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The Washington times., 1926-08-31
BROOKLAVDERS
SOON START

Catholic University's gridfroners
Will assemble a week from tomor-
row at Old Point Comfort, Va.
They win break camp in time to
polish off at the Brookiand stadium
where on September they expect
TO meet the Norfolk Naval Train.
ing Base team, tentatively booked
Tor September %.
jack McAuliffe, coach, expects to
have SO candidates. Only three Of
last years regulars are missing.
they are Capt. Jack Regain. guard:
Moore, tackle, and Garvin, half.
back.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31
Franks of Fate

Jimmy Goodrich. holder Of the
worlds lightweight title but short
time ago, took part in a preliminary
eight.round bout recently.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31
Cubs Streak Gone

The Cubs winning streak Of
eight games was impolitely halted
by the Cincinnati Reds, who took
the game away, 8 to 2.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31
Al |
But QUITS
WATER
By 4. D. Thomas

A motor boat that has traVeke0
faster than 100 miles an hour, an
almost unbelievable fact, win be
seen In the Presidents Cup regatta
an the Potomac, september Ills.
The phenomenal craft, Yankee
Doodle, is owned and driven by
Alex johnson. who Is busy now m
ousst Of the British international
Trophy, to be contested Labor Day
nt Detroit.
1ahnson took q 30-foot hull, made
e Sahogany one-quafter of an inch
fhiek and equipped it with two
sarnifles tpat combined 5000 horse.
n0seer. welshed $500 pounds and
totaled 80 cyssuders. There We're
two propeliers.
This he had 100 -horsep0wer
S,konSfIsi0n for each foot Of bus
defnfiIv constructed craft He
Vyaa curious to see the effect OF
- much power behind 50 fEail
burden. And the effect was me
teresting, indeed.
johnson unleashed the full power
of his engines for only . short
firne. In fact, they fIlnctioned
properly for only q brief period.
But johnson got the kick he de-
s HIS as craft almost lifted itself
cut OF the category Of boats ana
approached the state or an airpiane
without wings. At its maximum
speed the Yankee Doodle's ex-
IRENE rear end only rested on
the water. Johnson estimates That
about six inches Of his boat was
submerged and that portion not
deeply. It seemed that the Yam.
kee Doodle was sustained IN the
ali, by its turiously -churning pro-
pelIers.
II is estimated that Johnson's
freakish speed boat momentarily
reached pace Of between 1vV
and I06 miles an hour.
The fastest recorded time ever
made By speedboat In competition
49, 81 and q fraction miles an
hour. Gar Wood, the king OF
eueed pilots, established this mark
which he expects to beat either
sn the British international Trophy
race or here IN Presidents Cup
And in both instances. It IL ex-
pected, he wiz race against the
Yankee Doodle.
But the Yankee Doodle has
undergone q change since John.
gou shot it over the waters OF
Long Island Sound, I'm such re-
raarIsable time. He found that
Che two I, 5O0slaOrsepOWer engines
were more than the hull would
stand and that the Yankee DOC
de was impractical for racing
purposes.
So he installed smaller engines.
The boat is now equipped with
two 12-cylinder Globe engines. These
generate speed that Is astonishing,
and johnson hopes TO heat 80 miles
an hour in the international race
and with the experience gained In
this classic TO do even better in the
Presidents Club regatta.
The Exceisior-F France, the French
challenger for the British Interna-
fional Trophy, which was landed at
New York yesterday, is reported to
have reached a maximum speed OF
81 miles on hour.
william A. Rogers. chairman Of
The Presidents Cup Regatta, viii
leave Friday for Detroit to make
arrangements for q special race in.
Guiding Gar Woods Miss America
w. Johnson's Yankee Doodle and
the French boat as a feature OF
the regatta here.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

