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The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

progressive domino social was given last Monday evening by Nome Chapter No 1 Order of the East ern Star. The social wa; given iL ie Masonic temple, 10 tables being required to seat the players, after ih.. games were concluded the party enjoyed sumptous banquet. Dur ing the evening, S. N. Carman, in whose honor the social was given, was presented with a jewel, emb- lematic of the Eastern Star and his thirteen years of active service as Chaplain of the order. Mir. Carman was completely taken by surprize and words failed him ill expressing the joy and pleasure he received through the presentation of the gift. The following ladies and gentlemen were awarded prizes for their SUD- erior ability as domino players: Ladies first prize. Mrs. Harry Little second Miss. Ruth Barrow. consola- tion Mrs. Arnold Thommen. First mems prize s. N. Carman, second M. l.. Summers, consolation Harry Little.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
FRIDAY
 CTELgo oRAPhlc)
FRAME GOES AFTER
 RICHIE's SCALP

Washington. Feb. {. E-Dele- gate Sutherland read complaints of John Frame, who claims to be the Republican National Committeeman, to the effect that Judge Richie of the Third Division. was convicted of criminal libel in Utah before com Ing to Alaska. Also that Richie. encouraged the lawless criminal ele- ment by stating from the bench that "t is not moral offense to violate the liquor laws" He further charg ed that Richie appointed Frank Foster as District Attorney after Foster and Mrs. Chace, who Is em- ployed in the office of the Clerk of the Court. had been ejected from hotel in Valdez. scantily clad.
 Richie was also accused of cir culatiug libelous letter about Frame in which he referred to Frame as "a chronic deadbeat. blackguard and to some extent a blackmailer. Sutherland peesent- ed afidavits of what he character iyed as ''some of the best men in Alaska" to the effect that the charges in Richie's letter concern ng Frame were false. and he also presented letter from D. W. Fianigan. Federal Prohibition Agent at Valdez. saying that Foster was member Of the bootleg ring ir the Third Division. Other mem- bers of the rins named were Doctor w. W. Council. Frank Cunningham. Harry O'Neill and James Galen. lnother charge that Sutherland made was that Judge Richie named A H. Mcdonald as Receiver for he Coal Company of Alaska to en- able McDonald's Bank of Alaska to -et possession of the Coal Company properties.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
GAME COMPLEXION
 REPORTS TWO CASES

Juneau, Alaska, Dec. ~, l046
 The Executive once of the Ala. ska Game Commission has received reports of recent cases in the Fair. banks and Anchorage region.
 George Mellich. an alien common ly known around Fairbanks as "Bolshevik George" was appre. hended by Warden Frank Dufresne oe Fairbanks, accompanied by De- putty U. S. Marshall James Hagen of Nenana. Meilich was engaged in trapping without an Alien Special License. It seems that Mellich had full knowledge of the license being required and had indicated that he would not take out such license. After being found with fox in one of his traps and two rifles in his possession, he was still given an opportunity to escape prosecution hy taking out the Alien Special Li- cene. He refused to do this. case was filed against him at Nenana for illegal trapping and he demanded jury trial. He was convicted. fined sl50. and sentenced to 60 days in jail
 The other case is reported oy Warden A. H. Hardy. of Anchorage, who states that s. F. Rhodes. Fur dealer of Anchorage was found to have purchased on or before Dec ember 14th, 47 muskrat and 16 mink skins recently caught, all 0f which were unprime and taken be- fore the season opened. In addition he had failed to keep records of l his transaction. A complaint con aiming three counts was filed again
 st him at Anchorage. The first count charged possession of unprime
 muskrat pelts, second nnprime mink belts, and third for failure to keep
 ecords of the purchase. A plea of not guilty was entered and the trial
 ,et for December Fist. No report
 has as yet been received of the ter
 imitation of the case.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
FEDERATED CHURCH
tContributed)

