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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
SONGS AN INVALID
SOLDIER LIKES TO HEAR
A Letter From a Soldier at Otecn
Touches Hearts Of Elizabeth
City Club Girls

The members of the Young Wom-
ans Club packed their Christmas
boxes Tuesday night for the Tubcr-
cular Hospital at Otecn, \. c. This
hospital cares for the soldiers and
nurses who contracted tuberculosis
during their services in the war and
the Young WOman's Club took under
their wing this Christmas three Of
the soldiers and one nurse. Each
member made personal contributions,
and some of the gifts were paid for
from the club treasury, while u few
of the articles were voluntarily do
mated by outsiders.
The box for the nurse was perhaps
the most interesting, for good
many of the gifts were handwork
done by club members. There were
.wo dainty night gowns, u corduroy
bathrobc with slippers to match, n
boudoir cap, and three or four hand
Icrchicfs; also face powder, talcum
powder, and writing paper. In each
of the four boxes, besides the gifts,
was tin box filled with fruitcakc,
andy and nuts. The soldiers were
given pipe apiece, some tobacco,
cigarettes. soap, toOthpastc, playing
ards, handkcrchiefs. shaving sets,
and either a fountain pen or an Ev-
ersharp pencil.
These soldiers and nurses certainly
deserve any kindness or attention
they may get, and they seem to ap-
prcciatc everything that is done for
them. One Elizabeth City woman,
not member of the club, became
Interested through it in the hospital
It Oteen and as given the names of
one soldier and one nurse 70 send
Christmas boxes to. The head-nursc
suggested that Nictrola records
would be Il most acceptable gift, and
he lady wrote to ask her Christmas
hargeS 10 choose some they would
enjoy. She received an answer al
most Immediately from the soldier, o
very brave cheerful letter and yet q
pathetic one. too. lie expressed his
delight at having somebody TO hear
from and to write to. and he said
that nothing would mean more pleas
Ire to him than some more records.
The Nictrola helps us to pass away
some mighty blue hours" he added
and enclosed the numbers Of several
"ccords that he particularly wanted
When they were called for downtown
they proved to be There Is Foun-
tain Filled With Blood" Where Is
My Wandering Boy Tonight" "Tel
: Mother I'll BE There" "Thc Vacant
Chair" "To-morrow," You Gave Mc
Your Heart" Jesus Lover of Ny
Soul" and jazz minstrel song. Is
Mt this enough to give Il perfectly
we'll person to whom Il hospital il
place where other people so, anc
! tuberculosis disease as remote IA
it is horrible, something to thinl
about?-M. B.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
FOR NEW SUBSCRIBERS

The publisher of The inde-
pendent has a limited number OF
+ those useful, durable and highly
+ desirable seyen.in-one leather
= bill hooks which he will give
away until Christmas; a bill hook
with every. subscription for one
+ year (either new or reneWaD
= sent direct to the publisher or
+ brought to the Office. These bill
books will not be given thru club
+ agents and the supply is strict
. ly limited. -t,se ars books OF
\ good quality. The book without
= the paper is rs cents. Add five
" cents for postage and mailing.
:: 4 Il x y
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
ANTICIPATE GOOD DEMAND
FOR POULTRY IN NORFOLK

In long distance conversation with
this newspaper yesterday, Jarvis n
Fcntrcss of Norfolk advise that Il
good demand is expected for poultry
ON the Norfolk markets this year.
much better in fact than ill any re-
cent year. Jarvis " Fcntrcss ad-
wise shippers to have their poultry
ON thr market on the 10Th and list
Of this month. not later than the list
if host prices are expected.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

DIR. J. II. Mcmillan, Of Ed"nton.
who died al the age Of Z" years IN
il Norfolk Hospital last Sunday. fol-
lowing an operation for Appendicitis
WAS mau loved and respected by
his community. lie was Il pIa'h'
humble. modest citizen VIII" mad" HI
tie noise in the community in which
he lived. but when he passed oai his
towusmcn gricycd aud Il county was
cast in poignant sorrow. lie WaN Il
physician who had given q long life
time of service to the sick umd Suf-
rcring of his community. l. was not
his pills. his powders and pouonS
that made him great among his pCo-
ole. but his tact. his kindness, his
sympathy and his rraSsuring pres
encc in any case of illness or pain.
Patient. gentle, hopeful, helpful hc
moved among all the people and they
had learned to know hinr and 70 love
him. Dr. MrNluIlau WAS born in
Green County. Va. OH the seventh
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
JOSIAH MEEKINS, AGE SO
DIED HERE YESTERDAY

