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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
Mr.. LOVE NOT GIVING
BOOTLEGGER ADDRESSES
Enough Church Members Will flnd
Them Anyway. Without Direction
From The Pulpit

Rrv. +. =. Love. pastor 0i flrS'
VI. F.. Church South of this city calls
attention to am erroneous Sta'e-
mrnt in this newspaper last week.
Mr.. Love WAS quoted as saying that
q member of his church VIII" lived
ON Church 81. was engaged Ill the
sale of bootlcg whi>key and that he
numbered among his customers il
number of influential members ot
thr church. Mr.. Love made no men,
tion of the street on which the Doot-
Ic""rr lives and plies his trade. Thc
bootIoggcr in question lives on
Fruriu~ St. according to the best
inflammation now Obtainablc by this
newspaper. Mr.. Love wants II l'il-
dcrStood that hc is not furnishing
thc addresses of boOtlcSScrS: enough
buSinrSS finds lis way to their
doors without pulpit direction.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
CITY DIDN'T WANT 1T
STANDARD OIL TOOK 1T
Aldermen Sell Latest Sl6O,O0O BOnd
Issue to Continue Street I'M
provement Work

Elizabeth City voters Wouldl I
stand for public dock for the city :
small boat business. when there was
an opportunity 10 buy the Com
manrler Mill property, and now thc
Standard Oil Company has been
granted permission TO make 1t an
oil station. and will erect Il plant
To store upwards of half million
gallfmS of oil, with wharreS TO
handle the boat trade.
The Oil Company has made sever
al unsuccessful attempts to secure
foothOld i'm Elizabeth City, ami
have always been ruled ont mtii
this time. Mayor McCabe WAS the
only member of the beard To oppose
the move.
The Aldermen effected the sale
this week of the 100000 bond issue
authorized by the last General AS
<cmbly. ut Il premium of $50 and
interest ur / III per cent. These
bonds are to be- used for street lm-
prOvcmcnt work. The Aldermen set
aside $:':L0OO for building Il new
bridge. over PVindcxter Creek, and
rc-Surraciny PoindeXtcr Street.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

The hosiery business is going I"
he hard hit this summer. announc-
cd the Soda Jcrker to his pal the
Bank Clerk. as that eminent cltl-
zen StrolIcd into Main Street 5
favoritc leg show the other morn
ing and called for his morning glass
of coca cola.
".And what. prithcc, gives rise t"
that remark" inquired the Bank
Clerk.
Il get the low down on Il lot "i
stuff here in this corner pharmacy.
said the Soda Jcrkrr. 1T Is here
that all of the pIcc-Scttin" females
in town get together ut all hours ol
th" day. swap gossip, plan their
clothes and discuss what To do next.
| -ct am ear full and when it comes
10 knowing in, advance what's going
to hc the next thing i'll style, the
Womau'S Home Companion. Vogue
and Ruth White Parker ainl Sol
thing on me. And so I'm telling
ynu. the hosiery business Is gOln"
to he ON the Fritz this summer.
Il know what I'm talking about,
brcaIlSr | hear the women talklll"'
If 4 wOman'S got anything on her
mind. she'll out with il. Nature
ius; made the female so that WHEN
she ccts something i'm her system
she has TO throw it off; that's what
DIR. Saliba would call Il primary
biological fact, whatever that Is.
"Anyway. | hear EN- talking an"
most of the talk for the last week
has been on the subject of discard
ing hosiery this summer and going
bare-lcgged. Yes sir. They say
that silk hose are getting rOttencr
and rottpnrr and have gotten so bad
in fact that even the manufacturers
are admitting it and trying to sell
woman three stockings for par OH
the assumption that one out oi
three will 20 bad the first time IL
! is worn.
And then the wOmcn'S clubs come
along and start campaign TO per-
suadc women to quit wearing SllN
bosc and wear cotton hose. They
may yct 'cm to quit wearing 50
much silk. but they'll never get the
,mScliecncd legs Of your modern
flappcr into IL pair of cotton hose.
Never.
And so ! hear IL lot of EN- iaik-
in- about leaving the hose OF en-
lirely for morning and afternoon
wear when the weather gets warner
The idea has made Il biz hit with
the business girls. who think 1t lot
only IL sensible idea but Il real
stroke of economy. What do you
think about it,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
GROCERS Who
AID DISIILLERS
FACING TROUBLE

