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The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
Edna Sought Thrills,
Got a Real One

One never knows what one will
see in New York City. Miss Edan
Sanderlin who earned a trip to New
York by spare time work for The
independent went to New York last
week expecting thrills. She got her
first thrill when she left the Old
Dominion pier on North River and
come out on the street. A taxi
driver rushed toward her behind a
truck. Another truck moved back
at the instant; the taxi driver was
caught between the two trucks,
crushed to death in front OF her
eyes.
"You bet that made me watch my
p's and qs all the time I was in
New York." says young Miss San
derlin. 1T was a grand trip; The
Independent provided everything it
promised and I wish I could earn
another trip. I want to thank The
Independent for its fine treatment
and thank every one who gave me a
subscription to The Independent to
help me win my trip. 1 have had
the time of my life"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
Prohibition Hard
On the Bottlers

Prohibition is working a great
hardship on the manufacturers OF
bottled soft drinks, according 10 w.
G Dawson. manager of the Ellz-
abeth City Coca Cola Bottling CO.
Booze guzzling parties stop at d
road side filling station ouy ooU-
ties of Coca Cola, ginger ale, lemon
soda, root beer and other beverages
to Use as a chaser with the hoC ne"
corn they have just obtained from
q bootlegger. They do not take thelr
drinks at the filling station, but take
70 the road and drink as they lIue'
When they have finished with the
hotties they toss them from the car
and most of them crash on the roao
where they are menace 10 au'o-
mobile tires. One sees the orokell
class from these discarded bottles
everywhere on the roads. ana pop
bottles bought in Car load lots cost
the hottIers three cenrS pIece'
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
SAWED OFF SHOT
GUNS FOR NIGHT
PATROL COPS

Mayor Flora is thinking of
establishing a school of target
practice for his police force and
then arming his night patrol with
sawed off shot guns or blunder-
buSSeS.
For weeks residents Of Burgess
st. and vicinity have been annoyed
by burglars. Let one leave home for
a night and his house is almost sure
to be entered. Monday night Patrols
man Charlie Lane caught a burglar
in the act OF trying 20 force an
entrance to the home of County
Agent G. w. Falls. Instead Of slip
ping up on his man and catching
him cold, Patrolman Lane shouted
to him and the burglar ran.
Five shcts Patrolman Lane fired
after his man and failed to hit the
North side of the town; he is being
congratulated for not having put
bullet thru some ones bed room
window in the vicinity. "Revolvers
are no good for green policemen"
thinks Mayor Flora; well have to
arm them with sawed off shot guns
and then establish school OF target
practice"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
THESE BULLY FOLLOWERS OF THE LAMB

who CAM pay their grocery bills
will go without their Sunday dim
ners to buy him a gospel tent and
pump organ. There is a sucker
born every minute and suckers are
always religious minded and easily
swept off their feet by anything
trading in the name of religion.
And now the bars have been
let down to neurotic women who
have a religious hunch and a gift
of CAB and presently the country
will be over run with women evange-
lists"
The Soda Jerker reflected and
said: well, wouldn't you think the
Ministerial Associations composed OF
educated. ordained and reputable
ministers would themselves put a
foot down on these ignorant, hell
raising gospel spouterS who drag the
religion of Jesus in the gutter ana
make a ludicrous mockery Of it?'
"They can't" said the Bank Clerk
"for the higher ups in the ministry
have their hands full explaining and
apolosizing for their own takers;
if the Methodists, for instance, can
onlv save the face of their bucket
shopping Bishop Cannon, they Will
have nothing to say about the low
downs who make Jehovah look like
a billy-goat and the religion OF
Jesus Christ look like minstrel
show"
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
Frank Kugler
Sees Beyond
Old Trap End

"Do not think for minute that
I succeeded in putting the road
from Camden to Old Trap on the
State Highway System as purely
a local project" says Commits
sioner Kugler. "Our concern Is
not with local problems but with
the shortening of our main high
ways, to provide the easiest and
shortest routes between import
ant points"
I'm other words" says Mr.. Kug-
Ter, "in taking over the maintenance
of the road from Camden to Old
Tran I had in mind the Inevitable
ity of shortening Route 342 between
Elizabeth City and the coast by
continuing the road from Old Trap
across the North River into Cur
rituck County"
This in substance was the state
ment made by Mr.. Kugler to the
editor of this newspaper within the
past week. Funds will not be
available for the extension of the
road from Old Trap any time soon''
said Mr.. Kugler, but the extension
will be made as soon as funds are
available"
From an Elizabeth City stand
point, shortening the distance be-
tween Elizabeth City and the coaS
by u to IS miles, by direct route
thru Old Trap and across Nortf
River below Coinjock is the mos
important road project in the card'
for this section. Agitation for tha'
project should not cease until i
materializeS.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
Receiver for
Sharber-White
Co.

