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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
WILL PROBABLY RETAIN
TWO SAWYERS on BOARD

The rrappointment of two mem
hers whose terms expire this month
OF the Elizabeth City school board
lis looked npon as likely ut Mon
day nights meeting of the City
Council when this business comes
up.
A canvass of leading members
of the city council indicates Il favor
able opinion of MeSSrS. J. &. Sawyer
and BaSrun :. Sawyer, and those
cxpreSSin" themselves hold to the
opinion that both men are valu-
able men who seem to them to he
more desirable for the places than
any others who have been suggest
ed. in view of their past records
and experience.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
EVEN A CATFISH
HOLDS RESPECT
WHEN UNKNOWN
This Unholy Fish An Import
ant Industry-Expert Cal
SINNERS Making as
High as SAT a Day

Strange things do come t.
pass. A growing industry IT.
Elizabeth City is the handling
of catfish, the most lowly and
despised member of the finny
tribes that inhabit the waters
of northeastern North Caro-
lima. The preparing of these
fish for market calls for a de.
gree of skilled labor that de-
mands an income to excite the
admiration and envy of the
most high-collal ed, white
shirted bank clerk in Elizabeth
City.
A lone negro labOrer who answers
to the name Of Pat Mitchell, work
ing on the wharves of the Globe Fish
Company in this city, is acknow,
ledged to he the champion catfish
skinner of the world. He has been
known to drawn down as high as
SIT for Il single days work, more
than Il bank president gets in salary
even, according to Capt. Bill Bar
nett, veteran fisherman connected
with this firm.
/ Most people look upon the catfish
as a vile and hideOus scavenger OF
the waterfront. His habits are well
known to all who know the FISHING
findustry. Fishermen's wives do not
allow him in their homes. He is
not good to look at. His mouth Is
emblematic Nf the most meddle-
some and irresponsible gossip in the
community: his hide is slick as an
eeTs and aS umpreposessing as Il
toad's. and he wears around his
neck a collar protected by three
dangerous looking thOrns that are
the terror of every barefooted boy
/. that patrols the waterfront. a
puncture from one of these thornS
on Il decaying catfish head has
often resulted in serious case vi
lockiaw. and sometimes death.
The scavenger-like prOpensitles
of the catfish, who is happiest ami
thriyes best when camped abou .
Ilthe outlets of the sewers have made
I him complete outcast. Such
habits if mentioned i'll the same
breath with the finest, most tasty
and highly respected oysters would
result to his complete disTedit and
castigation. were the oyster
!suspected in the least degree there
of. But under the uncouth hid"
of the catfish Is some of the thick
fest. Sweetest fastest flakes Of meat
that thrivas in the sea, if one can
forget he o. is eating catfish. The
catfish is like the small town ne'er
do-well. He has no standing at
home. and nobody is willing to give
Continued on Page Three)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
che BANK CLERK Aso TuG SOOA uGPKeR
HE'LL SAY 1T OR BUST

;cat and settled down for an even
ing's entertainment. But there
came an intermiSSiOI and he took Il
notion to 20 out and take Il smoke.
He left his hat in the seat and ask
ed Il woman sitting next to him to
try to hold his seat for him until
he came back. lie walked mill
or more up and down ana around
the immense place, thru all sorts OF
corridors. lObbies. lounge rooms. tea
rooms, art galleries and all The rest
of it and managed after Il time TO
find the mems lavatory.
"Having found the lavatOry he
discovered that he had lost his bear
ings and it was with the greatest
difficulty that he worked his way
back to the seat where he had left
his hat. He had missed three big
numbers on the bill before he locat-
ed that seat and his hat.
"He WAS perspiring freely from
the eXertiOn of traverSing the mag
nificent distances when he sat
down in his seat at last and thank
ed the lady next to him for holding
the seat for him.
"Thc lady remarked that he had
been out long time and asked him
If he had been all over the theatre
w. o. mopped his bald head Il
second time and said:
/ ".No'm, l haven't been all over it
yet: / only got to the tail end.
(Why not get tho beoi OF the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, a
choice collection of their rich and
racy arguments? so cents by mai.)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
BANKS REPORT GREAT
INCREASE IN DEPOSITS
Better Financial Condition of Section Reflected
in Deposits of Nearly $2,000,000 More;
banks All Repay Borrowings

