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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
FOURTH ESTATE
TO MEET HERE
JUNE l2-l3-l4

Elizabeth City will entertain its
rcyt n tab convention on JInH
L., Is End Itth n IT, meeting in
this city Of the North Carolina
Pres As, ociGtioa. Editors and
publishers ci more Than 100 North
Carolina newspapers. and their
wives, viii be IN attendance.
Governor o. Max Gardner will be
the honor guest of the convention
of newspaper men: ether notable5
will be JOseYhuS Daniels, editor OF
the News & Observer and Louis
JaTe distinguished editor OF the
Pilot AMI winner OF the
recent Columbia University award
for the best editorial of 1928.
This will be the press association S
first visit to Elizabeth City; while
here they will visit historic Roanoke
Island: Kill Devil Hills. site OF the
first Wright flight; the Dismal
Swamp Canal and other points OF
historic and scenic interest.
The Elizabeth City Chamber OF
Commerce. Rotary Club and XII
wants Club will unite in entertain
ing the visitors and showing them
a good time.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

where have you been keeping
yourself for the past week?' asked
the Soda Jerker. l..
"1,st mad, a little trip up TO
Now YORK" replied the Bank Clerk
Did YOU see anything new?
"Nranv things" replied the Bank
,,,orl,. land I reckon the thing that
;n,nrassed me most was the Cheml-
naI rvnosition in Grand Central
pa,oce Do Modern chemistry makes 1t
,,ossihla now for Charlie Robinson
~ food dives to his pecan trees ana
nrodnce ~ pecans with colored meats
pnd hv the same process one can
crow srt timber colored to suit his
taste. ;tho,,+ ;ce
"Tish may be frozen without ice
=. ;cn making machinery and a new
c s;.o siohting chemical puts fire OUT
49,, freezing it. Green fruits tnaC
.o,,1d -. take weeks to ripen naturally
are made to rlpen o'e' Iite--U s'D.. ,,,a
PUT the thing that impressed ms
,,ore than anything else was an
exbibition made by the General
electric Co. On large platform
thew had erected miniature ran,
u,av system. A train of cars puliea
Nv on electric locomotive was on the
trocts A train dispatcher spoke
into q telephone and told the tram
- on. it went. He told 1t TO SCop
Of q given point; it stopped he
told it to back; it backed. II Is pos
sihIe to-day for train dispatcher
miles remote to start and stop d ran
road train by simply picking up ms
to,enhone and given the order II
the train is equipped with this new
olectrical vibratory control. You
CON nut a similar control on the
doors of your automobile garage ana
simply toot your horn when your
car rolls up, and the doors SWING
open for you. ,o. '
what will Science 40 next AK.
ed the Soda Jerker, tor want Vi
anything else to say. ,,,.
+ 81 can only guess 70 Sa'o tf'e Dan"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
He Will Do All He
Can for the Novices

Noble A. C. James of this city has
received a letter from the secretary
of the Sudan Temple, advising him
that a letter has been mailed out to
each candidate or novice that they
NAV get in touch with Noble James
if thev wish any special favorS dur
ing their trip to Elizabeth City next
wednesday and Thursday.
Anyone having spare rooms is
asked to get in touch with Noble
James, as more rooms are needed
to take care Of the thousands who
will visit the city next week.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
Gets To New York;
She Must Get Back

I've got to New York" says MISS
Edna Sanderlin. one of the Eliz-
abeth City girls working for the
free New York trip; i've got 10
New York and now the folks have
iust got to get me back"
Starting in the campaign last
week. Miss Sanderlin has already
secured more than half the sub
scriptions necessary to win the trip.
That puts me in New York, she
says. And she isn't worrying about
getting back; she'll get the other
half and more besides.
Miss Bette Perry, OF Windsor
entered the campaign this week.
The Independent has hundreds OF
friends in Windsor and BERTHE and
Miss Perry will have their support;
she is a fine. outstanding, serious
minded girl; a senior in the Wind
sor High School.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
Standard Pharmacy
Takes Receivership

