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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-06-29

After considering bids submitted on
June 8 for construction of the legisla-
tive building of the capitol group, the
state capitol committee again rejected
all bids. as was the case with the bids
submitted May 8. The committee made
no announcement as to future plans
and gave no reason for rejecting the
bids, other than that they were not
satisfactory.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-06-29

The department Of licenses expects
to begin the issuance of the new
drivers license for the two-year per-
iod, beginning August l. sometime
this week, or as soon as it is possible
to secure the necessary printing. The
new licenses will be on index card
boards instead of on thin paper as
used during the last two years. New
application blanks are being sent out
now for general distribution to the
motoring public.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1923-06-29

Each year the Garfield County Pho
neer association presents chairs to the
man or woman who have held the long
est continuous residence in the county
and this year Mrs. Eliza Bentley, pio-
neer of 1876. and John w. Ball, pio-
neer of 1874. received the gift chairs.
Attorney c. w. Jewett was elected
president of the organization for the
ensuing year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
HOW A BELHAVEN MAN
GOT 16 SUBSCRIBERS
Now They'll Read Their Own In
dependent and Enjoy 1t Every
Week

V. G.. Ambrose, of Bclbaven. sends
i'm club of sixteen new SubScrib-
crs to THE INDEPENDENT this
week. Mr.. Ambrose says II lot of
his npighborS like to read his copy
of tn" paper every week and he
thought lie would suggest To them
that they give him their SubScrip
tionS TO receive tn" paper regularly.
Before he got thru he had 16 new
subscriptions at the low club rat" of
81 Loo year advertised last week.
The regular price of THE IN
DEPENDENT is $3.50 year, but
for short time only we are re-
cciving new subscriptions in clubs
of five or more at $1.OO Il year.
They must be new subscriptions,
within the first postal zone only.
and single subscriptions will not he
received at this price. Get mp Il
club of five or more in your neigh
borhood. 1t is easy to do aud your
friends and neighbOiS will apprc-
ciate the opportunity to get thi.
paper at such an unusual pri"c.
There will he no more advertise.
mentS Of the offer and no Srh$crip
tinus received on this offer after
Christmas.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
SIX NEW BUILDINGS
FOR COLORED NORMAL
North Carolina Investing zeal
Money To Produce Desirable
Negro Teachers

Plans and specifications for SIN
new buildings to he added to the
STATE Normal School .rorp at EliH-
,h.tb Citv are E0w in tn" hands ot
contractors and bids will he open
cd ut an early date.
The new buildings are t" h", Il
dorritory for boys: IL MANUEL 'ralh-
iny hon: Il laundry: a principal :
rutta"c. and two cottages or t'a'h-
crs The letting of contracts t"i
these buildings will give employ
mcnt to much labor thru the winter
and spring.
When the new buildings are COM
nIeted tbp school which the state
has placed at Elizabeth City FOR
the training of colored teachers VIII
he thc most considerable school
nlout i'm Northeastern North Caro-
lima. excepting the East Carolina
Teachers College at Greenvllle. IL
is the states aim to give the h'S'
uossible training and equipment 10
coIorcd men and women who are 10
tcnch i'm the Col0rcd schools ol
North Carolina. and the new build
iu-s will not complete the bulldlhS
pro"ram for this school.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
TRIED TO KEEP THEIR
MARRIAGE A SEGRE t
But Had to Give Up Because
Neigbhors Knew and Talked
Too Mu?h

