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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
LINDSEY WARREN OUT
FOR CONGRESS TODAY
Brilliant Beaufort County Boy Throws Hat
In The Ring The Instant Hallet Ward
Walks Out. ~

First District politics took
a lively turn yesterday when
Congressman Hallet S. Ward
announced that he would not
be a candidate for the Demo-
cratic nomination this year.
followed in a few hours by a
positive announcement from
Lindsay c. Warren, of WASH
ington, that his hat is now
confidently in the ring.
Lindsay Warren has refused to
seek the nomination and has In.
sisted that he was not able to fin.
ance campaign against candidates
like Ward and Z. #. Aydlett. But
Wards unexpected withdrawal
from the race at this late date
caused such pressure to be brought
upon Warren yesterday that he con.
sented to run. Beaufort County Is
solid for Warren; Pitt County lead.
ers have pledged him their unCuali.
fled support; Hertford County.
where Aydlett started his campaign.
and Martin County; whete Aydlett
Is making a house to house can-
vass this week have given Warren
assurances that they are for him
and that he will carry all Of these
counties by overwhelming majori.
ties. &.
Mr.. Wards announcement ex.
plains the candidacy of e. IF.
Aydlett. 1t is believed that
Aydlett has had advance informn.
tion Of Mr.. Wards intentions and
has made the most Of II. But Mr..
Aydlett did not anticipate the en-.
trance Of Lindsay Warren into
the campaign. sa
Now there will be q fight for the
Congressional nomination. There
isn't IN abler campaigner In the
First District than Warren of Beau.
fort. He has served his own counr
ty. and district. for a number 80
years IN both branches Of he leps,
tarst -Assssaesss my we6 :
respect and admiration OF party
leaders for hts hbility and. rcseucsy
fulness. He is a good general and
n master parllamentarian.
The fact OF Slr. Warren's can.
didacy for Congress from the First
District was confirmed by long dis.
tance telephone Mt noon yesterday,
by Mr.. Warren himself. Mr.. War.
rem says he viii come to Pasquo-
tank within few days to confer
with leaders here. .
Formal announcement Of Mr..
Wards decision not to be can.
didate for the denomination and
his reasons for not being can.
didnte appears on the editorial page
Of this newspaper to-day. ..-.p-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
So SHOW YOUR "a
@CHRIsTIAN MANHOOD"

If the gent who writes q three
page letter to this newspaper, de-
Tending the christian manhood
of the Ku Klux Klan Of Dare
County has rot the manhood to
reveal his identity, this news
paper will publish his letter;
otherwise the letter goes to the
waste basket with other fulmina.
tiOns Of anonymous liars.
eowarrls and fools. Christian
manhood that hasn't the CUTS to
sign It's name TO the letters II
writes Is darned sorry manhood
In the opinion Of the editor OF
this newspaper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
SHOOTS SELF IN LEG

Ernest White. young automobile
mechanic of this city shot himself
In the right leg Wednesday night In
his room mt II 30. His explanation
is that he undertook to remove an
automatic pistol from under his
pillow for the purpose Of slowing
1t away when it dropped to the
floor and accidentally exploded.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
SAYS THE INDEPENDENT
DON'T PRINT THE "NUSE"
Editor INDEPENDENTS

Editor INDEPENDENTS
When I TUX your paper ] thot
you printed nll the muse. You don't
print all the muse, especially about
the biz bugs. YOU aint said no
word about prominent married man
In these parts who rot caught set
ting In lap of another mans wife.
Her husband caught him aud mnde
him set untwcll he sent for her
mans wife nnd let her see her
husband u setting IN his wife's lap.
That's whnt hc ought TO OF done;
but you don't open your trap about
Il. don't want your pnper no
more unless you going to print the
muse.
Yours and etc.
SUBSCRIBER.
South Mills, y. c.
Feb. 1, 1924.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
WIFEDEAD, HE
MARRIES GIRL
Third Act In Tho Sensational
Drama of Camden County
Couple

