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ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.,!FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1925. Publiahsd Every Friday by W. O. Stuudert . ? . ? ?.
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ffiTO GROWERS SAVED!
j GOV'T INSPECTION;
Valued at $630,000 Yielded A Slight Prof
P 5alc? Boosted By Government In
1' tpcction; Dealers Enthusiastic
I y : > season has
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k silr'c'N " :'C<-1 out of
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. . like &v0.
: inspection
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sis. ? tit* rliar the
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l*i nv> were
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k .in, quiik sales,
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[?;>;? -a. K*?r the first
;?>!'( tion was
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IELL COUNTY MAN
BEATS UP HIS WIFE
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to the Twiililyj
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?ink his wife
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ife anil three
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to exhibit
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Another Edenton
Leader
1
!
EAKL GOODWIN
llf is the son of >lr. and Mrs. H.
<>ood\viii. of hdenton. He won
honors in Hifth School by represent
i:i4 his school in all forms of sport,
lit' wits high |H>int scorer at the
Wake forest track meet held in
April. This, young man was a!
senior in the fdenton High School
Ihis year and will enter Wake
forest next fall. Zoellor Photo.
CALl S THIS SECTION
STATE'S GARDEN SPOT
Norfolk I.edger-Dispatfli C ompli-1
incuts Elizabeth City Section
in Koad Editorial.
Referring to this newsi>a|?er's
? '.>iiiiu* iir en thi> Highway situation
in Northeastern North I'arolina. the
.Norfolk Ledger Tdspatch in an able
editorial, pays high compliment to
tin- Kli'/aU-tli t'ity sect ion. calling it J
the "Harden SjMit of the State".
Say - the I.edgerDispatch;
Although Virginia i> l?y no means
satisfied with the progress of her
highway construction. Northeastern
.North Carolina, if her view is re
flected l?y W. (>. Saunders* Eliz
alieth City Inde|>endent. thinks we
are going ahead much faster than
its own state, especially so far as
that section is concerned. "Vir
ginia is putting our highways to
shame." the Independent says.
Two years or more ago when the
i i? orge Washington Highway along
rite I>i>nial Swamp Canal tmnk was
project?i. it was the understanding
that North Carolina would build a
road fr? ni the south to connect with
it tear South Mills. Portsmouth and
N .rf-dk County got busy and the
Virginia highway is practically
complete, but North Carolina has
done nothing toward improving the
road south of the state line.
Trie Independent, attributes the
delay to a desire on the part of cer
tain North Carolina officials to
build a wall around the state." so
as to keep their jienple from going
into Virginia to make purchases
and transact business. But. if that
i- the idea, it is not accomplishing
its purpose, the newspapers says,
for North Carolinians living near
the border go over the rough roads
for a -'liort distance in order to get
thy benefit of the boulevard into
Norfolk and Portsmouth, rather
than trade in North t'nrolina cities
from which they are separated by
worn out highways.
Klizabeth Pity merchants are up
in arms over the discrimination
against their section out of the mil
lion North Carolina is spending for
good roads, and they are demanding
action. Note is made of the increas
ing number of tourists that have
heard so much of North Carolina
roads, yet wln n they cross the state
line they find themselves ou
thoroughares worse than those in
any part of Virginia.
While here in Tidewater Virginia
we may congratulate ourselves on
having better roads than North
Carolina possesses immediately
across the line, conditions are not
the same in other sections of the two
states, for farther west our neigh
ix.rs have made more progress than
Virginia. However, there is con
siderable satisfaction in knowing
that in the east, we are better fixed
for roads than the Carolinians, al
though it is hoped North Carolina
will not continue to discriminate
against the Klizalieth City section?
the garden s|>ot of their state,
whether they know it or not.
I?r. J. I>. Hathaway is now locat
ed in th? Uixt?c Ttldg Take the
,..i. adrt..
E. CITY STILL
ON HIGH SIDE
One Ball Game Here July
Fourth; Winning Streak
Holds Up
Finishing: its third week of
the season, the Elizabeth City
Base Ball team is continuing:
its winning: streak and seems
to have a decided edg:e on the
other teams of the section.
Hertford was defeated twice
this week, being: shut out in
both games.
