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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
SPORTSMEN IN
MOVE TO STOP
TRAP Settlers
: I'd Fur Trappers Are Up in
Ar ms Against Sportsmen
" no Threaten Their Mil
hen Dollar Industry

Violent GisapDr0val O"er move
mcnt on foot among SpOrtSmen in
North Carolina, who hunt at night
with dogs. to have a law passed
bv the General Assembly prOhi-
biting the use Of steel traps in
taking fur bearing animals is
heard from the trappers in this
section Of the State.
The annual fur crop Of North
Carolina brings in revenue to.
trapDers Of over Sl.O00.000, some
thing like 100000 of this amount
is derived from the fur Of animals
which are caught in traps. tn
other is from the peltS Of animals
caught by hunters with dogs and
ether hunters who Just happen to
run across the animals while hunt
ing in the woods IL the day time.
The movement to SECURE the aboll-
ton of traps is q selfish one, the
trappers charge. and would be IN
favor of Just few Wh) hunt with
dogs just for the sport they get out
CT it, in opposition to h'HdredS OF
trapperS who make trapping buSl-
ness, and many make q living out OF
it, There are several men and boys
IN Pascuotank County alone VINO
mt cut a string Of something like
500 traps in the winter after their
crops are laid BY and take anywhere
from $500 to $1,000 ana sometimes as
high as Sl.4OO worth OF fur in
season. according to w. D. Glover,
local fur dealer. The activities OF
these men and boys a"e netting
them a substantial income at a time
of the year when there is no other
source Of revenue. They will put
out a string of traps and get up be-
fore daylight i'll the morning and go
into the swamp where their traps
are and spend the entire Cay along
their trap lines, skinning the caught
animals, resettirg traps and looking
for new signs. There are some who
depend entirely on their trap lines
for living.
If the fur-bcaring animal supply
had run down to the extent where
it would be necessary to stop trap
ping for a year or so in order to re-
plenish the supply that would be a
different thing. But, altho the sup
ply is being thinned out somewhat,
the shoratge is not yet alarming
and there is no occasion for such
measures to be taken. The logical
thing to do. according to Mr. Glover
and a number of trappers, is to
shorten the season for taking the
animals.
The season cn racCoon and opos-
sum opened this year on October 1st
which is about six weeks too early
Continued on Page FiVe)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
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With City Life
And Farm Life

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a city AMI eventually the story Of
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Edna Ferber, author of this great
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

WHEN THEY SING SWEET ADELINE'

round of visits until nightfall. Then
we cot into our glad rags and pre-
pared to attend the reception at the
Governors mansion and the IN
augural ball at the Sir Walter.
IN the meantime We kept II hit
on meeting friends and paying visits
and by the time we got around TO
the ball everybody was feeling good
Everybody except the Governor. O..
Max had shook four thousand hands
that day and was almost paralyZed
on his right side from the strain OF
it.
The ball ended at one a. m. just
as everybody was beginning to feel
like staying up all night, and SO
there was some more visiting. By
two o'clock things were beginning
to lock dull around the hotel and SO
we did some telephoning and found
nice couple out in HayeS-Barton
who were giving little party ana
we went out to their home and
stayed until four a. M
And what did you do at that
party?" asked the Soda Jerkcr.
oh" said the Bank Clerk; I'VE
lust ate some refreshments and
danced and some CT us got around
the piano and sang"
What did you sing?" asked the
Soda Jerker.
THE best I can remember" said
the Bank Clerk, we sang Sweet
Aheline and MY Old Kentucky
Home"
Just what I thought" snorted
the Soda Jerker.
And what did you think?" ask
cd the Bank Clerk.
Just what began to think When
you began to talk about so much
cracked ice" said the Soda Jerker;
"I thought you we're ali playing hell
with the Eighteenth Amendment
and when you tell me that you got
around a piano in a nice couples
home at four o'clock in the morning
and sang Sweet Adeline' and MY
Old Kentucky Home then l knew
durn well YOU were drunk. Nobody
s,ngs Sweet Adeline' and My Old
Kentucky Home unless they are
pretty we'll liquored up, especially
after two o'clock in the morning"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

