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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
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BRUTAL ARREST
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
FISHERMAN STILL HAVE
HOPE or GOOD SEASON
Before the Storm. Catches were
Better Than Last Years aud
Prices Fair

Following nn industry that is dc-
rlnred to bo failing rapidly. and
hampcrrd because the territory "
ovcrworkrd. the fishermen Of North
Carolina has yet Ia lose the fuith
that leads them iO look for 4 big
catch each dhy. and In spite of the
storni Of last week. they still have
hopes Of u good season.
Prior tO the storm, fishing wns
better than during the same pAr'ot
df last year. according to j.. R.
Daniels, of Wnnches". who wns In
town this week. Mr.. Dnniels states
that the fishermen generally nre
looking forward Ia good catchcs
until May. althO the outlook for
those who fish pound nets Is more
doubtful because of the thick water.
Big catches Of the season among
Wanchesc fishermen are reported
as follows. Pugh & Baum In one
day. 100 shad: Orlando Bnrrus,
21i: W. .. Daniels, 100. Catches of
$50 were not unusual. The catches
were made in what IL called the
middle" of PamlicD Sound. Catch.
- elsewhere were not 80 large.
generally. Scvcra AInnns HurbOr
fishermen made catches Of 10 to
100 shad. Buck shnd predominant.
weighing from two Ia four pounds.
but numbers Of roe Shad are caught
which weigh from four To five
pounds, and the latter bring from
~ to 60 ceuts n pound wholesale.
Mr.. Daniels tells Of small In.
let that was cut lY the storm last
week. across the beach where the
state Is preparing to cut one. Fish.
erlncn believe this inlet will cut out
deep enough to permit of the pas.
sage of rhad into the sounds. II
may prove Of considerable help To
the contractors who are to cut the
inlet for the state.
According to fish dealers who are
passing thru this city upon their
return from Florida. the largest run
of shad in years Is now evident in
that state. This Is considered y n
afovorable sign, because North Caro-.
lima shad fishermen do we'll Oh the
years that great numbers are ported
Ia the south.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
WILL CALL IT GEORGE
WASHINGTON HIGHWAY
Norfolk County TO Begin Hard
Surface Road Toward Il.
City April. lst.

CONSTRUCTION work OH the hard
surface road running from Deep
Creek to the North Carolina line
near South Mills vii ~ started
April I. This road which follows
the Lake Drummond Canal will he
called tue George Washington High
way.
This announcement was made
Saturday night 10y Engineer Pres
ton following an earlier announce
mcnt from Chairman Old. of the
Norfolk County board of supervi'
SorS. to the effect that the money
for the construction Of this link
In the state highway system has
been made available by ncgotia'
iions already authorized 10y thu
board. The money will bc disburs
ed as il Is needed.
According Ia Mr.. Preston the
work will bc started at both ends
of the rOud with n force of approxi'
mutely 40 men. One grading gang
will lc used and two stone forces
The work will he done throughout
by the Commission of Roads aud
Bridges Of Norfolk County.
Ii has been estimated hy Engi
lccr Preston that the construction
work will cost in the nrighborhOod
of $337, i2S.oG. The work will bt
finished. according to Mr.. Preston
by October |.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
WARREN'SLEAD
INDISPUTABLE
Amazing Strength of Beau
fort Man is Evident on
Every Hand

