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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
LEGION URGES
PUBLIC TO VOTE
Right to Vote ID Greatest
Privilege, Says Com
mander

Stating the right Of franchise II
Americas greatest gift to her citi-
Gems, John Kennedy, department
commander Of tho North Dakota
American Legion, today issued .
statement calling on Lsgionnaires to
vote, vote, vote"
The American Legion, standing
upon the platform that it does,
urges every good citiesn to familiar
ire himself with candidates for pub
lie offices and with the issues in
volved," the statement said. with
this information IN mind, you will
b able to vote intsllisently."
TEN years ago this country
faced N emergency WAS in the
midst Of . war. Every good citi-
rem put forth HE utmost effort for
the success Of the United States and
the cause Il fought for. The men
Of the American Legion went forth
to battle and they were victorious
because they had the backing Of the
people back home.
Scores Politicians
AVO0y tICAC - WALuN1 CyCly VVe
litical party a minority who seek
control ~ professional politicians
whose every livelihood comes from
trading in the votes Of a few peo.
pie. These few controlled votes
are . minor part Of the electorate.
Not until every good citizen casts
his vote will the choice of all the
people be known. Only such full ex-
preston can give US q truly repre-.
sentative government.
"The American Legion believes
the right to citizenship has not been
established unless = citizen votes.
The franchise>to all men and women
has been paid for in hardship even
in the life blood Of our forefathers.
"The American Legion is non-po-
litical; it is non-sectarian; it 10
made up Of men who served in tho
great war regardless Of belief. The
primary purpose Of the organisation
Is to be Of service to community,
state and nation. Members Of the
Legion gave service while they were
members Of the armed forces OF the
United States. The Legion was Or
ganized that they might continue q
give the same service in time of
peace % they gave in war;"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
B0OTLECCERS SEEK EMPLOYMENT
AS COPS DRY Up PHILADELPHIA

than the amount Of graft money
seized from the police officials.
Saloon men paid as high - $3.50
month for protection, with fire.
quent extra assessments Of 800.
Conscience Was Lost
There Is the story Of one Eugene
II. Tabbutt, conscientious patrolman.
Tabbutt said he went to 4 superior
with . story Of conditions in his
ward. He was asked to run down
reports Of graft. He worked for
several months gathering names Of
protected saloons, the officers they
paid, and the amounts exacted.
When his reports were presented to
officials, nothing was done.
Next Tabbutt went to 4 citizens
''law enforcement" organization.
Next he spoke before 3 luncheon
club: Nothing happened. He again
tried his superiors in the police de-
partment.
Then ! got disguised and took
9rAft too" Tabbutt concluded before
the grand jury. II was pretty
dumb, but finally realised that
Philadelphia doesn't want to be dried
uD."
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
QUESTION or VOTES

Hartford, Conn.,, Oct. 27.-Mr. and
Mrs. Robert G. Neese must either
establish, q legal residence on dry
land or b barred from voting. Their
home II houseboat on the Connecti-
cut river. and election officials have
ruled the couple cannot vote unless
residence is established In one Of the
city's wards-none Of which extends
beyond the river bank.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
ing built in Esthonia by Professor
Masing and two at Pasadena, Calf,
by Prof. Frederick Hensen,
HUBBIES. KEEP OUT

Chicago, Oct. 27.-The male popu-
lation Of the Illinois corn belt along
the Vermilian river are all pretty
good cooks. They learned the art
while their woman folks" were TAX
ing q vacation IN q grove on the
banks Of the river. Two signs erect
ed at the entrance to the female
paradise proved the ladies were in
earnest. One: mo Dogs Allowed"
Two: mo Husbands Allowed"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
PROSPERITY

Washington, Oct. 27.-An official
survey recently completed that out
OF 1876 persons over IS interviewed
rs to their dependency, less than Is
per cent were kept by relatives or
charity, and Of this total charitable
institutions were credited with less
than 2 per cent.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION

Secretary eContyCnn
Ia o
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
PRACTICES HIS PREACHINt14

Kabul, Afkhanistan, Oct. 27-.
(AP)-King Amanullah believes n
setting = good example. When 10
decreed that women should unveil
he stood with his queen before ~
National assembly and uncovered
her face himself.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27
REAL'0pEED ACE

Mistress: Marie, theirs is police
man in the pantry.
Maid: ! know nothing about him,
ma'am. The last maid must have
left him there.-Passing Show.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-10-27

Political address BY ]. L.
Pare. WIN discuss the issues
Of the campaign IN the Patter.
son ha11 On oct. ~ Ct 3 J. =.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
T0PutonMore
FERRIES When
Bridge Closes.

