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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
PROTEST HEARD
At WOODBRIDGE
BY Owners of Lots Every
Time Municipal Garbage
Collection is Suggested

WOODBRIDGE. Nov. 2S:-
| owners of lots in Woodbridge whose
property is idle and brings no ac-
| tual revenue to them are said to
| be the chief DIRECTORS against a
/ municipal and contract garbage col
/ lection system in the opinion of DR..
]. p. Salter, township committee
| man In an interview last night,
! commenting on the garbage ques-
tion which has been brought to at
! tention of the township committee
| by Health Inspector Potter.
| The property owners feel, Mr..
! Salter says, that the passage of a
collection plan would add to their
ia xbills and consequently fail to
support the project. In the opinion
of Mr.. Salter however, rigid col
lection system would not add to the
burden of the lot owners, but viii
help to make the lots more valu-
able keeping them clear of all lit
ter that is now being accumulated
on them. The small property hold
ers in the southern section of the
first ward are also failing to support
the new collection scheme, because
Of the fact that they never had any
difficulty in disposing of their gar
bage through some methods of their
own.
Residents in the utbthern part OIL
Woodbridge and those who are COM
pleting homes in the northern So,
ton of the first ward are keenly in
favor of collection system. GAR
bage here is being collected by a
private garbage man twice weekly
costing each home about S1.25 a
month and while the method is sat
isfactory they believe that municf-
pal and general contract plan would
be an Improvement, in the opinion
of Mr.. Salter.
A study of the collection of gar
bage is being made by the commit
teemen in their respective wards
and it is expected that at the next
meeting isports and recommenda-
tions in that direction will be made
then.
Wholesale Hard Luck
LONDON-Sentenc in three
courts in a single day! That was
the misfortune of a Doncaster man
here recently. At Wallensend, he
was given three months for obtain
ing money under false pretense: 1T
Jarrow, a month for non-support OF
his wife and child, and at South
Shields, a month for abandonment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-28
A. B. MASON

;kylight Metal Ceiling. Timing. Plpeless
Furnace and General She's Metal Work
IS JEFFERSON ST. TEL sls
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
< ~,Aaventutes .ef *, ! KaeseA. Ann,
 ASAnd AAA
 KaoAedy AMAy

@That was the time we fooled the two mean little old witchesw little Ned Gnome laughed as he and the Raggedys ran through the deep, deep woods.
 The Witches were so surprised to see the Wishing Pebble and the Wish ing Stick moving away from them, they did not follow" aRggedy Ann laughed.
 What I would like to know is, did Raggedy Ann run away with the Wishing Pebble and the Wishing Stick, or did you, little Ned Gnome ?''
 You see, Raggedy Ann and Rag invisible and neither could see the others.
 q guess it was Raggedy Ann." little Ned Gnome said.
 "Oh, mol" Raggedy Ann said T did not pick up the Wishing Pebble and the the Wishing Stick, little Ned Gnome!'
 "Then who didqo little Ned Gnome asked. Tt wasn't me. I am surer
 s"Didnt you take sthen, Raggedy Andy?" Raggedy Ann asked, they have disappearedw
 "Non' Raggedy Ann replied, 'I thought little Ned Gnome or you had them!"
 "oh. dear." Raggedy Ann said, Now we invisible and our Magical Now we are invisible and our Mag ical Wishing things have disappeared too! What shall we do?"
 We don't know, Raggedy Ann" Raggedy Andy and little Ned Gnome replied.
 What I would like to know is. who made us invisible when we were stuffed in the old Witches closet?" little Ned Gnome asked.
 Of course, neither of the Raggedys A. ( kl,A lgr The two mean little Witches had captured the aRggedys and little Ned Gnome and had put little Ned Gnome and Raggedy Ann in a dark closet and Raggedy Andy in a little cigar box. but someone had made the three invisible so that they were able to escape from 'the Witches.
 Now they wondered who it was who had made the minvisible for the same person must have been the one who had taken the Wishing Pebble and the Wishing Stick,
 Then, while the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome stood there wondering who 1t could be, they heard someone say "Oof! Oof!" Just like that.
 "Oh" Raggedy Ann sighed, "1t's Percival Pig! Some way, he has made himself invisible and has taken our magical things"
 Then we shall never get them back again." Raggedy Andy said For Perclval Pig is the one who helped the Witches capture us once before and he has always wanted the Wish ing Pebble an dthe Wishing Stick"
 Then the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome heard Percival Pig laugh, "Ha, Ha, Ha, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy and little Ned Gnome, that is the time I fooled you. It was 1 who made you invisible and helped you escape from the two Witches and 1t was I who took the Magical Wish ing Pebble and the Wishing Stick See, Here they are!" And Percival pig must have taken them from his nicket. for the Raggedys and little Ned Gnome could see them. 1 Now, I shall make you visible! Percival Pig said. Then, when he had done this, he handed Raggedy Ann her Wishing Pebble and Raggedy Andy, his Wishing Stick.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
THE LOVE CAMf.
 A CITY ROMANCE nNr ,uer,,,tA y-rpruhY yia sFA .,.nTen
BY VIRGINIA TLpH1NE VANDlWa1fn
CHAPTER 167