Josiah Charles McckinS. who
would have been SIS years old Mon
dav, Dee. Is. died ut the home of
his son Col. |. W. McekinS in this
city Yesterday at 1:20 o'clock L. NJ.
lie had been Il sufferer from many
affections incident to old age, for
many months. Col. Meckins arrived
at the bedside of his father just be-
fore his death. but the dying man
WIS unconscious and did not revive.
Arrangements for the funeral had
not been completed Us this ncwSpa-
per went to press.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
ORANGES BY THE PECK

Elizabeth City can now buy orang-
cs by the peck. There is u solid car
load Of oranges on the S. & c. r..
Il. siding on So. Road ST., direct
from Florida and that is the way they
are selling-by the peck.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

day of tine seventh month Of the
wear lSi9 and was the seventh Snn
nf i seventh >an Ills father WAS
Rev. Jeremiah McMullan who WAS
sen, to IIrrtford, y. {. from the
Virginia Conference in 1860. y, tn"
age of sixteen, young jack Al"Mul-
Ian left home with five dollars, the
only gratuity he ever received in his
ID. lie worked his way thru tho
/ hiycrSity of Maryland where he
graduated in medicine i'll 1877. He
took up the practice Of medicine i'll
ITrr,ford, moving to Edcuton in 1891.
Ills wife, who died in 1911, was
Miss Lima Tucker. = Sistcr-in-law of
The late Thos. G.. Skinner. BY the
utiou there were eight children, six
Il whom survive. They arc Mrs. j.
y. Prudcn, J. III. Mcmillan, Jr.. Mrs
o. VI. Elliott and Miss Jessie M"Aiul-
Ian. Of Edcntou; Harry MrNluiIan, of
Washington. y. &. and Mrs. W. NJ
Bond. ]r.. of Denver, Col.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
, WANTED: Il

WANTED: Raw furS, such Us mink,
coon. oppUssum. muskrat, otter, fox,
etc. Top market prices, spot cash.
W. c. CLOVER. Elizabeth City. n.
C.. cD.S-4tT&F
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

Thrift is such simple thing a
1t means so much. 1t is the found
tion of success in business. Of cd
tentment in the home, Of standing
sOciety."-Russell Sage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
CITY BUDGET SHOWS
SAVING in FINANCES
Pays OFF $4,000 Indebtedness; Double Appro
priation for Charity; and Markethouse
Makes $4,000 Besides Expenses o.

