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'.-' .''. ,. . ; -..3 - -, . v i-.- ..f1 Y- ;: 2TC LIBRai BALBIGH COLIP VOL. XI EUZABETH: ?rhrrCTRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919 NO 555 Cf-fi- SAUNDERS SAYS HE IS NOT OUT TOR CONGRESS TO TURN HIS BUG LOOSE HERE AT ATfUAL-piNNER HOPES TO BE HOME TIME TO EAT WATERMELONS FEREBEE HIGHWAY BILL KILLED BY COMMITTEE If - A-tit? i a in fc mmu i la. if i rxv i m i inn rj JL y wvv- v K ,. 3f ,,,31 1 1 VI J J THElMEiYER PAYlTlf BILLS But Old Dame Rumor Has Tried Her Best To Put The Bee in His Bonnet. Thinks Only Pro fessional Politician Can Win Enthusiastic friends and admirers of V. O. Saunders have been trying to per suade him to be a candidate for Con gress from the First Congressional Dis trict, for the past two years. Mr. Saunders has always turned a deaf ear to such suggestions and never permitt ed such a suggestion to enter tlxe col umns of his newspaper. But Dame Rumor has got the idea and it is tra veling in seven league boots all over the district. Mr. Saunders has received many letters of inquiry concerning his rumored candidacy. Perhaps the fol lowing specimen communication and the characteristic Saunders rejgy will interest readers of this newspaper:' . THE DAILY NEWS Washington, N. C. ... ' March 1, Hon. W. O. Saunders, 5 General Assembly, "V Raleigh, N. C. Dear Mr. Saunders: I heard to-day, upon professedly good authority, that you intended to become a candidate for Congress on the Demo cratic ticket, opposing both Mr. Ward and Mr. Small in the race for office. Td like to be the first to handle this story, with your permission.- Could I ask you to write me with reference to the matter (for publication) stating whether you will be a candidate or not? In the event that you intend to be come a candidate but feel that it is too early in the game to make any announ cement, I would appreciate it if you would let me know in time' so that our paper could handle it simultaneously with the others, Hopin to have the pleasure of see- ing you in wasuiugwu waw.? ca am, . "Very sincerely yours, CARXi GOERCH, Editor. To the above letter Mr. Saunders re plied as follows, under date irf3Iarch 5; Dear Mr. Goerch:?-' v Vv:- v ' ' Rumor is a gay 'old. birdand she of ten assumes tbe. role :'of 'professedly good authorlitetf'jwaaf: jvitb-it i am not. ayajyawjxj"t' 'yrzi this same old Rumor has been trying to put the notion in my head for many weeks. I have an idea that it is too early for any but a professional politician to try to run for Congress in the First District. 1 am not a professional poli tician and the best office on earth could go to hell if I had to qualify as a poli tician. Of course 1 am advised by my ego that 1 would stand some show. My (.rohibition record is straight. That's some score. I am for woman's suffrage. Where does H. S. Ward get off? I am a working man's man and never took a fee from a corporation. Bang! I am young, vigorous, progressive and don't mince words. And yet when placed in a legislative office I have not run amuck, have kept all my cards on the table and. I believe, won the res pect and confidence of the most con servative business men in my own com munity. The more I think about myself, the more I am inclined to congratulate Dame Rumor for her splendid selection of congressional timber. But I am not a candidate as yet and you are at liberty to convey this information your readers. Appreciating vour keen interest to in live news. I am Sincerely, W. O. SAUNDERS. DISCHARGED SOLDIERS WILL GET $60 BONUS " uo.-i j -mm; of the Revenue Act ap i jv.-.i ivbruary 24, 1919, authorizes !-i . :.ynv r,t of a- bonus of $60 to offi ' ! -. soldiers, field clerks and nurses f si army upon honorable separation iiorn active service by discharge, resig :i;U:on or otherwise. This bonus is not l' '!);o to the heirs or representatives 'i 'my deceased soldier. Thosr who are discharged hereafter i'.-;;: receive this bonus on the same roll !r voucher upon which they are paid th"ir final pay. Those who have been discharged and !'''Vt- received their final pay without tl:e $00 bonus, should write a letter to the Zone Finance Officer, Lemon Build Washington, IX C, stating their service since April 6, 1917, the date of ''isc discharge and their present address to which they desire their bonus checks to he sent and enclosing with this letter t'ieir discharge certificate or military '"d'-r for discharge and both, if both were issued. 21 FIRMS SCRAMBLE TO BUY A CITY'S BONDS One of the biggest bond sales ever 'o:, ducted in this state was concluded 'y the City of Raleigh Monday of this v.'