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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
COMING SPEAKERS

Clyde Hoey, the Big Bertha OF
The campaign, at Elizabeth City
Thursday night. Oct. 18th. Place
20 be announced.
Mrs. T. Palmer Jerman and
Miss Nell Battle Lewis, at Eliz-
abeth City Friday night, Oct. 10.
Congressman Lindsay Warren
at Camden, Oct. 22nd; at Man
teo, Oct. 23rd and at Elizabeth
City Wednesday night. Oct. oath.
Mr.. Warren had to cancel an
appointment at Newland for TO-
night, Oct. 4th by orders OF his
physician.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05

les Of 40 race horses; and with
, for adults and Is cents for chill
ting record breaking crowds.
This years fair is expected to bel
bigger and better than its predeces-
sors. Brown and Dyer's Shows will
furnish the midway amusementS
with over 40 concessions, ten shows
and five riding devices. A good band
will furnish music for the crowds
day and night.
According to Fair officials, there
has never before been such a large
aggregation of agricultural exhibits
as will be on display at this years
Fair. Both exhibit halls are crowd
ed to capacity, and the community
exhibits will be by far the best ever
seen here. Many counties. schools
and communities In the district have
entered, exhibits. All Of these will
be we'll worth seeing.
As is the usual custom, Tuesday
will be designated as Children's Day.
Schools will be closed and special
all-day program has been arranged.
consisting Of a parade through the
business section. headed by the can
didate from this city who will enter
the Virginia Dare beauty contest to.
be held on Thursday. There will
be setting up exercises, athletic
events, races and contests. in front
of the grand stand. in which the
pupils of all the schools will partici-
pate.
Fast horse racing has been sche-
duled for Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday and forty horses have been
entered to date. Automobile races
have been scheduled for Saturday,
the 18th.
The free acts will be extraordinar-
lily good, consisting of the Three
Kressels, who appear in a combina-
ton of -acrobatic and tumbling feats;
Martin and Martin. clever and dar-
ing trapeze performers. who pre-
sent the limit in flexibiiity and dar-
ing; and Raymond and Maison
former Mack Sennett bathing girls.
who appear In series of dances and
stunts of an unusual nature. Last
but not least. will come DR.. Victor
Finck, who will entertain the crowds
with trick and fancy horse back
riding in front. of the grandstand
daily.
The fire works will exceed any ever
seen before In this section Of the
State, In elaborateness and beauty.
Novel displays. such as Dutch vii
lage, in which one can see the wind
mills, flowers. and other pictures
que Dutch scenery. concluding with
stately procession of swan that
float in front of the grand stand on
a sea of fire. The eruption Of Mt.
Vesuvius and the burning Of the
Old Homestead will also be shown.
And for thrill of thrills, there will
be a war spectacle in which huge
set pieces representing battlc5hip,
a dirigible and submarine will
figure, filling the air with bursting
bombs from which will issue much
noise and colored fire.
Indications now point to very
good attendance, as the admission
price has been lowered to 50 cents
for adults and Is cents for children.
School children will be charged only
Is cents on Tuesday. The gate ad-
mission in recent years has been
rs cents for adults.
The officers of the Fair hssocia-
ton are: N. Howard Smith, presi-
dent; j. w. Foreman, vice president;
j. T. McCabe, End vice president;
w. P. Duff. treacurcr: A. q. James.
financial secretary; and II. c. Job,
secretary.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
"YE OLE TYNE" FIDDLEE'S
CONVENTION AT CORhPLAgE

The P. T. A. of the Corapeake
Consolidated School is anticipating
the greatest Fiddler's Convention OF
the season to be held in the school
auditorium Friday evening. oct. IL,
1928; the program starting at 800
o'clock.
The players are being lined up
and already we have "Ye Ole Tyne
fiddlers with "Ye Ole Tyne tunes
from Edenton, Suffolk, Whaleyville,
Colerain and various points in Gates
county On the program. Others are
invited to enroll. and a place wiil'be
arranged for them also.
Three cash prizes are being Of
fered. First prize, $500 in gold;
Second prize, $500; and Third prize
$500.
The admission will be Is and 25c.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
To Which All The
Kids Will Vote Amen!

