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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
@. MAX GARDNER
NOT SO STRONG
FOR HIGH WAGES
Talks Fine, But His Talk
Means Little When He Finds
Himself Corncred

North Carolina cotton mills do
not actually provide their en-
ployCS with homes in their mill
villages at nominal rental; to
make a show of renting their mill
houses cheap, they cut down the
wages of their employees to make
up fer the losses they sustain
from low rentals. Everybody has
suspected that fer long time.
but Governor Gardner. who Is
himself textile manufactures, let
the cat out of the bag this week
when he said in a message given
to the press:
In the textile industry dn
North Carolina the manufactur-
ers have been mistaken with re-
s-ect to their own interests and
the interests of their employees in
raying their employees so much
per week or per month plus a
house 10 live in. The difference
between this nominal charge and
the actual cost to the company OF
this house must, Of coI.Se, be
deducted from the total wage that
could DE paid to the employe."
I'VE can not build a prosperous
citizenship on low wages" said Gov
ernor Gardner to New York Time
correspondent last week; nor cal
we build & prosperous citizenship OF
long hours of labor" he added. An'
then he went on to point out tina
the whole question of wages in tn
textile industry is badly confused
by the existence Of the mill village.
The New York Times correSpon
dent. an intelligent and consclentl
Gus newspaper man, interpreted
Governor Gardner'S verboSlty Z
mean that the Governor advocate;
higher wages. shorter working hour
and the abolition of mill villages
ANY one who didn't regard Ma
Gardner as a trimmer, hedgcr ant
four flusher would have interprete'
his language as the Times man die
But Max Gardner repudiated tn
Times Interpretation this week, in
insisting that he did not adYocat
Continued on Page d
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
71ght Times Take Up Slack

There have been commercial failures in Eizabeth 's
within few weeks within the next few Weeks
Many small the verge OF aue WIFI sur
vv only Is this gloomy picture! IL o
There many businesses in Elizabeth Cty LOT ne soo
o the town too groceries, automobile dealers oo
many filling stations, drug stores TOO many o'hs
dealers too shops lhere mas gov
OF
mercantile is sick with too many stores COM
netting a shortage spending money If these be tsht tm
is time for tghtness; business has been too loose
Most of those and dealers who will be forced OUT OF
business should never gone into business
We are going times the better merchants Will
suvvc Those merchants buy advantageousy
best values will get the business Iney WI"
work study their markets more dsent aaVerse ore
Rv their advertising known Those who are not
advertising presently spotted those who couldn't finance
mere business they it; they will be recorded among the
failures of 1929-3O.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
Commissioner OF Public Wei.
fare Urges Pasquotank,
Cam d en-, Currituck To
Create One Prison Farm

That the State Board of Chari-
ties and Public Welfare would not
only grant Pasquotank and
neighbouring counties time to get
together in the matter of build
ing a district jail and prison farm
instead Of making repairs and ad-
diticns to their present county
iails, but that the State Board
has urged the commissioners OF
Pasquotank, Camden and Curri-
tuck to consider this step, is re-
yealed in a letter from Mrs. Kate
Burr Johnson, Commissioner of
Charities and Public Welfare in a
letter to the editor of this news
paper.
Under date of Sept. 3Oth, Mrs
Johnson writes:
Il note with interest the editor
ial appearing in The Independent
of Friday, September q, entitled,
"A Notable Opportunity Your
suggestion is in line with what
the State Board of Public Welfare
has advocated for some time-the
consolidation of county jails into
district prisons in which all pri-
soners would be given work to do.
The State Board deplores the situ-
alton in this state which LEADS
to enforced iGleneSs Of many
county prisoners. with its con-
sequent harm to the individuals
and expense to the taxpayers. 1t
has frequently outlined its con-
ception of the ideal prison SyS-
tenn, in which not a single con-
victed person would be left to
languish in idlenesS in a county
iail, but would spend his prison
sentence in profitable labor. This
ideal prison sentence would also
include state supervision of all
prisoners, and additional facilities
for working prisoners. A jail
Continued on Page ~
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
To Install Elevator
In P. 0. Building
independent,

