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: r ELIZABETH CITY'S JwlMSTC IVI'ITI"! BIAS SEMI-WEEKLY PAPER J7S WITHOUT PREJUDICE VOL IV ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY DECEMBER 14, 1915 NO 9 HE TINE ADDRESS And Many V olu nteered for Moonlight School Work Which is to Begin Janu ary Third Community Service Day In Pas quotank was observed last Satur day at the Alkrama with J. P. 'Thompson, presiding, J. K. Wilson as master of ceremonies and Prof. JL C. Branson as the speaker of the day. A considerable number Of people of the city and many from the country were present. The exercises were opened by the singing of America and with ;prayer by Dr. B. C. Hennlng. In troductory remarks were made by J. K. Wilson who urged that the local committees that had been ap- footed in the different districts make plans for definite work In "Community Service'' and especially in Moonlight School work. In the absence of Mr. Ashby, who was prevented by illness in his fami)y from being present, Dr. B. C. Henning spoke 'very Impressive ly on the Church's -Place in Com munity Service, stating that the church should be active and effi cient in. Community Service and that this was really one of Its great est missions. "Mrs. James Fearing read the Proclamation for Moonlight School Month by the Governor ( and Mrs. Cam W. Melick read fiupt. Joy tier's letter calling upon the teach ers, the preachers, the press and the unselfish citizenship f the tate to enlist In Moonlight School work In their section. Mrs. Melick also told of her efforts to get an appropriation of 1250 from the county commissioners for Can ning Club Work in Pasquotank county and urged those present to se their influence toward bringing the Commissioners to vote for the appropriation. County 8upt. of Education, W. 31. Hlnton, told of Pasquotank's place in the illiteracy column and urged a great crusade for the com plete wiping out of this menace to "the county's progress and further greatness. Pasquotank, he said, had much to be proud of In that illiteracy is less prevalent here than in most counties of the State, hut nothing to be proud of because till one out of every fifteen of Its adults is illiterate.. Supt Spra gins of the Elizabeth City Graded School spoke of the need of edu atton of the right sort among the negroes. He said that much of the money spent for nero educa tion had been wasted because the aney given was not what the negro Riled and he urged that there i ro to be Moonlight Schools for m wel as whites during Monllght School Month In Pasquo- Dr. R. L. Kendrick made a short address on Health and Sanitation. He Stressed first that good health was an individual matter that It was the duty of every citlsen to protect himself from disease by malting every effort to prevent it. The remedy fcr the carelessness of people in protecting themselves, lie said would be found br educa ting the young of the land, through - Ihe.bublle schoola aa to (he causes . K disease and its prevention. v Fwowing Dr. Hendricks address v VVU0IVDBNIIU OIU all BJJURvj TCI ttfhiy of the University Extension -War? "When volunteers were called for who would enlist to serve the cause of Moonlight Schools either by teaching or in some other way, all along with about 150 other citizens. The Climax of Interest ' f vTh climax of Interest, : came in subject was,'' Pasquotank - To4ay i 1 To-morrow f Ilia '. lalk' was sou n t FUNERAL MRS. MOLLIE WILLIAMS The funeral of Mrs. Mollie Wil liams was conducted in Zeigler's undertaking parlors Sunday after noon at three o'clock by Rev. E. F. Sawyer. , j4 , ,. , . ,. Mrs. Williams died Thursda In Brooklyn, New York, at the ndme of her daughter, Mrs. Nannfe MflO Kershaw. The body reached this Oity Thursday. Mrs. Williams was born in Elizabeth City about fify years ago. She was the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Broth ers. She is survived by four child ren; Edgar Williams of this city. Thomas H. Wiiliama, quarter mas ter in the itfivy, Mrs. Nannie Mae Kershaw of Brooklyn, and Mrs. Bessie L. Dairy. thoughtful, intensely practical, and pointed the way to righteousness, progress prosperity and happiness in 1'asquotank. He said: "I have elected to talk to you about yourselves. You see I am trying to escape being a bore. A bore you know is a person who in sists on talking to you about him self when you want to be talking to him about yourself. "I know fairly well the story and the glory of Pasquotank In the Al bemarle country in bygone days. But you will perhaps be willing to forgive me for a greater interest in Pasquotank today and day after to morrow than in Pasquotank day be fore yesterday. A student of bu siness, life and folks is given to the round about and lorward look more than the rearward look. The flies of the North Carolina Club at the University are crowded with economic and social studies of Pasquotank, along