Rev. and Mrs. Herd report that tickets for the Father and Son Ban quet next Saturday are selling like hot cakes. Many men are buying double tickets in order to bring a boy The supply of boys and tickets is limited, The subjects of Music. Lincoln. st. Valentine, Fathers and Good Eats will be discussed by ex- perts, young and younger in the Federated Church Auditorium. Sat urday. February 18th at 6:30. com munity singing of old Time Planta- the Tyro Trio of Singers, you'll be surprised Banquet under auspices of Ladies Aid with single aim of extending good fellowship. Let's go next Saturday.
 Lincoln Service and Sermon to- rnrrow Sunday & till g. Subject Abraham the Jew and Abraham the American Consider Success or Failure.
 Lincoln successful? Did you ever note.
 The many times he missed the things he sought.
 Let's count few that history hands Ills down.
 Out of his backwnods, gaunt. un- .utored, crude He sought q legislative seat won il. of course.
 Not much, Swamped by opposing vote and people laughed.
 He entered business next-a eoun- try store like "Nomc's."
 At first clerk. then bot the ow- ner out
 Gave service, gained name for honesty
 His partner proved worthless scamp They failed.
 Seventeen years Abe spent. Pay ing their debts.
 He loved Ann Rntlodge When he might have claimed her.
 She died. and he was left to toll alone.
 Tried politics again. And did he | win?
 Failed in his candidacy both | House and Senate. Ran against Douglas for Vice President.
 Lost out once more. and there were few To care.
 Still lie went on Failure is not defeat At last the slow tide turned, A nero came.
 Into the place life had prepared fim for Came from hisback woods. thru harsh circumstances To serve his nation and his fel- aw men Lincoln a failure? Would that YOU and I were: Hear Herds Lincoih Lecture To- morrow. Can you repeat inc Gettys- lerg Speech?
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
NEW GOLD CREEKS
 ARE FOL :D IN THE
 INFERIOR OF ALASKA

Anchorage. Alaska, (A1 Several new "pay' creeks. skinned over when men were seeking a repeti- ion of the Dawson days. have been discovered in the season just closed.
 Just how rich are some of the finds is mystery, for. aside from instances where the discovereF wants to attract capital to develop his ground. every one is keeping mum. Unlike the old times when laIf-dolIar pan would start g stampede. the turning up of me dium-gra pay now attracts little attention.
 One discovery that is being watched with keen infnEest Is in the Fairview district. o56 miles west Of the Alaska railroad. There Matt Hugger, after prospecting the region for five years. struck ground running from 50 cents to $i.60 a pan. The gold was disclosed at e depth of i4 feet.
 On Pass creek. values running O Sf.SO yard were uncovered and approximately the same values were found on Cottonwood creek.
 Another district. where for 20 years operations have been con ducted, is the VAldex creek region. where last summer pay running g to the pan was found by Smiling ole" A mild stampede followed.
 It is predicted that several new districts will be brought inte pro- duction next sunaer and placer mining reinstated as the ahisf in' dustry of interior Aiaska.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
JUDICIARY SUBCOMMITTEE
 TAKES ADJOURNMENT

Washington. Feb. 5. R-chair- man Cummins of the Senate Judic- iary spb-Gommittee. announced yesterday that the committee will subpoena Assistant Attorney Gen. erals Donovan and Marshall and other ofIicials of the Department of Justice to testify in connection with Alaska appointments. The commit tee ad1aurNed subject to the call of the chair.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

mongrel pup The trouble is he'll md too many who will listen to the pessimistic whine of this bum from the cistern. Any man who likes his town won't listen to such bunk. He'll calmly set him down by giv- ing him Il hunk of good hard com mon sense that will send him on
 his way in ugly self defense to bide
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Wednesday evening the Pioneer entertained large gathering at progressive whist, 27 tables being necessary to accommodate the crowd. Twenty games were played and at the conclusion the following were awarded prizes: Ladies first prize Thunen, second prize Mrs. Amer nydeen, consolation Mrs. Walter Barnett. The following gentlemen were awarded prizes as follows: bert Adams. consolation Walter Barnett.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

The following Act of the Territo- rial Legisla ure approved April 2s. 1925 with reference to the use of shelter cabins is quoted for your in formation and guidance:
 Be it enacted by the legislature of the territory of Alaska"
 Section 1 That Section of Chapter IT. 1917 Session Laws of Alaska be amended to read as fol- lows:
 The cabins, stoves and other furnishings provided for in this Act shall be the property of the Terri tory of Alaska, and any person who shall wilfully remove, destroy or de face any such cabin or part there f, or any stove or other furnish ings contained therein. or pertinent thereto. or who shall occupy such cabin for any length of time other than that necessary and incident to ordinary travel along the trail or read where such cabin is situated. shall be deemed guilty of violation of this Act and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by ine of not less han One Hundred Dol lars nor more than Five Hundred Dollars or by Imprisonment in the federal jail for not less than three months nor more than one year. or both fine and Imprisonment.
 Provided further that nothing in this Act shall be construed so as To prevent the Chairman of a Divisional Road Commission from authorizing responsible persons in writing to occupy permanently in the capacity of Caretakers or Road- house Keepers snch shelters as have adequate accommodations go as to better the accommodations for the travelling pubic
 LtrNSFORD E. OLIVER
 Engineer Officer
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Axel Werner and Charley Getch- enbere. who have been sinking pro- spect holes to bed rock, the past month on New Years Gulch that cuts the benches on the right Limit of Anvil Creek After completing nine shafts returned to Nome on Monday They found some promis- ing ground but not enough to pay 1o take out q dump.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Chas J. Anderson. more famil- iarly known as Charlie the calker, who has been mining on the Frisco Bench off Solomon River last sum- iner is working his ground and talk ing ont q dump. It has been re- ported that he is in fair pay.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

