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"--V.- n s . l V0L. XIV. NO. 711. WINDER CASE OF JUM Off WELVE MEN VH"s w Child lestimony of Ii Conflicting A jury of twelve, men in the Superior Court -in session jin Elizabeth City this week prob-. ably will to-day decide the fate 0f L. L. Winder, prominent Elizabeth City real estate man, in one of the sensational cases iri -which he is the defendant. : The taking of testimony in the case of State vs. Winder in which 13-year-.oid llattie Puckett is the prosecuting witness, concluded yesterday afternoon ami the arguments of counsel began. The lawyers were, allotted six hours for their speeches to the jury. Solicitor j C. B. Ehringhaus for the Stafee is assisted by attorneys W. L." Small .and 0. K. Tugh. Attorneys for the defense are Meekins & McMullan, Thompson & Wilson. P. G. Sawyer and W. L. Co Iioon. Put Col. Isaac M. Meekins has ni.t P'ir- in appearance at the tria.L-.Col. 3Ieekins has found himself busy- with j,i j,.h in Washington and hasn't set foot in the old home town this week. Ti. evi.ience in .the- case on Atrial this week iiifi'eved but little from the ; evi ,inie brought out in the 1 Superior O. rt here in September when ."a mis rr;ai to ordered because - of the illness s.f :i juror. The essential new evidence iLtr-'-i'ieed this week was in the witness E. E. Ciark for the State and Dr. Wm. r.iik-r for the defense.. Clark, a typewriter- repair man, who c-:i : d offices in the Hinton building ciost ro me oraces 01 xj. j, inaer at the xhnc tiie alleged crime against Hat tif Psiek.nt was " committed, testified tliat tiiru a hole in a door adjoining Vii'ii-'s he saw Winder in the. carnal :vt with the Puckett girL He corrobor ated in detail the story of the Puckett iiirL who had testified that . Winder fi:v h'u.iself upon her while she was a?atefl in a rocking chair in his office. VinIti- getting down on his knees for r!:,. ft. Clark says he called Dr. Parker to witness the incident, making r. :jtcry because he feared that the iiLeorrohorated evidence of one man would not be believed. Ir. Parker testified that he saw the P. ''jtfgirl and Winder in a close em ...... )' ; --'Ur. Phr&er testified. iiatlte. rnr!:. --. zi was sitting astride Win- Dr. Parker further testified ' that he looked thru the same peep hole a ! v- luinutt's later and saw the Pack- "7 leisurely arranging her clothes. Thf- verdict of the jury may be b.rz' determined by whether they be-:-v L. L. "inder and Dr.,Wm. Park r Hattie Puckett and E. E. Clark. Tin i -vMence of neither - the Puckett uiri &1 nor L. L. Winder alone, does not carry conviction to a student of hu- n::n: nt'tnre. There is- something -miss- ir.t izx Jlio testimony of each. Much is :r T' riie miasination or'. tne jury K;Y.-- nn the nart of the defense I b : the character" o the iiro.se-' t:i;- v .-"itness by the ' introduction of ;:'..'-r witnesses did not; gain, much : r: ,. defence. They proved uothinj i y all their character wit nesses, !u' .-ini black. '' ' . . . : .Icrk for the State made" an : witness. The State had hes- put him on the staud because 1 been said about Clark" char- I'nt in a show down the worst id dig up about CrarK was thatljir. Bandas that, they owned the store v 1 . : j i. :.. . i I . . . . , - ' . . , - . , , always paid his bills and some ! :t :': v as made of the fact that Clark n.; !' : i Geo. B. Matthews, an artist, t! j'i.k.r a portrait of a thirteen-year- prl to whom Clark had been friend ly ii: another town. Clark met these atraek- with a quiet dignity that won f'-r lijin the respect of most of the court room crowd. If Winder is found guilty of" the 'iiarce of criminal assault on Hattie I'uefcett. that will probably end the yth r eases against him. But if acquitted id this case he will be tried on another charge of having had carnal knowledge of Irene Woodard, a girl under 15 years of age. A third charge of prostitution against the defendant is yet to be pressed. The jurors who have Winder's fate in .and as this newspaper goes to its sub scribers are: K- R.' Winsow, Wilson Sivills, W. M. rvndleron. Willie Jennings, W. H. Hed driok, E. L. Whitehurst, J. C. Combs, - A. I'undy, Grice Winslow. E. G. Sanderlui, W. D. Dozier and Joe Tem plf. AN OBSTACLE REMOVED IN THE SUIT OF TWIDDY superior Court Reverses Judge Spence W&c Fined Policeman $50 For Getting Whipped ;,:d.