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The Washington times., 1928-02-23
Virginia Society'S
Colonial Ball This
Eperling At MavfloDer

The Colonial Ball of the Vir-
GINA Society to be held at the
Mayflower Hotel this evening
will be attended by a delegation
of 100 young ladies from Airing
ton Hall, the college for women
recently located near Washing
ton in Arlington county, Va.
Representatives from Arlington
Hall and Sullins College will
dance the minuet in colonial cos
tunes.
Carrying out the policy of this
society, President j. Cloyd Byars
announces that members of VIII.
liam and Mary Alumni Club OF
Washington, representing the
Oldest educational institution Of
Virginia. have been assigned a
box as guests Of the society. The
officers of this club are: Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson, president;
William p. Kent, Francis Scott
Key-Smith and Otis p. Brand,
vice presidents; Earle e. Stacy,
treasurer, and ]. w. Sommer-
vile, secretary.
The Richmond Light Infantry
Blues, Virginia's popular and his
toric military organization, will
send a delegation up from Rich
mond for the occasion.
The Virginians of Maryland, a
, social organization, with head.
quarters at Baltimore, will also
be represented by some OF its
officers and members who will at.
tend as guests Of the society.
Each of the 10 congressional
districts of Virginia have been
assigned boxes. Each box will be
in charge of the sponsor for that
district. The committee requests
all to come in colonial costume
impersonating, il they wish, any
of the historic figures of colonial
Virginia.
The committee of sponsors Of
the society includes Mrs. Lena Ep-
perly Macdonald. queen of spon-
sors, representing the State of
Virginia; Miss Ellen Irene Stuart,
maid Of sponsors, representing the
District of Columbia, and the fol-
lowing representing, respectively,
the ten Congressional districts OF
Virginia; Misses Lillian V. Nor
ris. Douglas Ross, Lillian B.
Fleming, Anna L. Hubbard. Louise
G.. Reed. Blanche Howell, Liza
Ellen Carpenter, Bernice J..
Brewer, Lillian L. Bales and
Martha Frances Baldwin.
81 r
Mrs. Wilbur J. Carr. president,
board of trustees for Eeighbor-
hood House. has announced that
an additional attraction for the
annual Garden Fete at Twin
Oaks" will be Doll Court. Tt is
expected that the various nations
now represented in Washington
will send a doll. envoy dressed In
native costume.
The committee In charge of the
doll court are: Mrs. Walter Rue
pert Tuckernan, chairman; Mrs.
Frederick J. Horne. and Mrs.
Robert Whitney Imbrie.
Lieut.. and Mrs. e. TT. Kincaid
are spending some time at the
Cavalier Hotel. Virginia Beach.
Also at the Cavalier from Wash.
ington are Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Cunningham.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter F. Burke,
of Larchmont. N. Y, accompanied
by their son, Walter r. Burke, tr.,
are at the Carlton for two weeks.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

without food for days. she was
arrested on the charge Of vagrancy.
Became Violent
within q few hours she was
so mad for dope she became violent.
She would not say what she
wanted. but we soon guessed what
was wrong. She was covered with
the marks Of the needle She was
but 10. We sent her to hospital
and from there she went home.
She viii never recover, a. she was
too far gone.
Some do get well, however, If
they have not been INDUCING too
long But it takes more moral
courage than 1t does to give up tile
liquor habit.
The most pitifuI sight I ever
saw was the dope line at New
Orleans. There q line OF addicts
formed to receive their prescrip-
tions Of drugs. There were as
many women az men in the lire.
That horrible line was the most
powerful indictment or humanity 7
have ever seen"
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

almost equal marriages in number.
Women's desires for motherhood
combined with the guarantee that
the State win support q child If
need be, are given az the chief
reasons for the counteraction of
the normal effect of divorce upon
the birth rate.
Moscow used to be the most un-
healthy capital in Europe. The NOR
tally rate used to be SO per cent
higher than in Paris. Now MOSCOW
IL healthier than Paris, Warsaw
and most Of the Balkan capitals,
but Is stil1 q slum in comparison
with Berlin, London and the Scan
dinavian capitals.
Economists fear that. IL the popu.
latlon continues to grow so much
faster than the food supply. Rus
sia's grain exports (the principal
source OF Foreign credit win dim
inish to the zero point.
Big Increase In Italy
ROME. Feb. %. - Considerable
significance was attached by the
Italian press today to the news
that Italy's population had in
creased $4,000 in the last two
It was pointed out that such 4
huge increase required q suitable
outlet Tor economic and other
reasons.
According to the bulletin issued
by the Central statistical Institute.
the population rose 100000 IN 1927
and 100000 in 1926. While the
number Of births decreased last
year, the death rate also decreased
which resulted in the net gain.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
. hums," One-Act Play,
Features City Club Night