Personally IA IKE to Sc the
Cards win 90 Tar 81 my sentiment
goes. But looking ct the thing e
the Yankees win the American
League pennaut. I'd rather zee
Pittsburgh cop. II the first place
the Pittsburgh ban park would
make much better spot 70 play
world series eanea And then 7
believe the Yankees could trim tl1e
Pirates d lot easier than they
could beat the Cards. re the world
series Is between the Pirates and
the Yankees, Il predict right now
that wen trim them. Their Pitch
ers aren't very good, and poor
pitching never win get anywhere
against the Yankees.
The Cards would Be lot
tougher. h the first place they
have better pitching. Pitchers
like Rlleul and SllerdeI and old
Alec are the types to causc the
Yankee hftterg plenty 81 trouble.
And then the Cards are litters
III their own right. Compare
their hitting power with That
short fIkiel0 in st. K0ufs and
they make tough proposition.
OF course wed Be shooting ne the
same fence too and there isn't
man IN the Yankee lineup who
isn't likely 10 nIant one over the
wall anytime tie comes 10. But
5Ngt the same B fence ike that
q : biz stumbling block ID base
a pitcher could 70 along and
pitch great ball for eight and two,
thirds innings and then have the
last man up ruin his BAN game BY
sending 8 pop fly over the wall
Here's another thing to remember,
too. The Yankee pitchers are not
the strikeout kind. They try to
make opposing batters hit the ball
and then retire them on flies to the
outfield. Pitchers like that are al
d big disadvantage Ia st. Louis
For they might pitch perfectly and
make the hitter raise q NY right
In the direction they wanted Il e
90. And then loss the ball game
because that short fence kept the
fielder from getting under It.
However,, there's no need yor1y.
ing now. There's time enough
for that after the pennants arc
wen.
These fellows who talk about q
world series being onessided ARK
goofy. When any team Is good
cough to win & pennant In its owr
league, it's tough enough to make
q lot OF trouble for the other pen.
nant winner. And you can always
bet on that. With two leagues
about evenly. etched there's no
team going TO run away with things
in the annual seriea.
Copyright 1895, BY the Christy
Walsh Syudlcate)
The Washington times., 1926-08-31
SANDLOTTERS'
SALT AND
PEPPER
BY r D. Thonss

Today's sandlot attraction IS the
second contest Of the inter-league
championship series, with the Pub
lie Buildings and Parks team, PEN
nant winner OF the Potomac Park
League. meeting the Pullman club.
champion Of the Terminal r. r.
y. M. c. A. loop. Action on the
west elipse diamond viii start at
4:45 o'clock.
General Accounting Office, Of
the Government League, Is off
to q successful start In the
series, having beaten PostOffice,
IL to /. Wesley Mcdonald, un.
defeated IN the league this sea-
son. pitched fine ball for the Ac-
cOuntants. He yielded five hits
in the six innings Of play.
Old Eddie Carroll, who has
played on a championship club of
some sort, 1t seems. since anybody
can remember, was the slugging
hero OF the contest. Carroll is
the champion swatsman Of the
Government League and enhanced
his reputation by crashing the de-
livery OF Brinkman and King for
= home run, triple and single. He
scored three times and drove over
some taIlies.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

The pOst-season series Is
planned TO be short and sweet
to beat cool weather and short
days. The league champions win
play once around and the two
teams with the highest percent
age will meet in q three-game
play
The Washington times., 1926-08-31
From the Start

The New York Giants OF 1929
and the New York Yanks OF 1925
are the only teams in the history
Df the big leagues to take first
place from the start and hold 1t
every day to the end.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

If enough baseball weather re-
mains, the inter.league title winner
will meet the Capital City Associ-
alton unlimited class champion for
the all.Washirgton and vicinity
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

However, there's no need 1OrTy.
ing now. There's time enough
for that after the pennants arc
won.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

Ruhs AAmerican Contest in The Washington Times
midnight After that hour burglar couldn't
get whatever Either the team is in
by midnight made emphaticay in
order that there shall be misunderstanding.
the astnute insight into the teams the
Bambno has picked for the past four the list printed here
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

Thus Re had IOO-horsep0wer
ntnpu1sion for each foot OF als
daintfIy constructed craft. he
Tvas curious to see the effect OF
% much power behind 50 fran
burden. And the effect was me
feresting, indeed.
The Washington times., 1926-08-31

But the Yankee Doodle has
undergone q change since John.
son shot Il over the waters OF
Long Island Sound, In such re-
variable time. He found that
Che two 5O09I10rsepOFer engines
were more than the hull would
stand and that the Yankee Doc
de was impractical for racing
purposes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
SPUDS MUST Be
GRADED SELL
First Carload From Tyrrell
County This Week Funds No
Buyers, Because Ungraded

