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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
BIG RATS IN CITY MARKET
ADEPT IN OPENING CLANS

The question. How does Il rat OPP
on clam: is referred to the Wash
ingtUn Bureau of The Independent.
Fish dealers in the City Market in
Elizabeth City have quite as much
trouble with rats as do the dealers
in meats. According to these fish
dealers. rats are particularly fond of
CLAIMS and the dealers will show you
piles of clam shells on the floors Of
their stalls every morning, every
shell stripped clean of its meat. One
dealers thinks he would like to have
II troupe of tame rats to open CLAIMS
for him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
NO LONG WATTS
BETWEEN DATES
independent Readers Will
Now Get Their Paper Twice
a Week Instead of Once

The next issue of THE INDIE
PENDENT will be published on
Tuesday. Sept. 29. and hereafter
there will be an issue every Tuesday
and every Friday. The Friday is
sue will be printed Thursday after
moons as heretofore. because many
rural readers could not get Il Friday
paper printed on Il Friday in time
for their Sunday reading.
Advertisers will please take notice"
that advertising copy for the Tues
day edition should be in this office
as early Us possible after the Fri
day edition is published and never
later than Monday afternoons.
Merchants having Friday and Sat
uriay sale announcements to make
SHOULD use the Tuesday edition IF
THE INDEPENDENT by all means
Readers of THE INDEPENDENT
generally are highly pleased with the
twicc-a-wcck idea. which fact has
been attcstcd by the mail order sub
scriptionS for the paper during the
past two weeks. The cash subScrip
tiOn rrcciptS for the paper for the
week ending Saturday. Sept. .
reached total near S2O0.0O.
Subscribers in the city who do not
have po>toticc boxes will receive the
paper by carrier. paying 500 Il year
or - cents Il month for carrier ser
vice. Edward Old will have charge
of the city carrier service and will
see that the paper is delivered to
you promptly. If you are not al
ready Il subscriber. give your sub
Scription to Edward Old or send it
direct tO this office
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
THIS WILD DUCK FLEW s.
NOT LESS THAN 5000 MILL

How far can a duck fly? SianS
hunter of wild birds in, East
North Carolina has often propoun
such u question in his mind with
a satisfactory answer being at he
Now the L. s. Biological Survey;
getting some interesting dope on
subject. The longest range flight
record is that of a blue-winged Z
banded September "a, 1929, 1t!
small lake about 20 miles nortlll'
Toronto, Ontario, and killed y
months and seven days later in
Caroni Swamp, near Port of Spl
on the island of Trinidad, just
the coast of Venezuela. The :sho
est flight that this bird could hc
made would be over 5000 miIes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
CoLORED DENTIST WEDS

DR.. +. e. Cooke. young coIorcd
dentist of Elizabeth City was mar
ricd Thursday in Norfolk to Miss
Mabel II. Allen. who for the past
five years has been an instructor in
music at the State Normal School
here. She is Il graduate of the New
England Conservatory of Music. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. ).
L. Cooke. father of the groom. DR..
Cooke is of considerable prominence
in the social and fratcrnal life of his
race in this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
COKOON SELLS
WHITE TR ACT
Transferred Il Once But Got
1t Back and Sells 1t
Once Again

