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Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30
U. S. TO HOLD
LIQUOR TRIALS
ON MAY Il
Dozen or So From Las Ve-
gas Subpoenaed to Appear
as Witnesses in Carson;
Conspiracy Trials May 49,

A dozen Las Vegans were
subpoenaed yesterday to ap-
pear In Carson City on May
13 and thereafter as witnesses
in the liquor conspiracy and
Las Vegas defendants indicted
liauor possession trials of the
by the federal grand jury some
time ago.
Those required to act as witness
es are said to include the follow
ing:
Daisy Bell. Gabe Lopez Al
James, Mrs, Al James, A. A.
Hinman, attorney. D. Burgess
Edythe Burgess, Al Cahlan, c.. D.
Breeze, Police Chief Percy Nash
and VIM. l. Scott, city-count!
clerk
CARSON CITY. April 25.-Tria
dates for presenting the cases Of
the Las Vegas defendants accused
of conspiracy and liquor law VIOLA
tions hav been set by federal court
On May IL the cases against
John Osborne, Clark Dewitt
Claude G.. Donohue, w. P. Green
(alias John Connors). Bert Ditt-
man, Fred Leroy. w. s. Goodwin,
w. Q. Waller, w. B. Farrimond.
(alias Bill Speck), Edward Van,
w. p. C"Bob'D 1ngersoll, Clifford
Mcclellan and James Ferguson
will be heard. Osborne and Dewitt
are charged with conspiracy and
with maintaining the Blue Lantern
at Las Vegas as a common NUS
ance. Donohue is alleged to have
possessed and sold liquor on Feb
ruary 8 and maintained Tip Deals
Place as a common nuisance. Green
and ConnorS were arraigned Tor
possession and sale Of liquor on
January % and with running the
Arcade as a common nuisance. Bert
Dittman is charged with possession,
sale and running the Star saloon
and dance hall as a common
nuisance on January %.
Leroy and Goodwin are accused
of conspiracy and with maintaining
the Green Lantern as common
nuisance on February 3. Waller has
three counts against him-poSseSr
sion and sale of liquor on February
3 and running the premises at
ll5h North First street, Las We
gas, as a common nuisance. Con-
spiracy and conducting a common
nuisance at the Senate. Las Vegas,
on January 19 are the two counts
against Farrimond. Van is charged
with possession and sale of liquor
on January % and running the
Double o dance hall as nuisance.
IngerSoll, Mcclellan and Ferguson
will be tried for conspiracy and
running the Arizona Club as a
common nuisance.
On May IS the trial OF Daryl S.
Burgess for possession and sale OF
liquor and conducting the Pastime
Club as a common nuisance on
February will be heard. The trial
of Fred Hesse. Roy Neagle, r. E.
Lake, IT., and James Ferguson for
conspiracy to violate the national
prohibition laws from January l,
1927, to February /, 1929, has also
been set for May l5.-Nevada State
Journal ....
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30
APLIN is ARRESTED
ON MANN ACT CHARGE

Charles w Aplin was arrested
yesterday on warrant sworn out
by the U. S. district court at Car
son City for alleged violation of
the Mann Act, and was released on
$4,000 bond to apepar at Carson
City May for trial.
U. s. Deputy Marshal w. L.
Lewis made the arrest.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

DUTIES ON ELECTRICITL

NANCE April 80 up - Electric
current Is merchandise because it
can be measured in the opinion of
the Court of Cessation here. AS a
result the Customs authorities have
sued the local electricity corpora
ton for $4,000, 900, representing cur
rent imported between January,
1925, and January, 1928.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

The figures given above repres-
ent the result Of SURVEY made by
a firm which specializes in such
services and In a city which Is
growing and destined to continue
to grow by leaps and bounds. may
furnish a basis for comparison for
those who contemplate the start
ing Of stores, according to Dewey.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

Mrs. Fred Callahan was called
to Searchlight Saturday on ac-
count of the illness of her mother
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30
DATA GIVEN ON
NUMBERS OF
STORES LIKELY
Proportion of Various Types
OF Business Houses Shown
BY California Survey,
Which Gives. Hint Of Pro.
portions Here.