another day. When knockers come around me yelling their awful tale of woe, and with lies try to pound me. Lean hardly let'em go. l want to take them by the neck. wrench their tongue fpom their throat, then stand back and say, By heck. now go ahead and gloat."
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Everyone in our family is some kind of an animal" said John to the amazed preacher. "Why. you shouldn't say that" exclaimed the preacher.
 We'll" said John. "ft's true mothers a dear. the baby fs mo- ther's lamb, I'm the kid and dad's the goat"
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

The Pioneers of Alaska at it's last meeting decided to hold its annual celebration with barbecue on February goth at C r. NJ, at it's hall in the Pioneer Tgloo.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

J. F. Schmedling, a mine owner and operator on a bench off the right limit of Dry Creek. Is doing considerable prospecting and ex- poets to have nice dump to wash up With the spring thaw.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
LOCAL NEWS

W. J. Rowe. the transfer man for the Solomon River Country. where he went to look over the moving of a dredge returned the fore part of the week.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Frank Miller. formerly of Teller hut now of Sinrock, has driven a large herd of reindeer from up the coast down to the Sunset country, where lie is grazing them, so as 10 them close to Nome. It is his purpose to slaughter q number to supply the demand of the local market.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Peter Curran Jr.. the mail carrier nf the incoming and outgoing mail. arrived with a full load on Monday 30 P NJ. and left outbound We'd morning. He reports that the trails are getting in much better condi- ton
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Bill Henderson, who is trapping fur up in the country lying at the head of Snake and Stewart Rivers. came in town and left again, but did say what success he attained.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

II has been announced that Milos Cafe will close next Monday for re- pairs 10 the building and restuar- ant. Messrs. Vogai and Hamburg. the well known carpenters, have been engaged to make the neces- sary repairs to the building.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Ben Baughman who has been confined al the local hospital for the past eight days with an opera lion upon one of his toes, is out again and well on the road to re covery.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

A report came down from the Kougarok country that Jack Hast ings. Jim Carrigan, and Eugene Cary will make visit to Nome in the near future These old sour doughs represent some quite ex- tensive mining interests respectiv- ely in that district.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

When boosters organize club to put their town upon the map you'i always find dub who tries to give 'em a slap. He'll ha. aa at their doing and try to break 1t uR .by sad and woefnl wooings of any
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

Fred Barnofsky, Golden Gate operator is recent arrival in Nome He came in to purchase much needed supplies.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
LET EVERY AMERICAN,

! LET EVERY AMERICAN, | f every lover of liberty well 1 F wisher to his pOsterity. + swear by the blood of the f Revolution never to violate
 :. in the least particular tho
 + laws of the coun ry and never
 t 10 tolerate their violation. |
 F. Let every man remember
 . that to violate thr law is to
 z trample on the blood Df his 2. father. and to tear tho char ter of his own and his child i. rens liberty. Let reverence !. for law be breathed by A.
 merican mother to the lisp
 F ing babe that prattles on her
 . lap: let it he taught in school
 . in saminaries, and In c0lle- /. pes let it he written in pri- : mers, speiiine books. and in F almanacs: let it ne preached /. from the pulpit. proclaimed F from legislative halls, and < enforced in courts of justice. + And, in short, let it become r the political religion of the + nation, and let the old and : young. the rich and the poor, + the grave and the gay of all < sexes and tongues and coiors | and conditions sacrifice un- < ceasingiy upon it's altars. | ABRAHAM LINCOLN
 | "A { < | . | : z : : $1
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
Father: "Is the teacher satisfied

Father: "Is the teacher satisfied with your work?"
 Tommy: "Oh, quite"
 Father. Did she tell you sO?"
 Tommy: "Yes. Just the other day she said to me: If all my pupils were like you would give up my school this very day
 Father: "That shows I know enough"
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

