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The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-06-02
OUR FIGHTING FATHERS


Every began fought
rfd that might American citizenship Men have died battle to
right that possess would stopped
do them homage We cannot reminded We all to forget
We all forget that who born in America have had
to make effort attain and American citizenship Until have
ourselves Americans those who have other
Shores We only assumed what has handed The immigrant
has had to work and deny himself become American He has had
sacrifice the deeply cherished all nhean his nationality Emgra-
tion land has pleas
and accustomed of life strange
has energy courage might
Of brought fully prepared and lives the
by arrival has already exefd the spirit that has
America the nations He has
We born like justify
tance if stand beside him.
realize that this not the popular conception of this relationship has
who like their
American ancestry with paagng illusions those of arrival
usually base their of family Revolutionary
likely than himself What's
he probably that he had the initiative
aperilous to help push out and build empire.
The inheritance for distinguished America special
hliy, not special privilege
history goes immigrants only
brave all Europe fired pioneering spirit
They willing undergo hardsp that their children might have
don1egou and the which they
had been denied
They much material
equality
for hard work honest citizenship That has made America
Unless ourselves giving something America
pioneers whether
enth whether they That
There kinds American czenshe
structve and the non-constuctve National Republic.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-06-02

will be used as an office and head
quarters. After leaving Richel Lodge
they will make their camp near the
mouth of Hell Roaring Creek, and it
is expected that the crew will remain
at this camp longer than at any of the
others and will probably remain there
until they reach the top Of the pla-
teau with the survey.
The location is established on the
west side of Rock Creek. 1T is esti-
mated that the distance to Richel
Lodge will be shortened two miles.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1927-06-02

Nearly a thousand girls were
picked over to secure one of a suit
able type to represent Longfellow's
Evangeline. Casting the part of Eve
would have been less difficult.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
BAD COLD SAVED HIM
A THOUSAND DOLLARS
j. H. Leroy. Sr. Thanks His Stars
For One Weekend Attack OF
Grippe o.

A severe cold that made him
spend his week end indoors proved
a blessing in disguise for J. IL.
Leroy. Sr.. manager Of the Abe
marie Fertilizer Company OF this
city. Had he been up and going he
might have been worse OF this week
by n thousand dollars
Mr.. Leroy had been a customer
of J. Leon Wood & Company. Nor
folk stockholders who went under
Monday of this week. He got adj
vices Saturday from Wood and Com
m,ny. who urged him to put up a
thousand dollars on certain stocks.
Mr.. Leroy thought il worth While
hut felt too bad to write a check,
lie had an idea lie would soon ieeI
better and II was his intention to
,,.sepd n check when he got TO feeling
lrtter. He felt worse instead.
When Monday morning came. he got
ont If the house and went aboIt
his business. II was too late 10
/ send a letter but one of The iirst
things he did was to call mp J. Leon
Wood & Company to see if he could
make arrangements TO send the
rbcck that day. He discovered they
had gone broke.
So II Mr.. Leroy is feeling bad
This week. he might have felt wore.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
DR. RICHARD DILLNRD
LAID Up WITH STROKE

Hundreds of friends thrnoM- the
Stale. Of Dr. Richard Diliard. the
rracious master of Beverly Hall nj
Edenton. will bc grievCd IL learn
that he was stricken with paralysis
Monday morning a> he WAS prepar-
in- for Il trip to Norfolk i'll his car
He suffered Il severe tho partial
stroke of the left side. hut his
spe,s.h and mind were not impaired
and he waS able to sit up Ill bNi
"Wednesday morning. according Ia
his nephew. Capt. Richard Dixon
II is believed the Doctor VIII soon
recover. He will bc 40 years old
ON December : His niecc>. Mrs.
Mary Beverly Dixon of Raleigh
and Mrs. Aldri,lgc Nann of Frank
lin. Va. are with him.
Dr. billiard i> one of tn" most
prominent and best known citizens
in this section. He will hc rcmcm-
hcred for his historical articles "n
E,knton aud cnvironS. many "l
which were published in this news
uapcr. AT present he i county his
torian uf Chuwan County.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
To Celebrate
THANKSGIVING
Here Sunday