Additional ferry boats to
handle traffic over Albemarle
Sound between Mackeys and
Edenton will be pressed into
service when work begins on
the paving Of the Chowan
River Bridge route between
Edenton and Windsor, accord
ing to w. A. Everett, manager
OF the Edenton- Mackeys Ferry.
Prior to the opening of Chowan
Bridge much motor traffic flowed
over Route 81 via the Edenton-
MackcyS Ferry. The completion of
Chowan Bridge crippled the ferry
company 1t las operated only
one boat between Ed9htono and
MackcyS in recent months.
But the Ckowan Bridge route will
bp impaSsible much Of the time this
spring and summer cn account Of
the paving Of the approaches. I'VE II
fake care of the traffic. says Mr..
Everett. We have an additional
boat ready to 20 into service ana
we will get third boat and put on
a night schedule if desirable. With
three boats we have handled as
many aS 800 cars over. Albemarlc
Sound in day and we can do ii
again.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
Cupid leases
Town ;sRichest
Old Bachelor

Nothing holds more terror
for Elizabeth City's wcalthlcst
and peppiest bachelor, DIR. John
Saliba than thoughts OF matrl-
monv. Women are expensive
luxurics and DR.. John would
have none of them; he enjoys
the iun OF spending his luNrrleS
money on himself. But this IS
Leap Year.
This is Leap Year and DR.. John
has Stcclrd himself against fehli-
nine wilcS. When he bought hlm-
self 4 new car. he r;ln>Hcked Inc
artcmotive market for sport road
stcr with IL seat biz enough only
for himself: he used To take meals
at his hospital with the nurses. now
ha ASSUMES that risk no more But
ST Valentine found him and l'r'
,Inhu has Il sick fear in his Rcarl'
IIerc is the Valentine he received
this week:
My dearest John;
write To you this littl" le''er
,lat you your future lif" may bct-
fer, hv giving me Your heart ana
hand Joining me in wcdlOckS iald'
have chosen YOU from all the
rest and merely have this one re-
Guest; lis yru alone | do ADMIRE
I, br vour loving wife is my desire
I'm willing To cUmccdc to anythlh"
in the agreement yOu may bring; / IL
make the fire darn your hose ana
never once will | impose. In other
words I'll make II wife such as you
| seldom seq in life. ROW If this "l1cr
Won should decline | impose upon
vou heavy fine, which entities
me to a handsome dress made OF
silk and nothing less. so You can
choose now either way. see me With
out delay. answer yea or nay. IL
YOU the Semdcr'S name can guess
send YOUR reply to her address.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
A LESSON IN AMERICANISM
he BANK CLERK Aso T4g SOOA ugPKeR

are Life. Liberty AMI the Pursuit
of Happiness. That to secure these
rights governments are instituted
among men. deriving their just
powers from the consent Of the GOV
erned. That whenever any form
of government becomes destructive
of these ends it is The Right of the
people TO alter or abolish it,
"Well. that's all news to ne,
said the Soda .erker. Il thought
our Constitution was an infallible
something like the Bible that no
one dared question, let alone think
of abolishing. And now | wish YOU
would tell me what the forefatherS
meant when they said all men are
created equal:'
"NobCdy has ever been able to
figure that out" said the Bank
Clerk. Il thought about that the
other night ut Il civic club meeting
over in GoldSbOro. Eight Swarthy
Hawaiian mulattoeS were at the
meeting TO entertain the club: they
sat at the same table with the
club members and ate dinner with
them. AIulatto Negro walters. no
darker than the HawaiionS, waited
on the table. l wondered what our
homegrown variety Of mulattOeS
thought of their white folks eating
with an imported lot CT mulattoeS:'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
A "Skull and Cross
Bones Club" Room

