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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
TOBACCO HEADS
REMEMBER OLD
HOME CHURCH

One ol the handsomcst Sun
day School buildings in North
eastern North Carolina is plan
ned for the Methodist church
at IlcrtiOnl. The building, to
be separate and aI.art from the
church, and connected with
the church only by corridor,
is made possible by handsome
gifts from two distinguished
nonresident natives.
Clinton W. Toms. president of the
] r""ctt K Myers tobacco Go. and
Nathan Toms. manager of the
Petersburg. Va. branch of the Brit
iSh-A American Tobacco Co. were born
and raised under the shade W. OF
the Methodist Church of Hrrlford.
They are dcvoutly religious men
who had their early religious
trainin" in the old church in licrt-
ford and that church holds Il place
i'm the hearts of both of them. 1t
WAS only last year that Clinton
Toms gave the church in llertford
one of the finest pipe organs that
m, ney could buy. aS memorial To
his vie Mary Newhy Toms who
wa$ in early girlhOod the OrganiSt
of that same church.
More recently Clinton Toms sub
Scrihcd $1,000 for a much needed
Sunday School building: his broth
rr Nathan Toms wrote Il check for
a similar amount. with this hand
some beginning of S20000 the con-
greyatiCn will raise additional funds
and erect Il handsome building.
And now members of the Meth
odiSt Congregation in llertford are
thinkim" Of rcnamin" their church
the Memorial Methodist Church.
The church has lomg been famous
for its many beautiful memorial
windows.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
FOR CAWD SAKE
LET'S GET OUR
NOMINATIONS!
1t Will Be Safer To Say Where
We Stand On Smith After
That

The shadow Of that tower
ingAhulking son Of Democracy,
Governor Al Smith, athwart
North Carolina politics has
struck, such terror into the
hearts of Democratic leaders
that the Democratic State con-
vcntion will be held after the
Primaries instead OF before the
Primaries as has been the GUS
tom heretofore.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee IN session In Raleigh
Tuesday night took only 10 minutes
to set Saturday June 9 for county
conventions and Tuesday June IL
for the state convention. all follow
img the state wide primary TO he
held on juno =.
If the Smith candidacy is going
To have the effect of splitting the
party wide pen, then lets keep the
Smith issue i'm the background I'M
til we've gotten our nominations on
June 2nd, seems to be the slogan.
After the boys have gotten their
nominations then they can fight for
or again:t Smith with less misgiv-
ingS. And maybe if enough time
is given it will he possible to find
some ether candidate aS hopeful as
Smith.
4 unique result Of all this Is that
the Democratic party i'll North
Carolina goes into Primary cleo
ton without II platform. But what
is Il little thing like Il platform in
North Carolina Democracy:
The ministry in North Carolina
has goAc into politics this year with
out shame and when the preachers
go forth to battle in North Carolina
every prw-putterin% politician in
the State turns white around the
gillS and begins to shed all Of the
courage and convictions he may
have had when the preachers were
not looking. But nothing like this
is said in the arguments for calling
the State convention IN June i'll
stead 1T April or May.
Mr.. Daniels, writing in the News
4 Observer. argues that North Caro-
linianS need more time to think this
year. Says Mr.. Daniels:
Between now and June many
things may happen and probably
will. If North Carolina should dc-
clare its choice in April. there might
arise conditions that would 50
change the situation IS to have dele
yatcS bound To u candidate who by
June WAS really not the best candi-
date. An carly June convention
would work injustice to nobody. III
(COutinued on page FOur)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
Rags Rotary For
Its Lawyer Protege

County Superintendent Of Edu"a-
ticn NJ. T.. Jennings wants the M
wants Club Of which he Is Il mem
Der tu do something for the under
privileged boys Of the town.
"All right" says kiwanian Claude
Williams. "but we want to bc care
full how we proceed: our sister Serv-
ice Clubhers. the RDtarians educat-
ed an underprivileged boy and made
Il lawyer Of him: they've beeu
ashamed of it ever since"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
Polly Scared 1t
Clean Out of Him

