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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11

FRIENDS of Federal Judge ]. NJ.
MeekinS of this city will hardly
agree that the accompanying pen
and ink sketch is a fair likeness of
His Honor. but it is the way he
looks 10 Pctrie, cOrt0Onist for the
New York World. The cartoOnist
sketched the picture in the Federal
Court in New York the other day
while Judge Meekins was in the
midst of the trial of the famous
Eker rum conspiracy in which 10 de-
PENDANTS were charged with COIL
spiracy to smugglc Il cargo of liquor
valued mt more than $2.0OO.OOO into
the United Statcs--the greatest rum
case OH record.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11
NOW WHO'LL DISPUTE 1T?

There is Il saying around Eliz-
abeth City that no woman can work
for the NJ. Leigh Sheep Co. and not
catch husband. Mrs. Sadie f.
Wallace, a former resident of this
city and sometime an employe of
the NJ. Leigh Sheep Go. was mar
ried in Hertford Monday TO Mr..
John W. Stewart Of South Norfolk,
Va.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11
ROAD SIDE GAS.
FIND.
new SIDE LINES
This Newspaper Has Informa-
ton of A New and Alarming
Form of Bootlegging

That numerous waysidc gas
olcnc filling stations thruout
North Carolina are engaged in
the illicit sale OF both abortlve
and aphrodisiacal drugs is in
formation obtained by this
newspaper from what it con-
sidcrs a reliable source.
This newspapers informant is
none other than the proprietor of Il
well known filling station who tells
this newspaper TINT hardly week
goes by that he is not approached
by some travelling salesman offering
a side line Of contrabaud goods in
which there are big profits.
The business began by the sales
men for wholesale drug houses
orders from filling stations
for the common line of rubber con
traccptiveS. Filling stations almost
everywhere are carrying these
things for which they pay about
$500 Il gross and sell at Il profit OF
sol 90 Il gross. Having found enor-
nous profits in this sort of side
line. many filling stations ii is said
have been induced to pat in other
side lines i'm the way OF drugs.
There are drugs represented to pre-
vent conception, other drugs no cX-
rife the female and still others TO
produce greater potency in males.
All of these drugs are poisonous,
uositivcly harmful and absolute
frauds. They are only purveyed
contrary to state and Federal lnws'
bui are utterly worthless for the
pIrpoScs for which they are sold.
except for the psychological effects
momcnturily produced upon the
rrcdulOus and ignorant purchasers.
This newspaper has thru agents
cndeavored to purchase such goods
from filling stations in EllzaDetli
CITY but without result. Most of
the filling stations in Elizabeth City
are in the hands Of men who are
looked upon us above such Illicit
business.
But il is n known fact that
whiskey and cOntraceptivc devices
of n sort are sold by numerous way
side filling stations and inforlna-
tion that these same scOfflawS are
secretly purvrying insidlous ana
dangerous drugs is cause for alarm.
This newspapers informant says
that these drugs are offered by sales
men having connection with at least
one wholesale drughOuSe in Norfolk,
Va. and that hardly Il week goes
by that hc isn't presented with some
proposiiiom Ia increase his profits
by taking on Il new secret side line.
This sort of thing offers the strong
est possible argument for IL State
Const;lbuIary or State Highway
police.
This newspaper is not in the
detective business and offers no coiI-
crete evidence of the business which
if suggests: but here is Il condition
that should nc investigated and
vigorously prosecuted. 1t is Il
known fact that The night Use Of the
automobile has become so fright
fully rotten and indecent that the
evolution of the wayside filling sta
ton into booilrggery Of illicit
drugs is but an ultimate step.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11
COURT NEXT WEEK

A weeks term of Superior Court,
for the trial of Civil cases, will con-
vene Monday in PasquOtank, Judge
Daniels presiding. Another term
for the trial Of beth civil and
criminal cases Ill ergo ,Zcn-
DAY, Marnc ?.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11
TO ASSIST TAX PAYERS IN
FILING INCOME RETURNS

