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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-19
KARR GETS DECISION.

Columbus, Ohio, July 1S.-John-
ny Karr, Cleveland mddleweight,
won the judges decision over Jock
Malone. of st. Paul, in a twelve
round bout here tonight.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-19
FREDERIC j. HASKIN,
Director

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formation Bureau, Washing
ton, D. c.;
/ enclose herewith two cents
in stamps for return postage on
a free copy of the Baking
Booklet.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
NO EEL POTS TIED
ON THESE STRINGS

Very often in fishing communities
fishermen set their eel traps over
board near Il wharf and tie the
strings to n piling. 1t is seldom
that anyone bOthcrs somebody else
eel trans. Last week Sheriff Farrow
of Dare County, observed some
strings tied to wharf at MantcO.
The strings looked suspicious to
Sheriff FarrOw. People don't fish
for ccls at this time of the year.
The sheriff. lifted the strings and
found that instead of eel pots on the
end. there were grass sacks contain
ing 81 quarts of corn whiSkcy.
The sheriff took the liquor to the
Dare County Jail. and while he was
transferring thes contents. some zeal
ous devotee of Bacchus with the ag-
;lity of a Katzenjammer, extracted
a portion of the jars of liquor by
reaching between the legs of the
sheriff, while he was meditating up
OH the disposal. Revenue officers
got hold of the balance and last Sat
urday fed it to the grass on the
courthouse grounds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
PRESS ASSOCIATION
MAY MEET HERE NEXT
Elizabeth City Extends Invitation
Thru Press Representatives
at Shelby

Elizabeth City may have the next
convention of North Carolina pub
fishers. At the suggestion of THE
INDEPENDENT, the Elizabeth
City Chamber of Commerce has
wired the two editors of Elizabeth
City who are attending the conven-
ton at Shelby this week to extend
an invitation to the Association to
meet here next time. The invita-
tion was also supplemented by II
similar wire from Mayor Goodwin.
\ meeting of the North Carolina
Press Association would give Eliza
beth City and section more publicity
than any other convention that
might meet here, because rNpreScn-
tativcS of practically every paper OF
note would be here, and the things
they would write concerning their
Impressions of the section would b"
broadcaStcd thru every paper i'll the
state.
Thru no other medium could
North Carolina derive 80 much in
formation about the wonderful! ad-
vlntagcS. the wealth. and prosper
ity of this tidcwatrr section. North
eastern North Carolina should wei
come the editors with open arms.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
JUNIOR ORDER Is TO
COME HERE IN AUGUST

The State Council of the JUNIOR
Order United American Mechanics
will meet in Elizabeth City tn"
third Tuesday in August. The event
iS exprcted to be a big one, us the
order has Il membership of oyer N"
in this city. not to speak of those
who may come from other places
In preparation of the meeting Oh
tho State Council. Il special preIlm-
mary district meeting was heId
Tuesday night in the Kramer Build
ing. DIR. Charles f. Brewer. ffe>l-
dent of Meredith College was mere
at the meeting. DIR. Brewer. as
Junior is a Past State Councillor. ii
director of the National Orphans
Home of the Juniors at Titt!n' o.'
and chairman of the admission COM
mittee of that institution. which mas
q 22J-acre tract of land devoted 10
industrial and vocational education
Of the orphans housed there.
Music was rendered by Flat or-
cbestra. and refreshments were
Sprypd
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
EARLY SWEETS ARE
BEING SHIPPED OUT
Estimate a Crop of $4,000 Barrels
This Year From Currituck
and Camden

The sweet potato crop i'll Camden
and Currituck Counties is estimated
bv y. Howard Smith of the Carolina
Potato Exchange of this city to be
the largest ever. Others say the
crop will amount to 125,000 barrels
which is $4,000 barrels more than
last years crop.
The first carload was loaded here
Tuesday afternoon. Large ship
ments will begin to move next week
when practically all growers will be-
gin to dig. Prices have been around
eight dollars a barrel this week,
which is encouraging for the farm
ers in the beginning of the market
ing of this years crop.
The value of the sweet potato as
money crop is shown by figures
compiled by the L. s. Department
of Agriculture in 1920, indicating
that an acre planted in sweet pota-
toes is worth more than four acres
planted in corn, cotton, wheat or soy
beans. The value of corn per acre
is $3.50; cotton, $685.; wheat,
$24.5S; soy beans, S29.S1; and sweet
potatoes, $119.I0.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
NEARLY
COST BATHER'S LIFE
Ycang People Riding Waves at
Naus Head Last Sunday Had
Big Scare.

