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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
THINK THEY HAVE THE
BOIL WEEVIL BEATEN
Florida Plant Specialists Have Found
Have Found a New Way to
Fight the Pest

Here j. an Associated Press dis
patch that will interest every cotton
grower who counts the boil wccvil
among his problems:
Development Of a satisfactory me-
lhvd Of controlling the boil wccvil on
short staple or upland cotton is an
nounccd By DR.. WiImon Newell, plant
commissioner for the state plant
board and director of the University
Of Florida experiment station.
DR.. Ncwclrs announcement was
made as he result Of the successful
elimination of research work by
George d. Smith, associate entOmo-
losist, conducted under the auspices
Of the state plant board.
The method involves 4 principle in
boil wecyI control heretofore not re-
cognized BY other Investigators, DR..
Newell states, and he added that the
total cost Of treatment, labor includ'
ed. does not exceed $l.j0 or 81 an
acre. In the fields treated, the cot
ton crop in nearly every instance
has been as large as that ATTAINED
prior to the advent Of the wccyil.
While some poison is used the
amount is comparatively small. DIR.
Newell said. BY means of the i'm
proved method cotton field is clear
ed of practically all boil wccrils ear
" in June and remains in that con.
dition for several weeks. During this
period good crop Of bollS is set
without wecyn Interference.
Both the state plant board and the
experiment station will issue imme-
diatcly bulletins on the improved me-
thOd Of control
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
PUT OUT THE FIRE,
AND SAVED THE CAT
$500 Damage, Result of Fire Which
Started From OVerheated
Electric Cord

The fifty or more boarders at the
Duke Inn, exclusive Church Street
boarding house, cume in for a scare
Tuesday uight at one O'Clock, when
fire in the laundry and servants
quarters, alarmed the town and rout-
cd the fire fighters out Of bed.
During the hubbub, while the
guests were pouring out in their
night clothes, one fellow exceeding
ly excited and anxious TO save his
handsome gold watch, picked up his
pocket handkerchief by mistake, and
thought he had his watch until he
got out Of the building.
\ young woman forgot everything
else in her attempt to save her pet
cat. His Tor hcr) catsbip was saw
cd. Another woman grown strong
from the fire, packed 4 large trunk
and took it downstairs unaidcd.
by this time The fire had been
put out by Elizabeth City's crack
fire fighters. The fire never reach
cd the guest quarters at all, but the
damage to the laundry was about
500.
Two Of the boardcrS who no doubt
were out of the amateur class slept
thru ull the turmoil, and didn't hear
Of the fire until after breakfast.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
URGING FARMERS TO
FENCE FOR LIVESTOCK
iiogS, Cattle and Poultry, Says Falls,
Are Best Antidote for the
Boil Weeyil

The State Department of Agricul-
turc is out with posters urging farm
crs to fence pastures. and pay more
attention to livestock. Fence for
livestock" say the poster. The
boil wccyil is here. Cotton is no
longer safe cash crop. \ family
COW. some hogs, aud poultry will in
sure partial living at home. Live
stock demand pastures and pastures
should be fenced
To urge the farmers TO pay more
attention to pastures, the State
Board of Agriculture has made ar
rangcmcutS with the American Steel
& Wire Co. to sell fence to the farm
crS at Il saving Of approximately 80
per cent in carload lots.
Couty Agricultural Agent, G. ".
Falls, has been urging that farmers
pay more attention to livestock, for
some time. And farmers in Pasquo:
tank arc paying more attention to
livestock. Only this week, another
fine brood SOW was added to the
herd Of {. W. Ives, j farmer on
Route l, this city. This SOW is Il
fine Duroc-Jcrsey, from the farms Of
Il we'll known Virginia breeder.
Mr.. Falls recently obtained what
is probably the finest trio Of Poul-
try ever to come to this county. This
bunch Of birds consists Of Il rooster
and two hcus, and are fine Rhode
Island Reds from the PinChurst pOul-
try farms. At the State Fair one Of
these birds won over Il bird from a
flock If that was bought in New
York at 4 cost of $1,S0O. These
Rhode Island Reds have been added
to the poultry pens of Carlton Jen'
uings on Route l, this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
THE LACK OF FUNDS
DEBARS A THOUSAND
North Carolina People Are to Be
Called on to Aid the
Orphans