-i ment of the Recorders ri.e case against policeman !ir fa'' ' f' ilson' a Prominent young t, this county, was reversed in N"!,!-rior Court here this week. A NT foiind Twiddy not guilty. Twiddy '"used rho arrest of Mr. Wilson for a "lath.n of the traffic laws. Mr. Wilson neountorpc, Twiddy on the street later ' sav.. i,im a merciieSs beating. The tj! showed that Mr. Wilson was ipfV8'' KSOr an(i that Twiddy made n0 ,PBs,i- 1ut Recorder Spence slapped a tlnp of $rj() oq Twiddy If the stuck Twiddy's chances of recov 'Bf.from Mr- WUson in a civU action -the' tave beea rfly weakened. But y. " y luUJ - AO VTV I e Wilson for $100 for damages, J. W1UUJ ID ilVTT divm paper. EntM2 K(d "-U?"' IS IN HANDS l L L ?. " -r-' ..-4. - v1"5 Against a jreniaie Leading Winesdes- 7 MR. ORMOND WILL SAY V HIS FAREWELL 'SUNDAY J -4 -'7 -, '.lf til ' 5 - REV. JESSE MARVIN ORMOND MR. OR MO NO will bring a four years' pastorate" in this city to a close next Sunday when , he preaches his. farewell sermon to the congregation'-of - First M. E. Church South of this city before leaving for Conference.' -V Mr,- Ormond goes to the Southern Methodist. Univer sity at Galveston,' Tex.' where he "will fiU the chair of 'Administration in' that great University. In his four years pastorate in Elizabeth City Ji ' M. Or mond has been a mighty force for right eousness and spiritual rtrogres. He took up the task! of building a new church in this city at a point where less than $65,000 had been subscribed for the project and carried it thru in war times, leaving the church here with a new home worth $150,000, the hand somest and probably the best equipped church in all Southern Methodism. Such a stupendous undertaking was possible with J. M. Ormond because he is a leader who inspires but does not drive. Always eloquent, hut never bombastic; always positive, but never obtrusivla; fearless In the face of every evil, but:! klntfiy always- In hhr ; aifa'taJe - toward the wrong doer; clean, wholesome, gen tie, friendly, high-minded, radiating health, happiness and human good will, J. M. Ormond has endeared him self in the hearts of the people of every denomination in this community. His departure for another field will be felt as a - keen personal loss by thousands in this city and vicinity LOOKED LIKE SOVIET PLOT TO M. BAND AS Proprietor of U.-. S, Army &. Navy Store Locked Out By His Store Managers Morris 'Bandas - thought he was the victim of a Bolshevist plot to Soviettze his -U. S. Army &; Navyx Store' Vin . thii? city "-. when he . came to Elizabeth City Monday and found his st.ore locked un der a new lock to which he' held no key. Dave Gibbons and Sam Bain, two Jews connected with the store explained ' to and tnat tney naa put tne iock on to keep him out. Incidentally they had taken all ; the money out of the cash register Saturday night, according to Mr. Bandas. Bandas broke .the lock on the store and proceeded to do business Monday, and put a new lock on the store Mon day night. But when he ' got down Tuesday morning Gibbons hnd Bain had put another lock on the door and the store was fast locked with two locks, Bandas carrvine the key. to one and Gibbons and Bain carrying - the other, The public is not permitted to know just what all the row is about, but the Army & Navy Store opened again yes terday with Bandas on the job. The store has been advertised as The TJ. S. Army & Navy Store, Morris Bandas, proprietor and Bandas has paid its bills. Mr. Bandas headquarters are in New port News, Va. His store there has been under the management of - Gibbons and Bain, who represent themselves as At the firm., .