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'he will not know himself he has been
selected until the boxers climb into
the ring" Paul Prehn, member of the
state athletic commission declared
John Righeimer, ,ethe chairmanA indi-
Gated no definite selection had yet
been made but the understanding was
that it was nowIconfined to the three
previously most mentioned men, Ly-
tton, Eckersall and Miller.
The commissions already establish
ed rules, governing details of the bat
ties conduct, were gone over with
Dempsey's manager, Leo Lynn, and
Billy Gibson, Tunney's manager. Each
fighter will be limited to 80 feet OF
gauze bandage, Is for each hand, with
enough adhesive tape to hold it. All
other equipment will be donned un-
der the observance of the commits
sion's inspectors.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21

their flight from here.
Missing yesterday Tex Lagrone,
Kansas City class B flier reported
today from Ashland, Pa, that he
was out of the race.
The third section of the derby,
the nonstop flight, starts from
New York tomorrow. The A planes
are taking a route which covers
2275 miles and the B ships are
covering 1850 miles. Both classes are
due in Spokane tomorrow.
Twelve of the class B ships SAnt
last night in Chicago, seven in
Byron, o., and four in Cleveland.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
MEXICAN FLOOD NARROWING

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 20 P)-Thou-
sands of hungry and homeless suffer-
ers in the flooded Lerma river valley
remain huddled on hills, high land and
the, tops of houses still standing while
the relief train sent by the Mexican
government so far has not been able
to reach them. The whole valley OF
the Lerma river resembles a huge
lake.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
SENTENCE Il TO DEATH

ODESSA, Ukraine, Sept 20 up =
After five days trial of dreaded gang
headed by bandit named Loshno, the
circuit court today sentenced IL men to
shooting and 13 others to various terms
of imprisonment.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21

ICOnLlnueu 1fOm Page OIIGJ
The complaints against Adolfo de
la Huerta and his followers were filed
before the Uniter States commissioner
here after a raid ON a Yaqui Indian
village on the outskirts of Tucson
disclosed a supply of arms, ammun1-
ton and equipment, the ownership
cf which was traced to two men, said
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21

mo Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch"
Dispatch Telephones-81 and 50.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
Mechanic and Pilot
Crash in New Jersey

Continued from Page one1
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21

Youu find it in Dispatch want-ads.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
Local Expert Witness
5 Days in Carson Case

(Con;ba,sed From Page Cne)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
Death Story Brought
Back from Nogales

Continued from Page one)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
International Air Race
u. S., Canada, Ponds

CONTINUED from Page one)
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-09-21
Betting Odds Are
Drifting to Dempsey

Continued from Page One)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
Private Capital Would
Bridge Currituck Sound

fit in a privately owned toll bridge
connecting the Carolina coast with
the mainland.
Within recent years toll bridge
bonds have come into great favor III
banking circles and no difficulty Is
contemplated in financing pri.
vate toll bridge across Currituck
Sound. Toll bridges are almost as
cid as civilization itself and they
are invariably money makers. A
recent survey brought out the start
ling fact that eighty per cent OF the
income from toll bridges the coun-
try over * net profit. Hydro-elec-
tric plants, considered one of the
safest of all investments, show a
net profit of not more TINA % per
cent out of income.
A. bridge across Currituck Sound
will be built either by public or pri-
yate interests within the next few
wears. Private interests would
work faster than governments and
perhaps have a bridge open two or
three years in advance of a local
public, State or State anu Federal
enterprise
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
HEEL TOO HEAVY
FOR AUTOS
.ACCELERATOR