ADvklsTIsEsD- Copy for eds in the weekly Nugget 1Rst hs h this once not later than fAsse1ay noon.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

All copy for changing advertise ments in Weekly NaxEst must ee b the printers hands not later thAs THURSDAY NOON. to insure ts. seftion.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
CHARGES UNWARRANTED
 DELAY pIsPOsING TARIFF

Washington. D. C.. Feb. 3. R- Directors of the National Board of
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06
FIRE ALARM wMfsfLW

To East of Fire etatSea-Oos Fro ionged Biast.
 To West of seatioa-Twe hsaees.
The Nome nugget., 1926-02-06

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17

"TukCn any more motor trips
rccrntly?r asked the Soda JcrEer
of the Bank Clerk as the latter
worthy leaned on the marble Slan
in the corner pharmacy ana pro-
ccedcd to make breakfast off Il
coca cola and Il package Of cheese
crackers.
YES. | motOrcd thru Gates COW-
tv and over to Suffolk the other
day" said the Bank Clerk.
How did you find things III
Gates" asked the Soda .Icrker. Il
didn't see enough OF Gates to form
u fair cpinion. but | waS very much
impressed hy the 1926 crop OF
whiSkcrS in Gates County. l never
saw 80 many varied and venerable
STYLES of whiSkprS anywhere in my
life. except possibly in the mo'ln-
tains of Wilkes County.
But | learned something on my
trip that ought to be worth some
thing TO fellows like myself every
where and I'm going to pass it on
to You.
Il had puncture on the trip and
got caught in Il steady d0Wnpour or
rain while trying Ia change tires.
Now changing tires isn't in. my line
M all and | would have given Il
dollar for anybody to have stopped
and given me Il little help: bur II
was raining and nobody would stop
Every fellow who came along
seemed to he afraid l would ask
him for help and stepped on me
gas. They would sail by me win
all the speed at their command AM"
splash mud all over me wheh lheH
ua>spd. And every fellow LOOKING
straight ahead of him and trying
to r,ol;, hnliov? hr '1ihn' -1r ma
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17
HEPLAYED WITH
Ed SPENCER and
LOST HIS MONEY
Now Courts Have a Pretty
Mess of Actions and Counter
Actions to Dispose Of

The suit against Z. NJ.
Walker and son. Roy f. Walk
er, growing out of the wreck
of the late Spcncer-Walker
Company, of which the defend
ants were president and secre-
tarv respectively, will probab-
ly be the most sensational case
on trial at the civil term OF
Pasquotank County Superior
court convening Monday,
Judge Num- presiding.
Two separate actions are brought
BY the First & Citizens National
Bank against these citizens OF Ma
pie. Currituck County. thirty
eight hundred dollars is the amount
sought in one action. the alleged
balance due Oh Il $500 note. An
other action is for the recover! VI
81 300. the amount named Ill u
promissory note executed by the
defendants.
The case will he vigorously coh-
tested, because the answers lieu
by the defendants, 20 so far as "
make grave charges against 'ne
plaintiffs. 1t will be remembered
that +. VI. Walker. prominent
and highly respected Chrrl'"'N
County farmer. who wished Il Dusl-
ness interest for his son i'll hll%a-
beth City. invested heavily Ill ne
Spencer Company. Il clothlhs o'st
ness. established here in l'zo' anu anu
which was on its last LEGS Ill ''-f'
when the Walkers got III IL. MI.
Walker alleges that oitlclais oi 'he
plaintiff in the case. induced MN
to invest his money in the bust
ness. knowing at the time that 1t
was heavily involved ana nnSouilo'
front;nrpd on nage S'S'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17
.DISTILLERS Get
AWAY Thru AID
OF TRUSTY DOG
Faithful Canine Deserted By
Operators of New o0O-Gai-
Ion Plant Near South Mills

Pinning their faith in a trusty
beagle hound chained to.a near
by tree to give them warning
OF approaching danger, the
operator of d new 30O-Galion
still near South Mills were en-
abled to effect their escape
Wednesday night, when the
plant was raided and wrecked
bv Federal Officers London.
Rosser and Roland, of the Fay
etteville Division. But they
left the dog behind, i'll their
hurry to save themselves.
With the large new still, two
other plants of lesser capacity were
raided. The larger still was one of
the best equipped the officers had
seGn. \ brand new six horse
power steel boiler, 4 copper still
and tanks holding 800 gallons Of
mash. all connected with smart
little steam pump that took its
water from well driven deep i'll
the swamp. constituted equipment
TO turn out 100 gallons of whiskey
every 24 hours.
The officers, aided by Il map
that had been sent to headquarters
showing the locality with the still
spotted on it. were able to find the
place. some two miles to the east
ward of South Mills with little
difficulty. But when they quietly
approached the still, the dog set up
terrific howl, and so close were
the officers on the operators that
they left without untieing the dog.
But leaving the dog that aided their
escape. may be their mdoinS. for
by the animal, its owner may he i'll
Identified.
Everything about the plant. even
Continued on page SiX)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17
PLEASURE PAVILION
FOR CURRITUCK c. "A.
!. Il. er,tCn TO Build Pleasure
Resort on Currituct Sound
S.it Once

