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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10
7 v 0 KILLED AS
CROWDED AUTO
STRIKES TRAIN
Two Women Meet Death;
One Injured, and One Man
Hurt at Edenton Crossing

A Young woman was instant
" killed, a second died OF ter
rible injuries a few hours lat
CT, her young daughter was
severely injured, and one man
received painful cuts ana
bruises when lie drove MS
Chevrolet roadster into the
side OF the South bound Nor
folk Southern freight train at
Eden+on "Wednesday night
about 1880.
The dead are Mrs. ReSSi" h''''ch,
as wife of Bonnie Bunch. win" d''"
in An ambulance at Edcn'"n Wl'I''
on route to the train. and MISS
Mirnic Batcman ~.
The injured arc Miss R"hrc"a
Bunch. IL and =. =. Thomas 'h''
LATTER of Elizalcth City. who i
assistant district manager here '"'
thc Metropolitan Life insurance
Company.
According to long diSianc" mes
so"p from Edcntnn, yesterday
TbCmas. had been to ride with 'h'
three women. all four on III" o'''
sc,t Of his Chevrolet roadster. MISS
p,tomon was sitting on the outside
or the seat with another OF ID"
vomcn in her lap. The night WAS
misty. his lights and WlndShie'"
we're misty. the road was SilpP':--
h, WAS rrampcd for room to h"h'''
thc wheel Cf the car.
Returning to EdcntOn anout len
thirty. he struck the train' the l"''',
motj;r of which had just 'r"SSe''
tbr track. consequently he WAS M
.,,Jr 70 s.c its Scarchlight. W h'i'
ho .,w the train. he turned the car
sharply to the left. throwing Inc
right hand side of the light car
o"ain>t Il moving box car. MISS
Eotcman on the outside was instant
ly killed. =,
Mrs Bunch i< survived ais" ny
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10
LOCAL MEN BUY
$l4O,OOO TRACT
OF TLMBERI. AND
Twenty Million Feet in Dismal
Swamp Bought By Cop
persniths ard Jones

The largest financial trans
action of local interest to come
to light this week. was the pur-
chase of 1900 acres OF timber
for a consideration OF some
thing like $140,OCo. the pur-
chasers being w. B. and +.
Coppersmith. and NJ. II. Jones,
OF this city, trading as Copper
smith & Company.
The timber only WAS bought by
tba lccal men. and il was sold by
the Roper interests. The land III
tbe deal is known as the Whitehead
and Mcintyre tracts. and the TIM
Icr consists largely Of pine, poplar
and gum.
II is located in Norfolk County
near Deep Creek, Va. and the DIS
NAL Swamp canal. Timber cstl-
majors have placed the number ol
feet at IS to - million.
The new owners of the timber
nlon TO log il off, and will probably
let il 20 at the rate of million
feet a month. 1t will take upward
of three years TO cut it off the tract.
NEGOTIATIONS for the timber have
Lrpn underway for three months or
more and the deal was handled by
NJ. L. Gallop. local realtor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10
AND He SAID LITTLE
ABOUT kU KLUX KHAN
wv. O." Fcund Klansmcn in
Atcsk;c Were TCc Well armed


W. q. Saunders gave a talk on
TnIprancr to the KiwanianS Of
,n,.I.io ,rd vicinity at n dinner ut
u,o rro+J Garnet in Ahoskio last
,,.;1.r ,,iun+ nofrra heinz intro
,.,,a, 4o hi. ,,dipuca hr WA. call
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me MI h'"" MAN ""' wv " . -"
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to give the hlah hrll III your S!''e''i
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10
HARRY KRAMER POPULAR
HEAD OF KIWANES Gil Il