For the purpose of assisting in
come tax payers in filing their i'll
come tax returns, representatives
Of the L. S. Internal Revenue De
partment will sit at Hertford Feb.
% and 26; Edenton. March !, 2
and 3; Elizabeth CITY March q. 20
Is.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11

Because you can sce well, it's no
reason your headaches are not caus-
ed by your eyes. See Drs. Hath
swsy Hinton Rldp ady
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11

Backwardness in children is often
caused by defective vision due to
neglect in consulting an eye special
Isl. G. = =. IT. 60, 81.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11

Did you get yours? 4 Valet Auto
Storp Safety Razor outfit complete,
fee with . wears suh-criptlon,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-11

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

structures within the triangle as soon
as the Government acquires title tc
the land, thus permitting clearance
and grading of the various squares as
they become the property Of the Gov
eminent.
This is in line with the often repeat
ed recommendation that the entire
area be considered as one site, to be
utilized as quickly as the Govern
ment's building program requires and
to be treated meanwhile as a reserve
of space. 1t will avoid the spectacle
so long presented of the Government
standing as owner of conspicuous
buildings which are rented for private
uses of a miscellaneous character.
The long delay i'm utilizing the five.
square site" at the western edge of
the triangle led to an anomalous con-
dition. The United States was placed
in the position of landlord, with its
property used for hotel purposes,
theater purposes. garage uses, food
provision enterprises. mill operations,
various manufacturing industries and
some dwellings.
BY taking the land as whole and
by clearing it up as rapidly as title is
acquired. it will be possible to plan
this space consistently and in con.
formity with the general scheme of
1t has often been urged
that in the treatment of this space
street lines should be ignored
to the end of providing the maximum
units of building area together with
necessary avenues Of approach and
routes between the Sec
tions of the city. The Senate amend.
ment is in the line of the best possible
and it should, without
fail, become a feature of the law which
now appears to be on the point of
enactment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
Making Murder q Pastime.

While the verdict just rendered at
Cincinnati in the case of George
Remus, tried for the murder of his
wife, is not surprising in view of the
manner in which the trial proceeded
and the plea of insanity was developed.
it was nevertheless an additional shock
to the country. The jury in this case
would doubtless have returned a find
ing absolutely clearing the defendant
of the charge and setting him free but
for the instructions of the court, which
held that a verdict of manslaughter or
second-degree murder must at least be
returned unless the jury thought the
defendant to have been insane at the
time of the killing. In these circum.
stances the utmost the jury could do
for Remus was to acquit him of the
murder charge on the ground Of in.
sanity. Under that verdict, if it stands
he may be incarcerated in an institu
ton for the insane, from which, how
ever, he may be later released through
clemency.
The insanity plea has been worked
to the point of weakening public con
fdence in the efficacy of the law which
provides maximum punishment for the
deliberate taking of human life. 1t has
availed in many cases to save FROM
the gallows or electric chair or from
life imprisonment in States where the
death penalty is not prescribed. 1t has
been invoked in many forms. Momen
tary insanity, brain storms" congeni
tai instability Of mind, abnormality o.
various degrees. eccentricity, all have
been worked to the end of condonins
murderous deeds. Alienists have giver
hairsplitting definitions in behalf o
slayers who but for this moderr
method of PRO bdure would surely AM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
swiftly have met the punishments. tina
.t..g.. S~>A- ,x.a,.if

