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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-23

'The police do not forbid me to
conduct my rickshaW, youngfas I am.
Who are you to trouble me so?"
The passenger shakes his head,
takes his place in the rickshaw and
says; take me to the department
of the interior, in the west"
And here is the "Song Of Labor;
''You sow the fields-I weave the
cloth-he makes tiles to cover the
houses-Hang Ho! Hang Ho! Hang
Hol Hang Ho!i Work eight hours
rest eight hours-study, learn eight
hours-each and every one demand
to live and work hard.
Learn to read-study books-the
workers are not stupid from birth
Read and learn-learn and read
study eight hours-rest eight hours
work eight hours All wish to learn
and work hard"
A great poem entitled "Chi Kyung
(Speed Up Production) has seized
with horror" the translator who gives
us the last stanza of the poem:
Fasteri Work!
From dawn to night.
Fourteen hours, fifteen hours,
Faster!- Faster
Faster-to old -misery--death!
Fasteri Faster!
Break the chains around the neck
OF the worker!
Destroy the prison built by CAPT
talism
What is the true civilization7
Take hold OF It and crush it; leave
nothing OF III
There are no riches.
Where is poverty?
Where is the common wealg
Use your strength with all your
courage.
Flowers. of the reddest hearth
Faster! Fasterl
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-23
Capitalist Propaganda in the Air

, with the aid OF their press they build
an "air" circulation and with the aid
of the radio they build their newspa-
per circulation.
Well-known stations command a
high price for their broadcast adver-
Using. The big New York and Chi
cago stations charge as high as 500
an hour. 1t is estimated that there
are twenty million radio listeners in
the country, potential market and
audience.
Due to "philanthropic" capitalism,
which gives up share of its surplus
value to what is called good Will
advertising, we are able to get all the
free music, entertainment and propa-
ganda we can stomach.
Tune in any station on a hot sum-
mer evening and the air is fairly alive
with strains of an Eskimo love song"
We almost wish we were In Alaska,
but we are told by the announcer to
drink a certain brand Of ginger ale
and we will feel as tho we were up on
the North Pole. Sometimes we are
carried away by the melodious music
Of Crieg's Oriental" or the Arabian
Dance" ''The Magic Carpet" takes us
to the orient until our reveries are
abruptly and prosaically disturbed
with the announcement that the pro-
gram is being given by the manufac-
turers of such and such carpets and
rugs. OF course, the farmer is not
neglected in this enormous propaganda
scheme. He gets his barn dance
music, his facts and figures on stock
raising thru the courtesy and magma
nimity Of Sears, Roebuck and Co. To
simply complain about the music
would get US nowhere, nor is this our
aim, especially since at times we &C
tually get bits of good music.
What concerns the working class
more than anything else is the effects
Of the systematic propaganda that
comes over the ether.
With a radio in your house you can
not be cut OF from any event in the
world. country, state or city, unless it
be news of a labor struggle. Capital
ism will dish our your news, will tell
the housewife how to make cake or
how to raise her children so that they
will be real Americans" why her son
should join the Citizens Military
Training Camps. etc. For the son him
self all the various kinds of sporting
news; and Little Johnny gets his boy
scout stories and fairy tales.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-23

sors even suggest that the radio will
solve the ills of the world. In Amer
lea the radio will keep the workers
contented to better advantage than
the Victrola or the automobile and
make him forget the struggles and bit
terness of his everyday life.
All the honeyed words Of class col
laboration do not prevent the capital
ist class and its government from try
ing its utmost to keep the voice of
labor from the air. In this case we
may consider how little all the con-
nections and pull of the officials OF
the Chicago Federation Of Labor with
the capitalist politicians availed them
when the question of permitting its
radio station was raised. 1t was only
after a ruling by the attorney general
that Hoover and the department of
commerce did not have any rights to
control the air that the license was is
sued to the Federation.
We understand that labor under cap
italism cannot hope to compete with
its masters In technical perfection or
in capacity to put over a tremendous
amount of propaganda. But in the
present stage it can take advantage
Of whatever opportunity is offered It,
The Communists are always accused
Of being harsh with their criticism, so
we will try to be mild with our criti-
-cism OF the only labor broadcasting
station in the country, the VIGIL, the
station of the Chicago Federation.
This station advertises its opening
hour to be for speeches, announce
ments, etc. It is to be hoped that in
the future they will actually use It.
So far they use it very sparingly. The
type Of music ON its program does not
in the least distinguish it from any
capitalist station on the air. The
world today is fraught with labor hap
penings and struggles which could be
brought to the attention of hundreds
Of thousands of workers to whom true
Interpretation Of news is denied in the
capitalist sheets. For instance, not a
word did We hear OF the Imprisonment
of the l. L. G. W. pickets, the Passaic
textile strike, nor the events In China
which are charged with greatest I'M
port to the workers. In closing, we
hope that VIGIL will go to the same
trouble in placing the microphone in
convenient location for broadeasting
Of labor issues and events by repre-
sentatives of labor as it did for the
antilabor Mayor Dever of Chicago.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-23
BY NJ. cHILoFskY.

