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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

"They tell me-" said the soaa
1orker that Elizabeth CityS new
zoning Commission is going 10 DC
dead set against permitting any
more gasoline filling stations In
town"
"Good for the zoning CommlS-
sionr' exclaimed the Bank CLERK
"There are too many filling stationS
aIready., 1 know of no greater
economic waste in America to-day
than the duplication of unnecessary
filling stations. No sooner does one
oil company find desirable Ioca,
tion for a filling station, when every
rival oil company tries to get
station in the same neighoourno2u
There are enough oil tanks ouriec
under corner lots in Elizaoeth Ci'S
today to blow the town to smlVh,
Greens if they we're all lgniteo d.
once.
"a few years back every bozo Whe
os TOO law to work and too dunn
- nreach, would get together a par
rel of flour, a peck OF DRIED appies
. case of matches, a box Of soap
few cans of sardines and a box o
soda crackers, and start a grocer
store. The chain store grocerle
have made the grocery game I'm
possible for these little birds: :,,,il,' AM
now they are going in for flilln'
stations.
Filling stations are so nulhelou
IN our main highways, and the com s,
Pc petition among them so Keen Una
many of them have to bootleg an
+rofTic in contraceptives in orde
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
SAYS FRUIT FLY
MAY Be WORTH
MILLION TO FLA.

That the Mediterranean fruit
fly will be a blessing rather than
a calamity TO Florida is the opin-
ion of Capt. ]. A. Harris, of VIM
tor Park, Fla. and Elizabeth City
Can't. Harris spends his winters In
Florida as a grower of fruits ana
vegetables and takes his summer
vacations in Elizabeth City.
The government is Spenoins
more money in Florida in combat
ting the fruit fly than the frult
growers could have gotten from
their crop had they been permittea
to market it" says Capt. Harris.
"The fruit fly has done mucn
damage and may be a menace lor
some years to come, but IL MAY
prove a blessing. Florida has run
tho much to citrus fruits 10 the
neglect of poultry, dairylng anu
other things that make for a oal-
anced and sane agriculture. Flor-
ida consumes 26,OOO,OOO dozen eggs
a wear and Florida hens lay oii,y
r COO 900 dozen of them. floriua
is sadly deficient in milk proouC-
tion and imports millions OF pouil"S
of butter and cream that coul" " "
produced with profit on her own
farms, 1t took the cotton boil wee ;,
vii TO drive the rest of the oou'i'
into diversified agriculture ana 'i''
fruit fly may drive Florida into put
ting its eggs into more than one
basket"
But Capt. Harris has little nseU
for worrying over the fruit liy -
Florida. Investing IN o''O0
orchard lands years ago When 'iie'
were cheap. he sold of the 0ulN %
his holdings at peak prices oui "i7
the Florida boom a few years ae0'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
KITTY HAW x
BEACH CLIMATE
.UNEXCELLED

The driving of the first perma-
ncnt piling this week by the w.
l.. Jones Construction Company
which marked the beginning OF
actual work on the bridge to be
constructed by the Kitty Hawk
Company across the Currituck
Sound from Point Harbor to Kitty
Hawk. was a forward step toward
development that is destined to
be one of Americas foremost
Fairgrounds, Kitty Hawk Beach.
Americas beach lands are fast be-
coming gobbled up and the prop
erty of this company in Dare coun-
ty is the most beautiful, picture
suue and historical in this country.
Right here on the coast of Eat
ern North Carolina is TO be found
the finest all-year- climate In
America. Because of its proximity
TO the Gulf Stream which comes
from the Gu,f of Mexico and cross
es the Atlantic Ocean to come near
er to the coast at HatteraS than
any other point except Southern
Florida. the climate of this section
of coastland is comparable to that
of Jacksonville. Fla, and If any
thing. is even more desirable.
Cool breezeS all the summer when
boating. fishing, bathing and other
summer sports can be enjoyed
Winds tempered by the Gulf Stream
make the winters mild and comfort
able: and this section is known in
every part of America for its excel
lent wildfowl hunting in winter. 1t
offers the best duck, geese and
brant shooting to be fonud IN North
America.
The bridging of the CHrituck
Sound and the development OF
Kitty Hawk Beach. for which Har-
riscn e. Gilbert. Inc. are selling
agents. will bring to Dare county
not Cnly those wishing to find a
playground that is suitable for year
round sport, but also thousands OF
tourists annually, who heretofore
have had to depend on slow fer
ries to get across the Sound. Dare
county is rich in historical interest
and it's fame for history is known
everywhere. Here it was that the
first colony under the governorship
of Sir Walter Raleigh made their
settlement in this county, only to
be lost a few years afterwards and
to never be heard from again. Here
it was that the famous Wright
brothers made their first successful
airplane flight from giant Kill Devil
Hill. Thousands Of tourists paSSlnI
thru this section have wanted to &C
10 Dare county and view these his
toric spots, but declined when they
found there was no way to reach
that water bound empire except by
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
Saunders Speaks
In Alabama To-Day

