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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
LONG TERM OF COURT
UNDERWAY THIS WEEK

The December term of PaSquO-
tank Superior Court for the trial
of civil cases is underway here this
week and is expected to continue
the balance nf next week. There
is an unusually heavy docket for
this term nf court. among the cases
of interest being the famous trrcCy
wi case which is set to appear
for trial not before january ).
I'm this case. certain relatives of
the late Miss lIennic i. trrcCy seek
to set aside the will of the deceased
who left IN entire estate valued
ut some S2J.0OO to Mrs. +. +.
COhOOn, sister of the deceased.
Prof. K. B. Crcccy. brother of Miss
CrccCy and other relatives seek 10
set aside the will on the ground that
Miss CrCCCy waS mentally inc"mpc-
tent of making her will at the time
of her DEATH when the will. now
the bone of contention wHS made.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
THE GRIP WILL GET IOC
If YOU DON'T WATCH 0UT

If this newspaper Is moi 50
spright Y aS usual Il he lgcgh t1l.y
is not so yoluminouS and mp Ia
standard aS formerly. then hiam"
it on the grip. for the grip has laid
heavy hands OH the staff this week,
and that SCourgc lacks nothing WHEN
il comes to Knocking ont the amhi-
tion and pep ncce Sary 10 live news
paper work.
The sudden changes in weather
have left numerous complaints and
diStrmpcrS with the families Of east
crn North Carolina and the doctors
are working overtime. And there
is nothing in the weather at pre-
sent. to encourage belief in Il let
up for several days 10 come.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
ELIZABETH CITY GIRL
RETAINS HER HUSBAND

Mrs. Evelyn Lamb ComSolvo. form
erly of this city. will not lose her
husband. Charles III. COnSOlro. Jr.,
adopted son of Col. Charles ii. Con-
solvU. wealthy Baltimore hotel own
or. Circuit Judge FOrSythe at FL
lott City declined to grant the peti-
tion that the marriage of the adopt
cd son and the Elizabeth City girl
be annullcd.
Mrs. ConSolvo is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Lamb of this
city and was married to young Con
sOlvO several months ago. She
was separated from her husband aS
soon a?> the elder COnsUlvO learned
of the marriage. who at once start
cd annulmemt proceedings.
Mrs. COnSOlvO. filed Il petition in
court in Baltimore Wednesday Of
this week for separate maintenance.
Judge Char'cS +. Stein signed an
order granting Mrs. ConSolvO $50
weekly until the motion is heard.
Now this youngstcr will have To dig
to find $50 week for his young
wife.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
MRS. MARY \. M.iDRIN

Funeral services for Mr.. Mary
\. Madrin. widow Of the late ltcu-
ben Madrin Of this city. WAS con-
Quoted at the home of her niece,
Mrs. j. K. Brite. K. +. ID. >. at
80 o'clock Sunday afternoon 10y
DIR. y. II. II. Wilson. assisted hy
Rev. K. +. Hall. and intcrmcm WAS
made in the Episcopal Cemetery.
Surviving Mrs. Mndrim are two
ncphrwS. T.. &. Britc of Ncwland.
{. &. Britc of NOrfo K. two trp
gramdSomS. Reuben Madrin of Ed
cntOn and George Madrin of this
city. and several great micccS and
ncphcwS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
HOW A CHRISTMAS GUN
KILLED 3 CHILDREN
Which Shows Up What Shooting
At InSuIatOrS Will DO.

christmas sport WAS turned into
stark tragedy when Arthur Martin.
AGED seventeen. shooting II new
shotgun in an empty field. brought
down u writhing wire charged with
22.OOO volts of electricity which
brought instant death to himself,
II brother and il sister and injured
another brother at Rockingham.
Tho.r killed were Arthur Martin.
II: Ethel Martin. II: and Wills
Martin. aged .. \ still younger
brother. aged eight. was seriously
but not fatally burned. All of the
victims are children of Mr.. and
Mrs. Pearl Martin of Hamlet where
the father is employed in SeabOard
Air Line shops.
The Martin children. together
with ten or twelve ncighbOr chill
drcT. were playing in Il corn field
near the cotton mill and the OldeSt
hoy was firing shotgun. Salu I'D
have been given him aS Il Christ
mas present.
Whether by accident or design IL
shot from the gun broke the glass
inSulatnr on pole of Il high power
linr of the Yadkin River Power
Company. This pole was at an
angle in the transmission line, with
each Of the adjoining poles coming
in towards the spot where the chill
drem stood. The live wire was
thrown into the midst of the chill
dren. but all except the four MEM
bcrS of the Martin family fled to
Safety.
The victims were badly mansled
and the family completely DESC
lated.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
MERCHANTS WRAPPED
UP IN INVENTORIES
Believe TabuIation of Years Busi-
ness Will Show I'M Increase

