davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
NEW POLICE GONG MORE
EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT
But Even at That, the Editor Got a
Cop Early In Night After
Five Minutes.

Following suggestion made by this
newspaper several months ago Eliza
beth City now has a police telephone
with an alarm gong on the corner of
Main and Poindexter streets, in the
heart of the business section. The
idea is that when you can't find po-
liceman at the station house, cali the
downtown phone. A policeman is sup
posed to be within hearing distance of
that phone at all hours of the night,
the sound of the gong carrying several
blocks when all is still.
The number of the phone is III. BY
calling this number you may be able
to get policeman and you may not.
Just to see how it worked, the editor
put in call at sos p. m. Wednesday
night. After waiting more than five
minutes voice answered. 1t was night
officer Winslow. He said you could
always get him or some one on that
phone after IL o'clock midnight. The
editor was grateful for the informa-
ton and hopes that when he needs
policeman it will be after IL o'clock
midnight.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
WORK ON WEATHERLY
BUILDING BEGINS NOW
Candy Made in Elizabeth City To Be
Sold Thruout the South

Work is to begin at once on the new
building for the W. II. Weatherly X
Co. on North Water St., between the
Coca Cola Bottling Co. and the Auto
& Gas Engine Works. The Weatherly
building will be one of the handsOmest
and the best lighted factory and store
building in Elizabeth City.
The Weatherly building will have a
frontage of so feet on Water St, with
a depth of 100 feet, and will be three
stories high. 1t will be built of brick,
concrete and steel. with no interior
wood work and will be thorOly lighted
with big wired glass steel frame win
dOwS.
The first two floors of the building
will be used exclusively by the whole
sale grocery business of W. II. Wealth
erly & Co. The entire third floor will
be used for the Weatherly candy fac
tory. This department of the business
of Weatherly & Co. has grown rapidly
in the past few years. The company
now has one travelling salesman en-
ployed exclusively on candy and Is
pushing the sale of their product thru
out North Carolina. The company is
about TO close a deal with n big job
bing house in Atlanta which will put
candy made in Elizabeth City in all the
South Atlantic States. Much machin-
cry will be purchased for the new fac
tory.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10

THE face of Edwin S. (Pop) Huff him.
self continues to appear in the shad
which distinguishes the advertising and
printed matter of Edwin S. Hut Co.,
wholesale fish commission dealers, OF
Philadelphia, but the chap at the head
Of the business to-day is VIM. F. Hut,
son of the founder of the business. The
ownership of the business passed to
younu Mr.. HUFF more than two years
ago when his father retired, but very
few people outside the market knew
that any change had heen made. The
business was not new to Wm. r. Hun;
the young man had grown up with It,
When he was still In High School he
worked at the market mornings and
afternoons out of school hours. He
kent the hooks of the firm In those
days. Afterwards he went on the floor,
sorting and selling the fish. He was
head salesman and manager of the bus
mess at the age of 80. He Is 38 at
this writing. Edwin S. Huff Co. is one
of the largest and hest known firms on
Dock St. Fish Market, Phlladelphla'
They make speciality of North Caro'
lima shad.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
MEANS CHEAPER
GROCERIES HERE
D. P. Stores Expected to Make
Competition Look To Its
Prices

Elizabeth City will get cheaper groc-
cries from now on says G. II. Moore,
district superintendent of the ID. z.
Stores, who is here to open the first
Elizabeth City store in the ID. =. chain.
The new store will open Saturday, Feb.
II. A crew of carpenters and painters
have worked day and night this week
remodeling the store on the corner OF
Water and Fearing streets.
The manager of the Elizabeth City
D. p. Store will not be stranger to
Elizabeth City folk Edgar Towe, a
Chapanoke boy, well known in this
city and vicinity. will manage the store
here until a local man has been broken
in for the job. Mr.. Towe has been
with the d. p Stores nearly a year
and in that time has managed several
stores in the chain.
There are IS ID. =. Stores in North
Carolina and Virginia. Purchases for
all of these stores are made thru one
department, enabling the company to
buy everything at the lowest prices
and to pass the goods on to the con-
sumer at lower price than that which
the small grocer is compelled to charge
Some idea of the profits that the small
grocer must get to keep his head above
water may be indicated by the fact that
here in Elizabeth City there is a groc-
cry store for every - families. That
means that every - families in town
supports a grocery store. The ID. L.
Store in Elizabeth City is expected
to have the effect of forcing other
stores to cut prices.
The d. =. Store will be operated on
Il cash and carry basis. No goods will
be delivered and nothing charged. By
the elimination of these two enormous
items of expense alone, the ID. T.
Stores everywhere are in a position to
undersell the merchant who has beer
coddling his trads to the extent of de-
livering everything from a nutmeg tc
bar of soap and putting it on the
hooks
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
COAST GUARD LOOKING
TO RUM SMUGGLERS
Every Suspicious Craft Carefully Scru-
tinized BY Men On Coast
Patrol.

