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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
THE WILD GEESE
HERALD GREAT.
CUNNING
Cpea Season For Wild Ducks
and Geese Opens Monday,
November /.

The open season for shooting
wild ducks, geese and brant
opens Monday. Nov. | and the
mufIled Bump! Bump! of thou-
sands of fowling pieces will be
heard on the waters and marsh
cs of Currituck, Dare and Hyde
Counties Monday morning.
1t is in the waters and marshes
of Currituck that sportsmen seek
the best shooting and reports that
come tc Elizabeth City from Cur
have never seen more geese in Cur
a great season for SportSmen.
Many old timers say that they
have never seen more hceSe III cur
rituck Sound in recent years. ana
when the geese come the ducks fol-
low. Many canvaShackS. redheadS
and hobbies were seen i'll Currituck
Sound early in the week.
There was great procession or
wiLl geese observed over Elizabeth
CITY i'm the moonlight nights Of last
week. In many instances the geese
flew - low aS to he visible i'll the
moonlight. The Canadian goose en-
route from his summer quarters III
thr NCrth TO the marshes OF the
Northeastern North Carolina coast
usually finds his way over Elizabeth
City.
Some fear is entertained that this
may be the last season or open
wafer shooting Of ducks and geese.
The Federal game administration
~ an i,lpa that there l. too mnsh
she; ting for the good OF the Wild
fowl. The Currituck County Game
Commission has made drastic
changes in It's regulations this year
tn reduce the number Of bush blinds
in the uJpm waters Of turrltuck
Sound and its tributaries. y new
rule also is that Shooting must cease
at o'clock III the afternoon on
shunlimg days. instead of at sun
down a$ heretofore.
The license fee for North tarolin-
ian<. nOm-rcSident> of Currituck
County. is 5000 this year. plus IL
fee Of 2J cents tc the Clerk Of the
Court of the County. The Supreme
Court recently ruled that the County
could not charge Il NONRESIDENT
within the State Il higher fee than ii
charged residents of the County.
Residents of the County have paid
no tax for shooting. But the resi-
dents taxed themselves this year
rather than sacrifice the revenue
coming from nonresident gumerS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29

What do you think of this ldra
rf cockinc by elcrtricity?' said the
snd, Jerkcr TO the Bank Clerk.
81 puess its all right" said the
Rank Clerk. "But up at my boaru-
;nm housr they had an awful expert
orc. with it. 1t waS this way.
These electric cook stoves are buil'
like IL fireleSs cooker. You pn'
vnur food in them. clamp down the
lid and tGrn on the electricity. Ihe
baot comes from the lid on top. IL
i lust upside down from other cooh-
ing With wood, coal or gaS stove
Won cook with the fire underneath
EIictric cooking is done with the
heat on top. ,.
"Well. they baked beans i'll mat
electric cooker the other day. Inc
haans cooked beautifully, looked all
,.inht and tasted fine. But atter
eating those beans everybody III the
horse had the hiccoughs. We tl@nr-
od ont afterwards that they got the
biccoughs from eating beans that
had been cooked upside down.
| 81 declare. this is Il fast age we re
living in. aint it " sighed the SODA
! Jerkcr. ,l.
"It is all that" said the Bank
Clerk Did you read in The III
dependent last week about ""' u,
making a trip from Washington -,
/ G. TO Elizabeth City by airplane anu
motor i'm four hours flat?'
/ YES. | read about it, said 'he
Soda Jerller. But w. o. didn't tell
it all.
| "You tell it," said the BANK
! Clerk.
"All right" said the Soda Jerker'
, 'When you get on one those ar. J..
planes they give you cotton to STUN
in your ears to keep down the Ter.
rifle noise of the motors. wv. w.
stuffed his ears full of cotton Wien
he got aboard. He had on luAH'
blue worsted suit and some iil'H
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
oJbQ J3ANK CLCQK Aso THE SODA uGPKeR