Ureath. Richmond University
boy pitched his team to victory in
Hertford, while Keatou was llic
victor in a pitcher's duel Wednes
day ngaiust White, Hertford ace.
and considered by many as the lust
pitcher in amateur circles.
Friday, the locals attain meet
Hertford, while ou Saturday, the
fourth of July, the locals are sche
duled for two games, the morning
game in Edenton and the afternoon
-game with Kdentou at Elizabeth
City. Inasmuch as Edenton has
strengthened materially within the
past few days, this game is exjieet
ed to Ik* about the hardest contest-1
ed game of the seasou and. antici
pating a large crowd, the local man
agement is constructing bleachers
along the first and third base lines.
It is rumored that this is being done j
to take care of the fence junipers,
those who are doing their best to
help finance the team by viewing
the gaiues from auto trucks parked
alongside the fence, aud as the
games progress, finally jump over
the fence to a letter vantage point.
A wire was received here this!
week by E. Pratt Fearing ardent
baselwill fan. from John J. McGrnw.
President and manager of the N. V.
Giants, asking Mr. Fearing to bring
pitcher Holshouser to Philadelphia
to meet him and discuss terms. It
j is not known yet whether or not
! Holshouser will sacrifice his col
lege career by signing a contract
with the Giants altlio it is said that
he wishes to follow Imseball as a
profession after he graduates from
I the state university.
Next week's schedule Includes
| games with Hertford. Edeuton and
| <Vderain. with the possibility that
| the Norfolk Police Team will again
\ pay us a visit on Thursday, an open
j date in the local schedule.
| Due to much criticism of the uni
I piling an agreinent has been enter
ed into between Edenton. Hertford
iknd Elizabeth City, whereby "Bob"
Sides, former second baseman on
the local team, will officiate at each
| game lietweeu either of these teams.
; In the few games in which he has
I already acted in his official en pa
| city. Sides has i>erfornied credit
j ably and has eliminated much of
the kicking which has prevailed in
l several previous games,
i And the charter members of the
"Anvil Chorus" still continue oil.
: being augmented this past week by
' several new members whose feat
J ores are seen daily peering from n
' free vantage |?oint over the right
1 field fence.
I
TO LET CONTRACT FOR
HIGHWAY TO VIRGINIA
I Commissioner Hart Advises Secre
tary Job That He Has Authoriz
ed Chairman Page To I)o So.
i Definite assurance that contract
| for the road from South Mills to
the Virginia line will be let at au
early date, is given in a statement
! which It. C. Job. secretary of the
i local Chamber of Commerce has
| received from Commissioner W. A.
; Hart, Commissioner of the First
I District.
Mr. Job conferred with Mr. Hart
! last week .and obtained his promise
i that the road will be built soou.
Mr. Hart also assured Mr. Job that
! the contract for paving the road be
, tween Camden and Currituck Court
| houses would l>e let as early as the
: completed right of way has settled
I sufficiently to permit this work to
j go on. I'aving the road before the
I fill has settled, would not be a good
engineering feat, and the folks will
! have to wait with patience a little
longer.
The Dismal Swamp Highway,
! from Norfolk to the State line is
j practically complete.
RAIN DOESN'T FALL ON
JUST AND UNJUST ALIKE
Evidence that the rain doesn't
fall on the just and uujust alike
was seen in this city Monday when
showers fell in patches, leaving dry
spots on Main Street. A heavy
? rainfall was noted on Main Street,
I travelling southeast from the Hin
! ton Black, while from the Martin
1 Street north, the rain didn't fall.
i
Room 315 in the Hinton Bldg. is
l?r T r oft!?.-?, >_n?\
TO PAVE BODY ROAD
AT A COST OF $48,856
Contract Let To Williams For Sec
ond Road in Pasquotank j
County
Contract for the construction of a ,
nine foot paved road on Body Road j
from the city limits to Simpson's
Ditch road was let Saturday after-)
noon for $48,750 to 1). E. & E. L.
Williams, the contractors for the!
| road to Fork School. j
AVhile in session, the County j
Highway Commissioners learned j
that they were plaintiffs in a suit
brought in the name of the High
way Commission to estabMsh a
dra'nage district in Xewlnncl town-1
ship, with W. L. Cohoou as "it- [
torney. The Commissioners re -alVd
having passed only a resolution'
favoring drainage and therefore j
agreed to drop the suit which now
has Hie status of an appeil from j
Superior Court.
