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FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1921 ,PAGE six THE INDEPENDENT Gets His on a Silver Platter MM ..V -'TH'gi':1 0 ' W. O. SAUNDERS, Editor THE INDEPENDENT ELIZABETH CITY; N., Cv ' " " ' .' I . .". ': "' ""V 'V.V'"1. '. ' t ' ''t fS;V'Mi'.n!i . .hh mnr aim ami amr -.mi ,imr amt ami amt rfmi ami ami ami rffflt ami dffli ami ami ami ami am am gM Ml ,9M,flill Mil am urn ?Hf amrT i r ? 11 published Every Friday in the Year by W. 0. Saunders, at 505 E. Fearing St Elizabeth City, Pasquotank County, N. C. . . .- Subscription Rates: 1 year $1.50; 8 months $i:0Q; 3 months 50c Entered as 2nd. class matter at the postoffice at Elizabeth City, N. C, June 9, 1908 Represented in Norfolk, Va. by J. H. McLaughlin, office in Ledger D:spatch Building. Phone 25823 VOL. XIII. FRIDAY, APRIL. 8, 1921. NO. 680. Worth Giving a Trial X EFFORT is being made to establish Community Service in Elizabeth City. The presence of Frank R. McNinch, district representative of Community Service, in Elizabeth ..-.. t j i i j City this week meant that Community service naa not oeen sum in Elizabeth City. The town hasn't seriously, taken to it. Mrw Mc Ninch is plainly disturbed. His heart and soul are in Community Service. He 'has seen the wonders it has worked in impossible places. But Frank McNinch is opposed to thrusting anything on a people who are not ready and eager for it. ' If Elizabeth City doesn't want Community Service, he would not have Community Service thrust upon Elizabeth City whether or no. . Does Elizabeth City need Community Service ? This newspaper says it needs something and Community Service may be just the thing. The ministers of this town have charged tor months that the social life of the young people of the town is rotten with sexual filth and viciqusness: For months the ministers have grappled with the problem as they see it. Seven churches raise their spires to heaven in the white residential sections of this town and under the shadows of seven churches the town has gone to hell,-if we are to: believe all reports. Has it ever occurred to any one that there is something wrong with the churches? What do the churches know about the problems of the young life of the town? If the ycung are bad, if the young are given to evil pastimes and to evil associates, what do the churches offer the young? The answer is, "a straight and narrow path," which is most forbidding in an age which spends billions for macadam roads and great . white-ways. The churches have failed utterly in dealing with our social problems and will score greater failures if they continue to pursue their policy of repression and suppression.' The wise, red-blooded, fearless, indomitable youth of the twentieth century "are riot going to be suppressed. They will be led but they can hot be driven. The churches have not reached them. Community Service, with no creed, no ritual and no prayer book does reach both the young and the, old and fill their leisure hours with clean, healthful, helpful things to do. You can talk all you like about the need of people -working more and of children being driven to work, work, work. But there is an inherent demand for relaxation, recreation and play that has come down to the chil-J dren and their parents from' the very childhood of the race' when all life was a contest of bone and muscle and work had not been organized. Any society that fails to provide an outlet for human expression of the play instinct develops a society of men, women and children filled with unrest, diseased imaginations and dangerous emotions. We have developed such a society here, tho I would 'swear that Elizabeth City is "not morally worse than any other aver age American town. . , ' Elsewhere in this newspaper to-day I am telling something of what went on in a meeting in Elizabeth City this week. One who listened in on that meeting would be led to believe that Elizabeth City is doomed to hell and that the devil has his hooks on the very flower of our boyhood and girlhood. Is it true? Even if it is not true, if so many people believe such things what should the people not be willing to spend in any endeavor to help the youth of this town find their place? That's the question. If you are one of "those who believe' that things are as bad as they have been painted, what is a paltry four or iive thousand dollars a year to provide play leaders, song leaders and recreation centers for the people of this town, to. organize the leisure time of all the people of thetown and direct the people in the way of community fellowship and community service? Let's have Community Service. If we can spend a hundred thousand a year on creeds that have