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THE INDEPENDENT, ELIZABETH CITY. M, C.
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Report of the Condition of
THE MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANKv
at Columbia, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of busi
ness, June 30th, 1919. .
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts , 81'8. 04
Overdrafts, unsecured
United States Bonds and Liberty Bonds rl
All other Stocks, Bonds and Mortgages 4,000.00
Banking House, $3,500; Furniture & Fixtures, $1,250; 4,750.00
Cash in vault and net amounts due from Banks, Bank
ers and Trust Companies 23,280.84
Cash Items held over 24 hours 1,272.10
TOTAL . . $115,492.42
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock paid in $ 20,000.00
Undivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid 728.82
Bills Payable 15,000.00
Deposits subject to check 55,374.16
Time Certificates of Deposit 23,916.02
Cashier's Checks outstanding' 473.42
TOTAL .......$115,492.42
State of North Carolina County of Tyrrell, July 12th, 1919.
I, Judson L. Walker, Cashier of the above named Bank, do
solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of
my knowledge and belief.
JUDSON Li WALKER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 14 day of July, 1919.
W. A. YERBY, Notary Public.
Correct Attest: t D. O. NEWBERRY,
A. Li. WALKER,
W. A. YERBY,
Directors.
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AMERICA NEEDS A NEW
POLITICAL ALIGNMENT
(Concluded from page 6)
hopes is easier import one But there
are stardy Americans who cannot be
classified in tiny of these groups. They
want a party and a ballot-box, stand
ing somewhere between the Democratic-Republican
box and the Socialist
box, through which they can express
their honest thought and register their
convictions upon the public questions
of their day. They want to escape the
compulsion of saying Ja wohl to every
official utterance on pain of being in
vestigated by some Overman Commit
tee or misrepresented by some menda
cious newspaper.
Such a demand will without doubt
encounter the cry of Bolshevism. How
can it hope to escape, when a minister
hurls the word at those who advocate
Sunday baseball ; when the temperance
fanatic hurls the same word at the op
ponent of prohibition; when United
States Senators sully the intellectual
traditions of American parliamentary
debate by shrieking Prussianism and
Soviet rule at the Federal Suffrage
Amendment; when one can hardly lift
ofie's voice in protest against the most
noxious evil without being classed with
criminals and bomb -throwers? "It is
an ancient trick," said the great Amer
ican, Phillips Brooks; "even the In
quisitors, as they led their victims to
the stake, clothed them in the skins
and heads of wild beasts, that the on
lookers might forget they were men
and hoot them with free consciences,
as if they were fiends.".
But America is too rich in traditions
of freedom to allow these passing symp
toms of war-hysteria to dictate the
way out of this, our greatest national
crisis. Our nation knows the strength
of reaction in post-war periods. Why
should it not know? As Barrett Wen
dell told the French, America was
founded in England in the defeat of
pre-revolutionary idealism in 1625-1650.
Our British fathers thought that the
Great Rebillion would secure to them
their ideals. They pinned their hopes
to Cromwell. Cromwell tried. Cromwell
failed Their hopes turned to ashes.
Reaction, the continuity of life, the
habits of men, the back-pull of an
cient institution conquered everything
but their buoyant faith. What the rev
olution could not accomplish for them
they would achieve for themselves.
And so they came over here to work
out the problem of human liberty and
establish institutions which should al
ways subordinate the state to the wel
fare of the individual citizen. They
had had enough of self-appointed
spokesmen; they would speak for them
selves and they did. They became a
thinking, writing, town-meeting-going
pepole. They knew what it was to be
priest-ridden; so they took good care
never to be press-ridden. They met
every crisis through public discussion.
Human and intolerant at times, they
were yet remarkably free from our
modern infidelity that fears lest the
truth be bad. They felt they were
founding a nation which should al
ways be as Jefferson hoped for the
University of Virginia: "This institu
tion will be based on the illimitable
freedom of the human mind. For here
we are not afraid to follow truth,
wherever it may lead, even to tolerate
any error, so long as reason is left free
to combat 'it." This is the soul of the
real America. Its every creature the
school, the court, the church, the press,
he Constitution is rooted and ground
ed in public discussion and created
for the purpose of making that dis
cussion free as air.
It has been an unhappy accident of
our national life that has produced but
one major party, the party of stability
and order, which has to a large degree
dispensed with the public discussion of
national issues. But we have entered
the greatest crisis of our nation's life.
