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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-05-23
NuestrO SiStema de enSehanza pdbICa COmentado
fdWrdbIemente, por eI reputddO peri0dicO The
Evening Star" de Washington
Y praCticaS esCO-

lujo derroche en- la construction
de estos edificios. Todos han sido
construfdos teniendo en- cuenta su
solidez , duraci6n. seran nuy du
raderos y podemos afrnar qve Sc
hallaran en- buen estado cuando edi
ficios escolares fabricados al mlsino
tempo en- los Estados Unidos Sc
hallen envejecides v gastados.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-05-23
LABoRAToRIo

Me place participar a mis-
cempaneros Ia installation de-
un Laboratorio clinico en- Ia
Gale de Salvador Brau No. "a, Z
esquina La plaza de Colon. s
Solamente Sc hara en- el traa +
bajos a peticion de mis- COM Z
paneros.
Envases para muestras, se-
gun peticion. Aa
Telefonos: j
De dia: De noche: s
1892 TOO negro :
San Juan Santurce !.
DR.. COSTA MANDRY. Z
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-05-23

tlblico de este Teatro EN- mat1naI do
1890, Ia compafiEa de comedia y
Tariedades con un selecto programa
Y I'M interesante acto de variedad.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1925-05-23
CERTAMEN DE sIMPATIA
EsCUELA ROMAN BALDo-
RIOTY DE CASTRO

kuche por su candidate Y pro-
cure que ocupe el primer puesto
siempre.
r. IRIZARRY.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
THE MARRYING AGE
IN PASQUOTANk CO.
Averages 2S Years in July For Men
and % Years for Women.
Negroes Wait Longer

Tabulations of records i'll the OIL
flee of the Register of DEEDS "i
Pasouotank COUNT show that o'
the % marriages in this county III
July. the average age of men was
2S and the average age OF women
90 years. There were 81 marriages
of white and four of negroes.
The average age of the whlte
men, who married i'll July was ~
wears, of the women %. Negroes are
older before they are married, the
negro men averaging this month 81
years of age, and the women ~
years.
There were eight girls married
Mt the aye of Is and nine men mar
ried at the age Of 81. The young
est woman married in July was Is,
the Oldest At. The oldest man mar
ried was 50. the youngest ID. TWO
men married wives who were older
while only two men married girls
of the same age.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

What do you think of these golut
britcheS our young college shieES
are wearing:" asked the Bank Clerk
while the SOFIA Jerker was squirt
iny his order of root beer.
"Oh. they're all right said the
Soda Jerker. But I'd Il darn
sirht rather see some kind of style
that permitted a man TO take down
hiS Liyh collar and roll up MS
sleeves in public, than to show OH
how skinny his legs are. y man
ought to have some comfort Ill
weather like this. and not he slave
70 Il few fancieS of the women.
Il think it denotes lack OF rals-
ing to appear before ladies with
ynur collar off and your sleeves
rolled up" said the Bank Clerk.
Il think it denotes nothing OF
the kind" snapped the Soda Jerk
or. Il don't see why the men can I
have Il little freedom Us we'll as the
women. The girls nowadays nave
gone wild on the subject of dress
They wear brccches like the men
and saunter boldly down the Streets
looking for all the world like they
are wearing their inner garments oh
tho outside. We sell more safety
rozors now because the women
don't wear any sleeves at all ana
their shirt front is like Il Norwegian
sailors once knew-open 10 the
belt-buckle." -.
Men don't change styles much'
said the Bank Clerk. They nave
been a slave to the collar tooo long
now. to give it up"
Its time for a rebellion then'
said the Soda Jerker. "A collar
these hot days is crime. why
that Norwegian sailor wore MS
shirt open in freezing weather. ana
he was Il healthy specimen, never
had days sickness in his life.
"Tnn long have men heen Sl2Ye>
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
EARLY SWEETS
AREPAYlNC BIG
Crop Expected to Bring More
Than A Quarter Million
$4,000 Barrels Shipped