swiftly have met the punishments. that
their deeds merit.
This Cincinnati verdict comes at a
time when the country is greatly
aroused over an abominabie crime of
particularly bestial character that has
| just occurred in Los Angeles. The
slayer of little Marian Parker. for
whom a posse of several thousand peo-
pie is hunting, is evidently from the
known facts an abnormal type.
Only a perverted mind could conceive
such a horror. II he is caught--and
there seems to be bright prospect of
his capture-the insanity defense will
undoubtedly be set up by him or in his
behalf. 1t is already stated that he
was at one time under restraint for
mental irregularity. This possibility,
added to the fiendishness of the crime
itself. has led to an open avowal of
purpose on the part Of many of the
residents of Los Angeles to execute
the slayer without trial, lest he be per-
mitted by some freak of Justice to es-
cape the just punishment for his
frightful deed.
II 1t be true. as some alienists aver,
that every criminal is more or less in
sane, that there is mental unbalance
in every instance of lawbreaking, es-
pecially of a major character. there is
no possible defense on the part of so.
ciety against crime through punish.
ment. This, of course, Is an extreme
view, but not a violent distortion in
view of the numerous instances in
which the insanity defense has been
made to cover murders and outrages
that before this plea was advanced and
received through oversophistication Of
judicial procedure were treated with
the peremptory justice they deserved.
Between ''justifiable homicide" and
the "unwritten law" and the insanity
defense, murder has become almost d
harmless pastime in this country. The
man who takes the law into his own
hands," becoming his own avenger.
settling his own grievances, stands q
good chance to escape at least with his
life IL not with complete liberty and
this is the most shocking part of it
all--with the cheers and adulation of
morbid public and often, as in this
instance in Cincinnati, with the yelling
sympathy of the jury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
UNITED STATES
in WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Deplorable conditions in some of the
Army cantonments will result in a
general shake-up in the Medical Corps
and Gen. Gorgas issues an order to
eliminate all incompetent medical
officers 80 Chairman of the
Shipping Board. appearing before Sen.
ate investigating committee, promises
huge cargo fleet Nine hundred and
ninety-siX ships already contracted for
and 1872 yards are now rushing the
work. Argentine crowds
clamor for war and riots in Buenos
Aires follow publication of latest
Luxburg revelations by Secretary
Lansing. United States Government
expected to demand explanations con.
corning ex-German ENJOYS dispatches.
Italians recapture consider
able portion of ground in the region
of Monte Aso!one on northern front,
recently taken by Austro-Germans
Artillery engagements continued with
undated intensity. Coal
shortage causes Fuel Administrator
Garfield to grant State administrators
sweeping powers and authority to
close 'Iuxuryf industries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

and remarked that colored people
somehow don't make satisfactory
cotton-mill hands. 1.-THE whir and
hum of the looms and spindles,"
Blease explained, "seem to lull them
to sleep" Quoth the President, why
don't you put cotton in their ears?"
One of Washtngtons we'll known
business mems luncheon clubs enter
tanned the other day a score or more
of the foreign Ambassadors and Min
listers accredited to the United States.
A corresponding number of members
were told off to act as individual hosts
to individual ENJOYS. The member
assigned to fetch. and sit alongside,
the Albanian Minister thought the &C.
casion called for two things-first. a
pair Of spats, and, secondly, some
knowledge Of Albania. Having never
worn spats. he made maiden in
vestment therein, and for three
nights brushed up on Albania in the
Encyclopedia Britannica. But some.
thing went wrong, and the Albanian
Minister was not among those pres
ent. At any rate the club now
boasts a member with diplomatic
spats and international knowledge.
Every day is Christmas at the
White House, as far as pardons are
concerned" was the sententious state
ment authorized by the President this
week, when somebody asked if there
was to be shower of Executive
clemency this Yuletide. What Mr..
Coolidge means is that applications
for pardons come before him nearly
every day of the year. During the
fiscal year 1927, 3S2 applications were
sent to the Presidents desk by the
Department of Justice. He granted
221 and denied 161. The veteran par.
don attorney, James A. Finch, did not
submit 537 other applications, be-
cause they were adversely reported
by Federal attorneys and judges. Out
right pardons numbered only 3, and
conditional pardons only 2. The over.
whelming majority of cases in which
Executive clemency was exercised
consisted of pardons to restore civil
rights after sentence was served (83)
and sentences committed (S2).
X X X X
Favored Washingtonians are in re-
ceipt of one of the seasons finest
Christmas cards from the Roosevelt
Club of Boston. 1t is a photograph
size engraving of 'T. r." made by
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing especially for the club from a
picture selected by his family. 1t is
also the portrait of Roosevelt adopted
by the Government for the so-called
presidential gallery. From it Uncle
Sans scent stamp was engraved.
Bob" Washburn, interchangeable presi-
dent of the Roosevelt Club and Cool.
idge biographer in 1924. says, 1T is the
best engraving of Teddy to be had,
not only in the process. but particu-
larly in the force and dignity of the
likeness"
Copyright. 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
Auto Indemnity Approved.

