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New-York tribune., 1922-04-02

HERE'S HOW! Ever
hear a donkey laugh?
Ned, the eighteen months
old hee-haw of our pict-
ure, whose proud owner
is W. G. Francis, of Is
lington. England, is Civ
ing us all the merry ha-
ha, for he's tossing off
one Of his daily jugs Of
real ale. Another trick in
Ned's bagful is his abil-
ity to smoke. and appar-
emily enjoy. an occasional
pipe. And a braying jack
ass has ever been sup
posed to represent the
height of stupidity,
hcUStone
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
THE STRONG BOX" IS
NEWEST PUBLICATION
First & Citizens National Group
Publish a Monthly House
Or1an

"Tbc Strong Box" is the name Of
q new monthly publication that
makes its first appearance in Eliza
bsth City this week. 1t is the house
organ of The First * Citizens Ma
tiopal Bank and its affiliated COM
ponicS. the Southern Trust Co. and
The Virginia Carolina Joint Stock
T.opd Back. Il will be published
monthly. It's aim is to interest and
cducafc the Northeastern North Car
olina public i'm modern methods oil
banking and the relation of banking
IN every phase Of the social. 'conom-
IT, commercial industrial and aSrI-
cultural life of the people. Inc
words "Stroug Box" rs namc Tor
,bc pubIication was selected because
# is suggestive Of the naucial strong
hold which the Firs, X Cttizcua Ma
,ionaI rlaims to be. It has clean
face is interesting and will do ITS
mart in building good will Tor the
t,ir.t 4. Citizens National group. lle
typography and press work is prod.
rrr of the job printing department ol
THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
MANY GIRLS WILL GET
BEAUTIFUL WATCHES
Workers in Many Places Sending in
Clubs For Fine Rewards

4 number Of feminine readers OF
this newspaper are going to receive
beautiful bracelet watches during the
next few weeks. for taking subScrIp-
tons 10 THE INDEPENDENT.
Subscriptions Tor workers for these
watches are coming in from many
sections. The watches to be given
away arc houeSt.to-goodncsS watch
cS. most Of them bought direct from
one of the largest aud most reliable
manufacturers in the country. Every
watch /, 1J-jcwcl lever movement
one of the best movements made,
And every watch i in i 14-karat
green or white gold ease. most OF
the eases engraved anl every one
guaranteed for 20 to - years. They
are watches You would expect to pay
So or more for if bought Of Jew
elcr.
Any girl or woman reader Of this
newspaper can got one Of these
watches by getting II yearly sub
scriptions to the paper at 500 each.
ANY boy or man can get Il beautiful
thin model IJ.jcwcl watch in 70
YEAR case for Il club of - subscrip-
tiouS.
So far this newspaper knows OF no
worker at Moyock, South Mills. Co.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
BUILDING COMMERCIAL
COLD STORAGE PLANT
CRYSTAL Ice & Coal Company Will
Add $4,000 Improvement
to lis Ice Plant

Work has begun on Il coal storage
addition to the plant of the Crystal
Ice g. Coal Company of this city,
which will mean Il great deal for the
refrigerating facilities Of Elizabeth
City The new coal storage plant IS
TO have 22,O00 feet Of space aud it
will occupy the arca between the ice
plaut and the present quarters Of
the Globe Fish Company. The area
is about 40 feet wide and is $50
feet deep. The construction will be
under the supervision of Ophuls u
Hill, rcrrigcrating engineers of New
York City.
The facilities of the new plant will
be available for the commercial IN
terests of Elizabeth City, and will be
used for storing fruits, vegetables,
eggs and other produce, and Will have
Il division for fish.
The plant will have both railroad
and steamboat terminals. One end of
the building fronts on the PasQuo-
tank River. and on the other end a
railroad siding is ready TO bring cars
riobt r. +La d-@a
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
ELIZABETH CITY MORE
HEALTHY THAN COUNTRY

