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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
7 COUNTIES TO
PULL TOGETHER
Camden, Currituck, Chowan,
Dare, Gates, Pasquotank and
Prequimans to Organize

y movement to enlist LOO
citizens in seven counties i'll a
progressive and aggressive
organization to be known as
the .Albemarlc District Cham-
her of Commerce was launched
in Elizabeth City tuesday
right at 4 meeting ot repre-
sentative citizens OF five OF the
seven counties.
The meeting Tuesday night, held
in the roomS of the Elizabeth City
Chamber of Cummerce. was per-
Eaps the NEST significant Sct-to-
cether vent ever staged in Eastern
N.rth carr lima ii larr" group of
i2flueutial men from five counties
full of enthusiasm for district
organization to advertise aud work
for fhr ul-buildin@ Of the whole
.Allcmarlc region.
\ committee of five composed ~
II. G.. Benton. Cf Sun5ury: l.. r.
Griffin. nf Edentom: 7. :. White
o. IIrrtfnrd: Emory Smith. ot Cur
ritUck and VI. Leigh sheep "f EliZ'
alrth City. was appointed I" carry
The aims aud objects If the propos
e.l organization before the citizens
IoG the Nbcmarle counties and solicit
rl"ml-rS and funds for its support
Camden aud Dare counties were moi
represented at the meeting Tuesday
blight.
; There will no NJ. mndcSty and half
hrartrtnr~S in the proposed OrSani
zat,on. II is recognized At the star
taat money talks ana that it is 20
in" tn take q lot Of money u rur
this >or1 Of Chamber Of Commerc'
ami make the noise necessary Il
bring tourists. hnmc-SrckcrS, 0n(
Investors 10 these counties in appre
iii nlN numbers. The new Chambc
i"E Commerce proposes Ia sell tn
Alhcmarlr region Ia the outSId'
vuri,i ih The Sam" way that Cali
f.rria, Florida AMI Western NOrtl
Carolina have been Sold--by al
NrriisiuS. And advertising cost
/ GIunt'E
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
oJhQ BANK CLEPK ANo TIE SODA uERKEN
WHY HUMANS LIKE TO JOKE.

that.
81 guess you thought you were
real smart when you sent tho lady
dog biscuits in place of animal crack
crs," said the Bank Clerk. "But
l don't call that a joke at all; any
Joke that inflicts injury. discom'
fcrt or unusual annoyance upon an
innocent person isn't joke, it IS a
crime"
We'll II that's the case, all jokes
are crimes" said the Soda Jerker,
"for | defy you to show me any joke
that was ever made that WASN'T
made to aggravate, humiliate, en-
barrass. discommOdc or hurt the
feelings of somebody. That's what
jokes arc for.
Human beings are funny: ever!
son-of-a- gun OF us likes to think that
we are more important than inc
general run Of folks and we never
miss an opportunity to pant
banana peel where it will make
some other fellow fall, or spring IN
old saw on him that will show his
Ignorance. or say something funny
that will make him appear rld1cu-
louS.
"Thc only way most Of US have OF
showing any Intelligence at all Is
to make a fool Of the other fellow.
And have an idea most folks would
be 50 ashamed of their stupidity and
hang themselves if it wasn't for the
satisfaction they get out OF their
little jokes designed to make other
folks look more ridiculous than
themselves"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

II reckon you'll have to look for
me some other place next week,
Sid The Sodu Jerker TO his friend
the Bank Clerk the other morning
why so:" asked the Bank Clerk.
The boss is raising the devil and
threatens to fire me without notice.
said the Soda Jerker. You see, it
was This way. Mrs. C told her
cclorcd nurse girl to phone the
grocery and get package of animal
crackers. The fool girl called IN
this drug store instead and j
answered the phone.
We'll, when she asked me if VIC
had any animal crackers. ! said
No. but we've got some dog bis
cult The girl said she reckOned
they would do and told me to send a
buX up to Mrs. C. l sent 'cnl.
Mrs. c gets home about four
o'clock in the afternoon and finds
her baby gnawing on one of them
dog biscuit. The girl had given the
dog biscuit to the baby. thinking
dos biscuits UDd animal crackers
all the same thing. When Mrs.
C---found out how it happened
Sic didn't bother to telephone. she
lust came down to this great human
service station and what she told
me and the boss was a plenty. Mrs.
G. was sure her baby would
have fleas or the. mange or some
thing from eating those dog bis
cult. She threatened to sue the
boss and he's been 50 scared and
nervous ever since that he's afraid
to fill a prescription. fearing he'd
ges ill mixed up and put tincture OF
Cantharides instead of saltpetre in
prescription, or something like
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
WOMANS CLUB THINKS
RENTAL ALL TOO HIGH
Members Up Against il With Big
Deficit III Advance Sales For
Monday Performance

