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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
SMITHS FIRST
TO GIVE CIT Y
GRADE A MILK

The iirst dairy in Elizabeth
City to produce milk under
strictly sanitary Grade ~ re-
quircmcnts is Elizabeth City'S
newest dairy. II. y. Smith,
proprietor OF Smiths Cream
Top Dairy was granted a Ger
tiiicatc by City Milk Inspector
l.. l.. lIcdgcpcth this week,
certifying that he had met
every requirement ior the pro-
duction and distribution o(
strictly Grade ".N' milk.
This man Smith. wiry Yankee
from New York State VIII" recent ly
leased the Bell Dairy farm on Par
Snua"r 81. extended had an ad-
vantage over local tlairymcn. lav-
i'm. had his dairying experience III
New York State where milk laws
orr rigid and thOroly enforced. the
prrdIIctiuu of Grade ~ milk was
nothing new to him.
And he had good start when he
acuuir,ql the Bell dairy. Mills Bell
had built IL real dairy barn with
cement floorS. ample lighting, ven
tilatiom. etc. Smith didn't have
much to do to put the Bell property
in order.
\ visit To the Smith dairy tins
week is refreshing 10 one who has
identified the milk business with
piles of cow manure and Swarms
of flies. There are few flies even
i'm the open barn. There is little
evidence of manure on the COW lot
and none ut all in the barn. The
manure is cleaned up and stored
in flv-ti"ht bins thousand feet
from the barn. or spread on the
land 1t doesn't accumulate 10 rot.
smell and incIIhatc flies.
The milk produced in Smlth =
dairy is bottled in Il light, AIRY
screened and clean milk room. Every
bottle and utenSil used i'll the busl-
ness is steam Stcrilized and kept
i'm the SteriliZiug chamber until used.
Bottles are machine washed before
sterilization. Even the mll/hS
stools are washed and kept hanNns
ON pegs when not in use. 10 COM
ply with the regulations governing
the production of Grade "A milk
requires Scrupulous attention to Il
lot of nice little details that seem
scnselcsS to IN old fashioned pro-
ducer who. blows his nose thru his
fingers. wipes his hands on the seat
of his trousers and milkS his COW
without washing the hand he wiped
hi scat with.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
BEE IN CULPEPPER'S
BONNET NOT KILLED

That W. r. Culepper will be
candidate for the Elizabeth City
mayoralty two years hence was In.
dicated by a remark dropped by
Mr.. Culpepper at the fire engine
house Tuesday night. After con-
graduating mayor-elect Flora Mr..
Culpepper turned to a group OF Mr.
Fl0ras friends and said:
This has been a clean fight and
/ appreciate the fine spirit in which
YOU boys have worked for Jerome
Flora: there is no hard feelings
and | am sure you are my friends
and that every one Of you would
work just as hard fbr me two years
from now il | should ask YOU"
And all the boys, with tongues in
their cheeks, said Sure NC will"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
SAUNDERS WILL TALK
TO VIRGINIA BANKERS

w. @. Saunders. editor and pub
Usher of The Independent and au.
thor of the Bank Clerk and the
Soda Jerker will he the principal
speaker at dinner to be given
by the junior officers and bank
clerks of the Tidewater Virginia
peninsula mt the Hotel Warwick in
Newport News on Friday night.
May q. The young bankers want
to hear something of the Bank Clerk
and Soda Jerker first hand.
Mr.. Saunders will talk to the
Rotary Club of Greenyille. y. G.,
Monday night. May 80. He was to
have spoken to the Greenville
Rotarians last Monday night, but
a dose of castor oil taken the hight
before wouldn't let him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
some OF THESE SAYSLET The
NAMES SHOULD TUBERCUL0US
KNOCK YOU COLD'HAVE CHILDREN

