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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
NO FRICTION IN
This CIVIC BODY
Officials of Three Banks Work.
ing In Harmony In Cham
Der of Commerce

Rivalry of Elizabeth City
bankers for place on the official
roster of the Chamber Of Com
merce may be said to no longer
exist with the election Of c.
%. Robinson to the presidency Of
the Chamber, at the annual
meeting of the directors We'd
nesday night. Mr.. Robinson is
a director in the First & Citi-
zens National Bank. His nomi-
nation for the presidency of the
Chamber of Commerce was pro-
posed by Harry G. Kramer.
cashier Of the Savings Bank &
Trust Co. And then, to show
the good feeling all around,
Gurney P. Hood, vice president
of the Carolina Banking & Trust
Co., was elected first vice presi-
dent Of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Other new officers elected by the di-
rectors Monday night are Miles Clark.
second vice president: NJ. l.. Sheep.
treasurer and r. c. Job, secretary.
The directors of the Chamber are
J. c. r. Ehringhaus, Roscoe Foreman,
Harry s. Johnson, H. G. Kramer, Miles
l.. Clark. f. c. Conger, W. G. Gather
and C. O. Robinson.
The directors pledged themselves
Monday night to regular attendance of
meetings of the directorate thruout the
year. The regular monthly membership
meetings of the Chamber will be re-
sumed early in February, beginning
with banquet. probably at the South
ern Hotel.
Among other things Wednesday
night. the directors adopted an unani-
nous vote of thanks and appreciation
for the services of the retiring presi-
dent William Powell Duff The resolu
ton follows:
"ReSolved: That it is the sense of
this Board of Directors that the
Chamber of Commerce and the Com
munity of Elizabeth City are under
lasting obligations to Mr.. W. P. Duff.
for his splendidly efficient and unselt-
ish service as President of this Cham
Der of Commerce. During his term of
Office Just concluded we desire to re-
cord this expression of our apprecia-
tion of what he has done for the
Chamber and for the betterment of the
Community.
sResolved further: That copy of
these resolutions be sent to Mr.. Duff
and another copy furnished to the press
to the end that public recognition of
this service may be made
BY the rules of the Chamber of,
Commerce no man may serve two sue
eessive terms as president of the or
aanization, but the retirement of Mr..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

CHARLES OAKLEY ROBINSON
A YOUNG MAN of rare ability, enter
prise and much promise, stepped into
the presidency of the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce Monday when
C. o. Robinson was unanimously elect
ed to that Office by the newly organ
lied Board of Directors. No one in
Elizabeth City better appreciates the
value of a Chamber of Commerce to the
community than young c. o. Robinson.
And there isn't man in town who will
roll up his sleeves and put more per-
sonal effort and pep into the activities
of that organization. That Is why he
was elected. Most folks in the town
know very little about c. o. Robinson
and his election as the head of an or
qanization composed of 288 of the Iivest
wires in the community may come as
a surprise to some who have not
watched the rapid growth of this young
man in useful citizenship in the past
few years. 1t is safe bet that the
Chamber of Commerce will thrive un-
der his leadership. The presidency Of
the Chamber of Commerce carries with
il the Presidency of the Pasquotank
Municipal Hospital Association. The
Hospital Association is also congratu-
Iating itself upon having acquired one
of the most astute and successful busi-
ness minds in the community as its ex-
ecutiye head.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

BILLY" Williams as he is better
known in Elizabeth City, has scored
again. This former Elizabeth City boy
for the past two years city superinten-
dent of the Western Union Telegraph
Co. in Portland, Ore., has been pro-
moted to the position of City Superin-
tendent of the Western Union at Los
Angeles, Calf. The Portland Oregon
ian in writing of his promotion says:
"Mr. Williams promotion was made
as a result of his record here. Since
Mr.. Williams arrival in this city, two
years ago, direct facilities to New York,
Salt Lake, Los Angeles and Vancouver,
B. c., have been installed. The Los
Angeles Job is considered one of the
highest executive positions In Western
Union service, ranking next after New
York, Chicago and st. Louis"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
BONDED WAREHOUSES; TO
BE ERECTED HERE SOON
S. B. Parsons Promoter and Head of Big Ware
house Project To Occupy Burgess and y
Water Streets Sites