The Bank Clerk and the Soda
Jcrker deriSiveIy dub it The Skull
and Cross Bones Club but 1t ism
ANYTHING of the sort insists Sid
Etheridse. all with reference to al
terations in The ApGthecary Shop
this week that gives the doctors
comfortable back room In which TO
forega ther between rounds.
I'VE just had TO have more room
for our prescription business says
Mr.. Etheridge. Modern materla
medica calls for more new and i'm
proved pharmaccuticals all the time.
To keep everything the doctors de-
mand and to have it ready at hand
in the compounding of prescriptions
we had to have more shelf room,
more laboratory space. And while
we were at it we fixed up den for
the doctors they are our friends and
we thought it little enough to try to
make them comfortable"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17

Il see by the papers that the
American Legion Post in Greensboro
denies responsibility for the action
Of group of Greensboro Legion
naireS who object To speakers like
Dr. :. Parke> Cadman. Will Durant
and Frank Kent being heard on the
Greensboro Open Forum said the
Soda Jerker to his friend the Bank
Clerk.
Nothing else the heads Of the
Legion could do" replied the Bank
Clerk. The first obligation OF Il
member of the American Legion is
10 uphold the constitution of the
United States. Now when lot OF
LeyionnaireS get cOcky and protest
against certain speakers appearing
in the State because they talk
against the government. those
LegiOnnaireS are just an ignorant
lot of douShhoyS who don't know
their Constitution.
The Constitution expressly pro-
yides that Congress itself has no
right to outlaw any religion. abridge
the freedom of speech or of the press
or deny people the right to peacably
assemble and express their Srlev-
anCeS.
The Declaration of independence
even contemplated the right OF the
people to alter or abolish the gov
crnment itself when it became de-
Structive Of the rights of the people.
Does the Declaration of indie
pendence say that inquired the
Soda .Jerker with amazement.
1T does nothing else" said the
Bank Clerk. IF l remember cor
rectly it says: We hold these truths
to be self evident. that all men are
created equal, that they are endoW'
ed by their Creator with certain in
ali4nabls Right, that among these
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
Police Investigating
Death Of Mrs. Morgan
Beaten By Her Husband, Proprietor of Local
Hotel, She Died in Childbirth Five
Weeks Later

Police are investigating the
death OF Mrs. Charles Morgan
who died in childbirth at the
Elizabeth City Hospital on Feb.
5th, 1923, just a few weeks
after having been badly beaten
BY her husband {. X. Morgan,
proprietor of the Carolina
Hotel OF this city.
Morgan went home drunk on the
night of Sunday. Jan. 1st. quarrel
I'd with his wife and heat her I'M
mercifully. showing no cOnSidera-
ton for her physical condition ut
the time. Mrs MorSan'S nose was
broken by enc of his smashing
blows. In the county court next
day Morgan was fined SO and tax
eel with the costs of the case. the
court reprimandins him i'll vigor-
OuS language.
On the night of February l the
police were called to the Carolina
Hotel. findin. Mrs. Morgan criti-
cally i'll and suffering from II flow
of blood. The police rushed her to
the hospital. On Feb. 9th she gave
birth to Il Still-bOrn child and died.
/ The child is said to have been
normal except for its having been
born dead.
: The death of mother and child are
attributed by the physicians who
attended her t0 Il loss Of blood and
they will not say thar the beating
given her by her husband 30 days
/ previously had anything TO do with
( it.
! But the police are not satisfied
( and they have asked the County
Welfare Officer to help them in
/ their investigation. The matter had
not been called to the attention of
/ Solicitor Walter l.. Small when this
newspaper went to press and the
. Solicitor is net expected To make
any move pending the results OF the
police investigation.
The Morsans came to Elizabeth
from South Mills about two years
ago. At South Mills Morgan WAS
sometime photographer. some
time book agent. sometime Justice
of the Peace. In Elizabeth City he
set up in q small hotel business and
engaged in the sale of automobiles
for we'll known local dealer. He
is a man of about 81 years and is
neither an unattractive personality
nor person who would attract at
tention in Il crowd. !
Mrs. Morgan was Il woman Of
about 10 years of age. She mar
riel when she was only II years old
and had had II children since her
marriage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
COURTS NEED A.
SENSE OF HUMOR.
SAYS HIS HONOR
Too Much Hokum ard High
Hattiness For The Good OF
Justice Says Judge Moore

