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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
HIGHWAY ENGINEERS
DEFY MOVING SANDS
Even .fGaacae iSiaE%Sis Can Tel
StaIc ;!igtEaY GommisyiUa How
ID Guiid EoadS

i eyer h'% "II'H'T - &" h' MARX
ct down "S the colossal Jntr "l Ia"
St:t" Highway '"I'n''# on during lis
official existence. lh"n that "innd"r
mas h'rn "'"'" Il" ''.'''''"' '>''''''
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mI's 81 h'&NW'N l" '"Nr T'"'"'' i
miI"' ri2hf W'"'F" Il N''' u" '"N"f'" III
i's' than nv" years. ny the biggest
Nan"h''! "i' IN" !@E;'1.
i:3t ia" j"Ec is rn the k"am"kc Is
!.ndrr~ in ma'y respects. and some Of
the" al" in"ard!H raging. Not only
Is th" J"h" un the Islanders. but on
tie rest 81 Ia" stat" which is To help
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
TYPIOiD APPEARS IN
PASQUOTANK COUNTY
Nothing Alarming. But a Reminder
of the Need For Preventive Mea-
sureS, Says Health Officer.

The apucaraurr "f some SIX or Scv-
on cases of typhoid fever in PaSuu"-
tank COUNTY. Is Il reminder 10 ,@tc
preventive measures FOR what might
become serious situation. ACCORDING"
To- DR.. e. l.. William> County Heal
n Officer. who says. tn" amount Of
typhoid NOW in PaSluo;ank IS mor"
Than WIS prevalent during tn, whole
Of last year.
There is no need for scare
SAYS DR.. Williams. but the Situa-
ton could become serious. especially
If we have lot Of real hot weather,
and people cant be too careful in
keeping their houses screened and
their food protected from flies. And
too much Importance cannot he at
rachcd 10 the selection Of the drink
ing water one uses.
DR.. Williams believes this appear
anrc of typhoid is due to the fact that
it has been about four years sine"
there WIS Il general vaccination
against typhoid. 1t Will be recalled that
war tim" conditions brought forth
many preventive measures, and all
IF the men who entered tn" Army and
Navy were injected full of typhoid
nrnuhvI,yis MAKING tLc subjects I'M
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13

CHARLES EDWARD KRAMER
ELIZABETH CITY Loses a clean,
upright citizen in the death of c. E.
Kramer who died suddenly at his home
on East Main street at l2:40 o'clock
Monday afternoon. Mr.. Kramer arose
Monday morning complaining of an
attack of indigestion but took a
medicine for it and thought little
moro about it. He busted himself
during The morning with preparations
fer trip 10 Nags Head, where he
and his family were to have spent the
summer. He was stricken in his
home without warning and was con-
scious only few minutes without
speaking. Mr.. Kramer was 65 years
old and had been a resident of this
city since he was I3 years old. He
was son of the late D. r. Kramer,
founder of what is now Kramer Bros.
Co., Ire. Mr.. Kramer himself was
Identified with the firm of Kramer
Bros & Co., until its liquidation in
1917. He was at the time of his
death president of the Kramer-Moss
Co.. of this city. He was devout
and at all times active member of
the First M. E. Church South of this
city and had served almost every posi-
tion on IFS official board. In politics
he was a Republican and permitted
his name to be used on the RepubIi.
can Congressional ticket in the dis.
trict in the last national election. He
was as steadfast and conscientious in
his politics as in his religion. In his
every day relations with his fellow
men he met every test of geatIemanli.
ness and good citizenship. MIR. Kram.
cr is survived by widow who was
Miss SaIlie Holmes: by two daughters
Mrs. H. D. Walker and Mrs. B. L.
Banks; by one brother, Jos. p.
Kramer; and by three sisters, Mrs.
Alex Davis, Mrs Annie Hughes and
Mrs. P. RI. Williams. Zocilcr photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
SWEET POTATO CROP
CONSIDERED EXCELLENT

Sweet potatoes in lower Currituck
County are looking well, according
to J. Il. Baker, auditor of the North
River Line. which handles the bulk
Of the shipments from that section.
The acreage is smaller than that of
last year it is said. but the growth
of the vines is excellent and shipments
will start moving over the North
River Line during the last week in
July, and probably little earlier.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
THE CHEAPEST
A D v e r T S N G
YOU CAN BUY

You could put a three inch
double column advertisement
on a post card and send 1000
post cards to as many folks as
that If you had the names Of
that many folks. The cards
would cost you $4,000; the
printing would cost you $3.50
and 1t would take days for you
to get the cards addressed.
You could put the same three
inch double column message IN
this newspaper and have II
sent TO more than 1000 homes
In your territory for the small
sum of S2.40. That $2.40
covers the printing, the paper.
the postage, the addressing,
maiIing-everything.
Better still: You could pro.
claim your message In a full
page advertisement TO the
thousands who read this news.
paper for Just about what the
little post card business would
cost. you.
Don't tell me that my adyer.
tising rate dro high.
w. o. SAuEDE 81.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
BUNCH-CUl.PEPPER.