until he stepped ont of the plane at
Norfolk and then he began to pick
the cotton eff his clothes.
a fat. fresh. plymouth woman
noticed him and asked him If he had
rickrd up Il lot of sheep burS up
there in the air?
".Nu. Madam: said w. o.. i am
merely picking eff Il little down from
the breasts of the angels.
When w. O. got home he told
his wife about it and she wanted to
know. right off. what sort OF
angels he had been flirtin" with, to
get such down on his lapclS:
ale told her they were male
angels and that she neden't he Jeal-
Gus.
But his wife doesn't believe it !:
Mrs. w. o. says she never heard
of male angel in her life: that all
the pictures she had ever seen OF
angels were pictures of female
angels.
"Now what do YOU know about
that: Do YOU suppose the angels
are all fcmales:"
The Bank Clerk replied with
alacrity: Il can only speak from
experience" he said; The only
angels | ever saw were delightfully."-
feminine"
Quit your kidding" snapped the
Soda .Jerker: What l want to know
is. why are all the angels represent
ed rs females and why do you never
see a picture of he angel:
The Bank Clerk pondered a
mumcnt before speaking. Finally
he said: Maybe it is this way: the
bible tells Us that in heaven there
is no marrying or giving i'll mar
riage: if that's the case l can
inarine all the females in heaven
gadding around the earth looking
for husbands, which explains why
all the saints and mystics and paint
ars of an,.ipnt times neys,r silw alts-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
CUINEAPlCSAND
White MICE FOR
Z. {. HOSPITAL

DR.. John Saliba and DR..
Mora :. Bulla are about TO
stat a iaYin ior gairea- pigs
and white mice at the Elizabeth
CITY Hospital. The parent
stocks ior this unique farm
have been ordered and are en-
pccted to arrive any day.
The arrival of those guinea pigs
and white mice at the Elizabeth
C'irv Hospital should hc Il memor-
able event in the history of North
eastern North Carolina lit should
mark the end of mitch old time
medical practice in this city and
section. One gets sick. calls a doe
FOR. the doctor looks ut your tongue,
feels ydur pulse. sticks thermo-
meter i'm your mouth. tries To look
wise and makes guess at what
ail< ynu. He prr>rribe> Il pill or a
rowdrr To >uit his guess. II he
guessed wrong first time. he makes
aaathrr guess and preScribeS all
other kind of pill or powder.
They are eliminating that sort OF
GUESS work ut Elizabeth City lioSpi-
tai. Fer the first time i'll history
Elizabeth city and Northeastern
Nlrth Carolina have fully equip
rcd biological laboratory with an
eyurrt laboratory tcchnlcian. Il
bachelor of Science OF Columbia
University in charge.
With iucubatorS. fr"eZerS. micro
sruueS. <ppctroScOpeS. test tubes. re-
forts. N-Ray and ether elaborate
c0ripmcnt. the blood, the urine. the
sl.ut,m. etc. of ii patient Is minute
* examined and the ailmcnt OF the
ul.irnt correctly determined. One
dorsu't have 10 send IL specimen IL
the State Laboratory at Raleigh or
to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore ana
suffer delay that may prove fatal
i'm diphthcria or hydrophobia, Tor
instance.
( And 50 here's where the Whlte
mice and guinea pigs come i'll. MANY
diseases that ore fatal To humans
are more fatal to the sensitive Struc'
ture of these small animals. lnocu'
late ii guinea pig with the bacteria
Of Il fatal malady discovered Ill the
blood of human and that guinea
pig Instantly begins to Sicken anu
die. It's hard on the guinea pig
hut it saves many human lie u!
Cnahlin" the dcOctOr to know eA
actly what he is dealing with aho
what measures To take TO combat 4
in his human patient. Guinea pigs
and white mice are quite neceSSar!
IN the conduct of Il modern biOlOgi
cal laboratory: and they have Sucf
laboratory at the Elizabeth Cit!
Hospital EOw.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
VOTERS READY
TO MARCH TO
POLLS TUESDAY
Pasquotank Citizens to Pass on
Erection of New Courthouse
and Build Roads

Voters Of northeastern North
Carolina. ready to march to the
polls in Tuesdays election in
no county will have more I'M
portant single consideration
than Pasquotank's contemplate
ed new court house. PaSquo-
tank needs new courthouse;
a new courthouse must be built
within very few years; 1t
might as well be built now.
The impression is general that the
PaSquOtank County courthouse is
equipped with firepro0f vaults for
its records. That is not true. Years
ago the County hGught what pur-
ported to be firepr0of vaults. hut
they are not fireproof. never were
fircprooft and a fire starting i'll the
courthouse Tonight might easily de-
stray every record in those vaults.
The courthouse itself is a veritable
fire trap.
The present courthouse was
noble structure in its day and Scrv-
ed the modest needs of PaSquotanK
very well for u decade or 50. But
PaSQuOtank OutSrew this courthouse
several years ago.
No considerable increase i'll the
tax levy in PaSquutank County
should follow the construction OF Il
new courthouse. The extra taxation
would come principally from an in
crease in the valuation Of business
property in Elizabeth city, the value
Of every foot o: which would he en-
HANGED by the building Of Il modern
courthouse on the present site.
paSuuotank's other important
question will he whether the repre-
sentative shall hc authorized To pass
an additional $2JO,000 county road
bond issue in the next General
Assembly. The program has been
adopted by the County Highway
Commission. pending the approval
Of the voters.
No Hot Politics
Barring Washington County. there
i little interest elsewhere in the
campaign. II is an off year and the
issues are only of local interest.
There is no active opposition ON the
part OF Republicans in ,Chowan,
PeruuimanS. PaSquotank. Camden.
or Currituck. Dare has NJ fight OF
major interest where the two part
les are almCSt evenly balanced.
Sheriff l.. ID. Farrow. Republican, is
CCuntinued on page Three
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
FIFTY YEARS AT
OLD ST. PAUL'S
Venerable Rector to Be Honor
ed on the 225th Anniversary
OF Oldest Corporation IN
State

