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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
CENTRAL STATE
WILL CELEBRATE
FIRST BIRTHDAY
continued from page u

its officers and directors has been it.
policy to stand back Of and assist in
every move having Il tendency to pro-
mote the general welfare of the com
munity. Every industry and enter
prise whether public or private.
which in legitimate way would put
another spoke in the wheel of pro-
gress and aid the welfare of the com
munity has found encouragement.
sympathy and assistance at the hands
of the banks officials.
A. =. Pickard. the president of the
Lank, r. \. Good. H. c. and c. /.
Dwiggins. Paul Sammon, the other Of
licers, together with the employees OF
the bank. have worked necessarily TO
make their institution one of the best
in south Florida. Courtesy and at
fable treatment of all who have bus
mess with the bank has been their
motto and cndcared them to all
The Central State Bank soon If er
its organization became a member OF
the Federal Reserve System, thereby
insul ing its safety and making secure
its dcpostors. It's safety coupled
with its loyalty and fidelity to the
community welfare, the Courteous
and pleasant manner OF its officers
and the splendid personnel of its di-
rc@tors and stockholders. guarantee
success and future progress.
Friends of the institution have been
cCngratulating the officers, directors
and stockholders on this the first
birthday of the Central State Bank,
wishing for it and them continued
prosperity. The celebration planned
for Thursday promises t. lie most
happy and enjoyable event, marking,
as il will, the close of a year of ma
tclial growth and prosperity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
REV. c. H. TROUT
ACCEPTS CALL TO
CHURCH AT OCALA

Rev. c. H. Trout who recently 70
signed from the pastorship of the
First Christian church of Lakeland
has accepted a call to the First Chris
tian church of Ocala. and is already
in charge of the work there. He
and Mrs. Trout will move to that
city in about two weeks.
Rev. Trout has done excellent work
in the church here, and 1t was with
great regret that the congregation ac-
cepted his resignation.
The church at Ocala is said to have
good prospects and to have an earn
est membership including some OF the
most substantial citizens.
Mr.. and Mrs. Trout have made a
wide circle of friends in Lakeland
and will be keenly missed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04

ity and was located in an almost in
accessible spot in a strip of marsh
30 gallons of mash was on hand
Deputy Purvis, Chief Williams,
Lieut.. Sineath, Capt. Mcdonald and
Lieut.. Daniel and officer Hulhan
went to the scene, located the still and
put the men under arrest at their
home nearby.
Maltby and Jet were taken at once
to Barlow and arraigned before Judge
Holland, found guilty, and. being un-
able to pay their fine, were set to
work on the roads.
The officers state that they believe
these arrests break up the so-called
Kathleen gang" of moonshiners.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
ALLEGED MOONSHINERS
BEGIN SENTENCE TWO
HOURS AFTER ARREST

The wheels of justice went around
with more than the usual rapidity
Monday afternoon in Polk county, and
B. p. Maltby and George Jet of near
Socrum have no cause to complain
of the laws delay. Arrested at 3.
O'Clock on a charge of operating a
still, at o'clock they had started to
work out their sentence of so days.
The still, which they were accused
of operating was of 80 gallon capac-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
MEETING REPUBLICAN
CLUB HELD AT HOME
Mr.. AND MRS. TALLEY

The Republican Club held an inter-
osting meeting Monday evening at the
residence Of Mr. and Mrs. II. o.
Talley, on South Florida avenue and
large attendance was present of
members and friends.
Various matters of business were
disposed of. after which a social hour
was enjoyed.
Light refreshments of punch and
cake were served, after which the
guests departed, having spent a de
lightiul evening
The meetings of the club are month
ly and the next will be held ut the
home Of Capt. and Mrs. c. T. Flcr-
ing, G03 South Missouri avenue Mon
day evening. Nov. T.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
NEVER WANTS ANYTHING ELSE

The season of coughs, colds, Group
and bronchial troubles is at hand
Every mother will be interested in
this letter from Mrs. E. X Olson. 1917
Ohio Ave. Superior, Wis. Il tried
many different kinds of cough medi-
cine, but now | never want anything
else than Foley's Honey and Tar. l
used it for all my children when l
lived in Iowa and also for my grand
child lin Duluth, and it has always
done good work" Contains no opiates.
Henley Drug Store.
Magistrate Brown of Brooklyn, N
Y, believes in curfew law for girls
up to % and men up to 26. The for
mer should be in bed by II o'clock, he
says, and the latter by midnight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
w. U. PAYS DAMAGES

