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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-08

Few women workers in the United
States earn more than $50 a week.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-08

An Arabian husband is never seer
walking on the street with his wife.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-05-08
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
WILL ELECT FOUR NEW
C. OF c. DIRECTORS
Names of Nine Strong Nominees Now
Before The Membership Body

Members of the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce have nine
strong men from whom to select four
new directors of that organization
TO succeed J. c. B. EhringhauS. 5.
II. johnson, L. r. Foreman and IL.
G.. Kramer whose terms of Office
have expired. The nine nominees for
the four vacancies are Camden
Blades. w. 7. Culperper, w. Z. Duff,
4. 3. Houtz, L. G.. JacockS, j. II. Nc
Cabc, n. II. Smith, p. II. Williams
and Buxton White. Ballots con-
tanning the names of the nominees
were mailed to members of the Cham
Der of Commerce Wednesday night,
and on the opening of the ballots on
Jan. . the four receiving the highest
number of votes will be declared
elected for the ensuing year.
Nominees for dictatorship in the
Chamber of Commerce are chosen
by the members from the entire
membership list. Each member picks
his own nominees; those nominees
receiving the largest number of votes
are placed on the final ticket.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
BEREA YOUNG WOMAN
A VICTIM OF LOVE
Josiah Bray Held In Bond of $1,000
on Seduction Charge

Josiah Bray, until few months
ago farmer in the Bcrca section
of this county is in trouble on ac-
count Of an alleged affair with a
young woman of the ncighborhood
who says she will become IL mother
by Bray IN February. The woman
in the case is Miss Louie Rclfc, a
daughter of Joshua Relic Of the Be
rca ncigh5OrhoOd. She claims to
have given herself to Bray under a
promise Of marriage, but when the
undesirable happened Bray left the
ncighborhOOd, moving to another
state. Bray has been living in Nor
folk for several months. lie was
brought back here and given L pre-
liminary hearing IN the Recorder S
Court Tuesday morning. He was
placed under a $1,000 bond for APP
pcarancc at the next term of the
Superior Court.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
MAY MEAN BIG
LOSSFOR CITY
Loss of Coast Guard Supply
Boat May Mean More Than
Shows on Its Face

The removal Of the u. ).
Coast Guard Supply Boat No.
1940 from Elizabeth City to
Mantco may be only the first
step in a political scheme to
remove Coast Guard Head
quarters from Elizabeth City
to Manteo, is the opinion of
men in close touch with such
things.
There lives on Roanoke Island one
of the blandcst, smoothCst, most ef-
ficient political wire pullcrs in
Northeastern North CarOina-Thco-
dorc S. Mcckins. And this Theodore
Mcckins lies awake nights schcming
what government activities and mon
cys can be diverted to Roanoke Isl
and next. Mr.. Mcckins has been
trying for a long time to get the
Coast Guard headquarters removed
to his happy island. He stands in
with Congressman II. S. Ward and
he stands in with the Coast Guard
Division Commander at Norfolk.
The ordering of the Coast Guard
supply boat to Mantco has the immc-
diatc effect of crippling the Coast
Guard Office at Elizabeth City and
impairing its efficiency. The boat
is indispensable to the Elizabeth City
headquarters. Either the boat will
have to be returned TO Elizabeth City
headquarters, or Elizabeth City
headquarters will eventually have tC
20 where it has n boat.
The transfer of the supply boat
to Mantco takes four Elizabeth CITY
men of families along with it. They
are c. O. Miller, Oscar Saltcr, j
/ G.. Gray and Guy f. lludginS. These
men are not at all pleased with the
transfer.
Congressman Ward who is sus'
pccted of having had hand in the
business. could not be reached this
week. lie is down on the Panama
Canal, studying the needs and posi-
bilitieS of that distant enterprise anc
not worrying much about problems
at. home.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
THE FARM THAT FAILS

