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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
Mr.. BYRUM WILL NOT
HAVE TO USE HIS GUN
Promblem of Sewerage Line From
State Normal School to River
Settled Now

!. 4. Byrum. a prominent farmer liv-
ing on the outskirts of Elizabeth City
will not have TO use Il shotgun to keep
the contractors for the sewerage dis
roSal system of the State Normal
School at Elizabeth City from crossing
his property with the sewer line. The
problem of locating the proposed sewer
to the satisfaction of Mr.. Byrum and
everyone else was disposed of at a
meeting of the Building Committee of
the State Normal School Tuesday af-
tprnoon. The sewer line as agreed up
on will follow the main road from the
State Normal to a point near the peak
end of Mr.. Byrum's property on the
River road. crossing Mr.. Byrum'S prop
crty at that point, thence over a
swamp to the lands of J. y. Winslow
and into the PasQuotank River where
the line will empty into the river cur
rent.
4 more direct route would have been
to cut straight thru the lands of Mr..
Byrum. To this Mr.. Byrums objected,
declaring he would sit on his land with
a shotgun to prevent such trespass
Failing to reach an agreement with Mr.
Byrum last week the committee set an
other meeting for Tuesday of this week
I'pon invitation of the Chairman. W. D.
Saunders. James 4. SaItcr, architect
and G.. +. Catlet. engineer of the State
Board of Health. were present to ad'
wise in the matter. Early in the day
Mr.. Byrum himself went over the sit
uation with Frank II. Hufty, who Is
Mr.. Salter'S resident representative
and pointed out a way that was enr
tirply practicable and presumably sat
iSfnctory to everybody.
Unable to get a connection with the
city water and sewerage lines, the
State Normal School is installing ITS
own water and sewerage systems al
considerable expense and will be inde'
pendent of city service.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
TELLS GOVT. TO
BUY THISCANAL
Elizabeth City Now in Fair Way
To Get Right on Inland
Waterway Route

As forecast exclusively in this news
paper several weeks ago the Board of
Engineers for Rivers & EIarbOrs of the
L. s. War Department has recommend
ed government purchase of the Lake
Drummond Canal as part of the gov
iernment's intracoastal waterway sys-
TEN. The recommendation is cOndi-
tional upon the purchase being made at
price not to exceed SJ0O.OOO. 1t is
believed that the canal owners will
lump at this figure. because there is
no other offer in sight and the canal
in private hands will never again pay
dividends.
The recommendation of the engineers
does not mean that the Lake Drum
mond Canal will become government
property at once. 1t will have to be
accepted by Congress and the neces-
sary appropriation voted. Then. fol-
lowing months and years of red tape
the property will be improved. Coy
ernment works move slowly. Con-
gressman Ward in letter to this news
paper says:
lit is my great pleasure to be able
to advise you that the Chief of the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors has just approved favorable
report on the proposition heard by the
Board at Norfolk last May. looking to
the taking over by the Government OF
the Lake Drummond Canal.
II was advised in November that the
| Board had made the report. but was
requested by General Beach. Chief OF
the Board. to whom the report was
made. to make no announcement of II
until his own report came in, he hay'
ing the right to disapprove.
The development. of this great pro-
iect may not soon be expected, as II
may probably have to wait long time
upon an improvement in the fiscal con
dition of the Government. but it would
mean so much to your country that tht
reasonable hope and expectation il
buOyant and thrilling to everyone inter
ested in the development of your com
munity."
Among other items carried in the bill
of recommendations reported few
days ago to the Rivers and Harbor'
,Committee of the House of RepreSen
ltatives by the Board of River and Har
Dor Engineers. is the survey of Pas
Guotank River at Elizabeth City. Th'
Chamber of Commerce has been work
ing for such a bill for the last year
The favorable report of the Board o
Engineers encourages the belief tina
the survey will be made.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
MOTORCYCLE COP TOO
FAST FOR THE BOARD
Rurns LIN Too Much Gas and Makes
Too Few ArreSts-Job
Vacated.

