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THE INDEPENDENT W. O. SAUNDERS, Editor vllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Published Every Friday in the 'Year by W. 0. Saunders, at' 5.05 E. Fearing- St., Elizabeth City, Pasqaotank County, N. C. WA TCHFULNESS! Subscription Rates: 1 year $1.50; 8 months $1.00; 3 months 50c g Entered as 2nd. class matter at the postofflce at Elizabeth City, N. C, June 9, 1908 . . : 7 Represented in Norfolk, V. by J. H. McLaughlin, office in Ledger Drtpatch Bollding. Phone 25823 VOL. XIII. FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1921 NO. 675.1 T ' - HE Board of AldermeQf Elizabeth Qty will have an op portunity at theUSfecft m3nMt)y evening, March 7, to show the kind of stuff they are made of.-' The Board of fildermen have an opportunity to show the public-whether E. F. Ayalett is the boss of this town. The public should know whether E. F. Aydlett is bigger than the Board of Aldermen. If he is, then let's abolish the Board of Aldermen and turn the town over to E. F. Aydlett and be done with it. E. F. Aydlett- is holding .pffj.ee .on the Board ,of -Graded School Trustees of Elizabeth City contrary to the Constitutional law of North Carolina. He should be removed from that office if for no other reason than that he holds the office contrary to law. But there are graver reasons why Mr. Aydlett should be ousted, from this office. Mr. Aydlett is a crass reactionary who is opposed to the fullest development of the public school' system of Elizabeth City. He opposed a $500,000 issue of bonds for these schools. He pretended to want a bond issue of only $315,000. This newspaper never believed that he sincerely wanted a single dollar expended on the enlargement of our school system. ' Finally when the progressive citizenship of Elizabeth City drove Mr. Aydlett into the acceptance of a compromise measure to provide for a bond issue of $400,000, this newspaper was con vinced that the citizens of Elizabeth City had not triumphed. This newspaper believed then and indicated that E. F. Aydlett would seek some way to kill the $400,000 bond issue. Just how Mr. Ayd lett would proceed to foist his own selfish will upon the people was disclosed last week when C. A. Cooke sneaked a b.ill thru the Lower House of the General Assembly to abolish the present Board of Graded School Trustees of Elizabeth City and create an entirely new board. This newspaper charges and everybody knows that that bill was the work of E. F. Aydlett. This newspaper charges that the purpose of that bill was to plant a bomb under a -Board of Truste that is committed to the bond issue and create a friction or apathy in the town that would defeat the bond issue in a popular election. That E. F. Aydlett drew that bill and that E. F. Aydlett sought thereby to destroy a Board of Trustees which he can not control and set up a new Board in which his position would be secure is patent from the fact that the bill puts him on the Board for a term of five years. And that is not all : the bill contains an ingenious clause which provides "that the Board of Trustees of said Graded Schools shall not be an office in contemplation of Article Seven of the Constitution of North Carolina." Now just what does that clause in Cooke's sneak bill mean ? It means that E. F. Aydlett knows that he is now holding the office of President of the Board of Trustees contrary to law and he seeks to repeal the law which would oust him from office. Cpoke didn't - know that.' Cooke doesn't know much of anything Only the cun ning of Aydlett could have concocted that bill. .Cooke never could have drawn up a bill like that. What is the law with respect to a citizen of this state holding more than one office? I'll give it to you. Article 14, Sec. 7 of the Constitution of North Carolina says: "No person who shall hold any office or mace of trust or orofit under the United States, or any department thereof, or under this state, or under any other state or government, shall hold or exer cise any other office or place of trust or profit under the authority of this state or be eligible to a seat in either House of the General Assembly The Supreme Court of North Carolina has repeatedly held that an office or place of trust as contemplated by Art. 14, Sec. 7 of the Constitution mean "a public position involving a delegation to the individual of some part of the sovereign functions of government to be exercised for the public benefit." The Supreme Court has likewise held and still