w. o. Saunders, editor of The
Independent will be the principal
speaker at the Alabama newspaper
Institute at Auburn, Ala, to-day,
Friday, Aug. 18th.
The institute, which is being held
under the auspices of the Alabama
Polytechnic institute is attended by
hundreds of newspaper editors, pub
fishers and students of journalism.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
WILL THIS CITY
GET ON tt AT
AIR R0U TE?

Elizabeth City, situated as ad-
vantageously for an air port as
any city in the country, must act
quick if IL is to get on an air
route now being formed between
the cities of Norfolk, Elizabeth
City, New Bern, Wilmington,
Charleston, Jacksonville and Sa-
yannah, according to Secretary
D.D. Saunders of the local Cham
Der of Commerce, who states that
the only holdback now IS the
ACQUISITION of a landing field for
land planes.
j. E. Calhoun, vice president OF
the Coastal Plain Airways, Inc, E.
ice, and Capt. Fred Poindexter, Cur
C. Sutton, of the Curtis Flying SerV-
tis pilot, landed their airplane, the
sister ship of the st. Louis Robin,
in a pasture Of the Foreman Stock
Farms Wednesday morning on trip
here to see what could be done
about establishing an airport here.
At a banquet Wednesday night
these gentlemen and representatives
of the Chamber of Commerce dis
cuSsed the proposition and site
was chosen.
That site is on the Hollowell farm
adjoining Pasquotank River where
both land and sea planes could be
accommodated. But Frank Hollo-
well, who has the field in charge
could not be induced to say as to
whether he would considnr I"'Sin"
the field or not; he would give no
answer one way or the other. The
Chamber of Commerce has its eye
on another field further down the
river, but this field is not as deSir-
able as the Hollowell field.
In the meantime the visitors have
gone back to Raleigh and are wait
ing to hear what Elizabeth City is
going to do about the situation. AS
this newspaper went to press Thurs
day afternoon negotiations were still
being carried on with Mr.. Hollowell
and it was thought that he would
realize the imp. >tapce Of the pro-
iect and give his answer in, the af-
firmative to the offer to lease the
property.
Tentative plans are to lease a
field for five years with an option
to lease again for ten years and an
option to buy at the end of the ten
year lease. Messrs. Calhoun and
Sutton were here a few days ago
comforting with Mr.. Saunders about
the airport and expected for some
thing definite to be done this trip.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

slow moving ferries.
The Development at Kitty Hawk
Beach calls for cottages, hotel, bath
houses. tourist camps. board walk
etc. and a concrete highway will be
constructed from the Dare county
terminus of the bride to Roanoke
Island.
The completion Of the bridge will
open up to the motoring public a
heretofore inaccessible strip OF beach
which surpasses in beauty. climate
and natural advantages any other
spot of the whole Atlantic Seaboard.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

"A new record Tor automobile
sales was chalked up for North
Carolina last month when Tar Heels
purchased 1875 new automobiles at
a total cost of approximately So
$4,000, according to Sprague Silver,
head of the motor vehicle bureau OF
the State Department of Revenue
The previous high record was T.
200.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
FAILED TO MENTION
DR.. WALKERS NAME

By an oversight the name OF DR.,
H. D. Walker was omitted from
the medical staff of the Albemarle
Hosnital in an article that appeared
in this paper last week. DR.. Walk
ers name should have appeared
with the names of the other phySl-
clans and The Independent regrets
the omission.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

Fully 500 men, representing the
several hundred councils in the
state, will attend the annual ses-
sion of the state council of the
state council of the Junior Order
United American Mechanics at High
Point August 20-21. A meeting OF
national and state officers, with
other officials of the order, will be
held there Monday night, August
49, but the regular session will not
begin until the following day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