- MULES FOUND A STILL AND BOTH GOT DRUNK Mrs. Simpson Thinks Things Have Come to' Pretty Pass When Not Even a Mule Is Safe Mrs. ? Sophia Simps6n,-,? of the New Hope Section of Perquimans County, thinks? there is something --..Woefully amiss J in prohibition law enforcement when ' a.' wornan's - mules . come home drunk! Mrs. fhnpson's , mules -went as-; tray !'a few i la'ys ago. and couldn't be) located for "several days. V When foun they; were in a highly . intoxciated conf dition and acted - about . like so many drunken men. .The only explanation 'is that the mules found a moonshine stiU somewhere in the neighborhood and ate their fill of "the mash from -which the liquor was distilled. It is not unusual to see drunken hogs staggering along the roads of Camden,,' Currituck and other Northeastern North- Carolina , counties, hut this is the first case of "stewed" mules reported to this news- - i I V-f.l ! I I 'gg i'i . ..g" th, Portia. SI (ILK ( N NRVER When Cotton V Growing ;JIeigli t bors Get Hungry RHWclch' x Sells Them Corn and Bacon ; ' y. ...- f : ;i.,-V . -V ' ' . y . . V.,.. . ' ' f .Ane rmles v from Elizabeth .CityiusTaound ' the borner froin thV yiiiage of , AVoqdville "in Perquimans County ; is Stockton. Stockton is a,' farth of ; 500 and some. acres and one of the most attractive home places-' in North eastern North Carolina.; Here one finds an old Colonial . man sion built after the1 style of Jef ferson's Monticello and built in tne midst of - a sixteen acre 'gp-ove carved from " the virgin wilderness. There are 238 trees in that grove, 26 different" -.vari eties5 in all : and. every tree ' a na tive" tree. j Stockton wasl originally, the Tiqme of one Josiah Granby who Tbuilt it ' iri the year 1S0O and built it honestly as houses .were ..then built. Tbere is ; not a knot 'or a blemish to be found in any preee" of timber in the house to-.8ay and oako; doors, made on the premises ,aDd hung' in place ' nearly a' century and ' a quarter " ago. haven!t a crack -or a kvarp in them after all these., many years. , Stockton is"", the hohie" of Robt.' II. Welch.. Mr. Welch bought the place ,ih 1003 for ?S,000. It would take just about $100,00 to get it away fiom him to-day.- r, Robt; H. Welch is oi;e of :-4he most successful farmers and one of the best, citizens in Northeastern -North Carolina. He is- a native of (Chowan County. ' His ancestors were . originally settlers and his mother still lives von the lands deeded -his ancestors . by .(he Crown more than 200 years ago. But ancestral history, pride and tradition couldn't hold this man Welch in Chowan; County after he had seen Stockton in 1903 and taken an option at $8,000. There is an unmistakable air of prosperity about Stockton. Robt. H. Welch is a stock law farmer. While his neighbors have raised cotton and let their pigs and cattle run at larg?, Mr. Welch has raised corn, peas and cotton and turned most of his pens and corn into pigs. He has prospered while many of his neighbors ' have " run 'down at the"1 heel. Many of the farmers between Woodville and Durants Neck raise cot ton and little else. They raise c-ottou and buy corn and pork from R. H. Welch. Last year most of the farm ers in that neighborhood went broke when ' cotton dropped from forty cents to ten cents a pound. But the Welch children went off to college. ' "Stockton carried on because it wasn't dependent upon cotton.- Mrs. Welch herself sold $1,400 worth of turkeys off he,r yard last year.- Mr. Welch sold $1,800 worth of beef cattle "off his pasture. He also sold several thousand' pound of; bacon, having packed all of his pork instead of shipping it on the . hoof, or selling it on. the rack. One lot of 400 pounds of Lis , hams shipped to . the Norfolk mar ket brought him 3S cents a pound. . Of ', all jthe "acres "in Stockton, Mr. Welch,, thinks his' ,73 acres of pasture the most , profitable. It -. was , frdm this pasture he. sold $1,S0Q worth f beef cattle last year and probably wil do as well this year. The stock on his pas ture gets no other feed from early April to late in November. In Novem ber he turns his pigs and cattle info the fields to forage upon the corn arid peas left from the harvesting. Only on rare occasions when the fields are covered with ice and snow is the live stock giv en any other feed; then the stock is brought into shelters and fed upon shucks, hay and other cheap feeds for which there is no ready market. . And R. H. Welch hasn't worked him self to death making good on his farm He has a cultured and helpful wife they read the daily newspapers and leading periodicals, enjoy good books and music in the home and find time to come