A rough idea Of the number
Of stores of various kinds that
= Las Vegas will be able to sup
port after she reaches popu-
latioi of 10000 may be reach
ed. from statistics on a group
of eight California cities around
Los Angeles and IN the posses
sion Of Edward r. Dewey fin
ance expert who spent last
week here.
Las Vegas probably will be able
TO support a few more stories in
some lines because Of the popula-
tion that viii live at the dam site
and otherwise contingent to the
city he stated. but In general the
OF the various kinds of
stores will hold fairly closely to
that suggested by the following
figures, which may be multiplied by
two for population of 10000, and
Iss. ,~,.r,nACt-finf1.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

S. E. Chiapella of Los Angeles
is visiting IN Vegas,
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cruson of
Hollywood were guests of Mrs. N.
A. Harvey last week.
Mr.. C. A. Beck, president of the
Bill Nye Mining company. Of
Goodsprings, was in town on busi-
ness Monday
j. w. Wilson OF the West End
Chemical company left Monday
morning for a three months trip
to California,
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-04-30

Continued on page 81
The Washington times., 1929-11-14

1881 70 Vacuum OIL. 80. IA 9.K So So -
616 / Venezuela Pet t20 Is . = o + y
Is ~ Wick Financial. - ~ g. II
1854 10 Walgreen....... 20 40 20 ~
1871 3M White Sew Ma dbl. a ~ AZ 4E+ u
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
Nav YORK

NEW YORK, Nov. t3,-Livestock-
fcdays receipts: Cattle. 230; calves,
sS0; hogs so; sheep and lambs, AGO.
Direct to killers: cattle. 20: calves.
l,10O; hogs, $3.50; sheep and lambs.
RICO
Steers Market steady. Good. $500
common aud medium $900m1175.
Bulls. marker firm medium, 81 IS a
$50; a few at S75; common light
weights Si.50G6jO Cows. market
steady demand active. Good. 81 50m
IT'S: common and medium. Sc 25G7. 90.
cutters $250G5.50. NeaIers. market
steady; good 10 choice. SIC 0Oa IL. 90.
medium. *12G15.E0. culIs and common.
f9,500i1 so. Calves twhoie milk feds
eXcludedD. marker steady Medium 10
choice $s.23qli; culls and common. S.
"a
Eauhs- Market steady. Good to choice,
ei2.75diS -: medium, SilT1250; culls
and common. SS.5nff 1859
Sheep Market steady Ewes, medium
e. choice, FL2S0s; cullS and common
l.at
Hogs- Market irregular $3.50 lbs.
fef0Gss0: 1So-ls9 lbs. SO; l65-s2O
lbs- $3.50; FSnSA tT9TS0
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
PHILADELPHIA PRopucE.

PHfLADELPHtA. Nov. is.--Butter
Top Grades. ish@4s4c; - scgfa.
a1ke; - to 81 score. ssM Q lOhes S.
to 50 score. 3sh 0s5c.
Eggs-Exfra firsfs. bsct firsts ~
new cases, zoe; firsts In old cases, &c:
seconds. 4204sc
cheese--I.onghorns round lots, zsik
Q1fizc. single d1isieE. zah Me4Ikc
Live Poultry--Fowis not Leghorna,
fancy, sic; fair 10 good. ia gee; small
and poor, 2A@2se; ALeghorns. fancy,
Csc. ordinary 1sDs3c Nancy. Plymouth
Rock spring chickens $50 SOC; ordl-
nary. 24@2sc. mixed cciors, fancy.
z7c; ordinary, 2s12scg barracks and
poor stock lover; fancy roasting
chickens. 5 pounds or over. soc. Leg
horns broilers. z4nz5c old roostetN,
q 23e; turkeys fancy, young, 8eM
ssc; ducks, fancy, young, white Peks
ing. 22823c; old. white Picking, 200
2lc; mixed color ducks. 12m gee; xeass.
fat. zz1lsc; Guineaa, young. pounds
Or over, pair. $3.50: under sizes, s1.20
q l.a9; DID, sec pair
Dressed PoultFy--FDwIs fresh killed
in boxes, 15n 3se; chickens, western.
IN boxes, z9957c; broilefs. in barreIa.
iced, Western, 31623.: nearby, 32W35c:
old roosters dry-picked western, 24R
CSC; turkeys. spring, 40@4ec; ducks,
Long Island, 27e.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
CHICAGO

