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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
BRADFORD LOT
BID AT $7O,5O0
But DR.. Pendleton Isn't Count
ing His Chickens Before the
Eggs are Laid, So to Speak

One of the concluding chap
tcrs of the famous Bradford
Will Case, was written here
this week when the old home
site of the late d. B. Bradford,
offered at public auction, was
bid in by DR.. A. L. Pendelton
of this city for $7O,5OO. DR..
Pendleton will make no an
nounccment as to what he cx-
poets to do with his property,
should it be in his hands at the
end OF 20 days during which
time the bid may be raised.
The Bradford homeplace. where
lived the late ID. B. Bradford, until
the death of his first wife in 1913,
fronts Oh Main, Poindexter, McMor-
rine and Fearing Streets. 1t Oc-
cupies an entire city square, in the
heart of the business section, with
the exception of the corners held
by the store of McCabe & Grice,
the First & Citizens National Bank,
and the Foreman property occupied
by the Grandy filling station.
Immediately after the death of
his first wife in 1918, Mr.. Bradford,
man long past his three score and
ten took to wife, Miss Minerva ].
Spnft. the young nurse of his first
wife, while she was ill at the hos
pital here. Mr.. Bradford didn't live
! long after his second marriage. The
! reading of his will disclosed that
most of his estate had been left to
his young widow.
Certain other relatives, who were
cut off with very small allowance
contested for share in the large
/ estate, which included much real
estate, bank and industrial stock,
and other property. They lost in
the courts, and the will, provided
that those who contested the will,
should lose their allowance.
Those who will share in the pro
ceeds from the Bradford home site
are Mrs. K. T. Whitehurst, Of this
city, who is to receive One-ninth
and Woodson and Keith Fearing OF
.ManteO. who are due one 9th part
each or thereabout. The children
of L. Ehringhaus brother of the
first Mrs. Bradford, also come in
for similar share.
Bht the most Of the money, goes
to the last wife. who before the
will can he settled. is the wife ot
Il wealthy and handsome young h'Is'
band. and the mother of two chit
dren by her last marriagc.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
PLANS BIG EVENTS FOR
VIRGINIA DARE DAY
Boat Races VIII Be Arranged for
Celebration at Fort Raleigh
August 10

Plans for the biggest celebration
vet i'm honor of Virginia Dare's
birthday on August Is, at Old Fort
Raleigh on Roanoke Island, are
being made and the ManteO Cham
Der of Commerce which has recently
taken OH. new life in boosting the
county will cooperate with the ROa-
noke Colony Memorial Association,
in staging an event that will stand
ont in the annals of the observance
of this historic occasion.
Over the same waters where sail
ed the sluggish ships of Sir Walter
Raleigh when they brought his
colonists to the New World in 1885,
fast motor boats, the fastest in
eastern North Carolina, will conf
pete for silver trophies. Where
English ColOnists first traded their
trinketS with Indians, for fish and
corn and tobacco, an old time pic
mic feast for which the islanders
arc noted. will be spread for thou
sands of visitors from the entire
section. The woods and hills that
once resounded to the boom of col
onial cannon and the war cry of the
savage, will give forth the echoes OF
the Jazz band of a modern era, and
the speeches of noted visitors will
tell the story of the hopes of the set
tiers when they landed in a land
that was new and strange.
Ball games at Mante0 will be a
feature of the day this year. the
new highway, bringing the town
closer to the site of the old Fort
At the Fort Raleigh resort, recent
ly built by j. B. Griffin near the
old Fort. dances and bathing VIII
entertain others of the visitors.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
TAKEN FROM GRAVE OF
YEARS AND INFERRED
Mrs. Jeannette Gibbs Ashes Moved
to Durham. From Grave on
Roanoke Island