They tell me you attended the
Inauguration Of the Governor last
week. I never attended an inau-
Curaticn ceremony and Id like to
know what it's like. What sort of
time did you have; tell me all about
il" The speaker was the Soda Jerk
er. addressing his old friend the
Bank Clerk.
The inauguration Of a governor
in North Carolina is an occasion for
much fellowship" said the Bank
Clerk. AL the notables and al
the social strap hangers in North
Carolina foregather at the capita!
the day before the Inauguration ana
everybody meets and back s.aps
everybody else.
81 cot into Raleigh the day be-
fore the Inauguration and immedl-
ately began to meet old friends from
every part of the State. And every
fellow I met insisted that l come
up to his room. I never saw so
much cracked ice in my life and at
the Sir Walter Hotel, where the big
crowd was, they had to hire extra
bell hops to carry cracked ice and
ginger ale to the guests rooms.
Il was in Ed Flannagans room
you've heard of Ed; up in Raleigh
they call him Prince Edward OF Pitt;
he's every inch a prince. Well, as l
was saving: I was up in Eds room
and Ed ordered cracked ice ana
they brought it to him in piece
of wrapping paper; they hao run
ont of pitchers. so great was the
demand for cracked ice.
We'll. it was just one continuous
round of visits and there was no
getting to bed until two o'clock IN
The morning. Next day was the day
for the Inauguration and there was
more visiting. and everywhere one
went there were orders for cracked
ice. At noon we attended the in
augural exercises which were at
tended by a great deal of pomp and
ceremony and the new Governor
was sworn in and made a line
speech. telling US all to be law abid-
ins citizens and to iealously uphold
and defend the constitution OF the
United States and all its amend
ments; after which we had another
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
Now You May Get THE
INDEPENDENT | Year For soc

The subscription price OF THE lNDEPEAl)tAl IS
81 50 wear in the Elizabeth City trade territory You
have neighbour or friend who borrows your paper every
week. II YOU would ask that friend neighbour to give
Won his subscription to THE INDEPENDENT TOR one
wear he would probably be glad to let YOU send his SAD
scription in for him.
Collect Sl50 for a years subscription to Ils. IN
DEPENDENT from your neighbour and Scrl HE IN
DEPENDENT $500. Your neighbour will receive Ilif-
INDEPENDENT ior II months AMI your own sHb'SrP-
ton will be entered extended for twelve months lo'
oct two yearly subscriptions for two dollars Or II YOU
will get two new yearly subscriptions at SloO "acA am
send THE INDEPENDENT $500. YOU will receive l iiE
INDEPENDENT for y months for your trouble. getting
vour subscription absolutely free.
This offer good Elizabeth City traae territory OILY
Elsewhere the price of THE INDEPENDENT $500 year.
If Won live outside City trade territory TIE IN
DEPENDENT will a rate of S15O year icr Two
subscribers
Ask YOUR neighbour to-day to give YOU his suDscrrn
tn THE INDEPENDENT and thereby do both Yourself
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Subscriptions to this offer Should be sent to
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
Country Club
Puts Out It's
AssO. Members

Elizabeth City Country Club
stock went up yesterday following
action of the Board of Directors
Wednesday night abolishins asso-
ciate memberships. Hereafter the
Country Club will be Country
Club for it's bona fide stockholders
and not a public resort for tran
sients and bOunders, said one OF
the directors.
Country Club stock, par value SlOO
a share, had become a drug on the
market: it wasn't worth $500 a
share. Because the directors had
let down the bars until any one no.
a stocliholder could obtain a men,
bership upon the payment Of dues.
Lately outsiders didn't even have
to bother to pay dues; they were ad-
mitted to club functions upon the
purchase of tickets, same as bona
fide members.
One by one the older members OF
the club resented the filling up OF
the club with outsiders; one by one
the older members dropped out; few
of the charter members of the club
attended club functions any more.
A dance at the country club might
as well have been dance at Brooks
potato warehouse or Mrs. CoXs
pavilion.
The Elizabeth City Country Club
will take on new dignity now.
Charter members and stockholders
are expected to uphold the directors
by giving full support to the club
henCeforth.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

P. BRUCE ETNEGiDGE R"p"c-
sent .;vo fScn. Dare County in the
present General Assembly will in
tyoduce a bill of national and inter-
rational interest. rroDably his
week. Mr.. EtheridgeS bill will call
for a special appropriation for the
construction of a hard surface road
from Kitty Hawk to Kill Devil Hills
and Roanoke Island to make the
Wright Memorial at Kill Devil Hills
accessible to all Americans by motor.
On a tract of 500 acres embracing
the famous range of Kill Devil Hills
the government is about TO create
shrine of aeronauticS commemo-
rating the birth Of aviation in Amer
lea. The development bids fair to
run into a cost of million dollars.
providing one of the most interest
ing and attractive national Shrines
Oh American soil. And the State
Highway Commission says it has no
funds available or in sight to pro-
vide a road to this great monument.
It is a States obligation to the
Federal government and to the
world Of aeronauticS and the Ameri-
can people to build that road now.
A special appropriation is the only
way by which it can be provided.
It is not believed that Representa-
tive Etheridge's bill will meet with
serious opposition III either branch
OF the General Assembly. All North
Carolina is proud of the contribu-
ton OF the Wright brothers to
North Carolina history.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
HIS CIGARETTE
BURNED HIN out
OF HOTEL BED