]. l.. Allen. for long clerk at the
old Southern Hotel still lives III Inc
hotel while il i> nd"r-oim" alter
ationS and repairs. 50 does his par
rot. But not all of Mr.. Allen ;
friends know that hr has Il PARROT
in his room. An old friend oI MIR.
Allen dropped in the other day.
chatted for II moment and then ASK
cd direction Ia the lavalory. "Thr
wash room is I'LL Il I'll up. SAID Nh.
Allen. hut ynu can 90 up stairs and
use my bath room" Upstairs went
the old friend and found the bath
room 10 which he had been direct
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09

tionS in Elizabeth City. Elizabeth
CITY is Sorcly backward i'll public
health work and in the practice OF
preventive mcdicinc: Mayor Flora
eorlv in his administration decided
that something should be done about
it. Publicity given Mayor Flora 5
ideas thru the columns of this news
paper attracted the serious atteh-
tion Of DR.. Laughinghouse ana the
State Board.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
MORRISETTE MAKES
FREE RUG OFFER

NJ. G.. MorriSrttr Il Co.. Main
Street furniture dealers are making
AN unusual offer in the advertising
columns Of this newspaper l"-uaE.
To reduce Il surplus stock of living
rosm suites they offer Il rug Tree
with every purchase.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
THE BEST Is CHEAPEST

Brrakrast 40r: lunch, meat or iiSh
with two vegetables. dessert, Wcild'
butter and coffee 4jc; regular din
ner 7jc. A room with private lava
tory 500
The Virginia Dare Hotel
Elizabeth City, n. c. adHf
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
SAUNDERS OFF TO SEE
MR.. ORVILLE WRIGHT
Will Ask Famous Inventor To Give Famous
Plane Permanent Place in The Kill Devil
Hills Memorial

W. O. Saun,crs president of the Kill Devil Hills Memorial
Association is his to Dayton o. to-day to meet Mr.
Orvlc Wright by appointment i'll Dayton Saturday morning
and present Mr. Wright the Associations claims to the
original Wright plane
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09

cd. lie WAS in Il hurry and didn't
see the parrot. Hut the parrot saw
him. How do you do" Squawked
the parrot.
Many minutes went hr and the
,ld man didn't come back; Mr.. Al
len went Ia look for him; he hadn' t
quite made the lath room hut was
standing in the middle of the floor
with pain and embarrassment: writ
Ten Hll over his features. That :
all right" said Mr.. Allen when the
situation dawmrd upon him. there :
y gOud cleaning place right around
The corner
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09

Trade i'm Elizabeth City, Pay Cash
and Be Thrifty. Use INDEPEN-
DENT Cooperative Advertisers
trade coupons same as cash. II
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
HERE, NOW
AND
HEREAFTER
p.r,NCE HANNEk
Keep Your Chin Up

N
rr.g more >"und!y cuSS-
We "' ,,rijr than for almost any
Il "' ''' ,,ir. ,in. And YET our
ar' '' t., in rm pride.
>.'a'''" .rinLjp- that most OF us
l d" ,.ri,l, rather Than more
rr'd NV u.,, at ,hr' misery cl
li,ll'@ n,,p rf r"n little sell
he T''' ". .rn most "t our wick
r.. .'', ..r,r. ,,r don't have Il hiSn
iDr>> ..f,r rf ourselves. Ihe
cD'0-" s.n, inr drunkard tie
rO.''a' ,;.,,rr .nr criminal 81 M
all'"> rl. >njridr kills hlm-
pit O'> .m.s did not think
rD"''-" W.
,sfr.a. nothing in our
luz, ,,r,,urArd sometimes. |
S'.''> .,r 81 buurn ot church
D'"' w. r.,,l'm.ly that hymn.
l".'> >' - r.. rrrhin-. nothing,
w. III. ri Ills feet"
lEiN .,I tI,,, bII
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-03-09
Mayor FlOra'S Idea

