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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
Louis THORNTON
SAYS BOOTLEGS
A COSTLY BIZ

Louis Thornton. for many years
enc of the boldest and most sue
cCrsfuI Euot'c-gc-s in Ehzaoein
CITY, says bcotlegging doesn't pay
and that be has quit for keeps.
All he needs to hSve community
weeping on his shoulders now is
% CT: in on religious revival In
some local church and mae his
confession.
Thornton who has served time AMI
Who recently saw his own son sent
10 prison for violation OF the pro-
: 5ition laws. says that his business
has cost him $4,000 within a few
vca~s. First and last he has had a
rlc,c~ boat. fo;G automobiles ana
hundreds CT gallons of liquor cen
Eiscated. say nothing Of fines ard
assessments he has had TO pay.
! have made a lot Of money.
saws Thornton. but my set backs
haze been many and have neEeE
been able to set ahead; the odds are
against a fellow III the liquor bu>i-
&ezs. There is a lot Of satisfaction
IN serving cne's friends, but there
are 100 many risks. too much worry
and too many losses. I'm done"
Recently Thornton established q
roadside Inn on Route "a. near
Voc iviile. between Elizabeth City
and Hertford. He has built Mum
Der Of tourists cabins and will cater
20 tourists. Incidentally he has
started a small zoo to attract oun-
day visitors to his place. He already
has a small black bear. six squirrels,
&c me rabbits and a wildcat, and IS
adding to his collection as he can.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
Sat Down BY Side
cf Road and Died

Slumped over on his face beside
the road where he had fallen near
his home in NeWland, Whit Carver
colored. was found dead early
Thursday morning by Is brother,
Henry Carver. Sheriff Carmine was
Immediately notified and left here
with DR.. l. Fearing, coroner, who
examined the body and pronounced
death TO natural causes.
Carver, according to his wife, had
not been feeling well for the last
few days. He left home about dusk
wednesday night, she said, and fail
ed to return, but no alarm was
made. Indications were that he had
fallen alongside the road and drag
ged himself about Is feet on hands
and knees TO the ditch bank where
he pulled himself to a sitting
posture. later falling over on his
face and dying. He was about Al
years o.d.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
TO CUT OFF THE.
SEED OF THOSE.
UNFIT TO BREED

The breeding Cf mental dcfcc-
tives i'm North Carolina is expect
ell to get a decided setback under
the Milncr Act adopted by the re-
cent General Assembly. 1t is up
to the boards Of county commits
siCners as we'll as the heads Of
State penal and charitable insti-
tutiOnS to accomplish the steriG-
cation Of those who are not con-
sidercd fit to breed.
The law is as follows:
Section l. The governing body or
responsible head of any penal OF
charitable institution supported
wholly or in part by the State of
Moth Carolina, or any subdivision
thereof, is hereby Authorized and
directed to have the necessary oper-
alton for aSeXualization performed
upon any mentally defective o.
feeble minded inmate or patient
thereof as may be considered best
in the interest of the mental, moral,
or physical improvement of the
patient or inmate, or for the public
good.
Section g. It shall be the duty of
the Board of Commissioners OF
any county Of North Carolina, at
the public cost and expense, to have
the operation performed upon any
mentally defective OF feeble-minded
resident CT the county, not an in
mate of any public institution, upon
the petition and request of the next
of kin or legal guardian of such
mentally defective person: Provided,
Section 3. No operation under
this act shall be performed by other
than a duly qualified and registered
surgeon of North Carolina, and only
with the consent and approval in
each specific case CT board of re-
view, which shall be the State Board
of Health of North Carolina where
the patient is inmate Of State insti
tuition, or the local board Of health
where the patient is inmate of a
county or city institution. or is
non-institutional case.
Section 4. A health history of the
patient and his or her family, as
far as obtainable, signed by a duly
registered North Carolina physician,
shall be furnished the reviewing body
in each case and, together with its
recommendations left as perman-
ent record.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

