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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
cOHOON TO SUE OWNERS
OF JONES MILL POND
SurJury Folk Insist Damage Was
Due 10 State Highway Which
Dams OF Water in Swamp

4 suit against the owners OF
Jones Mill Pond in Gates County il
i'm prospect W. l.. Cohoon, owner
Of Blackacre Farm which was dam
aged considerably three weeks ago
when the farm was. flOt ded from a
torrential rainfall Of three days,
will start tho action. lie alleges
that due to faulty dam recently
constructed across long abandoned
mill pond, dangerous volume Of
water was imp0undrd. and thru the
carclessncss, or negligence of the
owners. It resulted in the flooding
of the farm to considerable dam
age TO himself.
Residents of Sunhury scout the
idea that Jones Mill Pond was
wholly responsible for the damage.
They remind this newspaper that
there WIS very little water in the
swamp or the land on the side OF
i'll, highway opposite Blackacre
Farm. II is stated that the dam of
Jones Mill Pond was less than four
feet high. that it had an ample
Spillway, covered less than 20 acres
of land. and the average depth of
the water was less than three feet.
The belief is advanced by them
that had there been Il Spillway or
viaduct thru the State Highway.
| the waters would have run of and
the adjacent farms would not have
been damaged to any appreciate bic
cXtrnt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
HERE'S A MILLION FOR
SOME LIVE FISHERMAN
The Filet of Fish Is Upsetting The Old Way
= of Fish Marketing Lets Get In OMIT
By ". o. SAUNDERS

| saw something the other
Jay that should be Of trench
dous interest to Coastal North
Caroliniaus. | saw fresh and
frozen fish put up i'll decorated
timed boxes like fruit cake.
And | thought here. is a million
dollar idea ior some ono on the
North Carolina coast. "'
The retail fish business in the
United States is in the throes OF
revolution. Not Il notable improve
ment in the production, sale and
distribution of fresh fish was made
in many years until IL man named
Kenneth Fowler left fish stall on
Fulton Market in New York CITY
during tho war and went down 10
Washington 10 help the government
work out ways and means Of educat-
inr the people to cat more fish.
Mr.. Fowler worked up n great
idea. People didn't cat more fish
because fish were periShablc ana
messy. If people could get FRESH
fish and if fish could be made as
attractive as steaks or chops or
sausage. then people would eat moro
fish. And when more flsh were
s,ten the fishermen could afford to
c,trb more fish and both the fisher
man and the fish dealer would make
more money.
And 50 this man Fowler went
back 10 New York and started ii
ucw kind Of fish business. lie
established cleaning and packing
rlunt on Long Island Sound and
bought fish fresh from the Fishing
boats. These fish were cleaned. INC
homes sliced out and only the Inc
ccalr meaty portion of the fish re-
tained. No scales, no heads, no
fails no entrailS. no bOnes-jllSt
clean. clear. juicy filets VI fresh
fish These filctS We're frozen and
p,ckpd in hcrmetically sealed con-
taipcrS. They would keep ~ to +
hours and Fowier's filets were Soon
heinz handled by thousands of III
land grOccrs who had never bother
cd with fish before.
From Mr.. Fowler's enterprise the
rilct business has grown until mum
hcrs of packers today are preparing
! fiIcts of fish. putting them up u
clean and attractive metal contain
! crs and getting faucy prices lo'
/ them.
peoplr who never would bother
! with fish before arc delighted Will
tbc rilcls and buy them gladly bc
cams. they are as easy to handle an.
cook as chops or outlets Of meat
The Ailautic Coast Fisheries 10
oc New York built Il mammoth lie
hacking plant more than year ag'
and has already contracted for III
entire output for two years aheau
II can't begin to supply the demano
Frozen filets Of fish are shipped L
Continued Oh Page Fourl
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
BOOZE BUYERS
In OUR TOWN
AREEASY MARKS
Pay $50 a Case For Synthetic
Scotch Made and Sold in
Philadelphia For $50.