CHICAGO, Nov. 13.-Live stock:
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000; market
strong. Top, $9.45; bulk, 5000
9.35; heavyweight, $G.8O@9.45;
medium weight, $8.9O@9.45; light
weight. $8.75@9.35: light lights,
$8.6009.25: packing sows. $1,000
$50: holdovers, 1000.
Cattle--Receipts, IL, 1000; market
steady. Calves Receipts, 5000;
market steady. Beef steers Good
and choice, $13.5O@15; common
and medium, $9@13; yearlings,
$9015.75. Butcher cattle Heifers,
$8015: cows, $6@10.50; bulls,
1901; calves, $13@15; feeder
steers, $9011:25; stocker steers,
$9@11.75; stocker cows and heif-
ers, $6,5O0lO. Western range
cattle Beef steers, $9012; cows
and heifers, $6@9.50.
Sheep Receipts. $4,000; market
steady. Medium and choice
lambs, $12013; culIs and com
mon, $9@11.50; yearlings, $801 10:
common and choice, ewes, $40
$50; feeder lambs. $110I3.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
RALIlM0RE

BALTIMORE. Nov. -Cattls--steers
Medium to good. slI@12.2s: fair to
medium, s1o01l; plain to fair, 5000;
to good. S7sO0s.5o: fair to medium.
T@T50: plain to fair. $607: common
TO plain. $566 Cows-Good to choice.
s75O0s; medium to good Ss.6a@ 7.s0;
fair to medium, $3.50 $50; plain to
fair, $4.s0@5.50; common to plain. So. Is
@4.50. Heifers, medium to good. $40
10; fair to medium. $s09; plain to fair,
N4S; common to plain. SCOT; fresh
cows and sprinEers. 3s00150.
Sheep and Lambs-Market lower.
Sheep. &26S: lambs, $6.5061asS.
HoRs-Market lower. Lights, $500
10; heavies, ssTS@1o.eS: medium, $3.50
910.05; Foughs $I256s: light pigs,
3s@s.so; pigs. 39.sO@s,so; Ohio and
Western hogs, 10c to zoe higher than
quotations
calves--Market steady. Calves 81
ais
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
STEEL gu I PUT
FALLS OFF
( - HAIu LII

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14.-Steel
ingot production again showed a
reduction. during the last week.
Steel interests consider this a
rather seasonal development, and
point out that in the, like week
of last year, the activities Of the
steel mills also came down
sharply.
United States Steel Corpora.
ton has reduced it's ingot output
by about 5 per cent during the
week, ana Is now running at
about rs per cent of capacity. as
compared with a shade over 80
per cent in the previous week
and better than 80 per cent two
weeks ago.
independents are down some
thing like per cent. at fraction
below 70 per cent at present, as
contrasted with slightly under rs
per cent in the preceding week,
and a shade over II per cent two
weeks ago.
For the entire industry, the aver
age is in the neighborhood of 70
per cent, as against between II
and IS per cent week ago, and
slightly under 80 per cent two
weeks ago.
At this time last year, the oper-
ations of the United States Steel
Corporation were cut per cent
to 80 per cent. while Independents
went down about 3la per cent to
81 per cent, and the average for
the industry dropped nearly per
cent, to 82la per cent.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14


RESOURCES
J. Loans and discounts. 49,. .s42s. s9e.&s
= overdrafts ...:....... 27s1o
4. Other bonds, stocks and
securities owned ..... 1880 III
.. Banking house, 32s,31s So:
furniture and fixtures
a1s4s2 ~ ............. 41so1aE
.. Cash and due from banks S4.aOg %
10. Outside checks and other
cash items. ............. 5xA
Total, ........,.......... s7Os.a7Is,ss5s
LIABILITIES -
y. Capital stock paid in. -. 3so,ooneO
16. Surplus ........... S0OD0se0
II. Undivided profits-net. s,0sfzfK
Il. Due to banks. including
certified and cashiers
checks outstanding ..... S1sI2Sa
s2. Demand deposits. ..;.... 2Ts,65s16F
20. Time deposits. ,........4.. 2sI,f4SsB
n x
Total. :......... .s7os.s7fs5
District Of Columbia ss: -
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
PRODUCE SHIPMENTS