w. o. Saunders will speak at
South Mills High School Monday
night, Nov. 5th under the auspices
of the South Mills Parent-Teacher
Association. His subject will be
I'VE Poor Old Fashioned Parents"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05

Many ills are caused 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
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
oHOON STRS DURHAM'S
b, AND INDIGNATION
Lnior Order to Stage Vicious and Un-
fair Attack on Al Smith in Defiance of
The Laws of The Order

5 he Repudaed is the caption Of an editorial In Sun
nsh,r ~ c. dealing with Smith political
y d in Durham Walter L. Cohoon Of Elizabeth
" ,e auspices Junior Order United American Me-
" that CITY, reports true, the invitation for
n sneak against Smith obtained from the Durham
% nOO orssritcs in Durham under false pretenses.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
ALL SET FOR DISTRICT
FAIR HERE NEXT WEEK
Looks Like Bigger and Better Fair-Mor'
Exhibits, More Amusements and Low
cred Price of Admission

Everything readiness for the opening OF the tenh
annual Elizabeth City Tuesday Oct and
With farm home and school exDs anu
more with bigger and better
midway acts daily and the most gorgeous e
works dispIays nighy 40 horses; and with
lowered admission cents for chill
dren the fair expecting breaking crowds
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05

kicked in the head by a horse,
Cameron Polythress, Orange Coun-
ty Youth, is at the point of death IN
a Durham hospital.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05

The freshman law class Of the
University of North Carolina have
gone on record by an overwhelming
majority as fayoring the election ot
Governor Al Smith.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-10-05
DESCENDANTS OFLEE AND
JEFFERSON HITTINGHARD
Virginians Not Taking Pot Shots at c. 0. P.
They are Bombarding it With Masscd
Batteries of Heavy Artillery and Civ
ing The Enemy No Quarters

virginia for Hoover Sundays ana prayer
meeting least cent for AL Smith all the
of the week the enthusiasm NortoK Cou
~ Rally Ground Wednesday should go
do.n In history reatest the campaign in these parts
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21

sailors like me and the gang here.
We don't count. But let some passen-
ger ship go down and all hel's to
pay if some fat slob Of an exploiter
loses his precious life. And if there's
no organization as on the Vestris,
and the black gang is kept below
as it was on the Vestris, but at the
moment it sinks they make shift to
save themselves if they can, then
some damned capitalist newspaper
editor, some sniveling prostitute
seeking to shield the company and
the damned capitalist system, squirts
his poison into the headlines--'Sail-
ors must tell why they livep Well,
that is about the limit!
"What we need Is organization.
Only big union and a fighting
union can ensure safety on the sea,
for both passengers and crew. That's
what we're working for here in the
Marine Workers Progressiv e
League"
Tomorrow we will tell you some
thing Of what the sailors think on
unions, past, present and future.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
euUe Dr1ve Organize All Drug By Militant
CON TINUE WAR
PREPARATIONS
IN MANCHURIA
Marking Gov watches
Japan's Hand

PEKING, Nov. 20.-That matters
are by no means quiet in Northern
China. and that Manchuria, under
insnired impetus, may again launch
a drive aga INST Picking and the Nan
king government, are opinions ex-
pressed here as result of reports
from Mukden that war preparations
are going on with increasing speed.
It is a known fact that a large
Manchurian army is maintained on
the border of Shanaikwan and even
for some distance on this side of the
Great Wall along the Peking- Muk-
den railroad. The Mukden arsenal
works day and night and great
sums, much of it believed to en-
anate from Japan, are being spent
abroad for huge quantities of pow
der, arms and other war material.
The preparations are entirely on
too arge q scale 10 confirm Muk-
denis official statements that they
ere for defensive purposes, and to
many they indicate the possibility
Of new war launched against
leking.
In the meantime the Marking
government is watching develop
ments closely. for it does not trust
the loyalty Of its Picking war lord,
Eeag Yu-hsiang. who is known to
have ambitions of his own.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21