holds that "The acceptance of a second office by one already holding a public office operates ipso facto to upset the first. While the officer has a right to elect which he will retain, his election is deemed made when he accepts and qualifies for the second office." There is the law for you ; under the law of North Carolina E. F. Aydlett should have vacated the office of Tr.usteeman of the Eliza beth City Graded Schools when he accepted the office of U. S. Dis trict Attorney for the Eastern District of -North Carolina which he now holds. If the Board of Aldermen 6f Elizabeth City will do their duty they will immediately declare Mr. Aydlett's office on the Board of Trustees vacant and name some other citizen to take his place. In showing Mr. Aydlett where to get off, the Aldermen will do no more than Aydlett would do to any member of the Board of Aldermen or to any citizen who did not cringe under his lash. The Aydlett influence drove Dt Herbert Walker from the Pasquotank County Board of Health because Dr. Walker holds the office of Assistant U. S. Surgeon in Elizabeth City. The same influence forced Winfield A. Worth to throw up a pitiful little Commission of Notary Public in Elizabeth City when Mr. Worth qualified a: a member of the present Board of Aldermen. The same influence tried to drive'W. O. Saunders from the General Assembly of North Carolina because he was appointed a member of" the Board o Trustees of a state college. Will the Board of Aldermen of Eliza beth City permit E. F. Aydlett and his clan to forever run the steam roller over everybody in Elizabeth City and not give Mr. Aydlett a dose of his own medicine when the public good demands it? The public welfare demands the removal of Mr.Aydlett fron the Board of Graded School Trustees of Elizabeth City. A surve ' of these schools was recently made by government experts. What they found about our school system is so disgraceful that some one has not yet had the heart to make that report public. Mr. Aydlett has been the dominating influence on the Board of Trustees of these schools for many years. He has only one idea about public education ; that idea is to keep down the cost, keep down taxes. Mr.' Aydlett never did like to pay taxes and he can save himself con siderable taxation by keeping a grip on the Board of Trustees of the city's public school, system. Let's for once consider the interest; of the public school children of this town above the pocket-bbok of the ambitious Mr. Aydlett. This newspaper has shown the Alder- j We endeavor' to' ren X der, the kind of service that i is out of the ordin ILw &aigMra Iservicethat -is tangible, . straight f o f -:. , 1 ward artd satisfactory. ' 'v " : , .v .A':-'; ; , . . . . - - ; We are jealous of our; ; reputation and the meth;, , ods that we employ to protect "our depositors are calculated to afford thej maximum' atnount of efficiency ajid - 'ah: iai? " - ' s& 3 6da !!dai- C f . . . . . . - J v -- .- Vfl lis-' .i oh i -oloa at yiva itt&i'ui&Aai SOLIDARITY February 21st, 1921 . ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA - ; , - ; . . ; Loans and Discounts' 1---: $2,816,890.58 U'. S. "Bonds and Certificates 466:900:00 Banking House J . ) 85,000.00 Other Stocks and Bonds i 70,000 Accrued Interest '2 4,410.92 Cash and Due from Banks -..J. 318,569.10 5 $3,761,770.60 Capital Stock $ 200,000.00 Surplus and Profits ,- 170,505.72 Circulation : 195,000.00 Dividends Unpaid ; . . ; . 331.00 Reserved for Unearned Interest 10,000.00 Bills Payable, (secured by U. S. Bonds and Certificates) 225,342.50 Rediscounts -- i 592,219.02 Bonds Borrowed 88,100.00 DEPOSITS ! ' 2,280,603.36 --t.nj $3,761,770.60 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. . . . MOTIONAL PROTECTION ; lllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUII!!Illllllllllllllin WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 IS NATIONAL FISH DAY An Observance of Especial Interest To , Hundreds of Eastern North 1 Carolinians. Of especial interest to hundreds of eastern North Carolinians who are de pendent upon the inland fisheries of this section for a livelihood is a campaign for greater fish consumption which will find nation-wide expression in a National Fish Day, to be observed on "Wednes day, March 9. The Linen Thread Co., of New York City, a regular advertiser in this news paper has issued a comprehensive letter to its connections which explains the ob ject of Fish Day as well as giving it a deserved boost. The Linen Thread Co. letter follows in part: "The United States Fisheries Asso cgiation, executive offices, 245 Northern Ave., Boston, Mass., have issued a bulle tin naming Wednesday, March 9th, as NATIONAL FISH DAY with the hope of interesting a-larger number of our people in fish as a food. This move ment is supported by the United States Bureau of Fisheries. "We, ourselves, are manufacturers of fish nets and necessarily interested in the industry, but aside from that, the importance of food fish appeals to us as a matter of very great interest. "The distribution of fish Js a serious problem . and the facilities for placing fresh fish in the interior market are en tirely inadequate. We are interested, first, in the creation of an increased market for fish and in any method which will expedite the movement of fresh fish to the interior. As a health proposition, we believe the increased consumption of fresh fish would be greatly to the bene fit of everyone. "With our magnificent resources for fish, we do not make a satisfactory rec ord when compared with other coun tries. The .annual consumption of fish ner capita in various countries is as follows: United Kingdom " 65 lbs.N Sweden 52 lbs. Norway 44 'lbs. Canada 3( lbs. r GENUINE THE UNIVERSAL CAR PARTS Should be used in all repair work on "Ford" cars and trucks in or der to obtain the best results and for the sake of economy. , Insist upon Genuine Ford parts and see that you get them. Auto & Gas Engine Works, Inc. C. W. GAITHER, Manager. 105-7 Water Street ELIZABETH CITY, N. C. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF CURRITUCK, at Moyock, in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business, February 21, 1921. -RESOURCES. 1. Loans and Discounts J $ 17,688.80 2. Overdrafts, secured, None ; unsecured, 3. "Overdrafts, ' secured, $ None ; unsecured, $96.60 96.60 3. Banking Houses, $7,446.02; Furniture and Fixtures, $4,426.48 11,872.50 4. Cash in vault and net amounts due from Banks, Bankers and Trust Companies 14,806.16 5. Checks for clearing ., 293.28 6. Expense . 196.62 Total : $44,953.96 LIABILITIES. 1. Capital Stock paid in $19,375.00 2. Deposits subjj&ct to check . 18,437.24 3. Time 'Certificates of Deposit 2,100.00 4. Savings Deposits 4,330.42 5. Cashier's Checks outstanding 706.30 6. Certified Checks '5.00 ' Total $44,953.96 State of North Carolina County of Currituck, March 3, 1921. I, W. W. Smith, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. W. W. SMITH, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to' before me, this 3rd day of March, 1921. , W. L. WILSON, (SEAL) Notary Public. - My commission expires Nov. 16th, 1922. ' Correct Attest: v W. W. JARVIS, R. O. BAGLEY, J. W. POYNER, Directors. : . : United States 16 lbs. "Within the past year the fishing in dustry has given special attention to the proper handling and packing of fish so that, it will not be injured, and in other ways they hqve tried to improve the situation." Coffee Tree Grows 30 Feet. The coffee tr?e in a wild state will grow to a height of 30 feet ; when cul tivated it is pruned down to five feet for con vetiiencfe"vi": gathering the ber ries: " v Greatest Power. There is something greater on earth than arbitrary power. The thunder, the lightning and the earthquake are terrific, but the judgment of the peo ple is more. Daniel Webber. What Makes a Book. If a book come from the heart. It will contrive to reach other hearts; all art and authorcraft axe of small amount to .that. Carlyle. NORFOLK MARKETS v Norfolk, Va., Mar. 3, 1921. Phone Norfolk. 23581 Reported, especially for THE INDE PENDENT by Jarvis & Fentress. The following prices represent actual sales made to-day Items not quoted wre not sold to-day and tke Food Administration prohibits quotations other than actual sales. piggs 30c Hens . 30c to 32c Chickens: - . iy2 to 1- lbs. 50c 2 lbs and over 40c Rogsters . igc Dressed Hogs (medium) . 12c to 15c New Sweet Potatoes: Nancy Halls J $3.00 to $4.00 Hayamn's $3.00 Yellow Barks $2.75 to $3.00 Children May Share the health drink Instant Postum This pure cereal heverage is made ' of prime Wheat bran and molasses. Satisrying,pleasing,and nothnin it to do harm. Instant Postum has a ridxeoffee like flavor: x It is economical and convenient Postum comes in two forms- Postum Cereal (in packages) is made by boiling a full twenty -minutes. Instant Postum (in tins) made in stantly in the cup by the addition of hot water. "Theresa Reason9 Sold by grocers every where ' Made by Postal Cereal Gx,Inc,BattIe Creek.Mich. men which way duty lies. a""