The Standard Pharmacy. one OF
the oldest retail drug businesses IN
Elizabeth City made an assignment
10 its creditors this week when c.
L. Halstead of Norfolk threatened 10
fcreclose the store under a mortgage
which he holds on the fixtures. Un-
able to meet Mr.. Halsteads de
rands.. the owners called in their
creditors and arranged for receiV-
ership.
The Standard Pharmacy is a cor
Doration. the owners of which are
George Wright of Elizabeth City
and S. A. Chalk of Moreh"ad City.
They bought tnc business from Z.
L. Hafstcad. of Norfolk, and their
Indebtedness to Ha,Stcad at this
time is 5000; cher creditors
claims amount to about $500 II Is
said.
Fer some months past the owners
TO. cseeing failure. have tried to dis
pose of the bu-iness and at least one
chain drs store had r1an.le5te' mani s,s
an interest in it. They wanted SIo'-
OOO for the stocks and fixtures,
which sum would have enaolea
them to pay out. The assets OF the
concern are of doubtful value IN
forced sale.
The Standard Pharmacy IN years
gone by was the busiest and roSC
prosperous drug store III Co"t'
under the management of DR., A. L.
Pendleton. DR.. Pendleton sold 70
C. l.. Halstead of Norfolk seVeral
years ago and in Mr. HalsCeao D
hands the business ran down. When
Mr.. Wright took the store in mana
three years ago he did mucn re-
furnishing and enlivened the oU''i-
ness. It seemed to be making so
of it and the assignment this week
was generally unexpected.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
Eod Your Horses, The Shriners Are Coming
One of the Ten Prettiest
Girls in the United States

JOHN BARRYMORE, F. Scott Fitz-
gerald ana Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
have picked Miss Leona Lewis OF
Elizabeth City as one of the ten
Nrettiest professional women in the
United States.
The choice of Miss Lewis was
made from thousands of entries
from all over the United States In a
beauty survey being made by the
makers of Woodbury's soap.
Miss Lewis, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Lewis of this city, is
a graduate of the Elizbeth City High
School and the University of North
Carolina and is a school teacher.
She taught the past year in the
1rbilc school at SunblTy, Gates
County.
AS a senior in the Elizabeth City
High School she was voted the most
beautiful girl in the class and at
the University she was voted the
most popular coed on the campus.
md now she is destined to have her
good looks proclaimed in all the
important magazines and news
papers in America and Elizab2th
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
-rJE LITTLE SLAVE VS. THE BIG BOSS
oJbo BANN CLGQK A.o TuG SOOA JCQKeR

Clerk; But this I know; Science
has got to make it possible for more
and more things to be done me-
chanically because we don't breeo
human intelligences fast enough 70
do all the things that need to be
done.
"a great drama is being played
out between Gcd and man on TINS
little planet of ours. On every mana
81 Gods challenge to man. Man cul-
tivates the earth and plants gram
and God sends weeds to choke ana
destroy it. Man plants orchards and
God send millions of insects to at
tack their foliage and destroy their
fruits. Man builds, and God SENDS
the winds and the floods to lay his
buildings waste. Man stores up
his bitterly gained knowledge and
erects great schools and unlVer-
stiles to transmit this knowledge TO
his favored offspring; and Goa
breeds six savages and morons to
ieopardize every refined individual
that is produced.
1T all looks to me sometimes like
war between man and God and l
am not sure that man will win.
Il am not sure that man will win;
but let this be said for him: he has
put up a noble fight and he is a
good sport; he is willing to admit
that God is the Supreme One and
to meet his challenges with smile.
And if in the end he is licked, have
an idea that he will look up to God
with a smile and say: Big Boss,
you've got me licked; but you must
admit that I have put up a darn
good fight. Thy will be done!"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

MISS JESSIE HARRtLL, Of Eden
ton, one of the growing group OF
fine, outstanding young women who
are working for an all expense paid
trip-t to New York, for this news
paper. Miss Harrell, the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Har-
rell, of Edenton, is senior in the
Edenton High School this year and
plans to be a graduate nurse. But
before going into hospital train
ing she wants to take that wonder
full sea trip to New York and see
the big city itself And The Inde-
pendent makes it possible for this
deserving little girl to get coveted
trip and make some desirable pocket
besides. Mrs. E. w. Spires,
who held a nomination from Eden
ten, Withdrew from the campaign
when Miss Harrell was nominated.
Il don't know of any girl in Eden
ton who would get more ouS of such
a trip, than JESSIE" says Mrs.
Spires, land 7 am going to help
Jessie" Mrs. Spires was the win
ner of a Norfolk Washington air
trip arranged by this newspaper
three years ago.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
TO SHELL and.
VACUUM PACK.
PECANS HERE.

