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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
GOVERNMENT TO CARE
FOR MEN WHO COME HERE:
But Ex-Service Men Must Pay Their
Own Way to This City To Get
Claims Adjusted.

Ex-service men who come to Elizabeth
City Nov. q to Nov. 80 to meet the
government experts who are coming
here to adjust their claims, must pay
their transportation to Elizabeth City.
But the government will provide board
and lodging for them while they are
here and defray their expenses back
home If disqualification is necessary,
the men requiring disqualification will be
sent direct to hospitals at the govern
ment's expense. Such is the informa-
ton from the War Department received
by Secretary Job of the Chamber OF
Commerce this week
A corps of government experts Will
spend four days here, Nov. p, 2S, -
and 80, to adjust the complaints OF all
ex-service men in this city and vicinity
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
TOO MUCH FOR SAMPSON

Sampson a thorobred Spanish
jackass, owned by Howard Flora of this
city, dropped dead on the Elizabeth City
Fair grounds Monday afternoon. He
was TO have been exhibited at the Fair
this week but lived only few minutes
after arriving at the Fair Grounds. The
Live Stock building is near the racing
stables where about three score, line race
horses are quartered. simpson shifted
the air from the direction of the stables,
gave two feeble honks and laid down and
died. sToo much for him. declares
Mr.. Flora in relating how Sampson
died.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
PREPARING FOR
POULTRY SHOW
More Than 1000 Prize Birds Ex-
pected From Four
States

An exhibition of more than 1000
thorobred birds from Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina and Tennes-
see is expected for the Seventh Annual
North Carolina Poultry Show to bes held
IN this city Nov. 80, Dec. 1 and Dec. 2,
according to DR.. B. F. Kaupp, secretary
treasurer of the Poultry Show, who was
in Elizabeth City this week arranging
some of the preliminary details.
. The North Carolina Live Stock As
sociation will hold its annual exhibition
here in connection with the poultry
show, assembling here the biggest ex-
hibit of fancy dairy and beef cattle,
sheep and swine ever seen in this part
of the state.
The Poultry Show will be staged in
Kramer Bros. building on Martin st,
This building contains nearly 10000
square feet of floor space on two floors
and is ideally suited for such an exhibit,
except for the lighting. But the build
ing will be artifcially lighted with hum
dreds of electric lights for the occa-
sion.
The live stock will be exhibited in
stables on Matthews st. and a special
demonstration pen will be erected on
the Court House grounds for demon
stration work. The Court House will
be used for pictorial and statistical ex-
hibits, lectures, stereoptican shows, etc
The citizens of Elizabeth City have
contributed $1,000 to the Poultry and
Live Stock shows, thru the. Elizabeth
City Chamber of Commerce. Every
dollar of this money will be expended
for educational exhibits and demonstra-
tio1is to better familiarize the people of
this city and section with better poul-
try. better live stock and how to make
both more profitable.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
RANKS SAUNDERS WITH
BRISBANE AND MENCKEN
Oct. 1, 1921.


Editor The independents
I have come across several editions
of your paper in my travels in North
Carolina recently and have enjoyed your
editorials. In my estimation Brisbane,
Mencken and you are the three best
men in America in this class. You may
not enjoy being placed along side the
other two becaue your opinions differ in
a number of things, but what I say goes
whether you consider it a compliment or
not. 1 am inclosing check for S1.50 for
a subscription to your paper, one way of
showing you my opinion of you is sin
cere. H. H. HOFMEISTER,
2311 Mondawmin Ave-,
Baltimore, Md.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

The strike of approximately 800
workmen at the yards of the Newport
Shipbuilding Company at Wilmington
which was begun last week because of
a 10 per cent cut in wages has been
settled and the strikers are all back on
the lob
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

HERE then is the mother of former
Brigadier General Samuel 7. AnseII.
Mrs. Lydia AnselI is the widow of the
late Henry AnseII, of Coiniock, Curri-
tuck county, she is 79 years old and
looks it, but she is still active and en-
joying life. The picture is from a snap
shot photo by w. o. Saunders made on
recent trip thru Currituck county
when Mrs. AnseIl was introduced to
him. She had just come out of church
when the picture was made.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
BAD LIQUOR