Plans have been drawn for
bonded warehouse for Elizabeth
City to cost $4,000 to $4,000.
work upon which is to be start
ed early this spring. The build
ing to be of freproof or semi
fireproof construction, will be
located on East Burgess St. be-
tween Poindexter and Water
streets. The promoter and head
of the project is S. B. Parsons,
of G. w. Parsons & Son. With
such a warehouse in mind Mr..
Parsons recently acquired the
property on Water and Burgess
streets adjoining the present
quarters of G. w. Parsons &
Son. The property already ac-
'quired takes in the old stand of
the Coca Cola Bottling Co. and
the residence property on the
corner of Water and Burgess
streets. More recently Mr.. Par
sons has recured options on the
adjoining Burgess St. property
now occupied by the residence
of Mrs. J.. P. Barnard and the
adjoining dwelling occupied by
T. w. Williams. The actual
transfer of one or both of these
properties may be made at an
early date.
This is no wildcat scheme of Bert.
Parsons. He is about to do what local
capital should have done here years
ago Elizabeth City, the trading center
of ten agricultural counties in North
eastern North Carolina has no bonded
warehouses and goes to Norfolk, Va.
for its cotton market. Bert. Parsons
is going to make Elizabeth City q CO.
ton market. He will have IN expert
grader to grade and tag every bale of
cotton stored in his proposed ware
house and receipts will be issued to the
owners. of the cotton, showing the
grade on storage.
Cotton is only one of the commodi-
ties for which storage will be provided.
There will be warehouse for peas and
soy beans and a warehouse for pota-
toes. Weekly stock lists of the COM
modities on storage will be sent to buy
ers thruout the country, thereby locat-
ing buyers for stuff on storage.
Other storage rooms will b. proyid-
ed for butter, lard, sugar, etc.. so that
out-Of-tOwn manufacturers and jobbers
doing business in Elizabeth City may
ship their goods in car load lots to
this city and store them here, filling
local orders from stocks thus stored
in this city.
Mr.. Parsons has canvassed the field
thoroly within the past twelve, months
and already has assurances of more
business than the proposed warehouse
can handle. Hyde County alone, now
doing very little business thru this city,,
promises to ship enough cotton here to
take all of the storage space called for
by the present plans.
The location of the proposed waro.
house is ideal for the purpose. 1t
faces the Norfolk Southern Il. r.
freight yards and is within $50 feet of
the river wharves.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
BIG DROP IN TEMPERATURE
BOOSTS SALE OF BlOOMERS

Elizabeth City women are forsaking
Teddies and similar scant neither appar-
cling for the more utiIitarian boomers.
Retail dry goods merchants say they
have had an unusual run on boomers
this week, most of the orders coming
by telephone. The cold snap did it, it
is explained. With the thermometer
smuggling down around 20 degrees
Wednesday and with little moderation
yesterday, women have been compelled
to wear undies of the closed kind to
keep out the icy fingers of the search.
ing winds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

State Highway entering this city from
Hertford. This newspaper may be
wrong in its opinion as to which is the
best route, but this newspaper is not
wrong in its opinion that both Mr..
Jennette and Mr.. Coboon, working for
what may be construed as selfish ends,
should discontinue their activities. The
State Highway Commission should in
form itself as to where all the letters
ard petitions on the present road Ques-
ton are coming from and then disre-
gard the whole business.-W. o. S.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
HOSPITAL GETS CONTRACT
WITH N. S. RAILROAD

The PasquOtank Municipal Hospital
is entering into a contract with the
Norfolk Southern Railroad for the
treatment and care of employees injured
in the service of the railroad company.
The railroad has long had similar con-
tracts with Il hospital in Norfolk and
a hospital in Washington. y. c., and
except in rare cases of emergency,
sends its cases only to q hospital with
which it has contract.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
TWO JUDGES TO HOLD
COURT HERE IN TWO WEEKS