Currituck is going t0 have il new
dance pavilion. and tourists lunch
roo. :; j. 10 ne built on CurrI.
tuck Sound at Currituck c. II. on
the site of the old Bennett Line
warehouse. j. II. .overton. OF Com
lock. has leased the property for Il
Term of years and will erect the
PAVILION at once.
The PAVILION will he Il frame
structure - feet wide 10y % feet
deep and will he operated the year
round. being inClOScd with glass for
the winter months.
The beach at Currituck {. IL. has
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17
REPARING TO
LAY Them OUT
In fine STYLE
Ziegler & Son to Build lmpos-
ing Mortuary Chapel on
South Road Street

Elizabeth CITY is now to
have the finest mortuarv chap
cl and funeral home in Eastern
North Carolina. Ziegler &
Son plan to build a pretentlouS
and modern establishment on
the site of their present busl-
ness on South Road St.
Tie Improvement will cost $50
600 or more and will have Il front
r.e Of ~ feet on Road 81. 1t will
contain show rooms, rest rooms,
work rooms AMI an imposing NOR
tuary chapel where funerals may
be held Us in church.
And Il feature of the building
will hr y drive way thru the centre
of the structure reaching to the
murtuary chapel which will be Ill
The rear of the building. The re-
mains Of The deceased may he tax
ON from the mOrtlary chapel ana
placed in the hearSe without being
cypo>cd to the gaze of the curious
on the street.
T. II. Ziegler 4 Son have been
Elizabeth City'S leading funeral
undertakcrS and embalmcrs for
many years. The name Of Iiegier
has been identified with this buSl-
ness in Elizabeth City for more
than half IL century. But the trm
i making its first notably progress
Sire step.
But the enterprise of Louis Hleg-
Ipr of Edenton. Il brother of +. H.
Zieglcr. WAS too much for the EilZ-
abeth City concern. Louis AleSler
hoS established in EdentOn the NIL
cst and most modern funeral show
ronmS in North Carolina. Louis
/ Zicrlrr also maintains Il Packard
! hoarSp. aS well AZ less pretehtlouS
hrar$,.S for those who don't want ~
pav Packard prices to be lai"
away. Louis Xicgler'S funeral par
IorS and show rooms have been tue
talk of murticiauS all over tne
State. And 50 Brother FREQ oeclo'
cd he wouldn't be cutdOne by Il
brother i'm Il smaller town.
Plans for the new Hiegier 'ii
.,ruriSc are about completed an"
work on tine building VIII oeSlh "'
an early date.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-09-17
THE BANK CLERKS DIRTY TRICK"

struggling with tire trouble i'll the
rain.
"Finully | got an idea. Or rath-
cr I didn't get the idea; the idea
got me. l was all wet, nervous
and worried and felt the need OF a
hracrr. I had u flask in my car
and I fishcd out my flask and de-
cided TO take IL drink. thought
i fellow messing with a tire change
in the rain was entitled TO Il
hraCpr.
well sir. every driver i'll car
on that read for Il mile or more in
front of and behind me spotted that
flask. If | had run up a red flag
aS hig as horse blanket it would
MT have attracted more attention.
In less than five minutes | had a
traffic jam there on lonesome
country road and everybody eager
10 help me put on my spare tire
could have got my spark plugs
cleaned. my valves reground am
my brakes lined, if l had just called
for service. In almost no time
there were three Obliging citizens
down in the mud humping their
heads together. getting that spare
fire IN for me-"
And | guess You gave 'em all d
drink!" said the Soda Jerker.
II didn't" said the Bank Clerk
Il didn't have drink; there WAS
only one drink in the bottle TO be-
Gin with and / had interned that
when the crowds began to stop.
81 think that was a dirty trick
TO play on folks." said the Soda
Jerker.
at was dirty trick said the
Bank Clerk "But the fr'rS
wnrE"I -