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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28

Yale came In with 63s. only six
strokes behind Georgetown, while
Ohio State was next in line with
SAT. one stroke bette. than the
total returned by Union. Harvard,
usually a strong golfing college,
had to be content with tie for
sixth place at $50 with Pennsyl-
vania. These two beat Dartmouth
by three strokes.
Princeton this year had ~ and
"a, w. p. Youngs 70 and 78, John
B. stevens IS and u and Pond 70
and SO.
Mccarthy played two par 36s
on the second round. Starting
by taking three puts from the
edge of the first green, the Met.
rOpOlitan runner-up proceeded TO
give a dazzling exhibition on the
next three holes, each OF which
he played I'm one under par by
laying his approach shots within
less than a yard OF the cup.
With a IS i'm sight for the first
nine, Mccarthy INDUCED in three
puts on the ninth.
The Georgetown ace found some
of those easy As at Apawamis just
to his liking. He had a birdie 3
at the thirteenth. where the green
can be reached from the tee by a
hard hitter like himself. The stroke
gained here was dropped at the
sixteenth, and it seemed to be on
the cards that Maurice would spill
still another one at the seventeenth.
He topped his drive here, but then
reached the green with a mammoth
brassie shot. only to take three
puts.
He is a favorite in match play,
which starts today. Scores Of other
Georgetown players follow: Mark
Flanagan, II. 78-1a5; John w.
Foley, 80, 79--161; n. Weisler,
"a, SO--164; r. Manning, n. S9-166;
w. F.. Hayes, SO. S5-147.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28

.Hadlev has recently looked some
thing like himself. while Sad sam
has been the teams leading right
handler ever since the season opened.
MacFayden is the Carrigan hurting
ace, with Russell coming along
right behind him.
Manager Harris had no alibis to
offer for the double defeat Of his
team in Yesterdays opener. He adj
nitted that Charlie Ruffing was
quite too much for the Griffs and
that the wretched flinging of Zach.
airy and Lisenbee spoiled whatever
small chance the team might have
had 10 win from big Ed Morris.
The Red Sox took the first one
4-to-1, and the second 11-to-4.
It's old stuff today, how the boys
got their runs. You close follow
ers of the Griffs got all that dope
Yesterday hot off the bat or right
off the gfiddle, whichever YOU
choose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28
NJ CARTHT WINS
MEDAL ROUND

RYE NJ. X, June 28.An up
ward rush by Georgetown's scoring
ace, Maurice Mccarthy, .ir., medalist
and runner-up in the Metropolitan
title event two weeks ago and quail
fier in the national open. stopped
Princeton from making q clean
sweep OF the honors in the So holes
Of medal play in the annual inter-
collegiate golf championship staged
at ApaWamis.
Three strokes back OF w. r.
Youngs. Of the Tiger squad. at the
end OF the first round, Mccarthy
came through to tie tns course rec
ord with a 70 exactly as Youngs
had done on the opening day Nc
Carthy's aggregate of AT gave him
the medal hyssa margins of three
strokes, sYoungs falling back to Y
Is and being tied by Mark j. Stuart.
of st. Johns, who, with 10 to
finish, also brought in = total OF
4
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28

daring running OF ItOD reeves
That remains for eInbellish-
ments.
FIagstead was the peoples choice
at Fenway Park for his great field
ing in the first game. He, more
than anybody else. saved the vic
tory for Ruffing. who was inclined
to be a bit wild.
Filling the bases with three passes
and none out in TIE sixth inning
Ruffing famed Goslin, made Reeves
pop to Holman and then faced
Joe Judge. The Griffs' veteran
firstsacker hammered low, droop-
ing fly TO right center that seemed
certain of falling safe to bring in
at least two runs. That might
have put the, skids under Ruffins
and given the Grifts a chance at
the game. But Flaggtead, realizing
the importance of the play, took a
chance He completed beautiful
running catch of that .ow drooper
and the Griffs had been retired,
leaving the bases jammel
In the very next inning the
veteran gardener again displayed
his sterling worth to help Ruff
fling ont Of sorry hole. Bluege's
single, with passes to Rice and
Harris. had filled the bases with
two out.
Barnes drove a f.v wellnigh TO
the flagpole in mid1ie.d, but as "
came down 1t found Flagstaad
awaiting, il and once more RuffIns
had been saved.
Taitt was the whole cheese often
sively in the nightcap skirmish,
later TO become a rout for the boys
from the banks of the Potomac. In
fact that big gardener was rank
poison to both Zachary and Lisen-
bee, Toms woe-begone successor.
In the first round his solid single
to left scored Myer from second.
In the third he tripled to the bank
in left center and Ken Williams
counted. In the fifth he singled to
left. putting Regain on third from
where he scored on Gerber's double.
In the sixth Taitt singled to
center and Williams reached
third, later scoring when Gerber
got his second double. In the
eighth he got his fifth success
sive hit. a double over Goslin's
head to the bank. and Regain
counted. All in all Taitt scored
two runs, drove in three and
placed two runners In scoring
positions.
| Bob Reeves, who was painful at
the bat, did a mans job in the
| field with his understanding for
Goose Goslin and covering the short.
| field, but it was his collision with
| Charlie Berry in the second game
that made the fans roar for his
blood. He was scoring from first
on Judges two-bagger to the right
field corned and found Berry block
| ing the plate.
Reeves was quite football player
at Georgia Tech, just as Berry
played the game at Lafayette, and
| he didn't hesitate a second He
simply piled right into the Boston
catcher. brushed him aside as the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-06-28

