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The Washington times., 1928-02-16
Wedding Bells Ring Today For 7po
BOnny Brides, Both Marrying Navy Men
Miss Griffin's Wedding in
st. Matthew's Church ;
! Miss Mckinney Springs
! q Surprise

are becoming epi-
demic in Washing
ton. A few days ago Mrs.
David II. Blair's daughter,
Miss Adelaide Douglass,
slipped off to New York,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Blair
accompanying her, to be
! married in the Little Church
! Around the Corner to Allen
Rushton, Of Birmingham,
| Ala. and now it developes
| that the marriage of Miss
! Virginia McKenney, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
! erick Duncan McKenney, to
Lieut.. Comdr. Arthur Wal
| lace Dunn, u. S. NJ, is to be
solemnized this afternoon.
THE engagement was an
! nounced last Sunday, but
no date for the wedding was
named; and, since it is to be
: simple ceremony at the home of
Miss McKenney's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Duncan Nc
.Kenney, with only intimate
friends present, an effort was
made to withhold announce
dnent until after the wedding.
OF course, however, the news
leaked out. The ceremony is to
be at $3.50 o'clock, with the
Rev. DR.. C. Ernest Smith, rec
tor of st. Thomas Church, off
ciating. Lieut.. Con1dr Dunn, the
son Of the late Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Wallace Dunn, Of Wash
ington, is flag lieutenant to the
fleet commander, attached to the
u. S. S. Texas.
KIsS ROSEMARY PRINDE-
M VILE GRIFFIN, daughter
Of Mrs. Paul Bastedo, il also
marrying into the Navy. Her
marriage to Ensign John Francis
Greenslade, u. S. NJ, is set for
this afternoon and will be both
brilliant and beautiful.
The ceremony at 4 o'clock will
be in st. Matthew's Church, with
a large company Of distinguished
guests in attendance, and will be
followed by a small reception at
the home of Commander and Mrs.
Bastedo, 1901 Wyoming Ave.
The Rev. Father Edward L.
Buckley, rector of st. Matthew's
will officiate. Tall fir trees march
around the walls OF the great
church. with qantities Of spring
flowers in colorful contrast with
their dark green, and lilies are
used on the candle lighted altar.
Given in marriage by Comman-
der Bastedo, her step-father, Miss
Griffin will be attended by Miss
Elizabeth Johnston, Of Newport,
as maid Of honor and will have six
bridesmaids-Miss Eleanor Starke,
Of Norfolk; Miss Louise Spencer,
Miss Winifred West, Miss Frances
Mckee. Miss Francesca Stewart
and Miss Helen Robinson.
Robert Greenslade will be his
brothers best man. and the group
Of ushers includes Thomas Grit
lin and Richard Griffin, brothers
Of the bride; Louis Jeffries, David
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The Washington times., 1928-02-16

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Half the Joy in grand opera,
even to those to whom music is
the chief preoccupation, is in the
.pectacle. To his the audience,
The Washington times., 1928-02-16

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such sumptuous surroundings,
why shouldn't washington pro.
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outshine the Metropolitan own!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
CLUB WOMEN TO
MEET IN M0YOCK

Mrs. Palmer Jerman, Democratic
State Committeewoman and trustee
of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs; Mrs. Thos. OBerry,
of Goldsboro, president Of the North
Carolina Federation Of WomenS
Clubs: Mrs. Henry S. Eley, of Sui
folk. president of the Virginia Fede-
ration of Women's Clubs and Mrs.
w. j. Brogden, of Durham, district
chairman of the North Carolina
Federation. will be among the dis
tinguished guests and speakers at
the seventh annual meeting OF the
Sixteenth District North Carolina
Federation of Women'S Clubs to be
held at Moyock, N. G. Saturday
Oct. 20. It will be great day for
club women of the district and q
red letter day in the social life OF
CurrituCk. 1t will be an all day
session with dinner served by the
Movock Club. Guests to the num-
be-, of 200 to 300 are expected.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
PARSON BALKS
AT GIVING BOND
FOR BOOTLEC'ER