The regular February civil term of
Superior Court will open here on Mon
day, Jan. 80. with Emergency Judge
Garland Ferguson presiding. Due to
the fact that the docket is unusually
crowded this year. the regular term of
one week Will be followed by spe-
cial term of a week beginning Monday,
Feb. 6. Judge F. A. Daniels will pre-
side at the latter term.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

sever his connection in an active exec
utive capacity with the Chamber Mr..
Duff was elected Chairman of the EX-
ecutive Committee of the Pasquotank
Municipal Hospital which is under the
management of the directors of the
Chamber of Commerce. The hospital
was achieved largely thru the vision
and enterprise Of W. p. Duff and has
succeeded under his personal direction.
The executive committee of the hos
pital is composed of GO. Robinson.
r. {. Job and W. L. Duff, with ii. Il.
Kramer. treasurer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
EARL SMITH LOST HAND IN
GUN ACCIDENT, REPORT SAYS

News reaches this city that Earl
Smith, formerly a travelling salesman
with the G. II. Robinson Co. of this
city, lost one of his hands in shot
gun accident at Trotyille, Gates Coun-
ty, Tuesday morning. Mr.. Smith is
now travelling for the Elliott Commings
Co., Norfolk, Va, and was calling on
the trade at Trotville. The accident
occurred while he was handling load
ed gun. Particulars are lacking.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

Many States and authorities have the
idea that North Carolina is almost SOLE
" given over to cotton and tobacco,
but this State produces as great a
number of different crops on COM
mercial basis as any State in the I'M
ion. Corn is valued at over $685.
100000, hay at $14,OO0,0OO, sweet po-
tatoes at almost $1O,OOO,OOO and Irish
potatoes near S6.OOO.OOO, while pea
nuts stand at over $7O00,0O0 in value.
Soy beans equal over S4,0O0,G00, sorg-
hum cane and COW pease each over 81
100000. Fruit and truck run into the
millions also.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
A FISHERMAN'S PAPER

Next week THE INDEPENDENT
will issue special edition of interest
TO fishermen with number of special
articles and some interesting views oil
Fulton Wholesale Fish Market, New
York City, where the bulk of our North
Carolina shad are sold.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
TALKING ABOUT TEETH

what You Ought To Know About
Your Teeth" is the title of an educa-
tional advertisement published by Eliz-
abeth City retail druggists, in this
newspaper. this week. The ad is more
than a boost for dentifrices; it actually
tells you the most interesting things
discovered by your own q. s, Public
Health Service, including some especi-
ally valuable facts about Pyorrhea or
Riggs Disease. Incidentally the drug
gists are giving away generous samples
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

When preparing to close his restau-
rant Saturday night, Carl Smith OF
Salisbury. was bound hand and foot and
gagged by four men who took all the
money in the cash drawer, kicked the
stove over throwing kerosene on the
floor. and leaving Smith TO the mercy
of the flames Some one passing BY
sow tbe smoke. and rescued Smith.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
ANdIett's Opening Gun
Elizabeth Cry. y. c.
January 18th, 1922.

January 18th, 1922.
Dear SIR
I write the stockholders Of the First
K Citizens National Bank 70 offer FOL
sale ms twelve shares of sock in the
bank.
Nv reason. l do not want TO OWL
stock in any bank which i controlled
by one man and his family and family
connections, who use the Bank to for
ward their own personal ends. and
AGAINST those who won't do his bidding
Mr.. C.. III. Robinson and his SON.
Charlie, became offended with me be-
cause I. as a school trustee, would not
fayor purchasing the lot known as the
..Ehringhaus- lot" which Charlie had Of
fered the Graded School Trustees for
tbe High School building. / did not,
m the lot was not suitable for the
S175OOO.OO High School building; d. (2)
the price was S5,OOOy0O to $6,OO0.OO too
much. He had paid too much for it
when prices were high. l felt the tax
payers aud the children had right to
demand a suitable lot at a reasonable
price.
To show their resentment for not IA
yCring their lot they secretly set about
to defeat my election us a Director in
the Bank. To accomplish this, they
used as a reason, that l was a Director
and Vice President of the Savings Bank
& Trust Company. and ought not to be
on both Boards of Directors. This was
not the true reason.
In 1903 | was elected Director and
Vice President of the Savings Bank K
Trust Company, and have served as
such ever since. In 1913, ten years
afterwards, Mr.. c. II. Robinson, while
[ was Director and Vice President of
the Savings Bank &c Trust Company,
came to my Office and wanted me on
mis- Board of Directors, and as the law
required a Director in National Bank
should own ten shares of stock to be
eligible 10 serve on the Board, Mr.. Rob
inSOn offered to sell me ten shares of
lis stock. | did not care to serve as a
Director. but at his request | purchased
the ten shares of stock aud he had me
elected on the Board, on which | have
served continuously until this week, and
would be there now if ] had favored
Charles lot and had recommended pay
ing the price which he asked for same.
So | have served on both boards
since January, 1913, with no objection,
and both Banks have made rapid prog
ress.
1t is perfectly clear that this was not
Robinson's reason. a
l am informed the proxies were
Concluded on T,sge A. -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
CHEAP LENSES
ARE EXPENSIVE LENSES