The recent statement Of Secretary
g U.,r Weeks that city people are
Tnsinr their fitness does not apply TO
tbfs town. Secretary Weeks toiu Tue
nronIe m in an address in Washington
hat people are losing their physical
fitness and the basis OF their DiOl''
fitness fin as a result OF increasing con
,.snt n.,t rofiop Of population in cities. but
rocopt comparison of vital statistics
for Elizabeth City and PasaQotanh
County. show that health conditions ION.
oD-I - +birI bnt+cr = th'T "'tv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
WILL GIVE THE SHAD A
CHANCE TO MULTIPLY
D. S. Bureau of Fisheries Will Operate Fish
Hatchery at Edenton Without Molesting
Fish on Natural Spawning Grounds

l..r a consideration OF the
rl,..", pertaining to the
.-;hcal propagation vi shad
the [. s. Government Fish
Hatchery on Albcmarlc Sound,
Hgaiug this newspapers
r,,ic.,,a OF the methods en-
rvrI Il, that hatchery, the
|. 5 Bureau Of Fisheries has
.r,itgI to discontinue its
,~7c,icc OF taking fish from
natural spawning grounds
4 A.bcmaric Sound. The
hatchery will couine itself to
he propagation Of such eggs
Is !, can procure from pound
lgt GSNCENlCu dlIu VIII III III
u-r give more attention to
he artificial propagation Of
.c~r,nS.
Tb. decision Of the Bureau of
fisheries and an outline Of how 1t
-gpy,rs to operate the Edrntou
.ra,ry in future is contained in a
.-.- from Henry O'NIallcy, |. :.
'>1,-.cS Commissioner 10 Calt.
a.. Nelson, Commissioned ot Fish
-..s us North Carolina. Here Is
Commissioner O'NIallcy'S letter Ia
Commissioner Nelson:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
THREE CARS SPINACH
FIRST TO LEAVE HERE
Pasuuotank's First Crop Of Spinach
Did We'll; Climate and Soil Ideal;
Big Crops Everywhere

Three carloads Of spinach, the first
to be shipped from Pasquotank
County. were shipped out Of Eliza
beth City last week from the farm
of w. 4. Brock Of this city. The
first carload was shipped Thursday
and the others followed on Friday
and Saturday.
Mr.. Brock planted - acres in
spinach this summer. In spite Of Il
bud stand he is expecting a Weld OF
200 barrels to the acre. The -
acres should yield 5000 barrels, or
carload to the ncrc. He says the
quality Of the crop is good ard there
is no doubt that it can be success
fully grown in this county. And be
is now making preparations to plant
20 acres more.
Mr.. Brock says he will not make
any money on this first crop, be-
cause prices arc down to $50 a
barrel in New York City. Il is cost
ing him 80 cents for the package, 10
cents for freight and ten cents for
cutting, to get it to the market. And
spinach must be shipped in rcfrigcr-
ator cars. or be packed on ice TO
insure good delivery on the market,
so that it viii retain its crispncss,
and freshness, for the brittlcuesS OF
spinach makes it more marketable.
There are two reasons Why the
market is poor this year, states Mr..
Brock. One Is that there has been
an abnormally high production Of
spinach IL the country, especially IN
tidewalcr Virginia. And tho other
is an unusually large production OF
cabbage, which is flooding the mar
kct and selling at ridiculousIy low
price,
Mr. Brock is going to- keep IN
raising spinach. 1t does well i'll the
soil and climate Of this section, and
is profitable crop ordinarily. This
happens to be an of year. And spin
ach is a good thing with which to
diversity. May peas and potatoes
have already been staple crops IN
this section for a long time, the
farmers having begun to learn that
it doesn't pay to put all the CGg5
in one basket. 1t is expected that
the spinach market will be better
in the winter, after other crops have
been cleaned up. Virginia has been
making good on spinach for the last
few years,
Spinach grows i'll all weather, but
n great deal Of care is necessary in
its cultivation. The seed sells at
good figure, about so cents pound,
and hundred pounds will plant
about four acres.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
DOCTORS LOOK FORWARD
TO NEW BERN MEETING

Elizabeth City doctors are looking
forward ITO the 27th annual meeting
Of the Scuboard Medical Association
which is to be held in New Bern, ~
G. on December ), e and .. This
tbrcc-day session will be an inter-
cstinr event. attended by many doc
tors from Richmond to Raleigh and
from Norfolk to New Bern. The
CASTOR hotel will be headquarters 1or
The doctors. and their assemblies VIII
he held in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms of New Bern. There is long
list Of speakers, and many education
III papers will be read.
DIR. Zenas Fearing of this city Is
4 member of the executive commit
tee.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
THE INDEPENDENT ADDS
ANOTHER NEW PRESS
A Printing Press For Every Size
and Glass of Printed Job

Still another new piece Of printing
machinery is being added to the job
printing equipment of THE INDIE
PENDENT. This time it is an i'm.
proved motor driven Pearl job press,
small fast press for cards, enve-
lopes and other small work. This
nearly completes THE INDEPEND-
ENT'S job press equipment, proVid-
ing Il type Of press particularly
adapted to every size and class of
work. That means better printing
all the time, each press being adjust
cd and linked for its particular class
Of work. 4 lot of bum printing re-
suits from trying TO do every class
of work on one printing press. THE
INDEPENDENT is giving this town
a print shop prepared to handle its
work, anticipating the day when
Elizabeth City will support such a
shop. Il
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
E. CITY FOLKS SAVED
$56,OOO XMAS MONEY

