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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21

(
HAYWOOD BROUN, coIumnist of
Al the New York World, takes H. L.
Mencken to task for that gentleman's
cheap aspersions on the Negro race,
aspersions delivered in the typically
cheap Menckenian manner. The
Negroes have nothing to kick about
now since they are recognized soci-
ally, declares the inverted Baltimore
Rabbit. Yes, nothing except rather
unpleasant susceptibility to lynching
at the hands Of white imbeciles who
express in action the contempt which
prosperous cynics like Mencken have
for prosecuted races and exploited
workers. The Negro masses will
not be content with having some of
their petty bourgeois minded intel
lectuals treated as pets in certain
bourgeois drawing rooms.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21
PARTY ACTIVITIES
NEW YoRK-NEw JERSEY
Open Air Meetings Tonight

Second Ave. and 10th st. Speak
ers: Cowl, Paterson, Garrett, Powers
Goldberg, Raiss and B. Rubin.
St. AIMS Ave. and 138th St. Speak
ers: Baum, Claim, Evans and Nc
Donald.
Mermaid Ave. and West 25th st.
Coney Island. Speakers: Bimba, Ehr-
Itch and Powers.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21
Important Notice.

ALL MATERIAL FOR THE
DAILY WORKER CARNIVAL MUST
RE DELIVERED TO ROOM SIS, 10S
EAST 14TH STREET, NOT LATER
THAN FRIDAY NIGHT.
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have dug up just as good an excuse
for divorce had her present husband
secured her affections under less I'M
usual circumstances. According to
the bill of particulars Miss Dean was
looking intently at the ground for
tell-tale footprints when Mr.. Ander-
son gallantly Offered assistance.
Being young and trusting Miss Dean
accepted, whereupon the deceitful
male drove her into the barbarous
state of Nevada where one can get
married as expeditiously as one can
get a divorce.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-21

WE have the richest secretary of any
I" treasury in the world. We should
be proud. He is Andrew Mellon,
whose liquor warmed the cookies of
many sluggish heart in the days
before the Volstead blight brought
sunshine into the home of many
sleuth who would have to peddle his
services to ordinary detective agen-
cies if the government hadn't gone
into the business on large scale.
The Mellon family controls sixty-five
corporations, including six banks, the
Aluminium Company Of North Amer
lea, the Gulf Refining Company and
several other gigantic enterprises.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
100000 LOAN!
FOR new HOTEL
TFORTHCOMINC
-
Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co. Money To Finish The
Virginia Dare

'"IIbw Elizabeth City will
build a S575,O0O community
hotel with only $355,OOO of
capital stock subscribed is no
longer a secret. The rest of
| the money, or at least SZOO,OOO
| of it, will be Forthcoming thru
a loan consummatcd this week
with the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co., Of New York, thru
the Southern Trust Co. Of this
city.
The plans for the hotel called for
a far more pretentiOus structure
than local stock subscriptions justi-
fled and the directors of the hotel
CORPORATION wrpstlcd for u time
with the problem Of where to get
additional money.
In the meantime work has pro-
ccrtlrd on the hotel with confidence
that the money would be forthcom-
ing. More than $155.000 of the Ori-
ginal stock subscriptions have been
collected and expended on the pro-
icct TO date and the frame work Of
the hotel is towering six floors above
the street this week with every pros
pcct of the ninth floor being poured
by the first Of April.
The contractors insist that the
hotel will be completed by the first
of September.
Geo. VI. Crump. vice president of
the William FOOr Hotel Operating
Corp. leSSccS of the Virginia Dare
Hotel, was in town this week in
conference with the directors of the
hotel corporation. When he left it
was understood that there would he
no changes in the lease. The Will
liam FOor company will run the
hotel.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
THAT WOODROW WILSON ESSAY CONTEST

Tho Bank Clerk smiled grimly as
he lUitcrcd at the soda fountain the
other morning and contemplated the
growing height of Elizabeth City's
new community hotel.
"Why do You Smilc:' asked his
pal the Soda Jcrkcr.
"Our hotel is going to bc nine
stories high" said the Bank Clerk,
"And was just thinking Of the old
warm about the travelling man who
married and took his bride on one
of his regular trips with him.
This drummer had been deuce
of romder in his day and was
notorious for his escapades in every
hotel in every town in his territory.
lie landed in Il certain little town
with his bride and put up at the
hotel for the night. The next morn
ing he came out Of the local hOSpl-
tai on crutchcs and his head all
bandaged. Some one asked him
what had happened to him. He
said: After my wife aud l retired
last night some one knocked on our
room door and / forgot myself anu
Jumped out the window
"If he should forget himself and
jump out of the top story window
of our hotel when it's completed,
he wouldn't be hObblins around
next day to tell the tale"
But the Soda Jerker had some
ting else on his mind. He fished
q circular out of his pocket anu
passed it over to the Bank Clerk.
Here's IL chance to make $2o,OOO,"
he said. 1.-THE Woodrow Wilson
Foundation is Offering two prizes OF
$50, 900 each for the best two essays
on Woodrow Wilson. / wonder IL
we can't get one Of those prizes!
Il am not interested" said the
Bank Clerk. Il am not interested
because I am utterly disgusted with
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
RUCKER & SHELLY co.
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAY
Twenty.fourth Anniversary Sale Il
Big Shopping Event in The
City This Week