"Dewar's White Labc" and
"Gold Thimble" Scotch whisk-
les, so called, supplied to a
select list Of Elizabeth City
customers by we'll dressed
Baltimore bootlcggers at $50 a
case. is sold regularly in Phil
adclphia at $50 to $40 a case.
The stuff is not Scotch whiskry
at all but is synthetic product pro
duced by large scale operators who
are aided and abctted by Il ring
composed OF a large manufacturer
of rubbing alcohols and certain
high government officials.
II is made from Scotch malt
product combined with American in
luStrial alcohol. Tho labels are
printed in philadelphia. The price
Is $50 case II you ar" on terms
with your bUotlcggcr; $50 if you are
just a regular customer and $40 If
you are not informed as to the
price.
But the nice looking fellows who
bring the stuff into Elizabeth City
in high power motor cars about once
every CO days TO supply th" higher
lids Of tho town get $50 ease for
tho stuff In Elizabeth City. 1t isn't
80 safe and 50 p0latablc rs East
Lake corn that has been aged In
wood for o few months and COSTS
$500 Il gallon; :.ul the labels ure
beautiful.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
.DR.SAWYER HAD
A THOUGHT FOR
BOYS AND GIRLS

In his will made in 1928, DR..
&. w. Sawyer of~this city who
died Sunday night set aside a
trust fund Of $4,000 to be ad-
ministcrcd by Achorcc Lodge
OF Odd Fellows Of the city for
the education Of four boys and
girls.
1t is provided that tho money be
loaned in the sums Of 81 900 at five
per cent interest. Ont of the ln-
tcrest moneys received from the
loans such sums as may be neceS-
Sary from time to time must be used
to keep his grave in order. the re-
mainder to be added TO the trust
fund.
Or. Sawyer'S estate j. estimated
at SGO.OOn or moro by his executors.
the Carolina Banking & Trust Co.
Of this city. About Sa0.WO Of this
amount is bcqueathed t" numerous
kin, after which the residue Of his
estate goes to John Miller. nephew
who lives in Camden County.
DR.. l.. l. Sawyer. 4 brother re-
ccivcs $1,000: Lima Batcman. Il
niece receives $3.OOO: Blanch Sawyer
81 900 several nieceS and ncphewS
receive 500 each. TO ProSSCr I.
and Cliff Sawyer hr bcqueathHl
Sl.OO each.
Not less than 500 nc wills 10 hc
spent On 4 monument to his mcmO"y
and he left his watch and chain and
Ot her jcwclry TO J. Is. Leigh of this
city. To his nephew DR.. Walter W.
Sawyer ho left a small tenant house
on Green ST.: to Roy S. Sawyer be
left another house on Green st. To
Miss Will Hendrix he bequcathcd Il
legacy Of $12 month Ia tao paid ia
her as long as she lives. His prop
crtv consisted Of numerous pieces
/ Of real estate and lot of stocks
and bonds.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
u s. Congress-
Subscplbes To
Independent

Members OF Congress will
now have an opportunity to
see this newspaper every week
and not have to rely upon sec
ond hand accounts Of things it
prints. The Independent has
been accorded the unique dis
tinction Of place among the
Southern newspapers on tho
reading racks Of the Speakers
Lobby Of the House OF Repre-
scntativcs.
Congressman Lindsay Warren.
who conveys tho request OF the
Clerk Of the House of Representa-
tivcS for Il copy of this newspaper
weekly. say that The Independent
is the only local weekly newspaper
in America that will bc found in the
lobby Of IN" House 0f Representa-
livcS. Members Of Congress find
imurh to interest them in the columns
of this newspaper.
1t should he u matter OF some
pride 10 the people Of Elizabeth
City and Northeastern North Caro-
liua to note this latest rccoSnilicn
OF tho worth and rcadihility of their
home newspaper. II wasn't so long
ago that in survey of the l2.ON
country newspapers in America, The
! Independent was given third place
| in Il list of the fifteen outstanding
wccklicS selected from the entire
1000.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
ELL BOARD RAPED

The passing of au ordinance pro
hibitiny the erection Of bill BOARDS
within 100 feet Of any dwellings or
within 20 feet of any street was Ell
ferted at the meeting of the Alder
mon this week. The law requires Il
hermit of s. before such signs may
Ie erected. and imposes flne of
sD5 for fJiIrre to observe It.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
WHEN UNCLE SAM EVEN
CANNOT HOLD THE RUM
Cauldnf Seize Bolivian Government
Representatives Liquor That
Game Ashore at Hatteras