Using ones heel on the &C
celerator of a high powered
automobile is dangerous busi-
ness Marshall II. Jones,
cashier OF the First & Citizens
National Bank OF this city tried
it and it nearly cost him his life
and the lives OF three other.
Because Of sore and tender cal
lons spot on the ball of his right
foot Mr.. Jones was using his heel
on the. acrelerator Of his Packard
sedan Sunday evening. to relieve ms
sore foot. He was making 30 miles
,an hour in the rain on Il StralSh'
stretch If road between Elizabeth
CITY and Hertford.
Surrenly Il front wheel CT MS
car slipped off the cement into Il
rut of yellow mud. The jolt caus'
ed Mr.. Jones to come down Win
n heavy heel pressure on his ac-
ceIerator and the powerful Packard
dashed across the road just as ne
tried TO swing it out of the ru'
and back on the cement. Mr.. Jones
slammed on the brakes only to skld
the car around; the rear end OF the
car hit IN embankment on the OPP
posite side of the road. the car
flonped over. then righted ltseii
and came back on the pavement
The renr end was smashed, Il size
window broken out, Tenders ana
running board on one side damaged
Rut the engine didn't stop running
In the car with Mr. Jones was
his wife. her sister Miss Mary
Fright and Miss Amy Holland,
member of the faculty of the Ellz
obeth City High School. They were
all tumbled about, received some
bruises, were scared half to death
but Miss Holland received the oni!
serious injury, Il scalp wound which
required several stitches.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

Elizabeth City interests, en-
couraged by at least one I'M
portant banking group in Ellz-
abeth City are considering the
construction of a bridge across
Currituck Sound from a point
at or near Point Harbor in
Currituck County to a point at
or lust above Kitty Hawk on
the North Carolina coast.
Steps have already been taken to
enlist the interest of New York
bankers who would he expected to
purchase the bonds to he issued on
the proposed bridge. The proposed
bridge would cost $250.OM to $3.50
600 and would he Of creosoted pile
construction and sand-gravel fills
the fills to be reinforced where
necessary by sheet piling.
This newspaper is not permitted
to divulge the names of the III
terests who want to build the
bridge across Currituck Sound, but
is advised that the interested parties
forasee an immediate Cource CT pro-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
COTTON PRICE OUTLOOK
IMPROVES DAY BY DAY

The cotton crop IS commanding
special public interest just now:
While the prospective production OF
- GOO 600 bales is about two-thirds
of last years crop, the market price
is about twice as much. "hat 10
still better. the present short crop
will allow the muchly quoted surplus
stocks on hand to be reduced by con-
sumption. Thus a better future
price will be insured, .
North Carolina's crop prospect oi
911.OOO bales appears to be ABOUT
tbree-fourths of the 1926 crop
which in turn was the States rec
ord production. The acreage Is re-
duced from 10 to 10 per cent tnls
year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

"Funny how public sentiment
seems to have changed toward
cigarette smoking in recent years,
said the Soda Jerker to the Bank
Clerk. 1T used to be considered a
disgrace to he caught in pubiic.with
n cigarette and only Saps and dudes
and criminals were supposed to be
addicted to the cigarette habit.
There was much talk of an anti
cigarette league to follow behind
the anti-saloon league and make the
cultivation, manufacture and smok-
iny of tobacco a miSdemeanor sub
iect TO fine and Imprisonment. But
YOU don't hear such talk any more,
l wonder why?
"I'n tell you.' said the Bank
Clerk; the cigarette manufactur-
ers have put one over on the moral
lists and reformers. To begin with,
they began to spend millions or dol
lars for advertising in the news
papers. That has kept the news
papers off their necks. NO news
paper editor will admit that his
editorial and news policy Is influence
OIL bv the cash received for his ad-
yertising space. but since the cigar
cite manufacturers have become
valuable advertisers the newspaper
boys don't see why they should 20
ont of their way to publish attacks
on the cigarette. 1t wouldn't look
reol nice to carry advertisements
of cigarettes in one column and then
print articles hostile to cigarettes
in another column.
But the cigarette manrltactur-
ers went further than that. Ihe
reformers have been telling every
body that nobody but weakllnSs
smoked cigarettes. What did the
cigarette makers do? They just
went TO kings, princes, ambassadors
bip business men and social leaders
and got them to give them their
nictures and testimonials recon-
mending this and that brand OF
cigarette. The newspapers were
filled with advertisements SNOW
ing that big men smoked clgarettes
and liked them. Thus was the
cigarette made respectable.
"The reformers had been teacnlns
for years that cigarettes stunteu
youth and made them sickly anu
flabby. The cigarette manutactur'
ers got testimonials from all the
big ball players in the country anu
printed their pictures and testimon'
ials in the papers until the country
was made to believe that IN ordel
to be strong and athletic you hau
to smoke cigarettes.
"The reformers had been teachlhs
that cigarettes we're harmtnl ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
COIPLE NOT MARRIED
AS CLAIMED; FINED sou

