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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
IT FLIES AFTER
ITS CAPITAL Is
ALL EXHAUSTED

Dreams of the Taft Airplane
Corp. of Elizabeth City of perfect
ing a new thing in flying boats
seem about to come true this week
after the company has exhaust
ed its capital. The Kingfisher' the
first completed machine built by
the company rose from tho waters
of the PaSquotank River Saturday
and flew a distance of several
hundred yards, rising and landing
without mishap.
With a few minor readjuStments
and a new propeller, it is confident
" believed that the Kingfisher Will
fly over the city and its air-Worthl-
ness satisfactorily demonstrated
within the next few days.
The Taft Airplane Corp. has had
a trying experience. 1t was organ
ized in June 1923 with a paid in
capital of about $4,000 to finance
Young aviator. Philip E. Taft in
building an original flying boat from
his own design. There was Ge-
mand for Just such an aircraft and
no aircraft manufacturer was at
tempting to supply the demand,
The Kingfi3her. the registered
trade mark name of the Taft air
craft. was completed and launched
in January. But it behaved badly
Time after time it was overhauled
and changed here and there, but
each attempt at flight was failure.
The company began to lose heart
but they continued to back young
Mr.. Taft. He had turned out a
beautiful Job; many aeronautlcal
experts admired it; encouraged the
experiment. 1t has cost nearly SlO,-
600 tc build this first plane.
It is pointed out that other young
aircraft companies have spent S5O,-
900 to $15O,OOO and more before they
could get their first plane in the
air; if the local company has final
ly perfected flying boat on an IN
vestment of $4,000 it has achieved
a wonder. But how much capital
should be invested to build these
boats in quantities if the KingfiShcr
is a proven success? That's the
question on the minds of the COM
pany to-day. The company is COM
posed of S. H. Johnson, Miles Clerk,
Harold Foreman, Roscoe Foreman,
w. B. Foreman. Camden Blades,
Carl Blades, w. G. Gather, En-
NETT Winslow, VIM. Parker and Z.
E. Taft.
Several directors of the company
are keen for building a real factory
and going into quantity production
if expert aircraft builders can be
found to man the plant.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13


The idea grows. This proposed
Albemarle Society is to be no glori-
fled district Chamber of Commerce,
altho 1t will function in the manner
of q Chamber of Commerce in many
things. It will be no mere booster
club nor will it be merely histori-
cal society 1t will be a combina-
ton of all of these things. The
important thing is thai it promises
to bring into one BIG working Or
ganization all of the civic forces of
a great region
No county unit in the Albcmarle
is capable of doing very much for
itself; united in one formidable and
impressive economy they should ac-
complish much.
One idea predominates; the pos
sibilities of the Albemarle as a
tourist region must be exploited.
The Dismal Swamp Canal, Curri-
tuck Sound and marshes; Kill Devil
Hills. Roanoke Island, historic Per-
quimanS, Edenton rich in Colonial
history and preserving many Of its
historic places. the Tuscarora colln-
try in BERTHE; here are attractions
enough for tourists. There are
scores of curious and interesting
places in these counties. the his
torical and human interest Of which
are little known to or appreciated
by our own native people.
The Albemarle region needs to be
mapped, it's points of historic and
scenic interest marked and chart
ed; its historic grandeur and scenic
charm etched and photographed.
When something like this is done
the Albemarle should easily outrank
any other section of North Carolina
in attractiveness. We will be doing
what Tidewater Virginia is already
beginning to do. And tourists at
tracted to Williamsburg. York Town,
Old Point Comfort and Cape Henry
in Virginia will follow down over
the Atlantic Coastal Highway into
North Carolina and over the Vir-
ginia Dare Trail.
Leaders of the movement for the
| Albemarle Society. headed by Mayor
j. l.. Virgins of Edenton, ]. S. Nc
Nider. of Hertford, and w. o.
Saunders and D. D. Saunders, Of
Elizabeth City, will carry the mes
sage to Dare County Friday night,
Sept. 18th, arrangements having
! been made for a mass meeting at
Manteo on that night. Another
committee will 60 to Shiloh. Cam
den County, Monday night. Sept.
18th; to Windsor in BERTHE County,
Tuesday the 18th; to Edenton
Thursday the 10Th; to Hertford, Fri
day the goth. And mass meeting
of the leaders. of all the counties
will be staged in Elizabeth City
Monday night, Sept. 23rd. In the
meantime an effort will be made to
organize Currituck County as soon
as a time and place of meeting can
be arranged. The organization Of
this proposed Albemarle Society is
no minor undertaking.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