The Commission decided to re
ceive bids on July 14 for three miles!
of paving on Peartree ltoad.
j<
INCREASE IN PAY FOR j,
SNOWDEN AND FEREBEE1 i
Council To Spend $10,000 on |
Markethouse For Refrigerator
Counters and Motor j
At a called meeting of the City
Council, this week, the salaries of(
the City Manager and the City |
Auditor were increased, and dif-1
ferent types of refrigerator count
ers for the City Market were (lis-;
i cussed. The tvi?e of counters to he I
i 1
installed has heen left to the market 1 [
I house committee to he reported on '
| Monday night. It is estimated that 1
the nine counters with improve- '
! meats to motors will cost nearly i '
$10,000. 1
I ;
1 City Manager Ferehee's salary of
$2tMt has heen raised $50 a mouth,!
in consideration of the fact that he J
furnishes his own automobile in
his work, the upkeep of which costs I
him alxmt $50 each month.
City Auditor Snowden, whose',
salary has heen $150 a month has I.
j also lieon given an increase of $50 i
| a month, because of the extra work; ^
j iin|K?sed him by the Ctilities
Commission.
i The Council will continue to s?p- 1
j propriate $25 toward the salary of I
| Mrs. Anna Lewis. County Welfare!
j Officer. The Mayor's compensa-j
I tion was not raised, his salary be-ii
I sation being $500 a year. <
"What Can I Do
For You?"
I
mis is to introduce (lie third
?eimation of Seligs, the grandson
?f Louis Selig, who was "Your
leweler shire 1882." He is the son
)f Mr. and Mrs. Frank Selig, and
s 16 months old. Frank junior
says he will carry on the business
tegun by his Granddad.
LACK OF INTEREST
IN MEMORIAL COINS
Polks Not Keen On Buying Con
federate Memorial Half Dollars
It Seems
Interest seems to be locking in
Elizabeth City, in the Confederate
Vlciuoriiil half dollars now on sale
it the local banks for one dollar
ipeice. 50 cents of which goes to:
:iclp pay the cost of carving the
nemorial to tlie south on Stone
Mountain. Georgia. Local bankers
;ay there is little evidence on the)
mrt of the public to buy these coins,
tltho some citizens are buying one
for each of their children.
The D. II. Hill Chapter Laugh
ers of the Confederacy have agreed
o help sell the coins, and will
launch their drive Friday morning.
Certificates are issued for one dol
lar. which are redeemable for one
if the coins, half of the money go
ing to the government and the other
liulf to the Stone Mountain fund.
We don't love jieople because
if things so much as in spite
if things.
| 111 cAe<BANJK CUQK ?-?> TUE SODA JtOKEQ
SODA JERKER ON DANGEROUS GROUND
"I set1 l?y the pa iters that 11 hunch I
cf London Society women got an
awful raking when they invited a
French novelist to lecture to them
the other day." said the Bank Clerk
j to the Soda Jorker. "Why he crit
| ieized the present day woman terrl-l
hly. and so prone are womenfolks1
* j
to lionize a celebrity and excuse
everything uncomplimentary he I
says on the ground tha A|I geniuses
are cranks, that they just swallowed
everything he said to *ein."
"Well, what did he say?" asked
the Soda Jerker.
"Why he asked if any of them kept]
their own houses, or gave their per-j
sonal attention to the business ofj
making a home for their families.!
and nobody stood up. Then he ask-1
ed if any of them found pleasure in |
keeping house, and only two stood
up. And before it was over, lie nsi
good as told them they were both1
liars. Looks to me like he was go-j
ing pretty strong."
"lie wasn't going too strong for)
the women he was talking to," said [
the Soda Jerker. "There are a lot
of good women who don't need that
kind of talk, and lie wouldn't think
of talking that way to them, lie
knew his audience, and we need a
lot more men who will talk that
way to women. Then instead of
going away from home to hear lec
tures. they will begin staying home
and keeping their houses.