A prisoner in the hoosegrow may
safcly call on Rev. E. ]. Harris,
pastor of the First Christian
Church of this city, to pray him
out of he'll. but the parson draws
the line on furnishing bond to
keep one out of Jail. Rum runner
Oscar Gray, of East Lake, found
cut this much Monday night when
he asked Pastor Harris to so on
his bond for $3.50. for his appear
ance in court Tuesday morning.
Three jolly East Lake rum run
ncrs came to grief at Elizabeth City
Monday night when damage to a
propeller shaft on their 40-foot gas
boat made it necessary for them to
have their boat hauled out on
Willey's marine railway. They were
. Oscar Gray, Amos Bateman and
Henry Jordan, a son-in-law OF
/ Bateman.
The police raided their craft high
and dry on the railways, captured
thirteen five-gallon jugs and five
five-gallon charred kegs OF corn
liquor; valued at $500, prevailing
prices. East Lake corn in five gal
Ion bottles sell at SIS: the same
LIQUOR in kegs brings S25. This
leaves a wide margin of profit tol
bootleggers who retail the stuff al
sl.50 a pint. The liquor captured
IN Mondays nights raid appeared
to be of good East Lake quality.
Gray and Jordan have been run
ming liquor into Elizabeth City
long time and have been in the toil'
of the law before. The police were
especially keen to capture Bateman
They have been wanting him since
last November on charge of pros
titution.
Gray is a jolly rum runner. tonC
OF the business UcCauSc IL Pio'
him a comfortable living and mucf
adventure. Besides, it brings MN
in contact with the so called beS
people in Elizabeth City who bu!
his wares. He thought nothing a
all of asking the preacher to go OF
his bond. Il couldn't sign you
bond because I haven't so much a.
$40 that I could call my own, salt
MIR. Harris but I am sure that l
I had the money you would be II
court in the morning"
Bet your life. would, saie
GRAY; unless I could get that damn
boat O. mine off the railway ane
, skip out O. here. I amt goin u
run away and leave that damn
boat"
The trio asked for a jury trla
! when arraigned in the county cour
Tuesday and their trial was set fol
Friday morning, the 10Th.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
.HONK! All HONK!
GEESE WARN us
WINTER IS NEAR

Don't let these warm October
days fool you; better clean out
your flues, polish mp your. stoves
and lay in your fuel For the Wild
geese and ducks Of Northern
Canada are flying over Elizabeth
City these nights and droppip:
into the water. of their fayorite
winter resort, Currituck Sound
Just a matter of 20 miles east OF
us.
Wild geese and ducks travel fast
er than the winds that come down
out of. the frozen North with winter
on their wings, and the geese and
ducks get here first. Wild geese
and ducks have appeared in IN
usually large numbers in Curritucs
Sound this week. according TO Bax-
ter Bell, Clerk OF the Court Of Cur
lituck County. Mr.. He'll keeps. tabs
on the wild fowl. not only because
he is a sportsman himself, but be-
cause he handles the licenses that
all sportsmen must obtain If they
woul shoot in Currituck.
All club hol,5eJ and hunting lodges
in Currituck and Dare are being
put in order for the first arrivals Of
sportsmen in November and duck
blinds, batteries and decoys are IL
ship shape for the new season, while
hundreds of weather-beaten guides
keep q weather-eye on Northern
skies and wait with pleasurable an
ticipations the arrival of visiting
sportsmen who spend money freely
and. as a rule, bring good liquor and
tobacco with them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
3 Boothe88ers
Where There
Was QnUO

