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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Meat Balls

Season two cupfuls Of chopped meat
with salt. pepper, pinch OF Glove
and little minced onion. cupfui Of
oatmeal or other cooked cereal; add
one egg and shape into cakes. Brown
IN butter or lard and butter mixed
Serve garnished with sprigs OF pars-
ley.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
custard Pie.

Prepare a rich crust and line deep
pie plate. For the filling take one
quarter cupful Of sugar. two eggs well
beaten. a pint of milk and nutmeg to
season. Just before going into the
oven sprinkle with half-cupful or
more Of chopped black walnut meats.
Bake as usual. The nuts will form a
nice brown crust on top of the pie.
Copyright. 1891. Western Newspaper Onion,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Smith College Fudge

Melt one-quarter cupful butter. Mix
together in separate bowl one cupful
each white and brown sugar, quarter
cupiul molasses and one-half cupful
cream. Add to the melted butter and
bring TO a boil. Cook three minutes,
stirring quickly. Add two squares
chocolate. grated; cook five minutes,
stirring rapidly at first. bur decreasing
toward the end. Take from the fire,
add teaspoonful and half vanilla.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Makina eaby,s Bonnet.

In making baby bonnets do not at
tach the strings to the bonnet, but,
instead, make buttonholes at the ends
10 be attached, then sew small flat
button on each side of the cap under
meath. where the Strings" become
soiled they can be easily removed and
Numbered, making II unnecessary to
wash the entire cap.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

care Ior hdppi-
ness.
"Food is very
important indeed,
II makes crea-
lures well and
happy and merry
and bright.
"But who wants
to see a gorilla
merry? Perhaps
some may care to,
but I can't help
that.
+" The gorilla
isn't a m cry
creature. We pre-
fer to sulk.
+" They m a y
tempt us with the
haet 80 Good TN NV
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

Flowers made or petals cut from
paper tape and coated with colored
sealing wax, are among the novelties
that add to the cheerfulness Of home
and Christmas this year. A cluster
Of them in several different colors, in
a vase that is also coated with the
wax, makes very pleasing bouquet
for the living room or dining table.
The colored wax Is substitute for
paint and small alcohol flame be-
comes the brush for making the fade.
less blossoms.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Oil Cloth Table Sets

No housewife viii fail 10 etioy the
new table sets of oilcloth with their
cheerful borders OF gay tloN
fruits. They are much handsomer
than the stenciled pieces and many
women use them for the dinner as
we'll as the breakfast tuble. These
sets consist of a centerpiece, plate
dolEes and smaller doilies. The fruits
and flowers in the set pictured are
In their natural colors and the oil.
cloth in deep cream color.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Why He Preferred a Flat.

Edwin had been kept in the house
all the afternoon for being naughty.
and toward evening he said: Mamma,
wish we lived In fiat"
"Why, Edwinr queried his mother.
Because" answered the little fell
low. people who own fats don't al
low children In them"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Different MEANINGS.

Mamma" said seven-year-old
Clara, what does transatlantic
mean?"
ACROSS the Atlantic, of course" re-
piled her mother. "sTrans' always
means across"
Then l suppose" continued Clara.
shat transparent means a cross par
emit"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

monkey family,
you know, and
looks something
like a chimpan-
zee.
"She had had
quite an interest
ing life as she
had lived in Af-
RIGA in quite a
free state, and
then she had
been captured ana
had been tanned
and had been
very friendly with
her owner, and
after that she was
brought over to
this country and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
influence Of seaweeds on Waves.

The gigantic seaweeds of high
southern ATTITUDES exercise a remark.
able eject In shilling the waves: so
much so that at Kingston, South Aus
tralia, an open bay .,as been made a
safe anchorage By ye.ue Of this eff
fee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
OF Canvas and Ribbon

1t goes without saying that bags of
all sorts are among those gifts that
are always welcome. There are many
new ones this year made of coarse
canvas, or 'unbleached linen and
trimmed with narrow satin ribbon
and ribbon flowers. Baby ribbon may
be drawn through the interstices Of
the canvas. Drawing threads out Of
either the canvas or linen makes It
possible to weave wider ribbons over
and under the remaining threads, in
borders or ornaments. Flowers cut
from cotton or linen, in various col
ors, are applied to the linen bags and
buttonholed along their edges with
cotton floss or yarn. A case for hold
ing playing cards and bag which
may be put to various uses are shown
above in gifts suited to either men
Or women.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
c m0K4 BooK D Nu4 Met~sl