Posouotank will have no motorcycle
policeman during the months OF April
and MAY of this year. the position 10
be temporarily Vacated on April l.
1922 BY order of the Board of County
commissioners. The Board. according
to Chairman Noah BurfoOt expects to
nut n motorcycle cop on the roads again
on June l.
II seems that motorcycle cop
doesn't pay in wet weather. u. W.
Smith the officer now employed dldn
mako enough arrests in February; his
salary and expenses in February ex-
cepding the fines collected from his ar
rests A statement like this should en-
courage thu next mau who gets th- JOB
to rrrest everybody who rides the roaa
and thereby satisfy The Commissioners
INT Chairman 3uifCot says Smith l.
IN expensive proposition. According u
Mr. RurfoOt. Smith burns up too much
gasoline and has too many repairs made
70 his motorcycle. Mr.. Burfoot says
that the Commissioners will LOOK
around and try to find a man who can
keep his motorcycle lin repair and VINO
will obligate not to burn up too much
gas or wear out too many tires IN pur'
suit of likely offenders of the trathC
laws. The ideal cop for an economical
" minded Board of Commissioners
would park his motorcycle and hide IL
tbe bushes alongside the road, picking
IN offenders on the evidence of stoT
watch
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
their PRAYERS
ANSWERED sure
Persevering Evangelists Come
Thru Winter and Get Ear
of Town at Last

The Lords business picked up at the
McAdamS' revival on Parsonage St
Sunday night with crowd of 1000 or
more IN attendance and it whs decided
TO continue the reviva! indefinitely. L
was formerly planned 10 close the
meetings Sunday night. The NrACarls
party, consisting of Rev. II. NJ. Nc
Adams. Mrs. Lizzie McAdams and sew
aral workers. pitched their tent on Par
SOnage st. in this city on Dec. l, 1921
md started revival all of their own
without the invitation or cooperation
of any of the established churches. II
looked like q hopeless game. but thru
the cold rain, sleet. snow and more rain
of the winter the McAdamS have
preached and prayed until they have
gotten the ear of the town and are
packing their tent nightly. Their col
lections last Sunday amounted to more
than $50. Mrs. McAdams does the
preaching.
TIE religion being dispensed in the
McAdams' tent is the same as that dis
penScd in the established churches in
the city and Mr.. and Mrs. McAdams
have tle same authority to speak for
God and call his children to repentance
as other preachers. They brought their
bibles with them-regular Oxford COW
cred bibles.
The McAdams' have made a number
of remarkable converts in their meet
ings and reach out for the class that
has been made to feel more or less un-
comfortable in church since the preach
ing of the word was transplanted from
the hillside and seashore to the inte
ror of handsomely appointed churches
where people are expected to appear
only in their Sunday Clothes One
can see old women in poke bonnets and
workingmen in overalls in the Mead
ans meetings, and all enjoying them
selves. their faces radiant with the
comfort they get from the promise that
they can swap poke bonnets TO starry
crowns and oseralls for shining gar
ments of white, in better world than
this.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
CRANK PROSTITUTES
LAND IN JAIL AGAIN
Run of With Another Mans Car and
a Pair of Young Females

Mamie and Essie Harris, 15-year-old
twin daughters of Mrs. Donnie Harris
of this city will be sent to Samarcand
Manor and Lloyd and Charlie Crank,
two Young white men will go to the
roads for two years (unlcSs they Wig
gle out of the county court sentence)
as result of an escapqde which orGan
at the McAdams' revival tent Sunday
night and ended in the county court
Wednesday morning. Charlie and Lloyd
stole an automobile belonging to w. {.
Riggs from in front of the McAdamS
tent Sunday night The Cranks and tie
car disappeared and with them disap-
peared the Harris twins and Otis Bland
and Lee Overman. The car was found
stuck in the mud near Weeksville Tues
day and the Cranks and the Harris
twins were found in the house OF a
Negro couple on Rum Road just out
side the city limits. Otis Bland, turn
ing states evidence gave the whole
thing Away to begin with and Charlie
Crank in court wound up by confesSlng
the theft of the car and giving a, thrill
ing version of night on muddy roads
trying to get somewhere with the Stol-
en- car. 1t seems that the party got as
far as Sunbury in Gates County before
giving up and returning to PasQuotank'
Bland and Overman were not prosecut-
ed, it appearing that they fell into the
party innocently upon representation
that the Cranks and the Harrises were
off to get married. 1t seems that they
mated but did not we'd The Cranks
appealed to Superior Court and theil
bonds were fixed at $500 each. They
are in Jail while bondsmen are slow
! to come up.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10