With the opening of the year,
the Merchants of Elizabeth City
find tleenr elves wrapped mp i'll the
annual procedure of taking inven-
tory. which diSguslS all the help and
gives the hookkCepers extra work.
The merchants find inventory i'll
rrrfcring hut little with business
this wear. Bad weather keeps bust
nrs ont of town aud the stores
are generally empty while the rains
continue. But there is Il silver
lining to this rainy weather picture: {:
The rains are helping To rot the
humuS i'm the lands. and making
wav for better crop yields next year,
the early season means the farmer
can yct ont To work earlier this
spring. The rains mean much to
the Shad fiSherMrn. for the frcShetS
will flood the sounds and the fresh
waters pouring out ut the inlcts Will
hp felt far out ut SEA where the
Shad will he seeking Il way inside
to pawn. Business will he good
this year for farmers. fishermen
and merchants,
Taken thrunut the year, business
i'm Elizabeth City during 1924 is
not believed a< bad a> was thought
>cvrra! weeks ago. The genera
impression Is that business Will
show substantial increase over
th" prcccdn" year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

How many New Year ReSolle
tion< have YOU made this trip!
asked the Soda Jerkcr of the Bank
Clerk as the latter worthy showed
m at the marble counter i'll the
Female Bar Room this morning.
I've made about ten 50 far. said
the Bank Clerk.
Tens good number. said the
Soda Jerkrr: Il always think OF
New Year Resolutions as ten pins
something to ct up and knock
down."
"You don't think much of New
Year Resolutions then, do YOU:
asked the Bank Clerk.
Il think about aS much Of New
Year Resolutions aS Il ku kluckcr
thinks of Jewish New Year. Why
do YOU 30 aud make Il whole lot OF
resolutions on one day III the year
when YOU don't expect to live up to
'rm the resi- of the year,
IL make en- because lis Il good
way to check mp on my heart and
find OUT if it's right"
That's Il new one cm me. said
the Soda Jcrkcr. "amd Id like for
you to explain ii to me.
We'll. it's this way. said the
Bank Clerk. when Il man makes
Il New Year Resolution its sure
sign that hc knows he's hort on
something and has conscience to
admit the fact to himself. If not tn
everybody else. That's why | say
New Year Resolutions are Il sure
check on your heart: if your
hearts right you'll make Il lot OF
GOOD resolutions. even if You haven't
got the strength To live mp To en-.
The next best thing to doing good
deed is 10 want to do it: you've got
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
NOT so PLEASED WITH
PAROLE OF FARRIOR
Encourages Return TO Barbarism
Says Greensboro bafiy
News


III i II bad season Of the year
10 rr;,izr any act which takes
man ont of prison and sends him
home to his famiIy. Nevertheless.
the Daily News secs in the parole
by the governor of j. ID. Farrior
anil in the attending circumstances
partivu arly iu the praise which has
been bestowed on that parole hH
"nt>i""r>' ho'iih" IcSS 'n''' Wv
ilbrr"ir return 10 Lhe ""I""th anu
mrtarnll> custom "t the 'u'o" i"S
away of all restraints "f law ana "'
the crnWnln@ "t Il CRIME III >n'''i
revenge.
..r.,rriur.S granddaughter. Il H.
vcar.nII child. had been assaulted
L,. ono SwindrII. who was arrested
and f,i'rd Fnrrior went tn the
fofI drew = pistol and shot Swim
dell The LATTER WAS critically
yynuu,Ird hut recovered. was tried.
convicted and sentenced to ="
years. lic ha> Appealed. farrlor
WAS tried and sentenced I" NV"
years. He Is now par9icd proNlieu
h" rrimhur'c> Ia>qtlotahK inc 'o>'>
Incidental I" MS tfia!' e>''"i"''"
ut S2.hm. III erect Iue "o\c'ii"'
act l. That fafri"r G"I. OH VIII"
inc "i Nz.'".
For Swintlc Is crime there can
b' no rXrUlSc. He did dastardll
thing. IN rmhClicvably brutal ana
>lrHruin% thing. Nor can any
hlAm II" attached 10 farrior TOT
the Indignation he felt. III Il not
pleasant {" think ot what went on
. IN the mihH "f that Gt-ychf-o!d
grandfather AZ hr hrUOdcd over
beloved granddaughter. her deSra-
datinH and her misery. Surely here
WAS Il case where Indignation was
righteous and natural.
"Rrt the difference between Il
man who ru$traimS his indignation.
however righteous, and tets the EiW
take lis course and the man VINO
Gets pistol and deliberately shoots
down an enemy in admitted Ncngc-
ancr is exactly the difference be-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
ON NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS
elhQ BANK CLERK ave. Tie SODA JGRke9