There's many slip twiXt the cup
md thc Iip, but despite Storm ana
sbipwrcs.k and prohibition Officials
the Charge dAf'aircS OF the hoil-
vim Government and his secretary
,t Washington will got Il eases Ut
,roicc Ii1nnr for Christmas.
Th. Ijounr. consigned on the Nor
,ye.inn Steamer tiia" wrechH III
JI,ttcrlS III" other day. WAS thhch
from the ship. and went tor"aro
this wrrk to Washington. AmhaS-
,,dor and her representatives ol
foreign governments at "aSh'h"'o"
live, up,lcr the laws IT their own
countries and not even tb" prohlDi-
,i,p forces can keep their liquor
from them. And 50 when the ha'l"r
voS taken over by the Government
,hc Government had the response
biIitv Of seeing that it got Sate'!
to its riyhtfuI owners. Uncle Saln
had To denver INV S"''
! The charge d'airaircs of the boil-
van government and his secretary
20 whom the shipment waS cohSls1l
rd. satisfied the custom "ilicla's
that they were 'hc legal owners anu
entitled to poSs 'sSi"n. Accordingly
the assortment was loaded into I'D
automobile and proceeded uhder
.u,rd To Washington. The whlSk"!
WIS Salvased from the steamer ps
fine Coast Guard cutter Modoc. IL
mover WIS seized, it was explained
but merely. detained for Safckeeplns
until the legal Uwuer could be cstao,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM
VIRGINIA DARE HOTEL ROOF

-Ohl tiufc Christmas carols will I've
rendered Saturday evening frOan the
roof of the Virginia Dare Hotel by
a specially arranged instrumental
,hoir, according 10 Secretary Job
cS the Chamber Of Commerce.. The
carols will begin ut $50.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23

Your eyes arc Us dclicate Us thcy
are important. Wien oveiWorkeu
,bev send their distress sispal thru
tbo nervous system TO all parts ol
tbc body. You cannot carry Oh your
work and remain healthy with bad
eyes. Proper glasses insure Gooo
VISION aud HEALTH. Consult
DIR l. D. HATHAWAY, Eye Sight
Specialist.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23

CLANS for the children. and giving
thcm many articles of(cl"thlns' "c'
to add 10 their comfort ana pleas
ure.
The Mothers Club on ficctN"oh
Street held their regular ChriSlnlaN :
entertainment for the members
Tuesday night. MIR. out'a" S'a'.r
that the needs of the destitute WI!
bc we'll taken care of, and says Inc
RESPONSE to their needs has pee''
very generous and wholehearted.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23

Trade in Elizabeth City, Pay Cash
and be Thrifty. Use 1NDEPEN.
DENT Cooperative Advertisers
trade coupons same as cash. II
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-23
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
Shooting Fools
By VANCE HAVNER

o.. known the savage delight ol
.;r, , shotgun through The woods
,baoring my fcllov-crcaturcS.
msrh, my surcriors. just for the
,. seeing them drop.
,,sv.. spent ~ much time in the
=. - most folks but. somehow.
| =, hj..rr kick out Of just watch
| ,. ,fraula Of wild life 30 on
~ IN irving to make a tragedy
IT,
urr,,l- i very old and primi-
:, instinct that could bc transmit
;r., better Uses and will have 10
,.yrr,cI To new purposes with
Jew more years as soon as we
.-. finished killing everything.
rb,r., are only two reasons for
s~,ra.r man killing wild things:
|. - ! necessity. to procure food, and
!, sbrr is 10 cxterminate pests.
..,I. -! those two, there is no
.rry prrtcNt for Il mature man
,s;r. M Gods creation. l can't
.. = into my cranium how 4 busi-
:, mgn who calls himself Il Chris
N and claims To share Christ )
Il, .,- an things. great and small.
spend vacation in the whole
. lu,"hcry uf birds aud harmless
ual> purely for Sport.-and then.
p, .h,. climax hy calling il boil
j.
I'm 70 >nntimcntaliSt either. When
- some podSy old chair-warmcr
t-a. % atone for denying himself
natural life hy spending Il few
= clt-uf-doorS numbering living
: i"r the fun Of watching them
/. isn't II fearful sentiment
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Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-16
Nl|AAPR|NG[s PURCHASE
 LOUD SQUEEZING SHOES

