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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
1000 Pounds Wool POOIed

The Wool Pooling Association at
Little Falls has 11,1SO pounds of wool
ready for shipment. One more day.
Saturday, July 20, will be kept open
for receiving the wool. After this date,
the pool will be closed and the wool
shipped to Chicago.
w: 3. Solt of Ramey brought in a
truck load, and he says that another
truck load can be secured in his terri
tory. There is still large quantity
Of wool in the county, and those wish
ing to sell through the Wool Growers
wool on Saturday, the 23rd.
BY shipping in carload lots, two
thirds Of a cent per pound can be
is the minimum weight for carlot ship
mentS
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Of war-salvaged materials. The picric
acid would be more expensive to man
ufacture under present conditions and
has features which are not desirable
in an agricultural explosive.
I However, when it can be secured at
cost of cartridging and distribution,
the farmers of the United States should
be given opportunity to make use of
it. In the meantime, we emphasize the
fact that this is only salvage propo-
sition and not competitive product
with usual commercial explosives. 1t
is not as good for stump removal as
the better brands of low-grade dyna-
mites now sold commercially. -
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
Mail Truck Bandit Identified.

Sioux Falls, 8. D.-John Blair, alias
James Weston, taken into custody
here was identified by postal authori-
ties as the man, who held up a mail
truck in Jefferson City, Mo-, March
and escaped with $4,000. He will be
taken to Jefferson City for trial.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
WEST BELLEVUE

July 20.-The annual school meeting
was held in district 5 on July 16. Ten
was Reelected director. W. L. Muncy
resigned as clerk and J. r. Stone was
elected to fill the vacancy. The school
term will be eight months and begins
on October 3.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Moffett Made Navy Air Chief.
Washington - Captain William A.
Moffett, was nominated by President
Harding to be chief Of the navy de-
partment's bureau Of aeronautics with
the rank Of rear admiral:
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Editor Chill Verify of Wadena was
q caller at this office yesterday on his
return home from Minneapolis. He
stated that there were numerous spinal
meningitis cases in his town and
county and that there had been IA
deaths from the disease.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
USE HERALD WANT ADS

DR.. s. E. Belts, optician, has moved
his office from the Kiewel building to
the First National bank building, sec
Ond floor. A. b.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Miss Angelina Chelling Of Belle
Prairie, who was recently operated up.
on for appendicitis at st. da 'o1.' !. 9
hospital, was discharged "Wednesday
and returned home.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Bastien and chill
dren of Elbow Lake are here visiting
relatives, cnroute home from Duluth.
They leave for Elbow Lake today.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

Miss Louise Fueger has resigned her
position at the American National bank
and has taken position in the office
of the Little Falls Water Power Com
pany. @M ISL e4.,.. .... 81 :.1& III
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
and Mrs. S. F.. Campbell.

Haying and harvesting is the order
of the day with the farmers in this
vicinity. The grain crop is very dis
:couraging for the majority of them.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22

turned from the vicinity Of Laporte,
where they found blue berries very
plentiful.
Miss Addie Rice is the guest Of Mrs.
Doppio f. u
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06

The first named is almost sure to be
elected. The contest will be between
Twiford and Twiddy. Both are splen-
did men, but Twiford is handicapped by
not being known and Twiddy is handi-
capped by reason of the fact that he is
an officer of the Savings Bank & Trust
Co. A lot of people are suspicious OF
any candidate out of this bank because
of the nauseating political methods en-
ployed by the officers of that bank. The
Savings Bank & Trust Co. is forever in
politics and even carries its politics into
such things as the election of board
of directors of the Chamber of Com
merce. People are disgusted with such
tactics and will not excuse them even
tho P. H. Williams is President and E..
F. Aydlett, vice president of that hon
orable institution.
Let US be thankful that it will soon
be over. We shall know next week
whether r. E. Lewis or Tully Wilson
will be the next City Manager of Eliz-
abeth City. It all depends upon the
of the Board of Aldermen
that is elected.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
MORE THAN $4,000 IN
IMPROVEMENTS ON HOTEL
Elizabeth City Now Has One of the
Most Attractive Hotels in East
ern North Carolina.

