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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10
4T'S A REAL FAIR" IS
EVERYBODY'S VERDICT
co;fe of Downpour cf Rain, Crowds Attend
ing Opening of Elizabeth City Fair
Register Genuine Pleasure

~,., n~ratCr .NlOCmariC DlS-
rrw threw its gates open
+, Northeastern North
..,rna public this morning
,~,~., even a terrific down
..f ~aju which came just
,.,, .nr noon hour damp
.,4as ardor of the crowds
=, ai already begun to
..,- the grounds, Weather
..,.,,> said the rain was the
.,-sy of a storm that had
s.yrri over this section for
.,r~a, davS and that the pros
r.;, we're for fair weather
r. rest oi the week.
r-at,ra City'S Fair this year is
-,. IL advertised, minus one of the
.. fr,., arr>. One of the GrcggS
,,,, vino waS to have done the triple
.-,r>ar'r in an automobile wrecked
b.. r...rgiur and broke several Ot his
.-. b,ur~ last week and wired Sat
--av that the GreggS could not hll
..s.- contract. Thus the biggest OF
flo free. acts j. cauCeled. But the
crowd, will hardly miss il. 80 many
..n.> are there to see ou the t'lr
i-uuI~ this year.
Frnrr exhibits Of agricultural prod
r,, live stock aud poultry; finer cX-
tr> of the products of girls can
.r. clubs: finer industrial. mercan-
.. and farm machinery exhibits and
..frrr strings of fast horses were
eyer assembled in Eastern North
arulina outside the Great State
air itself.
The new agricultural exhibit build
" inst completed. does not begin to
the exhibits available.
here is already talk of third ex-
bit building for another year. Il
Hiding To house the girls club and
hnnl exhibits, apart from the agrI-
itural exhibits.
rnrr counties have exhibits at this
.,r'< Fair. They are PaSquotank.
amdrn. PcruuimanS and Hyde.
hos. four counties have made Il
,nwirs 10 make the State sit up and
la" notice.
Tap~r who seek amusement at The
AIR will find it on the midway. the
5rr Clark Broadway Shows having
nrI every available bit Of space
ih shows aud concessions and rid
. devices. These shows with the
,ycral free acts. including Gus Lea
ar in his bird like airplane who ar-
nails turns >omcrSaults and does
,h.r hair-rai>iug stunts in midair
.sr rho Fair Grounds will provide
aplcnty.
IL real Fair" was the verdict
TIE INDEPENDENT man got
rom everybody on the grounds this
.eurs. 1t doesn't seem to be Il
r.>t.ou Of getting the crowds any
."-r: the question that is going to
a-tr"u- tie management is how to
aa'.. the crowds when the sun
aa., olt- Unless all signs fail,
s.r-.r, h. record breaking crowds at
IS Fair Thursday and Friday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

neckS Sunday to watch this daring e-
low arinu with Elizabeth City, A.
doing side swpes tail spins turning ps
him than driving Ford He is
plane MooresV 81 years
auo and College He joined the at the
instruction work aviation
He taugh army Louisiana and California; did
and made such headway in the science
special work in designing types
fighting the Army at Boston Mass At Langley Field
Va he taught for the air service A.
Ieazar this week at the Fair.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10
PROGRAM FOR THE FAIR
Wednesday, Oct II, "Home Coming Day"

2:lS 'Trot.
225 Pace.
Band Concerts.
The Taylors, comedy dancing and Juggling.
Taylor Trout, in slack wire act
Miss Quincy, undisputed queen Of high divers.
Airpanc Stunts by Gus Lcazar.
Radio Concerts.
Fireworks Program.
Thursday, Oct. IL, Farmers Day"
PA Trot.
2:3O 1rot.
Band Concerts
The Taylors, comedy dancing and juggling
Tavor Trout in a slack wire act.
Miss Quincy, undsputed queen of high divers.
Airplane Stunts by Gus Leazar.
Radio Concerts.
Fireworks Program.
Friday, Oct 13, "Marshals Day.
Free-for All Trot or Pace.
Motorcycle Races.
Band Concerts.
The Taylors, comedy dancing and juggling.
Tavlor Trout in a slack wire act.
Miss Quincy, undisputed queen OF high divers.
Airplane Stunts by Gus Leazar.
Radio Concerts.
MarshalS Ball.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10
SMALL FIRE REPORT

Chief Flora announces that there
were only two fire alarms turned
in during the month of September.
One of these WAS Il false alarm, and
the other was for an awning blaze
caused by a cigarette. The damage
is reported at 50.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