Elizabeth C.ty'S handsome Nir-
eipia Dare Hotel lost perfectly
gcod bed. the bed clothing and
Garnet alter I:edcr Gregory "t
Norfolk went 20 bed in a room III
the hotel Sunday night with
cigarette parked in his fa'e.
Greg:ry went to sleep smoking
and woke mp smoking.
The vcung man was smoking a.
enc end when he went to sleep ana
IS said to hare been smoking at tAe
other end when he woke u. his
night shirt having been sinFed ~
the blaze. The bed was in bare
before he awoke and te.ephoned loi
help. B-te, help Put out the fire.
Mr.. Gregory explained that he
had driven $50 miles that day ana
w?s nearly exhausted when he
went to bed. It is said he had been
clGlpS NILle Nu-S'
I~cGeu Gregory is son of the
late Geo~ce Gregory of the Norfo K
INVITING fi"m OF Burke e. Gregory.
He is a splendid chap sober, but an
Internal nuisance when he get5 en-
a drunk: he has been on several
DRINKS in Elizabeth City IN recent
mouths and barely escaped spend
ire a nisht in Jail recently when ne
came out mere in 4 U-Dciye--t car
from Norfolk and forgot ID return
the cut.
Gregory didn't have the price OF
the fire damage on his person and
the hotel will look to its insurance
for recovery for the damage.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

The lO-months-old infant Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. j. Bet. Of Burlin st2n
was taken to a Durham hospital
Thursday after it had swallowed
an open safety pin which lodged
in the throat. Altho physicians
we're unable to extrat the pin from
the throat they succeeded in push
ing it down into the stomach. The
childs conditlt n IS not c,nside ed
serious as the pin WIS nall ne,
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
AND THERE SAT
The NEXT MAN
TOBE GOVERNOR

The next Governor Of North
Carolina sat on the stare of the
auditorium in Raleigh last Friday
and witnessed the swearing in of
the ncw Governor o. Max Gard
ner. The next Governor Of North
Carolina will be Albert E. Cox,
]. c. 3. Ehringhaus, Edward Gas
XII Flanagan, or Frank Page.
All four were on the platform
with the incoming Governor last
Friday.
Let not orr home folks think that
John Christopher Blucher Ehring-
haus of Elizabeth City is not sell
ously considered as a gubernatorial
possibility for 1880. This Elizabeth
Citizen has a following and a strong
crd influential host Of admirers all
orer the State. And what is more
in his favor. he hasn't the enemies
that many another man in pubic
l:fe has and that's the big thing IN
his favor. For North CaroiinIanS
like to vote against somebody
Ehringlaus is being more seriously
discussed for the governorship in
ether parts of the State than at
home. FIe has an arreSting and
convincing personality that has i'm
pressed itself upon thoughtful North
Carolinians all over the State.
Ehringhaus sat on the stage at the
INAUGURATION cf Gardner.
And there alsc sat Governor Al
bert Cox, a towering striking tlg-
u-e who also has his eye on the
governorship and who also has a
great following in the American
Legion and in the Masonic groups
thru2ut the State. A lot of folks
in Raleigh don't like General Cox;
they would vote against him because
he lives better than most OF them
He is conspicuously good liver and
maintains the most beautiful and
luxurious home in the city of Raj
eiah. A lot of Raleigh people re-
sent that. But Raleigh does not
eject governors; it receives them
and fawns upon them after they
are elected.
There sat another man on thai
stage who is being talked about fol
Governor: Edward Gaskill Flan-
nagan CT Pitt. Flanagan has wor
his way into the hearts of prominent
and influential North Carolinians
al! over the State by the genuine
ness of his friendly personality. He
is a genius for making and holding
friends and he can make friends
faster than any other man in East
ern North Carolina. And with it al
he has money. Money is the great
est campaigner in North Carolina.
But there sat another figure or
that stage who is being talked about
fer Governor: Frank Page, late
chairman of the North Carolina
Highway Commission. All over
North Carolina people are saying
How about Frank Page for Gov
ernor: he could have it if he should
Continued on Page Five)
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

And to make this a really worth
while contest the time limit will be
moved IN and readers will be given
until F.,;'ay. Feb. l to send in their
letters in the competition.
The $50 prize money is made avail
able by a generous reader OF this
newsr a. er who thinks that The In
dependent has done fine thing In
encouraging its readers to look
around. appraise the work OF the
worth while men and women In
their respective communities and
tell the world about them. 1T Is
fine thing to awaken your readers
to real people, the only ones who
count in the greaS big scheme oil
.ife," says OUR generous friend; L
admire tremendously as we all do,
these supermen, but only If they
have the heart to love, admire ana
worship the best of Our Main Street.
e-s-god bless EN-, the people
leading small lives who think SS =.
c. thought" ...
The man who sends his check for
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Now let's see what we are doing:
We are living in q world full of all
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ether folks or be very helpful.
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using this time to be tremendously
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Now who is the most useful man
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High school boys and girls eSpcci-
ally are urged to compete for these
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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

