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NC STATS LIBRARY RALEIGH N C COMP Us Kil. NO. 521. oS1RiVrv. Fobltohed Every Friday by W. O. Saurfders viCo.gete, -03 E Fearing gt Elizabeth City, u. ,C ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. FRIDAY APRIL 9, 1920. Cntereil as Second t'lass Matter at the P.ist-crtHce at Klizabeth City, N C, June U. 1008 $2.00 A YEAR G PLANS FEDERAL CENSUS NOT AT ALL SATISFACT ,VATER AND SEWE GUT FOR RAGE Iir?beth City Aldermen Bring In Expert Con ing Engineer Preliminary to Proposed Municipal Projects r-ncy H. Maury, one of mt civil and construc- nuers in .1 vv.iv.X the United vi'.l make preliminary, .: ! specifications for Eliz-! ;; roposed municipal; .1 sewerage plants. . ;;,..1;'.ih City Board 9f Alder-! . :-lv determined that Elizabeth j 1 l.ar.die its own water and i : n.Wonis and get rid of pri-. ! ,., ..-ship of these vital public! The first step to be taken c -t a topographical survey of j ;, ; t- j-ilans and specifications for ;;r-r and sewerage system as 1 i-rds. The Board wisely de- j ,1 cautiously about this all iin- " vr.-'imiuary work. It was up- - ..i.ii!im1:irirm of Citv Mann- ! !:li.;ri:T of Norfolk that Col. j 7 i -.. . 1 - t ; . . ! v .. l ri'lisiuieu. vui. .uaiuj 19 ai :r time directing the construc si'i.000.000 water improve f,.r tie city of Norfolk, i. M;:.m y was in Elizabeth City this ii. made it plain that he is too ; -d a man to give his whole half million proposition such lated by Elizabeth City, but t d to act as an advisory en- Board of Aldermen and h..w to get what they want. v!ih lie advised the Board to 1 ii-i.osals of all engineers who the city to a cost of $4,000 r a topographical survey. He r.'viu- necessary to establish . urades. etc. should cost half !! promises to submit plans :.;iri'iis for such a survey !. xt week or ten days. When '- made by a local engineer, uii! then undertake to give and specifications for an .-i-;ige lisposal and water ::. While here Col. Maury L. I'iunt or me lMizauciii u. :!.-! expressed himself well t : . the new filtration system WILL CONDUCT REVIVAL ! AT 1ST BAPTIST CHURCH I .:- l.-.'V I" ..v.' il.- .11 i REV. J. R. JESTER REV. J. R. JESTER is pastor of the First Baptist Church of Greenwood, S. C. and one of the more eloquent pulpi teers of the Southern Baptist Denomi nation. He comes to Elizabeth City this week to conduct a two week's revival at the First Baptist Church of this city, beginning Sunday. Apr. II. CIRCULATION LIARS ' stalled by that company, .jested that the city might -Tri:i. acquiring it by con :.e, -dings if a satisfactory ti.u'd not otherwise be made ur. r company. PERQUIMANS TO HAVE A COTTON WAREHOUSE County Branch of the American Cotton Association Will Spend $50,000 on . E g Co-operative Venture A . t rative cotton warehouse will 1. i i..'.,; in Perquimans, county this j :!:,!:.. i- l.y the Perquimans branch of tL- Ah;. mi Cotton Association. A T-uui sr.iHKMl in stock to finance the ::..i.-!-rak:i:g has been issued, and enough si!r.-;;y been sold to justify the As s.riiiT,..!: -.. begin work on the ware-i...-w. wh .-an only be used by mem-ii-!- fi T!.. organization. The fact that I 1-i i . - will have a co-operative -..n..!: v.a h-.use by the next ginning i- i :,.. f iositive that the leaders '..'ti:i Association in that county . ' ii ioiiig some real work since ; ..a-'.i-n of that body. Soon after -t (..vanization meeting the pro building a warehouse in which ..-t.,1, A-, iation members could store t:ir i-i,t:i.i! and other farm crops at a ii-iainal rate was discussed, and later s' r. tai v S .;. Iiubinow and other offi- i;t i - .f State Association went to I'-T'iuiiiiai.- to aid in the organization of t!.f- war. -i.o:ie. Tlie results of the com l.:i,! ef:,rf of the State and Count; A .K-iatii .i: officials have been so en f-iiragii. T):at there is no longer any 'S i.l.r a- to the building of a warehouse i': I'l-rMiiin.ar.s. "I t.'i.- l.av- i t. iii 1 M-'tio There are liars and liars, but the most persistent liar is the newspa per circulation liar. The newspa per publisher cr advertising solici tor who iies about his paper s cir culation is a swindler and a mounte- hank Ha nets vniir monev under I false pretenses, by reprcsent;ng to place ycur advertising before more subscribers than he rsaily has. Fortunately the advertiser can pro- tect himself against the circulation liar by demanding a show down. There is a-sure -way of finding out for yourself the circulation of any newspaper in your town. I. Ask the publisher, to show his books. 2. Then ask the publisher to show invoices covering his purchases of newsprint paper. 