C. HOWARD GRADY is the newest
acquisition of the Elizabeth City bar,
coming to Elizabeth City from Clayton,
N. c., to engage in partnership here
with c. r. Pugh. The firm name is
Grady & Pugh. Mr.. Grady is youngs-
ter in years, being only % years old,
but what he lacks in age he makes up
in size and dignity. He is a big healthy,
Iikable chap. Howard Grady is son
of Or. and Mrs. j. c. Grady, of Kenly,
Johnson County. He was educated at
the University of Virginia and Wake
Forest College, receiving his law lic-
ense from the Supreme Court of this
state in February, 1921. He left his
home in Kenly to engage in the prac-
tice of law at Clayton and had been
practicing there just year when he
met and formed a partnership with MIR.
Pugh. Photo by Zoeller.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
DENIES RICHARD STORY

Col. I. NJ. Meekins, back from New
York this week. denies that he has been
retained as counsel for Tex Rickard,
the international promoter, in the SEN
sational case in which Rickard is in
vOlved in New York City. Col. Meekins
admits having been approached by
friends of Tex, but says he has not
taken a retainer and is not sure that he
cares to appear in the case.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
HARD TIMES.

Among the offerings of local mlllln-
crs for the spring of 1922 are some
high priced bonnets. Miss ). A. Fer y
exhibited two hats this week priced at
S137 30 each. One of them has been
sold to local customer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
BIBLE DOES SAY A WHALE
SWALLOWED JONAH
Elizabeth City Woman Pulls the Book
on Prominent Sunday School
Teacher

Maybe T.. II. Williams will have to
take a back seat now that woman
has taken issue with him on the sub
ject of what kind of fish swallowed Jo-
nah. Mr.. Williams has dared to spread
a doubt that the fish was a whale, but
Mrs Leslie Waldorf who reads her BIZ
BILE carefully, has biblical proof which
to her seems absolutely conclusive.
Jesus said it was a whale and that
settles it, according to Mrs. Waldorf.
Here is her letter:
Elizabeth City, n c., Mar. s.
Editor independent
will thank you for space enough to
print these few words.
| see by the Virginian-Pilot issue of
Tuesday, 9th, Mr.. p. II. Williams has
ruined our childhood joys of Jonah
and the Whale"
He says the Bible does not mention
whale.
I say it does, and will quote him the
words as spoken by Jesus Christ him
self.
For as Jonas (Jonah) was three
DAYS and three nights in the WHALES
belly. so shall the Son of Man be three
DAYS and three nights in the heart OF
the earth" Matt. 12:40.
Thanking you, / remain,
Yours very truly,
MRS. LESLIE d. WALDORF.
The newspaper article referred to by
Mrs. Waldorf appeared in the Virgin
Pilot, issue of Tuesday, March Z.
and was as follows:
"The Mems Bible Glass at City Road
listened to a treat in the effort put over
by the teacher, p. II. Williams, but
when in answer to the question How
many of you men really believe whale
swallowed Jonah?' and practically all
hands went up, Williams told them the
Bible did not mention anything about a
whale, but said great fish, each one
felt it was shame to try and take
away the joy of childhood memories
the story of Jonah and the Whale"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10

Ask for Arctic Bon Bons or Wine
kream and get the home made product,
made where you can see it made and
know that tits honestly made in san
itary plant. Winekream Company,
EI;zshatb CITY N. G. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
WORSE OFF IN GEORGIA.

Writing to this newspaper from Au-
gusta, Ga, under recent date. w. E.
Wood. former Elizabeth City boy,
now with the Todd Protectograph Sales
Co.. says: last year had an idea
that Eastern Carolina farmers were in
really bad shape, but since making a
trip over Southern Georgia I have con-
cluded that our home farmers don't
know the meaning of hard luck" Mr.
Wood expects to pay Elizabeth City a
visit the latter part of this month.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10

Arctic Bon Bons are the big fellows
in chocolate coated ice cream bricks.
We put more in them. Winekream
Company, Elizabeth City, \. c. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
CHEAP LENSES

There are no bargain days
nor substitutes for good eye
glasses. Cheaper materials
can be substituteds<for al
most anything except a cor
rectly fitted lense. CHEAP"
lenses oftentimes cause trouble OF
more serious nature than the de-
fects they are supposed to correct.
Only people who have been trained
to recognize defects of vision and
70 know how to make proper
correction are capable of advising
on such an important subject as
lenses. Avoid trouble by consulting
reliable professional people and
taking their advice.
DIR. 7. D. HATHAWAY
Optometrist
Bradford Bldg. Elizabeth City, n.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-03-10
Fish Must Move Quick.