Harry G.. Kramer, Nicr-l'reSidcnt
and Cashier Of the Savings Bank X
Trust Company is now president OF
the Elizabeth City kiwaniS. 'luh.
Mr.. Kramer having been elected at
their last meeting. to succeed the
outgoing president. j. X. Wilson.
.Johu II. Hall. .Ir.. and W. q. Gather
are the Yicc-Prr>tdcntS.
New directors are NJ. L. Dennis
W. Brn Goodwin. NJ. /. Jennings
&. W. Mclick. J. &. Sawyer t"heF'
Y TAYLOR. L. :. ToXcy and J. II.
wilkins.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10
MOTHER OF 6 KILLED BY
NDWHOKILLSSELF
Drink Crazed Father Throws Six Little Ones
on Mercy of the World to Face q Bitter
and Empty Christmas

lecu and ClOthe ana keep con-
tented, Christmas coming and
-o,.a, L,,nurv bc,r.. ware Ioum-
,
ms '' ~
thliiSS 10 iiidNe II q h"PPE W
SION. | he cost OF living had
hccn muuntinD, fishing was
~ IL. ;,oo ,,,s foIl;no
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ana i'iSlicl d'iu " l"''''''S oN
automobile mad Dccn deiiidiiu-
mo all his available money Tor
,,r.o,> o,I ,rcr,t;on eyceDt
NE2t he SpSHt 'o' Vi '''N'
For nri-hbors say ha had been
drinking heavily for three months.
and with his mind nhScSScd with
his troubles. with E;rSyhndiCS tell
in.r him things ahout his family
that his unreaSoning mind led him
. to believe. Jordan j. Peterson oi
, C"lingtCn. Dare County. decided 10
end il all for himself and his Wile,
and while his little children lay
asleep and dreaming of Santa CiauS
and christmas. he drowned his Sor-
r,,vs in his own blood Tuesday
mornipu nt daylight. after shooting
hi. wife to deoth
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@ether S"ohu "'' t., ,oJ , 1i,tl,
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

RAW FURS WANTED, raccoon,
o'possum, mink. otter, musrat, fox,
etc. Top market prices, spot cash.
Dealers lots specially. W. G.
GLOVER. cNE-tI
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

Because you can see we'll, its no
reason your headaches are not caus-
cl hr ~cu- ewes. Gee Drc. Hath-
oa, ,Iirrc, rrl-. CIV.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

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cac.s:i Dy defective Ti-!ol Cue to
neglect in consulting a1 eye special
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1926-12-10

The sight that met the girls gaze
WAS the most horrible one she co''lu
eyer see. Her mothers brains ana
blood were Spattered on the cellhS
overhead and on. the wall, and WAS
slowly running down the celllhS 10
Continued on page olAJ
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
TEXAS SECOND
7 IN FOREIGN
EXPORTS
Value Of States Shipments
W Out Of Nation Totals
y z $134,422,OO0.

Texas ranks second among the
ttates in the amount of exports sent
abroad during the third quarter Of
1928, statistics from the Commerce
Department showed Tuesday.
Value of Texas exports for the
period was $134, 400, 900.
!. Texas ranked next to New York
which exported goods valued at s2O7..
100000. Total exports for the coun.
try were s1,116917,OOO. Pennsyl-
vania's exports were valued at SIS.
726,000, while other leaders were ILL
nois, $63,s97 900; Michigan. s57..
s9s,0oo; California, s57, 1854, 900, and
Louisiana, $56,47S,OOO.
others in order of rank: New Jer-
sey, $54, 1927 ,O00; Ohio. s39,647 900 !.
Minnesota. $50. 900; Massa.
chusetts, $30,O4S,OO0 Virginia. 500
1900; Georgia. s27,943. 900: wis
consin. $25, 900; MARYLAND, SOB
O55,527; Washington, SD .604. 900 !:
Indiana, S16,173,O0O; West Virginia.
kI5,936, 900: Oregon. S12, $50. 900. and
Missouri, SO, 792, 900.
Remaining states fell below the SO.
600 mark.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
KEEPING HER WORD
WILL COST SCHOOL
TEACHER $ll5,OOO