of the way, Richard Ward. IS
years old Camden county man
who had a sensational love af-
fair with a neighbor girl some
months ago, married the girl in
the case the other night and
the two set out in the same
Ford in which they elopcd once.
before; set out for some new
place in which to begin life all
over again.
The story OF Ward ls one OF the
most unusual ever recorded by this
newspaper. Ward, a quiet, sober,
rellgious.minded, Industrious youifg
farmer with nn invalid wife and
two children, deserted his family
on the night Of Nov. 10, 1922. He
went away In Ford coupe. He
took with him Matte Simpson, n
"a year old girl Of his neighbor-
hood. who had been active In church
work with him. The girl, Matte
Simpson. was the daughter of Mrs.
Nicholas Burgess. II In said she
never had beaux In her life. She
was n plain. modest, hOnicly re-
,'r'hs So'' VI En' ,ne ' no''.
KEEPER u 'o,"p'c n''sDU ' ""
serio"S ci"r'n "o,h.'' ny '"
sue w'is noni''! VI i"'r' ~" ,,,',',' n
h'n.eu '""' She ua" W." -" ~
""" ""' p"! ,''"''
hh!'n,hs put 'h' VI! an" "'' '''''',,,
''' sp'n''.'nvo' p !" WIN"
=" w "ooh'e"' .,
Matte simpson livcd JUST across
n narrow swamp from Wnrds pace
and the two saw m'lch OF cach
other, with pine thickets ana hlllch
undcrbush all around. But instead
Of daliying and whiting Tor the IN
valid wife Of Ward to die. the
couple got away on the night OF
Nov. 10Th under n prctcilse "i 20.
Ing to prayer meeting. No trace oi
them co"iu pe io'''''' "". w "
pckN UP tue rc""'"S o''''" 'o'
their cap,'lre. ,....,.. -.
Eut on the morning '"f s'-c.-24'
six weeks AFTER Their e'opheht 'ne
pair came Dack' weeping anu penn
tent. Ward took the giri Hrhight 10
the home Of her mother ana step
father anu ~sg" 'hrii' w 'o'Sn'
her ana take hcr mck. lncE ","'
Then ward went 10 inns WHO WIN
was III anu tho'gnt d!ihs VI
broken h@lrt. Mrs. w uru r'c''''"
her tr'iant huspahd WIN open "r"'S
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

The State Highway Com
mission will abandon its plans
for a nine foot road from Eliz-
abc,h City to Currituck G. IL.
and build a sixteen foot road
as lar as it will 20, conditional
upon Currituck asserting and
Camden granting the rights OF
way for the road thru that
county.
Such l. the news X. &. job, scCrc'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
HIGH SCHOOL DEDICATION
POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY l5

Dedication of the new Elizabeth
City High School building has been
postponed to February 10, and local
admirers of Angus Wilton Mclean
of Lumberton. candidate for Cover.
nor will not have the privilege OF
hearing him speak on February 8,
as was advertised. but will have to
whit another week. The change *
made because of n delay In filling
the order for scenery for the stnge,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
|rpO0KE'S CROWD WILL
NOT DROWN ALL ALONE
IL, Utilities Companies Determined to Pull
f'T The City Down With 1t If Compromise
Is Not Effected.