Fines of $50 each and costs' were
the penalties against man from
Greensboro. named Wilson. anu i"
woman who claimed to be Eva WI
son his wife. when arranged III
Comfy court here THURSDAY OIL
charges of fornication and adultery
The couple had been living ol,
Church street where they had roohis
in q residence of a well KNOWN
family. o.
The Young woman. VINO was
separated from her husband nau
been keeping company WIN tNo
men Wilson and Staples III "reeiiS
boro, When she left town Win
Wilson. who was known to Staples
rs being employed in Elizabeth city
he became jealous and notifed ponce
here sending along picture
claimed TO be her husband, put sue
aniel this IL court.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
Would HELP TO
PUT SILK HOSE
FACTORY HERE r
Burlington, N. c. Manufacturer
Interested In New Local
Hosiery Prospect

That R. H. Whitehead, head
of an important hosiery indus
try in Burlington, n. e., has
manifested an interest in a
proposed new hosiery mill for
Elizabeth City and would con-
slider an invitation to join with
local capital in the manufacture
of silk hosiery in Elizabeth
City was revealed this week by
w. H. Sanders of this city.
Mr.. Sanders. an experienced
hosiery maker has been trying to
organize company for the manu-
facture of silk CT rayOn hosiery In
this city but has succeeded to date
in enlisting only about $4,000 of the
$4,000 TO $4,000 needed to start.
Burlington. n. C.. is consider
able hosiery production center with
Continued on Page Three)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
SAYS We MUST
BUILD OUR own
FACTORY TOWN

Elizabeth City's attitude OF
waiting for new industries to
come to her is like waiting for
an unknown kinsman to die
and leave us fortune, is the
opinion of Hon. J. c. B. Ehring-
haus who wants to see more
industries in Elizabeth, City. =
1--WE can never grow great and
prosperous as an agricultural COM
munity." says Mr.. Ehringhaus; I'VE
must have factory pay rolls to sup
plement the incomes of our farms.
But We make the mistake of walt
ing for outside capital to come In
and build factories for MS. We for
get that there are thousands of lit
tie towns all over America with
their lightning rods up with the
same hopes.
"What we need to do is to make q
careful survey of our Industrial
needs and possibilities. We have
cheap and abundant power. we have
a surplus of native labor, Il wealth
of raw materials. both rail and
water transportation and a happy
proximity to the country's largest
centers of consumption and distri-
button. And we have capital.
"But the trouble is. our capital
is not factory minded; we can
capitalize Il new bank or Il new
block of stores any day in the
week. but we have no mind ut all
for investments in enterprises that
will give employment to more labor,
put more money in circulation. make
more home owners. increase popula-
ton and make for sound and en-
during prosperity. We've got %
change our minds; we must put our
surplus wealth into new industries
to produce more wealth: waiting for
outside capital to do big things for
lis is playing an uncertain game.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
Mayor Flora
adopts A Sore
Eyed Kitten
did YOU see that kitten?'