All romance is not dead and in
this day and timr one doesn't have
to 90 far to find it among the older
people. For instance. there is
}. II. Implicit of 60I Third Street.
this city. who married Mrs. Fannie
Case, Il uciylIhor. on October 2S.
Mr.. Humphlctt and Mrs. Case
went down to llertfOrd and were
nurrcd by Rev. Z. VI. Grant. M"tho-
dist minister. at his home there,
according to Mrs. llumphlcit.
Mr.. and Mrs. lIumphiett then
came hack To Elizabeth city and
went To keeping house at the Hum
phlrtt home. tn" only other member
of the family being Mr.. ilumphlcti :
nine -ycar-Old son. Soon the neigh
horS began to gossip about the fact
that the widow Case had gone to
living at the home of the widUwcr
Uumphlctt. And ill.," nCWlyw"dS
told nothing. However Il few days
a-o the marriage was made public.
The Hunphlctt couple l. not solo
Oh the-itlea of keeping Il marriAGt
secret when lot of ncighborS are
bound to know the truth anyway.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
YOUR SAFEST BET is TO
MARRY In CURRITUCK
You Stand Six Chances of Making
Life Jcb of IL There. To One
In PaSqu0tank

Couples who marry and live i'm
turrituck County only a few miles
away from PaSuuotank stand six
chances of making Il 20 of it to one
chance for the couple in paSquo
tank. And in Camden County. ly-
mS between Currituck and pasquo.
tank. married couples have fou
chances of II permanent union t,
the l'aSuuotank couples one.
The University of North Caro-
lima News Letter has been compil
in- some figures about marriages
aud divorce in North Carolina. They
find that Currituck County there
are 1oi marriages for every divorce,
in Camden 6S marriages for every
divorce: hut in PlSuuut;:mk there is
Il divorce for every It. marriages.
Chnwau has Il little better record
with one divorce for every lI.J mar
riagrS. and PerquimanS does Il little
better still with one divorce for
every - marriages. But CurritucL
heads the list of Northeastern North
Carolina counties and only tive
other counties in the state. Iadkin
and Bladcn. make Il better ShOwin:
i'm low divorce records.
The figures for some other neigh
borin. counties are: Washington, !
divorce To ~ marriages: Beaufort,
| divorce To - marriages: Gates
| divorce to 23 marriages: Hert
ford. | divorce To every 1o.2 mar
riagpS. No figures are available
for Dare. Hyde and TyrrcN.
The figures are for the year 1872:
based on the Bureau of the Census
report on marriages and divorces
ShDwim. the number of marriaSr:
for each divorce granted i'll eacl
county.
North Carolina average one
divorce for every 16.S marriages
against one for every thirty-two i'll
1916. Five-ycar increase i'll the
number Cf divorces 100 ner cent.
against only 81 per cent increase
in marriages.
Omc-half of all divorces were
granted in the ten counties With
the largest towns and cities. Th,
divorce problem is an urban one.
Our divorce rate will steadily rise
aS we change from Il rural to an
urban state. Ninetythrce divorces
i'm BuncOmhc against IL total of .
i'm the first twenty-five" counties.
Farmers are seldom divorced.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
FIRST SPINACH BRINGS
$3.50 A BARREL NORTH
W. !. Brock and l.. s. ParkersOn
Pu! no trrrs in Spinach
This Fall

Shipments of spinach from Eliz
ahrth City the past week amounted
to about Zoo barrels, all of which
WAS cut from the lands of W. \
Brock. The first shipment Of this
spinach sold at $2.50 Il barrel OH
the New York market.
This is the Scrund year that
spinach has been tried in FaSuuO-
tank. W. \. Hrock and l.. :. Parker
Sun making the first experiment last
season.. prhcr farmers have he%i-
tarrd to follow prrf"rring tp wait
upon the experiments of MeS%rs.
Brock and Parkcrsom.
EruCk and ParkcrSon put lie
acres in spinach this fall. The
WELD is around 300 barrels nn acre,
They will follow spinach with other
fanCy truck crops.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
PROHIBITION OFFICER
DRUNK AND DISORDERLY
+. 4. Crank appeals From Sen
tence of 30 Days in jail
"Wednesday