lOS
 wish you success in your venture, stonald said quietly.
 He was watching the young man reflectively. Richard avoided his gaze.
 Thank you" he murmured. Then with what apeared to be a sudden outburst of frankness, he added Something has happened since I told you of my change of business, Wini- fred-something that I meant to tell lou first of all. But now that our good friend MT. Muir, is here-I would like him to know about 1t toe. Perhaps" with a twist of the mouth that was almost ironic, "he may not think me quite so rash in asking yosa to join your lot with mine when he learns my news"
 Winifred caught her breath in ex- citement
 What is it?" she asked eagerly.
 Donald Muir was silent, but his eyes were fixed on the young man.
 Rankin glanced about him to be sure that he was not overheard, then leaned across the table that he might be nearer his two listeners.
 Today" he began, today learn ed-that l have come into some money"
 Come into some money?" Wini- fred repeated excitedly.
 Yes" his own excitement rising at the sight of her. "Money-&fifty thousand dollars!"
 Winifred gasped audibly. Rich ard looked squarely and triumphant ly into Muir's eyes.
 You see," he said, still without raising his voice, that I am --~ actually penniless, after all"
 T never imagined that you were" the full, rich tones responded. q congratulate you on this new stroke of good fortune"
 Winifred looked from one man to the other. She was keen observer, and in that instant Ghe saw the ex- pression of triumph on her lovers face, the grave interest in the older mans eyes. It was all a puzzle to her.
 "But-but-Dick," she demanded. where did the money come from?'
 It was deposited to my credit in the bank in which I have my small account" he said slowly, "I fancy it is the tardy reparation made by some Of my distant connections who cheat ed my sister and myself oul of an elderly relatives fortune"
 (To He COntinued.)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
WILD ANIMAL PRICES HIGHER

Prices paid for wild animals are go- ing up. Post-ar conditions have so interfered with the industry of pro viding wild beasts for circuses and zoos. that few can be bought in the world market, the center df which is Hamburg, Germany. A giraffe brings s5.000: a hippopotamus s2,500 to $5,00o and good lions are sold at $1,250. To replenish depleted stocks in captivity, hunters are planning trip to a nrovince in India, where, in previous ~ears. many tigers were obtained. That territory now abounds with lions. Eight shipped there several years ago, have so increased as to become the terror of the country Popular Mechanics.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
Simple Application That
 DiSSoLpes RInckhends

No more squeezing and pinching 10 get rid of those unsishtly blemishes. black heads. There is one simple. safe and sure way to get them out and that Is to dis solve them. Get about two ounces of salonite powder from your druggist briskly over the hlackneads for a few seconds-wash the parts and every black head will be gone.
 Pinching and squeezing out blackheads make large pores end you cannot get Ill of the blackheads out thIs way-while the simple application of calonite rowder and water dissolves every particle If them and leaves the skin and pores in their natural condition.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
A STRONG WIND