with all the other counties of the state. I have sifted these studies and am presenting the results under three heads: (1) Things to be proud of in Pasquo tank. (2) Prpblems to be Solved in Pasquotank, and (3) Co-operative Solution of Pasquotank Problems. Things To Be Proud of In Pasquotank 1. A brisk and beautiful little capital city of 10,000 people. Frank ly Elizabeth City takes me by sur prise after a lapse of twent" yesrs. More than half the population of tlrs county is in this one city, which grows at a thirty two per cent rate during the decade, or two and a half times faster than the country population 2. Small illiteracy rates. Only three counties have smaller ratios of Illiterate whites, 10 years o'd ana over; and only four counties make a better showing in the literacy of wh t voters. 3. A high rate of church member ship, 58 per cent o the total popula tion. It is 18 per cent above the average for the state. In per cent of church membership Pasquotank county outranks 94 counties. Never theless, 3,100 people In the county. 10 years of age and older, were not on the church rolls of any denomina tion In 1906. 4. The willingness o' the people to bear leca' tax burdens. In 1913-14, the rate was 12.31 per thousand of assessed valuation; pnd In this par ticular Pasquotank county stood ahead of 84 counties in the State. 5. In per capita country wealth, Parquotank with $351 ranked 17th among the counties of the state in the census year. It is not a large amount, ft is barely a third of the average of the country people of the United States, and about a tenth that of the food and feed farmers of Iowa; but it is beyond the average of 83 counties. 6. Livestock wealth. In the censns year the county had 32 cattle per thousand acres and a rank of 22nd; but the number of hogs was 74 or nearly twice the"1 average for the state. In this particular only 12 counties made a better showing. It may be in teresting to know, however, that there were 6000 fewer pigs in the county in 1910 than la 1860. Pas quotank la also one of the 17 counties that gained Instead of los ing sheep during the eenaua period Her sheep more than treooiea in ARMY DESERTER8 CAUGHT AT HERTFORD , , Hertford, December 10 When it comes to catching army deserters Lieut. C. F. Sumner Jr. of this city is one of the ablest. Some time ago a couple of young white men, garbed In United States army togs, got off at this city and and asked for employment. They gave their names as Lewis Dye of New Jersey and Jack Hanothy of Ohio. (They said that they were strangers in this part of the country, and after a day or two secured employment on the farm of Mr. Whit Matthews near here and worked with him during the month of October and November. On the night of De cember 3rd Lewis Dye , while in a state of hysterics, shot himself in the side and was r shed to the Eliz abeth City hospital. As he had no relatives the county assumed the burden. In the meantime Lieut Sumner an ex-army man him se'f. wrote to Washington and made inquiries concerning Dye and Han othy. Thursday night he received a message from Washington asking him to detain these men if possible. As a result Hanothy is lodged in Jail awaiting further orders. The reward in each case Is fifty dollars, besides a good boost for the local detective. If you lose the set from a Queen City Ring we will replace It free of charge. See our line of Queen "City Rings. H. C. Bright, 14 South Poindexter Street adv ten years, and lier gain of 205 per cent puts the county first in this detail. However, live-stock farming in a free range tick infested area is at a great d sad vantage. Grades and breeds count for more than mere numbers. Problems To Be Solved In PasquoUnk 1. Fewer and better schools with larger salaries or the teachers. The last report shows the average (salary for white country teachers to be only $164 . Only six coun ties pay them smaller salaries. The teachers deserve better pay. Every white teacher In the county but one has a first grade license; three-fifths of them have had normal training, and fifteen of them have college diplomas. 2. An ill balanced farm system. Pasquotank is not a self-feeding and therefore not a self-financing farm community, or not so in the census year. At that time the money sent out of the county for food and feedstuffs was around 11 175,000. In two years It equals the total farm wealth ac cumulated in Pasquotank In 238 years. It was $400,000 more than tbe total farm wealth produced in the census year. It was nearly $900,000 more than the cotton money of that year. fThree hun dred and eighty-seven or nearly one-third of the farmers bought feed for their farm animals. The everage spent for this purpose was $34.90 per farm. In 1860 the farmers of Pasquo tank had their barns and bins. pantries cribs and smoke houses filled to bursting with home raised supp'ies . Their stock of farm animals