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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03
WOULD ABOLISH
THESE OFFICES
County Commissioners Don't
Want To Pay Farm and
Home Agents

The Offices oi Farm Demon
stration Agent and Home
Demonstration in PaSquotank
will be abolished ii the present
Board OF County Commission
CrS can have their way about it,
but they will hardly have their
way about it since the Com
missioncrs have about agreed
To leave the question TO popu-
lar vote.
The commissioners have ordered
ballot boxes and ballots and order.
cd Chairman Noah BuriOOt t0 call
an election AT mn early date. ln
meantime sentiment against the
further maintenance 0f these 0lTicrS
of Farm Demonstration and Home
Demonstration Agents IL being
quietly worked up thruout the c0un-
~. proponents Of the rcariiOnary
business making no noise with their
propaganda among the progrrssir"
element who would resent such all
attempt.
The members of the Board of
County commissioners are y. Bur
foot aud Hillary Cartwright Of
Elizabeth city Township: i. G..
Pritchard. Of Providence: W. j. +.
Spence, of Nrwlund: &. \. Ownlry,
of Mt. IIcrmOn: &. u. Mund"n. of
Salem and J. e.. Thompson, Of Nix
OntOn.
Chairman BurfoOt says that every
member of tho Board, with the rX-
crption of himself. Il In favor of
nIoliShing the two offices. Mr. Bur
foot says that the two members cS-
pcriully active In the business are
Mrssrs. pritclIard of Providence and
Cartwright of Elizabeth city. The
plea IL for economy, the abolition of
the two offices saving the tax pay.
rrs Of the county $lH. Grover W.
Falls. the farm agent gets n salary
of 5000 u month. 500 Of which H.
paid hy the State aud Federal GOV
crIlmrnts. Miss Marcic .All"rtSon,
the home agent, gets u salary Of
500 u month, Sp of which Is paid
hy the State und Federal govern.
mputs. IN other words, the county
is paying only half the salaries Of
these two important workers. Thrr"
il no complaint. 80 far aS "an bc
learned. against either Mr.. Falls or
Miss All"rtSon. the Commissioners
having no other object than Ia do
away with paying ont th" m"aSly
sum of $50 u month for the main
trnance of offices from which they
can sec no direR financial return.
They probably would abolish all
other county offices. except their
own. on the same grounds, II such
power were vested In them.
I'aSqIotankrrS who recognize the
value of the work Of the farm and
home demonstration agents In this
county. evident on every hand In
the vast improvements In agricul'
turc and rural home life In the cOun-
~ since these agencies have been
ut work. will have tO bcstir them.
selves 10 defeat the latest effort "
DESTROY these agencies.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03

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tn STAY" remarked The Bank 'lrrh
I, the Soda J"rkrr. just with II view
to starting conversation.
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thut if thr girlS ever got the idea
that emitting their hair Is going to
mnl,r Them huldhcadrd like men,
,hnu u'S nniug to bc good night
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hair uIour and the ends of their
hairs sealed u and kept tn" nat
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03
TO
BEGIN SUNDAY
Ham.Ramsay Co. unlimhcr-
ing Its Guns For The Big
Bombardmcnt