+. \. Crank. Elizabeth city man
who has been identified with pro
hihitinu officers operating III TINS
CITY section for several months, was
sentenced to - days in Jail We'd
nc>day morning when found guilty
of assault. But he appealed t"
superior Court.
Crank waS arrested on Thanks
giving night on four counts. namely.
assault with deadly weapon. rHck
less drivin" operation of Il motor ear
while undpr the Influence OF liquor
and for ILLEGAL possession and trans
porfation of liquor. Crank asked
for a Jury trial and the case dldil I
come ND until Wednesday mnrnln"
The court found Crank guilty III
the assault case. and the court nav
i'm. sentenced Crank 10 ~ days III
q, the ProSecutin" Attorney took
II mol pros in the other caSrS.
The history of the case as teStl'
rird tn i'm court Wednesday Is that
t'tuuk with Otis Bland WAS riding
ou the NcwIand road on Thanks
Giving night. Near Berca Churrh
the two men overlook Johnnie
Hroihcrs and Eugene Sharber young
mon of Ncwlamd township VINO were
romin" to town with two SlrlS' III
,,u automobile. and Crank : car gave
chusr. While abreast of the car o'
RrothcrS and Sharber. bullets were
fired at them twice from the ear
of Crank. The party from NcF
Eud drtnurcd by WAY OF the oId
Prick House road and sought refuge
from Crank and Bland WHO chaS'o
them into the Brick House. Crank
then returned TO his car, but was
said tn have been 81 badly iiitoNi-
Gated as to have backed it into ii
tree.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
NO OWNERS FOUND FOR
FINE BEEF CATTLE
Government Men Slaughter Free
Range Animals Where No
Ownership Appears.

Agents of the Bureau of Anima
Industry of the L. 5 Dept. of ASri-
culture are at the present time sup
plying the Elizabeth City market
with some of the finest beef retail
ed here in a long time. These cat
tie are found far back in the reed
SwampS of PasquOtank an dCamder
counties on free range and no one
lays claim to them.
No one lays claim to them because
the State Wide Stock Law makes
it a miStlemeanor for Il citizen to
let his cattle run at large and tn,
departments of agriculture bring
the law tO bear upon the owner OF
cattle who does not take his cattle
to government dipping watts ana
have them dipped for tick eradica-
tion. Rather than run in with the
law or go to the bother OF round
ing up stock running wild in the
SwampS of PaSquotank and camden
ownership of these woods cattle.
When owners are not found for such
stock, the government agents takt
them up and dispose of them as
they see fit.
Before Stock Law and tick eradi-
cation work. every farmer in d
neighborhoOd had his private mark
for his cattle. He would brand his
cattle and turn them loose to range
for themselves. In the Fall OF the
year he would round up cattle bear
Ing his mark and put his brand
upon the calves found with his
branded cows. after killing of such
cattle as he desired to dispose OF
to local butchers. But no one Claims
the free range cattle now and they
fall into the hands of government
agents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
PROSPECTS GLOOMY FOR
FAIR HERE NEXT YEAR
Recent Fair a Money Loser and
Hasn't Paid Its Bills Yet

Directors and stockholders Of the
Albcmarlc Agricultural Association
are down in the dumps and unless
something happens TO restore their
vanished enthusiasm, Elizabeth
City may not have an agricultural
fair next year.
The fair Association lost money
last year and gave a note TO take
care of certain obligations. They
paid that note ont of this years's
gate receipts and then when the
bills for this years fair were pre-
Sented there wasn't enough money
left to pay this years bills. a
number of creditors have been left
i'm the lurch and don't know when
or how their bills are going to be
paid.
it is claimed that instead of max.
ing money this year, the fair again
went in q hole to the tune Of 81 1,25O
or 81 800. y. Howard Smith, PreSi-
dent of the association says all bills
will be paid somehow. He doesn't
know yet and isn't enthusiastic
for Il fair next year. This news
paper has been unsuccessful in
finding enthusiasm for another fair
among any Of the associations
stockholders. If Elizabeth City
wants another fair next year, some
body will have to show the present
stockholders n way out of the hole
they are i'm now.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
SCOTT SALES co. SERVES
NOTICE ON ITS RIVALS
Claims infringement on Its One
Man Bean Harvester Patent