Elizabeth City is to have new
industry. C. o. Robinson, North
Cardinals largest pecan grower
plans to establish manufacturing
plant here this fall to shell and
vacuum pack the products of his
numerous pecan orchards.
Smelling pecans is a tedious pro-
cess for the individual consumer
and most folks refuse to do anything
that is tedious any more. Pecans in
the shell are hard to sell at 40 cents
a pound. Shelled out, the whole
meats packed mn vacuum sealed
containers, they bring 10 cents to
S1O0 a pound. say nothing of the
saving in transportation charges be-
cause of the reduction of their bulk.
With his recent acquisition of the
F ". Scott orchard near Elizabeth
City, C. o. Robinson now has rlo"e
than 500 acres representing 5000
pecan trees. His oldest orchard is
l9 years Old and some trees bear as
high as 100 to 125 pounds of nuts
annually. In the aggregate his 5000
trees produce many thousands of
pounds of nuts annually.
The success of the Robinson pecan
orchards represents years of hard
labor and intelligent study. Pecans
are attacked by many insects and
it requires a lot of intelligence. lot
of timely labor and much money to
resist them There is the apple
borer that bores into the base of the
tree and uldermines its vitality. If
the apple borer is not promptly de-
stroyed he will be followed by the
shot borer who will destroy the
whole tree. Then come the cast
bearers eating the first tender shoots
of the trees and cutting out the foil
age; and the spittle worms that
SuCh VIC oup llOlll IIlC G"i6o ICoiAl
the growing nuts and destroying the
growth of the nuts. Thousands of
pounds of chemicals and much ex-
pensive machinery are required to
keep down these insect pests.
Then too the trees have to be cul-
tivated like other plants and much
attention must be paid to the drain
age of the orchards; many tons of
fertilizer are used and winter cover
crops such as hairy vetch and Aus
train peas grown and plowed under.
Cast bearers and spittle worms
have been particularly obnoxious
this spring and their ravages are
noted on trees in Elizabeth City for
the first time. Chickens, sparrows,
swallows and bats usually keep
down the insects in town where
there are but a few trees, but in
the large orchards mechanical and
chemical means must be employed.
It's a great game if the grower
doesn't weaken.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
when JOSEPHUS
FELL FUN GRACE
| N PERQUIMANS
The Speakers Stand Had To
Faw Down and Co Boom
at Hertford Wednesday

The carpenter who built the
SPEAKERS stand on the courthouse
yard in Hertford, for the celebra-
tion of the formal opening Of the
new State Highway bridge over
Perquimans River, Wednesday the
18th. didn't appreciate the weight
of the celebrities who were to dis
play themselves on that platform.
And down went the platform be-
fore the speakers spoke, precipitat-
ing the great JosephuS DanialS, boss
Tom White, big ChaS. Whedbee, the
bland Hon. James S. McNider and a
most of minor celebrities with it.
But this happened in Hertford and
there were no casualties. The cele-
brities picked themselves up, busted
their coat tails. rubbed their sitting
pieces, mopped their browS, grim
ned. and assured everybody that
they were not hurt. And then a
motor truck with a big platform was
rolled into place. the speakers were
transferred to the platform of the
truck; and from this improviSed
platform they did their stuff while
a crowd estimated at $500 to 5000
milled around and wondered where
the barbecue was.
The barbecue was being prepared
in a pasture down by the river, by
barbecue experts imported for the
occasion. And in due course every
body was fed with as delicious bar
becue pig as ever was roasted over
live hickory Goals; with mountains
of corn pone such as only Perqui-
mans housewives and their colored
help know how to prepare. And
for those who didn't like barbecue,
there was an abundance of piney
woods hickory smoked nut and corn
fed hams. There were 1000 pounds
of barbecued pig, several hundred
pounds of ham, ton of corn pone,
a barrel of pickles and a hogshead
of cold slaw to feed everybody who
got in line; and everybody seems to
have got a feed. Hertford doesn't
invite everybody to come and eat
it's grub and then turn half of them
away hungry. Hertford always was
long on the grub; one Of its prln-
cipal streets is named Grubb st.
Hertford never before entertain
ed such a crowd as poured into its
smoothly paved and tree shaded
streets all day Wednesday,; they
came from Currituck, Camden, Pas
quotank, Gates, ChoWan. BERTHE,
Washington, Martin, Tyrrell and
from Virginia. Hertford invited the
world to come and see its new
bridge. What Hertford really want
ed was to impress upon its outly-
ing territory its advantages as a
trade. center. Hertford is a mer-
camille town and is hot for more
business. And if good will is the
potent trade builder it is cracked
up to be, Hertford should profit
much from Wednesdays celebra-
ton; it was a great gathe-ing, it
was ably managed and everybody
seemed to have a good time, going
away with a lot of good will for
Hertford and its civilized populace.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
Wcman's Club Opens
Promising Library

