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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

o. MAX GARDNER, Democratic
candidate for Governor Of North
Carolina launched his campaign G
few weeks ago with little enthus-
iasm for the national ticket. I
shall paramount state issues" SAID
Gardner. Il shah say nothing TO
wound the feelings of any OF my
fellow citizens" he continued, con-
demning not Senator Simmons or
any other traitor to the party. A
protest against his flaboiness went
I'D from the State; prominent Demo-
Gratis threatened to withdraw their
support from Gardiner If Gardner
did not come clean. At Elizabeth
town the other day Mr.. Gardner
pulled himself together. He said
Ambitious as I have been and am
TO serve the people Of this great
State as their Governor, it shall not
be said of me at the end OF this
campaign, whatever the result OF 1t
may be. that I have sought the easy
safety of the storm cellar in the
crisis that confrontS us; I survive
or perish with the ticket and When
he said so much he was given the
greatest ovation of his campaign.
The crowd stood up and cheered.
hundreds thronged around him at
the conclusion of his speech.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
Edenton To Have
A Water Carnival

Edenton will stage a water carnl-
val in Edenton Bay opposite her
beautiful waterfront on wednesday,
October 10. There will be speed
boat races, yacht races, canoe races
and exhibitions of watercraft by
several exhibitors. To further en-
liven the occasion, there will be a
beauty contest and prize drawing
with a speed boat as the first prize
for the holder of the lucky number.
The water carnival is being spon-
sored by a large group of Edenton-
ians who are interested in the Or
ganization of yacht club and is de-
signed to stimulate lively interest
in boating and water sports. one OF
the incongruities of life here In the
North Carolina sounds country is
the indifference of folk generally to
the recreational opportunities al
forded by their wonderful Inland
waters.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
CATHOLICS TO
SEEK CONVERTS
RENEXT WEEK

Catholics will hold their first
mission in Elizabeth City begin
MIN at 1880 o'clock Sunday
morning Sept. &C. at st. Eiiz-
aheth's Chapel en- West Main st.
and continuing thruout the week
at 7:30 nightly.
The mission will be conducted by
one of the most learned priests IN
America. Of the group known as the
Redempteress Fathers. whose 1den-
titv had not be communicated 10
the resident priest, Father Gallagh-
Or when this newspaper went TO
press.
The purpose of the mission IS TO
expound Roman Catholic doctrine
and make converts for the Roman
Catholic Church. The Mission is TO
the Catholic Church what a Re
vival is to a Protestant Church; ou1
with a difference: Catholics don I
drive sinners into the fold, they seek
TO convert them. Any loud-mouCfl
ballyhooing ignoramus with a tent
and P trombone can conduct re-
vival for Protestants; the Catholics
employ their shrewdest' most Scnoi,
IarIv and meekest leaders. ana
when they make a convert they
usually hold him.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
Ignorance is What Ais Us
BY W. G. SAUL DERS

Intolerance is a manifestation of Ignorance.
We are intoerant of the thing we hate.
We hate the thing we fear.
We fear the thing Go Understand.
Our understanding is incomplete because OF .our
ignorance.
Public education will event ally Of into erancc
because it will abolish ignorance And when ignorance
goes fear hate malice and bigory will go with it.
too used to fear and hate the Roman Catholic
church, did not understand it; had not read enough
history or seen enough of human nature to understand the
copexes Of regonists of another age who burned other
humans at the stake.
In the light OF riper knowledge OF human history
and human nature understand that the spirit that burn
ed men at the stake in other centuries the spirit ol
those centuries and not spirit peculiar to the followers
OF particular creed or sect
tell you that had Jim Cannons. Roach StTatoni
and Mordecai Hams ruled the rooSt back in the Dark
Ages the fields and rivers OF Europe would have red
with the blood of Catholics and America to-day would in
all probability be the domice of the Pope; the Pope
would have been driven to seek refuge in America from
the hellish fury of the Protestant cvange,s.
put the educational yard stick on Alfred Emanuel
Smith, Catholic He up; by his record OF tour
terms as Governor of the greatest State in the Union he
has proven himself friend and champion of public educa-
tion all unfaing foe of ignorance.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
NORFOLK .'HE DID AND HE
DEMOCRATS TO:DIDN'T, SWORE
HOLD BIG RALLY THE YOUNG MISS

