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Arizona state miner., 1923-05-12
Sale Army Shoes Sale

We have just bought tremendous
stock of Army Munson last shoes to be
sold to the public direct. Price 50. Is.
These shoes are 1907 solid leather with
heavy double soles sewed and nailed
The uppers are of heavy tan chrome
leather with bellows tongue, thereby
making them waterproof. These shoes
are selling very fast and we advise you
to order at once to insure your order
being filled.
The sizes are to IL all widths; pay
Postman on receipt of goods or send
money order. Money refunded if shoes
are not satisfactory
THE u. S. STORES Co.,
l441 Broadway, New York City.
Arizona state miner., 1923-05-12
Notice OF Forfeiture.

April 20, 1923.
To ANNA B. GRAY;
To the heirs of William nj. Gray, his
administrators, and
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
You, and each of you. are hereby
notified that Charles O. Matthews has
expended the sum of Two Hundred
Arizona state miner., 1923-05-12
Constellation Notes.

Tom Richards and wife of the
Monte Cristo mine entertained a
few friends at a radio concert
this week. The concert came
over the wireless from the Los
Angeles Times. 1t was indeed
beautiful and quite distinct. The
following guests were present;
Jack Bolitho, wife, and daughter
Lorraine and F. A: Mueller. wife,
and nephew Gene Benson of the
Gold Bar mine. After the con-
cert a delicious lunch was served.
Mrs. Jack Bolitho entertained
a few friends in honor of her
husbands birthday Sunday even
ing.
A. G. Walker, Ira Walker, and
John Fades were business visi-
tors to Wlckenburg the first of
the week.
F. A. Mueller and wife of the
Gold Bar motored to Wickenburg
the last of the week.
VIM. F. Roberts, who has been
spending the winter at Phoenix,
is back at Constellation again.
Arizona state miner., 1923-05-12

Miss Pearl Johnson of Prescott
and formerly of Wickenburg had
the honor of getting first place
in cooking and second place in
sewing at the University of Ari-
zona recently, representing the
Prescott High School.
Arizona state miner., 1923-05-12

FARM WANTED-Wanted to hear from
owner of farm or good land for sale,
for fall delivery. L, Jones, Box 664,
Olney, Illinois.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-12
SEES NO FOULPLAY
 RAILROAD DEATH
Police Satisfied Zimmerman Met
 End Through Accident

Although friends and relatives of the late Frederick W. Zimmerman. who was killed Saturday night by a rassenger train near the Cremo brew cry, insist that there was foul play in connection with his death, the po- lice department after a thorough in- vestigation, is satisfied that there are no indications of murder or suicide in the case.
 Medical Examiner Waterman Lyon is conducting an independent exam ination in tho case and the state po- lice are working on if also, but there seems to bc no definite evidence that Zimmerman was the victim of others or that he deliberately plotted his own life. Sergeant Patrick McAyay has investigated the case thoroughly and as a result Of his investigation the police are still Of tho opinion that Zimmerman's death was accidental
 The state police are Investigating because Of the fact ttat the accident occurred h the town Of Newington and not ir the town of New Britain. Maps in the assessors office, which are said 10 be accurate, indicate that fbe scene or the accident occurred between 90 and 50 feet from the New Britain -Newington town line on the Hewington side.
 Heard Gar Being Cranked
 Joseph Zelcski of Hartford avenue was questioned in the police station last evening by Sergeant McAvay and Chief Hart. Zeleski tells a straight Nd of Reldon street in the vicinity of the tracks and hearing someone mak- ing frequent attempts 10 operate the self-starter. laterstrying to crank the car by hand. He didn't realize the car was on the track until it showed up in the glare of the engine head lights.
 He was positive that there were no coupanions with Zimmerman and that he did not hear voices.
 Disbelief in the accidental death theory was expressed yesterday by Medical Examiner Lyon and by mem brrs Of the Zimmerman family who were in conference with him The medical examiner states that he ex- amiped the body. and although TO sutopsy was performed. he is satis- sed there was no alcohol in the sys- tenn.
 Zimmernan's movements have not been checked entirely on Saturday evening. but he worked at the StaIfd- ard Steel and Bearings company plant at PIainviIIe, where he was chief elec- trjcian. until o'clock. ringing his card out at 5.e1 Saturday evening
 Bought Gifts For Children
 No one remembers seeing him aft CT that until sometime between 7:3e and s o'clock when he entered the store of Gustave Knauss on Arch street and purchased three caps. some stockings. handkerchiefs. and other things for the children of William Neidle of Sf Linden street. where he had acepted an invitation tO spend ] Christmas.
 Mir Ntidis. close friend Of zim-
New Britain herald., 1923-12-12