West Palm Beach, Oct. damages
amounting to $2,S43.9O were returned
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company in circuit court here recent
ly in favor of Captain I. d. Hancock
and S. H. Bowen. The plaintiffs
claimed they had lost that amount
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
DR.. PINER SPEAKS
ON CHILD PROBLEM
AT MYRTLE STREET

As a rule one does not expect
Sery large audience at Monday
nights meeting. but the Myrtle Street
people were surprised and delighted
at the splendid large congregation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04

OF the 591 L. S. congressman, 333
are lawyers; editors come second, "a.
There are % farmers, l glass-blower,
l oil well driller and professional
office-seekers," as they themselves adj
nit.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04
through the non-delivery of a tele-
gram handled by the commpany.

Inheriting $4,000 from his broth
ers estate failed to disturb the men
tai poise of New York letter carrier.
He continued on his rounds after re-
ceiving the news.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-10-04

y crime wave in Riverdale, suburb
of Chicago, was nipped in the bud
when they arrested the chief of pO-
lice, who was holding up saloon for
the third time when the Chicago blue
coats got him. He said he needed the
money.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14

husband probably had told her not to
buy anything over SO. She just could
MT get coat like she wanted for any
thing like SO, SO she had $25 charged
to her husband and the balance to her
self. Her husband will pay $50 and
think that's all the coat cost, while the
wife will have to pinch and save here
and there on her grocery bill and take
out enough frogs week to make
up the difference. T6N don't know how
some wives have to scheme to get
things out of their husbands
Tie saleswoman then went on to say
that there are other women who play
similar tricks on husbands who are not
stirgy. There are eXtravagant women
who hide their extravaganza. from their
husbands by having things charged un-
der other names. One woman bought
six pairs of silk hose in one month and
only one pair of silk hose appeared on
her bill: she had had the rest charged
up as counterpanes, dress goods, hosi-
cry for the children, etc, and the poor
husband didn't know the difference. Such
is life.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
new BANK OPEN
FRIDAY, OCT. 70
Plan To Help Small Borrowers
Should Make a Strong
Appeal

Elizabeth City's newest bank, the
Carolina Banking & Trust Co., will op-
en- its doors for business on Thursday,
Oct 20. 1t begins business as mem
Der of the Federal Reserve System with
a paid in capital of $25O,O0O and will
be ouartered in the largest and one OF
the best equipped banking rooms IN
Northeastern North Carolina. The open
ing of the new bank will be celebrated
with a public reception, at which chill
dren will not be excluded, on Wednes-
day. Oct. 10. Announcement of the re-
ception is made in a full page adver-
tisement elsewhere in this issue OF
THE INDEPENDENT. The president
Of the Carolina Banking & Trust Go. is
DR.. A. l.. Pendleton; the vice-pre sident,
r. G. Abbott; vice-president and cash
ier. Gurney P. Hood; assistant cashier,
Geo. r. Little.
The officers of this new bank are
progressive and aggressive lot and are
already indicating lively plans for get
ting their share of the banking business
| of this CITY and section. Their easy
payment loan plan for small borrowers
originated by Mr.. Hood and adopted b!
the new bank, is one innovation tha
bids fair to bring the bank into 1nstan
popularity with a large class that othe'
banks have not paid much attention TO
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
Leroy GETS $1,000
FROM DR.. JOHN SALIBA
That's the Amount Awarded By Referee
At Close of Litigation

$1,000 is the sum awarded J. H. Le-
Roy by P. H. Williams. Referee in the
suit CT J. H. Leroy against DR.. John
Saliba. owner Of the Elizabeth City
Hospital. Mr. Leroy sued for $4,000.
In the spring of 1918 when the govern
ment agreed to send convalescent sail
ors and marines from the L. S. Marine
Hospital at Norfolk to the Elizabeth
CITY Hospital, DR.. Saliba employed Mr..
Leroy to superintend the feeding OF
the patients. Mr.. Saliba contended that
he employed Mr.. Leroy on q straight
salary basis, but Mr.. Leroy contended
that he was employed on shares, he to
receive half of .he profits made On the
board of the patients after DR.. Saliba
had received 4 certain per diem for each
patient. Mr. Leroy contended that his
share on the spoils amounted to S1o,-
800. A suit was brought by Meekins
&. AIcAIullan, attorneys for Mr.. LeRoy
and a Jury in the Superior Court in
this county answered the issues in favor
of Leroy. except as to the amount OF
money due him; the amount to be de-
termined from the hospital records by
referee. 2. II. Williams was named
as Referee. The Supreme Court re-
Gently sustained the action of the Su-
perior Court and Mr.. Leroy is $1,000
richer. less lawyers fees.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
Will. DR.. c. CLARKE lREKE
SPILL THE BEANS? BEL L
Takes Pulpit Of a Rival Church
To Preach Farewell
Sermon