-ek when it disposed of $85,000.00 worth of municipal bonds at a premium f S4.323. There were 21 bidders, re presenting bond buyers of many states. ''is information is. of peculiar interest ;" Elizabeth City and Pasquotank coun indicating as it does that there will l,f no difficulty in floating Pasquo t:jnk's half million road bond issue. SAUNDERS ROAD BILL NOW A LAW And a Road Commission That Wffl Give The People, Faithful Service - The. Saunders Act providing for a bond issue of half a million dollars for hard surfaced roads for Pasquotank County is now a law, having passed both branches of the General Assembly and ratified Friday, Feb. 28. The Pasquotank Highway Commis sion which will have authority to issue these bonds and construct the proposed j-oads is now composed of W. J. Woodley J. J. Morris, J. Wesley Foreman, A. B. Houtz and O. F. Gilbert. It was Rep resentative Saunders' idea to name Walter L. Cohoon on the commission and he did so; but when the bill got over to the Senate Senator Ferebee amended it and named Mr. Gilbert in place of Mr. Cohoon. Mr. Saunders ac cepted the amendment. Senator Ferebee was very positive he didn't want Cohoon. There were others who didn't want Cohoon on the Commission. The opposition came largely from the Mack Sawyer source. There is an effort being made to stir up criticism of Representative Saunders for his appointments. To all of these fcriticisms Saunders has but one answer He says; "Criticism was to have been expected; it is impossible to name any lan or set of men in Pasquotank county who will meet with the approval of everybody in Pasquotank county. In naming the Highway Commission- to carry on the road improvements in this county I had but one idea in .mind ; tWat idea was to get the work done, promt efficiently and economically, yrttHi&& little friction as possible.V'i'iiamed mep ueies-aomjcyjWc and men who have no pet ideas of how our roads should be built or where they should be run. I have named men who will not represent any particular section of Pasquotank county, but who will deal impartially with the roads problems of every section of the county. I have no doubt that hundreds of men in Pasquo tank think they could have named a better group of men for the Highway Commission; but I know they wouldn't have done it. Our people are never sat isfied with a Board of Commissioners that they elect themselves. I am con vinced they would have made a mess of electing a Highway Commision with every politician in the county working or political ends. Knowing that I would be held responsible for the successful expenditure of our bond issue, I have assumed the responsibility of creating commission of nonpartisan men which, I am assured, has the confidence and commendation of the best informed cit izens of Elizabeth City and Pasquotank County." $500,000 SOUNDS BIG BUT DOESN'T GO FAR Representative Saunders shocked some of the Pasquotank county com missioners Monday when, in reply to a direct question, he told them that Pasquotank probably would get only 30 or 35 miles of permanent roads out of its proposed expenditure of 500, OuO. Many persons who have given road building little thought think $500,000 should go a long way. As a matter of fact it is only a starter; Pasquotank really needs $2,000,000.00 for any ex tensive program of permanent road building. Good roads cost money and they are worth every cent they cost. HRT BY AUTOMOBILE William Chesson was thrown from his bicycle and badly bruised when the mail truck driven by David Horton ran into him at the corner of Pearl and Road streets on Monday of this week. He was at once removed to his home and a physician called who af tere '-examining him stated that no bones were broken. The bicycle was a total wreck. A warrant was issued for Hor ton the driver of the truck and the case came up in police court Thursday morning and Horton was fined $15.00 and costs, whereupon he took an appeal. Mrs. Emma Broyles, a blind lady will give a musical entertainment at Mt. Hermon Schoolhouse, "Wednesday night, March 12th. She will also show how the blind are taught to read and write. Doors will be open at 7:30 P. Admission, adults 15c, children 10c. M. INCOME TAX Attention is called to ad. in this issue of Savings Bank & Trust Co. offering to furnish information in reference to Income Tax. Mr. Williams, the presi dent of this institution, is making a study of the Income Tax law and is prepared to give valuable advice along this line. adv COL. BENNEHAN CAMERON COL. BENNEHAN CAMERON is ack nowledged the best informed good roads man in North. Carolina.. . . Col. Cameron's Bug is roads. He talks roads, thinks roads and build roads. When he gets to heaven the first thing he will want to Inspect is the Celestial Highway System; if they have no high way system in heaven he'll organize one and put it thru. He was an organ izer and director of the Quebec-Miami International Highway; organizer and vice president of the Southern National Highway; a director of the American Automobile Association; member of the North Carolina Highway Commission; chairman of the Roads Committee of the 1919 General Assembly. It occurred to Representative Saunders that Col. Cam eron would make a distinct hit at the annual dinner