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The border vidette., 1926-01-09
JANUARY 9, 1926.
, LOCAL NEWS.

The stocksaisers are happy!
Hugh Graham has recovered
from an attack of influenza.
John M. Hughes has returned
from business trip to Tucson. 3
Dayton Dalbey. rice grower OF
Cajeme, Sonora, Mexico, is q
border city visitor. <.s 80 !.
Miss Gladys Walker, popular,
efficient high school teacher, is
| confined to her home with a bad
cold. fFs.'
Col. 0. a. Serrano, q former
resident of Nogales, is a border
city visitor from Los Mochis,
Sinaloa, Mexico. III. :. ~:
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Phillips,
owners of the Duraznogo mine
in Sonora, Mexico, are guests at
the Montezuma hotel.
The Nogales Rotary club held
its regular weekly luncheon yes
terday noon at the International
Casino, Nogales, Sonora. -.
DR.. v. A: Smelker has return
ed from we'll earned vacation
spent at his rice plantation in
the Yaqui Valley, Sonora.
Harry E. Berner, deputy U.
S. collector of customs at this
port, is i'll at his home on Noon
Hill with sciatic rheumatism.
R. T. Frazier, popular local
agent for the Citizens Auto Stage
has moved his Office from the
.Montezuma hotel to the New
Brickwood. .
The little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. G. Barnes is reported
very. i'll With : bronchial pneu.
monia, at the Barnes home on
the Tucson road. !:
Lee Zinsmeister and a party
of friends from the Guest Ranch
at Bloxton, visited sNogales the
forepart of the week. They en-
joyed luncheon at The Cave.
Work on the new ), Methodist
church on Grand avenue, is~pro
crossing rapidly Under the per.
sonal supervision of Engineer
I. P. Frazier, and will be com
pleted on schedule time.
Harry Narcotic, manager and
lessee of the Hotel Evans, has
leased the Montezuma hotel and
succeeds Arthur Lewis, who has
been manager of the Montezuma
for the past three years.
Baby Chix:-White Leghorns
from high egg strain Matching
January 11th. r. l. Reds, Barr.
ed Rocks, Black Minorcas and
Golden Buff Leghorns one week
later. ENoCH CREWS. Sea bright,
California. *.
The high school alumni basket
ball team defeated the local high
school boys team in a practice
game Saturday night II to 6 in
the gymnasium. Coach thinner,
man predicts great things for
his team this year.
e. L. Mix, former resident of
Nogales, where be was born and
raised, now deputy county clerk
of Los Angeles, is here visiting
his father, James B. Mix, veteran
customs service inspector, who
is very i'll at his home on Sonoita
avenue.
| John George, Yaqui River
farmer, who is manager of the
Pacific Trading & Sales Com.
pany, is in the city from the
West Coast country: He recent
ly closed a big Sonora land deal.
through his attorney, William
King of Douglas.
A carload of mixed paints, con
sisting of 10000 pounds, has
been received from the Adelite
Paint Co.. of Chicago, by Roy
& Titcomb. Inc, of this city
This is the first full carload o1
paint ever received in Nogales
for ronora1 purDOoos
The border vidette., 1926-01-09
Charter No
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
The First National Bank Of Noga1es
AT NoGALES STATE OF ARIZONA,
BUSINESS DECEMBER sIst
RESOURCES


Loans and discounts ....-...... .-......"...-...
~ IOtaI loaHS ~.
Overdrafts. secured
bility account of acceptances' execut-
ed by this bank and by other banks Tor account of
this bank, and now outstanding 49,. ............
U. S. Government securities owed: s.e
Deposited to secure circulation fU. S. bonds par
ea.:, Evalus).. -.... .-.-:! :..> y. :......
All other United States government securities
Other bonds, stocks, securities etc.
bdHkmS HVuSe
Real estate owned other than banking house
Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank
Cash i'll vaE1t and amount due from national banks.
Amount due from banks. bankers, and trust COM
- panes toher than included in items 8,9 and Io).
Checks OH other banks in the city or town
reporting bank4other than item I2) ............
Total of items 9. 10, ~, and l3l ...:....
Redemption fund with u S. Treasurer and due from
y. - II SaSureI
Other assets. ~.-.-..........
:---s x re - TOTAL.
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The border vidette., 1926-01-09

