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Evening star., 1929-12-15

air pictures of the ancient ruins Of Uxmal and
Chicen Itza, remnants Of the long-departed
Mayan civilization recently visited by Col. and
Mrs. Lindbergh.
'.We also few over one extinct volcano in
whose crater an Indian had built himself =
home and planted his small farm. The rim OF
the crater afforded a natural protection, and the
Indian probably felt that he was fortified for
Life against his enemies.
1.-The Indians working in the fields sighted us
and ran into the house as we approached. No
doubt ours was the first plane they had ever
seen, and we could well imagine their consterna-
ton.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Thrills of an Aviator-Photographer

Sydney Bonnick, Who Took Pictures of
Mexican VoIcanoes and Maya Ruins
Year Be- fore Lindy,s Recent Flight Of
Disco0ery TO Central america, Has Been
PhofograPhing From Planes Since 1910
andHe Has Explored Vast Jungle and
Mountain Regions W1ithout Ever Setting
Foot on Them.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

Es'THIS country for hundreds Of miles is solid
volcanic rock which absorbS the heat OF
the sun, and in the low altitude at which we
made our pictures there Is an air condition that
makes one feel there are thousand devils try
ing to tear the wings from the plane.
when took these pictures we struck just
such an air disturbance. It knocked the camera
against my face, broke a tooth and left me fiat
Evening star., 1929-12-15

on my back on the floor of the plane with 3S-
pound camera sitting on my chest.
"An uncomfortable situation in the making
Of pictures in tropical climates is the extreme
difference in temperatures. In preparing for
flight we obliged to wear heavy fur-lned
flying suits and felt boots We have to wear
these fireless cookers with q temperature on the
ground of 100 in the shade An hours climbing.
and oppressive heat at an altitude of $4,000 feet
gives way to penetrating cold. Returning to
lower levels the gas tanks, camera and all metal
is streaming with water due to the rapid con-
densation.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
BY MARION GILLESPIE.

LAY back in the quiet days OF
1910 Sydney Bonnick decided
I'M that he would rather be an aerial
IT photographer than anything else
ON earth or. more strictly.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
Elizabeth CITY
Ate It's Share
cfXmasTurkey

Elizabeth City folk who are ac-
customed To eating turkey for
Christmas, ate turkey this Christ
mas as usual. All the hardtimes
talk that has filled the air for
several weeks doesn't square with
the .a,cs of fancy meats, hams
and poultry OH the Elizabeth City
market early this week.
we never did a better Christmas
business" says NJ. c. Love. And
never was more surprised in my
life" he added. This marketman
started turkeys at 35C ID Monday
morning He raised his price to 45c
Tuesday at noon. John T. Davis,
uptown pouitryman, reported a
banner business.
Elizabeth City merchants general
ly enjoyed good Christmas buSi-
ness. Santa Claus was not dis
couraged: sales OF toys and chill
drens novelties were about as good
as in normal years. Friday. the goth
and Monday the 23rd were the big
shopping days in Elizabeth City, all
stores seeming to enjoy good bL.5i-
ness. Christmas Eve was not SO
good; there was little reckless last
hour spending: most people had
counted their cash. planned theil
nurchaseS in advance and Shopped
earlier than is their custom. Taken
all in all. busicnss was not so bad
this Christmas.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
eJhQ BANK CLCRK ANO T4E SOOA JOKER
NEW YEAR MUSINGS

about love; for in the face OF al
aridity and diSenChantment, 1t is as
perennial as grass. Take kindly to
the counsel of years, gracefully sur
rendering the things of youth. Dc
net distress yourself with imaglna-
ings. Be gentle with yourself. You
are a child of the universe no less
than the trees and The stars; you
have a right to be here; and wheth-
er or not it is clear to you, nc
doubt the universe is unfolding as
it should. Therefore be at peace
with God, whatever you conceive
Him to be. And whatever your
laborS and aspirations in the noisy
confusion of life, keep peace in your
soul. With all of its sham. drudg-
cry and broken dreams, it is still a
beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive
to be happy.
That's my philosophy for 1880,
said the Soda Jerker
Look here" said the Bank Clerk
II make no new resolutions and &C
cept no philosophy until after the
Christmas Holidays are over-make
me a coca Cola dashed with a few
drops of carbolic acid, and I shall
drink a toast to that girl of mine
1 have been telling YOU about. Here
goes:
Here's health to the girl who can
dance like dream,
And the girl who can pound the
piano;
"A health to the girl who writes
verse by the ream,
"Or tops with high G in soprano.
ITO the girl who can talk and the
girl who does not;
TO the saint and the sweet little
sinner;
But HERE'S to the cleverest girl
of the lot
The girl who can cook a good
dinner.
II will be back for another dope
in about an hour, said the Bank
Clerk-Good Day."
Contributed by w. B. g.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
CLUB OWNERS
PRESENTED IN
A new LIGHT