The U. S Coast Guard on the North
Carolina Coast is exercising especial
vigilance these days to detect and cap
ture smuggers of rum who are operat-
ing up and down the Atlantic Seaboard
out of Nassau in the West Indies. An
average of a hundred vessels a week
clear from Nassau with intoxicating Ii
quors, according to information re-
ceivpd by Capt. Ralph I. Crowley, head
of the L. S. Coast Guard in this dis
trict.
The smugglers take out clearance pa
pers designating some Canadian port as
their destination and then seek an op-
portunity to sneak into American wat
ers with their illicit cargo. The L. 5.
Coast Guard everywhere is cO-operat-
ing with prohibition officers in keeping
an eye on those smugglers and woe be-
tide .. any who attempts to sneak into
North Carolina waters.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
tn BE GUESTS AT LUNCHEON =,
oF THE HIGHWAY commissioN

Nineteen prominent. farmers who VIII
aro+o with the PasquOtank High
WA WAY conntv's dirt roads will sit down
80 ,n' lunch as guests of the Commission
~ :" the southern Hotel Saturday at L
q" ":o,ocE The luncheon is an expression
of tho Commissions appreciation OF the
90 oo.onerative spirit of its guests. Al
.So came time the Commission will use
tho occasion to impress upon its guests
,ho imnortapce of the work before and
aive them a first hand outline. Of the
sountv's sm road building program and the
Commission plans for road better
mcnts The names of the invited guests
Of the luncheon will be found in an
orticIe dealing with the PasQuotank
Highway Commission, published else
where in this issue.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
ELIZABETH CITY CONCERN
MAKING NEW ICE CREAM

The Winekream Coz of Elizabeth
City is about to market the newest
wrinkle in. ice cream, the chocolate coat
ed brick of cream. The Winekream
product will be sold under the trade
name of Arctic Bon Bons and will be
made in three favors; a vanilla choc-
olate coated brick, nut bar chocolate
coated and Neapolitan brick chocolate
coated. The trick of making these
chocolate coated dainties is simple
enough. The ice cream is frozen in
bricks and while frozen is dipped in
chocolate heated just enough to keep it
in a liquid state. The hot melted choc-
olate adheres instantly to the frozen
cream, forming coating which hard
ems at once in contact with the cream
The chocolate coated bricks are then
wrapped in waxed paper and tin foil
and packed like other ice cream.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
CATTLE TICK MAY GET
A NEW LEASE OF LIFE

The cattle-tick may get a new lease
of life in Pasquotank, unless the Coun-
'ty Commissioners have "a change OF
heart between now and their next meet
ING in March when the matter of max
ing an appropriation for tick eradlca-
ton work for 1929 will be disposed or
The Commissioners are almost per-
shaded in the interest of book economy
TO cut out an appropriation for tick
eradication work this year. A lot OF
taxpayers and cattle owners are de,
manding the cessation of the work and
il is up to the Departments of Agricul'
ture to persuade the Commissioners to
see the work thru. Cessation OF the
work at this time will return Pasqun'
tank to the quarantine column.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
PACKING PLANT
LOOKS like GO
New Industry at Elizabeth City
; About To Finish 100000
Lbs. of Pork s

