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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
QUIETEST DAY
OF THE YEAR
Thanksgiving Was Well OBJ
served IF Quietness Is
An indication

Thanksgiving day in Eliza
beth City was the QuieteSt day
Of the wear, and was one OF
the most beautiful days OF the
cutirs season. Very few pco-
pic were on the streets, the
stores were closed. and many
Elizabeth City folks were out
q town.
The churches generally, observed
Thanksgiving. All If them held ap-
propriate Thanksgiving services eth
rr on Wednesday or Thursday. We'd
ncSriay evening. City Road Methodist
Church held its services, and the
members contributed provisions for
the poor. First Baptist held its reg
ular Bible service NJ the same time.
All of the churches co-operated
with the activities of the Red Cross
and the Welfare council in diStrlhut-
ing baskets Of provisions among the
destitute and nouriShmcut to the
sick. First Methodist Church held
its services Thursday morning. and
the attendance was not large, but at
the close of the service II free will
offering was taken for the Methodist
Ornhanage. amounting to 800.
An unusually large number of peo-
pIc went out Of town 10 spend the
day. most Of them to visit relatives,
but some to attend games and shows
in Norfolk. The local hunters took
day off and went in the woods or
to the Currituck marshes.
Fifty-fvr baskets was the amount
given out that would be distributed
among the poor of the city. The food
DISTRIBUTED WAS contributed by the
school children Of the city. Mrs. An
ma Lewis. County Welfare Officer
looked after the distribution.
The baskets contained canned
goods, fruits and vegetables, and 9th,
CT good things 10 eat. Not all the
cases looked after by the associated
charities were destitute, but many
thru sickness or adversely were TEN.
porarily in need OF assistance. This
year the churches and other organ
/ izations that usually look after tho
needy among the poor Of their Owl
members, turned their lists over tC
! Mrs. Lewis. to be served from th(
! things provided by all the orsaniza
/ tious.
It is notablc thing in connection
with the welfare work in Eliza0ctt
/ City that the work of the wclfar,
officer within the past year or tive
has helped largely to reduce the harC
work of distributing contributions t,
J those in need. Before an organized
effort was made to look after lht
welfare work. Implications were of
ten made i'm donations. often at the
expense Of some of the needy ouc'
who received nothing at all. Now
with a welfare officer to look 'afteI
the work. every needy case in th'
J city is known, and donations can b'
readily places where they will do the
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
WHY PEOPLE
CUT COBBLERS
Greed of Retailers Responsible
For Glutted Poultry
Markets

The greed Of Norfolk, Va.
retailers who sought to make
a killing out OF Thanksgiving
turkey played havoc with the
Norfolk wholesale market this
week. Norfolk housewives
refused to buy turkey at 15
cents to IS cents pound and
the Norfolk market suffered
a glut from which it will not
quickly recover.
The foregoing fact is Of peculiar
interest to hundreds of Northeastern
North Carolina farmers who shipped
noultry to the Norfolk market for
the Thanksgiving trade. Live turkeys
sold at IL cents pound and dressed
trrkrys at 20 cents 4 pound on the
Norfolk Wholesale market. Some en-
ira fancy birds brought as high us
60 ccutS. But when the consumer
Jared forth 10 buy his bird the Nor
folk retailers had tackled - cents a
pound profit on. The largest grocery
store in Norfolk offered turkeys at
- to ~ cents. And the average
housewife just wouldn't pay such
prices.
The Norfolk wholesale market is
gluttcd with poultry this morning
and i lot of dressed poultry is going
into cold storage.
In Elizabeth City the consumer
GOT about rs raw deal as in Nor
folk. Those who were not fortunate
enough to get their turkeys from the
country ut ~ to IL cents Il pound
paid a. cents on the local market
I'm New York City, where consumers
made fight for 80 cent turkey, the
dealers got the best Of it by keep
ing stuff off the market. Still, tur'
key sold mt GS to 10 cents pound
in New York. which is cheaper than
they sold in Elizabeth City and Nor
folk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
SNOW is OVER AND
DECEMBER LIKE MAY