Painters are putting finishing touches
on the Main st. front of the Southern
Hotel this week. Since January 1, 1921.
when E. III. Spence took charge of this
property more than $4,000 has been
expended in alterations, repairs, i'm
provements and furnishings. Plumbing
and telephones have been installed in all
rooms; hardwood floors have been laid
in the parlors, reception hall and din
ming room; most of the rooms have been
newly furnished and every room has
been renovated and decorated. Eliza
beth City now boasts one of the best
hotels in eastern North Carolina.
The property is owned by e. f.. Ayd-
lett of this city and Mr.. Spence has
leased it for term of ten years. Mr..
Aydletta has manifested considerable in
terest in the remodeling of the prop
erty and has indicated that he will build
an annex on the rear of the hotel, pro-
viding additional guest chambers when
the growth of the business demands it.
The way raveling men are talking to
the new hotel the demand for this ad-
dition may be earlier than anticipated.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
WHO HAS ABABY
THEY CAN SP ARE
Lonesome, childless Couple
Want a Baby Left on
Their Steps.

Who has a baby to spare? The edi-
tor of this newspaper has letter from
couple in distant town who wants
baby. They are people of means and
refinement. They own a beautiful home
in clean, attractive town where there
are good schools and churches. The
husband is 40 years old, the wife is 30.
But they are not happy because theg
shaye no baby. sss -
Despairing of ever having a baby of
their own this couple would like to adopt
an infant, either a girl or a boy. They
would prefer having the baby left on
their door steps so they would not know
where it came from. Still, they would
prefer to know something of the physi-
cal, mental and moral characteristics of
the baby's parents.
They would not want the parents of
the baby to know where it is, as they
would want to keep the child always
for their very own and never let it
know that it had other parents. Any
reader of this newspaper who has a
baby to spare may write to the editor
in strict confidence. But, for heavens
sake, don't leave the baby on the edi
tors door step.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
BI-MONTHLY LUNCHEONS
FOR BETSY'S BOOSTERS
Chamber of Commerce To Inaugurate
Popular Rotarian Feature
May 10.

The first of a series of bi-monthly
Iuncheons will be inaugurated by the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce
on Tuesday, May 10. The object of the
luncheons will be to bring the member
ship of the organization together fire.
quently in friendly intercourse after the
manner of Rotarians and Kiwanians who
use luncheons most effectively in promot-
ing good fellowship and keeping organ
ization interest alive. Elizabeth City
has no Rotary Club or Kiwanis Club and
the Chamber of Commerce bi-monthly
luncheon will take the place of both.
>Secretary Job will use these bi-month-
ly luncheons as a medium for getting
people acquainted with and interested in
their local industries. What does the
average man know, for instance, about
the manufacture of cotton yarns in
Elizabeth City Or the possibilities for
expanding this industry here into the
manufacture of cotton fabrics? The
answer would not be at all satisfactory.
J. G. Gregory, superintendent of the
Elizabeth City Cotton Mills will speak
at next Tuesdays luncheon. He will
tell those present a lot of things they
don't know about a big local industry.
At every luncheon the executive head
of some local industry will speak until
everybody knows the things everybody
ought to know about the other fellow
and the part he is playing in the de-
of the town.
The luncheons will be served IN the
Chamber of Commerce assembly room
on the fourth floor of the Hinton build
ing and will be prepared on the prem
ises by a local caterer. It isl planned
to establish regular luncheon service
if the membership indicates its desire
foI, If
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
PROMINENT FARMER
, INDICTED FOR MAYHEM
John M. Wilson of WeeksViIIe Beat Up
Policeman TWiddy. i,