to town several times in a week. Any farmer who is having a hard time of it might learn a thing or two from R. H. Welch of Stockton. WILL TELL US ABOUT T THE FROZEN NORTH Archdeacon F. B. Drane just back from Alaska will speak at Christ Church Sunday. " . ' j Sunday morning and night, November 13th, at Christ Church, there will be a treat for the- people of . Elizabeth City who are interested in mission work. Archdeacon F. B. Drane, who has for several years , past been, doing; active work among the esquimos of Alaska, will speak , at both services. - ; Archdeacon Drane, ' ' having graveled thousands of miles; over ice '.and snow in. dealing with ?the natives, will make most interesting' alks, givDg,iiit what he has read, but what, he has experienc ed up in the .frozen North. J . A little VHter Mr. Drane will; return to Elizabeth City with picture taken while. in .Alaska and these will be shown on the screen. , . iA cofdial welcome is extended; to the public to hear 'Archdeacon .Draie both; morning . and " night at Christ Churchc, morning and night at Christ Churph, FOR SALE .' POLAND, CHINA PIGS, full blooded stock, including one fine service boar. E, M, SAWYER, B F D 3, Elizabeth City, N. C. p.N,Il-4t HURT BY COTTON ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FR1DILY, NOV; 11, 1921. m ' "- ' " " . 1 1 1 . - " . -ill 1 921 Comforts STOCKTON, the home of the R. H. Welch family, near Woodville in Perquimans County, is one of the most picturesque and ; most ; comfortable rural homes in Northeastern North Carolina. It was built in 1800, but has every convenience of a modern home supplied by its present owner excepting steam heat. Stockton 1 has eight huge open Colonial fire places' a wood lot big enough to teep them going. No steam ; heat for one who can enjoy such luxuries as eight fire places and a forest of fire wood to feed them. Photo by W. O. Saunders. - ) , ; GOVERNOR MORRISON ASKS PEOPLE TO PRAY TO-DAY FOR PEACE ON EARTH ; 'ill.-: Governor: Can:eren - Morrisorj has: issued . a . proclamation : for the . observance of Armistice' Day in jNorth Carolina, on November 1 1 and .calling iip6n the churches and religious people in the State to hold t services spending one hour in prayer-."forTthe -reduction of the arma- . ments of nations of the world and for peace on t earth." . . . i i ' i -, " . The proclamation fellows ! - ' ' ' 1 - -.,u , ,i "Whereas,' Chapter 287 of jthe Public Laws of 1919 designates , November Nth of each year as; a Legal ; holiday in North Carolina,. ' and calls upon the people of the State to observe the same in an apr t , propriate' manner; and ; . : , . ; . "Whereas, said day is the anniversary of the signing of the Armis tice, marking the defeat of our adversaries in the late World War, and' pointing the way to a new era of world peace and Democracy; . '"New, Therefore, I, Cameron Morrison, Governor of North Car olina do hereby call upon the people of our State to enter into the spir it and significance of the day, cn November II, 1921, to ponder upon the bravery ..f those who made; the Supreme sacrifice on European battlefields, and upon the Loyalty, Devotion and Patriotism of those in -the Homeland who, without murmuring or complaining, sent the best they had, the Flower of American Manhood, to the fields of honor, and to resolve anew to make the Peace attair.ed through blood and sacrifice count for ail that is noble and good and true in our domestic life; : : , "And, further, I appeal to the Churches and Religious people of the State to assemble in their respective houses of -worship on that day, at a. time to be appointed by their pastors, and to spend one hour in- prayed for.. thai-fcttn t-ihe- armamta-oi-the Jiatiojis--of-tlie.