"Now to my mind, what we need
most in the world, are more women
who will stick closer home and
mind the serious business for which
God Almighty made them. 1 don't
mean that women shouldn't havei
their just portion of recreation and
pleasure, just as the men after their
work is over. I am not opposed
I to women voting, if they want to,
i I think in civic matters, the woinen
j folks have lots of commonsense. Ite
I cause their ideas are better deve
j loped along the lines of symmetry
and beauty, and they should be con
sulted more often in city planning.
But to my mind nature hasn't de
signed anything better for making a
home and raising a family up right
than the women. The future of our
citizenship lies in the hands rf the
tvoniec, ioduy. .*n(i r itti the :uea
busy making ii living, who's going
to make our citizens, if the woiueu
lay down on the job?"
"Then you wouldn't give the
women time to do anything but
raise a family?" asked the Bank
Clerk.
"A woman who gives her earnest
efforts toward raising a family will
have all the time for recreation she
wants." said the Soda Jerker. "She
will have a happier home, a more
appreciative husband, and better
surroundings. No man who goes to
his daily work worrying because
his wife won't stay home and raise
the kids ever makes a success of
life. But the fellow who goes to
work and leaves behind a women
who takes pride in her house, and
is seriously intent upon the busi
ness of making good men and
women out of the kids she had
brought in the world, can do nine
times ?more work, and make more
money. And if lie is halfway right,
he will show his appreciation, by
giving that woman all tlie conveni
ences and comforts she needs in the
home, and he'll make sure that she
has opportunity for recreation and
pleasure."
"You're wrong about that," said
the Bank Clerk. "Some men in this
town are rich, and their wives have
to get on their knees almost, to get
15 cents out of 'em. and they've got
the best kind of wives."
"Maybe so." said the Soda Jerker.
"But so far as I've observed some
thing is lacking in the woman who
will let her husband put it over on
her that way. I notice that the
woman who wants to be boss, usual
ly finds a way to be it. Men need
to be bossed, and they can lie. It's
only a question of starting out
right, and the woman whose bus
band isn't tractable and amiable
would do well to take counsel with
herself. Women who do nothing
else whatever, except gad about
every day aud leave their home
and family up to a colored girl,
never will learn the secret of man
aging the men. There ain't woman
enough about 'cm for that."
Boom 315 in the Clinton Bldg. is
Pi. "J ij'tUhav. ?y ?i'uow.
THE"PROPHET"f
MOVING OUT
Evangelist Makes His $50,000 A
Year, and Prepares To
Go Home
The Independent Bureau
306 The Vance
By R. E. POWELL
Raleigh, July 2.?Mordecai
F. Ham, plutocratic prophet
from Bourbon Kentucky, put
his clinic of the salvaged on in
the great auditorium here
Tuesday night and served
notice on "the enemy" that in
a week he will pull up his
stakes and move through the
bloody fields of Tennessee to
his earthly home in Anchor
age.
The Hnm-Ramsoy finale was
featured, if feuture there was to
the meeting, by the dissention
among his converts, from those
North Carolina cities in which hel
has held evangelistical sway, as to f
whether Ham himself is a prophet
or a preacher.
A man introduced to the audi
ence. which almost filled the city's
greatest house, as "Duck" Glover,
of Elizabeth City, denied that he|
was a "follower" of The Prophet i
Ilam.
? ?i ..... .,?f n 'fnllotrnr' of Ham hilt
I NUI IIUV ti iv>4V..v. |
of the Lord Jesus C'UisV Mr.
Glover said by way of castigating |
the News and Observer and the!
Greensboro News, newspapers which '
in their news columns have refrain-,
ed from throwing a halo around the
stories of evangelistic! enterprise!
in the State.
On the other hand. Judge F. II.
It rooks of Smithfield, described the
Prophet as "a great mugnet of God
sent here" and he added that
"God's dynamite" was blasting
through Ham.
Mr. Ham attacked evolution in a
tongue fire that defied stenographic
report. He made frequent refer
ences to great historical facts and
rattled them oil' like a machine gun
spitting bullets.
He did a great many things to
make the last meeting in lialeigh
memorable. And he went through
it with one conspieious onunission.
He did not again attack Editor W. |
o. Saunders, of Elizabeth City.
It was very apparent, however,
tliut he still rankles over the drub
bing which Saunders gave him and
which, in large measure, has done
more to put a damper on the Ham
campaigns than the boll weevil did
in Texas.