TN six years time the radio industry
4 has developed from an infant into
a mighty giant. Radio is now a prac-
teal necessity to the economic and
commercial life Of the country. Com
munieation by telegraph is giving way
to that by radio. Engineers haye
shown it practical to dispatch and reg
ulate the movement of trains thru
radio, on the coast radio weather re-
ports, radio danger signals and beacon
lights for ships and airships are in
use, and the stride of broadcasting is
immense.
Radio, according to the latest re-
ports, is now a fve-biIlion-dollar IN
dustry. The radio industry is not diff
ferent than any other industry in the
United States as far as its economic
development is concerned. In the be-
ginning there is a squirt Of competi-
ton, and then comes the inevitable
characteristic Of modern capitalism
monopoly. Altho the industry is still
in its incipient stage, the courts of
the country are already flooded with
all sorts of complaints and suits for
violations Of the antitrust law and IN
Engagements Of patent rights.
The bulk Of the radio industry Is IN
the hands Of the Morgan-eontroIled
corporation, the General Electric Co.,
and its subsidiaries, the Radio Corpo-
ration of America and the National
Broadcasting Co., which, In its turn,
controls chain of stations across the
continent The industrialist and
banker, Owen D. Young, of Dawes
Plan fame, is the chairman Of both
these organizations.
We will not concern ourselves so
much with the radio industry as a
whole, but will take one of its impor-
tant phases, that is hroadcasting
America, the leading imperialist coun-
try, is far ahead Of any other country
in the development of radio. Out Of
the estimated eight hundred stations
in the world the United States has
five hundred and eighty-six
Most OF the broadcasting stations
are controlled and operated by the
large capitalist newspapers and radio
corporations and a few by religious
societies. Some of the most powerful
stations are the ones controlled by the
newspapers. which use them as sort
OF supplement TO sell advertising.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
NEW MOREHEAD BLUFFS
HOTEL FINANCED HERE
Southern Trust Go. Buys Bona
Issue of Beautiful Resort
Hotel

Elizabeth City not only fihahces
q big hotel project OF its own po'
finances another big North caro-
lima hotel as well. the First Il |'l-
zcns National Bank group OF ,nlS
city having taken up the entire 80,
noO boud issue Of the new M0rehean
Bluffs Hotel at Morehead bl"hS'
y. G.
The bonds bearing interest at SiN
per cent and maturing SerIai'' ~
fen wears were bought by the Ho'i'n
orn Trust Co. of this city last week
at n price better than any ofher vi,
fer the Morchead Bluffs people hau
been able to obtain.
The bonds were bought atter d
careful investigation by the Officers
If the local haukinG group and the!
wore satisfied as to the thorough
sounduess of the investment The
,1orehrad Bluffs Hotel. costing
sa25 ONO will he opened to the pub
liz ON July =. 1926. 1t is said tt
be one of the most beautiful ano
attrurtive r;4r,j roiil> J. Lnc en
Il : %lIG-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
Open BIDS ON
$l25,OOO SHOW
HOUSE TO-DAY
Directors Named This Week
For Theatre Building Com
psny, Connected With
Carolina Bank

Bids iUr the construction Oh
Il building to be designed pri-
mariN ior 4 thcatcr, will be
opened today by the directors
OF the Carolina Investment &
Insurance Company. an enter
prise financed by stockholders
OF the Carolina Banking &
Trust Company. The building
will cost from $l25.GO to
$4,000. directors state.
Plans for the new theatre build
ing. which has been leased tol
orvCrnl wears. call for nm auditor
ium 50 by 50 feet with balcony. i'
havr Il seating capacity of l,4m
The building will hc located to th'
rear of the four story Office build
in" owned hy the bank. aud VII
rnntaim several stores. The cmirrnr'
will hc from Main street thru th'
lobby of the bank building.
Plans for thr blildin" were
drawn Ir B"mtrn & Benton. arrhl
feet, nr Wilson. y. &. The mr"tln;
in uIrn bids will convene n, noon
Friday. Oo.dayD. BY II slngula
coincidence. the name of the lessee
4 is lhr Carolina Theatres Company
/ nr AShcvilIc. Th" theatre Nigh
we'll hr named the Carolina.
Directors for !hr Cnrnlina In
vc~tmrnt Il Insurance ComWn,
NAMED this week are 4. j.. Pcndle
ton. W. l.. Small, J. &. Sawyer. W
=. Skinner. l.. :. Gordon. w. L. Clll
rcpprr and j. H.. Lcioy, Jr.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
POTEAT SPEAKS
HERE TONIGHT
Christian Educator and Scient-
ist Confounds North Caro-
lima Fundamcntalism

DR.. William Louis Poteat,
president OF Wake Forest Col
lcgc and the biggest cookie
burr in the back hair Of the
E'undamcntalistS in North
Carolina will be the guest OF
honor and principal speaker at
4 ioint dinner of the Rotary
and Kiwanis Clubs of Ellz-
abeth City at the Southern
Hotel Friday evening, June le'
DIR. Poteat will he the guest OF
his old friend Federal Judge l. NJ
Merklns while in the city and Judge
Meekins will Introduce him 10 t.e
Ro,ariaus and Kiwanians.
DR., Potent is one OF the most IN
teresting personalities In Nor'h
Carolina to-day. Heading the sea
Of learning of the strongest moSl
aggressive and most nncompromls-
ing religious sect in North laro-
lima he IL at the same time an
eminent scholar and scientist WHO
r,f,,ses 10 accept the bible as the
literal word of God and who finds
no conflict between the findings OF
science and the teachings of Jesus
THE older heads Of all religious
denominations in the State. who
have gotten their religious ideas
largely from unlearned and ire
spousible peddlers Of the gospe! and
who never looked into a book ol
ccieure in their lives just can't uu
1erstand DR.. Poteat. And wha'
makes them miserably sore is The
fact that DR.. Poteat's Chrlstlanlt!
can not be challenged by any &C
Of his private life or by any OF Dl!
public utteranCes: a strong honest
meek and fearless soul he Nand'
rour sGi,Inre for truth wherever h'
finds il. He will receive a ronsill'
welcome in Elizabeth City ana p'
heard with interest by all who arr
/ fortunate enough to sit i'll at th'
big dinner tonight.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18

I'm always shouting eff my.
Mouth in the wr"ny way, mourned
the Soda JcrkCr.
"What have you done now: asked
the Bank Clerk.
1T WAS like This" said the Soda
.Icrkcr: a pert young college miss
was running her mouth in here this
moruiny. trying tO show off every
thing she knew. She said. life Is
such an uncertain thing; why. every
time | breathe some enc dies.
Il stepped right up and asked her
why didn't she uSc LiStcrinr:
"WrlI sir. the look she gave me
snnrcd every bottle of milk III our
i,r box She was as mad nS Fats
when Claude Dukes rot Il license 10
marry Falty's girl
"TrlI me about that. sad the
Bank Clerk. well. Fats has got
inst about the most bilious ease ot
Ioyr in Town. lie takes it 80 Scrl-
cr>ly that Won would think the poor
fellow had A cancer of the stomach
or y inflammation that the NolStead
Act might eventually he enforced.
There ain, nothing joyful about
"Futty's" love: he nurses it like all
old woman nursing Il ease of ncrl-
raIyin and just moons and moons
, over it.
"WrlI. "FatS" has a deviliSh rival
manned rIandp Dukes. who aint nO
riynI at all, but Fats thinks he is
and it makes Fats Jealous a.
he'll TO see any cheerful and poppy
ruSS flying around his girl. Dukes
is Il travelling man and has his 1ni
in every town. hut the most fn'
he has in Elizabeth City Is getting
dates with Fats" girl and making
Fats" furious.
JIc'd rather get Fats goa
| hv getting Il date with Fats gir
than he the star boarder in IL board
inr house run by grass widow.
so when Dukes blew into fowl
~ IL. .snal Trio 9 f@r nigLt. Rg'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
AYDLETT-WH1TE

A wedding Of interest To the peo'
ple of Elizabeth City and through
out North Carolina. will take place
next Wednesday June y, when Miss
Phoebe White becomes the bride or
Mr. Wyatt Aydlett of this city.
Miss White is the popular and
attractive young sister Of Miss Lula
White Of this city, and for the past
year inusht in the WceksvilIc gram
mar school. She now holds posi-
tion with Pritchards Beauty Parlor
Mr.. Aydlctt is the son of y. L.
Aydlctt, formerly of this city: Mr..
Aydlett has for several years held
a position With the First and Oitl'
zens National Bank Of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
FUNERAL BELLS AND
WEDDING BELLS AGAIN
The Wedding of Miss Foreman 70
Mr.. Marion Love of More
Than Usual InlerCs,

