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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-01

A Fine Record
(From the Toronto Start
Young Husband cant stand
this suspense any longer!
Medical Man Calm yourself
my dear sir. I've brought thou
> sands babies into the world
and never lost father yet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-01

Solution To Monday Puzzle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-10-01
Wise Cracks
Quick Work

(From the Passing Showl
"My good man. is your milk
quite fresh?" M
Indeed, yes. Why, half an
hour ago it was still only grass"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
ALL BROKE But
THEY ALL HAVE
X M AS MONEY

Arc the people of Elizabeth CITY
and surrounding Tertiary broke.
have automobiles and other mod
crn Iuxurics taken all tho money
that is in circulation among the
middle classes? Ask the merchant
in Elizabeth City these questions
and he will tell you that is just
about the size of the situation.
But 20 down town and stand ON
any street corner and watch the
crowds milling back and forth along
the sidewalks this week. Go INTO
the stores and watch the throngS
that crowd the stores and Keep rhe
clerks busy as baag waiting en- Them.
and you will think that thc mcr-
chant has erred in the summing up
of the situation.
II is true that there are lot OF
the customers in ;hc stores WHO arc
charging" their purchases, buI
there arc a large percentage oil them
that pay for the goods they buy. II
is the week before Christmas and
people at Christmas times just ilnd
a way to have money Tor thcit
Christmas shopping. Many arc
Christmas Savings Clubbcrs; this
habit of saving during The year ioE
Christmas turns loose @oou
amount of money around Christmas
and the merchants look forward TO
the mailing Of the Christmas checks
TO The club members with glcci"l
authorizations, !or they say that
when the club members receive
their checks business will open up
And business does orcn up, ncar'y
all of the eighty odd thousand dol
lors which were mailed out III
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21

Al LEN r. HUETH Of AsbrEy Park.
N. j.. had spent one OF the happiest
DAYS CT his lite. Several years ago,
before any one had thought of a
Wright Memorial or any other gov
CrnmCnt project at Kill Devil Hills,
Allen Hucth had fallen in love with
those hills and had come in with
little group of his ASbury Park
neighbours to buy up vast tracts Of
beach lands on the Carolina coast.
He had dreamed of big things for
the Kill Devil Hills Country. Mon
day. Dec. l7th he journeyed to Kill
Devil Hills and saw representatives
Of the nations of the earth and lead
crS of the State and nation forsath-
or to unvcil a monument to the
Wright brothers and talk much
about great memorial TO BE-
erected on Kill Devil Hills by q
grateful government. Allen Rueth
was happy Much Of his happiness
came from consciousness OF I'M
ancial sacrifice he and his aSSo-
ciates had made to provide a tract
of 500 acres of the most valuable
land in the vicinity for the monu-
mCnt and the airport to be con-
structed in connection with it. 1t
had been a great day for Allen
Hucth and he was on his way back
TO ASbury Park. going over from
Kitty Hawk to Point Harbor on the
six O'Clock ferry. On the ferry he
met Secretary of War Dwight F.
Davis. Mr.. Davis had told him what
fine thing he had done. And then
Alien Hueth bent forward with a
sudden pain. slumped down to the
floor of the ferry boat. He had been
a sufferer from angina pectoriS Tor
several wears; the strenuous eXer-
ciscs of the day and the excitement
and fatigue had been too much Tor
his inadequate heart. His death
was a shock to all and cast a gloom
over all. But it was a wonderful
way to die: a momcntary flash oil
pain and all the worries and VcXa-
tions of life over With forever.
MIR. Hucth was 80 years old. He
is survived by wife and one child
= little boy to whom he was beau
tifrIly devoted. His friends and
business associates, Frank Stick and
Elmer II. Geran of Asbury Park. N,
J. were nearby when he died. His
body was brought to Elizabeth City
for preparation and shipment 10
Asbury Park.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
oJhq BANK CLERK Ane TILE SODA JCRkER
MIR. PAGES PROPOSED BLACK STREAK

