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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
MJILDING FOR THEIR
CHILDREN'S CHILDREN
How One North Carolina Town Scraps Its En-
tire School System To Build New Schools
AS They Should Be Built

nifty activities and the recreation
ground for all people. Instead of sew
eral small high school buildings in diff
erent sections of the city, one for the
poor, another for the rich: one for
thos who live on one side of town
and one for those who live on anoth-
er side Of town, the children of every
home will go to the one central high
school where all will enjoy equal edu-
cational priviledgcs and grow up in 4
true public school democracy. And
so it is here at this high school build
ing that site of seventy five acres
will be so arranged as to bring the
greatest amount of recreational pleas
ure and moral and intellectual profit
to all the people. Here are tennis
courts, baseball diamonds. an athletic
track. swimming pool. play grounds
and beautiful park for all the people
of Winston Salem.
And on the hill beside tn. million
and a quarter dollar first unit of the
High School is being erected half
million dollar auditorium for the peo-
ple-the gift of Mrs. J. Edward
Johnston who was Mrs. II. j. Rcy-
nolds. This auditorium. erected by
this generous woman as memorial
to her husband who amasScd millions
out of the labor of WinStOn-Salem
workers, will be in many respects one
of the finest auditoriums in the coun-
try. 1t will seat 5000 people and
here the children and their parents
will go from day to day to hear the
worlds best music and to listen to
speakers of national and intcrnation-
al reputation who will be brought to
the city from time to time.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
CHURCH
ATTENDANCE
Congregations Evidence Inter-
est in Simultaneous Re-
ligious Campaign

The attendance at the vari-
ous churches participating in
the simultaneous religious re-
vival now on in this city is de-
clarcd to be even greater than
the attendance at the usual in
dividual revival services, not to
speak, being a long way above
the usual Sunday attendance OF
the congregations, according
to the pastors, of the churches.
Every pastor taking part in this
campaign expressed enthusiasm over
thc attendance. 1t is their belief
that the simultaneous revival marks
religious epoch that has long been
hoped for by churchgoers of Eliz-
abeth City. and that the results will
be of far-rcaching and impcasur-
able benefit.
Each day at noon, the participating
pastors gather at the Community
Building for conference and prayer.
The pastors request the people of the
rity to pause in the labors when the
clock strikes the noon hour, and Of
fer up their deyotions. and pray for
the success of their campaign.
Morning services at the First
Methodist Church begin at 9:3O: at
the Episcopal Church Mt 10 o'clock
in the morning. 4:30 in the after
noon. and eight o'clock in the even
ing, with prayer service at I:30;
at Blackwell Memorial Baptist
( Church and City Road Methodist, at
! 4:3O and eight o'clock with prayer
service ut 7:30; FRS Baptist
Church has services in the evening
only. and Calvary Baptist for the
present is conducting services only
! in the evening.
Out of town pastors are conducting
the services in all churches except
First Baptist. DR.. Templcman not
only still new to his charge, but is
powerful evangelist himself and has
seized the opportunity 20 get closer
to his new charge by conducting his
own revival.
The imported evenagelists are
without exception men of great per-
sonal attractivencss and able speak
ers. 1t would seem that each demo-
mination has We'd with all the rest
70 see who could bring in the great
est revivalist. One without demo-
minational preference finds it harl
TO decide which church to attend to
hear Il good sermon; they ar" all good
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
MEASLES ON THE DECREASE

The epidemic Of measles that mas
brcu prevalent in this city all Spring
is on the decrease, and there are now
comparativCly few cases. accorulils
TO DIR. &. i. Williams, county healtn
officer. Elizabeth City is more tortu-
untr that many other towns, Ill the
state where the epidemic has assulA-
ed serious proportions.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
VICTORIOUS AGAIN.

The baseball team of the +. City
High School. defeated the Edcnton
team by score of eight to two on
the home diamond. This totals three
histories out Of four for Elizabeth
City. This is the first game played
on the local diamond this season.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
TO HONOR DEBATERS.