The one-act play entitled 'Chums'
was the feature OF the entertain.
ment at the regular bi.monthly mu.
steal hour at the City Club last
night. The program was under the
tive secretary of the club.
The play was presented by the
Criterion players, and the roles
were taken by Mrs. Clara Tice,
Miss Katherine Wright, e. r. Muth,
DIR. Clifton p. Clark, and Mary E.
Kahn. The Tuesday Evening Choral
Club, under the direction of Mrs.
Frank Howard, sang old and mod.
ern songs, the singers were attire1
In colonial costumes commemorat.
ing the birthday of George Wash
ington, in observance Of which, the
program was held.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
Gain Pounds Of Weight in 3
Weeks with Yeast and Iron
Or D0v nothing

1Il over he count1y women and men mo
1MaMed &C the almost magic effects Of IRON.
Ibid YEAST After q single course reaemena
a---thins weak bodies are brought up In weight
md strength. Flesh made rosRnd and 6rm. HoS-
lows filed ont. Skin made aatiny mooth with
ne gioW Of girIhOod. How Is this done?
Yeast and Iron have always been considered
80 ~ he greatest BODY ard blood builders By
Imedioal science. Thsy eontain those vita lhood
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lRhGs separately.
mONIZED YEAST gives you an he weight
Building beneAts contained ID various siekening
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Soitfs natnral that after taking mONTZRD
Mast in q single course treatment rod win
smOEiee an amazing Improvement ID yOur health,
Amppeaganee ard spirits. The SKIN Loses it, sal
bOWs pimply, blotchy lock, pounds of good MeSh
IRE taken On and yOm digestion and bowel
action xe wonderfully improved.
90, don't have skinny, weak body that locks
m Though il had never been fed en0ugh. Don'l
go around with IN ugiy skin. Pleasant. tasty
eRblets In handy package. Safe for every-
Bodys contain no harmful drugs
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

OF al women and girls who have
erred, some hardened and vicious
professional criminals and Others
often Of good family, who have
turned to crime to get the money
necessary to obtain narcotics, the
latter are the most pitiful cases,
Mrs. Van Wrinkle finds in her police
work.
"One Of the most pitiful cases !
ever saw" she said, was that Of
girl from New York we found in
the snow on Pennsylvania Avenue.
She was penniless and had been
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

atica,. Lumbago, Nenritis, and Neu-
ralgia. 1t penetrates directly to
the affected parts and draws out
all the pain and misery, and it
doesn't burn the skin. Just try
small trial bottle which you can
get from your druggist.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Hal lily Get dIOuIlu'
M v join t 8 a n j
knuekles were swoI-
len badly and every
muscle in my body
seemed to ache. /
tried st. jacobs
Oil and got relief
a I'm os t instantly.
Today, thanks To
that wonderful oil
| work eight hours
a day in all kinds
of weather without
a bit of trouble"
Good old "St. ia
cob's Oil" certainly
does noe k the
pains and aches Of
Rheumatism, Sci
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
TryIt on money Back" Offer

Co today % any drug store and ret full size
Rreatment. u, sitter this generous trial, y0u arc
not delighted with effects, ask for your money
eonvenient to buy from druggist, send 81 90
direct % the R0N1ZED YEAST CO.. Atlanta.
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The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Many in the clutches Of the law have been driven
to life of crime by craving for dope Lieut. Nina Van
Wrinkle, head Of the Women Bureau Of Police Depart
ment believes.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
Rise In Russian Birth
Rate Alarms
BY international News Service

MOSCOW Feb 23Despite marriages. easier divorces
and eeazed birth control the population of Soviet
increasing pace that alarming economists throughout
the union.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
$500 Bedroom Suites

FiYe-Piece Twin Bed Suites, Amer
lean walnut veneered on gumwOOd.
Suites consist Of, 48-inch dresser,
fuII-size vanity, chiffOrobe and tWO.
fOur-pOster beds.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
CRIPPLED BADLY
WITH RHEUMATISM!