As the Congressional CAM
paign in the First District pro-
crosses, many interesting facts
are becoming apparent. The
fight on the North Side Of the
Sound is solely between three
candidates, Warren, Aydlett
and Griffin. The other candi-
dates are not known over here,
nor will they develop any
strength in this section Of the
district.
II IL safe to say that Or. BigGs
will not get one hundred votes In
all Of the eight counties In this
section. DR.. Griffin has already
cut into the Aydlett strength so
much, that Aydlctt could never hope
to get il hack If Griffin was out or
eliminated. The Griffin strength
will 20 Ia Warren. TIE lNDE.
PENDENT Is not saying this. hc.
cause the Aydlctt supporters raise
the howl that this paper Is against
him. This information comes from
well informed men In all sections.
While Griffin worries the Aydlclt
forces. the thing that has thrown
| terror i'm their hearts. ~ the nlnnZ-
| Ing strength that Lindsay &. War
rrn has and Is dcyOlplng In the
north sound counties. lf yOu don't
believe that Warren has strength
tn Dare. pcrquimams. Ilcrtford.
Tyrrcll and right here in PaSquo'
tank. then 20 "a these counties ana
Scr for yourself. And when hc
goes through Gates. Camden an'l
Currituck he will develop there
also. The campaign ~ far has pro-
d,lcrd one district candidate and
that iS Lindsay &. Warren.
II Is predicted that ihcr" will hc
fewer mistakes made in the hand
linz of the Warren rnmpnign than
any of the others. Warren thinks
and maps ont things before he tie
cides. lie Is making u splendid I'M
preston on The people of the dis
trirt. lie knows how tO approach
them. lie iS well informed 0m all
subjects. lie looks n man straight
in In" eye. lie has not u Singl,
word nf dispuragCIncnt of th" other
randidntcS. lie tells them that ho
Is making his campaign on his own
record. rather than the possible dc'
merits Of his opponents, IL they nave
ANY dement's. Aud best Of all War
rrI Is going Ia Scc the people. lie
doesn't ride into town aud SEQ
solnr If the, 81 called leaders and
then 90 hw'ay aud depend "n them
lie il seeing the folks, and the folks
ARE going Ia nominate him. Poor
In worldly goods. but rich ia true
friendship. Lindsay Warren has
more people out working for him
today than ull the other candidates
combined.
/ And Just u word about the South
side Of the Sound. Ask any ten
people you meet to-day from that
section who they mr." for, and seven
Of them will say Lindsay Warren.
Then nsk the ten who will win and
all ten will say Lindsay Warren.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
UTILITIES COMPANIES GO
TO HIGHEST TRIBUNAL.

The associated utilities companies
If Elizabeth city have appealed
the decision of the L. :. Circuit
Court of Appeals which recently
denied their motion for restrain.
img order to prevent the city Of
Elizabeth city from issuing bonds
for the purpose of erecting publicly
owned utility plants. The casr VIII
hr heard before the Supreme Court
of the United States ut Washing.
ton.
\ Siminr motion presented 10y the
companies in Superior Court here
this week was dismissed 10y Judge
Dcyin.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATING
THAT SUNDAY NIGHT MOB

, Charged by Judge W!NArperin to
leave no stone unturncd In Identify
in. and indicting instigntors and
members of the mob that attempted
10 take two negroes from the jail
here SUNDAY night, Mar. .. the
grand jury in session here this
week Is still detained 10y its invcSti'
cations. hut ns this newspaper
went to press the grand jury had
made no report of its findings.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
OFT FOR REPRESENTATIVE

Little desire IL shown for the
office of Representative Of PasqlIo.
tank County thiS time. So far.
only one man has significd his III
trmtion of entering the race, j.
Kenyon Wilson. of the law firm of
Thompson \ Wilson plnmS 10 hc n
candidate. hut is making little noise
about il.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21
FIRST DISTRICT DOCTORS
MEETING HELD THURSDAY

4 meeting of the doctors Of the
First District Of the North Carolina
medical association embracing ten
counties was held I'm this city at
the Southern Hotel Oh Thursday
night. some 30 doctors being pres.
rnt. The officers are DIR. ii. NJ. \.
casom of EdcntOn. president: DIR.
VI. i. Whichard Of EdentOn, vice.
president, aud DR.. II. ID. Walker,
Of this city, councillor. A clinic
was held " .nr doctors at the locl'
ho-- .s. Jn Thursday afterr >.
--... . nyt.l b,rnuct NJ nigh.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