John NJ. Wilson, a prominent young
farmer of the 9Weeksville section of Pas
quotank County, viii be tried IN the Re-
corder's Court in this city Saturday
morning on a charge of mayhem, for
which the minimum penalty is four
months on the roads, the maximum pen
atty fifteen years in the state prison.
Mr.. Wilson's offense was the thrash
ing of Policeman Geo. Twiddy in Eliza
beth City Saturday afternoon and -Twid-
dy's condition was such that he could
not appear in court earlier in the week.
1t is feared that he will lose the sight
of one of his eyes from one of Wilson's
blows.
Wilson was indicted upon three
counts: obstructing an officer, assault
latter charge sticks he will not be pros
ecuted upon the minor charges.
There are two versions of the affray.
The defendant will contend that he has
been repeatedly annoyed by Twiddy and
that when he expostulated with Twid-
dy Saturday afternoon about an arrest
Twiddy struck him with a blackjack
and he proceeded to beat Twiddy up
in self defense. !
On the other hand the state will con-
tend that Twiddy had had considerable
trouble with the defendant, having re-
peatedly warned him against parking his
car on the wrong side of the streets
when in town; that on Saturday, April
30, the defendant again parked his car
on the wrong side, of the street and
Twiddy swore out a warrant for him.
But Twiddy didn't serve the warrant
because he was afraid of the defendant.
Twiddy had the warrant served by Of
fcer Anderson. Mr.. Wilson submitted
the case in the Office of Recorder Spence
and wanted to know what it would cost
him to beat Twiddy. He was advised
not to bother the officer and word was
passed down the line to Twiddy to be
on his guard. The next thing any one
knew Twiddy had to be taken home with
a face that looked like a piece of lac
Grated liver.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
RED MEN LEASE TOP
FLOOR OF BANK BLDG.
Will Have One of the Largest And
Handsomest Lodge Homes in
Elizabeth City.

Pasquotank Tribe, No. 8, Improved
Order >of Red Men, has leased the third
floor of the Savings Bank & Trust Co.
building, corner of Main and Poindexter
streets, and will have one of the larg-
est and handsomest lodge rooms in the
city. The Red Men now use the hall
on the third floor of the Kramer build
ing, which is also the home of the Jr.
Order United American Mechanics. The
Red Men with a membership of about
700, is the largest secret fraternal or
ganization in Elizabeth City.
The work of remodeling the Savings
Bank building is progressing rapidly and
it is expected that the bank will occupy
it's new quarters not later than July 1.
The second floor of the building is to
be given over to Offices and several of
fees have already been leased. w. Ben
Goodwin has leased one suite of Offices
for the A1bemarle Building & Loan As
sociation and for the Office of Grand
Chief of Records of the Red Men which
he occupies. Other lesees are the Penn
Mutual Life Insurance Co. and the local
branch of the Dalton Adding Machine
Co.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
PROMOTERS SMELL OIL
ON KNOTS ISLAND
Not The First To Believe Oil Deposits
Lie Beneath Tar Heel Feet.

Quite a furry occurred last week
when it became known that Norfolk pro-
moters had taken options on property
on Knotts Island, Currituck County,
with q view to drilling for oil. Just
what information relative to the pros
poets for oil is possessed by the Nor
folk promoters or capitalists is yet to
be revealed. Anyway, the fact that
some one claims to have smelt oil has
sent lot of folks hearts going pit-a-
pat with expectations.
Many oil men and biologists are of
the opinion that oil deposits are to be
found somewhere far beneath the sur
face in eastern North Carolina. r. e..
Lewis, former superintendent of the
Elizabeth City Water Co. has expressed
the opinion that oil may be found here
at Elizabeth City. His opinion is based
upon deductions made from the nature
of marine deposits revealed by deep
we'll digging near this city. At one time
the water company drilled nearly 1000
feet below the surface here in quest of
potable water and found only salt wat
er. The deeper the well, the saltier the
water.
About two years ago some one
claimed to have discovered oil near Will
mington, N. c., and options were taken
on much property in the vicinity. The
Carolina Petroleum Co. was organized
to develop the prospects. Nothing ever
came of it. This newspaper once car
ried some advertising for Carolina Pc
troleum and can attest that the COM
pany never struck enough oil to pay for
it's advertising.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
APRIL MADE ITS EXIT
WITH A HAIL STORM

