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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
WHAT BROUGHT
The H0PIS TO
ELIZABETH CITY
The Low Down on a Reiiglo.
Economic War That Is Be-.
ing Waged in Arizona
As Wv. o. SEES 1T

Chief Soloitochc and his Hop
Indian snake dancers, feature
attraction at the Carolina
Theatre Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday didn't go over any
too big with Elizabeth City
audience. But it wasn't alto
rcthcr the fault OF the Hopls;
Elizabeth City didn't know just
what i was all about.
IFS y long WAY fram Elizabeth
civ. North Ca "iina 10 The iiolh
Indian reservation in Arizona ana
North cHrolinianS are nn m'ich
concerned about the rights OF lihpi
| Iudiuus to say their PRAYERS with
their feet and bite live rattle snakes
to make ii rain.
IT is an interesting story how
NJ W. BillingSIey and his wife
Edythc Sterling RillingSlry game
,tc take these Indians ont Gn thc
road more than five years ago anu
show Them all over the country III
thcir weird and picturesque dances
There are less than 1.1U Of the
IIuui Indians i'm Arizona. hut they
! rrr the most picturesque lot "i III
diuus in America. They are the
cliff dwcllcrs whose life and ART
attract hundreds of thousands ol
= tourists to .trizGma annually. N"A
hundreds IF thousands Of tourists
are the bread. butter and pastry tor
thousands of Arizonian>.
/ The HoriS are peculiarly Interest
ju- to tourists because "f their r''
Ii~ion. They believe in Great
! Suirit and in hereafter And
ages ago they got snake mixed lll'
in their theology. just a> our own
palcfacp ancestors did. But instead
Of believing that Il snake made the
first mother sin. theslIopis believe
that they came from Il snake SKIN
! Many ualpfacc babies in modern lie
ihave been explained rs unsatisfac-
tOrily.
The HopiS dance when they want
to rctition the Great Spirit. Tliry
have "A dance for almost everything
under The SIM. Catholic mi:'Si0n;tr'
los have for centuries been trying
70 make Christians of the liopiS. bnt
uopi vii follow white man
God only until he hears the beat Oh
n tcm tom and the call TO dance
Start the music and his feet get busy
and he forgctS all about the new
religion.
Ii occurred to the Catholics that
| if they could yet IL law through
Congress to prohibit the li"pl SllIk'
dances they could keep the, liop sui
Wontinurd on Page Eight
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
Chief Holmes
Says Liquor
Makes Emile

"Liquor makes quick liars Of
the best of them" observed
Chief Of Police Holmes after
an episode in front of the five
and ten cent store Saturday
afternoon.
\ Virginia automobile stopped in
front of the store and we'll dress
ed man jumped ont. When the man
jumped out of the car pint of
liquor jumped out of his hip pocket.
hit the pavement with Il crash and
perfumcd the atmosphere for 40
yards around.
The man rushed around the
corner on some business and Chief
IIelmcS. went over and searched his
car for more liquor. No liquor WAS
found. but the chief stood 10y until
the Virgiuian got back.
"Ynu had tough luck just now.
remarked the chief when the owner
Of the car returned.
"Iow'S thatT' said the man.
"H.u dropped your bottle o.!
liquor" said the chief.
"Yuurc mistaken said the Nir-
riuian: there was II bottle of liqu' +
ycttin. on the curb when got nui Oi
my car and accidentally kicked it
over with my foot.
And while Chief Holmes looked
ut the Nir.inian with nm1uihrl
amaZcmcnt. the Nir2inian shot the
GAS ,u his car and moved Cm.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
oJhQ BANK CLCRK ANo TIE SUOG JERKG]
THE PRESIDENTS DAUGHTER"

U,rdiur. pretending to think the
world of Mrs. Harding and kccplh"
her fooled up so that Mrs, ilardiiS
wouldn't suspect her Of designs OH
her husband.
"Weli, things went on until Hard
inc waS elected to the |. ;. >ell".'
ond nothing had come of the affair
that Main was trying to pull OH WIN
thc Id boy. because an uhllar'i'"
,,;,l and u married man of some I'M
nortoncc in little town cant make
mucb love progress among the home
folks.
"Eut when Warren Harding went
to Washington. Nam saw her chailce
and .bc wrote him and asked MN
if hr wouldn't help her yet Il Jop
las Stenoyraphcr Somr place.
"IInrding knew exactly what sue
mcout and hc went up to New lorh
and fixed il with some friends 10
rive her a job there. 1t Wouid w
s.fer for him to sec her III Nc"
York once in IL while than nave her
hanging around Washington makl"S
teII-,alc eyes at him and bede'illhs
him over the telephone.
"Srnntor Harding met her l"
New York. told her he had IL Jop lo'
her and invited her up to his roon
in the hotel first thing. She say
Ibc kissed her as soon aS Inc uo''
closed ON them. From then OH Sn'
WIS his Red Hot Mama anu 1T WIZ
her Daddy. In the course "t evel,''
she had a baby by him. Ana all lh'
time ne was putting up money io'
her like Il good sport and paEin'
literally for his fun.
After the baby was b'rli sn'
CONTINUED Oh Page Eight!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09

