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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
H. C.. FOREMAN NABBED
FOR A BOOTLEGGER
Story Leaks Out How Elizabeth
City Choir Singer Got a jolt
In New York Hotel

How Harold Foreman, first tenor
in the choir of the First VI. r..
Church of Elizabeth City and one
of Elizabeth City's upright and
fortnight young business men was
mistaken for Il bootlegger and al
most thrown ont of Il fashionable
hotel in New York City has just
leaked out.
Mr.. Foreman was in New York
recently. His wife accompanied
him. They stopped at the Hotel
AStCr on I.OngaCre Square. Mr..
Foreman went out one afternoon
and bought Il present for his wife.
and took it TO the hotel. 1t was Il
mere coincidence that the package
was of the size and had the wrap
pings of certain parcels of hoOtch
that were being smngglcd into the
hotel by hootlcgScrS. 1t WAS Il coin
cidencc that Mr.. Foreman answer
ed somewhat the description of II
bootlegger for whom the hotel
detectives were on the lookout.
One of the house detectives spot
ted Mr.. Forman us he entered al
elevator. He looked like the boot
logger he had been told to watch.
He carried package that looked
like Il quart of hoOtch.\ The dctec-
tive nabbed the Elizabeth City man
and told him tO get out.
What Harold Foreman told that
house detective and the hotel man
agemcnt is another story.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

BIRTH CONTROL is HERE TO STAY

and children were dependent upon
the men and the mCn laid down
the law Ia them.
"Rui times have changed. First
Christianity and then democracy
and education changed thc status
of both women and children. Women
to-day consider themselves the i'll
trllcctual. political and social equals
of men. Woman has gone ont into
every walk Of life and achieved
economic freedom. She does not
consider herself dependent uPUn or
in anyway obligated to the male.
Those who have net gone Otl into
the world and made Il living for
themselves and who remain at home
ut The business Ol rearing children
and kccpn" house consider them
selves aS much bread CarnrrS and
wage or salary CHrnCr> aS their
sisters who wcrk outside the
home.
"Wfth the coming of this Ecw
freedom of women the double stand
ard of morals set up hy primitive
men and maintained down into
modern times by Church and State
and tradition. has been thrown over
board. Sex has htcn robbed of all
its mysticism and all of lis tcrrorS
and YOUR modern man and woman
are determined that their SrX lives
shall not be starved hy laws and
conventions set up thousands OF
years ago by IL lot Of loW-hroW
desert ShirkS who could not have
anticipated our changed and ever
changing conditions.
"And 80 birth control informa-
ton and contracCptivc devices are
absolutely essential TO our present
social order. Without them mar
riagc itself would he impossible TO
millions of couples who want TO
marry and love each other and be
decent, but who can not make
enough money 10 bring up Il family
of children and provide for their
own reasonable wants.
"Nuur DR.. Haywood is thcolO-
yian: thcologianS live in and by the
ancient past they haven't learned
thing in 1000 years and will not
learn"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
JUSTICES OF THE.
PEACE WOULD.
RULEON SCIENCE
New N. 6. Anti-Evolution Bill
Would Put Colleges at Mercy
of Petty Magistrates

Justices of the Peace and not
professors and superintendent
of education would determine
what shall or shall not be
taught in the public schools of
North Carolina should the new
anti-evolution bill pending in
the present General Assembly
be enacted into law.
The new monkey bill' is ingen.
iouSly drawn by Il clever mind that
might have glOrified itself in Il bet
ter elHlcavOur: but it doesn't fool
anybody. y reasonable intcrpreta
tiOn of the effect of the measure is
contained in an editorial in the
Tuesday. Feb. 1St issue Of the Nor
folk Virginian-Pilot. We quote:
AT Raleigh there has been i'll
troducpd II bill TO prohibit the
teaching of athciStic evolution in
Statc-suppOrtcd schools and colleges.
II is The legislative successor of
the late and unlamented Poole bill
and declares il to he Unlawful for
anybody To teach in Il State-Sup-
ported institution amy doctrine or
theory of evolution, which contra
diets or denies the divine origin Of
man or of the universe. as taught
in the Holy Bible So far the new
bill is of Il piece with the old and
i'm the fundamentals tradition Of
the Tennessee law. But there is
"a qualifying clause which is de-
signed To make the new bill palat-
able to the liberals. 1t provides
that nothing in this act shall bc
construed to prohibit the teaching
in said schools, colleges or educa-
iiOnal institutions of all useful arts
and sciences. provided the same are
not taught in such manner as to
contradict the fundamental truths
, Of the Holy Bible
1T would appear from the prohi-
bition and the proviso that 50 long
Confined on page eight
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
CHRIST IS
COMING BACK IN
THE VERY FLESH