Eut for Northern clubmen own
ing thou ands CT acres of marsh
lands on Currituck Sound, Back
Bay and Pamlico Sounds, there
would be few migratory wild fowl
left in this section to-day, declares
DR.. ]. c. Baum, superintendent of
Pine Island Club, near Poplar
Branch in Currituck County.
Instead Of hogging the earth and
the waters thereof" says DR.. Baum,
"the club owners are conserving the
wild fowl life of the region. They
put out thousands of dollars worth
of food for ducks and geese in their
ponds to offset the lack of natural
food in the public waters.
With the hundreds Of gunners
narrowing the birds in the open
waters and slarghtering tn e m
thoughtleSsly, clubmen are ccnserv-
ative. They do not shoot the same
ponds day after day, they do not
shoot into flocks: for days at time
there is no shooting at all on many
of the privately owned marshes.
There, are $4,000 acres in Pine
Island. cut up with TO miles of water
courses; the membership of Pine Is
land Club is small and there are
seasons when only two or three mem
bers of the club come down for
little shooting.
People Sneer at our armed guards
that patrol our marshes. If we
didn't employ guards cur property
would be over run by treSpaSsers
and the birds that now find sanctu-
ary in our marshes day after day
would be slaughtered as ruthlesSly
as they are in the open sounds"
Dr.. Baum says that he used to
own considerable marsh property
but had to dispose Of it to wealthy
Northerners because no native can
afford to keep up such property. Nc
one respects your property rights un-
: less you employ guards to protect
it, says DR.. Baum, and the cost ct
such protection and taxes are more
than the native owner can afford tc
pay.
The last of the wild fowl for
which this region is famous wou,o
be driven to sanctuary in the Miss
iSsippi Valley" says DR.. Baum, "and
the Wild duck and the wild goost
would be rare in these waters if ii
were not for the protection giver
them by club owners and the thou
sands Of bags of grain that these
clubs put out for bird food every
winter"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
FROM A WOMAN OF
SOME IMPORTANCE

II am still one of your most
appreciative readers" writes Mrs.
Lucy Meacham Thurston, nat
ionally known novelist and direc-
tor of publicity for the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee,
of Roland Park. Md. THE In
dependent has flavor and indiyid-
uality which give me genuine
pleasure, the more SO that I
realize how rare they now are in
the usual paper. When I see In
New York State the standardi-
zation of the associated press
papers was the most painful
thing I noticcd-that and the
nature of the Metropolitan ones.
Yet the good old South always
vas able to have a word OF its
own. And you arc one OF those
saying it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
A CORRECTION

Thru an editorial inadvertei cy,
the name of Louise Culpepper ip-
peared in a story in last weeks paper
entitled These Bridge Keepers Not
SO Lonely, Maybe" The nj me
which should have appeared in The
story is that of Louise Comman Ter.
There is, to our knowledge, only nc
Louise Culpepper in Elizabeth City
and she is the seventeen-year-uld
daughter of w. T. Culpepper. Al Ter
the paper came out, Louise was SO
severely ragged" and kidded by The
merciless school children that she
had to leave school and go home.
She was terribly upset. Forgive us,
Louise, we all make mistakes now
and then.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