4 shopping event of genuine in-
tcrcSt this week is the big oath An
nivcrSary Sale of Rucker Il Shrely
Company. II is big news for shop
pers when Rucker 4 Shcely an
nounce an annual sale and Il birth
day sale is doubly interesting.
The Rucker l. Shecly store has
been remarkably successful in the
less than quarter of Il century of
its existence. 1t began business on
lowe Main Street in 1903, with
the partnership of Alfred j. Rucker
and W. +. Shcely. Mr.. Ruckcr later
sold his interest to Miss Mary Lou
Sawyer. and Miss Efrie J. Sawyer.
who were connected with the firm.
and removed to Petersburg, va. .to
enter business.
The store moved into its present
location in 1911. In 1915, Raymond
Il. Sheely. son of W. f.. Shecly waS
admitted to the partnership and is
the active head of the firm. The
store reports Il continued growth
during every year Of its career. Its
formula might be expressed simply :
Tell people what you have, and have
it when they come for it. Train
salespcOplc to know the needs of the
customers. and to get what they
want; give them Il square deal, and
show your personal interest in ever
transaction, for each sale, 10 mat
ter how insignificant, plays its part
in the building or tearing down the
reputation of Il firm.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
VIRGINIA DARE TRAIL
MEETING HERE APRIL S
To Petition State Highway Com.
mission to Designate Old Indian
Trail AS Such

Northeastern North Carolina may
become one of the best known tour,
isl sections in the country, by vir-
tue Of It's early historical interest,
and It's scenic beauty. its sports and
rccreatiomHl appeal. if plans now
underway to advertise il. go thru
all right. \ meeting for the fOrma
tion of an organization to be known
rs the Virginia Dare Highway ASsO-
ciatiOn. will bc held in this city
Tuesday. April ; at eight o'clock in
the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
Many representative citizens of
EdentOn. Hertford. Elizabeth City,
Camden. Currituck, Manteo and in
tefvpniug pt,iaits wills'bc invited to
attend. and the project outlined is
briefly. to ask the state Highway
Commission to dedicate the 100
miles of State highway between
Edcnton and Point llarbor in Cur
rituck aS the Virginia Dare high
way: to prepare in Illustrated book
let of this route to be distributed
TO tourists thruOut the country. and
TO advertise and mark this rOatc
from end to end.
Bridge i'm June will make this sec
ton accessible to the motorists Of
the state for the first time. The
bridge opening comes at the begin
ming of the tourist season, which
makes the project all the more ap-
praling.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

the cheap and vulgar business of
bribing the American public 10 write
greatness into the life of Woodrow
Wilson.
"WoudrOw Wilson was Il great
man or hc wasn't great. If he is as
great as his admirers think he was,
then history will take care of him
vii hout his friends having TO spend
500. 900 for ESSAYS to impress his
character and idcalism upon the
youth Of the land. If he is not the
great personality he has been crack
cd up TO bc. then the expenditure
Of $4,000 for prize essays to make
him great is Il crime against all thI
dictates of dcccncy and good man-
nerS. 1t is like trying TO buy Il
niche in the hall of fame for poll
teal favOritc.
"NO money prizes were ever ncccs-
Sary TO fix the place Of Washing
ton. Jefferson, Franklin, Lincoln,
and Leo in the history of America
or in the hearts and minds of their
cOuntrymcn. In my opinion moth
ing could cheaper Woodrow Wilson
more in the minds of historians Of
the future than for them to seek the
measure of his influence upon the
young men and women of his era
in great tones of essays inspired
by a desire for $4,000 in cash.
TT would he interesting indeed
to follow up the winners of the prize
essays on What Woodrow Wilson
Means to Me-" and see how their
own lives measure up in the end"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
RUFUS THINKS COOLIDGE
SHOULD SEE HIM TOO