An adventure in detective work
by Rev. A. II. Outlaw. County
Welfare Officer of Pasquotank,
failed of its end but occasioned no
end of embarrassment to d. X.
Morgan. prominent wholesale and
retail grocer of this city who fac
ed q charge of prostitution in the
County Court Monday morning.
The plaintiff in the case was six
teen-year- old Thelma Whaley' an
attractive little miss who lives next
door to the Morgans. She testified
that she had had improper relations
with Mr.. Morgan, who is old enough
to be her grandfather, on three dill
fercnt occasions. She was support
ed in her testimony in part by Mr..
Outlaw who testified that he had
seen a man and a woman answer
ing to the description of Mr.. Morgan
and Miss Whaley, enter the Morgan
store under the cover of darkness,
out of business hours, the girl leav-
ing the store alone after a matter
of half an hour.
And then the case blew up with a
bang when Attorney P. w. McMul-
Ian for the defendant introduced an
affidavit signed by Miss Whaley on
Sunday, Sept. 3 in which she sWore
that Mr.. Morgan had not had i'm
proper relations with her and had
always compocted himself like a
gentleman.
The court and spectators were
dumbfounded. The young woman
was asked under oath to state
whether she had told the truth on
the witness stand or in the affidavit.
She said the affidavit was true. The
case was dismissed. But the sensa-
tion
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
BISHOP MOUZON.
ANTI-SMETH TO.
PERFORM HERE.

Political significance Is attach
cd 10 the announcement that
Bishop Mouzon, who comes tD
Elizabeth City Sunday 10 fill the
pulpit at First Methodist Church
Sunday morning and speak ut the
new Methodist church at Curri-
tuck c. H that afternoon, will re-
main over for conference ia
Elizabeth City Monday, Oct |.
Not only ministers, but church lay
leaders, stewards and Sunday School
workers have been invited to meet
Bishop Mouzon in conference at
First Methodist Church in this city
at $50 o'clock Monday morning,
the conference to adjourn for lunch
con at noon.
Bishop Mouzo:l is one of the lead
ers of the Anti-Smith movement III
North Carolina and one of the mill
tant leaders OF the evangelical Pro-
testant political movement to Make
America Cinch for Methodism.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

"Thev tell me that Senator SIM
mons home town. New Bern' is
standing almost solidly behind the
senator in his fight on Al Smith,
and that New Bern will go Repuoh-
can bv an overwhelming majority
said the Soda Jerker to his trlend
the Bank Clerk. :,
New Bern would" said the Bank
Clerk "for there is much slotn'
IGNORANCE, stupidity. filth, super
stition and mental poverty in New
Bern. New Bern is made up large
" of indolent, poverty stricken dirt
eating, ignorant humans who are
spiritualy, morally and intellectual
" incapable of looking o"' 1or
themselves. I base my indictment
of New Bcrnians upon their neglect
of their children. A citizenry that
is the most backward in America IN
child welfare and the care ana
treatment of it's infants, may De eH-
nected to be backward in politics
religion and everything else.
you are talking too fast for me-
said the Soda Jerker. "I was talk
ing politics and you jump on on a
lot of stuff about babies
"Listen!" said the Bank Clerk;
LET me repeat: a citizenry that is
the most backward in America In
the matter of child welfare ano
maternity care. may be expected tc
be backwards in politics, religion
and all social progress"
But what's that got to do with
New Bern?" insisted the Soda Jerk
er.
Everything" exclaimed the Bank
Clerk, for New Bern has the high
est infant mortality rate OF any town
or city in the United States. one
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
THE RANK CLERK TALKING TURKEY
he BANK CLERK Aso TuG SO0A uCpKeR

out of every five babies born IN New
Bern dies before it is a year old.
The latest statistical report OF in
FAINT mortality in TIC cities in Amer
ica gives New Bern an infant NOR
tality rate of 199 out of every thou
sand. Tammanyized New York with
all of its slums has an infant NOR
tality rate of only Sc per 1000 while
the infant mortality rate is as low
as IS per 1000 at Summit, N. j. and
9 per 1000 at Alameda. Cal.
"I insist that town that lets one
out of every five of its babies die is
criminally backward in education,
health, hygiene, sanitation and
morals. For at the bottom OF IT all
is ignorance, Incidence, indifference
and stupidity. Could you expect a
town that has no more thought Tor
it's babies, to have enough thought
to decide a political issue or enough
energy and forthrightness to take a
stand for justice, fairness and right
against the leaders Of bigotry, IN
tolerance and hate? Certainly not
There is only one good thing that
can be said for it; perhaps we should
be thankful that children born
under the baleful influence oi
Senator Simmons don't stand any
thing like an average chance to sur
vive and perpetuate the spirit OF
their yenomous old overlord."
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
4 Low Down
White Man
Holds Up Boy