With thousands of barrels of
early sweet potatoes going thru
of lower Currituck, growers
Elizabeth City, from the fields
are making some real money
this week, f. o. b. sales rang
ing around $3.50 a barrel. Ship
ments to date have amounted
to 80 carloads, or about $4,000
barrels.
Sales on the northern markets
range at $50 to $3.50. The sea-
son is not half over. and the crop
will amount to something like S15,-
600 barrels. No great decline in the
market is anticipated by the local
brokers, who estimate that the crop
will bring to this section something
like S30O,0OO or better. The crop
Is better than last years.
The season is on I'm full blast, and
will continue all this month. next
week probably marking the ship
ment of half the crop. Local bro
kers say that the crop is in fine con-
dition and yielded well.
Government inspectors are on the
lob. and helping to market the crop
Our question Of markets, is the
most important problem of our far-
me,s, according to Commissioner OF
Agriculture, W. A. Graham, VINO
was i'm this section this week. ana
spt Ike in Elizabeth City. Your lar-
mers are far ahead Of the aVeraSe
North Carolina farmer. and ohlS
need TO study this question OF mar
letisy. and to cooperate more
thoroughly" he said.
Mr. Graham pledged his interest
in the movement to establish Il
state experiment farm in this sec
tion stating his belief that our
black lands afford an ideal oppor-
tunity for a station of a type mere
toforr overlooked in this state.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
MRS. CLINNIE WHITE

Mrs. Clinnie White, widow OF the
late Benz. +. White died at the age
of II at her home OIL Fearing Street
Wednesday night. She was the
daughter of Daniel Richardson,
prominent Confederate veteran, ana
also the wife of veteran. Her
surviving child is Mrs. Clinnie
Hayes. Two grandchildren, Miss
Louise White of this city and Mrs.
J. y. Keelin of Atlanta. children OF
her son the late b. f. White also
survive her. Funeral will take
place Friday afternoon at four
o'clock from the home conducted
by Rev. c. B. Culbreth and Rev.
G. +. Hill. Interment will be in
the Episcopal Cemetery.
Active pail bearers are DR.. ZenaS
Fearing, J. G. Fearing, r. S. Fear
ing, W. C. Sawyer, w. d. Glover,
D. G. Brockett, Aubrey McCabe and
D. NJ. Jones.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
MayHaue To Raise Taxes
EorThis Kind of Business
City May Have a Markethouse on Its Hands
No Renters For Stalls, and $4,000 Worth
of Counters Bought

Unless the Board of Alder
men can find a way to manage
the city markethouse in a bet
ter manner than the admins
tration of it's affairs have been
going in the past few months,
the taxpayers will have on their
hands the problem of paying
for an institution that has here
tofore been paying for itself.
When the markethouse committee
met OH Monday of this week to
receive bids for the stalls, theS
didn't get anything like the bids
they expected from the butchers
and the Committee avow they Will
close up the markethouse, rather
than rent the stalls at a lower tig'
ure. The butchers are now paying
total Of 1896 a month. They OF
fered a total of $400 month, but
wanted four extra stalls during the
wear beginning September l.
The Committee accuses the but
cbers of being organized to drive
the city down to terms. The fact
seems evident. But the CITY Is
not cond lcting the marketh0use Oh
true correct business principles. Fof
instance city laws force the butch
ers in the markethouse. Then In
stead of fixing a rental on the stalls
and letting the butcher have his
stall year after year, just as pri
vate owners rent to tenants, the
markethouse committee goes dowr
to the markethouse and asks foi
competitive bids on the stalls.
On top Of all this, the city has
raised the rent on the butchers this
year to pay for $4,000 worth OF
refrigerator counters that the but
chers didn't want. 1t is somewhat
unusual for the owner to force on
the tenant facilities that he didn
want.
There is something wrong Win
the markethouSe management. III
the butchers are contrary Sraspihe
lot, who are not In business fol
their health, that is Al the more
reason that capable men Shcald Dc
at the head Of the markethouse com
mittee 70 Ctal with them. Mayor
McCabe in his appointments made
Alderman Davis. Chairman OF the
markethouSe committee, and adds
another new member. In a few
weeks. this markethouSe has beer
transformed into bone OF con
tcntiOn, the whole works disrupted
and it is facing tenantless pros
pect. The markethouse got along
for years in spite of ups ,and down
and made money, with L. {. Cohoon
as chairman Of the committee.
With the city now ready to install
$4,000 Of counters, and with some
thing like $4,000 unpaid on the
markethouse, it looks like the tax
pers will have to dig down in their
pockets, to pay for something that
has been paying its way heretofore,
unless the committee can achieve a
more business like management.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
ADVISES YOUTH
TO STAY EAST
Major sandy" Pendleton Drops
In On the Old Home Town
With Good Words.

