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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

= BY installation OF dSepllC ldtihS Va
chlorinators at the Elizabeth City
State Normal School and the Ellz-
abeth City Hospital, the water In
Hospital Bay, the most popular
bathing beach at Elizabeth C.y. can
/ be rendered safe for bathers. The
cost would be inconsiderable. a
chlorinator costing approximately
$3.50 could be attached to the sew
erage mains of both of the offending
institutions, according to City
Chemist T. r. McCrea. 1t would
cost $500 to $1,000 a month for
! chemicals to keep chlorinator' 60
ing and it would destroy all danger
GUS germ life in the sewerage and
make the waters safe enough for thc
youngsters who play in it. .. 2..,
Aseptic tanks for the treatment
of the sewerage with hypochlorldc
of lime could be maintained at less
expense, altho the initial cost Of the
thanks would be greater than the
cost of the chlorinators. ~ +; ~
Winter and Summer several hum,
dred Students arc quartered at the
Colored State Normal School. The
sewerage from this institution flows
into Pasquotank River barely q half
mile below the hospital. Sewerage
frcm the hospital flows Into the
river at a point near thef beach
where bathing is most inviting;
While this sewerage is thoroly diltt-
ed and not apparent EIIi'the vEst
body of water comprising the bay Iat
this point, it Is a fact that tlie
waters are polluted with the germs
of communicable diseases : New
York City health ar,shoriHes.. haSc
concluded after a careful inyestiga-
ton that fifteen per cent Of typhoid
fever cases may be traced TO bathing
in polluted waters.
This newspaper has repeatedly
called attention to this local health
menace and stressed the need OF
bathing facilities for the townSfolk.
Last summer Mayor Flora erected
public showers attached to fire plugs
in several neighbourhoods of the
town and helped the situation some
what by making shower baths pos
sible for hundreds Of youngsters and
keeping them out Of the river. But
this was at best makeshift. Eliz-
abeth City really ought to build a
swimming pool for the youngsters,
but in the absence Of finances with
which to build a swimming pool,
asepticism of the sewerage from the
State Normal School and the HoSpi-
tai could be provided. This news
paper believes that DR.. John Saliba,
owner of the Elizabeth City HoSpi-
tai. and the directors of the State
Normal School would cooperate
with the city in cleaning up the
waters of the Pasquotank River in
Hospital Bay if properly approached.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29
Takes Fur Choker
From Local Store

Three fine fur choSerS lying
around in the woman's ready-to-
wear department OH the second floor
in the store Of McCabc & Grice
proved too great a temptation for
somebody last Saturday.
Some one picked up one of those
chokers. valued b. the firm at
around 500 retail price and nothing
has been heard of it since. The
chokers had been ordered especial
u for a customer OF the firm and
were waiting for kcr inspection
Monday morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

HERE'S a pencil s:ieICn o. Bingham
Halstead, junior member of the
White-Halstead Shoe Store, Eliz-
abeth City's popular foot outfitters.
The White Halstead Company has
enioved remarkable success. There
have been great changes in the
shoe business in recent years. In
fact the shoe business continues 10
! change, especially in shoes for
women and misses. Materials and
STYLES in Women'S shoes are chang
, ing faster than most small town
dealers can keep up with them. The
pace is too fast fo:- the conservative
fashioned merchant and shoe
dealer to succeed to-day must have
Youthful outlook and a lot OF
enterprise. to keep his stocks up to
date and hold his customers. BlnS-
hcr, HalStead has got 1t in large
measure. And his infectious good
nature makes craftsmanship easy for
him. While the e-Halstead
store sells shoes for men, women
! and children. you can just take one
look at Bingham and tell that his
specialty is selling the women.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29
ALMOST MADE A
WHITE MAN OUT
OF A MULATTO
Ard Now Coagnessm-n Abee-
nethy Of New Bern Is Hav-
ing a Hard Time Explain
ing