Dr. LaughinghOuSe and DIR. SlSK
had II conference with Mayor Flora
Tuesday evening and the Mayor VIII
proceed ut once TO try to interest
the city and county administrations
with a view to having action taken
the firtS Monday in April. If Pas
ulotank takes the lead in agreeing
To join the plan. the State Board
will cndeavOur to interest perqul-
mans aud Camden counties before
June lSt. with Il view to establishing
the wCrk i'm the three counties at the
beginning nf the States fiscal year,
July |. 1928.
Both the whole time medical OF
liccr of health and the sanitary III
SpectOr would he supplied by the
State Board Of Health and would
not bc employed locally. There
would he no local politics in the
Tri-County Board: the State picks
aud trains its own men for such
work.
And all Of the foregoing comes
about thru the interest of Mayor
Flora i'll improving health condl-
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05
FINAL ACCEPTANCE IF
 LEXINGTON POSTPONED

WASHINGTON, May 4 R)-The discovery of a crack in the blading of turbine interrupted the final ac- ceptance trials of the airplane carrier, Lexington, off the California coast last week, Secretary Wilbur announc- ed. Vibrations caused the cracking and it was believed that after the blading has been replaced by the Gen eral Electric Company, the machinery contractors, the carrier will resume her trials next week.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Alfred c. Balls, special disbursing officer at the Anchorage headquarters of the Alaska Railroad, who has been vacationing in the States during the last several months, is a passenger on the steamer Aleutian, accompanied Sy Mrs. Balls.
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MEMBER COLLEGE FACULTY

MT. and Mrs. c. W. Gasser and sae are among those who will arrive here today from the South. MT. Gasser, who was formerly in charge of the agricultural experiment station at Fairbanks, is returning to the Interior to accept post as member of the faculty of the Alaska college, to which he was recently appointed.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

C. E. Moran, operator in charge at the government radio station at Anch- orage, has been transferred to the Fairbanks station. Mrs. Moran is the daughter of Mrs. Chas Sheldon, wife of the Seward postmaster.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

H. c. Ilderton, general agent, Alas ka Railroad, is returning passen- ger from the States where he has been spending several months in the interest of the raflrsad.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05
17o SAME TIME

If it could be said that the Nenaas ice goes out on the date, hour, and minute having the most tickets it would go out on May ii il al m. for about ITO tickets are marked the same.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Mr. and Mrs. Archie Lingo of Chic kaloon are among the passengers on the Aleutian, enroute home from a vacation to the States.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Gus Gelles, merchandise broker, who left Seattle last Saturday, homeward bound from a business trip to the states, arrives today on the Aleutian.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

! E. E. Crosson, father of Miss Mar vel crOsson and Joe crossOn, Fair banks flyer, will arrive in Seward on the steamer Aleutian due in port to- day.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Dave Dunbar and Oscar Hart, tra- yelling men, are on the liner Aleutian, due i'll Seward this afternoon.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Charles Mortimer. Fairbanks con- tractor, who traveled to the States recently as a guard in the marshal's party, is a passenger on the s. s. Aleutian due in port today.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05
HELD BY THE LAW"
 AT LIBERTY SUNDAY

Held By The Law" brings to the screen another of Bayard Veiller's ia nous mystery melodramos. It will exhibited tomorrow night at the Lib- erty theatre.
 Iu is a worthy successor to his "The Thirteenth Chair" Within the Law" ton, realizing the tremendous possi- and other stories of crime and punish ment and Universal Pictures Corpora bilities the story presented, spared 10 effort or expense in making it one of the most outstanding productions of the season.
 A notable cast, headed by Mar guerite de la Motte and Johnnie Walk CT, both of whom have starred in scores of pictures, was signed. Ralph Lewis. Robert ober, E. J. Ratcliff have supporting roles.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

James E. Ryder, recently convicted in Fairbanks of embezzlement, win probably arrive in Seward this even- ing on his way to McNeil Island.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05

Lynn Smith, U. s. Marshal of the Forth Division is now visiting in his former home at Newcastle Indiana.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-05-05
BEAUTY WANTS BE SINGLE

LOS ANGELES, May 4. R-vir- ginia Hobbs, International beauty contest winner, wants her marriage annuled. Her annulment was on file here today against J. Melvin Hall,
 wealthy realitor whom she marris :, in Tia Trana ravfoo non4h
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PHONoGRAPHS FOR RENT. sCHALLERER'S ALASKA SHOP.
 GENUINE GILLETTE sAFTY RAz- ORS. $1.oo. ScHALLERER's ALAS kA SHOP.
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Here's Your Golden Opportunity to
 Buy A Home
 In Sunny California

A 1o-AcRE ORCHARD RAMONA ACRES (pand almonds vines raising turkys
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Frye-Rruhn's Baby Beef is unex. celled.
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Address I. Salsman, owner, Ramo- na Acres, co Hotel stedman, Ret chikan, Alaska.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
MT. LAKE PARK.

