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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
THANKSGIVING
A QUIET DAY
The Foot Ball Games Got
Those Who Didn't Go
Hunting.

Thanksgiving Day in Eliz-
abcth City vas one of the quiet
est in years. A great many
people went out Of town to at
tend football games, others to
see new shows, and still others
for holiday visits to friends,
and to relatives. And not even
automobiles were on the strets
tie weather being somewhat
too cool and cloudy for pleas
ant motoring.
Many people went hunting how
eyer: in fact som" of The old boys
who have gotten by the hunting
period, declared they never saw so
many people 90 hunting on q
Thanksgiving day. Some went to
rurrituck for sport with the ducks
and geese. and others depended on
@cttiug their fun at home with
squirrels, quail and such other
small gaIft' rs PaSquotank affords.
The folks who remained at home
were privileged TO hear strong
Thanksgiving sermons at all the
leading Elizabeth City churches.
All the larger churches of the city
held services on THANKSGIVING.
while som" If the smaller church
oS made Il Thanksgiving feature of
their regular mid-wcck prayer Scrv-
lee.
The poor of the city were rcmrm
hcrcd on Thanksgiving Day and
about ~ baskets of groceries and
vegetables were packed and diStri-
huted to the most needy families.
The work was done hy the Welfare
Committee.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
ELIZABETH CITY HAS
A kEG STAVE MILL
Dozier & Aydlett Pant Turning
\. c. Pine Into Nail Kegs
At This City

Elizabeth City now has keS
gtayr mill. The new venture Is
owned hy l.. f.. Dozicr and Irlm
AydIctt. Il is located on the north
side of town. near the gas plant.
and turns ont about 10000 slaves
n day. working nine hands. Twenty
thousand slaves will make one
thousand nail kegs.
The finished slaves are shipped
in carload lots each week 10
assembling plants in Pennsylvania.
The DoZier Il Aydlett plant uses
= carload of pine logs per day.
There is good demand for the
slaves. according to Mr.. Dozler.
This kcg Stavc mill is the first
venture of the kind i'll Elizabeth
CITY. There are Il number of barrel
and stavc. assembling and manu-
featuring plants, but nothing like
the kcg stavc plant, which is driven
entirely by electrical motors and
houses Il small saw mill Ill addl-
tiOn.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
TO SELL \ CARLOAD
OF HORSES AND MULES

After having been for several
wears engaged in the business of
%alling horses and mules at their
fdrm near This city, W. RI: %nd
EliSM coppcrSmith will open
stables in this city and will engage
in the business on Il larger scale.
This move is prompted by the de-
mHudS of their customers.
l.. W. Caulk. for six years man
u"rr of the branch of the SuffOlE
Horse Exchange here. has resigned
his position with that firm and Will
assist CnpprrSlnith Broth"rS in tho
sales and management Of their muic
and horse business. \ half page
elsewhere in this
newspaper tells the story.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30

'ThS is your afternoon off, |
believe" said tn" Bank Clerk TO the
Soda Jcrker this morning. Il WAS
Just thinking that aI both of us
have an afternoon off, that We
might run over to Norfolk in that
tlivvcr of yours
Lets go OH the train" said the
Soda Jerker.
at costs $500 to 90 on the train
said the Bank Clerk.
"Thcn | suppose you think it
doesn't cost anything to 20 i'll II
flivvcr? What do you think: that
can run my Lizzie on air and
water? That's the way with most
folks: because they have never seen
or kept account of what it costs t'
run an automobile. they don't think
IL thing of asking Il fellow to crank
up and take 'em anywhere under the
sun or haul their poor kin all over
town when they come to sce EN-.
"Thcre'S Mr.. ThingmadOOdle who
lives lust around the corner from
me: called me mp from my nap
Sunday afternoon to 30 to the depot
and fetch his Aunt Mittie who WAS
coming to see him. just to save his
Aunt Mittie spending ten cents on
the bus line. Mr.. Thingmadoodle
never figured that it cost me thirty
cents worth of gas, oil, depreciation
and upkccp to run that little piece
of three miles over to the depot and
back.
Now you can 20 to Norfolk on
the train and it costs You just two
bones each way. But if you can get
ont for less than ten dollars Ill Il
Ford You can beat me. And I'm
talking about favorable conditions.
everything working fine. If some
thing goes wrong or you get Ill u
ditch and hayG TO be pulled OUT:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
OF
SORROW DEC 2.
Louis p. Mendoza Of Norfolk
VIII Speak at Memorial
Services in Aikrama