DR.. Z. p. Mccain. writing
! i'll The Saniturium Sun. pub,
! Wished at Sanatorium, \. {.
takes sharp issue with DR.
John Saliba OF this city who
advocates sterilization Of the
tuberculous. DIR. Mccain says
"Im II paper presented before Il
recent meeting of thc First District
Medical Society of North Carolina
| DIR. John Saliba is reported as hav'
ing advocated either segregation
Of the tubcrculouS or their Sierili-
zatiOn 10y n trivial operation rs Il
solution Of the tuberculosis prob
lem. lie is reported as admitting
that segregation would he n flag
rant interference with the liberty of
the individual and rs therefore ad-
vOcating sterilization.
"Ir tuberculosis were an inherit
cd disease or even if there were in
the OfTspringS Of tubrrcuiouS par
entS an Inherited tendency to the
disease. or if only the Oi1SpringS OF
tnberculouS parents develop tubrr-
culosis. there would be some ground
for DR.. Saliln'S argument. The
most painstakilIg researches by care
ful scientists have proven that tuber-
culOuS Is not transmitted from either
tubCrculouS fathers nr mothers to
their ofrSpringS before birth and,
that there is not even
a transmitted tendency to the di-
SeaS,.. If children are removed from
their tuhercul0uS parents aS soon rs
they arc born and kept in healthy
surroundings they never develop
tuberculosis and they are just as
strong and vigorous as other chill
,Iacn They do not even give Il posi-
tive reaction to the tIbrrculin test.
and this test would hc positive i'll
the presence uf even the slightest
Infection with tuRrcle Mcilli.
"In Fraucc at the LaennCc lfOSW-
tai DrBrc and Bernard have for Il
number of years given intense Scicn-
tific study to this question. Several
hundred children Of tubrrclllouS par
cmtS have been taken to the hoSpi-
tal rs soon aS they were born ana
kept there until good home Win
some healthy family in Il rural dis
trirt WIS found for them. Not Il
single one Of these children after il
period of some years has developed
tuberculosis.
Il am strong advocate of Stcrl-
liZaliun Of the insane and 6l Inc
low grade mental defective condl-
tionS which are mqucStionably III
hcritrd. ! also think that lllu"rcu-
Continued OH Page fivc)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
"Wright's Baby Grand i
Patiently Waiting For
The Prize

A total OF 2S2 names have
been submitted to The lndepen.
dent to date in the competition
for more than $500 in beautiful
prizes offered by this news
paper for a suitable name for
the memorial light TO be built
on Kill Devil Hill in comment
oration OF the first powcr-driv-
en-airplanc flight made by
Orvillc Wright on Dec. II,
1908.
And most of the names submitted
are Ms remote from possibility or
winning one Of the prizes aS il
Bells Island from BetelglicSe.
1magiup if you can. such names
as "Wri%lt--S RalE GrintI Shnd
Angel Light. RalrighontaS. Wright i
De Light. Floating IephyrS. Will
mrightville, Or1villiva, Jack o
Molantcrn (>ir)."
And ono who sends in Dare
Devil Wright Memorial says Il am
awaiting with patience my prize.
The one who wants il called "Jack
O Molantern' says: This name
came from some kind of bird on
n dark and stormy night they have
seen around Kill Devil Hill" This
newspaper never heard of that bird
before.
The author nf "WriSht's Baby
Grand" explains that such name
would bc .'hunor to the WriShtsr
being tho baby ef sriatiGS and
grand for such Il grand success.
Deep stuff.
Another wants the memorial to
ayiation tn bp called "Warrcn be-
cause Congressman Warren Thought
of it first.
Not all Of tho names are 50 far
fetched AMI some Of the best ones
are not printed here. hut the prizes
are not won yet.
Work Of making preliminary sur
vcys and estimates for IA lighthouse
that would meet with the approval
of the l.. =. Lighthouse Bureau was
begun 10y Supt. King of the Nor
folk House Depot hast week,
For What il considers the best
name offered this newspaper VIII
award a beautiful S112.m II Karat
solid gold Il jewel Hamilton Nalchi
,ur of tn" hest timrpicrrS money
cau buy. For the next best name
(Continued on page Two)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13


THE ChOwan Bridge Celebration
Committee is fortunate in having at
its head Capt. Jasper l.. Virgins,
Mayer Of EdcntCI and a citizen Of
rare enterprise and ability. The
celebration of the opening of the
great Chowan Bridge Gil or about
July 20 promises TO he The biggest
and most spectacular outdoor at
traction staged i'm Northeastern
North Carolina i'm many a day.
EdentOnians don't do things half
heartedly and they appreciate the
value of the great bridge to the
whole region. Capt. Virgins IS sup
ported by an able committee c0mpOs.
ed of j. T. Stokes of Bertie; 7. 5.
White, of Perq,Iimans; r. {. job.
of PasquOtank; W. l. Halstead. of
Camden and Dudley Basley of Cur
rituck.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
CONTRACT LET
FOR MACS HEAD
RO'NOKE BRIDGE
Structure Connecting With
Nags Head, to Cost Upwards
Of 100000 to Be Built