This Friday evening the Elizabeth
CITY Kiwanis Club will have as honor
guests, Misses Ellen Melick, Mary
Dozier. Margaret Sawyer and Rachel
Williams. the four debaters from the
Elizabeth City High School who re-
Gently took part in the successful con-
fest for the Aycock Memorial Cup.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20

For your eyes sake see DR.. j. u.
Hathaway. Optometrist. Bradford
BLDG. Elizabeth City: \. {. 20?
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20

Don't neglect your eyes Gee
Hathaway. He know. acV'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20
And Ali One School Building

In another column W. tells something of how
Winston NJ building its schools To give better
idea of how thoroy doirg the job here an
organization and equipment Of the first unit OF win
ston high school building Compare WIN inc
sorry getting town thru he ignorance ana
stupdy how schools should be hunt ana
the knowledge OF Others Here %"at
boys and girls arc getting IN the he" gh oo
building
Administration and Waiting General Of
flee 3. Private office /. Teachers rest room tmel)
) Teachers (women u. Board Of Education
md faculty = Book supply room 5 Jan''orS sup
ply room. and TO- Emergency
room (boys IL. Emergency room tstrlS' l. Literary
and atheletic (boysD. t. Literary and athletic hall
(gH<) a. Library ID Open air room lb"ES}. IL.
Open air (girS)
Academic CIassrooms-Engish. Mathematics. History Latin
and caS~room to the number of fifteen to-
General science-1 General Science laboratory. General
Science lecture ). Dark ro"m' : Instructors
Biology Geological . geological Lecture room
. Botany lecture l. Storage D. Instructors
: Chemistry Chemistry laboratory Chemistry lecture
room 3, Storage room /. Instructors room.
g. PHYSICS- Physics laboratory = Physics apparatus room
3 Physics lecture room l. Dark .. Instructors
I Geoqaphy-1 Geography laboratory. Geography lecture
ROOM Instructors
s. Commercia-l First bookkeeping room = Second year
bookkeeping D. First yp"wrins roon' l. sec
ond wear typewriting Shorthand room d. huSi-
ness practice 4 Commercial law arithmetic ana pen
manShip
y Arts and crats-1 Frccland drawing > Frcchand
" drawing storage room >. Clay modelling t. Clay
modelling storage ROOM D. Crafts room Crafts stor-
age rooom 4. Instructors ROOM
HOUSEHOLD ARTS
Domestic Art Sewing , DrcSSm"kins roon' ..
Millinery room. 4. Textile D. Design ro'm D.
Storage room. Z Laundry s.. instructors foom
Domestic Domestic science kitchen = iahtr!.
Refrigeration room. /. Food chemistry ROOM q. Lee
ture room. q. Instructors
Cafeteria-To seat 800
i Model Home-Smale scac)-1. Bcdroom = DINING rooM'
Living room 4 Kitchen j. Pantry IT, Nursery q
Bathroom s. Closet
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
woodworknu-1 Woodworking shop. = Cabinet ana pattern
sbon 3 Woodfinishirg ROOM t. Lumber storage room.
g. Instructors ROOM
Metal workinq-1. shop. y Foundry SHOP Machine
sbon 4 Sheet shop ). Electric shop d. Gas En-
,ira shop Z Plumbing shop s. Repair shop D. looi
Lon 10 Lecture II. Instructors roOm
. p-;n,ra-1 Printing room. Stock D. Instructors
uooh,nicaI Drawnu-1. Mechanical drawing rOom Blue
nrrt and storage room. 3 Instructors room
GYMNASIUM
ror Rovs1 Gymnasium gallery. > Club room" D. MedR-
- 1 ox,miper,s room. /. Instructors room. D. Locker
room g. Shower baths.
Eor Bows and Girls-large swimming pool .
. For GjrJs-1 Gymnasium and gallery - ,luo roonl Dc
Medical examiners l. Instructors room d. LOCK-
er room Shower. baths
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-04-20

