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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
EVEN PROGRESS HAS
ITS MANY DRAWBACKS
Well Never Live TO See Elizabeth
City Finished Says Mr..
Combs

s. NJ. Combs, one of the most sue
ccssful business men Of Columbia,
Tyrrell County, who is in town this
week. refuses to enthuse over the
progress Elizabeth City is making.
HWe're going to have a real town
here when we get 1t finished" said
the Soda Jerker to the Tyrrell man.
you'll never get it finished.
said Mr.. Combs, shaking his head
sadly.
"One generation builds up and
another one comes along and tears
II down and builds all over again
The world is never satisfied.
"We're spending millions for good
roads. As soon as we get them all
built new generation will come
along and complain that they're not
wide enough; then we'll have to
bond ourselves all over again to
make tho roads twice as wide as
they are now.
But don't YOU think the airplane
will take a lot of traffic off the
roads and put it in the air, SO that
we won't need wider roads, ask
ed the Soda Jerker.
Perhaps. agreed Mr.. Combs, but
when airplanes become that numer-
GUS all of VIII have to rebuild our
homes with steel frames and steel
roofs to keep from being killed in
our beds by airplanes falling In on
us. "The trouble with this thing
you call progress is that there is
never any end to tit calls for
money. money, money and more
money all the time"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
HIRAM BINGHAM.
ACCEPTS VICE.
CHAlRMANS
Distinguished Figure in Scien-
tific and Aeronautical World
To Work With Home
Group

Us: Senator Hiram Bing-
liam, Of Connecticut. famous
explorer. scientist. author, lee
turer. statesman. and one OF
the most distinguished pers-
Qualities in the world of areo-
nautics has accepted the Vice
Chairmanship of the National
Advisory Council of the Kill
Devil Hills Memorial Associ-
alton. of which Representative
Lindsay c. Warren is chair
man.
Senator Rin.ham's interest in an
Elizabeth City-born movement 10
forever perpetuate the aeronatuicai
history made by the Wright broth
ers mt Kill Devil Hills near Eliz-
abeth City on Dec. II. 1905. Is OF
ppculiar significance. 1t was Sen
otor Bingham who introduced the
hill i'm the l.. :. Senate which re-
shifted in the Act providing for the
mouument to be erected ut Kill Devil
Hills.
Senator Bingham is vigorous aS
we'll AZ Il notable personality. lie
b,Ids degrees from both Yale ana
Harvard, was i'm instructor at
Princeton. is noted explorer
outbor and lecturer. He became III
tcrested in aviation during the wcrld
war and was placed in charge or all
l. : schools of military aeronau-
tees in 1917. later becoming chiel
of the Air Personnel Division OF
the L. :. A.
II. wont over seas with the A. II.
+, and was in charge of the aVla-
tiou Instructor Centre mt 1ssoud'in'
France. the largest of the Allies
oyiation training schools,
Although only Il few weeks DID,
the, Kill Devil Hills Memorial Asso-
ciation. originated and organized in
Elizabeth City. has justified its ex-
istence by the national interest
which il has attracted. Its national
advisory board is already composed
- many distinguished American
statesmen, publicists and military
men.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
YOU CAN'T TELL
THESE YOUNG
ONES ANYTHING
And So Mildred Sixteen and
Wallace Her Lover Are
All Messed Up

