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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
SEE YOUR BANKER.
NOT YCuR LAWYER

Certain lawyers and loan
sharks in Elizabeth City have
grown rich thru the simple pro-
cess of securing loans fer farm
erS. The shy and inexperienced
: farmer. hard pressed for funds.
and unused to banks. has known
no better woy to secure loan
than to pay some lawyer or US
urer a substantial fee Or bonus
to negotiate n loan for him.
The lawyer or other Gsurer gets
the money at a bank at six per
cent and the farmer pays the
lawyer often IS maCh as a bonus
of ten per cent for negotiating
the loan. The farmer borrowing
$1,000. actually gels only ST.
: 500.
Money is going to be easier
fer the farmers of this section
now and this newspapers ad-
vice to the agricultural nan
seeking q loan is to steer clear
of lawyers and other usurers
and 90 direct to your bank. The
First & Citizens National Bank
group have given Elizabeth City
the Ni-rinia-CITO.iHa Joint
Stock Land Bank. The Savings
Bank & Trust Co. has AFFILIATED
with the Atlantic Joint Stock
Land Bank, of Raleigh. The
Carolina Banking & Trust Co.,
while not affiliated with any
farm loan organization, has its
own unique loan system which
enables the small borrower to
secure money at six per cent.
There should be no more eight
per cent or ten per cent money
in Elizabeth City. If you want
a loan, see your banker.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
BURNED NEARLY TO DEATH
HOME THE PREY OF FLAMES

Isaac Wheaton. on aged Negro is
in the Community Hospital as a re-
suit of serious burns sustained when
his home was practically destroyed
by fire. early Tuesday night. Wheat
on was given to fits and it is thought
that he upset lamp near his bed.
The home was ablaze when the fire
was discovered. and the fire COM
pany had the fire nearly out when
it became known that Wheaton was
inside. He had barred the door and
gone to bed and there he was dis
covered on his face, wrapped up in
quilts that were partly burned away.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
srHOOL BUILDINGS
CIT ANOTHER SETBACK
,.J. Raiected and Construction Is To Be
All - Cheapened- MAY Work Fine For
Local Contractor

The last hope OF sEr:l,.S T,,:
,,r,,rfion started on Eliza
S.,b l.@ citv's much needed new
O'l ~. school buildings before
Is SIMMER is over was dis
.,rs5 Wv the other night when
r. Board OF Graded School
Trustees w., rejected all bids on
l.. new school buildings. New
S;Is will have to be received.
That will take time. And by
,b,, time maybe the Trustees
will have found some other
means to postpone a building
..,rr,m which was author
I'D by 4 Legislative Act as
iLtA '.
;,- back as 1919.
III. Trustees think the bids were
., b;sb and that the work can be
.;,Irrohlv rhoap"u"d by changing
ii. specifications a. to heating an"
INC rbcaprniug certain mate
sI IN ,be construction itself. and
- - .r;mi,o,ing on Of the colorcd
.,rol buildings altogether.
nl. were opened on three build
mo-, rp \ new High School build
n, 20 be- built on property recently
,rrired on Road st. oppo>it" the
..n.,r, school, - y High School
s,a,rrc i,r negroes. to be located on
,,,,,r,r recently acquired in the
.n.,b Ward. l2l An elementary
,,od for negroes in the Second
w,r5 70 take the place Of the SAW
vpr.own school.
The lowest bidder on the three
;ob> wa> the Miller Engineering Co..
=; vnrsoIE Va. whose bid was
x.sr ~ for The three buildings.
n.,s- biddpr> we're W. Il. harrow.
p,,.;yb Y G.. &iij.Oon: Gooch-Wil-
r,m, 4 Co.. Norfolk. Va. SS3O.4 !;
S,rmoD. Shipp * Poe. Durham. y.
G. S;3l OO6: J. l.. Grouse. Greens
,oro. S;4592j: f. VI. Forbes. Nor
hg Va. &&S3.2l4: Il. f. Lewis u
ro Elizabeth City. &iT1.321. l.. Il.
Perry Of Elizabeth Ci;y entered bids
a- rwo buildings Only-the colored
stooI, His bid for the two build
\ 1.> WIS Sl55.25S.
There is talk that certain leaders
on .bp School Board would like to
+. s..o the contract for the new school
4 bindings in Elizabeth City and that
|R +. Lewis has been promised the
& lp,p,>ary financial backing to handle
4 ro work If 'hr contract is awarded
\ bn. Mr. Lewis bid was entirely too
F!l To land the contract Saturday
u lg.' bur h. stands a better show
20 lsvr. now since the figures Of the
81 nrp,. bidder on tine job has been
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

