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Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

Entered in the sport meet arc five
former national champions, twelve
state champions and the present ma
tional title holder, Frank LUndin OF
New London, la. The former hold
ers are Fred Brust, of Columbus,
O.; c. C. Davis, Kansas City, Mo-;
George May, Akron, O.; Charley
Bobbitt, Lancaster, o., and Frank
Jackson, of KelIerton, Ia.
Of the state champions now in St.
Petersburg are G. E. Snyder, Albion,
N. Y, Harry J. Borne, Atlantic City,
N. j., ]. w. Ogden, Kansas City,
Mo; W. F. Wilkes, Battle Greek,
Mich; c. A. Giant, Pittsburg, Pa;
A. F. King, Akron, O.; and Parker
Moore, Chicago, Ill. Ralph Spencer,
of Picher, Okla, holder Of the cham
pionship in his state, is also entered.
Harold Faler, described as the boy
wonder of Akron, Or, nas entered
in the tournament. Ii the Des
Moines midsummer meet he defeat
ed C. c. Davis, then national cham
pion, In a recent exhibition game
played at Orlando where the Akron
youth is in training at a camp cstab-
lished by his father, he again won
from Davis. Faler if fifteen and
pitches a one and quarter revolution,
his shoes landing open at the stake.
According to James Todd / lower,
vice-president of the national asso,
citation, who is already here, there
will be sixty or more contestants
representing practically every state in
! the union.
Prizes to be distributed among
| place winners will aggregate $4,000
including expense money to cover
the transportation of place winners
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21
WORSE THAN PAIN"
Louisiana Lady Says She Has ''Nev.
er Found Anything Better Than
Cavdui for a Rundown
Condition"

Morgan City, La.-"lt would be hard
for me to tell how much benefit have
derived from the Use OF Cardui,' said
Mrs. l. G. Bowman, OF 1919 Front Street,
this city.
~ was so run-down in health | could
hardly 90. | was thin. | had no
appetite. Could not rest or sleep we'll.
| was SO weak, and so very nervous,
was 10 pleasure to myself.
q suffered some pain, but the worst
of MY trouble was from being so weak
and easy to get tired and out OF heart.
"ThiS nervous condition was worse
than pain.
"Some one told me of Cardui, ard |
decided to use it.
"Aiter using few bottles, regained
my strength. wasn't so nervous, and
began to eat and sleep, and grew
stronger and was soon well.
81 have never found anything better
tor run down condition"
Ii you suffer as this Louisiana lady did,
you, too, should find Cardu helpful for
yourtroubles.
Get a bottle Of Cardui, today. NC-I44
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21
WANT DUTY REMOVED
FROM CALCIUM ARSENATE

ATLANTA, Fet. 21.-Ira ". Viii
Iiams of the state board of entcnol-
ogy and L. &. Jackson, director of
.he bureau of markets of the state
department of agriculture, are in
Washington today in an effort to
have the three cent tariff on cal
cium arsenate removed.
The Georgia representatives were
to appear today before the division
of customs Of the treasury depart
ment to presen- their arguments for
he removal Of the duty,
II is the opinion of the state de-
partment of agriculture that white
arsenic, the principal ingredient of
calcium arsenate, now used extern
siyely in combating the cotton boil
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21
II VEHICLE PLANTS
REPORTED FOR GEORGIA

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.-Geor-
gia had only II cut Of the total of
9G5 establishments erg2ged in the
production Of carriages and wagons
and materials, reporting products
valued at $1,000 and moe in 1921,
according to figures just announced
by the department Of commerce.
Tota! production Ter b, year 1921
vas given as $i2,418,000 IS com
pared with $118, ,C23, 900 in 1919, a
decrease Of Gal percent.
Tennessee, Win 33 plants turning
out products valued at $4,000 and
more led the southern states, Ken
tucky reported 2G plants and North
Carolina % such establishments
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21
MARKETING BARNARD
PRODUCTS ON INCREASE