Your eyes are is delicate aS they
are important. When "rcrworkcd
,hry send their distress signal thru
the nervous system to all parts of
the body. You cannot carry on your
work and remain healthy with bad
eyes. Proper GLASSES insure GOOD
VISION and HEALTH. Consult.
DIR. J. u. HATHAWAY. Eye Sight
.,,.;,lilt adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
WHY TOM Il SMILING

'"n ...-nu i smiling this week.
'a"u g. o.. Whitley Inspector Tor
" >'.r Eoard of Health went
.'E '.t. ~uu'hrrn Hotel. he chaikcu
'... ~. amd told Mr.. Nelson ne
' .r-..- jwu points only because
"..I .u uld buildiug that cOuldn |
.'" .Iudrrd 10y any means.
No. |-m smiles. II was only
"''..,~ 49," that his hotel showed
-.a- uf ~ rr thrrcabOut. ami
."n.. who can bring the OLD
'."u UW tu Il grade of 0S Ill
.'f . ''v weeks, has done Il good
J., r, it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09

THE World War, the greatest and
blOGtIiest conflict man ever engaged
in, brought into its maelstrOm
America. FOrsakins the plOw, the
hammer and the anvil America
threw her mighty weight iHiO fhr
conflict in behalf Of her principles
and Ideals of liberty and justice.
The war won on Nov. II, 1918,
America puts down her sword and
shield and with dignity and triumph
faces Il future in which plOw sharrS
MY yet he beaten into swords and
spears into pruning hooks. Such is
:hr coR-,ri Of victorious .Am%itra as
expressed in u heroic bronze statute
designed by James, $. NOvelli, an
itaiiar sculptor Of New York and
pictured here. Victorious America
has Eetn accepted Is the most pleas.
.rg design for a War Memorial TO
be erected in Elizabeth City.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
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something like that in 4 sen
sational enterprise inaugurat-
ed BY W. O. Saunders. pub
Usher. this week. TO cncouT-
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ficates to the value OF Sl.5O
with every yearly subscription
to The Independent.
The subscription price of The In
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where $2.0c To every new or re-
newing subscriber The lndepmlent
will issue Il book of 80 five-Cent
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cash on cash purchases of mcrcan-
disc made at the following Elizabeth
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
T.. W. ANSELL DEAD

T.. ". Ansell. for many years
Clerk Of the Court IN Currituch
County died Wednesday night A.
his home at Coinjock. Mr.. AnseIl
was nearly Is years old. His wlfe'
who survives him WAS the daushter
of the late Henry Ansell. who fof
many years was Clerk Of the Court
Edward Ansell Succeeded his fatber-
in-law. and held the Office for -
wears. lie is survived by one son.
Henry Ansell. Jr.; two dausnters.
Mrs. Ernest Walker Of Maple, ana
Mrs. Cation of Curritrck.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
EIsHOP DARST TO SPEAK

1T Rev. ThoS. e. Darst. p'p'
risbop If the Diocese of East caro-
lima. will speak Sunday hlsh' 4"
Christ Episcopal Church this city.
II i announced. Bisho? DarSt i
,Iv,vs heard with interest i'll Eii%-
abeth City. and his presence Will
attract a large attendance.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09

Trade in Elizabeth City. Pay Cash
and be Thrifty. Use INDEPEN-
DENT Cooperative Advertisers
trade coupons same as cash. D: If
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09

Glasses are IL lasting and hppro-
uriatr Christmas gift. Sc" DIR. j.
u. HATHAWAY. Eye Sight Special
l.. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
I'm Not a "Jiner.'
Rr VANCE HAvNER