Il sec some of the college girls,
home for the Christmas holidays,
are wearing the new long skirts,
said the Soda Jerker. But that
doesn't mean the long skirt is back
to STAY" said the Bank Clerk,
Women have thrown off the
shackleS of much clothing and they
are not going to be shackled again;
they'll wear a flimsy long skirt oc-
casionally as a novelty for evening
wear. but skirts in general will stay
short. 1t took the twentieth CEN
tury girl to discover that she was a
daughter of Eve-if you know what
that means
Adam and Eve came back to earth,
TO see the latest designs OF worth;
Said Eve to Adam. Adam dear,
There's not much change since we
were here.
All of which goes to prove, con-
tinued the Soda Jerker, you can't
fool the modern girl these days with
stories about what our Grand
Mothers used to wear"
Have you any plans or resolutions
for the New Year asked the Bank
Clerk? Yes, in the language OF
Max Ehrmann, I have adopted a
new creed, which I submit for your
consideration:
GO PLACIDLY amid the
noise and haste, and remember
the peace there is in silence. AS
far as possible, without surrender,
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and
clearly listen to others! they too
have a story. Avoid loud and ag-
gressive persons; they are vcXa-
tious to the spirit"
IF you compare yourself With
others, you may become vain or bit
ter, for there always will be greater
or smaller persons than yourself
Enjoy your achievements as we'll as
YOUR plans. Keep interested in your
own career, however humble; it is
a real possession in the changing
fortunes of time. Exercise caution
in your business affairs, for there
are many persons whose word is
WORTHLESS. But let this not
blind YOU to what virtue there is.
BE yourself. Especially do not
feign affection. Neither be cynical
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
THIS CONVICT JUST HAD
TO HAVE HIS CHRISTMAS

Broke" Shanley. a Negro convict
serving 80 days on the BERTHE Coun-
ty Prison farm, took French leave
On Dec. 23rd and was believed to
have effectually made his escape,
The morning after Christmas Sup
erintendent Phelps was awakened at
four o'clock by the sounds OF an
axe on the prison woodpile. In
vestigating, he found Stanley
whistling and chopping wood. The
Negro explained that he just had to
spend Christmas with his wife and
'chillunS' and didn't mean to run
away for good. Having had his
Christmas he returned to finish out
his sentence.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

Dolicy. and preparations are nece5-
cary to meet possible depleted ma
tural bottoms in the future. Mary
land and Virginia face just this pro-
b!em today and it may be experience
ed in North Carolina tomorrow. 1t
cannot be expected, even with close
supervision. in the face Of increasing
demands on the natural supply, with
mere C1eratorS. and in the face OF
changes brought by modern civi:i-
zation to maintain conditions just
as they we're found before man be-
gun to consume oysters on a large
scale.
The Departments objective is to
assist nature to maintain a supply
OF sheufsh as long as IS possible
by regulations. but in the meantime
TO prepare for future eXpediencieS
by promoting private oyster culture.
If natural beds are depleted in spite
of the supervision and regulations
that have been placed over them.
North Carolina can be a leader III
the production of cultivated oysters.
The growing season in the State is
shorter than it is farther north and
our oysters natures more quickly.
As a result. the oySterman docs not
have to wait so long for return
of his investment.
EXDeriementS have gone for
enough to show that oyster culture
can be carried on successfully in
North Carolina. The State law al
lows the leasing of bottoms for this
purpose. The field is, therefore,
open and the Department is eager
that this industry be developed.
Along with the teaching and rcgu-
Iation of oyster culture in North
Carolina will come the problem of
nearby markets for raw oysters.
People who have investigated the
fish and oyster markets state that
North Carolina is not a ready
market for the various forms OF
fresh fish. The Department is just
as eager to develop a market for fin
and she'll fish as to promote the nj
dustry. The eating of fresh fish in
North Carolina is health measure
which is less expensive than pre-
ventative medicine or other forms OF
meat diet.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

Can you imagine it? The Bank
of Battleboro is right up-to-date
YeggS cut thru two steel doors OF
the bank vault with an acetylene
tourch but we're prevented from
gaining access to an inner safe which
contained about $4,000. The eX-
plosion of tear gas bomb in the
vaLLt put the robbers to rout. They
secured about 500 which vaS III the
cl.dnge trays of the bank. The
bank was completely covered by in
SuranCe.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
1880 Will SEE
SOME BUILDING
HEREABOUTS

Rc2Gs and bridges costin: up
wartlS OF Sl,OG0.G00 to BE- built in
The vicinity OF Elizabeth City i'll
1850 vii afford some relief to the
laSc- situation in this city and
Ticin!tv.
The PaSqrotsnk River bridge TO
b, built by the State Highway Com
rnis.iCr at Elizabeth City, the Cur
li,uc&-Daye Bridge between Point
l.aybor and Kitty Hawk. and the
; aviag of Acorn Hi! Road in Pas
t-c.anE and Gates Counties are
tae major projects scheduled for
construction in the ea-ly part of
I)S0. TLe PasqUotank River Bridge
j cx1Ccted to release approximate
l. 100000 locally Tor materials and
Itbor. mostly labor.
Building construction in Elizabeth n
City promises to be slack. The
Tqstsrn Carolina Service Corp. plans
6 notable addition 20 its Crystal Ice
{. CCai Corp. plant 81 Elizabeth
City. One ether local industrial
plan. has plans for a ne~ plant
unit. but is undecided.
The Major & Loonis Co. at Hert-
Cc.d. which suffered loss cstimat-
e; at SI0O.O0O i'll the burning CT It's
dry lumber plant last Friday. plans
l. rebuild. Their loss was fairly
covered by insurance.
: new Knapp high school building
to sc.ve the Poplar Branch, 2ov' Ills
P0..; md Grardy communities in
Cur-ituck County IS contemplated
= COS: will be in excess OF sl50,00O
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
A Lot Of Language
For A Little Work