Leaycr Columbia. s. G.. President
Joint Stock Land Bank of the 'ar-
olinaS. ]. II. Alexander. Jr.' Scot
land Neck. Cashier Scotland Neck
Bank: ]. II. Mcqueen, Piuehur>t
President Bank of rinchurSt: NAtn-
an O'Berry. GoldSboro; {. L. 'ooo'
Rock Hill. :. c.
Agents for this Atlantic JON;
STOCK Land Bank are now being Sc
,cctcd thruout the State. and the
Savings Bank x Trust Go. OF tins
ritv count themselves ,Xcec"hGI>
fortunatc in having been appointed
ooort in this section. and are now
taking applications for loans
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
STEAMER BEGINS
MACS HEAD EXCURSIONS

io' Annie l.. Nan>civrr Of the
WORTH River lin" begins the summer
,'n'Iay excursions to Mays Head
',nlay. leaving The pier at the foot
W Burgess Street at : o'clock and
'Vl'nms from Nays ii .ad in the af-
''1''n Nas~ Head is growing in
rP."ri'y aud this will probably be
'| "'"u",t season in several years.
,''.' Preparations have been made
'' %" public. at any rate.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
ONCE cup DEFENDER, NOW
A SMuBGY OLD FREIGHTER

\ boat built at a cost of $SI, 900
to defend the American Cup and
contend 70" the worlds yacht cham
pionShip. stopped at Elizabeth City
this week and unloaded a carload
of sugar. This was the Defiance. "
built in 1911 to race against Sir
Thomas Lipton's Shamrock Ill,
but lost out in the preliminary races
and was sold in Philadelphia TO Capt.
f. VI. Willis of Beaufort. y. C.. vino
uses the vessel rs Il freightcr She
is now propelled by gasoline engines.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
ORPHANS SING TONIGHT

The Singing Class Of the Odd Eel
lows Orrhanagc ut Goldsboro will
sing tonight in Elizabeth City at 8
o'clock. appearing in the high school
building. This class usually gives
excellent and interesting entertain
mrnt and those who attend will en-
joy themselves as well "a contribute
to worthy cause.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
BIG FOURTH O.
JULY PROGRAM
Races, Fireworks, Music and
Mirth for the Entertain.
ment of Elizabeth
City

Promptly at 10 a. m. on the
Fourth of July will begin a
most interesting program for
the entertainment of Eliza
beth City folk and anyone else
who will come. There will be
considerable mirth attached
to the first performance. The
band will strike up on the
courthouse lawn, where the
athletic events will occur, and
as soon as these are finished
somebody will try to win
prizes for catching a greasy
pig, and for climbing greasy
pole.
The horse races at the fair
grounds promise to be among the
city's best. The harness races for
Fourth are in three classes. The
class \ race is a free for all trot or
pace. and is open to the fastest
horses that may be brought here.
The class B race is a 2::25 trOt and
Class & race is open only to horses
owned in the Albcmarlc district GO
days prior to the Fourth of July.
and that have never won a race fast
or than 2:50.
Prizes in each Of the three har-
ness races will be awarded as fol-
lows: first a $50 set of harness: sec
ond SD saddle: third SD set
of hobbies and fourth. n $40 horse
blanket. All harness races will be
The best two out of three in one
mile heats and National Trotting AS
sociation rules will govern. There
will be no entrance fees, but four
starters will be required 10 fill each
class. Entries will close Monday,
July >. Il. noon. The races will start
at 80 p. IN.
Persons desiring to make entries
should get in touch with W. ID. Glo-
yer. racing secretary. Elizabeth City.
There will be another race which
will probably be the most interest
ing of all. That is one event from
which nothing that can be called
mule will be barred. The mules will
run under saddle over half mile
heat and the three fastest in two
out of three heats will be winners.
One condition is that there must be
four mules to start and hey all must
be driven by colored drivers. Some
colored man is going to win $50. one
SO and one So.
\ twenty-five piece brass band
will be on the job at the fair
grounds to entertain the crowds with
popular music. and get them in a
good humor for the ball game which
will be at Main Street diamond be-
tween Elizabeth City and the Texas
Company players of Norfolk and
Elizabeth City. The Texas team is
considered one of the best amateur
teams in the section. The games
will start at four o'clock.
At dusk. the illuminated water
carnival will start. Boats from Eliz-
abeth City and other points will be
eayly decorated and Illuminated in
any fashion the owners can imagine.
Prizes will be given the owners OF
the winning boats.
At night a fireworks display cost
ing $1,000 will be shown from a
barge in the river.
Miles Clark is general chairman
of the program committee. The 9TH
or members are DR.. NJ. s. Bulla.
Frank Kramer. Buxton White. c. W.
Gather, Henry Sanders, II. c. Job,
and y. W. Daily.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