Come perfect day i shall not need
To bend my brow DER battling tasks;
Some perfect day my soul shall read
Tho meaning hid meath ciouding masks:
soine perfect day ] shall attain
The dim ideal my spirit asks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

we want 1t enough.
With certain qualifications this is
true. It explains why many men get
things out Of life that their friends
never expected TO get. They wanted
them, and they got them.
Getting things In that way for most
people involves considerable sacrifice
For example, If dry goods clerk
wants an automobile he may get 1t,
but he will have to sklmp pretty
heavily on his clothes and diet IL he
gets 1t while he still remains a dry
goods clerk.
1t is for this reason that, when you
begin wanting something, 1t viii pay
you to want what you need.
That will involve thought, for none
Of us know what we need until we de-
vote considerable time to reflection
and study.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Marks We'll

"Mard seems to have the right COM
bination." "What do you mean?'
"She Keeps her age dark and her
spirits light.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
The Mark of AffIuenca

In Sweden. we are told, you can
judge a mans wealth by the hat he
wears. Here we judge 1t by the lat
his VITA wears.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
For Little Garments

Hangers for wee garments make
lovely gift for young children, espe-
clauy when they look like dolls.
Here two are dressed up to represent
a girl and boy doll and third is
simply covered with ribbon and deco
rated with ribbon flowers. Little
celluloid doll heads, wide and narrow
satin ribbon and wire hangers with a
little ingenious sewing are all that Is
needed for the doll hangers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Oyster stew.
English Pastry.

Out into small pieces pound of
round steak; cut In slices pint Of
potatoes; slice three onions. Make
. rich biscuit dough; roll out and line
q deep pie plate; put In a layer of
the diced uncooked meat. a sprinklIng
u salt and pepper, a layer of pota-
toes and onions. Cover with crust
~ for pie. leaving q small opening
for the steam to escape. Bake slowly
until the crust Is well done. Wrap In
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
WHAT TO EAT.

THE following are some of the
many good old-fashloned dishes
that most of US enjoy:
Oyster Stew.
Put pint Of oysters In colander
md pour over them cold water to
rinse. then pick out the oysters with
the fingers to see that there are no
bits Of shell. Heat three cupfuls Of
milk over hot water; strain into 1t
ths oyster liquor and add three ia
blespoonfuls Of butter. Cook the oys-
tiers until they are plump and the
edges curl; add the hot milk. boil up
and serve at once.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

cloth and steam for ten minutes be-
fore serving. This meat pie Is good
hot or cold.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

then stir constantly until thickened.
Pour in buttered pan and set in a
cold place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Sweets for Christmas

You cannot think of anyone who
will not be delighted to receive a gift
like that illustrated here. 1t is a half
dozen glasses filed with Jelly, pre-
serves and marmalade, very attrac-
lively arranged In a wicker basket.
The tin covers Of the glasses are lac
quered with black lacquer and white
gummed letter is placed In the center
Of each one. A spray of fruit or bios
SONS painted on the lid with sealing
wax, together with the letter, tells the
kind Of jelly or preserves the glass
contains, as apple, with a spray of
apple blossoms and the letter "a" or
currant with cluster of currants and
foliage and the letter &C." Sealing
wax In several colors Stimulates shirred
ribbon on the center glass which con-
tains marmalade.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Christmas Candles

This years candle shades made Of
gay silks or of crepe paper are shown
In such variety that every one may be
pleased, Sparkling silver tinsel strays
over some of them, adding a holiday
glitter to the pretty colors through
which the light CLEANS. A shade dec
GRATED in this way is shown at the
right Of the two pictured. At the left
foundation of plain paper is covered
with ruffles of crepe paper in two al
ternating colors, in this case white
and green, and has daisies made Of
paper set about 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Idea Like a clock.