VI. Wilton Bunch, 90, the son Of
Mrs. Lille Bunch. and Miss Wilma
Culpepper, 10, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Culpepper both of this CITY,
were married here early Sunday morn
ing and left to senl1 their Lcne ,4c2-
= Eacs Head
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
'RH AID FEATHERS"

"'o 'he 7uri,hment of tar
,,'7 ard teslhcring originate
'' the DATED States?
. r''f~r If this newspaper
~'o''d 'o taow. ami asked our
'N''Ti'" Euresn. The an
" "r,aIrd IN Today's
PAGE I """'
,'' o"r ws,h,nqlon Bureau
-, there D. romc pa,,ling quss.
., ''' ~ar' ar.wcrcd. They
'''S '7fr'ie pains to find
IN "'r 'a' Won. Write the
r's .'''a oat hrcny ard plain.
-, '''' 3'ur n3mc and address,
s"" s., "ai IN The wssbinuton
0pS 'S+' "i tac iNDEPEN.
1sN' en'Io,,oa a ,w,.cent
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
AFRICAN SEASON OPENS.

The first car load of watermelons
of the season were disposed of in
Elizabeth City this week By the pro-
duce firm of Fisher Morrisette Co.
The mclons came from Southwest
Georgia and retail at 60 to ID cents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
Giving The noad to the Hills.

There lies on III" east side of
Roanoke lSl?nd. chain "f sand hills.
more than nil" in length. and known
a> the Mountain Hill. Tn" Mountain
Hill used tO he more than 50 feet
high. That waS when it banked up
against Il pine forest and killed il.
When the forest died, the pile of sand
swept On the southwest. the foot of it
ylrA'Nv hut surely creeping along at
the rat" "f about II feet Il year.
TwIrr this chain Of hills crcpt in TO
th" edge of th" public road. and twirc
the road hands cut drtoUrS. in one
place, more than mile of new road
WA Gu, thru the forest to cvadr the
hill. Eut the hill kept on and is now
little farms on the island. |: has
been five years since that hill crossed
the highway, but il has been NOV
iug every year at the rat" of II
fr"t year; and it is only - feet from
This hill thai the engineers have made
Il survey for the road
The engineers argue that the hill
isn't mq:ing. Thcy arc right: it
doesn't move in thc summer time
when the wind rules from the south
and west. 1t does its greatest work
under the north and northeast gales
that sweep The coast in wintcrtimc.
Any nrighbOr ut tn" SandhillS knows
that in some weeks in winter three
TO five feet of sand moves outward
Il, the foot Of the hill.
At another point about Il mile IL
b"vc the Mountain Hill. the engineers
would continue the highway within Il
hundred feet of second hill that
moves aS rapidly us the first, and
which is now on the eve of entering
The county road. And thus the new
highway will be in prospect Of being
twice buried and lost.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13

Good cycSight is inexpensive. See
pr. ]. ID. Hathaway, Optometrist
Elizabeth City, y. G. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13

For your eyes sake see DR.. ]. d.
Hathaway, Optometrist, Bradford
->11. Tr:- =, r:--- - - -1-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
ANOTHER "BETTER BABY"
CONTEST STARTED HERE

About twenty habic& were enrolled
at the community house on Fleet
wood Street Wednesday. updcr
the direction Of Mrs. Anna Lewis.
County welfare Offices Prizes of
81 each will he given by the Elizabeth
City banks. the prfz"s being for the
greatest improvement i'll babies from
one to six months old; from six
months to year old; and from enc
wear to two years old.
from here in any direction he cares TO
20 without waiting to hear who has
been elected party chairman.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13

island. and Oh parts Of it the new
ru"d wi! 5r built.
II Does Not Serve All Sections!
What is designated aS tn" joke Of
;hc engineers. i; the road from Man
tro 70 Fort Raleigh, which is about
four mics long. In making Il survey
for this section Of the road, thr high
WHY engineers completely igE"r"d the
fact that So'ac 5000 acres "f land are
located to the north Of AIanico. that
This !, practically th" total OF R"a-
nukc l>iand'S agricultural land. and
- anxious were they 10 run the road
without curve, that they laid its
course completely to ono side cf the
island and tn" west side of lhe is
land will not be served by the road at
all.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-07-13
hathaway. He knows.