Suddcn drops in the price "f fish,
Quilted markets and Generalization Of
I'd" industry generally is iue to the
highly pcriShable nature Of fish and the
lack Of facilities for storage and dis
'rI";i"n. The fishermen can not hold
Their fish over even from one day to
&n";r"r. but must unload them quickly
"f -on.. nearby point and take whatev-
'r rapricious market offers. If there
is ,uIy one fish dealer az that point
JA' fisherman is at the mercy of the
nSA dealer. Or if there are dozen
u."Ers and all agreed upon prices the
fisherman is still at the mercy Of the
Concluded on Page 10)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05
(Ry Associated Pressl

CINCINNATI, O.. June 5.-Receipts
Cattle, 1900; hogs. $500; sheep,
$500.
Cattle - Market steady: butcher
steers, good to choice. $750@S.50; fair
to good, $6.50@750; common to fair,
$4-50@6.5O; heifers. good to choice, SIS
as; fair to good, $6@S.50; common
to fair, S466.
Cows-Good to choice, $566; fair
to good, S3.75@5; cutters, $2.75@325;
Gamers, $2@2.5O; stock steers. s6@7:
stock heifers, s5@6; stock cows, $3.50
6450.
Bulls-Steady; bologna, $4@5; fat
bulls, S5055O.
Mich Cows-Slow. $3O075.
Calves-Steady to. SOC higher; good
to choice, $10@10.50; fair to good, S.
@10; common and large, S450@7.
Hogs-Strong to 10c higher; good to
choice packers and butchers, $10.85:
medium, s1OS5; stays, $5@5.5O; com
mon to choice heavy fat sows, $40
$50; light shippers, $1O.S5; pigs, 10
pounds and less. SS@1O.S5.
Sheep - Steady; good to choice
lights, s305; fair to good, $2@3; COM
mon to fair, s1@150; bucks, sos.
Lambs-Slow to SOC lower; good to
choice $14@1450; seconds, $10@11.50;
fair to goo, $12614; common to fair,
S7m9.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05

CHICAGO. June s. Cattle - Re-
ceipts, 1900: active; beef steers, Is
625c higher; early top beef steers.
$3.50: better grade of beef COWS and
heifers. mostly 15c higher; other
grades Gamers, cutters and veal
calves, strong; bulls, 10@25c higher;
packers strong to 15c higher; bulk fat
she-stock. S5.75@755; bulk bologna
bulls, S415@4.35; bulk vealers to
packers, $10@10.50.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; open strong
to 10c higher than Saturdays aver
age; stock 25c higher; top, $10.S5;
one load practical top. $10.75; bulk.
S101001075; pigs, 15625c higher,
mostly S9.75@10.75; packing sows,
strong to loo higher; heavyweight,
O30610.50: medium, S1035@10.75;
lights, S1O70@10S0; light lights S10.35
d1070; packing sows, smooth, 1925
1880; packing sows, S909.35; killing
pigs, s950@1045.
Sheep - Receipts, $4,000; spring
lambs steady to 25c lower; native
culls, soc lower; other classes mostly
steady: top spring lambs to packers
and shippers, $f4.50; culls, native,
largely, IS; choice light shorn lambs,
$3.50: best ewes for slaughter, 81;
heavy largely $1,000 $50; feeders and
breeders, steady
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05
Markets
GRAIN PRICES

(Markets by e. F. Leland & Company,
212 Union National Bank Building)
CHICAGO, June 5-Wheat-There
was heavy liquidation in July wheat
early and prices dropped sharply to a
new low on the present downturn.
Numerous stops were caught on the
way down and there was also heavy
selling by house that took in a lot
OF cash wheat on May contracts
around $1.13. Crop news from all
sections reported good although there
are few poor spots in Kansas but
these were all set by general condi-
lions. Cash demand was little more
active with exporters bidding SC over
July at Buffalo for No hard winter
Foreign markets were closed Argen-
tine markets were figured about I'M
changed. New York reported a little
export
Corn-Corn followed wheat although
trade was somewhat restricted and
prices held within a narrow range.
There was decline early. commits
sion houses being good sellers. Cash
demand only fair, y to 115c lower
Not much doing in export business.
Oats-Oats were weak and failed to
rally late with other grains. Prices
went to new low on the crop. Cash
markets II to 1 IA lower. Crop reports
on oats are favorable.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05
bulls, $264; butcher bulls $450@
5.22; calves 5000.
Sheep-Market steady, 1904.
Lambs-$10@12.
CRy Associated Press