When Is an original idea like the old
clock on the stairs? When 1t strikes
one.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

Common sense is the gift of heaven;
enough of IL Is genius
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
.pDddd!yS
Fairy Tale
DINAH.
6I MARY GRAHAN1 BONNER

'Her name was Dinah," said Daddy,
"and she was gorilla. A gorilla is
q relation nf tho
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

For the writing desk or as a COM
panion piece to the guest book, pen
with feather quill for a handle
makes beautiful gift. Natural feath-
ers are as marvellous and beautiful in
their markings as flowers and those in
neutral colors can be tinted IL one
wishes to brighten them. Many kinds
of feathers, including those Of the
ostrich, are used for these decorative
pens and they make gift suited to
every grown-up.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17
Uncommon Sense
BY JOHN BLAKE
WANT WHAT YOU NEED

PHILOSOPHERS tell US we can
have anything we want, provided
we want Ii enough.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-11-17

In a world where most of us sail
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
NOW HIGHER RAILROAD
FARES IN N. CAROLINA
How The New Rates Effect Elizabeth
City-Pooi Railroads Must Get
Along Somehow.

Under the recent ruling of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission denying
states the right to regulate interstate
passenger fares, the Norfolk Souther
r. r. has advanced rates on it's line
20 per, cent, to all points within the
state. Interstate rates remain the
same. The new rates were effective
on March 16. Where it formerly cost
$5.65 for a ticket from Elizabeth City
to Raleigh, it now costs $6.78. A tick
ct to New Bern that cost $3.4S, now
costs $4.1S; Washington was $2.42, now
$2.91; Hertford was 49c, now SOC. The
advance of 20 per cent is effective all
along the line.
By curtailing train service, reducing
wages, laying off employees and raising
rates the poor! railroads hope to get
along under private management some
how.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
THINKS PEAS WILL BRING
GOOD PRICES ANY WAY

James H. Lawrence, representing the
old established produce commission
house of Knapp Bros. Co., 106 Murray
ST., New York City, was in Elizabeth
City yesterday. No one knows what
peas and potatoes are going to bring
this year, but the old timers like Knapp
Bros. & Co. are preparing for the US
ual volume of business, regardless of
how prices pan out. 1t is Mr.. Lawr-
ence's personal opinion that potatoes
will bring around $500 or $500 bar
rel. He expects early peas to make
a better showing than that. But this
is just his personal opinion, based up
on his knowledge of existing conditions
and an intimate acquaintance of many
years with the marketing game.
Knapp Bros. & Co. handle consider
able consignment business from north
eastern North Carolina. They are SELL
ing agents for the Eastern Shore of Vir-
gfnia Produce Exchange and the South
ern Produce Co., of Norfolk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
NEW BRICK ROAD is
NOT ALL SATISFYING
Hurts Business in Country and Calls
For Race Suicide on the Farms.

Improved roads for rural districts
have their drawbacks as well as their
advantages. 1t used to be days jour-
ney with a horse and cart from Weeks
vile to Elizabeth City and return. And
about the only vehicle one could safely
tackle the trip in was a cart With a
brick road all the way Weeksville is only
Is minutes from Elizabeth City in a
Flivver, the way most folk drive. A
farmer on the Weeksville road used to
put ten bushels of stock peas in a cart
and haul them to town. He counted it
half days work: Now he loads 20
bushels in a Ford truck and makes many
trips in an afternoon.
But not every one is delighted. They
say of a merchant at Weeksville who
has been doing a thriving business, that
he now comes to town every Saturday
afternoon because everybody else in the
neighborhood of his store comes to town
too and he gets lonesome sitting around
with nothing to do and the neighbor-
hood deserted.
Another man from Weeksville assures
the editor of this paper that that brick
road is going to mean smaller families.
We've got to have smaller families; a
poor man on a good road hasn't got any
business with a house full of children.
That road is too inviting. The children
seem to think that it was built just to
get them to the picture show at the
other end of the road and almost every
night there's gasoline to buy for the
kids to go to town to see the Movies;
and then you have to let them have the
money to buy tickets to the Movies"
The man said that mouthful with a
long face.
Presently we will be hearing from
some one with complaint that brick
roads are hard on automobile tires. 1t
is just impossible to please everybody
all the time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
POSTPONED UNTIL MAY
Present Board of Trustees Refuses To Issue Bonds
While Being Used AS Foot
ball in Politics

