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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
MANTE0 YOUTH
FOUND BRANDED
:ANCROPEBOUND

And now Manteo, that peaceful
little town en- Roanoke Island has
a brand new mystery to solve
Charlie Hines, son of a Methodist
preacher of that town, was found
bound and tied with rope last
Monday night with the figure
branded on one of his arms.
Rumor has it that young Hines,
who is Is years old, received let
ter Monday with the name OF a boy
friend signed to it asking him to
meet the writer Just or?s of the town
of Manteo Monday night at 8:30
and to bring a rope with him, not
explaining what was to be conc
with the rope.
1t is said that Hines was on the
spot at the appointed time VITA
his rope. and that two men grabbed
him knocked him unconscious
bound him with the rope ana purn-
ed the figure on his arm. He was
later discovered in a daZcd condl-
ticn and that is the story he Is SAID
to have told.
The boys father went to work and
hired a detective and two blood
hounds from Norfolk to come tc
Manteo and try to catch the meH
who did the dirty work. Then the
boy is said to have confessed that
he did it himself; but the thing
that is worrying residents OF Man
teo is how he could bind hmSel!
with a rope and then brand him.
self with hot iron or something
else.
And so the little town OF Mantec
is agog with excitement trying X
solve the mystery Of a boy tying
himself up with rope and tortur-
ing himself with a branding iron.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

There is not only the Duke En-
dowment with millions pledged to
support of public disqualification.
but now comes Julius Rosenwald OF
Chicago with a fund of $30,0OO,OOo
for Negro health in the South, this
fund to be drawn upon by public
hospitals making provision for
Negroes. The Elizabeth City Hos
pital operated under the Duke En-
dowment would not only draw fin
ancial aid from Duke, but from the
new Rosenwald fund as well, lifting
much of the burden of hospitaliza-
ton of INDECENT cases, both white
and black. off the local public.
DR.. Saliba offers to lease the Eliz-
abeth City Hospital to a Board OF
Trustees to be approved by The
Duke Endowment for 5000 a year,
to be paid from the profits of the
hospital. No profits, no pay for
Saliba. The Board of Trustees
doesn't have to put up any money.
The question now arises, who
should be the trustees? The answer
is obvious: the Board of Aldermen.
the County Commissioners, the
Ministerial Union, the Board OF
Education, the Chamber OF Com
merce, the two civic clubs and the
owner should each appoint a
trustee and there should be- a
trustee at large, making a board OF
nine. This board would make a
contract with The Duke Endowment
and the management of the hospi-
tai would be thereafter directed by
this Endowment. No medical man
should appear on the Board of
Trustees. =
With all public and civic agencies
Of the city and county cooperating
and with the hospital under the
supervision and guidance OF iDr.
Watson S. Rankin, medical: director
of The Duke Endowment, and his
trained staff. the Elizabeth CITY
Hospital; would become Northeast
ern North, Carolina health centre.
Dr.. saliba would get his lease
money, = '.'. e..
At the same time. Elizabeth City
should not enter into contract
with The Duke Endowment unad-
visedly. 1t would be good procedure
for Mayor J. B. Flora with the
approval of C. A. Ownley, chairman
OF the Board of County Commits
sioners, to invite DR.. w. S. Rankin
to come to Elizabeth City and dis
cuss the matter with large group
drawn from the various organiza-
tions interested. Or either OF the
local civic clubs, RotarianS or
Kiwanians, could sponsor such a
meeting and bring representatives
of the various groups together Tor
discussion with DR.. Rankin.
Something should be done about 1t.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
When Young Mems
Fancies Turn 10 Love

When the poet wrote that in the
spring young mans fancy lightly
turns to- thoughts Of love, he just
didn't know how heavy this love
stun is in young heads. Levi Nixon
and JcD and Sclwyn Bass of ChoWan
County asked Julie and ESS!c Hill,
aged j. and IS respectively, to 60
to ride with them. The girls rctuS-
cd and went to ride with another
man.
And then to prove there was Meth
ing light about their fancy. Lew
and Jap and Se!Wyn pursued the
girls and ditchcd the automobilH
they we're riding III.
Jcp and Selwyn were fined $50
each and sentences of four months
on the roads suspended upon pay
mCnt of costs. Nixon was fined SlOO
and sentenced to six months on the
roads which he must serve.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
HARD BOILED,
TAXIDRIVERS
MUST BE PAID

