Negro Exodus Is Stayed
And Return Movement On
'. i! I l<>?? in I I. i- a* in I'rrvUiiix Migration- I aek? Im
i.l.i- irf Oulso I > i: i KvciiluulK ll Will Itrin^
"\ln?l of Itlack labor Dark llomr
ny ItOIIKIlT T. SMA1.I.
i f on?rl|ht. |1Ji. By Th? Atmncd
-T;- c-l. ? >!i\ ilh\ Ma., Jan. 1 I. -The negro exodus from the
Siu:'!i I- been stayed and a great return movement has begun.
Th ? ? i !??>?? ifer can l>e any doubt of this. You hear it from the
railroad olfiei.-ds and trainmen and you see it for you. self on a
day's ,i>urney through the Southland.
Till' ' How of" the ii'
j?n> It: - not tin' illilK'tUs tli.it 1
0110 ti it- u'us attained l>.v the
outtfo. It is nut tin- result of an
export 'Ion nor has ft any finan
cial I) ekinif.
The i.' ,nn * are coming back sin
?|y or in groups ?it two and I li t*?
OrcMsin* . l!v on*- encounters a IIikim ?
wllian lamilx group. \ trail colored
woma.. boarded tin- M?ethhm;ml
tin in at Washington. Willi li? r
were th'ii children. the oil*
appea I 'll - lo about t ?? n years of
iur. With the husband arid father,
tills too. had heard 1 1??* rail
of tin Nortli. It lia?l migrated t *?
Philadelphia. ttut a family of nin?
on a'SoutlM-rn farm and a family of
liili** in tin* crowilnl colored quart*-!'
of Philadelphia an* two entire'; dif
f?>r?'til proposlt ions. The mother an*l
children have come home. That was
all tin* money they had. The father
must work a Huh* longer in the
North until he also can return to th ?
farm.
Tin* backward in this of the negro
Is heinu regulated entirely by his or
her ability to pay the expense of (jet
ting home. There was no such dif
ficult) encountered in leaving the
South. The country -.side was It llcl
witli industrial agents- drumming up
the emigrants, offering "them waiie.<
they had never heard of before and
presenting them with railroad tick
ets to the new promised land.
Tlr.it has always l>ern one of tin*
most pitiful sides of all the negro
in i_ ratoi > mriv omenta of 1 1 1? ? pa it .
this constant searching for the
"promised land." In some way the
negroes associate it with the ramp
nie< ling and revival songs that they
Fin*:. They begin to believe Lbtvre is
a land that is fairer than this, and
then along conies some colonizer
painting the picture of a land tlow
ing with milk and lionev right her '
on earth without llie necessity of
v.alt inu for the hereafter. It is esti
mated that the poor deluded negroes
of the South have sunk in the ag
gregate millions of hard earned dol
lars in the various schemes to trans
port them to Liberia, to other parts
of Africa and to some golden tropic
island in the never-never land. Fre
quently | he day of departure has
be, .|i set by the fraudulent promot
ers and thousands of negroes, hav
in.u given ii |? homes* and jobs and
money . have been left waiting at Hid
depot.
The recent cold waves in the
North and West have driven the re
cently migrated negroes home in
large numbers. Many of those who
went out of Georgia and Alabama
were taken to Chicago. Thai was to
be their Promised Land, lint when
the Chicago mercury ten days ago
went sllditiu down to 1 degrees l:e- j
low zero, the promised land became
one of suffering and misery to llie
negroes who at home had always
thought of a temperature of 40 de
grees above a.* a "slio null" cold
wave.
The return of the negro Is viewed
with a great deal of s?tisfactioii#by
the white people here in the South
east. They say now that they knew
the colored people would come hack
Spencer - Walker Co.
Where Every Man Finds What
He Like* To Wear
If turn you m-t-iJ mum -
/mn >j in a liurry ? try
tin
Apothedary
Shop
FIRST
Bradley
Sweaters
For these Cold day*
Made like a k<xk1 sweatf'
should be made and ever"
one jfiuuanteed to jrive sat ?
isfa'.'tory wcitr, M:ide i"
nil sizes for Men. Ladle:,
and Children.
Mitchell's
Exrluniee Dvnli'r* for
Elisabeth City. N. C.
in linn* and ? >? ? ? > ?.?.<? i t am w that.
S| i'.| kill.!. Ill'- ? mmIiis \Vil.S
not by an> had t r<at until of
tin- darkey.