"Did you see that kitten?'
1t was George Koch speaking,
driving Mayor Flora's car on a
country road several miles from
Elizabeth City, Mayor Rome Flora
beside him.
"What kitten?" asked Mayor
Flora.
"Just a tiny little kitten somebody
has left on the road"
"Stop. turn around" said Rome.
The Flora car stopped, was turn
ed around and headed back down
the road. A quarter of mile or
so back the car stopped again and
Mayor Flora got out and picked up
n mewing, half starved, sore-eyed
nondescript kitten squatting in the
middle of a cement road in the way
of much hurrying and careless traf-
fic. Mayor Flora brought the kit
ten home with him. bathed its sore
eyes with warm water, fed 1t milk
and put it to bed on blanket at
the fire engine house.
"It's a damned shame" said the
Mayor. "the way folks will take
poor little helpless kittens like that,
carry them out in the country and
drop them on the road to starve
Ito death or be run over by an auto
mobile. If they survive they'll prob
ably take up with some farmer who
already has more cats than he can
feed and the cat preys upon young
birds in the fields and woods de-
stroying the bird life of the country
In self defense"
/. The Mayors kitten is doing fine
and thinks Rome Flora is God
Almighty Himself.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
che BANK CLERK Ase TIE SODA -uCRKER
. THE TOBACCO TRUST PUTS ONE OVER

lungs and thrOats. Who. has better
lungs or a more sensitive throat than
a grand. opera Singer? The cigarette
manufacturers then proceeded to get
testimonials from all the big opera.
tic stars who smoked cigarettes anu
for twelve months or more one who
has read the ads in the papers
would think that the first quallfl-
cation of an opera singer Is the
cigarette habit.
"And so by the most ingenious
series of advertisements the world
has ever known, the cigarette manu-
facturers have dignified the cigar
cite and cigarette smoking and
answered every argument against
smoking. without ever once admit
ting that there was an argument.
They have knocked the underpin-
nings clean out from under the pro-
posed Anti-Cigarette League ana
left it not Il leg to stand upon. Ana
now they are running pictures OF
pretty and intelligent looking women
III all their ads. selling the public
on the idea that cigarette smoking
is Endorsed by ythe feminine sex
and that he-male can't get within
q mile of a good looking woman II
he hasn't got fag stuck in his
face
"In say the tobacco trust is
clever.' exclaimed the Soda Jerker
after listening to the Bank Clerk
in open-mouth amazement. NOW
why don't the chewing gum makers
do something clever like that? What
a boost it would be for Mr.. Wrigley
if he could come out with full page
advertisements of Mrs. Calvin Cool
idge, first lady of the land. with a
wad of gum in her face and saying
that she owes her firmness of jaw
and schoOl-teacher teeth 10 the haDlI
of chewing gum! Or Queen Marie
with stick of gum between her
teeth proclaiming in queenly diction
that the bug-bear of. Aalitosis fled
from her regal family when she dis
covered and adopted the spearmint
habit"
81 expect you'll live to see some
thing very like that said the Bank
| Clerk"
(Why not get tho book OF the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, a
choice collection Of their rich and
racy argments7 so cents by NALL
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

Seldom Guy Combs, 17-year-old
columbia youth. cousin of Drs. ii,
j. Combs and Joseph Combs of this
cit ybrOke his neck while diving in
shallow water at Ocean View Sun
day. At hast reports young Combs
was alive, Doctors stating that
victims of similar cases often live
for many days, but no hope can be
held out for their recovery.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
PROFIT
i'm STOCK DEAL
FOR $25O,O0O
Defendants In Sensational Ac
ton Here Claim Deal Made
To Avert Disaster To
Eastern