Statements of Elizabeth City
banks as of June 80, which go
into the hands of stockholders
today, will show betterment
of nearly two million dollars
in the financial conditions of
the banks. The banks report
total deposits of $6,lll,735.O3
as of June 27, an increase in de-
posits of well over a million
dollars since March 23.
Not only Is this gratifying gain
shown. but the statements will show
no borrowed money in any banks
of this city. Comparison Of state
ments will show that the banks
have paid back more than three
quarters of a million dollars In bor-
rowed money since March %, or ap-
proximately $3.50, 429.
A total gain of only a little over
a half million dollars will be shown
In the resources however, Of the
banks, by reason Of the fact that
the banks have paid back nearly a
miflESn of borrowed money but
this means that the banks are In far
better condition than ever, as is the
business situation In Elizabeth City.
And Elizabeth City can give
thanks to King Spud for the great
prosperity prevailing in this sec
tion at present, as revealed by the
conditions of the banks.
Officials of the banks all express
pleasure with the showing their
reports will make at this time.
"Our statement will show no
money borrowed, and compared with
deposits just mt the beginning OF
the potato season when heavy with
drawals were made in preparation
for marketing the crop, we believe
We have a gain of $500, 900 or more
in deposits" says W. e. Griffin,
Assistant Cashier Of the First &
Citizens National.
THE farmers are in better spirits
than In many day." Mr.. Griffin
continues. They are looking for
Continued on page Ffve)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

1--WE got one on w. o." said the
Bank Clerk to his friend the Soda
Jerker.
"Tell it to me. said the Soda
Jerker.
"IIe went to New York the other
day and got lost" said the Bank
Clerk.
"Tell me some more said the
Soda Jerker.
"Yes sir, w. o. went up TO New
York and got lost N one of those
new moving picture palaces. Any
one who hasn't been TO New York
recently has no conception of the
cnOrmity and righteousness OF New
York's newest moving picture
houses. the Roxy and the PARA
mount.
"The Roxy. huilt ut cost of more
than ten million dollars. sealing
D.ZUb people ullt WIN i''''
lounge room space for thousands
more. looks more like a big cathe-
dral than theatre. The Para
mount is equally as big and possibly
more ornate.
"These new movie palaces not
only show the latest moving pic
lures with pipe organ and orchestra
effects: they put on a number OF
big shows between pictures as well.
The Roxy has Il symphony orches-
ira of 40 pieces. big jazz orches'
ira besides, IL chorus of about uo
voices and a big ballet chorus TO
boot. The Paramount tried 10 gu
the Roxy one better by employing
Paul Whiteman's orchestra i'll ad'
dition- to its own big symphony
orchestra and the biggest pipe organ
in the world.
'Well, w. o. got into the Para
mount got himself Q good orchestra
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
THEY ARE GOING
AFTER A. REAL
VACATION TRIP

Fivefsplendid girls and young
women readers of this news
paper have already gotten
under way in a newspaper en-
terprise that will give them a
glorious summer vacation and
a lot of desirable spending
money besides. They are Mrs.
H. V. Moulton, Jr, of St.
Brides, Va; Miss Mary Lucille
Jones, of Edenton; Misses
Mildren Nachman and Mary
Lucille Broughton, of Hertford
and Miss Sarah Sawyer of Eilz-
abeth City.
These young ladies and a score Of
others may have their choice of a
vacation trip to Atlantic City or
Niagara Falls. or a week in Wash
ington or at the new Cavalier Hotel
Mt Virginia Beach, all expenses paid
in return for little spare time
work given this newspaper.
Work is not the name for 1t. More
than a dozen young women who
entered a similar campaign con-
Quoted by this newspaper last sum-
mer say they never had more fun
i'm their lives.
This is to be no newspaper con-
test. Newspaper contests as a rule
are heart-breaking subscription
schemes when they are not out and
out swindles. These newspaper
contests as Il rule are conducted by
ruthless outsiders who are in the
game for all they get out Of 1t and
who leave town between midnight
and day after they have disappoint-
ed most of the girls who have been
duped into working for them. Moth.
ing like that on this newspaper.
This newspaper will enable only q
! limited number Of girls to get
great vacation trip with all expens-
es paid. The offer is open to girls
| in Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck,
Gates, Tyrrell. Washington, Dare,
Hyde, BERTHE and Beaufort. Girls
who want to avail themselves OF
the offer should act quickly before
all territory is taken.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
Fine Tribute
Paid to Young
Business Man