Laird W. Hanna, printer, type
salesman, couldn't handle liquor.
He knew it. But he steadfastly
refused to profit by his knowledge.
To-day he is lansuishins in the
Pasquotank County Jail where he
was sentenced to 80 days impris-
onment By the Recorders Court
Wednesday morning.
I'D rather spend six months IN
the State Prison than one month IN
that dirty jail" said Judge Sawyer
in passing sentence. But the Judge
sent him to jail. Passing worthless
checks. drunkenness and failure 10
pay cab driver brought the jail
sentence.
Hanna has been giving worthless
checks in Elizabeth City and else
where for months. but managed to
escape prosecution until under the
Influence OF whiskey in Norfolk
Tuesday night he hired a taxi to
bring him to Elizabeth City. When
he got to Elizabeth City the taxi
driver refused to take a check and
Hanna didn't have the price OF the
fare. The taxi driver turned nm
over to the police. Hanna used to
have friends in Elizabeth City. No
friend appeared to give him ball.
Drinking heavily for months, he has
abused every friendship.
l.. w. Hanna was at one time a
salesman for The American Type
Founders Co. Drink lost him his
Job there. He sobered up, got job
with The Independent about three
years ago and did well for about
six months. And then Frank Scat
tergood, a busy-body Presbyterian
minister in the town began to harass
him.. Scattergood had known Hanna
back in Ohio and had something on
him" Scattergood got on Hanna S
nerve and Hanna took to drink
again. He was afraid of Scatter
good and Scattergood kept him
scared.
Finally Hanna left town, desert
ing a pretty young wife and one
small child. Another child came a
few months after his departure
Since leaving Elizabeth City he lett
a trail of bad checks wherever ne
went. Periodically he has returned
to Elizabeth City on drunken
spreeS to beg his wife to take him
back; but each time he was too
drunk to plead his case. Sober, he
is a likeable fellow and one of the
/ best all around printers in America.
He knows everything worth knowing
about types and printing presses,
but he doesn't know how to handle
1 Prohibition liquor.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
OUR MARRIAGE
MARKET TOWNS
ARE OUT O. LUCK

Elizabeth City and South Mills
as marriage market towns are
doomed. BY a vote of 80 to 16, the
Senate Tuesday passed the mar
riage banns bill. Once the House,
whchi has already passed the bill,
cCncurs in a minor Senate amend
mcnt, couples will have to wait
until five days after they have
given official notice of their in
tcntions before they can get mar
ricd in North Carolina.
This means that petting parties On
the George Washington Highway
can't run into South Mills and get
married in the heat of the moment
They will have to cool off and think
it over. 1t means that infants and
drunks from Tidewater Virginia
Cities can't elope to Elizabeth City
and be Wcdlocked before their par
ents can stop them. 1t is going to
play havoc with the incomes OF a
few magistrates, preachers and doc
tors who make a speciality of quick
service for nuptial couples who
must show medical certificate OF
health before being granted a license
to wed.
This bill, according to its advo-
Gates. will do much toward reduc-
ing the number Of runaway mar
riages and marriages between boys
and girls unfit to take up the dutie;
OF matrimony.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
Young Currituck
In Stage Production

Cupid Up To Date, one OF the
best amateur theatrical productions
ever staged in this city, will be pro-
duced by a CurTituck school cast at
the Currituck Grammar 1chool,, at
CurTituck Court House, this evening,
Friday, Mar. 8, at o'clock. The
play is under the direction of Miss
Mabel Fountain, of Atlanta, who
directed the production in this city
several weeks ago. The CurrltucE
production with a cast of 40 Curri-
tuck boys and girls is for the bene-
fit of the Currituck Parent-Teach-
erS Association.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
Don't Miss This
Art Supplement

Included in this weeks issue OF
The Independent is a beautiful art
supplement, a portrait of the distin-
guished first lady of the land, Mrs
Herbert c. Hoover. The portrait Is
from a photograph by Underwood &
Underwood, Autographed by the
American Lithographic Co. of New
York City. The Independent. expects
to issue a number of beautiful art
supplements during the year, OF
which this is. the first.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
Pretty Yacht
Zmperiled off
Kitty Hank
(Special Correspondence