Miles Jennings says friend of his
gave him half a pint of corn liquor
made in Washington County. He car
ried the bottle home and hid it in the
cuckoo clock In 80 minutes the cuckoo
left the clock, screaming like an eagle,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

to a statement made pub
lie by the Bureau of the Census North
Carolina leads all other states in the
number of persons per family. 1t has
held that record for five years, five per
family being the top notch.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

The State Board of Equalization took
Junius Parker at his word when he de-,
clared that he would rather have the
American Tobacco Company lose its
$4,000 tax rebate in Rockingham coun-
ty than have the public think ill of his
corporation and threw his case out of
court.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
THE MAN FOR THE AGES

Plates for the serial story, THE MAN
FOR THE AGES, now running il this
newspaper, failed to arrive in time for
this weeks issue. A double installment
will be run next week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

failure in efforts to relieve
the water situation in Raleigh by sink
ing wells was experienced by both the
city and the Carolina Power and Light
Company.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
Name
Address

Write and address plainly and state
whether subscription Is new or renewal. II
not convenient to send check NJ. O. send
dollar bill at our risk and get the paper eiaht
months Instead Of year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07

Elizabeth City Hospital
Oct and now open for the reception patients The
visited hospital
the elegance
the hospital painting
renovation Many
visitors physicians
ncpaI Hospital Association composed of about 800
Superintendent is Miss Allison
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
TO SAVE A TRIP

Your eyes should be at
tended to the first thing,
then while you are shopping
the glasses can be made, and
delivered to you before you
leave for home. After long
experience I find a try-or
after the. glasses are made a
necessity. I make the ex~
animation and glasses the
same day.
DR.. J. D. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
Bradford Bldg. Elizabeth City, n. {
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1921-10-07
OBEY THAT IMPULSE AND
FILL IN THIS HANDY BLANK
THE INDEPENDENT,
Elizabeth City, N. C.

Send me The Independent for one
year, for which I am incIosing my
check or p. o. Money Order for $I.5O.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
GAP JOHNSON CHANGES MIND
Not to Take a Second Help
mate After Dream.

81 was feeling sorter puny yesterday
and went to bed in the daytime, and
drempt that I was about to marry
again." confessed Gap Johnson of Rum
pus Ridge, Ark. Il thought right well
of the Idly, too, till after a mess Of
the dogs had come in a-yelling with
several more after EN-, and all tore
under the bed and went roaring round
and round. Then most of my fourteen
children boolged in, cussing and fight
ing among themselves over which gang
of dogs had the right Of it. and most
ly rolled under the bed with the dogs,
where all hands purseeded to pound
and bite and howl in seven different
languages.
THE bed broke down and depopu-
lated me among the dogs and children.
and they all took a whet at me. About
that time wife mixed in the anecdote
with a broom handle, and began to
club every which-a-way She rot me
time or two in the process, and
som'rs along the line I woke up. A.
ter I had waded out and the dust set
tied. began to think the matter over.
And it peared like I wasn't nigh as
keen to marry again as I'd lowed
was."-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
LEAF FROM LANDLADY'S BOOK
Drummer Devised ShreWd Scheme for
Putting snd to Series of Petty
Extortions.

Like cures like" said Speaker Gil.
lett, apropos of certain .extortions.
Abuse may cure abuse, too.
Il once knew q drummer for
chemical firm. This drummer would
visit Pottsville four or five times
year. He would arrive late in the
evening at the Pottsville hotel and
depart after lunch the next day. He
didn't stop a full day, you see; he
got no dinner; nevertheless he was
always charged full days board.
THE extortion got on his nerves
bin was brought him, he took out his
pad and drew up an account against
the landlady for a carboy of suphuric
acid.
"'Take this to Mrs. Tompkins,' he
said 70 the waiter, and ask her If she
would mind settling up at once
I'm few minutes Mrs. Tompkins
herself appeared.
Why she said to the drummer,
I never bought any sulphurie acid
from you in my life. This bill is q
mistake
Neither have / ever eaten any Of
your dinners, ma'am,' said the drum.
mer, but you charge me for them
every time / come to Pottsville.'
After that thesP ottsville hotel never
changed the drummer for thines -
hadnf shadF II
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
54LvAGERs DID GOOD WORK
Recovering Disabled Ships During the
World War Was Matter of
Highest Heroism.