Beginning in modest wayA
about two months ago, the Pas
quotank Packing Co. of Eliza
beth City is finding ready mar
ket for it's hams, shoulders and
bacon and expects to finish more
than 100000 pounds of pork in
it's plant on Main St. extended
before the close of the present
season. The company began op-
erations with plans to finish So
600 to $4,000 pounds of pork this
season, hardly expecting to ex-
iced the 5000 mark. The COM
pany finds itself now handi-
capped for lack of room and
larger quarters will be provided
another season. w. G. Gather
and E. C. Conger, who are back
ing the project admit that they
will finance it for all it is worth,
enlarging the plant and supply
ing necessary working capital
as needed.
The one great handicap of this in
dustry which may develop into one OF
the largest industries at Elizabeth City
has been the opposition of local retail
meat dealers. In the finishing of pork
there is lot of spare bones and back
bones that must be sold as fresh meat
and lot of lean trimmings that must
be made into sausages. Not all of the
hog can be made into hams, shoulders,
bacon and lard. In trying to dispose
of its by-products, such as bones, ten
derloins and sausage the company has
encountered hostile opposition from the
butchers and In several cases legal pro-
ceedings have been instituted to keep
the company from marketing its fresh
products in town. The opposition has
had the effect of inviting public atten-
ton to the plant and hundreds Of peo-
pie in town go direct to the plant out
side the city limits to buy the prod
ucts at a saving. The company has
managed to dispose of its by-products
in this way. Another season the COM
pany expects to have refrigeration ia
cilities to enable it to hold its perish
able products, distributing the sale over
several months instead of having to
force the market as at present.
The development Of the Pasquotank
Packing Co. should be watched with in
terest and encouraged by Elizabeth
City people generally. 1t is the begin
ming of a great industry much needed
by this city and section, furnishing as
it does a ready market for thousands
of pounds of pork grown on the farms
of this vicinity. Under the manage
ment of G. S. Lamb, Perquimans
County man, who has had years of ex-
perience in the methods OF curing EN-
ployed by the Piney Woods people OF
perquimans, the company is turning out
ham that is truly country ham and
should make Pasquotank hams a for
midable competitor for the famous
Smithfield and Virginia Razor Backs.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS

The fact that the Electric Light Co.
of Elizabeth City is burning street
lights in broad daylight may indicate
that the company expects to ask the
State Corporation Commission to allow
il a higher rate for current furnished
Elizabeth City consumers. At least two
days this week the street lights have
been switched on for several hours be-
tween sunrise and sunset. The cost OF
this wasted current can be charged to
expenses, making it appear that the
poor company is losing money on its
present rate. And The Electric Light
Co. wonders why the Elizabeth City
public is hostile to it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
FIRE IN NORFOLK WIPES OUT
FIVE COMMISSION HOUSES

Fire of unknown origin starting IN
the building occupied by Oyerstreet y
Jones Co. Wholesale produce commission
merchants on Roanoke Dock IN Norfolk
early Thursday morning, wiped out Oy-
erstreet & Jones Co., Salde 4 Saund-
ers. I. X. Hearn, c. A. Roane and H.
A. Brown. The stores of Hubbard 4
Co and Sawyer & Goodwin were badly
damaged by water. Very little nsur-
anee was carried by any of the firms,
This item of news is of peculiar IN
terest to many readers of this newspa-
per because many of the suffering firms
are receivers of pork and country pro-
tluce grown in this section.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
PROF. MOORE WONDERS WHAT
THEY'LL LEAVE HIM NEXT

. The body of a dead Negro infant
found in a cess pool near the State
Normal School at Elizabeth City the
other day has added to the woes of
Prof. z. w. Moore, principal of the
school, who wonders what the public
will leave him next. Just few weeks
ago some one left a dead horse on the
school grounds At another time an
automobile cushion and a perfectly good
auto robe were left in the piece of
woodland which is a part of the school
grounds. The owner of the cushion
has never called to claim his property.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
ELIZABETH CITY SEEDSMEN
ISSUE THEIR 1922 CATALOG

Buxton White >ned Co., Elizabeth
City's enterpriSing seedsmen, have just
issued their 1922 catalog of farm and
garden seed. 1t is a generous booklet
of more than 50 pages, inclOSed in at
tractive covers. The catalog is fully
Illustrated thruout and compares favor
ably with the catalogs of some of the
older and nationally known seed houses.
Any reader of this newspaper may have
copy of the catalog by dropping
post card request to Buxton White
Seed Co., Elizabeth City. n. {.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10