But IL Princeton could not
land the medal, it made no mis-
take in the contest for the team
championship, winning handily
from Georgetown by score VI
COS to 6s7.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
Raised Letter
Printing Done
R3htAtHome

.And now you don't have to
send out OF Elizabeth City or
out OF the State iur raised let
ter printing. 1t i, done in the
shop of The Independent every
dav and customers arc marvel
ING at the work We are turn
ing out for them.
The art of rai>ch letter prlntln"
his been rrvolulionized in recent
wears. fl used 10 require much
Special machinery and special hrlr'
Io-day it i done 10y expert printers
with new improved and less cNpell-
Sivc equipment. We HAY" both the
cyrcrt printers and tn" latest ana
most approved equipments
Personal monogram stationery
wedding invitatinnS. cards. letter
heads and envelopes ar" but lew
of our rai~r;l letter >pccialtirS. Let
uS Show y,u. And il any printer
tells Won hp can dn this class ol
work. make him show You.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
How A Republican
Convention Looks

The laugh is ON Howard Smith
and John Saliba. They are both
residents tf the Virginia Dare
Hotel. One day lat week the
Republican district convention was
held at the hotel. Delegates bcg3
TO pour In from ~ or more counties.
DIR. John looked them over uneasii%
and sought ont Howard Smith.
Neither of them knew that Il RPpub-
lican convention was on. From .
safe vantage point on The mez-
Zanine they looked over The aSsemb-
led hosts Of serious looking RepubD
can office holders and aDtjcipanls g
81 tell you what" said DR.. john
"thpy are getting ready to pun fBf
biggest raid in the history oi tins
section: if this gang is rs sericua
as it looks to be there wont be a
two-pint still left in PaSquOtanh
Camden or Perquimans.'
"You're right" affirmed Howard
This Is absolutely positively and
uncOntrovertibIy the most nuiner-
Gus. the most formidable and most
determined aggregation and ctn
glompratiOn of prohibition officer
ever herded together and assembled
within the corporate limits of the
city. How's your stock. john:
'IIow's your stock, Howard =
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
NOT One TIME
MERCHANT LEFT
IN THIS COUNTY

The scathing indictment OF
the one-crop system and the
enslavement of an Eastern
North Carolina peasantry to
usurous time-merchants made
bv Judge Gilbert 7. Stephenson
in a speech to Eastern North
Carolina bankers last week
does not apply to Pasquotank
County. declares W. G. Gather
vice president of the FIRST q
Citizens National Bank OF this
city.
Judge Stephenson drew Forbid
drg picture of an Impoverished
Eastern North Carolina where lazy
hound dogs. illitprate Negro farm
hands and Sallow. liStleSs white
pe,santry are forever in debt t"
local general merchants who charge
them two prices fer the necessities
of life and practically confiSc'lte th'
products of their listleSS Fih"r'
There can he no beauty. no progress
and no prosperity in al agricultural
region dominated hy an absentee
landlord class and time e-merchallt>,
wus the sum of Judge Stephenson
arguments.
Judge Stephenson lives in Will
Ston- Salem and to tne that far west
anythin. East of Raleigh Is East
prn North Carolina. Conditions
pictured by Judge Stephenson do
exist in some Eastern counties. hut
they are certainly not typical of the
Northeastern counties North "l
Albpmarle Sound. declares MI
Guither. In fact the old fashioned
time. merchant juSt doesn't exist ~
PaSuuotank County ut all. says Mr.
Gather: he PASSED out of the PIE
turc here ~ years ago ANA a%ri
culture has been on the mend III
paSuuOtank ever since. There l.
to-day Il greater divcrSificltion ol
crops in PaSquotank than i'll any
other county in Eastern Noril
Carolina there are more pigs. more
cattle and more poultry ON PaSHn"
tank farms. And whenever You Se'
Il farmer with few pigs and chick
ems on his place you can't hrrIf
him"
Elizabeth City baukerS haze IN
vited the North Carolina Bankers
Association to meet in EliZilhetl
City next year and see Il ditfTen
picture from that painted by Judge
Stephenson.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
CREDITORS OF
C.E. BENTONNOT
TOLOSEHEAVILY