\ small copper caSket. which oo'
servers took 10 he the coffin of an
infant was seen to be shipped thru
this city Monday. Investigator
disclosed that the caSket contained
the mortal remains Of Mrs. Jean
npttc Gibbs. who died on Roanoke
island of cerebral hemmOrhage "a
wears ago. and who was disinterred
at the request of her grandson, Col
John +. I.angSton. prominent Colds
boro lawyer. who lived on Roanoke
Island at the time his grandmother
died. .. ....
Mrs. Gibbs was living with her
Sun-in-aw. Rev. G.. ID. LanSSton, a
prominent Methodist preacher OF hs
day. who was stationed AT Manteo
at the time.
Coin. To ManteO on fishing trip
luSr week. Col. LangStOn had the
crave of his Grandmother opened
The coffin had disappeared. all but
the handlieS. and only the skull aho
= lp- bone of the deceased was
rurnl. These were reinterred VIII
the remains of relatives in Durham
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
ON WITH THE DANCE

"It was too hot for her 10 80,
said the Bank Clerk.
Always too hot" said the Soda
.Jcrkrr. 1T isn't TOO hot for her
to come tripping in here during thr
day with seymUrc skirt and a
Hoover blouse, with the same kind
of tatting on her b'S and IS that
Carl wears on his b. V. D'S. TO my
mind, any girl who's too tight to
take her regular 10 dance once
or twice year, after he's taken
her. half u dozen or more times.
ought to bc OstraciScd.
"Maybc she didn't have the five
willics to take him on, suggested
the dope dispenser
at wouldn't take her lous to have
EN-. if she'd stay off the street q
few days and save her dope nicklcs, y
said the Bank Clerk. Anyway
girls don't have TO give dances; :;
they didn't used t". only in leap
year"
Leap year, is loo far off rr-
minded the Soda Jcrkcr. "Thc
modern girl won't be satisfied with
only one chance in four years. It's
style now to leap at anything that
looks prosperous at any time. But
to bc honest about ii, don't YOU
think the old time way of the girl
sitting at home, had It's advantages
over these run-him- down matchcS?'
IL don't know whether they turn
out to be home runs or not" said
the Bank Clerk. "But | do know
i that we fellows are going to get even
with the girls who Indicate that the
home town boys aren't good enough
for them just because there's a
baseball team in town. Just wait
until the teachers come to town, anu
we'll hold dance. Then sec how
many home town girls we invite.
Wen get even with them then.
You might have got even. II
you hadn't told your plans. hut
you can't get ahead of the girls,
now that you've spilled the beans.
You won't worry the girls any, be-
cause YOU eau depend gu it, they Il
uutwit you all right, and you'll 5e
wondering how it was done
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
WOULD INVITE PUBLIC
TO MEETINGS OF BOARD
School Board Member Gets Motion
Thru To Hold Meetings Open
To Public

The fact that criticism has arls-
ON from time to time because the
meetings of the Elizabeth City
school board have been held some
what under cover, and because the
secretary of the board has seldom
known just what information ami
how much he ought lp give out to
the press. has prompted the Board
To- make Il motion favOring the at
trndumc" of the public at the meet
ingS Of the board, which are held
in the Office Of Superintendent Sheep
every first Tuesday night i'll the
month.
Elizabeth City people owe it TO
W. r. CuIpcppcr for making the
motion, which was promptly second
cd by J. C. Sawyer, and passed
when the school board met this
week,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

HERE'S young chap many felix's
will like. He comes to Elizabeth
City to find out what the people
want i'm movies. and promises to give
us some real surprises in the way of
screen delight in the next few
months. MIR. Burgess is Booking
and Business Manager for the
.ilkrama Theatre. of the Burgess
4 JOyner chain Of which his kinS-
man, Gale X. Burgess of Raleigh is
part Ormer. Young Shelby Bur-
CESS is a native of Old Trap. Cam.
den County. and is only "a years
old. He went to Raleigh some six
years ago to take a business course
and wound up by taking an Ordi'
nary job with the chain of mOv.
ing picture shows. He has been
making good right along. He is a
polite and pleasing chap. who likes
to make friends and loves the work
he is doing. Camden County folks
know him as the son of MIR. and
Mrs. NJ. b. Burgess who formerly
lived at Old Trap.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
COAST GUARD KEEPERS
SHARE FUND OF 60 800
Twenty Station Keepers In Seventh
District. Will Have Money to
Spend For Awhile Now.