Elizabeth City will not be per-
mitted to vote on the proposed
100000 bond issue for public
schools until after the municipal
election on May 8. The present
Board of Graded School Trustees
refuses to take the responsibility
Of calling an election and provid-
ing 100000 for another board1
to spend, since Representative
Cooke threw the school board
back into politics at the recent
session of the General Assembly.
The Board of Graded School Trustees
is committed to the bond issue and wants
an election. But along comes Cookies
bill which makes the present school
board an issue in the May election. The
voters are authorized under Cookies
bill to throw out the present Board of
Trustees and order a new Board of Al
dermen to name a new set of trustees
No one knows what the result of the
election will be and the present school
board refuses to call a bond election
since they know not where they stand.
And so the schools suffer while poll
ticians play politics. No one blames
the present Board of Trustees for re-
fusing to assume responsibility for the
proposed bond issue under the circum-
stances. But the delay is just as ag-
gravating and just as hurtful to the
schools. Mr.. Cooke insisted upon max
ing the school board a political issue
at time when only great harm could
result from such action. But Mr. Cooke
wouldn't listen to his townspeople. Mr..
Cooke would listen to no man except
b. f. Aydlett. Mr.. Aydlett has been
chairman of the Board of Trustees of
the Elizabeth City public schools for
30 years. And every year Mr.. Ayd-
lett has been chairman of that board
the schools have been in politics.
An effort is being made to remove
Mr.. Aydlett from the school board. He
says he will not stand for it He boasts
OF his 30 years Craftsmanship and brags
about the present High School build
ing which educational experts have de-
- asss-
cfared is only 25 per rent seficfen
monument to stupidity and ignorance
and crime against childhood Mr.
Aydlett says he is proud of that build
ng and he wants to retain his hold on
The school board and boss the expendi-
'ure of several hundred thousand dol
ars in more buildings-probably just
Ike it 4; kgsrRgIs sss.'
There is only one thing left for the
people to do. The people will just have
o wait patiently until the May cleo
ion and then repqdiate the Cooke bin
~ voting against any change in the
present board of school trustees. In
meantime the present Board of Alder
nen has it in its power to remove Mr..
Aydlett from the school board and put
| layman in his place.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
SAUNDERS BOOK
is NOW ON SALE
It's . Readable Volume and
Beautifully Printed.

Saunders Book is now on sale and
selling good. It's a book lots of folks
have been waiting for. Old friends want
lot of his editorials in more enduring
form. New friends wanted such a book
just to see what Saunders used to write
that raised so much Old Ned in eastern
North Carolina.
Comments on Saunders book are in
teresting. Some say it is great; some
say otherwise. One. man says: ST only
regret Saunders didn't give us more of
it and charge more for it,
Another one says: 81 didn't know
such a beautiful piece of printing could
be turned out in Elizabeth City,
''Send me five more copies," writes an
old subscriber; who says he wants them
for his friends.
There is lot of praise and encour-
agement like that. And then there are
knocks. One party says it is a hand
book of Bolshevism, infdelity and OBJ
scenity and should not be permitted to
go thru the mails. There is p certain
class that always did say something like
that about everything that Saunders
wrote.
The hook is entitled ga Concept of
Life and Other Saunders Editorials" It
contains 6S pages of text, exclusive of
fly leaves and covers. It carries an
autographed pen and ink sketch of the
author done in lustre brown ink on India
Wedgewood halftone paper and the bind.
ing is in rich light brown Castilian COW
ers printed in two colors. The price is
60 cents a copy, by mail postage pre-
paid.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
WANT $500 TO GET
LIVE STOCK MEETING
Event Would Be of Vast Benefit To
This Section This Year.