One of the largest real estate
transactions recorded in this county
in recent weeks is the transfer of
thirty one and IL half acres of land
on West Main st. extended. The
deed is from Walter l.. COhoOn and
wife TO Z. :. White of Hertford and
]. Vi. Weeks of Elizabeth City. in
consideration of $4,000. $500 of
which was paid in hand
This land was once known aS the
Jcthro y. White tract and is bisected
by the State Highway from Carl
Commanders corner to West Main
st.
Some months ago when there was
Il heated controversy aS TO whether
the State Highway from Hertford
should enter Elizabeth City via En-
ringhauS st. or West Main ST.. Mr..
COhOOn was accused of favOring the
Main st. route because he owned the
property NHlCl Nv HdS just Sblu'
Mr.. CChoOn. who is General COun-
sci to the State Highway Commits
sion. protested his guiltleSSneSS of
selfish motives and diSclaimeG owner
ship of the land Sure enough. there
appeared on record rs of Feb. Il,
1922. Il deed from W. l.. CohOon con
vcying his interest in the land to ID.
G.. Twiford. local real estate man.
The land remained in ID. c. Twi-
fOrd'S hands until few days prior
to the recent sale. when ID. G. Twi-
ford transferred the land back to w.
l.. C0hoOn. The records in the light
of recent local history are interest
ing.
The lands transferred from Co
hoOn to Twiford. from Twiford back
to Cohoon and from Cohoon to
McSSrs. White and Weeks are de-
Scribcd in the deeds as follows:
"B0undcd on the north by the
right of way of the Norfolk South
crn Railroad Company and the lands
of the West End Land and Develop
mcnt Company. on the East by the
said West End Land and Develop
mcnt Company: the land belonging
10 PaSquOtank County; the lands of
Joshua Davis and Others; on the
west by the lands of j. VI. Brite and
the south fork of KnObbs Creek; and
containing 31% acres more Or less,
and which tract of land is known as
the Jcthro Y. White lands formerly
owned by the said Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company. and conveyed to
the said Walter J.. CohOOn by the
said Norfolk Southern Railroad
Company by deed of record in the
office of the Register of Deeds of
PaSquotank County in Book II. page
ISL. and reference TO which deed and
n map accompanying. is hereby made
for the purpose of Il NOR" definite
description. Being the same land
purchased bv the said +. :. White
and j. VI. Weeks from said W. l..
Cohoon by and of even date here
With. and this deed of trust being
given. to secure the balance of pur-
chase money and being one and the
same continuous transaction
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

|. Il. Miller. Of Carolcen. is
in Il serious condition probably fat
ally injured at the Rutherford hos
Tital. suffering from the effects OF
two bullet wounds. and Prohibition
Officer Evan HonSer. Deputies John
Wcsson and Pearly Hoyle. and Carl
Short, the last named the driver of
the officers car are held under 5000
bond. as result of an attempted
search of an automobile near Casar.
No whiskey was found in the car.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

j.. HENRY LEROY, JR.
HERE is one of our Elizabeth City
bows who isn't going to chase rain
bows in quest of his pot of gold.
Young Mr.. Leroy has settled down
in his home town for the practice OF
law, associating himself with the law
firm of Meekins & Mcmillan. Mr..
Leroy is a Wake Forest man. He
uot his license to practice law IN
January 1920, but did not engage in
practice at once. He served as In
structor of mathematics at the N. c.
State College for the past two years.
He returned to Elizabeth City re.
Gently after attending the summer
term of Wake Forest Law School.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
TO HAVE FERRY ROAD I'M
SHAPE FOR FAIR WEEl
After That, Motor Barges Will Handle Ira!
fc Between Elizabeth City and
Camden

