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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13
To Be Biggest
Banquet Ever
STAGED Here

Elizabeth City will do a nice
thing Wednesday night, ian.
18th, when it gives a dinner i'll
honor Of its neighbours the /.
$. Coast GuardSmcn who per
formed sensational deeds Of
hcrCism in the storm OF Dec. =,
I1p27.
In time the mon who stood ny the
wrecks of The Cinan aud the Para
.,ay. rtS"ning a total Of Is lives
on that fa'rful Sabbath. will be
dcro.JtCd with the medals CT two
governments. But Elizabeth city,
the "hOmc town Of the Seventh
District Coast Guard will Ii, Gor
them now. Distinguished Officials
of the Coast Guard and the Navy
will lend their pr,~>ncc 10 the event.
". q. Saunders WAS the first I"
think Of this dinner. He passed
thc idea Oh Ia Rolarian sam Parker.
| Rutarian Sam conferred vii II
kiwanian Harry Kramer. And the
upshUt Of il all WAS that RotarianS
and KiwanialS jointly sponsored
what promises 10 br the biggest
. hanUurt ever Staged in Elizabeth
City. Th" big ball II ON Of the Nir-
ginin Dare Hotel will h" pressed
into service 10 arcJmmodat" the lIJ
or more who will sit IL the ban
iquct beard.
! Thrr' will he music; there will IL
Sr"Cchgs: aud after the dinner
there will he 4 dance. For Coast
/ Guard<mrn more used 10 the old
! fashioned square dame" than 10 ihe
modern steps. it is suggested that
square dances be provided.
! Not all Of the brave men who t"Gk
part in The rescue Of the C!l'ao And
: l'HraUnHN crews fiE W lltS'hl d'
: the dinner in their honor; SGmr oi
| them have been transferred 10 the
( Florida Coast 10 chase rum runners
there. But the following men have
| been granted leave OF aOS"!lc" fol
7 The occasion.
james II. Garri>n. nracokc
! Charles O. Peel, BENZ. J. GarriSh
| DALLAS Williams. ErSkm Eden
Jchn s. Austin, HattcraS lrlG|
Errni,~ Il. Balance. Thomas Bar
, nett, taEc JTati"raS: Nilliam III
Barnett. Frank ". Miller. trcrd':
, Hill: W. II. Lcwark, John N~c"lt
W. s. Dough. ThcrranuS Tillrit. u
! l.. M,lgrt. T. !. IiGrri$. :. &. AUS
tinn. Kill Devil Hills; W. G.. Ether
. i,Igr. G.. Il. Midget {. {. Jones, I
Earn,,it. l.. y. Midget. :. &. BA>
night. Na-S lead: -. y. Twif"rd
: CnrficS Inlet; \. {. Harris PauI
GahcIS Hills; :. u. Guard. W. ~
! Terry. Kitty Hawk.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13
AND so AYDLETT WILL
TAKE THE TWO FEET

When he got his hill for BIS
assessed part of the paving on Road
81. on which his Southern Hotel
abuts j.. +. Aydlett refused to pay
for two feet Of paving which he
said belonged in the city and not TO
his property. Last week Mr.. Aydlett
n,id for the two feet. having dccid-
cd to Use it in remodeliDs his hotel.
Mr.. Aydlctt announced that he
will cxrcnd $4,000 in rcmodcling
the old Southern and that the work
of remodclinc will boSiu at once.
lie has leased the place, be says, TO
e. J. blanchard Of Reidsvlllc. y. T.,
for Ten years. Mr.. Blanchard Is
recommended as Il good hLicl man.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13
Capt. Lewark
T0GetHeapl'n8
On In npentl0n>

s., Clair Lcwark. Poplar Eranch
inventor nr >,hmarjn" lit" saving
boat will Lav" an opportunity 10 tell
the world ai"rI his invention ann
have II. received hy cTp"rtN. H. was
learned in wa >hin@t"n "Wednesday
;hat Captain L"warh viii '"' called
hnror.. Il Congress 81 experts 10 +"
bold in Washington at an earl!
date. wha will ~ the in>iS1ancc oil
President Coolidge "ndravvr !" tina
WAYS and ntVau, Of preventing ~
rurrrnceS az the r"crmi 81 horror.
The attention ot Congress WAS call
al TO Can. Lcwark'> iur'nttCu hy
marked copies oi Inst weeks Issue
Of The iEdCpcndcrt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13
WAR ON CHAIN STORES
IS UNDER WAY HERE
Independent Retailers Organizing To Meet
Chain Store Prices-Big Wholesale Grocers
To Establish Chain of Their Own