"A voluntary reduction in hours
of work per week from 60 to 55
and the maintenance of the same
wage scale which prevailed with 60
hours of work has been announc-
ed by the majority of combed yarn
mills in CASTOR county and Is al
ready in effect.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

r. BRUCE ETHERIDGE. well
known Dare county citizen. was re-
Gently appointed Chief of the Divi-
sion of Markets of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture by Commission
er w. A. Graham. Mr.. EtheridSe
will succeed George Ross, who re-
signed sometime ago TO become
superintendent of State farms. The
new Chief is well qualified for the
position. having been Identified IN
one way or another with the Divi-
sion of Markets since 1924. and his
appointment meets with whole
hearted approval from all parts OF
the State.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Got His Walking Papers
|n,z;rg Story of How Americas Most
FnU. Victim of Infantile Paralysis Re-
.d HIS Own Legs and Launched a
p.ment s to Help 100000 Similarly Handi-
Rv W. o. O.tSNUNDERS

I'll, known that Hon. Franklin ID. Roosevelt Governor
I rrrnncntly ucntOned the next standard bearer
r D,anrracy victim of infantle paralysis i do
~. inside story the tragic action of that remark
a heroic come back has ever been told am giving
,,ry,,,. with Mr.. Roosevelt himself and publish it
- ,b columns The story is something of Of
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

If your eyes burn. pain or itch,
nature is only warning you that they
need attention. Have them eXamin-
ed at once. DIR. j. D. HATHAWAY,
Evesight Specialist. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
GRAND JURY TAKES NO
ACTION IN GARRETT CASE
But Cecil F. Garrett, Husband of Woman Wh'
Was Embalmed Alive, Will Push lhe
Matter To Its Limit

special grand jury last week nvestsaung e %
Mrs F. Garrett of this city, who died AT 81 'hces ;
~; Mf ,er an operaon following injection Of formaln
from bottle labeled silver failed TO ina
dence against anyone and was dSeu ny 's
in Cnrnnra
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

HIGHWAY Patrolmen in the iouisli M
district have been working 'li' .ho;r
thickly populated sections IN 'lled ned
territory for the past month anu ,io
have found many cars without nc nc.
ense plates and others using ,o,,t s
licenses lice, Illegally. according to Leu a,
Garland Goodwin, who was IN Nai-
eigh last week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16
iDEPOSITORS in CLOSED
BANK WILL NOT LOSE
Assets of Carolina Banking & Trust Company
of This City Will Pay OFF Depositors
In Full, Say Bank Officials

Inability enough that 1t had out 10
meet its general shortage of money In this section or
the past pressing need to do something while
OF Its depOtors the reason
of the closing Carolina Banking Trust Company
of this Columbia which failed to
open morning according to G. Little cashier
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

BY industry and thrift an able
bodied citizen may accumulate al
most as much as the average street
beggar
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

A lit-up driver is a poor substitute
for headlights.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-16

War settles nothing, not even its
own bills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

r. z. Knight & Sons, Alexandria, Va.
Woodward & Lothrop, 18th & Sts,
Washington, D. c.
'nion Hardware Company, 6l3 7th St.
NV, Washington, D. c.
The Hecht Company, 7th g. r SITS. NV,
Washington, D. c.
2obt. S. Mead, North Beach. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
CHINESE DISCOVER
u. S. STOCK MARKET
Spectators Forsaking Euro
pean Exchanges invest Big
Sums in America.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, October 1.-THE Chinese
Spectator has discovered the New York
stock market. 1t took him a long time
to find out that such a place existed,
but now that he has started to deal
in American stocks and bonds, Shanghai
hears less about prices on the London
exchange
In recent months large sums have
been invested in such stocks as General
Motors, General Electric, United States
Steel and Radio. According to one
of the local dealers in investment
Securities. this tendency to forsake the
European markets is becoming more
pronounced adily. Clerks, shopkeepers,
bankers and professional men are
switching to Wall Street.
This sudden turn does not mean that
the Chinese are just beginning to specu-
late They have been spectators In the
fullest sense of the word since time int
mortal and in 1921 there were no less
than $50 stock exchanges with total
capital of $l00.00O,000 in Shanghai
alone That number has today dwindled
TO six, the Shanghai Gold Bar Exchange,
the Stock and Bond Exchange. the
Produce Exchange, Chinese Cotton
Goods Exchange, Flour Exchange and
the Oil and Bean Exchange.
Missionaries in China call these es-
adjustments gambling hells." The
Chinese refer to them as business
emporiums." To the native mind the
man who Speculates is not gambler"
but an opportunity seeker" And they
are sincere believers in this logic.
The Gold Bar Exchange is the most
important of the six. 1t is probably
the largest speculative concern OF its
kind in the Orient and fortunes are
made and lost on it overnight.
And 1t is purely speculative. No one
either takes or delivers gold bars. but
buyers and sellers alike must cover their
transactions on our before the sixteenth
of each month. On the average 100.-
900 fictitious gold bars change hands
daily.
In the course of year many a rich
man has lost his all on this exchange,
while clerks and even office boys have
made huge sums. A striking example
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