Held up at the point of a gun
by a young white man with cap
pulled down over hi seyes, Frank
Scott, l3-year-old newsboy of this
city, was robbed of S2.70 while
making collections for his paper
after nightfall.
The robbery occurred Saturday
night and the bastard who commit
ted the crime answers to the de-
scription of white man who held
up and robbed another newsboy
Jerry Wright. in this city some
weeks ago. Young Scott says he is
sure he has seen the man who rob-
bed him. riding a motor cycle
around the streets of the town.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

Norfolk County Democrats Will
hold an old fashioned rally ana
barbecue at Hickory Ground va
Wednesday. Oct. 3rd, beginning at
IL A. NJ.
U. S. Senator Claude Swanson,
CONGRESSMAN Joseph T. Deal ana
Miss Add;e Johnson, the famous
school girl orator will speak. And
there will be music along with the
roast pig and the oratory.
The editor of this newspaper has
been especially invited to attend and
TO extend the invitation to the read
ers of this newspaper. Hickory Is
but an hours ride by motor from
Elizabeth City and many Elizabeth
Citizens will, doubtless, avail them
selves of the invitation.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

This is in way one OF the DIE
gest pieces of news affecting thi
section, to have come out of the d 4
fices of the State Highway Com
mission In many months, for "
means the continuation OF the paw
ing of route "a, the Virginia Dar
Trail, from Windsor TO the sea.
It is great news for tourists lock \
ing forward to the day when theA
avail themselves of an all hard ST.
face highway to Kill Devil Hills, tn.
birth place of aviation in Americ-
and to Roanoke Island, the birth
place of Virginia Dare and the sit y
of the first English settlement Oil
American shores. J;
It is great news for Elizabeth CitJY
because Elizabeth City'S Seashorf,
playground between Kitty Hawk antI
oregon Inlet is reached by this ROAD
1t is 40 miles from Elizabeth Citti
to Point Harbor, the tip of Curri
tuck County which is separated blI
less than three miles of Cu:rituciI
Sound from the coast.
It is great news for Curritucli
County, because over this one high K
way moves the great bulk Of oil th3
traffic in and out Of that COUNT
The economic progress of that couni
ty depends upon the paving Of thg
entire length of Route 344, fronI
Curritr!ck c. H. to Point Hasbor.
It is great news for Roanoke isl
land and Dare County, bccaus;
Route 344 is Dare County's mail.
thorofare connecting with The out
side world. 1t is great news To-
Dare because II is q great step ",
ward the realization OF the pIOaiisi
of the State to connect the codnt.I
seat of Dare with all other countt
seats. 1t means that the paving o.
the entire length of 344 within two
years, may be anticipated.
1t is great news for the Curritucl!
g. Dare Bridge Corp. of this city
who are negotiating for the sale o.
bonds to bridge Currituck Sound
between Point Harbor and Kitty
Hawk, making the Northeastern
coast accessible by motor. The pro1
meters of this bridge expressed con-
fidence this week that the bridge
would be a reality by the first OF
June, 1929. a
1t is great news for every towI
on Atlantic Coastal Highway Route
No. II from Elizabeth City TO VIII
mington. For Elizabeth City il the
gateway to all coastal North Caro-
lima and tourists must be attracted
thru this gateway before other
towns and cities on the route can
get them. The paving Of Route 344.
the bridging of Currituck Sound and
a State Highway road from Kitty
Hawk to Nags Head ard Manteo
will mean the opening Zip of q
great scenic coastland. rich in
poetry, romance and historic asSo-
Citations; and one of the greatest
recreational and srort3man's para
discs in the world.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
:TwoBrdndsOf
Liquor Mixed
Set ,Em Crazy