DR. c. ". Clarke. former pastor OF
Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church,
who recently resigned after failure to
get along with E. T. Aydlett and NJ.
y. Sawyer and some other determined
pillars of the church, will preach his
farewell sermon Sunday night, Oct. 16.
But he will not preach his farewell ser
mon in Blackwell Memorial Church. DR..
Clarke will preach his farewell sermon
in First Baptist Church where neither
Mr.. Aydlett nor Mr.. Sawyer will hardly
be seen. since both of them quit that
church in high dungeon several years
ago.
\ lady who telephoned the informa-
ton to THE INDEPENDENT that DR..
Clarke would preach at First Baptist
Church Sunday night insisted that the
First Baptist Church was to be used
because it had the largest auditorium
in town and she wanted this newspaper
to be sure to say that. But that ex-
PLANTATION will hardly satisfy the curious
public and not even the auditorium OF
First Baptist Church is going to hold
the crowds that will turn out to hear
Dr.. Clarke Sunday night. VIII DR..
Clarke spill the beans on his former
deacons. even as r. G. ShackeH spilled
the beans when he ceased publishing q
| newspaper for Aydlett few weeks
I ago? That's the question in everybody
mind
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
QUINN FURNITURE CO.
SIXTEEN YEARS OLD
Will Celebrate Anniversary With Big
Sale Featuring Low Prices

The Quinn Furniture Co., of this city,
celebrates it's sixteenth anniversary with
a special sale beginning Friday, Oct.
21. In this sale the Quinn Furniture
Co. offers many notable bargains in
furniture and house furnishings. What
is now the Quinn Furniture Co. was
founded by r. e. Quinn in October,
1905, starting in a small store on Water
ST. From that small beginning the store
grew until it leased larger quarters on
the East side of Poindexter st. In
few years it moved across the street
to a store that is now a part of its
present location and finally acquired the
adjoining store, then occupied by III. IL.
Lavenstein. The store to-day occupies
floor space of $4,000 square feet and
carries a $4,000 stock of furniture. 1t
| is the largest furniture store in East
ern North Carolina. The present own
ers of the business are J. H. Wilkins
and S. w. Twiford, who purchased Mr..
Ouinn's interest in May 1920. Mr.. Will
kins was with the firm when it started
16 years ago, and Mr.. Twiford has been
with the business II years. The Quinn
Furniture Co. has absorbed many small
furniture stores in the city in it's day
and is in every way a progressive and
forward looking enterprise.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
WE GET DOUBLE CROPS
AND DOUBLE THE MONEY
Corn Prices Here and In the West Al
ford a Comparison That Should
Make Us Thankful

Farmers IN the middle West are sell
ing their corn at 80 cents a bushel this
week. when they can find Il sale for 1t
a+ all. while here in Elizabeth City
dealers are paying our farmers TO cents
q bushel.- The difference is matter
of freight rates. It costs the western
farmer 90 cents a hundred to get his
corn to the seaboard, while it costs the
Northeastern North Carolina farmer
only { or cents hundred.
A fact like the foregoing is well
worth thinking over when we OF this
God-favored section are inclined to feel
down in the mouth. The Western farm
or with his 35 cent corn has only one
crop a year, all he can get III snort
growing season between long and rig
orous winters. Here in Northeastern
North Carolina our farms produce two
crops a year, much Of our corn 1ol-
lowing an early crop of potatoes. When
inclined to feel a bit glum over cond1-
tions here. think of the less favored
fellow and cheerfully resolve that II the
farmer out West can get along with
his one crop of corn at 35 cents, ther
we will surely pull thru with two crops
year and 65 cents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
THE INDEPENDENT BUYS
A NEW TYPE CASTER
This Newspaper Practically lndepenu-
ent of Any Type Foundry