CFrom The Ashcville Citizcn)
Nearly half the farms in North
Carolina buy feed for livestock
spending for it over $12,OOO,OOO Il
wear. Such was the census report
for 1919. as compiled N The UniYer-
sity News Letter. Buncombc County
farms purchased in that year 6l.0 per
cent. Of their feed; Swain only I9.'
per cert: Nash IT'S and Dare Sis.
Says George Sparrow. writing Tor
The News Letter: THE first business
of a farm is to feed the farm family
and the farm animals. If it fails to
do this. it runs the risk Of failing al
together"
A farm that cannot feed Itself Is
as uncconomic as Il farm that allows
half its productive acreage to lie fal-
low. 1t is as wastcful, asia mercan-
tile establishing hIAsaRorld permit
while its COZ usy every
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
ELIZABETH CITY HAD
A SWEET TOOTH XMAS
Enormous Sales of Chocolates And
Bon Bons Reported BY
Dealers

Elizabeth City had a sweet tooth
for Christmas. \ canvas of the sCv-
cral stores in Elizabeth City spec
iuliZing i'm the better grades of fan
cy chocolates and bon bOns brings
out the fact that sales Of these spc-
cialticS far exceeded any previous
Yulctidc season. 1t is estimated that
more tEan three thousand pounds of
the higher priced candies were sold
over the counters of four stores i'll
Elizabeth City Christmas week. Sales
of the cheaper varieties of candies
probably ran into tons,
All stores did thriving business.
The greatest demand of Christmas
shoppers appeared to be for candy,
prrfumcry. neck ties, silk socks, silk
hosiery and silk undertakings for wO-
men: but there was also Il strong de-
mand for jcwclry, furniture, over
coats, and things Of genuine useful
ness.
There was very little evidence of
drinking, tho nearly every adult one
met wanted to tell you about the
egg nog or champagne he had just
;mbibcd or was expecting to imbibe.
1t was not an unusual sight to see
ncighbOr carrying Il glass of egg nOg
to ncjghbor on Christmas morning,
utterly unmindful of the fact that
such an expression of Christmas
cheer was just as much a violation
Of the Volstcad Act as the tranSpOr-
tation of Il jug Of Monkey Rum in
flivyCr.
Excepting a few headaches and
tummy-achcS, the whole town suryiy-
cd the big feast day gloriously.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
MENACED BY
TUBERCULOSIS
A Camp for Pasquotank's Tu-
bercular Patients is What
We Really Need, Sug-
gests DR.. Williams

\ situation in Pasquotank
County which would really be
an alarming one, were it at
present affecting many white
people, is liable to prove a me-
mace to the health of the whole
county, unless more attention
is paid to it, is this County's
death rate from tuberculosis.
Paspuotank's death rate from tu-
bcrculosis last year was the fourth
highest among the counties Of North
Carolina. And there are Il great
many counties in the state more pop
ulouS than this one.
In discussing the situation here
with DIR. {. l.. Williams, County
Health Officer. DIR. Williams stated
that about 81 per cent. of the people
TO die in this county from tubcrculo-
sis. are negroes. DIR. Williams Sug-
gcStcd that this condition promises
to menace the health of the county,
md at any rate would prove extreme
" expensive unless something is done
TO alleviate it.
The Bulletin of the State Board Of
Health gives PaSquotank'S deaths
from tuberculosis last year as II ne
grocS and four whites. \ pcruSal Of
the county death records will reveal
many more deaths from kindred ills.
The poor living conditions of the
negroes IN this county; their poorly
heated, i'll ventilated huts and poor
food all aggravatc tuberculosis
Fresh air, sunshine and nouriSh-
ing foods are the things which haIp
most in combating the disease, y
states DR.. Williams.
"Pcoplc do not take so much no
tee of such conditions when they cX-
list among negroes. Nor do they Of
ten get to the attention Of the pub
lie. But the increase of tubcrculo-
sis can do lot of injury to the
county.
at is the poorer people afflicted
with disease who work the greatest
hardship on the community. The
wealthy people are able to get treat
mcnt and fosd.
"Tubcrcular cases should be segrc-
gated. not only because contact with
them is not for the best, but because
they seldom get the attention they
need. 1t is nearly always the case
that people living N the same house
and even relatives of the afflicted
person, try to avoid him, between one
another.
"What this county really needs, al
tho it may be slow to get it, is Il Sana-
torium Of its own, where these cas-
cs can be isolated from the rest OF
the community, and given the proper
attention. 1t would be feasible for
two counties or even three, to build
jointly owned Smatorium, if one
county was not justified, or was un-
able to finance it.
The Bureau of tuberculosis of the
State Board of Health has prepared
plans for Il tuberculosis camp IN
counties, where only a limited amount
of money is available.
The I.ain building is very simple
in construction, and can be erected
at a cost of approximately $1,000.
This estimate of course, is for 4
wooden building. The unit will ac-
romodatc u patients, six of each
sex. 1t is built with mems and wO-
mems dressing rooms, and living
rooms, and Il screened sleeping porch
for each sex. There is n dining
room, kitchen ard nurses room. The
dining room and Kitchen will cost
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
THEY LIKE TO READ THE
SMALL TOWN LIFE STUFF
Elizabeth City May Even Get Out
side Capital as a Result of
Saunders Articles .,