passenger liners plainly said that
they would not "take the trouble"
to go to the rescue. Why don't some
body raise a howl over that? But
not a line against the big shipping
companies in the capitalist press.
Big Liners Also Dangerous
"These big liners; yes, the Levia-
than and the others, who claim to
have the latest thing in life-boat
davits, and so on. Some of them run
by electric motor, but we sailors
know that most of them won't work
and that, some time or another, a
Vestris scandal on a still bigger
scale is coming. But try to get that
printed in the capitalist press, just
try!
Every now and then" continued
"Blackie" as he shifted his voice
into a growl, "If you watch the
papers, you will see about three small
lines on an inside page of some cap
italist sheet, stating that freighter
has gone down somewhere with all
hands.
"That's not news. They're only
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
TALE OF DEATH TOLD
BY VESTRIS FIREMAN

clear, pulled off my life belt and
jumped over the side. After swim
ming good way off, l found a
piece of dunnage. Holding on to
that for about % minutes leaving
that and got a much larger piece.
Life Boat Turns Over.
Whilst on that piece, l saw life
coat No. 8 half way under with
water. 1t was filled with passengers
and crew. l left my dunnage and
went over. to No. 3 beat. Before /
got there she turned over. Women
and children were many in that
boat. l held on to the bottom of
No. 9 boat. After a length of time,
we got the boat bottom back on
the water again so thet we could
stay inside but the children and
women that were dead around there
were SO thick 1 had to leave. After
seeing so many dead bodies there
| took off my clothes and swan
away from there.
got another piece Of dunnage.
about 6 feet long. After hulling
about on that for about an hour.
just before dark, ! saw friend of
mine, member of the crew and
white man. He was mess room
steward. He was hanging on a
large piece of wreckage and asked
me to come over to him. So | swan
over and we both held to the wreck
age which was a hatch cover,
think.
We had a hard time keeping
above water in the heavy seas. NY
friend was unable to swim and had
life belt on. Early in the night
heard shouting near by and
couldn't see who it was. I made out
large piece of wreckage and 1
heard some man speaking in Span
ish. My friend and I wanted to get
over to the big piece of wreckage,
but he couldn't swim. I had to tow
the wreckage by a piece of rope
which was attached to it. After get
ting half way 1 was unable to go
any more, then we decided to pad
die. We did so until we got to this
other piece Of wreckage. When we
got there, all three of us held on
to the big piece of wrecl1age.
Men Drown Amid Darkness.
About midnight, I think it was,
my friend complained of being
cramped all over and a few minutes
later he said he was leaving and we
shook hands and he disappeared.
About an hour or so later the other
man who / took for a Spaniard yell
led something at me but l didn't
understand and soon he disappeared
Shortly after that l saw red rockets
on the horizon and then everything
went black. l don't remember a
thing that happened thereafter until
l woke in the sick bay of the U. s..
S. wyoming" I was told that I
was picked up by Anthony Pelosi Of
Providence, R. I.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
WORKERS RALLY
TO MEET ATTACK
OF BOSS ASSN
Fight for Better Pay,
Shorter Hours