The annual Lodge OF Sor-
row Of the Elizabeth City
Lodge Il. p. O. +. lIlks, will be
held, as is the custom OF Elk
dom thruout the land, on Sun
day, December 2. The services
will be held in the Alkrama
Theatre, and the address to
the Elks will be delivered by
DR.. Louis -. Mendoza, noted
orator of Norfolk, Virginia.
The public is welcome to at
tend the service and here this
eloquent speaker.
The Elks Memorial Services are
held in honor of tn" members of
the lodge who have gone across the
great divide. The custom ut cach
annual service. is 10 read tn" name
Of every member who has died and
;lS the name is read. II white light
in Il lary" electric cross goes out
Til" EIkS Memorial Services at
this city are very imprCS$iv" and
ar" attended hy large numbers
many of whom have no connection
with tn" order. other than ties of
friendship. The two members "f
the lodge who have died since the
service on December >
last wear are Edgar Chadwick aud
George II. Laval. The deceased
members of the lod%" are: AlcXan-
Ilrr IIuckabcc. Geo. VI. Scott, Jr..
Il. e. Skinner, ST., Il. +. White, Il.
II. Fearing. ii. II. White, H. H..
Rapcr. II. II. Boone, W. {. Dawson.
NJ. Owens. ID. Il. Bradford, Jas.
John NJ. Martin and NJ.
Il. Culpcppcr.
The service which begins at > 30
will include opening and
closing prayers. songs. AMI orchrS-
trail numbers. The ElkS Quartet
will sing vacant Chair. The
music will he directed 10y Urncr G.
Davis.
Elizabeth City Lodge has about
100 members. The officers ar" W.
e. Sawyer. Exalted Ruler; NJ. +
Bell. Leading Knight; l.. W. Cart
wright. Loyal Knight; X. Il. Shrcly.
Lccturing Knight: ID. G.. Crockett.
Secretary: X. :. TnXcy, TrcaSurrr;
|. Fearing, Esquire: &. W. Stevens.
Jr.. Tilcr: W. G. Pool. Inner Guard
and Rev. G.. +. Hill, Chaplain.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
EIGHT HUNDRED GET
LICENSES TO HUNT
Tell En- They Can't Hunt and
That's Just What They'll
Want TO DO.

PaS1uotank County folks object
To being told they can't hunt. y
law recently passed in the General
Assembly by RcpreS"ntativ" '"h""n
makes il necessary for the applicant
for the license to hunt. he recon-
moudnd bv ten landowners in the
cn,,n,v who own 20 acres or more
Of land. and calls for fee of 81.
paSuuotanH County has already
received $500 in fees. for more than
500 licenses have been issued, ac-
rnrd;n- To Noah Burfo"t. chairman
,r tba County commissioners. Mr..
Burfoot says he never heard "i S'ich
- thin" before. And Mr.. Burfoot
s,yS that the clerk Of the court
told him that Il larg" percentage "t
those who have taken ont hunting
licenses, are negroes, which goes 10
show that the law made to prohibit
negroes from hunting, didn't pro-
hibit.
Mr.. RurfoOt says he believes
some landowners must have signed
mt least 800 applications for h'lh'-
i'm" license. il bcin" 50 hard to finu
folks convenient who have 30 acres
or more of land. But 500 people
rot license amd PaSquotank County
"pt $500. Tell Il man he can
hunt. says Mr.. Burfoot. "ahd thaI
inst what he'll do" not even the
$500 added revenue to the County
c,nrinccs Mr.. Burfoot that the new
law is Il good one. Its bad Ia"
and a nuisance" says Mr.. Burfoot'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
NO WORD YET HEARD
FROM CAMDEN BIRDS
COuple Who Went Off From Shiloh
Thursday, November Id
Still Riding