One of the hot weather stories from Orange, Tex, Is that a piece of pine scantling two by four inches was found imbedded and hidden in the heart of a giant oak tree that was cut recently and sent to the saw mill and the reported find at once brought the explanation that in 1865 a great storm swept that country, de- stroyed houses and drove the scant- ling through a small oak tree that was standing there near the village. Ohio State Journal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
prcTuREsauENEss VANISHED

some of the liquor you used to get in Crimson Gulch was awful stuff"
 Not as bad as bootleg," answered Cactus Joe. The old firewater made the boys shoot at each other with more or less uncertain aim. Now the bad men stand treat and wait for one another to pass away mute and fool Star.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
THE DIFFERENCE

Dad what's a monologue?"
 "A monologue is a conversation be- tween a husband and wife"
 T thought that was a dialogue?" NO; a dialogue is where two per sons are speaking. " ork shire Post.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

A young man. who Is still on the safe side of the altar, wants to know what I consider the most im- portant quality to look for in a wife.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

Therefore, son. if you want your marriage to be a success. try to find out if the girl you fancy reads your favorite authors, if she laughs at the jokes you do, if she cries over the right plays, If she enjoys the sports you do, and takes the same number of Jumps of sugar in her coffee. Then pop the question or not, accord ing to how her complexes agree with VOurS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
Dorothy Dir
Divulges Most
 Important Wife Quality
A Tip To The Wise

Turn Deaf Ear To Nature, Which Ordains Attraction Of
 Opposite Types, And Select Wife With Similar
 interchangeable Is The Key To Martial Happiness
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26


 cept congeniality keeps love alive between a man and woman.
 It is the common gibe that you can tell a married couple anywhere you see them. It is the man and woman who are sitting up in utter silence on a railway train, or who between the acts at the theatre are reading the advertisements in the program. or at a restaurant are boring over the menu as If it were a thriller. Such a couple probably talked out everything they had to say to each other during their honeymoon, and they have dragged through the inter- minable years since, bored to eXtinc- tion because they had nothing in common.
 But now and then we see happy couple of middle-aged people who never weary of each others society, who never know a dull moment to- gether, who plan and hope and work together, who double every joy and halve every sorrow because they share 1t together. Such a couple has the open sesame to domestic bliss. It's congeniality.,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

And If this Is true of just ordinary friends and acquaintances, 1t is a thousandfold more true of husbands and wives. No matter what virtues and good qualities; no matter how true and loyal they may be; no mat ter how conscientiously they do their duty by each other, their marriage is bound to. be failure unless they are congenia1. They are bound to lose their affection for each other unless
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

We soon weary of those who have no taste and interest in common with us; who prefer corn beef and cabbage to the masterpieces of 8 French chef; who never see anything through our eyes; who yawn in our faces when we try to talk about the book or play that has stirred us to the very depths of our soul, and with whom conver- sation always degenerates into an ar gument that tleaveA us sore ana bruised in spirit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

Enduring love and perfect compan- ionship Is only possible between peo- pie who are made of the same clay and cast in the same mold. The friends of whom we never. tire are those who like the same dishes we do; who vote the same ticket; who read the same books. and who canter along by our sides on the same hobby horses.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
Beautiful Strap and Newest Sandal Styles

Finest quality suede and kid in all the wanted colors; pretty satins and patents; brown and black kid, tan calf, gunmetal and many combina- tions. Choice of all styles of heels and full line of sizes. In this sale at 3.95 a pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

1 they are congenial. Nothing else ex- 1 cept congeniality keeps love alive | between a man and woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26
Worth to $8

We are going to offer for your selection nearly thousand pairs of these shoes today-all new styles in qualities that would sell in a regular way up to $8 pair.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

I think it is congenality.
 %f a married couple has that. nothing else matters. They will be happy no matter what vicissitudes of fortune they are called upon to go through together. And if they lack congeniality nothing else matters, either. They will be miserable, even though they have every other bless- Ing under the sun.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

A collection of lovely models in assorted colors and sizes, special at $5.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

Before marriage their difference from each other gave each the fasci- nation of an undiscovered country to the other. After marriage it builds a stone wall between them that neither has the power to scale. Strange, but true, that the very un- likeness that attracted couple to each other before marriage repulses them afterWard
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-26

(To Be COntinued.)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
SLOW TO START ON
1928 DISTRICT FAIR
Time for Somebody to Get To Work
If Big Time is Expected
This Fall.