Petition of Mrs Maud Grice for
receivership for the Sharber e.
White Hardware Co., Inc, of this
city, was granted this week in a
court order signed by Judge w. L.
Small appointing Thos. p. Las
sell receiver, suspending the Off
GERS and directors of the company
and enjoining and restraining
them from acting as such.
Receiver Lassell is invested with
full powers to either continue or
dispose of the business and will for
the present continue the business.
Officers of the company are F. M.
Grice, Jr., president and manager;
Geo. w. Beveridge, secretary-treas-
urer These with Howard E. Crook,
of Baltimore, a son-in-law of Mrs.
Grice constitute the Board of Direc-
tors.
THAT the property of said COM
pany is being mismanaged and if
continued its assets and property
will be entirely insufficient - pay
off it's debts and liabilities" was one
Of the items in the complaint of the
petitioner. Mrs Grice, widow of the
late F. M. Grice, Sr., owns 205 of
the 210 shares of stock of the COM
pany.
IT. 2 Lassell, collection at
torney was called into the business
by Mrs. Grice more than two weeks
ago and a rumor was started that
receivership would be asked for
at that time. This was denied by
Mr.. Lassell at the time, who in
sisted that the books of the company
showed it to have a net worth: of
$4,000 to $4,000. Mr.. Lassell in
sists that these figures still hold
and that if no one rocks the boat
all creditors of the company will be
paid dollar for dollar.
The company's liabilities are
principally accounts owing out of
town jobbers and manufacturers for
goods purchased. Assets are a clean
stock of merchandise valued by the
Receiver at $4,000 and accounts re-
ceivable to the total of about $4,000.
How much the concern owes its
creditors is not generally known.
Fear of creditors pressing for set
tlement for long past due accounts
and a desire to Immediately ou5t the
management of the company are
cited as Mrs. Grice's reasons for
asking for receivership.
There will be no hurried sale of
the property. II have encouraging
prospects of disposing of the busi-
ness as a whole to one of several
parties who will carry it on" says
Mr.. Lassell.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

They tell me that a preacher
down in Chowan County was asked
to resign from one of his churches
and that he threatens to publish the
sins of all the church members who
asked him to resign, said the Soda
Jerker.
That's nothing" said the Bank
Clerk; "over in Perquimans County
the other day a Holiness preacher
got the devil in him and almost beat
the life out of his eighteen-year-old
sister"
How do preachers get that way?"
asked the Soda Jerker.
They don't get that way" SAID
the Bank Clerk, they were born
that way and later on become rell-
gious fanatics and go into the
preaching business because it salts
fies their ego and gives them an
outlet for their cusSedneSS. II they
shot off their mouths and meddled
with other peoples affairs in any
other walk of life except that OF
the ministry they would get their
blocks knocked off early in life and
we would hear no more of them.
mo department of life affords
greater protection and provides a
livelier revenue for takers and jack
asses than the Christian ministry
A numbskull who hasn't got sense
enough to get in out of the rain
can qualify as a guide for King
dom Come and go into the business
of damning and saving souls, ano
his authority is not questioned. Anu
no matter how big a crook or q
iackass he is, he will have nc
trouble in acquiring a shouting
psalm singing following and peonle
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12