Physicians, moral leaders and
court officials of Bertie County
arc perturbed; Bertle County rye
and Martin County corn won't
mix: attempts upon the part Of
b;bulous citizens of BERTHE to mix
the two distinctive bran1s Of
moonshine whiskey is playing
havoc with the old time peace
and dignity of BERTHE.
For the two brands of moonShine
are distinctly different. The coun-
ties of BERTHE and Martin, like the
counties of Gates and Pasquotank,
were separated for ages by a great
swamp barrier. There was no inter-
course between the two counties
With the advent of national prohi-
bition the denizens of these two ad-
joining counties began to experiment
and perfect, each, a high-powered
intoxicant Of their own. They did
not collaborate in their experiments
and the results we're two individual
products, either Of which was highly
potent by itself. The Martin Coun-
ty product would convert a senile
old man into a Gene Tunney and
Don Juan all rolled into one, and
the BERTHE product would make
millionaires of paupers.
And then the State Highway Com
mission broke down the barrier be-
tween Martin and BERTHE by bridg-
ing the great swamp between Wind
sor and Williamson and traffic be-
tween the two county seats was
made possible for the first time.
Then the natives began to mix their
beverages. Things have been hap
pening in Windsor, the county seat
of BERTHE ever since. At least one
fatal automobile accident has been
attributed to mixture of the two
Installations. =.
On a morning not long ago Wind
sor aWoke to find it's Main Street
strewn with barbecued pig. A pair
of drunks had hitched a truck to
the towns leading Barbecue stand
and dragged it thu the streets over
turning it and spilling maceraved
pig and hot slops all over the paving
for a block or more.
One day last week a prominent
merchant in Windsor attempted to
mix the two brands of liquor and
the resultant jag gave him the hal
lucination that he was Tarzan the
Ape. Divesting himself of every
shred of clothing, the otherwise
decorous citizen ran naked about his
premises acting like a monkey,
climbed a tree by the side of his
house, chartered like an ape and at
tracted the whole neighborhood to
the scene. A kinsman of the delud-
ed citizen came upon the scene and
threatened to brain the make-be-
lieve Tarzan If he didn't come down
out of the tree and put his clothes
on. The gent Skinned down the
tree very like a monkey, gallo2ed
around the house on all fours and
climbed another tree.
I'm Tarzan," he shrieked; bring
me some raw meat; you can't down
Tarzan."
When missiles were thrown at him
he shook with laughter and yelled,
"You can't down Tarzan!" Where
Upon he craWled OUT on small
limb, the limb broke and he came
tumbling to earth. Neighbours
pionioned him, wrapped him in a
sheet and got him indoors.
1t would all be very funny if it
were not a matter for serious con-
Germ. Martin County corn and
BERTHE Rye mix with disastrous dis
astrous consequences to those who
imbibe.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
Cchoon Hires Out to
The Anti i-Smithites

Walter L. Cohoon Of Elizabeth
City went on the war-path this week
in behalf of the Anti-Smith organ
ization in North Carolina, speak
ing in Fayetteville wednesday
night and in Durham Thursday
night.
In both towns Cohoon spoke
under the auspices of the Junior
Order United American Mechanics
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
SHADES OF THE
DEAD ONES GET
NO HAND CLAPS
But Utter The Name of Smith
Anywhere in The State and
The Crowds Cheer, Says
Ehringhaus

"The names of Vance, Jarvis,
Aycock, Kitchin, Beckett and
long line Of distinguished North
Carolina Democrats haze little
interest for North Caroline voters
this year. They want to hear
about Al Smith," So sa-'7 !. c. B.
Ehringhaus, Elizabeth City's CUB
ernatorial offering for 1870 who is
stumpiny Piedmont North Caro-
lima this week in the interest Of
the State ana National tick,t.
All summer Mr.. Ehringhaus had
read up on the history of the z ,mo-
cratic party in North Caro- ina and
the biographies of its most glcrified
historical personalities. He was
prepared to go forth and make the
citizens weep over the struggles, the
travails and triumphs of the great
dead to whom they are indebted for
all good things, and make them
blush to think that they had even
so much as listened to a suggestion
to bolt the ticket.
But he labored in vain with the
shades of Vance and Jarvis and Ay-
cock and McIvor and Kitchin and
Beckett; the crowds that came to
hear him speak had no hand for the
dead; they sat dumb and bored
while he eulogized the mighty men
of the past. But they revived, roar
ed and stamped when he brought
in the name of Al Smith, He says
he can't tell them enough about
Smith.
And it is the prediction of Mr..
Ehringhaus that when AL Smith
comes to Raleigh next month to
talk to North Carolinians in per-
son, Raleigh will not be able to ac-
commodate the crowds.
North Carolina will remain
where it belongs, in the Democratic
column" says MIR. Ehringhaus with
confidence. 1T takes an organiza-
ton to win a political victory in
North Carolina and the Anti-Smiths
haven't got it. The Anti-Smiths
cannot hope to perfect anything
like a formidable organization be-
tween now and election and there is
no Simmons organization any more;
Senator Simmons has alienated his
strongest and ablest supporters and
he can not lead the remnant of
those who remain loyal to him into
the Hoover camp because he doesn't
dare gu sc fa- himself"
MIR. EhringhaIr Gays that every
where in his travels h, finds Smith
sentiment growing; the rura' popu-
lation of North Carolina Is net
listening to the preachers only;
they are reading the newspapers,
listening in on the radio, familiariz-
ing themselves with the issues,
weighing the personalities, promises
and performances of the major can
didates; and when they think things
thru for themselves they arc for
Smith and Democracy.
II am happy to be in this fight,
says Mr.. Ehringhaus, "for 1t is a
great fight. fight to reaffirm the
faith of America in its Declaration
of Independence and its Constitu-
tion; a fight to confirm our devo-
tion to the righteous principle that
every man has right to worship
God in this country according to
the dictates of his own conscience"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