THE INDEPENDENT has just pur-
. ha>cl and will install this week a Lud-
,oy. display type casting machine WIFI
u s,.r,irment of matrices for the cast
70 % twenty different sizes and faces
i di,,Iav tvpe. The installation OF this
~ r.pe caster means that with our
,.r..<c4lr cquipment of a Model Il LIMO
r-..e ,aachine with four magazines ana
sro auxiliary magazines, this neWspa-
..r will be equipped to machine cast
VIC ranging from the small i've poln'
~. in which legal notices are SET, 10
fc big 60 point display lines useu Ill
lie larger advertisements. 1t means an
limited supply of type at all tiileS
-rH ii new type face for every adVer-
.--omcnt and every job. To make room
~. this new type casting machine, sew
.s.tl hundred dollars worth OF good type
ID type cases are being discarded.
The purchase of this new type cast
aa aanin1nent is in line with the policy
+ this newspaper to give its patrons
-a best possible service at all times
y. O. Saunders puts the profits from
is newspaper back into bigger anu
litter paper all the time. Inc ne"
..lj,uocnt to be installed this week rep
.s.~op.s an investment of more thal
~-;t!!f
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
HOW WIVES OUTWIT
THEIR STINGY LORDS
Tricks Some Women Have To Employ
Revealed BY SaIeswoman
Who Knows

How the wives of stingy husbands en-
ploy their wits to get the things they
need to wear is told by one of the old
est and most experienced saleswomen in
this city whose name this newspaper is
not permitted to divulge.
The saleswoman had just waited on
the wife of a prominent and weI-to-do
citizen. The purchase made was a crepe
de chine shirt waist. The saleswoman
had written the sale up as pair OF
sheets and sent it to the book-keeper
TO be so charged. The reporter asked
the saleswoman if she hadn't made
mistake.
s:No," said the saleswoman, Il have
made no mistake. MRS. wanted
that shirtwaist but she didn't dare ask
her husband for it; he would have raised
the very divvil at the idea of paying
S4.9S for a shirtwaist for the poor III
tie woman. But he won't say Woro
about pair of sheets and will pay the
hill without q murmur on the hrst OF
the month.
eve have lots of customers who dc
| that. Some husbands who are aWfullS
stingy with their wives are just as I'D
eral as they can be with their children
The wife can buy anything for the chill
dren and the husband won't say word
but he thinks his wife should get alons
with last years clothes and thinks on'
pair of silk hose should run her year
! You can hardly blame the poor wiVe
for buying things for themselves ant
having the bill made out to fool thei
stingy husbands.
'There was woman in here thi
morning who wanted $4S coat and he
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
HEARING AFFECTED BY
FALL FROM Y. M. c. A
Younu Corbett's Ear Drum Burst When
Chin Hit Stone Curbing

Marcellus Corbett. 14-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Corbett, OF this
cirv. loses several teeth and his hear
ing may be permanently affected as the
result of a fall from the second story
of the Y. M. c. A. in this city Sunday
afternoon. Young Corbett climbed out
of a second story window to the cornlce
or molding and was walking this narrow
ledge when he missed his footing and
fell twelve feet to the pavement beloW'
He fell on his right side and his chin
and right knee struck the rough stone
curbing. His knee was fractured ana
the impact of his chin with the stone
curbing loosened several of his teeth
and ruptured his ear drum. The boy
was bleeding profusely from mouth
nose and ear when picked up and taken
to the Elizabeth City Hospital. Aoung
Corbett is recovering from his injuries
and denies stories current that some
other boys were responsible for the ac-
cident.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
NOTICE

The Board of Commissioners of Dare
County, North Carolina, will receive
sealed bids for repairing the bridge
across Colington Greek on ColingtoE
Island, Dare County, North Carolina,
until 12 A. NJ October 25th, 1921. The
specifications to be as follows:
20 pilings (pine) IS feet long and not
less than 5 inches at the smallest end.
40 pine pilings 10 feet long and not
less than inches at the smallest end.
Bids to be open at 12 o'clock noon
October 25th, 1921.
The said Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids
M. L.. DAVIES,
p. E. MEEKINS, Chairman.
Clerk to Board.
ady-1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
SAUNDERS IDENTIFIED WITH
BIRTH CONTROL CONFERENCE

North Carolina may be represented
at the National Birth Control Confer
ence to be held at the New Hotel Plaza
in New York City on Nov. IL and II,
1921. The conference is to be held un-
der the auspices of the Voluntary Par
enthood League. W. o. Saunders, edi-
tor of THE INDEPENDENT, is a
member of the National Council of the
Voluntary Parenthood League.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
CAME TO COURT IN AIRPLANES AND
COULDN'T FIND PLACE TO LAND
How Brigadier General Mitchell and McMenna-
min, the Crab Man, Indicted Here, Failed
to Appear For Trial