Charter No. 66ei
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

SMALL TOWN STUFF

that he could get home before his
wife got the police looking for him.
His fool break gave the whole thlhS
AWAY and now the town is talking
about that.
There is too much of that sort OF
thing going on in every little town.
Now. | want you to understand me-;
| don't set myself up as Il Hol!
Moses: I'm no Puritan and Id be
one of the last persons i'll the World
TO condemn heart hungry man or
woman. married or single. for fall
ing in love unwisely: but when
ueoplr. who set themselves up as
shining marks of righteousness III
the community, conduct themselves
like lot of prostitutes and are so
bold and shameless in their conduct
as to attract public athtention to
their dOingS and set a rotten eX-
ample for all the younger folk in
the town, then / haven't Il damn bit
of patience with them
Me too.' said the Soda Jerker.
But | think I'm going to church
next Sunday: l haven't been TO
church in a long time. but l shall
drop in Sunday morning and see
how well the lady sings after she
has seen her picture in the paper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
FAIR DATES SET FOR
OCTOBER S TO 9, 1926

October ) to . has been dcSignat-
cd ms the time for the five-day
AGRICULTURAL fair here this fall. and
plans are now going ahead, for Il
better entertainment than was first
in prospect. The same midway
concessions will be present this
wear. Two new attractions. one a
pony race for boys. the other an
automobile race. will be added, with
substantial purses.
The free attractions this year are
declared 10 be more elaborate than
usual. including Il balloon ascension,
a parachute drop. fireworks. tight
rope and other gymnastic acts.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
HOSPITAL TO REOPEN
ABOUT SEPTEMBER l
Training School For Nurses 10 BE
Conducted Under New
Management

The Elizabeth City Hospital un-
der the management of DR.. Johil
Saliba and DR.. Mora S. Bulla VIII
rcopen about Sept. |. 1926. Mother
NJ Agurs and the Sisters who threw
mn their lease on the hospital
several weeks ago have turned the
hospital over to its owner, Dr.
Saliba but ii is planned to make
numerous improvements and pro-
vide much new equipment for the
hospital before it is open to receive
patients again.
A training school for nurses VIII
he conducted in connection Will
the hospital.
The civil action begun by DR..
Saliba to recover $4,000 which he
alleges the Sisters owe him Is yet
to he settled. The Sisters have
made no answer to his complaint
but have indicated that an answer
will be made. by securing Il post
ponement of the date for filing their
answer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
CONNOR PREDICTS A
GREAT STATE PICNIC
But Wilson County Man Had One
Opinion Changed i'm Currituck

Inspired by the crowd of 1.5O0 to
1000 people gathered on the picnic
grounds at Point Harbor, i'll Cur
rituck County last Saturday on the
occasion uf Point Harbor'S annual
Pleasure Day Picnic, Representative
III. e.. COnnor, Jr.. of Wilson, y. {.
rose to prophesy that the day was
not far distant when North Caro-
lima would hold State picnic, three
millions North CarolinaianS from
the mountains to the sea. gathering
some place for Il day of mixing to-
gether and jollificatiOn.
North Carolina's good roads
program makes this possible. de-
clared Mr.. COnnOr. 1T will be
possible for all North Carollnlans
to get together some place in the
State and no man have to take of
more than IS hours TO make the trip
both ways and enjoy day of pic
nicins."
1t was Mr.. Connor's first visit to
Currituck and he said he WAS sur
prised and delighted to see that
that county contained so many
handsome men. My acquaintance
with men folk in Currituck has been
confined largely to Ed. Johnson and
Major WOOdhouSe." said the speak
or. And 1 had formed my estimate
of the male pulchritudc of Curri-
tuck from these two gentlemen. L
see now that they are not repre-
sentative of the masculine beauty ot
this wonderful county
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

"Edenton must he Il wild old
town. according to all reports" OBJ
served the Soda Jerker to the Bank
Clerk the other morning.
What's the latest from Eden
TOM" queried the Bank Clerk.
"Why they tell me that Il certain
prominent professional man in that
town has been running around with
another mans wife and getting away
with it in fine shape until he got
her in briar patch the other
night and the poor girl got hooked
in the briars. He had to strike
about Il dozen matches to get her
extricated and the light of the
matches gave both of them dead
AWAY and everybody in Edenton
is talking about it."
"Well, Edenton hasn't got thing
on Elizabeth City said the Bank
Clerk sourly. How about that
connie who ran out of gas on the
Weeksville road not so long ago!
Here was prominent married
woman who sets herself up as a
GREAT church worker, choir singer
and all the rest of it. She takes
another woman's husband out for
an evening and gets caught out at
midnight with stalled engine.
"She halls passing car and asks
them to send her help. Instead of
that fool man with her keeping out
of sight, he didn't do a thing but
hon on the car coming TO town SO
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
FANATICS FAST.
PRAY
MAINS HARB0R.
Community Upset BY Remark
able Evangelist, Who Refus- i.
ed to Eat or Accept Collec-
tions
NJ. ". FEREBEE