Spite of all the worry. az
talk, the handling of TRAN
between Elizabeth City an
Camden while the hard SD
facing of the Camden Fer
Road is under way is going
be nicely taken care OF,
cording to G. E. McNutt, y
construction enginee
charge of this aggravatt5
road project.
As to taking care Of the crow
that will come from Camden, Curl
tuck and other points North to
Elizabeth City Fair, Sept. 10, ii.
and Is. Mr.. McNutt says he will he
the road itself in condition to 4
care of the Fair crowds and will
close the road until the Fair is ovl
The work of cross piling the road
nearly completed and the building
fifteen inch dirt fill on the core
roy will begin in earnest next We
Mr.. McNutt expects to have the
fill completed in ten days or
weeks. which will make an excelI
dirt road that will take care OF
traffic until after the Fair. The q
fill will be made with clay, sand
gravel from the banks OF the DISC
Swamp Canal. the first barge u
of which is expected to unload NJ
day of next week. One barge io
of sand gravel from Chesapeake
is already in port.
When the road is closed after
Fair. the hard surfacing will beI
and Mr.. McNutt believes he will hq
the road completed and open to tr1
fic before Christmas. sH ~
In meantime two barges are be
equipped with 2S-inch propell(
driven by heavy gasoline engin
These barges will carry six to ei9
automobiles each and will make hog
" trips between Camden and Ell
beth City. If the two barges
not sufficient to handle the tra
Mr.. McNutt says he will put on
third barge. These barges are
ing equipped and will be ready to
in operation in ten days. 1t is re
mated that this barge service
cost $1,000 to $4,000.
The idea of using the Shipy
Ferry Road or Lamb Ferry Road
place of the barges is regarded
absolutely unfeasible by Stste Hi
way Engineers who figure that
would cost $1,000 to put either
of these roads in condition to CO
any considerable traffic for even
short period Of time.
In meantime Mr.. McNutt is q
ing pretty sore about a lot Of
criticism and newspaper talk by p
pie who think they know more abb
what to do than the engineers the1
selves know. Mr.. McNutt is ab0
convinced that IL lot of tho talk
propaganda. He says that much N
has been said about the Camden Ia
ry Road is to be discounted He
proved the claim that there II
bottom to the road this week WI
piles driven in the weakest aspok>
Glovers Cut Bridge hardly bug
under the blows of Il 2.50Q psiiI
hammer at 30 feet. At 20 feet q
piles moved only six inches un<I
the blow of this hammer. -. q
In meantime. until Mr.. Men
gets his dirt fill made. travellers
attempt to negotiate the Came
Ferry Road are having hard
of it on the corduroy, which is n
of the price the public hss to &
for any Improvement. McNHt
regarded as one of the mos. caps
construction engineers in the Sc.
of the State Highway Commisi
and his assurance that conditions
not going to be as bad az some h1|
anticipated should be received w
credence and enthusiasm. IA
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

also SUSPECTED Of getting letters from
her.
Elizabeth City police working on
the case say they have definite clues
that Sykes and the woman spent Il
night in Baltimore. went to Johns
town. Ia. and were working their
way west with Salt axe City. Utah
AZ their permanent destination.
The Lyons girl has failed to write
her mother since few days before
the disappearance of Sykes. But her
mother says il was formerly not un-
usual for her to write home no often
or than once every three months.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

first birds that come, but give tbed1
a chance to familinrize themselfe
with the lay Of the land and &C.
municate with other birds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

Miss Elizabeth Baker will open
her music studio Monday. Sept. Is.
Pupils please register at once for
hours. S.LJ-"t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15

of the $500 children Of schl
age in Hertford County, $500 y
negroes. ts fls.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
GlJS BIRTHRIGHT FOR
A REMNANT OF CALICO
,,beth City Boy Robs First & Citizens Ma
'D fonal Bank of Nearly S25,OOO By Quick
Work and Is Missing