The working week begun Monday
morning with 6urries of snow in
Elizabeth City, but all signs that the
old lady was picking her geese had
disappeared before noon, the hearts
Of those who feared snow storm
lighted, and the hearts of the kids
were weighed down.
December the first comes to Eliza.
beth City like the beginning Of day
in May. \ cloudless sky and light
wind from the south tells all that all
the good days of Autumn have not
passed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
FAVOR COMMISSION TO
HANDLE OUR UTILITIES

following the lead of other bodies
q la. ri'v, the Elizabeth City Retail
A'rn1as',' Association has endorsed
Toe 'sLd Of the City Council with
'.'2'o. 20 the public utilities ques-
.'- aud 90: their last meeting went
w '1"o'i 10 that effect. and sent
'.'.' .v m" Mayor telling of their
'-e orcroau'> have their own idea
.&' aoou how the city should handle
.- utilities when they arc acquired.
''. Ny hat in the event the pub
".H.'- arc municipality owned.
'o".d be controlled by public
.. Commission Of not less than
" -"e ~ore than five members
-.s Board OF Aldermen"
=, 'ao E..zarcrh City Chamber Of
,~ '',"" "uN"r>ed the action Of the
'""r" at the last meeting,
"., rhr membership meeting
>"'.arru Hotel Monday night.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
GROWING NEED
FOR CANNERY
The Only Way For Potato
Growers to Realize Money
When Market Is Bad

The need for a modern can
ming plant in this section OF
Northeastern North Carolina
was never more evident than
this Fall, when it is estimated
that fully $4,000 barrels of
sweet potatoes will be lost by
the farmers Of Currituck
County alone.
Instead of planting cotton. Curri-
tuck farmers made the mistake Of
putting too much acreage in pota-
toes. Ard with Il wet simmer to
help the growth Of their fall crops
of spudS. just as is the case every
where else. there is IN ovcrproduc-
ton of potatoes in Currituck.
Ii potatoes would keep always,
there would be Il chance for the
growers to realize on their crops.
But potatoes begin to rot, right at
the time when they begin to be de-
manded III the spring, and it is only
an unusually high market that will
yield an attractive price and at the
same time pay for the DOSAGE.
The only way that growers can
realize money on Il crop OF potatoes
when the market is bad is to haul
them to canning factory equipped
for converting them into pulp, where
they can get their money back on a
price that would not pay the cXpens-
es of shipping. Potatoes are bulky
things TO ship and their value is low
in proportion to their weight. And
while the market rises and falls.
/ freight rates never do, so sometimes
the freight is more than the potatoes
are worth.
/ AS has been proved in other sec
tionS. farmers can make money on
potatoes if they can find sale right
ut home. But We have 10 market
at home. \ modern plant could han
die hundreds of barrels a day, and
once converted into pulp, they will
keep in tins rs long as the can Will
/ last.
( The packers of pulp usually have
their futures sold by the time the
potatoes arc planted. They know
what they are going to get for their
output and they know what to pay
tho. farmers. The farmer knows
WHAT he is going to get a ton for his
crop before hc.cver opens furroW.
No matter whether he sells at a
profit, or just breaks even, he Is
bound to get rid of what be raises
as soon as it is ready for anybody,
and with absolutely no loss from rot.
In this manner IA caunery would
benefit the section, but this is not all
In the first place it would furnish
employment for Il class of labor that
is often hard put to it for work.
But the great advantage is that Il
canncry equipped to handle potatoes,
could handle anything else. Peas,
beans, tomatoes, pickles, all would
come in for packing at different seas
ons, and neither would conflict with
the other. By the time one crop
was finished, another would be ready
And with the addition of some extra
machinery, and u copper pot or two,
the factory would be complete for
corn aud preserves.
There is no spot in the state more
favorable for the location of mod
crn canucry, than right here i'll this
section. The big reason is that
Northeastern North Carolina does
not depend OH its farms altogether.
/ Right at the door OF the big fishing
center of the state, i canning fac
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
TRUCK PEAS AT Sl4