Landlubbers link saIyaging ships
and cargoes to easy deals in treasure
troYe, but the shippers OF the salvag-
ing shiIs would tell them that salvage
is sweaty and poorly pa.d eXertion.
They do not regard themselves as ad-
venturers OF romance. They are divers
OF seagoing ambulanceS. They are
marine surgeons, who operate on SICK
or disabled craft, says the Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Salvaging before the war was O mat
ter-of-fact trade, but during the war
It became a business fraught with ex-
traordinary dangers. The maritime
oellIgerents had to save every dam
aged or sunken ship that they could,
and the salyager was almost as indis-
pensubIe to winning the war as Was
the man-o-War
At the Dardanelles five vessels were
sunk near shore, and yet all We're sal
Naged expeditiously by the Liverpool
firms.
In June of 1917 the saivagers recoV-
cred four good-sized steamers in ten
days that had been sunk in the English
channel. They salvaged Beatties flag
ship and the Britannia and the Astu-
rlas; the submarine k-13 after it's crew
had been submerged two and q half
days; the wrecks off Ostend and Zee
brugge.
The salvaging boats had at one and
the same time to act as machine shop,
power house, pumping station and tug.
Ihey worked in a single spot, where
they were target for every German
Submarine anywhere around. They
showed heroism beyond praise.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
WILLING TO SHARE HUSBAND
Curious Custom That Game Under the
Observation of Traveller
In Persia.

One Of the most extraordinary Gus
toms in the world Is that observed
by certain Persian tribea.
When a native wonan wishes &c
display her affection for friend OF
her own sex, she proposes that the
latter shall become >>or husbands vita
on equal terms with herself.
This is the greatest colrplimsst
she can bestow," wrote the late Up.
Elizabeth Macbean Ross. WHO spsas
some years as a doctor Among the
tribes Of North Persia. She had thu
hand Of many Persian husbands e.
fered to her in this way.
Il must say it is somewhat snh ar
raising" she said, in her remini-
SCIENCES, according to London Wt-Bits.
when the gentleman himself happen.
to be present, and l have sometimes
wondered what the effect on the wife
would be if her generous offer ~efS
accepted.
when l told them it appeared TO
me a curious thing that one w.fs
should select another, I was informed
that it presented many advantages
1t is much better for US to chooss
our husbands wife; then we get s3tse-
one we like and with whom we cas-
agree"
If a husband dies his wives ara
divided among his brothers, the eldeoa
having first choice and taking all %
as many of the women as he fancssA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
CORNERSTONE CksKET DATA
full Things and Data to be
Placed in Cavity.

The manager of q huge building that
IS being erected in England has, says
the Manchester Guardian, been con-
sidering the idea Of a foundation
stone casket to be imbedded in the
great mass Of feTo- concrete on which
the building is TO stand. AS a reader
Of Mr. Wells Outline Of History" he
has been struck by Mr.. Wells diff
Guilty, through lack of significant ma
terial, in dealing with the worlds his
tory 5000 years ago, AS he was told
that the concrete foundations would
last at least that time, he thought
that 1t might be of use to the Mr.,
Wells of A. D. 1921 if he found the in.
formation about our time neatly pre-
pared for him. Accordingly he wrote
to Mr.. Wells and asked him to sug-
gest what would be the most useful
things or messages to be placed in the
cavity. Here is Mr. Wells reply:
Difficult to make suggestions. Prob
ably commonplace things with their
current prices will be of as much
value as anything. Safety razor, cotton
reel, bottle of pickles and that sort
of thing. A mail-order catalogue, pre-
war medicines and what they profess
to cure. Dietary for ordinary citi-
zen; typewriter, a sewing machine, and
so forth. Dressing bag with fit
tings. Current book on How to Be
have A kinema reel of current events.
Whitaker's Almanac and Bradshaw's
Continental timetables (prewar and
post wary. Baedekers England. Town
maps and plans"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
DIAN WO5.LD'S 0LDESI Mi Il
'Wrin!aIed Meat" Claims to Have
Been on EartE, 1874 Years. and
Is Said to Look it,

