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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24

"rhry tell me y"u attend the
Ramsay mcrtin" every night.
said the Soda Jr.k"r 10 the Bank
Clerk.
IT'S the thing in du. said the
Bank Clrrk "lt'S II matter at good
business SENSE ~ well ~ one way
of getting II lni e entertainments.
We bankers are always supposed
tn bc leaders in all great moral and
social uplirl movements: II gives
the folks more c"mridrnC" in ~ and
we wouldn't do much lmmkiu" hu>i-
ness without the confidence "f The
public"
"Iiut why dn y"u sit up on th"
front seat on the PLATFORM: asked
the Soda .lcrkcr.
"l,ccaiISc when u mans after y"ll
with u cOw.hidc, the closer you get
to him the harder il il for him
To hurt YOU" said the Bank Clerk.
IL 90 ont Ia >unc of the meetings
too" said the Soda .Icrkcr, "l'lt
| uint got much out of it: Mr.. Ham
talks way over my head and | don't
grt that man Ramsay NJ all. Now,
| was out there one mi"ht aud Ram.
say blessed 'cm out about not put
ing enough money in the collection
pans and he wanted everybody who
would give II dollar Ia stand up.
They didn't stand up very fast and
he told 'cm Ia stand up AMI say
they'd give II dollar, whether they
ever intended 10 give The dollar or
not. lie said he didn't care whrlh-
er they made good their promise and
gave the dollars, just 80 they would
stand up.
IL went out again Sunday night
and this time hc asked 'cm To stand
up and promise To give 5000: and
he told them the same things ms
before: that he didn't care whrllI-
or they intended giving the 5000 or
not, just 80 they would stand ,Ir
Now | don't see any sense Ia that,
It looks to me us IL this man Ram
say was Just encouraging folks 4"
be liars AMI hyp0critcS aud make
promises with no intention of keep
ing them"
"YOu are too SinIplc.mindcd." said
the Bank Clerk. This man Ramsay
knows his business. lie told them
the truth when hr said he didn't
care whether they gave their dollars
or five dollars. just 81 they would
stand up. lie isn't after dollars
nr five dollars: he's just working M
to Il climax when he'll hit '"m for
tens. twrntyS, fiftvS aud hundreds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
CITY WHARVES
TOBE BUILT
Commander Property Bid in at
$4,000 For Site For NUM-
cipal Docks

The acquisition OF the Com
mandcr mill property on Front
Street and the Pasquotank
River, assures the city OF an
ideal site Tor the erection
of municipal docks. The city
bid the property i'll at $4,000
last Saturday. and has deposit
cd ten per cent Of this figure
with the receiver. I. !. Jones
represented the city.
The question of municipal docks
has been ngitatcd by this newspaper
for several years. city Manager
John Bray has been II strong sup
porter of the movement. and several
of the Aldermen have been favorable
to il. The city hus long been ham,
prrrd In taking care of It's water
front trade for lack of docking faci-
lilirS for small vessels, and much
Of the sound trade has gone To other
towns. Washington for instance,
where there are free whnrvcs.
Al the request 0f Mr.. Bray, II
committee on Municipal docks was
appointed. with Alderman Foreman
as chairman. This committee got
together last week und planned to
buy the Commander property. The
property Is 2OO feet deep and has u
frontage of 2J3 feet on the Pasqllo.
tank River and Front Street.
The city having bid In the prop
rrty. AMI paid ten per cent of The
price. II is unlikely the hid will hr
raised The necessary ten per cent.
II j. 10 br hoped that no one would
have ~ little pride IN the town H.
to want to thus take the only op.
portumity AT present for further
development in this direction.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
FARRIOR CASE TO
BE TRIED NOV. ;
Aged Wilson Man Held Cndrr
SIS 0OO Bond For Shooting
(;randcliild's Betrayer