him D. Sykes, Jr, for three
4 trusted cmploye OF the
( Citizens National
.,o; Of this city and hall
..,.~ of the finest poultry
-, IN pa>quotauk County
,.,s,l hi, home. sacrificed
4, fntarc and made a COM
i ~. mes, Of his life by steal
,~ around $4,000 from the
,.s in which he was en-
lived and becoming a tugi-
r. from Justice.
III. tar, @. young sykes defal-
..r srl disappearance was mad"
mr orly This week. lie left town
% >aD.ay. sept - - .n:..
D.: srcv department. "' ''' ''''''. -.
.rs. wit" "nlH II ''N ''''''',
w e" trace "'S''">'> Il ''.,, -,
Nsr> arr"UitN "n,'" % ' -,
o,. t. N-"'""' ""'-" - '"'
a.> 'oaN'
S.kr>. like all other 'mr'"l'> o,
d, bank. was under H-''''"" oo''"
| .ap Fidelity Trust y bep">" Ne
z Baltimore. The Bonding 20. h"N
/ ~. In motion machinery when mas
.,,.-.vr agencies and the ponce III
z.y cities on the trail of the tus'-
..
r.. Young defaultcr is the son "t
,a- y. Sykes. Sr.. manager ct the
.a, ".ir" "f the Western I mo"
Telegraph Go. of this city. ll'N 'a'"-
anil mother are TWO Ut INV -. -
"a"ra'.'. har"-""rN''S ''''" -
r,n''.'"d citizens OF '"' '"','
Eg had m'"' many -, ,'''
'"' ana "','' Nv ''''', -
a' goo" III Inv "''''N -. - -.
ia r" establish n""'''H ""'',
'a'.r i''ie III III St.
,ar,> 81 tue cry "", ''' -
s..rl ar" ""' "'' "''
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al> i'a" "i'" "''' ~ -.
BIS family 'i"P,'''
Nr" ""''" way nc ~ -
'"a.'" VII" -. -
a..- ""'" '"r ''S "" g,
= company - "'''
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How Did he Oct l'
The man i'm the street. unfamiliar
Nth ,ar operations of Il banking
/ HOLLIS, Is m a loss 10 understand
rau Young emplovc at Il window
"A I'm. rear end of the bank. locked
m- from rhe cages Of the receiving
,.~rr and -ac paying teller. and with
20 Ery rn the cash boxes in the
ar,.. rngrd get his hands on ~
rr, r> $4,000. The fact *. an
-.-. ,f S2U nrO rn SOL * u mere
arop IN ,hc bucket in the total daily
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-09-15
Had It All Fiuured Out

>."r. Young man had every
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Is GIRLS m|SS:::23 IN FACTORY FIRE
The Turn in the Long Lane
EDITORIAL.

II was "back when the world was young" few
years ago, when few politicians gathered together.
They were wise men in their generation The
prohibition issue being agtated then, somewhat
and 1t had found strong opposition which was known
as the wet" group Of voters
These wise men had no views or convictions one
way the other but the wet group OF voters looked
good to them. 1t was strong solid group. 1t could
be counted on to vote its convictions"
And 50 Senator Hitchcock and his group of poll
ticans, tied their kite TO the wet voter.
IT good politics. to do so.
The wet we've put the senator and his per-
sona group of politicians into power. And then
the other wave the "dry" wave.
For time, the senator continued to make good
with the wet supporters who had placed him in
power II safe TO do that in the first three or four
years Of the senatorial term But as the six years grew
to end and relief to the "draught in Nebraska
in sight the situation became grave exceedingly
grave.
The lack Of convictions of his own, which had been
his chief asset and qualification in securing the wet
vote, and in securing the position into which they had
placed him. had become liability
The long lane was beginning to have its turning.
Another meeting Of the wise men was called and
out of the minds of the wise men came the decision
that there nothing else to do but turn dry be-
come Converted"
The hour was late 1t was the eleventh hour, in
fact But still the vote had not been cast and some
And then the Association Against Prohibition in
Washington, wanting to show their appreciation of
what the senator had done, sent out the endorsement
Of his candidacy.
1t was damn fool thing to do
But the Association was sincere in its apprecia-
tion, even if untimely.
And then the long lane really turned.
The senator was compelled to wire the Assoca-
ton that he couldn't do anything for them any more.
Because he had promised the voters in Nebraska he
would not, and particularly the women voters.
This gave the wet voters the opportunity they
had long needed to the manner of man they had
made in these years
When the senator revealed to them by his
last telegram, their idol, too, was broken.
The wet" voter likes to vote for a They
prefer "wet" man. but he must be real man.
The wet voter doesn't like trimmer any more
than any other real woman.
And now who is it that wants this Hitchcock
for senator?
The "wet" voter won't have him because he dou-
ble-crossed him the first real chance he had to show
his hand.
The ''dry" voter won't have him, because "his con-
version too late and too before election and
in too "dry" state.
Who is it that wants this man Hitchcock for
senator
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Chicago Board of Trade
Files Test on Grain Act