That wholesale %roccTs who
supply sugar, meal. rye, barley,
malt and Yeast to the nanulac-
turcrs Of moOnShiTc liquor arc
technically rs we'll as morally
guilty OF aiding and abctting
the illicit manufacture of WhIS-
key and that Federal prohibit
ton officers arc beginning to
investigate this phase OF the
moonShinc business is inIorna-
ton that comes to this news
paper this week from an att
thoritativc source.
1t is Il known fact thai wholesale
groccrS in Elizabeth City IA well as
in other towns in this region do II
thriving business with mp"nShincrS.
SCmp of them sending their sales
men regularly into the mo0nShinc
territory and soliciting orders for
sugar. meal. etc. from the MOON
shining gentry.
The fact is bcwailcd that the
wholesale sales Of sugar fall of
appreciabIy in Elizabeth City every
fine there is Il raid on stills ut East
Lake or in the Dismal Swamp
around South Mills. The gr0cers
apparently haven't thought that
they were violating the law.
But certain L. :. Commissioner
who has hccn looking up The law on
the subject says that every grocer
who sells sugar or other supplies to
be made into hootch is violating
statutory law aud is subject TO fine
or Imprisonment OF both.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
II, HOOVER And.
MARK SULLIVAN.
ARE 'RUINT' MEN
Thought They were Unknown
In Elizabeth City and Play
ed Poker To The Conster-
nation of Our Devout

Herbert Hoover, Secretary
of Commerce and Mark Sulll-
van. famous Washington cor
respondent, slipped into EIlz-
abcth City the other day ana
thought they had put one over
on the natives by proving
around the town without being
recognized. But Herbert and
Mark didn't fool the old home
town so badly after all.
They walked about the streets for
IN hour without getting salute al
oyati, II or even Il second look from
any citizen. Elizabeth City is ihat
mrtropolitan outwar,lly that it does
not stare at strangers any more OF
make what the cUlOrcd folks call
'miration over them. But Eii|-
abeth City is still IL small town. IL
we don't see much we hear Il plenty.
With many chucklc Herbert
and Mark went aboard their yacht
on the Elizabeth city waterfront
and had the time of their lives
pluyin. stud poker for the hrttrr
part of the night. They say Ii was
a great game and the two crlrhrl-
ties were asleep and smiling III
their dreams when their craft pull
cd ont of the harbor Friday morn
inS.
But even while they smiled III
their dreams over the delicious TACT
that two of the best known men
in America were unrccOSnlzed ny
the populacc of town Of lo'ooo
Americans who arc only two hours
from Washington by air. the town
was talking about the fact that
Continued on Paae -Four
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
THE WEAK AND.
CRIPPLED CHILD
The Underprivileged Draw
Kiwanis, Rotary and First
District Medicos Together
Here on April S

The attention OF Northeast
crn North Carolina is to be
focused on the all important
subject Of the "Cndcrprivilcg-
cd Child", Tuesday evening,
April ). when a joint meeting
OF the doctors OF the First Dis
trict Medical Society, which
comprises some so leading
members OF the profession,
and the Elizabeth City kiwanis
and Rotary Clubs will be held
in the Episcopal Parish House.
Elizabeth city gets thiS program
on behalf of the undcrprivilc%cd
child, because KiwaniS and Rotary
give much attention to the problem,
and the president Of the Medical
Society. DR.. John Saliha. Of Fliz-
alcth City. is on the committee Of
The rndcrprivilrgcd Child for HI
wants. Thru his activity. the meet
ing of the First District Sociciy WAS
arranged at time when scientific
opinions Should he Of greatest value
t0 those crOprrating with KiwHni$
and Rotary. and will give the doe
tors thruout the section great
opportumity for fellowship as we'll
as instruction.
DR.. Salihn. announces that the
scientific program of the mrdicOS
will hc held in the Parish House
library at L. NJ. and the chief
speaker of this session will m DIR.
John q. Myers of Charlotte, PrcSi-
dent of the State Medical Society.
Another distinguished visitor will
be DR.. ChaS. OH. LaughinghouSc,
now Secretary Of the state Board
Of Health.
Among those who will read Sclcn-
tific papers at this meeting are Dr.
(Ccntinurd on Page Four
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
GALLONS OF
CORN WHISKEY MASH
And A ESQ Gallon Steam Distillery Found Near
J. E. Ownley's Home Eight Miles
From This City

