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The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Princess Louise

The Princess Louise in port south bound Tuesday evening had the fol- lowing passengers booked from Wrangell to Seattle: Donald Sin clair, Bob Hagler and P. B. Burnett.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Admiral Watson

SEATTLE, July 10.-The Admi- ral Watson sailed for Kodiak and way ports this morning with 64 passengers including Clyde Ever son, Mrs. F. Everson, Mrs. H. Paul. son, Mrs. A. M. Hog, Mrs. N. Nell son and Carrie Dimasi for Peters burg.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Princess Alice

The Princess Alice arrived in port Tuesaay morning with the fol- towing passengers TOT WrangeIl;
 John j. bore, Leonard James, Mas ter Leonard James and J. McHugn.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Presbyterian Church

JULY 14, 1929. 10:3O Morning Worship-Thlinget 7:30 Evening Sermon: JESUS CHRIST AS A CHURCHMAN. ]" A cordial invitation is extended to everybody.
 Robert Joseph Diven, D. D.,
 Minister
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
THE CHURCHES
Episcopal Church

JULY IA, 1929. 10:00 A. M. Morning prayer. Theme, THE STORIES THAT MEN DELIGHT TO READ"
 The plan is being made for a union church-school picnic Thurs day, July IS, at the park. Particu- lars will be announced in the churches Sunday. Next Sunday the theme will be, Looking in the Looking Glass"
 H. P. Corser, Rector.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Writing Paper Bargain

Boxed writing paper sets--4S sheets club size linen correspond ence sheets and 40 enveolpes for 60 cents. Book Nook.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
Salmon Count Low

The salmon count at Anan Creek for the week ending July was 24,O54. Figures for the same date for the past five years follow:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
For Sale

My store building and lot, in- cluding restaurant location, room ing house, cabins, and stock of gen. eral merchandise. Everything of fered for the low price of $5,0O0.
 CAPT. LINKS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11
FOR RENT

Furnished cabin for rent, suitable for one or two men. Inquire Sentinel
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11

Big bundle of old papers for ten cents at Sentinel office.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-07-11

In the United States Commissioner Court, Wrangell, Precinct, First Division of Alaska. In Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Geo. " Card Dapaasad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
OSTAR'S DEATH
| UNSATISFACTORY
Dening, International Player,
Found Dead With Pistol
at Side.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. April TO- Sporting and
military circles were myStif1ed today at
the strange death last night OF Capt.
John Pitt Dening, international polo
player. NoC until the inquest Friday.
it was believed, however, would all the
circumstances explaining the tragedy
be unraveled.
Capt. Dening's body was found lock-
ed in a room at his hotel at Westn1in-
ster, where he had been staying while
in England on leave from the Indian
army. There was a bullet wound IN
the head and a revolver lying by his
side.
He was captain of British army polo
team which played at Meadowbrook IN
1925, seemed to hotel attendants and
fellow guests yesterday to be in good
health and good spirits. He was talk
ing cheerfully to acquaintance In the
hotel yesterday afternoon when ne
asked suddenly to be excused and hur-
Tied away.
Apparently he went to his bedroom
and locked the door. Soon after a
shot was heard in the room. The room
was opened and the horseman's body
found. a revolver beside it. Police i'm
mediately took charge and found let
tiers and a diary in the room which
they held as providing possible clues
to solution of the mystery.
Capt. Dening, who was "a years old,
was lent recently to the Indian state
of Bhopal as commandant OF Bhopal
native infantry He had been long
recognized as one of the best polo play
ers in the British army. He was an
s-goal man and in India constantly
practiced the game.
I'LL 1,1 RTlTlCn
challenge team of 1925 he was pinned
beneath his pony which fell after coll
lision with another player. He SUI
fered a slight conclusion and was COM
PEELED to retire but soon afterward re-
covered.
He was six feet four inches tall and
weighed 1872 pounds. He was known
as one of the hardest hitting forwards
in British polo and, besides his cap
taincy of the 1925 team, served as No.
! on the team of 1927.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

on the care of lawns. He described
proper methods for preparing new
lawn and for rejuvenating an old lawn
which had been run down, taking up
the matters of seeds, tertnizers anu
preparation OF the seed bed.
Following report by William A..
Maidens on the contention of the Eoard
of Education that it should send its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