NIX. C.iRMINE was auditor Of Pas
quOtank County for nearly live
years. Illness In his family compel
led him to resign the Office In 1922,
or he might have been County Audi
ter still. so satisfactorily did he full
fiji the requirements Of that Office
Now he is a candidate for Sheriff
of Pasquotank County; his splendid
record ~ Auditor and the know
ledge of the Sheriif's Office which
he obtained while In the position Of
County Auditor are his best cam
paign arguments. ZOeller photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

Who il rich:-IIr who il SItiS'
fled with what he has.
Who j. honorable lie whom his
HrighlprS honor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

For your eyes sake see DR.. J. II.
hathaway, OptometriSt, Bradford
Bldg, Elizabeth City, y. Z. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

Good cyesight IL inexpensive. See
DIR. ]. ID. Hathaway, OptOmctrist,
Elizabeth -, -. =. co..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

To. THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, n. O.

am inelOsing herewith check or
p. O. Money Order for Sl.50 for
which send me THE INDFPEN.
DENT for one year. I want to
keep up with your interesting cdi.
torials and Dcws articles about
Northeastern North Carolina folks
and things.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1924-03-21

Don't neglect your eyes. See
Hathaway. He knows. adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
HOW DOCTORS
 TREAT COLDS
 AND THE FIJI
First Step In Treatment Is Calo. tabs, the Purified and Re. fined Calomel Tablets That Are Nausealess, Safe and Sure.

Doctors have found by experience that no medicine for colds, coughs. sore throat and influenza can be de. pended upon for full effectiveness until the liver Is made thoroughly ac- tive. That is why the first step in the treatment is the nausealess calomel tablets called Calotabs, which are free from the stckening and weakening effects of the old style calomeL. Doctors also point out the fact that an active liver may Ro a long way towards preventing influ- enza and colds and is one of the most important factors in enabling the pa . tient to successfully withstand an at. tack and ward off pneumonia.
 One or two Calotabs at bed time, with a swallow of water-that's all. No salts, no nausea nor the slightest interference with your eating, pleas ure or work. Next morning your cold has vanished, your liver is active, your system is purified and you are feeling fine, with a hearty appetite for breakfast. Genuine Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents for the large, family-package: ten cents for the small, vest-pocket size.--Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
WILL SPEAK TO
 WOMEN VOTERS
Mrs. Shepherd Will Tell Of What They Have Done With
 The Ballot

Mrs. Lulu Loveland Shepherd, repre- sentative of the National Reform asso- citation, of Boston, will make an ad- dress Wednesday before the Jefferson County League of Women Voters, hav- ing as her subject, What Women Have Accomplished with Their Votes"
 The meeting will be held in the ball room of the Tutwiler hotel beginning at 3 o'clock.
 Mrs. Shepherd is said to be one of the most effective women speakers in the country and the only woman speak CT for the National Reform association.
 She has appeared on the chatauqua platform and is said to have visited practically every civilized country in the world as a student of social and economic conditions.
 J. W. Donnelly will also be present at the meeting and make an address on ''The Needs of the Birmingham Li- brary." Mrs. A. J. Bowron will report on the meeting held several days ago to discuss a school and library bond issue. Other committees will also re- port.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13

of the Alabama Power cosnrAny's peti- tion for permission t. construct . 44,O00-volt transmission line from Hap heard at Decatur February IS. me commission had set Birmingham as tne place for the trial, but at the request of citizens of the Tennessee valley De-l' catur was substituted.
 Tho Florence Chamber of Commerce requested the commission to postpone the hearing for ninety days oecause oI the pendency of lesislation ansctIns Muscle Shoals. The commission n not required to render any decision as any specified time. It recently
 similar petition which invoived nis" CT powered line.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
MRS. CANDLER'S
 POSTPONED
Illness Of Chief Of Police
 Beavers Delays

ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 12.-Illness of Chief of Police James l.. Beavers caused postponement today of the cases against Mrs. Asa c. Candler, Sr.; w. J. Stoddard and G. w. Keeling, charged with violating section of the city code which provides for the arrest of people who are found in places where intoxicants are found.
 The cases were continued until Chief Beavers is able to appear in court. He has been i'll at his home since Sunday. He, in company with Police Captain A. J. Holcombe, made the arrests last Saturday afternoon.
 The principals were in court when the cases were called and the court room was filled with spectators at- tracted by the trials of the wife of a millionaire and two prominent business men. Mrs. Candler, driving her own car and accompanied by her sister, Mrs. J. B. Brown, arrived 15 minutes before the cases were reached. They sat in Chief Beavers office until called into the court room.
 Mir. Stoddard, prominent dry cleaner and president of the National Associa- tion of Dry Cleaners and Dyers, and Mir. Keeling, president of local brick manufacturing company, were also in court. Attorney Cam Dorsey appeared for Mrs. Candler and Attorney Bert Conyers for the two men. They vigor- ously opposed the motion of Assistant City Attorney Jesse M. Wood to con- tinue the cases until the police chief could attend. MT. Wood declared that the chiefs testimony was essential, while the defendants lawyers asserted that Captain Holcombe's would be ade- Quate.
 Recorder George E. Johnson, in postponing the cases, declared 'it doesn't make any difference whether they are millionaire or pauper they all look alike in my court down here on Decatur street"
 The cases are the outgrowth of the arrest of Mrs. Candler and the two business men in an apartment house at IS Juniper street while they were sit ting around a table on which reposed bottle containing liquor. They are signed by Stoddard when the chief took them to the police station Satur- day afternoon.
 Faces Cameras
 Mrs. Candler faced a battery of cameras as she stepped from her motor this morning at the police station. She did not finch and passed into the build ing, accompanied by her sister and a young woman companion, whose name she refused to disclose. Mrs. Brown told the newspapermen that the young woman was ''friend" of her sisters and the reporters identified her as hay ing been seen Sunday at the apartment in which the arrests were made Satur- day. MT. Stoddard and Mir. Keeling came in few minutes afterwards, ac- companied by their attorney.
 the young wife of the Atlanta capital ist faced the cameras again as she walked to her handsome sedan, took her place at the wheel and drove off down Decatur street. She conversed with her attorneys while walking to her motor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
to the sears-R -Roebuck agricultural foun-

to the Sears-R Roebuck agricultural foun- dation.
 How the insect was responsible for the high price of cooking fats was ex- plained by the foundation, notwith- standing the lowest prices for hogs last year since 1915, by the fact that most lard substitutes contain cotton seed oil and that the normal crop of cotton now is about 36 per cent below that of the period before boil weevil began its dep- relations. With a shortage of cotton, cotton seed oil prices advanced 8 per cent and lard followed the upward trend to 19 cents in December, last, compared with 17.5 in December, 1922.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
FORREST PARTY
 HAS GAY TIME
 ON VETS MONEY
All Scotch Generals On Hand, Gen. Haig In
 Chief Command
so EACH GOT HIS $50, ,000 HOSPITAL GRAFT SPLIT
Forbes Presents Host With Cheap Medal In Harding's Name,
 Which Starts Downfall
HOW GRAFT PLOT THIcKENs

This is the third installment of the amazing story Of Charles R. Forbes and his handling of the 5000. .0oO. 900 appropriated by the Government for the rehabilitation of American boys wounded in the war. Now appearing daily in The Age Herald. The first two in- stsllments told how Forbes. a drummer boy fin the Marine Corps. later a deserter from the Signal Corps, later a construction gang foreman and politician met Senator Warren c. Harding fin the Hawaiian Islands. became his friend and was appointed the head of the Veterans Bureau.
 The second installment told how President Hardings sister was the innocent cause of bringing together E. E. Mortimer and Col. Forbes. When Forbes and Mortimer were in Chicago on one of the many merry inspection trips-Mortimer testifies-Forbes asked for s5.000 loan. Mortimer could not furnish 1t. but he obligingly arranged with the construc- tion company head. Thompson. for 5000 for Forbes. This. Mortimer told the Senate com mittee. he took to the head of the Veterans Bureau in ten $500 bills. He found Colonel Forbes sitting on the floor of hi: parlor suite in the Drake hotel shooting craps with a lady. Forbes smiling said he would give Mortimer . note for 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
POWER HEARING ! SET AT DECATUR
No Postponement Granted, But Meeting Place Is
 Changed (

MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. 12.-No postponement will be granted by the public service commission in the case
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
COOLIDGE GIVES '
 DINNER TALK
(csntinued From Page D

Other measures which have been brought forward do not meet this re- quirement. You have heard of the Garner plan. Brought forward to have something different, it purported to re- lieve the greatest number of taxpayers. It gave not the slightest heed to the indirect effect of high taxes, or to the approaching drying up of the source of revenue and the consequent failure of the progressive income tax, or to the destruction of business initiative. It is political in theory. It is impossible in practice"
 MT. Coolidge said he wanted to re- mind the people that unless they make their wishes known to Congress without regard to party this bill (the Mellon bill. will not pass" and he urged them ito renewed efforts"
 Summing up his opposition to the bonus, he said, ''it would mean the in- definite postponement of any tax re- duction, another increase in the cost of living, more drying up of the sources of credit and a probable raising of the rates of interest; all of which would result in imitation and higher prices, with the grave danger of ultimate dis aster to our economic system"
 Defends Arms Sale To Mexico
 Discussing the administrations policy of selling arms to Mexico, Mir. Coolidge said:
 Tt was done, not for the purpose of protecting any particular individuals or interest, but to exercise a legal right, while at the same time throwing our influence in favor of orderly procedure and evidencing our friendship toward the friendly government of Mexico. Any other course would appear to me to be unworthy of our country
 Mr. Coolidge also mentioned the par ticipation of Americans in the repara- tion commission's endeavor to solve the reparations question and declared in vestment of surplus Amercian capital abroad should be encouraged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
BOIL WEEVIL CAUSE
 OF HIGH LARD PRICE
Boosted Cooking Fats Bill $12,.
 500,000 Last Year

CHICAGO, Feb. 12.-The boil weevil not only has ravaged cotton fields, but has struck a blow at the housewives throughout the coultry who last year paid about $12, ,50O,0 900 more for their lard than they did in 1922, according
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
5 .95  
 
 4 for t1P =. < ,s, S7.5O % r9-~s
 
 
4 for S7. 50

Plenty in all sizes from IA to IT but only few sizes of each lot. Some soed mussed but geo. look what you're saving!
 white popns collese specia)-Lots of plain solid coors both neckband and collar attached fancy with collars matc-eated bosonns and other novees-oodles of hghcass stripes the highest class hng materials Not many silks but enough impress with the fact that for ma cuts no ice in this clean up.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
and another knockout in neckluear!
odd lots $2.OO and $1.5O ties

Extra high-grade cut silks in fashionable fig ures and stylish stripes-correct shapes in silk knits including grenadines. serge weaves. cro- chets and other expensive weaves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13

p YtEo,OUU,OOO was pdSSeu Dy tne I1ouSe.
 Navy orders were made public com pleting preparatory steps for the flight of the Shenandoah to the Arctic this summer.
 A provision alloting $1,500,000 for the New York-San Francisco airplane mail service was eliminated from the post office appropriation bill in the House.
 The soldiers bonus bill was side tracked by the House ways and means committee until the tax bill is disposed of on the floor of the House.
 The Senate oil committee heard testi- mony of George Creel, J. Leo Stack, Carl c. Magee, Sidney M. Veil and others in it's investigation of naval oil land leases.
 A House Indian affairs committee questioned the legality of ruling by Albert B. Fall as secretary of the in terior which permitted leasing of certain Indian lands.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
DOINGS, OF DAY
 IN WASHINGTON

The annual treasury post office de- partment appropriation bill carrying $729, ,0O0, ,000 was passed by the House.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-13
odd lots
FORMERLY TO $5. co
shirts. s 5.

light silk broddcloths some silk jerseys RMssian corded modrds English broodcloths French broches Alpha o1fords
 mercerized poplins silk-stripe madras a0oven tamcy m,adras .