so told Mir. Neidle that he had gotten into trouble with the police at Meri- den recently for driving his car when he had been drinking and that he was of booze" while using a car. Mir. Neidle also says that Zimmerman re- fused drink recently
 What became Of Zimmcrman's money is still q mystery. At noon Friday he had s67 in his pockets at the factory. Later he drew his weeks pay amounting to about $50 and in addition collected 80 owed him by another man. making s147 he is known to have had. Saturday morn- ing, he still had a large roll of bills. although on kriday evening he told the local woman with whom he was friendly that he had paid the last installment on his car and had paid off some other bills.
 He is alleged to have told others that he paid off the last installment on the car and that now it was his property, although investigation shows that the last payment he made was several weeks ago and more pay ments still were due at the time of the accident.
 The purchases made at the Arch street, store were charged, and no cash was spent at that place.
New Britain herald., 1923-12-12

merman. scouts the suicide theory by stating that Zimmerman often spoke Of the god time he and the Neidle children were going to have on Christ mas.
 Mir. Neidle saw Zimmerman on Arch street near Walnut between s:45 and 9 o'clock Saturday evening. zim- merman was driving his car towards the center. He had been stopped by the traffic for few minutes. but just as Neidle shouted to him, Traffic Po- liccman Fred Wagner gave the signal to go ahead and Zimmerman's car shot forward. Ncidle's greeting was lost in the hustle of traffic. Thinner man drove to Walnut street. turned up the street and drove up as far as Prospect street where he turned around and backed his car up to his rcoming house at 45 Walnut street. He stopped there with the car facing Main street on the left side of the street. Directly in front of him and facing his car was that of Henry En- gle Of Greenwood street. Mir. Engle lbleT luFntn on lHe HtduilEnlb Ol HIS car and recognized Zimmerman on the front seat Of the car ahead. bend ing over as though he were adjusting something on the dash board.
 Statements that Zimmerman had not been drinking for the past two or three weeks were made yesterday by Mir. Neidle, by Edward Marsh, of 3f Rentschier street, and by the local woman with whom Zimmerman was friendly.
 Zimmerman brought Mir. Marsh home from work at noon Saturday. making tbe trip to New Britain and back in 90 minutes. He took Mir. Marsh to work Saturday morning. Mir. Marsh claims that Zimmerman told him he has had the opportunity to have a drink within the past few weeks and refused saying he had stopped drinking. The dead man al-
New Britain herald., 1923-12-12
10000 DISTRIBUTED DAILY

THE HERALD HAS BY FAR THE LARGEST CIRCULA TON OF ANY PAPER PUBLISHED IN NEW BRITAIN It is the Only Local Newspaper With An
 Audited Circulation
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
WOULD MAKE MOVIES
in ELIZABETH CITY
Famous Playcrs-Lasky Representa-
tive Here On Tuesday Locking
The Place Over