In response to numerous re-
quests The Independent has stock
ed a limited number OF that popular
6oO0Oa word Web$ter'S College,
Home and Office Dictionary which
IL will supply, while they last. to any
high Srhool ssy or girl who will get
two yearly subscribers to The indie
pendent at the regular yearly sub
scription price. One of the sub
scriptionS must be new: one may
be q renewal Of a present subscrib-
er.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
NEXT CRIPPLE CLINIC
JANUARW 3RD & 4TH

The next cripple clinic will be at
the Albemarle Hospital on F.-day
and Saturday. January 3rd and 4th.
These to he operated on, and those
wearing casts are requested to come
On Friday. Others are requested to
come on Saturday.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27
IT DO SOMETHING
0lJTOUROYSTERBEDS
o,,ns;rr5 NOT Enough-Oysters Will
;.-2ear # Private Planters Don't
Take Held

. t,,r Department. GE Conservation and Development
. t;mc Lciic.2d shat there great future to the
.s-,,-r Of eastern Na~th Carolina if developed on 4
INK resi- in tho CT thc oyster industry led the
.atly make inspection Of the oyster grounds oil
r 5'ara,:na Fhc inspecting party included Federal
,.,. l. 4 Cira,ccr CT thc fish industry. a director OF
lar4e fisheries firm, and teaching scientist who has
.,ycb wo-k on salt water fish life
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

Happy the man who has learned
the causes Of things. and has put
Under his feet all fears, and III
exorable fate. and the noisy strife OF
the he'll of greed.-Virgil.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

The whole nervous system of the
human hudy Is affected by eye
STRAIN. Let US correct your cyrS.
DIR. J. d. HATHAWAY, Optometrist
Carolina Bank Bldg. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

Because of the. great increase i'll
the number of visitors from the
United States. many new hotels are
to be built in the larger cities Of
Mexico.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

The first warehouse built in New
York. 1926, sheltered a store where
Indians flocked for fire water
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

A fine Of s25 was imposed Oh any
one wearing calico in England IL
1721.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

A machine that stems grapes has
an output Of five tons a day.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-27

.r tfU" hT!iC.SH SSaI
E.>'Sr Cr eastern \
IL, resi- in the fu.
atly TO make an i
.r |ar@,:na. Fhc inN
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&rch w'-k on salt W
ne recent ioSpec-
...,D SCUGI and tri-
r.rer. no 0Hc
.s stressed than the
oyster bottoms AID
hare b,eH planted
I'd year after yea:
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airs. These thoughts
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tho wo,ld's largest
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Nogales international., 1929-05-17
Continued Next Week

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any lawful purposes with any per-
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any town. city, county, state or
public or quasi-public corporations;
also to issue bonds of any amount
authorized by law for the purpose
of securing funds for corporate
purposes, and to secure the pay
ment of the same by a mortgage
or deed of trust upon the whole or
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property of the corporation at any
time held o. owned by it; to sub
scribe for, purchase or otherwise
acquire and hold, with the
same rights of ownership
therein as may be permit
ted to natural persons, the shares,
bonds and obligations of any cor
poration organized under the laws
of any state, territory, district or
colony of the United States or in
any foreign country, as well as the
shares of this corporation; to bor-
row money and to execute and is
sue bonds and notes or mortgages
for the security and payment of
the same; and invest it's funds and
assets in such loans. mortgages
Nogales international., 1929-05-17
LEGAL NOTICE