-Rurr Taymorc and :. c. Mcguire
are di>putants in the BIRD Senator
iaI District over the nomination for
senator. These men are Republicans
and they have both retained the SER
vices of Democratic lawyers to
probe the election returns.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23
vs. DISSOLVED: LEFT
IN OVERALL POCKETS

'' {. Price. 20 Norfolk houSemovcr
' Is moving two houses from the
n. ',A'y acquired site for the new
=. school ou Road Street. pulled
"N oYcraIl> Wednesday afternoon
~r "IAS them mp in an outbuilding.
-, W." DO loft work. He left his pock-
~" containing $50 in bills in one
.a' overall pockets and when he
-, 'a'k %" found the pocketbook
M, - d" bad dissolved. lie has been
,'" 10 locate The thief but Sus-
n, W. a Workman who failed to show
'''a' after IN loss of the money.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

Si.- ,'r'n playing in yard at Mt.
r., ,"''W some playthingS of nine
a, @ O"' F"arI Beck on the roof of
rr,I p,''a>". in fun. The child
Ms. p" crt her TOYS and fell.
vb..% @'"Ds fractured skull from
S':n She >pou died.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

For your eyes sake see DIR. ].
Hathaway, Optometrist. Bradfol
Bldg, Elizabeth City, \. e. ad
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

Good eyesight is inexpensive. See
DR.. J. ID. Hathaway, OptometrISt'
Elizabeth City, y. {. adV'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

We Have Il Dollar For You. Come
in and Get Your Book. Carolina
Banking * Trust Co. Jc.23-2t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-06-23

Don't neglect your eyes. See
Hathaway. He Knows. adv.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Australian Birthrate
On Increase

Sydney, N. S. w., Nov. 23.-The
Australian Commonwealth will have
population of 100000 within g..
years, if the .birhtrate continues to
increase as it has during the pas
few years, and immigration does not
fail, it is estimated by the common
wealth statistician.
The population increased from g..
573, 868 in 1911, to 5,510,229 at the
end Of 1921, representing an annuJl
Increase at the rate of 1.87 per cent.
his growth was accounted for by
m excess of 786,442 births over
deaths, and by an excess of 149,9i9
arrivals over departures. The mum.
ber of registered births increased
from 122,193 in 1911, to 136,19s in
1921. The birth rate for 1921 was
24.95 per thousand of population. Tn.
commonwealth birth rate is low, but
t is accompanied by a very low dea h
rate, giving ration of natural in .
"rease Of population that is equalled
by very few countries, it is believed.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Jonesville Route I

The farmers in this community are
through work.
Bomar Gault, Mr.. and Mrs. A. D.
Plexice and three daughters, Ruth
2enna and Mary Plexico took a motor
trip to Blacksburg, Route 1, Friday
and visited Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Jones.
Miss Stracy Jones accompanied then,
back home.
Gary White of Columbia and Boyce
VIII tie from Charlotte, N. c., has been
visiting their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. w. White.
Arthur Plexico from Lockhart spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. d. Plexico.
Arthur Willard and brother John
from Landrum have been visiting
their sister, Mrs. D. C. White.
Misses Ruth and Benna Plexico and
Miss Tracy Jones spent Monday in
Jonesville with Mrs. John Edwards.
Miss Sallie Pickens and two broth
ers, Tom and Wallace Pickens spent
Monday with their sister, Mrs. s. w.
vinson.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
King Of Corn May be
Dethroned by Queen

9 Chicago. Nov.2S.-Thss Corn Kias
Of the World,". q title given to tia
sweepstakes winner each year at~the
International. Grain, and Hay Show,
may be . queen when judges decide
the winner at this years show, which
opens here December 2.
w. j. Ulrey of Attica, Indiana,
winner of the sweepstakes in region
three at the 1919 and 1921. shows
wi h his ten ear exhibit of yellow
corn laid plans to enter this years
contest but was stricken with fatal
illness.
Mrs. Ulrey, undaunted, took up the
work of her husband and is planning
20 enter the race in her husbands
place. Assuming active manage
ment of the farm, she completed the
crop planted by her husband and So
lected the ears which will form her
exhibit.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Mohammed Ali Sends Time
In Jail Reading the Bible