-,, men overheard; one
,.l 10 drown; the other
swim and make the shore.
,, the drowning man gets a
.,,,r,c hold on the man who
:. swim, and ,wcars that both
IN drown together. That
,r,,r nearly describes the pre-
| linen, OF Elizabeth City to-
~ with respect to its public
.ii,ic, companies.
p. priyarrly owned utilities
,,,i,, started another suit this
- n<iriin the city from the
= . I,ndS for electric light.
.rl uwcrngr. With the ad-
-.
r..s ~ Few amendments Ii is
lily like the losing suit or
=, rtlirir> companies that has
.,ju. thru the Federal Courts.
y. rilitirS companies are drown
=. ,b,r rau't hope Ia save them
r.. anil they are determined
A., pU.lh,th city shall drown
IN ,b,m. and when the fight cnds
..,,b,r will have very much left.
n, rrw suit started this week
-, enc uf endless suits thar
,mr. lrusht hy the utilities COM
,.r,. l. may take years for the
al -..hf IL the city to issue It's
,.,.I, n IT, determined hy the
.r,,, Then more suits will start.
| y III, civ i>>ur> its bonds, sells
,,.- and hq:iu> 10 lay its own
49, mains anil sewers, every time
. .-,,-S a street occupied 10y the
,.., anil sewerage companies, II
u a,yr >uir nn it, hands.
Il hJ II j dawmins upon the
Es,l of Aldermen that IL will be
-. I.E,r. the city can have ade-
r-5,s water AMI sewerage unless u
,rre7ui>,. with the utilities com
,s.S, i effected. The utilities
rrrggi,> know that the Aldermen
viii have ,u Compromise or wear
rhs town our with litigation.
Bu the public utilities companies
an rrsouiu: with II hdrd-headed
city administration that isn't going
10 arrrp' alv ,or, of compromise.
Il /, l-iu. whispered however that
rrnpr,Hi,r will IT, considered
anil a. lra,' pur member Of the city
administration ha> Indicated that
b. win listen 10 new proposition
iru Howard IruuSr. president "t
n, mnianir> IL Mr.. crOOke will
nn.a hi, PROPOSITION respectfully
All With show uf sincerity.
n 'ar same time Mr.. Crookc'S
s.s', bl,r h,u active In the town
q A'r ami several citizens have
'ra gppnlrhcl ou II proposition
tal' Wpg.l have the city huy the
varall sewerage properties only,
blyiz: the electric light PROPOSE.
iFt % private ownership as II II.
i "a, l,pu known for some time
tLl' ". Iru,kr uud his associates
W's.l J. clad iu unload the water
aHl ~uyrasr un the town. since
lh'Na Llvr l.ru LOSING propositions
"' 'ha rmIHuir>.
Aai there arr those who are be-
saa,l- tn weaken and incline 10
10 .i'a q! the town takin: over
Do water and sewerage properties
"ar" and leaving the electric
~ ami Iur-r business ~ a prob
'l i"r 'hu future. The town needs
''''r anil u u,,,l> sewerage. ncith-
n" which h ru get satisfactorily
I'l 10" private companies. Il Is
lRi'a."d that %" utilities compan-
p, ar" pressing q ,rhrmc 10 unload
'L'lr water AMI sewerage plants
'l 'h" town AMI rrruim their clec-
'tr' liSh' plant. aud it j. juSt pos
va" that 'h" Beard ~ Aldermen
a'"1t ready 10 consider some
lsja: like 'ha'.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

For your eyes sake zee DIR. j. u.
Hathaway. Optometrist. Bradford
Bldg. Elizabeth City, y. c. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

Good eyeslght is inexpensive. See
DR.. J. D. Hathaway. Optometrist,
Elizabeth City, n. 9. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

MRS. j. b. VENTERS.
HERE'S an attractive young Eliz.
abeth City matron. the wife Of j.
Bryan Venters, young automobile
man of this city. Young Mrs. Ven.
ters Is one OF those practical, sweet
tempered little women who find
more pleasure In helping out In their
husbands work than In riding
around the block or attending card
parties and teas. She looks after
the office work in her husbands
shop. and with q hard.working, In.
teresting pair like this hitting 1t off
together. the Venteres are making
many friends and much money and
will someday be rich without real.
izing how they got there. 4oeller
photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

FOR the past two years Prosecutor
In the County Court. Mr.. Sawyer
now aspires TO the judgeshlp itself
and il u candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for Trial Justice
He is son Of NJ. \. Sawyer who
was for many years - wheel.horse
in local politics. He learned much
about politics from his Dad. but he
learned from some other source
as well: for instance he somewhere
learned how TO smile; he has q
ssase Of hnnor that the Senior
Sawyer never had Zoeller photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

r neglect YOUR c,cs. See
4 --""-. gdy.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08

PLOw CASTINGS for sale cheap.
Apply to ELIZABETH CITY IRON
WORKS. cFS.tf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-02-08
CLIP AND MAIL THIS NOW
To THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, N. G.

I am inclosing herewith check o.
r. o. Money Order for $l.50 To-
which send me THE INDEPEN
DENT for one year. I want (
keep up with your interesting ed
torials and news articles abou
Northeastern North Carolina folki
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Write Il Plainly
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27