YOU probably never saw his picture
before; and The Independent got
this one only by having him pencil
skctChcd by Jesse Giles. The SUB
iect is Jarvis Smith Seel2y, E.iz-
abeth CITY fruit and produce deal
er trading as A. B. See!ey & Son.
With his father, the late A. B..
Seeley, Mr.. Seeley established the
business back in 1893. Only few
firms have such long business re-
cord in Elizabeth City. Jarvis
Seelcy is a conservative in business
and there has been nothing SpeCta-
cular in his career, but he IS courte-
Gus. reliable. runcti!ioUS and gencr-
Gus in his business relations and in
every way a splendid and urStand-
ing citizen. Incidentally he is one
Of tie oldest subcC"ibcrs 70 The In
dependent and this newspaper has
always valued his friendship. They
used to sing song, Yes, We Have
No Bananas" That song was never
heard around A. B. Seeley & Sons;
they've been feeding Elizabeth City
on bananas. as well as other fruits
for sc years.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
HOW THE CARP NORFOLK ROUGH.
GOT INTO OUR NECKS BREAK Up
NATIVE WATERSLOC BOXING

No more boxing bouts for Eliz-
abeth City-nOt for some months
TO come at least. The manly art
of boxing attracts too many boot
teggers, too many rough necks, too
many ordinary bullct-headed
damphooIs to suit Elizabeth City.
There will be no fight between Ad
Warren and Big Boy Bennett in
Elizabeth CITY.
Norfolk rough neckS attending the
Rchanna- Reilly bout at the Caro-
hua Theatre in Elizabeth City the
other night thought they were in a
hick town and could make trouble
and get away with it. One ruffian
unknown started a fight on the
stage. crowned a soft drink Vcnder,
blackcd an eye for T. l.. Baker, one
of the theatre staff. And then fled
thru the Stage door Jeforc the police
col!d get him.
Johnny Pernelio, a fat Italian
barber of Norfolk tried to get rough
! in front of the Carolina building
after the bout; Policeman TWiddy
ordered him TO dCSiSt and Pernello
! threatened TO beat TWiddy and wa:
about to carry out his threat with
the aid of a companion. Up stepped
Deputy Sheriff Taylor of Currituck,
pulled a sixteen inch gun lit looked
like IS inches to the crowd and
saved TwiIdy. PcrnellO was jailed
fined $3.50 in Recorders Court n"Xt
morning.
: I'VE can't have this in Elizabeth
City" said Mayor Flora. mo moro
bouts in the Carolina Theatre" was
already the ductum of Billie Cul-
pepper. NC more Of it for the Elks
Athletic Association" said prCmi-
nent Elks.
! But aside from the rough StUf
pulled by outsiders, it was a great
boxing show Friday night. Manager
Mccormick had matched his fight
ers well And they were good, clean
wholesome fighters. The prclimar-
lies beginning with Talmadge Twi-
ford of Elizabeth City and Teddy
: Guye of the Navy, were fulI
CT action and honest effort. TWi-
ford surprised the fans with his
wallop and his ability TO take pun
ishment.
Tommy Bashara of Norfolk ana
Soldier Burton of Fort Monroe gave
as fine an exhibition Of boxing as
any one would want to sec. Sailor
Maddox and Stan Pilgrim gave a
great exposition and won the spccta-
tors with their attractive person
aitieS.
I And Reilly and Rohanna in the
ten round feature bout gave the
crowd a great show Reilly the
Washingtcnian made great show
| ing. 1t might easily have been his
fight; but Norfolk judges gave the
decision to Norfolkian Rohanna.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
MANY DIVORCES A HEALTHY SIGN
e BANK CLERK Auo TIE SOOA LCQKGR

sex become a l:lay,hin" and some
thing dirty. the finest thing in
human life is destroyed. Without
beatty. without poetry. without
romance life is but 4 dirty dream
AND that is what much SEX free
.dcm is leading us into. There can
be no beauty. no poetry. 10 romance
in promiscuous sex indulgence and
the boy and girl, the man OF
woman, who plays with Sex OF the
back seat of an automobile on a side
read arc plain yUl5arianS playing
with dirt. That boy destroys his
faith in womankind and that girl
wears the guilty ICCk OF a prostitute
and is never again care-lrcc, happy
and unafraid.
And so I say the increasing
divorce rate in North Carolina and
the rest of America is a healthy and
hopeful sign; it seems to indicate
TO me that. in an age when so
many people arc trying to degrade
the art Of love and bcfoul the matri-
monial bed. there are still those who
hold the old fashioned but time
tried and wholesome notions OF
continency and deccncy and will not
abide in a matrimonial state in
which true love has been thwarted.'
Then you don't think that the
institution of marriage IS doomcd?'
asked the Soda Jerker.
MOT at all" said the Bank Clerk;
for there is nothing under heaven
to take it's place
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