Stockholders Of the Eliz
abeth City Hotel Corp. paid a
deserved tribute 10 their prcSi-
dent {. O. Robinson IN a
unanimous resolution OF appre-
citation ior his services which
was telegtaphed 10 him Mon
day night following the inst
annual meeting of the stock
holders.
The meeting Monday night was
for the purpose of erecting boa'd
Of directors for the ensuing year
The original directors were con
tinIef il Office by unanimous ac-
claim. And then came reric" "t
tbc work that had neen done OH the
hotel to date. In the opinion "f
every stakeholder president {. %.
Robinson. head of the hotel com
pany has rendered the Stockholders
and the community Il service OF Ill
estimable value.
IL am personally familiar with
thc amount of work that Mr. Rohln
son has put in on this hotel job,
said W. Il. Culpepler. who Is Il
building expert himself, "and | tie
clare that never SAW Il man hanu'e
any job with more thoroneSS, more
ability and more minute attention
to every detail
"Wc couldn't have hired an execu
aiyr mt S2O.OO0 Il year to have done
the work that Charlie Robinson has
done for this hotel" said Wesley
Foreman.
And then Marshall Gallop spoke
ND: II have been aStOmded by Mr..
RObinSon's energy. aStuteneSs anu
loyalty. | never saw a man CIV
50 much Of himself to job and no
his work so we'll
"It has been said that any grca'
institution is but the heightened
shadow of an individual. That ap'
plies to Elizabeth City'S Virginia
Dare Hotel: it has been c. o. Rob
inson's job from start to finish anu
those who have worked with hln
have marveled at tireleSSness ana
commOnscnse. Here is one of EllZ
abeth City's business men, conduct
ing a biz wholesale business. run
ming hosiery mill. establishing
flourishin" pecan orchards, farm
ing on a pretentious scale and thel
somehow managing to give often IL
much as eight to twelve hours a day
without pay to the business OF sec
ing that some 500 stockholders ii
Elizabeth City's big communit.
hotel get dollar for dollar value IL
the great community enterprise Ii
which they have invested.
Young Mr.. Robinson was not Il
lMontlay migh fs meeting He Is
having Il little outing with his fam
lily ut Camp Sesquoyah near Ashc
vile
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

believe in closing one afternoon TIVE.
but preferred Wednesday. The TWO
factions couldn't get together, each
adopting their own day.
Its the only town in the Unite
States that closes two days Il week.
and it looks to me like poor Organi
ZatiOn for Il town Of your preten-
siOnS and enterprises. when your
business men can't get together
any better than that" said Oil"
visitor here yesterday. Il don't see
how your town can expect to keep
business, much less develop more.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
SHIPS BIG BALD EAGLE
TO GOVERNOR SMITH

A bald eagle. a rare bird i'll these
parts. caught by Henry Ross OF
Fort Landing, y. c., came up to
Elizabeth City this week in a crate,
consigned to Governor Alfred f..
Smith of New York. What Cover
nor Smith can do with u bald eagle
we are left to conjecture. He prob
ably will turn it over to zoo.
The bald eagle is rare, wary and
elusive bird, avoiding the haunts Ot
civilized men. They are occasional
ly found i'm the wilds of Tyrrell,
Dare and Hyde counties. The one
shipped to lGovernoir ssmish was
described as IL magnificent speci-
men
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
1T PAYS TO ADVERTISE