1t cost the State $4,000 a day tc
protect the interests of the South.
ern, Seaboard and Atlantic Coast
Line roads at Hamlet, Rocky Mount
Raleigh and Spencer, and yet these
railroads are resisting payment OF
their tax bills.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10
EXPERT SAYS THEY ARE
BOIL WEEVilS SURE

Tho statement published in
triS newspaper three weeks ego
that the bell weeviI had crossed
RIhemarle Sound and is already
rayGging fields in ChOwan CCun-
ty is confirmed by Franklin
Sherman, chief en;omOlogist of
the North Carolina Department
of Agriculture, who has exam
ined specimens of wEeviIs sent
him by County Agent N. K.
RowGlI, of Chowan.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

More prosperous. non-drinklns
,mericans were able to afford auto
mobiles in 1921 with the result OF
II nor cent Increase in deaths from
automobile accidents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

'-' ''ar lH2l WAS the healthieSt
Tue nirrd States, according to
~ submitted by 81 leading in
''~gc cympaulcs.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

Good eyesight is inexpensive. See
DIR. ]. d. Hathaway, OptometrlSt,
Elizabeth City, \. 6. scV'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

For your eyes sake see DR.. ]. J.
Hathaway, Optometrist, Bradforl
Bldg, Elizabeth City, N. G. adj
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-10

Don't neglect your eyes. See
Hathaway. He Knows. adv.
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
WEARS CLOTHES;
LOSES HER JOB
Actress Criticised Because Wig
Partly Protected Nakedness.

LONDON, England, June 23-Willette
Kershaw, an American actress, has with
drawn from the leading part in de
cameron NightsS' playing at Drury Lane
Theater, rather than accede to insistent
criticisms that she did not play her part
with sufficient nudity
Margaret Bannerman, Canadian, has
assumed the role of Perdita, revealing
enough cleaning white skin in the big
scene, where unclad she is cast on some
rocks by the sea, to satisfy the baldest-
headed of the first row habitues.
Il wish Miss Bannerman all success,
but 1 could not sacrifice modesty to art,
no matter who asked me- said Willette,
explaining why she would not abandon
her voluminous golden wig, whose long
strands she wrapped about her in Lady
Godivalike simplicity. The impression
Of mOdesty which is the principal virtue
of the part, cannot be conveyed to the
spectators by an abandoned display of
nudity"
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23

reSentatives in Washington" and another,
a quotation from the leagues official or
gan, the American Issue, announced a
proposal to raise $50, 0,0OO, 900.
Celebrating on his former charges, Mr..
TinkhaD produced statements of more
expenses not filed by Wayne B. Wheeler
under the corrupt practices act, alleged
Mr.. Wheeler had committed perjury" and
characterized him as "a legislative cor
ruptionist," that the Eighteenth Amend
ment was bought and paid for" he added,
there can be no doubt"
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
High Tension Electric
Wire Kills Fisherman

BAYLISS. Ill, June 23-Fishing sea-
ron has claimed death to one nimrod
here. Casting with a metal rod, Webber
Grammar, 64 years old, threw his pole
against a high tension electric wire over
head, receiving n dozen burns which
proved fatal before others in the party
'Ould rescue him.
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
INDIANA DAILY TINES

Agents say the plant was being super
vised by William Carpenter, general
store proprietor In Hugo. The plant had
a capacity of $50 gallons daily. 1t was
an addition built on to the farm gran
airy, built especially for moonshine pur-
poses, 1t is alleged. Seven oil stoves
were kept burning day and night to keep
the stills in constant operation. They
marketed the moonshine in Chicago, 1t
is said
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
FiUe Good Books
for Home Builders
Indianapolis Public Library,
st. Clair Square.
FREE BOOK SERVICE.

Small Houses" by Flagg.
Small Farm Buildings" by Coffin.
Small Country Houses of Today" by
Weaver.
Colonial Architecture OF Philadel-
phia," by Cousins and Riley.
'Old New England Houses" by Rob-
inson.
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
LARGE GRANARY
HOUSES STILLS
Corn, Too Precious as Hog
Feed, Flowed Into Kegs.