Camden authorities have received
no word from Richard Ward and
Matte Simpson, Shiloh people who
went away on Thursday, NOvem-
bcr 10, and who it is reasonably
sure, went away together, accord
ing to Il message from Sheriff w. NJ.
Forbes of Shiloh yesterday.
The sheriff was advised early
i'm the week that couple answer
ing to the description of Ward and
the Simpson girl had been seen in
the region of Fayetteville, but fur
ther investigation disclosed the
couple to be other than those wanted
by Camden authorities.
In meantime, G.. w. Stevens of
this city is wondering how to get
his money for the Ford coupe in
which the couple are riding. Mr.
Stevens sold the coupe to Ward, took
Il mortgage on Wards crop and felt
sure of getting his money.
Before Ward left home, he sold
the mortgagcd produce TO a neigh
bor. which would put Mr.. Stevens
in the embarrassing position OF
making the Camden man lose,
should he feel inclined to push his
claim. And in the event Mr.. Stevens
had the crop sold, the residue
would go to the family of Ward,
and the man who has already paid
Ward for the crop be left out al
together.
According to Sheriff Forbes. a
note has been discovered at the
Burgess home where the Simpson
girl lived. The note appears to
have been written by Ward, telling
the girl how to make away with
the $500 of her Stepfather's money.
II is said that 20 one dollar bills
were enclosed with the letter, which
the girl WAS instructed TO put in
place of her Stcpfather'S bills of
larger denomination.
The note also told the girl how
to get her clothes away from home,
and how to meet Ward on the night
of departure, without being dis
covered it is said.
Ward is about 35 years old. lie
left sick wife and two children.
The Simpson girl was single anh
about "a years old. Both were choir
singers and leaders in church work
The ncighbors recall now that the
Simpson girl frequently visited the
Wards. and was very neighborly
with them. But no one ever suspect
ed any intimate relations between
the pair.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
FEWER FOLKS
RIDE ON TRAINS
Norfolk Southern President
Strong For More Friends

The passenger business of
the Norfolk Southern Rail
Road has fallen oil half mil
lion dollars per anuum conf
pared to what it was in 1920
and Is steadily declining. says
President Geo. K. Rovall who
WAS in Elizabeth City Tues
day cf this week.
President Royal spent day in
Elizabeth City this week fni the
tiSSt time since h. cam" to tn" prcSi-
dcncy of the read two AMI half
Years ago. He WAS accompanied
hy General Manager +. L. P"lter.
The pair of them called on lead
in- shippers and business men while
in the city.
In Il conversation with the "d!t"r
"f this newspaper Mr.. Royal
casually made tn" statement about
the decline in passenger business
on his road. II" says there is also
/ Il pcrccptihlc dcclin" iii the volume
lof local freight Coed roads and
the AUTOMOBILE" are Responsible for
these drclinrS. says Mr.. Royal and
the Norfnlk Southern is not hardr,
hit than Otg.r rail reads in every
other part of the country.
They huilt hard S'rrfarc road
from Norfolk to Virginia Beach.
SAYS Mr.. Royall. and our passenger
business on the Virginia Beach lin"
WAS cut III TWO. Even our own Off
riai$ and employees who ride ON
pa$S,'S usually make the trip from
Norfolk to Virginia Beach 10y IN
tnmnhilc. instead of on the trains: {:
althp it is hard to find better Scrv-
ice than is given on our Virginia
Peach line.
These statements from Mr..
Royal did not seem To offer much
encouragement for those of our
folks who have been hoping for Il
restoration OF the -Waddy" train
which WIS taken off the a'm he
tween EdCnt"r and Norfolk dur
IL" ccal shortage two years AZ"
with the understanding" that this
train WAS To be- restored when con
ditionS returned TO normal. The
rrrortrr asked Mr.. Royal about
this: Il see no immediate prospect
Of that train being restored and |
don't S"c why Elizabeth city should
particularly desire more conv"n-
lent train schedules for the hcnrp
fit of Norfolk merchants, said Mr..
RoynU. An additional train Il day
,,nuId he Of considerable b"nciit 10
Norfnlk. brt / can't exactly see
whv Elizabeth City should ur@" II.
hear Il frequent complaint from
Suffnll:. Va. that there are to"
MANY trains runnin" between SUI
folk and Norfolk. making it al
together too easy for the people IN
the smaller town to r'm into the
Iur"rr town to do their shopping.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
'$70,OOO.OOFOR|
XMAS SPENDERS.
Elizabeth City Banks Will
Mail Out 1000 Christmas
Savings Checks