People who Joined Christmas Say
ings Clubs in Elizabeth City this
year saved $4,000. This amount
will be sent out by the local banks
within the next few days. Some are
feeling that times are dull because
the totals Of Christmas savings in
Elizabeth City are not 50 much as
they were last year, but the savings
in this town were as great as those
of Norfolk, according to population.
Besides, Christmas savings are US
ually no index to prosperity. There
was more money saved i'll these
clubs during the bad year of 1921
than was saved during the prosper
GUS year Of 1920. When people get
4 lot Of money, they spend it easily,
but when money is tight, they are
sure to save little. When the
checks are mailed out, the gift seas
on will start sure enough in Eliza
beth City. K
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
ELIZ. CITY SHIPPED A
FOURTH OF ALL TUBERS
OF Nine States, South Carolina the
Only One With Better Yield
Than North Carolina

Still another thing for Elizabeth
City and North Carolina to blow
their horns about, comes out in the
latest market news letter of the
Bureau Of Agricultural Economics of
the United States Department of
Agriculture. Altho North Carolina'S
acreage in Irish potatoes and aver
age yield per acre was smaller than
that Of 1921, South Carolina was the
only state in nine having Il better
Weld. And while South Carolina
more than doubled its acreage in
1892, its yield was comparatively less
than that of 1921,
North Carolina in 1921 harvested
17,700 acres in Irish potatoes and
had au average yield per acre of 45
barrels. In 1922 it planted 1900
acres and harvested an average yield
of 10 barrels an acre.
The report shows that 1907 car
load lots Of potatoes were shipped
from North Carolina According to
the local Chamber of Commerce l.
100 of these lots were shipped out
of Elizabeth City. North Carolina
shipped 0G0 carloads TO Virginia,
Ga to New York, 333 to Pennsyl-
vauio, 1OG to Ohio, and three car
loads to Canada. The balance was
shipped, to states thruout the east
anG middle west, going to 125 towns
in a states and Canada, 4 large
part Of the 9GO cars accredited to
Virginia were for diversion to other
points, Potatoes from North Car
olira secured q wide distribution
moving as far west as Wisconsin
and rs far north as Canada.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
HALF MILLION
IN SAND DEAL
Elizabeth City and Hertford
Men In Big Company
Just Organized

I. J.. Uiggs has resigned US high
way Engineer of Perquimans County
to give his whole time as vice presi-
dent, to the Cape Fear Gravel Pits,
Inc. a concern which will begin i'm
.mcdiatcly the mining of Harnett
county gravel and the manufacture
Of cement products on the most pre-
tenticus scale ever yet comprehend
cd by any similar enterprise in this
section of country.
Over half Of the quarter million
capital was paid in cash for the i'm
mediate beginning Of operations.
First on the program will be the con-
sLruction of large plant Mt Cape
Fear, a small station just across the
river from Ellington. Another big
plant three miles west Of town, con-
struction of which has already been
planned and for which part of the
equipment is already on the ground,
will be put in commission as rapidly
as workmen can complete the job.
This company already owns and is
operating the James River Sand and
Gravel properties just north of Pc
tersburg, Va, which plant is putting
out between % and 80 cars of
washed gravel per day. The two
plants to be erected near Lillignton
will be of the same capacity. The
company has bought 500 acres of the
richest gravel land, according TO the
Geological Survey, existing in Har-
nett county.
These lands lie conveniently along
the Cape Fear River, from which
stream water will be pumped for the
purposes Of laundering the pebbles
so much desired in hard surface road
construction - cement work d
buildings. Officials of the concern
state that they have immediate pros
poet of sale for all gravel possible
for their plants to put out, including
also the sand which will 60 largely
into their cement products. Build
ing blocks and tile will feature large
ly in the output of the cement works,
tho concrete work will be undertak-
en- on a rather large scale, state the
officers of the new company.
Home Offices Of the company Will
be in Ellington, but i general sales
Office will be maintained in Raleigh,
as will also all Office i'll Richmond,
Va, from which will be directed the
fiscal affairs Of the organization.
Officers Of Cape Fear Gravel Pits,
Inc, are: C. ". Lacy, president; T.
L. Higgs, vicc-president and general
manager; II. Il. DeLorme, secretary
]. C. Blanchard, treasurer; j. X,
Baggctt, attorney. The above Off
GERS with W. II. Thomas constitute
the directorate as well as the entire
company.
j. c. Blanchard, treasurer Of the
company, is the head of the mercan'
tile firm Of J. c. Blanchard & Co.,
of Hertford. W. H. Thomas, whose
name appears as a director and who
is credited with the organization Of
the company, is General Superinten'
dent of the Elizabeth City Office oi
c. w. Lacy, General Contractor, who
has number of important road cen
tracts in this section.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