Thanksgiving Dav OF this
wear will 20 down as a quiet
day in Elizabeth City. Moth
ing OH the boards to keep any
one in town and many things
out OF town to take folks away
from home. Scores of football
fans journeyed to Chapel Hill
to see the game between the
Universities OF North Caro-
lima and Virginia.
With the stores. banks and Offices
closed and with SUlpmu services IN
Ill Of the churches Elizabeth City
looked more like Sunday than a ma
ii, nal holiday.
Elizabeth City will have its real
Thanksgiving celebration later in
the week when scores of college
boys and girls come home for the
weekend. Then the Thanksgiving
dinner will I've cooked and served Oh
Sunday.
At least the market men hope
there will he some Thanksgiving
dinners Sunday. for they didn't sell
many turkeys for Thanksgiving
Day. Dressed turkeys were offered
at 65 cents Il pound and there were
few buyers. Geese at ~ cents Il
pound had better sale.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
THE INDEPENDENT GETS
A GREAT WAR STORY
The Inside Dope From \ Private's
View Point Thrillingiy Told

There are nine different kinds Ut
wallops and thrills In Leonard
,fMe~rdfr<." the {xtesf and nldst uti-
usual Of the few really great stories
of the Great War.
The Independent has purchased
the serial rights of this amazing
story for exclusive use in Its field
and will present the first gripping
inStallment next week.
'ChevronS" is the salty. lOvalle
and humorous saga of hard-boiled
bur human sergeant the war from
the viewpoint of privates and non
CONS: told by one who enlisted as a
private and rose to the glorious rank
Of top sergeant. and continued To
function in that exalted position ex-
cepting when suffering periods of
demution.
Ii is humorous. tragic and drama
tic-onp of the most talked about OF
recent books. II appeals hy its
stark realism and truth to every
man who went overseas. and by its
story qualities to everyone else. IL
will he published in about l. install
mentS and every one thriller.
Watch for it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
Says Religion
.Doesn' Mean
So Very Much

Processing Christians and
church members generally are
merely playing at being Christ
ians; their prayers are empty
and meaningless; they sing
hymns and their songs carry no
conviction. They say they be-
licvc in God. but they really
don't believe i'll any such thing.
In language substantially as used.
Dr. +. :. Love. pastor of the First
Methodist Church South Of this city
spoke to his crncresa tion last Sun
day. The. pastor spoke Calml.
deliberately. thouch'fully.
He admitted that everybody said
they believed in God. but their be
lief did not take the form Of con
victi"n that influenced their lives
perceptibly. In all his years aS a
minister. he said he did hot think
that he had ever met with any CON
siderable group of Christians in
which the prevalent spirit did mol
seem to he foreign tn the true spirit
e Christ. M where in the Tuited
States, thinks Mr.. Love. j. Christ
really understood ar appreciated.
Religion is a formal. pcrfuuctory
SORT of thing in The lives of most
ieople protesting il.
Mr.. Love referred In the recent
Thanksgiving Prucla nation Of Pre-
sidemt Coolidge as Il document that
read like letter of cUnsratulatiOn
{" God: he said that one who read
at,er CoOlidg" would think that
God would put his stamp of ap
provsl on the accomplishments Of
America in 1927. But Mr.. Love
thought that Jesus of Nazareth
would not thin kso well OF Ms.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
che BANK CLERK Ase lie SOOl JEPkER
THE WOMAN QUESTION ENGAGES THEM AGAIN

unique positions Of distinction and
Influence under Christianity. st.
Paul. and the early fathers of the
church taught women that their
place WIS in the home and that
they were Just necessary evil
with which men could afford tu have
little commerce.
"ChriStianiry. instead of fNalt-
in- women. tanned them. Cl"isterci
thcm and kept them pretty we'll sub
d,Ird for something like 1.Tm years,
Rut with the decline of Christian i'll
f,ueure i'm the twentieth century
women are asserting themselves and
will he hoSSing the world again be-
fore we know it.
Dues that explain the reason for
thp growth Of the divorce evil:
asked the Soda Jerker.
YES and no." said the Bank
Clerk. More homes are wrecked
in our modern life than in former
fines because there is - little home
, life that homes are easier I" wreck
The home fires 20 ont ana th'
I hearth grows cold because folks tlnt
/ 80 many outside diversions that Inc!
, :. .. i..,,,., ,nJ Innp fuel M
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
Editors of The
State To Meet
Here In 1929

Elizabeth City will i'll all
probability get the 1922 con
vention of the North Carolina
Press Association, according to
B. Arp Lowrance. field secre-
tarv Of the association. who
was in Elizabeth City the other
day.
The North Carolina editors have
never held u session in Elizabeth
City. for the very good reason that
the town never before had ample
hotel facilities for them. But the
opening of the Virginia Dare Hotel
has changed all this.
'.The Press Association would
really like TO meet i'm Elizabeth City
next year" opineS Mr.. Lowrance
but the meeting place, for next year
has already been decided upon
Look for uS in 1929"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
FOLKS NOT SAVING SO
MUCH FOR CHRISTMAS
Christmas Club Checks To Be Mailed Nov
3Oth Probably Will Be Less Than
Last Year