Could Hardly Get Around
working in a damp place gave
me rheumatism so badly I could
a
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
$298 Bedroom Suites

Fiye-Piece Twin Bed Suites, apple
green enameIed on gumwoOd. Suites
consist of 48-inch dresser, full-size
vanity, chest of drawers and two
bOW-end beds.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
$500 Bedroom Suites

Five-Piece Twin Bedroom Suites,
mahogany veneered on gumWoOd.
4S-iRch dresser, fulI-size vanity, chif- |
forobe and two bOW-end beds.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Mrs. r. l.. Whitcomb, of Chi.
cago, is at the Carlton until the
weekend on her way to New York
from South Carolina where she has
been for the past several weeks.
Staying with her at the Carlton Ii
her granddaughter, Miss Mary
Mckay, who is at school at Hol-
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter, r. Burke,
Of Larchmont. N. p, accompanied
by their son. Walter r. Burke, tr.,
are at the Carlton for two weeks.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Lieut.. and Mrs. E. TT. Kincaid
are spending some time at the
Cavalier Hotel. Virginia Beach.
Also at the Cavalier from Wash.
ington are Mr.. and Mrs. r. L.
Cunningham.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23
$3.50 Bedroom Suites

FOur-P Piece Bedroom Suites, apple
green enameIed on gumwOOd. These
suites consist Of 48-inch dresser,
fulI-size vanity, chest of drawers and
boW-end bed.
The Washington times., 1928-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert v. Fleming
with their children, Alice and
Robert, will go to Miami, Fla,
tomorrow, where Mrs. Fleming
will remain until April. Mr.. Elem
ing will be gone about two
weeks.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
COAST GUARDS
SEIZE STOLEN
HYDRO PLANE
And Two Enterprising Alleged
Rum FEers Are In Jail in
This City

Don't steal an airplane and at
tempt a flight along the North
Carolina coast with II If you don't
want TO get caught. For L. S.
Coast Guards on thi" Carolina
coast are one Of the stron: ARMS
of the U. S. Treasury Department
and arresting airplane thieves l.
. lust ono of their manifold duties.
u. S, Coast Guardsmen made an
interesting haul this week whcn
they seized the big hyro-airplanc
Gray Phantom" and its two pilots
at Oregon Inlet.
Upon complaint Of U. S. Customs
officials, William p. Atwatcr and
Lester D. IngelS arc being held III
jail In Elizabeth City for New York
EcsiefagF authorities : III default of
bonds in the sums OF $4,000 and
$4,000 each respectively.
Atwatcr and Ingels arc an en-
tcrprising and interesting pair and
they face a number OF serious
charges. 1t is alleged that they
we're in the liquor business in Flor
ida, transporting high price liqueurS
from the Bahama Islands To the
Florida coast, serving Il line OF
wealthy customers.
Their plane, the Gray Phantom
was seized in Florida several weeks
ago and the pair indicted on a
number Of counts for violation OF
the U. S. Customs laws, the Pro-
hibition laws and the U. S. Public
Health laws. The Gray. Phantom
was sent 10 Curtis Field. New York
and put under the U. S. Custom"
seal pending the trial of its owners
Atwater and Ingels got themselves
released from the Florida authorl-
ties under bond and. it is alleged,
proceeded forthwith to New York
and Curtis Field where they located
their plane, broke the Customs seal
and started back to Florida with
the machine.
Bl,s engine trouble forced them
down in the sound near Roanoke
island and that's where the Coast
Guards got them. Every U. 5
Coast Guard Station on the coast
had orders to look out for them
and to seize and hold them for the
Federal authorities. They were tax
en- at Oregon Inlet Saturday night
brought to Elizabeth City Tuesday
morning and given a preliminary
hearing before U. S. Commissioner
j. P. Thompson. They protested
against being confined in Jail and
insisted upon being quartered in a
first class hotel. They had to take
the Jail.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
TRYING TO KEEP
BIRD MEN AWAY
FROM K. D. HILLS

A few airmen may break over
the traces and fly to Kill Devil
Hills next Monday and 1t is al
most certain that number OF
dirigibleS will come pussy footing
into the picture, but official Wash
ington has warned airmen not to
attempt TO fly to Kill Devil Hills
and every effort is being made ts
keep heavier tina nair machines
out of the Kill Devil Hills ncish-
bourhood.
When word went OFT that Lind
bergh. Chamberlain and many
others would most likely make the
trip TO Kill Devil Hills in planes. to
in the celebration oil the
twenty fifth anniversary OF the first
Wright flight and the ovation TO
Orville Wright. next Monday, a
mighty influence in America sent
up a protest. Thousands of wealthy
sportsmen are opposed to nosiy air
planes looming into Currituck Sound
and vicinity at this season Of the
year and frightening the ducks
away. For they do say that one
airplane will shoe off more ducks
in a day than a thousand baited
ponds can lure back in moon.
SportSmen from Back Bay in Vir-
ginia to Back Bay at Boston have
been bombarding official Washing
ton with letters ami kilograms de-
manding that airplanes be kept on
the nations greatest duck feeding
ground. Every wealthy and influen-
tial sportsman who has the slightest
interest in a gun club or a shooting
blind in Currituck Sound has a
horror of noisy airplaneS getting in
among the ducks.
And so areonauts going to Kill
Devil Hills next Monday are bemg
persuaded to keep their feet on the
ground and travel the old fashioned
wav, by steamer and automobile
Lazy. easy-going, soft-purrins diri-
eibles are not considered so fright
full. The airman who has dlrl-
eible~ will hardly be restrained by
iniunctions. But, can you imagine
Charles Augustus Lindbergh riding
in an automobile to pay tribute tc
the inventors of the device that
brought him so much fame!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14