Elizabeth City will have
plenty oi excitement beginning
Sunday Afternoon. AMI CON
tinuing Tor five. six or eight
weeks until the town iS work
ed mp into the highest possible
state ui fever OF religion.
icrvor and cmuti"naIlsm. The
Ham Ramsay rcvjvali>t, will
unlimbcr their gun, and train
on the devil and all hl, works
in Elizabeth CITY at J o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Oct. }.
Max" no mistake about IL: thcr"
will hr "a world 0f excitement in
the old town from . i, NJ. Sunday
aud un. 81 lung IL In" town ~lnn"S
for il. The llaml;Hm~cy company
camps "m II town until the lnSl soul
says IL has been saved and the evan
guli>t. satisfied with his result. poe
krtS the bushels nf lun>c change and
leaves town. This j. Ia u" 10 tame
affair of one or two weeks dura-
tion. hut u red hot, rip-Snor,in. hell
raising, Sin-hiISting carnival uf evan
.rliSm - run we'll int" cold wealth.
or.
tn" Iii. wruthCrpro"r tahrrna-
Gle. seating nearly l.Ow aud cost,
img several thousand dollars, has
h,cu ready for weeks AMI II choir
of several hundred voices began
trimming last night. Every white
church choir in the city has been
enlisted for choral work nnd hun.
drcdS not in the ch"ir> have been
c"mS"ript"d for service.
The RumS"y party arrived
in Elizabeth city yesterday. II con
sisted of Rev. VI. +. Ham, the evan
gclist. whose home address j. An
chorn.r. NY, VIM. j. Ramsey. the
choir leader AMI Earl :. Rodgers,
secretary 10 Mr.. Ham and publ
city man.
Mr.. Ham j. II robust and vi""r-
oIlS personality. II fluent and tire
less speaker. iorccful, aggressive
and full of himself nmd his plan of
salvation. II" knows weak human
nature like he knows his \. II. tE,
and who j. an artist NJ working
upon the emotions of folks and ear
rying them along with him in II state
of ecstasy for weeks AZ II time. Ear
~ in his campaigns h" wins tn"
merchants Hnd business folk To his
cause 10y flaying the sinners who
don't nay their debts: in return for
the service hr renders in mnkin.
backward folk pay up their old hc-
counts. merchants are very clad 10
keep their stores CLOSED certain
hours and otherwise coOp"rat" IN
making the revival the biggest thin:
i'm town while IL lasts. liunhrcdS
of new members are recruited Tor
the churches. and this Is very I'M
portant To the churches bCCauSr The
EXPENSE of maintaining ~ many
churches in small town Is grow
iuy like the cost of other things,
and new members mean increased
revenues for the churches, If not IN
apprcciable number ot prospective
tenants for those mansions in the
skies.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03
SEE HOW YOUR
PAPER IS PRINTED

Friends. subscribers and all
visitors 10 the Fair in Eliz'
abeth City TeNt week are
cordially invited 10 visit the
,I,op of TIE INDEPENDENT
in lis own home on Matthews
81. GiagOnally acrosS irCm
the courthouse square. Dis'
regard all keep out" signs
and make yourself at home.
My printers will receive you
courtcously and take pleasure
in showing you the modern
type setting aml printing
machinery used in This shop
and explaining anything you
wart 10 know.
". q. SAUNDERS.
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". q. SAUNDERS.

face on the road will h" made unlil
engineers are convinced that the
rond bed will settle no more. SIhg
and clay gravel will hc piled "n the
road until II foundation for II hi.h
and dry cement surface l. absolute
IL assured. il il said.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03

Dr. j. -. Hathaway has moved
to 80 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. ndvt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03
CLIP AND MAIL THIS NOW
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Elizabeth City, n. &.

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whirh send me TIE INDEPEN.
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srriution to TIE INDEPENDENT
yet:
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Dr. ]. ID. Hathaway has moved
To 80 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. hdEt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-03
|TY TO BUY UTILITY
PLANTS FOR $4,000
,,vor Goodwin Splits the Tie and Votes to
Purchase Water, Light and Sewerage
Plants of Private Companies

|srl d@.arr !, the amount i
e. ,.r Elizabeth City
L.. \,.rrmcu in an oI-
| |-m,. p. them i'll special
q Wednesday night Tor
| .,,.,,c of the privately
[lr,'.,. water and sewer
| ,5r, %. Elizabeth City.
| Fr~ v.. the result ut 4
| r,r. broken in favor ot
| t'a.r rv Mayor Good
| a.~ d lengthy meeting
~. ,nr report al 4 cont
| ,,.tu.,,, several weeks
a.- .. S:Iuun will in all
m.m hr end "f liti-
.s.. 'h" city aul the
Wl.." Do j. YET Ia hr
| e., ... ,'u,hhnl'l"r> and
| - rur ,umpHui"~. 1t l.
.- r will be- refused.
| r-rrf o.. Dr""k" IT Balti-
| ,...nr - 'hr companies.
...m. assured ia" Alder
| .r, amount would hr
| ... ,r ... -rurkh"l'lvr>.
~.- rad. 10y III" Aldermen
rum. 90 70 special meet
..r ,.r,rrI weeks age, when
.-.,. rs,,ud the city the
.I ,.,rr.r plants for the
s,r-tmHE \ rummittuc was
rH 4 wrN" au appraisal
t,r- rN.W hut "pl">iti'n
... rwr. with Il view
.rr DO. uwrhns" ut water
--r-. mrl.u-, with"ut pur-
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
A Platform of Service