failed to save, we can afford to chunk another five thousand into another experiment. ' We are recreant in our duty to our God and to ourselves if we hesitate on account of the cost. We have here a Y. M. C. A. building which has ceased tobe a Y. M. C. A. or anything very efficient. We long ago recognized the need of such a community center and determined to carry this shell of an institution along until we could make better use of it. Is not here the opportunity we have sought? Why not pay a little more into this Y. M. C. A. hobby of ours, take down the name with which it is labeled and turn itt over to Community Service. There is no copyright on this suggestion ; pass it on and talk about it wherever you go. f , v ' ' V 4 - - . - j 4 S ' 4 - - , - '4f- f-X t I c? -1 .'ACS f v Is. S V - w i V A 1 COL. ISAAC M. MEEKINS. - ELIZABETH CITY has been expecting recognition of this distinguished citizen by the Harding administration and -it has come. Col. Meekins has been tendered the office of General Counsel to the Alien Property Custodian division of the De partment of Justice. The office carries with it a, salary of $7,500 a year and perquisites. ; Col. Meekins is in Washington this week trying to decide whether to accept. If the work is of such an exacting nature as to require him to make his residence in Washington he is not sure he . wants' it. If it can-e arranged for him to serve the office five days week and make the week-end in Elizabeth City, he Is inclined to a.ccept. The, office Is one of great trust and responsibility and puts this Elizabeth City .man on the ground floor of the -administration. The tender ef the office is particularly gratifying to Col. Meekins and his friends because it came as a, oxvteful expression of appreciation from national party lead ers for the loyalty, ability and unselfishness with : which he has seryed the national organization for many years. The first . news of the appointment exploded like a bomb among certain, patronage' seekers in the state who -were assur6dthat Col. Meekins wasn't seeking anything and who were nearly certain that Juicy plums were reserved only for those who would pull the wires and grab for them. G3 at the present time in the position of the proletarian who';thought ,t - " e A A A A 'AAA. - .-. . ,1 -T A A C . tpat ii ne naa an egg ne wouiq nave najn ana eggior DreaKrast, if he could get the ham. The -joint :. stocK land Tanks cSn't get mony to lend the farmer at six per cent, so long as the j'oint stock and banks can't sell their bonds at 5 percent. Mr; F. W McKinney, secretary of the Virginia-Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank makes a statement this week in which he ex presses the conviction that relief for the farmers in the way of long-time Federal loans will Come only thru the, ability of the banks to .charge a higher rate of interest. But that, is a banker's viewpoint. . . Do we want a higher rate of interest? What's the matter with our great Federal Reserve system that it can not or. will not lower present excessive rates of interest ? It seems to some of us that if this Federal Reserve System is all it has been cracked up to be it should be able to control the interest fate and keep it at a point where the holders of U. S. Liberty Bonds and other gov ernment paper would be protected. Why have Federal land banks been compelled to'do business on a fair rate of interest while private controllers of the, country's coin are permitted to do pretty much as they please? Of course a banker can explain this to his own satis faction, but such explanations as have been advanced don't satisfy the man in the street or the man in the furrow. A Good Record G GOOD ROADS, AND DRAINAGE Federal Farm Loans VERYTHING is going down except the rate of interest. Some commodities, notably cotton have shown a deprecia tion of 200 per cent or more. But interest rates have ad vanced 25 per cent. . And now comes the Virginia-Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank with an announcement that it can not function because of low rates of interest. The j'oint stock land banks and the Federal land banks were brought into being by the Federal farm loan act when the necessity of granting long-time loans to the farmers of the country became acute. The j'oint stock land banks loan on the amortization plan, all loans being for a period of twenty years, at an interest rate in this State of 6 per cent, with the principal reduced each year. Loans may be made for the following purposes : ToTaid in the purchase of land for agricultural purposes; to provide for the pur chase of equipment, fertilizer, live stock and other equipment ; to enable land owners to invest in buildings, drainage, and for other improvement of farm lands; to liquidate and consolidate f the in debtedness of farm owners and tenants into Jong term loans. Loans are granted 'on approved security up to 50 per cent of.' the value of the land plus 20 per cent upott-the insurable value of permanent buildings. No loan of more than $50,000 is permitted! The j'oint stock land banks are authorized to lend money at not less than six per cent. But to get the money to lend at this rate, the land banks must sell five per cent bonds. No one wants five v.cu.uonas' wnen xax Iree goveramentpns-yielding 5U Crely m Wofidtdo move Cent interest arp a Arncr nn thf tnarW on VTm., "VT 1. i i-f . . . T-Lf r 7 .'