Elizabeth City EpiscopallanS
will look forward to and pre-
pare themselves for the second
coming OF Christ who will sit
on the throne OF David and rule
the world for 1000 wears" If
they believe the Rev. Penn
broke Waller Reed, who is con-
ducting a revival in Christ
Church. Elizabeth City, this
week. .
Mr.. Reed. who is the rector OF
Chris: Church. Richmond. VA. says
he believes in the second coming
of Il flesh and blood Christ and has
no paticncp with those who try to
interpret the scripture to mean that
the second coming of Christ VIII
he Il spiritual phenomenon only. lie
believes that Christ is coming back
to sit on a throne like Il sure enough
king. ear. emperor or mikado and
rule the world in kingly fashion
for exactly 1000 years.
And when Christ comes back the
Rcv. Pembroke Waller Reed AYERS
that hc for one doesn't want to be
caught looking at Il picture of that
dirty old rcprobate" Charlie Chap
lin. Mr.. Reed doesn't think much
of Charlie and puts him in a class
with the hip pocket flask, the love
story magazine. ncckins parties,
etc. In one of his sermons Mr..
Reed took rap at the automobile
as n vehicle of sin. calling it II
bed room on wheels
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
JUNIOR COLLEGE
PROPOSED FOR
ELIZABETH CITY

\ Junior College for Ellz-
abcth City has taken hold of
the imagination of local edu-
Gators and business leaders
within the past "a hours fol-
lowing a visit to this city of
DR.. John {. Evans, education
al adviser OF Columbia Uni
vcrsity, New York City.
DIR. Evans has been seeking some
place to locate a private prepara-
tory school. Secretary Job of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
mcrcc induced him TO come to EliZ-
abcth City and look it over. Dr.
Evans came and found that there
isn't much for college preparatory
school anywhere in North Carolina
to-day: the public schools are TAX
ing care of that pretty well.
But there is room for ii Junior
College in Elizabeth City and the
idea has been up in the minds OF
some of the city's educational lead
crs for some months. 1t is believed
that the establishment Of Junior
College here would be sure step Ill
the direction of getting a State
Normal school located at Elizabeth
City within the next few years.
And 50 DR.. Evans thoughts are
on the Junior College idea. He
went back TO New York yesterday,
hut he expects to return i'll few
days and spend IL week or more
here to see what can be done about
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
M Ar RIED MEN
ARE EAGER FOR
Wild P PARTIES
Accept Invitations For A Night
Out With the Flappers
Without a Question

Full two score married men
in Elizabeth City have quccred
themselves forever in the eyes
OF certain youth OF the town
and they arc marked men. And
here's how it happens:
The yurln.rr female social set has
been hearing things about certain
married men in Elizabeth City and
,they decided to confirm the rumOrS
and their own suspicious. How
many married men would steal out
nights for Il wild party: There WAS
one way Ia find ont.
And 80 three devili>h young miss
c< went about town last week but
ton-holinw this married man and
that asking them if they could
get away from their wives for Il
certain night. I'VE are going 10
stage a little party on the q. I" said
the lCyiliSh Young misses: we've
got five gallons of Fast Lake moon
and everything and we want Il real
party. but the young hoyS we 20
with are 50 silly that we can't trust
them and we want IL have Il little
fling with some of yOu older ana
settled men who can be trusted.
\ meetin" place was arranged
for and at the appointed hour Il
dozen or more of the married men
who had explained 10 their wives
that they were going to their lodges
or onr on business. were ut the ap-
pointed rendezvous and others
couId be seen ridin" by III their
cars with furtivc looks on their
farS. Tie girls didn't show up.
And now the married men who
fell for the hoax are the laughing
stock of The youth of the town. we
have sure rot their number said
one of the girls to Il reporter Tor
This newspaper and we llon't want
to hear them saying another word
about THE wild you'll" of our town.
What il, takes for most of them
to get wild is just an invitation or
IN opportunity.
They say the only married man
given an invitation to the mythica
party who failed 10 fall for 1t was
DIR, Julian Srli@. Jule is Il wise
bird and knew those girls.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04
SEASON FOR MIGRATORY
WILD FOWL CT o S E D