An intensive drive to organize the
drug store clerks is now under way
according to an announcement made
yesterday by Aida Flomenbaum,
secretary of the Drug Clerks Union.
Increasing unemployment, low wages
and fearfully long hours, she said,
are forcing the workers to unite for
the elimination of these evils.
At the same time the American
Pharmaceutical Association, the
bosses organization, is preparing it.
self for fight against the union.
At a recent meeting held by this as
ISOLATION, resolution was adopted
virtually declaring war upon any at
tempt to unionize the trade. The
challenge was camouflaged with a
declaration that the organization
drive was menace to the "health
of the public" in that they, the
bosses, would be deprived of "free-
dom of action" and destroy the in
itiative which has brought pharmacy
to its present important position in
community life"
"This sort of camouflage has been
heard from employers BEFORE" the
secretary said. "But our organiza-
ton has been active for a number of
months and the results we have al
ready accomplished is the best evil
dence that we are here to stay.
''In 1917 union was in existence
and the average wage was $50 per
week. 1t is this that the bosses are
afraid of. At the present time hun
dreds of registered drug clerks are
being thrown out of employment and
replaced by others at less pay. Many
clerks work between 60 and 70 hours
q week under the most wretched con-
ditions.
"The union is fighting for better
wages, shorter hours and for recog-
milton. We stand for the interests
of the junior clerks as well as for
the registered men,"
The union meets regularly every
first and third Thursday at Stuyve-
SAINT Casino, 142 Second Ave, at 8
o'clock.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21

company. The management now
still owes them two weeks pay, plus
20 per cent of their weekly salaries,
for nine consecutive weeks, which
the union printers allowed the man.
agement to detract each week as a
loan, the total sum being about
$1,000. The case now is in the
hands of lawyer, and summonses
have already been served.
II Nuovo Monde never said a
word about it. 1t says that the
printers were receiving too high a
wage! A socialist publication com
planning about workers getting too
high a wage!
Why does not II Nuovo Monde
tell the public that the union print
ers have made sacrifices and sac
rifices, financially and otherwise, tc
help NIovo Monde as a bonafid
labor paper, and that they have beer
rccompensated with dismissal?
Is II Nuovo Monde initiating a
campaign for the open-shop move
ment? Is it the forerunner of the
coming reaction? We would like
to know what are it's intentions in
attempting to break up a labor
union.
Very truly yours, Italian Typo
graphical Union No. 261; Oreste
Schettini. president; Anthony Renzi,
secretary
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
.Fy2RIE:RElS issue
GOVERNMENTAL
Same Time as Cloak
Meet; VIII Merger
Continued from Page One

Continued from Page One
cided to call a Special National Con-
vention to take place in New York
City on December 20 and 80, 1928.
Corrupt International
cat the present time the fur work
ers all over the United States and
Canada are convinced that nothing
whatever of a constructive nature
can be expected from the democrat
lied, corrupt and degenerated Inter
national Today the reactionary Off
Gals of this defunct International
stand unmasked and exposed as the
agents of the bosses and their com
pany union. Their so-called Inter
national no longer has any prestige,
nor power, nor influence.
"On the ruins of the disintegrated
and corrupt international, the fur
workers throughout the United
States and Canada are ready to build
new union without any craft divi-
sions, without expulsions and per-
secutions of members for their poll
teal beliefs and affiliations; union
with rank and file control and cap
able of defending and promoting the
| interests of the workers.
"The Subcommittee also acted on
the proposal made by the Cloak and
lDressmakers National Executive
! Committee for working out definite
plans for the immediate amalgama-
ton of the Furriers' and Cloak and
Dressmakers' Unions at our coming
C inventions. The Subcommittee una
mously decided to accept this pro-
posal, because the amalgamation OF
these two unions will undoubtedly
create a powerful union for the work
ers and will be a definite step in
the direction Of amalgamating all
garment workers unions into one
powerful organization.
Will Organize
"In addition to this important
problem, the convention will also act
on the task of organizing the many
unorganized workers and strength
ering the locals. The Convention will
also act on proposal to establish
shop control of the organization.
According to the basis of repre-
sentation to the Convention decided
upon by the Subcommittee, your
local is entitled to elect five dele
gates.
"All credentials of elected dele
gates must be in the hands of the
Secretary not later than December
25."
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
COMMUNISTS IN
new YORK NIT
AT TROTSkYISM
"For Conointern and
c.. E. c.. Leadership"
Continued tram Page one