of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce to be held some time this month.. Col. Cameron says he'll come and give us a talk. He says he'd like to have an opportunity to congratulate us on our $500,000 road building program anyway. MANUFACTURERS MAKE A SMALL MAN GREAT Incidentally, The People of North Caro lina May Some Day Demand More than Husks of Democracy Former Superior Court Judge. Frank Carter, L jn .. his newspaper,' .Carter'a Weekly. Riv.es Jmocraiie ; North -'Cajror ltea -ia&mtv th&"ame warniriig epresentauve sauhders in a re cent speech in the House on the child labor bill. Judge Carter said: "The cotton mills haven't got Mitch Shipman's goat not yet; but they have as good a title to it as the House of Representatives can give. And it is a fairly safe conjecture that the Senate will confirm the action of the House in the demotion of the duly elected Com missioner of Labor. If the cotton mills and their legisla tive champions are not careful they will make of Shipman what God didn't make of him, and what probably he would never be able to make of himself a great man. The people have re peatedly designated him as their Com missioner of Labor and what is a Commissioner of Labor for, pray, if not to see to the enforcement of the most vital of labor laws the law by which society assumes its obligation of jus tice and self-preservation in the pro tection of its most helpless member, the child wage worker? "It is a Democratic Legislature in the partisan sense, at least but the rinciple of the rule of the people stands small chance when it runs foul of the tastes of the cotton manufacturers in child labor inspection. "There is a painful lack of sincerity in this whole business. The Legisla ture has no heart in child-labor legisla tion. If it dared it would abolish Shipman and junk all the bills; but since it doesn't dare, it seems in the way of legislating without conviction, other than that which expresses itself in the dehornment of the people's Com missioner of Labor. "The people may stand for this sort of thing for awhile. As yet they exhibit little disposition to break away from the control of the governing classes, and their interest in the child-labor problem is only a watery exudate of platonism. They may even hold the garments of the manufacturers while they stone Shipman to death in next year's primary and again, they may not. It is too soon accurately to guage all the political reactions of world war. Right here in North Carolina we may find an unexpected acceleration of the currents of popular thought. We may wake up some fine morning- to discover that the North Carolina stomach has revolted against the husks of democracy as a steady diet. It would be not a lit tle confusing to the manufacturing and political "interests" if the folks should ever take it into their own heads to de mand the real thing in government of. by and for the people. "If that day ever comes and, praise God, it must come the elected official who has been kicked and cuff d around for no better reason than that he insisted on doing his duty by the poor children or the State, will have a new birth of popularity. It will not much matter then whether God cast him in a large mold or a small on the people will make him great." AN UNUSUAL SERVICE The country is full of good eye specialists and there are hundreds of good eye glass man ufacturers, but it is worth some thing to Elizabeth City and vi cinity to know that both can be found in this town. Dr. Hatha way is not only a reputable and skillful optometrist, but he grinds and fits glasses on his premises. This unusual service is seldom found except in much larger cities. DR. J. D. HATHAWAY OPTOMETRIST Over McCabe & Grlce Elizabeth City, N. C. Mack AndThe Gang Again Soak Te Easy Going Spite of :tlf that they had assured by ettaJr,Ferebee that he would kiljf hj Hatmders Ward . .... ' wnr .': ' ; a , . . HuD-aivisionjoiUiWnen it got to the Senate;flh Board of Alder men sent arpinnlittee composed of B. F. d M. B. Simp son to Raleigh last week after the; bill hlbee-killed. And Monday night trfe- Board voted to pay these- geniemen approxi mately $40 for their expenses. The moneyfor this Unnecessary expense ccmes out of . the pock et's of thVQn'-:taxAtKayert of course. ' ; ' - '-y- , Representative Saunders was pres ent at the Adferman48 meeting Monday night when the expense bill of Messrs. Aydlett and Simpson was ordered paid. Mr. Saunders objected. He said: "I think the Aldermen? should Investigate that bill before, passing upon it. Those gentlemen -went to Raleigh to kill a bill that had already :been killed, after having, been - advised ;that it was un necessary for them, to come. Senator Ferebee told me himself that he had advised the opponents of the bill that it would not be necf ssary for them to come to Raleigh, as;t he would fix that himself. "Now I saw Mr. .ydlett In Raleigh Wednesday I asked him if he was there tooppose my bill. He said, 