The issues we confront are of moment
to every citizen. Once we were thrilled
by the idea of a square deal ; but now
we want a new deal. Then the de
mand was for a third party; now the
demand is for a second party. What
some Americans really want is to dis-
j cuss issues they are tired of bicker
ing over personalities. They recognize
the sound philosophy in that familiar
advertisement: "Take a, box of candy
home to your wife; that's the way" you
got her, and that's the way to keep
her." So in this crisis, when the future
of democracy is uncertin, they say:
"Let discussion be earnest, honest, and
widespread; that's the way we got
liberty, and that is the only way to
keep it. Without it democracy is a
name without meaning."
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Hertford, N. C.i July 17, 1919.
Plans are being completed for larger
operations -by the Eastern Peanut Co.,
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plying direct to the consumer the finest
selected peanuts, shelled and unshell
ed, in small quantities' for the home
use. The Eastern Peanut Co. is a new
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A Patriotic Social was conducted at
the Methodist Parsonage last Tuesday
evening by Mrs. W .B. North. The
lawn was illuminated by Japanese
lanterns and the house was decorated
with flags and bunting. The fornv of
entertainment was "Big Bluff Insti
tute." It consisted of four tables one
for the freshman, sophmore, junior and
senior classes. At the tables cert air
questions were asked, the key to the
answers at three of them were either
red, white or blue and at the othei
table the word nation was the key
After passing this "quiz" the "students"
were next givett problems in Arith
metic and Geometry. After this a
musical medley was rendered by Miss
Kate Blanchard. The medley was com
posed of well known songs and the
students were required to guess . the
names of the pieces. The party then
remained no longer in classes but were
conducted in pairs into a room and
given one minute to look alf 47 articles
and nine minutes to write down as
many as they could remember. A les
son to the old bachelors was given in
the art of emptying bottles. He who
emptie his bottle first was given the
privilege of talking to the lady of his
choice for five minutes. A silver of
fering ended the program.
Mr. Li. D. Chappell issuffering seri
ous injuries as a result of a runaway
last Friday. The buggy was torn com
pletely to pieces and Mr. Chappell was
pitched on his head. His jaw was
broken and his back badly bruised
Dr. Newby is in attendance.
; On last Thursday the Baptist Sun
day School had their usual summer
picnic down at Mr.1 Charlie Hobbs
The Judson Memorial Class had
charge of the entertainment and the
verdict of those present makes it evi
dent that they proved themselves ef
ficient. The morning was given over
to games while the afternoon was de
voted to swimming.
First Lieut. H. G. Winslow, recently
returned from overseas is now spend
ing a short leave of absence with his
people here. Lieut Winslow was li
censed to practice, law just before
America entered the war, .nd after war
was declared he answered the first
call for volunteers. As soon as he
obtains his discharge he will locate
here and needless to say we
him well.
all wish
Drr. Calvin S. Blackwell of Norfolk
Va. has been "holding forth" t t?
Baptist church for the past four ,,
days. Dr. Blackwell is supplying Sii
a minister can be found to mi thi
vacancy caused by the resignation n
Rev. H. C. Carter. A large" audience
has been enjoying the unusual puinji
wit of Dr. Blackwell.
EDWARD O. HOOPER DEAD
Mr. Edward O. Hooper, aged 80 years
died at his home at 108 Dver street
Sunday afternoon at about five o'clock
after a week's illness following a stroke
of cerebral apoplexy,
The funeral was conducted Monday
afternoon at the home by Rev. J. M
Ormond, his pastor, and interment was
made in Hollywood cemetery.
Mr. Hooper is survived by his wife
Mrs. Edward O. Hooper; by two
daughters, Mrs. N. W. Daily and Mrs.
D. M. Pugh of this city; and by two
sons, E. O. Hooper, Jr., of Seagull and
J. A. Hooper of this city.
Mr. Hooper was for thirty-five years
a member of the Coast Guard. For
twenty-eight years he was the keeper
of the Little Kennekeet station. When
he retired ten years ago he moved to
Elizabeth City to live.
He was a member of the Masonic
Order and was buried with Masonic
honors.
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Georgette Dresses, $25.
A youthful frock of georgette is shown
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Georgette Dress, $59.75
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Crepe de Chine Dress, $45
A very serviceable dress is made of navy
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Tricolette Dress, $55
An unusually stylish tailored model is
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Taffeta and Lace Dress, $75
Another afternoon dress is made of
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