How George EubankS, wealthy
New Bern, n. C., mulatt0 almost
became a white man by Law at the
hands of tho recent n. C.. General
Assembly, has thrown terror into
the hearts of proud New Bern
ianS and Congressman ChaS. l..
Abcrnethy Of New Bern, who
might have got a fat fec by pass
inr the mulatto brother over the
cclcr linz. is coming in for storm
CT ccrsurc.
I In New Bern, where money Is q;
scarce as raimcnt in a bathing
beauty revue. one Colored brother
has grown rich under National Pro
hibltlon. He lives in fine home
employs a rctinuo OF service ano
Owns not one but a fleet Of fine
motor cars. Most OF his customers
are white people and George has
fraternized with the whites OF New
Bern under National Prohibition
until he aspired TO be one Of them.
Some one. believed to have been
Congressman Abcrnethy himself
tried to fix it up for George ana got
a bill thru the lower branch of the
General Assembly on March 7th
that almost made him a white man
at law. Aberncthy denies that h"
was the instigat0r of the bill, but
his NEIGHBOURS have fixed it on him
to their satisfaction at least.
Under the statute law of North
Carolina a person Of Negro blood
NAV not intcrmarry with whites up
20 and including the third genera
ton. But there is an mT7ftten law
that one drop of Negro blood makes
q Negro and one whose status as a
NEGRO is established in a commlm-
itv. altho he be as white as lily
is subjected to all the restrictions
imposed upon the race. We are not
so particular about Indians ana
three generations Of white blood IN
The veins of an Indian makes him
acceptable to the whites. SO II a
bright mulatto Negro could prove
that his color came from Indian
rather than Negro ancestors, ne
might pass as a white man.
Now the following bill was intro
duccd in the General Assembly by
Representative Victor Young OF Dur
ham. who had no personal interest
in the bill. but did it just a obllgf
friend. He said he didn't know
there was "a niger in the Woodplle
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
/ ACT RELATING TO THE STA
TUS OF KITTY LEACH OF
MOHAWK INDIAN TRIBE.
/ The General Assembly oi
! North Carolina do enact:
! Section !. That it Is declared
, that one. whose maiden name
was Kitty Leach, late of North
! Carolina, and who lived from
about the year eighteen hundred
A. d., to eighteen hundred and
sixty six A. D., was a lCll
bloodcd Mohawk Indian; TINS
/ being the same person that was
the mother of the late Luclnda
Stanley by James G. Stanley.
Section 2. That nothing III
this act shall affect the proper
ty rights of any persons whom
SoeVCr. =:
Section 3. That all laws and
Continued on Page Eight
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29
nj. FORCE THE HAND OF
FEDERAL BUREAUCRA'T
X Csrolina General Assembly Goes To
tovsr and Congress Over Head OF Chief
Lancer jadwin in Canal Locks Matter

n ..s;on Of hc General Assembly Of North Carolina
% ~ rrht of Federal Bureaucrat to ignore the prayer
of citizens seeking reiief from ntoerabe govern
~ For three years Major General Edgar JadWin Chiei
, the 7 : Army withholding certain intorma-
' -.s concerning the pollution of the waters of Cur
sound The mighty General has becn positively nsu'ns 10
p r insisted that his reports be made public And row
N forced.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

Seventy people out of every hun
dred have defective eyesight.. 4ot
may be suffering from eye stralr'
which later causes blindness. Let
us give your eyes the attention they
deserve. DIR. J. d. HATHAWAY
EyeSight specialist. cav
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

Lloyd Payne. who led five men to
freedom in a sensational jail break
at Wayncsville a few years ago,
when he was shot in the vitalS by a
shot gun in the hands of Com
modore Curtis. The two men is said
to have quarrcled over Lucy Curtis
with whom Payne had a disagree
mCnt.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

More than 65fo OF Llle pi-ael -g~rs
who cross the Atlantic tJ set Ill
rope ART wolner, maIiy vi tcm
elderly. 70%o Of tic passang,I- u
cruiSes IL married colpics.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29
HOSPITAL BAY CAN BE
MADE SAFEFOR BATHERS
Comparatively inexpensive Chemical Treat
ment of Much Sewerage Would Destroy
Harmful Bacteria in Water ...

that bathing In the
waters of Paouotan the vicinity of Elizabeth City
bath account of the pollution Of inc
waters failed out of the water And
now another summer the youngsters will be In
can't small boy or duck OUT OIL 'he
water But something be done about the water
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