ATLANTA, Feb. 21.-A steady
increase in the marketing of poultry,
hogs and other livestock through the
Sgency Of the state bureau of mar
kets has just been reported by R. F.
Whelchel, in cooperation with O. D.,
Watson, county agent, conducted
two large hog sales, he reported.
The first was at Richland, Stewart
county, when five carloads, 545 head
we're disposed Of, bringing $4,0O5.88.
Top price was $50 cents,
The other> was at Dawson, when
220 head of hogs were sold the top
price being seven cents. ~
A sale of poultry was also con
Quoted at Griffin, by Almo Rags
daye, field agent in cooperation with
W. T. BenDett, county agent.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

in the event.
The park here where the meet will
be held seats 10000 people.
No two pitchers entered here hurl
the same kind Of shoe, it is sad
and their grips are different and the
number Of revolutions the horse
shoes make vary from a three-quar-
ter turn to the rapid fve-fve revo-
lutions that almost bend the stakes
when they hit.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21
FLA SUNSHINE CITY IS
MECCA Of HORSE SHOE
PITCHERS FOR MEET
Midwinter Meet At ST. Petersburg
Now On For National
Honors
MANY CHAMPS ENTER MEET
Prizes Aggregate $4,000, nclud
ing Expense Money-Some
Of Entrants

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Feb. 20.
Several men of three score more
years are among the entrants in the
fifth mid-winter national horseshoe
pitchers tournament which will be
held here this week, beginning to-
day. Some of them are former base
ball and football stars Of note.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

Mrs. Sherley Hudson has return
ed from Columbus, where she spent
a week, joining Mr.. Hudson, who is
doing road work in that county.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Goneke, of
SmithyiIle, were among the out-of-
town shoppers in Americus vester-
day.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

George Anderson spent yesterda
in Macon, going up on lmPortai
business.
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

Major and Mrs. Lawrence Chul
chill will spend Thursday in Macol
and will be among the out-of-tow
guests attending the golf tourna
ment at the Idle Hour Country clui
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

WHO is THE BIGGEST FLIRT
In Americus? We will tell you
Wednesday or Thursday when
she appears at the Rylander.
Her hair is golden and her eyes
are blue. She is a regular
vamp.
"THE FLIRT"
Americus times-recorder., 1923-02-21

Mr.. and Mrs. Reese Horton lei
yesterday for Macon to consult spC
cialists for their baby.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
FOR REBUILDING
HOSIERY MILLS
In Meantime Common Stock
holders Fare Badly AS Re-
suit Of Wednesdays Fire

Holders of $4,000 of the
common stock Of the Ideal
Hosiery Mills, Inc, the plant
,of which was totally destroyed
by fire Of unknown origin
Wednesday morning, may fare
badly. The company's loss is
estimated at $4,000 to $780,
600, with an insurance cover
age of $4,000.
There are preferred stockholders
owning $25.000 of the company'S
paid in capital and it is said the
company has an outstanding indebt-
rGnr.;S of about $25.0OO. The only
hone of the common stockholders is
i'm the reorganization and success
full future operations of the COM
pnny. Prominent among the COM
mon Stockholders are W. &. Gather,
DR.. II. ID. Walker. DR.. ii. :. Wiley,
j. &. Il. Fhringhaus, J. R. Ferebee.
J.c. Dawson and 6. w. Falls. VIM.
G.. Gather is the largest of the
common stockholders his shares
having Il book value of about S23,-
GOO, The officers of the company
are II. G. MOrriSctte, president: W.
G.. Gather, vice president: Geo. F..
Wright. Sccrctary-managrr.
The Ideal Hosiery Mills occupied
4 three story brick vencered build
ing on Poindexter st. The entire
building, machinery, fixtures and
stock were a total loss. The COM
pany was doing. a thriving business
and was about to place orders for
machinery to double its capacity
another year. Its capacity was "oo
to 800 dozen pairs Of hose day,
with about GO employees on its pay
roll.
There has been no meeting OF the
stockholders and directors since the
fire. but officers Of the company
interviewed by this newspaper are
favorable to rebuilding on the site
of the fire.
! No one knows how the fire start
ed. First observers say the fire
WAS raging in the finishing room
before il spread to other parts OF
/ the building.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
MR.. WEATHERLY CAN
TELL ABOUT FIREWORKS
Law Against Fireworks Repealed
and Alderman Goes Into Pop
Cracker Business