What the courts of North
Carolina need in great measure
is a sense of humour, in the
opinion of udge Clayton
Moore who is presiding at the
three weeks term of Superior
Court for the trial of civil cases
which opened in Pasquotank
Monday.
"LOng-faced justice appears as
stupid to me as long-faced religion
SAYS Judge Moore. when an i'll
dividual loses his sense of humour
he loses all perspective and IS in
capable of appraising human values
and human situations. A court
should be thorOly human.
"Now ! don't mean that a court
should be funny or that there should
he such a thing as hilarity in the
court room: hut there Is altogether
too much stiffness. too much form
ality. too much hOkum and too much
fluh-dubbery in the trial of cases
Lawyers and judges become so digni
fled and pOmpous and high and
mighty that their airs react upon
the Jurors who sit in their chairs
Ike 50 many serious old owls suffer
ing from dypcpsia or pains in the
stomach. Now can human justice
be properly administered by ma-
chine that has lecn so stiffly starch
e,l and out of which all of the finer
human qualities. have been ironef
by rigid convrntionalities! re
"For my part should like to be
free to he az human and lnreStrain
cd on the. bench 'aS in. ;ih informal
company of my fellow men. And
think if we could come down of ON
hi-h perches and throw off some OF
our stiffness we would work Will
! greater ease and dispose Of more
! cases.
II don't know that l make my
self exactly clear. but to put 1t III +;
sentence | would say that | am II
favor of more sunshine and fresh ali
in the court room: we have become
stiff and mouldy in the darkness o.
Il too strict adherence to ancien
conventions. formalities and meth
odS of procedure"
(Ed. Note Much to the editor
regret. Judge Moore didn't say TIT
foregoing at all. The editor though
the Judge ought to say it and wrote
if all out for him but His Homo
wouldn't stand for it. The edito
thinks the Judge would like to Sa!
something like it. bnt. heing IL judge
he is infected with the traditional
stiffness. auSterity and pompGll
hokum of tie judiciary and can
say a lot of things he would lik
to sayJ
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
BROWN & DYER.
SHOWS BOOKED
FOR NEXT FAIR

Brown & Dyer Shows, the
biggest and best midway ex-
position ever to have appeared
in this city has been booked for
the Albemarle District Fair at
Elizabeth City early in October.
This will be good news to
everybody who has been thoro-
ly disappointed i'll the rotten
midway exhibitions booked Tor
previous Elizabeth City fairs.
The Brown 4 Dyer Shows. whose
headquarterS are in Petersburg. Va.
is n huSineSS-like organization con
Quoted by capable Sh0wmen. They
carry 1t shows. and seven riding
devices in addition to the usual con-
ceSSionS.
II. &. Job. secretary of the EliZ-
aheth City Chamber Of Commerce
has been made secretary of the Fair
Association this year and he Is get
ting to work early. His contract
with Brown Il Dyer, made this
week. eight months i'll advance of
the fair. is said to he by far the best
contract of its kind ever made by
the fair association.
Bigger and better fireworks have
also h4rn booked for the next far.
One 0f the fireworks attractions
will be Il battle between battleShlpS,
submarines and airplaneS another
will show the Burning tf the Old
Homestead with all the realism of Il
fine old country home going up Ill
flames and smoke while volunteer
firemen fight the fire in vain.
Another feature of the fair prom
iseS 70 he one of the most interest
ing beauty pageantS ever staged
anywhere in America.
And what is generally interesting
is the fact that the price of admlS-
sion will bc cut from - cents tn
80 cents this year with seas, Il
ticket for 50. the season ticket good
for five admissions on any one day
if desired. That * 10 shy. Il fam
lily of five can .Il$e q season ticket
the same day.
With this early and prOpitiou>
start Elizabeth City should he able
to redeem some of its past failures
and give the Northeastern North
Carolina public real fair i'll Oct
cher 1928.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
WOULD CREATE
A ATRI-COUNTY.
HEALTH CENTRE.