'No, I'm. here -on an entirely different mat ter.' I learned late- that Mr. Aydlett was there on other?, business. As at torney for certain shooting clubs in Currituck county he went to Raleiflh to look into a, bill effecting duck hunt ing in Currituck Sound, which had been introduced, by Representative Johnson. The Committee on Game had fixed Wednesday vas the ? date on which to give Mr Aydlett a. hearing on the Johnson Bill ,Jtfr Aydlett action, as he the winner in the trans - Probably gof'a fee and as well Aldermen. Nq one blames Mr. Aydlett. But what do the tax payers of Eliza beth City think of a Board of Alder men who tax them for the cost of such cheap political enterprises? Do the tax payers of Elizabeth City feel that they ought to bear the ex pense of committees sent out to turn political tricks in behalf of Mack Saw yer and his gang? But this is the way of the Gang. They had previously wired Senator Ferebee to the effect that they were depending upon him to save them and had received Senator Ferebee's assurances. But what did that matter, since it didn't cost Old Man Mack and the Gang anything to donate $40 to a pair of friendly law yers? The tax payer pays the bills. The Saunders bill which proposed to subdivide the wards of Elizabeth City and pen Mack Sawyer and his foremost henchmen in one subdivision, never stood a ghost of a show. It passed the House of Representatives all right, but it never did stand a show in the Senate. Senator Ferebee was on the job. The Gang paid him a nice compliment by sinning ct tuamiiLicc iu iiaiiuic after he had assured would kill the bill. them that he JIM WILCOX INJURED Aydlett i While trying to catch some pigeons j dentiy electrocuted Tuesday morning, from the roof of the Gaiety Theatre j Mason iiai been inspecting the wires for his little nephew John Ferebee, Jim j on a pole in f ront of the R. B. Quinn Wilcox was painfully but not seriously j company when he was suddenly seen hurt last Wednesday afternoon. In j tQ rop'his wrench and his body fell some way his foot slipped causing him forwar(j over the deadly wire which to loose his hold and he was thrown carrie(i the high voltage into his body, to the ground. In his fall he struck The power plant was immediately noti his chest against the limb of a tree fied tQ shut off the current but it took nearby and sustained very painful in- some time before Mason's lifeless body juries. One of his right ribs was torn Lould be gotten down from the top of from the breast plate causing him much j the pole wnere it was viewed by hun pain and discomfort. He was other j dreds rushing to the scene of the acci wise badly bruised. Dr. C. B. Williams j dent physicians were hurriedly sum rendered immediate attention and says i moned and the city pulmotor was used he will be able to be out again in a short in vam by them in an effort to save wniie. . S. R. Siff left for the northern mar kets on Monday and on his return wlil have one of the most comnlete and at- v - atctive line of Women's ready-to-wear ever seen here. Enlarge Your Sphere You feel proud of your wife and children, don't you? and if you can do anything to make the home pleasanter and conditions easier for them, you do it willingly. Why not enlarge the sphere of your affections a little and take the town you live in on the same footing as your family? Be proud of it, do everything you can for it. If public improvements are needed, urge them and vote for them. We want to see Elizabeth City known as one of the finest and most progressive towns in the state. If every citizen will support its trade, forward its interests and show a pride in all its conditions, our ambition will soon be fulfilled. mmmmm vmmm :-:-:-x-:-x-:v''i?xc:-x-:'' JOHN H. SNOWDEN WE are publishing the following letter from John H- Snowden, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Snowden, of Maple, Curri tuck county. Toul, France, A. P. O. 918 Feb. 11, 1919 Dear Mr. Saunders: As I have the time I will write to thank you for your paper you have been sending me. I should have written before, but as you know a soldier does n't have time to write any old time he feels like it. I sure have enjoyed read ing THE INDEPENDENT, as it gives me all the home news. I have only had about eight copies of it so far. We only get second class mail about once a month, and didn't get it that often when we were up on the frpnt. Now we are way back, and get mail more often. I have been transferred out of my old division. I am now with 2nd Army Traffic Police. I had much rath er be in Germany with the 82nd Divi sion. I have been through some hard battles with those boys. It was on the battle line for over nine months with the 82nd Division. I was taken out of it about the first. of; October and have been Jn.TouU France eyer since- doing Traffic duty. I was on the Champaign front the fourteenth of July, we went from there to Chateau Thierry, the second battle of the Marne. From there we