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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07

FLED
MARYLAND
A.!SEI I'M

Shooting "a lock off > door
with his pistol, Preston Smith,
. First precinct policeman,
broke into a Thirteenth Street
store early today and captured
an escaped lunatic in the act
of cracking a safe.
The prisoner was booked at first
az Charley Healy, "a, Of Seat
Pleasant. Md. He later said his
name Is Norman Hackiey and con-
fessed he escaped from an insane
asylum In Catonsville, Nd near
Baltimore May /.
Found Deranged
Investigation revealed Hackley
was serving term in the Mary
land penitentiary in Baltimore for
honsebfeaking when he was found
to Be mentally deranged and trans
ferred to the institution for the
insane.
Smith was patrolIing bis beat
when he noticed the lights In the
western Auto supply Company ID
the 700 block Thirteenth st. N.
w. were off Realizing the lights
generally were left burning all
night. the policeman peered within.
Saw Man at Work
He discovered q man inside att
tempting to saw off the conlbina-
ton dial of q safe which contained
large sum OF money. Smith then
ran around H Street to the rear Of
the store. just as he reached the
alley he asked q passerby to sum-
mon other policemen from the
First precinct.
Without waiting on HIS reinforce
ments Smith shot the lock off the
door and forced open heavy screen
door. Rushing inside the police.
man collared Hackley before the
man had 9 chance to climb up q
rope and escape over the roof.
"A pistol found near Hackley was
believed to be his However, it
turned out to be the property Of
:
Hackley had forced his way into
| the establishment by breaking 4
skylight window and sliding down
Z rope.
Second Capture
Today's capture was the SECOND
of its kind made by Smith during
his comparatively brief period. Of
service in the Police Department In
which he has earned an enviable
reputation for bravery.
Smiths first bid for fame was
made Id. September. 1927. when he
captured four burglars as they were
footing the Cinderella Boot Shop in
the 1900 block G. ST. N. w. The
members Of that quattette now are
serving 20 to 30 years In prison.
That capture, like the one OF today.
was single.handed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
THREE c. JAIL
FQRFAKE FIRE

Louise Ban, 20, and Mary Henson,
81. both coiored, Of the 1900 block
Second st. S. W.. and Leon Carter.
colcred, q, the 1000 block First
st. s.. w, were each sentenced to
six months In jail by Judge Robert
E. Mattingly in Police Court today
on charge of pulling false fire
alarm.
The trio was foEnd near q fire
box at Delaware Avenue and @
Street Southwest. and the man
started running when he saw police.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07

has ldOC1ACus s
Although Mary's castle was found
to contain 636 quarts Of alleged
liquor, Policeman e. w. Gore and
NJ. p. Creel. Of the Fourth precinct,
unlimited visitors, had no right to
call without having previously gone
through some formaIity such as Sc
curing a warrant, the prosecutor
concluded.
Piled to Ceiling
The CSC quarts were piled ceiling
high IN a hallway Of the house. the
policemen said. and. it was reputed
to be the largest liquor haul ever
made lin the District in which
charges subsequently were refused.
Camalier held that the amount
seized had no bearing on the legality
or iIlegality, of the police entry.
There was no warrant of any de.
scription.
SmelIed Liquor
Circumstantial evidence led to the
raid. said Creel and Gore. They
said they found broken jar Of
corn" giving forth . fragrant
odor, in front Of the house, ana
knocking on the door, they made In
ouiries. The colored woman came to
the door and opened it, revealing a
mountainous pile of wooden cases,
the policemen said. They said she
admitted 1t was liquor and that 1t
was hers.
Nevertheless, Mary walked out Of
Police Court a free woman late
yesterday However, 1t Is doubtful
whether she will ever see her 636
quarts again. or even q small
quantity thereof.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
s1THE SOULS PROGRESS"

There will be a free lecture upon
Progress of the Soul" followed
by a questions and answers ses-
sion. tomorrow night at s o'clock
At the United Lodge 0f Theosoph.
lists, 100 Hill Building, Seventeenth
and l Streets Northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
CHAREST STAYS
IN BUREAU

Clarence M. Charest. general
counsel for the Bureau of Internal
Revenue today moved to spike
rumors that he Is intending to
sever his connections with the
bureau. He issued statement de-
elaring he has not the slightest in.
tention of resigning and that the
rumors are without the slightest
foundation.
The rumors started several days
ago and have since spread through.
out the bureau.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
War Mothers Seek
Headquarters Here