That Elizabeth City hasn't
been dependent upon East
Lake for its liquor supplies was
made known in a big way We'd
ncsday when prohibition en-
iorccmcnt officers Ratlcdgc.
n .ondon and Moore, assisted hy
Sheriff Carminc and Deputy
Sheriff WhitchurSt raided one
of the. largest distillerieS ever
found in this section. within
eight miles OF Elizabeth City.
There were two stills. one havin"
capacity To make 250 gallons of
whiSkry in ten hour run. The
still had 22 coils. WAS equipped with
steam pump. MeSSrS. RatlrdSr
and London say the coil of this
still waS the biggest they had ever
captured. The still WAS running
hot when the officers found il.
Another still nearby waS cold.
Eighteen thousand gallons of mash
Were found ut the two stills. To-
OOO gallons uf which were III the
biz still.
And all this WAS within eight
miles of town, on the Butler road.
lust few miles from Brrca Church
The stills were On the land Of Il
timber corporation and were we'll
back from the highway. But wide
corduroy highways led to the stills
from several directions. giving the
distillerS an opportunity IL observe
! the approach of suspicious parties.
The prohibition officers were seen
bv the diStillerS before they got
within Il quarter of mile of the
stills. There was Il fuSilade Of shots
from ScntricS posted near the stills
! and when the officers arrived at the
stills. the operators were gone. y"
! arrests were made.
/ The stills were located near the
home of Julian L. 0wnlcy. A search
of OwnlcyS premises was made. The
officers found Il 1Jsallon keS ot
: limor 81 steps from Ownlcys house.
| \ little further back of his house
they found 81 gallons of liquor in
| fivc-.allon cans. Just a little fur
! thcr back they found more o-Sal-
! Ion cans and jugs. Concealed not
! far away in front of OwnlerS home
the officers found ~ five-gallon
! ilgS empty. In Ownlcy'S yard they
! found ~ bags of coal similar 10 the
. coal used in firing the still.
! Sheriff Carmimc III telling of the
raid Yesterday said that If any one
had told him that such IN outfit
existed anywhere in Pasquotank
| County he would not have believed
! il. The officers. who have been do
inc notable work in this section rec
entity. believe that they have de-
Stroved Elizabeth City'S biggest
Snurcc Of corn liquor supply.
No arrests have been made'
Sheriff Carminc himself Indicates
that he will make no arrests, hcllcN-
i'm. this a case that should bc dealt
with in the Federal Court.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
che BANK CLERK ANe TLC SODA JEPkGR
THE SODA JERKER ANTICIPATES NEW JOB

"SuilS me-" said the Bank Clerk.
The less women wear The less they
interest me and the more. mind l
have for my work and for real
masculine paSlimrS. If they Will
only continue to make themselves
up and wear pretty clothes of an
evening when I've got time to play,
| don't give hurrah what they pun
ON or leave off during business
hours.
But Il StuckinglcSS fad Is not al
together practicable because it isn't
Saniiarily nice; their should he
some easily changrahlc protective
covering between the human foot
and The Innings Of a shoe. lOu can't
remove shoe Innings and wash them
ont. nor can You run IL pair of shoes
thru Il dry cleaner. Now if {. o..
Robinson will put some Of the ma
chimes in the Elizabeth City Hosiery
Mill on the manufacture OF FOOT
rloyrs or something like that, !
don't see why women shouldn't go
harr-lcggcd. eliminate darning Wor-
rirS and the embarrassment OF un-
timely runs and save Il lot ol
hosiery bills aS well.
"Thry won't save anything. said
thr Soda Jcrkcr. They were talk
cd into hobhcd hair because it was
ccnmomicat \ woman bobs her
hair and has 10 20 10 Il Mrpcr
shop or Il beauty parlor ten times
TO where she went once when h"r
hair was long. It'll he the same way
with bare legs. As soon as the
women start the bmrr-lr% style
thcrcul be Il thousand lc" b"aullfy-
ing preparations on the market
special tintS and rGugcS for bare
legs. floral designs for calves ana
the beauty parlors will do Il lhnd
office business mussaging legs"
well. that will make business
for YOUR drug store. said the Bank
/ Clerk.
Not my drug store, said the
i Soda Jcrkcr. when bare legs be-
come the fashion In going to qult
this soda bar and open me a mas
sage parlor: going in the business
of nasSaging female legs: l have
an idea that fellow looking Tor
a kick out of life could get it there.
"And | hope You'll get ii there
said the Bank Clcrk-"In the neck.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