. . u"uu,v-" uAUKcrs can i wftether the Sun do. as Tohri Tas- per preached, .prtndt. And Men, O ONE will hardly accuse this newspaper of holding a brief for a chain gang, but let this be said in behalf of J. E. Provo, superintendent of the Pasquotank chain gang. Mr. Provo has been in charge of that gang now about five years. During that time he has not had a case of pneumonia, typhoid or flue. Dur ing the epidemic of influenza two years ago there were 20 to 25 convicts in the Pasquotank county camp. Not one of these con victs contracted the epidemic disease. Not one of the guards was affected in that time. J. E. Provo has been superintending convict camps thirteen years all told. This newspaper is reliably informed that there has never been a case of typhoid, pneumonia, influenza or smallpox in one of his camps. This surely speaks well for the sanitary conditions of the convict camp and the care and feeding of the inmates under this man. 0 0 1 our uru smst is 71 m v. Tha n a 1 71 A m 1-4 0 0 VT; ore 7 t erenant 0 0 0 0 O -THE; Pharmacist, as . weir as 'others, in these days of re-adjustment, there . is a strong temptation to forget the. past, to disregard the future and to heed only the present with its clamor for lower prices. There is the temptation to buy stale stocks at little prices to make a price-cutting splurge. ' There is the temptation to buy inferior goods and sell them to a trade accustomed to quality prod ucts. - ' ' " - ' l v. .: " ' ' .- - ' . ' But the wise buyer knQws that real economy lies . in buying articles of merit, and this is where your druggist comes in. ; , . , - Scientifically, as-well as practically, trained in the selection of his stock in trade, a druggist with pro fessional pride would not sell you 'an unworthy article. v h "' i Most people have confidence in their druggist. We intend to hold fast to that confidence, which we have Been patiently building all these years. Be assured that what.you buy of us will be right in price, but right in; QUALITY first. . 0 d U ft 0 0 H 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0' 0 0 -- 0 . The City Drug Stote H. S. & V. K. OVERMAN, Registered Pharmacists. : Cor. Water and Matthews Sts. : ' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 mm NORFOLK MARKETS Pnone Norfolk' 2391 Norfolk, Va., April 7, 1921. Reported especially for THE INDE PENDENT by Jarvis &. Fentress. The following prices represent actual sales made to-day. Items not quoted we not sow to-day and tfce Food Administration prohibits quotations other than actual sales. Eggs - . Hens 30c Chickens: s . s -: 1H to 1 lbs. 70c 2 lbs and over - 45c to 55c Roosters iSC Dressed Hogs (medium) 10c to 14c New Sweet Potatoes: Nancy Halls - $3.50 to $4.50 Haymans. : $3.00 to $3.50 Yellow Barks -l- $3.00 to $3.25 NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION drag as much money out of the country banks as, they can lend at per cent. The joint stock Jand banks, designed to help the farmers,. -are Everybody in Eastern Carolina ought to be in terested in good Roads, and Drainage. The re cent General Assembly authorized the immedi ate; building ,of Fifty Million Dollars' worth of year-around depend able roads. And there will be. a Drainage Con vention, presumably, to aiscuss ways and means for draining - Eastern Carolina, held . here in Elizabeth City next Young Men, and Boys, if you want to get 'into vthe procession you have got to wear good Clothes! There is no question about our having what.you want, and that at the right price. So come early, and get your choice while the selections are greatest, and the season in which they are intend ed to be worn, is longest. You cannot, with justice to yourself, afford -to buy your Suit, Furnishings, Hats, Caps, Underwear nor Shoes, until you have seen bur Styles and Prices. We have a Big line to select from, and would be delighted to show you, regardless of whether you buy of us or not. Come to see us! . ' c: A. COOKE, Elizabeth Cty, N. .C JOHN H. BEALE. John H. Beale, age 73, died at the' Pasquotank 3ounty Home