Miss Edna Evans. Home DEM
onstation Agent for PasquotanH 90
fears she will have to take on the
MAYO "eighteen-day diet" when re-
modelling plans of the U. S. Treasury
Department for the U. S. c. II. ana
D O. Building at Elizabeth City are
carried out.
Miss Evans offices are On the
third floor of the building. Sne
needs no diet TO keep trim SO long
as she has to climb three tedious
fIipbts of stairs to her office. Anu
now the government plans to nStal'
an electric elevator in the post OIL
flee building and the Home Dem
cnstration Agent and the rest Oh
the occupants of upper floor Offices
in that building will not nave 10
climb stairs any more.
Federal Judge Isaac M. MecHlnS
iS believed to have influenced the
Treasury Department in ordering an
elevator for the building. Judge
,rpckjns is no stairs climber ana a
Federal Judge in this day and tline
cao.t afford to lose his wind ana
nunisb his heart by climbing stairs
But U. S. Court Clerk j. r
-rhonpson is most enthusiastic Tor
the elevator. Daily he mas u
NEGOTIATE the stairs to his Secoho
floor office on crutcheS; that eIe'"-
tor is going to be godscnd to CLERK
Thompson.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
Lighter Surf
Boats to Make
Quick Rescues

Even in the United States
Coast Guard service the old order
changeth yielding place to the
new. Rum-running and ruthless
destruction of life and property
has partly superseded the fine
old Coast Guard principles of
saving life and property. Ford
trucks have taken the place of the
cid beach horses. And now comes
another change in Coast Guard
station equipment.
On the barren, sandy stretches
of North Cardinals three hundred
miles of coastland live several hun
dred fishermen. In small fishing
dories and shad boats, these hardy
rugged fishermen put out to sea
every morning to try their luck and
skill against the finny creatures OF
the deep. Only a few hundred yards
outside the surf do they go, but
bottom is far beneath them at that
distance from shore. Heavy seas
strong winds and various other
forces sometimes capsize the boats
of these coast fishermen and the
Coast Guardsmen enter the picture
Every patro,man and guardsman
on the coast keeps his eye on every
fisherman's boat he sees. Let one
of these boats show signs of dis
tress and the coastguardsmen OF
the nearest station will be on the
Job at once to assist the person in
peril. Heretofore, the work of rescu-
ing capsized fishermen has been a
slow, cumbersome task, some what
impeded by the bulk and weight OF
the station surf boats which had
to be launched. And now that i'm
pediment has been removed.
The Seventh District of the Uni
ted States Coast Guard service this
week received a consignment Of Il
light, sturdy surf boats, or dories
to be used when work of rescue
requires speed and dispatch. These
dories were built especially for this
service at a shipyard in MaSsachu-
sets and were consigned to Eliz-
abeth City from whence they were
sent to various stations along the
coast. The boats can stand heavy
seas, but are small enough and light
enough that they can be launched
into the surf with ease. They
should greatly speed up the work
of rescuing fishermen and eliminate
the possibility of lives being lost be-
cause of delay in launching the
more cumbersome surf boats hereto
fore employed.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
Why SHIPSDON'T MRS. JOHNSON
go ASHORE ATRECO MMENDS
.HATTERAS NOW TRI-COUNTY JAIL

Newspapers printed columns
about the wreck of the Carl Ger
hard and some of them carried
stories explaining why the Carl
Gerhard and three other ships
had been wrecked in the same
spot. 1t appears that most of
these stories were but wild con-
coctions Of desperate feature
writcrs-a lot of boloney.
The correspondents herald Kill
Devil Hills as a new Graveyard OF
the Sea which they say is replacing
Diamond Shoals as such. One eX-
planation of this supposed pheno-
menon sounded very plausible and
was accepted by many persons as
being correct. That the Gulf
Stream is moving in closer to the
shore at Cape Hatteras, thereby de-
flecting ShoreWard a strong westerly
current which drives ships upon the
shoal eff Kill Devil Hill is the eX-
planation which many think re-
sponsible for the diminishing num-
ber of wrecks at HatteraS and the
increasingly large number farther
up the beach. Seafaring men and
men who have made a study OF
ocean charts and currents discredlt
this story.
The reason there are so very few
wrecks at Hatteras now is obvious
to the most casual observer. The
radio compass station and radio
beacon light at Cape HatteraS have
practically made Diamond Shoals
fool proof. At Diamond Shoals,
Frying Pan Shoals and Cape Look
out, there are beacon lights which
are operated by radio from shore
stations. These lights flash for
twenty seconds and are idle for
thirty seconds. The lights are
located at from ID to 20 miles off
shore and are visible at distance
of about 13 miles. Each light has
it's own signal. A ship is heading
North and is between the Cape
Lookout light and the light at Dia-
mond Shoals gets the light signal
from each of the two lights and
determines it's approximate posi-
ton; it then sends a radio message
to the Cape Lookout Station and
gets it's bearing from there, the Cape
Lookout station calls the Cape
Hattcras station, finds how far OIL
Diamond Shoals the ship is and
then relays this information to the
ship.
Since the advent of this radio
compass station and beacon light
five or six years ago, Hatteras has
been practically free from wrecks.
1t is clear, therefore, that the COM
parative safety of Diamond Shoals
to-day is not in any way attribut-
able to any moving of the Gulf
Stream.
But still the fact remains that the
Carl Gerhard and three other ships
have been wrecked near Kill Devil
Hill in the past seven years. Author
tiles on ocean currents hesitate to
commit themselves on the subject
saying that there are so many con-
flicting and divergent forces which
could have caused the ships to 60
ashore at Kill Devil Hill that 1t
would take a deep study to ascertain
Just what did cause the wrecks
Some say that strong northeast
Trnr+iuupI ~, Dnr~o Enurl
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