Elizabeth City is making an effort to
bring the 1921 meeting of the North
Carolina Live Stock Association to this
city. The meeting would bring hundreds
of live stock and poultry fanciers and
hundreds of exhibits of thorobred horses,
cattle, sheep, hogs and poultry and
would be of immense Importance to this
city and section, especially in view of
the fact that State Wide Stock Law
makes it necessary for the farmer to
acquaint himself with better live stock
and methods of production. It will cost
81 800 to bring the Live Stock Asso-
citation to Elizabeth City and "a commit
tee appointed at a joint meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants
Association and Pasquotank Poultry Club
is endeavoring to raise this money.
The committee is composed of: f. f.
Cohoon, chairman;" Wesley Foreman,
treasurer; T. S. Hughes, secretary; Bux
ton White, A B. Houtz, G. M. Coop
er, G. w. Falls and Miss Marcie Albert
son.
This committee will solicit contribu-
tions in town and country and it is
uOp0u IHdC IH0 IGSpOhSS Will NC 1CduS
and generous.
The meeting properly comes East. this
year, but Kinston is on the job to get
it and Elizabeth City will need to work.
The Livestock Association is made up
of the Swine Breeders Association, the
Sheep Breeders Association, the Cattle
Breeders Association, the Dairymen's
Association and the Poultry Association,
and brings to it's meeting place wonder
full exhibits of the very best in all the
departments. It is believed that such
meeting will be of great and lasting
good to the town and country, inspiring
and helping the people of the community
to raise more and better stock, dairy
cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry, which
will mean a healthier and wealthier COM
munity.
This section is so badly behind in
these matters that it is greatly hoped
that united effort will be made to bring
this meeting here.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18
YOUNG AVIATOR PURSUED
ON CHARGE OF THEFT
But Catching An Aviator Isn't Easy For
Sheriffs Who Travel on Foot and
n FIiVVers.

The pleasures of an airplane flight
from Miami Fla. to Coinjock, N G. were
rudely interrupted for Bennett ID. Sew
ern last week when a warrant was
sworn out for his arrest, charging him
with the theft of the very airplane in
which he was making the fight But
the states net having perfected an aerial
police service, young Severn wasn't cap
tured even when he landed at Coinjock
last Friday and fingered a while in the
bosom of the family of his father-in-
law W. J.. Tate, of that place.
Severn left Coinjock for parts un-
known and his father-in-law insists that
he is not guilty of stealing the plane,
but is the victim of a spite warrant.
A1r. Tate says the airplane belongs to
Howard 3. Hillyard, of Camden, n. J..
and that his son-in-law is delivering the
plane to Mr.. ,Hillyard. The warrant
charging the theft was sworn out by
one E. K. Jacquith at Miami, Fla Mr..
Tate says the case will be fought out
in the courts of New Jersey.
Severn wired Mr.. Tate from Miami
on March 81, stating that he and his
wife were leaving there for Coinjock.
Mr.. Tate was advised of the progress
of the flight from day to day and then
no word came for week. Mr. Tate
called on the u. S. Coast Guard in this
city to locate his son-in-faw for him
and the Coast Guard with its vigilant
wireless located Mr.. and Mrs. Severn &
Tybee Beach near Savannah, Ga, where
it was said they had put in on account
of bad weather. But the officers with
never thought of using the
Coast Guard to locate their man
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-03-18


THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, published
at Portland Oregon devotes a full front
page of its issue of Sunday, March in
boasting about the wonderful work of
the Western Union Telegraph Co. in
that city. We are told that Portland
is the second largest wire center in the
West and that more than a million mes
sages a month, aggregatifg so million
words, are handled by the Western Un-
ion in that city. We are told that Port
land ranks the highest of its class in
speed of service. To handle this immense
business Portland has direct wires to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, Kansas
City, Denver, Chicago, Vancouver, B.
c. and other places. And by the multi
pIex system of teIegraphy operators in
the Portland Office have handled as many
as Cd messages over a single wire at
ore time. All of this is of interest to
Elizabeth City folk because the man.
ager of the Portland, Ore. Office of the
'h'esterr -. E-.:zabeth City boy,
w. r. (BHIy) Williams, who was just
a few years ago manager of the Eliza
beth City Office. Mr.. Williams picture
heads the Oregonian's Write-up of the
service being rendered the city
of Portland and the West under Mr..
management of the Portland
offices of the Western Union.