Elizabetl, City's budget for
its expenses for the fiscal year
ending May 81, 1928, show q
saving in many items, whils q
tabulation of revenues fEn
the various sources show d
gain for the year ending Del
cember 81, 1922. And Eliza1
beth City has doubled its ap1
preparation for charity work
and decreased its standing I'M
debtedness by $l0,SlW.
The total city valuation of properl
ty this year is s1O,592,370. The to-
tai taxes, including $5,5S3.90 OF pol
and sanitary taxes amount to S79,I
6SO.49. Elizabeth City's administra
ton expenses in the budget for the
fiscal year, amounts to $17, ,S26.71, o.
which amount $500 is for salaries
The expenses of the fire department.
are set at S9,075; the police departs
mcnt, SS,S51.50; and the sanitary de-
partmcnt, $,515.
Elizabeth City's budget for street,
is $3G,619. Last year the expendi
ture for street work was $40,021.43
and the year before, ending May 81
1921, it was $46,292.0S. Sanitsri
work for the year ending May 1921
amounted to S4277.54, khile thiS
years budget calls for only S3,515.
Charity work in the budget JUS
made up, is set at $1,000, while 70,
the year ending May 1922, onl;
S6GG.6S was spent, and only SSl.6s
for the year ending May 81, 1927.
Elizabeth City's license taxes To-.
this year amount TO $1,000. Will
one item in the expenses Of the citsI
is set up at $500 for mapping ano
surveying the town for an appraisn
Of utility values, the total increas
over last years administration exi
pense is only $1,67S.59. ElizabetE
City's administration is getting on !.
paying basis.
Markethouss Making Money
The markethouse is now maxim
some money for the city. Nor
stalls arc occupied, and rents and Iii
ccnses have jumped from $6,395.0'
in 1921 to $1,000 for the present fs
cal year. Expenses which rose q
S7,450.03 in the year ending May 81
1922, are estimated at S6,275 In thi
present budget. The net revenu.
this year will be $3,025, as compared
with S103 last year.
The city taxpayer this year is pay
ing a city and graded school tax d
S1.22 on the 500 valuation of proIf
erty, and 96 cents for county taxei
The city and graded school poll tai
is 1896, and the county poll tax I
50.
While Elizabeth City's assesse'
valuation is $10,592,370, the grade
school district which includes lars
area outside of the city, is ASSESSED
at 81, 400, $50. But one of the tai
es on this property goes into the ciG
funds other than the graded schos
funds. .reet
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15
No EXAGGERSTION IN
FEPORTS OF NEW BERN

ID. u NrWiIIiun>. one Of the Nor
..'.>."..n railroad officials. was
a. r'= Friday after a trip to
G.... Nr. McWilliams states
.@ ..'. :, mo- cxaggeration in the
,,".. .. N,w Bcru's fire sufferers.
..',, that New Bern will
'- labor shortly. as there
~...., budding aud road con-
,g-r'~ 70 start in the city
.......- within the next few
." 'rnar>r there were few
" after tho New Bern fire.
" u. }irWtIIiam>. These have
...a."I now. however. and
..- ryrcd for who docsn t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

For your eyes sake see DR.. J. ..
Hathaway, Optometrist, Bradford
Bldg. Elizabeth City. n. G. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

Ii. .....-.' is inexpensive. See
H. 1 iIUhuwgy, OptUnetrist,
'-----s..- -, y, &. GdY.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

Don't neglect your eyes, See
hathaway. lie Knows. &a"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-12-15

Write for IN 9R-
s:si... sss5 : no:s:s. "s: i1s:5 i51sss:s5O.$
New York Ave. N,OFC~
". Washington, D>rsASo, D
& ~. our readers
r-, u...d 70 use the bureau.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
PHONY .EDUCATION'

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-Re-
ferring to the collapse of the one big
union in the Canadian northwest,
which started in 1919 amid shower
of skyrockets, the Alberta Labor
News says:
at will be remembered that the
propaganda which led up to the one
big union fiasco was misnamed 'edu-
cational.' 1t led the workers into
debacle, the worst effects of which
are only now being felt The Labor
News has no hesitancy in stating that
the campaign of the trade union edu-
cational league is designed to accom-
plish similar purpose and the trade
unions of this province will be well
advised to discourage the activities
of body the whole purpose of which
is destructive"
In taking this position the Labor
News declares that the average act
i've unionist will be the first to admit
that "the labor movement is in itself
an evolutionary force which must
evolve into more efficient and potent
weapon than it is now or has been in
the past"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
CONVICT'S FARE
For Shop Men Rejected By
Labor Members of Rail-
road Board
Assert Wage Rule Would
Not Permit Father Pro-
viding Decently For
Family