Professor David Kinsey, superin-
terdent-cmerituS of the Leno:r
county schools, died at his home at
LAGRANGE Saturday night after
several weeks of illness. Professor
Kinsey would have been IS years old
on June a next.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

Many ills are caused by loss CT
nerve energy due to eye strain. The
only method OF determining eye
strain. is by a thorough eXamina-
lion of your eyes by a qualified
specialist. DIR. J. D. HATHAWAY
Eve Sight Specialist. ad:.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

The national debt las be IN reouc-
cd S8,922. .4O8, 1853. AnyI ay, r ost
of us can era p the signi'ican2 O.
the 58 Cells.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
q Max Gardner's Rise To Rich Mans Estate
lra,s New Governor arted Life Livery Stable Boy
Horses But He Rode Into Riches Camels Uncle
Porsted His Stock By En- ,curaging Soldiers to Smoke
Rv w. o. SAUNDERS

, r,S the whole eating ort OF his hand 30 'o
l or i, writing an acccrnt the impressive Inaugural
~ crnor Gardner the Raleigh News observer '.'
,, ,cy Governor indeed se"m to nave the >'a'S ~
Gardner Of the average North Caro-
and North Carolina perhaps more average ei1ei w
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18
$50 0O0 in CASH PRIZES
FOR A LITTLE WRITING
Pick Out the Mcst Useful Man or Woman in
Your Community and Tell The Editor OF
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Lat offered CT $40 Tor the pest 4'o
word letter Carolina reader Who the Most USE
fu Man Community This week the prize money
ncread for the best letter. $40 for the next
host letter and $500 three best letters The ecitor
Of this 10 the sole judge
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-18

Try to be good-natured. A buSl-
ness expert says, you never made
snv money when you were mad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
25()-ACRE FOREST
OFFERED AS PARK
A. Smith Bowman Gives
Land as Part of Great
Falls Project.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February 15.-The
first of what it is hoped will be series
of gifts of park land to the Federal
Government has been made by A. Smith
Bowman of Sunset Hills, Va. Mr.. Bow
man, who last year purchased the
4000-acre Hugh Hutchinson farm at
Wiehle and Sunset Hills, in DraneSville
district of Fairfax County, has offered
to the National Capital Park and Plan
acres of virgin forest and fertile land
located about IA miles from Washing
ton on the Leesburg Pike. The land is
offered for development as part Of the
Great Falls Park area and George
Washington Memorial Parkway and is
about three miles from the tract origi-
nally charted as tentative park reSer-
walton and lies along Cabin run,
branch of Difficult run, which empties
into the Potomac.
Mai. Carey Brown of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission,
in discussing Bowman'S offer, spoke in
the highest terms of the latter's gener-
osity and of the desire OF the commits
sion to accept it If any means can be
effected whereby the Federal Govern
tract without imposing burden on
local taxpayers. At present the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission is simply an acquiring agency,
Mai. Brown said. Until some authority
is set up whereby it is empowered to
accept and administer lands such offers
must be held in allegiance. Such an
authorization is included in the Cram
ton bill now pending before Congress,
which authorizes the commission to
accept and administer park lands in
Virginia.
Upon suggestion of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion, Mr.. Bowman, through his attorney,
Thomas R. Keith, made a similar offer
to the Virginia State Conservation and
Development Commission. w. E. Car
son. chairman Of that body, has replied
that the commission will be glad to Coz
operate with the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission in the devel-
opment of parkways in the washington
metropolitan area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-15
Wins Praise

The quality of her acting as the
Private Secretary in "The News
Parade" is winning the praise Of
movie fans everywhere for this
lovely newcomer to the screen. At
home in New York City, hundreds
admire her charming personality
and she has fairly "set the style"
on Broadway by the way she
dresses her hair.
1.-The simple method I use in car
ing for my hair" says Miss Shea,
has been Of great help to me in
my motion picture work, where
ones hair must always look its
best. It's just the thing for busy
girls, too, because it is so easy.
Most of the girls I know in stage
and picture work are taking 1t up
as soon as they hear about it. All
you do is put a little Danderine on
your brush every time you use it..
It makes your hair so easy to dress
and holds it in place wonderfully.
It's ideal for girls who are letting
their hair grow. It keeps my hair
and scalp so clean and comfort
able. 7 don't shampoo half so
often, now. It gives my hair such
silky, soft, lustrouS appearance
that all my friends comment on
it,"
Danderine removes the oily film
from each strand Of hair, restores
it's natural color, gives it more
luStre than brilliantine. It
cleanses and invigorates the scalp;
helps overcome dandruff. It is de-
lightfully fragranced; isn't sticky
or oily; doesn't show. Waves, "set"
with It, last longer. All drug stores
have 1t, in generous 35c bottles.