hearing on Il charge ot l':lhd Drought
against him and Cashier ItOuark 0s
the Liberty Savings Sank by thc
Bank of Apex, W:kC County, which
alleges Chat he seen .cl loan of
$3.50 by misrepresentation. has
been made the object Of another
fraud charge This Is brought by thr
Bank of Pembroke. i .E"Snl tOIEty.
and alleges that Mr.. InDpnr and {
f.. Bcthca of the Commercial Bank
obtained loan of S2.J00 through the
use OF securities in sealed envelope
as collateral. and which securities
later were discovered 10 D. the sock
of Il bank which r;d been liTuida,cd
and consequently worthless.
Young Bill Bcthunc of Clinton.
Sampson county, who is charged with
manslaughtcr aS the result of the
deaths of Willie Naylor and Robert
Chappen in collision between an au-
tomobilc driven by Bcthunc and
Chanpcll'S car Faster Sunday night
on IIillSboro street, waived cXami-
nation yesterday morning i'll city
court and was held for superior
court under bend of $1,000.
A Knotty Problem
The most amusing case and knotty
/ since the advent Of the burlington
Act came up before Judge Buck Harris
! in the Raleigh municipal court yes
tcrdav. Reuben Guntcr. c0lorcd. was
charged with having liquor in his
possession for purpose of sale. n
raid on what back before amendment
TO the Constitution became so fash
ionahlc would have been considered
his castle had produced slightly moro
than Il quart Of results i'll h&Ii'
gallon fruit jar. The evidence was
found insufficient 10 convict anC
Reuben was acquitted.
Solicitor Brckwith handed over th'
fruit lar and Reuben made for thai
part of the great outdoors that Dor
dcrS on FaycitcvilI" street. Judge
Harris advised the late defendant
counsel to 20 get him before he be
came guilty of Illegally tranSportln!
liouor. brought back Guntcr wa
dispoSScSScd temporarily OF th'
boozc to which the court had jus
proven his tile.
The question Of how he could sc
il home legally came up. 1t remains
nm right now. The police, who takctl
away. could tote it back. perhaps
'br+ ,boy are not accustomed to dOln:
pyramids for Il drought-Strickcn negro
The adjustment of the matter call
for thr wisdom of Solomon ant
the tact of Il Chesterfield
Now UP to State Board
II is now thc move of the Stat
Board of Welfare, which meets Il
Greensboro Gu the 9th. in connection
with the proposal TO investigate IN
penal system of North Carolina. TN
member of the board \. W. McAllstc
appcars considerably concerned an
to desire IN inquiry.
The statement of the penltcntIar'
matron. issued this. morning, as L
the flogging of fiftccn-ycar-oi
negro girl by Warden Busbre CAV
additional impetus to the intormi
urge to investigate. The decision o
the State Prison board not to launc
an inquiry has been discounted. rev
boards would investigate thcmSclve
unless it seemed that the demand 10
action came from responsible partieS
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Eggs 10 Million
Years Old Found

drews, the naturalist, consider d spec
tacular feature Of their discoveries the
twenty-five fossilized dinosauE eggs
which they found in several nests in se-
dimentary strata among the skeletons
of medium-sized dinosaurs Of q species
known as protocerators andrewsis.
These are the first dinosaur eggs to be
revealed to science. according to men,
bers of the expedition, who said that
hitherto. it had not been known that
the dinosaur laid eggs The eggs are
elliptical, five to six inches in length,
their shells now covered with buff
colored coating. Their age is estimated
at 100000 years. 81
The explorers brought out seventy
two skulls and twelve complete skele-
tons of these terrible lizards" as the
two Greek words forming the term
dinosaur describe them. The dinosaur
nests were situated at longitude 10.
east. latitude A north.
The expedition also found numerous
remains of mammals, principally of
giant rhineceros-like beast, which il
said to prove kinship among the ear
Hest fauna of Asia and America. The
scientists explained that land bridge
Joined the continents in those dim yes
terdays.
The party Travelled in motor cars.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Search Rewarded by important
Geological Find.

Ghicago.-Discovery of the. stem Of
plant similar to that of a corn stalk
in lump of limestone found imbed-
ded in a coal seam in Illinois has
changed hitherto accepted ideas of
plant evolution and pushed the mys.
terry of the origin of Towering plants
millions of years further back into the
geological past. Prof. A. Q. Noe, paleO-
bosanist for the University of Chicago.
unearthed the revolutionary evidence
after a systematic search.
The strata from which he obtained
the limestone lump. or ''coal ball."
was identified as belonging to the car
boniferous. or great coal, age of the
Paleozoic era, the next to the Oldest
Of the four great geological time divi-
sions which contain the fossil cacord
NJ the past life ON the earth. He
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Former Soldiers Study
Everything but Warfara