Riding the waves ri NagS Head Is
great sport. bat when the tide is
il i sometimes dangerous
business. especially if one cannot
swim. Sixtccn-ycar-old Lcora Cope
land of this city was in swimming
last Sunday with 4 party of young
friends. and while riding the waves,
she was swept farther and farther
from shore. until she was beyond her
depth.
Her companions failed to observe
her prcdicameut until she was too
far out to be aided by the ordinary
swimmer. Frank Koontz. young
man employed by the Foreman
Blades Lumber Go. of this city was
finally able to reach her. and his et'
forts succeeded in saving the girl
from drowning. Upon reaching
shore. the girl larscd into unconS-
ciouSnpSs and did not recover Tor
nearly three hours.
Many others attempted to reach
the girl while she was in danger
but the best they could do was form
a line while holding each other
hands. and in this manner they as
sisted in the rescue.
Miss Copeland is the daughter OF
Kpnnie Copeland of Edenton and is
employed here at WoolworthS. She
lives with her uncle W. ii. Bunch
ON Parsonage Street.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
NOW WANT FISHING
FOR THE FARMERS
But What the State Needs Is For
More Fishermen to Learn
How To Farm

We may look for Il speedy solu-
ton of our fisheries problems now
that the county farm demonstration
agents have taken hand in the
matter. At meeting of the county
agents of the Tidwater and South
eastern Districts at Wilmington, \.
G. the other day, it was decided that
more attention should be given to
the fish industry in North Carolina,
whereupon the farm agents rcsolut-
ed as follows:
ut is the sense OF the extension
workers of Eastern North Carolina
in meeting assembled in Wilmington
that the fish industry of North Car
olina has not heretofore received
due considerations;
I'VE therefore recommend that
the Fisheries Commission and the
next session of the Legislature give
this matter the consideration it de-
serves.
I'VE also recommend that some
thing pertaining to this industry be
presented ut the next meeting of the
Farmers Convention at Raleigh
q. +. McCrary. District Agent ex-
plains that the farm agents are in
terested because most of the farm
crs in his counties do more or less
fishing at some season of the year.
Mr.. McCrary is hardly aware of the
fact that The Fisheries Commission
Board is more interested in getting
more fishermen to farm. than in
making it easy for more farmers to
fish. The great trouble with the in
dustry now is that our waters are
over-fished. The demonstration ag-
cnts will best help the fishing indus
try by showing the farmer how to
make a living off his farm, and keep
him off the water.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
DIED AT SEASHORE;
WENT TO GET WELL

Bertrand Culpcppcr. formerly Of
this city. and more recently engaged
in the insurance business at Burgaw
this state. died Tuesday night ut
NagS Head. Mr.. Culpeppcr was 80
years old. Afflicted with Bright's
disease. he found it necessary to re-
turn home several months ago for
q rest. and went to Nags Head for
a change of scene. He grew rapidly
worse.
Young Mr.. Culpepper was one Of
the most popular young men ever
raised in this city. lie was the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. VI. b. Culpepper,
and was married two years ago to
Miss Eunice Hall of Southmont.
The funeral was conducted Thurs
day by Rev. y. III. ID. Wilson.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
SERIOUS SEQUEL OF A
NEAR SERIOUS LOSS
Too Much Money Results in Lots Of
Trouble For Those Who
Couldn't Have Ii.

When Baxter Bel. of Shawboro,
Clerk Of the Currituck County Court
came to Elizabeth City last Thurs
day and lost $500. of which 500 was
in currency. he set in motion
breeze that famed the smouId"rlng
flames of jealousy brtwrnc two wo-
men. into Il mighty contlagraiion.
Minnie Rowr and Eliza Riddick.
two ladies of color were passing
Woolworth'S Five and Ten Cent
Store on Main Street and discovered
the wallet containing Baxter Bel >
money. Ovcrioycd rs thcr were at
finding the small fortune, they were
rcrplcxcd as to how they could "
vide the five 500 bills. The Rid
dick woman'S husband Wa pressed
into service and sent forth to seek
change for one of the bills.
Being turned down at several
stores. David Riddick finally got
change for the bill at tn" postottcc.
lie turned his money over tn his
wife. who dolcd herself, chiefly af-
ter Madam {. J. Walkers formula
The lowe woman received her por-
ton and began TO do likewise. llav-
ing humorcd her beauty sufficiently.
h. went to the grocery store Of Wal
ter Powell on NoSt Street. and spent
eight dollars.
Soon after that. the police were
notified that David Riddick had been
seen with a $1C0 BILL which WAS too
much moncy for a negro to have ut
one time. \ colOrcd man having
that much money was an object OF
suspicion. The police questioned
David AMI learned the whence and
why. The money was re"ovcred. but
Eliza Riddick has not. This is why.
Eliza Riddick had been accused of
trying to yamp Walter Powell the
grOccryman. Walters wife, Aramin-
tn. had warned Eliza to keep away.
When Eliza went to Walters store
on Saturday afternoon to ask for
the loan of eight dollars to replace
. that part she had spent Of Baxter
| Bells money. Araminta arrived oil
/ the scene in time to hear her huS-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TO
HELP FISHERIES PLANS
Governor Morrison Calls Or. Pratt
and His Staff Into
Conference