The American War Mothers are
seeking permanent headquarters
In Washington and q resolution to
authorize this move win be presented
to the national convention Of that
organization at louisville next month.
A meeting of the District OF Co
lumbia Chapter of the organization
will be held at the Hamllton Hotel
Friday night at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07

You win feel Ike million dollars
sitting at the wheel OF ano Of the
good used cara advertised for sale In
tOilay's Classified ads.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
Police Asked to Find
Missing War Veteran

Police are looking for John Rus
inowitcz. S5. who disappeared from
his home at 1113 N st. N. w, July
30, after being paid sum Of mo ley
at the Veterans Bureau. Friends are
said to suspect foul play since the
veteran carried the funds on his
person.
Rusinowitcz is 5 feet s inches tall.
weighs lao pounds. and wore a blue
serge suit and a straw hat. It Is
said he il accustomed to visit Jap
anese In the 1900 block or Riggs Pl.
N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-07
NO 116-.VTTToRIo EMANUELE ORLANDO. BY JoHANsEN

Executed by John G. JOhansen IL
was presented to the National CAL
lery of Art by Mrs James G. Roger.
sno through the National Art Com
miteee. and now hangs In. the gal.
lery. It Is one of the collection Of
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
The
COLOR PROBLEM

County Welfare Officer Rev. A. II.
Outlaw and Chief of Police Leon
Holmes have discovered what they
believe points to a solution of the
vexing color problem. Over in the
Negro settlement on Walnut ST. they
discovered white child in the home
of Negroes. At least it looked like
a white child; white skin, blue eyes,
wsvy blonde hair. The colored
family had been accused of harbor-
ing a white child contrary to law.
Nothing of the sort; the child is the
legitimate offspring of light colored
parents, a fact proved by Brook
lyn. N. Y. birth certificate and
Photographic evidence satisfactory
to the local authorities. DANNY
if. I'll be able to tell black from
white any more" said Chief Holmes.
The Rev. Mr.. Outlaw made no COM
ment.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
ALABAMA GIVES
YOUR EDITOR A
GREAT SEND OFF

w. o. Saunders, speaking at the
Alabama Press Institute held at
Alabama Polythecnic Institute at
Auburn, Ala. last week, received
a better send off than he got in
Ku Klux Oklahoma last year
when he addressed the Press hsSo-
citation of that State and made
most of his Oklahoma hearers as
mad as hornets.
Your Elizabeth City editors ad-
dress to the AlabamianS was COM
mended in special resolutions adopt
ed by the Institute and w. Emmett
Brooks. president of the Alabama
Press Association, in a personal let
ter this week says:
although the matter was COW
cred in appropriate resolutions
adopted prior to the close of the In
Stitute, I feel that l would be un-
grateful if I did not add to the
sentiments of that document my
personal and official appreciation
for your kindness in taking part in
the program. Your talk was the
outstanding feature of the entire
session and all of the members OF
the Association were unanimous in
expressing the sentiment that their
contact with you and your able and
interesting discussion of a subject
of much Importance to all OF us
were of great value to them
The Editor entered Auburn in his
famous pajamaS and wore them
thruout his stay in the college town.
They would have it no other way;
the fame of those pajamaS had
spread and everybody insisted they
should be worn. He wore them at a
reception given at the home OF DIR.
and Mrs. Bradford Knapp. DR..
Knapp is president of the college.
Mrs. Knapp said: Mr.. Saunders, l
thoroly approve of your paJamaS.
One thing Saunders learned at
the Institute; Alabama is not all for
Heflin. In the course of his address
he said: II am from North Caro-
lima and many of us in North Caro-
lima thank God for Alabama. In
North Carolina we have our SEN
ator Simmons: when we feel like
hanging our heads in shame we
think of Alabama and its Helfin."
The newspaper men applauded.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23