chrouded deep in its cloak OF
historv., the moss clinging to
its gray walls. its solemn spire
piercing the heights above, sur
rounded by the strains OF mar
bic markers of decayed royalty
and pomp departed more than
two centuries ago, Old St.
Pauls Episcopal church at
Edenton will be the scene OF a
vnioue event. Monday, Nov
cmber |. :
For on All Saints Day. the 22Mh
anniversary Of the founding OF ms
uorish. where dwelled Governor
Charles Edrn whose homes lay rest
ing in the historic churchyard. nun
dredS of EpiScopalians of eastern
Northern Carolina will wend their
way next week. likewise TO pay hoh-
age to the Rector. Rev. koDert
Brcl! Drane. DID. venerable Vete-
ran of the Episcopal ministry. VINO
has served his parish 30 years.
The beloved veteran Of the minis
fry will assist in celebrating the
service of the church he loves so
we'll At II Il. N. holy communion
will fake place. The cclebrantS are
tbe Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire
DID. of Raleigh. and the Rt. keV'
Thos. G. DarSt. DID. Bishops OF the
church. Bishop Cheshire Will he
The preacher of the service.
The service will %a followed by a
luncheon i'm the Parish House at one
o'clock. and at 4 p. IN. will be pre-
scented the historical pageant or the
church THE Bells of Old st. PaulS'
This pageant. written especially Tor
thp occasion by Mrs. TheodOSla
Wales Glenn of Atlanta will he pro-
duccd from special stage in the
rhurchyard under the shadow OF the
church spire. and will be taken part
i'm hy $50 people of Edenton. 1t be-
uins with the Ear Away Bell or
the Early Settlers in Episode one'
thp organization of the first NeStry
of St. Pauls Parish. the Oldest cor
noration in North Carolina. dating
from, December Is. 1IO1. Covering
the principal events of the historic
cid church. and coming down to the
nresent date. the pageant will con-
rlude with an impressive glimpse IN
to the future. The golden bells
boyond st. Pauls Churchyard.'
The day will close with recep-
tion in the Parish House at eight
o'clock. to which a thousand people
have been invited. All Edenton is
cooperating Fundamentally to make
the event a great one.
All Edcnton knows and loves Dr.
Dranc, whom it will honor that day.
On November 1. 1876. the young
man of 81 entered on his duties as
rector of the Church. 1t Is his first
and cnly charge. During the years
he has grown old gracefully, and he
onnaars Younger in many respects
than his white hair and beard
would indicate.
Backwardness in children is often
caused by defective vision due toI
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
MAKES IMPROVEMENT On
SOY BEAN HARVESTER

George f.. Pritchard. manr'factllr-
or of SOY bean harveSterS. ot TINS
city. has produced an improved mar
yestrr The new harvester carries
an additional reel for the better us
position of the trash that comes
from the threShinS reel and Is said
10 he a decided improvement Cn the
Old machine. while adding lmper'
ceptibly to the draught OF the
vehicle.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
ELLEN HAMPTON
STILL LEADS AIR
TRIP WORKERS
Mrs. Spires Close Second
New Candidates Enroll
Sore Weaken and Lose