Undisrayed by public apathy ana
after months of hard work. the Eliz-
abeth City's Woman's Club formally
opened a public library for Eliz-
abet hCity in the club building We'd
nesday afternoon. Miss Mary Bright
librarian, will keep the library open
from to P. M. daily. The library
starts with more than 1000 credit
able volumes and plans are on foot
to acquire several thousand new
volumes and employ whole time
trained librarian.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
Find l9 Pints On
Hicky Williams

Edgar CHicky) Williams, proprie-
tor OF the Royal Palm Cafe on
Colonial Ave-, only recently back
from a four months road sentence
for bootlegging, was arrested by
Federal officers Wednesday in pos
session of 10 pints of corn whiskey.
He was bound over to Federal Court,
S. T. Cooper, wealthy Main Street
er, owner of many small tenement
houses, being his bondsman.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

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.
Evesioht 5necialics. cdv.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

George Williams, white, tenant
farmer OF near Wilson, ran amucA
SATURDAY afternoon burning MS
home and attempting 10 Kill MS
vile. Sunday afternoon ne conn-l'-
red suicide by shooting himself.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
,oonds of the Red Fez Fun Makers Will
fuoop Down Upon Elizabeth City Tuesday
I'D Wednesday of Next Week Like Human
[brlwird- For They Are Breezy Crew

=, Storm 4 cyclone is due to strike Elizabeth City
Nav 2snd and continue far into the night of Thursday
bctb CITY the likes of what's coming to
FTd many of the Staid natives will not from the
For 5000 to 5000 Shrinc-S will swoop down upon
rn' III ~ ,t week for their annual Spring Ceremonial AMI
vast army of ShrncrS land on town the7 turn it topsy
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17
"HIGH JOHN" WAS A JINX
FOR CANDIDATE WHITE
Conjure Woman Persuaded Second Ward
Candidate For Alderman To Rely on "The
Conqueror Root" and He Got Only Six
Votes in The Whole Town

failed George H. White candidate
of Elizabeth City Tuesdays
White six votes in the whole
city; Conju Doctors in magic herbs
fellow boot George White consulted
Conjure him election would be assured
he a piece High the Conqueror Root.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

Granville A. Dietz, confessed kill
er of Policeman J. c. Kelly OF
Southern Pines was taken to State
Prison last week after he had been
captured in Bangor, Maine, after a
six weeks search.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

HERTFORDS appreciation of its
new electrified, motorized steel and
concrete bridge over the Perquimans
River at Hertford, can be best ap-
preciated when one contemplates the
accompanying. picture of the an
cient float bridge that bore all the
traffic over that river for more than
half a century. This bridge was
floated on whiskey barrels and serv-
ed until the temperance wave hit
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