Continued from Page One
danger-outright opportunism-
is the main danger, and Trotsky-
ism in its present-the last
stage of its development, is, in
spite of its left phraseology, the
most consistent and unified sys-
TEN of opportunism.
s. The District Executive Com
mittee protests against the state
ment of Comrades Arorbcrg. Bit
telman and Foster in the Polit-
ical Committee. according to
which the present Central Ex-
ecutive Committee leadership and
not Trotskyism is the main dam
ger; and the District Executive
Committee considers the attitude
of these comrades rs a factor
in weaken 'ng Che effectiveness of
the struggle against Trotskyism
and outright opportunism
6. The District Executive Com
rnittee warns against any attitude
of tolerance towards the Trotsky-
ist Cannon group Any opposi-
ton to the expulsion Of Cannon
and his associates in the name Of
freedom OF expression Of onin.
ion" amounts to an objective sup
port Of Trotskyism and helps TO
organize a Trotskyist group with.
in our Party,
T. The fight against 1rotslsy-
ism can he carried to it's fun sp
cess only under the leadarshiv Of
the Communist International.
Reservations to the decisions Of
the VI. World Congress of tho
Comintern and the decisions of
the Executive Committee of the
Communist international must re-
suit in undermining the conf
dence of the workers in the Com
intern and must weaken the strug-
gle against Trotskyism.
8. The District Executive Com
mittee demands that the opposi-
ton repudiate the statement,
Fright Danger in the American
Party" printed in the renegade
Trotskyist Cannon organ, the
Militant" and accept the Com
intern decision which states "The
charge that the present Central
Executive Committee has right
wing policies is unfounded."
8. The District Executive Com
mittee expresses its full conf
dence in the Central Executive
Committee.
10. The District Executive Com
mittee calls upon every Party
member, upon all Communists, to
unite under the leadership of the
Central Executive Committee
against Trotskyism and the right
wing danger, for the line of the
Communist international.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
anti FURRIER
WRIT GRANTED
Judge Gives Socialist
Permanent Injunction

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice
Ingraham, Monday accommodated
the socialist officialdom of the A.
T. Of L. International Fur Workers
Union, by granting them an iniunc-
tion that prevents the members of
the Fur Dressers' Local SO from
using its own treasury. The local, in
fighting against an attempt of the
right wing officials of the so-called
international to break their union
thru . dissolution order, has had to
face the most interruptions tactics
Of the socialist leaders, from the
outright use Of strikebreaking to
this more recent attempt to choke
the organization by application to a
capitalist judge for one of their in
functions.
Although the injunction is
granted, the case is yet to come to
trial.
Even should the socialist-boss-
judge alliance succeed in depriving
this small union from its treasury of
about $4,000, the members reiterate
their determination to fight against
any attempts to wipe out the organ
ization for which they have made so
many sacrifices. The strike of the
machine fleshers, the key craftsmen
of the organization, still continues to
tie up completely the plant of Gable
and Son, Brooklyn. The workers in
this plant make up the membership
of this local.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
Immigration Is From
Mexico and No. Europe

Recent immigration into the United
States has shown many changes so
far as national composition is con-
cerned. In 1927, 25.4 per cent of the
100000 persons coming to this coun-
try were from Mexico, 1879 per cent
from Germany, 1916 per cent from
Ireland, ia per cent from England,
8 per cent from Scotland, 6 per cent
from Scandinavia, and 4.8 per cent
were Jews. The bulk of the immi-
grants are still unskilled laborers,
though the proportion is much small
er than before the war.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-21
RagOzin to Lecture at
Bronx Coop Tonight

Ray Ragozin, militant woman
leader, will lecture on "Women's
Work" in the auditorium of the
United Workers Cooperative House
at 27o0 Bronx Park East, tonight
at 8 o'clock. All members of the
Workers (Communist) Party and
sympathizers are urged to attend.
The talk has been arranged by the
International Branch 6, section of
the Workers (Communist) Party.