night and went with her husband
aboard their yacht, the Mary Pinchot.
Mrs. Pincfot said she was feeling
fine and had not the slightest Ill effect
from her experience Monday IN TAX
ing hair tonic by mistake for medicine.
Mr.. Pinchot went to Miami to meet
his WIFE They are leaving soon with
a party of scientists on 15,O00-mile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Sd. officer in charge Of public buildings
and public parks. Of the use Of 27I5
acres Of Federal"owned property ct
Giesboro road and Nichols avenue
southeast. adjacent tc the Industrial
School for Colored. The land will be
put in use by the school for agricul-
tural purposes only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
CANADIAN CATHEDRAL
is SWEPT BY FLAMES
Second Church Edihce to Be Hit
Within Fortnight-Loss Esti-
mated at $4,000.
nv N. Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TORONTO, Ontario. April 10,-An
other Canadian cathedral, the second
within a fortnight, was swept by flames
Monday.
Fire damaged the interior of the
chancel of the Anglican Cathedral OF
St Alban the Martyr mere, destroying
altar furnishings, damaging an organ
and running several memorial windows.
The damage was estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Three firemen were injured slightly
when the floor of the chancel collapsed.
On March 80 ST. Albert Cathedral at
Gaspe, Quebec, together with the pres
bytery and private residence, were de-
stroyed. The damage in that case was
estimated at 100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

expedition to the South Seas, to be gone
nine months. Work In progress on the
yacht may hold the vessel here Two
days longer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

estimates direct to the Bureau of the
Budget instead of through the Board
of District Commissioners, the associa-
ton adopted resolution agreeing with
the board.
j. S. Gorrell, president of the associa-
ton, presided.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
BURLEITH CITIZENS
HEAR H. |. MISSIONER

Fl. L. Westover, senior agrononlist OF
the Department of Agriculture 3D.
dressed the Eurleith Citizens Associa-
ton at Western High School last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

The height at which large hailstoneS
begin to form, says a European scientist,
is between $4,000 and 10000 feet above
the earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
MRS. CLIFFORD PINCHOT
RECEIVERS IN FLORIDA

BY the Associated Press
KEY WEST, Fla. April 10.--Mrs. Gif-
ford Pinchot. wife of the former Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania, arrived here last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Use Park Lands for Crops.
The District Commissioners yesterday
accepted the tender of Col. u. S. Grant,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Paris has a shopkeeping school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
w. J. lavish
36th and NJ SITS. NV. -
Park Auto Sales Co.
3O5 Cedar ST., Takoma Park, D. c.
J. J. Fisher Garage Co.
1741 Johnson St. NV.
Jos. r. Beymer
1899 Canal Rd. NV.
S. A. Clements
S13 18th st. NE.
Driscoll Garage, 201 B St. NV.
M. E. Buckley
Ever-Ready Service Station
2200 Bladensbur9 Rd. NE.
o. T Burrell, 462l Dean Ave. NE.
Commercial Garage, Inc. a
456 New York Ave. NV. ,ssSa
Commercial Garage, Inc. 1sakS
303 9th St. NV. SO
Dome Oil Co. ssaS
Takoma Park, D. G. ~ :
Good Hope Filling Station
Good Hope Rd. & Naylor ST Sc.
New Southern Garage
1920 d St. NV.
Northwest Garage
Rear 1911 18th St. NV.
Mid.City Filling Station
I122 18th St. NV.
d. c. Garage, 1909 18th St. NV.
Leroy Mazulla
1887 Good Hope Rd. Sc.
Plaza Auto Supply Co.
401 Massachusetts, Ave. NV.
Irwin Service Station
Benning Rd. & Central Ave. NE.
District Line Garage
cd & Dix SITS. NE.
II. B. Leary, Jr. & Bro.
1912 You St. NV.
10Th and M Auto Supply Co.
116l Goth St. NV.
Owens Motor Co.
6323 Georgia Ave. NV.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
VIRGINIA DARE
HOTELS STOCK
HOLDERS UNE'SY

Stockholders in Elizabeth City'S
modern fircprOof community hotel,
the Virginia Dare arc hoping fer
better hotel business in 1929.
Last year. 1923, was not 50 good.
The hotel went behind $1,000 in its
Cper2tiGn.
To make mc.tc.S worse. the an
nual audit tackS on a depreciation
charge of $4,000 making the net
loss from the operation OF the hotel
last year $4,000.
Stockholders are specializing as to
how long they can hold on to their
property at this rate. The directors
wisely anticipated a deficit the first
year and made provision for it in a
second mortgage. But when the
bank balance is exhausted. then
what going to happen? Is the
proud Virginia Dare to 90 the way
OF most community hotels? c. O.
Robinson. president of the board
of directors is still hopeful. Most
OF the store and office space in the
hotel block is rented now; many
economies in the operation of tho
hotel have been effected within
recent months; given a good tour
ist business this spring and summer
and the Virginia Dare may pull
through.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25