HERE then is David Pender, for your
approval. He is that enterprising
North CaroIinian who went from Tar
boro to Norfolk, Va. about 20 years
ago with $500 in his pockets and from
that capital built up one of the greatest
grocery businesses in the United States.
Not content with running the biggest
department grocery in the South, D.
Pender is establishing chain stores all
over North Carolina and Virginia. He
will open a store in Elizabeth City on
February II. His motto Is "Work and
smile" and he does both exceedingly
well. Photo by Mesny & Bishop.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
BLIND CORNER CLAIMS
ANOTHER VICTIM

The blind corner at Ehringhaus and
Road streets claimed another victim OF
an automobile accident Tuesday morn
ing. Miss Elizabeth Harrell was cross
ing Ehringhaus ST. at the Road st. in
tersection in the binding snow storm
of Tuesday morning when she was
struck by a truck driven By Marion
Love. The accident was nearly un-
avoidable. Miss Harrell was painfully
bruised but miraculously escaped seri-
Gus injury.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
46 YEARS A SLAVE AND
LIVED TO AGE OF los
Such Is the Record of Lucy Burnham
Who Died Near Camden c. n.
Last Sunday

Seven children, 30 grandchildren and
66 great grandchildren survive Lucy
Burnham. a colored woman who died
on the farm of Mrs. 7. G. Ferebee
near Camden c. II. Sunday, Feb. D.
Lucy Burnham is said to have been 100
years old and some of the oldest resi-
dents of Camden believe that her age
was correctly stated. She was slave
of the late Samuel Burnham and must
have been 46 years old when President
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
was issued on Jan. l. 1863.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
THE CHAMBERS BEHIND THEM.

Richard c. Job, Secretary of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce.
is very enthusiastic over the newly
formed WOman's Division of that or
ganization. In addressing group of
ladies recently, Mr.. Job said: 'Now
ladies. this organization is interested in
YOU and l want you all to feel when
YOU want to do anything that the
Chamber is behind you"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
THE PRAYER OF
THE UNEMPLOYED

Harding is my shepherd, and !
am in want; he maketh me to lie
down on park benches; he Ieadeth
me beside free soup houses; he
restoreth my doubt in the Republi-
can party, he leadeth me in the
paths of destruction for his party's
sake. Yea, though ! walk through
the valley of the shadow of starva-.
tion, do fear evil, for thou art
against me, thy politicians and pro-
fiteers they frighten me. Thoa
preparest a reduction in salaries
before me in the presence of miae
enemies, thou annointest my in
come with taxes, my expenses run
meth over my income. Surely IN
employment and poverty will fol-
low me all the days of the Rspub-
Iican administration and will
dwell in a rented house forever.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
DON'T LET HIM FOOL YOU.

DR.. Howard J. Combs will usually be
found in his rooms at the Southern
Hotel clad in a velvet lounging robe
with comfy slippers to match. But
don't let that fool you. The truth is,
he was born and raised in Tyrrell
County.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
COUNTY SAVED MORE
THAN $4,000 ON FEES
Oficers Would Have Pocketed That
Much More Than Their Present
Salaries Under Old System

One of the many interesting facts
that one might Gull from the recent re-
mort of the Auditor of PasQuotank
County. published in this newspaper Is
the amount of money saved to the pub
lie funds by reason of the officers OF
the county being on salary OASIS
Pasuuotank is $13,604.0I better off this
wear because its officers are on a sal
ory basis instead of a fee basis. Until
Dec. 1917 all the officers of Pasquo-
tank county were on q fee basis, re-
ceiving all the fees paid into their re-
spective offices as compensation for
their services. BY an act of the Gen
pral Assembly of 1917 the officers were
placed on a salary basis and all fees
diverted to the County, treasury. This
act created an awful howl from certain
oticerholders. especially the Sheriff.
p. Thompson, former treasurer of
the County, who was chiefly responsible
for the salary bill, has compiled state
ment of the fees which would have been
charged to the various county school
and roads funds prior to the passage OF
the salary and fee bill. This statement
is made up from the County Auditors s
report as of Nov. 80, 1921:
Fees Earned. Sal. Paid.
Sberif's Office S S,G4O.S3 $ 3.333.2S
Register of Deeds 2,192.30 2.6SO.OO
Z
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10