averaged 530 lbs. of dress ed meat per Inhabitant? in 1910 it was 210 lbs. in the census year the county rip ahead of home ne cessities in meat products but far behind in grains, hay and forage. Then the farmers raised 70,000 bushels of wheat 575,000 bushels of corn. 39,000 bushels of rye- and 7,000 bushels of, oats all told. 690,000 bushe's ' of grain or 77 bushels for every man woman and child In the county. In 1910 the wheat cron was only 142 bushels and the corn crop fell to 15 bushels per person. In potatoes alone of all the standard fodd crops was there a per capita lacrease during tyse sixty five years'. Then the county raised no cotton; In 1910 cotton alone produced 18 per ced IB i - VUuuuuju vn r(v BOUND OVER FOR HOUSE BREAKING , In pol.ce" court Tuesday Ed Mart n, colored, was bound over io the next term of Superior Court by Judge Sawyer on the charge of l.ouse breaking. Martin on Decern ber 2nd, is said to have entered the home of Dr. Card well, a colored physician of this city and to have tolen a number of va'uables. Offi cer Homes picked the offender up on the street after he had disposed of part of the sto en property. FARMER'S DAY AT OIL MILL Thursday afternoon, December !Uh w.ll be farmers' day at the ihnt of the Elizabeth City Oil F'ert llzer Company, that corpora- inn as a:ready stated in the col li;. ns of this paper, having is sued the farmers of thi section who are interested in soja beans a special invitation to come at that ime and watch the manufacture of Soja bean oil and other soja bean products. The farmers wi'l also have opportunity of meetlfis Prof. Williams of the Division of Agronomy at Raleigh and also Mr. W. J. Morse of the United Slates department of Agriculture. The occasion promises to be an in- interesting one, and farmers who attend will no doubt find it profita ble as well. The E izabeth City Oil and Fer tilizer Company are now in the market for beans and those who have any to offer for sale, will do well to get the mill's prices before selling. BASKET BALL FRIDAY The Elizabeth City High School Boys and the Elizabeth City B ues will play a game of basket ball on the Y. M. C. A. floor Friday even ing. STOKES PIERCE William George Stokes of Portsmouth and Miss C:ara Ward Pierce of Pinetown, N. C, were married here at the home of R. C. Abbott on Riverside Saturday af ternoon. The ceremony was per formed by Dr. B. C. Hennlng. FUNERAL OF INFANT (The funeral of Ste ma, the baby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jennings was conducted this after noon at half past two o'clock at the home on Parsonage street by Dr. B. C. Henning. Interment followed In Hollywood (Cemetery. TEMPERANCE MEETING DEFERRED The meeting of the W. C. T. IT. of this city, which was to have been he d at the First Methodist hucch last Sunday afternoon, has been deferred until next Sunday. The inclement we-ther of last Sun day prevented the meeting. SOLD 8AME G008E THREE TIMES AND STILL HA8 G008E Charlie Bryant, a young negro about 20 years o'd, was before Judge Sawyer to-day on the tfharge of stealing a goose. According to testimony in court Bryant sold the goose once and got part of the money for It; but when the per son to whom he sold the foul failed to ,pay the balance. Charlie went to the house at night and got the bird The same, performance was twice repeated; and in sobrt Charlie was acquitted and still his possession of the goose. He denies that he ever got any money from the par ties to whom he sold the goose. See our $5.00 Emblem Rings. Solid Gold. Genuine hard Ena mel. They are wonderful bar gains. H. C. Bright. 14 South Poln dexter street. adv FOR SALE: Double seated trap. In good condition. Apply to N. Q, Orandy " 4 .' Company r li npd SPECIAL MEETING WEDNESDAY NIGHT There will be a cal.ed meeting of the members of Blackwell Memor ial Church Wednesday night fol lowing the prayer service for the purpose of making arrangements about the disbursements of the church's Christmas charity funds. (The church has also received many donations in merchandise! this season, and arrangements will be made for their distribution. BLUES DEFEAT REDS The Elizabeth City Blues defeat d the Reds in a hard fought game basket ball Friday night on the Y. M. C. A. floor, by the score of to 28. The line up was as fi l ows: B ues Position Reds Cropsey F Evans Raper F Reia Weatherly C Williams Bundy G Jackson Brothers U Blades MRS GRICE ENTERTAIN8 The social event of last week was the delightful reception given by Mrs. Francis Marion Grlce Sat urday afternoon betwe the hours jf four and five-thirty at her home jq Main street in honor of Mrs. Baxter Bell of Afhevllle and Miss fciva Rodney of Laurel Delaware. Misses Milllcent Grlce and Mar garet Bondurant received the cards at the door, after which the guests were Invited into the hail by Mrs. S. B ades and Miss Mattie Reld and greeted at the living room door by