what North Carolina needs Is
State traffic policemen mounted Oh
mnLorcycIcS and PLACED on AL high
WAYS. not. only t0 enforce the laws
but. 10 teach motorists good ROAD
manners as well.
Every time Il fool driver is caught
M tho wrOn" side OF tho road or
taking more of the road than DC
longs to him. a motorcycle cop
should halt him. givC him lecture
and a warming. And The next tlmc
hc is caught doiug tho same thing,
nc should be brought TO book and
his driving license suspended lor a
period Of days.
There is too much driving on
Lhc crown of tho road In NorIh
Carolina and most Of our auComo-
bile casualties arc attributable 10
that very thing. Local officers Will
not enforce the laws; if we are ever
to have anything like a serious at
tempt at traffic law enforcement we
must have a State constabulary
amenable TO the State Highway
Commission. What's a streak OF
paint down the middle of a road for
a fool who won't heed a SLOW sign
at a rail road croSSing?"
well. to change the subject, DO
vou believe in Santa Claus asked
the Soda Jerker.
DO I believe in Santa CLAUSE eX-
claimed the Bank Clerk. well l
should saw do. I'm a Santa Claus.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
Saturday Riddles
Day at Carolina

Saturday will bc kjddle& day y"
the Carolina Theatre. tho manage
mcut featuring y ChildrenS matinee
program aud si' favor% ot candy
oranges. apples. etc. to every l'tjc
patron of the theatre that day.
IN added attraction at the Caro-
lima all this week Is AIdrich'5 In
Derial HaWaiianS in "A lrip 10
Hawaii" Really wonderful and III
tcrcSting movies of tho Hawaiian Is
lands arr shown while Hawaiian
entertain with their native
music. And Of course they give ua
a rdcy exhibition Of their native mp
culture, the Hula Hula. hldrlchS S
Hawaiians arc an attractive group
of much higher caste than many
Hawaiian troupcS now struggling
around the country.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
A Subscription Offer
Made in the Christmas Spirit

In the sp1I Of tlristm aud to give one last boost
to il, circulation before the New Year. IIiE lNDE-
PENDENT makes this generous offer to the Northeastern
North Carolina public this week Until the close OF buSL-
ncs, Dec 81 1923 will accept yearly subscriptions for
THE INDEPENDENT within the Elizabeth City trade
crrurv for new subscribers only at $lOO year. This
offer for new subscribers only and subscription or
less than ono year will be accepted For new subscriptions
outside the Elizabeth City trade territory which territory
embraces the counties North vi and bordering on Aoe7
marie Sound the South, the subscription price VIII be
ST 50 a wear on this offer. Regular price 500.
Why not embrace this opportunity to make Christ
mas .ift Of THE INDEPENDENT f. number OF friends.
This is Christmas offer only a'd positively will not be
open after Dec 81 1928.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21

Il sec by the papers that Mr.
Frank PAGE recommends That the
State Highway CcnmiSion SWab IL
streak Of paint plum down tho md
die of every paved road in tho Stale
same as on curves" said the Soda
,Icrkcr TO his friend the Bank Clerk
"A better idea said the Bank
Clerk would be for the Commission
20 build a Ford proof steel fence
down the middle of every highway
that's tho only way we're ever going
10 be able to keep damphool GriFcf%
on the side Of The road they belong
on.
The most cXaSpcratin% thing III
the world is to be going some place
in a hurry and come Upon an o!d
Model T Ford numbering along
suuarely in the middle OF tho ROAD
and making so durn much noise that
the driver can't hear your horn. Ii
it isn't an old Ford that usurpS INC
middle of the road, it's Il rafting,
banging old truck or woman
driver.
"Old Fords, delivery trucks, women
drivers and niger joy riders in
variably take the middle OF the ROAD
and it is worth your life TO try TO
pass them. They utterly ignore the
black markings on curves and a
straight road split with a streak o.
paint would have no meaning for
them: they would think it their
especial privilege to straddle the
streak of paint.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
War Depart. Wont
Play With Parker

Tho U. S. War Department IA"
declined to grant a permit 10 Ihc
Kitty Hawk Bridge Co. of Elizabeth
CITY to construct bridge over Cur
ri,rrek Sound between Point Harbor
and Kitty Hawk.
Tho War Department had pre-
viously granted a permit to the
culrituck g. Dare Bridge Corp. 1or
n bridge over Currituck Sound ana
was not convinced of the necessity
for TWO bridges or assured that the
Kitty Hawk Bridge Co. was prcpar-
ccl to build a bridge if it had per-
nit. The Kitty Hawk Bridge co. Is
4 promotion of N. P. Parker.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
:ast C. Saved Him,
RAISED Be The Lord

mm"l his ia!ln IN the Lord.
10 COa-' Guard saved hlm.
,a wd, the experience OF Woody
saav. mrHIb2r OF tho Air Mark
l-.DD o. 'La Department.. as
|-yi U3 By q ncwSpapcrman
HocaaGa.s plunge into tho
1a.ng, o. CrrrilucE Sound of
isrb0y Monday. while ON his
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
cAINSTMRS.E.L.SAWYER
,;,as of Slain Court Clerk Resent Inaction
\ Public Prosecutor Pending Convening
Of Grand Jury in March


