth the minimum amount of 100000
bales which the whole State is asked
to sign contracts for.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

WANTED: Married couple would like
to rent two unfurnished rooms and one
furnished bed room. Would like these
to be as private as, possible. Address
sc. E. F. care THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, n. G. Gle Holt
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-06-10

Watch for the first installment of the
story "a Man For The Ages" to begin
in this newspaper soon.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
YOU NEVER CAN
TAME A WILDCAT
Mr.. DodSon Warns Against Use
OF Treacherous. Dangerous
CaIomel.

Calomel salivatesi It's mercury
Calomel acts like dynamite on a slug.
gfsh liver. When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile II crashes into
1t, causing cramping and nausea.
If you feel bilious. headachy, consti-
pated and all knocked out. just go TO
your druggist and get bottle of bod
sons Liver Tone for few cents which
Is harmless vegetable substitute for
dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful
and If 1t doesn't start your liver and
straighten you up better and quicker
than nasty calomel and without max
ing you sick. you just 60 back and
get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow: besides.
1t may salivate you, while If you take
Dodson's Liver Tone you will wake up
feeling great, full of ambition and
ready for work or play. It's harmless.
pleasant and safe to give TO children (;
they like ADVERTISEMENT.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-08-27
Rather Mild Affair.

"Was the last municipal campaign
in Chiggersville lively one?"
! NO" said Squire Witherbee. r
can't say it was as lively as some
political fights we've had here i'm tn
old town."
THE candidates didn't indulge In
personalities"
None to speak Of. The Hon. Jas.
per Suggs, who was a candidate fol-
mayor. called the Hon. Cicero Fill
kins, who was tn rival candidate, a
pillager of widows an orphans, a
whlte-livered skunk an a flop-eared
hound, an Fillikins told tn voters
that Suggs was a wolf in sleeps
clothing, an a gin-soaked booze-guz-
cling political turncoat, but outside of
few little pleasantries like that it
was one of tn quietest campaigns we
ever had in Chiggersville."
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-08-27


cornstarch; stir until it boils and the
cornstarch is well cooked. Remove.
strain and cool. Then add two cup
iuis OF thin cream, one-half cupful of
sugar, teaspOOnful of vanilla and
freeze in the usual way. When half
frozen, stir in one dozen finely crum-
pied macaroons. Finish freezing.
Cucumber and Pimento SaIad.-Pare
chilled cucumber and cut into match
Ike pieces. Remove the pimentoes
from the can, rinse in cold water and
cut into strips like the cucumbers. Use
equal measures of EACH Dress each
separately with French dressing with
little scraped onion added. Arrange
In salad bowl and serve with fish.
Peppers a la Creole. - Take three
large green peppers, three medium
sized tomatoes, six small slices of ba-
con, one teaspoonful of chopped onion.
one cupful of cooked rice, one tea
spoonful of salt. few dashes of pep-
per and three-fOourths of a cupfuI of
water. Cut the peppers in halves. re-
move the seeds. Remove the skins
and cores of the tomatoes and cut into
hne pieces. Try out the bacon which
has been finely minced and brown the
onions in the fat. Mix the tomatoes
with the bacon, onion, rice and season.
lngs and fill the cavities of the penpers
with the mixture. Surround the pep-
pers with hot water and two table
spoonfuls of the drippings, cover and
bake In moderate oven. Remove the
cover 10 minutes before taking from
the oven; haste occasionally while
baking. Serve hot.
TriPe la CreoIe.-Wash one and
one-half pounds of tripe in three
waters, using soda i'm the last wafer
Boil the tripe until tender-about one
and one-half hOurs-then cut with
scissors into narrow strips. Brown
two small sliced onions in two table,
spoonfuls of fat. Add one red and
one green pepper finely chopped. a bit
of mace. six pepper corns, four ALL
spice. two and one-fourth teaspoonfuls
Of salt, dash of pepper, and one quart
Of tomato with one-half teaspoonfu,
Of soda and one teaspoonful of sugar
Simmer 20 minutes. Serve with hot
boiled rice.