Articles by the editor of THE IN
DEPENDENT appearing in The
American Magazine are putting
Elizabeth City on the map in red
letters. The editor receives many
letters from all sections Of the cOun-
try and from foreign lands, from in
tcrcsting men and women no read
these articles. Here are couple of
letters from the weeks mail. The
first letter is from the publisher of
one of the big daily newspapers in
New York City, whose name is with
held for obvious reasons. The New
York publisher says
My dear Mr.. Saundcrs:-
l have just finished enjoying
"What / likc-and Don't Like
about Life in Il One Horse
Town, and | wonder if you know
how every one in a large place
yearns to wear their hat br.m
out.
The thought occurred to me
that perhaps sometime you may
see one of those good small
town opportunities for making
money, requiring capital, and if
you will tell ne about it we
might possibly go into business
together.
This is just a thought, but
the impulse behind It is strong
and fundamental.
Sincerely
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29

The second letter referred TO
from the Manager of the Chambe
Of Commerce of Adrian, Mich. Ii
NJ. w. o. Saunders, Editor.
The Independent,
Elizabeth City, n. C.
My Dear Sir
Your treatise on the small
town appearing in the January
issue of the American Magazine
IS so tremendously interesting
TO me that | cannot refrain from
writing you Il word of cOmmenda-
ton.
l could not help but apply your
sincere thoughts to many small
communities with which l am fa-
miliar. In fact, Adrian, with H.
600 people, offers a fitting ex-
ample of the city you refer to.
We are blessed here with over
organization much IN the same
way you are in Elizabeth City.
Yet despite this and other short
cOmings we feel we have a place
to live in that. surpasses the
bright lights and entertainment
advantages of the larger city.
! shall use this information in
trying to mould a better public
opinion in. Adrian in favor of
unity of effort. Your story has
done me u lot of good.
Very truly yours,
G.. Il. MOVES
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
KILLS A RARE BIRD

/. Curtis Baum of the Buxton
White Seed Co. brings back a strange
bird which he killed on the Currituck
Marshes this week. The bird is about
the size of a black duck, resembles
a wild goose, but has the distinctive
head of Il brant. The bird when
killed was in the company of Il large
wild goose. Mr.. Baum thinks it was
cross between Il brant and a goose
but never heard of such Il cross be-
fore.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
MAY DIMINISH
WATER SUPPLY
Drainage of Knobbs Creek
Water Shed Might Be
Undesirable