Final contract for the bridge
proper. of a three mile cause
way over Broad Creek chan
mel, connecting Roanoke Is
land with the beach just south
OF NaSs Head. was let at Man
teo Tuesday when bids were
opened by the Dare County
Commissioners.
Contract for the bridge proper
was lrt to the W. J.. Jones Con-
st"ucti0n Company Of Elizabeth
City. for SSs.615 1t calls for Il
structure 1900 feet long and 90
feet wide to bc built of wood. with a
1OO-foOt steel draw span. Five bid
dcrs figured on the perfect. the near
est competing bid being 5000 above
that offered by the local cOrccrn.
Contract for the building of a
causeway connecting the land ends
Of thp bridge had previously been
let 10 II. c. Lawrence of New Bern
for S4J.000. This cauSeway will
be 300 feet wide. and is being built
by pumping the send from the bot
tom Of Roanoke Sound by Il suction
drpdgr Dredging operations have
been interrupted several times by
the excavation of large rocks. which
Indicate that an inlet once, existed
near the spot. the rock having the
appearance Of ballast stones that
were used years ago. and were
thrown overheard to tighten incom-
ing ships.
The contracts 70 date total Sl3.-
6l5. and additional expenses will
bring the cost mp to $1N.Mn. 1t is
believed that it will h necessary to
build hulkhcad on both sides Of
the causeway. and to find some
measures TO hold the sand Oh top. to
prevent distintcgration by winds
and tides.
The bridge proper will be con-
structed on creOSOtcd wood piles,
three In a row under the bridge. and
distance between spans of 1J feet.
4 half million feet Of lumber and
10000 pounds of hardware will en-
ter into the construction. The piles
will lp il inches i'm diameter at the
large end. and will be sunk to Il 10
ton test. The bridge deck will be
seven feet above the mean tide level.
Plans were approved by the State
Highway Commission. Work will
begin in ten days. and is to he com
pleled in four months.
For the construction of the bridge
Dare wHS authorized at the last
General Assembly to issue bonds to
the amount Of $30O.000. 1t is The
biggest undertaking ever begun in
that county. and sufficient tolls to
orprate il. will nccrSSitate the con-
str,ctiom of Il bridge at Kitty Hawk
To Point Harbor. and the building of
eight miles of connecting road,
which will run the Investment up TO
10 million dollars and better. there
bciug only $50 cars Oh Roanoke Is
land at present to Use it. The Oper-
alton and maintenance of the Roa-
noke Island bridge it is stated, Will
require All income of $500 a week
for depreciation. interest, and sink.
ing fund. to retire the bonds IN %
years. which is the average length
of bridges of this type. according
TO engineers.
The Commissioners passed reSo-
luton to take over the ferry service
between Roanoke Island. Kitty
Hawk and ManteO. unless the serv-
ice is made more dependable by the
,riyutn owner NOW ODerating IT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13

tiun< Just closing the season. Is OIL
the market. Its always the same
every year." says Howard Smith.
THE first of the season we nave
to contend with the trash on the
market that cuts down prices. The
pea movement is not heavy yet. only
about ten cars Il day gOin. ont OF
the city. or about 4,JCW baskets Il
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
The Independent Wins.

Tho election Of Jerome Flora wa>
opntILrr victory for The lndeper-
dent in Il long uphill fight lor
clean upn-wrtisan government III
Elizabeth city. MayOr-clect Flora
and his friends frankly ackhoW-
lr,lrr the effective support 0i TINS
ur,vSpaprr. without which it i con-
cc,Ird hr could net have been elect
cd.
Election night WAS quiet i'll Eliz-
alrth Guy. The firrmrn mi.'at
have turned on the siren or r''li2
= bell; but they didn't. Billy 'ui-
rrplr,r came down To the fire engine
hnuSr rs soon aS the votes were
counted and congratulated the
victor. Their campaign had been
free of personal pcttlncss. Billy
CuIpcppcr was smiling. Jerome
Flora WAS serious.
I'm not II praying man. Sald
Jerome. but dam if | don't feel
more like praying than shouting.
There is something about all TINS
that gets close to me; my TOWN.
has shown lot of confidence Ill
me and ! hope I'll never diSappolht
Il Sim.lc man or woman who vOtcd
for me. I'm no politician and I'm
clad of it: and if the folks VIII
stand by me thcrc'll bc no politics
in my administration
Mayor Flora will take Office on
the first Monday in June. succeed
in" Mayor Aubrey q. McCabc.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13