went up on the St. Mehiel sector, and after that was over I was transferred from that division. Before all of this our divi sion held a sector on the Lorrain near Baccarat, France. We were there for over four months, without being reliev ed. That didn't amount to much tho, as we didn't make much advance. Well I guess I have told you about all the news that I know at this time. I only wish I could tell you when I was com ing home, but I hope it will be some time in the good old summer time. I have written papa to plant a good gar den, and plenty of watermelons, as I hope to be there to help eat them With best regards to all the family, Sincerely, Pvt. JOHN H. SNOWDEN, 1st. Prov. M. P. Co., 2nd Army, A. P. O. 918, A.E.F. ELECTROCUTED IN MID-AIR William' Mason Meets Untimely Death While at work on electric wires fifty feet above the ground, William Mason, a lineman in the employ of the Eliza beth City Power Company, was acci- rv,Q 'victim's Mfe. Mason was a young man of about thrity-five years old arfd was a quiet, easy going sort. He had been in the employ of the Light Company only a short while. A widow and three small children survive him. It Was A Good Measure, But Representatives Could Not Get Together However, That DoesrTt Mean Death Of Good Roads Senator Ferebee's great north eastern North Carolina district j highway bill which passed the ! State Senate last week like a streak of greased lightning, was killed in the Committee on Public Roads and . Turnpikes in the House of Representatives, Wed nesday afternoon. The commit tee unanimously adopted an un favorable report on the bill. Senator Ferebee's bill proposed to create a highway district composed of the counties ot Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and Currituck. A bond issue would be levied against this district for the purpose of build ing a standard cement road from the Albemarle Sound to the Virginia State Line, via Edenton, Hertford, Elizabeth City, Shawboro, Snowden and Moyock. The projeet would cost nearly a million dollars. But it was provided in the bill that one half the cost of the road should be built by state and federal aid. That left approximately $500,000 for the five counties. But it was fur ther provided that abutting property owners along the line of the survey should pay one-fourth the total cost of the road. That left approximately $250,000 in. bonds to be issued by the district. Pasquotank's pro rata of this bond issue, based upon its taxable property valuation would have been about four ninths of the whole. Representative Saunders of Pasquo tank favored the project, believing it of inestimable importance to Pasquo tank county and especially to Eliza beth City. But the people of Pas quotank were not so favorable. Sena tor Ferebee made the colossal mistake of not taking the people into his con fidence. Satisfied in his ' own mind that he had a good thing, he somehow didn't see the need of enlisting any considerable support. Senator Fere bee's. scheme, if properly managed, lwould liave given noTtnekstern "North Carolina a much coveted road to Nor folk, Va. The roads of five counties would have been improved thereby. And Pasquotank would have gotten about seven miles of road and a $40,000 free bridge across the Pasquotank river with a bond issue of about $100, 000. No one who understood the thing could well oppose it. REPRESENTATIVES DISAGREE But Representative McMullan of Chowan would not stand for Chowan to be embraced in the district because the road would cost Chowan more than it cost Perquimans and Perquimans would get thre miles of road to Chow- Itn's one. With Chowan out of it, Representa tive Saunders of Pasquotank proposed to carry out the scheme by beginning the highway at Hertford. Representa tive Morgan, of Perquimans, would not consent to this. He thought the road should begin at the Chowan line. Saun ders would not consent to this; since Chowan would not come in on the pro ject, Mr. Saunders was opposed to in creasing the cost to Pasquotank by building a road from Hertford to Eden ton. That was going in the wrong dir ection for him, unless Edenton helped to pay the freight. And so then and there the Ferebee Highway went to smash. Represen tative Johnson of Currituck was inter ested in the project only to the extent of following the lead of Pasquotank. Representative Burgess of Camden did n't seem to be interested at all. Re presentative Kessler of Rowan moved that the bill be reported unfavorably. He said it was evident that the counties were not in harmony on the project and the committee should not force the measure on them. Representative Hal sey of Washington seconded the mo tion. The ayes had it. GOOD ROADS ANYWAY The fate of Senator Ferebee's excel lent scheme should not, however deter the counties from realizing ex actly what was set out to accomplish. The counties individually can do ex actly what the district could hjave done. Chowan and Perquimans