H. Levy, 1888 l4th St. NV.
Washington, D. 6.
Toomey Electric Co.., 1923 18th st. NV.
Washington, D. c.
Friendship Battery & Electric Service, 423S
Wisconsin Ave. NV, Washington, D. c.
Lyon Park Community Store, Lyon Park,
We.
James M. Bowling Co., fayetteville, Md.
Carr Bros a Boswell, Inc, fayetteville, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

is that Of a youth, Just out Of school
He had $500 but no prospect Of job
SO he started specializing. Today he is
q multi millionaire and still trying to
double his capital
There is another story going the
rounds, equally interesting and pos
sibly more significant. Three years ago
q Chinese clerk who was earning SIS
a month in one of the foreign banks Of
Shanghai noticed that gold bars were
fluctuating between $50 and $50. He
had $35 as capital. but within three
months he was worth 100000. Then
he quit his job and began plunging.
Recently he plunged into the Whangpoo
River. He had lost every penny.
The other five exchanges in Shanghai
are similar in character. They are
all crowded from the opening each
day until the closing hour and the
spectators range in station from clerks
to bank presidents. All are "oppor-
tunity seekers" la mode.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
REAL ESTATE DEALER
FACES THEFT CHARGE
20 Year-0ld 0regonian Is Accused
of Trying to Sell $17,500 in
Destroyed" Bonds.

BY the ASSOCIATED FfeSS.
PORTLAND, Greg, october IL
John r. Nesbitt. 20. real estate dealer,
was arrested last night on charges of
offering for sale $17,500 worth of sup
poSedly destroyed bonds of 1000, 900
issue of the Interstate Utilities Co.,
Washington and Idaho concern.
Nesbitt was arrested at his home,
where officers had awaited his return
since early morning. He was unable
to raise $1,000 bond. Authorities said
Nesbitt had been watched by officers
several days. He was charged specific
ally with having in his possession a
false instrument of debt with intent to
utter it as true.
This was the second arrest in conTlec-
ton with circulation of the redeemed
and supposedly destroyed bonds. which
are believed to have been rescued from
a furnace In the American Bank Build
ing here last June after the issue had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
TRUSTY HALTS BREAK
CT 8 FOR FREEDOM
Colored Convict Brings Down Lead
ers With Two Charges
From Shotgun.
Ry the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE, La, October IT,
A trusty colored convict serving time
for manslaughter is credited with frus-
trating a break for liberty at Angola
penal farm, north of here, by bringing
down three leaders in the attempt with
two charges from his double-barreled
shotgun.
The trusty, Chester Collins of Rap
ides Parish, serving as guard, used
his weapon with telling aim as the three
convicts broke from q line of 200 COL
ored prisoners leaving the sugar cane
fields as dusk was falling on the penal
farm late Monday.
News of the break came in announce
ment by Warden J. e. McClanahan here
yesterday.
The three, shot in the legs, dropped
just short of the cover afforded by the
tall canes. Other guards quickly march
ed the remaining prisoners into camp
under leyeled guns.
Collins, sentenced to Is to 20 years
for manslaughter in 1924, has already
received credit on his long term for
meritorious service In the floor crisis at
Angola in 1927. His action In the pres
ent instance is expected to bring further
reward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

been tossed to the flames. Howard
Polly, former chief engineer of the bank
building, was arrested a week ago. He
denied all knowledge of the reappear-
ance of the bonds.
District Attorney Stanley Myers said
he had information connecting NeSbitt
with actual circulation of the bonds,
one Of which appeared recently In Des
Moines and 81 others in San Francisco.
Nesbitt refused to discuss the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