Creditors of {. L. Benton,
Elizabeth City bankrupt will
not fare so badly. The stocks
of the Benton store sold this
week at auction to ). Harris
for $6,l20. The stock was ap-
praised at S8,O44 and had an
inventory value OF $9,40O.
Bentou'S liabilities were $40 100
lint of this amount he owed S6.Nt'
to his father-in-law. Hillary Cart
wright who wHS secured not only
hv Il blanket mortgage on the stocks
cf the Benton store. but by Il mort
rare on Bent0n'S home. The real
estate covered by Mr.. Cartwright $
mortgage is estimated worth S3.H".
Thos. i. LaSSell. representing the
creditors insists that Mr.. cart
wriyht's mortgage Oh the stock or
nnods is invalid and has moved to
have it set aside. in which event
Mr., Cartwright would share equal
" with the ether creditors i'll the
proceeds from the sale of the store
Still. Mr.. Cartwright would have
tbp Benton home to fall back upon
and would suffer no great loss.
Commenting upon the sale TINS
week. Mr.. LiSSell said that there
WAS no real necessity for Benton
having gone into bankruptcy. The
Benton crash came when his tathet'
in-law. who had advanced him much
money from time to time. became
uneasy and advertised to sell his
sou-in-mw out under the mortgage
he held.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
InV d5ATNN IIET4N "'" NE SUUH IEeNtH
WHEN THE LAST "MODEL T" EXPIRES

But since Henry has made Il lady
Gf Lizzie the farmer will have II"
S,rh utility car. The new Ford
looks too much like an aulnmohlle
and is too dressed up and too classy
to he put to hack Uses. II Is beau
tifully upholstered and orllalnellted
thing to hc kept washed and polish
ed and in Il garage when not rolling.
H locks too GOOD tu leave ont III the
rain and woe unto the farmer VIII"
uorS to town and comes back nome
with Il load of SlHno funkll" up
that classy plush interior: his wife
and dnuuhtprS will have done with
him forever.
"H all means that farmer VIII
have to have two ears now where
ono Ford Sufticed before: ar else Il
car and a truck. ThHt'S why | say
| the new Ford is going To create hard
times i'm the country.
"Aud. I'll tell you something
else: we're going To miss tn" "lu
FordS on our highways. It's go
iu- to he am all too dignitied and
humdrum world when their noise
and cIatter and smell have dlSlp-
nearcd and all the world rolls along
decorouSly and silently in gear Shlt'
cars with multlcd engines.
i "Amerira without its rusty lin
Lizzies with snagGed tops. flapplnG
tatterpd curtains and wohhly wheels
! will he as hOreSomp aS Il circus Wllh-
ont its clowns. 1t will be like liv-
iny in the South without niSserS' II
! You can imagiue what that Woul'l
! he like.
Yes sir. il almost makes me weep
to think e how we're going to miss
the old FordS when the last or them
: has cou.hed and chokcd itself 10
death and goes on the scrap heap;
life wont ever he the same any
/ more"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
USED DYNAMITE
TO BLOW LOVED
ONE OUT O. BED
And Columbia, The Gem of
The Scuppernong, Has A
Sensation On Its Hands

TO have been blown out of
bed with a charge Of dynamite
that wrought an estimated
damage of $500 to her fathers
residence, breaking y window
panes and smashing all the
crockery on the dining room
table. was the unique expert
ence of Miss Lena Smell Of
Columbia. Tyrrell County.
And to make this the banner sell
Sntion of the year in all the region
South of the Albemarle it is charg-
cd that the dynamiting was the act
Of Il rejected lover. J. 5. Pope. OF
Atkinson y. C.. sometime employe
of the State Highway Commission.
who has heen doing some dynamite
ing jobs in Tyrrell is accused of The
! crime an.l will he given Il prelimi'
nary hearing Saturday morning.
Neither Miss Smell nor her room
mate Miss Mae Sawyer WAS Seri'
ouSIy injured by the explosion
altho Miss Smell received several
bruises when she fell to the ground
thru Il hole i'm the floor created by
the explosion.
The exp, sion occurred about
/ o'clock Tuesday morning. Port
was Immediately suspected and
, when il. WAS found that he had left
town i'm an automobile he WAS chaS
cd all night over several counties
! the pursuit ending at Columbia
about noon Tuesday when Pope goO
back TO Columbia Il little in advance
tf his ,purSucrS.
Pope has refused to make any
statement.
Dynamiting is not Il unique OF
fenSe in Tyrrell. About IL year ast
a schoolhouse in another part o
! thp county was dynamited by foe
Of education.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
Making HHot
EorTeL0pens
hPerqul'mans