Chicago, Nov. 22.-Mohammeds Ali
one Of the Ali brothers who were che
associates of Gandhi in the non CO.
operationist movement in India, ami
now serving sentence in. jail at, Biz
apur, is making an intensive study Of
the Christian Bible, according to q
letter written by him to a Methodist
missionary, reporting here to Meth
odist headquarters.
The letter contains q very literary
discussion Of exquisite style" of the
history Of the Bible during the vari-
Ali expresses desire to study tho
seventeenth century translators, anj
out phases of Hebrew history. The
letter adds that he is devoting as
muih time to the study Of tn edible
as to the study and memorizing o.
he Koran, the regular occupation of
the Mohammedan scholar.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER "a, 1922.
CLEAN UP, PAINT UP AND LOOK
CP.

If every town in the South would
initiate most of the towns in Florida,
the South would become noted
throughout the world for the beauty
and charm and cleanliness of its
towns.
Cleanliness, it has been said, is next
to God'iness. A dirty individual is
neither clean spiritually nor mentally.
Dirt makes for ruin physically, men,
tally, morally. This is as true of
a town as Of an individual. The dirty
town, the town full of rubbish, OF
untidy houses, Of muddy streets, of
unsanitary conditions, is non-progres-
sive materially, morally and educa-
advancement flourish in dirty, un-
tionally. Neither moral nor material
kempt dwelling or in unkempt towns.
II any town or city is ambitious for
advancement, or II even a few Of its
men ard women are ready to devote
their time and energy to the better
lnent Of the community, the surest
way to achieve success is to clean
up-make back yards and front yards
cle-n, make streets clean and keep
them clean, encourage the people,
white and black alike, to beautify
their homes and their yards, stimulate
love for and pride in their homes
md in their towns, repair the tumble
down yard fences, paint up. make
things as clean outside as they should
De inside, and then that community
will look up mentally, morally and
materially.
No community which does not clean
ZIP and paint up, which does not do its
hest 10 have clear streets and clean
yards, has any right to look up and
face the world.
"A cheap coat said President Har~
rison, "makes q cheap man." In the
same way it might be said a dirty
town makes dirty people; a dirty
people makes moral and material dirt
and decay. 1t is the duty Of all men
and women to make their homes and
their home towns just as clean and at
tractive and beautiful as possible. He
who falls short in this respect falls
short of his duty to God and man, it
matters not what else he may do.-
Manufacturers Record.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Shrinkage of Porker
Due to Unattractiveness

Washington, Nov. 22.-Tests con
Quoted by the Department of Agri
: ulture to determine justification for
he price discount applied to sof
nd oily hogs, as compared to firm
hogs, indicates, in the judgment OF
officials, that the discount is due to
the lack of attractiveness of the pork
rather than because of any great
shrinkage in weight.
Twelve different tests, involving
800 hogs, were made and complete
shrinkage records of slaugh.ering
. h-lling, curing, smoking and retain
ing were obtained. The tests show I'd
that the total loss in weight from the
cooler to the end of the retaining
period Of oily pork was 1885 per
ent of the chilled weight and was
the same as that of firm pork. The
.hrinkage in soft pork was nearly 10
percent, or 2.7 percent more than
that Of either the firm or oily pork.
There seemed to be no difference
in the flavor or keeping qualities Of
the three grades, the Department an
nounced.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Japanese Fishermen in
Precar:ous Condition

Toxic, Nov. 23.-The failure of th>
Changohun conference has placed tn,
Japanese fishermen who carry on thei
industry in Russ an territorial watera
inder the Fisheries Treaty of 1905
concluded in connection with tn
Portsmouth Peace Treaty, in pre-.
carious situation. Lacking an under.
standing with the Vladivostock 60
Hrnment the fishermen have carried on
.keir calling for the past two seasons
'rder the protection of Japanese gun
boats.
With the advent of the Reds into
the Primoria, they have a differen.
government to deal with. The capita
invested in these enterprises aggre.
gates from thirty to forty million yen
The number of japanese engaged j..
the industry is estimated at "a 0OC
bushels, valued at about 35,0O0,O0C
yen.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Jays "Bigness"
Of intercollegiate
Sport Not a Danger