ST. PAUL. MINI, June 23.-The big
gest moonshine plant yet found IN the
State of Minnesota was seized ON the
farm Of George Carpenter by Federal
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23

agents near Hugo, Washington County.
Three men were arrested.
Prohibition agents conhscated four
sixty gallon stills, two thirty gallon
stills and one twenty FIVE gallon still,
1700 gallons of grain mash and 1900
quarts of moonshine.
George Carpenter, his brother William
and farm hand. who, Federal agents
say, was assisting in the manufacture Of
liquor, were arrested.
Indiana daily times., 1922-06-23
Four Items
in Knitwear

Vanity Fair glove silk vests,
bodice top, reinforced; first
quality; pink. Sizes So to A.
$1.95.
Athena summer weight union
suits of light weight cotton at
S1.OO end $1.25. OF light
weight Isle at $3.50 and
S1.75.
Kayser's summer weight
union suits, in white and pink,
regular and extra sizes. S5e.
Women's summer weight
cotton and Isle vests at Csc,
35c and soc.
-Ayres-Knitwear,
street floor.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02

mutch respected by all who know you.
And We kepp on wawkIng, pop say
ing, He dident hit me Of so badly, !
bleeyc there's lot 10 that berth bizz-
Mss. And on the way back the man
WAS still there and be saw US coming,
saying, One dime, no more end no
less, for true and accurate reedjng
Of your caracter according 70 tho stars
Jest slip me dime end the day and
date Of your berth.
Me saying to pop, g pop he don't
remember YOU, Wy don't you have your
earacter red agcn and see If he says
il the same2
i've herd verse idecrs. pop scd. And
he handed the man q dime aRcn, say
ing, / was born the 23rd Of August
1877, and the man sed, All, that brings
you under the sine Of Shippyshape or
the ostrich star, which means that you
arc easily led and more inclined TO
take the opinions Of others than 10
trust yorr own, your checf failing is
carclissniss and lack Of will power.
And we kepp on wawking home, pop
sayng, A lot Of tommyrot, that's all
il is. without werd or sillable Of
truth in it, ] never did bleeye there
was enything 20 this berth bizzniss.
lee, lee, ma sed. And we kepp on
wAwking home.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02
everything else for poignantly bis
ful second or two
Copyright 1921. hv Newspaper Feature Service, Inc

everything else for poignantly bliss-
Are You All Right"
"Wellv' MIR. UndcrwooHs drawing
voice broke the spell. when your
spirit OF your astral body or whatever
YOU call it has returned from the place
it's winged itself, perhaps you'll INFORM
me if | am to drive. l thought nm
invitation to tool this chariot tremblcd
upon your dainty lips but q moment
since. However, I've learned in the
course of troubled life never to take
anything for granted
''Of course I'd like you to drive" ]
returned bit impatiently. And please
pardon my absence of mind. l was
thinking"
Very dangerous thing to do he in
tcrrupted with u prcternaturaily' grave
face. "You never know what the con-
sequences may be. Personally | never
indulge myself in the habit Now, II,
you'll just move over, Lady Fair, IL
try my luck with this gear shift. Let's
see, first, rear, left; second, forward,
right; third, rear, right; reverse, for
ward, left Is that it?'
He had alighted from the car as he
was speaking and walked around the
front of it to the side upon which | was
sitting. And ! guessed that his seem
ingiv anxious query as to the gear shift
was only subterfuge to give me time
pull myself together. He was too
texperiencee driver not to have noted
the things for which he had asked.
You have them exactly" | said Sc
dately. moving over in the seat, and for
! .he next five minutes Mr.. Underwood
gave his exclusive attention to the car
There, Two got her number now, he
said when he had shifted gears, re-
versed and experlmented with the spark
until he had satisfied himself that nc
emergency would find him unfamiliar
with the mechanism. Now to resume
our interrupted journey. Are you sure
YOU'RE all right
read between the lines of the query
For fear of the possible effect upon me
he would not ask me again 10 tell hin
tho story of Grace Drapers crime. Blu
| knew that my father had requested it
80 with n mighty effort braced myscl
for the telling.
TO be continued.(
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02
LITTLE BENNYS
NOTEBOOK
by Lee Paps

Me and pop and mo was taking a
wawk last mite on account OF ma ana
pop thinking it wns too hot to go 10
the movies, not making eny difrents wat
| thawt, and We started to go past q
man al dressed up in long black
thing and black hat like a clown hat
with stars and moons on it, saying,
Ladies and gents step up and tell me
the day and munth Of your berth and
for one dime / will give you a correct
reeding of your caracter according 10
the stars.
/ think Ill have my c8racter red, I've
always wondered if thefe was enything
in this horoscope bizzniss, pop sed, and
ma sed, Now Willyum, how do you sip
pose that man knows eny more about
your caractcr than you know yourself
Whose caracter ~ It? she sed.
In CRATE believer in science, pop
sed. And he went up and handed the
man a dime saying / was born on the
23rd of August 1877 and the man sed
That brings you under the sine OF
Sissyface or the camel star, in othei
werds you are man Of CRATE penetra
ton and mutch will power, you are {
lceder OF men and mutch sought aftel
by the ladies. and your iudgemint i
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02