DOn't re7Ic",
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
ICE PATROL is NEVER IDLE
Coast Guard Unit Constantly at Work
6roadcasting information as
to Ocean Conditions.

Describing the work of the Ice pa
troll which was organized and placed
under United States management by
international agreement in 1913, an
authority says:
"a continuous patrol is maintained
by two United States coast guard cut
ters capable Of keeping the sea In all
kinds of weather. Each one alter
nately takes a two weeks tour of
duty and is then relieved by the other
When one of these ice scouts APP
proaches the Ice region, 1t collects all
information from nearby vessels and
proceeds To search the area south of
latitude forty-three for signs of Ice
and broadcasts information as to the
limits Of the ice to all approaching
vessels. In connection with this scout
Ing duty, the Ice patrol secures scien
tihc observations relating to the Ice
area and forwards daily reports to the
weather bureau
One of the things brought out by
the evidence gathered by these YES
sells, he stated, Is that there Is no
truth in the old idea that the cold
Labrador current flowing south dives
under the warmer Gulf stream NOV
ing northeast and comes up again to
the southwark When these two ocean
currents meet, he claims, the Labrador
current Is arrested, then turned to-
ward the Gulf stream and finally
pulled along In an easterly flow
parallel to 1t.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
MosuL NEAR RINEvEH's SITE
Ancient City on the Tipris Practically
Built on the Ruins Of Famous
Metropolis.

WIN the next war be waged on the
site of ancient Nineveh1 Mosu, on
the bank Of the Tigris, sverlooks the
mounds of that ancient city. Mosul
means oil. England ana Turkey seem
to have come to grips over Mosul.
At the crossroads of caravan routes
from everywhere-Aleppo. Bagdad
and Persia, the leaning minaret of
Mosul has seen that city wax and
wane. II may rise from its ruins of
white limestone and become great
city again. For L is the capital Of
the province in which are oil fields
that compare with the richest In the
world
II win not be the first time that the
city by the TlgrIs has come back after
being counted out. Nineveh shone for
1000 years. When 1t gave up the
ghost Mosul, lusty infant, sprang
from the southern suburbs and -four
ished.
1t weathered the storms of many
wars. Tamerlane pillaged 1t. Saladin
beat against Its walls but failed to
subdue the city. II rose TO Its height
In the Twelfth century, when It be-
came an Independent capital Tho
vilayet Of Mosul over which the
Turks and British battled In confer
ence, includes 10000 square miles ly-
Ing mostly east of the Tigris.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
TAKING IT TOO SERIOUSLY
Landlord Could Not Help but Think
Citizens Of Petunla We're ovsr-
doing Their "coue."

swell, no." admitted the landlord Of
the Petunia tavern. ''The town isn't
as lively just now as 1t might be. You
see, at present the Coue craze is raging
here, and 1t seems like our folks can't
get up much interest In anything else.
No use to attempt to buy, sell or beg,
or ask a direction or expect a favor,
for the party you speak to is pretty
sure to be muttering Every day in
every way, l am growing better and
better and walling his eyes at va
cancy as he does so.
"Tuther evening the !. x. L. store
was robbed. Constable Slackputter
saw the villains leaving with the goods.
but he was just starting to say, Every
day, In every way. and so forth, and
by the time he had repeated the
formula 20 times the robbers car was
clear out of hearing. A feller started
to propose TO girl lately, but she had
begun to state 20 times that she was
better and better. This gave him OPP
portunity to think 1t over and he got
left. Any minute I am looking for a
building to ketch fire, and the fire com
pany be In the midst of declaring that
they are better than ever before and
the structure be holocausted before
they get to It. There are so many citi-
zens growing better and better that !
don't believe the town will amount to
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
NEVER USED BY EMPEROR
Luxurious Private Railroad Car Built
for Macmillan Of MexIco 10
Still In Existence.