1t was a former resident OF ElIz-
abeth City, the late Capt. l.. IL.
Outlaw who turned the great
German menace loose i'll the
waters of Eastern North Caro-
lima, il was learned this week from
his widow Mrs. f. r. Outlaw who
lives Oh Riverside Ave. in this
city. Eut he didn't mean to do II.
The German menace is another
lare for the German carp, one Oh
he most prolific, most hardy, most
gracious. most predatory and most
destructive fish ever introduced In
North Carolina waters.
Back in the l680"S government
tshcrieS experts brought the Try Oh
5crman carp to the United States
it'll the idea of stocking private
ends with them. A great future
fer the carp in this country was pre-
ciiCted by the fisheries experts. When
it comes to breeding they are the
guinea pigs of the piscatOrial world.
They thrive anywhere and cat any
thing.
CAPT. Outlaw was al that time one
CT the biggest and most progressive
planters in Bertie County. He stud
died government bulletins and kept
himself informed on everything new
that came along Government prom
ises of big profits from carp attract
ed him. At considerable expense he
created a big pond on his plantation
about seven miles from Windsor, ON
the Roanoke River and stocked II
with German carp. And then next
spring came heavy rains. the dam OF
the pond gave way under pressure
of flood waters and Capt. Outlaws
carp were swept into the Roanoke
River. From the Roanoke and It's
tributaries the carp spread to Cho-
wan River. Albemarle and Pamlico
Sounds and eventually into every
watorcourSe in Eastern North Caro-
Ina. They have steadily multiplied
and are a curse - the Fishing in
dustry, preying upon allsanorc cdi-
BE and profitable fish. a
TIE carp is coarse, bony and
generally Undesirable for food. The
principal carp eaters in this coun-
try are orthodox Jews and for the
orthodox Jew the carp must be a
i've carp to be koSher-that is to
cay. for for food. To work the Jew
in trade outlet for carp. the fish
must be taken alive. shipped to
market III tank cars and sold live
10 the consumer. The orthodox Jew
takoS his live carp to representa-
tive Of his Rabbi who b!esSeS it.
cleans It and gives the buyer per-
mission to eat it.
North Carolina fishermen have
never taken TO the carp industry
ard are not familiar with the meth
odS of marketing them. At the pre-
ent time two enterpriSing young
New York Jews are taking carp from
Lake MattamUkeet in Hyde County
and shipping them in tank cars to
New York City They are said to
be making a good livelihood, the
owners of Lake MattamuSkcet glad
~ permitting them to take all the
carp they can catch.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
ONE OF THE BEST
GOLF COURSES
in A M RIGA

That Elizabeth City ka% one Of
the best planned golf courses i'm
the world is the opinion Of Jack
Redmond, famous golf pro and
trick shot artist who played al
exhibition game on the Elizabeth
City Country Club golf course
Tuesday afternoon.
Redmond has played Cn every i'm
portant golf course and most OF the
unimportant ones in America and
in Europe. Holes three. fol!.' and
nine on your Elizabeth City course
are comparable to the best in the
world, said Redmond.
But the course is spoiled by sand
green's. With grass green's the Eliz-
abeth City Country Club would be
one Of the talked about golf clubs in
East; but your sand greens will
never lure expert players and your
locals will never learn the game so
we'll ON them"
It would cost only $500 and few
weeks time TO convert the sand green
into grass greens, in the opinion of
golfer, Redmond, who says that Eliz-
abeth City sports who play On the
course 81 weeks in a year will spend
more money than that having a good
time in New York for one week.
Golfer Redmonds evidently didn't
know how tight most of our Eiiz-
aboth City sports are in New York
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

k. w. WeatherS. 76-ycar-Cld treas
urer of the Boylan-Pearce Com
pany in Raleigh. died in the Rex
Hospital recently after being struck
five hourse earlier by a car driven
b. Mrs. J. E. Kennedy, at the corn
er Of Salisbury and Hargctt streets.
The accident was said to have been
unavoidable.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

Seventy people oUt of every hun
dred have defective cyesight. Yor
NAV be suffering from eye strain
which later causes blindness. Let
us give your eyes the attention they
deserve. DIR. J. d. HATHAWAY,
Evesioht specialist. adv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
pROWTNG EXPERIENCE
d HOWARD HETTRICK
, To White Men Who Would Speak
:" "ctrs2ce C2lcred Women on Streets
After Dark