entire United States for Tuesday. No
Yember H.
Apples-Maryland. IL; New York. 30;
Virginia, az; Washington, 1913; West
Virginia, As; others. 1876. Total. ASS.
Grapes-California, black Juice, a.
white Juice. 81; table. 150; unelassified,
/. Total, 24s.
0nions--Colorado, 10: Indiana. a.
Michigan, 22; New York, 15t Ohio. 90
others. Is. Total, 107.
oeanges-Aiabama. ~; California. 81
Florida, IS: Louisiana. 4; Mississippi,
Texas. 3. Total 17S.
Potatoes-Colorado, 20; idaho, 80
Maine, 1856; Minnesota, IS; New York
%; others, eos. Total SCI.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
BANK STATEMENTS

REPORT OF CONDITION
OF the
Woodbridge, Langdon Savings
b Commercial Bank
or Washington. in the District OF CO,
iumbia, at the close Of business
on October 4, 1929. -
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
MA NY STOCKS
LOWEST IN
8 YEARS
RxlW. 5. COUSINS


NEW YORK, Nov. Is (I.N.S0.-
Except for q brief rally in the fore
noon. when q few of the leading
industrial and railroad shares
made an effort to ward off re-
peated waves Of distress selling,
LIQUIDATION and short selling, the
stock market displayed renewed
weakness today, with the lowest
prices in two years recorded for q
hundred or more of the active
shares.
Failure of the leaders to .hold''
today, after the steady downward
movements Of the last few days,
was extremely discouraging to the
pulls, patiently waiting for turn
IN the tide.
Dumping Goes On
The selling ranks have been
qWelled in the last day or two by
the dumping in Of stocks bought
BY bargain hunters after the
first heavy break. Acting on the
advice and example Of prominent
names these investors purchased
stocks of whose real values they
knew little or nothing, with disap-
pointing results.
The downward procession car
xied with it the best of the blue
chips and dividend-paying shares
with long and successful records
rs money earners and profit
Sharers. United States Steel fell
away to 1914. the lowest price Of
the year, and numerous popular
industrials sold at the lowest
prices of the past two or three
years.
Weakness in the. copper stocks
accompanied new rumors of a
cut in prices of the red metal.
Investment trusts were heavy
sellers of these stocks. Anaconda
broke to "A and Kennecott sold
below so for the first time, q
loss Of Z points.
American Can. the so-called pet
of the First National Bank crowd,
was also under fire and dropped
off Z points to 80.
. Volume Heavy
Instead Of shrinkage In the
volume of trading on the big
board as expected. the short SEES
sion of the market was packed
TO the limit with selling of the
most urgent sort, q volume Of
5,0O0,0 shares was rolled up
before the end Of the third hour
and the ticker was more than
an hour late at the close. Bull.
lish industrial and business re
ports flashed to the financial
district were without effect in
drying up the flood of liquida.
ton and short selling pouring
into the market.
General Electric broke Is points
to ITO, completing a loss Of 227
points in less than two months.
Steel common sold at $50, bring,
ing its total shrinkage from the
high Of the year to liz points.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
sHAW'S PEN COSTLY

LONDON, Nov. "A uNS0.-
Autographed letters OF George
Bernard Shaw come high. AT an
auction yesterday one brought
$40 and another $195. An un-
published poem which Shaw COM
posed for the Ellen Terry jubilee
brought 5000.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
KlWANlS BRANCH PLANNED

Possibilities of organizing a new
club in the Northwest section
Of the city, will be discussed to-
day at 1890 o'clock at the weekly
meeting of the Kiwanis Club in
the Washington Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
GRAINS OPEN HIGHER

CHICAGO, Nov. "a uNSD -
Grains opened higher today
Wheat was up 7s to 1hc; corn
" to Zee, and oats. " to &c.
OPENING PRICES:
Wheat - December, $1.15H;
March. s1.52N; May. $l.2s.
Corn=-December, SIC; March,
921ac; May. 94094hc.
Oats - December, 44A0441ac;
March, 47Ac; May, 49h0493sc.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14