NORFOLK, Va, Mar. Lille
lines are made for the saving OF
lives-an assertion that scarcely
needs proof. But life lines can be
converted readily to other uses, as
we demonstrated effectively a few
DAYS ago. when a beautifully ap-
pointed yacht brought up ,laboring
in heavy seas, not far from the
Coast Guard Station at Kitty Hawk
The ship, of all-steel construction
was the Vixen, owned by T. o. Rig
berg, wealthy New Yorker, and was
bound from New York for Florida
Her skipper intended to enter the
Virginia capes and proceed through
the Inland Waterway from Norfolk
to Beaufort; but off the capes, the
! Vixen ran into heavy fog, missed the
entrance entirely, and when her
crew get their bearings again, they
were off Kitty Hawk.
With high seas pounding the
Vixen's sides, the gasoline supply
/ became exhausted, and for a time
it looked as though the yacht must
inevitably be beached. with the pros
pect of fate such as that which
, befell the Greek tanker Paraguay
which broke in two off Kitty Hawk
in the memorable storm of Decem-
ber and 5, 1927, and whose crew
were rescued by the Coast Guards
in an exploit heralded to the far
corners of the earth.
Word of the ViXels plight was
conveyed to members of the Kill
Devil Hills Coast Guard Station
crew, and one end of life line
was fastened about a drum Of gaso-
line. The other end was shot across
the bows CT the yacht, enabling
those aboard to draw in the critical
ly needed fuel. Under her own
power, the Vixen then was able to
escape immediate peril and retracc
her course up the coast toward the
capes she had missed.
The going was difficult in the
teeth of the high wind, however, and
off Wash Woods Coast Guard Sta
ton, the ViXen's gasoline tanks
again ran dry. Coast Guards made
their way to the vessel in their life
beats, Drawing perilous seas; but
they had no gasoline, and it began
to look as though the Vixen GER
tainly was doomed this time.
In the emergency, word of the
yachts plight was telephoned to
capt. P. H. Scott, commandant OF
the Norfolk Division of the Coast
Guard. An effort was made to have
towing company send help to the
vessel, but without success.
The only Coast Guard cutter
available at the time was the Yama-
craw, stationed many miles away at
Savannah. There was no time to be
lost, and in desperation, Captain
Scott sent two small patrol boats
to Wash Woods to give whatever aid
they could. These beats were built
for inshore duty, and were much
smaller than the endangered Vixen;
but, somehow, they managed to tow
the yacht into Norfolk, where minor
repairs were made before the craft
continued on her interrupted jour-
ney South, little the worse for thu
experience that, few hours be-
fore, had threatened to end hel
career on the seas.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

Duke University's Southern
championship glee club left Durham
Yesterday for New York where they
will compete with clubs from the
leading universities of the cou..try
in the national contest Oh 81 ur-
day, March 8, in Carnegie fall. The
Duke club won the State COZ test
in Durham before Christmas ana
won out over the representative, OF
eleven other southern States il the
contest At Greenrlie. {, 2 l'sI
month.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

Seventy people out of every hun.
dred have defective eyeSight. Yor
may be suffering from eye strain
which later causes blindness. Let
us give your eyes the attention they
deserve. DIR. j. D. HATHAWAY
Eyesight specialist. adV.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

A real sea serpant was hauled
ashore near Noank, Conn, the other
day, in the form of a 7i2 foot see
eel weighing 81 pounds. 1t fought
20 minutes and tore one net into
ShredS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
WHERE SOME ONE MUST
TAKE THE INITIATIVE
1t Seems Simple Matter After All to Bring
Duke and Rosenwald Funds to Relief OF
Northeastern Carolina's lndigent
Hospital Cases
BY w. O. SAUNDERS

Whether will promptly take up with the ohf Oh
Dr. John Saliba City Hospital under the plan
of remains be Elizabeth City ana the
North eventually have to do some
thing about opportunity to solve the hospital
problem only City, but for large group Of North
eastern Counties without disqualification
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
EVERYBODY GUESSED
ANSWER FIRST TIME

There were 283 answers to the
question asked in this newspaper
last week, when Mr.. Pat Will
liams eats beans, what does Pas
1uotank's Representative J. K.
Wilson dces?'
All of the answers were cor
rect except one from Muggsy
Weeks and Muggsy spelt it with
a ph.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

Vaudeville artists are properly
designated as such only II they caii
draw a. large house.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

A California town locks up the
cars of traffic violators. 1t must
have a whale of a garage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