,..,, ~wut about onc-half oil my
rl eating. sleeping. working
.nrryiu. out the usual routine
,..,.,r heinz. The other half
...r, refusing to join clubs.
....HirS and other inStitu-
,r.., WAS imported into
.,.r.F without my consent |
E,.u harangued and hara>Scd
,,,..,,rr< and pro>elytcrS aud
-.,..rl,r> If everything from
u,,, Rollers To the HI kluX
u =
,.,,. nad the opportunity of
hin. r,rrythiu@ from the Society
TN. Prevention Of lngrowinS
,r,r> 20 the Worlds Greatest
,,-,n,,. Cluh. composed nf those
.r. Waiting for the new Ford.
g~ lm NO j'iuer. | belong to
p. .ou organizations.
,,,nn. to the human race be-
-, ! have -.
rl.lng- ~ the church but i'll such
...u'iar Way that some folks
-. .,ry think belong To that.
va,n say church I'm not
,,gr.s nf denominations and
Il, gnd rathedralS. I'm thinking
,h.. nunr.auizcd and inorganic
d. lrr.nrrhood of those who by
.5- ,i,ul- rather than their upin-
are >rckiu" to preserve the
.;~lal view of life III an agc of
bins
rr,,ou. 20 The church from ncccS-
r moi lrrau<r any uc ever c"n-
|rI vr 'o il. | simply cnuldnt
a..a- Without it.
r-.. ,~-auiZtiuu> wIuid like To
a..r never been organized. I'd
..., r,. u charter member "f about
.ra~>lnd clubs that We need bad
-.n-iu.. like most of our present
800 The way from the absurd
.. ytlirUl"u<.
NJ. rrrI u rluh Ia start drawing
sur = reunion If I'LL living
..,ra.u> in 1880. There won t
..r i've hundred hy then ami
,.r.. 90 he, in tn" crowd.
: ,.. about To- Join The Snricly
Tar Prevention "f Cruelty I"
ar, but I learned that
..r.~ Didn't iuciu,lr hrnr'T'Ecd
,u.u~ | am told thai il refers
700 Iumh animals. | can /
... 20 dumbrr animal thLn Il
,-.,-i husband.
ur'rdy ought - "r%auizc an
,,..l...ru Z" prevent SOM" "t these
:n-.a>> sopranos from singing
" rlr. radio. They keep III" from
.sir- even the static.
4 .,.rI idea would he Il society
mn>,l If married couples who
u managed To live together agree
r g.. least ten years. According
.a.. mmlcrn literature on What :
Tnn: With Marriage" you'd think
ar >nrirty would have To 20 I"
b r,.n.rrrry 10 get any members
r, Ike ,u see IL bunch of church
/, - -r-cthcr and agree to qult
.i.r. religion and start practi>ln"
That would hc Il novelty ut
as
::
g.. f. Nr had such organizations
.-I s.~.. like all the rest.
i.I. F, essentially unOrganlZahlc'
vua.ur if we shall ever learn
a. $50 rlu't preserve. propagate
% ,~~,~.uarp any idea or inSplra'
. ,r vision merely by forming Il
:. 3. i.> honor with Il moderator
',s -..'-rJlI and Il set of rc>'iu-
Im ..arr you lax" an emotion
.i'. FOO uukr an institution on
.. .u. have killed il.
M-.a. .dral has ever hcnefitted
.... rarr save a> it has man
,I .. rrak loose. from time IL
.~-. rh,. organizations an"
u..'.m, built around it.
Eu -a~. marhincry with which
..., .gr are advancing Il truth
.,... .u, greatest barrier I" it,
-;-.,>
.r. is spread through organ
'.' ... ORGANIZATIONS.
m.-. hr bound in flc>h-and'
=
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-09

b. f. Nr had such organizations,
'..'.I t.r,. like all the rest.
l.I. F., essentially unOrganlZahlc.
| wua.rv il we shall ever learn
'E $50 ruu't preserve. propagate
.nt ,~~m.uarp any idea or inSplra-
F.. ,r vision merely by forming Il
l., Fl. i.~ honor with Il moderator
..,. ~E'-ralI and set of re>pltI-
, 1927-06-08
THE AVERAGE