P. Ii. WILLIAMS. assistant director
OF the State budget holding over
from the Mclean Administration
rendered his resignation this week
effective August lSt and J. Kenyon
Wilson, OF Elizabeth City. was
promptly named by Governor Gard
ner to succeed him. Mr.. Wilson &C
ceptS the appointment, but will not
remove his family to Raleigh; his
law practice in Elizabeth City is
considered worth more than the
office and Mr.. Wilson will resume
his law practice at the expiration
Of his term of Office. Mr.. Wilson
has long been under the wing OF
Mr.. Williams and with his legal
training and experience is con-
sidered eminently qualified to sue
ceed Mr.. Williams. The resignation
of Mr.. Williams settles the question
Of the presidency OF the Savings
Bank & Trust Co. Mr.. Williams
will return to the bank in Elizabeth
City and has indicated his inten-
tionS of establishing wholesale
farm produce business here. Mr..
Williams is the recipient of felicita-
ticas upon his return to Elizabeth
Ci$ and Mir. Wilson is the recipient
CT congratulations for the esteem
with which he is held by the Gard
ner Administration. Everybody is
happy.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
BigAutomotive
Firm Locates
A Branch Here

Elizabeth City store buildings
are not long without tenants; a
recent vacancy was filled this
week when the Chesapeake Auto
Supply Co. established an Eiiz-
abeth City branch in the water
st. and Colonial Ave. stand
formerly occupied by the Standard
Drug Co.
The Chesapeake Auto Supply Co.
is welcome addition to EllzaDeth
Citv's automotive sales district; the
Chesapeake Auto Supply co. is one
of the largest and sprightliest auto
motive supply houses in Virginia
and already has a we'll established
trade here in Northeastern Nortn
Carolina. To give quicker ana oeC-
ter service to it's patrons in North
eastern North Carolina and 10 serve
more customers in these parts IL
has established it's Elizabeth Guy
branch. It's local manager IS T.
Wilson Smith who has served IN the
Norfolk store and knows his COM
pany's lines and policies.
The Chesapeake Auto g. supply
Co. handle all manner OF automooi4e
parts. accessories and novelties ana
are distributors ; of the famous
Pennzoil which they have adVertS-
ed consistently in The Independent
for the past year or more. Progress
sive. liberal, courteous, they shoulo
make a go of it in Elizabeth Guy
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

Brite operated a twenty cow
dairy in the Northwestern suburbs
of the city, near the Norfolk South
ern passenger station. He was a
hard worker and was going good
until he had a fire last fall that de-
stroyed his barn and dairy equip
ment, setting him back about
$4,000. He was already somewhat
financially involved and it is said
that his arrearages to-day are
about $4,000. And he couldn't face
the music. 1t is said that when
creditors pressed him he gave them
back checks for which he didn't
have sufficient funds to cover, there
by adding to his troubles.
And things were not going well
at home. He had an automobile
wreck en- the road one night and a
young grass widow was mentioned
as having been in the wreck with
them. This started a lot of talk
and made things decidedly unpleas-
ant for him at home. 1t is believed
that with an outraged wife harry
ing him at home and creditors
marrying him away from home, he
gathered such cash as he could from
his milk routes and fled from his
troubles. =
Miles Brite, a brother of the miss
ing man has taken charge of and
will continue the dairy business
which his brother lett behind, !
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
Strange, Huge
Bird Mystifie;,'s| :
Coastal Folk

A giant mystery bird has ap-
peared on the North Carolina
coast in the vicinity of Oregon
Inlet, to the wonderment of the
natives who have never seen its
likes before.
It appears to be a monster white
crane five feet or more in height,
not measuring its long swan-like
neck. It .warily avoids the abodes
of men and while its great white
bulk may be seen at a distance OF
several miles, it can be studied only
with the aid of a telescope or power
field glasses. 1t takes TO flight
when any one appears within mile
or more of 1t.
The great bird first appeared in
the vicinity of Oregon Inlet last
winter when wild geese, ducks and
brant were plentiful. The geese,
ducks and brants fled in panic from
its presence and would never go
near it. Later the strange bird took
it's abode farther down the coast
and is now visible by day in the
waters of Pamlico Sound near Chic
amacomico or Rodanthe. 1t feeds
far out from shore in water several
feet deep.
The big strange bird has no mate
and even the sea gulls and skim
mers that abound in the neighbour
hood avoid it. All alone in the
shallow waters of the broad open
sound, hundreds of yards of shore,
it feeds from morning till night.
The natives wonder and wonder
what manner of bird it is; some
night next fall a native Will 90
forth in a skiff and with torch APP
prehend the strange bird in Its
roosting place and kill it.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
CLERK-CARRIER WANTED
MT. LEBANON CHURCH