A hail storm of several minutes dur
alton passed over Elizabeth City and
Pasquotank county Saturday afternoon
and did considerable damage to peas,
fruit trees and other crops in its path.
In many parts of the county there was
no evidence of hail at all, but hail stones
in abundance fell nearly the length of
the county along the Pasquotank river
line. In Salem township one family
gathered bushel or more of hail stones
and made a/freezer of cream.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
WHEN A CITY
IS TRULY GREAT

= A city is really great when it is
the best possible place to live in
and to rear children in-which
means, the best schools and church.
es, the best libraries, the best at
tention to sanitation and health, the
Wh0Iesomest recreation and the
highest morality, the most neighbor-
Iy and the freest from gossip, feuds
and factions, the keehest sense of
civic and social responsibility and
+ the best conditions of law and or
= der, the best market facilities and
the most generous concern about
progress and prosperity in the sur
rounding trade area.-UniV. of NJ.
C. News Letter.
2 & q
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
5000 READY FOR
The NAVY'S CALL
Headquarters Of N. C. Naval
Reserve Force In This City
a Busy Place.

| Should the United States al
any time become involved in war
and the navy has an immediate
call for more officers and men
there are three thousand young
North Caro1inians in the Naval
Reserve Force ready for instant
response and these three tllous-
and Reservists will get their call
from Elizabeth City In a quiet
way and all, unknown to the av-
erage citizen, the headquarters
of the entire North Carolina di-
vision of the naval Reservists
has been established in Elizabeth
City.
The Commander of the Reservists in
this state is Lit. Commander J. kenyon
Wilson of this city Offices are main
tanned on the fourth floor of the Hinton
Building, Chief Yeoman Louis o. Midg-
cite in charge.
There are ten divisions of the Reserv-
lists in this state and Elizabeth City is
also headquarters of the first division,
1t. Commander Andrew Sanders com
manding this division.
An immense amount of detail work,
is connected with the headquarters of.
the Reservists in this city. Every one
of the 5000 North CaroInians in the
Reserve Force is kept constantly in
touch with. Every one of these Re-
servists must be kept in training and
short cruises provided from time to time
to keep them familiar with and fit for
the service.
According to information given out by
Chief Yeoman Midgette there will be
four ships to be placed at the disposal
of the State of North Carolina. 1t.
Commander Wilson will probably order
these boats to be placed at the follow
ing places: Three submarine chasers to
be placed at Elizabeth City, Washington,
and New Bern, respectively, and one
Eagle boat at Wilmington. The several
thousand Reservists in this state will
take short cruises and weekend trips
on these boats, in order that they may
get practical training and maintain their
efficiency required by law. These boats
will be supplied with ship-keepers and
there will be enough Reservists called
to active duty to fill the complement
as ship-ke pers.
Assemblies are being held throughout
the state and the organization is pro-
crossing rapidly.
The state has been divided into ten
divisions. The headquarters and the |
commanding officer of each division are
as follows:
First division-Lt. Andrew Sanders, |
City; second division, Lit. Jer
emiah G. Meekins, Washington &C. H.;
third division, 1t. George A. Ives. New
Bern; fourth division, 1t. Henry B.
Peschau, Wilmington; fifth division, 1t.
q. g.) f. f. Peschau, Raleigh; sixth di-
vision, Ensign James r. Patton, Dur
ham; seventh division, Ensign Herman
Cone, Greensboro; eighth division, Lit.
Robert B. Horning, Charlotte; ninth di- !
vision, Ensign John Nv. Hanes, Winston
Salem; tenth division, Lit. VIM. e. Rob-
erts, Canton.
Lit. Sanders is having assemblies in !
the Court House in this city every Sec
ond, third and fourth Wednesday nights
in the month, and large attendance of |
the Reserve Force is expected next |
meeting night, Wednesday, May IL.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
MAY YET WEAR SHOES
MADE OF COTTON SEED
Interesting Specimens of Imitation
Eeathers Made From Cotton Lin
ters, Supplied BY Elizabeth
City Mill.