Tin > sax the movement was On
per rout economic. I'loriila t? It the
?-\odiis tin* least lerhaps.of any ?>f
t Southern states. for? tin re was
no upset in an> particular I i :i? of in
dustry li??re. (ieoriila was liit tiard
??si of all, probably because the boll
weevil wrought liis ravages in. tin
cotton crop there and the ii?
easily discouraged. readily listened
to llic au?*uts of lln* Northern indus
try and went away. Tltny an- anx
ious now to return home and those
already arrived say tin* others are
mining us soon as tlicv can net the
money.
In I lie end tin* mlvralnrv move
me'it will not have been without its
blcssi^.: on both sides. Tin* lunor
ant colored farm hand of the South
will have Learned there is compara
tively little In* can do in tin- North
in com petition with white labor, and
the white people of the South in the
joy of grafting their natural helper*
hack, w 111 do much more to make
their lot a contented one. The North
ern agents Hi'i'iu to have disappear* A
and a great feeling of peace pervades
the older section of the Southland.
SI*HCI.\L
"Sophie Mae" Peanut Brittle 39c
per package. One box 10c pure
sugar stick candy free.
ALHK.MAKLE PHARMACY
HOSIERY
j
in the new shade* and at 5
Imr^ain prices ? I;
1
.1
Owens Shoe Co. ji
HIXTOX III II.IHNt; ?!
For Rent Or Sale
One 1 1 roomf~ House. Kfectrlc
Uulits, Mm and Cole! Water, Hoi!
Water Heat, Kniliatorx in eaeh {
room. Possession at once, \o. 5()A |
t'enn. Ave. Apply to W. S. White at l
W. S. White & Co
IttO miMlKXTMIC ST,
lOli/abctli City, X. C.
I
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Try A IVmiihI Of ?
Shannonhouse
SPECIAL COFFEE
2Jfr IViunir "
J. W. Shannonhouse
& Son
Plume 187
ri.E xry or nun
l-'loi liln Oriinue*
X Ire Ornperrnit
Tangerine*
MiiIh^ii (irnpe%
Try n rjifi of
WMOl s <.l\(.He W.XI'KltS
or
I'AMOtS St COOK I MS
M. V. PERRY
I'llOM: (H:t
Tlir Apothecary Sln?ji
=n i
PMOXK 4(M>
A Good Drug Store
PKKSIDKNT rnTKVT To
\\ \s?ll\<.TO\ t'OWKNTlOX
Wake K ?re.M. Jan. ii ? Dr. W. L.
Pot. ;ii. t ? i ?-?iil?-iit n. Wake I'oi
?"*??! 5?-^ ?*. Nil Saiurda> tor Wa ?liin
Inn. to .ill* ml (ii< Anti-Saloon
L? autt?- coitxention, Januar> 12 in
1 ?? iti4'lu*i\? . President I'oi* at w a ??
as a ili'leuat*' to the con
vention l?> tlovernor .Morrison ami
also h\ the State Itaptist convention.
Mrs. l'oteat is accompanying liim on
tin* 1 1 i |?. The keynote of the con
vention will In- law enforcement,
loyalty to tiie Constitution and sta
tutor> enactments. At the filial
meeting of the convention a ureal
mass meeting will lie held at which
CoMTnor I'inehot of I'eiinsx Ivania
ami William Jennin.us liryan will
s|?eak.
Il.ot l\ TO IS\\ \ is | \ n TOW \
I OK l.ow |?|(H'KI> MMtlH
SnauhiiiK. Ilav-iria. Jan. la ? Of
:T trav# lets who aliuhfd from a
train here recently :: 4 were railroad
men who- had passes and had conn
to Stranhlnu to take advantage of
the pn-vailinu low prices in food
stuffs.
An Investigation hv the town
authorities of tin- sudden influx of
purchasers showed that most t?f the
men were from .Munich and other
cities where prices were higher.
Strauhinu officials have protested
auainst the railroaders iisinu tlieirl
passes to swoop down upon their I
peaceful little town and buy up their!
cheap euuv ami mill; and meat and
hread and everything.
IISISII I KKK STATU AIMH.IsHKs
SKVKUAh I'MTS OK ITS AILMY
Dublin. Jan. 15 ? With the inten
tion of ultlmat* iy reducing the ctrfl
I
of the Free State army from
imiii.oOo to $2f>.o?0.(i001 til*
nirps and nim- infantry battalions
havi- l.i'1-n clisba nd?-d. and : 1 . ? ?-? i*.
a*id s??*rv ie*- branch and ti .- c.dmiris-'
(ration branch ol th? d? -partmcnt of'
the chief of stall have !???? n itboi
islied and their duti* s placed u,?on
tin* general stall.
