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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
MARRIAGE DROPS OFF IN
PASOUOTANK THIS MONTH

Marriage has dropped off consider
ably in this County in the last
month. Only ten marriage licenses
have been issued IN to the ID. while
in the corresponding period of Aug
uxr. Is licenses we're issued. one IL
rcnse has been issued since Mon
day of this week. The marriage
rate in Pasquotank has shown IN un-
precented decrease for the past two
wears. Perhaps it is due to hard
times, but Geo. w Brothers. Regis
ter of Deeds believes it to be due TO
the law requiring physical exam
ination before Il license IS issued
That has checked great many VIZ
ginia couples from coming here as
compared with former years before
the passage of the Rellamv Act.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
BRITTON HANDS
IT TO MEEKINS
Washington Corresp o n d e n t
Bets Meekins Will Get
Federal Judgeship

In his correspondence to The News
& Observer under date of Sept. Is,
Edward L. BrittoN. Washington cor
respondent of that paper says:
"It looks rs if the fates are going
to be very kind to Colonel |. VI.
Meekins of Elizabeth City. now hold
ing rattlipg good position with the
Alien Property Custodian. and that
ere long he will be Federal Judge
MeekinS. Tire report is persistent
here that when the appointment is
made of an assistant judge for Judge
Henry &. COnnOr, of Wilson, that
the man who will be handed the
judicial robes of the same class as
those worn by Judge +. Yates Webb
in the Western North Carolina Dis
trict will be Colonel Ike Meekins.
Major George Butler, Herbert Sea
well and Irwin B. Tucker are said
to be out of the running. if they
ever were really in it. Chief Justice
William Howard Taft is said to be
fighting to have Colonel Meekins ap-
pointed and fighting also to keep
Major Butler ard Herbert Seawell
from getting the position. He is
said to oppose George Butler be-
cause he is decidedly. positively and
emphatcally against former Senator
Marion Butler. and says that so
far as he is able he will defeat
the aspirations of Marion Buffers
brother. And he is against Herbert
Seawell. just as he is against him
when as President he turned him
face to the wall, holding that Il man
who sued IL railroad because he had
been rotten-cgged on the railroad
premises is not fit to be a federal
Judge. As for Irwin Il. Tucker. there
is 10 one here who can learn that
he has had any real lOOk-in. And
Colonel MeekinS not alone has Chief
Justice Taft backing him, but two big
hackers are Senator Moses, New
Hampshire. and Watson, Ind. both
close to President Harding. Be-
sides this there is the biz backing
that Colonel Meekins has from the
bar of North Carolina as well as
from many of the representative cit
izens of North Carolina. As seen b!
this correspondent, it will be pretty
safe to lay Il bet OIL Colonel Meek
ins as being the man who will be
made Assistant Judge in the Eastern
North CaroHna District.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
MARRIED YESTERDAY

Walter Odcll lronmonger, 22. of
Yorktown, Va. and Louise T.. Will
loughby, ~, of Louisa County, Va.
were married here at noon Thursday
by the Rev. f. +. Sawyer at his
home on Pearl Street, the ceremony
witnessed by X. r. Elliott. Mrs.
Matte Richardson and Mrs. +. +.
Sawyer. all of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

The following real estate tranSfe".
have been recorded since Tuesdays s
publication:
Mrs. Carrie SimOns to Mrs. f.. Il.
Leary. one half Il lot Oh Boush and
Lippincott SITS. Consideration 5000.
s. W. Hastings and wife to l.. [.
Hill. one lot on Greenleaf St Con
sideration $3.50.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
PROGRAM
DEDICATORY EXERCISES
FIRST NJ. E. CHURCH

$50 a. m.-Sunday School.
1900 a. Modification Ser
: mon by the Rev. ]. /. Cunning
GIN. D. o.. President ScaTritt
: 6ible ard Training School, Kan
sas City. Mo.
400 p. m.-Sacred Concert
hy the Choir.
6 800 p. m-ScrmOn, by the
9 Rev. J. c. WoOten, Presiding
Elder, Ralsigh District.
Monday
G~to 10 p. m.-SeCePdCn.
Tuesday
500 p. m-Organ Recital. by
Prof. Horace L. Jones, OrgaRiSt
> EpwoTth Methodist Episcopal
: Church. South, Norfolk, Va.
Offering.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
THIS TIME IT WILL BE
MCMUL N-MEEI<INS