There will be no encourage
mcnt for +. q. b. sales at kllz-
abcth CITY on Irish Potatoes
this year, on any stock that is
not Government inspected and
graded by L. S. Standards. This
was indicated when l67 barrels
Of potatoes representing the
first shipment of the season
arrived here Tuesday from Col
un1bia. and found no buyers i'll
terested in making an F. O. B
offer on ungraded stock.
This shipment was grown on the
farms of f. r. Armstrong and Z
V. Edwards. near Columbia. ana
represented a yield of Is t" one
declared to be a good yield at this
time of the season. The growers
wanted seven dollars a barrel Tor
the best ones, but could flnd no
offer here. because local produce
men. and buyers for northern firms,
would not rick chance on ungrad-
cd stock. The Tyrrcll farmers took
their potatoes TO Norfolk.
One produce man stated that he
would not be interested in buying
any potatoes +. o. Il. that were not
graded and inspected by Govern
ment standards this season. A Sec
ond buyer nodded assent.
"Farmers who do not grade thelr
potatoes are making a serious mis-
take" said one banker this week.
a produce dealer in New York can
never wire back that the potatoes
are undersiZe and poor in quality,
when it has been shipped from Ellz-
abcth City under Government in
spection. Failure to have their
potatoes inspected has cost our
farmers thousands of dollars i'll past
wears" he concluded.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
LONG DRY SPELL HARD
ON IRISH POTATOES

The Irish potato yield thruoul this
section will he cut short this year.
unless early and frequent rains set
in To make up for the long drought
that has prevailed for several
weeks. Lower CurrituCk reports
prospects for Il good yield this year
althO the drought is believed TO have
worked considerable damage there.
The first shipments of volume thru
Elizabeth City are expected to start
moving June 10.
All over the state. the drought
has hampercd crops. May of l?26
broke all existing records for this
month. only 81 hundrrdthS Of an
inch havin" fallen. causing II de-
ficicncy of 4.jJ inches. The dclli-
cheney for the year is l.9l inches.
Great Britain. Franc' and Be-
GUM HAY" daylight Savlmg laws.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
LOCAL BANK TO
SELL A MILLION
MORE IN BONDS
Virginia Carolina Lank Bank
Also Votes $50, 900 Increase
in Capital Stock

The outstanding financial
news Of the year in this section
broke in Elizabeth City this
week at the annual directors
meeting Of the Virginia-Caro-
lima Joint Stock Land Bank,
when it was voted to negotiate
the sale Of a new million dol
lar bond issue, increase the
capital stock from $3OO,OOO
to $350.0O0. and put the stock
Of the bank on an eight per
cent dividend basis.
This notable Elizabeth City bank,
althO little heard Of. is the largest
financial institution between Nor
folk and Wilmington with resources
of five and n half million dollars.
1t has no dcpOSitorS but makes long
term loans on its capital stock ON
improved farmlandS in North Caro-
lima and Virginia. The additional
million dollars i'm bonds to be sold,
will provide funds for more loans
to farmers in the two states, who
are eager to avail themselves of
the advantages that loans of these
types offer.
According to officials Of the bank.
the $j0.0oO additional stock to he
sold. will he offered only to stock
holders. at $l2J per share. 1t was
only in October 1925 that the ORR
ginol capital of $250,00O was in-
creased to 100000 and the stock
sold at $11J per share. A report
Wortinued on Page Three,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
DRANK $4,000
COCA COLAS IN
YEARS
Miles Clark and Duke Cropsey
Still Live To Tell The Tale
and Compile the Figures

Most Of us never dream how
much money we spend on
Coca-ColaS. the many miles we
walk to get them, or the
amount we put into our sys-
TENS. 1t has remained for
Miles Clark and Duke CrOpsey
OF the Texas Oil Company III
Elizabeth City. to compile
statistics on the dopes they
have drunk since they have
been connected with this COM
panv. what they cost and the
time consumed in getting them
For the past fourteen years these
VITO men have been working for the
same company. and during this time
they have been to the drug store not
less than three times daily on every
working day for COca-CloaS. Here
are the statistics:
They have been going three times
daily for fourteen years. or DIN
days. drinking 1J.450 COca-Cola>
each or 3O.gO0 together. These
represent $l.5i5 spent for them. ol
the interest on $2I.070. These Coca
ColaS contained 247.2tD ounces OF
syrup or 49I,fnO ounces of Coca
Cola. This represents 1000 gallons
and the men have walked 1J,4U
miles Ia yet them.
The distance from their place 0t
business at the foot of Fearing st
To the Apothccary shop, their favor
ito soda fountain. is about one
quarter Of n mile. or a half mile
for the round trip. This means that
they have walked 70 miles f"l
Coca-ColaS in fourteen years, Sa!
nothing of consuming more than D.
900 hours of their time, putting the
time consumed in each excursion t
the drug store at 20 minutes.
/ 1t may lc Of interest to Malthu
! slams that both Of these COca-Cola
lists are married and have no chill
lrCn.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