We offer you Il superior service
by examining your Eyes and MAX
Ing glasses for you the same day.
DRS. ]. d. HATHAWAY: Eye Sight
SnecialiSts. afF
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
(Why not get the book of the
Bank Clerk and the Soda Jerker, a
choice collection of their rich and
racy arguments? so cents by nlail)

Our service is uuexcelled in eXamin-
ing Eyes and fitting Glasses. DRS.
J. ID. HATHAWAI,, Eye Sight speci-
alistg. adv,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13

Eye strain are the greatest source
Of nerve waste Of the body. Have
YOUR eyes examined by DRS. j. ID.
IIATHAWAY ~: Sioht SnecialstS
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1927-05-13
Plain Young Business Man Without Political
Organization Sweeps City in Mayoralty
Contest

Not even 4 steam calliopc
with a banner on it advertising
! Jerome Is. Flora for Mayor
paradin% the streets OF Eliza
abcth City from sunrise till
sunset, could defeat the cleo
ton uf Flora.
In one IF the most remarkable
municipal elections ever held In this
city. Jerome i. Flora. Il plain. blunt.
mnprrtcntiouS young man who is
not personally known To hundreds
Of voters in the town. was elected
Ia the Mayuralty by majority of
III votes over an opponent for
whom the betting odds were three
tu one.
Almost everybody predicted the
election uf W. L. Culpepper Billy
CuIpcpper is one Of the most popu-
lar yuun. business men in Elizabeth
City. lie had been in the race
weeks ahead Of Jerome Flora. lie
had Il pnlitical organization behind
him. And he got 663 votes. Flora
.oi StO votes. leading in every ward
in town except Culpeppcr'S Second
Ward and Culpeppcr'S majority WAS
only ~ out nf 4aS east in Il ward
that is afflicted with large renal
electorate that can hc bought at any
price. from Il bottle of pop Ia Il
promise ur Il job on ii street cart.
Jerome Flora had no political
The volunteer fire
men. Of whom hc has been the proud
chief for several years. were for
him. But the fircmen are not poll
ticianS: they are mostly enthuSlaS-
tie Youngsters who in political
are aS ap! 10 Il" their
more harm than good.
Jerome Flora himself is no politi-
clan. He was dragged AMI pushed
into the candidacy by his friends.
The final shove came in an article
in this newspaper on April Sth.
after the campaign was we'll under
way with ". I. Culpcppcr leading
one opponent. l.. {. c"hoon. to an
inylnriouS defeat. CohoonS health
WAS against him and culpepper was
making the most uf it. Following
the article in this newspaper on
April Sth AMI pledged the support
Of The independent. Jerome Flora
To enter the race.
The entry of jerome Flora re-
vivrd Z. &. CohOOn. Mr.. t"hooh
pulled himself together. crankcd his
rlivvrr and went To work. 1t WAS
Il three curncrcd race with Cohoon
and Flora dividing their forces ANA
cpnccdins the election "t
t'ulls.pprr. The weathcr-rane
watchers were pilinS on tul"pper :
cart. Ard then last week
T. &. Inhuuu Withdrew. IL narrow
rd down to IL contest between Cui-
urIpcr and Flora. with CuIpcppcr
far i'm the lead and Culpcppcr boost
or bcttin. three to one on tIi'ir
They lost il lot oi Sood
mummy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
TUBERCULOSIS SEAL SALE
TO BEGIN THANKSGIVING
Seventy Per Cent of Fund Goes
For County Health Work

With every available medium of
publicity and distribution function
ing, the twentieth annual Tubercu-
losis Christmas Seal sale, sponsored
by the Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
citation, opens on Thanksgiving Day
throughout the State.
Approximately 100000 mail sale
letters were sent out, containing the
Christmas Seals and information
bearing on the prevention and the
stamping out Of tuberculosis in the
State.
Seventy percent of the funds raised
in each county will be used to finance
county health work; five per cent will
be sent to the National Association
to assist in carrying on the nation
wide fight against the disease, and
twenty-five per cent will be sent to the
State Association to be used to help
defray the expense of supplies, field
service, publicity and education.
The county organizations that de-
pend upon the sale of Christmas Seals
for their support are: "The Miracle
House" at Claiborne for undernour-
ished and understood children, chest
clinics, child health education, nurs-
ing service, education and publicity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
TWO RAIDS MADE DURING
WEEK RESULT mi ARREST
KemptOn and McHenry Scenes
of Raids BY Officers.

