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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-02-14
Tbs Railroads Are Free
- =

The railroads Of the country are
foot-loose once more. The wartime
operation organization has been dis
solved, and thus marks the end of
The nations adventure in business
on its own hook.
1t was a costly experiment. The
estimated expense in taxessalone was
one and three-quarters billions Of
dollars. But probably it was worth
the price.
The dismal failure of government
operation Of railroads should be evil
dence enough for anyone that the
government should not tinker with
private business.
The loss was greater than the
sum of money involved The de-
moralization Of the railroads from an
efficiency standpoint can not be
computed in dollars and cents. They
'have not yet regained the position
which they had when taken over by
the government.
1t is fortunate that we only en-
barked on government operation.
Had we been driven to government
ownership, which was the real aim
of many interested in the enterprise,
the cost would have been staggering.
Happily enough, this experiment
should serve as a fine check for the
advocates Of government ownership,
who have been advancing it as the
panacea Of all our ills and the one
certain way to obtain the millennium
for America.-Ex.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
With
FATHER'SCASH
Paving Contractors Son Alb
sent Since Saturday, After
Collecting Funds

Louis Lawson, Jr., son of
Louis Lawson, of Norfolk, con-
tractor for $4,000 of sidewalk
paving for Elizabeth City, and
who has been looking after
the work for his father, diSap-
pcarcd from Elizabeth City
Saturday night in his fathers
big Packard touring car, in
which he has been making
himself conspicuous a b o Il t
town. His whereabouts are
unknown.
Young Lawson is said to have had
$4,000 OF his fathers cash in his
jeans at the time of his disappear
ancc. He collected $1,000 from the
city Friday afternoon. He tried to
get more money from local bank.
claiming that he wanted To pay off
his men here. and so to Richmond
Saturday morning.
Parker Morgan. young Elizabeth
City man disappeared about the
same time. Lawson and Morgan
had been boon compa hons.
This isn't the first time Lawson
has disappeared from home. His
father, who came to Elizabeth City
Monday. told friends that he is
Still paying for some of his sons
eScapadcs.
Lawson is married and has n
small child who boarded time i'll
thSi city. He afterwards sent his
wife and child back to Norfolk, 10
his fathers home IN Lafayette
Boulevard, and local guSSipS made
the most Of it when he brought back
another girl whom he introduced
as his secretary.
Young Lawson was in charge of
the street paving here, which prob
ably accounts for some of the very
ordinary looking sidewalks the city
has been getting. Inspectors on the
job have experienced some trouble
in getting the work done properly.
and much OF the paving on Mat
thcws Street. that was laid i'll the
absence Of Lawson, was cOndcmL-
ii and the contractor had to do the
work again.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

yeu because | don't vote with YOU.
To show that I'm not, In going to
vote with you this time, altho L
tell you right now that what you re
buying isn't what you ought 10 get. y
That's Il funny remark for an
Alderman to make" said the Soda
Jcrkcr. When he is there TO stand
until doom>day, rather than vote
against his honest convictions
Well" said the Bank Clerk, Il
heard that the dealers representa-
tive advised the Aldermen TO buy Il
different style from the one they
bought. and offered them something
else, but they wouldn't take him up.
Nuw | have no doubt i'll the world
but that most of the members who
voted for this counter, were honest
in the belief that they were getting
what the markcthUuse needed. l
only believe they acted too quick
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
THEY DISCUSS COUNTERS.

drd: Gentlemen, | have all conf
drurr in thcSg men who are mere
to offer Us their equipment, but 1t
is their duty ty protect the interests
of their firms, AMI the contract
they make il Il contract to protect
their interests. | believe that 1t
Is our daty to wait until our law
ger can Scr this contract and adj
wise Us. before We sign it. because
this contract. while only signed by
us, is bi4ding on the. people of this
..toS But he didn't do that. He
sat by while the rest Of the hMlrd
put the thing over. before he Enew
what had hapISmcd." ~ :
Il heard that. Louis Anderson, ibid
them they were gcttinS something
that didn't meet their requirements,
said the Bank Clerk. II heard
that Mr.. Anderson said: You gcn-
tlcmcn think. that l AIN mad with
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
BARGAIN DAY
TUESDAY NEXT
Merchants Plan to Stir Up
Shopping BY Putting On
Special Values Here