have, both, legislated bond issues at this ses sion of the General Assembly and will improve their roads. Both are in line for Federal and State aid on any high way connecting the capitals of Pasquo tank, Perquimans and Chowan. It re mains for Currituck and Camden to get busy and do something for themselves. In meantime Elizabeth City and Pas quotank county will get a good road to Norfolk, via South Mills; a route short er by 10 miles than the Currituck route. Pasquotank will build a hard surfaced road to the Camden line near South Mills. South Mills has legislated bonds to pick up' the work there and build a connecting link along the Dismal Swamp canal to the Virginia line. The Commissioners of Norfolk county, Vir ginia have voted to build a road from Portsmouth down to and along the Dis mal Swamp canal to the South Mills road. The assurance of this highway from Elizabeth City to Norfolk via South Mills has revived interest in the need of connecting Gates county with Pas- quotank and the people of the Tadmore section of Pasquotank are now making a survey for a road that will open up Gates county, enabling the people of Gates to tap the Pasquotank and Vir ginia highway at a point near South Mills, and making Gates county a com mercial asset to Elizabeth City. COHOON OPENED FIRE Walter L,. Cohoon appeared before the Committee at the hearing on the Ferebee Bill Wednesday. He was op posed to it and was backed by the Pas quotank Highway Commission with a resolution from that body proposing that the matter be submitted to a, vote of the people. Mr. Cohoon was given a respectful hearing, but his opposition was superfluous in view of the dis agreement among the representatives of the different counties. $30,000 FOR STATENORMAL General Assembly Will Pro vide This Much For Addi tions to Local Plant The State Normal and Indus trial School for Negroes, at Elizabeth City, will get an appro priation of $30,000 for buildings and improvements, from the pre sent General Assembly. After thoroly investigating the claims of this institution the joint Ap propriation Committee of the House and Senate recommends this ' sum. Its recommendation will be accepted by the General Assembly without question. The sum does not include -appropria- tion tor maintenance which will be embodied in a separate act. With $30,000 to spend on its plant at Elizabeth City, the State Normal will make notable improvements. It is ex pected out of this sum to erect a boys dormitory, install water, lights and sewerage, provide laundry facilities and make certain repairs to the present buildings. That is quite a lot to expect out of $30,000; but those who have the interest of the school at heart believe .it can be done. The appropriation committee was op posed to allowing anything for the work of industrial training. The com mittee says the state needs more Negro teachers and the supply does not begin to meet the demand. The commitee says it gets one of the highest types of Negro teachers from the school at Elizabeth City and that teachers sent out by this school are among the great est uplift forces in the state. It is said by authorities that wherever these State Normal teachers go there is a marked improvement in the deport ment of the colored people. Senator Holderness and Representative McCoin, Chairman of the joint committee, were positive in their opinion that the state can get along very well without in dustrial training in this school if it keeps up its pedagogic standards. HOSIERY MILLS HAVING THEIR TROUBLES NOW Local Mills Have Plenty of High Price Yarn on Hand, but Hose Market Has Gone to Pot Uneasy lies the head of the manu facturer of hosiery in Elizabeth City these days. There are five hosiery mills in Elizabeth City, employing about 400 workers and manufacturing several thousand pairs of hose daily. These mills had an unlimited market for their product while the war was on and at prices that persuaded them to buy yarns recklessly when cotton was soaring around 35 cents a pound last fall.. And then the war stopped, the iprice of cotton went down, the market became unsettled and the demand for phosiery disappeared. The hosiery mills haven't yet figured out exactly where they stand; they are working away as tho nothing had happened and continu ing to work up their high price yarns into hosiery fdr which they are find ing no ready sale. The largest mills in the city, due to have declared a hand some dividend in January, has disap pointed its stockholders for the first time in several years. LOCAL TALENT GAVE EVENING OF PLEASURE The vaudeville given under the aus pices of the Y. M. C. A. in the auditor ium of the high school Tuesday even ing was brim full of mirth and pleasure for all who were present. It was re gretted that Colonel Meekins could not be present to render his "possum hunt." The proceeds were used to help get the "Y" out of debt. 9.& z if, If r , tM
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