CLEVELAND, o., June Seattle
Receipts. 900 head; market active to
15c higher; choice fat yearlings, $3.50
%; good to choice dairy-fed steers,
SSq8.50; fair to good, $750@775;
fair to good grasser steers, $6@7;
good to choice heifers, $6.500750; fair
to good heifers, $5.50@650; good to
choice butcher bulls, $5@5.50; bologna
bulls. $4Q4.50; good to choice cows,
$5Q $50; fair to good cows, $4@450;
common cows, $2@3
Calves = Receipts, 900 head market
soc to 81 higher; choice veal calves,
$12q13; fair to good, 5000.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1000;
market slow; choice spring lambs,
S15.50@ 1850; fair to good, 5000;
good to choice clipped lambs, SHOE;
fair to good, 5000; good to choice
wether sheep, s6@7; good to choice
ewes, $4.50@5.5O; fair to good, $1.OO
$3.50.
Receipts, $500 head; market
steady to 15c higher; Workers, SLIPS;
pigs, SLIPS; lights, SLIPS; heavies,
$11.15; roughs, $3.50; stays, $3.50.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-06-05
The Farm and the Farmer
BY William r. sanborn

from the disease before the premium
VIII DC paid on the carload lots of
hogs. II farmer can guarantee his
nogs to be free from the disease the
premium is paid subject to inspection
at the time they are killed. The hogs
are shipped to the market in the regu-
lar way and are killed separately; if
none of them are infected the premi-
UNI is paid on the entire shipment.
The packers believe farmers who
clean up their herds should be recog-
nized, and since there are no counties
free from tuberculosis, they decided to
pay the premium to farmers whose
herds are not diseased, in order that
the idea could be put into operation
Immediately
Ten Prosperous Farmers
The ten farms having the highest
profits out of 100 typical Clinton coun-
ty farms over a seven-year period had
twice as many acres in crops, II per
cent more livestock per acre. 20 per
cent higher crop yields, "a per cent
higher returns per animal, and "A per
cent more crop acres taken care of by
each workman than the average of the
ten farms with lowest profits, accord
ing to figures reported by the farm
management department of Purdue
university from a study in that area.
An Irrigated Garden
That overheard irrigation in the gar
den makes better crops. is shown in
the results of tests at Michigan Expe-
riment Station in 1920. The principal
crops grown we're cabbage, onions,
beets, carrots, potatoes, celery, lettuce
and peppers. The average weight of
cabbage heads in the unirrigated plot
was two pounds, with a production of
81 tons an acre. The average weight
of heads in the irrigated plot was 3.5
pounds and the total production 9.5
tons an acre, or an increase of nearly
100 per cent in production due to If
rigation.
Irrigation also produced increased
yields in other crops as follows: On.
ions, 233 per cent; beets, Sc per cent 4;
carrots, 66 per cent; and lettuce 81
per cent.
Several other points in favor of IT.
rigation, besides increased yield have
been observed: 1, better quality; 2,
less cultivation necessary; 5, no wait
ing for rain before planting seeds or
setting plants; 4, easier to plan rota-
ton and companion crops; 5, when
combined with fertilization, it makes
possible more intensive cropping with
corresponding greater profits.
What Careful CuIIine Proved
Last summer Paul c. Jameson,
poultry specialist at Colorado Agri-
cultural College, culled a flock of $50
White Leghorn hens in Delta county
The seventy hens that were picked
out as culls laid two eggs in ten days.
The eighty good hens continued TO
produce the average number of eggs
gathered before culling.
In Calhoun county, Iowa, the county
agent culled flock and later got this
letter from the owner:
Dear sir: You asked me to let you
know about the hens you culled. The
81 hens out of 226 are still penned up
and have not laid an egg"