Vigorous denial to allega-
tions of former stockholders
of the Eastern Cotton Oil Com
pany in a sensational suit
brought in Federal Court at
this city seeking the recovery
of amounts approximatlng a
quarter of a million dollars, are
expressed in the answers OF
the defendants, Willis n. Gre
CORY of Norfolk, and the .Dav-
ison Chemical Company OF
Baltimore, which were filed
here this week.
The defendants. Willis \. Gregory
now president of the concern. ana
the Dawson Chemical Company. the
principal owners Of the stock OF the
company are being sued for total
of S242. .757. which the former stock
holders allege is due them on STOCK
sold for them by w. \. Gregory
to the Dawson Company. The prin-
cipal plaintiffs in the suit are L. =
White of Hertford, former president
of the Eastern. and n number or
members of the White and Winslow
! families. They allege that on the
advice of Gregory. and thru his
management, they were induced to
sell 2.3O3 shares of stock. for Sl06
per share. when they believe they
should have received $214 They
are suing for the difference between
these figures. or some other large
sum.
The sale of stock was effected in
MAY. 1926. and in July, Gregory
was elected President Of the East
ern. to replace T. s. White. Mr..
White Is now suing in addition for
So 600 balance in salary alleged to
he due for three years as presi-
dent of the Eastern Cotton Oil Com
'pany.
The lengthy petition and answer
of Mr.. Gregory, In which he asks
that the case he dismissed. Is sub
stantiated by the answer of the Dav-
ison Chemical Company of Balti-
more. Mr.. Gregory denies the al
legations made by the defendants,
claiming that while T. s. White and
f.. ID. Winslow did not draw a salary
az president and director respective
ly of the Eastern, they did partl-
cipate in its; 4 management, were
fRthfIfRr., With; the details; of tile
business which was then managed
By Gregory, and that no vital move
ment in the affairs of the company
was made without consulting them.
He insists that frequent consult
ations were held with them. their
advice and opinions sought and that
they were present at the usual
monthly meetings of the company
He further claims that they fire.
Quently inspected the accounts OF
the company and the reports OF the
accountants who audited its books
from time to time.
The defendant admits that White
and Winslow were endorsers OH the
paper of the company to a million
dollars or more, but says that when
f. ID. WinslOw who was of advanc-
ed age, and wishing to retire, re-
fused to endorse the paper of the
company any longer, L. s. White
them refused to endorse the com
pany's notes further. unless Win
slow would join him. Gregory in
sists that without these endorse
(Ccntinued on Page TwO)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

A child has little means OF COM
paring his vision with standard
vision. He has no means of know
ing. Children's eyes are our speci-
atty. DIR. J.. d. HATHAWAY Eye
Sight SpecialictGG. @F'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
IN OMISSION

.5 ''' entitled Real Enemies
wv In>Ip" the Church"
n. Itear"i I, IN last weeks issue
.,,''.' '.'rpehdent should have
p. ',' ." Roy. J. NJ. Everett
,,.;., r.,a, Nr Eyerett's name
''' Id the heading last
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

Conserve the Eyesight of your
child. 1t is a duty you owe your
child. See DIR. J. d. HATHAWAY
No cioh+ SnaoioIists adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

CLYDE S ARMSTRONG
THIS quiet, unassuming young
Elizabeth City man returned home
from a trip to Charlotte the other
day, with notable honor in
salesmanship. He stands at the
head of 80 "72 Car Club Chevrolet
Salesman" i'm the states, having not
only made the 72-car grade, he sold
1893 new ears during the year ending
August /, and was given a special
trip by the manufacturers. MIR.
Armstrong is salesmanager for the
l.. b. Perry Motor Company of this
city, and is not only proud of his
honors, but is appreciative toward
the folks who patronized him SO
literally. He is a son OF MIR. and
Mrs. Ben Armstrong Of this city.
Z0eIler photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16
NOW
[ AND
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Worth?
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

/. '''s rA,.ds eyes examined
las. '' begins. We do this
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-09-16

WANTED OLD WHITE RAGS
BRING THEM TO Us. WE PAY
&c. POUND. THE INDEPENDENT.
, 1927-03-23
FISHING AND HUNTING
LICENSE SENT OUT

The state game and fish depart
ment has sent out hunting and
fishing license blanks to some 450
agents in the state.
The fishing season opens April
End and all counties except Uinta
and Lincoln where it is closed un-
til June LIST. The game bird
season opens August LIST and the
big game period, September 16,
with some counties excepted in
both.
The resident licenses to be mail
ed out include $4,000 hunting and
fishing, $4,000 game bird and u.s.
900 fishing. The nonresident
licenses are $4,000 fishing. and
5000 each of hunting and fishing,
and of game bird. License fees are
unchanged with the exception of
nonresident bird, which was in
creased from SIS to $3.50.