The Scott Sales Co. has served
notice on George +. Pritcu1rd and
the Gordon Bean Harvester Com
pany. claiming infringement of their
basic patent covering separating
unit used in Il soy bean harvester.
The notice WAS served through
their Patent Attorney f. W. Brad
ford. of Washington. ID. {.
The Scott Sales Co. claim that
under their patents 1t Will he al
most impossible to manufacture Il
SOY bean harvester that requires
but one man to operate without IN
ringing and that they control the
one man Sny bean nar!eS'cr field
The point will he vigorously diSput-
ell anl the outcorc will he watched
with interest by growers OF SOY
beams i'm Eastern North Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
BULLET FIRED FROM ACROSS
RIVER, MIGHT HAVE KILLED

a buIllrtt fired into the office Of
the Globe Fish Company Oh the
Elizabeth City waterfront Wednes-
day afternoon if it had struck a
few minutes earlier night have kill
ed Charles G.. Meekins, bookkeep-
or. Tha bullet penetrated the glass
and sped right across the desk OF
Mr.. Mcckins who had just gone out
of the office, and embedded itself in
the opposite wall. Calculation OF
the course travelled by the bullet
showed that it would have struck
the body Of Mr.. Meekins had he
been at his desk. The Supposition
is that it came from the rifle of
some careless person Oh the Cam
den side of the river. The fact that
Mr.. Hcpkins. a member of the board
of Stewards of City Road Methodist
Church and not an alderman pre-
cllIdcs anw theory that the bullet
was sent in his direction by some.
one with q vengeance.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
\ EiPGiST SUNDAY SCHOoh
TINT Lends TIE SECTION

Probably the most f"rmdahlt
.mHa. Srhnnl organization "f an!
".l BAPTIST church in Northeast
r.r North Carolina j. at the Shiloh
'.wrb iu camden County which l.
ST.. rt. OLDEST baptist church in the
Static. ~ having been cStabllShrd
"..r ',n g':irs n"".
ID. Shiloh BAPTIST Sunday
I.0rn, holds It's own glorlorlSiy
.-a',' inc frosty sunday mornings
.- Show an ltrcmd;rmc" record "i
49,. .r sunday. November -. and
--' Orr. Npvrmbrr -. On November
- ... members of this Sunday
N..'.. donated $2i6.li to the Bap-
.' "rnhamagc.
..n.- senior and Junior Il. l.
Dr.. Limitations and II Woman ;
'.- ...rl Snrirry add strength t'
ah' rural sunday school.
.y support rhc present plan
' .... ..r gdrliriDu 10 this church.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
THIEVES MAKE
BOLD ATTEMPT
Series of Depredations on So.
Poindexter Street May Be
Warning to Householders

A bold attempt at burglary
on South Poindextcr Street
was made Tuesday night when
thieves got in the office of
Zimmerman & Company, mil
lers, and battered the combi-
nation on the office safe. The
combination was so badly
wrecked with a cold chisel that
it took blacksmith to open the
safe, and Mr.. Zimmerman had
to order a new safe.
Having failed to get into Mr..
Zimmerman'S safe. the burglar car
ricd off four packages Of Mr.. Zim.
mprman's "Old Virginia" cherootS.
and two in a broken package. About
two dollars worth of postage
stamps, and one or two cold chisels
belonging TO the plant were also
missing.
On the same night an attempt at
burglary was made by forcing the
windows Of the garage operated by
w. II. Deans. across the street from
the Zimmerman mill. IL may have
been the intentions of tho burglar
TO steal IN automobile from the
garage, but the ears in the garage
were not i'm running shape, and
nothing of value was missed.
The next account of the depreda-
tiOnS of the thieves, comes from
Browns Restaurant, negro eating
house back of the Deans garage.
No money was taken from the
restaurant. it may have been that
a hearty meal was the only thing
desired by the burglar.
Mr.. Zimmerman says he has no
idea as to who the burglars might
have been, other than that the dam
age to his safe appeared TO have
been done by a grown-up who knew
the business Of opening safes, and
who was probably scared off.
That such attempts ut robbery
have been made i'm Elizabeth City
this week, should be g warning to
many hcusekeepers who leave their
doors unlocked at night. or when
they are away from home especial
ly since the attempts were made
within three blocks of the Bee Hive
Steps where. the night police force
stands watch over the town.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07