Sacramento, Cal.-How conditions
have changed.
Six years ago hundreds of thousands
of men sought to increase their prof.
cheney in the science of warfare. Bur
not so, in 1928.
Eight hundred ex-service men begai!
school training this fall, according 70
E. r. CaugheyS educational super
visor of the state veterans welfare
board. Virtually every known trade or
profession has it's quota of applicants
except study in warfare. Not one Of
the 800 has applied for entrance to d
college Of military training.
Thirty Of the World war veterans
who seek educational rehabilitation
throughout the state expect to become
ministers of the gospel, said Caughey.
while 100 will train for dentists, thirty
for physicians, 100 for lawyers, fifteen
for artists, five for newspapermen. and
scores for teachers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
FOSSIL CHANGES IDEAS
OF BOTANICAL HISTORY

classified the fossil stem as that OF
an angiosperm, or a Towering plant
which had its seed inclosed in a seed
container. as are the seeds Of our ap-
pie, rose and oak.
NO Towering pants of this sort have
heretofore been proved to have grown
SO far back as this period of ancient
geological times. The specimens pre-
viously reported of land plants with
such highly organized structure have
been found in parts of the earth's
crust formed during the Mesozoic era,
or geological middle ages, millions of
years nearer to the present time.
Botanists have assumed from such
evidence that the Towering plants had
just begun to appear about the latter
part of the age when the plants that
form our coal flourished. They have
expected to find the more primitive
Towering plants at this earlier time.
Professor Noes discovery In the coal
measures OF plant representing what
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Report by Army Air Service Says
Americans Excel In Speed
Records, Etc.

Washington army air service
in a report Just issued here claims
that the United States, which was so
backward In aeronautics In the peril
GUS World war days, has taken the
lead over the rest Of the world within
the last year in development of the
airplane motor and other phases of
aircraft construction.
The air service declares that this
superiority is demonstrated primarily
by the fact that Americans have taken
practically all the worlds airplane rec
ords during the last ten months
Credit for improvements along tech
nical lines which have made possible
this record is given to the air service
engineering division at McCook field.
Dayton, O.. the bureau of standards
and the national advisory committee
for aeronautics.
Vast Improvement Made.
The long list of records attained by
army pilots have been achieved, the
report states, because of the greatly
sAASiSuSCu CAASlCHCy Va Lie new pttucS
and engines. This increased efficiency.
II is claimed, is the result of the COM
bined efforts of private manufacturers
and the engineering division in expert
mentation and research work.
In airplane design great progress
has been made along the line of pro-
ducing more efficient wings as we'll as
greater structural strength. The study
of the substitution of various metals
and alloys for former construction ma
terials has been exhaustive, with the
result that better grade Of duralu-
min is being produced In America now
than In any other country of the
world.
Liberty Motor Triumph.
To the improvement of the war
time Liberty engine is attributed the
success of the transcontinental flight.
Such performance reflects to the
credit Of the engine with which the
afrplane was equipped. because a more
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Heirs to Sue for Lots
Valued at SIS. 600. 600

Lexington, Ky.-Final arrangements
for filing suit against present Occur
pants of property in the heart of New.
York valued at more than $75.OO0,OOO.
will be made by heirs of Robert Ed
wards at meeting to be held here,
it was decided by more than 100 heirs
who gathered in lhote! here. It Is
claimed Robert Edwards owned n
acres of land in what is now in the
Fifth ward of Manhattan borough, bur
that he died intestate during the Rev
dictionary war after leasing the prop
erty for 80 years. When the lease ex-
pired the property was sold.
The Edwards heirs scattered about
Kentucky and Ohio, have been inves-
tigating the situation for two or three
years.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Nest Made by Dinosaur Discov-
cred in Mongolia by Members
of American Expedition.

Pekin.-Dinosaurs, the colossal rep
tile creatures of a prehistoric era,
laid eggs five to six inches long. They
had nests like any gentle domestic fowl
Of today. !.
The early mammalian beasts of Asia
and America were kin and roamed
across the two continents on the land
bridge that Joined them in those re
mote times.
These are some Of the discoveries an
nounced by the third Asiatic expedi-
tion of the American Museum Of Natur-
al History on its return here after Ave
months on the Monaghan plains.
Nine Tons Of Fossils.
The party was in Picking recently
with what its members termed the
largest find Of the remains Of prehis-
toric animals In the history Of paleon.
tology. Nine tons of fossils have been
collected and will be shipped to Amer
lea. e
One of the leaders OF the expedition,
Henry Fairfield Osborn, the paleontolo-
gist, said the fossil beds found in
Mongolia were the largest known to
science. For the first time, he ex-
planned, explorers had at their disposal
terrestrial deposits of enormous extent,
still preserved in their pristine gram.
deur, thus enabling the reconstruction
of much of the life in the middle period
of the reptilian age.
The Adventures of science returned
with the opinion that they had proved
the Mongolian plateau TO have been the
center of dispersion Of the most an
cient animals traced.
DR.. Osborn and Roy Chapman An
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
U.S.. Leads World
I'm Aero romantics