-: world, and for peace on earth. "And, finally, I call upon the educational leaders of the State to conduct such exercises as may be convenient and expedient." SAYS HOME PACKING PLANT ONLY WILL END UNJUST DISCRIMINATION Outside Packers Pays One to Three Cents a Pound Less for North . eastern North Carolina Pork By G. W. FALLS .: ' ! Pasquotank County Agricultural Agent The prospective low price of live hogs hnd dressed pork this fair and winter. ' with previous losses sustained .through these methods of marketing has had a tendency to interest ' a great er number of producers in better me-1 thods of marketing their products While it is more difficult to cure meat in this climate ' than others, .since we ' are not equipped with up-to-date curing houses. Yet, it is always nec essary that Ave should know a safe and sure ' method of curing for family con sumption, and when market conditions are unsatisfactory all meat can be cur ed at home and sold according to the demand. The demand for good home cured products is always greater than the supply. Many farmers in this section are pro fitably converting some or all their hogs into cured products, but the number should be increased to a sufficient quan tity that there would be not' sale for the packers product and save the vast sum they are getting for finishing our product. Pasquotank and all Coastal Plain Counties of North Carolina are noted for their soy bean, peanuts and hogs. The packers know this vast producing i pork section as the soft meat area,- and discriminate against the producers at the rate cn? cne t othree -ents a pound. The impression of some is that meat derived from feeding hogs on peanuts and soy beans shrinks much more dur ing the curing process than meat pro duced from dry feed, but according to a test of soy beans and corn or pea nuts and corn published by the Depart ment of Agriculture it is shown con clusively that there is no foundation for this belief. While it is true that meat and lard produced from feeding on soy beans and peanuts alone ' have TO SAVE A TRIP : Your eyes should be at- ' , tended to. the. first thing, then while yon . are shopping . the glasses can be made, and c delivered to you before, you ;; leave for home. After long experience I' find " a try-on after the glasses are made a . necessity. I make the - ex- amination and. glasses the" same day. , ; DR. J. D. HATHAWAY . Optometrist Bradford Bldg. Elizabeth City, N. C. .. : . .. .. . . .' ... . . J .... . ii i I . - . in an 1800 Home in as many rooms and Mr. Welch has not the firmness. -Yet these to excel lent '; plants with . corn : produce a' qual ity of. meat that has less shrinkage and should :U$t be the object of any dis crimination. The "discrimination in price of pork shipped from this area ns described will range around one-half millionl dollars per year.and there is only brie way to end this discrimination and tkdt is to establish a:' home.. packing plant. IV v7": FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL IFJ HE DOESN'T BE GOOD Rather than face the ordeal of new trial, W-' M. Jones, bfHookerton, N. C, entered a plea of nolle conten dre in his case in the I Superior Court here this week after a mistrial. Jones was charged with the larceny of an au tomobile. He abandoned an automo bile repair business in this city early in September and left : town with a Ford belonging to A. W. Lane. He was cap tured, brought back to Elizabeth City for trial and bound over to the Super ior. Court. After being bound over to Court : he brought the missing Ford back to its owner and has otherwise j Horton sentenced him to four months j. . .. - .. ... th of action no capias to.be issued until reauested by the solicitor, xnat means! that the jail sentence will not be imposed if Jones continues to be have himself. Jones says he will be good. . ' ' ' HOBBSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ORGANIZE BASKETBALL TEAMS The High School girls and boys of the Hobbsville High School have re cently organized their r basketball teams for the , year 1921-22. ' " .'. i For the girls' team Miss Carrie Iiountree was elected manager; Miss Audrey '; Rountr ee', Captain ; , . and r Miss Ira Hollowell, faculty ' manager. The boys'; team elected Mr. Leonard Hath- awayj manager; Mri Braxton . Hollowell, captain,; and Mr. T. J. Jessup, faculty manager. - Practice will begin at an early date. The teams announce that they will be ready to accept challenges, from other schools by November 29. AH communi cations should be addressed to the man agers. ! - ..;'' . BANKS CLOSE FRIDAY In view of the fact that Armistice Day, ; Friday Nov. llh, tas been de" clared a, national holiday, the: under signed banks will be closed -that day: The First '& Citizens National Bank Savings Bank & Trust Co. Carolina Banking & Trust Co. WHY ME -.t 1 !!"; i -1 :vt i-y fe-t'-y0U How City's Busi tical Cabinet of Ward Don't See ahm SAYS PASTURE PAYS BEST . I ft. H. WELCH MR. WELC:.owns a farm : of . more than 500 acres and is one of the most successful farmers in this section. He says of all his acres that his 75 acres of 'pasture pay him best. From this pasture last year he sold $1,800 worth of beef cattle. . Photo, by'oellerSJ. MiNTEO'S SORE illN RE MOVIES After Making Picture of Lost I Colony, Thinks . It Ought . .. 