Chlcago.-The direct cause of the
nationwide shop mems strike is a
wage-reduction decision by the rail-
road labor board.
In dissenting opinion the three
labor members of the board declared
that under this wage cut ''the earn
ings of this large group of railroad
employees will not provide the father
of family with as much food as is
allowed convicts in the Cook county.
Illinois, jail"
The labor members said that the
boards wage policy, as shown by this
and other decisions, was to build up
a wage structure for the transporta-
| tion industry which would rest upon
no consideration of the human needs
of the employees affected.
"The majority" said the labor
members, shave not considered the
evidence on this point, nor have they
met the issue raised. Their failure
to give this, the most vital element,
consideration and to inform the pub
lie impartially on the subject, vitiates
the whole decision
"The failure of the majority to con-
I,n 4c nf lon
created wage structure which has
no relation to any existing standards.
'The increasing antithesis between
profits and just wages will result in
a lower morale among the railroad
employees; thus the present wage re-
ductions will not result in economies
and will prove contrary to the real
needs of efficient and economical man
agement.
"The majority have failed to carry
out the function for which the labor
board was created. Such decisions,
cess by which the majority arrived
at the rates established, give the pub
| lie an impression that these rates are
not founded upon a careful considera-
tion of the facts.
'In the light of the transportation
act it is the clear duty of the board:
First, to act as constructive, impair
tial body in providing means whereby
railroad employees can have their legit-
innate human needs satisfied without
recourse to stoppages; and, second,
to enlighten the public so that through
the disordered state of unregulated
industry and the confusion of propa-
ganda, they shall be able to see the
real facts as they affect the body
| polite The decision in question full
| fills neither of these duties.
"The undersigned must dissent
from decision which has ignored
these witnesses, the human needs of
these tens of thousands of families
which has given them not one word OF
answer. To them the statement that
they are alphabetically 40 per cent
or 80 per cent or 20 per cent better
off than they were in December, 1917
or in any other period, must sound
like a rather bitter jest"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
EMPLOYERS KICK
Say Insurance Companies
Graft on Them

Duluth, Minn.-Minnesota emplov.
ers claim that the private insurance
companies have gouged them out OF
from $5O0,000 to 100000 in exorbi.
tant rates for workmen's compepsa.
tion insurance. 1t is understood that
the companies are willing to return
some of the overcharges.
The attorney for the Minnesota en-
ployers' association asks the state in
dustrial commission to reduce the
rates for liability insurance 1917 per
cent.
The Minnesota State Federation of
Labor is committed to the state fund
system of industrial insurance in place
OF the private insurance companies
run for profit.
State monopoly of workmen's COM
pensation insurance is also the de-
mand of the American Federation of
Labor as a national policy.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
LOCKOUT is SMASHED

Yonkers, N. Y.-Ladies' Garment
Workers Union No. 113 defeated
two-months' lockout to reduce wages.
The bosses broke an agreement, and
the union resorted to court procedure
to secure observance of the contract.
The workers solidarity, however,
proved more effective than the courts,
to secure justice.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
OPPOSE CENSORSHIP

Motion picture cen
sorship was condemned by the A. F.
of L. convention, which unanimously
declared
Censorship in any field of express
sion constitutes an insidious threat
to freedom of expression through all
mediums"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
DEATHS IN COAL MINING

Washington.-Coal mine accidents
during May caused the death of IA
men, according to the United States
bureau of mines. All of the fatali-
ties except one were at bituminous
mines. No anthracite mines are pro-
ducing coal, the only output being a
small quantity of steam sizes obtained
by river dredges.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
CARPENTERS ARE OUT

Baltimore. Charging employers
with broken faith by not raising
wages from 80 cents an hour to 80
cents, as promised, members of Car
penters' Union No. 101 are on strike
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

Who does your auto notary work
'ree of charge? The B. C. Auto Club.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
FAVOR ANTI-LYNCHINC
BILL

Washington.-The senate judiciary
committee surprised the senate by
favorably reporting the Dyed anti.
lynching bill, which recently passed
the house.
The bill permits the federal gov
ernment to assume prosecution of
lynchings when states fail or neg
lect to prosecute. Opponents of the
measure insist that it overrides states
rights and permits the federal gov
ernment to interfere with the internal
aqairs of the state.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
ROSTER OF ORGANIZATIONS
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS


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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

any convention of employees, such alb
sence to be charged to their annual
leave, or leave without pay may be
granted if necessary. Such employees
may be excused for the above pur-
pose as may be spared without detri-
ment to the service"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
MAY ATTEND CONVEN.
TIONS

Washington. - Postmaster Genera
Work has ordered that postal EN-
ployes may be granted leave of alb
sence, "on application in the usua
manner, for as many days as may
be necessary during the current cal
endar year to enable them to attend
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
HATTERS GET CONTRACT