Truck peas sold on the New York
market Saturday for shippers of this
city. 1T $1t basket. the highest
price of the season. W. y. Brock,
c. Q. Robinson and Spcncc-llollowen
Co. have been the biggest shippers
this scaSou. The crop is now about
over with.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
THE INDEPENDENT A
DAY LATE THIS TIME

Subscribers Of THE INDEPEND-
ENT will get their paper 4 day late
this time. Thanksgiving dropped in
on the shop and everybody from the
owner down to the editors dog took
the day off to fittipgly observe the
season. 1t is the general custom for
all business to suspend in Elizabeth
City during Thanksgiving day, and
this newspaper is no exception to the
rule this week. That is why the
paper gets TO you day late.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
HOW COULD HE DO IT7

A Manteo doctor tells this one.
woman ctme In his Office one d.
when he was reading a newspapet
Aroused from the perusal of an ez
citing piece Of news, he looked Z
from the page and said ofhand:
Lady, what do you think ofia ma
who would commit suicide?"
The lady blushed, stammereS
looked hard at the doctor, and the
snapped:
81 think he ought to have to sup
port the child"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

tory would not be dependent on the
farmers either. There are oysters,
fish and clans to the south of US
which cannot be turned over in u
good market every day in the year.
\ market right at the door would
be as good for the fishermen when
prices are down. as it would be for
the growers Of potatoes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01
A. & P. CHANGES MANAGERS

D. D. Ayres who has been mana
ger of the local branch of the Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. has been
taken TO Ocean View to manage the
store there and the. Elizabeth City
store is now being managed by Clar-
cnce Reid, a local man.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

Good cyesight is inexpensive. See
Dr.. ]. d. Hathaway, OptOmetrist,
Elizabeth City, \. Q. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

V.... .'"r eyes sake see DR.. J. ID.
BGl.. ~. uptometrist, Bradford
- L'-+0Dc:a City, y. q. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

Select your Xmas piano quicI
We viii deliver it Xmas for yoI
Chase Hackiey Piano Co.. Water $
Open nights. adj
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

Don't neglect your eyes.
Hathaway. He Knows
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-01

Ur:.s f4v an an
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
COMMITTEE OF CHICAGO COUNCIL
Passes Ordinance That Will Bar
Masked Parades

BY unanimous vote the council ill.,
dietary committee recommended that
Ku Klux Khan parades and public
demonstrations be prohibited within
the city limits if the participants ap-
pear masked. -
Alderman Robert A. Jackson, one
OF the colored councilmen from the
second war, introduced the ordinance
banning the Khan parades.
people Frightened
There is good reason for this or
dinance," zAldermans jackson said.
1T was only a couple of weeks ago
that the Khan appeared just outside
the southern limits Of the city and
heightened lot Of people," ~. .
AS recommended to the council it is
as follows: : - -,.-'...
ut shall be. unlawful for any per-
son within the city to appear in pub
lie in any mask, cap, ccowl, hood, or
other thing concealing the identity of
the wearer, provided that the provi-
sions of this ordinance shall not ap-
ply to persons attending or taking
part in carnivals, mask balls, public
shows, entertainments, or celebra-
ton in the city or under permission
OF the proper authorities of, said city
nor to any person holding written
permit issued by the mayor"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
HEARST'S White LEAGUE

William Randolph Hearst, pub
Usher of the Hearst newspapers, has
arrived in England. In a prepared
statement in the London Evening
Standard Mr.. Hearst proposed a
white league of nations, asserting
that the race question was the
worlds great compelling problem Of
today. Recalling President Wilson's
defeat on the league of nations issue.
Mr.. Hearst forecast a Republican
disaster on the four power Pacific al
lance. :, ~. .... -.
If there were "white" league Of
nations Of what nations would it be
composed? The "colored' popula-
lions Of the British empire outnum-
Der the white peoples. And the same
is true Of France. Not counting the
coiored populations now being held
by force in the island possessions Of
the United States, the majority Of
the people in the continental u. S.
have more or less Negro blood in
their veins. They often yell about
being "white" but the black blood is
there just the same. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
Democracy's Enemy.