| know woman who is healthy,
strong, and Intelligent and amply able
to make her own living, but who has To
he supported by her friend because she
is SO Sensitive that she cannot go out
into the world to work
| know a young woman who is 80
sensitive" she cannot bear 10 witness
the suffering of one she loves, SO she
wander3 among her flowers, while her
sister nurses their mother who is slowly
dying of cancer.
| know a wife who is so sensitive
that her husband can never share any
of his burdens with her, and who goes
into mysteries every time any emergency
arises that calls for self-sacritice, or work.
know dozens OF women who are so
sensitive" that any association with
them is like walking on eggs. Their
precious feelings are spread all over the
place, and no matter how warily you
tread, YOU are dead certain to step on
some of them. They are the bsnes of
families, and the curse OF organizations
for they are eternally taking offcnse
where none WAS intended, seeing sights
in the most casual action, and pcrceiving
hidden and sinister meanings in the most
innocent remarks.
To have to live with n sensitive per-
son, or do business with one Is an
aiiliction from which we might well pray
/ Heaven, on our knees ito deliver us. Yet,
curiously enough, the sensitive, instead
/ of regarding scnsitiveness as an alb
normality and deformity of character,
which they should do their hest to con-
znt -1-orl IN fhasr
personality, and are proud of II, and
boast of il and display it on all occasions.
Women, IN particular, take this sttl-
rude towards sensltiveness. They seem
to think that their shrinking from doing
their bit in the every day battle of life
and their giving away 10 their emotions
shows that they are of finer clay than tn,
balance of US Their attitude is that
they have been set apart to be parlol
ornaments, while their sisters were fore
ordained to the fate of kitchen pots.
Its all right for Sarah to stand 70
hours behind the counter, and put VI
with the tempers of customers, and 70
Jane to pound typewriter all day IN th'
Office Of a grouchy old man, becaus
we must have money on which 10 live
YOU know, but I'm so sensitive that
Just can't bear the contact with tn
outside world" they say. Or, II am s.
devoted to mother, and so sensitive tina
J | simply cant endure 10 witness he
, pain but Marian has no nerves and sh
} Just does everything for the poor dear.
, Or, Pm Just so sensitive that ] can
bear the slightest disappointment. |
p makes me sick. and | have such nervou
spells | have to send for the doctor.
Or, Perhaps Mrs. Jones didn't meal
what she said in her speech for me, bu
am Just 50 sensitive l can't stand evel
implie3 criticism"
We all hear complacent ladies max
speeches like these everyday of our lives
and we wonder that the poor silly gees
haven't intelligence enough to realiz
that they are making an indecent expos
vre of their weaknesses. For their wOr.
enemy couldn't tell the world any MOI
explicitly how idiotic and vain, an
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02
YOUR EVENING PARTY.

In warm weather, the informal
hostess may serve sweet sandwiches M
stead of cake, with her iced drinks.
There is nothing more delicious, hs
refreshments for simple party, than
Russian Chocolate (which is ordinary
cocoa and ordinary coffee combined IN
equa. quantities, sweetcned and iced)
and one Of the following:
Chocolate Sandwiches: Stir one and
one-half tablespoons of powdered cocoa
into two tablespoons Of hot water, TIL
smooth. Then add one-fourth teaspoon
of vanilla extract and enough coniec-
toners sugar TO make as thick as but
ter Stir in one-half cup OF hneiy
chopped walnut meats Che nuts may be
omitted, however, and spread this mix
ture on crustless slices of thinly-cut
White bread. Cut diamond shape and
serve in sadwich form.
Orange Sandwiches: Put one cup ot
confectioner's sugar into bowl and
add TO il two tablespoons Of orange
Juice and one teaspoon Of lemon lnce.
Mix until smooth, then cream into 1t
one heaping teaspoon Of butter. II de
sired. color bright yellow by adding
one-half an egg yolk (uncooked). Spread
on either white or graham bread and
serve in sandwich form but cut round
with cookie-cutter.
Banana-Honey Sandwiches: Shce two
bananas thinly and let these slices Il'
in two tablespoons Of lemon Juice unit
the favors are well blended about on'
hour. Then place these banana sllce'
between two crustless plecess o' white
bread which have been spread witt
three tablespoons Of thick cream mlvet
with one teaspoon of honey: Press th'
two halves ot the sandwich well 10
eether. and serve full-size.
Marshmallow-Jellv Sandwiches: Mel
FIVE marshmallows in the upper part o
double boiler, over boiling water
then stir in one tablespoon OF any kin
of Jelly. Spread on any kind OF brea
and serve in triangular shape.
A good card game to play at a
evening party, is the following:
Commerce: The guests are seate
around table, each one having pl
of 80 beans in front Of him. II
: leader has two packs Of playing card
l. one OF which is used for an auctit
y sale. one card Mt time being sold
|, the highest bidder, who pays for It
!, beans. When all the cards OF the I'll
,s pack have been sold, tho players
y range their cards and beans on t
81 table ready for business.
~ The auctioneer now holds up the 81
>, ond pack and announces that he v
~ ~ call the cards of one at time and
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02