YOUNG MEN, WOMEN, over II, de-
string government positions, $130
monthly, write for free list Of positions.
now open, R. TERRY, former Civil
Service .examiner). 1918 Continental !
Bldg, Washington, d. g. p.E3o14
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
CHEAP 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
a more serious nature than the de-
fects they are supposed to correct.
Only people who have been trained
to recognize tdefects of vision and
to know how to make a proper
correction are capable of advising
on such an important subject as
lenses. Avoid trouble by consulting
reliable professional people and
taking their advice. y
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
Ditching.
Grading.

Those who are most familiar with
our soil conditions say it is mistake
Concluded on Page 81
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-02-10
S23,9S3.25 $2S,9SS.23
To Balance Earned and

In addition to this the Sheriff earned
in fees from the collection of the State
and County Taxes (See disbursements
County Fund)-$255.SI.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-06-09
WOLF CREEK PASS TO BE
OPEN MIDDLE OF JUNE

Wolf Creek pass probably will be
open to traffic about the middle of
Sune' according to E. E. Hatcher.
superintendent of maintenance Of
state highways for this district, who
mas lust returned from an inspection
TRIP TO Pagosa Springs. says the
Durango Democrat. A large force
OF men have been put to work on
the pass and II weather conditions
remain favorable they will have 1t
open In ten days or two weeks.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-06-09

Mrs. John Freeman left Tuesday
night for Attica, Indiana, to be
present at the family home on tn
occasion of her mothers eightieth
birthday which will be observed
Friday.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-06-09

About sixteen Girl Scouts hike4
to Wyley's ranch near the city Wed
nesday morning. where they entsy-
ed 4 days outing. The hike was
under the direction Of Mrs. BowsAer
and Mrs. Travis.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-06-09

This CIT illustrates Burastt's NO.
CHART Method Of Examiuing
Eyes for Glasses
neas Public:
WILL YOU FIT YOURSELVES
Or De FITTED WITH GLASSES,
u ths naA asks you 70 read letters
% . chart across the room aud try
70 tell hin whsa you thiak you ~
best. Y0U ARE FITTlNo YOUR.
o0tv-A VERY POOR WAY TO
GET 0LAooo0: bse Il you come 70
- foS glassss e1anias the Interior
- tAe syos with lnstfunsuts, asA in
. WI esw niautes 1stsrnins q.
astiy what bsssss yeu require
WITHOUT ASKING YoU ANY
o0DofloNo. TAis b ths hisAest
DEGREE - skill kneva 10 tAs Optical
wess1 sal yes felix's. particuiariy
vheeo eyos ase hard 70 IN, viii find
tAat ~ wesk WILL satisfy you.
Better Dask ~ este o. yosr cal.
selar - 700 won't forget. Every.
bely tell svssybo1y who's I'm com.
lag. Thoaks.
=. ,. uU1NBI7. 0pesne&siss
- ~ rse1os. Oslo.
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1922-06-09
RHURARB MAIN INGREDIENT
OF SOME DAINTY PRESERVES

j
Many people have more rhubarh
In their patch than they can use up
In sauce for immediate consumption.
Why not convert this into con.
serves! The following recipes from
the Home Economics section OF
Colorado Agricultural College are
good:
Rh1barb and Prune Conserve
at. rhubarb, cut In small pieces.
! cup prune pulp.
cups sugar.
lemon. juice and grated rind.
u cup English walnuts, chopped.
Cook the rhubarb. the prune pulp
and the sugar until the mixture il
thick. Add the lemon Juice and
rind and the nuts. Cook slowly.
until the conserve has a rich red
color.
Note-1 cup chopped raisins may
be added.
Rhubarb and Pineapple Marmalade
lbs. red rhubsrb.
lbs. sugar.
2 lemons. juice and rind grated.
cup grated pineapple.
Cook the mixture slowly until II
is thick and clear. Turn into glass
es and seal.