SHREVEPORT, Jan. 19.-R)-
To live up to an agreement will cost
Miss Mary X. Jacks, school teacher.
approximately $4,000, but she SAYS
she will keep her word.
Miss Jacks, stepdaughter of the late
Mrs. Hattie A. Jacks, whose will was
lost several months ago, made an
agreement with several of Mrs. Jacks
cousins that she would share the es.
tate equally with them, whether the
will was found or not.
Yesterday the will was received
here by mail from an unidentified per-
son, who found it. Miss Jacks was
the principal beneficiary. but in view
of her decision administrators of the
estate announced today they would
disregard the document.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-19
MAIN HIGH SCHOOL
ISSUES HANDBOOK

The Main Avenue High school hand
book will be off the press Thursday, it
was announced by Anne Breeze, chair
man of the Students Council. The
book is issued under the auspices of
the Students Council, who, with the
school, financed its publication.
The handbook contains the curri-
culum and activities of the school, a
list of the school clubs. societies and
other school matters. 1t also contains
Information relative to entrance re-
quirements and examinations to uni.
versities and colleges.
The book will be distributed to all
entrants of the high school for the
second term, commencing. January %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06

BY MRS. HARLAND H. ALLEN.

! lures. Gold mouldingS are best for oil
paintings. If your picture has golden
tone. a silver leaf frame will set it off
| better. Pictures of intricate design are
set off best in fiat, simple frames,
while the opposite is often true of pic
lures of plain design. Etchings and
engravings require narrow brown or
black wood frames. Don't be alarmed
| by the price. Oil paintings by artists
of established reputation can be had
| for $50 to $3.50. Etchings and prints
of quality cost anywhere from So
| to SIS. It isn't necessary to buy
an oil, however, to have the beauty of
great picture in your home. Repro
auctions in color of famous paintings
| can be purchased for 35 cents to SIS.
There are all sorts of ways to buy
pictures. Some women pick up bar
| gains at auction sales. They must
know values. however, and be &C.
quainted with the popular masters.
| tOher women go right TO their de-
partment store. One department store
| Other women go right to their de
partment in which oil paintings by our
| young American artists of reputation
may be purchased at $25 TO $500. You
will find many worthwhile pictures
! in second-h hand shops and in decora-
tors shops, If you can recognize them.
| The private art galleries have the
| better class of pictures. but even some
of the most pretentious shops have an
occasional bargain If you will hunt it
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
What TomorrowMeans to You
Taurus.

r Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
unfavorable until noon. They then
change for the better and a steady i'm.
provement is maintained during the
remainder of the day. 1t Is quite evil
dent that nothing demanding initia
tive or energetic enterprise should be
attempted during the early part of the
day, and attention at this time must
be given only to routine duties. In
the afternoon, however, those plans
that you are bent on realizing can,
| with perfect safety, be essayed and
success is assured. The evening con.
ditions will favor all family or social
gatherings, as there will be sensed a
Feeling of mirthfulness and gayety.
Children born tomorrow will. &c.
cording to the signs, enjoy normal
health during infancy, although this
assurance should not serve as an ex.
cuse for falling to exercise due pre-
cautions about nutrition, as alimenta.
ton in their early years will minimize
the seriousness of the ailment that will
affect them at adolescence. Their
characters will be weak and passive
rather than aggressive. They will
never show any strong tendency to
fight for what they want. If any
thing be difficult of achievement, they
will prefer to sacrifice their ambition
or their desire, rather than labor for
attainment.
II tomorrow is your birthday, your
character is rather austere and un-
bending You rarely show evidence of
congeniaIity, and much less of jov1al
ity You possess very little sense of
humor and have not much liberation
for the weaknesses Of others. You are
| very decided in your opinions and
positive in your convictions, and are
| never prepared to admit that you
might be wrong. You are strong on
giving advice, even when it is not
sought, as some kind spirit has con-
| WINGED you that you are better ac-
quainted with peoples needs than
they are themselves.
You have the respect OF your
friends, even II you lack their afec.
ton, as your rectitude and integrity
are unquestioned. Many Of them re-
sent your busybodiness and none ap-
preciate your "holter-than-thou" atti.
tude.
Your home life is simple and regu-
| lated. by custom; system prevails,
even If happiness is missing.
Well known persons born on that
date are: Isaac Greenwood. mathema-
tician; William cambridge, naval Of
| ficer; John S. BOynton, statesman:
Anton Seidl. musician; Col Albert l..
| Mills, soldier; Joseph G. Cannon, ex-
Representative and Speaker OF the
House Of Representatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
Choosing Pictures.