" HERE is to be a transit of
the planet Mercury over the
face Of the sun, on May z,
and a reader in Peoria, Illinois.
who has a three-inch telescope
asks for information about it, and
for the date Of the next follow
ing transit Of Mercury. He also
wishes to know where he can OBJ
tain the positions Of Jupiter's
moons during the coming sum-
mer.
congratulate everybody hav-
ing a three-inch. or larger, tele-
scope, together with the DISPOSE
ton to apply it to observations Of
things beyond the earth. To see.
one OF the earth's sister planets
moving, in the shape of a little
round, black, disc, over the shin
ing face Of the sun is truly a
thrilling. sight. 1t gives a FLIP
to the imagination. When a
planet is seen shining like a
bright star in the night sky it
does not impress many people as
being a solid globe like the one
under our feet; but when it shows
its solidity and opaqueness as well
as the perfect circularity Of its
daylight, the sight is as instruo-
tive as it is interesting.
TIME OF TRANSITS.
Mercury travels around the sun
in an orbit lying, in the mean.
about ST ,0O0,0 900 miles inside the
% al uf~ thu
two orbits are situated not far
from the same plane, that OF
Mercury being inclined Z degrees
to the earth's, it is evident that
II Mercury comes between the
earth and the sun at the time
when it is near one Of the two
points where its orbit crosses the
plane of the earth's orbit, 1t must
appear from the earth as II pro-
jected against the sun. 1t is then
said to be in transit.
Owing to the relations Of the
periodic times of revolution of
the earth and Mercury, these
transits occur either in the month
of May or the month of Novem-
Der, in q recurrence cycle. There
are more than twice as many
transits in November as in May.
Here is a list of the transits dur
ing the remainder of the twen-
tieth century,.
1924, May z: 1927, November, 8.
1910, November IL; 1862, No
, vember IA.
1867, May s; 1860, November 7.
1870, May s; 1878, November ..
1886, November IL: 1898, No
vember. 5.
1899, November Is; zoos, May 8.
It is interesting to know that
the next year following the
transit of Mercury in zoos, there
will be the first transit Of Venus
that has occurred since 1882. The
transits OF Venus are much l'ss
numerous than those of Mercury.
For the dates and hours Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
GARRETT P. SERVES ON SIGHTS
TO BE SEEN WITH TEL ESCOPE
Surprisingly Clear Views of Planets Mercury
and Jupiter May Be Had in May
By GARRETT P. SERVISS.
Dmer and writer on scientific Topics of

clentlElc Topics OF Popular Interest,
eclipses and transits Of Jupiter'S
four principal satellites, it is only
necessary to have at hand the
American Ephemeris, published
annually by the Nautical Almanac
office. and to be had for a dollar
from the superintendent Of docu-
ments at the Government Printing
Office, Washington. They are also
published in Leon Barrit's Month
ly Sky Map"
These phenomena present very
beautiful telescope scenes, sur
prising to those whO see them
for the first time. Having so
many moons. Jupiter sometimes
has the shadows of more than
one Of them crawling over his
broad disk at the same time.
They appear as intensely black
dots, very easily shown by q
three.inch telescope with a mag
nifving power of, say, 100 diam
eters. The satellites themselves
may often be seen passing as
light does over the cuiored bands
that encircle Jupiter on each
side Of his equator. Going into
the vast shadow that the mighty
planet casts behind him In spaco,
the satellites disappear like snuffsd
candles, and when they emerge
FROM the shadow their reappear.
ance Is so sudden that they seem
to have popped UP out Of the slxy
depths. Jupiter will be conspicu.
GUS in the evening sky through
May, June. July and August.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
POper of An Endless Life
By DIR. FRANK CRANE.

IF THERE be some watcher in the skies to whom a
thousand years but. yesterday when it is past
l. and to whom the events upon this earth are swift
moving cinema, what judgment has he formed Of the
human MAJ drama unfolding upon this planet -
to the United States Government the skull OF who
according to the scientists lived about twenty thousand
years ago. The man. whose brain functioned within this
skull two hundred centuries ago, thrsted day and
stopped to drink at a brook bank.
There, in unknown way, sudden death found him.
The sand and mud the silt of years. covered him In this
sediment iron and lime enough to crust the skull
petrify it, and bring it through the ages until per-
feet condition.
IT, upon neighboring STAR the soul Of this prehs
toc man has watched the upward sweep Of social ife
from the days when shverd in their eess
and but little better than the animals that prowled
about them to the twentieth century, with its
and levathans what ripe and tolerant mind must be his
IT, humanity has stubbornly persisted in believing the
human lives spiritual integrity after the period
Of CESSATION the body and if the mental powers Of that
spirit continue to improve with growth what meaning
attaches to that phrase The power of endless lhe
For instance what strength Of will this must have,
how strong and swift his decisions, matured through
turtles of practical - A..
How vivid and complete would be his imagination after
these thousands of years of traningi
How capacous his memory containing facts and pictures
more luminous than all the libraries Of earth!
How strong his affections, having outgrown and
passed every conceivable form Of folly!
We know that what call goodness and virtue is nothing
but the result Of the ripe conclusions of experience and
what we call sin weakness than the folly that
through ignorance and the chdmnded faulty Of
inexperienced So then how richly good well also how
profoundly wise, this notwithstanding must
To him those temptations that loom like in the
brief lives of appear but negligible insects Of
mer's day. r. -~.-s#
In fact have only to project any human life twenty
thousand years and by orderly development Of inherent
nature, it approach Divinity.
How friendly, how powerful, how submely beautiful
all those souls that have left this planet through the doors
of death to populate the stars. - .<..>
Why should shrink from joining that company whose
vast experience has reached disgust with the last pa
ton whose souls rpenng has brought them to the sweet
of perfect understanding and the of whose
Maker of the spheres?
For the path from to angel hardly longer than the
road from this Australian to Shakespeare
Copyright 1894
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
Once-Overs
HARp.WoRKING HUSBANDS NOT OFTEN GALLANT