I. EPPA L. NORRIS. vice presideat
and cashier of the above-named baffR
do soiemnly swear that the ab6pe
statement IL true to the best OF my
knowledge and belief. -
EPPA L. NORRIS, ~
Vice President and Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 18th day of October, 1923.
(SeaD KENNETH r. ARMSTRONG;
Notary PubliG.
Correct--Attest:
H. p. BALDWIN,
THOS s. MALLDN
A. $. HENDERSON,
Directorc
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-20
NEGROES MAY.
SAVE POPULAR.
LOCAL THEATER
Otherwise, Closing of The
Alkrama Would Cripple The
Carolina Left Alone in
The Field

A happy solution of a problem
that has threatened to limit the
showing of many notable talking
screen productions in Elizabeth
City was arrived at this week
when w. T. Culpcpper decided to
abandon the Gaiety Theatre for
colored people, give the balcony
OF the Alkrama Theatre to the
colored people and thereby save
The Alkrama.
The Alkrama Theatre has not
been paying its way since Mr.. Cul-
pepper installed sound system in
the Carolina Theatre and began to
give Elizabeth City the big hits in
TalkieS.
But to have closed the Alkrama
would have restricted him to the
use of $50 films year and the big
moving picture producers insist up
on their clients buying a great many
more pictures than that If they are
to get any price concession at all.
And so this week The Alkrama
Theatre is being remodeled to take
care of a colored patronage that Is
expected to enable it to continue as
a popular price playhouse for white
people as well. The two races Will
make no contact in the remodeled
theatre; the colored people will have
their own entrance to the balcony
on the North Side of the house. A
stairway nearly six feet wide from
the street will replace the old three
foot stairway that now leads to the
balcony from the lobby. The Al
krama will cater to the better class
of colored people, nCs showing the
low types of pictures that appeal
to the hoodlum element.
If the experiment succeeds, says
Mr.. Culpepper, Il plan to install a
sound system in the Alkrama, as
good as the sound system in the
Carolina; it will be necessary to do
this because practically all OF the
good pictures OF the future will be
sound pictures or Talkies; the silent
picture will be rarely shown in the
future
Mr.. Culpepper says he did not
reach a decision to make the AL
krama bi-racial until he had dis
cussed the matter with many repre-
sentative citizens. mo where,
Continued on Next Page
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-20
1t Started Out
To Serve The
Little Fellow

Does it pay bank to cater to the
small fellow as we'll as to the large
one? Ask Harry G. Kramer, CASH
ier of the Savings Bank & Trust
Company of this city. this question
and he will undoubtedly tell you
that it does.
Starting in business on December
II. 1903, with a total capital OF S25,-
OCO, the Savings Bank & Trust Com
pany adopted the slogan "Sympa-
thetic to every need, Faithful to
every trust" The officers of the
bank made it a special point to listen
to the small fellow, and has grown
to the position to where its present
capital, surplus and undivided pro-
fits amount to a total of S275000.
The Savings Bank g. Trust Com
pany merged with the Mercantile
Bank in 1915, at which time its CAPT.
tai was increased to $4,000. Again
in 1918 it's capital was increased to
100000. It's undivided profits and
surplus is estimated at Sl75,000
Today it is one of the most import
ant Banking houses in North East
ern North Carolina.
The regular Six per cent semi
annual dividend to stockholders was
declared at a meeting of the direc-
tors last Friday. The bank has paic
$4,000 in dividends to stockhclder!
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-20
A Very Old and Very
Good Thing
By "W. o.