Seventy thousand dollars, in
round numbers, is the amount
to be released by three Eliz-
abeth City banks early next
week to more than 2,OOC
Christmas Savings Clubs de-
Dositors. Checks will be mail
ed probably Monday and will
range in amounts from $3.50
to 81 900 each.
! Most of this money will 20 into
the channels of retail trade between
now and Christmas, but a lot of
it will go back into the banks in
interest drawing savings accounts.
Every year the number of those
who hold on to q part of their
savings increases, according to ii.
G. Kramer, cashier of the Savings
Bank & Trust Co., the pioneer
Christmas Savings Club bank in
this city. This bank has more than
1000 Christmas Club depositors,
the number having been steadily
increased since the first club was
formed at this bank in 1913. The
Savings Bank & Trust Co., will mail
out between $4,000 and $2S,OOO
to its club members next week.
The First & Citizens National
Bank heads the list in the amount
of Christmas Savings deposits, with
$40, 900 i'm round numbers to mail
out next week. The number of
savings club dcpositOrs in the First
& Citizens National is around 6oo,
but while it hasn't the number OF
deposilors carried by the Savings
Bank. il has more large depoS;torS'
Several Christmas Savings accounts
nj the First & Citizens National are
in the 1000 class.
The growth of Christmas Saw
ings deposits i'm the First u Cltl-
ypnS National is nearly double that
of last year. This phenomenal III
crease is attributed by the Officers
of the bank to advertising. Large
" thru the medium nf this news
noprr, The First 4 Citizens Nation
nj put the Christmas Savings idea
over in biz way last year. Re
sults from their advertising in TINS
newspaper were unmiSthkahl"'
irmpiu- them from second to first
uIacr in the amount of deposits.
The Carolina Banking X Trust
Co., tho only two years old, mas
modr n fine showing in Christmas
Savings deposits. With 10 Christ
mas club members on its books, IL
will mail ont next week Sll,00O in
Christmas checks.
Most of the checks to he mailed
ont next week 90 to people in town.
hut the number Of country people
who are patronizing these clubs ls
growing. The First u Citizens
National in its advertising thiS
season is inviting mail accounts
in this class.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
ALDERMAN.MORAN

A wedding of considerable inter
est i'm Elizabeth City took place
Wednesday afternoon at frc"maSon
Street Baptist Church Norfolk
when Miss Hilda Mae Moran of
this city became the bride of Mr..
James Bisgs Alderman, also of this
city. The couple are spending
several days OH a wedding trip i'll
the north.
The bride is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. T.. Moran of this city,
and is an alumna of Salem College
at Winston-Salem. Mr.. Alderman
is chief clerk for the NOrfOlk-South-
ern freight station here. They
will reside at 503 West Main Street
after December 8.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30

HERE then j. the first uniformed
bank messenger Isl Eastern North
Carolina. W. II. Stanton. Il recent
addition 10 the staff Of The First
4 Citizens Nati.AIil Sank. ah.
Stanton's principal icb is just to be
courteous and attentive to folks
who come and go. They ar" so
cvcrlastinsly busy at the First y
Citizens these days that is Is not
always possible for the officers to
rerognixc and greet every customer
who comes in. 80 they stuck Mr..
Stanton up at the front door IN a
brand new uniform and he Is filling
both his job and his uniform III iIne
shape. Xocllcr photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30

HERE then is a photo of the wife
of Rev. Daniel Lane who comes to
the past0ratc Of City Road Meth
Odist Church of this city, succeed
Rev. ii. j.. Myers who goes TO Dur
ham this week. Daniel Lane him..
self Come5 recOmmenled as a live
wire preacher, but they say he is
only one of a team of which his wife
is the second party. Mrs. Lane is
the mother of tive small children,
but they don't keep her from taking
an active part in the social life of
the church. Rev. n. II. ID. Wilson
describes her as "a woman of cul-
ture. energy, sweetness and fidel-
ity," who will be found in the fore
of all feminine activities i'm the
church.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30

The CAMPAIGN recently inauguart-
ed for charging Chowan College
library at MuriroeSborO is bring
ing to light many rare old prints
which have long slumbered in OBJ
liviOn i'm forgotten noOks and crev-
ices where books are wont TO re-
pose. A recent addition 10 the
college library is the Original Let
tcrs of Mirabcau, 1892. Another
still more remarkable is Il tranSIa-
ton of the New Testament in
French, printed in the year 1856.
Both books are remarkably well
preserved.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30
INEXPENSIVE XMAS CARDS