Norwalk, Conn.-All hat manufact-
urers in the Norwalk district have
signed the wage contract of the Hat
ters' Union.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21

If you like your taxes as they are
Vote for Long. Ii you want them
lower-Yote for Sam c. Lands. (adv.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-20
I1all-Mills Slayer Under Surveillance

but in the Phillips farmhouse,
which abutted on our road beyond
the Parker home"
It is almost impossible to explain
this passage in the Hall letter except
upon the theory that the pair used
the Phillips house as a trysting
place. Whether the murder was
committed there is another matter.
1t is recalled however, that from
the first stress has been laid on the
fact that the house was not only hab-
table as It stood on the day the
bodies were found, but actually
looked as clean and spotless
as though the occupants had left
It only an hour before.
Another question: Was II cleaned
and busted and put in order follow
ing the laying out of the bodies OF
Hall and Mrs. Mills, a hundred yards
away by the crab-apple tree2
Yesterday witnesses who heard
muffled poundings in a deserted barn
on or near the Phillips farm on the
night of the murder are declared to
have been located in the investiga-
ton being conducted by representa-
tives of the Mills family.
This is taken as substantiatinr In
some measures the story TO the ef-
'eot that Mrs. Mills was kidnapped,
aiken 10 the Phillips farm. probably
n an automobile, imprisoned there
'or a time and later killed.
Witnesses declare that between
$50 and 1880 o'clock on the night
II Thursday, September Il, they
ieard a noise that sounded like
omebody who was Imprisoned IN a
'arn or other vacant building trying
10 get out.
Charlotte Mills has ropudiated
florence North, tho woman lawyer
Who sold the letters Mre. Mills re-
eived from Hall. asserting that shoi
Iad surrendered tho letters only for
he purpose of investigation and had
lot expected they would be pub
shed.
Jimmie" Mills. the sexton, hus-
and OF the dead choir singer, has
iven up the idea that he believed in |
lis wife TO the end and accepts the
etters that have been published as
his wife's relations with
TALL beyond question. He said to-
ay. and with some feeling; Some
roman did that shooting and she did
because she hated my wife" Then
.fter a pause. while he decorated the
rhool furnace with tobacco Juice:
They certainly made a sucker out
Z me-" h
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-10-20

herculean effort Of the magma
ton. afterward aided by unveracious
chroniclers. connected these cries
with the Hail-Mllls murder. Mr..
striekler said:
Yesterday our attention was d.
rected TO a report that two men, who
didn't want their identity known,
passed Weston's Mil at 1890 o'clock
on the night of the murder and
heard a woman shrek. They heard
no cries Of murder, help. or any
thing OF the kind-just a shrek.
They did not stop upon reaching
Eastern avenue, they said. they said.
a closed car, without lights. shot by
them. going toward De Russy's lane
and a little later a car also without
lights, passed them going in the op-
posite direction, which they thought
might have been the same machine.
Two weeks later, these men,
moved by curiosity, visited the barn
at Weston's mill and found a hand
kerchief marked with the letter S.
which we are now having analysed
for blood stains. I will not be sur
prised If It is found TO have blood
stains. but there have been any num-
Der OF such handkerchiefs brought
In. as well as number with the
letter S.
"A considerable number OF combs
have also been brought to us and
all have been shown 20 Charlotte
Mills TO see II she could identify
them. One comb she said looked
Ike one her mother owned. but
she was not certain"
In connection with this story II
was pointed out yesterday that
Beekman believes the crime was
committed where the bodies were
found, but that his evidence was
not convincing. It is significant that
now there IS talk that may lead 10
The belief that the crime was com
nitted in the old mysterious Phil |
lips farmhouse.
In one of Halls letters 70 Nrs. |
Mills he makes an appointment 20
meet her at "our road beyond the
Parker home" In the afternoon. He |
'ays he will arrive frst so that she |
nay not have to wait in the rain. |
lie says, too. that he needs, on this |
lay, not only her presence but /
music and that he will bring the
Fictrola. The question naturally
rises: Where was the middle aged
minister TO indulge his foDdness for
'ietrola music on what might prove
o be rainy afternoon? Where