Again an automobile tragedy
throws jamgic into the wedding
bells Of Il popular young couple, I'll
social functions celebrating The
nuptial. Of Miss Margaret Foreman
to AIr. Marion G. Love this week
having been called ulf on account "i
the death Of the brides anai, Mrs.
Charles e. Blades who WAS run over
hv an automobile on Main Street
Monday afternoon.
The wedding Of Miss t"r"'nan TO
Mr.. Love will he SolrmmiHcd AT
First NJ. +. Church Sonlh Saturday
evening. June ~. nj : n'ci"ch.
!. The wedding Of this popular
vouny couple is of more than usual
interest. Miss Foreman is ih" young
daughter uf Mrs. Clay Foreman.
The ForcmauS were pioneers IN iG"
lumber industry in Eastern North
CarnIina and the rnmily is tn-hay
one of ,hr strongest financially III
Eastern North CuroiiI,a. They are
I McthCdiStS.
! Mr. Love is onr If the no>i ell
irruriSiur and popular young men
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
oJhq BANK CLCQK Aso TIE SO0A JCRKER
THE SMALL TOWN LIFE

he proceeded at once to get date
with Fats" girl. Then the devil
went over TO the court house ana
paid Joe Spence three perfectly
good dollars for a marriage license
naming himself aud Fats y girl IN
the license. He got the license anu
showed il to every bum ON the
Soutbcrn Hotel Corner and i'll every
drug store on Main Street.
"It wasn't long before Fats y
hoard about il and went to look for
his rirl: she was out with Dukes
and he couldn't find her. OF oil
fine mad men In Elizabeth City,
Fats" was 50 mad that he bit the
mouth off three half gallon fruit
iars and John Sykes found him in
lavatory in the gabble building
with his necktic in his hand. 1t
WAS IL o'clock that night before
Fats" found out that his girl was
was safe i'm her own bed and that
the marriage license WAS just n
Joke. But he lost about ten pounds
in tears and sweat before lie found
ont he looked like a punciured hal
loon cord, which is just about the
| fIatteSt and most woe-bcSonc look
ing darned thing that any man Wht
owns an automobile ever looked at.
I'm glad you told me that" said
the Bank Clerk. Il come down
town every morning expecting tC
hear something on somebody: that
thr phase Of small town life thai
gets me: we don't see much in A
small town. but what we neal
makes up for it; which reminds h'
that when some one told Mrs. Hing
the other day that her husband hao
been bitten by a mad dog, she roll
cd her eyes hearenward ana eH
claimed. Good God :"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
OCTOBER FAIR
TO HAVE MANY
ADJUSTMENTS
Contracts Already Let For
Midway and Several Free
Attractions

Elizabeth City will have its
annual fair this fall as usual.
Little has been said about it
but contracts have already
been made for the midway and
free attractions and a stock
holders meeting to be held
this month will settle upon the
detail Of management.
Grover w. Falls who has been
acting as secretary pro tenn to Inc
Fair Association has served nol"e
that he will not undertake the ar'
ilve management of the Fair inns
wear aud the directors are contenl'
plsting the employment Of an eX'
perieured fair secretary and eXposi'
tion manager to come 10 Elizabetll
CITY and take charge at on early
date.
IN the meantime Mr.. Falls has
been lnying the foundation lol
agricultural exhibits and will per
snnally look after this feature o.
the fair.
IT is planned to hold the fair Inc
first week in October as heretofore
and contracts have been made u
that cud. altho the dates are sl'bler
TO change at the forthcoming stock
holders meeting.
The same midway shows tina
! were hero last year have bought th'
midway concession this year Th'
free acts contracted for to dhte III
clude daily balloon asccnsl"h' iir"
works nightly. Il thrilling trapez'
act and comedy number.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
WILSON IS NOT
BLAMED, GRAND
JURY DECLARES
Killing of Mrs. Blades Acct
dental and Unavoidable,
Grand Jury Reports