A district health centre for
Pasquotank, Perquimans and
Camden Counties is proposed
by DR.. Chas. OH. Laughing
house, State Health Officer and
Secretary of the State Board
of Health in a communication
to this newspaper this week.
If the counties of PaSquCtank,
Camden and PerquimanS which will
each provide two whole time grad
uate nurses for their respective
counties. the State Board of Health
will supply Il whole time medical
officer of health and IL whole time
sanitary inspector to serve the three
counties.
o. 1t is DR.. LaughinghouSe'S opinion
that with Our present good roads
and improved methods of transport
alton one expert and fairly paid
health officer and one efficient
sanitary inspector could serve the
three counties in the practice of pre-
ventive medicine.
The health officer and sanitary
inspector would have their offices
in Elizabeth City and operate from
this city. working with the six traln-
ed nurses in the thre" counties.
1t would cost the counties about
$1,000 each for the salaries OF their
graduate nurses, or $l,5G0 a year
for each nurse.
As previously outlined jim this
newspaper. the State Board or
Health is in position to cooperate
with PaSquotank alone i'll the eStah-
liShment Of Il county health depart
mcnt. sharing half of the cost up to
$5.OOO: $500 being the maximum
contribution the State would make
toward the maintenance of Il whole
fine health officer and sanitary in
spector for Pasquotank alone.
DR.. LaughinghOuse'S correspond
encp is in the hands of Mayor Flora
who will confer with city and coun-
ty officials and civic leaders before
making any move to interest his ad-
nlinistration in favor of either
proposition. Personally. the Mayor
kl impressed with the needs of Il
department Of health in PaSqnotank
is inclined to favor the district
propositiOn and is anxious to see
something done about II.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
Anyway, She Lost
Her Walking Cases

Some ShickS make their ShehaS
walk. Charlie Bell, cOlored. OF this
city cut his Sheba'S shoes up ana
figured in Il police court hearing
Wednesday morning. The plaintiff
S3id Chnrlie had begged her for
certain improper favorS and when
denied he yanked her shoes off ana
cut them TO pieces. Charlie had his
own version; he said the lady ask
ed him for loan Of $40 and that
when he refused her she got mad
Snatched his knife out of his pocket
and cut her own shoes up.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
To Train Hands In
City High School

Manual training, is to be intro.
ducc,li in the Elizabeth City High
School next fall. according to TN"
Superintendent Prof. j. A. Jones. 1t
is proposed to- start the first. year
with work benches and tools only.
adding hand saws. lathcS and ether
equipment from year to year aS the
pupils progress. 4 spare room Ill
the basement of the High School
building will he utilized for the
new department.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
THE BEST Is CHEAPEST

Breakfast 4Oc: lunch, meat or fish
with two vegetables. dessert, bread,
butter and coffee 45c; regular din
ner Toe. A room with private lava
tory $500
The Virginia Dare Hotel
Elinahetls Cry, y. G, adrtt
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
Politics Creates Some
Peculiar Situations
1t Did in The Case of Senator Williams Who
Sought One Post and Got Another

State Senator P H. Williams of Elizabeth City put out his
lines to get the appointment the office of Secretary of State
made vacant the death W. Everett last week. Piedmont
North Carolina politicians went after his scalp and chased him
into the office Assistant Director of the Budget more
and far important berth than that which
the Elizabeth City man had aspired
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17

DIR. James +. PickenS. aged 6i,
prominent i'll the professional. rell-
gious and fraternal life of AShe-
Vile died at Fort Myers. Florida,
where be had gone in the Interest nt
his health.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17

Trade i'm Elizabeth City, Pay Cash
and be Thrifty. Use INDEPEN'
DENT Co-opslatiye Advertise's
trade co,N,ans ssans as cash. II
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17

WE will pay you three cents a
pound for good clean rags, no
strings. THE INDEPENDENT.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17

uEpE x reced facsimile engineers drawing showing e @
tion of t nrrpod toll bridge Currituek sound ta wiz
E;hh Cv within two ride of the Atlantic ocean anu , t
m % rsrin. coast accessible motorists If permission ro
te War nnartnen obtained time it IS proposed 70 DC"
ton "A, H,s ridee this sprtg and eenphts by aIstnA
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-02-17
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
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n,yASCE HAVNEE


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