Imitation leather made from
| the linters of cotton seed grown
in the Elizabeth City territory
and ginned by the Eastern Cot
ton Oil Co. at Elizabeth City, is
$50 cleverly manufactured and
finished that only a trained eye
can distinguish it from genuine
kid or other fine leather. Speci-
mems of imitation feathers made
from these linters are being ex-
hibited by w. T. Culpepper, man
ager of the Eastern Cotton Oil
Co. of this city.
- Linters are just the fuzz that is left
on the cotton seed before the seed is
Oil Co. is primarily interested in the
crushing of soy beans and cotton seed
for their oil and fertilizer. But be-
fore crushing the cotton seed into oil
it is necessary to remove the inters or
fuzz. = 60,
It was only d few years ago that cot
ton seed were burned on the farm, there
being no commercial demand for them.
And then some genius discovered that
cotton seed contained more lard than
hogs and cotton seed oil came into use
as a vegetable fat for culinary purposes.
Then use was found for the inters.
Those little short fbers are highly COM
bustible and the world war created a
demand for millions of tons of linters to
be used in the manufacture of gun cot
ton.
Millions of dollars were invested in
the construction of ammunition plants
similar to the great Du Pont Works at
Hopewell, Va, just to manufacture gun
cotton from cotton linters. With the
end of the world war the manufacturers
of gun cotton found themselves with
millions invested in buildings and ma
chinery for the working of linters into
un-cotton, and the demand for gun-cot-
ton terminated by a peace-treaty. But
the munition makers had anticipated all
this and while the world war blazed in
Europe skilled chemists peacefully at
work in American laboratories found 9th
er uses to which the Inter could be
put and the use of the gun-cotton mills
machinery retained. Imitation leather
is just one of the peace-time products
made from 1inters.
Besides imitation feathers, skillful
have perfected a wall
covering that can be duplicated in any
wall paper pattern and which is as dur
able and as impervious to water as rub
Der sheeting. Mr.. Culpepper has some
interesting specimens of this new wall
covering made in mills in Connecticut.
Then radiator hose, tire tape and other
frabrications requiring great durability
and tensile strength are made from the
same linters.
The Eastern Cotton Oil Co. at Eliza
beth City manufactures 5000 tons of
cotton seed annually, taking from these |
seed 200 tons of linters for which there |
is an increasing demand.
Besides the manufacture of Oil and
inters from cotton seed, the same COM
nany manufactures thousands of tons |
IF SOW beans into oil. But soy bean Oil
is another. story. From the oil ofS the
SOW bean Yankee ingenuity is making
thousand and one things, from buttons
and automobile tires to cheese, coftee'
,utter. salad Oils, soaps, paints and var
nj she's,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
1902 YEARS OLD.

Elizabeth and Achoree Lodge of Odd
Fellows will celebrate their 1O2d anni-
yersary of the order Friday night at
Achoree Hall, corner Road and Mat
thews streets. All Odd Fellows and
their wives are invited There viii be
short talks given by prominent Odd Fell
lows, music and refreshments.
Rebecca Lodge viii be in charge of
the refreshments.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06

Three unidentified negroes were killed
outright and six others wounded when
a party of nine prohibition officers, head
ed by n. G. Gulley,' of Raleigh, raided
the largest distillery ever destroyed by
North Carolina prohibition forces, six
hundred yards beyond the Virginia line
from Warren county. 475 stills, with
an aggregate capacity of 22,50O gallons,
valued at $500 were destroyed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
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 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 year. Why
not you eyes? They are
more important.
DR.. J. D. Hathaway
Optometrist
Phone ooo Bradford Bldg
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06
REUNION AT CHOWAN
COLLEGE, MONDAY, MAY %

A reunion of the alumnae of Chowan
College at Murfreesboro is planned for
Monday, May %, 1921. A feature event
of the day will be a historic pc geant,
"The Voice of the Past" to lie pre-
sented by the Senior Glass of '21.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06

Floyd Brown, 19, young white man,
is in Jail in Durham in default of ST.
600 bond on a charge of robbing the
United States mails. Brown had eleven
keys that he had secured by watching
the lobby of the postoffice and taking
keys which business men occasionally
forgot and left behind.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-05-06

The Executive Council of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association are holding
their spring meeting of Council in the,
Hotel Carolina at Pinehurst this week.