TO have the desire To do thing,
anyway. before you ever succeed III
Il. ing it.
THE reason 50 many of Us fall
down on our New Year Resolutions
and other good rcSolu; ions rs well
lis that we don't Receive hard
enough. 1t takes Il lot of falk 10
flant IN idea firmly i'll human
>*llll and make it take root. Ii lsh |
enough Just to make resolution the
first of the year: fellow ought
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
|O0L ROOM ROW ENDS
ON NEGRO'S MUREDER
Imc> Braslcy. COlOrcd l. Held in
EdcntOu Jail Without Bond
Bond

Harry Lauder. - year old negro
EdrutUu. is dead aud James
a>iry, 2::i year old negro. i in
! waiting The March term of
prrinr Cnuri without hond. aS the
suit "f Il cutting Scrapc growing
of an argument in pool room
that city "n christmas Day.
iIar'ily before the rrhor$ of one
"nt"n murder have died down.
n there ia low. another hard on
heels. TIL" murdcrcrS of Sam
Iall. now in death row. State pri-
ID. have scarcely become accuStom-
io their surroundings before AN
N"r candidate apply> for admi<-
N tn sit in the electric chair. And
'hah!y hr will have his wish
ln'rfi: the folk, at E,lrutun make
orr work Of murderer.
'am'> BcaSlcy AMI Harry Lauder
r" shooting poUf on Christina :
J. an argument rn>uCd. onc thing
'"w'Tl another. words led to
'N>. then Rra>lcy flashed knife :
" thrust aud Lander lay on the
or mOrlaIly wounded. Just what
The cau.c or the affray it is
Known other than that it WAS
outcome of an agrrmcnt.
|h"a>Icy, immediately following
"lltimg. went home and went to
U. Later. officers uu. visiting his
l"" To secure his arrest were ac-
>'"'i with the question if Lauder
dead. BraSlcy sraunrhIy refrr.-
5p leave unless satisfied cu tha;
1'. And not until he wu< con-
'''I 'tIt Lauder was dead. did
>ni"rir 10 hi> arrest.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
HOWAN BRIDGE ASKED
IN JUSTICE TO THE EAST
;ndsor Meeting Wednesday Rejects Any
plans to Build Bridge, Other Than BY
State Appropriation

hc suggestion that the pro-
kcd Chowan Bridge be bl'''
|thc expense Of the fe" mi
kiiatc counties, has not met
kh any large degree ot en-
E,siasm. and was heartily re-
ttcd bv the 800 delegates at
bd;ng the barbecue held at
Endsor on December 81
hen the necessity for the
ldrc was stressed. prepara-
ky TO launching the fight III
! General Assembly.
r., mcr,in. not only expressed
|, - hring "irrcvocahly opposed
ny plan that has been recently
Lcstrd 10 construct this bridge
any lines other than that the
any '''' IN, en-, .,m," but
~, = resolution insisting and
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bad Weather ot 'I'r "''N was
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

MANY Currituck folk will be pleas
ed to see the picture of young MIR.
Brumsey, formerly of CurrituclS
Courthouse, in print this week. Like
most youngsters who are reared
i'm that progressive county of thrifty
independent. and straight-frOm-the-
shoulder people, it didn't take MIR.
Brlmsey long to start out fer him.
se'f. After three years as an in
suraslce representative for the
Metropolitan District office here, he
has taken Il partnership in the
cleaning and dyeing business headed
by John b. Bray former Curri-
tuckian, and has started out to make
his mark on the business life OF
Elizabeth City.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
Follow Saunders
Writings This Year