THE INDEPENDENT pleads ignor-
ance of the fact that there are
more than one r. B. Etheridge, OF
Manteo, Dare county. When it was
announced last week that r. B.
Etheridge of Manteo had been ap-
pointed Chief of the Division OF
Markets of the N. c. Dept. of Agri-
culture, the editor instinctiyely
located a cut of R. Bruce Etheridge,
cashier of the Bank of Manteo and
Representative of Dare in the N. c.
General Assembly. But the new
Chief of the Division of Markets is
Randall B. Etheridge, a graduate OF
A. g. E. College, Raleigh. Incident
ally he has a brother. William G.
Etheridge, who is head of depart
ment of Field Crops of the Univer-
sity of Missouri, and the author OF
several recognized text books used
in the teaching CT agriculture IN
colleges, and who is regarded as
one of the foremost authorities on
Field Crops in the U. S. The lnde-
pendent is glad to correct an ex-
cusable error. Above Is a photo OF
Randall B. Etheridge.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
CAROLINA BANK
DEPOSITS SAFE
SAY OFFICIALS

That depositors Of the defunct
Carolina Banking g. Trust Co. of
this city will not lose a dollar Is
the opinion of officers of the First
g. Citizens National Bank of this
city who have gone thoroly over
the affairs of the closed bank, but
there are indications that the de-
positors will not be hurriedly
satisfied. Said an officer of The
First g. Citizens National Bank
yesterday: "This institution finds
itself in a position to render a
distinct public service by absorb
ing the accounts of the closed
bank; but under the national
banking laws we must proceed
along most conservative lines.
Properly handled, we see no reason
why the depositors should not re-
ceive dollar for dollar" 1t prob
ably will be another week before
a definite statement as to what
depositors may expect will be
forthcoming.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
When Ehringhaus
Was Made Silent

Elizabeth City'S j. G. p. Ehrlng-
haus had his tonsils removed We'd
nesday morning and for several
hours he was in the predicament
of having to keep his mouth shut
1t was hard on Elizabeth City S
distinguished and likable citizen.
MIR. EhringharS has suffered much
from his throat for several months
and physicians told him that If he
expected to campaign for Governor
three years hence he would have to
get rid of his offending tonsils. And
so he went under the knife in the
Medical Building Wednesday morn
ingr DR.. w. w. Sawyer performing
the operation. Elizabeth Citys de-
tonsilized gubernatorial aspirant is
doing fine following the throat
cutting.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23

"Service!" bawled the Bank Clerk
as he waited impatiently at the
soda fountain for his morning dope
while the bank clock on the corner
chimed a quarter to nine.
The prescription clerk in the
rear of the store showed his head
and said: The Soda Jerker Will De
with you in few minutes.
Constipation is the thief OF time
exclaimed the Bank Clerk.
At last the Soda Jerker returned
to his post and the Bank Clerk got
his coca cola. Il thought maybe
vou had gone to court" said the
Bank Clerk. .,
I'm disguised with courts" SAID
the Soda Jerker. Just see now
Justice work in this white mans
town. The leading bootlegger IN
town, who hasn't struck lick OF
honest work in years and whose
operations have been a constant
source of annoyance to the police
is caught red-handed with % pints
of corn liquor. He is fined $500 ana
sentenced to four months on tne
the roads. and the road sentence Is
suspended. He pays S2oo lilCo 'lie
school fund and goes right on PED
ding booze. If business is good ne
will make his 5000 back before Sat
urday night.
along comes another chap VINO
halls from the country, and ne Is
caught with liquor and given sem
tence of three months on the roaoS
and no suspended sentence. Wnat
kind of Justice do you call thatP
ut isn't Justice at all" said tne
Rank Clerk; "it's human nature IN
action. The city bootlegger knows
his Judge and has raft of friends
who know the Judge and have IN
fr,ence with him. Willingly or un-
willingly the judge is influenced.
"But the country bootlegger was
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
Site
Plotted For
.KittyHawkBch..

Thoughtfully anticipating the
part the airplane vii play In
the future development of the
North Carolina coast, a site OF
$50 acres for an airport has been
set aside in the plotting of the
Kitty Hawk Beach property, by
the selling agents, Harrison e.
Gilbert of Elizabeth City.
Most of this Kitty Hawk prop
erty will be sold to people remote
from the property and the air
plane will be the form of transport
alton employed by many of them"
says G. w. Harrison. Take, for
instance, a New York business man
who likes to play but whose time is
too valuable to be wasted in much
travel. He wants to come to Kitty
Hawk for little shooting. He steps
into an airplane at o'clock OF an
afternoon and in three hours he is
at Kitty Hawk Beach. At no time
will he be more than three or four
hours away from his business should
business call him back"
The plotting of the Kitty Hawk
Beach property also contemplates
an eighteen hole golf course that
will lend itself to wonderful land
scaping.
The opening up of Kitty Hawk
Beach by the bridging of CTri-
tuck Sound between Point Harbor
and Kitty Hawk will reveal to ma
ture lovers and sportSmen one of
the most beautiful regions on the
entire Atlantic coast, including
Martins Point and Jean Quite
Creek. There are seven lakes on
the property. six miles of ocean
front and seven miles of frontage on
CurrituCk Sound.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
Colored Girl
Suicide Had a
School Career