'' '0oa >hOveled the snow
.,o '.."'.A and then hanged
III. likely clear of that
""o,e''r Use happens.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08
CAMDEN BOY HONORED
BY RICHMOND UNIV

]. 3. Daley Camden County
boy, and a student at the University
Of Richmond, was recently elected
business manager Of the Collegian,
the college weekly newspaper.
Daley is president of the Y. M. c.
A. of Richmond. College. He IS a
member of the Phi Delta Omega
fraternity, a member of the Col
legian staff. and a member Of the
Dramatic club. He was secretary OF
his class in his sophomore year.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-03-08

Now Mr.. Coolidge will have that
long sought opportunity to catch up
with his whiting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
EXHAUSTED BEAVER FLOATS ASHORE AT
 OIL DOCK FRIDAY

A full-grown beaver drifted ashore yesterday afternoon on the beach at the Union Oil Company dock. He was exhausted and apparently al- most dead, when he was discovered.
 Employees of the company noti- fled the Alaska Game Commis- sion and Warden Dufresne went to the rescue. The animal was put in a small boat and taken to fresh water stream on Douglas Island where first aid was administered, gut without result. The beaver died shortly after being put in the creek.
 There was no indication of in- jury about him. It is believed he had been in salt water too long and had swallowed so much that it caused his death.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01

II. G. Watson, and M. s. Whit tier. Seattle timers are: Adolph Schmidt and Richard Froboese. B. D. Stewart was official surveyor.
 With Gov. Parks, all of the local officials, and many others were on hand to wish Haines good luck.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
MAJOR ELLIOTT TO LEAVE SUNDAY FOR
 ROADS INSPECTION

Major Malcolm Elliott, President of the Alaska Road Commission will leave Sunday on the Alameda for 30-day trip of inspection cov- ering several of the road and trail projects in interior Alaska. He will return here about July l. Major Elliott will proceed via Skagway, Whitehorse and Dawson to Eagle. After going over the roads in that district he will go either by boat to Circle and over Steese Highway to Fairbanks, or, it that is not possible, will go direct oy plane to Fairbanks. He will meet Ernest w. Sawyer, representa- tive of Secretary Ray Lyman Will bur of the Interior Department, about June IS.
 He and MT. Sawyer will go over the Mckinley Park road system to- gether. This system is being con- structed by the Alaska Road Com mission for the National Park Serv- ice. After other inspections in the Interior, Major Elliott will return here.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
CAPT. AND MRS. AHUES HERE
 FROM THE TAKU CANNERY

Capt. c. E. Ahues, Superintendent of the Taku Cannery of Libby, Mo Neill 6 Libby, and Mrs. Ahues, ac- companied by their granddaughter Miss Armella Boardman Ahues arrived in Juneau this morning from the cannery on the Willard B. They will remain until to- morrow. Capt, Ahues will confer with Fred Swenson, General Super intendent of the Libby, McNeill & Libby canneries, who will be in Ju- neau tonight on the Admiral Wat son on his way to Yakutat.
 Twenty-Five tierces of mild cured Admiral Rogers from the Taku can- salmon were shipped south on the nery yesterday. Capt. Ahues said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
BROWN BEAR RAIDING
 H0ONAH ISLAND FARM


 A big brown bear from Chichagof Island has invaded a fox ranch or Hoonah Island, near the town of Hoonah, in Fort Frederick, accord ing to word brought here today by John Hollywood. The big brute is said to be on a rampage and to be doing an enormous amount of damage to the foxes on the ranch.
 It is said to have swam from Chichagof Island to the smaller island. It is reported to be destroy ing feed houses and killing foxes. John Mckinney is caretaker of the island which is under lease to the Hoonah Fox Company.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
BEN MULLEN HOME

BEN MULLEN HOME
 Ben Mullen, who was operated on for the removal of his appendix two weeks ago, left St. Ann's Hos- pital for his home this morning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
Gastineau Channel League
STABLER TO MOTOR
 ON PACIFIC COAST