Announcement of the Forthcoming
wedding of Miss AIahalah McckinS to
ThOS. Shelton Mcmillan. Jr. was
made public yesterday. the wedding
to. take place on Nov. II, 1922. Miss
McekinS is the eldest daughter of
Col. and Mrs. |. VI. Meekins of this
city and one of the towns most tai
cntcd and popular girls. Mr.. Nc
Mullan is the son of DIR. L. 5. Nc
Mullan.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

The Pullen Memorial Association.
in cooperation with the North Caro-
lima Federation of Home Bureaus,
is now engaged in raising $4,000 for
the purpose of erecting Il $4,000
gate at \. c. State College
in memory of Richard Stanhope
Pullen whose philanthropy largely
made the institution possible.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

Fishermen Stumpy Point report
that the railroad strike proved Sc
rious handicap to them this summer.
Fishing was the best in several sum-
mers, but poor transportation ruined
the markets.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22


"Aftcr spending Que year in the
work of hog cholera control in the
Ten Northeastern Counties of North
Carolina. | am able to state results
that are not only surprising but as
toniShing. When ] was stationed at
Elizabeth City on Sept. |, 1921. |
could drive in no section of the coun-
try but what | would hear of many
outbreaks of cholera. sometimes as
many as 80 infected farms in one
locality. by the use Of every meth
Od known to the Department of Ag-
riculture of North Carolina and the
L. :. Department of Agriculture, and
by the quarantining of sick herds
and advocating the serum and virus
incubation of the healthy hogs. the
outbreaks became fewer and few
or. until at this time | doubt if in
the ten counties that / supervise the
work of hog cholera control one
would be able to find five outbreaks
of cholera. There are so few cases
of cholera. ut this time it is very
easy to keep them under control. The
farmers and hog raisers have learned
that the sirum and virus incubation
is absolutely the only preventive for
hog cholera and most of them are
quick to call for help if they learn
of an outbreak in the immediate To-
cality, therefore making the work
more pleasing and satisfactory. But
| must say that there are some few
who think our work and efforts are
useless, but such people are found in
all parts of the United States. There
are also some few who are ever
ready TO buy hog remedies, all of
which have been tested out by the
L. s. Department of Agriculture and
found to be absolutely worthless"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

For your eyes sake see DR.. j: ID;
Hathaway, Optometrist, Bradford
RIdo. FIiqaheth CITY, N. G. - adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

Good eyesight is inexpensive. See
DIR. J. ID. Hathaway, ODtcmetrist,
E1izahath Titv. n. y "'T.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-22
MORE MONEY ON
ALL OUR FARMS.
Pasquotank Farmers Freed of
Great Loss From Dis
eased Hogs +

\ fact Of tremendous eco
nomic Importance to PaSquo-
tank County and section IS
contained in the statement of
DR.. W. A. Schaffter, Federal
Veterinarian in charge OF hog
cholera eradication in this
county, that not a single case
of hog cholera exists i'll this
county at this time, so far as
he knows.
1t was only few years ago that
hogs died in drOvcs in FasQuotank
County and adjoining counties. one
epidemic of cholera following fast
upon another. and the epidemic in
one herd rapidly spreading to other
herds. SO complete has been the
work of cholera eradication in this
county. that the Office of County In
Spcctor is to be abolished at once
and DIR. Schafrtcr will remove to
Edcnton to supervise the work in
Chowan County Speaking Of the
work done by the State and Federal
departments in this section during
the past eight years, DIR. Schafftcr
SAWS.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