A wilful little girl, growny,
we'll formed, good looking, but
barely l6'years old, sat in the
County Court of Pasquotank
Monday morning, had her repu-
tation picked to tatters, was
exposed to the cruel eyes of a
morbid court room crowd, was
taken away in the custody OF
the matron of the County De-
tention Home.
And so life goes hard with pretty
little Mildred Sample. 10 year old
daughter of Mrs. Adelia Sample of
this city. Mrs. Sample. n widow.
removed to Elizabeth City from
Tyrrell County a little more than Il
year ago. She admits that she
couldn't control Mildred. who she
says was 16 on Sept. 18th. 1927.
Mildred got to going out nights
with men. She stayed out late
nights. Men took her to ride in
their cars. Her mother never knew
where she was until she would get
in after midnight. When upbraided
Mildred was having what Is called
her mother, wanted her to be old
fashioned and stay ut home, and
nobody cared anything for these
goody-goOdy, stay-at-hOme. girls.
Mildred stamped her feet and said
"a good time" Once her mother
smelled liqucr ON her breath when
she got in after midnight.
The police heard about Mildred.
They didn't think much of some of
the company she kept. Wallace
Humphlett. young man employed
by the gas company began to keep
company with her. Humphlett was
warned that he shouldn't play
around nights with a girl so young.
But Humphlett is young too. You
can't tell these young folks any
thing: they know 1t all and old
folks who nPddle i'm their affairs are
lust Il lot of darned old fogieS, that's
all.
Saturday night Sept. 18th Mrs.
Adelia Sample waited and waited
for Mildred to come In long after
midnight. The police started a
search for her. They found her In
Il Chevrolet. down by the gas plant
in the arms of Wallace HTmphlett.
Ii was four o'clock In the morning.
Young Humphlett was arrested
and, held under a bond Of $1,000 for
haySig committed a. statutory crime
against a girl under sixteen years
of age. A preliminary hearing was
given young Humphlett Monday
morning Of this week. Then it was
that his attorney began to break
down the character Of Mildred. 1t
wilS Il wretched court room scene
Humphlett was bound over to the
November term of the Superior
Court under another 81 600 bond.
The girl says that he outraged her.
Humphlett will try to prove that he
did no more than others were doing.
Wilful little girls who think they
are grown before they are sixteen
often make an awful mess Of their
dear young lives.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
WHOM GOD JOINS TOGETHER

Jerker. "AnybOdy can get a medi-
cal certificate: that law was made
just to put few extra dollars into
the pockets of doctors and doctors
are used to getting out of bed for
smaller fees than midnight bride
groomS will pay them
But | shouldn't think Il self-re-
specting minister, calling himself
a Man of God. would st0Op to the
, isnoble business of marrying couples
under the influence of liquor"
"You don't know human nature.
said the Soda Jerker. There are
ministers who are as eager for fees
as lawyers and doctors are and
there are ministers who will marry
anybody who has license. They
get away with it by saying that 1t
isn't their business to pass upon the
eligibility or fitness of those who
seek to get married.
"And then they stand up in their
pulpits and proclaim against the
divorce evil, telling us that whom
God has joined together no man
shall put asunder.'
"They lay Il lot of bad stuff at
the door of God Almighty, don't
they?" said the Bank Clerk.
"Bet your life they do: God hasn't
shown up here in several thousand
years to call their bluff and they
get away with murder in his Holy
name
(Why not get tho book OF the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, 3
choice collection Of their rich and
racy argunentss 50 cents by MALI
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
JUDGE JOHNSON J. HAYES
is NO STRANGER HERE
Federal Judge Of Central District Assigned To
Try Virginia Dare Hotel Cases,
Has Strong Friends Here

u. S. Judge Johnson ].
HAYES. of Greensboro, who will
try Virginia Dare Hotel cases
in this city is no stranger to
Elizabeth City. He is well
known here and has a host of
friends among Republicans and
Democrats alike.
This Judge Hayes. formerly OF
WilkesbOrO, was the Republican
candidate for Governor Of North
Carolina I'm the last general cleo
tion. He spoke In Elizabeth City
and nearby towns and made pro-
found impression, winning many
votes for himself and his party by
his fortnight, clear-cut, dignified
and impressive presentation of the
issues of the campaign. -
He didn't win the gOvernOrship.
but when he was recommended for
appointment for the new United
States Court District created In the
State. leading Democrats of Eliz-
abeth City voluntarily indorsed him.
One prominent young Democrat
said: johnson J. Hayes was one OF
the cleanest and most powerful CAM
paigners the Republicans ever put
out in North Carolina l was darn
glad to see him removed from the
stump and put Oh circuit court
bench where he can't make so many
votes for his party. Still, he Is one
of the finest fellows L ever saw.
and 1 would have indOrsed him for
the Judiciary anyway
Judge Hayes will come to Ellz-
abeth City to try the hotel cases
because the resident judge, l. NJ.
Meekins declined to try the cases
because he was until recently
stOckhOlder I'm the hotel. The nom
resident litigents objected to Judge
Meekins for this reason and insisted
that he should be disqualified.
Judge AIeekins refused to hold him
self disqualified to try the cases. :
because he Is no longer stock
holder In the hotel, but he agreed to
not try the. rases if the litigapts
would make no effort TO remove the
cases to some other place. And so
Judge Hayes, who has been named
as Judge In the litigation will come
to Elizabeth City.
The Elizabeth City Hotel Corp.
contends that the Associated Hotels,
Inc, who signed q Is years lease Of
the hotel before; it, was. built. later
violated thes'texps 'of the: lease in
seterill .paftteulHrsl and had turned
but 10. be IN otherwise connection.
The Intel compsly decided to oper.
ate the hotel themselves i'm the in
tereSt OF the stockholders, to whom
there are hearly 600. and started
court proceedings to prevent the
Associated Hotels from interfering
with their change of plans.
The Associated Hotels in time
started counter action to restrain
the hotel company from putting in q
manager, and operating the hotel
locally.
Confident of their cause the hotel
owners have employed manager
and are proceeding with their plans
to operate the hotel. The compile
tiOn of the hotel Is expected within
a week or ten days: most Of the
equipment is installed and the furni-
ture is all assembled and ready to
put in place as soon as the contrac-
tors turn the building over.
1t is planned to open the hotel
with elaborate ceremonies not
earlier than Oct. - nor later than
tov 1St
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
ROBBERY AT MOYOCK