4 communication from the North
Carolina Orphan Association calls
attention to the orphans housed III
the - orphanagcs of the state and
urges the people Of North Carolina
to remember the Orphans on or
about Thanksgiving. "OrphanaSc
Sunday" Is November 26.
Who can contemplate the pitiiul
plight of IN orphan child without 4
home and not feel thrill Of joy At
the thought of twenty-five orphauag-
es and child-caring institutions in the
State which are now housing moro
than $500. of these children and
training them in individual efficiency
and good citizenship:
Yet, everyone of these splendid in
stitutions is in need Of more ade-
quate equipment to enable them 10
meet urgent demands. or l,i55 ap-
plicatiouS fer. admission last year,
only $40 were admitted and the
doors were closed in the faces of
1919 unfortunate children for lack
of means aud equipment. y condi-
ton like this should not be permit
ted to continue in a great State.
In the State thousands Of orphan
children must be handicapped for life
unless they have the ShCltcriug care
and culture offered iu oTr orphan
homes. In order that more adequate
means may be provided for the care
of these children, the "Ouc Day Tor
the Orphans" movement was started.
calling upon the people to add to the
regular income of these institutions
special Thanksgiving offering equal
to a days income. This is practic-
able, for the rich and poor alike can
participate in it.
Make your offering on or about
/ Thanksgiving day to the Orphanagc
Of your choice in this list:
Baptist OrphanagC, Thomasvillc;
Methodist Orphanagc, Raleigh, Pres
byterinu Orphanugc, Barium Springs
Methodist Orphauagc, Winston-Sal-
en-; Thompson OrphnuagC, Char
lotto; Methodist Protestant Home,
High Point; Christian Orphanasc,
Elon College; Oxford Orphan ASy-
lum, Oxford; Odd Fellows Home,
GoldSboro; Elcda Orphanagc. Ashc-
vile; Pythian Home, Clayton; Chill
drcn's Home Society. Greensboro
Nazareth Orphans Home, Crescent;
Falcon Orphanage, Falcon; Free
/ Will-BaptiSt Home, NliddlcscX; Naz,
arcth Orphanagc, Nazareth; Noun.
tain Orphanagc, Balfour; Grandfath.
cr Orphanagc, Banner Elk; Uuiou
County Home, Monroe; st, AIMS
Home, Belmont; Alexander Home
I Charlotte: Maxwell OrphauagC
Franklin; Mary Lee Home (colorcd)
High Point; Orphan Home (colorcd)
Winston Salem; Orphan Home (coI'
Orcdl, Oxford.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
HIS TRUCK PEAS SOLD
FOR $3.50 A BASKET

Nine dollars and fifty cents bas-
ket is the record price in Elizabeth
City for truck peas, or May peas.
This price was received for some sold
yesterday morning 10 Geo. Allison
Co. of New York, thru the Spence
Hollowell Go. local agents. John d.
Sykes, manager of the local Western
Union Office is the grower. Mr..
Sykes is pleased with results, and
wishes he had planted bigger crop.
May peas were planted this fall as
an experiment, to determine whether
they would be worth while for future
seasons. Prices have been good all
the fall, but the yield has usually
been poor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
THEY ARE GOING TO
DIP THAT TICK ANYWAY
Chairman Burfoot Gives In and
WithdrawS Order Forbidding Con.
tinuation of Tick Eradication

That tick will be dipped. Chair
man Burfoot Of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners has withdrawn his
cdict that the tick shall not be
dipped and the work Of finishing up
the eradication of the cattle tick in
PaSquotank will proceed at the cx-
pensc of the State and Federal gov
crnments. Such is the outcome of
q conference Wednesday afternoon
between State Veterinarian DR.. VIM.
Moore, DIR. Hartwell Robbins of the
Bureau of Animal Industry and
Chairman Burfoot. DIR. VIM. Ii. VIII
hanson, WHO has had charge Of the
tick eradication work in this county
will be retained TO finish the job.
Complaints against DR.. Williamson
by Mr.. Burfoot did not impress eth.
er DR.. Moore or DR.. Robbins and
Mr.. BurfoOt himself consents TO DIR.
Williamson proceeding with the
work. DR.. Williamson says that
three -fourths of the remaining herds
under quarantine in Pasquotank " ii
be released by Jan. 1, 1923.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17