The directors of the Albcmtr rlr
Fair Association have made no start
10 give the city fair this fall. In
feet that association has done moth
ing more than instruct somebody to
send out report on last years fair
Recently the directors held meeting
and figured up the cost of the fair
and the gate receipts last year. 1t
was found that last years fair took
i'm about $500 more than that of the
year previous. and that the expenses
amounted to about enough to eat up
that 500.
The Albcmarlc District Fair has
come to be the one big event in this
city looked forward to by thousands
of people who live i'll the ten north
eastern North Carolina counties Of
Pa$quotank. Camden. turrituck.
Camden. Pcrquimans. Gates. Chowan,
Tyrrrll. Hyde and Dare. 1t is the
means of bringing thousands of peO-
pie to town. who might otherwise not
have the opportunity of learning of
the trade advantages the city has to
offer. and to really get acquainted
with Elizabeth City and its people.
Elizabeth City business men can
hardly afford to let the opportunity
for fair to pass up this time. So
accustomed are people to looking for
a fair in this city. and 50 accustomed
is Elizabeth City to having the lead
ing fair in this whole section of the
state. that to miss one would be ma
terially result to the drtriment OF
this city'S business interests. as we'll
as the agricultural unity of the see
ton.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
BALL GAME BETWEEN
ROTARY AND KIWANlS
Proceeds to Be Donated to The
Building Fund of Community
House for Mothers

A real baseball game ut last be-
tween the Elizabeth City Rotary Club
and the KiwaniS Club will be staged
on the local diamond Tuesday, June
26, the proceeds of which are to be
donated to the building fund of the
Community House on Fleetwood
street.
This game was promoted by the two
clubs as evidence of their detcrmina-
tion 10 carry out their promise of sup
mort to the Social Service division of
the Womans Club. In this game,
many former big leaguers of local
fame will take part. including for
the KiwaniS Club such stars as Phil
Sawyer. ANDY Gump" McCabe, y. X.
Nicholson. w. Il. Zimmerman. G. j..
Spencc, e. Il. Pugh, Cam. Melick,
DIR. Howard J. Combs, Cecil Garrett,
Jerome Flora: and for the Rotary
Club. Oliver Gilbert. DR.. Benas Fear
ing. Joe Greenleaf. julie Selig, Miles
Clark, \. b. Houtz. Tom Nelson, DR..
Mora Bulla. DIR. William Peters. DR..
Ike Fearing and J. {. b. EhringhauS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
WOMEN DON'T LIKE TO
HAVE TO STEP so HIGH

Women patrons of the Norfolk
Southern Il. II. at Elizabeth City
are complaining bitterly against the
Inconvenience of boarding trains at
the Elizabeth City station. The train
steps arc high, the platform low and
no porter box is placed at the steps
for them. Railroad officials say the
porter's box step has been discard
cd because women don't know how to
use it. Every now and then woman
Stcps Oh one end of the box instead
Of the center. the thing tips, an ankle
is sprained and there is Il suit against
the rail road And so the rail road
folks make the women take about a
thirty inch step from the station
platform to the cars. That's hard on
fat women and lot of the short ones
cant make it at all without lift
from the conductor. The only ones
who like it are flapperS with correctly
modelled limbs and they don't like it
when they happen to be wearing Isle
ion hose. The Norfolk Southern
will be petitioned to raise its platform
or lower its car steps.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
COAST GUARDS RETURN
FROM WASHINGTON TRIP
Seventh District Men Make a Hit
With Demonstrations at Shrine
Meeting.