,,....- addressed II the
,r. .. .as United States. the
,,r o.. W., the Secretary Of
.,4 p, the Congress OF the
s,s.s>. adopted by the recent
[, Assembly. goes over the
,hs big Jadwin and seeks
q. rho President and Con-
= IS probable that the big
- rn-,neerS will have to eN-
l. his President and to Con-
H. he has withheld a report
|, r,> oru>red to make more
ta.ss Years agO. Here Is the
bon
4 rrsOLUTION
r HoquC>ting The PrcSi-
o. The United States. The
Bar OF War and the Con-
| o. The United States to Ap-
and authorize the Restor-
| ot TIE Lock in The Virginia
n The FORMER Albemarlc and
|soaaso Canal. How q Part Of
yor:a.E-Beaufovt Waterway.
EFEAS. the United States has
TO- purchased what was
=, the hibcmarle e. Che a
Canal. connecting Elizab2th
Virginia, with Albemarle
North Carolina. and has I'M
.ha >ame as a section OF the
sal Waterway between the
Norfolk. Virginia. ana Beau
lcyrh Carolina; and.
EPEAS. at the time of the
...1n of said Canal by the
states there existed a lock
Ism in the Virginia Cut OF
tsgal near Great Bridge, Viz
lv,r. ,ock had been in oper-
1- my years. and probably
uction OF said Canal,
,0.s s~Ong other purposes.
~ds. 70 prevent the flow OF
.,- ~..awardly through said
r'1 '.a .roSh waters of Back
.-..a and Currituck Sound,
Cs- ..a and adjacent
! PEAS -.gyI" the progress OF
h --~m-.- # said Canal. the
4 d.'m-.. rCmoTcd sad lock
\ m. hrs never been rcSto.-
IS ...~0 the removal OF
d + t... ~ Widening. deepen
d -0.u- Of the Canal,
-.. .. al, water from
D .-d Hampton Roads
.~.' .-hwa-dly through
q . he fresh waters
, 2 -~-,nla. and Curri-
3 "au Carolina. and
\ hereby creating a
E -Uch waters. and
4 ..-e material has
! sr-n Elizabcth
r# Canal into the
'..f state. thereby
3 ..Dv and turbid.ty
U and.
d .lluIry of said
? .mprcGnaIon OF
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-29

Sign of Spring: SCoIflaW oillNG
lD the Old bottle capper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
How to Enjoy the Flu!
By DR.. Woods
Hutchinson

IMMINENT physician explains what has
caused the influenza epidemic, and
writes delightfully."- on how to cure it.
After reading him, you would almost wish
you were victim, so as to enjoy this fas-
cinating prescription for getting we'll He
orders regular daily feast, including ice
cream and other dietetic allurenents Look
for his wonderful article in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
BUSINESS FINE
ON MUTUAL
CIRCUIT

This season the holiday business
enjoyed by the Strand Theater and
other theaters on the Mutual bur.
lesque circuit was unprecedented.
From Christmas day, right through
to Saturday, January 5. every
house on the circuit played to
overlooking audience, at every
performance.
Naturally large business is ex.
pected during this period, but
nothing approaching the volume
of attendance registered this season
has ever before been reached in
burlesque. According to reports
from all managers, the spectators
simply "ate the shows up" as the
saying goes.
Female patronage of Mutual per-
formances has become general all
over the circuit, and to this fact
must be attributed the remarkable
growth Of Mutual burlesque.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
MR.. COCEIRAN IS
RUSHIN G
SPRING

Plans completed for the sum.
mer season in the National, s. e.
Cochran, manager of the National
Theater Players. announces that
his thespians will open their fifth
successive season, Immediately
upon the close Of the present
winter regime. 1t is believed the
National Theater Players will get
underway in the early spring.
In making ready to enter their =
fifth successive. summer season..
the National Theater Players bid
fair TO hang up a record In Ameri-
can theatricals. One Of the out
standing repertoire companies OF
the United States, the National
Theater Players have produced
some rs plays in the course OF
their career in Washington.
There have been revivals. notably
that of the Forbes-Robertson
work, THE Passing of the Third
Floor Back" which won favorable
CNCh LIOAh OuA-Oh-NO"A
critics.
The season ahead promises to
be greater even than those that
have gone by. There are plans
for some of the current Broadway
successes and a revival Of one or
two of the outstanding plays OF
the past. AS a matter Of fact,
there has never been such a pre-
tentious booking as this now in
the office of Mr.. Cochran-that
is, booking for repertoire. The
plays, some of them very diff.
cult to secure, will call for the
best talent in the theater. and. to
make sure of perfect production.
arrangements have been made
with sveral new players to join
the cast this summer.
Most of the former players
have signed up and there remains
now only a few more signatures
before the company's entire roster
is complete.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
ON THE MUSIC
CALENDAR
FOR DC.