Nearly 1000 Christmas Club
depositors in Elizabeth City
will receive checks aggregatlne
$50, 500. to be mailed by the
three banks in Elizabeth City
Wednesday night, Nov. SOth-
ii all club depositors complete
their payments within the next
few days.
Rut there probably vii he a mum
ler Of delinquents and the asere-
cate of checks TO he mailed out may
not exceed $4,000. The Christ
mas Savings Club habit has been
steadily on the decline in Elizabeth
CITY for three years. Nearly Sloo.-
OCO I'm Christmas Club checks were
distributed by Elizabeth City banks
in 1875. In i926 Christmas Club
deposits dropped below S@ oo
But the Savings Bank & Trust
Co.. with gD Christmas Club dc
positors reports an actual increase
of al,ont $1,000 in deposits'oyer last
year. The First & Citizens National
Bank with fewer depositors but with
n larger total Of S55.oW shows 4
decline under last year. ~
The falling OF in Christmas say
in-s in Elizabeth City may be ex-
plainetl i'm number of ways. For
one thing. the hanks for the past iwo
years have not made the intensive
drive for Christmas Savings that
they formerly made. Less money
WAS sleml for advertising Chris :
mas Savings in 1925 and 1926 than
in previous years.
And there are other causes. The
Building idea is growing in EiIz-
abeth City and more and more Smai'
savings are going into the Building
& Loan. Then there * the In,
dustrial Bank. a comparatively new
thing in Elizabeth City. Numbers
of people who formerly put aside y
small SIM weekly In a Christmas
fund. now borrow the equivalent of
a savings fund from the Industrial
Bank and put their weekly pax
.meatsS into the, LIQUIDATION nj she
loan. -.
Then the Vacation Savings fund
idea has taken hold and there iS Il
growing number who save for a
summer vacation. preferring to save
To Spend Oh themselves in the good
old summer time than To save -
spend Oh others at Christmas.
There j. no evidence that folks
are generally less thrifty or that
they are saving less. Savings de'
,nsitS and hank deposits generally
I'm Elizabeth City have registered 81
steady and healthy growth year
after year. But folks are not saw
ing up for Christmas as In Other
wears. Maybe Christmas doesn.
mean as much to folks as IL did IN
former years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
AMEN CORNER"
FOLK A BOTHER
TO DRY FORCES
Higber-Ups Encourage DIS
tilling By Selling Supplies,
Officer Says

The hardest problem i'll pro-
hibitiun enforcement is not 81
much the finding and raiding OF
stills. nor the apprehension OF
muunShincr>. but rather the
aid that is given the industry
by people in high places. who
gladly make it easy, '"r the
sake uj their own profit. Tor
distillers to obtain new equip
meut and materials for the
making Of liquor.
!. ]. Loudcn. Federal prohibition
agent in charge "f the dry forces
In this section says rs much. For
more than Il year Mr. London has
conducted remarkable series of
raidim. activities in this section. de
Siroyimy more than Il hundred stills
Sirzing much property and arrest
in. many men. His work has been
so effective that mn"nShiucrI ran
get 50 much credit a they uScd to
get.
Until recently il was an caS3
matter for Il man To "rt the elmlI'-
mcnt To sci up u still aithn he had
no money" says Mr. London. 'Aic
only had 10 20 10 Il dealer IN Ba-
chiuery. make his wants known and
if the dealer thought there WAS amy
chance for him IL make enough
liquor tu pay for il. BEFORE he s"t
railul. the moon>hincr got The ri..
Then hc went IL the wh"ie>alc
GROCER. ANY man Of intelligence
knows Il man doesn't buy thou
sand sounds Of sugar for pre>crvln"
purposes alone. And il WAS easy I"
get sugar and groceries on time.
The diStiller went back in the
SwampS. and i'm suhrt while prov
c,l himself mighty good customer.
VIII: leSale grncrS have recently
grown more lcary "f the man whit
buys immense quantities of sugar
and meal. for 80 many stills have
been raitlel during the past year,
that many have sustained severe
! losses from ihoonShincrs who I've,
came unable to pay their bills when
their source of revenue WAS inter
rnptcd.
Their" i II" doubt but that there
arr many more stills in East Lake
than Il short time after the raid
in the summer. according 10. Mr..
, London. Most OF them were wiped
out at one time but information is
to the effect that they have been
replaced and are going full blast.
Il guess it will bc hard job to
wipe them out entirely in that local
ity" declares Mr.. London. Il don't
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
We WMayHape
To Raise Our
Rabbits Next