F,s,, va>t army OF Shrin'rS
r. these Sh~iners Sleep
/ CIV has hotel accommo-
~ .ssS than 500. Iha
nos. OF them don't sleep,
l. don: ,et any one else
[sy are OF, 10" a good time.
| Shrine IS The PLAYHOUSE OF
One upon a time a 10:
qnd degree MasonS got
| v,2g so,smn-visaged. de-
..,,,h,- laced respectable
vssons were 100 God-Al-
/, .be.- conduct, these red
,.ryh. they ought TO let
IS OIL, ana have a good
/, ~ a while. And so they
~ Ancient Arabic Order.
Ii ne Mystic Shrine, oor-
| %: Q. Oriental color and
and lingo and started in to
[,YDee Nothing else in this
s,Y-oacheS a Shrine Cere-
for noise. color, hilarity.
b. and fellowship. And Eliz-
tv Gets is first taste Of 1t
hex For tho IllustriouS
q Of Sudan Temple Shrine
/, is d.. John B. GriggS Of
|, CITY and wherever his
lbs :hs LiuS.-iouS Potentatc
.heEace the Shriners make
Issto 70: their annual fun
morning before the
! -asion Elizabeth City will
: Ike en- the color Of an
/ with the green, red
.o-s Of the Shrine dis
-Ea-y Land. A mammoth
2 T.;A a seating capacity
T.. % erected on the base
-3s y which the ShrinerS
Il much OF their deviltry
-1a;.On Of a raft Of new
-T1 blocks on Main
r. oe -o2ei of for the
0. Allah where the Arab
Il Is co.or;u, Zouave cos
H.. = -ra,~ S-1rT before the
1S ?'.eH.a.e in his royal
p: Taacs the Shrjners will
.a-'s5ay night.
s 10. a building in Eliz-
% suitable Tor a dining hall
nan" Sn-2erS. and so the
So'.9.i Southern rail road
I. 3a swept clean and decor
:l72ed mo a great river
'-2c partition where 1000
7.. s., down 20 dine for
'a.'saa" The frying of
mixer, AM he boiling and
j 80 pounds Of Smithfic.d
-" oeg.2 Monday morning.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

Cold baths prolong life. But
pshaw. that means more cold baths
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

City will get more na,:ona; publi-
city.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-05-17

The LARGEST ,,u
REGULATION OF ANY Al,
CINc Nj WEEKLY IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05

Whiteman will open his concert with
a medley of the songs of the past that
first made him famous. These include
such pieces as Whispering" Avalon"
and Japanese Sandman" A number
Of the latest musical hits will follow.
Among them are How About Me?"
"Liebestraum," "Whoopie," Red, Red
Rose" My Angelina. My Pretty Girl"
Singing the Blues"
Irene Franklin, who has a gorgeous
voice and a sense Of humor; Frank
Fay, who has an original brand of COM
cdy, and Annette Kellerman. who does
not need an introduction, will be fea-
turcd in the Keith-Orpheum hour.
Others TO take part in this program
are Joseph Regain, Irish tenor; Al Ber-
nard and Billy Beard. a black-face
comedy team. and Ethel Davies. sing
ing monologist
Aside from these two outstanding at
fractions, WRC and WMAL have sched-
tiled q number of other regular features
that rank high in popularity with the
radio audience. WRC, for instance, will
broadcast the weekly Eveready hour,
which has substituted concert by Ma
thaniel Shilkret and his orchestra in
place of the previously announced
cramatization of the adventures of
Cyrano de Rergerac. the swashbuckler,
poet and philosopher. Another major
attraction of the WMAL program will
be the Wrigley hour. featuring Guy
Iombardo and his orchestra, and Wen
cell Hall, the ''red-headed music maker"
The Voters Service. the Clicquot Es-
KINDS and the Prophylactic program
also form portion of WRC's program.
The Eskimos will present another pro-
gram of dance music, while the Prophy-
Tactic broadcast will be of the popular
musical type.
The Voice of Columbia, scheduled by
WNEAL at 10 o'clock, will present wide
range Of music, including operate, jazz
and Se.ni-classical.
VOL announces its usual musical at
fractions, augmented by Boy Scout an
riversary and Community Chest talks.
The Philwit, Siegcl and S. z. Trios will
provide g major portion of the program
OF WJSV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-05
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5:30-Jolly Bill and Jane IN. B. c..
5:55-Motion picture guide.
6:00-Waldorf- Astoria orchestra On.
e:25-"The Community Chest" by
Prof. George William Cook.
6:30-Book of Washington program.
Organ recital by Mrs. Harvey L..
Cobb.
7:00-Voters' Service. what Con-
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12:10-Organ recital.
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