There are no bargain days
nor substitutes for good eye
glasses. Cheaper materials
can be substituted for al
most anything except a cor
rectly fitted lense. Cheap"
lenses oftentimes cause trouble of
q more serious nature than the de-
fects they are supposed to correct.
Only people who have been trained
to recognize defects of vision and
to know how to make proper
correction are capable of advising
on such an important subject as
lenses Avoid trouble by consulting
reliable professional people and
taking their advice.
NIT N HhTuA" Az
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
Eff. AYDLETT ATTACKS
HIS OLDEST NEIGHBOR
But c. H. Robinson Is Not Too Old To Hit Back
And He Delivers Powerful Wallop
When He's Riled

That highly aggressive thza-
beth City citizen, the Hon. +. r.
Avdlett has broken OFT with an
. other row. Mr.. Aydlett can't
keep out of row very long
One row hardly blows over be-
fore he is in another. This time
his quarrel is with c. II. Robin
SON, President OF the First &
Citizens National Bank, and his
son. C. o. Robinson. Mr.. Ayd-
lett was recently dropped from
the Board of Directors OF the
First & Citizens National 1t
made him hot; nothing gets his
goat like being dropped from
something. Once he gets IN or
on anything he clings to it like
proverbial death to d dead Ethi-
opian. Mr.. Aydlett didn't think
he would be dropped from the
directorate of the First & Cltl-
zens National. They had been
irving to get rid OF him tor
three years because they be-
loved that he was using his po-
,sition as a director 10 line his
,own pockets, further his own
personal schemes and to lnJure
the bank. They had been try
ing for three years to let him on
softly, but without success. Mr.,
Aydlett was defiant; he told
them they would have TO put him
off.
At the annual meeting Of the First
& Citizens National Stoc holders re-
Gently Mr.. Aydlett's challenSe- was ae-
cepted. 1t was not expected that he
would take MS ulSut>Sdl NN"'V' A'A'S
ing a rumpuS And he didn'-. tine day
last week Mr.. Aydlett posted letters
around town attempting 10 aNplan how
he lost out at the First n Citizens Ma
tional and accusing the Me>>rS. Robin
son of vicious motives in The matter
Mr.. c. H. Robinson and the First X
Citizens National have tri'I to Keep
the mess out of the newspapers. but
this newspaper would be recreant to Its
task as a chronicler of life as 1t Is
70 omit the publication of Mr.. AydIettS
attack on the Robinsons and Mr.. [. H.
Robinson's reply. Mr.. Robinson has
worsted Mr.. Aydlett n the controversy
leaving the latter hardly leg TO stand
on. For cautious. conservative cltl-
zen of - years c. II. Robinson GER
tainly delivers a powerful vallop when
he is riled. Read:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27

wrts name and ssSrsa .piainiy sss ss's
whether spbserptIsns b nsw y q rsnsval y
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-01-27
OBEY THAT IMPULSE AND
FILL IN THIS HANDY BLANK
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The Washington times., 1922-04-10
BLIND WAR VET DIES;
SLEEPlESS as YEARS

PITTSFIELD. Mass, April 10
William Warner, eighty-two years
old. blind and without sleep for
forty-five years, died yesterday at
the home OF Mrs. Alexander Hough-
telling In New Marlboro. Mass,
where he had lived for two years
following his blindness. He was a
civil war veteran, wounded in the
war, and as a result had been un.
able to sleep since 1876. He man.
aged to get rest In a rocking chair,
but never lost consciousness.
Mr.. Warner was a member OF
Company e, Second Connecticut vol
unteers, In the civil war. On his
return he came to live In the
Berkshires, and for years lived In
the wilds alone sleepless. and only
when he was stricken blind did he
descend into the civilized valley
settlement, where he died. Medical
men and scientists had studied his
case and vouched for his sleepless
state.
The Washington times., 1922-04-10

morning, 90 that all washington
children can clip II out and be su'e
OF getting theirs" at the Whits
house.
The Washington times., 1922-04-10

at the Church of the Epiphany, Thir-
teenth and @ streets. last night, be-
fore the Young Peoples Society of
the Church of the Epiphany.
The Washington times., 1922-04-10
Selling Things
By Telephone