Preliminary hearing In the ease
nf !. -. Farrior. Of Wilson. on u
charge Of assault with u deadly
weapon IN connection with th" shoot
ing of Ice Swin1rll in Jail here
August II. was waived Tuesday
lhr0rlgh agreement az attorneys
representing FHrrinr nmd th" state.
F'urripr. through attorneys. agreed
Io plead guilty Uf u charg" of carry.
in. concealed weapons. and in this
ease. wnS fined SjD in Recorder :
court Tuesday morning.
Disposal uf the second charge Is
scheduled for the term of Superior
court 10 convene here November =.
Farrior shot Swindrll while the ml.
ter WAS in his cell II few minutes
before the ease WAS scheduled 10 M
opened in Superior Court. Swinlrll
IL charged with IN oiIcnS" against
u granddaughter of FUrri,r, and is
still under treatment In n hospital
here ~ n result of his wound. Far
riOr j. under SlJ.OcO bond In con.
nrclion with the shooting.
f'arrior has been named drfcn.
dnnt in Il civil action for SlmOOO
brought by Swindrll. The latter
still hangs on in the hospital claim
ing to hr in great pain, H. would
most amy person who had Ia chose
between the TnsuIIoinnk County Jail
and lis hash and the handsomely ap
pointed hospital, and its diets.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
PiSQl OTiNK NEGROES
TO HOLD TWO FAIRS

Increased interest in their hllSl-
ness and greater pride IN all lines
or agriculture. among the negroes
ur l'lNIuntunk County Will result
in iwo community fairs this year.
The first Of these fairs will hc held
al the Nrwlamd school. Saturday,
October -. The second fair will bc
held IN the Moses Temple sch""r
November |.
John W. Mitchell. negro farm
demonstration agent j. working
hurd tu hrimg these fairs Ia II sue
rrSSful ending. Prizes will hr Of
frrrd for farm and field crops. pan
iry supplies. livestock, poultry and
hundiwork. There will hc special
prizes for club members.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
SECOND PRIZES FOR
PASQUOTANk GIRLS

Second prizes in jrllymHking
were wnu at the state fair In Raj
righ last week 10y Misses Marguc-
rite Morgan and Ruth llnrrcll of
the Fork Community. This was II
statewide contest. The PaSquotnnk
girls had won first prize In II colln-
" and II iri.county contest. Miss
Nlarcir Albert >uIl. county home dem
unstrution agent was highly pruiS-
cl for the showing made hy the
girlS. who were trained 10y her.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
\ BANK FOR \ DOLLAR

The Savings Bank X Trust Com.
pnuy still has II few of the hand.
some steel savings banks left. and
are giving them out ut only II dol
lar each 10 II limited number Of
prospective dcpositOrS.. These are
very attractive novelties. fit for u
parlor ornament and built Ia cn-
courage thrift. lnasmuch aS these
banks are ming distributed with.
out profit. they have been taken
away rapidly. by error. it was
stated in this newspaper last week
tint they were being given away.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
RECTOR HILL SAYS HIS
FLOCK WOULD BE SHOT

Members nG Christ Episcopal
church in this city got II jolt sun.
day morning when the Rector. Rev.
Geo. +. IIill showed evidences "f
imnrrllniinn with the llHm.l;nmSaN
culture aud delivered II kn"rk.d1wn
aud drug.out SERMON cnndrmning his
flock for their back >lidi'I@. "lf you
belonged To II regular army. he
said. you would all br shot" rbs
EpiScupaliunS are shocked.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
Cnruihcrsvill. Mo.
October IL, 1921.


My dear Mr.. Saunders:
am IN receipt of letter from
Mr.. Hastings Harrison. Secretary
Y. VI. e. A.. Beaumont, Texas. tell
i'm. me of the wire he had from YOU
with reference Ia the report of my
death. | want Ia give myself the
pleasure Of expressing grateful ap.
probation Ia you for Your Interest
in the matter. ! am about :ho lir-
est chap you ever saw. AMI nm fight.
ing sin every jump of the way. ]
lrIicvr the Bible from lid Ia lid. h..
liryc in the church AMI think II
is the only institution that II max.
ing real abiding character. The
church will never 90 down. ] know
there l. u moral rcsticsSnc>s abroad
which il u cOncOmiinnt 0f Sill. hili
the church will stand. bccailsr II
j. founded on the solid rock al
Christ Jesus.
The man who does not believe In
the church aud appreciate it's In.
flucncr in the community. state nnd
nation H. rctrogrnding. ] am just
out Of the state Of Oklahoma where
less than twenty per cent. of the
population belong To the church.
IIuyp pnioypd srvprul articles
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24

MIR. FARMER. will buy your
cotton ur store il aud loan YOU -
per cent uf market valnr. 4. Po''l.
WHITE. Phone 30l.W. Elizabeth
City y. e. pD2i.lt
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24

IIr. J. -. Hathaway has moved
10 80 EiutOu bldg. Take Tho
elevator. advt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24

DR.. J. ID. Hathaway has moved
to 80 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevate. ldTt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24
A LETTER FROM THE.
REV. BURKE CULPEPPER
Esteemed Evangelist Says lie is
About The Livcst Chap Ever