Goldsboro's Cussin' Mayor
Mr. Ham is smart. No critic
can afford to deny him that. His
vanity may be measured in his
own statement that he hus intro
duced thousands of people in North
Carolina to God and to Jesus Christ.
His shrewdness is not so easily ap
praised.
For instance:
His clinic was a parade of con
verts who confessed to stupendous
sins, such as drinking, gambling,
distilling and dancing. There were
110 cheats, although several busi
ness men and a few bankers offered
testimony. There were 110 frauds.
There were no hypocrites turned
Iconoclast. There was the Mayor
of Goldsboro who, until four years
ago. wus the champion "cusser" in
Wayne County. He was an Epis
j copalian. Now he has joined the
Baptist church. He was a great j
sinner because, after serv\ig in
the army, he held the blue ribbon
for profanity. Now he's enthusias
tic behind Mr. Ham and suspected
of being in front of the Ku Klux
lv 1,111
New Bern Wouldn't Testify.
Many of the "tpyes" hail been
paraded on the stage. Goldsboro
was asked to stand up. New Bern
sent six delegates but not one would
tell anything about what Mr. Ilain
had done for New Bern. They were
all bashful. Fayetteville had the
best lot of talkers and Burlington
had the biggest crowd. They came
down on u. special train.
' Now many of you ever heard of
Elizabeth City?" the prophet then
asked.
At least a thousand pairs of
hands went up. Every one who
remembered the famous Saunders
headline, "I Believe The Prophet
Hani Has Lied." waited with ton
gues hanging out. They knew the
big moment of a big meeting had
arrived.
"Mr. Kramer, Mr. Glover and all
the rest of you folks from Eliza
beth City," shouted the Prophet,
"come around here. Come on out
where these people can see what
kind of folks live in Elizabeth City."
Still the tension. Three or four
folks, maybe five, moved from be
hind the choir and came to the
front of the stage. Newspapermen
in the confusion lost count of the
total but not more than half 11
(Oontlmcd on r?o fc fivn ^
A Bride From
Currituck
MRS. DONALI) A. SHUFORD j
BEFORE her marriage to Donald
A. Shuford of this city, she nasi
Miss Erline Baxter, popular young
daughter of Mr. and Sirs. II. W.
Baxter of Sligo, Currituck County, j
Mr. and Mrs. Shuford were married J
in April. The photo is a recent one
by Zoeller's Studio.
FAST HORSE RACING
THE FOURTH OF JULY j
Fast Trotters Secured for Three
Big Events at Local Fair
Grounds Saturday
Elizabeth City's Fourth of July;
eelebrntiou this year, so fur as has!
been planned will consist only of j
three horse ruces at the Fair |
Grounds. Some of the fastest'
trotters in two states will be enter-.
ed in the races, according to Caleb.
Walker, Secretary.
The races will begin promptly at
one o'clock. In the "(.'lass A.":
race, the following horses will lie'
entered: Nancy X, owned by W. W.I
Simpson; Tom Iiarrell, owned by
Frank Albertsou; Mabel G., owned!
by G. W. Bright: of this county.!
Dr. Long, owned by Luke Wright
(tf Camden; Tom B., owned by It.
E. Flora of Shawboro: and Busy
Bee, owned by Bell and Flora.
In the Class B.. Match race will
be entered Petrol, owned by Caleb j
Walker, and Joe Frank, owned by I
A. Hooper of Suflfftlk, Va.
In the Class C, the entries will |
be. Millie Frisco, owned by G. W. i
Blight: Senator Red, owned by R.
E. Flora: Minnie Patrick, owned'
by W. C. Flora: Gladys Be Sure,
owned by Brownie Davis.
There will be no purses provided;
for the entries, the races on the)
Fourth being only amusement races.]
SAUNDERS TELL 'EM
HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
Knows Darn Well He Would Have
Been a Sheik In An Auto
In His Day
"Children today are uof nearly so
bad as their forbears were when
they were children," declared \V. 0.