a great treat is in store for readers OF THE IN
DEPENDENT this year. W. O. Saunders, editor and
publisher OF this newspaper has been employed by
Golfers The National Weekly to write about folks and
things all America for the entertainment and i'll
piration OF the more than million readers of that
great national periodical.
BY permission Of Golfers, THE INDEPENDENT
will reproduce from time to time the best that Mr.
Saunders writes or the National Weekly which fact
alone means that TIE INDEPENDENT with Saunders
son the big circuit will continue to be unique and dis
tnctivc and full OF human interest for its big
family of readers.
In addition to reproducing much ol his Golfers
work in THE INDEPENDENT, Mr.. Saunders will be
on the alert always ior special articles for this
paper telling OF the big, helpful things about life as he
finds it in other sections OF the country.
Don't let your subscription expire in 1925; you
can't afford to miss THE INDEPENDENT any month
this year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
SIN YEAR OLD DIES

Jerome I;ISmight. SiN-ycar old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. BaS-
night. GOJ Third street. died We'd
ncSday and the funeral was con-
ductrd at the home Thursday by
Rev. Daniel Lane of City Road
Methodist Church and intgrmcnt
made at Hollywood Cemetery.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

.ABN IN L. h.tBEi
Al. HALEY. son of Indiana, who
married i'm Elizabeth City adopted
this town as his home, and dOmi-
ciled himself i'm the offices of the
Equitable Life Insurance Society OF
the United States some three years
ago. takes up bigger fields with
the same company this week. MIR.
Haley has been made district
manager. with offices in Conmer-
cial National Bank Building in
Raleigh. from where he wfl super
wise the branch offices in Durham,
Fayetteville, Henderson. Chapel
Hill, Burlington. Graham and other
live North Carolina towns. MIR.
Haley was field assistant with the
district office here, until his pro-
motion.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

q. If a boy fails in ap eXami-
nation for West Point is he barred
frGm taking another?
\. No. He may be designated for
another trial.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

DIR. ]. d. Hathaway has moved
to 3l5 Hinton Bldg. Take the
elevator. &dvt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

DR.. J. D. Hathaway has moved
to 315 Hirtcc pldg. Teke the
2,cr--.o--. R5gt
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02

DR.. j. d. Hathaway has moved
to 80 Hirton Bldg. Take the
eIsTatoZ. sGS..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1925-01-02
OYSTERS AND TURKEYS
q BROUGHT STIFF PRICES

. Il AIcrc turkeys. taken aS Il who G.
Stl,:& sad ~ thr FEi2dhth+.fiiy
market during the past Christmas
season than in 1923, was the orin-
ion of the local meat dealers when
questioned 10y Il reporter OF this
newspaper.
Retail dealers found sales about
the same nS last year. whole alrrS
tho. reported the market aS being
Stcadirr and with better demands
were abe to deliver more and at
better profits. Part of this was
caused by the embargo that New
York put on western turkeys. NOT
allowing them 10 br Sold there
while turkeys from the %outh sold
there at prices lower than those in
Norfolk. s-.r-.
Oysters are scarce and retail deal
rrS are having II hard time getting
them. one dealer reports paying
$40 Il gallon for I.YnuhHvcnS and
The express. Retailing them al
40 cents Il quart. This is about the
highest price that they have been
known to bring on the local markets.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
The Scout Campaign.

The campaign to- raise the $50. .000
necessary to carry forward the work
of the District Boy Scouts for the
next two years was scheduled to have
been terminated last Friday. When it
became known that. despite the yigor.
GUS and efficient efforts of those who
had been dedicating their time and
energies to the raising of the needed
funds, they were still about s10.-
coo short of their goal, there was no
falterinG in their ranks. They know
and correctly value the Importance Of
the Scout movement to the youth of
the city. To them the prolongation
Of their efforts was to be weighed
against a realization Of the conse.
quences of materially curtailing the
scope of that movement. And having
struck that balance they have deter.
mined to push forward through the
current week In a post-campaign ef-
fort to bring home the facts of the
situation to the community
There is more at stake in their ef.
fort than the mere success or failure
Of another local Charitable cam.
paign. The Scouts are watching.
Eagerly, keeniy, the upstanding, clear.
visioned youngsters of the city are
contemplating the reaction of their
elders in the matter ,of supporting a
code in which they have been taught
to believe heart and soul. Honor. pa
triotisn, industry. cleanliness of mind
and body, are part of that code. They
will not fail with Justice to interpret
the success or failure of the Boy Scout
campaign for funds as a measure Of
the interest OF the adult Community
in having those principles instilled in
the hearts of Washington boys.
With their eyes upon us the cam.
paign cannot be permitted to fail.
There is no leader of American
thought in recent years who has failed
to realize. and few who have failed TO
express, the Importance and value of
the Scout movement to the Nation.
There is no Scout who does not derive
from his connection with his organiza.
ton conception Of his obligations as
an American citizen essential to the
health and security of the Nations fu.
ture- A certain number of dollars, as
serting the community's belief In the
value and Importance Of such work.
are required. Surely they will be
forthcoming.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
Sees Nation Aided.
Hopkins Says Inaugural Fetes
Bring People Together.
To the Editor OF ThA star