Loss of nerve energy thru Eye
strain is seldom suspected. The
muscles of the eye keep vision good
until there is a partial or complete
break down, due to strain. Why
wait until your eyes are permanent
ly injured before consulting a Speci-
alist. We have had many years ex-
perience, specializing in examining
the human eye and prescribing the
best in glasses. DR.. J. D. HATH
AWAY, Carolina Bank Bldg. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
$4,000 Gift For The Albemarle Hospital
4 P. Knapp of Currituck to Help Make Possible
immunity Purchase of Elizabeth City Hospital Prop
Outright Purchase May Now Be Possible

rtb CITY can meet the terms Of The Duke Endowment
l the pledge of Joseph p Knapp, prominent New York
- ,~rir1t Of CurrituC& County. the big news w. o.
E,iaan OF the Board of Albemarle Hospital brought
rr>t,, in this city at their regular monthly meeting
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

According to the papers, the KIDS
of Kinston were given real trea' %
when they were allowed to shake
hands with and talk to Jack HoAie,
tho two-fisted, hard riding hero OF
western thrillers, at Kinston hotel'
Bnt shucks, you can't tell ABOUT
these stories bearing a Kinston date
line
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
Carolina Bank Deposits
Likely to Be Tied Up
For Several Years Yet
Failure of Negotiations With First & Citizens
National Means Slow and Costly Process
of State Liquidation

Depositors Carolina Banking Trust Co. OF this
Columbia will several
getting money ALI hopes Of the First Citizens Naona'
the affairs of the defunct bank were
and the
the First Citizens Naiorai
loading S775,OOO of the defunct bank.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

Remember when the girls wore
bangs? Still, we doubt if even a
bang on the head would do them
any good now.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

ta1 are trying to hope that some
man or group of men in Elizaoesh
Ctiv will match Mr.. KnappS gI''
80 ~ o,ro~t,rnitv is open to them.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

There's about forty years differ
ence between being young and be-
ing yolmgish.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04
To Draft Bylaws at
Edenton Monday Mite

Delegates to be named by the
several county units of the Abe
marie Society will meet upon the
call of the President, Capt. J. J..
Virgins, at the courthouse in Eden
ton, Monday night, Oct. 7th for the
purpose of drafting bylaws for the
organization.
At the meeting in Edenton Mon
day night consideration will also
be given to several suggestions for
a change of name for the organiza-
ton.
One of the immediate objcctives
of the society will be a historical
survey of the Albemarle Counties
with a view to marking all points
of historical interest on the Vir-
ginia Dare Trail and mapping the
Colonial history and present day
allurements of the Albemarle region.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

Love affairs lead to many things.
Said to have been despondent over
love affair, Belle Hughes, 22-year-
cid pretty cotton mill worker of
North Henderson, died at a Hen
derson hospital after taking five
bichloride of mercury tablets.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-10-04