selfish they are. II n woman knew how
outsiders regard sensitiveness, she would
soon admit being fifty-five years old,
and that her teeth and her hair and her
complexion were only hers by right of
purchase.
For. stripped Of all camoutlage, Lsnsi-
tiveness is nothing but ingrowlpR vanity
and sclf-centeredness
The girl who cannot go out into the
world and work, as other girls do, makes
her sensitivene.s An excuse for being n
gutter, for it is observable that her
shrinkingfrom minglng with other people
doesn't keep her from goinHto the places
she wants to 90 to or doing the things
she wants to do. ,lAe doesn't dread
meeting men in society. It's only In
business that she is stricken with fear
of them, vet men nre no more dangerous
or unpleasant in their Office than they
are in psrlors.
The woman who is so sensitive abe is
always getting her delicate sensibilities
wounded is the one who possesses what
alienists call IAN exaggerated ego.
She is always imagining sights, because
she considers that great difference should
be paid her She sees herself AS the most
important figure in the universe, with
everybody kowtowing and knocking
their foreheads on the ground before her,
and when they fail to do this she con-
siders that she has been grievously In
suited, and she won't play any more.
She takes her doll rags and goes home.
! The sensitive woman can never be
told of any of her faults because her
abnormal vanity makes her believe
herself perfect, and that everything she
does is beyond criticism. If she is busi-
ness woman she dissolves in tears every
time her employer ventures to tell her OF
mistake she has made. If she is @
domestic woman she makes such scene
when her husband tells her that the
coffee is slop, and the bread a first aic
10 the undertaken, that he never ven
lures to Try it second time. And she
never gets anywhere because she il
never willing to learn how to do bette
work.
The vanity of the sensitive is so al
pervasive that il enables them to see tn
things that arenot there. Their minds AT
so unalterably fixed on themselves tha
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-02
HOW HARRY UNDERWOOD
GENTLY AIDED MADGE

"Are YOU sure YOU feel able to drive?'
In Harry Underwood's voice, tender
and solicitous, there WAS no betrayal
OF any chagrin at the rebuff l had just
given him. Evidently he meant TO
accept my silent dictum, and drop
the sentimental pose he had adopted,
when, at his request that ! tell him of
Grace Draper's connection with Junior S
kidnapping had succumbed to the
pcrvous, blind dizziness which comes
over me sometimes at the remembrance
OF that awful time.
An Affirmative response was on my
lips, for | would rather drive n car
than do almost anything else IN the
world, and nothing makes me quite so
uncomfortable rs To sit beside another
driver. But il occurred to Inc that If
Harry Underwood drove the car and
listened At the same time to the IN
formation of Grace Draper for which
he had asked he would have neither
time nor opportunity forEentlment--a
state Of affairs for which l earnestly
wished
4 Re minder Of Dicky.
I'm not quite myself" said. You
drive, do YOU not?" and then, with y
remembrance Of his ambulance service
during the war, flushed at my own
stupidity.
IF don't get into any thick traffic,
he drswled. even as l stammered NJ
embarrassed:
Pardon so ridiculous question.
III pardon anything if you'll fusf
like that again" he returned with {
look which changed the flush TO fiam'
for second.
But the chance remark affected M
in w.y that he could not guess. l
pushed his rather hypnotic personallt,
hgurative thousand miles away an'
brought Dicky as forcibly before IN,
minds eye as il he had suddenly dropped
from the air before me.
For. without knowing it he had re
peated words | often had heard from
;ny husbands lips both before and afte
my marriage. and the memorc, whicl
the words brought me made me forge