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THE INDEPENDENT, ELIZABETH CITY, N.C
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13
1920
PAGE SIX
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JUST 17 CENTS A DAY
WILL SAVE A
LIFE
If a Human Life Is Worth That
to You, Show Your Colors
Much
Just seventeen rents per
For this paltry sum and
hardly miss it one starving
less child of Armenia can be
day.
you would
and home
saved and
oared for during one year. It is not a
big amount but in o" days the little
donation daily will total ?GO which is suf
ficient to feed and elothe one orphan.
Are you going to let such a small sum
keep you from saving a life V
A campaign for the relief of starving
orphans of the Near East is now going
on in tins county uiuier me " i -m-"
of Chairman W. O. Saunders and he and
his workers are trying to put the county
Aver the top. The quota for the eotiuty
is o orphans and every one must be
adopted if the county is to keep pace
-with others in North Carolina.
Make your adoptions now and help
put the county ahead of others. CL air
man Saunders is appealing "to all gen
erous hearted citizens. Organizations
such as women's clubs, fraternal lodges,
church societies and circles can easHy
adopt orphans. Special appeals thru-
made to
out the county are being
Churches and Sunday Schools.
State Chairman George 11. lellamy
is anxious ro nave .orm v unmui ;
the top." in advance of every other !
State in the Virion, but he is counting
troiiiIv on 1'asoilOtaUK con in 10 oe
among the first to report a full quota
raised.
Acenrilmc to a resume eiven out on
the last of December by the National
Industrial Conference Board the cost
1 of living has increased between 80 and
WHAT A TAIL IS
A 14-vear-oId girl in the "th grade of
the Elizabeth Slty Grammar School was
asked by her teacher to give definition of
the word "tail." The demure young la
dy blushed and hesitated. The teacher
repeated the question. And then the
young lady shyly replied: "A tail is the
behind of a pig.'
nor cent since the beginning of the
war. Living costs have increased 10.4
cent, since the Armistice.
During December last food prices in
creased " per cent. Figures compiled
by the liureau of Labor Statistics De
partment of Labor show that the gen
eral trend of prices was upwards dur
ing the month for all necessities.
Sehoriu!c"of increases from July, 1914
to November 1010, is as follows:
Food. 02 per cent.; shelter. oS per
rent., clothing. l."5 per cent.: fuel, heat
and light. 4S per lent.: sundries, T. per
cent.
The tabel of increases from July to
November 1010, is as follows; Food.
I per cent.; shelter, 7.S per cent.; clo
thing. l." per rent. : fuel, heat and light,
4 per cent,: sundries 7 per cent.
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The following is the jury list for the
County term of Court, beginning Febru
ary lth. 1920.
V IT KaikWs. Grover E. Hill, J. G.
Palmer. Kenneth Smith, .Tas. A. Bray,
Barlow TIarrell. Albert Banks, C. A
Pritehard. Sr., A. M. Houghton, B. J.
Kiddick. C. N. Davis. D. D. Overman,
M. Leigh Sheep. J. A. Spnce, (New
land) Flovd Ferrell, J. A. Coale. E. R
Jennings. II. W. Morrisette. Willie Liv
erman. J. L. Koughton. Jr.. Benjamin
Hiddick. C. A. Basnight, J. F. Jennings,
L. B. Culpepper.
YOU .GET E0
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A. J. BAILEY
IROYST
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their" Fertilizer", we announce that we have laid in an
ample supply of fish scrap to meet all demands. If you
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Baltimore, Md. Toledo, Ohio.
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A. J. li.in. v for five years keeper of
the Pasojiotnnk Countv Home, died last
Friday morning at the age of 7S years.
lie hud been in feeble health for several
years.
He is survived by three daughters
and four sons. The daughters are .Jlrs.
Alice Madrin. Mrs. Gertrude Haskett.
Mrs. A. C. Onrrett. all of this ctiy. The
sons are George Bailey, of Norfolk;
ben. Harry and Claude Bailey of . this
city-
Mrs. Batley will give up her position
as matron of the County Home, to the
keen regret of the inmates and county
officials. On account of the feeble con
dition of her husband for several years
the details of the management of the
Home have been in Mrs. Bailey's hands
and she has discharged the work skill
fully and efficiently.
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drastic action as this. Four men dead
and fifteen wounded all because they
could not wait thirty days for the law to
take its course. It is easy to under
stand the indignation of the men who
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composed the moD. inaignaiion oi me
men whetted by race hatred for the mur
derer, who was doubtless partly actu
ated by race hatred in Iris crime. But
it is impossible to condone in the slight
est the disregard of law which caused
the mob to engage in its foolish at
tempt.
