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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
WAIT ON YOUR
SELF IN 7 HIS
NEWEST STORE

Something else for the local
wholesaler. jobber and indie
PENDENT grocer to worry about:
elizabeth City has acquired an
other chain store. This time it
is an an" System Self Serv-
ice Grocery. said to be the most
beautiful and efficient type OF
self service grocery in America.
The new store will open Satnr-
day. Dec. 81. ut No. II No. Pom
dexter St. just around the corner
from Main ST. II will he operated
by tho PaSquotank M System
Stores. Inc. The incoporaiorS are
Wiley Il. toppcrSmith and Fred i.
Markham. Jr. Mr.. Markham will
manage the business.
The fixtures for the new store are
helm" Installed this week at Il cost
of more than 81 3lm. II will carry
in plain sight high grade groceries,
fresh vegetables. fruits. drlicateSScm
SuecialtirS. and cvcrythin. one
would expect to find in IN ur-to-dat"
grocery and dclicatc>Scn store.
You wait on Yourself Everything
is in plain sight. "rrrythin" marked
in plain Figures. You pick M Il
basket. walk thru the store. cholS 81
your purchases. pay the cashier on
the way ont. No waitin" 10 hr
waited on: no waiting FOR Il cashier
10 ring up your purchase. And we
are told that prices will bc lower
; than in most stores. Behind the
IN" System store is the buyin.
power IF more than 500 similar
stores.
The new store promises Il com
plrtc drlicatcS<cn department. 1t
will also dispense Grade \ Milk and
/ cream ut cut prices. And its -
/ good looking store. designed to np-
zeal to discriminating shoppers. 1t
makes good its claim to heing the
most beautiful grocery in tGwn. 1t
is the aim Of the operators 10 open
other M" System stores IN town it
the first one i> aS successful aS they
lanticipate il will be.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
ASPORTSMAN
TAKES A CRACK
AT A PREACHER
Thinks Parse. Havner Should
Be Ashamed To Look A
Chicken In The Pie
CA tOmmunicatiOn)
Editor The independent:

|
As Il sportsman resent the strict
IRE of game hunters written by your
front page columnist. Vance HavnPr
and published in last weeks issue
of The Independent.
Mr.. IIavnpr rSes pretty strong
language when he says: when the
average man gets outdoors with Il
shot gun and IL hound dog he rcvcrtS
in five minutes to his primitive AN
ccStOrS and becomes Il brutal savage
drunk with lust for blood"
Killing wild animals and birds
and takim; fish from the waters Of
cur seas and ponds and rivers may
! hc an act of >lvagery. but if so We
are all Savuye< and II sportsman who
! .o?S cut in the fields and hunts for
his game is not more Of Il savage
! than Il housewife who wringS Il
| chickens neck TO prepare Il dinner.
or the farmer who knocks Il pig IN
the head and cuts his throat to get
meat for his table or the market.
| have always understood that
GGd Almighty put fish and fowl and
animal here to provide food for us
and If some of us make sport Of
tracking this food supply and Civ
! ing it an even break for its life In
the open. don't see why we should
, hc called SavageS any more than a
furmer who deliberately and IN cold
blood slaughter an animal in Il pen
should hc called Il savage.
The fact remains that every
sportsman Is adding appreciably to
the immediate food supply. IL hc
! is diminishing the supply of game
animals and birds in this country.
; lust 80 is the fishermen diminiShin"
the supply If fish and just 50 is the
migration of farmers from the colln-
! try 70 the towns diminishing the
meat supply on our farms.
Mr.. Havner Uses harsh language.
but. being a sportsman | shall not
hold this against him because he Is
preacher and preachers are sup
posed to have u lot Of hell fire for
! those who don't happen 10 agree
with them. All the same ! would
hate TO invite the Rev. Vance
IIavnrr to dinner. because after
all he has said about me and my
tribe. think he would have to 90
hungry ut my table,. For | can
soc how lIr could cat Il lrg of chick
en- II serving of roast beef, Il slice
of ham or II mutton chop ana look
me in the face after calling me Il
savage for having killed Il wild fowl
instead of II tame one. j. ii more
an act of sava"rry To kill Il wild
goose than II tame one for dinner "r
for II friends dinner? And If so,
what's 10 become of the preachers
when everybody evolves out of
Savagcry and there are no chicken
dinners:
A. SPORTSMAN.
Dec. 26. 1921
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
HYDE COUNTY is
IN A HELLUVA FIX

With notes fHllmy due and taxes
not coming in fan enough To meet
them and pay the current expenses
of the county. Hyde County is fac
iny very >rriuu> embarrassment. ac
Cor,ling To unofficial reports rpceiv
pI in Raleigh. The county hr> rec
entity made change in its hoard of
managers and also u change in its
sheriff and according 10 the reports
il has collected only $4.0H3 in this
years taxes and is far behind in tax
collections for other Years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS
EXPECTED NEXT WEEK