IT is the order of things that a man
shall strut his stuff on this mundane
stage for a few short years and
then step aside to make room for
new generation that must in turn
have the stage on which it too may
strut and then. too, pass on. 1t is
we'll. A man starts out in life full
of fire and enthusiasm and is cap
able, for time, of being attractive
and interesting. But the years slow
him down, he grows tired he loses
much of his youthful enthusiasm,
much of his faith; instead of looking
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
When Mayor Flora
Enjoys Church Bells

One man in Elizabeth City regrets
the modern tendency to dispense
with church bells. There is some
thing in the pealing of church bells
on Sunday morning that makes my
heart glad" says Mayor Jerome
Flora. And then he spoiled it all
by saying: Il don't know anything
I enjoy so much as lying bed
Sunday mornings listening to the
church bells" That's the way a LOT
of folks enjoy church bells.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
Mrs. Clarence Pugh
Leaves Elizabeth City

Divorced by her husband. having
no local kin and no local interests
that could not be replaced by similar
interests any place. Mrs. c. r. PNigh'
Money Order Clerk at the Elizabeth
CITY post office desired to be trans
fprred to Chicago where she could
be near her people. J. j. Adams a
clerk in the Chicago post office
wanted to live in the South. Last
week Mrs. Pugh went to the Chicago
post office: this week Mr.. Adams
takes Mrs. Pugh's place at the
Money Order window in the local
post office.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
DAUGHTER WEDS,
FATHER WEEPS

S;ss Perkins Creecy. daughter of
Prof. and Mrs. r. B. Creecy of this
city was married Saturday in Suf-
folk to Mr.. John Paul Mcdaniel of
Suffolk and Elizabeth City. Prof.
Creecy, aged, broken in health. hope
lessly invalid, wept when the news
came to him. 81 am so happy, he
said; Il should like to see the last
of my children settled in life before
I pass away"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

for new worlds to conquer, he be-
comes content to let the little world
in which he lives have its way. He
wants to be comfortable.
Some day the editor of this news
paper who has succeeded in main-
tanning an enthusiasm for his work
for a good many years, will weaken
and slow down. If there is not youth
and a new fire and enthusiasm to
succeed him The Independent will
go the way of most other newspapers
built upon an editorial personality.
Continued on next Page
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
ate Bank Examinations Not Worth Damn
Know
The Bride Was
Another Man

When is a joke nct joke? When
il is carried too lar and becomes
n nuisance and fails to be funny.
There arc many different ways OF
having fun and there are many
different jokes from which much
fun can bederived. but there are
those who believe that a joke
which has been carried on in the
Second Ward for some time Ceas-
cd to be funny and took on diff
ferent aspects Wednesday night.
Ont on Parsonage street lives a
nathctic. half-witted old man VINO
has been the goat of Second Ward
iokcSterS for some time. His name
is EnoCh Speight, he is 60 odd
years CID. Several months ago the
pathetic old mans wife died ana
left him alone. Like most doting
old men of his age his thoughts
turned to getting himself another
mate.
In the Second Ward lives a num-
Der of aged men who have nothing
much to do and who hang out at
the corner store. These men began
to joke Enoch Speight about get
ting married: they told him that
over in CurrituCk county lived a
wealthy widow by the name oil
Jones. They told him that the
widow Jones was anxious to get mar
ried and that she wa, looking for a
husband. The old man began think
inc and talking about the widow.
The iokeSterS, unable to see the
pathetic side of the situation, kept
on telling him about the widow;
they arranged to have him meet
her, in the night, and the Wldo"
talked encouraging to Enoch Speight
Tuesday night the widow JONES'
a man dressed in woman's clothes,
went to see Mr.. Speight and took,
him to ride in shiny new automo-
bile. And right then and there is
where the joke ceased to be funny
and became pathetic. 1t was ar
raigncd for the two to be married
Wednesday night. The wedding
would take place on the school
grounds of the Grammar School at
$50 o'clock, where the public could
attend.
The news spread rapidly; by 8:l5
Wednesday night several hundreu
people had gathered on Parsonage
street to witness the joke that was
about to be played on an old man
who had become childish in his OLD
age. Mr.. Speight. happy and Juol-
liant, was on hand to receive his
bride. And then someone sensing
the tragedy of the thing, notlfleo
the police. Within few minutes
officers had arrived on the scene
and were looking for the perpetra-
tors of the joke. The crowd thaC
had been so eager to see such a
thing pulled off on half-Witted olo
man, quickly dispersed. Il Will 60
to my home and get married Let
them come there and try to stop
it," said the old fellow.
But the most pathetic thing about
the whole mess was that when some
one told the would d-be-bridegrooH
that it was all a joke and that his
bride was only a female imperson-
ator he refused to believe them.
Hadn't someone just told him that
she was taken suddenly i'll and that
the wedding would have to be post
poned? Maybe he doesn't believe
it yet.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