The North Carolina State GeOlo-
gical Board is going to cooperate
with Governor Morrison and the y.
G. Fisheries Commission Board in
formulating plans for increasing the
fishing industry. developing hatcher
les. etc.
The Geological Board at a meet
ing in the Governor Office on July
Is and ~ adopted the following res
olutiOn:
Whereas His EXcellency Gamer
on Morrison. Governor of North
Carolin aand Chairman of this
Board. has indicated to the Board
that one of the purposes of his adj
ministratiOn would be the develop
mcnt of the fishery or fish rcSourc-
eS of our waters. and has requested
this Board to make investigations
and submit to him plans for the
more effectual execution of his pur-
pose, in cooperation with the North
Carolina Fisheries Commission:
Now. therefore, resolved
That the Director of the Survey
be requested to investigate the sub
iect and prepare plans for increas-
ing the supply of our edible fishes
and increase this resource as COM
mercial asset and make a report
thereof to Governor Morrison.
DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt, State &C.
o!ogist. is Director of the North
Carolina Geological and Economi,
Survey.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
FORMER STARS PLAY
INTERESTING GAME

Probably the most interesting
game of baseball seen in Elizabeth
City in many IL day was played We'd
nesday between KiwaRiS and Ro-
tary. this city's two business men
clubs. The game was interesting
because il was amusing.
This game was witnessed by "'O
people who went in anticipation OF
considerable fun. Many of the play
crS had not had bat in hand for
wears. Among these players w"r"
&. ID. Egerton. I.hil Sawyer. I"ne
Fearing. VI. :. Bulla. Frank kra-
mer. Tom Nelson. W. y. Peters, and
Julian Selig.
KiwaniS won the game by score
of 30 TO >. The proceeds went to
the ambulance fund of the Com
munity Hospital.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
a FARMERS BULLETIN

W. A. Graham. Commissioner oi
Agriculture of North Carolina, mas
;..srod tho following bulletin to the
farmers of North Carolina:
I'VE want to call your attention
TO the fact that the season for SOW
ing fall clovers and other legumeS Is
rnpidly approaching. You Will re-
member that this Department Is oi-
fering the farmers of the state III
tro-cultures for their legume crops
and pulverized limestone for asrlcul-
tural purposes at cost of production
AT present the price of nltro-cui,
tures is soc per acre and the price
of limestone is 500 per ton JUN. :.
{. o. b. the plant, Bridgeport Tenn
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
WATERMELONS ARRIVING

The first notable shipment of
watermclOns to Elizabeth City ar
rived here Tuesday from the Rocky
Hook Section of Chowan County.
There were 1,S00 in this lot. North
Carolina melons this year are unus-
ually small.
The earliest native melons on the
Elizabeth City market were raised
on Roanoke Island by Daniel Meek
ins. and were sold by VI. +. Torksey
on POindcxtcr Street: they were
shipped here a week ago. The Cho-
wan County melons are retailing at
Is cents apiece, up.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
$4,000 SERVICE
CALLS IN A DAY.
Story Of Our Telephone Ex-
change Reveals a Remark
able Growth In Ten
Years