Six days halt thou labor and do all
Thy work."
National marriage and divorce
laws are advocated in the following
section Of the report:
The Ievity with which the State
las and the courts tle5t the matter
Of divorce is to b. le2 I'd. 1t is SO
easy under State lava for a man or
a woman to secure q divorce that
some people nave forgotten that in
all instances but one it is wtorG,
s'rfl.! and adulte!ous. We urge our
Ia \. mixers to consider this growing
cyl. The committee be'i,ge. that
the divorce laws should be national,
rather than State laws, in order that
the same law may obtain in all tue
stotes"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Fisheries
Washington
November Is. 19222

November Is. I922.
Mr. J. \. Nelson. Commissioner.
y. L. Dept. of Fisheries,
Mgrchcad City. y. c.
boar Sir:
After Il careful consideration
of The conditions pertaining 10
sla' propagation a., IT, Edcu:oa.
Norl Carolina, ti,lcu,,uyal sta
tion. the Bureau wishes To ID
,-<e You thar it has herI decided
.o discontinue ta2 work rs now
,"0.,ucted. THIS mea-, that the
lfuFeau will not request your
Beard 20 issue permits to gill
l., fishermen for taking shad on
,5r natural spawning grounds Of
,a" restricted area above the
abroad bridge. Such shad as
a>.ape the pouud-uc,S will be
permitted 10 spawn naturally,
AMI the results Of such spawning
v.n be- carefully watched.
ibis change in the Bureaus
ro,..y has been brought about
,.r;cly by. criticism Of the pres
rn' practice OF permitting gill
.r, fshermcn to operate in the
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
AT POPLAR BRANCH

The Poplar Branch High Scho'
will present "Just For Fun" an VI
to-date society comedy in three act
by Eleanor Maud Crane, Saturds
evening, Nov. 25th, at the scho'
auditorium.
"Just For Fun" is given under Il
direction of Augusta Young.
The general public is cordially L
yited to be present.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

NO better tribute from his field was
ever received by a pastor than that
accorded Mr.. Myers, in the unanl-
nous delight of his congregation OY'
er his return to City Road Church
another year, Altho this is to be
his third year at City Road, his next
sermon will be anticipated as much
az his first one and the membership
is conuratulating itself on the favor
conferred on it at the Methodist
conference.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
ROTARY CHIEF COMING
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY

The Elizabeth City Rotary Club
is looking forward to big time next
Wednesday, Nov. %, when Roger
Moore, governor of the 37th Rotary
district will visit this city to look
over the local club.
Rotary Governor Moore has 81
clubs under his jurisdiction. Eliza
beth City Rotarians are planning to
make him proud Of the local club.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

Q. What are the seven natural
wonders of the New World?
A. Niagara Falls, Yellowstone
Park, Garden Of the Gods, Mammoth
Cave, Yosemite Valley, Giant Falls,
Natural Bridge.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

Good eyesight is inexpensive. See
DR.. ]. D. Hathaway. CntHmatrlst
T7I;-cL-IL 49, ~ p -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

For YOUR eyes sake see DR.. J; ";
OptOmetrist, E-aaIoru
D1,o U'1;-oh~'t 49,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21

Don't neglect your eyes. Sc
Hnthawsv no Wnnws ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-21
TOBE HOSTSOF
METHODISTS
Elizabeth City Gets Annual
Conference For Next
Year

Elizabeth City gets the next
annual conference OF North
Carolina Mcthodists, the con-
ference which came TO a close
in Raleigh this week having
voted Elizabeth City the place
Of the next conference. The
invitation for Elizabeth City
was extended by {. L. Kramer
Of the First Church.
The invitation was eagerly accept
ed because of the opportunity it will
give the ministers and leading lay
men of the whole conference TO sec
the new Methodist Church i'll Eliza
beth City--a church recently COM
plctcd at a cost of nearly u quarter
million dollars and said to be the
most complete house of" worship in
Southern Mcthodism.
Elizabeth City loses Rev. X. H..
Willis, who has been presiding elder
of the District for four years, but
retains Rev. y. II. d. Wilson of the
First Church and Rev. II. Il. Myers
of City Road. The full list of ap-
pointmcnts for the Elizabeth City
District follows:
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-27
~HELPING THE KNOCKERS"