low gear. clutch in and ignition Off
Try varying the speed with the throt-
tie. 1t will be found that the car
slows down when throttle is closed,
and speeds up when throttle Is
opened. The practice of using the en-
gine as a brake Is advisable. especial
ly on steep mountain roads. 1t in
sures safety, saves the brakes and
cools the engine. which should be
reason enough for doing it. The
usual procedure is to use the foot
brake for a while and then to change
! to the emergency brake. This re-
lieves the brake Innings, but does not
cool the drums. as the two brakes, in
ternal and external. use the same
drum. So by using the engine and
gears the brakes are relieved of much
duty. The engine Is cooled by this
process. as cold gasoline vapor is
drawn into the engine from the car
buretor. This is a decided advan-
tage, as the gasoline spray softens the
carbont on cylinder walls and pis-
tons. and SO enables 1t TO burn away
more readily when the engine starts
firing.
II this is continued too long. how
ever. another effect is produced which
is not so desirable. All the time the
engine is being driven this way oil is
being siphhoned to the top of the pis-
ton due to the unusually strong sue
ton while throttled down. This effect
is the more pronounced IL the piston
rings are faulty or the cylinders worn
out of round. While the engine is
working normally the oil is pushed
down by the force OF the explosion
and SO does not accumulate in the
Evening star., 1922-04-23

This may not seem to be very hard
work. but 1t Is, because we have not
yet considered the reduction of gearing
that takes place at the differential. This
varies with different cars. but one may
as well call it four to one. That is.
drive tho differential and axles once.
II we reverse this the wheels turning
once will drive the drive shaft four
times II the low gear is in mesh the
engine will revolve four times for every
turn of the drive shaft. making sixteen
rear wheels. II the high gear were used
the engine would turn over only four
times. BY using the low gear we get
four times the braking effect. II We
have a four-cylinder engine we have
twice the braking effect. II We have
a four-cylinder engine we have two
strokes of the pistons for eacn revolu-
ton, making thirty-two strokes Of the
pstons for each revolution of the rear
wheels
The question arises as to whether
suction or compression is used. Most
people say compression. as they know
how difficult it is to crank an engine
over compression. But it is not diff
ficult to spin an engine once it is
helps the f1y-wheel along. II in doubt
try spinning an engine by hand with
the compression cocks open and again
with them closed. 1t will be found
much harder If cocks are closed. The
condition of suction above the pistons
is opposed by atmospheric pressure
below the pistons. making a heavy
resistance. This Is not only reason
able. but may be readily tested out in
practice.
To try it out on a car. choose q
moderately steep hill and go down on
Evening star., 1922-04-23
BIG ROADS SESSION SEEN.

PHOENIX. Ariz.. April 14-Every-
thing is in readiness for the tenth an
nual convention of the United States
Good Roads Association, the Bank
head National Highway Association
and the United States Good Roads
show, which meets in Phoenix. April
"a to %. ]. A. Rountree. director gen.
eral. announces that they have as
surance that four governors, two
United States senators, Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace. two former gov
ernors. fifty state highway commits
! sioners and engineers and delegates
appointed from thirty states, aggre-
eating more than 1000. will attend.
The bureau of public roads is send
ing the United States Good Roads ex-
hibit to the show. 1t is the finest ex-
hibit that has ever left Washington,
and is attracting nation wide atten-
ton
Evening star., 1922-04-23
GEAR BOX AND ENGINE USED
AS EMER GENCY AUTO BRAKE
Experienced Driver Invariably Will De-
pend on Two When Going Down Hill.
Other Automobile Information.

that there Is positive drive from the
engine right throughout to the rear
wheels. 1t must be equally evident II
the car is running down hill and the
clutch and gears engaged. the engine
being dead. that the rear wheels will
drive the engine. This requires work
to be done. and the effect on the wheels
Is to slow them down. 1t becomes then
simply a question of choosing the gears
which will cause the rear wheels to do
the most work.
1t will readily be seen That this must
be the low speed. On the direct drive
(Which is the high speed in three
speed gearset) the engine revolves once
to turn the drive shaft once. But on
low gear the engine may revolve three
or four times. depending on the size OF
the gears. II the drive Is reversed the
engine must revolve three or four times
for every revolution Of the drive shaft.
AS this gives three or four times the
drag that would be given by the high
gear. it is evident that it should be used.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