Ka-hesnah gWvT We1"e (WrinE'c1
meat better known Ia 0'r ~rs uf ''r'
NorthweSt as plain J"Au Saith is ~
legged to have recently celebrated his
one hundred and thirty-fGUril birth
lay. and any one who observes the
depth ard number of wrinkles in his
face will have no reason TO doubt that
his given age is correct, although
many will suspect him OF Withholding
a number of birthdays from the total,
During a recent vacation trip in the
region OF CaS< Lake, Mimi. Earl L
Evans. n writer in Le>lie'S, twice Wis
tied 'Wr.nkled Meat" at his home. or
the outskirts of the aforementioned
village. and. on both occasions. found
"Old John" in the best of spirits and
willing to talk. so long as there was
any one to listen.
John began the routine story of his
one hundred thirty-four years. choos-
ing rs the first subject his nine
squaWS who. John maintains, are re-
spcnsihle for his many wrinkles and
long nose. "AIe have nine squawS."
said John "All pretty face. hut
crazy. Pretty quick me set tired of
squaw; throw en- in the woods. No
good"
Me big Injun." continued John.
"Fieht two wars. many battles. XII
five Sioux and scalp EN-" At this
part of his story John points proudly
10 his feathered headgear. hanging on
the wall near his floor bed; and upon
which are arrayed the five feathers
representing the five unfortunate
Sioux Indians. Long Prairie and Pine
City were the two principal battles in
which John engaged.
Chicago is his great nightmare. and
he is not tritle backward about OK
pressing his opinion. Cray town"
says John MANY man. many squaw,
too many kids: all crazy. Money,
money, money, too much money, Me
spend $40 one day" and then he
signs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
NOTED AS TROUBLE MAKERS
According to Historian, the Moplahs
Had Evil Reputation as Far
Back as 1913

Duarte Barbosa's account of the
Countries Bordering on the Indian
Ocean and Their Inhabitants" writ
ten about 1918. contains a lengthy de
scription of the Mapuleres or Mop
labs, who even then We're troubling
the peace much as they now are.
"In this land of MaIabar," writes
Duarte Barbosa, there are Moors in
great numbers who speak the same
tongue as the heathens of the land
and go naked like the Nayres but as
q token of distinction from the heath
en- they wear little round caps on their
heads and long boards; and they are
so many and so rooted In the saH
throughout Malabar that it seems %
me they are a fifth part of its people
spread over all it's kingdoms and prov
inces. They are rich and live we'll
They hold all the sea trade cad navi-
cation. ;. They belong u the sect
of Mafamede; their holy, day is Fri
day. They marry as many wives as
they can support, and Keep, as well,
many heather concubines of low
caste. Il they have sons OF daughters
BY these they make them Moors, and
Outlines the mother. al well. and thus
this evil generation continues to In
crease In MalabarS the people sl~aie
irountry eau 49, lfapaiesta
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
SuperstItions in Wales.