In the autumn of 1924 Elizabeth
City went on the biggest emotion
al jag i'm It's hisotry. Under the
leadership Of one Mordecai Ham
the churches of the city united to-
bring the sinners unto repentance
and increase their subscription
lists. Ham announced that he
would drive every bootlegger In
Elizabeth City out of business.
James Barkley. amiable, likeable,
easy-going blacksmith was pointed
out as the towns biggest bootlegger
, with the best list of customers. That
was Barkley's misfortune; his GUS
toners were in the main church
folk, and under the spell OF Ham
they confessed their liquor drink
ing and told Ham where they got
their liquor.
Armed with the names Of 10 who
had confessed and accompanied In
person by one of them, Ham visited
the blacksmithy of James Barkley
and told him to either hit the saw
dust trail at the tabernacle or go
to court and stand to 60 to Jail
Barkley took the sawdust trail.
Last week three sons Of James
Barkley, Blackwell (alias Baby and
Marshall and John were indicted for
bootlegging after the police had
found sixteen bottles Of corn liquor
in the car they used. In the coun-
ty court this week Baby" Barkley
claimed sole ownership of the car
and was sentenced to three months
n iail, from which he appealed
His brothers were dismissed for lack
Of evidence to convict.
The Barklcy boys have long
1perated in the vicinity of the
Southern Hotel, dispensing liquor
from an automobile in full view OF
the public, taking precautions only
not to be seen by the police. Gid
Pendleton, a frequenter OF the
Southern Hotel corner testified
against them and told the cor-t
that the elder Barkley boy had
threatened to kill him if he told
what he knew. Barkley made a
deniel of this, apologized to Mr.
Pendleton and to the court.
James Barkley, always a quiet
amiable, likable sort OF citizen has
not been so prosperous since he
was ham-strung back in 1924. Black
smithing is rot a prosperous ouaiheo;
in these days Of horesle5s transpor-
tation. The police still suspect him
of handling liquor. Once they
raided his smithy and found
bottles of liquor in a 5ec-et hol-
low in his anvil black, under
the anvil - the last place cne
would think of looking for liquor
But an apprentice in the shV;
claimed to be the owner. OF the
! liquor and solely responsible for its
hiding place. James Barkley was
acquitted.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
Independent Favorite
Among College Youth

This newspaper is a great 1aVor-
tie among the students at the Varl-
Gus colleges and universities IN tniS
State and elsewhere, who literally
fioht each week to get hold OF IT,
according to reports received in this
office.
"It has become such favorite at
the University of North Carolina
that two copies aren't enough Tor
me-" saws Keith Saunders, a Sopho-
more there, and son Of wv. o.
"send me a dozen each week. Ihe
whole dormitory gets hold OF NINE
and its worn out before 1 can geV d
chance to read it."
II seems to be in great demand al
the girls college, too. One writes
that the girls are simply wild
oho,,t il and even the faculty clamof
for it. ,;..r
News like this makes the eol'or
feel pooo for it is a lively newspaper
that catches and holds the atten-
tion of any considerable group OF
students at modern college in this
day and time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
THE BEST SALESMAN
IN ELIZABETH CITY

Loomer Rodgers has sold his
boat. One little classified ad In
The Independent found a pur-
chaser for it. When have
anything to sell I put a little ad
IN The Independent to run one
Tine" says Mr.. Rodgers. Il have
always found one time enough;
rhe Indepndcnt little ads never
have failed me-"
Hundreds Of readers Of The In
dependent share Mr.. Rodgers
happy experience. The Indepen-
dent has more readers in its field
than any other paper and The
Independent is read, ads and all.
Mr.. Rodgers himself is a good
salesman; but the best salesman
in Elizabeth City is The indie
pendent.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
SHALL WE LIFT EN- OR LEAVE EN-?

said the Soda Jerker Automobiles
are built TO accommodate two or
three to seven passengers and most
automobiles you see on the roao
are carrying empty seats; they
might as we'll be carrying an extra
passenger or so. The number OF
accidents that happen to automo-
bile drivers who give other folks a
lift is negligible and is more than
Offset by the services the pick-ups
render a fellow when his engine
stalls, a tire goes bad or he gets
stuck in the mud on detour.
when 1 get myself car I'm 60
ing to make it point TO take on
any chap that asks me for a lift.
I'm mighty glad to have some one
along when I have tire trouble. 1
never picked up but one bad looking
guy in my life. He looked like one
who might poke a gun in my ribs
any minute and make me get out
and walk. He was tough looking
bird, I'm tell you"
Were you afraid of him?" ask
ed the Bank Clerk.
Yes and no." said the Soda jerk
or: "I asked him if he knew how to
drive n car. He said he did. And
so I didn't do thing but make
him take the wheel and drive me
the rest of the trip. He may have
been a bad egg, but with him at the
steering wheel and me with both
hands free 1 knew he couldn't start
any funny business on that rip"
Did you ever find out who he
VASE"
Sure; it turned out that he was
little Baptist preacher from some
rlace in Norfolk County who had
been down here helping in revival
in one of our country churches"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
SAUNDERS Will:
FOLLOW HAM In
IDUlRHAMMOND'Y,
Elizabeth City Editor To Speak
in Durham Monday Night
Following Orgy Of the 9
Saints II