Whether we like it or
not we have to admit that
the telephone has become a
great factor in merchan-
dising. The number of per-
sons who purchase nearly
all commodities by tele-
phone is constantly grow
ing. People are urged to do
business by telephone. The
great catalog houses en-
courage people to buy from
catalogues instead of from
stores.
Now if we carry the
telephone habit and the
catalog habit to their logi-
cal conclusions 1t means
the disappearance of the
modern store. The shopper
would become as extinct as
the Dodo. No use having
goods arranged on the
shelves of the store if no
body visits the store. The
original idea of the store
before the advent of the
telephone and before Ad-
vertising became an art
was the display of goods.
There was no other excuse
for the store. The idea was
to assemble all sorts of
products for inspection so
that the people might see
what there was for sale.
If people persist in using
the telephone, why keep
UP the modern store? II
the catalog habit takes
deeper root in the public
mind year after. year,
what becomes of the town
merchant? How can people
be informed as to the thou
sands Of new commodities
in all lines of merchandis-
ing7
The Washington times., 1922-04-10
"Talks on Newspaper Advertising"
By TRUMAN A. DewEEsE BUFFALO NY

chandising. The consumer
buys from the illustrated
catalog and the mail-order
house gets the cash in ad-
vance. The consumer has
to send money on faith and
has no opportunity to ex-
anime the goods before
purchasing. He has no per-
sonal acquaintance with
the owner of the mail
order house. 1t takes
a good deal of faith
in many instances to send
good money for an unad-
vertised article that has no
guarantee behind it. It is
opposed to all rational
systems of marketing. If
a person made it a rule to
buy nothing he cannot see
and examine merchandise
ing would be on a sounder
basis and there would be
fewer disappointments.
The safest course is for
the national advertiser to
stick to the retailer and
the local newspaper, the
twin agencies of distribu-
tion and the only safe and
rational channel through
which to reach the con-
sumer and on which to
build a permanent busi-
ness. The manufacturer
knows that the dealer who
comes in contact with his
customers every day can
not carry anything that
is not true to name and ad-
vertising. AS a part of the
machinery of distribution
the newspaper not only
serves manufacturer and
consumer, but helps to
promote the interests of
sound merchandising.
The Washington times., 1922-04-10
RIVER GIVES UP
BODY Of MAN
WHO SLEW GIRL
oartreli Corpse Found In Mo-
nocaey stream--Love
Notes in Pocket.

FREDERICK, April 10.-Badly de-
composed. but recognizable. the body
of Harvey Gartreil. who, in a jealous
rage. shot and killed Miss Arta Iris
Jenkins, the seventeen.year-ol
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Jenkins, at the home OF her grand.
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George w.
Hess, Buckeystown, five weeks ago,
was found in the Monocacy river
near Frederick Junction yesterday.
The body was found at 1890, al
most exactly the hour Gartrell fired
the bullet into the brain of Miss
Jenkins. In his pockets were found
two water-soaked letters signed
"Arta." a locket containing a small
picture of the girl. a. wrist watch,
another small watch, and an automo.
bile registration card bearing his
name.
Finding the body concludes a
chapter involving the killing of a
girl just budding into womanhood
by a young man crazed with jeal-
ousy. He had been paying Miss
Jenkins attention at her home at
Barrett, Carroll county, for some
months. About the first of the year
she came to the home of her grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hess. to care
for the latter. who had not been in
good health.
March s, he drove to Buckeystown
in an automobile and called for the
girl at the Hess home. She went
into the parlor TO meet him and a
moment later a pistol report startled
the Hess family. Mr.. Hess ran into
the room and found his granddaugh-
ter lying dead. Gartrell ran from
the house, jumped into his automo-
bile and started toward Frederick.
A reward of $500 alive and 800
for his body was offered by the
county commissioners.