The Washington Chamber of Com
merce last night approved in princi
pie the enactment of a law for the
District providing indemnity for per
sons injured or whose property is dam
aged in automobile accidents for which
they are not responsible. Thus i'm
petus is given to the movement to
sweep the streets clean of the finan
cially irresponsible motorist and sub
stitute in his place the responsible
careful, conscientious and law-abiding
automobile operator.
While the chamber did not specifi
cally approve any form of financial
automobile legislation now in exist
ence. it did intellectually approve
the principle of insurance or bond for
every motorist. instructing it's law
and legislation committee to work in
conjunction with the committee on
police and fire protection and public
safety to draft measure to be intro
duced in Congress with the backing
of the chamber.
Before submitting it's report, the
committee on public safety had made
an intensive survey of the situation
pertaining to automobile insurance
Hearings had been held, with both
proponents and opponents of such a
measure being given an opportunity
to express their views. In this respect
portion of the report, showing the
findings of the committee, is especially
significant:
The misconception due to the un
| fortunate designation compulsory
automobile insurance" to cover q
public indemnity plan for motor
| vehicle operations is responsible fol
such opposition to the plan as is not
| based on extraneous or selfish reasons
Active Endorsement of the principle
of public indemnity is retarded by the
| lack of organization of proponents to
combat the highly trained paid or.
CARNATIONS of the opponents. The
active proponents and supporters OF
the movement are very largely judges
lawyers and public-spirited citizens
those who are most familiar with the
| need for legislation of this character
1t is an unfortunate fact that q
measure so undeniably beneficial to
public welfare must butt the wall OF
selfish interests before 1t can win
through to general adoption. Selfish
ness is at the base Of all opposition to
compulsory insurance--the insurance
companies are afraid of state insur.
ance. the automobile dealers are afraid
that they will sell fewer secondhand
cars, often mere pieces of junk that
menace lives and property by their
ill.conditioned and creaking joints. and
the motorist opponent is fearful lest
he may be burdened with few extra
dollars year for his own protection
and self1shness will fight to the last
ditch against public welfare. 1t is a
crying shame that this is the condi
| ton, but the condition 1t is, and it Ia
essential that those who have no
| axes to grind and are intelligent and
public-spirited should band together
so that the District may have the
benefit of this desirable legislation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