severe and gruelling test hardly could
be imposed.
In the Pulitzer trophy race, the re-
port says, there again was evidenced
Improvement in airplane engine de-
sign when the tremendous horsepower
OF the engine is compared with the
fragile craft which 1t was required to
drive through the air at nearly $50
miles an hour.
Keeping abreast with the worlds eff
forts to develop flying machine that
could ascend and descend vertically
the army air service, the report points
out, produced during the year the De
Bothezat helicopter. This machine,
QUILT entirely within the service, is
among the first successful machines of
Its type.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
CALIFORNIA; Governor
Seeks County Supervisor

Sacramento. Cal.-The worm mas
turned and the job really seeks the
man. Gov. Friend w. Richardson Is
in the unusual position of having DO
litical plum which apparently nobody
wants. 1t is in Alpine county. where
the reluctance of, the inhabitants TO
hold office has caused the governor to
have posted in the courthouse at Mark.
leeville notice calling for applicants
for appointment as supervisor.
Supervisor George FL. Luhrs of Al.
pine county created the vacancy bI
resigning. Patiently the governor
waited for the army Of deserving as
pirants. None came. When he decid-
ed to advertise, he found there VAS
no newspaper published in the, county.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19
Boy Makes $500
on $24 Investment

Chicago.-How an office boy
invested $24 and made a profit
of 10000 per cent was related
by post office officials here.
{ A man tried to sell a Chicago
business man block of air-mail
stamps. on which an airplane
was printed inverted by mistake,
but the man refused. The office
boy, hearing of the offer, bought
the. stamps for $24. Recently he
sold them for $1,000 to Col. e. r.
Green. son of Mrs. Hetty Green.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19

HENRY FORD says his offer for the
IL purchase of Muscle Shoals is still
before congress and will not be with
drawn. He planes Secretary of War
Weeks and political influences for the
fact that his bid was not accepted and
for the sale of the part of the plant
known as the Gorgas steam plant
which was Included In Mr.. Ford's offer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19

TEIXEIRA GOMEZ, the new ppesi-
4 dent Of Portugal. finds that he,
like most of his predecessors, is sit
ting on an earthquake. Already there
have been two revolutionary out
breaks against his administration, and
another is expected any day. His
enemies predict that he viii. soon be
either assassinated or driven out of
the country.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19

bolsheyiki, however, had the support
Of some prominent delegates.
When the prohibition question was
taken up there was more nearly COM
plete unanimity. With only one dis
senting vote the convention adopted
an appeal to congress to change the
Volstead act so as to permit the man
ufacture and sale Of light wines and
beer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1923-10-19

had been taken to be rar advanced
stage In plant evolution indicates that
land plants must have gone through
an enormously long period of develop
ment before the earliest period
recorded in the fossil rocks.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-14
WOULD REDUCE
COUNTY WAGES
PauI's Economy Move Hits
at Salaries of Men
By John w. Nelson

A carefully organized and powerful
attempt 10 cut wages OF county en-.
ployes In behind the so-calied econ.
omy" program advanced by County
Commlsaloner Frank Paul OF the
south district at Tuesdays meeting
Of the board.
This fact was established by The
Star Wednesday, following an in.
vest!gatlon Of procedure that Is
open to the three expert account.
ants who will be named 10 make a
survey Of county offices.
Commissioner Paul himself con.
firrned this. admitting that the only
possible means by which the com.
mlssioners can lower the payrolls OF
the various elective officers OF the
county is "by looping a few dollars
a month off the wages OF their EN-.
ployes.'
The Economy program" IL " as.
serted. In backed by powerful flnan.
ciaI and property.holding interests.
among whom are tbs Associated In.
dustries, the Building Owners asso.
citation, the South District Industrial
Improvement association and various
tax bodies, whose membership II
largely composed OF heavy property
holders.
Should the program fall TO effect
an Immediate reduction In wages Of
county employees. the present cam.
pmgn viii bo used as q foundation
20 make an attack upon them at the
mkt meeting Of the county budget
board next fall. when funds for 1924
will bc designated.
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