Mrs. C. W. Holloweil and Miss lattie Whltehurst. In the re- e;v.n, line were: Mrs. F. M. Jnce, Miss Maude Grlce, Mrs Bax- or Beil, Miss Dora Grlce. Miss ;va Rodney, Miss fTell Grice, Mrs. . B. Fearing, Mrs. C. W. Grice, .lrs. R. T. Whltehurst MIbs Ruth Uiover, Mrs. A '.mire Whltehurst, Miss Sue Grice. Miss Mamie Mae Lay. and Miss Lillian Whltehurst. Mrs. Wesley Foreman, Mrs. WIl- iam Skinner and Mrs. Louis Selig nvltend the guests into the dining room where they were met by Mrs. Dan Morgan. Serving in the dm- ng room were: Mrs. Francis Jacocks, Mrs. Roland Sawyer, Miss Nell Wood, Miss Lou She ton Zoel- !er. Miss Annie Lee Cohoon. and Miss Almeda Carr. fThe guests were ushered from the dining room into the library by Miss Edna Kramer and Mrs. Walter Small. Here they were greeted by Mrs. C. O. RoblnBon, and Miss Fannie McMullan. Punch was served by Mrs. M. Leigh Sheep and Mrs. O. F. Gl bert assisted by Miss Bessie Cahoon and Mrs. Carl Blandes. Miss Dorothy Zoeller and Miss Maxlne Fearing were In charge of the Victrola. The entire interior of the home was brilliant with holiday decora tions of holly, pine, and red candles and nearly a thousand guests called during the afternoon. WANTED Loan of $40 on de sirable Road street. Property payable, 1, 2, 8, ft 4 years after date. Address 'AA' care of Ad- vanoe. tt r n pd tf. FOR SALE Farm'ng utensils, carts buggies, one 11(0 pound 7 year old lady-broke mare, one 8 year old mule, catle. hogs poultry, furniture, on 21st day of December at the Stokely farm near Elizabeth Clt. S. W. Hastings, Elizabeth City. N. C. de 14 8t pd FOUND One Dark cow. fl6 milking. Own er can have same by proving own ership and pacing "outs. Have had cow about four weeks. Ezra Jennings, R. F. D. 1. Elizabeth City. N. C. dec 14 3t The child died Sunday night be tween eleven o'clock and midnight II lie OS in II And What The Chinese Manufacture From Bean Now Increasingly Pro duced Here Ra ei-h, N. C. December 8 It might be of interest to know that the thief soy bean producing coun ties in the Or ent are Manchuria, Korea Japan and the two north ern provinces of China. More than one million tons of soy beans are produced annually In Manchuria. Because of poor facilities for trans portation -of these beans from the interior po.nts, they aro not brought down until after snow has occurred. This frequently makes a late and congested condition for shipment of beans to other parts of the world. Rudely constructed sledges are used by the growers to bring the beans to market. The beans produced In Northern Manchuria are generally more highly priced than those pro duced in Southern Manchuria. Prac tically all of the beans grown la Manchuria that find their way Into the outside world come through the ports of Dalren, Antung, Newcb.- wang, and Vladivostok." Those beans which are sent to the latter port are chiefly -onsigned for ship ment to European countries, but most of those that go through the other three ports are crushed in the mills before shipment abroad. In 1912 there were at Antung fif teen power mills used in pressing the oil from the seed. The out put from these mills during that year was 35,875 tons of bean cake and 4,300 tons of oil. At Dairen during the same year there were forty six power mills that had a combined output of 304,615 tons of cake and 29,954 pounds of oil. In 1913 at this latter port there were established three other mills, and the combined output of forty-nine mills at Dalren during this year was 309,159 tons of cake and 26 223 tonsv of oil. At Newchwang there were in 1912 15 power mills used in crush ing the beans. The output from these during that year was 107,245 tons of cake and 14,679 tons of oil. Besides the power mills located at these p'aces there are numerous hand and horse power mil's used in crushing the beans. The power mills at Dalren are operated chiefly by kerosene engines Imported from Japan. There were in the city of Mukden thirty two mills operated by horse power. In the Harbin district of Manchuria there are three power mills whose output was ap roximately 12,280 tons of cake and 1,214 tons of oil In 1913. It will be seen from the figures given above that Dalren stands out clarly as the great soy bean milling center of all Manchuria. Dairen was the first city In Man churia to see the advantage of crushing and exporting the bean products rather than the beans (Continued On Page Eight) FIR8T NATIONAL BANK OF ELIZABETH CITY, N C. NOTICE: The regular meeting of stock holders of this bank for the elec tion of directors will be held at the office of the First National Bank, Main Street, on Tuesday, January 11th, 1918, between the hours ef two and three p. m. W. G. Gaither, Jr., Cashier. tt If you are at a loss to know what to select for him, her or them, see our French Ivory Toilet, Manicure, and Tourist Seta. V H. C. Britht HUM i
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