On sldetrack of the Mexican rail
way In Vera Cruz there rests one of
the most historic private cars on the
continent, II was built to order for
Emperor Macmillan OF Mexico more
than sixty years ago. So solid was its
construction that II is still In fairly
presentable condition, despite Its
weatherbeaten exterior.
During the recent revolutionary
period 1t was used ms the private car
of army officers. Finally It found its
way back to Vera Cruz, where II was
shunted onto a remote siding to re
main forgotten until discovered the
other day by an official of the road.
Although the car was built for
Emperor MACMILLAN, the Inflated
ruler never got to ride In II. When
II arrived In Vera Cruz, yenr before
his downfall, conditions were so bad
that II could not be sent to Mexico
City. 1t was used later by President
Juarez, who signed the death warrant
Of Macmillan and succeeded him ms
ruler of Mexico
lockwood brought from India. was
used in Its construction. II was built
In France and received in this coun-
try In the early part Of 1885. On the
outside II presented the appearance
of one of the English compartment
cars
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
WORD MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Controversy at Philadelphia Is a Case
In Point, and There Have Been
Many Others.

In the case of Philadelphia woman
who served as stenographer In
France during the war, and has since
passed away, the government has de-
clined to refund tax payment of $685.
394 made by her estate, on the ground
that she was not I'm" but merely
with" the military forces In France.
Much depends on single word, and
the case is to go before jury, the
Philadelphia Public Ledger says.
There are many historic Instances of
controversy over word. Goodwin
Smith said the Civil war was fought
on point of grammar-whether 1t
should be "the United States is or
"the United States are" Church coun-
ellis In the Middle ages were by
schisms rent assunder" over the use
of the word "fllioque" in the creed, and
there are similar divergences over
other terms. "In the beginning was
the Word"-and that word, the Greek
"logos," hns Itself been the theme Of
interminable discussion. The speaker
who has the malady which in the
Thaw trial was termed "logorrhea"
has no understanding of the art of one
who makes every word count for Its
value and do its work
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
LAMBERTVILLE
Continued from first pagel

The regular weekly Kiwanis lunch
con was held at the Logan Inn, New
Hope, Monday evening.
The speaker for the meeting was
walter d. Cougle, assistant prosecu-
tor of Mercer county, who gave an
interesting and instructive talk on
the subject of Cooperation Rather
Than Competition in Business"
Miss Tess LAWN, of II York street,
was Friday visitor with relatives in
Trenton.
Albert H. Regain, of II Clinton
street, left this morning for an in
definite stay in Chicago, ILL.,, in the
interest Of the Foundation company,
of New York city.
Miss Matilde Botti, teacher in the
public schools at Bayomne, spent Sat-
urday and Sunday with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Botti, of North
Union street.
Frank Ledger, former resident in
this city, but now of Phillipsburg,
was calling on relatives and friends
here on Sunday.
Mrs. H. C. Hayes, of the Lambert
vile House, spent the past few days
with relatives in New York city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Y. Scarbor-
ough, Of Lansdown, Pa, were calling
on relatives in this CITY, Sunday.
William L. Leattor, of 10 York
street, was an over Sunday visitor
with relatives in Doylestown, Pa
DR. Peter McGill, former resident
Of Lambertyille, but now of Bound
Brook was visiting relatives and
friends here Saturday.
Fishermen along the Delaware Riv-
en- at this PoinF are mending their
nets in preparation for the opening
of the shad fishing season which will
start as soon as the fish start up the
river.
Easter Bunny Boxes for the kid
dies, filled with Easter Eggs con-
tanning fruit and nuts, &c TO SOC, at
Cochran's Drug Store, Lambertville.
James |. Bumster, of 16 Clinton
street, was the Sunday guest of his
sister at Crossword, N. J.
W. r. Robinson, of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends in this city.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
ALWAYS MEN FOR THE AGE
There When Needed, Whether Born in
Log Cabin or Towering Apartment
In Big City.