Continued OF ragc EcurI
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11

Congress desires to help care for
the bereaved families. The second
consideration was the huge cost to
the taxpayers. The Government
is already obligated for almost
four billion dollars by reason of
applications already received.
While approximately eighty-fve
percent of eligible veterans have
aleardy received their certificates,
it is estimated that 10000 veterans
in Eastern Pennsylvania and Della
ware have failed to submit appli-
cations. Friends and relatives
should urge all veterans to apply
for Adjusted Service Certificates if
they have not done So All ex-ser-
vice organizations keep application
blanks on hand and offer to give
advice to veterans. Also, the Reg
ional Office of the u. S. Veterans
Bureau, 33rd and Arch streets,
Philadelphia, Pa, and the Sub-Of-
ficers in Harrisburg and Scranton
will send blanks to those who re
quest them by mail or assist vet
Grams who call at the Offices
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
MILLION IN GASOLINE LEVIES
State Collected 1896, 1926 in First
Eleven Months of the Year

In the estimates of State rev.
enue available for highway con-
struction work for next year, one
item of revenue which will show
up fairly large is that from the
gasoline tax which has been paid
in to the State treasurer during
the months of the present year,
which has amounted to 1895, ,962.-
SO. With a possible estimate that
the amount to be paid in for the
month of December will total $780,
600, the total amount for the year
will not fall short of S1,000,000.
The amounts paid to the State for
the several months of the year
1929 by the month, are as follows:
January, S65, 5,895.64; February, $751;
566.14; March, $39,187.44; April,
$77,948.74; May, S78,92A.82; June
$50, ,926.94; July, $50, O,5O6.33; Aug
ust, S1OS,O58.38; September, S113.-
456.O8; October, S91, 1,459.O7; No
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
XMAS SEALS DISTRIBUTED
Extra Seals ObtainabIe From Mrs
Robert III. Denney, Smyrna

While the major portion of the
Christmas Seal sale is being con-
Quoted by mail, in order to ac-
commodate those who may wish to
buy extra seals, Miss Helen H.
Thomson, executive secretary of
the Delaware Anti-Tuberculosis
Society, has arranged with the
following persons for the sale of
these seals. Those wishing extra
seals may obtain them from this
committee or by sending a letter
to oil Delaware Avenue Will
mington, Delaware. Mrs. Law
renee Cahall, Bridgeville; DR.. Ca
hall Sipple, Dover; Miss Helen
Short, Georgetown; Mrs. Willard
Deputy, Laurel; Mrs. Avis Glen
daniel, Lincoln; Miss Bernice Met
ton, Middletown; Miss Ida Draper,
Milford; Mrs. A. R. Dodd, Mills
boro; Miss Anna Hazard, Reho-
both; Mrs. Jack Tubbs, Selbyville;
and Mrs. Robert Denney, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
PENSION COMMITTEE MEETS
Three Applications For Aid Grant
ed and Two Disapproved

The Mothers Pension Commits
sion met Wednesday with the
State workers at meeting held in
the County Building at Whining
ton for the purpose of considering
the application for State aid in
the program of pensions for de-
pendent children. Consideration
was given to five new applications
from New Castle County for pen
sions, of which three were granted
and two disapproved. Four appli-
cations from Kent County were
considered but could not be acted
upon due to lack of funds. Two
applications were granted and one
was refused in Sussex County. 1t
was reported at the meeting that
the conditions of the homes of IL
pensioners were investigated, and
as a result six were discontinued
to make way for more needy fam
lilies. The death of one mother
was reported, and her pension was
transferred to relative who will
care for the children. Kent Coun-
ty had a hearing on five cases, one
of which was reduced, and one
trusteed because of the removal of
the mother to a sanitarium. In
Sussex County four families were
given special grants on account of
illness in the home and other urg-
ent reasons. Miss Frances A.
Griggs, secretary, called attention
to the policy of the commission re
quiring all applicants who were
foreign born to become American
citizens in order to be eligible for
a pension from the commission,
and declared that it is becoming a
q hardship for the applicants due
to the fee of $40 which is required
in order to receive citizenship pap
ers. Many mothers, she declared,
are unable to spare the money
Those present at the meeting were
Miss Julia Burton, Georgetown;
Mrs. Ella M. Fisher, Wilmington;
Mrs. Frank Hall Davis, Dover; Mrs
J. NJ. Lank, Milton; Mrs. I. Lay
field Long, Selbyville; Mrs. How
ard L. Pyle, Wilmington; Miss
Cora Coombe Tschudy, Smyrna;
Miss Elizabeth Hazard, Lewes;
Miss Frances A. Griggs, Will
Miss Margaret Moore,
office secretary Of the commission,
is i'll at her home, 4O5 Concord
Ave-, but was reported at thn
as being much improved
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
BIDS FOR 8 NEW BUILDINGS
Plans for State Hospital Improve
ments Released by Architect