Il got a couple of mail orders in
this mail, and both Of them said
they saw my advertisement in The
Independent" said Oliver Gilbert
bne morning this week. 1T makes
me feel good to get business like
that. and I know people read my
ads"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
EDENTON HASSERI0US
WATER SHORTAGE
Its New Hotel Hinton Must Delay Opening
Because City Faces An Alarming
Water Famine

Edenton'S new and modern
Hotel Hinton. advertised to
open on July 4. may not open
until Sept. | or a later date.
They can't get enough water
in Edcnton to flush a toilet or
ill a bath tub above the ground
floor. Edcnton is threatened
with an alarming water famine,
the health OF its population en-
dangercd and its fire hazard
increased beyond comfort.
Edenton is dependent for its
public water supply upon an artes-
ian well driven about 2:i years ago.
That well is going dry: it is not
providing enough water to-day to
begin to fill the towns 10000 gal
Ion water tank \ new tank rec
entity purchased might just aS we'll
have not been installed. there is no
water TO fill it.
EdentonianS are having to carry
pals of water upstairs To flush their
commOdcS and they have To 30 TO
the river to take an all over bath.
4 beauty parlor on the second floor
of the beautiful Citizens Bank build
iu- is moving out because it can't
get water as high up aS the second
floor
In haste 10 relieve the situation
the city fathers have contracted for
another artesian well which is be-
i'm. drilled now. But ut Il depth of
2SD feet the drills have struck rock
and il is said that there is no pros
pect of the well being completed
before the first Of September. And
when it is completed it will he only
another arteSian well. ArteSian
wells are tickle: they have Il way
of playing out unexpectedly. This
new well is costing the town about
$4,000.
lust a short distance from Eden
ton is Pembroke Greek. one of the
finest bodies of fresh water Tor
city water supply to he found any
where i'm the state. But the thrifty
city fathers balk at the expense
of going to Pembroke Creek. Water
from the creek. would have to he
filtered and purified. A water
filter and purification plant costs
a lot more money than an arteslan
well.
In the meantime the hottest
months of the year are upon the
town and in desperation the city
may have to fill its pipes with raw
water from Pembroke Creek or
AIhemarle Sound. This water Is
unsafe to drink. An epidemic "t
typhoid. dySentcry or other seri-
ouS disease is imminent.
And there is Edenton'S new and
beautiful Hotel Hinton just about
ready to throw its doors open to
travellers and tourists and its pro-
prictor Il. e. Jones doesn't dare:
there isn't enough water pressure
in EdentOu to flush the commodes
on the second floor of the new hotei.
EdentOn is up against it.
But EdentOniamS are Il brave lot:
they are not saying much about
their troubles. And some OF them
are rcSOlutely driving pumps III
their own back yards to protect
themselves.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

HERE the finest gandbaby North Carolina anywhere else in
the world ddy wOrd for and wee unto him VINO
argues otherwise from snapshot photo of Wm rusey
the infant OF Mr. and Mrs
City The photographer had to take snap
shot As Grandpa Brusey still enough for time
he arguing veemeny the merits of that baby
from the moment studio until the photographer escaped to
his dark rocm No Phyllis you the fabric i'm Grandfather
Brms hand $ a handkerchief. ZOeer photo
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

We offer you a superior service
by examining your Eyes and max
ing glasses for you the same day.
DRS. J. D. HATHAWAY, Eye Sight
Specialists. c17s
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

Our service is unexcelled in examin-
ing EYES and fitting Glasses. DRS.
J. d. HATHAWAL, Eye Sight speci-
alist.. G-?'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

Eye strain are the greatest source
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, 1927-07-01