40 the Edltor OF Inc Sttr:
The comment Of The Star March 4
on a communication in regard to
inau8urations / sent II, and an ex-
| tract from 1t, failed to bring out the
principal considerations which led me
to deprecate not so much simplicity
on such occasions, though the people
have long and everywhere demon
strated that they are fond OF and en-
JOY showy paEeantS, as to regret that,
instead OF remaining as they have
been, national In their scope express
Ing national feeling and interest in
the occasion, they were in danger of
becoming provincial and local in their
observance and influence.
The President said in his inaugural
address: 'Tt Is true that we could
| with profit be less sectional and more
| national in our thought"
What method more effectual TO
bring about SO desira BILE q result can
be devised than 10 bring together,
even IL 1t be only once In four years,
the largest possible number of peo-
pie from all parts of our widespread
domain, to mingle with each other
in ceremonies, pageantry and rejoic-
Ing over the coming to power OF the
new ruler they have selected.
IL enables them to see their Presi-
cent. to visualize in a way their Gov
eminent, to feel that it Is their Gov
ernment, and TO understand more
fully what 1t means to be an Amer.
lean citizen. 1t Is good for them, II
oroadens them and softens their
pretudices TO get out of their ruts
occasionally, see something Of their
country, and experience has shown
they like an opportunity to come to
the Capital and take part in an
Inauguration. and 1t costs the tax
payers nothing for them to come.
why not let them come, as many as
want to, and let them celebrate on
any scale they choose? 1t is the peo-
pie who are celebrating.
washington was striving to pro-
mote the same end when he repeat
edly urged the establishment here of
non-sectarian university. which
would bring together young men from
an sectlons and make good Americans
of them.
So much for the national point of
view. Now for the local. 1t is not
true, as some of the press of other
cities have more than intimated, that
our desire for an inauguration COM
mensu-ate with the extent of our do
minion and the number and LOYALTY
or our people is because WASHINGTON
wants the dollars. The dollars that
"'S o'dtleISu mere penent very few
except the hotels, and they are not
Washington.
II Is not from any sordid motive,
nor from any desire for pomp and
disp!ay that we urge national inauE-
urauons. We Washingtonians love
and take pride in our Capital. and
experience again shows that the peo-
pie who come here and see 1t and
reel that 1t belongs also to them,
snare In those feelings, and from
their widely scattered iocaIItie. in
nuence their representatives to help
10 make Washington what Il is sure
~ destined to become--the grandest.
most beautiful Capital that has ever
been on earth. radiating love of
country. respect for law, refinement
and education throughout the land.
ana potent and abiding influence
TOT peace and good will to all man
kind Those are the consideration
which move u.s.
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
Evening star., 1925-03-16
Germany Invited,

Ever since the treaty of Versa lilies
was signed the constant plea and de.
mand Of Germany in dealings with
the victor nations have been for treat.
ment on a basis Of equality At last
Germany has won her point. If that
nation becomes a member of the
League of Nations. it will he on tern1s
Of absolute equality with all other
member nations. II
But it SO happens that in this par.
ticular instance Germany did not
want to be treated with equality, In
the application made by the Berlin
government for league membership
it was asked that Germany be given
special treatment, particularly with
respect to article 16 of the league cove.
nant. providing for sanctions in the
event of war. 1t was the view OF Ber.
lin that Germany on account of
treaty limitations on her armament,
should not be held to full account.
ability under article 16. To concede
this. the council of the league holds,
would destroy that theory of equality
which is the very foundation of the
leagues existence. Germany is told
that she will be cordially welcomed as
member Of the league, is practically
assured OF q seat in the council, but
if she comes i'll she must take over
full responsibility of league member.
ship. =
The reply of .he council ought not