Plans and specifications for three
new buildings to be erected at the
Delaware State Hospital, at Farm
hurt, were released last week by
Brown and Whiteside architects.
The architects announced that bids
will be opened on the work on De-
cember 10. The plans provide for
a observation clinic building, a new
continued treatment building and
a new nurses home. All buildings
will be fireproof, being of modern
reinforced concrete, steel and brick
construction. Heat and power for
the new structures will be provided
from the present plant, so that all
the space in them may be devoted
to the purposes for which they are
intended. The observation clinic
will be of irregular resign, nleasur-
ing about 140 by 13O feet. 1t will
contain space for 40 patients with
rooms for the administration of
hydrotherapy and other treat
ments. Living quarters for a resi-
dent physician will be provided in
one of the wings and the basement
will contain large storage rooms
and dining room for the help.
The structure will be three stories
high. The continuation building
will also be three stories in height
with ground dimensions of approx
imately 80 by 80 feet. 1t will
contain recreation rooms, dining
rooms and rooms for the examina-
ton of patients. The plans call
for 16 rooms for private patients
and II wards of varying sizes. The
nurses home will be two stories
high, but the wall will be built
sufficiently strong to support an
other story which it is planned to
add when additional space is need
ed for nurses. A large part of the
building has been set aside for edu-
cational surposes, including
chemical dietetic laboratory, and
lecture rooms. Two gynlnasiums
ard spacious laundries are provid-
&c. There will be living quarters
for approximately thirty nurses.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11

vember, S96,O32.78, or a grand to-
tai of $895, ,962.36.
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
VETS GET FEDERAL BONUS
Adjusted Service Certificate Expir-
es on January 2, 1880

Adjusted Service Cerfificate Expir-
es on January 2, 1880
January 2, 1880, is the last day
on which World War Veterans who
have not already done so may
make application for Adjusted
Service Certificate, the so called
Federal Bonus" In 1924, Con-
gress authorized the issuance of &
paid up 20-year endowment insur.
ance policy to all World War vet
Grams, moth enlisted men and offic-
ers below the rank of Major. The
amount or face value of the certifi-
cate Is determined by the number
of days the veteran was actually
in the Military or Naval Service.
In fixing the maturity date Con-
gress was governed by two major
considerations. The first was a
desire to make the certificate pay
able at that time of life when most
veterans will be planning to reduce
their hours of labor, or perhaps to
retire from active business. In the
event the veteran died before tie
maturity date of the Certificate,
Smyrna times., 1929-12-11
GASOLINE TAX OVER $780, 600
Total Amount Throughout Nation
Shows Increase of 80 Per Cent

Gasoline tax collected and paid
into the State Treasury during the
month of November, totaled $780,
032.78, which was an increase over
the month of October, which total
ed S91, ,45907 The fines collected
by the State Highway Department
and paid into the State Treasury
for violations of the motor vehicle
laws totaled S8,542,5O, which was
an increase over October, which
totaled S7,747.5O. Receipts from
the gasoline tax in Delaware for
1929 will amount to more than
100000 according to J. Warren
Marshall, president of the Della
ware Motor Club, which is affiliat-
ed with the American Automobile
Association. Mr.. Marshall bases
his statement on preliminary esti-
mates Of the t. 7. A. Research De
partment and takes into considera-
tion the changes in tax rates in
States where they have occurred.
Total gas tax collections for the
nation" he said, will show an in
crease of at least thirty per cent
for 1929 over 1928. This is based
en- the fact that the total for 1928
was 1904 3d. ,776, while estimates
for 1929 place the amount at well
over $40o,0OO,O0O. Adoption Of the
tax in Illinois, Massachusetts, and
New York for the first time, as
well as an increase in the rate in
twenty States, accounts in a large
measure for the heavy collections.
Increased consumption is also a
factor" The A. A. A. club execu-
tive pointed out that organized
motordon has consistently favored
the gas tax as a medium for rails
ing road-building revenue. "How-
ever" he said, diversion of the
proceeds for purposes other than
highway construction, together
with the tendency Of some legisla-
tion to ignore the rights of the
largest class of citizens in increas-
ing rates has created a serious
situation in the gas tax field.
Florida, Georgia and South Caro-
lima now have a rate of six cents
a gallon, while Montana. North
Carolina and Tennessee have put
into effect a rate Of five cents"