. 49, he verdict of the in the case OF Mary
rl r,,srrd irl a@ains Howard E. Hettrck, white
ra,, as,ul OnS Of The most sensational cases aen III
% - Icq time was dismissed after short trial Thurs
'" . .,r r,ck ri evidence 20 convict
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12
CANDIDATES A PLENTY
FOR ALDERMANIC BOARD
The Second Ward is Being Second Ward All
Over Again, But Thank God Its Candidates
Have To Go Before the Whole Town

City going have of the iveiiest municipal ecc
years 1929 all signs fail And unless
Elizabeth City is beginning to
will Elizabeth City progressive LOOKING
government easily discouraged.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

crn r. r. shed and the indoor ccre-
monies of the Shrine will be held
in big top circus tent designed for
5000 seats.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

More than ten thousand people
visited Rutherfordton last Satur-
day 70 witness the ceremonies OF
Oasis Temple of Charlotte aid
ASheville ShrinerS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-04-12

Congressional DStct OIL
North Carolina Warren but everybody
doesn't know that Lindsay N Well here he ana
he's fine fearless youngster friendly and full OF wholesome
And he is already indicating political mndedncsS that makes
Lindsay pride. neighbour met Lindsay Junior on inc
Washington NJ c. about the time OF the last
I'm Tor al
promptly replied the younger Young Lindsay
S four half old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
CHEVY CHASE BODY
TO TAKE UP PAVING
Terrace Community Association
Will Hear Committee Announce
ments at Meeting Tonight.

Terrace Community Association
Will Hear Committee Announce
ments at Meeting Tonight.
Special Dispatch to The star.
CHEVY CHASE, Md, November S.
The Chevy Chase Terrace Community
Association will meet tonight at 46oS
Davidson Drive, when the personnel Of
the seven standing committees for the
coming year will be announced by its
new president, Oliver F. Busby.
Among the reports to be acted on by
the association will be that Of its COM
nlittee on street and park development
on the prospects of paving before Winter
Of Chevy Chase Boulevard, the contract
for which was awarded by the county
commissioners in September.
The residents have advocated the
early completion Of this improvement,
the cost of which will be borne by sbut-
ting property owners. The committee
has received complaints from residents
Of the present condition, Of the street
due to the construction of water mains
the roadway IN such condition IS to
make It difficult to reach homes In
certain sections, and 1t is stated that
unless the contractor Is directed to
proceed promptly with construction Of
the new street, the freezing weather will
prevent completion until the spring of
1880.
Another subject to be acted on win.
be the position the association win take
with reference to the movement to ale.
locate certain areas adjacent to wis
consip avenue for apartment Develop
ment. Chevy Chase Terrace Is now
zcned and restricted to detached resi-
denceS. r.S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
GRAINCO-OPERATVE.
ORGANIZED IN WEST
Associations of Four States
Join in New Market
ing. Agency.
8y the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, November s.-The
Cooperative Farmers Northwest Grain
Corporation, was organized here yester-
day with capital of $4,000, 900, to be
owned by the farmer elevator and
grain pool associations of Minnesota,
tbs Dakotas and Montana, and to act
IN cooperation with and as the agency
for the Farmers National Grain Corpo-
ration in the four States.
The national corporation was created
under the auspices Of the Federal Farm
Board to carry on the boards program
of financing the farmer-owned CO.
operatives OF the United States and to
market grain Tor them. The Farm
Board and its chairman, Alexander
Legge, also announced approval 10 days
ago in Chicago of the plan for organi-
cation of the new Northwest corpora
ton under the leadership of the offlces
and members Of the farmers elevator
associations Of the four states.
s. Members Of Board.
The plan to go ahead with the torrna-
ton OF the Northwest agency was voted
at meeting Of So of the So members of
the organization committee. These So
men, who include officials and directors
of State groups will constitute the first
Farmers Northwest Grain Corporation.
Farmers Northwest Grain Association.
with the exception of one, who declined
q seat on the board. He Is Toilet
Midbo Of Hatton, N. Oak, a representa-
tive Of the Farmers Grain Dealers AS
ISOLATION of North Dakota.
The latter association went on record
Saturday as refusing to indorse the
Northwest Grain Cooperative on the
ground of unfamiliarity with the new
organization and uncertainty regarding
its desirability, p. A. Lee, secretary OF
the North Dakota group, said.
representatives of six elevator COM
pAnies in North Dakota attended yes
terday's meeting and took part in the
organization.
Election Set Today.
The election of officers, including a
general manager, is scheduled for today.
The authorized capital of the Co.
operative Farmers Northwest Grain
Corporation is to be $4,000, 900, it was
decided. It is to consist of 100000
shares of $40 par value each. Initial
subscriptions for this capital are to be
payable in cash, although 1t is presumed
that provisions for payments on . time |
basis will be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05