EllZaOetn Slty SfocerS ana
jobbers are preparing to pro-
tect themselves against the in
roads made in their business in
recent years by the advent OF
the chain grocery. There is to
be war. Incidentally all of US
will benefit by lowered prices.
And incidentally everybody
may look forward to paying
cash for their eats.
Elizabeth CITY retail rrcce-s a"e
about to organize chain OF th"ir
own The chain Will take IN other
~roccrics in the whole EliZahnth
City trade territory. These greer
ies--;l dozen or more to start with
will pool their resources and en-
plOy Cne of the ncSt enGcrpr.Sirg
iobbers in the city to buy for them
Oh a cash basis. It. S. Hughes. trad
ing as Banks & Hughes is mention-
ed as the jobber
These grocers say they can and
will by cO-operaiive buying. meet
the prices Of the chain stores ana.
in some instances. undprscll them.
The chain stores are Handicapped by
terrible overhead: high salaried
office executives. district manages.
travelling auditors. Each chain
store must have an expensive man.
ager. Tho individual retail grocer
is his own store Ranager IL he
makes a salary for himself he
doesn't worry about making Salaries
for foreign resident executives and
dividends fer stockholders. lie fig
ures that he can still retain his de-
livery boys and operate at less eX-
pcnse than the chain stores.
, in the meantime at least one
! Elizabeth City wholesale house, J.
3. Flora & Co. is preparing to fight
the chain store with its own fire.
J. Z. Flora & Co., established many
years ago. has been one Of the most
successful wholesale grocery oElsi-
nesscs in Enstern North Elralina--.
But the chain store ha5 made liz
roads on its business. Local whole.
sale grorers can't sell TO. foreign
chain stcres. Every chain store
that comes into their territory eats
into their business.
Fnreseeing a day when there will
| be no room for the wholesale grocer
) in a small town; J. T.. Flora q Co.
have gone outside their. trade terri
tory TO establish chain stores Of
their own. They arc not encroach'
ling upon the territory in which they
ARE serving considerable number
iof independent retail grocers: they
want TO protect the interest of their
! customers: but outside their ter
ritory they arc seeking locations
, for chain stores Of their own to be
supplied frcm their warehouse in
! Elizabeth City. II they contemplate
establishing their own retail stores
locally they are net talking about IL.
! Announcements Of the plans of
Elizabeth CITY retail grocers Is ez-
pecttd 10 be made about Feb. Jst.
! 1t Is said that they will advertise
just Ike the chain stores, meeting
chain store prices In every parti.
cuiar. And Icing compelled to buy
for cash most of them will work
around 10 cash selling. they say
they can't fight the chain operators
with charge accounts.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13

NtcLean was "foiIownjg the lead OF
Smith in declining.
The bald truth about II is that
Mclean himself desires an endorse
mcnt for the Presidency. il he can
yet it. for the possible effect it
might have OH his candidacy for the
Senate when Simmons is no more.
Simmons. if hc cares anything ut
all about who gets an endorsements
wants someone endorsed in order TO
keep Tar Heel delegates from voting
for Al Smith. But when friends OIL
Morrison want him. also. endorsed
the Senator's plunged between tie
devil and the deem blue seq.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13
Saunders to Attend
jackson Day Dinner

w. o. Saunders is in Washington
this week, Mr.. Saunders is il Wash
ington to attend the much talked
about Jackson Day Dinner md any.
thing else that may interest hin.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1928-01-13

WE will pay ycu three ceIts q
pound for good clean rags, 10
STRINGS. THE LNDFrFNrENT.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
|DorothyDix|
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(Copyrgh
Evening star., 1928-10-17
0utgrowing It.