Saunders, associate editor of Col-,
lier's Weekly, speaking on moral i
education to delegates to the Xa-1
tioual Education Association in I
Cadel Temple, Indianapolis, Thurs-1
day morning, July 2.. "We grown-:
ups may shudder to think how bad)
we might have been in our youth.
had we had the many and unique in-1
centive and invitations to immoral
ity that afflict the youth of this,
generation. I can imagine what a j
Sheik I would have beeu as a boy
if I hud had access to the sex movies
and pornographic magazines of to
day, plus an automobile, a hip- ?
pocket flask of bootleg liquor and a
half-dressed flapper to run around
with without parental objection or;
interference."
"T0PP1" JAMES IN HOSPITAL
WITH BROKEN LEG AGAIN:
The many friends of Edwin j
James, known to his acquaintances
as "Toppy", sou of Mr. and Mrs.,
A. G. James, of this city will re-1
gret to learn that he is back in
the hospital. Young James has had
a run of hard luck, following a fall
at Edenton some months ago. when
he fell 40 feet and broke a leg and
arm. He was recovering at home,1
and was just getting out last week,
when his crutch slipped and he
broke bis right leg again. If be
came necessary to return to the
hospital to undergo an operation,
which wil' e' nrfen h'< icq corrJ Vj
abM.
TO ASK REPRESENTATION
ON CITY SCHOOL BOARD
Womans Club Strong for Women School
Trustees, and Will Send Delegation Be- ..
fore Aldermen Monday Night
The need for women mem
bers on the Elizabeth : City
School Board, is ably set forth
by the Woman's Club ,which
met Thursday afternoon to ap
point a delegation to appear
before the Alderman at their
regular meeting Monday even
ing, July 6, to ask that two
women be appointed to replace
members whose terms expire,
this, month.
In spite of the fact that a large
number of the most active club
workers are out of town, the Club
experts to send a very representa
tive delegation from among Its 200
members, headed by the President,
Mrs. .1. <?. Fearing. There Is some
talk that the Club members will ask
the nomination of Mrs. A. B. Houtz
and Mr.;. M. P. llite, as members
of the school board.
In the meantime Alderman Louis
Anderson is said to be getting his
ducks in row to elect his brotfter
Jim on the school board, but this is
hardly likely us Mr. Anderson
pledged himself by letter to the
womans club prior to the election,
as favoring the appointment of
women on the Board. Alderman
Morgan wrote an expression favor
ing women on the Board. Now the
women can ask the Superintendent
of the school grounds for a Job on
the school board.
The Women'* Claim*
The Woman* Club, numbering 200
of the most representative women
in the city, set forth able claims
as to why women should be on the
school board. To begin with they
claim that women are voter*, and
taxpayers precisely on the > same
basis as men, and are entitled to
representation.
Their strongest appeal la on the
relation of the woman to the child.
All the children, they contend, are
at some time exclusively In the
hands of women, for care, guidance
and direction. The early life of all
children Is peculiarly the charge
and responsibility of women. Cer
tainly on this score, women should
share the responsibility for the
molding influence of educational
arrangement.
They contend furthermore that til
but a very few of tbfe Public school
teachers are women, and that it 1* ,
only consistency that thib body.of j
women should have representative* i
of their sex on the body that die- i
tates their employment. ft !
X<>t only would women as a rule ?
have more time than men to devote
to school affairs, but they have a
far keener appreciation of the Im
portance of smaller detail* of gen
eral administration and they have
a keener understanding of the re
quirements of the female teachers
and the children.
"While the women believe mat
there should be two women mem
bers of the board at this time, to
as as a balance, they believe there
will be 110 friction and usurping of
function, because they will be act
ing merely in cooperation with the
men.
The women think that no woman
school trustee would stand for
small children studying by electric
light in a dark basement.
The members whose terms expire
tills month are Dr. C. B. Williams,
It. It. Taylor, D. G. Broekett and
W. C. Sawyer.
TO SELL BRADFORD LOT
AT PUBLIC AUCTION
Announcement has been made
that the lot of the D. B Bradford
estate now lying between the First
& Citizens National Bank and :ho
si ore of MeCnbe & Grice will ho
offered for sale at the courthouse
door oil Monday July 27. This is
cue of the most des'rable downtown
ptopcrtips, and announremfent of
ti e sale lias revive 1 talk of its <3< ?
siribilify for a hotrl site.
To THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, N. C.
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which send me THE INDEPEN
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