The high price OF rabbits Is
arousing local interest i'll the
possibilities Of rabbit farming
and W. +. Love. Jr., and some
Others are seriously consider
Ing going in for the breeding
Of wild rabbits for food pur-
poses.
Common swamp rabbits are bring
IN. thc UNPRECEDENTED price OF II
o.,,. = niece. regardless of size. OH
tho local retail market this ta'''
Farmers who trap or shoot rabbits
offer them reluctantly at )" cents
piece wholesale.
In some sections the rah'' J.
lacked upon aS poor substitute i'.
rod meat: but this Is not true =.
This part of the country. fiie"
r,hhit, baked rabbit. Stewed ra""i'
and rabbit hash are i'll mhrh 'a'",
in most households hereabo'ltS anu
tho suuplv is never quite equal Il
the demand.
Vir.inianS are even greater III"
hit eaters than North Cardlhaial,
and Norfolk imports thousands o'
roupds of Western and Canadlli
rabbits annually in season. fappi
farmers in Northeastern Hort'
Carolina would find lively marker
in the tidewater cities Of Virginia
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
NOW We KNOW
HOW THEY MADE
THEIR MONEY
And How They Lose 1.-THE
Ninety Nine Per Cent Learn
How The Other One Per
Cent Lives

Ninety nine per cent OF the
population OF Elizabeth City is
beginning to learn how the
other one per cent lives. fol-
lowing the failure OF !. Leon
Wood & Co.. Norfolk stock
brokers this week.
Six weeks ago the Norfolk hrok-
crage firm of Cobb Bros. & Co. went
bankrupt and a score or more of
local investors were caught ont III
sums varying from $40 to S2I.WN
each. from which they expect tn
recover possibly ten cents on the dol
lar. Monday morning the N"'d
concern blew up and il * pretty
generally known that more Eiiz-
abcth City people were caught III
the Wood crash than in the Cobu
failure.
And 81 il comes about that nlnet!
nine per cent Of the population l.
learning hcw the one per cent lives
Tntil the sensational failure of Cphi
Bros. X co. Il few weeks ago. ihf
average citizen didU't know that
many Of his proSperiug neighbours
were making their pile ny gamblin.
in stocks. He also wondered why
some who should I've prosperous
were forever hr"ke II never dawn
cd on Mr.. Average Citizen that Il lot
IF his neighbours were stock gamh
IerS. rlaying the markets thru tho
brokerage concerns on Plume st.
! Norfolk.
This newspaper published lis
of the local losses iii the failure
of Cobb Bros. 4 statement OF tn
assets and liabilities of the Wrot
rnmpany has not been filed. S"m'
Of the locals reported to have los
heavily 10y the failure this weei
are W. +. Culpepper. Vernon T.
Gregory. ]. II. Leroy aud Alfre'
! Sawyer. There are others whoS'
names will be divulged when TIN
list of unsecured creditors is mad
public.
While the Norfolk newspapers Sil!
inst as little aS possible about tn
failures of that city'S leading brok
er,-e firms. il is known fact th;l
both concerns were wrecked u,
using the moneys of their customer
to pIay the markets for themselves
I'm other words, principals of tn
hankrupt concerns were guilty Q
nothing less than embezzlement
they belong TO that low order q
criminal who. entrusted with IN
stakes i'm a bet Oh II horse race
nuts thp other fellows stakes on
horse of his own and loses tn
money. But the brokerage busineS
is Il type Cf gambling house that
vested with Il certain amolnti "
;respectability and courts. having
proper regard for respectaDllit!
will hardly deal har>hly with then
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25


"Frum now until closing time Sat
ur,iay night. Dec. nth. the women
will have their inning. declared the
Soda .Jcrkcr. indicating with Il
GESTURE of his left hand the crowds
Of women pawin. over the displays
of Christmas thinS".
We are taught in sunday School
that , man child was born oh
Christmas. but you'd think it was 4
-irl baby berauSe Christianity has
sure liberated the women and turn
cd everything over t" them.
"Wbere did YOU get the idea tial
Christianity brought about the
emancipation Of women: asked the
Bank Clerk.
why. I've been taught that ILL
NV life" said the Soda Jerker.
"WelI, YOU just don't know your
history" said the Bank Clerk. 1.-The
historical facts are that women hau
advanced to hi-h state "t culture
and influence under paganism until
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