The worlds work is carried on by average folks. Occasion
but they are rare. The output of humanity is, on the whole,
only fair; fair sermons, fair poems,f fair manufactured products.
tmr crops raised, fair business and professional accomplishments.
Ih1s Is because most people are not willing to put forth the
utmost effort. They are content with the average. Not
somewhat better" but "that will suffice" Instead of most of
us giving all we can of self, we try to figure out what the small
est amount is that will answer.
Inc average In people is seen in two things-inheritance and
attalnments. Some people are blessed with about 100 per cent
native ability, and their attachments are SO per cent of what
they should be. Sometimes there are those who rank about
5o per cent in endowments, but their returns are 100 pei cent
others are blessed with about SO per cent of what w e like to
call genius" and their attachments are about in that ratio.
Now the trouble with our world is that most of its people
are In the third class, when they could just as well be in the
second class mentioned. A mediocre kind of work is being ac-
compished, when it should be first class. The reason for this
is that those of limited endowments claim exemption from res
possibility. That principle is not only wrong, but it is perilous.
The person most highly blessed is not with many endow-
ments, but it is he who uses what he does have. The first may
be spectacular, but the latter is far more useful.
An average person who fixes his eys on an average standard
will do average work-which is far below the standard that
should be maintained. About 80 per cent of the worlds woe
is attributed to secondrate methods in the hands of one whose
creed is, Pm as good as the average" He is right, and that
is the reason he is not farther along in the world.
The average person is needed for the reason that there are
precious few of those above the average. But the second need
is the greater.
, 1927-06-08
GOOD L SUMMER

What is the best season of the year? Summer, to most
people-though the other seasons, especially spring, have their
charms. And the older you get, the more you will like summer,
the more you will dread winter.
Spring corresponds to our babyhood. 1t is the sprouting
season, full OF hope, dreams, uncertainty, danger of frost.
Autumn is like the waning years of life, when we harvest
as we have sown, when we suffer for our negligence and mis-
takes and are rewarded for our effort. Most of us, when we
look backward in the autumn of life, say: eff 1 only had my life
to live over again. "
Winter, of course, corresponds to human death, the hiber-
nation of the old growth Until new growth is ready to sprout
and bud.
All three of these seasons are preparatory to or the after
math of summer. And summer is the period if life-of accomp-
ishment-symbohc OF the lives we are living. Lucky are you
who have survived the frosts of hfes springtime. Your crop
OF success is started. Toll and weed, for autumn of life will
be upon you before you are aware. For results, it's now or
never.
, 1927-06-08
DO WE HAVE THE COURAGE?

Do we have the courage, or the sence, to face our own short
comings to admit to ourselves and to all concerned our errors
and mistakes?
If we do not have, there is little chance that we shall ever
be much better equipped to fight our battle that we are today.
Only obstinancy refuses to confess error and only yanitv
declines to admit defeat. Obstinacy and vanity are drags upon
the chariot of progress. Unless we cut them loose we do not
get very far.
The same truth holds for the individual, the group. the
community, the nation. History is replete with instances of
tine heads battered against the impenetrabe wall of unaterabe
fact, of fine causes lost by enthusiasts who cling tenaciously to
original error, of cities stunted because they were too proud to
change their habits, of nations wrecked upon the shoals of their
selfish desire.
There is no shame in admitting failure or mistake, either
, 1927-06-08

The average man thinks the only
thing that could live on his salary
is a germ.
, 1927-06-08


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These savings Chevrolet passes
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motive industry.
Come to our showroom and see
the Chevrolet models-and
you will know why thousands
OF buyers are selecting Chew
rolet each day!
, 1927-06-08

Little girls are punished for max
ing faces. But not when they grow
up.
, 1927-06-08
Bere and Cbsre

About all summer styles do not
show is modesty.
Little girls are punished for max
ing faces. But not when they grow
up.
The average man thinks the only
thing that could live on his salary
is a germ.
Perhaps it's the conviction there's
no place like home that keeps some
men going. -
Long leggs are pronounced a
sign of intelligence. At any rate,
a long step in than direction.
Every girl is looking for a hus-
band-both before and after mar
riage.
Some folks work their way thru
school; others work their parents.
Nowadays the son who follows
his fathers footsteps is likely to
wind up in the cellar.
In our little Western town, we
are brought little in contact with
the development of aircraft. There
hasn't been a plane land at the
Cody field for a couple of years,
and to many it might seem that
little Roadway is being made in
the United States. Despite this
fact wonderful Roadway is being
made in the development of navi-
cation of the air. Take Cheyenne
for instance, daily huge planes land
there, in trans-continental flights.
Some carrying the mail, some with
one or two passengers, while but
last week a huge Fokker plane,
carrying six passengers, and capable
of carrying ten landed at the Chey-
enne field. The mail is being car
ried from coast to coast nowadays
with hardly an interruption and with
very little accidents. The big ma
chimes of the air travel day and
night. carrying thousands of pounds
OF important mail. One man has
already made a nonstop flight ac-
ross the Atlantic, and within the
next few months it is possible hat
more records will be made. Seem
ingly the development of aviation
has been slow. but in reality its
development is much faster and
more wonderful than the growth
of the motor car
The Wyoming Eagle Democratic
paper) laments that there are but
four Democrats still holding office
, 1927-06-08
TRAIN SCHEDULE