,,,i,r> Of the Iate fr"c>' '''
rbo cam" 20 t'> dca'h
,;>,al shot in ms nom" on
.,b folIawins 4 quarrel W'th
e, are bitter this week IN
,ir. against thr failure oil
.,nrt> to bring any indictment
f..r Mr.. Emma E"dSerr"n
., who bv her own con'eSS'oh
marty To the killing.
~. Mr. Sawyer came 70 ms
.m a BUILT wound M the
a,x wom At pistol IN the
| a. q ,~r'E nnkn""h I" INC
| W or. s;'" Tug 'l'o' '''e"
| her - Only Mn, o""Sc, "
| m il that Ernest H''"S'. "nA
I,ng,. Tl'H ii r'''H "I''Ch S'ic
ho gave A'u' WV" 1" '''' "'
|, "a XII iuWf.!- l''' wiz i''
L. mark OK OGrr' "''''' l''e
,r,a~DL his rlTNj tempe. NVt
r. 81, >.n:cd.
- ~. nr,l7rc Ernest killed
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
LACK OF BRIDGE
OBSTACLE TO
BIG PROJECTS.

The success Of the celebration
at Kill Devil Hills Monday is ex-
pectcd In give new enthusiasm To .
many proiccts for the Kul Devil
Hills coast country. II has cm-
phaSizcd tho need Of 4 bridge over.
CUrritUck Sound and a C0ntlnU-
alton of the cement paving from
Coin Jock 10 Point Harbor and
from Kitty Hawk to XIII Devil
Hills and Roanoke Island.
Aud it. was extremely fortunate
that the Governor of North Caro-
lima and state Highway CO1nmls-
sluncrS were witnesses 10 the need
of both rosd and bridge.
It is tho opinion OF eyerybndy IN
this section U the Stale that the
paving of the road 70 Point Harbor
should continue without htrrup-
ton. The road building machinery
is on tho ground and 1t Is easier and
moro economical 70 continue tho
paving now than to tear up at the
completion Of the prcscnt project
and then move the machinery and
road builders back another year.
But one thing stands In the way
of every development; and that IL
tho failure. of the CurriLuck g. Dare
Bridge Corp, 10 date. 10 finance
its Cur7'ituck Sound Bridge project.
The State Highway Commission IS
not prepared 10 consider tho bridg-
! ing Of Currituck Sound at this time
but It Is tremendously Interested IN
a private effort 10 provide THIS
i bridge. But why should the Stale
hurry to finish the road paving all
the way 10 Point Hart,Or 50 long as
there Is no bridge over CuTituck
Sound to provide additional trafIlC
for the paved road2 And how arc
VIC going 10 interest Tic State High
way Commission in paving from
Kitty Hawk TO XIII Devil Hills or
Roanoke Island when .hcre Is no
bridge over GrritlIck Sound to pro-
vide an outlet for tinGfir over such
Il road?
( Officers Of The Currftuck d. Dr.
! Bridge Corp are making a frantl
effort this week to conclude their
. financial arrangements and let a
contract for their bridge. If some
/ thing is not done shortly the Gen
cral Assembly which meets In Jan
uary should be urged TO provide a
special bond issue for A road from
Kitty Hawk to XIII Devil Hills and
Roanoke Island and a bridge across
Currituck Sound. both TO be oper-
atcd as a toll road and bridge after
! the manner of tho ChOWan River
Bridge. This newspaper believes
that a toll bridge over CuITitlIck
Sound with a paved road To Roa-
nokn Island would prove even more
urofitable than tho chOWan River
Bridge project. reaping tolls from
thousands of tourists from carly
spring to late autumn. with such
a road and bridge North Carolina
would have %cen 10000 visitors at
XII Devil Hills last Monday.
With a road and bridge tn XIII
Devil Hills and Roanoke Island
millions of dollars will be- spent In
developments in the XIII Devil Hills
neIrhbourhoOd Within few years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21