1; to See It First , Public indignation, reached . a , high pitch Wednesday -night and expressed i-slf from pvpit corner in Manteo when" the Katergir papers wrefleteo?tnalH village carrying the story 6 fv the first showing of the Lost Colony film recent ly made on Roanoke Island. The citi zens of Manteo and Roanoke Island are sore as blazes after going to hundreds of dollars worth of expe'nse and losing a month's time, to find that the product of their efforts is going to be paraded around all over ;the. .stateVbefore' the' State Department of Education allows them ; t the opportunity to see - what they have created, after Dr. W. C. Crosby of the State Department of Education publicly announced ' ''that in recognition ot tne sacrmces maue uy ixoauuu.e xm anders, the picture would be shown first at Manteo. 'fj, Ever since the movie -men cleaned ..out' for Chicago to make up the picture, Roanoke Islanders have been -keyed--to the jughest, pitch, anxiously., anticipating PE0PL "f " 1 the first showing, of . .this' remarkal?,...tiie :-towB iialLv He told them of 'whis- prodiiction. Jt asj ?.t"heir, work and they Were proud of it. They. spent, days and daj s of rehearsals, bought their costumes, . furnished transportation-! about the island in the interests of the picture, supplied props and otherwise labored to their own inconvenience to find that' all the business women's clubs up'state. as well as Goldsboro and other towns will have the picture first. .'. And then : another thing makes them sore. Leading parts were taken by out siders who contributed nothing and copped all. the featurng in the state's dailies. Roanoke Islanders take that as having been a reflection in the be ginning on their ' histrionic possibilities. The leading characters .grab .the glory in the daily papers. A movement, fostered- by leading citi zens will urge the state department of education - with which they labored so freely-to take some steps to give Ro anoke Island the once over on their first step in cinematography. ' FOUND NO BAG LIMIT ON THESE GAME FISH So When He Got His 25 Docks Mr. Gilbert- Went; Fishing For , Bass "' The Federal bag limit of 25 ducks a day. f Or sportsmen .; doesn't vbother; O- F. Gilbert," Elizabeth City's merchant sportsman. Killing25 ducks is only a If ew minutes pastime, for this; crack shot who' would think nothing ' of knocking down 250 birds in a day's gunning. Lim iting hihj to : 25 bird? I a day made the sport pretty tame until ..last., week when Mrv Gilbert hit upon; the idea .of Com bining fishing and shooting in the day's outing. Mr. Gilbert put in last Friday at Harbinger, in Currituck County. - He killed his bag limit of 25 'ducks in less than an hour. He then 'brought, forth a reel and rod, got himself a small boat and went fishing for bass. There is no bag limit Von black bass and he brought; back 25- blaek bass. This is the first instance' reported to this news paper, where a local sportsman com bined both fishing and hunting in a day's outing. But then Oliver Gilbert is no piker anyway. Mr.: Gilbert says that there is an abundance" of bass in Curri tuck .waters and the sport . is good. flSO A YEAR RNMENTLOSES j i r.i. ES RESPIGT Representatives Who : j gger ' Any one . who attended ' the regular monthly meeting of the Elizabeth City Board of ' Alder men in the town hall Monday night heeds no explanation why government is held ' in contempt by so many of bur citizens. The meeting was a scream from be ginning' to end to' one .who looked for the comedy in it. To the more thoughtful citizen1 it was more of a tragedy than a