Making it literally hot for
illicit lovers is what has been
done in one rural neighbour
hood in Pcrquimans County. In
one case a pair OF lovers were
aEprehended in clump OF dry
woods; neighbours set the
woods on fire and burned the
pair out.
The incident has accustomed quite
u stir in PerquimanS where the ac-
tiOn Of the vigilHmtcS Is both praiS-
el and condemned Some reports
insist that in the incident referred
to the woods were set on fire in
four places. creating Il circle OF
flame around the lovers caught in
the undprbruSh who had to escape
thru wall of flame and smoke,
riSkimg grave personal injury be-
sides exposing themselves to curl
Gus watchers who had gathered 10
SEQ the sport. Others say the woods
were fired in only Cnc place. but
that the flames were famed by Il
brisk wind and rapidly spread
thru the undprbruSh. routing the
man and woman cffH'tlally.
But its Il new way of dealin"
with Il serious nuisance in rural
places. In some places lovers go
iug for Il night ride park their cars
and indulge in their sport in the
front yards of timid farmers. taking
advantage of the timidily of the
farmer and his family. The farm
or is afraid to show himself and
make Il protest for fear that he will
get ad of shot from the darkel,
ed automobile.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
Elizabeth City Has
Its Leap Year Baby

4 baby girl born TO Mr.. and Mrs.
Israel Lister. POI Dyer Street. Eliz-
abeth City. was the first Leap Year
baby born in this city. SO here Is
another girl who wont mind telling
her birthdays. In fact she will
prnbably want to add few to hers
Deciding birthdays is popular
pastime on Leap Year day. Ihere
are probably a number Of women
and men too who would gladly deed
their birthday over to this baby
girl.
Following the example OF Robert
Louis Stevenson. it has been ar
ranged with several prominent per
sons including Governor Al Smith
TO deed their birthdays to children
who otherwise would have but one
birthday in four years. When u
person gets IL certain age he or she
no longer has any Use for Il birth
day. Maybe someone here Will deed
theirs to the little Lister baby.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

Have you heard amy new Fora
Jokes lntcly:" asked the Soda Jerk
or of his friend the Bank Clerk.
Il think the prize Ford joke Is
thp fact that Mr.. Ford : agencies
are hooking orders for the new Ford
i'm Russia. India. China. New Ica-
land and Hawaii when there Is no
indication that the Ford factories
will he able to fill orders at home
for six months or more I" come.
(which shows the wisdom Of
Henry" said tn" Soda Jcrkcr: "lhe
essence f wisdom in merchandising
is to create Il demand always III rN-
cess of your stocks. The average
small town merchant goes To seed by
sitting OH his hind parts and cur
failing his advertising because II"
is afraid an advertisement might
bring him customer for something
he hasn't got And the customer
ll'NtI tbllltS 'V'h"NV 'hN
knows he hasn't got it and never
will have it,"
"Well. what do you think 1t the
new Ford. anyway" asked the
Bank Clerk.
Il think it is going to be one "i
the greatest economic calamitleS
that has hit the farmers OF ihlS
country since the panic of lH|S'
said the Soda .lerker.
'rhe old Ford with its cheap sheet
iron body and cotton upht lSterS
was Il great utility to the farmer
1t not only Sufficed to take him ana
his family To church and to visit dis
tant relatives and neighbours oh
Sundays. but it served as Il genera
utility vehicle on week days. lie
could load it up with cotton corn
or pctatUeS and come to town anu
go hack loaded with flour. or roal
or hay. I've seen a ton of hdletI
hay piled into Ford roadster ano
tied onto the running boards. Attel
the old Model r. was three or t0ul
months old the farmer could actu
ally haul manure in it without inn
pairing its SightlinesS Or making Il
more odUriferouS.
"The old Ford not only hauled
everybody and everything. but whel
it wasn't Oh the road you colllt
Jack up its hind wheels, belt it tt
a pulley and run woodsaw VI
corn shelter.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
"God Dam Lie" Says
City's Light Head