Writing from CuruthrrsvillC. Mo-.
under dnir of Oct. IL, Rurk" 'ii'-
pepper. IN u letter Ia W. %. saunders
personally denies the reports "f his
death in Texas. The innrciIrn"y of
these reports WAS rslnbliShc'l'hy this
newspaper two weeks ago. 81 am
about the livrst chap yOll ever saw.
writes culimppcr, "and fighting sin
every Jump of the way" Here l. his
letter.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-10-24

Dr. J. u. Hathaway has moved
t0 3l5 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. 2c"t'
, 1924-05-22
WFHCMFY8|lX;c'
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Bow from Denver, on Monday last
and ven to the Fred Richards ranch
where he is interested in shearing
and lambing. He will remain in
this part OF the country for several
weeks.
Fred Bray was a business visitor
In Rock River the first Of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk Dyer arrived
in the Bow, the first of the week
from Ardmore, Oklahoma, and left
Immediately for the John Burnett
ranch on Little Medicine. The
: Dyers used to live on the FREQ
Richards ranch, and have many
friends here who are delighted to
welcome them back to this vicinity
They are on their way to California,
overland, and will spend the summer
on the coast in the hopes of bene-
fitting Mr.. Dyer's health.
DR.. Sell was called to the Cron-
berg ranch again on Saturday after
noon. to look after the health of
Miss Cronberg. who has been bed
fast for eight weeks. Her many
friends arc hoping for q turn for
the better ii the very near future.
The Q cattle were brot back from
Bosler last week and turned loose on
upper Smith creek. for the summer.
There were about fifteen hundred
head.
An. c. E. Cooper served a turkey
supper on Sunday evening at a fam
lily reunion at the virginain hotel.
Those present were, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dick Cooper, Harry. Wardie, Joe.
Frank and Korte Cooper, Mr.. and
Me- T1NvI LAWNS avid Mr. o~l NJ,
Albert Cronberg, and Miss Margaret
Bourke.
Miss Anna Strange left on Sun
day morning for her home at An
thony, Kansas, after completing a
very successful term OF school in tht
Difficulty district. Miss Strange
made many friends here during her
eight months s%ojourn in this COM
munity, who regret her departure.
Ras Cronberg and F. r. Finkbiner
went to Laramie on Sunday where
they purchased a new car each, and
drove back to the Bow the follow
ing day.
Frank Shields has been in this
vicinity for the past several days,
attending to business affairs. He
went to Kemmerer on Saturday
morning returning 10 the BOW later.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. II. Scott were
Sunday guests at the Chris Cronberg
ranch
Among the hayseeds in town on
Saturday afternoon. we noticed the
following: Fred Meyers, Max Wraing
from Marshall. also Dean Nickerson
from Marshall. Irvine Yockey and
Robert Johnson from Elk Mountain,
Mrs. Ellis, John Ellis. Anna Strange
, 1924-05-22
Cowboy Track Team
Defeats COlOradians
In Meet at Laramie

The University of Wymoing Track
Team defeated the tracksters from
Colorado State Teachers College
last Saturday afternoon to the tune
OF 58 to ~ points. The meet was
witnessed by n Of the largest
crowds to assemble at the stadium
for a spring event.
The Cowboys won all the races
with the exception of the mile and
the hurdles. Lawrence Tiny" Orms-
by of Casper, in the javelin throw.
broke the previous record with a
throw OF 167 feet and II inches.
The mile relay was won by Wy
oming in q close finish.
, 1924-05-22

materials used by the established
centers are destined to follow. 1t
is Of this type that the future Ben
ton will become.
The Western world, say, cries to
Denver for manufactured goods.
Denver, in turn, cries to towns from
which raw materials used in her
manufactures must come. Accord
ing to statements by authorities
whose opinion can not be denied,
the region which will be served by
Benton is rich in just these raw
materials. The list is not IA short
one; Benton is in a position to be
called upon by the great Colorado
city and others like it. Benton, al
ready surveyed and plotted for the
best interests of those future citi-
zens who will comprise its popula-
ton, will not be found wanting.
When raw materials move out
from Benton it will be the working
man who 10Y them. Young in its
development and vigorous in its OPP
portunity, Benton can not forget the
Importance OF the workingman and
is making things attractive for just
that man. ADV.
, 1924-05-22