Il see that Governor Max Gard
ner is opposed to forcing an eight
months school term on the State all
at once; he thinks the State WI
grow to it soon enough" said the
Soda Jerker.
And guess he's right about 1t at
that" said the Bank Clerk. l
have an idea that we are wasting
millions in forcing education upon
children who don't want it and VINO
can make nothing of it when they
get it. Before the days of compul-
sorry education, the boy who ran
away from school and went to work
often had more sense about it than
his parents and his teachers. lh3
boy at least had sense enough 10
know that he wasn't getting any
thing out of his classes. and that
was more than the teacher knew,
Don't you believe in education!
asked the Soda Jerker.
Bet your life believe in educa-
ton" said the Bank Clerk, but the
trouble with the world to-day is too
much education. Children are be-
ing educated not only in Schools
but by the moving pictures, the
radio, the automobile and pictorial
newspapers and magazines. ChlId
minds today are crammed with so
darn much information, misinfor-
nation. facts, frivolities, non-essen-
tials and damphoolishnesS that their
poor little minds are added.
Their heads are crammed so full
of Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin
Mutt and jeff, Jiggs and Maggie
Andy Gump, Tom Mix, murders
love pirates, hit and run killers
divorces. prohibition scandals and a
thousand and one other trivialitles
that the poor little devils have little
mind for true life values and
couldn't distinguish such out OF the
mass of the foolishneSs If they ha'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
ToKeepNopi;e
Patrons Feet
On The Floor

Were you ever lost in the story
of a great moving picture drama.
oblivious to everything around you.
when all of sudden you were
rudely restored to consciousness
by the toe of somebody's shoe
poking you squareIy in the crup-
per?
People have an annoying way OF
poking their toes thru the cracks in
the seats in front of them in the
Movies and the toes invariably find
a touchy part of the anatomy that
happens to repose in the seat ahead
1t is very annoying; but Senator
Willie Persons of Franklin County
proposes to put an end to 1t. II
Senator Persons bill becomes a law
toe hammers who annoy Movie fans
will be subject to arrest and fine or
imprisonment. Poking your boot
thru the crack in the seat in front
Of you in any theatre in North Caro-
lima will become a misdemeanor
punishable by law, if the rotund
Senator from Franklin has his way
Senator Persons is determined to
correct every wrong in North Caro-
lima ii introducing bills in the
General Assembly will do it. He has
introduced an average of a bill! a
day since the General Assembly
convened and he now has total OF
81 bills prepared for introduction.
His program of legislation contem-
plates everything from the comfort
of Movie fans to the vexation OF
LOBBYISTS and the taxation OF water
power profits.
Senator Persons is short, roly poly,
pudgy. and generally amiable. Over
in the lower house of the General
Assembly is another short, roly poly,
Dudgy amiable solon who is deter
mined to make himself heard.
Judge Francis D. Winston of BERTHE
seems to be determined that Senator
Persons across the hall shall not
outdo him in the matter of intro
ducing bills. Senator Persons and
Judge Winston are determined to
earn their salaries.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25

BY keeping his mouth smut and
playing safe, j. Kenyon Wilson,
Representative from Pasquotank
County carried off the chairman
ship of the Appropriations Commit
tee in the 1929 General Assembly
one of the most important commit
tee posts in that legislative body.
This is Mr.. Wilson'S third term in
the General Assembly; in six years
great upheavals have occurred in
North Carolina politics and most of
the old time great leaders of the
General Assembly have dropped out.
New leaders had to be developed.
Mr.. Wilson has kept his mouth shut
and played safe; he is working his
way quietly into leadership. While
others fret and fume under. the
cares of State and would cure all the
ills of which the State is heir by en-
acting this law and repeating that,
Wilson, Just takes it easy and gets
along. And the fact that he carries
a railroad pass In his pocket serves
only to make him the envy of his
less favored colleagues.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25