Vt the close OF the third week
of this newspapers sensation
all Mir Trip offer it is evident
Il at one big passenger plane
will not suffice to carry all the
Srlcndid voting women who
are going to win those Air
Trips to Washington and Phil
adclphia.
Mrs. +. W. Spires nf E:demtun ana
Miss Ellen Hampton "f Wa'criily
have beth passed the 2no.tMH vote
limit fer the Washington Air Trip
qud are nearing the an000o vote
limit for the Philadelphia Trip. MS.
SnireS wins the honu> of 2o.WM
oxtra vcteS for thr largest number
t yearly subscriptions 'urnet III
his week. Subscriptions in all.
Four new workers appear i'll the
isl of camnai.nprS rhi$ week. and
!hcy are all live ones. They are
Mrs. Floyd Cohoou. Of Columbia:
Miss Mary :. Wo"dley. of CreSwe,l:
Miss Mildred Nachman. of lertford
and Mrs. II. V. Moultan. Jr.. of 81.
Brides. Va. Mrs. MOumton started
work only Monday morning and sent
n IL new yearly subscriptions Tues
lay night.
-Four Young ladies who have ap-
Yrarrd in the list of candidates pub
'i>hrd have been dropped from the
'iSt this week because of their fail
urr to make reports for tw" weeks
m succession. This is IL campaign
for workers and these who are not
Interested enough to work must
make room for these who will work.
Those who are dropped form the list
may re;u>tatr themselves only ly
Getting busy and sending in Il good
list of subscriptions hy Saturday
night If this week 1t iS not fair 10
The working candidates In retain the
lrnnC< nn tn" list: the Indifferent
ones not only fail to make votes for
themselves. hut they keep The de
serving workers from gettln" many
votes they would otherwise get. one
If those withdrawn from the list
This week was incapacitated by re-
"civin. painful injuries in an auto
muhil" accident. She i Miss EllZ-
1hrrh DOZicr of IIertfOrd.
There are four more weeks III
which new candidates may Sec''r"
he coveted air trip and more than
.wo days and nights of thrilling and
ulpaSurable sight -Seeiu" and theatre
going i'm WaShingtGnSnr PhiladeI-
Dhia. There are four more weeks
IN which those who have already
made good may continue to get sub
srrintinmS and make just that much
oxtra money for shopping on their
trip.
There is re-, m for only IL few more
candidates: Hyde County iS still I'M
occupied territory. There is room
for another live candidate i'll EllZ-
.beth City and two i'll PaSpuotanE
County.
Think of ii: Just 100 new yearly
subscriptions to The Independent
will win the Washington Air Trip
and all that goes with it. and The
IndppPrdent is the easiest tn sell
proposition in Northeastern North
Carolina or anywhere else it Is
known.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
"W. O." SPEAKS AT WINSTON
SALEM AND HIGH POINT

W. O. Saunders talked to the y.
G.. Collegiate Press Association at
Salem College. WimstOn-Salem, y. {.
last night and will address the
Kiwanis Club at High Point. y. {.
at noon to-day. Mr.. Saunders does
not represent himself as a speaker,
hut he is one of the most talked
about personalities in North Caro-
lima to-day and seldom fails to draw
crowd wherever hc is booked to
make an appearance.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
Another Bonus
$4,000 Votes Free

This Is the last Offer OF Il bonus
i'm the Air Trip Campaign. NO"
get this straight: A bonus OF
$4,000 Votes will be awarded inc
Air Trip candidate who SENDS iii
the largest number of subserip-
tiers to The Independent by Sat
urday night, Nov. 6, 1876. sun
scriptions may be placed IN the
mails by out of town candidates
any hour up to midnight OF Sat
urday, Nov. 9th.
But do not wait until Satur-
day, Nov. 6 to send i'm all OF your
subscriptions. Send i'm all sub
seriptions in hand by Tuesday
Nov. = and then hustle for more
subs to add to your list by the
fClIowiIu,. Saturday night. Who
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
DIR. DILLARD WRITES
A THANKSGIVING STORY

DR.. Richard billiard. of Beverly
Hall. has written Il ThanSsSl'liiS
story for The Independent, to ne
published late in November. IL IL
entitled old GaSkins' Funeral n
True Story From physician .
Diary" and is written in Dr' In
lard's most charming style.
Wasted nerve energy lloh
strain makes nervous, lrrltaple
school Children. Have their eeo
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29