Two places, raided during the past
week by local and Federal officers,
Melted one arrest and very little "ev-
idence," according to Sheriff Casteel,
who participated with the group of
officials in staging the raids.
Tuesday, the house of a man by the
name of Kabinsky was raided by Fed
eral Agents Hub, Seymour, and Dep
uty Sheriff Cole, which Melted them
one barrel of mash. The man escaped.
Last Friday, Constable Shartzer,
Sheriff Casteel and Federal Officers
Locker, Jack and Barr, raided a very
recently erected still near McHenry
and confiscated some whiskey, sugar
and several gsa burners. The still
had been in operation oily a short
while. "A man named Schroeder, of
New York, was arrested and was ac-
corded a hearing before Justice W.
A. Gender, who held him under $500
bond for his appearance in the local
court next month. The man gave a
number of ALIASES" concerning his
true name.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
GORTNER LOSES FIRST
GAME TO JOURNALISTS
DIR. S. A. Myford Sets New In.
dividual High Score.

Gortner was beaten for the first
time since the opening of the Bowl
ing League series on Monday night
by the Printers, featuring the only
upset of the weeks scores.
DR.. S. A. Myford, of the Brother
hood, set new individual high score
record with 179 chalked up opposite
his. name.
Methodist, Rotary Gortner and
Crellin were successful in winning the
majority of their games, while the
losers, who won one game out of the
three were the Presbyterians, Luth-
Grams, Printers and the Ramblers.
Basketballers Meet.
That there would be only six or
seven teams in the Basketball League
and that games would be played on
one night week, was decided at the
meeting of the managers of the vari-
Gus teams at The Republican office
last Thursday night. Two games will
be played on each night of entertain
ment, it was decided.
Practice will begin the early part
Of next week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
Terra Alta Rotary Club Will Gel
citrate 100 Per Cent Atten-
dance Record.

On Thursday evening, December 8,
at the Cassidy Hotel, the Terra Alta
Rotary Club will celebrate its accom-
plishment of one year of 100 per cent
attendance. This places the local club
at the top of the list for club atten-
dance in the Twenty-fourth District
and among the top-notchers through
out Rotary International, few clubs
having attained this record.
A special program has been pre-
pared for the occasion. The Interna-
tional President and Secretary have
been invited as we'll as presidents and
secretaries of clubs throughout the
Twenty-fourth Rotary District, COM
prising West Virginia, and all Rotar-
ians who have made 100 per cent
attendance for the past year. The
100 per cent members of the Oakland
club have also been invited.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
LUTHERAN YOUNG FOLKS
ATTEND MEETING FRIDAY
Ten Oaklanders Make Trip to
FairmOnt, West Va.

Ten young folks representing st.
Marks Lutheran church motored to
Fairmont last Friday where they
shared in the formation of Synodi-
cal Lutheran Young Peoples organi-
zation, which now links them with
the United Lutheran church in Amer
lea.
The afternoon session, presided over
by Rev. C. A. Portz, of Wheeling,
consisted of adopting a constitution
and election of officers. w. w. Wolfe,
Keyser, president; Miss Becker, Fair
mont, recording secretary; Miss Vir-
ginia Crickenberger, Grafton, cores
ponding secretary; Miss Vivian Bis
sett, Keyser, treasurer. Marie Hart
man, Wheeling, Wellington Yutzy,
Oakland, and Miss Mabel Heeley, were
elected to the executive committee.
About so young folks enjoyed the
banquet in the evening. A number Of
toasts were made, among them being
one for Wellington Yutzy, president
of the local Lutheran Young Peoples
organization. The evening session
was addressed by Miss Blenda Mel
house, Philadelphia, Pa, intermediate
secretary of the Luther League Of
America. Rev. w. P. Cline, in whose
church the service was held, and also
president of the West Virginia Synod,
installed the newly elected officers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-11-24
Selbysport Girl Wins Second
Prize in Contest

Young Mary Frazee, of Selbysport.
won second place in the cleveland
Ohio, district cream contest Tor Blue
Valley boys and girls, the little lass
has been notified. Accompanying the
letter was check for $40, which rep
resents the second prize in the dis
trict contest.
The first prize of S25 in the Cleve-
land district contest went to Ivan
Skiff, a farm boy of Sand Lake, Pa.
Close to six thousand boys and
girls in seventeen states took part in
the general contest, which embraced
entries from % districts. One thous-
and eight hundred one cash prizes in
all We're distributed between the win
ming boys and girls. Rena Proell, of
Sank Center, Mimi, was awarded the
grand prize.