One of our problems now is to do
away with lynchings. It is not probable
that Federal Statutes, threats of fines
for counties or sheriffs, or any other
such remedies will avail. The only
thing that will cause a cessation of the
evil is to create a new attitude towards
the law among people generally. This
cannot be done by abusing lynchers. It
can be done only by making our laws
such and so effective that no man when
he resorts to lynching can delude him
I self with the belief that he is doing a
I public service rendered necessary by
weak laws. When the feeling becomes
general that those guilty of capital
'-rimes are certain to be punished as
(their crimes deserve without the chance
of pardon, lynchings will become rare.
!At present even m our own Mate evi
! rienee is not wanting that bands of
i lynchers mistakenly look upon them
selves a.s vigilance committees which
have given notice that crime cannot be
committed in their sections with im
punity.
THE RAILWAY Although the text of
BILL the Railway bill is yet
to be written it is said that the commit
tees of the House and Senate are pretty
well agreed what it shall contain. First.
'the anti-strike provision is to be cut out
:on the ground that there is no special
reason why such a Ineasure should be
applied to railway workers and not" to
workers in other public-service indus
tries. A second provision guarantees
the railroads a net protit ot ; l-J per
cent, for a period not to exceed two
years after the return of the railroads
to their owners. Any excess of earn
ings over ( per cent is to be divided
equally between the railroads and the
national government. This provision is
j considered highly favorable to the weak
i roads, but possibly adverse to the strong-
' cr roads which earn more than per
.cent. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission is to tlx rates sueli as will give
the g;iaraiee named. For six months
after the return of the roads no State
I Commission is aljowed to interfere with
i interstate rates established by the tai
road administration. The Interstate Com
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Albemarle Fertilizers
Real German potash from the mines of Germany
and France; an abundance of fish scrap from the fisheries
on your own North Carolina Coast. Your soil needs both
this year and you can not afford to experiment with
doubtful brands.
If you know anything about the manufacture of
fertilizers, we will be glad to have you visit our model
factory on Knobbs Creek and see fertilizers mixed as they
should be. If you don't know anything about the mann
f acture of fertilizers, then visit us anyway because we can
show you something worth money to you.
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Allbeinniairle Ferftnlnzeir Co,
J. H. LeRoy, Mgr.
Phone 1059
BIGGER AM ED El E T T E IS I
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merce Commission is to have supreme
control. They are to fix certain region
al zones in whieh rates and fares are to
be the same. Over each of these reg
ional zones a regional director will be
placed to pass on matters regarding the
operation of the lines. Matters may be
appealed from these regional directors
to a board of five to be located in Washington.
TOBACCO
TRUCK
COTTONj
CORN I
We are carrying a stock of Pocomoke
goods for Cotton, Tobacco and Potatoes.
See me for prices. We are using German
Potash.
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STRIKE OF RAILWAY The railway
SHOP WORKERS shop work
ers and the Brotherhoods for the Main
tenance of Way, to the number of 3(K1.
000 have been ordered on a strike, be
cause the Tiailway Administration has
not granted their demand for an imme
diate increase of 40 per cent, and back
pay for six months on that basis. These
men are probably paid less than any
other railway employees, and there may
be some justice in their demand for a
further increase on the scale agreed up
on some months ago. But. we could.
have wished that they would have post
poned the strike until after the roads
are. returned to thejr owners so that
every railroad might have made terms
with its own employes. It does seem
that wages would get high enough after
a while. j
THE KAISER The attitude of Kng-
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iiiiHi win proDaDiy uerermine rne iate ot
jthe Kaiser. A member of the English j
cabinet has made a statement considered
I as authoritative that his Government in
tends to put the Kaiser on trial and car
; ry out what ever penalty is provided.
;But. if Holland should decide that he
'must be kept on Dutch territory, then
i Holland must send him to one of her is
lands outside of Europe. This indicates
j that the Kaiser will have to stand trial
or spend the remnant of his days, like
j Napoleon, in banishment. The allies
jharc repeated their note to Holland
f sternly demanding the Kaiser's surrender.
The Germans are much troubled over
the .demand of so many of her citizens
for trial as culprits of the war. There
j are some seven or eight hundred of them.
at is Known that England has been very
moderate in her demands, not even call
ing for those responsible ior the death
of Edith Cavell. Perhaps the attitude
of England may bring some concessions
to the Germans. '
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NORFOLK. VA.
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fcr 1920 and their potash co vjent is derived from French
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