w. O. saunders will speak In
Durham, N. c., Monday night un-
der the auspices Of the Democratic
Executive Committee Of that city
and a special invitation has been
extended to the students OF the
University OF North Carolina and
Duke University to hear the Eliz:-
abeth City editor. The announce
ment that Mr.. Saunders will speak
in Durham Monday night Is come.
thing of sensation In view OF the
fact that M. r. Ham will speak In
Durham Monday Afternoon.
M. F. Ham, Catholic hating. jew
batting, Ku Klux Klan evangelist Is
touring the State under the auspices
of the "Hoover-Democrats," supple
menting the anti-Smith activities Of
the ship-scuttler Simmons, Walter
L. Cohoon and the resident political
parsons.
/ Ham has been billed to speak in
Elizabeth City where he met his
waterloo In 1924. Ham is the most
ruthless, loose-mouthed. mob-pro-
voking pulpiteer who ever entered
this State. He did irreparable harm
In many North Carolina cities
several years ago by preaching in
tolerance, bigotry and religious
hatred. 8.
At Elizabeth City he preached
every lie against the Jews that had
been published by Henry Ford in his
now discredited and defunct week.
ly, the Dearborn Independent--lies
which Mr.. Ford has since been made
to retract in the face of a million
dollar libel suit. 1t was In Elizabeth
City that Ham outrageously libeled
Julius Rosenwald, one of the meek
est, finest, fairest, most public spirit
ed Jews in America: whereupon
The Independent called Ham liar
and proved he was liar by 10
testimony Of nearly score Of dts
! tinguished Americans. Shortly
thereafter Ham departed from
North Carolina. quit the evangelistic
field and took the pastorate OF q
Baptist church in Ku Klux Okla
hoam. AS pastor Of an Oklahoma
City church he has supplemented
his income and raised hell generally
by lecturing for the Ku Klux Klan,
And now the Hoover Democrats
better known as Buffaloes in Cho-
wan County-have brought him
back to North Carolina to attack al
Smith and add more fuel to the
flames of religious intolerance In
the State.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

Hardly week goes by that l
don't see one or more college boys
home for the weekend. 1t used TO
be that when a boy left town ana
went off to college we didn't see any
thing more of him until Christmas
Some would get back again for the
Easter holidays, but they were IL
the minority. Now you can see some
ed them from Raleigh. Durham or
Chapel Hill almost any Weekend
II was the Soda Jerker speaking.
$50 I have observed" said the
Bank Clerk; college boys generally
are making themselves a damned
nuisance these days, bumming auto
mobile rides all over the State. Ii
YOU are motoring anywhere in the
State and stop at any cross roads
filling station, some college youth or
a pair of them will climb aboard
YOUR car and ask you for ride
"Well, for heavens sake! YOU
wouldn't object to give the boys a
lift, would you?" :,
Certainly not" said the BANK
Clerk; "but you never know who
YOU are taking aboard. You may
think you are helping a pair Oh
amiable college youths get home to
spend the weekend with their par
ents, and YOU may be picking up a
pair of young bandits who Will
ditch you at the first opportunity
and steal your car. Such Things
happen frequently. just a ls"
weeks ago a man picked a youth up
stopped at a filling station ana
went inside to buy u cigar, came
back and found the youth had gone
with his car. I still recall with a
shudder the horrible murder OF an
army officer who gave a couple OF
Young chaps a ride in Western
North Carolina a few years ago.
1T has gotten so bad in some
States that laws have been passed
making it a misdemeanor for any
one to ask for an automobile ride.
New Jersey recently passed sucn a
law for the protection of motorists,
Low, coll II "
"a rather harsh law, I'd call IT,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
MAY BE A FOOL,
BUT HE IS. NOT.
SICK OR CRAZY