September means back to school
for the children-back to home
work and eye-work. Are your
child's eyes prepared for the next
ten months of eye strain? We make
a speciality OF children's eyes. Dr.
]. D. HATHAWAY. Optometrist,
Carolina Bank Bldg. adV.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
F]r NOBLE EXPERIMENT
FEFpS ALL COURTS BUSY
~. IF The Most Terrible Aspects of it is
I nslsd In The Case of Little William
E T,sr,as Kew, A Bcotlegger at Fourteen

rror,,s Key Jr, 4-year-od Pasquotank County boy
NDn" 49, his parcnts in Newland Township, thought 1t of
T W. 10 shoot a liquor thief than to shoot horse thief
r an other kind thief when he suspected George
iy Of stealing Jug of liquor belonging to his daddy
nrt seven bullet hoes in the back of Mastons Ford
ps lH ~ !, N,ston's neck good measure.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

Magazines and newspapers have
launched their Presidential straw
vote. In the meanwhile, however
the candidates will continue their
effort to make hay.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
THE BEST is CHEAPEST

Breakfast 4Oc; lunch, meat or fish
with two vegetables, dessert. bread
butter and coffee As; regular din
ner 75c. A room with private lava
tory $500.
The Virginia Dare Hotel
Elizabeth City, N. c. advtf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

Other issues figure to some extent,
but in a general way this campaign
of education seems to be settling
down to a contest between home
breM and regular.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

Violet Ray, at the notions coun-
ter SAYS love may be blind but II Is
inst as we'll to remember that the
neighbors may not be.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28
MORE PAVING FOR THE
VIRGINIA DARE TRAIL
State Highway Commission To Let PAWN
From Currituck c. H. to Ccinjock on Oct.
End at Time of Letting For Widening Of
Nine Foot Road Between Hertford
and Edentcn

Chairman Frank Commissioner Frank Kusier o. thc
North Highway have on TINS Sec
ton contract for the paving Of outc A
from Conok Oct End at the same time co
the widening of the nine foot paving between
andE Edenton
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

II think I'm seeing too much OF
vou," said the sweet young thing
after her eighth cocktail.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

.... ' goldfish swimming
''''.'rl>t over the radio.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-09-28

Intolerance is manifestation of ignorance.
We are intolerant of the thing we hate
We hate the thing we fear.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-12-26
Third SACKERS
ARE VERY SCARCE
Only Three Clubs to Retain
Regulars al the Hot Corner

New York. Dec. 20 P-Onc Of
the big baseball upheavals Of 1929
seems about TO take place at a cor
ner OF the infeld--third base. On
the 1G major league clubs only three
third sackers are fixtures for the
next campaign.
Fred Lindstrom Of the Giants.
Pinkv Whitney Of the phiIlios AMI
Willie kamn OF the White SoX viii
he reelected without opposition.
].indstrOm is a terrific hitter and
fielding genius. Whitney Was the
best young ball player the Philli"s
have found in years and kamm has
shown that he is worth all the SoN
| paid SIN Francisco for him in 1922.
| The st. Louis Cardinals are COM
mittcd to plan TO mov" frankie
! F'risch from second base TO third
have a prospect under adviscmcat
by which Pie Traynor would lac
transferred from third to short. The
| Pirates decision probably will d.
pend on the performances of Stroner.
a third baScman purchased from
Wichita. The youngSter. in the
western league. made Al home runs
10 triples and ~ doubles. finishing
with batting average of 1861. IT
he can hit half as many home runs
in the National league he may ct
the third base assignment.
Joe Strip. who finished the sea
son at third BAG for Cincinnati
seems to have the call for the reg.
ular job and Brooklyn probably will
start with Walter Gilbert. who was
stationed at third in the latter