Children with defective vision are
under a tremendous handicap in
obtaining an education. Accurately
fitted glasses will enable them to
see correctly. BY scientific methods
We are able to properly correct their
eye defects. DR.. J. D. HATHAW Way,
Carolina Bank Bldg, anV.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

The executive committee of the
North Carolina State Bar will meet
in Raleigh today, Friday. to name
the successor to President T. L..
Caudle. who died last week at his
home in WadeSbOrO.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
fuckers Embezzlement of $24, 4,645.43 in Hertford
ocb of Carolina Bank, Carried on Under Noses
State Bank Examiners as Such Ernbezzlements
ovs Are-Hertford's Sc ,ond Bank Embezzlement

w ,,.., Elukins laws must be revised State Bank
,n., Every six months State Bank Examiners walked
p ,r E.Il-h Of Carolina Banking & Trust Co. In
rrnrd it, They slapped its cashier Joseph l..
S \ aua told him they didn't find better kept books
" 80 trc state. Ire poor saPs didn't know how clever
| r Tucker was. II appears now that Tucker is short
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

What is probably the most un-
romantic remark OF the month is a
Chicago chemists report that the
watermelon is 90 per cent water.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13
THE ALBEMARLE SOCIETY
IDEA MAKES PROGRESS
But 1t Is Formidable Task Its Volunteer
Organizers Have Set For Themselves

enterprise attempting to organize the
industrial agricultural and leaders Of the
Abemae Society proceeds Seven
Pasquoank Perqumans Chowan and
to start Other Counties be included
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-09-13

There will be no room for stow
aways on that new 5000 mail-order
to be on the market soon.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
Al TTCRVEY PAUL |S FINED BY JUDGE
 CONTEMPT COURT
PAUL FILES NOTICE OF APPEAL: JUDGE CENSURED HIM
 FOR STATEMENTS

KETCHII<AN, March 5, (P)- Judge Justin Harding fined Will liam Paul, attorney, $175 on two counts for contempt of court.
 The lengthy decision found Paul "Fraudulently violated his duty of being honest and behaved con- temptuously and insolently in the district court" in connection with the Maxfield-Dalton case.
 The decision found the writ of prejudice, which Paul filed after the Judge had censured him for statements in the petition for a writ of review Excessive and un- necessary and that Paul had filed the affidavit with "Contemptuous and an msolent intent purpose" discrediting and embarrassing the court.
 Paul filed notice of appeal,
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
NOBLE BLAMED F0R DISASTER TO
 n|R|G|RI.E|: ITALIA
INVESTJG ATION COMMITTEE PRAISES TWO MEMBERS OF
 EXPEDITION

RCME. March 4, (Pl-The report cf tie Commission on Inquiry. ap- | pointed by Premier Mussolini places responsibility for the loss of the dirigible Italit in the Arctic. on General Umherto Mobile.
 The loss is blamed on a maneu- 'er, presumably the. long flight from the 2cle, and the condition land toc use of equipment, the re- snonsihility of which was the Coln- tnanGel's.
 The Commission praised the con- duct oe Pilot Alberto Mariana and Navigator F'ilipo Zappi considering the ra"cue of Mobile was stated act without acceptable justif.c.- ion. The only justification was rhe stcain nf the situation which 1'd n,t permit Mobile to gauge the
 oundnerS of the act even tho it "as done at :." invitation of the
 wedish aviator, Lundberg, w.1o rescued him.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
pO|S()lY LIQUOR
 CAUSES DEATH IF
 FOURTEEN, PE()R|A
SEVERAL IN HOSPITALS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RECOV-
 ER FROM POISON

PEORIA, H., March 5, (P)- Fourteen persons died of poison ous bootleg liquor distributed over Peoria over the weekend
 The Coroner's inquest has been delayed awaiting the death or re- covery of others who i,nbibed of it. Ben Feel, 60, is the latest vic tim and was one of the group of stockmen who became ill after a hotel party Thursday night.
 Maurice Mansfield has been ar rested as the local distributor and is reported to have admitted that he imported 50 gallons from a Chi cago bootleg syndicate but refused to name the source.
 It is rumored the same liquor was shipped to other Illinois towns. Six others died yesterday, seven on Saturday and on Sunday several were receiving hospital attention. Two of these are not expected to live.
 Walter Neibert, bartender at the Stoclzyard's Hotel and soft drink parloT, one of the supposed dis tributing centers, has been arrested. Two of the victims in- clude women
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
FIRST BL0ODSNED
 IN lA|E|:X'CI) RE:V[)Z.T
 N|YE:N Fl|R||C|'E|:9; .A|sH
EEtIs,yNTrS Nr7rSrrNM DpNgYGHT IT., yN Sw.TE. OF SONORA
 CaTYKEDRALS OPEN