Tuesday of next week, July
21. is Midsummer Bargain
Dav in Elizabeth City. 1t has
been set aside by a number OF
members of the local mer-
chants association, and else
where in this newspaper IS an
advertisement telling what
these merchants are offering.
Elizabeth City merchants are get
ting wise to the fact that all Ellz-
abeth City needs to do to keep Its
busineSS, is to let the people Ill thlS
territory know that Elizabeth City
can furnish everything they need
Elizabeth City merchants insist they
can sell everything that's needed as
cheap as it can be obtained else
where.
The local merchants have the
argument of convenience to add u
their claims. Better roads now lcaa-
in- TO every community in this sec
ton means that it will be more con-
venient to buy in Elizabeth CITY
The merchants, while not expecting
TO make money from the items OF
fered at bargain prices, arrange
in this section know the advantages
this event, simply to let the people
of trading at home. Eveltts of
this kind will eventually be looked
forward to by the shopping pupll'
of Northeastern North Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
ANOTHER HOTEL,
PLAN TAKEN UP
Architect Submits Drawing Of
Five Story Structure;
Committee Busy

More plans for hotel pro-
jcct in this city, i'll which a
number of the city's wealthiest
and most prominent business
men are said to be interested,
were taken up here this week,
by committees appointed from
various civic bodies.
The committee IS preparing to
finance the project before select
img the site This time, and have.
been looking in a 100 room hotel
recently completed at Suffolk. Va.
and financed hy the Hockenbury
system. The Hockenbury system
will make a survey Of the local
hotel needs. and the committee
will set out Ia finance hotel Of
7J TO 100 rooms.
Plans for Il fivc-story hotel, have
been submitted By Ii. +. Mitchell,
Norfolk architect, and these will be
looked into at the meeting Of the
Committee late this week. {. K.
Pugh, close friend of T.. +. Aydlett,
owner of the Southern Hotel, is
Chairman Of the present hotel COM
mittcc which consists of the follow
nig members from the various civic
organizations.
Mrs. j. G. Fearing, Mrs. A. B.
iIOutz and Mrs. Ethel Lamb, WO-
mans Club; &. L. Pugh, NJ. G..
M0rrisettc. and q. Il. Little OF
Kiwanis Club; DR.. :. Ii. Temple
man, J. Wesley Foreman and &. w.
Gather. Chamber of Commerce: |:
and J. G. Sawyer, Il. Il. Turner
md O. L. Gilbert, Merchants Bu-
rcau.
1t Is believed that the time is ripe
to launch Il hotel project and local
business men are generally strong
for Il new liostelry.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
TO SPEND $4,000 FOR
NEW PARISH HOUSE

Cortrat for construction Oh tne
Parish Ebuse for Christ Episcopal
Church was let Wednesday evening
to 7, r. Perry, local contractor, for
anproximately $4,000. Contracts
for plumbing went to r. E. Lewis
Co.: heating to J. S. Padgett' ana
electrical work to a Wilson, n. L.
bidder the whole bringing up the
total to $3s,00O.
The new Parish House is to be
approximately 3SxS0 feet. Benton
E. Renton of Wilson are the archl-
teCts.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