The most remarkable religi-
Gus revival Of the season SO far
as has been reported to this
newspaper comes from Manns
IIarbor, Dare County, where
the Rev. J. G. Cox OF Oriental,
Pamlico County, has just clos
ed three weeks meeting, in
which he asked neither for
money, nor food, and with his
companion preacher Lewis,
tasted without food or drink
for several days.
Cox drifted into Manns HarbOr
several DAYS ago. and announced
himself a child of God, and by some
unexplained trick got permission TO
hold forth in the public school
building. Here he spread his blan-
ketS. sleeping by night, and preach
Ing twice daily, threatening the
wrath of God on the community,
and telling his congregations that
there was too much running around
with neighbors' wives.
Along in the midst of his revival,
this Cox was joined by another sell
anpointed man of God who called
himself by the name of Lewis. ana
declared himself a man of wonder
ful power. who needed no food or
drink. For seven days, Lewis went
without food, refusing TO 20 to the
homes of the people of the commlln-
ity. Neither preacher asked nor re-
ceived any contributions. nor did
they take up any collections dur
ing their revival. insisting that the
Lord would provide.
1t wasn't long before they had
aroused tremendous interest in this
hospitable fishing village of 21o
folk. and before long the school
building was crowded, including
among the crowds, many of the
most prominent people of the COM
munity. One night the preacher APP
pearpd on his pulpit, and served
notice that the front row OF men
had better move. if they were afraid
of lightning, because God was ready
to send q thunderbolt thru the room,
and dire calamities would betall the
village of Manns Harbor, because
tha men of the Community, he SAID,
had been running around with their
neighbors' wives. :,
"Get away from this front row.
said the preacher. "and let all VINO
are in God take their places. Three
women converts marched to the
front.
You people backside are a bunch
of thieves. robbers and whoremong-
ers" declared the preacher, "and l
dare either man among you to come
forward and lay your hands on your
wives who are up here. You are
NOT fir 70 touch them. Ono man
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
MURDERER Died
BY own HAND.
Waterfield's Body Found in
= Skiff, Where He Shot
Himself Weeks Ago

The laws hunt for George
S. Waterfield ended this week,
when the body OF the man who
cruelty murdered l7-year-old
Bertha AnSell three weeks ago,
was found in a Cove off Fur
by's island. eight miles from
Currituck Courthouse.
The body was badly decompOsed.
and the top of Waterfields head
was blown off. His gun and an
empty shell lay in the boat. a
corCner's jury decided that Water
field died by his own hand. He
evidently had killed himself the
night he escaped after killing Miss
AnSell. and wounding her cOmpan-
ion. William Tatem. For Water
field soon realized the raShneSS OF
his act. the futility Of escape, and
believing all that was near and dear
To him was lost. decided to end it
all. The body was discovered Tues
day morning by Joe Litchfield, a
fisherman.
Before making his escape from
Knots Island. he left his watch. TO
be given his twO-year-old son when
he reached manhood. and 90 cents.
all he had in the world, with his
aged mother.
The shooting of Miss AnSell is
said to have followed Il quarrel be-
tween Waterfield and his wife, in
which he accused his wife of ac-
cepting attentions from Charles An
sell. father Of the girl. The quar-
rel ran to fury. with curses and
blows being passed. and just at the
end of this argument, Miss Ansell
and her Suitor William Tatem came
by. Tatcm started an argument
with Watcrficld alleging that he
had been talking about Miss AnSell,
and the outcome was, Watcrfield,
who was then believed to have just
started out cunning for AnSell, rails
cd his gun. and shot the girl dead,
and wounded Tatem.
i'ne fears of Charles AnSeil. that
Wnrnrfield would return and kill
him ere at an end. But he has lost
n daughter and Mrs. Waterfleld a
husband. Whether the two will try
tp share their losses together is
now matter of speculation among
the neighborS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