What's the use Of bcin" member
oi the Board of Aldermen if You
cant feather Your own nest! Ihe
uurStiun is suggested 10y the fact
that some one repealed th" ordl-
nance against the sale and shooting
Of fireworks in Elizabeth City and
w. III. WCathCrly, member ot the
Board of Aldermen and Il member
uf the OGinHn"c committee of that
hoLv has filled the town with fire
works.
40 one knew until this week that
the ordnance against fireworks had
been rruralcd. Elizabeth city has
been ON the safe and sane list IN
this particular for so many years
thai no one thoUght anything ah"li!
fireworks. until Il store for the sale
Of fireworks opened on Matthews
81. next door 10 TIE lNDEPEN-
DENT shop this week. The store
is on the lot owned by til" |. q. K.
NJ. and has been rented hy Mayor
W. Ben Goodwin.
4 look into the place where fire
works have been placed on sale on
.hc eve of Christmas reveals the
fact that all of the packing cases
bear the labels OF W. ii. WeatE2rly
60. Alderman Ncathcrly will reap
the profits from the repeal OF the
the law.
Pandcmonirm rCignS i'll Matthews
81. this week. Small boys, white
and color"d, are having very
hrlIuya time playing with every
kind of fireworks, and pedestrians
are hardly safe in the vicinity. Al
dcrman WCathCrly has put his town
on the Rlbc Town list for fair. But
Alderman Wcathcrly will make Il
few dollars by his entcr rise.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
FOUR NEW BUILDINGS
FOR THE STATE NORMAL
Elizabeth City Concern Gets Con-
tract for SSi,079.O0

Contracts for four new buildings
for the State Normal School for
negroes at Elizabeth City were let
at Il meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees Wednesday. Dee. 10. The con
tracts amounted to SS4,OT9. and the
successful bidders were w. ID. Lewis
and W. II. Culpepper, trading as
W. ID. Lewis Il Co.
The four new buildings are Il
SO room dOrmitOry for boys to cost
S5l.i77: modern laundry build
iu- 10 cost $3.50 exclusive of
culipmcnt: an industrial building
to cost $16,066, and Il six room
teachers cottage to cost S6.ll6.
Equipment and furnishings for
the new buildings will run the total
cost up to near S12O,OOO.
Work Oh the new buildings will
begin as soon as materials can be
assembled.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
RED CROSS WORK FOR
SCHOOLS OF HATTERAS

For the first time in history. Il
Rcd Cross Chapter is being formed
ot IIatteraS, and enough members
arr already enlisted t" start the
chapter. And the Chapter at Hat
trraS will make its main duties In"
tcarhfng of hygiene and physical
cuIturr i'm tn eSchoOlS on the banks.
Miss Helen j.. Ryan. of Atlanta,
Assistant director of War Service
of the Southern Division OF the
,mrrican Red Cross, WIS III Hat
tnras this week assisting Miss Ma'ldc
o.Nral in the preliminary work of
or.,onizatiOu. Miss O'Ncal, who lS
r,stmiStrcSs and school teacher at
IIattcraS. enviSioned IL live chapter
working worlcrS among the SCHOOLS
and promptly set to work I" get 1t
,,,...rized There are about l6o
school children on lla;tcraS VINO
will Inc benefited by the Red Cross
,,.,rl, md three or four hundred
NDEk, dI'i 'h''
i'm all on the banks.
Incidentally. Miss ONeal. by renS-
nm of her Red Cross Chapter. makes
her school ut HatteraS ellgiple u
receive some $1,000 from IL New
York endowment fund for ed'lca-
tion the first gift of the KIND to ii
North Carolina school.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
ELKS MINSTRELS A
TREMENDOUS SUCCESS

A two day minstrel show for IN"
benefit of the charitable causes to
which the Elks subscribe. made a
tremendous hit at the Alkramh on
"Wednesday and Thursday nights or
thi, week. and nctted n considerable
sum to the local lodge.
The E!ks minstrel was rich with
Jokes. and the best musical talent
of the city, and while every num-
her WAS good. the Kiwanis quartet
of this city which recently sung at
Atlanta and Baltimore. made a very
hir hit and drew round after round
of applause.
Others who made especially Sood
hits were Miss Jessie Williams. Al
Haley, Charlie Ives. Bill {. Sawyer,
Walter Harris. +. +. GoSdcn, l'''il'
ter Sawyer and Mrs. Miles Clark.
4 laughahle sketch was presented
hy Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bates
The music was under the dircCi'ni
of l.. ID. Waldorf and Mrs. D.
Walter Harris accompanied at the
piano.
4 number of seats at both perfor'
manccs were given over to children
from the mill district.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
CAST ASIDE AFTER
WORKING 80 YEARS
"Incle Robert" Griffin Age IL. Told
To Stop Work Because He
Might Get Hurt.