The St. Petersburg Times gives the |
following excellent advice to other
Florida papers:
Some Florida newspapers feel call
ed upon to devote their columns at
frequent periods to answering the
TRADES of the knocking clan" which
is ever busy berating Florida.
Nothing successful ever existed,
whether it was a state or city, or
merely a man, which did not draw
criticisms of itself and attract the
venow of the confirmed |'knocker."
Florida is a success-if it were not,
the knockers" would let it alone.
There's no fun in Knocking" some
thing which is already recognized as
failure. It's the thing which has
succeeded against which these writers
direct their shaft of sarcastic Junk
The Times ordinarily eschews reso-
lutions and promises about the future.
A newspaper lives in the active now
and cannot venture backward into the
past or tread lightly on the thin air
| of the future Promises and resolu-
tions are dangerous, for the future,
with it's shifting action, may bring the
| newspaper into position of being
forced to remain silent or stultify it
self by breaking its promise and for
getting it's resolution.
| +L1r &ha Ti,,aoc
believes that it might lead the way
for some Florida newspapers that
they tentatively join in giving these
knockers" dose of the silent treat
ment. The 'knocker" dearly loves to
be "knocked." He likes to see other
folks in his business. He's about the
only man of that disposition. But he
does, nevertheless. If he finds his
knocking" propaganda is winning
publicity for him, he cares little what
the press may say. He gets before
the public eye and he's better known
the next time he appears in his fav
orite role.
: Brother Florida editors, let's forge
. the "knocker" and let's refuse to pa!
j attention to him in our columns. Bet
!; ter had we throw up smoke screel
of truth and barrage of thousands o
boosting facts that can be fount
within our state, until these "knock
; ers" will be lost in the haze and fore
/ ed to seek other targets for their at
: tacks.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-27
TINE TO REVISE
HERALDIC FAUNA

The attempt to adapt the American
eagle to peace dollar requirements
merely shows how much we need
distinctive American bird for our
totem pole. The eagle was borrowed
While this country has a few native
species of that bird, the idea of using
the eagle as a national emblem runs
back thousands of years. The Romans
adopted it. So did the Austrians and
Germans, and no telling how many
more nations By character the eagle
is much better adapted to those coun-
tries than ours. He is not half so
noble a bird as tradition makes him
appear. He is close relative of the
turkey buzzard, the main difference in
habit being that he is a little bigger,
and usually, though not always, takes
his prey alive. His so-called game
ness" is that of the big bully which
always attacks interiors in size and
strength. Unlike his humber relative
| of the yulture tribe, he is not good
scavenger, and performs no useful
function in the economy of nature. On
the Roman standard he was fairly
typical of the character of the con-
querors. In his distorted form he
was sufficiently accurate represen-
tation of Germany's bizarre ambition
But he suggests no American quality
which the country would not be better
off without. Why not let the eagle &C
land adopt the suggestion of one OF
our greatest and most typical Ameri.
can citizens by elevating the turkey
which is truly an American bird, il
his place?-Lakeland Telegram.
1t might be a good idea for the ma
tions of the world to revise all theil
coats of arms so as to leave thu
eagles and the lions off. But we cal
hardly endorse the kilograms ide;
for America to put up the turkey a.
it's emblem. Turkeys are arrant cow
ards. Male and female, they won
: fight for each other, their young o
: even their own lives. Bad as tn
eagle is, he will at least fight for hi
home, his mate and their helples
eaglets.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-01-27
/ AM YOUR TOWN
american Legion Weekly

Make of me what you will shall
reflect you as clearly as mirror
throws back candle beam.
If I am pleasing to the eye of a
stranger within my gates; if | am
such a sight as, having seen me, he
will remember me all his days as a
thing of beauty, the credit is yours.
Ambition and opportunity call some
of my sons and daughters to high
tasks and mighty privileges, to my
greater honor and to my good repute
in far places, but it is not chiefly these
who are my strength. My strength
is in those who remain, who are con-
tent with what l can offer them, and
with what they can offer me. 1t was
the greatest of all Romans who said:
Better be first in little Iberian vii
lage than be second in Rome"
l am more than wood and brick and
stone, more even than flesh and
blood am the composite soul of al
who call me Home
| am your town.