A child has bad habit, or an all
ment OF some sort, perhaps slow
mentality or conduct difficulty, and his
parents take him to the doctor or
dentist or child specialist. After ex-
amining the child the doctor gives some
directions. the child goes home and
the family ask what happened.
"Oh, he said to give him this diet,
and keep him outdoors two hours each
day, and weigh him each fortnight,
and have his teeth filled and have his
tonsils out and make him mind, and
keep him in school. only have his pro-
gram changed, and see that he sleeps
a good long time every night with his
windows open. and not to let people
bother him and"
such a business. How in time Is
any one else to get anything done If
he is to have all this attention? Don't
mind him. He'll outgrow 1t. Look at
same thing? Wasn't he nuisance to
the whole place. And didn't he out
grow it?"
No, he didn't. Not If he had any
thing important the matter with him.
A nose that is stopped so that child
breathes like a horse with the heaves,
a set of teeth that are pouring impuri-
ties into the blood stream of the child,
eyes that put a strain on the whole
nervous system, or lack OF hearing
that strains the whole being Of the
child, a tendency to contradict every
thing he hears said, especially when
It is directed toward him; habit of
telling what Is not and never could
be true. of helping himself to what
ever he likes, when everybody knows
Evening star., 1928-10-17
The Candidates $

The countrys full of candidates who
make the welkin ring, and some are
mental heavy-weights and some are
t'other thing. All up and down the
land they go, intent upon our veal;
for ONCE high and office low they run
with tireless zeal. Upon 10000 plat
forms tall they argue by the day: If
they're elected in the Fail, they'll shoe
our woes away. They have forsaken
useful chores, like hoeing corn and
beans, to tell the whole wide out Of
doors what their election means. The
candidates, brilliant band, who rustic
now for votes, might till a mighty
stretch Of land and raise big crops Of
oats; they might ship wheat across the
seas II they would follow plows, or
furnish tons Of wholesome cheese If
they would milk some cows. The well
or grass: what boots 1t, then, to make
1t ring like unto sounding brass? Who
Is the better for speech discussing
chestnuts hoar? But he who grows a
pear or peach is bleSt forevermore. It's
better far to raise plum, a nutmeg or
a prune, than it's to make the welkin
hum with some old tawdry tune. The
country's full of candidates, they're
chasing up and down; and none of
them are shipping crates of Squashes
into town. And none of them are saw
ing wood or Spading up the ground,
or doing anything that's good to make
the wheels 60 round. I long have
watched them as they chased and lis
tened as they chinned, and sadly mur-
INJURED. What waste of energy and
wind!" WALT MASON.
(Copyright. 1927
Evening star., 1928-10-17
Hand Shaking and Introductions
BY LYDIA LIE BARON WALKER.

a woman to be introduced to man, un-
less there is a decided difference in age
or rank. Oficials of high rank are re-
spected here and age Is not entirely dis
regarded For this reason young girl
would always be introduced to an aged
man, and every one, man, woman ana
child, would be presented to a high off1-
cial These matters are so definite in
their custom here that an error Is a
glaring matter.
It Is in the minor matters that per-
plexities arise. For example, woman
extends her hand If she wishes to shake
hands when man Is introduced to her.
The man does not. Men who are for
eigners from countries where introduce
tions are always accompanied by hand
shaking often extend their hand, how
ever, and a woman would be extremely
rude who did not then Immediately ex-
tend hers. She should be so prompt in
doing it. even if she han not expected to
do so, that the man would not notice
any failure on his part to follow the
customs of the country in which he Is.
Common courtesy demands that the
woman respect the situation.
There IS. in America, a growing tend
ency to discard the custom of hand
shaking at the time of introductionS,
and at other times also, for that mat
ter. It Is no longer considered slight
If woman does not extend her hand
to other Americans. She should repeat
the name Of the person, man or woman,
and incline her head In d most gracious
way. BY so doing she indicates that she
gets the name correctly, and that 1t Is a
pleasure to meet the person, man or
woman. The person who does the in
Producing should be very careful to pro-
nounce names distinctly, so that each of
those meeting for the first time really
know the name of the other. 1t is en-
barrasSing to founder for a name, and
scarcely less so to find you have been
addressing the person by wrong one.
tCopyright. ie2s)
Evening star., 1928-10-17
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Evening star., 1928-10-17
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.
If We Had No Temptations.