farce. r There was the usual business of hearing petitions, and referring them to committees who-' will take six months doing ;what ' k no-legged City Manager with one, arm could do in as many days if;' given a free rein There was the usual business of hearing from commit tees who hadn't 'done'-a.' blessed'' thing with matters -referred to; them'at the previous meeting, a montl : ago.'', City ; Manager Ferebee : came- before v the Board with a -report-frCmrttie City Health Officer that certain' citizens were keeping as many.tis:, three cows in the city limits.V ,T,be ; City Manager wantedthe "Aldermen -o tell him wheth er "the law said folks could:; kficii two cows or. three cows. And if tlie law was "two --cows, should he' have the keepers of three cows arrested. ' J ,Now ,one would ?, have , houghljthat tt Ctitir-a-hner. find ChiftS of Police could enforce ordinances on the ;fooks without. ifotting toUfhfe Borfrd 6 Al dermen. But the City Manager -j under the present Bbard has no such author ity.5 He; had to ask his bosses; about the cows and not a one of themj knew what to' teH him. They had to sen out and, .get an old copy , of the towni (Ordi nances.' , Some one said, these had ibeen amended, but no one ' knew where the amendments-were;' And that, is a- pie--ture of the way the city, government is run , by ; a "business , man's 'administra tion' ' . -i . - Cohoon Fires Broadside ; ; followed . by three ministers and ''jfour ' Irominent women. Mr. Cohoon, j jwith the ' ministers i and the women at j his , ' back proceeded to tell the Aldermen , about immoral conditions in the : town. He told them that licenses had jbeen granted to criminals to run pool rooms and do a jitney- business , in Elizabeth City,, contrary to the law which' jsays that person's of known immorality and court records shall not be granted li censes for these pursuits.- -He-told the . Aldermen that an unlicensed pool rooih and gambling, .hell was running, full blast h,Parsonage St.V juit across the railroad and that an assignation house was operated on the comer of Road and Church streets, under the shadow of the 'dome of the . First Methodist, hurch, 'He told them that ,wliiskey -"was sold 'and gambling conducted in Matthews St.. within hailing distance of ;key .having been sold and lewd: women quartered in a barn belonging to Alder man W.H. Jennette near Westi Church St. and how Mr. Jennette himself had discovered the fact 'and ousted his ten ant. He told them that the first! voice a person heard upon entering Elizabeth City was the voice of a bott-legging jitney driver.'- Mr. Cohoon didn't criti cise' the; police- but obviously the police were not I doing their duty. Holmes Raps Cohoon . Here Chief of Police Holmes . stepped' in and said the police couldn't success fully cope with bootlegging and prosti tution because of the interference of men like Mr. Cohoon himself who rep resented every bootlegger and prosti tute the police caught. "We catch ;'em," complained Chief Holmes, "and Mr. Co hoon gets 'em off. Instead of co-operating with the police'; he hamper's us. The only time he talks to us about such things is when he is picking us to get something to help his clients. ' We had a letter in evidence in one -case against a woman he represented and he swiped the letter and has it in his pock et yet, so far as I know." Mr. Cohoon protested against Chief Holmes', remarks and declared he was beclouding the issue. He begged the Board not to let Chief Holmes obscure the essential facts... 1: . At this point Edgar (Hicky) Wil liams, jitney driver, arose to " a point of personal privilege. Mr. Cohobtt had (Concluded y n . Page 4) ' OBEY THAT IMPULSE AND FILL IN THIS HANDY BLANK THE INDEPENDENT r ? . Elizabeth City, N. C. -. -; j (Send .me Thex Independent for - one year for which I am Inclosing; my, check or P. t). Money Order for $1.50. ;-" "''"' -?.'"''.".- S':. I - " ; . . : Name -;U-;-. J; .l Address : s ' . ,--''. ' '-; : '. ' . ( f Write nam and addrtH . plainly , and tut thathar aubtcrlptlon la nw or' a ranawaU If not envanlant to sand check or M. O. aand "dollar Mil at our risk and gat ta paoap atghf month iiutaad of a imp. ' - . . ' - ' ' ' ' . I ' v- v- :.- Si -