Among the new arrivals this week
are Miss Groves, of Washington, D.
c., and Miss Jennie Boyd, of Wheel
ing, West Va.
Mrs. Skyles is having the Allegany
house put in shape for the summer.
Mrs. A. Bailey is closing her cot
tage temporarily and is leaving for
Clarksburg, West Va.
Mr.. W. C. Schoupe is leaving today
to place his afflicted son in a Penn
sylvania institution.
Mr.. H. S. Dennison, Fairmont, has
rented Mr.. Winters cottage on Deer
Park avenue, and will move in on
July first.
Mr.. and Mrs. Groves have engaged
Mrs. Moomaw's cottage on X. street
for the camp meeting.
Rev. C. S. Thompson has again Sc
cured a part of Miss Mollie Hamill's
new cottage for occupancy during the
camp meeting.
Mr.. Harry Lewis, living on K
street, buried an infant on Monday.
A large oak tree in front Of Mrs.
Posts cottage on G street blew down
Tuesday night, and another fell on |
street, bringing several telephone
wires to the ground and completely
blocking the street.
Since the arrival of supplies for the
new refreshment stand the work is
now being completed.
Mrs. Yoder is having her cottage
and the water office treated to fresh
coat of paint.
Mr. Carl Richards is having his
buildings re-roofed with composition
shingles.
Camp meeting begins next Friday.
These meetings have continued every
year for more than forty years and
continues great help to interested
attendants.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
RYAN'S GLADE

The White church, under the super
vision of Rev. A. T. Weeks, is being
reprinted and repapered.
Mr.. and Mrs l. L. Neville, Bayard,
West Va, and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A.
Minke and family, of Cassville, W..
Va, were visiting their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Scott Harvey, on Sunday.
Misses Dorothea Harvey and Lu-
vada Shockey and Grant and Carlton
Harvey were visiting at Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Steyer's on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Harvey and fam
lily, of near Davis, w. Va, were visit
ing at the home of Nay and Paul
Harvey, Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Deal, on
June 8, daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sisk and daugh-
ter, from Loeb Lynn, were visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Steyer on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Shoc!iey and
family were visiting their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. T. Steyer, at Steyer,
recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Brown and son
Wilmer and Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Cook
and daughter, Loeb Lynn, were visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Harvey on
Sunday.
There will be children's day services
at the White Church Sunday, June
"a, at ten o'clock. Everyone will be
welcome.
Misses Dot and Myrtle Moreland
and Mamie Riley We're visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Shilling
burg, Sunday.
Mrs. E. C. Shillingurg attended the
graduating exercises at Kitzmiller on
June Is, her son, Raymond, being a
member of the class.
Miss Arta Harvey, who spent the
winter in Parkersburg, W. Va, is now
at home with her parents, Mr., and
Mrs. j. D. Harvey.
Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at $3.50 o'clock; League at 500
p. m. Everyone most cordially invited
to attend.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
JOHN BARLEYCORN, MY 10 JOHN