Future Presidents of the United
States will be born IN apartment
houses. and fond people will have
TO hallow and bronze tablet fourteen
story skyscraper, 1t win be its own
lofty monument.
Long ago we passed the log-cabln
stage of historic shrlnes. The log
cabins have been exhausted. Our larg-
est crop OF heroes now comes largely
from the two-story brick house
Theodore from one of three stories.
But the apartment house Is bound
to make its way as cradle for I'm
mortals, regardless of the rather Sc
we're restrictions against families, large
or small. The future great, born in
one of these towering hives, will, even
at their birth. triumph over the tram
mels of restrictive regulation Of ten
ant families.
l.owly beginnings seem no longer
necessary for genius. There should be
no reason why statesmen, scholars.
poets and scientists should not make
their advent nine stories up. None of
the artificlalties of our modern civill-
cation will interrupt the gifts OF be-
nign Providence that has never ceased
to produce the man for the age.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
CHEATED OF JUST REWARD
oIdtlme English inventor Unable to
Get Recognition and Died
Broken n earted

IT seems always to have been true
that pioneer of any invention which
Is afterward to become indispensable
must suffer misfortune, and perhaps
even perish, before his creation can
win the recognition IL deserves.
This was the case with the steel
loom for knitting stockings, invented
In the Sixteenth century by William
Lee.
Lee took his invention to Queen
Elizabeth, hut she withheld her
patronage. Again he improved his
machine, SO that 1t would knit silk
stocklngs-the queens love of silk
hosiery had been one of her chief rea-
sons for dlsinterest-but again he was
disappointed at not receiving a royal
grant
Things We're no better under James
l, so he went to France, and when
success was almost within his grasp
at the French court the assassination
of the king baked him again. Broken
hearted, he died. but dn the neat CEN
fury Oliver Cromwell granted a pat
ent on his device to the Company of
Framework Knitters.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
LuIllberville

Mrs. Lester Kise, of Frenchtown,
visited her sister, Mrs. Hervey Will
son last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tinsman enter
tanned Mrs. Howard Paxson, of Car
versville, and Mrs. Harvey Funk re-
Gently.
Miss Marion Wilson was the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wilson in Lam
bertville last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel J. Heed an
nOunce the engagement of their
daughter, Elsa R., to Howard House
ley, son of Mr.. John Houseley. No
date has been set for the wedding.
Kimbel Kerr recently visited his
brother, Alvin, who is recovering
from the grippe.
Mrs. John Neice and her daughter
Florence, of New Hope, were enter
tanned Tuesday by Mr.. and Mrs. Err
vim Kerr.
Mrs. Fern Coppedge is repairing
her summer cottage for occupancy
this summer.
Easter Bunny Boxes for the kid
dies, filled with Easter Eggs con-
tanning fruit and nuts, Sc to SOC, at
Cochran's Drug Store, Lambertville.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
Wonderful Ice Formation

Under blessing Of visit from Our
Lady of Guadalupe. Yosemite National
park Ia going TO have one of the hap
ptest and most prosperous years In its
history.
This was the news spread abroad
several days ago by distinguished visit
tors from Mexico who discovered n
perfect likeness of Mexico's patron
saint in the ice which forms on the
cllfr every night from the spray of
Yosemite falls. The face Is perfectly
outlined, The body is swathed In the
flowing robe of a Sister Of Charity and
the arms are crossed on the breast.
"Nuestrs Sonora de la Guadalupe -
exclaimed the first Mexican who
glimpsed the famous cataract after his
arrival. He called his friends and they
agreed that the natural formation was
one of the best they had ever seen.
The image must be fully 1000 feet
high. as 1t extends nearly the entire
length OF the hrst drop Of Yosemite
falls, which is 1,430 feet
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
Gailuses.

In addition to being the food pro-
Queer, political balance wheel. and all
the other things the farmer does and
is for the country, 1t looks as II he
would have to protect and maintain
the great American institution Of sus-
penders.
The cities and towns have passed
them up entirely. and pin their faith
TO the relatively Enthusiastically belt.
They are even making the Jest that a
pessimist is man who wears sus-
penders as well as his belt.
Let us rally around, or under. or In
side OF, as the case may be. the Ameri-
can gallus. No other device is so
scientific, so reliable, so comforting.
No other viii stand such punishment
and still function smoothly and eff
ciently. down to the last two buttons
Of 10-penny nalls.-Farm Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-03-16
Whom she's Away,

"The wife's away" said the man
who wore a sort of rundown look
And I've been cooking my own break.
fasts. The thing that gets me Is how
In the name of goodness person can
cook three things, excluding coffee.
and have them all done at the same
timer I'll tell the waiting world that
TO do II Is gift. II that woman
doesn't come back soon I'll be Bills
tered In every exposed part OF my
body from hot flying grease, Did you
ever try first to cook bacon, then drop
an egg into the spider and fry 1t In the
hot bacon greasef Do It. and I'll bet
n you never uttered cuss In your
life you'll begin right then" Detroit
News.