Waiting on 1900 people day Is
a big task especially when there are
only five employees on the job at the
time to do it. But there is one con-
Germ in Elizabeth City, which does
that very thing, every day in the
year. The local telephone exchange
handles just 12.000 calls day
which means that each operator
must say Number, please" about
GOO times during the period she is
on duty
The local telephone exchange en-
ployS IS operators. but only five ut
time are on duty as regular op-
orators. There are three shifts OF
these and the others take care of
the duties of the Chief Operator.
Long Distance. and the Information
desk.
There are over LOO telephones
in Elizabeth City. an amount that
compares well with the average
town in North Carolina. according
rd populasion. Connecting these
phones are eight miles of overhead
cable. in the city. each cable carry
ing from 100 to 1000 tiny wires.
These cables are enclosed in lead
pines suspended from 5000 tele-
phone poles. In addition to this
continent there are about o.UOO
poles between Elizabeth City and
the towns of lIcrtfOrd and Edenton,
where the same company also Oper-
atcs exchanges. Between Norfolk
and Elizabeth City there are l.Jo2
poles. and the wires strung over
these lines would reach Il total of
$50 miles.
1t is an interesting fact that en-
ploycS of the telephone company
seem to be very well cOntented with
their Jobs. The chief operator has
been connected with the company
for something like 20 years. The
] SUPERINTENDENT has been with the
company Is years. One of the line
men II years. and some of the OPP
orators eight years. 1t has had one
mauagcr II years. Six men are en-
pIoycd in the Servic crew and four
people in the office force.
Telephone girls have better
chance to get married than most
other girl workers. five of them hav-
ing married in the past s months.
All of them keep on the job after
they are married.
The telephone girls have their
troubles AZ well as other people.
They sit in straight backed chair
NIL day and repeat, Number, please
thousands of times. Whenever Il
subscriber uses his telephone, a tiny
light flashes On The switchboard as
soon as he lifts the receiver off the
hook. If he doesn't get his number
III butt, Ht SDlItllIItS JlS6lNS INV
hook up and down, causing hideous
noise in the ears of the telephone
girl. This nearly splits her head
and makes her nervous all day. Be
tween 9 and II o'clock in the MORN
ing and three and five in the after
noon are the busiest times of the
day. and the efficiency of the opera
sion. One may use his phone during
these hours and after lifting the re-
Ccivrr off the hook continue to talk
TO someone in the office while the
operator repeats "Number, please.
1t the same time other subscribers
Continued on Page t..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

THIS then is Ralph Pool trying TO
look mature and serious and making
an awful mess of it. Ralph has lots
of dignity. but he couldn't be serious
about anything on earth except a fe-
male. He isn't thinking about te-
males right now; he has just been
called to the desk of State Editor OF
the Norfolk Virqinian-PiIOt. His
business will be to handle the news
of Virginia and North Carolina Tor
that paper. Ralph used to be cub
reporter on THE INDEPENDENT.
He is a good reporter and a clever
writer. He owes much of his liter
ary instinct to a long line of intellec-
tuaI ancestors. He is the only son
of Mr.. and Mrs. S. !. Pool OF this
city. Photo by Zoeller.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

-Highway construction has been
suspended on 20 of the largest pro-
iects in the State on account OF
shortage of materials due to the
strike of railroad Shopmen. Ten
DAYS will see the complete Suspen-
sion of all work on hard surfaced
construction, in the opinion OF State
Highway Engineer Charles NJ. Up
ham. unless the strike is settled
within that time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

II. L. Blalock, of WadeSbo:o, has
been secured rs general manager OF
the North Carolina Cotton Grow
ers' 'Co-Operative Association. As
president of the State Farmers
Convention which meets in Raleigh
next week, Mr.. Blalock has already
become well known to many North
CaTolinians.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

Good eyesight is Inexpensive. See
DR.. j. D. Hathaway, OptometrlSt'
Elizabeth City, \, {. adV'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

Ok. FUWHhD u. SOWoo
HE'S been appointed Chief Marshall
of the District Fair this fall which
beGins on October 10. He will be
assisted by a marshall from each Of
the ten counties in the Fair Asso-
ciaticn. Dr.. Combs special duty
will be to look after the crowds who
visit the fair and see that they have
a uood time. He will start off the
parade on the opening day. This
is the first time a marshall has been
appointed for several yars.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

For your eyes sake see DR.. j; u;
HatGaway. OptOmetrist, Bradford
Bldg, Elizabeth City, \. C. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28
virginia Laws and Ours.

n. '>ldrnt> are not allowed to
h., s'ao> from Virginia waters.
!, aA ar" required to pay IL fee
H.. 'or taking "rubS by any means
h. "an 'lr"lgc. Under our
lr,. ''>'''nts pay from five to ten
sns d week, according to the
.,.J,, The fo" for tue use of the
s.I h Virginia is Sd but a
A., 'ah"> as many as 10 barrels
b Tor Zach boat used in buy
'o> a lee Of - is required;
"'''hned on Tuge -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-07-28