The Federal season for migratory
wild fowl came to u close Monday.
Jan. II and scores of SportSmen
took down their guns, packed up.
their dnffIe bags Sand left the
So,llcfs aud marshes of Eastern
North 4 Garolina after Il rather M
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

HERE is a photo of group OF
Elizabeth City flappers and cake
eaters of 25 years ago. Without
calling any names the editcr can
yOuch for the fact that they all
turned out we'll spite of the fact
that the old folks in those days were
sure that they were all going to
hell and the preachers of the town
referred to them as horrible en-
amples of the degeneration OF mod
ern youth. The girls wore dresses
that trailed in the dirt, starcsned
petticoatS and lots of them, tightly
laced eorsets and-we blush to say
it-cOtton drawers. They wore high
top shoes and cotton hose and didn't
show their legs except cqi rainy
days; but they aceentuated their
hips with buStleS and augmented
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

satisfactory SraScn. Th"r" are lois
of ducks and geese lrf! in Curri-
tuck, Dare and Hyde. hut its
against the law 10 shoot them NOW.
Still, there are some natives who
don't let that bother them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

Rackwardness in children is often
caused by defective vision due to
neglect in consulting an eye special
ist So IT, y. @ @1o Fl 70 CT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

Because you can see we'll, it's no
reason your headaches are not caus-
ed by your eyes. Sec E--c. Hath
ay:cr. --:r.cc nd. CT,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

Did YOU gct Yours: y Valet Auto
( tnrI, safety Razor outfit completes,
free with years subscription. only
I few more left.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

their breast works with rubber bust
forms The brassicTre WAS not
known. These TO whom Nature had
given ample breasts didn't try to
conceal the fact; they let 'em ride.
the boys were not called cake eaterss
CT drug store cow boys - years ago.
In fact the drug store with It's soda
fountain and lounging tables was
net known il those days; il was a
giccmy thing, smelly of aSafcdita.
nuX yOmica. Senna and iodoform.
The boys hang out around the livery
stables; the girls went to prayer
meeting and choir practice. But
they had Il good time just the same.
They didn't talk much about sex.
hut they thought about il and were
as adventurous as they dared to be.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-02-04

Wasted nerve energy from eye
strain makes nervous, irritable
school children. Have their eyes
examined before sending tim to
gnhccl, rr : = --t-----y -,
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
One Eye Her Oculist
Son Could Not Help

The oculist had a joke the other
morning. Every now and then he
smiled quietly to himself. "You know"
he said finally to the Woman, moth
ers are wonderful people. They always
believe there is nobody quite SO clever
as their own children.
snow, my mother, for instance,
thinks know everything about eyes.
She doesn't confine her Boosting to the
neighbors, either. She is just as like
ly as not to walk up to nearsighted
or crosseyed passenger in the subway
and tell him his eyes need attention
and that her son is the best oculist in
New York. She says that isn't hunt
ing business for me; it's helping
people who don't know enough to look
after their sight. But the joke Is on
her.
Yesterday she met man who Is
distinctly and painfully 'wall-eyed.'
You mustn't let your eyes 60 like
that she told him Immediately the in
Productions were made. My son can
do anything with eyes. Why don't
you go to see him? I'm afraid he
can't do anything with this eye, mad
am answered the object Of her So
licitude; you see, it's glass one -
New York Sun.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
MANNERS IN CHURCH

is too bad that some people have such poor church
ners we are thinking IN terms of people from refined
hoes OF persons who speak with authority as to table
ners appropriate dress for OCCASION what proper
invitations correct conduct at ball the cards. But
when those people attend church all propees rules of order
broken.
Any Sunday morning let observer sit in back seat of
any OF the churches attended by social elect the
scape Ger What will see The early attendants Each
pair parking themselves that the pew aisle
The service begun the pastor begins his He stating
those first few sentences that supposed be the key his
course when Mr. and Mrs. Late Arrival enter Do the parties
parked the end of the seats observe the rules good
etiquette? Do they quietly? They observe rule
unChlstian sefshness. They sit tight then and Mrs.
Late Arrival begin to climb feet and ample bodies inside
seats to the utter disturbance of both pulpit pew Then there
is greeting of all around while the preacher yes gain
attention to his much studied subject.
These people, who have good everywhere
to realize that church service worship period where peo
pie expected music the scripture reading
helps toward closer communion with the infinite
distractions unho and annered and should be aated
the end seat parkers will they will help the worship
all our churches
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
Treasures Placed on
Altar of Friendship