Text-"Blessed Is the man that en-
dureth temptation, for when he is tried
he shall receive the crown Of life. p
James i.12.
In the old legend called 1.-The Quest
Of the Holy Grail" two characters at
tract attention-Galahad and Parsifal.
The most significant difference between
the two Is that Galahad wins with ease,
but Parsifal with difficulty. In his quest
for the Grail Galahad goes as one on a
holiday journey. He encounters no enc
mics, meets no temptations, experiences
no conflicts. Not SO of Parsifal. From
the start he has struggle. Enemies
challenge every foot of his way. Temp
tations beset him on all sides. When he
reaches the Grail, he Is weary, hurt and
bleeding. And we recognize as the hero
Of the legend, not Galahad, but Parsi-
fal. The reason lies in the nature Of
the case. Valor untested Is no valor.
Untempted virtue Is at best what Milton
calls "a fugitive and cloistered virtue
unexercised and unbreathed, that never
SallieS out and sees her adversary"
For the training Of moral beings
temptation Is necessary. It Is through
and developed manhood.
Galahad Is born good and stays good,
and for that we admire him. But we
are not certain of what the result will
be should he come once to wrestling
match with the tenpter. But of Parsi-
fal We entertain no such doubt. From
many a such wrestling match he has
come of more than victor. We recog-
nize In him the virtue of proved man
hood, not merely of untried innocence,
And to him goes the hero'S crown
II we had no foes to vanquish, we
would never be victors There would be
no triumphs to our credit If we had no
temptations.
(CopyriEht. l928)
Evening star., 1928-10-17
OUR CHILDREN By Angelo Patri

he Is long past the age when such
conduct Is normal and to be expected.
Is not going to outgrow himself into
a fine, strong, healthy, happy child.
He will have to have help.
Children do not grow In sections,
each complete and totally different
from the one just passed. Growth is
continuous and. to large extent, self
feeding. The child Of this hour sends
its power into the child Of the next
hour and continues to do so through
out lifetime. 1t is not possible for
a boy to be physically or mentally or
spiritually unfit today and waken to-
morrow morning a healthy, well bal
Tor girl to go to sleep a lazy, careless,
untruthful child and waken in the
morning young woman Of well disci-
pltned body and mind. Growth has to
be fed from day to day. Most Of its
food comes from within the child and
all incentive for growth must start
there to truly function.
So we teach. We guide. We con-
troll and we discipline children. We
teach health, we preach 1t, we live
1t, and so inspire the children to de-
sire 1t nightly. We teach morality,
we inspire 1t and we practice it so
that children may know and value it
and long to possess it for their own
growth.
Children outgrow bad habits of
health and conduct when they are
helped to outgrow. Not otherwise.
(Copyright. 192s)
Mr. Patri will give personal attention to
inquiries from parents and school teachers
on the care and development OF children
Write MIN in care OF this paper. inclosing
stamped, addressed envelope for reply,
Evening star., 1928-10-17
bEAUIY O1AlS BY EDNA KENT FORBES

about it is to keep the skin flexible.
Also keep up the circulation and the
pores active all over the body.
A. B. L-Patsy.-There is no reason
to be anxious about your weight, your
legs or the shape Of your nose. You
are only 16 and will be making many
changes before you have fully grown up.
Jane-Mrs. A.-Consult the doctor
about your daughters skins. Your de-
scription sounds as II they have some
form of eczema. You may need blood
tonic yourself and that, too, should be
suggested by the doctor. If you send
a self-addressed, stamped envelope, re-
peating|your request for the cream and
oily astringent formulas, I shall be glad
to send them to you.
E. E.-Mrs. j. I. E.-To strengthen
the abdominal walls and also reduce
fullness, lie fiat on back with toes un-
der heavy piece of furniture. Rise
to sitting position without using any
effort except that from the abdominal
muscles. After a few days stop using
the support from the toes under the
furniture.
Evening star., 1928-10-17
Some Pleasant Powders.