Burglars entering the automotive
establishment of the BaSnight
Motor Co. ut Moyock Wednesday
flight made off with "a considerable
haul Of automobile part>, accessor-
les and tools. leaving no clue to
their identity. The approximate
amount of the loss was not aScer-
tanned by this newspaper.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

THIS then is j. p. johnson who has
accepted the position Of manager of
The Virginia Dare Hotel for the
Elizabeth City Hotel Corporation,
conditional upon the hotel owners
winning their suit against the Asso-
ciated Hotels, Inc. Mr.. johnson is
a native of Southampton County,
Va. and from one Of the best fami.
lies of that section. He was in the
banking business for years in New
port News, Petersburg and Rich
mond and for nine years with the
Farmers Loan & Trust Go. of New
York. He entered the hotel business
in 1922 and was for several years
with the Frederick Hotel at Hunt
ington, w. Va. He is at pres6nl
assistant manager of Hotel Stbur.
ban, East Orange. N. j., one Of the
finest residential hotels In the Now
York area. He Is married.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23
MOYOCK'S BIGGEST AND
BEST FAIR NEXT WEEK
An Outstanding Rural Section VIII
Celebrate Next Thursday and
- Friday. -"

The biggest ana lest annual fair
held at, Moyock, Currituck County
viii be beld-next~ Thursday and Fri;
day September 20 and 80. And
when MOyeck plans Il fair that is
bigger and better. 1t is certain thqt
IL will be a good one. There isn't g
liver. more wholesome and Inviting
rural community i'm North Garolind.
and Immense crowds will By drawn
from the whole county.
Geo. X. Ress. chief of the State
Division of Markets will speak on
Friday. at II a. H.. bringing mes
sage Of interest and value to the
farmers of the section.
The fair. which is to be held at
MnyQck's biz high school is open to
Competitors for distance of ~
miles around whether living in Vir-
ginia or North Carolina.
One of the most interesting feat
ures of this years fair is better
babies contest under the auspices of
the WOman's Club.
The MoyOck fair is noted for its
unusual exhibits Of farn produce,
livestock. arts and crafts, flowers
and cookery. From the best it has
Currituck makes county exhibit
to send to the big district fair at
Elizabeth City. The exhibits will be
larger this year, since Poplar Branch
i; not holding a fair.>;,' 80 Ill
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

A child has little means OF COM
pariny his vision with standard
vision. He has no means Of know
ing. Children's eyes are eur specl-
atty. DIR. J. D. HATE AWAY Eye
s;oht enooialietc, edv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

L. s. SENATOR Hiram Bingham.
of Massachusetts, father of the Con-
greSSiOBal Act for the national
memorial to aviation to be erected
at Kill Devil Hills, has accepted the
vice chairmansllip of the National
Advisory Council of the Kill Devil
Hills Memorial Association. recent
~ organized i'm this city Senator,
Bingham is a distinguished scien-
tist. explorer. author, lecturer and
authority on aeronauties. He was
at the head Of the great Allies avia-
ton training school i'm France dur
ing the World War and is one of
the most distinguished and best in-
formed friends of aviation in Amer
ica.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

Have your childs eyes examined
before school begins. We do this
scientifically. DIR. ]. ID. HaihA
vav cve si~rte:. senccialicts- cry
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

Conserve the Eyesight of your
child. It is a duty you owe your
child. See DIR. j. %. IItTHAVAY,
Eye Sight Sp,2i.listg. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

Don't fail to attend the ran
Fashion Revue next Thursday and
Friday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

John DEERE MOWERS AND
RAKES; Superior Quality sold at
Attractive Prices. w. c, GLoYEK'
Erzohoth Ctr, -. g S.SZcSI
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-23

WANTED Old WHITE RAGS
BRING THEM TO US. WE PAY
sc. POUND. THE INDEPENDENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
LETTERS ON AUTO
PLATES ARE Hit
Wade H. Coombs Urges Re-
turn to Old StyIe-Asks SIS
for Dealers Plates.