Race rioting in Texas, battling in
ireland, insurrection in Silesia and
laWless1less between the fascist and
socialists in Italy all in one DAVIS
news-are enough to discourage pro-
foundry all believers in democracy.
Attempts to apply self determination
OF peoples and self-goyernment in
place OF autocracy in Europe seems to
have resulted principally in bloodshed
and more tyranny than ever.
1t is "a strange example Of our de-
gree OF progress in civilization that
a criminal attack on a white woman
by g Negro in Texas should not be a
matter for punishment according to
law but signal for a battle between
the two races in the immediate local
ity.
Such divisions Of the people into
groups on the basis Of race is only
one OF many. We have situation sim
liar to that in Europe, Of the division
OF the people into many classes, ex-
cept that it is not geogfap hical. The
general welfare is despised in the
struggle for occupation, previous ma
tlonality or religion. It is a disin-
tegration o.. democracy.
The experience of the world is that
democracies have failed, because Of
civil war among classes. If the TWEEN
tieth century demdcracies are to be
preserved, it can be done only by TN
ceasing preaching and conviction Of
the principle that no class can prosper
long at the expense Of the general
good. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
SEGREGATE COLORED AMEN-
CANS AT LINCOLN MEMO
RIAL. CELEBRATION.

Colored Americans were segrega-
ted in the seating Of the audience
during the. dedication: Of the Lincoln
Memorial in Washington, at which
President spoke, it was learned today.
This information was contained in a
letter sent to the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People, 10 Fifth Avenue, New York,
by Shelby J. Davidson, executive Sec
rotary Of the Washington branch N.
A. A. C. P. Mr.. Davidson's letter
says in part:
~ am herewith calling attention to
The dedication of the Lincoln Memoir
ian here. The conditions which corr
fronted us as race were the most
shameful and disgraceful in the annals
of history. Platform tickets were dis
trlbuted to the most representative
of our colored citizens, and when they
appeared, they found segregation run
ming riot. Platform. seats reserved
IC1 WiitC "SIc LII 'CIdlIS anu WIC1ln
hearing distance of the speakers, that
might be called reasonable, while
back of those seats were those re-
served for colored people, roped off
from those occupied by the whites
and placed about a block from the
Memorial in the grass and weeds,
with rough hewn benches without
backs or supports.
"Placed at the entrance to these
seats were marines who were dis
tasteful, eiscourteous and abusive
even to swearing in the presence Of
our women who accompanied their
husbands to the celebration. Some Of
our. people, be it said to their credit,
as soon as they saw the situation,
turned and left the dedication rather
than submit to the abuses offered
them. - 4.
It is wonder that Lincoln did not
turn over in his grave.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
white WIFE DEMANDS
Courts to Keep Out Of Her Marital
=: Tanges .@.t

Fort Worth, Tex, June-The honor
of the Old North State has once
more been imposed upon. But this
time, instead of the sterotyped form
Of hanging the offender to limb,
the courts are being asked to unravei
the tangle, which has resulted from
the charge of Misrepresentation, in
that it is claimed Fred Teichman, re-
spected citizen Of this city is a col
ored man and that he has married
white woman, daughter Of a. wealthy
merchant here.
But the hitch comes, when Teich-
mans pretty wife, interviewed by re-
porters, it is alleged has asked that
the law keep it's hands out of her
marital difficulties. She further asks
that since she is satisfied with her
husband, what difference does it
make to the courts, what color or
nationality he is?
Ielchman, in court, admitted that
he attended the colored schools Of
Houston and worked as colored bow.
The. case is being worked up BY
Jesse p. Martin, assistant district at
torney, and he claims that Teichman
recently made a trip to Houston at
the death Of his mother, colored
woman. He further claims that
Telchman betrayed most of the flu
neral expenses.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
Work in Corn Production