walked to the front. and i2u MS
wife from the building. Another
citizen carried the lights from the
building. and left the iahh'l.
preaching in the dark.
Needless to say, the Meiho"!st
church, which the fanatic predicted
was 70 be destroyed by Il thunder
bolt is still standing. the preachers
are gone. after their week o. fast-
ing. but some of the wOmenfoik OF
tbe community haven't got over
their religion yet. On Sullua'
night. one woman awOke at eleven
O'Clock. declaring tlrt the liol!
Spirit was in her. and despite the
efforts of her husband and neiSn-
bors, aroused the whole nel2hD"r-
hood and couldn't be quicted ''l''i
after half an hour Of more VI
frenzied shouting. IF he had stay
ed there a week longer, L believe
he would have had the whole place
in an uproar." declares one Prohi''
nent Manns Harbor citizen. It's
q good thing he got'away when lie
did, or somebody's bone Wouid
have been busted up.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
DR.. JOHN SALIBA
EASY MARK FOR
3 CARD SHARPS
Parted From $260.00 In Cash
And Doped Into Signing
Draft for $4,000

DR.. John Saliba of Elizabeth City
has travelled over more than half
the civilized world. and is familiar
with the language and customs of
many countries and thinks he is
thoroly cosmopolitan and worldly
wise: but he was no match for Il
trio of card SharpS on an Old DO
minion Steamship liner from Nor
folk To New York.
Three friendly young fellows took
S26D in cash off DR. Saliba on one
of those steamers one night last
week and then rot his signature on
4 draft for $4,000 on his account
at the First X Citizens National
Bank in Elizabeth City. Luckily
DR.. Saliha came to his senses in
time to wire the bank to stop pay
ment on the draft.
1t WAS Il hot night on the steamer
and DIR. Saliba. travelling alone.
looked hot and lonesome sitting on
the deck all by himself. He WAS
wishing there were lot Of good
fellows along to make the trip live
iy and interesting. The good tel-
lows" were right there and they
had him spotted.
They picked IL conversation with
him. got him into an innocent game
of bridge. then had few drinks.
changed to poker and the doctor
doesn't know what happened after
that. Next morning he discovered
that he was short S260. all the mon
cy he had on his person the night
before and he had haZy recollec-
ton of having signed something.
What he signed was Il draft for
$1,000 which the SharpcrS depoS-
tied for collection the very next day.
But he stopped payment on the draft
and is out only $500 in cash.
He says the next time he goes
10 New York he'll steer clear of Old
Dominion steamers and take Il
guardian with him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
WHEN: N:,'YEMAYOR !
ASKED EDTHECHIEF
FOR THE LIQUOR
Chief of Police Holmes Corro-
borates Mayor McCabe's
Version in The Main

Reports that have kept Man
Street gossip busy for the past
week, to the effect that Mayor
Aubrey McCabe had demand
ed of Chief OF Police Holmes
five gallons of contraband
liquor under threat Of dismiss
ing the Chief if he didn't give
him the liquor, are not heartily
confirmed BY the Chief OF
Police himself.
Il believe | did ask the Chief
il he couldn't let me have five gal
Ions out of lot of - gallons con-
fiScated by the police some time
ago" says Mayor McCabe. But |
was only joking and | didn't expect
TO get any of the liquor and | GER
tainly did not threaten the Chief.
That yarn must have been invent
ed by some of my enemies.
Chief of Police Holmes says:
The Mayor did say something to
me about getting five gallons of
LIQUOR. 1t was on the morning after
we had captured 80 gallons i'll the
Twiford and Bateman case. was
on my way to MeliCk'S to get some
sealing wax to seal the jugs with
and passed the Mayor on Main st.
in front of McCabe 4 Grice. | told
him that | had - gallons of liquor
in my office and waS going to put
il under seal. He asked me if ]
couldn't hold ont five gallons for
him: l told him there wasn't Il
chance. If he made any threats |
never heard them"
Chief of Police Holmes says it is
nothing unusual fer the best citizens
of the town to see him with contra
band liquor. give him sly nudge
and a knowing wink and ask him
if they can't get Soifc Of F. ttt
says he always takes these requests
good naturedly. Il never pass by
the side door of the First X Citi-
ZenS National Bank with Il jug Of
seized liquor that some one i'll the
bank doesn't yell at me or whisper
to me, asking me if l wont turn
it over to them" says the Chief.
1T is just Il way of joking that
folks have"
The talk about Mayor McCahc
seems to have originated with Trial
Judge L. G. Sawyer 1t has also
been given currency by Dr. y. l..
PendletOn, chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission. Neither
Judge Sawyer nor DR.. PcndletOn
are friendly toward young McCabe.
The stOr. involving Mayor Me
Cabe has brought Il lot of criticism
upon the young mans head, it be-
ing the opinion of good citizens
generally that the executive head of
the city should find some other way
of Joking with the police depart
ment.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