BY Gable to The star.
VALPARAISO, october 17.-Ismael
Monies, former President of Bolivia.
who has been a political fugitive since
his expulsion from his country recently,
declined to make statement for the
press upon his arrival here The for
mer President did, however, express hts
gratitude for courtesies shown him by
the Chilean legation at La Paz prior
to his departure from there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

Nizam of Woodhouse, a bulldog
owned by Glen Wood of Leeds, England.
has won IA bench championships ami
several hundred prizes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
Make your ,Oalls young
GgGin-Paint them now

Walls make the interior. The home with
smart, coIorful walls appears up-to-date
regardless of its age.
S-W FIat-Tone makes it easy to have
these modern walls in all homes-Old or
new--at cost within the means of any
one. 1t is the most economical wall finish
Ia wall paint with wonderful body that
thoroughly hides OldsurfaceandcOvers
more square feet of wall per quart-yet
costs no more than other wall paints.
Its rich, lasting colors are washable.
Think ofwhat that means Winter CRIME
and natural soil all disappear under soap
andwater. Redecorating costs can besaved
year after year by merely washing your
beautiful Flat-Tonc walls.
With Flat-Tone you can secure those
rich, costly-looking Spanish leather
effects and velvety nulticolOredwalls that
excite the admiration of all who see them.
You are sure of Tasting satisfaction with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17

w. r. Walls, 1O6 18th ST. Sc,
Washington, D. c.
Morris GoIdstein, 9O5 H St. NE,
Washington, D. c.
Paul II. Levy, Sill Georgia Ave. NV,
Washington, D. c.
Baltimore Renovating Co., 2323 18th ST.
NV, Washington, D. c.
Petworth Hardware CO., s2l Upshur St.
NV, Washington, D. c.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-18
District Women
Meet In Pharr

Members Of Methodist missionary
societies Of Hidalgo. willacy and
Cameron counties are meeting to-
day at Pharr In the fifth annual
session. The meeting is being fRld
in the new building recently erect
ed at the Valley institute. Metho-
dist school for girls, which L
largely supported by the mission
airy societies.
The program for the day in
cludes reports from the various So
c~ieties, and reports from standing
committees. During the morning
Mrs. Gerald r. Mann. district sec
rotary, gave a message. and Mrs,
+. A. Brown, conference president.
spoke on leadership. The appoint
ment Of committees for the COM
ing year also was to be announced
by the president.
Special discussion Of the problems
OF the young people In the church
were to be discussed in the after
noon. with reports from the differ
ent societies on what they have
done in this line. Mrs. H. T. Pitt
a was to talk on Holding On
to Your Young People"
Luncheon was to be served at
noon by the Pharr society. with
the visiting pastors rs guests.
A number Of Brownsville women
attended.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-18
Comings, Goings,
OF Local People

Mrs. W. A. Velten has as her
guests her two nieces. Miss Lillian
Gilleland of Houston and Miss
Elizabeth Noble. of Lockhart. she
also has visiting her, Miss Beat
rice Mchle. Of Austin. her sister.
Mrs. T. z. Kennerly and son Of
Houston. arrived Tuesday morning
to visit Mrs. Kennerly's parents.
Judge and MRS. Oscar Dancy.
6Ers. 9. W. Dennis and children,
oh Terre Haute, Ind. are spending
the summer with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. H. Downs.
Mr. and Mrs G. Galbert are away
on a trip to Kerrville and FL Paso.
Captain and Mrs. Edward AID
ridge Of College Station are here
visiting their parents, Mrs. r. f..
Morris. and Mr.. and Mrs. w. IT..
Aldridge.
r. G. Smith arrived Tuesday
from Houston to visit his mother,
Mrs. D. p. Gay. Jr.
Miss Marcia Clint is in Asheville.
5. c., visiting her sister. Mrs. F. H.
Rathjen.
Miss Beulah Miracle is here from
Dallas, the guest of Mrs. Marshall
White. She arrived Sunday morn
Ing. and expects to be here sew
sral days.