The use of the cat motif on pot
teries of various kinds is strikingly
shown in the stores this Christmas,
There are pitchers with cats climb.
ing over the rims, serving the utili-
tartan purpose of handles; there are
candy Jars surmounted with cats In
defiant poses, and many others.
Most of these articles are the prod
ucts of foreign lands, where the peo-
Piles have lived so long that the cat,
after going through much persecution,
has come to be accorded an honored
place in the body polite.
Those who imagine that only women
like cats will be interested in the fol-
lowing letter. mailed from a local
hotel:
Dear Sir: The writer is travel.
ing man who has occasion frequently
to come to Washington and one of the
first pages l turn to in The Star is
the editorial, TO read your column.
II love cats, and your stories of
Jack Spratt and Nipper touch home.
We have at home six cats. and study.
ing. watching and playing with them
Is one of the things / look forward to
most on my return. / know, that you
must really love your two from the
manner in which you write, and from
their antics they must be very intel.
ligent.
II wonder if would be presuming
to ask as to the sex of Nipper. II a
female and ever has kittens. l would
appreciate having one. AS l come In
contact with many business men In
the city, / am going to leave this
letter unsigned, and Ii you would ex-
press yourself in The Star in the next
few days as to the point mentioned,
further developments could probably
be arranged.
II read today that Nipper eats but
ter. This is indeed strange, but one OF
my cats mas an equally unusual Gus
tom of being fond of celery, while none
of the others will eat it. I wish you
would try celery on Nipper and write
as to his reaction.
Give us more stories OF cats in
your daily column and do not leave
the subject for attention alone to the
Sunday edition. Good wishes to YOU
A Worcesterite from Massachusetts,"
Two no less diverse persons than
Agnes Repplier, the essayist. and Carl
Van Vechten, the novelist, have writ
ten books about cats.
Either 1.-THE Fireside Sphinx" by
Miss Repplier, or THE Tiger in the
House." by Van Vechten, would make
an excellent Christmas present to a
booky person.
After all, there is no present quite
so appropriate to man or woman
who loves to read as a book. This
goes without saying, although its oc.
casional repetition Is helpful.
To the man or woman who likes
cats, there is no more appropriate
book for presentation purposes than
one about the furry friends Of house
and alley.
Catdom has its aristocrats, the Per-
slams, as well as its alley cats, al
though there are many who will pre-
fer the short.haired common cats"
to the long breed.
New England folk have been ia.
NOUS for decades, among other things
for their love of the house cat. They
even have a distinct type up there.
called Maine cats, which differ from
other cats, as far as we know, only
by virtue of a thicker coat and some.
what bushier tails.
The booklover with fondness for
cats will find that the two books
named, with their graceful titles, are
simply the feminine and masculine
treatment Of the same topic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

Lindberghs lone flight from Wash
ington to Mexico City, acclaimed by
the public lien of both nations as the
inspiration for new era of under
standing and friendship between the
republics, has been followed by an
other series of admiring tributes to
the marvellous youth from the Ameri-
can press.
The Pasadena Star.News calls him
the outstanding hero of the times,
and the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
says the public looks upon the young
flyer as the latest human wonder OF
the world" The Philadelphia paper
adds: Col. Lindbergh would Ee the
last to claim for himself any attribute
of a superman. On the contrary, he
insists that, given good equipment and
flying experience, navigation of the
air is reasonably within tho average
gamut of human activities"
HE is the master flyer" declares
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which
proclaims that "his Viking spirit Is
m.atched by his skill" and continues:
1.-THE marvellous in performance seems
but the ordinary with him. lie seems
to know no other way. One day he
was heard of as having TOWN in from
the West to make the trarsoceanic
flight from New York to Paris. The
next heard of him he was on his way
as the Lone Eagle, piercing through
darkness with the courage of destiny.
It was to the credit o. the world that
it was held spellbound. 1t was seeing
a performance the story of which will
20 down through the ages"
of .indhor0h'S
feet performance is found by the ST.
Louis Times in the fact that always
he has been alert, watchful. COM
pletely conversant with the condition
of every bolt and rivet in his airplane.
with its oil feed, with all the details
which must enter into full prepared
ness for rerilous undertakings.
That" says the Times, lis what in
sures success-in most things-pre-
paredness. Lucky Lindbergh is no
more lucky than is the best chess
player in a tournament. He always
thinks ahead and knows what he
thinks about"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
The Triangle Sites.

The bill for the immediate acquisi-
ton of the entire Mall-Avenue TRAN
gle for public building uses, which Is
about to pass the Senate, has been
chsnged by the Senate committee
with an important amendment, which
should and probably will be accepted
by the House. This amendment gives
. the Secretary of the Treasury author.
; ity to proceed to demolish existing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21

From the Boston Herald
The politician who thinks too much
about Serving his party" serves his
party Ill and his country not at all.
There is only one way to serve politi-
cal party, and that Is so to speak and
act as to command public respect.
No honest party ever yet was made
of dishonest men. No party ever yet
held public confidence by arguments
of insincerity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-21
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON

The Day Draws Near.
A month before Christmas
In accents so gay
We shouted, "Shop early!
Make joyous the day."
A week before Christmas
In eager accord,
We search out the presents
The purse can afford.
The day before Christmas
How sad is the lot
OF the man who remembers
The things he's forgot!