Often a woman, who is an expert
enced shopper in other things. is
stumped when she faces the problem
OF buying pictures for her home. Pic
lures can't be measured or weighed
for quantity and quality. Further
more, a picture isn't a thing that
wears out. 1t is one of the few perma-
nent things in home, and that makes
1t all the more essential to buy pic
lures with lasting worth.
Some women fall on an old formula
like Pick the subject to suggest It's
surroundings" Such a method is false
10 start with, and pictures chosen in
that way will be tiresome. Other WON
en- choose pictures according to the
story they tell. while a few just buy
the color in pictures. If they need a
touch of yellow in the corner of a
room, yellow picture of any sort
will do
IF you want 70 buy good pictures
start II by visiting the art museums.
Learn what constitutes good picture
Don't just buy a picture because some
one else tells you it's good. Know
something about charm of color. skill
In composition and the significance Of
the work as O. whole. If you buy a
storytelling picture, don't buy it for
the story only, but buy it for the way
in which the story Is told.
It's just as important to know what
sort of frames to buy for your pic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
Mind Your Business.

To be told to mind your own bust
ness Is usually an affront and, usual
ly, too, one receives such an affront
when he is doing precisely that thing
-minding the particular bit of bust
ness In hand.
Mrs. Title allowed little Tillie to
spend long hours away from home
without inquir1ng as to how or where
the time was spent. Her absence
gave Mrs. Title peace and q chance
to visit with a neighbor or read the
latest news about the 400. Mrs. Til
lie Is well up on the doings of the 400.
Living q carefree life of adventure,
little Tillie acquired some free and
easy manners and language that At.
ted them. Along about lunch time she
appeared In Mrs. Joan's dining room
wearing q dirty face and a hungry
look. Mrs. Joan washed the face and
provided the means for the removal
of the look. Then little Title played
with little Joan. This happened fire.
quently enough to be considered a
habit.
Mrs. Joan pondered the situation
we'll in her mind. Joan had to have
playmates. 1t would not always be
possible to shield her from manners
and language that were not quite the
best. This little Tillie was being neg
lected. Perhaps If she called on her
mother and told her about 1t and Of
fered to help in polishing the man
ners and eliminating the language It
might be better for both children. So
she put on her best hat and rang Mrs.
Titles door bell.
1t took quite long time for Mrs.
Title to answer the bell. When she
did she wore q surprised and quee-
tioning expression. You want to
come in? Come In. Take a chair. I
haven't had time yet to brush up the
room. Children make such a mess. !"
ut was about little Tillie that l
called" began Mrs. Joan, and as tact.
fully as she could she told her story.
lis that so? You seem to think
that don't know enough TO train my
own child. Well, you just mind your
own business. I'll mind mine. II 1
get little Title near your yard I'll
break her neck. You keep yours home
and I'll keep mine"
I'm sorry you tAke It that way"
said Mrs. Joan. "My Joan does not
visit Title. 1t does Tillie no harm to
visit Joan, but ! thought you might
like to know that she Is not always
in the best of company, and that she
Ia learning words and ways that are
not good for her"
rs that so? Well. you just mind
your business and I'll mind mine. l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
The Bee Line.

1t would seem as though the short
est course between two points on the
map, say Panama and Ceylon, would
be to sail on the parallel or latitude
degrees, which joins the two coun-
tries. This, however. is not true. IL
you wanted to sail the distance in an
airplane you would not sail on the
latitude 8 degrees, but would traverse
an arc which would pass northeast
from Panama, over England, arriving
In Ceylon from the northwest. III
you don't believe 1t. take a string and
compare the two distances on globe.
A mercators projection or ordinary
page map will not show this, as 1t is
a distortion of distances and would
make. the sailing course appear about
like the arc of a comet revolving
around some point in the middle of
the Sahara Desert.
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
/. Whales. dolphins and manatees
are marine mammals.
2. Most life is found in the shallow
parts of the sea, near the continents
8. There Is almost no light in the
deepest parts of the ocean.
4. Great Salk Lake Is more salt
than the ocean.
8. The Caspian Sea Is less salt
than the ocean, due to the influx OF
the fresh waters of the Volga. ex
cept in a few bays on the eastern
shore where evaporation is high, and
these are more salt than the ocean.
6. The ocean is not equally salty
everywhere; around the mouths OF
rivers 1t is fresher; also it is fresher
after q rainstor1n.
Copyright. 1920
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
NTIAI I TIN a.
Talking It Over.