Rufus Jones. cOlored farmer
who lives at lndiantOwn, over in
Camden County. is looking for Carl
Goerch. The Washington, \. G.
newspaper man who secured an in
tcrview with President Coolidge
for old man Reuben Bland, the
Martin County farmer who sired 30
offsprings. Rufus wife gave birth
to triplets last week and Rufus
thinks the President should see him
too. Will some one please page
Carl Goerch nnd Lindaav Warren.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
FOUR DAY FOOD
SHOW IN APRIL
Town Has So Many Shows,
1t Needs Big Show
Building

Plans ior a pure food show
at this city under the auspices
of the Chamber of Commerce
April l5 to 10 revive talk OF
the need for a large building
planned especially for exhibit
tion purposes. The town is al
WAYS handicapped for need OF
room for ceremonies, cclcbra-
tions and exhibitions. and it Is
believed that the investment OF
1 few thousand dollars would
pav for itself in Il short time.
Elizabeth City will hold its pure
food show in the city market, blt
the market is wocfully inadequate
in size. aS was demonstrated when
the last pure food show was held.
Some VINO HdNt ShSS'H''" '
buildin" have considered the ad-
Visibility of erecting it near the
Norfolk Southern tracks where 1t
could be used for storage purposes
when not needed for celebrations,
thereby increasing the revenue.
Plans are going ahead for the
pure food show, and local whole
saIrrS are shown" much interest i'll
their preparations. n feature or
the show will hc the exhibits of
"aS and electric modern cooking
and household appliances. as shown
bv Quinn Furniture Company. W.
f.. Brattcn. the Gas Company anu
ID. Ray Kramer.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
|FIVECALLONSOF
CORN MAY COST
HIM $l,76O.3
The Most Expensive Distilla'
ton of Record in Eastern
North Carolina

T1cTe IS SOlllCtlllllS VI SldFS
concern to the manufacturers
Of moonshinc liquor in North
Carolina and elsewhere. The
troubles of those who arc con-
victcd of making liquor will not
end with their conviction in the
Federal Court. AS soon as the
courts convicts them the U. S.
Treasury Department pur-
poses to pouncc upon them Tor
the collection Of taxes.
And all because the passage OF
the 18th Amendment and the Vol
stead Act didn't repeal the internal
revenue acts. The internal revenue
act requiring distillers TO pay a tax
of 81 900 IL year on q still and $6.p
per proof gallon for every gallon or
liquor they make is still on the
books.
4 ease came up in u Federal Court
in the Eastern District of North
Carolina recently in which it was
proved that humble and harmless
citizen had rugged himself up Il little
still and made five gallons Of liquor
for his personal use. That was all.
He pleaded guilty and, because he
had good reputation. the court
let him off with IL suspended sch
tpnce. lie paid the court costs, paid
off his lawyer and went home think
ing il had cost him enough at that,
especially in view of the fact that
the prohibition officers had busted
up his little still and cOnfiscated all
of his liquor.
But that wasn't the end of 1t.
Now comes the l.. $. Treasury De
partment with a bill against this
astonished citizen for $1,76O,3O due
the government in taxes for his little
venture. The bill is figured this
way:
1t WAS proved that he had his still
for ten months. The tax for operat-
ing Il distillery is $1,000 Il year un-
der See. 1901 Of the L. s. Internal
Revenue Act of 1921, and this is
doubled in the case Of those VINO
fail to report their stills, under
See. 35 Title III of the National Pro-
hibition Act. And so the govern
mcnt's bill for taxes for the opera
ton of Il still for ten months was
81. .6GG.67. .... -.
Now is was proven that the man
made the still himself and there is
tax of $50 year on manufactn-
rrs of~stills, under Sec 3244 of the
Revised Statutes of the U. S. His
bill for taxes for 10 months as
manufactures of stills was for
$41.G7.
Then there is a tax of Sc 40 Il gal
Ion on each gallon of proof spirits
manufactured, under Sec. 600 of the
L. S. Internal Revenue Act. The
treasury department demands So
for taxes OH the five gallons OF
liquor the citizen made.
And then, some busy official found
another little item Of $50 due the
Treasury Department for something
else that q distiller is supposed TO
pay.
And so the citizen who made five
gallons of hOOtch and got off i'll
court with a suspended sentence Is
being bcdevilcd by internal revenue
collectors who expect him to pay
$1.760.34. after the prohibition Of
riccrs got his still and his liquor
and after the court and his lawyer
got all his ready cash.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

business they can be about.
Millions Of Protestant Americans
who ought To- be about better buSl-
hess are trying to make life miScr-
able for Il lot of Catholics. Anu
Catholicism will work harder, pray
harder and spend its money more
generously than ever i'll the further
amce Of its cause.
There are only about 5000 Cath
Olic> i'm North Carolina today,
With Ku Kluckcry to make them
aggressive and militant we shall
have ten times 6.0OO Catholics in
North Carolina in another decade.
And that is another reason why l
oppose. and shall continue to OPP
pose the Ku Klux klan i'll North
Carolina.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
PASQUOTANK COURT