CARS FOR FISH
Philadelphia Dealers To Worl
New Scheme For North
Carolina Fish

It viii be of much interest TO tn,
iiStcrmcu of Northeastern Nortl
Carolina tu learn that the I'cnnsyl
vauia railroad has agreed to place
refrigerator Gays in Elizabeth Cit
this Spring to get the fish from her.
0 Thiladc,phia. Fish will then g
lirc"t 10 their destination, in zee,
cars, without rchGudijpg und in /
;hor.cr rimc than WIS harctofor,
possible.
This move WAS mauSurated fey
weeks ago when u representative 0
h. firm Of L. L. Larkin Of Philadcl
ohia bcg"n work on plans to run Gsl
rom points do~U the sounds direc
to Norfolk. But Philadelphia deal
erS thought it would be Il better plan
to have the fish routed from thi;
city, 50 as 10 save much Of the jour
ucy on slow going boats. Accord
insly, q petition was drawn UP Signc(
by practically every fish dealer IL
Philadelphia, asking officials to place
their cars on the route, and guaran
teeing the railroad good connections
on this end.
Boats operating from points down
the sound. will unload the fish here
right mt the cars. Philadelphia deal
crS will like the change because it
will bring them the fish in less time,
and get them ! considerable bit of
business they would miss if fish were
shipped in the usual manner, by cX-
press and subject TO many changes
in transportation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
WATCH FOR FAKES
WHO DOCTOR EYES

For the past several weeks man
claiming TO be an eye specialist sent
out by the State Board of Health
has been operating in and around
Wilson. lie has given the name of
Martin in some places, is about 80
years of age, aud is travelling IN Il
Chevrolet coupe.
Apparently this man is working
the same sort Of fraud that has been
practiccd before in this state, par
ticularly last year iiIfsome of the
western counties. The more Hitter
ate people are usually chosen as vic
tins, and confidence is gained by the
claim Of being a representative OF
the State Board Of Health. sent out
TO make free examinations. Then
usually some medicine for the eyes
and cheap glasses arc prescribed,
and rs much charged as can be OBJ
tanned. III one case reported this
was $50.
"In nearly every town and city Of
the state" said DR.. Rankin in dis
cussing this fraud, "thcre are COM
pctcnt and reputable specialists who
will give adequate service TO those
needing it and at reasonable fees.
The public should beware Of travel
ing eye specialists who are nearly
always impostors and quacks, and
should be- scduously avoided. Sales
of glasses or alleged treatment made
on the basis Of claims to be Il rep
rescntativc of the State Board of
Health is obtaining money under
false prctcnscs, and the State Board
of Health will prosecute such frauds
whenever sufficient evidence is fur
nishcd." .
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
ELIZABETH CITY FOLKS
NOT ANXIOUS TO FLY
Especially When 1t Comes to Pay
ing Five Dollars For Ten
Minutes

Elizabeth City people are not 50
wild over the novelty Of going up In
an airplanc, especially when it comes
to paying fifty cents minute for
the privilege. This is just what Roy
French and Frank .. Tompkins
charged for passenger flights here
last week.
French aud Tompkius, who are
working their way down the Allan
tic Scaboard in small hydroplane
having a 1OO-borscpOwcr engine and
a wing span Of 10 feet, stopped here
to carry Il few passenger TO help out
on their expenses, at the rate OF 1--WE
dollars for ten minutes.
The business done ut this time was
not so great as it might have been a
year ago. Elizabeth City IS getting
used to the visits of airplancs, and
is not so wild over the Cxtravagant
paStime of flying.
people in the small cut of the
way towns arc the most Interested
in airplanes," states Tompkins.
There we do a pretty good busi-
ness. The country people are not so
afraid Of the air us most people
would think
Tompkins and French are planning
10 work their way around the coast
and up the Rio Grande into Mexico.
They are formerly Of Maryland, but
make their homes now IN Lake
Charles, La. Both are former army
aviators.
Airmau French states that for lack
Of suitable landing fields in the
South, the land planes are being dis
cardcd for hydroplapcs for cruising
purposes, whenever flying is to be
done near the coast as there Is US
ualIy some place to alight in safety,
if water is near.
This lack Of landing fields is put
ting Elizabeth City on the aviation
map since 50 many planes en- route
TO and from Florida find it con-
venient place to stop.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
YOUTH TOO ANXIOUS
TO GET Up IN LIFE
Young Men 30 Years Ago Were Con.
tent to Plug Along For Years
Under Difficulties