IN entering politics and attempting
10 run the government. One hope Tor
America is for the two conflicting
religious forces to continue to 1lSht
each other: if they should ever unite
in the name of their common Lord
under an agreement to divide the
spoilS. the United States would fhd
itself in Il worse plight than Mexico
to-day and America too would have
to raise up President Gales 10
save itself.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
THE DARE COUNTY
HOMECOMING EDITION

Next weeks edition of this
newspaper will be devoted TO the
Dare County celebration. 1t will
carry pictures of Sir Esme
Howard, the British Ambassador
who will be the chief speaker
on August is, and stories and
pictures of everything and every
body Of Importance connected
Herewith. Special advertising
from Dare County, Edenton,
Hertford, and Elizabeth City Will
he featured in this edition,
which will he read by everybody
attending the celebration.
Every live merchant i'll Ellz-
abeth City will want to get his
advertisement in this edition, but
space must he reserved early.
PHONE 2Sl
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
NO GRAFT AT.
EDENTON BUT.
OFFICIAL FUN.
Certain Prominent Citizens
Sustain a Heavy Loss When
Their Liquor is Stolen

"Wc don't have any graft or
attempts at bribery among our
CITY officials; the city wouldn't
stand for that. and none OF our
officers would stoop that low,
declared 4 prominent Edenton
citizen this week. "but we did
have something to happen here
a few days ago that was about
as sensational as Your turn-up
over in Elizabeth City,
1T seems" he continued, that
some of our biz officials were pre-
pairing to Stage Il little party, and
hired a,.boat Captain to make a
trip fo Fast Lake. and bring back
about 10 gallons of liquor. jug
for each man. Some of our police
men and Aldermen figured III on
this deal. and 80 we have just learn
ed why nothing has been done to-
ward putting down the liquor traf-
fic hereaboutS.
well. the boat captain. had Il
key to his employers fish house
and getting back late that night,
unhcknown to the owner of the
building. he ties up ut the wharf
and unloadS his liquor in the build
ing. But it happened that some
sportS about town were having some
fun down on the waterfront, and
seeing something unusual that late
at night going on. made Il little Ill
yeStigatiOn for themselves.
The long and the short of it was
that while the Captain was gone up
town to collect his check for the -
gallons at SIS per jug, these tel-
lows down on the waterfront, got
into the building and got the stun
ont of the way. When the Alder
men and policeman went down after
their liquor. it was gone. ana the
Alderman who had given his check,
for the goods. ordered the bank to
sion payment on his check.
while the Captain was having
Il helluva time tryin" to collect the
check on which payment had been
stopped, the Aldermen were lay
ing down the law to the policeman
"You'vc got to 90 after this BIRD,
and you've got To catch him." sald
the Aldermen. "Or we'll get your
Job" The policeman was in flX
and lost two days of good time try
ing to get onto the bird who, stole
the liquor.
"The Captain of the boat found
that he couldn't collect his check,
and he started more trouble. 1t
wasn't long before he had spilled
the beans all over town. and inside
of ~ hours. all the drug stores
were full of folks talking about the
episode. And it wasn't long either
before the man who gave the check,
went down and settled up with the
Captain. and got back the little
scrap of paper that the bOatman
had been showing around town. But
the Alderman is $3.50 dollars out
of pocket. and some fellow has
enough wet goods To last him all
summer. No. our Aldermen wont
take graft, but they are sporty fel-
lows vic IL - aEjoy themselves
even i tI:y rGvs = litt-a hard luck
while thev are NJ it"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06
RAINS HELP MANY CROPS

Heavy local showers over con-
siderable areas in Pasquotank
and nearby counties helped the
agricultural situation this week
Potato growers in Currituck COun-
tv were facing a possibility of
severe losses because of a long, dry,
hot smell. The early sweet potato
crop in Currituck Is several weeks
late and the yield badly curtalled
bv reason of adverse weather.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

Because you can see we'll, It's no
reason your headaches are not caus-
ed by your eyes. Sc Dr.. Hath-
Wv -i-+-- pI1-, co..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

Eve strain causes wasted nerve
energy. Let US look after your eyes.
Nv -Jo.bo--o- Ut~to- "IT" CO..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-08-06

We examine tie eyes ard fur-
nish glasses the same day. Saa DTs.
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