HARD-W0RK1NG HUSBANDS NOT OFTEN GALLANT.
TITS said that the most loving Thoughtful attentive
husband not always the most successful man business
There many wives who fret and because other
wise kind husbands devote most Of their attention time and
thought to business.
Often such wives alude to the happygoluc "Johnny
On-the-spot" husband as gallant worth having.
Seldom do such consider the hard headed busness
desirable debonar courteous gentlemanlv
follower.
The who is tied closely to business usually has the
great aim Of afordng luxury comforts and future security
from want to the members of his immediate family and
thinks little of himself.
When provides for the wants of a modern family
he must stick close to the job that provides his financial
income.
When has husband who is willing to labor lonp
and thoughfuy for her. she should consider herself lucky
There many who wish their husbands were of
this sort.
CGaayrisht by Feature Service Iso,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
WORDS FROM THE LIPS OF WISE MEN

What you have done to another you may expect from
another. = Y
If write the songs of a nation care not who
makes its laws
people live in the they undoubtedly believe the
earth unnhabted by reasoning beings and maybe they
right.
History narrative of events by man who does not
personally know them compiled from writings Of other per-
sons, probably misinformeds
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27

A man without smiling face must not open shop,
He is more noble that deserves than he who confers
benefits.
Men willingly believe what they wish to be true.
Vessels large may venture more,
But little boats should keep shore
Football teaches young that the paudits of the
multitude for the player who works in the open field
Get out of the If you to attract attention.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27

Features Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
The Poor Cops

liver since DR.. Frank Cranes
~ initial editorial, It has been
on my mind to write this letter.
Somehow / cannot rest until I
do write, because his first editorial
was based on letter which /
wrote to Commissioner Oyster at
that time, and which his office
failed to acknowledge.
In DIR. Cranes first editorial he
mentioned what a blessing IL
would be for men to 60 collarless
and hatless in hot weather. In
my letter to Commissioner Oyster
! asked IL 1t was compulsory for
the police to wear coat collars
choked up clear to the neck, and
as we may call the average arrests
Of today chasing arrests" would
the officer not be able to fulfill
his duty a great deal better IL he
were little more comfortable,
Mrs. G. w. LEVY.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27

meaning Your heart And at first you terrified at
that stiffness You wishhe noise would back again.
You wish you could be hu happy again were
Then your test Ether you give up at this point
or you 60 For now being from that personal
with e you 60 into the world and life
you could have seen before-f you will You
when your tongue thick with your laughter and
your eyes blinded by your dreams You can lay
your hands humanity with power which was never
yours when your hands thought only of their gain
You can walk the streets Of @ peaceful and strong and
SERENE would walk who had risen from the dead to
find life much simpler and less hard to bear Men and
women will your serenity and give themselves to
your power for your egotism will longer bar them or
weaken YOU .
That the heritage Of those whose hearts broken
they will have it SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27


WHERE is be
the planet Mercury satellites il o
IN z.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-03-27
BY ELSIE ROBINSON

dom and wisdom at such terrible price.
But the day people and things fail you,
you are FREE. You stand alone at last 1t
is terrible loneliness For the majority Of
the broken-hearted it never ceases to be ter
rible loneliness. As long as you only think Of
the loneliness, the horror win never cease.
But there is truly much more to be thought of.
After your first wrenching agony you find
that your heart is still. The little voices all
have gone away. Anger and fear, lust and
,conceit, jealousy and suspicious - these
things stirred you once. They were part of
that warm reaction you gave to life in hap
pi9k days. They were the other side Of love
and ambition. But now they do not stir you.
Thav \are1 hrnkan fnvs which have lost their