Members of the Elizabeth City
WomanS Club may have tn fork up
$40 To cover deficit in the ad.
vance sales Of tickets for the third
and last concert Of the season which
Is 10 take place here Monday night,
largely as members put il. because
the school board insists on charg-
ing the club $50 q night for the audi
torium and the total rental is now
S1O5.
Because they are bringing the
highest class Of refined and uplift'
ing entertainment to Elizabeth City,
all profits Of which are for the pur.
pose of establishing public library
in Elizabeth City, some members of
the club feel that they have been
Disseminated against. The Women
do not object to paying for lights
and janitOr hire but think the town
ought to furnish the hall.
Anyway unless somebody comes
to the rescue Of the women and
pulls them out Of the hole they
have gotten IN thru their good inten'
tiDns. they will lose.
The attraction here Monday
night will M the Cleveland Sym
phouic Quartettc, one Of the finest
in the country. 1t interpcrts thru
the violin, flute, cello and harp the
music Of the great masters.
Reserved StIts will bc on sale al
Bright Jrwelry Company Satur
day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
MOTHER DIED MONTHS
BEFORE HE KNEW 1T
Iut lis Lcng Way From y Work
Bench in Elizabeth City To
Bedside i'm COr,tantinOplc

II i Il far cry from Elizabeth
riry ro Con>tautiunplc and mails
tr8vrl slowly. John Ta>hjian. skill
rG watchmakrr working at his
h"rrh in Elizabeth City has sent
mcury regularly Ia his mother ANA
two orphan brothers in Con>tantl-
unpic. He sent II Christmas gift u
ii~ mother last fall to reach her at
christmas time. He received a let
i.,r from her only few short weeks
a.n in which she bmoaned the fact
that her hoy would not BE- with her
christmas. She said she could
never hy happy until she saw her
>"n again.
And then last week John got an
other letter from CUnS.antlnople. a
lr;tcr nearly four months old. His
,nuthcr is dead: she died four
months ago She did not live {"
S,,r last Christmas. and John TaSh-
iiHn. working at his bench in Eliz-
;,hcth City all these months knew
not that his mother wa> already IN
her grave.
II has been Ii years since John
l.adr his mother GOOd-by and CAME
u America. the land of promise. II
was Johns hope some day TO 80
h3ck To the old country, to see his
mother. maybe To bring her and his
two Younger brothers back with
him.
, For Ii years John plodded ut his
watchmakerS bench. plying tn"
trade hr had learned in France and
Switzerland. But somehow he
could never get to the point where
h,. could leave his work. II took Il
lot of money to send home to his
huthCr: the war came on. every
thing WAS upset. and when it was
over. he couldn't take the time. or
ilc money to 90 home. CUnStantt-
nnilc is Il long way from America
it would take three or four months.
and maybe 5000 for the trip.
While John worked at his bench,
dI%amtn" of the time when he
could 20 back to the old country for
visit. and bring her back with
him. his mother. Mrs. ROScy Eliza
TH$hjian. kept her home i'll Con
>I%ntiuOplc. where. she had taken
refuge. She used to- write to JOhn
ami tell him Uf the troubles of his
cuutrymcn in Armrnia, and of how
frCm her slender means. she would
STARE enough to provide shelter ana
fool for many an Armenian child
The money that John Ta>hiian sent
. VII hr. the more rapidly will social
e. ills grow. and the more rapidly "ill
, cur population be- destroyed"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
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THE INDEPENDENT
Elizabeth City, \. {.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

Sir ESME WILLIAM HOWARD
SPITE of the fact that the first
English Colony landed OH what is
now the North Carolina Coast. that
the first white child OF English
parents was horn OH Roanoke Is
land, and there took place the first
known celebration of Il Christian
sacrament in the territory Of the
Is original United States S39 years
ago, no representative Of the English
government has since visited the
scene. Sir Esme William Howard.
the British Ambassador at Washing.
ton, who will speak at the Dare
County Homecoming next summer
will be the first But England will
send a noted one. Among all the
foreign dignitaricS at the American
capital. none can boast more
lengthy or distinguished diplomatic
career than this brilliant English
man who has represented his cOun-
try in various capacities, twice in
! America. and in Italy, Poland,
Switzerland, Germany, South Africa
Spain. Ireland. Crete, Austria, Hun
gary and France. He was born
Sept. Is. 1863 ut Grcystone Castle,
Cumberland England. and is knight
Commander of the Order of Bath,
]. was thrd Congressman Lcidsay
E. Warren. that the Dare County y
, Homecoming committee secured thu
premise of this distinguished diplo'
mat 70 sprak at Roanoke Island.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
FURNITURE OUR
next BEST BET
Folks just Seem to Think Eliz'
abeth Ought to Be Furni-
ture Factory Town