More than $4,000 colored farmers
in North Carolina, Texas, and Vir-
ginia who raised 10000 acres of corn
last year under the advise of county
agents, employed comparatively by
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture and the State agricultural
colleges, obtained average yields Of
IS bushels an acre. The average fol
al farms in these states ranged from
u to IS bushels an acre. I,
In Virginia nearly 5000 Of the col
ored demonstrators planted pure seed
and about 5000 selected seed for their
1922 crop. Ali these demonstration
plats of corn were harvested except
81 acres, which were 'hogged down..
1t is estimated that 70 per cent Of the
colored farmers there are following
methods Of growing corn taught by
extension workers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17

try so that the debt was, paid off the
home Of Frederick Douglass, the
home restored and made shrine in
memory OF, the great Douglass; also
because of the fact that she repre-
sented the colored women of America
at the International Council. of Wom-
en- held in Norway.
''The award was made specifically
for the above reasons. However, the
committee could not fail to take into
consideration also the fact that Mrs.
Talbert was twice president of the
National Association of Colored
Women and that all her life she has
been identified with uplift work, re-
ligious and civic, and has been a lead
er of the women Of her race"
The committee making the award
consisted of Bishop Hurst, DR.. Dill
lard and Mr.. Hope. Rabbi Solomon
Foster of Newark has been invited
and: has accepted the invitation to
present the medal to Mrs. Talbert at
the Newark Conference. -
Mrs. Talbert is a sister of Mrs. w.
R. Hardy, SIS St. Anthony ave-, this
city. ~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-06-17
SEN. LODGE MAY ADDRESS Ma
TIONAL RACE CONVENTION
IN BOSTON-ASKED TO SPEAK
ON DYER BILL IN ..CRADLE OF
LIBERTY
Boston, Mass, June 12. 1922.


simultaneously with the issuance
Of the official call for the fifteenth
annual meeting Of the National Equal
Rights League for this city July 4
to 8, by president W. A. N. Shaw, M.
D., came the announcement that SEN
ator Henry Cabot Lodge, majority
leader of the United States Senate,
had been invited to address the con-
vention at its closing meeting in Fan
euil hall, the "Cradle Of Liberty" Fri
day night, July 7th, and the senator
has the matter under advisement and
will speak if he can be spared from
Washington.
Invitations to speak have been sent
also to Rev. Cullen of New York
City; Rev. .Reverdy c. Ransom, Hon.
VIM. IL. Lewis, on the Dyer bill,
which doubtless will then be on, the
Senate Calendar, and Hon. Moorheld
Storey, national president, and James
Weldon Johnson, national secretary
Of the N. A. A. C. p, which is asked
to send delegates and Mr.. johnson 20
voice the fraternal greetings.
Rev. w. D. McClane is chairman of
local committee of arrangements
and Attorney Albert G. Wolff, secre-
tary. Rev. C. D. Douglass is chair
man of the big citizens committee Of
welcome; Mrs NJ Cravath Simpson,
chairman on housing; Mrs. Lillian
Lewis Feurtado, on hospitality; Mr..
Mcnroe Mason, on historical sight
seeing trips; Mrs. M. r. Gibson, on
registration; Mrs. M. E. Kenswil, on
entertainments. Many social enter
tainments are. planned with especial
attention also to seeing Abolitionist
landmarks.
The race everywhere is urged to
take advantage of the opportunity to
reach Boston on reduced rates for the
convention of the National Education
al Association July 2 to 8. -.3.s
Branch leagues, specially organized
Equal Rights Committees, churches.
and all race bodies are urged to send
delegates, or affiliated and fraternal
messengers, to a national race con-
vention. at the Clone Of Abolition
in state to the United States Senate
leader, as the Dyer: bill hangs in the
balance. Further information can be
secured from Secretary VIM. Monroe
Trotter, at National Headquarters
here, "a Cornhill. "On to Boston,"
Concentrate from all points, colored
America! -. ....