S,pt. ]. &. Parker IF the Ellh-
abpth City Public Utilities ComnlS-
sion resents recent news item Ill
this newspaper telling of neglected
electric light on the Primary Srhooi
grouuds "It was all God damn
lie" says Mr.. Parker. For the IN
formation of Mr.. Parker this news
paper calls his attention to another
street light on Dyer ST.. i'll front OF
the residence of Caleb Walker which
residents in the neighbcurhood say
hasn't burned since the storm OF the
night of Feb. 18th. Maybe that
what Mr.. Parker would call all
other God damn lie.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

IVY JOEL. three years Old going on
four, is the daughter OF DIR. and
Mrs. Howard j. Combs of this city.
Ivy cane Ircme cne day with hands
notify black from playing in dirt.
"\Vhere have you been to get so
dirty?" demanded her mOtiler. I've
been to Mrs. Browns" said Ivy.
"WeIl, if you can't go to Mrs.
Browns without getting that way
you had better stay home" said
Mrs. Combs. A few days later Ms
Brown asked Ivy: "Why dor 5Gu
come TO see us any more" H.. put
en- her most serious air az l said:
81 can't ever come TO 20 :" houGe
any more; mama said yO"r house
is dirty" The BrOWisas and the
Combses might rever lave gotten
on speaking terms again if matters
had not BEEN explained. Of such as
little children the Kingdom OF heaven
may he made, but it is also ever
lastingly true that their innocent
prattle can make little hell in a
neiglb0uIllOcd too. Photo by Z0ei'
ler.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
WILL ASK FOR
DESIGNS FOR
WRIGHT BEACON
Preliminary Appropriation of
$25,000 For Memorial Pro-
vides For Competitive
Designs

Congressman Warren's bill
providing all appropriation OF
$4,000 for plans and preliml-
nary work incident to the Con-
gressional memorial to the first
airplane flight. to be erected at
Kill Devil Hills. passed both
branches of the Congress this
week.
The act specifically provides that
$4,000 of this sum may bp expended
for plans. drawings and sppcifica-
tionS: which means that competi-
tive designs will he asked for and
the genius of notable architects ana
SculrtCrS inspired TO design Il memo.
rial Of beauty and dignity worthy
of the important event the Con
sreSS will commemorate.
The $25 OGO appropriation bill
passed this week Is not to he APP
piled to the cost of the monument
itself; an Appropriation i'r the
monument will follow the acceptance
Of plans. The following Is the eA-
act wording of section of The Army
Bill carrying the $2oO0o preiihHl
nary appropriation -, ,,,
"M0nument OH hili oeIh NM
kltty HAWK North IarOiina' -
commemorate the work pr"iihihafy
TO the acquisition ot S'utah'e Slte'
surveys. preparation of designs anu
all necessary expenses incident -
the erection OF monument on Nil
Devil Hill. Kitty Hawk. North caro-
lima. in cOmmem' ration OF the llGst
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02
Steel Bar8es
Put Together
WthNoRipets

Steel oil tankers fabricated
without the Use Of bolt or a
rivet are under construction on
the Riverside Avenue yards OF
the Elizabeth City Iron Works
& Supply Co.
The Elizabeth City concern has
built steel ships before. In fact
the company originated standard
shallow draft steel frcighter to be
built from stock patterns AMI has
buiIt a number of such crafts III
recent wears. This i'm itself WAS a
revoluti, in steel ship building
efTerting II tremendous saving in
steel construction. But these ships
were put together with holtS ana
rivets as steel vessels generally are.
But along came the Texas co.
of this city with plans for two small
steel tank barIeS to be llSed III
transporting oil TO shallow water
receiving agencies in this COASTAL
region. Electric welding for these
tunkers WAS considered more de
sirnble than bolts and rivetS. so the
local concern iS electrically weld
ing the steel plates in these harSeS
for the Texas Go. Nothing like II
was ever attpmDted IN these parts
before. but the Elizabeth City Iron
Works 4 Supply Go. is Il resource
ful concern and generally prepared
to handle any ship building jGh that
can take these inland waters. The
construction of these novel tan6
barges at Elizabeth City Is lRlr.
watched with interest by iron work
erS and SlipbuilderS generally.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-02

too much rlothin" and clothes must
not make the hraUtN.
Whether. then. in let every con
trStamt chru$r and design her own
costume h~fittim@ the character OF
nm English born maiden compelled
tn invent her clothing ont "i the
mru~rr resources, Gf Il primitive en-
viromm"mi. or whether t" have some
reSortrccful cuStumicr design Il
sucrific ensemble which every con
t,stant must wear! This * the
unr<ticn tha. is hnraSSin- the taIr
rcrrrtnry Perhaps il committee t.
Le chosen to work out other details
of the pageant will dispose OF tins
urDll"m