Estate hrst to make this with the double beer" Fresh Air
Oen Instead OF gasconmmated passing directly from the the
the Estate heats surrounding completely separated from
the food chamberhe principle the double boiler for better
food for absolutely uniform heat (no cak and rusty
brnedout White enamel with trimming and the mesta Heat
Control All Estate Ranges approx by American Assoon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
Cut>O>fit
Underwear
Of Fine Rayon
81

Boomers, pantas. step ms.
chemise land combinations that
have been cut to 6t." both
comfortably and smoothly under
frocks with the new silhouette.
Of a fine count delustered rayon
with tapped or fat locked seams
to prevent running" or stretch
ing. Well reinforced with a
graduated gusset-so as to
fit snugly about the hips and at
the same time allow for a good
stride. Peach. pink, tan and
navy in sizes SO to AZ.
UndeFwear-Thlrd Floor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
Not Too Early to Choose Christmas Gifts
Silk
Hosiery, $1.05

Of course. Christmas is 8 weeks away. but your
friends will wear exactly the same size hose then
they do now. so why not be forehanded2 Run
Checks are always WELCOMED Full-fashioned all
silk chiffon with isle lined solos, silk or turette tops,
or heavier service weight with Isle soles and
tops Twenty smart colors-sizes 81 to 1917.
; prs. $5.7S.
Hosiery-stFeet FiooP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
i ON Orr.O S
Cooking Glass
2:3Oto 4:3OP.M.
Meal Planning

Even the best of cooks run out
of menu ideas. Miss Elder has made
a study of meal planning. and knows
some excellent recipes. Her spe-
cialty is oven dinners and quick
breads. demonstrated tomorrow at
ESQ. You are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-05
Another Style, $3.50

This is the semi-enamel Estate. with
the exclusive fresh air oven. entirely
enameled and rust proof. Ithas awhile
enamel broiler pan. and l6-inch oven.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
BY ROY J. BIC
Central Press Staff Writer

CHICAGO, July 6.-"Safe at
home"
Just how safe is the sailor home
from sea, the baby in his cradle
and grandfather ~tottering about
the house, is disclosed in a recent
survey made public here by the Ma
tional Safety council, which shows
that $4,000 persons met their deaths
by accidents last year in the homes
throughout the nation.
In all the great steel works, the
mines, quarries, factories and
sweat shops Of the country, with
their many and varied hazards, the
total of fatalities did not quite ap-
proximate accidental deaths in the
nations homes, the survey indi-
Gates.
Work Less Dangerous
1t was less dangerous to be at
work than home in the morris
chair with the newspapers
If Uncle Sans 100, 100000 nieces
and nephews, big and small, had
been domiciled in the streets, the
death rate from accidents probably
would not have been much larger
since the survey shows that only
$500 more people were killed in
automobile accidents than died OF
injuries received within the -four
walls Of their homes and apart
ments.
Industry is naturally hazardous
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-07
P.O.R RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE
Receipts For Fiscal Year
1929 Are $64,677.73;
1880 Gain

A total of $64.677.73. or an in
crease of 1888 per cent, was taken Ia
postal receipts in Brownsville dur
ing the fiscal year 1929, figures re-
leased by Postmaster @. w. Den
nett reveal. Receipts for the fiscal
year 1928 were 60,262.94.
The receipts for June, 1929
amount to $4,808.13. an increase OF
S148.63 as compared to June last
year. The per cent Of increase is
3.19. There was a total of S285.85
of air mail postage sold in June this
year as compared to $50 the same
month last year. The weight of air
mail dispatched through this office
in June was 1922 pounds two
ounces. The mail north over the T.
A. T. line weighed 1.726 pounds, five
ounces. Southbound over the Mex
lean Aviation company totaled 1896
pounds Is ounces.
The weight of air mail dispatched
through this office during the June
quarter Cby plane only since March
9. 1929, was 14,739 pounds Is ounces,
OF this amount 1924 pounds came
out of Mexico and 7,415 pounds
went into the southern republic.
Postal receipts by quarters fol-
lows.