Twenty Coast Guard Keepers In
the Seventh District of which head
quarters are in Elizabeth City, are
much The happier now, BY reason OF
Il fund of approximately 100000
that has been distributed among
them in the past few days. The
most Of the keepers are in charge 6
stations in Currituck and Dare
Counties. and range from Cape
Henry to Southport. ''"-' 20!
The $4,000 that has been dfstrl,
lu:ed amcng the keepers didn't COME
from the rum smugglers, or money
that was found on q wreck. NathH
il is reward for meritorinui ser
vice. nor a pension for retireneut.
Each OF the keepers rec Elves near
81, 900, and the money will put
many of them on their feet IN gooA
shape, buy new fiivers for Others,
and make business men In their
vicinity feel better, when the money
gets TO circulating.
The money was paid to the gov
crnment by an act Of Congress, and
is known as the Reynolds allow
aure. it having been due for quar-.
ters since the World War, when a
provision was made, allowing af6
GERS of the Navy $40 month for
family quarters near the stations,
The men of the Coast Guard Bef.
ilct aevcr received tneir pay, and
they put up Il fighgat Washington.
The result was the matter went be-
fore Congress and the men Of ths
entire service, who we're warrant Of
firers at that time, are now reeely-
luz the entire accumulated allow
anCc.
Needless TO say, the news that
the allowance was coming, has ia
ken Il lot Of automobile calenen
and radio agents to the lonely
Coast Guard stations on ths
beaches. and the keepers are hayfng
Il bigger job holding On TO that
money than they had getting Upele
Sam to turn it loose. spn...n
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
BASEBALL IS
GOING STRONG
Reorganization and Incrsass IN
Admission Effects increase a
In Receipts

BY winning four out OF seven
games with Hertford, the final
game being a walkover for the
locals, Elizabeth City won tho
mythical championship over
Edenton and Hertford last
week. The deciding game
found Hertford badly disorgan-
lied and showing their worst
form Of the season. The locals
owe their success to the pitch
ing, of the men in the box in
both SATURDAYS and Mondays
games. -
Tuesday of this week the locals
lost to the n G. w Of Norfolk while
Wednesday the locals won from The
reorganized Edenton team By ths
score of 13 to 0, this, incidentally,
being the largest score made by the
locals this year. The Edentou
team is composed Of hometown
players and clearly showed .that
they were outclassed.
Instead of disbanding as was plan.
ned last week, HertfOrd has doc4d-
ed to carry OH and with but q few
changes in their lineup, will pre-
sent the same team as they have
been having all season. During
their temporary layoff, the locals
used the services Of pitcher Saf;
felle and shortstop Kahn. both OF
whom are members of the william
and Mary College team. 1t II ex-
will return TO Hertford next week
pected that both Of these players
altho it is known that the locals
would like to have them stay here
especially since they need anothec
pitcher and infielder.
Since running Under mutual
basis whereby the gate receipts arc
divided among the players, tho new
management has made Z slight
change in the admission. A fec Of
thirty-five cents is charged giving
one the privilege Of sitting either
in the grandstand or blesche
This change has meant a decided
increased in the proceeds and has
made it possible to maintain q team
here whcr il looked az IL hswouid
he necessary to disband. Tho At
tendance has been hoidips UP in
spite of the absence froM town OF
great number of fans add II II con-
tinues at the saline ratet dotbtleo
the locals will carry on hrodghout
the month of August. I.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
CHARLOTTE MAN SAYS
HE LIKES OUR SECTION
Visitor Tells of Charlotte Orgam'
zation That Renders Much
Help to Charity