Major Andrew L. Pendleton,
III, U. S. Army, and special
representative of the Riverside
Military Academy, Gainesville,
Georgia, arrived in Elizabeth
City Tuesday morning. He is
spending much time looking up
friends of his boyhood days
and, at the same time, ac-
quainting parents of the young
boys of our city with the many
unique features offered by
Riverside as the leading mill
tary preparatory school OF the
South.
This is the first time that Major
Pendleton has been home Ill nearly
four years. With perspective
broadened by years of absence he
notes with much pride and pleasure
the wonderful strides the city has
made along the lines Of expansion
and commercial development. "Eliz-
abeth City looks bigger and better
to me everytime l get back" he
says with enthusiasm.
The Major recently spent two
years in the West which afforded
him the opportunity to become fami-
liar with conditions existing in that
part of the country. A comparison
of the business conditions i'll the
West and East prompts him to ad-
wise the younger generation to for
get the old Injunction, Go West,
young man" His advise is Stay
East. Young man." He adds, "Peo-
pie may gaze justly with thrills and
rapture upon the Rocky Mountains,
but they do not possess in any
measure the beauty and grandeur
of our own Blue Ridge" Since
Riverside is located at the foot Of
the Blue Ridge he is in position
to draw the foregoing comparison.
Old Friends Out West.
While in Denver, Colorado, Major
Pendlcton spent many pleasant
hours with old friends from our
section. There were Maurice v.
Griffin and the Temple family form
erly of Elizabeth City. "Bill' Bond,
son of Judge Bond of EdentOn, n.
G.. is there too with his wife who
was formerly Miss Louise McMul-
Ian. sister of Harry Mcmillan, Of
Washington, y. G. Bill Bond, as
his friends know him.. is associated
with the International Trust Co., fo
Denver in the capacity of EicePresi-
dent. In FL PaSO, Texas, he visited
an old Elizabeth City boy Tazewell
Continued on Page Six
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
FAIR PREMIUM LIST
READY TO SEND OUT
Largest Premium List Ever Issued
BY Local Fair Association
To Be Mailed Free

As a means of advertising and or
ganizing for the Albemarle District
Fair to be held here October g. Z,
s. 8, 10, the Association is distrl'
buting it's annual catalog and pre-
MUM list, which by the way is larS'
er by half, than any premium Is'
ever before issued at this city. Ii
contains 112 six by nine pages, anu
lists more premiums for exhibits
of livestock. farm products, and
other things, than have ever been
offered EefOre.
The paration Of the copy for this
book was done under the supervision
of G. ". Falls, County Agricultural
Agent, and Fair Secretary. The
extra size of the book was made
possible by the increased number
of advertisers. Thru the activities
of the Elizabeth City Womans Club
the fair association got in touch
with more advertisers this year than
ever before, members of the club
having solicited practically all OF
the advertising.
The book is ready for distribu'
ton to any farmer who hasn't a
COPY. or any other person, who may
be interested in exhibiting at the
fair. 1t is product of the jot
printing department of THE IN
DEPENDENT, and is pronounced
by Mr.. Falls, a high satisfactory
and pleasing job of printing in
every respect.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
oJhQ bank CLCRK Aso THE SOOA JCPKGR
COMFORT IN MEMS WEAR

TO fashion. They are slaves 10
their own fashion and slaves to the
changing fashion OF women
guess a man can't change styles; he
hasn't the money after he gets thru
paving his wife's bills. But were
Going TO revolt. 1t used to be we
had to wear stiff collars all the
time. but now we have some SOFT
ones now and then. But the collar
will 90 for good. Over in Paris
where they start the styles, 40 men
of prominence, have agreed, DeSln-
ming last Saturday, to wear their
shirts open ut the neck for a
period of six months
"They haven't much respect LOT
ladies', said the Bank Clerk.
"They have as much respect for
the ladies in this case as the ladles
hove for the men," said the Soda
Jerker. The ladies ought to re-
spect the comfort Of the men some
times. not only in Paris, but III
America. The men have to fork up
the dough, they have to do all the
work, and they ought to be in COM
fort while they're doing the work,
and they ought to have some pleas
ure after their work is done. Be-
Iieve ME, an honest-to-God woman
is willing to see her man go In COM
fort. The men can take off lot
and then some, before they reveal
as much as a wo nan shows these
days.
You said lot theu, said the
Bank Clerk.
"You be the judsA" said the
Soda Jerker, as he rinsed the
slobber from the Bank Clerks glass
and left it in the washing basin.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
WHAT AILS0UR
SUPPLY OF FISH
Just Plain Overfishing, and
Lack of Protection With
Natural Changes in Waters
BY d. V. MEEKINS