After - years of labOring for the
Norfolk Southern Railroad, "tnrlc
Robert" Griffin. T4-ycnr-"ld nt'Sr"
of this city is laid off without
job. and the railroad hasn't given
him anything more than his wages
for the lust week he worked.
Uncle Rchcrt says hr has been i'll
the employ of tn" company Tor ~
wears. most of the time steady. IL"
worked on the docks. trucking
freight. IIe worked until past
his thrcc-ScOrc and ten, when his
Springy step was gone. when his
eyes grew dim, and his hands began
10 faltcr.
4 few months ago. cataraCtS be
yan to grow over his eyes, he lost
the sight of the left one, aud he
BEGAN to tumble his way about his
work.
one morning his boss told him
that the superintendent of the rail
road has sent orders that "Inrlr
Robert" better stop work for awhile
~ he couldn't see very well any
more. and he might get hurt, and
cause the railroad to have to pay
out Il biz sum in damage suit.
Tncl" Robert is now dependent
upon his two sons. neither of whom
has time to think much of the old
man. and one of whom has recent
IL acquired Il wife.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
O )hQ BANK CLERK Aso THE SOOA uCPKGR


"IIc may think he's in his prime
at furty-fivc, but when his cute
little flappCr grows mp and reaches
her prime at forty five, then
where's he going TO be: I'm just
asking YOU.
THE female of the species has
some methods of her own. \ man
never thinks about getting old, and
let's old are ovcrtakc him before
he knows it and slam him down ~
the corner with Il bang. But 1t
don't catch Il woman that way;
woman lust refuses to gel old hnu
she can find more ways Of krrpin"
herself lookin' young than YOU ever
dreamed of. And y0u never hear OF
women, no matter how old or rich
they are, running over TO Europe
looking for Monkey Glands. NO
sir :"
You say Il woman can Keep her.
self looking young" said The Bank
Clerk, but YOU don't mean to say
that she can carry her makeup
from the S0lcS of her feet 10 III"
crown of her head, do y0u'
"She don't have To bother with
making up anything hui her far"
and her head. Grey cats and black
eats all look alike in the dark, ana,
put Il basket over their heads and
YOU couldn't tell an old woman from
Il yoring enc on the bathing; beach at
Nays Head or Ocean View i'll the
good old summer time.
but You don't mean to say that
old women have as much pep aS
the young oncs:'
"Nc, not the pep, hut they've got
the endurance. There'd he fewer
matrimonial wrecks in this world
if more forty five year old women
married seventeen year old boys
and fewer forty five year old he
goats .n&rtle4 Gercutcrn T.-r OLD
fleh:r:r-."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

Il SEQ 10y the New York papers,
said the Bank Clerk to the Soda
Jrrkcr. That Jack Dempsey, the
worlds champion. says he isn't go
in" To marry until he's forty five.
Jack says. a woman ought to marry
when she's sixteen or seventeen.
She knows all she will ever know
then. A man ought not to marry
until he's forty five-he'S just old
enough then to know what he
wants,
"Did Jack Dempsey say that"
said the Soda Jcrkcr.
ITS in the papers and | haven't
seen it denied" replied the Bank
Clerk.
"Wcll then, all got to say is
that the man who Knocked out Firpo
is Il bigger fool than | thought he
was. | always thought that Il fpl-
low who earned living with his
fists didn't have much sense, and
now | know it.
"Amy man who deliberately plans
TO wait until he is forty-five years
old and then marry Il sixteen or
seventeen year old girl, ought to he
locked up. That's what | call a
social crime of the first water. And
the man who says woman knows
as much when she's seventeen as
she'll ever know, just don't know
what he's talking about. why
women don't begin to know anything
until they're thirty.
1T may he all right to say that
II man knows what he wants at
forty five: but let me tell you that
round about thirty five Il woman be-
gins to know what she wants too.
If she is thirty-five and married to
il man who was forty five when she
WAS seventeen. that makes him
exactly siXty-three years old about
the time she knows what he wants
when he want -.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
new SUPT.FOR
SEVENTH DIST.
Lieut.. Crowley Tranferred To
Tenth District With Head
quarters at Buffalo, N. Y.