A Washington man who spent some
months In a rOoming house In New
York brought home a small yarn to
woman who tabled them down:
"In the house where put up I was
in room that had just been vacated
by an old Engllshman, who had lived
In 1t for years. His income was so
small that after settling for mis- rent
and laundry he had 20 cents day for
food.
Nobody guessed 1t. because he was
so dignified and proper proud. One
day he brought home another old gen.
tleman and they shared the 20 cents
between them until the adopted one
was taken Ill. Illness calls for doctors.
so the old Englishman brought to the
room a man who came in q car, and
when he went away carried some
books for which he had paid $4,000.
"When the excited landlady wanted
to know why, for goodness sake, he
hadn't sold the books before, the old
gentleman told her that he would have
suffered any personal privation rather
than part with his handed down treas.
ures, but with a sick friend 1t was
different.
"And when you figure It out that his
friend was just a poor old fellow he
had picked off park bench because
he had no better home, you can I'M
derstand how proud I was to inherit
his room."-Washington Star.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
LITTLE THINGS COUNT

Some has said that the little things life what really
count and have to believe that there truth than
poetry in that We will attempt to give example of what
be done by race in St. Paul by doing just small things
In the area bounded by Rice Thomas Oxford Sts
hart Ave- live approximately 1000 coored families bounds
are two coored stores both which within mile
OF every resident in the If could set aside special
DAY each week make point least
one from each family to stroll stores and spend
just one dollar readily that Williams Elliot would
be the better off by $1,000 every your slight effort and
you could pride yourself in having helped increase their volume
OF business by S2OO0O each Twenyx thousand dol
lars annually that would show itself improved service
new trucks better line of higgrade goods the many
delicate and pershabe food that the grocer can't
ford to keep because of the immense Herewith
You may that it too far and that isn't convenient
etc. but often see walking away your house as
Seby Ave. and what's down loop at the cash
and carry places loaded down with parcels while you spent only
small part of grocery money with two groces thew
would Soon have trucks and be at your service
St. Paul has such ideal climate that there is no week even
through the winter that there not at day which
you could walk few blocks mile the open air. would do
you good Let's try it for CHANGE spend at one dollar each
week with the other of you will see them
grow big and strong.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
Many Kinds of Bark
in Use as Medicine

The United States Pharmacopoeia
lists II kinds of bark used in medi-
cine. There are, however, no less
than 35 kinds Of bark altogether grown
in America which are more or less
widely used for preparing simple,
homemade remedies. although only II
are classed as "ofiicinals."
Some are valued. for example, as
febrifuges, chief of which. of course,
Is the Peruvian bark or cinchOna, to
which the world owes the priceless
boon of quinine.
A second class includes those which
exert a cathartic or laxative effect,
and Of these the most highly priced Is
the bark of the graceful little buck
thorn tree found in California. and
known by its Spanish name of cas-
cara sagrada (sacred BARK.
A third class includes those which
stimulate the flow of one or another
of the secretions of the body, such as
the saliva, gastric juice. perspiration.
mucus, etc.
Others are soothing In nature. such
as an infusion Of slippery elm, and
many may be used for preparing
soothing drafts in cases Of sore
threats, etc. Still others are said
somewhat vaguely to possess tonic"
properties.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
Witty Professor Gaue
Nickname to Students

Law students of the freshman class
in the University of Texas are desig-
mated as ]. AS. The term Is used by
all students on the campus, but few Of
them outside the law school know Its
import and origin.
When Judge w. s.. Simkins was
member Of the law faculty, he was ex-
planning one day to large freshman
class some of the weightier matters Of
the law. It was springtime and the
students apparently were thinking
more Of mapping on the grass In some
shady nook than Of what the professor
was saying.
Suddenly upon the clear air there
came the discord of a donkey's bray.
Simklns paused in his lecture while
the students giggled over the animals
"hee-hawing." When the noise had
subsidized, SImkins remarked:
Some poor jackass Is calling his
long-lost brother, SO I'll let all Of you
out to 60 comfort him." Since then.
every fledgling lawyer in the school
has been designated as a J. A.-Kan-
sas City Star.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
ST. PAUL ECHO
Bamboo Acclaimed a.
Most Valuable Plant