Superior Court in PasquOtank
County will convene Monday, the 2l
for Il two weeks term. Judge Daniels
presiding. 1t is ordinarily mixed
term. but it is believed the great
of minor criminal cases
docketed for trial. will take up the
whole period.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

(ONRAD bAiLr1
ONLY two Elizabeth City boys have
been honored with admission to the
Pine Burr Society. an h.nOrary
scholastic society at State College.
the one being Clyde GregsOn, and
the other Conrad u. Bailey, who
was admitted the other day. Be
fore student can he a member OF
this society he must have never fail
ed % subject: he must have had an
average of 50 for two and half
years: he must be working for a
college degree: must be active in
some prominent phase of college
life; and he must be an all-rOund
good fellow. Young Bailey who is
a student of the Depart of Archi-
lecture. is the SOn of Mr.. and Mrs.
{. {. Bailey of Riverside Avenue,
and he doesn't mind work.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
Cut or From The World

The history of the liquor industry
i'm East Lake might be said to datc
back long before prohibition. 1t is
Il story with many ramificationS.
Originally East Lake WAS part oi
Tyrrcll. and the most inaccessible
part nf that county. The people
were isolated from their county
seat. and conditions were bettered
but little when the section joined
Dare. Ii was IL great section of VIZ
gin pine ami juniper forests. us
Continued on page FOur)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
HIGH PRAISE FOR
SAUNDERS EDITORIALS
AsbuIy Park, n. j.
Mar. IL, 1927.

.hoput N'"f 49, ~
Mar. II, 1927.
Mr.. w. o. Saunders,
Elizabeth City, N. &.
Dear MIR. Saunders:
l inclOse $500 for which please
send me five copies of the book
Of The Bank Clerk and The Soda
Jerker. l want to tell you at
this time that / have been read.
ing with extreme interest your
editorials. Without any desire TO
flatter you, for l believe you are
big enough not to be effected BY
flattery, l want to say l do not
believe there are any finer edi-
torials being rum in this country
to-day than those you are respOn-
sible for. The Elizabeth City In
dependent should have a tremen-
lous nation wide circulation.
Sincerely yours.
FRANK STICK.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
WHEN EAST LAKE LOST
REGARD FOR THE LAW
Their Resources Dwindled as They Fought Big
Corporations; Employment Ceased, and
Prohibition Offered The Big Chance

East Lake today is in tur-
moil. Its far-famed industry is
crippled. Paralyzed by forces
that outnumber his own, King
Corn has temporarily abdicat-
cd the throne he has held un-
disputed for eight years or
more. and before the terrific
onSlaushtS OF Federal agents
in the past week. he lied far
back into the impcnctrablc
businesses Of the Alligator
River >wampS.
King Corn has fled. but hopeful
Of recovering from the heaviest
blow ever dealt his solar plcNllS. n
dozen stills fell last Friday before
the attack of nearly 20 Federal
AGENTS. under command of Capt.
4 G.. MrDulric of Fayetteville. VINO
invaded the Swamp> with the assist
anc,. of Il I:-foot vessel uf the Coast
Guard rum fleet. commanded by
Cant. Glenn Willis. Capt. McDut-
ric had learned how news of Il raid
can leak out thru Elizabeth City.
and he planned his attack from New
Bern this time. Part of his force
~ officers assembled at Manteo.
went i'm the night Ia the East Lake
Section. and made their way under
cover of darkness TO Mill Tail Creek
q narrow and tUrtuou> waterway,
where NEST of the stills were found.
They did not invade the shores ot
South Lake and East Lake. hut
saved these lakes for the last. ana
were hopeful of raiding the giant
Holmes Still aS the closing ana
crowning achievement of their cam
paign.
The diStillerS blamc it all one one
Joshua Rclfe of Elizabeth CITY.
Relfe recently went over to the Bui-
faIo C'ity section and worked Tor
nuite Il while. He came back 10
Elizabeth City and is said to nave
conferred frequently with Federal
officers London and RatlcdSe 1T
this city. SO well organized l. the
system of espionage maintained ID!
the diStillerS. that aS far back aS
two weeks before the raid. they got
wind Of Relies work. aEd were
openly complaining that he nd
made maps of the section. ana had
spotted every still on Mill Tai
Creek, To- aid the officers when the
raid should take place. 1t Is sal"
that Rclfe will not 20 again soon
To RuffalO City alone.
The East I.akprS are expecting
the worst. \ Federal officer on the
Manteo boat the week of the rald'
matlp his bodSt tiaL III "p'''" WV
out the liquor industry i'll the East
Lake section. The work Of raidlhS
GOES on this week, and it Is bcllcF-
cd that most of the stills on the
lakes will be effcctnally crippled.
Eut the officers looked in vain Tor
the tabled Hidden city. about
which 80 much has been said. Ihere
is no such place. The stills are
located - 10 100 yards from the
waterways. with no shelter, or COM
forts, and few Of them are far
from human habitation. Most ot
them are said to he near. the farms
nf rho owners
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