Why has Our fish supply
shown a decrease since 1896?
That is a question of consider
able concern among the fisher
men of North Carolina, affect
ing an industry that gives en-
ployment to or supports some
100 people and affects some
100000 in invested capital on
the North Carolina coast.
After giving considerable thought
to the fishing industry of his Sec
ton. am convinced that we do not
adequately protect the natural
spawning grounds of this state, just
assthe grounds in other states may
not be adequately protected. The
fishing regulations under existing
conditions cannot be adequately en-
forced. 1t is an acknowledged fact
that natural changes in our inlets
and canals, and hte resultant
changes in tidal movement of both
fresh and salt water, have had ire
mcndous effect in causing a scarcity
of fish. And then, there is one out
standing fact in this tangle, and
that is, our waters are overfished.
l recently talked with Theo. 5.
Meeekins, of ManteO, Assistant State
Fisheries Commissioner, who has
been closely identified with the
fishing industry all his life, and has
given years of study to the fisheries
problems. l asked him what he
thought about this scarcity of fish
that is giving our fishermen so much
concern. And his opinions are just
about as l shall set forth In the
following:
The greatest spawning ground for
shad and other varieties Of fish on
the Atlanic Coast is probably Albe-
marie Sound and its tributaries.
The sound is bordered by nine coun-
ties with heavy fishing interests,
whose people depend almost entire
ly on the shad and fishing industry.
Their operations are ca1ried on
largely without restriction in areas
where shad congregate for spawn
ing. and in the rivers and bays
where shad lay and hatch most,
there are 10 restrictions and opera
tionS, that take only few fish, may
he the means of destroying millions
Of eggs. Just like running a stick
in setting hens nest.
Continued on Page Two) -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

FRIENDS are our biggest assets"
insists, {. III. Brock, the genial
superintendent of the North River
Line. and the Virginia Carolina Line
of this city. MIR. Brock has served
as superintendent and purchasing
agent of the North River Line for
the past five years. moving here
from his home in P0wellS Point,
Currituck County TO take up the
work. He is widely known thru
out this section for his eordiality
and friendlinsSs; he knows how to
be friendly with anybody. His
headquarters are Elizabeth City.
and you can find him at points all
the way from New York City to
Nags Head. the latter village being
next to his heart, for he is the pro-
mOter of the summertime Sunday
excursions to the popular resort.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

MIR. FEREBEE doesn't seem to be
making any bad job of this City
Manager business, his report show
ing a saving of $4,000 in the ad-
ministration of the city's general
fund.- after nine months on the job,
and sufficient surplus to justify a
request for reduction of the tax
rate. Mr.. Ferebee seems to have
landed the sort of job in which he
likes to do his stuff, and his record
might show up still better, if the
reactionaries on the board didn't
take the wheel out of his hand Oc-
casionally and try to show him how
to drive. But there have been some
aldermen who would waste the
Boards time by debating half the
night whether the street carts
should be painted green or blue.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
DRIVE BOTH WAYS.

Traffic is now allowed in both d1-
sections on Matthews Street be-
| ven PoindeXter and Water, the
City Council having rescinded the
ordinance making this = ono way
street.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

--Gastonia-Five hundred stitches
were taken in sewing up Allen Bal
lard of Kings Mountain, and Chas.
Reynolds is in serious con-
dition as the result of a cutting
scrap and drunken brawl following
a poker game Iedr Growers Noun
tain. ..:
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
JOE CONNERY TO OPEN HIS
NEW GROCERY STORE AUG. %.

Joe Connery, who will be renem.
bered as a genial and courteous
groceryman, and founder OF the
Sunshine Grocery in this city is
to open a new store Of which he II
sole owner and proprietor, about
August 20. This store viii BE- call.
ed the ARROW Grocery, and Is In q
new brick building just complated
by Mr.. Connery on the Corner OF
Poindexter and Pearl Streets
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

Your eyes examined and their
needs looked after at once. Drs.
Hathswnv. Hinton Bldg. Z
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

Your eyes examined and their
needs looked after at once. Drs.
Hathaway. linton Sldc. t.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
BOIL yyEEYIL STRIKES
TYRRELL COUNTY COTTON