3. Then ask the publisher to show his post office receipts. The publisher gets a receipt from the postmaster each week, showing the amount of paper he has mailed and the postage paid thereon. Some newspaper publishers will not show you these things. The pub- lisher who will not show you may safely be called a circulation liar and is as unworthy of your patron- age as the milkman who charges you for pure milk and sells you skimmed milk instead. THE INDEPENDENT will show you anything you want to know about its circulation. We keep a weekly record.- PERQUIMANS TO SPEND $300,000 j tH j V -gjj I ;v-J k --,jrwMi"w-i1h,,1,,tfB-,-fl - , ,,. irb--' Elizabeth City Has Grown Like a Piece of Scandal But U. S. Census Takers Haven't Found It STAMP -SALES' j yOuBLE ANYHOW Elizabeth City Post OfHce Shows Hundred Per Cent Increase In 10 Years "A hundred per cent increase in the business of the Elizabeth City post office in ten years is a-better index to the growth of this city than is the Federal census. fh: A. Pendleton, postmaster at Eliz abeth City, has given this newspaper an accurate record of stamp sales at this post office from the quarter ending Apr. 1. 1910 up to and .including the quarter ending Jan. 1, 1920. In 1910 the total, sale" of stamps was $17.214.6S. In 1919 the total sales were $34,031.50. The fact that sales appear ed lower in the last two quarters of 1919. than in the first two quarters of the same year, may-be attributed to the restoration of two cent postage. But note the figures and see the steady and persistent growth of business month af ter month, year after year, lstqtr. $4,276.95 lsteuar shrdlarar 1910 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter S4.27G.95 4.180.26 3.972.G7 4.7S4.SO Total 1911 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter . Total 1912 First Quarter '. Second Quarter " Third Quarter $17,214.68 '.$4,449.44 4.32S.24 3.980.21 5.098.74 $17,856.63 $4,769.08 v 3,706.38 J 3.465.06 926.03 v 5,107.52 WHAT'S WRONG WITH SCHOOLS? State Expert To Help Reach So lution of Grave Problem In Qity School DRAINING ASSOCIATION J If ipTf Miri CftM TO MEET HERE NEXT'UJlX lUELOEll First orainage District .n North Caro- j lina Organized Near Here j 12 Years Ago ! HERE APRIL 22 HOUSEWIVES TO HOLD IMPORTANT MEETING There will be a special called meeting of the Housewives League this. Friday afternoon. Apr. 9. in the Kest Rooms of the Hinton Pddg. at 3:30 . m. ' A matter of unusual importance to parents and to the community generally will be discussed at this meeting and a full at tendance is expected. A REMARKABLE STATEMENT Act Waiting For Ferebee to Build Roads in That County hygiene company itse v.. in out with waiting for a :t,:tt roads to be built under District Highway Act. the .-. lissioners of Perquimans :'. bv the good roads com the Perquimans county Commerce for immediate regular meeting Mon lianimouslv to authorize the . ,1... f .:.( to. ooo '"""" - I ir..t,.,. ( hard surface : ' Probably the greatest statement ever published by an insurance company is that of the Metropolitan Life published elsewhere in this newspaper this week. This company has more than five bil lion dollars outstanding insurance and gained more insurance in 1919 than any. other company wrote. It paid more than 73 millions to policy holders last year. Put the most interesting fact in its statement is a reuurimii m s-'"-"' "' 17"). due largely to th( Dr. Ii. A. Williams of the School of Education of the State University will be in Elizabeth City next Monday and Tuesday to make a survey of the city's public schools, and on Monday night at the court house he will make a public address in which he will makfe known what's wrong with the schools and what to do about it. This is a most important meeting and every one interested in putting our schools abreast of the best schools in the State should attend and hear what Dr. Williams has to say. Our schools have reached a crisis in their history. There has always been an insufficient amount of money to run the schools as they should have been i . . nnsm larora H run, ana in conequri a. v. has been incurred which has injured 3the schools credit with "the banks, and they have refused to extend further credit. The attendance at the schools has in creased to such an extent that the P schools have been overrun with students and the capacity of the buildings has been exhausted. A normal increase of attendance next year will be about 150 new students, and unless some buildings can be rented it will be impossible to take fare of all the children of school age, and at that, there will be a shortage of funds to employ competent teachers. kIt was the inteniton of the School board to ask for a bond issue to secure funds to erect another' building, this The next convention of the North Car- j famous Singer--Will Appear in olina Drainage Association .will be held at Elizabeth City, the date to be an- j nounced later. One of the most inter- j esting conventions of this association j held its sessions at Washington, N. C. ) and gave delegates and visitors a look at the tremendous drainage developments in that section. The first drainage district in North Carolina was formed at Moyock. N. C. 2(1 miles from Klizabeth City. 12 years ago. Since that time more than 600.000 acres of eastern North Carolina lands have been reclaimed by drainage. A lie largest of these drainage developments are in the lielhaven section of Beaufort county. In the reclaimed lands of that county to-day more .corn is grown than on all the lands of Pasquotank county. - a Concert Program of Unusual Charm Miss Alice Nielsen, known for many years as one of the finest concert sing ers in America, will give a concert at the Alkraiua Theatre in this city on Thursday evening. April 22nd, The con cert has been arranged by Parsonage Society Circle No. 2 of the First Me thodist Chtrrch., and is .the first of a series of similar attractions which they will bring to this city during the coming months. Tickets for the Alice iiei- sen Concert will be placed on sale at Duff's Piano Store next Monday. The Salt Lake Tribune has' this to say- of Miss Neilsen, who appeared in concert in the Utah city several weeks ago: "With a voice rich in tone color, registering the high notes with fidplity and beauty, and v commanding a pianis simo of exquisite charm. Miss Nielsen demonstrated that the brilliancy of her art is undimmed by time, and that the poise and gracious- personality on the platform are as great asMn bygone days. Her program, starting with the beautiful aria. Deh Vieni-non Tardar, taken from the Nozze di Fiagaro of Mozart, includ- i j. .rn nrnl encores which The annual dinner of the Klizabeth I ' ...,ls of Kman neui . .. . !, rf emotion. a ne siiiiiimeims fairy v lyrics was portrayed by the artist FEAST OF GOOD THINGSTONIGHT Annual Banquet of Chamber of Commerce Promises to be Stellar Event Fourth Quarter' Total .J 4 1913 First Quarter C$19,064.07 The Federal census report giv ing Elizabeth City a population of only 8,925, or. an increase of only 513 in ten vears, has created ed by every one who has been in a position to note the growth of this city for the past ten years. "Characteristic of the way gov ernment usually does things," declares one citizen. The, Census taker for Elizabeth City s Newton A. Jones, a competent, pa tient painstaking statician of consid erable experience. Mr. Jones has two assistants, one of whom took the Se cond Ward, the other the Third "Ward: Mr. Jones himself took the- First and Fourth Wards of the city. Mr. Jones is sure he got every human being in the two wards which he worked. He thinks his assistants , did as well. But the fact remains that Elizabeth City had an abun dance of houses to rent even as late as 1916; Elizabeth City has had several hundred new homes built in ten years. Now one can't find a vacant house in town, there are hundreds of new fam ilies in town and Elizabeth City's crop of babies has been coming along at the average rate of more than a score a month. Dr. C. B. Williams, for many years City Health Officer and recorder of vital statistics, is of the opinion that the city's births have exceeded deaths by 1.000 in ten years.- And yet Uncle Sam's census takers says our popula tion has increased only 531 souls. The Elizabeth City Chamber of Com merce, the Merchants Association and ' the Board of Aldermen are actively at work on this census hoax and they are going to prove the census takers all 'wrong or keep very quiet about it. , x One fact has -already cropped out in checking up on this Federal census; there are a thousand or more persons not included in the corporate limits of the city, living mostly in the Euclid Heights section adjoining the Fourth Ward boundaries, and on the north side of the Norfolk Southern Rail Road, ad joining the First Ward. People in both these sections are served by the city inailSat riervs but are not included in : the census of Elizabeth City. - . Second Quarter. 5,183.40 Third Quarter 4.41.tvS Fourth Quarter I.S39.04 Total 1914 First Quarter $5,000.47 Second Quarter ' 5.377.02 Third Quarter 5.047.59 Fouither Quarter 6,259.84 Citv Chamber of Commerce to be in the Masonic Hall this evening pro mises to be the biggest and most excel lent social event of this or any other season. The menu as well as program smacks of more good things than were health ever before assembled at one eommun- ........ Vvni- i tnlrinp- the ore liminary steps ity gathering. for an election it was found that an act j Tlie guests and speakers at to-jiights of the legislature would be necessary , dinner will be Rev. C. A. Ashby, pas- i,,.fni-P -in election could te neiu. so mis uu ui n.e vu.u... ; - and educational work of the r(,,:lvs the building project another year. If. A CAR LOAD OF FARM LIGHTING PLANTS HERE I: t lMn-t ion county. ,f A solid far load of Lalley Farm light ing plants received by the Farm Light of Elizabeth City, this week indicates the interest in farm lighting in ! it ti..,ti.rn North Carolina coun- IIK'M' HI" ting all the commissioners.; . -ii oniv he a matter of a tew his ! committee, headed Dy .J. , .... .,.,, everv farmer will liavi ! ! members of the Cham- ; ' i(w.tric light and power on his farm and representative cit- ,, prlll Light & Motor Co. already present, and the .'.as dominant nation of the pint of -j . .....i-.-s for most of the plants receiv- resulting in I ( (( in (-ar load shipment, sale of the ! . . ! PROF. KELLY MILLER TO .i-i,...iai, s::oo.OlO is but a small SPEAK AT STATE NORMAL '! .i iii;d" will not build very many - "!' hard surface roads, the citizens I i, of. Kelly Miller, of Howard Univer-1 " . i wh. hned with delight that ' a sity. Washington. D. C. will make tlie im,;,, has been made. commencement address at the colored i, ,i i i.'. i I state normal school of this city, Friday mVl.t Ann Z.. J'ror. tinier i t-a.j There are now enrolled m tne w nire schools 1.425 pupils and over 800 in the colored schools. There are 38 teachers in the white schools and 2-in the colored. . YOUNG EYESIGHT IN OLD AGE ! "i'-.v on the part of the commiss'oners !i u:ml ). hieing the county in debt, but with the support and co-operation the loi-al chamber, they are determ- "'d to join the raViks of "unties of the state. progressive . t c li i ii t-i' t-- on1 s one ot tne ioicmiui, miu' peak- ers of his race. Coihmencement exercises at the State Normal begin Friday, Apr. 16, conclud ing Friday, Apr. 23. You can't grow younger ; but you can enjoy good sight to a ripe old age, if you -change your glasses as the advancing years demarnl. -My eyeglass service is based on long experience, modern equipment and progressive me- thods in optometry. This entitles me to your ser ious consideration,if your eyes need glasses. - N DR. J. D. HATHAWAY Phone 999 : : Eliz. City, N. C herd of Raleigh. N. C and tormerly pastorN of Christ Church of this city. Major General W. S. McNair. Comman der of Camp ISragg. Fayetteville, N. C; Rev. Rob White. Jr.. Chaplain of the 21st. Field Artillery, U. S. A.; Rev. E. L. Cole, pastor of Salem Baptist Church; Hon. E.;F. Aydlett and Col. I. M. Meek ins. Tresident Harry G. Kramer will be the toastmaster. The dinner will not be an all talk fest; there Avill be music to enliven things between rounds, under the di rection of Frank R. Hufty, Musical Di rector of Christ Church. The music will consist of several choruses by a picked choir and vocal solos by Mrs. Wesley Foreman and Miss Virginia Hufty. Sev eral instrumental musical numbers will be rr-ndered by the Alkrama Theatre Orchestra. From the number of. good things in store it would not be unreason able to expect the dinner to last from 7 p. m. till midnight. The committee in charge of the event is composed of J. T. McCabe, Chairman; T. T. Turner, J. T. Stallings, A. R. Ni cholson; Mesdames Carl Blades. How ard Kramer and Thorburn Bennett. It is estimated there will be" more than 200 covers laid for the banquet -ith the same skill as the more intense ly emotional offerings, and in her negro spiritual and folk song selection Miss Nielsen captivated the audience. Her deep insight into the real feelings back of these songs was amply .demonstrated by the absence of freak embellishments which the soloist in concerto often adds, and spoil the elemental beauty of them." In addition the Neilsen concert of April 22nd. the Parsonage Society Cir cle announces 'the appearance here on May 21st of Miss Sue Harvard, sopra no, and Mr. Samuel Gardnes, violinist. ;,i inint recital of more than usual me announced late Total 1915 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Total ; 1916 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter Total 1917 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter ) Total .SS22.2S4.92 S5.S76.56 5.494.96 5.300.54 6.262.74 $22,934.80 .