For this reason those interested
in developing any community into
a city look toward the workingman;
they consider what industrial and
commercial activity is going on near
the scene Of their operations from
which the city of their dreams may
draw for its population. Such was
the case when those back of Benton
were mapping out a program for the
future of this promising site on the
Union Pacific and the Lincoln High
way.
With natural u available
in such rich amounts as practically
insure this region becoming the in
dustrial enter of the state, Benton
is in a position to become a leading
manufacturing town. The great
West is growing; the distance be.
tween towns is changing from hun
dreds of miles to but scores, and
manufacture ever follow population
to supply the needs of population
Manufacturing centers already es-
tablished and leading will probably
continue in the supremacy; but sec
ondary manufactures working back
carer the base of supply in raw
, 1924-05-22

Arthur and Matt Ekola, Matt Ekola
ST.. and Sam Siltamaki from Difficult.
ty. Dave Tedrow and NJ. Park from
Shirley, Harry Tedrow and Mike
Fisher from Bosler. and Dorsey Kerr
Charlie and Arrow Richards from
the ranches near town.
Mack Mccoy j. acting as mail
carrier between the Bow and Little
Medicine at present. and Is sure g
| good one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gritty we're Sunday
guests at the F. r. Richards ranch,
where they had gone to investigate
some road work.
Fred Bray made a trip to Lara.
mie on Sunday, returning the same
evening.
G. D. Williamson and Mr. Peak
were Medicine Bow visitors from
Hanna on Saturday. Mr.. Williamson
was looking after the tie boom and
making preparations for the finish
of the tie drive, which started from
East Fork of the Medicine Bow river
on Friday last. There will be about
$4,000 pieces Of timber loated down
the river this season.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Kyle returned
on Friday from an extended trir
in the car. They visited Laramie
Cheyenne and Denver.
Mrs. Helma Brown returned from
Denver the last of the week. She
was in a hospital for two weeks
but is feeling much better.
Mrs. Lottie Taylor is in Cheyenne
where she Is the guest Of hel
daughter.
Rem Chace took a load Of sup.
plies out to the Chace ranch ON the
Little Medicine last week.
The bazaar given b ythe Girls
Friendly Society in Medicine Bow
on Saturday afternoon was a grand
success in every way. Candy, rhu.
barb and fancy work of many var.
ieties were on sale, and the bank
building where the sale was held
was crowded with women ana girls
all eager to purchase something.
The past week the smoke has
been so dense as a result of the
terrible forest fire in Montana, thai
the hills only a short distance away
are almost invisible. 1t is report.
ed that a forest fire is also raging
in the mountains south Of here.
Emil and Oscar Schmale made c
trip to Medicine Bow on Wednesday
last after a load of supplies for the
Little Basin ranch.
A nice shower visited this com
munity on Sunday which freshenet
the grass greatly.
, 1924-05-22
W0RkINGMEN WILL PLAY
CHIEF ROLE IN BENTON
Benton, Near Present Large Operations, and
Home of Future Industrial Plants, Must
Necessarily Be Workingman' Town

1t is a singular fact that American cities, great and small,
have always had their first beginning in the workingman. If
the city becomes a great one numbering hundreds of thousands
of souls there springs up a leisure class. Very often this class
had its beginnings in groups of workingmen who were far
sighted enough to realize the possibilities of getting in at the
start of a good town and developing with it. But the point is
that towns and cities nthe first stages are always made up of
nI ,uonnon ,bo uuorE
, 1924-05-22
GAS ON STOMACH MAY
CAUSE APPENDICITIS

Constant gas causes Inflammation
which may involve the appendix.
Simple %glycerine. buckthorn bark,
etc.. as mixed in Adlerika helps any
case gas on the stomach in TEN
minutes. Most medicines act only on
lower bowel but Adlerka acts on
BOTH upper and lower bowel and
removes all gas and poisons. Excel
lent for obstinate constipation and to
guard against appendicitis.
-Dendle's Drug Store. Adv.F4
, 1924-05-22

Marshalltown Times-Republican-
Some folks complain that Cool
idge's speeches lack the inner
flame OF passionate belief" Good
enough. We are just now looking
for the unimpassioned action Of cold
horse sense. We've tried out the
passionate and it's raised the very
devil with us.
, 1924-05-22
Rawlins Boys Win
HOnOrs at University

Louis shit, OF this city. was
among those Cowboy athletes to win
honors at the University OF Wyom-
Ing Internationally track meet held
recently at Laramie. Louis repre-
sented the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.
Other r a ms lads TO win
, 1924-05-22

prominence at the State University
recently were Ted" O'Melia who
last week was elected to a RESPONSE
BILE office in the Sigma Alpha Epis-
Ion Fraternity and Harry Anderson
who also was elected to office in
this fraternal organization.
, 1924-05-22