Coast Guards OF the Seventh
district will be interested this
week in the news that their
Superintendent from now on
will be Ensign James y. Price
from Hereford Inlet. New
Jersey. and that Lieutenant
Ralph I. Crowley. for the past
three years superintendent OF
this district. has been transfer
red To the Tenth District with
headquarters at Buffalo. New
York.
The new superintendent of the
Seventh District whose duties began
This week. comes from the Fifth
District where hc has been Keeper
of the Hereford Inlet Station since
February =. 1917. He is 1T years
old. His commission aS ensign was
won this fall when examinations
were held tn select Il superintendent
follOwin. the retirement of Geo. W.
Bowlry. superintendent of the Tenth
District.
Lieut.. Crowley is the Second
Superintendent to go from EliZ-
ahrth City 10 tn" Buffalo office.
Lieut.. Edgar Chadwick Il native
.nf this section and for several years
in charge of this office died in
Buffalo in 1922. while holding the
Spcnrintcndcmt'$ place there. Lieut.,
trowlcy has recently been com
mi<Sioncd Il Lieutenant. The trans
fer means much in the way of
recognition since ii will place him
nearer his HON" in Maine. Lieut.,
Crowley came tO this office in Sep
frmhcr 1920. from kccpcr>hip III
Maine. He has popularizcd himself
generally thrnut the district. and
his going will be felt with regret
10y many men in the service. Dur.
ing the time he has been here. the
Seventh District has been extended
from Ncw River Inlet. y. C.. Il
Key West. Florida. He is III years
nld and was commissioned and "n
Si-n i'm 1916. In the Tenth District
ON the Great Lakes. h" Will have
only ~ stations under his charg"
aS compared with III in this dis
trict.
RnatSwaiu ED Mitchell Hamil
ton who for tn" past thrc" years
has been with local headquarters
will continue aS Assistant to the
superintendent. The office now
will i'm charge of the two highest
qualified men participating in the
recent examination. in which the
~; hnatSwainS of the Coast Guard
service thruout the nation were
rlrgibla. Capt. Hamilton stood next
to Ensign Price who led the entire
list. tn" difference in the two pap
crS being very slight.
1t seems now To bc the genera!
uolicv of the service tu rciain Super
intrnGentS for only Il short Zine i'll
one office.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
NORFOLK TO NORTHWEST, VA.
ROAD SOON TO BE BID on

Bids for the construction of II
concrete road Is feet wild" from
Nrrfnlk to Northwest. Va. Will he
received Friday. December 2S. ii
is announced. This road will con-
meet with the state highway system
roads leading thru CurrituCk C"lln-
" and finnIly with Elizabeth city
food dirt roads are hcin" main
tanned to the Virginia lin" but
motorists complain of III" roads
from Muynck to Norfolk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
BONNER OWENS

"Wednesday afternoon at on"
o'clock, Miss Ida Frost, daughter or
Mr.. and Mrs. William i. Owens,
became the bride of DIR. OctavinS
blanchard Bonner of High Point.
The wedding took place at the home
of the brides parents on West
Church Street, and the ceremony
was performed by DR.. S. II. Temple
man pastor of the First BaptiSt
Church. The couple left on the
afternoon train for n northern
wedding trip. after which they will
make thcir home in High Point.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
WALL STREET MAN III rs
INSURANCE IN r. CITY

Northern Sport$mcn VIII" come Il"
northeastern North Carolina to
shoot wildfowl frequently leave IL
little change in Elizabeth City. W.
\. Bradford. - Wall St. New York
who has Il shooting lodge at Avon.
Dare County. dropped into th" Caro-
lima Banking 4 Trust Co.. in this
city one day this week and bought
II $1,000 fire insurance policy on
his property.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
ARE TO
HOLD 4 REVIVAL SOON

The Cam Memorial Presbyterian
Church. of which ScolltmaSter
Frank II. Srattrrgood is pastor, is
to hold IA revival, beginning Sunday,
January &. when the Rev. b. ID.
Walthaw Of WayncSvillc, Va, will
lead the services. Bibles studies
will bc held in the afternoon ana
evHngrlistic services at night.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

William Green, Of East Fla! Rock,
y. G. on his way to California for
his first vacation in many years,
died aboard train at New Orleans.
While the car in which he WAS rid
iuy was being transferred from one
railroad station TO another. The
ministc appeared to be about II
ye1r- III.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21
SCOTT-PENDLETON

The marriage Of Miss Clara Belle
Pcndlct0n of Wecksville to George
Dewey Scott of Wceksvilla. took
place Sunday morning i'll this city
at the home of DR.. Jas. ii. Thayer
who performed the ceremony.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

Onnort,lnities are like diamonds,
,bev come in the rough. 1t requires
an expert to recognize them ana
.riu to make the most Of them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

Good eyesight i5 inexpensive. See
DR.. J. D. Hathaway, CptemetriSt,
Elizabeth Guy, II. y.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

For your eyes sake see DR.. j. ID.
Hathaway, Optometrist. Sracfo-3
BId:, El.-aberh City, =. {. .ay.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-12-21

Dor't ceelset your c-cs. See
Hat--"ay. Ee k1ow5. esT.