In increasing the equalization
find for schools. by adding one feht
% the gasoline tax and by borrow
INC a cent from the gasoline tax a.
.cady innosrd. the State propo"es
q 1royidc at least six million dol
ors 70" the relief Of the ROAD ana
chnol taxes in counties. enabling
he counties to make reduction OF
.',>rorimatolly - per cent III. Ia 10
caXcs.
Of aoproximatelv 81 nnNnn' IN
listed taxableS in PasqrotanS' SIS
$50 365 is on land. Wi h an ar
are property tax rate Of s1.8n in the
COUNTY. Pasnuotank'S re enne f'Nm
land taxes this year will be $751;
268.57. A reduction Of = per tent
would Give the land owners oil the
county relief from the payment OF
e2.8l4.39. Fine business! #
But docs any one have any idea
that the Col'lty Commissioners oi
Pasouotank or any other county in
North Carolina will pas that ecoH-
omy on to the tax payers? Frankly
I haven't any such idea. y
The Commissioners Of PasTlotank
County today are not so much con-
cerncd over the fact that they can't
,cducc taxes. as they are over the
fact that they have reached the
limit of taxation and can't Impose
more taxes. .
I believe that Pasluotank is typi1
cal. Now let's see what we have
here in PasQuotank! Grand jury
after grand jury has condemned
the present county courthouse rs
Inadequate and recommended the
building OF new courthouse or e%-
tensive alterations and additions to
the present one.
NUmcrol~ deliveries from inc
Pasquotank County Jail have given
the Commissioner serious concern
and there is talk of a new Jail. -
Three important bridges in Pas
cuotank. KnobbS Greek on PennSyl-
vania Ave. III Elizabeth City, Charles
Creek on Riverside Ave. in Elizabeth
City and Newbegun Greek at Weeks
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25

PRODUCING A NATION OF ADDLE PATES

a mind for them.
TO show you how it WORKS, you
can take a country boy living on a
side road away from the mal,' nigh
vay, who doesn't see a newspaper
but once a week or a movie more
than twice a year. and who has TO
90 over to a neighbours to hear a
radio, Let an automobile go by
that bows house. That little coun-
try boy with fresh mind can tell
you the make of that automobile, ltS
color scheme. license number, make
of tires and describe the occupants
Let that same automobile pass a
how in town and he might tell you
the make of it after it got by, but
it's a ten to one shot that he couldn't
tell YOU another thing about it. the
town kids mind is so added with
so many things that he doeSn I
know his difrerential from whole
in the ground. His learning is prac-
tically nil because the things NJ
learns to-day are forgotten to-mor-
row with the acquisition OF a new
set of impressions about lot OF
other things. In the long run ne
lives largely by instinct or o3 IN
inherited habits and isn't a whit
better off with his high School
diploma than a less sophisticated
and less experienced youth would be
with a grammar school certificate
Our modern educational system
with all of the complex educational
influences without system working
in and around it, is producing a
nation of superficial intellects and
addle pates."
What will become of EN-" asked
the Soda Jerker.
Eventually most of them will SET
tie down to jobs in Ford factories
and Edison laboratories and have
most of the foolishness ironed out OF
them
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
LOST 7 TEETH
and GAINED ONE
IN AUTO WRECK

Bill Drinkwatcr of this city had
a hollow tooth in his mouth that
had been giving him trouble and
he inst couldn't get up nerve
enough to have that tooth filled
or removed. Bill dOzed off Sun
day night while riding in an auto
mobile and then he was suddenly
awakened and his hollow tooth
had been filled. But his hollow
tooth had been filled with ono
which a few moments before was
one of his perfectly good teeth.
Bill was in an automobile accident
~,rndav night ct ShaWboro when a
Chevrolet roadster driven by l. l..
Garrett of this city and Il Packard
cahriolet collided head-on at TIE
curve there. The Chevrolet ives
coming to Elizabeth City and the
Packard which was driven by w.
Morrisette of Norfolk was going to-
ward that city. Bill Drinkwater
suffered a broken right elbow. the
loss of several teeth, one OF which
was iammed mot the hollow one,
and a terrible cash across his throat;
IL. Garrett suffered a broken arm.
a broken leg. crushed in chest ana
several other bruises and cuts: John
Garrett, brother of 1. l.. Garrett,
suffered cuts and bruises and was
knocked unconscious. he was able TO
leave the hospital the ne%t morn
irg: w. Morrisette. owner and driver
of the Norfolk car. suffered nJur-
les TO one of his knees; Mrs. w. MOI
risette and Mrs. w. P. Lc;ey suffer-
ed various cuts and bruises and w.
P. Lucey had several minor cuts
and bruises.
L. Garrett was the most seri-
ouSly hurt Of the seven. he has been
in a serious condition in the Ellz-
abeth City hospital since Sunday
night and it is expected to be some
time before either he or Drinkwater
will be able to leave.
The Chevrolet roadster was a
complete wreck; salyagers manaSed
to save the switch key and one rear
tire while the front OF the PaCka~d d
was crushed in and damaged to the
extent of about 5000 according to a
local garage man.
The Shawboro curve is one OF the
worst on that highway between
Elizabeth City and Norfolk. 1t IS
banked to take car going so miles
or better an hour. but the Norfolk
man was not familiar with it and
was on it before he k.,ew it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
WHERE AN AUTO
OWNER GETS A
SOCK IN The JAW