ossip Gabrilowitsch will APP
pear in the twc-fold capacity OF
conductor and pianist at the
Philadelphia Orchestra concert in
the Washingtop Auditorium on
Tuesday afternoon, January %.
The first half of the program,
consisting of purely orchestral
works, will be directed by Mr..
Gabrilowitsch, while the second
part will be devoted to the
Brahms B flat concerto for piano
and orchestra with Mr.. Gabrilow-
itsch at the keyboard and DR..
Artur Rodzinski conducting the
orchestra. 1t was with this mum.
Der that Mr.. Gabrilowitsch re-
Gently scored an overwhelming
triumph in Philadelphia, when at
days notice he appeared IN
the place of Vladimir Horowitz,
who was III and unable to play.
The orchestral portion OF the
offerings consists of three works.
the always popular "FreischLetZ"
overture of Weber, "The Haunted
Castle" by Mr.. Gabrilowltsch's
colleague, Josef Hofmann. and
Enesco's Roumanian Rhapsody
No. J..
Tickets at T. Arthur Smith
Concert Bureau. 1880 G st. N. w,
The Swastilxa Quartet of the
Curtis Institute of Music, which
IL making its first public appear.
6nces in concert outside OF Phila.
delphia this season. will be heard
in the ballroom of the Mayflower
Hotel, on Thursday afternoon,
January II, at $3.50 o'clock under
the local management of Mrs.
Wilson, Greene.
The program will include Bee
thoven's Quartet in r Minor,
Opus, IS; Charles Tomlinson
Critics two sketches for string
Quartet based, on Aldian themes
and Mozart's quartet in d Minor,
Kochel No. All.
The Swastika Quartet. is com.
posed of CANA Gilbert and Ben
jamin Sharlip, violins: Sheppard
Lehnoff. viola; and Orlando Cole,
violoncello.
Seats for the Swastika Quartet
are now on sale at Mrs. Wilson
Greene's Concert Bureau, in
Droop's, 1900 @ st. N. W.
Jascha HeifetZ, world-famous
violin genius, will make his only
concert appearance Of the season
OF 192s-29 in Washington, at
Polls Theater, next Tuesday after
noon, January Is, at 4:30 o'clock,
as the second attraction in Mrs.
Wilson -Greene's Philh m / c
course of afternoon concerts. He
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

will be assisted by Isidor Achron
at the piano.
Mr.. Heifetz's program will i'll.
clude: Sonata in F Minor largo
Vivace, ma non troppe-Cantabile-
Passionate) Qocatelli): t'Earghetto"
CVivaldi-H eifetz); "Rigaudon" (Ra-
T1eau-Heifetz); les Pctits Moul-
ins Vent" (CoupeFin-P Press;
''Prelude" (Bach.Kreisler); Con.
certo (Allegro, motto appassionatel;
Andante; Allegretto non troppo-
Allegro motto vivace) Men
delssohn); "Nocturne" Boulanger);
"Puck" .(Crieg- Achron): "Jota"
(deFalla):, Introduction and Taran-
telle" (Sarasatel.
New York music circles are ex-
pectantly awaiting the opening at
the Manhattan Opera House Mon
day night Of the repertoire season
Of the German Grand Opera Com
pany in five Of Wagner's greatest
operas, which will also be given by
the same company in Washington
beginning January 20 at Polls
Theater.
The Boston Symphony orches-
ira, Serge Koussevitzky, conduc-
tor, will make its second Wash.
ington appearance of the current
season Wednesday afternoon,
March s, at 4:3O o'clock, instead of
on March 5, as was enormously an
nounced last week. Mr.. Kousse-
vitzky win conduct both Wash
ington performances, including the
January 80 appearance Of the or
chestra.
The internationally renowned
Flonzaley Quartet win he heanl
for the last time in Washington
on the evening of Thursday,
January IL, IN the auditorium of
Central High School, under the
auspices Of the Community Insti.
. tute OF this city,.
The Interstate Male Chorus,
Clyde 3. AitcAlsol, conductor,
now enters upon the ninth must.
cal season, offering its Twenty
fifth Jubilee Concert at the d.
A. r. Continental Memorial Hall,
THURSDAY evening, January II at
$3.50 p. m.
The first concert of the chorus
was held on March q 1921, and of
the 20 men who sang on that
program william H. Bonneville,
Harold NJ. Brown, Felix f. Early.
Andrew c. wilkins. A. f. Heiss,
Howard Hosn1er. J. Paul Kelly.
Thomas e. Pyne. and Rnrt r,
Smelser are still active members
e. the chorus. The chorus has had
the same conductor throughout.
Clyde b. Aitchisoh. who has
directed every concert ~ the
organization In thoroughly arts
tic manner. William A. Maidens
has sung in every concert until
the present one when Business
gospels him to be absent from
the city. =
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
WHAT'S JUST AHEAD
IN TFIEATERS