water still flowing gently from the hose
start at the left-hand front Of the body
and flow all the dust off. There will be
no need for soap, because machine oil or
road oil is never spattered on the body.
After flowing the water on. then go over
the entire body again with hose and
a wet sponge and wash it. Go entirely
around the car. including the top Of the
tenders to the left side, but don't wet
the hood-it may be still warm.
Now all the dirt has been flowed OF
and the sponge should be squeezed as
dry as possible and all the water re-
manning on holdings or in crevices
should be picked up Wet the chamois
thoroughly and squeeze it as dry as
possible. Then wipe off all the water
on the body. This will get it perfectly
dry.
after all this is done. wash the hood
and the top of the radiator. There may
be some spatterS of machine oil on the
hood. and. If there are. use little soap
locally. washing it off soon after 1t is
put on. In any case, don't let the water
stand more than five minutes on the
hood, because it has become heated by
the engine. The heat penetrates the
water and the luster will be damaged.
The reason the hood Is left until last is
SO that it will cool off as much as possi-
BILE. 1t should finally be dried with a
chamois, like the body.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
ALLOYS TO BE TESTED.
Will Determine Whether Lighter
Autos Can Be Built.

At the suggestion of automobile
manufacturers and large foundries
Of the country. the bureau OF mines
has announced that an investiga-
ton of far reaching Importance would
shortly be made to determine the
cracking tendencies of commercial
aluminium alloys. The purpose OF the
proposed investigation. to be made
in conjunction with the General Mo-
tors Research Corporation. was said
to be to determine whether lighter
weight motor cars can successfully
be manufactured and retain the
same stability now found In the
larger and moro substantial vehicle.
At the bureaus Pittsburgh station
an investigation was said to be now
under way to ascertain "the total con-
traction in volume on freezing and
the linear contraction in different
molds of various light aluminium al
loys." Commercial melting practice
for aluminium. it was said. already
had been made the subject Of q pre-
iiminary study and the results would
be made public in the near future.
Evening star., 1922-04-23

cylinder head. But when the engine
is used as a brake the tendency to-
ward misfiring due to oil is increased
Do not wait for an emergency be-
fore trying out the above suggestion.
Try it every time you go down a very
steep hill. Get SO used to it that il
becomes second nature. Then when
the emergency comes you can save
your car and the lives of all in it
without any hesitancy. and knowl-
edge of what to do will give you far
greater confidence every time you
start down a steep road.
Evening star., 1922-04-23
BY ALBERT n. ATKINSON.

Few motorists realize what an ef-
f1cient braking system they have in the
gear box combined with the engine. A
thoroughly reliable braking effect may
be obtained which will save the brake
Innings and may even save life in case
the brakes fail. A case comes to mind
Of a driver in Maine who took two ladies
down a mile or more of mountain road
and killed both. as well as himself. at
the bottom. The brakes. had failed, and
he did not know what else to do but
steer until death overlook him.
However. such knowledge Is more
general now. the only difficulty being
that people do not know what gears to
use. Fortunately. the problem Is very
simple one. II the clutch is engaged,
and the gears in a speed, it is evident
Evening star., 1922-04-23
AUToMoTIvE BRIEFS.

The Stutz Motor Sales Company has
announced It's opening to handle the
line Of Stutz cars formerly represent
ed by the Motor Company OF Wash
ington. The salesroom and service of
the new organization is at 1907 14th
street. Officers OF the company are:
Dr. ]. X. Freiot, president; Sidney
Prince, sales manager. and James X.
Alexander. secretary and treasurer.
David S. Hendrick. one Of the pio-
neer automotive men here, has return
ed to the automobile business. He has
taken the agency for the bort in this
city and vicinity. The location of the
new agency will be 1912 18th street.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31
Senate Only Half
Purged Of Ridicule

When the Kentucky senate re-
Gently shelved the bill to prohib-
it the teaching in pnblic schools
of the Darwinian theory of the
Origin of man it was credited
with sane respect for its digni-
tp as a legislative body. 1t had
kept faith with American princi-
pies of free government and in
cidentally saved the state from
making itself ridiculous. If Ken
lucky children preferred to be-
lieve in the Biblical story of Gre
alton rather than in the theory
of evolution, they were free to
do so of their own volition and
not under compulsion of the law.
But the contrary action of the
Kentucky Assembly shows rad
ical difference of opinion. The
L wer House is not only ag'in'
Darwinism but IL has revived
a bill prohibiting the teaching of
atheism, agnosticism, infdelity
and evolution. ,"
The popular body thus holds fast
to the old mornings. 1t at least
will not be seduced by the So
phistries of science. 1t lends it's
support to a foolih restrictive
measure which if enacted as law
will be calculated to inspire sim
liar freak measures in other
States. But certainly bill to
secure the statutory prohibition
of intelligence in public educa.
ton, is a prize exhibit in the
anomalies of legislation. And of
all State commissions created by
act of legislature to regulate
public morals and manners, one
to enforce religious faith in the
public schools would bear off the
palm.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31
Local and Personal
Items From Pinedale