The average young man starting
out for himself to-day is too anX-
ious TO get ahead" says one of the
older merchants Of Elizabeth City
whose name is seldom seen in the
public prints. The Young man Of
to-day" says w. C.. Glover, "is not
content TO acquire morcy by patient
and persistent cndcavor, but thinks
he is doing nothing unless he can
make his pile in a year or two Not
knowing that he was to be quoted,
Mr.. Glover continued substantially
as follows:
Patience and persistence are the
qualities needed. When / first start
cd in business worked hard and for
long hours, barely keeping my re-
sources together. and gained nothing
but a mcagrc living. l had gone this
way for ten or l. years before l
began to sec myself making any
hcadway.
"While living expenses at that
time were less than now, wages were
puch lower too, in fact they were
lower than now, i'll proportion TO the
cost of other things. But young
men then didn't waste what they
made. They dressed simpler. gam
blcd less, wore less costly clothing,
didn't wear diamond rings. and they
took care of what they made. That
is how most of the leading business
men in this town to-day came TO be
running a business of their own af-
ter starting to work for somebody
else. They had no money to start
with, but simply took care of what
they made.
THE fellow who spends all his
money Oh his friends without look
ing to the future, will never get any
where. He will always be the same
thing be was when he started out,
long after his expensive friends have
forgotten him. and perhaps he will
be Il few grades lower in the wind
up."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
CIVIL COURT TERM
STILL DRAGS ALONG
An Unusually Big Docket Of Cases,
Many of Them Trivial Ones.
PrCIongs the Term

One Of the biggest civil court dock
cts in the history Of PaSquotank
County has been receiving the con-
sidcration Of this weeks term of
court. The docket was not large
from the angle Of importance, but
because Of the great number of civil
actions. most. Of which were small
ones, there being about 80 listed.
Three divorces were granted; sew
eral cases thrown out Of court and
a great many continued. Judgements
were obtaircd in several cases. the
most Of thrm for comparativel!
small amounts. Little interest," vas
shown in the term by those not con
ncctcd with the cases tried, or be-
ing held for jurymcn.
Egg!cSton-rarkr Go. Of Norfolk
in suit against the Dare Lumber
Co., were awarded n judgement OF
$31T.JT ard costs.
John Ovcrton and y. {. OYcrtoD
against the Dare Lumber Co. got
judgement for 500 and costs.
\. q. L. Salter against i. +. Al
exaudcr and wife, in 4 suit iurolv'
ing some real estate, was awarded
judgement for $1,000.
B. +. Elhcridgc, sued the Ameri-
,an Railway Express Co. for the
value of goods lost in transit and was
awarded 500.
II. VI. Scelcy against Llcwellyn
Bcmbury suing for the recovery of a
note on real estate, got Judgement
for S400.
L. w. and Il. COppcrSmith got Il
judgement against the Norfolk
Southern Railroad for $50 for prop
crty lost in transit.
I'icl Bros Inc. suing Ncwbern Pro-
ducc Co, got judgement to the
amount of $22T.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
PLAN AIR LINE FROM
HERE FOR SP0RTSMEN N

Roy French and Frank Tompkins,
who have been here for several days
with hydroplane, may establish air
plane service between Elizabeth City
and points in Currituck for the ben
eft Of sportsmcn who desire to get
to their hunting grounds swiftcr than
the usual modes of travel may take
them. French and Tompkins left
Yesterday for Curituck to look over
the situation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
FUNERAL OF MRS. WELLS