Chri%maS checks this year Will
Cycntualy find their way into the
cash registers Of the merchants In
Elizabeth City.
But there is another class Of pcO-
pie who spend many thousands OF
dollars in Elizabeth City at Christ
mas time. This class is the working
people who arc not able TO have
Christmas Saving Club account but
who grncraly wait until tho last
pay day before Christmas before do
ing their shopping. These people
mt into circulation Christmas Week
practically their entire salary which
They receive on the last pay day BE-
fore Christmas. They let the IN
StallInCnt on the furniture and tn"
automobile and other llXurlcS snip
by for ono week. many of them even
Let their grocery bill go unpaid that
week. and take one weeks salary In
the ycor for their own enjoyment
and pleasure. Because Christmas
lust naturally promotes the spirit OF
making others happy in tho hearts
of everyone in every walk of lilc.
Thus one standing on the corner
or in any store IN Elizabeth City
this week will think that people OF
this S"ction are not broke after all.
And there arc many WHO will have
10 stint and save little here and
there next year TO pay for the
Christmas presents that the vile
mayC in 1923.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
THE ANSWER TO.
WHAT BECAME.
OF LINDBERCH

Where's Lindbergh? That was
the question on ,cyerybody's lips
at Kill Devil Hills Monday.
Everybody wanted 10 SEE Lind
hrrgh. Press reports from Wash
ington had repeatedly said that he
would bf there. But there was DO
LIndbcrgh. One plane flew down
from Washington and landed In
Kitty Hawk Ray. 1t brought
Assistant Secretary Of War +.
Trubrc Davidson and Assistant
Secretary Of tho Navy Warner.
But Lindbcrgh never showed up,
Tic had been advised by his man.
agcr TO keep away. IT has been
months since he made that lone
flight from New York to Paris. but
hc Is still The idol Of the nation;
Crowds thrill over him to-day just
as they did last summer and women
make ridiculous fools Of themselves
irving to kiss him. Col. Lindbergh
Was advised that IL he went TO Kill
Devil Hills that nc and not Oryilie
Wright probably would be the centre
OF attraction. And it was a party III
honor of Mr.. Wright. Not for a
minute should The crowd bc per
mitlrd Tn forget that IL WAS there
tD honor tho father OF aviation
t.d - there was no Idndbclgh.
:. H., 'Ii''iinguished party head
cd by 10 M ~. Secretary OF, War
Davis. Sci q" I'm :: Bingham
and Cow nor. -! Ia; approached
ghc luncheon pa',lilinh 9. Virginia
Dare Shores, the cry w"r" ~:
where is Lindbergh?" A btuA1 q
North Carolmlan stepped up and
said: "Sh-h-h! We arc honorun@
Orvillc Wright to-day; do not en-
barrass our guest by calling for
Lindbcrgh." And then with a show
of impatIcnce. this brTq'ie North
Carolnisn turned 10 another group
and said: why the hell are you
hollrrlng for Lindbergb; what's
Lindbergh 10 Dare County. or Dare
County to Lindbcrgh; it was Orvi)le
Wright who put this damn place
on the map. Give Orvlllc Wright
a hauh. And the crowds did; az
every mention Of his ilIIIStrlolS
name the crowds applauded.
III. Col. II. G. Brinsmcad Of .Vene-
xucla stood talking To Capt. Earl
Findley of the u. S. Air Services.
'sTherc arc two mon" said Col.
BrinSmeud. whose names Will be
on the minds Of men 500 years from
now: the first is Orvillc Wright.
And who is the other?' asked
Capt. Findlcy.
"Mussolini," said Col. Brinsmcad
A man who Is clever enough 10 DC
boss st home Is also wise enough not
A ,Lr,,t ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
SCHOOL SUPT.
GETS A LATE THRILL

W. d. Cox. superintendent Oh
schools of Tyrrell County can
dance a Jig. The fact was discover
rd Tuesday afternoon when MIS-
Cox presented him with baby ooy
a. the Elizabeth City Hospital. IL
was a grand and glorious ieeIlns
and superintendent Cox danced
With low When he ran out OF the
steps he just grinned. Married 10
wears, this was his first triumph
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
A Floral Wreath
for Wilbur Wright

Can't. John T. Daniels. veteran
of the u. S. Coast Guard Service
and thc man who wrecked the first
Wright plane laid wreath OF flow
crS on The monument marking tho
sroL OF tho first Wright flight When
it. was unveiled Monday. The flow
crS, a wreath of white carnations,
was made Up ana donated by tho
Kocu Floral co. Of Elizabeth City.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
Marries Solicitor
Herbert r. Leary