Loew-Publix presentation by Paul
DISCARD "Cheerio."
Following Interference" at
Loew's Columbia is the epic of the
air, Wings" This version is en-
HANGED by sound effects and
musical synchronization. Clara
Bow, Buddy" Rogers, Richard
Arlen and Gary Cooper are fea-
tured.
"Abie's Irish Rose" will be pre-
sented at Cfandall's Metropolitan
following the current engagement
of "On Trial" which is now draw.
ing capacity audiences to the
theater, in its screen version with
sound effects. perfect musical
score and talking. Nancy Carroll
and Charles Buddy" Rogers are
featured in the cast having the
roles of Rosemary and Able, re-
spectively. Others who are
featured includes such well-known
names as J. Farrell Macdonald,
Mike Cooley, Jean Hersholt,
Bernard Corcey, Ida Kramer, and
sGamillus Pretal.
Submarine" acclaimed by the
press and the public as the most
unusual photoplay ever presented
on a screen will be the major
screen offering at the Earl The
alter for the week beginning with
the Friday mignight premiere,
Friday, January 10. Jack Holt,
Dorothy Revier and Ralph Graves
are the three stars who are
featured in this thrilling tale of
the sea. Added short reels and
Vitaphone presentations will CON-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12

Honeymoon Lane" with Kate
Smith In her original role will
follow the second week of Hit
the Deck" at the Belasco Theater,
announces Impresario Cook of
the Savoy Musical Comedy Com.
pany. 1t was announced that
sally" would be the coming at
traction, but when Mr.. Cook dis
covered that Miss Smith was
planning to leave Washington in
two weeks time for an extended
vaudeville tour on the Keith Cir
cult, he switched his offerings, so
that this popular artist might be
able to appear in the role which
brought her fame On Broadway.
This will be the last chance that
Washington admirers of Miss
Smith will get TO see and hear
her in long time.
Ziegfeld's "Sallyp will follow
Eddie Dowling's greatest musical
hit.
Next week the Fox will present
Dolores Del Rio, Charles Farrell
and Ivan Linow in THE Red
Dance"
This is another of the Fox
specials that has brought new
luster to the producers name.
1t gives Del Rio what reviewers
of the ~1eEess> have stated to be ner
most coIorful role and gives to
Charles Farrell, of Seventh
Heaven" Street Angel and
"Fazil," an equally effective char.
Jacter as in any of his previous
successes.
Ivan Linow is not yet known to
Washington theatergoers-but he
viii be after The Red Dance
Is unfolded.
Beginning with the matinee
Sunday, January 20, the Strand
Theater Wf1l present stolen
Sweets" billed as the show of
thousand laughs. The headliners
in Stolen Sweets" are Harry
Levine and Edith Palmer and the
roster includes a great company,
with special mention coming to
La Jade the Dancer Supreme"
and Temptation Chorus.
Emil Jannings, the inimitable,
comes to Loew's Palace next week
in one of his greatest roles in
Sins of the Fathers" a story of
American life. On the stage is a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Bill Mcclure Is Working
For Car From Ziegfeld

Florenz Ziegfe1d recently
promised William Anthony Nc
CURE, author of the musical yer.
sion of '"The Three Musketeers,"
Minerva automobile fully
equipped, if he delivered the books
of "Whoopee," East Is West"
Nell Gwynne, and Joan OF
Arc" on scheduled time.
The author made good in the
case of "Whoopee" and has put
the finishing touches on East Is
West" which is to be the next
big Ziegfeld musical. He figures
he is sure to win the car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-01-12
Miss COOper's Record

Quite as well known on the
American stage as in London,
her home, is the lovely Violet
Kemble Cooper. who plays the
blonde rival of the brunette,
Mary Nash. for the gallant at
tentions of the young diplomat in
THE Command To Love" at Polls
Theater, Miss Cooper has graced
our stage in Happiness, 'Foun.
tain of Youth" Dear Brutus,"
THE Silver Fox" The Laughing
Lady" 1.-The Unchastened Won.
an" and "On Approval"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-12-20
OBITUARY
Mrs. Lawson Tosh

Mrs. Leora Crothers ITosh, wife of
Lawson c. Tosh of this town, died at
an early hour Wednesday morning
in Richards Hospital, Port Deposit.
where she had been taken for treat
ment for pneumonia, on Monday.
Mrs. Tosh was principal of Colora,
public school and taught until Fris
day of last week, when she was
compelled to remain at home on ac-
count of illness. Pneumonia devel-
oped and her condition grew rapidly
worse, death claiming her after, an
illness of but five days.
The deceased was the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Crothers and
was born and spent her entire life in
this section. For years past she had
taught in the public schools of the
county
Her husband, one son, John L., and
one daughter, Martha, survive.
Funeral serices will be held at her
late home in Rising Sun. ON Satur-
day, Dec. 21, at 1900 p. rn.s with in
terment in West Nottingham Pres
byterian cemetery.