L. l.. Perkins and Alvin Rho
ton were Home Missionaries
here Sunday. the 25th.
Gene Anderson and Ivan
Brewer made a trip to Taylor
Monday on business conn ected
with A. z. Palmer & Sons.
Bishop E. Thomas, Jr. and son
Don have been out the past few
weeks riding the range, looking
after their cattle interests.
Sunday the Junior Bee Hive
girls took hike to Clay Springs
to attend Missionary meeting,
Mrs. ]. M. Jackson has re-
ceived word of the death Of her
aunt, Mrs. Diana Allen, of
Thatcher. Mrs. Allen and her
husband. Orwell Allen. were the
first settlers of Taylor.
A comedy, The laundering
Mr.. Brown" was presented here
by the Mutual the evening of
the 23d and it was so much of a
success that there is talk of put
ting it on again either at home
or some town near here.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31

A good vegetable garden is a
valuable asset to the home. 1t
is a store house of fresh sup
plies and a thrift measure. 1t is
good friend who helps in time
of need.
Plant now in flats or hot beds,
tender vegetables to be set in
the open when danger of frost
is over.
Fertilize, pillow and prepare
the garden spot early. Work
the surface down we'll with har-
row and drag to make the best
possible seed bed. Destroy all
weeds with cultivator or har-
row Immediately before plant
ing, in order to give the garden
plants a vigorous start.
The following are desirable
vegetable varieties for our eli
mate and conditions:
Tomatoes = Earliana, N w
Stone and John Baer.
Cabbage = Allhead, Copenha-
gen an Danish Ballhead.
Cauliflower = Early SNOWFALL
and Dry Weather.
Lettuce-S Simpson, May King
and Iceberg.
Peas = Alaska, Gradus and
Strtagem.
Beans-StringleSS Green Pod,
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31

Now they give dances to raise
money for the Lords work.
Churches have damned the
automobile because it cut down
attendance. Rev. E. J. Prescott,
Unitarian pastor, North Ando-
yer, Mass. takes a truck and
some touring cars, trauels in a
radius of seven miles every Sum
day morning, and gathers up a
load of childred, carries them to
his church, fills them fall of en-
thusiasm and the Word, and
takes them home again.
Things are good or evil only as
they are used for evil or for good
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31
A Good Vegetable Garden
By ChaS. r. Fillerup
County Agricultural Agent
By Chas. r. Fillerup
County Agricultural Agent

Sure Crop Wax, Lazy Wife and
Kentucky Wonder.
Onions = Australian Brown,
Prizetaker and Southport White
Globe.
Sweet Corn Golden. Bantam,
Country Gentlemen and Stow
ell's Evergreen.
Squash and Pumpkins White
Bush or Summer Crookneck.
Hubbard and Sibley Small Su-
gar pumpkin.
Root Crops Radishes, turn
Ups. beets. carrots and parsnips.
all have their place in the home
garden.
Muskmelons = Rocky Ford,
Perfection, Honey Dew and
Winter Pineapple melons.
Asparagus Rhubarb = Every
garden will need one or two
rows of these hardy perennial
vegetables.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31
We Live and Learn

Churches fought motion pic
lures because they cut down at
tendance. Now they give motion
picture shows to increase atten-
dance.
Churches banned dancing be-
cause it cut down attendance.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31

Frank Campbell, Jr., and wife
left for Clarkdale Monday to
stay a few months. Mr.. Camp
bell will work on the highway
which is now being built in that
vicinity.
The Snowflake herald., 1922-03-31

Mrs. Pearl C. Gibson came
down from Cooley Friday on ac-
count of the serious illness of
her sister, Mrs. Nellie Hunt.