Few visitors to eastern NoFtn
Carolina take in more ut the c"ast
Than did OSmOnd l.. BarrinGer, pre-
sidrnt of the Charlotte speedway
and prominent manufacturers agent
Of that city who was i'll Ellzabetn
CITY this week with Mrs. BarrinSer
and three Of the Barringer cnii-
tlren.
Mfr, Rarrin.cr says he has been
"oing to the mountains every sum-
mer for several years. but decided
this time to visit the coast. On MS
trim he is covering. Norfolk, Eiiz-
abcth City. Currituck Beach. MAN.
REQ. Nngs Head. OcracOke. Washing
ron. Bath. Morehead City and other
nni,rtS. This is Il great section
savS Mr.. harrington, "and Shou'd
bo dcvelopcd. 1t appears to me
that there are many opportunities
for Investments down here, with the
future entirely ahead of the place.
Mr., Barringer tells of welfare
and social club in Charlotte that
. would furnish an example for otner
towns i'm this section. This Is tne
Goodfellows Club, of which 6oo or
moro hnsiness men are members
having dues of S2f Il year each'
/ Nine dollars of this amount Is spent
| for the entertainment of the mem
hers. the club holding month";!
banquet during all the months ol
! the year except the three summer
months. From the revenue or THIS
,I,h fo,,r full time nurses. and SIX
part time are retained Tor VOTE
among the poor, besides sefefai uoc
! tors.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
ANDY PFNDLETON LOCATED
WITH MILITARY ACADEMY

II will interest his many friends
I'm this section TO know that Major
Andrew Lewis PcndletOn. III. l. =
A. retired, is now associated with
Riverside Military Academy o.
Gainesville, Georgia, as professor OF
Military Science and Tactics. Major
Pendelton has risen high in the
ranks Of The army since he lett
Elizabeth City a few years ago. D..
+. Gilbert, Jr., Of this city, who at
tended the Academy last year, and
who expects to return this year.
says the Georgia school is one OF
the finest in the country, with
something like 400 pupils.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

Did you 20 to the dance Monday
night" asked the Soda Jerkcr, as
the Bank Clerk came in and caught
him picking the flies out of the
orange squeezer.
ut was too hot" said the Bank
Clerk.
That's the first time ever heard
of you throwing a dance Oh account
of the hot weather." said the Soda
Jerker. Didn't you 20 to the
fourth Of July dance last year, ana
don't you strut down TO Chantil'!
two or three times week, regard
less of the weather. Now come
clean and tell me why you didn al
tend the dance
We'll" faltered the Bank Clerk
"A bunch of girls got up the dance
and we fellows couldn't go unless Il
lane asked us. There wasn't enough
girls to go around, and with the
girls having their eyes on some ol
the baseball fellows in preference tc
the home boys, it happened L was
one of the home boys who was over
looked
Enough girls. my eye" countered
the Soda Jerkcr. "Ain't there six
girls to every man in this town: II
couldn't be that. Pye got a linger
ing suspicion why you didn't 90
Now tell me who you invited to tht
last dance you got up?
Nobody" said the Bank Clerk
II staged, 50 1 could dance with
anybody 1 pleased at any time
pleased. and not be tied up with 8
card for the whole evening"
Just the trouble" said the Soda
Jerker. You go to a dance to stag
when YOU ought to be taking some
nice girl with you. Then you eS
meet some girl to ask you to e
shake a foot all night to the music
her five bucks is providing
81 amt by myself" said the Banl
Clerk. Another fellow in the banl
that's been dancing ever sincc b.
kicked slat out of the cradle, wh'
has been taking girls to dances TO
ures. and one girl dozen times
didn't get a bid at ALL
Did the girl go?" asked the Sod;
Jerker. "
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
RECOMESIN
AN GOES OUT
r;,,,res Prove Money
r.,ome to Exceed
Bv Nearly S35,OOo