A business, an institution or a man
can find reason for existence only to
the measure Of service rendered along
such lines as these;
1. The raising of the general stand
ard of intelligence through schools
that win educate by developing intel
ligence; this education must be com
pulsory and free for every boy and
girl up to the age Of sixteen.
2. The raising Of the general stand
ard Of health, and hence of general
usefulness as well as happiness through
comprehensive sanitary and health
services to prevent disease. This in
wolves housing, the age of labor, the
conditions and hours of labor, and
public and private enterprise for con
serving health.
3. The study of productive industry.
including agriculture, as service to
all the peOple-not as a sole interest
of labor, Of capitol, or of any group
of bloc. If service to society be held
uppermost, the rewards to the respec-
tive factors in productive industry will
not be difficult to adjust.
1. The consideration of powers as
the greatest of all servants Of society
because only as labor is taken from
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

the backs Of men and put on the backs
Of machines can labor provide more
for society.
8. The recognition of waste Of men
or materials is a vicious restriction Of
production and therefore a sin against
society. Conservation means prevent
ing waste and not limiting use.
6. The recognition that government
is but an organization for doing col
lectively those things the citizens can
not do, or which they may, for their
convenience or best service, require it
to do. Government exists for men
not men for government.
Z. The enlistment in the public SER
vice of the best and most capable
minds and the awakening of a more
general interest in public affairs.
s. The recognition that war, organ
lied radical or religious prejudices,
and violence generally are obstacles to
prosperity and happiness. Peace to all
men of goodwill is fundamental. We
must work for better economical and
political relations among the nations,
looking toward the raising Of the level
of prosperity and the prevention Of
war.-Colliers Weekly.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
BAPTIST Church Notes

Sunday school much better last sun
day.
Morning congregation also improved
but small.
The evening congregation as good as
expected this season.
Prof. Jordan Of former paS'or"'e
at IIeber Springs worshipped with US
Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Perrin were
welcome visitors to their old class OH
last Sunday morning and in the morn
ing services.
All our regular work and worship
for next Sunday at the usual hours
preaching at II a. m. and S:l5 p. H.
Miss Mary Sue Wiley will sing at the
evening hour.
II sounds sensational Of course, but
the pastors subject at the evening
hour next Sunday will be, playing
the Devil with the Church" Better
come and hear it.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
ROCK ROAD

Sam Benningfeld and family of Kan
sas City visited his sister, Mrs. Bell
Belew, Wednesday.
NJ L. Williams and wife visited his
mother at Dalton from Friday until
Sunday.
Next Sunday and Sunday night is
the Rev. Ellis appointments here.
Everybody come out and hear him.
Be on time for Sunday school at 10
o'clock.
DIR. Bayan and wife spent the 4th
with his wife's parents at Thayer, Mo.
Chas. Belew and wife, Miss Bertha
Whitaker and Miss Addie Collins visit
ed at Walnut Ridge Sunday.
Ernest Poe of Elnora spent Sunday
with Jack Belew.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
CONFIRMATION OF TITLE

Notice is hereby given that at a sale
held by the collector Of revenue for
Randolph County, Arkansas, on date
of June 18th, 1918, for delinquent taxes
for the year 1917, by virtue of the au-
thOrity vested in him by law for the
sale of lands delinquent for taxes and
as prescribed by the statutes Of the
state of Arkansas, Nell jackson, who
is now the undersigned, Nell Romack,
purchased the following described land
in Randolph county, Arkansas, tO-wit ::
The West Half (W1-2) Of Block Forty
eight (4S) in the Hill Addition to the
city Of POcahOntas, and that Clerks
deed Of tax sale was made to her for
the said land pursuant thereto.
All persons who can set up any right
to the land so purchased in cOnse-
quence of any infOrmality or any ir-
regularity connected with said sale for
taxes, are hereby notified that under
signed will file petition for the con-
firmatiOn of the said sale to be acted
upon by the next term of Randolph
Chancery Court, to be held on the first
day after the maturity of the time pro-
vided by law, and they are hereby
called upon TO show cause, If any they
can, why the sale so made should not
he c~,ltirmed.
Wintess my hand on this July 1st,
1924. Nell Romack.
John L. Bledsoe.
Solicitor for Petitioner. As g..
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