Don't pay ) to 10 cents a piece
for Christmas Cards when you can
Inv y box of ~ beautifully dccorat-
cd cards and envelopes, no two alike
for % cents. BY mail postage pre-
maid 70 cents. At THE INDEPEN-
DENT shop, Matthews st. near
Road.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-11-30

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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-12-14
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The first message of President
Coolidge to Congress since he
took the oath of Office following
the death of the lamented Warren
G. Harding. has met, we believe,
with the approval of the coun-
try.
The message is straightfor-
ward and its terseness and di.
rectness is characteristic Of the
President. While in its entirety
it meets with the approval of the
country as a whole, there are
several phases of the message
that particularly appeal to the
people, chief among these being
a recommendation and plea for
10 taxes. The President has
emphatically and with sincerity
that cannot be questioned, APP
pealed to Congress to give the
people relief from the heavy
burdens of taxation. He has
told Congress that the burdens
of taxation can be relieved and
shown the way it can be done
but at the same time he has
warned Congress it cannot be
done if a bonus bill is passed.
He takes the position, and right
ly too, that if a bonus Dill is pas
sed, an additional burden will be
placed upon the taxpayers that
cannot be relieved for many
years.
He points out also the way in
which farmers can meet the
present unfortunate conditions
that they face and this along the
line that must meet the approval
of all those engaged in agricul-
ture throughout the country.
He urges among other things in
this part of his message, coop
erative marketing. In short, he
urges organization and cooper
alton among farmers as one Of
the strongest and best ways to
meet their problems.
These matters particularly in
terest the large body of taxpay-
ers and farmers of the country,
but all Of his recommendations
strike a popular chord.
We beiive for honesty, terse-
ness and firmness, as well as for
real sincerity, that the Presi-
dentks message will go down in
history as one of the greatest
and strongest of state papers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-12-14
CONGRESS AND REAL
PARTY RESPONSIBILITY

This is a government by par
ties. No other system or plan
can possibly succeed, In this
worldwide struggle we call hui
man advance in social organiza-
ton, there must be political par.
ties. The constant ebb and flow
of public opinion as expressed in
parties, has made possible the
survival of what is best for all.
The outstanding characters in
American history were party
men.
Garfield once said "Organi-
cations may change or dissolve,
but when parties cease to exist,
liberty will perish"
Woodrow Wilson says in one
of his books ''They political
parties) are absolutely necessary
to hold government together.
Whatever their faults and
abuses, party machines are alb
solutely necessary under our
existing electoral management. :"
The civil obligations of citi.
zen to his country can be exer-
cised more effectively through a
political party; and when that
obligation is expressed by all,
party responsibility begins.
Now that Congress is in SEES
sion this responsibility of party
viii come TO the front again. It
is great and pronounced. The
citizenship of the country can
not be safe or certain unless
there is party responsibility.
The obligation Of the party to
the citizen is as great as the OBJ
legation of the citizen to his
country. This mutual obligation
cannot function, government it.
self cannot progress, without
party responsibility to the peo-
Pile.
When a political party is
placed in power by our system
of majority rule, it is the duty of
all placed in public office to in
sist upon the full exercise of
that responsibility. This can be
accomplished only by united ac-
ton or team work" and rec
ognition of tho American princi-
pie of majority rule within par
ties as well as within govern
ments.
1t required years Of trial and
experience for the American peo-
pie in the beginning to learn the
Importance Of party responsible
ty in operating the machinery of
government Party responsible
ity cannot exist withoutindiyidu-
al responsibility.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-12-14

would regain their tongues at the
mention Of party policy, and this
despite the fact that Of all the
things in the world that are ILL
defined, obscure and debatable,
the respective policies of the two
great political parties in this eoun-
try are the most poorly defined,
the most obscure and the most de-
batable.
If tax reduction could be denom-
mated as Republican policy, then
il would follow that tax reduction
was not a Democratic policy.
Tax reduction not being a Demo-
cratic policy we should naturally
expect that any favorable mention
Of il would be vigorously excluded
from Democratic platforms and
that Democrats standing for cleo
ton would boldly proclaim their
opposition 10 il in asking for the
suffrage Of their constituents. An
examination Of party platforms
during recent years and our best
recollection as to the addresses Of
Democratic candidates for Office