Use Your eyes but do not abuse
them. When you discern Il hint of
dimncSS. Il tired feeling, and ache
in the cye-balls or repeated head
aches. bc warned-its Natures cry
for help. Let Us examine your Eyes.
DIR. ]. u HATHAWAY, Eye Speci-
aliStG. #
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

When the eyes itch, burn, smart
or ache, there is something needed
besides q rub. You can't remove
eye defects with rub of the fling
er. Our scientific examination will
reveal the cause. DIR. j. =. HATH
AWAY. Eve Snecialistr. =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

You can waste more nerve energy
through defective eyes than by any
other human channel. See DIR. j.
u. HATHAWAY, Eye Specialists.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

TOM ETERIDGE to night about l5 months
i'm l. fairly contencd mind His happy family consisted of a
wife his surprise and CONSERVATION OH being
awakened night TO the startling information
that the number of his doubled Here the proof Misses
Annie Amanda daughters The young ladies out
riding an called their picture and row
ing strong sunlight Roanoke Island March afternoon They
make quite an Mrs. Ecridge who weighs 0S pounds
tereabou Annie and is Amanda hut which, is the problem
them except their mother and their grandfather
former Sheriff 4. H. Etheridgc
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18

WANTED-Good, clean rags,
VIII pay Sc pound, no strings.
THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-03-18
. ~
| TODAY
AND
ro.MoRRoW \!
By Nv. O."
Catholics in North
Carolina
~ wv. O."

[.,,nptre,l by any law .,n.rI%ir ,",.lpJ,,
'naaI' ~ IisrloSc its membership
Il .Im.r its public cerrn'oU'
Of ,U, ,.,-,,lcs without masks the
lnd U; rI,n may be- expected I"
hIu, .,r = while longer in parts
'Sa " r,,roIina. Aud the more
N0I.1 .',s< or the more tlonrlSheS
'a.' ,hs stronger will grow tue
aIs'' T., ,ane ,g Of implan,in= Roma"
s'n a.,,m rr' sOlidly in North caro-
'',,,,'u .o' Of the few states j" the the
'Df IN which Catholicism has
mad, a. a con>idcrahI" showing
H., rit.lc concerns the greedy, !DS;
,n. scl,l4lisgiuS na''"''a'
/. a: ,bc Khan aud what ,' Is '.,ps1, apsUl
S,,..,mprchrn>ihlr To the small
f. of i,< followers thruout the
y, !, thr fact that prr>rcu'
| : The life ot religion.
! rsi,e mans world to-day Is
.,.;,r instead Of Mi,hrair. Zorro
s,r or Buddhi>iic because
;si,ri,y and Judaism. its moih,
,,,, hyr the most per>ecuted
:,a> ,crt> on earth.
r.y> were >ur,r>>iv"ly per
H., rr,lpr the Egyptians. the
I.,,i,r< The prrSianS and the
t., And the more they were
[..,,,.I ,hr tighter they stuck
III, gd and their prophets
,onr. their religion might have
,ir.I ~ only au iuriden, in their
/: under much lnrr>> it became
,.,,, ,l,>,.>>iuu nj their lives.
,,,rr ,br lash Of m>ympathctic
drivers building pyramids "n
| hanks of the Nile: under not
r-rpl task masters. baking
\ and digging canals an the
mains Of Babylon: proddcd by
sears Of The soldiers nf Cyrus
every i.nominiou> form Of
aI aEor: ground under the
s oi Roman tax gatherer$ at Il
r.riod: Judaism >Wcatcti
kDl prayed AMI dreamed of Il
sSiah that would deliver il from
armir> anI change it> mi>er-
swia, and economic status. not
kOup after world. but in the here
IVw.