The famous PlaycrS-LaSky max
crS of First National Attractions,
may come to Elizabeth City in short
10 stage play for the screen. The
PlaycrS-LaSky have sent their repre-
sentative to the city TO look over
the prospects and to report back.
The representative. Louis \.
SarCcky was here Tuesday. He
stopped ut tn" Southern Hotel. and
mentioned that he thought Eliza
beth City would do To shoot all the
scenes in except one. In one scene
he wanted 10 show Il vessel leaving
Il wharf. without showing any land
on the other side. The name of the
picture Ec plans 10 shoot here Is
sinners from Heaven. and some
body told him he could find what
he wanted at Edcuton. So he went
Ia Edcnton. He said he thought he
might shoot the one scene at Eden
ton and the lsa,aHcc of the picture
in this city.
Anyway there Is Il possibility that
Elizabeth City'S yGrn@cr vampS will
in the near future have the Ion"
desired opportunity of observing
now tn" movie vamiS dc their stuff,
and To learn if The desire 10 hc Il
movie actress is just Il hankcrinS
or Il real ambition.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
ANYWAY, PENINAH GOT
RID OF THE BEG BUGS
Estiniable COlored Woman Lost Her
Home Smoking Bed Bugs Out.

Cautious housewives will not need
a second warning to beware of the
disaster which overlook Peninah
Ovcrton. cOlOred woman of Body
Road this city who, attempted last
week to smoke the bed bugs out
of her house with n can OF burn
Ing sulphur. While PeninalI WAS
cndcavoring to get the very last
bug out of the couch in her front
room, the sulphur fumes became 81
room, the sulphur fumes became to
take the can outdoors. Half way
to the door she was overcome by
the fumes, tainted and fell to the
floor. When she revived, her house
was in flames from the overturned
can and she was barely able to
escape with her life. The house
was an eight-rOOm building. and
with it went nearly all the famiiy's
possessions.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
NEW PHONE DIRECTORY
TO BE ISSUED NOV Is.

y new iSs;uc of the telephone
directory of the Norfolk x Caro-
lima Telephone X Telegraph Co. of
this city is in course of preparation
and will come from the job presses
Of this newspaper about Nov. II.
1923. There will be 2.Jn0 copies of
the new directory. about 1910 Of
which will 90 immediately on the
hooks of all telephone subscribers
in Elizabeth City. IIertford. Eden
TON. and on the rural lines of Pas
puotank, Camden, cUrrituck. Per-
quimanS. ChOwan and Gates. APP
plicaiion for advertising space or
for the listing of Your phone in large
black type should hc made at once
either TO the manager of the tclc-
phone exchange in Elizabeth city.
IIcrtford or EdcntOn, or to this
newspaper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
DAMAGE FROM STORM
NOT AS BAD AS REPORTED

Damage from the storm that
swept the coast this week has not
been 80 great in this Immediate sec
ton aS has been reported. While
it is true that Il great many vessels
were delayed, on account of getting
on the shoals in the sounds bccaltS"
the tide was low, local Coast Guard
hraduuarterS has no information OF
any wrecks. High winds kept many
of the Fishermen from fishing their
nets regularly, and did some dam
age to pound nets, but only IL few
small boats were delayed on their
regular runs. The greatest damage
WAS done the occasional water pas
Scn"crS who were on the boats dur
in" the storms and received tEc
frights of their lives.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
SAYS GOOD ROADS DON'T
HURT RAILROAD AT ALL
The Fact is. Humanity's Needs In
- Some Direction Have Out -
grown the Railroads.

These who fOrcSee the climina-
ton of the railroads as Il result of
the thousands of miles o. good
highways that are only the begin
Ming of great system of roads III
trrlacins the nation. and who. feel
that conditions OcaSiOncd by the
new roads of North Carolina are
ibcing severely felt by railroad lines
lhayc another think coming to them.
according to NJ. L. Dennis. local
freight agent for the Norfolk-South-
crn Railroad.
The fact is" says Mr.. Dennis,
the railroads are doing more bIlSl-
ness than ever before. In the trans
portation of materials for highway
building. the railroad is necessary.
and large part of ull road bond
issues is spent for freight: road
building material all being heavy
stuff which costs q lot to handle.
Not only does rOadhuilding make
business better for the railroads,
but the combination of the two
makes greater facilities for Il great
or production Of industry and agri-
culture in thc disposition of which
both are necessary.
Transportation needs have
reached the point where they have
outgr0wn the railroads., continues
Mr.. Dennis. Just as modern rail
read efficiency has reached the point
where trains no longer stop here
and there were small loads for tn"
convenience of one or two people.
The railroad is too busy looking af-
ter the big things. Neither can the
big business man stop to wait for
n train, no matter how often or eX-
act the schedule. Business cOndl-
tions often demand sudden trips to
nearby towns. for which the auto
mobile, or aif'planc even, will save
money and time. But the railroad
is going TO always have plenty tc
do, because il is the cheaper medium
of transportation and the only IA
cility vet devised for handling heavy
stuff.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
CREW ASLEEP WHEN
STEAMER CAUGHT FIRE
North River Line Steamer Burned,
to Waters E,lge i'm Fairfield
Canal Saturday.