$0,127.53 6,443.S4 5.901.05 6.984.03 O. D. FAILURE HURTS ELIZABETH CITY TOO Discontinuance of Steamers Between Norfolk and New York WiJ Em barrass Many Shippers $25,456.45 $6,665.18 6.574.91 5.949.01 8.518.10 $27,707.20 1918 First Quarter Second Quarter Third Quarter Fourth Quarter $8,110.08 8,233.02 8.364.02 9.9S6.05 The Old Dominion Steamship Co., for years the principal carrier of fish and truck from Norfolk, Va. to New York City, has been sold out and the service practically abandoned. The an nouncement to this effect is as deeply regretted by Elizabeth City and section, as by the city of Norfolk itself. It was via Old . Dominion steamers that . most of our fish, potatoes and other produce -moved to the New York mar' kets, usually, enabling local shippers to put their goods on the New York mar ket a day earlier than by rail freight. President H. B. Walker of the Old Dominion line met with the Chamber of Commerce of Norfolk Monday of this week and admitted to that body that his company was "down and out," having operated at a loss for many months, its surplus wiped out. "There is nothiDg for us to do but to dissolve," declared Presi dent Walker. The Norfolkians appoint ed a committee to see what could be done toward relieving the serious situ- J ation which confronts the trucking grow ers of that section, since the Old Do minion will no longer serveM:hose impor tant interests. y Total $34,693.17 i. 1919 First Quarter $9,254.75 Second Quarter 8,751.86 Third Quarter 7,130.29 Fourth Quarter 8,894.00 Total .$34,031.50 JOHN HOLLOWELL BANKS AUTOS TO STOP AT ST. CORNERS rit. further details of which will DcJ ship, this county. He was about years old aii is survived u.v ins ne. who was Miss Annie Kramer, a daughter of the late Daniel Si Kramer. BOX PARTY There will be a Box Party at Ep worth School Wednesday night, April 14. The public is invited. C. A. COOKE, FOR LEGISLATURE t the earnest solicitation of my many friends, and at their request. I announce myself a Candidate to represent Pas quotank County in the next Legislature, subject to the Democratic Primary. I belong to no faction, and shall strive to Ho what is best for the greatest num ber of people. I shall greatly appreciate those who support me. but for those who mav not see their way clear to do so. I shall have nothing less than the warmest friendship. ' Yours respectfully. cAP9-tf. C. A. COOKE. r - John Ilollowell Banks, formally years a successful retail grocer of this city, died at his home on Martin St. in this city Friday, April. 2. He had been in ill health for several years, the condi tion of his health forcing his retirement from business a few years ago. Mr. Banks was a native of Nixonton town- No More CoIItssions at Three Dangerous Main St, Intersections BOSWELL GORDON A quiet but pretty marriage took place Wednesday afternoon at 2:15 at the home of Mrs. Mary J. Gordon on Sou thern Avenue, when her daughter. Miss Janie Gordon, became the bride of Tho mas J. Boswell formerly of Edentoi The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. M. Ormond, pastor of the First Met thodist Church, and there were no at tendants. The bride was given away by her brother, C. F. Gordon. She wore a traveling suit of dark blue tricotine, with accessories to match. Mr. and Mrs. Boswell left on the three o'clock train Jor a wedding tour to Washington and Baltimore. On their return they will, make their home in tin's city. Acting upon a suggestion recently sub mitted exclusively by this newspaper, the Board of .Aldermen of Elizabeth City have taken a step which -will go a long way toward the elimination of aurbmo bile accidents at. three of the most dan gerous corners in Elizabeth City. 'V Effective Monday April 15, all auto mobiles must come to a full stop at the intersections of Main, and Poindexter streets, Main and Road streets and Church and Road streets. The inter sections of these streets will be marked with bands of white and big letters "STOP" will remind the automobilist approaching any of these corners that he must bring his car to a full stop. This will absolutely do away with any possi bility of a serious collission at any of these corners. This stop system will also make those street corners safe for pedestrians and people on foot can cross the' streets at those intersections with out having to dodge and scamper out of , l. . C j.; . a 'e me naj ul a continuous siream oi rap-" idly moving motor cars. If the system works advantageously at these three corners, it will be applied to several ther more or less dangerous street intersections. Ten dollars will be the fine for violating the new law. 7 ' v.
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