Tuesday nigVt. He had been an inmate of the County Home about two years, having gone there after an attack of paralysis. He was an Odd Fellow and the Odd Fellows gave him burial Wednesday a- rnooTi.' '-..:------::-r r-r-. t- Pursuant to mn Act of the General. Assembly of North Carolina. Session 1915. Chapter 841, and amendments thereto.' the Board of Aldermen of the City of Elizabeth City, did, at their last remilar meetine. held Monday, April 4th, order an election to be held on Tuesday, May 10th, 1921, for - the purpose of electing eight aldermen, two, of same to be elected in ea-!h of the four wards of the city by qualified voters residing in said' wards; and for the purpose of electine a mayor at large, also for the purpose of Toting on an increased -salary for the City Manager dating from February lUtn, luzu. until his present term expires. it was- further ordered that the following De deaiimated as nollinc places: First Ward: . Godfrey's Store. Second Ward: Store back of Williams Store on Harney Street, Third Ward: Whitehurst Store. Fourth Ward: City Market. . That the following electors were appointed to act as Registrars and Poll Holders: Registrars: First Ward: Mr. H." G. Godfrey. Second Ward : . Mr. Charlie Williams. Third Ward : Mr. W. M. Hinton. Fourth Ward: Mr. Newton A. Jones. Poll Holders: First Ward: Mrs. ,A. B. Houtz and Mr. L. jR. Foreman. ' Second Ward: Mrs. Mary Trueblod and Mr. E M. Stevens. Third Ward: Miss Marcie Albertsqn and Mr. John Li. Wells. . Fourth Ward : Mrs. Bessie Stewart and Mr. G. A. Twiddy, ( in their respective wards. That the period of registration for all who have not registered and for any who have re moved their residences shall be from April 23rd, 1921, to April 30th, 1921, both inclusive from 9 O'clock A. M. until 5 O'clock P. M. each day respectively, except Saturdays, at which time the books Bhall be kept open until 8 O'clock P. M. ' That ballots shall be made of white paper size 1 1-2 by 3 with names of candidates writ ten or printed thereon. It was further ordered that on election day the polls shall be open from 6 :30 O'clock A. M. until 6:30 O'clock P. M. - . The candidates ' shafi furnish their own bal lots. . , i: W. ,G, GAITHER. -MILLS E. BELL.; Mayor. Auditor. c.Apr.8-5t Tliewe Rfere For You An unusually attractive line of Priestley. Zefirrettes are now on dis play at our store. v V Light in weight, attractive in ap pearance, yet possessing the' wearing qualities of an all wool suit. . Reasonably priced for CASH. D. Walter Harris THE CITY TAILOlV , Hinton Bldg. Main Street. CAR00N VOLKMAN. Nathan H. Caroon of this county and Mrs. Matilda Tolkman, widow of the late J. T. Volkinan, of Powell's Point, Cur rituck county, were married here Tues day t morning. ANXIOUS TO MARRY. Tony Amarina and Miss Curtis Bell Dpwe of Norfolk, who were marrjed in this city Wednesday, made the. trip to Elisabeth City on -a . motorcycle ; Mc Miss Iria ' barWht x of Elizabeth City was married to Carl McClees. of Norfolk in the latter city Sunday. They will make their home In Norfolk after southern wedding trip. "A Thrill of Msw Life Men! We want to show you how this large Bible Class is sending, a thrill of new life through men in this city. We want to show you the acid test of the strength of this great class of men. - 1st. ....This class leads ken ' to' God. , .. 2nd. It sets her members to doing good 'in the world. ' 3rd.' It pays strict, attention, to its sick members. , 4th. It's making your home' safe. . ' . 5th. . It .teaches men what to do to be saved. fi?eth..:: It teaches men how to handle the'sttruth; . ; . .: ; . ' 7th. , .It maintains, an .employment . commigej,., . . i8th. It1 maintains a sick committee. " ' ' .' ' ' !? 'tn 'itf helps " me 'when'. they t'ihro'ngn;?'-''-,-' lf: ilbthv- It helps siaett vtaen they are dowri and- out; " Men! What are you doing for the .Sunday School t v Are you just keeping ip in sight as the sea gulls keep a ship in sight, waiting for a bait; to be thrown to you? This Bale Class now throws , ten baits to .cf re 7on just going to nibble, or will you decide, to take the cork under; and be pulled in? Now, it's" up to you. Don't give some old leaky Excuse. Come and join us next Sunday.' . -t.".Forv.the. past two Sundays we have had eleven new members, and next Sunday we expect a blizzard of new members. The man who won't join this Bible Class cannot say in the judgment, ribr on the way to the iodgmeiitfc'No man caredNfor my soul."; r "Meni-ome and let nr help you. Tou need n and we-need-Vea. A glad-welcome awaits you at the largest Men's Bible ClaBS in the city, at y '( V?T7;OAD M. JE. CHURCH, SOUTH. E. L. ROGERS, President; ' ; . " , P. 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