Laramie - Contract awarded at
$40, 900 for building four houses on
Grand avenue.
, 1924-05-22

New York Herald Tribune-Cool
idge may not be able to perform
miracle every day. But in Cali
fornia he made Hi low.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
ANAL CAMATED
STRIKE LOOMS
IN philadelphia
Workers Vote for Action
at Meeting

PHILADELPHIA, (By MaiD - A
strike in the local mems clothing in
dustry looms unless the employers
grant the demands of the 1000 Anal
gamated Clothing Workers for assur-
ances against cuts, regulation Of pro-
duction and an unemployment insur-
ance fund. A mass meeting of the
workers, addressed by President Sid
ney Hillman and others, voted the
union representatives full power and
authority to take any steps that they
may deem necessary" to bring the en-
ployers to terms.
The Philadelphia joint board of the
Amalgamated, in inviting the employ
ers to an immediate conference,
makes the following charges: "Tak-
ing advantage Of the prevailing de-
preston in the industry, attempts are
constantly being made to subject our
members to cuts in wages, to a pro-
gressive lowering Of working stand
ards, and to restore the conditions of
the old sweat shop. Already home
work under sweated and unsanitary
conditions exists in the Philadelphia
market. The Philadelphia joint board
of the Amalgamated has resolved to
protect for its members decent stand
ards of work and living and to intro
duce into the Philadelphia market con-
ditions of stability and fairness which
prevail in all other clothing centers of
the country"
Strikes against three firms have
been in progress because of lowering
of wages and union standards. Two
of these have been won by the union.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
Australian Labor
Party Is Probing
Anglo-Persian Oil

MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. t.
Labor members in the Australian Fed.
eral parliament are demanding an in.
vestigation of the Anglo-Persian Oil
Co., in New Guinea. They allege that
though the trust is under contract
to find oil for the government in New
Guinea, it is purposely delaying oper.
atoms so that Australian oil supplies
will be drawn from the Persian fields.
The Germans discovered oil prior to
the outbreak Of war in New Guinea.
Oil was discovered in British New
Guinea in 1911.
In one case where it was reported
by the trust that oil did not exist, a
private party of biologists were able
to scoop gallons of raw oil from the
tops Of pools. Samples of this oil
showed it to be of first-class quality.
In some places the seepages were 100
square yards in area.
Up to date 100000 has been
spent by the Australian government
on oil research in New Guinea by the
trusts experts.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
Capitalist Movies
Invade South Bend
Schools to Poison
By JOHN TEzLA.

Especial to The DAILY WoRKER)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. Aug. TIT is
not even enough for the South Bend
board of education to pound the CAPT
talist systems ways and teachings in.
TO young chiIdren's heads thru books
and false sayings. Now even moving
pictures are coming into style.
About week before school session
closed, a picture was shown called
Jack and the Beanstalk." Movies like
this are shown in all theatres and are
always protested against by the teach
ers. Now such pictures are being
shown right in the public schools.
Children are taught murder and
about false heroes" when they are in
their teens or less. Some children
are even lured to Hollywood to try
their fortune. But they find out what
bunk the movie advertising is later
and most of them find life harder in
Hollywood and jobs fewer than if
they had stayed where they were be-
fore.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
1851 MINERS LOST
LIVES IN COAL
PITS LAST JUNE
Especial to the DAILY woRkeH

Especial to the DAILY WoRKER)
WASHINGTON, Aug. blood on
the coal is getting thicker. Accidents
in coal mines in the United States
resulted in the death of 161 men dur
ing June, this year This represents
4.22 deaths for every million tons of
coal mined. In June of last year the
deaths were 1878 for each million tons.
In anthracite mines there were SO
deaths in June, 1924, or 6.S8 per mil
lion tons, while in bituminous mines
the rate is $50 per million tons, as
compared with $3.50 for June, 1929
For the first six months of 1924,
1902 miners were sacrificed in ac-
cidents, of whom 1,049 were killed
in the bituminous mines. This death
toll represents 4.76 per million tons,
as against 3.91 deaths per million tons
in the first half of 1923.
The bureau Of mines, making public
this tragic record, says that the six
chief accidents in coal mines in the
six months ending July /, 1924, took
1893 lives. Explosions of coal dust and
gas show an increase in fatality rates.
Other causes show a decrease.