"You look tired this morning.
said the Soda .Icrkrr 10 the Bank
Clerk.
I'm sure | do" said the Bank
Clerk: This is hard season on
banks. .hlun" about the first Of
March every year we work overtime
for tn" wealthy customers of our
bank who check oul and hide most
Of their money until they have filed
their income tax rcpurtS and listed
their personal property in the c"lIn-
ty.
Then. about the time they begin
10 sneak back and put their money
in the bank again. the pea crop
breaks on uS aud that brings on Il
lot of extra work.
"Thp May Pea crop is biz thing
for this section, isn't it, asked the
Soda Jcrkcr.
at is Il biz thing" replied the
Rank Clerk, But il would he Il big
ger thing if the farmers got more
for their peas. The average price
they got this year was hardly S2.W
= basket and it costs them SID
to pnt Il basket of peas on the
market. That doesn't leave them
sucb biz margin of profit.
"You seq. the farmer doesn't do
business like other folks. Producers
of oil, steel. copper, lumber and al
most everything else know what ii
costs them TO produce their com
modity and they fix their price ac-
corlingly: they fix a price to yield
them Il certain net profit year after
year. But the farmer doesn't do
tbut. he breaks his ground, puts in
his seed and high price fertilizers,
cultivates his land, takes every
chance with frost, drought, cXCeS-
sive rain and insect pests and may
mr. NAV not produce Il crop. And
then. when he has made IL crop. he
firms if over to Il lot of middle men
ond LET'S them fix the price he is
70 receive for il. lie has no say
50 about what his product is worth
"Then you think the farmers
should be organized like labor
unions or like the oil trust. the steel
trust and the tobacco trust said
the Soda Jerker.
II think So" said the Bank
Clerk, But l don't talk it because
it isn't good business for a banker
TO talk about cooperative farming ;
our business is lending money at
six per cent or better and the more
money We lend the bigger dividend
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
oJhe BANK CLERK ANo TIE SODA uCPKER
NO LIKELIHOOD OF A FARMERS STRIKE

we make for our stockholders: the
farmers are UI!r greatest borrowers
and will ronlimlr to hc such so long
rs they are not organized to look
ont for themselves: until they learn
to cooperate. organize and manage
their own affairs they will always
be- hrukc and eager borrowers
"Ir were Il farmer. and had
brains enough" said the Soda Jerk
or. Il would start national FARM
crS trust or union and when | had
gotten aIl The farmers in ii ! would
order every farmer i'll the United
States 10 90 on strike for year. |
guarantee that if every farmer in
these United States locked his front
gate. stayed at home, raised just
rmuugh Ia keep himself, his family
and his live stock going for year
and didn't put Il thing on the
market for sale. that the world
would hr clamOring at his front gate
hcfcr" The summer WIS over and
hc offering him any price he ShOnld
name to start up production 10
and give ihc cities something TO
eat"
III can't hc done" said the Bank
Clerk with an air of assurance ;
you'll never gct the farmer that
well organized because the farmer
hasn't enough ronfi' acc in his
own class. If the farmers were
Organized to-day in on" big combl-
nation and an order should be Is
sued for all 10 reduce their plant
in-S On any one commodity every
son of Il gun of them would I'M
mcdiatcly double his paintings on
that particular commodity, thinking
he would thereby put one over on
his neighbours and get rich by grow
ing biz crop of the thing that his
neighbours would be short on.
"God Almighty himself can't stop
farmer from OVERRIDING anything.
When the holI wecvil covered the
Southern States it looked for a
time as if something had happened
at last TO reduce the worlds cotton
crop TO something like the worlds
cotton consumption. The result has
been actually the reverse and there
will be an actual carry over or
more than three million Dales ol
cotton this year
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
STUDYING PLANS FOR
OUR BIG NEW HOTEL

.NS this newspaper went To press
last nigh: the Board Of Directors
of The Elizabeth City Hotel Corp ~
alton were absorbed in the business
Of studying architects plans for the
new hotels. No decision had been
reached aS to the architect TO he
employed or the particular design
Ia he chOSrm The directors were
inclined to favor the design Of Il
nine story structure. the uppt
floors dropping back - feet from
thc street: the 81 foot space in
front 10 be occupied hy coffee shop,
barber shop, hair dressing parlorS.
etc, with Il glass enclosed hdnqrrt
hall and ball room 81 feet by 30
feet on top Of the stores.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