The beginning of wisdom IS the
beginning of sorrow, spoke a great
philosopher. Sarah Hill, 19-year-
old colored girl of this city who
put an end to her own life by
firing a bullet into her heart Sun
day evening was an educated girl.
She had graduated with honors at
the State Normal High School
and entered college.
She spent a year at Shaw Uni
versity, Raleigh and made a good
record until just before the close
of the session when she was suspend
ed for attending a dance contrary
to the rules of the school. She felt
the disgrace keenly. Last fall she
entered Slater Normal School at
Winston Salem. From Slater she
had to return home because of a
painful eczema on her feet and
hands. Again she became despond-
ent.
Then she fell in love with Cleve
Weeks, the jazGy love-spending
saxophone player in local Negro
orchestra. Cleve had other loves;
Sarah became jealous. they quar-
relied. Sunday afternoon she sent
for him: he didn't come; her faith
er and mother were away from
home; she wrote note to her par
ents. note to her lover and then
ended her life with a pistol shot in
her heart.
Educated Negroes have pretty
much the same emotions and COM
pleXes as educated white people
Cleon Brown. Negro lawyer, one OF
the best educated Negroes in Eliz-
abeth City, committed suicide few
years ago when depressed by fin
ancial troubles.
Sarah Hill, Sundays suicide was
daughter of S. w. Hill, a U. S
Railway Mail Clerk, an educated
refined, thrifty, homecoming Negro
citizen.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
Watermelons
Grown on Kill
Devil Hills

Many i'm Elizabeth City yester-
day maryeled at an exhibit OF
watermelon, citron, squash. cucum-
berS, corn and beans grown on the
sands of Kill Devil Hills where
Wilbur and Orville Wright made
that epochal fris airplane flight
in 1903.
A year ago not a blade of grass
had ever grown On Kill Devil Hill.
So bare and bleak had this great
sand hill appeared for all time that
the notion prevailed that no vegeta-
ton could be produced on it. And
then last fall the government de-
Cided TO anchor the famous hill by
graSSing it.
Capt. w. A. Kindervater of the U.
S. Army was sent to Kill Devil Hills
last winter to undertake the work
of anchoring the great hill by put
ting it under grass. In seven
months Capt. Kindervater has sue
Ceeded in graSsing ten of the 20
acres in the big hill and the re-
manning 16 acres will be brought
under cultivation in another year.
providing a stable base for the
Wright Memorial to be erected on
the crest of the hill.
Not only has Capt. Kindervater
grown grass on Kill Devil Hill; this
week he brought to Elizabeth City
specimens of many native vegetables
which he has succeeded in growing
on the hill this summer. Capt.
Kindervater with his wife and i've
children are in Elizabeth City this
week for a change.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23

The medical profession OF Eliz-
abeth City is squarely behind the
latest effort at community opera
ton of the local hospital and thaI
stems should be taken to acquire the
hospital outright with the aid OF tne
Duke Endowment, said DR.. FEAR
ing. DR.. Fearing's address to the
Rotarians has the ear marks OF
thoughtfully and painstakingly pre-
pared document, the full text OF
which is reproduced herewith. Dr.
Fearing said
The Private Hospital. like the Prl-
vate School, has been necessary
forerunner of the Community Hos
pital.
AS Private Schools antedated Pub
lie Schools, so Priva5e Hospitals
have prepared the way for Public
Hospitals.
Those who have developed pri-
vate hospitals have assumed IN sd-
dition to their heavy repsponsibih-
ties. serious financial risks.
The trustees of the Duke EndoW-
ment, in a study of hospitals early
in 1925, found for forty-1ine OF fifty
eight private hospitals from which
information was available and which
we're located in North and South
Carolina a total annual deficit OF
S87,O0O.0O.
Society is deeply obligated to those
who have given it the private hos
pital; this is true for the people OF
North Carolina and of especially our
own county and city whose hospital
facilities until this month have been
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23