The most profuse floral offerin.
laid upon the grave Of an Elizabd
City woman in recent times we
seen in the funeral Of Mrs. John
Wells in Hollywood Cemetery We
nesday afternoon. Mrs. Wells df
suddenly Monday night, not ey,
her immediate family and frielf
suspecting that she was in other III,
robust health. The floral offerin,
scores of them, were in many cas-
expressions of the esteem in whi
she was held by others than intim;
friends and relatives. The funei
was conducted by Rev. \. H.
Wilson, pastor of First NJ. Il. churi
South, Of which she was memb}
assisted by DIR. Samuel II. Temp,
man, pastor of First Baptist Churf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
A CARLOAD OF COLLARD

Guy Hudgips of this city is mourn
ing the loss Of his pet collard, stolen
from his garden this week By some
able-bodied person. Hudgins' collard
has long been the talk Of the neigh
borhOod and the owner was taking
good care Of it. 1t would fill box
cart and was more than six feet in
diameter. No ordinary person could
haye negotiated the fence with it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
JOHN CULPEPPER LAID UP
WITH A DISL0CATEO HIP

John L. CIlpcppcr. for many years
carrier on Il. f. u. route No. 1 of
the Elizabeth City post Office is laid
up in the Community Hospital with
a dislocatcd hip which will keep him
confined for several weeks TO come.
For several months Mr.. Culpeppcr
suffered from rheumatism and un-
dcrwent treatment for that complaint
without suspicion that he was af-
fIictcd i'll any other way. BY the aid
Of crutchcs he went braYely on with
his work, carrying the mail TO the
folks Oh his route, until finally forced
to give in An A-ray photograph
revealed the real trouble.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
"NO USE TRYING TO
BE WHAT YOU AMT

Friends of the editor Of THE IN
DEPENDENT who like to read
everything he writes will be interest
ed to know that Golfers Weekly
will carry an article from his pen at
an early date. The Golfers piece
is entitled mo Use Trying To Bc
What You Amt" and is something of
q contribution to the literature of
the race problem. 1t will be pub
lished within the next few weeks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17

a GALLERY of the reigning bales
of Manteo would not be complete
without a portrait of Miss Anne
Gray. Her popularity recently caus-
ed her to be voted the best looking
girI at one of ManteO's social at
fairs. In this picture her friends
will agree that the camera failed to
do Justice to the subject. Photo by
ZoelIer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
DAILY TO ATTEND THE
MIAMI INSURANCE MEET

y. ". Daily, manager of the In
surauce Department Of the Carolina
Banking x Trust Co. of this city,
won the membership in the Green's
boro Fire Insurance Club, and will
attend the annual convention in jan
uary 1923, Mt Miami, Fla. Mrs.
Daily will go with him. Mr.. Daily'S
agency sold . record amount of in
surancc to win the recognition. He
stood fifth in the three states of
North Carolina, South Carolina and
Virginia.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
WEEkSViLLE FARM LANDS
WE'RE SOLD FOR $i8,J

Tuesdays paper carried the stc
of a sale of farm land in Sale
township for $13,500. This was
9O-acre tract sold by J. ]. Morris
G. L, and c.. v. Scott. The land sd
for S1S,500, or more than $500
acre, and not $4,000 as was repoi
ed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
BIRTHDAY FROLIC

Dick IJufty and a number Of his
friends enjoyed themselves Yesterday
afternoon on the occasion Of his Scv-
cuth birthday. at the home Of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. I. II. Hufty,
on Road st. The little folks played
games aud were afterwards served
with refreshments in the dining
room decorated with pink and or
angc. Thirty-fye friends were in
Yitcd.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17

THIS Picture done in sepia on the
pages of some metropolitan maga-
zine might easily pass for the like
ness of one of the big stars OF the
movies, but the subject is just s2e-
cimeu of Roanoke Island beauty as
seen in the Manteo High School, and
her disposition matches we'll with her
looks. She is the I7:year old daugh.
ter of Assistant Fisheries Commits.
sionor Theo. S. Meekins of Manteo.
Photo by w. H. ZOeller.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17

Don't forget that the best equip
mcuL Nand the best printers are to be
found in the shop Of THE INilE-
PENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-11-17
NORFOLK MARKETS
Norfolk. Va, Nov. l6, 1022.
Phone 23J0l

Reported especially for THE IN
DEPENDENT by Jarvis & FcntrrSs'
The following prices represent ac-
tual sales made today.
Items not quoted were not sold TO-
day and the Food Administration
prohibirs quotations other than ac-