Elizabeth City may have ihe
honor of entertaining d number
cf distinguished visitors next
week when party being organiz-
ed in Washington and New York
this week eGmes to Hill DevII
Hills. upor invitation of the Hill
Devil Hills Memorial Associ-
alton, to consider the location OF
d Wright Memorial Airport IN
ccrrecticn with the site of the
Wright Beacon with which Con-
yrrss will mark the site of the
first power driven airplane flight.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
LIVED BIT 4 FEW YEARS
AFTER LEAVING THE NAVY

.IameS Casey. for ~ years in The
L. :. Navy who carried four medals
for hcroiSm in the Spanish Ameri-
can war and the late World War;
died at his home Ht Aydlctt. y. I.
ON Dee. 23rd. age is. lie WAS IL
native of Milford. Mass. joined the
navy when he waS lG and retired aS
a petty officer to live i'll Currltuck
county Il few years ago. lie Is sur
vivcd by Il wife and one child. Ihey
buried him on Christmas Eve ana
uI.,uutrd Il flag at the head Of hh
Dr,ya # vas hi Wish
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
HEADACHES

Your eyes may he the cause. We
are able to render You the hcSt "i
services as eye<ight specialists. Our
long experience and modern meth
ods enable us to examine your eyes
and make glasses the same DAY.
Consult DrS. !. ID. Hathaway. Caro-
lima Bank Building. a4'-
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
Old Gun Shot Wound
May Cost Him ALeg

Twenty seven years ago John X.
Bowdcm, proprietor of the, Pepsi
celia BottIinS Works of this city.
received Il .rn>hot wound in one of
his lcgS. The wound healed and
for years i" had given it no thought.
4 few weeks ago the Old wound be-
wau tu rive trouble. Last week he
was taken to Il hospital. Doctors
say Il cancer of the lcg has develop
ed. He may lose the leg.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
WEBS \ RALEIGHlTE

Elizabeth City lost Il beautllul
-irl to Raleigh in the marriage OF
Miss Annie Miller Seeley of TINS
city to Mr.. Harvey Glenn Lee ol
Raleigh last Friday. Miss Seeley, Is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. jarvis
Seeley of this city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
Doctor Is Infected
By His Own Needle

DR.. Edwin F'rrcbcr. who recently
came from Raleigh to this city 10
engage in the practice of medicine
stuck IL hypedcrmic needle in his
arm TO give himself IN injection of
heart Stimu!ami. The needle
broke off in his arm. hluck"d off am
artery. gangrrnc sci in. Dr. Frrc-
bee has been in the Elizabeth City
hospital in Il serious condition for
several days. He is G7 years old
and his condition is aggravated 10y Il
number of chronic disabilities.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
But OTHER FANATICS
WILL FOLLOW THEM

nr'h city u~'h t" hr visited
.,Iy Icy tn" l"us haiud APOSTLES
ilnu~r. "r David. headquarters
uu lIarhor. Mich. We shall
rIy seq 10" more "f.thcir cult {:
kiu". one Benjamin Puru"ll is
rhiu. nu the >rrr't> pf EliZ-
city the disciples Of PurnclI
.imcd that ih">c wln belonged
cir faith never bed. When
kiu" died The other day they
-d thai hs would rise from the
90 rhrr" days and the health
rifles l"r them keep the body
jtin" for the premise 10 h''
"d. Bur the king WAS "aS
- d nit"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
DO YOU LIKE TO GO TO
CHURCH, OR DON'T YOU?
w. 0. Saunders and Edgar A. Guest Discuss
! Both Sides of the Question in January
American Magazine

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Aiapazinr and their families
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Detroit poet, philosopher and
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give church-s"crS and n"n-churrh-
-orr< something Ia think about ana
talk about. The two articles have
provoked nation-widr comment.
This newspaper Will not a''euP' I"
rrprinr the two articles in full. but
here are a few high lights from the
,wn articles:
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
Too Many Churches
By VANCE HAVNER

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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30

.r.UIry rlub mrmhrr> Of tatawba
4..v madc u clear prsfit "t SILL
i e, nu their flockS il 1927. In
q. ua they won the 'um 0f 81
n IN prizes AT fairs Ind rNpoST
l'rInrn poultry growing III North
ua will bc featirr of the
." course for poultry Keepers t"
. 4 at .statc COLLEGE January
p. y.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-12-30

Trade i'm Elizabeth City. Pay Cash
and be Thrifty. Use INDEPEN-
DENT Cooperative Advertisers
trade coupons same as cash. If
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