INDUSTRY, courteousy AM puncti-
liousness won for N. Elton hydlett,
young Elizabeth City lawyer, ap-
pointment to the office of C'crk Of
the Superior Court Of Pasquotank
County this week, TO succeed Ernest
L. Sawyer, deceased. Young Mr..
Aydlett is only 26 years old and re-
ceiyed his university degree OF L. l..
B.. and license to practice law In
1926. He began the practice OF law
In Hamlet, returning TO Elizabeth
City to enter into law partnership
with Walter L. Small about year
ago. Shortly thereafter Mr.. Small
was appointed to the Superior
Court bench and the law partner
ship was dissolved Judge Small
was impressed with the sturdy and
:: bor qualities of his former young
r-.rr"". There were many seekers
ai;.,. q" Ole following the death
of En-. =. AaH"er last Friday
Judge Small :0r lG2""d them all
and gave the pr scrcl2a TO the
Youngest applicant ni ihsm AL.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14

cd Capt. Stone TO stop at Elizabeth
City.
But landing a dirigi5le is no easy
feat; we should require a sturdy
crew of 20 men or more on land to
make landing and an anchorage"
says Capt. Stone.
We'll furnish the landing field
and the landing crew." says Job.
Mayor Flora backs job up and
says if necessary he'll call out the
whole bloomin' fire department to
catch and hold that gas bag when
she comes down.
Capt. Stone is thinking it over.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14

Has the new chain store cut in
to your business very much?" asked
the Bank Clerk, addressing his queS-
ton TO his friend the Soda Jcrker
at the corner drug store.
Not so that you could notice 1t,
said the Soda Jerker. You sec.
women are the greatest patrons OF
the soda fountain. and most women
visit every soda fountain in town in
the run of a day. One soda foun-
tain more or less doesn't make much
difference; they patronize them all
any way. The same way with men,
Men in our town arc great coca
cola guzzlers. Most of them arc
ashamed of it and dodge around
from one soda fountain to another.
never patronizing the same place
twice, because every now and then
some fool soda jerker who doesn't
know his business will remind them
how many cokes they are swilllng
per diem. Another soda fountain
in town just gives them an extra
coca cola day, for which the cokers
are grateful"
"I am very much disturbed about
these chain stores said the Bank
Clerk; they are the curse OF the
country. The inroads they are max
ing on local business is frlghtful
and they are crowding the small
home merchants to the wall ana
running them into bankruptcy
Somehow I can't feel very much
alarmed over EN-" said the Soda
,Jerker. Its fact that they're put
ting a lot of small fellows out OF
business, but after all small fel-
low is only a small fellow ana l
don't know but what he's as well
off in the chain stores business as
he would be in a business OF ms
own"
But the small fellow can't get
into the chain store business said
the Bank Clerk.
He not only can get into it, but
he does" said the Soda Jerker. IN
stead of starting little starvation
business of his own and paving
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
TO
MAKEALANDINC
HERE SHORTLY

Elizabeth City folks will shortly
have an opportunity to not only
see, but to touch and feel big
army dirisiblc. Some may even
Chamber aboard and inspect its in
nards and some indeed m3y/get
the thrill of flight over the city
in il. If Dick Job can have his
way.
Learning that Capt. Lawrence F.
Stone. commander of the U. S. Army
Dirigible S-544 contemplates max
ing a flight over Elizabeth City in
the near future. Secretary Job OF
the Chamber of Commerce has ask
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
LOCAL DIARIES
CONTEMPLATE
A COMBINATION