MEXICO CITY. March 5. (Af- Tse first bloodshed in the Mexican revolution has been reported in five different States as the Government and revolutionists settled dowr to what appeared to be life 3Oa death strnprle for supremacv and capture of Monterey. the strategic railroad center in the State.
 Nuevc Leon was claimed by the revolutionary leaders after a battle in which thre were heavy casual ties. loyal Federal troops clashed with the rebels in the state Of Vera rug an q claimed victory.
 Coahui1a. Sonora and Sinaloa re- ported fiphtirg and the centra. Government has made wide plans for action on two fronts north and south
 Former President Gales, Com Chief Of all the Govern r,ent troops. will conduct the cam nairn in Sonora while General An drew .A1mazan will concentrate on ,.ls sorth. Already there are S,0OJ oe his troops on the march to Vera Crl,z.
 Onnnsing these leaders will be General Gonzalo Escobar of, the State of Coahuila who has been reade Commander-inC Chief of the Insurgent forces.
 For the first time the long pend n7e rclipious question made it's ap- naararce with promulgation of d g,anifesto of Governor Topete Of Sonora proclaiming religious free cto,n. This was followed by pie- ,aration to reopen the Catholic cathee,rals in Sonora, closed since 1926.
 Topete's manifest included a call to arms in defense of the. revolu- Eienary movement. There are .leavv troop movements out oi Mexico City.
 Ambas ador Morrow said he will continue to deal only with tIe recognized government here. Col Lindbergh hoped to be able to leave for the United States soon.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
HILL OF CORD0VA JOINS HE
 RAlKS, DEPARTED
lpNCE HAD RICHARD AND PAN FACES ON HIS PAYROLL IN
 NOME RESORT

CORDOVA, March 5, "Sena- tor Charles H. Hill, 69, resident of Alaska for 30 years, died after a stroke. The Senator made and lost fortunes in Dawson. and Nome where he foIme erlv in Tex" Rickard and Alex Pantages in his amusement resorts. Hill crashed from affluence when he endorsed a strangers note for S50,0o0 and made good while the stranger made a getaway.
 In recent years Hill had been connected with the Game Commits sion md the Bureau of Fisheries He would rather work than live with friends who invited him to do
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
] LEGISLATIVE bl)DY
 IN)N| IN SEES('S'IlU
 0FFN1'E|n||!5 E|:.I|.E|:l|'TE:D {. ]. !:
tlNTF-AprIVNySTpATgGE FORCES CONTROLLING; NE1pPAY,
 STEAMER IN HOUSE

JUNEAU, March 5. (4p--The Ninth Legislature opened for a Go day session Monday with anti-ad- alinistratlon forces controlling. The Senate is in organization while the House merely ID 'eeted 8 ternpor ary organization and adjoined un- til Tuesday afternoon
 Will fl. Steel of Seattle and Jun eau and senior member in the First Division, was elected president O. the Senate defeating John w. Dunn five to three; and Cash Cole of Jun eau was elected secretary; Mrs Agnes Adsit, assistant secretary, M. J. Sullivan, sergeant-at-arms
 Joseph H. Murray, Dean of the Legislature, was elected speaker prote,n, and Harold stabler, chief clerk protem, of the House which was in session but g few minutes.
 The session was called to order at noon with Secretary Karl Theile presiding, and oaths were admin istered by Judge Frank 4. Boyle.
 The Senate elected Luther c. Hess, president protem, and Cole, 5ecrejary Droton. Committee aa- sigGgnarts are as follows:
 Finaaca ard corporations; snld- quist, Hess, Frame and Steel.
 Judic4ary-Franle, Dimond, An deEson Dunn, and Sundquist.
 Education and public health Anderson, Hess and Frame.
 Taxation ano transportation Dunn, Ander on, Dimond aa1 Ter jamin.
 Rules on election and election laws .Dimond, Hess and Steel.
 Engrossnent and enrollment- Sundquist, Dunn and Benjamin.
 Fisheries, game and agriculture, Benjantin, Frame and Anderson.
 Mining, manufacture and labor Hess, Anderson and Iluln.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
F0RGERS NAbBED IN BERLIN THRU
 REINSTATEMENT
LARGE PLANT DISCOVERED BY POLICE EQUIPPED FOR
 FORGING PAPERS