For an extended motor tour of Pacific Coast points of interest, United States Attorney H. D. Stab Ter left last night on the Admiral Rogers for Seattle, but will stop off at Ketchikan for a day or two. He shipped his automobile south on the same steamer.
 MT. Stabler is expected to go by plane from Ketchikan to Seattle. There he will be joined by Mrs. Josephine Tupper and Mrs. Iva Til den and with them visit Yosemite and Yellowstone parks and visit other California points. Mir Stab Ter will return here about July 1.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
HAYNES JUMPS
 OFF THIS P. M.
 ON LONG RACE
Daring g Racer Leaves in Outboard Craft for Seat
 tie at 2 P. M. Today
Continued from Page One)


 through Seymour Narrows will Dc made at any stage of the tide, SC he expectes no delay there. He is confident that he will succeed if he has any good breaks at all with the weather gods.
 The most dangerous hazard, he regards as driftwood. During the daylight hours he can avoid this even travelling at top speed, but it will be extremely difficult to de- tect it in the darker hours.
 Officials at Start
 Official inspection of the boat was made and official time was taken by local people appointed as representatives of the American Power Boat Association. Willis E. Novel; was referee; Dr. H. c. De- Vighne, H. G. Walmsley, Dr. Rob- ert Simpson all of Juneau, Adolph Schmidt and Richard Froboese, &c., attle are the official race commit tee. Local timers and starters were.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01

The Anchorage Chamber of Com mercel has started drive for mem bers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League

Hollywood 8; Oakland 3. San Francisco 4; Portland 3. Sacramento T; Mission 5. Seattle 4; Los Angeles 4. Game called at end of fourteenth in ming
 National League Philadelphia 10; Pittsburgh '. St. Louis 8; Cincinnati 1.
 American League Philadelphia 9; Detroit 6.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
MISS LANGTON VISITING
 MISS DOROTHY GODDARD

Miss Alberta Langton, who has been teaching in the Anchorage public schools during the past year, is here visiting with her friend Miss Dorothy Goddard. Miss Lang ton will be here until Tuesday when she leaves for her home in Newberg, Oregon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
SKAGWAY MAN ARRESTED

John Bonnar was arrested by Deputy Marshal Frank Nefsy, al Skagway early this week, charged with violating the Alaska Bone Dry Law, according to reports recevied at the U. s. Marshal's office today He was fined $25 and costs which he paid
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
OFFICES CLOSE HALFDAY
 FOR REST OF SUMNER

Beginning today Territorial and Federal employees will have half holidays on Saturdays until Sep tember IS. All offices will be clos ed for the remainder of the summer on Saturday afternoons.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01

Commercial job printing at The
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
|Cou. Hartley Declines Juneau
 |HnUitatiOn

OLYMPIA, Wash, June 1.
 A previous engagement has
 forced Gov. R. H. Hartley to decline the invitation from the Juneau Yacht Club to compete with Gov. George A. Parks, who will be aboard the gasboat Jazz in the Cap- ital-to-C apital race this month. Gov. Hartley thank ed the Juneau Clubs invita- tion and expressed regrets . that he was unable to accept
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01
ENGINEER RETURNS SOUTH AFTER INSPECTION OF THE
 HARKRADER COAL MINE

Amos Slater, Mining Engineer and authority on coal mines, who has
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01

The Commercial Club of College has elected the following officers to serve at the next semester: c. O. Thompson, President; Edwar d Naghel of Juneau, Secretary, and Eugene Brice, Treasurer
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-01

spent ten days at the Admiralty Is- land Coal Company at Harkrader, looking over the property, left for the States on the Admiral Rogers. While MT. Slater made no definite statement for publication, he inti- mated that his report of the mine would be favorable one.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-30
to
Speak Here
Before CLnb

Thornton Wilder, one Of the mpst
widely read OF modern novenlts
who has scored a brilliant SUCCESS
as a lecturer, viii speak TO an TN
dianapoHs audience at SIS Nonds
night, April IS, under auspices d
the indianapolis Business and PROD
fessional Woman's Club. He wins
talk on the writing OF his book, The
Bridge Of San Luis Rey"
Although Mr.. Wilder still is in his
early thirties, ne has achieved in
ternational fame II. ,.ls, neId OF
literature =. dudition to The
Bridge of San Luis Rey," ne : the
author of THE Cabala." He is also
a dramatiSt Of note, his play, THE
Trumpet Shall Sound, - having been
produced N New Y&~!- lest seasoa
Mr.. Wilder is the son of Amos
Parker Wilder, formerly editor Of
the New Haven Journal-Courier and
later American consul-general in
China. His mother was the daugh-
ter Of the Rev. DR.. NiVen. He was
born in Madison, Wis, and was
graduated from Yale university. He
spent a number of his early years
in China, and has spent a great
deal of his time in travel.