There was nothing to do, she decided,
but to return to being an artists model
The next day she started out to visit
several artists for whom she had posed
before she had become so famous. But
nowhere was there any work.
The artists didn't seem interested and
finally one of the artists who had once
been glad to get her for half an hour
told her that every artist for whom she
had posed had made so many sketches
of her that they never would need her
again.
But Miss Munson believes that the
gentleman who called on her so infor-
mally in her dressing room was the man
who turned the tide of her fortune and
that his influence on the Great White
Way extended even to the artists
studios.
Never after that night in the theater
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

though greatly surprised, wasn't in the
least discouraged. She thought that the
next day would probably result in a con-
tract being signed bright and early. But
her hope was vain. The day came and
passed and she was beginning to get
little bit discouraged.
1t seemed very odd to her that a
dozen managers would seem so preju-
diced against fashion shows and so posi-
tive that they wouldn't be putting one
on again for a long time.
After several months of days that
became more and more hopeless, Miss
Munson was convinced at last that she
would be remembering for long time
that Hateful night in her dressing room,
The curse of her great beauty was fol-
lowing her and was clear to her that
she would never get an engagement in
another theater.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

as the probable fate of many an over
ambitious girl whose beauty attracts one
and who rebuffs his unwelcome ad-
vances.
The night Miss Munson2onfesses that
all her bad luck dates from, she was
waiting in her dressing room in a New
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

ficulty in getting another en-
gagement. She tried several
managers but they politely
told her that their bills, were
all made up for a long time
in advance and even in the
future they didn't think they
would have any place for a
fashion show.
However Miss Munson,
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

VI.
But while Audrey believes that all her
bad luck was due to an unwelcome
caller in her dressing room, there are
hundreds fgirls on Broadway who point
out that such Nemesis as Miss Munson
claims has followed her is impossible. for
the reason that no man has enough
power to prevent girl from ever get
ting back on Broadway.
At any rate, Miss Munson's present
predicament is hard one to fathom. In
the lonely woman who PAGES from the
stoop of her cottage to the henyard and
back hour after hour it is hard to see
much likeness to the beautiful girl who
only few years ago was the toast of
the worlds leading artists and sculp-
tors.
Some people say that Miss Munson
has suffered a complete nervous break
down and that ner possible comeback
to the world of pearls and motor cars
becomes more and more impossible
every day that she morbidly thinks of
the course" brought upon her by her
great beauty.
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

York vaudeville theater. The next num-
Der on the program was fashion show
that been especially written for the
beautiful model.
A maid was laying out a half dozen
gorgeous gowns and Miss Munson was
hurrying into her first costume, very
snug bathing suit, when the door was
pushed open and a handsome man in
evening clothes, familiar to Miss Mum
son and to all who know the show bust
ness in New York, stepped in.
Miss Munson was at first too fright
ened to speak. Quickly she grabbed a
negligee and held it before her half
naked body as she whispered, go away.
Please go away"
to the pretty model and looked search
ingly in her eyes and then said sternly,
"Do you mean that?"
When Miss Munson only nodded het
head his face Redeemed as he turned
and snapped over his shoulder, 'Fll
make you remember that for long
while"
The next day Miss Munson was told
that the fashion show had closed At
first she didn't associate the termination
of the contract with the affair of the
previous night However, she was some
what amazed to hear that an act which
had been drawing great crowds to the
theater should suddenly be taken off
the bills.
But Miss Munson anticipated no diff
ficulty in getting another en-
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

lne same Iodu W ~ o'oi AGAIN .iiA''
even though she was cursed, she could
still retire with a comfortable fortune
instead of suffering the added humilia'
ton of poverty.
When she went footsore from stu
do to studio searching for work, she
understood why the artists had worked
so frantically and feverishly when she,
as the famous Audrey Munson, "the
worlds most beautiful model" had
given them half hour.
Now when she needed money, they
shook their heads and asked, "Why
should we pay you to pose for u.s." And
then to Miss Munson's amazement they
showed her walls lined with drawings
of herself.
Here, she saw her shoulder, crudely
outlined in charcoal. In another her
slender throat swiftly traced in crayon
and in dozen others every part of her
anatomy so that, sure enough, they
never would need her services again.
At the height of her success as
model Miss Munson turned to the thea
ter. Posing in an artists studio for
even half day at a time was very wear
ing and nerve wracking and when pro-
ducers who had heard of her much
heralded beauty sought to star her she
welcomed the opportunity.
All they asked of her was to display
the curves of her remarkably beautiful
body in costumes that were especially
designed for her. She became, she says,
a "clothes horse" and in sketch after
sketch that was written for her, her role
was only to walk on and off the stage
in costumes so gorgeous that the audi
ence would gasp in amazement.
So when her contract was broken, it
was not, nor could not be, because of a
lack of dramatic ability Oh her part.
What really happened to her is just
what every mother with a budding
actress in the family tries to point out
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