Chicago. Oct. 30.-The Chicagol
Board Of Trade today made its first
move TO test the constitutionality Of
the grain futures act when il filed in
federal district court here a petition
for injunction restraining the govern
ment from enforcing the provisions
OF the act
District Judge Carpenter issued a
stay order preventing enforcement Of
the act until November 13, when he
will hear the petition for a temporary
Injunction against enforcement Of the
regulating act
The law, enacted To take the place
OF the former Capper.Tincher act. de.
clared unconstitutional by the su.
preme court was passed to become
effective November !
The bin OF complaint. filed by Henry
$. Robbins counsel for the board
charges that the law seeks 10 reeu.
late as interstate commerce trade
that r. wholly state; that is inter
ferlng with state rights 10 govern
exchanges and that il seeks 10 lie
prive hoard members ot their prop.
erty by admitting representatives Of
co operative bodies and permitting
them 20 rebate commissions In viola.
ton of rules observed hy other mem
hers
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Norris Has Plan
to Eliminate
Senate of State
Nebraska Solon Will Devote
Part of Time After Retire
ment to Seeking Sim
pie Government.

Grand Island, Neb., Oct. 30--(Spe.
cial Telegram. l-Sen3tor Norris Wis.
tied Grand Island between trains to-
day and announced to friends that
after his retirement from the senate
two years hence, he would resume his
residence in Nebraska and though he
never again would be n candidate for
any office, would devote time to pub
lie affairs.
He declared informally TO friends
and later at the weekly dinner of the
Rotry club, that he hoped to organize
q movement throughout the state for
an amendment to the state eonstitu
ton reducing the legislature TO one
house of representatives and prefer
ably cutting down the representation
into larger districts, with the view Of
making the legislator more respon.
sible 10 the people and Of preventing
the log.rolling, evadng OF the record
and the passing Of the buck now so
prevalent and deceptive 10 the voter,
aside from being more economical and
permitting legislators 10 be better paid
for the time they put IN.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Texas Secretary of State
cited in MayfieId Case

liallaN Tes p,t i0 MaliWm ~
qaesllns lhal s j.. STAPLES ereiary
81 state. aud 81 keetHs attorney
ssHsfal be cited % appear ani show
6ause whY thea should uot ne helA ln
contempt ~ court sas niod n the
htih coufl ~ clvt appeals heFe TODAY
by " " Nslms u counsel Ter e q
kius ana eihefs
Ths motion - hassd ca ihs nallrt
Is siectiaa eHlr.als sstafda from
aset=tsty - state sianlFs urisunH
the placing ef tha HaHa - tariF n
Aiatteti as sos afnie aaf candidate
~ ths aaaie "a ths iaft it 8 at
hse1 that ms #n e tha Asts ef
af.sls NAs premature stt lsff
egal spsfv ef tsAausHt Boz thf eanFt
= apfssts seiilns ssHie the temporary
rsHfa'nias aftfF sEsntHi - eafst
aaHa
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Widow Of Guggenheim
Gets $lS0,00O Annually

Mineola, n. Y, Oct 30-Mrs. Car.
rie Guggenheim. widow Of Isaac
Guggenheim. one Of the chief stock.
holders OF the American Smelling and
Refining company. is provided with
an annual income Of S1s0,o0O by the
terms OF the financier's will filed for
probate here today. Mr., Guggenheim
died az Southampton. England. Octo
Der 10.
The estate is said to be worth many
millions OF dollars but the probate ap-
pication estimates the value Of per,
sonal property at more than 81 600.
600 and the value Of real property at
more than 100000
The win contains provision tina,
on the death of the widow the paint.
ings belonging TO the family viii be
given to the metropolitan Museum OF
Art This was the only public be.
quest
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Government Nav
Arrest Students
SIeuihs Discover Youths Are
Enclosing Letters in Laun.
dry Sent Home.