supplied by private resources.
I am sure this Club shares in the
feeling of appreciation which our
district, county and town shoulo
have for DIR. Saliba who has assum-
ed unassisted the heavy burden OF
providing modern Institutional care
for the sick.
With this genuine appreciation OF
the Elizabeth City Hospital ana lts
owner I wish to turn your attention
to the reasons why we welcome the
Albemarle Hospital which incor-
porates a community interest.
The chief reason is that sickness
is too big a problem for private re-
sources and The second reason Is
that sickness is too socially import
ant a. problem to be neglected
avoided or shirked by the commun-
ity.
The size of the problem OF SICK
ness is at once apparent when we
consider the sick in the aggregate.
How Bad Off We Are
For example, Pasquotank and Per-
ouimans counties have population
of a little over 10000. In such a
number of population, typlcally
are present constantly 750 cases OF
bedridden sickness, or Is cases per
1000 population. At least three times
that number, that is $3.50 cases CTS
cases per 1000 population) with
serious impairments; people not in
bed but on their feet, who are any
where from twenty to fifty per cent
(Contiluel on Page fiTc)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
Turn Against Negro
Who Made Their Corn

Bruce Morse, young Weeksville
bootlegger is wondering why he
should be taxed with fine of $4OO
for having liquor in his possession,
when Baby Barkley. Elizabeth City
bootlegger drew fine of only $500
for the same offense two weeks ago.
Morse first drew a road sentence
of three months when he refused to
tell where he got his liquor. Think
ing to get lighter sentence, he turn
ed States evidence against a Negro
youth named Elisha Johnson. He
got convicted and fined 5000 and
drew a $4OO fine for himself in place
of the road sentence. Morse can't
understand that at all.
E. M. Morse, father of Bruce
Morse testified that he had fur
nished sugar, meal and flour to the
Negro Johnson and that johnson
had returned him five gallons OF
corn liquor in payment. This was the
liquor that Bruce Morse came TO
town to sell when the police nab
bed him. The Negro. Elisha john
son, a burr-head of lowly intellect.
is believed to have been a pawn OF
the MorseS who paid him to make
liquor for them and then turned
against him when they thought
Bruce could save his own hide
by duplicating the ignorant Negro,
The Senior Morse was not prose-
cuted; being a State witness he was
exempt from prosecution.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
oJbp BANK CLERK Ans TILE SOOA uGQkeR
JUSTICE

not on daily speaking terms with the
court and had no influential friends
surrounding the judge. In the case
of the country bootlegger the Judge
was free to review the case impartl-
ally and passes an impartial judge
ment."
do you mean to say that the big
bootlegger pays the judge for pro-
lection" said the Soda Jerker.
81 have not said so and make
no such implication in the case IN
point" said the Bank Clerk, but
if somebody isn't paid for protec-
ton of certain bootleggerS in THIS
town, 1 am badly mistaken. 1t is
notorious fact in police circles
that certain bootleggers have been
tipped off just before the police
we're all set aid raid them and IL Is
also q notorious TACT that the police
are frequently at odds with the
Court in their efforts to put down
the bootleg traffic. 1t has got To a
point in Elizabeth City that when
the police plan to raid a bootlegger
they don't dare ask for warrant
in certain cases because they are
afraid that between this or that
court officer the fact will leak out
and the bootlegger be put on his
guard"
rs it as bad as all that?" ask
ed the Soda Jerker.
"It's as bad as all that" said the
Bank Clerk; there is not a more
corrupting influence in American
life to-day than the liquor traffic
that has been encouraged by Pro-
hibition. Liquor has always paid
for protection and always will"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-08-23
Unlawful Slaughter
Of Beach Birds

In spite of the fact that this Is
a closed season on beach birdS'
vacationists and natives are slaugn-
tering these birds by the hundreoS
on the beaches of the coast section
according to information reaching
this newspaper. Even the game
wardcns are closing their eyes 10
the killing of the birds and doing
nothing about the situation.
About this time each year nun
dreds of beach birds pass along the
coast On their annual southwark trlp
and stop over in the marshes ol
Currit,,ck and Dare counties 10 rest
When they make their appearance
on the beaches to feed tney are
literally slaughtered by people VINO
get a great kick out of killing theSe
tame visitors contrary to law