Ion uo Knows. adv,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-09
Pgegy'S Plan to Wreck the Car
Succeeds i'm DELAYING Party

| Hanged if l knowi" Bobby was
already climbing out. He lifted the
hood of the car.
The crowd was silent at first as
they waited for Bob to report 1t
wasn't anything serious and resume
4, driving. But when, after a long
search in tn eengine. he was stil1 at a
loss to find the trouble, aus
queries began.
Bobby stripped off his Goa and all
but disappeared underpeath the car.
Presently he emerged, brushing him
self of in a baffied way.
Ted Harker got out and tried to
help. Ted was studying mechanical
engineering.
The others gathered about the two
young men-Olive close at Bobby's
shoulder.
Peggy alone seemed not to care,
as she stood apart and looked on with
q family amused smile. So absorbed
was she that she failed to notice the
sidelong study of herself by Duncan
Lee.
His scrutiny, subtle as it was,
should have put the girl on her guard.
He had been interested In her from
the moment he had realized she was
using him as a means of piQuing
Bobby.
He was wondering now how far
she was capable Of going to achieve
her ends, how available she was for
adventure. And his appraisal was
duly heightened by her behavior since
they had left the inn.
Her furtive study of the floor of
the car, her frequent glances at her
feet. had aroused his suspicious that
she was up to something. Just what
they were he did not guess-until the
car broke down.
Meanwhile Ted Harker's shrewd
felreting of the breakdown led him
near the solution. He raised. the floor
section where Peggy had been sitting,
stuck an electric torch into the dark
space beneath and inserted a careful
hand.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-08-09
BAR ASSOCIATION
Of NATION FAvORS
UNIFORM LAWS
Leading JurIsts Assemble for
Annual Convention With
Array of Facts.
CRIME WAVE DISCUSSION
Puzzle of AeronautIcs Control
Is Prominent on the
Program.

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. e.-Avi-
alton, income tax and, above all, uni
form laws in the entire United States
are some of the topics to come UP
vention of the American Bar Asso-
citation. which opens here today.
Several hundred delegates from all
over the country are here and will
begin attacking the big problem Of
more nearly harmonizing State pro-
cedure in such cases as related to
divorce. extradition. corporation con.
troll and law enforcement.
Combating crime waves is also
scheduled for much discussion, based
upon a report prepared by the law en-
forcement committee.
AerOnautic Law Puzzle
One Of the new features will be
consideration OF aeronautics, which
laws thus far have been inadequate
to handle, The lawyer who has pu7-
lied over such questions as whether
q hydroplane is subject to Federal
legislation with reference to the en-
ployers' liability when It is moored
upon nav1gable waters is expected to
come away from the convention with
more concrete ideas on the subject
Many OF Americas most prominent
jurists are here today to participate in
the meeting. The speakers scheduled
include Supreme Court Justice Taft,
Elihu Root, Vice President Coolidge
and Governor Henry ]. Allen Of KIN
sas. The bar of Great Britain viii be
represented by Lord Shaw Of Dun
fernIine, while the French lawyers
have sent as their delegate N. Henry
Aubepin Of Paris, Cordenio a Sever
ance Of Minnesota. president Of the
bar association, viii conduct the ses-
sions-
Example of Minnesota
Committee reports offer numerous
suggestions for field Of endeavor- A
bill such as that in Minnesota to IA
cilitate action in cases where pleas
Of guilty are entered, preventing ex-
tensive confinement before the hear
ing, is one of the reforms recon-
mended- Another is that a resolution
be adopted approving the form Of a
treaty to be negotiated with foreign
countries for making effective interna-
tioual arbitration in commercial dis
putss-
For the tenth time it is proposed
that the bar assocs alton indorss a bill
making for moderniZation and unifor-
nifty Of procedure in the Federal
courts The purpose and effect OF
this is to give the United States Su-
prene Court authority to make rules
governing the entire procedure in
cases at law to the same extent that it
now has power to regulate the pro
oedure in equity, admiralty and bank
ruptcy courts
Professional ethics are tackled In
the proposal Of d resolution stating
that the personal relationship between
attorney and client should be pre-
served; that the services of a lawyer
should not be treated as merchandise
TO be traflcked in; that there should
not be division of fees by a lawyer
with q laynan, and similar provisions