Tn EARLY nineteen hundred years ago there
sSfIN walked and preached in PalcstOnc an timer
tss&Sl ant preacher of humble parcntaSc who was
looked upon with scorn and contempt by nice people,
He preached nothing new, taught nothing that had
not been taught by Jewish prophets before him and
bv pagan philosophers OF other lands and other times
But he founded sect that in the OF time made
an alliance with powerful Roman emperor and, with
state aid established the most powerful ecclesiastical
and political organization earth.
The date of the birth OF Jesus the Christ has
never been established, but Roman hierarchy arb-
trari1v fixed it as Of December 18th, co-incding
with the time of the winter sosticc then celebrated
bv eating, drinking and RIGHTEOUSNESS among pagan
peoples.
JeS,ts taught nothing under the sun and
Christmas was a very ancient and venerable holiday
thruout the pagan world long, long before Christ.
But the cult which Jesus founded gave Christmas
rather new significance and it became Symholcal OF
the best teachings OF the Master who had reduced all
PHILOSOPHERS to the simple axiom that all men arc
brothers, all children OF the same Father and as such,
should live together on earth devoted family.
Humans including most OF the protesting fol-
lowers of Jesus, never have gotten the big idea III
their heads. but they approach more nearly to the
big idea at the Christmas time, for few days III
each year And this is what makes Christmas beat
tiiul and glorious Enter then into the spirit OF
Christmas and experience the great JOY Of being kind
and tolerant and helpful and generous and cheerful
for brief season. 1t will pay YOU big dividends i'll
satisfaction. ,.
In that spirit the editor oi this newspaper APP
proaches the Christmas OF 1929; may it bring YOU
blessings that will live with YOU thru the New car
that lies just ahead.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-20
che BANK CLERK AsO Tug SOOA JGpKeR
A SOCIAL NOTE

nav me. I hate to pick on the girl
friend. but have been wanting 10
oct even with her old daddy Tor a
long time.
"The early morning scene cul-
minated in the tricky wife going 10
several lawyers offices in town. only
TO find that none of them would
take her case. At the same tlme
the Doc was in a helluva hole, be-
cause if he went to court he'd have
q hard time explaining what he was
doing in another woman's room IN
his pajamas, drinking liquor with
her. Doc squared things up by
signing separation papers, giving MS
wife the custody OF their child and
agreeing to cough up 5000 a month
The wife packed up and left town.
ut was hard on the young girl
in the case, wasn't it?" said the
| Bank Clerk sympathetically.
Served her right" said the SOFA
Jerker; Il know that girl; there
nothing evil about her, but she's one
of those bold young moderns VINO
thinks it smart to be shocking, She
has been running with some OF the
cheapest female buns in town,
see her lolling around this dump
smoking cigarettes in public ano
swapping risque stories with othel
! female buns. She has been tolo
repeatedly to lay off the company
she keeps, but she went to college
two years, acquired the cigarette
habit, a taste for corn liquor ana q
stock of wisecracks; she thinks she
knows more than her old man ano
everybody else who has age enough
to have acquired some sense ano
discernment. I aint got mucr
sympathy for a girl who runs WIFI
bad company; you got to pick your
company in a little town or, sooner
or later, they'll pick you"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-12-20
This WILL MAKE
some OF Them
PAYON ACCOUNT

Elizabeth City banks are crowd
ed from : P. VI. to s p. VI. every
Saturday night. Many oil those
VINO crowd the banks at this hour
are salary or wage workers VINO
are paid BY check. They go to the
bank to get their check caShed.
They will find the banks closed on
on Saturday nights after Jan. l.
1880.
It's going to embarraSs a lot OF
fellows who go to the banks to get
their Saturday pay checks caSheo'
Unable to get cash from the banks
they will have to go to their mer-
chant to get their checks cashed'
And thpv can't ask the merchant to
cash their checks without paying
him something on account.
City banks Go not observe Satur-
dav night hours; Elizabeth City
hanks have been talking of closing
saturday nights after Jan. l.
The custom of keeping Saturday
nieht banking hours originated III
Elizabeth City many years back
when the merchants did the bulk OF
their business on Saturday after
Moons and few merchants had salts
fqctory safes in which to carry over
their Saturday receipts until the
barE~ cDened Monday morning. But
times have changed. AutomopiIeS
ard good roads spread the met-
chants business over the entire week
Ever big merchant to-day has re-
spectable steel safe.
It will only be a question OF TIME
before the banks will close on SAT
rrdav at noon. following another
established city custom. BANKERS
like 10 play golf; Saturday after
neon finds most city bankers on q
golf course; Elizabeth City bankers
would like to play golf on Saturday
afternoons.