That the death OF Mrs.
Charles G. Blades who was run
down and fatally injured by an
automobile driven by Frank
Wilson Monday afternoon,
was purely accidental and un-
avoidablc, and that MIR. Wilson
is not to blame for the m,shap,
was the report made by the
Pasquotank County Grand
Jurv investigating the case
this week.
The iury investigated tn" case n
tbo instance Of Judge Henry ~
Gradv who ia presiding Mt the term
~ Surerior Court in session mere
This week. Judge Grady sam u'
,hourht both the state and Mr.. W u
CON wer. entitled to the inN"Stlg"
tion.
Mrs Blades. who wNS an elderly
lady. undertook t" cross Main 3'''''
in the path of the oncomIh% car,
near the postofricp. Witness sal"
she reached the middle of the street
saw the car approaching. ana de-
,,r;rm confused. got in front nt Inc
c.r before il could he stopped. '
whom, rf the car passed over hrI
body. She was taken promptly IL
tba hospital. but died at seven
o'clock Tuesday morning.
The Blades family hah liN"d IL
EIizubrth city for only about
rcor, moving here from Laurel. pei
Mr. Blades is Il brother Of Dr. J.
= BIndcs and Mrs. Clay Fnrcma'
OF this city. At The time OF Inc Nv
ridcnt he was in New York on h"S'
ness. aud didn't get 10 the hrdSi"'
Of his wife before her death.
/ The body of Mrs. Blades whS lax
on 10 her former home at la"re'
Del. preparatory to burial IN 'h'
family cemetery In RiShopviIie' VI"
The high esteem aud prominence II
which the family is held in this cit!
made the accident doubly shocklil'
to the community.
Besides her husband. Mrs. Blade
is survived by II sister. Mrs. j. I
Rodney, Cf Now Bern: two brothers
Will Moore. Of New Bern. ana III
Ernest Moore Of West Palm Beari
Fla: two nicrcS. Mrs. Harold I
Forema mof Elizabeth City. an
Mrs. james BrayShaw. OF fari
hurst. Del. : and four nephcwS. 'a'
. roll. .Tuhn. Kirk and Charles ho'
ucy. all of New Bern.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
MANY COSTLY CASES in
THIS SUPERIOR COURT
Hart Trial Underway OH Thursday;
Brlhaven Man Fined For fh'l-
be1zlenent; East Laksrs Freed

posuntnnk Csupty will entail
much expense aS result Oh mum
h.r nr criminal eases on trial Ill
Suucrior Court here this week III
enc instance. the witness aud mile
nee fees in the prosecution "i Il c"Ne
,mnup,rd to $500 or more. this hc-
ir.s thr rnSp of state against joshua
! Davis. formerly OF PaSqu"tailN'
,,c,r as RpIhovrn. who was found
guilty nf cmbczzling his collections
for nm insurance company. anu "l
selling insurance without Il license
judgement was withheld i'll the case
ending the repayment OF Ti''
shortage. and his court COSTS.
The trial of y. +. Hart, who was
teller in the dcfunct AlDeniarie
Bank, for completely i'll the cmpe"-
element of funds. which resulted Ill
the wrcckin. Of the bank last Dec
rmbrr WIS taken up Thursday. Hart
WAS employed hy the bank tor Il
len" time. he is II negro. "i ON!
ordinary perception. and only lt"
partirularly believes he knew lhe
actual conditions of the bank : al
fairs. This case requires many On
prn<jvr witness. whose fees anu
mileage will run into many nun
tlrr,lS of dollars.
Amos Batrman. AMI l.eonarh lNi
ford. nf East Lake. who were cap
turcd hv Sheriff Carmine and 'hle'
Holmes in April. in connection "i,'
some ~ gallons of Whiskey. Whii'
Batcman and Twiford were iand'il'
II boat down tn" PaSquotahk hiNe'
were acquitted. The acq'lit'ai J.
, considered remarkable. i'll Spite q
tho Stron. testimony against tn
defendants. hut there Is no 'eiiih'
how jury will view the evidence
= in liquor ease. The % gallon
/, Of liquor were poL.cc dowr ~
; - - ..,-S- c-5Jr.s
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
GOT A LOAD or BUCkSHOT
WHEN HE TRIED TO ELOfE

D. W. Creef, who was monkeylng
around the backyard Of X. 4. Long,
some two miles from town. got
load of bucksbOt this week. and ar.
Long and his son Wiley, are to he
tried Monday in connection with
the shooting. One report is that
Mr.. Long thought Greet was trying
to steal a chicken. while another
mort is that Creef was trying
clone with Miss Long.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18
NOODMEN or AMERICA WILL
IIHID l S0CjNL MEETING

\ refrpShmGnl meeting "f OAK
Gamu Modern WootlmCn Of Amer
ira. tn he held Monday night, June
~. for u social evening, following
the initiation of u large class OF
candidates. il scheduled. A full
membership attendance is expected
ON Mrndav night, June 2l to make
plans for the larger meeting on the
~. Songs by the WOodmen quartet
and Il speech by some speaker oil
note. will Lc part Of the program.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-18

Dr. III. u. Walker returned Ih"rS-
day from Wrigbtsville Beach, Whele
he attended II meeting Of the Sta'e
Medical - inty.