l.. S. SENATOR l.. S. ONERMAN
STIRRED to action by the whirl-
wind campaign of that breezy adj
yenturer, Bob" Reynolds of Ashe-
vile, the frieIals of L. S. Senator
Lee S. Oyerman are at last working
for their man and the Reynolds vote
will not be 30 heavy as it might
have been. North CarOlinians are
great folks for holding onto things
as they are. Senator 0verTnan has
represented North Carolina in the
l.. S. Senate for ~ years. His long
service has brought him finally to
the ranking membership of three Of
the most important Senate Commit
tees. He is to-day one of the pow
ers in the SeInte, regardless OF his
native worthy or ability. North
Carolina will hardly swap him now
for even 10 pleasing and cheerful lrIl-
tried youngster as Bob" Reynolds.
George j. Spence is managing the
Overman campaign in PasquOtank,
and Is emphasizing the fact that his
candidate is a native of Pasquotank
County and asking Pasqu0tank TO
stick by its son. 4 lot of Pasquo-
tankers would like TO get a look at
this long lost son.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

IL they control the women Ill the
church.
Aud 50 the rank and file stay
away from the polls year attcr
year: not because they have no III
tcrrSt in politics or in the govern
mcnt um,lrr which they live, Dut
because they have no faith Ill the
leaders of these times and feel that
they have no voice in things as they
are. But ii will not be ever thus !:
the worm will turn: and woe unto
the ruthless plutOcrat and the graft
ing ecceSiaStic when the worm shall
turn. for there will be much venom
in its faugS when once it strikes.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04
PREFERS 3 DEAD JEWS
To [ LIVE SAUNDERS

A Holy Roller brother at
OkiskO has been writing to
fellow religionists around the
county beSeeching them to op-
pose the nomination of w. o.
Saunders i'm Saturdays Pri-
mary. He concludes his ap-
peal by asking: "Shall we
good Christians swap Abra-
ham. Isaac and Jacob for W.
o. Saunders?"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

Eve strain causes wasted nerve
energy. Let us look after your eye.
hr$. hathaway, Hinton Bldg. "d",
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

Because you can see well, its no
reason your headaches ore not caus-
ell by your eyes. Sec Ir:. Hath
.wa" Lintor BID. c-7o
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

Folks who rave over the grandeur
nf -mtrrc prolr'h!v have never en-
rpul!rrrd Il skunk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

We examine the eyes and fur
nish glasses the same day. ZEE Drs.
Irathou.av Hinton pld~. 2"r.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-06-04

Great Britain. Franc" and Be-
yium have daylight laws.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-03-27
FIND RARIFIED AIR BETTER
INSECT KILLER THAN FUMES

WASHINGTON, ID. G.. March 81
Mountain climbers and aViators are
familiar enough with the diabling
and even deadly effect of rarified
air. but it has remained for scien-
lists to utilize thin air in bene-
fetal ways.
f. A. Back and r. T. Cotton,
of the Department of Agriculture,
have first reported on the work
they and others have done in using
rarified air to kill insects in stored
articles subject to their depreda-
tions. They have found that moths
and other insects inside a locked
trunk may be killed by exposure
for a few days to atmosphere from
one-fifth to one-thirtieth of normal.
A trunk was placed in vault
from which almost all the air was
exhausted and after two days all
the moths were found to have been
killed and few days longer ex-
posure killed other insects.
The method is said to be more
effective than fumigation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-03-27
S0uRDOUCH OF
ALASKA Is ON
WAY BACK H0ME {:
Returns from Siberian Gold
fields Coming
North Again.

SEATTLE, March q. Dan
Aston. Alaskan sourdough, has ar
rived hero after four years spent
in mining in Siberia. the last L
months rs Government engineer.
Aston declared Soviet iule is
rapidly stamping out the last YES
tige Of initiative end the Siberian
workins class is crying for tae
good Old days when Nicholas
ruled
Aston took ont $4,000 in the
gold placer field on the upper Aldan
River, 1000 miles from Nladiyos-
tok. He was a;'o@ed ONLY $1o0
whom he sailed from Hues an soil
Il still have a bank account at
NladiHostok and the promise of the
Government tbat can drew $100
"a month as LONG rs the account
lasts Int that is only Soviet
promise, said Aston.
= arrived in the Aldan foldields
six months before the Government
learned about the rich soil which is
similar to the Yukon Ray dirt is
about % feet dcep and | averaged
about two pounds a day of gold,
working shovel and rocker Then
the Soviet Government came along
Every man was made to exchange
the gold for paper money. The
Government took charge and hired
men at 50 a day and pocketed the
profits.
Life in the goldGelds is the
worse Of anything ever saw in
the 30 years | was in Alaska. Muir
ders are of daily occurrence. Men
live like animals.
What am | going to do?"
I'm taking the next boat back
to Alaska" said Aston.