Senator Simmons may be fool,
but he isn't sick and he isn't
crazy. He showed up physically
and mentally strong in his first
anti-Smith speech delivered to his
fellow townsmen in New Bern
lat Friday night. The whole
State awaited with interest the
first speech to be made by the
Senior Senator since he accepted
bedfeIlowship with Marion But
Ter of hateful memory, with the
negro politician Lee Persons and
with the rapist w. Fl. McLaurin.
The old man showed up full OF
vim, vigor and vitriol, but there was
nothing new in his speech: he only
reeled off yard after yard of the
lies and blah that have characteriz-
ed the anti-Smith crusade for
months. He accused Governor
Smith of having repudiated the
Democratic party platform plank on
prohibition; he accused Governor
Smith of widely opening the doors
to the influx of that class Of immi-
grants and cheap labor that have
flocked to this country for the last
forty years Until checked by the law
which he would now change"
His deliberate and false state
ments with respect to Smith on pro-
hibition and Smith on immigration
we're augmented by another deli
bcrately false statement that Smith
has repudiated the Democratic
tariff plank. That Simmons Is mere
ly mean and not crazy is conclusive
ly proved by this last thrust, com
ing from the greatest traitor to
Democratic tariff principles the
party has ever produced.
Senator Simmons speech was dis
appointing even to his friends and
supporters; they expected him to say
something new, to advance some
great unanswerable argument why
Smith should not be president, He
disappointed everybody. He relied
much upon repetitions of the declar-
alton that Smith can not be elected
And he was the prophet who said
that Smith would never be nomi-
mated.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
krieht Memorial To
30 A Monument In
Spite Of Mr.. Hoover
:. the Good News From Washington This
T.s .sk-Army Q. M. c. Engineers and
Architect at Kill Devil Hills Now

,,ion,I Fine Arts Commission meeting in Washington, d.
afternoon again put its foot squarely down the Hoover
the Congressional appropriation for
potbers at Kill Devil Hills and building Coast
"a 80 news comes Of Washington that
me that while the Commission will permit part of the
- d;v,rted TO Kin Devil
pa sd new station a tower monument a
mark the spot where Wilbur and Orvie Wright conquered
fying the heavier than passenger
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

most telling speech Of the campaign
at the Carolina Theatre in this city
last Thursday night and Governor
Cam Morrison arrived yesterday
afternoon to speak at night. Nor
rison is always a vote getter. Mrs.
Palmer Jerman and Miss Nell Bat
tie Lewis will speak to the women
of Elizabeth City tonight, Fri
day the 18th. Josiah VIM. Bailey
General Samuel T. Ansell and Miss
Addie Johnson are expected to be
heard here before the close of the
campaign. H..
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19
WARREN AT SHILOH, SOUTH
MILLS, MANTEO, WEEKSVILLE

Congressman Lindsay Warren will
make four speeches in this vicinity
next week, speaking at South Mills
Monday afternoon, at Shiloh Mon
day night, at Manteo Tuesday night,
Oct. % and at Weeksville, in Pas
quotank County, Wednesday night.
Oct. oath.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

September sales Of tobacco In
North Carolina, exclusive Of the old
belt markets. totaled over l04 mil
lion pounds at an average price Of
1505 cents a pound. the State De-
partment of Agriculture reported
this week. In September Of last
year, 10S million pounds were sold
for an average of 1T87 cents.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

:, |'I'e 'elegramS. Il tele-
!, ''NS and twenty-five letters
= 'sCe'Tcd as replies to a classi-
-. : III tnt Raleigh News g. OBJ
- az, week by the principal of
h.. ..''e' School, who needed 4
:. :. quick Professor Riddle got
!, a'Ie' . He stated afterward
...,.r .'e teaching profession was
s' -! c:owded ana the fact that
), teachers are cut Of employ
: Us de9iorable.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

FOR winsome, girlish beauty Miss
Clara Bagley, Perquimans High
School girl might easily carry OIL
first prize in a beauty contest any
Mace She got big hand from the
grand stand when she appeared IN
the Virginia Dare competition at
the Elizabeth City Fair last week.
But the Judges shut their eyes to
besutv and decided she was quite
too modern. Staff photo.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-19

Many ills are cused by loss OF
nerve energy due to eye strain. The
only method of determining eye
strain, is by thorough examina-
ton of your eyes by a qualified
specialist. DIR. j. D. HATHAWAY,
Eye Sight Specialist. aoV'