There has lately been an inquiry
into the question, What is the most
useful plant in the world7 and the
prize has gone to the bamboo. It is
said that the East, South Africa and
the West Indies could not exist with.
out 1t.
The bamboo Is hollow reed which
may grow few feet high or a hun
dred Sometimes its stem Is round,
sometimes square, and the square kind
Is very useful for ladders or scaffold.
ing. All sorts of things, massive or
delicate, are made from the stems
Houses are built Of them, and they
make water pipes and ships masts,
beds and tables, prison cages for GRIM
inals, handles for agricultural imple-
ments, penholders, umbrellas and rods
for bad boysl The young roots make
good food, and so do the seeds, which
may be cooked like rice or used for d
beverage, while the leaves can be used
for matching or weaving into clothes
and mats. Verify, few plants do so
many things for man.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
He Doesn't Call Notu

The thrifty young man often called
on certain girl, but had never taken
her to a theater, or movie, or even
out to tea.
The family had noticed and often
commented on what they termed his
"stinginess," and all before the girls
ten-year-old brother.
One chilly night the youngster was
in the drawing room when the thrifty
young man was present. The caller,
who was sitting close to the fire. said
suddenly:
"Oh, how love to sit before your
fire and think, think"
Like a flash came an interruption
from the ten-year-old:
"Think-think Of how you are saw
ing money by sitting here"
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
Odd Inspiration Ideas
of Masters of Music

Haydn. when he sat down to COM
pose, always dressed himself with the
greatest care, had his hair nicely pow
dered and put on his best suit Fred
erick II had given him diamond
ring, and Haydn declared that, II he
happened to begin without 1t, he could
not summon single idea. lie could
write only on the finest paper, and
was as particular in forming his notes
as If he had been engraving them on
copper.
Gluck, when he felt inspired to CON-
pose, had his plano carried into n
beautiful meadow and, with bottle
of champagne on either side Of him,
composed divinely.
Paesillo composed his "Barbiere dI
Siviglia" and La Molinara" In bed.
Sachini declared that he never had
q moment of inspiration, unless his
two favorite eats were sitting one on
each houlder.-Market for Exchange.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
SCOTS Best Nouel

Which is SCOTS best novel? This
question was once discussed by Sir
William Fraser and Bulwer-Lytton.
They agreed each to write his choice
on a separate slip Of paper and COM
pare. Sir William announced that he
knew in advance they would agree.
They both wrote 1.-The Bride of LAM
mermoor." Mark Twain hated the
novels of Scott. He regarded him as
one of the worlds worst writer's.
Then some one persuaded him to read
Quentin Outward" and he was so
captivated that he declared Scott
could not have written it.-William
Lyon Phelps In Scribner's Magazine.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
NAPOLEON Rude to Women

Seeing that the emperor was In
clined to be laxative (1s15, after the
return from Elba), told him that in
general women did not like him be-
cause he did not bother to be agree
able to them, although they Influenced
the minds Of men far more than he
perhaps realized.
Napoleon laughed and said: DO
you think the empire ought to fall into
the hands of the women? When I
compliment them on their appearance
or tell them they are not becomingly
gowned, what more can I say? ! have
other things to think about. They
have changed beyond recognition since
I have been away. Now they all talk
politics, whereas before they talked
about clothes."-From the Memoirs Of
Queen Hortense, in Revue des Deux
Mondes, Paris (Translated for the
Kansas City Starr.
The St. Paul echo., 1927-03-12
Tame Monkeys Outcasts

After monkeys have lived with hu-
man beings for a time they are looked
upon as outcasts by their wild rel
atives. And should one Of them es-
cape and return to the forest, as they
sometimes do, and try to rejOin its
tribe, 1t Is attacked by the others and
driven away or put to death.
On several occasions have seen
wild monkeys chasing pets. and once
I witnessed an execution. 1t was a
terrible thing, for the monkeys are
savage fighters and utterly relentless
when excited and angry. have
known them to wait patiently day aft
er day near a village for an opportu-
nifty to kill captive relative.
Hatred, jealousy and suspicion are
as highly developed in the monkey
family as in the human race.-Della
]. Akley in the Saturday Evening
Post