1OllUW Auu1Cy NANhSSA5 ShSS S'AS
~ worlds most beautiful model
whose shapely body has inspired some
of the finest paintings and many OF the
most notable statues of recent years
Or have the broken "nerves" OF this
famous model caused her to imagine the
curse that she says follows her con-
stantly?
Although only a few years ago the
cla.sically beautiful Miss Munson was
sought by hundreds of artists, to-day, In
miserable little clapboarded cottage
on the outskirts Of Syracuse, New York,
the one-time queen of the studios hives
in seclusion, denying herself to all
callers; suffering, it is said, from mel
ancholia that was brought on by her
failure to get job in any studio in the
world.
Once Miss Murson was famed for her
fabulously beautiful gowns, her ermIne
coats and her jewels, but to-day, al
though still in her twenties, she walks
listlessly around and around her cottage
dressed in clothes that any farm woman
might wear and caring little whether her
beautiful hair is combed or whether it
falls in matted snarls down her back.
Miss Munson's version Of her wretched
plight and her downfall from the tri-
umph Of being the Venus of the studios
to a woman cursed with i'll luck and mis-
fortune is the kind Of story that every
mother would like her stage-struck
daughter to hear.
So many mothers argue in vain with
daughters who are intent upon forging
their way to stardom and who believe
that anything their parents tell them is
Just cold fashioned" because things like
that don't happen nowadays. If any one
tells them that the girls on Broadway
have to win the favor Of the angel" of
the show to taste success, they holly
deny it as a story made up by the sus-
picious reformers.
But Audrey Munson says that this is
50 and if a girl on Broadway incurs the
enmity of some Of the men whose bank
rolls keep the shows going she may be
barred forever from getting an engage
ment on the street that is never dark,
and though she struggles for years to
come back it is losing fight and the
poor little chorus girl never wins.
Miss Mdnson believes that if it hadn't
been for the displeasure of man known
to all the Broadway showmen to-day, in
stead of living in a little one-story cot
tage she would be enjoying the fame
and financial rewards that we're hers
when she was known everywhere as the
worlds most beautiful model"
Fame came to her overnight, Miss
Munson says, and it went the same way.
One night she thought she was on the
way to great wealth and the next day
she lost her engagement and every
studio in New York was closed against
her.
Finally, after years of job seeking,
she admitted that she was "broken" and
that the one who had cursed her had
won.
1.-THE nearest to perfect figure in the
world" was the comment of artists
when it became known that Audrey
Munson was tho beautiful model who
posed for the sculpture at the Panama
Pacific Exposition.
That was the beginning of Miss Mum
sons fame and from that time over a
period of several years artists clamored
New Britain herald., 1927-02-18

tapestry for which Miss Munson
posed. On the New York Gus
toms House is a particularly
beautiful statue for which Miss
Munson was the model. And
there are hundreds of other
statues throughout the country
which Miss Munson insnired
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-21
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, jan 21.--A normal
supply and demand in the hog mar
ket today held prices steady with
Thursdays average. Best light
hogs sold early at $12.15, but $12.25
was asked for choice underweights.
Cattle receipts were small and
prices steady. Nothing choice was
offered. Cows and heifers sold
steady and slowly.
Lambs were steady with feeders
al the top of the list.
HOGS Receipts, $4,000; market
steady. Top, $500; bulk, $11.65@
1910; heavy weight, $11.75m12;
medium weight, $11S0@12.1O; light
weight, $11.S5@12.2O; light lights.
$11.S5@12.15; packing sowst $l0.6O
Q11.50; pigs. $11.75@12.I5.
Cattle Receipts. 1000; market
steady. Calves, receipts, 1900;
market steady. Beef steers, good
and choice. $10.50@12.5O; common
and medium, $S@10: yearlings, SIS. so
M12.60; butcher cattle. heifers, So. so
Q10.50: cows sos: bulls, $5@7, so:
calves, $12@15: feeder steers, $50
stocker cows and heifers, &4.5006.
Sheep-Reeceipts, 5000, market
stead. Medium and choice lambs,
$11.50@12.75; cuIls and common. 50
@10.50; common and choice ewes,
$5Q7.50; feeder Iambs. $12@1310.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-01-21
CLEARING HOUSE REPORT

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.--Clearing
house statement: Exchanges, 81.
14O, 600, 900; balances, $115, 200, 900;
Federal reserve banks credit bal
.ance. SIS, 000, 900.