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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
ASK WOMEN TO
Be TRUSTEES
Councilmen Offers The Three
Vacancies on School Board
Members of Womans Club

Three Elizabeth City women
have been suggested from a
raft of names that have been
considered bv the Board of Al
derncn to fill the vacancies
that will occur on the Board OF
School trustees July |. The
Aldermen. or most of them eX-
press the belief that the wom-
cniolkS would be OF great ad'
vantage to the board of trust
ccs. and accordingly. Mrs. !. G.
Fearing. Mrs. \. B. Houtz and
Mrs. ". p Duff, have been ask
cd to serve
Two vacanricS will occur on July |.
when the terms of Walter l.. Small
and L. :. Sawyer expire. The third
vacancy is that Of &. f.. Kramer, who
resigned sometime ago. Mrs. {. l..
Brown WAS appointed by the Board
oE Aldermen to fill the uncXpircd
term of Mr.. Kramer. but she has
never qualified. and doesn't want the
position.
The women proposed for the school
board are Of prominence i'll the com
munitv, both socially and educational
lv. They are i'll members of the
Elizabeth City womanS Club. Mrs.
lIoutZ was formerly a member OF the
school board. Mrs. Fearing is dircc-
tor of safety cdrEation in North
Carolina. and WAS formerly Il teacher.
Mrs. Duff ha, long been identified
with educational and civic activities
in the city.
Under the new city charter. MEM
hers of the school board will not be
selected from wards aS before when
every ward was represented by four
members. The board is To be cut
down from IL to eight members with
in the next four years. and this policy
will do away with the selection OF
members from wards.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
TO SPEND THE SUMMER
IN THE DISMAL SWAMP
Party Cutting Right of Way For
Road Connecting Pasquotank
and Gates

The final stretch of the right of
way of the road connecting Pasquo-
tank and Gates counties is being cut
by r. +. Uassiter and party of 20
men. Mr.. Lassiter having taken the
contract last week to cut the three
and half miles from Acorn Hill in
Gates county. leading up to where the
operations of c. W. Lhcy stopped on
the project.
Mr.. LaSSiter has taken 10 negroes
and one white man to assist him in
cutting the right of way. which he
promises To complete in two and half
months. He calls it the "bloodiest'
stretch Of the Dismal Swamp. There
mosquitoes. gnatS. and the poison yell
low flies are ever present; the dead
", Sraly, cot ton -mOuthcd mOSSasin
slides thru the rank underground
which cuts off ever bit of summers
breczcs. and ho0t-owls scream in
broad daylight.
The road party has taken with them
n complete outfit TO enable them to
stay until the work is done. Their
outfit includes a power Skiddcr and
stump pullerS. four tents, a COM
miSary and an army range.
The right of way to be cut is I'D
feet wide. the extra width having
been provided to make room for
81 foot canal which is to be cut be-
side the road. to make dirt for the
surface and to give the road drain
age.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-06-22
CELEBRATION
SET FOR 4lTH
Elizabeth City Again Starts
Out Late to Make Plans
For Big Time

Plans have been made for
another Fourth Of July celc-
bration in Elizabeth City, and
those who would like to sec
another big Fourth Of July
celebration here are hoping for
the best of it. But the plans
were not made until this week,
which means that everybody
who has part to perform,
should do his best in the mcan-
time.
Under the enthusiastic hand oil
Thos. II. Nelson. are the plans for
a series of baseball games to begin
mt ten o'clock on the morning and ut
five in the afternoon. Dir. William
Parker. Miles Clark and T.. B. Hay
man. Elizabeth CitTs motor boat
fans. are hoping to provide some
good races.
\ sports contest for boys and girls
20 be staged on the courthouse green
will be under the direction of Rev.
Frank III. Scattergood. chairman. and
Frank Kramer. DIR. Mora $. Bula, j,
l.. Grcenleaf, w. c. Sawyer and NJ
Leigh Sheep.
\ committee made up of +. +,
Spencer, G. l.. Haistead. c. II. Nor
rsette. Buxton White and Herbert
Pcelc has been named to secure prizes
for the contest. All these are some
of the plans and more are expected
to be made soon. 1t is hoped that
every detail can be completed in time
to give Elizabeth City real glorious
Fourth of July of the kind it used
to have. and with many roads now
open TO tourists, great many people
are expected here to spend the day.
As usual. the banks will be closed alI
day. and the stores in the afternoon
to give the working folks Il little
more time to enjoy themselves. \
meeting of the Chamber "f Commerce
later in the week is set To take care
of further details.