Declaring that the use Of letters Of
the alphabet as well as numerals on
automobile tags this year has been
anything but a success" Wade II.
Coombs, superintendent of licenses,
suggested to the Commissioners in
his annual report today that they re-
turn to the old system Of numerals
only.
Mr.. Coombs said some of the States
use letters on the tags to denote the
the section of the State in which the
machine Is registered. but he sees no
need for such identification in the
District. He argued further that the
number of tags in Washington is not
so large that the numbers would be-
come too long to read. He told the
Commissioners he believed Superin-
tendent Of Police Hesse and Traffic
Director Harland would concur in the
view "it would be to the best inter-
ests of these departments and of the
public to return to the former system
in this regard"
Urges Title Law.
The Superintendent called it to the
attention Of the Commissioners that
no action has ever been taken on the
proposed motor vehicle title law for
| the District that was drafted several
| years ago by a committee OF munich
| pal officials He said he considered
| such n law one of the outstanding
| needs of the District at this time and
recommended that the proposed draft
| he revised to meet present conditions
and submitted to Congress for enact
ment.
| After stating that there has been
much complaint recently concerning
abuse of the privileges that go with
dealers auto tags. he said the only
| efficient remedy for this situation Is
| to limit the number Of such tags indi-
rectly by placing higher fee on
| them. He recommends. therefore, that
| Congress be asked to make the fee
| for a dealers tag $5. He contended
| that since dealers In new automoblles
are not required TO pay business IL
cense tax, il does not seem unjust to
impose a higher fee for dealers tags
! than is levied for ordinary tags.
Many Businesses Disappear.
/ In urging the Commissioners to
take up with Congress the need for a
| thorough revision of the miscellaneous
license laws of the city, Mr.. Coombs
reminded them that some classes of
business which had to be licensed
under the old act of 1902 have gone
out of existence by statute. such as
| barrooms and pawn shops. Other
types of business, such as livery
! stables and cattle dealers, are grad
ualy disappearing. he pointed out.
In other cases sections of the old law
have been declared invalid by the
courts. further reducing the license
| revenues.
On the other hand. he states. many
| new classes Of business have come
into existence in the past IS years
that he believes should be required
| to pay a license.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10

Women Among Flyers i'm Honolulu
Contest Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 10 R).-
Twenty-three men and girl have
Staked their lives and aviation en-
thusiasts from all over the country
have contributed more than 100000
in their attempt to win S33, 000 in
prizes for the first two planes to fly
from here to Honolulu two days
hence.
Such was the lineup today as the
entrants in the Dole air derby entered
their last IS hours of preliminaries.
Meanwhile, other American flyers were
busy on projected flights to Rome, to
South America and around the world.
Paul r. Redfern, who is in Bruins
wick, Ga. the starting point of his
forthcoming non stop dash to Brazil
1.900-miba streatch of water inter
vening-announcedy yesterday he would
take off in few days.
Bertaud Test Delayed.
The Fokker monoplane Old Glory
was kept on the ground at Curtiss
Field, New York, by heavy runway
and test fights preparatory to the hop
off for Rome late this month were
postponed until tomorrow. Lloyd w.
Bertaud and James d. Hill, the planes
crew, said their test flight would be a
hop to Cleveland.
The round-the-w world flight of Ed
ward f. Schlee of Detroit, which is
planned to begin in Newfoundland
soon was still in the test stage at
Washington. Schlee hopes 10 cut the
2S day round-theworld travel record
considerably by long hops,
The average investment Of the
entrants in the Hawaiian flight is
more than $4,000. The citizens of
Dallas. Tex, put $25,000 in the fund
to back their favorite flying son,
Capt. William Erwin. The fund
raised comes principally from groups
of business men, backing flyers who
have regulations for hometown en-
durance or stunt flights.
One Woman to Fly.
The greatest amount any entrant
may win is $4,000. a $4,000 prize
being hung up for the second plane
to finish. Airport opinion here was
that the prize money would be the
net worth of the flight, as the dis
tance has been covered twice previ-
ously in nonstop events. affording
little opportunity to commercialize
the glory attaching to the winner.
The love of flying seemingly is the
first consideration.
Miss Mildred Doran, Flint, Mich
school teacher. was the only woman
left in the Dole Derby entries today
as the result of the withdrawal OF
Mrs. Erwin, wife of the Dallas flyer.
Because Erwin is participating in not
only the Dole flight. but also In the
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column IL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
SACCO-VANZETTI RESPITE
IS INDICATED BY JUDGE;
GIRL LEADS CHICAGO RIOT
SaccO Continues
Hunger Strike as
Execution Nears
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON. August 10.-Determi-
nation to persist to the end in his
hunger strike was shown by Nicola
Sacco when he refused the proffer-
ed breakfast in the State prison
death house today on what may be
the last day of his life. Bartolomeo
Eanzetti also declined to eat.
For more than three weeks Sac
90 has gone without food. Nanzetti
has eaten occasionally.
The third man in the death
house, Celestjno NadeiroS, has
eaten all his meals with apparent
relish This morning he seemed to
enjoy the oatmeal, crullers. coffee
and milk
Sacco and Nanzetti showed no
indication that they felt any hope
of the success of the final legal eff
forts Of their counsel to obtain a
stay Of execution. Sacco was apa-
thetic, Nanzetti restless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
BOMBS ONLY FIREWORKS.
New Jersey "Find" Proves Prop
erty of Manufacturer.