"Now what do. you think Of The
markrthou>r. dcal:' asked the Bank
Clerk of the Soda JCrkrr.
Il think it turned out just about
AZ | cXurctcd: said the Soda Jerk
or. "Somc of the Aldermen are too
damned anxious to spend Sonc-
hody's money. Now y0u can put
this in yUUr pip" and smoke it. You
will always. find The fellow Who
has never learned to make any
motley or, To manage any business
of his own pr"fiiahY,, Is Tie very
one who Is muSt anxious to. spend
somebody clSc'S money. TheSc sort
of fellows love to spend money"
Wei who do you,. think is en-
pecrinS 10 gcf any money ont at this
dral:" countcrrd the Bank Clerk.
Il have not thought So much
about that. as I've been thinking
about who may lose money 10y lhlS
deal" said the Soda Jcrkcr. 1t looks
to me like the taxpayers have got
TO lose it. The city has got to pay
for what il bargains to buy. You
don't monkey with these biz curp"r--
atiOnS lik cyou do when you come
in here taste sample of all the
candy in stock. Now whCn these
Aldermen rot anxious 10 spend
some money. and began nihhlinS
around. they got snapped up before
they knew what they were doing.
GLOW do you mean snapped up!
"Why I've been talking to +. VI.
Davis. chairman of the Markcth0uSc
Committee. well just as soon as
he yot OH the committee, he was
met by the butchers. Mr.. Davis Is
too caSy-goiny to be ut the head OF
Il committee that deals with the
butchcrS. In the first place he can
write his own letters, and had to
get somebody else to write tho retrl-
gcratOr folks for him. Instead CT
going 10 the city offices, and having
his letters written hy the city clerk
on the city stationery. he @OCS TO
somebody else to write. MIR. DAVIS
couldn't turn the butchers down
when they demanded refrigerator
counters, and he got busy to get 1t
thru. The proposition got thru all
right, but Mr.. Davis didn't have a
thing to say about it. He told me
| that the whole thing was worked
20 quick. that l didn't know what
was going on, to use his exact
words"
well that looks like somebody
was not on the job" said the Bank
| Clerk. "A man who is head o:
a committee should have gotten up
and argued with that board when
the mayor asked for Il discussion
of the question. He should nave
said "Gentlcmcn, this proposition Is
going to take lot of money. 1t IS
not our money we are spending, but
money we are spending by virtue
of the power and confidence invest
ed in us by our fellow citizens. We
are buying something that should
last for many years. We have driv-
ell the butchers in the markethouSe,
we make them pay rent for this
property, we should see that they
have the best, and make them pay
accordingly. While everyone bf
these makes of counters offered us
NAV be full value for the money
the makers ask, we should be GER
tain that the type of counter and
machinery purchased is the exact
type to fill our requirements"
That's right, said the Soda Jer'
Ler And he ghonld also have I'd
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
LOCAL EVENTS
BRIEFLY TOLD
More Pay For Welfare Work
Church Plans to Build
Stores; Boy browns

The work of Mrs. Anna
Lewis as Welfare Officer Of
Pasquotank County was re-
wardcd this week by an i'll
crease in pay amounting to $40
per month, and an increase of
$40 in her expense allowance,
when the County Commission
crs met: on Monday with the
County Board of Education.
Z. The raise for Mrs. Lewis came
after she had been offered Il posi-
ton with ChOwan College, which
followed this newspapers story
sometime aga, that featured the
spIcndid welfare work she has been
doing in this county. o.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Mrs. G. j.. Midget and Mrs. l.. r.
Mann of Manns HarbOr were in the
city this week, on their way home
from q visit 10 New York and
other northern citAs, coming in
time TO make the first trip on the
new vessel Of the Globe Fish Com
pany, now on the Wanchese Line.
The new vessel, named the o. I.
Lloyd. Jr., is 50 feet long, and Is
one of the largest combined freight
and passenger vessels of the type
i'm this section. The vessel has just
been rcmodclcd, to take care OF
rapidly increasing business on this
run.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
JUDGE 1. NJ. MEEKINS SAILS
FOR VACATION IN .EUROPE

FpfrRaI j ulse Isaac II. Mcckins
,of tEfs yifS sailed Monday on the
=, s.. Reliance from New York, for
,;tqsacatiGn trip to the British Isles,
!: ::gerfnsaySy zafolihnH, which VIII
keep him away until September l..
Judge ID. Lawrence Groncr, Of Nor
folIs' will handle the affairs of the
court until the return of Judge
Mcrkihs.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

We render all optometrical serv-
ices, Drs. Hathaway. Hinton
Ruildirn.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

In response to request from
local steamboat men, the Chamber
of Commerce has filed a request
with the War Department. asking
that the Inland Waterway Channel
thru Currituck Sound be bush-stak-
ed for the convenience of naviGa-
tion.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