"Whyfean't we have iurni-
,urc factory here?' That
seems to be the first question
% arise$ whenever a group OF
men begin to talk OF the needs
Of Elizabeth City. 1t seems
that our forward looking clti-
zens are agreed that Elizabeth
City needs more factories in
stead gilmore stores.
In looking about for new in'
iuStries, Elizabeth City folk renlem-
Der that It is not the factory that
aluploys the most folk that mean
most to a. town. A furniture fac
'ory, giving employment to hun
lred skilled scraftmen at wages OF
$50 to $40 q week, could be a big
bcr asset than textile mill en-
ploying 200 people at wage of SD
4 week. The skilled mechanic is
usually thrifty citizen, who takes
pride in his town, saves for MS
home. and becomes Il hOmeowncr.
He reads and keeps abreast of the
times, sends his children TO SchO!,
and buys the better things of life,
By nature and by training, he sticks
| to his work, keeps pcacr with hlf
! ucighbors, md take part in civic en-
terprisrs.
The furniturc factory is not sub
iect to the many contingencies that
affect theytcxtilc industries. II IS
not dependent on one particular pro
duct, but manufactures a multitude
/ OF thingSSthat thrifty homcowncr'
always wapt The market might
fall OF ON dining tables, hut bed
room suits might bc in demand
aud whcu the articles that sell best
in wintcr arc over, the whole force
could sot 10 making swings AND
chuirs.
| Elizabeth City has one such fac
t.crr EaIn known nr or anpr"ciat
a,l ( acrally, hccauSr il has riser
frrm n small beginning by the sheer
ueryr ana hard work Of two mel
who are craftsmen ut heart, ana pu
their best in their work. ThcS'
men are Charli" GrigcS and Mont
ford ForhrS. In six years or los
they have built up furniture hilHl
,.csS an the sold foundation uf g""'
Workmanship, and honest value
adding Ia their equipment plrr
nj the time. aHd cnlar@in- th"i
plant with the growth of the husl
! ness they have attracted hy persona
alural to friends. and their r"pUih
/, tion for craftsmanship.
Charlie Griggs ana his par'n"
Forbes arrn': ScoutinS ar"uliu l"
| furtht'r ctrira! to enlarge ll%l
: business: they prefer 10 handi" Ii il
if grows. But here is one rntri
prise that isn't worrying about con
petition. hc,Hu>r its owners l'
. licvc thai honest c0mprtiii"n W"lll
, ,nl, Inln rhpjr own prospects u
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY
rsFOR WEDpESG ExiIMisasTff,N

You don't have to pay the doctor
anything for the wedding examina.
ton, if you don't want 10, but few
people know this. Such law was
passed at the last minute, during
the last session of the General
Assembly, by y. a. Townsend OF
Dunn. The law says it. is the duty
of physicians TO examine applicants
for marriage license without charge.
The usual charge is SO to s..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
PAPER MFC'RS
SEEKING SITE
Mammoth Industry Investigate
ing Possibilities at Eliz-
abeth City

This newspaper learns from
confidential sources close tc
the Norfolk Southern K. K. 60.
that Eastern pulp and paper
manufacturers are seeking 4
location for a wood pulp mill IN
Northeastern North Carolina
and have their eve on the vast
supply OF second growth pine
and gum in this region.
This newspaper has no particulars
ether than positive assurance thai
the people who are seeking loca'
tiou somewhere in the Norfolk
Southern territory have ample capl-
tai and mean business.
1t isn't III" first time pulp ana
papcr manufacturers have turned
their eyes this way. The old Dare
Lumber Co, had seen the wood pup
possibilities of this section and was
getting into the pulp wood business
before it went bankrupt llnuef
crooked management.
shortly after the collapse ot the
Dare Lumber Co., Eastern interests
represented locally 10y Attorney
| Winfield \. Worth planned to cr"ct
! n pulp mill near Elizabeth City anu
even went 80 far as TO take an option
ON n site Of 30 or more acres III
Camden County on PaSQuotanE
! RIVER and the Norfolk Southern II
n. The site was cleared and that
WAS as fur as the promoters got
the war came on. they couldn't fln'
ancc their undertaking, the option
expired and their plans were aban
! doncd.
I \ paper pulp mill is 10 ordinary
! enterprise. II calls for an inrcStmcn
, Of Il million dollars or more to star
and must have back Of II prati
| cally unlimited supply of %""d '"'
rnlp.
The bulk of the cheaper grades I"
uHlrr used in this country nov
come from Canada and Finland
These sources Of supply are alto
grthcr uncertain and paper manu-
racrnrrS have long f"rCS'~n iha
they must grow timlTr for pull
wood her" in America if the f,ll mr.
U0p,r lr,dS uC This country ar" 4
=, adequately met. And ro Whcr
in America can timber br grown Il
,,a$ily. a< chcaply and ~ quickly Il
ri"ht here in Eastern North Caro-
lana. where Il new crop of short lea
pinc for pulp wod can hc grow
every ten years. That EliZatEt
city. III the heart of the hoavicS
timhrrrd region in Eastern Nori,
Carolina. may he selected rs Il sit
for an important paper Industry i
rather lively prospect.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
ANOTHER LEG BAND

