The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1922-10-31
WHAT WE YET MAY
HAVE TO COME TO
Joke Of The Rotary Club May Really
Be a Glimpse Of the
Future

The most fun-provoking feature at
! the weekly luncheon of the Elizabeth
City Rotary Club Friday afternoon,
was such humorous part of the
program that this newspaper passes
| It on to it's readers for what laughs
there is in it. This was blank pre-
pared by Rotarian d. G. Conger and
presented to each Of the members
present to be filed out.
The first member to finish filling
out the blank was Attorney W. a.
Worth, thus attesting to the ability
of q lawyer in doing such things, and
for his activity he was awarded a
prize Of one lump Of anthracite coal.
This blank was an application for
coal 10 the office of the State Com
missioner, and it reads as follows:
What is your age?-------A At what
age did you last apply for coal?---
How old were you before you got
any? ----------- What did you do
with the lump allotted to you last
year?- Are you an
experienced coal user? -----------
Give the names Of three responsible
citizens who will certify you are the
sort Of person to be trusted with
coal in excess of one quart--------
Have YOU had any coal in your pos
session during the past z months?
---------If SO, how did you get it?
------------ Were you detected?--
In order that this Office may ar
rive at q just appraisal of your i'm
mediate needs will you state whether
or not you possess any of the fol-
lowing articles:
1. Flannel nightgoTns,
.. Mittens, ~.
5. Earlaps,
4. Woolen blankets,
5. Hot.water bottles, ---
G. Fur coats,
Hare you ever been converted OF
wearing anthracite for ornamental
purposes?-------- How your wife?
------- Has any member Of your
family ever been convicted of throw
ing a lump of coal at q neighbor's
dog?-------------- Have you ever
been convicted Of boarding coal?----
Are you the man whose home was
raided by freeze enforcement agents
in the winter of 1916 and a supply
of coal found under the kitchen
clock?. Are you an Amer
ican citizen, and, if SO, are you IA
miliar with that part of the Declar-
alton of Independence that declares
every citizen entitled to life, liberty
and the pursuit of hard ccal?-------
Do you prefer your lump octagonal
or otherwise?
The main feature of this regular
weekly luncheon was the presence as
guests of honor of several officers of
the U. S. Naval Air Service who
we're in Elizabeth City Friday to give
Elizabeth City q glimpse of what the
Navy does with its planes in the war
activities of the nation.
Lieut.. Commander McGauley in
charge of the feet responded to the
toast "Our Navy" with a short talk
on the purpose of the Navy to ac-
quaint the American people with
some of the things the Navy els do
ing.
Eve feel that you people are
stockholders in the Navy" said
Commander McGauley, "and that it
is our duty to let you know what
is being done with your money, just
as the stockholders Of any corpora
tion should know how their business
is beng conducted" He then went
on 10 explain some Of the phases of
TIE progress that has been made in
naval aviation. Having been up un-
til the night before, making prepara-
ton for the burial of two comrades
who were killed in a plane wreck
Thursday at Hampton Roads, he was
not prepared with n suitable speech,
he said, and was therefore obliged
10 shorten the remarks he had in
tended making.
The Rotary Club was favored with
an unusually large attendance. Thir-
!y.unr of its 50 members were pres
ert. The meeting was enlivened by
q few songs and many pertinent
quips on one another.
OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU
PAGES Mr.. w. c. WILLIAMS