Court of Santa Cruz County, State
of Arizona, and the Complaint fill
ed in the said County OF Santa
Cruz in the office CO the Clerk OF
the said Superior Court.
STATE Or ARIZONA Plaintiff VS..
SAMUEL JOHN PRESSLER,
ALICE G. PkESSLER, tIKSr
STATE BANK OF PATAGONIA,
a corporation, CHARLES W. CUR
us, ETHEL CURTIS, FIRST
NATIONAL BANK OF PATAGU-
MIA, l.. A. BECHTOL, trustee,
.vAN- DOE, JANE Due, kICh-
AkD ROE, SAkAH ROE, Cox
rVkATlvN NO. /, and CORkOR-
ArlUN No. z, DEFENDANTS
IN The NAME UF InE STATE
~ AKlAOINA To
Samuel JOHN PRESSLER
ALICE u. PKESSLER
FIRST STATE BANK OF PA
TAGUNIA, corporation
ChAkLES w. CURTIS
ETHEL CURTIS
JANE DOE
JOHN DOE
RICHARD ROE
CORPORATION NO. !
SARAH ROE
CORPORATION NO. 2 Defend
ants, Geeting:
lou Are Hereby Summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by tire above
named plaintiff in the Superior
Court or Santa Cruz County, State
OF Arizona, and answer the Com
plant therein filed with the Clerk
of this said Court, at Nogales, in
said County, within twenty days
after the service upon you Of this
summons, il served in this said
county, or in ali other cases with
n thirty days thereafter, the times
above mentioned being exclusive
of the day of service; or judge
ment by default will be taken a.
gainst you.
Given under my hand and seal of
the Superior Court Of Santa Cruz
County, State Of Arizona, this 18th
day Of April, A. D. 1929.
(SEAL) ROBT. E. LEE
Clerk Of the said Superior Court.
(4-30 4 Tues
Nogales international., 1929-05-17
LEGAL NOTICE

Cruz County, Arizona, who has
been q bona fide resident of the
State of Arizona for at least three
CD years, is hereby appointed the
lawful agent of this corporation
Tor and on benaIf OF it, to accept
and acknowledge service, and up
on whom may be served all neces-
sary pro- ess in any action, suit or
proceeding t44at may be held or
Drought AGAINST this corporation
IN any OF the courts OF the state
OF Arizona, and tor all purposes
required by law.
IN Witness WHEREOF, we
lave hereunCo set our hands this
zoId Jay OF Aprll, A. ID. 1879.
X. G. LAkIMURE
XII MXRA LAk1MUkk
STATE OF ARIZONA
........ ....-... $4,000. )ss.
.vvNIx vi. SANTA CRUZ }
The foregoing instrument was
acknowledged before me on this
...e cora uay OF April, 1879, by K.
y. Larlmore ana Myra Larlmore,
who stated to me tliat they exc
cuted the same Tor tue purposes
IND Consideration therein eApres-
sed.
DUANE BIRD.
Notary Public
tSEAL)
-ny commission expires December
0, 1882. (6-7 6t)
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LEGAL NOTICE

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YGNACIA SERRANO
JOHN DOE
JANE DOE
RICHARD ROE
SARAH ROE
CORPORATION NO. / Defend
ants, Geeting:
You Are Hereby Summoned and
required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the Superior
Court of Santa Cruz County, State
of Arizona, and answer the Com
plant therein filed with the Clerk
of this said Court, at Nogales, in
said County, within twenty days
after the service upon you Of this
Summons, if served in this said
County, or in all other cases with
IN thirty days thereafter, the times
above mentioned being exclusive
Of the day of service; or judge.
ment by default will be taken q.
gainst you.
Given under my hand and seal Of
the Superior Court of Santa Cruz
County, State of Arizona, this 25tA
DAY OF April, A. D. 1929.
(SEAL) ROBT. +. LEE
Clerk Of the said Superior Court.
(4-80 4 TUss.l
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||zS }4GHE'!s ~! ; E!R[S rs
lA&H& .MAY ~ nIusTRArED 3 DRIENlEDA
BY FRANK B. DRUENATNZ

paused. It seemed as if tire words
would never come. What was the mat
ter? l counted ten. At last l looked
down at her. She was trying to speak,
but could not. Her eyes were fixed
with terror on a spot above my head.
l turned quickly.
One of the borders or hanging pieces
of scenery was ablaze Yellow, licking
flames were creeping over it like SER
penis. 1t had not gained much head
way yet, but it was a difficult place to
reach.
l leaped from the pedestal. My first
thought was for those old men
crowded into the improvised audience
chamber. Whatever happened, there
must be no panic.
| stepped to the foot-lights.
Colonel Stewart" l said, will you