Eugene Small. contractor at
South Mills leaves with this news
pappr the foot Of Il homer pigeon
recently killed while flying over a
farm about four miles from South
Mills. The numbers on the lag
hand are K4433 with the additional
inscription. AJ-25. Mr.. Small wants
TO know whose bird it was.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

Flat Lenses for Eyes arc obsolete.
Prescribed first in 1891. Their have
been many Improvements since
Come in and let me explain them TO
YOU. Drs. !. u. Hathaway. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26
POSSIBILITY OF A BIG
LAW SUIT SEEMS OFF
News and Observer Not Only Ceases Attacks
Upon Judge Meelins, But Opens Its ,.
Columns To Him

Elizabeth City probably is to
be spared what promised to be
one of the liveliest and most
sensational criminal libel suits
in its history. News began to
leak a few days ago that
Federal Judge l. M. Meekins
was about to bring an action
here for 100000 against Hon.
Tosephus Daniels and the Raj
eigh News & Observer for al-
legged SANDER.
But there il evidence that the
News & Observer has changed It's
front toward Judge Meekins and
there seems little likelihood OF Il
court action. The News & Observer
has been very nice to Judge Meehns
for the past two weeks and opened
its columns to the Judge In ifs
issue Of Wednesday. Feb. 23. Judge
Meekins then and there gave his
version of all the facts concerning
his famous Connection with tho
Roesselr.Hasslacher case. His state.
ment follows: =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

THE pelpetratOr o: ea's Newspaper
is getting old. Here's evidGIce and
a constant remindet. The picture
is from Paul NJ. Taylor photo Of
Miss Elizabeth Elberta Saunders.
No. the Elberta doesn't stand for a
peach. Her middle name was given
her by the late Elbert Hubbard
himself. The famous Royerofter
lectured in Norfolk. Va. under the
management of W. o. Saunders on
the night of JaIL 22, 1906. Elizabeth
was born that night. Fra Elbcrtus,
a. Hubbard was lovingly known.
then and there insisted that the
young Lady should be named
Elbcrta. And that's that.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

The truth about Eye Drops for fit
ting Glasses Poisors. Sec Crs. ]. D.
Hatha vavs gov
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

Medicine has no place i'll fitting
GLASSES. See Dr. j. ID. Hathaway.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-02-26

VII hr. the more rapidly will social
ills grow. and the more rapidly I'LL
cur population be destroyed"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-05
wen international in its aspects.

even international in its aspects.
GAS I have looked at the Mesabi
with it's wonderful wealth and oppor-
tunities I have wondered if it were
permanent and whether or not this
great section was to experience the
same decline common to other regions
of the United States. Calumet,
Michigan, with it's one time popula-
ton of 10000 people believed in its
future just as enthusiastically as the
people of the Mesabi range commun-
tiles. Yet Calumet today has less
than half its former population. In
some mining communities people
have moved out and left the dinner
dishes upon the tables. Scores OF
illustrations of declining prosperity
in mineral regions might be cited but
one general underlying fact is i'm
portant-decline in mineral regions
have not been due SO much to exhaus-
ton of mineral deposits as to changes
in economic conditions which made
mining improbable.
"And some of these economic
forces which have operated in other
mining sections are to be found on
the MeSabl range today. rake the
report of the mine inspector for st.
Louis county and you will find that
the number of men employed in the
mines of this county today is about
60 per cent of the number employed
Is years ago. Go east from Eveleth
and in that section where under
ground mining with it's large employ
ment of men once flourished, and you
will hardly find wheel turning, and
the cows eat grass in the location
yards and the windows of the loca-
ton houses are boarded up. Go to
the western end of the Mesabi and
in the Canisteo district of the Oliver
Iron Mining Company and where a
decade ago 1900 men were employed
today less than 500 are upon the pay
roll.
"Why is it? Such changes have
not come because of inefficient min
ing methods. In the past 10 years
the efficiency of underground mining
has doubled. The process of wash
ing or concentrating iron ore has
been more successful than it's crea-
tors ever hoped, yet with this funda-
mental condition which should cause
increased activity we find that min
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-11-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew E. Berg
lund were visitors in Cook Sunday.