Lincoln, oct 30.--(SpeciaI. JOY
Boatman, university student Of Nor
rilI is accused in a complaint sworn
out by federal authorities of having
sent typewriter letter in a fourth
class mail package upon which he
paid fourth class rates. sent to his
home.
This is the first fruits Of an investi
cation postal authorities threatened
some time ago when they discovered
some of the economical youths at the
state university were sending letters
home in their laundry suit cases.
A complaint was also filed against
Carl s. Deane of Crete. who is ac
cused of having enclosed a written
communication In a package OF paper
bound books he sent to a friend.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
M u ssolini
Takes Reiins
o f IT. a ly
Chief of Fascist and New Pre-.
mier Greeted as Savior Of
Country Amid Wild.
est Enthusiasm.
Confers With the King

''pf'ph'f iVNrs
Rome. oct. 3O--Benito Mussolini,
chief Of the fascist and new premier
If Italy. arrived in Rome 1T If this
morning. lie was greeted At the rail.
road station amidst the Widest en-.
lhuslasm Of tens Of thousands Of peo.
rle who acclaimed him tho savior OF
the country.
He conferred with King Victor
Emmanuel for an hour Immediately
after his arrival and then proceeded
to the Hotel Savoy. American tour.
lsts cheered him,
ADDRESS by MussoliDi.
Sig Mussolni made q short address
from the balcony Of the hotel In which
he said:
THE fascist are completely vic.
torious. ! have come to Rome, lot
only TO give Italy ministry, but o
true government. IN few hours you
will have such government. Long
live King Victor Emmanuel. Long
live victorious Italy. Long live the
fascist"
Trieste Calm,
Trieste, oct. 30.--Trieste passed into
the hands Of the fascist calmly. Ac.
cordlng to prearranged plan the fas.
cisti seized the governors palace. I'm.
der the leadership OF Sig Giunta, the
fascist deputy at Trieste, they dc
manded entrance 10 the building.
Thousauda Of the fascist Daraded
the streets Of the city wearing black
shirts and black fczzes. The blue.
shIrted members Of the Dalmatla 30.
eety also paraded. The latter carried
clubs.
Business is proceeding as usual.
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Grand Island War Vet, %,
Rnhhed nf sos hN " nma !

tifaud island Nah o,t 3e ips'
,ai TeltRam 1smes Shields ea.
trAr etd wmr NrieGHn tert tel 90
luirs thtt D. til fttu futIti - So
ty w@naH whp rssirfai at ihs satns
htsl ufs smta ilWu tH,sta aud
PSI aif.t8fat bls 844infanee tftef
.he hsi had 81 apiss. fiulif ia So bHa
at0at aplIe ENIt Tte SH tHas sas
tf hFt hH Af 1Ha aas afs
i9eW tsa efe hefe#esn
hs Isis5tel tn 60 pa snt sht
Ht efi ths itR atftNH tiilfsa
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-31
Adams Tells Of Savings
by Republican Party

Washington oct. 30--John r Ad.
ans. chairman Of the republican na.
tional committee. said in statement
last night that his party had consist.
entity practieed economy since cor
ing into power that among othe
things it had reduced the public debt
sl.1G5.ol2.lal since March 4 1921,
and that during that time II had
dropped ia.3lg employees from The
public payroll.
The republican chairman asserted
that this Il q record of public econ,
omy which has never been equalled. "
IN This program ~ public ecen'
omy so wea hcgun, Is continued. i
sa.d Mr. Adams. "it is necessary TO
aleet republican tongrrss 10 order
tb maintain the cooperation between
me executive and legislative branches
10 the government