OLD RAGS WAN-ED---HE an
DEPENDENT 1yIl rly &c per
pourd for a lIi1lted qcantity Of
clean rags. VI -c-anl r. c'G .'"'-.-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Herman lIOlshouser, who starred
here this summer as pitcher for
the local team. and who came here
from the University Of North Caro-
lima. has left the team TO sign on
with Manager McGraw Of the New
York Giants. Pratt Fearing, pre-
mrir baseball fan of this city
assisted in making the contract.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

A new factory f.: the rcarLtac-
ture of bean harvesters / under
conetcncrior h- tks ..,'"tf s99le2c
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Christ Episcopal Church having
launched an extensive building
program, in the erection of Il parish
house and many improvements now
underway to the church, will seek
TO increase It's revenue, by building
five stores on Poindcxtcr Street,
with frontage of Is feet each,
and a depth of about Gj feet. The
vestry decided to build the stores,
when the body met Monday night.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Seymour Sykes, 13-year-old color
cd boy was drowned III Pasquotank
River Sunday afternoon when he
wadcd over his depth while i'll bath
ing with party of boys near the
coal pier. Ills body was recovered
two hours later by Joe Powell. 13
vcar-old son Of \. =. Powell. knobbs
Creek bridge tender, who divcd III
the water and brought up the body.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Alexander conquered the world,
hut could not conquer himself and
died Of dissipation. Napoleon al
lowed himself TO be defeated by his
lust for power. Nearly all other
great men of military history had
some weakness that defeated their
objects.
Have you had your eyes exc nin.
ed lately. See Drs. Hatha way, 315
Hinton Building, take the eleT. 5or.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
GETS THIRD CONTRACT
FOR PASQUOTANK ROAD
Williams & Williams Active Bid.
ders; Merchants Planning, to -,
Build Road into Perquinlahs ''

Contract for the construction or
four miles of nine-fUot concrete
paving on Pear Tree. road was let
Tuesday to j. L. & Il. i. Williams,
for $G3 $500, this being the third
road let to this firm, and all the
roads that have been let TO. date this
year. The Commission will meet
again Saturday 10 make up tax
budget for road maintenance, and
to take action Oh advertising for
bids OH the road from Wceksville to
SimOnds Creek.
The Commission agreed to lend
the County's road building equip
mCnt To the Merchants to build
road about five miles long connect
ing the Nicanor section with the
FOrrmam-Bunday road. The ex-
pcnSc will be borne by local mer-
chants and interested citizens In
Pcrquimans County.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

The school bond election for the
consolidation of ten schools i'll Nix
onton. Providence and Mt. Hermon
townships to have been held Oh
August Is and for which reslStra-
ton books were to have opened
Thursday, will be postponed to
about September first. because of Il
delay in publishing the notice Of
election as required by law. The
Commissioners will set new date.
and notice Of the election will be
published in the local papers, ac-
cording to VI. =. Jennings, Superln-
tcndent of PasQuOtank Schools.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

Company, Oh the Hcrtford Highway
next to the Whitley Packing Plant.
The building will have 1900 feet
of floor space, and will permit an
output of % to 80 harvesters q
week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17

and their
'' one. Z
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-17
To Attend Road Opening

A large delegation from Elizabeth
City is expected to attend the open
ing of the George Washington High
way which is TO be celebrated at
WallacctCn. Va. beginning Friday
morning at 10:30 o'clock. Governor
Trinkle of Virginia, and Commits
sioncr Hart of North Carolina are
on the speakers program. The
Elizabeth City Boys Band is to at
tend. Commissioner Hart and other
officials are expected TO be guests
of the Rotary Club here Friday
night, and a special program is be-
ing arranged in honor ot their
visit.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-05-27

and chairs. l fell to talking with
her. There was something smiling
and happy about her, even in the
tones of her voice. She had been a
servant, doing mental work, all her
life.
You appear to be happy, said.
"Oh, Ah'm happy. Nobody amt hap
pier than l am"
You've got plenty of hard work."
l said.
"Ah DON min that"
"But what is it makes YOU happy ?"
| asked
She laughed as though this were an
odd question.
ooh" said she, Use got lots o. good
frien's-and it dom matter whether
white or black"
| thought l would sound her lit
tie on the problem Of the color line.
"Oh, that don't trouble mel" She
laughed. 81 know my place an |
know who my friends is"
(How many people, thought, white
and black, lack this wisdom. How
few know their placei)
"An' this color line" she continued.
don make no trouble when people
is frien's, white or black."-Dr. Gray
son in the American Magazine.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-05-27
The Versatile Corn.