Miss Bessie Badham was married
TO Mr.. Herbert Ross Leary at Eden
ton on Wednesday, December 18th.
The bride is the daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. William Badham. Mr..
Learv is Solicitor of the First Judi
cial District and one of the most
popular of all the younger members
of the Northeastern North Carolina
har
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21

Many ills are caused by loss OF
nerve energy due to eye strain. The
only method Of determining eye
strain. is by a thorough eXamina-
ton of your eyes by a qualified
snecialist. DIR. J. D. HATHAWAY,
T,,o c;obt Snecial:At. adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21

North Carolina did not invite
celebration nj XIII Devil Hills at
this time. Kill Devil Hills are ON
the North Carolina bar three miles
across Currttuck Sound from the
mainland. One road leads to Point
Harbor on the Cllrrituck mainland
opposite XIII Devil Hills. That
road was In the worst condition of
any uoad In Northeastern North
Carolina at the present time. TIC
State had tried TO build O good dirt
road there and failed. To make
matters worse, part OF that road Is
being paved at tho present time
and The. trucks and machinery ot
the paving contractor had made
the road nearly impossible. There
were no paSsabie detors because
Currituck Is long. narrow, one
read county. So much for the road.
Transportation ACROSS CurrItpcgf
Sound between Point Harbor ana
Kitty Hawk Is provided by two
small ferry boats, hardly more than
scowS. In a Jam they can carry
possibly "a !automobilcS over the
sound In an hour. They could not
carry so many as $50 cars between
the dawn and dusk of Il day.
Staggering Problems
There were more than 300 Glstln-
glIished men and women from other
States and foreign countries and
many State dignitsrins 10 be trans i
ported 10 Kill Devil Hills and it was
inevitable that thousands of sight
seers, curiosity seekers and plee5s,
llre-minded patriots would seek 70
attend the celebration and get o
glimpse of the high aud mighty. Thc
attempt of any considerable number
of people 10 reacb Eill Devil Allls
In one day would make the passage
Of every one extremely difficult
There was another problctl. Leay-
ing Norfolk at Az early hour Elcn-
day, morning and traveliug nearly
70 miles 10 Kill Dcyd Hills, not te
return Until night, the more thar
200 distinguished foreign guests and
nearly an equal number OF native
people would have tO be fed.
There is a lone pavilion at Viz
ginia Dare Shores between Kitty
Hawk and XIII Devil Hills, prepared
to serve sandwiches, tidbitS and, on
occasion. serve limited number
of meals Of q sort. There was no
kitchen range IN this pavilion, 70
heat, no tables.
Almost inSuperab!c difficulties
were in the way oil a larGe party
being comfortably assembled, en-
tnrtaincd and gotten away from Kill
Devil Hills In "A day. My heart sank
al the prospect: could visualize the
r,ovt notable group OF American am
foreign government officials and
sirmen attempting To get 10 XII
Devil HilIS only ~ get stuck ia the.
mud before they got there and 10
find themselves without food o.
shelter when they got there.
The XIII Devil Hills Memorial
Association of which l am president
had about s26 In the treasury. 1t Is
dependent Upon local mc,nhcrallip
a. $l.00 per aunUm and there are
pot many of them. Bu, confronted
with the prospect of North Caro-
Continued on page Five)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
Behind the Scenes Of the Great
Kill Devil Hills Celebration
State Highway Commission and Y. ). coast
Guard Thoroness and Efficiency Saved
North Cardinals Face That Day
Hy w. O, SAUNDERS

crowd conseratveIy estimated at $500 part Of which was con-
automobiles by actual count attended inc @
Yelling o the cornerstone Wright Memorial at XIII Deyl h
Monday event participated an by Stale and ha
onal dnarieS celebrities famous aeronaus and
friends celebration has been given vast amount
Of publicity Movtone there to tell the
,vord the ery In pictures shall write about bo" the
staging a Kill Devil Hills bleak December
day was Interesting story and am the one news
psper man who can el III happened 70 be the inside
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-21
ny We Don't Get
Movietones Here

h"" D. a long time before
'D.." c." @cts tho Movietonc.
''~ $1,000 10 install u Movie
: '']r"'0r and sound producer
."eo.rr and that's why the
,@'''o Theatre in Elizabeth City
' " MD'' Duc enthusiast.