With the crew asleep. the 1JO-ton
steamer Gen. j. i. Carr of the
North River Line, caught fire early
last Saturday morning. cntaiiing q
loss of S20.0m or more. partially
covered by Insurance.. The General
Carr waS 40 feet long and WAS
huilt in EonGout. y. Y. in 1882. She
carried q crew of five mea and waS
operated between this city. IIyd,
County. and points on the Alligator
River. hy the North River Line
which bought the vessel about fiv,
years ago.
Three members of the crew were
aboard when the vessel caught at
about fGur o'clock i'll the morning.
They were the Captain. G.. +. John
Son Of this city. dcckhand Adam
Dough Of Kitty Hawk and Perry, Il
Negro cook. The fire was discover
ed by little girl. who mysterious
ly happened To be awake and ON the
canal bank at Fairfield at that
early hour.
The Carr will not be rebuilt as
the vessel was burned too badly.
\ smaller crude oil steamer has
been put on the Fairfield run TO re-
place the Carr. until the owners
find another steamer to take her
place.
This leaves the North River Line
with only one steam vessel. the
Annie l.. YanSciver." ROW Opcrat-
ing between this city and Norfolk.
The "YanSciver" is the largest YES
sci plying out of the Elizabeth City
lIarbor. Certain Norfolk Interests.
anxious To acquire this vessel and
tie up the water trade of this sec
tion. are said To have attempted to
merge the North River Line bust
ness, but the owners, not satisfied
with the offer have refused them.
and held on to what they have.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
FIRE TRUCK DRIVER DRINKS
WOOD ALCOHOL BY ERROR

George Koch. driver of one ot the
ritv'S fire trucks is in the hospital
os u result of drinking dcaatured
alcohol i'm Il Matthews Street rcSta-
urant Thursday. 1t happened that
Koch was working on an alc0hOl
stove and had been down the street
to -ct Il bottle of alcohol when he
stopped in the restaurant after ii
bottle of coc;,-cola. Koch stopped to
talk to some friends and when he
reached around after his drink,
the bottles being similar, he got the
wron. bottle, and got IL rattlln@ biz
swig of the alcohol. He was rush
cd to DIR. Howard ]. Combs for
treatment.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
THEY DISCUSS THE MATTER OF GAMBLING.

stalking your dimes on the numbers
on these paddle wheels for box Of
candy. Il gogglc-cycd doll baby or Il
cotton blanket aint gambling: that :
just throwin' your money to the
birds. Now | call it crime when
the birds throw il to are lot
of lousy carnival buns who come to
town one week and blow out next !:
but when you keep the money at
home and give it to charity | don't
call that il crime. and | think the
police were Il lot of minnicS to butt
in on the Shrine Circus. I'm telling
it to YOU straight.
"But the church people were down
behind the police and insisting upon
them doing their duty" said the
Bank Clerk.
"DOn't talk to me about the church
people," said the Soda Jcrker. "Thc
church people didn't get down be-
hind the Fair Association because
If the gambling going on at the
Fair Grounds during the Fair did
they? ! think if you'll look over il
list of the Board of Directors of the
Fair Association you'll find that
most of them are church folks and
some of 'em the shiniest white
washed pillars in the church. The
trouble with the Shriners is. there
aint enough of 'cm i'll the churches; :;
when you get a church membership
and pay your dues promptly YOU can
do lot u things im this town that
you can't do if you aint -" the i'll
side"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26