The petition OF Chairman
Frank Page of the North Car
olina Highway Commission for
4 drainage district taking in
thousands of acres of the
Knobbs Creek watershed near
Elizabeth City, is viewed with
considerable alarm by many
thoughtful citizens.
1t is from KuUbbS Greek that
Elizabeth City gets its public water
supply and recent reports Of cngi-
necrS indicate that the supply at pre-
sent is hardly all that could be de
sired. The city has no aSsuran"c Of
Pasquotank River affording salts
factory water supply for more than
afcw years, on account of the Dis
nal Swamp Canal. The Dismal
Swamp Canal will either be made q
sea level government waterway. turn
ing the salt water Of Chesapeake Bay
into PaSquotank River. or it may ul-
timatcly become u part Of 4 great
( Dismal Swamp drainage project
which will do the same thing. ElIz-
abcth City has no nearby water sup
ply other than that of KnOhbS Greek.
DIR. l.. :. Blades. 4 well informed
citizen who has given considerable
thought to the city'S water problem,
is one of those who believes that
any drainage project taking in Il con
siderable part of the Kuob5S Creek
watershed would be disastrous to the
city. There are upwards Of 1J,OOO
acres IN the contemplated KuobbS
Creek drainage project, and the
drainage of that vast acreage would
empty the knObbS Creek watershed
of millions and millions Of gallons
of the reserve supplies now constant
~ available.
Il was born and raised on TIE 'idc
of a swamp" says Hr. Blades. 'aDd
know what drainage does tor Il va
ter supply. My people operated both
a saw mill and Il griSt mill from the
water in our swamp. In twenty
years the ditchiug and draining OF
the water power of that swamp that
lands in that vicinity 50 diminished
the saw mill had to be abandoned
and the grist mill could be operated
only few months in the year.
Il do not want to be m.sundcr-
stood is opposed to drainage or to
tie greatest possible agricultural
progress of our section, but | am
wondering if any KnobbS Creek drain
age project should not be carefully
considered in connection with the inn
: pcrutive needs Of the city's popula-
ton dependent upon Knobbs Greek
for its watcrw
The petition, signed by Chairman
Page and now in the hands of the
Clerk Of the Superior Court Of this
, County has not yet been filed. 1t
describes the area it is proposed to
drain as follows:
"All those certain lands located III
PasQuotank Count. and on the water
shed of the southern fork, or branch
Of Knobbs Greek. The lands to be
included in the proposed district, are
all such lands as naturally drain into
the SAID South fork of Knobbs Creek
at or near the bridge on the public
road Of Pasquotank County, rs the
same crosses the main, stream OF
Knobbs Creek, or what is known as
the Greek road, and thence West
ward, along the various courses or
tributaries of the said South fork, OF
Branch of Knobbs Greek to include
all the lands which naturally dram
into said stream as aforesaid
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
ELIZABETH CITY P. o.
TAKES 1ST. CLASS RAW
Business of Local Post Office For the Calendar
Year Exceeds Requirements For
First Class Office

will take first class rank b
ginning July l, 1928, this Off
having qualified as a first ella
office on the business Of t
present calendar year, whi'
will exceed 100000.
The class of a post office istdet,
mined by the volume of sales of pc
tage stamps and STAMPED paper. \
sales of the local post ofSS
exceeded the S4O,O0OIa9
ment of a first class ofiica
than $1,000 to date, and I'll
business will not be over until
urday night.
There are 296 post offices in>N
Carolina and Elizabeth City vii
one of fifteen first class Offices.
others are Asheville, Charlotte I
ham, Fayetteville, Gustonia, Col
boro, Greensboro, High Point n
Bern, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Sd
bury, Wilmington, Wilson and VI
Salem.
Elizabeth City's entry mio
rank of post Offices of the first ella
means improved postal scrYcc
Elizabeth City; it means that wA
additional clerks or carriers, or4y(
Improvement in service is demaid
Elizabeth City can now comRd
first consideration, the demandsf
first class offices always being 9.
preference over the demends cfY
fees of the second or third ella
incidentally it means a raise Of "A
600 per annum in the salary of POI
Master ]. A. Hooper. His S1ar
will be 5000 per year. The AsSis
tant Post Master, Wm. A. Holmes al
so comes in for a raise. Ills pre- ysI
salary is $3.50 n year.
The business of the Elizabeth CT,
post office shows an increa Of abOu
II per cent this year over last year
says Mr.. Hooper. This increase a
come largely thru the, parcel pos
business. Not molly are the retail mcrj
chants doing n larger parcel poJ
business all the time, but wholesale
merchants, jobbers and hosiery man
ufacturers are using the parcel post
extensively in place Of the railway.
express. 1t is not an unusual seen
at the Elizabeth City post Office N
a single firm to send truck load d
parcels for one mailing.
Figures showing the number y OF
pieces of mail handled in and out (pf
this post Office in a year would ~
into millions. No effort is made Z
keep such q count, because the g
ven clerks employed have enough
do TO dispatch and distribute The NJ
promptly, but Post Master fip
did keep a record Of certain mSp
went thru the canceling machine
tween 6 o'clock p. m. Friday DEE.
and 6 o'clock p. m. Saturday Dec 2
In those "a hours 1880 pieces
mail went thru the canoeing rasci4
alone. This mail consisted oily Pl
letters, post cards and such cirulF
rs would go thru the canccling qs
chine. 1t included no large leiten
no small letters, no parcels, no pew
papers-and only outgoing mai
On the strength of our pOsH OF
going into the first class, Post \
ter Hooper is going TO ask foT
additional clerk to facilitate w
tribution of mail and sale Oflstam
There are only seven clerks IN
office at the present time and Z
work of putting up the mails y
selling stamps falls upon three
these. A fourth clerk is needea
this work right now.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
BESS COBB MARRIES
SALISBURY, N. c. MAN
Popular Elizabeth City Girl SurpriS-
eS Friends Here by Marriage
in Norfolk