DIR. EDWIN L. FEREBEE is the
latest addition 10 the medical pro-
fesSion of Elizabeth City. DIR. Fere.
bee, for II years a i'racticing pllysi.
eian in Raleigh. captain Of the
medical corps in the world war. a
post graduate Of Johns Hopkins. the
University Of Pennsylvania and New
NCrk Post Graduate Medical School,
has taken a suite of offices in the
Sanlcrlin Building. corner Of Road
and Fearing StS. DIR. FGeber is a
native of Camden County, a sOn OF
The late Edwin Ferebee. a great
citizen of that county in his day.
Dr. Ferpbee left Camden as a youth,
but. suffering much from an attack
Of influenza about three years ago.
he returned 10 the old homestead
near BeIrross. Having retlu,eratod
frCm his long siege of illness and
Impressed with Elizabeth City. he
decided TO locate here i'm rcSumins
work in his profession.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

see any other way for S~me of those
people 10 make a living. and 50 long
aS Amen Corner brethren are will
ing tu stake them. there will he no
chance to keep some liquor from
being made in Il country 81 in-
accessible aS iS the swamp country
around East Lake"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
THE PASSING OF
THE LIVERY STABLES

The livery stable in Elizabeth
City is fast going the way of the
cid time bar room and in few
wears they will he aS obsolete aS bar
rooms now are. Another livery
stables will give place 10 Il modern
automobile show room when Mrs.
J. y. Kramer hesins to remodel the
old Stable building on COLONIAL Ave.
,,i,psssite the sage entrance Of the
Carolina Theatre. Monday morning
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
MONSTER TURNIP GROWN.
HERE WEIGHS Il POUNI

A turnip weighing nearly y
pounds on display in the windnN
of the Carolina Banking K Trur
Company at this city is about ih'
largest thing in turnip shape .
have been produced in Pasquoia'ih
County.
The turnip was grown by G. L
Owens. a farmer living near tbi'
city. The local firm of X. Z. AD'
bott. takes lot of pride in the fae'
that it was produced with Baush :
Fertilizers.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

''' >'tri1r'i oil Company. of
.'-. I'-., =. 'il"d in federal district
.'' trr"''u> i"ru il answer to
Poe. r' ,Ui' "f =. II. Gates. of
.'..''-''... asking S:D.GtH damages
""a'h e his little son in
0--" ."'N"su q Standard oil
t0 .. a car" iu which the boy
.... ..~~''u.pr.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

--James Dawson. son Of q. f. Daw-
son of the Pinkney section near
GoldSl,oro. died at n store near his
home on Monday evening while fox-
iny with friends. He was about Is
years old. He had not been i'll, and
attended school Oh Monday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

RAYMOND J. COLLlNGSW0RTH
MEET the Assistant Manager anu
Chief Clerk Of the Virginia Dare
Hotel. You don't have TO he around
him long to get acquainted. He's
a hustler. He finished high school
at Is. took two years in Cumberland
College at Williamsburg. NY. AMI
began his hotel career with the
Capital Hotel at Frankfort lay.
The operators Of the chain of hotels
he was working for soon recognized
his talents. and sent him first to
the Cumberland Hotel at Middies-
boro. and then to the Hotel Elliott
at Suffolk. In October he visited
Elizabeth City. liked it. SAW the new
hotel and wanted 10 live here. And
he is here.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

Our service is unrXcelled in
examining eyes and fitting glasses.
DRS. J. u. HATHAWAY, Eye
Sight Specialists. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

Eye strains are the greatest sousee
of nerve waste Of the body. Have
YOUR eyes examined by DRS. J. ID.
HATHAWAY, Eye Sight Specialists.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25

If you suffer from heidaches
let Us examine ycur eyes. l,hS'
], u. HATHAWAY. Eye Slght
c.o;.,,;.,s adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-11-25
IHhl ALL READ TT

Twas in the company Of form
assistant secretary OF the
dii. Hon. Franklin Id. ROOsc-
WI the ether night. IL have
,O' received my copy Of The In
"hndrnt." he informed ire.
bll. have you read it," l asked
i'm.
' rad the Bank Clerk and
We >rUia Jerker." said Mr. ROOse-
'et,