MISS MARGUERITE BROTHERS
ONE of the brightest, smartest girls
of Pasquotank, who will teach in
the Weeksrille High School this
year. She is a daughter Mr.. and
Mrs. J. T. Brothers of Weeksville,
and is graduate of the Virginia
State Teachers College at Fred
ericksburg. She was a leader in
high school. and leader i'm college,
having been president of the Fresh
man class. and i'm the y. W. {. n.
cabinet. and student council during
her second year. ZOeller photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-07-01

(Why not get tho beOi of the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, a
choice collection of their rich and
racy arguments? so cents by mal)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-12-30
MeGdotU the Scene ef
First Sunday School

Robert Ralkes of Gloucester IL often
set down MS the founder of the Sun
day school, writes an English CORE
uponlent, hut nothing is heard of En-
manuel Twynnlng. the shepherd OF
Magpie Bottom, Shecpscombe, Glou-
cesterSire, from whum Raikes got his
ldea. Maybe noltOm Is u beautiful
crinkle NJ the edge of the Sleeps
combc, Where the lane departs down
the valley, al last reaching Glouces-
tershlre. The young man must have
been up here to take a service. Al
any rate, as he went by Maggie Bot
tom there was Shepherd Emmanuel
Twynning In that thyme-scented little
paradise, with ring OF children
round him, explaining perhaps pas
toral parallels OF the New Testament
Master Bob Ralkes stopped, perhaps
Joined in hymn and talked to the
shepherd asking him how he went
on" when the weather was not so fa-
vorable lie was told that on wet
days some handy cottage sheltered
the class, and that, come wet or fine,
there was class every Sunday.
During the walk back to Glouces-
ter the thought took root and, with
out the thyme and the marjoram and
the inconsequent chlrruplng Of grass
hoppers, Robert took up his shepherd
ing In the dark streets of the cathe
dral city,
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-12-30
Sicily Can Boast of
Many Famous Cities

Sicily, named by Its admirers LIS
ola lncuntevole"--island of enchant-
ment--is situated at the very toe of
the boot made by Italy, as IL about to
be kicked out of thN way, and Is In
cluded In the possessions of that coun-
try. It is q cOlorful island In old his
tory. Before the Trojan war-tirc
kIndled by the light OF woman's
eyes-the Phoenlcians sent colonies
to Sicily. Syracuse, Its principal city,
Is named by St. Paul In The Acts;
"And landing at Syracuse we tarried
there three days" Thucydides wrote
of the great sleges occurring four cen
turtles b. @. against Syracuse, placed,
as one writer expresses 1t, for both
war and commerce In the very center
of the ancient world. Two centuries
later the old mathematician Archl-
medes held at bay for three years the
fleets and armies Of Rome before
finally captivating and yielding SYRIA
cuse to its enemies. Messina, another
city old in story, was founded by the
Greeks more than seven centuries Is.
@. and Is the chief commercial town
Of the island. Catanla, city OF
beauty with Its palaces, villas and
orange groves. is seated at the foot of
Aetna. volcano with record of
many eruptions. Palermo, the cap
ital, is a most interesting city, facing
the deep blue sea. In Its great cathe-
dral repose the bones of Emperor
Frederick ii, ruler with an intel
lectual development some two cen
turtles ahead Of his time and conse-
Quently misunderstood.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1927-12-30
Marvellous HoU Birds
Wing Back to Home

Bird lovers have believed for CEN
turtles that migratory birds return to
the same home, year after year. Mod
ern science has proved this belief to
be right. Birds are caught in traps
that do not hurt them, marked with
tiny leg bands Of aluminium, each bear
ing number, and released. Next
year, the same birds are caught again
in the same locality, often when oc-
cupying the same nest.
Evidently, u birds memory for d.
rectlon and location must be quite MS
marvellous as the older writer's be-
lieved. The catblrd winters rs far
south as Panama, yet catbirds marked
In northern Ohio came back to the
same neighborhood, year after year.
Sometimes they move few rods or
furlongs, but the frequency with
which they return to the very spot Is
astounding.
Cats find their way back to the old
home across township, horses across
county or two, and dogs have been
known to pass through several states
In returning to beloved master, but
birds find their way across con-
tlnent. and sometimes over sea as
well.