LARRY ENNIS SKINNER, JR.
THERE were l22,132 lawyers in the
United States the last time a census
was taken of them and there were
35.732 more coming out Of American
Universities and colleges. And Eliz-
abeth City has her share OF them.
Here is one of the latest additions
to the Elizabeth City census OF
lawyers. This Larry Ennis Skinner,
Jr. is 10 ordinary yOungster. To
begin with, he has che OF the smart
est mothers in town. He went thru
the Elizabeth City High School
without missing an honor roll, went
to Wake Forest and made notable
record. graduating when he was 20
years old. He had TO wait Il year
to get Ills license TO practice law
and didn't forget everything he had
earned in college while waiting
around for Il year 10 become Of age.
He has established himself in Eiiz-
abeth City in the law firm Of
Spence 4 Skinner.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

THE successor to Miss Marcia Al
bertscn. who resigned the first OF
ihc year, rs Home Demonstration
Agent for PasquOtank County came
here from Arkansas, where she had
been engaged in Home DemOnstra-
ton work. but she is Il Northeastern
North Carolina girl, and wanted to
get closer home. Miss Evans is
graduate of the North Carolina Col
Iege for Women, a former teacher
of Home Economics, and has been
engaged i'm this line of work Tor
several years. She is the daughter
of X. E. Evans of Manteo, and a
sister of Miss Mabel Evans. former
Superintendcnt OF Schools in Dare,
and one of the educational leaders
of the state.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01
VANCE HAVNER TO
SPEAK AT WEEkSVILLE

Vance IIavncr. the sometime boy
prcachrr" and Il frequent c0ntrl-
hutor tn this newspaper will speak
at the WcckSvillc High School sun
day night. Apr. , at 5 O'Clock.
Young IIavncr iS Il wistfuI. l"Vahlc
and altogether genuine personality
who is always worth hearing.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

Of each other; the small town
guSSips would have taken care of
that.
Verify the village gOSSipS have
their Uses. Thanks to their pryin%
eyes and their wagsiny tongues the
pcrmancncy of the marriage rcla-
tion iS fairly we'll assured in the
small towns where everybody knows
anI talks about everybody else.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

When the eyes itch, burn, smart
or ache, there is something needed
besides a rub. You can't remove
eye defects with a rub Of the fling
cr. Our scientific examination will
reveal the cause. DIR. j. Il. HATH-
away Eve Snoci@lt.,t22 -
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

Use your eyes but do not abuse
them. When you discern hint oil
dimncss. tired feeling, and acne
in the cyc-balls or repeated head
aches, be warned-its Natures cry
for help. Let Us examine your Eyes.
DIR, J. u. HATHAWAY, Eye Spcci-
alist..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

WANTED: Hen Eggs, DUCK Eggs,
Hides. Etc. Top market Frices.
Spot Cash. W. {. crovrR, Eliz-
abetb CITY Y .. Milf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

You can waste more nerve energy
through defective eyes than by any
OF her human channel. See DE. j.
ID. HATHAWAY, Eye Specialists.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-04-01

TODAY
AND
TOMORROW
e..,iips Have Their Uses
Dc aW. O."

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Nm. a homr. tii'aI'! Nv '
into p:r'ty MT" """
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I,,r gr,le houses in the same
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
NO COMMISSION
FULLER DECIDES
IN SACCO CASE
Advises With Experts
on Gun Testimony

BOSTON, May 1.-THE announce
ment, carried exclusively in The
DAILY WORKER two weeks ago,
that there would be no commission to
review the co-Vanizetti case, was
confirmed from semi-official sources
today
Governor Fuller will handle the
case himself, assuming full response
bility for the fate Of the two Italian
anarchists doomed to die in the cleo
trio chair. Aided by personal friends,
including Frank A. Roberts, chairman
Of the State Parole Board, and Attor-
ney General Reading, he is now en-
crossed in a study of evidence, par
ticularly the salient point of the Sacco
gun.
When Nicola Sacco was arrested,
police seized his gun. Later it was
declared in the Dedham trial that the
mortal bullets which killed Alessandro
Berardelli, guard for Paymaster Par
menter, were fired from the Sacco
gun.
Experts, including firearms special
lists and Acknowledgements, are con
ferring with Fuller. The Sacco gun,
with other weapons presented in tes-
timony, are at the Governors home,
where he has been confined for sew
eral days.
Lincoln Wadsworth, of the Iver
Johnson Sporting Goods Co., was
among the experts. He conferred with
the Governor for several hours, going
over the Sacco, Vanzetti and Madei-
ros guns. He is not unfriendly to the
defense.
Seven thousand Chicagoans sent
350-word telegram to Governor Full
Ter today asking a review of the case.
The Marylebone branch of the Brit
ish Independent Labor Party and the
Scottish Independent Labor Party
sent cablegrams today to the same eff
feet.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
Hospital
Car Too Crude in
Methods on Poor