An open competitive examination
under the rules of the U. S. Civil
Service Commission is announced
for the position of Clerk Carrier IN
the Postoffice at Elizabeth City, N.
c. Receipt of applications Will
close August 2, 1929.
Applications for this examination
must be made on the prescribed
form, which, with necessary instruc-
tions, may be obtained from The
Commissions local represelltati.o a.
the post office.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

Seven white prisoners escaped
from the Robson county Jail on the
night of July by smashing a small
paddock and lowering themselves to
the ground by means of bed cloth
ing. Judge w C. Harris, presiding
over Robson Superior Court has
ordered a grand jury investigation
into the delivery.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
n GOT THAT OTHER
EcTION OF FORMALIN?
., Civ Relatives of Mrs. Marie Nc
O' a Suspicious, But Physician Who
1lV, - Her Before Her Death, Resents
'G Nucst;cning BY This Newspaper

ion b,rborcd by relatives of Mrs. Leslie McLemore of
,c WAS the victim of sCrmadehyde poison in st.
"n = resented by Dr. H. G. AShburn SOuth Norfolk
= this newspaper b!untly that he rcsens the pub
n % c of Mrs Cecil Garrett and that the exposes made
'' w ne condemned by the Norfolk medical profession
p.ed to discuss the Of Mrs McLemore when called
foui ton by this newspaper Wednesday night.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

-Chal Reece, "a, Alexander county
citizen, was taken to d StatesN lie
hospital with a fractured skull as
the result of an automobile accident
which occurred on the Taylorsville-
1enoir road Sunday night, when
his car collided with a truck as he
was going out side road ontc
the main highway
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

II your eyes burn, pain or itch
nature is only warning you that they
need attention. Have them eXamln-
ed ~ once DIR. I'D HATHAWAY,
a,,c,rt,t cnecis1isi adv
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

When frying potato chips, dredse
little flour over them before put
ting them into the pan. They Will
brown better.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12
PROMINENT DAIRYMAN
AMONG THE MISSING
James Brite, Financially Involved and Pursued
By Gossip, Collected His Milk Accounts
Monday and Fled

James Brie 29-year-old City Dairyman is
Elizabeth City Monday morning
having after giving
cylinder oil for his Chevrolet
with children whom, only nine
is and subje fits.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

\ new pdF'' Wv
fssnrn refused to discuss the
attenuation by this ncwsp
/ a. The independent W i
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+ over .Ae death OF Ms
f.. aac.Ae~ patient IN st.
| aosp,:a. had been given
Fra from The bottle OF
IL. vas falsely labeled
l. s.,cc The No:to!E
,. c . J. Mcdonald
=; the nurse who gave
-r~,rr 70 tel who that
I.,~. vas or whether the
-,sg..ea II a fatality,
[ ,3se 0. Mrs. Garrett.
|, ,s,. a.c.n speculation as
/, ether 2a,.en; was.
T.s.:e NcLen.ore. - years
.. a. Nrs~'n CahOOQ. 4
.E. c. C2hoon now OF
E,:2.S ba, formerly OF Tyr-
tr 4 niece OF Mrs, NJ. NJ.
|, -,,a5e,h C:;y. was taken
|-rs.,s Hospital about the
/ .s3. Ms Garrett enter
ane acspica. Mrs. Nc
..3s-wsH; 4 CaeSarian
| and tnen something hap
Ct. @: her kidneys, she lost
h. aa5 died. It Is Mrs.
| .2:o.ma,,on that Dr.. Ash
ne family that some
zone wrong. but never
ria. 10 meant. But. aC-
!, vs.. Spruiil'S informa-
| r.ncsa.s rendered a bill
~ week II The case Of Mrs.
+ While she was actually
! r re hospital for seven
k:~e sae died.
:- Information about the
J Raoura from his office
tI declined 10 discuss the
.han 10 say that Mrs.
\ d,d not get an injection
he preceded 70 pay his
his newspaper in vigor-
re- Norfolk people and
g. I'~s Garrett resent the
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

the real low down fishing in Oregon Inlet We hear great
wonderful catches of fish by hook and line fishermen in the
and around this famous Dare County inlet We see photographs
Kuger Oliver Gilbert Will Parker and
others channel and blue fish And
hied himself to Oregon inlet with fishing
wonderful pictures for this newspaper And
all getting
week, he didn't catch single fish and
he could find with catch at all were Mayor
Saba fishing all they had caught two little
the editor of this believes that
what of these hook and line fishermen get but 1t
that they get caught with the genuine
goods They the days and days
Independents tells the story in this
photograph pair OF Elizabeth City fishermen adg t
real catch.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