fees were very light compared with
what the physician charges today,
These good old doctors were so situa-
ted that they could take work, farm
produce, stock, etc, on their bills,
thus making it much easier for the
poor man to pay his bills. OF course
we have plenty Of good doctors today
and as a rule they are fine men. But
medicine and other supplies have adj
vanced in price until they must Of
necessity charge higher fees than did
the old pioneer doctors. Nowadays
when a poor man who lives in the rural
districts steps to the phone and calls
the doctor and he scOots up in a big
black car from distance of ten to
twenty-miles, he is out the price of a
horse for starter and it takes spot
cash to foot the bill.
Now, we are not from Missouri but
we have gotta be cited in regard to
the poor man being better off today
than he was forty and fifty years ago.
Ingram Correspondent.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
Fifty Years Ago

We desire to make few more ramb-
ling remarks about the good old days
that have passed and gone. We can
not remember back before and during
the Civil War when times were really
distressingly hard, but we can remem-
Der back forty-fve years and fifty
years ago and as we have said in a
former article we believe that the
times in those days were not so bad
as some would make it appear.
We liked that article by Lawrence
Dalton, in memory of days gone by.
Mr.. Dalton gave us a glimpse of the
good side as well as the bad side of the
old times.
Fifty years ago this spring this writ
er attended school for the first time.
We were a little five-year old boy and
C. c. Elder was our teacher. Later
ON we had for our teachers such good
men as Ben f. Spikes, f. NJ. Timer,
Isom Garrett and others. Those were
fine men and worked hard to earn
their wages. They had good practical
educations and were able to teach
their pupils how to do business and
get by alright.
Yes, we remember the big log-rol-
lings and house and barn raisings re-
ferred to by Mr.. Dalton. We also re-
member the big newground fields that
were enclosed by the new split-rail
fences. Then in the fall those fields
were chuck full of big heavy corn.
This looked more like hog and hOminy
than does our old washed off hillsides
today. Then there were the big meet
ings after crops were done, where the
old pioneer preachers (God bless their
memory preached straight from the
shoulder in the old log school and
church houses and under brush arbOrs.
What fine old times the people did
have. There was no pride or formal
ity then and we believe that there was
more pure old unadulterated religion
in those days than there is now.
Some have tried to stress the fact
that medical aid was hard to secure
in those days Now, forty and fifty
years ago this community was blessed
with several good doctors, such grand
old men as DR.. ]. p. Throgmorton, DR..
Byrd, DR.. Slaughter, DR.. Stone and
many others. They generally got to
their patients on short notice and their
were very effective. Their
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

When the doctor finally came he
ianced 1t at once and declared that
It was only just in time to prevent
the loss of the hand if not the
woman's life.
Most Of the women are eager to
l@rn so that they may give
their children the best possible
treatment. One young mother.
with four small youngsters, the
Oldest of which was four years.
was especially clean and careful,
but measles invaded the home.
The three Oldest children had it.
but the nurse said the baby needn't
get it if the mother would take
proper precautions. This woman's
day was not so full but that she
could fnd time to follow instruc-
tons to the letter; changing her
apron every time she tended the
baby, keeping him isolated in a
separate room, boiling everything,
no smallest detail. Eter-
nal vigilance was the price Of sue.
cess and the baby escaped.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