The police took all the joy out
0f the Shrine Circus when they
closed down the games of chance
last week. didn't thcy:' asked the
Bank Clerk of the Soda Jcrkcr.
"ThaI'S what the ShrincrS get by
trying To pull off Il thing like that
right under the windows of police
hcaduuurtcrs." said the Soda Jerk
or. If they bad only used Il
little judgement and gone three or
four blocks away the police never
would have bothered 'cm at all.
WHY. The cops we have in this town
could actually catch small poX if
you rubbed it Ill over them.
Next time | reckon the ShrincrS
will 20 outside the city limits. out
i'm the country the Sheriff is the
law and the policemen aint III it,.
You can bet YOUR life Sheriff Reid
wouldn't have bothered 'Cm if they
had put on Il regular Monte Carlo.
say nothing of the innocent ten cent
crap stuff the ShrincrS were
n,onIryin. with for charity. You
never heard of Sheriff Reid arrest
ing anybody for gambling, drinking,
hootlc@ging, making liquor or any
thing else. He believes i'll letting
everybody do to suit themselves 81"
long as they pay their taxes ana
vote for him every two years
You must think gamhlimg's all
right" said the Bank Clerk.
81 don't know how you get that ,
said the Soda Jerker. Gambling
is taking chance to win or los"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
MORE THAN S1,O0O,OOO GAIN.

The Carolina Banking 4 Trust
Go. of this city celebrated its sec
ond anniversary Oh Saturday, Oct.
20. Starting with deposits of S2l7,-
61O.96 on Oct. 20, 1921. this bank
reported deposits of $1,3o6,O42.o4 on
Oct. 20. 1929. IL gain of Sl,OSS, ,431.oS.
THE growth of the Carolina Bank
inr & Trust Co. is regarded rs high
ly satisfactorily Ivy its Officers and
directors" says G. Il. Little. cashier.
Growth of banks means confidence
of the people and the bank is proud
of the confidence of so many GUS
toners who have made its wonder
full growth possible
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1923-10-26
LINING UP FOR
CANAL FIGHT
Big Delegation To Insist Upon
Government Carrying Out
Its Good Intentions

An effort will be made to
send a delegation fifty strong
from Elizabeth City to the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Con-
vcntion in Norfolk in Novem-
Der to register Elizabeth City's
demand for Government own
crship of the Lake Drummond
or Dismal Swamp Canal.
Committees are to he appointed
from the Board of Aldermen, RO-
tary Club, Kiwanis Club and Mer-
chants Association. to act jointly
with the strong committee already
appointed by the Chamber Of Com
merce.
For more than a hundred years
Lake DrummOnd Canal was the
chief channel Of exchange of conf
modities between the Sounds aud
rivers of eastern North Carolina and
Baltimore and Chesapeake Bay.
Eight years ago twO-thirds of such
water borne traffic passed through
the Canal paying annual tolls Of
from $4,000. to 100000. The prop
erty was in high state of mainten-
ance and efficiency, and its owners
free from any Indebtedness.
At that time the Congress author
lied the purchase and enlargement
of the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Canal, to be free competitive
waterway: although warned by the
r. s. Engineers, that the business
OF the now competitive Dismal
Swamp Canal will probably he prac-
tically ruined" That prediction at
once became fact in the diversion
of all except strictly local traffic
in the Canal. and threatened finan-
cial ruin Of its owners.
The Government having greatly
injured the property, it was asked
to buy it upon its own price.
The Bourd Of L. s. Engineers re-
ported strong recOmmendatioA.tha'
Congress authorize its purchase for
$500, 900, to be maintained and oper-
atcd az Il free waterway. The
Chief of Engineers cOncurring sent
the report to the River and Har
bor Committee of the House, I'm re-
sponsc to It's request, if such action
was desirable.
Unfortunately the River and
TIarbor Committee had completed
its bill for that session, and re-
ported it to the House. and its
Chairman objected to an amendment
to include the Engineers report. :.
The Senate, however, authorized
the Secretary of War to buy the
Canal for $JOO, 900, and to maintain
and operate it.
The Chairman of the House Com
mittee refused to concur opposing
any appropriation, and that is the
situation today. obliging renewed
effort over the same ground.