Powders are all, more or less, the
same ingredientS-rice worked to
powder of surprising fineneSs, potato
starch, cornstarch, French chalk and
such things. Potato starch, being
cheaper than rice, Is often called by
this name and sold as rice, with no
harm to any one. Pure powder cannot
will be good for the skin, since it soothes
irritation, and since, on the face, it fills
the pores with what is often soothing
and always clean rather than SCOT and
dust blown up from the streets.
Never attempt to make face powder.
You cannot buy the tale and the starch
fine enough to mix for a satisfactory
face powder. Buy one already mixed.
There are SO many large manufacturers
and the competition is so keen that
good face powder, Sifted and sifted until
it is delicate enough for the finest skin,
can be obtained for SO cents box.
But bath powders are ridiculously
expensive and so easily made that I
would never advise you to buy one.
Buy loose talcun, unscented, so cents
worth. Add to 1t what looks, roughly.
like one-tenth the amount of boric acid
powder A pinch of sachet will make
1t sweet to smell. This is an ideal
soothing and cooling bath powder,
which will neutralize the odor of perspi-
ration.
If you perspire good deal, buy two
ounces of boric acid powder and an
eight-ounce package of cooking corn
starch. Mix these. You can tint this
with powdered rouge If you VAST to
any sort. You can get more than
enough to tint this 10 ounces at any
10-cent store.
This is certainly a simple and easy
way to make bath powder which will
have soothing and antiseptic qualities.
H. r. Ma very dry skin like yours
Till require a little cream rubbed into
At every day. Some people have this
taa0dency and the only thing to do
Evening star., 1928-10-17
MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, October IT,
Gossip and query about talkies have to
considerable extent halted produc-
ton. That can be seen in Hollywood
this week.
Two of the largest studios in Movie
land are almost at a standStill. One
stage is operating in the first studio and
only two stages are busy in the second.
Although the first talkie experiments
have made money galore for their back
ers, Movieland trembles at those to
come. Millions are going into sound
proof stages. And now comes the tragic
story that for one studio at least better
work has been done on one of the old
time variety stages without felt pad
ding, q foot and half of gravel layers
for Silencing, and the rest of the ex-
pensive appurtenanceS that 60 to make
the new type Of motion picture.
Part-time players have sprung up the
last few months. The gelatin god and
goddess are developing a longing to reg
ister in some more lasting medium.
Whether this can be laid at the door of
talkies, who can tell?
With Ramon Novarro's new contract
calling for three months absolute free
dom and no clause against public ap-
pearanceS during that time, 1t looks as
If the young Mexican actor, whose chief
interest lies in singing, would at least
venture into his chosen field.
A deep religious streak in Novarro
has repeatedly given rise to the story
that he will become monk. This is
because for several years he has made
the annual retreat with the monks OF
Santa Barbara. He is one OF the rap
idly growing group that is weary OF for
mula and routine in motion pictures. A
popular young hero. he compasses ex-
actly the same emotional arc in each
picture-a precise identity of charac-
terization.
These players are making money and
those who can appreciate only money
are safe But the ones like Novarro,
with deep temperamental affinity for
beauty of sound, tone and color, are
dangerous The talkie arrived in time
to rivet their waning interest in Cam
eraland.
Florence Vidor has travelled farther
during her Hollywood career than any
woman in cinenas. A Texan by birth
a simple soul by reason of background
and opportunity, beauty thrGgh the
gifts Of nature, hit before the camera
with her first acting bit.
She is one Of the women who have not
waited to be criticized the second time.
People discuss the foreign quality of a
British accent where once she spoke
the unmusical Texas drawl But a
critic in New York once wrote Of the
shock of hearing this lovely girl speak.
And Florence Vidor promptly took up
voice culture.
She was the first Hollywoodite to ac-
quire the part-time contract. Her pres
ent arrangement calls for six months