did you draw on" of th" 2,GW
Christmas Savings Checks mailed
ont 10y the banks this wrck:' said
the Bank Clerk tr the Soda j"rkcr
Sure" said the Soda J"rk"r.
"I'v been tntinG ten cents to the
bank every Monday morning for the
past fifty weeks. and sonnet ines
waiting in line ten or fifteen min-
utcS to get my card punched, and
this week got $40. have made
ten cents on my fiy" dollars. hut |
can't figure ont yet what | get out
of all the shoe leather aud the time
| have lost in fifty weeks totin2
ten cents to the bank every Monday
morning. 1t looks to me like I've
put out II lot of time and shoe
leather for II dime"
"Well, what do YOU think the
bank got out of it, said the HamE
Clerk. do you think the bank
cleaned up Il fortune Keeping books
for YOU for twelve months Oh Il ten
cent week dCpOSit!'
Il can't figure out where either
of us came out in the business.
said ihe Soda Jerkcr.
"And last week you were deliver
inv mo 81 lecture on figuring. Well,
there isn't much profit in Christ
mas Savings accountS; but In"
banks have found them Il nccrSSar!
evil because they're one WAY of MAX
iuc Nuts like You get the habit of
saving something. Most folks don
do things thru reason: they do
things 10y force of habit. You're
one of them; if you used your rcaS-
on like you're using it now. You
would never start another Christmas
Savings account and next Christ
mas you wouldn't have even st
much as five dollars and ten cents.
But you've got the habit fixed on
YOU now and chances are ynu II
start another Christmas Savings ac-
count Monday morning and put III
twenty or twenty-five cents Il week
81 You'll have something bigger
than $40 TO --ow for your thrift
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
SAYS NORTH WILL SHED
MORE BLOOD OVER NEGRO

",The race problem is no longer
Il local problem left to the So'' Ii
to solve i'm its own way: it Is IL
problem for the metropolitan cch'e's
of the North, and if l mistake not
the signs and temper of the time
the North will shed blood over the
problem if it does not interest itSel
immediately
SO says W. o. Saunders i'll u
series of articles on the negro, the
first of which appears i'll the current
issue of Golfers Weekly. But
von'H have to get Golfers to read
tbe rest of it, as space will not per
nit the reprintins of these articles
i'm this newspaper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
THEY TALK ABOUT CHRISTMAS SAVINGS