The Ainsleys took Jeans news in
| various ways.
Lawrence, Of course. was jubilant.
Big Morgan couldn't be other than a
man because of his foot ball reputa-
ton. Jean was a lucky girl to have
won him. but Mr.. and Mrs. Ainsley
were not won over so easily.
In the library after dinner, Mr..
Ainsley questioned Jean about Con.
RAIDS prospects.
Has he any idea OF what he intends
to doc Where are you going to live?
OF all the mad escapades you've ever
put over yet, Jean, this is the worst. p"
"You want me to be happy, dad,
don't you? Isn't that what counts? !
tell you I'm sure of Conrad and you
will be, too, when you meet him. You
can have q talk with him when he
comes to the city"
You haven't answered my ques-
tons"
because I can't very well. don't
know what he intends to do. / asked
him to come to the city. ! thought
you might be able to start him In
something, but he won't do that, so
we're going to live in Hamilton for the
present"
Mr.. Ainsley stared at Jean in gen.
uine amazement. Was this his lux
ury.loving young daughter talking so
calmly and surely of going to live In a
little town, of managing on poor
mans salary. and actually glorying in
the idea? Jean had always had every
thing she wanted. Her clothes had al
ways been of the best, her home luxu.
rious, and she had had servants to
wait on her. He had known that
some day she would marry. but he
had expected her to mate with some
one in her own walk Of life. Her
elopement had shocked and startled
him, and yet there was something
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-05-06
THE MARRIAGE MEDDLER
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

about her youthful assurance that
won his reluctant admiration. He had
been a poor man when he started out
and had won his way to the top. He
was rather proud of his daughter to-
night, even though he was worried
about her.
Lets not talk more about 1t to-
night, dad" Jean said coaxingly.
''There'1l be plenty of time when Con
rad comes. and for these few days I
want to be just as was before. Then
III be leaving, you know, and 1t won't
be the same afterward." ~ =
And SO they had gone back to the
living room and Jean had done every
thing in her power to make 1t seem as
IL nothing were changed. But It was
things that kept cropping up, things
she wanted to tell about Conrad. Con.
rad was the shadowy fifth that hung
over the little family group. No mat.
ter how hard they tried, they could
not shut him out.
Later in her own room she looked
around at the familiar surroundings
with a little ache in her heart. AL
ways before she had taken the luxury
Of her room for granted and now she
was realizing for the first time that
she would miss all this.
She might have her bedroom things
sent up to Hamilton, but she hated
stripping the room. She wanted 1t the
way 1t was when she returned for
visits, and besides ii would emphasize
her going TO the family IL she took
her things with her.
A knock on the door and Mrs. Aims.
ley entered. She wore a soft pink,
quilted-satin dressing gown and she
looked very young and pretty. Jean
couldn't help contrasting her with
Conrad's mother. Mrs. Morgan had
thin lips and iron gray hair twisted
in a heavy knot at the back of her
head. There was an austere air about
her that made Jean feel she disap-
proved Of beautiful things and dis
trusted them. For the first time Jean
appreciated to the full what 1t would
mean to leave her home and the par
ents who loved her. In an excess Of
tenderness she went up to her mother
and, putting her arms around her.
Rugged her close. Mrs. Ainsley smell
ed family of violets. Jean had con-
nected that fragrance with her mother
from her earliest childhood and to-
night 1t brought q sob to her throat
and made her eyelids smart with sud
Copyright. 1926)
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