Sunshine blinds lot of folks
temporarily but moonShinerS gets
more permanent victims.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

Stingy people spoil their vacations
by Worring over the cost.
The independent. [volume] (Elizabeth City, N.C.) 1908-1936, 1929-07-12

GREATEST
| ,DER INTEREST OF
|sr LOCAL WEEKLY
h n NORTH CAROLINA
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-08

II DIDN'T get much reading done
IL in the last week on account of
Wall Street. It's curious how much
time a man can waste looking over
the stock market pages and trying
to figure out how much money he
would have won and lost in various
issues if he had happened to have,
by any chance, any money.
Now that the two Rockefellers
have taken the market in tow, /
might as we'll return to my own
knitting. Next week I promise to
report on seven new novels which
look promising.
While it would be audacious to
express an opinion of book merely
on the basis of having hefted 1t
and looked at the jacket, 1 do be-
lieve that bad book can be identi-
fed practically at first sight.
When the blurb upon the cover
is more earnestly enthusiastic than
usual, depend upon it that there
will be a low yield. Good books
move under their own power and
have no need of the trade winds
of puffery.
Certainly no practiced reader need
go deeply into a novel before he
knows whether or not it is to his
taste. If the author has not seized
your attention within the first thirty
pages, the chances are that he will
never do so.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-08
North Carolina "Justice"

North Carolina is busy trying to wipe out the stain
of class justice 1t thing for the textile strik
ers to charge that there law for workers and
Something for the enemies of labor 1t was an
other thing for the Gastonia grand jury to prove this
serious charge by its conduct.
That grand jury promptly indicted strikers charged
with murder of police chief and the strikers were
convicted in trial reeking with religious inquisition
and political prejudice But when the same grand jury
"a few months later asked to ndic members of an
anti-Iabor mob charged with killing the widowed
striker Ella May Virgins it refused.
This cold FLOODED refusal by the grand jury to
perform its sworn duty stirred Governor Gardner and
leading citizens of the than the murder it
self and the long line of mob violence against union
members They knew that if the Virgins case ended
there the very name of North Carolina would become
a word of shame whenever men speak OF justice
So the Governor appointed Judge P A. McElroy
to conduct new investigation committing magls-
trate If the first days of the hearing are test, NC
Elroy means business.
OF the nine members of the anti-abor mob held
by the coroner and then liberated by the grand jury
one has been identified by three witnesses as the man
who fired the shot.
Moreover, one of the witnesses testified that he
told Juror at the grand jury hearing: You look
something like one of them" in the mob. AS result
the Judge has ordered the grand jury appear before
him.
The country is watching Judge McEroy with hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-08
The Flying Robot

Nearly three-fourths of all arplane accidents have
been found to be the fault of the pilot Human error
is great and aircraft engineers attempting con-
stantv to diminish the human element in flight
striving to build planes that will fly themselves more
and have to 'be flown" less
: The Sperry gyroscope pilot was announced this
week after more than fifty hours test flying by the
army air corps 1t is vastly significant; yet 1t IS merely
a step in the right direction, not the whole Journey
by any means 1t better could be claSSed as an aid
In the human pilot, rather than as a means OF ELM
mating his errors. 1t not make fight by ITSELF
& . The automatic pilot takes the controls after the
airplane Journey has started and keeps the plane IN
fying trim more Skllfully than can human pilot
But it can not land plane check against wind
drift, both vital things.
It's most valuable field is flying in thick weather
between air terminals that clear. There the hui
man pilot must fly blind strenuous and dangerous
lob The robot can fly blind easier and better than
can a human
Undoubtedly, large transport planes OF the future
will carry The gyroscope pilot to assist and relieve
the man at the controls. Machines like humans, are
mot infable and it will be long time, if ever, be-
fore the robot pilot will be able to fly plane with
ont human assistance. But with human filling in
the gaps still left by the robot. the safety Of fight
will be greatly advanced.