III Of such a 're'"en-
,roun, oj money going
| Elizabeth City to mail
a> >ome are m
l., believe, the post
[,,ord, show that nearly
| more in money orders
[1fn the dscaI year end
L, 70. lo25. than was
|, ot town. according to
issued this week
I,.mastcr Hooper.
.n, ,,,uiitinm> existed dur
;, r.,r ending Juuc ~. 1874,
~ Mr. Hooper. The iiS-
:. that in the year ending
(, ,u,4 9n.n>6 money orders
l.. ?, xl%G.5lI.t6 were is
LbiIe ll.>o2 money orders
=, &l%>.>7i2t were paid
ati.e.
\. fiscal year just ending
,,,,r> amounting to Sl@.-
r,r, issued. while money
,r,ru,inS to Sl55.l3i.i
llmr The figures for this
(sow a dccr,p>e over last
gr The figures show that
r. cry '''>'u'> lux" "
an receiving more "io'''H
|ai. or'irr> from OUT III ''""
.ss9 i being sent away.
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

Women are curious; when things
are flat and lacking flavor they put
i'm Il pinch of this or that 10 spice
them up.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

Your eyes examined and tnPlr
needs looked after at once. DTS.
Hathaway Hinton Bldg. Il
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

The trouble with all of us is, that
we say words over and over, and
call them things.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

"'''f q" raj~c a lau.h than
'a''''' az pity To- a mOu-un-
''''i; multitude.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

We render all optometrical scrv-
ices. Drs. hathaway, ElLton
Building. -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

Your eyes examined anu tnelr
needs looked after at once LTD
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

'>"wInCd and their
'''.l after nl unrr Dr<.
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pound for O. limited qGartik5 oe
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31

THIS young man is David Cox. Jr.,
son cf David Cox, of HertfOrd. sur
yeyor since befOr. the Spanish
American War. He is recently back
from State College where he took
a course in Engineering and Lard
Surveying, and is located here with
offices In the Hinton Building. His
motto Is to work and make every
day count, and like the old man he
has never worn out the seat Of his
pants i'm his life.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-07-31
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25
FavOrite Bob
Armstrong Wins
| $1,000 TrOt Stake

columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24-(AP)-
The favored Bob Armstrong won the
! NJ and NJ $500 trotting stake. the
feature of today's grand circuit
card. The race comprised three
heats. two Of them at distances more
than a mile with short heat be-
tween. In the distance races BOD
Armstrong proved much the best OF
the small field but in the short dash
was unable to finish better than
third, Crawford, second choice. win
ming. .ooo
The Chamber of Commerce $500
stake for EOS trotters resulted in
straight heat victory for the favor
lite, Trumpet driven by Tommy MUIR
ply. The latter was not so for
tunate in the Capital City $1,000
stake for 2.O4 trotters. Murphys
Hollywood Leonard was unable to re-
peat his victory of earlier in the
week, Cox winning in straight heats
with Ethelinda. Progeny Of Grattan
ROYAL had things their own way In
the ZIG pace, tn eonly class event on
the card. Norman Grattan won the
first two heats and Jean Grattan the
third one.
Because of poor attendance direct
ors of the Columbus Driving Asso-
citation have intimated this might be
the last grand circuit meeting for
this city.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-25

ventures the party suddenly emery
ed from a wooded trail to be greeted
by a towering blaze in the open air
fireplace on Mrs. Owens famous
ledge. A small group of the old girls
who had gone in advance by a short
err route had the "weenies" on the big
grill all ready to put over the fire
the instant the party came in sight
SO the eats were Immediately in
order. Hot rolls from the school
oven, weenies and all the fixings,
with doughnuts, hot coffee and
marshmallows to toast were devour-
ed in ravenous fashion. A raid on
the sweet apple trees nearby was
immensely enjoyed between courses.
The new girls proved to be thor
oughly good sports and campers as
well as clever at learning the round
of traditional songs and cheers al
ways enjoyed on these occasions.
Next Saturday the whole school is
planning an all day picnic at a
neighboring lake. The ma jority OF
the girls will go in autos but seven
or eight will ride the horses over
and a different group will return on
them.
Grace Gillespie '26 Of Meddybemps
who was delayed at home as a re-
suit of injuries sustained in an auto
accident has sufficiently recovered to
resume her studies on Tuesday.