Border residents in North Caro-
lima should be appraised Of the
fact that if they dispore of their
automobile in Virginia and buy a
new automobile, the license plate
on their old car will not be rec
ognized in the hands Of new
owner i'm Virginia and will not be
recognized on the new car in North
Carolina.
If YOU bought a license on Jan.
lst. 1929 and disposed of your car
in Virginia to-day, don't think you
will be permitted to put your Old
licens plate on your new car. North
Carolina will make you buy new
license plate on your new car. North
cent for the license plate that has
been invalidated. North Carolina
to-day is collecting double license
tsss from many unwary residents
living on its borders and doing bust
ness in other states. Such is law.
The Motor Vehicle Bureau Of the
State Department of Revenue prom
ises to correct this flagrant injustice
in amendatory legislation to be en-
acted at this session Of the Le3isla-
ti,re and there is some hope OF th2
new law being made retroactive to
take care OF those border residents
who have been imposed on this
year.
At least two Elizabeth City auto-
mobile owners trading cars in VIZ
ginia this month have had the sad
experience of being told that they
must buy new plates.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
Judge Jim Webb The
Big Father-in-Law

A slight inaccuracy occurred in
the article. 20. Max Gardner's Rise
to a Rich Mans Estate" published
in this newspates last week. 1t was
stated that Mrs. Gardner is the
daughter of Federal Judge Edwin
Yates Webb. The fact is, she is
daughter OF Superior Court Judge
James Webb, of Shelby, and siste;
OF Federal Judge E. Y Webb.
The independents article giving
some of the inside facts Of Cover
nor Gardner's spectacular rise from
a small town lawyer to millionaire
capitalist was one Of the most talk
ed about things in North Carolina
last week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25

lille. are in a dangerous condition
md now bridges should be built.
The County Commissioners can
net see their way at present to do
sanvthinc about the courthouse,
about the Jail or about the conStruc-
tion of new bridges. They do not
dare increase the tax levy to pro-
vide these things.
But what is going to happen when
the State says to PaSquotank Coun-
ty, we will relieve yol! of Is per cent
of YOUR land taxes? Will the Com
miseioners of Pasquotank County
.raSs that relief on to the land own
nr. or will they take advantage OF
their new margin for taxation and
build a new courthouse, build a new
Jail, build new bridges and do a
number of other things that they
would like to do if they could find
the money to do with?
The way of ali bodies empowered
to levy taxes is to go the limit
County commissioners are thoroly
human. There are 100 boards OF
county commissioners in North
Carolina. They and not the Gener-
al Assembly will determine the ef-
tfectiveneSs of any measure looking
to the relief of the tax payer.
we may get some needed pubic
improvements in the counties when
che state turns back some six mil
ion dollars to the counties, but there
is little likelihood, in my opinion
of the landowner enjoying a notable
reduction in his taxes, or any re-
,hlction at all. Still, it will be some
hing to get new public improve
mcntS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-01-25
Spring Like Weather
Brings in The Shad

Springlikc weather prevailing
along the North Carolina coast since
Christmas is Turing shad out OF their
ocean retreat and Cape HatteraS
fishermen made the biggest catch OF
shad this week recorded in many a
January. Thirty five boxes OF shad
from HatteraS passed thru Elizabeth
City Yesterday consigned to Phil
adelphia wholesalers. Shao were
quoted at 65 to 10 cts. pound for
rocs, 35 cts. for bucks. Cape Hat
terss shad are regarded as the fin
est Favored of all Shad going TO
the New York and Philadelphla
markets.