SCOTCH PLAINS. N. r., August 10
R).-When Chief Of Police Theodore
Day found 200 bombs in an unoccu-
pied house in the wilds of the Watch
ung Mountains last night, he thought
he had uncovered the headquarters
Of bombers.
Investigation today revealed that
the bombs were fireworks and owned
by a manufacturer who sought the
North Bergen threatened to ban the
making of fireworks two weeks ago
State troopers guarded the deserted
house all last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
White House Remodeling Is Completed
Within Period Specified in Contract

The remodeling of the White House
including the reconstruction of the
attic, has been completed by the con
tractors and the work accepted by the
office of public buildings and public
parks of the National Capital, it was
announced today by Col. Grant,
director of the office of public build.
ings and public parks.
Col. Grant said the contract had
been completed in the specified time
in spite of additional work which was
found to be necessary after the old
attic was torn out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
VICTIMS OF MURDER
FOUND ALONG ROAD
Two Men Believed to Have Been
Slain in Gang War
fare.
BY the Associ ated Press.

GS biE AHSctidAeI Z IeS@.
CHICAGO, August 10.-The bodies
of two men believed to have been
taken for ride" and shct to death
In the usual gangstcr fashion. We're
found lying on suburban road early
today. Shattered glass and a num-
ber of .45-caliber pistol shells strewed
the road near the bodies, indicating
the men had been shot in an auromo-
bile and their bodies tossed out. The
men apparently We're Italians.
\ straw hat bearing the trade mark
Of a st. Louis halter was found along
side of one of the bodies. That victim
was about - years old. and wore
light gray suit and colored silk shirt.
The body of the other victim had
rolled down a five-foot embankment.
1t was clad in q dark gray suit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
Quake Wrecks Water Supply

ARCO, Idaho, August 10 R).-
Earth tremors, which rocked the
crater Of the Moon National Monu-
ment Park, near here, "A few days
ago, have forced tourists to seek
new sources OF water supply. The
old springs have dried up and after
a search of several days a heretofore
dry cave was found to have de-
veloped into subteranneap lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-10
Would Have Same Effect.

In effect the scheme whose founda.
tons We're laid today by the Labor
Secretary will have the same result.
however. for if industry co-operates in
the way the Labor Department hopes
no aliens illegally in the United States
will he permitted to take a job. and
those workers who have jobs will have
been given a clean bill of health, in
so far as their status with the imml-
grafton authorities is concerned.
Secretary Davis took the step today
only after a series of conferences with
his lieutenants in the Labor Depart
ment. and after reports had reached
him of evidence of an unusual num-
Der of radicals and illegal entrance
aliens in the United States. lie said
the move has nothing to do with the
disorders credited to Sacco-NanZett
sympathizers. lie has been out of the
city for several weeks and came To
Washington today TO start the new
movement.