BOMBAY, India, March 15. R- sSaueaky shoes are in great demand by ruling Indian princes and chiefs who have hit upon this as means of impressing their barefoot subjects. The louder the shoes squeak the higher the price.
 The idea of wearing leather soles which make their presence known with every step of the wearer origl- mated by chance some time ago in the State of Junagadh. One of the chiefs of the Chudasama tribe had purchased a new pair of footwear and they creaked everlastingly as he strutted among the natives at fes- tive gatherings. His subjects were more humble than ever Some of the, rajahs, ruling princes and the chiefs of numerous principalities have since taken to squeaking shoes, which are worn only upon ceremon- ial occasions. The shoes with the squeaks are especially made for the trade here by several firms in Eng land.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-16
ZIONIST LEADER |s 0FF
 ID SEE BLACK JEWS

JERUSALEM, March 15. (P- Dr. Alexander Goldstein, prominent Zion ist leader, has begun a tour of re- mote Jewries, some of which have never before received Zionist ennis sary.
 Bombay and Calcutta, where there are about 10000 Jews, will be visit ed first and from there Dr. Goldstein will journey to the widely scattered communities of Rangoon, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Australia, New Zea- land, Japan and China.
 Perhaps the most interesting fea- ture of the trip is Dr. Goldstein's contemplated visit to the white Ger usalem Jews" and the Black Rene Israel of Cochin, India. The former group, numbering about 10000 claim that their ancestors came to India immediately after the destruction of Solomon's Temple. A still more ex- otic group are the 10000 Bene Isreal, who are believed to be descendants of Hindu converts to Judaism or of mixed marriages between Jews and Hindus. Both the white and the black jews of Cochin, who speak na- tive dialects, are devoutly observant of their religious traditions.
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-16
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION

NO11CE 1S f1EhEb1 CI V EIN 1IdL at the hour of nine o'clock A. M. on the 24th day of February, 1927, the Registration books of the City of Seward will be open at the office of the Municipal Clerk for the pur- pose of registering all qualified cleo tors, twenty-one years of age or over, who are citizens of the United States and who have resided con- tinuously one year next preceding the date of the election in the Terri tory of Alaska and six months next preceding the date of election within the corporate limits of the City of Seward. All electors must, before voting, register their names and qualifications with the Registration Officer.
 Registration books will be open every day, except Sundays and holi- days, beginning February 24th, 1927, during the following hours:
 Until the Friday next preceding the First Tuesday m April
 From g A. M to 12 M.
 From 2, P. M. to 5 P. M.
 On Friday and Saturday next pre- ceding the First Tuesday in April, from g A. M. to 12 M., and from 1l P. M. to 5 P. M., and from P. M. to 10 P. M.
 That said Registration books will be closed for such election at ten o'clock P. M. Saturday. April End. 1927. s
 That said election will be held on the First Tuesday in April, 1927, for the purpose of electing a Mayor, Three Members of the Common Council and 8 Member of the Seward School Board.
 Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 23rd day of February, 1927.
 { J. P. HANNON. T
 Municipal Clerk Feb. A, March 3, 10, 1T, A
Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-16

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Seward daily gateway., 1927-03-16

FOR SALE-Quartz and placer not ices. proof of labor blanks and any other legal blanks applying to the Territory, at The Gateway office. If. FOR SALE-Lumber and building material of all kinds. Cal M. Bro sius. Seward. Alaska. If.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21
LITTLE BENNY
ny LEE PARE.