Brigadier General VIM. Mitch
ell, U. S. A., of Langley Field,
Va; Johan McMennamin, the
Hampton, Va. millionaire crab
manufacturer, and J. K. Bick-
ford, another prominent citizen,
of Hampton, Va, indicted in the
United States Court in this city
on charges of violating the Fed
eral migratory bird laws, tried
to come to Court here yester-
day in pair of airplanes. They
flew all over the top Of the y. S.
C. H. building, but that was as
near as they got to 1t. For
more than an hour they tried to
find a landing place in or near
Elizabeth City and finally had to
give it up and fly back to Lang
ley Field.
Last reports from the Brigadier Gen
eral and his friends were that they
wanted the cases in the Court here
postponed. The Brigadier General could
have learned before starting from Lang
ley Field that there is no landing place
for a land machine at Elizabeth City,
but that Elizabeth City does provide
the finest sort Of harbor for a hydro
plane landing. But being military
man the General didn't bother to inform
himself Military men generally assume
that everything must be just as they
want it, whether or no.
The Brigadier General and his friends
EIessrs. NIcNIennamin and Bickford,
we're indicted by q. S. Game Warden
VIM. L. Birsch on three counts: 1. For
shooting migratory birds in North Car
olina waters without license; 2. For
shooting migratory birds from a motor
boat; 3. For transporting game with
out the state. Being men wealth
and influence they will be vigorously
prosecuted.
The United States Court, Judge II. G..
Connor presiding, convened here yes
terday, Thursday, Oct. IS. The docket
for the term consists mostly of viola
Iations of the Prohibition and Migra-
tory Bird Laws.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-14
BANK HELP dine
TO HELP PATRONS
Unique Dinner Given by First &
Citizens National In Interest
OF Better Service

A banquet in the interest of the pa
irons of the First & Citizens National
Bank of this city was held in the South
ern Hotel Dining Room Thursday night,
Oct. 13, at which the forty and odd di-
rectors, officers and employees of that
institution dined sumptuously.
Marshall II. Jones, cashier of the
First & Citizens National, tells how the
employees and directors of the bank come
to dine in the interest Of the banks
patrons.
'fNo, we're not exactly indulging our
Selves said Mr.. Jones, ''tho it does
sound rather funny to say that we are
giving a dinner party in the interest of
the Banks patrons when they are not
participating, but that's it. 1t would be
hard job to feed all of our depositors
except on service.
"Of course we want to entertain our
bank force in appreciation of their 10y
atty and efficient service, and in doing
this we hope to promote better efficiency
looking toward up-to-the-m minute service
in every detail for each depositor, large
or small, in every department of the
Bank.
eve believe that we have q splendil
organization, capable and efficient, but
we want every employee to feel that he
or she has vital part in it. We want
the business of each depositor to have
the same personal, considerate attention,
whether it be matter for the attention
of an officer, a teller, bookkeeper or
the messenger. In fact, we believe that
we have just about the best all round
bank force in the country and that we
can count on each one Of them to help
us live up to that slogan on the corner
of our Bank, ''The Bank That Service
Built
sat this little meeting we plan to
have different members Of our Board, as
well as our Force, tell us about our
faults and also our virtues Gf we have
any), and if there are any loose cogs
in our service machinery, we want to
take them up-can you suggest some
phase of our service that we can i'm
prove?"
An active force of eighteen men and
women is required to keep big bank
like the First & Citizens National func-
tioning properly and give the account
tof every individual depositor in the bank
the best. possible service, and this num-
Iber does not include two vice-pre
and the members of the finance com
nittee who are in conference at the
bank daily. The officers and employees
who sat in at the banquet last night
were:
Chas. II. Robinson. president; L. S.
Blades, president; W. c. Glover,
yice-president; W. G. Gather, vice
president; Marshall H. Jones, cashier;
NJ. r. Griffin, asst cashier and receiv-
ing teller; G. T. Garrett, asst cashier
W. E. Griffin, paying teller; u. u.
Brockett. note teller; c. D. Pappen-
dick. asst receiving teller; j. d. Sykes,
Jr.. collection and draft teller; Mrs.
EVELYN H. Hill, general book-keeper; T.
Ehringhaus, savings book-keeper; l.. L.
Winder, Jr., chief individual book-keep-
er: F. G.. Cook, individual book-keeperi
J. II. Morrisette, Jr., individual book
keeper: Miss Margaret D. Wright, mail
and transit: Miss Bessie L. Cohoon
stenographer; G. G. Bell, messenger; j
G. Stanton, janitor.