} One of the most interesting feat.
ures of boil weevil control to the cot
ion farmer is the cost and profit"
of applying measures. Referring to
the use of calcium Arsenate one ex'
merit has declared that, ut does not
cost 10 dust-it does cost not to dust"
A comparison OF three methods Of
poisoning in an average OF all tests
, conducted in the South in 1923 has
been made and these figures show
conclusively that 1t pays to use cal
cIum Arsenate in dust form. The
comparison follows:
Florida Method; Untreated check
plats averaged a yield per acre Of
SSs.7 pounds OF seed cotton; treated
plats average 614.3 pounds, gain Of
1855 pounds at cost Of $3.50 an acre
with a profit Of 1894.
sweetened Poisons: Untreated
check.plats averaged a yield OF 66S
pounds per acre, while treated plats
averaged 769 pounds, a gain of 101
pounds at a cost OF s10.17 an acre and
a profit OF 1924.
Calcium Arsenate in Dust Form:
Unteated checks averaged a yield Of
1865 pounds per acre, and untreated
plats averaged S6s.3 pounds, a gain
OF S02.7 pounds at cost OF VIA
and a profit OF s25.66.
Thus, II is shown that application
of calcium srsenate in dust form in
creases the yield, lowers the cost ana
increases the profit Poisoning by
this method should be even more prof.
table this year under average weather
conditions, ss the price OF calcium
arsenate is somewhat loves and prob
sbly will not 90 higher provided
farmers buy their supply early in the
season.
DustinE with calcium arsenate
should be applied with machines built
especially for dusting cotton and the
applications made only when the air
10 calm and the plants are moist. This
usually means making only night ap-
plications From five to seven pounds
OF calcium Arsenate should be used
TO the acre.
There should be an interval OF four
or five days between applications un.
less q heavy rain follows one appli-
cation. The cotton should be thor
oughly busted until the weevils are
under control. This usually means
about three applications. Applica,
tions should be renewed wnen the
infeStation again reaches 10 to 15 per
cent
Further information on boil weevil
AA 10 "a
from the county agent, state college
OF agriculture or the Nationa; Boil
WeeVil Control Association, Room
40 Whitney building, New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

To the young mother the tiny
new baby is like a piece of bric-a-
brac. She is afraid to handle it
for fear she might break it. The
first bath is such a fearsome or
deal that it has become customary
for the nurse who administers the
prenatal care to come and give
the little stranger his first good
washing.
Education Of this sort is part of
.he work of a visiting nurse. The
aid given sufferers of any sort
must always be a demonstration
as well, so that members of the
family may continue the care.
The nursing service of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company
reaches 1886 towns and cities in
every state in the union and every
province in Canada. In the two
winter months Of this year nurses
made 424,9S6 calls at 1O9,395
Nparate homes, The nurses in more
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

remote sections lead the life of the
circuit rider travelling in their fliv-
vers over almost impossible roads
and often going on horseback or
on foot through wild country to
reach their destination. 1t requires
dogged determination and physical
strength to be enlisted in the SER
vice and sometimes on the outskirts
Of large cities the nurse will spend
precious hours tramping through
the mud to find a shack which is
on no street and has no number.
The account is endless of the
sickness and suffering caused by
the ignorance of people of the
poorer class and especially for
eigners. One woman with FIVE chill
dren had neglected an infected fin
ger. The nurse summoned by the
agent struggled through fields of
mud only to find that the woman
was sure it was nothing serious.
The nurse insisted that a doctor
be summoned, but the woman did
not want to spend the money.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
BIG BAIL PARK MEETING

All who received invitations TO the
former meeting that wass rained out,
are especially invited to a big meeting
in the Ball Park, Pocahontas, .Arkan-
sas, on Monday night, July 81, 1924.
Bring your card and come. If card is
lost come anyway. We have your
name.
As 2t. Committee.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

If clothes are shaken and hung
straight on the line and folded neatly
when dry, much hard ironing may be
avoided. And that's something.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11

The United States Senate was dis
cussing a provision for. an eight-hour
day for postoifice employees, when Sen
ator Caraway queried: why is the
eight hour day so sacred away from
Washington and only seven hours FROM
herel What is the differences il
the climate?"
This is subject that interests the
entire people of the United States, yet
II is never discussed in Congress. In
Washington government employees are
supposed (and the word is used ad
visedly) to work seven hours day
in contrast with eight hours in the
rest of the land.
There are approximately $4,000 gov.
ernment workers in Washington The
one-hour a day difference makes 50,.
600 hours a day, or $3.50 eight-hour
days, or 20 years at 300 days in the
working year. Twenty years are lost
in Washington every day in this dis
crimination in favor of those local
government clerks.
Mayhap the effect Of the climate"
is on the Senator's.
Pocahontas star herald., 1924-07-11
SECOND HAND FORDS
Committee

We have a big assortment Of used
Fords from S65 up. All in good run
ming shape Buy now and be ready
for summer. Jones Bros. 81 tt.