stung by ,erss Of, wretched
conditions in Bellevue and Kings Coun-
ty hospitals, Bird S. Coler commits
soner of public welfare, handed in his
resignation to Mayor Walker yester-
day.
Complaints of the callous treat
ment of charity patients in the city
hospitals have been numerous Under
the administration of Coler, a demo-
cratic politician appointed by Hylan
but prominent for 20 years in the
Tammany organization.
Sick and injured workers have died
in the city hospitals because of
wretched disregard by the authorities
there, according to relatives. Crowd
ed wards, over-worked hospital at
tendants, negligence and the unwill-
ingness of supervising physicians TO
fight for the lives of patients suf-
fering from complicated or prolong-
ed illness are among the charges.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
WORLD LEADERS
GUARD ASHES OF
C. E. RUTHENBERG
BY ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL

MOSCOW, U. S. S. R. (By Mail) -
Three volleys in rapid succession from
the rifles of Red Army infantry sta
toned atop the Kremlin Wall roared
and echoed thru the Red Square.
Then Red Army Band broke into
"The Internationale" and tens of
thousands of workers stood with barred
heads, and regiments of Red Army
soldiers stood at salute as Nikolai
Buckharin placed the urn containing
the ashes of our fallen leader, C. E.
Ruthenberg, in the niche that had
been prepared for it in the Red Wall
of the Kremlin, before which are the
graves of many Of the dead in the
triumphant Bolshevik Revolution of
November z, 1917.
Leaders in the Communist Interna-
tional and in the Communist Party of
the Soviet Union, officials of Soviet
Trade Unions and the Profintern,
Continued on Page Three
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
Miller Hired to
Defend BIN. 7. in
Transit Hearings

Cory verbal warfare with no inju-
ries is predicted when former Cover
nor Miller meets Samuel Untermeyer
in the transit hearings next Monday,
Miller, cashing in on his political pres
tige, has been retained by the BIN
T. to defend its vested property rights
The BIN. T. is particularly keen
not to have it's books examined. Such
an examination would disclose BIN
T. control over the marlborough and
give official confirmation to the con-
tention that the company's actual in
vestment is less than 30 per cent. of
the claimed valuation.
The BIN. T. wants to be valued at
cost of reproduction in 1927 prices,
although the system was built when
costs were lower. An effort will be
made to value the property on the
actual cash investment, although the
Supreme Court may halt such an at
tempt.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18

licyholders are poor people who carry
small policies largely for the purpose
of defraying funeral expenses in the
event Of death. It's magnificent
building running from Madison to
Fourth Avenue on Twenty-third
Street was practically erected from
money taken from tenement-house
dwellers." IN. Y. World).
the naturalization of
great life insurance companies is
farce. The elections are conducted
by clerks voting proxies and suffi-
cient reserve supply of proxies is kept
on hand to outvote any policyholder
who appears in person" IN. Y.
World.
"The files of the superintendent
Continued on Page Ttoo)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-18
SOVIET PROTEST
ON ARGOS RAID
is GIVEN BRITISH

MOSCOW, May 1.-THE Soviet
Union tonight handed to Commercial
Secretary w. Peters, of the staff OF
the British charge d'affaires here, its
protest against the recent raid by the
British Government on ARGOS, Linn
tied, in Soviet House, London.
The protest was carefully worded,
1t contained the yelled threat of eco
romic reprisals, and demands salts
faction for the insults suffered in the
raid.
1t was pointed out shortly after the
raid that Moscow's reaction would be
an economic threat Unofficially, il
was learned that the Soviet Union
contemplated cancelling several large
orders which had been placed with
British industrial concerns.