After suppir I was starting to think
about doing my homework and pop
was smoking and looking out the liv-
ing room window, saying, Yee gods.
there's that Internal machine still
down in the yard. dident ] give you IS
hours to get rid OF that thing about
is hours ago?
Meenlng the baby carriage with 2
wheels on and 2 off that bawt from
little kids up n alley, and scd. No
sir, that was ony yestidday you sed
As hours SO 1t cant be Is hours yet be-
cause there couldent of bin that
meny in one day
Wen watts the most there could of
bin at this time of yeer? pop sed, and
| sed Twenty four. and he sed, Then
you have Jest "a hours left to make
your fortune with that ruin, so re
member. jest "a more hours and after
that no Excuses.
Me thinking, Gosh. G.. And this
afternoon / saw Sid Hunt bouncing a
golf ball. being a swell bountcer, and
l sed, Hay Sid Ill swap you a baby
carridge with 2 wheels for that, think
OF all the fun you can have with a
baby carridge with 2 wheels, you can
play shoot the shoots and everything.
G. Id swap you all rite. ony would
ent be aloud to keep 1t, l tried to keep
old push cart with one wheel once
and / wasent aloud to so / know |
wouldent be aloud to keep a . wheel
baby carriage. Sid sed.
Well G winnickers think of all the
fun YOU could have with it, its broke
alreddy so it wouldent matter wat you
did with it, | sed, and he sed, l know,
but l couldent keep it. | tell you, one
time | tried to keep a old bysickel I
found with no wheels on it. SO how
could | keep a 9 wheel baby carridge?
Well hay, ] tell YOU Ill jest swap
you the 2 wheels for that golf ball,
sed, and he sed. Ct, all rite, that's a
go. And we went around to my back
yard and / took the wheels off and
gave them to Sid and he gave me the
golf ball and l put the rest of the
baby carridge out in the alley, not
even being "a hours yet.
Proving necessity is the mother of
invention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21
THE DAILY
HOROSCOPE
Saturday, January 90.

Although there is a menacing
aspect early in the morning of to-
morrow, astrologers read the planet
airy influences as generally good, for
the evil stars are dominant before
business hours.
This is held to be a rule most
favorable to singing contracts or
forming new business partnerships.
1t is a fair day for writing let
ters and for going over accounts, for
figures are supposed to make a spe-
cial appeal.
Newspapers should flourish ex-
ceedingly in the coming year, II
astrology is to be relied on, for the
stars appear to indicate that they
will develop much literary interest.
Advertising tomorrow is well di-
rected and should bring big returns.
Publicity of every sort will be in
demand as never before, the seers
foretel1.
Art now comes under. a sway in
America that promises the best at
tainment and the most generous sup
port.
Sculptors should benefit from
architecture, which is to .outstrip
other artistic development.
AAAOAC ID q SAt5u tAA04[AtA8lS lOT lUiS
country gardening as a new national
interest, in which there will be
splendid beauty and originality
achieved.
Beauty. in all it's forms is to at
tain a supreme Significance in the
United States, where there will be
a general reaction against machine
made ugliness in many forms
Foods and their xaluna will no rf
wide interest in the new year, mas.
much as the results of unwise re
ducing" methods Will be apparent.
Tendencies in this new era are to-
ward extremes and 1927 will show
the best and the worst of humanity
Persons whose birthdate it Is have
the augury of happy year in which
they will enjoy many favots
Children born on that day are
likely to be successful as aviators or
inventors of aerial apparatus oil
various sorts.
(Copyright 1927 )
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-21
Well Kept Nails.

If YOU will keep a small and not
too stiff brlstled nail brush in your
bathroom, 1t will help solve the prob
lem of keeping your nails nice looking
without spending much time over
them. Nails look badly because min
ute particles of dirt collect around the
cuticle and under the edges, and one
of the quickest ways to get these
particles off is by hot water, soap and
brush. For the brush gets under
the edges and cleans more thoroughly
than rubbing with the hands or with
a cloth.
Don't use too stiff a brush, though,
or you may bruise the delicate skin
around the nails. or the still more
delicate part beneath the nails. where
they grow from the fingers and where
most of the dirt collects. And don't
scrub too hard; lot of damage is
done in this world by the people who
are over conscientious. Use a mod
erately stiff brush, and If yours hap
pens to be too stiff, let the hot water
soften it before you try 1t.
The nails need bleaching every few
days, because stains get on the skin
or underneath the nails and even the
brush won't take them off. I'd advise
keeping little bottle of lemon juice
In the bathroom cupboard and using
this with an orange wood stick wrap
ped in cotton, just as you use any nail
bleach. Or. dig your nails into a sec.
ton of juicy lemon and let the juice
work itself all over the finger ends.
Or. keep some of the white paste
bleach which you can buy anywhere,
run this under the nails, and scrub it
out in a few moments with the nail
4xN
bleaches; they are easy to use and if
washed out soon afterwards, they
won't dry or harm the fingers.
But, ordinarily. scrubbing the nails
with brush. and pushing back Il =
cuticle with an orange wood stick, and
then giving them a quick polish with
"a clean buffer, Is all the manicure you
need. Once week you will have to
be more thorough, of course.
Brown Eyes.-You can improve the