Meeting the cXacting require
mcnts of the Standard MIX
Ordinance and producing grade A
raw milk i'm so many individual
dairics is almost too much for ten
or moro of the 20 dairies serving
Elizabeth City, that have tried to
get grade A rating.
Unless most of the small dalrleS
selling milk in Elizabeth City i'm
proyc their cooling and bottlmg
methods within the next few weeks.
they will have their ratings reduc-
cd.
In a last minute effort to save
themselves a number Of dairies are
at work on a plan 20 pool their
resources and establish a modern
cooling and bottling plant in Ellz-
abcth City from which their COM
bincd output would be distributed
thereby efecting a considerable
economy in delivery costs. TWO or
three motor trucks would serve the
customers now supplied by ten In
dividual delivery wagons crossing
and recrossing each others trails
twice daily.
The same dairymcn are also con-
templating the establishment Of a
/ pasteurizing plant. Pasteurlzlng
cleans up milk that might other
wise be dangerous and simplifies the
production of grade A milk. A dairy
! to produce grade A raw milk must
be highly sanitary and efficient
Only one local dairy actually COM
plies with the strict letter of the law
in the production of grade A raw
milk. That dairy is the Acme
Dairy, operated in connection with
the Foreman Stock Farms. 1t cost
more money to modernize the Acme
Dairy than the average local dairy.
man can afford to spend.
! Prominent dairymen interested ir
the proposed consolidation or COM
bination are Cohoon's GUERNSEY
Dairy and the Coppersmith Dairy
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
AN OPEN ROAD.
TO KITTY HAWK
NEXT MONDAY

The paving of the road between
Currituck c. ii. and Coinjock has
threatened at times to spoil the
big celebration at Kill Devil HIS
next Monday, but the problem
has been solved and pilgrims to
Kill Devil Hills will have an open
road and reasonably fast road
without detours, all the way from
Elizabeth City or Norfolk to Point
Harbor and Kitty Hawk.
Dare County has spent Sl,ooo In
improving the road from the Kitty
Hawk ferry landing to the Virginia
Dare Shores pavilion near Kill
Devil Hills.
The detours made necessary by
the new paying on the CurrltucS
road have been almost impossible
and are getting worse and wroSe.
In order to handle the traffic 10 ana
from Kitty Hawk next Monday it
has been necessary to discontinue
mart of the paving work and. at
great expense to themselves the
roberts Paving Co. this week moved
their road machinery to point on
the road that will enable traffic
TO get by the new paving.
Assistant District Engineer NC
Daniels of the State Highway Com
mission is on the ground in Cur
rituck this week to personally direct
the reconditioning Of the dirt read
from the point where the paving
ends to Point Harbor. Mr.. NC
Daniels has authority from DISTRICT
Commissioner Kugler to avail him.
self of every facility of the district
road maintenance forces to give the
nilprims to Kitty Hawk the best III
North Carolina State highway serV-
ice .
The read will be open for thru
traffic not later than Sunday tne
dav before the celebration for tne
convenience of those who will make
s,,re of getting in on the celebration
nv going down a day ahead OF them
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-12-14
THEY DISCUSS THE CHAIN STORE
? BANK CLERK Aso T4G SO0A JCQKeR

starvation wages TO clerk and de-
livery boy who have TO steal from
him TO make up for the lack oil
wages he pays. the little fellow now
hires out to a chain store outfit and
becomes the manager of a chain
store with a real organization be-
hind him. He gets a living out OF
his Job in the chain store and has
real opportunities to improve and
advance himself In little buSi-
ness of his own he is lucky If he
makes a living.
"Thc chain store pays as much
rent as much taxes and turns loose
as much money in the town in wages
for it's manager and its help as the
average small store turns loose in
profits for its proprietor and wages
for his help.
THE only chain stores to worry
about are stores like Woolworth's,
McLellans. Kresges and a lot OF
other big fellows who don't adver-
tise. They are the real commun-
ity killers. If those birds ever got
control of all the business in town
there would be no newspaper ad-
yertising and no newspaper to keep
the town before the people i'll its
trade territory and you would have
a dead town. Those bozoS are lot
of ruthless pikerS and erafters who
literally live off the business Great
ed for them by public spirited mer-
chants who advertise and create
business for the whole community;
they live of their neighbours"
Perhaps it's just as we'll that
they don't advertise the way some
of these chain stores advertise" said
, the Bank Clerk. For instance, l
entered the new S. & M. Store lest
Saturday and bought three rolls OF
toilet paper, with which they gave
me a package of free samples Tor
advertising. I opened up the samples
and found a package of Boals Rolls
and two doses of Feenamint. For
/ ingenuity in stimulating trade those
birds take the cake"