Nowhere in the First COngresslon'
al District of North Carolina is d
more serious fight being made De-
tween the forces of good and BAD
government. Perhaps nowhere III
North Carolina have affairs been
more grossly mismanaged than In
Washington County.
And year after year the old line
Democrats responsible for the rot
ten mismanagement Of the County
have continued in office because
ma iOrity Of the voters of that cOun
ty are Democrats and can't see
their way clear to be anything else.
But there has grown up formid-
able independent Democratic move
ment i'm Washington and these inde-
pendent Democrats have had an un-s
derstanding between themselves.
They purpose TO go to the polls In
Washington next Tuesday and re-
move every old line Democrat In
the County from public office.
Washington County Republicans
will support the Independent Demo
cratic nominees for the office Of
Representative. Register Of Deeds,
Treasurer and Board Of Education.
And the independent Democrats will
in turn support the Republican,
nominees for the offices Of County J;
Commissioners. Clerk OF the COhfE
and Justice Of the Peace.
Neither independent Democrats
nCr Republicans by themselves could
carry an election in Washington
County: but the two together can
do anything. The vote in Wash
ingt0n is close anyway. Mclean.
Democratic nominee for Governor
in the last election polled SIG votes
i'm Washington: Isaac NJ. Meekins
his Republican opponent polled S3f
votes.
4 Disgraceful County Government
What's wrong in Washington!
Why this split in the ranks OF the
Democratic party: Why this coali-
tion of Independent Democrats and
regular Republicans? The answer
is found in the records and absence
of records in the county court house.
-. The truth abOut Washington
County affairs began to dawn a few
years ago with, the death Of former
Sheriff ]. L, Reid. An audit Of the
affairs of the dead sherifT's Office
.,isclDsrd a shortage of $2G, 134.4l.
That's n lot OF money for the sheriff
of one rural county to get away
with.
! Audits of the accounts OF other
county officials were proposed. A.
! Lee Rawlings & Co., certified pHblic
accountants of Norfolk and RAJ
c:gh. audited the accounts Of the
! Washington County Board Of Edu-
cation. They found that j. w. Dar-
den County Superintendent of Edu-
cation was short in his accounts In
: the sum of $5,GS453. 1t was found
that Dardcn had, among other
things, 0verpaid himself $2,O36. IN
! the matter of salary alone
They "FiXed' Th4
But what's Il little matter or
shortage of $5.6SI.5} among friends!
! The Beard Of Education got toseth-
or and n settlement satisfactory to
(Contiuued Oh Page %
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
Old Line Democrats In Washington
County Are Headed For A Fall
Good Government Democrats and Republicans
Unite To Overthrow Political Machine
That Has Ruthlessly Plundered The Public
Treasury For Years.

Trno Of the gross Encouragement wanon extrava-
and high handed spos methods of old time Democrac
politicians who have controlled the affairs of Washington Coun
tv for many years. the OF that county Will make deter
mined fight or clean slate in the general election next
Tuesday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29
Standing Of the Workers
For The Independents
Washington Philadelphia Air Trip

MISS ELLEN HAMPTON, Waterlily. \. C.----/ooo
,Ipc = w cpIpES Fdenton. n C255OOO
n.y. ra., eo,,,.r E1zabetb Citv n C 10000
M.. r v C,Lc.b, ReIhaven. y C------,6l,OO 900
HI:s. Iona " Powers Northwest Va --- 1900
Mrs, r. v Moulton Jr.. ST. Brides Na.--------- 34OOo
Mrs Flovd Cofoon. Columbia. \. C----- olooo
Mrs Thos G. Williams. Becross, \. C.-------- l9OOo
.1Ir< + 1csie Pierce, srnburv. n. C.------ $4,000
Miss Mary S. Woodley Creswcll \. C.------ llOOo
,iiS' W;aIct Cask1I Hatteras \. C.------- 5000
HI:S' u;Jred Nachman Iertford. \. C.---- 5000
the Washington Air Trip; 5oooo 'otes "ns
tbc Philadelphia all hotel and amusement expenses IN
ce Candidates by taking subscriptions TO Inc
Inlepenlen. subscription for one year gives hen NV"
votes renewal subscription 1000 votes the voeS
have cash value thousand not applied on the ar
- y
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29

''U 'an see well. it's no
..r headaches are not caus-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-10-29

Backwardness in children is often
caused by defective vision due to
neglect in consulting an eye Special
Evening star., 1926-06-08

June is a splendid clonth to have YOUR Winter
drapery work done. Old furniture or paint
worn rooms can be made to sparkle like new
merely by the application of little sarefuy
planned decorating.
Our shops are not extremely rushed during the
Studio of Interior Decoration. Sixth floor.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Plan Your Winter Draperies---Nov
Or Studio of Interior Decoration Stands Ready to Hell

hot months and we are therefore able to devote
more time and study to your decorating prob
lens.
Our decorators are always ready to give sug
gestions and help you in your selections. Esti
mates given.
Evening star., 1926-06-08
Camping Blankets, $3'95

ampers or cancers pcknckers or mixers will find
ono OF these dark thick blankets invaluable on
the trip. Size o2XS2 inches
Linen and BIanke, Section Second floor