BERLIN, March 4, (P-An at tempt to sell an American news paperman fraudulent documents alleged to have come from the Soviet government, led to the ar rest of the forgers of the notorious documents purporting to show that United States Senators Bor- ah and Norris received bribes from the Soviet government.
 The police said they had dis covered a large plant equipped for forging Russian papers and arrested Vladimir Orloff, former counselor of state under Czar Nicholas, and Michael Semarokof, formerly attached to the Ukran- ian Soviet mission to Berlin.
 Two others arrested at the same time were freed by the police.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
SEES BETTER OUTLOOK

NEW YORK, March 4 (P) )- A outlook for improvement in the oil industry this year was seen by Kenneth R. Kingsbury, president of the Standard Oil Com panyy of California, on his return from a business trip to Europe. Re rewed over-production in some fields, he said, can be corrected within the industry.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
1890 CARS A DAY

PARIS, March 4 (lP)-Every 20tll person in France is an automobile prospect, says Andre Citroen, Wno makes more than a third of the cars sold here. Those 100000 peo- rle, he afffirras, will buy cars in tile next seven or eight years.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-03-05
CABINET CONFERRED

WASHINGTON March 5, {4'l- The Senate confirmed Pre-ident Hoover's Cabinet selections.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-29
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That
default has occurred, in the conditions
OF that certain mortgage, dated the
10th day of May 1928, executed by
Frank Aalto and Tilda Aalto, his wife,
as mortgag ors to First National Bank
OF Ely, Minnesota, as mortgage, filed
for record in the Office of the Register
OF Deeds in and for the County of st.
Louis, and State of Minnesota, on the
23d day Of May, 1928, at $3.50 o'clock
A. M, and recorded in Book $50 of
Mortgage Records, page 100; that no
action or proceeding has been insti-
tuted at law to recover the debt Sc
cured by said mortgage, or any part
thereof, that there Is due and claimed
to be due under said mortgage, includ-
ing interest to date hereof, the sum
Of Two Thousand Seven Hundred and
Eighteen and 75-1O0 dollars, ($2. 1879
and that pursuant to the power of sale
therein contained, said mortgage will
be forecloSed and the tract of land
lying and being in the County of st.
Louis, State of Minnesota. which is
described according to the map Or plat
thereof on file In the Office of the
Register Of Deeds of said County, as
AOA4O"c, OO-WAIs LOU OIl6 III, BLOCK
nine 90, Conanis Addition to Ely.
Minnesota, according to the plat
thereof on file in the office of the
Register of Deeds of the aforesaid
county will be sold by the sheriff of
said county at public auction on the
9th day Of January. 1880, at 11:OO
o'clock A. NJ, at his Office in the st.
Louis County Court House in the City
OF Duluth in said county and state.
to pay said sum and interest thereon
to said date of sale and the costs and
disbursements Of such foreclosure and
sale, including an attorneys fee of
Seventy-Five and no-l00 (75.OO) Dol
Jars, subject to redemption within
twelve months from said date of sale.
Dated November Is, 1929.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
ELY, MINNESOTA, a corpora
ton under the laws of the
United States. Mortgage,
Luther M. Bang. Attorney for Mort
gage 11-22 1927
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-29
ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION
FOR LICENSE TO SELL LAND.
State Of Minnesota. County of st
Louis. SIS.

State of Minnesota. County of st.
Louis IS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter Of the Estate of John
Kapsch, Decedent.
The Petition Of John KapSch, Jr.,
as representative Of the above named
estate having been filed in this Court,
representing among other things, that
for reasons stated in said petition, it
is necessary and for the best interests
of the estate of said decedent and of
all persons interested therein, to sell
certain lands of said decedent in said
petition described and praying that
license be to him granted to sell the
said land.
1t Is Ordered, That the petition be
heard before this Court, at the Pro-
bate Court Rooms in the Court House,
In Duluth in said County, on Monday,
the 9th day Of December, 1929, at ten
o'clock A. NJ, and all persons inter-
eSted in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause if
any there be, why said petition should
not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this order be
served by publication in The Ely Miner
according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, Nov
ember 18th, 1929.
BY the Court,
Attest: VIM. J. ARCHER.
Sheldon Watts, Judge of Probate
Clerk of Probate
A. j. Thomas, Atty for Est 11-15-29
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-29

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the experience of millions who
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to know real smoking pleasure.