Boil weevilS have struck heavily
into the cotton crop of some sec
tions of Tyrrell COunty'S cotton
crop. according to information
brought to this city by W. :. White,
who went on business trip thru
that county few days ago. Pre-
dictiOnS that the boil weevil would
not bother us much this far north.
do not seem 70 come true.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07
4 TO QUIT PLAYING
AND BEGIN PAYING
leadership Thruout This Section
s sa For Redemption of Old Obliga-
When Crops Are Sold This Fall
ny, MEEKlNS

p.r. NEEKINs ,,,....u,
lte.e in Northeastern
,,,lina. business men
.ies 4 long face and
he world is going to
! because vereybody
,,ys gone wild on the
!: automobiles. We
r,rett Our old &C
= ne merchants, Be
,s people are using
F,r 70 pay ior automo-
..ey don't keep up
,~.a;s. they will lose
/, and have 70 walk
,se merchant who is de
,.q,Ierry Of the people
5.r,aI their means in buy
Is, will consume their
!, seep them away from
|. i ,he owner Of one or
sg,.tri cars, which he
,,,. >how he makes. Pos
5aaser. says the same
.ls merchant. and then
ri bry> l car still higher
Ii, il this dicu>>ion are
g,,,h city and all north
E-h Carolina iS dependent
,v.rul,urr. All business
q, The prosperity of the
,he security Of the banks
v,ls on the productive
vii: the prosperity aud
I The merchants, depends
'p>rrr!,y ot our farmers.
: he business transacted
l. N"rth Carolina. and in
k!a-m!n: section. is done OF
|raa farmer has no Satur-
.urme 10 spend. The
bales on his reputation for
,1e farmer who pays
/ finds il easy to get credit
But rhe farmer has 10
~ on credit. He Keeps Il
bun, ot money tied up in
E aud team and equipment,
Elen he goes thru n bad
..S capital is depleted. and
! .,ie him>elf over, with q
With unlinited credit of
I>Gsl with whom he deals.
r. Jtty i a credit town.
-'.lp>> is founded on its
B. in the strong. induStri.
f., and outstanding farm
'-.S section whose word is
I-L AMI wirh several sue
a"p failures holding them
L1T ,lrm"rS have had 10 in
--.' rr.-I.t purchases. until
.$-r,> houses today carry
.ary raU stand. Gradually
o. al" being tightpned by
1-->> m"u: the banks are
: '-",r loans more closely,
~'n"r who doesn't pay up
d. mike some effort 10 re-
'''"-a'Ion>. Is going to find
--;~.i'"r 70 gct money or
: credit. There are times
s1l times for pay. and
sl-n'> slow up in this town,
y Suffers. because business
;a'' iha, n" tendency of
s q. his time is rather to,
t"} and less work,
',a ID, Increased efficiency and
'''' ''"y 10" country will be
Ewes Of people. who forget
: ''''> in their anxiety "a
''''''| Is a Zine thing and
7.'e4 hy the farmer and his
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

Your eyes examined aa6 their
needs looked after at once. Eeh
Eath2r.-. Ike, Is.t,st.Z .,r4
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

In al. our actions it must be, the
intention alone that. counts.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-08-07

BE not simply good-be good for
something.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-04
A Correction

On March 20 we published an editorial entitled,
"Wall StreetCalles Socialism, in which we re-
ferred to "sob letter written by one Nellie Seeds
Nearing, exmate of Scott Nearing"
Our sole purpose in making this reference was to
prevent anyone receiving the impression that Scott
Nearing was in any way in sympathy with the let
ter, written to The Nation, and signed by Nellie
Seeds Nearing The letter itself wasnothing more
or less than Guessing of the betrayal of the
Mexican workers perpetrated at the Ell Paso con-
vention of the American Federation of Labor and
we would have been fully justified in making a
sharper and more extended criticism of it.
We had made inquiries from a number of per-
sons whom we considered reliable and were in
formed that the hearings had separated due to
deep-seated political differences.
Scott Nearing informs us that this is not the
case that he and Nellie Seeds Nearing have been
married since 1908 and are still living together.
| We make the correction for the record. We do
not desire to drag the matrimonial relations of any
one into political controversy, but persons who ex
press the POllyanna viewpoint in public journals
on such important issues as the wholesale selling
of labor movement to Wall Street by labor
oficialdOm which wars the Communists, need
not expect to share their ideas as to what con
stitutes the good, true and beautiful.