Superstitions of the country folk Of
Wales are discussed in the quarterly
report of DR.. Arthur Hughes, medical
health officer of the county of Car
marthenshire. Despite the fact that
fortune telling and witchcraft are pro-
hibited under the English law, large
numbers of Welsh peasants bring
their ailing children to the witch doc
tors rather than to medical practition-
ers. One fetish that appeals to these
superstitious people is that witch
doctor can cure child Of backward
ness by means of making a slight in
cision in the cartilage of the child's
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing of the moon and the
art is handed down from generation to
generation, the doctor" usually being
a woman. If a cure does not result
the operation is repeated until the
child is cured. It is said that many
women practice this art and that the
people pay large sums to have dull
children so treated.-Brooklyn Eagle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at Jersey Resort Village Acts
as Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed to
doing without the many little convent
ences of home life. They philosoph-
tcally accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping OUT So oil stoves
take the place of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
lined street, says the New York Sun.
On week-ends most of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms Few Of the churches in
the summer towns are able to seat all
the worshipers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At
Jersey resort village the other Sun
day one woman was carrying a camp
stool TO church. Her neighbors
thought no more Of it than had they
seen her carrying a bundle Of gro
ceries from the corner store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
CAPTAIN SUBDUES MUTlNEERS
Hooch- crazed Crew of Steamer ches-
ter kiWanis Finds His Fist
Worse Than Hurricane.

--latest reports from the mutiny on
the shipping board tramp steamer
Chester Kiwanis while she was an.
chored off Staten island early the other
morning indicate that 1t was not for
assistance Capt. Job Cunningham
called the harbor squad of the police
department. The captain and his chief
engineer, although they were only two
against thirty-four drunken and
quarrelsome seamen, finished the job
of Guelling the mutiny In such work
manlike manner that they thought it
shame there were no witnesses to
the results of their efficiency, the New
York World states.
The mixup started when some Of the
white sailors, having smuggled aboard
quantity Of bootleg hooch, renewed
quarrel with the eight negro members
of the crew, who appealed to the
captain for protection. There had
been friction all the way over from
Boulogne, from which port the Chester
Kiwanfs cleared and Capt. Cunning
ham was pretty we'll fed up with argu-
ment
Therefore he went to the fo'c1sle,
where he found the crew had bar
ricaded itself in. With one blow of
his huge fist the captain shattered a
panel Of the door, driving his fore
arm clear through. At this point
sailor made a tactical error Of biting
the captains wrist. After that the
captain laid out every sailor within
reach, and he managed to reach about
all of them. Chief Engineer Michael
son Joined the fray and although he
got a couple Of black eyes, he gave
better than he received, and it was
not long before all was quiet along the
Staten island shore.
That was the time that the captain
and the chief decided it was too bad
no one could see their handiwork.
Therefore, when one Of the crew below
started to yell they summoned the
police boat, explaining that they
feared a second outbreak"
Current opinion among the crew la
that those two officers are not In fear
Of anything.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16

Safety first, the oft-repeated warm
ing, was very religiously needed by
the umpire at a recent benefit ball
game on the Pacific coast. He ap-
peared, Popular Mechanics relates, at
the park with large wire contriv-
ance that looked like an exaggerated
bird cage. When the game started
he took his stand inside the cage
On top of the cage were mounted sem
aphores, lettered very plainly with
the usual umpire's verdicts, "ball,"
"strike," "out," etc. and his decis
ions were announced by raising the
necessary semaphore. Thus. he was
not only safe from unintentional foul
balls and the intentional pop bottles
of irate fans who differed from his
judgment but he also saved himself
from much expenditure of lung
power.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-12-16
A Scientific Prediction.

The story is often told of the great
naturalist, Cuvier. that, given a sin
gle bone he could reconstruct the an
imal to which it belonged. That a
somewhat similar law of organization
runs through the various species that
form families in the animal kingdom
is indicated by curious case of scien-
tific prediction, to which attention
was called at a recent meeting of the
Biological society in this country.
nuremberg, while studying the min
ute animals called diatom- found that
many species were distinguished by
;lle number of rays they possessed.
But in the series of specimens that
he had he could find bone having re-
spectively 81, %, 81, 81, 80, Al, AZ. A.
10, 46. 4S and 40 rays. Still he pre-
dicted that the missing species would
some day turn up, and he was right
for ten of them We're afterward dis
covered, although the remaining two
have not yet been found.