next year this time.
still, don't see where the banks
make anyihing." said the Soda
.IrrI,rr. "That'S hccarE;r your brains
don't work like IN adding machine,
said thr Bank Clerk. The banks
don't make anything ont of YOU;
bat after training you To save up
that much money III Il year lhry are
safe in betting that you'll tuln II
loose where il will fall in the hands
of somebody whose account Is
worth something to them. And then
il happcns i'm Il lot of cases that
when a fellow gets the Christmas
Savings habit it grows on him unti'
he starts Il regular savings account
that will bc worth something to the
bank. \ lot of them do that
II believe I'll take this $5.10
Christmas Savings Check and put
il in regular savings account; at
four per cent interest I'll make ~
cents on it in year.
You should Worry said the
Bank Clerk. "But if YOU bank that
five spot, what are you going to
have to spend for Christmas. pres
entS?"
"Iu buy 'rm on tick like | used
to buy EN-" said the Soda Jcrkcr.
And force the merchant to bOr-
row money at six per cent To run
his business while he's waiting for
you 10 pay him what you owe him:
:'You should worry" %ai dthe
SOFIA .JCrkCr. You lend him my
money that you're paying fonr per
:.cnt on aud You make two per cent
u the clear: that's where you come
in. And don't waste any sympathy
vu Il merchant who does Il credit
business: if he aint got sense
enough to run Il uSincsS without
truStin" every Tom, Dick and Harry
he don't need any sympathy. Its
AGAINST my rules to pay out my good
cash To any store that does Il charge
business. because | know that In
havil-. TO help make up what that
ct ICES on its bur : counts"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
KIWiNES GOVERNOR TO
ADDRESS CLUB TONIGHT

Alva VI. Lumpkin of Columbia,
South Carolina, and Governor of
the CarOlinaS District KiwaniS, is
TO speak before the members of the
Elizabeth City KiwaniS Club to-
night at their regular monthly BAN
uuct which is to lie served hy the
daughters of pocahumlaS. The fact
that some of the members heard Mr..
Lumpkim speak at the recent
kiwani$ Convention in Baltimore,
causes them to anticipate his speech
with interest. and they consider his
visit to the local club Il fortunate
one.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
OFT LATE NOW YOU PAY
80 CENTS TO GET HOME

Folks who want TO he carried
home between the hours of IL 80
". ~. and ) II. III. will now have to
pay - cents for the services of
iitney driver. if the driver wants to
charge that much, the City Council
Monday night having amended the
law regulating jitney fares. The
mater was brought before the board
matter was brought before The board
Thought he ought to have double
pay when broken of his rest late at
night and in the early morning
hours.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
ENOUGH FORDS TO MEET
LOCAL DEMANDS AT LAST

Elizacth City is getting plenty Of
new FOrdS now. This summer the
allotment for this territory was
only 80 FordS Il month and Ihr
supply couldn't keep up with the
demand, but cold weather mp North
has rclaScd NOR" FOrdS for South
prn territory and the Auto 4 Gas
Engine Works is now allotted so
ears month. Six car loads. u
total of 81 coupcs, roadstcrs and
scdans were unloadcd here this
week. Among The new arrivals
is an improved two-door sedan
model.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
ELKS TO HOLD MINSTREL
SHOW on DECEMBER 1920

Rehearsals for the Elks Minstsels
To he held on December 10 and 20
at the Alkrama this city are now
goin% on and the affair promises
to he one of the high class at
fractions of the season. judging by
the local celrblitcs that are to
appear in the cast, which is to in.
r!udc at least forty girls and forty
men. Along with all other of the
best musical talent of the city will
appear the Kiwanis Quartet. More
details of the Elks Minstrels will
appear later.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07
So TO HUNT IN PERQUIMANS

Dr. e. W. Sawyer, Gam" Warden
for PaSQuotank County says local
runncrs should take cognizanrc of
the new law relating t0 hunting III
PprurlimanS County, which requires
all persons not resident of that
county To pay 81 for Il license to
shoot in that county.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07

RAW FURS WANTED - Otter,
Mink, OpOssum. Mus'rat, Coon, ETC.
Prompt returns and highest cash
market prices. w. {. GLOVE Elk
Elizabeth City, \. {. cDtll
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07

Quinn Furniture Co. are a"He'
irving . number of unusually low
price specials in furniture see
their full page al on page U.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07

RAW FURS WANTED - Otter,
Mink. Opossum, Mus'rat, Coon, etc.
Prompt returns and highest cash
market prices. w. c. GLOVER.
Elizabeth City. n. c. :D7-1t
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-07

Better post yourself on the traffic
ordinances of Elizabeth City. See
ordinances in full Oh Page 10 Of
This newspaper.