Chicago, Nov. 24.-(By the Asso
ciated Press).-The mere bigness OF
intercollegiate athletics as evidence !,
by the erection of stadiums in which
% stage the games, does not consti =
tute danger to the amateur sport,
according to Major John L. Griffin,
Western Conference athletic COM
missioner, who today replied to oh
.ectors who contend the immense
s"adia would breed professionalism
So long as the games are honestly
administered and kept from the hands
Of gamblers, the stadia are an asset,
Iajor Griffith said. The philosophy
If the ob;ectors is similar to the men
If generation ago who opposed big
business because Of its bigness, he
declared.
"Some persons" said Major Grif
18th, "are inclined to view with alarm
his unprecedented development of in
serest in sports and fear that the
erection of these stadia constitut )
menace our college athletics.
hese men were afraid of large bust
ness interests because they were SO
argein scope. Theodore Roosevelt
pointed out at that time that there
we're good trusts and bad trusts an
suggested that a business institution
should be judged not so mueh by its
size as by the methods which it EN-
ployed. And so it is with our col
'eges today.
"If our great games are kept clean!
if the men who play do 80 for tn
owe of the game and the benefits
which they derive from playing, i
We can keep our anna eur athletics
out of the hands Of the gamblers
both professional and amateur, then,
hese stadia and the contests will
make for better citizenship, am
his mean better America.
Among the ten universities in the
Western Conference all have stadi- =
um building projects which are eth
er completed or under way. Ohio
State University has dedicated a
stadium which will seat $4,000; the
ornerstone for stadium at the Un:-
,ersity of Illinois has been laid; \
campaign to raise funds with which
build a stadium is now being co.
Quoted at the University Of Mime
sofa; the athletic counsel at the I'm.
,ersity of Wisconsin has a building
)lan which will not be completed
for several years; Michigan, Iowa.
Torthwestern, have good fields; Pur
due plans a new field and Indiana
also; the University Of Chicago, with
stands that will seat $4,000 found
hat stadium four times as large iGI
necessary for intersectional games"
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
Germany World
Leader In Literacy

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 23.-Ger-
many leads the world in literacy, ac-
cording to statement today by Gar
and w. Powell, national director Of
the Amerit anism Commission of the
American Legion, based upon esti-
mates of the 1920 census. The United
States is eleventh on the literacy list
# leading nation, Mr.. Powell said
Countries which have fewer illit, +,
rates than America, according to Mr.l
Powell, are Germany, Denmark.
Switzerland, Holland, Finland, Nor
way, Sweden, Scotland, England,
Wales and France "The 1920 census
showing that more than five million
persons, or six per cent of the Amer
can population, are illiterate, is too
!ow, because confession Of illiteracy
. census taker was necess ry to en-
roll the person among those who can
neither read nor write," Mr.. Powell
declared. "This m ade it easy for the
'lliterate to conceal his ignorance,
since there was no test Of literacy."
A gain in iltiteracy of lit ,344 in IL
states during tho period 1910-1920,
was, for the most part, due to those
states having received the greatest in.
flux of immigrants during the last
decade, according to the statement.
"The American Legion is appalled,
at the discovery of Americas low
standing" he said. "The correction Of
this deplorable state Of affairs viii b
one of the foremost activities of the
Americanism Commission"
Among the first steps which tho
Legion will take is the holding of a
American Education Week, Dec. t,
., inclusive, and the undertaking Of
fight for total exclusion of immigra
ton for period of five years, it was
announced. The Legion's hope is to
eliminate illiteracy by 1927, according
to Mr.. Powell.
In cooperation with the Nationa'
Education Association, the Legion has
adopted as its slogan, "Adopt An H.
,iterate Today" recommending thai.
its members and other patriotic cit
zens teach immigrants to read and
write and to make them familiar with
American history, American institu-
tions and system of government.
Army draft tests showed that out O.
l,552,256 persons exam med, 24.9 per
cent could neither read nor write, Mr.
Powell declared.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-24
University Pastors "Newest
Order of Prophsts''

Philadelphia, Pa, Nov. 24.-Uni-
yersity pastors are becoming the
newest order of prophets" the Rev.
Warren F. Sheldon, secretary of tn.
Joint Committee on Methodist WorR
at Tax-supported Institutions, told
members of the Board of Home Mis-
sions here today.
These prophets are men Of vision
conservation and courage" he declar
cd. The committee has made appro
priations in aid of sixty-three plarss
ior total of $4,000 this year an.l
has actively organized ,seveuty-fiv.
churches
Candidates for the ministry re.
ported from this department for 1922
lumber IS, as agains 87 in 1921 and
45 in 1920. Enlistments In foreign
missions for 1922 number 1872 as
against 1872 in 1921, and 179 in 1920