John Barley Corn, my 10 John,
When 1 was but sixteen
l met you on July the Fourth
Down at the Narrows Green;
Twas then my cheeks were rosy red,
Ny eyes were sparkling bright;
You had tingling Jingle John,
That filled me with delight.
Since then I've met you often, John,
In crowds with merry glee;
I've met you in the palace home
Mid folks of high degree;
But now my eyes are dim, John,
My locks are white as snow
I'm drifting down the stream of time,
John Barley Corn, my 10.
John Barley Corn, my 10 John,
You've had the best of me
You had me on my back, John,
You had me on my knee;
You've led me to the poker joint,
You have thrown me in the ditch;
You made me spend my money free,
And feel that l was rich.
John Barley Corn, my 10 John,
They say you are here to stay,
Though many a stumbling block
They have thrown across your way.
But now they've twenty million, John,
And that's a lot of dough-
They are sure to set you back notch,
John Barley Corn, my 10.
John Barley Corn, my 10 john
We've gone down the hill together,
And many jolly spree, John,
We've had with one another.
The tingling Jingle you once had
Has left me long ago,
So I've said farewell to you,
John Barley Corn, my 10.
J. w. Kimmell.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
Out For Blood.

Knowing the long weary days it
took four years ago to settle all the
arguments at the Democratic con-
vention, an Oakland citizen is prepar-
ing to take measures to insure that a
repetition of events of four years ago
will not occur this year. He is out
to get the thing over in hurry as
witness the snapshot shown below
and taken just before the eminent cit
izen hoped on the train for Hous-
son, Texas. Photograph was made by
Col. Bell and copyright may be ap-
piled for.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
Being Christians

Daniel purposed in his heart"
That's the trouble with great many
many people; they purpose to do
right, but they only purpose in their
heads, and that doesn't amount to
much. If you are going to be Chris
tians, you must purpose to serve God
away down in your hearts. with the
heart man believeth unto righteous
ness."-D. l.. Moody.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
After the Brawl Was Over

The Senior-Alumni dance was sure
some hot affair in more ways than
one. Fifty-nine couples were dancing
and SO males wished that Emily Poste
Dame Etiquet) had decreed vestless
suits for summer wrestling matches,
Etiquet notwithstanding, Col. jim
Mutt Bell was on the scene and after
it was all over and the couples were
leaving he snapped typical example
of how the party ended, patrons and
patronesses and members of the fac
ulty excepted. The following is a
very closeup of Reeves Blandford, in
his spare moments assistant to the
assistant of the cashiers assistant in
the First National Bank, Oakland
showing the after-effects of the mid
night frolic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
EXTRA WRONG FONTS
By Scoop.
The Play Is Ended, But the Plot Lin
gers On

Those who attended the Senior class
play last Friday night are wonder
ing when the cast is going to finish
the last scene. The curtain came
just a bit previous and Battling Ben
ME Bozo, alias James Dodge, wants
it distinctly understood that he didn't
marry Pansy Gloria. Whom did she
marry? Well, the answer to that is
causing much loss of sleep. Perhaps
the seniors will finish their little play
sometime.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
legs was shortened very considerably

legs was shortened very considerably
If the Seniors had explicitly fol
lowed the wording of the program at
the baccalaureate exercises in the
Maryland Theatre on Sunday night,
they would have had to back in, for
it read, "Recessional, by the gradu-
ates."
Other public officials connected with
the City Council whose portraits have
not been shown in public print in this
column, will appear shortly. These
are City Attorney w. R. Offutt and
City Clerk A. G. Ross. The Colonel
says that special exposing is neces-
sary to get them good.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
Arrows of the Holy Ghost

( Deep convictions of sin will not
spring from rational consideration.
No man can work them in his own
soul; they are the arrows of the Holy
Ghost. And when He sends them they
stick fast.-Berridge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
A Wink in the Dark.
night frolic.

Archibaldson, the pressman in the
back room, says that the business man
who doesn't advertise is like the fell
low who winks at his girl in the dark.
He knows what he is doing, but no
one else does.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
DAVID J. LEWIS

"Public office still demands personal
honesty"
"The farming and coal industries
and none i'm the world are so eff
aient per man employed-call for
treatment i'm the interest of owners,
workers, and consumers, given in the
constructive spirit of the Federal Re
serve System"
"The World Court is being neglect
ed now just as the Parcel Post was
for generations, and so prOdigiOus
preparations and taxation for war
must go on. 1 do hear call. The
path of duty stands out clear before
me-"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-06-21
The Way

4 If you ask the way to the crown
it's by the cross; to the mountain
it's by the valley; to exaltation-'tis
he that humbleth himself. H.
Evans.