A military custom* brigade, which
will assist customs oifici rs on the
northern border and patrol the roads
lias been approved*
SEE US
II VOU NKKI)
AN OVKKCOAT
S13.40toS28
It?i> now for next m-ummi.
T. T. TURNER & CO.
e/aa ^'ti^^aMajaadjaiaeisfSjafais/aiaJs
Gallop-Sawyer Realty Co
Let Us Handle Your City
And Rural Property
e^^MagBiaBiBiBiaBaaagig^aaaaaa
' i Lose Sight
of the Food Value
of Your Hakings
Plain flour has a large amount
of food value but it must be
combined with good baking
powder in order to retain this
value.
Most self rising flours are not
successful because they do not
raise the bakings to the proper
lightness. This means a cer
tain loss of nutrition because
they are heavy and hard to
digest.
'Every time you eat food that
does not properly digest you
do not get the full nutritional
value ? you are overtaxing
your stomach. Nourishing ;.nd
perfect bikings are what good
health demands. The one sure
way is ? use pure flour and
good baking powder.
If you want to find what thou
sands of housewives have
learned ? make some biscuits
with self-qsmiT flour ? iMfen
make some with good plain
flour and Calumet Baking Pow
der ?notice t he great dit ter>- nee.
One trial will satisfy you. Your
health demands thajt you make
the experiment.
Those who know ? millions of
housewives, domestic scit nee
teachers, bighotels, restaurants,
bakeries and railroads will not
use anything but Calumet, the
Economy Baking Powder.
Play safe? us<^ Calumet_anci .
plaiiWIour. ~ It is fHe must eoo- ? "
nomical and satisfactory,
where light, wholesome and
pure foods are desired.
PACKED IN TIN
?KEEPS STRENGTH IN
now
i
BUCKWHEAT
THE BUCKWHEAT YOUR
Great Grandmother used
Pancakcs with the real old-time
buckwheat taste ? light, health'
ful, delicious.
All prepared-self-raising. Ready
for the griddle in a jiffy, by sim
ply adding water or milk.
Buckwheat
Flour
Kir IMSINO
WHALE OF A
SALE
PRICES ON
NECKWEAR
6.">c Neckw ear I3e
75c Nreknear 3.V
?S 1 .00 Neckwear Too
SI .30 Neckwear 9.V
2.00 Neckwear .... 81.33
?2.30 Neckwear $1.75
WEEKS & SAWYER
"Where the Ifent Clothes Come From "
FURNITURE
? SLIGHTLY USED AT? ^
1-2 PRICE
? AT THE
Auction Store
/
Matthews Street
E. L. Silverthorne, Mgr. Back of I). M. Jones Co.
January Clearance SALE of ?
/.allies', i.liililren's anil Mr it's Sweaters
$2.25 Children's Sweat
ers x i ,7r?
$3.00 Children's Sweat
sail)
$4.0M Children's Sv.at
<?'? S'j.sj)
$5.00 and #; Children's
Sweaters s.t.ji.i
$5.00 Shaker Knit Sweat?
*!?.?.-?
$7.05 Shaker Knit Sweat
?'?'? s-?.in
$f>.05 I'un* Worsted Shak
er Knit Sweaters. I'ull-6\er
and Coat Style *7.fK>
These are only a fen of over one IiiiikIh il ileitis
lliat ue are oflcrinti at special prices during our
January Sale.
RUCKER & SHEELY CO.
Elizabeth City 's Best Store
Closing Out Business
Our entire stock of
Elect -ic Lighting Fix
tures, Vacumn Clean
ers, Toaster?, Electric
I " Heating Pads,
House Wiring Supply*
and all things Electri
cal, must be sold by
February 1, 1 <>21. 25
to 50 per cent off. To
day is your chance for a
bargain.
W. S. White & Co.
PHONE 01.
120-122 I'olndexter St. Elizabeth City, N. C.
Famo and Lebanon Belle flour
mm absolutely flour* of qunt It y Mild by the loa<1lntf (frorer*.
? D!?trlT>ut^<1 By?
A. F. TOXEY.& COMPANY
j| W'?lrr Btrffi.