\ wedding of unusual interest to
many Elizabeth City folk was solcm-
.nizcd in Norfolk. Va. Wednesday
morning. Dee. - when Miss Mary
Elizabeth Cobb, q daughter of Mrs.
Margaret Cobb Of this city became
the bride Of Mr.. Gerald f. Laughlin,
formerly of Boise City. Idaho, but
now a resident Of Salisbury. y. c.
BcSS Cobb. rs she is better known
IN Elizabeth City was one of Eliza
beth City'S most attractive, interest
:ng. viyaciouS, lovable girls. As u
teacher in the primary department Of
the city'S publ" schools for several
terms. She won her way into the
hearts of hundreds of children and
parents in The town. Less than two
years ago she accepted Il position as
secretary to X. \. KohloSS, Federal
Prohibition Commissioner for North
Carolina. whose offices arc in Sails
bury. Elizabeth CITY had not seen
much Of her since, and few Of her
friends here suspected that she would
ever consent to be anything more
than Il delightful maid. She fooled
'cm.
The marriage was performed at
The home Of the brides sister, Mrs.
W. J. Garris, 30. Virginia Ave, Co.
lonial Place, Norfolk, at eight O'Clock
Wednesday morning. Bride and
groom left Immediately on 4 bridal
tour which will cover the principal
Florida East Coast resorts, Cuba and
New York City. They will be at home
in Salisbury, \. c., March l, l923'
Mr.. LaughIin is president Of the Sal
isbury Rubber Mfg. Co.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29
Better Live St%

The farmers about Elizabeth City
have paid more attention to livestock
growing during the past year. And
they are not trying to make any
thing out of scrub stock. Pure bred
hogs and cattle are being added to
the herds, the extent of good stock
increasing as the value becomes ap-
parent to the farmers who come III
contact with the success Of the pion-
GERS. The biggest single livestock
enterprise is that of The Foreman
stock Farms, Inc. As result OF the
nroeressiycncSs Of the farmers, and
rs am incentive to further progress
Elizabeth City has acquired two
hacking plants within the year.
One of these plants, the Pasquo-
tank Packing Co. began business
about the first of the year. 1t has
capacity Of 100000 pounds Of pork
IN season. The other plant was
erected By c. NJ. Whitley Il Co. of
Hampton and Smithfcld, Va. 1t Is
a model establishment and has ca
naeitv of 100000 pounds of hams and
bacon annually.
Considerable attention has been
o.id 70 dairying during the past year,
= a1d the results gained .have stlmu-
lated the stocking Of model dairy
light near the city, which now serves
the milk trade in Elizabeth CITY.
This is the Oak Grove Dairy owned
nv DIR. c. u. Bell, of Elizabeth City.
If is stocked with Upwards OF 81
kberculin tested cows which add IN
neighborhood 1f 800 gallons a day
elizabeth City milk supply, Stu
err and larger dlliry is being pro-
fConcludAM~Page -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29

about S1.7jO. 1t is proposed to heat
the main building and dining room by
nm Arcola heater located in the men $
dressing room, 50 that the men pa
ticnts could help to look after the
fires.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29

MRS. HARVEY C. PORTER
SHE was, until Tuesday morning,
Dec. &c, Miss Willie Lumsdsn Fear
ing of this city. She was married to
Rev. Harvey Coleman Porter, Sec
retary of Emory University, Allan
ia, Ga, at the First NJ. E. Church
South in this city at o'clock Tues
day morning. After the ceremony,
the young couple left on their hon.
eymoon. The honeymoon includes a
visit to the grOOms' parents in Ala
bama, after which the couple will be
at home in Atlanta. The bride is a
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. c. G.
Fearing of this city and one of the
towns sweetest and most attractive
girls. ZoelIer photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-29

q. Where can one obtain dircc-
tory giving all hospitals for the in
sane?
A. From the American Medical
Association, $50 North Dearborn St.,
Chicago, I'll.