The department of agriculture re-
veals that corn is most versatile
plant. At least LAG comodities are
obtained as byproducts Of the annual
crop including such dissimilar items
as photograph records, shaving soap,
shoe heels, face powder, cigarette
holders, axle grease, gum powder,
punk and shoe polish.
These are all largely derived from
the cobs, stalks and blades, which now
far exceed the value of the corn it
self. The department states that the
corn crop today is more profitable
to the public than any other, yielding
as it does not only veritabie depart
ment, grocery and hardware store of
commodities, but supplying what is.
in the last analysis, the most valu-
able food to humans and ANIMALS.
1t is estimated that fully 40 per cent
of the total crop is fed to hogs; 20
per cent to horses, and Is per cent
to cattle. Practically a, 000.000 acres
of corn are annually converted into
silage and immense quantities are en-
human beings and animals.
Thus this amazing plant can be
turned into almost anything under
the sun by the magician's wand of
modern science, and while the depart
ment lists only LAG commodities of a
popular nature, we agree with the
Columbia Record that unless a NIGH
ty change has come over the south
and middle west, not hitherto noticed
there are certainly lat at least
Washington Post.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-05-27
Style and Beauty.

French imagination in the matter of
facial adornment having exhausted
itself the Partisan smart set has cut
out all camouflages and e trying the
experiment of natural compilations.
1t is a fashion and not movement,
style and not reform. Partisan
women have not forgotten how to
be natural in their appearance-how
could they when they. are compelled
to be that every morning before max
ing up for the day?-and if the new
fashion lasts long enough they may
satisfy themselves that they can be
just as beautiful without the aid of
rouge, elipstick, enameling and eye
brow plucking.
Beauty unadorned's adorned the
most, and there is no more beautiful
creature in all the world than a ma
turally beautiful woman. And it is
a beauty that can not be initiated.
The defect of artifice is that at it's
best it can produce nothing better
than prettiness; and prettiness, like
style, is something that can be
standardized. Modern aids to beau
ty are merely aids to a style that
makes so many women look alike
They destroy that individuality with
out which there can be no charm and
very little facination. But why w0r-
ry? The probabilities are that this,
like other back-to-nature crazes, is
no more than a passing fad. Dame
Fashion will not permit her slaves to
be themselves for very long. Forth
Worth Star Telegram.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-05-27
Didn't Stop for Trifles.

Good reporters, they say in news
paper offices, are born, not made.
Certainly some men who can write
cleverly never acquired the "nose for
news" that a reporter needs, it he is
to be successful. Lincoln Springfield
on the staff of the Pail Mall Gazette
and the London Opinion, tells in his
book of "reminiscences of one such
man, whom he calls Jewell.
Down at Blackwell at the Thames
Ironworks, he writes, H. M. S. Albion
was to be launched one June after
noon by the duchess of York 1.-THE
present queen; and this occurred to
me to be just the kind of story that
Jewell would do prettily and graceful
~.
Sure enough Jewell wrote q brilliant
description of the scene-the nearest
thing to a Turner sunset that you
could get in manuscript. l was on
the point of sending it up TO the COM
positors and was glowing with pleas
ure over my judgment in having Sc
lected Jewell for the JOB. when a
messenger placed on my desk report
from the tape machine, announcing
that 80 people had been drowned at
the launching. AS the shin took the
water the displacement had submerg-
ed staging where masses of specta
tors were assembled. Several humid
red of them were thrown into the
water and more than thirty could not
be rescued. In JEWELS masterpiece
of scenic effect there had not been a
hint toward any disaster, of anything
at all untoward.
I demanded an explanation from
Jewell. Hadn't he seen anything of
the catastrophe?
"Well," replied the languid Jewell,
81 did see some people boDbing about
in the water as came away, but l
didn't stay to see why they were
there" Companion.