Beginning December IA. 1926,
the train schedule from and to Cody
is to be as follows:
No. IA. Ito south) leaves Cody 1920
a. m,
No. Is (from Billings) arriv es
1915 a. m.
No. 16, (to Billings) leaves 1920
p. m.
T. F. Killing. Agent.
, 1927-06-08

orial there has been a rule in poll
tics that to the victor belongs the
spoils" and we can't see why there
should be any there at this time
with a clean sweep such as the
Republican party had last fall, now
why there should be any Republi-
cans there in event the Democrats
had been successful. Beats all how
the party out of power is always
the one to favor the non-political
form of government.
, 1927-06-08

Yellowstone park was thrown
open to the motor. tourist last week
and according to reports thousands
of cars are seeing the park, using
the north and western gateways,
which are the only entrances open
at this time. According to park
officials this season is supposed 20
shatter all attendance records of
former years.
, 1927-06-08

About all summer styles do not
show is modesty.
, 1927-06-08

to ourselves or to observers. We cannot long delude those who
watch, and they will respect us the more highly if we frankly
confess, when we muff the ball, that it was our fault.
As long as, we are not too vain to face the facts of our con-
duct there is hope for us. But we will never be useful to our
teammates in life as long as we hypnotic ourselves into belief
hat we made a home run with the bases full after we have
lust struck out.
, 1927-06-08

Only when you k-.ow the facts
about the Chevrolet Motor
Company is it possible to UNI
derstand how Chevrolet can
offer such marvelously fine cars.
at such remarkably low prices.
a unit of the General Motors
Corporation. the Chevrolet
Motor Company is backed by
the vast resources and tremen-
dous purchasing power of this
mammoth organization. The
twelve great Chevrolet factories
are equipped with the most
rnodern machinery known to
engineering science -. while
, 1927-06-08

The Wyoming Eagle democratic
paper) laments that there are but
four Democrats still holding office
at the Capitol. Since time immem-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-22
COPENHAGEN FLORIST
VISITED IN ASKOV

Axel Agerholm of Copenhagen, Den
mark, who is in America to attend
an international florist convention
which is soon to be held at Washing
ton, D. c., he being a delegate from
the three Scandinavian countries,
Norway, Sweden and Denmark, Wis
tied in Askov Friday at the Ferndale
Nursery, Mr.. Agerholm was en-
ployed by L. Mosbak in the florist
and nursery business at Onarga, ILL.,,
% years ago. He worked also at
Chicago for a time but for the last
IS years has been in the florist bus
ness in Copenhagen. His business
there includes many orders for flow
ers from Danes in America to be dis
tributed to relatives and friends in
the mother country. Mr.. Agerholm
has a son working in st. Paul for
Florist Christensen whom he also Wis
tied.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-09-22

drew w. Mellon, Secretary of the
Treasury, recognized as an astute
financier who endeared himself to
the country by tax reduction pro-
gram bringing relief to taxpayers of
all classes, is projected into the lime
light as an all-important factor in
the hopes and aspirations of candi-
dates for the Republican Presidential
nomination.
The large number of votes con-
trolled through the Pennsylvania del
egation at the convention is supple
mehted by the confidence that the
financial and industrial interests
place in Mr.. Mellon judgment in mat
tiers political. 1t is noteworthy that
his endorsement has given the
Hughes candidacy formidable boost
and changed the trend of political
representations. The feeling exists
that Mr.. Mellon did not espouse the
cause of Justice Hughes until he def
initely ascertained that Mr.. Coolidge
really intends to withdraw from the
picture.
The last Congress paid little at
tention to the Muscle Shoals propos-
ais. The groups interested in de-
velopment of this property are now
organizing for drive to have the
matters settled before the elections
next year. The Southern states have
been told that the power plans when
used would have much to do with the
extension of industry in the nefghbor-
ing states.
vereignty raised by the League of
Nations will figure in International
discussions this winter. The tradi-
tional Monroe Doctrine would keep
the matter from an international tri-
bunal. 1t is believed that the issue
has been raised as a smoke-screen
for Panama politicians.
The French government will find
troubled waters ahead on tariff mat
tiers. The recent proposal to i'm
pose high rates on American goods
may soon be checked with the admin
istrative provisions of the American
tariff act. The law gives the au-
thorities the right to place the retail
iatory features which could effec-
lively bar the sale of French goods in
this country. In some quarters it is
felt that France has taken sudden
interest in tariff issues to ward off
demands for debt payments to this
country. The diplomats of the two
nations will be hard pressed to re-
store good will this autumn.